Teenaged Liam's mysterious job?
In that book by Chris Hutton (the singer of The Rain who got the boot and was replaced by Liam) & Richard Hurkey (who wrote the book for Hutton according to his retellings, judging by his writing style he's probably a music journalist) about The Rain/Oasis/Manchester Music Scene, they mention a mysterious job teenaged Liam was doing that he wouldn't talk about and I wonder what exactly they're alluding to?
As they say, the official Oasis saga mentions several of Liam's jobs or that he would be on the dole a lot. Apparently the latter is not true and he was actually mostly working post school, but would rather pretend like he didn't which, as they say, seems "bizarre and unusual". Some of Liam's jobs that are mentioned in official Oasis sources are typical working class jobs a young lad would take on (garden centre work, construction work, car valeting etc), so that mysterious job wouldn't fall into that category as it's not like Liam would feel the need to keep such completely normal jobs under wraps. I don't think it's drug dealing either as elsewhere in the book they claim that Noel was the one who supplied Liam with weed.
So what do you think this mysterious job is about?
"Chris remembers that he used to get the 50 bus into town with him every morning - Liam, the regular little commuter? He was doing something on the doors of an establishment in town, but he never wanted to elaborate upon it."
Btw anything from that book should be taken with caution: there are definitely lies in it and Hutton comes across as quite bitter as he takes any opportunity to slag the members of Oasis off. While this part about their jobs pre-fame seemed more on the serious spectrum to me, it may still be inaccurate.
Oh and let's not forget Liam was only 18 when he joined/formed Oasis, so there weren't many years after school where he could have really committed to a career outside of the band.
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Thinking about the episode where Dipper and Mabel went back in time and ran into kid-Wendy, who thought Dipper was cute, and it was kind of this "wow" moment for him. Now I can't stop imagining a scenario in the familiar au where a married, up-and-coming demon hunter Dipper Pines, along with Bill, have to go back in time for whatever reason to about when he was 12. He figures they should keep a low profile if they want to return to their timeline unchanged, but they end up bumping into Dipper's younger self, back when he was first dropped off and all noodle armed and couldn't really defend himself against the town bullies. Almost as if on cue, a group of kids come up on young Dipper and try to pick on him, only for adult Dipper to ward them away. Older Dipper still considering himself kind of a massive loser with a lot to learn, but his younger self just looks at this strange new-comer and thinks he's SO COOL🤩🤩🤩!!! And maybe follows him around a bit in admiration, silently saying stuff about wishing he were "that strong," or "that smart," or "ever a little cool." And Dipper has that same "wow" moment, but for an entirely different reason. Maybe he did grow up to be everything he wanted to be as a kid, and maybe even the kid version of him wasn't a loser to begin with; people were just serious jerks.
(Bonus points if Stan definitely knows who this flame-wielding stranger that just blew into town is, and seeing how Dipper's grown and matured puts him at ease and makes him more confident that maybe he can raise the twins on his own. Look at the kid go. He did something right.)
Anon, why must you tempt me with new ideas when I have so many WIPs
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Imagine Egg A1 still has one life left, and it somehow manages to escape the facility... It is being followed by mobs, by Federation employees, being hurt by the poison ivy and other environmental threats, but it keeps running, because what other choice is there? That parkour course was a trick after all, the last block was a fake, it was never meant to pass that test in the first place.
So it keeps running, but the Federation workers are getting closer. It won't be able to avoid them forever...
But then it bursts through some bushes and comes face to face with someone new - and it's Bad, out building or exploring or just wandering alone. A1 is immediately afraid, of course. It is a stranger, a very visually striking stranger, the complete opposite of the pure white and featureless employees of the Federation. But there are people close behind, and it knows what will happen to it if it is caught, so... It has no choice but to try. It has no way to communicate, no signs or books, so it simply rushes to hide behind him and hopes he understands, and that he is willing to help...
And Bad, for his part, well.. he's an extremely cautious and paranoid person, and this is just an incredibly confusing and unexpected situation to be in. An unknown egg appeared out of nowhere and is hiding behind him, he can see Federation employees in the distance that are clearly looking for something... He knows that the code has been disguising itself as eggs, and that the strange egg in front of him with no marks, no distinguishing features, an egg that he has never seen before, could easily be the code monster preparing to attack at any moment...
But there is absolutely no way Bad could ever look at an egg in distress and not try to help it, even knowing it could be a trap.
So he quickly digs a shallow hole and pushes the mysterious egg into it, covering it up just in time, and when the employees throw him a book asking if he had seen anything, he lies effortlessly, he complains about nonsense, he asks them where the Ekea is and is as annoying as he can be, until they leave.
And now they're alone... just Bad an this mystery egg in the middle of the woods, A1 too afraid to leave the hole even when Bad tries to coax it out. He gives it food and tries his best to comfort it, to tell it everything is okay and that the pursuers are gone. He gives it some signs and a book, trying to see if it will write anything to him or answer any of his questions, but he gets no reply. A1 is just too afraid to even attempt to answer, and Bad doesn't even know if it understands him. He tries what few words he does know of the other languages, and still no response.
What should he do? As much as the image of a tiny, terrified egg makes him want to do all he can for it he also needs to be safe. He can't bring it home, because if it is a code there is no way he is bringing it anywhere near Dapper. Should he call someone else for help, or would that draw too much attention? Would it even be safe for him or the egg to let anyone know right now? And was this egg dangerous, or harmless and in need of protection? He wouldn't abandon it regardless but...
What now?
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Holy hell, that was Kirk's most intense line read yet, and for a freaking Lego ad of all things
Haha! I saw! Kirk did an amazing job with the LEGO Sonic short! He can be a great Shadow, he just needed a coach there to help him.
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