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− | |caption1= | + | |caption1= Art by '''[https://twitter.com/_iznj/status/1354284676836421637 @_iznj]''' |
− | | | + | |former= [[Hellmouth Sunbeams]] |
− | + | |dates= Jul 20, 2020–Aug 4, 2020 | |
− | |dates=Jul | + | |species= Management, Human (Possibly a Giant Duneworm) (formerly) |
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− | + | '''Velasquez Meadows''' was a lineup player for the [[Hellmouth Sunbeams]], and was with the team from {{BetaSeason|1}} until being [[Incineration|incinerated]] on {{BetaSeason|3}}, Day 23. | |
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− | '''Velasquez Meadows''' was a lineup player for the [[Hellmouth Sunbeams]] | ||
==Official League Records== | ==Official League Records== | ||
− | + | Meadows joined the [[ILB]] as a lineup player for the [[Hellmouth Sunbeams|Moab Sunbeams]] with {{BetaSeason|1| the Return of Blaseball}}. | |
+ | On {{BetaSeason|3}}, Day 23, Meadows was [[Incineration|incinerated]] and replaced by [[Alexander Horne]]. Earlier in the same game, [[Breckenridge Jazz Hands]] pitcher [[Ogden Mendoza]] had already been incinerated, making this the first game with a double incineration. | ||
{{Community Lore}} | {{Community Lore}} | ||
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==Personal Life== | ==Personal Life== | ||
− | Velasquez "Asphodel" Meadows was born and raised in | + | Velasquez "Asphodel" Meadows was born and raised in Moab, Utah. Meadows experienced a strong spiritual sensitivity and affiliation with the [[The Moon|Moon]] from a young age, and reported frequent accidental forays to the edges of the underworld in {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} youth. {{RandomPronoun|upper|subject|was|were|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} trained for the role of a psychopomp by Nagomi Sr., notable [[wolf]] wrestler and "grandmother"<ref>Given Nava's contradictory answers apparent confusion around her exact relationship to her "cousin" [[Margarito Nava]], Nagomi Sr.'s status as Nava's grandmother is disputed.</ref> to fellow Sunbeams batter [[Nagomi Nava]]. Meadows' duties to guide the dead to the afterlife were mostly ceremonial until the end of {{BetaSeason|1}}, when the [[Hellmouth]] opened and disrupted the passage of souls. |
− | Meadows has speculated that | + | Meadows has speculated that {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} [[Adaptation]] was "the ghost stuff, but, backwards, somehow", lending further credence to the theory of [[Adaptation#Retrocausal Adaptation|retrocausal Adaptation]]. |
− | Meadows was a well-known and well-respected senior member of the Hellmouth community, most often spotted about town with [[Sandoval Crossing]] | + | Meadows was a well-known and well-respected senior member of the Hellmouth community, most often spotted about town with [[Sandoval Crossing]] and [[Rhys Trombone]]. Meadows has described the incineration of the latter as "deeply upsetting", as the Blaseball gods' ultimate jurisdiction over the souls of players (and their enshrinement in the [[Hall of Flame]]) was not common knowledge at the time. Meadows' soul-shepherding abilities are thus restricted to non-blaseball players, or "the ordinary folk." |
− | During a | + | During a {{BetaSeason|2}} game, Meadows was struck by a bolt of blinding fire. {{RandomPronoun|upper|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} skin was then gleaming bronze, etched with runes and sigils that spell in a panoply of tongues: "BEWARE". Other sources have said Meadows was an adult Giant Duneworm, however these accusations have so far gone unfounded. |
− | Meadows was incinerated on | + | Meadows was incinerated on {{BetaSeason|3}}, Day 23, twenty-one days after the incineration of Rhys Trombone. Most of {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} final days were spent with Crossing, as well as a good amount of time spent with [[Dudley Mueller]], Trombone's replacement. Mueller has yet to comment on the discussions the two had, but it appears to hold Meadows in high esteem - and its quiet, strong, purposeful personality reminds several Sunbeams players of Meadows {{RandomPronoun|lower|reflexive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}}. |
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
Nagomi Nava, under Sandoval Crossing's initial tutelage, took on the bulk of Meadows duties as Hellmouth's resident psychopomp. While most ghosts of Hellmouth now know to seek out Nagomi Nava when the time comes for them to cross, the souls of older former members of the community will often linger around Meadows' childhood neighborhood instead. | Nagomi Nava, under Sandoval Crossing's initial tutelage, took on the bulk of Meadows duties as Hellmouth's resident psychopomp. While most ghosts of Hellmouth now know to seek out Nagomi Nava when the time comes for them to cross, the souls of older former members of the community will often linger around Meadows' childhood neighborhood instead. | ||
− | Meadows' ghost is able to maintain a presence on the Immaterial Plane, stymieing permanent attempts to imprison | + | Meadows' ghost is able to maintain a presence on the Immaterial Plane, stymieing permanent attempts to imprison {{RandomPronoun|lower|object|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} in the [[Hall of Flame|Hall]] or pull {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} soul into the Hellmouth. {{RandomPronoun|upper|subject|credits|credit|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} this to {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} existing ability to traverse afterlives, along with the timely vengeance of [[Alexander Horne]] hitting a Grand Slam Horne Run at his first at-bat following his replacement of the incinerated Meadows. While Meadows can possess {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} remnant ashes scattered in the [[The Solarium|Solarium]], {{RandomPronoun|lower|subject|has|have|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} an easier time communicating as a phantom. {{RandomPronoun|upper|possessive|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} spectral form can only manifest under pure moonlight, and {{RandomPronoun|lower|subject|is|are|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} banished back to the Hall when exposed to sunlight or artificial light. |
− | Meadows' phantasmal appearance is mostly identical to | + | Meadows' phantasmal appearance is mostly identical to {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} appearance in life prior to the return of Blaseball, including {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} hair which has always floated "with an eerie sereneness, like {{RandomPronoun|lower|subject|is|are|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} underwater, or being tugged by the tide." |
− | Meadows manifests where | + | Meadows manifests where {{RandomPronoun|lower|subject|can|can|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}}, including at late-night moonlit batting practices of former Sunbeams such as [[Alaynabella Hollywood]] and [[Malik Romayne]], as well as {{RandomPronoun|lower|possessive|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} god-daughter, [[Esme Ramsey]] of the [[Charleston Shoe Thieves]]. {{RandomPronoun|upper|subject|offers|offer|save=true|table={{UserWiki:Lonestarlars/pronountableMeadows}}}} moral support, batting tips, fatherly advice, and ancient hexes. Meadows's Ghost also serves as the Sunbeams' team manager. |
− | == | + | ==Fan Works== |
− | <gallery> | + | <span style="font-size: 120%;">'''Fanfiction'''</span><br /> |
− | File:Velasquez-meadows.png | + | <small>''For more fanfiction see the [https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Velasquez%20Meadows%20(Blaseball)/works 'Velasquez Meadows' tag] on AO3''</small> |
− | File: | + | *[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31133081 life's a beach and then you die] by [https://twitter.com/revivificating Ash] - Velasquez Meadows finds a recently dead [[Paula Reddick]]. |
− | File:Velasquez Meadows by Iz.png|Velasquez Meadows and his tattoos by [https://twitter.com/_iznj/status/1354284676836421637 | + | *[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36761173 you held me when i fell apart] by staradavid - Velasquez Meadows and a life well lived, even while dead. |
− | File:Velasquez Meadows by ash.png|by [https://twitter.com/revivificating/status/1354220548549701633 Ash] | + | <span style="font-size: 120%;">'''Videos'''</span><br /> |
− | File:Psychopomp velasquez meadows.jpg|Velasquez Meadows as a psychopomp by [https://twitter.com/glassgoblin/status/1355202694449950723 | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efu16JUlBM sun - moon - earth] by [https://twitter.com/sapphriarocks Olive] |
+ | <gallery widths="230" mode="nolines" heights="170"> | ||
+ | File:Velasquez-meadows.png|by Ephesos on Discord | ||
+ | File:MiniMeadows.png|Mini-Blaseballer<br />by '''[http://miniblaseball.surge.sh/ @HetreaSky]''' | ||
+ | File:Velasquez Meadows by Iz.png|Velasquez Meadows and his tattoos by '''[https://twitter.com/_iznj/status/1354284676836421637 @_iznj]''' | ||
+ | File:Velasquez Meadows by ash.png|by '''[https://twitter.com/revivificating/status/1354220548549701633 Ash]''' | ||
+ | File:Psychopomp velasquez meadows.jpg|Velasquez Meadows as a psychopomp by '''[https://twitter.com/glassgoblin/status/1355202694449950723 @glassgoblin]''' | ||
+ | File:Velasquez meadows by pysics.png|by '''[https://twitter.com/_pysics/status/1354549255332122624 @_pysics]''' | ||
+ | File:☽︎ lol thats my dad ☾.jpg|alt=A digital painting of Velasquez Meadows. Meadows is a medium brown skin black person with long, thick locs and dark brown eyes with a white glow. Meadows wears a long, white, sleeveless robe with depictions of the moon around the edges, a long pale blue cape, and tall, white, boots with heels. Meadows has silver clasps around their locs and dangling, silver moon earrings. Meadows has glowing white moon tattoos down their arms and on their chest. They hold a glowing white scythe with teeth along the bottom. Meadows is walking standing on white platforms of moonlight over bright blue water, staring down at the viewer and smiling. The background is black.|by '''[https://twitter.com/_iznj/status/1411893860188536836 @_iznj]''' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 17 January 2023
Velasquez Meadows was a lineup player for the Hellmouth Sunbeams, and was with the team from Season β1 until being incinerated on Season β3, Day 23.
Official League Records
Meadows joined the ILB as a lineup player for the Moab Sunbeams with the Return of Blaseball.
On Season β3, Day 23, Meadows was incinerated and replaced by Alexander Horne. Earlier in the same game, Breckenridge Jazz Hands pitcher Ogden Mendoza had already been incinerated, making this the first game with a double incineration.
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.
Personal Life
Velasquez "Asphodel" Meadows was born and raised in Moab, Utah. Meadows experienced a strong spiritual sensitivity and affiliation with the Moon from a young age, and reported frequent accidental forays to the edges of the underworld in hir youth. Ze was trained for the role of a psychopomp by Nagomi Sr., notable wolf wrestler and "grandmother"[1] to fellow Sunbeams batter Nagomi Nava. Meadows' duties to guide the dead to the afterlife were mostly ceremonial until the end of Season β1, when the Hellmouth opened and disrupted the passage of souls.
Meadows has speculated that vis Adaptation was "the ghost stuff, but, backwards, somehow", lending further credence to the theory of retrocausal Adaptation.
Meadows was a well-known and well-respected senior member of the Hellmouth community, most often spotted about town with Sandoval Crossing and Rhys Trombone. Meadows has described the incineration of the latter as "deeply upsetting", as the Blaseball gods' ultimate jurisdiction over the souls of players (and their enshrinement in the Hall of Flame) was not common knowledge at the time. Meadows' soul-shepherding abilities are thus restricted to non-blaseball players, or "the ordinary folk."
During a Season β2 game, Meadows was struck by a bolt of blinding fire. Their skin was then gleaming bronze, etched with runes and sigils that spell in a panoply of tongues: "BEWARE". Other sources have said Meadows was an adult Giant Duneworm, however these accusations have so far gone unfounded.
Meadows was incinerated on Season β3, Day 23, twenty-one days after the incineration of Rhys Trombone. Most of eir final days were spent with Crossing, as well as a good amount of time spent with Dudley Mueller, Trombone's replacement. Mueller has yet to comment on the discussions the two had, but it appears to hold Meadows in high esteem - and its quiet, strong, purposeful personality reminds several Sunbeams players of Meadows himself.
Legacy
Nagomi Nava, under Sandoval Crossing's initial tutelage, took on the bulk of Meadows duties as Hellmouth's resident psychopomp. While most ghosts of Hellmouth now know to seek out Nagomi Nava when the time comes for them to cross, the souls of older former members of the community will often linger around Meadows' childhood neighborhood instead.
Meadows' ghost is able to maintain a presence on the Immaterial Plane, stymieing permanent attempts to imprison hir in the Hall or pull hir soul into the Hellmouth. Ze credits this to hir existing ability to traverse afterlives, along with the timely vengeance of Alexander Horne hitting a Grand Slam Horne Run at his first at-bat following his replacement of the incinerated Meadows. While Meadows can possess vis remnant ashes scattered in the Solarium, they have an easier time communicating as a phantom. Hir spectral form can only manifest under pure moonlight, and ze is banished back to the Hall when exposed to sunlight or artificial light.
Meadows' phantasmal appearance is mostly identical to vis appearance in life prior to the return of Blaseball, including their hair which has always floated "with an eerie sereneness, like ey are underwater, or being tugged by the tide."
Meadows manifests where ze can, including at late-night moonlit batting practices of former Sunbeams such as Alaynabella Hollywood and Malik Romayne, as well as hir god-daughter, Esme Ramsey of the Charleston Shoe Thieves. Ze offers moral support, batting tips, fatherly advice, and ancient hexes. Meadows's Ghost also serves as the Sunbeams' team manager.
Fan Works
Fanfiction
For more fanfiction see the 'Velasquez Meadows' tag on AO3
- life's a beach and then you die by Ash - Velasquez Meadows finds a recently dead Paula Reddick.
- you held me when i fell apart by staradavid - Velasquez Meadows and a life well lived, even while dead.
Videos
Mini-Blaseballer
by @HetreaSkyVelasquez Meadows and his tattoos by @_iznj
by Ash
Velasquez Meadows as a psychopomp by @glassgoblin
by @_pysics
by @_iznj
References
- ↑ Given Nava's contradictory answers apparent confusion around her exact relationship to her "cousin" Margarito Nava, Nagomi Sr.'s status as Nava's grandmother is disputed.
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