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marinamar4 · 20 days

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After much deliberation, I have realized that I don't need so many "who is your divine father" tests? but rather, a test like "which god would your character be paired with?" because I like to add demigod children to the mix and do crossovers. For example, a typical Cullen-comes-back-years-later fic… if Bella had had some demigod child, who would she be with? The truth is that it depends a lot on each person's favorite god and their version of Bella. In the case of Marvel, it would be fun if it wasn't Tony Stark, but Pepper who had a demigod son. I'd lean towards Poseidon, because it would be fun if the Avengers expected a mini-duplicate Potts and he turned out to be a sarcastic, problematic boy or girl. And what about 911, which I have also thought about a lot? Sure, it was most likely Buck who had a little mongrel running around, (I have some ideas with an Iris daughter, or a fem-Percy Jackson) but it is canon that Kayla Knowles is Apollo's daughter and has a father mortal. An older, adult daughter of Bobby's would also be interesting. Maybe Athena, or, I don't know why, Demeter I do have an idea of a daughter of Demeter with Kyle Harmon, the son of Horatio Caine from CSI Miami Or a demigod in Teen Wolf. I have a lot of ideas about demigods here and you can ask me: -A daughter of Hades with Victoria Argent, Anastasia Argent, good relationship with the family, Chris knows that she is not her daughter but he loves her just the same, small that she pretends to be macabre but she is adorable. -Twin sons of Apollo and Braeden -A daughter of Ares and Kate Argent, fierce, stubborn, who hates her mother very much. -A little girl also from Kate, daughter of Zeus, Sapphire, younger than Allison, somewhat shy, sweet, but very mature -Cora returns to Beacon Hills with a wolf cub, her two-year-old daughter Eliana, daughter of Apollo. -A daughter of Athena, Olivia McCall, daughter of Rafael McCall

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best-childhood-book · 28 days

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Suggestions for fantasy books:

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

Beauty - Robin McKinley

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

The Broken Earth (series) - N.K. Jemisin

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

The Deep - River Solomon

Poison - Chris Wooding

Inkeeper Chronicles (series) - Ilona Andrews

The Witcher (series) - Andrzej Sapkowski

The Poppy War (series) - R. F. Kuang

The Live Ship Traders (series) - Robin Hobb

Sorceror Royal (series) - Zen Cho

The New Moon's Arms - Nalo Hopkinson

The Curse Workers (series) - Holly Black

Alice (duology) & Lost Boy - Christina Henry

Ring Shout - P. Djèli Clark

Kingkiller Chronicle (series) - Patrick Rothfuss

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree

Iron Widow - Jay Zhao

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Pet - Akwaeke Emezi

Thursday Next (series) - Jasper Fforde

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

The Dark is Rising (series) - Susan Cooper

Wicked - Gregory Maguire

East - Edith Pattou

Knights of Liofwende (series) & The Welkin Weasels (series) - Garry Kilworth

Old Magic - Marianne Curley

Book of the Crow (series) - Catherine Fisher

Mongrels - Stephen Graham Jones

The Last Binding (series) - Freya Marske

Sorry, I know that's a lot! Anyway, thank you for running these polls and breaking my heart again and again, lol.

What a list! You've got a lot of great ones in here (I love you, Poppy War, Uprooted, and Iron Widow). I've added them all, though some of the names changed due to series vs book titles

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staceymcgillicuddy · 1 year

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Day 5: Teddy Bear

The thing about Chrissy is, she’s never owned a dog. Truth be told, she’s scared of them. Eddie’s never gotten the whole story, but there was an incident in her childhood with her grandmother’s poodle, and now she has a scar on her ankle and a generalized fear of canines.

But Chrissy has also gotten it in her head that the next mile marker on the road they’re driving as a couple is pet ownership, and Eddie is allergic to cats. Therefore, a dog is the only logical choice, so there they are at the Roane County Animal Shelter, hoping to leave with a pup.

Chrissy is clinging to his side like a barnacle, fingers dug into his waist, twitching whenever a dog barks or jumps at the plexiglass of its cell.

“We don’t have to, Chris,” he says for the umpteenth time.

“Yes, we do,” she replies, then flinches against him when an aggressive chihuahua lets out a string of yappy yelps.

“We don’t have any puppies at the moment,” says Angela, the nice woman in khaki shorts tasked with showing them around. “But if there’s anybody you want to meet—”

“That one.” Chrissy stops short, nearly tripping Eddie, to point into a cell with a single occupant.

A single, oversized occupant with matted brown fur, a droopy ear, and one missing eye. The dog’s a hundred pounds, at least, all flumped out on the floor, barely arching the brow over its good eye when Chrissy points.

“Oh. Well, sure. That’s Franklin. He’s kinda low-key.”

“He’s a teddy bear,” Chrissy replies.

“He’s an actual bear,” Eddie mumbles as Angela goes to open the cage. They’re still living in the trailer with Wayne; the dog’s bigger than their living room and uglier than their old couch.

Franklin lifts his shaggy head when the door opens. And Chrissy—scared of dogs Chrissy—goes to her knees in front of the cage. Holds out her hand the way she’s been instructed to and says, “hi,” in a voice so reverent Eddie knows he’s screwed.

“He’s been here about six months. Our best guess is that he’s three or four and a mix of maybe Newfoundland and pit bull. We don’t have his full history because someone abandoned him here with his eye already messed up. We did what we could, but he’s… you know, he’s had a rough life,” Angela says, glancing at Eddie.

“Hi,” Chrissy repeats.

With a grunt, Franklin heaves his considerable body upright, padding over to Chrissy, who puts her arms around his neck and hugs him like they’re the best of pals. Typical Cunningham—walks in terrified, leaves with the scariest-looking mongrel in lockup.

Probably there’s a metaphor in that; Eddie’s not looking for it, though.

“So uh” — he clears his throat and turns to Angela — “is there paperwork to fill out, or what?”

Gotta imagine Franklin goes on to sleep in the bed. Thanks to @amandaashplease for running such a fun #hellcheervalentinesweek event!

#hellcheervalentinesweek #fanfic #hellcheer #eddie x chrissy #chrissy x eddie #eddissy #edissy #microfiction #valentine's day #event #tumblr fiction

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cyarskj1899 · 1 year

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Emmett till family i’m so sorry that this goofy broad fixed her face to use compare your relatives tragedy to some nonsense. your entire family deserves better than this

Yall niggas disgust me with this level of dickriding, Emmitt Till was a child! That was tortured and murdered! By Racists who got away with it! Tory is a violent abuser who finally got what he deserved for SHOOTING a woman! He is nothing like Emmitt Till, stfu!

Gurl, I know you did not come on Blue Ivy’s innanet on the eve of Jesus’s Birthday, and compared the late Emmitt Till to this short burned piece of Canadian Bacon named Tory… Have Several pls!

First of all dude is Canadian….. and is not a Black American…… second of all, the disrespect is crazy. Y’all really be on the internet disgracing your or OUR ancestors for some engagement and entertainment. Luckily for me, I could never be a 🦝 nor the type of woman who would throw away my goodness, my integrity my dignity to slut myself out for some punk who ain’t gonna do right by me anyway

Why are we comparing an innocent little boy who was lynched for no reason to an embarrassing man who shot a woman, lied about it , dehumanized her for no reason other than he had a toxic masculinity and violent tendencies because he can’t handle the fact that his music was not that good for anyone to stan him and his only successful song was in a feature with jack harlow and is now facing years in prison?

Some of Y’all will say anything to disrespect Black American history and our ancestors. The audacity of you claiming a CANADIAN gremlin who was rightfully and proven convicted for his crimes against meg thee stallion is equal to Emmett Till shows your lack of knowledge and good sense. Maybe in hindsight George w. Bush no child left behind policy wasn’t the best idea because some children were left behind education wise. Children were deliberately LEFT BEHIND. WHATTT

you need to be hung drawn and quartered for this and afterwards your bones need to be scattered across the street for mongrel dogs to gnaw and crack like Omg y’all going to hell????

The quotes are calling you a pea brained fool, as they should but quite honestly, reading this shocked me because of the sheer disrespect. You misspelled his name and compared a innocent boy whose life was stolen by racists to a man suffering the consequences for his actions. This is why Harriet Tubman had a gun because some of you have ancestors who should have been capped by her

tory lanez ain’t do nothing special for y’all to be defending him like this. Even artists like Chris Brown to Eric Clapton have more high quality music content than that Keebler elf and they’re problematic too. (*Not A defense of the actions of both Brown and Clapton or other hence the “and they’re problematic too “ just so you know) sweetheart He's never going to fuck you. Deal with it

I can’t stand you niggas. i wouldn't even piss or spat on you if you were on fire May the vengeance of the ancestors find you in your sleep.

we will never be free and at this point it’s deserved. We’re surrounded by our worst enemies in the black community and the shackles on our feet will never be released.

a teenage boy who was a victim of violent racism being compared to an ABUSER , harriet shouldn't have gone back for some of y'all ancestors just stay in school!!!!!

#can’t wait to see that sociopath locked up on June 13th.#annnnn boom #just like that #may all who come against black women rot #megan thee stallion #mine #cyarskaren52 #Apr 21 #I’m just glad she’s in a better place now #As always a loud and sincere fuck you to everyone who has doubted her and supported that Canadian cuntery who must not be named #Those people can speak for themselves they know who they are #And they can go straight to hell #They will pay for their crimes #for sucking that abusers meat #She went through unnecessary trauma for two years #That’s unforgivable #Next level fuckery #That that type of ish that would lead to an episode of snapped or deadly women #View post #Don’t fuck with black women #If you can’t love them then at least don’t harm them #can’t wait to see that sociopath locked up on June 13th

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quoththemaven · 3 months

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2023 Favoritest Book Reads

Vineland - Pynchon, Thomas

Prophet - Blaché, Sin & Helen Macdonald

And the Ass Saw the Angel - Cave, Nick

Lou Reed: The King of New York - Hermes, Will

The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) - Pratchett, Terry

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative - Kleon, Austin

Sonic Life: A Memoir - Moore, Thurston

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) - Jemisin, N.K.

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - Roach, Mary

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too - Sun, Jonny

The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) - Okorafor, Nnedi

Home (Binti, #2) - Okorafor, Nnedi

Binti: Sacred Fire (Binti, #1.5) - Okorafor, Nnedi

Binti (Binti, #1) - Okorafor, Nnedi

Black Paradox - Ito, Junji

David Bowie's Low (33 1/3) - Wilcken, Hugo

Faith, Hope and Carnage - Cave, Nick

The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Aslan, Reza

Smashed - Ito, Junji

Time Shelter - Gospodinov, Georgi

Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1/3) - Dayal, Geeta

Armageddon in Retrospect - Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

Neverwhere (London Below, #1) - Gaiman, Neil

The Committed (The Sympathizer #2) - Nguyen, Viet Thanh

Into the Great Wide Open - Canty, Kevin

Mongrels - Jones, Stephen Graham

DisneyWar - Stewart, James B.

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Roach, Mary

The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin, Ursula K.

My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (33 1/3) - McGonigal, Mike

Suttree - McCarthy, Cormac

Life's Work: A Memoir - Milch, David

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Schwab, V.E.

Against the Day - Pynchon, Thomas

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood - Ryan, Maureen

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA (33 1/3) - Himes, Geoffrey

La Moustache - Carrère, Emmanuel

Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid (33 1/3) - Favreau, Alyssa

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea - Pinsker, Sarah

The Man Without a Shadow - Oates, Joyce Carol

The City & the City - Miéville, China

Mem - Morrow, Bethany C.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Harari, Yuval Noah

Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs (33 1/3) - Eidelstein, Eric

Gutshot - Gray, Amelia

The Price of Time (Watch What You Wish For #1) - Tigner, Tim

The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever - Sepinwall, Alan

Just Kids - Smith, Patti

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir - Hindman, Jessica Chiccehitto

Flicker - Roszak, Theodore

Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers - Miller, James Andrew

Flashback - Simmons, Dan

Flaming Lips' Zaireeka (33 1/3) - Richardson, Mark

The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer #1) - Nguyen, Viet Thanh

Pavement's Wowee Zowee (33 1/3) - Charles, Bryan

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) - Gibson, William

Invisible Cities - Calvino, Italo

Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) - Jones, Stephen Graham

The Wes Anderson Collection - Seitz, Matt Zoller

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - Dick, Philip K.

Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly (33 1/3) - Maner, Sequoia

The Nineties - Klosterman, Chuck

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Zevin, Gabrielle

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age - Mitenbuler, Reid

A Heart That Works - Delaney, Rob

Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) - Butler, Octavia E.

Cryptonomicon (Crypto, #1) - Stephenson, Neal

Blacktop Wasteland - Cosby, S.A.

Pearl Jam's Vs. (33 1/3) - Brownlee, Clint

Tracy Flick Can't Win - Perrotta, Tom

Devil House - Darnielle, John

Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) - Butler, Octavia E.

Heat 2 - Mann, Michael & Meg Gardiner

Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures (33 1/3) - Ott, Chris

Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) - Butler, Octavia E.

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Stephenson, Neal

The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) - Lynch, Scott

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) - Atwood, Margaret

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piers-wifey · 2 years

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This idea randomly popped up in my head, lol. None of this is "canon" btw. I just wanted a softer moment between Rachel and Piers.

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Piers: *plops down on his sofa with an irritated groan* This woman will be the death of me, I swear!

Jackson: *sitting on the other side of the room with his phone in his hand* Sounds like my sister got you again, eh? *chuckles*

Piers: She's horrible. Probably the most repugnant woman I've ever dealt with.

Jackson: Aw come on, she's not that bad. I know she can be difficult sometimes, but she's actually a great person.

Piers: "Sometimes?" She's trying to irritate me every fucking day! Growing up with her must've been hell on earth.

Jackson: *frowns, his usually cheerful expression replaced by a more serious and almost gloomy look* She wasn't always like that.

Piers: Hard to believe if you ask me.

Jackson: Good thing I didn't ask you.

Piers: *surprised by Jackson's sudden gruffness*

Jackson: *puts away his phone with a sigh* Look, I know my sister can- ...is rude and snarky. But that's not because she hates you or wants to hurt you. She's actually very fond of you as a person and has a lot of respect for you. It's just... you remind her of herself. Young, aspiring, fierce and most importantly, loyal and fueled by the desire to make the world a better place. That's why she's pushing you away, but also trying to look out for you and guide you. She doesn't want you to make the same mistakes and end up like her.

Piers: Are you.... are you being serious?

Jackson: I am.

Piers: I... didn't know that.

Jackson: Of course not. My sister is not the sentimental type. She actually hates thinking about the past.

Piers: Why?

Jackson: *smiles sadly* Because it's nothing but a collection of what we could've had and of what could've been if things would've been different.

Piers: I still don't understand.

Jackson: *takes a deep breath before he begins to speak* When we lost our parents, Rachel was only fifteen years old. I was nine. We had to live on the streets for four gruesome years and during that time, Rachel did everything she could to feed me and keep me warm and safe. She'd starve herself for days and give me her jacket when the days got cold and rainy. And at night, she forced herself to stay awake. In case someone tried to attack us. She got beaten by other people for stealing food and water and blankets to keep us alive. On her lucky days, she only came back with a bloody nose and a few bruises. *sighs heavily* Rachel always tried to hide it from me, but I knew she was afraid and in pain. People can be cruel and we had to learn it the hard way. They don't care about you and if you're not careful, they just try to kill you. In their eyes, you're either a rival or a worthless piece of scum no one would miss.

Piers: *looks at Jackson in horror and disbelief, his mouth wide agape* That's horrible! I... I didn't know you two went through something so... so...

Jackson: It's okay, Piers.

Piers: I'm so sorry this happened to you.

Jackson: Thank you.

Piers: *looks away with a sad and thoughtful expression*

Jackson: What are you thinking about?

Piers: Nothing. I just realised how much of an asshole I was to your sister.

Jackson: How so?

Piers: I always mocked her for her rudeness and called her a mongrel and a tramp. I even asked her if her parents are proud of her for being such an awful and reckless person. I can't even imagine how much those words must've hurt her...

Jackson: *hums softly*

Piers: No wonder she despises me.

Jackson: She doesn't. I told you, she likes you. She values whatever you two have going on a lot. Why else do you think she risked her own life to save you in Lanshiang? While you were unconscious, Rachel fought tooth and nail to get the authorities to cure you. Chris even had to drag her out of the office, cuz otherwise she would've strangled every single one of them with her own hands.

Piers: That's the first time I hear that. I've always been told that it was Chris who threatened them, not Rachel.

Jackson: I know. It was my sister's idea. She didn't want you to know.

Piers: Why?

Jackson: *shrugs* To avoid any weird situations I think.

Piers: I see.

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*the front door opens*

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Penelope: Dad, we're back! *rushes into the living room and jumps onto the sofa to greet her father with a big hug*

Piers: Easy tiger. You're gonna break your old man's bones. *chuckles and hugs the little girl* Did you have fun?

Penelope: *nods* Rachel taught me how to imitate the call of a loon!

Piers: *surprised* Did she? *looks at the older woman standing in the doorframe* I didn't know you could imitate animal sounds.

Rachel: Oh, there are plenty of things you don't know about me, hotshot.

Piers: *unconsciously tightens his grip on Penelope* Yeah.

Jackson: *watches them attentively*

Rachel: *notices Piers' tension and rolls her eyes* Don't worry, Super-Dad. I didn't teach her anything bad nor did I let her do anything dangerous. She was as calm as a toad in the sun.

Piers: *hums softly, obviously thinking about something*

Rachel: *sighs* No need to dig for anything to complain about, I get it, you don't like me spending time with your kid.

Piers: I wasn't-

Rachel: Jackson, come on, let's go.

Jackson: *surprised* You wanna go already?

Rachel: Yeah. Before I have to listen to one of Mr. Superdaddy's complaints again.

Piers: *wordlessly lifts up Penelope and sits her down next to him before getting up on his feet* Rachel, can I talk to you for a second?

Rachel: *looks at him with furrowed eyebrows, letting out an annoyed huff* Here we go again.

Piers: *gestures Rachel to follow him outside*

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*outside*

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Rachel: What is it this time?

Piers: *surprised* What do you mean?

Rachel: *scoffs* Oh please, I know you didn't just took me outside to show me the bright blue sky. So tell me, what did I do this time that made big daddy Piers mad?

Piers: Nothing.

Rachel: What- ...then why did you ask me if you could talk to me in private in the first place?

Piers:

Rachel: Great response, Lieutenant. Now I know everything and nothing. Can I go now?

Piers: *softly* I'm sorry.

Rachel: Excuse me?

Piers: I said I'm sorry.

Rachel: For what?

Piers: Everything.

Rachel: *frowns* What's gotten into you? You're acting very odd today.

Piers: *looks at Rachel, his eyes full of regret and pity*

Rachel: *takes a step back, suddenly feeling uncomfortable* If that's all you wanted to say, fine. I guess that means I can go now.

Piers: No! Wait! *swallows hard, surprised by the urgent undertone in his voice* There's one more thing I want to tell you.

Rachel: *stares at him cautiously* Go on then.

Piers: *takes a deep breath before he takes a step forward and then another one and another one, until he's standing in front of Rachel who, to his surprise, hasn't taken a defensive stance yet*

Rachel: *crosses her arms in front of her chest to build a protective shield as she carefully examines the younger man* You don't have to get so close to me, you know that, right? My hearing is perfectly fine.

Piers: I know...

Rachel: Then why- *gets interrupted as a pair of strong arms suddenly pull her in for a tight hug, which she probably would've protested against, if it hadn't been so unexpected and somehow comforting*

Piers: You're not an awful person. I'm sorry I said that to you.

Rachel: *frowns and awkwardly pats Piers on the back* It's okay, kid, really. I guess that's what you get for being an insufferable bitch.

Piers: You're not insufferable! Or a bitch. I'm really sorry for calling you that.

Rachel: *breaks away from the hug to give the younger man a playful slap on the chest* Hey, it's fine. I hate to break it to you, but I don't curl up every night and cry myself to sleep like a lovesick teen just because you called me a witch. I'm not sensitive or anything. My skin's too thick and my ego too big to let such things get to me.

Piers: I know.

Rachel: See? No need to apologize then.

Piers: Mhmm.

Rachel: *sternly* Lighten up, Lieutenant! Your daughter wants to tell you about her day and you don't want to make her upset by looking like a soaked poodle, do you?

Piers: *can't help but smile* No, ma'am, I don't.

Rachel: That's better. Now if you excuse me, I'll go get my brother and then we'll leave you two alone. *turns to the door and reaches for the door handle when she suddenly gets stopped by Piers' hand, causing her to look up in confusion*

Piers: Why don't you and your brother stay for dinner? I'm sure Penelope would love that.

Rachel: Now that's weird. Since when do you want us to be around?

Piers: I just think Penelope would be happy if she could spend more time with the people she considers her family.

Rachel: I mean, she's really grown on me and Jackson. We'd both die for the little rascal.

Piers: Is that a yes?

Rachel: It is.

Piers: *smiles* Great. *opens the door and gestures Rachel to enter* After you.

Rachel: Playing gentleman, eh? *chuckles* Thank you.

Piers: *laughs softly as he follows her back inside*

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*bonus*

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Penelope: *peeking through the curtains* What a bummer! I really thought dad was going to kiss her...

Jackson: *holding Penelope and peeking through the curtains as well* We'll get them next time, snips.

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@rosaria-rose @sassiest-captain

#Piers talks

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newagesispage · 11 months

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JUNE2023

THE RIB PAGE

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The next class of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers is here. Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Rage against the Machine, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, George Michael, The Spinners, Chaka Khan, Al Kooper and Bernie Taupin are in. Don Cornelius is named for the annual Ahmet Ertegan award. I am stunned that Warren Zevon, Iron Maiden and Cyndi Lauper did not make it. No Zevon? What?

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Russia State Media has offered Tucker Carlson a gig.

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Jake Bon Jovi is engaged to Millie Bobby Brown.

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The Met Gala wowed but had its controversy since the theme was to honor Karl Lagerfeld. Protestors reminded us that he was not a pleasant person. He was called out for cruelty to fat people, women immigrants and sexual assault survivors. The good part was the black and white. Best dressed to me were Bryan Tyree Henry, Emily Blunt, Kerry Washington, Margot Robbie, Keke Palmer, Janelle Monae, Alton Mason, Lil Nas X, Yung Miami, Eryka Badu, Vera Wang, Lily Collins, Rachael Brosnahan, Salma Hayek, Viola Davis and Stella McCartney. And WOW! Glenn Close looked amazing. Jared Leto and Doja Cat were cats.

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The HGTV Brady Bunch house is for sale for 5.5 mil.

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Aerosmith and Kiss are on farewell tours.

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The Diplomat will be back for a second season.

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George Santos has 13 criminal charges against him. And, he can vote in the house? With criminal charges?

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It is amazing the maze one goes thru as a senior. I have been thru it for about 10 years or so but it does not get easier. Why are there parts to Medicare? Humans need all the parts. There has to be a better way than filling out the same paperwork over and over.

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So, Woody Allen saved Andrew Stein’s life with the Heimlick maneuver?

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Michael Flynn and Clay Clark created and are traveling with this absurd right wing Reawaken America tour. A few highlights are baptizing people into the ‘Army of God’, claiming that Democrats are “Baby butchering mongrels” and that immigrants will take your place. The shows are often held in churches where they claim vaccines are genocide and homosexuals and pedophiles do not honor God. They often declare that Jesus is King and Donald J. Trump is our President. Besides the $250- $500 to get in, the speakers often ask for donations to their legal funds. ** It’s a pep rally on spiritual steroids. ** A Maryland poll found that 61% of Republicans think the U.S. be declared a Christian nation.

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You can’t use reason to convince anyone out of an argument that they didn’t use reason to get into. -Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes got 18 years in prison! ** Ron Desantis says he would consider pardoning some of the Jan. 6 convicts.

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The writers are on strike. Michael Mckean and Annette O’Toole were handing out cookies to the picketers.

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Looking forward to the new show, Class of ‘09 with Bryan Tyree Henry.

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Unemployment is at its lowest numbers since 1969.

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Queen Charlotte was the third in the Bridgerton saga. I think it was the best!

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Did ya see Menedez and Menudo?? Mind blown! It does put a different vibe on the whole Ricky Martin mess.

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Ice Cube has the right to ask what the Dems have done for the black community. Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Obamacare, economic empowerment legislation, creating community banking to combat red lining. -Wendall Pierce

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Mage won the Kentucky Derby.

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A slaughterhouse cleaning company, PSSI, owned by Blackstone, denied they were employing third shift 13-17 year olds. They were caught with at least 102 kids at 13 plants in 8 states. They have settled their case with the government. They paid 1.5 mil and didn’t dispute, didn’t explain.

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Beetlejuice 2 is coming.

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Robert DeNiro and Tiffany Chen welcomed a baby to the world.

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Extremist Chris Licht let Trump run roughshod over Kaitlin Collina and the U.S. I suppose we better get used to that sort of thing over at CNN. ** E. Jean Carrol won her defamation and sexual abuse lawsuit against Scary Clown 45.

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Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre made up. The actor will appear in Lorre’s new program with Sebastian Maniscalco.

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Two staffers were attacked at the Fairfax office of Rep. Gerry Connolly.

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The Durham report’s 300 pages found nothing really. We already knew the FBI didn’t exactly follow procedures but after 4 years, new steps are in place.

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Days alert: Diedre Hall hit her 5000th episode. Woo Hoo! **How many Peacock references are the writers supposed to make on Days of Our Lives?? ** The heart to heart between Anna and Nicole about Nic’s pregnancy was so well written, thank you!! ** More Wendy and Li please. Loved Megan’s reference to Kris when she was talking to Roman!!

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The Bay is pure soap heaven.

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Clint Eastwood is bringing us Juror number 2 with Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch, Nicholas Hault and Kiefer Sutherland in Jonathon Abrams 15- year old script.

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It looks like Tim Scott, Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis are running for Pres.** The DeSantis roll out was a bit of a mess.

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Kamal Harris and hubby went to Brittney Grimes first WNBA game since her return.

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Killers of the Flower Moon runs about 3 and a half hours.

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AAAHHHH look at all the feral people.

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So Bill Gates had an affair with a young woman he met playing bridge. Then Jeffrey Epstein found out, paid for her classes and tried using that as leverage against Gates. -Dave Benolt

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R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot, Gail Christian, victims of shootings, Richard Carver, Alicia Alain, Grace Bumbry, Jacklyn Zeman, Helmut Berger, Jim Brown and Tina Turner.

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#hogwarts legacy #ominis gaunt #sebastian sallow #chris mongrel #hogwarts legacy mc #hogwarts legacy male mc #hogwarts legacy sebastian #hogwarts legacy ominis #hogwarts legacy screenshots

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Freddie Steward to play deciding Test against Australia

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Freddie Steward to play deciding Test against Australia

Freddie Steward warms up during an England squad training session in Perth . The most recent registration information uncovers there has been a 9% spike in Australia’s populace since England last visited here in 2016. It is a huge ascent yet less steep than Freddie Steward’s profession chart over a similar period. As of late as quite a while back the Leicester full-back was a piece part individual from Tigers’ age-grade institute side and had positively no idea how far rugby would take him.

Freddie Steward warms up during an England squad training session in Perth .

Abruptly he is right here, still just 21, planning to play his most memorable Test in the southern side of the equator having as of late been named England’s player of the year.

At the point when a high bomb is lifted his direction there are not many better prepared to disarm the elevated risk. Is it a bird or is it a plane? In a land that respects its sky-scratching AFL footballers the taking off Steward, all 6ft 5in of him, could presumably make a good showing for Essendon or Collingwood.

He absolutely has the right qualities for global high society. There is a great deal of tall lumber in his dad Ben’s genealogy while his senior sibling Harry is another 6ft 7in beanpole.

His maternal granddad, Gabriel Bliss, was once a goalkeeper for Cambridge United when he was not dealing with the family ranch. Fasten it all together and you have a transcending current full-back not unlike the previous Wallaby No 15 Chris Latham.

Sitting in the noon daylight at a Perth bowling green, his pail hands look sufficiently large to oblige two dishes each. Maybe Steward’s key property, however, is the inward drive that has pushed him out of country Norfolk and into the England crew.

A feeling of dread toward potential disappointment sabotages such countless youngster professions however not for his situation. “A many individuals when they hit a barrier or an impediment they go into their shells. They would rather not risk it or sort out an answer for defeat it. I get it’s about not being terrified of coming up short.

Saturday’s Test in Sydney will be a street fight in which Australia must match England for mongrel, then punish them with speed and skill

The principal rugby global arranged at the Sydney Cricket Ground was on 24 June, 1899. Australia wore sky blue shirts, handled two five-eighths and played two men in the first column.

The British XV, highlighting players from every one of the four Home Nations, utilized a strategy of spilling the ball upfield at their feet in a hurry. In any case, it didn’t work. Subsequent to being locked at 3-3 for the vast majority of the Test, Australia scored two changed attempts in the last seven minutes over completely to win 13-3.

As indicated by ref, WG Gerrard, Australia won since “they continued to trudge constantly. They were laborers not servers. The English advances were hanging tight for chances that won’t ever come. Furthermore, the justification for why the possibilities didn’t come was on the grounds that [the Australians] were excessively quick. They cleared on in a body and didn’t permit the game to turn into an open one.”

The last Australia-England Test organized at the Sydney Cricket Ground was on 24 May, 1975. Australia, captained by halfback John Hipwell and instructed by Dave Brockhoff, sported gold.

Frantic after not having won a series in 10 years, they released a determined disorder on an English pack highlighting Bill Beaumont, current director of World Rugby, and won 16-9 on the rear of a “step forward” reasoning based on forward power and never withdrawing.

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i have never racebent any character in my life but decided to try it with snape just to see what he’d look like. obviously this is my own ethnicity (i’m southeast asian - i won’t specify which one but you can figure it out if you’ve been following my blog for a while lol) and i didn’t realize how racebending actually entails you changing even key aspects of the character.

like, we don’t have the hooked nose in my ethnicity. although we’re a bit of a mongrel in terms of genes (we were colonized many times, and were a big trading hub), the hooked nose is not one that’s a prominent feature in our gene pool. i had to change the nose into something more regular. the hair too…asian hair is built a bit differently so it doesn’t get greasy a lot, but it does get drier quicker? in my experience at least. it also doesn’t lie as flat; it’s got a bit of volume.

he’s also wearing a st christopher’s medal because religion is a big thing here and a lot of people wear something that subtly announces what religion they are, and the st chris is popular. it’s usually gifted by parents to their kids when they’re babies and you wear it your whole life. it’s believed to be protection.

a southeast asian snape, born to immigrant parents and who had grown up in poverty in a foreign land, would have also been…so loved, at least by his mother. we’re a kid culture, and an only child would be treasured by parents, more often than not. one of the main reasons asians immigrate is actually for their kids, to give them better lives and opportunities, so an asian snape would have been a very different character, actually. he may have been less bitter.

(sorry, i couldn’t stop thinking of the implications; i couldn’t stop at just recoloring his skin and changing his eyes and nose 🥲😅)

#racebent!snape #southeastasian!snape #my art #snape #hp

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Some more wolves, cont. from here. My PT told me to keep my right arm up high, massage it when fluid builds and my hand turns blue..so as a right handed person, updates will come whenever

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And then there's plot, where Athena and Bobby presents evidence to the Hunter's Council and the Hunter is judged guilty and persona non grata. He's currently in the wind but it means Eddie's pack is allowed lethal violence on their territory or in defense of their pack without repercussions.

Eddie isn't pleased the guy is still running around somewhere, but at least the Council judges didn't give them the runaround.

And more plot with Eddie's parents coming to take Chris because Eddie's territory isn't safe. And Carla gets told off because she refuses to budge and let them inside the house. And Buck gets called a pup and an upstart and a mongrel for not giving in, shutting up or staying in "his place". It only infuriates Eddie even more. So they have a major row where Eddie explains thoroughly that they have no power here and they're not getting the chance to interfere in his pack ever again. Cause it'd be bad form to chase his parents out of his territory by fangs and claws.

But Eddie still has to convince Buck that he can't just decide to sleep at the door like a guard dog, and that he's welcome to stay over even if he's not in his fur. He doesn't have to sneak around.

And Buck tries, but it's so much easier to hide his feelings when he's in fur and evenings are the worst. After his patrol of the house, and maybe an extra round, til Eddie tells him to go to sleep and pats the bed next to him. When he's in his fur he can enjoy a puppy pile with Eddie, but he feels like he's at risk of leaking his feelings everywhere if he cuddles Eddie while in their human forms.

"Morning, Sunshine."

"um, morning Eddie." Buck hasn't changed his shape while sleeping since he was a pup, but suddenly in Eddie's bed he has. He tries to mask moving away from Eddie with a clumsy stretch, and shivers when Eddie responds by rubbing a hand across his entire back. He gets that Alpha's want to scent mark their pack but Buck's about to climb out of his skin when Eddie does that. He wants to roll closer and show his throat, wants Eddie… Well, he wants a lot of things that are not his to have.

This won't be the only morning he wakes up like this, but as Eddie doesn't react, Buck relaxes and figures maybe he's not as glaringly obvious as he thinks.

#buddie #elizaria fic

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New British comedy TV series from 2020: BBC, Channel 4, Sky, Dave, Amazon, Netflix

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2020 in British TV comedy brought us Maisie Williams as a kickass survivalist in a pickle, and a new parenting comedy from the hugely talented Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison starring Martin Freeman.

To add to that, there was also a fresh batch of comedians playing exaggerated versions of themselves in self-penned sitcoms, including Katherine Ryan, Mae Martin, Sara Pascoe, Kayleigh Llewellyn, Lucy Beaumont and Jon Richardson.

Here’s the skinny on all those new shows and more. Here’s what arrived in 2019, and here are the new British TV dramas that arrived in 2020.

Breeders

After their excellent 2014 relationship comedy Trying Again, Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell (Veep, The Thick Of It) teamed up on a new series, this time about the trials of parenthood. Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard played parents in this ten-part half-hour comedy, a co-production between Sky in the UK and FX in the US. Watch the first trailer here.

Bumps

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

A Comedy Playhouse commission for BBC One, Bumps comes from Psychobitches and Tracey Ullman’s Show writer-actor Lucy Montgomery (pictured) and The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas. The half-hour pilot is a modern family comedy that centres on Amanda Redman’s character Anita, a divorcee in her sixties with two grown-up kids, who decides to have a third baby with the help of an egg and sperm donor. Playing Anita’s daughter Joanne is Lisa McGrillis (behind the brilliantly dim and tactless but very sweet Kelly on Mum), who discovers she’s pregnant at the same time as her mother.

Code 404

After 2019’s pilot, Sky ordered six episodes of this sci-fi comedy starring Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty, Vera Drake) and Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, The Virtues), written by Mongrels and Not Going Out’s Daniel Peak. It’s a buddy cop drama set in the near future, which sees crime-fighting duo DI John Major (Mays) and DI Roy Carver (Graham) first separated, then reunited thanks to the wonders of modern science. Series two is on its way.

Feel Good

Stand-up Mae Martin co-wrote her autobiographically inspired six-episode series with Joe Hampson, which formerly went by the working title Mae and George and is now called Feel Good. It aired on E4 in the UK and Netflix around the world, and follows Martin’s life as a comedian and recovering addict, and the complications of her new relationship with girlfriend George. Friends’ Lisa Kudrow guest stars. A second series is on the way.

Hitmen

Comedy double act Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get in on the Killing Eve game as contract killers in this new Sky series. Unlike Villanelle though, these two are decidedly unsmooth operators. Their hits are, according to the press release, “inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics.” Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington co-stars, along with Francis Barber and Johnny Vegas. Series two is on the way.

In My Skin

Kayleigh Llewellyn’s autobiographically inspired 2018 pilot is now a four-part comedy series for the BBC. It’s the raw but ultimately uplifting story of teenager Bethan’s attempts to conceal from her schoolfriends a chaotic homelife with a mother sectioned in a mental health facility and a dad in the Hell’s Angels. Here’s a clip from the Comedy Slice to whet your appetite.

Intelligence

Available to stream on Sky and NOW TV

Last year saw Rob Lowe in Lincolnshire, now prepare for David Schwimmer in Cheltenham. The Friends actor and director starring in a six-part Sky One comedy as a “maverick NSA agent” working in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters. He’s joined by series writer Nick Mohammed, in the role of an inept computer analyst tasked with tackling cyber-crime. Series two is on the way.

Kate And Koji

Filmed in Herne Bay, Kent, this six-episode ITV comedy stars Brenda Blethyn as Kate, the owner of a seaside café who strikes up a friendship with asylum seeker Koji, played by Jimmy Akingbola. Those two are joined by The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison, playing Kate’s nephew, and Meera Syal as the local GP in a timely modern story with a heart.

King Gary

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Murder In Successville and Action Team’s Tom Davis and James De Frond teamed up again to write and direct prime time BBC One sitcom King Gary, which debuted in 2020 and was swiftly recommissioned for a second series. You may have caught the pilot episode, which aired over Christmas 2018, introducing Davis’ character – London builder Gary King, a man-child who loves his family, his suburban community, and really loves a B.B.Q – his parents played by The Fast Show’s Simon Day and Doctor Who’s Camille Coduri, and his unforgettable wife Terri, played by the very funny Laura Checkley.

Meet The Richardsons

Airing on Dave and available to stream weekly on UK TV Play

Married comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont starred as heightened versions of themselves in Meet The Richardsons for Dave, written by Beaumont and Car Share’s Tim Reid. Inspired by Beaumont’s appearances on Richardsons’ Ultimate Worrier series for Dave, the series comically documents the couple’s parenting and relationship woes.

Mister Winner

Following a successful Comedy Playhouse pilot, Spencer Jones (Upstart Crow) returned as the hapless Leslie Winner for a six-episode series on BBC One. Joining Jones will be Shaun Williamson and Lucy Pearman, in a loveable comedy about “an eternally optimistic klutz with his heart in the right place”. If you’ve yet to see Jones’ excellent BBC iPlayer short series The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk, get involved without delay.

My Left Nut

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Coming to BBC Three is an autobiographically inspired three-part comedy-drama from Irish writers Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney, adapted from their acclaimed stage play. Starring Sinead Keenan (Little Boy Blue, Being Human) with newcomer Nathan Quinn-O’Rawe, it’s the story of a Belfast teenager who discovers a lump on his testicle but finds himself unable to tell those around him. A relatable, entertaining teen comedy with an important healthcare message.

Out of Her Mind

An established name on screen and the live circuit, comedian Sara Pascoe is the latest comic to write and star in her own sitcom (joining the ranks of Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Josh Widdicombe and more). Her as-yet untitled series is being produced for BBC Two by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s production company, Stolen Picture. It’s about “family, relationships and biology,” according to the press release, and will combine eccentric characters with surreal interludes and factual segments. Read about the best Netflix stand-up specials here.

Sandylands

Following on from 2019’s Isle of Wight-set family comedy The Cockfields, Gold has commissioned a second three-part original sitcom. This one’s also set on the UK coast, and tells the story of a successful Londoner who returns to her home town and reconnects with old friends and old crushes when her local businessman father disappears at sea. Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Walliams, Sophie Thompson, Hugh Bonneville and Natalie Dew star.

Semi-Detached

The pilot episode for comedy Semi-Detached, about a hapless fortysomething aired in January 2019, followed by a full series. It was written by actors David Crow and Oliver Maltman and boasted a strong comedy cast including Lee Mack, Ellie White, Samantha Spiro, Clive Russell and Patrick Baladi. The twist with this one is that all the action unfurls in real time.

The Duchess

In addition to her Netflix stand-up specials, comedian Katherine Ryan made a six-part autobiographical comedy for the streaming service. Though a familiar face on screen, this marks the first scripted series Ryan has written and executive-produced. In it, she plays “a fashionable disruptive single mother living in London”, inspired by Ryan’s own experience raising her daughter in the capital after moving here from her native Canada.

The First Team

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, aka The Inbetweeners creators, have written a six-part half-hour sitcom for BBC Two. Formerly under the working title of Afternoons, it’s now called The First Team and details the off-pitch adventures of three Premier League footballers playing for a fictional side, “three young men who just happen to have a very stressful job in the public eye,” according to the writers. The cast includes Arrested Development‘s Will Arnett as the team’s eccentric American chairman, alongside Theo Barklam Biggs, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Jake Short and Chris Geere.

The Kemps: All True

Remember how much everybody loved that Bros doc? Well now BBC Four comedy is planning to capture that same lightning in a bottle with mockumentary The Kemps: All True, following the travails of another pair of pop star brothers in Spandau Ballet’s Gary and Martin Kemp. The one-off comedy from Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas will track the brothers as they record a new studio album. Read more about it here at the BBC.

The Trouble With Maggie Cole

Stream episodes weekly on ITV Hub

Commissioned in March 2019 by ITV under the working title Glass Houses is a six-part hour-long comedy series starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine and more. It’s about the aftermath of a loose-lipped radio interview with French’s Maggie, the village gossip who spills her neighbours’ secrets on air. It comes written by Shameless and Benidorm’s Mark Brotherhood and aired on ITV1 in March.

Truth Seekers

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s latest collaboration is a comedy horror series for Amazon Prime Video. Filming began in September 2019 on Truth Seekers, which follows a group of paranormal investigator hobbyists who film their ghost sighting escapades for the online community, and stumble into some very strange business that could end life as we know it. There’s a great comedy cast including Pegg and Frost, including Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt, Samson Kayo, Morgana Robinson, Kate Nash, Kevin Eldon and Malcolm McDowell.

Two Weeks To Live

Written by Cheat’s Gaby Hull, this six-episode Sky comedy is the story of misfit Kim, a young girl raised to survive in the wilderness, who re-enters society on a secret mission to honour her dead father’s memory. Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams plays Kim, who becomes entangled in a prank-gone-wrong plot involving gangsters, a bag of cash and the police. With Kim’s survival skills, don’t expect her to come quietly…

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Chapters: 16/? Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Michelangelo (TMNT), Mikey, Dogpound, Chris Bradford, Hamato Yoshi | Splinter, Leonardo (TMNT), Leo, Donatello (TMNT), Donnie, Raphael (TMNT), Raph, April O'Neil (TMNT) Additional Tags: Mikey is captured, Bradford wants revenge, and Shredder allows it, pet trope, Abuse, Rape/Non-con Elements, Violence, not graphic, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Hurt Michelangelo (TMNT), Michelangelo (TMNT)-centric, Turtles, TMNT, Mind Manipulation, Cruelty Summary:

Bradford has always blamed Michelangelo for his misfortunes and especially for his mutation so when he manages to capture the young ninja, he's going to make sure he knows exactly what it's like. 2k12 AU.

Warning: Warnings for physical and mental torture in this story abound, as well as for implied and highly disturbing situations. Trigger warnings may apply for some chapters. There will not, however, be gruesome details. Some things are best left up to the imagination.

Merry Christmas! Whether you celebrate Christmas, something else or nothing at all at this time, have a wonderful day and stay safe and well!

How Much is that Turtle in the Window

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To his horror, Mikey was dragged to another shipping container, set up much like the one he'd traversed the ocean to Japan in. The difference was that this one was already hot as hell from the sweltering Japanese summer. Too terrified to enter, he hesitated at the doorway so Bradford kicked him inside, not caring about the way he helplessly slammed head and shoulder first into the back of the container from the powerful kick.

As Mikey groaned noiselessly, Bradford clipped the end of the leash to the wall and roughly grabbed his head, fixing the muzzle back in place far too tightly as always.

[Damn mongrel!] Bradford spat furiously, [Do you have any idea how much trouble you've fucking caused me?]

Shaking and unable to answer, Mikey stared up at his tormentor in terror.

[The evening you were dognapped, fucking Hakuba gave Master Shredder a report about you, telling him how well your training was going. Now Master Shredder demands you returned to him as a living trophy...]

Mikey shook his head rapidly in fear and Bradford picked him up, slamming him into the corrugated wall once more before dropping him painfully to the ground with his chin slamming down onto his metal paw. Mikey moaned silently in agony, fighting to stay conscious as Bradford continued to viciously kick him.

[... but you had been stolen!] Bradford roared in fury.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24382507/chapters/69370041 or https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13593827/16/How-Much-is-that-Turtle-in-the-Window

#tmnt #2k12 #teenage mutant ninja turtles #Mikey #Michelangelo #Dogpound #Chris Bradford #Donnie #Donatello #Leo #Leonardo #Raph #Raphael #cruelty #violence #hurt michelangelo

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