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valeriethepussycats · 5 years ago

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In A Dream

Chapter 2

Thoughts are in italics.

M/n- made up name

Warning- some sad parts

Life in New Orleans was nothing like Y/n expected. Gambit introduces her to the French Quarter of New Orleans. The sights, sounds, smells, tastes, restaurants,honky Tonkin, and the people from the North Rampart to the river canal to esplanade, before moving out wards to the business, district beyond as modern in it’s way as remain timeless. A start drive takes them to Lake Ponchatrain, then down towards the gulf into the Bayou Country. The days pass, and with each one, Y/n settles more and more comfortably into the rhythm of the “Big Easy” making it as much her home as it already seems to be Gambit. At this point they get to work. They hit the bad guys only, stripping criminals of their ill gotten gains and ranging along the gulf states from the Florida panhandle to south Texas merrily looting the the looters. Part Long Ranger mostly Robin Hood causin’ crooks no end of grief, cops and common folk an equal measure of delight. The time are so good Y/n can’t remember when she’s had more fun, she no longer thinks of what happened in Canada. The nightmares(since faded) that haunted her en route. New Orleans is where she’s happy this is where she belongs.

Until One Fine Evening.

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Y/n is walking down then street enjoy the parade. It was a Jazz festive, you could hear saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones, and Pianos. All the people dancing to the wonderful music. Y/n jumps on the nears parade float and starts to dance feeling good and happy. Y/n looks out into the crowd she notice Gambit run.

“Gambit Gambit.” Y/n yells at at Gambit.

Gambit ignores her not warning the people that is chasing him to find Y/n. Gambit projects his thoughts at Y/n so she could hear him.

Petit get to the house now. What’s wrong. There is something I have to tell you. Ok.

Y/n jumps off the float starts running home. Gambit has never sounded so worried before not even when we where in Canada what could’ve possibly shaking him up.

Y/n takes the back entrance to the house to make sure no one followed her when she gets inside she sees Gambit packing rapidly throwing everything that’s important in suitcases and garbage bags.

“What’s going on? Why are you packing?” Y/n questioned.

Pausing from Packing to gather his words so he can try to explain the situation to Y/n taking a deep breath in. “I used to be apart of the Thieve’s Guild and I did bad things which led me to get caught and now they found me and that means we need to go.” Gambit explained as he continue to pack.

“We can stop them. I can stop them.” Y/n implied following Gambit into the other room as he continues to pack.

“I don’t want you using your powers not even to save me.” Gambit replied.

“Then where are we going” Y/n Asked.

“New York.”

“We going to the X-Men aren’t we?”

“Yes we are. There’s a mutant there who has the same ability as you he can help you control your psychic abilities but we need to go now.” Gambit urged as he has Y/n a suitcase so she can start packing.

As Gambit and Y/n are packing to leave New Orleans and head straight to Charles Xavier school for gifted youngsters.

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Somewhere in Canada

Shield agent storm the facility where the Weapon X Program was held and before any of the scientists or the agents that work there at the facility, can destroy any evidence they are taking under arrest as Nick fury and Phill Coulson walk through the doors. Nick fury picks up files reading them looking at all the mutants that this facility had kidnapped and experimented on.

A name comes up that is very familiar to him, Ororo Munroe daughter and he thinks to him self. It can’t be possible Ororo never had a child. He looked at the date Birthday unknown but it haves birth year 1985.

Nick was with Ororo around that time so does that mean he has a daughter and why did she tell him about her and how could she let this happened to their daughter so many questions was running through Nick’s head he almost stumbled.

Realizing that Director Fury was under some type of distressed Coulson walks over to him and taps his shoulder lightly.

“Are you ok sir.” Phill ask with nothing but concern in his voice.

“I’m fine I’m fine we need to find the subject M/n Munroe.” Nick disclosed taking the file on his daughter and burning it.

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Somewhere on I 20 east

Gambit and Y/n Drive in silence. Y/n not trying to show how upset she is having to leave the only place she calls home to go to some school for gifted youngsters. Y/n knew this was Gambit’s plan to take her there to get help on her powers. You can’t really have secrets with someone who can read minds and, apparently this Charles Xavier had the same exact power has she does controlling people, moving things The whole 9 yards but maybe this is a good thing.

If I get control over my powers Gambit will let me use them and, then I can stop the people that’s after Gambit and we can go back home.

“I’m not mad at you if that’s what you’re worried about. I know you had a life before we met and, honestly I don’t care about it….I only care about the present Gambit not the past.” Y/n grinned as Gambit turns and looks at her and, smiles at her he never understood how she could be so understanding I guess the phoenix gave her more than just powers or maybe this was just her nature.

“It means a lot to me that you said that but I still feel like a owe you an exclamation petit.” Gambit stated.

“Gambit but you don’t.-“

“The Thieves Guild it wasn’t something I want to do it was forced upon me. My father got mixed up with some people then started using me for my abilities to get them off his back.”

Y/n and see this is hard for Gambit to explain. She can tell that he really doesn’t like talking about his past that he’s ashamed of it. Even though she tried to reassure him that his past doesn’t mattered to her.

Y/n smiles at gambit then says.” Gambit I knew about your past life I knew about this entire time and I didn’t care.”

“You knew!?” Gambit said not hiding the shock in his voice.

“Of course I knew I can read minds. Gambit what you did doesn’t matters it’s what you’re going to do.” Y/n pointed out. “So the X-Men group what do you know about them.”

“Well I know that they’re good people that they help people like us mutants.” Gambit explain.

“You think this Charles Xavier can do help me.” Y/n wondered

“Yes I do petit everything will be fine it all work out.” Gambit Promised.

Y/n looks over at Gambit with a small smile then turns on the radio.

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“Have we found anything on M/n Munroe” Nick Announced walking into the van.

“Three people come up Sir but none of them is who your looking for.” Coulson answered turning away from the computer to look at Nick.

“Ororo Monroe pull any information on her.” Nick told Coulson.

Coulson turns back to the computer to search up Ororo pulling all her files as he is searching he comes across a hospital birth certificate from Brooklyn New York.

“Ororo gave brith to a Girl name Y/n Munroe.” Coulson verified.

“That’s her. Her name is Y/n of course it is pull up any camera freed with Y/n in it.” Nick ordered.

Coulson types on the computer Y/n Munroe. Pulling up the camera feed where she’s crossing the border into America with a man driving.

”Zoom in on the man driving.” Nick urged Coulson.

Colson zooms in on the man.

“Identify him.”

“His is Remy LeBeau he was born and raised in New Orleans and used to be a part of and organization of thieves and assassin.”

”Find me any up-to-date information on Remy.”

Coulson pulls up I Camera freed from yesterday where Remy and Y/n are sitting at a restaurant eating lunch.

“Track their every move if their face comes up on any camera let me know.” Nick disclosed.

“Sir why is this so important.” Coulson questioned.

“Because he has my daughter.” Nick replied walking out the room without saying nothing else. He then pulls out his phones and calls an old number that he hasn’t called in years.

“Charles we need to talk.” Nick voiced with fire.

”Whatever do we need to speak of?” Charles said in a calm way.

“Is she there?” Nick Nick question barely containing his anger.

“If you mean Ororo she is.” Charles answered in a casual tone.

“I would like to know how she allowed my daughter to get experimented on in Canada.” Nick snapped.

“So I see you found out.”

“What the hell does that supposed to mean my daughter has Mutant abilities I thought you cared about your kind.”

“Ororo didn’t come to me until after she lost her daughter she wanted me to erase those memories of ever having one.”

”So who’s going to erase the memories of Y/n getting experimenting on who’s gonna do that for her you are going to find my daughter.

“Are you telling me or asking me” Charles asked in a leveled way.

“You choose.” Nick barked as he hangs up the phone.

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Westchester, New York

Charles hangs up the phone. Charles should’ve told Nick Fury that he had a daughter and that she was in Canada getting experimented on. Now he has no other choice but to find her because he knows the consequences if he doesn’t. As he is deep in his thoughts he doesn’t notice when Scott walks into the room.

Scott can see the worry all over the professor face. “Is everything OK Professor?” Scott asked with a concern voice.

“Of course it is Scott I just have to go down to Cerebro.” Charles said trying his best to reassure Scott.

“Do you want me to call Jean?” Scott ask not believing a word the professors said.

“It’s fine Scott I can handle it.” Charles said wheeling himself downstairs so he can unlock. Go into Cerebro he put on the headpiece and focus on trying to find Storm’s daughter and as Charles is lookin he gets pulled into a her mind.

“Why are you trying to find me and who are you?” Y/n questioned.

Shocked that this young child was able to sense that he was looking for her and pull him into him mind.

“I am Charles Xavier.” He answered.

“You’re the leader of the X-Men. Gambit is taking me to you as we speak is that how you found me, did you know we were coming, can you predict the future?” Y/n rambled on.

“No I can’t predict the future why are you in Gambit coming to my school?” Charles wondered.

“It’s not safe in New Orleans anymore and and Gambit said you can read people‘s minds he needs you to help me get control of my powers.” Y/n answered.

“Yes I do have the ability to read and controls people minds.” Charles replied without missing a beat.

“If didn’t know we were coming why are you reaching out now.” Y/n asked Charles.

“Your father wanted me to find you.” Charles announced.

“My father I have a father!?” Y/n spluttered.

“Yes he Head of An organization called Shield where they monitor anything potential threat to earth.” Charles explained.

“My father called you to find me.” Y/n said not believing anything that is coming out of Charles mouth.

Disregarding what Y/n just asked him he asked her. “Do you know any information on your mother.”

“She hasn’t come to find me why should I look for her and if I remember correctly she abandoned me in the woods.” Y/n informed Charles.

Charles know it’s wrong but, he knows if Ororo ever found out that her daughter hated her it will kill her. So he does the one thing he’s good at.

“She didn’t abandoned you she died looking for you ok.” Charles lied as he planted a memory in Y/n mind.

“She died looking for me.” Y/n said believing every word of it.

“I will give you your father’s number you call him you let him know that you’re safe.”

“What about Gambit?”

“You are both welcome to come and be a part of the X-Men but if your path chooses you to be with your father he will understand.”Charles commented as he hands her a note with her father‘s phone number on it.

“You will do amazing things in life.” Charles proclaimed.

“Thank you.”

Charles take the headpiece off and wheel himself out of the room and sees Jean waiting

“Professor Scott told me you’re using Cerebro did you find a mutant Are they in trouble?” Jean said with worry.

“Yes and no this mutant is very powerful she like you and me.” Charles explain to Jean.

“Then we should go help.” Jean declared.

“This child is like you Jean. when I was using Cerebro to find her she pulled me into her mind like you did once.” Charles informed

“The Phoenix.”

“Yes it would appear you’re not the only one that has it.”

“Then we have to find her Charles you know how dangerous the Phoenix is when it’s not control.” Jean urged.

“Jean she’s Ororo daughter.” Charles announced.

“What!?”

“When Ororo first came here she told me what happened to her and her daughter. I asked did she want me to take away those memories she said yes and, I did she doesn’t remember having a daughter and her daughter thinks she is dead and, I want to keep it that way.” Charles declared as he wills away from Jean.

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Y/n wakes up from the dream world. Trying to process everything Charles Xavier told her and then realization hits she’s going to have to say goodbye to Gambit she looks over at him. Barely containing the tears that threaten to fall down her eyes.

Gambit being Gambit he feels something is wrong. “You ok Cheri.” He Asked.

“I just got done talking to Charles Xavier.” Y/n murmured.

“What did he want?” Gambit Asked.

“He told me I have a dad and he’s looking for me.” Y/n sniffled no longer holding back the tears as soon as her tears starts to fall it beings to rain.

Gambit trying to hide the sadness he doesn’t want Y/n to see that this is having the same effect on him. “Oh so what are you planning to do.” Gambit wondered.

“Planning to do” I want to be with you. I know ��if I go with my father I’ll never see you again.” Y/n sobbed.

“Petit whatever decision you make I will always be here for you.” Gambit promised.

I want to stay with you

“I don’t wanna leave you you’ve all I have.” Y/n mewled uncontrollably.

“I’m not anymore.” He said with a small smile.”Make the call.”

Y/n pulls her self together wiping way the tears and mucus then, pulls out her phone and calls the number that Charles gave her it rings three times until she hears a man’s voice say “Hello.”

“Hi I’m Y/n. Charles Xavier gave me your phone number.” Y/n said with a sad grimace.

“Where are you right now I can come and get you?” Nick questioned.

“Well we’re on I 20 east heading to New York Gambit and I was going to be a part of the X-Men.” Y/n replied.

“Gambit do you mean Remy LeBeau.”

“Yes.”

“Can I speak to him?”

Y/n hands Gambit the phone all he does is look at it. “He wants to talk to you.” Y/n told Gambit as he takes the phone at Y/n’s hand and put it up to ear.

“Hello.” Gambit said Calmly into the phone.

“So you’ve the one that’s been taken care of my daughter for the past couple years?” Nick Asked.

“Ya that would be me.”

“How did you even find her?”

“We were both in the same facility in Canada.” Gambit stated. “I’ve been taking care of her ever since she’s no longer safe with me. I understand she’s your daughter but, she was mine first so I am trusting you with her safety.”

“Your are heading to New York we can meet up in Manhattan. Nick shared.

“Alright there’s also things I need to discuss with you in person.” Gambit replied.

“What is it about?” Nick questioned.

“Her powers.” Gambit answered.

“I’ll text you the address to where we can meet.” Nick said in a level tone.

Gambit hangs up the phone then puts it on the dashboard. Without even trying Y/n can hear Gambit voice in her head.

Why can’t she understand this is for the best anyone from the thieves guild find out about her there’ll use her I won’t let that happen to her.

Y/n looks over at Gambit and For the rest of the ride Gambit and Y/n sat in silence.

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As Gambit and Y/n meet Nick at the rendezvous point and Y/n starts to feel anxious.

This is actually happening I’m going to meet my dad.

Getting pulled out her thoughts by Gambit parking the car.

“This it petit.” Gambit Announced as they getting out the car. Nick Fury walks up to them not wanting to be seen by him Y/n hides behind Gambit.

“You must be Remy LeBeau I’m Nick Fury.” Nick Addressed Gambit.

“Nice to meet you and this beautiful young lady is Y/n.” Gambit grinned trying to lighten Y/n mood.

Not moving from her spot which is behind Gambit she whispered. “Hi.”

”It’s ok I understand you don’t know me.” Nick said in a gentle voice at Y/n, then looks over at Gambit. ”You want to speak to me about something.”

“Yes.” Gambit agreed. He turns around and looks at Y/n. “I’ll be right back.”

Y/n nodded at him As he and Nick very walk away. Colson walks up to Y/n and introduces himself.”I’m Phill Colson.”

“Nice to meet you I’m Y/n.” She said with a gloomy sigh.

“She’s very powerful she’s going to need training now I don’t know what you do but if she loses control of her abilities she’s very dangerous.” Gambit declare.

“What is her abilities.” Nick questioned Gambit.

“She can control the weather and move stuff and control people with her mind.” Gambit explained. “She has this thing inside of her called the Phoenix for the past five years I’ve been teaching her how to control it but nothing I’ve tried work.”

“Is that all?” Nick wondered.

“When everything cools down with me I want to be able to see her.” Gambit told Nick.

”The door will always be open to you.” Nick replied.

Gambit nods at him then walks over to Y/n. “I guess is the end of the road.” Gambit commented.

“Can you promise me one thing?” Y/n Asked.

“What is it?” Gambit wondered with a curious tone.

“Don’t forget about me.” Y/n said with a sad smile.

“Never in a million years.” Gambit promised in a fatherly way.

Y/n hugs Gambit like her life depended on it.

“I love you.” Y/n sniffled.

Gambit pulls back from the hug to wipe Y/n’s tears “I love you too petit.” Gambit replied.“ This isn’t goodbye you’re gonna me.”

Y/n walks over to Nick Fury and they get into the car and drive away. Y/n looks out the back mirror to look at Gambit.

A/n-I know this chapter is kind of rushed because I really want to get to the Thor movie I am excited to write it.

Part 1 of the I’m Only Human.

#gambit x reader #x men x reader #black! reader #x child reader

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tasksweekly · 5 years ago

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[TASK 194: MONTSERRAT]

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Maizie Williams (1951) Afro-Montserratian - singer and model

Michelle Gomez (1966) Montserratian [Portuguese] / Scottish - actress.

Diane Parish (1969) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - actress.

Heidi D'Amelio (1972) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English - instagrammer (heididamelio).

Angela Yee (1976) Afro-Montserratian / Cantonese Chinese - actress, model, tv personality, and radio personality.

Pippa Bennett-Warner (1988) Afro-Montserratian - actress.

Dixie D'Amelio (2001) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (dixiedamelio) and dancer.

Charli D’Amelio (2004) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (charlidamelio) and dancer.

Emari Dyer (?) Afro-Montserratian - model (instagram: westindiandolly)

Gabrielle Graham (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - actress, singer, and dancer.

Samorezworld (?) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Haitian - youtuber.

Sharissa Ryan (?) Afro-Montserratian - model, Miss Montserrat 2014-2015, and Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen 2015.

F - Athletes:

Rechelle Meade (?) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Q-Tip / Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (1970) Afro-Montserratian / African-American [including Bissau-Guinean] - actor, DJ, rapper, singer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.

Wil Wheaton (1972) Montserratian, Portuguese Jewish, Dutch Jewish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, German, English - actor, tv personality, blogger, and writer.

David Jordan (1985) Afro-Montserratian / Bengali Indian - singer-songwriter.

Kadiff Kirwan (1989) Afro-Montserratian - actor.

Layton Williams (1994) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Jamaican / English - actor, singer, and dancer.

M - Athletes:

William Duberry (1944) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Alford Corriette (1948) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Fred Sowerby (1948) Afro-Montserratian - hurdler.

Jim Allen (1951) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Austin White (1959) Montserratian - cricketer.

Fitzroy Buffonge (1960) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Livingstone Bramble (1960) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Kittian - boxer.

Kenny Dyer (1964) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Mark Stephney (1965) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Cecil Lake (1965) Montserratian - footballer.

David Lane (1965) Montserratian - cricketer.

Ottley Laborde (1967) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ruel Fox (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Paul Furlong (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Richard Dyer (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Keith Piper (1969) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Daren Sweeney (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Trevor Semper (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lesroy Weekes (1971) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Davon Williams (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lesroy Irish (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Elton Williams (1973) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Guyanese - footballer.

Peter Phyll (1974) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Michael Duberry (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Bruce Dyer (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Junior Mendes (1976) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Wayne Dyer (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Stanford Jarrett (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Alex Daley (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Clifford Joseph (1978) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

McPherson Meade (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Zhaun Sweeney (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Darren Tuitt (1980) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Jaylee Hodgson (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Delroy Facey (1980) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.

Kurt Joyce (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Simon Peddie (1980 or 1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Matt Piper (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Vladimir Farrell (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Sean Howson (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lloyd Dyer (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Olsen Murrain (1982) Montserratian - cricketer.

Dorian Harper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nesta Piper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Marlon Campbell (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Brian Stephney (1983) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Shane Greenaway (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dean Morgan (1983) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.

Solomon Henry (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Calvin Petrie (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ellis Remy (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jaafar Munroe (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lionel Baker (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Andrew Julius (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jermaine Sweeney (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Darryl Roach (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Rowan Taylor (1984) Montserratian - footballer.

Alexander Bramble (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nathan Pond (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Kelvin Ponde (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Micah Hilton (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Spencer Weir-Daley (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Big E / Ettore Ewen (1986) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - wrestler and powerlifter.

Anthony Griffith (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Bradley Woods-Garness (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dolston Tuit (1986) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Michael Henry (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Benjamin Manning (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Leovan O'Garro (1987) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Corrin Brooks-Meade (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Shabazz Baidoo (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Ghanaian - footballer.

Michael Williams (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Craig Braham-Barrett (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - footballer.

Adrian Clifton (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dean Mason (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

P. K. Subban (1989) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Nyron Dyer (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jaison Peters (1989) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lyle Taylor (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Quinton Boatswain (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Julian Wade (1990) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - footballer.

Omari Allen (1990) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Marvin Farrell (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Alex Dyer (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Massiah McDonald (1990 or 1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Shernyl Burns (1991) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter and cricketer.

Matthew Whichelow (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

James Comley (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nic Taylor (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dale Lee (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ellary White (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ronsford Beaton (1992) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Kendall Allen (1992) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lester Ryan (1993) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Malcolm Subban (1993) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Donervon Daniels (1993) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Julius Morris (1994) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Terrell Miller (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jamal Willer (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Brandon Comley (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jordan Subban (1995) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Clifford Newby-Harris (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Darnell Furlong (1995) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.

Jamie Allen (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dajour Buffonge (1996) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Matty Willock (1996) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Joey Taylor (1997) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

DJ Buffonge (1998) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Chris Willock (1998) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Joe Willock (1999) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Marshall Willock (2000) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Danny Facey (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.

Michael Bramble (?) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Vendol Moore (?) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lennox Cooper (?) Montserratian - footballer.

Oris Fergus (?) Montserratian - cricketer.

Non-Binary:

Billy Dee Williams (1937) Afro-Montserratian / African-American - Genderfluid (He/Him/His, She/Her/Her’s) - actor, singer, and artist.

Problematic:

Tesfaye Bramble (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Convicted of rape.

Titus Bramble (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Accused of rape.

#montserratian fc #poc fc #fc list #rph #underused fc #task: 194 #task: montserrat

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weirdletter · 5 years ago

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Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts: Dark and Dangerous Valentine’s Day Tales, edited by Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason, Things in the Well, 2020. Cover art by Luke Spooner, info: Facebook.

Britain’s most respected living horror writer Ramsey Campbell has said of this magazine-sized charity book of short stories: «A fine anthology for a fine cause. Invest your imagination in it and you'll be investing in the world as well.» Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts is a collection of dark Valentine’s Day tales; a charity anthology to raise funds for the Australian bush-fire victims, and ALL sale proceeds will be donated to the Australian Red Cross. Thank you for buying, and hope you enjoy these stories, all for a great cause!

Contents: Editor’s Note by Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason Tender Whisper on a Crimson Tongue by Erik Hofstatter Orchid, Squirrel, White-Hot Star by Russell Hemmell A Saint Valentine’s Day Tale by James Dorr To Cherish, Love, and Obey by K.B. Elijah Waxing Her by Michael Arnzen Oldstones by Miguela Considine Melody in the Dark by Sarah Doebereiner The Rose Room by Kurt Newton Tetratophile by Blake Jessop Kardia by Donna Laemmlen Smoke Signals by Lynne Lumsden Green Abduction Again by Janis Butler Holm Invisible Boy by Bruce Meyer Valentine’s Volunteer by AJ Collins King Cupie by Josh Dygert Geometric Dilemma or Made for Each Other? by Nadja Maril Fallen Angel by Alyson Faye Dark Wings by Gerri Leen Jarred by N. M. Brown When He Comes by Susan Snyder Seamless by Geneve Flynn Screaming for Love by Diane Arrelle Edible Panties by Kevin J. Kennedy Flowering Night by Mere Rain Love Ya to Death by Steve Carr Honeymoon Lodge by Kurt Newton Cleaning up the Act by Stephen Dillon A Receipt by Joshua Strnad Pit of Love by Claire Fitzpatrick Lover Song, Mantis Instinct by Russell Hemmell Dance of the Forever Wolf by S. M. Fedor Broken Crows by William Falo Bloom by Kurt Newton Wrong Number by Noel Osualdini Vegan Vamp by Donna J. W. Munro One from the Heart by Anthony Ferguson Polluted by Sara Tantlinger Lovers’ Quarrel by Michael A. Clark Threeplay by Suzanne Lafetra DNA by E.E. King Encore by Nic Brady Whiter Shade of Pale by C.L. Raven Incisions by Sara Tantlinger The Music of the Heart by John Grant The Catch by Eugene Johnson Vampires and Perfume by Michael Arnzen Doris by Ronnie Smart Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Alan Meyrowitz The Lucky Palace by Syney Khoo A Ballet of Blood and Flames by Liam Hogan Still Broken-Hearted by Lynn White The Lonesome Defeat of Bridge Repair by Gabriel Hart Heart of Dust by Ric Connely Or Something by Sara Tantlinger Damaged by Kevin David Anderson Stonecold by Leslie Wibberley Lovers by Laura Wild Fermented Fatalities by Sara Tantlinger Hermit 2.0 by Rebecca Fraser The Ballad of Elvis O’Malley by Matthew R. Davis Biographies

#book #anthology #horror fiction #weird fiction #dark fiction #valentine's #valentine's day #bloody valentine

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ao3feed-drstrange · 3 months ago

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Avengers: Infinity Trilogy

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WDvRGzJ by mrcobrahthunderer What if... Thanos snapped the other 50% of the universe? Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Drax, Falcon, Groot, Mantis, Scarlet Witch, Shuri, Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Wasp, and the Winter Soldier are all that's left to avenge the galaxy. In the Infinity Trilogy, the Avengers face their greatest challenge: defeating an undefeated opponent without the bedrock of the six original members. Words: 1465, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Black Panther (Marvel Movies), Ant-Man (Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Captain Marvel (2019), Doctor Strange (Movies), Thor (Movies), The Incredible Hulk (2008) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M Characters: Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Hope Van Dyne, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, James "Bucky" Barnes, Peter Quill, Drax the Destroyer, Mantis (Marvel), Groot (Marvel), T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Xu Wenwu (Marvel), Monica Rambeau, Thaddeus Ross, Ororo Munroe, Rick Jones (Marvel), Ava Starr, Justin Hammer, Lila Barton Additional Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Romance, Time Travel, Comedy, Tragedy, Musicals read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WDvRGzJ

#IFTTT #AO3feed #Jaydick #DC

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porlockstompf · 5 years ago

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Reading de Nacht Reading 2018

my favourite books of the year

my overall favourite book of the year:

wiliam h gass "the william h gass reader" (2018)

post-cyberpunkstompf:

01 cixin liu "ball lightning" (2018)

02 kim stanley robinson "red moon" (2018) 03 dave hutchinson "europe at dawn" (2018) + dave hutchinson "shelter (the aftermath 01)" (2018) 04 paul kincaid "ian m banks (modern masters of science fiction)" (2017) 05 hannu rajaniemi "summerland" (2018)

06 m john harrison "you should come with me now: stories of ghosts" (2017) 07 wade rousch (ed) "twelve tomorrows (2018) 08 christopher moore "noir" (2018) 09 jonathan strahan (ed) "infinity's end" (2018) + jonathan strahan (ed) "the best sf & f of the year, vol XII" (2018) 10 neil clarke (ed) "the final frontier" (2018) + neil clarke (ed) "the best sf of the year vol III" (2018)

11 gardner dozois (ed) "the year's best sf: thirty-fifth annual collection" (2018) 12 steve toutonghi "side life" (2018) 13 mike ashley (ed) "lost mars: the golden age of the red planet" (2018) 14 mary robinette kowal "the calculating stars: a lady astronaut novel" (2018) 15 mingwei song & theodore huters (eds) "the reincarnated giant: an anthology of twenty-first century chinese science fiction" (2018)

16 john zakour & lawrence ganem "the peach-blonde bomber" (2018) 17 becky chambers "record of a spaceborn few" (2018) 18 yoon ha lee "revenant gun" (2018) 19 derek künsken "the quantum magician" (2018) 20 gregory benford "rewrite" [arc] (2019)

21 richard k morgan "thin air" (2018) 22 charles stross "the labyrinth index" (2018) 23 john varley "irontown blues" (2018) 24 peter watts "the freeze-frame revolution" (2018) 25 karl schroeder "the million" (2018)

26 drew williams "the stars now unclaimed" (2018) 27 peter f hamilton "the salvation" (2018) 28 neal asher "the soldier" (2018) 29 nick mamatas "the people's republic of everything" (2018) 30 s j morden "one way" (2018)

31 gareth l powell "embers of war" (2018) 32 alex white "a big ship at the end of the universe" (2018) + alex white "a bad deal for the whole galaxy" (2018) 33 s k dunstall "stars unchartered" (2018) 34 catherynne m valente "space opera" (2018) 35 alastair reynolds "elysium fire" (2018)

36 charles stross "dark state" (2018) 37 n k jemisin (ed) "the best american sf & f 2018" (2018) 38 jack mcdevitt "the long sunset" (2018) + jack mcdevitt "a voice in the night" (2018) 39 elizabeth moon "into the fire" (2018) 40 r.e. stearns "barbary station" (2017) / steven erikson "willfull child III: the search for spark" (2018)

polarstompf:

01 david hewson "the savage shore" (2018)

ex aequo andrea camilleri "the pyramid of mud" (2018) + andrea camilleri "death at sea: montalbano's early cases" (2018)

02 mirko zilahy "de schaduw" (2017) + mirko zilahy "de mythe van de dood" (2018) 03 mick herron "london rules" (2018) + mick heron "the drop" (2018) 04 volker kutscher "babylon berlin" (2017) + volker kutscher "the silent death" (2017) + volker kutscher "goldstein" (2018) 05 chris petit "pale horse riding" (2017)

06 edgar cantero "this body's not big enough for both of us" (2018) 07 ian rankin "in a house of lies" (2018) 08 philip kerr "greeks bearing gifts" (2018) 09 jack grimwood "nightfall berlin" (2018) 10 dolan cummings "the existential leap: a crime story" (2017)

11 ann van loock "de expo '58 moorden" (2018) 12 massimo carlotto "master of knots" (2004) 13 joseph knox "sirens" (2018) + joseph knox "the smiling man" (2018) 14 geir tangen "het meesterwerk" (2017) 15 kate atkinson "transcription" (2018)

16 patrick conrad "diep in december" (2018) 17 jorge zepeda patterson "zwarte trui" (2018) 18 wolfgang burger "heidelberg requiem" (2016) 19 charles cumming "a divided spy" (2016) + charles cumming "the man between" (2018) 20 frank goldammer "the air raid killer" (2018) + frank goldammer "a thousand devils" (2018)

21 andreas norman "stille oorlog" (2018) 22 jesper stein "de onrust" (2018) + jesper stein "papa" (2018) 23 luca d'andrea "in de greep van de waanzin" (2018) 24 jo nesbø "macbeth" (2018) 25 hans dooremalen "descartes in amsterdam: filosofische detective" (2018) / chris pavone "the expats" (2012)

klassikstompf:

01 wiliam h gass "the william h gass reader" (2018)

02 louis armand "breakfast at midnight" (2012) + louis armand "the combinations" (2016) + louis armand "canicule" (2013) + louis armand "cairo" (2014) 03 andrew crumey "the great chain of unbeing" (2018) 04 viv albertine "throw away unopened" (2018) 05 daniela cascella "singed" (2017)

06 ted geltner "blood, bone, & marrow: a biography of harry crews" (2017) 07 steve erickson "zeroville" (2007) 08 olga tokarczuk "drive your plow over the bones of the dead" (2018) 09 julián ríos "the house of ulysses" [] (2010) + julián ríos "poundemonium" [1997] 10 daniel mendelsohn "an odyssey: a father, a son, and an epic" (2017)

11 giorgio van straten "in search of lost books: the forgotten stories of eight mythical volumes" (2017) 12 pascal mercier "night train to lisbon" (2004) 13 tony white "the fountain in the forest" (2018) 14 alejandro zambra "not to read" (2018) 15 gabriel josipovici "the cemetery in barnes" (2018)

16 lucy ives "impossible views of the world" (2017) 17 matthew herbert "the music: a novel through sound" (2018) 18 ann quin "the unmapped country: stories & fragments" (2018) 19 stephen fry "mythos" (2017) & "heroes" (2018) 20 johan swinnen "happening: de aanslag op de Inno" (2017)

21 ermanno cavazzoni "the nocturnal library" (2018) 22 richard powers "the overstory" (2018) 23 alain robbe-grillet "project for a revolution in ny" (1972) 24 melchior vischer "second through brain" (2015) 25 bob van laerhoven "return to hiroshima" (2018) + bob van laerhoven "dossier feuerhand" (2017) + bob van laerhoven "dangerous obsessions" (2015) + bob van laerhoven "heart fever" (2018)

gedächtnisstompf:

01 jacques derrida "geschlecht III: sexe, race, nation, humanité" (2018) + jacques derrida "le goût du secret: entretiens 1993-1995" (2018)

02 tom cohen, claire colebrook & j hillis miller "theory & the disappearing future: on deman, on benjamin" (2011) 03 hannah arendt "het waagstuk van de politiek: over politieke leugens en burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid" (2018) + dirk de schutter "hannah arendt: politiek denker" (2015) 04 serge andré "les perversions #1: le fétichisme" (2013) + serge andré "les perversions #1: le sadisme" (2013) + serge andré "les perversions #1: le masochisme" (2013) 05 ger groot "4 ongemakkelijke filosofen: nietzsche, cioran, bataille, derrida" (2003)

06 mark fisher "k-punk: the collected & unpublished writings (2014-2016)" (2018) 07 molier, ellian, rijpkema (eds) "de strijd om de democratie: essays over democratische zelfverdediging" (2018) 08 florentijn van rootselaar "filosofisch veldwerk: grote filosofen van nu over leven in barre tijden" (2018) 09 lieven de cauter "van de grote woorden & kleine dingen" (2018) 10 nemanja mitrovic "the (im)possibility of literature as the possibility of ethics" (2017)

11 sue prideaux "i am dynamite! a life of friedrich nietzsche" (2018) 12 paul farley & michael symmons roberts "deaths of the poets" (2018) 13 erik bledsoe (ed) "perspectives on harry crews" (2001) 14 kailash c baral & r radhakrishan (eds) "theory after derrida: essays in critical praxis"(2018) 15 agnes czajka & bora isyar (eds) "europe after derrida: crisis & potentiality" (2016)

poesisstompf:

01 john cooper clarke "the luckiest guy alive" (2018)

02 kate tempest "running upon the wires" (2018) 03 robin robertson "the long take" (2018) 04 david austin "dread poetry & freedom: linton kwesi johnson & the unfinished revolution" (2018) 05 tommy pico "junk" (2018)

platterstompf:

01 power, devereux, & dillane (eds) "heart & soul: critical essays on joy division" (2018)

02 michael glasmeier & ursula block (eds) "broken music: artists' recordworks" (2nd edition 2018) 03 mark e smith "messing up the paintwork: the wit & wisdom of mark e smith" (2018) 04 willy dirickx (ed) "de brassers" (2018) 05 tommy mackay "40 odd years of the fall" (2018)

06 john h baker "the art of nick cave: new critical essays" (2013) 07 will oldham "songs of love & horror: collected lyrics of will oldham" (2018) + alan licht (ed) "will oldham on bonnie 'prine' billy" (2012) 08 michael goddard & benjamin halligan "mark e smith & the fall: art, music, & politics" (2013) 09 daniel kane "do you have a band? poetry & punk rock in nyc" (2017) 10 bendle "permanent transience" (2015)

11 david grubbs "now that the audience is assembled" (2018) 12 nick soulsby "swans: sacrifice & transcendence (the oral history)" (2018) + michael gira "the egg: stories" (2018) 13 robert young & irmin schmidt "all gates open: the story of can" (2018) 14 mike goldschmith "discord: the story of noise" (2012) 15 bruce russell "gilded splinters: essays & aphorisms towards an aesthetic of noise" (2018)

16 philippe robert "agitation frite" (2018)² + philippe robert "action friite" (2018) + philippe robert "action frIIIte" (2018) 17 guillaume belhomme, philippe robert, ea "le son du grisli: varèse, tzara, mochizuki & cave" (2018) 18 david stubbs "future days: krautrock & the building of modern germany" (2018) + david stubbs "mars by 1980: the story of electronic music" (2018) 19 blixa bargeld "europa: una letania" [2009] (2018) 20 chris bohn (ed) "the wire"

21 richard hirst (ed) "we were strangers: stories inspired by unknown pleasures" (2018) 22 françois girodineau "nick cave & the bad seeds: tender prey" (2018) 23 mick middles "the fall" (2009) 24 jim dooley "red set: a history of gang of four" (2018) 25 mats gustafsson "discaholics! record collector confessions vol I (2nd ed)" (2018) / + rob van scheers "drie akkoorden & de waarheid: muzikale levenslessen" (2014)

stagestompf:

01 ian rankin & rona munro "rebus: long shadows" (2018)

humorstompf:

01 robin ince "i'm a joke & so are you: a comedian's take on what makes us human" (2018) 02 simon munnery "how to live" (2018) 03 lucien randall "disgusting bliss: the brass eye of chris morris" (2011)

bilderstompf:

01 michael glasmeier & ursula block (eds) "broken music: artists' recordworks" (2nd edition 2018)

02 thomas bernhard & ferry radax "thomas bernhard: 3 days" (2016) 03 ed van der elsken "love on the left bank" (2002) 04 philippe monsel "francis bacon" (1994)

05 paul duncan & jürgen müller (eds) "film noir plus taschen's top 50 pick of noir classics from 1940-1960" (2017) 06 cuauhtémoc medina "manifesta 9: the deep of the modern" (2012) 07 julian schnabel: permanently becoming & the architecture of seeing" (2012) 08 reinhard kleist "nick cave & the bad seeds: an art book" (2018)

wissenschaftstompf & other distractions:

01 brian cox & robin ince "how to build a universe: an infinite monkey cage adventure" (2017)

02 patrick moore & chris north "the sky at night: answers to questions from across the univers" (2012) 03 chip carter "obsessed with star trek" (2011) 04 leon hunt "danger:diabolik" (2018)

cyclostompf:

01 jean cléder "petite éloge de la course cycliste" (2018)

02 max leonard "higher calling: cycling's obsession with mountains" (2018) 03 colin o'brien "giro d'italia: the story of the world's most beautiful bike race" (2018) 04 velominati "wielergoden: de meest heldhaftige renners ooit 38 heroïsche verhalen” (2018) 05 william fotheringham "sunday in hell" (2018)

06 jonas heyerick (ed) "bahamontes" (magazine) o.a. extra editie de giro (2018) 07 jorge zepeda patterson "zwarte trui" (2018) 08 dirk jan roeleven "de nieuwe fiets: villar san constanzo - a'dam" (2018) 09 frederik baeckelandt "gino bartali (les héros 03)" (2018) 10 chris sidwells "the call of the road: the history of cycle road racing" (2018)

10 john dowie "the freewheeling john dowie: a comedian, a bike, & a tent, what could possibly go right?" (2018) 12 edward pickering "the ronde: inside the tour of flanders, the world's toughest bike race" (2018) 13 charles pope "a golden age of cycling" (2018) 14 roger gilles "women on the move: the forgotten era of women's bicycle racing" (2018) 15 peter cossins "the first tour de france: 60 cyclists & 19 days of daring on the road to paris" (2017)

16 paul maunder "the wind at my back: my cycling life" (2018) + paul maunder "rainbows in the mud" (2017) 17 giacomo pellizzari "het geheim van de eenzame fietser" [2015] (2017) 18 dries de zaeytijd & fons leroy "25 jaar kweekvijver van koerstalent" (2018) 19 peter sagan "my world" (2018) 20 bradley wiggins "icons: my inspiration, my motivation, my obsession" (2018)

most pleasing purchases:

01 jayne county "man enough to be a woman" (1996)

02 berns, moyaert, & van tongeren (eds) "de god van denkers en dichters: opstellen voor samuel ijsseling" (1997)

03 anselm kiefer "l'art survivra à ses ruines: anselm kiefer au collège de france" (2011) 04 ludger lütkehaus "'ruhe. grösse, sonnenlicht': friedrich nietzsche in sils-maria" (2014) 05 paul raabe "spaziergange durch nietzsches sils-marie" (1994)

… tsundoku !

may your home be safe from tigers, leroy, x HNY!

find me on LT:

TBR... PILING UP ...

postcyberpunkstompf:

adam roberts "adam (the aftermath 02)" (2018) eric brown "the martian simulacra: a sherlock holmes mystery" (2018) gary gibson "scienceville & other worlds" (2018) greg egan "phoresis" (2018) ian mcdonald "time was" (2018) ian whates & tom hunter (eds) "2001: an odyssey in words: celebrating the centenary of arthur c clarke's birth" james lovegrove "firefly: big damn hero" (2018) james patrick kelly "the promise of space & other stories" (2018)

jeff noon "a man of shadows" (2017) + jeff noon "the body library" (2018) kevin j anderson "selected stories: science fiction vol I" (2018) rich larson "tomorrow factory: collected fiction" (2018) seb doubinsky "missing signal" (2018) stephen baxter "redemption" (2018) + stephen baxter "xelee: vengeance" (2018) steve erikson "rejoice" (2018) tom schweterlitsch "the gone world" (2018) & maybe, just maybe: jay key "how to pick up women with a drunk space ninja" (2018) + jay key "how to win a pit fight with a drunk space ninja" (2018)

polarstompf:

dario correnti "heimwee naar bloed" (2018) giancarlo de cataldo "suburra" (2017) matthew pearl "the dante chamber" (2018) victor del árbol "a million drops" (2018) zygmunt miloszewski "priceless" [2013] (2018)

#2018 #rewind #reading #lecture #librarything

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drsilverfish · 6 years ago

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The Siren and The Gorgon (4x14 and 14x14)

Medieval image of a Mermaid-Siren.

Sculpture of Medusa by Bernini (1630, Rome)

This meta links to, and elaborates further on, an earlier post of mine about queer subtext in 14x14 Ouroboros, “The Kiss of the Queer Gorgon”.

http://drsilverfish.tumblr.com/post/183323000224/the-kiss-of-the-queer-gorgon-in-14x14-ouroboros

Yockey has been playing with the Ouroboros form of Dabb’s narrative by having some of his episodes recall numerologically similar previous episodes in order to, additionally, illuminate them thematically. 14x10 Nihilism recalls 4x01 Lazarus Rising - Pamela Barnes appearing in Dean’s mind-bar wearing her Cas-referencing “To Hell and Back T-Shirt” and her silver winged-figure necklace, just as she first “introduced” Dean and Cas in 4x01. Yockey does it again in 14x14 Ouroboros, this time, recalling 4x14 Sex and Violence, via certain correspondences between Nick the Siren and Noah the Gorgon, not least their similar sounding names, Nick/ Noah...

The Siren and the Gorgon in Ancient Greek mythology are both feminine supernatural beings. One lured sailors (men) to their deaths on the rocks with sweet and deadly singing and the other (specifically Medusa, although there were two other Gorgons) turned men to stone with her snake-haired gaze.

I love both of them so much, because although we could understand them as representations of the monstrous feminine in a patriachal culture, I will always, always hold Guillermo del Toros’ beautiful quote (from his Shape of Water Golden Globes acceptance speech) to my heart:

“Since childhood I’ve been faithful to monsters — I have been saved and absolved by them. Because monsters, I believe, are patron saints of our blissful imperfection,”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-guillermo-del-toro-wins-best-director-shape-water-1072334

There is a lot of academic writing on the subject of the “monstrous feminine”. Here is a relatively accessible popular article on the “monstrous feminine” in the horror genre, titled “Medusa’s Gaze: The Monstrous Feminine”:

http://nickelodeon.org/7197-2/

In Supernatural, in 4x14 we see that the Siren’s “true” form is indeed monstrous-feminine:

In 14x14 Ouroboros we get this shot of a lore text Treatise on Gorgons (not an actual book as far as I am aware, so one made specially by the props department):

It reads (excerpt) “Physical descriptions of Gorgons vary. Winged creatures in the form of young women, with scaly golden bodies and a horrifying visage wreathed with locks of hair made of living, coiling venemous snakes. Broad, round heads, round-faced and flat-nosed. Large staring eyes, flaring nostrils and wide mouths. Their tongues hanging loosley and their mouths possessing large overhanging teeth. Their wings are of gold, claws brazen, and with the tusks of bears. And in some instances, they have been witnessed with short coarse beards. In modern times, the gender of Gorgons has reported to be fluid.”

So, SPN gender-queers both the Siren and the Gorgon we meet. Because, in going after Dean, the Siren famously appeared in the form of Nick Munroe, who we see here looking at his true!form reflection, although to other male vics, it had appeared in female form:

Noah the Gorgon also appears in male form (although the episode tells us via the lore book he too, like the Siren, may be somewhat “gender-fluid”).

Yockey also uses Noah to comment on the earlier, less self-aware and more misogynistic, treatment of the monstrous feminine in Supernatural by making Noah a feminist:

VIC: “You’re just preying on helpless men?”

NOAH: “”Helpless men? That’s rich! No, I do eat ladies too, but women have become so cautious lately, must be all that finally waking up from centuries of misogynistic oppression. Good for them.”

(If you look at the Script for Sex and Violence, in old school SPN form, both “bitch” and “slut” are used about the strippers in the story, in the final confrontation between Dean, Sam and the Siren. I love Yockey.)

Whilst the Siren and the Gorgon are traditionally associated with the “monstrous feminine”, in SPN they are also mobilised in another narrative tradition, that of the “monstrous queer”.

“Since the earliest days of the moving image, the figure of the monster has been implemented as a way in which to mobilise ideological tensions and socio-cultural anxieties connected to particular time periods and historical moments. Within the horror genre (the monster’s native milieu), these ideological messages are mainly constructed and transmitted through the performance of the abject body and its sexually transgressive desires, both of which have been critically understood by some as an allegorical conduit for queerness – that is, non-heterosexual or non-normative desire (Benshoff 1997).”

from “There Is Some Thing Within Us All”: Queer Desire and Monstrous Bodies in Penny Dreadful by Jordan Phillips:

http://refractory.unimelb.edu.au/2017/06/14/phillips/

In other words, there is a long history of the monstrous being queer-coded in the gothic and horror genres SPN is contiguous with, both by queer people themselves, seeking affinity with the monstrous because of their outcast status (e.g. in closeted Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1897) and by homophobes, or simply unthinking creators, who have used queerness as a shorthand for monstrosity because social norms have seen it as monstrous (e.g. in Hitchcock’s Rope, 1948).

Yockey makes Noah the Gorgon a more sympathetic figure than Nick the Siren, because we are given some of his interior loneliness:

NOAH: “Honestly, it’s not like I enjoy eating people. It’s a lonely way to live, and there’s only so many ways you can cook human. But sometimes fate is cruel and boring.”

This is is Yockey’s way of indicating which “side” of the mobilisation of the “monstrous queer” he is on (i.e. the queer creator sympathetic side).

In terms of queer seduction, I think there was a lot of argument, back in the day, about what exactly Nick the Siren was offering Dean - something erotic? The perfect brother-companion?

Here is Dean being seduced by Nick the Siren (talking about classic rock music with him, and indeed, Nick specifically mentions Zeppelin <3 <3 <3)

As Wincest subtext was a much more regular part of the show back then, there’s really no need to choose between them. All three readings are available - erotic, perfect brother companion, and erotic brother-companion.

The text of Sex and Violence does make it quite clear, however, that the Siren operates by sexual seduction. The victims, as Sam discovers talking to Cara, all had very high levels of Oxytocin (the “love hormone”) in their blood. Sam says, of the victims:

SAM: “It’s almost like they were under some kind of love spell.”

DEAN: “Sure seems that way.”

Later, this is added to in another conversation between the brothers:

DEAN: “So whatever floats the guy's boat, that's what they look like?”

SAM: “Yeah. You see, Sirens can read minds. They see what you want most and then they can kinda, like, cloak themselves. You know, like an illusion.”

The sexual element of that is emphaised by the Siren itself, in disguise as FBI agent Nick Munroe, who says of the previous vics:

NICK: “They were all banging strippers from the same club.”

The Siren was, in fact, disguising itself as female strippers for all the vics except Dean, for whom it chose a male FBI agent form.

In Sex and Violence, Sam and Cara are paired whilst Nick and Dean are paired, and Sam and Cara have sex (again, in subtext, emphasising the sexual element of the Siren’s seduction of Dean, via this mirroring). Yockey also makes use of a similar type of mirroring in Ouroboros, by having Sam and Rowena pretend to be a married couple, at the vets with puppy-Jack, at the same time that Dean and Cas are investigating the Gorgon crime scene together (in subtext, emphasing the “married couple” element of the Dean/ Cas contemporary partnership via this Sam/ Rowena mirror).

Just as Nick the Siren seduces Dean, Noah the Gorgon is also somewhat “seductive” towards Dean. He writes him a personalised note warning him off (addressed to Dean only, although Noah has seen that Rowena and Sam are part of the hunting team chasing after him, thanks to his eye-ball consuming visions). Dean himself picks up on something creepily erotic about Noah’s address (given they already know Noah is into cooking and eating dudes) when he says, in response to Cas’ query about why the Gorgon has failed to see Cas at Dean’s side in his vision:

DEAN: “Maybe you’re not his type.”

Later Noah does queer-target Cas (proving Cas is, in fact “his type” i.e. queer men) by giving the angel his seductive/poisoned kiss.

By linking the two episodes, narratively, numerologically and thematically, Yockey strengthens the queer reading of the earlier one, Sex and Viokence, by its mirroring in Ouroboros, by having Noah explicitly seduce male victims via poisoned kiss on camera (one of those kisses being on the lips):

In Sex and Violence, we do not see a same-sex kiss. Instead, the Siren passes the poison, which is in his saliva, to Dean via a subtextual kiss (sharing swigs from Dean’s hip flask in Baby):

The Ouroboros narrative of Dean’s (and now Cas’) subtextual queerness has, in Yockey’s hands undertaken a tail-swallowing spiral, from male Siren to male Gorgon, but Yockey brings queerness more strongly into his text, via:

1) A more sympathetic “monstrous queer” character (yes, Noah the Gorgon eats people, but he’s lonely and miserable about it, whereas Nick the Siren was just gleeful about exerting eventual total power over his victims).

2) A monstrous character who’s more on the men-seducing end of the Kinsey scale. We don’t see Noah seduce any women (although he is seductively bisexual, as he tells us he eats women too) whilst see the Siren undertakes more hetero seduction, by approaching mostly men in female form (Dean being the exception).

2) An explicit M/M seductive kiss on screen (between the Gorgon and the trucker at the start of the episode) whereas there is only a sublimated exchange of M/M saliva, via the hip-flask, in Sex and Violence.

3) One of our queer-coded heroes himself (Castiel) does gets explicitly M/M kissed (albeit it is a monstrous, poisoned and non-con kiss).

I <3 everything about Ouroboros.

#Supernatural #14x14 #Ouroboros #SPN meta #Meta #Dean is bisexual #Still subtext #But subtext IS part of narrative #4x14 #Sex and Violence #All hail the queer Gorgon #Dean's male Siren #Mythological meta #The monstrous feminine #Queerness and the monstrous

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