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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Sep 15

thank god they finally added bookmarks here. now we need them to hurry up with drafts 🙏🏾

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Aug 11

— currently reading 📖

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L Wang

- The Sword of Kaigen" by M.L. Wang is a high fantasy novel set in a world inspired by feudal Japan, where powerful warriors called theonites, capable of manipulating water and ice, defend the Kaigenese Empire. The story follows Misaki and her son Mamoru, members of a warrior family in the isolated mountain village of Takayubi. When their village is attacked by a powerful enemy, they must confront not only the external threat but also the hidden truths and lies that underpin their society and challenge their beliefs

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Aug 7

hearing so many good things about the weapons movie. can’t wait to watch it

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Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · Aug 6

Manny Jacinto wants to return as Qimir:

“I would love to run it back. I love that character, that franchise, that team … If the fans want it, I’m down and ready to go.”

(via comicbook.com/starwars/new...)

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Aug 1

it deserved the treatment ‘what if’ was getting 💔

melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Aug 1

Disney/marvel is going to hell for not promoting Eyes of Wakanda, when it’s literally one of their best projects

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Aug 1

Disney/marvel is going to hell for not promoting Eyes of Wakanda, when it’s literally one of their best projects

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

it’s something everyday i can’t

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

music.apple.com/za/album/can...

Can we talk about Isaac? by Rachel Chinouriri on Apple Music

Song · 2025 · Duration 4:03

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

Apple Music better not pull this bs

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · Jul 30

Spotify is now instituting face scans and ID checks ... to listen to music.

Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.

www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

www.404media.co

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · Jul 31

First look at ‘Iyanu’ Season 2.

📺: Cartoon Network & HBO Max | 2026

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

can we please be able to draft posts and get bookmarks @bsky.app

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

ryan coogler please use your connection to marvel to get jayme lawson that storm role

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

marvel of all ppl saying “Keep the cost down" is crazy when they just spent that amount of money on rdj 😶

melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

younger talent?? my clients better be in that audition room for ororo

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 31

they won’t because they gotta ‘prove’ to ola that she made a ‘mistake’ moving on from him. they can’t stand the fact that her story didnt end with her being humiliated by him

melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 30

manny looks so good. need him in a romcom asap

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 30

you can read it here for free. leave nice comments mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/10262...

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 30

discovered this one shot manga yesterday by an artist named Wami on mangaplus. love love the art and character designs. hope it gains traction so it can become a full length series one day 👏🏾

Abeba, main character is watering a plant in a forest

Tree of life by Wami. Panel of a three eyed, 6 armed spirit appearing above Abeba who is tied up on the floor

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melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 30

all this is just a reminder that they still haven’t renewed castlevania nocturne for season 3. sick to my stomach. bring back my family

melo 🌷 @aftermidnitte.bsky.social · Jul 30

the cover art?!?!?!?!

daily alucard ⚰️ @alucarddaily.bsky.social · Jul 29

Castlevania: The Complete Series is coming to Blu-ray on September 30 🦇 Illustration by Katie Silva @kloysius.bsky.social

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Jul 30

Background paintings by Sue Mondt for The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), created by Craig McCracken, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Jul 29

Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki didn't start as the artists they became. Surviving the brutal world of TV anime in the '70s changed them and their style.

They made classics like Heidi and Anne of Green Gables and found their own paths, as we explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-pressu...