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multiverseofmiracleshq · 2 years

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For the whole history of JENNIFER WALTERS, please click here.

← ONCE THERE WAS AN IDEA TO BRING TOGETHER →

She’s never going to be just Jen again, but Jennifer is surprisingly okay with it. She’s learned that she likes to be She-Hulk and what she does; she’s a good lawyer and she’s learning how to be a good hero, too. There’s been some bumps, of course. That finale? Almost utter trash before she saved the day. Irregardless, Jen is getting into her groove. She’s relocated to NYC to fit the plot points of the group and the other characters have conveniently moved with her. Maybe that doesn’t make sense, but the mods are doing their best here to write a semi-cohesive bio. It doesn’t hurt that Bruce reached out and advised her that the Avengers are reforming and they need all hands on deck. Jen isn’t sure she wants that level of commitment, but it’s worth checking out. Jen Walters is the She-Hulk, and there’s no doubt about it. She’ll kick ass and take names both in the courtroom and on the streets. Pretty badass, right?

← A GROUP OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE TO SEE IF THEY →

✗ BRUCE BANNER (MCU) and Jen are cousins who always tended to be close. Bruce may have become a bigwig Avenger, but he was always just Bruce to Jen. There was that whole thing with his blood mingling with hers and turning her into a Hulk, but no family is perfect. He taught her how to Hulk but his insistence that she became a hero just wasn’t lining up with what Jen wanted for her life. Despite that bump, Jen loves her cousin. She’s grateful for all of his help even if he did get her into this mess.

✗ NIKKI RAMOS (MCU) is more than just Jen’s paralegal: she’s also her best friend. Nikki is a lot of things that Jen is not, and that’s what makes them work. Nikki is fun, bright and incredibly fashionable. She pushes Jen out of her shell and encourages her to step outside of her comfort zone. Jen really won the lotto in the friend department when it comes to Nikki.

✗ MATT MURDOCK (MCU) is great in the sack. He’s good at a lot of other things as well and is genuinely a good guy, but it has to be noted he’s dynamo in bed. It was sweet of him to come back to Los Angeles to help her out, and Jessica enjoyed the week he spent with her and her family. They’re something new and unnamed. With Jen now in New York there’s a chance they can explore it more.

← COULD BECOME SOMETHING MORE →

✗ BEING A LAWYER → When Jen wants something she gets it done, and she wanted to be a lawyer. Working with GLK&H as the head of the superhuman law division wasn’t in her original plan, but she likes where she’s at. She’s doing what she loves and she’s incorporating She-Hulk into it. It would be nice to be at the office and not be green, but hey. You win some and you lose some. It’s a good job and it lets her do her hero work on the side. She’s just glad she got it back after all the Intelligencia bullshit.

✗ OTHER AFFILIATIONS -- n/a.

← & IF WE CAN’T SAVE THE WORLD, WE’LL AVENGE IT →

✗ AGE → 30′s ( early 1990′s ) ✗ MULTIVERSE ORIGIN → mcu ✗ SPECIES → human gamma-mutate via blood transfusion ✗ ETHNICITY → up to player / half white ✗ SECRET IDENTITY → public ✗ RELATIONSHIP STATUS → open ✗ FACECLAIM → tatiana maslany ✗ AVAILABILITY → taken

← FUN FACTS →

phone background is steve roger’s ass

stands at 6′7″ as she-hulk

breaks the fourth wall ( fun, right? )

survived the blip

#jennifer walters #independent #earth199999 #taken #taken female #she hulk spoilers

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jovialtorchlight · 3 years

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That scene from like 2014

MEL: Didn’t win the scratch today.

AND: [Under breath] Course you didn’t. Mel, we got to talk about the tickets.

MEL: [Sighs.] You got a problem with the tickets?

AND: Got a problem with your tickets? A fucking problem with your [trailing off]... Of course I have a problem with your fucking tickets. Every single fucking day, more tickets. We couldwallpaper the upstairs bathroom with all the fucking tickets you buy.

MEL: Want me to stop?

AND: Stop buying the tickets?

Yeah, of course I want you to fucking stop buying so many tickets. Or at least don’t bring them in the house. Throw them on the sidewalk, throw them away before you bring them in the house-

MEL: I got money for the tickets. I don’t spend a lot on them.

AND: [Anger Grows] Oh for fucks sake Mel I don’t care if you have money for them or what. That’s not what we’re talking about, we’re talking about you fucking throwing them on the floor of the kitchen-

MEL: Alright, I won’t throw them on the floor anymore, And.

AND: Will you, Mel? Will you? I don’t know, every time we have this discussion it stops for a couple of days and then I come home and there’s a new pile of fucking tickets on the floor.

[Mel rises, goes to the fridge, opens it, gazes at AND]

[Speeding through]

I got enough to worry about, it’s a safety hazard Mel, I could slip on the goddamn tickets on the linoleum, the scratch side has no traction, Mel, one good fall and I’m out of work Mel. Mel?

MEL: Yeah.

AND: Yeah? Yeah what?

[MEL moves to answer, AND does not allow for it]

You don’t give a shit about whether or not I slip and fall on your goddamn tickets, do you AND?

AND: [Manages to spit out an answer] Course I do-

MEL: No you don’t, otherwise you wouldn’t throw them on the fucking floor. Jesus, AND, I get it, you can’t watch the lotto numbers on the news, it depresses you, but look, MEL, don’t you give a fuck what depresses me? I get depressed when I come home and you’ve thrown the fucking tickets on the floor. You don’t have the energy to get up and put them in the trash?

[The fridge is still open. AND has tightly gripped in door so hard his knuckles have turned white]

Put them in the fridge, in the pantry, in the fucking radiator, set them on fire and throw them out the window, AND, throw them off the fucking Casco Bay Bridge, AND, put them under my pillow, but for the love of god, don’t throw them on the floor.

[The silence is deafening, and an invitation to escalate]

Jesus, your mom never caught you to keep your shit off the floor? If you were a dog you could shit everywhere, AND, but your a fucking human being. We don’t shit on the floor, we don’t put our shit on the floor. We clean it up, we put it in the proper receptacles-

[AND pauses, sits at table, and seems like he may end the conversation. Mel relaxes a bit, and goes back to analyzing the contents of the refrigerator. AND takes a cookie from the table, looks at Mel, and snaps the cookie in half, throwing in at the fridge. He leaps up, propelled again by the argument.]

What if my ma came over, AND? Right the fuck now, she comes over on her way back from church, and she’s carrying a gigantic plate of leftover brownies, chocolate chip cookies, [speed rising] all that shit piled so high she can’t see over the top of the plate, she takes two steps into our apartment and her church shoes slip on a loser two dollar scratch [even more speed] and she falls backwards, the plate flings in the air like a projectile weapon of granny goodness, she falls back into the door, [spitting with anger] smashes her head into the doorknob and has a heart attack on the way down, so now there’s granny blood and smashed cookies and flying brownies and my mom’s dead, [screaming ] ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR SHITTY SCRATCHES?

[Has not lost any intensity, but has slowed down.] Tell me you won’t.

AND: Alright.

Mel: Alright? Alright? Alright what? [Moves and pokes AND in the center of his forehead.] Is there any sign of intelligent life in that hollow fucking skull? [AND flinches, ducks behind the fridge door.]

Don’t hide behind appliances, you gigantic fucking child! Come out from the door and promise me you wont leave piles of lottery tickets on the floor of our apartment-

AND: [Peaking around the side of the door, quietly] You don’t like my scratches.

I’ll stop buyin’ em, Mel. I swear.

[Mel sits at the table. And musters up the courage to pull himself from the floor. He shuts the fridge, and starts to walk to a counter.]

AND: What are you doing?

MEL: Going to get a papertowel. The fridge melted a puddle on the floor.

[MEL moves to get a papertowel. AND digs in.]

AND: So you clean water up off the floor?

MEL: Yeah, of course-

AND Of course, you clean water up off the floor, but you don’t clean up your goddamn tickets?

MEL: I just said I wouldn’t buy them-

AND: Last week you said you’d clean up the Diet Coke bottles in the bedroom, but you never did that. You said you’d take the laundry, but you never did that either. You said, you said, you said, you said [chanting] you said, you said- but did you ever fucking do? Do you ever fucking do, AND?

ME: I won’t buy the tickets, AND, I swear to god-

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greyshadesofvoice · 2 years

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Barista blues pt 3

I'm always quiet so today, I thought I'd espresso myself.

Speaking to all my Americanos , the ones that know.

taking shots in the dark to wake up their heart.

Yeah, I have red eyes too.

Taking two shots, turning demon.

Got them black eyes too.

So what's next on queue?

Putting on this apron disguise.

To deceive the buyer, my masters.

The ones I despise.

Pleasing these mastas is my job, otherwise.

I'm pouring scalding hot tea down your throat.

Premeditated your honor, you can quote.

Boiling hot water down his throat.

That's murder, that's all she wrote.

Now wait, I'm doing the most.

I don't always wanna kill.

Although I'm tempted by the thrill.

But,

I'll step back and grind a frappe and chill.

Steep this tea bag and spill.

My motivations.

these other temptations.

The ones that share the same uniform.

accentuating their shapes and forms.

How can I not conform, I'm just tryna cuddle up to something warm.

Setting my sights ,but not on them flat whites.

On them cinnamon coffee cakes.

Shaking my way.

loving the way they cake pops.

Fantasizing beating her box.

Fucking my life up, nicknaming her lemons.

So I can ice her pound cake.

Then go dark chocolate mocha deep.

So deep , putting her ass to sleep.

That's double chocolaty chip mocha sweet ,these girls over here making me weak.

Especially the yellow bone Caramel macchiatos. Winning that gene pool lotto.

Inside I cream Gelato,

Nice creams.

she screams a lot though.

Barista special creamed macchiato.

Alright stop.

You can't treat girls like that, you old dude.

Thoughts stewing in my mind like cold brew,

But I'm a cold dude.

You can stay salty like a salted Caramel cream cold brew.

I'm just looking for some face.

Grab them baby girls by the waist.

Bringing them closer to grace.

Feeling my embrace.

Persuasive with my case.

I'm the hot chocolate, the hot topic.

Grinding beans in a pocket, crushing them like mosh pits.

Then like that, the third shot hits.

Getting green eyes hulking.

Double cup, I'm bulking.

That’s real tea you're gulping.

Consuming caffeinated content resulting in high blood pressure pulsing.

that heart steady Pumping.

Okay wait.

My foam rises because they are trying to get me steaming.

But, you cold foams

Can't crack these old bones. Failed demeaning.

You fail to get the meaning of the greeting.

The one thing I say everyday, constantly repeating.

Sleeping, seeking, and fucking misreading.

Just get the right drink and leave.

Done with customer's mistreatings

My batista's patience is depleting.

Alright wait last one. I'm almost done.

I know, I've talked a ton but that's what happens when you're built up on these thoughts son.

They're lengthening these wicked tickets.

Wishing I had the ability to quiet it, get crickets.

I want to give in to the demon, kill these bigots.

Ripping them up like paper sheets.

Discard them in the trash, gottem beat.

Killem dead no retreat.

No return with no receipt.

I'm done.

#spoken word #poetry #my poem #starbucks #barista

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billybennight · 3 years

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Here’s my shot of Dave Foley attends the Premiere Of Disney And Pixar's ''Onward'' at El Capitan Theatre. Dave was nearly always at the White Trash Wins Lotto after parties back in the day. He eventually became part of the production. Over the years I run into him at various events. I’m always happy to see him and Crissy if she happens to be along. Today is Dave’s birthday. Dave is 55. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dave!!! @davefoley #davefoley #kidsinthehall #comedy #sketchcomedy #comedicactor #sitcom #tvactor #comedian #birthday #happybirthday #hollywoodbirthday #celebritybirthdays #celebrityphotography #losangeles #photography #photographer #losangelesphotographer #loveletterttolou ##losangelesphotography #photographerslife https://www.instagram.com/p/CJo3ml4JCNi/?igshid=1hya6uazk86ed

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fmdtaeyongarchive · 4 years

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headcanon #021: opinion on knight (& white knight) singles

word count: 1,593 words

mama: ash isn’t a huge fan of knight’s debut song, but it was his debut and he wasn’t about to complain when he was still surprised he was chosen for debut in the first place. at the time, he’d convinced himself it was experimental and edgy, but now, ash really just thinks it’s cringe-worthy, so he’s glad they don’t really perform it anymore.

wolf: some of the choreography elements of wolf were innovative, but even at the time, ash couldn’t pretend to think the song was good. musically, there are parts that could have been part of a decent song, but lyrically and conceptually, it’s a disaster and ash would like to never have to howl like a wolf again. he didn’t have many lines in their early days, and this is a song he didn’t mind being able to fade into the background of.

growl: this was the first time knight did a more classic boy group concept and that was a relief to ash. at the time, he really loved it, though he hadn’t expected it to blow up into the absolute hit it was. the concept and sound fit him well at the time and it’s one of the songs that ash believes stands the test of time the best of knight’s songs. all songs considered, though, it’s no longer one of his favorite eras.

overdose: musically, overdose wasn’t one of ash’s favorite at the time or now. there are parts of its production that do remind ash a bit of the classic 90s western boy groups he grew up on, but not enough for him to fall in love with the song. he was really getting tired of the aggressive interpretations of love knight was taking on in their title tracks, but overdose was a step up from all of the animal imagery of wolf and growl.

call me baby: this is definitely one of ash’s favorite eras. they were finally moving in the right direction lyrically, in ash’s opinion, and the music video and concept were very classic boy group, which is really all ash wanted when he became a trainee under bc. it was the first time he really felt like the main concept he was supposed to portray was sexy, but it wasn’t over the top. a lot of ash’s fans consider this his first “legendary” era because it was the first time he was really able to stand out at all and his image fits the vibe of the song well, and ash wouldn’t disagree.

love me right: the football concept in the music video was weird to ash, but the song wasn’t bad, save for some questionable english, but that wasn’t new. overall, it’s a forgettable era for him.

sing for you: this is a strong contender for ash’s favorite knight song. he doesn’t have many lines, but he likes listening to it as much as he does performing it. it was the first title track where he really felt he could connect to the lyrics and, if he’s allowed to say so, he considers it one of his favorite boy group songs in the history of idol music.

monster: ash’s hatred for monster is well-established. other than not being in a good place in general at the time, he hated the way they went from the emotional vulnerability to “i’m going to mess you up” and how he felt it fed into a bad image when he was already struggling with the public perception of himself. he could barely hide his distaste for this comeback.

lucky one: it’s better than the other promoted single for the comeback, monster, and it wins points for that, but it’s pretty forgettable for ash and he doesn’t have much of an opinion on it at all.

lotto: again, ash’s opinion is tainted by his own personal difficulties in 2016, but lotto’s not the top of his list either. the autotune was too critical a part of the production for a song intended to be performed live, in his opinion, and the choreography wasn’t anything knight hadn’t done before.

fanfare: why bc decided he needed to be one of the center focuses on a comeback only a few months after his scandal, ash will never understand. it was the most lines and center time he’d gotten in his career up to that point, so ash doesn’t associate many feelings with the song other than pressure. he came out mostly praised for successfully delivering in his increased focus, but it was a big change for him.

gorilla: throw this one in the dumpster with wolf and monster. ash does feel this is the first time he really got to let his vocals shine, but it’s so bad lyrically in his opinion that it’s only competition for worst in that category is wolf. he’s glad they’ve mostly left it in the past.

hey mama: this song grew on him. he has some objections to “mama” as a term of endearment, but ash has more fun performing white knight’s songs than almost any of the full group songs. he isn’t a fan of having to rap for it, but he likes the feeling and concept of their promotions. it felt fun, but age appropriate, and both while still being appropriately sexy for knight’s image. if he can’t get one cute concept for kicks, this is the next best thing.

can you feel it?: bc’s budget should be able to provide better than this. again, it felt like falling back onto a sound and concept they’d done before for the sake of safe sales. not one of their worst, but certainly not one of their best.

roar: lyrically, roar isn’t strong to ash, but he did like the choreography and it’s another era that’s popular among fans that bias him. he has some problems with it’s production, too, so it falls in the middle of the field overall.

easy love: this was the last time ash really liked a knight song and, as is the case with most of his favorites, it’s because he finds it a relatable song. the song was good and different enough from their usual for ash not to get immediately bored. it wasn’t one of their top hits, but when they do get to perform it, ash is almost happy to be on stage with knight, a rare emotion for him.

ko ko bop: he just wanted this promotion period to be over with. it’s not bad, but ash doesn’t feel that knight was made to do summer songs. the season they excel in is winter.

power: “trash” - ash kwon, 2017. ash doesn’t know what the hell this was, but they should have kept it as the second rate superhero disney channel original series theme song it must have originally been.

o sole mio: a noble try at the latin trend, but ash had checked out of knight completely by this point and he couldn’t put his heart completely into any of their releases any more. it’s not bad, but ash doesn’t know that knight needed to go down the musical path they did for this comeback just because the sound was popular at the time.

universe: if ash had had any emotional investment in knight left, he would have been fond of this song, but, as it stands, it’s another in a long list he had to record because he’s contractually obligated to. he does like the prominent piano line and the lyrics, too. if ash had been permitted to write a knight title track, he thinks it might sound something like this.

blooming day: it’s no hey mama, but it’s alright. like the previous white knight single, it’s concept is more in line with what ash would like to do with group songs, and he found the choreography enjoyably challenging. the only thing he’d change is the “can i be your boyfriend?” hook. anything to dissuade fans from seeing him as their fantasy boyfriend.

critical beauty: bc must have been running out of ideas to be sampling elvis. it tries for romantic and falls into sleazy if you ask ash, but he actually thinks he’d like it a lot more on a different boy group, like charm. ash believes they would have pulled it off better than knight.

tempo: to ash, it’s simply... not good. he admires what the producer was going for, but he doesn’t like the production in the slightest and hasn’t even listened to this song outside of practice and performances more than once or twice.

love shot: it’s miles better than tempo, but it reminds ash of how much he hates selling sex. the chorus is also too repetitive, but he won’t lie; he’d have loved to sing the bridge.

now or never: bc are cruising now, banking on knight’s past success to carry them through instead of putting their best hitmakers to work on their albums, by ash’s estimation. is it bad? no, but it’s not anything special in the current boy group landscape either. he doesn’t mind performing it, though.

enough: ash thinks the company could have done something interesting with the narcissus concept, but , in the end, he felt like nothing more than a sex object again, so he doesn’t have many positive associations with this era and the lyrics are weak again, too. don’t even get him started on the english version.

ash’s favorite comeback singles are call me baby, sing for you, hey mama, and easy love. his least favorite comeback singles are wolf, monster, gorilla, and power.

#hot takes by ash #so many songs.... wtf #&& holding on to something | headcanons

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mechagalaxy · 5 years

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Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184: My Clan war `46 - Second opponents: Black Star Knights

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184)

My Clan war `46

Second opponents: Black Star Knights

Some Commanders prefer the solitude of fighting for themselves. Having none to tell you what to do, or having to follow some underling with the eyes of argus to check that they follow orders is after all quite liberating. You are of course free to play in the lottery, as everyone else. You can fight in the KotM events and the Wave Challenges, and once you get a two-digit licence you can trash others in the Circuits as well. Then there is the sheer mayhem involved in hitting other Commanders to see which one have the strongest formation. If that is the way they prefer to fight, who am I to tell them they are wrong?

Then you have those who form a clan, or join one. As they well understand; If a leader is to bossy you can just leave the clan again, and if some member refuses to follow directions and sound advice he can be removed from the clan. Being part of a clan when it comes to lotto wins will because of the smaller prizes given to the winners clanmates effectively increase your take by 100% for each five other member, up to four times what a single Commander can expect if the clan grows to 16 Commanders. The other things you can do as a solitary Commander is still there to do, but now you have brothers in arms who might give you advice and answer questions. Then comes the Clan Wars.

In a normal War, any clan having enough members (8 minimum) where the discrepancy between licences is not to big, can sign up for the war. In general, Specialists might be assigned to members,-or not. But from time to time it might be one mandatory specialty. The Gaming authorities will then place clans in divisions according to their average piloting licences, and they will over the course of three battle days face a trio of different opponents. If your clan defeats all opponents, good prices will be had by everyone. That is, everyone who managed to get a set number of attack wins Defeating two, or only one opposing clan will get you lesser prizes, but even if you lost to all the opponents you will still get something. (provided you got the mandated wins)

After the war, some villain might appear. If the clan chooses to oppose said villains hordes, and manages to defeat all of them within a given time, prizes will be given to each Commander. Partly by performance and partly by luck. (but no kills equals no prizes. To be lucky, you have to perform first) -----

As for us in the Star League....

We had joined up in the war, and our first opponents had (figuratively) handed us our heads. Mind you, they took them fair and square on the field of battle, and kept them until the fighting was over.

As we returned to what had been our headquarter, Tony`s eyes flickered over the area.

Nothing was left standing. The remains of the ammo bunkers gaped empty toward the cloudy sky, the repair facilities had been burned by fires so hot that not even a trace of POL, spare parts or tools were left and the many wounded lay on the bare earth where a few overworked corpse men ripped pieces from their dirty, tattered uniforms to use as makeshift bandages.

In a dejected tone he muttered "It will take a miracle to get us ready for tomorrow. Right now I would make up to the devil himself if he could get us what we need to get operative in time" I looked at my timepiece. Bruno should be arriving any moment now, bringing the personnel and items I had neglected to bring in the first place. "Well,boss, as to that I have to...." The rest of the sentence was drowned by the roar of descending shuttles.

The Pakothe IV-B shuttles are quite enormous, and if you spend some mega credits at a good yard they can be configured pretty much as you like. These shuttles were mostly mobile repair bays, but a couple of them were fully equipped field hospitals, a trio were ammo carriers and one was a mobile mess.

Tony took in the sight and when he turned toward me what looked suspiciously like a tear was forming in his right eye. "Your work?" I nodded "Good man. Anything I can do for you?" I held out a clipboard and said "just sign here , here and here." After he numbly, still with an expression of wonder on his face had done so, I continued "I did not have the authority to release so much cash from our accounts, so the work was done on credit until you signed." Tony grabbed the clipboard and looked at the numbers. Then, white in the face, he grabbed me and threw me over the farthest shuttle. I noticed the ground getting closer at a breakneck speed and did my best to tuck into a roll. Then, blackness...

I came slowly back to consciousness, and immediately wished I hadn’t. There might have been some parts of my body that did not send pain signals to my brain, but the odds were that was because the nerves from them had been ripped loose.

My AI injected enough painkillers to knock out a tribe of Snavrums, and slowly the world came into focus. My timepiece informed me the second battle day would start in a few minutes. Looking around, I found myself in the cockpit of my ride, and pinned on the battle board was a note. It was from Tony and explained the battle plan and my part in it.

Jorge was covering one of the bridges, rated for no more than 1200 tons, Rob`s 30s was in the broken hills to the north. As for the opponents: Christopher Wallace held the other bridge, a Dual Rainbow one, and Brian Leslie King was supposed to hold the swamps to the south in his 20s. A long winding canyon was another connection between our two clans, My 70s held the eastern part, Joey Goldez 70s held the western part. Then my blood turned cold. "I have placed most of our ammo with you. Guard it with your life, because it is placed in such a way that if it explodes it will bring the whole canyon down on your defeated formation and your opponent" Talk about a do or die mission!!

Then the channels started cracking, the battle was upon us.

The Knights landed the first blows.

Led by Ales Tomasek, Brian Leslie King and Joey Goldez had for the moment brought their main formations along to do some mayhem. Able brought his formation into the fray as fast as he could and went onto the offensive. Despite a couple failed attacks and the appearance of Darryl Proctor in an offensive role, he managed to stabilize the front with us slightly ahead. 10-9 to us.

King returned, this time accompanying Philip Power. They got some unopposed wins, then Mark went on a rampage along their front. Not all his strikes was successful, but it caused them to withdraw, at least for the moment. 15-14 to them.

David Buchanan got a couple wins. In response Mark was once more called into the breach, this time having Jorge as wingman. Again our offensive had mixed success, but at least it pushed the Knights back. 22-17 to them.

It seemed there was only a matter of time before some enterprising Knight would come waltzing down the canyon, so I started to back slowly toward our lines. As the canyon started to widen I drew a deep breath of relief. Really bad idea. The painkillers could only mask so much pain, and the sudden expansion of my chest made my bruised and broken ribs send frantic emergency signals to my brain. After what seemed like an eternity of pain, I finally realized that holding my breath was the worst thing I could do. Letting it out in a wordless scream, slowly reduced the pain level from unbearable to just very unpleasant. When the stars finally stopped dancing in front of my eyes and the monitors once more informed me of my surroundings, I discovered we were surrounded by a superior formation.

"Ah, how good of you to show up. Would you care to join me for a stroll along the front? After some unexpected expidentures we need every commander to earn his keep" Tony`s cold voice belied the bantering tone, so what choice did I have?

"Come along and watch me closely, I will point out a few opponents you might be capable of handling"

I have to say Tony really know how to handle his Mechs. Opponent after opponent fell before him, and under his tutelage I managed to score a few wins as well. When he called off the offensive we had gained quite a bit of ground. 35-22 to us.

Tony escorted me back into the canyon and ordered me to stay there this time. While we were out of the picture, Bob Schlomer made an appearance. Blowing our formations up. Right, front and center. There seemed little we could do to halt his advance. Tony threw himself into the frontline, hoping to make Schlomer break off his one-formation rampage, but to little avail. Then David Buchanan joined Schlomer, and most of the advantage we had held disappeared 36-34 to us.

Rob rushed over to reinforce Tony`s drive, but lady luck was on the Knights side here, and after several fumbled attacks the Knights had the advantage again. 38-37 to them.

As the main action took place elsewhere, Drake Hunter had been left to cover quite a stretch of the front by himself. Now he suddenly found himself face to face with Joey Goldez, and not in a puny 70 ton formation either. Despite being outmassed by a noticable margin, Drake stood his ground, knowing none else was between Goldez and our HQ.

Goldez frontline, a Humbaba, a Reaper, a Cameron and a Boreas, shielded by a Regis met Drakes Cavalier and Guardian, supported by two Nakshi`s and a Drednought.

The first telling blow came from Goldez Cameron. A solid hit on the Cavalier with a Rednose Laser turned into a minor disaster as it both splashed and generated a Wide Fork. The Cavalier weathered the storm, but the Guardians armor disappeared and it was a lifeless husk. Then Goldez Humbaba sent the Nakshi to the scrapyard using a Heartbreaker. Drakes Dreadnought took out first the Humbaba and then the Reaper by crits. The Cameron finally put paid to the Cavalier after lots of hits, and Drakes Dreadnought finished off the Boreas. The Cameron dispatched the shutdown Guardian, and used an overpowered Vadhar to kill off the Dreadnought. Drakes Nakshi fought grimly on, but were killed by the Cameron

Drakes second line, consisting of a Fext, an Anubis and a Boreas supported by an Ignis and a Regis advanced. Drakes Regis blew up Goldez Regis and the Ignis put paid to the Boreas.

Goldez second line consisted of a trio of Onyxes flanked by two Antithesises. One of the Onyxes quickly critted the Ignis, and after a flurry of nontelling blows another Onyx critted the Anubis. Drakes Regis and Boreas took out the two Onyxes, and the Regis took out the third Onyx as well by landing an overpowered blow from its Man Ò War Ray. The two Antithesises was now outnumbered and Drakes Fext and Boreas blew up one each.

Goldez third line consisted of a Frigis surrounded by four Nakshi`s. Amid a flurry of shots the Nakshis were blown up, one each by the Fext and the the Regis while the Boreas blew up the two others. Goldez Frigis managed to land a couple more blows before a Twin Grazer from the Regis ripped it apart.

Goldez fourth line, consisting of a Notos, a Guardian and a Redeemer flanked by a Dreadnought and an Antithesis marched confidently forth. They started by reducing the armor on Drakes Mechs, but when a Tri-Slagger from the Regis critted the Redeemer they understood this was serious business. And when, after another flurry of blows, the Guardian was taken out by a massive blast from the Boreas` Leviathan their confidence seemed to slip. In that tiny moment the Fext landed a massive blow from its Blue Dragon. Enough to blow up the Dreadnought, and the fork it created sent the Antithesis into an emergency shutdown. The Fext quickly put the Antithesis out of its misery, and the now outnumbered Notos was slowed to a crawl before the trio of Mechs slowly blew it into small pieces.

Goldez fifth line, a Dilophos, a Frigis, a Dreadnought and two Torrents charged forth to avenge their brethren. The Dilophos used an overpowered Ursa Strike to blow the Fext apart, and an overpowered Missile tow from one of the Torrents ripped the Boreas apart while the combined Splash/Fork ripped the remaining armor off the Regis. The Frigis gave it a mercy shot.

Drakes third line, a Ballista, a Frigis and an Antithesis flanking a Boreas and a Notos immediately made their presence known. The Ballista opened the ball by letting a Renly`s Revenge crit the Dreadnought. The Boreas followed suit. An Oppenheimer did not pack quite enough punch to take out the Torrent it hit, but the Wide Fork it generated spread lot of mayhem, and the Dilopos shut down to avoid an engine explosion. After quite a few additional shots had been exchanged, the Notos melted the Frigis by an overpowered Chimera, and the spreading cloud of hot plasma shut down one of the Torrents as well. The Boreas took out the last Torrent and the Antithesis put the disconnected Dilophos out of its misery.

Goldez sixt line consisted of a Fext and a Regis flanking a trio of Boreas. Quite a few cold blasts were exchanged, and many a target was frozen for a while. Then Goldez Fext sent an overcharged super explosive missile into the Ballista. The resulting explotion removed all traces of the Mech. In response Drakes Boreas sent another Oppenheimer downrange, killing off one Boreas and shutting down another. Another Oppenheimer blast packed to little punch to take out the Fext, but the Wide Fork shut down the Regis as well. Drakes Notos and Antithesis took out the two crippled Mechs, and the Antithesis managed to take out both the last active Boreas and the Fext as well.

Goldez last line, a Rudy, a Spitfire and a Dilophos stepped gamely forth. If they knew they were outnumbered and probably had scant seconds left, they gave no sign of that. Instead the Dilophos sent an overcharged Chidori into the Frigis, cutting it in two. The Boreas Openheimer arrived less than a heartbeat later, ripping the Dilophos apart and taking the Rudy out of the fight. Goldez last Mech, the Spitfire landed another couple of Ineffectual blows before it too was felled.

The fight was now in the Balance, an even 38 score to both sides.

Mark and Rob tried unsuccessfully to put us in front again and Christopher Wallace got involved as well. Most of the assaults failed here and when the smoke settled, the advantage had shifted to the Knights again. Schlomer put in another appearance and got some more wins. 43-38 to them.

Tony got us another win, and King got a couple. Tony failed on the following attack, but he managed blowing up Ales Tomaseks coffee maker by a stray shot. Infuriated, Tomasek went on a rampage that took a defeat at Ables hands to stop. 52-40 to them.

At this point our ammo stocks was gone, and all we had was what the Mechs carried. Tony disallowed any further offensive operations, and we waited for the light to flash. But while we might be done, the Knights had more fights in them. Michael Beagle drove a wedge deep into our rear, and called Proctor in to help finish us off. Once again Tony provided a critical defense, and in the end they were halted just outside range of the Star League HQ.

The final score stood 64-41 to them.

Yes we had been beaten, but at least we had not been crushed, so there was at least some progress from the first round.

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If you hear somebody quote the Bible outside of church, it’s usually not a good sign. The occasional gasp of “Jesus Christ” or “Gaht damn” and various forms of “Jesus be a fence” are all right, but those aren’t really Bible quotes and could denote anything from having missed the bus to winning the daily Lotto at the Kwik Shop.

Actually, quoting the Bible is usually unnecessary because if you’re doing Jesus’ work, you probably don’t have to quote his instruction booklet to convince people that you’re doing the right thing. If you give a homeless guy some money, you don’t have quote Luke 6:20-21—“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God”—because it’s obvious you’re doing something kind and righteous.

In fact, usually the only times you hear people quoting the Bible is when they’re about to do or have done some foul nonsense and they want to justify it. (I mean, doesn’t every conflicted action hero mumble, “Forgive them, father, for they know not what they do,” right before doing some John Wick-level violence to 30 people in an underground cocaine den?)

So Thursday, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions justified America’s despicable practice of separating parents from children at the U.S. border by quoting the Bible, that should’ve been a sign to the world that he was up to no good.

Just about every religious organization on the planet has condemned the U.S. decision to separate families at the border. Catholic bishops have even contemplated sending clergy to these “detention” camps in order to investigate exactly how these men, women and children are being treated. Sessions, whose own United Methodist Church declared former President Barack Obama’s and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies too cruel, decided to drop the clergy clapback with his own verse at a meeting of law enforcement officials at Parkview Stadium in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Thursday.

“Persons who violate the law of our nation are subject to prosecution. I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order,” Sessions said, according to New York magazine’s Daily Intelligencer. “Orderly and lawful processes are good in themselves and protect the weak and lawful.”

I believe at that point the entire room began to shake, and a lightning bolt struck the podium, leaving the word “Wrong” burned across the stage. But those are unconfirmed rumors.

First, we live in a secular democracy, which means I’m never happy when any elected official or representative of the government starts justifying policy on the basis of faith. Certainly not from a party that backs neo-Nazis and apparent pedophiles. More importantly, I’m not a biblical scholar, but absolute deference to the government doesn’t sound like anything I learned in my 10 years of mandated Sunday school lessons.

What Sessions said boils down to this: God has dominion over everything, and the government exists only through God’s grace, so therefore the government is an extension of God and should never be challenged. That sounds like a recipe for religious authoritarianism to me.

Which shouldn’t surprise anyone. His use of this quote puts Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III in very special company. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans 13 has been used by just about every horrible authoritarian government in history to justify any act of racism, violence or oppression.

Slave owners used it to justify the Fugitive Slave Act.

Hitler used Romans 13 to rebuke Christians who rejected the rise of his Nazi Party. South African apartheid leaders used Romans 13 to justify their subjugation of the black population of the country. In other words, there just isn’t a lot of precedent in world history for anyone quoting Romans 13 to justify fealty to the laws of government, unless that government is up to no good.

It’s also worth noting that, like most forked tongue representatives of the Trump administration, Sessions is intentionally lying and conflating to justify his bigotry anyway. Sessions would have you believe that everyone at the border is breaking the law, so taking their kids is not only a deterrent to future border crossings but also a necessary evil in order to manage the large population of people seeking entry into the United States.

Verily I say unto thee, that’s white nationalist trash. Many of the families at the border are asylum seekers, and that is completely legal. Asylum seekers have the right to come here, seek asylum and wait for a court date (which is usually more than a year), and it will be either accepted or rejected. What is happening now is the equivalent of a woman going to the cops to escape an abusive husband, so they label her a criminal, throw her in jail and put her kids in foster care ... and then they admit they lost her kids six weeks later.

Large numbers of people crossing at our southern border are not criminals; they are not breaking the law; and under no circumstances should they be subjected to this kind of abject violence and degradation. I’m not sure what kind of Christian government thinks it’s good policy to snatch breastfeeding kids away from their mothers, put children in internment camps with murals of a smiling Trump on the walls, or lose who knows how many kids to child traffickers and perverts, but apparently that’s the kind of government Sessions thinks God is down with. So sayeth the Lord.

#romans 13 #modern day pharisees #the root pack #Jason Johnson

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