#Dog Death Sentence (2007)

[wings0fruin]

Death Sentence doodles/art dump :3

Extremely bored so I drew my booboobears again (grown ass gangsters) sorry Nick I kinda didn't care about you enough to draw you

Also I can't be the only one who sees Death Sentence in Three Cheers right I'm not insane I'm not crazy I'm n

[Full canvas at the bottom!]

I DON'T care what anybody says they're like brothers to each other trust ..... since Bones never really cared about Billy nor Joey , I like to think that they supported each other with the help of the other boys since childhood .... ouuughhhh I'm gonna be sick .... Darley Gang you're alive in my heart

Full canvas here:

Am I gonna make a tag for every single gang member ? Yes . Yes I am. Teehee :3

[ukrfeminism]

A man has been found guilty of the 2005 murder of Emma Caldwell after a trial that raised significant questions about the police investigation of the unsolved murder and the key suspect over almost 20 years, as well as attitudes to reports of violence against sex workers.

Iain Packer, 51, was sentenced to at least 36 years in prison for Caldwell’s murder and was found guilty of 32 other charges against a total of 22 women that amounted to a horrifying course of unchecked physical and sexual violence over two decades. The offences included 11 rapes and multiple sexual assaults.

Sentencing Packer to the second-longest term in Scottish legal history, the judge, Lord Beckett, said the killer was responsible for an “extreme campaign of sexual violence”, preying on the vulnerable and causing “extreme and enduring suffering for so many women and their families”.

Immediately after the verdicts, the Police Scotland assistant chief constable Bex Smith, who is the executive lead for major crime and public protection, apologised directly to Caldwell, her family and “many other victims”, saying they were all “let down by policing in 2005”.

Caldwell was living in a hostel in Glasgow when she disappeared in April 2005, aged 27. Her naked body was found five weeks later in Limefield Woods near Biggar, South Lanarkshire.

Her mother told the trial that Caldwell had started taking heroin to numb her grief over the death of her older sister. She had been making money through sex work at the time of her death. The court heard from a friend of Caldwell’s that Packer had become “obsessed” with her, following her and attempting to scare away her other clients.

Although a rape allegation was first made against Packer in 1990, the prosecutor advocate depute, Richard Goddard KC, told the jury that at that time police were “dismissive” of reports made by sex workers. He said it was a “tragedy” that sex workers felt forced to accept sexual assault as “part and parcel of their job”.

Another witness said Packer chose girls who were “young, vulnerable and on drugs”. Many of the women who gave witness statements were sex workers at the time and some have since died.

Packer – who denied all charges apart from one of a prior indecent assault against Caldwell, for which he admitted he was “ashamed” – gave evidence at the trial over three days, insisting he had not killed Caldwell and that the other women accusing him were either mistaken or liars.

He admitted taking sex workers to the woods where Caldwell’s body was found – but not to the same spot where she was found. Asked where he was on the night Caldwell disappeared, Packer told the court he could have been at work or walking his dogs.

The court had heard earlier from a forensic expert that soil found in his van was a 97% match for earth at the spot where Caldwell was dumped.

Information about the police investigation that came to light during the trial raised significant questions about why it took so long to bring Packer to justice. He gave six statements to police between 2005 and 2007, but was not interviewed under caution as a suspect.

A decade later, concerns about the unsolved case were such that in 2015 the lord advocate ordered Police Scotland to re-investigate not only who killed Caldwell, but flaws in the original inquiry.

The original police investigation was focused on four Turkish men, who were charged with Caldwell’s murder in August 2007, but that case collapsed and the men were released.

Smith made it plain that Strathclyde police, the force that first investigated Caldwell’s murder before Scottish forces were merged into one force in 2013, had failed Packer’s victims.

“A significant number of women and girls who showed remarkable courage to speak up at that time also did not get the justice and support they needed and deserved from Strathclyde police,” she said. “It is clear that further investigations should have been carried out into Emma’s murder following the initial inquiry in 2005. The lack of investigation until 2015 caused unnecessary distress to her family and all those women who had come forward to report sexual violence.”

Caldwell’s mother, Margaret, who has campaigned tenaciously for justice for her daughter, said she felt “betrayed” by the original police investigation and “angry” that it had taken so long for Packer to be brought to justice.

Her solicitor, Aamer Anwar, called for an inquiry into police failings, saying: “A toxic culture of misogyny and corruption meant the police failed so many women and girls who came forward to speak up against Packer.

“Instead of receiving justice and compassion, they were humiliated, dismissed and in some instances arrested, whilst the police gifted freedom to an evil predator to rape and rape again.”

[stonebutchery]

Lakey's Smash or Pass: Leigh Whannell Edition

Axel from The Matrix Reloaded (2003) dir. Lily and Lana Wachowski

Being a Matrix franchise character, I've loved Axel long before I ever started giving a shit about Leigh Whannell as an actor/screenwriter. I love Axel so much, I would do everything and anything to save him. If I were a character in this universe and a resident of Zion, I would try to get him to stay home and never embark on the Vigilant. Do not doubt my commitment. I need him alive, I need to be his lover. I care about him.

Verdict: SMASH

David from Saw (2003) dir. James Wan

There is absolutely nothing and no one that could keep me from pouring all of my energy and time and love and care into helping David defend himself legally after the events of the Saw proof-of-concept short film. I actually explained everything I would do if I were his defense attorney in this post. I don't really want to be his lawyer, though. I want to be his boyfriend. I want to be the one that posts his bail if possible... and, if not possible, I would come to visit him as often as I was legally and physically able to just to give him someone to talk to. I want to show up for his trial dates as moral support. I want to let him move in with me when he's finally acquitted and needs someone to lean on. I want to hold David. I want to hug him. I want to kiss him, kiss him softly. On the cheeks and neck and lips. I want to fuck this man. I will reset him, re-calibrate him, via prostate orgasm. I want to shatter his world and put it back together... who said that...

Verdict: SMASH

Adam from Saw (2004) dir. James Wan

I care very deeply about Adam. I would take care of this dude. I honestly just want to support him. I'm very aware of the fact that I have a service-oriented loyalty complex like some kind of human PTSD dog and I embrace that fact about myself. I love Adam like a really close roommate or a best friend or maybe an ex-boyfriend I'm on really good terms with and I still care a lot about platonically. I want to let Adam freeload. I want to let him move in with me and not pay rent because he needs the support and he's too depressed to care for himself lately. I want to wash his hair. I want to do his laundry with mine, I want to cook and share meals with him, I want to gently pressure him into calling his mom back because I want to see his situation and mood improve. I'd volunteer to go with him to appointments of any kind to be his advocate in any medical, business, social services or whatever setting. I'd know I'm not responsible for him but I'd want him to know he could lean on me when he needs it. But I don't really want to smash. It wouldn't be a non-option, but I'd much rather talk to him about politics and art over some dinner in our shared apartment.

Verdict: PASS

Spink from Death Sentence (2007) dir. James Wan

Anyone who actually, genuinely knows me knows that Michael Scofield from Prison Break was one of my first guycrushes... Not the actual first, but certainly one of them. Spink is the same kind of twink as Michael Scofield. Looks aside, he thinks he's tough and hard while compensating for shortcomings and vulnerabilities. I find that insanely attractive. I want to be the one who gets him off speed, I want to be the one who talks him into leaving the gang and fleeing to Canada or Alaska with me without police intervention so that he doesn't have to make deals he's uncomfortable with that will end up costing him his freedom and an actual chance at a fresh start. Where was I going with this? Doesn't matter. I'm smashing that twink.

Verdict: SMASH

Matt from Dying Breed (2008) dir. Jody Dwyer

I can't, in good conscience, say that I would smash Matt, at least not on his own. Conditional smash. I'd want to be Matt and Nina's third. I don't want to get in the way of what they have. I think they're both so adorable. And, yes, I think they're both attractive and sweet. They clearly care a lot about each other and respect each other and show each other affection in a boundary-sensitive way. Because I live in denial, I also live in a fantasy world of my own interiority's creation in which Nina and Matt escaped their captors and managed to survive and they make it back to Ireland and I would absolutely be ready and willing to be their support person. I want to be their third, also in a roommate-like way, or maybe as a domestic partner? But I absolutely care about them and I'd do anything for them. The old "it's rotten work / not to me, not if it's you" and all that. Trauma-informed bisexual polyamory. Love wins.

Verdict: SMASH

Specs from Insidious (2010) dir. James Wan, Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) dir. James Wan, Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) dir. Leigh Whannell, Insidious: The Last Key (2018) dir. Adam Robitel, and Insidious: The Red Door (2023) dir. Patrick Wilson

Jesus Christ, I am so fucking crazy about Steven "Specs" Fisher. I lose all composure when I see him. His dorkyass endearing nerd aura drives me insane with lust. I have never needed anything as badly as I need to flirt with him and make him feel special. Not to be NSFW but I will also note that I am a trans Specs truther and want it to be known that I can, would, and will eat this man out. I will handjob finger this man to several orgasms. As a stone butch service top, I'm a giver only so he doesn't have to worry about reciprocating, anyway, if that's a going concern. Sorry for how crude I sound, I just want to make this man cum.

Verdict: SMASH

Donovan from The Debt Collector (2012) dir. Rich Ceraulo Ko

Goddamn. I need to spot him from across the room at a dive bar punk show, make my way over there, tell him he has beautiful hands, pretty eyes, and a cute face, offer to buy him a drink, ask him if he wants to come back to my place, and hook up with him.

Verdict: SMASH

David from Crush (2013) dir. Malik Bader

Truth be told, I've never seen Crush. He looks like a nice enough guy. I wouldn't not smash... but he's definitely not at the top of my list.

Verdict: SMASH

Clement from The Pardon (2013) dir. Tom Anton

Given the fact that Clement Moss was, in fact, a real man who actually existed and really did try and fail to defend an innocent woman from being sent to her death by electric chair in the 1940s, I must respectfully pass.

Verdict: PASS

Doug from Cooties (2014) dir. Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott

Come with me on a little journey of imagination, will you? Imagine, with me, a desolate world where a rapidly-spreading virus has taken possession of a significant percentage of children across the country, the catastrophe quickly spreading to the rest of the world. Trust me, human encampments are popping up to defend against the zombie scourge. Think of one of the many enclaves of surface-dwellers in Fallout. Think of a camp like that where survivors have situated themselves advantageously, they function communally, and welcome clean, virus-free outsiders regardless of whether they can pitch in to help or not. I like to imagine I'd be keeping myself safe in a fort or a settlement like that, and I like to imagine that Doug and the band of teachers traveling together would be taken in by such a place, sanctuary rule style. Doug? Doug is a hard pass for me, sexually and romantically, but he seems like he could really use someone to talk at. So imagine, one last time, a group of adults prepping nightly communal dinner from non-perishable foods (we are 100% making some meatless chili with canned beans, corn, and other veggies and seasoning it well so that everyone has some comfort food before bed)... and, while I'm working the gas stove, keeping a big ol' batch of the vegetarian chili hot to serve, I let Doug take my chair and sit down and ramble and infodump away while I dish out servings to our comrades. Doesn't that sound nice? And, yes, believe me, I'll be trying to reform some of his wayward misconceptions about everything. I can't outright discard him. It may have been for comic relief but we're TBI buddies, so I empathize. He seems like a well-meaning dude with some issues that can be smoothed out, autism-to-autism communication style. So, respectfully, I pass.

Verdict: PASS

Gavin from The Mule (2014) dir. Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson

Good fucking grief. Gavin Alastair Ellis. Gavin would absolutely hate me for it but I would not be afraid to scrap, punch, bite, and claw Ray in order to lay claim over Gavin… and, listen, we can make the polyamory thing work but only as a throuple composed of two people who hate each other but who both love the person who serves as the keystone member of the relationship. That's the only way this is going to work. Ray's a sweet dude but he is not my type, not for this. Realistically, we'd probably be on very friendly terms because I do think Ray's alright… but I need Gavin in such a deeply carnal way so bad it makes me look stupid. Oh my God. This slut made me cry.

Verdict: SMASH

Larry from The Bye Bye Man (2017) dir. Stacy Title

You couldn't get me to feel anything for this man even if you forced me to at gunpoint.

Verdict: PASS

Matt from Keep Watching (2017) dir. Sean Carter

I need to fuck him sloppy... by the way, if you even care.

Verdict: SMASH

Jatt from Legend of the Guardians (2010) dir. Zack Snyder

This is literally an animated owl from a piece of children's media. DISQUALIFIED.

Verdict: HARD PASS

[graysongraysoff]

writing pattern game

tagged by @boltlightning thank you SO so much 💗💗💗💗💗

Rules: Share the first line of your last ten published works* or as many as you are able and see if there are any patterns!

*gonna exclude co-written works/rp adaptations unless i was the one to write the opening post for obvious reasons hehe

1. red and red and rust-red

bungo stray dogs | soukoku | 328 words | major character death | in the small room/land of inhuman demons spoilers

It was the brilliant burst of red from the bullet hole between Dazai's eyes that brought Chuuya roaring back into control of his conscious mind, and he shot twice more on reflex before the rest of his body caught up.

2. like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume

bungo stray dogs | soukoku | 6.5k words

Chuuya is burning away like a dying star, and he feels fucking fantastic.

3. Your hands are red from holding tight.

jujutsu kaisen | megumi fushiguro & satoru gojo | 885 words | major character death | ch. 212: the ripening pt. 2 spoilers

When Megumi finally spoke — not Sukuna but Megumi — his voice was a sleepy murmur that tugged at Satoru’s heart.

4. maybe i'll call you mine

jujutsu kaisen | satosugu | 3k words

Shoko is so pissed about how the mission went that she's refusing to patch Suguru and Satoru back up with her reversed cursed technique.

5. Shadow Puppets

jujutsu kaisen | megumi fushiguro & tsumiki fushiguro & satoru gojo | 4.5k words

The day Megumi summoned the Divine Dogs for the first time, a storm had knocked out the Fushiguros' power, so Megumi and Tsumiki had piled pillows and blankets on the living room floor while Gojo lit candles and placed them safely out of reach around the room.

6. Three Unspoken Messages and Three Words Left Unsaid

bungo stray dogs | osamu dazai & sakunosuke oda | 2k words | major character death

"Got an early start," Sakunosuke Oda commented, sitting in his usual place beside the young Osamu Dazai, whose empty whiskey glass was being replaced with a fresh one.

7. Exorcise My Mind

jujutsu kaisen | megumi fushiguro & tsumiki fushiguro & satoru gojo | 10k words

"I think we should clean out Mom and Dad's room."

8. Ulterior Motives

bungo stray dogs | soukoku | 261 words

"Is that my shirt?"

9. A stranger whose laugh I would recognize anywhere

jujutsu kaisen | satosugu | 700 words (exactly!)

"I didn't expect you to show," Suguru tells Satoru softly, eyes glinting.

10. December 7, 2007

jujutsu kaisen | megumi fushiguro & tsumiki fushiguro & satoru gojo | 842 words

On the surface, Satoru's 18th birthday wasn't much different than the others he'd celebrated since he started at Jujutsu High.

patterns:

okay so i actually did go back and look at my post from the last time i did a similar exercise, and i'm pleased to report that i am giving a lot more variety these days, lol. one of my reflections was also that i "should try to open with dialogue more," so it's good to see that i took that to heart! i think i manage to do a pretty good job of dropping the reader into situations without the almost formulaic "___ had been ___" style openings i used to do a lot of, too.

i like that a lot of these opening lines manage to introduce not only the setting but also the vibes, like how the characters are feeling/seeming in the moment the reader joins them.

my favorite is definitely "Chuuya is burning away like a dying star, and he feels fucking fantastic." i have been stupid-proud of that sentence since the moment i typed it, lol.

now i shall tag: @antique-romantic and @pyrrhlc, if you are in need of a little tag game!

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.

In 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels for spying.

Psychologically, that ‘what if’ feeling can literally be painful.

People now are 50% heavier and 4 inches taller than they were in 1900.

92% of people type things into Google to see if they spelled them correctly.

A 'moment' is officially defined as 90 seconds. (Remind you of your husband?)

The largest millipede in Tanzania is known as ‘the wandering leg sausage’.

In the middle ages, erect penises were thought to be full of pressurised air.

In the music industry, for every $1,000 of music sold, the average musician gets $23.40.

In Sweden, it is legal to be a prostitute, but it is illegal to be a customer of a prostitute.

Over 90% of mental diseases are either caused or complicated by the stressful act of overthinking.

Men don't generally finish maturing until around the age of 43. With women, it's around the age of 32.

Psychology says, the longer you hide your feelings for someone, the harder you fall for that individual.

When Wilfred R. Welsh discovered a new mineral, it was subsequently named after him, Welshite.

Psychologically, one of the most devastating things in life is when someone you care about gives up on you.

Diana Ross, who sang ‘Ain't No Mountain High Enough’, lost her ex-husband to a mountain climbing accident.

Herbert Spencer, who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest', was the only one of eight siblings to reach adulthood.

Marijuana is the oldest natural, purest, and healthiest pain relief medication in the world. Its use dates back to 10 B.C.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $15 million for his role in 'Terminator 2', which averaged out to $21,429 per word.

If you want to quit smoking, go to a sauna for 3 days in a row and you'll sweat out the nicotine which will make it easier to quit.

Female fish will fake orgasms to trick males into thinking they've successfully mated. Then they’ll swim off to find a better partner

In 2011, a Georgian woman, digging for copper to sell as scrap, sliced through a cable and cut off the whole of Armenia from the internet.

People that smell good behave more confidently, which makes them more attractive, even if others can't smell their perfume or cologne.

Following his grilling by US Congress members, TikTok CEO Shou Chew gained over 400,000 new followers in 24 hours.

World's shortest horror story consists of only two sentences: "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door."

In Quito, Ecuador, there is a group of vigilantes that wander the streets at night and correct any incorrect grammar in graffiti around the city.

The slowest chess player of all time was probably Elijah Williams (1809-1854): nicknamed ‘The Bristol Sloth’. He averaged two and a half hours per move.

Female dragonflies avoid unwanted males by faking their own deaths, instantly crashing to the ground and lying motionless until the undesired male has passed by.

The first mobile phone call took place on 3rd April 1973. Motorola's general manager called their rivals AT&T to let them know they'd got there first.

Jesse James, the notorious outlaw from the 1800s, once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off her debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widow's home.

For the 15th anniversary of the film Titanic, James Cameron changed the positions of stars in the sky in the final scenes, because Neil deGrasse Tyson had written to him to point out that they would be in a different position in the North Atlantic, April 1912.

A stray dog followed a Swedish racing team throughout their 430 mile endurance race in Ecuador. He went through jungles in the Amazon and swam across a river with them. All because one of the team had given him a meatball.

In the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" So, he hired his Scottish maid, Williamina Fleming, who discovered tens of thousands of stars and more.

Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.

[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

EXECUTION OF THE ROMANOV FAMILY

THE EXECUTION OF NICHOLAS II & ROMANOV FAMILY

17 July 1918

            Nicholas II, his wife, his children and workers were executed in a basement in Yekaterinburg. Vladimir Lenin didn’t order the execution, but did not care about their deaths either. The family were murdered without a trial by communist Yakov Yurovsky and the Bolsheviks.

            The family went down to the basement at 2:15am. Nicholas initially thought they were going to be leaving the Imperial House. The family were in the company of their workers as well as one of their pet dogs, Jimmy (who they also killed).

            The execution was messy, which ultimately made the victims last moments prolonged and they suffered immensely. Many of the guards were intoxicated and two of the guards refused to shoot girls, and were sent away. Yurovsky asked the group to stand, except for Alexie who remained seating. Yurovsky took out a sheet of paper and read to the group that they had been ‘sentenced to be shot’. Nicholas turned to look at his family and said, ‘What? What?’ and his family looked at him in absolute terror. Alexandra and Olgo crossed themselves and few others protested. Yurovsky pulled out his gun and shot the Tsar in the chest, and then the guards fired at him. Alexei was covered with his father’s blood.  

            After Nicholas was killed they turned and killed his wife, daughters, and workers and then Alexei was shot and died against his father.

            The families were then taken to an isolated part in the woods; one of the girl’s remains was sexually assaulted. The victims were stripped, and then burned with acid, and thrown into an unused mine. The remains were later retreated, and then dumped into an isolated grave. The public and media were told that the Tsar was assassinated and his family were living in a secret location.

            The Soviet Union lost power in 1991, and citizens became more publicly curious about the Romanov dynasty. The remains of the family were discovered in 1991, Alexei and his sister Maria were discovered in 2007 as their remains were found in a different location. DNA tests confirmed their identities and they were reburied in St Petersburg.

#nicholasII #romanovs #russianrevolution

[zetaverein]

Neuer Beitrag: When the debate about Zoosexuality reaches Twitter

Neuer Beitrag: https://blog.zeta-verein.de/2023/10/wenn-die-debatte-ueber-zoosexualitaet-twitter-erreicht/

When the debate about Zoosexuality reaches Twitter

On the 5th of September 2023, I retweeted (or “re-Xed”) on my account Charles Menni a tweet from the French animal welfare association Once Voice showing a video of a pony mare being battered by someone who’s probably a horse-riding teacher.

What made my retweet special is the comparison it made between the penalty that would face someone condemned for such acts of violence against an animal, usually a fine of a few hundred euros, with the penalty of someone convicted for sexual acts upon an animal. In France, zoosexuals face 6 to 18 months of suspended jail time, a minimum of 5 to 10 years registered as a sex offender, a life ban on keeping an animal (contrary to acts of cruelty, for which the ban can be temporary), and mandatory therapy. Note that the severity of the penalty does not depend on the gravity of the acts. Usage of constraint, violence, or infliction of injuries has no impact on it. However, for some reason being the owner of the animal is an aggravating factor.

In my post, I claimed that anyone committing “any sexual acts with an animal that asked for it” faced such a sentence. With an account having as a description “Zoosexual and horse lover fighting prejudice”, my tweet became viral and reached 600.000 views in less than two days, which isn’t bad for an account that only had 20 subscribers. Many people reacted to “who asked for it”. It aimed at bringing up the following questions: can animals make sexual advances to a human being? Should such behavior face repression in the absence of violence, constraint, and injury?

The term “any sexual acts” has also been deliberately chosen since with the new French anti-bestiality law, the notion of “atteinte sexuelle” (sexual abuse) which is very wide, was chosen to replace the one of “sévices de nature sexuelle” (sexual violence) that only incriminated active penetration of the animal since the Junior Case in 2007. In 2022, a local politician was one of the first to be trialed. He had allowed two of his 21 dogs to mount him. He declared: “I take good care of them, I do not practice sodomy upon them, they are the ones doing it if they please to do so” (1.) No news article covering the case claimed that signs of mistreatment were found. He was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months of suspended jail time with the other complementary penalties we mentioned earlier.

In a country that practices factory farming, where artificial insemination is the norm, even for companion animals, this level of severity is questionable. Zoosexuality isn’t “only” compared to mistreatment, but as we said anyone convicted faces the same sentence as for “cruel acts”, and even more, if we consider the complementary penalties someone convicted for cruel acts won’t be enlisted to the sex offender registry.

On my Twitter account, I made other posts, in one of which I gave a link to my article in French that is very critical of the arguments given by the French animal welfare association Animal Cross in its 2019 “investigation” on zoosexuality (2.) In another one, I reminded that in 2006 the Danish ethical committee in its conclusion recommended against a total ban on sexual interactions between humans and animals in the absence of violence and constraint. It even claimed that such prohibition could be counterproductive as it could deter people from bringing their animals to the veterinary in case of an injury (3.)

My Twitter post was still going viral, and I was still receiving hateful comments, death threats, and encouragement of self-harm or suicide, most of them are still on Twitter to this day. Sometimes, I managed to discuss with some, covering themes like consent, animal sexual behavior, and my mental health.

On the 7th of September, two days after publishing my post, my account was suspended. That may be not surprising, however, the reasoning was. It “has been suspended for violating the Twitter Rules due to a user report. Specifically, for violating our rules against graphic violence or adult content in profile images”. My profile picture shows a grey horse facing the camera in front of a sapling forest, and my banner a few horses grazing in a field during sunset, both pictures were found by typing on DuckDuckGo “horse picture copyright free” and picking some of the first results. I appealed and the next day Twitter refused to reinstate my account without giving further explanation. I appealed again, demanded to get more details, and received the same answer.

This decision reminded me of the one pronounced in Germany in the years 2009 – 2010 when the Zeta Verein association tried to legally register as an association. It was refused as their goal was “against public decency”, no other explanation was given. It also made me think about what happened to the French community, which between 2019 and 2021 tried to present its arguments in an attempt to prevent the new law from being too harsh on zoosexuals. On the 29th of June 2021, following a complaint against an unknown that was filed by Animal Cross and its president Benoit Thomé for death threats, identity theft, and harassment, a raid took place in the houses of members of the community. (4) Two years of procedure later, no evidence had been found against them. However, following an investigation for doxing, Mr. Benoit Thomé will be trialed in 2024 for the publication on the website of his association of an “interview of a zoophile” that gave at its end the address and name of someone he thought to be a member of the community.

As was shown with this event, even tho contradictory debates shall be at the core of democracy, giving arguments defending zoosexuality can have consequences, for zoosexuals but also researchers, politicians, and journalists, and even lead to censorship. However, with the aggravation of the severity of the punishment following a conviction for zoosexual acts, the necessity of a rational examination of such a ban becomes undeniable. Therefore, the taboo surrounding this topic must be broken and, in that matter, the censorship of any debate about the prohibition of zoosexual acts on Twitter isn’t a good start.

Charles Menni

1 MENNI Charles, Animal Cross, la Zoophilie et la Science, Blog des Zeta Verein, 15 avril 2023. Disponible sur :https://blog.zeta–verein.de/fr/2023/04/animal–cross–la–zoophilie–et–la–science/2 Conseil Danois d’Ethique Animale, Rapport au sujet des relations sexuelles entre des êtres humains et desanimaux, Novembre 2006.Version originale :https://www.justitsministeriet.dk/sites/default/files/media/Pressemeddelelser/pdf/2006/Udtalelse.pdfVersion française :https://www.animalzoofrance.com/wiki/Fichier:Danish_Animal_Ethics_Council_–_November_2006_VF.pdf

[and-it-might-not-ever]

Richard Goldberg being released May 2024..

If you are unaware of Richard Goldberg, he was a very widely known child molester and CP producer and distributer who fled to Canada and was caught in 2007. Though the main reason for P2P file sharing programs where taken down due to piracy, another huge reason was the sharing of CP. His username/alias/keyword was "r@ygold".

I wanted to share how he affected my life, tell a bit of my story, and see if any others were aware of him too. This is going to be a bit long but I'd appreciate if someone gave it a read.

I was 15/16 in 2007. It broke in the news of his final catching and arrest, how he fled to Canada, being sentenced to prison for 20 years. It was a big moment because at the time he was in FBI's top wanted fugitives. After reading reports and articles, when I saw that username "r@ygold" it sent a shock through my system and dug up an old memory I kept buried and swept under the rug out of complete fear of what would happen if I had told.

My older brother, (I was 10 or so at the time and my brother was 20/21?) had a computer with the program Kazaa. I knew how to burn CD's at the time and would often download music from these programs and make CD's to listen to on the bus. My favorite band was Garbage at that age. There was a list of previously downloaded files, and I remember seeing that username with file names referring to 5-12yo's and the acts. I NEVER clicked on them because I knew straight away what it was. The descriptions were right there in the titles. I was molested from ages like toddler to 5 years old by my grandfather. It only stopped until the point he physically really wasn't able to anymore and I remember being in the hospital room as he was dying and not being sad. I was a pretty numb kid.

So back to when I was finding out my brother was enjoying the things that destroyed me, things that made me unable to focus and very depressed. My mother would beat me for random things and especially not doing homework because I literally could not focus because of all the pain. I was on zoloft at 8 years old. The reason I didn't tell is because my brother is EXTREMELY violet, always caused fights, couldn't handle a family merge between my father's and his 2nd wife's. I.E was not getting all the attention and ass pats for being high functioning autistic. My brother said HIMSELF to people like me and his friends he would play up his autism to get out of things. So one, that made me scared he would use that as an excuse and then COME AFTER ME. The guy who would choke my sister, punch walls and windows, and slammed my first dog on the ground knocking it out/go into shock (which I still have nightmares of in my sleep to this day no matter how good of a day I could've had). He did end up killing my dog by strangling it to death.

So it ended up being a huge secret, one I tried forgetting about because of the fear and feeling like an overall futile situation from being overlooked because of his condition or one that would end up in me getting hurt and really unleash fury on me and others. I was always in a position with no one standing up for me because no one bothered to try to get me away from my mom knowing she was an extremely abusive person (I do remember my dad's 2nd wife taking pics of my bruises but nothing ever came of that situation, told a 4th grade teacher about it and she looked at marks on my legs and said something like "oh that's just from the chair you're sitting on")... and given my family always GAVE IN (especially my dad) to my brother's meltdowns and tantrums to make the sheer violence stop. When that case got re-opened in my mind from seeing it in the news, I remember exactly why I harbored so my resentment for my brother, not just because of all the fights and what hell he made everyone's life.. But because he was a pedophile.

Fast forward to me being 18, on my dad's laptop (it was just a household of me, brother, and father because my mom kicked me out because I had a suicide attempt and didn't want to deal with me anymore).. I did come out to my mom at 13 what happened to me (her father) because picking up the pieces and getting more intelligent it really dawned on me how AWFUL it was that happened to me and the effect it had. She did not believe me. She took me for ice cream after picking me up from school as if that would fix my world falling apart. So back to year 18- I was looking for job on the laptop. It was always a goal in mind to start working, save up, eventually getting away from my family because there was never a safe place for me with all the fights and abuse. SWAT team busted in and seized all of our electronics, computers, etc. First time I ever had a gun pointed at me.

Turned out the culprit they were after, was not my brother as I suspected, but no... my father. It tore my world apart. I then realized I was always surrounded by pedophiles and one unanswered question still in my mind to this day is- if my father knew what my grandfather was doing since it happened for so long and let it happen. My brother had the audacity to justify my dad's CP saying it was just from a porn addiction. Come on. There is something so EVIL about literally getting off to children. Shocker he would be a CSA apologist right? ....

So my dad was in possession of CP. Somehow they let him off. Put on the RSO list. What hurts even more, is that it happened a SECOND TIME when he moved out to live with who is now, and still, his third wife. After the first time he came and cried with me on my bed. I somehow felt he was sorry for what had happened and knew how bad it hurt me. After the second time, I never talked to my dad, and still don't. Had a moment of weakness a couple years ago to talk to him, because on a good note I did end up leaving the state and now live 5 hours away from any family I have, never been happier. I just kinda wanted to make it known how well I was doing. Had talked to my mother too around the same time and asked if she ever believed me. She said "well, I do now".. Bitch there is no believing me NOW when you NEVER took my mental health seriously. Then no more contact with anyone. I don't talk to anyone in my family at all besides nieces/nephews and it's still very minimal.

Because I was able to cut off any toxicity in my life I am doing tons better but I still have flashbacks and nightmares, some bad days but extremely thankful for where I am now not having ANY help from anyone else. I did it all by myself.

So concerning this criminal and seeing as to how he's going to be released is leaving me in confusion and shock. For one, how did he survive in prison? Cause we all know how inmates take to child molesters especially this guy being one of the MAIN DISTRIBUTERS of CP. It said he was moved to a federal prison specializing in those with mental health issues. Did he just play crazy? I mean yeah there's mental health issues with pedos but you know what I mean. What happened there? Why would officials WANT to protect him or provide him ANY mental health services with such severe crimes?? When first being sentenced it was said "Goldberg is a deeply disturbed individual with a lack of remorse beyond belief." I'm amazed he wasn't killed by other inmates for his crimes and maybe played crazy to be protected, regardless, it's amazing he is being released and since he didn't show any remorse I think it is possible he would offend again.

Many, let's say, "normies" are under the impression that someone so old wouldn't be able to offend but we have seen this many times. If anything people look at the old person like "oh what harm could he do he can barely walk".. Somehow in people's eyes, and what you could be charged with, molestation and rape are considered 2 different things. They could be, but the effects are the same. It literally ruins lives.

I'm about to say something graphic here so trigger warning:

Just because a male is older and not able to become erect does not make a difference. There are sick people who would still lure and touch a child, it's sick to even LOOK at a child in that way, and if my grandfather was able to get erect he would have penetrated me because he tried. I fear this sick man "r@ygold" has a possibility of doing something again, either to an actual child or be in possession of illegal material since the "lack of remorse beyond belief". I'm just hoping when he is released maybe just be put in some type of home and institution away from the general public with no access to internet. And I don't just say this about anyone... I truly wished he would have been killed and would have joined my grandfather in hell.

If you made it this far in reading, THANK YOU. If anyone out there has a similar experience concerning "r@ygold" I would appreciate your input.

[saint-starflicker]

From a quick trawl of your blog, you enjoyed The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky...which I have never read... and have tagged Rory Gilmore affiliated with a reading list of some stuff I have read but I think the books don't really have much in common.

Based on that, I recommend:

1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

I also really enjoyed the 2007 movie adaptation, and I love both the book and the movie but I think both are good. It's the early 19th century and Catherine Morland is a gothic literature fanatic. While being a companion to the older Mrs. Allen to attend parties in the high society in Bath, Catherine finds herself in a tangle of treacherously false friendships, cozy/domestic murder mysteries, and the best most-underrated Jane Austen romantic hero ever. I include Mr. Darcy in that consideration—unless your type is gruff, awkward, foot-in-mouth but ultimately does the right thing.

2. Crooked House by Agatha Christie

Somebody in Sophia Leonidas' family murdered the patriarch, and her fiancé Charles Hayward is forbidden from going through with the wedding until they catch the culprit.

This one is my personal favorite, but Murder on the Orient Express or Death on the Nile by the same author were probably more popular titles because of good reasons.

3. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

This one's so quirky. Off the coast of Carolina is the island of Nollop, named after the inventor of the pangram "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and they put that sentence in iron letters over an archway because they worship the sentence. Due to age and bad weather, the letters begin to fall off and the townsfolk take it as a sign that they should not use any words with those letters. Then, more letters begin to fall.

It's a comedy about a cult, an ode to the English language, and the title character is one of the only voices of reason. It's also formatted as an epistolary, which I just think is neat.

4. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Post-Apocalypse science fiction. The safehouse against the thing that caused the apocalypse falls and a mad scientist woman, a friendly fun schoolmarmie (who might have murdered somebody though), a military grunt who wants to kill things, some other guy who got swept up in the plot and is very anxious about it, and the next step in human evolution in the form of a little girl—must travel the wasteland together to survive and find answers to the mystery of the end of the world.

5. The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones

Very dark academia with witchcraft, desperately intense bonds of sisterhood, and domestic violence.

Books I haven't read in full but sound interesting:

The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein, I watched the 2011 movie and it is very dark and very academia, but I have not read the book.

Final Girls by Riley Sager. When trendy horror movies in the 1970's made "the monster" of the piece a serial killer, film and media scholars noticed how gendered the genre became. The last sole survivor had to be a girl in every movie like this, because even fictional boys aren't as free to be emotional in these fleeing-from-a-murderer situations. This trendy trope is called The Final Girl. The book is about what would happen if "real-life" survivors of attempted serial murder or mass-murder had a support group...and why they would, ironically, try to murder each other.

Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I'm reading it now because I heard there was a vampire in it. It's pretty good so far, it's rare that I read a book in first person and think that I'm definitely going to be comfortable sharing this character's head for the whole book no matter what happens but I really like the main character's voice in this one.

please send me book recs!! <3

[missmcspooks]

The Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett

On December 16th, 2004, a 23 year old woman who was 8 months pregnant was found dead in her Missouri home, with her baby being ripped out of her womb. There’s been some controversy regarding the outcome of this case and whether or not the woman responsible should’ve received the death penalty.

Bobbie Jo Stinnett and her husband ran a dog breeding business out of their home, and often attended dog show events, where she met 36 year-old, Lisa Marie Montgomery. The two women talked often online in a Rat Terrier chatroom called “Ratter Tatter,” where they also discussed their pregnancies. However, Lisa’s pregnancy wasn’t real, and received a tubal ligation in 1990, after having four children. Lisa falsely claimed to be pregnant multiple times after her procedure, according to both of her ex-husbands. Something snapped inside of Lisa’s brain, and she made arrangements under the false name “Darlene Fischer” to meet Bobbi at her home, as she was expecting potential buyers for her terrier at that time. When Bobbi answered the door, Lisa forced her way into her home and murdered Bobbi by strangulation, and then proceeded to surgically remove her baby from the womb, and taking off. Bobbi’s body was found an hour later by her mother who called the police, but unfortunately the paramedics weren’t able to revive her, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

Lisa allegedly called her husband around 5:15 on that same day to inform him that she had gone into labor during her shopping trip in Topeka. Witnesses state that they saw her, her husband, the children, and the infant at a restaurant having breakfast on December 17th. Not too long after returning home from breakfast Lisa’s home was visited by police who had tracked her address using her IP address from the chatroom messages. They were only going there to question her as a potential witness, but when they got there, they saw Lisa in the living-room with an infant in her arms. DNA testing was ran and they soon learned that this baby was the missing baby from the murder victim, Bobbi Jo Stinnett. Baby Victoria was soon placed back into custody of her father.

Lisa Montgomery was charged with “kidnapping resulting in death,” and if she were to be convicted she would either serve a life-sentence, or receive the death penalty. On October 22nd, 2007, Lisa was found guilty and sentenced to death. The reason this case is so controversial is due to the long history of mental disabilities that resulted from years of abuse at the hands of not only her parents, but from both of her husbands. Lisa’s mother had an alcohol addiction, which caused her to be born with permanent brain damage. She was forced to be raised in a home where she was physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. Lisa was allegedly raped and beaten by her step-father since the young age of 11. This caused Lisa to start turning to alcohol as a coping mechanism, and when her mother found out about it, she threatened her with a gun. When Lisa turned 18, she attempted to flee her toxic home by getting married, but she ended up just getting herself into another abusive situation. 

Lisa also suffered with depression, borderline personality disorder, bi-polar disorder, psychosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder for years, and was often disassociated from reality. A neuropsychologist stated at her pre-trial hearing that she also had severe brain injuries from the years of beatings she endured, which damaged the part of her brain that controls aggression. It was also argued that she had pseudocyesis, which is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy, even though the woman is not actually pregnant. It’s argued that when she realized she wasn’t pregnant, she may have had felt like she had a miscarriage, and that’s what triggered her to commit the murder and kidnap the infant. However, it’s also argued that she did not have this disorder, and some people believe that her ex-husband was going to take her to court and use her lies about pregnancy in order to get custody of their children, so Lisa needed to produce a child in order to keep her children. 

Lisa’s attorneys fought tooth and nail for many years to try and rid her of the death penalty, even using the case of Atkins vs Virginia which ruled that executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding cruel and unusual punishments. Lisa did receive a stay of execution a few times, but always having her death penalty reinstated, and she exhausted all of her appeals. Lisa Marie Montgomery was put to death by lethal injection on January 13th, 2021. 

[conradscrime]

Inspired by the Scream Franchise: The Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart

October 07, 2021

Cassie Jo Stoddart was born on December 21, 1989 and attended Pocatello High School in Pocatello, Idaho. Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik also attended school with Cassie, and were friends with her boyfriend, Matt Beckham. 

Brian had spent most of his childhood in Utah, before moving with his parents to Pocatello, Idaho, meeting Torey and the two soon became best friends. The two boys both shared a love of film and would often walk around the school video-taping their classmates and making their own movies. 

Cassie was a very responsible well-behaved girl and that’s why her aunt and uncle, Allison and Frank Contreras, asked her to house sit for them in northeast Bannock County on the night of September 22, 2006. They needed Cassie to come house sit because they owned three cats and two dogs that needed to be taken care of during the weekend while they were away. 

While Cassie was house-sitting that night, her boyfriend, Matt, came by around 6pm to hangout for a bit. A little while later, Brian and Torey also showed up to hangout with the couple. Cassie gave the boys all a tour of the house, including the basement before going back up to the living room to watch ‘Kill Bill, Volume II.’

Brian and Torey left the house before the movie finished saying that they would rather go watch a movie at the local movie theatre instead. Cassie did not realize that before the two boys left, Brian had unlocked the basement door so he and Torey could return back to the house at a later time. 

At one point, Brian and Torey had come back to the neighbourhood, parked down the street, and changed into dark clothes, gloves and white masks. The re-entered the house through the basement door while Cassie and Matt were still watching TV in the living room. The boys tried to make some loud enough noises to get Cassie and Matt to go down to the basement so they could “scare them.” 

When this didn’t work, they found the circuit breaker and turned off the power in the house, hoping the couple would walk downstairs to check the breaker. Cassie and Matt still did not come downstairs so the boys turned some lights back on. 

Even though Cassie had not gone down the stairs to check anything, she was still freaked out by the power outage and Matt had noticed that one of the dogs had been barking and growling near the basement stairs. Because Cassie was obviously freaked out, Matt called his mother and asked if he could stay the night with Cassie but his mother said no. Matt’s mother did invite Cassie to come stay the night at the Beckhams, offering to drive her back to her aunt and uncle’s house the next morning. Cassie felt that it was her responsibility to house sit so she decided to stay and Matt left. 

Matt left around 10:30 pm, thinking that he was leaving Cassie alone in the house. Matt called Torey’s phone and asked where him and Brian were, possibly to see if they could meet up after. Matt could not hear Torey on the phone because he was whispering, and Matt just assumed this was because they were still in the movie theatre.

Brian and Torey heard Matt leave and they decided to turn the lights out again, hoping that Cassie would come downstairs to turn the lights back on, but she did not. Eventually, Brian, carrying a dagger-type weapon, and Torey, holding a hunting-style knife, went upstairs. 

Brian opened and slammed a closet door to frighten Cassie who was on the couch in the living room. The boys then attacked Cassie, stabbing her about 30 times, with 12 of these wounds potentially fatal. The weapons the boys had used were purchased at a pawn shop with the help of an 18 year old named Joe Lucero, as Brian and Torey were only 16 at the time of the murder. 

Police originally questioned Matt, who they thought was a possible suspect because Matt did not show a whole lot of emotion. However, when Matt began to tell the police that Brian and Torey were also at the house that night, police began to look at the two boys. Matt had also passed a polygraph test.

When police questioned Brian and Torey they discovered that Brian had a crush on Cassie, but she was not interested because she was dating Matt. The boys also told police that they had been at the movie theatres that night, which they had movie stubs for the movie ‘Holes.’ However, when police began asking simple questions about the movie, the boys could not answer. Police asked the boys what the movie was about, who was in the movie, ect, and the boys could not say anything about the movie besides they remembered thinking that it was boring.

Police really began to view the boys as suspects, because they were movie fanatics and went to the movies all the time. If they were huge movie buffs they should be able to remember details of a movie they were supposedly at a few days ago. The police questioned the girl who was working the ticket booth at the movies that night, and the girl said that neither Brian or Torey were at the movie theatre that night. She said she would’ve remembered seeing the two boys, as they were regulars. 

Because Brian and Torey were movie fanatics and had dreams of directing and filming their own horror movie, the police discovered later that the two had filmed their entire plan to murder Cassie, which was planned at school. They also filmed themselves right before the murder, talking in the car about how they were about to murder her. 

This video footage was played at their trials. 

Brian and Torey were both arrested on September 27, 2006, charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. When questioned, both of the boys automatically turned against each other. Brian said though he was in the room while Cassie was murdered, he did not stab her. He then later said he did stab her but only under Torey’s commands. Brian’s DNA had been found under Cassie’s nails on both her right and left hand, but Torey’s DNA was not. Brian showed police where they had disposed of the clothing, masks and knives they had used that night. 

At the trial, Brian admitted that he had been inspired by the Columbine shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Torey said he had been inspired by the Scream horror films franchise, which is often what this case is known as. Brian was found guilty on April 17, 2007 and Torey was found guilty on June 8, 2007. Both boys received a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole, and 30 years to life for being convicted in conspiracy to commit murder. 

Both Brian and Torey are serving their time at Idaho State Correctional Institution and have filed many appeals since, all being denied. 

In 2010, the Stoddart family filed a civil lawsuit against the Idaho School District claiming that the school should have known that Brian and Torey posed a threat to others. This case was dismissed, saying that the actions of Brian and Torey were not foreseeable. 

In 2012 the US Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life without parole are unconstitutional for youth offenders, even in the case of murder. In 2016, it was decided that this doctrine should also be applied to cases retroactively as youth who commit such crimes have the ability to change. Brian and Torey’s case falls under this as they were 16 when the crime was committed. 

Cassie’s family suffered quite a bit after her murder. Her teenage cousin who was 13 at the time, was the one who had found her body, suffering from severe trauma, and at one point had tried to take her own life. Cassie’s aunt and uncle also had a hard time, her aunt was so depressed she lost her job and often felt responsible for Cassie’s death. 

Cassie’s aunt and uncle tried to sell the house for years, but no one wanted to buy the home because of the horrible tragedy that had occurred there. 

There was a documentary that came out and Brian and Torey were interviewed during this documentary. Brian did show some remorse, though Torey did not not. In the interview Torey’s mother refuses to believe that Torey committed murder and acts like he is the victim in this. 

The boys had a list of people they wanted to kill, and it is a tragedy that the succeeded in even one of these murders. I will never understand people who look up to mass murderers as idols, and who are so intrigued with copying popular horror film franchises. 

[endfought]

Character Inspiration: Fell

Fell is one of my oldest OCs, dating back to 2007 when I first thought him up and started drawing him. He’s been through many changes, he even didn’t used to be all black. When he was brand new, he was black with turquoise markings, had scarlet eyes, and wore the Eye of Horus around his neck. He also wore a gold hoop earring in his left ear, (not pictured) which has stayed for his entire existence! Over time, he took on more personality traits from media I consumed, but these are the top six!

1. The Wolf - Ringing Bell (1972)

The Wolf is a ruthless killer, often raiding the sheep barn to slaughter them. When he kills Chirin’s mother, Chirin promises he will become strong just like the Wolf, because he doesn’t want to be killed like the rest of the sheep. The Wolf reluctantly takes him in, teaching him to hang on to his anger as it makes one stronger. He also teaches the young ram about the laws of nature. This character planted the seed of what I wanted Fell to look like; the scar on his eye and the ragged appearance just gave off vibes.

2. Gabriel / Van Helsing - Van Helsing (2004)

Fell went through a werewolf phase and so looked like this when I took inspiration from the werewolf design in this movie. The only difference from this was he wore tan shorts that were torn at the hems. This movie was a keystone in Fell’s development, because even to the present day his origins begin in gothic Europe. His real name is also Gabriel Valerius, names that are also from this movie (because I really just like how they fit together ok).

3. Smaug - The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (2013)

This dragon’s personality is everything Fell is and more. Smaug is a psychopath, and Fell is on that very border, especially when the moon is full. The dialect in which Smaug speaks is also very similar to the way Fell words his sentences and tones his voice. Like Smaug takes pleasure in playing with his food, so does Fell when he has a victim cornered. Smaug is essentially Fell when he no longer remembers who he is: a psychotic killer who takes pleasure in the hunt.

4. Scar - The Lion King (1994/2019)

Scar is a sassy, sarcastic villain who is fueled by hatred and jealousy. He wishes to be king instead of his brother, whom he soon murders in order to attain that goal. But Scar’s past is what made him into the person he is. Being overlooked by his family and his friends, Scar was an outcast and often felt as if he was not good enough. He was always trying to please everyone around him in the hopes of receiving even a small praise, but over time he let his anger consume him. When he was human, Fell too let anger consume him after the murder of his beloved bride to be, seeking revenge on every wolf he could hunt until he found the one that took his fiance away. Both characters let anger lead them down their unfortunate paths, and both characters also carry themselves in a similar fashion; Scar is brooding and melancholy, which is the same energy Fell gives off to others

5. Fell - David Clement-Davies’ Fell (2007)

The year Fell was created is the same year I discovered this book. Fell is a character in this series by David Clement-Davies. He is the brother of Larka, a she-wolf who is gifted with the Sight, the power to see through the eyes of birds and see what is yet to come. Fell also has this ability as revealed in Fell, but instead uses it differently than his sister. I’ve honestly not finished this series, but from what I’ve read so far, Fell is on point. This book is also where his name came from.

6. Sirius Black/The Grim - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

The black dog in the third Harry Potter movie, soon revealed as Sirius Black, got me thinking about Fell being seen as an omen. Before we know the dog is actually Sirius Black, one of the students believes it is a Grim, an omen of death in various folklore. This ties in with Fell being connected to the Big Bad Wolf of many fairy tales.

7. The Big Bad Wolf - various

Fell is THE big bad wolf of legend. The Wolf is a manifestation of people’s fear, and it is a curse that cannot be broken. The Wolf is damned to roam the earth forever bound by an eternal contract to do the bidding of anyone who summons him. He will kill on demand without question, and he feels nothing inside. Robbed of love and light, he serves only one purpose: to send those who have wronged his master to Hell. He no longer remembers his past or who he used to be.

Many people have tried to hunt the Wolf, but those who left never came back. Fell will kill anyone who tries to kill him; if someone were to kill him, the curse of the Wolf would be passed on to them. It is a fate worse than death, a fate Fell doesn’t wish upon anyone else.

awoo  // personals do not reblog

[gladiates]

56 french-language film recs!

I wanted to find some movies I can watch to improve my French, so I looked for films available on Kanopy (which is rly cool--if you live in the US, you can stream some movies for free if your library or school subscribes to it!) All of the following films are on Kanopy, and I imagine you can also find many of them on p*racy sites (totally not endorsing that at all no sir!). I’ve listed each film’s title along with its year and score on IMDB. I only included movies with at least 1,000 IMDB ratings and an average of at least 7/10 so they’re all reasonably acclaimed! I also included a short summary of each from IMDB as well. List below the cut because it’s long!

Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962, 7.9 from ~17.0k votes): Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.

The Rules of the Game (1939, 8.0 from ~26.6k votes): A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.

Breathless (1960. 7.8 from ~73.1k votes): A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.

The 400 Blows (1959, 8.1 from 105.1k votes): A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Purple Noon (1960, 7.8 from 14.2k votes): Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982, 7.4 from ~4.0k votes): In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.

Last Year at Marienbad (1961, 7.8 from ~20.3 votes): In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

The Wages of Fear (1953, 8.1 from ~54.5k votes): In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.

Tell No One (2006, 7.5 from ~50.7k votes): An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?

Queen Margot (1994, 7.4 from 16.3k votes): Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

Un Flic (1972, 7.1 from ~8.2k votes): After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953, 7.5 from ~16.8k votes): Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.

La Haine (1995, 8.1 from ~150.0k votes): 24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

Alphaville (1965, 7.1 from 22.9k votes): A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.

Tomboy (2011, 7.4 from 18.4k votes): A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.

Full Moon in Paris (1984, 7.4 from 3.8k votes): Louise, a young woman, who recently finished her studies in arts, is working as a interior decorator trainee. Playing the game of seduction, her life becomes more and more complicated.

Bob the Gambler (1956, 7.7k from 10.8k votes): After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.

La Chinoise (1967, 7.1 from ~6.2k votes): A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

The Innocents (2016, 7.3 from ~9.6k votes): 1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns are pregnant.

Germinal (1993, 7.1 from ~4.7k votes): In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017, 7.4 from ~13.4k votes): Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.

Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954, 7.8 from ~6.7k votes): An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975, 7.8 from ~7.4k votes): A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine.

Port of Shadows (1938, 7.8 from ~8.2k votes): A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.

Lumumba (2000, 7.2 from ~1.8k votes): The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.

Three Colors: Blue (1993, 7.9 from ~89.6k votes): A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.

The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, 7.7 from ~8.4k votes): Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

The Brand New Testament (2015, 7.1 from ~29.8k votes): Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?

La Rafle (2010, 7.1 from ~8.2k votes): A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Diabolique (1955, 8.0 from ~61.4k votes): The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006, 7.1 from ~18.5k votes): Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.

Mon Oncle (1958, 7.8 from ~18.8k votes): Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.

A Man Escaped (1956, 8.3 from ~19.1k votes): A captured French Resistance fighter during WWII engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison in France.

The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011, 7.0 from ~3.6k votes): In 1930s southern France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.

Weekend (1967, 7.2 from ~13k votes): A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.

Claire's Knee (1970, 7.6 from ~9.0k votes): On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.

Shoot the Piano Player (1960, 7.5 from ~17.5k votes): Charlie is approached by his crook brother Chico, who is chased by two gangsters. Charlie helps him to escape, but he upsets the criminals, so when his brother Fido is kidnapped, Charlie has to take an attitude with tragic consequences.

My Night at Maud's (1969, 7.9 from ~10.8k votes): The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

Eyes Without a Face (1960, 7.7 from ~27.5k votes): A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured, and goes to extremes to give her a new face.

Three Colors: Red (1994, 8.1 from ~90.4k votes): A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.

The Grocer's Son (2007, 7.0 from ~2.3k votes): Antoine moves home to help his mom drive the mobile grocery, when his dad's hospitalized. He brings Claire along, hoping she'll become more than a friend. He drives around Provence's countryside, selling mainly to old people.

Pickpocket (1959, ~7.7 from 19.6k votes): Michel is released from jail after serving a sentence for thievery. His mother dies and he resorts to pickpocketing as a means of surviva

La Collectionneuse (1967, 7.5 from ~6.6k votes): A womanizing art dealer and a painter find the serenity of their Riviera vacation disturbed by a third guest, a vivacious bohemian woman known for her long list of male conquests.

Code Unknown (2000, 7.2 from ~11.9k votes): A young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?

Children of Paradise (1945, 8.4 from ~18.2k votes): The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan and the four men who love her.

The Last Metro (1980, 7.4 from ~12.5k votes): In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Danton (1983, 7.5 from ~6.4k votes): In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

Orpheus (1950, 8.0 from ~10.5k votes): A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

Lacombe, Lucien (1974, 7.7 from ~6.5k votes): In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish gir

L'Atalante (1934, 7.8 from ~14.4k votes): Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

Le Million (1931, 7.4 from ~3.1k votes): An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.

La bête humaine (1938, 7.6 from ~6.8k votes): In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.

Black Girl (1966, 7.4 from ~3.5k votes): A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.

Out 1 (1971, 7.8 from ~1.1k votes): Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.

Les Misérables, Part 1 (1934, 8.2 from ~1.5k votes): The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.

Beau Travail (1999, 7.4 from ~8.5k votes): This film focuses on an ex-Foreign Legion officer as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in Djibouti.

[criminol]

Daniel Gonzalez, The Freddy Krueger Killer

Daniel Gonzalez was a serial killer who killed four people and injured two during a three-day killing spree in London and Sussex in September 2004. He was also known as the Freddy Krueger Killer as he was inspired by horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street.

Gonzalez was born in England and was known at school to be a good actor and a chess champion but also 'dark' and 'troubled.' From when he was 17-year-old onwards he received help for psychological problems. By 24 he was abusing drugs and spending most of his time watching horror films and playing violent computer games. Gonzalez was obsessed with scary movies and described himself as being similar to the character Freddy Krueger. He expressed the desire to become a famous serial killer. Gonzalez's mother wrote a letter to an MP criticising the lack of help her son had received for his mental health problems, in her letter she rhetorically asked 'does my son have to commit murder to get help?'

On 15th September 2004, Gonzalez approached a couple walking their dog and told the man he was going to kill him. The man fought him off and Gonzalez fled to Hove where he stabbed a 76-year-old woman while wearing a hockey mask. The scene was stated to be inspired by fictional serial killer Jason Voorhees who also wore a hockey mask. After killing the woman he returned home.

Two days later, Gonzalez travelled to Tottenham and stabbed a 46-year-old multiple times in the face, neck and torso. At 7 am, he forced his way into a nearby home but was fought off after he stabbed the homeowner in the arm. Gonzalez kept attempting to gain access to homes at random. He eventually broke into one and murdered an elderly couple. He later described the appearance as 'orgasmic.'

Gonzalez was arrested on 17th September at noon after being seen running away from his final victims' home naked and covered in blood. While awaiting trial he attempted to bite himself to death and was viewed as so dangerous and violent that officers would accompany him only in riot gear.

Gonzalez was found guilty and given six life sentences and the recommendation he should never be released. He later committed suicide by cutting himself with the edges of a broken CD in his prison cell on 9th August 2007.

[hime-memes]

( Requested ) This long list of starters comes from the youtube content creator: Nisipisa ! In particular, the video: ‘ Let’s Go Window Shopping 6: Crimes Against Pants with Shein ‘

Trigger Warnings: Sexual Innuendo, Alcohol & Drug Mentions and Swearing.

As always: feel free to change anything within these starters that you see fit to make it work for your muse & the receiver’s muse !

( Some sentences have been modified for length, understanding, or to give fuller context. )

“ First of all, these shorts ? I’m living for the whole outfit. I appreciate _____ finding a use for trashbags that’s not just holding trash. “

“ ... I don’t have enough brain bandwidth to actually hold enough information about it ... “

“ People deserve access to clothing in their size. 100 %. “

“ I’m already kinda impressed. “

“ This is a pretty dress & this is a pretty dress. That’s pretty ! That’s ... passable ? “ 

“ We had a lot of fun last time with t-shirts. “

“ Oh my god. Oh god ... Oh yes ! This is our first graphic tee of the day. “

“ It’s a crew neck in the ugliest shade of purple known to human or lobster eyes. “

“ Sorry: #Momlife. “ 

“ You can make sure your search engine optimization is as powerful as possible when you’re waiting in line to check out at Target™ for the fourth time this week. “ 

“ I didn’t mean to shame anybody that spends three days out of their week at Target™. “

“ If there wasn’t a panna cotta going on, that would be me. It’s my favorite place in the goddamn world ! “

“ It’s second only to shoe stores that sell a size twelve ! “ 

“ As we all know - I am not a mother and will likely biologically never be one, because God looked at me and said, ‘ If I give you a reproductive system, you’re going to be too powerful ‘ and so, he just nuked my uterus. “

“ I don’t find that this t - shirt celebrates motherhood in any meaningful way. “ 

“ I do think it celebrates having bad taste in a meaningful way. “

“ You know what ? For some people: That’s enough. “ 

“ ... We aren’t going to address why having a cutout tight might be useful ... “

“ And THIS is the sexiest shoe we could have put my girl in ?! “

“  You guys put her in this conservative nightmare heel ?! “

“ I like that ______ thinks you should wear all these graphic tees with light wash mom jeans and converse low tops. “

“ I think every website should encourage it’s patrons to dress like the main character of a Sarah Dessen novel from 2007. “

“ There’s some high schooler in a debate club that’s really into it. It’s kinda their whole personality, and they’re like: ‘ This is so ironically funny for me ‘. “

“ In the year of our Lord, 2008: I started high school and my absolute favorite shirt to wear was a shirt quite like this. “

“ It looked like I was wearing long sleeves under short sleeves when in reality, I was wearing a crime. “

“  Have you ever tried layering ? Like, actual layering ? It sucks ! “ 

“ You’re kidding ! A double whammy in the same row ? Oh my god ... “ 

“ ... We have also inexplicably made the model hit this pose. “

“ The person who needs these pants is someone who likes to go out and party - likes to go to the club - but, they are also the president of a fan club for Shar Pei dogs. “

“ You know what dogs I think are cute ? ( * Googles favorite dog * ) Just look at this guy ! “ 

“ Look at these pointy bastards ! “

“ This is like if you had a bat and you did a spell on it to make it a dog ! “ 

“ These ... Now THIS is a pair of pants ! “

“  Clinically depressed, stressed jeans. “

“  You take leopard print fabric and sew it into your distressed holes. “

“ You don’t have to frankenstein it into this type of fit ... this is kinda like how a hypebeast would dress if they were in elementary school. “

“ If you put a bow on this and a tutu: this is me and my girls rolling up to the Jojo Siwa concert. “

“ Am I saying I wouldn’t wear these shorts ? No, I’m not saying that at all - I would wear the fuck outta these shorts ! “

“  As we’ve established: my taste is awful. “ 

“ Do you think in 1503, when Lisa del Giocondo sat down to start being painted for this portrait - she thought in a couple hundred years some random fast fashion brand would take her likeness, photoshop a face mask on it ... and sell it on a graphic t - shirt ? “

“ The only responsibilities I had were watching Rugrats and learning object permanence. “

“ Stop living in the past. The future is fun because my videos are in it ! “

“ This little cherry top, I think I’d probably wear. I think it’s very sweet ! “

“  I’m so weak to anything with a grid print. “ 

“ I’m going to think about this shirt for the rest of my life ... “

“ What exactly does a lil’ house elf from Harry Potter™ have to do with this ? “

“ I do feel like this floral print will cause my brain to atrophy if I look at it too long. “ 

“ Rosé is not the only wine to rhyme with ‘ all day ‘. Rosé isn’t even good ! “

“ You know what ? I don’t work for _______, so it’s fine. It’s not my responsibility ! “ 

“ Hey guys, you having fun at mushroom college ? “

“ I saw two things: The crotch butterfly and the booty butterfly and now I’m thinking these are the only clothes anyone should ever wear. Ever. “ 

“ NOT THE ‘ SEX ’ EARRINGS !? YES ! “ 

“ This is brazenly and offensively targeting a very very very specific group of people that I went to my preppy college with and I don’t appreciate that. “

“ I’ve worn spaghetti sauce stained yoga pants to bed that are sexier than this ! “

“ I’d wear the fuck outta this. “

“ I don’t know what I can say ... the picture speaks for itself, this is awful ! “

“ I’ve been saying for the longest time there is absolutely no store online that I can find articles of clothing for my single, mid-western, art teacher from the 70s, halloween costume. Finally someone is filling that niche ! “

“ This is absolutely unprecedented, because _______ decided to take something that, not only didn’t exist, but that no one has ever asked for and make it a reality. “ 

“ They think to themselves: ‘ Man - I love leopard print and I love galaxy print: but, I wish there was some way I could experience them at the same time, in an orientation that looks like the very beginnings of a DMT trip, and I wish I could experience all that whilst exercising. “

“  This is so tacky that I wanna wear it. “ 

“ Lord - Jesus, life is so beautiful. and full ... and amazing ! “ 

“ Curse allttle and carra fu///ng ON. “

“ The Rocky Horror Picture Show did not die for our sins for you to make this, okay ____ ? “

“ I feel like the person that wears this is a representative from the International Coalition of Clowns that are also Sexy. “

“ I want the opposite of this: I want a pink pastel frilly one piece that just says across the front of it, in like Curlz MT font : ‘ Death ‘. “

“ Listen, I don’t know what font that is, but I would like President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to outlaw it. I don’t think it does society any good. “ 

“ I heart freak city ? “

“ Uh yeah, I live on Drip Goth Punk street. “

“ Is that near Superfreak Sexy Gurl lane ? “ 

“ We have a big snake problem here in Boston and I’m glad _____ is finally recognizing this. “

“ Mama. “ * Cue insane cackling * 

“ This shirt says ‘ heart stopper ’ ... that’s me when I’m a serial killer ! “ 

“ That’s so topical and current ! Thank you, _______. “ 

[maxwell-grant]

Good grief, the mental image of Doctor Quartz making common cause with Fantomas has just struck me - it's not a pretty picture, though one suspects those two would be more inclined to admire the other's work from afar AT BEST (and might well prefer to regard the other as quite as subhuman as every being on Earth other than themselves).

I imagine if there's one villain that Fantomas wouldn't try to kill or sight or would at least begrundingly accept working with for a couple of scenes, it would have to be Quartz, who's inhumanly eerie and skilled at dominating or taming even the most berserk murderers, and neither of their goals are that opposite. Not that it would last, of course not, but there's a slightly more solid grounds for partnership here than with other potential team-ups with Fantomas.

Because on one hand, yeah, obviously Quartz is just as arrogant and sure of himself as the supervillains that followed him, and really, it's not like he's undeservedly confident in his own abilities, being, y'know, the smartest man alive, stronger than a man who can toss bulls for funsies, a perfect gentleman in manners, able to escape death time and time again and so on.

But there's an interesting aspect to him in the stories I've read in that, both he, and the story, actually admit they have a superior, in the form of Zanoni the Woman Wizard, one of the people Quartz corrupted into becoming one of Nick Carter's enemies.

Zanoni is, or was, as mad as any woman confined in an asylum for the insane, but she had a method to her madness. Dr Quartz had utterly destroyed her sense of right and wrong, just as he once sought to destroy yours.

She had no compassion, she loved crime for crime's sake, and she delighted in cruelty and inflicting pain. But she was also throughly learned in the sciences practiced by Dr Quartz that she had become a menace to him rather than a help.

Quartz never the saw the human being he feared - even Zanoni. But Quartz admitted on the witness stand, when he had given up all hope of escape, that she was, if she chose to be so, more dangerous than he, for the reason that she was more subtle.

Don't you remember his saying, "There are some branches of the sciences I practice, in which the pupil has become the teacher: in which Zanoni could teach me"?

One of these days I'm definitely going to have to dedicate a much lenghtier talk about the great female villains of the pulps, and first and foremost among these is definitely going to have to be Zanoni. I cannot find any image that does justice to her so you'll have to go by description:

She's got the deftness of Satan with the brutality of Hercules; the wisdom of Solomon, with the recklessness of the devil; the shrewdness of a woman, with the courage of a man; the softness of a siren, with the strength of a Hercules; the learning of the living wise men of the earth, with the ingenuousness of a girl graduate; and the beauty of an houri, with the brutality of hell itself.

And her incredible lines like

"When the graves give up their dead, then you will find Zanoni. When sheeted ghosts walk the earth and converse with mortals, then you will find Zanoni. When the sun and the moon meet in the heavens and travel in company around the earth, then you will find Zanoni. When angels learn to swear, and devils learn to pray, then you will find Zanoni; but not till then.

Or the classic

Have no fear, my pretty man, my cornucopia of driveling goodness. When I make love to you, it will be to your articulated skeleton–to your empty, fleshless skull–to your heart preserved in alcohol and your liver thrown to the dogs.

As far as I can find, it is actually Zanoni who was responsible for killing Dr Quartz in the last story I can find that featured the character, called "Dr Quartz's Last Play", after he betrays her, and she throws herself off a cliff (the blurb for the next story states she was to return though). I'm not certain of whether or not Dr Quartz came back after this. This story took place in 1912, which intersects with Fantomas's own beginnings.

Actually, there is an existing "Nick Carter vs Fantomas" story, based on a French play from 1910. I was a bit confused at first as to why Fantomas was showing up in an 1910 story considering he debuted in 1911, but from what I found, apparently Fantomas was only added to the story on the 2007 translation that unearthed the story.

Mind you, that doesn't have to be the definitive explanation for it. Maybe there is something more to the idea that Fantomas's debut has some kind of strange connection to Nick Carter and his legendary Rogues Gallery. Maybe Fantomas is one of the many pupils and understudies of Dr Quartz, or maybe he's a successful experiment of his. Or maybe the two of them crawled out of the same pit of horrors. Take your pick. There's a story here.

And finally, there is an interesting, very amusing factoid about "Dr Quartz's Last Play", and it's the way he's supposedly buried for good 100% definitely pinky-swear this time, in the final sentence of the story.

Nick Carter remained there more than an hour, watching that small fissure in the rocks; but at last he turned away with a deep sigh, and rejoined Chick.

"Zanoni is dead," he said. "We will not search for her."

Doctor Quartz's body was taken far out upon the open sea, tied and sewed inside a shotted hammock, and dropped into the depths.

I'm definitely not gonna say this was intentional, but it does ring up an interesting parallel to another late-19th century megalomaniac mass murdering supervillain, with a bodybuilder's physique and a deserved reputation as "evil incarnate", who used his hypnotic charisma to gather an elite of criminals and monsters, to try and raise hell against a heroic and gentle strongman he had a begruding respect and admiration for, and who was disposed of at the end through a burial at sea

(if only temporarily).