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blueberry-bubbles130 · 1 year

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So I've been reading a few of the Barbie Princess and the Pauper essays that are floating around the internet (mostly Tumblr) and I've got a theory that Preminger killed the King, before the movie takes place.

First of all I'd like to give a lot of credit and a big thank you to @rin-the-shadow for their brilliant analysis of the timeline of the movie that helped me massively in figuring out when Preminger would have killed the king for the theory. Since the ages of the characters are not stated anywhere, or even implied, within the movie itself. So there's not a lot to work with in terms of timing.

I'd also like to thank my two close friends who helped me come up with this theory.

So first for a bit of a background, in the movie the King isn't mentioned at all, and we only see him once at the beginning of the movie, which is in the prologue. From this evidence, it's incredibly safe to say he is dead by the time the movie takes place. Now If we look at Rin's analysis and the evidence they use from the movie, they state Preminger comes into the role of Queen Genevieve's advisor when Annaliese is around 6 years old.

From here the timeline becomes messy, as we don't know when Julian becomes the tutor to Annaliese. I'm assuming that he becomes her tutor at least 3-5 years before the movie begins. This is a bit clearer if we again look at Rin's analysis, in which they theorise about the difference in time between Julian and Preminger's arrival at the palace: as they state with more movie evidence in which Julian can remember living in the village. As well as this Annaliese and Julian are really close at the beginning of the movie, which shows they've gotten to know each other really well. So I think that Julian is a bit older than Annaliese, not by much though, so I'm going to say he's about 2 years older than Annaliese.

This leaves about 5-6 years maximum for Preminger to get rid of any evidence he may still have lying around from him murdering the King, from him coming to the castle to Julian's arrival at the palace.

So for the theory itself, I think that Preminger murdered the King a year or two into his role as the Royal Advisor. Now you may be asking why Preminger would kill the King?

That's because I think the King was incredibly close to discovering Preminger's plan to steal the gold, so he decides to murder him in order to truly get rid of him, and keep his plan secret. This is because the King was probably the smartest out of him and Genevieve at the time, therefore the King would question Preminger more. And lets be real for a moment he probably realised that Preminger is clearly evil. While Annaliese would be about 7 or 8 according to the timeline, so she'd be too young at the time and less of a concern to Preminger.

Now by doing this, Preminger in fact gets a few things out of murdering the king. The main one being that he can keep his plan secret much longer, allowing him a greater chance at succeeding. The second thing he gets out of this, is now an increase of power through Queen Genevieve.

Throughout the movie, it's shown that Preminger has Queen Genevieve completely under his thumb, a massive example being when he proposes to her (we'll be coming back to this piece of evidence later). And from this we can assume that for a while before the start of the movie, Preminger was essentially making the decisions for the Kingdom while manipulating Genevieve into agreeing with him. Or making it look like she's the one truly making the decisions. (Because as much as I love Genevieve, it's clearly shown, at best she's completely dependent upon Preminger, and at worst dumb on her own)

Once Preminger kills the King this leaves grieving Annaliese and a vulnerable Queen Genevieve. She's now a widow, with a kingdom and a child to not only look after, but make sure she's an experienced heir to the throne. On top of that she's going to be grieving and that's going to make things a lot harder for her.

This is where Preminger's manipulation of Queen Genevieve truly begins. Through her grief Preminger can manipulate her by making it seem like he's helping her work through her grief, while also making it seem like he's the answer to her problems of taking care of the kingdom. As a result this increases the power and wealth Preminger holds, whilst making Queen Genevieve completely dependent on him over time.

This leaves the timeline looking like this:

.Genevieve and the King become a couple

.Annaliese is born

.Preminger is hired as the Royal Advisor when Annaliese is about 6

.The King is murdered by Preminger when Annaliese is about 7 or 8

.Julian is hired

.The events of the movie happen

All that is left now is to figure out how the King was murdered. Now if you've seen the movie or have seen a review, you know that when he has to, Preminger is 100% willing to murder people. This is shown when he tries to murder Annaliese and Julian by causing a cave-in, within the Royal Mine. Which happens because Julian and Annaliese are smart enough to realise that Preminger is evil. And by this point murder is Preminger's only option to secure his plan.

The evidence is also important, as it reinforces how experienced Preminger is when it comes to manipulating Genevieve, because the next two scenes are when Preminger exposes Erika and then the proposal scene. The proposal scene shows how he uses Genevieve's own grief against her, to marry her in order to become king (and completely disregarding any emotions she may have about this situation). It not only shows that he has total power over her, since she doesn't even make a verbal response she just turns around and holds her hand out for the ring to be placed on her finger. It also shows that he is very used to doing this and knows that in this situation all he has to do is present himself as the solution to her problem. But this time he's gotten so desperate and thinks that he's won so he doesn't even bother hiding his evil intent from Genevieve. As by this point he's managed to figuratively and literally back her into a corner where he is her only option.

Going back to how Preminger murdered the King, he has a few options for how he can do it.

He can make it look like an accident or natural causes

He can make it look like someone else murdered him

Not care at all how it looks and get rid of the evidence later

Again from looking at the movie, when he tries to murder Annaliese and Julian by collapsing the mine, he at least tries to make it look somewhat like an accident (at least I think he does, please correct me if I'm wrong). So I'm more inclined to go with option 1 for his method. We also have to remember that the movie is set loosley somewhere in the 16th century. So there's more ways to get away with a crime, and it's before Julian arrives at the palace, meaning Preminger has less to worry about when he commits the murder.

Preminger also seems like the type to not have much physical involvement in a murder, that is yet again shown in the mine collapse scene. So I'm going to say that Preminger most likely poisoned the king.

This is because poison was widely available at the time, with apothecaries selling poisons as some poisons had functions apart from murder. This means that he can easily get it and get more if he ever needs to.

So to summarise the theory, Preminger murders the King because he's coming too close to discovering Preminger's plan to gain power and chooses to kill him by poison. This leaves Genevieve vulnerable to Preminger's manipulation that while not making him just yet, gives him a bigger increase of power while pushing his plan further along. Then the events of the movie occur that force him to change his plans and in turn bring about Preminger's downfall and defeat.

So that's it! Sorry this got a bit long.

Thanks for listening to my rambles.

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episodeoftv · 6 months

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Prelims, Vote 5 of 8

The top 4 finales will move on to be included in the main bracket

Propaganda is under the cut, may include spoilers

CSI: NY - 9.17 Today is Life

CSI was always copaganda and admittedly NY got cancelled midseason but jesus fucking christ. Weird semi-bottle episode of cops trapped inside their station because people are protesting the shooting of a Black man as the others desperately scrabble to prove he was armed as if that automatically makes it okay. No closure for any characters other than making previously sympathetic characters look like racist dicks.

Faking it - 3.10 Up in Flames

This series finale was so underwhelming that I didn't even realize it was the finale and not just another episode. Yes, the show was cancelled early but it didn't even read as a season finale...

Imposters - 2.10 See You Soon‚ Macaroon

Ok listen so no I wasn’t expecting much from this show like I knew what I was getting into. But oh my GOD the way you could FEEL how rushed this finale was. Early cancellation‚ I believe there was meant to be one more season. (Also personally did not enjoy it bc I did not find myself compelled by Ezra’s storylines this season but he is the main character so the last scene of the entire show was something I thought was SO stupid). Also broke up the found family. Unsurprising but I’m dying out here and they couldn’t have thrown me one line? The actual structure of the majority of the episode was pretty tight‚ like if it were a normal episode it would be fine. But then they had to go and try to wrap everything up before it was meant to be wrapped up and nothing has ever been less satisfying

Jane the Virgin - 4.17 Chapter Eighty-One

context: back in season 3 the protagonist jane was married to michael. he died in a heartbreaking and brilliantly done episode, and then the series jumped forwards 3 years in time. michael, his relationship with jane and his death was always treated with respect, even as jane slowly began to fall for her old flame and friend rafael. in the season 4 finale, it seemed like rafael was going to propose to jane, which was lovely. but then the very annoying drawn out villain told rafael ""something"" that made him withdraw and lash out at jane for reasons she and the audience didn't understand. they still had sex which was disturbing considering his anger and drunkenness, and then at the end of the episode it was revealed that the information he found out was that michael was alive. he'd been alive this whole time. the last moments of the episode are jane and michael seeing each other again. this made NO SENSE considering he died in a public place from an aortic dissection (a sudden blood pressure spike from a pre-existing injury) and they had a casket at his funeral - but apparently the villain has been keeping him alive all this time!! for some reason!!! this finale not only ruined the main romantic relationship between jane and rafael for pointless drama, it also spat upon the memory and fans of michael, and michael and jane's romantic relationship. not even to mention the ridiculous drama that another fan favourite petra was put through this episode. the entire thing was full of cheap shock value moments and cliffhangers to try and get audiences to watch for the final season.

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - 2.12 My Graduation Ceremony Happened...

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True Blood - 7.10 Thank You

so much wrong (really) with this show (which i love) but that final fucking image just does me in! sookie, our protagonist, who's been battered back and forth between stubborn heroine and hapless waif for 7 seasons seems spends her final (on-screen) moments sitting at her table surrounded by loved ones - which would be heartwarming if tara (abused for 6 seasons and then fridged, thanks alan ball) wasn't missing, a woman wasn't sitting next to the groomer she married (they meet near the beginning of the show when she is 17 and he is almost 30, they start dating immediately), and sookie were sitting at the head of her own fucking table. it's nice that sookie gets what she wants - she's tough but pretty milquetoast (don't get mad at me! i love our twee fairy vixen!), and she really has wanted to just be cozy and settle down this whole time. it makes sense to close on her enjoying a semi-mortal evening with the people she has left. but to leave on her tropily pregnant (even if it's in character - if it were just the pregnancy it wouldn't irk me so) and centre her nameless, faceless husband in the final frames of 7 seasons that have been (for better and way worse) about nothing but sookie? despicable! it's the series finale i've hated the most, but in some ways it's almost perfect because it totally exemplifies the political identity crisis true blood has for 7 years. edge vs. wholesomeness, agency vs. damselhood, change vs. status quo. it's such a disappointing result of the struggle that not only sookie (a character so many fans hate for her simultaneous stubbornness, ditz, and naivete - and who i love btw!) but the writers struggled for (sorry) 7 seasons. it's like witnessing your dear, baby faced, precocious & clever kid relative exit an intense emo phase only to become corporate law student. it's the cold fear that can only be induced by a white teenager with a briefcase. it's the slump end to a potentially fruitful struggle. in this sense it feels inevitable...but does it HAVE to be?...at least bill died.

The Who Was? Show - 1.13 Julius Caesar & Bruce Lee

the show got cancelled before season 2 released EVEN THOUGH it was certainly meant to have a season 2 so i will never see my silly blorbos ever again, nor will we be able to see who ate those grapes. It has been 5 years and I am still not over it :'(

#prelim #wfprelim #wfpoll #poll #polls #csi: ny #faking it #imposters #jane the virgin #my next life as a villianess all routes lead to doom #my next life as a villainess #true blood #the who was? show

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stitch1830 · 8 months

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For an anonymous prompt request! Original ask is here.

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Toko - Angst #5 - “Wake Up! Please Wake Up”

She had a bad feeling when she woke up that day.

On top of that, she woke up with her stomach in knots and her head throbbing. Perhaps the worst way to wake up in the history of the universe. And yet, in typical Toph Beifong fashion, she brushed off the feeling and the sickness. The Greatest Earthbender in the World wasn’t supposed to wake up with bad feelings or scared of anything. She put on her nonchalant, care-free face and went on with the day as if she woke up on the right side of the bed.

As the day went on, though, everything began to feel normal, ordinary. She ate breakfast with her husband, alleviating her nausea and her headache. Although, while she listened to him drone on about the new policies and proposals he wanted to present to the council that day, she thought perhaps the headache would return. When he went off to work, she went into the palace gardens to practice her stances for the morning. In the afternoon, she had plans to meet up with Zuko in the town for lunch. And as she expressed her concerns for the ominous feeling that woke her up that day, Zuko simply pressed a kiss to her forehead and reassured her. “Today’s going to be a good day, Toph. No need to worry.”

His calm words helped, but she still couldn’t shake the feeling. Eventually, she resorted to ignoring the feeling, and she went about her day, counting down the minutes until she met up with Zuko for lunch.

She practically ran through the streets of the city when she felt his footsteps approach her. It was rather silly, considering how she just spent time with the man at breakfast, but her chest filled with relief when his steps came into her sights. Perhaps Zuko was right. Maybe she had no reason to worry.

But then, she did.

Suddenly, Zuko’s footsteps and his heartbeat disappeared from her seismic vision, for her entire body was thrown back from something. She landed on her back with a thud, and bits of rubble stung her skin.

The stench of burning objects attacked her nose, and it didn’t take a genius to realize what had happened.

There was an attack, an explosion.

And Toph lost sight of her husband.

A wave of panic crashed down onto Toph like a tsunami wave, but the adrenaline of the events forced her onto her feet, calling out Zuko’s name. She stomped her feet once, twice, three times, but she couldn’t focus to find him. The commotion of the area overwhelmed her senses and her nerves left her completely distracted.

Finally, after an eternity of searching, Toph found Zuko. She dropped to her knees, feeling his chest, thanking the spirits that there was a heartbeat that fell in tune with hers. Toph placed his head in her lap, bending down to kiss his forehead, and gently shook his shoulder to coax him back to consciousness.

A minute passed, then two, and Zuko still didn’t wake. “Zuko? Zuko, wake up. It’s me, Toph.”

He remained still, but she persisted, continuing to talk and holding onto the faint heartbeat that went in time with hers. “Zuko, wake up. We—there was an explosion. We need to get out of here, it’s not safe.”

Palace guards swarmed the two of them, but Toph refused to move. She ordered them to bring a healer, and one ran off, calling for help. Toph shook Zuko harder this time, hoping he’d react to it.

But then her hands roamed his chest, and they found his shirt to be wet and sticky.

And still.

No, that couldn’t be right. She felt another heartbeat, his heartbeat. It was light and quick, but it was there. Toph focused on the heartbeat, certain that it was Zuko’s heart—

Wait, no. It—the heartbeat, it wasn’t quite Zuko’s. And it wasn’t next to Toph.

It was within her.

The realization of the beating heart in her womb hit Toph like a boulder to the chest. Fear and dread settled in her throat, but she managed to continue talking to Zuko, begging him to answer her. She needed him to wake up.

Their baby needed him to wake up.

As the tears fell from her cheeks and onto his still body, she cried out, “Zuko? Zuko! Wake up! Please, please wake up. I—I need you to wake up.”

But he never did.

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Send me writing asks if you don't mind waiting a bit! Lol

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sisterofficerlucychen · 1 month

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Hi bestie!! I have a couple questions for you. 1) Do you think we are going to get a season 7 renewal? 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞Waiting for a renewal announcement is always the worst part (such anxiety) followed by waiting the next episode to air. 2)If we do get a season 7 renewal what would like you like to see happen between Chenford? Also other characters on the show?

hello ♡ oooh, great questions! thank u ♡

for your first question, 100%. i don't think it's a matter of if at this point but when. from what's been discussed in the fandom so far, it's likely they're still renegotiating contracts and that's why. i genuinely hope cast and crew get raises because of how the shows popularity has skyrocketed which i would imagine if they do, then that might take a little longer to negotiate? the earliest we've gotten a renewal was end of march (season 5) then mid-april (season 6) with the rest of the announcements being mid-may. i really do think they'll announce s7 within the next few weeks but if not, likely by mid-may we'll get that announcement. it's one of abc's most successful tv's shows currently on air, every episode for season 6 on hulu has placed within the top 15 most watched for the day, every episode since 5x10 has trended on tumblr, and they continue to have a steady social media growth — and this is all aside from actual viewership numbers because idk where to find those or understand them lmao.

for your second question, aksdlfsalf i wanna say so many things??? ngl i got v excited by the question and blanked out a little but i think —

for chenford:

chenford proposal toward the end of season 7. i think if we get a full 22 episodes, having that happen next season would be a good amount of time in between them starting to date to a proposal but if not, at the very least have them move in together.

i will always want to throw hands at vanessa and patrick chen but i need a scene with them meeting tim because i imagine that being a shit show and the angst to come out of it speaks to my soul like can you imagine tim also standing up for lucy like jackson did??? or lucy just being done with them and realizing she is enough because she now knows what it's like to be supported and loved unconditionally?????

i want chenford to baby sit the wopez little ones 😭😭😭 let me set the scene real quick: they're babysitting and jack wants to play hide and seek and begrudgingly tim agrees and when it's lucy and jack's turn to hide, tim finds lucy but they lose jack because imagine how funny this would be as a running gag? like they lost jordy at the station, then they lost celina at the hospital (she was their boot for the day, i'm counting it lol), and then if they lost jack in his house? 😂

DOUBLE DATE, DOUBLE DATE — wait, correction — TRIPLE DATE, TRIPLE DATE! gimme chenford, wopez, and jyla date night. we already saw chenford on a double date not as a couple ... how would it change now that they are one? 😉

lucy going feral over tim being hurt pls and thank u. now that we've gotten 2 hospital scenes with lucy, i say we need to get another one with tim so they're even again haha.

for everyone else:

i want to preface that the timeline is a mess so i don't know what year in school she's in but tamara graduating college and the mid-wildshire gang showing up at her graduation/celebrating her (so really whatever season this happens at).

BABY GIRL WOPEZ NAME???? i saw somewhere that it may be unlikely that we get her name this season??? which is so funny to me but yeah, eventually would love to know what to actually call her if we don't get it by the end of s6.

i know i'm in the small percentage that wants this to happen but i'm still lowkey shipping the besties. i'm a sucker for the friends to lover trope and wouldn't mind having another slow burn to squeal over.

nolan to become an actual good training officer and stop letting his ego get in the way. he's not a good to and i hate how he's been painted as "the best" when he's done it for like five seconds lmao.

IF celina is still in her rookie year, more of celina with tim as her training officer plus lucy. that trio was fun.

MORE LUNA GREY, MORE LUNA GREY!!!!! she's so underrated and i love how she's been popping up a little bit more this season. i hope they keep including her in different plots

i feel like i could go on but it feels like it's starting to become a lengthy list haha. but those are some things that come to mind ♡

#answered #harkeepitreal #the rookie

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officialtayley · 6 months

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God you're far more patient than me, Ash. Like...are anon messages to a Tayley stan blog the best place for discourse, maybe yes maybe no, it's a good conversation to me have but jeeeeez. Always jarring seeing people find ways to excuse and justify themselves not condemning little war crimes lmao.

So, to mix it up a little, please feel free to answer all or some (or simply none of the following haha if you've answered them before or just don't want to):

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1) When did you first become aware of Paramore?

2) When did you first see Paramore live/how many times have you?

3) What other artists/bands do you listen to a lot? Maybe...top 5 (no particular order)

4) Do you have any pets? Talk about them (if you want)

5) What was the last new-to-you film, TV show and book you watched/read?

6) What was your favourite moment from running this blog before their relationship was official? I wasn't here then but reading Kels' archive makes me so jealous of how fun and mad it all seemed whenever a new scrap of content arrived haha.

7) If you woke up tomorrow looking like Hayley and couldn't dye your hair (except to refresh it), which hair era would you want?

8) If you had half an hour with Hayley, what would you want to talk about?

That's all I can think of but hopefully it'll give you SOMETHING different to talk/think about!! 🫡🌻

i was saving this so now i shall answer :) the questions were very fun to answer i loved this so much, thank you!! 🖤

1) 2007! that is how long i have been a fan too :)

2) 27th september 2013. overall i have seen them live 4 times! i also saw halfnoise in 2017 and met zac

3) seventeen, jungkook, iu, eminem, billie eilish. honourable mention to taeyeon tho!

4) i don't have any pets. i had a dog (german shepherd) called sam, we had him before i was born so when i came along he was super protective, when i was baby he was always by my crib and stuff and as i was growing up if i needed help when walking or walking down the stairs at our back door (they had no railing) he'd always stand by my side so i could hold him, and then as i grew up too he always slept in my room or on my bed. he passed though in 2005 or 2006? so sad i miss him he was the best. i had another dog after that (yorkshire terrier) and i called him marmite but he was too hyperactive and aggressive so we ended up having to give him to a friend.

5) um..... i don't know. i watched barbie but that was new to everyone. vincenzo (kdrama) is the only thing that comes to mind since i only got into kdramas last year and it came out in 2021. some other things, not new to me but hey i wanna share, little women (kdrama), extraordinary attorney woo (kdrama) and a business proposal (kdrama), the first two were so incredible, the last one was silly but it was a fun time.

6) my fave moment.... the date at the gallery in oct 2018. also LA nov 2018. it was a party over here it was so fun each time. obvs they were dating then but majority of the fanbase still hating tayley shippers and that's what tayley were up to..... incredible time.

7) self titled. granted her personal life was a mess but she went thru 2726267227 hair styles and colours and i think it would be fun

8) hm.... well id like to tell her about finding paramore in 2007 during the literal worst year is my whole life and how it really helped me as a 10 year have something to turn to when i was going through something very traumatic. id also like to pick her brain over some lyrics on ffv so i can understand them properly finally, and hm..... idk what else

#cloudbusting00 #answered

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THE AARONS 2023 - Worst Film

It’s a marvel this category isn’t filled up with superhero films after the year they’ve had. Here are The Aarons for Worst Film:

#10. 65

A Quiet Place screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods don’t knock it out of the (Jurassic) park with their subsequent Spielberg homage. 65 will have viewers counting down the seconds until they can go home. The science-fiction tale strands stars Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt in a B-movie bereft of a reason to see it. The fusion of futuristic tech and ferocious animals should have been easy fodder for frivolous entertainment. Instead, the sluggish pace of the film’s imminent extinction event suggests it wasn’t a meteor or da ice age that killed the dinosaurs; it was extreme boredom.

#9. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

Director Zack Snyder likes to paint himself as a rebel against a restrictive studio system while being constantly given new opportunities without cause. His latest big-budget misfire is a childish mash-up of Star Wars and Seven Samurai. Par for the course, the prosaic director copies his inspirations while completely misunderstanding their objectives. Already, the film’s awkward and abruptly-ended parade of thinly-sketched characters is being billed as another incomplete vision, requiring not just two parts but two cuts of each part to truly fulfill Snyder’s intentions. Maybe his hardcore fans will be pleased at the end of the prolonged journey; everyone else will be over the Moon long before then.

#8. The Exorcist: Believer

From the beginning, the involvement of David Gordon Green inspired little faith in Believer. Sure enough, the director of Halloween kills interest in his proposed trilogy one film sooner than his last. It’s unclear what exactly led the studio to release a sequel fifty years later that’s tamer than a TV edit of the original. It surely couldn’t have been the return of Ellen Burstyn in her Oscar-nominated role of Chris MacNeil given how quickly the film disfigures and discards the character. That said, it may be for the best that she could excise herself from the proceedings before its embarrassing ending. The franchise is no stranger to desecration but, even at its worst, it was never before this uncompelling.

#7. Five Nights At Freddy’s

Topping the box-office may have demonstrated audiences’ appetite for the haunted pizzeria franchise but, make no mistake, the film adaptation of Freddy’s is as run-down as its central establishment. The animatronic mascots at center stage only manage the most pedestrian of jump-scares; they’re far from the only ones just going through the motions. The script, written in part by franchise creator Scott Cawthon, stretches out its thin premise with banal characters and a bizarre child-custody B-plot. It might have been entertaining if it had been any more cheesy. Instead, Freddy’s only serves up an interminable runtime; five nights has never felt so long.

#6. Hypnotic

Hypnotic is aptly named; the thriller from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez certainly commands one’s attention. The plot, which revolves around Ben Affleck sleepwalking through a conspiracy involving dueling factions of psychics, is simply too inane to ignore. Rodriguez wrote his initial script back in 2002 but was clearly susceptible to outside influences; the film rips off several works that were released before and since, including the dream-like architecture of Inception. Although the director may pride himself on his low-budget prowess, even he can’t make those knock-off sequences look good (though they’re not the silliest instance of replicating elaborate scenery on a miniscule budget here). The film fulfills its intentions on one front: once it’s all over, audiences will have a hard time believing any of it was real.

#5. Children of the Corn

The latest offspring of the rotten franchise at least had a kernel of a good idea: the remake roots its characters’ motivations in righteous fury at environmental recklessness rather than strictly religious fervor. However, Children never develops this into any kind of sustenance. The horror here is as, ahem, corny as can be, particularly its stale translation of demonic entity He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Director Kurt Wimmer shows no growth as a director since his last film in 2006, the infamous Ultraviolet; the wooden child actors at least have their youth as an excuse. Sadly though, if ranked within the rest of the series, this one would still land in the middle of the row.

#4. Haunted Mansion

2023 was home to many failures for The Walt Disney Company, but none quite as ghastly as the new Haunted Mansion. It’s baffling how a film this overstuffed with actors (including Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, and Danny DeVito among many others) could end up this vacant. Indeed, the biggest throughline of the theme-park adaptation is not its attempted reflection on grief but its pervasive and perverse product placement (One character’s tearful monologue about his dead wife comes complete with a prominent Baskin Robbins namedrop). It’s definitely haunting, just not in the way they hoped for.

#3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

The Big Fat franchise became even more bloated last year with a picture that can most charitably be described as ‘an all-expenses paid trip to Greece for its cast’. There’s certainly no storytelling reason why audiences are still following the adventures of this extended family, which haphazardly include a last-minute wedding of two very minor characters to justify its title. Nia Vardalos finally receives the director’s chair in addition to her regular writing work just in time for there to be no fresh direction to take things in. If she tries to reunite everyone for a fourth go-round, they would be wise to divorce themselves from it as quickly as possible.

#2. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Bloodlines resurrects the series last seen in 2019; if this was how it was going to come back, it should have stayed buried. While Stephen King is an imaginative writer, trying to stretch a single chapter of any novel into a feature-length film is like getting blood from a stone. The zombie prequel stumbles its way from scene to scene in search of life, but Bloodlines has nothing for audiences to relate to. Even screen icons like David Duchovny and Pam Grier can’t rouse any interest. Exploiting known franchises may be easy, but, sometimes, making anything else instead is better.

AND THE WORST FILM OF 2023 IS…

#1. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Disney slowly losing their stranglehold on intellectual property is a bit bittersweet; Honey is bad enough to sour anyone on the idea of a public domain. The shoddy slasher film, which blustered its way onto the marketplace as soon as the filmmakers could profit from it, is barely recognizable as Pooh but unmistakable as crap. Making the lovable animal into a feral murderer may be legal now, but writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield didn’t think, think, think up any other ideas beyond just stirring the pot. Winnie is hoping to prey on one’s curiosity with its premise alone. Word of advice? Don’t bother.

NEXT UP: THE 2023 AARON FOR BEST DIRECTOR!

#film #TheAarons #TheAarons2023 #TheAaronsFilm #worst of 2023 #bad movies #worst film #65 #rebel moon #the exorcist believer #five nights at freddy's #hypnotic #children of the corn #haunted mansion #my big fat greek wedding 3 #pet sematary bloodlines #winnie the pooh blood and honey

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muthaz-rapapa · 4 months

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I didn't follow Otonapre too much up until the last three episodes, but your overview on it was a joy to read. 🥰 Also thank you for being supportive about Nozomi and Coco getting married unlike those ungrateful fans on Twitter (I will still name it as such and not by its current name please and thank you) They did nothing but call their romance gross, go extreme raeg mode anytime they make 🥺😢 faces at each other and name Coco strong derogatory words.

Also knowing you, you're going to love the Otona Maho Girls Precure sequel up to 11!

My MahoGirls comrade~! *hugs* Happy New Year! 🥹

It's always so nice to see a message from you in my inbox (along with that icon of Nao, hi Nao-chan~💚).

Thank you for taking time to read my post 🥰

And god, y'know as person who's cut off almost all their social media recently (I really only login for like 5 minutes a day to check on a few official accounts, merchandise announcements, keep up with certain news and to blog occasionally), I'd like to suggest limiting your exposure to these toxic platforms for the sake of your sanity.

Especially Twitter (who are we kidding? it's always going to be Twitter :P) because that place just keeps getting worst on top of already being infested with the vilest of scumbags. Not saying that tumblr is any better cuz it's not but yea, Twitter is still the worst, bar none. Also a reminder that a bunch of faceless randos who hide behind anonymity will never be worth your time, emotional health or your eyes. Chances are they're a bunch of radicals or delulus who haven't truly experienced enough of the real world to be able to separate their crazy paranoia fantasies from reality.

There's a reason Otona Precure is aimed at adults and not the unhinged shippers or anti-shippers or whatever.

I mean, what is there to gripe about here? Coco is the primary target of the bashing simply based on the shallow fact that he's a man and older than Nozomi. That's it, nothing else.

They don't take into account that he's not the type of person to take advantage of her, that nothing over the PG-13 rating happened between them since the moment they met in the original seasons (because this spin-off is still attached to Precure series and you know the writers are responsible enough to not allow any sort of explicit content in the story). Nor do they care that his proposal is the very first time he's ever confessed his feelings to Nozomi (and vice versa), who IS a full-fledged woman and more than capable of making her own decisions and choosing her own happiness.

Haters wanna hate because frankly, they're not good at anything else but projecting all the worst parts about themselves onto a harmless piece of fiction. Why else would they hang on social media all day with nothing good to say?

Anyways, yes! I am so excited for Otona MahoGirls and I might just blog it! 😁 Here's hoping it'll be just as good as Otona Precure and that we have something good to look forward to in 2024 cuz we really, really, really need it, ok? 😭 (pray for Palestine, pray for Japan 🙏)

#also sorry for taking so long to reply #i'm in the middle of moving and was sick all week #replies #otona precure

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altruistic-meme · 6 months

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twenty questions for fic writers

i got tagged by @irregularcollapse thank you!

How many works do you have on AO3?

currently, I'm at 33 on my main account and another 3 that are under a pseud :)

What’s your total AO3 word count?

166,992 in total!

What fandoms do you write for?

as of right now, i'd say i write for All For The Game, Captive Prince, and Young Royals. i have kind of written a little for Good Omens, but i'm not really counting it bc i'm not sure i'll ever finish it or post it. and i used to write for Yuri!!! On Ice and Hetalia as well, but i don't anymore (and likely never will again).

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

oh man, i was actually kind of surprised about the last two!

the beginnings just another end (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) Victor Nikiforov has friends. He's four time world champion, figure skating god, beloved by most. He's won more medals than he knows what to do with, has more fans than anyone could count, and more money than he could ever possibly spend all of. Only one problem; Victor Nikiforov has no friends. So, he searches for some. And he finds them in a group chat room titled "crazy people talk about figure skating".

(why is there) joy in this poison (Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, All For the Game) Because for as much as Kevin would talk to Andrew about the Ravens, whine about Riko, warn him about Tetsuji, explain to him why he trusted Jean… he had never really mentioned Nathaniel. In a story, once or twice. In passing, perhaps a few times. And Andrew found that he trusted Nathaniel less each and every time he heard the name. Andrew is propositioned at a summer exy banquet, and a deal is proposed.

The Bet (Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, All For the Game) Andrew decides it's finally time to introduce his partner Neil to the Foxes on a summer weekend vacation, but Nicky has a better plan.

running from my heart (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) When Victor arrives the night before the men's short programs at the Grand Prix Final, he's not expecting to run into another skater. Or run into him again. Or again.

Vicchan's Pet Café (Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Yuri!!! On Ice) "It's alright, really. It allowed me to get a closer look at your gorgeous brown eyes." Wow. Wow Victor. Victor Nikiforov, five time Emmy Award winner, actor in countless romances, well-known playboy, just made the most ridiculous pick-up line that could have possibly come from that moment. In which Victor is an actor, Yuuri owns a café, and their dogs just want them to be together.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i try to, but i am incredibly bad at it :') i always want to reply, even if it's something small like just a "<3" or "thanks!" but i often forget to reply for a long time. or at all.

but i always try my absolute best to reply to comments with questions or any that really touch me in some way

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

in general, i do try not to write angsty endings (although i know i've had some ideas for some, just never written the)

however, that said, swaying as the room burned down is still the worst i've written! it does come with the knowledge that things get better, having been written as a missing scene from yr2 which ends better than the fic leaves off, but the fic itself still ends in a pretty sad place.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

honestly? Where There is Love, There is Life. the entire fic was meant to be pure fluff and sweetness. most of my fics have happy endings (when i actually. ended them.) and i do have some other fics that were meant to just be fluff, but i think this one takes the cake.

Do you get hate on fics?

no, i haven't! i've gotten some... sort of mean-spirited comments or comments that come across that way, but i don't think they were really meant as hate so much as the tone fell flat.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i have not. yet. i have one WIP that will have smut at some point in it, but that's the only one i have planned and i haven't gotten to that point in writing it yet!

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

not really. i think i did, a very long time ago, but i can't remember it at all.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of, and also i sure hope not.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that i'm really aware of, but i think it'd be cool!

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

that's tough. it's probably Andreil, though. just everything about their relationship, from beginning to end of the series, is so so good and they've always meant so much to me as characters.

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

the beginnings just another end. i really wish i could've finished it sooner. it was my first long fic, and it kept the status as my longest fic for years. i still remember how it was meant to end, too. ultimately, if i ever even write YOI again, i think i'd rather rewrite the entire story than just finish it as is. but i really don't think i'll ever complete it.

What are your writing strengths?

Cliffhangers. Dialogue. Humor, at least in my opinion. Ideas galore.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Consistency. i have terrible memory and will often write something in, planning to make use of it later in the story, and then completely forget about it.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

ouhhhh it depends. my opinion on it has changed from when i was younger. i think it can add to the story, like if it's used because the POV character doesn't know the language, but in general i'd prefer not to do it (especially since i'm monolingual rip ;;;)

First fandom you wrote for?

ahhhhhhh Hetalia

Favorite fic you’ve written?

without a doubt, (why is there) joy in this poison. it means so much to me i cannot even begin to explain it. and even aside from that, the story itself is something i LOVE rereading since it was written to my own tastes, and every time i look back in the story to fact-check myself, i end up getting lost in the story again and again. it also makes me feel so good about my writing, it's such a confidence boost and rereading it helps me realize why people actually like my writing!

i'm going to tag @daylightsimon @zee-has-commitment-issues and @spaghett-onaplate for this if you guys want to <3

#tag game #also like. i think somewhere a question was lost bc there are only 19 questions dkhgdg #shhh we will continue saying 20 questions anyway its ok #i cannot believe that tbjae STILL has more kudos than (wit)jitp skvhhrg #then again i guess i started it way back in the height of the yoi fandom and it has been posted for Much Longer #so like fair. i guess. but MAN the difference in QUALITY between those two fics dskhskhg #also being exposed by all of my yoi fics. most of my posted fics are yoi.#literally 24/36 are yoi WOW #ok anyway #i need to try and get some writing done this morning <3 lesgo #shh ac

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dreamboundedstar · 2 years

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The Moment Zeke Saw Tina Differently Headcanon

In Bob's Burgers, it's clear that Zeke has feelings for Tina. When they started is up for debate though. @tacosandtouchtanks proposes that Zeke started having a crush on Tina a little before the season 5 episode, "Friends with Burger-fits" the episode that implied he had a crush on her in the first place. I'm inclined to follow that line of thinking as well because I refuse to think Zeke realized he had a crush on Tina before the season 4 episode, "Presto Tina-O". Zeke was at his worst in that episode and it still makes me mad seeing Jimmy Jr and Zeke laugh at Tina's anger (a bunch of jerks both of them, I had so many moments of being belittled when I got angry so it cut me deep seeing a character I kin go through the same).

I believe the moment Zeke starts to see Tina differently is in the season 5 episode, "Tina and the Real Ghost". Instead of getting mad that Tina would prank them in an already scary cemetery, Zeke would be super impressed by her and laugh it off later about how good she got him and the rest. More than that, he could have also been touched by her speech. While he had a lot to process about his contribution to Jeff and how he desperately wanted to believe in an afterlife, there was also Tina's reason. It's possible he could have thought later on how sad it was that all this started because Tina wanted to feel like she deserved more attention than the dismissiveness Jimmy Jr. did. Zeke couldn't understand why Jay Ju was so flaky with Tina. Zeke knew JJ liked Tina, heck he even tried to help him win her back from Josh.

Sure, Tina was creepy at times, awkward, and a fuddy-duddy. Still, even a weirdo like Tina didn't deserve to be taken for granted like that. He would give anything to have a girl like Tina like him like she likes Jay-Ju. Wait what?! What was he saying? There was no way he had a crush on Tina. This is Tina he was talking about. Sure he helped her and her siblings out in the past but he would have done that for any of his friends. After that denial, his mind would begin to recontextualize every interaction he had with her in the past. Once he was done with that he would have opened his eyes to the truth and he would have said, "Oh crap, I do like her!" While he wasn't going to deny his feelings now, there wasn't much he could do about it as long as Tina and Jimmy Jr. had whatever they had going on. Zeke was never one to give in and be a quitter though. So for now, he will just be carrying his lavender-scented torch for Tina. He doesn't plan to keep his feelings hidden, but he also won't let his feelings dictate him to not pursue other options either. His metaphorical torch will always be lit at his bedside giving him hope for the future, but won't stop him from living his best life in the present.

Once he found out that night he had a crush on Tina he would have hoped that love would be like gas and pass very soon. Little did he know love was more like appendicitis. Later, Zeke would be fine with Tina doing whatever she needed to do to figure herself out because he was confident about who would be the one to come out on top in the end. One way or another he was going to get her. One thing is for certain is that Zeke would be sure to make more of an effort to pay attention to Tina after the Jeff incident and it shows in Oeder Games. XD

#Zekina #Bob's Burgers #ZekexTina #TinaxZeke #Zeke #Tina Ruth Belcher #Out of all the things to hyperfixate on #It had to be this show and this cute ship #I've been churning out so many of these Bob's Burgers posts lately!

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thinking-about-sw33ts · 1 year

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Headcannons for the New Side Characters!

Context: Spending Valentines with the New Side Characters. (Thirteen, Raphael, Mephistopheles.)

Theme: Fluff, Valentines Special.

Imagine spending Valentine’s with Thirteen:

Thirteen thinks of an idea for Valentines, blood inspired matching things!

It’s perfect for her spooky self and of course you go along with it because you absolutely would do anything for her!

So you guys decide to buy small vials that could be hanged as well as buying a chain for it!

Arriving back at the place she’s staying at for the exchange program, you guys get started!

She finds a sharp pin, disinfecting it, and assuring you it will only be a pinch.

She pricks both her’s and your finger, the blood dripping inside the vial until it finally fills it up.

After that before the small prickle could dry up, you guys begin to stamp your bloody fingerprints on vintage paper, overlapping them, essentially making a heart!

Each of you has your own individual copy and she puts cute bandaids on your hand, including her’s that she got from Luke!

Did I mention she absolutely has the most fluffiest and comfiest skull printed blanket, as well as treats she got from Luke that you two share while watching sappy romance movies?!

“There!” She finishes placing the cute bandaid on your finger. She kisses the area making a high pitched “Muah!” noise. You place the blood vial necklaces around each other's necks, giving eachother multiple pecks and tiny kisses. In the end, you both just end up laughing at each other, in each other's embrace, swaying in her room. “Okay! I’ll go pick the sappiest romance flick we can watch on hellflix! Can you grab the treats Luke made for us on top of the table?” You nod, getting ready for an extreme cuddle pile, probably not being able to finish the movie and falling asleep on one another.

Imagine spending Valentines with Raphael:

You both were discussing what you two were going to do for Valentines! Something you both can enjoy together y’know!

You two went on your D.D.Ds to look for ideas until he came across one that caught his eye.

It was a jar full of folded paper that had different colourations for different things such as Pink for reason why he loves you, Blue for quotes/lyrics, Green for coupley things you guys must do, and White for cute things/habits you do.

You think the idea’s neat so you go along with it!

Oddly enough though, you guys don’t open it on valentines, rather at the end of the month.

And so you guys are chilling in Raphael’s bed, all cosy, taking turns, unfolding the paper in front of the other, and spilling its contents! With the lights a dimmed orange/yellowish hue, and calming violin music in the background!

After you guys are done saying what each folded paper says, you exchange the jars and can read it whenever!

“I love you for your amazing smile and personality. You’re able to shine brightly even in the worst scenarios.” Raphael confesses, giving a gentle smile. You blush at that, closing your eyes, and picking a coloured paper in your jar. You unfold the blue paper, reading. “I can’t stop staring into your ocean blue eyes, your ocean blue eyes~” You recited the lyric with its beat. He goes to pull another piece of paper but realises that he has finished his jar. You look over to yours as well, empty. You guys laugh it off deciding to just cuddle with each other and talk, listening to the beautiful music in the background!

Imagine spending Valentines with Mephistopheles:

You actually came up with the idea, proposing it to him! Which he agrees!~

You guys write as many love letters as you can before Valentine’s day.

Making it as vintage and sophisticated looking as you guys can! So I’m talking about vintage brown paper, wax seals, perfume, kiss marks, etc!

You end up writing around 5-10 letters and Mephistopheles… Let’s say too much to count.You bet he’s super proud of his letter pile and presents/recites it with confidence!

All that confidence soon leaves him, once you start to recite your letters for him, making him speechless and flustered. In the end, he ends up being a stuttering piece of work!

Of course with every letter you guys read to each other, you have to kiss the said letter!

Oh! And I can’t forget he takes you out to a fancy dinner!! Do I have to remind you he’s noble and almost as rich as Diavolo?!

You finish reading your letter addressed to him, making him blush. “W-well, that was a lovely letter, dear…” Mephistopheles compliments, taking the paper from you, putting purple lipstick and kissing it. You two slowly finish your letter pile. At the end, he comes over to your side, going down on a knee, taking your hand, and placing a gentle kiss on top of your hand. “I invite you to have dinner with me at 8 o'clock sharp. Don’t be late.” His stern voice falters but remains. “I’ll pick you up.”

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absurdthirst · 2 years

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Hi Keri.

I hate my husband. I never wanted to use that word....but, I'm done. The cheating of all varieties. The lying. I mean, he wasted 13 years of my life. He never wanted to get married. But he only went through with it because he proposed, so he thought he had to marry me🙄🙄

He has spent thousands a month on cam girls and other things. Our phones have been shut off, 5 or 6 times in less than a year. I went without food for 3 weeks at one point. I was too embarrassed to ask for help.

Which leads us to now. We are still living together...through January at least because neither one of us has a penny to our name. I try to keep busy when I'm at work, there isn't much I can do when I get home, but I'm just so tired. I'm filing for divorce this week. But I wish he would just go away.

Everytime I see him, it just makes me nauseous. I'm so tired. Even though I can't afford rent by myself...I'd rather he just pack up and go away. I don't love him anymore. I'm too hurt.

The only reason I'm not leaving is complicated, plus, I shouldn't have to leave. I'm where I'm supposed to be.

Sorry for letting this drag on. I'm so tired.

I am sorry you are going through this. Divorce is hard as hell and it's so much harder when you are dealing with things like financial instability on top of all the emotional hurt.

Make sure that everything you possibly can have separated already is. Get rid of your cell phone plan if it's under his name or has him on it. Get a pre-paid. A lot of plans are reasonable and have unlimited data for a set price. Make sure the electricity/water isn't in his name. That way he can't shut it off on you. If it is in his name, see if you can get it switched to yours before you file if you are the one who is planning on keeping the place where you are staying.

Make sure you protect yourself both financially and emotionally. Get it in writing that he will be out of the house by X date. Put an alert on your social security number (if you live in the States) so he cannot try to open lines of credit in your name.

I have learned from experience that divorce brings out the worst in people and they are completely unrecognizable from the person you once knew.

Sending you hugs, honey 💘💘💘💘

#real talk #divorce

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enchantedblackrose · 1 year

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I posted 430 times in 2022

That's 35 more posts than 2021!

85 posts created (20%)

345 posts reblogged (80%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@resanoona

@enchantedblackrose

@bullet-prooflove

@xofeno

@infatuatedharleys

I tagged 379 of my posts in 2022

Only 12% of my posts had no tags

#fic rec - 65 posts

#jay halstead - 60 posts

#jay halstead x reader - 45 posts

#beautiful man - 39 posts

#chicago pd - 38 posts

#kelly severide - 22 posts

#stellaride - 21 posts

#antonio dawson x reader - 18 posts

#jesse lee soffer - 17 posts

#chicago fire - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 56 characters

#seeing friendships and everyone dressed in game clothing

My Top Posts in 2022:

We Need You Part 2

We Need You Pt 2: Together

Kelly Severide/ Fem Reader

Summary: Upon returning home, Kelly's mood drastically changes.

Warnings: none?? Unedited.

A/N: I am so sorry @theatrenerd101601 I know this isn't at all what you expected when you asked if I would consider writing more. But this will be at least 4 parts so please hang on and we will get there. 🙏

Part 1 || Part 2|| Part 3

Together

There's a comfortable silence as Kelly drives back to the loft, lacing his fingers through yours. Occasionally, he glances over at you, catches your eye, and beams. He brings your hand to his lips, pressing a tender kiss to it. You smile, content. And let your eyes flutter shut; the excitement from moments ago has taken its toll. A nap is in your future. You can hardly wait to crawl into bed perfectly curled into Kelly until you fall asleep.

Unfortunately sometime between the drive and arriving at the apartment, the father to be no longer seems happy. He wordlessly dropped your hand upon parking. He held the building door open for you, but didn't meet your eyes. Even now he won't look at you. From his profile you can tell his brows are furrowed. The sudden shift of moods throws you. You stand at the doorway, starting to slip off your shoes when Kelly speaks.

“When are you due?” His tone almost brusque.

“...in about nine months,” you tease, but when you glance up at him, you see that he is unamused. You stop fidgeting out of your shoes. “I’m not sure. I go to the doctor’s in two weeks. They’ll tell me more then.” Kelly seems satisfied with your answer for now, but his expression never truly softens. He starts to walk away, but turns back firing another question at you.

“When do you find out the baby’s gender?”

“I, uh, I don’t know.”

“How don’t you know?”

“Kelly! I’ve never been pregnant before. This is new to me too.” You don’t yell, but your voice is raised as you suddenly feel the need to defend yourself.

He’s unabashed. He sighs. “We should get married.”

“What?”

“We should get married. And buy a house.” You stand speechless. Kelly stares at you. “Well, what do you say?”

“No. I say no. That’s not what a proposal should be, Kelly.”

For the first time since being home, he looks you in the eyes. A mix of worry and sadness washes over him, as he licks his lips before opening his mouth to speak. But you don’t give him the chance.

“I have to go.” You grab your keys before turning on your heel and walking out the door. Kelly never sees the tears forming in your eyes.

Once outside, you bypass your car, opting to walk. You wipe at your face, chasing the tears away, then shove your hands into your pockets. There’s no place you need, or even want to go, but you don’t want to be at home, so you keep walking along the sidewalk.

Confusion, hurt, anger all hit you with every step. How had it been only less than a few hours since you stood in front of your office building fully ablaze with the very real fear of losing Kelly coursing through you? Even more recent than that had been Kelly’s unfeigned happiness about the pregnancy.; he referred to today as his best day. And yet something changed. For unknown reasons his excitement about the baby, his baby, dissipated rather abruptly. At best Kelly had almost appeared indifferent, at worst, angry. Then he proposed. With an audible sigh and without any warmth, as if it was a solution to a problem.

Kelly’s proposal felt wrong, but, you realize, with a sinking feeling in your stomach, you may have been wrong, too, leaving him instead of telling him how you were feeling.. You sigh, knowing you need to return home to have a difficult conversation. How did you get here, you wonder? After the fire and telling Kelly you’re pregnant, all you wanted was cuddles and a nap. Maybe some food. Instead all you got was a headache and a pity marriage proposal.

Before you turn to start your walk back to the loft, you spy only a few feet from you, a familiar face. Chloe Cruz, the wife of one of the guys on Squad with Kelly, and someone you are slowly becoming close with. You plaster on a smile as she heads your way.

“Hi, Chloe. How are you?”

“I’m great. Just grabbing a few things from the store before I pick up Otis from the sitter. How are you? You look a little preoccupied?”

You fight the urge to snort. Preoccupied was only half of it. You debate giving her the standard ‘I’m fine’ reply, but Chloe is a friend. You decide to confide in her.

“Kelly proposed.”

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Could Be

not my gif, full credit to the maker. Please lmk if it's you!

Pairing: Jay Halstead/ fem Reader

Warnings: None? Unedited. Mistakes are all mine

Summary: After witnessing y/n date all the wrong guys, Jay decides to do something about it

Could Be

Jay walked into a very crowded Molly's, but that didn't stop him from noticing you right away. You were tucked back in a corner with only your drink for company. As he studied you it became evident that something was bothering you. Brows furrowed, mouth tightly drawn into a frown he watched as you placed your phone down and fidget with the straw of your drink but never taking a sip as if you were preoccupied. He saw your shoulders heave with what had to be a heavy sigh.

"Hey Jay, get you a drink?" Stella called out from behind the bar, breaking him from studying you more.

"Uh," he stammered. Stella followed his gaze to you. She smiled knowingly to herself and just shook her head before Jay looked over at her. "Yeah, I'll take a beer, please," he said slipping out of his jacket and sitting at the bar. Stella placed a bottle down in front of him and he murmured a thanks and shot another glance in your direction before looking back at Stella. "Hey, uh, do you know what's wrong with y/n?" He asked nonchalantly but without looking Stella in the eyes.

Stella hesitated. "It's not really my place to tell, but since you're asking...that loser she's been seeing dumped her." Disdain dripped her voice.

"Really?" Jay asked, smiling despite himself. Stella even detected a sparkled in his eyes.

"Jay..." she said warningly out of protectiveness for you, her friend. But she stopped, knowing beyond doubt Jay was a good guy and didn't need a lecture about treating you right. Besides, she had watched Jay pine for months over you.

"Get me another of whatever she's drinking. Please?"

"Up for company?" Jay asked approaching your table and holding out your drink of choice as an offering. You looked up and Jay thought he saw your face light up, even for just a moment.

"Please," you indicated for him to sit.

"You want to tell me about it?"

"About what?"

"Whatever it is that has you upset?"

You smile humorlessly "How do you know I'm upset?"

"I'm a detective, y/n. A good one at that."

This time, you give a genuine smile before sighing. "I can't seem to meet a good guy. Ever. Even in high school. I dated this guy who still had photographs of his ex girlfriend hanging on his bedroom wall. Said he had them still hanging up because he was in the pictures, too. But I knew it was because he was still in love with her. Then there was this other guy who had his sister call me and break up with me."

Jay let out a low whistle, "Yikes,"

"And in college-" you abruptly stop talking. "I'm so sorry. You don't want to hear all this. I got caught up feeling bad for myself."

"It's okay. I asked you what was wrong, remember?"

"Yeah, but-"

"No, buts." Jay interrupts you, flashing a smile before he takes a long sip of his beer. You return his smile with one of your own. A brief and comfortable silence falls on you both as you enjoy your drinks. Jay clears his throat, "We should-"

"Thanks for-" You laugh as you the two of you started to speak at the same time.

"You first, y/n," Jay says.

"I just wanted to thank you for listening to me. And for knowing something was wrong. You're very easy to talk to. I'm glad to know you, Jay.'

"Easy to talk to and easy on the eyes," he gives you a flirtatious wink.

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Not Pretty

Gif credit @haileyupstead

Jay Halstead/ Fem Reader Partner, mentions of Kim and Erin.

Summary: You and the other girls from Intelligence are sent to a nightclub, but the bouncer won't let you in.

Warnings: No canon timeline. Some swearing, feelings of not being pretty. A dude calls you ugly. Largely unedited but I'm tired of looking at it.

Author's note: I really thought I had such a good idea. Then I sat down to write this and omg this is just...idek. I'm sorry? It's nothing like I thought it would be. And I'm seriously doubting posting it. Huge thanks to Resa for talking it out with me otherwise I'd still be stuck hahaha

A contribution to @resanoona 's 3k Fiesta bingo! Square filled: Hurt Feelings

Not Pretty

"Not you," dripping with disdain and a sneer while the onlookers snicker, echoes in your mind as you sit on the bench in the locker room at the precinct, momentarily sidetracked from gathering your belongings.

You shouldn't be feeling like this. Sad. Defeated. The sense of utter failure lingering over you. You and the team made the bust. And yet all you hear is that bouncer's voice.

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Of course it's a frigid Chicago night as you stand outside the nightclub with members of your team undercover and underdressed. Your knee high boots help conceal your credentials as well as your backup piece, but your left little toe is already numb with pain and you're positive your heels are going to blister. You tug the bottom of your dress as if that will magically make it grow longer.

Kim playfully swats your hand. "Stop fidgeting."

"This dress is tiny and it's freezing," you stick your tongue out and she laughs at you.

"Yes, well in lieu of making your dress longer or warmer, try to relax," she offers you a tentative smile.

Through your earpiece, your partner's voice rings out, "She's right, y/n. You look...fine. just concentrate on the task." Feeling chastised, you scowl in Jay's general direction. He's somewhere in the crowd of people in line for the club in case there's trouble before you even get in. He somehow manages to catch your eye, before you plaster on the fakest of smiles.You turn to Kim just as Erin bounces up to you both, hooking her arms through Kim's elbow and yours. "Ladies! Let's get this started."

Laughing with each step, feigning flippant attitudes, you and the girls walk past the line, straight to the bouncer by the door. He barely glances up from his clipboard.

"Name?"

"You won't find our names on your list, but-"

"End of the line," he barks.

"Please," Erin pouts.

"He's just doing his job," Kim says. He looks up, appreciating the recognition. "We'll go," but none of you make to move. His eyes rake over your bodies. Erin acts as if she's about to move, but then tilts her head slightly.

"Are you Rob? Because my friend, Cassidy, was here two or three nights ago and she said you had all the right moves," she says, dropping the name of her CI.

He laughs, "You lot know Cass? That girl is wild. You party like her?"

"Harder," you say with a cheeky smile.

"And longer," Kim winks.

She and Erin giggle. You laugh a little late and very awkwardly. Rob moves finally granting entry.

You all move to go in, but he stops you.

"Not you," He sneers. Erin and Kim halt. "You two can go in. She has to wait." They scoff and protest, but he's unwilling.

"Sorry no uglies." You feel your heart plummet; his words sting no matter how badly you wish they didn't. But even though you're hurt and angry, your face remains neutral. A group of smug girls on the other side of Rob snicker and point in your direction. Another wave of dejection hits you and you shove your emotions down again.

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We Need You

Pairing: Kelly Severide/Fem Reader

Summary: Kelly responds to a fire at your workplace

Warnings: ? lmk if I'm forgetting something

A contribution to One Chicago Week 2002. Prompt used: chills. Huge shout out to @resanoona for helping this actually get edited. I thought I had a cute idea and this was a pain to write so I hope ya"ll like it.

Part 1|| Part 2

We Need You Part 1

It should have been a day like any other. But being a squad lieutenant at one of the busiest firehouses in Chicago didn't exactly promise Kelly Severide "normal" days. Or maybe what made this day worse than others was that Kelly was in love with you.

Bells rang at Firehouse 51. A building fire demanded truck, squad, and ambo. There was a slight hesitation in Kelly's pace as he kept going over the address in his head. Then, he felt his heart sink to his stomach; that address was your workplace.

For Kelly, the ride felt like it took an eternity. In reality, squad arrived at the scene in under three minutes.

The ten story building appeared to be engulfed by flames from all sides. Dark, heavy smoke poured out of windows. People were still exiting the building, but many were gathered just outside coughing, crying. Paramedics ushered everyone they could and began triage nearby. Kelly, hoping against hope, scanned the crowd for your face.

"Severide. Severide!”

Kelly's attention was pulled from the group of unknown faces to the man that just hollered his name. Casey gave him a quick 'what's the matter with you?' look.

"Y/n works here. Seventh floor."

Understanding and worry washed over Casey. "We'll find her, Kelly. She'll be okay." Kelly, not trusting his voice, only nodded in response. Casey resumed speaking to a man about the fire. Kelly listened while his eyes focused on the door, willing you to walk through it unharmed.

“Any way of knowing how many people were present?”

The man shook his head no.

“Know how the fire started? Did you smell anything, see anything?”

“I’m sorry, no. I can tell you the ground floor is just washrooms now and custodian closets. And the top two floors are completely vacant since-” The man erupted into a coughing fit.

“Thank you, sir for that information. Let’s get you checked out.” Sylvie appeared at the man’s side and escorted him to the ambo for a quick assessment.

Civilians stopped exiting.and Casey started giving out orders. Kelly instructed squad to gear up when a sudden blast of flames overtook the entire eastside of the building.

Kelly could not let any more time pass. His first instinct had been to run into the building, straight for your office. He tried to remain calm, assess the fire with Chief and Casey, and stayed outside as long as he could. Kelly would not wait any longer. He raced towards the building ignoring the protests of both Boden and Casey.

"Y/n could be in there!" he yelled back to them before disappearing into the smoke.

“Severide!” Boden barked.

“I’ll get him, Chief!” Cruz appeared on the other side of Casey, mask ready.

“No.” His voice made it clear there was to be no arguing. “We stick to the plan.”

“Copy that.”

“Excuse me? Are you in charge?” A woman in her late 40’s approached Boden and Casey.

“Yes, ma’am. I am,” Boden nodded.

“I spoke to all the other office managers and shift supervisors from the entire building. Everyone is accounted for except a woman…a y/ln from the seventh floor.”

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My #1 post of 2022

Perfect

Jay Halstead/ Fem Reader

Summary: Jay's going to be a daddy

Tw: pregnancy, no graphic details of pregnancy or childbirth

Author's note: gif credit @xofeno Song Lady by Brett Young. Lyrics are in italics/not mine.

Perfect

You stand in your bathroom, waiting for the time to pass. You need a distraction. Slowly, you wash your hands again. After drying them quickly on the closest hand towel, you start to untie your hair from its messy bun. You didn't mean to, but you glance and see it. A wave of nausea hits for an entirely different reason now, a twinge of excitement creeps into your stomach. Your heartbeat quickens and you think you may cry.

"Jay," you call out, leaving the bathroom. Your own voice sounds foreign to you. Jay peers out from the kitchen. After a long day turned into a longer night at work for you both, he was fixing a frozen pizza for you two to split.

"Babe?" He asks after a moment of you not saying anything. He looks at you questioningly as you stand wordlessly in front of him, wearing only an oversized t-shirt.

You've dreamt of this day for a while and now that it's here, this is so far from how you ever imagined telling him, but you can't keep it to yourself; you'll surely burst if you try.

"I'm pregnant." You watch Jay anxiously as the realization of your words hit. A large, but cautious smile fills his face. There's hope reflecting in his light eyes.

"Are you sure?"

You nod. Suddenly you feel his arms wrapping you in a tight embrace. He kisses the top of your head. Then your cheek, followed by your other cheek. He pecks your lips. His excitement seems to grow with every kiss.

"A baby, y/n," Jay stops to look at you. "We're having a baby." Gingerly he places a hand on your tummy, though there's no physical signs of life growing inside of you just yet. "My baby's in there."

"Our baby," you gently correct as you smile up at the soon to be father.

I remember when I first heard your heartbeat It had only been eight weeks Standing there, starin' at that screen Was the first time you ever scared me

"I'm here! I'm here! What'd I miss?" A very manic Jay bursts into your exam room where you're having your first ultrasound.

Your tech looks at you bemused. "This must be the father?"

You nod. "That’s my husband." You refrain from laughing, because as crazy as Jay appears right now, the worry he missed something is both evident and adorable. You reassure him that nothing has happened yet.

He relaxes and takes a seat near your table and the screen.

Warm gel is applied to your exposed abdomen and within a few seconds the fast thump thump thump fills the otherwise quiet room. You and Jay lock eyes.

"That’s your baby's heartbeat," the tech reassures you both.

"It sounds like galloping horses," you murmur, already in love with the sound.

"It's so fast," comments Jay, clearly concerned. "Is that normal?"

"Yep. It's exactly what you want to hear and is measuring great." Jay lets out an audible breath relieved. Your tech continues with the ultrasound, captures images and measurements, confirms you're growing only one baby, gives you an estimated due date, before finally concluding. A few images have been printed off for you two to take home. The tech leaves the room for you to dress. When you're done, you can't help but notice Jay still staring at the ultrasound pictures. A smile is on his face.

I hope you look just like your momma And love her like I do

"I just really want a milkshake if you don't mind," you say, a hand resting on your growing belly. "And maybe a steak please? With a baked sweet potato for the side." You grin sheepishly.

Jay only chuckles as he continues to rub your bare feet. "Are we going out, or…?"

You groan. "I'm just so tired.'

He laughs again. "Not a problem, babe. I'll go bring it home." He lifts your feet from his lap to stand.

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Blatantly Partisan Party Review XVI (Victoria 2022): Transport Matters Party

Prior review: VIC 2018

What I said before: “Transport Matters is not a party of public transport advocates, but an anti-Uber party that exists to air the grievances of the taxi industry.”

What I think this year: Hire-car operator Rod Barton co-founded Transport Matters in 2017 and managed to harvest preferences so astonishingly well that he won a seat in Eastern Metropolitan at the 2018 election off a meagre 0.62% of the vote. This came from the anti-democratic Group Ticket Voting system, siphoning preferences from people who voted 1 above the line for a dizzying array of minor parties. Almost all of these voters would not have distributed their references in the manner assigned to them by each party's group ticket had they been free to preference above the line in the manner of their choosing. A preference spiral like this is literally impossible when people control their preferences.

Honestly, as a member of the Legislative Council, Barton has not been too bad and his party possesses a reasonable spectrum of policies on transport and beyond. It is not a single-issue party any more, with non-transport policies generally being centre-left stuff. Barton, for instance, has been active in parliament on homelessness and wants to see a range of recommendations introduced to expand housing and support services. Health policies are mostly broad motherhood statements about more funding; policies for government transparency are similarly brief; workers’ rights goes little beyond regulating better conditions for gig economy workers (which would be great!). Gender equality policies are limited and strangely all about men. First Nations policies are supportive of Victoria’s current treaty process.

But let’s talk about transport, because this is the party’s ostensible reason for existence—and it also happens to be one of my professional areas of expertise. Frankly, Transport Matters is all over the place here. Regulating Uber and other rideshare apps remains their first policy and top priority. The policy on tolls is hyper-specific, it focuses principally on taxi drivers, and it lacks a big-picture approach to congestion charging. Transport Matters supports the Suburban Rail Loop, a project I also support (both because it will provide the cross-suburban PT capacity Melbourne badly needs and because it will stimulate new activity centres and less sprawling, more sustainable suburban densification in a manner no bus upgrade could). Their other policies for heavy rail contain supportive sentiments but nothing of substance.

Transport Matters want to expand the free tram zone, and I could write an entire book here but all I’m going to say is that this specific proposal is poorly conceived and draws on evidence from Estonia of a completely different policy (Transport Matters tries to justify a modest extension of the free tram zone’s boundary for all passengers by referring to findings from Tallinn making public transport free but only for residents). Worst, Transport Matters supports the complete fever dream that is “trackless trams”, specifically from Caulfield to Rowville. It is ridiculous to dress up a bendy bus so that it looks like a tram and to operate it on an over-spec’d busway that costs nearly as much as an actual tram but can’t come close to providing the capacity or energy efficiency of trams. It is very hard to consider anyone a credible thinker on transport if they fall for trackless tram nonsense.

My recommendation: Give Transport Matters a middling to decent preference. Remember to vote below the line on the large ballot for the Legislative Council so that your preference goes where you want it to go; all ballots with 5 or more preferences marked below the line are valid votes.

Website: https://www.transportmatters.org.au/

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Wednesday 21 November 1832

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F51° at 7 10 very thick and hazy – the light just beginning to try to peep thro’ the fog – ready in an hour – reading the courier newspaper of last night till very near 8 – then breakfast – had done before my father came – Mr. Mitchell the land valuer came about 8 ½ and staid an hour – agreed that on Mr. Carr’s giving the 1st refusal of Godley I should say I would apply to Mr. Mitchell to act as my agent in the business – the buildings might be worth £200 or £300 – would value the place for me on my hearing from Carr – Valued the land proposed to be purchased at Northgate at 7/. a yard – said I was lucky in selling the land for St. James’s church – Oates did not want to lose the job, so pushed it on – on saying that 12/6 and last 11/6 had been giving per yard for land near mine, he owned it might be worth more but said I should not get my price 15/. a yard – yet owned that it was intended, to bring the Keighley road out by [Stannery] and into Broad street north parade in 4 or 5 years and thus my land would

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be very much improved in value – advised me to take a ground rent of 6d. a yard – yet allowed that the feoffers of Waterhouses’ charity tho’ they had 6d. a yard for Waterhouse street had just stopt the sale of some more ground at that price thinking it not enough – said these ground rents were worth 30 years purchase – advised me by no means to build myself – mentioned the case of Collins (but without name) but owning the man was not a tenant of mine – no remedy for selling off, but to commence an action on the mans’ leaving the farm for damage done to it – the state of the farm when he entered and what he had paid on entering should be known, and all that he had sold off taken account of – but as there was an agreement and he had afterwards refused signing it yet this would be brought forward on a trial at York, and probably made to stand good – all this went by the common law of the land, and custom of this part of the country – one must look to the terms and trials for precedents – particularly Armytage (Sir George) versus ----- about 14 years ago, and some other cases – all very uncertain – those fields at the bottom of Horton street called grease fields – the ground worth 8/. or 10/. a yard – the fields in Lister lane not worth more than £3 a D.W. Doubtful whether Wortley will come in, or not – at 9 ½ went down to Pickles and his son John who began this morning – soon called home to Metcalf, Linen draper, in Waterhouse street to whom let my father pew at St. James’s church – to enter next Sunday – pay the same rent as the adjoining pews – he thought that was 40/. a year – and Hinscliffe too was waiting for me – ended in his bidding one £230 an acre for the coal at the top of the hill – will be about 2 acres – anxious to begin as soon as possible – but I gave him no hope that the person to whom I had given the 1st refusal would let him have the coal even that price but said he should give something more or else not have it –

Hinscliffes’ scale of expense on getting coal is as follows he observing that one should only reckon 4 ½ instead of 5 corves out of a square yard

Banking and pulling per dozen 1/6 one dozen = 16 loads

.:. Ditto ditto per score = 1/10 ½ 20 loads = 1 score

getting (colliers) -------- = 4/. 1 score = 1 ¼ dozen

Pheying … = £4.16.0 per acre

Taxes …. = £5. or £6 per acre

wear and tear (he said) = 1/. per score (I said impossible – 6/. a score quite enough) –

5 men working regularly will get an acre in a year

p. 289 Hinscliffes’ estimate of expense makes the cost per score = about 7/. per score

suppose to sell at 7/. a corve = 11/8 per score – 7/. expense = 4/8 clear gain

1 acre or 1210 scores at 4/8 = £282.5.8? if from this is to be taken ½ a corve per square yard (i.e. 4 ½ instead of 5 corves per square yard) then suppose £30 to be taken off the coal leaves £250 odd so at the worst Hinscliffe paying me £230 will gain £20 per acre tho’ he went away declaring he could gain nothing – before he went Joseph Wilkinson came and staid above 1 ½ hour till 12 40 – but we were very good friends – promised to give me on Saturday a direct and final answer what he would about the water he wishes to have the bridle road in Lower brea, wood stopt and will engage that it shall be done at the Sessions without opposition – he and Samuel Holdsworth (2 of the surveyors) will attend the Sessions in its favour – then came Wilson to beg off doing the library passage till Monday – then Charles Howarth – the oak tree of Miss W- that Washington valued at 5/. and her joiner Woodhead at 6/. C.H- has 9ft. of wood in it, and is worth 10/. – should have been worth 15d. a ft. but is coarse and only fit for posts – had it been a fine straight pole would have been worth 2/3 a ft. – at 12 50 went back to Pickles – ½ hour while he dined, I was in my walk – then all the rest of the afternoon with the men – John (had James Smiths’ son thrashing in his stead) planted 200 hollies and 16 box and helped to move laurel and 2 large thorns planted on the slope at the top of Charles H-‘s acre field – lastly (having in the morning stubbed and carted to Lower brook Ing wood rails about 15 hazels) planted out 2 or 3 large hazels in the wood – quite too dark to see at 4 ¾ - I staid out walking till so dark I could scarce keep on the path and came in at 5 40 – dinner at 6 ¼ - afterwards wrote note to ‘Mr. Carr White Swan Halifax’ in answer to his of this morning that came just after Mr. Mitchell went away to say he had no objection to sell the Godley farm, and gave me the preface – said I should be glad to be the purchaser and wrote by the bearer of my note to Mr. Mitchell the landvaluer to desire him to act as my agent, in the business, and call upon Mr. Carr on the subject immediately to ask his price – then to ‘Mr. Mitchell, Land valuer, cowmarket Halifax’ a note explanatory of the above but if any saw the note nobody could get that Mitchell had been spoken to on the subject before – wrote also note to ‘J.T. Holroyde Esquire solicitor H-x’ as follows ‘Shibden hall – Wednesday 21 November 1832. Sir – I beg to inform you that my price for the land proposed to be purchased is fourteen shillings a yard, or a ground rent of seven pence a yard – I am, sir, etc. etc. A Lister’ – sent off these notes by John at 8 – afterwards calculating about coals etc. and wrote all the above of today till 9 ¾ - then went into the other room and staid talking to my aunt till 10 35 at which hour F49° - very thick, soft, dark day but good for planting - Kind letter tonight 3 pages of letter paper franked by Lady S- de R- thanks for the shawl which seems to have given great pleasure - pothered by Mr James Wortley’s thanks for my good wishes and hopes to make my acquaintance I shall say I am going to York or be out of the way by some means or other I am only afraid he will call Mrs. Briggs my late steward’s widow call this morning

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