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survey--s · 2 years

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Have you ever been cut off by a bartender because you were too drunk? No, but I have seen people get kicked out because of that before. Have you ever borrowed money from your mom and lied about why you needed it? Sure, as a teenager I probably did that most weeks, ha. Have you ever flirted with a cop to get out of a ticket? I’ve never been in that situation as I’ve never been pulled over by the police. I’ve never dealt with them in a bad/negative capacity before. Have you ever lied during a job interview? Yeah, mostly about how I feel I’ve learnt from past experiences lol. I think most people talk crap in job interviews though! Have you ever bought alcohol for someone underage? Yeah, and I had it bought for me when I was underage. It was normal where we grew up, though, I barely ever had my ID checked even when I was of age.

Have you ever started a rumor to ruin someone’s reputation? No. Have you taken any pics of yourself that you won’t want your parents to see? Nope. Would you turn a family member in if you see them commit murder? I mean...I don’t think it’s that straightforward. I like to think I’d do the right thing but I just don’t think it’s that easy with family members. Do you feel accepted by your BF/GF’s family? Absolutely. We’re not very close but we all get on fine. I see my in-laws most weekdays and one of my sister-in-laws most weeks too. Have you ever trashed your ex’s car after an argument? Nope. Would you leave a note on a car claiming responsibility if you damaged it? Yeah, I’ve done that before when I bumped someone’s car when I was parking. I reported it to police and insurance too but I never heard anything back from anyone so who knows lol. It wasn’t major damage so maybe it just came out with a bit of T-cut. Have you ever used someone's handicapped parking pass to get a parking spot? Nope, that’s illegal here and will get you a massive fine if you’re caught. If you ran over an animal would you keep driving? Depends on the animal, the type of road etc. I wouldn’t stop for like, a squirrel or a mouse or a pheasant, but I’d 100% stop for a dog or cat. Do you really care about saving the planet for future generations? It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I already think we’re past the point of no return when it comes to saving the planet. What was the first thing you learned how to cook? Pasta with homemade tomato sauce. What are some wild animals commonly found where you live? Squirrels, rabbits, hares, deer, badgers, fell ponies and various birds of prey. Do you think there will ever be world peace? Nope. it’s just a fantasy. Have you ever turned down a job offer? Not as such, but I have turned down clients in my current business for a variety of reasons before. Do you know anyone who believes that vaccines cause autism? Not so far as I know, but they’d get short shrift from me. What does the name say on your birth certificate? Yeah, why would I share that on here, lol. In terms of politics, do you sit on the right or the left? Left, for sure. Out of all those blood related, immediate or other, which single person would you list as your favorite? I’m closest to my mum. Who is one you wish you didn't share blood with? None of them - my family are all pretty decent, for the most part. Generally, what genre of movies do you jump at the oppurtunity to see? Comedy. Have you ever been able to pet a normally wild animal, like a tiger or dolphin? Yeah, in zoos and stuff. I’ve done encounters with wild animals - penguins, lemurs and squirrel monkeys spring to mind, and I’ve hand-fed kangaroos, wallabies, jaguars etc. as well. I didn’t stroke the jaguars though, haha. If you had a work office that you would be allowed to decorate any way you want, how would you decorate it? I’d make it animal friendly and have office dogs or cats lol. Do you know anyone who is a Native American? Via the internet, yeah. What was the hardest thing you went through in your childhood? Most of my childhood was pretty simple, but I had undiagnosed depression, anxiety and autism for the vast majority of it, which made things a lot more difficult than it should be. Have you ever had a girlfriend? No. Do you have any close friends that were adopted? My mum was adopted. Does your mom eat meat? She does. Was your dad ever on a sports team? Yeah, he played cricket a lot when I was younger. Nowadays he runs and has competed in quite a few races and events over the years. Who has the prettiest middle name you know? I don’t really know. What’d be your name if you took your mom’s middle name? Ann. Have you ever thought of a relationship as more of a job than love? Not exactly, but relationships can be hard work at times. I think it’s idealistic to say you never need to work on a relationship. Do you know a lot of things about the opposite sex’s body parts? I mean, I know the average amount I guess? Are your grandparents the kind who are very protective of you? I never really had a relationship with my grandparents as they all lived overseas and I only saw them every 2-3 years. Have you ever been trapped in a fire? Nope. Do wasps scare you? They don’t scare me as such, but I don’t like them lol. Would you ever have a threesome with your friend and their bf/gf? I wouldn’t have a threesome with anyone unless I was single and wasn’t close with the other couple. What is your least favourite thing about your full name? It’s just a bit boring. What’s your favourite kind of poptart? I don’t really like poptarts anymore, but as a child I loved the chocolate ones. When did your family immigrate to wherever you live now? About six years ago, and they moved to this country about five years before I was born, I think. Do you enjoy watching birth vlogs? I really, really don’t understand why anyone would want to watch some random stranger give birth. Do you know anyone else with your name? Yes. Which country’s flag is your favorite? I have absolutely no preference, lol. What would you be most afraid of happening if you were to visit Africa? Getting kidnapped/raped/murdered. Do you ever take pictures of negative moments? I suppose so. Would you ever post a picture of yourself crying on social media? Nope. Have you ever held a newborn baby? Yeah. I’m really not a fan of babies though, hahah. Do you know anyone who has twins? Sure, my best friends in kindergarten were twin brothers who also had a set of younger twin brothers. Are you following in the career path of any family members? Nope. I’ve done the complete opposite of what everyone else in my family has ever done, hahah. All my family work professional jobs that require years of education as I’ve set my up my own business that requires nothing like that. Do you feel you missed out on a lot as a kid? Some things, yeah. I had an amazing childhood in some ways but I didn’t have siblings or cousins or anything, and my parents worked full-time and I spent most of my time in childcare which I hated. Who was that best friend you ever had? Her name was Lucy. Do you have people in your family who want you dead? I mean, I hope not lol. Honestly, if you could have anyone in the world, who would it be? My husband, because he’s the one who’s been there for me no matter what. What do you usually order at Taco Bell? I’ve never been - we do have them here now but the nearest is in Scotland I think, so a good two-three hour drive. Have you ever streaked? No. How many city/towns have you lived in? Two cities, one medium sized town and two smaller towns. Do you prefer to shower at night or in the morning? In the morning as I like being clean at the beginning of the day. Have you ever wanted to be a ballet dancer? Nope. I did ballet as a child though. When was the last time you really laughed? Earlier this morning at the cat. Honestly, whose numbers do you have memorized? LITERALLY nobody's. Not mine, not my mom's, not my boyfriend's, anyone's. Not because I don't want to, I just CANNOT remember sequences of numbers like that. My memory is such absolute shit. Do you sleep with socks on? Nope. I hate wearing socks. Has anyone ever told you, you were beautiful? Yeah, sure. What kind of house do you want? I’d love a big home by the beach, or a wooden cabin type home in the woods. Would you like living on the coast? I live by the coast already and I absolutely love it. What would you like your generation to change? Loads of things, but I don’t think it’s possible to change anything about humanity that quickly. Are you a sore loser? Yeah, I can be sometimes. Honestly, do you enjoy arguing? No. Have you ever wanted a Nikon camera? Or do you have one already? I’d like one, but not enough to go out and buy myself one lol. Are you a picky eater? What’s one food you refuse to eat? I’m picky when it comes to texture and spice, but otherwise I’m pretty adventurous. Do you have Photoshop? If so, how often a day do you use it? I have the free version on my laptop but I only use it to edit red eye out of photos lol. What color are the walls in the room you’re in right now? Two of them are dark red, two of them are grey. Do you use your queen right away in chess? I do indeed. Were you in track and field? I was in primary school, yeah. Were you ever in a school talent show? Yes. Have you thrown up in a car? Yeah, I’ve had horrendous motion sickness for as long as I remember, and my dad used to insist on taking the “scenic route” on journeys which meant winding roads and loads of vomit, lol.

Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs Richards Where did you go on your first airplane ride? Australia when I was nine months old. Whose wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen? I’ve never been a bridesmaid and I’d never want to be. First tattoo or piercing? My first piercing was my earlobes when I was twelve. I only have one tattoo and that’s the mandala on my back. I got that when I was about 25 I think. First celebrity crush? Josh Hartnett, Michael Owen and Adam Brody.

#survey #surveys

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camarilla-intuition · 4 years

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Locked Tomb Daemon AU concept notes.

I’m leaving old concepts in these notes but crossed out, since I considered a couple options for each character. Contains only spoilers for Gideon the ninth, not Harrow. that will be a seperate post some other time!

Gideon: Lion? Strawberry tiger? Eagle? Bearded vulture for its bone Eatin. Big, gold and red, wants sun and space and freedom, Feral ish. He/him. Settles sometime in the normal puberty range, never thinks about it to much, because what is there to think about. but his settling does relate to their internal decision that they gotta get out of the Ninth for the second. Just as vocal with other people as Gideon is, which is odd to other houses where sometimes daemons just don’t address other humans.

Harrow: Cotton mouth? Weasel? Horned sea snake, something that doesn’t know what the sun can do for it, salt water, venomous, slow on land, faster in the water which they don’t know, also wears bone paint. Weird intense eyes. She/her. Spends most of her time coiled around Harrows neck. I might draw a little comic about her settling later? idk but its serious spoilers. She for sure settled early

Ianthe: oriental mini kingfisher? Small, Colorful, easily hidden? Blue headed hummingbird? Grey or Pied Butcherbird, Duller colors, surprising violence, corvid, song bird, makes symbolic sense out of her stabbing Nabs through. She/her

Coronabeth: bird of paradise or golden pheasant, he/him, constantly strutting into room ahead of her, grooming hair and other twos feathers in private.

Naberius: Peahen Demoiselle crane? She’s Spurred and capable of fighting. Viewed as a matching set to the girls, iridescent feathers on neck. Less attention grabbing. Than Coronabeth but still pretty n vain.

Palamedes: wears a moth pin deceptively, long tailed weasel, stoat? Something with clever hands. She/her

Camilla: fisher cat, otter? Monitor lizard or Frill necked lizard? Also wears a moth pin. He/him

Abigail: ram, he/him,

Magnus: mastiff or leonberger dog

Jeannemary: unsettled, Likes being a mimic of others based on the admiration she feels in certain scenes. he/him

Isaac: unsettled for most of book, likes being a hooved animal like Abigails, lots of pack species associated with fourth house. He/him. Settles into something maybe after the murder? uncertain. maybe beagle?

Judith: pony or working horse?

Marta: German Shepard? Gold retriever? Lots of practical working animals in second house

Dulcinea: Orchid mantis

Protesilaus: small Copper butterfly

These are stereotypical for seventh house. Easily mimic-able by Cytherea(will detail in harrow spoiler separate post)

Silas: a leech or tick spider monkey, douc, mangabey, White washed or albino. Freely handles colum’s daemon during soul siphoning. Not vise versa till right at the end maybe?

Colum: lab rat, spaniel type smaller dog?

Ortus: a shy Bull

Aiglamene: one eyed Horned Owl

Crux: a Shaggy Wolf or Coyote

World difference notes:

I’m not following the daemon gender=the gender of your romantic inclinations thing, just going with the feel of the daemons character.

Teacher and other first house constructs just don’t have daemons

People don’t bother identifying their animal species much, there are still the obvious, dogs are dogs and they have meanings like loyalty and companionship, but to most houses the difference between a wolf, a hyena, or a husky seem mostly behavioral that’s relegated to the individuals personality.... the exception is the 6th house who maintain a general knowledge of animal species and symbology of pre resurrection humanity to some extent.

Pal and Cam’s moth pins are not meant to last to long as far as tricks go, but do double as a kind of poker face, giving them a chance to read into the others daemons before people can see theirs. Also pretty common on 6th, where it’s not inappropriate or anything, but also discouraged to blatantly flaunt your daemon.

Sometimes its rumored that if you please God, he’ll tell you all about what your daemon Means. (this is where most of the 6th accounts come from).

There are stereotypes of daemons for each house, second is the most diverse but you’d see a lot of working animals, big ones are less a problem to daily life here than in some of the houses colonies. Third is known for ostentatious, haughty forms to match haughty peoples. Fourth, a lot of pack/schooling/family group animals. Fifth a lot of domesticated types. 6th seems to stay small with less fur or feather, more scales or other. Seventh is bugs, pretty ones esp. Eighth idk but i keep picturing paler colors. Ninth known for big sturdy things or guard dog types from its Cavs, and creepy crawlies from its Necros.

Rumors are that each house has some way to control the types they’ll settle into but its largely false. Eighth and Sixth probably get the most of it.

Dust is not a term used here probably died with Earth or fell out of fashion. Thanergy and Thalergy still the working terms, Sin is less of a prevalent theme, I’m thinking maybe they see Settling as a small death process?

#Gideon the Ninth #locked tomb trilogy #some sketches #long post #read more #Daemon Au #seperated into a list section of just characters with what daemon they'd get #in my opinion at least!#and a world ideas section towards the end #couldn't get this outa my brain so here it is everyone

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mrkanman · 4 years

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game theory time boys

What Are The Corrupted Souls?

The Rusty Lake universe tells the story of those affected by the titular location that transcends several generations, with THESE bad boys as malevolent, ghostly apparitions that give you just generally a hard time.

The White Door told us the story of Robert Hill, who is a confirmed corrupted soul, detailing the events of his involvement with the mysterious death of the woman. But moreso than Bob’s story, we actually started getting some more insight in what Corrupted Souls actually ARE which I’m gonna try to rationalize to the best of my ability--let’s go.

(SPOILERS FOR THE WHITE DOOR AHEAD)

In the timeline, the first instance of a corrupted soul that we see is Caroline Eilander.

Caroline Eilander had died prior to the events of Rusty Lake: Paradise, and was studying how to acquire the elixir of life in secret before her death. Her animal symbolism is the owl, which is shared by both her son Jakob and by Dale Vandermeer, and is typically representative of being the “ruler of the Lake.”

As a corrupted soul, her memories were split apart into ten black cubes that contained the elements for the elixir of life, which she bestowed upon Jakob to aide in his path to enlightenment. She was able to send down a plague as a corrupted soul, speak, and disappear and re-appear at will. When her bones are recovered during the ninth plague, they are ground into “magical powder”. So while her mind may have become broken, and the soul itself split off as its own entity, her body still had anomalous effects on it.

This is important when we examine what happens in the White Door.

The body dies, the soul is carried over. But the body isn’t gone--it’s replaced.

During the last plague in Rusty Lake: Paradise, Jakob is burned alive, but achieves enlightenment. *How* this happens at first seems vague, but by the end, and by what the game often instructs us to do, it becomes clear.

The Elixir of Life alone is not enough to reach enlightenment, one must also embrace a corrupted soul, or well, *literally* merge with a corrupted soul. Mr. Owl was created when the elements were gathered as the cubes and when Caroline Eilander merged with Jakob, creating an entirely new being with (suspected) unlimited immortality and wisdom.

Corrupted souls are not so much as “ghosts” are they like the limbo between death and rebirth, a concept that is repeatedly echoed throughout the series. They eat, they sleep, and speak at times, but are strongly disposed towards violence and can even seem like wild animals. But they are like cocoons for the cycle of rebirth.

Which is why I propose that: Mr. Boar, Mr. Deer, Ms. Pheasant, Mrs. Pigeon, and Mr. Rabbit *are* definitely reincarnations of the Eilander family, they’re very deliberately NOT the Eilanders when they are alive. It is only as Corrupted Souls do their past lives merge with each other, and their memories and perception of reality becoming confused and erratic.

Their containment in the hotel effectively served as a stasis chamber, keeping them in their corrupted state to prolong the cycle of rebirth until they’re needed. When they broke out, some of them stayed at the lake as corrupted souls stalking for potential victims, while some split off and left the lake, still corrupted, but in a different “state,” a different life.

Mr. Rabbit had tried to re-enter society as a corrupted soul, remembering the past life of David Eilander, but based off of what happens to Bob in a similar fashion as a corrupted soul, reality is distorted and Eilander is too unstable, resulting in the massacre of Dale Vandermeer’s family in order to retrieve The Pistol.

These pistols seem not to *kill* so much as, change your state of being. In the Blue Cube timeline of Dale’s birthday, Mr. Rabbit is shot and, as he is absorbed by the tree, beams of light shoot out of his body. Beams of light coming out of a corrupted soul is generally connotative with the soul being destroyed/purified. But as stated, he doesn’t die, he’s merely in a new state and returned to the lake.

Which brings me to the “Lady of the Lake” theorized to be Ms. Pheasant.

Now the REAL “Lady of the Lake” is Caroline Eilander, as seen in painting depictions, so it’s important to recognize that this is a *stage production.* The woman in blue is playing a role, much like how Pheasant did in the Hotel.

For this to be one of the lives of Elizabeth Eilander, I’d actually wager it to not be such a bad guess. It would be natural to assume for her daughter to inherit her legacy, even only as a pretender. She’s seen here in both a corrupted and non-corrupted state, which I don’t feel so much as to be a literal representation of her so much as how she perceives herself, or perceived through the lenses of the memories.

Because another notable thing about Elizabeth is that she was blind, and not once was the Lady in Blue ever shown to open her eyes. This corrupted soul is still a PERSON, and in likely a similar state to how Bob was after he shot himself in the White Door(no memory of her past life and just generally being confused) and was taken in by the theatre as a performer to be kept close to the lake and still get to use her memories.

These are the more concrete parallels and conclusions we can come to, with the relationship between Mr. Deer’s corrupted soul and Albert Vanderboom being one which I won’t go into depth: but there could be implication that Albert had also been trying to recreate the elixir, same as his father did, and maybe had a lost soul influencing him after 1894. (Which, mind you, two years later after the corrupted souls were released did he murder and torture his family outright.) I think the fact that the Corrupted Soul of Mr. Deer looking a lot like the silhouette of Albert was intentional in that way. He may have been a potential candidate for enlightenment before his brain was collected for William’s rebirth, maybe even becoming a corrupted soul himself.

So basically what I’m saying is: corrupted souls are not so much as “souls” but as the physical embodiment of the inbetween of life and death, in which the lake serves as a sort of “womb” for. They cannot distinguish between imagination and reality, are supernaturally aggressive and malicious, have scattered and unreliable memories of all their past lives at once, and DO subsist off of a carnivorous diet, primarily that which of animals (or people) that are still alive. They can be killed and resurrected, are intelligent but only sometimes sapient, and the perception of how they physically manifest can depend on the level of corruption at which they are at. A living person *can* be corrupted with enough exposure to black cubes being forcibly extracted, but it’s a typically longer and riskier process.

#rusty lake #cube escape #the white door spoilers #long post #freaky dudes that will ATTACKA YOU

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kathyprior4200 · 4 years

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The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno

(What it says on the back)

“You poor sack of former human skin and sin. You died and are stuck in Hell. Now what? Fear not, for in this book, you shall find the answers to seek on what you need to know to survive the inferno. You’ll learn how to stay safe and entertain yourself during the Extermination. You’ll get a sneak peek on the origins of voodoo, radio, and Jambalaya. And as for becoming a better person and getting out of this mess? You’re probably stuck here forever until you die again, but this book will provide you with handy information and a much needed cure for your boredom!”

*Includes a free pamphlet for the Hazbin Hotel and how to tune in to 66.6 FM.*

About the author: Alastor “Hazbin” Cajun was born January 24, 1896 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died in 1933 and is now one of the most powerful demons Hell has ever seen. In his spare time, he loves broadcasting his murders on the radio, cooking meals, making dolls, and performing. As of 2020, he is 87 years old in Hell and 124 years chronologically. However, his friend princess Charlie is 200 + years old, despite having the appearance of a teenager!”

This is a story of a book, a book called “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno”--not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the Exterminations occurred, no Earthling has ever heard of it.

It is a remarkable book in Hell, though.

It is highly successful, written by the one and only Radio Demon Alastor. It’s more successful than Angel Dust’s “Guns, and Poses: Turf Wars in Style,” “Lust is a Must,” and “Being Gay in a World of Macho Sinners.” Unfortunately for the following authors, Charlie Magne’s book “Rainbows Inside Everyone” remains one of the lowest ranked books along with Vaggie’s “Men Are Pigs.”

Alastor got his book revised by his associate Niffty and published by Husk (after bribing him with money and booze. Niffty had to help him with the publishing process and stop him from using his money to bet on who would win the local Hellhound races.) Alastor hopes that his book will soon topple Hell’s number one bestseller from the king of Hell: Lucifer Magne’s “Fall From Grace.”

It has many passages that may be inaccurate, and it does warn the reader never to cross said Radio Demon, unless they’re curious about what their organs look like from the outside.

The majority of this story is broadcasted on radio, for if all the info were piled in a book, it’d take several leagues of demons to carry it.

There are many benefits to this book. This book is slightly cheaper than Angel Dust’s works and it has the word “Smile!” written in large friendly letters on the cover. In an old fashioned TV is the number 66, the meaning of life in Hell.

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Jambalaya: (Page 14)

“Jambalaya is a traditional dish that originated in Louisiana in the 18th century. The dish was a result of attempts to make a variation of paella for Spanish colonists. Although the recipe was adapted by the Spanish, but Senegalese slaves brought the knowledge of rice cultivation form West Africa. German immigrants brought their secrets of sausage making to Cajun country. And one can’t forget the influence of French and Native Americans, whom contributed more flavor. (meaning they likely added peppers and seasoning, not their own flesh).

“Jambalaya consists of rice, sausage, shrimp, and a variety of vegetables mixed together in a tasty gumbo. The “holy trinity” mixture consists of diced onion, celery, and bell peppers, a necessity for flavor in regards to the traditional method.

Common meats used are smoked pork sausage, paired with chicken, though diced ham, shrimp, crabmeat or crawfish can also be added.

There are two main types of Jambalaya: Red Jambalaya, also known as Creole Jambalaya, due to the use of red tomatoes and Brown Jambalaya, more often used in Cajun country. Both are equally tasty.

Jambalaya is a rice dish, thus it is not a gumbo nor is it etouffee. Gumbo is more like soup and etouffee is more like a stew.

Fun Fact: hunting is a beloved pastime in south Louisiana. It’s not uncommon for hunters to add game like duck, pheasant, and venison to their Jambalaya recipe. (Venison is my personal favorite, especially after a good hunt.) If you really want to go bold, feel free to add small slices of human meat to create a unique lighter pork flavor.)

Do be warned: Jambalaya is no simple dish to make at times. It is a bad idea to add gunpowder and or wasabi to the dish. Doing so will likely result in the dish exploding in your poor mother’s face. Indeed, my mother’s recipe nearly killed her when she drank too much Southern Comfort Whisky ™ and decided that adding gunpowder was a great idea. Her face was burnt badly afterwards and there may have been a few slabs of her dark skin that fell into the dish. When I tasted it, the kick was straight outta Hell! The spice and chaotic spin of flavor…fantastic!”

Here’s how to make it in a nutshell: brown your meat, sautee your vegetables, add rice, add liquid bring to a boil, stir, reduce heat and simmer for 20-25 minutes. Add them all together.

For full instructions, see the next page.

For instructions on how to hunt deer, see page 20.”

Reference:

McCormick, “Jambalaya Recipes, History, and FAQs.”

https://www.mccormick.com/zatarains/jambalaya

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Voodoo, Hoodoo and dark magic (Page 177)

“According to Benjamin Radford, Voodoo is a pop-culture subpart of Voudon, an Afro-Caribbean religion that originated in Haiti. Followers can be found all over the world, including the United States. Leslie Desmangles, Haitian professor at Hartford’s Trinity College describes Voodoo as a system of ethics, stories, songs, proverbs, and folklore that is passed down through generations. It is an elaborate folk medical practice system and to her, it is a way of life. (“The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal” Prometheus Books, 1996.)

In Voodoo belief, Bondye is the unknowable and the supreme creator God. Voudon emphasizes the worship of spirits called Loa, each one who represents a different aspect of life. Loas can help or impede human affairs by possessing the bodies of their worshippers. They can be good or bad or anywhere in between, so it’s best to always treat them with respect and leave proper offerings (not human sacrifice but more like animals, plants, gems etc.) Spiritual possession in Christianity is considered to be evil, but not in Voudon. In a ceremony guided by a priest or priestess, a connection to the spirit world and the ancestors is said to be an invaluable experience. Many practitioners believe in reincarnation.

Voodoo deities are as follows:

Loa Nations:

Rada – (creation, orderly, beneficial, water spirits)

Petro – (destruction, aggressive, warlike, New World)

Ghede – (spirits of the dead, loud, rude fun family, eating glass and hot peppers)

Kongo – Marinette, Simbi (water serpents, plants, poisons)

Nago – Ogoun –Loa of craftsmen, metalwork

Deities:

Bondye: The creator god in the Voodoo religion and the loa answer to him. The loa serve as intermediaries between man and Bondye.

Papa Legba: Sun god Loa associated with the crossroads and serves as an intermediary between man and the spirit world. In some places, he is seen as a fertility god, portrayed with a large erect phallus. In other customs, he is a trickster, or he may be a protector of children. He is associated with red and black, portrayed as an old man with a straw hat accompanied by a dog. He is always the first god to be invoked in ceremonies.

Kalfu: moon god and ruler of the night. Patron deity of sorcerers, and those who practice black magic. He rules bad luck, destruction, and injustices. His favorite drink is rum laced with gunpowder. He is often seen as a darker version of Papa Legba.

Maman Brigitte: Loa associated with death and the underworld. She is the consort of Baron Samedi and is often represented by a black rooster. She is also considered a goddess of justice. Rum and hot peppers are her favorite diet.

Maman Brigitte is portrayed as a light-skinned woman with red hair, it is said that she could be descended from Brigid, the Celtic goddess of the hearth fires and domestic life.

Baron Samedi: Husband of Maman Brigitte, Baron Samedi is the god of death and is both respected and feared as the keeper of cemeteries. He often appears skeletal, wearing a top hat and formal tails and dark glasses. He is also a god of resurrection; only he can welcome a soul to the realm of the dead.

He is known for lewd behavior, swearing, and mating with other women. He is connected to powerful acts of magic and is the leader of the Guede, the family of loa who work with the dead.

Erzulie: goddess of beauty and love, epitome of femininity and womanhood. She represents the cosmic womb in which divinity and humanity are conceived. Erzulie often grieves that which she cannot obtain, and sometimes leaves a ceremony weeping. She is sometimes represented as a black Madonna and other times as an upper class woman in fine clothing and jewelry.

Her three husbands are the war god Ogun, the sea god Agwe and Damballah. Erzulie feels sadness due to the broken hearts of humans.

Loco: The god of wild vegetation, herbs and fruits for killing or healing. He is also the patron deity of doctors and Voodoo priests. His wife is the market goddess Ayzian (also deity of Voodoo priestesses).

Shango: God of fire, judge, fighter, symbolized by double-axe or ram’s horn.

Ogun: War god Loa associated with blacksmiths, warriors, and justice. Practitioners call upon Ogun for matters related to war and conflict and likes offerings of male roosters and dogs. He is symbolized by an iron knife or machete and has a fondness for pretty women and rum.

Ogun stood as Ghede Nibo’s godfather and adopted him.

Oya: goddess of wind, fire, sea, nature and sudden change.

Damballah: The creator of gods and humanity who helped Bondye make the cosmos and is represented by a giant serpent. His coils shaped the heavens and earth and he is the keeper of knowledge, wisdom, and healing magic. Damballah looks after the crippled, albinos, and children. Erzulie is his consort. He loves silver. His son, Simbi is a white snake god who brings rain.

Ayida: The goddess of the rainbow and primary wife to creator Damballah. The pair manifest as intertwined serpents. Ayida also serves as a fertility goddess. Her favorite offerings are white food. Ayizan, her daughter, is goddess of the marketplace and of initiation into the sacred truths, making her the head Mambo (Voodoo priestess.)

Oshun: One of the Orishas, Oshun is a goddess connected to rivers and water. She is associated with wealth, pleasure, love, beauty, and sexuality. Oshun’s colors are orange and golden yellow, green and coral.

Yemaya: motherly goddess of the sea

Obatala: Goddess of the heavens, personification of creative energy: old with white hair

Agwe: The god of the sea and patron deity of sailors and fishermen. Agwe taught humans how to fish and build boats. He is one of the husbands of the love goddess Erzulie. Agwe is green-eyed and dresses like a naval officer.

Zaca: The god of agriculture and the harvest. He dresses in denims and a straw hat. Zaca smokes a pipe, drinks from bottles of rum and wields a machete.

Marassa: Mawa and Lisa: divine twins: male and female energy, personify sun and moon

Radford states that Roman Catholicism imposed their religious beliefs onto many civilizations, including African slaves. The Africans and African Americans combined Catholicism with their West African beliefs. A 1685 law forbade the practice of African religions in the U.S. In fact, slavery was accepted as a tool to convert Africans to Christianity. In the process, many of their spirits became associated with Christian saints.

Even though slavery ended in the 1800’s, followers of Voudon were still persecuted by authorities, and their religion was demonized. In an 1889 book titled “Hayti, or the Black Republic” (Filiquarian, 2012), Voudon was falsely attributed to cannibalism, human sacrifice, and other atrocities. This helped to spread fear of the religion…portraying certain aspects like voodoo dolls, dark magic, zombies etc. in media and literature. Added onto that, it also strengthened racist stereotypes: African Americans were viewed as “primal,” and “savage,” due to their practices and behaviors as perceived by those outside their culture.

Voodoo has gained more respect in modern times, but all too many people don’t know the truth about it. Even today, many Christians associate Voudon and Voodoo with Satanism and the occult. Interestingly enough, voodoo dolls have little to do with the actual rituals.

Here’s how I found out about Voodoo. It started a long time ago back when I was alive. My mother Loretta was Creole, and her ancestors came from Haiti. She told me that my grandmother Antoinette Duvalier was a powerful Voodoo priestess who once lived in Haiti but immigrated to the U.S. as a slave. Even though she was treated like dirt by the predominant owners and whites, she was well respected by those who knew her. Legend states that she was related to Marie LaLaurie, (1787-1849), New Orleans serial killer, cruel to Creole slaves. In fact, my cousin is Clementine Barnabet, a Louisiana voodoo priestess and serial killer, killed families with an axe.

Needless to say, my mother followed in her footsteps as much as possible. Though during her life, she mostly had to work in low level secretary jobs as women didn’t have many opportunities. She taught me everything there was to know about Voodoo, cooking, singing, sewing, (and yes, cannibalism in dire circumstances, though she didn’t like to talk about that.) She warned me multiple times that magic was, indeed, real, and to never use it for evil. There were “evil” Loas as well as “good” ones. She told me that Voodoo wasn’t about cannibalism or sacrifice.

As you can imagine, I didn’t listen in the long run. For several reasons.

One was my father, Louis. A white, strong man with black hair, a mustache and French heritage. He constantly tried to shove the Bible down my throat. He would whip and abuse me whenever I didn’t meet his expectations of being a man. That bastard would sleep with other women behind my mother’s back but of course, she couldn’t do anything about it.

I was scared of him. I was tempted to cry whenever he would hit her for no apparent reason. But both my parents told me to always smile, so I did. I’ve learned to hide my emotions and keep up a façade ever since. It’s necessary when you’re a radio host by day and a serial killer by night. Nobody would suspect a friendly comedian to be the Bayou Butcher/Louisiana Lunatic of New Orleans. It’s how I managed to get away with my actions for so long until my brutal death by dogs and being shot in the head.

Two was the opportunity for power. I learned that in a hard life of bullying at school, and blatant racism for being of mixed heritage, you take any opportunity that comes your way.

I was so caught up in the prospects of deal making that even I started to believe the cannibalism and misconceptions of Voodoo.

Basically, I came across a Satanic ritual book dropped by a group of imps from Hell on accident. It was in this book that I learned about spells, cannibalism, and black magic. I came upon a passage with instructions on how to gain near unlimited power in the afterlife. I made a deal with Kalfu and the Petro Loas of destruction. (My mother supported the benevolent Rada like I did once.) It was a risky one: to gain such power, I would have to bear witness to at least three deaths, a victim, a loved one…and myself. Turns out it all happened, after I killed many victims in Kalfu’s name, and when I eventually died. My mother died from the Spanish Flu and my father got what he deserved after I tracked him down and tortured him. Strangely enough, whether it’d be guilt or his meat I ate, I felt sick for several days afterwards.

My deal with Kalfu and the dark Loas was how I got my current powers in Hell. You probably noticed my use of blood magic and how red voodoo symbols hover in the air whenever I use my powers. Not to mention me having control over voodoo imps, dolls, and shadow spirits. I am quite powerful, but I can’t use too much at once…it can be very taxing to use dark magic. But that deal was well worth it and now I make deals with other demons around at times. It’s how I got Husk and Niffty on my side…I summon them and they have no choice but to assist me!”

References:

Radford, Benjamin, (2013). “Voodoo: Facts About Misunderstood Religion” LiveScience. https://www.livescience.com/40803-voodoo-facts.html

https://www.white-magic-help.net/About_White_Magic/Voodoo_History_Basic_Principles_Background.html

https://www.learnreligions.com/voodoo-gods-4771674

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Cannibalism (Page 65)

“Along with deer meat, jambalaya and many other kinds of food, I also have a rare fondness for eating humans and demons. You’re probably thinking: ‘Oh god, how gross and horrible! Who in their right mind would eat their own kind?’

Apparently, there are some tribes and a few cultures in the world that still engage in the practice. Not to mention several killers throughout the years. There are many kinds of animals such as the cane toad and redneck spider, who eat their own kind. Human ancestors have engaged in the act for survival, or ritual purposes. And in Hell, it’s as common as getting into fights with other demons.

In early history of human species, human and Neanderthals coexisted together, interbred, ate together and sometimes ate each other. Homo antecessor, the last common ancestor between Neanderthals and modern humans would often eat rival group members. Early humans in Europe practiced ritual cannibalism.

Around the 12th century, human remains were incorporated into medical practices for remedies. “Corpse medicine” remained in use until the late 18th century. The Aztec and the Inca engaged in cannibalism as part of a sacrificial religious rite. In Germany, some executioners would sell leftover body parts as medicine. Human fat was sold as a remedy for arthritis and broken bones. Apothecaries stored fat, flesh and bone…and let’s not forget that some people eat their own placentas in modern times.

The word “cannibalism” comes from the name that the Spanish gave to the Caribs/Canibales. The Caribs were engaged in anti-colonial battles with European powers…claiming they were cannibals may have been a fear propaganda tactic by the Spanish.

In Montaigne’s late 1500s essay “Of Cannibals,” shows an anthropological record of the Tupi people in what is now Brazil. They would taunt their captives by “entertain[ing] them with threats of their own death.”

In early America, while some Native American tribes practiced cannibalism, some colonists had to resort to it, such as the Jamestown colony in 1610.

But the public commonly associates cannibalism with the Donner-Party, groups of people that were snowbound in the Sierra Mountains in 1846-47.

Famine in the USS in the 1920s and 30s took millions of lives and forced survivors to turn to cannibalism, an event known as the Great Chinese Famine.

In modern times, cannibalism is still an acceptable practice in some tribes in New Guinea, like the Korowai tribe. Until the 1950s, the Fore people ate the bodies of relatives as they believed it would cleanse their spirits.

Also, do not try self-cannibalism…you will die and I will find it hilarious. In fact, eating humans is considered taboo nearly everywhere because eating humans can make you sick. This is especially true if you eat the brain. Eating the brain can cause kuru, a brain disease similar to mad cow disease. Like any kind of meat, human meat much be properly cooked and prepared. But as I’m an undead demon, I can eat myself and others no problem. I don’t really know how I managed to survive when I ate my victims more often when I was human.

There are tons of ways to prepare humans and demons and I have used them all:

Baking in the oven

Grilling

Frying in a pan

Steaming in a pot

Barbeque

Cooking over a fire pit

Chopping them on a board and eating raw pieces

Swallowing whole

References:

Edwards, Phil. (2015) “& Surprising Facts About Cannibalism” Vox. https://www.vox.com/2015/2/17/8052239/cannibalism-surprising-facts

Talal Al-Khatib (May 13, 2015) “Cannibalism: A History of People Who Eat People.” Seeker. https://www.seeker.com/cannibalism-a-history-of-people-who-eat-people-1769840684.html

(Using a website with Vox’s name on it…life is a big slap in the face.)

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Radio Broadcasting (Page 5)

“Many folks call me the Radio Demon for good reason. One of my signature skills is the ability to broadcast what goes on around me anytime, anywhere. I’ve always loved being on center stage…I was a bit of a theater nut back in primary school. Fun fact: My shadow and I can travel through radios and produce static in the outside world in Hell.

One of the neat things about being a radio host is you can spread news to anyone in different places in the world…and no one even has to see you. In my human life, it provided me with a stable career and something to occupy my mind. My favorite things to talk about were dad jokes, cooking food, singing songs, and of course, murders that had happened. My broadcasts had to go underground when my descriptions of murders became graphic, both when I did them and when other killings were reported on the news.

My career wasn’t easy to start off with…it was quite a competitive business and I was lucky to start off as a janitor and radio repair man for a few years. My dad thought it was a worthless job but my mother supported me all the way. I slowly moved up the ladder, learning more techniques as I went along. Soon, I decided I would start my own show…become self-employed. My career really reached its peak during World War One and the start of the Roaring Twenties. I could describe all the casualties of the war to the public, talk about my own victims to my followers, all while ending with “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile,” my favorite song! I felt like I was on top of the world…not even my dad nor the ignorant folk could stop me. Like many people during the age of jazz and splendor, I basked in riches, ate good food and drinks…had tons of ladies at my feet. They were good friends, and even better victims! I was never interested in sex and romance…too many messy emotions. I didn’t want to be touched and nor down by anybody. (Thanks a lot, father.)

All this was before the police found me, my show was canceled, and my beloved radios destroyed by those seeking revenge. I smiled, I fell from grace, and I died during the Great Depression. Life really does have a twisted sense of humor.”

Experimental radio broadcasting began at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, 1910 with a program made by Lee De Forest. The WWJ Detroit station is considered the first radio station in the U.S. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) presented the first national broadcast in 1926, when I was in my late twenties. From 1925 to 1950, radios were a major source of family entertainment, where people could listen to music, stories, and the news. The success of NBC brought the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) into creation by William Paley.

Some radio stations transmit radio signals using amplitude modulation, which became the term for AM radio. AM broadcasts can be received at long distances, but the signals and sound are affected by static. In contrast, other stations transmit signals using frequency modulation, hence the initial FM. FM waves reproduce sound better.

I died in 1933 when radio was popular. But my rival, Vox (name means Voice in Latin) died in the 1950s, when television was becoming popular. He hosted his own program and did picture shows seemingly all the time. I remember him: tall, white skinned, slick short dark hair, eyes the color of dull metal. He advertised drugs, phones, cars, and a whole bunch of things…he enjoyed money a lot. Anything new he liked, new toys, new tech, new girls, then when they didn’t work, he’d replace them. Made me sick.

In Hell, I confronted him once and told him he was a big showoff. I was quite mad that picture shows took over radio…he even called me an outdated geek with a voice of static! He had this stupid robotic voice that I couldn’t take seriously. When he shot me in the head from behind, I had enough. I held him in place with black tentacles, figuring out how he died. Then I heard someone mention his death…

So…with a loud crash, a large TV appeared out of nowhere and crushed his stupid face. I was doubling over with laughter as I left, he picked himself up and yelled, his screen face all cracked.

So, what should you do in Hell? Listen to the radio, of course! Picture shows are fun as well, but even they can’t beat the classic radio. I know you techno folk flock to TV’s and computers thanks to Vox…both are annoying in my opinion. But radios are a great source of entertainment, especially when I’m on the air. My show starts at 6AM and 6PM every other day at 66.6FM. You can find radios in a whole bunch of stores and at the Hazbin Hotel…and if you’re brave, you can find cursed ones at the Black Market (all owned by me of course). If any demon gives you trouble, you can turn the dials a bit and the radio will either crush them or suck them inside. But be careful…listening for too long may cause you to sing, dance, experience your fears, and stab anyone within six feet of you. I have plenty of radios in my lair in the shadow world beneath Hell, but you’ll never be able to go there. But just say the word and I’ll gladly store your remains in my icebox.”

References:

“Broadcasting: The History of Radio” https://law.jrank.org/pages/4873/Broadcasting-History-Radio.html

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Sewing Voodoo Dolls (Page 38)

“I have made tons of voodoo dolls both as a human and in Hell. I have my own collection of ones that resemble Charlie, Vaggie, Husk, Niffty and many others. Niffty helps me sometimes after she helps make me more clothes. Don’t tell anyone this, but I secretly snuggle with a doll I made to resemble my mother. She briefly went to Hell in the form of a powerful voodoo deer, but went up to Heaven before I got a chance to see her. It’s been decades.”

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Jazz (Page 72)

“Music has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up in New Orleans, I was surrounded by jazz, live music, and theater. Playing instruments, singing, dancing, and performing were not just fun pastimes. Doing these hobbies also helped during certain times. Take the Great Depression or the Roaring Twenties or my way to bask in the spotlight as examples. I can play lots of instruments: piano, saxophone, trumpet, violin and furby organ. If you don’t know what that is, it’s an organ made from furry robotic toys made by this “LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER” human.”

According to the National Park Service et al., the early development of jazz (1895) is associated with Charles “Buddy” Bolden, a popular bandleader. Throughout the 19th century, diverse ethnical groups cumulated their cultures and styles together, creating an evolution in music. Musicians of diverse backgrounds were united by their common love of music.

One of my role models was real life Edward “Kid” Ory, a guy who lead his own band at age 14 and entertained dancers. He was the son of a White Frenchman and a Creole Woman of Afro-Spanish and Native American heritage, pretty much like me. I’m surprised we aren’t related. During my human life, I played in bands at Economy Hall, a dance hall that provided social services such as brass band dances for the Black Community. Many well-known jazz stars included real life Louis Armstrong, Joe Oliver, Johnny and Warren Dodds etc. During the Jazz Age in the 1920s, I was quite busy indeed with radio broadcasting career, playing jazz, performing at clubs and killing people on the side in the name of Kalfu and Satan. Music helped me get through the loss of my mother’s death via the Spanish Flu. I did also get my revenge on my father and uncle but that’s a story for another time.”

References:

National Park Service. (2015) A New Orleans Jazz History https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/jazz_history.htm

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about the Exterminations (Page 665)

“The annual Exterminations sure are fun to watch! It’s the one day out of the year where the dark angels travel from Heaven and into Hell to purge the citizens at random. This is done to reduce the abnormally high population down here. During the 24 hours, I relax in the safety of my lair, occasionally going up to watch the slaughters from inside a building, Niffty and Husk by my side. I broadcast what goes on so other demons can have their share of entertainment. Not only am I in a safe place, but anytime the Exterminators try and surround me, I just tear them to pieces, throw them into portals or just scare them off by staring at them. There is a collection of horned Exterminator heads I have for decoration along my mantle and near the stuffed deer heads on display. Their sinister smiles and Xs over their right eyes adds to the place. Niffty sometimes comes down to my lair to help spruce it up and even when she leaves, a strong spell ensures that she will never tell anyone about its location.”

Someday when I rule Hell, the Exterminators will be the ones who are exterminated. Exterminators carry spears, swords, and harpoons which can kill any demon instantly. So I always try to be careful. I know that some demons can sell them on the black market so they can kill their enemies. I have several of them in a safe to use in emergencies.

What should you do in an Extermination? Stock up and lock up, if you’re smart. Make sure you have plenty of food, drinks and things to keep you entertained during the 24 hours. And be sure to get the stuff early unless you want to fight a dozen sinners for groceries. Exterminators fly in the open, so barricade yourself in a building with few windows and openings. If you’re unlucky enough to be out in the open, run for your life and say your prayers! You will know when it starts by the sounds of air raid sirens. When it is over, Charlie will go out to her balcony and shoot fireworks in the sky, signaling that it’s safe to go out. Feel free to fight for territory, sing, grab a drink or feast on the deceased…but get in my way and you’ll regret it.”

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Taking Over Territory (Page 187)

“When I first came to Hell, I was filled with bloodlust and dark power. Excited to be granted a new form by the shadow spirits, Satan and the Loas, I took full advantage. I toppled overlords who had ruled for centuries, and I broadcast my carnage and victories. I defeated that snake lord guy and grew my supernatural army. Many of the previous overlords didn’t have much magical power or they were easily fooled by my speeches and schemes.

But I knew that just having shadows at my beck and call weren’t enough. I needed corporeal demons to do my deeds as well. Thus I made deals with Husk, Niffty, and several others. Niffty admired me and my powers the moment I summoned her from the flames of the burning lake and into a fireplace at the hotel. She was happy to be free from the fires. My appearance and charming nature had her blushing and flustered. I told her she can do the things she enjoys: cooking, cleaning, sewing, reading and writing. Husk was more reluctant to serve me but I bribed him with money and booze… promising him “wealth and true love.” Both are beneficial: Niffty is quick on her feet and Husk is strong and good at gambling. Oh, it sure is fun to mess around with them.

Additionally, I spend time with my dear friend and performer Mimzy and Rosie, a fellow overlord. All three of us are pretty close. The demons know that I’ve conquered a territory by the presence of tall radio towers nearby. Or whenever some demons go to a certain area, they encounter some voodoo creatures and shadows who warn them to stay away.”

How do you take over territory? Choose your battles well. Don’t rush into a fight thinking you can win. Gather allies or if you’re powerful enough, just rely on yourself. The time right after the Extermination is the ideal time to claim land since many demons have perished. It’s also when many other demons fight over different areas. It’s fun to hear about it on the picture shows, especially when I’m mentioned.”

Here’s what “The Radio Demon’s Guide to the Inferno” has to say about Asexuality (Page 221)

“Some of you may or may not know this, but I’m asexual and aromantic. I’m not interested in sex nor romantic relationships with either men or women. Many of you fans have shipped me with Charlie and Angel and pretty much every other demon in Hell. Tell me mortals…why in the nine circles would I ever be into my rival Vox, or a pathetic loner scientist…or Hell forbid, Lucifer? Charlie is a lovely lady and a good friend, but if she’s no use to me for my plans in the long run, then she’s not worth it. And Angel…he’s alright, if not annoying and clingy. He invades my personal space and I certainly do not want to know what goes on in his perverted head. I’d rather get shot a dozen times than allow Angel to lay his hands on me (who knows where they’ve been). I don’t really love anyone, save for myself and my mama. It’s just the way I am.

In my time, sexuality terms did not exist. Anyone with an abnormal obsession with the opposite sex was called heterosexual. And homosexual was a derogatory term for those who were outside the norm in regards to sexuality. It was bad enough that my father and uncle chided me for not being into girls and sex like a “real man” should. The thought of merging my body with someone else’s was gross. I invade personal space, but I feel repulsed when other’s touch me…it’s like I’m not in control in the situation. Plus, even if I wanted to have sex, there’s no point as sinners can’t reproduce down here. And I don’t like to be tied down…having to accommodate my needs for someone. Aside from dancing, having the occasional dinner with someone nice, there are better things to do in my time than typical romantic antics. I learned very early on in my life that the only person I could really trust was myself…Alastor. It wasn’t hard to put up a charming exterior to make many women fall for me…including my dear friend Mimzy. The other women and men who stayed around for a while got tied up in my basement and screamed as I stabbed them and split their throats. Hey, you never know who will come into your life.”

Asexuality is defined as a lack of sexual attraction. Asexuals are not sexually attracted to anyone. Those who are aromantic are not romantically attracted to anyone. However, like sexual individuals, asexuals are different and have their own needs and levels of comfort. Some asexuals might be romantically attracted to males, females, or both. Others might desire intimacy and many are in relationships with asexuals and sexual individuals. Sadly, many asexuals feel broken and out of place due to cultural portrayals of sexuality in the media and other institutions.

References:

https://lgbt.williams.edu/homepage/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-asexuality/

Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. https://www.asexuality.org/

#hazbinhotel #alastor #the radio demon #radiodemon

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blookmallow · 4 years

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hey i played rusty lake hotel and it was really good, i got the bundle so ill be doing the rest soon

i LOVE this guy

understandable

so we have a lovely hotel full of unnerving animal people, i was informed i was supposed to help prepare dinner,

,,,,oh

thats. all my recipes are. the animals who are currently guests. i. i see,

i went to explore upstairs and came across mr. deer’s room. i. assumed what i was going to have to do there, but did not realize:

ok you’re trapping me in here, alright

i found a knife but instead of just killing him with it the interaction caused me to stab him in the antler, which produces blood, which i could then use as part of the bloody mary he ordered (which i now have to figure out how to make without leaving this room. somehow)

he absolutely gave no reaction whatsoever to being stabbed or me harvesting blood from his fucking head for the bloody mary. i dont know if deer have nerves in their antlers or what but this strikes me as a very strange interaction

i also still don’t know why i can’t just stab him but apparently im solving a series of puzzles to create a poisoned bloody mary instead. right in front of him. after i just stabbed him a minute ago. seems like poisoning someone isn’t the best way to kill them if you have a knife on hand and you intend on harvesting that person’s meat for someone else’s consumption but what do i know

i am very much enjoying these puzzles though i got stuck a few times but it’s generally a pretty good balance of like “difficult enough that i feel like ive Accomplished Something when i figure it out”/”not so convoluted i just get frustrated” they’re mostly pretty standard logic puzzles or like. clever “look at it from a different perspective”/”Really Pay Attention, the solution is right there hiding in plain sight” kinda solutions i like it a lot

“solve a series of puzzles to figure out how to murder a group of people one by one” is a fantastic premise for a game

however, why the FUCK was there tabasco in this skull

and also why is mr. deer not concerned about the deer skull on the wall. i mean he wasnt concerned about me stabbing him and openly mixing poison two feet away from him but

could be that they’re not Really animals and it’s just a stylistic/symbolic thing maybe

this man watched me mix a bloody mary with his own blood and accepted it without batting an eye. alarming

i was also going to question whether bloody marys ACTUALLY have blood in them in the first place ( like. cow blood or whatever i know blood sausages are a thing so i figured I Guess It’s Possible) but then i actually wanted to know the answer to that question, which google tells me they’re actually mostly like, tomato juice and vodka among other not-blood things, which is what i thought,

anyway. theres all kinds of things wrong with this but somehow it worked. also the fact that the first thing this guy said to me was “hm, sorry I’m more of a meat person” when i offered him a shrimp cocktail suRE IS SOMETHING

nobody here takes issue with the fact that they’re being served meat from a fellow sentient species in this world, or that mr. deer mysteriously vanished in the night just before the deer meat was served. sure

again I’m thinking this might be a “they’re not Really animals it’s just a style/symbolic thing” situation bc it’d be way less likely for them to make the connection with the meat and the dude who disappeared if they weren’t really animals (also could’ve been told he checked out early or something)

nobody seems to get suspicious as this repeatedly happens, either. are they in on this. are they expecting it. do they Know. is this a whodunnit murder mystery from the perspective of the killer bc that’s excellent if so

oH GOD hello can i help you

fuckin rabbit grim reaper out there, ok

this was one of those things that immediately turns itself off when you flip the switch and i could tell i was supposed to do something with it and impulsively tried the knife on it and tHAT HAPPENED :’) SORRY. APPARENTLY I NEED THIS RING FOR SOMETHING

spooky

i like this rabbit dude hes the only one i actually feel bad about :’) (hes a normal rabbit man most of the time he just did a spooky skull trick for me bc he is a magician rabbit, which is adorable)

also i had a hell of a time trying to find the second optional ingredients for all of these i think i only found One and i have no idea where the rest of them were

The Hand came back and i fuckign killed it again with the window i am so sorry :’)

this is going to be such a lovely portrait backdrop

ms pheasant takes no issue with me killing a disembodied hand in the window and using its blood to paint the backdrop for her either

hm. yes. very nice

oh. well. that’s. pretty straight forward, i guess,

for some reason interacting with her with the gun makes her take it and she shoots herself during the camera flash????

i like the “shooting her” double meaning there but What Happened Here

sighs

i really, really did not want this to be the solution here but guess what

why did this happen. why was i put through this. is this my punishment for all these murders. having to witness this. why is this here. why didn’t he fucking NOTICE

also i dont know how the fuck mr boar died??? you give him the sandwich, he gets up to use the bathroom (which is an endless cycle of hell, by the way, it repeats if you don’t figure it out) and i just was clicking on stuff around the chair where he was sitting before bc i assumed him getting up meant something else was accessible now and i found like. a spot on the wall that looked slightly different and suddenly i had the boar meat????? what the fuck killed him

anyway what a bizarre experience this was i enjoyed it immensely except for that last part and am looking forward to the rest of them soon. i dont remember who recommended this but thank u very much

#lucy plays rusty lake

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iguessishouldbethankful · 5 years

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headcanon time:

Okay so someone ( @readasaur ) asked me about the various headcanons I had for both the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams, and other characters. So I decided to tackle as many as I could. Star Wolf will have to wait for later, but there are some snippets of them here. Please keep in mind that these headcanons are of my own opinion and some are built upon years of speculation from the original timeline, old fanfics and things I’ve read. They can also change from story to story. AKA, I’m super flexible and willing to discuss, but most of these are usually what I follow in general.

Also a lot of these headcanons I implement in my own fics and interpretations in various pieces and sketches.

General headcanons:

I never played the original Star Fox game. I started with the 64 version, so I never thought they amputated their legs. And I still believe they never had to. But I do keep that easter egg as a dark part of history in the Lylat System.

I do think there is a form of religion in the Lylat System. It’s a religion similar to Pagan, tied to their ancestors and nature. Not everyone follows it, and many have their own interpretations of it.

The Lylatians diet consists mainly of seafood, vegetables and bugs. Meat does exist, but only on certain planets. And due to the food shortage during the wars and struggles across the system, the Meats became a luxury. I also did not figure out what find of animal life would exist that would provide meats.

There are struggles between the species, mostly between mammals and non-mammals. Mammals are the majority in Lylat, Reptiles and Amphibians coming in second, and Avians coming in last as they were mostly all exclusive to Zoness (because so far we only see Falco. No other avian).

Yes, worm holes and various dimensions to exist. In fact, the Lylat System is very active with these space phenomenon, but they are also considered highly dangerous as very few come back from such adventures from the inside. The phenomenon are usually considered as portals for deities if viewed religiously.

The DNA of all Lylatians are compatible with one another. As in, a mammal and an avian can have children. Any form of cross species relationship, as long as it’s between two Lylatians, can result in a healthy child. However, it is frowned upon due to scientific studies that the more mixture between the species can eventually result in great or great great grandchildren being born sterile. So it is highly suggested that the species keep to themselves and their own. Mammals to mammals, reptiles to reptiles, avians to avians, etc.

Star Fox:

The Great Fox’s hangar actually has a zero gravity mode. Slippy uses it to properly transfer the vehicles to a more secure location to work with. It is also useful to not tire any of the team members out when they are individually working on their Arwings. Falco especially enjoys the experience.

The Great Fox also has an installed atmospheric clock that mimics the day and night cycle of Corneria—and it also follows Corneria’s clock as to help the team members to have a healthier biological clock when not in active duty. During the daytime, the lights are fully on and operational, and the temperature is at a normal level. During the nighttime, the lights dim down to a mere artificial twilight, and the temperature drops.

There are individual dorms for each member. In fact, there are 6 in total with a bed, a window and a fully functional bathroom. Only 4 are in use until Krystal joins. The spare dorm is used as a guestroom is anyone decides to visit them, or they have to have a rescue mission with a survivor. If by any chance they need more rooms, they can easily convert some of the supply rooms into a guestroom.

Fox McCloud:

He has green eyes.

It was only shown briefly in Farewell Beloved Falco, but I do picture Fox having a short temper. Not as notorious as Falco’s, but enough to warrant the fights the two of them go through.

I also feel as though the short temper comes from the sudden increase of stress and responsibilities Fox had to deal with after his father passed.

Fox never fully believed his father was dead. He never elaborates or speaks much about it with anyone, but after the war, he feels as though his father was always with him. He could even hear his father. It scares him, but comforts him.

Fox is heteroflexible. As in, he only participated in relationships with those of the opposite gender. However, there are a few members of his own gender that, if put in the position, he could actually see himself falling for. But there are a very select few. But if never pushed or bothered about it, he will never really think about his sexuality.

Fox has little experience in bed. He spent most of his time training instead. He had some puppy love in the past, sure, but nothing too serious. The closest he ever got to a truly committed relationship was with Krystal.

He does suffer from an annual rut, and he absolutely hates it. It’s the most awkward time for him and he hides away as much as possible. During the war or missions however, he takes a supplement to bypass the rut altogether. Which, unfortunately means that the rut will come around much stronger the coming year.

On that note, Fox can knot during sex. He also has a natural habit of wanting to bite the individual he is sleeping with.

One more thing. Fox is very vanilla in bed as well.

Out of the team, Fox is possibly the most organized—despite Peppy’s constant complaints. His room is tidy enough for him to know where everything is. It’s also a rule his father implemented when he was little. Put everything back where you found. That’ll make life easier.

Fox is very much reigned by his feelings at times, which can cause him to slip up as a leader. However his actions do reflex what he says in the end.

Fox is a natural furnace. As in, he’s usually warm all the time. Which is why he enjoys the winter season, and can live without summer season. However, he does enjoy the sun as well. Hell, he flew right into the sun, he’s not scared of some heat.

He considers Peppy as a second father to him, Vivian as a mother and Lucy as a sister.

Fox never truly met his mother. She died when he was a baby. James never told him how, just knows that was the reason they left Papetoon. He knew there was a lot of pain connected to his home planet and his father.

Fox found an old pair of aviator glasses of his dad in the Great Fox. He keeps it with him.

The red scarf is still part of the Star Fox uniform because Fox always thought it was a cool accessory to keep around, and none of his teammates complained about it.

When not on active duty, Fox does sleep in. And he has a quiet snore.

Fox is actually very romantic when given the chance. He also wants to have a family.

When in regards to Wolf, Fox respects the canine’s flying and battle skills. He even admires him. But that’s as far as his feelings for Wolf goes. It takes a while to even get to this point as he heard rumors that Wolf was slightly responsible for his father’s murder. But as it wasn’t confirmed, he keeps the Star Wolf team leader at a distance unless they truly need to cooperate with each other.

Fox has no connection to Leon, despite him not really wanting to deal with the chameleon as he is aware of Falco’s uncomfortable-ness around that particular pilot.

Fox will never trust or liked Pigma. The only reason he was trying to save the swine was due to morals.

Pigma’s comments about his father during battles were the hardest things for Fox to ignore. He used it as fuel to hunt the swine down during the dog fights.

Fox actually pitied Andrew if anything.

He is lowkey possessive, especially when it comes to his teammates. It was something he struggled with badly when Falco left for 4 years. Fox never held the avian back or kept him from leaving, but he did struggle with the results afterwards. Which is why he gets very nervous that someone else will leave, or that Falco will leave again. He’d rather discharge them himself if it were the case.

Falco Lombardi:

He has blue eyes. It’s a call back to the Farewell Beloved Falco’s design.

He’s a mix between a Vietnamese Pheasant and a Red Throated Caracara Falcon. Thus he is considered a hybrid falcon and takes pride in his mixture.

He was born in Zoness, but moved to Corneria with his mother when he was 3. He was very attached to his mother, and he is reminded of her when he sees their home planet, Zoness. She passed away when he was still a young teenaged.

Falco never met his father and isn’t interested in meeting him. He has no idea that he actually has a half-sister.

He’s one of the messier teammates. Not with trash or anything, it’s mostly with his clothes as he has a natural habit of nesting in his bed during sleep. This also goes hand in hand with him always being cold and hating it as he doesn’t retain heat very well. So he packs on as much fabric between him and the atmosphere as possible, and is usually seen with his jacket and scarf on.

He’s very much an early riser. He got in the habit of making coffee for the team due to him being the first in the breakroom/kitchen. His coffee is extra strong, dense and enough to wake up even the teammates that enjoy hibernating for too long—aka, Peppy.

Although he never mentions it, Falco is actually a bisexual. He has an equal interest in both females and males, but his type usually lies with mammals due to him growing up in Corneria. He also likes how warm they are. Felines and canines usually catch his eye the most.

Yes, since the war (if not during), Falco has had affections for Fox. However, Falco isn’t good with expressing his feelings and emotions. So he expresses them through diligent action. Slippy feels that Falco is showing off and in a way he is because that’s how he gets Fox’s attention. But the resulting reaction isn’t what he wants…

Falco does regret leaving the team for 4 years. He doesn’t like talking about that time.

Falco does have a rivalry with Krystal, but he instead tries to pull her into the team instead of pushing her away. Why? Because it makes Fox happy to know that the team is back together and getting along, despite Falco’s heavy heart.

Yes, Falco and Katt had a relationship in the past. Falco did and still does care for her a lot, enough to keep her as a friend and unofficial confidant after their romantic relationship ended. He in fact encouraged her to get with Cool as the feline was a better match for her.

Falco, being an Avian, has a cloaca. Not a penis. He also doesn’t have ruts. Much to Fox’s envy.

He is the tallest member in the team. He is also the lightest in weight. And the fastest running wise. However he is not the strongest, coming in on third after Fox and Peppy. He has a brilliant aim with firearms, tying with Fox. However no one can surpass him in flying, even with Fox tailing him in skill. Falco also has a habit of using his beak as a form of weapon when desperate times call for it.

Falco’s temper is legendary. His sarcasm and sass are just as bad. However his confidence is one of his strongest points, only secondary to his loyalty to Fox and team. Do not fuck with his idiots, they are his idiots.

Falco’s rivalry with Leon comes from his teenhood when he formed his first gang of delinquents and wreaked havoc throughout the Lylat System. The story changes as to why their rivalry started, from Falco continuously defeating Leon in flights, to Leon successfully beating Falco down during a brawl, to Falco and his teammates either vandalizing or outright stealing Leon’s ship. But for some reason, Falco is very aware of Leon’s talent for torture… He never expanded as to why he knows this.

If Falco is anywhere near religious, it’s only because of his mother. If not for her, he’d be an atheist. Although most of his teammates assume he is atheist.

Falco doesn’t own property, so what little he has he keeps in a storage that’s not under his name. It’s under Katt’s. He keeps his more personal and important possessions there, such as documents proving he exists, and photo albums of his mother and of Zoness before the pollution. Some Academy paperwork and criminal records are also stored there.

The Great Fox is basically Falco’s most permanent nest.

On that note, after Peppy sacrificed the Great Fox, Falco pretty much lost majority of his possessions with it. It didn’t hit him until after they were returning to the Lylat System.

Falco did test out the Blue Marine once, as everyone was required to. He kept himself calm until he dove in deep underwater, resulting in a major panic attack. He refuses to enter the mini submarine since.

Unlike Fox, Falco actually doesn’t want children due to personal reasons. This can change however.

In the long run, Falco actually has no reason to be aggressive with Wolf or Panther. The only reason he is stems from the fact that he is part of Fox’s team and he will take the mean spirited banter personally due to that.

Now Pigma can go fuck himself for all Falco cares.

He also couldn’t care less about Andrew.

Falco is aware that Fox put him second in command after Peppy became too old. It’s something that he doesn’t want to think about.

Anything that deals with the undoing of the team makes him incredibly flighty and nervous.

Slippy Toad:

His eyes are dark blue.

Probably the messiest team member in Star Fox, but it’s an organized chaos. As long as he knows what he’s doing, Fox will allow it.

He an atheist due to being brought up as one. He gives more credence to scientific proof than anything.

The war was his first on the field experience with flight, and he was intensely nervous about it—and vocal. However after the war, he started to form a stronger backbone. Enough to either smart talk back to Falco or ignore the avian completely.

Despite all the harsh criticism he receives, Slippy does very much care for his teammates. He can’t stand the idea of any of them not being around for any reason. And when Falco left, he suffered a great deal trying to keep Fox motivated and himself as well. He carries those 4 years as a close reminder of how bad things can get.

Slippy is heterosexual. He has very little experience as well with relationships, but that’s mostly due to him being very selective, and also having a long distance relationship with someone over the internet.

Slippy actually writes his plans and manuals in a way he only understands them. It’s not on purpose. It’s just how his mind works. He noticed this when neither Falco, Fox or Peppy understood how to implement the upgrades. So sometimes he needs to dumb down the instructions so they can also follow.

He will, in fact, blast rock n’ roll as loud as he can in the hangar when he’s working. Or on his headphones. He enjoys music a lot and he did influence some of Fox’s taste when they were kids.

Emotionally, Slippy is probably the most well balanced member in Star Fox.

Peppy Hare:

His eyes are dark crimson.

The oldest Star Fox member alive to date. Also was the first recruited by James McCloud. Pigma Dengar came in later.

His relationship with James was incredibly close, almost brotherly. He misses his friend dearly and it reflect on how he cares for Fox.

He is also very protective of his daughter, to a point that he wasn’t fond of her learning much of what he was teaching Fox as he didn’t want her to have to go through the same things they were. He had no idea how much that would strain his relationship with Lucy at first.

He is also not fond of the idea of her wanting to date any of the Star Fox members. Especially Fox.

Peppy broke down hard when he receive the news that his wife passed away. It was the first time since James McCloud that all of the families got together to grieve. Pallbearers he picked were himself, Fox, Beltino, Slippy, Bill and Falco. Lucy was an honorary pallbearer.

Peppy is also close to General Pepper due to old connections and due to his and James successfulness with the Star Fox team before the Lylat Wars.

It actually took a while for Peppy to warm up to Falco when the avian was first recruited, but he offered Fox as much support as possible in the decision. Slippy was easier for him to accept. Peppy was more comfortable with the new dynamic of the team a little before they entered the war.

Peppy actually manages the money for the Star Fox team, and he’s still mentoring Fox over how much should be spent and saved away as there would be long dry seasons in between missions. He worries that Fox might over spend at times, or overly ration their resources. Neither would be good. Fox still needs to pay his father’s debt, even after the Great Fox was destroyed during the Aparoid invasion.

He actually doesn’t fully forgive himself for what happened to James. He had no idea that Pigma would be capable of betrayal, and there are nights where he thinks about what if scenarios where maybe he could have pulled James out of the situation, of that he should have stayed behind so James could still remain. But such thoughts leave a bitter taste in his mouth.

Krystal:

After she joined the Star Fox team, she was the cleanest member in the group. Her room is spotless and beyond organized.

She actually picks up on things very fast due to her empathy and telepathy. However there is a downside that she tries to avoid, which is slipping into other minds and picking up thoughts or emotions. She does he best to avoid it.

She can also see glimpses of various futures, and it’s another talent she tries very much to avoid because it will drive her insane.

She can feel that Falco is jealous of her, but she dares not figure out why. She actually appreciates his caution around her, and it means way more when he does defend her from others. Something Fox doesn’t entirely comprehend.

Once she meets Lucy, the two of them became fast friends. It was a good way to learn more about Fox’s childhood and also of the rest of the team.

Unlike the rest of the Star Fox team, she’s actually very sympathetic towards Star Wolf, if not indifferent. She has no reason to hate them and hasn’t been around long enough to form an opinion. By the time she can, Star Wolf instead assisted them. So her opinion on Wolf, Leon and Panther are leagues more positive than the rest of her teammates.

Lucy Hare:

She grew up with Fox since a toddler. She considers him part of her family, despite the jealousy she felt over him for spending more time with her father. She slightly resented this, as Peppy never taught her everything like he did to Fox.

Lucy however did have a long lasting crush on Fox. Fox just never noticed.

She did good in the Academy, mostly excelling in strategy and scouting. But after she got rejected from joining the Star Fox team, she just went into an Educational career instead, promoting Fichina.

She keeps in constant contact with her father and mother and Fox and Slippy. She also started to accept Falco as a family member. Took a while, but she gets as close to him as she is did with Fox and Slippy.

#star fox #starfox #fox mccloud #falco lombardi #slippy toad #peppy hare #krystal #lucy hare #long post #my drabbles #headcanons

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henbooks · 6 years

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Ten Questions Tag

Thank you so much for the tag @anjareed!

1. What are your favorite genres and/or styles to write in?

Anything fantasy/sci fi is always a blast for me. I do a couple things that are historically based or more contemporary as well, but fantasy will always be my favorite.

2. What was the last writing project you finished and felt successful with?

An essay I just finished for my English class on Caliban and Ariel from The Tempest, who are simply two fascinating characters. I’m really happy with how it turned out.

3. If you have a WIP how do you feel it’s going? What stage are you in?

*screams* I’m still working on The Court of the Murdered King, and am still in the rough draft. Early in it. I keep making mistakes in my outline and having to retcon entire chapters sometimes, so everything is a mess right now, but it’s OK. It’ll all turn out better because I’m putting n the work to fix it now.

4. What is your favorite place to write?

Anything with a table. I get a sore back trying to write on my bed. (It is super comfortable otherwise though.)

5. Do you prefer to write long hand or type? Or some other method?

Type. I can barely read my own handwriting.

6. Do you remember your first character? If so can we meet them?

Ooh my first character... he was Captain Pheasant, who was based off of one of my stuffed animals. He was a superhero who fought Garfield the Cat, I believe.

7. Where do you get your inspiration?

The media I consume, history, and culture in general. My thoughts at least use these as building blocks for the rest of the story.

8. Do you outline a story before writing it, or does it all live in your head until the first draft gets put down?

I outline.

9. Where do you go/what do you do when you’re feeling stuck?

Start working on another story for a while. Usually that can grease up my brain so I can focus better when I return.

10. What got you started writing/doing art? (Because I always love origin stories)

I love to read, and wanted to try and give that joy to someone else.

I’m going to tag @embarrassingwriter, @gloriawriting, @the-true-shadowmaster, @dreamsofbooksandmonsters! <3

#writing tag

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betweenthepage · 7 years

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Unbecoming Recap

It’s officially September which means, we’ve finished The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and are starting The Evolution of Mara Dyer! Yay!!

Under the cut, I’ll be giving a brief recap of the happenings of Unbecoming (mainly for those who can’t/don’t have time to re read before The Becoming of Noah Shaw comes out. I got you)

IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN @iliveinbooks AND I IN RE-READING, YOU CAN CLICK HEEREEEE.

Some spoilers below. And maybe some things to discuss?

We start Unbecoming with one of my favorite openings of any book; a letter written by “Mara Dyer” on a disclosed date in New York. Later on it’s important

Mara was in an accident where a building collapsed and her friends, Claire, Rachel, and Jude (at the time boyfriend) died

Mara has PTSD, among other things, due to the accident

Mara’s mom, Indi, keeps a close eye on her

Mara and her older brother Daniel start school at Croyden high

Anna and Aiden are bullies and assholes and they will eventually be important in a small way

Mara meets Noah briefly

Mara eventually makes a friend in Jamie Roth

Mara has hallucinations and sees Jude around campus and Claire in the mirror

It comes to Mara’s attention that her father--a lawyer-- took on a high profile case and that’s one of the main reasons her family moved to Florida.

After coming home from a party, Mara burns herself with the bath water after “seeing” that her mother’s earrings had fallen in, resulting in second-degree burns.

Mara encounters an abused dog and when confronted by the owner, imagines a crude death for him. She calls animal control, and later when she goes to check on the dog, finds the owner dead in the exact way she imaged (WHICH HE DESERVED, FUCKING ASSHOLE STARVING POOR MABLE)

Noah helps Mara get the dog--Mable--some help with his step-mom, who is a vet.

Anna steals Mara’s sketch pad and shows it to everyone, where it’s found that she draws Noah. Instead being the dick in the movies who laughs, Noah turns around and says that he knows about it.

Noah asks Mara on a date. She agrees

Noah meets Mara’s family, and Joseph--Mara’s younger brother-- asks for Noah’s number.

On their first date, Mara and Noah talk in the car and he holds her hand (WHICH IS A THING LATER, I’M NOT WEIRD)

Mara passes out after a hallucination and mildly confesses to Noah about why her family moved

Mara has an oral exam in Spanish where things get out of hand and Mara is kicked out

Ms. Morales--the Spanish teacher--fails Mara, and she tries to remedy her grade. Later in the story, Mara imagines her dead and finds her dead in the same way she imagined it. It’s said that Morales had an allergic reaction to fire ants, which caused her death.

Jamie confesses to Mara that Noah used Jamie’s sister, Stephanie, to get back at Jamie for being in a relationship with Katie (Noah’s sister) PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.

Jamie gets expelled from school after Aiden said he threatened him and he and Anna planted a knife to frame him. Thus, leaving Mara virtually friendless.

Later, Daniel takes Mara for a check-up on her burn, where the doctor finds that it is 100% healed. She writes it off as a mistake on the part of the DR’s in ER.

One night, Noah comes to Mara, saying that Joseph has been kidnapped. They find him in a swamp, where he is unconscious but unhurt. While getting Joseph back to the car, Mara imagines the alligators in the swamp dead, in order to save her brother, Noah, and her self.

Noah takes Mara to a spiritual meeting on her birthday, after she insists, and they find Mr. Lukumi, a Santeria specialist, who helps her remember what happened to her, using a weird mix of things that may or may not contain fresh chicken blood.

Mara wakes up in Noah’s room where eventually they kiss and Noah stops breathing. Noah “wakes up” and tells Mara that it was a dream and never actually happened.

Mara eventually remembers what happened in the accident, where she realizes that Jude almost raped her. She realizes that, in her terror, SHE made the building collapse, and killed her friends and Jude. She also concludes that she indeed killed Mabel’s owner and Morales, as well as the animals in the everglade. This eventually leads Mara to a depressive state.

Noah eventually breaks Mara out of her depressive episode and she confesses to him about what is going on and how she believes she is the cause of it. Noah also confesses that he may have something similar going on, stating that he sometimes has visions of people--including Mara and Joseph. He continues on, saying that he can “hear” many things in people, including when they lie, when their hearts start racing, and when they’re hurt. He also confesses to being able to heal himself and others, revealing that he healed Mara’s burn, among other things.

After not being able to find Lukumi again, Noah takes Mara to a zoo where he has access to animals and insects to test their powers. Mara ends up killing all the animals from the terror of them. She also finds that fish and alligators in the swamp where they found Joseph, have died too.

Thinking that her father’s client was the one who kidnapped Joseph, Noah and Mara race to the courthouse where Mara decides to kill Lassiter if he is found not guilty for the murder of Jordana Palmer. Noah tries to convince Mara that it’s not worth it, and while she continues on with her plan, she finds that Lassiter AND her father were shot by Jordana’s mother. (This event, I believe is important later on)

In a flurry of guilt, Mara decides to “turn herself in” to the police. While at the station, she sees Jude, alive, and with hands.

So I think that’s pretty much the main parts of the story.

To talk about the second to last point, in the book Mara recounts all the deaths she’s caused and how she decides 100% that she wants Lassiter to die for taking Joseph. I think this is the real moment where she starts to become the anti-hero that most of us know from the later book (and for those people just starting the serious, you’ll see what I mean later). This is the first moment where she consciously decides to kill someone, not out of self-defense, or even on accident, but on pure, unadulterated hatred. It’s honestly such a great turning point for her character. And the one person who really knows about this, does not see it happening.

SO I’M JUST GONNA PUT SOME OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES ON HERE. SOME. CAUSE THERE’S A LOT AND I’M TIRED.

We were so different. I had none of her exquisite Indian features; not her perfect oval face or her lacquer-black hair. Instead, my father’s patrician nose and jaw were reflected in my own.

I threatened him with Ebola

One little joke involving hemorrhagic fever and they brand you ‘unstable.’

I’d figure out how to break the news to my parents that--surprise!--we have a dog. They had to take pity on their screwed-up daughter and her pathetic companion. I was not above milking my tragedy for a high purpose. (I will forever be sad that Mara in fact did not get a companion)

That’s my girl.

“You like me,” he finally said. “You like me, like me.” He was trying not to smile. “No. I hate you.”

You crotch-pheasant (honestly, the amount of colorful names is my favorite. LET’S NOT FORGET EVERYONE’S FAVORITE, ASSCROWN)

“Death cab?” I asked. “Really?”

His touch felt like home

The Ebola kid?

“Ibrahim Hassin?” Noah nodded. I died.

“Joseph actually,” Noah said, texting something back. “And to offer a stock tip.” I have the strangest family.

But none of this matters, because you’re not going to listen to your token black Jewish bi friend, are you? (LOOK AT THIS. READ THIS LINE OVER. I LOVE THE DIVERSITY IN JUST THIS LINE)

Noah fights dirty.

Don’t let the man keep you down.

I should haul back and smack him, strike a blow for feminism or something....

You ought to go to NYU. More diversity. It’s not healthy to have too many geniuses packed into one campus. (COUGH COUGH)

Yeah. Nothing like hearing the girl you just started dating is on anti psychotics

Hookers and blow aren’t cheap, but I suppose animal sacrifice will have to do. Happy birthday.

“What,” I asked slowly, as I eyed the animal crackers strewn all over it, “the hell?” “You were convinced they were your pets,” Noah said, not even trying to suppress his laughter. “You wouldn’t let me touch them.”

The husk of a girl not-named Mara stared back at me. I wondered how I would kill her. (COUGH)

The necklace he always wore had slipped out during the night. I looked closely at it for the first time; the pendant was just a slim line of silver--half hammered into the shape of a feather, the other half a dagger.

I would have been afraid if I didn’t know better. the scariest thing in the room was me.

I was made for you, Mara.

And that’s it for this round. So far on Mara’s hitlist, we have five people dead (six if you count Lassiter who is basically a vegetable and will not wake up), and numerous animals and insects. I count Lassiter, SO SIX PEOPLE DEAD, LOOK AT MY GIRL GO. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MARA? IS JUDE REALLY THERE OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER HALLUCINATION? FIND OUT NEXT TIME AS WE READ THE EVOLUTION OF MARA DYER.

#The unbecoming of Mara dyer #mara dyer #michelle hodkin #noah shaw #madness reread #rose speaks #recap #reference

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nightingveilxo · 7 years

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Updated Gloria Scott/TFP

Working from theory that Mycroft was involved in Sherlock losing his first love, Victor Trevor, and half the characters now have something to hide. ACD Victor Trevor introduced as only friend SH had prior to Watson. Reason for Sherlock getting first case. (BBC Moriarty supposedly first noticed Sherlock due to drowning of Carl Summers, but TFP establishes Eurus brought him in, which shouldn’t make sense. See later in post.) --- ACD’s Trevor was always allowed much free reign by his father, and then the man had a stroke, so missing child might go unnoticed for days. --- ACD Victor receives a coded message ‘"The supply of game for London is going steadily up. Head-keeper (housekeeper) Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen pheasant’s life.“’, which Holmes deciphers as "The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life.” 1. Queue TAB plane time, 2. Sherlock, Mary, and John on the plane with only John awake, 3. the little girl (same as from Belgravia) on the plane that somehow miraculously never runs out of fuel or gets contacted by the FAA, even though she sees ‘a big wheel’ which suggests she’s been flying somewhere in the proximity of London, and 4. Mrs. Hudson previously explaining to John and Mycroft about why Sherlock went back on drugs. Mycroft (as usual), looks a bit guilty or at least more unnerved than usual. Mrs. Hudson has been trying to show John for years, and she finally ‘told all’ by snapping at them about Sherlock having feelings. She also drives up in her sports car, and goes off on John about how Mycroft and Molly don't matter. (She has figured out Mycroft was related to Sherlock's original drug use, and Molly may be helping Mary.) --- ACD J.A. (secret identity initials) turn out to be Mr. Trevor’s actual name. Armitage (Mary Rosemund) and Hudson (Mrs.) are at odds, but Hudson has knowledge that could ruin Armitage, so he allows him to run rampant. Armitage brings neighbor Evans (Molly) into the scheme to overthrow an existing plot. (Which is how John never knew Sherlock tried to get in touch, and Molly is delivering a note supposedly from John/actually from Mary.) Most of the crew are there under false names (half the characters working under false pretenses for their own reasons). --- Gloria Scott entails people taken prisoner, the need for quick action, and the costs of several innocent lives. Then, we get “the smoking gun” which is a concept & phrase directly pulled from this story, and used in Bond films. The ship blows up, but there is one survivor, Hudson (Bye Evans–Louise B). The crew that had already made it off into a small boat (Sherlock, John, and Mycroft), come back, and collect Hudson (back to 221B). The next day, another ship comes along, and the crew pass themselves as passenger ship survivors so they can go get gold. (Quick recovery after a disaster.) --- Image of Eurus lifting the gun does not match the image of where John is actually shot (wearing ring/not wearing ring). Smoking gun reference, and hand more closely resembles Mary’s when she shot Sherlock. It would coincide w/AGRA Rosemund, the four laser points aimed at Sherlock during the pool scene, Moriarty ‘assisting’ Eurus before he should have known her, and dreaming about a surprise villain, water, Hudson being bad by rocking the boat, Molly looking dreadful after the birthday cake fun. --- (Would also work if John was the one shot by Mary or John shot Mary.) --- –In 2005, Mima Simic published a short story collection entitled Pustolovine Glorije Scott (Adventures of Gloria Scott). A queer version of the Sherlock Holmes canon through the gender reversal of the protagonists: detective Gloria Scott and her faithful assistant Mary Lambert. A TV animation series based in this adaptation was under development in 2014. -The 2016 book “The murder of Mary Russell” by Laurie King is based on the premise that Gloria Scott’s Hudson is none other than the father of Holmes’ landlady Mrs. Hudson. --- Revised. Original post of Jan 19th is here: http://221bloodnun.tumblr.com/post/156095211904/gloria-scott-s4

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SOS: The CDFA, USDA, and state vet Annette Jones wants our HEALTHY birds dead.

Bird owners of many cities in southern Californian counties are being terrorized since May 2018 and our civil rights are being highly violated by the CDFA, USDA, and state vet Annette Jones all because they want to kill our HEALTHY birds and dump them in landfills. The CDFA is over-abusing the outbreak to kill every bird under a human’s care. The CDFA claims severe outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease, and claims this is the only way to stop the outbreak. The CDFA has inhumanely killed well more than 1.2 million birds. THE MAJORITY OF THE BIRDS THEY’VE KILLED HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY HEALTHY. The CDFA has claimed that they have found 444 positive cases to justify all the unnecessary slaughter, but do not post the proof to back up their “positive” cases. 444 “positive cases” out of the whole 1.2 million CDFA has killed so far, that’s 0.037%, that means 99.963% of the birds killed were healthy! And with the CDFA being caught red-handed taking advantage of a non-English speaking Hispanic, trying to force the man to sign papers in English with falsified information stating that there is “sick/dying birds from Newcastle disease” on his property, it begs the question how many of those positive counts they claim are even real? This isn’t the first time they’ve done this, this is the third time, last time was in 2003 that ended in a lawsuit due to what they are currently doing again: violating rights, withholding information, and cruelly killing people’s HEALTHY birds. The 2003 lawsuit is viewable to the public and even contains the inhumane methods the CDFA did to kill the birds.

The CDFA are over-abusing the Virulent Newcastle Disease as an excuse to mass-slaughter people’s HEALTHY backyard birds, in SoCal, inhumanely slaughtering them by the truck loads and well into the million only to dump them at the landfill all while they fail constantly on their biosecurity. Their failed biosecurity protocols within their workers have even caused the Newcastle to spread. They start with wanting to test your birds, but they will never give you official physical results and later they come by with kill dates for your -now documented- birds. They are violating rights to kill our birds regardless if they are healthy. They claim to have found 444 positive cases but have yet to show proper proof of all of their findings. On their website, they compare Newcastle disease as a cancer and thus their reasoning for harassing, bullying, terrorizing, stalking, using falsified warrants, using bulk warrants, jamming live feed videos whenever the CDFA has been caught red-handed failing their biosecurity protocols or trying to force people to sign papers stating false information, targeting low income areas, targeting people who don’t speak English, targeting the elderly, using drones to find birds on your property, stepping all over our civil rights to invade our properties to slaughter, etc. The list goes on on how far they are willing to go to kill our birds. No matter how well you secure your flock or follow their biosecurity protocol, they will eventually come to kill your birds and continue to expand, outside of the kill zones, to magically find more positive cases to get more money from the government to continue their massacre.

*No bird is safe, not even hookbills, “if it flies, it dies”.

The CDFA is killing whatever they have blanketed as “poultry”. From the CDFA website, their definition of poultry is:

“* Poultry species are defined as: chickens, turkeys, turkins, pheasants, peafowl, guinea fowl, quail, ducks, geese, swans, gallinules, doves, pigeons, grouse, partridges, francolin, tinamou, ostriches, and other ratites (including but not limited to the rhea, emu, and cassowary), and hatching or embryonated eggs.”

They have been caught saying “if it flies, it dies”. The CDFA have killed hookbills of some Hispanic families. They claim to leave hookbills alone but rumors have spread that they have killed parakeets, and a macaw. Some of the supposed victims of those birds have been able to be tracked to confirm that the CDFA is killing hookbills. Given what has happened in 2003 gives us reason not to doubt those rumors.

It doesn’t matter if your pet bird is for ESA, PTSD, or even if they’ve been in your family for well over a decade or two, they will be killed. Not even Veterans are safe from this rule, their birds will also be killed. One man even had a goose for 22 years, it was part of their family and was completely healthy, and it was murdered by the CDFA.

If you lose your birds, in any quarantined zone, the CDFA has ordered the shelters to kill any lost bird intake REGARDLESS if they are hookbill or not.

*The CDFA killed a HEALTHY, endangered, conure.

Sadly, over a week ago, it was confirmed that the CDFA killed a lady’s HEALTHY hookbill which was soon revealed that it was a queen bavaria conure which is ENDANGERED and protected.

*The CDFA are constantly killing birds and expanding their kill zones.

The website has the following cities, authorized by the state vet Annette Jones, to greenlight to massacre their birds:

“Compton and Whittier (Los Angeles County)

Eastvale, Menifee, Mira Loma/Jurupa Valley, Norco, Nuevo, Perris, and Riverside City (Riverside County)

Chino, Fontana, Hesperia, Highland, Muscoy, and Ontario (San Bernardino County)”.

Some areas, that aren’t even listed on the site, are being considered fair game to the CDFA as well like Romoland.

The CDFA even continue into other cities, that haven’t even had a newcastle case, and magically finding more.

*Newcastle virus can be carried by any bird, even wild birds, but the CDFA only care about killing your birds.

All birds can carry the Newcastle virus, but the CDFA are only killing birds owned on properties and do nothing about the wild birds who also can spread Newcastle. Since they only get paid for the birds on people’s properties, they ignore the wild birds. The more birds, that are owned by people, the more money CDFA gets from the government.

*The CDFA will stoop low and play dirty to get to your birds.

At first they will try to play nice so they can get access to your property to document ALL BIRDS, anything with feathers regardless if hookbill or not, that they can see using the guise that they are here to just test. If you comply they will test your birds but you will never get any official or physical results back and your birds are now counted for when they come back to issue kill orders once the city has been labeled to have all of their birds killed. A lot of times the CDFA workers say they’re only testing and go straight to killing your birds. If you do not comply and sign whatever they want, then they get incredibly rude and begin to intimidate you. They tend to be more abusive towards elderly and Hispanics. Two elderly, mother daughter duo, were terrified as CDFA workers shook vigorously at their chained gates demanding to be let in to slaughter their birds. The CDFA STALKED their house until they saw people coming to support the elderly duo, then they got in their cars to leave. They come back with a warrant and surround your house with numerous police cars, enough as if it was a drug bust. Yes, they did that to the elderly duo. They sequestered the two inside the property to further bully them, coerce them to sign papers they are not allowed time to read or understand, and kill their birds out of camera’s view. If you don’t comply and sign whatever they want, they will start to bully, harass, stalk you, threaten other animals on your property.

Some bird owners have been further infuriated when the CDFA workers came onto their property claiming to only be here to test their birds and instead they go straight to killing their birds without ANY testing. It’s been happening a lot, sometimes CDFA will test the birds after they slaughtered them in attempts to look like they are following protocol, lining the floor up with numerous bird carcasses.

*Even after they’ve killed your birds, they do not stop stalking your property or harassing you for months.

There are a lot of people who are fed up with the relentless “visits” the CDFA do after they have killed your birds. They will want access to your property time and time again, and the more that you deny them access, the more they’ll target your property. The CDFA will say it’s a random check, but your house will always be on their random pick.

*The CDFA is so eager to kill, they’ve gone into wrong areas to kill people’s birds.

The CDFA kill squads barged onto many properties, shoving warrants and papers at bird owners and rudely coercing the people to sign the papers. Some of the owners weren’t allowed to go back and get their reading glasses, and of course as usual many weren’t allowed time to properly read what the CDFA workers were shoving at them to sign. The workers immediately began to kill as many birds as they could get their hands on or shoot. Midway into killing, many of the kill squads got calls to cease immediately as they were in the wrong area to kill. The workers basically just said “whoops, we’re sorry” and immediately left leaving many owners traumatized and shaken from the horrid treatment they had just received.

*The CDFA hires anyone on the spot and none of the CDFA workers give or display any form of ID.

They have handed out fliers to hire on the spot, so how can we trust them? One of the, more often seen, CDFA worker that likes to bully citizens already has a history of bullying minorities using excessive SWAT like force and warrants over the assumption that a student had stolen calculators, which the student hadn’t done. They don’t even have name badges and go around driving government vehicles and rented vehicles. Even under the color of law, they refuse to give ID. With some vehicles being from out of state, how many of the workers are from out of state then? Even in a recent town meeting, this week in Jurupa Valley , that the CDFA did to “educate” people in an attempt to save face (even though they were terrorizing their citizens already), the mayor struggled to even get some of the workers names! The workers only answered repetitively small simple questions and avoided anything detailed like what chemicals were being used on properties. The meeting was cut 30 mins short when Kent Fowler and a partner from the USDA rudely turned off the lights to signal the CDFA workers to quickly leave the room.

*The CDFA gives the workers power to stalk your neighborhood and snoop around to look for birds on properties. They have used drones, helicoptors, and even ask where you purchase your feed from to locate properties with birds.

Citizens have complained of CDFA workers snooping their properties and staying in cars parked in the neighborhood for hours listening for what properties have birds. Many others have complained of drones going onto their properties taking pictures of their birds, coups, pens. Thus causing bird owners to be fearful of whatever flies over their yard. Many have even reported of helicopters flying really low with large mounted cameras circling specifically over yards that contained birds. The CDFA workers aske where you purchase your feed, in 2003 they did use feed store records to locate properties with birds.

*The CDFA will use any means to gain access to your yard.

They wanted access to a property to kill a LEGALLY BLIND older lady’s chickens, she could not read the paper due to her being visually impaired. The CDFA did not give them a fair opportunity to appeal, and the next day they appeared to kill their birds. The lady and her son refused and CDFA called animal services claiming the animals on the property were unhealthy, sick, and malnourished in an effort to gain access. The residents allowed animal control on their property but not the CDFA. Animal control saw nothing wrong with the animals, only one horse had the usual swayback but all the other animals are healthy and sound. The CDFA only caused a financial burden to the family as now they had to get a vet to asses the animals, thankfully members of “SOB save our birds” on facebook helped cover and the expenses the CDFA wrongfully caused in their attempts to bully the family. The vet gave their animals a clean bill of health.

The CDFA literally have no business to be harassing about any other animals, even in meetings they say they’re only supposed to be about the poultry NO OTHER ANIMALS.

The CDFA didn’t like that the animal services and vet gave a clean bill of health to their animals and is continuing to harass them currently. The CDFA got a vet, that works for the state, and essentially wants the vet to say what the CDFA wants as they are challenging the other vet that previously assessed their animals. The CDFA even stooped lower as they waited till the residents went to a CDFA meeting to sneak onto their property.

The CDFA continually harasses the elder lady and continues to target her when her son, her caretaker, is working even though they no longer have chickens on their property to the point where it’s plain and simple elder abuse.

*If you speak up against the CDFA they will bully, harass, stalk, give you notice of violation,etc. to shut you up and they will pay government money handsomely to have officers protect them and lie for them.

They have threatened other people’s animals, on the property, to shut them up. The CDFA tried to get the horses of founder of “SOB save our birds” group, Kerri on facebook, euthanized using the excuse of another horse disease outbreak from another state because she did not keep shushed about how crooked the CDFA has been going about to kill our birds. They also kept constantly sending people over at her house even AFTER THE CDFA KILLED ALL HER BIRDS to try to scare her in attempts to get her to shush. Such extreme behavior that the CDFA has displayed has caused panic in people as they treat you like criminals for having any bird on their list, especially chickens.

In a recent happening, same day that the elderly duo were horrifically bullied, an officer forcefully grabbed a peaceful non-impeding protester by the wrist to force her off the property. To cover for officer’s wrong doing, they issued a violation of quarantine of the peaceful protestor and the SUSPECT OFFICER filled out an incident report. Suspects are not allowed to fill out the report, it must be by some other officer.

*They will make it tough to get an appeal only to ignore and deny appeals.

They give you kill dates that make appeals harder to get, like at the end of the week. Some of the very few lucky people who have actually gone to appeal hearings are met with the response “out of the scope” when they ask about what we can do to save our birds. So it’s very common to have your appeals ignored or flat out denied.

*The appeal is only for uplifting the quarantine, once you get a kill order, no amount appealing will stop the CDFA, they will come to kill your birds.

They will try to catch you when you are home alone or, if you are not home, they will break your locks with bolt cutters to get to your birds. The most you can do is plead the 5th and lawyer up at this point, but the CDFA are targeting lower income areas as not many there can afford a lawyer. Supporters from the facebook group “SOB save our birds” have been able to delay some kill dates by peacefully protesting, but sadly the CDFA will stalk your house until they catch you alone or not at home so they can corner you and kill your birds.

*They are using warrants that contain false information and bulk warrants that don’t expire until the end of 2019!

The CDFA have been caught lying on warrants with them adding avian influenza in the warrant when this is about Newcastle disease. Since Newcastle disease is NOT fatal to humans, avian influenza has been added to justify a warrant.

*The riverside county has judges that have signed a 13 page bulk warrant, you’ll only be left with 2 pages of it. Using force to enter is on it and ALLOWED. No amount of getting your birds tested, to prove your birds are clean, will save you.

*******The CDFA will shove warrants and papers at you and demand them to be signed. And they will not let you read it so you can understand it, they won’t read it for you so you can understand it, they will not get you one in Spanish if you can’t read English, and they will not get an official translator either!******* and if you try to get someone else to help you read it, they will yank it out of their hands and shove it back to you to sign! Many citizens complained of this in Jurupa city hall meeting.

*If you do not have a social security number, they will not pay you for the amount of birds killed, by CDFA, on your property.

They make you sign a paper, but they won’t give you enough time to read and understand it. They require your signature and social security number so they can pay you for the amount of birds killed off your property. They have a rate of how much to give per specie and gender of bird, so that house that had well over 400 racing pigeons that had lineage and where imports? Are now reduced to a worth of around 50$ per bird. And if you don’t have a social security, the CDFA won’t pay you and it becomes more profit to them as they get paid higher amounts to kill our birds by the government.

*The CDFA are targeting people that don’t speak or understand English well.

The CDFA have been caught many times, at this point, targeting those whose main language isn’t English to force them to sign papers in English. The CDFA don’t bother to get an official translator so the resident can truly understand. The CDFA use people to half translate only what they want translated, if they even bother to attempt. The CDFA rather shove a pen at them and make them sign, as some victims have confessed. This brings up the major question: Are the papers they’re trying to force them to sign have any falsified information? Since now the CDFA have been caught trying to force a non-english speaker to sign falsified papers claiming that there are “dead/dying birds from Newcastle disease” on their property.

The southern counties, more heavily populated by Spanish/Mexican people were among the first to get targeting in the mass killing of their poultry.

*The more “positive cases” that are found, the more money CDFA gets from the government.

There are articles stating the amount of money they fork over to the CDFA as more “positive cases“ are “found”. The CDFA even brag about the money on their website, but choose the cheaper methods to deal with the supposed Newcastle disease outbreak.

*The CDFA orders 911 emergency services to be suppressed wherever their kill squads are at.

On a live video stream the CDFA tried to gain access to the property of an older couple, the wife is a retired chp and the husband is a retired marine. They were given a kill date order for 5-19-19 at 9pm. CDFA has a habit, at this point, to make kill dates on paper only to cancel or never show up on said date creating unnecessary stress to the residents. Later the CDFA showed up with 4 undercover officers and handed over a court warrant. The retired marine asked Kerri to read it to him as he didn’t know how to read or understand a warrant. Kerri, a retired police officer, agreed to do as the he requested. The CDFA Worker took it away from kerri and handed it back to the retired marine. Kerri asked for the leader of the 4 officers to read it out loud so the retired marine could understand the warrant. The lead officer just played dumb and didn’t even try to read it out loud to allow the retired marine to understand the warrant. The CDFA worker claimed that the residents were not allowed to have support and that that was included in the warrant but never showed proof. The retired marine’s wife suddenly collapsed, her body incoherent and shaking. One of the supporters, who is trained in the medical field, called 911. The wife had a low pulse, shaking and sweating profusely later stated by the supporter. Kerri begged the chp officers to call for an ambulance or code 3 the wife to the hospital as the wife’s condition seemed to be declining. The officers ignored the pleas and stayed in their positions, uncaring for the wife’s condition. Finally, a firetruck was sent, after 15 minutes. No ambulance arrived. Instead of letting the retired marine be by his wife’s side, in her time of need, the lead officer separated him to search for any chickens on the property! They spotted one chicken and proceeded to interrogate the retired marine about the chicken, treating him like a criminal. The retired marine pleaded the 5th, in his right. A CDFA worker again tried to question him about the chicken, the retired marine politely refused as he finally was able to make his way to his wife. Now the retired marine lives in fear and is afraid of what the corrupt government will do to him or his wife. After the CDFA and officers left, the retired marine opted to go to the doctors and he didn’t feel well after all of this.

*The birds are cruelly and slowly killed.

It has been caught on camera the many methods on how they kill the birds. They snap necks, step on necks while the birds are still alive, stomp on live chicks, piling birds in a trash can to slowly suffocate to death by improper gassing, poorly shooting them and maiming them with pellet rifles and 22 caliber guns as the gun’s shells have been found on properties confirming it’s use. Some workers have even smiled while killing and maiming the birds. All these have been caught on camera, but by far the hardest to find is the stomping of the live chicks as the CDFA stalks the facebook group and constantly take down posts of them being caught red handed. Many of the workers, who uses the guns, have a mere 2 days of training and from their horrible aims it shows. People have complained of the CDFA workers shooting in between their other hooved livestock, risking injury to the other animals. Some of the residents have even had their livestock shot from the workers’ horrible aims.

In one video a chicken is maimed by the CDFA workers using a pellet rifle and can be heard screaming in pain. They don’t even bother to immediately put the bird out of its misery so throughout the rest of the video all you hear is the chicken screaming in pain.

In another video a CDFA worker enters the camera’s view and is holding a live chicken by the feet. He proceeds to place the chicken on the floor and steps on the, still live, chicken’s neck as he begins to aim and shoot haphazardly while he jumps slightly onto the chicken’s neck and twists his foot on the flapping bird. In the end of the video, the worker is caught smiling after what all he did. In the video, houses are visibly close and shooting at such close range to other homes poses a huge risk of poorly aimed bullets and pellets being shot onto other properties.

On Kerri’s video, the CDFA came by with a warrant and bolt cutters 3 days before her scheduled kill date and showed up on good Friday to kill her healthy birds. Kerri even went as far as to get her birds privately tested, out of her own pocket, to prove that her birds were Newcastle disease free. CDFA worker, Chad Parker, is seen smiling as he snaps the neck of her children’s birds. A couple of days after the CDFA killed her birds, her test results came back, all of her birds were clean and free from Newcastle disease.

In many other videos, CDFA is seen using gas from unmarked tanks to kill the birds. They pile birds in a trash can, turn on the gas and continue to open the trash can to pile more live birds on top of the half conscience birds on the bottom improperly gassing the birds and prolonging suffering. In some videos, the cans can be visibly seen shaking from the birds panicking inside. In other videos, the CDFA have been caught tying off bags of gassed birds but the bag is still seen moving by the birds inside as they are placing the bags in the truck beds.

This is not far from the atrocities they did to kill birds back in 2003. In that lawsuit, it was documented that the CDFA even sealed bags onto ostriches faces and would let them run around until they finally suffocated!

*The CDFA will not reveal the chemicals or gas they use and refuse to give us safety data sheets of the chemicals they use on our properties.

The CDFA use a yellow chemical in white cannisters when they are spraying themselves on your property. How do we know it’s not dangerous to other pets or kids that go onto the yard and areas of where they sprayed? The workers will not tell you what it is, when you call CDFA they don’t tell you what it is and refuse to release safety data sheets of chemicals used on your property. The public has the right to get a safety data sheet of materials used upon request, denying msds is an OSHA violation.

The CDFA use gas from unmarked gas tanks to suffocate the birds. The CDFA claim it’s carbon dioxide, but due to how they handle the tanks -violating OSHA regulations- and the lacking of markings it is unsure as to what gas it is. They lay the tanks flat onto truck beds and do not use proper carriers to unload them or move them. Even people, who work with tanks full of gasses for their jobs, have commented on their improper handling.

*People’s birds are being killed while poultry and egg farms are allowed to repopulate their farms inside the hot zones.

Poultry farms and egg farms that were in hot zones or tested positive and depopulated are being allowed to repopulate their farms while backyard bird owners are having their healthy birds slaughtered and are being denied from getting more birds or even saving their healthy birds.

*There has been 2 confirmed cases of CDFA workers sneaking on properties and leaving items on resident’s properties.

The most recent complaint was from a Spanish speaker, saying that CDFA workers came onto his property without letting him know and left a wooden box that looks like it’s been used to contain/transport birds. The resident is fearful that the box could be infected and suspicion has arisen if the CDFA is planting infected items to create more “positive” cases.

*Yes, we realize Newcastle disease is real and we do realize how deadly It can be to chickens.

But the thing is, we aren’t seeing sick birds as in drastic amounts the CDFA has exaggerated it to be, in fact very few of us have even seen the sick birds or even heard of someone who has had sick birds of Newcastle disease.

IF THE BIRDS ARE ACTUALLY SICK, WE ARE OK WITH THE SICK BIRDS BEING EUTHANIZED. Yes, we also realize that there have been some actual sick birds. But it does not excuse the CDFA using it as an excuse to mass slaughter people’s HEALTHY pet birds and backyard birds without proper *written physical* proof that the birds they kill are sick. All you’ll get is a phone call, if anything, nothing ever written on paper to say if your birds are healthy, but it becomes pointless as they’re killing regardless if testing or not. Chickens are dead within a few days of contracting Newcastle, contraction is from direct contact with feces or bodily fluids from infected birds. It is not airborne, virulent Newcastle disease is a direct contact disease. PROPERLY notifying people and enforcing quarantine and biosecurity would’ve allowed the infected birds to die off and cease spread early on but the CDFA has allowed a major bird auction to happen in a hot zone, did not properly notify the public, and even their workers failed biosecurity has promoted the spread. A lot of people, in quarantine zones, have no idea of what’s been happening or even have any knowledge about the quarantine (to this day) because of the CDFA’s lack of getting the public aware to help prevent it. The CDFA would rather sloppily mass slaughter people’s birds instead of dealing with it properly. The longer this goes on, the more they can milk money from the government and taxpayers. They rather the public stay blissfully unaware so that they can stalk their properties and barge in cornering people and step all over their rights. The CDFA workers, and the police they hire as bodyguards, really don’t like when we know or are informed of are rights.

*The CDFA, USDA, and state vet, Annette Jones, allowed a large bird auction to happen in a hot zone further promoting the spread of Newcastle to happen.

In Mira Loma -a hot zone-, Mikes Livestock Auction, was allowed by the CDFA to auction birds further spreading Newcastle disease. And yet they try to justify large scale mass slaughter of healthy backyard birds while they allowed that to happen punishing backyard bird owners for the CDFA’s, USDA’s, and state vet Annette Jone’s blatant mistakes.

*The CDFA workers have been caught multiple times failing biosecurity protocols.

They don’t even disinfect properties that they slaughtered birds off of. Feathers and bird feces are left on the property questioning what was the point of killing the birds. They claim wild birds are not a threat and leave them alone but kill peoples pets saying that all their birds are exposed, carriers, thus considered infected and must be killed. ALL birds can be carriers, wild or domestic, yet CDFA choose to kill only the birds in people’s yards and homes. WILD BIRDS ARE NOT FALLING DEAD FROM THE SKY LIKE IN 2003’S CASE. Many workers have been caught wearing torn suits during kills. Many have been caught going from property to property multiple times without changing booties or spraying their car’s tires. CDFA workers even dispose of their biosecurity suits in the properties trashcans. People have complained, whose clean birds were tested multiple times by the CDFA, that some of their birds suddenly tested positive after the CDFA visited their properties multiple times. Even a poultry farm had to have all their stock killed after it suddenly tested positive soon after the multiple visits from the CDFA. The CDFA has changed how they approach the farms now but still keep being horrifically sloppy to normal backyard bird properties.

They’ve been driving rental cars from other states and counties into hot zones, and with the CDFA constantly being caught not properly disinfecting their cars, there is a high risk of them bringing Newcastle disease onto wherever the cars are kept or returned to.

Government trucks, the CDFA use to carry bags of dead birds to landfills, have been recorded dripping liquid all throughout the drive to the landfill from the truckbeds. It is unknown if the liquid is from the dead birds in the bags or some other contaminate. They will kill birds well after the landfill closes so the bags of dead birds are left on the truck overnight. They even continue to drive onto other properties with their trucks full of dead birds, already ripe with the stench of decomposition, to collect more bags of slowly killed and dying birds creating a high risk of cross contamination.

The CDFA claim to use 3 bags to seal the dead birds. They have been recorded using only 2 bags. Some don’t even use actual bags but instead using old plastic feed sacks to bag the dead birds. Many bags of bird carcasses have fallen off of the trucks and the CDFA don’t even care to go back to pick up the bags of carcasses.

The birds are dumped in landfills teaming with seagulls waiting to peck open the bags, not even bothering to properly bury them. People, who’ve had to go to the landfill to throw large trash items, have been met with floors littered with dead chickens proving the lack of CDFA properly burying them. Surprisingly not much different from the 2003’s outbreak.

CDFA workers throw away their biosecurity suits in the trash cans of properties where they test.

*CDFA do not say the locations of positive cases.

The CDFA claim it’s to reduce possible conflict amongst neighbors, but yet they go to houses claiming that a neighbor tipped them off of the property having chickens creating possible conflict amongst neighbors. They don’t even give cross streets from a positive case location.

Without giving out cross streets or zip codes of positive cases, this allows the CDFA maximum wiggle space for a kill zone perimeter.

They’re killing at a radius from a positive case. The CDFA claim 0.6 mile from a positive case. But without telling us the cross streets of a positive case, this allows them to expand their kill zone without the public knowing until it’s too late. To further add, they claim to also use the wind and weather patterns to set the boundaries. VIRULENT NEW CASTLE DISEASE IS NOT AIRBORNE, IT IS CONTRACTED BY DIRECT CONTACT.

The “hot zone” map, the CDFA use, does not match up timely with their supposed new “found positive cases”.

The hot zone map does not get timely updated with the newer “found cases” and, as usual, lacks any physical proof of the new cases or how contaminated the hot zones are. This has led many to believe that the hot zone map is not a map to indicate how much detections there are, but instead reflecting the places getting their birds slaughtered, a kill map.

*The state vet, Annette Jones, has her own chicken farm creating conflict of interest.

She has a poultry farm that sells eggs locally called Islote farm. After that was discovered, she immediately took down her youtube videos, where she’d claim her eggs were better than others. She scurried to take down her farm webpage, farm facebook page, and even hurried to get yelp reviews removed. She makes well enough money through her job and farm but yet requested a grant to buy a livestock dog, wasting hundreds of taxpayer money on something she can very well afford on her own. This can easily be seen as her wiping out the competition, as no CDFA has oddly gone more farther up California to randomly test for positives as they’ve been doing to more southeastern parts of California.

*What can you do to help?

Since the CDFA have been targeting the lower income citizens and people without social security, there is a go fund me set up to help for the expenses of a lawyer, who has witnessed the CDFA abuse it’s powers now and back in 2003 and has generously offered to help those affected by the CDFA and to start a lawsuit in hopes to end the senseless killing of people’s healthy birds.

You can also help spread the word, repost videos, and record live videos, since the CDFA are constantly taking down videos or other evidence that expose their illegal actions, biosecurity protocol violations, exposes their abusive controlling behavior, catching them cornering people sequestering them in their home…. In general, all of their wrong doing they are trying to hide from the public.

Help raise awareness of Newcastle disease. Southern California residents: Avoid visiting other properties that have birds on them. Properly disinfect yourself and especially your feet and hands after visiting a property with birds as this is a contact disease. Bring whatever birds you have indoors, if possible, and keep them indoors for the time being. This helps lessen their chance of being seen and killed by the CDFA, and helps reduce their chance of contacting the disease if there is an actual sick bird nearby. Avoid buying birds for now, there is supposed to be no selling or buying of birds in quarantine zones but many pet stores are still selling birds.

*What do we want?

Actual SERIOUS and thorough public notification to the quarantined areas and proper enforcement of quarantine: The CDFA have done well below the bare minimum to notify the public of a quarantine that has been going on for over a year! Many, to this day, still do not know about the quarantine and in a way the CDFA prefer that so they can catch the residents and citizens by surprise so they don’t even know their rights. The CDFA tried to save face by doing a CDFA event, in Jurupa Valley, only well after they already had terrorized, stalked, harassed and bullied the residents and citizens. This should have been something to bring up to the public since day one like by news, by mail, by public announcements, by PSA commercials with all the money the government is showering them with. They should have never allowed Mike’s livestock auction to even auction birds, that would’ve drastically stop the spread of Newcastle. But they just stick flyers in some feed bins, bird shows, some vet offices and don’t even bother to explain.

Euthanizing of sick birds only: If birds are actually sick and proven by official tests and written proof, we actually wouldn’t mind if they euthanized SICK BIRDS. Proper quarantine of birds nearby an actual positive case to be applied, with testing, but absolutely no euthanizing of healthy birds.

CDFA, CDFA workers, USDA, and state vet Annette Jones to actually follow biosecurity protocols, euthanizing procedures, and quarantine: The CDFA workers are constantly breaking biosecurity protocols, practicing poor biosecurity, promoting the spread of Newcastle they are obviously in need of proper biosecurity training. When bringing the truck, that hauls the carcasses, onto other properties it should be empty not having bags of dead birds from the previous day rotting in the back. Euthanizing procedures are poorly followed, carried out by poorly trained CDFA workers, and have caused extreme unnecessary prolonged suffering to birds, to be humanely euthanized is to have an animal die as quickly with causing minimal pain not slowly gassing them or maiming them with bullets and stepping on their necks or stomping on live chicks.

Transparency and honesty: the CDFA rarely stick to one story and they constantly change it and they deny that they’ve killed housed pet/hookbills even while there is a lawsuit going for the endangered conure the CDFA killed that proves they are lying. They even pay handsomely the chp to protect their dirty acts and also they have lied to clean their hands even when it’s caught on video. Of course they’ll also stalk the facebook page “SOB save our birds” to constantly take down any videos that can be used as proof.

Giving PROPER TIME to read a warrant and, if need be, someone to explain warrant to be understood: Residents and citizens must be allowed to read and understand the entire warrant and if, they can’t for whatever reason, they must be provided with someone to read it aloud to them and explain it to them. No more shoving papers at them forcing them to sign. No more making the residents sign what they don’t understand. No more ripping the papers out of people’s hands who were requested by the resident to help them read and understand the papers handed to them.

Have papers and translators for those who don’t speak or understand English: If the resident or citizen can not understand the papers in English, it must be provided to them in a language they understand. If the citizen or resident need further explanation but don’t speak English, an OFFICIAL translator must be provided.

LEGITIMATE PROOF of positive cases and cross streets of positive cases: they literally barge onto your property and can say infected birds are nearby without providing actual proof so they can do whatever they please, and we want that to STOP. We want proof that this disease is truly detected within the claimed radius, since they are obviously killing beyond their claimed radiuses of uproven positive cases.

WRITTEN OFFICIAL proof of the all the birds that were tested: the owners have never been given official written proof, only a phone call if lucky. Only those who’ve paid to privately test have gotten official papers and even then the CDFA does not honor it.

The senseless murder of HEALTHY birds to stop: 99.963% of the birds killed by the CDFA were healthy, the CDFA is mass slaughtering healthy pets vastly outnumbering what Newcastle is even affecting to the point that the Newcastle doesn’t even seem like an disease outbreak. This is overkill!

We want to be able to properly quarantine our HEALTHY birds: The CDFA does not honor their quarantine procedures, deny and ignore our appeals, and will even kill before testing or even testing and as long as the government keeps showering them with money CDFA is basically telling us “no matter what you do we are going to kill your birds because we get more money for more birds killed and you are going to let us do as we please or else”.

The stalking, bullying and harassment of citizens and residents by the CDFA, USDA, state vet, and CHP to STOP and be brought to justice and held accountable for their actions: Many citizens and residents are living in fear after they’ve basically been treated like criminals just for having chickens. We are tired of the helicopters, drones, and non-identifying CDFA workers snooping into our properties as they please just to mark down our properties for having any kinds of birds. We are tired of CHP interrogating us like criminals just for having birds, barging 9 chp vehicles onto a property of 2 elderly residents is obvious overkill, bullying, harassment, and causing incredible amounts of unnecessary stress on residents and citizens.

No more using drones, helicopters, or allowing CDFA to snoop on properties and stalk neighborhoods: This has caused and incredible amount of stress to many residents and citizens. With minimal background checks on their workers, with some even having history of harassment and bullying, how do we know that the workers are safe to trust?

ALL CDFA workers to display identification and name badges: All CDFA workers need to give their names when requested as they go onto each property. They withhold their names and with virtually no background checks and them driving unmarked government and rented vehicles, causes suspicion and more unnecessary stress and allows the CDFA workers to get away with their bullying, harassment, and stalking.

Justice for the unnecessary slaughter of healthy birds and loved pets: Many of those healthy birds had names, were kept healthy and loved by their families and now many families are feeling empty from knowing that their healthy birds were killed needlessly.

*How can you help?

Help spread the word of this injustice, the CDFA has been trying to shut us up and harasses and bullies those who try to speak up.

Boycott California eggs and poultry, buy from another supplier if possible.

Donate to the GoFundMe set up for the lawsuit that has been organized for this injustice. Sadly CDFA, USDA, and state vet Annette Jones have been targeting the lower income areas as they know that not everyone can afford a lawyer, that’s where they’ve been taking advantage of us.

TLDR: CDFA, USDA, and state vet Annette Jones are over-abusing their powers and taking advantage of a Newcastle disease outbreak as an excuse to kill ANYONE’S BIRDS in southern californian counties, since the government pays them a good chunk for every bird killed while the residents have their beloved pets killed and given a few dollars for their killed pets. All while bullying, stalking, harassing, and even using chp to interrogate and treat residents like criminals.

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That’s got you wondering hasn’t it? Well … this is nowt to do with me going for a run. I’m not that daft. But I know someone who is. This weekend Mandie took part in the Spitfire 10k at RAF Cosford, which is an annual event designed to raise money for the RAF charity, specifically this year the RAF100 appeal. This is Mandie’s third year of completing the mammoth run around the RAF base so a massive well done to Mandie on completing the course and on getting her winners medal (and lovely associated t-shirt)

My contribution? Well, I went along to support her which was very nice of me as it meant getting up early on a Sunday morning. While she was doing all the running and such like, I went for a bit of a mooch around the museum. Shamefully, as it is no more than 10 miles from my house, I haven’t been here since my Dad was alive and he passed away in 1991 … Still, it was lovely to have a wander about and I will go back again for a proper visit very soon.

Funnily enough I saw a few planes. And some tanks. And missiles. As you do. Well at least you do at an RAF Museum anyway. Managed to pick up a nice ‘tubby pen’ and thermal mug to commemorate the centenary while I perused the shop too. Tidy.

I’m not completely against exercise. On Saturday morning Mandie and I did a nice lap of Attingham Deer Park, a short 3 miles stroll while the weather was nice. Because we made the opening of the park at 0800 we were blessed with seeing squirrels, rabbits, pheasants and lots of the lovely deer who make the park their home. Because I didn’t have my camera ready enough I only have gratuitous deer pics but you can imagine the other animals scampering about …

Because I haven’t quite lost the wanderlust (and because Mandie wants an excuse for time off work) we did another day out, this time to Powis Castle. Again, somewhere I haven’t been in years but it was fab and ended with a quick jaunt to Charlies where I managed to pick up some lovely Flamingo stationery. As you do.

And I managed some reading too. Go me huh? Book wise, I’ve been kind of good. Ish. Four from Netgalley but all for tours so necessity not indulgence. They were The Warning by Kat Croft; Tell Nobody by Patricia Gibney; Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt and one I can’t tell you about just yet, but it looks really good.

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Book book wise I’ve been very good. Only two. First up was the preorder of the second Amy Winter book from Caroline Mitchell (so new it doesn’t have a cover yet), The Secret Child, and I also bought myself a hard back copy of The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry.

Books I have read

The Way of All Flesh – Ambrose Parry

Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder.

In Edinburgh’s Old Town young women are being found dead, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. Across the city in the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.

Simpson’s patients range from the richest to the poorest of this divided city. His house is like no other, full of visiting luminaries and daring experiments in the new medical frontier of anaesthesia. It is here that Raven meets housemaid Sarah Fisher, who recognises trouble when she sees it and takes an immediate dislike to him. She has all of Raven’s intelligence but none of his privileges, in particular his medical education.

With each having their own motive to look deeper into these deaths, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows of Edinburgh’s underworld, where they will have to overcome their differences if they are to make it out alive.

Oh how I enjoyed this book. In it we meet newly qualified Doctor Will Raven who has somewhat of a questionable past and one which is coming back to haunt him right from the start. Full of mystery, murder and all things medical, and set in 1840’s Edinburgh, I simply flew through the reading of this book, loving the dynamic between Raven and housemaid Sarah, a young woman who was very much ahead of her time. I’ll be reviewing the book this week, but you can buy your own copy here. By the way, if you’d like to see Ambrose Parry in the flesh, aka husband and wife writing team Chris Brookmyre and Dr Marisa Haetzman, they’ll be appearing at Bloody Scotland at the end of the month. You can find all event tickets (if there are any left as it is selling out left, right and centre) here.

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The Night She Died – Jenny Blackhurst

On her own wedding night, beautiful and complicated Evie White leaps off a cliff to her death.

What drove her to commit this terrible act? It’s left to her best friend and her husband to unravel the sinister mystery.

Following a twisted trail of clues leading to Evie’s darkest secrets, they begin to realize they never knew the real Evie at all…

Ooh what a twisty thriller this is. Telling the story of very new wife Evie, who takes her own life, this story will shock and enthrall readers. Told through the eyes of Evie and her best friend Rebecca there are many secrets to uncover as we try to work out why Evie chose to end her life. The book is released on 6th September and I’m reviewing as part of the tour (I’ll also have an extract) but if you want to buy a copy for yourself you can find it here.

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The Lion Tamer Who Lost – Louise Beech

Be careful what you wish for…

Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn’t…

Long ago, Ben made a promise and he had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn’t for the reasons he imagined…

Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it?

What if the very thing that draws them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything?

A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, The Lion Tamer Who Lost is also a devastatingly beautiful love story, with a tragic heart…

Gah. This book. Beautifully lyrical, tragically poetic in style and delivery, a story full of love and loss, this moved me to tears. Literally. Just ask my DPD driver who didn’t quite know what to do with himself when I answered the door in a full on red eyed, wet cheeked mess. I’ll be reviewing on the tour, assuming I can find any words, but you can buy a copy of the book here.

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Ed’s Dead – Russel D McLean

Meet Jen. She works in a bookshop and likes the odd glass of Prosecco… oh, and she’s about to be branded The Most Dangerous Woman in Scotland.

Jen Carter is a failed writer with a rubbish boyfriend, Ed. That is, until she accidentally kills him one night. Now that Ed’s dead, she has to decide what to do with his body, his drugs and a big pile of cash. And, more pressingly, how to escape the hitman who’s been sent to recover Ed’s stash. Soon Jen’s on the run from criminals, corrupt police officers and the prying eyes of the media. Who can she trust? And how can she convince them that the trail of corpses left in her wake are just accidental deaths?

A modern noir that proves, once and for all, the female of the species really is more deadly than the male.

I don’t know why or how I’ve not read this before but I’m bloody glad I have now. Full of unbelievable unfortunate incidents, poor Jen’s life is turned upside down when she finally decides to give her long term loser boyfriend, Ed, the boot. You just … might not expect quite how much. This had me chuckling to myself and racing through the pages like the devil was at my heels. If you want to find out why, you can grab a copy of the book here.

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The Proposal – S.E. Lynes

‘The first thing you should know, dear reader, is that I am dead…’

Teacher Pippa wants a second chance. Recently divorced and unhappy at work, she uproots her life to renovate a beautiful farmhouse in the countryside, determined to make a fresh start. But Pippa soon realises: your troubles are never far behind.

When Pippa meets blue-eyed Ryan Marks, he is funny, charming, and haunted by his past. He might just be the answer to all her problems. But how well does she really know him?

She knows the story of his life, the pain that stays with him, the warmth of his smile and the smell of his skin. She knows he can make her laugh over a glass of wine.

Pippa can tell truth from lies. She’d know if she were in danger. Wouldn’t she?

That’s a humdinger of an opening line don’t you think? Never let a stranger in your house, that is what I’ve learned from this book. (To be fair, I seldom let people I know in the house because I’m antisocial but that’s another story). Oh, yes, and be very wary of teachers turned romance authors … This is a psychological story of obsession, written in an intriguing style and littered with literary references that will make enlightened readers smile and now knowingly. I’ll be reviewing as part of the tour but for now you can order a copy of the book here.

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Not too shabby that, five books. Anyone would think I had nothing better to do … Busy week on the blog. Recap below.

The Hangman’s Hold by Michael Wood

Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill

Fractured by Billy McLaughlin

Bye Baby Bunting by Tannis Laidlaw

Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell

The Not So Perfect Plan to Save Friendship House by Lilly Bartlett

Return to the Little Cottage On the Hill by Emma Davies

The Other Victim by Helen H Durrant

The week ahead is a little quieter. But then i’m going to be busy personally so perhaps not a bad thing. Three tours in the offing, The Body on the Shore by Nick Louth; Overkill by Vanda Symon; and After He Died by Michael J Malone.

Hope you have a lovely week all. I am in count down mode now as it is less than three weeks until Bloody Scotland. Cannot wait.

See you next week.

Jen

Rewind, recap: Weekly update w/e 02/09/18 That's got you wondering hasn't it? Well ... this is nowt to do with me going for a run.

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1.What have you eaten today?-Nothing so far... Should probably eat at some point xD2. Who was your last kiss with? Was it pleasant?-A person, and it was cute. 3. What color shoes did you last wear?-My DC trainers, they comfort.4. Who has made you laugh the hardest in the last week?-Frands, there’s been many a funny giggles.5. What is your favorite scent?-Sweet smells c: 6. What is your favorite season? Why?-I don’t really have one, I kinda hate and love all of them for different reasons x3 Although English winters suck cause it’s cold, windy and rainy all the fricking time. 7. Can you do a handstand or cartwheel?-PAHAHAHAHA. I have the upper body strength of a newborn xD 8. What color are your nails?-Nail colour, I can’t wear nail polish cause of uni (we do practicals and we’re not allowed to have em painted).9. If you had to get a tattoo on your face to save your life, what would it be?-Something cute, like a lil loveheart near my eye or something. 10. What is something you find romantic?-EVERYTHING!! Just genuinely giving a shit o:11. Are you happy?-I mean I’m not curled up in a ball crying in the corner of my room yet so I wouldn’t say I’m unhappy as such o:12. Is there anything in particular making you happy or sad?-Uni is literally the bane of my life. 13. Dogs or Cats?-BOTH Q-Q PLZ CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME THEM ALL?!!?!15. Which do you prefer:a museum, a night club, the forest or a library?-Depends, museum or forest would be super cool tho. Can like I go there now?15. What is your style?-I have no idea, usually “find something that fits and makes you look slightly less like a homeless person than you already look” o.o Although, usually black clothes. They go with everything then! 16. If you could be doing anything you like right now, what would it be?-Sleeping. 17. Are you in a relationship or single?-I am a one bob.18. What makes you attracted to the person you like right now?-Everything.19. If you could replace your partner/best friend with a celebrity of your choice, would you? Who with?-Erm I wouldn’t? xD 20. Are you holding on to something you need to let go of? If so then what? -m8 I am literally a grudge queen, these two girls took the piss out of my art and I still dislike them for that. 21. How did you celebrate last Halloween?-Erm... I think I was working? Maybe? not really sure o.o Can’t remember.22. Have you recently made any big decisions? -Yes, waking up is one of those decisions.23. Were you ever in a school play?-Yeah, only back in Lithuania tho x3 24. What movie would you use to describe your life?-Some really cringy comedy where the main character is horrendous at life.25. Is there something you have dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?-Travelling!! Because no monies or time :C I’d also like to go volunteer at a bunch of animal shelters abroad and help them fix everything up and stuff, but once again, dollah and time :c 26. Complete this sentence, “I wish I had someone with whom I could share…”-Everything.27. What are two things that irritate you about the same sex?-This weird competition thing that we seem to have?? Like, can we not just love each other and stop judging?!?! Like just be nice to each other Q-Q And the fact that a lot of us have really bad self-confidence, like no gurl!! I love you and you are beautiful in every way please don’t hate yourself!! 28. What are two things that irritate you about the opposite sex?-How most of them assume that the friendzone is a thing, and it’s like!?!? WHY IS BEING MY FRIEND SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU?!!? ALSO THAT’S LIKE EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD GO ABOUT EVEN ATTEMPTING TO BE ANYTHING MORE WITH ME SO WHY YOU COMPLAINING!?!? And this whole “oh she’s a slut cause she did this or that” yet, some of them go about begging ladies to do that exact thing they shame us about... it’s like?!? where the fuck is the logic in that??? 29. What is the best thing that has happened to you this week?-Erm... good question... Erm... Nothing really o.o I mean I woke up and didn’t die whilst driving home? 30. What is something that makes you sad when you think about it?-A lot of things o.o31. How long was your longest relationship?-3 years and 11 months. 32. Have you ever been in love?-Idk what it was man, maybe??33. Are you currently in love?-WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DON’T HURT ME, DON’T HURT ME, NO MORE!!!34. Why did your last relationship end?-WELLLLL!!! A shit tonne of reasons but the breaking point was when my lung popped and the ambulance had to take me to the hospital, he decided to ring me and shout at me and have an argument with me because it meant that I wasn’t going to go around to his house?... and then he didn’t wanna visit me until I asked him to, and told him that my parents will pick him up and take him home afterwards, and he was an absolute ass whilst I was at home for like a month trying to heal, he literally said to me “your lung drain (he meant chest drain but alright fam) is out now so don’t expect any sympathy from me, clearly you’re fine otherwise they wouldn’t have taken it out” and pretty much still expected me to do everything for him c: So yeah... things weren’t very fab xD 35. What jewelry are you wearing right now, and where did you get it?-Just one earing in my second hole, the piercing place, never really got round to changing it tbh. 36. When was the last time you cried and why?-Like 2 weeks ago or something? I had to run out of the classroom and lock myself in the uni toilets and have a lil bit of a breakdown c: No idea, think I just bottled up everything too much.37. Name someone pretty.-ALL OF YOU READING THIS!!38. What did you receive last Valentines Day?-Neda bought me a potted plant for my room x3 That was cute. 39. Do you get jealous easily?-Eh, depends, like not usually but if you give me reason then hell yeah. 40. Have you ever been cheated on?-Yes.41. Do you trust your partner/best friend?-Yes c: 42. Ever had detention?-A few times. 43. Would you rather live in the countryside or the city?-Eh, kinda like... idk... a bit of both?? Like I’d be scared if it was the countryside in the sense that there’s no one else anywhere near you, cause then like if someone murders me no one will know Q-Q But yeah, countryside ish would be nice c: 44. What do people call you? -Depends who really o: And when xD if people are pissed off at me they usually say Agnes or something. 45. What was the last book you read? -BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Oncolody 3rd edition. 46. How big of a nerd/dork are you? -Not really sure? o:47. What kind of music do you listen to?-A lil bit of everything x3 but lately mostly metal.48. How tall are you?-164cm fuck knows in ft... maybe 5ft4??49. Do you like kids?-Depends xD Like... They usually annoy me. Unless they’re cool. 50. Favorite fruits?-Watermelon. 51. Do you wear jeans or sweats more?-Jeans.52. What’s your earliest memory?-Drawing on the walls in my room in lithuania. That was fun.53. Ever had a poem or song written about you or to you?-Noes o: well not as far as I know anyway.54. Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?-Depends o: But usually I’m behind the camera. 55. Do you have a collection of anything? -Loads of stuff that I keep in case I ever use it for art (like really, not had any time ever so that’s probably very unlikely but who knows!!!)56. Do you save money or spend it? -Bit of all really o:57. What would your dream house be like?-Full of dogs and cats, maybe some llamas.58. What top 5 things make you the angriest?-When people hurt me friends, stupid drivers on the road THAT DON’T USE THEIR FUCKING INDICATORS!?!?!, when pheasants run out in front of the car whilst driving to uni, uni, slow walkers. 59. What top 5 things always brings a smile to your face?-Goldi, nice people, glitter, being appreciated, animal videos.60. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?-FUCK THE JOB, literally i can’t even swim but fuck everything. That lil pooch getting saved. 61. 72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?-a) i tell people I care about.b) TRAVEL!! :D make a playlist for my funeral so then everyone can boogie. c) Probably a bit, but eh. 62. Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.-Ventricular fibrillation can be treated with lidocaine. 63. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?-Australia or Iceland. Or somewhere pretty. 64. Do you like the beach?-Yes Q-Q 65. Ever sleep on the couch or a bed with someone special?-Yes, Goldi.66. Do you have a middle name? If so what is it!-Nope c: i think it would drive people nuts having to write my full name out if I did tbh xD 67. Do you talk to yourself?-Of course.68. Describe your hair.-Blonde?? Weird?? A pain in the ass.69. What is the meaning of life.-You tell me? 70. What is your ideal partner like?-A human being c: A nice one. One that gives a shit, and will deal with the way that I am.71. Do you want to get married?-Maybe one day o: 72. Do you want to have kids?-Maybe one day, but for now nah thanks.73. Like or dislike your family?-Close family like, some of the family in Lithuania not so much.74. Are you Chunky or Slim?-I’m like chubby? idk??75. Would you consider yourself smart? -I mean I can be, but I lack common sense.76. What would you change about your life? -More time to be a human?77. Religious or Not?-Nah, although I nearly got stabbed by a lady in the library yesterday because I told her I’m not religious, and she told me judgement day was coming and wanted my contact details and i was just sat there like ._.”78. You’re drunk and yelling at hot guys/girls out of your car window, you’re with?-Sav, or Steev, or any of my uni friends tbh.79. You’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, is that a problem?-Nah.80. Does anyone regularly (other than family) tell you they love you?-My friends c: 81. If the person you wish to be with were with you, what would you be doing right now?-Cuddles.82. So, the last person you kissed just happens to arrive at your door at 3AM; do you let them in?-Yeah why not.83. Do you like when people play with your hair? -Yes, plz. 84. Do you like bubble baths?-I like em more now for sure x3 ALL OF THE BATHBOMBS!!85. Have you ever been pulled over by a cop?-Nah. Well, not me personally. But been in a car whilst it was pulled over. 86. Have you ever danced in the rain?-Yes!! That’s how I used to spend my summer holidays at my nans xD When we’d get massive summer showers, it was beautiful.87. Do you trust anyone with your life?-Doctors. Maybe.88. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?-FFS.89. If money wasn’t an issue, what top 10 places would you travel to? (You get to stay at each place for a week) -Iceland, Australia, Sweden, America, Canada, Bahamas, Hawaii. erm... Idk, just take me wherever it’s pretty!!90. How was your day today?-So far I’ve not died so good c: Wbu?91. Play an instrument? -Nah xD92. Describe the what you think of the ocean.-Its so beautiful, and hides so many petrifying things!! Likw ALL of that wildlife there!! like... I wanna see it all. 93. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts?-Aliens for sure, ghosts, more on the fence about.94. Honestly, are things how you wanted them to be? -Eh, not really, but its a work in progress c: 95. Do you have a mean bitchy scary side?-Oh yes xD96. When are you vulnerable?-All the time. I’m fragile. 97. How much free time do you have?-Literally -2000000.98. Do you like to go hiking? -Yeah sure! :D 99. Odd or Even Numbers?-Hmmm... even unless it ends with a 5. 100. Would you ever go sky diving, bungee jumping , cliff diving, wing suit gliding, parasailing, snorkeling, or other extreme activities?-Hmm not really sure D: I’m a massive wimp especially when it comes to heights and stuff... like... Don’t really know o: Maybe one day!! :3 Thanking you for the ask!! And I’m ever so sorry it’s took me so long Q-Q Like I am terrible i know D:

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