#Carson Nolan

[ynfg-music]

Collective Unconscious - Sandbox

[denimbex1986]

'Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been grabbing plenty of headlines and dollars this week but the BBC has turned the clocks back to a different retelling, making its classic series available on iPlayer.

The BAFTA-winning series aired on the BBC more than 40 years ago and is available from today as a boxset on the VoD player.

Sam Waterston was the Cillian Murphy of the series, starring as the titular scientist as he led the weapons laboratory of the Manhattan Project, all the while under constant surveillance by the FBI because of his left wing politics and association with communists. As with Nolan’s movie, the show followed his role in developing the world’s first nuclear weapons and his rivalry with Edward Teller, through to being stripped of his security clearance by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s. David Suchet, Kate Harper, John Carson, Christopher Munke and Jana Shelden also starred.

The show catapulted Waterston to fame, as he went on to land roles in Law and Order, The Newsroom, and Grace & Frankie. It aired in the U.S. on PBS’ American Playhouse and won three BAFTAs including Best Drama Series, while being nominated for seven.

The BBC’s move comes as Oppenheimer tears up the global box office alongside Barbie. Deadline’s latest box office report had Universal’s opus at $405.6M global and more is expected this weekend during the second ‘Barbenheimer’ holdover.

IPlayer has been continuing to add classic series of late including Colin Firth-starrer Pride and Prejudice.'

[polkadotpatterson]

Partly because so much of their story was shaped by the sim and partly because, while I've contributed A Lot Of Dot Lore, it's still very much been a community effort and I take inspiration from what a lot of other people have done with them too, especially @mossy-kit! OUR oc :)

my oc lore is so normal to me until i have to explain it. yeah this is a guy. this other guy is an alternate version of this same guy. there’s a third as well. i’m sorry it’s cringe you just have to bear with me

[pupsmailbox]

NEUTRAL LEANING MASC NAMES ⌇　abner.　 abram.　 adam.　 adrian.　 alex.　 alistair.　 andreas.　 ariel.　 arlen.　 arley.　 arlo.　 ash.　 atlas.　 auden.　 august.　 austin.　 avery.　 bailey.　 baron.　 barrett.　 baylor.　 beauden.　 bee.　 bellamy.　 bennett.　 blair.　 blaise.　 bowen.　 brayden.　 brendan.　 bronson.　 bryce.　 byron.　 caius.　 caleb.　 callahan.　 callan.　 calloway.　 callum.　 camden.　 cameron.　 carlin.　 carson.　 casey.　 cassian.　 chandler.　 chase.　 cody.　 cole.　 connolly.　 corban.　 corwin.　 cyrus.　 dallas.　 damion.　 damon.　 daniel.　 darius.　 davis.　 dawson.　 daylon.　 denver.　 desmond.　 devin.　 doran.　 dorian.　 drew.　 elian.　 elias.　 ellery.　 ellison.　 emery.　 ethan.　 evan.　 ezra.　 fallen.　 farren.　 finley.　 ford.　 foster.　 gabriel.　 gannon.　 garner.　 gavin.　 gentry.　 graham.　 greer.　 griffin.　 guthrie.　 harley.　 harlow.　 hartley.　 hayden.　 henley.　 henry.　 heron.　 hollis.　 hunter.　 ian.　 irving.　 isaiah.　 jace.　 james.　 jameson.　 jared.　 jeremiah.　 joel.　 jonah.　 joran.　 jordan.　 jory.　 josiah.　 jovian.　 jude.　 julian.　 juno.　 justus.　 kalen.　 kamden.　 kay.　 kayden.　 keaton.　 kellan.　 keller.　 kelly.　 kendon.　 kieran.　 kit.　 kylan.　 landry.　 lane.　 lennon.　 leslie.　 levi.　 leyton.　 liam.　 linden.　 lowell.　 luca.　 madden.　 marley.　 marlow.　 marshall.　 martin.　 mason.　 mathias.　 mercer.　 merritt.　 micah.　 miles.　 miller.　 milo.　 morgan.　 morrie.　 morrison.　 nate.　 nevin.　 nick.　 nicky.　 nico.　 nicolas.　 noah.　 noel.　 nolan.　 oren.　 orion.　 owen.　 parker.　 percy.　 perrin.　 peyton.　 pierce.　 porter.　 preston.　 quincy.　 quinn.　 reece.　 reid.　 reign.　 rein.　 remi.　 remington.　 renley.　 riley.　 river.　 robin.　 rollins.　 ronan.　 rory.　 rowan.　 russell.　 ryan.　 rylan.　 sam.　 samuel.　 sawyer.　 saylor.　 seth.　 shiloh.　 soren.　 spencer.　 stellan.　 sterling.　 talon.　 taylor.　 thaddeus.　 thane.　 theo.　 toni.　 tracy.　 tristan.　 tyrus.　 valor.　 warner.　 wells.　 wesley.　 whitten.　 william.　 willis.　 wylie.　

NEUTRAL LEANING FEM NAMES ⌇　abigaël.　 abilene.　 addison.　 adrian.　 ainsley.　 alexis.　 and.　 andrea.　 arden.　 aria.　 ashley.　 aspen.　 aubrey.　 autumn.　 avery.　 avian.　 ayla.　 bailey.　 beryl.　 blair.　 blaire.　 blake.　 briar.　 brooklyn.　 brooks.　 bryce.　 cameron.　 camille.　 casey.　 celeste.　 channing.　 charlie.　 chase.　 collins.　 cordelia.　 courtney.　 daisy.　 dakota.　 dana.　 darby.　 darcy.　 delaney.　 delilah.　 devin.　 dylan.　 eden.　 eisley.　 elia.　 ellerie.　 ellery.　 ellie.　 elliot.　 elliott.　 ellis.　 ellory.　 ember.　 emelin.　 emerson.　 emery.　 evelyn.　 ezra.　 fallon.　 finley.　 fiore.　 florence.　 floris.　 frances.　 greer.　 gwenaël.　 hadley.　 harley.　 harper.　 haven.　 hayden.　 heike.　 hollis.　 hunter.　 ivy.　 jade.　 jamie.　 jocelyn.　 jordan.　 jude.　 juno.　 kelly.　 kelsey.　 kendall.　 kennedy.　 koda.　 kyrie.　 lacey.　 lane.　 leighton.　 lennon.　 lennox.　 lesley.　 leslie.　 lilian.　 lindsay.　 loden.　 logan.　 lou.　 lyric.　 madison.　 mallory.　 marinell.　 marley.　 mckenzie.　 melody.　 mercede.　 meredith.　 mio.　 misha.　 monroe.　 montana.　 morgan.　 nico.　 nova.　 oakley.　 olympia.　 owen.　 page.　 palmer.　 parker.　 pat.　 paulie.　 perri.　 petyon.　 peyton.　 phoenix.　 piper.　 priscilla.　 quinn.　 raven.　 ray.　 reagan.　 reece.　 reese.　 remi.　 remy.　 riley.　 rio.　 river.　 robin.　 rory.　 rosario.　 rowan.　 ryan.　 rylie.　 sacha.　 sage.　 sam.　 sammy.　 santana.�� sasha.　 sawyer.　 saylor.　 severin.　 shannon.　 shelby.　 shiloh.　 skye.　 skylar.　 sloane.　 sol.　 soleil.　 sterling.　 stevie.　 sutton.　 swan.　 swann.　 sydney.　 tatum.　 taylo.　 taylor.　 tracey.　 valentine.　 vanya.　 vivendel.　 vivian.　 vivien.　 wren.　 wynn.　 yael.

[hier--soir]

feb + mar + apr reads

norma jean baker of troy by anne carson [★★★★★]

"Sometimes I think language should cover its own eyes when it speaks."

"Is she human? Are you? Is she a beast out of control? There's so much danger. No human can become just a beast, you plunge beyond - beyond what? Remember Jack the Ripper? 'I'm down on whores and I shan't quit ripping them till I get buckled,' Jack wrote in a letter to the newspaper, September 18, 1888. He never did get buckled. Of course insane, his mind blooming with it, who could go down that rabbit-hole or unlock such a puzzle as Jack? - but still, the woman! the thing is! the woman has everything and you smile and you take some."

: ̗̀➛ an exploration of the lives and myths of marilyn monroe and helen of troy.

: ̗̀➛ anne carson is there anything you can't do? please email me back. please.

piglet by lottie hazell [★★★★]

"'I want to make some food,' she said. 'For both of us?' he asked. 'No, just for me.'"

: ̗̀➛ one woman, piglet, and the lead up to her wedding in the face of a big confession from her fiancé.

: ̗̀➛ this one slipped beneath my skin and writhed around the spot inside me where i've tucked away all of my food issues.

merciless gods by christos tsiolkas [★★]

"I'm scared that if I let go, not only the room, not only this city, but the whole world will go cold forever."

"Your false gods cannot save you. There is only one God, my God."

: ̗̀➛ short stories that bash you over the head with how awful things and people and places can be. i did not live for this one... particularly wasn't into the one where a guy jerked his dad who has alzheimers off.

foe by iain reid [★★]

"All day. Time keeps moving. I've always thought that was a good thing. Until recently. I'm not so sure now. Is it good? For time to go by fast?"

: ̗̀➛ they want to send junior to space and replace him with a robot that looks and acts and talks exactly like him so his wife has company in his absence.

: ̗̀➛ marriage and trust and complacency, and a guy called terrence who we get reminded over and over has long gorgeous hair.

: ̗̀➛ a little boring for my taste. i had an idea of where it was going pretty early on, and it took a while for me to be proven right. pretty disconcerting!

acts of desperation by megan nolan [★★★★]

"The need was a true and human part of me, but I could feel nothing else of myself to be true or human, and so the need seemed ungodly, an aberration."

: ̗̀➛ a book full of confession, desire, jealousy, violence, and power. messy messy messy!!!! readers procceed with caution.

: ̗̀➛ shout out to everyone who said i should read this - you were right, it is up my alley.

gone girl by gillian flynn [★★★★]

"My wife was no longer my wife but a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers. Country fingers. Flyover fingers untrained in the intricate, dangerous work of solving Amy. When I'd hold up the bloody stumps, she'd sigh and turn to her secret mental notebook on which she tallied all my deficiencies, forever noting disappointments, frailties, shortcomings."

: ̗̀➛ i have become a gillian flynn STAN this year, it's true. despite having seen the movie multiple times, i enjoyed reading this, and was delighted to find some differences in the texts [for better and for worse].

: ̗̀➛ nick dunne, big fan of the lie of omission, mama's boy whose mama is dead, i'd like to introduce you to couples therapy.

dead beautiful and life eternal by yvonne woon [reread] [★★★]

: ̗̀➛ the first two books in a paranormal romance trilogy. these kinda bang guys, i can't lie. 15-year-old me was onto something when she decided to keep these instead of donating them. however, they DO have some of the worst book covers i've ever seen, sorry yvonne.

fourth wing by rebecca yarros [★★★]

: ̗̀➛ a romantasy book that has dragons, smut, and twists that you'll see coming from a mile away. pretty fun. recced to me by one man in person and a thousand women on tik tok.

: ̗̀➛ no one who has the thought 'double standards for the win' is using 'whomever' in a casual sentence with the guy she's having sex with.

: ̗̀➛ good enemies to lovers should have actual murder attempts. but maybe that's jusT MY OPINION.

my book rating system is as follows:

★ = i felt pure contempt the entire time

★★ = yeah it's a book

★★★ = i liked it!

★★★★ = good fucking book, damn

★★★★★ = blew my dick clean off and i'll throw a tantrum if everyone i know doesn't also read it and love it

[damnelves]

MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN (LOCKED TOGETHER IN HATRED).

"Poplar Street" by Chen Chen (1) / "The Guessing Game: A Mother's Love" by Silas Denver Melvin / Lady Bird (2017), dir. Greta Gerwig / Family Tree (Intro) - Ethel Cain / "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut / "hate. salt." by Nayyirah Waheed / "Parts of Me Never Left That House" by Mada Hayyas / from the project "things you wanted to say but never did" by Geloy Concepcion (@geloyconcepcion on IG) / "You Are Jeff" by Richard Siken / Lady Bird (2017) written by Greta Gerwig / Supernatural, Season 12 Episode 22 "Who We Are" / "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom / "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy / "Lies About My Mother" by Daniela Dröscher, trans. by Jo Heinrich / "Mother and Child" (c. 1906) by Julius Gari Melchers, oil on canvas / "Mother and her Child" (1902) by Károly Kernstok , oil on canvas / Electra, Sophocles (tr. by Anne Carson) / "Acts of Desperation" by Megan Nolan / "Twenty" by Silas Denver Melvin / Succession, Season 3 Episode 8 "Chiantishire" / "Mother and Daughter" by Hayan Charara / "Poplar Street" by Chen Chen (2)

[letters2fiction]

Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro NEW!

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson/Crane

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

NEW! Once Upon A Time

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

[unveilhq]

anonymous asked: most wanted fcs by members?

aaron taylor johnson, adam huber, alejandro speitzer, alvaro rico, andrew garfield, andrew lincoln, austin butler, bob odenkirk, brant daugherty, brenton thwaites, cam gigandet, carson boatman, charles melton, charlie carver, charlie cox, chris hemsworth, danny griffin, darren barnet, derek theler, dermot mulroney, diego tinoco, drew starkey, dylan o'brien, ed skrein, emilio sakraya, florian munteanu, frank grillo, freddie stroma, gabriel macht, gerard butler, grant show, idris elba, itzan escamilla, james lafferty, jay hayden, jay lycurgo, jd pardo, jeffrey dean morgan, johnny sibilly, jon bernthal, jordan calloway, josh krasinski, justice smith, justin theroux, keith powers, lucien laviscount, mason dye, matthew macfayden, max carver, max riemelt, max thieriot, matthew noszka, michael mealor, michael fassbender, miguel bernardeau, miguel herran, miles teller, nick jonas, nick robinson, nico tortorella, noah beck, noah centineo, nolan gerard funk, nordman reedus, omar ayuso, patrick j adams, patrick schwarzenegger, rafael de la fuente, regé-jean page, robert kazinsky, russell tovey, ryan kelley, ryan kwanten, scott eastwood, shawn mendes, suraj sharma, tenoch huerta, theo james, tom ellis, travis kelce, trevor donovan, tyler hynes, tyler posey, wes chatham, will poulter, william levy, & wolfgang novogratz

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

In Restropect: January was a train wreck

via Pinterest // Aeschylus tr. Robert Icke // Tenet (2020) dir. Christopher Nolan // Euripides tr. Anne Carson // @sikenarthistory // Anne Lamott // Richard Siken // Panic! at the Disco // via Pinterest // My Chemical Romance

[nolanxmurray]

Nolan wasn't a big dan of the event in town but he was one that was popping in and out of events while he was working. But today at work he had met Carson and they hit it off that they met up after he got off work. Just out to one the bars in town and had a few drinks that lead to them going to her place. He would never make her come to his, his tiny trailer that he didn't keep that clean. No one came to that place he was only there when he had to be. But her place was nice, he was in his head planning on asking her to take a shower since the one in his trailer sucked. But for now he was sleeping and was fine, tired from a day of work, going out and his time with Carson. It was early five or so in the morning when he started to move and sir in the bed.

Nolan moved around, nearly talking in his sleep but nothing was coming out clearly. A bad dream a night terror of that day when he was ten years old still haunted his mind and was coming for him today. "Jordan...." was one thing that he was able to speak clearly @cvrsonsanchez

[jurassicworldtieindrpepper]

Reading List

to be updated constantly

Articles:

"Why Women Online Can’t Stop Reading Fairy Porn" by C.T. Jones for Rolling Stone

"They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars." by Brett Murphy for ProPublica

"‘I Think My Husband Is Trashing My Novel on Goodreads!’" by Emily Gould for The Cut

"Woman in Retrograde" by Isabel Cristo for The Cut

"The unwanted Spanish soccer kiss is textbook male chauvinism. Don’t excuse it" by Moira Donegan for the Guardian

"I Started the Media Men List" by Moira Donegan for The Cut

"What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers" by Jordana Rosenfeld for The Nation

"The Key Detail Missing From the Narrative About O.J. and Race" by Joel Anderson for Slate

"The Coiled Ferocity of Zendaya" by Matt Zoller Seitz for Vulture

"OJ Simpson died the comfortable death in old age that Nicole Brown should have had" by Moira Donegan for The Guardian

"Norm Macdonald Was the Hater O.J. Simpson Could Never Outrun" by Miles Klee for Rolling Stone

"Trans Stylists and Makeup Artists Are Reshaping Red Carpet Looks. Will They Get the Credit They’re Due?" by James Factora

"The ‘perfect Aryan’ child used in Nazi propaganda was actually Jewish" by Terrence McCoy for The Washington Post

"There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity" by Maris Kreizman for Literary Hub

"An O.J. Juror on What The People v. O.J. Simpson Got Right and Wrong" by Ashley Reese for Vulture

"Super Cute Please Like" by Nicole Lipman for N + 1 Magazine

Essays:

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxanne Gay

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

"On Chappell Roan and Gen Z Pop" by Miranda Reinert

"In Memory of Nicole Brown Simpson" by Andrea Dworkin

"My Gender Is Dyke" by Alexandria Juarez for Autostraddle

"Columnists and Their Lives of Quiet Desperation" by Hamilton Nolan

Nonfiction:

Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women by Lyz Lenz

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz

The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe

The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams

Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson

Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs by David Bellos & Alexandre Montagu

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton

University of Nike: How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education by Joshua Hunt

What it Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees

Female Masculinity by J. Jack Halberstam

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird by Dan Schreiber

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva

Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Fiction:

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Just as You Are by Camille Kellogg

Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

The Misadventures of an Amateur Naturalist by Ceinwen Langley

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

Blackouts by Justin Torres

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

The Faithless by C.L. Clark

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Institute by Stephen King

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

[greenerteacups]

hi gtc! i wanted to ask if you could tell us more about your favorite books, films, shows, and media/pop culture in general! would love to hear you gush about and spill the tea on all your favorite things

also, i feel like i've known you forever because i discovered lionheart in its early stages. literally when only the first book was out. it's been an honor and pleasure to see you grow and to see your work getting all the love, recognition, and praise it deserves. ilysm greenteacup 🩷

Man, I don't know where to start. Favorite books: Wuthering Heights, Anna Karenina, Little Women, Atonement, Mrs. Dalloway, Love in the Time of Cholera. Also, equally loved, but loved in a different part of my brain: Dracula, Anne of Green Gables, Howl's Moving Castle, The Locked Tomb series, Normal People, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, The Bloody Chamber, the Six of Crows duology, The Left Hand of Darkness, Ender's Game, Station Eleven, and a million other books that I'm going to remember and kick myself for forgetting, because any book I love is always my favorite when I'm reading it, but I don't have just one. There are a lot of poets I love and learn from, too: Louise Glück, Margaret Atwood (hot take: I like her poetry more than her novels), Anne Carson, and Richard Siken. In terms of movies, I watch what my friends tell me to, but my favorites tend to be spectacle sci-fi productions like Nolan or Villenueve's ouevre, movies that really take advantage of the scale of the thing. Or Wes Anderson's middle period. Or Audrey Hepburn movies. I watch those whenever I need a pick-me-up.

[therappundit]

THE PUNDIT's PICKS: More of 2024's Finest Rap Songs [***Part 8***]

In case you missed Parts 1-7: https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/765883151282323456/pundits-pick-part-7

Soooo much new music to get through! Say what you will, but to those that respect each and every release, it can be a welcome challenge.

Happy early Thanksgiving to those who celebrate...here are some more tunes to help combat the cold:

"Frosted Flake" by DJ Rude One feat. Valee

"Save the Princess" by J.U.S.

"mikealstott" by Blvck Svm feat. Boldy James

"All Over" by JUNE!, Israel Jones, $hyyguyy & Radicule.

"California Dream" by Ab-Soul feat. Vince Staples & Kamm Carson

"A PART OF THE AGENDA" by Killian Fonlon feat. Niontay

"Syrup Sandwiches" by Cordae feat. Joey Bada$$

"OH MY" by Chanelle Kazadi

"Baked Beans" by Desert Camo [Oliver the 2nd & Heather Grey] feat. Nolan The Ninja

"NO HESI" by Price & Kota the Friend feat. Huey Briss & Nana

"Sword Lilies" by Cavalier & Child Actor feat. Quelle Chris

"Par For The Course" by Kurious feat. Mr. Fantastik

"Styles" by Stan Ipcus

"Chanel Boy" by Chyna Streetz

"Intro The B*tch" by Baby Stone Gorillas

"ZYDECO" by Ronday

"Chef Boy" by Luhh Dyl

"Static Shock" by Zoomo feat. Da$h & Navy Blue

"Free YSL" by Kent Loon feat. Chester Watson

"INTUITION" by Kenny Mason

Stay safe and solid until next time... 🙏

[oldiestations]

ethan  cutkosky,  twenty  five,  he/him     ⟡     —     is  that  ARIN  CALLISTER  i  just  saw  walking  around  kilmer’s  cove?  i  heard  they’re  a  RESIDENT  who’s  been  here  for  HIS  WHOLE  LIFE.  it  slipped  my  mind,  since  they  just  tend  to  hang  out  at  THE  CLIFFS.  at  face  value,  they’re  said  to  be  INCISIVE  and  ASTUTE,  but  i  don’t  know…  some  people  have  said  they  can  be  quite  PROVOCATIVE  and  CYNICAL.  just  don’t  get  on  their  bad  side,  i  guess!  don’t  tell  them  i  told  you  this,  but  i’ve  heard  they  DO  NOT  believe  in  all  the  ghost  stories  around  town.  who  knows  what  the  future  holds  for  them!

full  name:  arin  bennett  callister nicknames:  n/a birthdate  /  zodiac:  november  03,  1999  /  scorpio gender   /   pronouns:  cis  man  /  he/him orientation:  bisexual faceclaim:  ethan  cutkosky notable  physical   traits:  quite  literally  always  looks  like  he  just  rolled  out  of  bed  15  minutes  ago occupation:  freelance  engineer

parents:  cadence  and  carson  callister  (  step-father  ) siblings:  nolan  callister  (  half-brother,  11  years  old  ),  landon  callister  (  half-brother,  6  years  old  )

                       ***

TW  PREGNANCY  // like  most  of  her  classmates  in  her  senior  year  of  high  school,  cadence  roque  had  her  life  well  planned  for.  going  to  college,  keep  up  a  long  distance  relationship  with  her  high  school  sweetheart  (at  a  different  school  in  a  different  state),  start  her  career  —  than  start  a  family.  in  her  thirties,  maybe?  and  like  many  of  her  classmates,  life  didn't  exactly  pan  out  that  way.  it  just  happened  for  her  a  little  earlier  than  the  rest  of  them.  with  two  solid  blue  lines  on  multiple,  increasingly  expensive  pregnancy  tests. //

so  starting  a  family  was  happening  a  little  earlier.  she  could  work  with  that,  right?  as  it  turns  out,  her  high  school  boyfriend  wasn't  keen  on  the  idea.  he  wasn't  going  to  turn  down  his  out  of  state  scholarship  to  go  to  a  closer  school  for  a  kid  he  didn't  even  want.  the  relationship  imploded  spectacularly.  she  had  her  family's  support  to  fall  back  on,  though.  they  were  willing  to  let  her  stay  at  home,  watch  the  baby  while  she  went  to  school  and  give  them  both  the  most  stable  life  they  could.

and  so  arin  was  born,  on  a  frigid  morning,  and  went  home  to  a  family  that  he  would  eventually  realize  was  a  bit  unconventional.  he  had  a  happy  early  childhood,  spending  a  lot  of  his  time  with  his  grandparents  and  uncle  while  his  mother  worked  her  way  through  school.  eventually  graduating  the  same  week  arin  himself  graduated  preschool.  shortly  after,  cadence  got  a  job  at  a  bakery.  a  revised  dream  job.  and  arin  often  sat  in  the  front  window  doing  his  homework.  which  is  just  where  he  was  when  he  started  to  notice  the  same  customer  coming  in  every  single  day  and  spending  quite  a  bit  of  time  talking  to  his  mother.  talking  to  his  mother  soon  turned  to  taking  a  few  minutes  to  talk  to  arin  every  time,  gaining  his  trust  fairly  quickly  to  the  point  he  started  looking  forward  to  the  daily  visits.

so  you  can  imagine  his  surprise  when  the  man  from  the  bakery  shows  up  at  their  house  one  night  to  take  both  of  them  out  to  dinner.  over  dinner,  he  gets  a  second  grade-appropriate  explanation  about  how  they've  been  spending  a  lot  of  time  together  and  really  like  each  other,  and  to  ask  arin  if  he  was  okay  with  that.  which,  of  course,  he  was.

TW  PREGNANCY  // from  there,  carson  callister  was  a  central  figure  in  his  life.  moving  in  shortly  after  and  two  years  later,  a  wedding.  arin  asked  if  he  could  change  his  last  name  too,  to  match.  the  family  moved  into  a  slightly  bigger  house,  and  upon  getting  settled  in,  another  surprise  —  a  baby.  arin  for  one  couldn't  have  been  more  excited.  he'd  been  asking  for  a  little  sibling  since  kindergarten.  cadence  and  carson  were  more  than  content  with  the  two  kids,  even  with  one  gearing  up  for  college,  but  the  third  had  other  plans.  more  than  happy  to  take  over  half  of  arin's  bedroom  while  he  was  off  living  in  a  dorm  room. //

he  ended  up  going  to  school  for  computer  science,  following  his  dad's  footsteps  the  way  he  always  insisted  he  wanted  to  as  a  kid.  and  he  has  a  natural  talent,  first  teaching  himself  to  code  in  minecraft  when  the  game  was  still  brand  new.  another  talent  of  his?  finding  exploits.  he'd  started  making  a  decent  amount  of  pocket  money  in  high  school  by  reporting  website  security  vulnerabilities  and  reporting  them  for  a  small  bounty.  hacking  is  only  bad  if  you're  doing  it  for  evil,  after  all.  and  only  got  better  at  it  going  through  school,  enough  to  turn  it  into  a  sort  of  career  (  while  doing  a  little  electronics  repair  on  the  side  ).

these  days  he's  out  on  his  own.  got  himself  an  apartment  close  to  home  (  with  a  little  help  from  his  parents  with  the  rent  ),  but  still  spends  a  lot  of  time  at  home.  spending  as  much  time  as  he  physically  can  with  his  younger  brothers,  despite  that  meaning  waking  up  before  noon  most  days.  he's  maybe  not  always  the  best  influence  on  them  —  he's  the  one  who  taught  both  of  them  to  swear  after  all.  but  he  does  his  best.

                       ***

fun facts

played  hockey  as  a  kid.  very  aggressively.  somehow  still  has  all  his  permanent  teeth. 

learned  how  to  code  modding  minecraft,  of  all  things.  still  enjoys  modding  minecraft.  you  ever  seen  a  fundy  video?  he  does  that  for  fun.

job  description?  technically  he's  in  cybersecurity,  white  hat  hacking  shit,  goes  after  security  bugs  and  reports  them  back  to  the  companies  for  a  bounty.  but  thats  a  lot  to  explain  to  people,  so  he  calls  himself  an  engineer  and  bores  them  with  computer  babble  until  they  leave  him  alone.

will  provide  tech  support  for  very  cheap  !!!!!  however  he  will  go  out  of  his  way  to  make  you  feel  as  stupid  as  possible  for  asking,  even  if  its  something  he's  struggling  with.  so  it’s  a  double  edged  sword.

big  momma’s  boy.  you  know  the  gag  where  the  guy  is  yelling  and  telling  his  friends  he’s  gonna  kick  their  asses  then  answers  his  ringing  phone  like  “hi  momma  :)”  ?  that’s  him.

dyslexic.  illiterate.  some  other  flavor  of  neurodivergent  too.  probably.  he's  not  going  out  of  his  way  to  figure  out  what's  wrong  with  him.

LOVES  building  computers.  his  brothers  have  one  of  his  hand-me  downs  and  its  disgustingly  overpowered  for  doing  nothing  but  minecraft  and  roblox  and  emulating  pc  games  from  2001  that  he  played  as  a  kid.  finding  the  newest  stuff,  making  it  all  work  together,  putting  it  together  in  the  most  optimized  way  possible,  LED  LIGHTS?  great  fun.  (  on  second  thought  maybe  it  is  just  autism.  )

absolutely  no  brain  to  mouth  filter.  he  only  means  to  insult  people  to  their  face  like  forty  percent  of  the  time.  sorry  about  that.

                       ***

wanted connections

some  sort  of  roommate.  his  parents  help  him  pay  rent,  its  very  cheap  to  just  room  with  him.  his  mother’s  rubbed  off  on  him  enough  that  he’d  probably  let  an  acquaintance  move  in  with  him  if  they  said  they  needed  somewhere.  liking  each  other  is  not  required.

various  flavors  of  friends.  childhood  friends.  online  gaming  turned  irl  friend  maybe.  other  tech-y  people  to  annoy.  friends  with  detriments.

vague  ideas  i  don't  have  a  proper  bullet  for  !!  people  with  siblings/kids  around  the  same  ages  as  his  brothers,  someone  he  can  talk  about  hockey  please  god  he'll  even  take  a  penguins  or  a  rangers  fan,  neighbors  who  hate  him  for  playing  100gecs  at  full  volume  at  2am,  grown  adults  who  feed  him  something  that  isn't  microwavable  occasionally

[bronx-bomber87]

We march forward onto ep 8 for our series rewatch. :)

1x08 Time of death

This ep is a desert for gifs in general and Chenford content sadly.

Also a very Nolan forward ep. But lots of good Tim stuff too I wanted to review. That being said, had to use screen shots with my phone since this was a gif desert haha But none the less the review carries on ha

We start with Tim seeing Isabel being brought back to station cuffs and all.... Poor Tim. Always looks the saddest when Isabel is around. He asked Grey what is going on. Finds out she made a deal to be a CI Oof. His rough ride continues when it comes to her. The man can not catch a break. But her time with him is all about to come to head one way or another which he truly he needs.

We get our first (really our only) shot of our fav duo in their shop. Lucy commends Tim for letting the drugs be found. It's good she's reminding him what he decided was for the best. You can see he is still laden with heavy guilt over it. His internal loyalty still scolding him for not doing so. He defends Isabel and tells Lucy they weren't hers. I mean no...but she did willingly stash them for Carson my love.

He so desperate to have an explanation to this situation. To why she’s acting the way she is. He’s such a black and white guy. He needs this to make sense to him. To have something to hang this on. So he goes with her being taken advantage of. It’s what going to the narrative in his head for this. What his brain is able to wrap itself around. Lucy of course thinks that is BS and does what she does best. Calls him on it. Asking him if really believes that? Sadly we don’t get an answer due to Nolan’s officer involved shooting coming up. As the ep moves on we delve deeper into Isabel's CI SL. Tim finds out the plan from Talia and is none to pleased.

Tim comes into Capt. Anderson’s office like a bat out of hell. Ready to start throwing verbal punches. I love how the Capt immediately shuts him down before he continues. She’s like future Lucy puts him in check when he needs it. Something he responds to very well. He turns into sad puppy after she reprimands his abrupt entrance and lists off why Isabel is doing this OP.

When she is listing off those reasons he looks stressed. Tim wants so badly to control this situation. Yet he is at its mercy and its killing him. He’s so worried. He tells her the Isabel in her file is gone. The emotions brewing inside him and the look in his eyes. My damn heart. Eric doing what he does best. Killing me softly with his acting.

You see the empathy in Anderson's eyes after he says this. She softens a bit. Tells him at this point all she can give him is rescue detail. Only offer on the table for him. He accepts this but looks so resigned. Tim then apologizes for barging in and leaves much more defeated than when we walked in.

We get to see him next waiting in his car for the OP to start. Tim is causing self inflicted wounds, watching old videos on his phone of him and Isabel. Clearly long before this moment in time. Living in the past as long as he can before this op begins.

Angela interrupts this trip down memory lane by showing up in his car. (And bringing fries with her LOL) None the less she is ready to go into battle with him. To be there for him. You can see it on his face how much he appreciates this. He’s never one to ask but those important to him know he when he needs it. Her talking him through the op once it pops off is what he needs. I love Lopez. She’s the best. A true loyal friend through and through for Tim.

The op goes south pretty quickly after Isabel goes off book. They rush in to find Isabel’s wire and a trail of blood... Tim loses it on Wolfe and Vestri for letting this happen. Angela has to hold him back from going after them, his worst nightmare come to life in this moment. The one thing he always feared would happen. Ugh. This is where it ends for Tim at least. It’s a TBC with Nolan's SL still hanging in balance as well.

~~~

Side Notes-Non Chenford

Cold open is pretty funny with the escape room haha they’re all high fiving then Talia remember he’s a criminal LOL it’s such a serious episode they needed this levity up front.

Wolfe saying Isabel fallen off a long way since Tim( referring to Carson once they see him). She sure has….

Thank you all for your continued likes/ comments and reblogs. They mean more to me than you know. ❤️ Will try to get 1x09 next chance I get.

[stereax]

What’s up with the Canucks? I know their cap situation has historically been tight - do you think it got better this offseason?

The cap situation is the LEAST of the Canucks' worries, honestly. That whole team is a dumpster fire.

More under the cut. Pardon the delay in getting this out, but this is a long one!

So first off, the cap situation is bad. It honestly looks better than it is, mostly because of the LTIR. Plus, there's a ton of players whose contracts are expiring next offseason, most notable of which are Pettersson and Beauvillier that the Nucks really need to keep. The main problem is, management keeps swinging at bad players and overpaying them, then floundering on contracts for good players.

So, uh, that Bo Horvat trade, huh? Let's start with that. You signed JT Miller, a 30 year old, to a 7 year extension that would end when he's 37, for $8m a year with NMCs for the first few years and M-NTCs for the rest, going off a career year that he regressed from (predictably). This is a guy who we know has some character issues as well (see: him screaming at Collin Delia, his goalie teammate, for being unsure whether to leave the crease). And you traded your captain away to make the cap work for him? What did you even get for Horvat anyway? Beauvillier, Raty, and a top-12 protected first? Why didn't you trade Miller instead?

Speaking of a swing and a mess, Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Got signed to an 8x8.25, got traded from Arizona to Vancouver, and... got bought out. Now they're gonna have to deal with that on their books for eight whole years. Just another Benning-era flop. I guess it's still better than paying him for that amount, though.

They did pick up some guys, though, with the cap space they acquired - Teddy Blueger, Pius Suter, Carson Soucy. Oh, and extended Kuzmenko. But none of them move the needle enough. None of those players are going to propel this frankly lost team into the playoffs.

Now let's look at the LTIR list, or should I say LTIRetirement list. We've got Tucker Poolman, who played a total of three games last year and promptly disappeared off the map (and NOBODY knows what's wrong with him - and I asked! - but it's speculated to be concussion-related and possibly career-ending, and migraines - yep, like Nolan Patrick migraines - might be a part of it too). And Tanner Pearson. Oh, Tanner Pearson. Tanner Pearson had a hand injury in November, immediately got surgery, and the Canucks said he'd be out 4 to 6 weeks. Fast forward to January 12, Pearson is undergoing his third surgery and is not expected to return for the season. When Quinn Hughes is asked about this, he says "it wasn't handled right," essentially blowing a whistle to point to some form of incompetence from either the Canucks management, their doctors, or both. The Canucks launch an internal investigation and clear themselves; the NHLPA is also reportedly looking into it. Currently, it's been reported that Pearson has undergone 6-7 surgeries on the hand in question (possibly due to infection) and is working to regain quality of life. Yikes. Here's The Hockey Guy (Shannon), a known Canucks fan, lamenting this:

Okay, let's move on from that depressing stuff with a Stereax story. See, one of my very first hockey memories was seeing Thatcher Demko clutch up for the Canucks in the 2020 playoffs against the Golden Knights. That man was ice cold. I was telling myself "no WAY he doesn't become a star tendie". And then... Vancouver broke him. Oops, I think we're back in depression territory. But the stats don't lie - he went from 64 games (33-22-7) played last year with a .915 save percentage to 32 games (14-14-4) played and a .901. Oh, and he got injured with a lower-body injury (LBI) on December 1, was out "6 weeks" apparently got reinjured in training February 17, and was out another 10 days? Yeah. I mean, the defensive structure in front of him being Quinn Hughes Playing 30 Minutes a Night doesn't help. Plus the whole botching injuries? Not a good look for the Canucks organization. Hell, players could have been knowingly playing injured or hiding injuries because they didn't want to deal with that shitshow.

Speaking of the shitshow, guess whose contract is up soon? That's right: Elias Pettersson is an RFA after 23-24! Think he's going to sign a long-term deal with this joke of a franchise? Or do you think he's going to pull a Matthew Tkachuk and essentially demand to be sign-and-traded? I wouldn't blame him if it's the latter, especially considering the lack of, well, anything the Canucks have.

First off, they have no prospects. Their farm system is nonexistent. They have one of the worst prospect pools in the NHL. And when they're not busy trading away their picks to acquire aging veterans, they're drafting badly. This is an old article, but it really, really drives the point home.

Okay, but like, the Pens and Bruins and Avs and Lightning have no prospect pools and they're still good, right? Well, yes, but actually no. See, the reason those teams have no prospects is because they're pushing all in for more Cup runs with their current cores. The Bruins traded away the future for one last Cup run in 2023. The Pens are close to doing the same for 2024. Ditto the Avs and Lightning. The Canucks are not these teams. Simply put, they're just not competitive. Even if they somehow eke out a wildcard next year (doubtful, given Vegas, Edmonton, LA, and Seattle are all also in the Pacific, but maybe it goes 5/3 and the Nucks get WC2), they lack the depth, defense, goaltending, and honestly offense too to make a deep run. That team is fundamentally flawed at its very core. It needs to rebuild, and rebuild properly this time. But the owners won't allow it.

Speaking of owners, the Canucks' owner, Francesco Aquilini, is a REAL piece of shit. Not only does he refuse to rebuild, he's as crooked of a "businessman" as you'll meet, routinely stiffing workers out of wages, raising rents to exorbitant levels (creating homeless seniors), causing the death of children due to negligence, and more. Wanna hear about the child abuse allegations?

And if none of this was bad enough, look at how they treated Bruce Boudreau. The Canucks were supposed to can him for months in favor of Rick Tocchet due to bad results, but left him to flounder like a sitting duck. Media was asking him what were his future plans for the team when he basically had the pink slip in his hands. Even if Bruce was trying to be a good sport about it, cracking jokes ("See you tomorrow - I hope"), this is no goddamn way to treat your coach. If you're going to fire the man, fire him and move on. (At least the fans understood what they were losing...) And of course this impacted the players down the final stretch of Boudreau's tenure - aware every day that your coach is going to be fired but not knowing when? That'll do a mental number on any team. Christ...

TL;DR - The Canucks are so fucked up that the cap isn't even their biggest issue. They're managing that okay enough, I guess, but they're mismanaging the team to hell and back so even good cap maneuvering means nothing.

If you want to know more, I recommend you watch the UrinatingTree videos on the Nucks. I took most of the main ideas of this from there. And ask your local Canucks fan friend if they need any support, I think they'll appreciate it. :)