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My LCS, Plan 9 in Aberdeen, is closing. It’s been years since I’ve been in or had a pull list but I was still sad to learn of it’s closure on social media. Thankfully it’s closing due to the owner retiring rather than the business folding. The guy really needs a break – he’s been the sole member of staff, 7 days a week, for the past 5 years. You could tell it was a one man show as there piles of boxes and comics everywhere with the owner struggling to keep on top of things. Sad to see it go and dread to think how much time and cash I’ve spent their over the last 20ish years.

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So, Imgur being blocked in the UK means I’ve no clue what I posted above. Anyway, after a brief slump not doing much printing towards the end of 2025 I’ve started the new year with a couple of prints.

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njerry, Todd, Martin Smith, Dave

That Street Fighter teaser looks bonkers. Wasn’t sure what to expect when this was announced but looks like they’re going for full tilt silliness with it.

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Dave

I can’t remember if there’s an audiobook thread so popping this here. I just finished listening to Aliens: Bishop by TR Napper. Set after and tied in to Aliens and Alien³ it weaves a few different storylines together. It’s been a nice companion piece to the Alien Earth series as it treads familiar themes as the TV show: maybe corporations put profits over people; what it means to be human; maybe family is the marines we meet along the way; and man’s hubris ultimately leads to bad bitey times. The book is briskly paced and having different readers focus on chapters led by specific characters (the Lance Hendrickson-alike being my favourite) gives a nice bit of variety.

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Dave, Todd, Martin Smith

And an old one from the archive…

The high contrast black and white is probably me using the medium to it’s best potential but, as the posts above show, it’s not really the style I tend to go for nowadays.

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Dave, Todd

Thanks for the kind words Jerry. Appreciate the support.

Here’s another recent carvery, another collection of medieval oddballs.

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njerry, Dave

So, I totally failed to keep updating this thread! Anyway, here’s the finished print from the above work in progress shot. I’ll upload some more over the next few days.

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Todd, njerry, lorcan_nagle, Dave, Tobias Radesäter

Watched only watched the first ep of Alien Earth. Thought it was good though. The episode was a little bit too long because it was quite talky in places but the brief looks at the new creatures look neat and there’s clearly much more nasty little fuckers to come. The big fella got a good bit of screen time early on so looks like he’ll still be the star of the show.

UNIT needs to be placed under serious scrutiny. How much tax payer cash was spent building a rotating building when they could have just built guns on the two unarmed sides for a fraction of the price.

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lorcan_nagle

“30 years ago… in 1995”

I actually physically flinched at that.

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Sandiedm, Ben, Martin Smith, Ian Smith, lorcan_nagle

A medieval marginalia menagerie work in progress.

I’ve put a few designs up as stickers etc on Redbubble. Turned on t-shirts and a bunch of other stuff as an option. So far I have sold a mouse mat (who is buying mouse mats in the 2020s?!).

https://www.redbubble.com/people/Judge-Maths/shop?asc=u

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lorcan_nagle, Todd

Dave wrote:

Wait, are you saying an RTD-era story doesn’t really hang together when you think about it?

I have found that treating Dr Who like a rollercoaster works best. Enjoy the ups, downs, and loop-the-loops but don’t actually think too hard about the narrative.

The last weeks episode is a great example of this. Successful podcaster is actually leader of a massive movement but no one at UNIT is aware of him. He thinks aliens are a fakes put on by UNIT despite stumbling across real aliens. Space granny is putting a team together a team to fuck with the doctor and a social media influencer is the best candidate she can muster. I try to push such intrusive thoughts to one side so I can whoop with delight when the monsters spring back to life and bite someone’s arm off.

One thing that makes this really difficult though is the fact that it’s subtle as a brick with the messages and mirroring of worries and woes of society today. I like a bit of subtext in my sci fi but this was 100% text and 0% sub.

At least the doctor didn’t cry, yet again this episode as that’s getting a bit one note. A bit of fury was a nice change.

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Martin Smith wrote:

That marginalia one is so cool.

Thanks. They’ve been a whole lot of fun to do.

A couple years back inside a bunch of skulls. I am particularly happy with this point and click era one, so much so it’s actually one of the few I have it on display.

https://monkeyisland.fandom.com/wiki/Murray

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njerry, Martin Smith

Jack of all trades, master of none!

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njerry

Thanks Todd!

Here’s the most recent print I’ve done. After stumbling across a sub Reddit dedicated to the subject I’ve been on a medieval marginalia style kick. Animals acting like people, odd perspectives and scales, and general weirdness all provide plenty of fun source material.

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Martin Smith, Todd, lorcan_nagle

No remote control vehicles with bullshit controls? Not a GTA game in my eyes then.

Thanks for the info. Went with Redbubble in the end due to me wanting to focus on stickers.

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Martin Smith

[Bruce]

Sorry for resurrecting an ancient thread but wanted to ask about using these website. I want to upload some designs as stickers and wanted to know: how big a pain in the arse is the uploading process; how big a pain in the arse is the money side. With the second question I’m not looking to make any money, I just want to point people towards a link when they ask about buying some of my designs. Are there any hidden costs with these sites? I’m not wanting to be left out of pocket for the convenience of other folks.

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My comment made during the closing scene:

“The camera better not pan to reveal three pricks in crowns on camelback…”

*camera pans*

“… oh, do fuck off ”

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Martin Smith, lorcan_nagle, Uncle Retrospective, Dave, Todd

On the topic of Yakuza/Like A Dragon…

https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/drama-shows/like-a-dragon-yakuza-tv-show-amazon-kiryu/

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Ben

Ian Smith wrote:

I kind of expected Olly Alexander to go all out, but it feels weirdly toned down…Maybe the staging will sell it more🤷.

Bring on the milkmaids!

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Christian, lorcan_nagle, Dave, Martin Smith

It seems that issues with artist payments and order fulfilment are the main problems. That said that info comes from a redit thread and a Bleeding Cool story so could all be bullshit.

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Martin Smith

Just discovered there are a bunch of TNG/DS9 era Star Trek novels in the audiobook section of Spotify. Anyone got any recommendations?

Also, I’m about 50 hours into my Fallout New Vegas play through and i’m hitting the “I guess I’d better get on with the main storyline” phase.

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Martin Smith, Dave, Christian, Ben

For all of its content nothing in RDR2 tops RDR1’s journey into Mexico sequence.

(Fourth attempt posting that on the broken ass board)

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Bruce wrote:

My wife and I are catching Godzilla Minus One tomorrow before it leaves cinemas. I am looking foeward to seeing and and the prospectbof getting rid of both kids for a couple of hours!

So, this was fantastic. Did what any successful disaster movie does – use the large scale as a backdrop to tell small scale stories. Human stories where never overwrought and felt genuine. Large scale disaster lead to moments of breathless tension. Really glad the big G was left as a force of nature and there was no attempt to humanise him (with a corny scene along the lines of small child places hand on colapsed Godzilla and has a moment of connection when he opens his eye). There was a trailer for Kong / Godzilla before this and that looked like absolute souless dogshit in comparison.

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My wife and I are catching Godzilla Minus One tomorrow before it leaves cinemas. I am looking foeward to seeing and and the prospectbof getting rid of both kids for a couple of hours!

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Being reported that John M Burns has died.

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-artist-john-m-burns/

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Dave wrote:

As a bit of a treat to keep my youngest occupied on Christmas Eve, I picked up the ports of Portal and Portal 2 on the Switch. These games are all-time greats, so brilliantly simple in concept but with such imaginative challenges and a great sense of design. Just fantastic.

The two player mode in Portal 2 is one of the best couch coop modes I can remember. Hopefully thats in the Switch port and you get a chance to play it.

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Dave

Is it just me or do the ever present warning messages look a little bit more serious over the past day or so.

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Todd, Sean Robinson, Ben, Martin Smith

Skyrim, Yakuza series, and Vampire Survivors all adding a significant chunk to the total tine there.

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Ben

As Ben suggested the fundraiser for Gibson’s funeral plans seems to have hit its target pretty quickly.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ian-gibson-comic-art-legend?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

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Ian Gibson has passed.

https://2000ad.com/news/ian-gibson-1946-2023/

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It sounds like Ian Gibson is coming to the end of his life after a period of illness and being in and out of hospital.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10227229878306075&id=1032274316&sfnsn=scwspmo

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The game keeps saying stuff like this and “The enemies of the Imperium will taste death this day”. I have nil interest in 40K but love the aesthetic of it and how 100% commited it is to goofy shit like this.

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Ben

The Warhammer 40k: Boltgun game is a lot of fun. Fast paced movement and good gunplay. All the weapons feel weighty and like they’d actually doing damage in real life. One of the better retro / boomer shooters I’ve recently played. Final level is a bit of a pain in the tits though (making you replay all the bosses you’d beaten earlier in the game).

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Martin Smith, Ben

Revisiting Fallout New Vegas for the first time in a decade. I’d forgotten the difficulty level can be quite tough if you wander too far from the main story path initially.

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Ben

I’m seeing the same here.

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Todd

Add us to the “have we skipped an episode?” and “wait, who’s Brad?” gang. Was nice to see Loki do some Loki-ing. Continue to love the aethstetic of the show.

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lorcan_nagle

John Burns retires making the nigh on unreadable (but great to look at) The Order one of his last gigs.
https://downthetubes.net/2000ad-and-look-in-artist-john-m-burns-announces-his-retirement-biography-in-the-works/?fbclid=IwAR3XXcA-rM6iJdRKtlwn0TbbNa_QDtmXzWYQXAzgIBqYJt1kdrXSAXXQick

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Todd, Ben

Finally bit the bullet and cancelled my pull list at my local comic shop. All that’s been on it for the last couple of years is 2000AD/Judge Dredd Megazine. Given we’ve mived out to beyond the city suburbs and have two kids I was only getting to the shop once every couple of months and, as a result, it was a chore finding time to sit and read the backlog. Feel a bit guilty as five minutes after leaving the shop I set up a mail order subscription for 2000AD/Judge Dredd Megazine but, ultimately, the saving on cost and the convenience of getting it delivered straight to my door each week outweighed the sense of being a loyal customer that’s kept my pull list on life support for the past few years.

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Our Sophie loves the original Goat Simulator. It’s a janky broken assed piece of crap but the fact that stuff explodes and people ragdoll like crazy means it has provided many hours of free babysitting.

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Dave, Ben

My wife used it fairly recently (last 12 months or so) to get a Wii game disc repaired for our eldest. The susc wasnt badly damaged. A couple minor scratches but it wouldnt load beyond the title menu. I’m not 100% sure what the repair process entails. I think they have a machine that buffs the disc / removes a thin layer of plastic from it. Whatever they did it worked.

Long story short: it’s worth going into the store and asking.

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Martin Smith

Ah, I didnt think to check on Netflix itself.

https://www.joe.ie/amp/movies-tv/netflix-batman-animated-series-watch-780955

Apparently Batman TAS is coming to UK Netflix. I was initially excited by this but, given the news is only being reported on the above “who the fuck are these guys” I’ve reined in my expectations.

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Todd, Ben

Negative press? The only thing I’ve really read that can be construed as negative is folks complaining that Microsoft have quietly killed the £1 trial of Game Pass ahead of Starfield’s release.

My access since the server move has been intermittent – logged in, logged out, after clearing cache, and trying to use incognito mode I keep getting 403. All Chrome for Android. Latest seems to match in with Todd’s timings above.

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Dave, Todd, Uncle Retrospective, Dan, lorcan_nagle

Yakuza 5 – the janky taxi driving / racing missions are kind of addictive and account for a majority of my 7½hr playtime.

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Martin Smith, Ben

Been playing the xbox one version of Skyrim since May. Racked up about 200 hours on it. Not done with it – still hot the Solsteim / Dragonborn DLC to do but I’m feeling pretty burned out so planning to take a break from it. Planning of a palette clenser of indie puzzler Superliminal before getting stuck in to Yakuza 5. Then maybe back to finish off Skyrim.

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Ben

Chris-S wrote:

I’m not a fan of kickstarters but I couldn’t not back this.

Same here. Ive backed load of overpriced mediocre comics there in the past but occasionally a gem will pop up on it. (Last thing i backed before this was the excellent Gamesmaster hustory book).

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wagnerrok/the-bogie-man-the-incomplete-case-files

Hit almost double its target in the first two hours.

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Chris-S

Ian Smith wrote:

Was that roger taylor?

Yes, on closer inspection it is.

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Ben, lorcan_nagle

Derek Jacobi drumming for Sam Ryder.

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Ben, lorcan_nagle, Dave

Watching the recap my favs are:
Austria
Serbia
France
Finland
Czechia
Australia
Norway
Germany

I think Finland will get the win in the end tho.

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lorcan_nagle

Is the tall host really tall, or are the other hosts really short?

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lorcan_nagle

Crap rap.

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Ben, Dave, lorcan_nagle

Haven’t the UK pissed Europe off enough with all the BREXIT nonsense? This will do nothing to mend the relationship.

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Ben, lorcan_nagle, Dave

Shit, it’s M Bison, ge the Street Fighter jokes out yet again.

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lorcan_nagle, Dave

I wonder if Mel is still wearing that milkmaid outfit…

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SteveUK, Martin Smith, lorcan_nagle

These lads are not as good as they think they are. Smug pricks

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Dave, lorcan_nagle

Crap Diem more like

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Sandiedm, Ben, Dave, Martin Smith, lorcan_nagle

I bet that German bloke stole her trousers for one of the legs.

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lorcan_nagle

It’s the Inception corridor fight scene but lit with lights knicked from a brothel

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Ben, Dave, lorcan_nagle

Nice enough song from Lithuania, hurt by following the full on German performance though

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SteveUK, lorcan_nagle, Dave

Doof Warriors from a parallel dimension made entirely of latex.

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lorcan_nagle

Does Cyprus has an extra trouser leg he can lend this lad?

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Sandiedm, lorcan_nagle, Martin Smith, Dave

That needed something like a little person with a flute to elevate to proper Eurovison banger. So close but missed the mark

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Ben, lorcan_nagle

A cape. Always worth points in my book.

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Sandiedm, lorcan_nagle

Ukraine: 80’s budget dystopian future sci fi extras.

Also, a brief cameo from the main character from the flop 90s beat em up Rise of The Robots.

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Martin Smith wrote:

Is that pulsing thing on the screen meant to be an eyeball or an anus?

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Martin Smith, lorcan_nagle

Wanker with a top knot. Backing singer’s hair is on point though.

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Dave, lorcan_nagle

You know what, Mel G churning butter actually does something for me…

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Sandiedm, Dave, Martin Smith, lorcan_nagle, Ian Smith, SteveUK

Skit incoming? I’m away to put the kettle on

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Dave, lorcan_nagle

Boss Hog wants his hat back mate.

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The old texan from the simpsons wants his hat back mate.

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Dave, lorcan_nagle

Boy George wants his hat back mate.

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SteveUK, lorcan_nagle

I dig this as an actual song. Having Jason Momoa on drums is just a bonus.

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lorcan_nagle, Sandiedm, Ben

IS the background pink because they’ve used up half of the reds earlier in the show?

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Sandiedm, Martin Smith, Ben, Dave, lorcan_nagle

Get together with the lad from Cyprus and you’ve nearly got a complete outfit.

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Dave, Martin Smith, Ben

I’ve been to Finland and, disapointingly, it was nothing like this.

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Ben, lorcan_nagle

BBC constuming finally getting a chance to reuse that broken chandelier from that one episode of Only Fools and Horses.

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Rocket, lorcan_nagle, Ben, Dave

Elden Ring on a budget.

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Ben, lorcan_nagle

Albanian Claire Balding.

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lorcan_nagle

That podium / roof thing is giving me heave “roof crush traps from the original Doom” vibes.

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Rocket, Ben, Dave, lorcan_nagle

Shit, someone needs a pedicure.

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Bruce wrote:

Junior Eurovision? I didn’t realise there was a way to make children even more intolerable.

Ah, wait, get one of the wee pricks to talk to camera, that’ll do it.

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Rocket, Martin Smith, Ian Smith, Sandiedm, Dave, Ben, lorcan_nagle

Junior Eurovision? I didn’t realise there was a way to make children even more intolerable.

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Sandiedm, Dave

Blanca? Quick! Recycle those Street Fighter jokes!

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Rocket, Sandiedm, Ben, lorcan_nagle

CYprus haven’t won in their 39 previous entries? Not happening this time either with that dullness

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Ben wrote:

They don’t need to say this is France’s entry.

Though if they did they should have put on an ouuuuuuuuutrageous accent

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Ben, Dave, lorcan_nagle

The woman from the Scottish Widows advert?

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Sandiedm, lorcan_nagle

Ok, I actually like this. The music is giving me a bit of a Gary Numan vibe.

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SteveUK, lorcan_nagle

Cut price Timothee Chalamet next

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lorcan_nagle

Dispaointing lack of male dancer’s nipples in this act.

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lorcan_nagle

Blanka’s performance may contain strobe lighting…

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