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diff --git a/album/intermishin.yaml b/album/intermishin.yaml
index c9816fa..9b65235 100644
--- a/album/intermishin.yaml
+++ b/album/intermishin.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ Additional Files:
   - intermishinbooklet.pdf
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Ephemerald:</i> (Cover Artist)
-    This is by far the most complicated piece of art I've done for the team yet. Since the album itself is split into two halves about both the Felt and Midnight Crew, I wanted both parties to have equal representation on the cover. (I was planning on having Vrasky/Snowman included, but it was really hard to find space for her - everyone's super close together as is! So I settled on having her hat/horns resting on the piano.) An idea quickly sprang forth - the entire Felt, staring in horror at the shitty Midnight Crew. The Midnight Crew's poses and positions in this cover mimic how they looked on Drawing Dead (plus blush on the cheeks!). Since I've had a couple people ask - none of this is ripped from Homestuck. I drew all of it myself! I did use a ton of reference though, from the aforementioned album cover and images on the wiki. The background is based off of the Felt Manor's first appearance in the CANWC intermission. All the colors are adapted from The Inaugural Death of Mister Seven. Originally, the entire Felt was supposed to be monochromatic, but after some people told me to change up the color scheme, I realized that this effect made everything kinda pop, and look a lot more unique. I'm really proud of this piece! I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you enjoy everyone else's contributions to this album! I know I do. 
+    This is by far the most complicated piece of art I've done for the team yet. Since the album itself is split into two halves about both the Felt and Midnight Crew, I wanted both parties to have equal representation on the cover. (I was planning on having Vrasky/Snowman included, but it was really hard to find space for her - everyone's super close together as is! So I settled on having her hat/horns resting on the piano.) An idea quickly sprang forth - the entire Felt, staring in horror at the shitty Midnight Crew. The Midnight Crew's poses and positions in this cover mimic how they looked on [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|Drawing Dead]] (plus blush on the cheeks!). Since I've had a couple people ask - none of this is ripped from Homestuck. I drew all of it myself! I did use a ton of reference though, from the aforementioned album cover and images on the wiki. The background is based off of the Felt Manor's first appearance in the CANWC intermission. All the colors are adapted from The Inaugural Death of Mister Seven. Originally, the entire Felt was supposed to be monochromatic, but after some people told me to change up the color scheme, I realized that this effect made everything kinda pop, and look a lot more unique. I'm really proud of this piece! I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you enjoy everyone else's contributions to this album! I know I do.
+
+    <img src="media/misc/intermishin-beta.png" width="300px">
+
+    <i>Ngame:</i>
+    (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQMB5o8_uQU">Community listening stream w/ chat</a>)
 ---
 Section: Midnigt Crewd Side
 ---
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/QiYx2irExhA
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Wheals:</i> (Lyricist)
-    Originally [[artist:pipko-fanfare|dC]] made this as a DVS-font-swap of WANO called "We are Toby Fox" but didn't have any lyrics ideas; I suggested making an intermishin song out of it and did a rewrite of the canon lyrics in a few minutes. Turned out pretty well, since you can't exactly go wrong with DVS sax.
+    Originally [[artist:pipko-fanfare|dC]] made this as a DVS-font-swap of WANO called "We are [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]]" but didn't have any lyrics ideas; I suggested making an intermishin song out of it and did a rewrite of the canon lyrics in a few minutes. Turned out pretty well, since you can't exactly go wrong with DVS sax.
 
     <i>cookiefonster:</i> (Voice Actor)
     I'm amazed my recording of vocals didnt turn out like shit
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     I apologize for any false expectations set by the title.
 
     <i>cookiefonster:</i> (Artist)
-    <span style="font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">me too.</span>
+    me too.
 ---
 Track: Heck the Clonk
 Artists:
@@ -158,13 +163,14 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Swing of the Clock
 - The Broken Clock
 Sampled Tracks:
+- 'that one page where Slick hecks up a clock in HS'
 - The Broken Clock
 URLs:
 - https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/heck-the-clonk
 - https://youtu.be/uY0tYw2QpmA
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Interrobang:</i> (Composer)
-    This song has a clear story. Theres a clock, and spades h*cks it up. Then it restarts a little wonky, and spades h*kes it up some more. Rinse and repeat. Time signatures used: 4/4, 15/8, and 23/16. (and 13/8 for the end). Samples used: that one page where Slick hecks up a clock in HS, and The Broken Clock by Jit.
+    This song has a clear story. Theres a clock, and spades h\*cks it up. Then it restarts a little wonky, and spades h*kes it up some more. Rinse and repeat. Time signatures used: 4/4, 15/8, and 23/16. (and 13/8 for the end). Samples used: that one page where Slick hecks up a clock in HS, and The Broken Clock by Jit.
 
     <i>CreatorOfJanespeak:</i> (Artist)
     don't ask how the crowbar stabbed her because it's not sharp enough and wasn't plunged through hard enough; you'll never get an answer. :wackyZany:
@@ -200,11 +206,11 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/75LLIvQOW-o
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Wheals:</i> (Composer)
-    This is an ancient idea I had, dating all the way back to the days of voulem. 1 when I made an HB song -- I wanted to make a song for every member of the MC, then finally a song that used all four previous. The intermishin album provided the best possible motivation to actually get down and do this. I'm not super happy with the song honestly, but it was something I felt I had to make to complete the plan I made all the way back.
+    This is an ancient idea I had, dating all the way back to the days of [[album:cool-and-new-voulem1|voulem. 1]] when I made an HB song -- I wanted to make a song for every member of the MC, then finally a song that used all four previous. The intermishin album provided the best possible motivation to actually get down and do this. I'm not super happy with the song honestly, but it was something I felt I had to make to complete the plan I made all the way back.
 
     <i>Austinado:</i> (Artist)
     this piece really speaks volumes of its intense creation process, i did it in like half an hour with two cans of Mtn Dew Code Red™ and an inspiration to not only put every important item and person in the intermishin on these pictures, but to also run out of ideas and put bart simpson on it instead of something else
-    also also read vast error
+    also also read [[group:deconrecon|vast error]]
 ---
 Track: Licord Jazzcrasty
 Artists:
@@ -212,6 +218,7 @@ Artists:
 Cover Artists:
 - cosmicTerrorist
 - XenoZane
+- Scarodactyl
 Art Tags:
 - Spdaes Sleck
 - Jack Noir
@@ -232,6 +239,10 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     <i>XenoZane:</i> (Artist)
     i dont know why i am credited at all for this i did jack shit lmaoo
+
+    <i>Scarodactyl:</i> (Art Improver)
+    It was inevitable
+    <img src="media/misc/licord-jazzcrasty-muscles.png" width="300">
 ---
 Track: Fresh Jimmy's Fresh Swingz (ft. vrasky)
 Artists:
@@ -313,7 +324,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/BNhJuJIRjRo
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>cryptologicalMystic:</i> (Composer)
-    HAPPY HAPPY FUN GAMBLE LUCKY JOYFUL ＴＩＭＥ　ＴＯ　ＤＩＥ
+    HAPPY HAPPY FUN GAMBLE LUCKY JOYFUL ＴＩＭＥ ＴＯ ＤＩＥ
 
     <i>cryptologicalMystic:</i> (Artist)
     because flaying someone to wear their skin as a disguise is a tactic right out of a goddamn horror movie and i wanted to draw attention to this fact
@@ -350,16 +361,16 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/Y7SpDqt2kD4
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Interrobang:</i> (Composer)
-    I had an idea for a Knife Party based Spades Slick song a while ago, but I scrapped it because i couldnt really think of where to go with it. However, I did have this other random piece that I was working on that was Walk-Stab-Walk but the ‘drums’ were those weird ASMR noises from Rain from Medium. At some point I realized I could just combine the two, and this song was born. Actually I’m really happy with how this turned out, I only wish I could have thought of an excuse to use Internet Friends samples. Special thanks to Bob for making my original track art idea look good.
-    <img src="media/misc/stab-stab-stab-beta.png" width="150px" height="150px"/>
+    I had an idea for a Knife Party based Spades Slick song a while ago, but I scrapped it because i couldnt really think of where to go with it. However, I did have this other random piece that I was working on that was Walk-Stab-Walk but the ‘drums’ were those weird ASMR noises from Rain from [[album:medium|Medium]]. At some point I realized I could just combine the two, and this song was born. Actually I’m really happy with how this turned out, I only wish I could have thought of an excuse to use Internet Friends samples. Special thanks to Bob for making my original track art idea look good.
+    <img src="media/misc/stab-stab-stab-beta.png" width="150px">
 
     <i>bobthetacocat:</i> (Artist)
-    "i want the track art to be like this but i can't seem to make it look right"
-    <span style="font-size: 30px">"i got you one sec"</span>
-    (like 5 thousand days later)
-    "how's this"
-    "yes cool good"
-    <span style="font-size: 30px">"okay cool but let me add MORE"</span>
+    "i want the track art to be like this but i can't seem to make it look right"<br>
+    "<i>i got you one sec</i>"<br>
+    (like 5 thousand days later)<br>
+    "<i>how's this</i>"<br>
+    "yes cool good"<br>
+    "<i>okay cool but let me add MORE</i>"
 ---
 Track: Symphony of W&Z
 Artists:
@@ -376,10 +387,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/25Rf6-EkMdI
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Cecily Renns:</i> (Composer)
-    a wacky and zany song i made for the felt, but crypt said the blues feel makes it better for the MC, but the instrumentation is all orchestral which is felt, this is a CONFLICT but i just did what crypt said anyways
+    a wacky and zany song i made for the felt, but crypt said the blues feel makes it better for the MC, but the instrumentation is all orchestral which is felt, this is a [[track:conflict|CONFLICT]] but i just did what [[artist:discfortune|crypt]] said anyways
 
     <i>Makin:</i> (Artist)
-    <img src="media/misc/wacky-zany-collage.jpg" width="300px" height="300px"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/wacky-zany-collage.jpg" width="300px">
 ---
 Track: Liquid NegrociTown
 Artists:
@@ -401,8 +412,8 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/YuHQXRlmX7w
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>SplitSuns:</i> (Composer)
-    I actually started production on this song before the idea for Intermishin developed. Someone had an idea to mash up Liquid Negrocity and We Are Number One, and I jumped at the opportunity after realizing how similar the chord progressions were. Originally this was going to go on a later album, but after realizing that this was originally a Drawing Dead song I decided to move it to this release. I wanted it to begin in a similar way to my first song "The Endless Black" before quickly diving off the rails into pure insanity. I wanted the song itself to have the instrumentation of WANO with the bass and piano providing the Black-bone, if you will (and I certainly shall.) Robbie's distinctive voice tied the whole thing together, and I had a lot of fun chopping and echoing it up throughout the song. To break up the main idea, I put in a Ballad of Jack Noir-esque tune near the end that I think really helped charge the song with some energy. And of course, it ends in a big finish before fading out in the same way as Liquid Negrocity. This track was pretty complicated to produce, but I think it turned out very well in the end in terms of balance!
-    Fun fact: there's a reference to Siiva's first WANO rip in the song. I wonder if you can spot it...?
+    I actually started production on this song before the idea for Intermishin developed. Someone had an idea to mash up Liquid Negrocity and We Are Number One, and I jumped at the opportunity after realizing how similar the chord progressions were. Originally this was going to go on a later album, but after realizing that this was originally a [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|Drawing Dead]] song I decided to move it to this release. I wanted it to begin in a similar way to my first song "[[track:the-endless-black-aka-clockwork-negrocity|The Endless Black]]" before quickly diving off the rails into pure insanity. I wanted the song itself to have the instrumentation of WANO with the bass and piano providing the Black-bone, if you will (and I certainly shall.) Robbie's distinctive voice tied the whole thing together, and I had a lot of fun chopping and echoing it up throughout the song. To break up the main idea, I put in a Ballad of Jack Noir-esque tune near the end that I think really helped charge the song with some energy. And of course, it ends in a big finish before fading out in the same way as Liquid Negrocity. This track was pretty complicated to produce, but I think it turned out very well in the end in terms of balance!
+    Fun fact: there's a reference to [[artist:silvagunner|Siiva's]] first WANO rip in the song. I wonder if you can spot it...?
 
     <i>Ephemerald:</i> (Artist)
     The basic idea here is pretty simple - combine Spades Sleck and Robbie Rotten to get utter hell. The background is meant to invoke the first panel of the Intermishin - you can see the gateways, the flame, the shitty rug, and a clock throughout the image. At first I just wanted to draw a hyperrealistic version of Sleck's shitty head, but along the way that turned into making his head be a reasonable facsimilie of Robbie's own head. I also modeled Sleck's knife off of the knife he wields very early on, but tried to make it look three-dimensional, once again attempting to convey a hyperrealistic shitty drawing. I made this track art before the album cover, and looking back, those principles are clearly echoed in it as well. The Midnight Crew's lines look pretty much as clean as the Felt because of how "hyperrealistically shitty" I went, so I had to go back and .jpeg them up a bit. I didn't do that with this because... I'm lazy??
@@ -430,7 +441,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     In many ways midnight suffer was a really Jack Noir feeling song, so I decided to remix/remaster it so that it sounded much more improved. Fittingly the intermishin album idea came into fruitition while I was just finishing the remaster so luckily I had a song for the MC side. I am fairly happy with how it sounds. It took me ages to get the mixing right, and even then I still think certain parts of the song could be improved. Nonetheless I had fun making it and I hope you enjoy it!
 
     <i>Makin:</i> (Artist)
-    <img src="media/misc/bolinfinger.jpg" width="200px" height="200px"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/bolinfinger.jpg" width="200px">
 ---
 Track: smooth mcgroove - licord nacrasty
 Artists:
@@ -491,7 +502,7 @@ Art Tags:
 - Snowman
 - Nepeta
 Duration: '20:20'
-Referenced Tracks: # wake me up
+Referenced Tracks:
 - track:three-in-the-morning
 - track:three-in-the-morning-rj
 - Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit)
@@ -520,7 +531,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: # wake me up
 - Cascadium Dioxide
 - Cascasin
 - Hoenn Cascade
-Sampled Tracks: # can't wake up
+Sampled Tracks:
 - track:three-in-the-morning
 - track:three-in-the-morning-rj
 - Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit)
@@ -555,6 +566,9 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Difarem:</i> (Composer)
     this progression haunts my dreams send help aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+
+    <i>Yazshu:</i> (Artist)
+    <img src="media/misc/fatHusky.png" width="48px"><br>
 ---
 Section: Felt Side
 ---
@@ -597,11 +611,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     One day I guess I decided to stop being shit at music. I don't remember what inspired me to make this, but I really wanted to try using different instruments and take advantage of certain patterns. I am a bit stubborn when it comes to making music, as most of what I compose I try to make without referencing motifs, so I wanted to make my own. Something catchy and, more importantly, GOOD. I made something good, but it was short, and Felt (pun entirely intended) like an introductory track. That's when Difarem swooped in and asked for a midi of the song, which he then turned into something AMAZING. All of the motifs you hear in this song aside from the original ~30 seconds of the song were all added by him, and I have to say they were added quite masterfully. I had once planned to make this be the first of a set of tracks for every member of the Felt, but I only ended up making around 5 or 6 tracks. Most of them were garbage, so you aren't missing out on much.
 
     <i>Difarem:</i> (Arranger)
-    Haven't got really much to add to what Roxe said, but I'm pretty proud of how this track turned out! Some parts could be still worked on, though, and I'm a bit ehhhh about the instrumentation. Oh, and bonus: I self-plagiarized at one point.
+    Haven't got really much to add to what [[artist:secily-iopara|Roxe]] said, but I'm pretty proud of how this track turned out! Some parts could be still worked on, though, and I'm a bit ehhhh about the instrumentation. Oh, and bonus: I self-plagiarized at one point.
 
     <i>bobthetacocat:</i> (Artist)
-    "here's a sketch of what i want the track art to be"
-    "i got chu here you go like this"
+    "here's a sketch of what i want the track art to be"<br>
+    "<i>i got chu here you go like this</i>"<br>
     "yeah that's good"
 ---
 Track: Emerald Moonlight
@@ -623,7 +637,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Cloudaria:</i> (Artist)
     this art was made in paint.net, thats how you can tell im a TRUE ARTIST unlike the other CHUMPS!!! on this album. that sright, i SAID IT. get owened noobs
 
-    This commentary is licensed under a cc​-​by​-​nc​-​sa Creative Commons License.
+    This commentary is licensed under a cc-by-nc-sa Creative Commons License.
 
     <i>Makin:</i> (Commentary transcriber)
     uh-oh
@@ -665,7 +679,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/EBIBbdyarZY
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>GoomFloops:</i> (Composer)
-    This is very much a track leftover from a collab album myself and the esteemed DHE were working on, but I still like it. It's very slow, very minimalisitic. It also sucks ass, but that's beside the point, y'know?
+    This is very much a track leftover from a collab album myself and the esteemed [[artist:double-hats-eyewear|DHE]] were working on, but I still like it. It's very slow, very minimalisitic. It also sucks ass, but that's beside the point, y'know?
+
+    <i>Cozy Skeleton:</i> (Artist)
+    <img src="media/misc/but-nobody-came.png" width="258"" height="51"">
 ---
 Track: Lost Track Of Time
 Artists:
@@ -707,7 +724,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/KOc-46mLXQk
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Secily Iopara:</i> (Composer)
-    I made a song and then [[artist:cecily-renns|CR]] decided to make it look shit in comparison. Thanks Cecily.
+    I made a song and then [[artist:cecily-renns|JJJR]] decided to make it look shit in comparison. Thanks Cecily.
 
     <i>yazshu:</i> (Artist)
     oh my god im just playing club penguin rewrtiten asnd its making me legit kind of emotional. like just the waves of nostalgia and shit and how it feels and seeing all the cool shit
@@ -748,7 +765,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     <i>Cloudaria:</i>
     it's honestly not even that big of an edit but i have to say it's my magnum opus
-    <img src="media/misc/i-love-the-die.png" width="219" height="64"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/i-love-the-die.png" width="219">
 ---
 Track: Inaugural
 Artists:
@@ -812,7 +829,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/miKpMltrioU
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>NyashAlex:</i> (Composer)
-    Rarely has a work of fiction ever had so great an impact on our culture as Moby Dick. Even amongst those amongst us who have the misforunate of being born outside the United States it is considered a cultural landmark. A significant portion of praise for the novel is for the characterisation of its... Deuteragonist, or antagonist, or something else? Just mentioning Captain Ahab summons a vision of unstoppable, furious vengeance. On every page of the novel his anger and hatred for the white whale burns. JohnJRenns serves a similar function to the whale in the Homestuck fanmusic community, being an unholy and incomprehensible terror that we all flee at the name off. Of course, the novel would not be complete without copious referencing to the most famous novel of *that* era, namely Homestuck by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Some even consider the character of the white whale to be loosely based off the character of Sawbuck from the earlier Homestuck, both being huge masses of blubber which show little to no indication of intelligence. This piece of music was composed to represent the slow, onerous march of Sawbuck, unstoppable, his forward progression inevitable, no wounds slowing him down. Under any circumstances, do not attempt to attack Sawbuck, for this *will* backfire. Could you face off in a head-to-head against this time-bending monstrosity? Killing him is no walk in the park, it's safe to say.
+    Rarely has a work of fiction ever had so great an impact on our culture as Moby Dick. Even amongst those amongst us who have the misforunate of being born outside the United States it is considered a cultural landmark. A significant portion of praise for the novel is for the characterisation of its... Deuteragonist, or antagonist, or something else? Just mentioning Captain Ahab summons a vision of unstoppable, furious vengeance. On every page of the novel his anger and hatred for the white whale burns. [[artist:cecily-renns|JohnJRenns]] serves a similar function to the whale in the Homestuck fanmusic community, being an unholy and incomprehensible terror that we all flee at the name off. Of course, the novel would not be complete without copious referencing to the most famous novel of \*that* era, namely Homestuck by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Some even consider the character of the white whale to be loosely based off the character of Sawbuck from the earlier Homestuck, both being huge masses of blubber which show little to no indication of intelligence. This piece of music was composed to represent the slow, onerous march of Sawbuck, unstoppable, his forward progression inevitable, no wounds slowing him down. Under any circumstances, do not attempt to attack Sawbuck, for this *will* backfire. Could you face off in a head-to-head against this time-bending monstrosity? Killing him is no walk in the park, it's safe to say.
 
     <i>Austinado:</i> (Artist)
     dont hurt the big one he just wants to have a nice time with his friends and have a few butterfingers
@@ -891,7 +908,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/5gL9HCntBfc
 Commentary: |- 
     <i>Koba:</i> (Composer)
-    So this song was made as a more of an album ender, incorporating (rather just editing together) songs from the album into one. Its mostly taking inspiration from Variations which was the album ender in the original Felt album. Before this, I was going to make a Jade Dragon-type song, but halfway through it started to take too long so I scrapped it. There's still a snippet in the song though, at the end, so it didn't go to waste. Maybe I'll finish it one day and it'll be the best thing you have ever fucking heard idk
+    So this song was made as a more of an album ender, incorporating (rather just editing together) songs from the album into one. Its mostly taking inspiration from [[track:variations|Variations]] which was the album ender in the original [[album:the-felt|Felt album]]. Before this, I was going to make a [[track:jade-dragon|Jade Dragon]]-type song, but halfway through it started to take too long so I scrapped it. There's still a snippet in the song though, at the end, so it didn't go to waste. Maybe I'll finish it one day and it'll be the best thing you have ever fucking heard idk
 
     <i>Makin:</i> (Seer)
     This does reference the song "jaed dargon" by [[artist:kobacat]], which has not been released as of 2023.
@@ -926,7 +943,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     ((wow okay))
 
     <i>nights:</i> (Artist)
-    this song is probably my favorite in the whole album. it deserves better art. also read oceanfalls, it has art like this (maybe, sometimes, somewhat ;-; )
+    this song is probably my favorite in the whole album. it deserves better art. also read [[group:oceanfalls|oceanfalls]], it has art like this (maybe, sometimes, somewhat ;-; )
 ---
 Track: Scratching Consequences
 Directory: scratching-consequences