#double feature for the twin sign
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I’d love to request a Lizzie x Reader smut fic where Reader is Lizzie’s stunt double - almost uncanny in how identical they are - and after a late night training session together, things really heat up between them.
Are we the same person ? | Elizabeth Olsen
★Pairing: Elizabeth Olsen x f!stunt double!reader
Summary: Elizabeth has always liked her stunt double, but no one knows how much she likes you.
★Warnings: NSFW 18+, alcohol, thigh riding, fingering, oral, it looks like selfcest but it isn’t, fluff I love fluff
★Word count: 1.6k
★AN: another interesting request, how could I not write this?
Wanda 838's body flies sideways through the staircase railing and lands on the kitchen table, breaking the furniture into splinters. "Stop! Cut!” You hear the director's voice and try to get up from the floor. It definitely hurt, even with the safety lines. Elizabeth, dressed as the scarlet witch, immediately approaches you, offering a helping hand.
"Hey how are you? Are you seriously hurt?» You took her hand and stood up, groaning in displeasure. The thigh on which you landed was in pain, there was no doubt that there would soon be a bruise there, but that’s your job. "Thank you. This is probably the most traumatic scene in the entire film." You tried not to show how much the fall had unsettled you. Someone approached the two of you to shower Elizabeth with compliments about the work she had done, but the woman brushed the man aside like an annoying fly. “I’m busy right now, isn’t it obvious?” She didn't even notice who it was.
You were flattered by the attention of a star of her level to a simple stunt double like you. Elizabeth has said more than once how ideally suited you are for this position and even joked that you and she are more twins than her famous sisters. Perhaps it was so, the other actors on the set when they saw you for the first time were shocked by your similarity, right down to your facial features and hairstyle. “Admit it, have you been preparing for this job all your life?” They made fun of you.
You and Elizabeth crawled arm in arm to a small trailer park where each was signed with the names of the main cast. As an stunt double , you weren’t entitled to such luxury, so the woman brought you into her “home on wheels” and closed the front door with her foot. “You really shouldn’t have done that, Lizzie. Besides, you need to change your own clothes, you’re still the scarlet witch.” You joked with her in a warm, friendly manner. You spent a lot of time training together and managed to become friends. You were glad to have the honor of not being a stranger to her, but you always wanted more.
“No, you do such a big work and I want to take care of you for once before you sneak home as soon as the cameras turn off.” Your heart swelled at her words. Lately, your relationship has become much closer, which did not go unnoticed by your colleagues on the set and the paparazzi. “Okay, fine. But you still need to go and get rid of this entourage, no matter how much I love Wanda, but give me Lizzie back.” The woman sighed and left the trailer, promising that she would return soon, leaving you alone. A hot bath or shower (depending on what is in this box) would definitely be welcome right now.
“No, look, I do this part, and then you replace me.” You were sitting in the private small gym in Elizabeth's house and rehearsing for tomorrow's big scene. As soon as you entered the house, the older woman immediately offered you something to drink and took out a bottle of pomegranate wine. Now each of you has drunk a glass and your brain has begun to get confused in this whole huge scenario and the replacement of you with her and back. “Get up, come here.” The woman rose to her feet to rehearse again. You walked up to her and she wrapped your body in her arms, guiding you.
“I've practiced this scene alone too many times, look if you do it like this...” She took your hands in hers and made the motion the way Wanda would cast a spell. She pressed herself dangerously close to you and you turned your head, coming face to face with Elizabeth. You were frozen in that position and your wine-clouded brain was screaming for a kiss with the most beautiful woman you had ever seen, who was holding you in her arms. Your green eyes looked into her equally green ones and it seemed like little sparks were running around.
Elizabeth has made hints about her sexuality more than once in interviews, and when she realized that she was attracted to her double, it was not a surprise to her. The only thing that confused her (but only at first) was your too strong resemblance. Later, the thought of sleeping with “herself” began to seem too attractive to her. She would even say that this became her kink. And now, when you were dressed the same, with the same hair, from afar it was impossible to tell who was who. This turned her on even more, but the woman did not have the courage to admit it.
“Lizzie...” your whisper broke the ringing silence and the woman returned from her thoughts. She tried to back away, but you had enough impudence for both of you. You took her hands in yours and closed the distance again. "What do you want?" Her gaze running over your face, cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Your lips almost touched hers and you asked the last question in a whisper. "Can i kiss you?" A hum of agreement was all she could muster and you placed a quick kiss on her lips. And then another and another. The pace became faster and hungrier and you began to kneel down along her body. Hands lifted her black sports T-shirt so that lips left kisses on her toned stomach. The woman's hands slid into your hair and you looked up at her with puppy dog eyes.
As you pulled her sweatpants off, your mouth kissed every exposed piece of skin: her hip bone, her upper thighs. When the pants and underwear slid down to reveal her center, you noticed how a string of sticky moisture stretched from her dripping pussy to her panties. “So wet.” Elizabeth stepped out of her unnecessary clothing and you pulled her down so she could sit on your lap, straddling you.
“Y/N...” She squirmed on top of you and took off her shirt, revealing her full breasts. Your lips wrapped around the nipple and the women let out a quiet moan, like a sob. Lizzie took your hand and lowered it to her crotch, wanting the long-awaited relief. “Now you see me without clothes, do we still look alike?” She needs to know this. Two fingers pushed inside, stretching the tight warm walls and you answered. "Absolutely identical." She began to ride your fingers, bouncing and squirming like a snake. She grabbed your shoulders for balance and moaned into the crook of your neck. Your other hand stroked her back and you whispered to her what a good girl she is, how well she doing for you. And when your fingers curled, pressing against the sensitive spot inside, she came, moaning into your mouth as she kissed you.
It was hard for you to sit on the hard floor of the gym and you leaned back to lie down and wrapped your arms around Elizabeth to prevent her from falling. The woman lay on top of you and sprinkled small kisses on your face, neck and lips, whispering quiet “Thank you.” Again and again. When the older woman's breathing returned to normal, she attacked your neck, biting lightly, making you squirm in place.
“I need to make sure your words are true.” That's all she said before instantly undressing you and pressing her lips to your bare chest with already hard nipples. You didn't lie. "You look as precise as I showed, although it wasn't difficult." She teased. Women’s teeth left bites on the surface of your stomach and thighs, what difference there will still not be visible, you thought. Let her to do what he wants, you told yourself, but all that came out was whining. “Oh please, I need you so much.”
And she gave you what you asked for, reaching your dripping center, she licked and sucked it clean so she could immediately push three fingers and pound into you at a fast pace. “So beautiful...” Lizzie whispered and placed a hand on your stomach to hold you in place. “Oh my God, oh my God!” You screamed into the empty gym as you came all over her fingers and tugged at her hair, pushing her head closer. "Yes! Fuck!” You fidgeted all over her face, unable to control yourself, you've been dreaming about this moment for too long.
When it was all over, the woman came up to you to give you one last kiss and stood up, picking up the clothes scattered on the floor. You looked at her in confusion, not understanding what it meant. It's good that she answered your silent question. “Are you just going to lie on the floor or are you going to come upstairs with me and take a shower before bed?” Sleeping in the same bed with her? Hugging? Oh, of course, this prospect immediately brought you to your feet.
“If we arrive together tomorrow, the paparazzi will again shout about our non-existent romance.” You said this with deliberate indifference, as if you really didn’t care what happened to you next. But Lizzie wrapped her arms around your shoulders to ask another question. “Who said that this is a non-existent romance? Hmmm” Your eyes widened and you didn’t know what to answer, the gears in your head were spinning intensely, processing what was said.
"Nobody." You answered. "Nobody said that."
#wanda maximoff x reader#wanda fanfic#wanda maximoff imagine#wandanat#wandanat x reader#elizabeth olsen#wanda x you#wanda x reader#wanda marvel
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DOCORONPA R
CHAPTER ZERO
(3/3)
Shock paralyzed the group. They stared at Ghost Hunter's limp body, all too appalled to make a sound.
Finally, Daredevil sprung into action. He rushed to Ghost Hunter's side, desperately checking his limp arm for a pulse.
After a few moments of silence, Daredevil's eyes lit up. Ghost Hunter was alive.
The group quickly surrounded his unconscious body, frantically checking for signs of injury. After only found some light burns, their attention turned back to the massive fence.
A peer through the chainlink only showed more woods, seemingly infinite. The horror of their situation was fully setting in, even for the likes of Daredevil and Sailor.
Despair filled the air, only being cut by a stranger's voice calling from further along the fence.
The group's attention all swung to the intimidating duo marching towards them on their left. As they got closer, their formal attire stuck out to the group. Some students even believing for a moment that these two could be their rescuers.
These hopes were crushed quickly when the two quickly revealed themselves to be ultimates as well. Respectively, the Ultimate Cowboy and the Ultimate Cadet.
Cowboy spoke for the two of them, with a cautious but stern tone. He explained that the two had been following the perimeter of the fence, finding no exits along their path.
As he spoke Cadet stared the group down coldly, her icy stare looking each of them up and down. She didn't need to speak, they could feel her judgement.
After Cowboy finished his calm and collected speech, the two were immediately met with Sailor's chaotic ramblings.
Furious with this situation, Sailor furiously berated and interrogated the strangers about this whole "no exits" thing.
While Cowboy was willing to try and reason with the overgrown brat, cadet was not nearly as patient.
Sailor's rage was cut short with two strategic blows from cadet, leaving him a puddle on the floor next to Ghost Hunter.
With that taken care of, the pecking order was clearly set for the rest of the group.
Upon the orders of Cadet and Cowboy, they continued their journey along the fence, dragging Sailor and Ghost hunter behind them.
...
The group soon arrived at a clearing in the trees. Examining the scenery, they quickly realized they were right where they had all began.
Four cabins formed a crooked row in the clearing facing the large food hall building across from them, now with even more strangers standing at it's entrance.
Two slim, tall girls stood in front of the food hall's double doors, staring down at something standing between them.
Both girls had a striking appearance, with rigid features and statuesque posture.
One wore her fiery auburn hair in explosive twin tails that nearly reached her ankles. The other kept her Icy green hair in a conjoined loop, with every hair neatly kept in it's intended place.
The group cautiously approached the girls. Stepping through the trees, the large crew made their way over. As they began to call out to the two a cartoonishly cute voice cut their introduction short.
This voice belonged to neither of the girls.
Their heads spun in all directions looking to meet this mysterious call, only to be greeted by a stuffed animal standing upright and waving, seemingly completely independently, from between the two girls.
Welcoming the cast, the two toned sheep plushie introduced itself as MonoMaton, their new camp counselor!
Ignoring their clear bewilderment and confusion, MonoMaton turned the groups attention to the girls around him, introducing them each as the Ultimate Bartender and Ultimate Ice Skater.
The girls both glared in the groups direction, not moving from their spot at the door. The first to approach them was Marine Biologist, shyly sauntering toward the girls.
Ice Skater spared no time in chastising her, sternly questioning why she left the cabin. Marine Biologist quietly apologized as the rest of the group followed her up to the craft hall entrance.
Bartender explained to the group that MonoMaton told them the final cast member had locked themselves inside the craft hall.
Trucker hastily volunteered to get it open, cockily approaching the door and tugging. After 30 seconds of struggle, PT pushed her way up to the door demanding a shot. Trucker ignored her, continuing to try the door.
PT, growing furious, yanked Trucker backward off the door, quickly evolving into a scrap between the two. As Cowboy and Cadet moved to pull the two apart, Sailor stomped toward the craft hall entrance, breaking apart the brawl and kicking the door in with a single blow.
An angry, gravely voice came barreling toward them from inside the craft hall.
Inside was a tall blonde boy sitting atop one of four massive tables, furiously screaming at the group to back off. Ignoring his demands, MonoMaton led the group inside, promising answers to this mysterious "situation".
After every student had taken a seat in the craft hall, MonoMaton stood atop a table in the center of the room with an announcement.
MonoMaton cheerily announced that the cast was brought here for one reason: a killing game!
Meaning that: in order for anybody to leave this camp, they must murder a fellow student and successfully survive a class trial, only being able to take one student with them to freedom if they succeed.
The cast erupted into chaos immediately, MonoMaton silently sliding out of the room in the fray.
As the group frantically questioned if this could be true, a commanding shout cut through the anarchy.
Cadet stood tall, coldly stating that if they were to survive the cast would need a leader to guide them. She asked the room for volunteers, robotically stating it could and would not be her.
The first to step forward was Ice Skater, firmly asserting that she would take up the mantle as leader. Trucker shot up right after, contesting that this matter should be put to a vote, and volunteering himself as opposition.
Ice Skater viciously scanned the room, asking if anybody else dared to throw their hat in the ring, triggering a nasty response from Rebel.
Rebel leaned back, shouting that he wouldn't be following the orders any leader and that anybody here who would was too weak to live.
Salesman concurred, asking what was to stop the leader from using their influence to get away with murder. He was followed up by Sailor, who agreed that this crew was better off with no captain.
Ice Skater insisted on a vote, but the group had already seemingly soured on the idea.
Salesman put the final word in on the subject, stating that the cast could function just fine as a democracy. With no leader elected, students began trickling back out into the camp.
Drummer followed Personal Trainer and Social Star back to their cabin, leaving Marine Biologist with a fuming Ice Skater.
Arriving back at their cabin, they soon were joined by Bartender, their fourth cabin mate. Social Media and her quickly hit it off, chatting about pop culture from across the room from the top bunks.
PT laid silently in her bunk, just below Bartender, seething with jealousy.
Drummer spent the first evening in silence, staring up at the decaying wooden planks suspended just above her face.
What now?
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Sharing this in a noncommittal fashion by posting it here instead of giving it the official AO3 treatment: 1200-word reunion of the Mystery Twins and their parents at the Piedmont bus stop! Featuring happiness, hugs, and "Mabel? Where did that pig come from?"
“Dipper! Dipper Dipper Dipper.” Mabel was shaking him awake. “We’re home!”
He blinked, looked around, and then jerked upright as he saw the familiar sign outside the window. Piedmont. Sidewalks and trees and buildings that he hadn’t seen in three months were all around, as familiar as his own clothes.
He’d almost forgotten home.
Mabel gave a high-pitched, squealing gasp beside him, and he looked over to see her staring toward the front of the bus. Her hands were clasped over her mouth. “Omigosh. They’re HERE!”
He followed her gaze to the bus stop shelter…and the two people standing beside it, holding hands and watching the bus door.
Mom and Dad.
Mabel jumped off the seat, dragging him after her by the hand. “Come on, Waddles! Come on! We’re home!”
“Mabel, the luggage!” he protested, hanging back. “We need our stuff!”
She swerved back, and they dropped each other’s hands so they could each grab their suitcase. Then they were hurrying down the aisle again, Waddles hot on their heels.
“Thank you, Bus Driver Man,” Mabel remembered to chirp. “Sorry my grunkles threatened you!”
The man nodded. “Water under the bridge,” he said, tipping his hat to both of them. Dipper nodded back.
And then they were off the bus, and Mabel was shrieking, “Mommy! Daddy!” as she hurled herself forward.
Dad - exuberant, grounded, somehow always ready to smile - caught her and swept her up in his arms. “Princess!” he cheered, holding her tight. “Princess Mabel has returned to her kingdom!”
Dipper ran to Mom - their mom, gentle and brilliant and steady - and crashed into her, arms wrapping around her waist as she held him close. “Hi, Mom,” he muttered into her stomach.
“Hey there, little Dipper,” she said back, squeezing him. He leaned back to look at her smile. “Missed you.”
“Missed you too,” he answered. It was funny, how he only realized how true that was now he could see her again.
They let go and looked over to the other two, just in time for Dad to pull Dipper into a hug as Mabel went to Mom.
“There’s my favorite guy!” Dad laughed, arms around Dipper and a hand cupping his head. “You have a good summer?”
Dipper laughed, squeezing tight before letting go. “The best,” he answered honestly, smiling at his Dad. “But it’s really good to be home.”
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Mabel was home, home, home, and she’d gotten a Dad Hug and she was getting a Mom Hug and the world was amazing, how could she have ever wanted to freeze it? She already knew she’d been crazy but it seemed double crazy now that she was here, remembering what she would’ve missed by staying in her bubble.
“You okay, honey?” Mom murmured in her ear.
Mabel sniffled. “Yeah,” she said, burying her face in Mom’s shoulder for a second. “Just - Gravity Falls was amazing but home is too and I missed you!”
“Missed you too, ” Mom laughed, running a hand through her hair. “Come on, let’s get you guys home, okay?”
“Actually, I’ve got a question,” Dad said, sounding amused. Mabel looked over to see him raising an eyebrow at her. “Am I seeing things, or do we have a totally mysterious pig on our hands?”
Oop.
Mabel’s eyes flickered over to Waddles, and then to Mom. Who was also raising an eyebrow at her.
“Mabel…”
“You don’t know he’s my pig!” she pointed out, squirming. “He could be Dipper’s! Or an unrelated pig!”
Dipper, the traitor, snorted.
Mom just hummed a little and waited.
“Okay,” Mabel confessed. She couldn’t pretend Waddles wasn’t her baby, anyway. That would be unfair to him! She sprinted over and hugged him around the neck to make up for it, turning her biggest, saddest eyes on Mom and Dad. “But look at him! His name is Waddles and he’s perfect and I won him at a fair months ago and you can’t separate us now! I’m all he has in the world!” And she’d said that as a pitch, but it was kinda true, and what was she gonna do if Mom and Dad wouldn’t let her keep him? What would Waddles do without her?
Just as she started tearing up, she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder. “That, and Grunkle Stan said we had to take him with us when we left,” her brother said wryly. She looked up, and he grinned down at her for a second before looking up again. “He really isn’t that much trouble as a pet,” he continued earnestly. “Mabel’s got him trained, and…they have bonded.” He trailed off, biting his lip imploringly.
She took back calling him a traitor. Best brother ever.
“…He’s really not that much trouble?” Mom asked skeptically.
“He ISN’T!” Mabel hugged him tighter. “He’s housebroken and he always listens to me and he’s so so sweet!” She tilted Waddle’s face toward them, squishing his pudgy cheeks. “Look how adorable he is!”
Waddles, being the smartest pig in the whole world, gave his politest oink.
“I wish you’d called ahead and asked,” Mom said gently, which wasn’t a no but still made Mabel feel bad.
Dipper said, “We really were planning to leave him in Gravity Falls. Stan changed his mind at the bus stop, basically.” Which skipped over, like, a few things about how Stan wouldn’t have been the one keeping him for long anyway, and how he was really really obviously lying about wanting to get rid of Waddles, but…Mabel had figured she couldn’t bring Waddles home. So she guessed the important part was true.
“I mean,” Dad said, “I had a frog when I was a kid. Nobody planned for me to bring him home, either.”
“A frog isn’t exactly the same as a pig,” Mom said, but she was smiling as her eyes went from Dad, to Mabel, to Waddles. “You’re sure you can take care of him, Mabel?”
Mabel inhaled, hope lighting up in heart. “Yes!” she shouted. “Yes yes yes! I promise I can!”
“Well, then…” Mom knelt down and held a hand out to Waddles. “Welcome to the family, I guess.”
Waddles tilted his head at her (adorably), and then licked the hand.
Dad knelt down too, petting him on the head. “Nice to meet you, lil’ guy.” He looked up at Mabel. “What’s his name again?”
Mabel’s cheeks were hurting from how much she was smiling. “Waddles,” she said happily. “‘Cause he waddles!”
“That’s a great name.” Dad stood up. “Well, I think now we can go home. Unless you’re hiding any birds or anything in that new hat, son o’ mine.”
Dipper laughed, hand reaching up to touch the earflap on Wendy’s hat. “Nope, Mabel’s got a monopoly on new pets, don’t worry.”
“I like the new hat, by the way,” Mom said, taking the handle of Mabel’s luggage. “But what happened to your old one? Is it lost?”
Dipper smiled to himself, and Mabel wondered if he was thinking about his pine-tree hat or the old star one. “Yeah, but it’s okay,” he said. “It’s…somewhere in the woods.”
And Mabel grinned, grabbing Dad’s hand and jumping as they walked toward the car. Hello, old blue minivan! Dipper was next to her and Waddles was on her heels and Mom and Dad were right here.
And, somewhere out there in the woods, just waiting for them…Gravity Falls was still there too.
#unedited and unvetted but i had fun with it#and i'm furthering the Good Pines Parents agenda#also:#greg pines#not explicitly but definitely RECOGNIZABLY :P
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THE ‘STRANGER THINGS’ BOYS ARE OUR ‘NYLON GUYS’ SEPTEMBER 2017 COVER STARS
If anyone understands the sudden shift from “not fitting in” to “one-million-plus followers,” it’s these guys.
The following feature appears in the September 2017 issue of NYLON Guys.
Finn Wolfhard just couldn’t resist. Despite needing to be camera-ready for his NYLON photo shoot, the 14-year-old star of Stranger Things decided to suck on a blue Warhead anyway, and now he’s paying the price. “All these sets have candy on them, and I can’t help myself. It was a mistake,” he admits, sheepishly trying to scrub the cerulean stain from his tongue with a miniature toothbrush. To his right, Gaten Matarazzo wears a gray T-shirt that reads, uh oh! did my sarcasm hurt your feelings?, a slogan worthy of Dustin Henderson, the lovable wisecracker he plays opposite Wolfhard on the hit Netflix show. Matarazzo, also 14, is getting his trademark tangle of curls straightened, much to the delight of Noah Schnapp, who, at 12, is the youngest in this group of breakout stars that has helped make Stranger Things the most obsessed-over show in Netflix’s boundless roster of original series. Missing is Caleb McLaughlin, the energetic 15-year-old who plays Lucas Sinclair, but he’s on his way over in a black car, having just arrived from Los Angeles, fresh off an appearance at the BET Awards.
It’s the first time the boys have been together in several weeks, and none of them can pinpoint exactly when they were last in the same room. Ever since Stranger Things became a cultural phenomenon last summer, they’ve been swept up in a whirlwind of red carpets, talk shows, and fan conventions. And as the premiere of the sci-fi and horror fantasia’s top-secret second season nears, this summer has been overtaken by a flurry of promotional duties. Next week, while most kids their age are cooling off in pools or testing out the latest in roller coaster technology, Matarazzo and McLaughlin will be at Denver Comic Con, signing autographs and posing for selfies with wide-eyed fans. A few weeks after that, all four will find themselves inside the hallowed Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, where they’ll premiere the thrilling trailer for Season 2 to rapturous applause.
But on this day, even though they’re technically at work, the boys still find time to goof off. They are, after all, best friends—like brothers, even, they say—and there’s a lot of catching up to do, memes to be shared, and jokes to be cracked. “We used to call Noah ‘Señor Biebs,’” Matarazzo offers at one point, due to Schnapp’s Season 1 bowl cut and its resemblance to the former haircut of a certain Canadian pop star. “He hates it!” he says, just before he sticks his finger into Schnapp’s ear (playfully, of course).
Inside the bright and breezy photo studio on Manhattan’s West Side, publicists abound, but because these budding stars are still minors, there are also parents. It’s an unusual sight, and a reminder that despite having very grown-up jobs, they’re still not old enough to drive. Wolfhard, the Vancouver native who plays Mike Wheeler, is here with his father, as is Matarazzo, who hails from Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Schnapp and his parents came in from Westchester County, north of the city. When McLaughlin, who grew up in Carmel, New York, finally arrives lugging a suitcase that’s almost as big as he is, he’s accompanied by his father, a burly man in an Atlanta Braves cap who goes around the room with his son hugging the other parents, a reminder of how tight the makeshift family has become since this odyssey began more than two years ago.
Stranger Things premiered as an underdog. Its creators, the twin brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, were unproven talents who had previously written for the Fox sci-fi series Wayward Pines. Except for Winona Ryder’s comeback as a grieving mother searching for her missing son, the cast was composed largely of unknowns and newcomers. But thanks to its double dose of supernatural intrigue and a nostalgic ’80s-tinged glow, along with a miraculous performance by a young British actress with a shaved head, Stranger Things quickly commandeered the pop-culture conversation in a way that few shows have done. In July, the show received a staggering 18 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.
Created by the Duffers in the spirit of the Amblin-era entertainments they were raised on, the eight-episode first season is set in 1983 in Hawkins, Indiana, and unravels the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Will Byers, played by Schnapp, who vanishes in the first episode after an encounter with the show’s resident boogeyman, the otherworldly creature known as the Demogorgon. As Will’s three misfit best friends—Mike, Lucas, and Dustin—embark on a quest to find him, they uncover an alternate dimension they dub The Upside Down, and a sinister government conspiracy that may be responsible for opening it. They also befriend Eleven, the feral girl with telekinetic powers embodied iconically by 13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown.
Stranger Things began filming its second season under very different circumstances than the first. What once felt like a scrappy production free of scrutiny from outside sources suddenly had the mood and atmosphere of a major Hollywood blockbuster. “Netflix knew it would be a good show,” McLaughlin says, “but they didn’t realize how big it would be and that the whole world was going to freak out about it.” Because of that intense interest from both the network and the public, the set suddenly had a noticeable security presence shielding it from nosy onlookers and paparazzi, while network executives showed up to make sure their prized racehorse was galloping along. Suddenly, there were expectations. “We raised the bar pretty high with the first season,” says Matarazzo. “There was a lot more tension on set, in that we really needed to make sure it was good.”
When Season 2 premieres on October 27, a year will have passed since Eleven sacrificed herself to defeat the faceless Demogorgon and save the boys, in the Season 1 finale. Trying to squeeze spoilers out of Wolfhard, McLaughlin, Schnapp, and Matarazzo is useless. Extensive media training, including detailed notes on what they can and can’t discuss, have transformed them into a rare breed: teenagers who can keep a secret. What they can say: Season 2 is bigger, darker, and scarier. There’s also a new character in town, played by Sadie Sink. (According to the Duffers, Millie Bobby Brown was “relieved” to have another girl on set.) “She’s a skater, sort of a punk girl, and she slowly becomes part of the group,” says Wolfhard, who also says his character will be depressed and “a loner” in the wake of Eleven’s disappearance. What they can’t say: pretty much everything else. But it’s not just scoop-hungry journalists who harass them for info. “Whenever you get recognized by fans, most of the time they ask you if you’ve got any spoilers for Season 2, and I’m like, ‘No, none, not at all,’” says Matarazzo. “It’s definitely kind of stressful.”
One of the biggest changes for the new season is the expansion of Schnapp’s screen time. Because his character spends much of the first season trapped in an alternate dimension, Schnapp spent a good deal of time at home in New York while everyone else filmed in Atlanta. “Last year I would drive up to the studio and everyone would be like, ‘Hey, Noah, we’ve missed you! How’ve you been?’” says Schnapp. “This year was a lot easier because last year, I’d have to go in and out of school, and that was hard. This year I could focus.”
Although he’s rescued from The Upside Down, we last saw Schnapp removing a slithery creature from his mouth, a telltale sign that not all is well with Will Byers. For Schnapp, whose character mostly communicated through Christmas lights in Season 1, the new episodes meant new challenges as an actor. “Shawn Levy, one of our directors, was telling me, ‘Noah, you have something really big this season. We have a lot in store for you, and you should get really excited,’” he says. Schnapp felt the added pressure, and would sometimes text his TV mom, Ryder, for extra help with particularly emotional scenes. “We knew we needed a strong actor in case the series moved forward into a second season, because we knew he was going to be a centerpiece,” says Matt Duffer. “We needed not just a good actor, but a really, really good actor.” Schnapp rose to the occasion, according to the Duffers. “Shawn [Levy] was like, ‘We’ve had a Ferrari sitting in the garage all of Season 1, and now the fucking garage doors are open.’”
The Duffers knew that casting child actors, who have a tendency to favor exaggerated performances over naturalistic ones, would make or break their show. “There’s really nothing worse than a bad child performance,” Ross Duffer says. “You couldn’t have any weaknesses, or the eight hours would be excruciating.” Along with their casting director, the Duffers saw what they estimate to be 900 kids, an undertaking they say was easier than it sounds because they could tell within the first few minutes if the actor had what they needed. “You’re looking for something authentic, and most kids don’t have it,” says Ross. “There are the ones that are obviously well-trained, but they feel too Disney, like they’re winking at the camera.” What the Duffers found with their four young male stars were kids who seemed like actual kids.
Matarazzo was the first one cast, his audition so impressive that he found out he got the part on the way back from the airport. “We didn’t really even know who the Dustin character was until we found Gaten,” says Matt Duffer. “He was sort of a generic nerd with glasses. He was a stereotype.” Matarazzo, whose sense of humor inspired the Duffers to transform Dustin into the show’s primary source of comic relief, has grown up with a condition known as cleidocranial dysplasia, which stunts the development of bones and teeth. “We wanted to make a show about outsiders, about kids who didn’t fit in and who were bullied and made fun of,” says Matt. “Gaten was really able to tap into all of that.”
McLaughlin and Matarazzo had known each other from their days as stars in two of Broadway’s biggest shows. Matarazzo portrayed Gavroche in Les Misérables, and McLaughlin played Simba in The Lion King. They’d often see each other in a park frequented by “Broadway kids,” as Matarazzo calls them. “When I found out Caleb had gotten Lucas I was like, ‘Caleb? Where do I know that name from?’” he recalls. Wolfhard and Schnapp established an early connection, too—sort of. “He doesn’t remember me, but I remember him,” Wolfhard says. “Because I asked him what other projects he had done, and he said, ‘I was the voice of Charlie Brown in The Peanuts Movie.’ I was like, ‘What?! You’re Charlie Brown?’ I was so pysched about that.”
Although they had all crossed paths during the audition process, usually around the hotel pool or at chemistry reads, it wasn’t until they arrived in Atlanta to begin production that all four boys, along with Millie Bobby Brown, found themselves together in the same room for the first time. If there was a first-day-of-school feel, it made sense: They met in a classroom, which is where the young cast of Stranger Things still spend most of their time when they’re not filming. That grueling schedule means the only opportunities they get to really mess around are between takes, and sometimes during them. “We have laughing problems,” says McLaughlin. Matt Duffer elaborates: “We definitely have an issue, where we can’t get through a take without someone busting up. They’re always making each other crack up—the number of takes ruined by laughter is in the hundreds.”
Schnapp was at summer camp when Stranger Things dropped on Netflix. He wasn’t allowed to have his phone, but shortly after the series premiered, one of his counselors happened to check his Instagram account—80,000 followers. The next day it was 85,000. “I was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on?’ I think I was at one follower before that,” Schnapp says. Wolfhard also remembers that odd rush of watching his followers skyrocket and realizing his life was changing right in front of his eyes. McLaughlin felt his anonymity evaporate the first time he was recognized. “In L.A., this kid came up to me and was like, ‘Hey, are you Caleb Reginald McLaughlin?’” he says. “And I’m like, ‘What? You know my middle name? That’s nuts.’”
The connection between the boys is strengthened by the surreal turn their lives have taken, circumstances that most kids their age can’t relate to. When Matarazzo, McLaughlin, and Wolfhard met Barack Obama last October, as guests of the White House’s South by South Lawn festival, the former president, who’s a fan of the show, told them he especially enjoyed their on-screen camaraderie. That bond exists offscreen, too, and has only gotten stronger with every award show and panel. “They really are my best friends,” Matarazzo says. “We can relate to each other a lot more than other people can. People try to understand everything that goes on, but they can’t unless they’ve been there.”
“I don’t think any of the kids would say that our friendship is similar to the friendships they have back home, because it’s not,” says Wolfhard. “No kid has ever really had an experience that I’m experiencing right now—it’s a unique sort of friendship.”
Wolfhard is careful not to bring his work home with him. “If you go home and all you talk about is acting, then you’re a douchebag,” he says. “Your friends don’t want to hear about your professional life, they just want to mess around.” Plus, when you’re 14 years old, talking about work is never cool, even if it involves facing off against a faceless interdimensional demon. The boys are also learning that with a great number of Instagram followers comes great responsibility. “We have to be more cautious with what we say on social media and in public,” says McLaughlin, who was shocked to lose followers after he openly rooted for the Golden State Warriors during the NBA playoffs.
While Netflix has yet to make an official announcement, a third season of Stranger Things is a given, meaning the boys are all but guaranteed to live out their teenage years on one of the most popular shows on television. The Duffers, then, will have to follow in the footsteps of long-running properties like Game of Thrones and the Harry Potter franchise in making sure their child actors don’t grow up faster than their characters. “It’s terrifying,” Matt Duffer says. “I shouldn’t even be highlighting this, but if you watch Season 2, they’ve grown from Episode 1 to Episode 9. I’m terrified one of them is going to have a major growth spurt basically in the middle of shooting. But as long as they’re growing outside of the course of our shooting, I’m not too worried about it, because we just have to build it into our story. As much as you would like to keep some of it more continuous, every time we take a break between seasons, we have to make a year time jump at least.”
All four actors say that they want to remain in show business into adulthood. Wolfhard, who obsessively studies the filmmaking process while on set—he’ll star in the remake of Stephen King’s It, in theaters this month—is eyeing a multihyphenate career as a director, actor, and musician. Back at the photo shoot, Matarazzo and Schnapp gather around his iPhone to watch a video Wolfhard co-directed for a friend’s band, Spendtime Palace. Earlier this year, McLaughlin, who is a trained dancer, played a young Ricky Bell on the BET miniseries The New Edition Story, an experience he describes as “historic.” Matarazzo wants to continue acting, but not forever, and is keeping an open mind about other aspects of the industry. Schnapp, who took his first acting class at the age of six, describes winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as one of the greatest moments of his life, and is doing exactly what he wants. (The boys, who describe the awards as “very heavy,” keep them in their bedrooms, except for Matarazzo, who has been meaning to retrieve his from his grandparents’ house. )
“They all love what they’re doing,” says Matt Duffer. “They love coming to set, they love working, they love acting. In terms of the fame thing, it’s a side effect that I think some of them are more into than others. You’re worried about, ‘What if they realize this isn’t their true passion?’ They’re so young. But this year those fears went away. They’re all very committed to this. That’s the important thing, that they enjoy what they’re doing. And that they’re passionate about it.”
#noah schnapp#will byers#finn wolfhard#mike wheeler#caleb mclaughlin#lucas sinclair#gaten matarazzo#dustin henderson#st articles#byler#<target audience
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A little drabble about ingo and emmet reuniting
Emmet had decided to go to work today
he was doing better than before about Ingo; his twin going missing whereas before he had a anxiety attack at the mere mention of his brothers disappearance now he would only cry at the news, it wasn’t a massive improvement but hey it was still an improvement. That was why he decided to go to work other than searching for a well sought after distraction from his empty home
Emmet stepped into the station and prepared himself for what the day would bring, oh maybe this time he wouldn’t have someone show up on the doubles line blaming him for his brother going missing, or him killing his brother and hiding the body….. Well one can dream right?
He saw the first train of the day pull into the station, ah what a good sign of things to come! Emmet watched as everyone filed out of the train, heading for jobs and whatnot while he was doing so two figures stood out to him, they seemed disoriented, hell they looked like they had never seen a train before! He could not glean their facial features but the tall one’s clothes were ripped, torn and looked worn out, on them looked to be a purple sneasel but that was absurd right? Sneasels are dark blue not purple…. Anywho the second figure was shorter than the first and their clothes looked old fashioned, not old mind you but old fashioned they also looked quite young, younger than the first for sure
They after a while, finally managed to step out of the train
After seeing the Tall figures face Emmet wished he had not come to work today he looked almost identical to ingo, ingo didn’t have a goatee and tired, lost eyes but this stranger did and Emmet started to freeze as still as a statue while looking at them, his smile wavering as he stared at the figure. Well this is bad he thought but at least I haven’t been noticed ye-
The two figures stared directly at him, Emmet felt like he wanted to perish
They looked at each other, sharing a glance and then some words Emmet couldn’t hear until the younger one, who by looking at her face Emmet assumed she was a female walked up to him looking …excited? Maybe, he was never good at reading peoples emotions, He wanted to flee but he was stuck there at least until his anxiety attack wore off.... as he was contemplating this the girl plopped herself in front of his face
“Are you the man in white?”
it was a simple question but also a baffling one… the man in what now? I mean he WAS wearing white but why would she ask that question instead of are you Emmet? That made so much more sense in his head than the man in white. As he was contemplating this he didn’t realise the taller, ingo looking figure had come up to them and had started apologising for… Akari’s? Sudden boldness. He guesses the name of that girl is Akari then. As he tuned himself in he realised the stranger even SOUNDED like Ingo oh boy he was overcome with intense emotion right now. Then he heard something that sent him over the edge
“Come on uncle Ingo I just wanted to know!! He looks like you and dresses in white he’s got to be the man in white!”
the next thing Emmet knew he was tackling the stranger named Ingo in a big, tight hug
The stranger named Ingo stiffened at the hug and Emmet could feel dread and anxiety rising when he asked the simple yet very chilling question
“What is your name?”
Emmet stiffened and felt like he was going to cry as he replied “Emmet” the stranger named Ingo stopped for a moment, like he was concentrating on something, Emmet could see him mouthing the word Emmet over and over again to himself until something seemed to click as those lost eyes of his were now filled with the shine of recognition and tears as he gave Emmet a squeeze “Emmet?” Ingo’s voice was wavering and he sounded concerned “Yes Ingo?” Emmet asked
“Sorry for forgetting you”
That was it, that’s what broke the dam as Emmet sobbed and wept into the person he now knew to be his brother’s arms
#I hope you liked this#this is how i imagine thier reunion going#submas#ingo#emmet#pla#akari#pokemon#black and white#pokemon black and white#pokemon legends arceus#anywho enjoy my little thought#and my writing#and have a great day/night!!
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New SpaceTime out Friday....
SpaceTime 20231215 Series 26 Episode 150
Mysterious polygons discovered beneath the Martian surface
Scientists peering through data from China's Zhurong Mars rover have discovered strange irregular polygonal wedges deep below the Martian surface.
Iran’s nuclear missile program continues to advance
Iran has successfully placed a small spacecraft into orbit as part of its ongoing campaign to develop a delivery system for its secret nuclear weapons program
Progress cargo ship docks with space station
A Russian progress cargo ship carrying over two and a half tonnes of fresh supplies has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
The 2024 Australasian sky guide launched
The Powerhouse Museum Sydney Observatory has launched the 34th and latest edition of its popular Australasian sky guide -- providing stargazers and the general public with an easy to follow tour of the majestic southern night skies.
The Science Report
Twins study shows that a healthy vegan diet lowers cholesterol, weight and insulin levels.
Increasing your walking speed could decrease your risk of type 2 diabetes.
Scientists develop an ingestible device the size of a pill that can monitor your vital signs.
Skeptics guide to acupuncture pseudoscience.
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Eps 6/7 thoughts and theories. SPOILERS AHEAD
So mystery solved: Kelly is alive! And -A’s target was not the twins, just Karen.
Those Tabogen moments sharing their experience/trauma with each other got me 💔🥺😢. It’s starting to give me the impression their assaults were less of a crime of opportunity, and more and more like Millwood got a serial r*pist on the loose.
Angela was also assaulted right before she died. It can’t be a coincidence -A decided to get her revenge now... after both Tabby and Imogen went through the same horrible thing, right?
MASH needs to be canon! Noa said it. Love it for now... since Ash does seem to be the most reliable guy in Millwood. Plus he makes Mouse smile like that!
Yeah, I didn’t trust Marjorie to actually go to rehab. And boom, it didn’t take her much time to flip the script on her own daughter and not go! Noa deserves better!
“Oh my God. They have cucumber water!”
Eddie Lamb, from orderly at the Radley sanitarium to maintenance manager at Radley hotel!
Rose Waters was visited by all of the moms who always signed as A. Waters!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!!?!?! 🤯😱 + 1 mysterious person (possibly whoever assaulted Angela). And Rose has been out of the asylum for a few years already. She could be -A, but that would be TOO easy.
FARAN’S BIO THE MOTHER WOUNDDDDDD 😱 😱 😱
Corey is a fucking horrible person not just for what she did to Angela, but for the pressure and abuse she’s putting her daughter through, too. I love that Faran spoke up for herself even before learning the whole truth, and is done covering up her scars. More power to her!
The more we learn about the other moms in the present and what they did to Angela in the past, the more I expect them to reveal just how terrible and horrible Davie and Sidney really are.
Another mystery solved. Elodie was a surrogate who decided to keep the baby therefore the person she claims tried to take Mouse was her biological father.
There’s something about Mouse that isn’t clicking. So she wasn’t actually kidnapped, and Steve is not related to her in any way, but she still sought contact with parents who had their children taken from them. To what end? I cannot for the life of me understand the logic here. I was surprised to see her threatening her stalker (good for her!), and totally shocked when she used a burner to force her mom Elodie to tell the truth about what happened to her when she was a child. That’s a total -A move of her.
Speaking of -A move, this shot:
Look these 2 dudes would make the perfect -A team, too perfect to be true, so it can’t be. But I’d go into a murderous rage too, if they suggested graphic sexual violent movies for a double feature. A mere coincidence those movies are 2 of Wes’ favorites and Chip thinking Tabby is gonna love it.
SERIOUSLY!?!? Chip, why you gotta act so sketchy? So he used to have a crush on Tabby and now is crushing on Imogen… not suspicious at all. And Imogen fell for that nice guy act. I dunno... I don’t like this.
Wild speculation incoming:
I still think Tabby is definitely gay
Mouse is part of the -A team or she knows exactly who -A is.
Chip is the r*pist
Wes is Angela’s brother
Sheriff Beasley is the other person who used to visit Angela’s mom
ps- I was right about Faran’s mom being next on -A’s list, but she was simply exposed not killed.
#yess i am still very confused#pretty little liars#pretty little liars original sin#pllos#pll original sin#original sin#pllos spoilers#hanna.txt#pllos lb
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- Come on, he should be here soon, said Lohsevaar as he tugged his twin through the royal palace's corridors.
Malvern attempted to protest - they weren't five anymore, his brother couldn't just tug him around like that, but it was mostly for show and he followed Lohsevaar. If he'd really wanted, Malvern could have shrugged off the other's hand and told him to fuck off. However, he was just as curious to see who exactly was there to replace their old professor.
The twins had heard the name, of course. Vannean scholars' names rarely left the northern country, but Velannen Fenarin was something else. He was the go-to example people used when they explained to others what "studying linguistics" was. And despite him barely traveling, Velannen was known all over the place.
The twins finally arrived at the door at the end of the great hall, the one that led right behind the double thrones of the king and queen, their parents.
- Hey, are you-
Malvern got instantly shushed by the other. Now wasn't the time to fret about whether or not they'd get told off by their parents if they were seen. Nor was it time to whisper.
With a sigh, Malvern resigned to follow his brother's movements, and they both peeked from behind the curtains that hid the very far back of the hall. They both exchanged an excited glance when they saw the doors of the palace open, letting in warm summer air, and a silhouette.
The man was dressed in strangely warm attire for the season, yet it looked nothing like Lonnean winter clothes. It seemed like an assortment of heavy, woolen robes, held together by a large, hand embroidered belt. On top of it all was a traveling cloak of pure white, edges embroidered with signs they could not quite understand - Malvern wondered if it was a written spell - with its long fur lining hiding the face of the man.
From who knew where, as it was hard to figure out what was going on under all of this, he produced a letter, that he held out as he bowed politely.
An attending servant took it and gave it to the queen. She, usually, was in charge of her son's educations. She opened the letter and held it so that both she and her husband could read together. After some time, and a silence that the twins found extremely long for the two young men hidden behind the throne, the sound of folding paper alerted them that she was done reading.
- Professor Fenarin, said her warm yet authoritative voice, we are honored by your Headmaster's considerations and their letter. Please, be welcome in Lonna's heart.
Another now from the man, as the king asked him to show them his face so the servants would at least know who they were leading to the room that had been prepared for him.
It was a quick, matter of fact gesture that revealed the man's face, but the twins did not lose a shred of it. His hands lowered the hood with the ease of years of use, and there was the face of the man who would supposedly take all responsibilities in regards to ancient languages.
He was, as expected, yet somehow terribly disappointingly, a completely normal man in his thirties. There was a half, amused smile on his face, and his features were quite sharp, and he was not terrible to look at - but he was not quite like the twins had imagined him. His hair looked like it hadn't been taken care of in a while, loose waves almost damp, likely from being in the Lonnean summer heat while dressed like this.
His voice, too, was just politely cold when he said :
- It will be my pleasure to stay here with your permission, your Majesties.
And, with a promise to speak to him in depth about what was expected of him and a wave of the hand, he was sent to become familiar with his new environment. Which quite obviously meant changing into weather appropriate clothing, and maybe even take a bath while he was at it. His discrete smile stretched out a little, and he obeyed, following the servant that had appeared next to him.
Before disappearing out of the twin's view, he shot them a glance that froze Malvern on the spot. It seemed like he'd known they were here the entire time, and the calculating cold in his green-brown eyes was terrifying.
When Lohsevaar pulled him away, having seen it too, he seemed just as frightened. They silently retreated away back into the corridors, before they started debating on whether or not that Vannean was going to murder them before classes even started. Nervous laughs, yet real worries.
Weren't Vanneans worshippers of the god of lies and death ?
#my writing#written on the bus not reread or edited#directly in the Tumblr post editor#before dawn : the age of the gods#the emperor#malvern lohsevaar III#lohsevaar#in which i realize i should give some visual identity to both vano and lonna#which is useless bc break of dawn is in 2016.#malvern and lohsevaar are about 20 in this#IF ONLY THEY KNEW.... YES. HE WILL MURDER YOU BOTH EVENTUALLY.#takes him a while but he gets there
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INTRODUCING AKIRA WAN !!
basics
status: active, open for plotting
full name: akira wan
nicknames: rara, ki, kira
gender: nonbinary transmasc
pronouns: he/they
sexuality: pansexual
aesthetics: alternative
age: twenty seven
date of birth: 9th aug 1997
zodiac sign: leo
residence: penthouse apartment
occupation: one of the most sought out underground hacker during the night. professional cosplayer.
appearance:
face claim: @_hakkencoser_ on instagram
height: 187cm
build: slim with a muscular shape
eyes: brown often seen as hazel while in sunlight.
hair: soft black and straight, can be styled in differed ways but often in a half up and have down style
piercings: tongue twice, angel bites, ears covered in them along with gauges, their nipples.
tattoos: a knife going along the center of their spine.
other distinguishing features: when dressed down and not wearing his usual mask, freckles and dimples are visible
style: genderless
personality:
traits: loyal, intelligent, calm, fair, tactful, sarcastic, sneaky, evil, disrespectful, uncontrolled
labels / tropes: the closet geek
mental health: sees their therapist twice a week, working on antisocial behavior.
physical health: in the gym three times a week during the early morning
likes: desserts, theatre’s, scissors, antiques, spiders and moths, reading
dislikes: the sun, hot days, strong smell, loud people, crowded places, lectures, controlling people
phobias: astraphobia, enochlophobia, coulrophobia
hobbies: hacking, drinking, reading manga, cosplaying, stargazing
skills: empathy, persuasion, creativity
quirks: bites their lip a lot, always too cold, dresses in one color, double blinks without noticing, can’t sleep with their feet covered
pet peeves: open mouth chewers, interruptions, talking during a movie, people who walk slow, borrowing and not returning, people who purposely ignore boundaries
family:
mother: angel wan, deceased
father: drake wan
siblings: katie & kylie wan, twins. leo wan.
birth order: leo wan, katie & kylie, then akira as the youngest
spouse / lover: open
children: none
pets: bruce, their doberman
notable close relatives: none
best friend: open
rival: open
crushing on: open
faves:
ice cream flavor: peach
time of the day / night: night
weather: winter
breakfast food: waffles & crepes
dinner food: fried rice
colours: black, white, and velvet maroon
songs: sleep tokens discography
misc:
first love: none
a cherished item: a stuffed baymax
usual mood: mellow
1 thing they want to do / experience before they die: sky diving?
bio page
childhood:
being born into a crime family wasn’t an easy pill to swallow. while they were a kid, akira and his mom had a very close relationship. often, most would see him attached at the hip to his mother. his dad, most of the time, was too busy dealing with deals and taking over the city to even notice when the pair weren’t at home. even going as far as being successful in kindergarten and elementary school. their parents were often told that he was a child genius. at that time, his angel would dress him like his own personal doll, and he was often called the face of the family. but at the age of eight, his mom was taken out as a hit against his family. the hit happened while he was at the park with his mom.
adolescent:
it was after his mom passed that akira realized she was the only person who truly cared for his well-being. there was no longer a reason for him to dress up nicely and go outside when going outside was the thing that killed his mother. his grades started declining, and he became more cautious of those who would approach him. his family started seeing him less and less when it came to dinner and weekly meetings. it was in moments when he shut himself in that he fell in love with computers. even while shut in, he wanted to prove himself to his father. so, when requested to dig up information on his enemies, he would use his knowledge to find out anything and everything that could be used to bring them down. it was also during this time that he struggled with his self-identity and being comfortable in his own skin.
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General Traits of Bimbofication - Pt. 1
The Bimbo Body
What follows is the geography of the body of a bimbo and you will typically see these physical traits and items worn that can be found emphasized in memes, media, and fashion, and celebrity writeups. Many of these features are culturally dependent and individual preferences differ even between twins so don’t be afraid to talk about what you like. There will be differences between male and female form and this list below will focus primarily on the female with some contrasting male features.
Slightly suntanned smooth skin and there is a preference for white skin. This preference of skin tone is culturally dependent but tends to be prevalent for reasons good and bad across the globe.
Narrower facial shape
Fuller lips for women and thinner but full lips for men
Darker, defined or sculpted eyebrows
Longer and darker lashes
Higher cheekbones for both women and men
Narrower nose for both women and men
Medium to larger breasts
Medium-sized or toned butt for both women and men
Styled hair for both women and men
Blonde hair for women and darker hair for men. (I tend to prefer dark hair in women.)
Heavy makeup for women and lighter makeup for men unless they are being trained to be a woman. (I often prefer no to minimum makeup as I like features highlighted but not painted.)
Slutty and charismatic clothes are items that many like to dress their bimbo or himbo up like a doll. Preferences here depend largely on the relationship dynamic shared and the activities everyone enjoys having managed for them.
No panties and playing with underwear chosen by companies to be the opposite gender are popular themes. For women, underwear may be a monthly convenience for their period, a garment chosen for one night or long-term scene play, or an association trigger like latex panties or bodysuit to transition in and out of their role.
Surrounding oneself with pink is a link to transitioning to a hyperfeminine role and association with the emotions that could inspire confidence, pride, comfort, arousal, and much more! The color associated with femininity in the United States is pink, but in many other countries yellow is the most feminine color so have her chose her bimbo uniform with attention to which one you like best.
Tattoos can be more than a tramp stamp and an MC, HD, and can also be a permeant tattoo ban so that image of purity is preserved. Tattoos can be a sign of beauty, but they are also a mark of stigma to some. The use of tattoos has been identified as a means to tell stories and to ‘speak’ to others about the values and identity of the bearer. Tattoos are kind of like sex. The first time, you want it to be meaningful but once you’re in the double digits, you’ll settle for what makes you laugh. Do what you feel most comfortable with here as there are no expectations that a bimbo must have one or more tattoos. You will see them on many bimbos you meet, because our ideas can work as an identity. Some are more motivated than others to leave a mark.
Piercings are not a given for every bimbo but they are utilized as a mark of hypersexuality, slavish adornment, and objectification by some. Piercings are a way to enhance beauty and visual appeal, but also may serve an important social function as markers of wealth, class, race, and gender around the globe. Eyebrow, ear, ala of the nose, tongue, cheek, lip, tongue, nipple, navel, and genitals are the areas of piercing and are decorated with an ornament for fashion’s sake or chosen expression. Tattoos and piercings have now become just another kind of accessorizing for many. What was once a statement about being wild, (sub)cultural identification, and alternative has been commercialized into just another fashion trend for many in the US. Many people still make negative value judgments about people with piercings — especially girls and women. Do what you feel most comfortable with here as there are no expectations that a bimbo must be pierced.
Is there something that you think should be here that isn’t? Okay, a question to think about. Can bimbos be heroes too? Isn’t Bruce Wayne playing a Himbo? And Clark Kent so innocent and making up stories where he is the strongest unbeatable man there is. Harley Quinn is as much a bimbo but just embraced the reverse of these last two heroes. Harley is a Ph.D. who was originally envisioned as the “smart girl” with a bad boyfriend trope for a hangup. Harley can shift into bimbo mode to live impulsively and has the superpower of turning the characters who interact with her into idiots. It is an implicit superpower, like the Joker’s odd immortality within the Batman universe. Many men and women enjoy trying to put Harley and those like her in her place. There is a phrase female chauvinist pigs (FCP) which you should know. FCP has been used to describe women who publicly disdain “bimbos” yet use them for their entertainment and profit. There just may be a sweet sadist subtlety enjoying the fruits of shaping these thirty tarts into bimbos to humiliate by putting them in their place, tease, and enjoy more liberally behind closed doors.
The seventeenth-century philosopher Nicolas Malebranche described women as 'feeble-minded', 'stupid', and ‘weak’ (he attributes these problems to women's soggy brain fibers). The philosopher Kant argued that women should be beautiful, not sublime. There is more than enough of this drivel to establish confirmation bias on practically any sentiment as any flat earther can tell you. Still, there is something about whispering in a woman’s ear and observing the blush starting near the tips of her toes and sliding up. Seeing her forgot what we were talking about, and everything just falling out of her brain – It’s like her mind recognizes me, opens up wide, to show me she’s there wide open for me. Her brain comes to accept that it had nothing to do with this desire that is buoying her in a seductive tide. I want you to underline this next sentence as significant and having the potential to change the path a person believes they are standing on. As every single word is accepted by her mind as a fact, and now her mind is working to make that picture a reality, because it’s such a vivid descriptive image, the mind has an easier job of it. Let’s touch on the general characteristics of the bimbo mindset.
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Thinking of copy/pasting articles and sources directly from now on instead of just sharing screenshots, it seems to make more sense. Source can be found below.
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"After World War I, the victorious Allied powers signed the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922 which sought to limit a new naval race. Japan was allocated 60% of the tonnage allowed to the United States or Great Britain. The Imperial Japanese Navy saw the United States Navy as their most likely opponent for the future and concluded they would have to defeat a numerical superior foe.
The IJN pursued a number of avenues to achieve this between the wars. They included building individually superior ships armed with guns and torpedoes that could strike the enemy at ranges beyond his abilities to reply. Long range submarines and twin-engine naval attack aircraft were built to attack the American fleet as it approached to reduce its strength. The battleships trained to fire from behind a smoke screen with their salvos spotted by aircraft protected by carrier fighters. An accidental discovery led to the development of the Type 91 Armor Piercing Shell (APC).
During the Russo-Japanese War of 1905-05, the Japanese fired 'common' shells which were designed to explode on contact and not pierce heavy armor. The explosive filler was 'Shimose' which was based on a piric acid formula. The results had been spectacular. The shells ripped large holes in high sided Russian battleships whose narrow belts were submerged due to being overloaded. The results impressed RN observers which developed their own common shells using a piric acid-based explosive called 'Lyddite'. While very powerful, Shimose and Lyddite were sensitive and often exploded on contact.
During World War I, the Japanese were impressed by the performance of German APC shells which used TNT as a filler. TNT was less sensitive to shock allowing the shell to remain intact as it passed through armor and explode behind inside the ship. The Japanese obtained samples of these shells post war and worked to develop their own version.
In the summer of 1924, the Japanese Navy conducted tests against the old battleship Aki (安芸, Aki Province) and the new, but incomplete battleship Tosa (土佐, Tosa Province) slated for disposal under the new naval treaty. Both ships were subjected to 16 inch shell fire at a range of 20,000 meters (21,872). Of the shells fired at Tosa yards, two struck the water short of the ship and travelled underwater and into the ship under her armor belt.
The first hit 25 meters short of the ship on her port side and penetrated the hull 6 feet below her armor belt. The shell passed through several torpedo bulkheads and exploded in her after engine room. Over 3,000 tons of water entered the ship. Another hit farther forwards hit 10 meters short of the ship and passed under her armor belt and exploded near her centerline. 2,300 tons of water flooded into the ship. A similar hit on the old battleship Aki sank her."
Trajectories of shells underwater.
"The Japanese sought to capitalize on this effect by developing a shell that could have a consistent underwater path. They estimated the ability to hit underwater effectively doubled the 'danger space' of the target and cause greater damage than normal shells. The Japanese term for this was 'Suichudan'.
The shells used in the Tosa test was adopted in June 1925 as the No. 5 APC shell. The first shell specifically designed for underwater hits was the Type 88 or No. 6 adopted on November 7, 1928 in 8 inch, 14 inch, and 16 inch calibers. The Type 88 featured a blunt nose for a more stable underwater trajectory."
Type 91 AP shell, large caliber.
"The Type 91 APC was adopted in 1931 and featured a two-piece armor piercing cap under a streamlined windshield. On striking the water or light armor, the windshield and upper cap were torn away. The flatter lower cap and blunt shell body would be stable underwater and shoulder of the blunt shell bit into the armor surface struck while the rotating torque from the impact turned the shell into rather than away from the armor surface. The rear of the shell body was tapered into a 'boat tail' shape which extended the shells range and stability in flight. in 1941, a dye pack was added to assist in spotting the fall of shot.
Optimal performance was obtained at an angle of fall of 17 degrees and hitting the water about 40 meters short of the target. The blunt shell body allowed strikes up to 80 meters short to still retain enough energy to penetrate the hull. Shells falling at an angle from 17 to 25 degrees could still make an underwater hit if hitting the water 20-25 meter from the ship. Ballistic differences with different guns gave different ranges for optimal operation.
The Japanese sought to keep the Type 91 and Suichudan secret. However, the British learned about this threat during firing tests to the old battleship Emperor of India in 1931 and a deeper vertical belt was adopted for the new KG V class. The North Carolina class was to have included a lower 3.5 inch belt to protect against such hits, but the 750 ton weight penalty was too much for the treaty limited 35,000 ton design. 3.5 inch armor patches to protect her magazines were added to her inner torpedo holding bulkhead. The follow on South Dakotas and lowas featured an internal belt sloping belt that tapered as it went towards the ship's bottom. In 'Naval Firepower', Friedman speculates that knowledge of the Type 91 may have been obtained through the same radio intelligence that revealed the rebuilt Nagato's trial speed of 26.5 knots late in 1938. In his earlier 'US Battleships: An Illustrated Design History' he notes that tests in the early 30s revealed the threat."
Fragment damage from hit No.6 to bulkhead No. 35, as seen from magazine A-507-M onboard USS Boise.
"In combat, there was only one incident where the Type 91 performed as designed. A Type 91 struck short of the light cruiser USS Boise and penetrated her 6 foot magazine. The shell exploded, but flooding prevented a magazine detonation. In her duel with Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, one 15 inch and three 8 inch shells struck Prince of Wales underwater. The 15 inch shell passed under her belt and ended up against her inner holding bulkhead but did not explode. The 8" hit caused minor flooding through holes in the shell plating."
Information posted by Michael Makanaphy on the Battleships and Battlecruisers Facebook page: link
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Lucian Archie Bane
Name: Lucian Archie Bane
Nicknames: Luci, Luci Lu, LuLu, Lu, and LuLu Lemondrop
Birth Date: 03'11
Birth Place: Hell (Pride Ring)
Star Sign: Pisces
Race: Demon/Angel
Occupation: Striper/Hooker/Pornstar
Status: Alive
Age: 28 (Looks)
Gender: Male
Pronouns: He.His.Him and They/Them
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual & Polyamorous
Height: 5'5
Weight: 150 (depends)
Skin Tone: Caramel Tan
Hair Colour: Ebony Black, With Pastel Icy Sky Blue fading to Indigo Puprle for the bangs
Hair Style: shaggy mullet, down to his ankles, and scene/emo bangs
Eye Colour: Pastel Icy Sky Blue
Eye Shape: siren
Features: freckles all over his body, and a heart shape beauty mark under his right eye, a clover beauty mark on his left upper hip, and a rose beauty on his back side (upper right hip)
Weapons: Double Swords and Scythe
Skills:
Abilities: Neon Green fading up to neon blue with gold sparkles (Shadow Flame) and Magic
Last Resort: Potions/Weapons
Strengths: Is knowledgeable and fast. Can fly and shapeshift
Feats: is to afraid to show his true form and use his real powers.
Weakness: Wolfsbane and Silver
Family: Chaos and Nyx Sterling
Love Interest: Castiel (His Contract Holder.) (Not actually in Love)
Crush: Adam (First Human/Man) & Lucifer Morningstar
Enemies: Lute & other angels
Lucian Bane's Backstory:
Lucian was born in hell because of his mother, Nyx. (Who is the Demon/God of: Darkness/Abyss) She was once married to Chaos, the creator and the destorier. She birthed Lucian and his twin brother Nova. Nova became born angel fronting. And second form demon. Lucian was born fronting as a demon. The second fronting was angel. Lucian doesn't get along with the angels as much as the demons. The angels find him an obamnation and tainted. That he is bad blood. And he should be killed. But the demons don't care as much. But they do ignore him depending on the demon.
Lucian most of his life played alone and did his own thing. Being a hellborn also means watching others be killed by other demons or angels. It was annoying and very upsetting. He hated how it was. But probably at that age couldn't really change anyone's mind. So he kept it to himself.
As Lucian grew up learning how Heaven and Hell actually was. He didn't trust anyone. Not even his mother's new husband. Which was whatever. He could take care of himself as he always did. Just because he lived with his mother and her servants caring for him. Doesn't mean he can't do anything on his own. And take care of his business alone. He didn't ask for help. At least outloud. He was alone a lot. And that made him realize no one can hurt him that way.
Lucian did end uk making mistakes. Falling into an angel's trap. His name is Castiel. Who has male skin, crimson red eyes, and long blaxk hair to his shoulders. He was an Arch Angel. Who has with black wings with red tips/ombre. Who seeked out Lucian for years. He made a deal with him. And now his soul belongs to Castiel. He would have to go to heaven and help Castiel make money there and in hell. It was dirty and really bad.
Bur over time he got over it. Abuse or not. It was the life he chose.
And one day he ended up meeting Charlie ans Vaggie. And some spider demon named Angel Dust. They invited him to live with them at a hotel. To redeem demons.
Lucian did shit on it. Because heaven was shit. But that was fine. At least he could be away from the world outside.
Over time he did form friendships and bonds with everyone.
And the world Changed underneath Lucian when he met Adam and Lucifer.
Personality:
bubbly, flirty, confident (most of the time), Timid/Shy (sometimes), cocky, random, playful, temperamental, funny (kind of), and outgoing
Quotes:
"Come on! I so had that! He really wanted my fake drugs. How dare you!" Lucian to Charlie
"Cigarettes and Cock Rings are a turn on for me." Lucian To Adam
"Folding was never an option." Lucian to Lute
"Did you see that!? He wanted to suck my dick!" Lucian to everyone at the hotel about some creep
"Sorry? What? I can't hear ya. I think the lines are breaking up." Lucian to Castiel (when in the same room together.)
"Would you like Coconut and Caramel Cream Pie in your mouth?" Lucian to Lucifer (Lucian's scent is coconut and Caramel along with his taste.)
Likes:
Bubble gum
Music
Singing
Dancing
Movies
Sex
Kissing
Blow jobs
Gaming
Cooking/Baking
Cuddling/Snuggling
Plushies/Stuff Animals
Blankets/Forts
Diskikes:
Abuse
Fighting
Yelling
Death
Angels
Hobbies:
Sewing
Collecting Stickers
Collecting Crystals
Writing
Reading
Fears:
Losing his loved ones
His life to angels. (Castiel or Lute)
Rejection
Trivia:
Lucian has a pet hellhound/wolf (feral wolf)
Named: Storm
Favorite Animal on earth: Frog
Favorite Drink: Blue Raspberry Juice, Dr. Pepper, Orange Juice, and Chocolate Milk
Favorite Foods: Tacos and Chili
Goals: To save others and to escape Castiel hold on him.
If you like to know more. Just ask.
I do write stories, songs, poems, rp/role-playing.
Canon and Fanon ships. Yee!!!
Art is by my partner. Their name is (TimidLittlePupen/LittlePupen) CrystalLunaStark
#original character#persona#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel oc#traditional sketch#sketch#w.i.p art#oc#male ocs
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Gianluca Vialli, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 58, became the first Italian to manage a top-flight English football club when he took over at Chelsea in 1998, guiding them to FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup trophies. However, he will be better remembered for his playing career as a dynamic, intelligent and versatile forward at Sampdoria and Juventus, as well as for Italy, with whom he won 59 caps between 1985 and 1992.
During a lengthy sojourn at Sampdoria in the 1980s and early 90s, Vialli won various honours, including the Italian League and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, but it was during his later, shorter stay at Juventus that he hit the greatest heights, captaining the side to a Champions League title in 1996.
Moving on to Chelsea immediately afterwards, he became a well-liked figure in west London, graduating from player to player-manager and then solely to manager – until, in the modern Chelsea tradition, he was sacked while still in full flow. A year followed as manager of Watford, after which he decided to concentrate on other interests, including television work and a backroom job with the Italian national side.
Vialli had an unusually wealthy background for a footballer. Born in Cremona in northern Italy, he was raised with his four older siblings in a huge 14th-century castle in the village of Belgioioso, not far from Milan, which had been bought by his father, a self-made millionaire.
In 1980, at the age of 16, he signed for his local club, Cremonese, in the third tier of the league, and four years later was bought by the Genoese Serie A team Sampdoria, who paired him up front with Roberto Mancini. Together they became known as the “goal twins” for their scoring exploits, as Sampdoria, who had won nothing of note up to that point, suddenly became a force in the Italian game.
Vialli’s first winner’s medal came in the Italian Cup in 1985, and under the Yugoslavian manager Vujadin Boškov he won another two cup finals, in 1988 and 1989, before appearing in the 1990 European Cup Winners’ Cup final, a 2-0 win against Anderlecht in which he scored both goals in extra time.
That year, Vialli also featured in the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy. He was dropped after missing a penalty in the second match against the USA, but returned for Italy’s semi-final against Argentina, which they lost on penalties.
A year later Sampdoria won the Serie A championship for the first and only time, finishing a comfortable five points clear of Internazionale at the end of the 1990-91 season, thanks in part to Vialli’s 19 goals as top scorer in the league. Qualifying for the European Cup, they reached the final at Wembley in 1992, but lost 1-0 to Barcelona in extra time, Vialli uncharacteristically missing three good chances before Ronald Koeman scored the winner.
Shortly afterwards he accepted an offer to join Juventus for a world-record fee of £12.5m, ushering in the end of Sampdoria’s great era of achievement. In Turin he won the 1993 UEFA Cup during his first season and then, under a new manager, Marcello Lippi, captained the side to a double of the 1994-95 Italian championship and the Italian Cup, creating another formidable goal-scoring combination with Fabrizio Ravanelli in a side that also boasted Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Del Piero and Andreas Möller.
The crowning glory of his four-year spell at Juventus was victory in the 1996 Champions League final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where he lifted the trophy as captain after a win on penalties against Ajax.
By then in his early 30s, Vialli decided on a final move to the Premier League with Chelsea. He soon became a popular presence at Stamford Bridge, helped by his excellent command of English and use of colloquialisms, as well as his suave but likable aura.
He won the 1997 FA Cup in his first year at the club, but was limited to five minutes off the bench in the 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the final, and for much of his time under manager Ruud Gullit he found his place in the side was hardly guaranteed.
When Gullit was sacked unexpectedly in early 1998, Vialli took over as player-manager, handing out glasses of champagne in the dressing room before his first match in charge, a League Cup semi-final second-leg win against Arsenal. That took them to the final, where they again beat Middlesbrough 2-0.
Having landed his first managerial honours within weeks of taking charge, Vialli also inherited a decent position in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, taking his side from the quarter-finals to the final and beating Stuttgart 1-0 in Stockholm to become, at the time, the youngest manager to win a European competition.
Third position in the Premier League at the end of the following 1998-99 season was Chelsea’s best showing in the top flight since 1970, and after stepping down as a player to concentrate solely on management, by the finish of 1999-2000 he had steered them to an FA Cup final win against Aston Villa and fifth place in the league. However, only five games into the next campaign, the club dispensed with his services.
Vialli’s subsequent move to manage Watford, who had just dropped out of the Premier League, was not nearly so successful. After a season in which the club finished 14th in the First Division he was sacked, prompting a lengthy legal dispute over substantial payments he said were due for the rest of his contract.
That was enough to put him off management for good, and he moved instead into work as a television analyst and commentator, mainly for Sky Italia. He also set up a sports investment company, Tifosy, and in 2019 was appointed delegation chief for the Italy team under his friend Mancini, a behind-the-scenes position he held until his death in London, where he had lived since his Chelsea days.
He is survived by his wife, Cathryn White-Cooper, whom he married in 2003, two daughters, Olivia and Sofia, his mother, Maria Teresa, his brothers, Nino, Marco and Maffo, and his sister, Mila.
🔔 Gianluca Vialli, footballer and manager, born 9 July 1964; died 6 January 2023
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'Want to do a "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" double feature at home? You might have to wait a while.
"Barbenheimer" shows no signs of stopping in its cultural dominance. The box office phenomenon has collectively grossed over $850 million domestically and nearly $2 billion worldwide, making the cinematic twin flames some of the most profitable films this year. Released in late July, both films have proven to be the perfect summer fixtures that studios desperately crave. Even in their fifth week at the box office, both are continuing to make waves. Of course, that momentum will stop sooner or later, especially as the summer movie season wraps up.
Luckily, audiences looking to revisit "Barbenheimer" can do so at home, at least partially. Warner Bros. Pictures and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" will hit digital store shelves on September 5 2023. Viewers eager to rewatch Margot Robbie's exploits as the iconic doll will be able to do so from home on their favorite PVOD (Premium Video on Demand) platform. This early September release date is in line with Warner Bros. Pictures' exclusive 45 day theatrical window. While it remains to be seen when "Barbie" leaves cinemas for good — it's currently dominating in over 4000 theatres stateside, per The Numbers — audiences don't have to wait long to see the film at home...
But what about "Oppenheimer"? Unfortunately, it doesn't look like both films will debut on PVOD or streaming on the same day. Seeing as director Christopher Nolan reportedly negotiated a 90 to 120 day exclusive theatrical window for "Oppenheimer" per Variety, it's unlikely that audiences can expect to stream the film soon.
Oppenheimer might start streaming in October
The report by Variety says that Christopher Nolan, who jumped ship from Warner Bros. Pictures to Universal Pictures after the release of 2020's "Tenet," negotiated a 90 to 120 day theatrical window for "Oppenheimer. It's unclear if the British auteur actually received it. Considering the fact that "Oppenheimer" has grossed over $700 million worldwide and has consistent, steady legs, it's possible that Universal Pictures will give Nolan the window that he wanted. So far, the film has been out in cinemas for just over a month and is barely showing signs of withering.
As it stands, "Oppenheimer" is set to dominate in most IMAX cinemas until the release of Denzel Washington's "The Equalizer 3," which debuts on September 1. The World War II flick has already given a number of its prestigious IMAX screens over to Warner Bros.' "Blue Beetle." Of course, "Oppenheimer" can take over in other PLF (Premium Large Format) screens if there's space.
Should Nolan get his extended theatrical window, it's all but possible that "Oppenheimer" won't hit PVOD until mid-October. Perhaps Universal Pictures will even save the film until November, coinciding with the Thanksgiving holidays. While a digital release strategy hasn't been confirmed, it's likely that the film will be available on PVOD for a few weeks, or even months, before it hits Peacock. Those hoping to do a "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" double feature at home will likely have to wait until mid-October or early November to replicate the iconic phenomenon at home. It certainly would have been hilarious (and genius) to have both films grace streaming on the same day but, alas, life isn't perfect. Seeing as there's still a considerable time until then, audiences should make it a point to revisit both films in cinemas while they can.
Christopher Nolan wants audiences to see Oppenheimer in cinemas
It's no secret that Christopher Nolan is a huge proponent for the cinematic experience — it's one of the reasons why he called it quits with Warner Bros. Pictures. Following the release of "Tenet" and the studio's decision to debut its 2021 theatrical slate on Max, Nolan publicly called out the studio he called home for two decades. "There's such controversy around it, because they didn't tell anyone," Nolan told Entertainment Tonight about Warner Bros.' decision back in 2020. "... They've got some of the biggest stars in the world who worked for years in some cases on these projects very close to their hearts that are meant to be big-screen experiences," the director said, before describing the situation as "messy."
By 2021, Nolan had made the decision to wrap up his creative relationship with Warner Bros., deciding to move forward with Universal Pictures, a studio that was willing to play ball with his demands. Based on the critical and financial reception that "Oppenheimer" has basked in, one can only imagine the joy and excitement that Universal execs feel for being able to poach Nolan.
When it came to the release of "Oppenheimer," Nolan was adamant that his biopic on the father of the atomic bomb was meant for the big screen, especially in IMAX. "We put a lot of effort into shooting the film in a way that we can get it out on these large format screens," the director told The Associated Press. "It really is just a great way of giving people an experience that they can't possibly get in the home." Audiences are clearly receptive to Nolan's vision, as they showed up in droves to make "Oppenheimer" a box office juggernaut.'
#Barbie#Oppenheimer#Christopher Nolan#IMAX#Warner Bros#Barbenheimer#Greta Gerwig#Margot Robbie#Tenet#Universal
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Okay so, i have a theory so hear me out
Kageyama is always shown in the manga as an all black pretty elegant and always smiling villain
It's canon that he was created around a sort of creepy vibe as a purpose so, it's pretty logic
But
Looking at him closely, we can notice a thing, mentioning the fact that it's pretty unusual that for a so scary team as Teikoku, we have the image of a not so scary animal like the penguin, we should remember that all the tecniques about the emperor penguin, were invented by Kageyama himself, and this put him as a double but opposite genius with Endou's grandpa
So, he basically extended them to the team through Kidou
So, we have a super villain who own this particular animal as a sign
Coincidences? Kageyama resemble pretty well the basic aesthetic lines of an emperor penguin too
He has pointy features, dark hair and all, and, excepting the chibi image of that animal in IE universe, emperor penguin id way the biggest and tallest penguin specie out here and not gonna lie..... not so cute
They own an all personal unsettling vibe
But you know what this makes me think of? Penguin from the DC Batman universe
I truly think that the original concept was maybe unintentionally taking inspiration from him
Both of them resemble that animal in two different physiques but hey.... the face structure and hair are literally twins in a lot of terms
And well, this is my theory, the most common pointy villain is always Joker, now we have another example
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A description of the annex cistern beneath the city of Cos Besta. From the recent chapter I'm editing of "Out There: The 1K."
Daj led them through a small room with a ladder leading up to a hatch, a few seats, a control panel, and storage.
Yune got his bearings in the rusted old space. “Cozy,” he remarked, “Don’t tell me this is it. It’s pathetic.”
“Nope,” she pushed a large button beside the single-wide twin door at the other end, then cranked a massive wheel in its center to the right. The ancient gears creaked. A loud ‘click’ and the red light above the button turned green.
She pushed open the thick door and gestured for them to go inside, anticipating their reactions, and eager to see it, “This is.”
Will stepped through first and his jaw dropped, “Whoooooaa!”
Siffon gasped, “By the Light…”
Yune stared in slack-jawed awe.
The door let them out into a dimly lit, massive, cavernous room larger than the palace’s main hall. Great support pillars spaced evenly through the room reached up from the water like the arms of gods to hold up a lofty, arching ceiling three stories above their heads.
Geometric carvings decorated the cupping tops of the columns and the arches connecting them. Whether the designs were mimicked at their bases, the group couldn’t tell, since they dipped into the dark water out of sight.
The broad balcony they stood on connected to a series of double-wide, stone-railed bridges that formed a plus sign with circular central hub. Multiple bridges formed a grid connected to those. Stone stairs lead up from the largest western bridge to a door near the top - an emergency escape route in case any infrastructure crew became trapped down here.
All of the railings were ‘recent’ additions installed for safety a couple hundred years ago.
A round water intake hatch cut into the wall directly across the huge square room. Two more just like it lay to the east and west. All were sealed tight. Manual valve controls lay at the ends of each bridge.
The walls themselves consisted of oscillating concave and convex waves flowing around them, making it seem like part of the ocean; form and function.
Fresh water churned by an unseen perpetual motion turbine filled up only eight feet above the floor, which was six feet below the bridges.
Calling it a ‘room’ would be an insult; it might as well be another dimension.
Or at least that's what it looked like to Yune, Will, and Siffon.
The ancient cistern made the small group of about thirty people already inside it milling about look even smaller. They were mostly yondi and humans, but there were a couple of angular-featured, orange-skinned enkai with spots along their cheekbones, tagron, o’alli, and a few laemurians. Some leaned on the railings, some were in conversation, and some noticed the newcomers.
They had sent a bot with hover capability to attach ephypsan battery powered lights to the closest columns. Survival gear and crates filled the center circle with heaters placed in the middle, and personal sleeping/living areas creating rays like a sun around it. The smells of cooking food came from electric camping galley equipment.
Yune finally spoke, “Ok. Didn't see that one coming.”
"Where are we" Will asked.
“An annex cistern beneath the city. They use in emergencies during major floods if the main network fills,” Jeina led the group forward across the bridge to the hub.
“It’s enormous,” Will turned in a slow circle as he walked, “A giant could live in here and have room to sprint. Does Ilthall have giants? Do anuleans count?”
"No and yes," Yune replied quickly.
“It’s beautiful. Who built it?” Siffon tried to take everything in at once.
“Your people did; long before the war began - before they traveled the stars.”
This was the work of yondi artisans and stone masons hundreds of years ago, perhaps thousands, maintained for generations. Siffon soaked up the new knowledge, wondering what else her ancestors had done.
“This is where we hid from the keth. I’m glad to see someone remembered it was here.”
Yune’s and Will’s ena crystals were still glowing clearly beneath their shirts - still excited. Both were grateful no one else could see their light but Jeina.
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