Whenever I generate an initial image that I like, I prefer to make small tweaks via settings/extensions and rolling the dice again while maintaining the image’s composition. I prefer not to spend a lot of time inpainting. There are so many little tweaks that we can use. I’m hoping we can all learn a new idea or two by sharing our favorite tweaks. These ones are for use in A1111 Webui.
Let’s say you just generated an image you like and only want to make small changes to see if it can be improved. Here’s my noncomprehensive list of tweaks that I like to use. I’m sure I’ve missed plenty and one was probably released during my typing of this post.
Starting with the basics and moving forward:

• Sampling method
  • You might get some small changes, but I usually don’t bother with this. Certain samplers will generate a completely different image.
• Increase/decrease steps
  • Can help change details, but generally not with ancestral samplers
• CFG Scale
  • Tweak this up or down for small changes. Too far and you’ll get a different image. Extensions like Dynamic Thresholding can let you go much higher without the overexposed look.
• Change the weighting of words in your prompt/negative prompt
  • Prompt All-In-One makes this easier
  • Negative Prompt Weight makes tweaking the weight of all negative prompts and once very easy. Great way to make small changes to images.
• Variation Seed
  • In A1111 click on the “Extra” checkbox next to the dice/reuse seed buttons. Choose a small number for “Variation strength” like 0.05. Go too far and it will be like a new seed.
• Img2img
  • Obviously there are tons of ways to tweak an image after sending it to img2img.
• Upscales
  • You can use different upscalers to scale up and even back down again to change your image.
• Restore faces
  • This can make small changes to faces though I usually don’t like the output
• Hires.fix
  • You can use this in a lot of different ways. If you scale it 2x and try varying denoising strengths you can get a higher res similar image. Want to get crazy? Upscale by only 1.01x and denoising to 1 . This can change the image in subtle/not no subtle ways, such as b/w -> color.
• ControlNet
  • There are many ways this can be used to make small changes. In txt2img try using your current image as an input image for the preprocessor and model such as canny.
• Contrast/Brightness
  • Add a lora such as EPI_noiseoffset to get a darkebetter contrast image
  • Play with the CFG rescale setting from Neutral Prompt.
• Self Attention Guidance
  • SAG is a really cool and easy way to change details in your image without changing composition.
• Different VAE
  • You can try a different/no VAE with your model. I don’t use this but it’s there.
• Anti-Burn
  • Haven’t used Anti-Burn but it looks interesting.
• Clip Skip
  • Some models recommend using this but YMMV. The changes can be minor to major with this setting. Check this post for how to add it to quicksettings.
• Sonar
  • Haven’t tried it but it’s here.

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 ~Romans 9~ Romans 9 starts off with the title “God’s selection of Israel”. The chapter starts off with Paul saying “With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.” 

 As you may know, the majority of the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ and Paul (who was a Jew) is expressing his sadness because his people rejected Jesus. This is a normal feeling that many Christians have felt for their people. Christian Zionists may use this to support Israel but this is simply Paul showing his sadness about how his people rejected Jesus, Paul didn’t feel bad for the Jews because they are “chosen people”, he felt bad because these are his people. Many Arab Christians feel bad because the majority of their people aren’t saved. This doesn’t mean they think Arabs are more important, they just feel bad for their people. The people who share the same culture as them. “They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.” 

 Christian Zionists using this to defend their pro-Israel agenda is a perfect example of Eisegesis. Eisegesis is the action of interpreting books in a way that fits *your own agenda*. Eisegesis has been used many times throughout history, White Christians used Eisegesis to oppress both the Blacks and the Native Americans, Eisegesis has been used by Christians to silence and oppress women, Eisegesis has even been used by characters in the Bible as well. When Jesus was fasting, Satan came to tempt him. “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the devil came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But Jesus told him, ‘No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’ Jesus responded, ‘The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’’ Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ‘I will give it all to you,’ he said, ‘if you will kneel down and worship me.’ ‘Get out of here, Satan,’ Jesus told him. ‘For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ‘ Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.” 

 As you can see, Satan kept on using parts of scripture to convince Jesus to give in to temptation. Jesus called Satan out for his Eisegesis and did not give into temptation. When looking the Romans passage we just looked at, we need to look at what was said next: “Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people! Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, ‘Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,’ though Abraham had other children, too. This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.” 

 So, God has fulfilled his promise to Israel and not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people. It does mention that “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted” and right after mentions that Abraham had other children too. What does this mean? That not all of Abraham’s children are children of God, only the children of the promise. A Christian Zionist could argue that this is implying that the descendants of Isaac are the children of the promise because “Isaac is the one through whom your descendants will be counted” and that not all of Abraham’s physical descendants are children of God. This would be a flawed argument as it also says in this passage that not all of those born into the nation of Israel are members of God’s people. So not all of those who are from the nation of Israel are God’s people, only the children of the promise. So who are the children of the promise? If it’s not all of the children of Abraham and it’s not all of the nation of Israel, who are the children of the promise? The answer is, the followers, Jew or Gentile. Doesn’t matter what you race, nationality or ethnicity is, you can still be a child of the promise. To prove this, we need to go back to Galatians 3:23-29 “Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian. For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.” So the Christians are the true children of Abraham and they inherit the promise. So the children of the promise are truly members of God’s people. Let’s continue to look at Romans. “For God had promised, ‘I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.’ This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins. But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes; he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, ‘Your older son will serve your younger son.’ In the words of the Scriptures, ‘I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.’ Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not! For God said to Moses, ‘I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.’ So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.” 

 Christian Zionists can use this to defend their “Jews are still the chosen people” belief. A Christian Zionist could say “what’s wrong with Jews being the chosen people? Doesn’t it say that God chooses people according to his own purposes?” God does choose people according to his own purposes and God did choose the Jews according to his own purposes. In the Old Testament, God guided the Jews and made promises to them and in the New Testament, these promises were fulfilled with the coming of Jesus Christ who came from the Jewish people and shared the truth to both Jews and Gentiles. And now, both Jews and Gentiles can become chosen by becoming believers. All these promises have been fulfilled, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the oppression and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the destruction of the beautiful country of Palestine is not something God supports. The next few passages in Romans 9:17-23 is about how God shows his mercy to people. Romans 9:24-29 talks more about Jews and Gentiles: “And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles. Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, ‘Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before.’ And, ‘Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’’ And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, ‘Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth quickly and with finality.’ And Isaiah said the same thing in another place: ‘If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of our children, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.’” Prophecies in the Old Testament, the Jewish scriptures, talk about how Gentiles will become God’s people. So when talking about prophecies in the Old Testament about Israel, we must acknowledge that the Old Testament has prophecies about Gentiles becoming the chosen people of God. The reason only a remnant of the Jews shall be saved is because the majority of the Jews rejected Jesus. This shows how God always had a plan to bring both Jew and Gentile one in Christ. After this, Romans 9 moves on to a new section called “Israel’s unbelief”. In this section, it shows how following the law doesn’t make you right with God and only faith can make you right with God. “What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place. But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path. God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, ‘I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.’” 

 Following the law doesn’t make you a true member of God’s people, faith does. That’s why God chose Abraham, not because of his works but because of his faith. That’s why Jesus came, so people could be saved by faith and not by works. After this passage, Romans 9 finishes and we then turn the page to Romans 10. ~Romans 10~ We open Romans 10 with Paul talking about how the Jews have a love for God but have a “misdirected zeal” as Paul put it. “Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.” 

 The Jewish people do indeed want to follow God but in this passage of the Bible, the Jews have been misdirected on how exactly to follow God. Christian Zionists could say that since Paul wants Israel to be saved, that could somehow support their pro-Israel agenda when in reality, Paul is just saying how bad he feels for the people of Israel and how they rejected God. It says “For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God”. Jesus came so we could be made right with God, Jew or Gentile. Romans 10 moves on to a new section called “Salvation is for everyone”, and notice how it says everyone and not just the Jews. In this New section, it says ‘If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.’ Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. For ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” 

 As I said, the New Testament makes it crystal clear that being a Jew doesn’t automatically make you right with God, neither does it make you chosen by God. Neither your works nor your ethnicity can make you right with God, only faith. Despite this, Christian Zionists continue to support Israel, the oppressor, and stand against Palestine, the oppressed. This is also a contradiction with scripture because in the New Testament, we see Jesus standing up for the oppressed. “But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, ‘How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!’ But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said, ‘Lord, who has believed our message?’ So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have: ‘The message has gone throughout the earth, and the words to all the world.’ But I ask, did the people of Israel really understand? Yes, they did, for even in the time of Moses, God said, ‘I will rouse your jealousy through people who are not even a nation. I will provoke your anger through the foolish Gentiles.’ And later Isaiah spoke boldly for God, saying, ‘I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me.’ But regarding Israel, God said, ‘All day long I opened my arms to them, but they were disobedient and rebellious.’” 

 Israel rebelled and to this day, God is still trying to save them because God remains faithful. In fact, there is no human being on earth that God is not trying to bring to faith, not a single human being. Jew or Gentile. Israeli or Palestinian. Greek or Turkish. Armenian or Azerbaijani. Indian or Pakistani. North Sudanese or South Sudanese. Ethiopian or Eritrean. Saudi or Yemeni. Any race, nationality or ethnicity on earth, God is trying to save all of them and God cares for all of them. God loves everyone. After this, the book of Romans goes on to a new chapter, Romans 11. This chapter starts off with the title “God’s mercy on Israel”. This chapter is probably most used by Christian Zionists to support their agenda. “I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said, ‘Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.’ And do you remember God’s reply? He said, ‘No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!’” 

 After all we have read, about how God accepts Jew and Gentile and how salvation is for everyone, Romans 11:1-4 comes up, trying to tell us that God still cares for the people of Israel and has not rejected them. When it says “No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning.” It is simply saying that the Israelites were the first people chosen (“chosen from the very beginning”) and God has not rejected the first people who followed and worshipped God. Notice how it does not say, “God has not rejected the people of Israel because they are still chosen”, it says “God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning.” Meaning that God hasn’t abandoned the first people who accepted him even though they rejected him. In the Greek translation, “οὐκ ἀπώσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν προέγνω.” Means “God did not forsake his people before me” and it refers to the people of Israel as “his people” because they were the first people to come to faith, the first people of God. They aren’t the only people of God and they aren’t the people who are chosen above others now, they are just the first people to come to faith. This passage of the Bible is trying to clarify that God did not abandon the Israelites or reject them but just because God didn’t reject them doesn’t mean they are chosen above anybody else. Jews were the first people of God, they aren’t the only people of God and since there are other people of God who aren’t Israeli, that means all people of God, Jew or Gentile are chosen. “It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them. And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved. So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have—the ones God has chosen—but the hearts of the rest were hardened. As the Scriptures say, ‘God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.’ Likewise, David said, ‘Let their bountiful table become a snare, a trap that makes them think all is well. Let their blessings cause them to stumble, and let them get what they deserve. Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and let their backs be bent forever.’ Did God’s people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! They were disobedient, so God made salvation available to the Gentiles. But he wanted his own people to become jealous and claim it for themselves. Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the people of Israel turned down God’s offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when they finally accept it. I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this, for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have, so I might save some of them. For since their rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world, their acceptance will be even more wonderful. It will be life for those who were dead! And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too. But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree. But you must not brag about being grafted in to replace the branches that were broken off. You are just a branch, not the root. ‘Well,’ you may say, ‘those branches were broken off to make room for me.’ Yes, but remember—those branches were broken off because they didn’t believe in Christ, and you are there because you do believe. So don’t think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.” 

 The majority of the Israelites rejected Jesus and only a small amount of the Israelites actually accepted Jesus. The ones that didn’t accept Jesus were broken off from Abraham’s tree and the Gentiles who accepted Jesus replaced them. The reason Paul wants to make the Jews jealous was because Paul was a Jew who cares for his people and since the Gentiles were accepting Jesus and receiving all of God’s gifts, Paul hoped that the Jews would see this, become jealous and accept Jesus as well. We Gentiles are warned not to brag about we replaced the Jews who haven’t accepted Jesus (yet). This is not to say that Gentiles replaced the Jews, only the Jewish and Gentile believers are allowed to be part of Abraham’s tree. It’s just that the majority of Jews haven’t accepted Jesus and therefore, were cut off from Abraham’s tree, not because they were Jewish but because they didn’t accept Jesus. To prove this, let’s look at the next part of Romans 11. “For if God did not spare the original branches, he won’t spare you either. Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off. And if the people of Israel turn from their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, for God has the power to graft them back into the tree. You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong.” 

 God will still accept the Jewish people and put them back on the tree of Abraham as he put us (the Gentiles believers and the Jewish believers) on the tree of Abraham. And even the Gentile unbelievers, if they were to accept Jesus, they would be grafted into the tree of Abraham. Any unbeliever, Jew or Gentile, can become a believer and be grafted into the tree of Abraham. Romans 11 moves on to “God’s mercy is for everyone”, notice how it says everyone and not just the Jews. “I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ. And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say, ‘The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness. And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.’” 

 Everyday, more and more Gentiles are coming to faith and according to the Bible, once the full number of Gentiles have come to faith, Israel shall be saved as well. “Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.” 

 Christian Zionists can use this to support their agenda by saying “since God’s gifts and his call can never been withdrawn, that would mean the promise that the Jews would possess the Holy Land can’t be withdrawn”, it wasn’t. As I said many times throughout this book, God did not cancel his promises to the Jews, he already fulfilled them. If I promise you that I will give you 20$ tomorrow so you could go buy food for the entire family, and then tomorrow I keep my promise and then you come back with the food and we all finished eating dinner, my promise was fulfilled. In the same way, the land was promised to the Jews so the Messiah, Jesus, who was a Jew, could come from the Jewish nation to spread the truth and now both Jew and Gentile can be saved. This was the purpose of the promise given to the Jews, and this purpose was fulfilled. This war is a result of human greed and yes, God talks about war happening in Israel, doesn’t mean that he wants the war to happen. God’s gifts to the Jews were not withdrawn, they were fulfilled. It says that the Jews are still the people God loves and this is true, this does not mean that the Jews are chosen, this simply means they are the people God loves. God also loves the Gentiles. The reason Paul says that the Jews are still the people God loves is because the Jews rejected Jesus and Paul wanted to make it clear that despite their rejection, God still loves and cares for the Jewish people. “Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.” 

 God’s desire is for all Jews and Gentiles to worship and accept God. 

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Intro

To preface this review, I just need to say that this is going to be a very, long read. Going through it myself just for the fun of it takes around 30 minutes — it's almost 7k words of text, including lyrical references. So for the best experience, listen to the album beforehand to understand what the hell I was thinking when I wrote this review, play the album while reading, and set a good amount of time aside.
And yes, this is 9 months late 😭 I'm not sorry — when I find an album review online it's always around a paragraph per song or even shorter. It makes sense from a journalistic perspective, but I want to do this album justice, hence taking 7 months to write out all my thoughts.
This shit is comprehensive and definitely overanalyzed, especially in Talk that Talk and Trouble. Each song review will compose of my commentary going over the song, noting the details I noticed through months of listening, then a conclusion. Also, mild swearing warning, I like implementing a touch of "French" when I'm very emotional about something. Anyway, onto the review!
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Between 1&2 💞

Album Review
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TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
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Talk that Talk 🎙

Lead producer: collapsedone
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One of the most perfect TWICE songs.
I think this is one of TWICE’s best-sounding title tracks. Warm modulated synths, a thrumming bass line, distant bells, shimmering synths — the purpose of this song is to be fun and my god is it excellent at it, like… Sana and Chaeyoung are saying knock-knock-knock and beep-beep-beep as if they’re some kind of car. So much fun.
Further along in the verse, Dahyun’s voice sounds so full and smooth with that layered harmony. Tzuyu coming with the Yes or Yes, Push & Pull, and 1 to 10 references — these are 5 years of song references. And Jeongyeon closes the pre-chorus accompanied by a rising synth to drop into chorus one. Jeongyeon slays pre-choruses.
The drums accelerate, the synths start blasting, and Jihyo opens to that party of a chorus with her godly vocals,
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Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
A to Z da malhaebwa
But shijageun ireoke have
Talk that talk ttak han madi
Talk that talk L-O-V-E
deullyeojweo ooh
Now now now now now yeah~

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During Sana's Talk that Talk~ lines there’s this gentle ascending synth bell that rings with the descending melody and it sounds absolutely gorgeous. And the choreography during that part of the chorus is so so so so fun: the talking hands bit, spelling L-O-V-E, concluding with the deullyeojweo ooh! Oh my Jihyo the deullyeojweo ooh…
Have I mentioned this song is fun?
Speeding through verse 2; Chaeyoung’s part with the cat ears popping in the music video is adorable; Momo her stretching her arms out looks so damn cool; and Dahyun with her replay part sounds so lovely — although I think it sonically sounds a touch random, it makes sense thematically.
And now for this pre-chorus. Mina and Jihyo leading into it sound great BUT JEONGYEON… Now, she is my ult bias, and this pre-chorus sounds almost identical to the first one, but the way she holds that final note, enunciating and holding that now~ for one more beat before the chorus drops sounds so perfect — the song teeters on a cliff edge. Jeongyeon slays pre-choruses.
Dropping into the second chorus and man, Jihyo powered through that first chorus, but the way Nayeon delivers it just hits different. She has this indescribable “pop” voice (I promise this wasn't on purpose) that stands out and shouts this is THE chorus. I think this is especially apparent in how both lead their choruses where Jihyo starts at 120% power while Nayeon waits until [Tell me] WHAT YOU WANT to full-send it. She also highlights “malhaebwa” in a similar way later in the chorus.
Another deullyeojweo ooh! Nayeon travels to Narnia, and Mina the engineer strikes again in this heavenly, underwater-esque bridge,
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The simple words “I love you”
That’s all I wanna hear
Without hesitation, I’ll go up to you
I’ll make it simple
And just tell you I love you

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The word “love” is said for the first time in the song. There’s a funky keyboard instrument behind Chaeyoung’s part. Jihyo, Chaeyoung, and Nayeon take the initiative in their lyrics, professing their love before closing the bridge.
And now for the pièce-de-résistance: this final double chorus is exceptional — 40 seconds of crack-laced euphoria; Jihyo switches up the chorus and the choreo, Dahyun chimes in with her fluttery “Talk that Talk”, Momo comes out of nowhere with “oh yeah it sounds so good!” — you’re damn right it does, and this is where the song SOARS.
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han beon deo~ haejweo
geurae banggeum geu mal~

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Nayeon outright shouts “Tell me what you need” and then Jeongyeon sings the above lines in such an ethereal, warm way where the first line ascends while the second line descends, causing a lull in the song before the finale with Nayeon, finishing off the song with the final deullyeojweo ooh! What a party. What a song.
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THE GOOD

• The synths of all time
• The chimes during Talk-that-talk~
• Jeongyeon’s pre-chorus going into Nayeon’s chorus
• The entirety of that magical, final chorus and outro

Needs Work

• The opening hook (Tell me what you want) and accompanying choreography could be “catchier”

Core Memory

• Singing (and dancing) my heart out when this song played at a K-pop club

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Lyrics and theme-wise, if this were to have been TWICE’s last comeback, they’ve once again built upon the theme they've been doing since debut: a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story.
This song’s chorus is honest yet simple; it asks the listener, in this case, the other half of the relationship, to be more upfront and open with their love (never be scared of love), that before the relationship can continue and flourish there has to be a foundation and commitment of love between each other.
TWICE debuted with a song about making your crush go ooh ahh. Years later, they started pondering “What is love?” and imagining their crush responding with “yes” when asking them out — and now concluding with the phrase “Talk that talk, [talk that] L-O-V-E”, being upfront with the relationship, wishing their partner to also be happy, to commit to them, to feel the love that they want to impart on them. From gawking like ooh-ahh to talking out your shared love like adults — to having a true relationship between (one and) two.
And can I just say before finishing off Talk that Talk's review that this is such a fun and repeatable song with many little intricacies hidden in the nonet’s vocals and the production. This is the third draft I’m writing about Talk that Talk and its original word count pretty much quadrupled.
Harkening back to TWICE’s roots by combining mature thinking with youthful character, an incredible ending to look forward to, and just simply being a club-banger that’s easy to listen to, TTT is an easy 10/10.
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WATCH ME GO WATCH ME GO
RULE THE WORLD
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Queen of Hearts 👑

Lead producer: LDN Noise of SM
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If there was one B-side to promote in a live clip, this was a solid choice.
Helmed by LDN Noise going headlong into the Western boy-group rock-band aesthetic, Queen of Hearts is a boom-boom-clap song through and through. The drums are very prominent throughout the song, only giving room to riffs of electric guitar in the chorus to drive and continue the momentum of the music.
And speaking of the chorus, vocal line each got a chorus to flex and they did not fuck around,
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You ain’t ready for it
Watch me go~ watch me go~
Rule the world
Know you never doubted baby
I’mma go run the whole universe~

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Cymbals crashing, drums booming, and 3MIX belting all just so sound so good.
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Baby I was born to rule~~
Yeah I’m the queen, I’m the queen
And it’s all because of you~~
That I’m the Queen of Hearts

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These long, held-out notes performed by Jihyo and Nayeon are simply exquisite. Along with the shredding guitar, the drum set coming in full, and the interludes by Dahyun, Momo, and Chaeyoung, this is the part of the song that always, always, gives me goosebumps — it sounds so visceral, so energetic, so fun, so triumphant. Boom-boom-clap songs can be hit or miss with people, but there's no denying the payoff from the first part of the chorus to the second part is worth the wait.
The theme of the song so far has been kind of spread around the song. The chorus alludes to it with the line "And it’s all because of you." But Mina shows more sides of it in the second verse, especially with the phrase,
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And now that I’m surrounded by all my girls
We be shining bright like diamonds and pearls

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It sounds really lovely — in a very cheesy and affectionate kind of way, as it rightfully should — the song is about the girls and their fans. But the bridge is where the song indeed shows its colours
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Screaming out my name
See it in the stage lights
Feel so lucky just to have ya
Cause I know deep down I was meant for something bigger! Greater!
I know you’re seeing what I see
Yeah I’ll be everything you need
I know I’m gonna walk the walk
And talk the talk to be~ [the Queen of Hearts]

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This is a song CONCEIVED TO BE PERFORMED FOR THE FANS. It’s meant to be loud. It’s meant to be unapologetic. It’s meant to be sappy. And it’s all the more wonderful for it.
This is the TWICEiest shit ever.
Like Talk that Talk, Queen of Hearts also has a killer closer. The production already started to grow from the bridge, but now the guitarist finally went Super Saiyan and instead of supporting the drums, they both take the centrepiece in tandem.
Then finally, the closing moments of the song even manage to squeeze in some more sappiness.
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So thank you for the memories
You’re all the ones who made me~
So thank you for the memories
That I’m the Queen of Hearts

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I still can’t believe that this banger is a FAN SONG out of all things. Truly, the TWICEiest shit ever.
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THE GOOD

• Adorable fucking lyrics
• Unrelenting, roaring chorus
• English and vocal flex
• Addicting guitar riffs

Needs Work

• Chaeyoung rapping in English in their Korean songs somehow slaps harder than her English rapping in their English songs, nonetheless, in QoH, it fits with the sound of the song

Life Highlight

• Walking home from a K-pop festival with this song playing, felt like a Queen of Hearts

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I love these types of rock songs with how grunge and head-bang-able they are, there is just a certain nostalgic and cheesy quality to them that feels so cozy. I don’t love putting them on repeat, because in this case, I do believe there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Perhaps more shredding, maybe a guitar solo to rock out to, or an accompaniment(!) of ad-libs from 3MIX to support Jihyo’s final chorus? A ONCE can dream of a truly bombastic rock song from TWICE. But then again that distracts from the core of what this song is: a fan song disguised as a rock song.
Queen of Hearts has so much sweetness in its lyrics and message that it's overflowing. The drums, guitar, and vocals can be as loud and intricate as they can, but the theme of this song is what makes it special from TWICE’s other rock songs — it’s a 9/10 for me.
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I WANNA WANNA WANNA
TAKE YOU TO THE BASICS
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Basics 🌈

Sole lyricist credit: Chaeyoung
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Quite possibly the jammiest (pun intended) song of the album.
A song written by the Strawberry Princess herself — an event similar in frequency to other artists' releases with her last song being 2020’s silky Handle It — Basics first starts with an understated and dreamy delivery. After the first stanza, however, a bouncy Miami bass line emerges, revealing the true nature of the song: this is a classic summer bop! Especially in the first rap,
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dareun aedeulgwaneun dalla
Ain’t beggin’ for love
nappeun geon anijana ige naraseo
eodiro twilji molla
Like rainbow bubble gum
geureoni nal kkwak butjabadweo

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Syllables are pronounced in a relaxed nature, bars often starting with an "ah" sound, flirty lines in English — this rap features a production full of pop with R&B flourishes and, in my opinion, this is Chaeyoung’s bag. Also, the line "rainbow bubblegum" is so adorable and so Chaeyoung.
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I wanna wanna wanna take it to the basics
da weonhae weonhae weonhae? seodureuji ma Baby
ppeonhae ppeonhae malhae mweohae da al tende
Ah yeah ah yeah ah yeah ah yeah

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That chorus is pure pop with a Miami bass backing; you better be bopping your head to the melody, if not booty poppin' to the bassline. Chaeyoung loves rhyming in the first half of the chorus to enhance its catchiness and it's damn incredible: the “wanna”, “weonhae”, and “ppeonhae” all create these imperfect rhymes that continue momentum without feeling repetitive.
After the very Boy With Luv-sounding “ah yeah ah yeah, ah yeah ah yeah” comes an 8-bar split half and half between Chaeyoung and Momo. Coming from the chorus, the production completely cuts out for the first 2 bars. This adds tension; the song yearns to have that bass beat thumping again and all we have in the audio space in those 2 bars is Chaeyoung spittin' and she delivered.
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taneun deut tteugeoun samak wie
yeppeuge pieonan jangmi gata
joshimseure naege dagaol ttae
nado moreuge jjilleobeoril tende

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Translating to:
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Above the hot, burning desert
It’s like a rose that bloomed beautifully
When you come to me slowly
I will prick you unconsciously

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The rap feels slick, effortless, and confident. Her diction remains sharp when enunciating each syllable but she doesn’t let the flow of her rap waver or build as her 4 bars go by, it’s just smooth consistency throughout. Even the lyrics possess an aura of laid-back collectedness that is just so her. The things Chaeyoung can do when given her pen.
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THE GOOD

• That sweet summer vibe of a chorus
• The “spaceship” post-chorus is killer
• Chaeyoung devoured this song
• Sure-footed, confident lyrics

Needs Work

• Perhaps an alteration of that ah yeah ah yeah line
• The way Jihyo did her pre-chorus line is good, but Mina’s is great

Core Memory

• After donating my hair, walking down the rainbow-coloured areas of downtown Toronto with this song playing was very… fitting

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This song is summer bliss distilled into 2:56. It’s dreamy, the raps are satisfying, and the ending is charming. I will say that although the second half of the song adds the stunning “spaceship” post-choruses and a floaty bridge with an incredible drumbeat drop into the final chorus, the raps of the song make it feel a bit front-loaded. And in an album stacked with awesome finishers, it feels more apparent.
With that said, it’s an 8/10 bop for me. This song is so easy to put on and it feels exactly what Chaeyoung would make if given the reins to produce a pop song all on her own. The lyrics are nonchalant but full of conviction, the wordplay is intricate, and the production playful but not too bombastic — it's just a nice vibe. Songs like Basics are the standard for good, simple, repeatable pop music and I’m happy that Chaeyoung got to test her pen in this genre.
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BABY WE’RE IN
TROUBLE TROUBLE
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Trouble 💃

Sole lyricist credit: Jihyo
Background vocals: Jihyo
Lead composer credit: Jihyo
Vocal director credit: Jihyo (an assumption given her contributions in First Time)
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One of the most enjoyable songs I’ve heard in a while.
There is an underlying tension within the first 4 bars of the song, Jihyo and Nayeon confidently open it to a nondescript array of synths and then the stanza ends, Momo announces “Let’s go”, the beat drops and it hits you: this is a club song.
Dahyun's relaxed delivery contrasted with Jeongyeon's staccato flow, the wobbly synth beat with sprinkle of house piano, Sana dramatically slowing down the song only for Tzuyu to build it back up until the chorus drops,
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• Nayeon opens it using a breathy tone, with vocal chops serving as harmonies
• The blooming of the house piano takes centre stage and the song ascends into euphoria
• A random drum roll capped off by a cymbal crash
• Jeongyeon’s pronunciation of the word “trouble” almost being a growl
• Chaeyoung slyly admitting “I like this trouble”
• The entirety of Tzuyu’s tro~oh~oh~ouble yeah~
• Sana using her deep voice for the na~na~na~na
• Jihyo leading the vocals during the synchronized T W I C E chant

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This chorus is perfect. Toronto’s residential market needs this song injected into its veins because god damn this song has SO much house in it. And then, ANOTHER KILLING PART: this rap fucking slaps.
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gamchweo bwatja geugeon Fake
ppajin hamjeongeun Sweet cake

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During the first 2 bars, Chaeyoung is keeping it calm because that trip of a chorus just ended and the song needs a breather, but I don't think anyone expected her to SNAP this hard afterwards:
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You cannot resist this
Cannot miss this, such a bliss
Ima put it down down
Oh yeah, better kiss kiss

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Below is the structure of her this portion of the rap, I’m not that well versed in this technical aspect of music theory but I digress, this is all in the span of around 5 seconds where it’s:
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Triplet-triplet
Quadruplet-triplet
Quadruplet-doublet
Doublet-quadruplet

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Now, 25/5 = 5 syllables per second isn’t groundbreaking, but goddamn it these 2 bars sound so nice — if there is one part in this album that I always repeat, it’s this. The addition of that first quadruplet for “cannot miss this” in the midst of the triplets sticks out and accelerates the flow of the rap while the following doublets and quadruplets destabilize and slow the rap down as the verse closes. And can I just point out:
THE MAIN VOCALIST WROTE, DIRECTED, AND COMPOSED THIS SONG ‼
Chaeyoung of course delivered the fuck out of her verse but THIS is what you get when you have a member not only write the words they’re saying but also the melody and flow with which they sing it, when that member knows the others so well that when they write a song they know how to make the group exceed. This is what you get when the artists you stan love doing artist shit.
And. AND. That's not all — with how much I mentioned I love a good outro to close a song, this outro slaps as well:
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Woo wee woo wee woo
I like this trouble be-be
Woo wee woo wee woo
I like this trouble bay-be
Woo wee woo wee woo
I like this trouble bay-beh
Woo wee woo wee woo
I like this trou-ble

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Like, come on, Nayeon’s imitating a police siren for crying out loud. And this is all after her ad-libs in the final post-chorus; after the pianist going full tilt and playing that piano as if it was their last chance to ever play; after that final T W I C E chant by all the members come these blissful 20 seconds at the very end. What a song.
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THE GOOD

• The theme of relishing in an uncontrolled love
• Sana and Mina’s melody in the pre-chorus
• Chorus
• Rap
• Outro
• Wees and woos

Needs Work

• Mina’s line of “falling down, falling down, falling down low” in verse 2 feels a bit too abrupt of a change

Core Memory

• While writing Trouble's review I had this song on repeat for my whole subway commute and I must've been so distracting, just head-bopping and being so invested in enjoying a song

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Need I say more, easy 9/10. The only reason I place Talk that Talk above Trouble is because of what that song represents but besides that, this is one of the best “international” sounds they’ve put out. Actually, I haven’t listened to Eyes wide open in a while but this song is up there with one of the most sonically pleasing pieces of work they’ve done.
Clubbing TWICE has always been a thing since TT was birthed in 2016, and has been a staple of their discography since 2019’s Fancy You and Feel Special mini albums, but Trouble unapologetically dives into and fits the house genre so well you’d think that this is TWICE’s bread and butter sound.
Trouble is Jihyo’s magnum opus. What a song.
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BRAVE BRAVE BRAVE
FOR YOU
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Brave 💖

Main producer: Slow Rabbit of HYBE
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I first thought this was just a good song, then I read the lyrics.
Gentle guitar plucks, shimmering synths, a distant keyboard in the right ear, in the left a glockenspiel, the melodic oohs from the members — this song is PRETTY.
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The night that was unusually dark
Above this terrifying world, felt so lonely
The world has grown in the time of wandering
So hard to breathe

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Mina and Chaeyoung open the song with how they feel lonely and that it's hard to breathe and now suddenly the song feels bittersweet — I was not expecting the song to be this emotional. Brave describes a situation where the singer is in a darker place in life and it isn't until another person gives them hope by calling them 'brave' that they find the drive to keep going.
Once the chorus hits, the melodies pick up, more guitars get added — there’s even an electric guitar hidden in the mix somewhere, and the song drops the emotional front to reveal a mid-tempo pop song to dance to while crying in the club. The song as a whole still carries this melancholy feeling, but now with the added support of this chorus acting as a light amongst the gloom.
Continuing on in the second verse there's this gorgeous, well-placed break in the song that just lets it settle after that chorus. Only a seasoned producer would risk this much empty space in a song and Slow Rabbit went to fill those shoes.
Back to the chorus, I'll take this moment to once again commend Slow Rabbit with the mixing of the song, because 4MIX undoubtedly sounds good in the chorus, and the interludes from Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Mina also sound really good, but the clear highlight of the choruses are these lines:
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Oh na na na neon nal naige hae [Momo, then Tzuyu, then Momo]
On and on and on
Brave brave brave for ya [Dahyun, then Chaeyoung, then Mina]
Oh na na na neon nal sum shwige hae [Sana, then Momo, then Sana]
On and on and on oh trust me babe

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Momo, Sana, and Tzuyu form this beautiful, surprisingly catchy, second half of the chorus accompanied by a guitar drop. It should not turn out this well with how conflicting the "na"s are with the guitar melody but it creates this gentle bopping ebb and flow that feels so lush and mellow.
Diving into the bridge reveals that the listener of the song is revealed not only capable of supporting the singer through direct words but also through their thoughts and dreams. As can be discerned, this can be a song interpreted to be about ONCEs, about how they push TWICE to be their best selves despite the breathless hardships they face. It's a very sweet and touching song.
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THE GOOD

• Special lyrics
• Pleasant sound to vibe out to
• That gentle break after the first chorus
• Jihyo’s high note at the end
• A Nayeon Jeongyeon joint high note ⁉️
• Just pretty vocals throughout

Needs Work

• Potentially hard to comprehend without translating the Korean lyrics

Core Memory

• Form of Therapy’s life motto revolves around the word “brave”. I don’t know where I got that from, but I remembered it right before watching his album reaction

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I’m actually spoiled with the TWICE members’ easy-to-understand songwriting that when a song like this pops up where it's not written by a member and the thematic bits are mostly in Korean, I tend to put it aside in favour of the other songs on the album. And, especially for a song focusing on a theme like this where the English phrases don’t do the Korean lyrics enough justice, it does place a bit of a barrier on the listening experience, dropping it down to a 7/10 from an 8/10.
With that anecdote out of the way, this song is just such a vibe, man. I know that sounds super hippy to say but Brave is so mellow and smooth that I can’t help but sway a little when that chorus hits. And then I remember what the lyrics say and I tear up a bit on the inside. This song is so pure, raw, and full of heart — we need more songs like these where they just reminisce about life while putting up an upbeat front. Don't mind me just crying while dancing the night away.
With that said, this isn't the first time this theme has been sung by TWICE either, they've long trodden this path of supportive, confiding, up-lifting songs with Young & Wild, Rainbow, Queen, Go Hard, Depend on You, even this album's Queen of Hearts, and, of course, Feel Special. Brave just adds another on top of an already stacked lineup, unique with its mellow somberness.
Also now feels like a good time to get into my rating system:

• 7/10s are songs are ones that are simply good throughout or great songs with apparent flaws
• 8/10s are great songs with standout characteristics
• 9/10s are borderline perfect songs where I sometimes can't comprehend how great they are
• And 10/10s are the best of an artist's discography, songs that encapsulate their ethos perfectly or expand upon them in a meaningful way

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I SEE THE LIES
ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE
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Gone 💨

Sole lyricist credit: Dahyun
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Who the fuck pissed off Dubu this time??
It’s getting quite rare to see TWICE pull off brand new sounds because, with now 190 original songs under their belt, they’ve done so many genres and sub-genres varying from hyper pop, to bossa nova, to whatever 2020’s Go Hard is. So it’s surprising to see they’ve still got tricks up their sleeves and Gone is one of them.
The song starts with strings swinging back and forth and vocal chops dancing from ear to ear, teasing what’s yet to come. Jihyo enters the song with a whisper and the song sets its pace. A stagnant drum pad moves the song along and typical song progression would have Mina continue the build but — it doesn’t. The song simmers, adding a hint of high hat to the pot. And then, Sana and Tzuyu come on and surely the buildup must boil over right?
Silence, until…
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I see the LIES on the top of your tongue

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The strings emerge again on full blast, the simmer rolls to a boil, and the anger of the song is revealed,
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All the fate I had towards you
Fades like a fog, gone, gone
Your flipping mind of doing this and that
I’m tired of it, it’s meaningless
In the beginning, it was hard to believe
With that, hatred increases

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The singer is so scorned and burned from this relationship that they reminisce about all the effort they’ve put in since the beginning, but their “partner” is so unconcerned that they’ve just about had enough of the relationship altogether.
This has been Dahyun’s thing since 2020’s Bring It Back, 2021’s Cruel, 2022’s That’s all I’m saying, and even 2023's Don't Blame It On Me — emotionally charged breakup songs that make you feel as if she’s gone through a dozen bad relationships. Dispatch, do your job better, or don't.
Another highlight of the song is the post-chorus going into the bridge. This segment reiterates the structure from the first post-chorus — a barrage of drums supported by the rhythmic strumming of a bass guitar along with a consistent synth filling out the soundscape. But this time, it’s Dahyun and Chaeyoung on the rap:
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I can’t stand it anymore [Dahyun]
My patience, invisible
I can’t find it, it’s all gone
Even if I try to turn back, it’s too late [Chaeyoung]
There’s no use anymore
It has left, it’s long gone
You, with flipping mind, you are out [Momo]
I know that you know what I’m talking about [Dahyun]
Nothing you could say that could turn this around
I’m gone

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Continuing the disrespected theme of the song, Dahyun notes that she’s finally had enough with Chaeyoung adding that there’s no point salvaging what was once there for all of it is long gone. Momo and Dahyun round it off by telling the listener that there’s no point trying to reason with them or playing naive, they fucked up and there’s no coming back.
Can I just say, it's a bit of a shame that Chaeyoung’s rapping popped off in this album while Dahyun only has this one verse that she shares with Chaeyoung, but it just sounds so good how Dahyun eases in after the chorus with her light rapping tone transitioning into her singing. She even holds the “gone” in a little crescendo for some added pizzazz.
And, there’s no way I’m not going to talk about Momo’s vocals in this bridge. Damned if she only got 1 line to use it in, her lower register is incredible. She sounds so smooth singing in this tone. All of TWICE do in particular and there is nary a weak vocal performance in this album.
To close the song off, a wash of synths gets to have their shine in the spotlight, showered with Nayeon’s belting, signifying the dramatic and drawn-out conclusion of this partnership.
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THE GOOD

• They’ve still got their surprises
• Thundering chorus
• 2nd rap and bridge combo
• A bitter, crumbling relationship theme

Needs Work

• I’m not a huge fan of the mixing during the first post-chorus, where Momo's vocals were fighting with the production, which is disappointing because Momo is capable of an insane flow
• The post-chorus in general, specifically the first one, can be a bit tiring on repeat listens

Core Memory

• Actually, I think this song sounds like a mix between GOT7's Not By The Moon, BLACKPINK’s Love To Hate Me, and Dahyun’s Bring It Back. I don’t know where I got this thought came from, but it stuck

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Going back to that point about the first post-chorus as a whole; songs that have the production continue unchanged into the post-chorus/2nd verse are very hit or miss for me — see TWICE's Don't Call Me Again for an overbearing example. The post-chorus going into the bridge contrasts Dahyun’s light tone nicely with the hard-hitting production, continuing the energy until it slowly fades into silence at the end of the bridge.
Back to the song as a whole, as much as TWICE has been experimenting with their sound for the past 4 years now, I’m happy they’re still finding new ways to explore what they’re capable of. And for that alone, even though I’m not a big fan of songs like these where they rely on sounding “big”, Dahyun’s lyricism and the thrill I receive every time I indulge myself in this song when I listen to it for the first time in a while elevates it to an 8/10. Keep on breaking hearts, Dubu.
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INVINCIBLE
SUPERHEROES
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When We Were Kids 🧸

Sole lyricist credit: Dahyun
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Press play to reminisce, pull up lyrics to cry.
This song is so beautiful. I’m totally not writing this song review, crying on the bus reminiscing about my childhood, while just having turned 21. I don’t know if these are happy or sad tears but this song is so beautiful either way.
Warm synths, muted piano, a gentle high hat, the younger members starting off the song — this has to be up there for one of the softest TWICE songs ever. And as it should, it’s one of the TWICEiest songs ever. And then Nayeon comes in,
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Invincible superheroes, we wanted to be adults
To the higher, clearer world

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The chords start swelling, the high hat keeps pace, and the harmonies come in,
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Remember when we were kids
When we were kids, we didn’t know
If we could go back
I will love it even more
Remember when we were kids

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Jihyo takes up the second half of the chorus as it drops, trading the strings for an almost R&B synth production — if choir R&B takes off, this song started it. The song relishes in this cacophony of warm sounds until returning to its sparse and peaceful verses.
This time, the hints of piano are louder, little twinkling synths begin to shimmer, the drum buildup comes and Jeongyeon drives the song straight into the chorus. No time for the strings to build like in Nayeon’s — this song loves its chorus so much.
And I'll just take this time to appreciate the amount of Jeongyeon vocals in this album. Her voice is so clean, stable, and projected — but also more tender and soft compared to the more pronounced tones of Nayeon and Jihyo.
The bridge comes in, repeating the phrase:
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I wish that I could meet
Could meet the younger me

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Giving the song time to rest, before building back up to the last chorus — this time led by Jihyo, completing the 3MIX trifecta. And interestingly enough, Chaeyoung follows up in the second half of the chorus, rather than another member of the vocal line. She really did pop off in this album.
As the last chorus begins to close, the percussion at its strongest, the harmonies on blast, the background vocals cranked up to their Sunday best, is the song going to end? Of course not! This is an album full of banger endings as if the songs don’t want to end, and When We Were Kids being the album closer very much indulges in that feeling.
After a brief refrain, accented by Nayeon’s high note with a touch of vibrato, the song almost dives back into a fourth chorus. Nayeon and Jeongyeon harmonize — a rare and heavenly moment. And the song repeats the bridge, reiterating that they want to meet their younger selves, this time with the lush chorus production before closing with silence, a few piano notes, and Tzuyu singing the last line of the song:
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Oh, we were kids

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Reflection, acceptance, hope. What a song.
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THE GOOD

• Heavenly vocals throughout
• Relatable, heartfelt lyrics
• Euphoric chorus
• Great closer to the album

Needs Work

• Refrain after the last chorus, "Back when we were kids," could’ve been executed better

Core Memory

• For an album titled Between 1&2, I don’t think anything hits harder than finishing the song reviews, with this song in particular, during your 21st birthday

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I wrote the first part of this review in November 2022. Then university, life, and other things got in the way of my headspace for me to feel confident about wrapping all of this up. In a way, I felt like I just didn’t want this review to end because of the joy that writing gives me — I didn’t want the happiness to end. And then it hit me, after watching a YouTuber rank animated movies and them placing Spirited Away at the top and explaining 'why' reminded me of just how important growing up is, and by extension this song.
This theme is important for both the rookie TWICE members in 2015 and the teenagers who would follow their journey and grow up with them, facing life’s obstacles along the way. Hardships that used to only involve family, crushes, and social media, evolve into work, commitments and all the struggles that adult life brings. Being a kid and enjoying the simple things in life is one of the most sought-after moments we want to relive because we took growing up for granted. The only thing we can do now is look back on ourselves with fondness and rose-tinted lenses.
TWICE’s original marketing was to resonate with people through their senses and their hearts. That was during their debut, and I think it still holds up today. In my opinion, touching people through their emotions is what TWICE does best and makes them one of K-pop’s all-time greats. It was never about having the best numbers — it was always about being the best idols. And to think that this journey of maturation and growth would occur from 2015 all the way to this song, being a fitting nod to TWICE’s 7th anniversary, I don’t think anyone at the company nor the group would ever imagine that they would get this far. It’s these nine women or none — 9/10.
This song honestly deserves a 10/10 with how much I noticed other people reminiscing their childhoods after I heard this song, it is such a widely-relatable message, but I am determined to limit myself to one 10/10 song per album and if I were to pick between TTT and WWWK, I'd give it to the one's that's more repeatable — Talk that Talk just has this electric energy about it.
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Epilogue

And finally here is the end. If you made it in one sitting then I commend you, because I could not write this mess in one sitting. As alluded to, I started writing this album review sometime in October, after a series of edits the first draft was finished in March, and now here's the final draft in June.
I love this album. It got me through some important parts of my life, both good and bad, and it's just a wonderful listen throughout. Reliving this album again before finally completing the review has been an exciting journey. Brave hit me harder this time, after being overshadowed by the other gems of this album, and WWWK finally got me to tear up and not just be emotionally satisfied.
I feel like there's something for everyone on this album. From the exhilarating thrills of TTT to the anthemic euphoria of QoH, the clubbing dichotomy of Trouble and Brave to the blissful glee of Basics, and the sweet reminiscence of WWWK to the thundering anger that is Gone. Like Eyes wide open, I liken Between 1&2 to a pop music taste platter — there's such an eclectic mix of pop, music in this album that there's bound to be a song that someone will love, like, and dislike.
Is this album perfect? I don't think so, but it's close — it was certainly my 2022 AOTY. Was this review biased? Absolutely. I've been a fan since 2019 and with the themes in this album, I also feel like it was biased towards me as a ONCE. And how would I rank the album in TWICE's catalogue? It's honestly at the top, at least with EPs — I also felt that way towards Feel Special but then this album was birthed so I'm excited for TWICE's future.
Ready To Be was also a stunning album and Eyes wide open frankly also deserved the spotlight that Formula of Love received so I might hit those next but no promises; this album took long enough to bake.
As for the performances, I've only seen Twitter clips (no fancams to not spoil myself) and I am SO EXCITED to finally see them in July. QoH was as glorious as expected, Brave was a delightful surprise, and WWWK, while not being the concert closer everyone expected it to be, paired up nicely with Crazy Stupid Love. And of course the bombastic addition of the dance break to TTT. But, this is not a concert review, and this is where this album review ends.
Feel free to comment with any thoughts regarding the album, other TWICE albums, and any suggestions for my writing in general. Congrats again on making it this far!
God, I love this album.

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Hiya all. F[33] body height 170cm, weight 79kg, currently 6 weeks pregnant.
I am first time posting here, I don't know if this is the right so if I am in the wrong sub please refer me to right if it's possible and remove this.
I am taking prenatal, PreMama exactly and utrogestan 2 times daily morning and evening. Started them yesterday and the evening dose made me groggy and like I've taken 10 benzoyl. I am thinking it was utrogestan, but I took today the morning dose and I was fine no groggines, took the evening dose of prenatal vitamins, and utrogestan and again I am feeling soooooo much lightheaded dizzy honestly my writing is bit impaired, taught process to be exactly.i feel high, last night lasted I think half hour, maybe hour. Got time distortion also, like 5 minutes pass and I think hour has passed.
Please please if anyone has had the same issue is it safe, what's causing it, will it pass? I have itchiness too, didn't had that with the morning utrogestan dose.
What do I do, I'll call doctor tomorrow morning it's late right now. But any advice is more than appreciated. Feeling is like I am drunk, or high( I am guessing that's the feeling you get while high).
Could it be from the vitamins, I had never had reaction to vitamins or minerals like this, tough I never took prenatal, and these have too many vitamins and minerals.
Sorry for the mess of post, I really can't even make proper sentences idk.
Edit: taking just utrogestan l, pre-natal vitamins and folic acid, Ben taking the folic for over a week and it's not that. Pregnant 6 week. Thanks

I'll be honest af I do content writing for the money yes I don't have any Passion in, I'm pursuing a degree in my field of intrest but since I'm pursuing and my field of intrest does not pay that good I decided to do some freelancing I started with graphic design but it didn't stick to me so moved to content writing
Now in some of my work I have used Ai like for generating creative headings and gathering information of my own but when I was not able to form a 'flow of words' I used ai so is it morally right to use AI? Or would it be put me in a pickle if I continue to use AI for my content writing projects?
Like I get how most of yall hate ai but my take on from what I've read sooner or later ai will become a part of a writer's process so yea is it cool if I do it?

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has said that if Russia wants a "Diplomatic direction" in settlement of the war in Ukraine, it should withdraw its troops from the occupied territories without waiting for Ukraine to liberate them by force.
Quote: "If Russia wants [to take] a diplomatic direction, they should get out before we have a lot of people killed, and we push them out by force. I think that's a big difference. Yes, the result is the same, on the one hand. [But] I don't think so. I believe that we are liberating our territories. And it is very important for me how - to lose people or to reduce losses. And then, again, it depends on whether we are ready for any dialogue."
If we knock them out by force, then when we push them out of our territory, what should they talk to us about? What is the point of talking?
More details: Zelenskyy expressed confidence that "Any other leadership of the Russian Federation will look for a way out of this situation" and even Russian society "Already understands that the issue of their internal explosion is a matter of time."
"If we fight to the end and push them out by force, they will definitely not be in the form in which they are now. Because they will experience a social explosion, and they will lose the state, and respect, and a place at the diplomatic table, and the army, lose everything. There will be more than one revolution within them. Because the [Russian] territory is large, and different people, different nations live there. That's why there will be a lot of things [happening]," Zelenskyy said.
"But with the least tangible losses, they can find a diplomatic way out of the situation. This means to start leaving our territory without bullets, explosions, or missiles," he said.

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I’m begging you, please read before commenting. I’m not looking for everyone to tell me I’m right, but I feel like most people in my life are biased one way or another. I also don’t have any adults in my life to talk to about this, (insert tragic backstory about being bisexual in a cult-like religious family and being beaten, kicked out, homeless, yada yada yada) so I’d really like any advice I can get.
For starters, I’m 20, everyone in this story is 20, I finally got my own place to stay a couple months ago and I’ve been in therapy for a while (see aforementioned family issues)
To make it quick, there’s two people, yearlong recent ex, N, and ex I just started talking to, H.
N and I started talking just before I was kicked out, I was on my own for a while, it was rough, and I ended up moving across the country to where she lived. It’s very important to note I did not move for her, I had some friends who had a place for me to crash at night, and it was much better than sleeping on concrete.
After I moved and my situation became more stable, I realized that she wasn’t exactly who I thought she was after I got there. The N I talked to online was very confident, flirtatious, and outgoing, but in person she was completely the opposite.
Who I believed was the most alluring and confident person ever was actually someone who was diagnosed with depression at age 13, and I only got to see glimpses of her happy. I realized I had problems with feeling emotions (in the since that I couldn’t) and I also realized that cutting my emotions off and being in care mode 24/7 wasn’t helping. We both had a set of problems that just fundamentally made the others worse.
I’m feeling nothing-> She’s upset because I feel nothing-> I have to shut myself off and take care of her -> I feel nothing.
After months and months and months I had almost checked out, but I was still holding on hope that I’d come over to her house one day and see her happy, this kept up until just a couple weeks ago, where I broke up with her after a long day of work, and I just knew it was only getting worse. We were living together (w 2 other roommates) and we had a cat. She moved out, she yelled at me for the first time, and took the cat. I had practically checked out by then, I’d been hurting for months prior.
After she left, I was finally able to feel things again, and truly be at peace with myself and what happened to me as a kid.
In comes H
H was someone I dated at 15-16, and we dated for two years. At the time, I was a very emotional teen who was having masculinity issues (being closeted, see crazy religious family above) and she was the first person to see through it and call out my parents’ abuse/ set me on the track to being my own person. Really an eye opener.
Now, we were moody teenagers and had a lot of angry arguments/ did/ said a lot of angry stuff, but we broke up on the terms of “we’re just not right for each other right now” when I was 17-18. Her mother also had BPD and was always very angry or very very sad, neither of us were raised correctly, and we weren’t exactly good for each other, but we both had generally positive impacts. (She learned empathy, I learned how to use my brain)
Fast forward to about 5 days ago, I saw her online on one of my favorite games, and we hadn’t talked in over a year. This is where I’m fucking up. I saw she was online, texted her, she joined my game, and we talked again.
It was crazy. Just the very way. she carried herself made her seem like she was so much more at peace, and she said the same for me. She’s got huge passions now, just like me, and we’re both very boldly pursuing those. It’s refreshing meeting someone so, real.
After maybe hours of talking, and months of not feeling attraction to anyone, i got that little heartbeat skip thing, and immediately felt a downpour of guilt drowning it out. We’ve done nothing more than a little flirting, but I JUST got out of this big thing, even if I was over it months before it collapsed.
I just want to know what you guys think, If i’m moving too fast and shouldn’t talk to her, or if riding the wave seeing what happens is the way to go. I don’t have a mom or dad to confide in, so help me out internet people.

So my dog is now about 1.5 years old. He is slowly showing more signs of reactivity. It started with growling and barking at humans in a fearful way, (which we have worked on A lot and got him to greet strangers a lot better), to now getting territorial with dogs his size or larger. We recently had an incident where he approached a very friendly great Dane on leash in front of our house, and raised his hairs, showed teeth and lunged at him before even greeting (he did not bite). He was sat, told to calm down, but still tried a 2nd time.This has never happened before. He usually will sniff any dog, but if he shows signs of being afraid or defensive, we keep it short and continue on our way. He has been socialized since very young with both human and dogs. And both off and on leash.
Anyway, what exactly is the best approach to train a dog to be calm when a dog is nearby or approaching. We usually don't have him greet dogs on leash, but when at parks, it's kinda unavoidable with irresponsible dog owners. He also has a habit of ignoring all commands when a dog is nearby. We think it's stemming from him being overstimulated too quickly, which is reverting to feareactive.

I work on my own cars and know it’s better to look at things like this in person and i know that it’s not possible to reliably diagnose a problem with just knowing the issue but I can do my own troubleshooting and diag but would like advice on where to start troubleshooting.
This has been a persistent issue that is increasingly getting worse. Here is a specific example. This morning before work I put my hvac blower on the windshield defroster to get rid of inner windshield condensation. When I went to go home after work, i put the hvac setting on upper airflow (like the vents that blow on your face) and it took a good while to switch back off of the defroster airflow. Like 15-20 minutes probably. After it switched it blows fine and cools properly. The issue has been happening for a few months but the amount of time it takes to switch airflow settings has been increasing over time.
What should I start looking at?
Tried google but even with multiple searches with different wording and phrasing google cannot understand what it is i am trying to search for. Thank you.

13 years ago I was assaulted and battered at a nightclub in Florida. We were on vacation and my brother sold tickets for an event at the club which he should not have done he sold like $2,000.00 worth of tickets. But the money was not sent to him immediately he had to wait a few days for it to be available. The promoter found out about it and used a girl to lure us to the club. The promoter’s words to us was “I’m going to fck you up!!” I was telling the promoter that I had nothing to do with taking your money. He then says “I don’t care I’m going fck both you up and strip you naked if I don’t get the money back. We go inside the club into the office and my brother is finding ways to give back the money. The promoter and the bouncers start to get angry and frustrated and bring us to a dark alley right outside the club and they preceded to beat us from 12:45 am to about 5:00 am, the sun was out when they finished.
The bouncer beat us the most. My brothers cheek was swollen and I lost a tooth. They punched us in the face, The bouncer slapped us multiple times. He he had on cycling gloves by the way. They threaten to put us in a van and drop us off in a ditch. The bouncer took out a knife and threatened to cut our testicles off.
We eventually found a way to give them the money. 13 years later I went to a therapist because I was experiencing symptoms of ptsd for about a month and a half. My therapist diagnosed me and need advise on what to do as a far as suing the club.
I read where I can apply the discovery rule. Since the club is a public entity the statue of limitations limits my discovery period to six months.
Any advice would be appreciated.

If you're a fan of Murkoff, this post might make you angry (if so, maybe just skip this post entirely).
After going through the intro POV cutscene in The Outlast Trials, I started to think a bit more about what this corporation actually is and what it aims for. And that might've been a mistake, because right now I cannot see the Murkoff Corporation as nothing else than a cheesy PG-rated stereotypical comically-super-evil company.
In other words, the Murkoff Corporation internal policy and the way the research is lead is highly inefficient at best and highly prone to incidents (those we know too well, as we played an active role in those).

Research

Let's start with the research. The Trials (specifically the intro scene) gave us an insight into early Murkoff's gruesome treatment of their testing subjects. I don't want to sound as some Ethics Committee squeak (although Murkoff does need some EC a lot), but the gore and violence is super-excessive, needless, and technically problematic for the following reasons:

• The place is anything but sterile, making it almost guaranteed for patients to catch an infection and die within days at best.
• Patients don't get anesthetics and all procedures are done when awake and conscious. Good luck performing a surgical procedure correctly when the patient is defending themselves (also a great way to have them accidentally killed). Not to mention the psychological trauma would have a great negative impact on the research (especially given how likely early stage it is).
• Patients get their night-vision goggles literally drilled into their skull. This is the needless part, because those goggles can be strapped on your head just fine. But I guess Murkoff just needs to have an agenda of a satanistic cult devoted to bring sacrifices to Azazel (that's like the only explanation that would make sense).
• The argument that the patients are expendable can be said, but then again, why hard-attaching expensive devices on them if those would need to be somehow removed from their corpses in a hostile environment, and why performing surgeries that drastically decrease their chances of survival?

In Trials, we somewhat learn that Murkoff experiments with a mind-control technology. Then I guess Murkoff is in its "revolutionary startup idea" phase, because the whole project gives the impression of a remote variation of the Squid Game (especially given the theme of the testing environment and objectives of the scenario).
Typically (or rather ALWAYS), you want to make your tests in a controlled environment in order to prevent a security breach and to monitor the test a lot better with no external interferences. If a mind-controlling technology is developed there, the tests should be about following specific orders, not about running in a dangerous environment where the only way to survive is to actually do the objectives (something a normal healthy person would do anyway in order to survive). Not to mention there is a high risk of the subjects being injured or incapacitated, preventing you from using the subjects anytime soon, researching what the effects of the technology do in a long run, or if it's possible to expose people to that technology repeatedly.
(If Murkoff has this already sorted out, then the Trials are nothing more than an amusement park with no research value.)
Probably only the Temple Gate experiment is somewhat plausible in theory, although despite the remote location, Murkoff completely neglected securing the perimeter of the experiment area, allowing the test subjects to escape and people from outside to enter the area. I would also mention the non-existing monitoring of the experiment, but there is no info on that (who knows, maybe they just fly drones over the place 24/7).

Security and personnel

When I mentioned the Ethical Committee and that Murkoff could use one, it is not for the sake of public relations as much as for the Murkoff personnel. If your company does some gruesome (mostly needless) crimes against humanity, you're on a way to alienate your own people. A scientist, a security member, a technician, a programmer, doesn't matter, once they witness some of those horrendous crimes, they may start to question whether the cause they signed up for is actually any good (spoiler alert: it's not, Murkoff is just evil to be evil for the sake of being evil).
And this is just the starting point. The personnel then gradually decides or is quickly pushed into decision between the following options:

• Simply quit working for Murkoff Evil Inc.
• Publicly expose the company either via whistleblowing confidential and incriminating data from inside the company, publicly speaking against the company, or contacting authorities about the situation (the last one is likely ineffective if Murkoff works directly with the government, but we don't have any confirmation on that).
• Sabotage the project or the facility if no other option is possible, causing damage that needs to be cleaned up and slowing down the research progress.

Yes, Murkoff does have it's security policy that keeps the personnel "in line" with the brute force of intimidation and silencing, however this approach further alienates the people (potentially those that have not yet come in contact with the "secret" stuff as well). Not to mention the personnel needs to be under increased supervision even outside the Murkoff facilities.
But if you're in the "screw ethics" camp, then let's talk about money. Internal surveillance, investigations, incident cleanups, seeking replacements for lost people, or any damage caused by the policy eventually slurps a lot of money. Kinda funny the Insurance Mitigation Department exists to minimize financial and legal costs, despite the fact that Murkoff does everything to increase the costs.
But if you're also in the "money goes brrr" camp, then keep in mind that Murkoff Corporation is a publicly known company that still has its PR and legal obligations to take care of (good luck explaining why a helicopter crashed near your facility in the local news). If things go out and the government has no other option than to make a full crackdown on the entire company, the only thing Murkoff can do is to go on a permanent vacation to a third world country with an authoritarian regime rule where it would be out of reach of any justice.
And before anyone suggests using the "mind-control" technology against the establishment, why Murkoff doesn't already use that technology on it's own personnel to make them loyal and obedient before they actually realize who's good or bad?

Conclusion

I could also nitpick details such as Doofenshmirtz (I mean Murkoff) using it's actual name on a scam poster, or buildling an experimental lab right under a large clinic that can be turned into an unwanted Rat Park experiment with a single outbreak, but I already gave it more than enough roast.
Murkoff Corporation does stupid things. I guess the reason for it is purely narrative - to have an evil large corporation that is responsible for the mess you got dropped into as the player (but I don't want to dive into the narrative decision issue as that would be another, even edgier essay). But if Red Barrels decided to expand the lore of Outlast further, maybe they should've made Murkoff a company with an actual believable reason.

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First of all i want to say i know this isn't going to affect everyone here, but i believe some people may have the same experience as me..
Well i try to explain, my ex suddenly broke up with me via text a couple months ago, i was broken but at that time i didnt know about this BPD thing, she promised me she came over after a couple weeks of " grief " to come to talk face 2 face, as of why she broke up with me. So ok i was in the denial stage so we stayed " friends "
3 months later, she still didn't come. I started to really feel she kept me on the leesh like a dog, then she started flirting with me again and talking about sex etc.
After this i didnt hear from her for a couple weeks. Then i politely asked if she still wanted to be " friends " and meet. She said yes of course i will! But then i asked why she suddenly ghosted me while she was hitting on me again talking about sex etc. Then she told me " because i suddenly found someone who I've been dating with since then " this broke me completely, so i wrote a semi polite letter to her, basicly saying i wanted no contact and felt betrayed.
Then she replied semi cold with " ok if thats your choice i will respect that, BUT.
so she replied " but couldnt you tell me this sooner that you weren't gonna be friends with me if you knew i started dating? Its been 3 months move on! you cant love me forever! i told you we were not going back together as a couple we are just friends now"
so i said, yeah i didnt see anything " friends " coming from you and you never told me this, you told me " we'll see what the future brings i first need to work on myself " i came up with multiple activities we could do and you always said yes we are gonna do it, but you never did. You were too busy finding a new supply.
So basically she " accused " me of not wanting to be " friends " because i was still in grief. And i just had to accept her new " boyfriend " even if we would chill as friends. Which is fairly weird, like i dont see myself going to a funfair with her and her new supply. And her new supply probably isn't going to accept her going out with an ex she fucked with 3 months before lmao.
So my question is as the title says. Why do they act like you have to accept their new supply, like WE ( victims ) have to act nothing ever happened between us? I get it that the BPD people do this. But they want YOU to do that too. She probably thought me and her new bf were gonna have a brother like relationship or something lmao.
Sorry for the long post but i needed to vent a bit and I'm curious about people who had the same kinda events happening with their expwBPD, thank you in advance for reading and replying :)

By default, the game's comparison feature only highlights in green/red the item's most basic stats: damage for weapons, armor for... armor. It does not highlight other important features that may lead to the gear actually being worse despite having a higher base stat.
For example:
Sword A has 100 base damage, and a secondary stat that provides +15% more damage to core skills.
Sword B has 105 base damage, but nothing special in regards to its secondary stats.
If you go by a glance, you'll probably pick sword B because it highlights in green that it's a +5 damage boost. What it doesn't highlight is that you've lost that 15% bonus damage to core skills, which are very important for dealing damage.
By default, detailed item comparisons are toggled off. I toggled it on when I first started, thought it was too much info, and turned it back off, only to realize once I started getting good perks that those comparisons absolutely matter. It's a lot of info to parse through, and there's no quick-comparison feature like Diablo 3, but it's important for determining which gear is truly better.
Also keep in mind that it does have some quirks though. I had one piece of gear with 13% overpower damage, and one with 18% overpower damage, but when I compared them, it said that i would lose 13% overpower damage. If you just glance at the "Properties lost when equipped" panel, you might miss important info.
Seems comparing items is going to be a lot more tedious and in-depth than Diablo 3, but given that this game seems harder than D3, it's an important thing to start doing.

With Legends bringing a degree of consistency to the early game and especially with URF guaranteeing a tome for all Gold and Prismatic games, knowing the best way to tailor your Tome of Traits is more important than ever.
I was curious about the statistical best ways to get certain emblems, so I made a little program for finding this.
Before starting, here's the simple explanation from the wiki).

• Emblems can be tailored to your board, granting you emblems based off of traits on your board.
• Tailored emblems are based off of your board from the previous round.
• Tailored emblems are determined based off active & inactive traits on your board:
  • 0 to 5 traits grants all random emblems.
  • 6 or 7 traits grants 1 tailored emblem and 3 random emblems.
  • 8 or 9 traits grants 2 tailored emblems and 2 random emblems.
  • 10 or 11 traits grants 3 tailored emblems and 1 random emblem.
  • 12+ traits grants all tailored emblems.

Expanding on this, you must also know that some traits do not have an emblem associated with them, but they still count toward having a trait in the tailoring. Using this effectively, you can dramatically increase the chance of getting the emblem you would like.
In set 9, there are only 3 (excluding the 5 5-cost traits) traits without emblems: Yordle, Multicaster, and Targon.
This is all you need to know to keep it simple while having the most success with this method: Be at the minimum breakpoint for a tailored augment while having all 3 of the above traits.
2 other important points:

• Teemo and Soraka
  • Teemo fulfills the role of both Yordle and Multicaster
  • Soraka fulfills Targon
  • Both are 2-cost
• The more tailored augments the better
  • Being at exactly 12 traits is the best place to be

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Now for the the absolute best comps for finding each emblem. I don't really feel like making a graphic at the moment, so here's just the raw data. If anyone wants to make something more with this, be my guest. I might eventually make a website with this info and some other features, but don't have the time right now.
For all of these results, the probability of the selected emblem being one of the four shown are all at 72.0%, which seems to be the theoretical maximum due to exactly 12 traits with all of the no-emblem traits.
SorcererOrianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar +:-:- +VoidCho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +BastionPoppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +DeadeyeAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Ashe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin +RogueAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +BruiserCho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi +DemaciaPoppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle +FreljordAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Ashe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed +JuggernautAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin +ChallengerAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira +SlayerAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +PiltoverOrianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi +NoxusKled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira +ZaunAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin +ShurimaKled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia +InvokerAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Ashe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Kled,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Warwick,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +GunnerJinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed +StrategistAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Ashe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Kled,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Swain,Taliyah + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Warwick + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Warwick + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kayle + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Kassadin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +IoniaAshe,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Cho'Gath,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Jinx,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Orianna,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Poppy,Soraka,Zed,Taliyah + Renekton,Soraka,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Swain,Teemo,Zed + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Jhin + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Cassiopeia + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Vi + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Samira + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Malzahar + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Kassadin +Shadow IslesSoraka,Teemo,Warwick,Maokai + Soraka,Teemo,Warwick,Viego + Soraka,Teemo,Zed,Maokai
Just want to note that all teams analyzed for this are <=4 size and <=2 cost. More results would be possible if this was extended.

It used to be that I'd hardly see one a week, then over the last while I've been spotting several every day. Went out for a cycle around the place today and counted 5 in different places doing all manner of foxy things like terrifying crows and crossing roads. They seem to be having great fun with the summer coming in.
So the question is, has there been an increase in their numbers compared to recent years, or is this one of those things that you start to notice more once you pay attention to it? Or has a witch moved into the area and let her creatures run amok? This would be around west Cork.