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cyarskj1899 · 1 year

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GMA’s Amy Robach ‘blindsided’ by extent of TJ Holmes’ past office ‘affairs’ & feels like ‘collateral damage’ in scandal

Jessica Finn

Updated: 11:55 ET, Jan 23 2023

GOOD Morning America's Amy Robach was blindsided by the volume of boyfriend TJ Holmes' alleged past affairs and feels like she is "collateral damage" in the scandal, a source has exclusively told The U.S. Sun.

Amy and co-host TJ were both taken off the air at GMA3 when news of their romance came to light in late November 2022, and are believed to be on the chopping block at the network.

5Amy Robach was unaware of the scope of boyfriend TJ Holmes' alleged affairs, a source claimedCredit: Getty

5Amy believes she is "collateral damage" after the pair were taken off the air and may be completely out at ABCCredit: BackGrid

The source told The U.S. Sun: "She had no idea the scope of TJ's alleged past office romances.

"She certainly did not foresee that their relationship was going to cause major upheaval - outside of her own marriage.

"She did not expect this to blow up into a scandal."

After Amy and TJ's romance was revealed, the GMA3 stars were pulled off the show, but in the aftermath, other lurid claims against TJ came to light.

Last week, the DailyMailreported that TJ, 45, had an alleged affair with an ABC intern13 years his junior early on in his marriage to Marilee Fiebig.

It was also alleged he had slept with an ABC producer before his romance with Amy.

The insider also believes ABC'S investigation "will look into Amy's past to try to find some scandal, but fortunately for her, she is fairly well-behaved."

The source added that while both TJ and Amy's lawyers are in contact with ABC as they work out their potential exit, their cases are being treated separately by their respective teams.

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Reps for Amy and TJ declined to comment.

Multiple sources close to the couple have repeatedly said the same thing about their relationship.

One claimed: "These are two consenting adults, they did nothing wrong. There's been no abuse of power here. These are co-host positions."

However, several sources have told The U.S. Sun the pair believe they are getting cut at the network.

FINAL TALKS?

Last week a well-placed insider claimed mediation talks are scheduled for this week withtheir lawyers, ABC's attorneys, and the network's top brass to hammer out the pair's exit package. However, another source said while mediation is in the works, they weren't aware of anything scheduled just yet.

"All parties are willing to mediate, but there is just no guarantee that mediation will be successful," the second insider added.

Meanwhile, yet another insider revealed that the coupled-up co-hosts are unofficially out at GMA3 and they've been bracing for the worst possible outcome.

Another source with knowledge of negotiations added that Amy and TJ's attorneys are currently in close contact with the network's legal team.

"They are all working through strategies to make the hosts comfortable enough so that the network can move on from this as quietly as possible," the source said.

SHOCKING AFFAIR

TJ and Amy sent shockwaves through the TV world when their relationship was exposedin late November 2022.

The couple, who began anchoring GMA3 together in 2020, allegedly began their romance over the summer, with both claiming they were already separated from their spouses at the time.

They were taken off GMA3 after the public caught wind of their relationship.

A number of hosts have been filling in for them during their time off, including Janai Normanand Gio Benitez.

Since their relationship was made public, Amy and TJ have not kept it hidden.

They were caught kissing and cuddling during a steamy getaway to Miami days after Christmas.

The couple also smiled and looked cozy during a grocery rundays later.

TJ filed for divorce from his wife, Marilee Fiebig, late last month in New York after 12 years of marriage.

They have a daughter, Sabine, 10, together.

Sources have previously told The U.S. Sun that Amy is working on her divorce from her husband, Andrew Shue, however, neither has filed paperwork as of yet.

5Since being taken off the air, at least two other alleged inter-office affairs involving TJ were revealedCredit: Getty

5TJ filed for divorce from his estranged wife, Marilee Fiebig, in late DecemberCredit: Getty

5Amy and TJ allegedly began their interoffice romance sometime over the summerCredit: Getty

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mcatmemoranda · 4 years

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A History of Hollenhorst Plaques and Their Relationship to Carotid Disease

Hollenhorst plaques are bright, glistening, yellow-golden plaques seen on funduscopic exam in some patients (See Figure). They are caused by cholesterol emboli to retinal artery branches. They may be circular or rectangular in shape and look bigger than the vessels that contain them (3). In some cases they may be small and easy to miss. Slight pressure on the eyeball makes the embolus “light up” and easier to visualize (4).

Dr. Robert Hollenhorst first described retinal arteriole cholesterol emboli in 1961. However, Witmer and Schmid published their report on the same topic three years earlier in the German literature. Nonetheless, it was Dr. Hollenhorst who later proved that these emboli were composed of cholesterol and established their origin and fate in his experiments with 31 patients (1).

The origin of the cholesterol emboli is most commonly in an ipsilateral atheromatous carotid artery plaque, although these emboli can also come from the heart or the aorta. For example, in a study of 18 patients with asymptomatic Hollenhorst plaques, ipsilateral carotid bifurcation disease was present in 50% of the patients, five of whom eventually underwent carotid endarterectomy (2). When an embolus lodges in a retinal vessel, the result may be branch retinal artery obstruction with subsequent sudden and painless loss in the visual field corresponding to the affected retinal area. However, cholesterol emboli do not always result in blockage of blood flow since they are often dislodged or collateraized before permanent visual damage can occur. Instead, the result is a transient visual loss called amaurosis fugax. Discovery of a Hollenhorst plaque on physical exam indicates the need for carotid Doppler imaging or magnetic resonance arteriography to look for carotid artery stenosis (4). However, discovery of a Hollenhorst plaque in a patinet with known carotid atherosclerotic disease does not require further ophthamologic evaluation.

Source: http://d3tfb844wwci5y.cloudfront.net/assets/carotid/html/h03.html

#hollenhorst plaque #hollenhorst #stroke #TIA #CVA #amaurosis fugax #transient monocular blindness #transient blindness

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chibivesicle · 5 years

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Golden Kamuy chapter 189. The pursuit of Kiro and Ogata arc does not resolve itself neatly.

Chapter 189 did not go the way that I was expecting . . . even though Ogata and Asirpa had a huge amount of tension between them, when you look at it, Ogata’s current character ended with a whimper and not a bang, he passed out and received some really in your face first aid from Sugimoto. So when I saw the chapter cover for 189, I was shocked at the cover. . . .

. . . to see Kiro dragging himself along the ice with his rifle and Nihei’s rifle as well in tow, as he is bleeding out onto the ice.

This scene immediately gave me more feelings about Kiro and about his dedication to the cause to help the native peoples of the region fight imperialism. Now, many of you know that Kiro is one of my favourite characters, I found him fascinating trying to walk the thin line of caring for his family, the greater Ainu community, facing down the threat of assimilation and cultural death at the hands of imperialism. He tried to fill in Wilk’s shoes (which ultimately he can’t). So one part of me was thinking, “Yes, go down fighting like the revolutionary you are!” while the other part of me was thinking “His death will be a very dirty one with a lot of collateral damage just based on his facial expression. I was expecting him to slowly bleed out on the ice next to a concussed Tanigaki but I was so wrong. . . .

And oh boy, Kiro as far as we can tell will go down with a ripple effect on the remaining characters. He’s got more equipment and he is a clever and cunning man with years of experience fighting as a revolutionary. . . this becomes key in this chapter. We know that he is even older than Tsukishima as he is Tsurumi’s age.

Let’s look back at his role in fighting the Russian border guards; to assist Ogata in the sniper battle with Vasily, he baited the rest of the guards. They knew to an extent that the boarder guards would be used as bait in the sniper battle so he makes sure to eliminate them with a simple trap that works against their trained nature, to investigate something.

As they set off the delayed grenade, Kiro explains it to Asirpa and Shiraishi. He is now distancing himself from the act by explaining the chemical reaction that will kill the two guards.

I really like how his eyes are drawn completely black, with no sparkle and they are even more straight like when we see Ogata go into distant kill mode. What this shows us, is that Kiro has a wide range of skills with explosives and he will likely use this again.

This comes up when Tsukishima and Koito are pursuing Kiro. Koito falls for the trap since it is a “shiny” object and doesn’t even notice Tsukishima commenting that the blood trail goes another direction, indicating that it is not something they should pay heed to.

Koito picks up the rifle and sets off the delayed grenade booby trap.

Tsukishima does what he’s been trained to do once seeing the grenades, he pulls Koito out of the way and protects his head from getting hit (likely due to not protecting Tsurumi all the way previously).

This results in Tsukishima getting seriously injured, we see him bleeding from the neck and all he does is ask if Koito is okay. And then Koito runs off by himself even though Tsukishima tells him not to, to fight Kiro.

He’s in an angry rage as he chases after Kiro, he’s too flustered to figure out how he went back on his tracks to cover them, if he hadn’t left Tanigaki alone with Kiro, he would have had Tanigaki’s help in this situation. He’s only lucky that the random seal popped up out of the ice and made a seal noise that caused him to turn around and spot Kiro since the seal was behind Kiro. Just like the fight with Tanigaki, Kiro gives Koito hell. Kiro flips the rifle over and moves the butt towards Koito’s strike (which is the thickest part of the rifle) and his sabre gets stuck. Kiro and Koito both hand punches on each other and again Kiro tackles his opponent, and manages to stab his short knife through his right wrist/lower arm which is the only thing that saves Koito from being stabbed in the chest.

Due to the close combat, Koito cleverly pulls Kiro’s knife out of his gut and the chapter ends with him likely laying a fatal blow to his neck. He is angry at what Kiro did to his men, his subordinates!

We don’t know if Koito will land this blow. Honestly, it really doesn’t matter, by pulling the knife out of his gut wound, he will bleed out much more quickly. Kiro’s dead either way but he is causing as much collateral damage as possible.

No matter what the outcome, this makes the chapter title page just give me the chills. Kiro has thrown away everything that would have distracted him from the cause; his [best] friend, his wife, his children all for the greater good.

All in all how do i feel about this? I have lots of feels. I’m glad that Kiro fought all the way to the bitter end. I knew he was going to die but I didn’t want him to die in some sad and pathetic way. I have respect for him. I am saddened that he felt his true job was to fight for the “cause” even if it meant he sacrificed his best friend and he left his family behind. This will cause other problems for them in the future but he made the decision as a partisan. But all in all, I feel good about his ending.

So now I’m going to turn to another things that happened in this chapter, the second sad rifle fate in a second chapter. . .

What really makes me sad about this chapter is the fate of Nihei’s Murata rifle that Tanigaki inherited. Tanigaki was warned by Ogata multiple times to keep his rifle safe at all times as the groups gun control mom. Ogata may be filling a void in his life with his rifle(s) but he does treat them with respect. Recall here, that Kirawas recognized that Tanigaki had Nihei’s rifle.

This rifle is important, as this is how he was able to outwit Ogata in their sniper battle back near Asirpa’s kotan. Osoma finds the rifle that was left by Asirpa for Ryu. Having Nihei’s rifle saves Tanigaki’s life and he has to adopt his one shot philosophy.

We also learn from Kirawas that there was a story behind the notches in the rifle which he tells him while they are drinking and celebrating. This story tells Tanigaki what he should do, go back to the Matagi and become a hunter again. Nihei saw his son in Tanigaki.

Tanigaki looks like he’s listening to this story - and he’s to follow Nihei’s wishes . . . but he doesn’t.

This is the ultimate fate of Nihei’s [son’s] rifle. It is used as a booby trap and likely is destroyed by Kiro and Koito.

Koito can’t help but investigate it since as far as he knows, the rifle is Tanigaki’s. In chapter 188 Ogata’s rifle likely symbolically falls into the ocean indicating that he must no longer rely on his rifle alone to survive but to work with others. The destruction of Nihei’s rifle will mean something for Tanigaki. I’m not sure what I want to conclude from this just yet. I have a few theories.

1.) Nihei’s rifle was supposed to save Tanigaki and get him out of the gold hunt and go back home and heal. This would allow him to do what Nihei’s son could not. This did not happen. Did he not understand this message?

2.) Tanigaki heard the story about Nihei’s son but he did not listen . . . the rifle was a precious treasure to Nihei and he never took good care of it, people kept stealing it from him and it only brought him misery; getting framed for violating animals, having a random Russian convict beat him up and then losing it to Kiro who also beat him up.

3.) Tanigaki should have never accepted the rifle in the first place. He should have used it in the sniper battle with Ogata but then left it behind with Huci and Osoma for Ryu’s comfort. He could have gotten another rifle but he kept using this one.

Tanigaki took the rifle seriously in one scene, when he has sex with Inkarmat here. . .

So he does always link the rifle to Nihei but I don’t know what he sees in it or what purpose having it does for him.

I’m really not sure what all of this will mean other than his rifle care and subsequent loss is in direct contrast with Ogata’s. Ogata’s rifle in part brought him misery by making that his security blanket, the manifestation of his will, and how he covered his self-doubt and inadequacies. Tanigaki doesn’t have a hole to fill in himself the fact that he didn’t take good care of the rifle shows that he didn’t see it as a part of himself like Nihei did; it was all he had left of his son. I wonder if his sloppy rifle care was a reflection that he refused to face that he had been a poor son, he hurt his family but he’s too scared to go home and give his family himself back? Nihei was the person who saw where Tanigaki hurt the most and saw that he was running away but Tanigaki did not heed his fatherly advice.

As far as the pacing for the story, I agree 100% with @goldenkamuyhunting‘s hypothesis that chapters 188 and 189 were switched in presentation by either Noda or the editor. Chapter 186 had 3 different plots happening which set everything in motion. Based on that I expected more jumping but for 187-188 it was very smooth and served the Ogata-Asirpa story well but pushed the eye loss a chapter early to be in line with the reference to the book of Matthew. Plus, 189 tells us the events are happening a few minutes earlier than when Sugimoto catches up to Ogata and Asirpa. This format helps the reader better and is less disjointed but I think the GK readers are smart enough to respect the hat tip to the book of Matthew from Noda, he’s a great storyteller and we get the reference.

I have many things to say about Koito, but I shall answers those in an ask about Koito. I really wanted to talk about Tanigaki and Kiro in this meta.

#golden kamuy #gk meta #chapter 189 #kiroranke #tsukishima hajime #koito otonoshin #tanigaki genjirou #nihei #rifles #rifle sadness

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chemicalmagecraft · 5 years

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The Gamer Hero, Deku Chapter 6

A/N: Sorry for the wall of text. I just wanted to get what Izuku's passives dealt with so everyone knows.

To Silverspirit: Thanks! I really do appreciate constructive criticism like this! Hopefully I'll be able to mellow out a little more with the skills now (though I feel like Midoriya should probably spend some skill fragments soon if I think of anything to spend it on). Something I'd like to note, though, is that the reason that Bakugou is so much more mellowed out is a combination of the fact that he has no reason to be angry with Midoriya and the fact that he's had ten months of offscreen character development.

To Shadow S. Korosu: Yep, you're totally right. Bakugou shouldn't and isn't going to have the same level of magical ability as Midoriya. Yes, he is going to learn some magical skill, but he explicitly can't develop as fast as Midoriya. As in the original manga, The Gamer is stupid broken and lets its user do stupid broken things. The reason why it seemed that Bakugou was so good in that battle is because he has a fire affinity five times higher than Midoriya's air affinity, so he explicitly has the advantage when it comes to his fire spells. Still though, he can't do something stupid like gain a new elemental affinity in the middle of a fight because the one he's using isn't working. That being said, it'll be a lot easier to become powerful with magic in this fic than it will be in The Gamer because I really like it when people are super powerful in whatever media and reality can be whatever I want it to be now.

Edit: Chopped up some of the longer paragraphs because what the heck was I thinking with that?

xoxoxo

A few days after Kacchan revealed he could use magic, All Might got back to us about... whatever he had to do about the fact that we'd discovered that magic existed. Apparently, he'd had to contact some government higher-ups, though he didn't go into too much detail about it. "If anyone's discovered magic before you two, whoever did it kept it a secret," he told us. "The official ruling is that 'magic' and 'Quirk usage' are legally synonymous for the purposes of public Quirk usage laws. Additionally, you two are totally allowed to teach other people magic, but the suggestion is to only allow people who can be trusted with that power to learn about it, for obvious reasons. I've been asked to tell you that they need some notes from the both of you about the details regarding magic, like how to use it. Some scientists are going to do some serious research on the subject."

We agreed to do what he asked. Aside from that, we went on as normal, training for Yuuei. Kacchan decided to focus more on practicing his magic, with some physical workouts. I mostly did conditioning for One For All while training what magic I could at night and occasionally during the day, plus constantly having Halitus out to level grind Summon Basic Elemental without having to put in any actual effort. Aside from that, I decided that, while I would only have as many elementals as my skill's level would allow me to have out at a time, I should at least have the affinities for the other two elements just in case. Getting water had been as simple as just sticking my hands in the ocean until I got it, but I couldn't figure out how to safely get fire affinity (Kacchan smacked me on the head when I suggested just layering up buffs and then sticking my hand into a fire while using Healing Hands) until Kacchan had the bright idea to have me see if I could use Pyra instead of fire. Despite the fact that Pyra was made of fire in her fully summoned state, she would only burn things if she wanted to and was just warm to the touch when she didn't. I felt a little weird placing my palm on her forehead, but it did get me fire affinity. I found that Fire Aura gave me a 30% boost to attack damage, a 15% boost to movement speed, a 10% STR bonus, and the ability to generate heat. Water Aura, interestingly enough, gave me a 30% increase to magical defense, a 15% increase to magical attack, a 10% INT bonus, and the ability to both condense water from the atmosphere and generate it with MP. Their respective elemental weaponry skills gave similar bonuses. While I did occasionally use Elemental Aura in my physical training to see how they affected my abilities, I mostly just used my natural strength in the hope that that'd be the best for upping my VIT. It took most of the ten months before the entrance exams, but eventually...

Through rigorous exercise, your VIT has increased by one!

Congratulations! The quest Roaring Muscles was completed!

Completion Rewards: One For All (speak to Toshinori), 5000 EXP, 5000 Skill Fragments, Increased closeness with Bakugou, Increased closeness with Toshinori

Your level has increased by one! (x3)

I got my VIT up to 50. I looked at my stats.

STR: 44

VIT: 50

DEX: 46

INT: 73

WIS: 69

LUC: 49

I grinned. Most of my stats were either already past the fifty benchmark already or close enough that I could hopefully get them up to it within the next two months. But first, I had to do something. "All Might!" I called out.

"What is it, young Midoriya?" he asked, currently in his civilian form.

"I got my VIT to fifty!"

He switched to his hero form, then gave his trademark grin. "That's great, young Midoriya! Now I can pass my power on to you!"

"About that," I said. "How do you pass your power on to someone?"

"You see," he pulled off a piece of his hair and said, "for you to receive my power, you have to eat my hair."

"What the fuck!?" Kacchan asked as he walked over from the inferno that he'd made, with the fire dying down as soon as he left it. "Why the hell does Deku have to eat your fucking hair?"

"I can pass my Quirk on to someone through making them eat my DNA. I feel that the best thing to use for that is my hair."

I gulped, then took the hair that he offered me. "Down the hatch..." I muttered, then placed the hair in my mouth. It was hard to swallow, so I used the first step of a water spell that I'd made, Water Gun, to condense some water from the air to wash it down. I shuddered when I'd finished the water and, thankfully, the hair. "That was a little unpleasant..."

"I still remember how weird it was when I had to do it," All Might commiserated. "Now we just have to wait a few hours for your new Quirk to come, young Midoriya."

"Why the fuck doesn't it come automatically?" Kacchan asked.

"Does it have to digest first?" I theorized. "And maybe the Quirk factor has to take time to grow in even after it-" I was cut off my a ping.

A skill has been created by gaining the power of All Might! By having All Might pass his Quirk to you, the skill 'One For All' has been created.

One For All (Active and Passive) LV1 EXP 0.00%

When Quirks first started to come into existence, there was chaos. In that chaos, one man born with the power to take the Quirks of others and give them to others or use them for himself took advantage of the situation to amass power. This man had a brother, who was born with the rather underwhelming ability to pass his Quirk, the ability to pass his Quirk on to another, on to another. While it is unknown whether it was out of malice or compassion, the man forced the Quirk Power Stockpile onto his brother, and from the combination of the two Quirks, the Quirk known as One For All was born.

Skill grants the user a second MP bar. When skill is not in use, this second MP bar fills over time when the first MP bar is filled, using the same MP regeneration rate. This second MP bar has no upper limit.

When activated, user can draw upon the second MP bar in place of the natural one.

User can expend MP to increase the power of most stats and skills.

"Wah!" I exclaimed.

"What is it, young Midoriya?" All Might asked me.

"I just got One For All. I think that my Quirk sped up the process of me getting One For All, which actually makes sense when you think about it. In most games, whatever effect food and other edible things have is applied immediately, despite how it would logically require time to digest. I guess that that also means that I can use food to... Wait, that's not everything." I looked once more at the description. It was weird. The skill felt a little more complicated than what it said. Aside from that... "The description of the skill states that it was made by someone with a Quirk that can steal other people's Quirks and give them to others. Do you... know anything about that?" I asked.

All Might sighed. "Sit down, the both of you. This will be a shock." Kacchan and I sat down on the sand as All Might sat on his chair. "That man was called All For One. He was probably the most dangerous villain in the history of the world. He gained many followers in the early years of Quirks thanks to his abilities. Thankfully, his own brother, the first bearer of One For All, disagreed with him and stopped him. Unfortunately, however, All For One survived and, I'm assuming, took some form of life-extending Quirk. I know this because he was the reason why I got this wound five years ago. I'd like to say that he's dead, but we never found the body, so we can't say for sure."

I... didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. Even with the Gamer's Mind, it was a lot to take in. I think that if I could have said anything, it would have been exactly what Kacchan was saying. "Fuuuuuuuuuck. That's... fuck."

"I understand if you have reservations," All Might said. "I hoped that this wouldn't come up just yet. I wanted you to have a school experience unmarred by worry about All For One."

Kacchan scoffed. "Well maybe you still should've fucking said something about that shit before Deku ate your gross fucking hair, dumbass."

"It's fine, Kacchan," I said. "I was already prepared to be a hero, so learning that I already have an arch-nemesis isn't that bad. I'm still going to need some time to process this, but for now..." I got up and walked over to an area where there was only a stretch of sand so as to avoid collateral damage. "I've always wanted to do this." I cocked my arm back. "DETROIT!" Energy flowed through my whole arm, and for some reason I got a Sense Danger warning. That really should've been a red flag, in hindsight. "SMASH!" I punched the air, the simple force of it causing a shockwave that sent sand flying. It wasn't as strong as All Might's, but it was still a Detroit Smash! My excitement was almost immediately destroyed by the fact that my arm felt like I'd punched the sound barrier, which I had.

System Warning: Using One For All at full power is inadvisable in current condition. Usage should be limited to lower power. Level up skill to decrease damage taken.

The level of the skill Physical Endurance has increased by one!

I looked at my health, then winced and activated Healing Hands and Regeneration. "I think that my body still isn't completely up to the task of using One For All yet," I said. "My health dropped about a quarter from that one punch. I think that I should probably train my physical stats a bit more in the next two months as well as One For All practice. That might be for the best."

"Deku you better not fucking break yourself in half," Kacchan scolded.

"Yes, I would prefer that you not kill yourself, young Midoriya. That would be bad," All Might agreed. "If that's the case, then you should get back to work.

xoxoxo

I stared at the school. It was huge! I got the vaguest feeling that, if not for Gamer's Mind, I would have been shaking. "We're here..." I said.

"Yup," Kacchan said to with a toothy grin. "It'd suck pretty hard if you fucked up now and got no points at all, huh?" I looked at him. Sometime during the last two months of training, his title had changed in addition to the levels and points of INT and WIS he'd gained.

Art is an Explosion

LV 27

Katsuki Bakugou

"I doubt I'll get zero points, Kacchan," I said. "My stats are all above fifty, and INT and WIS are both approaching one hundred. I'm probably the most powerful person taking the exams, and that's not even counting One For All." It had taken a tremendous amount of effort, but I felt great about myself for managing to get all of the fifty point skills before the Yuuei entrance exam.

The skill 'Heroic Strength' has been created through STR rising above 50.

Heroic Strength (Passive) LV2 EXP 2.14%

Some are endowed with the strength to move mountains. This skill grants enhanced physical ability.

10% increase to STR.

10% increase to physical attack.

50% increase to strength-based skill effects.

The skill 'Iron Body' has been created through VIT rising above 50.

Iron Body (Passive) LV5 EXP 7.21%

Some are bestowed with the vitality to endure any punishment. This skill grants enhanced physical durability.

10% increase to VIT.

10% increase to HP.

50% increase to HP-based skill effects.

The skill 'Fleet Foot' has been created through DEX rising above 50.

Fleet Foot (Passive) LV 3 EXP 3.21%

Some are bestowed with the speed to rival the wind. This skill grants enhanced swiftness.

10% increase to DEX.

10% increase to movement speed.

50% increase to DEX-based skill effects.

The skill 'Born Lucky' has been created through LUC rising above 50.

Born Lucky (Passive) LV1 EXP 87.56%

Luck can be a very fickle thing. This skill is bestowed upon those who luck favors.

10% increase to LUC

10% increase to loot drops.

50% increase to LUC-based skill effects.

Kacchan scoffed. "Like I'll let you just take that title without a fight," he said, lightly punching me on the shoulder.

"It's a contest, then!" I smiled. "Let's see who gets the most points!" "I feel really good about this!" I mentally exclaimed. Then I tripped. "Or not." Before I could even have Halitus try to stop my fall, I just... stopped. I felt odd, like gravity had stopped working on me.

"Sorry for using my Quirk on you without asking," a female voice said, "but I thought that you might not like going through your exams with a bloody nose!" Someone pulled me into a position where I wouldn't fall, then gravity reasserted itself on me and I landed on my feet. "I hope that's okay!" she said. I turned to see a cute brown-haired girl with rosy cheeks and a bright smile.

Space Kid

LV 19

Uraraka Ochako

"Oh no, it's fine!" I said. I probably would've just frozen up and blurted out nonsense words if I didn't have Gamer's Mind. I used to get really nervous when first meeting attractive people like that. "So your Quirk is some sort of gravity-manipulation power, right?"

"Yeah!" she said, then showed me one of her hands, or rather the pads on the ends of her fingers. "I can make objects weightless if I touch them with these things. It makes me all kinds of nauseous if I use it too much, though..."

"Even with that, it seems like a really powerful and useful Quirk," I said. "You'll probably be a great hero!"

She beamed. "Thanks! I'm Uraraka Ochako, by the way. Are you two here for the hero course too?"

Kacchan did that thing where he punches his fist into his other palm and makes an explosion to look cool. "Yup! Deku and I are gonna dominate this thing, so you'd better watch out."

I sighed. "Kacchan, could you please be nice to someone who could be our future classmate?"

She laughed. "It's nice to meet you two! I'll see you two in the hero course!" Then she ran off.

A few moments later Kacchan exasperatedly said, "Son of a bitch she only knows me as Kacchan now."

"We have to get to our exams, Kacchan," I reminded him.

"Yeah, yeah," he sighed.

xoxoxo

The written exams were... well, I suppose they were difficult, but my INT was so high that I breezed through them. After that, all of the hero course students had to attend a presentation (By Present Mic!) about what the practical exams would be like. The answer was robot-fighting, apparently. During the explanation, a boy stood up to ask a question and decided to scold me for muttering as well. That was embarrassing... After that, they escorted us to the fake cities where we'd be taking the exams. Unfortunately, Kacchan was sent to a different training ground than me, probably because they didn't want people who know each other working together. Present Mic announced that we'd have a few minutes to get ready for the exam, then clarified that that meant things like stretching but also things like preparing our Quirks. At that moment, I got a new quest.

A quest has been created!

Start Line

The Yuuei entrance exams include a ten-minute mock battle against robots. Get as many combat points as you can!

Optional objectives: Destroy the zero-pointer.

Completion: 100 EXP per combat point, 100 Skill Fragments per combat point. Optional: 2500 EXP, 2500 Skill Fragments.

Failure: You don't get any combat points, decreased closeness with Bakugou.

I readied up my buffs, holding them so that I could use them the moment the exam started but also regenerate my MP and use One For All to charge them up. As I looked over the crowd, I saw Uraraka. I started to walk over to her to thank her for earlier when I felt a hand on my shoulder. "What do you think you're doing?" I turned around to see the boy who scolded me earlier in a tight-fitting shirt that really showed off his muscles, unlike my tracksuit. He also appeared to have engines in his calves, which was probably his Quirk. "She appears to be getting ready for the mock battle." You could tell from his voice alone that he was really strict. "Were you going to use your Quirk on her to soften up the competition?" He looked at my left hand. I looked at the four balls of colored light in my hand. That probably looked bad, didn't it?

"It's not what it looks like!" I blurted. He raised an eyebrow. "The balls are for me, not her!" I clarified. He was actually really intimidating.

His face softened up a bit, then he bowed at a ninety-degree angle. "My apologies," he said, then came up. "What were you going to do with her, then?"

"I tripped earlier and she caught me. I don't think it would've been too bad thanks to my Quirk, but I wanted to thank her anyways," I explained. He nodded. I took a look at his name.

Class President

LV 24

Iida Tenya

"I see," he said. "I apologize for my harsh tone. It seemed at first that you were trying to distract the others."

I would have said something to him, but before I could, Present Mic yelled, "GO!" and a timer appeared on my UI, counting down from ten minutes. Everyone went quiet and started staring at him. "What are you standing there for, listeners!? You don't get countdowns in real life! Start already!" I panicked a bit, then popped my Speed Up and started using Air Aura. I dashed off into the mock city as fast as I could, looking at my minimap as I did. Now that the exam was starting, the robots were appearing as red dots on it. "Halitus, Dune," I muttered. My air elemental appeared, and next to him was my new earth elemental. I'd made her only a month ago. She had a very different style of clothing from the other two elementals I'd seen, with what looked like some sort of military desert camouflage uniform and a pair of goggles pushed up onto her hair. She had short, sandy blonde hair and dark brown skin that reminded me of rich soil. "Point me to where the most robots are," I told them. As I did, Iida ran up to me.

"A fellow speedster, I see!" he exclaimed over the wind. "I look forward to seeing what you can do if you get into the hero course!" Before I could say anything to him, he got even faster and dashed off. A few moments later, my elementals pointed me to a street where there were a lot of robots. I used the Attack Up, Defense Up, and Regeneration that I'd been saving for an encounter, then made a katana with Bound Blade and used Air Aura on it. Air seemed like it'd be the best for the mock battle because the speed bonuses meant that I could rack up a lot of points quickly. I proved myself right when I charged at the robots, carving through most of them in seconds. When there were only a few left, I shot my hand out at them and made a crushing motion, causing them to crumple like tin cans as Dune and Halitus combined their powers to destroy them with a combination of increased air pressure and their own armor pressing in on them.

"That was so awesome," I muttered. I dropped my Air Aura and dissipated my Bound Blade to let my mana fill back up. I'd already gotten twenty-nine points and two level-ups in the span of... I checked the timer. Two minutes. "I'm doing great!" I exclaimed. As I ran to the next hot spot, a one-pointer surprised me by jumping out of the wall like an evil Kool-Aid man. I yelped, then pulled out my sword to slice at it. The robot managed to almost dodge my swing, ending up with me only chopping off its toe. Before I could utterly wreck it with a spell, a laser beam came out of nowhere and decimated it, resulting in me getting some, but not all, of the experience points from the kill. I turned to where the beam of light came from.

"Merci," a pretty boy (Was he... sparkling?) with blonde hair and a strange-looking belt said. "You and I make a great team, monsieur. You seem like excellent bait for les robots." He then ran off, likely in search of more robots. I decided to let it not bother me due to the exams being a bit of a competition and instead just continued on, destroying the robots I saw. I decided to use ranged skills to destroy them from a distance. "Air Slash!" I yelled. A blade of air shot at the three-pointer, cutting its "head" off. "Fireball!" The next robot I found was exploded and melted. "Water Gun!" The third robot was pierced by a bullet made of water, its delicate insides soaked into uselessness.

It continued on like that for a while until I found where most of the fighting probably occurred. Robot remains were everywhere. As I watched, Iida kicked a robot with his engine leg so hard that it just stopped working and Uraraka pressed her fingers together, releasing a bunch of robots to the cruel reign of gravity. It looked like everyone was resting before splitting up to find more points. I was about to leave when the ground started shaking. A towering, building-sized robot, the zero-pointer, rose up from the ground and started thrashing about. It goes without saying that this caused everyone to panic and run away. I was about to join them when I heard a familiar voice cry for help. I saw Uraraka trapped under a rock, with the zero-pointer coming closer. It wasn't even a question what I should do next. I ran as fast as I could, using Air Aura and another Speed Up to replace the one that ran out. As I ran, I used an Attack Up, Defense Up, and Regeneration on myself, then shot another Defense Up and Regeneration at Uraraka just in case. When I was close enough, I jumped, using a barely-harnessed Air Burst combined with some One For All to send me flying skyward. As I rose, I felt the glow of One For All rise up in my arm, and I let it go full-force, even added to it with some air mana. Because it was supposed to be a secret that I had All Might's Quirk, I didn't shout any of All Might's attack names. Instead, when I wound up my punch, I shouted, "LIMIIIT!" I punched at the robot with all my might. "BREAAAAAAAK!" The rush of air slammed into the zero-pointer, hitting it so hard that its face crumpled in. The zero-pointer toppled backward from the force of the punch.

Your level has increased by one! x7

I didn't feel as bad as last time, but it still hurt. I began to fall and gulped when I saw how far away the ground was. I really didn't want to know what would happen if my already low HP hit zero. I immediately activated Healing Hands, hoping to get my HP up enough that I wouldn't die upon hitting the ground. When I was closer to the ground, I made a sword and shield with Bound Blade. I crossed my metaphorical fingers and tried to use Earth Aura on myself and the shield while using Air Aura on the sword. It worked! Before I could begin the next phase of my plan (try to make a delayed Air Burst on the sword and then throw it at the ground), though, someone slapped me on the cheek and I felt myself become immune to gravity's pull for the second time that day. I stopped within half a meter of the ground and deactivated my skills as Uraraka released her Quirk. "Thank goodness!" she said sickly as the robot part that she was on touched down. "I was afraid you'd..." she started barfing before she could finish her sentence.

"Thanks, Uraraka!" I said. I jumped up to her and used Healing Hands on her. "I wasn't sure if my plan would work or not, so that was a relief."

She bolted upright as my skill began to take effect. "I don't feel nauseous anymore!" she remarked as she wiped her mouth off with a wet wipe she pulled from her pocket. She turned to look at me with excitement in her eyes. "Can you heal people with your Quirk?"

I nervously rubbed behind my head. "I guess you could say that..."

"That's awesome! Thanks for getting rid of my nausea, by the way!" Her smile was infectious.

"TIME'S UP, FOLKS!" Present Mic's voice blared over the speakers.

"Eep! I forgot about the exam!" Uraraka said. We both sighed and sat down on the robot. "It's too late to do anything now... How many points did you get, by the way?"

I counted the robots I fought up for a moment. "Thirty-eight," I said.

"I got twenty-nine," she sighed. "I hope that that's enough to get in the hero course. You're totally going to get in, though." She paused for a moment. "I don't think I got you or your friend's name, just nicknames."

"Yeah," I said. "I'm Midoriya Izuku. My friend's name is Bakugou Katsuki. Those were nicknames we've had for each other for a while."

She smiled. "Great to meet you then, Midoriya!"

"Are either of you two hurt?" someone asked. I looked down to see an old woman with a syringe-shaped cane.

"Recovery Girl!" I said. I looked at my HP to see if I was hurt, then jumped off the robot part. "I'm fine, thanks."

"I'm good too!" Uraraka said and jumped off as well. "It's cool seeing a pro like you!"

Recovery Girl nodded and then gave us some gummies. "Neither of you look hurt, though I suggest the two of you go to the doctor if anything starts hurting. Eat those one at a time, they'll help you recover your strength."

"Thanks!" Uraraka said. As Recovery Girl walked off to treat the other examinees, Uraraka turned to me and said, "Can you believe we just met Recovery Girl?"

"I know, right!" I exclaimed. "I should probably go now, but I hope I see you in the hero course!"

"Bye!" she said. I waved to her as I left.

xoxoxo

A/N: I stink at titles and names, apparently.

Yeah, I ended up using the TGWP names for two of the skills (made up my own effects for all the skills, though). It took me a few days to get Fleet Foot and Born Lucky and I just had writers' block for the other two... hope that's okay!

#The Gamer Hero Deku #Gamer Hero Deku #fanfiction #GHD CH6 #BNHA

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wonderland-of-stars · 7 years

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Here’s my prosition: Upon being in this relationship, my freedom was given up as collateral. Because, I had the chance to love and be given love, but at some point you could not provide love back. So, my freedom has been returned.

I love you and don’t know what to do with the collatera: damage, love, and freedom.

Therefore, here’s what I propose, I shall tell friends and family about what you’ve done, but to people who want to ask just ask, I’ll say, “He wanted his freedom and all I ever wanted was his happiness. So he’s free now.” -nm

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cyarskj1899 · 1 year

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GMA’s Amy Robach ‘blindsided’ by extent of TJ Holmes’ past office ‘affairs’ & feels like ‘collateral damage’ in scandal

Jessica Finn

Updated: 11:55 ET, Jan 23 2023

Amy and co-host TJ were both taken off the air at GMA3 when news of their romance came to light in late November 2022, and are believed to be on the chopping block at the network.

5Amy Robach was unaware of the scope of boyfriend TJ Holmes' alleged affairs, a source claimedCredit: Getty

5Amy believes she is "collateral damage" after the pair were taken off the air and may be completely out at ABCCredit: BackGrid

The source told The U.S. Sun: "She had no idea the scope of TJ's alleged past office romances.

"She certainly did not foresee that their relationship was going to cause major upheaval - outside of her own marriage.

"She did not expect this to blow up into a scandal."

After Amy and TJ's romance was revealed, the GMA3 stars were pulled off the show, but in the aftermath, other lurid claims against TJ came to light.

Last week, the DailyMail reported that TJ, 45, had an alleged affair with an ABC intern 13 years his junior early on in his marriage to Marilee Fiebig.

It was also alleged he had slept with an ABC producer before his romance with Amy.

The insider also believes ABC'S investigation"will look into Amy's past to try to find some scandal, but fortunately for her, she is fairly well-behaved."

The source added that while both TJ and Amy's lawyers are in contact with ABC as they work out their potential exit, their cases are being treated separately by their respective teams.