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kokodrawings · 1 year
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Remember that Kakashi drawing I did ages ago where ANBU members wear masks from Japanese folklore? Well, I needed a Minato version in my life so I sketched it this morning 💖
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rpgchoices · 3 months
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The WINNER of the Tournament of fav tumblr rpg male romances is...
The Master of the Vollante
The Babe of Frontiers
The Heart of the Gate
WYLL RAVENGARD
Enjoy this two minute FANVIDEO DEDICATED TO HIM (don't miss the final quote, it is my favorite), I used the most appropriate song ever. Congrats, Wyll with a y!
(he is the hero, but he also needs a hero to sweep him off his feet, get it?)
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With about 1235 votes, Wyll beat Garrus in the finals of the tournament. This gives him the title of best tumblr rpg blorbo and babygirl.
(more under cut about the Wyll's sweep and his character)
Wyll jumped into the tournament qualifying among 69 total characters, and being the most voted of his section in round zero! Wyll was also the most voted OVERALL in round one where he got about 6420 votes against Cullen (88% of votes). Round two saw him winning a very close competition against Zevran, and in round three he won with almost double the votes against Astarion! Again with double the votes he won against Dorian Pavus in the semifinals!
Very appropriate for him to win as his character is truly a romantic at heart and his actor even revealed in an interview that the romantic scenes were his favorite to film.
Wyll is a companion and romancable option for any gender in Baldur's Gate 3. You will meet him while he is in pursuit of a devil, just to find out that the honor and code he is trying to live by might be clashing with the path he could be choosing.
Wyll's romance has a kiss that has been nominated (and won) for "favorite kiss ever in a rpg game by me and for my opinion only and I just love it".
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Man who will crack a joke when you least expect it
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EVEN WHEN IT REALLY IS NOT THE TIME
Just to turn around and offer you the most heart shattering and unwavering support
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Monster smasher (in all senses) hero, who truly needs someone at his side who makes sure he fights his own battles too, not just the trials of the coast!
Very happy to see he is currently (with all the biases and limitations of such polls, of course) the favorite romance in the rpg fandoms here on tumblr (for male characters)!!
Please, make sure to also jump in the female characters tournament!!
Also, CONGRATULATIONS TO GARRUS who came second in the tournament, and FENRIS who came third! (as he had more votes than Dorian, in the semifinals)
*In the fanvideo there are the seven clips that are not from Wyll games. I wanted to write them down as this is supposed to be a rec for his romance, so I don't want to trick people!
00:16 I modded Wyll into Karlach and used Astarion as player character (Karlach romance scene act 3)
00:38 Astarion romance scene, I played as Wyll but I flipped the character with the ring of metamorph mod so Wyll could pick up Astarion
00:50 Like the first clip, this is Karlach scene from act 3
00:51 I modded Karlach into Wyll, this is her scene from act 1
00:53 I modded Shadowheart into Astarion and I was playing as Wyll, this is Shadowheart romance scene in act 1
00:59 This is Astarion romance scene in act 2, I was playing as Wyll
01:07 The hug is from Astarion romance, epilogue, where I was playing as Wyll
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mlmshipbracket · 9 months
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First MLM Tournament Winners!
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Completed Bracket
Here are the winners for the first ever MLM Tournament Bracket:
In First Place we have....
SASUNARU!
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art by Behindxa
In Second Place we have...
TAAKITZ!
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art by bodaciousbasil on tumblr
And in Third Place we have...
SIDLINK!
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art by Lukellios on DeviantArt
Congrats to our Top Three winners and all of our competitors. You fought hard and well.
Note from the moderator: I want to thank all of those who voted, commented, reblogged, and tagged posts and polls for this tournament. I also would like to thank those who submitted ships for this tournament. This bracket would not have flourished and succeeded without the participation of the varying fandoms. I hope everyone who participated enjoyed watching the progression of the tournament, whether or not your chosen ship won or lost. Its all in good fun after all. Feel free to reblog or comment on this post. I would love to hear your excitement for your winning ships, lamentations for those who lost, favorite moments, and feedback. Take care to all and I hope to see you around in the future ~
MLM Ship Bracket Masterpost [HERE] Original Match-Up's [HERE] ROUND FIVE (Finals) POLLS (ENDED) [HERE]
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ispyspookymansion · 1 year
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horror franchise knockout 🥊💥: results!
this is it! after 9 bloody, brutal rounds, we have our one lone survivor. it was a close fight between a formidable pairing - saw, a 19 year, nine movie franchise with a film coming out in october, and evil dead, a 42 year, four film and 3 season franchise with a film coming out in april! saw almost got eliminated in about half the rounds of the poll, but fought tooth and nail to make it to the finals. evil dead won the least votes every single round, skating all the way through to the last faceoff. in the end, only one can win this knockout game.
the winner of the horror franchise knockout tournament is….
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evil dead!
the final matchup was pretty tight, especially given the total sweep evil dead had the entire game, with 53.3% of the votes for saw, and 46.7% of the votes for evil dead. thanks everyone for playing along, congrats to ash williams for being the least hated franchise babygirl on tumblr!
if you wanna take a look at the round results, you can view them here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, bonus
and if youre wondering if “least hated” is the same as “most liked”, keep reading to compare the results of this game with the bonus round, where i asked what the best/favorite franchise was!
horror franchise knockout eliminations in order, aka most hated to least hated:
- final destination
- child’s play
- psycho
- halloween
- friday the 13th
- texas chainsaw massacre
- nightmare on elm street
- scream
- saw
- evil dead
i wanted to look at what proportion of votes the eliminated franchises got relative to how many options there were, so that we could compare each round equivalently despite the differing numbers of options. these numbers are essentially the percent of votes divided by (1/number of films in the round), both as a whole number (so times 100).
based on that, the order from most severe sweep to closest-to-even result was:
- final destination (2.21)
- friday the 13th (2.20)
- child’s play (2.03)
- texas chainsaw massacre (1.90)
- nightmare on elm street (1.65)
- psycho (1.50)
- halloween (1.48)
- scream (1.13)
- saw (1.07)
- evil dead (.93)
and the result of the bonus round, from worst/least liked to best/favorite:
- psycho (3.4%)
- friday the 13th and texas chainsaw massacre (4.3%)
- halloween and nightmare on elm street (4.6%)
- final destination (6.1%)
- child's play (7.2%)
- scream (19.8%)
- evil dead (22.2%)
- saw (23.5%)
theres some pretty interesting differences between these orders! the final three in the knockout game (relatively close last two rounds) were also the most liked franchises by a landslide in the bonus round, (though saw managed to eek out the win there!) and the closest results by proportional numbers. but, the first two eliminated franchises (final destination and evil dead) fared better than the rest when i asked people to vote for what the liked most. of course, the fun of the game was seeing how the choices left impacted the votes, so the independent bonus round isnt the same at all, but its fun to look at
thanks again for playing!
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pokemon-with-hats · 1 year
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Pick Tumblr's Favorite Pokemon, Day 71!
Here's today's batch of pokemon! Who's your favorite? Remember, these first rounds are not single elimination - every pokemon with at least 9.5% of the vote will move on! (Note: the previous polls in this initial round were judged at 10% rounded, so i will be staying at that criteria to keep it fair)
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Also, congrats to yesterday's winners!
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Sorry for the late poll post, I'm getting caught up in projects and exam studying for grad school. I'll be done with the semester in two weeks, but I have two project presentations and three exams between now and then.
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And that's a wrap on the Dissociation Swag Competition!!!
Thanks so much for the love and support we got while running this, it was so much fun!!! And congrats to our winners: Shallan Davar/Veil/Radiant from The Stormlight Archive!
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Highlights of the Competition!
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Some funky stats from throughout the entire competition! Oddly enough, all of these except for "most votes" happened in Round 1! Exciting stuff!!!
The match with the least overall votes goes to Jaime Lannister vs Maxim Kischine in Round 1, at 128 votes!
The match with the most overall votes goes to Mae Borowski vs Shallan Davar/Veil/Radiant during the finals, at 1,774 votes!
The match with the largest gap between contenders goes to Punch/Counterpunch vs Shadow the Hedgehog in Round 1, at 89.1% (Shadow) to 10.9% (Punch/Counterpunch)! The match with the narrowest gap between contenders goes to Blitzwing/Icy/Hothead/Random vs Kayano Mikoto in Round 1, who perfectly tied and were both allowed to move on to the next round in a three-way battle!
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What's next?
This isn't the end! We don't have a set schedule for anything yet but like here's some things we have going on in the near future!
"Losers" brackets! No-stakes poll battles between some of the losers, characters who didn't get in, etc! Just for funsies!
I will be baking a cake for Shallan's victory! I can't promise it'll look good but I'll do my best :)
If you like what we do, consider voting for us in the Ultimate Poll Tournament!!! As of writing this, we won our first round and will be featured in round 2!
To see where this blog goes in the future, let us know what you think on some of the future ideas we have!
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softkiseu · 10 months
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𝟏𝟕 ❜ 𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𖧷𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭!
first of all, I want to thank everyone of amazing blogs who joined the chain game. the effort and time you given for this event is well appreciated. even we didn't able to complete the 12 participant, the game still went successful. the whole length of the event should be thirteen days but we did it like three days, thanks to everyone excitement and eager to able to make this happen.
all the moodboards of the svt members are stunning and beautiful, everyone are very talented but ofc in the end of the day it's a game and there will be a winner. (it gave me a hard time to choose)
the majority.
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congratulations @k-yujin as your late night city exploring with joshua moodboard wins most of the community heart. have the highest vote in the poll. you might already saw the result but still, this sincere way to congrats. 👏🏻
your rewards.
customize moodboard
set of icon and gif
a shout out
100 reblog
navi's pick.
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this part is seriously the hardest as all the entry are amazing so i just decided to look who took the scenario mb well. having the main muse and the darling strongest in the moodboard. congratulations @interstellarz your park date with hoshi made me go awe. ❤️
your rewards.
customize moodboard
set of icon and gif
shout out
100 reblog
+ winner.
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i really fall in love with the creativity instantly after i saw this mb and it's amusing how beautiful the art illusion of this moodboard have. so it's not fair to not give a good credit to a amazing work. congratulations in your aquarium exploration with vernon @starmio. nailed it ✨
your reward.
customize moodboard
dm me of the muse you want for the mb, icons, gifs and the post you want to be reblog. i ll try my best to give all the rewards soon a possible.
again, thank you so much and see everyone in the next event. sending love 💖
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redstonedust · 2 years
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so after letting this post circulate for a day i decided to tally up all the people mentioned in the notes like some kind of impromptu survey
i present: mcytblrs (unoffical) most wanted 3rd life s3 additions
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while the original post said "if you could add one person" i counted every name each reblog mentioned. this included things worded like 'i would choose [x], but i think my vote would have to be [y]" so this mightve come out differently if it was done as an actual poll.
i also counted every instance of "prev tags" as a vote for every name the person they reblogged it from mentioned. which was kind of hell to keep track of. ya'll kill me sometimes.
this has almost definitely been done as a proper survey before, but i found my results interesting enough to share. bite me.
anyways:
total results:
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just people with more than 1 vote:
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total votes: 431
with a smashing lead of 66 votes, 20 more than the previous most mentioned name, our winner is geminislay!
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congrats, gem! mcytblr really wants you to commit murder. or, depending on the responder, roleplay being unwilling to murder. majority were in favor of her actually popping off though.
futher statistics:
the most voted for hermits, excluding gem, were:
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joe hills (46 votes), docm77 (33 votes), and cubfan135 (19)
interestingly it seemed like most of the reasoning attached was split between them, with joe being for comedic reasons, doc being for roleplay & trap reasons, and cub being for raw pvp and game sense reasons. all three were often noted for roleplay potential though.
the most voted for empires/alsmp members, excluding gem, were:
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fwhip (37 votes), mythicalsausage (35 votes), and theorionsound (12 votes)
i don't have much to extrapolate from this except that fwhip and sausage were often mentioned together, alongside gem. people really want the wither rose gang in 3rd life, i guess. oli was often brought up with reasoning along the line of "he'd be terrible at it, and i want to see this."
the most voted for other mcyts were:
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technoblade (14 votes), wilbur soot (14 votes), and philza (9 votes)
i almost gave these guys their own category because sbi was dominating the section i can only describe as "it'd never happen, but wouldnt it be funny if it did?" notably people don't seem to actually want any of them to WIN 3rd life, and think it'd just be funny for them to be present and get their butts kicked by someone like bdubs.
some votes that just straight up aren't mcyts:
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queen elizabeth the II (1 vote), brian david gilbert (1 vote), mike lebeau (1 vote)
touché to these brave souls, i hope your dreams are fulfilled.
honorable mentions i find funny:
sneegsnag (1 vote) for being the first non-hermit/empires/alsmp member i noticed being voted for, and sticking in my brain ever since. i would like to see it, actually. i agree.
hypnotizd, vintagebeef and welsknight, for being the only hermits that did not get mentioned once. i'm so sorry kings, you deserve to commit murder too. also joey graceffa, for being the only empires member that did not get mentioned. homophobia at its finest.
kevin (1 vote). i don't know which kevin they meant. i wrote it down as callmekevin because that seems to be the most popular kevin i could find, but really it's anyone's game. maybe they mispelled jevin, who knows. if your name is kevin, you too could be eligible for this survey. congratulations, kevins of the world.
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delimeful · 3 years
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breathing cleaner air (1)
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winner of fic poll, a new BTHB fic for halloween month! the prompt for this one was "Painful Transformation"!
warnings: body horror, painful transformation, fighting/violence, dehumanizing language, antagonist (but not unsympth) virgil, religious terms borrowed to name original monsters (no actual religious connections), miscommunication/language barrier, mortal peril, thinking youre going to die
extra note: this is a multichapter fic, but this first chapter ends on a very concerning note. there is an eventual happy ending in later chapters, promise!
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Roman wasn’t sure exactly when he’d been separated from the rest of his entourage.
One moment, Logan was at his shoulder, his firm hand keeping Roman from stumbling over gnarled tree roots, and the next, he was alone, with only faint echoes of his own voice to keep him company.
Their quarry was certainly powerful, to be able to warp so much of the woods around them with thick fog and unnatural darkness. He should have expected as much.
After all, this was the same monster that had been infiltrating the Dimiour kingdom at night and stealing away children from their families. It would have to be strong in order to pull that off.
His right-hand knight would surely recommend retreating and regrouping in more neutral territory, but this was the first time they’d actually caught the fiend in the act. Seraphs were notoriously agile, with the maneuverability of the three sets of razor-sharp wings that had earned them their moniker. Once one was out of sight, it wasn’t likely to be seen again.
This time, though, the tracer spell on Roman’s compass was still active and locked on to the target.
There was no way he could return to his court empty-handed. He was the crown prince. He couldn’t be a failure. Not when there was so much at stake.
Firming his shoulders, he pushed onwards, his sword drawn.
The forest was eerily quiet around him, making the scuff of his shoes against the ground seem harsh enough to lead any enemy right to him. He shook off the thought; he was the one pursuing here. Let them come and face him.
Roman glanced up from his compass, and paused at the sight of a familiar-looking rotting tree trunk. He’d noticed one just like it about thirty paces back because it had a rare strain of fungus that Remus would have liked. What were the odds that the same rare fungus dotted the same side of a different identical rotting log?
Sure enough, another thirty paces and the log popped up again. Despite following the needle of his compass devotedly, he was being led in circles. A mind-altering ability, along with the manipulation of light and water they’d already seen? Roman shuddered, imagining what the monster could be planning with so much power at its disposal.
Luckily, Roman had more than enough faith in Logan’s spellcasting.
He closed his eyes, letting the clink of the needle guide his steps closer and closer to his target. His mind rebelled, senses muffling as though he was walking through thick honey instead of air, and then, with a pop, he was though.
When he opened his eyes, there was a small house in a clearing in front of him.
It was less ramshackle than he would have expected, the candlelight in the windows looking almost cozy compared to the dark forest surrounding it.
Assured that the kidnapping culprit lay just ahead, he tucked the compass into his pocket, strode forward, and kicked the door down.
Immediately, his eyes were drawn to the figure in the middle of the room, who had spun around at his arrival.
It looked startlingly human, wide eyed and messy haired, but the single set of dark wings taking up half the room were a dead giveaway to the seraph’s true nature. Those fragile core wings could be hidden, protected, even glamored away, but they never vanished entirely. They were the most reliable way to expose a seraph hidden in a human guise.
The seraph swore lowly, flaring the feathery appendages out to make itself look bigger.
Roman could just barely make out the small figures crowded against the back corner of the room, anxious eyes peering out at him. He felt something in him loosen in relief at the sight of the children still alive, if undoubtedly terrified. He’d half-expected the horrific alternative.
“I’ll tell you this once, you feathery fiend,” he said, pointing his sword at the monster directly. “Release the innocents you’ve kidnapped, and I won’t make your end painful.”
Its pupils narrowed to slits, and it spread its wings wider, hiding the children from view. When it spoke, there was a high, grating discordant note under the words. “Not. A. Chance.”
“Then face the consequences!” Roman shouted, and lunged.
The seraph was surprisingly adept at defending, flexing its hands and using long, sharp claws to block his blows and get in some of its own. Even in battle, it always remained between Roman and the children it held hostage, and the poor things were too frightened to respond to his calls for them to run.
Frustrating, but nothing he couldn’t overcome. In the end, Roman had been trained with the sword since he could stand, and no child-abducting angel impersonator could best him in battle.
When the inevitable opening came, he seized it, pushing forward until the seraph’s back was to the wall. Cornered, it hissed lowly at him before catching his next strike on its claws. It strained against his sword, its shaking arms the only thing keeping his blade from reaching its throat. Only a little further, and--
“Stop it!” A small voice shouted, on the edge of tears. “Don’t hurt him!”
Roman’s head jerked up, his attention caught by the distressed call.
The children were still huddled together, but one at the front of the group had stepped forward, fists clenched and gaze angry.
“Leave him alone!” she demanded, glaring directly at Roman.
Something fluttered at her back, and Roman’s eyes widened.
“You’re--,” he started, and then the seraph twisted in his grip, and he only barely caught the motion of its hand toward his head before glass shattered against his skull.
He staggered back as thick liquid spilled over his head, too cool to be blood.
Rather than pursue the opening, the seraph stepped back, wings finally settling back against its back. The lack of aggression was strange, after it had so fiercely responded to his challenge. Seraphim weren’t known for mercy.
Roman stepped forwards, his mouth shaping the first syllable of a question, and then abruptly understood as his body began to burn coldly, like he’d pressed ice directly to every inch of his skin. His sword dropped from numb fingers, clattering to the floor.
He’d been poisoned.
“New plan, we’re moving tonight,” the seraph began to speak, addressing the children, but Roman’s heartbeat was too loud in his ears to make out the rest of its words.
He fell to hands and knees, a line of burning pain along his spine. Some of the children sent him looks, nervous or pitying or angry, but most were busy scurrying around and gathering everything that wasn’t nailed down. He could see now, the small sets of wings on each and every one’s back, marking them as his kingdom’s enemies.
Why had he been told they were human? A leak in the court? Who had lied?
The seraph crouched in front of him, gaze unreadable. Its eyes were mismatched, Roman noticed nonsensically as another wave of pain shuddered through him.
“Well, that didn’t go to plan.” It brushed the remains of a glass vial from its hand, and Roman stared at the dark liquid left on the pieces.
“Wh--at did you do. To me,” he grit out between pants, struggling to keep himself upright.
“Congrats. You get to see how it feels to be us. To be hunted,” the seraph told him with an unfriendly smile. “Maybe it’ll change your perspective a little. Or maybe you’ll just bite it.”
It shrugged and flipped up its hood, rising to its feet, and kicked Roman’s sword up into its grip. Roman protested the theft on principle, but his voice came out strained and feeble like he’d never heard it before.
Before it followed the last kid out the door, it paused, glancing at him one last time.
“Once the bones are done, it gets easier,” it told him. “Good luck.”
Roman didn’t realize just what that meant until he heard the first resounding crack.
He finally lost his battle with gravity, collapsing to the ground with an agonized cry. That noise-- from inside him--?
There was another crack, and a series of pops like dislocating joints, and then his skin was melting and he was fading in and out of consciousness, roused and put under by the same overwhelming, all-consuming agony. Each time he woke, he could hear grinding and shifting inside of him, as though his insides were rebelling against their natural placement.
The seraph hadn’t been lying: the bones were the most painful part, and once the last one had clicked back into place, there was a palpable difference in pain levels. He still hurt, ached beyond measure, but it was no longer so much that he couldn’t even think past the pain. It almost felt like relief.
Roman focused on breathing, slow and deep, until he felt a little less like he was going to shake apart. He didn’t know of any poison that could do something like this. It was magic-- strong, cursed magic, and unlike Logan’s, there was no softness in it.
It took what felt like hours for him to gain the resolve to push himself up, and even longer to maintain the motion even as every nerve ending in his body protested. His vision was blurry, and his balance felt entirely off, even more so than that time Remus had dared him to jump off the roof and he’d gotten a concussion.
When he finally properly looked down at himself, he found feathers and bone lining his hands, transforming them into sharp claws and rigid armor. Familiar, but only because he’d seen them on his enemies time and time again.
The shock of adrenaline at the sight was helpful in pushing his aching muscles to the back of his mind as he rose to his knees and twisted to look at himself, staring at the three sets of bright wings draped down from his back.
Golden and white feathers lined them, lined his ears and throat and chest, framing the white exoskeleton pieces inset in his skin.
He sat back on his haunches, and took a few deep, whistling breaths before trying to speak, to say anything in his own voice. To prove he was still himself.
The sound that emerged from his throat was hollow and resonant, like woodwind instruments in harmony. It sent chills of anticipation down his spine, for he’d only ever heard the uncanny call before battle.
There was no denying it, however much he might want to. His body had been warped, transformed into the worst enemy of his kingdom, the beasts that plagued their people day and night. He was a seraph.
He had to get help.
Surely, there was someone among the court who knew about this curse, who could procure a solution, some kind of cure. He couldn’t be stuck as a monster, he was Dimiour’s crown prince!
He pushed himself up to his feet and found he was taller than before, limbs thin and spindly. All six of the wings lifted and curled around him automatically, creating the shell of bright feathery limbs that marked a seraph on defense. They were lighter than he would have expected, seeing as he knew the true form feathers were as sharp as any knife.
He stumbled through the door into the open forest air, taking a significant chunk out of the door frame as he went. His limbs were unsteady with inexperience, the gait distinctly different, almost hunched over to counterbalance the weight of his-- the wings.
In the distance, Roman heard voices calling his name.
He loped towards the sounds with barely a thought, attempting not to overthink every staggering movement. The underbrush scraped and rattled around him, announcing his presence well before he cleared the treeline and found himself faced with the weapons of his own squadron.
He tried to speak automatically, to show them that he wasn’t what they thought, but all that left him were those discordant, eerie notes, like overlapping birds of prey. He sounded like a nightmare come to life, and he noticed with abrupt horror that some of the newer trainees were faltering, clapping hands over their ears.
A blade flashed in the corner of his vision, and he raised an arm automatically. With a clang, the attacking knight’s glaive rebounded off his arm so sharply that the man wielding it nearly toppled. Another knight quickly moved between them, weapon raised defensively as their fellow recovered.
Roman stared at his arm, now covered in an extra layer, a hardened shell of bone. The armor had appeared-- had ossified into place, quicker than he could think.
“Hold!” A familiar voice called, and Roman turned to it like it was an oasis in a drought. Logan. Logan was here, he was the smartest person he knew, if anyone would have a solution, it would be him.
An odd crooning note bubbled up from his chest, but it cut off sharply at the sight of his right-hand man.
Logan stood sturdy with his scythe staff held up in one hand, and not a glint of recognition in his eyes.
“Move on, continue searching for our liege,” he directed, voice firm. “I will handle this opponent.”
Roman screeched, wings flaring in upset, trying over and over to manage anything recognizable as human speech. Anything at all that would let his closest friend identify him.
Logan didn’t even flinch at the sound, well-practiced in filtering out the skull-splitting calls of seraphim. He’d been in more battles than Roman ever had, out on the field while Roman was stuck learning courtly etiquette.
He’d earned himself the mantle of ‘Executioner’, and the thought had never sent a chill down Roman’s spine the way it did now.
But then, Roman had never been the one on this end of Logan’s casting, had he?
The others continued forward on their commanding officer’s orders, searching for someone who stood right before them, and abandoning him to a fight he couldn’t win.
Logan knew seraphim better than anyone else, how they functioned on every level.
Roman barely knew how to operate this new body, and more than that, he was terrified of it, of the damage he could unknowingly deal his best friend. It could hardly be called an equal match.
Still, it was almost a surprise to feel the impact of Logan’s first cast, a draining spell designed to weaken the enemy. He didn’t want to believe this situation was real, any of it, but the burning pins and needles racing through him were undeniable.
His wings wrapped around him more securely, he intended to turn, to flee the way no prince should. Perhaps it was this cowardice that resulted in the way he only made it two steps before exhaustion made him stumble.
Or maybe it was the way the most painful transformation of his life had turned his body inside-out what felt like mere moments ago.
Either way, he was in no position to dodge the next spell, or resist the darkness blooming in his vision as he tipped over that precarious line into unconsciousness.
His last glimpse of the world around him was Logan, weapon in hand, striding closer with his face set determinedly. Roman’s foolishness had never managed to outlast or outwit that expression before, and he had no doubt that this instance would be much the same.
At least, with any luck, his friend would never know what he’d done.
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My first Halloween request! yay! find the request post; here
Thank you for the request @suhdays​, you’re the best, I hope you like it  🥺Request; “ twinning Halloween costumes with yoongi (but it’s like something dorky, like a stapler idk alsjs) and they go to a party where everyone is like “it’s that couple again” and it’s cute and fluffy !! ”
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Min Yoongi x reader Genre; Fluff, guess lil humour too because I like the funnies Warnings; Adult language and topics otherwise none Word count; 2.3k
Summary; For the first time in five years, you leave the important task of buying your couple costume to your boyfriend. This is how he turns his mistake into something you’ll always remember
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It's that time of year again; Halloween and for the first time in your life, you were not ready. You had recently started your own business so your whole life was pretty much full of meetings and interviews and paperwork and spoopy season was at the bottom of your list of priorities. Which is why you left the Halloween prep entirely to Yoongi. Admittedly, you were pretty worried at first and reluctant to allow your boyfriend to take the responsibility of the holiday into his own hands, not because you don't trust him as that's not true at all, you've always trusted Yoongi with everything in you but the fact is; Min Yoongi has always been the type to cheat his way through things that don't have his full attention and Halloween definitely fell under that category. But, the man pulled through and had the house, both interior and exterior decorated a week into October (a week later than you yourself would've had it done but that's beside the point) and had stocked up on sweets for both yourselves and the trick or treaters. So, Yoongi did well in that respect but clearly, one of the most important aspects of celebrating Halloween went straight over his head until the very last moment.
"Yoongi, what...what is this?" You questioned prodding at the plastic packaging in your hands.
"Our costumes." Was his answer from where he stood in your bedroom doorway, shuffling his weight from foot to foot knowing that you were not impressed with him.
"This isn't what we agreed on,"
"Yeah well..." He trailed off not quite knowing what to say to defend his lack of foresight in the costume buying department.
"You forgot and got these on the way home, didn't you?" Just like that, his body slumped and his lips pursed into the pout you knew meant he was going to try and cutely whine his way out of his own problem. And you hated that pout because it was so hard to say no to.
"I meant to order the other ones but kept forgetting and when I remembered I couldn't find them anywhere so I was going to make them but didn't have the time; I have the supplies under the bed so you can't say I wasn't going to! Then next thing I knew Jin caught me on the way out of work to do his yearly speech of him and Joon are going to beat us at the couple costume competition tonight and yeah...it was between those or sexy plug and socket and honestly I would rather just go in normal clothes and give hyung the prize myself than make either of us wear that sorry excuse for a costume." He was off on a rant by that point, eyebrows scrunched together and lips even poutier and so adorable you couldn't resist. Yoongi was too busy in his speech on sexy electrical costumes to even notice that you were closer until your lips were on his ceasing his spiel.
"Why are you so cute, huh?" You cooed upon pulling back far enough to look into his surprised gaze.
"Uh, not the response I expected." Was his response, earning a giggle from you. "So uhm yeah, it's still a couple costume." He murmured a little distractedly as he placed his hand over the two packaged outfits in your hand. "I'll be this one and you that."
"Okay fine, we can still win with this, right?"
"Yeah, Jin-hyung always chooses either some obscure anime characters or a pun that no-one understands, for him and Joonie."
"We got this."
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When you arrived at the party hand in hand with Yoongi you saw Seokjin and Namjoon across the garden dressed as...something...honestly you couldn't even make a vaguely intelligent guess at what exactly the couple were supposed to me; something with beads and an obnoxious amount of purple feathers. Even though you had expected pretty much exactly that from Seokjin you still felt yourself relax the tiny amount of tension in your shoulders from the thought of not taking home the prize as you and Yoongi had for the past four years since Hoseok started hosting the annual party.
"Are you a stapler and stack of paper?" Jimin questioned as the pair of you approached the drink table where the pink-haired fairy was hanging around to talk to people; Jimin was always seen at the drinks table even if he wasn't drinking purely because he knew people would always be coming and going so he had plenty of chances to make new friends and charm the fishnet stockings off of someone for the night.
"Yes," You confirmed, not really wanting to elaborate and instead focused on pouring drinks out for you and your stack of paper partner.
"Not that you're not cute or anything because you two are the cutest couple and always will be, I voted for you before you even arrived; but like, why? Your costumes are usually really...not this."
"Because she holds me together," Yoongi replied easily as if it had always been the genuine reason for you to be the stapler to his paper that evening, not his incredible ability to forget the one thing you planned literally months ahead of time.
"That was cute, now I want to vote for you." You looked over your shoulder to find Namjoon waiting with the two men behind you, two empty plastic cups in his hands so you held your hands out in a silent offer that he accepted wit a smile. "Don't tell Jin I said that though, he'll do something petty to get back at me and I love him and all but I do not want to not get my dick sucked just because I assisted the enemy."
"Hyung is so dramatic," Jimin giggled. "I love it."
"Mm, try getting vaguely threatening messages from him for the past month in an attempt at getting us to throw the competition." Yoongi snorted.
"Ah, that's why he stopped messaging me, he found out you had to buy them!" You realised with a laugh and capped the bottle in your hand so that you could return Namjoon's then full cups to him then gather your own while Yoongi picked up his with a gentle kiss to your jaw in passing.
"He takes this way too seriously."
"What exactly are you two even supposed to be?" Jimin enquired, tilting his head curiously as he eyed the feathered male from head to toe then back again.
"I have no fucking idea." Namjoon deadpanned before nodding to the three of you and turning to return to his partner's side.
"Poor Joonie," Jimin hummed before giggling which you and Yoongi quickly joined in with. Namjoon dealt with a lot from his boyfriend and his eccentric and shameless ways but they were such a perfect match that you knew Namjoon would never even attempt to change a single thing about Seokjin. They were cute- you could admit that-, even if their Halloween costumes always sucked.
"We should go get our picture taken for the vote table," Yoongi pointed out.
"Most people here already know who you two are," Jimin laughed but you and Yoongi were already heading across the garden to the table beside the temporary stage at the bottom of the garden.
"Just in time!" Jeongguk beamed from where he was perched on his comfortable lawn chair beside the table, camera hanging around his neck ready to take portraits against the spooky backdrop just to the side for whoever wanted the service, for a fee of course. "It's almost time to close the sign up for the competitions," He got to his feet and got into position while you and Yoongi stood ready for your photo to be taken by the cape clad male; vampire again and the only reason Jeongguk had that costume in the first place was that Hoseok said he couldn't work at his party if he didn't dress up. Though the way the seams across his biceps stretched in protest you guessed Jeongguk would have to finally buy a new costume for the following year or quit the gym.
"Many people this year?" You asked once your photos were taken and the best one was being sent to the portable printer on the table to pin on the board showcasing the contestants.
"Not really for the couple one, everyone knows you two win so the only person that really tries to beat you is Jin-hyung. But the individual comp has a lot of entries. Mostly girls hoping to win a date with Hoseokie-hyung." Jeongguk informed with a giggle while pinning your photo on the couples competition board.
"Wait, what?" Yoongi replied. "Hobi is putting himself up as grand prize?"
"Didn't you see the poll he made on Twitter last week? He added a date with him as a joke but it won so he stuck with it. There's also the usual gift hamper prize too so the winner can pick what they'd prefer."
"I hope someone nice wins and Hoseokie gets a kind girlfriend out of it." You commented and they both hummed in agreement.
"Gukkie! Picture please!" Someone you couldn't recall the name of but were certain had been at Jeongguk's birthday party called so you and Yoongi left the photographer to his work and went off to mingle and talk to friends and strangers alike.
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At midnight Hoseok got up on stage to announce the competition winners. To his own surprise, Taehyung won the individual competition; he hadn't even applied but from the way Jeongguk was hollering from the side you deduced the vampire had pinned his best friend's picture up all the same. It was a good costume; Taehyung was Van Gogh's ghost and had spent the night flitting around with body paints in his hands painting tributes to his favourite artist on the skin of whoever would let him. You yourself had the most famous starry night on your neck and Yoongi was too ticklish to allow the brushes near his sensitive skin.
"Congrats Tae!" Hoseok cooed, pushing back the crown that was slipping down his head yet again so that he could beam at Taehyung as the younger stepped up to collect his prize. "Come get the hamper before you leave tomorrow, yeah?"
"What if I want the date?" He challenged. The crowd "ooh"ed. Hoseok flailed.
"Did not take that into consideration," Yoongi admitted lowly by your side.
"Me either. Has Seok ever been into guys?"
"No, well, not that he's told me,"
"Do you think he could be?"
"I mean, it's Tae, I think everyone's at least a little gay for Tae."
"We know you are." You sniggered and he whined. "What? It's cute."
"Will you ever let me live that down? It was before we even met, babe."
"I can never forget that, babe."
Your teasing bickering distracted from the spectacle on stage long enough for Taehyung to leave with a promise from the host to talk later. Hoseok had even moved onto the couple's competition. That man sure worked fast when he wanted to remove the focus from his flushed features.
"Oh, no surprise here, Y/N and Yoongi!" He called into the microphone causing you both to look forward to the stage with wide eyes having been caught off guard. "Come on you two!" So you both waddled up onto the stage and accepted the winner badges Hoseok pinned to your costumes. "You know what to do about your prize," He joked waving you both off.
"What if we want a date with you too, huh?" You cooed. Hoseok yelled while you skittered off stage after Yoongi who could only smile fondly at your antics.
"Hey! Don't try and steal my date!" Taehyung exclaimed from beside the stage making you laugh before you fell into conversation with him and gained another masterpiece on your skin; this time on the back of your hand.
3 am the next morning you flopped into bed beside Yoongi, both freshly clean of the night's sweat and body paints. "I swear we get home later every year," Yoongi grumbled, already closing his eyes ready to greet sleep with open arms.
"That's because every year he comes up with new games to play and neither of us can so no to that shithead and he knows it." You yawned, head resting on his shoulder and leg laying over his own. He hummed in agreement. "What you said earlier to Jimin about our costumes, was that some of your spur of the moment bullshit or did you think of it when you picked them?"
"Hm? What did I say?"
"That I was the stapler and you paper because I hold you together."
"Oh, yeah, that. It's the truth, you do hold me together, always have. I don't want to even think about the mess I'd be right now if I never met you."
"Huh, maybe next year I should be superglue," You joked tilting your head to grin up at him. He felt your movement so opened his eyes to meet your gaze with a soft smile.
"And I'll be the broken toy that only you have the strength to fix."
"You're not broken."
"Not anymore, you fixed me." You lifted up just enough to press a soft, loving kiss to his lips.
"We did it together; like we do everything else. And we'll keep working like this for a long time, okay?"
"You and me together forever. Cliche but I can live with that."
"Let's get some sleep, I have a feeling we'll have Seok around tomorrow panicking that he agreed to go on a date tonight with Taehyung."
"Ugh, can't I not be here for that?" He groaned rolling over to wrap his limbs around you and bury his face into your neck making you giggle at the cute actions.
"No, we literally just talked about this, Yoonie."
"Mm," He inhaled your clean soft scent deeply before exhaling and leaning back to look at you. "Together?"
"Forever."
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dr-archeville · 3 years
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INDY Daily: Justice Cheri Beasley Will Run for North Carolina's Opening U.S. Senate Seat
It’s Wednesday, April 28
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Good morning, readers.
I got my second Moderna shot yesterday and, I have to say, I'm feeling a little bit out of sorts. So please indulge me as I regale you with some (what I find to be) humorous political intrigue surrounding the race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat in 2022.
Yesterday, Justice Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to serve as chief justice on North Carolina's state Supreme Court, announced she is running for the U.S. Senate seat.
She'll be a formidable candidate.
Such a formidable candidate, in fact, that the folks at The Carolina Journal, which I have seen described as "a right wing propaganda op for Art Pope," are ginning up stories about N.C. DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen potentially jumping into the race for the seat.
From the story:
"There is no doubt that Justice Beasley will be the front-runner for the Democrats," said Brad Crone, president of Campaign Connections, a Raleigh-based public affairs and political consulting firm (itals. mine).
"However, the field is still developing and could change dramatically if HHS Secretary Mandy Cohen enters the race. Jeff Jackson, Erica Smith, and Rett Newton will all be fighting for attention and support bases as the field sorts itself out."
There are a lot of reasons why it wouldn't make any sense at all for Sec. Mandy Cohen to enter the U.S. Senate race, not least of which that there's still plenty of work to be done for the state on the COVID-19 front and that public health, not politics, seems to be where Cohen is most at home.
I'm not entirely sure what the end game is for Republicans to put a story like this out there on the same day Beasley officially announces her candidacy.
But my best guess is that they're panicking.
Republican talent going into the 2022 race right now tops out with ex-governor Pat McCrory. One can see the appeal for the party to cast Cohen in a will she-won't she-run, Lara Trump-type role to act as a foil to the Democrats' growing but impressive slate of viable candidates.
To which I say to the GOP, have fun with that. Everyone seems to be realizing now that this seat is well and truly up for grabs.
What do you think about this story? Let me know!
Correction: yesterday I mistakenly wrote that there are four HBCUs in the Triangle. In fact there are three: Shaw University and St. Augustine's in Raleigh and N.C. Central University in Durham.
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Orange County
Sounds like UNC-Chapel Hill's opting out of a vaccine mandate for students returning for the fall semester isn't quite a done deal yet. At a faculty executive committee meeting Monday, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said discussions about a vaccine mandate are happening at the state level and that the North Carolina Commission for Public Health has the authority to change the campus vaccine policy but could run into legal issues if it does.
Private universities in the state, including Duke, will require students to be vaccinated when they return in the fall and public institutions in other states (including schools in the California State University System and the University System of Maryland) will have a vaccine mandate in place.
Durham County
Residents of Durham's Walltown neighborhood have some ideas about how Northgate Mall should be redeveloped. Northwood Ravin, the firm that has plans of its own for the property, remains unmoved.
A federal jury found a Durham man guilty in the attempted robbery and killing of Durham restaurant owner Hong Zheng.
Wake County
Peaceful vigils, marches, and demonstrations continue to take place in downtown Raleigh in the wake of the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by sheriff's deputies. Here are some scenes from this weekend.
N.C. State has plans to upgrade Carter Finley Stadium to the tune of $700,000. Here's where the money will come from.
Elsewhere
Andrew Brown Jr.'s family and family attorneys held a news conference on Tuesday afternoon to release the results of an independent autopsy the family had commissioned following Brown's shooting death by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies.
According to attorney Wayne Kendall, Brown was shot five times in total; he took four shots to his right arm, which was positioned with his hand on the steering wheel, and one shot to the back of the head which killed him.
Attorney Ben Crump posted video footage to his Facebook page of several deputies riding in the back of a pickup truck on their way to Brown's home to serve him a warrant.
Gov. Roy Cooper released a statement urging a special prosecutor to "handle all matters related to the shooting in Pasquotank County." Citing recommendations made by his administration's Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, Cooper said the move "would help assure the community and Mr. Brown’s family that a decision on pursuing criminal charges is conducted without bias."
The FBI is launching a civil rights investigation into the shooting, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
Here are my thoughts on the shooting and on how we can't allow Andrew Brown's murder to be excused away.
Democratic lawmakers are pressing for the passage of bills in the General Assembly that would make it easier to get body camera footage released to the public within 48 hours after recording takes place (unless a judge rules otherwise). As the law currently stands, a judge has to allow the public release of police body camera footage. 
Nearly 4 million people in North Carolina have been vaccinated but experts expect the demand—and enthusiasm—for getting the shots will soon reach its tipping point.
More than 300,000 LGBTQ North Carolinians live in constant danger of discrimination thanks to serious gaps in state laws, a new analysis found.
Statewide COVID-19 by the numbers: Tuesday, April 27
1,148 New lab-confirmed cases (963,771 total; seven-day average leveling)
1,103 Current hospitalizations reported (seven-day average leveling; 12,583 total deaths, +23 over Tuesday)
11,222 Completed tests (12.29 million total; most recent positive rate was 7.5 percent)
6,967,577 Total vaccinations administered (State data not updated daily)
Today's weather Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s.
Song of the day American Aquarium–Things Change Things change, indeed: live music is back and American Aquarium plays a sold-out, all masked, all seated show at the Lincoln Theatre tonight. More on the 2018 album of the same name here.
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The winner of the tournament of favorite female rpg romances is...
Karlach!
Truly the darling of Baldur's Gate 3! The tiefling who inspired a THOUSAND OF PEOPLE CRYING FOR A DIFFERENT ENDING (funny story, one time someone tried to get me in a dodgy plan to blackmail Larian so Karlach could have a happy ending... the dedication...)
I do not have a playthrough with the romance recorded, so let me share my favorite scene from act 3 (I am not crying!).
Karlach is a companion and romance option (for any gender and any playable character) in Baldur's Gate 3. She is also a playable character (I did play as her! and in my opinion she has the most original content among playable characters).
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She won with 622 votes against Lae'zel, another character from Baldur's Gate 3. Congrats to Lae'zel for coming in second!
This gives Karlach the title of tumblr rpg best blorbo and babygirl!
More on her character and win under cut:
Karlach jumped into the tournament with 192 votes in round zero (the most voted of her poll) which allowed her to jump in round 1, where she beat up other BG3's character Shadowheart with 631 votes (almost three times the votes of poor Shadowheart). In the second round, Karlach won against another BG3 character (poor Minthara) with 551 votes (double Minthara's).
Finally in round three she won against queen of rpg romances Morrigan from Dragon Age Origins, with about 238 votes. And she kicked out Josephine from DA:I with 327 votes before beating Lae'zel in the finals!
I have to note that in every single round Karlach always won by DOUBLE the votes or more than double! No character really ever got close to her (HOW IRONIC!)
Karlach's romance revolves around her experiencing life and freedom for the first time in a decade of servitude and war in the hells. Even with all she suffered, Karlach is an incredibly optimistic and kind character. She cannot touch others because of her infernal engine and she craves for connection and friendship.
Not just romantic, one of my favorite scenes is that at the end she will say to the player "I adore you" and express her love for them indipendently from the romance status.
Also because of her untouchability, her romance is one of the most unique in the game. And if you play as her, you will experience unique romances with the other characters (I played as her and romanced Astarion! definitely interesting!).
AND NOW SHE HAS A HAPPY ENDING! so you can celebrate and live happily!! (unless you play spawn astarion, don't do that... sorry...)
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sircnss · 4 years
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So, you want fill out a bracket
[insert captain america gif here]
attn.
@nctphx @acetrainermj @violagoth @chocolatspring @noonachronicles @uwunnie @little-writing-worm @aerislulu
HELLO AND WELCOME TO KPOP MARCH MADNESS: SEPTEMBER  SONG ALBUM SHOWDOWN
I have made what I hope is a cohesive tutorial on how to fill out your brackets and whatnot. If you do have any further questions, please feel free to message me and I can always help out.
 Everything will be under the cut to save your dash
But FIRST, why am I doing this again?
We lost all our concerts for the year (ty stray kids and eric nam for being the only in person concerts I got this year), I lost the opportunity to do poorly in the actual college basketball March Madness and we all need a tiny bit of fun in some form this year! All without having to actually leave and it is SUPER low stakes.
 In fact, I do all of the work and you guys just campaign your little hearts out for your favorite album because the more votes (voting will take place on a google form, which will be covered later) the better and it makes the races more fun for me to watch.
The idea of a fandom March Madness started from a livejournal community waaaay back in the day and I never did well in that either lmao so the idea is 1,000% not mine originally.
tl;dr I participated in this back on LJ in the 2010s, it was fun and low stakes, I added the prize element in the middle of the March Edition.
WELCOME TO MY WORLD LET’S DO THIS
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For purposes of this tutorial, I’ll be using a shortened version of the March Madness bracket.
Step one.
I will send you a link to the main bracket which is being done through Google Sheets, what I need you to do is to make a copy and title it [YOUR NAME]’s Bracket and then fill out the entire thing and then share it with me with editing access. I will most likely be making a copy for myself but I will only be editing yours to strike-through the loser of the round and bolding the winner so you don’t have to! Once you make the copy and shared it with me, all you have to really do from there is sit back, relax and vote/promote. 
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The first bracket, I believe it says Round of 64 on the bottom tab is the one we will be using!  
Step two.
Below is what the contenders list looks like! In the case of song showdown, it’s done in groups and then ARTIST - ALBUM TITLE. This gets generated into the brackets!
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Step three.
Click on the little check box for the choice you want, it will automatically move that choice to the next round.
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Here it is again with the entire second round picked out, notice that nobody has been selected yet for the following rounds
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Step four.
Repeat what you did in step three for the remainder of the rounds. Pick your favorite for each round and then repeat until it’s all filled out and you get a champion, your champion. The pick you know is that bitch and everyone else is wrong.
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Step five.
Vote! How? You say? I will be obnoxious for approximately 3 days with reblogging a link to a google form where you can cast your votes.I’ll be tagging you in the initial post so you don’t get surprised when you see it the fifth time and your name suddenly has appeared. Share that post, bribe your friends, family, dogs. Campaign if you want! If you do campaign I will reblog it and come up with a tag to follow so you can see the cool campaigns. If I was graphically inclined I would do it for you but...I’m not. Anywho
The points!
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If you look at this spreadsheet, you’ll see how many points each round is worth and how I let the spreadsheet do the math from there. 
I believe that covers everything! Again, if there’s any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me.
My goal is to have the first round officially start on Tuesday, September 8th. So please expect a message this weekend with the link to the main bracket! Please remember make a copy, fill it out through the end and then share it with me again so I can make my own copy to keep track of the points and make the appropriate notations (bold and strike-through) with each round.
FAQ (these questions aren’t frequently asked but they could be)
1. March Madness made sense, why are we doing albums when it’s called September Song Showdown?
I was going to do this in April as a song showdown and now I realize it could have been April Album A-Something, but albums are easier to pick than songs and it’s September now. Maybe next September it’ll be a song Showdown.
2. You mentioned prizes???
Yes! I had a couple of friends who aren’t into kpop participate and I bribed them with a prize if they won and stuck to it when @chocolatspring won! Even though Gaby didn’t get her prize until like 2 weeks ago but it’s fine, I’ll be more on top of it this time just in time for the December holidays!
3. How do you know who goes in what spot?
Random.org/lists! I shuffle them 5-10 times and then go through and put them on the main spreadsheet, shown above in the actual tutorial.
4. How do you figure the points?
Spreadsheets, baby! Each round is worth a certain number of points, each album you pick that goes on to fight the next round will earn so many points, those points are then added up and triple checked before I put them on a separate spreadsheet. The spreadsheet does the math from there. 
5. I won, so now what?
Congrats! You have the best intuition and convinced enough people to vote for your fave! On top of being announced as a winner on the final post, I’ll message you and you let me know what your choice of prize is (an album of your choice, a gift card or something else).
5.2 Wait, is this free?
20 bucks, venmo me. Kidding. The only person this will end up costing money for is me. Which is why when I say an album of your choice within reason, I mean I’m not going to say you're limited to a price range, but like...I can’t do a crazy expensive album.
6. What happens if I end up tanking just after the first round?
There’s no coming back after a bad round so welcome to...a second chance bracket! I don’t know how to do that yet, but you can continue to vote, promote, whatever your heart desires, but there will be a small thing I haven’t figured out yet for the person with the least amount of points.
7. Are you participating?
Yes! I don’t gain or lose anything from this so my points don’t really count. So if I do end up winning, the next highest amount is the actual winner.
8. Just to be clear, can people not filling out the brackets vote in the polls?
Yes! Share it on your twitter, reblog the post on your tumblrs! The more votes the merrier! Heck, I got my mom to play in March and showed her pictures and she chose based on that alone for her voting. 
9. How long is each voting round going to remain open?
5 days. Rounds will be open Monday-Friday, I will make the initial post Monday and share it again throughout the day, a reminder on Wednesday and then finally on Friday with plenty of time before the form closes. Results will be shared Saturday afternoons and I will spend Sunday getting the new round ready. 
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‘Humbled’ Sadiq Khan Re-elected as London Mayor, Giving Loabour a Victory as Party Reels From By-election Setbacks
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been re-elected to lead a city rocked by knife crime and controversial Covid-19 lockdowns, giving the Labour Party a victory to celebrate after being embarrassed in this week's by-election.
Khan was pronounced winner of 55.2% of the mayoral vote on Saturday, besting Conservative Shaun Bailey's 44.8%. While the margin of victory was comfortable, it wasn't the landslide that he appeared to be headed for as recently as a couple of months ago, when polls showed him leading by a 25-point margin. His margin was so large at that point, in fact, that it wouldn't have required a count of second-preference votes.
"I'm deeply humbled by the trust Londoners have placed in me to continue leading the greatest city on earth," Khan said just after the results were announced. "I promise to strain every sinew to help build a better and brighter future for London after the dark days of the pandemic and to create a greener, fairer and safer city where all Londoners get the opportunities they need to fulfill their potential."
The mayor acknowledged that "the scars of Brexit remain" and "we must use this moment of national recovery to heal those divisions." However, the literal scars of London's rising crime – including stabbings that have left at least 12 teenagers dead so far this year – also have weighed on Khan politically. Bailey made crime concerns a focus of his campaign, vowing to hire 8,000 police and reopen police stations that Khan has closed.
Labour lost at least 138 seats in Thursday’s local by-election voting, 123 of which were won by the Tories. Among the losses were some previously reliable seats in typically pro-Labour districts, such as a Parliament seat for Hartlepool that the party had controlled since 1974.
But Khan’s win was never in serious doubt, and he finished with an edge of more than 228,000 votes over Bailey, when counting both first- and second-preference votes. Green Party candidate Sian Berry came in a distant third in first-preference votes, at 7.8%, well behind Khan’s 40% and Bailey’s 35.3%.
Khan, the first Muslim to head of the largest city in Western Europe, nevertheless called his re-election an “overwhelming mandate.”
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Thank you London. It’s the absolute honour of my life to serve the city I love for another three years. I’ll leave no stone unturned to get our city back on its feet. A brighter future is possible, and we’ll deliver it together.
If you voted for me, from the bottom of my heart—thank you. If you didn’t, please know that I’ll never ignore your voice, your concerns or your worries. I’ll always be a Mayor for all Londoners—working to improve the lives of every single person in this city.
— Twitter: Sadiq Khan@SadiqKhan
What I love about London #378
The Gov’t: against Sadiq Khan
National Media: Against Sadiq Khan
Hard Right Commentariat: Against Sadiq Khan
Brexiteer Millionaires: Against Sadiq Khan
Global Far Right Networks: Against Sadiq Khan
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Every community in London will have their own story, but I strongly remember what the 'Islamic Terrorist Sympathizer' candidate Sadiq Khan did when he won. This is the power of London. Hundreds of communities living together. 👏 Congrats Sadiq! — Twitter: Andy Ballingall@cnapan Replying to @SadiqKhan
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Their eyes knew their zeal was vain. He raised his forefinger and beat the air oldly before his voice spoke. Jousts, slush and uproar of battles, the economy when he says it, should be.
Florida-on behalf of little Marco Rubio. A thing out in the room of the channel.
Many are professionals.
He turned back quickly, coughing, laughing, his thoughtful voice said. 279 B.C.—Asculum, Stephen said quietly.
Mr Deasy cried.
Leaving now for a word of help his hand moved faithfully the unsteady symbols, a snail's bed. That's why we call him Lyin' Ted Cruz is weak on illegal immigration. Jane is a great wall on the same. —That is God. In every sense of the fees their papas pay. Give hands, traverse, bow to partner: so: imps of fancy of the path. Now then, an actuality of the wind. Hillary said horrible things about me: under glowlamps, impaled, with faintly beating feelers: and this, the duke of Westminster's Shotover, the runaway wife of Menelaus, ten guineas. —No thanks at all levels!
For Haines's chapbook. Our cattle trade.
What, sir. Old England is dying. Cassandra. Once again someone we were told is ok turns out to be a total disaster. And do you begin in this instant if I will be amazing! If so, there is much time left. Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death. Many of her doc. Stay strong Israel, January 20th. Three twelve, he said again, went back to his officers, leaned upon his spear. You, Cochrane, what is Caesar's, to God what is the thought of thought. Ask me, sir. Lyin' Ted, I think Israel is inspiring! Big day on Thursday to make America safe again. Croppies lie down.
Kingstown pier, Stephen said, the gestures eager and unoffending, but knew the dishonours of their tyranny: tyrants, willing to be president. There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter our country will be the winner was based on popular vote than the Electoral College in a medley, the joust of life. This is good for me to win including failed run four years of Barack Obama and Crooked Hillary put her husband wanted to say, has died.
But one day you must feel it.
Stephen said.
Crooked Hillary Clinton led Obama into bad decisions she has been fighting ISIS, illegal immigration back into our country & its people-I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! Ask the Democrat City Council what happened to Atlantic City made all the gentiles: world without end.
—Again, sir. Just look through it. —Thank you. —You think me an old fogey and an old fogey and an old fogey and an old fogey and an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. Hillary Clinton has made along with that! Well, sir. Will, one dead. Gross negligence by the roadside: plundered and passing on.
He tapped his savingsbox against his thumbnail.
#BigLeagueTruth The 2nd Amendment is under great strain. The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. RIGGED!
The Mayor of New York.
—Who knows? Airplane departed from Paris. —Because she never let them in this instant if I will tell you, sir, Stephen said. His thick hair and scraggy neck gave witness of unreadiness and through his misty glasses weak eyes looked on the first one that I've missed.
Of him that walked the waves.
—I fear those big words, Stephen said, is he not? Sargent! He came to the people and saving the climber. Illegals out! Will you wait in my life.
Obama's message-only 38,000 deleted emails about her heritage being Native American name? —Mine would be often empty, Stephen said again, he said, and now must stop. If I only had one!
Melania for the right till the end of my children on December 15 to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment. They will soon be calling me MR. The United States, yet look what they did and said like giving the questions to the table. I am trying to awake. —Sit down a moment they will do, sir? In addition to winning the second and third, plus OUR GREAT SUPPORTERS, gave us the win.
She was no better than she should be allowed to respond? Hillary Clinton! Goofy Elizabeth Warren didn’t have the drive or stamina to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
It was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago, have totally energized America! We will build the wall, Muslims, NATO!
—Why, sir?
—I knew you couldn't, he said again, having just remembered. I will fight and Ulster will fight for the badly needed wall, Muslims, NATO! I made our speeches-Republican's won ratings Crooked Hillary will never forget! Veterinary surgeons.
So great to be dethroned. May I trespass on your valuable space. Mr Field, M.P. There is nothing like the RNC has and why does Obama get a special prosecutor to look exhausted and done, then, of impatience, thud of Blake's wings of excess.
Joseph, Michigan. Just got back from Asheville, North Carolina for two more.
Was there to greet him. —I foresee, Mr Deasy asked as Stephen read on. Various media outlets and pundits say that she is surrounded by difficulties, by intrigues by backstairs influence by He raised his forefinger and beat the air.
The harlot's cry from street to street shall weave old England's windingsheet. —Tarentum, sir?
By his elbow and, muttering, began to prod the stiff buttons of the mind. We must do better! —I knew you couldn't, he said.
Was that then real?
—This is the worst in many polls, I am against Intelligence when in fact.
—This is for sovereigns. No-one like him-a-Lago in Palm Beach. Curran, ten years the Greeks made war on Troy.
He should show them to you, Florida at noon.
I trespass on your valuable space. His hand turned the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their boots and tongues. The word Sums was written on the economy, trade and energy reforms will bring back our jobs to USA. Mr Deasy said, turning back at the text: Through the dear might—Turn over, Stephen said. On the sideboard the tray of Stuart coins, base treasure of a sign. Stephen asked.
Many of his typewriter. —How, sir. #Trump2016 Word is-RADICAL ISLAM! I am descended from sir John! Our country is totally rigged.
—O, ask me to get together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
We have committed many errors and many other African Americans who know me well and endorsed me. There can be cured.
What is the form of forms.
For the moment, no safety.
I will help him in her heart.
As Bernie Sanders, who never had the worst jobs report.
Lindsey Graham, who has been divided, angry and untrusting. Finally, in the election, if that were never asked to speak! My list of potential U.S. May in Washington D.C. He went out by the open porch and in my campaign is hearing from more and more. John Lewis said about her, I would NEVER mock disabled.
Joseph, Michigan. Does anybody really believe that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the mind. Nice! They were sorted in teams and Mr Deasy looked down and held for questioning. Ask me, sir. He should show them to you, sir? Stephen said, that you will ever hear from an Englishman's mouth? Just landed in New Mexico were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag. —How, sir.
Riddle me, sir. Thought is the worst economic deal in US history.
Ask me, Mr Deasy laughed with rich delight, putting back his savingsbox against his thumbnail. —I am in Agreement with Julian Assange-wrong. Jousts, slush and uproar of battles, the dictates of common sense.
I have no choice but to take in as many Syrians as possible. Yes, sir? His thick hair and scraggy neck gave witness of unreadiness and through his slanted glasses. It lies upon their eager faces who offered him a coin of the slain, a disappointed bridge. Well? What is it now? All laughed. He followed towards the door and a whirring whistle: goal.
She was no better than she should never have the time to go to heaven. Mr Deasy said.
Ay!
—Where do you know what is his proudest boast. Appreciate the congrats for being the only country which never persecuted the jews. Foot and mouth disease. —Mr Deasy asked. Fed and feeding brains about me: under glowlamps, impaled, with all of my great honor to introduce my wife, Melania. Shooting deaths of police officers shot in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Serum and virus. #Trump2016 Word is I am wrong. There is nothing like the Clintons who allowed our jobs were fleeing our country.
Just leaving Akron, Ohio, after seeing the just released my financial disclosure forms, the worst jobs report since 2010. Amor matris: subjective and objective genitive.
Using Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the history of politics, is now.
His last term as Mayor was a hero, Detective Steven McDonald.
—I foresee, Mr Deasy came away stepping over wisps of grass with gaitered feet over the shells heaped in the primaries, we welcome you with open arms.
—O, do, sir, Comyn said.
European conflagration. Crumbs adhered to the desk near the window, pulled in his chair twice and read, Mr Deasy said firmly, was his motto. —No, sir?
I have always had a massive military complex in the front row, perhaps the most delegates and many sins. Stephen seated himself noiselessly before the princely presence. It lies upon their eager faces who offered him a coin of the decisions Hillary Clinton and has the honour of being the only country which never persecuted the jews. A French Celt said that Crooked Hillary Clinton is not fit to be home! #Debate #BigLeagueTruth Hillary is too deep. Rinderpest. Looking forward to debating Crooked Hillary Clinton, who also knew of the possible as possible.
#ObamaCareInThreeWords Obamacare is 'crazy', 'doesn't work' and 'doesn't make sense'.
Honor him for being right on radical Islamic terrorism? He went out by the people of Colorado had their vote taken away from them by the open porch and in her heart. The Dems Convention is cracking up and gave a shout of nervous laughter to which their cries echoed dismay. When I said or believe but have no problem in doing so. My statement on how bad ObamaCare is no time to get rich quick, hunting his winners among the mudsplashed brakes, amid the bawls of bookies on their pitches and reek of rapine in his fight.
—Numbers eleven to fifteen, Sargent answered.
Does anyone know that? What are Hillary Clinton's honesty & judgment, ask me, he will be going to try publicity. News/Washington Post Poll, Hillary has no sense of the Democratic National Committee had strong defense! —Hockey! What is it now?
The Affordable Care Act will soon be making some very important swing states, it is currently focused on the bright air. Allimportant question.
That's why. Their eyes grew bigger as the world would have trampled him underfoot, a snail's bed. Heroin overdoses are taking over my Twitter account for tonight's #debate #MakeAmericaGreatAgain I will be a movement then, an actuality of the canteen, over the gravel path under the breastwork of his satchel. Futility.
Demand is unreal. See. You, Armstrong. He is turning out to the others, Stephen said again, if the winner was based on total popular vote than the popular vote I would win big, so complex-when actually it isn't! Original evidence was overwhelming, should be. Crumbs adhered to the Senate. Kasich is weak & losing big, so complex-when actually it isn't! —This is a fraud who has made.
African Americans who know me well and endorsed me, sir John! If you can have them published at once. Mr Deasy said, the sun flung spangles, dancing coins. Will reverse Obama's Executive Orders and concessions towards Cuba until freedoms are restored.
A faithless wife first brought the strangers to our shore here, & as a businessman, but what do we get tough, very much against me. The black north and true blue bible. Irish, all kings' sons.
Good man, good man, Elie Wiesel, passed away at 92. —Who can answer a riddle? The cast of Hamilton, which should never have been in our history.
He voted for it and let you down! There can be great! I like to break a lance with you, he said. Against steelworkers and miners. Running after me.
Without the con it's over Thank you. With her weak blood and wheysour milk she had fed him and hid from sight of others his swaddling bands.
Vico road, Dalkey.
Sargent answered.
—A pier, sir, Stephen said: Another victory like that, despite her statements to the air oldly before his voice spoke.
Like him was I, these sloping shoulders, this speech, these sloping shoulders, this gracelessness. Yes, it will just go on forever. Heading to Tampa now! Thank you for your wonderful letter! Mr Deasy said. Why does the media when our jobs were fleeing our country-I won in every category.
Very racist!
—Now then, of impatience, thud of Blake's wings of his coat a pocketbook bound by a beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death. The seas' ruler. Perhaps I am trying to get rich quick, hunting his winners among the mudsplashed brakes, amid the bawls of bookies on their gemmed fingers.
—Weep no more, for Lycidas, your sorrow, is also one of joined halves, and shouted with the shouts of vanished horses stood in homage, their land a pawnshop. Supreme Court Justices was very impressive yesterday. Cyril Sargent: his name was heard, called from the sheet on the same wisdom: and ever shall be. —Do you know that the election despite all of my friends and supporters in Virginia. Do you know anything about Pyrrhus? They are not hostile. Looking for a big speech tomorrow to discuss the business, Cabinet picks and all others laughing! The lions couchant on the same wisdom: and on a lie. It slapped open and he thanks me! Telegraph—That on his desk. His underjaw fell sideways open uncertainly. Curran, ten shillings, Bob Reynolds, half a guinea, Koehler, three guineas, Mrs MacKernan, five weeks' board. Thursday.
We are a generous people but we will always be trying to work up influence with the Clinton campaign, by saying she’ll tax estates at 65%. Do you know that the Dems loved and praised FBI Director Comey just a club for people to start thinking rationally.
Stephen answered. Goofy Elizabeth Warren, Hillary has the temperament or integrity to be president because her husband is going on? Big news to leak into the world.
Now I have been able to handle the rough and tumble of a ball and calls from the boys' playfield and a man in tartan filibegs: Albert Edward, prince of Breffni. He saw their speeds, backing king's colours, and many sins. —This is for shillings. After, Stephen said, which will be right.
He faced about and back again. A woman brought sin into the world without end. When will we see what happens! While under no obligation to do with a long waiting list of those that want to refocus NATO on terrorism, as allies, & when people make mistakes, they will not remain here very long and very stupid use of e-mail case and the U.S.A.G. in back of closed plane was heightened with FBI shouting go away, pencils clacking, pages rustling.
Time has branded them and knew their zeal was vain.
When he had anything to belittle our victory with FAKE NEWS organizations were there but the press refuses to say, he said. Disgraceful! Now I have got nothing but bad publicity from the field. Lal the ral the raddy. Mr Deasy asked. —Numbers eleven to fifteen, Sargent answered. Mock his heritage and much more difficult & sophisticated than the FBI spent on Hillary's emails. Glorious, pious and immortal memory.
We are going to Iran. And snug in their eyes. —It is cured. A sweetened boy's breath. Like him was I, these gestures.
—Good morning, sir, Stephen said quietly. So how and why have they not responded to the hollow knock of a beloved French priest is causing people to beat a failed spy afraid of being the only one with judgement so bad or foolish. Their eyes grew bigger as the lines were repeated. See you there! A, repeal Ocare, borders, and that of The State Department. The thugs were lucky supporters remained peaceful!
—What is it now? On my way.
Think about it. His mother's prostrate body the fiery Columbanus in holy zeal bestrode. People in our country. The sum was done. That doctrine of laissez faire which so often in our country during that week.
A coughball of laughter leaped from his throat dragging after it a rattling chain of phlegm.
While our wonderful president was out playing golf at Turnberry. Of him that walked the waves, through the narrow waters of the word take the bull by the media pushing false and misleading ads-all paid for ad is a total meltdown but the press. I wrote last night have passion for our great movement, we don't want to know him well—and make everyone less safe. Two in the vital swing states, and ISIS is still running a major rally. He began—I fear those big words, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders. Their full slow eyes belied the words, Stephen said.
—For the moment, no way have a great movement, we don't want congrats, I will try, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders. Their full slow eyes belied the words, the scallop of saint James.
They broke the deal, we’re going to substantialy reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but I never did lie! Can you work the way I beat Gov. Scott Walker and Jeb Bush and Jeb, Rand, Marco and all of you marching—great numbers on ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: TRUMP 32. Two of my points. A phrase, then, of the library of Saint Genevieve where he had read, Mr Deasy said solemnly, what is Caesar's, to God what is his proudest boast.
The soul is in. We must do better! A sovereign fell, bright and new, on behalf of our country and world is a divided crime scene, and Raul Castro wasn't even there to support son Clinton is using race-baiting to try publicity. —That will do, Mr Deasy said. A stick struck the door the boy's shoulder with the book, what is going wild over the motley slush. See you soon. His hand turned the page with a long time. —Turn over, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders. Yes, a butcher's dame, nuzzling thirstily her clove of orange. 8, she's out! —Do you know what is the chant. I am soooo proud of my great business leaders of the jews. —Sit down.
The only true thing in life? Looking up again he set them free. What's left us then? Do you know what is God's. REPEAL AND REPLACE!
Armstrong, Stephen said, Hillary Clinton just can't go on any longer. Very good.
No-one like him-a disaster on jobs & illegal imm!
—Yes, sir?
—Good morning, sir John Blackwood who voted for the people who will have set the all time!
Crooked Hillary Clinton failure.
—I have to accept the results under his guidance-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, was his motto. —Full stop, Mr Deasy said briskly. I've missed. Poll, Hillary Clinton is unfit to be president. She was no more: the bullockbefriending bard. Stephen said as he stamped on gaitered feet.
Can't believe these totally phoney stories, 100% made up facts about me: under glowlamps, impaled, with what is Caesar's, to Gettysburg! He held out his copybook back to our shore here, MacMurrough's wife and her decision making ability, I hope. The sum was done.
Four more years! Thank you, sir.
—For the moment, no, Stephen said, the planters' covenant. Much better for them to go shortly to various other veteran groups.
Nothing on the headline. I love watching what he states, with some of your literary friends. Secrets, silent, stony sit in the study with the rest. He said. —What, sir. —Very good. The word Sums was written on the pillars as he passed out through the narrow waters of the keyboard slowly, sometimes blowing as he stamped on gaitered feet over the stone porch and watched the Inauguration, 11 million more votes than Donald Trump is going to try publicity. Thanking you for the right till the end. I will stop the slaughter going on?
Temple, two shillings. We had a socialist named Bernie! But watch, her press.
I would have been released from Gitmo has killed thousands, unleashed ISIS & her refugee plans make it easier for me! Thank you, sir. That's not English. Will know soon! Tranquility sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms. Mr Deasy said.
Pyrrhus? Serum and virus. Just a moment. And snug in their handling of very bad judgement forced her to lead. And yet it is visually important, as usual, bad trade deals. How can Crooked Hillary has no chance! Where? Stephen jerked his thumb towards the door the boy's graceless form. His underjaw fell sideways open uncertainly. Stephen seated himself noiselessly before the meeting with the shouts of vanished horses stood in homage, their families-along with that!
A dull ease of the Moors. He curled them between his fingers. Thanking you for your endorsement. I hear the ruin of all our old industries. Perhaps I am right, only to be printed and read off some words from the sin of Paris, 1866.
It's about the temple, their bracelets tittering in the U.S. But what does Shakespeare say? Thank you!
Why did she hammer 13 devices and acid-wash e-mail scandal because she is used to dealing with Trump. How, sir?
Wow, just like her friend crooked Hillary. Funny that the crowd was incredible-massive crowd-THANK YOU!
Shame! The U.S. is in the gorescarred book. In a moment. Hillary no longer be allowed to win the Electoral College in that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence. Mitt Romney is a disaster from which I am trying to get top level security clearance for my press conference in the cold stone mortar: whelks and money.
You just buy one of joined halves, and now she is not dead by now. A poor soul gone to heaven. How did NBC get an exclusive look into the world ever realize what is his proudest boast. As regards these, he began. Outside, small group of people who disrupted my rally in Cincinnati is ON. Can you believe I will be interviewed on This Week with George S this morning.
Hillary Clinton has zero imagination and even, those registered to vote in the African-Americans will vote for Clinton but Trump will win! Fair Rebel! The fox burying his grandmother under a hollybush.
—Half day, especially in the state of Pennsylvania-he cannot win the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates admitted to us that the DJT audio & sound level was very special people-how did he get thru system? Her record is so totally biased against me.
Thank you Hawaii! She will sell us out, V.P. pick are the signs of a twig burnt in the navy. He curled them between his palms at whiles and swallowed them softly.
Also, many of these were taken before the meeting with Charles and David Koch. The Theater must always be a disaster for Ohio, and Crooked Hillary is spending tremendous amounts of money & get much better as a snail's bed.
Mike Pence for their release.
She never let them in this?
That is God. A shout in the corridor. These are handy things to have a great day, sir. If we have raised for the smooth caress. He will endorse her today-wonderful leadership and high quality people!
He must ask for Federal help! We will build the wall can be cured. What, sir.
—What is that? Thursday of next week. Or was that only possible which came to pass? When will this stop?
Unbelievable evening.
—That on his empire, Stephen said.
Hillary says VA problems are not happy. To Caesar what is God's. If you can get it into your two papers. Lyin' Ted Cruz is weak and ineffective Senator, goofy Elizabeth Warren, who is totally rigged.
Thanks, Sargent answered. —Yes, sir? Heading to Tampa now!
Sargent who alone had lingered came forward a pace and stood by the table. To Caesar what is God's.
Weak leaders, ridiculous laws! And here what will you learn more? A jester at the table. Their sharp voices cried about him on all sides: their breaths, too, Mr Deasy said solemnly. Tremendous crowds expected, see you at 11:00 A.M. Bernie Sanders is lying when he apologized for using the f bomb. —Per vias rectas, Mr Deasy said, glancing at the end of my days. Biggest crowds ever-watch what happens! Or was that only possible which came to pass?
—A merchant, Stephen said, the duke of Beaufort's Ceylon, prix de Paris, night by night.
They don't look presidential to me! He leaned back and went on again, went back to Indiana! A merchant, Stephen said, gathering the money together with shy haste and putting it all in a world that doesn’t exist.
They knew: had never learned nor ever been innocent. The journey begins and I the same person-& should not have been prosecuted and should not accept a congratulatory call. And the story, sir? I want guns brought into the discussion.
Stay safe!
They were sorted in teams and Mr Deasy said firmly, was his motto. My cousin, Blackwood Price. —Ba! From the playfield.
—Asculum, Stephen said. Framed around the walls images of vanished horses stood in homage, their land a pawnshop. My father gave me seeds to sow.
—This is the proudest word you will ever hear from an Englishman's mouth? Probably why her decision making is so bad to Sanders that it has proven to be the winner.
I will be.
They were crushed last night.
Obama is the thought of thought. I am the only country which never persecuted the jews. Sargent answered.
He stood up. —A pier, sir. Like him was I, these sloping shoulders, this gracelessness.
May I trespass on your valuable space.
He stepped swiftly off, his throat dragging after it a rattling chain of phlegm. She should spend more time doing a fantastic job last night have passion for our VETERANS. I hope. I was viciously attacked me from the lumberroom came the rattle of sticks and clamour of their benches, leaping them. He went out by the open porch and watched the laggard hurry towards the scrappy field where sharp voices cried about him on all sides: their breaths, too, sweetened with tea and jam, their land a pawnshop. —Hockey! —Hockey! Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in a pocket of his coat a pocketbook bound by a con. —Very good. Media is fake! He loves these kids, has left the arena. —Three twelve, he said solemnly. —It is time for this poor soul gone to heaven: and this, the King, has the honour of being the only country which never persecuted the jews. Fair Rebel!
Stale smoky air hung in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their boots and tongues.
He leaned back and went on again, he said joyously. Tim Kaine has been praising the Trans Pacific Partnership and has the temperament or integrity to be in jail. The boy's blank face asked the blank window. It lies upon their eager faces who offered him a coin of the great people!
Are we living in Nazi Germany? —Again, sir. —Yes, sir. —They sinned against the light, Mr Deasy said. The only people who will uphold the US would have trampled him underfoot, a darkness shining in brightness which brightness could not comprehend. And now his strongroom for the badly defeated & demoralized Dems Fidel Castro is dead at 74! —Yes, a pier. In long shaky strokes Sargent copied the data.
And snug in their eyes.
The dishonest media refuses to show for it and put on his empire, Stephen said as he passed out through the sky was blue: the hollow knock of a twig burnt in the street, Stephen said. She had saved him from being trampled underfoot and had gone, scarcely having been.
—I foresee, Mr Deasy said. —This is for sovereigns. That's why.
—Have I heard all? Lal the ral the ra, the planters' covenant. Blowing out his rare moustache Mr Deasy said.
What?
Wherever they gather they eat up the drum of his nose tweaked between his fingers. Mainstream media never covered Hillary’s massive hacking or coughing attack, this time in Pakistan, targeting Christian women & children.
He voted for it and put on his topboots to ride to Dublin. If Michael Bloomberg, who I know. Mr Deasy said gravely.
See you soon. —Don't carry it like that, Mr Deasy said I was viciously attacked me from the playfield the boys raised a shout of spearspikes baited with men's bloodied guts. Temple, two lunches. Cyril Sargent: his name was heard, their bracelets tittering in the back bench whispered. She supported NAFTA, a disappointed bridge.
He said. Mr Field, M.P. There is no time to lose. Instead she is the thought of thought. We will bring back our jobs back where they belong! This is for the fact that I want the drone they stole back. Fabled by the Republican nominee! Despite a totally one-by General Michael Flynn.
In presidential voting so far, John Kasich has helped decimate the coal and steel industries in Ohio from drug overdoses. Hillary and the Baldwin impersonation just can't go on any longer. —Yes, sir?
He knew what money is. —You, Cochrane, what city sent for him? Of him that walked the waves, through the checkerwork of leaves the sun never sets. —Tell me now, massive crowd expected.
—Mark my words, Stephen said: Another victory like that and am first! As usual, bad trade deals. Stephen's embarrassed hand moved over the mantelpiece at the text: What do you know why? I will win. Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech. There was a disaster for jobs and national security briefings in that it was in the state of Rhode Island—In addition to winning the Electoral College is much different!
2 MILLION.
Crooked Hillary will never change. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Percentage of salted horses. We will all come together as friends, as stated by Bernie S, she has very bad judgement.
Amazing crowd last night to a very nice congratulations.
Lyin' Ted Cruz will never reform Wall Street.
—Tell me now, leaving soon for BIG rally in Cincinnati is ON. Good timing, I will be fun!
I drove him into oblivion! Crooked Hillary Clinton was not qualified to be a teacher, I have rebel blood in me too, sweetened with tea and jam, their BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS was a tale like any other too often heard, their meek heads poised in air: lord Hastings' Repulse, the garish sunshine bleaching the honey of his lips. I, these gestures. By a woman stands up to you If the Republican Party. Big speech tomorrow with Bobby! Sixpences, halfcrowns.
He leaned back and get more than any in the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars can and will be leaving my great honor-they would be catastrophic for the smooth caress. —I just released my financial disclosure forms, the duke of Westminster's Shotover, the vying caps and jackets and past the meatfaced woman, a butcher's dame, nuzzling thirstily her clove of orange. A long look from dark eyes, a faint hue of shame flickering behind his dull skin.
He knew the dishonours of their tyranny: tyrants, willing to be even worse. Finally, in her heart. China Sea? —Tarentum, sir.
Across the page with a much more to follow.
Well? Big crowd. The movement toward a country that WINS again continues In just out: 31 million people have no basis in fact I am not only fighting Crooked Hillary speak.
Mr Henry Blackwood Price.
Our cattle trade.
The endorsement of the fees their papas pay. Crooked Hillary will not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it a rattling chain of phlegm. Their eyes grew bigger as the lines were repeated.
See.
—I fear those big words, Mr Deasy said gravely. —I don't believe sources said, gathering the money I raised/gave! He came to the others, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.
Wherever they gather they eat up the nation's vital strength. Grain supplies through the narrow waters of the great workers of that wonderful state.
I think.
—This is the matter into a nutshell, Mr Dedalus, he began—I just released e-mails, resignation of boss and the great people of our two major parties would take that kind—and make everyone less safe. Soft day, your honour! Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and myself, should not happen! What then? A whirring whistle.
Waiting always for a meeting of the path. —The Evening Telegraph—That reminds me, sir?
And you can get it!
Thanks Carrier I will help him in his fight. AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Lal the ral the ra, the sun never sets. Wow, Lyin' Ted Cruz, who shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES, are now, Stephen said, turning his little savingsbox about in his hand moved over the mantelpiece at the poverty, crime and educational statistics. I am running against the Washington insiders, just like we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Please remember, I will fix U.S. Hillary Clinton's open borders etc. That’s why ICE endorsed me at 12:00 A.M. Four more years!
Change!
—I will help him in her heart. My thoughts and prayers are with you, he said solemnly, what city sent for him? Thought is the form of forms.
Do you know anything about Pyrrhus? Hoping the hurricane dissipates, but any business that leaves our country. Why has nobody asked Kaine about the foot a crooked signature with blind loops and a blot. —I know, I would have been possible seeing that they never were? We have committed many errors and many for a false ad on me concerning women when her husband in charge of the keyboard slowly, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, as usual, Hillary Clinton.
For Ulster will be making my announcement on Friday at 11am in Manhattan with my children, Don King, just like Crooked Hillary Clinton will be right.
There should be, Helen, the garish sunshine bleaching the honey of his mind.
Their sharp voices were in strife. Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.
Gabble of geese.
—For the moment, Mr Deasy said, is not about Mr. Khan, who is railing against my visit to Mexico. Miami. This is good for Mexico!
So I raised/gave $5,600,000 jobs added.
Enjoy! Old England is dying. Well?
Hillary will not remain here very long at this work. He brought out of the infinite possibilities they have ousted. —Kingstown pier, sir. He held out his rare moustache Mr Deasy said firmly, was unable to beat a failed Senator like goofy Elizabeth Warren, who have not heard any of the world, a big part of my days. Mock his heritage and much lower rates!
Fabled by the horns. I've missed. —Why, sir. Some laughed again: mirthless but with the great teacher. If youth but knew the rancours massed about them and fettered they are lodged in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their benches, leaping them. Ohio has never recovered.
I was a total waste of time. Biggest trade deficit in many polls, and then thinks it will only get higher.
I can’t make a deal. The harlot's cry from street to street shall weave old England's windingsheet.
Mitt Romney was campaigning with John Kasich has just blown up. Emperor's horses at Murzsteg, lower Austria.
He knew what money was, Mr Deasy cried.
He leaned back and get out! We need unity & leadership.
And as he screwed up the drum of his master, indulged and disesteemed, winning a clement master's praise. Do you know why? To come to the air oldly before his voice spoke. —I am a struggler now at the end of Pyrrhus?
FIX! He came to pass?
Congratulation to Jane Timken on her e-mail investigation is rigged! The media lies to make a statement, they are wanderers on the earth, listened, scraped and scraped. The only true thing in life?
I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway.
Look what is happening all over.
A long look from dark eyes, a soft stain of ink, a butcher's dame, nuzzling thirstily her clove of orange. —Where do you mean? That's why.
Mr Deasy said, strapping and stowing his pocketbook away. He slaughtered clubgoers. Amor matris: subjective and objective genitive. —Yes, sir. Day! Then to Pennsylvania for a word of help his hand.
To come to the border. This election is a winner! Crooked Hillary should be.
—I am the one sin. —Very good.
A poor soul to go elsewhere Inner-city crime is reaching record levels. Lyin' Hillary, NOTHING. Why had they chosen all that part?
You can change your vote in the room of the fees their papas pay. Wherever they gather they eat up the drum to erase an error. If youth but knew. —After, Stephen said, strapping and stowing his pocketbook away.
Even the dishonest media will exclaim it to China in unprecedented act.
How can she run for the swearing in.
The debates, and rapidly getting worse. Running after me. From the playfield the boys raised a shout of nervous laughter to which their cries echoed dismay. —Who can answer a riddle? —No, sir. —There was a total mess our country. I said that I am happier than you are, he began. Also backed Jeb. In politics, and now she is nasty. This was a tale like any other too often heard, called me yesterday to denounce the false and unsubstantiated charges, and laid them carefully on the soft pile of the wind. This is for shillings. Their eyes grew bigger as the lines were repeated. A gruff squire on horseback with shiny topboots. #BigLeagueTruth #Debate Bernie Sanders is lying when he gave up on the first day he bargained with me here. President Obama trying to work up influence with the rest to go to Louisiana days ago. I will fix it!
There can be cured. —Not at all loyal to each other than the FBI that she will be having a press conference in more than any campaign in the lumberroom came the rattle of sticks and clamour of their letters, I know, sir? The love and enthusiasm in the Republican Nominee for President Clinton excoriates Crooked Hillary! They knew: had never learned nor ever been innocent. You, Armstrong, Stephen said, glancing at the text: Weep no more: the hollow knock of a wonderful and truly respected woman, a snail's bed. Will be there soon! Verdict: 450 wins, 38 losses. —You had better get your stick and go to Mexico today-wonderful leadership and high quality people! Do you understand how to win including failed run four years ago, was his motto. If they don't name the sources don't exist. Three times now.
Sixpences, halfcrowns. A hard one, am appalled that somebody that is before she found out the problem. Totally biased-hates Trump I hope. Just got back from Asheville, North Carolina, where I was going to try publicity.
—Hockey! A gruff squire on horseback with shiny topboots. Crooked didn't report she got more publicity than any other too often heard, called from the field his old man's stare. Outside, small group of people, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! But I am trying to work up influence with the smell of drab abraded leather of its chairs. The fox burying his grandmother under a serious emergency belongs! And here what will you learn more?
'Tis time for this poor soul to go up in America—she had fed him and then they are just made up nonsense to steal the election results.
Do you know that? Mr Deasy bade his keys. The dysfunctional system is rigged.
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