a.c. rodríguez

L and Light from "Death Note,"  designs by Takeshi Obata, background by me. Twenty years later and Death Note (originally conceived by Tsugumi Ōba and Takeshi Obata) was made into a  musical,  not only  in Japanese  in 2015 and performed in Tokyo, Taiwan, Seoul, Moscow and Rio, but also  in English  last year performing on London's West End. Will it come to the US? Wikipedia says it's coming to Texas.  Texas!? Given my publishing "Knight Stalker" deconstructing a crazed killer and his bond with a mischievous devil, and given almost twenty-one years of Desu Nōto, I'll address some themes within this much-adapted series which are relevant today. Even Grimes released an edgy single "Shinigami Eyes" back in '22 just before Elon acquired X. Figure that one out. Credits // Links & References  //  aka There's a Lot of Death Note Here we go. Deep breath in. Death Note began as a manga series first published in Japan in December 2003 till ...

  The Dormition (1565-66)   by El Greco in the Cathedral of the Dormition in Hermoupolis Reading I (Rev. 11:19; 12:1-6, 10) A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the auth...

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising," Early Winter 2025 Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a 2011 anime series of twelve episodes, which in 2012/13 were condensed into two feature films and given a glossy well-produced third installment called "Rebellion." A fourth film is being released "soon." Its world in the fake Japanese city Mitakihara consists of magical girls or "mahō shōjo" (a trope in manga/anime) whom each make a contract with an Incubator named Kyūbey. This results not only in a single wish being granted but in a compulsion to fight and kill entities called "witches" which bring disaster through invisible labyrinths. Witches' labyrinths trap innocent people and cause them to harm themselves and others. We learn as the story progresses that witches were once magical girls who at some point turned to despair. They turned to despair for a variety of reasons. Due to finding out the devastating truth that all witches ...

  MARK 9 And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power." The Transfiguration After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell a...