#2017 bonus round

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The Battle for 3rd Place!

Who do you think deserves third place in the ranking??

[best-aroace-parent]

Best aroace parent; FINAL ROUND 🔥

Propaganda for Darius Deamonne 💛; The first time we see him interact with Hunter, the kid he'll later adopt, he's rather rude with him, but after reconsidering his opinion of him, we get all of these little moments and hints about how much their relationship has improved and how much he cares, until they actually become a family in the finale.

As for his orientation, a lot of people like to hc him as gay because of his pettiness towards an old friend from his childhood, but aside from one blush, he doesn't actually seem to pursue any kind of romantic relationship with him nor anybody else, rather forming a family with Hunter and Eberwolf, who's been said to be like a brother to him.

As a bonus, his color palette is full of purples and greens just like the aro and ace flags, which is rather fun

Propaganda for Cale Henituse 💛; He mainly parents 3 children (Raon, On, Hong) but also takes care of multiple other children. He is oblivious to other people's affection for him and thinks of beauty objectively and calls others beautiful often without any underlying feelings.

Propaganda for Della Duck 💛; She’s literally the best mom ever (eventually) and this does not once take away her ability to be a character in her own right. She gets trapped on the moon for 10/12 years (sources vary) while her brother looks after her sons and she spends every single day of those years trying desperately to get back to them. Mid season 2 she finally gets back to her kids and tries her best to become the mother she missed out on being while her kids grew up. She learns that she doesn’t need to be the “perfect” mother, it’s just important that she’s there now. She bonds with her kids and is just overall an incredibly supportive and encouraging mother.

As for her being aroace, the father of her kids is never addressed and never even a question asked in universe. Imo she just had kids cause she wanted to have kids, all ready to be a single parent. She also really just doesn’t show attraction to anyone throughout the series so it’s fairly common to hc her as aroace.

[bl-bracket]

Bonus Round: Most Unhinged Plot Finals

[sportsthoughts]

In The Room Masterpost Seasons 5-7 Continuing on from Seasons 1-4 please enjoy my little reference post for the next three seasons of ITR:

Watch In The Room on Youtube here

All Season 5 gifs (2015-16 season) Episode 1: Home of the Penguins part 1 - part 2 - bonus Geno - bonus Sid Episode 2: Taking Shape - bonus helmet - bonus Sid Episode 3: A Season of Change part 1 - part 2 - beach trip - Duper's retirement - Sid's response to Duper's retirement Episode 4: Pulling Together part 1 - part 2 - bonus Kris and the puppy - Sid and Flower in the gym Episode 5: Forging an Identity - 2016 All Star Game part 1 - 2016 All Star Game part 2 - bonus team superbowl party Episode 6: Trusting the Process - Sid's Little Penguins - Kris takes Alex skating Episode 7: Embrace the Race - Night of Assists 2016 Playoffs Rounds 1 & 2 Playoffs Round 3: Games 1-6 - Game 7 (Penguins win the ECF) Episode 8: Just Play - Stanley Cup Final Media Day - Stanley Cup Final Games 1 & 2 - Stanley Cup Final Games 3, 4 & 5 - Stanley Cup Final Game 6 - Game 6 Celebrations - 2016 Stanley Cup Parade

All Season 6 gifs (2016-2017 season) Episode 1: Raising Expectations - training camp - White House visit - 2016 ring celebration - bonus coach Geno Episode 2: A Daily Endeavour - Kris, Rusty and co. play video games Episode 3: We Are Family - bonus Geno - bonus Sid - holiday video behind the scenes - Jake's NHL debut Episode 4: More Than Ordinary - bonus Sid and his stick Episode 5: The Constant - Sid at NHL 100 - Sid at the 2017 All Star Game - All Star Game part 2 - Sid's 1000th point - more Sid's 1000th point Episode 6: New Surroundings Episode 7: Finding a Way Playoffs Round 1 Playoffs Round 2 Games 1-6 - Game 7 Playoffs Round 3 (Pens win the ECF) Episode 8: Back to Back (Stanley Cup Final Games 1-5) - Pens win the cup in Game 6 - celebrating the 2017 cup - locker room celebrations - 2017 Stanley Cup Parade

All Season 7 gifs (2017-2018 season) Episode 1: A Beautiful Thing - cup ring presentation - flashback sidgeno - flashback Sid and the stanley cup - Sid plays baseball - Dumo's day with the cup Episode 2: Bread and Butter Episode 3: Sky's the Limit - bonus core Episode 4: Feel the Juice - bonus Geno Episode 5: One Shot at a Time - Sid and Kris at the 2018 All Star Game Episode 6: A Golden Ticket Episode 7: Enjoy the Ride Episode 8: Family

Sid highlights: Season 5 - Season 6 - Season 7 (coming soon)

Geno highlights: Season 5 - Season 6 - Season 7 (coming soon)

Kris highlights: Season 5 - Season 6 - Season 7 (coming soon)

Flower highlights: Seasons 5 - Season 6

Rusty highlights: Season 5 - Season 6 - Season 7 (coming soon)

Misc: Skates close up - Matt Cullen highlights - Patric Hornqvist highlights (coming soon) - Dumo highlights (coming soon) - Jake Guentzel highlights (coming soon)

[originalaccountname]

Hiiiii for the fic recommendations do you have ones that have a story ( like a mystery, treasure hunt, a case fic, etc)

sooo many (in no particular order):

A Doll's House by Abyss_In_WonderLand_likes_sexy_cannibals (M, 45k, Dazai and Chuuya get stuck in an ability-space created to test partnerships and they must overcome all the challenges to get out)

picking a flower that blooms on the heart for you translated by burgundytshirt (M, 44k, Chuuya suddenly gets hanahaki and dies from it, only to wake up the previous morning in a time loop, and sets on to understand what is going on)

the liar’s house translated by burgundytshirt (M, 19k, Atsushi, Kunikida, Dazai, Chuuya, Kajii and Akutagawa get stuck in a literal haunted house where refusing to answer truthfully takes away one of their senses)

a kick in the teeth (a kiss with a fist) by refectory (T, 7k, Chuuya wakes up in a strange facility with Gin and can't use his ability, they sneak around and beat up people until they figure out why they're here)

To the Undying by SenZen_Travers (T, 7k, Chuuya has been captured on purpose to defeat an enemy and Dazai comes to get him so they can beat up people)

Ephemeris by Seedus (G, 12k, mission fic + character study, Chuuya accidentally displaces Dazai across space and time to save him and has to get him back)

On My Knees (Looking for the Answer) by A_Zap (T, 65k, mission fic + character study, plot alternates between present day trying to fix the situation and people remembering past experiences with Chuuya)

Illustrations of Lying by writingfromtheshadows (M, 49k, for context this one is from 2017, so a whole year before Dead Apple, BEAST, Fifteen, etc, AND YET! Dazai never got to Oda before he died and instead killed and replaced Mori as boss, with Chuuya as his right hand man. They are both having a horrible time, and then a new threat appears to make things worse)

Interpretation of Dreams by AnonymousStory77 (M, 15k ongoing, no it's not finished but I still love what it already has to offer I'm including it)

Bonus round:

Build Upon The Ruins by izanyas (E, 73k, Pacific Rim-inspired AU that actually has Kunikida as the main POV as Dazai's new partner after Chuuya was severely injured, but POV alternates between a few people, including Yosano and Dazai, and yes, it has skk and disabled Chuuya)

[autumngracy]

October TV Show Watchlist

Kid-Friendly

Hilda (2018-2023)

The Good Witch (2015-2021)

Gravity Falls (2012-2016)

The Owl House (2020-2023)

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

Bewitched (1964-1972)

The Halloween Baking Championship (2015-present)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003)

I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)

Halloween Wars (2011-present)

Goosebumps (1995-1998)

Goosebumps (2023-present)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990-2000)

Warehouse 13 (2009-2014)

Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999-2002)

That's So Raven (2003-2007)

The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994)

Tales From the Cryptkeeper (1993-1999)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)

The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-1980)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980-1982)

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-1984)

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991)

What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2006)

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006-2008)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019-2021)

Younger Teens & Up

Anne with an E (2017-2019)

Teen Wolf (2011-2017)

Spice and Wolf (2008-2009)

Sleepy Hollow (2013-2017)

The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

The Twilight Zone (2019-2020)

The X Files (1993-2002)

The X-Files (2018)

Charmed (1998-2006)

Charmed (2018-2022)

Stranger Things (2016-present)

Supernatural (2005-2020)

Wednesday (2022)

Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)

All of Us are Dead (2022-present)

Murder She Wrote (1984-1996)

Older Teens & Adult

The Strain (2014-2017)

Columbo (1968-2003)

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2020)

Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997-1999)

Only Murders in the Building (2021-present)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015)

Dead Like Me (2003-2004)

Midnight Mass (2021)

True Detective (2014-present)

Lovecraft Country (2020)

Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019)

The Walking Dead (2010-2022)

Fear the Walking Dead (2015-2023)

Love, Death & Robots (2019-present)

Tales From the Crypt (1989-1996)

Reginald the Vampire (2022-2024)

The Last of Us (2023-present)

Ghosts (2019-2023)

Ghosts (2021-present)

Castlevania (2017-present)

The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017)

Being Human (2011-2014)

Twin Peaks (1990-1991)

Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

A Discovery of Witches (2018-2022)

What We Do in the Shadows (2019-2024)

True Blood (2008-2014)

Interview With the Vampire (2022-present)

Dexter (2006-2013)

Dexter: New Blood (2021-2022)

The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Scare Tactics (2003-2013)

Chucky (2021-2024)

American Horror Story (2011-present)

American Horror Stories (2021-present)

Ghost Hunting Reality Shows

Fear (2000-2002)

Scariest Places on Earth (2000-2006)

Portals to Hell (2019-2022)

Paranormal State (2007-2011)

Ghost Adventures (2008-present)

Ghost Hunters (2004-2016)

Ghost Hunters (2019-2023)

Ghost Hunters International (2008-2012)

Destination Fear (2019-2023)

Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests (2019)

Ghost Brothers: Lights Out (2021)

Paranormal Witness (2011-2016)

The Dead Files (2011-present)

Kindred Spirits (2016-present)

The Holzer Files (2019-present)

Deep South Paranormal (2010-2013)

Ghost Nation (2019-present)

Haunting in the Heartland (2020)

Bonus Round: Web Series and Podcasts

Marble Hornets (2009-2014)

Welcome to Nightvale (2012-present)

The Magnus Archives (2016-2021)

The Magnus Protocol (2021-present)

[toasttt11]

clementine bedard

Clementine Faye Bedard

Number: 89

Season: fourth

Position: C

Height: 5”8

Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

S/C: R/L

NHL: NJD

Prev Team: Vancouver Giants

NHL

Selected 1st overall (first round) by the New Jersey Devils in the 2020 NHL Draft.

WHL

Drafted first overall in 2017, the first WHL player with exceptional status, and won the Jim Piggot Memorial Trophy as the league's top rookie player in her debut season.

International

Team Canda

2023 World Championship - Gold Medal, 13 G, 13 A, 10 GP

2022 World Championship- Silver Medal , 10 G, 11 A, 10 GP

2021 World Championship-Gold Medal, 12 G, 12 A, 10 GP

2020 World Junior Championship- Gold Medal, 11 G, 9 A, 7 GP

2019 World Junior Championship- Silver Medal, 9 G, 7 A, 7 GP

2018 World Junior Championship- Gold Medal, 10 G, 6 A, 7 GP

2017 U18 World Championship- Gold Medal, 7 G, 7 A, 7 GP

NHL

Fourth Year (2023-2024)

75 G, 69 A, 80 GP

Singed a contract for 70 millions dollars for the next nine years and three million dollar bonus.

Assistant Captain

Third Year (2022-2023)

67 G, 40 A, 76 GP

Ted Lindsay award

Assistant Captain

Second Year (2021-2022)

50 G, 35 A, 75 GP

Rookie Year (2020-2021)

30 G, 26 A, 56 P, 56 GP

Received the Rookie of the Year award.

Signed a Contract for 12 Million dollars for three years and a 1 million dollar signing bonus.

WHL

2019-2020

Vancouver Giants

30 G, 25 A, 28 GP

Bob Clarke Throphy

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

Captain

Draft Year

2018-2019

Vancouver Giants

78 G, 77 A, 72 GP

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

Won the WHL Championship

2017-2018

Vancouver Giants

53 G, 67 A, 72 GP

Rookie of the Year

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

Before WHL

2016-2017

West Van Academic Prep U 18

65 G, 40 A, 50 GP

2015-2016

West Van Academic Prep U 15

50 G, 36 A, 45 GP

Personal

• Born August 31, 2002

• Daughter of Melanie and Jim Bedard

• Has two siblings Connor and Madison Bedard.

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 42nd Tilt

Sultan Alauddin Khilji, Padmavaat (2018) VS. Sir Tristan “Wet Stick”, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Propaganda

Sultan Alauddin Khilji, Padmavaat (2018) Portrayed by: Ranveer Singh

No Text Propaganda Submitted

Sir Tristan “Wet Stick”, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) Portrayed by: Kingsley Ben-Adir

“Kingsley kills it in every role he plays, whether as a Ken in Barbieland or a knight with the Round Table – who also happens to be *the* Tristan from "Tristan and Isolde." He has a great smile and is great at playing dashing dudes.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Sultan Alauddin:

“Who doesn't enjoy a guy who can dance like this:”

For Sir Tristan:

“I could kvell about this man and his cute face for ages.”

(+ Bonus Arthur)

“I like his smile a lot”

[logogreffe]

French TV show recommendations :

L' Art du Crime (2017- en production) : -> A policeman teams up with an art expert to investigate art related crimes. Each episode is about a specific artist. The policeman knows nothing about art and the art expert (who works in the Louvre) often imagines herself having conversation with famous (dead) artists. One of my favorite shows ! If you like dark/light academia you might like this show ! ✅ : Art History, casual everyday French, ART HISTORY ! (Bonus point : The main actor) ❌ : The episodes are very long !

Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007-2020) -> If you want to have a good idea of what French everyday life is like, this is the TV show for you ! The show follows the lives of two completely different French families. The show started like Modern Family with the characters speaking to the camera before becoming a more "regular" show. ✅: Casual everyday French, really good insight on French culture, really funny, you see all the characters grow and evolve, the theme song is fantastic. (You also get to see the evolution of France between 2007 and 2020 which is interesting) ❌ : Nothing extraordinary is really happening, you get an idea of French life, so it might be a bit boring.

Kaamelott (2005) : -> "Based on the Arthurian legends, it followed the daily lives of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in Camelot." This is a comedic show, I feel like French people either HATE or ADORE this show, there is no in between. One of my favorite shows ! ✅ : Hilarious + knowing this show will make you sound extremely cultured to French people. ❌ : Not only do you need a good French level for this one (a lot of Knight related vocabulary I guess) but also some ...French humor ? I don't know if foreigners might like this one ...

Bref. (2011) : -> Web-serie, the episodes are super short. During each episode the narrator, a Parisian guy tells you about specific events in his life. The way it's shot is really interesting. ✅ : Casual French + slang, very short episodes ❌ : The main character is, in my opinion, kind of annoying

Le Visiteur du Futur (2009) : -> A man coming from the Futur, trying to save the world from terrible things, classic right ? Well, his way of saving the world involves stuff like "stopping Clément from buying a sandwich at the bakery because he's going to fall in love with the Baker's daughter, and live a happy life and have a child BUT the child is going to join a far right extremist movement and become the new face of the neonazi movement and cause WW3 and..." This show was first made with the lowest quality imaginable, the makeup is NASTY, but the plot...the plot is fantastic. ✅ : Casual French + slang , you get to see the quality of the show increase ❌: The quality of the set is questionnable in the beginning and the humour is a bit ..."pipi caca" as we say in French.

Very Bad Blagues (2011) : -> Web-serie, sketches and parodies of French shows, (or French people) ✅ : Some episodes are hilarious, (some are maybe a bit cringy) ❌: Some parodies might be a bit hard to get for foreigners as you might not know the original shows or characters.

Bloqués (2015) : -> Web-serie, super short episodes. Two friends and a couch, each episode is about a different subject like "Si j'étais riche" (If I was rich) ✅ : Casual French + a lot of slang ❌: They make a lot of references to popular French culture - But on the bright side, if you look up every cultural references that they make you might be able to get a Master in French popular culture (I personnaly get only a third of their references).

L'Effondrement (2019) : -> During each episode you get to see a family or group of people trying to survive after the collapse of the society. No electricity, little to no petrol, shortage of food... ✅ : Casual French + Really interesting ! ❌: A bit "anxiogène" as we say in French (anxiety-provoking) because ...well... it could happenned exactly as it's portrayed in the show.

La Flamme (2020) : -> a parody of the Bachelor  ✅ : Casual French + slang , the main character is played by Jonathan Cohen who is hilarous ❌: Warning : French humour

Family Business (2019) : -> "The plot revolves around a failed entrepreneur, Joseph, who finds out that cannabis is about to be legalized in France. He consequently decides to change the family kosher butcher shop into the first marijuana coffeeshop in France"  ✅ : Casual French + a lot of slang , extremely funny , Jonathan Cohen again ❌: Warning : French humour

BONUS : La Demoiselle d'Avignon (1972) -> Koba, from Kurland meets, François Fonsalette, a French diplomat. They fall in love in France but Koba has to go back to her country. Missing Koba, François manages to get a job as ambassador in Kurland and Koba, missing François, manages to find a job as an AuPair in France... ✅ : Formal French ( French from the 70 sounds sooooo nice), really cute story + you get to see France in the 70s ❌: Nobody speaks French like this anymore, (unfortunately)

(Some of thoses shows are on Youtube in France, but I don't know if the videos are visible outside the country) (feel free to ask me for links)

[bestmusicalworldcup]

I will do another poll with controversial Tony Award decisions in other categories!

These options DO NOT reflect my personal opinions! I have simply seen people complain about these.

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 1C

Two-time Tony-winning dancer-extraordinaire Bebe Neuwirth (1958) is best known for her winning role as Velma Kelly in Chicago (1996) alongside her beloved Annie Reinking. After playing Velma off-and-on for some years, she then took on Roxie, and later Matron "Mama" Morton. Bebe has also won for Sweet Charity (1986), and is a two-time Emmy winner for, of course, Lilith in Cheers. Other credits include Here Lies Jenny (2004), Fosse (2001), and Cabaret (2024), opening next month. In addition to her beloved stage, Bebe is a devoted cat-lover, and activist. She founded the Dancers' Resource program to provide support for injured and/or aging dancers.

Stalwart theatre veteran Laurie Metcalf (1955) is also a two-time Tony winner and four-time Emmy winner. Her consecutive Tony wins for A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017) and Three Tall Women (2018) places her on an elite list of just six other performers (including fellow Diva Judith Light). She has also appeared in Misery (2015), Hillary and Clinton (2019), and Grey House (2023), an experimental horror play that ultimately flopped. (And I have opinions on that.)

PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA UNDER CUT: ALL POLLS HERE

"Let me be abundantly clear. Bebe Neuwirth is my ultimate Diva. It may be stiff competition, but she wins the bracket of my heart every time. I would follow this woman to the end of the earth and back. I love everything about her from her cats, to her giggle, to her exquisite grey hair. I so admire any woman who chooses to age gracefully and without resentment, and Bebe's really settled into this adorable cozy old cat lady life. Back in the day, it was all stiletto heels and tight little black dresses and yes, that was very sexy. But now she's enjoying the comforts of flat sturdy boots, massive sweaters with cute little cats on them, glasses on chains, and divine grey hair. Gorgeous, yes. Talented, fuck yes. This woman has music in her bones and not even three hip surgeries can steal it away. I love her."

"Oh, Bebe Neuwirth? Love of my life, champion of my soul? Her legs are simply to die for. Not convinced? Search up When Velma Takes the Stand on YouTube and feast your eyes. You’ll be watching clips of her entire Broadway career next, trust me. She is truly a powerhouse of a woman, and one of Bob Fosse’s greatest interpreters." Propaganda submitted by anon "V"

"The pandemic robbed us of many things, but for our purposes here, the greatest loss to theatre was the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf starring Laurie Metcalf. During the dinner scene, so I'm told by the gays on twitter, she came out in a sheer white blouse and black bra, and I am devastated we didn't get her unhinged Martha. She would have done Uta Hagen and Elaine Stritch proud."

Bonus poll in the tags/comments: Tell me who you think wins in a fight? Lilith from Cheers/Frasier, or Jackie from Rosanne. If you're too young to know what I'm talking about, what are you doing here?

[buckysdolls]

Your Archer of Infamy (Priest x You) Series

Chapter 1

The windscreen wipers were frantically leaping left to right fighting off the rain that was lashing against your windshield screen. Twelve years of driving and you’re a hundred percent sure this was the worst weather you’d ever driven in, not to mention you felt the pressures of being even more cautious than usual as Rhea was in the car with you. You and Rhea had been friends since 2017 when Rhea joined the company. You were older than her by three years and as soon as you were introduced to each other your personalities clicked. That’s why you made such a great tag team, best friends in the ring, best friends out the ring. You and Rhea tried to drown the sound out of the rain with your singing.

“Out the curtain, lights go up, I'm home..”

“WHOA!” Both you and Rhea belted out Downstrait’s ‘Kingdom’, Cody Rhodes’ entrance song. Your phone chimed, it was a photo message from Damian. As you were driving, Rhea opened it up for you, the photo was of Damian, Finn and Dom waiting in the hotel. 

“When are you two going to stop messing about and just do it?” Rhea blurted out, questioning the chemistry that lingered between you and Damian.

“Straight to the point as ever Rhea” Your exhale turning to laughter.

“We’re all just waiting for it to happen.”

“So am I” Your honesty had Rhea in stitches. She turned the music down that was on full blast to answer a video call she was receiving.

“Who is it?” You asked, wanting to look over but you knew you had to keep your eyes on the road. A chorus of ‘Hi’s’ told you it was Balor, Dom and Priest. 

“ETA?” Balor asked, Rhea looked over at your phone’s navigation app.

“Two minutes, we’re just round the corner.” Rhea replied. 

“Has she crashed yet?” Dom liked to pick on you, he was like a little brother to you. You constantly had playful back and forth spats with each other. 

“Fuck you Dom” keeping your eyes on the road you gave him the middle finger which Rhea pointed the camera at so Dom could see. As Rhea hung up you pulled into the parking lot of the hotel, you both looked at each other and nodded as if you knew what each other was thinking. You both threw open the car doors, slamming them shut. Both of you hastily ran to the boot and grabbed whatever bags there were in an attempt to get as little wet as possible from the rain. Heads down to avoid the rain slapping into your faces as the heavy wind pushed it in your direction you both legged it over to the entrance, dropping the bags as soon as you were in the clear from the rain.

“That’s disgusting” You turned to Rhea gesturing to the rain.

“You got us here safely though” Rhea emphasised the word ‘safely’ loudly in an attempt to grab Dom’s attention as the three of them sat on comfortable leather chairs, their backs to the pair of you. They were waiting for you and Rhea to check in and change so you could all head to the gym together.

You and Rhea headed over to the front desk, as Rhea checked in Grayson Waller had approached you. He’d been trying for a while now, vying for your attention and you wondered how long he would keep up with it. You raised your eyebrows at him as if to question what he wanted, to which he just responded with a smirk, licking his lower lip and continuing to chew his gum. 

From afar, Priest watched the interaction. He wasn’t a fan of it, his knuckles were turning white from the hard grip he had on the arm of the chair. He knew you were well liked and often the desires of many lads in the locker room when the topic of conversation was the female roster. He couldn’t blame them though. You were genuinely one of the sweetest girls but for everyone else the talk was superficial, it was always your looks, to him he cared more about how you reflected the same rockstar lifestyle he lived. Thankful for all your opportunities. Trying to be the best version of yourself. Being happy. The look was just a bonus in the neatly wrapped up package. Balor and Dom noticed where Priest’s attention was currently drawn too, Waller rubbing his hand up and down your arm.

“Tell her bro!” Dom yelled into a whisper. Within an instant Dom’s attention was on Balor and Dom.

“Nah. I’m eleven years older than her, I’ll just be holding her back” Priest slumped back in his chair trying not to look over.

“Sounds like some bullshit excuse to me” Balor coughed in between each word. 

As Waller touched your arm you looked at it, as you did you tried to steal a glance over at Priest using your peripheral vision, you were hoping he was looking in your direction and to your pleasure he was. You adored Priest, you wanted him badly. He always gave you signals like touches and comments that told you it was reciprocated but he never acted up on it. You knew it was an ignorant thing to be doing but you tried to use the attention from other guys to get some sort of reaction out of him. 

“Can’t wait to see you in action tonight.” Waller’s attempt to flirt with you was cringeworthy but you smiled to play along.

“Thanks…”

“We can take the action back to my room later if you wanted?”

Internally you were gagging and trying not to let your face screw up into a ball in reaction to the cringe comments leaving his mouth. Overhearing the comments Rhea stepped in trying to save you from any more painful Waller interaction.

“Beat it Waller” Rhea rolled her eyes.

“Charming as always Rhea” Waller brought his hand up to his chest as if her words wounded him.

“I’m serious, we’ve got better things to do Grayson” Rhea turned you around so your back was to Waller and although you were finding it hilarious because of Rhea’s bluntness you mouthed ‘thank you’ to her. 

“Check-in” She whispered in your ear before grabbing her bags and walking away to the boys. 

“Think about my offer, yeah?” Waller said as he backed away.

You breathed deeply to regain your composure.

“Hi, I’d like to check in please?”

“Welcome, absolutely, what is the name on the reference?”

You gave the lady behind the counter your name and booking reference, her lips rolled thinly and her eyebrows furrowed as if she was confused. You observed her closely as she kept tapping and scrolling. She’d occasionally look up with apprehension on her face, as she looked at your smile. 

“I’m sorry Miss, it seems there has been a mix up with your booking. The room has been double booked.” 

“How does that even happen?” You huffed in disbelief.

“I’m not sure…” The lady was dumbfounded, as she looked up at you with regret. You weren’t one to yell, it wasn't her fault. 

“Any more rooms available?” You questioned hopefully.

The lady shook her head and pursed her lips outwards “ I’m afraid not, we’re fully booked because of the show. Neighbouring hotels are fully booked too. I could explain your situation to the current occupants and ask if they would mind vacating the room offering them a free stay another time?.”

You shook your head smiling kindly at the lady. 

“That won't be necessary. Could you just make sure you refund me the room please?” You could tell the lady really appreciated your level of calmness, you were almost certain she was used to being yelled at in situations like this.

“Of course, miss. Once again our apologies for this mix up and thank you for being so kind about it”

Turning your back to the counter, you huffed and rubbed your eyes in frustration before making your way over to the group.

“What’s with the long face?” Dom asked. 

“ I don’t have a room, they gave my room to someone else” You flopped over the arms of the chair Damian was sitting on so you were laid across him, letting your body go limp. 

“Shit. I’ve got Buddy staying tonight…” Rhea replied implying she couldn’t offer you space as her boyfriend would need the room. You pulled yourself up like a sit up  then dropped yourself onto the lap of Damian.

“It’s fine, I'll sleep out here. We only ever get five hours of sleep on the road anyway. Zero hours tonight won't hurt. Beside its comfortable”

“It’s only comfortable because you’re sitting on Damian” Dom pointed at the pair of you, You turned to look at Priest who was smirking at you which in turn made the corners of your lips curl upwards. Your eyes darted quickly between his dark eyes and lips, likewise he copied you. You could both sense the tension between you as you’d both forgotten where you were as silence filled the air. 

“I aint complaining” Priest broke first and spoke up, his hands in the air. You refocused, turning back to face everyone else.

“Thanks for stating the obvious Dom” your sarcasm causing everyone to snicker. Priest put one arm round the back of you to lean on your waist.

“Take my bed, I can take the floor for a night” Priest said. You turned to look at Priest, you couldn’t help but look at him lovingly. 

“I can’t do that” 

“I’m not letting you sleep out here on your own” Damian’s other hand gravitated to your leg, settling in between your thighs. 

“This makes me sick” Dom joked as you looked down at the hand. Damian followed your gaze and instantly removed his hand and pushed up to make you both stand up. 

“C’mon let's go.” Priest ignored you as he walked past as if to pretend he didn’t just have you sat on him, his hand grazing your inner thigh..

“Meet here in ten yeah?” Rhea asked and everyone nodded in agreement. You followed behind Damian up to his room. 

The day had dashed by, you were now alone with Priest in the hotel room. You opened the bathroom door to see him in his boxers and you in the only bedtime clothes you had, your lingerie, you weren’t expecting having to share a room with anyone okay! Sometimes pyjamas aren’t needed! You sighed quietly, trying to maintain your composure seeing Damian this way. 

“I’m sorry I dont have pyjamas otherwise I’d wear them” You became nervous as you walked towards Priest, you weren’t sure if you were nervous because you were suddenly overcome with anxiety with how you looked or if it was because Priest made you nervously giddy.

“No need to apologise 

“Like what you see?” Priest’s low gruff voice asked you. Priest was astounded by you, only asking you that question because he liked what he saw.  You rolled your eyes in amusement.

“It’s alright I suppose” You shrugged your shoulders

You watched as Priest laid down on the floor and grabbed the blanket off the bed, his actions confusing you. 

“You’re not actually sleeping there are you?” Priest folded his arms behind his head to lean on, his muscles tensing making your self control even weaker as he just gazed up at you.

“I dunno? Am I?” Reverse psychology… good one you thought. You dropped on to the bed telling Damian to get in. You didn’t need to tell him twice and he was up onto the bed and settled next to you. You turned over to face him, your faces inches apart, all Priest wanted to do was pull you into him and on top of him, his hands grabbing at your ass as you kissed intensely over and over again, him manoeuvring your body to grind against him.

“What do you think of Waller?” His thoughts shattered instantly. Why were you asking him about Waller? Not wanting to let you know he was confused or disappointed, he shrugged his shoulders. 

“Seems fine” Damian’s reply was blunt. 

“I think he wants to go on a date..”

“Enjoy it” Damian smiled and quickly turned over like he was giving you the cold shoulder. He was… he didn’t want to hear about your feelings towards Waller, not that you actually had any. Your reasoning in bringing Waller up had the intention of making Damian jealous and maybe get him to admit his feeling so you could too but his responses had you feeling that your desired outcome had failed.

During the night Damian was woken by your slow movement of turning over and placing your arm over his midsection, curling up to him and resting your forehead on his back. He didn’t want to wake you so he let you cuddle up to him. Was he really going to let someone like Waller get to you before he could?

[bl-bracket]

Bonus Round: Most Unhinged Plot Round 1

[Top 5 will advance to next round]

[itsyagergzero]

gonna rant about my fav fnaf fan game designs !!

Note: some of the creators for these mightve been outed as being shit, i dont know, but know that i dont support their actions or anything i just. Like fan games lol. If they r confirmed weirdos, lmk but yknow.

Anyways!! Starting off: Final Nights. Final Nights is a fan game by JeliLiam that is basically a retelling of the original FNaF story! There are 4 games, and while all of them have wonderful designs, Final Nights 4 has my personal favorite designs for the animatronics. The game is set in Fredbear’s Family Diner during 1973 AND 2017.

Starting off with my favorite design: Spring Bonnie (she/her)

I ADORE her design. She genuinely looks like an animatronic real kids would enjoy - being a nice balance of cute, but also weirdly unsettling like animatronics irl. The gloves really make the design for me, and I’m obsessed with how shaped she is.

Her movements are also so good and so unsettling-she’s incredibly smooth in her animation and the way she leans towards the player is a great level of stressful especially because you cannot move or else you will fail the night. I am sooo obsessed with her yall dont get it.

Next up is Fredbear (he/him)!

I love his design for the same reason as Spring Bonnie’s, but I also love that his design is not just a repaired version of Nightmare Fredbear from FNaF 4! This design is more what I imagine Fredbear to look like, as I always took the FNaF 4 designs with a grain of salt considering they’re from a child’s nightmare.

I do wish he was more round though, as he does kinda look like he uses a similar model to Spring Bonnie, but that’s a very minor critique.

Bonus mentions: I do enjoy Proto Spring Freddy / Bonnie’s designs! They’re quite unsettling and it makes sense why Henry dislikes them LOL

Next up: The Return to Freddy’s!

I don’t have much to say about this series as a whole - it started out as fan game for FNaF 3 prior to the canon game releasing and then spiraled into a retelling of FNaF before becoming it’s own thing. The creators have gotten into hot water - they stole the Candy design from FNaC - and the franchise has since been cancelled, but I have a soft spot for the designs still!

I mostly want to show the Tortured Suits from the cancelled TRTF 5 games!

A unique take on more Nightmare-ish designs, I just love how creepy the designs are and I wish the game was completed so we could see how they operated in game. I also love the use of muted colors. It really sets the tone for the suits and shows they were not made for children, but for an other purpose that unfortunately is unknown.

It’s late so I’ll leave this off here but I’ll continue this tomorrow with more fan game animatronic designs that I love, and if y’all have fan games you like, let me know and I’ll talk about my fav designs from those games too!!

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

IRS to go after executives who use business jets for personal travel in new round of audits

Private jets sit parked at Scottsdale Airport Jan. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. IRS leadership said

FATIMA HUSSEIN Feb 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — First, there were trackers on Taylor Swift and other celebrities’ private jet usage. Now, there will be more scrutiny on executives’ personal use of business aircraft who write it off as a tax expense.

IRS leadership said Wednesday that the agency will start conducting dozens of audits on businesses’ private jets and how they are used personally by executives and written off as a tax deduction — as part of the agency’s ongoing mission of going after high-wealth tax cheats who game the tax system at the expense of American taxpayers.

The audits will focus on aircraft used by large corporations and high-income taxpayers and whether the tax purpose of the jet use is being properly allocated, the IRS says.

“At this time of year, when millions of hardworking taxpayers are working on their taxes, we want them to feel confident that everyone is playing by the same rules,” IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said on a call with reporters to preview the announcement. Tax season began Jan. 29.

“These aircraft audits will help ensure high-income groups aren’t flying under the radar with their tax responsibilities,” he said.

There are more than 10,000 corporate jets in the US., according to the IRS, valued at tens of millions of dollars and many can be fully deducted.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed during the Trump administration, allowed for 100% bonus depreciation and expensing of private jets — which allowed taxpayers to write off the cost of aircraft purchased and put into service between September 2017 and January 2023.

Werfel said the federal tax collector will use resources from Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act to more closely examine private jet usage — which has not been closely scrutinized during the past decade as funding fell sharply in the last decade.

“Our audit rates have been anemic,” he said on the call. An April 2023 IRS report on tax audit data states that “continued resource constraints have limited the agency’s ability to address high-end noncompliance” stating that in tax year 2018, audit rates for people making more than $10 million were 9.2%, down from 13.6% in 2012. And in the same time period, overall corporate audit rates fell from 1.3% to .6%.

Mike Kaercher, senior attorney advisor at the Tax Law Center at NYU said in a statement that the IRS should also revisit how it values personal use of corporate aircraft, beyond just how flights are reported.

“The current rules allow these flights to be significantly undervalued, enabling wealthy filers to pay much less in taxes than fair market value would dictate, and it’s within the IRS’ authority to revise these rules,” Kaercher said.

Werfel said audits related to aircraft usage could increase in the future depending on the results of the initial audits and as the IRS continues hiring more examiners.

“To be clear, that doesn’t mean everyone in a high-income category partnership or corporation is evading or avoiding their tax responsibility,” Werfel said. “But it does mean that there’s more work to do for the IRS to make sure people are paying what they owe.”"

[thewickedbohemian]

Something of a bonus round to my musical idea poll (as I remembered a few others I had I didn't put on there because there was already too many options)

Some clarifications/notes on each

For those thinking due to not just it being a video game but the kind of game it is that What Remains Of Edith Finch would be unstageable, just look at Fun Home as if WROEF could be a musical I could see it having that sort of structure. Only issue would be how exacting one has to be for casting biracial characters as Lewis, Milton and Edith Jr. are all half-white-half-Indian but otherwise I think this really could pop off (I mean as much as a musical that might share similar target demographics to This Is Us could be said to "pop off"). Y'know, with the right set designer the visual style could be amazing on stage and since my vision for the sound of this show ever since I had the idea that WROEF could work on stage is basically "PNW indie folk" because it's set on Orcas Island, Washington maybe an indie artist from that area could help with the music

I feel like the only reason (unless there's some rights thing I'm not aware of) we haven't had a Dead Poets Society musical is who the hell do you get to fill the shoes of the late great Robin Williams and not just because that's what I'm stuck on too

some of the stuff in the first Librarian movie might seem difficult to technically pull off on stage but I think there's shows that have done similar and while I did find a surprisingly perfect dream casting for movies-era!Flynn (Daniel Radcliffe, close to the right age, right amount of geeky-yet-still-charismatic and wouldn't it seem perfect for him to step back into another fantastical hero's journey 20-ish years after Harry Potter) I haven't really got a lead on who'd work for anyone else

The main issue I see (if this is a thing Disney would do) with bringing Inside Out to the stage is not what you'd think as (while some would still take some creativity) some of the seemingly-unstageable parts could be pulled off with creative use of stuff like projector-screens. No, the issue is I don't think there's ever been an existing musical that would have the physical aspects (as of course they'd have to be able to pull off the part acting/singing/dancing/wise too) of casting rely as much on actors' figures as this would as Sadness would have to be short and chubby, Anger would have to be short and stocky and Fear would have to be tall and skinny and I worry either these kinds of requirements would potentially be accidentally-a-little-noninclusive or at least make casting this show an absolute bitch

I specified movie and/or book for Wonder (which I had to clarify what I meant for because that's a vague title) because idr how they differ plot-wise. But yeah I think this could totally work and hit the same kind of Tonybait vibes as Dear Evan Hansen was attempting but with a much less morally-problematic story (and Daveed Diggs and Mandy Patinkin were both in the movie so they could perhaps reprise their roles in a stage version)

I'm surprised no one's ever seriously thought of a Scott Pilgrim stage musical before given that the seeds of a musical are there in the movie, maybe it's because it'd have to avoid both of the problems that plagued Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (effect/stunt-induced actor injuries and, in the words of the great Neil Patrick Harris, "death-defying budget overruns") in addition to how specific the ethnicities of some of the characters (and therefore actors) have to be. But figure those out easily and you could get a potential sci-fi cult-classic on the level of Be More Chill (though that's not to say it couldn't be even more successful)

So which of these shows would you most want to see on Broadway if they could be?