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specialbrewbutterbeer · 2 years

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Hi again, sorry for another request but I was reading what you would write and I thought of either hangman or rooster with sister reader (could have an age gap but it’s up to you) and she wanted to be a fighter pilot like her older brother when she grew up. They could be talking to the others and he tells them she died (it’s up to you, ignore this is your uncomfortable :)

Sister!Reader Who Wants To Be A Pilot Like Her Older Brother (Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw & Jake 'Hangman' Seresin)

TW: Angst! Super Angsty! Mentions death of a sibling, death of a parent, dangerous situations, hospital environments and sudden/unexpected deaths and greif

AN: I tried out this as a new format, not sure how it went but quite liked it- I'd love some feedback on how you found it and if you enjoyed it?

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Jake 'Hangman' Seresin

- Jake is pretty open about his family

- And I mean OPEN

- If he tried to say that the guys haven't heard every story about how annoying it was growing up as the second eldest of four sons, he'd be lying

- Usually it was when everyone was swapping stories in the bar

- Lighthearted memories of being told he was gonna be a big brother again

- Screaming and crying about it

- Water fights in summer

- Him and his older brother chasing the others round with the hosepipe and a super soaker

- Launching baseballs at eachother's heads

- How he once threw one at his youngest brother

- How he'd dodged it

- How it'd gone through the kitchen window

- How angry his Mom had been when it landed in the sink whilst she did the dishes

- About how much his brothers sulked when he joined the Navy

- How his parents sent updates on all his siblings when he was away

- Pictures of them going to senior prom

- When his youngest brother made capitain of the school basketball team

- A picture of the second youngest brother in hospital with a broken arm

- Because he'd driven Jake's car (which he'd given to him with strict instructions not to damage it) into a ditch

- How his eldest brother was a real estate agent but how none of them would let him forget that he watched Practical Magic on VHS over and over in 2000 and told everyone he wanted to be a witch when he grew up

- It was clear that they were very typical

- Very happy

- But if you got him drunk enough

- And it were the right time of year

- He'd slip up

- 'Oh yeah- all five of us!'

- 'Joey, me, Ronnie, Cole and- and... That's us!'

- No one payed much attention to it

- He was being drunk

- Miscounting

- Forgetting

- Slurring his words a little

- Until finally

- One night

- Someone asked

- 'So- got other family in the military?'

- And he went awful quiet

- Sat back in his chair

- And all the words came tumbling out of his mouth

- 'Well- I did.'

- 'My baby sister.'

- 'I don't talk about her but, she was born when I was about seven, she was my favourite- well I was her favourite. She never left me alone.'

- 'She was real smart, a real sweetie and her favourite thing in the whole world was our grandma's cherry pie.'

- He'd laughed

- He was in his own nostalgic world now

- The others just wondered how she'd never come up before

- But they listened patiently

- No one dared interrupt, in case he stopped

- '(Y/n) should have gone to an Ivy league school- but no.'

- 'She told me she wanted to be a pilot, just like I was.'

- 'She told me she looked up to me, and she really did wanna do it.'

- 'God knows why- why she looked up at me, not Joey the valedictorian or Cole the sports star or even Ronnie! I know Mom busted him selling weed to his friends from the treehouse in our yard- but- damn! He at least made pretty good money doing that!'

- 'But I sat down, and I helped her fill everything out and we dropped it off at the mailbox at the end of the street. And she got in.'

- 'I never saw her more excited than that. And she was pretty well pumped up when she was voted prom queen.'

- It was then that Jake went quite again for a few minutes.

- 'She was real good.'

- 'She was real good at everything she did.'

- 'Hell- I hate to say it but she was probably better than me, certainly better than I was straight out of the academy.'

- 'Umm- She was unlucky though.'

- 'Just, about a week before she should have been done with all her training- I don't know. Something went wrong.'

- The look on his face was of some kind of latent sadness.

- He wasn't a vulnerable man.

- To see him this way, hear him talk honestly- without showboating, properly with guard down

- That was a rare and privileged experience

- And everyone sat around the table knew it

- 'Within 24 hours the whole family were there. and she was awake- talking- fine and perky as ever.'

- 'She just kept saying how she was bored in hospital, she was so worried she wasn't gonna be able to complete training.'

- 'I didn't really know what was going on, none of us kids knew how serious it was. We thought cos she was talking, awake and everything she was gonna be fine. No one told us what was goin on.'

- That last sentence was said with real anger and followed by the sound of his fist banging on the table.

- 'We just laughed at her and tried to be like normal. We thought she was gonna be fine.'

- 'But I remember Mom telling her that she'd had surgery to take fragments of her skull out of her brain.'

- 'I think maybe I knew then that it wasn't gonna be fine.'

- 'It wasn't gonna be fine like they said.'

- 'I didn't know she was gonna have a bleed on the brain and die in the OR as they tried to stop it though.'

- 'I didn't think it was gonna be that bad.'

- 'She probably knew nothing about it either."

- His heart sank.

- Speaking those words, in such a blunt way. That was the only way he could say them.

- It got it over with quickly

- He ground his teeth as he sat there

- Like he'd finally spilled a secret

- He almost wished they hadn't let him go on

- But he'd said it now

- And felt weird about it

- 'I'd headed back to work. When it happened.'

- 'I only got a few days leave- and since she seemed... Alright- I left.'

- 'I was the only one not in the room.'

- 'I was the one who put her there though.'

- 'Never should have let her do it.'

- 'I guess stupidity is in the genes though. She shouldn't have looked up to me- of all folk.'

- 'I miss her.'

- '(Y/n) was my baby sister, my responsibility.'

- 'And she would have beat all you suckers in a dogfight any day of the week!"

- He laughed.

- He was the only one who did.

- After that, there was some scrap of thought spared for Hangman, some mild sympathy.

- That callsign suddenly seemed slightly morbid

- Considering his need to take the blame.

- Maybe even some respect for having told the story too

- But (Y/n) came up in stories after that

- Like the missing link she filled the gaps

- How she got her brothers back by filling a super soaker with koolaid that stained them all blue for days

- How it had been her baby bottles their Mom had been cleaning in the sink

- How she'd sobbed and sobbed on the morning he left

- How he and his brothers had managed to make some calls around their small town to their old classmates, to ensure that their classmates younger siblings voted (Y/n) prom queen

- How she and Cole had had fallen out in highschool so badly that she had quit the cheer squad because they were refusing to talk and seeing eachother at every game whilst he was capitain annoyed her

- How Ronnie had put the car in a ditch going to pick (Y/n) up from a house party she wasn't supposed to be at

- How bitterly Joey had complained when their Dad made him remove his VHS copy of Practical Magic from the player and replace it with a Sesame Street tape for (Y/n)

- And how they'd all been so relieved when they had a sister, not another brother.

- She was all of their favorites.

- Even with her flaws.

- She was cocky and arrogant

- Argumentative

- Witty

- Sharp

- She was great

- She was all too much like her brothers

- And that's why they liked her.

- All of the guys,

- Rooster, Bob, Phoenix, Coyote and the rest,

- Decided that they were glad he'd told them about her

- He was happy when he talked about his family

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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw

- Bradley constantly talked about his family.

- Mom, Dad, Sister

- She was born just before her Dad had died

- They were close siblings

- Very close

- He lived and breathed for them

- His family

- He talked about how the receptionist in the foyer wore the same hairspray that his Mom had

- How he could tell by the smell of it

- It reminded him of sitting on her lap when she did her hair and make up in the morning.

- He talked about how he bought a Ford Bronco because his Dad had one

- How he had taken a picture of his Dad's to the dealership and the salesman had helped him figure out which colour matched the best

- It reminded him of being a kid, before it broke down and was scrapped

- He talked about his sister

- How great she was

- It didn't remind him of anything

- He spoke about her often

- And as if she were still alive

- No one ever guessed that wasn't the truth

- Even those who had known him before her death

- Who had even met her in passing

- Once or twice worked with her

- News like that usually travelled fast

- But it had been a bit hush hush because it had to be investigated by a panel of experts to see who's wrong doing it had been

- It had been a year

- Just over

- The report had been issued a few months before

- He could speak about it quite freely now

- But he couldn't find it in himself to do so

- So he just talked like she was still around

- To the extent that he made up a deployment overseas for her to be on

- It wasn't until Maverick overheard him talking about her one evening

- And just looked at him

- 'Bradley?'

- He'd spoken with total empathy and near enough pity

- He didn't know this was what Bradley had been doing

- It was then that his face fell

- He knew he had to give the game away

- Quietly he spoke

- Almost forgetting the friends he was surrounded by

- 'Mav, I don't know how else to deal with it-'

- His godfather just look at him.

- 'All my life I've had to deal with talking about my family, in the past tense.'

- 'She was the last one I had left.'

- 'I can't hear anymore 'I'm sorry's. I don't want anymore condolence cards.'

- 'I don't want that Mav.'

- Then he sighed

- And looked up

- 'Last September, she crashed.'

- 'Into the ocean just off of the coast of Cuba.'

- He stopped there

- Just thinking

- 'Nose dived right into the water.'

- 'Her WSO ejected, survived.'

- He paused, glance for almost a full beat at Maverick, then spoke as it transpired that Pete couldn't hold the eye contact.

- 'She didn't.'

- The silence in the room was tangible.

- Mav sat down beside his godson

- He knew every detail

- He'd made sure he'd known every detail

- He and Ice had pawed for days over every report before they were even released

- It was yet another illegal favour Tom gifted Pete.

- He relived her father's death through hers, and Bradley was experiencing it first hand for the first time

- Both felt intense guilt

- Another Bradshaw plunged into the freezing cold water

- Another one pulled out with no life left in em

- Another Bradshaw dead

- Fullstop

- She was gone

- Just like that

- 'They said she was coming into land on a carrier, went wrong.'

- 'It was probably instant.'

- 'I don't know if they just told me that to make me feel better or if it's true.'

- 'I hope it's true.'

- 'They said it was probably her mistake, and she almost definitely knew it was her own mistake, because she didn't eject.'

- 'She was fighting it all the way down.'

- 'It was a stupid thing to do.'

- 'Her WSO broke their back, probably won't walk again- but they'll live.'

- 'And they'll live a good, proper life.'

- 'She was just- Stubborn.'

- 'I don't know.'

- He finally felt like he was done talking.

- No-one quite knew what to say.

- A couple hearts were particularly heavy,

- Those that'd worked with her enough to know she was a good woman.

- But mostly the outpouring was for him.

- The fact that he'd never spoken about it.

- His relationship with Maverick was still healing, and yet was the only vent for the matter.

- That, they all knew, couldn't have been easy.

- 'She was a good pilot.'

- Mav spoke to fill in the silence.

- 'Really good.'

- 'Quick, technical.'

- 'And she loved it. Probably more than most people.'

- 'She just loved the flying- would have suited air shows, acrobatic stuff- more than the Navy.'

- Bradley gave a laugh and nodded.

- 'She was too clever and a show off.'

- 'She always liked the stories stupid stuff you and Dad used to get up to.'

- 'She wanted that.'

- Mav looked up at his Godson, a bittersweet sense of pride that his Goddaughter had thought his and her Father's relationship was something good enough to aspire to.

- A very different attitude from her brother.

- They had kept in contact.

- Not as much as she would have liked to

- And more than her brother thought Mav deserved

- But he wouldn't stop her

- And she kept enough distance as not to upset her brother

- And after they did make things up again

- They didn't get the chance before the crash to be together as a family again

- After all that Bradley and Pete had been through on that mission

- All the times they could have been killed out there in a far off land

- The multitudes of opportunities for them to be the ones to ruin the chance at playing at happy families

- To ruin the chance of coming home to their girl

- And she crashes and dies

- In what should have been a survivable accident

- on a routine exercise just miles off of the coast of her home

- 'She always thought she'd get to have that kind of fun, those kinds of friends for life.'

- 'I was the serious one.'

- Bradley smiled.

- 'I just-'

- The smile quickly faded.

- He wasn't ready to think back fondly yet.

- 'I don't understand why she didn't eject.'

- He spoke quietly.

- 'I don't know why she'd keep trying to save the thing'

- Mav sat there looking at his boy.

- A large, handsome man

- Who had come to regard as a son

- And who now reminded him of a boy again

- As he sat there

- Nursing a bottle of beer

- He'd seen reports that Bradley hadn't

- He knew that the WSO involved had given statements that said she'd told them to eject

- They'd expected her to follow

- But she didn't

- That the examination of the wreckage showed no signs of her even attempting to

- It couldn't even be put down to a failed ejection

- It was just...

- A fatal miscalculation?

- A misdiagnosis that she thought she could solve?

- But she knew it was dangerous.

- She knew it and told her WSO to eject

- The words he'd told his RIO all those years ago

- He'd seen her records

- He knew she had a history of hesitancy when it came to mock ejection tests

- She'd failed some of those tests three times over before she finally got the nerve

- He didn't want to tell Bradley that

- And he knew Bradley didn't want to dig that deep into the official verdict

- Bradley just knew it was 'pilot error'

- He didn't need to know more

- He didn't want Bradley to think that his baby sisters last thoughts were probably abject terror

- Images of her Father's fate

- Too scared too eject

- Maybe even too proud to admit she'd made a mistake that was going to be terminal for her jet

- Maybe she really did think she could save it

- And maybe Pete felt guilty more than ever before

- That all those years ago

- A Bradshaw ejecting from a stricken jet and dying, had killed another by making her too fearful of doing the same.

- And if Goose was his fault

- By extension so was she

- But there had to be some comfort to be had

- Maybe that she was with her Mother and Father

- Up there

- Forever in the sky she loved

- Neither of the two men were religious

- But to think they were all three together

- And one day they'd meet them all again

- That was a comfort

- And there was always a prayer, to whatever God that might hear them, that history never repeat itself again

- And there was always a thought spared for her and her parents

- And Bradley would eventually feel freed to speak about her

- And Pete would eventually feel freed to speak about Goose

- Even though it would take many years before either of them could speak with pride again about Goose or (Y/n)

- And somehow there was healing to be had and to be had together

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cinemaocd · 3 months

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Jenny's ongoing list of films watched 2024

January

RRR (2023)*

Peter's Friends (1992)*

The Lady Eve (1941)

How to Get a Head in Advertising (1988)*

High Fidelity (2000)

Frieda (1947)*

Oh...Rosalinda! (1955)

The Quick and the Dead (1995)*

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)*

The Life and Death of Col. Blimp (1943) Commentary Track (2012)*

Rhubarb (1951)*

The Birds (1963)*

House of Yes (1997)*

Cassandra Cat (1963)*

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Night of the Comet (1984)

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)*

For Me and My Gal (1942)*

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

The Small, Back Room (1949)

House of Games (1987)

Water (1985)*

The Ballad of John and Yoko (2023)*

The Meaning of Life (1983)

Track 29 (1988)*

*New to me

Thoughts on the New to Me films:

New Year's Eve we watched RRR, a lot of fun, energetic, bright and action-packed. I enjoyed the way that little attention was given to the British characters. They were straight up villains in ill fitting ahistorical costumes, kind of like the way Indian/Asian characters are treated in Western films most of the time...$$$

New Year's Day we watched Peter's Friends, a drama/comedy from the early 90s starring all of the famous Cambridge Footlights. Big Chill-ish film set in a country house over the Christmas holidays. $$$

How to Get a Head in Advertising was weird and also really good. Had a similar vibe to Withnail and I (possibly because of Richard E. Grant, but also possibly the mixture of the surreal with the realistic). Quite stage-y in some ways but clever and savage in it's satire of life in the 80s. $$$

Frieda: Oh I loved this! Weird World War II melodrama about a German girl marrying a British boy and all the trouble it causes with his complex family situation. Such a stellar cast including the late, great Glynnis Johns. $$$$

The Quick and the Dead: I set my expectations quite low for this and was pleasantly surprised. I liked Sam Raimi's comic book-y take on gunfighters and esp. loved Sharon Stone's character. We love to see a female action hero with no love interest. A nice twist on the Man with no Name trope. Excellent cast as well with Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Woody Stroud in his final film. $$$

The Barefoot Contessa: Joseph Mankewitcz is one of the geniuses of old Hollywood but this ain't it, chief. Just kind of all of the place melodrama that makes no sense and relies too much on Ava Gardner looking amazing in technicolor in the South of France. A bit of a commentary on Grace Kelly who a few years earlier married minor royalty on the Riviera. Even Rossano Brazzi can't save this mess for me. $

Rhubarb: Two genres I usually kind of hate (family-friendly animal centered film, sports film) combined into one and it's actually a lot of fun. Ray Milland and a bunch of classic character actors as the baseball team (also Leonard Nemoy has a tiny part as a mobster) in this slight/ predictable romp. $$

The Birds: Woah, shit this was good. I should have known. Amazing tension created and Hitchcock just sells the surreal horror with lots of rear projection...so. much. rear. projection. $$$

House of Yes: How about House of NOPE. Ugh what a mess this was. Some good performances and intriguing story, but it was very stagey and I don't know why the 90s couldn't make a story about adult children and their parents without reducing everyone to cliches and stereotypes but this and Six Degrees of Separation are definitely guilty of that, but the latter is just a better film. $

Cassandra Cat: Takes a long time to get to the cat which given that this was a family film from the 60s might be a problem for some viewers, expecting a more cat-centric movie. Interesting riff on fairy tales from the Czech New Wave. Beautiful Demy-esque technicolor and settings make this 60s nonsense fly by. $$

The Day the Earth Caught Fire: 60s nuclear panic disaster film that really just shows the earth as it is now in the throws of global warming. Yikes. Thoughtfully written and well acted by a bunch of folks I'd never heard of. $$

For Me and My Gal: Directed by Busby Berkley and starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland and set in the 1920s on the Vaudeville circuit, I was expecting a lot more fun, dancing, color, costumes etc. This is actually more of a black and white war time melodrama with some music shoved into it and the dancing is very rudimentary. (I think this is probably because Garland esp. at this stage wasn't in the same league with Gene Kelly and I think it would have been too noticable...). Filmed at the entry of America into WW2 this was quite a deliberate propaganda piece. $$

TLADOCB Commentary: I've watched this movie 20 times at least but the commentary really made me think about a bunch of things differently. Can't say I recommend unless you are fanatic though as it's obviously pieced together from interviews Michael Powell and Martin Scorcese $$

Water (1985): If you smoke the exact right strain of sativa and ignore some of the more dated aspects of this 80s comedy, that reads as if Local Hero were a Cheech and Chong film--this is a total classic. Irreverent Michael Caine just straight up breaking character the minute he turns into a guerilla fighter in the jungle and being far too competent and cool, and then snapping back to sweetly shy, inept British Civil Servant, finding he actually loves his hated backwater post (the invent Casara part Caribbean, part Devon Jurassic Coast) while having to actually do his job. Political satire and fully both barrels to Maggie Thatcher and Reagan. Good on em. Filmed in St. Lucia, the movie has a zany heart and little taste, hoovering up vast quantities of competent TV players from my youth: Herman Munster and Reginald Perrin to name but two. Awkward love story and some uneven acting from Valerie Perrin and Brenda Vaccaro. I enjoyed myself, heartily, anyway. $$$

The Ballad of John and Yoko: Technically a video essay with amazing production values (the licensing alone was epic) dragging together disparate topics around the central theme of women being blamed for bad things happening to infantalized male geniuses. Is it the most coherent argument? No. Does it absolutely tap into many unexpressed or implied ideas that have been floating around since me too? Absolutely. $$

Track 29: This was some of the worst casting I've ever seen in a film. When I think of Texas nurse who is into trains and spanking, I don't automatically think of comedian Sandra Bernhardt. When I think of an actress of that era who was old enough to play Gary Oldman's mother, I don't think of Theresa Russell who is the same age as Oldman and looked every bit as young as he did in the film. Maybe that was the point? I'm not sure. The story was weird, like a Southern Gothic melodrama/black comedy ala Flannery O'Connor, but there was something off about the whole thing.

#Jenny's Film Odyssey #all credit to @dweemeister #January film Odyssey

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kyoties · 1 year

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I wanna start a sports anime but I’ve only ever seen kuroko no basket when I was in middle school and I don’t know where’s to start!!

Do you have any fav sports anime or something you’d recommend?

Haikyuu! - ALL of the boys are so lovable and fun!!! I can't think of a single character that I dislike! Not only that, but I would say that there are no 'superhero' moves -- everything is overall very realistic to the game of volleyball. 10/10 it's amazing!! Slam Dunk - An oldie, but goodie!!!! Especially the manga! The evolution of Inoue's artwork is an absolute TREAT to enjoy as a reader!! The main character is goofy and if you're a big fan of retro anime then you'll love it! Blue Lock - It was hard to get into initially but I stuck it out and really like it! The boys take the sport of soccer VERY seriously and it's very cutthroat but they're all learning new things as they compete with one another! High stakes, high reward. Ballroom e Youkoso - It's not technically what most would consider a sport anime, but it's so lovely!! The characterization is really amazing and it's inspired me to join my uni's ballroom dancing club hehe! Tatara can be a little rough around the edges to some viewers, but you grow to love him! The animation is beautiful and the manga, as well! Big Windup - A BASEBALL ANIME!!! I loooooove baseball so much!!! Main boy is the sweetest, you just want to root for him!!! Very slice-of-life and it was one of the first anime adaptations that A-1 Pictures started out with in the late 2000's. Kind of easygoing, but the characters make it a special experience. Star's Align - Also a really great tennis anime! The chemistry between the two leads is fun to watch and the fact that they delve deep into their stories makes it that much better. It's def got the drama. Free! - Another slice-of-life with sports elements to it. My absolute favorite part of Free! was watching the characters grow into themselves and explore their feelings. Please add more in the replies!!

#sports anime #had to put free because i know someone would be 'WHAT ABOUT FREE?????'#but i don't consider that a sports anime so much as a slice of life with swimming #but that's just me dkajoghwgoiweh

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charaunofficial · 2 months

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Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964)[1] is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007.[2] He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.[3][4][5][6][7]Barry Bonds

Bonds in 2006Left fielderBorn: July 24, 1964 (age 59) Riverside, California, U.S.

Batted: Left

Threw: LeftMLB debutMay 30, 1986, for the Pittsburgh PiratesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 26, 2007, for the San Francisco GiantsMLB statisticsBatting average.298Hits2,935Home runs762Runs batted in1,996Stolen bases514TeamsAs player

Pittsburgh Pirates (1986–1992)

San Francisco Giants (1993–2007)

As coach

Miami Marlins (2016)

Career highlights and awards

14× All-Star (1990, 1992–1998, 2000–2004, 2007)

7× NL MVP (1990, 1992, 1993, 2001–2004)

8× Gold Glove Award (1990–1994, 1996–1998)

12× Silver Slugger Award (1990–1994, 1996, 1997, 2000–2004)

3× NL Hank Aaron Award (2001, 2002, 2004)

2× NL batting champion (2002, 2004)

2× NL home run leader (1993, 2001)

NL RBI leader (1993)

San Francisco Giants No. 25 retired

San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame

MLB records

762 career home runs

73 home runs, single season

2,558 career bases on balls

232 bases on balls, single season

.609 on-base percentage, single season

.863 slugging percentage, single season

Recognized as an all-around player, Bonds received a record seven National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Awards and 12 Silver Slugger Awards, along with 14 All-Star selections. He holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001), and most career walks.[8] Bonds led MLB in on-base plus slugging six times and placed within the top five hitters in 12 of his 17 qualifying seasons.[9][10] For his defensive play in the outfield, he won eight Gold Glove Awards.[11] He also had 514 stolen bases, becoming the first and only MLB player to date with at least 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases.[12][13] Bonds is ranked first in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by Baseball-Reference.com and second by FanGraphs, behind only Babe Ruth.[14][15]

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blowflyfag · 3 months

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ECW Magazine: February 2000

Grinding His Axe

Axl Rotten wants to be respected as one of ECW’s core stars

By Matt Hunter

Rotten Fast Facts

Height: 6-foot-2

Weight: 302 pounds

Birthday: April 21, 1971

Hometown: Baltimore, Md.

Professional Debut: 1988

Favorite musician: Marilyn Maanson

Favorite song: “Unholy” by KISS

Real name: Axl F—ing Rotten

Most memorable ring moments: “My feud with Ian in 1995 set the standard for what people considered hardcore and extreme at the time, and to this day it has not been duplicated. One of my favorite singles matches was against Chris Candido, before Wrestlepalooza - the atmosphere and the way that match felt was electric. Then there was me and Balls against Candido and Lance Storm at Wrestlepalooza. Thought we had a damn good match.”

Most troubling ring moments: “When I was in a battle royal in Nashville for the United States Wrestling Association, I thought I was going over the top rope, but I went through the middle, and I piledrived myself on the concrete floor. I thought I was dead. Another time in World Championship Wrestling, the first night I wrestled Vader, he punched me in the chest. I’ve never been hit so hard in my life. I fell through the ropes to the floor. I was 19 years old at the time. I said to myself ‘I better get my ass back in that ring.’ I look at that as a learning experience.”

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IS about respect.

Different wrestlers measure respect in different ways. For Sabu, respect is measured by the volume of the fans’ chants - “ECW! ECW! ECW!” - after he flies through the air in an attempt to injure his opponent. For Balls Mahoney, respect is measured by the impact his chair shots have of a hapless opponent.

For Axl Rotten, though, respect hasn’t quite come his way – yet.

“I’ve never been one of the boys who’s held back his mouth,” Rotten said. “I’ll talk about the boss, I’ll talk about the company - sometimes it’s gotten me in trouble.”

Rotten, ironically, then left nothing unsaid about his past role in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

“Now that ECW has the national TNN deal, a lot of us who worked hard to get there aren’t getting the bigger push. I’m not saying they don’t deserve it, but I am saying don’t forget about me.

“When you look back at the history of ECW, I’m the one who always gets overlooked,” Rotten continued. “People talk about Tommy Dreamer being there since day one but everyone forgets that Axl was there since day one. When people talk about the innovations ECW has brought to the sport, everyone else is the pioneer or the innovator.”

[Johnny Smith attacks Axl Rotten from behind with Lance Storm prone in the foreground.]

Rotten said he simply wants the respect he deserves.

“I’m not downing anybody. Everybody’s worked their asses off to help ECW get to where it is today,” he said. “I’m the last guy who wants anything handed to m. This has nothing to do with sour grapes. I just want the recognition.”

Beyond the barbed-wire bat

Until now, Rotten has had no problem getting recognition, even if it’s not quite the type he’s looking for. The violence in his matches is legendary, and his baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire has become something of a trademark. Still, he is looking for more.

“I don’t want to be known as the most hardcore guy in ECW, or the guy who bleeds the most,” Rotten said. “I want to be known as the best wrestler. I love entertaining people. When the people put down their hard-earned dollars to see Axl Rotten, I want them to be completely entertained.”

Rotten said he does not want to be known only as the wrestler with the brutal baseball bat.

“It happens to a lot of people,” he said. “You get known for one thing and you get stuck with it. But it’s not an impossible thing to get out of.”

“My reason for getting into the business in the first place was Dusty Rhodes,” Rotten continued. “He could bleed all over the place one night and still have a 40-minute match with Ric Flair the next night.”

So why, then, is Rotten finding himself being slammed through fiery tables and doused with pints of blood rather than competing in more scientific matches?

[Axl Rotten and tag team partner Balls Mahoney] “Maybe the reason I get put in the extreme position is that all the people around here who claim to be so hardcore and extreme are afraid to do it,” he said. “The days of ECW being pure extreme are gone. Mick Foley’s gone. Abdullah The Butcher is gone. The only ones left are me, Balls [Mahoney], New Jack and Spike [Dudley.] We're the ones who have to go out there and get extreme, because that’s an ECW reputation. But the truth of it is, I would just as soon have a good wrestling match with Chris Candido.”

[Anyone thirsty? Axl Rotten and Budweiser girls]

Tag team days

These days, Rotten’s matches tend to be ultra-violent tag team bouts with partner Balls Mahoney.

“We wrestled The Dudley Boyz for what seemed like two years,” Rotten said. “We wrestled Sabu and Rob Van Dam, and Candido and Lance Storm. Everyone who was put in the top tag spot, we were their opponents. And because we’re so damn tough, they always came out looking good.”

“Raven and Dreamer are a joke as tag team champions,” he continued. “Me and Balls don’t get the opportunity to win with the ball.”

Rotten said Mahoney is one of the few who truly respects him.

“Me and Balls, because we wrestled each other, respect each other as athletes,” Rotten said, “I know how hard he can swing a chair. Hell, I’m one of the craziest f—ing people I know. Then I look at Balls and I say, “Look at this guy!”

Hey Axl, what would you say if Vince McMahon called you?

“I’d say, ‘What do you want?’ He’d have to give me a reason to leave. Money alone is not a reason to leave. I’ve seen ECW grow from 2000 people in a building to thousands at a pay-per-view. I helped bring this company to where it is now. Vince would have to offer me something more than just money. I don’t think you can put a number on what ECW means to me. I don’t begrudge anyone anything. Taz? Dudleys? They have to do what’s right for them. Right now, for me, it would take a lot more than the number figure. I think there’s a lot more I can do here in ECW … if I’m given the opportunity.

Axl back on track

However, a lot of people look at Rotten and say the same thing. More troubling than what they say, though, is what they whisper: “Rotten can’t cut it. He got booted from ECW by owner Paul E. Heyman. He’s crazy in the ring, but he’s not reliable.”Rotten said those rumors helped him get back on track.

“For a time I was getting involved in a few things outside the ring I shouldn't have been involved in.” he said. “It took Paul E. to make me realize what I was doing and how I was wasting my life. There was a quote from Paul that got back to me, he said: ‘Axl Rotten is one of the top performers in my locker room who doesn’t perform up to his abilities.’ I sat back and thought about that, and he was right.

“That was a wakeup call,” Rotten continued. I thank Paul for making me realize I’m too smart and too talented to waste my time on that.” Rotten looks forward to the task of rebuilding his ECW career.

“I’ve been as far down physically and emotionally as I could possibly be, and I’m working my way back,” he said.

By working his way back, Rotten will earn the respect he deserves from his peers and fans.

#axl rotten #ecw #extreme championship wrestling #ecw magazine #magazine transcript #magazine scan

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Clarence Edwin “Cito” Gaston

Clarence Edwin “Cito” Gaston is a baseball manager, coach, and outfielder. He became the first African American baseball manager to win the World Series when the Toronto Blue Jays won in 1992.

Clarence Gaston was born to Sammy Gaston and Gertrude Coley on March 17, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas. Gaston’s adoption of the nickname “Cito” was often disputed growing up. He claims he adopted the name from a Mexican-American wrestler he watched when he was young. Another claim was that he adopted the name from a friend, Carlos Thompson, who thought he resembled a Cito wrestler. Gaston attended Wheatley High School in San Antonio, Texas, for a year, then transferred to Holy Cross High School and Solomon-Coles High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Gaston graduated from Solomon-Coles High School in 1962.

After graduating, Gaston played semi-professional baseball in local leagues from 1962 to 1964. In 1964, Gaston was spotted by a scout from the then-Milwaukee Braves at a game and immediately signed him. Gaston would make his Major League Baseball debut in 1967 with the now-Atlanta Braves for a season. Gaston signed with the San Diego Padres in an expansion draft the following season and started playing with the team in 1969. Gaston’s best season with the team came in 1970 when he was selected for his first and only MLB All-Star game. He would remain with the Padres until the 1974 season. Gaston signed with the Braves for a second time the following season and remained with them until the 1978 season. He would then play with the Pittsburgh Pirates for part of the 1978 season and retire at the end of the season at the age of 34.

In 1982, Gaston became the hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays. With Gaston as one of the coaches, the team won its first division title in 1985. He remained a coach until the 1989 season when he became manager of the team. Under Gaston’s management, the Blue Jays became a significant World Series contender. During the 1992 season, the Blue Jays won their first World Series against the Atlanta Braves in six games. With that win, Gaston became the first African American to lead his team to a World Series.

Gaston and the Blue Jays won another World Series in 1993 after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. Gaston remained with the Blue Jays until the end of the 1997 season, when he was fired. He rejoined the team as hitting coach during the 2000 season and remained with the Blue Jays through 2001. In 2008, Gaston was rehired as manager of the Blue Jays and would stay in that position until the end of the 2010 season.

Gaston was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2006, Gaston was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame. Two years later, in 2008, Gaston was given a Negro League Hall of Fame Legacy Award (Jackie Robinson Award). He was inducted into the Ontario Canada Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

Gaston has been married three times. He was married first to Lena Green Gaston. The couple had two daughters, Rochelle and Shawn, before divorcing. Gaston married a Canadian citizen, known as Denise, but the couple also divorced. Gaston married a third time to a woman named Lynda.

#historical #black history month #baseball

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Rather Die | Chapter 1

word count: 1829

rating: pg

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"Eliana! We're going to be late!" Victoria called out for her best friend.

"I'm coming!" she responds.

Victoria & Eliana have been best friends since they were kids. They met in Victoria's homeland of New Zealand. Eliana happened to be on vacation, going to Victoria's local beach. They bonded over the fact that they both had the on same Little Mermaid bathing suit on. They've been inseparable ever since, even though up until a couple years ago, they had a long distance friendship, only seeing each other every couple years.

When Victoria was 23, now 25, she decided to move out to Los Angeles to further her acting career. She made quite a name for herself back home, starring in local TV shows & movies. She was ready to really make it big, and the only way to do that was to go to Hollywood.

Eliana was already living in Los Angeles, her home town. Coming from a rich family, her dad was a huge Major League Baseball player back in the 90s & early 2000s. As for her mom, she's been a very successful lawyer.

The girls decided they were going to officially break the distance between them and get their own place together.

With Victoria's success from her gigs at home & small parts she's gotten the past couple years in LA, along with Eliana's heritage money plus whatever she has made being a social star & modeling, they were able to get a really nice penthouse apartment.

Eliana ran down the stairs of said apartment, as they're running late for a red carpet event once again. It's one of the things that has always annoyed Victoria. They're constantly running late because Eliana gets too distracted & takes a million years to get ready.

"How do I look?" Eliana asks.

"Hot as always, now let's go! The car has been waiting like ten minutes already." Victoria says, rushing themselves out the door.

They both made it into their car & headed to The Chinese Theater for the premiere of the new movie 'Elvis'.

Once there, the girls stepped out onto the carpet posing together & separately.

An interviewer had stopped Victoria to ask her some questions.

"So, what are you most excited to see the movie for?" the interviewer asks.

"Well, I listened to Elvis back home growing up. My grandma absolutely adored him, so Im excited to hear all the songs from my childhood & to learn more about the man my grandma loved as a teen. I also am a bit excited to see Austin Butler on the big screen. I remember seeing him on Disney Channel growing up, so that's exciting to see a familiar face play such a big role."

Victoria answered another question.

"Any projects coming up from you?"

"You can catch me as a guest star on the iCarly reboot, which was super fun, getting to work with Miranda, Nathan, and Jerry. I loved the show as a kid, so it was a really cool experience. Other than that, I don't have anything at the moment. Hopefully soon though!"

After stopping at the couple more interviewers, Victoria & Eliana made their way inside the theater. As soon as they sat down the movie started. Just in time.

About 15 minutes into the movie, was the first full performance scene. As soon as Victoria saw Austin's face she was interested. His bright blue eyes, & his dark hair falling into face. She was definitely attracted.

The girls in this scene, screaming over Elvis's moves, getting all hot & bothered. Victoria quickly found herself relating to those girls, minus the screaming. Although if she could, she probably would be.

As the movie kept rolling, the more intrigued Victoria became.

"Damn, he's hot." Eliana leaned over to whisper to Victoria, as the Beale Street scene played, 'Vegas' by Doja Cat blasting through the speakers.

"Mhm." Victoria responded, very distracted by Austin's good looks in this movie.

Just a few minutes later, Victoria felt herself shift in her seat a bit seeing the very mild sex scene.

Thoughts of all sorts kept running through her mind.

During the 'Trouble' performance, she felt like she was grasping for air. Going into this, she knew she was going to find him attractive, but not like this. She's crushing, crushing hard.

Jealousy came over her, seeing Elvis kiss Priscilla for the first time, just wanting to be in that position.

An hour and half goes by & the film has ended. After the credits roll, everyone stands up & applauds.

Victoria sets her sight on Austin in the front, inhaling a sharp breath from seeing him in person. Looking even more attractive as himself.

"Whew, girl. That Austin guy is so fucking hot." Eliana says to her.

"I know. I've always found him attractive, but damn. I wasn't expecting this."

They both made their way out of the theater & back to the apartment.

"Just a heads up, I call dibs on Austin if it ever comes to it." Eliana says as they walk through the door of their apartment.

"Why? You have a boyfriend, remember?" Victoria reminds her.

"Oh, yeah. I guess you can have him then."

"Thanks. I do want him. Like really bad."

"You should go for it."

"Isn't he dating Vanessa Hudgens though?"

"They broke up I think. I wanna say she's with a new guy."

"Hm. I'll have to see if he's with anyone. I won't go for it if he's in a relationship."

"I mean, still go for it if you don't know for sure. The worst he'll do is say no."

"Yeah, I guess. What I need to do is get some auditions."

"I heard talks that Austin's going to be in a new romance movie. Now that, you need to audition for."

"If I can get an audition, I will. He's so fucking fine, like, I could honestly not sit still during those early scenes."

"Oh, I know. I don't blame those girls for like orgasming over him."

"Truly. I felt that".

The next day Victoria set herself up at the kitchen counter with a fresh cup of coffee & her laptop, so she can apply for some auditions.

"Eli, is that movie Austin's going to be in called "The Last Time"?"

"Yeah. I think it's inspired by that Taylor Swift song with the same title." Eliana responds coming downstairs, still getting herself ready for her day.

"Oh, yeah. That song had me crying when Stephen & I were going through our breakup."

"I remember that. Taylor's whole 'Red' album was on repeat."

"You know it."

"So are you applying for it then?"

"Yep. Uploading my resume & headshot right now. I really hope I get this. It's about this couple who keeps finding each other in different places, being on & off, some toxicity. Yeah sounds about right."

"Honestly. But yeah, you better get this. It would be so good for you. Austin's a hot topic right now. You getting casted as his leading lady would really put you out there."

"Exactly. But also, hello, I get to work the hottest guy I have ever seen."

"True. Well, I'm outtie."

"You have your Nike promo shoot today, right?"

"Yes, ma'am. I'll be home later."

"Okay, I'll be here."

"Love you!" Eliana says out the door.

"Love you too!"

A couple hours later Victoria received an email back about her audition.

"Oh god, oh god, oh god." she said to herself as the email loaded up.

"Dear Victoria,

We'd love to have you in for an audition. Please respond to this email as soon as possible with the time slot you would like & for what day. Please have these scenes that are attached to this email prepared.

Hope to hear from you soon."

"Holy shit! Oh my god."

As soon as Victoria was talking to herself out loud, Eliana came home.

"What? Did you get the audition?" Eliana asks.

"Yes!! I'm going in this upcoming Monday at noon."

"Congrats babe! You have all weekend to prep."

"Yeah, you won't be seeing much of me tomorrow & Sunday. I have to nail this audition. I applied just in time too. Didn't know it'd be so soon."

"I know you'll nail this, babe."

Monday comes along, it's the day of the audition. Victoria has never been so nervous in her whole entire life, and has never wanted anything more.

"Victoria Williams?" a producer calls out in the waiting room.

"Hi, yes, that's me." she stands up from her seat.

"Hi, I'm Sarah, one of the producers. Nice to meet you." Sarah holds out her hand to shake.

"Nice to meet you too." Victoria shakes her hand before following Sarah into the audition room.

"This is the director, Anna." Sarah says.

"Hi, nice to meet you. Im Victoria. Victoria Williams." she reaches her hand out to her.

"Yes, I watched a few of your things after I saw your application. Nice to meet you too. Do you have those scenes prepared?"

"Yes, yes I do."

"Alright. Let's go over the one where Jake shows up to Allison's door." Anna says. "I'll read Jake's lines to you, along with the parentheticals, you respond back with Allison's."

"Got it."

Anna starts off the scene, "Allison opens up the door to her townhouse."

"What are you doing here?" Victoria says, delivering her line.

"I don't know, honestly." Anna say's, reading the lines for 'Jake'.

"You don't know? What do you mean you don't know?"

"I don't know. I was just - I was just walking around town and something just lead me here."

"You're always coming back for something. What is it now? The last time, it was to get back together & you know how that played out."

"I know, I know. I just-

"Jake, I think you need to go."

"Can't we just talk?"

"Why? So we can end up falling into our old ways again & just get heartbroken again?"

"No-

"Then what?

Anna reads off the next part of the script, "Jake suddenly kisses Allison, taking her by surprise."

"Jake, if you want this, -

"I know. I need to be better."

"This is the last time, I swear."

"I swear to god. Cross my heart. The two continue to kiss before going to the bedroom. And that would be the end of our reading." Anna says. "That was really good. I think I can say right now that I would love to have you back later on for a chemistry read."

"Really? That would be great." Victoria says with sparkles in her eyes.

"Yes, really. Just stick around the area, we'll give you a call when you can come back."

"Thank you so much! I will definitely be back."

Victoria leaves the audition room & makes her way outside.

She pulls out her phone to text Eliana the good news. As she's texting, she bumps into someone not paying attention.

"Oh, I'm so sorry...."

It wasn't until her eyes met with a pair of ocean blue eyes, when she knew who she had bumped into.

"....Austin."

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Chapter 2

#austin butler #austin butler fanfiction #austin butler imagine #austin butler one shot #austin butler smut #austin imagine

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You may recall my Toad/Captain Toad write-up and discussion of species characters:

https://www.tumblr.com/wfagamerants/704269896471724032/wfagamerants-i-have-made-it-very-blatant-that-i

As a complimentary piece, I want to elaborate on species characters and the nature of identifying them.

Toad

Being my boy, Toad is who I have a lot to say about. Out of the species characters I see Toad be most often accused of not really earning the distinction of being a distinct character. I strongly disagree with and feel this is a perception caused by the distaste for Toads certain games akamodernPaperMario have brought forth, but here’s the thing: Toad has the most solid standing to be his own character out of everyone here.

When it comes to species characters, what defines them a lot of the time is role and Toad is very fortunate that a single prominent red Toad as part of the main cast, is a very constant part of the series. Many, many games have a single red Toad that’s given a distinct role, even when he say, has a red vest for the day, like in the Baseball games and even those still hint at his identity with things like his bad chemistry with Wario or his Super Sluggers card bio.

The latter in particular is an important thing to note, Toad is distinguished as an individual in official bios all the time and that’s been a thing since forever. Japanese bios do tend to shift towards talking about the species afterwards, but not before headlining Toad as his own guy. Mario Party Star Rush even takes it further by also having a generic Red Toad bio for emphasis.

It helps that unlike the other species characters, Toad has a visual feature that does set him apart him from his species: the red spots blue vest combo. From official art, to Mario Maker 2, to the movie, to even instance where there is no other Red Toad around and he defies the color pattern:

Of course, this isn’t always bullet-proof, since Nintendo has played fast and loose with that at times, as discussed in the original essay. The 3D World Blue Toad and Captain Toad mess and Odyssey using the red spots and blue vest combo for every generic Toad, being particularly extreme examples.

Thing is, this is mostly a thing with the platformers and RPG generics and even those have moments that defy this and more properly distinguish him (Super Mario RPG making him the only Toad/Kinopio, with the name in the text box is a huge one). The spin-offs and other materials are very consistent with this distinction and instances of THE Toad with a red vest, outside of Puzzles & Dragons, only happened in the 2000s, where colored Toads as we know them now were still a new thing, with fewer consistent guidelines.

Birdo

Birdo manages to dodge most of this kind of stuff by being the only prominent member of her species. There are weird things like her just hatching in Super Mario RPG, despite having already reappeared in the series via Wario’s Woods, but on the whole she is refreshingly straight-forward.

Kamek

One I already mostly covered in the old essay. In short, in the west we have Kamek as a distinct name for him, while in Japan the entire species are Kameks. Even localizations aren’t flawless with this though, since it can be muddy whether it’s the character or the species, even more so if different translations disagree.

Kamek, even more than Toad, relies on the general role of a single prominent Magikoopa, which thankfully for him, isn’t a big problem. Being the one who raised Bowser, his general role as very closely working with him, the Koopalings and Jr, makes it very believable that this is the same character every time. There also isn’t much that really speaks against him being the main or single Magikoopa of any given game, like with other species characters, it’s just not always officially stated.

Some games do lean into this though, like Magikoopa in Super Mario RPG, who has a very strong hint he is Kamek:

Even present in the japanese version, though there he refers to Mario and his attempt to kidnap him in Yoshi’s Island. At the same time he is called Kamezard in the Japanese version, a name that was never used before or since and it’s indicated he was originally meant to be a mook and not connected to the Kamek character.

Everything else I already said in the other essay, Kamek has his own oddities, but also a solid role to back him being his own character up.

Yoshi

Yoshi falls under the same umbrella as Kamek, as in he relies on his role as the prominent green Yoshi and luckily for him, that’s very straight forward. Helps that like Toad, he is consistently defined in western and japanese bios, as an individual, even when the species as a whole is discussed too.

Really, Yoshi first appeared in Super Mario World and then went on to appear in other Mario games, that part is simple. What’s more difficult to determine is what Yoshi from the Yoshi games, is what we identify as the main Yoshi.

In particular, the Yoshi from Yoshi’s Island seems to be a separate character based on two sources.

For one, we have Yoshi’s Story, where the playable Yoshis only just hatched and thus are different from the ones in Yoshi’s Island. Baby Bowser does have this line:

But he also says that to any of the Yoshis, even though only the green one faced him during his first encounter with the dinos, soooooo yeah.

Another big one is Yoshi’s Island DS, where we see a Yoshi hatch at the end of the game and he’s a star child:

Given the fanfiction-y star children concept of the game, this is no doubt meant to imply this is the current day main Yoshi. Whether he is the same one from Story though is undetermined.

Yoshi Topsy-Turvey is refreshingly simple, with Adult Bowser there as the bad guy, this is very likely Main Yoshi here.

Yoshi’s New Island takes place on a, well, new island, so these are different Yoshis.

How Crafted and Woolly World fit into things meanwhile is anyone’s guess. It’s still Baby Bowser there so these can just be very stylized takes on Island Yoshi, Story Yoshi or Main Yoshi, any combo of which may even be the same.

So yeah, Yoshi is the weirdest one because he legit can’t be the same guy every time, though Nintendo still attributes every one of these games to the main Yoshi, despite in-game content denying it is the same one every time.

It is weird, but goes well with what I said about Toad and how the image of a prominent species member seems to matter more than the finer details, at times.

#super mario

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📰 "MZ Generation Reveres '2023 ver. Tae-Hye-Ji': Han Sohee, Go Yoonjung, and Park Gyuyoung [Star@Style]" (#ParkGyuyoung Cut)

[AtStyle reporter Kim Yena] The representative actresses leading the 2000s can be condensed into the 'Tae-Hye-Ji' trio. Kim Taehee, Song Hyekyo, and Jun Jihyun, who have dominated dramas, movies, and commercials, have maintained their title for years. However, in 2023, the actresses revered by the MZ generation are different. Han Sohee, Go Yoonjung, and Park Gyuyoung, who connect the genealogy of Tae-Hye-Ji, form the central axis.

Han Sohee, Go Yoonjung, and Park Gyuyoung have climbed the steps diligently. They focused on acting while concurrently serving as brand ambassadors fitting their respective images, thereby expanding their popularity. Unlike their predecessors who opted for an aura of mystique, they did not lose touch with their fans. They adopted a smart strategy, emphasizing consistent efforts rather than instant stardom.

....

< Born in 1993, Park Gyuyoung >

- As good at acting as she is at studying

Since her debut work in 2016, Park Gyuyoung has been actively acting. Until she became an actress, Park Gyuyoung was an honour student. She studied at a foreign language high school and a prestigious university in Seoul, indeed a student who is both beautiful and academically excellent. Even while engaging in acting, Park Gyuyoung completed her university education. Still, she did not neglect her work projects. She acted diligently as if she were studying. After her debut, she showcased her passion for acting by appearing in over 30 works. Especially keen on improving her character immersion, Park Gyuyoung never hesitated to learn. She learned to ride a two-wheeled bicycle in advance for a role, took bass guitar lessons for a practice performance scene, and it is known that she separately practised boxing, jiu-jitsu, and baseball for her action scenes.

Bob-cut Hair Fever

This year, Park Gyuyoung gave women a strong urge to get bob cuts. In "A Good Day to be a Dog," she radiated freshness with a bright-colored bob, while in "Celebrity," she boasted sophisticated beauty with a black bob. Park Gyuyoung's hairstyle choices were impeccable. Park Gyuyoung has an outstanding synchronization rate where seamlessly blends into each of her roles. Besides her contribution in the hairstyling, she has also had a hand in tailoring the overall ambiance and persona to all her characters.

The characters Park Gyuyoung approached with responsibility has elevated the quality of the dramas she has appeared in. While Park Gyuyoung shines in dramas, she particularly has a frequent association with Netflix. She was involved in all seasons from 1 to 3 of "Sweet Home." Especially with Park Gyuyoung being cast in "Squid Game" season 2, all eyes are on her anticipating what new transformations she will showcase.

Full Article: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/140/0000035268

#park gyu young #park gyuyoung #actress #kdrama #korean drama #naver article

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Movies/shows I will write for

Harry Potter

Narnia

Star wars

My Own Private Idaho

The Outsiders

Titanic

The Breakfast Club

Toy Soldiers

School Ties

It (miniseries & new)

Hidden Figures

The Lost Boys

The Mummy (only the first 2)

Legally Blonde

Heathers

Little Women (old and new)

Stand by me

Karate kid ( 1&2)

Mighty Ducks (2&3)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Scream 1

The patriot

Anaconda (1997)

Anchorman (the legend of ron burgundy)

Grown ups

Christine (that one Stephan king movie about the possessed car)

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Weird science

Edward scissorhands

The sandlot

Newsies

Holes (2003)

Top gun

The black phone

Enola Holmes

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

The Sound of Music

The Night at the Museum (all 3)

Grease

Remember the Titans

The Great Gatsby

Dead Poets society

Miss peregrines home for peculiar children

Any Madea movie 🤷🏼‍♀️

Pearl Harbor

Shows I will write for

Reign

Grand Army

Gotham

Shameless

Any DC

Any Marvel

MASH

Adam 12

Emergency

Anne with an e

13 reasons why

Euphoria

The Walking Dead

Stranger things

Umbrella academy

Lab rats/elite force

Good luck Charlie

Dog with a blog

Dance moms 🤷🏼‍♀️

NCIS

The office

Chicago fir

Chicago PD

Merlin

Ouran high school host club

Dynasty

Saved by the bell

Full house

Boy meets world

That 70’s show

Bridgerton

Outerbanks

Supernatural

Peaky Blinders

CHiPs

In the heat of the night

Daisy Jones and the Six

The Marvelous Mrs.Masiel

Band of Brothers

1940s-2000s actors:

Frank Sinatra

Marlon Brando

James Dean

Elvis Presley

Red Buttons

Montgomery Clift

Tom Cruise

Jerry Lewis

Gregory Peck

Tony Curtis

Leonardo DeCaprio

Mark Wahlburg

Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Madison

Alain Delon

Sal Mineo

Ricky Nelson

David Nelson

Dean Martin

Matt Dillon

Emilio Estevez

Keanu Reeves

River Phoenix

Rob Lowe

Ralph Mocchio

Anthony Michael Hall

Wil Wheaton

Sean Astin

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Reynolds

Paul Rudd

Victor Garber

Peter Lawford

Joey Bishop

Disney men:

Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid)

Prince Philip (Sleeping Beauty)

Prince naveen (Princess and the Frog)

Prince Charming (Cinderella)

Flynn Ryder (Rapunzel)

Li Shang (Mulan)

Aladdin (Aladdin)

Kocoum (Pocahontas)

Phoebus (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Clopin Trouillefou (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Jafar (Aladdin)

Facilier (Princess and the Frog)

Claude Frollo (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Also will write for:

Various Celebrities

Rock stars (like from 60s-200s)!

Famous Vintage men (like nikola Tesla)

Presidents

Royal men (Russia, France, Great Britain,(starting at 1300s until now))

Football/baseball/basketball players

Figure skaters (Ilia Malinin and Valiery Angelpol)

This is my full list, i will add onto it when I start finding and thinking about new shows to write for. REQUESTS ARE OPEN! So if you have some please don't be shy!!

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Collusion - The Hidden Side of Sports

Connor Phipps (48258868)

Discussion: Thursday 8pm

The term "collusion" refers to covert collaboration between two or more people or groups for a wrongous or criminal goal. Business, politics, and sports are just a few of the settings where collusion can happen. Collusion can have detrimental effects on customers, the economy, and society, despite the fact that it is frequently difficult to detect.

Collusion can also happen in sports, for instance when team owners work together to set salary caps or restrict player mobility. This kind of collaboration can be detrimental to both the participants and the spectators who pay to see them compete. In politics, collusion can happen when people or organizations work together covertly to influence elections or gain an unfair advantage.

As a frequent viewer of Major League Baseball, I have always admired the sport for its spirit of competition and the sense of fandom it produces. But I've been upset and disillusioned about the league's collusion issue. In addition to harming the players who are not fairly compensated for their skills, this also distorts the playing field and jeopardizes the integrity of the game. As a fan, I like to think that players' skill and effort on the field, not management's plotting behind the scenes, dictate the results of games. My faith in the sport's fairness is destroyed by collusion, and it is tougher for me to love it as much as I once did.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Major League Baseball (MLB) saw certain instances of collusion. Several organizations were charged with conspiring to reduce player pay at the time by deciding not to sign lucrative contracts with free agents.

An MLB player made an average of $1.07 million in 1995. It had barely climbed to $2.38 million by 2001. This was in spite of the fact that the league's earnings during that time period went from $1.9 billion in 1995 to $3.5 billion in 2001, a huge rise.

Figure 1: Team Revenues all in the millions

Figure 2: Player Revenues huge difference between team and player revenues

The MLB Players' Union filed a grievance against the league in 1998, alleging collusion amongst team owners. The union charged that teams were working together to avoid competing with one another for free-agent players, which was driving down wages. The dispute was arbitrated, and in 2000, the players were given $280 million in damages when the arbitrator found in favor of the players' union.

This collusion had significant results. Several gifted athletes failed to secure the contracts they merited, and some were forced to retire early or accept pay below what was fair. Teams with smaller payrolls were at a disadvantage relative to those with greater payrolls, which had an effect on the competitive balance of the league.

Overall, this example shows the real-world consequences of collusion in sports, including its impact on player salaries and the overall competitive balance of a league. It also highlights the importance of holding organizations accountable for engaging in collusion and ensuring that players are able to earn fair compensation for their skills and contributions to the sport.

Works cited

“MLB Collusion, Explained.” Google, Google, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/mlb/2018/1/18/16882650/mlb-collusion-offseason-free-agency-explainer.

“Baseball Strike in 1994-95 Began 25 Years Ago - MLB | NBC Sports.” Google, Google, https://www.google.com/amp/s/mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/08/12/baseball-strike-in-1994-95-began-25-years-ago/amp/.

Jablon, Robert. “LA Dodger Fans Face Heartbreaking Ending to Magical Year.” The Seattle Times, 1 Nov. 2017, www.seattletimes.com/news/la-baseball-fans-prepare-for-a-once-in-a-lifetime-moment.

Gaines, Cork. “CHART: MLB Salaries Had Largest Increase in 7 Years and This Is Just the Start.” Business Insider, 19 Dec. 2013, www.businessinsider.com/chart-mlb-salaries-had-largest-increase-in-7-years-and-this-is-just-the-start-2013-12.

---. “MLB Team Revenues Show the True Disparity Between the Haves and Have Nots.” Business Insider, 28 Mar. 2013, www.businessinsider.com/team-revenues-show-the-true-disparity-in-major-league-baseball-sports-chart-of-the-day-2013-3.

"Baseball Collusion: It's a Case of Suing the Bosses," by John Feinstein, The Washington Post, published on November 1, 1987.

"Collusion Case Splits Baseball Owners and Players," by Ross Newhan, The Los Angeles Times, published on January 14, 1990.

"Collusion Was the Dark Secret Behind Baseball's Free-Agent Chill," by Murray Chass, The New York Times, published on October 28, 1990.

Baseball Collusion: It's a Case of Suing the Bosses," by John Feinstein, The Washington Post, published on November 1, 1987.

#collusion #mlb players #salary #owners

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