Nik
@nikftime.bsky.social
Coming out of the theater after seeing Wicked this weekend:
Me: I don't like how the ending was written.
Nicole: That IS how things happened in the Broadway musical.
Me: WELL THEN I DON'T LIKE HOW THE MUSICAL WAS WRITTEN!
Me: I don't like how the ending was written.
Nicole: That IS how things happened in the Broadway musical.
Me: WELL THEN I DON'T LIKE HOW THE MUSICAL WAS WRITTEN!
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coming out of the theater after seeing Wicked this weekend:
Me: I don't like how the ending was written.
Nicole: That IS how things happened in the Broadway musical.
Me: WELL THEN I DON'T LIKE HOW THE MUSICAL WAS WRITTEN!
Me: I don't like how the ending was written.
Nicole: That IS how things happened in the Broadway musical.
Me: WELL THEN I DON'T LIKE HOW THE MUSICAL WAS WRITTEN!
So here's the plan for the extra monthly WMR episode:
-Every series normally discussed on WMR
-The new series that we have already dropped
-I will cover three MORE series, based on my personal preference AND ALSO YOURS
So if you want me to talk about a series we normally don't cover, let me know.
-Every series normally discussed on WMR
-The new series that we have already dropped
-I will cover three MORE series, based on my personal preference AND ALSO YOURS
So if you want me to talk about a series we normally don't cover, let me know.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
So here's the plan for the extra monthly WMR episode:
-Every series normally discussed on WMR
-The new series that we have already dropped
-I will cover three MORE series, based on my personal preference AND ALSO YOURS
So if you want me to talk about a series we normally don't cover, let me know.
-Every series normally discussed on WMR
-The new series that we have already dropped
-I will cover three MORE series, based on my personal preference AND ALSO YOURS
So if you want me to talk about a series we normally don't cover, let me know.
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 12: Qatar 🇶🇦
So this is tricky because Qatar barely has any published ROCK music, let alone metal specifically. There are a few underground bands with a handful of songs posted online, though.
But there's someone I should make additional note of.
youtu.be/RB5RzK0ub3U
So this is tricky because Qatar barely has any published ROCK music, let alone metal specifically. There are a few underground bands with a handful of songs posted online, though.
But there's someone I should make additional note of.
youtu.be/RB5RzK0ub3U
Letters from Faust
YouTube video by October Grey - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 12: Qatar 🇶🇦
So this is tricky because Qatar barely has any published ROCK music, let alone metal specifically. There are a few underground bands with a handful of songs posted online, though.
But there's someone I should make additional note of.
youtu.be/RB5RzK0ub3U
So this is tricky because Qatar barely has any published ROCK music, let alone metal specifically. There are a few underground bands with a handful of songs posted online, though.
But there's someone I should make additional note of.
youtu.be/RB5RzK0ub3U
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 11: Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Nicaragua doesn't have many successful bands, to the point I was more often running into the same American album with "Nicaragua" in the title.
Then I eventually came across this beautiful track by the unsigned group Excelsyum: youtu.be/0duUuxqaMPg
Nicaragua doesn't have many successful bands, to the point I was more often running into the same American album with "Nicaragua" in the title.
Then I eventually came across this beautiful track by the unsigned group Excelsyum: youtu.be/0duUuxqaMPg
"Cuarto Sombrío" - Excelsyum - Nicaragua - Lyric Video
YouTube video by Excelsyum
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 11: Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Nicaragua doesn't have many successful bands, to the point I was more often running into the same American album with "Nicaragua" in the title.
Then I eventually came across this beautiful track by the unsigned group Excelsyum: youtu.be/0duUuxqaMPg
Nicaragua doesn't have many successful bands, to the point I was more often running into the same American album with "Nicaragua" in the title.
Then I eventually came across this beautiful track by the unsigned group Excelsyum: youtu.be/0duUuxqaMPg
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 10: South Africa 🇿🇦
It's spooky week, so let's get gothic with Terminatryx.
youtu.be/NeiJPjnqfkM
It's spooky week, so let's get gothic with Terminatryx.
youtu.be/NeiJPjnqfkM
TERMINATRYX - Gone (music video)
YouTube video by TERMINATRYX
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 10: South Africa 🇿🇦
It's spooky week, so let's get gothic with Terminatryx.
youtu.be/NeiJPjnqfkM
It's spooky week, so let's get gothic with Terminatryx.
youtu.be/NeiJPjnqfkM
Reposted by Nik
My hand slipped.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My hand slipped.
General shipping opinion:
Enemies-to-lovers is not an inherently good ship dynamic. This is because not all adversarial relationships in fiction are built on contrasts. For example, Protagonist x The Protagonist's Evil Clone is almost always a garbage ship.
Enemies-to-lovers is not an inherently good ship dynamic. This is because not all adversarial relationships in fiction are built on contrasts. For example, Protagonist x The Protagonist's Evil Clone is almost always a garbage ship.
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
General shipping opinion:
Enemies-to-lovers is not an inherently good ship dynamic. This is because not all adversarial relationships in fiction are built on contrasts. For example, Protagonist x The Protagonist's Evil Clone is almost always a garbage ship.
Enemies-to-lovers is not an inherently good ship dynamic. This is because not all adversarial relationships in fiction are built on contrasts. For example, Protagonist x The Protagonist's Evil Clone is almost always a garbage ship.
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 9 is Italy 🇮🇹 which means I have an excuse to post my favorite Rhapsody (of Fire) songs.
To start with, here's the track that first got me into power metal.
FACE ME EVIL BASTARD
SMELL THE BLOOD OF ANGELS
GLORY PRIDE AND BLOODSHeEeD
youtu.be/GyHPK0m6orI
To start with, here's the track that first got me into power metal.
FACE ME EVIL BASTARD
SMELL THE BLOOD OF ANGELS
GLORY PRIDE AND BLOODSHeEeD
youtu.be/GyHPK0m6orI
Rhapsody - Holy Thunderforce (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tvetov Nato
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 9 is Italy 🇮🇹 which means I have an excuse to post my favorite Rhapsody (of Fire) songs.
To start with, here's the track that first got me into power metal.
FACE ME EVIL BASTARD
SMELL THE BLOOD OF ANGELS
GLORY PRIDE AND BLOODSHeEeD
youtu.be/GyHPK0m6orI
To start with, here's the track that first got me into power metal.
FACE ME EVIL BASTARD
SMELL THE BLOOD OF ANGELS
GLORY PRIDE AND BLOODSHeEeD
youtu.be/GyHPK0m6orI
My wife @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social asked me what Randy Savage's team would be if he were a Pokemon trainer, and I took her prompt far too seriously.
Here is the result.
Here is the result.
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My wife @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social asked me what Randy Savage's team would be if he were a Pokemon trainer, and I took her prompt far too seriously.
Here is the result.
Here is the result.
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 8: Maldives 🇲🇻
Fasylive has been active for over twenty years, and their music is a bit wide-ranging to be characterized as purely metal. But screw it, the guitars are good.
youtu.be/8Jxw1trJDQU
Fasylive has been active for over twenty years, and their music is a bit wide-ranging to be characterized as purely metal. But screw it, the guitars are good.
youtu.be/8Jxw1trJDQU
Your Betrayal
YouTube video by FASYLIVE - Topic
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 8: Maldives 🇲🇻
Fasylive has been active for over twenty years, and their music is a bit wide-ranging to be characterized as purely metal. But screw it, the guitars are good.
youtu.be/8Jxw1trJDQU
Fasylive has been active for over twenty years, and their music is a bit wide-ranging to be characterized as purely metal. But screw it, the guitars are good.
youtu.be/8Jxw1trJDQU
Reposted by Nik
Hey all! I have some expensive events coming up, and have put together a package of podcasts on Patreon to help me offset those costs.
It's available here for just $5, and you get five bonus podcasts and an incredible piece of art from @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social (18+ feed).
It's available here for just $5, and you get five bonus podcasts and an incredible piece of art from @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social (18+ feed).
Bonus Podcast Package | Weekly Manga Recap
Get more from Weekly Manga Recap on Patreon
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October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey all! I have some expensive events coming up, and have put together a package of podcasts on Patreon to help me offset those costs.
It's available here for just $5, and you get five bonus podcasts and an incredible piece of art from @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social (18+ feed).
It's available here for just $5, and you get five bonus podcasts and an incredible piece of art from @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social (18+ feed).
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 7: Andorra 🇦🇩
Andorra is one of the smallest nations in Europe, with a population of less than 90,000. One of the biggest musical acts from the nation, period, is prog metal band Persefone.
youtu.be/rSlYrbibiD4
Andorra is one of the smallest nations in Europe, with a population of less than 90,000. One of the biggest musical acts from the nation, period, is prog metal band Persefone.
youtu.be/rSlYrbibiD4
PERSEFONE - Katabasis (Official Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 7: Andorra 🇦🇩
Andorra is one of the smallest nations in Europe, with a population of less than 90,000. One of the biggest musical acts from the nation, period, is prog metal band Persefone.
youtu.be/rSlYrbibiD4
Andorra is one of the smallest nations in Europe, with a population of less than 90,000. One of the biggest musical acts from the nation, period, is prog metal band Persefone.
youtu.be/rSlYrbibiD4
Forgot to post #MulticulturalMetalMonday because I was wiped out yesterday.
Week 6: Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Nishaiar's music is strange and engrossing, ambient black metal with elements of shamanic music that combine to make something almost hypnotic.
youtu.be/AExcC3BriQ8
Week 6: Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Nishaiar's music is strange and engrossing, ambient black metal with elements of shamanic music that combine to make something almost hypnotic.
youtu.be/AExcC3BriQ8
Nishaiar Igewanda
YouTube video by Nishaiar
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Forgot to post #MulticulturalMetalMonday because I was wiped out yesterday.
Week 6: Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Nishaiar's music is strange and engrossing, ambient black metal with elements of shamanic music that combine to make something almost hypnotic.
youtu.be/AExcC3BriQ8
Week 6: Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Nishaiar's music is strange and engrossing, ambient black metal with elements of shamanic music that combine to make something almost hypnotic.
youtu.be/AExcC3BriQ8
The problem with Brave, ultimately, is that we're supposed to see Merida and her mother as equally to blame for the rift that forms between them, but one of them is a parent with full control of her daughter's life.
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A ★★★½ review of Brave (2012)
Brave has two problems: other Pixar films already exist, and more importantly, The Little Mermaid already exists. Most of the film is fun and engaging and funny. It's all visually beautiful almost all...
letterboxd.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The problem with Brave, ultimately, is that we're supposed to see Merida and her mother as equally to blame for the rift that forms between them, but one of them is a parent with full control of her daughter's life.
letterboxd.com/nikftime/fil...
letterboxd.com/nikftime/fil...
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 5: Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Honestly got choice paralysis from this one. Hundreds of small metal acts have uploaded their songs online, but at the same time none of the really big acts seriously appealed to me. In the end I decided to go with Dream of Fire: youtu.be/6gHx173AbEk
Honestly got choice paralysis from this one. Hundreds of small metal acts have uploaded their songs online, but at the same time none of the really big acts seriously appealed to me. In the end I decided to go with Dream of Fire: youtu.be/6gHx173AbEk
Dream Of Fire - "Dream Of Fire" (Music Video)
YouTube video by Dream Of Fire
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 5: Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Honestly got choice paralysis from this one. Hundreds of small metal acts have uploaded their songs online, but at the same time none of the really big acts seriously appealed to me. In the end I decided to go with Dream of Fire: youtu.be/6gHx173AbEk
Honestly got choice paralysis from this one. Hundreds of small metal acts have uploaded their songs online, but at the same time none of the really big acts seriously appealed to me. In the end I decided to go with Dream of Fire: youtu.be/6gHx173AbEk
Israel has been accused of rigging the televote in order to boost its entries, to serve as a form of propaganda on an international stage. It really shouldn't have taken so long for people to start taking these measures.
Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to decide on boycott if Israel participates
Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to decide on boycott if Israel participates
State broadcaster says it will withdraw from next year’s contest in Vienna unless Israel is excluded over Gaza war
Spain has become the latest country to say it will not take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel participates.
Board members of the state broadcaster RTVE voted in majority favour of boycotting the contest if Israel is among the countries fielding an entry next year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Israel has been accused of rigging the televote in order to boost its entries, to serve as a form of propaganda on an international stage. It really shouldn't have taken so long for people to start taking these measures.
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 4: Timor-Leste, aka East Timor 🇹🇱
Sanctuary Golgota isn't to my usual taste for metal, but it's fun to see bands that metal growl in other languages - in this case, Tetum.
youtu.be/VjrQSAko_8Y
Sanctuary Golgota isn't to my usual taste for metal, but it's fun to see bands that metal growl in other languages - in this case, Tetum.
youtu.be/VjrQSAko_8Y
Sanctuary Golgota - BRANI (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sanctuary Golgota
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 4: Timor-Leste, aka East Timor 🇹🇱
Sanctuary Golgota isn't to my usual taste for metal, but it's fun to see bands that metal growl in other languages - in this case, Tetum.
youtu.be/VjrQSAko_8Y
Sanctuary Golgota isn't to my usual taste for metal, but it's fun to see bands that metal growl in other languages - in this case, Tetum.
youtu.be/VjrQSAko_8Y
My viking heritage entitles me to say that neither of you dipshits are getting in.
Kash Patel: "To my friend Charlie Kirk. Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you at Valhalla"
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My viking heritage entitles me to say that neither of you dipshits are getting in.
Slightly belated #MulticulturalMetalMonday week 3: Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
An Oceanian archipelago with a population of about 750,000, the nation recently produced metalcore band Sons of Solomon. If they ever actually record an album, I will absolutely buy it, because damn.
youtu.be/CpIYsBtdLAw
An Oceanian archipelago with a population of about 750,000, the nation recently produced metalcore band Sons of Solomon. If they ever actually record an album, I will absolutely buy it, because damn.
youtu.be/CpIYsBtdLAw
Sons of Solomon - New Beginning (Audio Official)
YouTube video by Kokros Records
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Slightly belated #MulticulturalMetalMonday week 3: Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
An Oceanian archipelago with a population of about 750,000, the nation recently produced metalcore band Sons of Solomon. If they ever actually record an album, I will absolutely buy it, because damn.
youtu.be/CpIYsBtdLAw
An Oceanian archipelago with a population of about 750,000, the nation recently produced metalcore band Sons of Solomon. If they ever actually record an album, I will absolutely buy it, because damn.
youtu.be/CpIYsBtdLAw
"I'm never going to finish this video idea I had, so I might as well turn it into a topic for a WMR bonus episode."
(I have to read a 500-page non-fiction book in preparation for the eventual discussion.)
"HOW COULD ME DO THIS TO ME!?"
(I have to read a 500-page non-fiction book in preparation for the eventual discussion.)
"HOW COULD ME DO THIS TO ME!?"
September 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"I'm never going to finish this video idea I had, so I might as well turn it into a topic for a WMR bonus episode."
(I have to read a 500-page non-fiction book in preparation for the eventual discussion.)
"HOW COULD ME DO THIS TO ME!?"
(I have to read a 500-page non-fiction book in preparation for the eventual discussion.)
"HOW COULD ME DO THIS TO ME!?"
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 2: Lebanon 🇱🇧
It turns out that Lebanon has no shortage of metal bands, but the hottest act out of the nation right now is the queer all-female thrash group Slave to Sirens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaZd...
It turns out that Lebanon has no shortage of metal bands, but the hottest act out of the nation right now is the queer all-female thrash group Slave to Sirens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaZd...
Slave To Sirens - Salomé (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Slave to Sirens Official
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 2: Lebanon 🇱🇧
It turns out that Lebanon has no shortage of metal bands, but the hottest act out of the nation right now is the queer all-female thrash group Slave to Sirens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaZd...
It turns out that Lebanon has no shortage of metal bands, but the hottest act out of the nation right now is the queer all-female thrash group Slave to Sirens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaZd...
Going to try doing a small thing for my own amusement:
MULTICULTURAL METAL MONDAY
Every week I'm going to try to find a metal act from a different country.
The one that came up on the random country picker this week was Monaco 🇲🇨 so here's Black Knight Symfonia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8d...
MULTICULTURAL METAL MONDAY
Every week I'm going to try to find a metal act from a different country.
The one that came up on the random country picker this week was Monaco 🇲🇨 so here's Black Knight Symfonia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8d...
Black knight symfonia - Ancestral torments - 04 Pegasus
YouTube video by Josie Frost is Adl
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Going to try doing a small thing for my own amusement:
MULTICULTURAL METAL MONDAY
Every week I'm going to try to find a metal act from a different country.
The one that came up on the random country picker this week was Monaco 🇲🇨 so here's Black Knight Symfonia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8d...
MULTICULTURAL METAL MONDAY
Every week I'm going to try to find a metal act from a different country.
The one that came up on the random country picker this week was Monaco 🇲🇨 so here's Black Knight Symfonia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8d...
