#Cult leader Wilson

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I saw a cool ass idea for an au where Wilson takes the place of The Lamb and Maxwell takes the place of The One Who Waits but I can NOT find the post I saw to reblog it but it has been on my mind ever since I saw it.......

The thing I saw had them as humans but that's BORING so I stole the animals that someone used to turn them into furries

I'd draw Maxwell too but I don't feel like it just yet so cult leader Wilson is all you get right now

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BELIEVER Cult leader thriller from Sheldon Wilson - trailer and release date

‘Who can you trust, when you can’t trust yourself?’ Believer is a 2024 horror thriller about a struggling female writer who is attacked by a mass murderer who runs a cult. Written and directed by Sheldon Wilson (Dead in the Water; Stickman; Neverknock; The Night Before Halloween; The Hollow; The Unspoken; Shark Killer; Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli Davis Conspiracy; Scarecrow; Cold Spring;…

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@strange-aeons is the @the-muppet-joker

As we all know the muppet joker is a joke, he is unreal. But who is he really? Who is the REAL identety behind the Muppet joker. I am proud to announce that I found out who HE is. His real name was Strange aeons all along. Think about it. The Muppet Joker makes constance references to Father Stranges videos. Like famous tumblr posts. His fanfiction feels like Onisions books that Strange read and made Videos about. He has a furry companion his kermit just like Father Strange has Thursday and Gurl-Girl. He was into Reality Shifting about the same time Father Strange made a video about it. The muppet Joker talkes like Mod Shadow from Sonic for real justice, which she has a video about, he also strangly is like edward in midnight sun, during his march crush, which Father Strange also read. Also the muppet joker hates horses because of the lesbian horse stories that Father Strange made a video about. He also has an unsettling methots to reach his ambition like Patrice Wilsons from ARK MUSIC FACTORY.

THE BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD

Is the snapewives, followering one devine leader, which is the muppet joker to them. The Brotherhood also has aspects of the cult of Thanfiction, the glorifying of the leader, the leader has unchecked authority. The commitment from the brotherhood also remembers me to the Rabies Pride situation.

Religion.

He stated to be a devoted catholic. Fahter Strange went to a catholic School. He also now has a rebranding going on to become a femenist, and it gives, girl defined and classically abby, which again Father Strange has Videos.

He uses Tumblr like Father Strange.

Now you might wonder how she would do all this. Well i can tell you how. She has made many videos about internet drama such as The Muppet Joker, see Mrs Scribe, Thanfiction, Sonic for real Justice, HIVliving, the My Immortal drama, they where fakers and liers just like the Muppet Joker. She also would know how to opperate a Soft puppet army through studding there strategies. BUT i dont belive that the muppet Jokers Follower all are soft puppet accounts more so I belive them to be Patreons from Father Strange. Who needs a soft puppet army when you have an army that PAYS you to be in your own army.

Now surely you wonder, why? Why would Father Strange do this? There are many explornations.

There is no more internet drama for her to make good videos about so she just makes her own.

This wasnt her idea at all but the Patreons to have some fun.

Father Strange is doing all of this to create to ultimate Tumblr fake story, something so big it escapes the realm of tumblr. And it did from Youtube too Tiktok to X, intergram, tumblr and Reddit its everywhere. She has created to ultimate Tumblr Fake story.

i know that this is not perfect evidence. BUT the once that fit like a glove are as the young people today say "SUS". And it cannot be left alone. If YOU find anymore similarites to Father Strange and the Muppet Joker Please inform me. Together i am sure we can reveal the turth.

What they didnt know was that his name was Strange aeons all along.

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Even more House characters as quotes me and my friends have said

Cuddy: That you're still alive should not be the bar

House: I can't stop thinking about the time I accidentally dyed my pubes blue

Wilson: That raises more questions

House: Just get scurvy like a cool kid

House: If you can't be nice be a bitch

Cameron; Courtroom justice says you're a slut

House: Gonna get dressed up to do drugs

Foreman: That's not garlic bread that's just fucking bread

Wilson: You, my friend, sound like a cult leader

Chase: At least we know he got laid before he died

House: Krissy the spazzo baby that almost microwaved herself

House: Is it a boy or a girl?

Cuddy: it's a fucking lemon

House: Why do so many people think i would drink piss

Wilson: Google probably thinks I'm trying to kill someone with an avocado

House: Not even 3 pairs of pants could protect me from that

Foreman: I am illegally blind

House: You done dying yet?

Patient: No

House: Well that's inconvenient

House: It's the fun trauma!

Cuddy: There is no fun trauma!

Chase: I don't discriminate

House: Well I do

Taub and Foreman when they got high together: I've ascended this is what squirrels feel

House: Oh no, better stay away from the druggity drugs

Cuddy: Or!!! For authenticity just bash your head up against a table!!!!

House: Google won't tell me why babies are ugly so I think I might just be a bitch

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BATDR's Lack of Chapter Identity

As we all know, BATDR was originally going to be released episodically, similar to the way BATIM was released. However, the devs changed their minds, and opted to release BATDR as a full game. This definitely affects the pacing and outline of BATDR, for better and for worse. The most prominent aspect of this, for me, is BATDR's lack of chapter identity.

One of the strengths of BATIM's chapters was how location-centric they were. Chapter 1 was the Animation Department (even if it was more of an introductory chapter and less of an actual department); Chapter 2 was Music; Chapter 4 was Bendyland with a side of the Finance Department. Chapter 3 was mostly Heavenly Toys- there were other offices and little areas, but they didn't really subtract from the HT aspect. Hell, even Chapter 5 had 3 central locations (the Lost Ones' town, Administration, and the Ink Machine) and it still had an identity.

NOTE: I swear I saw someone already talk about that but I can't find the post, so if it was you let me know and I'll give you credit!

BATDR doesn't really seem to have that. While BATIM had us walking around in locations, BATDR has us walking between locations. Chapters 1-3 have a lot of tunnels and hallways, and I mean a lot. Animation Alley, Artists' Rest, Amok's sewer- we spend so little time in these areas compared to the hallways. Chapters 4 and 5 are a marked improvement in this sense. Chapter 4 gives us the City and the Gent factory, while Chapter 5 gives us Wilson's mansion, the laboratory, and whatever area Beast Bendy is in.

What's more, the names of the chapters in BATIM told us something about the chapter, alluding to the plot, location, or both.

Chapter 1 - Moving Pictures (Obvious reference to the Art Department)

Chapter 2 - The Old Song (Reference to Music, and also the first of Sammy's audio logs)

Chapter 3 - Rise and Fall (Reference to the elevator)

Chapter 4 - Colossal Wonders (Bendyland, and Bertrum's audio log before his boss fight)

Chapter 5 - The Last Reel (The Ink Machine, the Film Vault, the cycle, etc)

Now, let's look at BATDR's chapters:

Chapter 1 - Drawn to Darkness (It's a pun, but doesn't really apply to anything in-chapter)

Chapter 2 - The Demon's Domain (This is when the Ink Demon becomes a threat, but it doesn't really say anything about the location itself, which is mostly the Animation Alley and Artist Rest)

Chapter 3 - The Eternal Machine (I mean, Joey shows up too and explains the cycle thing, but the title still doesn't tell us much about the chapter)

Chapter 4 - Factory of Horrors (Now this title actually tells us something, since it references the Gent factory!)

Chapter 5 - The Dark Revival (I can't really complain about this one, it feels self-explanatory and pretty fitting for a final chapter, even if it doesn't say anything about the chapter itself.)

BATIM had some incredibly iconic antagonists that were (mostly) bound to the chapters they were introduced. Music gave us Sammy, the music-director-turned-cult-leader. Heavenly Toys gave us Alice, who felt incredibly at home in this chapter because of her interactions with Henry (and the mass amounts of Alice merch). Bendyland had Bertrum, which was perfect for the area.

BATDR certainly had some memorable antagonists, but they don't hit quite the same as BATIM's. There are a couple of reasons for this; the most notable is the lack of build-up. In BATIM, Sammy, Alice, and Bertrum all had some degree of hype. Sammy had his plethora of audio logs (from him and the other employees in his department), and we see him several times in the chapter before he actually attacks us. Alice toys with us multiple times and delivers some iconic lines. Hell, Bertrum only had two audio logs, but his fight still hit so hard, because it was so perfect.

The Widows are the most forgivable; they get revealed after Audrey falls down the elevator shaft, but they don't really show up before or after that. Lord Amok felt completely out of the blue; we're told through various signs that Emergency Shaft R is dangerous, but Lord Amok himself completely lacks context and backstory as a character. Even Alice, who makes a return in Chapter 5, comes out of the blue. There's no build-up, and she basically exists for Allison to show up and kill her. Character-wise, she's a sliver of what BATIM Alice was.

Each of BATIM's chapters ended very succinctly. I mean, they tended to end with Henry passing out and waking up in a new location, but it still felt like a solid end to a chapter. BATDR is much more fluid. Chapter 1 introduces the quest to find the missing pictures, but the chapter itself ends in the middle of this quest. What's more, the Ink Demon is introduced at the end of the chapter, but is instantly an active threat in the start of the next chapter. This causes the first two chapters to bleed into one another.

Chapter 2 ends in the spot where the first BATDR trailer took place, but, because the confrontation with Bendy in the Lost and Found took place a while before, it's a very anti-climactic end. Because of this weird ending, the first big conflict of Chapter 3 is the fight with the Widows, which is an odd choice for me.

Chapter 3 ends with Audrey teaming up with Bendy, but not quite setting out into the city. It's a good ending, and the other chapters end pretty nicely too.

In terms of pacing, BATDR has the opposite issue BATIM has. In BATIM we get from locations in chapters extremely quickly (see how quickly Henry goes from the Lost Ones' town, to Admin, to the Ink Machine). In BATDR, I'd argue we take too long to get between each significant area. BATIM could be filled out a little bit more, while BATDR could've been trimmed down.

With BATIM, once we finished a chapter, we would have to wait months for the next one; this reflects in the narrative, with cliffhangers and blackouts for endings. BATDR's chapters feel like they're meant to be played back-to-back, with chapters that blend into one another and lack the iconic cliffhangers of the first game. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to you.

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Today in Politics

Today in Politics

Ron Filipkowski

Feb 7

… Zelensky said Tucker Carlson is “working for Putin” and “licking his ass.” On Piers Morgan’s podcast: “This journalist, I do not remember his surname - Tucker. He needs to more deeply understand what’s happening in Ukraine. Just stop working for Putin. Just stop licking his ass. It seems to me that the person, no matter where he lives, must understand things. Has he for one time in his lifetime lost his close ones? I wish to his family peace and no losses, but one must have his own opinion and understand that he probably influences many people. He’s simply disinforming them, misinforming the people.”

… I think Tucker knows that very well.

… Probably the most pro-Ukraine Republican in the House, Rep. Joe Wilson used a little psychology on Trump by denouncing Russia State TV for displaying old nude photos of Melania while mocking her: “War criminal Putin has ignored peace initiatives with record rocket attacks on civilians in Ukraine, with Putin's state television shamefully broadcasting nude pictures of America’s First Lady, who is so beloved, Melania Trump.”

… A federal judge in Seattle appointed by Reagan issued a scathing order granting an injunction against the enforcement of Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship. Judge Coughenour: "It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain. Nevertheless, in this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow."

… Trump claimed that Tommy Tuberville coached Super Bowl QB Patrick Mahomes during his college career. With Tuberville in attendance at his press conference, Trump claimed that he had this conversation with him: “Tommy Tuberville, a great coach. You know, his quarterback was named Mahomes. He was a great college coach. And I said, how good was he? He said, ‘you don't want to know how good.’”

… Except the entire thing was made up. Tuberville never coached Mahomes.

… So Tommy had a bit of a dilemma today when he appeared on Megyn Kelly’s show - Does he say that Trump lied, or does he lie to try and cover for the Cult Leader. Of course, Tommy chose Option 2 but tried to hedge it by saying that he “recruited” him but didn’t coach him: “Patrick Mahomes was one of the best players I ever had the opportunity to recruit and get to know.”

… Except that was also a lie. Mahomes: “He did not recruit me. I don't remember if I ever even met him.”

… After lawsuit was filed by multiple government employee unions and set for an emergency hearing today on Musk’s DOGE being given access to sensitive Treasury payment systems that control $6 trillion dollars of annual disbursements, the Trump Administration filed a proposed order where they agreed to temporarily restrict access for DOGE officials.

… The Administration likely made this move because they knew the judge was about to issue a restraining order blocking Musk’s people from access. However, the proposed order does give just two DOGE employees the ability to read to data without being allowed to do anything with it, neither of whom will be Musk. It is unclear whether the judge or plaintiffs with accept their proposed temporary resolution.

… WaPo reports that Musk has also gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees as part of his attempt to take control of every aspect of the federal government through the Office of Personnel Management. The data includes addresses, demographic profiles, salary details and disciplinary histories of federal employees.

… ABC reports that a federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration and DOGE head Elon Musk from implementing their federal employee buyout plan. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. set a Monday afternoon hearing to consider blocking the buyout offer further: "I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called directive pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues. “

… Three federal unions asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order so OPM can provide a legal basis for the offer. The unions represent a combined 800,000 federal civil servants, and argued that the "deferred resignation" offer is unlawful, arbitrary, and would result in a "dangerous one-two punch" to the federal government.

… Sen. Mark Warner on Musk’s scheme to bribe federal employees to resign: “I've been saying to all the fed employees, beware of this offer. I don't believe it's been funded. Trump has no history of ever paying his bills. I'm also incredibly discouraged by the fact that you've got these buyout offers at the CIA at the NSA. What happens if we lose some of our top cyber talent? You're going to replace that with a DOGE Bro that's a coder? I think these folks are messing with national security in a way that is, frankly, unprecedented.”

… Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that he is going to allow Musk to made immediate changes the the country’s air traffic control systems: “Big News - Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system. We’re gonna remake our airspace.”

… Musk responded to the announcement: “My team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system."

… Trump was asked about Musk’s latest project: "We're all gonna sit down and do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new. Not pieced together, obsolete, like it is, land-based. You can't hook up land to satellites and you can't hook up satellites to land, it doesn't work. Let's spend less money and build a great system. When I land in my plane, privately, I use a system from another country because my Captain tells me he uses a system from another country."

… Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) told Politico: “I think it’s petrifying to the American people, especially after we just suffered another horrific tragedy here in Washington, D.C. Now is not the time to put someone with zero experience in dealing with our national air traffic controllers into any position of authority.”

… I will be driving everywhere for a while.

… Hillary Clinton denounced the move: “They have no relevant experience. Most of them aren't old enough to rent a car, and you're going to let them mess with airline safety that's already deteriorated on your watch?"

… Duffy then responded to Hillary: "‘Experienced' Washington bureaucrats are the reason our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. You need to sit this one out." Trump promised an Infrastructure Bill throughout his entire first term and never delivered a single proposal.

… Fox Host Laura Ingraham: “If these Democrats ever win back the House, they will start subpoenaing everyone.”

… Sen. Chris Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Democrats should not be giving votes to nominees or legislation in the Senate until Republicans get serious about this crisis."

… Fox reported Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Gwen Moore (D-WI) forced themselves into a meeting House Speaker Mike Johnson was having with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. A source who witnessed the interaction said they were “rude” and “extremely aggressive.” The same source told Fox that Johnson was “gracious” and let them come in so he could hear their concerns.

… Chu’s office disputed the details of the Fox report: “Given the gravity of the situation and Secretary Bessent's presence in the Speaker's Office today, the Congresswoman took the opportunity to get answers for Americans across the country concerned with the safety of their personal information, tax dollars, and Social Security checks. She never barged into anything. She politely joined the meeting already occurring and the Speaker invited her in for a brief, civil discussion. The Secretary was not present, and she left immediately afterwards."

… Sen. Lisa Murkowski and many others say they have been beseiged by angry constituents: “ I want to thank Alaskans who have been reaching out to my offices in D.C. and across AK. The Senate phone system has been receiving around 1,600 calls each minute, compared to the 40 calls per minute we usually receive, which has disrupted our call systems. Thank you for your patience as my staff works to review your messages and share them with me.”

… Sen. Susan Collins told HuffPost she is concerned: “There's no doubt that the president appears to have empowered Elon Musk to go far beyond what I think is appropriate.”

… Press Secretary Leavitt was asked what measures are being put in place to ensure that no conflicts of interest arise between the work Musk is doing and his various businesses: “The president said if Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest, then Elon will excuse himself.”

… So the person who decides whether Elon Musk has a conflict is Elon Musk.

… Rep. Dan Goldman: “So Elon Musk has the same ethics rules as the Supreme Court - none.”

… Musk’s approval with the American people continues to sink. In the latest poll by The Economist/YouGov, only 13% said they wanted Musk to have “a lot” of influence in the Trump administration. 25% said they were ok with “a little” influence. In their poll right before the election in November, those numbers were 34% and 22%.

… The same poll shows that even Republicans aren’t thrilled with Musk. Only 26% of Republicans said they wanted Musk to have “a lot” of influence in the Admin.

… ARS Technica reports that sales of Tesla in Europe have taken a nose-dive because of Musk’s politics: “So far this year, Tesla sales are down 59% in Germany, 12% in UK, 44% in Sweden, 38% in Norway, 42% in the Netherlands."

… Sen. Adam Schiff: “Why is this firing of FBI agents such an important piece of this whole effort by Trump, Musk, and their enablers? Because if they're going to raid the treasury, if they're going to take people's private data, if they're going to try to illegally shut down agencies, they don't want an FBI that's going to examine anything they're doing.”

… Sec of State Marco Rubio: “I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg. South Africa is doing very bad things. Using G20 to promote ‘solidarity, equality, & sustainability’. In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.”

… We used to boycott South Africa for apartheid. Now we are doing it because they are concerned about equity and climate change.

… The State Department issued the following statement after Rubio’s visit to Panama: “U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the U.S. government millions of dollars a year.”

… But Panama says Rubio is lying: “In response to a publication released by the US Dept of State, the Panama Canal Authority, which is authorized to set tolls and other fees for transiting the canal, reports that it has not made any adjustments to them.”

… HuffPost reports that a seasoned State Dept employee was asked how it’s going with Marco Rubio so far. "He has a minder, like a Trump campaign minder. Someone in his office, not of his choosing. They sent somebody over because he wasn't totally within the fold."

… Trump gave more details today on his plan to take over Gaza: “The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the US by Israel at the conclusion of fighting. The Palestinians, people like Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region. They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free. The US, working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth. No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!” (NOTE: THE SHADY CRIMINAL DEVELOPER - TIMES 100!!!)

… Netanyahu thinks it all sounds great: “This is the first good idea that I have heard. It's a remarkable idea and I think it should be really pursued, examined, and done.” (NOTE: OF COURSE! HE'S THE ISRAELI TRUMP!)

… SecDef Pete Hegseth says he is ready to send US troops into Gaza if needed: “The President is willing to think outside the box, look for new and unique, dynamic ways to solve problems that have felt like they're intractable. So we look forward to more conversation about that, creative solutions to that. And as the man tasked with leading the Defense Department here, we're prepared to look at all options." (NOTE: WHAT A LAPDOG ASSHOLE!!)

… Lindsey Graham doesn’t like it. To Fox: “I've been on the phone with Arabs all day. That approach, I think, will be very problematic. The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a non-starter for every senator .. No Arab leader can embrace the idea that the Palestinians will be dislodged.”

… Sen. Rand Paul: “The pursuit for peace should be that of the Israelis and the Palestinians. I thought we voted for America First. We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers blood.”

… Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to CNN: “We've got all the land we can handle right now. I get that the US has a leadership role in the Middle East, but Gaza’s not ours, Israel seems to have a pretty good handle on things."

… Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK): “What is the plan? It’s quite vague. Is that aid? Is that troops? I mean, it’s a big issue.”

… Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV): “It surprised us all, I’ll say that."

… John Fetterman: “I didn't take it is like a serious situation and it's just about shaking things up. But I'm not going to freak out on it, any more than when he announced that Gaetz was going to be the next AG. And that didn't work out that way. There's going to be a lot of balls coming down to the plate. And I'm only waiting for a strike when I'm going to start to swing.”

… ‘Arab Americans for Trump’ has decided to change the name of their group after Trump’s recent announcements that the US will clear out Gaza and take it over. Chair Bishara Bahbahab told AP his group will now be called ‘Arab Americans for Peace’: “The talk about what the president wants to do with Gaza, obviously we’re completely opposed to the idea of the transfer of Palestinians from anywhere in Historic ...

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All The Women’s News You Missed Last Week:

9/9/24-9/16/24

US Reproductive Rights:

The Young Woman Making Kamala Harris’ Strongest Case on Abortion Rights

A judge strikes down North Dakota’s abortion ban and rules that access is protected

Missouri’s ballot will include abortion rights measure in November, court rules

More Women Had Their Tubes Tied After Roe V. Wade Was Overturned

Transgender/Gender Critical:

A look at Trump's 'transgender operations on illegal aliens' debate claim

Transgender New Hampshire teens can play for girls' sports teams during lawsuit, judge says

Sarah McBride is one step closer to becoming the first trans member of Congress

Greens hit with £90,000 bill after discrimination case

Graham Linehan 'subjected to discrimination in Belfast pub over gender critical beliefs'

US:

Trump says 'I hate Taylor Swift' after pop star endorses Harris

If Harris wins, she would make history. But she isn’t talking about that

A’ja Wilson becomes 1st WNBA player to reach 1,000 points in a season as Aces top Sun

WNY high school athletes, transgender advocates bring awareness to NY PROP 1

New York officials to release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim

The anti-abortion activist urging followers not to support Trump

Trailblazing ballerina Michaela DePrince dies aged 29

Arkansas’ gov says Medicaid extension for new moms isn’t needed. Advisers disagree

Biden commemorates Violence Against Women Act as 'proudest' legislative win on eve of its 30th anniversary

She couldn't go to her daughter's graduation, so the hospital brought it to her

A venture capital grant program for Black women officially ends after court ruling

U.S. urges Israel to swiftly investigate killing of American woman in West Bank

Global:

Man accused of killing a Ugandan Olympian by setting her on fire, dies of burn wounds

Channel 4 will not remove alleged abuser from show

'Baby Reindeer' is facing a lawsuit — that didn't stop it from winning 6 Emmys

Kidnapped and trafficked twice - a sex worker's life in Sierra Leone

Couple accused of murdering teen to steal baby acquitted

'Lashed for a social media photo' in Iran

Olympic runner Cheptegei defied her violent ex. She lost her life anyway

Former prominent BBC news anchor gets suspended sentence for indecent images of children on phone

A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia’s’s biggest casino

Mother in Gaza longs for triplets in Jerusalem hospital

Princess Kate completes chemotherapy treatment for cancer

A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders

Culture:

Profiles in clean energy: She founded a business to keep EV charging stations up and running

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life’s wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Her piano concert was six years in the making. Then Puerto Rico's power went out

'I wanted to make a gay Clueless': Jamie Babbit on how her lesbian comedy But I'm a Cheerleader became a cult classic

'Criminally underrated': Why My Brilliant Friend is one of the best shows on TV

Jessica Pratt cracks open the sunny veneer of the California dream

Cooking for the most powerful person in the world

Rachel Kushner's new espionage thriller may be her coolest book yet

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I have no real interest in mods aside from somewhat following the Frontier mess, but when I found out that the fairly popular old New Vegas Bounties mods included incredibly blatant references to Judge Holden and Glanton from Blood Meridian, plus a character named "Javier Sugar" who speaks several lines lifted straight from No Country for Old Men, I wanted to find out how many references to other things pop up throughout the three mods. Turns out, a LOT.

I identified some of them myself, but eventually when I realized how much time it would take for me to watch a whole playthrough or try it out myself, I decided to look up the rest on TV Tropes and put them all together in a list.

The aforementioned Judge Holden knock-off is also said to be seven-feet tall and is a child predator (though only technically implied to be in Holden's case)

The character literally named Glanton runs a group who goes around killing "tribals"

There's a character named Cormac, as in Cormac McCarthy

During the scene with "Javier Sugar", in addition to all the NCFOM quotes there's also a random quote from the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales thrown in there... to spice things up? IDK, the quote is something like "Dyin' ain't no way of livin', boy"

A character called "Harmonica" references one of the main characters of Once Upon a Time in the West

The ghoul Doc Friday references the historical figure Doc Holiday, and his revolver the Huckleberry references the famous quote from his depiction in the movie Tombstone, "I could be your huckleberry"

Marko's outfit seems to reference the character Loco from the movie The Great Silence.

The Frosthill segment of III is also lifted from The Great Silence, what with its Utah setting during the winter, the main character getting shot through the hand, and bounty hunters pretty much kill the whole town.

Aaron Flagg the cult leader seems to be inspired by Randall Flagg the Stephen King villain

The sniper Charlie Halfcocked references the U.S. Marine sniper during Vietnam, Carlos Hathcock, the previous record holder for the most kills

Tom Quigley references the movie Quigley Down Under, the titular character being played by Tom Sellick.

Enclave members Quantrill and Onoda, who keep fighting despite the Enclave's repeated defeats, are named after Confederate guerilla William Quantrill and WWII Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda, who did the same for their sides (okay, I thought that reference was pretty good)

Eileen the Fiend = serial killer Aileen Wuornos

Tony Idaho = Tony Montana from Scarface

Tommy the former Omerta enforcer who killed a made man references Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas

Alex and his gang in Freeside reference Alex DeLarge and his droogs from A Clockwork Orange

Freddie the ghoul = Freddy Krueger

Jack, former muscle for Heck Gunderson, references the villain Jack Wilson from Shane, his revolver is called "Shane's Bane"

Albert Quisling = Vidkun Quisling

Mario Barksdale = character from The Wire

Prometheus is named after the subtitle for Frankenstein: "The modern Prometheus", his Deathclaws are Mary and Shelley

Pancho Cortina = Pancho Villa

"Squirrelly" Bill Blasius references outlaw "Curly" Bill Brocius

Angel Lee is a combination of Angel Eyes from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and the actor Lee Van Cleef

Godwin, who mails out bombs, probably references Unabomber

Joe Frost = Edward Snowden

Guys fighting over treasure named Clint and Tuco

Fiend chem lab has characters Walter and Pinkman, references Breaking Bad

John Ramsey's body is put on display with a quote referencing the movie Unforgiven, "This is what happens to assassins/rangers around here".

Those are the ones that I either caught myself or saw other people list, if there's more, go ahead and add on.

Some of the historical references are kinda funny, though others are either tasteless (Aileen Wuornos) or eye-roll worthy (Carlos Hathcock = Charlie Halfcocked, GEDDIT IT'S A GUN JOKE), and the majority of the pop culture references are so blatant and so numerous that it gets annoying.

If I made my own mod or anything else, of course I too would love to stick in a bunch of references to the things I love, though I would try to be less obvious about them, put different spins on them, you know? You can't really judge mods to the same standard as the source, and I would be more forgiving if the rest of the mods didn't look like such an edgy slog.

[vivianbernadetteaurora]

Oprah the devil act one scene one

I think we can all agree that this woman here is part of the problem, I’m by the look what she said and then look what she’s done, wanted to take Michael Jackson down, and David Gaffin well, her connections with him as suss, apparently according to blind item lore, Gavin who funded the documentary along with Oprah leaving Neverland, I’m not saying I don’t believe Michael Jackson didn’t do what he did because I do I know these powerful people, abuse their own meaning people in the industry with them because of their connections but to a civilian they might or someone is not enter the chat Evan Rachel wood, it is tale as oldest time, and unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be stopping, they seem to just migrate, yes you the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz Russell Simmons yes Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks didn’t you even in the Simpsons movie?, Covid oh unsurprised surprise you were the first person you have it., moved to Greece where the age of consent is 14 we know about you and your weird picture taking.

But as you can see, all these people know about Weinstein and Hollywood I believe, I mean in Gwyneth Paltrow speech where she thinks Harvey Weinstein she’s holding back the tears and I believe she’s holding back the tears because she realised she had to thank that fat bastard who treated her so badly, that Brad Pitt even had to step in and have a few words at him about his behaviour with women about his grotesque ways. I’m so glad Rowan Farrow doesn’t have any problem or didn’t have any problem in taking him down. Many people tried to and we couldn’t but he had his mother., had a sister to one stepsister one adoptive I believe, Rowan Farrow allegedly came out of Woody Allen’s ball sack no way, he looks far too much like Sinatra and he has so much more respect for women, as do most gay men well not all, in fact I can think of some who can be really disgusting. Enter Barney from how I Met your mother., Winehouse cake after she died Hollywood and you’re all coming out and you be seen for wicked ways but Oprah promoted so many things games having weird people on your show fans and people like Russell Wilson and Harvey Weinstein come on girl have a bit of class, we need to bring down this corruption in Hollywood but your supporting foundation of it these women why do you need to support these men so badly as well.

There’s even a cult leader called son of God John of God who essay women and children Oprah knew this she didn’t care she didn’t care , she just moves on that’s proper Hollywood where you don’t even say it. That’s your PR team. You just don’t talk about it. It happens but we don’t talk about it. It happens but let’s move on. It happens but what a shame but now I’m going to stand over here. I’m sorry the people are getting sick of it and your way your way being at parties and looking like you’re high on cake with Harvey Weinstein that’s a typo I’m gonna leave in., he would be high on cake, you obviously know I meant Coke right,. You know the white snowy stuff.

This woman has such audacity it’s beyond belief, and I’m sorry to say I hate to say it I really do but this is why Rita Ora has gone so far with little talent, yachting it up and then, understand and look at the first picture and read it and you’ll see what I mean, that means and now it’s just common folklore in blind items. Oprah, we do we see you and Gayle king .jail king if you know you know.🙇🏼‍♂️🤬😠👹🤮

[allycat75]

Funny how all your shitty movies in 2025 have to do with failed actors and/or controlling cults, Boston Dumb Fuck.

I guess since you are an automaton and can't connect to real human emotions anymore, your cult leaders "team" needed to pick things that are actually happening to you in real life. Too bad you still look as stiff and uncomfortable as you do with your little arrogant, childish fatshaming Nazi wifey.

And don't forget your complete mistake for rejoining The Avengers. Just proves how defeated you have become and how desperate you are for a big paycheck, so much so you are willing to sell your friend down the river. Guess you are also becoming as racist as that charming bride, too. Certainly the selfishness is all your own, though.

[dalekofchaos]

Spider-Man and the Defenders. Wilson Fisk is free, not only that but the Hand is trying to seize power in NYC. It's up to SPider-Man, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist to stop this threat.

The Avengers finally return to NYC and get off their fucking asses after all this time requests Spider-Man's help against Kang the Conqueror(this time not played by an abuser) Loki or even better, the Masters of Evil ran by Norman Osborn, Doctor Doom, Loki, Red Skull, The Leader, and The Mandarin

My Punisher pitch:

Imagine if we get these Punisher challenges.

Peter gets word that The Punisher is in town and set up a bunch of hits on mob bosses and their lieutenants. Much like the Black Cat stakeout missions and Taskmaster challenges, Peter has to pinpoint where Frank is stop him from executing his victims and stop him.

Ideally, I'd love a callback to Punisher and Spider-Man's firs interaction. Being hired to kill him and realizing what a mistake it could've been. "Don't make me make that mistake. Stay out of my way."

It all leads to a boss fight against The Punisher.

Make it clear that what the Punisher is doing is wrong.

Peter calling Frank out on his bullshit and saying "you're just a guy who uses his family's name as an excuse to be a murderer". JJJ calling him a murderer that gets innocent people killed in his one man war on crime. Danika being absolutely repulsed by the Punisher's existence. Then we get a limited time third podcast. The Microchipcast. aka Microchip being the only pro-Punisher voice justifiying his actions and blaming Spider-Man for letting them all for walking alive.

The Spiderverse was already teased, so let's run with it.

Okay, not a full on Clone Saga. Just something that gives us Jackal, Ben and Kaine.

Not sure on the specifics. Baxter Building is already there, want to see Peter and Reed do science together and see Peter and Johnny's unmitigated gayness

Something's happened to Peter. His powers begin to evolve and he doesn't know what to do. He seeks help from the X-Men. His unforeseen mutation not only gets him the help from the X-Men, but the attention of Magneto. Peter fully transforms into Man-Spider and for a brief moment, you get to play as the X-Men while Miles administers the cure.

Deacon Frost comes to NYC and attacks Dr Morgan Michaels. Dr Michaels then tries to research a cure with Spider-Man's help. However it's too late. Dr Michaels becomes Morbius, the living Vampire. This gains the attention of Blade. Blade hunts Morbius, Spider-Man fights him, Spider-Man fights Morbius while trying to help him and then the three teams up to fight Frost.

We've seen the Sanctorum, we could see Baron Mordo leading the "Cult of Dormammu" causing chaos while Mordo is planning a mass sacrifice to unleash Dormammu upon the world.(pretty much the same plot from SMA arc, but with no Fox censorship)

Don't care about the context, I just wanna see Spider-Man and Johnny Blaze team up to kick Mephisto's ass

[definitly-not-harley-keener]

Peter I-am-actually-a-menace Parker: I’m actually a professional yapper. Just today I told my aunt I would join a cult, become the leader of said cult and then move into the mountains to life a life cut off from all of society, excluding the cult i am leading, which moved to the mountains with me, obviously. I proceeded to tell her in great detail about that life for minutes. She only asked whether I’d be heading to university today.

Wade I-had-a-good-idea-exactly-once-in-my-life Wilson: I did that once.

Peter: what?

Wade: joined a cult.

Matt I-am-responsible-because-I-have-a-respectable-job-(not) Murdock: Did you go to university tho?

Peter: Yea, but my friends and I headed home early because we were tired and wanted to take a nap.

[malspinningyarns]

I think it says a lot about the drama in and around The Beach Boys that if you were to make a list of “Villains of The Beach Boys” CHARLES FUCKING MANSON (yes, that Charles Manson”) wouldn’t make the top 3. Easily. He’d maybe make the Top 5.

Top 3 are:

1. Band member Mike Love- the Fucking WORST

2. Murry Wilson- Brian, Dennis, and Carl’s abusive father and the band’s first manager

3. Dr. Eugene Landy- Brian’s abusive psychologist

Like Dennis befriended a cult leader? It’s the late 60s in California and it’s Tuesday for The Beach Boys.

[caught-between-narratives]

Test muse -- Slade Wilson -- Headcanons

Due to his slow aging, he appears to be around 35; he actually finds this rather aggravating as a man who's almost 60. He wishes he at least looked like he was in his 40s. But at least mid thirties is when his hair started greying, so now he has perpetual salt and pepper hair.

Slade is a master manipulator, and his voice is a perfect fit for it. While Deathstroke's voice is modulated and pitched to be intimidating, Slade's natural voice is a low, honeyed rumble. He has an accent that's impossible to pin down; world traveled, and always sounding a bit like he's spent a fair amount of time wherever he currently is among his travels as the brain seeks out the familiar. It's a little bit put-on; when he gets tired or stressed his voice is more gruff and his accent gets a little stronger on the southern American zone specifically.

Got favorite torture techniques. He likes to switch someone between sensory deprivation and sensory overload, as well as the classics of starvation and sleep deprivation. He honestly leans more towards brainwashing than regular torture, and in another life probably would have become a cult leader.

While Slade can achieve high levels of super-speed, he doesn't really like to except in brief spurts. His durability and strength are 'always on' in the sense that he doesn't consciously try to do something that's super strong or take hard hits, he just acts normally and they exist. However moving super fast he does have to make the conscious choice to do, and finds it to be slightly unpleasant to experience.

Given he has no interest in unnecessary death or unnecessarily angering hero types, Slade holds back his strength in most of his fights with non-targets. He also denies contracts that are taken out on the Bats specifically since having the whole group of them gunning for him sounds like a headache and a half. However, he has a lot of fun in fights where he can go all out.

He gets soft spots for certain heroes and will go out of his way to avoid injuring them even more during fights.

Keeps his hair long and pulled back into a ponytail. He has hair that's on the thinner side, so it's a pretty sleek ponytail

The thing with Tara: Yes, Slade manipulated her using the possibility of a relationship after realizing she had gained romantic feelings for him. He never had any interest in her but he also had no issues pretending he could develop them if she succeeded in the task set for her. He groomed her, albeit not necessarily in the most common usage of the term.

And some NSFW ones under the cut.

Slade is down for practically anything. Someone could drop pretty much any kink on him part of the way through sex and he'd just take it in stride and probably run with it. He dislikes open and clear communication about kinks outside of sex though. He actively prefers to just have stuff dropped on him or to work things out during the act itself.

He's not exactly a nice partner, but he is very attentive. He also won't really just dip immediately afterwards unless he figures the other person wants him to; he tends to stick around a little to clean the other person up and wait for them to come down (because of the regenerative healing his refractory period is like, a minute so he tends to overstim partners).

While Slade is basically a kink mirror, enjoying fulfilling his partner's fantasies and wants greatly, he does have a few active ones of his own; primarily, overstimulating his partners and also sensory deprivations on them like blindfolds and noise cancelling headphones. You may notice hey, that sort of lines up with the way he tortures/brainwashes people. You are correct! It's a problem! Fucked up man is fucked up. He's basically always on that fucking with people's head grind. He tends towards being dominant and enjoys sadomasochism, more on the masochism side if his partner can actually get through the enhanced endurance. He does usually hurt partners, mostly through roughness and biting, but it's not really due to sadism more so just due to pain being a side effect of things he likes doing.

[fearsmagazine]

DECADE OF THE DEAD comes to life with Film Mode Entertainment and makes Cannes World Market Premiere.

Film Mode Entertainment (FME), Flynn Forest Productions, Sight & Sound Productions and Lucky 13 Productions announce the Cannes World Market Premiere and screening of newly completed action/adventure, Decade of the Dead. The film stars Sean Patrick Thomas (Till, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Lying and Stealing), Shane Johnson (Power), Jenna Leight Green (Sabrina, Wicked), Corsica Wilson (In a World��, Dead Season) and Marissa Merrill (End, Dead Season). Decade of the Dead is directed by Adam Deyoe and Fairai Branscombe Richmond and written by Loren Semmens and Adam Deyoe. The film was produced by Loren Semmens, Bryan Spicer and Joel Michaely.

Decade of the Dead takes place ten years after the apocalypse, where a group of bounty hunters finds refuge on a tropical island only to discover it’s ruled by a deranged cult leader with plans to take over the post-apocalyptic world. Stuck between the cult and the relentless hordes of the walking dead, the survivors must fight for their lives.

Sean Patrick Thomas’ extensive body of work includes critically acclaimed features Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till”, Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” with Denzel Washington, and Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fountain” with Hugh Jackman. His current role as Polarity in “Gen V,” Amazon’s The Boys spin off, has introduced him to a whole new generation of fans. As well as countless other memorable films such as the iconic “Cruel Intentions”, additional credits include the hit ensemble franchise “Barbershop”; and the fan favorite “Save The Last Dance”, which garnered him the Young Hollywood Award for Standout Performance; and two MTV Movie Awards, for Breakthrough Male Performance and Best Kiss. He is repped by Innovative Artists and Greenlight Management.

Film Mode Entertainment has acquired international sales rights for Decade of the Dead and is presenting the film and promo-reel to buyers in Cannes for the first time. The deal was negotiated by Andrew van den Houten of 79th & Broadway Entertainment on behalf of the producers with Clay Epstein of FME.

“We’re thrilled to be working with the amazingly talented Decade of the Dead team, who have successfully crafted an action-adventure film that raises the bar on one of the most popular and lucrative genres in the marketplace today,” said Epstein. “Decade of the Dead will wow audiences across the globe and leave them on the edge of their seats throughout a wild ride, to the very last shot of the movie.”

[abitnotgoodiebag]

Hi! Winter’s Children please!

Ooooo!!! I love this one 😊

It’s in the outline phase, so no full excerpt, but:

All Sam wants to do is come home and fall face first into bed after a tough mission. Preferably in the arms of Bucky, but unfortunately he’s off on his own in nowheresville gathering intel on ‘the last hydra goon, we swear this time’

Too bad the gossip rags have latched onto a photoshopped photo of he and Yelena and everyone is being a complete dick about it. So dickish that Sam is driven to the corner store at 2am to buy snickers and beer only…he never makes it back home.

Can Bucky figure out who has Sam? An hour into his investigation and…He doesn’t have to, the idiots upload the hostage video to YouTube. They call themselves the Winter’s Children and they don’t like Sam. Because of the photoshopped photo (and y’know, racism). And no one dares disrespect their idol, The Winter Soldier, not even Captain America.

Will Bucky rescue Sam before this crazy cult does irreparable damage to the leader of the New Avengers? Will Sam be waiting for Bucky on a pile of beat up idiots? Find out in: winter’s children are fucking idiots (and other truths according to sam wilson)