#&team nicholas

[callmemonster68]

&TEAM - Hunt ( smut )

one, two, gettin' up, three, four, set it up, get ready to (Hunt down)

when wolf boys need to feed, but end up fucking their prey

Pairing: &TEAM X FemReader

Genre: Obscenity

Warning: Contains explicit content, unprotected sex, suggestive, penetration, explicit language, climax, sex, swearing, loss of virginity, hickeys, messy make-out sessions, dirty talk, compliments, rough sex, touching bruises, handcuffs, chains, sadomasochism , masochism, brands, public sex

K

K lets out a low growl when Y/N tries to pull away, but he presses her against the tree, one hand flat beside her face while the other slides slowly down her arm, sending tingles through her.

K: "You really like testing my limits," he murmurs, his eyes burning with desire.

Turning her around, he holds her firmly against the rough trunk as his hands slide under her skirt. His touches are firm and deliberate, drawing breathy moans from Y/N. K positions himself behind her and thrusts in deeply, his cock hitting every tight spot, the two moving in sync as their desire intensifies with each second.

K: "Do you have any idea how crazy you're driving me?"

Fuma

Fuma's eyes shine intensely as he leans in, his warm breath brushing against Y/N's lips. He cups her chin between his fingers, tilting her face slightly upward, forcing her to meet his gaze.

Fuma: "You shouldn't be this calm," he teases, though there's a sweetness in his tone that contrasts with his wild expression.

He presses her against the wall of an abandoned cabin, easily lifting her in his arms. His mouth explores every inch of her body, sucking and licking her wet folds, while his hands follow the same path. He possesses her with movements that start slow but soon gain intensity.

Fuma: "I could devour you entirely right now, but I want to savor every second," he whispers as his mouth traces the line of her jaw.

Taki

Taki studies her for a moment, his intense gaze accompanied by a faint smirk. He steps closer, the tension between them thick in the air.

Taki: "Do you think you can run from me, Y/N?"

He pulls her against him, their bodies aligning perfectly. Pressing her firmly against the wall, his eyes rake over her face.

Y/N: (breathless) "Taki... this is madness."

Taki: (leaning closer to whisper in her ear) "Maybe it is, but I can't fight this anymore."

He kisses her with overwhelming passion, his lips exploring hers with a hunger that quickly turns uncontrollable. Lifting her with ease, he holds her by the thighs as they move in perfect rhythm, his cock hitting all the right spots as the tension between them builds to a fever pitch.

Jo

Jo smirks as Y/N tries to look away, but he gently grabs her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.

Jo: "Do you really think you can resist me?" he asks, his voice dripping with unwavering confidence.

He lays her down on the couch, pinning her wrists above her head as his mouth travels down her neck. It doesn't take long for his lips to find her wet folds. His touches alternate between teasingly light and intensely passionate, filling the room with the charged air of their desire.

Harua

Harua holds her gaze as he approaches, his presence overwhelmingly intense. He grips her waist, pulling her firmly against him, their bodies fitting perfectly together.

He carries her to the nearest bed, taking full control, alternating between gentle caresses and heart-racing movements as he thrusts into her wet heat like his life depends on it. His intensity grows as the moment deepens, leaving both breathless.

Harua: "I should be angry, but all I can think about is how much I want you to stay here with me."

Nicholas

Nicholas keeps his eyes fixed on Y/N's, the world around them fading as he gently holds her face in his hands. His thumb caresses her cheek as he leans closer.

Nicholas: "You know what I am," he murmurs, his voice laced with a power that makes her heart race even faster.

Nicholas lays her down on a soft rug by the firelight. He explores every part of Y/N's body with reverence, leaving marks with his sharp claws as he takes her, alternating between intense movements and tender touches that leave her craving more.

Nicholas: "You knew this moment was inevitable," he whispers as his lips meet hers again, deepening the kiss with a passion that takes her breath away.

EJ

Y/N feels EJ's warmth before he even touches her; his body radiates an almost tangible energy. He grabs her wrist but soon slides his hand to her waist, gently pulling her closer. His fingers trace circles on her exposed skin, sending waves of heat through her body.

EJ: "You ran from me, but here you are, exactly where you belong," he murmurs, his voice reverberating in the dense forest air.

EJ lays her on the damp leaf-covered ground, his body fitting perfectly against hers. His lips explore her neck while his hands move slowly down her thighs, parting them with tenderness. He takes his time, savoring every curve of Y/N's body. When he finally enters her, a shockwave courses through her, and he alternates between gentle and firm movements, leaving her completely surrendered to the moment.

EJ: "You're so fragile, yet you don't back away," he murmurs, tilting his head to graze his lips along her neck.

His whispered words ignite their desire even further.

As they reach their climax, EJ withdraws, but when his cum begins to drip out of her, he pushes it back inside with his fingers. He leaves a bite on her hip, marking her as his.

Yuma

Yuma hesitates for a moment, his eyes scanning Y/N's face as if searching for any sign of rejection. When she doesn't pull away, he takes her hand, guiding it to his chest.

Yuma: "Do you feel that?" he asks, his voice husky. "That's what you do to me."

He gently lays her down on the bed, but his initial hesitation vanishes as he senses her response. His lips explore every inch of Y/N's body, his movements starting softly but quickly growing intense, thrusting into her relentlessly.

Yuma: "I should push you away, but..." he pauses, his voice faltering as he looks at her.

Yuma: "But you've already consumed me."

✿ If you don't reblog and comment, you can be sure I'll be showing up in your dreams tonight... and I won’t be as sweet as in the story ✿

[popblank]

More random details from the final Broadway performance of Lempicka:

As I walked in line past the metal detectors at the theater entrance, composer Matt Gould was standing on the other side of the barrier, apparently waiting for someone. The people in front of me also recognized him and stopped for a few seconds to talk to him (from the body language it seemed like they paid him a compliment and he accepted it gracefully).

The merchandise had sold out the day before, but there were stacks of printed “Tamara de Lempicka” signature cards placed at the merchandise stands for people to take.

Prior to the show starting, there was a standing ovation as the creative team entered the theater and took their seats.

From my seat, there were standing ovations during the show for:

Eden Espinosa’s entrance (between the intro and “Unseen”)

Amber Iman’s entrance (prior to “Don’t Bet Your Heart”)

After “Don’t Bet Your Heart”

After “I Will Paint Her”

Sort of after “Woman Is,” but since the lights go up and it was intermission, it didn’t last long

After “Women”

After “Just This Way”

After “In the Blasted California Sun”

Even though ensemble member Nicholas Ward wasn’t in the show that day, I’m pretty sure I saw him come down the aisle and take a seat a few songs into Act I. It’s good that he was still able to be there.

The performance of “Paris” during the last show was especially funny. After the first madeleine Eden Espinosa accidentally spit out a crumb, which made the audience giggle. Thus primed for silliness, the audience laughed again when she turned back to her still life and had to swat at a fly that very obviously had designs on the madeleines. She continued with the “two madeleines” section but broke in the middle of licking the powdered sugar, which made the audience laugh, which made her laugh, etc. etc. There is some audio floating around where you can hear her kind of shakily wheeze out half a line there. In any case she got through the scene and called for Kizette, and now the audience was a bit amped up and gave Zoe Glick enthusiastic, prolonged entrance applause, which then made her giggle while trying to hold her goofy apple-pose which made EE grin (still with her mouthful of madeleine), to which the audience was like “wooooo!” and kept the applause going. After this the scene transitions over to the Baron and Baroness’s first appearance, which was also greeted with a lot of applause. So on the heels of all that the audience was very receptive to Beth Leavel’s ad-lib (“as I was saying…”), and it was a lot of fun to see and be a part of.

When Tamara and Rafaela finally have a chance to talk to each other by the bar at the Dead Rat, Suzy gives them some privacy and heads over to sit and/or flirt with the piano player (aka Charity Wicks, the show’s musical director & conductor). There is a sensitive piano line of two or three notes that is played a few times as Tamara's conversation with Rafaela gets more personal (it sounds very similar to the opening of “I Will Paint Her”) and in the final show it looked like it was actually Natalie Joy Johnson playing it.

During “Women,” after the Duchess de la Salle says, “I could use something for my entryway,” everyone looked at Suzy, Suzy looked at the audience knowingly, and the audience cracked up before she made the joke.

At the end of “Women” I think Rafaela and Tamara normally stand in the recessed semicircular seating area and briefly kiss each other. But since the applause kept going, well, so did they.

When Baroness left the stage after “Just This Way,” Beth Leavel looked very emotional and instead of just touching the Baron she stopped to give him a full arms-around-the-neck hug.

During “In the Blasted California Sun” Eden looked as if she were going to burst into tears through the entire song; the sense of sadness and loss was unusually palpable. (Which is one reason why “PUT THE PHONE DOWN” was so jarring.)

When the cast members circled by Tamara in the finale, it looked as if EE tried to give each of them a personal acknowledgement.

A photo during Raja Feather Kelly's speech:

Stuff I brought home:

(I purchased the pin before the Saturday matinee. By that evening everything was sold out.)

One last pic of the marquee later that evening:

[good-rwbyaus]

I learned today that Tumblr posts are limited to only 100 inline links. I also learned that if I keep doing this I will probably vomit blood.

I think what I'll do later is just dedicated mod posts for the AUs, though Mod Green will probably need 1 or 2 or 3 posts lol.

I've been skipping one / two-liners mostly. But if you really want to seek them, you can use the mod's personal tag to search for them.

Currently, the post range of this post is March 24th 2021 to November 15th 2019.

Mod Green

Ozcury AU - Mercury's training Ruby.

Ozcury AU - Fight at Haven with Oz-Mercury in the middle.

Crack/Reference to unknown?!Adam is a total fanboy of Summer Rose and discovers he just maimed her stepdaughter.

DevilMayCry!AU - Distant cousin Dante drops by for a visit to the Schnees.

Ozcury AU - Instead of Oscar's head, Ozpin ends up in Mercury's!

AU where Raven isn't a coward - which makes her into an overly enthusiastic mom

Weapon Souls AU - Crescent Rose is Ruby's twin.

Konosuba!AU Aqua Weiss + Megumin Ruby

Weapon Souls AU - Crocea Mors acting as Jaune's mom much to his annoyance.

Konosuba!AU Darkness!Pyrrha explaining why she likes Jaune.

Weapon Souls AU - ModAsk: Huntsmen weapons have human forms a la Soul Eater

Jaune gets no respect AU (Dangerfield AU?)

Ruby unintentionally steals Emerald and Mercury through sincere kidness

AU where armor does what it's supposed to do. And why Jaune is seen is a tough guy.

GrimmPyrrhaAU! - A clone of Pyrrha that sorta ends up defecting.

AU where the filler villain adam is cut out

SaturdayMorningCartoonVillain!Salem AU - Ozpin suffers.

Ben10!Mercury AU

Ironwood calls for backup for Mantle. Master Chief, Duke Nukem, and Doomguy show.

Nicholas Schnee is still alive. Visit Vytal to see the grandkids.

Bluby x Jaune shipping

Bluby x Jaune shipping

AU where the heroes save the world by wearing the tingle outfit from BoTW.

AU where Watts has a crippling Pokemon Go addiction.

Jaune is recruited to teach Ruby to dance for her wedding!

Emerald Schnee AU!

Tyrian developed a fear of Ruby after she maimed him. Discovers her again at the Rally.

Mr. Taurus Grinch Song.

Aura-amp AU! Ruby and Weiss get an unfortunate speed boost.

Conspiracy!Raven meets Penny

ModsInRemnantAU!

Mod Yellow

All of Yellow's most recent posts till 2019-ish.

Mod Lilac

The Things Jaune Arc (and the rest of Team Remnant) are not allowed to do at Beacon Academy (post-saving the world)

Evil Ozpin AU - Picking the Kids Up

The Vytal Campaign (RWBY is a DND campaign)! - Salem and Ozpin play out the Lost Fable.

MetalDong69 - Crack!AU where Salem gives up her plans for consquest because she got addicted to FortKnight. Ironwood is her greatest online rival.

Blake's Book Trade - Blake never becomes a Huntress and becomes a bookstore owner instead.

Medical Intern AU - Jaune never becomes a Hunter and becomes an medical intern instead. (pt 1b)

Crack!Like an Oz (to the beat of Like a Boss)

Becoming AU - Ruby mistakenly believed to be a secret professor at Beacon - Pyrrha's perspective

Rising Snow AU - Pieces 12-14 - Where Whitley had been keeping the company viable since he was young - Meeting "Acacia"

Becoming AU - Ruby being made an offer she can't refuse - aka Weapon / Weapon Maintenance Club.

Crack!Glynda Runs an OnlyFans account???? - not as nsft as it sounds.

JAUNE IM GOING TO KILL YOU - Jaune's semblance is to make other people turn into harem protagonists. Blake suffers.

Someone asks a stupid question while Salem is trying to ask Jinn her questions.

Rising Snow AU - Pieces 10-11

Destiny AU - Epilogue: Oscar

Becoming AU - Perspective: Yang's POV on Ruby being mistaken for a Professor.

Becoming AU - Perspective: Weiss

Becoming AU - Start - Crack(taken Seriously)!Ruby is mistaken for a Beacon professor and Ozpin just rolls with it.Uncle Crow AU - Pt 2

Uncle Crow AU - Pt 1

Rising Snow AU - 7-9

Rising Snow AU - Crack!Beginning: Whitley is the sole reason why the SDC is up and running.

Of Caerbannog - Crack!Why you don't piss off Velvet Scarlatina

Team STRQ - Loudly observing at two girls' competing affections for the same guy is bad for your health.

FullmetalAlchemistAU! Reenactment of the Chimera scene. (I'm sorry.)

Actors and Actresses AU - convincing - blake convincing yang.

Actors and Actresses AU - first interview with lisa - weiss

Scatter - Summer kills Salem. It doesn't take. - incomplete

House!AU - Dr. Arc - incorrect quotes style

AccidentalMastermindAU!Salem - the Rainforests of Vacuo

Be Careful Who You Blackmail AU - Jaune and Cardin have a heart to heart in Forever Fall.

big brother jaune to Oscar and Whitley AU

Other - Submission

Planeswarden AU - watcher-servant

DevilMayCry AU! Dante and Winter cousins that don't get along - random-reborn

Aura-Amp AU! Jaune accidentally brings Blake's clone to life. - pandemic-smiles

[equestrianempire]

Weekend Finalists: Ram Tap, Ocala, Pine Top, &amp, Carolina

Some Team In members were out enjoying the actions in people in Carolina, and it was undoubtedly an exciting weekend with plenty of animal and horse duos coming out solid, especially the ladies this weekend! Take a look at EN’s cover around if you want to watch all of the action from Carolina this past weekend.

However, Carolina was n’t the only event running this weekend, and we definitely ȿaw some strong performances and large divisions at Ram Tap, Ocala, and Pine Top aȿ well.

We take a moment to thank all of our Weekend Victors, as well as Penny Goddard and Fernhill On The Rocks, who dipped into the youth with an 18. 6 overall to win the Open Novice at Carolina.

Ram Tap National H. Ƭ. ( Fresno, CA )] Website]]Scoring]

We’ve seen James Alliston and Alliston Equestrian’s Karma’s ( Escudo II – Travita, by Lavita ) titles at the top of the ranking lot over the last time, with a win at the Twin Rivers Fall International CCI4- S in September, and a win at The Celebration at Rebecca Farm’s CCI4- L in July. We saw them win the Advanced at Ram Tap this weekend, marking their second victory this time now, and James and Karma have kept their position at the top going into this year.

” It was a great event here at Ram Tap, with beautiful courses and footing”, James reflected. Terry Hilst and the Ram Tap crew are most appreciated.

Being able to work at events with such fantastic courses and foundation is essential in the run-up to the 5* season. James is excited about how she is feeling as the function nears its conclusion and plans to use Kentucky as Karma’s first 5* occasion this spring.

” I’m hoping to accomplish Kentucky with Karma”, James stated. ” She’s feeling reallყ good! In the next week, I’ll get working on]a touch of ] anything! I’m hoping that Northern California’s weather will be dried for a few weeks so I can work on my fitness.

In a few months before their anticipateḑ vacation to Kentucky, James and Karma will visit Twin Rivers.

Advanced: James Alliston and Karma ( 36. 8 ) Open Intermediate: Leah Forquerand Oakley’s Hunt SE ( 40. 6 ) Open Preliminary: James Alliston and Renaissance Man ( 28. 2 ) Preliminary Rider: Gabriella Ringer and Get Wild ( 24. 5 ) Open Modified: Suzanne Miller and Kryptonite Z ( 22. 8 ) Open Training: Lauren Billys Shady and Clearsky ( 28. 7 ) Training Rider: Leah Yacoub Halperin and Rodrigue Du Granit ( 27. 8 ) Novice Rider: Daniela Zarate and Lexington DF ( 24. 4 ) Open Novice: Nicholas Cwick and O’Malley ( 21. 1 ) Beginner Novice Rider: Stephanie Engle and Swagger ( 27. 7 ) Open Beginner Novice: Lindsay Connorsand Never Alone ( 26. 5 ) Open Introductory: Sophia Kuzma and Valentine ( 25. 7 ) Grasshopper: Savannah Clayton and Devon Ridge Artemas ( 29. 4 )

Ocala Winter II ( Ocala, FL )] Website]]Scoring]

Advanced/Intermediate: Morgan Houberg and Made To Order ( 42. 7 ) Intermediate Rider: Sherry Pound and Carnaby ( 37. 0) Open Intermediate: Jessica Phoenix and Alekhine ( 34. 2 ) Open Intermediate – One Day: Ali Kuhn and Little Hail ( 33. 6 ) Open Preliminary: Lynn Symansky and Idefix Van De Creumelhaeve ( 27. 7 ) One Day A: Holly Jacks-Smither and Candy King ( 27. 1 % ) Open Preliminary One Day B: Emily Bradford and LJS Lana Traveler ( 25. 5 % ) Open Preliminary – One Day B: Open Preliminary – Kelly Prather and Ballyneety Soldier, Seven Years Old ( 28. 2 ) Open Preliminary Preliminary Horse: Ashley Kehoe and Daktaris ( 35. 6 ) Rider A: Captivate and Harper Padgett ( 27. 2 ) Rider B: Cooley Copresenter and Harper Padgett ( 30. 2 ) Modified – Open: Sylvia Byars and CSF Dassett Decoy ( 28. 7 ) Rider A: Jacquie Kelton and Miss Something Special ( 27. 9 ) Modified – Rider A: Rider B Modified: Jerry Barnette and Fernhill Thirty ( 27. 9 ) Open Modified – One Day: Hannah Hawkins and DHI Kickodieza ( 28. 8 ) Junior Training Rider: Abigail Bennett and SM Ravin’s Treasure ( 33. 1 ) Open Training: Liz Lund and Franklin Delano CF ( 24. 5 ) Open Training – One Day A: Mia Farley and Nikita ( 21. 7 ) One Day B: Lynne Partridge and Milatour Parisol ( 29. 1 ) Open Training – One Day B: Open Training – Six Year Old: Elizabeth Swire and Jag’Fly JS ( 29. 5 ) Christina Frost and Grammi Dance, top education riders 35. Kathleen Fitzgerald and Global Pixie, Senior Training Rider ( 30. 7 ) Training Horse: Karl Slezak and Ardeo On Point ( 24. 3 ) Junior Novice Rider: Caden Carter and My Mexico ( 27. 2 ) Novice Horse: Colleen Loach and Canada Post ( 23. 9 ) Open Novice: Global Bravado and Darci Burton ( 24. 7 % ) on Day A. One Day B: Dani Sussman and Benevolence SV ( 24. 7 % ) Open Novice Afton Markoski and Paper Maker, Open Novice – One Day C ( 21. 9 ) Hillside Diamond Lad CF ( 30. 3 ) and Liz Lund ( Open Novice A) are Open Novice B: Robin Walker and DHI Milan ( 24. 4 ) Red Dirt Racer ( 31 ) and Barbara Brogan ( Senior Novice Rider A). Senior Novice Rider B: Ashley Allison and Sophie’s Story ( 26. 9 ) Destiny Pastermack and Liviusz (3. 3 ), Beginner Novice Rider A. Beginner Novice Rider B: Bila Shak and Maggie Walston ( 25. 9 ) Sarah Alexander and Lambrusco W ( 22 ): Beginner Novice Rider C. Top Love ( 30. % ) and Gabby Dickerson in Open Beginner Novice A ( 40 ). Abbey Heriazon and Thru The Impossible ( 21 ) Open Beginner Novice B ( 24. 1 )

Pine Top Spring H. Ƭ. ( Thomson, GA)] Website]]Scoring]

Open Preliminary 2 Day: Meaghan Marinovich- Burdick and HSH Bitcoin ( 21. 8 ) Preliminary Rider: Sydney Shinn and HSH Crypto ( 29. 6 ) Modified – Open: Susan Thomas and Excel Star Chimichanga ( 26. 3 ) Modified – Rider: Megan Lichty and TBS Declan Pondi ( 32. 5 ) Junior Training Rider: Maya Davis and SE Neverland ( 40. 7 ) Open Training A: Gillian Beale King and Accordingly ( 32. 5 ). Open Training B: Drumnaconnell Kobie and Gillian Beale King ( 22. 22 ) Senior Training Rider: Lisa Edinger and Quinto Quest ( 28. 3 ) Junior Novice Rider: Alexandra Multz and Ardeo Illusion ( 33. 6 ) Erin Thiel and Garrybritt Archie Fernhill, Open Novice A ( 25. 3 ), Open Novice B: Erika Adams and Townsend ( 26. 1 ) Senior Novice Rider: Abby Buenting and Calvin ( 25. 2 ) Training / Novice: Anna Cummings and Fernhill Primrose ( 35. 6 ) Beginner Novice Rider: Kelly O’Briȩn and B. Ę. Never Say Never ( 20. 9 ) Open Beginner Novice: Jennifer Treacy and In a Nutshell ( 29. 0) Starter: Danielle Northup and Wild Mission ( 23. 3 )

Carolina International CCI &amp, H. Ƭ. ( Raeford, NC)] Website]]Scoring ]]EN’s Coverage ]

CCI 4*S: Elisabeth Halliday and Miks Master C ( 22. 5 ) CCI 3*S: Sharon White and Jaguar Duende ( 28. 7 ) CCI 2*S: Ariel Grald and Adagio’s Nobility ( 25. 9 ) CCI 1*S: Boyd Martin and Flinterro Z ( 29. 6 ) Advanced: Dana Cooke and FE Quattro ( 30. 9 ) Open Intermediate: Booli Selmayr and Urania ( 30. 1 ) Open Preliminary: Dan Kreitl and Odyssey ( 28. 4 ) Preliminary Rider: Alayna Newsome and Quality Dynamite ( 29. 6 ) A modified A: Arden Augustus and Sharon White ( 27. 9 ) Modified B: Meghan O’Donoghue and Kevin G ( 25. 6 ) Open Training A: Becky Holder and Falkor ( 25. 5 ) Open Training B: Johnny Walker and Martin Douzant ( 26. 9 ) Training Rider: Devon Champlain and Champagne Event ( 31. 2 ) Novice Rider: Meghan Fillius and Dress Blues ( 30. 8 ) Open Novice: Penny Goddard and Fernhill On The Rocks ( 18. 6 )

[timmymyluv]

yoyoo can u write something about timmy and the reader doing that wired autocomplete video and they’re secretly dating thanks hehe

ofc!! so sorry this took so long but i wanted to really write it when it felt right and i could do it justice <33 hope u like it

i imagined timmy and reader would star in a film ver of the (let others wage war) series not exactly but the historical couple it was based on with a happy ending yk so please enjoy!

“Hey guys, I’m Timothee Chalamet.”

“”And I’m (Y/N) (L/N) - and this is our Wired autocomplete video.”

“(Y/N) and I will be answering questions that you have been searching about us on the internet.”

Sitting next to him in identical folding chairs, you were both dressed more semi-casual than you did at the beginning of your promotional tour for your new movie.

A period piece about doomed royal lovers, and the second chance they were given for their happy ending - true or not, it was an instant hit not only among niche filmgoers but the general public got word of the Oscar buzz that surrounded your movie.

Playing the young Dowager Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, mother of the doomed, tragic Tsar Nicholas II whose family perished under Bolshevik imprisonment. Exploring her rags to riches youth, from an impoverished fourth daughter of a cadet, untitled and penniless soldier prince to daughter of the King of Denmark.

Timothee played your handsome, sensitive and intelligent young prince and heir to the throne - Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, successor to the Imperial Russian throne. His character fell in love with your character from a portrait before meeting her, head over heels as your character reciprocated that before his untimely death months before the wedding could occur.

As the older Tsarina reminisced on his death anniversary fondly long after his death, your character wakes up back in her youth, unmarried and hours before the arrival of the Russian royal family to visit the Danish royal court.

Most of moviegoers were familiar with your character as the grandma of the infamous Anastasia, mythically believed to have survived the assault on her family, so they were impressed and thoroughly interested in this deep dive of an unfamiliar side of her youth, destined with thrills, intrigue, gorgeous gowns, balls, romance and unspeakable wealth and opulence.

Mere days before the announcement of next year’s Oscar nominations, the film and your respective PR teams amped up your promotions under the public eye to really campaign that both of you would helm the film’s nominations, as murmurs erupted around film critics that all four acting categories from your film would be top runners for the season.

Your characters were clearly the heart of the film, heavily building up your chemistry with him that was evident even from the first chemistry test. If only they knew, you both started dating shortly after rehearsals concluded and you were well into filming.

“Does Timothee Chalamet __” You pick up a board underneath your chair, craning your neck to read it before peeling off the first search terms’ sticker.

“Does Timothee Chalamet read - god I hope so.” Timmy reads from the board, mocking how offended he was and you couldn’t help but giggle along with him.

“Well if you watched the film, he sure had to read a lot to know the long lines he had for the character.” You try to defend him with a joking tone.

“Alright next up, Does Timothee Chalamet write songs - Yes I’ve tried writing songs before without too much success clearly, which is why I’m here.” He comments snarkily, shrugging his shoulders.

“I really like Statistics and oh oh- Hell’s Kitchen is so underrated. Please listen to his soundcloud -hey!” Excitedly jumping up on your seat, he dives in trying to yank the board off your arms and puts his palm over your mouth so you’d stop talking, to no avail.

“Hey- stop that! I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Timmy can’t help but giggle at how fond he is of you and how you aren’t really making fun of him, but trying to hype him up about a time he doesn’t want to remember.

“ What does Timothee Chalamet do? That’s a great question. I wonder the same thing.” You banter with him playfully as he looks at you incredulously with a quirked eyebrow.

“We clearly play dress up and dance - And pretend to fall in love.” He speaks nonchalantly, though you don’t miss the pronounced intonation on ‘pretend’ that you’re sure won’t be noticed by anyone, other than the shippers vigilantly watching both your every move.

“He keeps stepping on my feet, on purpose, during the waltz scenes. It was better than the rehearsals at least, but I had lots of fun with this guy. Couldn’t have a better Nixa to my Minnie.” You get all sentimental, brushing your knees against his as the crew members coo in penchant for you two.

Sharing a knowing look, you both break out into laughter, knowing you’ve both made plans towards moving in an apartment together and adopt a dog or cat soon, but for now it was your little secret. The private world only you two existed, and an oath unknown to the public eye.

You didn’t want to wave around your relationship to get in the way of work, and draw the boundaries between your personal and work lives. Yet when you kiss him on the lips passionately as the crowds cheered when you were announced Best Actress, the internet went crazy with the revelation.

Maybe they knew, maybe they had an inclination - but at least you had the first year all to yourselves, sans your immediate friends and family. Both coming home with golden statues that night, you couldn’t ask for more.

Your characters were tragically separated by sickness, and had their chance in being happily in love together. Your film indulges in an utopian timeline where everything went as planned, and the audiences loved it. So - maybe life imitates art?

[stylesnews]

Like most good stories, Harry Styles’ video for “Treat People With Kindness” starts with Fleabag, specifically with a meeting at Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit London theatre run, which became the launchpad for the joyous black and white video, released on New Year’s Day.

Working with a team now synonymous with Styles' videos (choreographer Paul Roberts and stylist Harry Lambert, to name a few), it was directed by brothers Gabe and Ben Turner (part of the production company Fulwell 73), whose work has spanned One Direction videos ("Steal My Girl", “History”) and Styles' solo track “Golden” and who produced the documentaries I Am Bolt (2016) and Hitsville: The Making Of Motown (2019).

Here, Gabe and Ben tell us the story of when Harry met Phoebe and how “Treat People With Kindness” came together.

Gabe, you tweeted that the video was shot at the beginning of last year. How did it come together?

Gabe Turner: Harry and I went to watch Phoebe do her live Fleabag show in London. We met Phoebe and she was the kindest, most delightful person ever. The next day I was watching dance videos randomly and one of them was this Nicholas Brothers video from the 1920s. It was two brothers dancing. I said to Harry, “You and Phoebe, question mark.” And he messaged back saying, “Treat People With Kindness”. Then he called Phoebe and was like, “I've got this song. I want to do a video. What about me and you doing this dance routine?” And she was like, “Great." And then the two of them called Paul Roberts, the choreographer.

Ben Turner: This isn't always how our life is. This isn't the regular process. But once the touchpaper got lit, it just went off. Every now and then something comes along where all the dominoes fall perfectly.

GT: Harry and Phoebe worked with [choreographers] Paul Roberts and Jared Hageman. The four of them rehearsed all the time, remotely, wherever they were. Whatever projects they were doing, the choreographers would go with them and work on their steps. We would get sent video updates for them as they were rehearsing and learning. We were like, “This is amazing.” We had been to the Troxy for the Bugsy Malone Secret Cinema, so we were like, “That would be a great place to do this.”

You make it sound easy.

BT: That momentum that Gabe's describing, that's what made it easy. It was plenty of hard work, but once it started, it just came together.

What was the turnaround like for the video? BT: We just did it fast, in the space of a few months.

GT: There is a process for how music videos get made. Directors pitch for them, they come up with their creative, present it and there’s a process to go through. This one was already happening before any of that process. It was pure art from Harry and Phoebe, going, “We're going to connect and make this amazing thing and it will come out when it comes out.” As a creative to work in that way is totally joyous. You're just facilitating greatness.

What was it like to shoot?

BT: This is also easy, in a way, because the choreography means that [Harry's] going to be here at this point and there at that [point]. You knew exactly where they were going to be in the room. We went back and forward a bit on how to weave the story into the choreography so it wasn't just a dance routine. By the time we got onto set, that was quite well planned. The nice thing is being more prepared, you can try to feed in a bit of latitude to things. I know because we've worked with Harry for a long time that the camera doesn't just love him. The camera wants to marry him and run off with him and probably never come back. So we know to give a little bit of space for that to happen. Obviously to have Phoebe there with him as well is totally bonkers. And, again, the camera loves her. It was exciting for us to talk about how to execute things with someone who we admire so much.

GT: When you go to the Troxy there's a hidden stage at the top. Ben had an idea of coming down from the hidden stage to reveal Harry, then setting a scene up of [Phoebe] at the top. She was brilliantly collaborative in discussing what kind of role she was going to play.

What notes did you talk through with Phoebe about her character? BT: This song's called "Treat People With Kindness”, so it feels like there's a distance to cover in the narrative. You start on the Marsellus Wallace shot, out of Pulp Fiction. We wanted to get a sense that this was a kind of tough guy and there was the opposite of people being treated with kindness around the place. But the conversation went from [Phoebe] being a character that stood up to him to, actually, if you look at it, [she] wipes a tear off of his eye, which is so beautiful.

GT: Ben was just obsessed with casting the back of people's heads for the first shot.

What makes a good back of the head?

BT: I'm talking about how many folds of skin at the top, the optimum shape. Someone [said] that Bruce Willis had a fantastic shaped dome of a head and it really turned me on to the shape of a bald head, because it can be really beautiful.

GT: I find a lot of the music videos that we do, there'll always be a shot from a film that inspires something.

Aside from breaking the fourth wall at the end, the Pulp Fiction shot and the Nicholas Brothers, what other reference points or Easter eggs did you include?

BT: We love the Marx Brothers, Danny Kaye and those physical comedians. I love Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. We’re also obsessed by Bugsy Malone. Busby Berkeley... I don't think there was much Busby Berkeley in this. GT: At the end there's a tiny bit, but Busby Berkeley has actually been used as a reference in quite a few music videos. We love that stuff. But we didn't want to go too into that symmetry and the choreography, because it didn't feel as fresh. What have you learned from Harry, after working together for so long?

BT: He's on a really interesting journey and we are lucky to be a bit of that journey with him. It's really rewarding to dip into that and try to facilitate some of that as we go along. There's a lot that he's in touch with that I'm not. I'm quite a lot older than him. I'm not as cool as him.

[luimnigh]

So, I’m just gonna go through the Reddit AMA that happened today (December 2nd 2020), and compile the answered questions that I personally find interesting

Taking part in this AMA was Eddy Rivas, RWBY co-writer; Eugene C. Myers, write of After the Fall, Before the Dawn and Fairy Tales of Remnant; and Violet Tobacco, illustrator on Fairy Tales of Remnant. 

(Not all questions and answers are repeated here verbatim, if you want to check the exact wording, please use the link above.)

This is gonna be long, so I’ll place a cut here:

Eddy Answers:

JNPR Birthdays: Someday. They’d rather reserve that information for the show or other materials, but they felt it was well past due to learn RWBY’s birthday. 

Who is the girl in the photo in Theodore’s office?: “That’s something we’ll come back to later.”

Mercury Thoughts: He’s reserving them for later in the Volume, though he does find some people’s takes on his character “interesting”, but can’t say why just yet. 

Thoughts on the Em/Merc/Hazel dynamic:  “As for the Merc/Em/Hazel dynamic, moooooore to come. I've always enjoyed that little trio in the midst of these bananas villains.”

Are we ever gonna get an origin for Dust, even a biased one?: “Yes, more than likely.”

Are Ghira and Kali’s bands in each other’s colours “wedding bands”, and is this a faunus/huntsman tradition? (The asker also notes that Tai has a red armband):  “Different cultures/kingdoms have different ways of expressing their bonds to other people, and there's not even really a set standard for that across the board. Most often it comes to incorporating it on their clothes/person in some way, usually through color.”

Do the Gods have actual names, or are they only known by their titles as God of Light and God of Darkness?: “Certainly the Two Brothers might have other things that they are known by!”

Does the women who first followed the Infinite Man have a name as well? “Ozpin was choosing in the re-telling of that story to keep those things pretty general/vague -- more than likely to keep it from being perceived by the audience as truth.”

Things created by the Staff of Creation have no ontological inertia: a created object will disappear once the Staff is used again.

The Grimm in Before The Dawn were attracted to the amped Auras because “large flare-ups of Aura (the soul, which goes hand in hand with emotions) would read similarly to the emotions that Grimm are naturally drawn to.”

Remnant Holidays: “There are certainly different holidays in Remnant, many of them similar to our own. This is the kind of thing we always want to save for the screen or other materials if we can help it!”

Semblance Rules: “Semblances can basically be anything, we just make sure there is some kind of check on it -- take Tock, for instance, who could become invulnerable but it's going to lead to her Aura breaking. I wouldn't say there's a hard and fast rule against a Semblance being transformative, but it certainly would be uncommon.”

It seems Ironwood did issue an arrest warrant for Robyn, but the Council offered her safe passage to Atlas and Schnee Manor, in order to put Ironwood off-balance. 

Is Nicholas Schnee dead or is he still alive?: “Yes.”

Production of the 2D shorts on various Fairy Tales has been impacted by the pandemic, but more details are “hopefully coming soon”.

Sage is not connected to the AceOps, despite being based on an Aesop. There are more characters based on Aesops besides them. 

Beacon’s Academic Year: “It's fairly similar to our own semesters.”

The events of the books will impact the main series, but they want to fit them in in such a way that non-readers won’t feel like they’re missing out.

Will we ever find out more about Summer/how she died?: “It certainly seems like a pretty important thing for the show to touch on :)”

RWBY’s favourite fairytales: “We'll get to this.”

Eddy says we will learn more characters’ sexualities. 

Will We Ever See Roman Again?:  “I will say that Roman is a very fun character who has obviously made an impact on everybody. There will always be a desire to go back to that well.”

Aura would block a Lightsaber.

Cinder did not get any of the Spring Maiden’s power when she used her arm on Raven.

Is there is a link between semblance and magic?: “Yes.”

Are the Gods All-Powerful?: “This is a tough question to answer, but a very good one. I think it's something we'll actually learn more about... later.”

THE GOD OF LIGHT ALONE MADE ALL FOUR RELICS.

Eugene Answers:

At one point, Eugene, not knowing the ships of the fandom, named a location “Arkos”. His editor had to tell him why he couldn’t use it.

What inspired you to choose memory erasing and telepathy for Yatsu and Fox respectively?: “For Fox, it came about honestly because he had never spoken on the show, and I wanted to provide a canon reason for it, and then it just opened up so many interesting possibilities. For Yatsu, it probably started as I thought about Edward and Augustus and what might fit in thematically; and again, it fits in with Yatsu's more meditative nature, and I like the fact that his Semblance isn't based on physical strength.”

“”From my perspective, it was very important to me to not contradict anything in the series past or future, help expand on things that haven't been covered in the show yet, and help lay the foundation for things that may appear in later volumes. The RWBY writing team is terrific to collaborate with, answering all the questions I had as much as they could, and of course they review, approve, and correct anything needed to fit the show's continuity and its tone.”

Does the Chill have a physical form?: “I envisioned the Chill as being incorporeal, living in the shadows.”

Can you save someone from the Chill?: “You could save someone from possession, if you acted quickly.“

The books tell us Coco has an older brother, Toma; and a younger brother, Mate; as well as a third brother, Van. Eugene confirms Van to be younger than Coco.

He wishes he could have spent more time on Scarlet and Sage.

Favourite OC: Rumpole. Favourite Show Character: Penny

Fox’s Personality: “People often compare him a bit to Toph, who is my favorite Avatar character, so I think that influenced his character. Plus, the voice in your head would have to be the one that says things you shouldn't say aloud. That's Fox.”

If he gets to make a third novel, it would be SSSN-focused.

“I believe it took SSSN several months to reach Vacuo from Haven, partially because they weren't in any hurry, and it's a long way. And then the main events of BtD take place a month or so after AtF.” 

Before the Dawn takes place before Volume 8.

Violet Answers:

What are some of your artistic inspirations?: “Arthur Rackham was the biggest inspiration throughout. The grungy, rough nature of his work was very helpful in merging my style with something more traditional to match the fairytale feel needed for this book.“ 

[shelovescontrol91]

Creating celebrity partnerships is a fine art, and succeeding requires a careful pairing on both the celebrity and the brand. For some brands, perfecting this recipe means reaching out to celebrities and convincing them that your business aligns with their values. Canadian water brand Flow, on the other hand, uses a strategy where the celebrity comes to that conclusion by themselves.

“[Our partners] have all organically come with us and met us through what we're trying to do in the first place,” Flow founder Nicholas Reichenbach says.

Take the partnership development process between singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes and Flow. The partnership officially began four years ago, but Mendes’s appreciation of the brand dated years prior, when he personally discovered the water brand in 2015. The company then sent Mendes a letter, and when he met the Flow team things clicked between the two parties.

As a brand, Flow set itself apart from other water brands in its efforts to use the minimum amount of natural resources necessary in its production, which include its completely recyclable packaging. The integration of its sustainability practices into the brand’s ethos was what drew Mendes to the brand.

“As I've gotten older, I’ve realized the importance of changing the world for the better, even if it's in small, incremental ways, and how important that is for me — how that actually drives me to keep doing what I do,” Mendes says.

Such a partnership, where a celebrity cares about brand values just as much as the product itself, seems to carry weight in the Influencer Age. A 2021 survey by Pipslay Research found that 59% of Americans say celebrity endorsements influence their purchasing behavior. For many customers, brands are tied to their ethics: 62% of Americans agreed that celebrity endorsement is a reflection of brand quality and integrity.

Living out your values as a way to help your partnership thrive

As a brand's morals are now just as important as the brand's product, having the right business partnership isn’t enough. If your business fails to clearly relay its values to the consumer, the partnership can fail à la Kylie Jenner and Pepsi. But living out the values that attract the right celebrities and consumers can be difficult when problems like labor shortages or pandemic issues threaten to cut a business entirely. As an alternative, Reichenbach says business decisions don't necessarily have to act purely for profit's sake. Instead, Flow implements a philosophy he calls the triple bottom line.

The triple bottom line is simple: Take care of the people, profit and planet. Though the idea sounds idealistic, Reichenbach has found power within this concept when Flow had to figure out how to ship its spring water to U.S. consumers. Instead of relying on the same Canadian spring as always, the business found a spring in Virginia. By bringing operations stateside, Flow was able to hire the local community, save money on logistics and even go carbon-neutral for the first time. For Reichenbach, this type of business model is the value-aligned way to make profit and something businesses have emphasized more since the pandemic.

"In anything that you're succeeding as an entrepreneur, you've got to really stick to your values as a person because there's so much noise in the world today. The more you convolute your values, the less clear your happiness is, too," Reichenbach says.

A forward-thinking mindset

Because of the sustainability concerns of today’s youth, Reichenbach adds that businesses can’t afford to make choices between the planet or profit — business decisions need to consider both. This value Reichenbach places on the next generation is something that resonates with Mendes, who also sees the investment in the young consumer as an important part of the partnership.

"It's a new age vision for companies and CEOs. I think that that's the type of company that celebrities and people with voices need to get behind, because it's [up to the companies] to inspire the next generation to have that mindset,” the singer-songwriter says. “Nowadays — especially younger generations, like my sister, who's 17 — you can't get anything by them. There is no room for fakeness and lies and manipulation. They are really on top of it. And I think one of the most amazing things is that I've always known Flow was a great company with true intention. But the more that we've been announcing my relationship with Flow, the more people reach out to me being like, 'Wow, I love this company.'"

To keep the partnership strong, Reichenbach cites trust and transparency as the company's main strategy. However, Mendes and Reichenbach's mutual enthusiasm for the company's sustainability initiatives also seems to be at the core of this particular connection. And there's plently to be enthusiastic about — with Flow's plans to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Reichenbach says it feels the water brand is writing its first album.

Mendes is there to support it every step of the way.

“With Flow, it’s that when you stand for something that's bigger than yourself, you have the energy of 10 people. That’s the beauty of it. I felt from Nick and the team that Flow was about something bigger than them. It wasn't about becoming the most talked-about water in the world,” Mendes says. “I'm very careful with brands that I work with, and I consider Flow to be part of my history and part of my future. It’s much more than just a partnership. It really feels like a purposeful thing.”

[wtflife01]

And the Daily Mail attacks again with the Mykonos team!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9901283/amp/F1-star-George-Russell-joins-Nicholas-Lafiti-girlfriends-Mykonos.html

why did they made a whole article about Charles friend???

[harostar]

Before the Dawn

Okay, so a summarize of key points from the novel.

Theodore is the greatest thing ever. Just...I need this flamboyant, middle-aged Shonen Idiot hero in the series proper already. His glee at wanting to PUNCH THINGS is just amazing.

Rumpole is very interesting, in terms of being so incredibly secretive that not even Theodore knew her first name. I know it’s primarily about her inspiration, but at the same it’s interesting that she is such a secretive and mysterious woman. Bad Bitch Club with Glynda, you know it.

Yatsuhashi is a precious soul and must be protected at all costs. He’s going to hold Velvet’s flower while she breaks faces.

Team NDGO are the Mean Girls in every school, bitchy and catty and petty. I noticed that indeed, we never see them in scenes during the Battle of Beacon. So yes, those bitches heard Ironwood’s rousing speech about fighting to protect the people......and then got on the first fucking transport out of there. They ran and they aren’t even remotely ashamed or apologetic about it.

Nolan x Scarlet when?

Man, Nolan’s situation is just....really dark. Like we knew people died at Beacon and saw one of his teammates get carried off by a Grimm. But to find out his entire team DIED fighting, and he’s just a broken wreck over it is painful to watch. 

Honestly, I was surprised that The Crown had nothing to do with Salem. At least not directly, as they are oblivious to all that. They’re compared to the White Fang, in terms of being a terrorist group that wants REVOLUTION.

In this case, we get a stronger picture of how Vacuo views the rest of the world. Their kingdom was strip-mined by Mantle, completely devastated and then further destroyed by the Great War’s final battle. The kingdom harbors so much resentment towards the other 3 kingdoms for exploiting them. This translates into resentment towards the Refugee Students, who are seen as not committed to Shade or Vacuo. They’re outsiders that just want to use Vacuo, to get strong enough to go home.

That seems to be a major theme throughout the story: Home. What is home? The Crown represents a colonized people that want to return to the “old ways” through violent revolution, as taken advantage of by a delusional asshole with a complex. But their primary victims are their own people, who they exploit as brainwashed foot-soldiers or kidnap to use as Aura batteries.

Jax and Gillian are.......a piece of work. And honestly kind of scary, but in a way that it’s good Salem didn’t manage to make use of them. Jax’s Mind Control is very scary stuff, and his abusive relationship with Gillian is so tragic. He kinda honestly deserves what he got, being mind-wiped by Yatsuhashi and Gillian.

Gillian....oh girl. She has a lot of parallels to Jaune that are really interesting, and I wonder if we’ll meet her during the Vacuo arc. She believes in the stories of her royal lineage and feels called to honor that legacy with heroism. But it’s corrupted by her brother’s ambitions and jealousy. And her Semblance is a very dark version of Jaune’s Semblance -- Aura Amp, having a vast pool of Aura to share with others for healing or support vs Aura Siphon, a psychic vampire that can steal Aura and transfer it around. She can empower others, and for this her brother uses her as basically a living battery. Even her finally turning on him and stopping him for good is still ultimately about loving the abusive prick, because she doesn’t want him to die.

So Neptune’s hydrophobia is no longer funny. His Semblance allows him to control water by touching it, but he nearly drowned himself and his brother when they were children. So he’s genuinely terrified of touching water, because he’s afraid he won’t be able to control it. 

Okay so Vacuo Arc villain is the Nome King? Yes?

We have “Dorothy” with his Ruby Gloves, Silver Boots, and the Silver Belt that in the books belongs to the Nome King. We have Ozma and the Scarecrow coming to Vacuo. And we have a kingdom that resents the theft of its mineral resources. AND! AND! In the books, the Nome King was once an ally of Santa Claus -- aka Nicholas Schnee. 

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The President is having a rough time. That much we can easily infer by reading both the medical and the political tea leaves that have dropped all around him in recent days. As of October 7, 2020–27 days from the Presidential Election — here’s where we stand.

It is a story in three parts:

1. Trump has, or at least had, severe Covid. We can infer that from the drugs he’s been prescribed.

For the past five days he has been on a course of Remdesivir, an antiviral medication that can interrupt viral reproduction. According to the Financial Times, the FDA “authorised the emergency use of Remdesivir for Covid-19 in May for patients with severe coronavirus who need extra oxygen or mechanical ventilation to help them breathe. In August, the FDA extended the emergency use authorisation to anyone in hospital with Covid-19, however severe their disease.”

He has also been given Regeneron’s multiple-monoclonal antibody therapy, a drug that directly kills the virus. He was given an 8-gram dose, which is very high, indicating that his viral load was significant when they got him to the hospital on Friday. This drug has not yet even been authorized for emergency use, but his doctors leaned on the regulatory agencies and the company to be able to prescribe it for compassionate use. This is the drug that, in my opinion, likely saved his life. At least for now. Note, this drug does NOT stop the virus from resurging, but it can be administered again without harm, so long as his body does not develop a resistance to the antibodies, themselves.

Notably, neither of these drugs will help to reverse damage already done to the organs.

The third big-hitter drug he received was a steroid called Dexamethasone. It is used to help prevent the body’s immune system from doing more damage than the virus. When the immune system goes into overdrive, there is significant swelling that can, itself, severely damage the organs. With Covid, that swelling can be so bad that it kills the organs, then the patient. The World Health Organization advises doctors to only use the drug in severe or critical cases, because it can have powerful side-effects — both physiological and psychological.

Physiologically, it SHREDS the immune system. That is, literally, what it is intended to do, which — in this case — is good for him, because he’s getting the Remdesivir and the Regeneron cocktail to fight the Covid, but BAD for him because for the next week or so, he’s got no meaningful immune system and that bathtub mold left behind by William Howard Taft in the White House jakes might take him out quicker than he can kill anyone else with his coronavirus.

Psychologically, it can lead to mania or more severe depressive states — which has got to at least rate a bit of a worry among Trump’s advisors, right?

Well, maybe not — and that brings us to the next point.

Donnie is all alone.

2. The second thing we know, or can infer from the past few days’ events, is that President Trump is finally — and fully — leading his own parade. There really is no sane doctor in the land who, short of wanting to fluff the Commander-in-Chief, would have authorized either his Sunday night joyride, or even his discharge from the hospital as if he’d just come down with a touch of 24-Hour Covid.

But, well, Trump. Even casual observers quickly learn that he does not tolerate independence in his advisors. They either show a willingness to bend to his will, or they are drummed out of service. As such, when he needs someone to finally stand up to him, even for his own good, they are long, long gone. Some folks are lamenting Dr. Sean Conley for tarnishing his reputation this past week, but in truth, you could have inferred that from the simple fact that he’s Trump’s personal physician. It’s the same for everyone. Persistent exposure to his toxicity either leads to outright rejection, or total corruption and collapse. At this point in his life and his Presidency, there simply are no grown-ups left in the room.

That goes for his political team, too. But with them, it’s even worse: Not only have the ones with actual backbone long since been ejected from the West Wing, the toadies that are left are now all down for the count because of this virus. Here’s a list of his people who are currently either ill or in quarantine:

Hope Hicks, chief adviser to the president.

Bill Stepien, campaign manager.

Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary.

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

Chris Christie, top political advisor.

Melania Trump, his wife.

Nicholas Luna, assistant and “body man” to the president.

Kellyanne Conway, former White House senior adviser.

Stephen Miller, his pet Nazi.

Lord knows what sort of protocols are in place in the East Wing of the White House, right now, but given the pacing and the lunacy of the Tweets, there’s just no one there to stop him. He is amped up on steroids, likely a bit delirious, and clearly surprised — and offended — that his “triumphant return” was mocked by everyone outside of his Proud Boy Fan Club as a weird, pathetic Evita routine wherein he was clearly gasping for air. He’s pissed off, alone, and facing the greatest humiliation of his life in 28 days. CNN today has Biden up by 16 points — 57% to 41%. That is getting into Ronald Reagan / Walter Mondale ’84 territory, when the Gipper beat the Man from Minnesota by an Electoral College margin of 525 to 13.

Clearly, Donald is losing his mind — likely due to the drugs, but also because he is all alone, scared out of his wits, and can’t seem to do a damn thing about it. There is no one left to bully.

So, what does he do?

He lashes out like a haunted madman at the nation he purportedly leads.

3. In his almost four years at the helm, he has typed nearly every single type of public obscenity into his iPhone that a Manson Family member could imagine — but he save the most purely foolish of them for today. A few hours after the Fed Chair — you know, the guy in charge of global capitalism — came right out and said, in essence, “Hey, Washington, we need massive government spending NOW to save the economy!” Trump tweeted, literally and explicitly, “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill.”

Holy shit!

The Fed Chair screamed: “STEP ON THE GAS!” and Trump, instead, slammed on the brakes. The market reacted by cratering nearly 600 points. They will pause for a moment, before again jumping off the cliff tomorrow, when no course correction is offered. This is very, very bad.

Backed into a corner, and with the economy teetering over the abyss, he has decided to take the entire country hostage — with an implicit promise that we either elect HIM, or he will let the entire country burn.

You know, I like to think that if McDaniel, or Stepien, or McEnany, or Hicks, or even Conway were there, they might have at least tried to talk him down from such an utterly insane position — one from which he has ZERO room to retreat without looking like a fool — but maybe not. Maybe after the Covid and the Roids and the Evita jokes, he would have gone ahead and set the world on fire regardless of what any advisor suggested.

Now we’ll never know. That die has been cast. And with it, I believe, his Presidency is all but over — short of straight-up election theft, or an auto coup d’etat.

Both, sadly, are still possibilities.

But shy of that, this President has demonstrated to everyone in the past few days that he has come undone. He is unbalanced, unhinged, disconnected from reality, physically ill, and getting his ass kicked by a dude he calls Sleepy Joe.

To put it lightly: It’s not a good look.

On top of that, his idiot son Eric — a used piece of moral toilet paper, who got busted two years ago for stealing money from a children’s cancer charity — just got deposed in a court case that will almost certainly spit out a basket of Trump Family indictments before Christmas this year, and Vladimir Putin — his patron (and banker) in Moscow is either prepping the piss tape for TMZ once his gimp is no longer useful, or burning the evidence trail so none of this can ever be tied, definitively, back to him.

All in all, Trump should count himself lucky if that Taft fungus rises up from the drain pipe and puts him out of his misery. Nothing good happens for him from here. He can still drag us all down with him, but he won’t get back up off this mat.

Or so, at least, it seems.

Love to you all.

[callmemonster68]

•&Team Masterlist•

All Members:

Nothing Yet

EJ - Byun Eui-Joo

EJ - &TEAM ( smut )

Fuma - Murata Fuma

FUMA - &TEAM ( smut )

K - Koga Yudai

K - &TEAM ( smut )

Nicholas - Wang Yixiang

NICHOLAS - &TEAM ( smut )

Yuma - Nakakita Yuma

YUMA - &TEAM ( smut )

JO - Asakura Jo

JO - &TEAM ( smut )

Harua - Shigeta Harua

HARUA - &TEAM ( smut )

Taki - Takayama Riki

TAKI - &TEAM ( smut )

Maki - Hirota Riki

Nothing Yet

[aemondtragaryen-archived]

Ok I'm back because I came up with another fic title, and I think this one works perfectly for the current situation! Could I please get a 💡 for the title Winner?

Hi Izzy! I LOVE this title!

Right off the bat, I am getting a Fred x reader enemies to lovers trope. In this, the reader would be a Slytherin on the Quidditch team and her and Fred had always had a I-love-to-hate-you type of relationship. throughout the years that they’ve both been on the Quidditch team, both the reader and Fred would just completely tease each other under the pretense of house rivalry. Neither of them, had ever pulled their punches when I came to gloating on their victories. Even though the two of them complain to their respective teammates of how annoying in infuriating the other person is, deep down they both love riling each other up and they would miss it.

In this fic, I see it taking place during their seventh year in the order of the Phoenix. Of course, Umbridge is in the school and is out to get Fred and his family.  and their seventh year, she has made captain of her Quidditch team and the compare of this between the two of them definitely has amped up. I think the whole scene in the book where Malfoy starts insulting Mrs. Weasley and George and Harry attack Malfoy Wesley to her being really taken aback and disgusted by her seekers comments even though he ended up getting beat up. Despite all the comparing us that she had always had with Fred she knew that his brother and Harry were not in the wrong at all because Malfoy was being a terrible person as per usual. Without thinking about it, she went up to McGrath Nicholas office where she knew that the twins and Harry would be.

When she arrives, Umbridge was already there. I can see her running in through the door without knocking and shouting out in protest that it wasn’t their fault but your seeker’s. I’m bridge will probably make some condescending comments that would be the final straw and the reader would just have some kind of outburst, completely disgusted buy the new headmaster‘s behavior.

Umbridge would say to her if she didn’t approve of her choices then she could say goodbye to being Quidditch Captain.  I can totally see the reader just kind of checking her Quidditch captain pin off and throwing it on the ground saying this line-

“I would rather not play Quidditch at all than win like this.” You sneered at Umbridge with disgust which was a stark contrast to the twisted smile on her face. You ripped off the green and silver pin from your robes, ignoring the sound of threads ripping as you tossed in on the floor at Umbridge’s feet.

I see the reader storming out and going down to a corridor as she let herself cry, remembering how happy she had been when she got the pin that summer and how things had changed so much. She was so busy crying that she didn’t notice Fred come up and lean against the wall next to her.

“I hope you didn’t do that on my account.” Fred said as he casually leaned against the wall besides her.

Suddenly her despair over what had just happened lessened as she look over at him. She ignored the wet tears that had coated her cheeks and rolled her eyes at him. “I never do anything on your account.”

He looked at you with a certain softness that you weren’t used to seeing all these years and you felt your eyes widen as he slid his two thumbs across your cheeks, wiping your wet tears away. The tender touch throwing you off and confusing you beyond compare.

“That’s too bad.” He said nonchalantly. “I was hoping you’d go on a date with me but seeing as you never do anything on my account...” He trailed off as he pushed himself off the wall and began to walk away.

You stood there speechless as your mouth gaped. He had already put a few feet between you by now. You pushed yourself off the wall and walked towards him with urgency. “Hold on a minute! What do you mean a date?” You said exasperated.

“The usual.” He smiled down at you as he saw your eyebrows furrowed with confusion. “You and me, the three broomsticks, a butterbeer or two.”

You said nothing in response and only held a baffled look on your face. This expression didn’t perturb Fred, however, not when the blush on your cheeks said otherwise. Without a word from he knew that next Saturday the two of you would very much be on a date.

This was so incredibly extra I’m sorry. If you couldn’t tell I 1) love your fic titles and 2) really really love Fred

[stoweboyd]

One More Turn Of The Screw At Medium

Announced with fanfare a few days ago: Medium Seeks Partners to Launch New Publications. This is jaw-dropping considering how many pivots the company has undertaken, and how many 'partners' it has screwed over in the process.

Medium's current strategy seems to be growing into a media giant, like a redo of the old Huffington Post or Forbes, before those pubs chased away all the flakes. But in the meantime, they are attracting all the 'thought leaders' writing listcicles and self-help manifestos, and on top are trying to create their own 'publications' with paid writers.

The site is maddening, oversaturated, and terrible to navigate.

Sadly, many writers I know and admire write there.

I am involved in a new publishing venture (about which more later) and I had considered publishing it there, but I think I will go a different route. I don't believe Williams.

My friend Rafat Ali tweeted about this:

Since this is Medium, unfortunately this will close down in a year too. Sad to see writers being fooled & falling for this again & again & again. This NYT story is surprisingly context-free. https://t.co/9GyraZ5a3d

— Rafat Ali, Media Operator (@rafat) March 19, 2019

The NYTimes article was a Bittman puff piece with no discussion of the many pivots at Medium. And no mention of the departure of Hackernoon from Medium and Medium's efforts to screw them as they were moving.

I've written about Medium numerous times:

June 2015 What’s Going On At Medium?

January 2017 Medium shifts direction, away from ads and towards … what, exactly?

January 2018 Medium Continues Dismantling Publications

February 2018 Ev Williams Hires Siobhan O’Conner from Time, to continue Transition into Megamagazine

For those who want to review the various zigs and zags in Medium's history, I recommend Medium's Mess: The rise and fall of the site that was supposed to save journalism by Katie Fustich. Here's one long excerpt:

In 2014 the company acquired and relaunched the digital magazine Matter as a general-interest publication with the goal of creating a home for “timely, original journalism that combines the reporting and scope of serious publications with the fun and intimacy of the social web.” Originally a subscription-funded, Kickstarter-launched science publication, Matter got a new editor-in-chief, the veteran GQ editor Mark Lotto, and became the mouthpiece of Medium itself, commissioning glossy, high-budget content that served as a tentpole for the platform. It published elaborate features like an account of lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan’s 2015 lawsuit against Uber, as well as Awl-ish musings on neon signs, and an epically long essay on selfies. (Disclosure: Study Hall publisher Kyle Chayka was a contributor.) The aggressive editorial strategy nabbed Matter a National Magazine Award for Joshua Hammer’s long-form reporting on the Ebola crisis, making it the first digital publication to win the award.

In addition to re-launching Matter, Medium expanded its staff. The site raised $25 million and $57 million in 2014 and 2015, respectively, giving the company a $400 million valuation. Medium also continued to roll out new publications funded by its own capital as well as scattered ad deals, like Re:form, a design blog sponsored early on by BMW.

With a sleek publishing interface and shiny, award-winning content, Medium became an attractive publishing option for media newcomers and websites struggling to make it on their own in the digital platform era. In 2013, comics publisher The Nib launched with Medium under cartoonist Matt Bors, and in 2015, by-and-for women’s news site The Establishment set up shop. Smaller media companies like Pacific Standard, The Awl, and The Ringer also began using Medium’s platform as a content management system, in deals sweetened with guaranteed revenue from Medium’s inchoate ad operations. In 2016, Pacific Standard magazine editor-in-chief Nicholas Jackson gushed, “Moving to Medium was an obvious solution for what we wanted to do.”

But there were persistent tremors of uncertainty. In summer 2014, Medium announced it would be rolling out native ads and sponsored posts, finally answering the question of how the site planned to make money (Williams had previously stated that traditional banner ads would tarnish Medium’s aesthetic). In 2015 Matter began to slow down its publishing, and by 2016 it was crumbling, publishing its final post in November. The title relaunched as an independent media incubator-slash-studio that March, with funding from Williams himself and leadership by Lotto and his wife Hillary Frey, the former executive editor of Fusion (now executive editor at Huffington Post). Then the studio closed abruptly in January 2017 due to management issues, leaving writers with potential collaborative projects—book deals and film aspirations—in the lurch. The studio did, however, produce a trailer and swag for its rebrand logo.

Matter’s sudden shift coincided with the departure of Pacific Standard, The Ringer, and The Awl from the Medium platform. In May 2017, less than a year after joining Medium, Jackson was already explaining that Pacific Standard’s departure from Medium would allow it to increase subscriber growth and develop new features. The Awl departed several months later without much fanfare. Editor Silvia Killingsworth described the publication’s return to WordPress in a post that referred to Medium as “a cool experiment, in my opinion.” She continued, “Personally I missed the ads.” (The Medium detour seemed to help derail The Awl permanently; it shut down in January of this year.)

Medium’s meandering business model meant that in early 2017 it was forced to lay off approximately 50 staffers (one-third of the company at the time) and close offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. Under duress, the company pivoted away from serving as a platform for other media brands and doubled down on its own fraught editorial strategy.

[lobsterqualia]

Recommendations

Applied Cryptography, Schneier, second edition

The Bible

The Ghost Map by Stephen Johnson

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

The Quantum Story

Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

Rules of the Game by Andrew Gordon

Where Mathematics Comes From

Vehicles, Experiments in Synthetic Psychology

The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robertson

Palestine by Joe Sacco

Gordon Burn, Best & Edwards

The Bang Bang Club by Greg Marinovich

Rogue Warrior, Richard Marcinko

William Langewiesche's "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center"

Clotaire’s culture code

Adam Tooze’s The Wages of Destruction

"Baby Meets World" by Nicholas Day

anything by Ian W. Toll

The Walls of Jericho

The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead

The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester

The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward

In the name of the people, by Lara Pawson

Anna Funder's Stasiland

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World

Being mortal - Atul Gawande

Belinda Blinked

The Knife Man by Wendy Moore

Freakanomics by Dubner/Levitt

Development as Freedom, Amartya Sen

Architectural Graphic Standards, ed. Ramsey/Sleeper

Bird By Bird by anne lamott

“Auto da Fay” by Fay Weldon

Meetings with Remarkable Men, Gurdjieff

Urban Fortunes: the Political Economy of Place

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Resolute: the epic search of the northwest passage

The Dead Hand, David E. Hoffman

The making of the atomic bomb

The Origins of Political Order

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air, by David MacKay

Cultural amnesia

Non-Places - Marc Augé

All the Shas men

A Deadly Wandering

Will this do? by Auberon Waugh

A Problem From Hell by Samantha Power

Strindberg by Sue Prideaux

Team Rodent by Carl Hiaasen

Packing For Mars

Napoleon of Crime

The Hungry Years by William Leith

All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman

A good walk spoiled

Airymouse, by Harald Penrose

Moondust by Andrew Smith

Eric Newby, 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'

Forest Ecosystems (2nd edition with the section on soil), by Perry, Oren, & Hart

White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s by Joe Boyd

A Year with Verona by Tim Parks

The Way it Was by Stanley Matthews

Black lamb and grey falcon

Snell’s “Age of Chaucer”

Late Victorian holocausts

Cosmos

Chickenhawk, Robert Mason

The Life of the Bee

Self-selected

Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us

post truth: how bullshit conquered the world

[justinssportscorner]

Nicholas Parco at NYDN:

Eric Reid believes kneeling with Colin Kaepernick is the reason he is still a free agent.

The safety was the first 49er to protest inequality during the national anthem alongside Kaepernick and a few days into the signing period, he isn’t on a roster.

“The notion that I can be a great signing for your team for cheap, not because of my skill set but because I’ve protested systemic oppression, is ludicrous,” Reid tweeted Thursday. “If you think is [sic], then your mindset is part of the problem too.”

I believe that Eric Reid is being blacklisted by cowardly right-wing NFL owners, just like his former teammate Colin Kaepernick, for leading the movement to kneel/sit/raise fists for the national anthem.