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thebookwormfairy · 2 years ago

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TEEN DETECTIVE BUCK

As always feel free to use these ideas for your own works

Evan spent a lot of time in hospitals as a kid

Weather it was because he had to donate something for his brother or because of his own reckless actions

To past the time he would read mystery novels

He loved a good mystery and that transfered to his real life

In his home town he would go searching for mysteries

Nothing too big, just a missing pet here, finding out who stole a necklace there

He was able to mostly stay off the local police radars

But that change when his parents moved him, his sister and brother to Los Angeles so that his brother could get better treatment when Buck was 9

With his parents focus on Daniel's treatment and Maddie focus of College Buck had a lot of free time on his hand and decided to continue his boy detective antics

As he got older Daniel got better but his parents still gave all their attention to him and sometimes Maddie and the only time has parents acknowledge his existence was when he was hurt or when he had to be picked up from the police station when he was caught "trespassing" for a case

Which is why he is in the backseat of his favorite police officer's car, Athena Grant

He first time met Athena was shortly after he moved to LA

He was looking for a classmates lost parrot that turned out to be extremely rare and stumbled on a black market animal trade

He snuck in and grab his friends parrot before sneaking out and calling 911

911 operator: 911 what's your emergency?

13 year old Buck: Um hi, I think I found an animal smuggling ring.

911 operator: ....I'm sorry could you repeat that?

Buck: I was looking for my friend's parrot and found an animal smuggling ring

911 operator: ...Ok? Where are you located

Buck told them he was at a warehouse by the docks

911 operator *switching over to call Athena": Hey Officer Grant I have a kid on the other line that says he found an animal smuggling ring.

Athena *rolling her eyes*: Well I'll give the kid this that is a prank call I haven't heard before.

911 operator:. Here's the thing, he's calling from a payphone at the docks, so he's either telling the truth or taking the prank way to far. Can you please go check on him?

Athena: I'm never too busy to lecture kids on the importance of not wasting 911's time.

911 operator: Thanks Athena! *Switching back over to Buck* Okay there is an officer heading to your location.

Buck *Just excited that he founds his friend's parrot*:. Awesome thanks!

Buck kept talking to the 911 operator until Athena pulled up to him.

Buck told the operator the police were there and hung up to run up to Athena

Buck: Thanks goodness you're here! We're going to need back up! That warehouse is full of all sorts of animals, like tigers and penguins, and those guys were being sooo mean to the animals and they stole my friend's bird!

Athena watch as this strange teenager who ran up with a blue parrot on his shoulder

Athena: What's your name kid?

Buck: Evan, but I go by Buck because when I first moved here there were already like 5 Evans in my class so instead I go by Buck instead of being Evan B

Athena: And do your parents know where you are?

Buck: Maybe? I know I told them before I left but they were busy talking about Daniel so I don't know if they heard me.

Athena: Ok this was a funny joke but let's get you home ande and your parents can have a nice long talk with you about prank calling 911

Buck: But it wasn't a prank! Follow me I'll show you!

Buck ran off and Athena had no choice but to follow him

He lead the officer to a ladder that lead to a fire escape exit for the warehouse that had obviously been tamper with to not go off when open

Following the boy she found exactly what he described, a warehouse filled with animals of all kinds, and men walking around either on phones probably talking to their customers or throwing food at different animals while kicking the cages

Seeing enough Athena led Buck out of the warehouse again and made sure they were a safe distance away before radioing dispatch for back up

Athena: Dispatch this is officer Grant, it turns out that prank call wasn't a prank after all, I'm going to need several more units and animal control at my location now.

After the ring was busted and animal control had the animals under control Athena walks back up to Buck

Buck: That was awesome! Do you think you can give me a ride to my friend's house? I want to return Blu to his owner

Athena: Sure and while we do that, we're going to have a nice long talk about how you shouldn't sneak into warehouses and sneak past potentially very dangerous men so that you can get a parrot back.

Despite that talk, Buck ran into Athena more times that she would have liked at first

Buck just seemed to have a knack for simple mysteries turning into major crimes

Looking for a lost necklace?

Ends up finding a jewel smuggling ring

Finding out who was spray painting they school ?

Uncovering a conspiracy to frame certain kids to get them kicked out

Just trying to find out who his secrete admirer is?

Turns out they're a stalker who follows his cases!

Buck became so much apart of Athena's career that he got is own code so Athena automatically knows that this has something to do with Buck

Over time their exasperated relationship turned into pseudo mother son relationship

Buck open up to Athena about how his parents focus more on his older siblings, Maddie who was in Nursing school and Daniel who was pre-med

That on the rare times they did acknowledge him it was because he did something they preserved as wrong or he was hurt

Athena took that poor boy under her wing and basically started to raise him as her own

She would go to his school events, encourage him when he needs it, and be a shoulder to cry on when the silence at home got to be too much for him

Athena wasn't the only emergency reaponder that Buck was well aquatinted with

He was also well know in the 118

Hey you didn't do what Buck does without getting injured or stuck in a really high tree, which is how he met Bobby

Since Bobby had joined the 118 he had heard stories about this teen detective that got himself into all sorts of trouble

Bobby didn't really believe them, he honestly thought that the team was trying to trick him

Until he got a call that a code baby blue was stuck in a tree

Bobby: I'm sorry dispatch could you repeat that?

Dispatch: You must be new, code baby blue is Buck, he somehow hot himself stuck in a tree

Bobby: Okay dispatch

Bobby turns to Hen and Chimney

Bobby: Buck is a real person?

Chimney: Yeah, did you think he wasn't?

Bobby: I honestly thought you guys were pulling my leg

Hen:. Oh no Cap, Buck is very much a really person and I can't wait for you to meet him

When they got to the sight, Bobby was expecting a scrawny preteen maybe 10 feet above the ground

What he got was a burley 16 year old, 20 feet in the air

Buck *waving his hand*: Hi Hen, hi Chimney! I know what this looks like but please don't tell Athena!

Hen *laughing*: What are you doing up there Buckaroo?

Buck: I was working on a case and a piece of evidence got blown up here

Chimney was shaking his head and taking pictures as Bobby clipped in and started to climb the ladder to get this kid that should have known better out of the tree

Buck *as Bobby reached him*: Hi I'm Buck! I promise this was totally worth it! This fabric is the key to solving my case!

Bobby: please climb down

Buck: okay!

Bobby clipped Buck in and they started their descent down from the tree

They were almost down when a police car came speeding into the parking lot

Athena *over her loud speaker*: Evan Buck Buckley you are in so much trouble

Buck: Oh man

Apparently Buck was supposed to be grounded after he snuck into a warehouse he thought was making counterfeit items

And they were because the fabric clutch in his hand proved it!

Bobby couldn't help but laugh at this whole situation

Bobby kept seeing Buck and soon also emotionally adopted him

When it came time for Buck's highschool graduation, his parents didn't come but his siblings did, as did the 118, and a good number of the LAPD

After Buck graduated he got an associates degree and spent some time traveling around before he shocked every first responder in the LA area by entering the fire academy

Everybody was so sure he was going to be a police officer or even a private detective, but no he became a firefighter

But his keen detective mind helped him on more than a few occasions

He was the first to figure out the bank heist skeem

And when it came to the lock yard mystery his brain was humming with ideas and theories

Athena: Don't even think about it Buck

Buck: But-

Athena: No I remember that gleam in your eyes

Buck: The mail isn't her own and there seems to be-

Athena: No!

Buck *talking quicker*: I bet she was blackmailing someone!

Athena: Bobby get our son out of here before he ends up back in the back of my police cruiser!

Bobby: Of course honey! C'mon Buck, listen to your mother

Buck pouted like a child and the rest of the team laughed at him except Eddie

Eddie: What does she mean by being back in the back of her police cruiser

Buck: I was a bit of a nosey kid-

Chimney: Oh no! You are not going to play this down! This kid was a menace! He was a real Nancy Drew and that would get him in so much trouble!

Buck: It didn't get me in that much trouble

Hen: Did you forget when we had to get you out of a vending machine because some guy you were tailing locked you in there

Chimney: Of that time your got stuck in a fence because you were sure that the old factory was being used to make counterfeit money

Buck:. THEY WERE!

Bobby: let's not forget how we met, you being stuck in a 20 ft tree

Eddie: Damn Buck, you were a bit of a trouble maker

Buck *blushing*: I was more of a trouble magnet, I didn't mean to get in trouble it just sort of found me

Athena: Yeah that happens when you actively look for it

Eddie: Buck Buckley teen detective! You could write books!

Bobby: Don't encourage him to encourage more teen detectives!

#911 #911 fox #evan buckley #buck buckley #teen dective #athena grant #athena grant is buck's mom #And she is a tired mom #buddie #if you squint

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pipperoni32-blog · 6 months ago

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Dad Camp

by Evan S. Porter / 4 stars

I'm one of the first ones to admit that I don't give dad's near enough credit, especially in fiction. They get cast so easily as the villain, or even forgotten.

In Dad Camp, John has noticed a gap growing between him and his daughter Avery. They used to do everything together, he's always been her buddy and there for her, but as she gets ready to enter middle school, he feels like he's being pushed farther and farther away. So he signs them up for a summer camp - and also manages to get her away from the try outs for the traveling soccer team that he can't follow her to.

John's expectations of the camp are that there will be plenty of activities for him and Avery to bond over. To have time away where they can spend quality time, and remind her of how well they work together. Instead, other than one group activity a day with the girls, John finds himself pushed into activities with his worst nightmare - the other dads.

A look into different relationships that can develop between dads and daughters. The different ways they can let them down. The saving grace, the realization that it's not too late and things can change. The ways dads can be there for their daughters.

Like I said, it's so easy to overlook the time and role dad's can have in their children's life, especially their daughters. Parents give so much when their children are born, and they don't always understand the needs that come with different ages as their child grows up. This was such a sweet book, with such an earnest dad.

Thank you to Penguin Group for the ARC through NetGalley! I would have missed this one if you hadn't recommended it for me, and I would have been sad to miss out on this gem!

#booklr #book review #netgalley #book arcs #penguin group books #evan s porter #dad camp #heartfelt

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m-jelly · 2 years ago

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Hi there :) If this is good please consider it?: I was thinking pregnant s/o who is full term and the due date is 3 weeks away where there is. Snow storm and Levi is home so reader gives birth at home ? (Hange being the doctor 😫)

Snowstorm

Pairing: Levi x Reader

Genre and tags: Romance, fluff, married couple, Dr Hange, pregnant reader, snow storm, birth, sheriff Levi, country living.

Concept: You're three weeks away from having your baby boy and a snow storm hits your town. You and Levi hope it blows over, but the storm stays and the snow won't stop. You go into labour a few days from your due date and can't get to the hospital. Levi calls Hange to help deliver the baby. Levi rushes into the snow and helps bring Hange and their things over to you. You bring your son into the world with a close friend at your side and your husband.

Tag list: @ladycheesington @levisbrat25 @skittlelover69 @strawberrybunny123 @nyxiieluna @li-anne @galactict3a @notgoodforlife @demonsimp6

You waddled like a penguin into the living room as the weather report came on. You placed the tray of snacks and drinks down on the coffee table as you watched the report. "Damn, a snowstorm huh?"

Levi opened the front door in his winter sheriff things. He kicked off the small amount of snow on his boots. "Honey, I'm home."

"Hey, bear."

He slipped his boots off and hooked up his jacket. "How are you and Evan?"

"We're good." You looked over at him as he walked into the living room. "Snowstorm is coming. I'm worried about having the baby." You rubbed your bump. "What if we can't make it to the hospital?"

Levi hugged you from behind. "We'll be okay, I promise. I'll call up Dr Hange and their wife Nurse Alyssa to see if they can help if we get snowed in."

You relaxed in his arms. "You're right, they both will look after us if we do."

Levi helped you sit on the sofa. "Rest, relax and enjoy yourself. I'm home now, so let me look after you."

You smiled at him. "Thank you. Was work okay?"

"Yeah, I was just helping farmers prepare for the snow." He sat between your legs before putting your legs over his shoulders. He hummed and massaged your feet. "Tch shit it's going to be bad."

"You think Hange and Alyssa will help us?"

"Yes." He pulled his phone out and texted Hange. "They're in if the storm is bad."

You sighed. "I feel a lot better now."

Levi kissed your leg. "I'm glad." He picked up a chocolate muffin and ate it. "Mm, there's banana in this."

"I'm honoured you noticed."

He nipped your leg making you giggle. You hummed as Levi touched you more before you both went to bed together and had a little fun. The next few days the snow got worse and worse. Levi would go out and deal with it around the house and the road outside your home.

Levi shovelled snow and stopped when he saw the storm clouds getting closer. "Tch, too late." He looked back at the house to see you in the window looking pained and worried. He hurried inside. "Honey?"

You nibbled your lip. "I need the hospital."

He looked at your trousers to see you'd changed them. "Your water break?"

You nodded. "And I've been timing the pain. Our son is coming today."

Levi looked down the street at the storm. "Honey, I don't think we can get to the hospital. The storm is coming."

You stepped out and looked. "Oh, you're right. Shit." You nibbled your lip. "What do we do?"

He ushered you into the house. "I'll call Hange and their wife."

"Thank you."

He cupped your face and wiped your tears. "It's going to be okay."

You nodded. "Yes, yes it is." You grabbed Levi's coat and groaned in pain. "Levi."

He closed the door and put his coat up. He moved you to the living you. "Wait here. Let me set up some towels."

You started your breathing exercises and watched as it got dark. "Levi?"

He lay everything out for you. "I'm off to go collect them now." He helped you sit on the blankets. "I'll be quick, I swear."

You rubbed your belly. "Go." You smiled at him. "Thank you for getting them. Thank you for doing this for me and the baby."

He smiled. "I love you both."

You pushed him. "Now go!" You giggled. "Go."

He ran to the door and pulled on his snow things. He went out into the snow and walked from his home to Hange's. He banged on their door. "Hange! Alyssa!"

Alyssa opened the door for Levi. "Oh, hey Levi."

"My wife is going into labour and the storm is coming in. Please, help."

Hange ran up behind their wife. "Bag is all ready! Let's bring a life into this world! Alyssa? Get my special bags!"

Levi hugged himself. "Can we hurry? The storm is coming and if we don't leave soon, we won't be able to get back to my wife!"

Hange ran out with bags. "Ready!"

Levi sighed as he watched Alyssa run after locking the door. "Both too hyper. Tch, you both better tone it down when we get to my place!"

Alyssa grinned. "Can't believe you're having a baby with my dear friend."

"Hm."

Hange nodded. "It's shocking, right? A cute thing like her ending up with a grumpy man like him."

Levi groaned. "I'm going to regret this..." He led both to his house just as the snow started. He unlocked the door to hear your scream of pain. He shouted your name and ran to you. "I'm here!"

You huffed and puffed. "You made it!" You smiled as sweat poured off you. "I'm so glad."

Hange slammed the front door. "Let's make a baby!"

Alyssa laughed. "Babe? The baby has already been made."

"Oh yeah..."

You groaned a little in pain. "Guys? Little help here!"

Hange hurried over and step up their things. "Alright, I'm going to put my fingers up there to check."

You blushed. "Sure."

Hange pulled on gloves and checked. "We're on our way to delivery. Alyssa? I need warm water please."

Alyssa winked. "On it!"

"We're gonna stay kneeling for the birth, okay? Gravity will help us out."

You held Levi's arms. "Perfect."

Levi held your arms and smiled. "You're doing wonderful."

You smiled at him. "I love you."

He kissed you. "Love you too." He helped you put your hair up. "There. Do we need to change her clothes?"

Hange hummed. "Possibly. Just a long shirt will do."

Alyssa ran upstairs. "On it!" She ran back down with a bedshirt. "This one?"

You smiled. "Thank you."

She handed it to Levi. "I'll be back with that water!"

Levi helped you out of your clothes and into the shirt. "There."

You laughed. "Can't believe two close friends have seen me half naked and one is touching my insides." You let out a long sigh. "Should I call the mayor Erwin's wife and to come see?"

Alyssa placed the water down. "She'd love to be here. Us three girls together, it'll be nice."

Levi shook his head. "Having a baby is not the right time for a girl's night."

"I dunno, it'll be fun."

You laughed. "Love the thought, but I'm good for now." You gripped Levi hard and cried out. "Shit."

Alyssa looked out the window. "Storm is here."

Hange glanced outside. "Oh pretty!"

Levi growled. "Would you two focus!?"

Hange checked. "Oh! Oh we're ready! Alyssa? Water!"

Levi watched in awe as his two hyper friends suddenly become laser focused and helped you out. You were cleaned, given support, helped with breathing techniques and guided perfectly through the birth. He held your arms and let you squeeze him so tightly as you worked through the pain. He showered you in praise as you smiled at him when you weren't hurting.

You gasped when you felt your son come out. You laughed when you heard his sobs. "I did it!"

Levi cupped your face. "You're fucking incredible. I love you."

You laughed as he showered your sweaty face in kisses. "I love you too."

"I'm so proud of you."

Hange moved your son and handed him to their wife. "I need you to push the afterbirth and then we'll start cleaning you up."

Levi held you as you did and lay you back when you were done. "Good girl."

Alyssa cradled your son and carefully cleaned him. "He's perfectly healthy, breathing well and has all his toes. There are no extra surprises!"

Hange smiled and checked the little one over. "You're right, he's perfect and very chunky." They picked up your son and handed him over. "There you go, mummy."

You welled up and cried happy tears as you held your son. "Look at him."

Levi sat next to you and put his arm around you. "He's perfect." He looked over at his friends. "Thank you. I owe you."

Alyssa opened her arms. "Bebe then."

Hange laughed. "No babe, we're not having their baby. Don't joke around with them, okay? Joke later, for now let them bask in being parents."

"Got it."

"But it has got me thinking. You looked good holding him."

Alyssa blushed. "Yeah...so did you."

Levi sighed. "This is cute and all, but we need to focus on staying warm, keeping the house powered and making sure my wife doesn't have complications."

Hange checked you over and dressed you with Alyssa's help. "All clean and sorted. She just needs rest."

"Got it." Levi helped you up and moved you to the bedroom. "Rest, my love."

You lay on your side with your son lying next to you. "He's so perfect. I can't thank the Zoe's enough."

"We'll get them something." He lay on the other side and smiled at you as he placed his hand on his son. "You were incredible."

"Thank you."

Hange peeked around the door. "Hey, mummy and daddy, we doing alright in here?"

You gave a thumbs up. "Good. Everything is numb right now, but I'll pester you for drugs later. Oh, and Hange? Thank you to you and your wife. You're both incredible. I am blessed to have friends like you."

Hange grinned. "Anything for you two. Get some rest, okay?"

"Take our guest room. You and Alyssa need sleep."

"Thank you! We will!"

Levi sighed when Hange closed the door. "It's like having two toddlers full of sugar."

You giggled. "They're sweet."

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longitudinalwaveme · 4 years ago

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Thoughts About the DCU’s Cities (and Other Nerdy Stuff)

You know, in addition to being a really terrible place to live, Gotham has some really weird demographics. And by that, I mean it seems to have no middle class. The city’s non-police officer, non-criminal population seems to be composed almost entirely out of millionaires living in mansions and poor people living in slums. Now, this is probably partially because it’s a lot easier to get drama from the very wealthy and the very poor than from the middle class, but it’s still a bit strange. It’s like the population of Gotham is 70% criminal (this group includes the corrupt wealthy businessmen and politicians, random thugs, and supervillains), 9% corrupt cops, 1% honest police officers, 10% innocent poor people, and 10% innocent rich people. Now, I haven’t read every Batman comic out there, and there are probably some counter-examples, but it’s still a strange overall trend.

On the flip side, you’ve got Central and Keystone City, which have their own weird demographics. In the Flashes’ hometown(s), the lower and middle classes are well-represented, but unlike Gotham, which is chock-full of millionaires, Keystone/Central has a noticeable absence of the wealthy, with W.W. Wiggins and Mr. and Mrs. Rathaway serving as the major exceptions. (Wally did win the lottery at one point, but that didn’t last very long.) Central City is more white-collar and financially stable than Keystone is, but the populations of both cities are both overwhelmingly presented as being average, everyday people.

Gotham’s big villains are, by and large, very well-educated. While there are exceptions (like Catwoman, Killer Croc, and some of the Clayfaces), it’s still a noticeable trend. Mr. Freeze (aka Dr. Victor Fries) earned his doctorate in the field of cryogenics. Poison Ivy (aka Dr. Pamela Isley) earned her doctorate in botany. Two-Face (alias Harvey Dent), was the District Attorney of Gotham City before he became a villain. In order to become a district attorney, Harvey would have needed to earn a law degree, pass his bar exam, and obtain a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.). The Scarecrow (alias Dr. Jonathan Crane) earned a doctorate in psychology and actually taught as a professor of psychology before becoming a supervillain. Harley Quinn (alias Dr. Harleen Quinzel) likewise earned a doctorate in psychology. The Riddler (Edward Nygma), wouldn’t have needed a college degree in his older origins, where he was a carnival worker, but in recent years, he’s sometimes been presented as having worked in computer programming or with law enforcement, usually as some sort of forensics expert. He probably would’ve needed to earn at least a bachelor’s degree to get a job as a computer programmer; to be a forensic scientist he’d likewise need to get a bachelor’s degree (in, well, forensic science). Professor Hugo Strange has a degree in psychology (probably a doctorate).The third Clayface, Preston Payne, was a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs before becoming Clayface, which means that he almost certainly had a degree of some sort. The Penguin (alias Oswald Cobblepot) also has a college degree. It’s in ornithology, because of course it is.

The Flash Rogues, by contrast? Not so much. We know Zoom (alias Hunter Zolomon) has a college degree, presumably in law enforcement and/or criminal profiling, since he worked in the FBI and later for the KCPD as a criminal profiler. Albert Desmond also went to college and got a degree (likey in physics and/or chemistry), since he works as a scientist after reforming. Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash (alias Eobard Thawne) may have had the 25th-century equivalent of a college degree, since apparently he was a teacher at some point in his history. The Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway) may have a college degree, but it’s not entirely clear. In the first telling of his origin, Hartley’s father claimed that he graduated from college and got a job at a prominent business firm, but in a later retelling, Hartley said that he attended and got kicked out of several colleges and never mentioned graduating from any of them. If he did graduate, it was probably with a degree in business or something, since I’m sure that’s the field his parents would’ve wanted him to go into. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the Top (Roscoe Dillon) at least attended college at some point, since he seems to be from a more upper-class family than most of the other Rogues, but there’s no concrete evidence for it.

The rest of the Rogues almost certainly never attended college; I’d be surprised if most of them even made it through high school. Golden Glider (Lisa Snart) probably made it through high school, since she became a prominent figure skater. Heat Wave (Mick Rory) and the second Trickster, Axel Walker, are both high school dropouts, as is Captain Boomerang, Jr. (Owen Mercer). The second Mirror Master, Evan McCulloch, is probably a dropout as well, since he ran away from the orphanage at 16. The first Trickster, James Jesse, was a carny kid, so he might never have formally gone to school at all. Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Sr., the first Mirror Master, Sam Scudder, and Weather Wizard are more unclear (especially the latter two). I’d say that there’s pretty good odds that both Captains dropped out of high school. Sam could go either way since we know nothing about his personal life before he became the Mirror Master. Weather Wizard is probably the most likely of the four to have graduated from high school, since he seems to be from a more well-off family than many of the others and likes to at least act well-read and well-educated. But I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that he was a dropout, either, especially since we know he was always in Clyde’s shadow and didn’t seem himself as particularly smart or special before he got the wand. So who knows.

#flash rogues #batman villains #dc comics #flash comics #batman comics

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optimistic-dinosaur-nacho · 5 years ago

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WIRED

Chris Evans x Fem!Reader

Warnings: None

Summary: Y/N L/N and Chris Evans filmed a movie together and are asked to answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions. Pretty straight forward right?

Author’s Note: It’s 6:17 am here in California and I just wanted to make this, I woke up at 9 pm and I didn’t fall back asleep.

Love you!

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“Don’t touch me!” Y/N playfully slaps Chris’s arm as he laughs, “Oh, now you don’t want me to?” He asked, “You just get all sour on me now?” Chris turns to the man behind the camera. “Maybe she just didn’t get her coffee,” Chris mutters.

Y/N laughs. “Okay, let’s do our intro.”

“Who goes first? You? Me?” He asks, he shakes his head, “You go, you go,” He waves his hand. Y/N shakes her head, turning to the camera with a board in hand. “Hey fans, my name is Y/N L/N.”

Chris laughs, “Hi, and I’m Chris Evans. And we’re about to do a WIRED autocomplete interview.”

“Who should go first, you?” Y/N asks, Chris points to the board, “It has your name on it, so here, I’ll take it and you peel them off.”

“Aw, what a gentleman,” Y/N says, Chris turns to the camera witha childish smile, “I know. I am, am I?” He says.

“I just peel them off?” Chris nods, “Yep, just rip them off.” Y/N takes the edge of the strip. “Who Y/N L/N...” She tilts her head, “Wow, lacking some words there.” She rips it off.

“Who Y/N L/N look like?” The woman looks at the camera, “You’re looking right at her, people.” Chris laughs. Y/N smiled and reached for another, “Who was Y/N L/N...” Rip. “...date at the Oscars?” Y/N smiles.

“Uh, my first Oscars was my dad, he was happy to be there in 2010. I had my mom, my sibling and then my recent two were Chris Evans. And Chris Evans, he’s a very nice guy.” Chris nods, “Hm. I should meet that guy,” He says.

Y/N nods, “Yeah, you should.” Y/N reaches for the next, “Who is Y/N L/N... sibling?”

“I have a brother/sister, their name is S/N and I’m the oldest sibling and I love them.” Y/N takes the board and throws it behind them. “Next, where’s this guys board at?” Y/N asks. The camera man hands her the board.

“Who Chris Evans,” Y/N starts, holding the board, “Peel them off. Rip ‘em.” Chris grabs the strip, “Who Chris Evans look like?” He asks. Y/N nods, “He looks like Scott Evans, just a bit more taller and more shoulder mass.”

Chris chuckles, “When I was younger some people used to tell me I looked like Ricky Nelson.”

“Oh, yeah. You do,” Y/N nods. Chris reaches for the next strip, “Who Chris Evans date at the Oscars-Wow! Similar questions,” Chris says. Y/N laughs. “Well, it was my ma one year and then my sister. Then I had Y/N L/N at the Oscars with me.”

“Oh wow. How was she at the Oscars?” Y/N asked, Chris smiles, reaching for the next strip, “She was beautiful, would love to take her as a date again.” Chris rips the next one off. “What Chris Evans dog’s name?” Chris smiles. “His name is Dodger, he’s a mixed-breed boxer, I got him in the year of 2017 when I was filming with Mckenna Grace on the set of Gifted. I adopted him. Mostly I call him Bubba, that just... is what I say a lot.”

Y/N throws the board back. “Another!” Y/N takes the next board and Chris holds it. “All right. What is Y/N L/N...” Y/N rips the strip, “Like?” She hums. “I mean, I rather not describe myself I think it’s better for someone to say who I am in person.”

“She’s funny, gorgeous, good sense of humor, she’s just out of her comfort zone,” Chris says, Y/N laughs grabbing his shoulder. “Are you saying that I’m crazy?” She asked. Chris laughs, “No, I’m just saying you’re so outgoing!”

Y/N laughs, “You’re cute, let me continue. What is Y/N L/N... favorite food?” Y/N cranes her neck to think.

“I have a lot of food that I like. I make it a lot sometimes.”

“Y/N does make some good food. But pesto eggs, oh! You make the best out of them!” Chris says, Y/N laughs. “I’m not really much of a cooker, I just am really hungry! I might just have to go with pizza.”

Chris nods, “All right. All right. Good choice. She doesn't make pizza but that’s something.” Y/N rips the strip with a laugh. “What is Y/N L/N’s first movie?”

“Was it Casper, right? In 1995? You were fifteen,” Chris asks, Y/N shakes her head. “I actually at the age of ten filmed in Home Alone in 1990,” Chris drops his shoulders. “What? You didn’t tell me that!” Chris says.

“I thought you’d know, I’m famous, you don’t look me up?” Y/N laughs with Chris, “No, I don’t because I should hear it from you!” He laughs, “Talking is better to know someone than to know them from a website.” Y/N leans forward in laughter as she hides her face on his shoulder.

He looks at the camera, “I didn’t know you worked with Macaulay Culkin! That was-Oh!” Chris claps his hands, he laughs against her.

“How did I not know you were one of the kids? Now I remember who you were!” He grabs his left boob laughing. Y/N pulls away from his shoulder and wipes the tear under her eye, “Gosh, we can’t even read the last one. We still have to do you!”

“What is Y/N L/N’s boyfriend look like?” Y/N looks up at Chris. “He looks like Ricky Nelson.” Chris laughs. Chris throws the board behind him. “All right!” Y/N pulls out another board. “Here’s another, babes.”

Chris looks at it, “Did Chris Evans... rip a log in half?” Chris shrugs at the thought. “I mean...”

“Yes, he did,” Y/N says, Chris smirks, “Yeah. I mean, it was made out of styrofoam? I don’t know, it’s nobody’s business,” Chris shrugs. “Did Chris Evans... quit acting?”

Y/N holds her hand out to him, “He’s right here.”

“I’m here, aren’t I?” He says. Y/N smiled, “Another one.” Chris looks over to the board again, “Does Chris Evans drive?” Chris smiles, “Like a champ. I have speeding tickets to prove it!” Y/N laughs.

“Does Chris Evans have a brother?” Chris says, he nods. “Yes, he does. Funny guy, love him,” Y/N says.

“His name is Scott. He’s very talented, very funny.” Y/N throws the board behind her. “I’ll clean that up later,” She said, Chris chuckles. “This is really fun, I like these questions,” She hands Chris her board. “They are pretty fun. We learn about each other, I guess, since you didn’t tell me you filmed in Home Alone-”

“Hey, I thought you knew! Stop it!” Y/N playfully hits him. “Where did Y/N L/N grow up?” Y/N asks, she turns to the camera, “I grew up in my home,” She says, causing Chris to laugh. “That’s true.”

Y/N reaches for the next strip, “Where did Y/N L/N start acting? Oh, that’s a good one,” Y/N says, “When I was young, at the age of 9, my mom and dad moved us to New York and I managed to start auditioning for films and I ended up in my first movie, Home Alone and so I started acting in New York.”

Chris grins, “Last one. I think-”

“Yep. Where is Y/N L/N today? Huh? Weird question but I’m here. That’s where I am now,” Chris laughs as he drops the board down. “Okay, this is our last one!” Y/N says, Chris grabs the board and hands it to Y/N.

“Do the honors, babes,” Y/N says, Chris looks at it. “Does Chris Evans actually sing?”

“Yes! He does!” Y/N says, pointing at the camera, “He may reject this fact but he does sing! He sings me to bed sometimes,” Y/N says. Chris laughs, “I do not sing her to bed, she actually does.” Y/N laughs.

“Can Chris Evans tap dance?” Chris asked, Y/N smiles, “That I can do. I can’t sing, but I can tap dance.”

“You’re gonna have to show me some tap dances. You dance like the penguin from Happy Feet that’s why he’s cute when he does them.”

“I can do some soft shoe in the hallway after this camera turns off,” He mutters, reaching for the next one. “Can Chris Evans drive?-What is going on with me and driving? Yes! I can drive very well! I’m a grown up,” Y/N laughs as she leans against him.

“That was some good questions,” Y/N says. Chris nods, Nailed it! Give me five, babe,” Chris holds up his hand to her and she gladly high fives him.

“Yes!”

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I Know, I Know, I Know

In Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt Vonnegut quotes David Irving for the death toll from the firebombing of Dresden: 135,000 dead. Irving happens to be a Holocaust denier. And that number happens to be a lie.

Towards the end of the book, Vonnegut quotes Irving by name:

One of the books that Lily had brought Rumfoord was The Destruction of Dresden, by an Englishman named David Irving. It was an American edition, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1964. What Rumfoord wanted from it were portions of the forewords by his friends Ira C. Eaker, Lieutenant General, U.S.A.F., retired, and British Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C.

I find it difficult to understand Englishmen or Americans who weep about enemy civilians who were killed but who have not shed a tear for our gallant crews lost in combat with a cruel enemy, wrote his friend General Eaker in part. I think if would have been well for Mr. Irving to have remembered, when he was drawing the frightful picture of the civilians killed at Dresden, that V-1’s and V-2’s were at the very time falling on England, killing civilian men, women, and children indiscriminately, as they were designed and launched to do. It might be well to remember Buchenwald and Coventry, too.

Eaker’s foreword ended this way:

I deeply regret that British and U.S. bombers killed 135,000 people in the attack on Dresden, but I remember who started the last war and I regret even more the loss of more than 5,000,000 Allied lives in the necessary effort to completely defeat and utterly destroy nazism.

So it goes.

The figure is significant. It is more than Hiroshima, where 70,000 to 80,000 died in the initial bombing. “Not many Americans knew how much worse it had been than Hiroshima, for instance,” Vonnegut writes early in Slaughterhouse-Five. “I didn’t know that either.” Not until he read Irving. presumably.

That figure was significant to the press coverage, like the New York Times review of March 31, 1969:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr., an indescribable writer whose seven previous books are like nothing else on earth, was accorded the dubious pleasure of witnessing a 20th-century apocalypse. During World War II, at the age of 23, he was captured by the Germans and imprisoned beneath the city of Dresden, "the Florence of the Elbe." He was there on Feb. 13, 1945, when the Allies firebombed Dresden in a massive air attack that killed 130,000 people and destroyed a landmark of no military significance.

Or the Sunday review of April 6, 1969:

Kurt Vonnegut speaks with the voice of the “silent generation,” and his quiet words explain the quiescence of his contemporaries. This is especially true of his sixth novel, “Slaughterhouse-Five,” in which he looks back -- or tries to look back -- at his wartime experience. In the first chapter he tells us how for over 20 years he has been trying to re-create a single event, the bombing of Dresden by American and British pilots. Vonnegut had an unusual perspective on that event. Safe, as a prisoner of war in a deep cellar under the stockyards, he emerged to find 135,000 German civilians smoldering around him. Dresden had been an open city. We closed it. We.

They led with the figure. It was important. This was the above the headline in the Sunday review: “Like Lot’s wife, he looked back -- at the destruction of Dresden and 135,000 dead.”

As Richard Evans discovered in the 1990s, Irving more or less fabricated that figure. As he recounted in Lying About Hitler (2001):

How many people did Irving think had been killed in the raids, and on what evidence did he base his estimates? The first source he used was information supplied to him by Hans Voigt, who had been a local official in Dresden at the time of the raids. Four days after the attack, missing persons search bureau was set up in the Saxon Ministry of the Interior. Voigt, at the time an assistant school master. was put in charge of establishing a dead persons department for the bureau to collect the records and personal effects of those people already dead, and of those still buried in the ruins. Irving said that it was this department which was “responsible for the identification of the victims and for arriving at some final estimate of the death-roll.”

Voigt’s office had four different filing systems for different data. The first were garment cards, onto which samples of garments taken from unidentified bodies were pasted, together with date, location, and so on. Voigt told Irving that up to the time of the capitulation “we had almost twelve thousand of these cards completed.” The second list was of miscellaneous personal belongings of the unidentified. The third was an alphabetical list of bodies identified by personal papers. The fourth was a list of wedding rings recovered from bodies. With these four indices the dead persons department was “able to clear up the identity of some 40,000 of the dead.” Thus Irving arrived at an “absolute minimum” death toll of 40,000. This in turn tallied with the figure of 39,773 given by Georg Feydt, the first person to write a reasonably considered account of the attack in 1953.

However, Irving did not accept 40,000 as the actual figure because Voigt had told Irving that he himself “estimated that the final number would have been 135,000.” In 1963 Irving was reported to have explained: “The Germans simply struck off the first digit to make the figure more acceptable to the Russians, who contended that Bomber Command was not a powerful weapon.”” In other words, he apparently thought that the Russians wanted to reassure the citizens of the Eastern bloc that Western bombing was not very dangerous. There was no evidence for this supposition. Voigt wrote to Irving as early as September 1962, blaming the amendment on “Dresden officials” (especially the then mayor Walter Weidauer), who “reduced the figure out of fear of the ‘Big Four,’ so as not to speak ill of them.” This did not seem to me to be particularly strong motive. The Russians were not involved in the bombing of Dresden. At the height of the Cold War, they would have had every incentive for inflating the figure, so as to put the Western Allies in a bad light. Yet Irving repeated the claim in 1995.

There was no corroborative evidence of any kind about the missing digit. Moreover Voigt was apparently not a popular man with the communist authorities in Dresden. Weidauer decried him as a “virulent fascist” who had been rightfully thrown out of East Germany. This was typical of the language the Communists used for people who proved a nuisance to them. Still, Voigt, then living in West Germany, may have had a political motive in accusing the Soviet and East German authorities of falsifying the statistics. Weidauer added that the death register was still extant in the Dresden Town Hall with a highest card number of 31,102 for an unidentified body. In addition there were the so-called street books. The numbers in the street books, which were compiled according to the streets and houses where the dead were found, exactly matched those on the registration cards. Irving could only sustain the figure of 135,000, therefore, by relying on a postwar speculation which he must have known was shaky and was discounted by most other writers on the raid, with good reason. This did not say much for his claim that he based his work on careful research into contemporary documentation.

In later editions, Irving further falsified his numbers, and claimed higher death tolls, but the 135,000 always depended on that invention. He put a "1″ in front of “35,000″ and claimed that as the figure.

The probable death toll was lower than that 35,000, maybe 25,000 to 30,000. That came out in the judgment at Irving’s libel trial, David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, [2000] EWHC QB 115:

13.124 When asked what was the supporting evidence for these inflated claims, Irving relied on the estimates for the number of casualties made by Mehnert and Fetscher and on the recollection of Frau Grosse, which I have mentioned. He also testified that his claims had been based on estimates as high as 250,000 which he had received from a great many individuals. Irving neither identified the individuals nor disclosed the letters. He prayed in aid also the fact that there were in Dresden at the time an unquantified number of refugees fleeing before the advancing Russian army. Finally he relied on the estimate of Hans Voigt, summarised in paragraph 11.52 above, that 135,000 had been killed. But, as stated in paragraph 13.126 below, none of this material casts significant doubt on the accumulation of evidence that the true death toll was within the bracket of 25-30,000.

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13.126 It appears to me that the evidence which I have summarised in paragraph 13.124 affords a very slender basis for the claims which Irving has made for the numbers killed in the raids. The evidence of Mehnert, Fetscher and Frau Grosse was secondhand and unverified. In the absence of any indication on what they were based, I do not consider the Irving should have given any credence to estimates in letters from unidentified individuals. His speculation about the number of refugees does little to cast doubt on the reliability of the figures quoted in the official reports. Voigt's evidence was uncorroborated and unlikely to be correct in the light of the number of deaths recorded on the official cards. In my view, Irving should not have quoted numbers based on this evidence. ... In my judgment the estimates of 100,000 and more deaths which Irving continued to put about in the 1990s lacked any evidential basis and were such as no responsible historian would have made.

For Irving, Dresden was a useful tool. If there were 135,000 or 250,000 dead at Dresden, it helped even the scales with the Allies. It was the mirror image of his Holocaust denial: German crimes were overstated and Allied crimes were understated.

Irving wanted his readers to see the bombing of Germany as the moral equivalent of the Holocaust. Evans again:

Irving wrote to Kimber in 1963 declaring his view that the crime of World War II had not been genocide but "innocentocide," the killing of civilians, and that therefore the Eastern and Western powers were just as guilty in his eyes as the Germans and the Japanese. For him Dresden was a crime. Nowhere in the earlier editions was there an explicit effort to draw the parallel. Instead, Irving allowed others to draw this obvious conclusion and then somewhat disingenuously congratulated them on their independence of mind. Thus he wrote to Sydney Silverman MP, who had reviewed the book in Tribune: "I am not someone who holds political views similar to your own, but I really must congratulate you— in spite of this—for having stuck your neck out so firmly and unmistakably by drawing a parallel between the Nazis' atrocities and what happened in Dresden; this is something I myself did not claim in my book.”

Three decades later, Irving was making the parallel explicit. In a speech delivered in Toronto on 8 November 1992, he estimated the numbers who died in Auschwitz (“most of them from epidemics,” he said) as 100,000. “Around one hundred thousand dead in that brutal slave labour camp.” Around 25,000 of these had been killed by shooting or hanging, according to German radio reports from Auschwitz received and decrypted by the British, he added. He continued:

Twenty-five thousand killed, if we take this grossly inflated figure to be on the safe side: That is a crime; there is no doubt. Killing twenty-five thousand in four years—1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944—that is a crime; there is no doubt. Let me show you a picture of twenty-five thousand people being killed in twenty-five minutes. Here it is, in my book, a vivid picture of twenty-five thousand people being killed in twenty-five minutes by the British (in February 1945) in Pforzheim, a little town where they make jewellery and watches in Baden, Germany. Twenty-five thousand people were being burned alive. ... That is what it looks like when twenty-five thousand civilians are being burned alive in twenty-five minutes. One person in four, in twenty-five minutes. One person in four in that town. As I said when I was speaking in Kitchener yesterday, it is as though somebody came to Kitchener, a town of about a hundred thousand people, and killed one person in four in twenty-five minutes. That too is a crime. Twenty-five minutes! In Auschwitz it was a crime committed over four years. You don't get it spelled out to you like that. Except by us, their opponents. When you put things into perspective like that, of course, it diminishes their Holocaust—that word with a capital letter.

Irvings almost incantatory repetition of the figures "twenty-five thousand" and "twenty-five minutes," mentioned in this passage respectively four times and five times, compared with his figure of twenty-five thousand for Auschwitz mentioned only twice, left no room for doubt about which crime he considered the greater.

That was what Dresden meant to Vonnegut, too:

I happened to tell a University of Chicago professor at a cocktail party about the raid as I had seen it, about the book I would write. He was a member of a thing called The Committee on Social Thought. And he told me about the concentration camps, and about how the Germans had made soap and candles out of the fat of dead Jews and so on. All I could say was, “I know, I know. I know.”

Vonnegut never amended Slaughterhouse-Five. So it goes.

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inthewild-flowers · 5 years ago

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fic masterlist!

This is a masterlist of all my fics. Most of them can be found on AO3, although there is a Tumblr Drabble section at the end.

I’ll be updating this every time I post a new fic/finish posting a multi chapter fic. Enjoy!

Oneshots

Weak In The Knees

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Word Count: 575

Summary: Kind of just a whole lot of Wolfstar fluff. There's dancing involved.

Other: Maybe a muggle au?? I’m not entirely sure tbh, pretty cute if I do say so myself, the title comes from the Serena Ryder song weak in the knees.

Bright Yellow Ducks

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): James Potter/Lily Evans, background Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Word Count: 2114

Summary: Lily works at a corner store, and one day the Marauders walk in on a quest for ice cream.

Other: Muggle au, I’m pretty sure it was based on a post I saw but I wrote it a few years ago so I’m honestly not sure

Earth Angel

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Word Count: 674

Summary: I love fics where Remus is just an absolute angel, so here’s my version of that. Sirius has a crush on the cute guy who works at the bakery in his neighbourhood and finally get a chance to talk to him.

Other: Remus works at a bakery au, I wrote this after reading The London Underground Book Of Love by Children_of_the_Shadows on AO3 (absolutely would recommend, it’s amazing) and it’s probably one of my favourite fics I’ve written, the title is from the song Earth Angel by The Penguins

Gilderoy Lockhart Is A Dick (But His Dickery Has Some Interesting Consequences)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, background James Potter/Lily Evans

Word Count: 2699

Summary: When Remus finds out Gilderoy is cheating on him, the next thing he has to do is find out who he's cheating with. And if that person happens to be Sirius Black, well, Remus is okay with that. Based off of the joke me and my sister have about Legend of Korra: both of Mako's girlfriends leave him for each other.

Other: Muggle au, funny, crack fic, way more sex jokes than I usually write but it fits with the whole vibe of this fic

Text Me

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Word Count: 566

Summary: Written for girlwithacrown’s finish this fic challenge. My take on the second half of “Remus is a bookstore owner and Sirius comes in looking for a book during coronavirus lockdown” (might wanna read her first half tho lol).

Other: Here is @girlwithacrown ‘s first half of the fic, and here is her collection with the other fics that people wrote for their own versions of the second half!

Padfoot Won’t Leave

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Word Count: 2453

Summary: At the end of Harry's third year, Remus and Sirius have a plan to get Harry away from the Dursleys.

Other: crack fic, I tried my best to make it funny, someone sent a post to the wolf star games 2020 discord that said that there aren't enough “Sirius makes himself at home at the Dursley’s house because there’s nothing they can do to make him leave” fics and then we as a group decided to fix that. Here’s the collection of fics we wrote for it! :)

Rooftop Ramblings

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Aziraphale/Crowley

Word Count: 526

Summary: Aziraphale and Crowley share a cigarette on a rooftop, and wish that things could be different.

Other: pining, the whole plot is literally just pining, written for a dtiys based on this art by @whiteleyfoster

yoga (sirius’s way)

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius

Word Count: 1043

Summary: Remus decides to start doing yoga to get some exercise during quarantine, and naturally, Sirius wants to try as well.

Other: Quarantine fic!!, domestic fluff, inspired by this art by @gaeilgelupin

two bros, going on a brocation, five feet apart cause they’re not gay

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius

Word Count: 1927

Summary: In which Sirius takes Remus on a surprise Christmas vacation

Other: Christmas fic!!, so much fluff, :))

🎶 Remus is a swearwolf 🎶

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius, James/Lily/Regulus

Word Count: 2694

Summary: Regulus sighed. “Come on, Sirius, let’s get you off this thing and then you’ll feel better.” They pried Sirius’s hands off the bar and helped him out of the rollercoaster, where he stood for a moment on shaky legs, clutching Regulus’s arm.“I’m going to get some mint chocolate,” he declared once his legs had regained some of their strength, “and then we’re going to the haunted house and I’m getting my revenge.”

Other: A sequel to ice ice baby by @pan-and-ready-to-stan, 90% banter, a LOT of swearing, fluff

would it kill you if we kissed

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius

Word Count: 1741

Summary: Sirius leaned his head against the window and let his eyes flutter shut. Maybe if he slept, some of the horrible things would go away. Maybe if he slept, he would wake up to find that he was just on a normal road trip with one of his best friends. Maybe if he slept, he could forget the reason he was here at all.

Other: hurt/comfort, and also getting together!! bc I love get together fics :)

(i thought) i knew you

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius

Word Count: 1432

Summary: Sometimes Sirius thinks that he might be okay. That maybe he’ll make it through this. He’s broken up with people before, hasn’t he? He’s been heartbroken before, and he’s always made it through. He’s survived so many things in his life that it seems silly that this would be the thing to break him.

Other: oh boy is there angst, that’s it that’s the fic just angst, there is a hopeful ending though??, there’s some super vague sort of references to self harm but it doesn’t like. happen

Got It

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus/Sirius

Word Count: 2859

Summary: Remus pushed down the butterflies in his stomach and accepted the vape when Sirius offered it, inhaling deeply and pointedly not thinking about how Sirius’s lips had been there just moments before. This was the closest Remus would ever get to kissing him. No, he told himself sternly, don’t think about that. It didn’t work. It never did.

Other: texting, fluff fluff fluffity fluff, getting together, written for marauders pride fanzine

in a cottage on a cliffside

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Word Count: 2865

Summary: “Are you cold?” Remus asked. “I’ve got another blanket somewhere…” he trailed off, looking at Sirius expectantly. Sirius shook his head.

“I’m fine.” he smiled again, then took another sip of his tea. He made the same face as before. It was adorable.

“Why are you here?” Remus asked. Sirius blinked at him.

“I wanted to see you.

Other: this was a birthday present for a friend, its fluff and a bit of pining and just generally soft :)) also a get together fic

The Year Remus Lupin Made Friends

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Word Count: 3546

Summary: James was sixteen years old, and it was summertime. Sirius and Pete were staying with him, Pete for a week, Sirius for the whole summer and hopefully every holiday after it too. James wanted to play quidditch, but the risk of being seen by muggles was too high, and his parents wouldn’t allow it. James was also very stubborn. His parents should have known to keep a closer eye on the boys, but some things can’t be helped. Here is what happened:

Other: written for a discord server secret santa. very marauders friendship focused, but also wolfstar at the end :))

In the dark and in the dusty sunlight

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Word Count: 1099

Summary: “I thought we were past such formalities, Lord Lupin.”“Indeed we are, Sirius, but it did feel right in the moment. You know,” Remus gave him an appraising look, and Sirius shivered, “you look rather like a painting, lying there like that.”“My dear Remus, we know very well that I am a work of art.”Remus laughed. “Yes, that has been well established.” He took off his hat and placed it on a table, then crossed over to the windows. “May I?” he asked, gesturing to the curtains.

yall its gay historical pining thats it thats the summary

Other: its just,,,, a period drama. thats it. I wrote a scene from a period drama just for the pining.

Multi Chapter Fics

Love At First Hot Chocolate

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, background James Potter/Lily Evans

Chapter/Word Count: 5 chapters, 5069 words

Summary: 18 year old Remus Lupin works at Starbucks. He hates it. He hates that he has to talk to people and be nice. He hates making coffee (although he doesn't mind the hot chocolate). But one day, Sirius Black walks in. For Remus, it's love at first sight. But does Sirius feel the same way?

Other: Muggle au, sort of a coffeeshop au in that they meet at a coffeeshop but otherwise it’s not it there much, fluff, might have been inspired by a post I saw a few years ago about Remus working at a coffeeshop and always getting Sirius’s name wrong?? But again, I wrote this a few years ago and don’t really remember lol

I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, James Potter/Lily Evans

Chapter/Word count: 2 chapters, 1431 words

Summary: James is getting married, and Sirius worries that he won't get to see his best friend anymore. One night, he vents his feelings to a cute stranger at a pub, who happens to be in a similar situation.

Other: Muggle au, title from the Tom Waits song I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You

If You Want To Buy Me Flowers

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Chapter/Word Count: 3 chapters, 1499 words

Summary: Remus owns a flower shop. Sirius is breaking up with his boyfriend using flower language.

Other: Muggle au, Remus is a florist au, inspired by a post I saw about flower meanings, title from the song Two Princes by Spin Doctor

Don’t Shoot The Messenger

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, James Potter/Lily Evans, Alice (I don’t know her last name)/Frank Longbottom

Chapter/Word Count: 16 chapters, 13,192 words

Summary: Ever since his first year at Hogwarts, Remus Lupin has been exchanging messages with someone on a bathroom stall. Neither of them know who the other one is, and now that they're graduating soon, they want to find out.

Other: Muggle au, modern au, Remus isn't part of the Marauders au, a bit of texting

Love Through The Ages

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, some vague background James Potter/Lily Evans

Chapter/Word Count: 4 chapters, 2213 words

Summary: Remus finds a love letter that Sirius wrote to him two centuries previously and never sent.

Other: They’re vampires au, I guess technically muggle au??, fluff, love letters, confessions, inspired by this post by @kayvsworld

“No, Sirius, tying the stems of flowers together will NOT make a flower crown”

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Chapter/Word Count: 4/4 chapters, 4247 words

Summary: In which Sirius can’t make a flower crown, Remus thinks Sirius might be flirting, and James has no clue what’s going on.

Other: so much fluff, oblivious James, inspired by this art that I love a lot by @girlwithacrown

Hogwarts, 1993

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences (this may change, I don’t have the fic planned out at all, so it could end up with a G rating, but I’ve rated it T just to be safe)

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Chapter/Word Count: 7/? chapters, 7248 words as of October 4 2020

Summary: When Sirius escapes Azkaban and goes to Hogwarts, instead of lurking around as the Grim like a FOOL, he decides to seek help from an old friend.

Other: I don't have any warnings for this one yet, but I’ll put them in if necessary. I’ll be posting the chapters as I write them, and I’ll try to make sure it doesn’t take too long.

the doc was called halloween babeyy

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, James Potter/Lily Evans

Chapter/Word Count: 6 chapters, 1240 words

Summary: a self indulgent halloween fic with pumpkin shenanigans, meet cutes, and texting.

“They’re battle scars,” Remus repeated. “And you can’t call him just ‘pumpkin’ anymore, his official title is the PumpKing and he requires it to be used at all times.” Remus finished carving out the last scar, and picked up the sharpie to draw the outline of a crown near the top of the pumpkin. One he was satisfied, he picked up his knife and started cutting along the lines.“In that case,” James said, “Mine’s the PumPeasant and he looks like this because of a childhood disease.”

Other: ‘tis all fluff :))

a very (in)effective seduction

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Chapter/Word Count: 10/? chapters, 9557 words

Summary: In which Sirius decides that it's time to seduce Moony. Yes, he has a list

Other: written for girlwithacrown and kidovna’s blissember chirstmas prompts! get together, fluff, etc.

Note: I will finish this eventually, but I was struggling a lot with writing it, so it may take some time. I do have it sort of planned out, and once I have the motivation to write it again it shouldn’t take too long to finish :))

dreaming of you

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, Dorcas Meadowes/Marlene McKinnon

Chapter/Word Count: 6/? chapters, 4932 words

Summary:

french bitch: I have arrived

french bitch: paris has gained a resident and he is magnificent

sweet sweet moony: paris is usually referred to as she

french bitch: HOW DARE

Jimmy: he does have a point tho

or: Sirius is in france on his study abroad year, remus is pining, and James and Peter are enjoying the chaos

Other: texting, fluff, theres eventually gonna be wolfstar and dorlene and either jily or jegulily I haven’t decided yet

You Hold The Key To My Heart

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, James Potter/Lily Evans/Regulus Black

Chapter/Word Count: 38 chapters, 26 049 words

Summary: Sirius threw himself on his bed, not caring about how he must be wrinkling his clothes. In fact, he relished the idea. At least his parents would have a reason to be angry with him today. He stayed there, thinking about soft curls and a sweet face that he barely caught a glimpse of, until the sun was shining directly through his window and James arrived to help him dress for dinner.

Or, a victorian au in which Remus is a gardener, Sirius is a dramatic rich kid, and they fall in love.

Other: I wrote this for the 2020 wolfstar games. it’s mainly fluff, but I also got to indulge my love of historical things which was amazing :D

Series

Dan’s cute & short wolfstar fics with no plot that make them happy to write :)

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Number of works: 4

Complete: No

Works in the series:

Goodnight Moony - Remus doesn’t want to go to bed. Sirius thinks Remus should go to bed. 201 words.

Snow - It’s literally just Remus and Sirius enjoying the snow, that’s it, that’s the fic, please enjoy. 124 words.

I Just Called To Say I love You - Sirius calls Remus the night before a big exam. 174 words.

Lupin Can’t Sing - Please read the title to the tune of “lupin can’t sing, lupin can’t sing, lupin cannot sing!” from AVPS. Remus is drunk and trying really really hard at karaoke. 409 words.

Ruby Tuesday - Remus and Sirius cuddle and listen to Ruby Tuesday. It's very cute, if I do say so myself. 259 words.

HP Pride Month 2020!!

Rating: General Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, Lily Evans/James Potter

Number of works: 4

Complete: Yes

Other: All the fics in this series were written for @girlwithacrown ‘s HP pride month prompts, and you can find other fics written for those prompts in her collection on AO3!

Works in the series:

Coming Out - Remus and Sirius decide to tell their friends they're dating. 1035 words.

Flag - Sirius and James make unique additions to their pride flags, and at the pride parade they see two other people with matching flags. 1126 words.

Family - Sirius runs away from home. 898 words.

Healing - Remus's dog gets hurt, and the vet is way hotter than Remus was prepared for. Sirius may or may not have Ted from Schitt's Creek vibes. It was mostly unintentional. 1012 words.

Working Title: Summertime

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, James Potter/Lily Evans

Number of Works: 2

Complete: No

Works in the series:

Forgiveness & Friendship - The summer after sixth year (and The Prank, you know which one. The one with Snape. And Remus.), Sirius shows up on James's doorstep. 13 chapters, 4437 words

Mischief & Matchmaking - The marauders (+ Lily) are spending a few weeks at James’s house, and oh boy is there a lot of sexual tension there. Peter decides to do something about it. Featuring: shenanigans and three separate tropes cause why not. 17/17 chapters and 6772 words.

dan?? writing angst?? it’s more likely than you’d think

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Number of Works: 3

Complete: No

Works in the series:

stardust is easily lost - He kisses him because he loves him, because loving Sirius is a habit he’s never been able to break, not in school when he thought loving Sirius would kill him, and not now when he thinks that Sirius might kill them all. It keeps him up at night sometimes.

cascade - Teaching at Hogwarts is equal parts wonderful and miserable. He loves his students, but some days he looks at them and he sees himself, happy and carefree, with his best friends at his side. Those days are the hardest.

the death of a star - And sometimes, Sirius almost seems like his old self again. Sometimes, his mischievous grin that Remus remembers all too well will appear on his face, and he’ll lean over and whisper a snide comment in Remus’s ear, and Remus will have to try to stifle a laugh.

Other: yall this is angst, there is major character death, its A Lot, theyre also down in the Tumblr drabbles section & their titles are all variations of “angst babeyyy”

dan is a) yearning and b) obsessed with dorlene and bookstores

Rating: General Audiences and Teen and Up Audiences

Ship(s): Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes

Number of Works: 3

Complete: No

Works in the series:

1. Walking In a Winter Wonderland – As they skated, Marlene couldn’t take her eyes off of Dorcas. She knew that they were holding a conversation somehow or other––about Dorcas’s job at the bookstore, she was fairly certain––but her brain was on autopilot as she watched the lights dance across Dorcas’s face, lighting up the night like miniature stars.

2. adventures pertaining to love actually (and also shrek) – The woman shook her head solemnly, but a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. “You absolutely cannot.”They grinned at each other for a moment, then the woman’s eyes flicked up to the clock on the wall and she swore. “I’ve got to go. It was nice talking to you! And you’ll have to tell me what you think of that movie if you watch it!”“I will!” Dorcas called after her, and the woman waved as she hurried out the door.Well. She sure hoped that Love Actually was on Netflix. (note: this one is set before the first fic in the series)

3. it can't be hard to find a present right?? (wrong) – “What’cha got there?” Frank flopped into the chair beside Dorcas and took a sip of his coffee, eyeing the mess of yarn on her lap with curiosity.

“It’s not weird to make her a scarf, is it?”

“...to make who a scarf?”

“You know exactly who I’m talking about.”

Other: yeah im just being generally fluffy and self indulgent here, enjoy! :))

Tumblr Drabbles

“It’s three in the morning” - jegulus

“This is the opposite of what I told you to do!” - wolfstar

“Do you have a ride home?” - wolfstar

“Come cuddle” - wolfstar

“I am home” - dorlene

“I’m getting married? Since when were you choosing my future spouse?” - wolfstar

“Another bad date?” - jily

James and Remus being very very chaotic bros

24 hour diner au - wolfstar

they have the same favourite chair - wolfstar

Sirius loses Remus’s present (and James helps him look) – wolfstar

when she wears YOUR flannel shirt - dorlene

when you can’t choose just one snuggly blanket so you wrap up in all of them - the marauders

angst babeyyyyyyyyy - first war wolfstar

2 angst 2 babeyyyyyyyyy - poa wolfstar

angst babeyyyy 3.0 - ootp sorta wolfstar

high school/college minifest day 1: back to school - wolfstar

high school/college minifest day 2: detention - wolfstar

remus has whipped cream on his face and sirius canNOT handle it - wolfstar

hufflepuff remus who makes friends with the marauders - wolfstar

dorcas is hurt and marlene is taking care of her - dorlene

remus is a lil shit (back hugs prompt) - wolfstar

just friends booty shorts - James and sirius

night at the museum au - wolfstar and jily

#fic masterlist #wolfstar fics #jily fics #jegulily fics #dorlene fics #fic recs #James potter #lily evans #peter pettigrew #remus lupin #regulus black #marlene mckinnon #dorcas meadowes #marauders fic

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drawing-way-outside-the-lines · 5 years ago

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Annabelle Shaw-Thompson *Supporting Character

Voice Claim: (Pauley Perette) https://youtu.be/SLQGrZjJ3_8?t=60

Partner(s): None Parents: Andy Shaw-Thompson, Congo Shaw, Evan Thompson. Kids: None he knows of. Siblings: Willow, Sam, Oscar, Aishlynn, Lylah and Aedan. Age: Immortal, but translates into mid 20′s. Birthday: May 11. Height: 175cm Body type: ‘Juicy’ Eye color: Brown Classification: Immortal/supernatural. Known powers: None so far.

About: ~ Adaptable, Friendly, Helpful, Kind, Fair, Creative, Honest, Clumsy, energetic, Skillful, Passionate, Unorganized, Logical, Great sense of humor, Sarcastic, Playful, Compassionate, Down to earth, confident, easy to talk to, outgoing, intelligent, cheerful, Protective, Selfless and Tolerant. ~ Lives in New York, with her room mates Ezra, Ashes and Wyatt. ~ Bisexual. ~ Has long chocolate brown hair. ~ Has a couple of Geeky tattoos here and there. ~ Is a huge Geek, ~ Is growing to become a quite skilled hacker, ~ Fast learner. ~ Rather clumsy in the sense that she can trip over her own shadow. ~ Prefers NY in the early morning hours. ~ Mostly goes by her nick name Annie. ~ Her hacker name is 8-bit. ~ Only alcohol she drinks, is beer. ~ Energy drinks are the shit! ~ Smells like those white soap bars we all had in our childhood homes, and energy drinks. ~ Is a pretty okay cook. ~ Is quite handy with electronics. ~ Plays guitar pretty well. ~ Heavily into Anime shows. ~ Very good at Math. ~ Doesn’t like her landlord, is pretty sure he wants to kidnap her. ~ Likes hanging out at NY mars, simply to ‘study people’. ~ Dislikes the plumbing of her flat, which often leaves them without water for a couple days. ~ Loves her family, her friends, hacking, her fandoms, dolphins, pigs, reading, music, comic books, going to the cinema, bowling, the smell of Rosehip, gaming, raspberries, energy drinks, coffee, NY junk food, potato chips, French Fries, Red Velvet Cheese Cake, Cherry Cola, Elderflower, grilling food on her roof top, movie marathon, conspiracy theories, skating, seals, penguins, sea lions, sharks, turtles, Netflix, Youtube, History Channel and candy. ~ Is very fascinated with space. ~ Dresses casually, mostly with some sort of fandom flair. ~ Hates the subway and prefers to stay above ground. Annie’s tag Annie’s house/home Annie’s moodboard Handwriting/ask answer pic:

One Gif to describe her:

One song to describe her: Highly Suspect - My Name Is Human

Personal play list: 1. David Bowie – Space Oddity 2. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - Special Version 3. Gorillaz - Hollywood feat. Snoop Dogg & Jamie Principle 4. Felly - Heartstrings (feat. Santana) 5. Kaiit - Miss Shiney 6. Boney M. - Rasputin 7. The Moth & The Flame - Young & Unafraid 8. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone 9. Madness - Our House 10. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 11. Bill Withers - Lovely Day 12. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue 13. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok 14. Kuwada - Cherry Cola 15. Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (Spirit House) 16. Vance Joy - Mess is Mine 17. Peter Gabriel - Steam 18. The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job? 19. Prince - Kiss 20. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 21. Bloodhound Gang - Yummy Down On This 22. Pixies - Where Is My Mind? 23. Men At Work - Down Under 24. Lauren Sanderson - In My Head 25. Coldplay - The Scientist Bonus: Tom Misch - It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul)

#Annabelle Shaw-Thompson #Annie #8-bit #immortal #supernatural #ts3 #sims3 #sims 3 #simblr #simographysup

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infoburger · 4 years ago

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Name: Dominique ” Nique ” Dofour

Age: 19

Hair Color: Light Brown

Eye Color: Hazel

Origin/Born ?: Camphrier Town, Kalos

Hometown/ Raised ?: Pastroia City, Sinnoh

Current Residence: Jubilife City, Sinnoh

Occupation: Male idol and coordinator, part time waiter

Starter: Piplup ( Manon )

Family:

Parents ? Talbot Dofour ( father, 52) Hélène Dofour ( mother, 50)

Siblings ? Hortense Fresne ( older sister, 32) Corrine Dofour-Evans ( older sister, 28 )

Grandparents ? N/A

Aunts and/or Uncles ? N/A

Cousins ? N/A

In Laws ? Jesper Fresne ( brother in law, 32 ) Cadfael Evans ( brother in law, 29 )

Nephews and/or Nieces ? Octave Fresne( nephew,13 ) Eulalie Fresne ( niece, 6 ) Cadie Evans ( niece, 6 ) Caron ( niece, 6 ) Cefin ( nephew, 6 )

Others ? Marvin Evans ( 15 ) Lee Evans ( 13 ) Marien-Andéo Fresne ( 18 ) Josselin-Louis Fresne ( 15 )

Height: 6’ / 182.9 cm

Birthday: September 30th

Usual Place(s) to Find: Near Jubilife TV station in Jubilife City, Sinnoh or Dilices de Rive ( a café ) also in Jubilife City

Important Notes:

At times will take his breaks in his sister’s cafe, also likes coming over to her home before and after hours for free food

French was his native tongue and speaks with a slight accent

His stage name is ” Nique “ and introduce himself as such absently

Personality Sum:

Seems high-spirited and lively on stage, but surprisingly very laid back and calm in person.

Sensitive Worrywart. Though he’s usually a calm guy to be around, inside he’s always worrying about things or others around him or going to happen next. Constantly aims to please others, therefore constantly burning himself out at the end of the day. Tries handle his own problems himself until they escalates beyond control.

Don’t like rushing with tough decisions, he’s as tactful as he is indecisive and over analyzing. Despite his chilled demeanor Nique can be very judgmental and detached behind his pleasantries. Tends to be discreet and subtle his own thoughts about others or situations. He have a very sarcastic tongue underneath his ’ aim to please everyone ’ attitude.

Confident, composed and sociable. Gets over his own emotions or issues pretty easily and it’s very rare to see him fly off the handle. Likes to stay positive and self-assured especially for the sake of others. Though not particularly warm or bouncy after meeting him, Nique still is quite approachable from his amicable and responsive attitude.

Backstory: The youngest of three from a family that moved from Kalos to Sinnoh. Though born in Camphrier he was raised in Pastroia City with just his parents ( his second sister was only there until he was around one or two ) for the longest . His parents ran an restaurant there in a before letting his second sister inherent it years later.

She also took responsibility for the now nine year old and shortly moved them to Jubilife City where she made an second bakery/cafe there as well.The entertainment and business driven city made a big impression to Dominique that became was already interested in Pokemon Contests, started to focus on his musician skills too.

About a year later his sister and her boyfriend sent him off to get his trainer license and first Pokemon, a cute Piplup with a primadonna attitude. Afterward the the boy and his Pokemon started exploring around Sinnoh, one of his first goals was to go back to Pastroia City and explore the Great Marsh to finally catch some marsh Pokemon he never could when younger.

Afterward he focused Too bad afterall that hard work to join the idol industry, now he have less time to spend with his Pokemon in contests.

As the years went by he went on to forgo in many contests with his team as well as auditioning for idol performances, performing alongside with his Pokemon.Overtime, he became a pretty popular idol and found it hard to make time to for contests which he and his team loves just much as performing to music.

Faceclaim: KYO of ZOLA PROJECT, VOCALOID product mascot/ Kotobuki Reiji from Uta no☆prince-sama♪

Specialize(s) in what types: None

Favorite Type(s): Water, Grass, and Bug

Hobbies ?: Participating in contests, tennis, parkour, playing sax, playing electric bass, reading, and cooking

Favorite Food(s): Choux à la crème , gougères , and most frozen desserts.

Interest(s) with Pokemon ?: He’s a coordinator and a performer, so he likes to practice with his Pokemon for their moves and stride for the stage; wanting his Pokemon to balance out the flair and strength of themselves, to be efficient battlers as they are performers. Dominique is a casual battler and he’s Pokemon are usually in good form, but onlybattles if asked and if he’s Pokemon are up for it. Also, He likes to do photo shoots and start up concert or shows with his Pokemon as well.

Know any other muse(s): TBA

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Manon ( Sassy, Somewhat vain )

Dominique’s starter and little princess considering how much he spoiled her. She have a large attitude and a lot confidence to go around. Manon do wish she could perform in more contests like she use to, but loves the attention she gets from performing almost as much. Whenever the lady penguin visither one of her trainer’s sister she make it her own cause to spend time with the nieces and nephew’s pet Pokemon like a babysitter.

Tonne ( Adamant, Quick tempered )

His first official catch as a trainer; catching him couple of days after leaving Jubilife City,intentionally wanting to challenge his Piplup by giving her battle with a type-disadvantage. Tonne seems to get irritated very easily at his fellow party members, despite that he seems protective of them as well as Nique.

Lorence ( Quiet, Often lost in thought )

Is more of the solitary type ,he don’t mind Nique or his party members though. Lorence usually can be seen in with off gazes, assumed to be deep thoughts; however, these thoughts are usually just his mind rambling. Silently wishes that Dominique’s agency would give him time off so he can focus on contests more often.

Allard ( Bold, Highlypersistent )

Formerly Nique’s pet Magikarp, since he was not expecting to use him for any contests or battles after being caught. Howeve Allard shown a very stubborn side overtime and grown fed up with this treatment, constantly aggressively flopping around frustrated that Nique would train his friends but not himself. Therefore eventually making Nique feel obligated to train him into a beautiful Gyarados eventually. He resides in a lake nearby Nique’s condo along with some other water types of Nique.

Gribby ( Naive, Highly curious )

A friendly Tangrowth that Dominique caught in the Great Marsh as a Tangela. He likes coming across new things and that can lead to some trouble. To some people a Trangrowth was a odd choice for someone like Dominique to have.Nonetheless, the model thinks that Gribby is the one of the cutest Pokemon in his group; Due to his eager and bubbly personality.

Moriaia ( Naughty, Quick to flee )

A mischievous dragonfly that use to infuriate Dominique constantly when she a uncaught Yanma in Great Marsh. As a younger teen he use to explore the Great Marsh all the time. The Yanma would either take his bait and instantly leave even if was for another Pokemon or taunt him when didn’t catch any Pokemon, leading Dominique to eventually catch her overtime in frustration.

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Soli ( Bashful, Very finicky )

He found her as an Cherubi in a tree when he tried using honey on the trees. It can take a while for Soli to feel comfortable around the unfamiliar, nonetheless she can perform on stage or participate in Contests as if second nature from her time to adjust to her showy life style.

Revai ( Brave, Proud of its power )

She’s protective of those around her and have a have plenty confidence in her own strength. Revai resides in a lake nearby Nique’s Condo

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Initial Relationships

Family

Talbolt and Hélène Dofour / Mama and Papa / Parents

Misses his parents immensely, they’re one of the reasons that he wish for more free time so that he can travel and visit them. Constantly buys sovereigns and candy from various place he performed or participated in a contest at for them. Always ask about their pet Furfrou, Éclair too since he miss seeing the big dog Pokemon when he was a little boy too.

Hortense ” Tensy ” Fresne / Oldest sister

Since they have such a large age gap, Dominique views her more like a fussy second mom or aunt at times. Since her husband owns a large amount of real estate, Nique grown to coming for her family for his needs like a grooming salon or hotels. Sometimes Nique seems scared of his big sister, because of her strict and bossy personality but he knows she’ll always be there for him in a bind.

Corrine ” Coco ” Evans-Dofour / Older sister

Dominique is very close to his second sister, even moving with her family after his parents retire and traveled back to Kalos. He lives close by her and always tries to find time to see her, especially when he wants a home-cooked meal. She always there to support him just like a mother.She babied and spoiled him to an degree and Nique is incredibly protective of her.

Marvin ” Marvy ” Evans / Younger brother figure

Nephew to his sister, Corrine’s husband. He thinks fondly of the younger teen and considers him family. Ever since the boy became a trainer Dominique tried to be a good role model and even today have friendly battles with him. Since the teen works at his sister’s cafe, he likes to visit him when on his lunch breaks and on Marvy’s breaks too, both can be seen hanging out together a lot.

Friends

Elizabeth ” Liz ” Monroe / Fellow Idoland Penpal

Though she resides all the way in Unova, the two have performed alongside each other a few times before. Dominique thinks she’s a real cutie but sometimes he have a hard time matching her energy, but he at least tries. When he calls her up, he automatically ask to ask about her Audino.

Honoka / Friend and fellow idol ( in training )

Thinks she’s a sweet, cute girl and usually sees her since she works at his sister’s cafe. She’s an up-and-coming idol herself so, Nique tries to be a good mentor to her and seems to be protective her almost like a big brother.

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Mun Notes: Nique is a model and idol, so I don’t mind if someone acts like they seen him in a …I don’t know a commercial or something in that nature. However, all first interactions are the same stranger based level ( unless stated otherwise ). I know he have ( a still improving ) French accent but he’s a Sinnoh boy, but if the sweet muns read his bio above this then the assumption “He’s in Kalos” is quickly killed. He don’t personally know Crasher Wake though he lived in Pastroia City as a kid.

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davieslandon · 4 years ago

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((TW: mentions of past car accident, kinks ))

FULL NAME: Landon Cole Davies

NICKNAMES: Lan, Boo Bear, Pumpkin

AGE: 28 years old

DATE OF BIRTH: December 24th 1991

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

PLACE OF BIRTH: London, United Kingdom

HOMETOWN: London, United Kingdom

LOCATION: Kingsboro, Brooklyn, New York City, NY

ETHNICITY: White

NATIONALITY: British, American

RELIGIOUS VIEWS: Agnostic

EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor of Engineering from Columbia University, New York

OCCUPATION: Engineer

MENTAL CONDITIONS: anxiety, PTSD

PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS: needs glasses but wears contacts most of the time

ADDICTIONS: -

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5′6

BODY TYPE: petite

EYE COLOUR: sea green

HAIR COLOUR: light brown

STYLE: Landon likes to keep it casual. Tracksuit bottoms and a nice t-shirt paired with some converse is his daily outfit. If it’s something a bit more dressed up he’ll switch his outfit up with jeans. As much as he hates it, sometimes his job requires he dress up for meetings. In that case, he usually goes for a nice blazer with dress pants and black shoes but he refuses to wear dressy shoes. Weather permitting he likes to wear jean jackets or hoodies and a beanie (usually to hide a bad hair day).

TATTOOS?: 39

RG on his arm, Stick figure skateboarding on his arm, Two screws on his ankles, Bomb on his arm, Bird on his arm, Match on his arm, Five tally marks on his arm, ‘Far away’ on his arm, ‘X’ on his arm, A spiderweb on his arm, ‘Bus 1’ on his arm, Five small birds on his arm, Pac-Man on his arm, Globe on his arm, Smiley face with x’s for eyes on his arm, Camera on his arm, Cup of tea on his arm, Compass on his arm, Arrow on his arm, Playing card suits on his wrist, Skull and crossbones on his arm, Tic-Tac-Toe on his arm, ‘Given a chance’ on his arm, Paper airplane on his arm, Dagger on his arm, ‘Oops!’ on his arm, Deer and heart on his shoulder, Infinity rope on his wrist, Quotation marks on his wrist, ’28’ on his hand, Horseshoe on his arm, Beer mug on his arm, ’78’ on his chest, Spiderweb on his leg, ‘It is what it is’ on his chest, ‘E’ on his hand, ‘The rogue’ on his ankles, Triangle on his foot, Penguin on his butt.

PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: creative, approachable, cheerful, caring

NEGATIVE TRAITS: stubborn, sarcastic, rude, impulsive

WHAT DO THEY CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST AND THE WORST PART OF THEIR PERSONALITY?: Landon can be a sarcastic shit and, while the people who know him well are used to it and find it funny, he’s aware that not everyone’s the same and that he can get annoying. He’s loyal to a fault and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do to help out the people he cares about, even to the extent of getting hurt himself in the process.

ARE THEY MORE EXTROVERTED OR INTROVERTED?: Extroverted.

ANY TALENTS?: Really good at football (soccer for the Americans)

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS?: driving and cars is still a little touch and go with him. There’s no way he could ever get in a car with a complete stranger driving.

ANY ALLERGIES?: pollen

DO THEY HAVE ANY PHOBIAS?: heights

LIST 3 PET-PEEVES THEY CAN’T STAND: homophobia, racism, chewing really loudly

PAST

BEST MEMORY: His daughter’s birth

WORST MEMORY: His car accident

BIGGEST SECRET: He told Roman that he was going to go back to Harry and give him another try because he thought that’s what the other wanted to hear but he never did.

BIGGEST WISH: getting his masters and giving Elle a proper family

BIGGEST FEAR: getting his heart broken again.

FIRST LOVE : Roman Beckett

ROMANCE & SEXUALITY

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

TURN ONS: dirty talk, hair pulling, nipple play, spanking, marking

TURN OFFS: age play, anything toilet related

MISCELLANEOUS

SPEAKING VOICE CLAIM: Louis Tomlinson

SINGING VOICE CLAIM: Louis Tomlinson

RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER: Really good. His mum has always been his biggest supporter and they’re very close.

MOTHER’S NAME: Lily Davies

RELATIONSHIP WITH FATHER: Landon barely even remembers his biological father as he left when Landon was very young. He’s the result of an accidental pregnancy and his parents tried staying together for his sake but it didn’t work. Landon is much closer to his step father who has always treated him like his own son.

FATHER’S NAME: Christopher Evans

SIBLINGS: Jo, Margaret, Darcy and Lucy Davies

CHILDREN: Elle Lily Davies

PETS: He has a dog called Clifford

FAVORITE PLACE: Doncaster

ROLE MODELS: David Beckham, Barack Obama

FAVORITE ANIMALS: Dogs

FAVORITE BOOKS: Harry Potter, The Maze Runner, Animal Farm, Dune

FAVORITE MOVIES: Harry Potter, Love Actually, 1917, Call Me By Your Name

FAVORITE MUSIC: Pop

FAVORITE FOOD: pizza, english breakfast, sunday roast, fish and chips

QUIRKS

ARE THEY RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED?: right handed

WHAT’S A WORD THAT’S ALWAYS ON THEIR LIPS?: “mate”

WHAT LANGUAGES DO THEY SPEAK?: English and very little French

DO THEY CURSE?: Hahaha.

WHAT’S THEIR WORST HABIT(S)?: using sarcasm as a defense mechanism

DO THEY DRINK OR SMOKE? HOW FREQUENTLY?: Yes to both. He’s managed to cut his smoking down to one cigarette a day since having Elle and he only smokes socially (at parties etc.) Sometimes smokes weed but definitely not as often as when he was in his twenties.

ARE THEY AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL?: Night owl.

HOW TIDY IS THEIR ROOM?: Eh, could be better.

HOW LONG TO THEY USUALLY TAKE GETTING READY?: It depends on where he’s going but, typically, it doesn’t take him long at all.

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Here’s an article that Film Daily wrote about Nygmobblepot. If you’d like to see them write articles about other relationships, you can contact them on Twitter and make a request. They’ve been very supportive of Gotham in general, so follow them if you’re on Twitter.

“Gotham is an innovative show based on DC Comics characters and produced by Warner Bros. The Batman origin narrative helped us rapt viewers understand how our favorite heroes (Batman) and villains (The Joker, Penguin) came to be. It also cast a light on just how Gotham City became the wretched crime-filled cesspool we all know & love.

As the fandom knows, we’re so behind the mission to Save Gothamthat it hurts, but today we’ve decided to take a break from all the activism and talk about love. Here’s why we and the Gotham fandom ship hard for Nygmobblepot, and why these fantastic felons are anyone’s perfect gateway into Gotham for people on the fence about the show.”

Sample Quotes from fans:

Mr. Millicent Cordelia

Both Ed & Oswald were transformed by love. They made sacrifices for each other & always ended up back together. They deserve, and the fans deserve to see this relationship respected as a romance on a server that understands it’s the 21st century.

Merc

Honestly because they’re both idiots and they really deserve each other.

Zoe Tomorrow

They’re two individuals who’ve spent their lives mistreated and misunderstood. They are the only ones who accept one another wholeheartedly. Together they’ve learned about trust, sacrifice, forgiveness, and love. And no matter what they always find a way back to each other.

#PenguinSpinOff

Excellent chemistry between them, and a fun, fresh take on these old, iconic characters. They’re like peanut butter and jelly: fine on their own, but especially delightful together.

Rachel

For one, they “really are meant for each other”! They’ve been through so much and have hurt each other so many times but they’ve managed to overcome it. They have a strong bond, would do anything for each other, and somehow they always come back together!

𝕫𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒

These two men grew up misunderstood and overlooked, and learned to use that to grow. they have risen together, and make an excellent team. they have both admitted to being stronger together, and their fates always become intertwined. they’re destined to be together.

Angela

While I’m not the biggest shipper of Nygmobblepot, I do care for their happiness and for the fans who do ship them. My ship is Batcat. They are best friends as kids & love each other deeply. They always want to protect each other. They are family.

LongLiveGotham #Gotham | #SaveGotham

Nygmobblepot has a long, complex history that reveals both the best and worst of these 2 characters. They have grown and learned much from the relationship. They deserve to be on a server that allows them the freedom to be a romantic couple.

Jenny i love my girlfriend

they are two men who have been abused and undermined their entire lives, but see each other as equals. they have certainly had their ups and down, but they always come back, better and stronger than ever. they understand each other more than anyone else ever has.

(not to mention how groundbreaking it would be to have two characters who have been historically heterosexual be in a romantic relationship)

Hale | 45 Days Till Neo

I’m down for anything with dear Oswald- his chaotic energy is a joy to watch, especially when it’s messing with other character such as Edward and Jim.

Scheming Minor

I am going to say something different in lieu of semantics. Technically in a sense when you get to the details they really are one of the few villain pairings portrayed in a “healthy” relationship in the Batman fandom. They progress, accept and move on; never stagnating. I included the healthy relationship chart to prove a point. Each one of those slices can be seen over the course of Riddler and Penguin’s relationship in Gotham– more so when we reach season 5. Their entire journey is about respect. Adding one more thing – Riddler has traditionally been coded as queer and flits with tentative bisexuality, meanwhile Penguin is known as a womanizer but has rare moments of ’what if’ regarding men. Gothamis one of the few Batman shows that follows through with M/M content.

kebu loves Oswald

They are both extreme individuals, but they fit together perfectly. Both are complex characters that went through life unaccepted by everyone which shaped their desire for more and their paths to becoming supervillains, so when they met it was the first time they found their equal and were accepted by someone. Their paths have been intertwined ever since, and whether they’re together or at odds, they’re always the most significant person in each other’s lives. But even though they ended up appearing together, we didn’t actually see them get “officially” together. Their story has yet to come to a close.

Riz || Professional Mr.Penn promoter

A very complex relationship that cannot be concluded in a spawn of a cut off season like it was. They have had a long journey and a perhaps even longer one before them. Their lowest and best have been shared together and they’re the one person who understand the other fully.

M/M relationships in media and tvshows especially is a rare breed. Even more is the concept of the big chance to make two comic characters and made an entirely new spin on them by being brave enough to make them queer, Oswald perhaps within the asexual spectrum at that. Ed as a tormented, abused soul who struggles with his own identiy and perhaps sexuality.

There is really so much to say, which is exactly why there need to be more to tell the rest of the story.

Vero

While Ed fights with the dichotomy within himself, he’s always felt the most whole when he’s been all-encompassed by Oswald’s world and care. Oswald found compassion and acceptance for all the parts that Ed thought were not loved. They are twin souls that deserve a longer story.There’s always been a complexity to both of them, and they understand the extremes that have made them into the people they are. There is no desire to change the other, only bring out the best in one another and a comfort shared that’s so important.

madi

I feel as though they have stories that extend beyond what Gothamwas able to show through their 5 seasons. Especially with the 5th season being half of its normal length. They mean so much to me, and so many others, and I would love to see even more of them (1/2)

(2/2) and to be able to see Gotham’s depiction of Ed’s backstory, an explanation for the whole Isabella fiasco (like how is she even possible) and a plot line where Ed saves Oswald. We haven’t had any of those since s2/early s3 and I need that in my life. I miss them so much.

Evan

Not only off the charts chemistry, but near similar backgrounds also. Both Ed & Oswald were abandoned by their parents, and had to fight the world their whole lives. Then brought them together and they’ve been unstoppable ever since.

Suzy Dakroub

Because they have the best character development and bond I’ve ever seen on a show! They both truly have no one but eachother. For villains where it’s rare to see compassion and love, these two have it for each other and it’s so wholesome and sweet.

Frothy

it’s the first LGBT representation in such a major franchise on TV! it was taken from us once, twice, but there won’t be a third. i will produce season 6 in my basement with tze and my best friend if i must

Warrior_Of_Loyalty

REPRESENTATION!!! Seriously, there’s nothing quite like it. Oswald and Edward deserve a wedding and a musical episode to go with it. Because, if Arthur’s teacher can get married on TV why not The Penguin and The Riddler!? Please!! Make it happen!

𝕻𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊 ||

Because they are two characters who have been physically and emotionally abused most of their lives, and even after all of their hardships and turmoil, found love and trust and safety in one another

Azura Lynn Paulin

Because they never got to become a real couple on screen and they deserve to have that chance at happiness

MamaDev

Their chemistry, specifically between Robin Lord Taylor & Cory Michael Smith, is incredibly entertaining and heart warming to watch. It makes my whole day, of not, week better when I see them interacting on screen. FOX did not do them justice by keeping them in the closet.

Queen C

Because their story is FAR from over. Cory and Robin’s skills and chemistry shouldn’t be squandered. We had 5 years of their story buildup and got crapped on in the final episode, and I deserve my #BisexualRiddler!!!

Bandi [Gotham/Good Omens Spoilers] #SaveGotham

Nygmobblepot truly is such an interesting ship. As singular characters they are great, but together, they shine. They’re complex, damaged characters and take comfort in each other. Their journey is a long, painful one, but they deserve and compliment each other. It makes sense.

Anders

They are truly self confident with each other, anything becomes possible. They don’t need any cane.

They have each other.

Mae

they just have such strong chemistry and are so much better together than apart. their relationship constantly evolved throughout Gotham, becoming the main driving force for their individual developments too and… they were just made for each other okay

Tam Loves Kris @ Resting in Home

I see a lot of myself and my partner@MisterPenguinin the#Nygmobblepotship and I feel that their relationship is very well developed with lots of ups and downs and it’s fate that they are both meant for each other.

Kat Shade

With all of the characters that had amazing chemistry on Gotham, the main three had to be nygmobblepot, wayleska, and babitha. Nygmobblepot have been through so much together, and besides how revolutionary and amazing it would be for a show based on two previously heterosexual characters in a homosexual relationship, they simply work amazingly together.

#Gotham #nygmobblepot #Film Daily

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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet.

Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. His technique has been compared to percussion. Referring to the number of keys on a standard piano, Val Wilmer used the phrase "eighty-eight tuned drums" to describe Taylor's style. He has been referred to as being "like Art Tatum with contemporary-classical leanings".

Early life and education

Taylor was raised in the Corona, Queens neighborhood of New York City. As an only child to a middle-class family, Taylor's mother encouraged him to play music at an early age. He began playing piano at age six and went on to study at the New York College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston. At the New England Conservatory, Taylor majored in composition and arranging. During his time there, he also became familiar with contemporary European art music. Bela Bartók and Karlheinz Stockhausen notably influenced his music.

In 1955, Taylor moved back to New York City from Boston. He formed a quartet with soprano saxophonist, Steve Lacy, bassist Buell Neidlinger, and drummer Dennis Charles. Taylor's first recording, Jazz Advance, featured Lacy and was released in 1956. The recording is described by Richard Cook and Brian Morton in the Penguin Guide to Jazz: "While there are still many nods to conventional post-bop form in this set, it already points to the freedoms in which the pianist would later immerse himself." Taylor's quartet featuring Lacy also appeared at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, which was made into the album At Newport. Taylor collaborated with saxophonist John Coltrane in 1958 on Stereo Drive, now available as Coltrane Time.

1950s and early 1960s

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Taylor's music grew more complex and moved away from existing jazz styles. Gigs were often hard to come by, and club owners found that Taylor's approach of playing long pieces tended to impede business. His 1959 LP record Looking Ahead! showcased his innovation as a creator as compared to the jazz mainstream. Unlike others at the time, Taylor utilized virtuosic techniques and made swift stylistic shifts from phrase to phrase. These qualities, among others, still remained notable distinctions of Taylor's music for the rest of his life.

Landmark recordings, like Unit Structures (1966), also appeared. Within the Unit, musicians were able to develop new forms of conversational interplay. In the early 1960s, an uncredited Albert Ayler worked with Taylor, jamming and appearing on at least one recording, Four, which was unreleased until appearing on the 2004 Ayler box set Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70).

By 1961, Taylor was working regularly with alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, who would become one of his most important and consistent collaborators. Taylor, Lyons, and drummer Sunny Murray (and later Andrew Cyrille) formed the core personnel of the Cecil Taylor Unit, Taylor's primary ensemble until Lyons' death in 1986. Lyons' playing, strongly influenced by jazz icon Charlie Parker, retained a strong blues sensibility and helped keep Taylor's increasingly avant garde music tethered to the jazz tradition.

Late 1960s and 1970s

Taylor began to perform solo concerts in the latter half of the 1960s. The first known recorded solo performance was "Carmen With Rings" (59 minutes) in De Doelen concert hall in Rotterdam on July 1, 1967. Two days earlier, Taylor had played the same composition in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Many of his later concerts were released on album and include Indent (1973), side one of Spring of Two Blue-J's (1973), Silent Tongues (1974), Garden (1982), For Olim (1987), Erzulie Maketh Scent (1989), and The Tree of Life (1998). He began to garner critical and popular acclaim, playing for Jimmy Carter on the White House Lawn, lecturing as an artist-in-residence at universities, and eventually being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973 and a MacArthur Fellowship in 1991.

In 1976, Taylor directed a production of Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. His production combined the original script with a chorus of orchestrated voices used as instruments. Jimmy Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Andy Bey, Karen Borca, David S. Ware, and Raphe Malik performed in the production as the Cecil Taylor Unit, among other musicians and actors.

1990s and the Feel Trio

Following Lyons' death in 1986, Taylor formed the Feel Trio in the early 1990s with William Parker on bass and Tony Oxley on drums. The group can be heard on Celebrated Blazons, Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio and the 10-disc set 2 T's for a Lovely T. Compared to his prior groups with Lyons, the Feel Trio had a more abstract approach, tethered less to jazz tradition and more aligned with the ethos of European free improvisation. He also performed with larger ensembles and big band projects.

Taylor's extended residence in Berlin in 1988 was documented by the German label FMP, resulting in a box set of performances in duet and trio with a large number of European free improvisors, including Oxley, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Tristan Honsinger, Louis Moholo, and Paul Lovens. Most of his later recordings have been released on European labels, with the exception of Momentum Space (a meeting with Dewey Redman and Elvin Jones) on Verve/Gitanes. The classical label Bridge released his 1998 Library of Congress performance Algonquin, a duet with violinist Mat Maneri.

Taylor continued to perform for capacity audiences around the world with live concerts, usually playing his favored instrument, a Bösendorfer piano featuring nine extra lower-register keys. A documentary on Taylor, entitled All the Notes, was released on DVD in 2006 by director Chris Felver. Taylor was also featured in a 1981 documentary film entitled Imagine the Sound, in which he discusses and performs his music, poetry, and dance.

2000s

Taylor recorded sparingly in the 2000s, but continued to perform with his own ensembles (the Cecil Taylor Ensemble and the Cecil Taylor Big Band) and with other musicians such as Joe Locke, Max Roach, and Amiri Baraka. In 2004, the Cecil Taylor Big Band at the Iridium Jazz Club was nominated a best performance of 2004 by All About Jazz. The Cecil Taylor Trio was nominated for the same at the Highline Ballroom in 2009. The trio consisted of Taylor, Albey Balgochian, and Jackson Krall. In 2010, Triple Point Records released a deluxe limited-edition double LP titled Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimensions of Two Root Songs, a set of duos with Taylor's longtime collaborator Tony Oxley that was recorded live at the Village Vanguard.

In 2013, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize for Music. He was described as "An Innovative Jazz Musician Who Has Fully Explored the Possibilities of Piano Improvisation". In 2014, his career and 85th birthday were honored at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia with the tribute concert event "Celebrating Cecil". In 2016, Taylor received a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art entitled "Open Plan: Cecil Taylor".

Taylor, along with dancer Min Tanaka, was the subject of Amiel Courtin-Wilson's 2016 documentary film The Silent Eye.

Ballet and dance

In addition to piano, Taylor was always interested in ballet and dance. Taylor's mother, who died while he was young, was a dancer and played the piano and violin. Taylor once said: "I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes." He collaborated with dancer Dianne McIntyre in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Taylor composed and played the music for a twelve-minute ballet "Tetra Stomp: Eatin' Rain in Space", featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Heather Watts.

Poetry

Taylor was a poet, and cited Robert Duncan, Charles Olson, and Amiri Baraka as major influences. He often integrated his poems into his musical performances, and they frequently appear in the liner notes of his albums. The album Chinampas, released by Leo Records in 1987, is a recording of Taylor reciting several of his poems while accompanying himself on percussion.

Musical style and legacy

According to Steven Block, free jazz originated with Taylor's performances at the Five Spot Cafe in 1957 and with Ornette Coleman in 1959. In 1964, Taylor co-founded the Jazz Composers Guild to enhance opportunities for avant-garde jazz musicians.

Taylor's style and methods have been described as "constructivist". Despite Scott Yanow's warning regarding Taylor's "forbidding music" ("Suffice it to say that Cecil Taylor's music is not for everyone"), he praises Taylor's "remarkable technique and endurance", and his "advanced", "radical", "original", and uncompromising "musical vision".

This musical vision is a large part of Taylor's legacy:

Playing with Taylor I began to be liberated from thinking about chords. I'd been imitating John Coltrane unsuccessfully and because of that I was really chord conscious.

Personal life and death

In 1982, jazz critic Stanley Crouch wrote that Taylor was gay, prompting an angry response. In 1991, Taylor told a New York Times reporter "[s]omeone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?' I avoid the trap of easy definition."

Taylor moved to Fort Greene, Brooklyn in 1983. He died at his Brooklyn residence on April 5, 2018, at the age of 89. At the time of Taylor's death, he was working on an autobiography and future concerts, among other projects.

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turtle-steverogers · 6 years ago

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Bad Hair Day

mmmm short shit

warnings: dumbassery

ships: platonic spralbert

editing: nope the fuckst not

“Uh, Race,” Race pulled out an earbud at the sound of his roommate, Albert, calling him from the bathroom, “I fucked up.”

Inwardly groaning, Race pushed himself off of his bed, abandoning his phone on the sheets. He reluctantly trudged down the hallway, knocking once on the bathroom door before opening it.

“What do you want-oh my fucking God,” He stopped short, eyes widening as Albert turned to him, a panicked, pained look in his eyes. It looked like Albert had attempted to cut his own hair. The front was short and choppy and the back was still too long, but now random clumps of ginger were missing. It was awful and Race didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. His gaze traveled from Albert’s hair to the pair of kiddie scissors in his hand and he blinked, completely bewildered.

“Yeah,” Albert said, his voice an octave too high, “Uh, my hair was really long and my dance teacher wanted me to cut it for Nutcracker, but I’m a broke ass bitch who doesn’t like talking to people, so the thought of going to a whole ass barber shop was, like, outta the question, so I was like, I’ma do it myself, and yeah.” He finished lamely, placing the kiddie scissors on the sink and reaching up to run a hand through it hair, cringing when he felt the uneven locks.

Race shook his head, bemused, “You look,” he paused, trying to find the right words, “Like Raggedy Ann had a midlife crisis, hang on, lemme try and fix it.”

Albert grimaced, confliction swimming in his eyes, “Do you even know how to cut hair?”

Race wrinkled his nose, pushing Albert down so that he was sitting on the toilet lid, “I mean, technically no, but it shouldn’t be too hard to do better than you.”

Albert bit his lip, considering, “Okay, uh, have at it,” He said, motioning towards the scissors and squeezing his eyes shut in anticipation.

Race picked up the scissors, which upon closer inspection, he realized had penguins on the handles. He fumbled awkwardly, trying to grip them securely. He always forgot how awful using scissors as a lefty was. Reaching up to tentatively grab some of Albert’s hair, he took a deep breath. He tried to mimic what he’d seen barbers do, pulling strands of Albert’s hair between his pointer and middle finger and cutting off the ends, bit by bit. He tried to make it even, but as he continued, it became evident that all he was doing was making it worse. After a few minutes of feverishly trying to remedy Albert’s hair disaster, they heard the front door open. Whistling rang through the apartment, followed by the sound of a backpack hitting the floor and Race paused for a moment, listening.

“Yo, Al, Racer, y’all home?” Spot, their other roommate called.

“Uh, yep, in the bathroom,” Race called back.

“Together?” Spot asked, sounding slightly horrified. He appeared a moment later, drinking from a bottle of coke, but when he saw Race and Albert, he choked.

“Albert, Jesus fuck,” He sputtered, “And I thought you’d reached your peak ugliness.”

Albert glowered at him, “Shut the fuck up.”

“God,” Spot breathed, stepping further into the bathroom and reach out to touch Albert’s hair. Albert ducked out of the way, hitting Spot’s wrist as he did so, “It truly is awful.”

“I know,” Albert deadpanned, “It sucks.”

“Lord, okay, here,” Spot handed Race his bottle of coke and took the scissors out of his grip, “Turn towards me.”

Albert eyed him warily, but obliged and Spot stuck his tongue between his teeth, narrowing his eyes in focus as he got to work cutting Albert’s hair. Race watched in amazement as he quickly got rid of uneven clumps and choppy strands. He used the scissors to even out Albert’s hair, then wordlessly grabbed a pair of clippers from the mirror cabinet and styled it so that it was clean. It was significantly shorter, but not badly so, and it was mussed attractively on top.

“That actually looks really good,” Race said in awe as Albert stood up, looking in the mirror to inspect his new haircut.

“Holy shit,” Albert hissed, “Spot why are you so good at that?” Spot shrugged, using a paper towel to wipe bits of hair off the toilet lid, “When I was in foster care, we didn’t always have money for haircuts, so I learned to get good at it. Plus, summa the littler guys wanted cool styles, so I figured may as well.”

“Awww,” Race cooed, pinching Spot’s cheeks, earning a glare in return, “What a softie.”

Spot held up the kiddie scissors, menacingly, “I could cut your throat.”

Race grinned, stepping out of the way as Spot jokingly snipped the scissors at him, “I’m a bad bitch, you can’t kill me.”

Spot frowned and Albert glanced at Race in the mirror, “Hey, Racer?”

“What?”

“Shut up.”

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Sarah Ann Harris, ‘William Shakespeare 400th Anniversary: Can you recognise the words coined by the Bard?’, HuffPost, 21 April 2016 No Sweat Shakespeare, ‘Words Shakespeare Invented’, Roma Panganiban, ‘Twenty Words We Owe to Shakespeare’, Mental Floss, 31 January 2013 Daniel Swift, ‘Laughable Maybe, but Never Lacklustre: Words of the Bard’, Telegraph, 21 March 2014 Josie Gurney-Read, ‘How Well Do You Know Shakespeare’s Words?’, Telegraph, 21 March 2014 Including such words in antedatable totals would add two to the Swift, Mental Floss and No Sweat Shakespeare counts and one to the tally in Unmasking the Real Shakespeare. A further three words are on record shortly after Shakespeare’s usages, suggesting that they, too, may have been already active. Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: the World as a Stage, rev. Holger Schott Syme, ‘People Being Stupid About Shakespeare III’, 11 July 2011, Cited in Andrew Dickson, ‘Can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?’, Guardian, 23 February 2018 Over 60% of the words on Schäfer’s list that the OED currently records in use at a later date can be antedated further than Nashe on via EEBO. Nashe himself can now frequently be antedated. Jürgen Schäfer, Documentation in the OED (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980). Thomas Heywood, Troia Britanica: or, Great Britaines Troy (London: W. 37, in EEBO-TCP Andrew Willett, An Antilogie or Counterplea to An Apologicall (he should haue said) Apologeticall Epistle published by a Favorite of the Romane Separation, and (as is supposed) one of the Ignatian Faction (London: Thomas Man, 1603), p. by Gervase Markham (London: James Roberts for Thomas Millington, 1597), p. Vertues teares for the losse of the most christian King Henry, trans. Murray, ‘Preface to Volume I’, in A New English Dictionary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888), p. 147, in EEBO-TCP Samuel Rowlands, (London: G. Edward Evans, Verba Dierum, or, The Dayes Report of Gods Glory (Oxford: Joseph Barnes, 1615), p. 483, in EEBO-TCP Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe (London: N.L. by Josuah Sylvester (London: Humfrey Lounes, 1611), p. Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Du Bartas his Deuine Weekes and Workes, trans. Hugh Craig, ‘Shakespeare’s Vocabulary: Myth and Reality’, Shakespeare Quarterly, 62.1 (2011), 53-74 (p. by Stephen Greenblatt and others (New York: Norton, 1997), p. Stephen Greenblatt in The Norton Shakespeare, ed. David Crystal and Ben Crystal, The Shakespeare Miscellany (London: Penguin, 2005), pp. David Crystal, Think On My Words (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), p. David Crystal, The Stories of English, 2nd edn (London: Penguin, 2005), p. edn (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015), p.

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