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redhairedgryffindor · 3 years

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HPHM Profile: Douglas Hawkins (Updated)

Thanks to @hogwartsmysterystory for the profile!

He’s not Jacob’s siblings, he’s just Lea’s friends (or Allies) in my story. Just think he’s a new character in Hogwarts Mystery.

The Old profile has been deleted, sorry.

Identity

Name: Douglas Hawkins

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Year: 7

Birth Date: April 19

Species: Human

Blood Status: Pureblood

Sexuality: Bisexual

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Nationality: American, Scottish

Residence: N/A

Myer Briggs Personality Type: ENTJ-T The Commander

The Mage

1st Wand: 11", Hornbeam, Dragon heartstring

2nd Wand: 12", Laurel, Phoenix feather

Animagus: Dog

Misc Magical Abilities: Legilimen, Zoolingualism and Wandless Magic.

Boggart Form: Bellatrix Lestrange

Riddikulus Form: Bellatrix grew beard and mustache

Patronus: White Stallion

Patronus Memory: His baby sister born.

Mirror of Erised: To see his baby sister grew up.

Specialized/Favourite Spells:

Relashio

Protego

Riddikulus

Rictusempra

Densaugeo

Incarcerous

Appearance

Faceclaim:

Game Appearance:

Height: 6′1″

Weight: 175 Ibs

Physique: Buff/Muscular

Eye Colour: Hazel

Hair Colour: Brown

Skin Tone: Fair

Body Modifications: Right-Hand Name Tattoo “Donnalyn”

Scarring: None

Inventory:

Muggle lollipops

Wand

Beater Bat

Jelly Slugs

Prefect’s badge

Allegiances

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Ilvermorny House: Thunderbird

Affiliations/Organizations:

Prefect

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Second - Order of the Phoenix.

Professions: Auror/ Quidditch player/ Dueller

Hogwarts Information

Class Proficiencies:

Astronomy: A

Charms: E

DADA: A

Flying: O

Herbology: E

History of Magic: A

Potions: A

Transfiguration: A

Electives:

Care of Magical Creatures: E

Divination: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆

Study of Ancient Runes: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆

Muggle Studies: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Quidditch: Beater

Extra-Curricular:

Frog Choir

Gobstones Club

Quidditch Team

Dragon Club

Favorite Professors: Professor Hooch

Least Favourite Professors: Rakepick and Snape

Relationships

Misc Siblings:

Name: Donnalyn Hawkins (Baby Sister)

Age: 3

Eye: Blue

Hair: Auburn, Short

Info:

Blood Status: Pure-Blood

Begin to speak at the age of 2.

Father

Name: Donald Hawkins

Eye: Blue

Hair: Auburn

Height: 6'1″

Schoolhouse: Gryffindor

Job: Quidditch Beater Player and Coach

Info:

Blood Status: Pure-Blood.

One of the strongest Quidditch player

Met his wife at Hogwarts.

Very protective to his family

Always workout to keep his muscles pumped.

Stay awake in overtime

Has an older brother, who got killed by Death Eater.

Used to be Quidditch player as a beater when in Year 2..

First - Order of the Phoenix.

Mother

Name: Magaret Hawkins

Eye: Hazel

Hair: Brown, Straight, Back length

Height: 5′7″

Schoolhouse: Gryffindor

Job: Muggle Expert

Info:

Blood Status: Pure-Blood

Love to learn something new in Muggle World.

Reading books in her free time.

Used to be Quidditch player as a chaser when in Year 2.

She was skilled in medical magic.

First - Order of the Phoenix.

Love Interest:

Penny Haywood

Best Friends:

Rowan Khanna

Charlie Weasley

Diego Caplan

Ben Copper

Bill Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Constantinos Brakus

Murphy McNully

Barnaby Lee

Earnest Jones

Rival: Erika Rath (Formerly)

Enemy: Rakepick, R

Dormmates: N/A

Pets: Cat, Rat, Frog, Owl, Crup, Kneazle, Puffskein, Streeler, Puppy Crup, Kitten Kneazle, Spider, Bat, Owlet and Pitbull (At home only)

Closest Canon Friends:

Rowan Khanna

Skye Parkin

Orion Amari

Erika Rath

Charlie Weasley

Diego Caplan

Ben Copper

Bill Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Murphy McNully

Barnaby Lee

Closest MC Friends:

Bucky Hensletter

Lea Cahill

Constantinos Brakus

Earnest Jones

Ben Paul

Background/History

Come from a rich family

His family and relatives (mostly male) had a violent history in the past, fortunately, they overcome it.

Playing baseball with his dad when he was 8

His parents spoiled him with muggle toys

He always wants to have a younger sibling, it doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or girl.

Love to play muggle sports when he was 10.

At the age of 6, he stays in his uncle’s house when his parents were on vacation, suddenly he and his uncle were attacked by one of Voldemort’s followers including Bellatrix Lestrange. His uncle was looking after him and eventually dying protecting Douglas from the killing curse who were cast by Bellatrix Lestrange. He witnessed his uncle’s death and Bellatrix becoming his biggest fear.

Personality

Brave

Confident

Adventurous

Playful

Protective

Energetic

Stubborn

Absent-Minded

Misc

Likes: Quidditch, Dogs, Dueling, Swimming.

Dislikes: Losing Quidditch, lose his family and friends.

Hobbies: Workout, Playing Baseball, Hanging out with friends, Doing broom trick, training Quidditch.

He’s the biggest fan of Quidditch and decided to join the team.

He immediately became popular after the Quidditch match.

As one of the most popular guys in Hogwarts, he has a very large number of female admirers but his true love is Penny.

At year 6, when Beatrice said that she wish her sister Penny disappear or worse, dead, he was furious and slap Beatrice for saying it but later, he wasn’t proud for what he did.

He used to think Rakepick is the best professor but after she betrays him, Lea and his friends, he became sad and furious.

He workout a lot to keep his muscles pumped.

He can lift more than 180 pounds and he’s also way stronger than most grown man.

He’s a meat lover.

He helps Lea stopped the Curse Vault and finding Jacob.

NOT Jacob’s siblings.

#harry potter hogwarts game #hogwarts mystery #Harry Potter Hogwarts mystery #hogwarts mobile game #hphm #mc #character: douglas hawkins

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thesinglesjukebox · 4 years

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LADY GAGA WITH ARIANA GRANDE - RAIN ON ME

[7.21]

A collaboration of two raining pop stars...

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: When was the last time you felt queer joy? a friend recently messaged me. It's not the only message that I've gotten like it, coming from someone reflecting on how hard it is to find love in our queer identities when the spaces and support networks we've spent our adult lives creating are no longer easily accessible. Lockdown is hard for everyone, but queer people have it especially rough. I have friends who chose to stay alone rather than return to uncomfortable family situations; friends who chose to find shelter in other countries rather than go home; friends in nominally progressive, loving environments who still feel constantly micro-aggressed against. Due to COVID, I've been forced to live with my parents for four months now, during which time we've managed to avoid a huge confrontation about my sexuality--but I still feel so lonely and unseen. "Rain on Me," however, sees me. This song is big and dumb and flawed, and probably designed as fan-service, but it is so, so gay. The more-is-more sound, the delightful camp aesthetic of the promos, the millions of memes, the outrageous Chromatica merchandise are all as extra as I wish I could be. For God's sake, at one point, Ariana literally sings the words, "Gotta live my truth, not keep it bottled in." Two of the biggest gay icons in the world coming together to sing about their traumas in the pouring rain would have been cathartic pop under any circumstances, but under these, it feels like nothing short of triumphant, torrential queer joy. [9]

Tobi Tella: For the Gay Event of 2020, that beat drop is cribbed right from 2013. The two work well together, and the result is hard not to like, but I'm also finding it hard to love. [6]

Will Adams: "Stupid Love" worked as a return to form for the maximalist Gaga of yester-decade. "Rain On Me" works even better for the sweet surprise at how much energy she injects into filter house, a genre whose recent re-emergence has often felt lifeless. The growl she adds to the "RAIN on me" that punctuates the instrumental break does plenty on its own. The presence of Grande and the alternate chorus at the very end implies that there could have been more but what was left on the cutting room floor doesn't really matter when the final 3-minute product is this electrifying. [8]

Joshua Lu: At times "Rain on Me" feels like two separate dance tracks spliced together: one with Lady Gaga's hefty vocals serving as the backbone for a groovy instrumental, and another with Ariana Grande's lithe voice adroitly dancing on the pounding synths. Either can succeed on its own, but when they mix, they hamper one another. It's most evident on the bridge, where Ariana's breathy delivery clashes with Gaga's campy deep voice, which shouldn't be used there regardless -- hearing it for an entire section makes it less powerful when it pops up as the pre-chorus. [5]

Edward Okulicz: This Lady Gaga single is okay to pretty good, but the chorus is basically just "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull. [6]

Scott Mildenhall: Not everything has to be "Telephone," but Gaga's statements about "Rain on Me"'s personal significance hit home how run-of-the-mill the song feels compared with something so conceptually walloping. The deep personal connection Gaga felt with Grande is sadly inaudible, and the boldest it all gets is with her spoken delivery of the title, an appreciably camp touch in a song that is content and perhaps correct to colour within the lines, however brightly. [7]

Katherine St Asaph: Did not expect my first thought upon hearing a Gaga song to be Shut Up Stella. This shrinks a bit after hearing Chromatica, which has more massive tracks. [6]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Gaga and Ari are pop music's two greatest theater kids. Every note, every line on "Rain on Me" is perfectly calibrated to demonstrate this, to make clear their skill at acting out the role of the pop star. The musical frame of the song is sturdy enough (it's not "Fade" or "Electricity" in terms of '90s house pastiche, but it grooves deeply enough to not seem lightweight), but "Rain on Me" is driven by their performances. It's most obvious on the song's bridge, where the combo of Gaga's imperial declarations and Ari's upper register meld together in kitschy glory. "Rain On Me" isn't a perfect song-- it's a bit underwritten, and the water metaphors don't fully come together-- but it's a near-perfect performance. [8]

Ryo Miyauchi: "I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive." It's a hook that's surely, and most likely unintentionally, informed by post-COVID life, but it also reminds me of the apocalyptic pop that flourished about a decade ago when dubstep was in full swing. That subgenre's structure still lives on at a elemental level, with the chorus devoid of lyrics, just now swapped for a chic, Justice-style electro-house. While any hint of doom might be more the beckoning of the current time, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's eager sense of abandon taps into now as much as it does to a recent past, and I hope it will speak to us in a similar way in the future when our world seems to be collapsing again in whatever context. [7]

Jessica Doyle: The more I listen to this the less it hangs together. Is the rain heartbreak or guilt? Is Lady Gaga the victim of it or using it for her own destructive ends? (Rain can be healing; tsunamis never are.) Why does she throw that cold, commanding "Rain. On. Me." refrain into a song that's supposed to be about vulnerable acceptance? And why isn't it "I'd rather be drunk, but at least I'm alive"? (Darn it.) I'll cede some power to the image of Gaga and Ariana Grande, both wounded and relatably self-aggrandizing, stomp-dancing around together in the rain, but stripped of pop-gossip context the song won't stick around. [5]

Leah Isobel: Lady Gaga is pop Jenny Holzer. She doesn't write lyrics, she writes slogans. I'D RATHER BE DRY, BUT AT LEAST I'M ALIVE isn't quite on the level of I WANT YOUR WHISKEY MOUTH ALL OVER MY BLONDE SOUTH, but the contrast between her severe consonants and Ariana's airy open vowels provides enough scaffolding that it works anyway -- and it doesn't hurt that the bass hurtles around that line like a Ferrari. If Gaga's oeuvre is a monument to the power of sheer determination, "Rain on Me" is what happens when she wills her sadness into release, her trauma into mere prelude; it's American pop myth-making at its purest. In that sense, it's an old-fashioned kind of triumph. [8]

Oliver Maier: Lady Gaga is too much of an auteur to really relinquish control. This is why her me/us-against-the-world cowboy songs suck, because she is at her best when she rules the reality that the music inhabits. On the strongest of her imperial-era singles, desperation and desire are either crystallised into museum exhibits or performed with such dark melodrama that they feel more like elaborate theatre for which she plays both director and lead role. "Rain On Me" is about giving in and letting herself cry, but the drop hinges critically on the spoken command that opens the floodgates; it's catharsis issued with total precision. Ariana, the reigning pop queen of emotional honesty, is at home on her confessional verse and then, having run out of stuff to do, sticks to ornamentation (it's funny that she gets a "with" credit for what is very much a "feat."). There are smart decisions -- the compact runtime, the way that the aqueous filtering drives the imagery home -- and then there's the simple, house-beats-go-brrrrr monkey brain joy of dance music that sounds this sure of itself; what it's doing, where it's going, how hard it slaps. [8]

Alex Clifton: Was this designed to get me through my next run? Through the next time Louisville is pelted by rain for days at a time? Through the pandemic? I'm not sure, but I've sold my soul to Gaga and Ariana for the above reasons and am more than happy with the results. [8]

Jackie Powell: I didn't really understand how this collaboration was going to work until I remembered the similarities that Grande and Gaga share. Besides the obvious that both are Italian, both have witnessed trauma in real-time and in front of the world. "Rain On Me" is a conversation that manifests in the music itself but also in all of its accompanying media, such as promotion its Robert Rodriguez-directed video. The moment when Lady Gaga pulls the knife out of her leg is purposeful Right as Gaga forcefully hauls the knife out of her thigh, Grande begins her verse. We can't move through pain and trauma alone; that invitation into conversation and togetherness is part of the healing. The melody of "Rain on Me," which I'm assuming was written mostly by Grammy-winning Nija, was orchestrated as an internal battle-cry that is designed to be spouted out. Gaga begins singing as we expect her to, with a deep darker belt in her sweet spot. But once we hit the pre-chorus goin into the chorus, she switches into bright head voice, which is where we expect Grande to be. Ari then sings deep in her chest, around the pre-chorus and into the chorus. There's a pattern. During the bridge, they switch again, and then again in the outro. As to what's going on with Gaga and her vocal fry in that bridge and the last phrase of the chorus, some say it's just classic Gaga, The Fame Monster Gaga. While that's correct, she uses it as a tool with multiple functions. It serves as a "c'mon let's go to #Chromatica" statement, but it's also a transition that facilitates the journey. It sets up the glorious bassline that not only explodes into the ears, but was directly interpolated from Gwen McCrae's "All This Love That I'm Giving." But back to the pre-choruses: They give the listener the track's thesis and its heart. In the first pre-chorus when Gaga belts that she's ready for the rain, she's not fighting it anymore. All of that emotion is happening. The second pre-chorus is the reformation of the feeling. It's not comfortable, but we need to just let it out, let it fall, and let it be felt. "I'm ready. Rain on me." [10]

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#Lady Gaga #Ariana Grande #pop #music #music review

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nobodies-png · 5 years

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Biphobia warning: Can we get Larxene, Aqua, Naminé, Kairi, or Xion dealing with a "well-meaning" person telling her she should break up with her bisexual S/O because "obviously" they'll just cheat on her with a guy? And then some fluff when she comforts the reader? (My GF is bi, I'm lesbian. I've gotten this line a few times. The nerve of some people!)

yIKES - fuck those people, nonnie ! i’m sure you and your gf are lovely, ignore those d u m b comments - like mAN, SHIT LIKE THIS MAKES ME SO MAD, ITS 2019 GUYS, OPEN YOUR EYES

Larxene :

Long story short : Larxene doesn’t deal well with people patronizing her or judging and shit talking her choices in partners. Love is a really touchy subject for her, so you can tell she’s about to get violent by the sudden rise in electricity in the air. And because she’s already summoned her weapons as a w a r n i n g, idly fiddling with them through gritted teeth.

If the person keeps up with their nonsense, Larxene won’t hesitate to pick them by the collar of their shirt, pulling them to her eye level before chewing them out with her harsh words. Who are they to insult you so freely ? What kind of shitty accusations are those ? “Well-meaning” her ass ! Larxene can tell this person is full of bullshit from miles away.

If they’re someone you don’t particulary care about or know, Larxene w i l l shock them - so you’ll have to drag her away somewhere more private before things get out of control. But even if she tells you that she’s okay, you know she’s not. Before you can even get a word out, she’s already talking, her back turned to you - trying to brush off this entire ordeal.

“The world is full of assholes, isn’t it ?” It’s extremely hard for Larxene to be so casually affectionate or show her more vulnerable side - yes, even to you - but she’ll give you a hug after this, burying her face in the crook of your neck so you don’t see her pitiful expression. “They don’t know shit about you, I do. And I know you’d never hurt me or anyone else like that.” Larxene is fully aware you’re bisexual, so what about it ? She’s the one y o u chose to love and she’s happy with that.

Aqua :

It would be fine if the insult was directed at her - she’s mature enough to know not to reply and to be the bigger person. But this ? This disrespect is directed at you and she will not tolerate it. If you let her, Aqua would give the person a s t e r n lecture, so classy and savage they’ll be left speechless and embarrassed for saying such stupid things about you.

But if you don’t want any confrontation, Aqua will merely give them a fake smile, say something like “Understandable. It must be hard to be so closed minded. Get well soon and have a nice day !” and lead you away from this person. To wash away the bitter taste of this encounter, Aqua would treat you to lunch - pick anything you want, it’s on her !

She shows no signs of being affected by any of this, but she doesn’t let go of your hand. There’s an unspoken vow between the two to pretend nothing happened, but you decide to confront Aqua about it anyway - she taught you to be open about your feelings and share them with her anytime you needed, so you want her to do the same.

“It’s embarrassing, I should know better than to get mad. But I have to admit, I can’t stop thinking about it. You don’t deserve to hear such cruel words.” Aqua would take your hands into hers and give you the most sincere look, explaining that no matter what the world says, she’s proud and happy to be with someone wonderful like you ! She’s fought for the safety of this entire world, so she doesn’t comprehend why there’s people so hellbent on putting boundaries on how the rest should love or live.

Namine :

Namine despises confrontation, so she’ll ignore whoever is saying that to her as best as she can - either by changing topics or just pretending they don’t exist. She doesn’t want them to get into details, but she doesn’t have the courage to properly tell them to shut up and mind their own business either. If you’re with her, Namine will give you an apologetic look - she’s really sorry that she couldn’t do more for you.

In the end, the person would leave thinking they’re in the right - but at least there were no arguments or fights. The moment you two are alone, Namine would apologize over and over, fussing over all the things she could’ve done instead to defend you - it’s not okay to fight, but it’s not okay to let others insult you like that either ! Maybe she should go back and give that person an actual piece of her mind ?

You’re gonna have to stop Namine from actually doing that, convince her that you’re fine - but h o o o boy. Her face is red from all the frustration building up in her chest. Namine wants to worry about what you two are going to have for breakfast tomorrow, about how to decorate a house if you two ever live together, about the name of the future pet you might adopt - not about what strangers and outsiders think of your relationship.

She thinks it’s not fair, for you and for the rest of bisexual people in the world. How could someone say something so mean ? They don’t even know you ! Namine would pull you in for a hug, listing all the things she loves about you to remind you that you’re valid and appreciated.

Kairi :

Whoever told her that kind of bullshit is in for a wild ride. If the person who told her that seems decent enough, Kairi will patiently explain that those rumours are just a lie and that cheating isn’t inherent to any romantic or sexual orientation. That’s like saying all pitbulls are awful raging beasts. Or that all left handed people are evil.

However, if they seem like the type of asshole with a close mind who just refuses to get properly informed, Kairi w o n ‘ t hesitate. Even a princess has her limits and those limits have been c r o s s e d the moment they talked shit about you. You kinda have to remind her to use her words instead of her fists when you see her roll her sleeves.

Kairi grew up in a fairly accepting and safe enviroment, so she has a somewhat naive and hopeful view on the world. “We have better things to worry about than who loves who.” She wants to assume everyone is a good person, so everytime she encounters these types of people, her blood just b o i l s. Of course, that laced with her strong sense of justice can lead to her getting hurt - so you’re gonna have to drag her away before things escalate.

For the rest of the day, Kairi will latch onto you like a koala, being extra sweet with you. The last thing she wants is for you to doubt your identity because of some dumb comment. She loves you just the way that you are and no one can change her mind ! If the two of you stay strong, one day you’ll show the entire world that your love is worth fighting for.

Xion :

Xion is s o confused. Like, legitimately confused - asking the person who told her to break up with you a thousand questions. Where did they get this information ? What does it mean ? Don’t same gender and straight couples hace the same risk of being cheated on or cheating ? Doesn’t that depend on the person ?

In the end, whoever gave her that unnecessary advice will just. Leave, because they have no actual information to back up that accusation. You’ll have to sit her down and explain what that nonsense meant - the moment she understands, you’ll see her face go red in anger. Like Namine, she’d want to find the person just to set things right, but instead, Xion would focus on never letting anyone else talk about you like that.

She immediately takes you to have some ice cream in some secluded calm spot so you two can just rant till your hearts content, joking about the situation. “I can’t tell Axel or Roxas about this. They’ll probably kill that person if we see them again!” The two of you would move on and continue with your lives !

But of course, Xion tends to overthink. So at the end of the day, before you go back home, she’ll awkwardly tell you that you’re the strongest person she knows, dealing with shit like that on a daily basis. You helped her find out her own identity and individuality as a person, so no matter what, she’ll stay by your side !

#kh headcanons #reader insert #kairi #xion #namine #aqua #larxene #Anonymous #biphobia

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oscar-isaacs-number-one-bitch · 5 years

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“Aquaman” Movie Review

Aquaman is DC’s sixth and latest entry into their cinematic universe, and the first since the severely underwhelming box office results of Justice League made us all question whether or not this attempt at replicating Marvel Studios’ success was ever actually going to succeed post-Wonder Woman. This film finds Insidious and Conjuring director James Wan helming the story of Arthur Curry, the son of a lighthouse keeper from Amnesty Bay and the Queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. After the events of Justice League, as well as a submarine rescue in which he encounters the man who will become Black Manta, Arthur returns home to his father. It isn’t long, however, before Princess Mera finds him, and warns him of a coming threat: Arthur’s brother, King Orm, means to declare war on the surface world, and everyone in it. If he is to be stopped, Arthur must put off the grudge he has against his people (whom he has denied because they supposedly killed his mother), and become the hero he is meant to be.

If there were a single word to describe what I felt sitting in the theater watching Aquaman for the first time, I wouldn’t know what it would be. I’ll say ahead of time that Wonder Woman is absolutely still DC’s strongest film to date, but the sheer level of commitment this movie has to its mid-2000’s levels of cheese and pulp give it an affecting charm not too many superhero films find themselves openly sporting in the modern day. Many superhero films, especially when it comes to those put out by either Marvel Studios or Warner Bros, have a particular dispensation towards either hard-hitting emotional drama or outright action comedy, so to see something so bizarre as Aquaman’s singular commitment to its premise that sounds like something a 10-year-old playing with action figures would have written significant portions of is really something quite special to witness.

This is all thanks to the visionary direction of James Wan, a man so adept at building worlds and creating wholly unique atmospheres for actors to play in that he might as well have actually gone underwater to the kingdom of Atlantis just to get some primary location photography. Seriously, the underwater worlds in this thing are genuine stunners with easily the best bioluminescent environments and effects on screen since James Cameron’s Avatar (not that anyone’s really tried all that hard since anyhow). Traveling through the kingdoms of Atlantis, the Brine, etc, is wonderous and somewhat frustrating, but only because you’re taken through it so quickly you never stay long enough to drink in every bit of visual beauty this movie has to offer. But if you thought the visuals and central premise of an Atlantian superhero having to find a trident and fight a war against his brother underwater for the safety of the world is the most absurd thing in Aquaman, you are not prepared for the hurricane that’s about to hit.

About one third of the way through the second act, there are a number of montages that occur all within about ten minutes of each other and feature the only three songs in the entire movie whilst the rest of its runtime is filled with a mostly workable but never-quite-finds-its-footing score from Harry Gregson-Williams. These montages begin with a sort of half-committed Baywatch tribute that features a cover of Africa by Toto (sung by musical artist Rhea), which is mixed in with a rap by Mr. Worldwide himself (Pitbull). Not even half an hour later, the film sports another fantasy tribute by setting a Tangled-esque scene between Arthur and Mera in a shoreside town near the same beach. It really is quite something to witness this movie simply take a break from itself in the middle of the second act just to play three music video montages in a row and then get right back to the action that brought the characters there.

Speaking of action, this is some of the most unique and kinetic the DC Extended Universe has ever had. Given the premise that most of the fighting in Aquaman is based around one-on-one trident warfare and hand-to-hand combat, what of the action isn’t grandiose superpower grandstanding has to be very up close and personal bow staff style fight choreography, and the way it plays out is a beautiful thing to see. It’s wonderfully edited during the up close and personal stuff, and some of the tracking shots during the larger battles between civilizations are truly some of the best in DC’s pantheon. I suppose if there were any negatives to the action sequences, it would likely be that most of them start the same way, with the characters getting quiet and then an explosion rocking them back to preparedness, which wouldn’t be a problem except that it occurs four or five times throughout the film, thus costing each subsequent surprise attack its effectiveness by making it too much of a habit.

But enough about the action and visually stimulating underwater worlds; how are the characters? A film can have all the spectacle in the world, but without proper character, it’s going to flounder. The characters in Aquaman? They’re…fine. Truth be told, anyone who wasn’t already on board with Jason Momoa’s bro culture rendition of the title character isn’t necessarily going to be won over by his mostly stilted but badass-in-action-scenes performance here, but they do tone down a lot of his more annoying quirks he was introduced with in Justice League, and that should count for something. Momoa is a physically dominant force as Arthur Curry, but whether it was some of the line he was given or because maybe he’s just not been with the right directors yet, his performance here really only reaches dynamic screen presence levels; there’s not a lot of room for nuance in his acting, and while that may be for the best given the kind of performer he is, it does hurt the film a bit overall.

Showing up again as well for round two is Amber Heard as Princess Mera, who more than fits the part as the woman trying to get the reluctant hero to do the hero’s arc because it’s important for him to know he can do it on his own (and she easily has the best costume design in the entire thing), but part of her arc has to do with her relationship to Arthur, and it gets a little confusing because this had supposedly already been covered in Justice League. She does really well for what she’s given to work with, but unfortunately Momoa just doesn’t give off a lot. Also here is veteran Wan-man Patrick Wilson, turning yet another leaf in the journey of acting circles around everyone even with a somewhat messy script to work with. As King Orm, he’s act once fiercely commanding and brilliantly emotive, but he never takes his performance so far as to overshadow Arthur’s main narrative. Willem Dafoe is in…something, but it’s not Aquaman. Seeing him show up as Valko is a real treat to watch, but largely because he’s such an interesting performer, it’s almost like he’s brought back his Norman Osbourne character to teach Jason Momoa how to swim. I’m sure the character probably matters more in the comics, but here, he just feels unnecessary, despite the joy just seeing Willem Dafoe on screen brings.

The unsung hero of this movie, though, at least in terms of performance, is unquestionably Nicole Kidman, who runs the emotional gambit from motherly chiding/affection to kick-ass warrior queen to awestruck-but-terrified literal fish-out-of-water in just her first fifteen minutes of screen time so smoothly and so expertly you’d think she might actually pull an Oscar nomination out of this. She really is having a great year performance-wise between this, Big Little Lies, Boy Erased, and the upcoming Destroyer, and it’s really been quite something to see her come back mid-50’s and show up everyone on any screen she shares by her sheer level of talents and commitment to character. In fact, her part in this movie might not just be the most compelling of the character turns, but also of the plot threads – it actually moved me, and cut right to the heart.

Some negatives about the film (besides what I’ve mentioned already) would include fairly subpar editing and lack of narrative focus; it’s not exactly bad most of the time right up until the second act where the music video montages come in and feel incredibly out of place in this already two and a half hour long movie (that you absolutely do feel the length of during the transition to act three), but it is somewhat off-putting, especially when certain scenes seem to either just start right in the middle of what was probably a longer take, or they’re just strangely placed as if they’re out of order and the editor just forgot about it. It kind of seems like part of the time, it doesn’t know what it wants to be about, and this is particularly felt during the scenes with Black Manta, who (while cool) doesn’t seem like he really was necessary to include this time around. The sound design also sometimes makes things difficult to hear since a lot of it takes place underwater, and while I certainly understand the need to communicate that, it might have been better left to the visuals to communicate, as the effects sometimes blurs certain lines and entire character monologues get lost. In addition, some of the visual effects (while there are a lot that are incredible to see) are actually pretty subpar, particularly wherein green screen is used to give location background to actors that are clearly acting against nothing during a beach training scene where most of the close up shots are straight on rather than from the side or done with two people in frame.

Still, despite its somewhat obvious flaws, Aquaman is the sort of rock and roll good-time superhero movie 10-year-old me would have eaten up. It’s cheesier than a white man’s casserole and pulpier than Tarantino’s back catalogue, but its sheer commitment to the dumb fun of it all really makes it a charming wave to ride. The visuals and costume design are all (mostly) immaculate, and the overlong runtime, while noticeable, doesn’t overshadow the film’s fair share of crowd-cheer moments so cool you wanna jump out of your seat. It may be quite bizarre even for DC, but their innate faith in James Wan’s filmmaking prowess and risk-taking shows they’re taking a few steps (or swims) in the right direction.

I’m giving “Aquaman” a 7.8/10

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[A/N: At this point should you even believe me as to when this fic will be completed? Probably not. I love you all, thank you for your support and reading and continued patience. PS. Death Wish Coffee is a real coffee and I nearly died when I found that out.]

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6

It's two days later when he gets a present back from Karen.

He's running past her apartment with Gracie, expecting nothing but the low grade thrill he always gets when he runs past her place, when he looks up and sees the pot of daffodils sitting out on the windowsill.

He stops abruptly on the sidewalk beneath her fire escape, the movement so sudden that Gracie yelps a bit as her collar digs into her throat from the force of the stop.

He immediately drops down to one knee and loosens her collar, rubbing his fingers across her neck.

“Sorry girl,” he says softly, breathless in a way that he knows is only partially from the effort of running the last half hour.

He squints up at windowsill, trying to make out what might be waiting for him. It’s looks too big and heavy to be her simply returning the book to him, which he knows is a ridiculous fear to have but has weighed heavily on his mind in these last two days anyway.

He gives Gracie a few more rubs to her neck, then walks her over to the streetlamp nearby and loops her leash around it and tells her to sit and stay.

A few minutes later, he’s back down with a substantially heavy box under his arm. He almost wants to wait around for Karen, for any number of reasons, really, but right now because of the fact that she’d left her window half open and wedged the box underneath it to hold it in place. He’d closed it firmly before he’d descended down the ladder, but just knowing that it’s unlocked, capable of being easily opened and slipped through by any passing stranger sets off a wave of anxiety in the pit of his stomach.

He feels Gracie brush up against him and drops down to his knee to scratch behind her ears.

She lets him get in a few scratches, but it’s obvious that she’s far more interested in the box in his hands. Which makes sense, since he’s pretty sure it’s mostly for her seeing as the words Bark Box are stamped on the front of it.

He opens it up and finds an explainer card for what is apparently a subscription box meant to spoil Gracie every month. This month’s theme is apparently “May Flowers,” a small point of fact that makes him smile.

He -- with plenty of help from Gracie -- rifles through the box and finds two toys, a bag of treats and a rawhide chew stick. In the corner of the box, wedged between plush, stuffed flower pot and a rubber flower chew toy, is a mug with painted pitbulls on it. Inside is a gift card stuck in a plain brown envelope with an address written on the front in Karen’s firm, looping script.

He opens up the bag of treats and gives Gracie one as he looks up the address on his phone. He and Gracie walk over to his truck so he can drop off the box -- to her great consternation -- then keeps walking West from Karen’s apartment.

The coffee shop is just a few blocks down, a relatively nondescript brick storefront with the wide open windows and plush seating you might expect from any other coffee shop. He leans over and looks at the name -- Vigilantes, written in bold, blocky font on the front window.

He squints a bit at it and tilts his head, considering the name. He’s about to loop Gracie’s leash around one of the chairs when he sees a sign on the door that reads, “Dogs welcome and encouraged!” The corner of his mouth quirks up as he reaches out and opens the door, steps inside to the pleasant smell of coffee beans.

The walls are covered with art of the many different superheroes this city’s got zipping around it at any given time, interspersed with framed front pages of newspapers with headlines about aliens and science experiments gone wrong and gods from other worlds.

He walks up to the counter and is greeted by a kid who can’t be any more than 19, long dark hair falling in waves around his face. The kid smiles widely at him, energy practically buzzing off of him.

“Hey, hey, welcome to Vigilantes. Have you been here before?”

“I have...not.” He holds up Karen's gift in his hand. “Got a gift card.”

“Cool, man, cool. So, each of our orders is based on a different superhero or vigilante. For example,The Hulk -- the beans are roasted --.”

The kid’s voice fades into the background as he scans the menu in front of him. When he sees what he's looking for, he holds up a hand to him.

“Hey, uh -- can you tell me what type of drink I get if I order a Punisher?”

The kid -- Allen, according to his name tag -- smiles widely.

“Yeah man, sure, sure. That's actually one of my favorites. So, it’s just straight up black coffee, no fuss, no muss, nothing added. The beans are roasted at a shop here in New York -- little place in Saratoga Springs. It's this incredibly bold flavor with a kick -- oh, shit, sorry! I'm supposed to show you a bag, too, in case you wanna buy some -- hold on.”

He ducks down for a moment, then comes back up with a black coffee bag in his hand.

Frank grabs the bag of coffee and studies it. It's all black with a skull and crossbones stamped on the middle of it, the words Death Wish Coffee Co. circling around it.

“So, yeah,” Allen continues on rapidly, “it's called Death Wish Coffee, and like, perfect right? They say it's the strongest coffee in the world, which I absolutely believe, because this stuff will absolutely, absolutely kick your ass.”

Frank purses his lips for a moment to try to keep from smiling, then just bows his head towards his chest and laughs -- a deep, loud sound that comes from some place in him that only rarely sees the light of day.

He looks up and sees Allen looking at him with a confused expression and clears his throat, though he knows that there’s probably still a too-wide grin on his face.

“I’ll take an 8 ounce Punisher, Allen.” He holds the bag of coffee up. “And I’ll take one of these, too.”

He hands the card over to Allen, who smiles brightly at him.

“Alright man, cool, cool.” He looks down at the screen and taps it a few times. “Oh! You want beans or grounds? Because I gave you beans.”

“Grounds,” he says, handing the bag back over to Allen, who takes it and disappears beneath the counter for a second before coming up with a different bag.

“Here you are, man.” He swipes Frank’s card, then turns the screen around so that it faces Frank. “And just so you know, you had 50 bucks on the card originally, and you have 27 bucks left on the card after the drink and the grounds.” Allen smiles even wider as Frank taps for a 20% tip. “Oh hey! I think I know your friend who got you this gift -- Karen, right? Blonde, tall and, like, willow-y -- works for the Bulletin?”

Frank blinks rapidly. Her name catches him off guard, and he hopes that he’s managed to smooth out the longing in his expression to something flatter, more neutral.

“Uh, yeah, sounds like her.” He glances around the shop, imagines her walking in, her blue eyes bright and sparkling. He feels his expression falter. “She in here often?”

Allen makes a so-so motion with his shoulders, tilts his head back and forth.

“I mean, we just opened last week, so we haven’t had too many people come through yet, but she’s been in two or three times at least, I'd say -- on her way to work. I remembered her because there haven’t been many people who’ve bought a gift card, and definitely no one else who bought one for fifty.” He clicks his tongue, bounces up on the balls of his feet as he thinks. “And I just remembered her working at the Bulletin because she said that she doesn’t write up food or drink stuff, but that she’d pass our name along to the guy who does, which is good because -- .”

Jesus, this kid must drink the coffee by the gallon. He can practically feel him vibrating with energy.

“Yeah, that’s Karen,” he says, and he manages to shake himself free enough of his distracted longing to offer the kid a genuine smile. “She, uh, she knows I’m a big coffee guy. Always looking for the strongest stuff.” He grabs the cup that’s materialized in front of him during Allen’s long, rambling explanation and takes a sip, then whistles low and smacks his lips together. “And I gotta say, that does feel like a bit of an ass kicking.”

Allen smiles broadly at him. Frank wonders how the kid’s cheeks don’t hurt all the time from the force of his continued smiling, but also decides that it’s somewhat endearing in its own way.

“Yeah, right? It totally is.” He swivels the screen back around to face him. “So, also, there’s a dog bowl of water in the corner over there if you want to sit and chill a little bit with your dog. And treats, too -- homemade!”

Frank tips the coffee cup in Allen’s direction, then walks over to the recliner in the corner that he pointed out. There’s a jar filled with bone shaped treats next to him, and he promptly finds the biggest one and gives it to Gracie before he sits down.

It’s actually a pretty nice little place, all things considered. The decor on the walls is interesting where it might be kitschy, there’s a glass display case of some nice looking pastries, and hadn't been lying when he said the coffee was the strongest he’s ever had.

Gracie finishes up her treat and stretches in front of him before laying down at his feet and resting her head on top of his shoe. To anyone that might be watching, he knows it must look like a quiet moment of contentment. And it might be, too, if he could manage to tamp down the excess of emotions that have been slowly and steadily rising up from the pit of his stomach ever since Allen said Karen’s name at the counter.

Because all he can think about is sharing in this place, in this moment with her. All he can think about is the wry look on her face as she watches him order a Punisher, the pointed way she’d order some other drink -- a Thor, maybe, or a Captain America. It’s absurd how clearly he can see the teasing glint in her eyes, how distinctly he can hear her laughter in the air. He thinks about the way she would brush against him as she laughed, the easy way he might knock his shoulder into hers to let her know he’s teasing. As if they’ve spent endless conversations laughing and joking with one another, as if they’ve ever had more than mere moments of lighthearted conversation.

It’s ridiculous, he knows, to miss something that you’ve never even really had in the first place.

But it doesn’t stop him from missing it.

“So, I didn’t realize that you and Karen had been in touch,” David says a few nights later, looking across the table at him.

He huffs out a sardonic laugh and sits back down heavily across from him, picks up his beer bottle and takes a swig before answering.

“So, what - you two -. “ He levels the bottle and between where David and Curtis are sitting. “You just gossiping about me while I’m in the bathroom?” He shakes his head. “Maybe I shouldn’t’ve asked you both to have a beer after all.”

Curtis laughs as David shrugs, a grin stretched out across his face.

“Gifts on her windowsill, Frank? Really? I was half-joking when I said that to you.”

“I don’t know why you’re even surprised,” Curtis says, leaning back in his chair and eyeing David. “You knew about the flowers on the windowsill from before. I just found all this shit out last week.”

“Which, by the way,” David says, narrowing his eyes at Frank, “I can’t believe you’ve been coming over twice a week for, like, over a month and you never mentioned this.”

Frank purses his lips, then shrugs a shoulder.

“You never asked.”

David huffs.

“I was trying to be, you know -- cordial or some shit. Wait for you to bring it up.”

“Not really much to bring up, David.”

Curtis laughs as David swivels in his chair and looks at Frank incredulously.

“You and Karen are leaving each other hats and photos and whatever other shit on her windowsill like you’re in some sort of 18th century, like, Victorian novel or something. That’s definitely something, Frank.” David narrows his eyes, tilts his head at Frank. “You do know we have email, right? The postal service even?”

“Nah, that’s not dramatic enough for Frank,” Curtis says, a truly shit eating grin on his face. “Man’s got a love for the theatrics.”

Frank scoffs and finishes up the rest of his beer, then looks across the table at the two men opposite of him and shakes his head.

“You know, I’m regretting introducing the two of you to one another.”

Curtis just smiles at that while David leans in across the table.

“So, what’d you give her other than the photo of you and Gracie?”

He tilts his head, narrows his eyes at David.

“What makes what you think I gave her anything else but that?”

David shrugs.

“It’s not exactly reciprocal in nature, right? You leave Karen flowers and bullets, she leaves you coffee and a beanie. You leave her a picture, she leaves you a picture. It wouldn’t be even if she gave you and Gracie a gift and you just gave her a picture of you two, yeah?”

Frank shrugs, tries to keep a neutral expression on his face.

“Seems like you sure think you’re right.”

“That means you’re right, man,” Curtis adds in as he leans back in his chair. “Now I’m curious, too, Frank. We know that it’s gotta be something that tells Karen something about you or how you been doing.” He taps his fingers on the table, a thoughtful look on his face.

David glances over at Curtis.

“Why is that something that we know?”

Frank turns towards him as well, curious about his answer.

Curtis gestures towards Frank as he turns towards David.

“Well, that’s the pattern as far as I can tell -- Karen gives him things to let him know that she’s thinking of him, Frank gives her stuff to let her know how he’s trying to build a life that doesn’t revolve around vengeance.”

“That's - huh.” Frank sits back in his chair and purses his lips, nods as he considers Curtis’ words.

“You really didn’t realize that was the pattern?” Curtis shakes his head and huffs a laugh. “I thought it was pretty damn obvious.”

“Yeah, well -- sometimes Frank has trouble seeing what's obvious to everyone else,” David adds, grinning over at Frank, who has the sudden urge to both roll his eyes and punch David squarely in the chest.

He does neither, just reaches across the table and finishes David’s beer with one long swig.

“I left her a book,” he says, wiping his mouth before setting the empty bottle down in front of him. “Moby Dick.”

David and Curtis both shoot him near identical looks of exasperation and disapproval.

“Frank, what the hell,” David blurts out, at the same time that Curtis says --

“Are you serious, Frank?”

He shrugs.

“It’s one of my favorite books.”

“Makes sense,” David says, giving Frank a crooked grin. “Little on the nose though, yeah?”

Curtis is just shaking his head next to him.

“Jesus Christ, Frank. She gives you a nice shirt, and you give her a homework assignment.” He furrows his brows. “Hold up -- that doesn’t exactly follow the pattern you two have set up. So there has to be, I don’t know, some kind of specific reason for it.”

“A reason other than that you want her to stop communicating with you altogether because you gave her a 700 page novel about a whale,” David jokes, a slight tinge of incredulity to his words. “Moby Dick, Frank. Seriously?”

“Well, it was my copy of Moby Dick, if that makes you feel any better.”

David raises an eyebrow.

“It...doesn’t. Should it?”

Frank sighs and leans back, stretches his arm out across the back of the chair next to him. There’s a part of him that just wants to shut down the conversation completely -- shrug it off and stonewall the two, or just get up and pay his tab -- but it’s overruled by the part of him that knows that this is all part of building a friendship, of building his life back up from nothing. So he just sighs heavily and looks over at Curtis.

“I was listening to you, you know.” He makes a looping gesture with his hands. “Uh, what you said -- what you said to me the other night.” He fidgets a bit, taps his fingers along the side of the chair. “Karen -- she doesn’t really know me, she doesn’t...she can’t really know me.”

“That’s not all I said, Frank,” Curtis says, shaking his head.

“Yeah, yeah, I know, but…” He rubs his hand across the back of his neck. “But it’s true, right? It’s -- .”

“It’s not the whole truth,” Curtis interjects. “If you remember, I also said that Karen could help you figure out what -- who -- you might be.”

“But she, uh, deserves to know -- should at least have the chance to know who I am. As much as, you know, as much as anyone can.” He folds his arms in front of him. “The copy that I left her...it’s the one I read, shit, at least half a dozen times when I first got my apartment. It has, uh, it has all my notes and shit in it, right? Shit I wrote in the margins, shit that I underlined. It just, it -- it has all my shit in it. It...it has a lot of me in it.” He swivels his head between Curtis and David. “Figured Karen at least should...she reads that, and it gives her a pretty good idea about me. Then, you know.” He shrugs and nods. “Whatever she decides.”

He sees Curtis and David glance at one another.

“Well, I think you're an idiot,” David says.

“Thanks David. Appreciate that.”

David gives him a wry look and shakes his head.

“Not for giving her a book -- for thinking that could change anything.” He looks around, then leans forward in his chair. “She met you when you were on trial for murdering 37 people, Frank. She's not gonna care that you have some weird affinity for Ahab.”

He has both the urge to argue with David and the desperate need to believe him. Gives in to neither and instead settles for giving David a long, inscrutable look.

“It's not,” he finally says, because he’s suddenly struck by the fact that two men sitting across from him know him better than anyone that’s currently alive, and that neither of them know much at all about what Karen is to him. At least, who she is as much as he can explain it.

He’s not quite sure he can handle any more lines of questioning about what Karen may or may not do, about who he is or isn’t. But he can talk about what Karen has done for him. He thinks the two men sitting across from him deserve at least that.

“It’s not…” David starts, a questioning look in his eyes. “You don't have a weird affinity for Ahab?”

Frank shakes his head.

“Nah, man -- it's not when I first met her. Not, you know, technically, at least.” David looks surprised, while Curtis just looks interested. “She was helping to protect this shitbag Kitchen Irish member -- Grotto -- and...”

Curtis raises an eyebrow.

“And you were…”

Frank shrugs.

“Shooting at Grotto.”

David, for some reason, looks infinitely disappointed in this story.

“Ok, so, not quite the meet-cute I had in mind for you two.“ He sighs heavily, like he’s just had some dream of his ripped to pieces. “I guess that is a more you story though -- meeting Karen when you’re shooting at her.”

“At Grotto.”

David rolls his eyes.

“In her direction, then.” David tilts his head and furrows his brows. “I’m going to assume that your second meeting was less, you know, guns and violence, since somewhere down the line she actually wanted to help you.”

He looks down at the table, scratches at a mark that’s probably been there for the last ten years, then licks his lips and looks back up at Curtis and David.

“Second time I met her, I was in police custody. Beat to hell, strapped to a hospital bed. They had this, this red fucking tape -- just this box around my hospital bed that no one was supposed to cross for their own safety or some shit.” The corner of his mouth quirks up, even though the memory can’t actually be described as anything even approaching pleasant. “Karen crossed it, though, ‘cause…’cause that’s just who she is.” At this, he can’t help but smile, thinking of her. The fearlessness, the determination. Thinks she would’ve made a hell of a Marine. “She was with the two attorneys on the case, and I just...I didn’t give a shit about them, about the case, about anything. I was just -- I was done, you know. Just really done.” He shakes his head. “But Karen, she was just getting started. She’d done all this research, you know, looked into my story, realized that something wasn’t right. That there was some shit going on. So she sees me, and she knows that I’m just some asshole who’s gonna end up dead if I don’t get my shit together, so she crossed that tape, right, she crossed that line. And she -- she shows me this picture of my family -- me, Maria, the kids at the carousel and…” He trails off, finds that he can’t meet either man’s eyes for a moment.

“How’d she get a picture?” David asks. “I wouldn’t think that’d be in your file.”

He looks up, lifts a shoulder in a half-shrug.

“She broke into my house.”

Curtis blinks rapidly at that, while David just shakes his head and lets out a small chuckle.

“You know, it’s no wonder you like her so much -- you’re both driven as hell, and neither of you have any kind of sense of self-preservation.”

Frank ducks his head down, thinks about the truth of the second part of that statement and frowns. He wishes that was one thing that they didn’t share.

He clears his throat.

“The whole time, you know, that whole trial -- it, uh, it mattered to her.” He glances sideways at both Curtis and David once, before looking back down at the table. “Finding out the truth about what happened to me, what happened to my family. It mattered to her that we did something about it.”

Even now, he can hardly believe that it’s true. He wonders if she knows what that meant to him -- to have someone notice that he was once a man, to have someone remind him what it meant to be more than a mission. He hopes she does -- hopes that their wordless exchanges aren’t limited to matters of safety and times of crisis.

(Another part of him, quiet but insistent, tells him that he doesn’t have to simply hope. That this is an exchange that doesn’t, needn’t be wordless. He ignores it. Finds that it isn’t as easy as it was before.)

Curtis rubs his temple, narrows his eyes at Frank.

“You mattered to her, Frank.” He waits for Frank to meet his gaze before he continues, picks up that prior thread of conversation like it hasn’t been over a week since they first started talking about it. “That’s what all this tells me. It’s never been about your mission or your war. It’s always been you.”

He doesn’t say anything to that, just tilts his head back and forth, makes a noise that might be agreement, might just be him clearing his throat. He notices David and Curtis exchanging glances again, but can’t quite make out what passes between them.

Finally, David clears his throat.

“I guess it makes sense -- her wanting to make sure the truth came out. That’s what she did with Union Allied, too, right?”

Frank furrows his brows.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, that’s how she ended up working for your attorneys, uh --.” He snaps his fingers a few times. “Nelson and Murdock -- that’s it -- in the first place, right?” He frowns at the look on Frank’s face. “She got framed for murdering someone at Union Allied, Nelson and Murdock took her case on against the murder charges, turned out there was some shady shit going on at Union Allied that she knew about? I mean, stuff that went all the way up to Wilson Fisk.” He spreads his hands out in front of him, palms up. “Shit, Frank, do you really not know any of this? I mean, I didn’t even have to dig very deep for it -- few front page articles, connected a couple of dots.”

Frank crosses his arms tightly in front of him. David squints at him, takes in his posture, his expression.

“It bothers you.”

“What?”

“It bothers you that I might know more about Karen than you do.”

He grunts, raises his shoulders in a tight imitation of a shrug.

“Maybe it bothers me that you felt like you needed to look her up.”

“Frank, c’mon. I didn't know who she was. I didn't know how she fit into everything, and you weren’t exactly as chatty as you’re being right now.” He sighs. “I needed to know that I could trust her.”

“And what you found -- that made you trust her?”

David shrugs, the corner of his lip turning up in a small half-smile.

“I learned to trust you.”

Frank relaxes his shoulders and forces the scowl off his face, lets the air of his lungs slowly.

“Yeah, alright.” he mutters. “Ok.”

“You know, what you could do if it bothers you that David knows all this stuff about Karen that you don’t?” Curtis asks. “You could just ask her about it yourself.”

He chews the bottom of his lip, tilts his head, looks back and forth between the two men.

“I left her that book, right?” He scrapes a hand across the stubble on his chin. “We’ll see how she feels after it.”

He says it with a finality that signals that the conversation, as far he’s concerned, is over. And it must speak to his friendship with both Curtis and David that they simply accept that, easily turn the conversation to other, more mundane and normal aspects of their lives.

He’s glad to have them both here, together; knows he’s fortunate to have a sounding board and a guiding hand and sharpened steel knife when he needs it. But it’s exhausting, too -- laying himself open like this, pulling parts of himself and holding them up to the light.

Which is why it’s only a little bit later that he wraps up the night, citing an early morning run and a long boxing workout with Paul as a reason to head home before 10 p.m.

Curtis nods as David signals to the waitress for their check.

“So, this early morning run -- doesn’t by any chance take you right past Karen’s, does it?” David asks as he stands up to go.

“Maybe,” Frank replies mulishly.

David grins.

“Well, in that case, I fully expect to hear about you seeing Karen in person the next time I see you because she is not going to give a shit about whatever it is you wrote in Moby Dick.” He claps Frank on the back, then holds out a hand to Curtis. “Good seeing you again, Curtis.”

Curtis stands up, pulls David in for a half-hug.

“You too, David. We’ll do it again soon.”

David smiles at that, gives both men a final wave before he heads out of the bar.

Frank signs his receipt and stands up, stretches his hands above his head.

“You are though, right?” Curtis asks.

“I’m gonna…?”

“You’re gonna see Karen in person once you get your book back? You’re not gonna drag this out or wait for her to give you a goddamn, I don’t know, handwritten invitation or something before she finally convinces you that she really does want to see you?” He ducks his head down, raises an eyebrow. “You’re not gonna be a wallowing asshole, right, Frank?”

Frank purses his lips and nods.

“I -- uh -- yeah, Curt, yeah. I’m not gonna be a wallowing asshole.”

“Good, because that offer still stands -- I will kick your ass for being one.”

He huffs out a small laugh, shakes his head and glances up at Curtis.

“How are you on her side and you’ve never even met her?”

Curtis breathes in deeply, reaches out and rests a hand on Frank’s shoulder.

“I’m on your side, Frank. I always have been.” He drops his hand, crosses his arms in front of him. “You’d rain down hell on anyone that messed with Karen, wouldn’t you? On someone that hurt her?”

He narrows his eyes at Curtis.

“You know I would.”

Curtis tips his head in Frank’s direction.

“Well, you keep this up much longer, Frank, and that person is gonna be you.”

#kastle #kastle ff #frank castle #curtis hoyle #david lieberman #i love curtis so much??? he's such a big part of these last sections and it's been the best thing to write #my fic #fic: loss like the sharp edges of a knife

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Basic Character Questions

1. First name? Parker

2. Surname? Halliwell

3. Middle names? Aspen

4. Nicknames? Parks, Aspen, P

5. Date of birth? April 19, 2009

6. Age? 22

Physical / Appearance

1. Height? 5’5”

2. Weight? 115lbs

3. Build? Athletic

4. Hair colour? Naturally brunette but constantly has it red and sometimes blonde

5. Hair style? Mostly curly, will straighten sometimes

6. Eye colour? Green

7. Glasses or contact lenses? Contact Lenses but she does wear her glasses every now and then

8. Make up? Doesn’t wear it to often as she tends to spend a lot of time fighting at her club and working out

9. Scars? A few. She’s got one on her shoulder where a knife hit her, a bullet scar on her right hip, plus scars from demon battles scattered in various parts of her back and abdomen

10. Birthmarks? One on her upper left shoulder

11. Tattoos? Several scattered all over her body

12. Type of clothes? Mostly skin tight, leather, loves silk especially for bed

13. What are their feet like? Mostly combat boot cladden

14. Are they in good health? Great health

15. Do they have any disabilities? No

Personality

1. What words or phrases do they overuse? Shit

2. Do they have a catchphrase? No

3. Are they more optimistic or pessimistic? Pessimistic

4. Are they introverted or extroverted? Extroverted

5. What bad habits do they have? Keeping their emotions bottled up, evading emotions and how she really feels

6. What makes them laugh out loud? Jokes (especially puns), being tickled

7. How do they display affection? They don’t, at least not typically. She’s not much of a hugger but sometimes will depending on the person. She mostly displays affection in the way she looks at someone or talks

8. How do they want to be seen by others? As a badass that can do take care of herself

9. How do they see themselves? As a badass that can take care of herself

10. How are they seen by others? In a lot of different ways

11. Strongest character trait? Self-destruction

12. Weakest character trait? The ability to speak how she feels

13. How competitive are they? Very

14. Do they make snap judgements or take time to consider? Snap judgements

15. How do they react to praise? Proudly

16. How do they react to criticism? Depends on the criticism and who it comes from

17. What is their greatest fear? Losing their family and loved ones

18. What are their biggest secrets? Can’t share those or wouldn’t be secrets

19. When was the last time they cried? When she left Dorian

20. Are they indoorsy or outdoorsy? Outdoorsy

21. What is their sinful little habit? Dorian

22. What quality do they most value in a friend? Loyalty and honesty equally

23. What do they consider an overrated virtue? Modesty

24. If they could change one thing about themselves, what would it be? Her powers, she’d give herself at least one defensive power

25. What is their obsession? Her club

26. What are their pet peeves? Loud chewers, dishonesty

27. What are their idiosyncrasies? Emotionally Evasive for the most part

Friends and Family

1. Is their family big or small? Who does it consist of? Huge, parents, aunts and uncles, a shit ton of cousins, and a whole hell of a lot of extended family

2. What is their perception of family? The literal world

3. Do they have siblings? Older or younger? Yes, Older sister, Hanna, and younger sister, Peyton

4. Describe their best friend. N/A

5. Ideal best friend? N/A

6. Do they have any pets? Two dogs. Pitbull named Sassy and German Shepherd named Artemis

7. Who are their natural allies? Her family

8. Who are their surprising allies? Dorian, a select few demons from her fight club

Past and Future

1. What was your character like as a baby? As a child? Pretty much how she is now, a troublemaker

2. Did they grow up rich or poor? Uh… They didn’t really go without. More middle-class I believe

3. Did they grow up nurtured or neglected? Nurtured

4. What is their greatest achievement? Her club(s)

5. What was their first kiss like? Memorable and with a demon

6. What is the worst thing they did to someone they loved? Threatened to vanquish them

7. What was their childhood ambition? To be successful like her Aunt Piper

8. What is their best childhood memory? Using her glamour power to prank her sisters

9. Did they have an imaginary childhood friend? No

10. When was the last time they were crushed with disappointment? Dorian revealing, he was a demon and a plot to use Parker to get to her family when they first started dating

11. Has anyone ever saved their life? Tons of times. Her sisters, Dorian, her whitelighter and cousin, Wyatt Halliwell

12. Strongest childhood memory? Her dad teaching her how to dance while listening to Jazz when she was little

Love

1. Do they believe in love at first sight? Yes

2. Are they in a relationship? Sort of?

3. How do they behave in a relationship? I guess she can be a little more domesticated when in love but for the most part she’s not really all that different

4. When did you character last have sex? Like the other night lol

5. What sort of sex do they have? Crazy good sex

6. Has your character ever been in love? Yes

7. Have they ever had their heart broken? Yes

Conflict

1. How do they respond to a threat? Fight

2. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? Fists

3. What is your character’s kryptonite? Dorian

4. If your character could only save one thing from their burning house, what would it be? Her dogs

5. How do they perceive strangers? Threats

6. What are their phobias? Not being good enough, getting her family hurt or killed

7. What is their choice of weapon? Her fists but also her knives

8. What living person do they most despise? She doesn’t really despise anyone

9. Have they ever been bullied or teased? Dorian teases her all the time

10. Where do they go when they’re angry? Her club

11. Who are their enemies and why? The Source and any demon trying to kill or hurt her family because of obvious reasons

Work, Education and Hobbies

1. What is their current job? Business Owner

2. What do they think about their current job? Loves it

3. What are some of their past jobs? Retail, boxing coach

4. What are their hobbies? Boxing, Martial arts of all types, Archery, knife throwing

5. Educational background? High school and college, business degree

6. Intelligence level? High

7. Do they have any specialist training? Boxing and martial arts, personal training

8. Do they have a natural talent for something? Martial arts

9. Do they play a sport? Are they any good? Exceptionally good

Favourites

1. What is their favourite animal? Dog

2. What place would they most like to visit? Greece

3. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen? The sun setting off the coast of Santa Monica

4. What is their favourite song? I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin

5. What is their favourite colour? Red

6. Favourite food: Steak

7. What is their favourite day of the week? Sunday

Values

1. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person? Being used and lied to

2. When did they last lie? Literally every day when it comes to how she feels

3. What’s their view of lying? She hates being lied to

Daily life

1. What are their eating habits? Healthy for the most part. She doesn’t eat a lot of junk food

2. Are they minimalist or a clutter hoarder? Minimalist (except for her plants)

3. What do they do first thing on a weekday morning? Go for a run

4. What do they do on a Sunday afternoon? Be lazy. She loves her Sundays because they’re her rest days. She will literally spend all day inside doing whatever she feels like doing.

5. What do they do on a Friday night? Go to her night club/fight club and hang out with Talia

6. What is the soft drink of choice? Dr. Pepper

7. What is their alcoholic drink of choice? Tequila

#Character development time #Parker

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Super Bowl 2020: Miami’s ultimate guide for best places to eat, drink, and sightseeing

If you are in Miami, you already noticed the influx of tourists coming in, and all the energy surrounding the city due to the Super Bowl LIV happening this Sunday. After all, it’s been 10 years since the city hosted this enormous event – but before the game starts and Patrick Mahomes, with Kansas City Chiefs, takes Jimmy Garoppolo, and the San Francisco 49ers, there is a lot for you to do. For this reason, we created your Ultimate Miami Guide, because there is much more than just beaches in our Magic City. Ready to dive in?

The Cuban Experience

Nothing else screams more “Miami” than Cuban coffee and croquetas. If this is your first time in the city, you can’t miss the opportunity to try a Colada, the strongest of the Cuban coffees, served in a small plastic shot cup. Here is a guide to all the different types of Cuban coffee.

And to complement the coffee, get yourself some croquetas here:

Islas Canarias (Kendall)

La Carretta (Miami)

Sergio’s Restaurant (Miami)

Publix (local supermarket all over South Florida)

Calle Ocho

Located in Little Havana, Miami’s vibrant Cuban heart, Calle Ocho is the home to Versailles, a historic venue visited by many celebrities and politicians. There, or in almost any other cafe in the neighboorhood, you can order your Cuban coffee in a walk-up window.

While in the area, don’t forget to visit Ball and Chain for live music and drinks, Azucar for some excellent ice cream/paletas, and watch locals discuss politics over dominoes at Maximo Gomez Park, entitled Domino Park by locals.

Versailles

Ball and chain

Azucar Ice Cream

Union Beer Store, if you’re into a wrestling-themed craft beer market

Domino Park

Wynwood

Wynwood, South Florida’s art hub, will host the Super Bowl Fan Fest at Wynwood Marketplace. However, if you are not into that, we still have a few recommendations before you move to our next selection, after all, you can’t visit Miami without spending at least a day in the neighborhood of colorful murals, tasty food, bars, and lounges.

Wynwood Walls: murals, and nearby galleries with works of emerging artists from all over the world.

Start at Coyo Taco, because yes to tacos any day, any time, and finish at the famous Salty Donut for a well-deserved treat.

Art/Museums/Gardens

Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science: you might have seen the massive aquarium oculus lens that’s become Instagram famous, but there is plenty to do in this first world-class science museum.

Perez Art Museum Miami: The PAMM is a contemporary art museum in downtown Miami, close to American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat.

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens: This historic 10-acre landmark is covered with European architecture, marvelous gardens, and fountains overlooking Biscayne Bay.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (South Miami): Enjoy 83 acres of rare tropical plants and garden exhibits.

Beer and cocktails

Because it’s always happy hour somewhere:

Veza Sur (Wynwood): A Latin craft-beer bar with an outdoor patio and live music.

Funky Buddha (Fort Lauderdale): One of the best breweries in Florida, don’t forget to order some yucca tots to go along with your beer.

Broken Shaker at Freehand Miami (Miami Beach): Located in the backyard of a boutique hostel, this cocktail bar is home to some of the most innovative mixologists.

Sugar (Brickell): Want to see stunning views of the Miami skyline? So head straight to the 40th floor of the East hotel.

Food halls

Luckily, we’ve been getting a lot more of those here in South Florida. We named just a few:

1-800-Lucky (Wynwood): A mini-Asian food hall with features that includes a hidden karaoke room and an outdoor area for live music and drinks.

Time Out Market Miami (Miami Beach): Twenty-one different food or drink options at your disposal, let’s leave it like this.

Politan Row Miami (Miami Design District): Previously known as St. Roch Market, this is another gourmet, chef-driven food hall where you can enjoy an eclectic mix of food options varying from Peruvian, and Vietnamese, to Southern Comfort.

Luna Park (Brickell): Formerly known as La Centrale, this Italian food hall located inside Brickell City Centre hosts 14 different eateries, five bars, a cooking school, a wine shop, and a coffee shop over three floors.

Casa Tua Cucina (Brickell): This is the other Italian food hall inside of Brickell City Centre. Ten different stations are ranging anywhere from pasta to pizza, meat and cheeses, seafood, and steak.

Pizza

Mister 01 Extraordinary Pizza (Brickell, Wynwood, Miami Beach): Definitely try the Star Luca (the star-shaped, ricotta-filled pizza) or Claudio, another specialty pizza loaded with burrata stracciatella cheese and white truffle oil.

Harry’s Pizzeria (Design District, Coconut Grove): Crispy Polenta Fries and classic cheese pizza, you can’t go wrong.

Ironside (Little River): Bring your wine and enjoy cured meats and cheese boards before asking from one of four pies options: Fresca, Funghi, Capricciosa, Quattro Stagioni.

Crust (Miami River): Try the Fried Calamari or the Grilled Octopus before you build your Custom Pizza.

Pasta

Macchialina (Miami Beach): One of the best pasta restaurants in Miami.

Jaguar Sun (Brickell): You can try the Parker House Rolls and the Bucatini here.

Boia De (Miami): Mus tries: Tortellini in Brodo or the Ricotta Gnocchi.

Burgers

Ariete (Coconut Grove): The Chur Burger with two patties and the Ariete sauce for the win.

Lokal (Coconut Grove): One option here would be the Miami Heat Burger with spicy mayonnaise, sliced jack cheese, grilled onion, and yummy!

Kush (Wynwood): Get the Frita Burger, with melted wannabe Gruyere, guava jelly, potato six, and crispy bacon.

Casinos

While sports gambling is still not legal in Florida, there are a few places you can go for some poker or slot-machine action:

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Hollywood): You might have noticed a huge guitar-shaped building when flying over Miami. That’s the new Guitar Hotel located inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. Besides the casino and its incredible light show every night, there are also bars, lounges, pools, and cabanas if you’re not into the casino.

Gulfstream Park (Hallandale Beach): Live purebred racing Wednesday through Sunday, along with the slots and live poker games.

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Concerts

SHAQ’s larger then life Big Game Weekend festival feat: Pitbull, Diddy, Tiesto, DaBaby, Diplo and more.

Jan 31 • 9:00PM Mana Convention Center

Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest: Guns N’ Roses

Jan 31 • 8:00PM American Airlines Arena – FL – Miami, FL

Planet Pepsi® Zero Sugar With Harry Styles

Jan 31 • 8:30 PM Meridian, Miami, FL

AT&T TV Super Saturday Night with Lady Gaga

Feb 01 • 8:30 PM Meridian, Miami, FL

Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest: Maroon 5

Feb 01 • 8:00PM American Airlines Arena – FL – Miami, FL

Kanye West – Sunday Service

Feb 02 • 11:00 AM Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami, FL

Miscellaneous

Super Bowl Experience (Convention Center in Miami Beach): The Super Bowl Experience will offer up free autograph sessions with NFL players, interactive games, youth football clinics, a 40-yard dash and vertical jump against NFL players on LED screens, a Super Bowl rings to display and photos with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Super Bowl Live (Bayfront Park Miami): This week-long fan fest features a Huddle Down Community Stage, Road to the 11th, Tailgate Town featuring a culinary stage, water shows, an environmental village, evening parades, fireworks, and more.

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Aquaman Movie Review

Saw Aquaman last night and sadly it wasn’t very good. The visuals were stunning and impressive at times like when they were in the surprisingly neon city of Atlantis, a cool visual when Aquaman dove to the bottom of the ocean through a horde of monsters with a red flare, the brightness of when they were in Italy. However scenes like when they were in the desert (some weird shots that made it semi-obvious they were using a green screen) and the final third act fight (a CGI overload like in every DC movie nowadays) where you couldn’t even identify what was actually happening till it was over. The ending came very abruptly as well, too abruptly and too neatly for my liking. Came across as very cliche and eye-rolling.

As for the characters, everyone was just alright, I didn’t really have a favorite. If I had to pick a favorite I guess it would have to be Aquaman. Jason Momoa is a decent actor but arguably the strongest one in the movie. He comes across as a don’t-give-a-shit tough guy in the beginning which works and slowly progresses into a I-kinda-wanna-be-king-now guy which honestly only makes for basic character development. Mera’s only character trait seems to be serving her royal duty and suddenly becoming Aquaman’s love interest. They set it up with little moments throughout the movie but I never bought them as a couple. Their chemistry as friends is convincing but that’s all really. The one moment where Mera seems to get a little more character is when she is exploring the surface world in Italy and she sells this wonder and joy very well. It makes her feel more human and less like just a character in a movie. The only character worth mentioning is Black Manta, who has to be one of the most hateable villains in a superhero movie ever. In the beginning of the movie, he is on a mission to find and kill Aquaman with his dad. And then his dad dies after Manta stupidly tries to kill Aquaman and gets his dad trapped in the flooding submarine because of his own actions. His dad’s death makes him mad and want to kill Aquaman even more and gets this admittedly cool laser suit that can give Aquaman some nasty burns. The actor who portrays Black Manta did such a fantastic job in making his character completely unlikeable. He isn’t sympathetic in the slightest. But I find that cool because Marvel does a great job in having complex and sometimes sympathetic villains where DC is just straight to the point and their villain is bad just because they’re the bad guy. And that honestly helps DC be more distinct from Marvel.

One last thing I have to mention. They fucking used a Pitbull song sampling Toto’s Africa and my ears still hurt from hearing it. Who thought this was a good idea?? Throwing it right in the middle of the movie??? My poor ears weren’t ready. At least Marvel has never pulled shit like that.

I also saw the octopus playing the bongos dramatically and I’d be lying if I didn’t say that was as cool and surreal as everyone else has said it was.

Grade: C (You’re not missing out on much if you skip this movie. Unless you’re a huge DC or Aquaman fan, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before).

#aquaman #movie review #not that great #my opinion

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What is the reason that dogs behave aggressively towards each other!

Why do dogs behave aggressively towards each other?

Dog Aggression what are the Myths and Facts. We’ve all heard about the aggressive dog, that ‘mean, dangerous’ animal down the street. Many of us have even seen dogs fight with each other, or worse. It would be hard to miss stories of vicious dogfights, especially with the help of mass media. But why exactly are dogs sometimes aggressive towards each other, and why do they sometimes feel the need to kill each other? So what is the reason for dogs behave aggressively towards each other?

To understand the whole behaviour we have to go way back ... The Grey Wolf and Alpha Theory When attempting to understand the ‘why’ for any dog behaviour, it is sometimes best to look at the way their ancestral wolf behaved toward each other. Thousands of dog owners still believe in the ‘Alpha’ top dog, thinking that in a dog’s mind, the strongest always ranks highest and deserves the first pick of everything. Thanks to the great ‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar Millan, this theory was further proliferated throughout America and the world. Most people don’t know this Alpha theory was based on a poorly conducted zoological study of captive wolves way back in the 1940’s, a time when we already had a very poor understanding of canine behaviour. Biologists concluded it’s natural for wolves to battle for dominance, the strongest becoming the ‘Alpha’ since that was the behaviour presented by this small captive grouping. It wasn’t long after this generalised wolf behaviour became the accepted dog behaviour since dogs evolved from wolves. Unfortunately for Cesar lovers, the Alpa theory has been since discredited by the scientific community as a whole. Dogs are not always aggressive simply because they are larger, stronger, and can be. This is also not the way wolves naturally behave in the wild, their packs resembling more of a family unit than a dominant hierarchy.

What are the signs of dog aggression: When your dogs start to Staring/like direct eye contact Low range growling Growling, snapping, snarling Tall, rigid stance with erect ears Tail held high, possibly moving stiffly from side to side Though these are common signs, some aggressive dogs will often give no indication (or at least not easily perceived by humans) before biting. Medical concerns can sometimes also cause a dog to respond aggressively; it’s important to seek veterinary care if this aggression is unusual behaviour. Possible causes of dog aggression Negative/ traumatising past experiences, including abuse or neglect Poor socialisation Owner’s behaviour may contribute Fear The desire to protect territory or family members Painful medical condition The desire to retain social status, not to be confused with dominance/alpha dog theory dog training aggressive behaviour Graph Displays Common Aggressive Household Dog Breeds

The dog breeds listed in the graph are all common house pet breeds, scoring in the 60% range in the official American Temperament Test (as of 2017). Though some dogs scored below these, these common household breeds scored on the low end. You’ll notice that the American Pitbull Terrier (87.4%) and Rottweiler (84.7%), breeds commonly thought to be more aggressive by most people, scored well above those you see here.

• According to the American Kennel Club, the vast majority of dog bites occur in intact (non-neutered) males.

The Pitfalls of Human Selective Breeding

Why certain Dog breeds become more dangerous than others? We’ve also all hears certain breeds are supposedly more dangerous than others, like the Pitbull or Rottweiler. This answer here comes down to genetics and heredity. Some breeds can be more aggressive than others or carry aggressive tendencies, today often because aggression was a straight sought after heavily by early breeders and passed to offspring. ● Believe it or not, many toy breeds rank the highest, by far, in terms of aggression (see graph above and explanation). Rottweiler The Rottweiler is an ancient breed, developed around 2000 years ago during the height of the Roman Empire to help guard livestock (among other things), although that was a much different animal than the Rottweiler of today. Rottweilers need experienced dog owners and when handled well those are loving and good dog companions. Pitbull Pitbulls were indeed developed as a ‘fighting’ dog, although the story is different than most people think. After the much loved English ‘sport’ of bull baiting was deemed excessively cruel and outlawed in 1835, enthusiasts started mixing bulldogs of the time with terriers. The resulting Pitbulls were first used in the sport of ‘Ratting’ before the dog fighting many people know of.

The Pitbull one of the best Family dogs Contrary to popular belief, the Pitbull is one of the best overall family breeds in existence today, very good with people thanks primarily because they were initially bred to be very loyal to human handlers. The breed does carry a tendency for dog aggression. It depends on the Owner of the dog and the training. The Wonders of Socialization Socialisation means exactly how it sounds, building social skills via social contact. These are both perhaps some of the most essential skills a dog will ever learn, and some of the most important training an owner will ever endure. A well-socialised dog, one who has been raised among other animals, encouraged to play and rewarded for interacting well with both humans and dogs, is rarely aggressive. Aggressive tendencies are far more common among dogs who have been raised alone, not allowed or encouraged to play and interact with other animals when young, or endured a traumatic experience in the past. We can all imagine that dog that does his best to stay back from approaching people or other animals, emitting a low growl when they do come too close. Many of us can imagine the sudden, sharp bellowing of the owner in response to his dog’s reactions. Fear-based aggression is more common among poorly socialised dogs, strays, and in many cases ‘puppy mill’ dogs. Conclusion: The Importance of Understanding

Despite what you may have read, heard from the bias news media or an uneducated friend may have said, dog behaviour is very predictable for those that pay attention, know what to look for, and what situations to avoid. Dogs are instinctual animals, their reactions governed by a set of instinctual ‘rules’. Outside of the rare genetic or developmental issue, they will always follow these instincts. When speaking of domesticated pets, the vast majority of dog aggression falls to the fault of the owner or the owner of the offending animal for failing to either ensure a safe environment or adequately educate themselves. Where dogs are not capable of intellectual thought, reasoning, and will never fully understand human behaviour, humans are easily capable of such a level of understanding- if they wanted to be. A situation where dogs behave aggressively towards each other can happen at any time during a walk with your dog or just a stroll in the park, not every owner has control over there dog. If you are unsure and you encounter some problem behaviour with your dog it is always good to look for a Certified Dog Trainer. ( CDT) Every Dog Owner should educate themselves in the breed or mix breed to understand the basis of their dog. Dog training is always recommended and it depends on oneself if you are capable to train the dog yourself or if you join a dog training class. There are lots of dog training treats available. Dog training can be fun for you and your dog. Share your experience with your dog have you been encountered a situation with your dog where another dog is charging at your dog? I only experienced it once but it was a frightening experience. All Yours Melanie Read the full article

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What is the reason that dogs behave aggressively towards each other!

Why do dogs behave aggressively towards each other?

• According to the American Kennel Club, the vast majority of dog bites occur in intact (non-neutered) males.

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