#*f: v6

[fredomotophoto]

Saint-Malo par Frédéric Poirier Via Flickr : Piscine de Bon-Secour

[auratold]

Everything was still hazy as she blinked her eyes several times, trying to focus on the man next to her. After a few tries she could see him clearly and moved to push herself up. Pain coursed through her at the movement, sparking from her ribs and extending upwards towards her scar as she took in a sharp inhale. Just how hard had she taken that hit? "Hurts," Pyrrha started, fingertips rising to assess the damage. Her ribs were bruised at least, and it wasn't helping matters with her still healing injury. Even with all the strides she has taken in her recovery, a hit of that caliber would be enough to reignite pain. "I am assuming the grimm have been dealt with? I don't think I will be able to continue fighting right now."

continued @scareqrowbranwen

[ct-hardcase]

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[opelman]

76 - Alpine V6 GT by Laurent Quérité Via Flickr: Team Mancel Sport Jean Jacques MANCEL / Cyril MANCEL / Alexander THIEL / Gaël LE CLEAC'H Les 2 Tours d'horloge 2023 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet Var France IMG_0951

[bitterborne]

"Oh, spawn of the creator~" Glitchtrap muses as it kicks its legs while sitting upon the countertop, "Do you really think you'll be something more than just a shadow of him?"

IT  KIND  OF  FEELS  LIKE  BEING  SCOOPED.  AGAIN.  Michael’s  breath  ( unneeded )  catches  in  his  ( torn )  throat,  and  something  ugly  ( childish )  holds  his  tongue  for  a  moment  too  long.  The  rabbit  sure  knows  where  to  kick  a  dog  when  it’s  already  down,  and  Michael  has  barely  recovered  from  the  nasty  surprise  of  seeing  it  in  the  first  place.  For  a  moment,  he’s  sixteen  again  –  tall,  but  never  as  tall  as  his  father  –  strong,  but  never  as  strong  as  his  father  –  trying  so  hard  to  be  good,  but  never  good  enough  –  and  lost  for  words.  All  he  can  do  is  stare  at  the  glitch  for  a  torturous  second,  before  laughing.  Harsh,  rough.  Resigned.  

They’re  the  same,  aren’t  they ?  Both  created  by  him.  The  thought  is  laden  and  sour  in  his  throat  when  he  speaks:

“ I  guess  he  didn’t  have  time  to  code  you  with  some  kind  of  command  to  shut  the  fuck  up. ”  Not  that  Michael  really  thinks  his  father  would  have  done  that  anyway.  He  always  seemed  to  like  the  sound  of  his  own  voice  too  much.  But  he’s  bitter,  brash  with  his  next  words.  “ I’m  literally nothing  like  him  – ”   ANYMORE.  “ – and  hey,  look  who’s  still  standing.  It’s  sure  not  him. ”

That,  at  least,  makes  him  smile,  even  if  it  is  a  hollow  victory.  Steps  forward,  despite  all instinct,  towards  the  rabbit,  his  upturned  lips  mocking  and  hard, and adjusts the mask so it can see his scarred grin.

“ At  the  end  of  the  day,  I’m  the  one  that  survived.  Guess  the  world  really  wants  me  to  eradicate  every  last  memory,  every  shadow,  of  him,  huh ? ”   And  Glitchtrap  is  next,  if  he  doesn’t  shut  up.  Deep  down,  a  part  of  him  still  itches  for  a  bit  of  destructive  violence, and even if smashing up a computer monitor won't hurt it, it sure as hell would feel good. 

[brick-enthusiast]

Jaguar F-Type

[apixellife]

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[traitormithos]

My car was finally on the roadway to death and so I had to get a new one (a new used one, we don't buy new cars here, it's unnecessary)

Well, anyway I didn't cry about spending more than I wanted (for a. dependable car and b. dream car), but I have cried 4 times so far over trading in my almost broken equinox

[citadelofmythoughts]

I know I'm very much preaching to the choir here but I, once again, am griping about the very, very strange double-standard when it comes to wlw relationships, especially in shows that aren't directly about said relationship.

Let's take My Hero Academia as an example.

I've watched it, a lot. Written a very large fic (which I'm currently re-writing) and to be blunt, Ochaco and Izuku just don't spend that much time talking about their feelings towards each other.

There are looks, some blushes and some awkward moments but for the majority of the show, they're both off doing their own things. But that didn't stop people from considering them the main ship of the show. That shows how low the standards are for a straight ship are.

Now look at RWBY. Blake and Yang are PARTNERS who are rarely not by each other's side. When they separated they were both devastated by not having the other girl around. When they reunited in V5/6 it was painful, awkward but they talked about their feelings, even if they weren't acknowledging their burgeoning romance just yet.

Then after the end of V6 and the defeat of Adam, their romance started to flourish and was undeniable for the entirety of V7-8. Then of course came Volume 9 and we all know how that turned out. My point being that for a show that isn't a yuri romance anime - CRWBY spent a considerable amount of time showing how these two felt about each other. More than most shonen shows have about their own canon m/f couples.

But the standards for wlw couples are absurd. RWBY would have to be double the length in order to have enough interactions between Blake and Yang to satisfy the naysayers, and probably not even then.

[backwzzds]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ car guy, roronoa zoro (nsfw)

you loved your man and his pretty piece of shit truck <33.

dating car guy!zoro who's very into cars but can only afford his shitty pickup truck that he uses as a daily. you'd accompanied him to a show as part of a date' (he really did try he bought you feed after and everything) and now you were stuffed in his truck, bottoms of your feet practically touching the base of his thighs.

“fuck," the puerto rican would groan with an aggressive toss of his head back. "ride that dick baby. milk me f'everyrhing i got," he encouraged you. the space in his truck was pretty tight, but you still made it work as you rode him crazy. your back was facing him, giving the tinted windshield a great view of your heavy tits that his hands had fun finding home in.

"baby, can't last," you cried, trying your hardest not to slow down. your knees were surely giving up, so zoro aided you by grabbing your hips and rutting upward into you, to meet the pace of your bounces.

"f-feel like 'm gonna, 'm gonna—“

zoro wraps his free hand around your neck and gives it a light squeeze as he brings his other down to rub at your puffy clit. "been such a good girl for me. so patient. cum for me mama.”

your eyes would open and squint in and out if consciousness as the only thing in your line of view of was the mini fabric puerto rican flag hanging up with your caribbean flag from the rear view mirror. zoro secretly thought it'd be cute to hang up your own flag with his the moment you became his passenger princess.

he didn't always tell you, but he did appreciate you. he knew you could have found someone much better than him and worthy of your time; but you constantly reassured him that he was better. he knew you liked car guys and it bugged him how you were with him because he'd rather you be with a bmw or even a scat pack dude.

but you'd been with him from the start. you'd watched him build his own truck practically from the ground up and even helped him with it too. so you knew first hand how much cooler his 1987 fj60 landcruiser was than a widebody v6. he didn't always have the money to upgrade the coolest mods, but zoro took pride in his little piece of shit, and has been since he was sixteen years old.

you knew he didn't have money to drive you around in a big bodied car or on expensive dates, you enjoyed nights like this. going to takeovers with him, sharing some sake, getting whatever island food was open so late at night, and ending the date with a much needed fuck-this was your perfect date.

as much as it bothered zoro, you always showed him you were down for only him because vou were hardly impressed with any of the dudes who tried to show of their builds to you at takeovers. your boyfriend's truck was cooler anyway.

your vision starts to fade in and out as you experience the most life changing orgasm ever. you're practically spasming all over zoro's body, but he successfully holds you up with the strength of one arm all while continuing to flick your clit with the other. the fatty pudge of your stomach cutely spilled out from his grip as you leaned forward into the steering wheel, legs finally giving out.

with heavy breaths, zoro pumps into you a few more times before letting out the nastiest groan, and shooting his hot loads into you. "fuck. you fuck me so good, mama." you two slow your movements in attempt to catch your breathing, his hand movements now stopping as he felt your body ease into his touch.

steam coated all eight windows of the truck, making the outside world completely invisible behind his five percent of tint. with a heavy sigh, you lean back against him, turning the bottom half of your body to the door. zoro gave you a loving kiss to the base of your sweaty cheek, running his hand through your braids and moving them out your face. "had fun t'day?"

you let out a satisfied hum and peck his lips before resting your head on his chest and closing your eyes. "the best."

[fredomotophoto]

Port de Brignogan au coucher de soleil par Frédéric Poirier Via Flickr : Port of Brignogan at sunset

[bitterborne]

HE HAS NOT BEEN ANYONE'S SON IN A LONG TIME. Hasn't been anyone to anyone in a long time: most people dead and gone or worse when Mike has been dragged back, unwillingly, once more from death to ruin his father's schemes. NO REST FOR THE WICKED, BOY: STAND UP STRAIGHT. DON'T SLOUCH NOW. MAKES YOU LOOK WEAK, A LITTLE KID. Draws blood with how hard his nails dig into his palm, hardly able to breathe even without the visage change from the other. His father. His own grey eyes not even widened, not even surprised, at the sight: glossy and dry with resignation. That's what you are, aren't you ? My son. " Maybe once, " he says, unwilling, blood run cold at the glitch's words; from forty to fourteen Mike will always be Michael, will never escape the role of the eager, reaching son.

Compared to the other's fluid, graceful movements, the man is robotic. Recognize his face anywhere, huh ? Mike hasn't known his reflection in decades. His body, stiff, lurches back when the creature that is his father learns, and suddenly, for all the noise and clamor of the Pizzaplex, he feels very alone. Eyes dart to the room opening, waiting for someone to come by, see the situation, save him from this: but there's nobody here but him. And his father. His father who looks like his father and for all his age and the own decaying decrepit form, Michael is a little boy again. Staring, helpless, at a role model a disappointment of a parent the bane of his existence a sad, unstable man who just can't let go Dad Michael feels something within him fracture. insides scooped out again, no sister to speak of. Is he proud of his son ? [...] Still standing after everything ?

Hey, he learned how to cling to life from the best.

" I have nothing to say to you. " The words come out with more fervor and less dignity than he'd hoped. A fox cornered. " Last time I checked, you're just a virus. Leftovers from an old man's overdue death. " His smile is flat and frozen, exposes chipped tooth from childhood and more scars from his scooping. " Yeah, last standing. And I'm gonna keep it that way. What is this? -- One more grab at immortality, huh ? Predictable. " Body creaks and groans when he stands straighter, squaring old, stitched shoulders. Make up for how small, how grotesque, he feels in the face of his father in prime life.

“Don’t call me that. You don’t get to call me that anymore.” [hear me out: apprentice michael pulling away from his father’s clutches, only to be drawn back to spring/glitchtrap….]

🔧 @runeians !

"why?" is the faint answer of glitchtrap. arms raised, with palms upward on either side of widened grin. a grin which cocks to the side, jarringly. question sounding far too genuine even for his own liking. his wide, purple eyes blinking animatedly.

"that's what you are, aren't you? my son." his voice resembled springtrap's if not for the influence of his newfound digitization, now knock, knock, knocking at the door of his son's mind. inflected just so. all michael has ever wanted, was his approval. perhaps the big picture he had missed when withholding it too much as a flesh and bone man. but now, he sees all. hands gesticulating, and landing with a curious finger curled under his jaw.

hands flourish in to rest on one hip, the other finger extending to point with a sway. all fluid motions. "don't try and hide from it now, boy. you might have aged, but i'd recognize that face anywhere." he easily leans against a surface beside him, elbow propped with ankles crossed. nonchalant. "quite funny how things work out, isn't it?"

he glitches in and out. his form becoming more and more distorted, until the image of his old self appears stark before the man standing before him.

in the same position, teeth show in a lazily lidded-eyed grin. "the last afton standing." he says, chuckling lowly. foot bouncing as the image of the elder afton in his patriarchal prime stares back at the rotting visage of his boy.

[green-like-pine-trees]

Oscar’s eyes glowing green is weird. The sound effect is clearly the same from when they swap places, but his eyes typically glow gold/yellow. Question is: What’s happening?

And I think I might have an answer… and it requires reworking everything I thought I knew about the merge. 

The TLDR of my theory is: I think Ozpin uses magic to delegate control of the body. So, Oscar’s never been able to fully control the swapping process bc he couldn’t use their magic– he has always needed Ozpin’s help to do so. The magic in the epilogue might be trying to force them to swap, to force Oscar to take control of it. 

If you want to know how I got to that, keep reading. I’m excited to hear other people’s thoughts on this. ^_^

So, before now, I’ve assumed that their eyes glow because of the god of light. Even the white haired guy’s eyes glow when Ozma takes control for the first time. In the Lost Fable, during the divorce, Salem reforms with the same golden glow. 

I have also assumed that the eye glow indicated that Oscar and Oz were swapping places. I believe this notion might be incorrect.

My main evidence for this is V7's finale. Oscar is falling, knocked out by Ironwood. Then, Ozpin's voice wakes Oscar up, his eyes glowing golden as he takes control.

However, he isn't swapping control. Ozpin wasn't in control: neither of them seemed to be. Therefore, the magic must be more complicated than a simple swap.

Another moment that gives me pause is in V6C2. After the train derails, everyone's questioning Ozpin about the lamp. Oscar is able to push through, resisting Ozpin's control enough to provide Jinn's name.

As we can see, there’s no golden-eye effect. Although, we do hear something: the swapping sound effect. 

Usually there’s 2 parts to the swapping sound effect: a hissing sound and a lower echo-y undercurrent. It’s usually heard quickly, not lingering as the swap finishes and his eyes stop glowing. However, in this scene, the sound is drawn out as Oscar fights back– even as violins(?) start playing to amp up the tension. The moment all the music stops and the tension is released, we can assume Ozpin has regained full faculties. 

Based on these scenes, I concluded that the glowing eyes might indicate either one of them taking control of the body. In this scene, Ozpin is never not in control of the body. Oscar is just able to resist, holding the body frozen in Ozpin’s expression. But then I realized something. 

Outside of this scene, Oscar has never taken control over the body. 

Like, I cannot think of another time where Oscar forcefully took over Ozpin or clearly brought Ozpin to control. He’s been asked permission, sure. But, in control??? 

In these scenarios, Oscar’s role has always been framed as passive, with Ozpin as active. Ozpin can take over Oscar no problem, with or without permission. Oz even asking is a courtesy, if anything. Ozpin can also just swap out and force Oscar to be in control (see V6 when Ozpin hides from everyone as an example).

With this in mind, maybe the eye glow isn't for whomever is in control. It’s to indicate Ozpin’s state of control over the body. Ozpin swaps in– eye glow. Ozpin swaps out– eye glow. V6C2 is the only time Oscar comes close to forcibly taking control. At that point, it might even be impossible for Oscar to do so. Oscar can try to initiate, but Ozpin has to actually do it. 

This like. Drastically changed my view of how the Ozmosis works. It also might explain why his eyes are glowing green and what’s happening in the epilogue. So, I started thinking about what is likely the source of the green: his magic. 

We know for a FACT, Oscar didn’t gain control over Ozpin’s magic until V7. Given we know the god of light’s magic is what dictates Ozpin’s reincarnation, it would not be a leap to suggest that Ozpin is using that magic when he swaps. Ergo, if Oscar cannot use magic, he cannot fully control the swap. 

Under this scenario, my first example makes more sense. Either Ozpin was waking up Oscar (forcing him into control) OR Oscar was able to take control because he tapped into Ozpin’s magic for the first time. 

When I watched the epilogue, it reminded me of the V6 scene. The prolonged sound effect, the clear struggle. He sounds like he's in pain. :(

He says he's resisting the merge, but the merge... it's not exactly tangible?? The merge is a process not a thing. For instance, if I put a dam on a river it stops the water from flowing. The merge is the flow here. What's the water?

I have two guesses as to what these episodes are:

Less likely, but it could be his magic activating uncontrollably. Him resisting Ozpin's influence might make it harder to control. He can't use the magic, bc of course, it makes them merge faster. Doesn't necessarily explain the sound effect, but their first on screen swap was a green color.

The merge is trying to force them to co-pilot, and/or force Ozpin into control of the body. Oscar collapses both times. We could assume it's from the pain, but it could also be because he momentarily loses control of his body.

I'm leaning towards the second. There's only so much we can take from an animatic, with things getting changed in the final product.

Anyways, those are my main thoughts right now. I'd LOVE to hear other people's thoughts or opinions!

[mcverse]

All characters are either already of appropriate age or have been aged up!

Angst ∇ Fluff ♡ NSFW ✾ Dark Content ❦

Main M.List

Fanart: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

Visual Encyclopedia: (1), (2),

Memes: (1),

JAKE (V2)(V3)

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

NETEYAM (V2)(V3)(V4)(V5)(V6)

CHAPTERED

Skybound Flame (Neteyam x To'ak x Ao'nung x F! Reader) ∇ ♡ ✾ ON HOLD

The Sully’s and other recidents of the Metkayina clan are forced to find a new home after another devastating battle. When they do, they meet the Avi People, a na'vi phoenix hybrid. There Neteyam, Lo’ak and Ao’nung all form an attracting with you, the chief granddaughter. Despite your difference, you fall for them too. Will Pho be able to help guide your conflicted heart, or will this this love ruin you?

ONE SHOTS

Mates of Convenience (F! Reader) ∇ ♡

You, a Na'vi from a neighboring clan and Neteyam, the chief of his tribe, are brought together in a marriage of convenience to strengthen the alliance between the clans. You try to connect with Neteyam, who initially sees the marriage as a duty to be fulfilled but step back when it doesn’t work. Then Neteyam becomes jealous when the reader spends time with a member of her visiting clan and realizes he has suppressed his true feelings for her.

Pick me, choose me, love me (F! Reader) COMING SOON ∇ ♡

Lo’ak, your boyfriend, begs you to leave with him to go to Awa'atlu, a Metkayina clan by the reefs. You were reluctant but agreed, only to reject it later. Lo’ak grows distant, mind preoccupied elsewhere or rather on someone else, leaving you shattered, falling into a depression. Neteyam was there to make sure that doesn’t happen, even if he has to pick up the pieces himself and put them back together in the shape of his love for you.

PARTS

Faulty star (Avatar F! Reader) ∇ ♡

You carry a illness since birth, not being able to explore pandora like Spider without it being a threat to your life. After a mistake you did, you had to undergo a conscious transfer but being an avatar doesn’t make you feel any closer to some of the natives. Neteyam and Neytiri is still conflicted by you. So when you complete your right to passage, you don’t hesitate when the opportunity to help another clan comes. Why is it that when you return back to High camp, Neteyam’s upset with you?

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

TO’AK (V2)(V3)

CHAPTERED

Skybound Flame (Neteyam x Lo'ak x Ao'nung x F! Reader) ∇ ♡ ✾ ON HOLD

The Sully’s and other recidents of the Metkayina clan are forced to find a new home after another devastating battle. When they do, they meet the Avi People, a na'vi phoenix hybrid. There Neteyam, Lo’ak and Ao’nung all form an attracting with you, the chief granddaughter. Despite your difference, you fall for them too. Will Pho be able to help guide your conflicted heart, or will this this love ruin you?

Borderline (Lo’ak x F! Reader x Ao’nung) COMING SOON ∇ ♡

You're a Na'vi with fish-like features who scares off the Sully and chief's children during their deep sea dive. After being caught and initially planned to be killed, they nurse you back to health instead. Stranded in the reef, you develop a close bond with the Sullys and chief's children, including Lo'ak and Ao'nung, who both catch feelings for you, despite your wandering ways and cultural differences that complicate things. Will you choose to stay with the Metkayina and the men who captured your heart, or will the call of the sea prove too strong to resist?

ONE SHOTS

Remember the rain (F! Reader) COMING SOON ツ ♡

The story chronicles the friendship-turned-romance of Lo'ak and you. Despite confessing your love for each other during a rainstorm, your relationship is tested when you both join the Awa'atlu and Lo'ak becomes enamored with another woman. You struggle with jealousy and the two of you begin to have disagreements. Eventually, you confront Lo'ak about his true feelings and you both come to a realization about your future together.

All my life I had to fight (F. Human Reader) ∇ ♡

You were born on pandora but felt like an outsider as you are aligned with the Sky People. You yearn for acceptance from the native Na'vi people, but the Sully children, especially your "brother" Spider, provide comfort and a sense of belonging. As you navigate your own feelings of who you are, you also struggle with romantic feelings for a Lo'ak, unsure if your affection will ever be returned.

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

KIRI

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

AO’NUNG

CHAPTERED

Skybound Flame (Neteyam x Lo'ak x Ao'nung x F! Reader) ∇ ♡ ✾ ON HOLD

The Sully’s and other recidents of the Metkayina clan are forced to find a new home after another devastating battle. When they do, they meet the Avi People, a na'vi phoenix hybrid. There Neteyam, Lo’ak and Ao’nung all form an attracting with you, the chief granddaughter. Despite your difference, you fall for them too. Will Pho be able to help guide your conflicted heart, or will this love ruin you?

Borderline (Lo’ak x F! Reader x Ao’nung) COMING SOON ∇ ♡

You're a Na'vi with fish-like features who scares off the Sully and chief's children during their deep sea dive. After being caught and initially planned to be killed, they nurse you back to health instead. Stranded in the reef, you develop a close bond with the Sullys and chief's children, including Lo'ak and Ao'nung, who both catch feelings for you, despite your wandering ways and cultural differences that complicate things. Will you choose to stay with the Metkayina and the men who captured your heart, or will the call of the sea prove too strong to resist?

ONE SHOTS

Hate to love (Ao’nung x F! Sully! Reader) ∇ ♡

Leaving behind a place you’ve known was really hard, though there were bad memories you’ll happily leave behind. Now your seen as a demon by a whole village and that wasn’t what you had in mind when it came sanctuary. Like your siblings, you were teased and talked about but why is your biggest bully suddenly acting weird towards you?

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

ROTXO

ONE SHOTS

My Sun, I’m Moon (Adopted! Sully! GNReader) ∇ ♡ NEW

After being taken in by the Sully family at a young age, you leave with them to the Metkayina clan. There you meet Rotxo, who you immediately grew attached to. After developing feelings for him, your heartbroken to find out he falls for Kiri. When Rotxo is rejected by Kiri, you comfort him through his rejection, and he begins to see you in a new light.

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

TSIREYA

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

TONOWARI

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

TSU’TEY

LONGFIC

Twisted Tongues (F! Reader) ∇ ♡

Two Na'vi, Tsu'tey and you, have always had a teasing relationship of sorts, throwing snarky comments at each other. Warriors think Tsu'tey likes you for many reasons, one being he’s scaring off potential courters for the reader by listing her "bad traits" which are actually compliments disguised as insults. Then during an argument, Tsu'tey says something hurtful, causing you, who is a healer, to ignore him. Tsu'tey attempts to ignore you as well but fails when he realizes one of his warriors is courting you.

HEADCANON

AVATAR/ATWOW x CRUSH!! Fem! Reader

Skinny dipping with their crush.

[bitterborne]

" THERE'S STILL TIME TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. " Mike knows his words are useless. Wants to tug his baseball cap down over his face, casting it in shadow like usual, because being so damn exposed like this makes his skin ( what's left of it ) crawl — but this is more important than his self - image. For Vanessa he bares his face whole, displays just exactly what working for his father has done for him. Purple, bruised flesh all over; scars tracking in every direction; perpetual hell, never allowed to die. Pauses in his pacing to turn to her, gaze serious, heated - " When he throws you aside - and he will - this is what you'll end up like. Trust me. " If he can convince her to abandon the glitch; step away from her duties, hell, sabotage them, burn the Pizzaplex to the ground, even . . . Then he'll consider his work half - done. Leave his father to rot without his helper. " Don't let him fuck up the rest of your life, too. " Come on, Vanessa. You're cleverer than this.

@muutos LIKED FOR A STARTER ! — VERSE 6 / VANESSA.

[lonestarbattleship]

Battleship Texas: Hits from the Battle of Cherbourg

"On this day, June 25th, 1944, the USS TEXAS was hit by two German 240mm shells off the coast of Cherbourg, France.

The First Hit

At 1310 TEXAS receives a hit from a large caliber shell atop the ship’s armored conning tower shearing off the top of Direct #3, which fell on to and injured the Gunnery Officer beneath it. The shell would then strike the longitudinal frame on the ship’s foremast causing an upwards explosion into the Pilot House directly above injuring many of those inside. By 1325 the crew began removing the thirteen casualties wounded in the explosion. These men suffered traumatic leg injuries, fractures, contusions, blast concussions, and abrasions. The ship’s helmsman, Christen Norman Christensen, would receive a fatal prognosis and die of his wounds later that day, becoming the ship’s only combat fatality during her career.

The explosion sheared off three sections of floor plates damaging the steering gear, compasses, engine revolution indicator, and many electrical cables and circuits. The space was demolished, and could no longer serve as the ship’s control station. All ship control operations moved to the Conning Tower as the ship maneuvered radically away and out of range of the German battery.

'The conduct of all hands during the action was worthy of praise and attaches no censure to anyone on board. In particular, Lieutenant Command Louis P. Spear, USN, Lieutenant Clarence L. Moody, Jr., (ChC), USNR, and Eddleman, Will J., Bgmstr2c, V6, USNR were worthy of praise for the cool manner in which they rendered first aid to the wounded on the Navigation Bridge, in spite of the continued fall of enemy shells in the vicinity of the ship.' Battle Report, J.M. Cabanillas, USN

Fire!

As the ship maneuvered away, the guns of Turret 4 and 5 continued to fire over the ship’s stern. These blasts warped nearly every door midship, damaged 40mm director mounds, and set fire to some of the canvas covers that were draped over the 40mm ammunition. With ammunition in such close proximity to the fires, nearby crews consisting of both Sailors and Marines quickly jumped into action by throwing the loose ammunition overboard.

'There were canvas covers over the shells in the gun tub. Circular canvas covers protected the clips that were in the racks on the gun tub. That canvas is what caught fire when the 14-inchers fired aft. No canvas cover on the guns themselves. The Marines threw the hot 40mm ammo over the side. No one was injured. The deck did not catch on fire, but there was lots of shrapnel on the deck. The shrapnel made dark spots on the deck.' -Veikko Liila, USMC

Second Time's The Charm

After a quick maneuver, TEXAS returned to face the battery once more. Both TEXAS and Battery Hamburg would exchange fire, encountering many close calls as gun salvos continued to straddle the ship. At 1444 two shell splashes were reported near the ship’s portside bow, and just three minutes later, an unexploded 240mm shell was discovered inside a stateroom on the Half Deck. TEXAS had been hit a second time. With no visible or reported damage, the ship continued its brawl with the relentless battery. By 1500 the ship had received orders to retire and return to Portland, England.

Upon returning to England, the 'dud' 240mm German shell was removed and disarmed under careful direction of the Bomb Disposal Officer. The shell would then be placed back on TEXAS, where it still resides to this day.

'The performance of the TEXAS while under heavy and accurate fire of the enemy was outstanding. She was smartly handled and continued the engagement until ordered to withdraw, although hopelessly outranged and continuously harassed by enemy fire over a period of two hours and twenty minutes.' - C. F. BRYANT, USN."

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