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Reading List - 2024
Currently Reading:
Champions of the Rosary by Donald H. Calloway
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books Read:
101 Famous Poems by Various Authors
The Art of Computer Designing by Osamu Sato
The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance by Ivar Ekeland
The Complete Book of Kitchen Collecting by Barbera E. Mauzy
Dreaming the Biosphere by Rebecca Reider
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Funny Number Tricks by Rose Wyler
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of Archetypes by Robin Robertson
Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks
Reflections on Evolution by Fredrick Sproull
Roadie: My Life on the Road with Coldplay by Matt McGinn
Time for Bed, Sleepyheads by Normand Chartier
Future Reading:
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Adventures in Cryptozoology Vol. 1 by Richard Freeman
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez
Ancient Mysteries, Modern Visions by Philip S. Callahan
The Anti-Mary Exposed by Carrie Gress
The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle
The Art Nouveau Style by Stephan Tschudi Madsen
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Cairngorms by Patrick Baker
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Cubism by Guillaume Apollinaire
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Evolution by Nowell Stebbing
Expressionism by Ashley Bassie
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by Hal Johnson
Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Fundamentals of Character Design by Various Authors
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Humorous Ghost Stories by Various Authors
Illuminated Manuscripts by Tamara Woronowa
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
Joan Miro by Joan Miro
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter
Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey
Living by the Sword by Eric Demski
The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Otis Spofford by Beverly Clearly
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Silmarillion by J R R Tolkien
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas Jonasson
The River by Gary Paulsen
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories by C. Robert Cargill
The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology by Deena West Budd
The White Mountains by John Christopher
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Burke’s Law -  List of Guest Stars
The Special Guest Stars of “Burke’s Law” read like a Who’s Who list of Hollywood of the era.  Many of the appearances, however, were no more than one scene cameos.  This is as complete a list ever compiled of all those who even made the briefest of appearances on the series.  
Beverly Adams, Nick Adams, Stanley Adams, Eddie Albert, Mabel Albertson, Lola Albright, Elizabeth Allen, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Michael Ansara, Army Archerd, Phil Arnold, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Hy Averback, Jim Backus, Betty Barry, Susan Bay, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Bennett, Edgar Bergen, Shelley Berman, Herschel Bernardi, Ken Berry, Lyle Bettger, Robert Bice, Theodore Bikel, Janet Blair, Madge Blake, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Carl Boehm, Peter Bourne, Rosemarie Bowe, Eddie Bracken, Steve Brodie, Jan Brooks, Dorian Brown, Bobby Buntrock, Edd Byrnes, Corinne Calvet, Rory Calhoun, Pepe Callahan, Rod Cameron, Macdonald Carey, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carlson, Jack Carter, Steve Carruthers, Marianna Case, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Tom Cassidy, Joan Caulfield, Barrie Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dane Clark, Dick Clark, Steve Cochran, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, Gladys Cooper, Henry Corden, Wendell Corey, Hazel Court, Wally Cox, Jeanne Crain, Susanne Cramer, Les Crane, Broderick Crawford, Suzanne Cupito, Arlene Dahl, Vic Dana, Jane Darwell, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Dennis Day, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria De Haven, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Richard Devon, Billy De Wolfe, Don Diamond, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Paul Dubov, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Robert Easton, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Leif Erickson, Tom Ewell, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Sharon Farrell, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Susan Flannery, James Flavin, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Steve Forrest, Linda Foster, Byron Foulger, Eddie Foy Jr., Anne Francis, David Fresco, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Reginald Gardiner, Nancy Gates, Lisa Gaye, Sandra Giles, Mark Goddard, Thomas Gomez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Sandra Gould, Wilton Graff, Gloria Grahame, Shelby Grant, Jane Greer, Virginia Grey, Tammy Grimes, Richard Hale, Jack Haley, George Hamilton, Ann Harding, Joy Harmon, Phil Harris, Stacy Harris, Dee Hartford, June Havoc, Jill Haworth, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Hugh Hefner, Anne Helm, Percy Helton, Irene Hervey, Joe Higgins, Marianna Hill, Bern Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, Celeste Holm, Charlene Holt, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Horne, Edward Everett Horton, Breena Howard, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Arthur Hunnicutt, Tab Hunter, Joan Huntington, Josephine Hutchinson, Betty Hutton, Gunilla Hutton, Martha Hyer, Diana Hyland, Marty Ingels, John Ireland, Mako Iwamatsu, Joyce Jameson, Glynis Johns, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones, Spike Jones, Victor Jory, Jackie Joseph, Stubby Kaye, Monica Keating, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Claire Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Kersh, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Kovack, Fred Krone, Lou Krugman, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Abbe Lane, Charles Lane, Lauren Lane, Harry Lauter, Norman Leavitt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruta Lee, Teri Lee, Peter Leeds, Margaret Leighton, Sheldon Leonard, Art Lewis, Buddy Lewis, Dave Loring, Joanne Ludden,  Ida Lupino, Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, Diana Lynn, James MacArthur, Gisele MacKenzie, Diane McBain, Kevin McCarthy, Bill McClean, Stephen McNally, Elizabeth MacRae, Jayne Mansfield, Hal March, Shary Marshall, Dewey Martin, Marlyn Mason, Hedley Mattingly, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Patricia Medina, Troy Melton, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Torben Meyer, Barbara Michaels, Robert Middleton, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Mary Ann Mobley, Alan Mowbray, Ricardo Montalbán, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ralph Moody, Alvy Moore, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Morell, Rita Moreno, Byron Morrow, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, George Nader, J. Carrol Naish, Bek Nelson, Gene Nelson, David Niven, Chris Noel, Kathleen Nolan, Sheree North, Louis Nye, Arthur O'Connell, Quinn O'Hara, Susan Oliver, Debra Paget, Janis Paige, Nestor Paiva, Luciana Paluzzi, Julie Parrish, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Harvey Parry, Hank Patterson, Joan Patrick, Nehemiah Persoff, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Edward Platt, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Quillan, Louis Quinn, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Gene Raymond, Peggy Rea, Philip Reed, Carl Reiner, Stafford Repp, Paul Rhone, Paul Richards, Don Rickles, Will Rogers Jr., Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Charlie Ruggles, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Hugh Sanders, Tura Satana, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Lizabeth Scott, Lisa Seagram, Pilar Seurat, William Shatner, Karen Sharpe, James Shigeta, Nina Shipman, Susan Silo, Johnny Silver, Nancy Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Joanie Sommers, Joan Staley, Jan Sterling, Elaine Stewart, Jill St. John, Dean Stockwell, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Inger Stratton, Amzie Strickland, Gil Stuart, Grady Sutton, Kay Sutton, Gloria Swanson, Russ Tamblyn. Don Taylor, Dub Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Terry-Thomas, Ginny Tiu, Dan Tobin, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tully, Jim Turley, Lurene Tuttle, Ann Tyrrell, Miyoshi Umeki, Mamie van Doren, Deborah Walley, Sandra Warner, David Wayne, Ray Weaver, Lennie Weinrib, Dawn Wells, Delores Wells, Rebecca Welles, Jack Weston, David White, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Annazette Williams, Dave Willock, Chill Wills, Marie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sandra Wirth, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Dana Wynter, Celeste Yarnall, Francine York.
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Best of 2023 Movies #13: Wonka
Gene Wilder is hard to outdo. The best when it comes to him is to either homage or come extremely close.
Which out of all people, Timothee Chalamet managed to come extremely close with the prequel of how Willy Wonka rose up to become who he was known for.
Arriving in a European port town with only a hat, jacket, case, and a flair for the theatrical, Willy Wonka takes his late mom’s love of chocolate and desires to share it with others.
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But getting a leg up in a town with 3 companies in a cartel that controls the supply plus a duo designed to bleed any traveler with legalese for all their worth would dampen any spirit.
Fortunately, Willy would meet a street orphan with a dream and a pickpocket who wanted comeuppance and would begin to see his fortunes turn setting the stage for a better way for everyone who dreamed.
It is refreshing to see another optimistic yarn from the creative team behind the Paddington movies that would take the gems of what made Gene Wilders iconic turn and give that a modern day look while keeping the prequel mindset.
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There are songs, new ones that spell out Willy and his hopes, along with the villains and their desires to keep things as stats quo. Along with the classics that get used here.
Like mentioned, it is Chalamet and his homage of Gene Wilder that carries this. But also Hugh Grant and newcomer Callahan Lane that bring us the charm as Lofty the Oompa Loompa and Noodle.
Even the support players that would become Wonkas first staff have their own moments of whimsical joy.
Pure Charm coming out of a charming source.
SUM 22: Timothee Chalamet brings new pure imagination to Gene Wilders iconic role in a prequel that keeps the spirit and dreams upfront.
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ink-and-spite · 2 years
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WIP Intro: Good, Bad, or Otherwise
Genre: new adult(?), sci-fi, drama
Setting: the city
Status: on hiatus
What’s in it: ✨superheroes✨, side switching, corruption arcs, betrayal, magic, loving siblings, enemies to lovers…and back to enemies, queer, disabled, neurodivergent and POC rep, twisting fate, not doing what Batman does
Summary
Asa’s always been a hero. With two generations of heroes before them and their family’s long-standing relationship with Bear, the city’s biggest super, it’s practically in their blood. But this year, they’re given a different assignment.
This year, Asa is going to become a villain.
And darling, what a time they’re going to have with that.
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Row one: Asa Hartman (they/he/she), Gabby Hartman (she/her), and Noah Chen (he/him)
Row two: Lynn Tomás (she/her), Maverick Collins (he/they), Bear Pruitt (he/him)
Row three: Robin Weber (she/her), Gene Gould (he/him), and Simon (he/him)
Not pictured: Micah Trask (he/him), Emmy Shaan (she/they), and August Callahan (he/him)
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A Whiter Shade of Pale
All is right with the world as I am back from vacation and writing on Monday, my designated writing day. (My days are so packed that if I don't schedule a writing day it just won't happen)
We went tropical, which was nice, but because it was later in the spring than we usually went in the past it was much hotter. That poses problems for us pasty white boys. (Full disclosure. My heritage is half brown but for some reason, maybe through my bland dietary intake, I have scrubbed the brown genes out of my system unintentionally)
When I was younger, I would tan quite easily, but now it is a completely different story. One day in the sun and it looks like I stuck my head in a microwave on high for a couple of minutes.
This is not just me. I watched a lot of the other very pale people at the resort and they experienced the same problems that I did. Here are some observations (Or warnings if you will) of the problems too white people experience in the thin ozone world we live in.
Do not mistake olive oil for sun screen. I did on day one and for the rest of the week I had the smell of bacon about me wherever I went. It made me hungry all the time and each morning I would destroy the breakfast buffet.
I met a redheaded guy from England on day one. He was very freckly. On day three he spontaneously burst into flames WHILE IN THE POOL! Scared the crap out of me, and bothered me because he was bringing me a drink from the swim up bar at the time. I never got that drink.
Friends don't leave friends alone beside the pool or ocean if they fall asleep unless they are both after the same woman. You get a distinct edge if your competition is Blistered Bill.
Body hair does not protect you from getting a burn. All it does is make the burn into a strange pattern. Mine looks like a monkey strangling a duck.
Wear a hat if you are folically challenged. If you don't, the few hairs you have left will be excruciatingly painful to comb, something your wife will insist on before you go out to supper.
Don't try to compete with darker family or friends when it comes to tanning. You will lose. They will laugh. Both will leave scars.
I remember going to a resort with my only pale daughter. She covered herself like a vampire. In hindsight she had the right idea.
Don't be fooled by cloudy days when it is 90 degrees. This is God's way of tricking the simple minded. He also uses cool breezes.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: I would like to quote Harry Callahan: "A man's got to know his limitations."
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so how would siblings work in the EM universe? you said that mundies and metas come from dna experimentation and alien radiation, which was passed down generations (idk i cant really remember) but does that mean siblings will always have the same powers? ik from dream and drista, powers won't always show up in both siblings. but IF they did, would they be the same? idrk how genetics work lmao
actually, that's a good question. how do powers form in kids? is it like a recessive gene that both parents need to have in order for it to be passed down? or do you only need it from one?
how do you even know that you're a mundie? it was mentioned that julie was excited to see what powers she'd have, but how did they know she was a mundie before her powers presented?
can someone have dormant genes? can people with dormant genes have their powers unlocked?
what determines which powers you get? are there specific genes for different powers, or is it all just chance?
has there ever been a case where someone (besides deltas) obtained multiple powers from their parents? or do the two different genes just cancel out?
if both of your parents were mundies, would you be more powerful than a mundie whose parents were regular humans?
is there a meta gene?
are there any dominant genes? maybe that's why metas are so rare, bc mundie genes are dominant to meta ones?
are genetics related to how powerful you'll be, like do they affect how much delta energy you have?
can parents only have one EM child? because there have been no mentions of EM siblings.
god i sound like a science geek but i love learning about the origins of things, even if theyre fictional.
also, this is kind of a funny question, but what was aether's legacy? like not the fanfic lmao, but the actual person. what was her legacy? i feel like aether was kind of a big part of the last installment, but we never really got to learn that much about her. is george her legacy??? is he going to learn something about her and unlock some new secret power that and become 10x more badass? idrk how that would work out though because their villain isnt some evil superpowered bad guy, it's just some politician and discrimination.
i always had a theory that psyche was like the avatar state. instead of psyche being only YOUR consciousness, it's also every other previous metapsychic's consciousness. and that's why they're so powerful, bc they can call upon the power of everyone before them. that would be kinda cool ngl. still wouldnt make that much sense given the storyline, but cool nonetheless.
also, do the bergman defenders wear any suits or masks? i would assume they do to conceal their identity, because there's no way they're pulling off all of these operations with their faces completely exposed. no wonder they haven't been stopped, the authorities are so incompetent. wait, are their identities a secret? or are they just all wanted criminals?
omg back to the sibling thing, imagine a pair of meta siblings, that would be so fucking epic. i know cc!george mentioned having a sister, so imagine there was another Notfound metapsychic running around. BRO IMAGINE THE TEAMUP THAT WOULD BE SO COOL
can psychics link up their powers telepathically? i can't stop envisioning them joining their powers together. like imagine george, an OP telekinetic, linking up with callahan, a master telepath. ahsjfjsndjd they would be unstoppable. LE GASP IMAGINE CALLAHAN TEACHING GEORGE MORE ABOUT THE TELEPATHIC ASPECT OF HIS POWERS, THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD BONDING MOMENT FOR THEM. also i just love callahan and i wanna see more of him.
what exactly are masters? are they just mundies who happen to have more raw power than average? like are you born as a master? or can you train yourself to become one? i always assumed you could just train yourself to become a master, but maybe that's not the case???? i know that type III pyschics are telepaths, but you also emphasized that callahan was a MASTER telepath, so is there a difference?
is george considered a master? bc from what we've seen, george hasn't really explored the full potential of his powers. like ofc he's super powerful, but that's not what being a master is (at least not by my definition). masters are usually defined by their level of proficiency in whatever trait they posess, not necessarily how much raw power they have. ig some masters could be more powerful than others depending on their level of raw power. like there could be a type I psychic who's a god at telekinesis but can't do telepathy. or a type III psychic who's a master telepath, but their telekinesis is really weak compared to their telepathy. i feel like george hasn't really become fully proficient with his powers yet, he just has A LOT of raw power. i suppose he wouldn't really need to become a master though, bc he's powerful enough as is.
I'll start off by saying that Extramundanes resulted from a mutation hundreds of years ago to an undiscovered "dark" gene in human DNA called EXM-13. There are special circumstances that "activate" this gene, but the gist is that it's related to Delta radiation (a type of radiation that was first observed in meteorites and other space material). Delta radiation is harmful to people without the EXM-13 gene and to those with an "unactivated" EXM-13.
To be (or to become) an Extramundane, you must have an active EXM-13 (I won't delve into "becoming" lore but it's related to how EMs were created). People with active EXM-13 genes require Delta energy to survive. EM bodies generally produce this on their own, and the more powerful an EM, the more Delta energy they are able to produce. EMs unable to produce Delta energy develop what is called Delta Deficiency Disorder (D3), and although some low-level EMs who do not require so much energy can manage to live receiving Delta treatments for life, most are unable to. This is why D3 is such a deadly disease that is predicted to "wipe out" EMs in the future, at least of what we know thus far.
EMs generally pass down their EXM-13 gene to their children (it isn't a super rare gene or anything), whether its active or inactive is another question. Two EMs are more likely to birth a child with an active EXM-13, but figuring out if its active is hard to do until the child develops their abilities and starts producing Delta energy on their own. For someone like Julie, whose parents are both EMs, it is likely that she will, too, have an active EXM-13.
A human and an EM can also birth an EM, but the possibility decreases down the line. Power levels highly depend on genetics, but the longer the bloodline goes on, the less powerful EMs are. But, of course, there are exceptions.
In uncommon circumstances, two humans can birth an EM child. This is because, as I had said before, the EXM-13 gene is pretty common. What is uncommon is for it to be active. Whether it's because they have an EM in their family or because they had a bit of residue Delta energy left in their system from the old days when things were crazy, an EM can be born out of two human parents. This is the case with George, Sapnap, Dream and Techno. It works the same vice-versa. It's uncommon, but two EM parents can birth a human child.
The word "Master" is a bit of a misnomer. Masters aren't necesarilly EMs with skilled abilities, they are EMs with a very high level of power. Every class has Masters. For Elementals and Bios, every type has Masters. There is technically only "one" type of Psychic, but they are separated into the three powers generally observed. Type 3 Psychics, Telepaths, and Master Psychics are different names for the same thing. A Type 3 Psychic is a Master, and it meants their abilities range all the way up to telepathic abilities.
Powers are for the most part influenced by chance, but if you have two Elemental parents, you will probably be an Elemental. Same with power levels. Power levels are more related to genetics, but it can also be by chance. Like George whose parents are humans but he turned out to be a power bomb.
You can have EM siblings, there just hasn't been any portrayed in the story, I don't think. But I do have an old story about twins with Elemental powers and a random cat girl (I had a phase, okay?)
Since I'm now fairly certain the original Extramundane will never see the light of day, I'll be less secretive about it if it's something y'all are interested on (it's pretty basic tbh). There are seven originals (for the funsies, if I remember correctly, their names were Wendy, Chase, Cai, Nathan, Katie, Jennifer, and Lucy/Lucifer (I had another different phase, okay?). Wendy was the founder of AGE. These seven are generally cited in the history books. But really? There were eight. Wendy had a twin sister, Evelyn, who was also an EM, and she was thought to have died. Evelyn was the first Psychic. She was also my favorite character (short for: she went through a lot of crap). In Book II of the original series, Evelyn goes through a bit of an identity crisis but because she had super-mega-OP-it-should-not-be-allowed kind of power, her mind develops Psyche, and as it turns out, a traumatized still-a-child-inside adult can really project a lot of her hurt into the world. She's basically the villain of the sequel, and she does a lot of messed up things even though she had done very good things before. There's actually very small references to her and the rest in Chapter 3 of Aether's Legacy.
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But anyhow, it's awesome when I see people take interest in world building lore because I remember having been so excited back when I first created this universe :D so thank you!
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On this day in Wikipedia: Tuesday, 7th November
Welcome, Willkommen, Benvenuto, こんにちは 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 7th November through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?
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7th November 2021 🗓️ : Death - Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell, American actor (b. 1936) "Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American actor with a career spanning seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including Anchors Aweigh (1945), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Green Years..."
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7th November 2017 🗓️ : Event - Shamshad TV Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack. "Shamshad Media Network (Pashto: شمشاد) is based in Afghanistan and Dubai. Shamshad Media Network is a private and an independent network based in Afghanistan, which began transmission in 2005. Shamshad's broadcast area covers a large portion of the country where ethnic Pashtuns live and also..."
7th November 2013 🗓️ : Death - Jack Mitchell (photographer) Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (b. 1925) "Jack Mitchell (September 13, 1925 – November 7, 2013) was an American photographer. He photographed American artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers. His portraiture, lighting skill, and ability to capture dancers in what he termed "moving stills" made him one of the..."
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7th November 1973 🗓️ : Event - United States Congress The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. "The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Senators and representatives are chosen through..."
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7th November 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Gene Callahan Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990) "Gene Callahan (November 7, 1923—December 26, 1990) was an American art director as well as set and production designer who contributed to over fifty films and more than a thousand TV episodes. He received nominations for the British Academy Film Award and four Oscars, including two wins (in 1962 and..."
7th November 1821 🗓️ : Birth - Andrea Debono Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (d. 1871) "Andrea Debono (7 November 1821 – 29 October 1871), also known as Latif Effendi, was a Maltese trader and explorer who was one of the first Europeans to explore the area around the White Nile in the mid-19th century...."
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7th November 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs) "Vicente Liêm of Peace (Spanish: Vicente Liêm de la Paz) (Vietnamese: Vinh Sơn Hòa Bình) or Vinh Sơn Phạm Hiếu Liêm (1732 – November 7, 1773) was a Tonkinese (present day northern Vietnam) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church along with other Vietnamese Martyrs in..."
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Gene Callahan - Distributismul este viitorul
Gene Callahan – Distributismul este viitorul
Distributismul este un nume destul de ciudat atribuit unui program de economie politica formulat in principal de G.K. Chesterton si Hilaire Belloc, doi dintre cei mai importanti scriitori englezi de la inceputul secolului XX. Amandoi catolici, acestia au incercat sa transforme invatatura sociala a papilor Leon al XIII-lea si Pius al XI-lea intr-un program concret de actiune. Ei au respins…
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The Last Tycoon (Elia Kazan, 1976).
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AMERICA, AMERICA Review - ****
AMERICA, AMERICA Review – ****
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“Come on, you. Let’s go, you. People waiting.”
For many years, America, America was quite hard to find; it was one of the only films I knew of, especially after 1960, to have been nominated for multiple major Oscars (Picture, Director, and Screenplay), and to have been the work of a major director—Elia Kazan—which remained so obscure, and so elusive. When it was finally released on DVD on…
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goblin used Throw Rock!
it’s not very effective....
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killmebythebeach · 3 years
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A bunch of head cannons (Maybe too much). Also in talking about the characters.
I think Dream is that one design where his skin is just the static tv screen. He just constantly emits that fuzzy noise, Sam crafted him the smile mask that he can see through so he doesn't scare people.
George is just kind of the server itself. He's the same species as Hannah, but a mushroom and more powerful. If he stays awake too long, the server just kind of freezes. This is also a reason XD keeps him sleeping, it's his way of talking to George and he thinks the server is like his soap opera of mortals.
Callahan is sort of like the person who makes sure George doesn't get killed or dies while asleep, making sure he's surrounded by mushrooms and such. Deer hybrid <3
Alyssa joined the server because she knew all her friends were idiots and didn't want them to die immediately. But once the elections rolled around, she felt the pressure of choosing sides and ran away to the desert, only keeping contact with Ponk. She actually lives just a couple miles from Foolish's summer home. Her communicator actually died after a couple months and she had no way of charging it, so she lost contact with everyone.
Sapnap is a magma cube hybrid and can jump higher than most, his natural temperature runs hotter, and is fire proof. Bad found him in the nether when he was maybe 10-15 years old.
Sam was actually a normal creeper, but gained player like sentience from being struck by lightning. Instead of becoming charged, he gained intelligence and met the others on the server. Callahan taught him some Redstone, but from there he figured out a lot on his own. He's also a creeper centaur.
Ponk is actually a descendant of a fairy, a lemon tree. Their mask was also a gift from Sam because after the second or third time their tree was burnt, their immune system was weakened a considerable amount. Alyssa also wore her mask for them.
Bad is a size shifting demon from the nether, more specifically soul sand desert. He uses soul fire to gain strength, so because the egg died when near it, he was just a little weaker than normal. Because he's a demon he needs a tie to the overworld to stay there, he tied his soul and lives to Skeppy.
Tommy was grown in a lab to be a hero, project: THESEUS. The lab gave him small enhancements, like slightly stronger and just a bit more resilient, to make the Above Average Boy (TM). He then ran away to meet Wilbur. When Dream asked Wilbur if he wanted to come to the server, he asked if Tommy could go first to see what it was like. He also actually really likes gardening and making up funny songs to Wilbur playing guitar. He also made funny lyrics for his discs, but he's still a bit scared to take them out of his ender chest. Other than bringing attachment, Dream also exiled Tommy to see what his lab enhancements could do.
Tubbo is an adaptive hybrid! His hair was blond, shifting to brown when Wilbur found him, getting blue eyes from Tommy, growing small horns under Schlatt, parts of his skin being static when Dream was "helping" him with his presidency, and parts of his scars tinging black and green from Ranboo and Micheal. Tubbo also helped Wilbur write part of the anthem. He likes living in the snow because the Manberg flag had magma blocks on it, casting a heatwave over the country, and after L'Manburg blew up it got really hot from the exposed stone in direct sun.
Fundy can actually hold his breath for a very long time and swim very well because of Sally teaching him and his salmon genes. The yellow things on his hat are actually shells, and the stripes on his jacket are trans colors. Also with his dreams, he saw Eret was going to betray them but didn't think it was real, or didn't want to. He also saw Wilbur blow up L'Manburg but chose not to believe it, thinking his father could still be saved. He actually saw pretty much everything, but didn't quite understand what they were until after doomsday.
The necklace Punz wears is one of those picture lockets, but he lost the picture and can't remember what it was. The first time Dream paid him was when Dream asked for help and Punz made an off hand joke about getting money, and then Dream thought he was being serious. Him, Dream, and Sapnap were like brothers, and Punz got sadder every time he saw Dream pushing people away and diving deeper into darkness.
Purpled is an aliensent to see if the planet was colonizable, but then crashed and was stranded, all his communications down and his ship barely able to hover fifty feet off the ground. When Quackity blew it up, he essentially got rid of his chance of ever going home. Purpled's species can shapeshift, so he turned himself into the first person he saw, Punz. Eventually before trying to communicate with the native life forms, he edited his form a little so they weren't identical, keeping purple eyes and antennae, changing the colors slightly, and changing the voice up. When he moves away from the main SMP, Ponk makes sure to check up on him and that he has a way to check his communicator.
Wilbur came a month after sending Tommy. His father being a patron of life and his mother the goddess of death, he met in the middle being born as a human. The only reason Ghostbur was as active and present as he was was because he was so connected to both life and death. Since his corpse was decaying for as long as it was, Wilbur is now super weak, his flesh is thin and his eyes are rotted and gone. Much like Ghostbur, Wilbur in limbo saw what people said about him, and Ghostbur could hear that from the back of his head. Now Wilbur can hear what people say about Ghostbur and he hates it, not wanting to be connected to what he thinks like a shell of himself.
Schlatt is a ram (duh) and actually does the fainting goat thing. So when he died of a heart attack, no one knew at first if he was actually dead or not. His alcoholism stems from the revive book, as the possibility of tampering with death made him existential and scared, so to cope he drank. There are also a ton of other stuff other than revival in the book, but it's in galactic.
Skeppy was just a normal human, but after making the pact with Bad, Bad put a spell on him. Parts of him turned into diamond, protecting both his and Bad's lives. He however, is unaware of this. With the egg, he would just sit on it, the diamonds chipping away to make room for the vines.
Eret was cursed by the Wither Cult, giving them white eyes and a slowly deteriorating memory. Not sure what to do, Foolish dropped them off at the SMP. Sometimes they would dream about old memories from before the curse, but it was just glimpses so he could never tell what they meant. Once they were king, they made the Herobrine shrine subconsciously, not really sure what it was after. They also had a strange affinity of beacons and resurrection, some of their memories resurfacing when they tried to help Phil and Ghostbur revive Wilbur after doomsday. The reason people are more scared of their eyes than any other wierd eyes was because he generally looks like a normal human, but the wither along with their Herobrine origins creates an uncanny valley that people are shocked by.
Jack had red and blue irises before crawling out of hell, but after coming back the whites of his eyes also turned red and blue. He always wears 3d glasses so no one noticed, but he just thought no one cared enough to mention it. He also has a bunch of scars and burn marks that no one but him can see, therefore no one asks about them or thinks something is wrong, cementing the idea that no one cares about him.
Niki is a blaze hybrid (stole this from @/420technoblazeit) whose fire hair color changes based on strong emotion, something she bond with Tubbo for as a fellow shifter. A soft yellow in L'Manburg, brighter orange in Manburg, hot pink on Doomsday, a soul fire blue with the syndicate (which Techno hates), and a dead grey when she found out Wilbur was alive. She was also old child hood friends with Ranboo and Eret, leaving Ranboo for the SMP. Ranboo, unfortunatly, doesn't remember much more than her name. She also knows galactic from Ranboo, so she talks about her troubles to Shy the Enderman. She doesn't really know how to talk to Puffy anymore after Doomsday or finding out how she wants to protect Tommy.
Quackity can perfectly replicate someone's voice and, with a lot of effort, can completely change his form to another player. He also has very small yellow wings, too small to fly, so he almost always hides them. He used to constantly change his voice for jokes with Karl, Sapnap, and George, but he doesn't like doing it now in Las Nevadas, as he sees it as unprofessional. However, sometimes he uses when he visits Dream, changing his voice to people like George and Sapnap to make torture more effective.
In the In Between and Other Side, Karl actually looks like his old skin, or his natural state (the big purple one that inspired his sweater). But most of the time in the normal world, he looks human. With effort he can bring out the interdemential being thing, something only Quackity and Sapnap know about. The more he time travels, the easier it becomes to change, and he's even started defaulting to the other form.
HBomb is actually just a normal news reporter, sent to interview and record what's going on in the server, his first big story being the election. Upon Doomsday, the stress of seeing everyone alone, fighting, and disconnected, he ran away from the world, essentially becoming a cat lady. His undercover reporter persona is actually the cat maid. He eventually came back to the server to see how he could help after Doomsday, befriending Niki again and living with her in the underground city.
Techno is a piglin, so he's scared of soul fire. He forgot to tell Phil before he decorated the syndicate room, so he just suffers in silence. He also does better when around a lot of gold, like in the nether, and he feels drained and slightly weaker without it. Instead of just putting gold around the area (it would ruin his property value), he just hibernates. He has an emerald earing, like all of the syndicate, but his is a locket that unfolds into pictures of the syndicate.
Ant always wears a red hoodie, now ruined by the egg, that used to be Red's. On Red's death anniversary, him, Bad, Skeppy, and Sam would make cake and put flowers on his grave. He missed the last one because it was during the egg, but for a brief moment after Puffy killed him he saw Red. Red then promptly and bluntly told him to stop being a pussy (haha, cat) and that he shouldn't do all this just to get him back, one of Ant's motivators to make amends with the people he hurt while with the egg. Ant is also a shapeshifter, but can only turn into a cat.
Phil actually used to work under Foolish as a patron of life but then he had a son with the goddess of death, so his title was removed so he could be with her and he became an Angel of Death. Kristin noticed how sad he was after being released, so she gifted him wings. They were however, destroyed on November 16th. His chat also serves as messenger pigeons, which were used to send letters to Wilbur.
Connor is actually just a hedgehog who somehow befriended Schlatt. Even before the haunted mansion, Karl vented to him about his time travel troubles, not knowing he was a sentient player. As a hedgehog, no one really cares where he goes, so he goes outside the server limits to meet his friends from the haunted mansion.
Puffy is a distant relative of Schlatt, but instead of politics she went into piracy. With her mom, she went travelling the seas. One say, a storm came and wiped out her ship, her crew, her mom, everything but her. The reason she survived was because Foolish saw her and saved her. Unfortunately, Puffy hit hee head in the crash and doesn't remember anything.
Vikkstar is the equivalent of a big time celebrity, so of course his endorsement of POG2020 was a big deal.
Lazarbeam is literally just a ginger bread cookie.
Ranboo has actually met a lot of the smp before actually joining. He's met Niki, Fundy, Eret, Punz, and Dream at least. He also sees the inverted colors Enderman see. His suit was actually a gift from Eret before they forgot how to tailor. He got the crown from Techno after joining the syndicate, claiming he didn't want any syndicate members to look like trash.
Foolish came to the server most recently to check up on Eret, but he couldn't bring himself to leave again. When Puffy adopts him, he can't say no because he remembers saving her. His initial goal was to kill an ender dragon to claim the XD title and become a full god like DreamXD, but after realising someone already killed it he went into his totem if death phase. Upon meeting Eret, he got over it and they went on some silly adventures, Foolish now taking a more peaceful route.
Hannah is essentially a weaker George, as her power is tied to the plants themselves and not the entire server. She however has a lot more physical power because rose dryads like to fight because they have thorns. Since roses can be taken out a lot easier, she is essentially a glass canon. Also when around any plant, she can make it grow faster than normal.
Any guest on the server? Corpse, Pokimane, Lil Nas? They were all Slimecicle. That's how he knows where everyone is from, even outside of Las Nevadas. No one else knows this. He's also ancient, if he met Phil they would probably recognise eachother. There was an actual Charlie Slimecicle who was not a slime, but after being launched into orbit this Slimecicle decided to impersonate him.
Michael Mcchill is a sort of bounty hunter. He came to the server after hearing of all the crime, assuming there'd be a lot of bounties to collect. However, he soon learned that no one really cares if you commit a crime. He then took to reading news articles made by HBomb to see if there were any past open bounties. But after reading for a while about the server's wronguns, mostly Dream, he began to sympathise with them. And he's also a speedrunner, so maybe he could help with some bounties across other servers!
This was a very long post and i apologize, but it was so fun to finally write all these thoughts down! I hope you liked them! I can't even fit all the tags I want.
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uhhh here are some c!dsmp designs i’ve made. might make more. who knows. notes under the readmore
if you know me. you know i like ranting. here are some Words
wilbur
biologically he’s half god, half angel. unfortunately the Weird genes must’ve skipped a generation because he is very Human (and his son Isn’t)
this one is post-revival. the blue slash thing was from when phil killed him. it doesn’t wash out. the scar on his stomach has healed over though.
quackity
eye is replaced with a magic eight ball. 
he has a gold tooth too but i forgot to add it
sam
sam design inspired by @/prap-art
the red stone is redstone not blood :P
he’s not like. built for human air.. so he has a bag that pumps redstone in and out of his lungs to keep him awake
fundy
fox
purpled
purpled design inspired by @/maruu11
the sweater is actually more like a spacesuit. the face mask is pumping in Alien oxygen to keep him alive bc he’s not from earth
his hair is dyed btw it’s naturally purple
slime
slime
foolish
usually he’s just a tits out kind of guy but for las nevadas he wears a uniform
you cant see it but the shark does have a tail
karl
is he human? is he an interdimensional being? you tell me
white/black streaks in his hair come with spending more and more time in the inbetween/other side respectively
sapnap
he’s actually human but when he was a baby he killed and ate a blaze and ten grew elf-like ears. bbh adopted him because he thought sapnap wasn’t human
to be fair he is pretty fire resistant now
gnf
mushroom :]
gnf design inspired by @/maruu11
i forgot his glasses. just imagine they’re in his cape
tina
kitten
couldn’t pick between her mc skin and the doodles she did so i tried to combine them :D the carrot shirt had to stay
callahan
its a onsie- oh no, it’s his body? what?
who cares he’s a god he can do what he wants
not in this art but he uses ASL. i know auslan (australian sign language) so sometimes i get it messed up. so if you see me drawing him using sign langauge and i get it wrong thats why XD
bbh
honestly dont like his outfit. too simple. imagine it’s cooler
the little skeppy head horn decoration stays though
ant
he’s a cat. cat person? no
the red collar is for velvet <3 i like to imagine it’s from one of his shirts that ant took after c!velvet canonically died because thats a thing that happened i guess
skeppy
skeppy
techno
little itty bitty piggy
he has the friendship emerald as an earring and he has little ones for each member of the syndicate :D
phil
bird
niki
i know that colourful sweater is like. from a year ago. and she hasn’t worn it ever. but its cute. suck my dick
couldn’t decide what hair colour so i settled on all of them
ranboo
half endermen, half axolotl
hey, axolotls dont exist in their world. why would he know?
i have an actual full design sheet for ranboo. coming soon. watch out for that
michael_b
piggy :]
tubbo
same with tubbo. character ref sheet coming soon
tommy
already posted a character sheet here :D
only difference i’ve added since then is the additional white streaks in his hair and also the fact that the drawing is better quality
yeahhh thats it ^_^
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boldlyvoid · 3 years
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Amoreena | chapter four
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Chapter Four
summary: Heaven is a real place and it's located exactly 14.6 miles away from the FBI, Quantico Headquarters. Off behind a small park, under a fantastical willow tree surrounded by wildflowers, in every colour young minds can imagine.
Don't forget, heaven also comes with angels.
Warnings: fluff, hurt/comfort, depressed spencer, reader has a daughter, falling in love, strangers to lovers, library smut, oral (female receiving) lots and lots of fluff
word count: 3.9k
from the beginning <3
Everyone at work was very understanding. Almost all of them saw it coming, he was taking more sick days than normal and he wasn’t putting up a fight anymore when the 30 days was required to take rolled around. They were profilers after all.
He arrives on Thursday morning to pack his desk. The team is finally home and all together to wish him well on his future journey, giving him hugs and kisses as they each visited his desk.
They had already replaced him, Will LaMontagne was giving the FBI a shot, finally. Spending more time with JJ, the kids were old enough now to accept both of them working. And Kate Callahan was back, now that her baby wasn’t a baby anymore either.
Even Penelope and Derek showed up, bringing a cake that said ‘happy retirement’ written across the frosting. They were happy for him, they shared the same excitement he had. There was a thrill in his eyes again as they asked him about his plans.
“Tell us about this Y/N you met,” Emily cut into the laughter to get to the serious topics.
“I’ve been going to the park a lot recently and I found this little reading nook by a pond. She was there with her daughter and they invited me over to their picnic,” he realized how fake it all sounded as he continued to speak. “Her daughter is wonderful and super smart, I took them to the Smithsonian on Sunday and I’m completely smitten.”
Everyone swooned, happy to see him finally finding someone that makes him gush like this. It had been a very, very long time since Spencer has told any of them about a person, let alone someone he was in love with.
“She is wonderful,” Penelope added, “she makes the best tea and she lives in a literal Disney movie.”
Spencer laughed, “yeah she does. They probably read more books than I have, they make so many references all the time and they even dress up for what they’re reading, it’s amazing.”
They were amazed by how giddy he was, unable to stop smiling at him, “here we dressed up for the museum, I was milo from Atlantis and she was the old man in Tarzan,” he pulled his phone from his pocket to show them the photo.
It was his background now, Y/N sent it to him when he finally went back to his place Monday night, knowing he’d miss them. Not wanting him to be alone.
He was beyond proud to show them the photo, beaming from ear to ear as they all complimented his attire.
“She looks like you,” Kate added, “must be the genius gene,” she added, making awkward eye contact with JJ as they both clocked it.
“She’s exactly like me, that’s why Y/N likes having me around, it’s good for Amoreena to feel normal with the way our brains work,” he spoke about her like she was his own. Forever grateful to have her in his life.
“So when are you proposing?” Matt teased him. Knowing the feeling of love like this all too well with his perfect wife and a handful of children.
“I’m not trying to jinx anything,” Spencer admitted. “I actually have a job interview at the Library she works at later, so I’ll be around here a lot more.”
“He’ll be moved in by the end of the month,” Tara smiled, proud of him and the courage it takes to follow your heart.
“I’m going to miss you guys,” he presses his lips together softly, nodding as he avoids eye contact with them. “But you can call me whenever you need my brain, I guess.”
Hugs were exchanged as Spencer had to leave, Derek even offered to drive him back to his apartment to help with 4 boxes of books from his desk, and to have a bit of a talk like they always do.
“It’s surprisingly easy to be a dad, all you have to do is be there and love them,” Derek shared a tidbit of advice
“She told me she doesn’t mind me being like Amoreena’s dad, but I don’t think I can yet. I want her to decide when she wants me in that role.”
Spencer explains his feelings the easiest to Derek. Like he was already in his mind and knew the thoughts before he said them, Derek was never mad or disappointed in him. He loved him fully, and Spencer loved him right back.
“Like when you chose Gideon?”
Spencer can only nod, it’s still too sad to think about him being gone. “You know what it’s like, you love your father but there are other people in your life who fit the role better.”
“Yeah,” Derek agreed. “You’re going to be great, regardless of the name she uses when she thinks of you.”
“Thank you,” Spencer smiled as they pulled up to his apartment, “you should bring Hank to meet the animals this weekend sometime.”
“He’d love that,” Derek smiled back at him, patting his shoulder lightly. “I’m really proud of you.”
“I wouldn’t have been able to do it if you didn’t first,” he admits. “You’re a strong man who decided to put his happiness first, I can be too.”
“You sure as hell can,” Derek wrapped him up in one last hug before sending him off to live that best life he was talking about.
The only person who didn’t know yet was his mother. He wasn’t sure how to tell her, he knew she’d be proud of him regardless but that anxiety of disappointing her never went away even now that he was 40.
“Spencer!”
“Hey mom,” he smiled when she picked up. “How are you?”
“I’m fantastic, Marge and I are going on a walk later to see some ducks that were born, I really love it here Spencer,” he could hear it in her voice. She was much more joyful when she was surrounded by friends.
“I’m glad to hear it.”
“you sound happy, what’s going on?”
She was his mother, after all, she could know exactly how he’s feeling from just hearing him breathe or being in the same room as him. It was like a superpower, she always knew what was going on.
“I met someone,” he can’t help but smile. “And I quit the FBI to have a family.”
“You’re kidding?” He couldn’t read her tone, not sure if she was surprised or disappointed.
“Her name is Y/N, she has a 7-year-old daughter named Amoreena who is exactly like how I was as a child, you’d really like them,” he explains and he can hear his mother's smile from his end of the phone.
“I would love to meet them, you can bring them to visiting hours next Tuesday?” Diana offered, genuinely happy for him in a way that made his heart burst.
“I’ll see if they’re free and I’ll let you know.”
“I love you, Spencer,” she reminded him. “It’s nice to hear you’re happy, that’s all I’ve ever wanted for you.”
“I love you too, thank you, mom, for everything.”
She hangs up before they can get too emotional, leaving Spencer inside his sad little apartment all by himself. Taking the opportunity to pack his overnight bag for Y/N and pick out some books from his collection to show Amoreena.
There’s an envelope sticking out of one of his books that manages to catch his attention, taking it out to see his name written on it in Gideon’s handwriting. He almost forgot he had this, how important the words were.
Spencer,
I knew it would be you who came to the cabin to check on me. I’m sorry the explanation couldn’t be better, Spencer. I’m sorry it doesn’t make more sense, but I’ve already told you. I just don’t understand any of it anymore.
I guess I’m just looking for it again, for the belief I had in college, the belief I had when I first met Sara and it all seemed so right.
The belief in happy endings. When you find that, never let it go, Spencer.
Don’t let this job do to you what it did to me, get out and get a life when you can. I have faith in you, till I see you again, take care, son.
Gideon
He walked over to the window then, seeing a beautiful red and brown bird perched on his fire escape. He couldn’t help but smile, “I found my Sara, thank you,” he whispers to the bird who turns its head to the side before flying off.
Gideon always did have the best timing and the best advice.
“Y/N, your one o’clock is here to see you,” the receptionist at the Library said over the phone, hanging up and returning her attention to Spencer, “she’ll be with you in a moment.”
“Doctor Reid,” he hears her voice as she rounds the corner, appearing behind a stack of books in the most beautiful blue dress he’s ever seen. “Lovely to see you again.”
“You too,” he smiles.
“Right this way,” she can’t help but smile as she escorts him to her office.
“I don’t normally consider people who don’t send in a resume, but I have a feeling you’re going to be good at this,” she teased him as he sat at her desk.
“Allison is going on maternity leave in a few weeks, so you won’t start until she has the baby. If you’re serious about wanting this position, it’s only Monday through Thursday, 9 to 2:30.”
“You’re not going to ask me anything?”
“I don’t know if you know this, but the literary historian and I get to spend a lot of time together, I’d rather hire someone I know I already like,” she smiled again. “And it would be nice to see you every day without a 7-year-old taking all your attention away from me.”
“You just want to live out the fantasy of kissing someone in the encyclopedia section, don’t you?” He teased her right back, making her blush. “I knew it.”
“Sue me!” She laughed, and he finally understood what tinker bell meant when she said farries are born from the purest laughter.
He was in love with her right then and there, he was sure of it.
It had been under a week and yet as he stared at her, hearing her wonderful laughter and seeing her beautiful smile, knowing she wanted to spend time with him, that she genuinely liked him and none of this was one-sided, it made him fall harder than he thought he could.
“Come on then,” he stands abruptly, taking her hand and pulling her out the door.
She tries to giggle quietly as she follows him all the way back to the quietest section of the library. Most of the books on the shelves didn’t even have bar codes because they haven’t been checked out since the 60’s, no one needs them but they can’t seem to part with them.
She backs up against the shelf and pulls him into her space, he drops her hands and holds her face instead, looking at her beautiful eyes as they sparkled in the fluorescent lighting.
“I was expecting this to be hungrier than this when I imagined it all for all these years,” she whispers, biting her lip to force her smile back.
“You’re just so fucking beautiful,” is all he can say, brushing her cheeks with his thumbs lightly a few times before finally placing his lips against hers, ever so gently.
Her hands stretched around his back, pulling him in closer till their bodies are pressed together and then she’s kissing him deeper. Breathing in through her nose like she’s trying to keep him there forever, her fingernails dig into his shirt and he knows she wants more.
He slid his thigh between hers, opening his mouth to give her all the access she wanted and letting her take control of the speed. She wasn’t kidding when she said she expected it to be hungrier. She was kissing him like it was the first time she has had contact with another human being in years, and it just might have been. She said she was single for a while before Amoreena, probably the whole time since as well.
“Spencer,” she took a moment to gasp for air, breathing against his lips as he did the same. “Can we?”
He kisses along her jaw then, moving towards her ear to whisper, “do what? Use your words.”
“Anything, just touch me please, god it’s been 12 years,” she begged as quietly as possible, tugging at his hair as he nibbled on her earlobe.
He kissed down her neck making his way towards her chest. Holding her by the hips now, she arched her back into the shelf as he kissed all the way to where her dress started to cover her breasts but he didn’t stop. Kissing over her clothes as he dropped down to his knees in front of her.
He undid his tie, slipping it off his neck and handing it to her, “in case you need to scream into something.”
She held it in her hand for a second, registering what he just said and moaning softly in response as she held it closer to her lips, he took that as a yes and slipped under her dress.
She was wearing just a pair of regular cut pink underwear, not expecting this in the slightest when she got ready this morning. He kissed her over top of the fabric, spreading her legs so that he could kiss the insides of her thighs as she tried to desperately grind into his face. grazing his teeth against her skin as she shivers, thighs shaking in anticipation.
He kisses right where her clit should be under the fabric, knowing he’s correct when she whimpers around the tie he handed her. It's muffled and adorable as he kisses her again and again, knowing she wants more and teasing her gently.
He pulls her panties to the side, mesmerized by how perfect she is for only a second before returning to the task at hand. Being the first person to pleasure her in years, wanting her to have the best time possible.
With one hand he holds her panties back, using his other to slowly swipe a single finger through her folds to see just how wet she was. Smirking against her thigh as he’s able to slip right in.
“Please,” he hears her whisper, lifting the dress up so she could look at what he’s doing.
“Such a good girl for me,” he pressed the words against her skin.
He spreads her legs even further, resting one of them on his shoulder as he dives in, sucking her clit into his mouth abruptly as he pumps his single finger in and out. She jerks her hips at the sudden contact, stuffing the tie in her mouth and biting down as she whimpers.
He knows what he’s doing, where all the pleasure spots are and what feels the best on most women. Searching around and trying different tongue movements, memorizing the sounds she makes and attempting to hear them again and again, knowing it means she’s enjoying herself.
That’s all he wanted, to please her. Not even realizing how hard he was as he continues to eat her out furiously in the back corner of the DC Public Library. He forgets they’re even in public entirely as he moans against her clit, sending shockwaves through her body.
She’s quaking then, holding onto the top of his head with one hand as the other grips a shelf. She’s panting into the material of the tie, the hot breath making its way through the fabric and stopping the whorish moans he knew she’d make. It had been too long since someone treated her right.
He added a second finger then, wanting to push her over the edge as he curled them, finding her g spot and caressing it with every thrust of his fingers. She clenched around him then, a high-pitched noise left her mouth as she finished around him.
He couldn’t help but smirk, re-moving his fingers and cleaning them off in his mouth. Releasing them with a pop before dragging his tongue along her one last time. Gathering up everything she released and placing her panties back over her nicely.
He kissed over her underwear one last time before fixing her dress and standing up, “did I manage to fulfill the dream?”
She couldn’t help but laugh, looking like she was coming down from a real high, not just an orgasm. She pulled him in close and held onto him for dear life as she continued to catch her breath, and then her hand started to wander.
“Nope,” Spencer whispered, moving her hand away from his aching cock. “As much as I want to, I’d rather fuck you at home.”
“Home huh?” She teased him, kissing his cheek softly as she pulled back.
"I love you," he whispers against her ear, without a fear in the world that she didn't feel the same way.
"I love you too, Spencer."
They couldn’t stop smiling at each other, it felt surreal to be this happy. He kissed her a few more times, staying hidden in the back corner until the blood in his body let this dick and went back to where it was supposed to be.
She just held him in her arms, leaning back against the shelves as they kissed softly, running her hands through his hair gently, over and over. She whispered a few thank you’s to him, letting him know it was everything she waited for.
It was truly perfect.
Amoreena was so happy to see him back at the farm when she got off the bus, she missed him during the few days he wasn’t there.
She asked him to help with her homework, her teacher assigning them an “all about me” project to showcase their growth at the end of the year ceremony. It was almost June, she only had a few weeks left before she was off for the summer and free to show him around the whole kingdom.
Y/N brought out a box of craft supplies and a collection of photos. Showing Spencer every single moment of her and Amoreena’s life.
From her first sonogram to the first bump photo, she had and every maternity shot on the farm you could think of, to the day she was born, her first bath, first steps, chocolate cake shoved on her nose at her first birthday, everything. He felt like he watched her grow up in the blink of an eye, staring at all the photos while Y/N and Amoreena made a plan for her project.
She did look a lot like him, in some instances, she even looked like his mom. There was a look Diana would get when she was intrigued with something, or when she was trying to figure something out. She’d bite her tongue and tilt her head, and it was exactly what Amoreena did.
He never thought he’d see a child-like himself this early, he always expected someone to contact him at 18 and surprise him like Rossi. He really never, ever thought he'd have a child in his life who he was blessed with watching grow up. He never believed someone would have a kid so much like him and allow him to see the world through their eyes. He was amazed by how lucky he got, to be brought into an already happy family that wanted him, they didn’t just need him.
There was no need for a father in Amoreena’s life, she was happily living her life with her grandparents and her mother, explaining to him that she had a bunch of aunts and uncles, plus 15 cousins and they all lived close too. Her life was full of people to love her, and yet she wanted Spencer to love her too.
“Can I put the photo of us at the museum on here too?” She asked Y/N, looking at Spencer to see if he was okay with it too. “I already told my friends that you’re my dad.”
He felt like he couldn’t breathe, he didn’t want to cry in front of her so instead he just stopped all movement inside of his body and held it in. Looking at Y/N who was also a little emotional as Amoreena went back to looking through the photos.
Amoreena didn’t even notice how their expressions changed, she didn’t understand the weight of the words as she said them. She was oblivious to the hole in Spencer’s heart that she was filling with glitter glue, making him feel like he was whole again.
“Yeah,” he finally managed to speak. “I’d love to be on your project.”
“I know you said we don’t need dads but I kinda want one,” Amoreena’s soft expression made his heart melt even more. He was putty in her hands, willing to be whatever she wanted from him as long as he could.
“When did you say that?” Y/N asked softly, confused as to where she was when they had a conversation.
“The other morning at breakfast, um, my father left when I was little. It was just me and my wonderful mother until I was 21, then I found someone to call Dad. His name was Jason Gideon, he was my mentor and he made he feel like I was smart and loved,” he smiled, letting her know he genuinely meant it. “There’s a big difference between being a father and being someone's dad.”
“What’s that?” Amoreena’s innocent mind running wild as she tried to figure out his meaning.
“Anyone can be a father when two adults make a baby,” he said softly, making eye contact with Y/N as she blushed. Knowing where he was going with this. “But dads are special, they’re the people who are supposed to make you feel safe and loved. A person who you can turn to for advice and know he’ll love you no matter what you have to say. Dad’s are supposed to love you forever, regardless of what happens in life. Just like your mom does already.”
Amoreena leaned into his chest, pressing her head against him softly. He wrapped his arms around her gently, giving her the tiniest hug he’s ever given. “I pick you then, you’re the best guy I know and I think that means you’d be a good dad.”
Y/N silently cried, getting up from the table and walking into the kitchen so Amoreena wouldn’t see her sob. Spencer tried to widen his eyes so the tears he was generating would slip back into his tear ducts. Not wanting to cry as she held him.
“I’d love to be your dad,” he whispered, kissing her head softly as she held him tighter. “But first I’ve gotta check on your mom,” he whispered into her hair. Watching her pull away and look for where she was.
“Okay,” Amoreena shrugged, returning to her project as he wandered into the kitchen.
She was leaning against the counter when he walked in, her dress pulled up over her face as she cried into the material. Wiping her face as Spencer walked in and looking at him with the happiest smile.
She was laughing into her tears then, shaking her head as she sobbed, “why am I crying?”
He laughed then too, pulling her into a hug and spinning her around gently as she kept laughing. Her face buried into his neck as she smiled, he set her down gently so he could pull her into a kiss.
Her cheeks were all wet as he held her face, peppering kisses to her lips as they both tried to stop smiling.
“I’m going to miss hearing her call you Spencer,” Y/N whispered.
“Me too,” he giggled again. “But dad does have a good ring to it.”
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