#I guess the category could be 'poor doc'

[absolutebl]

This Week In BL - These Are the Days of Our BLs

Aug 2023 Wk 2

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 5 of 8 - They cute making heart eyes at each other, but could we get back to punching & slutty silk shirts? OMG the poor rich kid & the bodyguard who wants to hug him SO BAD are KILLING me. I did giggle & yell “punchy punchies” during the fight scene before the fire. But Charn is a diamond-encrusted evil-gorgeous gremlin beastie, isn’t he? 

Only Friends (Sat YT) ep 1 of 10 - NO SINGING, but also.. wristbands! Sand is great = smart, snappy & over this shit. (Tired Gay 2.0) Neo & Mark are a revelation, where’d that chemistry come from? Force playing a douchenozzle is damn delight. Plus a counter lift in the first ep? Boys, you’re spoiling me. Mew is the least interesting, but Book is still adorable. Ray is the least likable character, but since it’s Khao, he’s the most likable screen presence. In fact, I’m enjoying all the messy messy gays & I know all their types IRL. I wish we had some femme & swish rep tho. Is this Thailand’s Queer as Folk? Seems like. Is it good? Not sure. But it is FUN as hell. Still, I gotta say it… they all dance like straight boys. 

Hidden Agenda that isn’t hidden (Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 5 of 10 - Zo just wants to turtle & avoid but Joke is not gonna allow that. GMMTV keeps having sub issues (usually fixed within a few days). 

Low Frequency (Sat iQIYI) ep 6 of 8 - I do like the psychic gay detective trope. It makes this show more interesting and enjoyable. But they solved the mystery awful fast. I guess different drama spins the final 2 eps? 

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 12fin - It was fine. I was fine with it. A kind of Vice Versa situation. The usual with Jittirain, as it turns out, is pretty simple: one of her main characters is going to be a manipulative liar or extremely unlikeable or both. It got an 8/10 from me, but probably should get a 7/10 just because I’m so exhausted by this. But I have to be fair and judge each BL on its own & not in light of repeat author mistakes. Not much of a trash watch here. Final full review here. 

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 7 of 10 eps - Boyfriend trip together. Terrible overalls. What the fuck? No. Meanwhile, perfect choice for college star. (Could Ton please lead out a new BL? I know I’m 0 for 2 with him but I’m willing to try again if he is.) I actually enjoyed this installment for a change. Perhaps “enjoy” is too strong a word. Not much happened, dog days of BL, perhaps that’s a good thing with Dino? 

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 6 of 12 - Mostly I was excited to watch this week because of Ben but there wasn’t much of him. Sadness. OK, I know it has STIFF competition but does this show have the worst music in BL, or is it just me? I still like Big Daddy & Hot Doc as characters but I am despairing over their arc (would we call it an arc?). All in all this week... Whatever.

Wedding Plan (Weds YT & iQIYI) ep 4 of 7 - I am officially being driven to drink. Trash watch is happening!

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Jun & Jun (Korea Thurs Viki) 4 of 8 - This show makes me laugh so much. It is so damn cute. And there’s so much language play going on. THEN . . . JUST ADD SIMON. I love a good Simon. Who doesn’t love a good Simon? I know SO MANY Simons. Now 3 boys are circling the ingénue (who I suspect is less innocent than he appears). So much delightful competition, postering & flirting. “My Jun,” is he, Simon? You are a precious angular stalk man, aren’t you? Pacing is great with this show. Every week I can’t wait for the next installment, that’s a hallmark of the best KBLs. If the language stuff confused you as much as it did me here is an EXCELLENT post on the subject that will help. 

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) 7 of 10 eps - Sweetest seme. He’s hurt & mad at his boy but still can’t help taking care of him. I do like the courting with snacks & sweet little notes. (It’d work on me.) YAY!  Reunion kisses & nuzzles!!! Snuggling!!!! Gah! Taiwan, I love you. These 2 aren’t your best kissers but their cuddling is off the charts. I guess we are just gonna be plotless messy gay bfs for the final 3 eps? That’s cool with me. 

Sing My Crush (Korea Weds iQIYI) 3-4 of 8 eps - it’s adorable, they’re adorable, I’m enjoying it a whole lot. It’s like a very soft, low-stakes Addicted. 

Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) 10 eps - I liked Love Class 1 (more than most on Tumblr) & I normally don’t want 2nd seasons. But this has an entirely new cast (in the “Replay” model). I’m fine with a 2nd season that has little or nothing to do with the first. J-min is an interesting choice of idols but he’s doing an unexpectedly good job. (He is a truly great rapper, by the way.) Trigger warnings out the gate... also this is complicated. Ready? We got 3 queer besties: artist gay Hyun (J-min), shy cafe gay Minwoo (in love with), sunshine gym bunny bi slut Maru (represent, my brother). Then we got Mr Put-upon-TA (+ boy who saw him nekid). And the twist = all black otaku Kim An (used to tutor artist gay in high school = exes ghosting DRAMA). This last reads as a hyung romance. Which you know I love. But it also feels v dark. All of which is to say, I am intrigued but a little nervous over the tone. 

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 1 of 8 - Classic JBL is back! This one is My Beautiful Man + Tokyo in April/Oh My Assistant. It’s odd and warped af but I like it. Very much has a the feel of old live action yaoi + VERY D/s. BRING IT JAPAN.

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) 6 of 12 eps - Shin is my sweet bean sprout and Minato should just boink him. Why all this waffling? I love the doctor. But mostly I’m as frustrated with this show as Shin must be in general. Minato 2- the season of blue balls.

Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) 2 of 5 eps - I re-watched the first 2 eps & now find it a bit more comprehensible (yes 2: there is an ep 0). I don’t think we can expect this to end happy for either couple. It’s kinda sticky & grungy (in a way I’ve come to expect from the Philippines, although this is not as cluttered visually nor as brightly colored as the Pinoy stuff). I do kind of like that lived-in feeling, it reminds me of Taiwanese shorts. There is something very honestly queer about the primary leads (tattoo & babyface) in particular the way they dance queer? around each other: verbally, emotionally & physically - laying down breadcrumbs of gay for the other to follow. The secondary couple (reunion, cheating) is very sad. Although I do love a counter lift make-out sesh. (Occasionally Cantonese sounds like Vietnamese to me. Apparently I am not alone in this.)

Gossip - AKA P’ABL is Disappointed

I was gonna put a statement here but I just did it separately, earlier this week, since my ask box was overflowing regarding actor gossip and other stuff. 

Meanwhile, Stay With Me ended exactly as expected. Can’t say I didn’t warn ya. You watched this anyway? You got what was coming to you. I am entirely unsympathetic. 

 Next Week Looks Like This:

Look at that PACKED week. NIIICEEEE. 

Starting:

8/18 Dangerous Romance (Thai Fri GMMTC YT) 12 eps - Perth returns to lead out a BL, odds on that ever happening were slim. (Let alone Chimon.) Still here we are. Interesting times. Chimon plays a poor studious kid who hates the school bully but is forced to become his private tutor. Lurv results. 

8/19 Love in Translation (Thai Sat One31) 10 eps - Two strangers start working in a cafe together. Looks very pulp. No idea on international distribution. 

8/19 I Feel You Linger in the Air (Thai Sat Gaga) 12 eps - The time travel historical romance many of us have been waiting for. Adaption of y-novel by Violet Rain. Heartbroken architect is transported to the 1930s. From the producers of Lovely Writer.

8/20 My Universe series (Thai Sun iQIYI) 24 eps - This is sampler pack BL, 12 pairs, each pair gets 2 eps, not sure on the order they’ll drop. Known couples include EarthBank from Destiny Seeker and KaownahTurbo from Love Stage!!!, fresh faces otherwise. Jane to direct.

Still Coming in August 2023

8/22 Kisseki: Dear to Me formerly known as Miracle (Taiwan Tues ????) 13 eps - From screenwriter Lin Pei Yu (We Best Love, H3: Trapped) features a student doctor forced to take care of a gangster. I love the premise and like the writer, Viki or Gaga will get this one.  

8/23 Why R U? (Korean remake iQIYI) is supposed to be out this month, filming started in sept 22. I find everything about this hilarious. I mean if Korea remakes it, we lose all the sexy and then... would we have a story at all? No we would not. Not even for six short eps. It’d be like one of those mesh shopping bags.

8/24 Man Suang (Thailand movie, domestic cinema release) - historical drama about Thai burlesque with KP’s MileApo. 

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Talking grandkids. Made me snicker. (Low Frequency.)

The waist grab that launched a thousand gifs (Laws of Attraction). Okay it was last week but I gotta chronicle it here in the weeklies. For science. 

Sing My Crush. They are so damn cute. 

Thank you for the counter action GMMTV, please Sirs, may I have another?

Captain snark in the house. Of course they handed the best and most complex pairing to these two. Well done GMMTV. (Only Friends) 

I really did not expect J-Min to be this good. (Love Class 2) 

(Last week) 

[ofmermaidstories]

HIII MEEEERRRMMSS!!!! :)) how are you? hope youre doing well :) for the game — i was thinking 28… 44…. 45….. but if thats too many you can like ignore whichever one is the most boring

junie. u could ask me to guess what colour ur socks are and i would be glad for the chance to sit and play along. i love u. 🥹 nothing u could think of, or say, or worry about or wanna ask would be boring to me, ur an entire universe within urself and it’s an honour to even graze against the expanse. 🌌🪲

but ok let’s go lmaooo.

28.  Favourite side character

in canon, or fic?? in canon i have a soft spot for tokoyami and dark shadow; and mineta, actually, i think his design is so fun (specifically the way his nose and mouth are drawn!! and his big eyes, they stand out from how hori does others!). 13 too, actually—she’s fun with or without her helmet!!!

44.  How much research do you do?

ehhh. probably not enough (for what i like to tackle, lmao) to be honest. but a bit! for shouto’s fic i kinda had to go on a glut of research about several different things (sdkfhsdkjfh) so that has it’s own doc with like, my notes and sources and stuff. screenshots of interesting things! it sounds impressive but i promise it’s really shallow, lmao, and i think the end result will be like, relatively light on all the stuff i’ve learnt but—eh. no knowledge is wasted lmao.

45.  How much world building do you do?

omg okay, but like, what counts as world building in this situation tho??? because omg, junie, can i just rant about this? im gonna rant about this LMAOO i have a LOT of opinions and ur here now so!!!!!! 🥹 soz!!!! but like, what does that mean tho? LOL. world building. what does that mean??? i see it thrown around all the time and like, to me in a fanfic it’s like… what world building??? we write fanfic LMAO. the world is built for us, that’s literally the point. i don’t consider the lightweight stuff of like, making up a guy and shoving him into a preexisting world to be world building. to me world building as a definition is strict: like, you’re literally building a world. you have to figure out a money system, what are coins worth? how is justice is carried out? how does that effect the rich vs. the poor? how do people clean their asses, what does the plumbing in their cities entail. what kind of crops do they grow and what does that mean for like, easy-to-make sweets? basically what i am saying is that i think to qualify for the term u need to build a world outside of the borrowed one ur writing in and quite frankly i don’t really consider the pro-hero AUs i write to fall under that category LOL. the hard stuff is already done!!! quirks have rules, quirk society has rules… it’s all neat and tidy. i just slip our reader-inserts in like barbie dolls into a dreamhouse and go from there. 😎🌴

[rust-bearer]

I don’t know how to tl;dr this but I guess it falls into the First Aid being accepted as One Of Them category? I dunno, they’re on my mind now but anyway. You know when you like walk into a room or walk into work or something and specific people you get to know/like are like “heyyyy [name]!” Or “Good morning/afternoon [name]!” Because that’s what I’m going for.

Onslaught secretly really likes First Aid but is not about to let that information slip. Every time he sees First Aid or catches his gaze/makes eye contact he says hi or something. Every time. Follows it up with “I think we need…” or “The kids want you to…” to keep things discreet but like, you can tell. You can tell he’s fond.

Brawl is probably a little less standoffish about the whole situation. I mean, they all live under the same roof now, right? Starts out calling First Aid doc because he can’t for the life of him remember Aid’s name, ends up using the nickname as an affectionate and endearing term. Every time First Aid walks into the kitchen for a snack or stumbles into the hallway after a long night of restless sleep, Brawl greets him without fail. There’s a smile, small nod of the head, a “morning, doc” or a “hey, doc” depending on the time.

Blast Off definitely takes some warming up to do, but after a good six weeks of sharing the same space, he starts getting a little adventurous. At first, it’s just strained smiles every time they pass each other going in opposite directions, and Blast Off usually doesn’t go out of his way to say anything to First Aid if they aren’t standing directly in front of each other. Give it a few more weeks and the forced smiles become more relaxed, sometimes he even slips in a “hey” or a “good morning” here and there. You can tell he sort of likes First Aid, but it’s like dealing with a wild animal—you just can’t figure out who’s supposed to be the animal and who’s the human.

I don’t think Vortex even needs an explanation. Really, there IS no avoiding him, so good luck. First Aid isn’t running into Vortex in the middle of the kitchen after struggling to stay awake long enough to brew some coffee. Vortex is the one sitting on the edge of the mattress or sitting on the floor next to him or perched on the coffee table across from the couch. Either way, he’s THERE and he’s AWAKE and he’s like hell yeah, my favorite person in the whole world is also awake! Doesn’t bother with greetings half the time, just goes into some full-fledged conversation about god knows what. There is no predicting just what might come out of his mouth on any given day, you just gotta roll with it. Really, the best he’s ever done is “Hey, Aid, I was thinking…” but even that’s a stretch.

I think Swindle’s sort of a funny one because he could be throwing pots into the sink and storming around the kitchen, RBF in full swing, and suddenly First Aid appears in the room and he’s like “heyyy!! There’s our medic! ����” and it’s kind of bizarre. Vortex is fond of calling him out on it, mostly to complain that Swindle is NEVER that nice to him in the mornings, but Swindle just snaps at him for the umpteenth time and Vortex goes back to sulking over it. Well, sort of. The sulking lasts all of three seconds. All to say Swindle can be a really nasty housemate in the mornings but he is not about to take it out on poor First Aid. Nah, that’s only reserved for Vortex his siblings.

I tried to make these sooort of equal in length and effort but I feel like Onslaught lost in that regard. I mean, he was the first one I did, but like… eh, I dunno. I’m sure he’ll come to terms with it.

—@robot-zombies

Digs this out before I forget. I feel like talking abt swindle now so we will talk about him vs Vortex re: first aid

Swindle understands the value in having a doctor. Sure, first aid was a pediatric doctor, and mostly dealt with hospital based patients, not even outpatient family practice stuff, but… he’s skilled. And he’s a doctor. So Swindle plays nice, acts nice, leans in to the charisma and the disarming charm to make First Aid ‘feel safe’. To keep him around. And First Aid isn’t stupid, he knows Swindle is putting on some amount of an act, but he doesn’t know the sheer depth of it. Swindle really purely sees First Aid as an investment, a client he has to keep no matter what, so he puts on his big boy pants and works AROUND what his brothers say and do, to make First Aid stay.

But the flattery and the kindness and all that stuff, it doesn’t matter. First Aid doesn’t care, and doesn’t like it at all, especially when it’s insincere. It makes him (rightly so) feel like a prime supermarket meat. No, what First Aid actually likes is- Vortex.

And it’s weird! Vortex is weird! He’s creepy at times, then entirely earnest. Honest. He says things that First Aid sometimes thinks in the back of his mind. Then he says things First Aid recoils at. And yet, it’s Vortex that First Aid is closest to, and cares most for, and trusts most. When Vortex decides to spend an hour manually crushing fruit to make juice, because he heard First Aid mention it, that’s because Vortex likes First Aid. And it’s a hassle and he moans the entire time, but then he slams the glass down and grins and has the stupidest shit eating expression.

When Swindle does the same thing, it’s artificial. And that’s not a bad thing; he isn’t being cruel, he doesn’t secretly hate First Aid, he just… doesn’t really feel strongly about him, on a personal level. But he knows on a survival level that they deeply need First Aid, so he will smile and juice some fruit, and offer it to First Aid with some deflection of, “I was making some too and figured you’d want some.” And First Aid will accept but he Knows.

He’d like Swindle more if he just stopped with.. All of that. And eventually he will.

[volchitsa-of-winterfell]

debated whether to post this as it is, without contest, THE most deranged thing i have ever done in any fandom.  but this is the deranged fan website so without further ado:

The 2023 F1 Drivers, Ranked By Hands

ID and explanations are under the cut.  explanations are grouped by team instead of in the order of the chart above, because that’s how i typed this out in my google doc and i can’t be arsed to cut them up and shuffle them around.  enjoy.

[ID: a tier ranking list with the categories “✨perfect✨”; “very nice!”; “pretty good”; “Fine I Guess”; and “ugly.”  reading left to right, the photos shown in the “✨perfect✨” tier are george russell, valtteri bottas, and zhou guanyu.  the photos shown in the “very nice!” tier are oscar piastri, kevin magnussen, nico hülkenberg, max verstappen, alex albon, and esteban ocon.  in the “pretty good” tier we have yuki tsunoda, charles leclerc, logan sargeant, fernando alonso, lewis hamilton, and carlos sainz.  in the “Fine I Guess tier” are nyck de vries, lance stroll, and checo pérez.  in the “ugly” tier are pierre gasly and lando norris.  /end ID]

The Explanations

yuki: some nice hands!  smol and well-proportioned.  smooth, pretty skin that looks decently well cared for.  the overall shape gives the impression of a balance between gentle and sturdy.

nyck: similar to yuki’s in size, with the sturdiness & ruggedness sliders bumped up just a couple notches.  big, blunt, round fingerpads.  nothing too special but not unattractive either!

hulkenberg: lovely long fingers!  slight points detracted for the bulge of his pinky muscle which gives his palm an oddly lumpy shape that i personally find aesthetically unattractive.  still, quite pretty overall: a hand that’s clearly built for strength first but also looks like it could have a gentleness to it.

kevin: now just by pure aesthetics this one shouldn’t work, with the combination of the big sprawled-out square palm and the short, small, tapered fingers coming out of it.  but something about the quirkiness of the combo utterly charms me!

oscar: god, i so wanted to place him higher, because these are literally some gorgeous fucking hands.  perfect fingers: long with an elegant taper and a beautiful soft rounded tip.  unfortunately, this boy chews the SHIT out of his cuticles.  they’re not visible in the picture i included here (bc i went for one that showed the overall shape better) but i have other photographic proof where they literally look so fucking ragged and dry and NASTYYYY.

lando: listen i love my dumb little puppyboy but literally what the fuck is this.  the knobbly knuckles, the tendon bumps, the weird asymmetrical squat shape to the palm—absolutely none of it is to my taste.  AND, as if that weren’t enough, he also has the same ripped-up cuticles problem as oscar.  someone please sneak into the mclaren HQ and start sneaking gabapentin into these poor boys’ food like they give to animals to stop gnawing at their stitches after the vet.

logan: what can i say?  they’re good hands, brent.  long fingers, nicely shaped and proportional to the palm, no obvious detractions.  just a nice hand.

alex: minor points detracted for disproportionality—his palm is, like, way too long for his fingers somehow??  but he makes it up in other areas: the skin looks smooth and moisturized, and the fingers themselves are quite nice, long with a blunt pillowy pad.  bonus visual interest points for having a third and fourth finger that are nearly the same length!  willing to bet anything that those two are the fingers he uses for [*LOUD RAPID GUNFIRE*]

guanyu: long and lovely fingers, slim and delicate!  a slight knobbliness to the knuckles but the overall length and gracility of the fingers makes it look elegant.  back of the hand looks well moisturized and smooth.

valtteri: yes they’re so smol and stubby and MEATY but they’re also just very nicely proportioned and shaped!  this is a hand i would be delighted to hold and squeeze: just these cute, soft, almost pudgy little mitts.

esteban: would have loved to go even higher for the long slim fingers, and they do have a gorgeous gentle look to them—unfortunately they are just slightly on the wrong side of too-long, where they start looking almost spidery.  still, despite the slight unsettling aspect i’m nevertheless compelled to rate these pretty highly.  or maybe because of it.

pierre: there’s just really nothing compelling going on here.  kind of a knobbly/lumpy shape; not stubby enough to be smol and cute; not long enough to be elegant and pretty.  ig they look strong-ish but even that’s a reach.

lance: these hands i would call stubby in a cute way: not quite as much as valtteri’s, but still, i like the proportions on these.  points off for the skin looking a bit dry.  you’re literally a billionaire, my guy.  go get a manicure sometime with the paraffin gloves or whatever.

fernando: very well-shaped; smol and cute, a little less knobbly than lance’s.  definitely showing signs of age but i don’t mind that!

checo: yet another basic/“standard” hand.  a decent columnar shape to the fingers.  overall nothing too special for better or for worse.

max: soft-looking, with a lovely broad blunt pad at the tip.  little bit of a knuckle knobble but nothing too bad, and again, the length helps them look nice.

george: yeah so this is basically my perfect hand.  fine, elegant, long-boned fingers, matched by a perfect slim palm that’s exactly in proportion.  has a wee little bit of a nail in this photo, which is interesting; everybody else has had them rounded-off down to the quick, either from trimming/filing, gnawing, simple wear, or some combination of all three.  nothing wrong with that, though: the edge on george’s nail looks smooth (i.e. un-gnawed) and well-shaped.

lewis: these are similar to yuki’s—small and sturdy-looking in a cute way.  slightly lower than yuki since lewis has a slightly bulging/unsightly left pinky; wonder if he broke it at some point or something.

carlos: this is another story of two parts where the fingers are great but the palm shape detracts somewhat.  a very narrow tapered point on these long fingers, but the palm is far too broad to match, thus giving the whole hand a heavy and disproportionate look.

charles: you have no idea how hard it was to actually look at his hands and not get distracted by his face BUT.  sad to say, his palm is another kind of unshapely sprawl; too broad and the silhouette it makes i just don’t find aesthetically pleasing.  the fingers are beautiful, though, columnar in shape with possibly the softest and most pillowy-looking finger pads on the grid, and you can for sure tell he’s a pianist bc he keeps those things AGGRESSIVELY trimmed.

[kiruuuuu]

Oh God. I actually went back to the conversation @magehir and I had about these two and while it was magical, it was also decidedly deranged, the full extent of which I couldn’t channel into this one snippet. I hope the general sentiment still comes across, @nutbrain! (Rating M, suggestive, ~1.7k words)

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It starts out relatively simple and only vaguely worrying. Doc is enjoying lunch with the rest of his team when he notices, out of the corner of his eye, someone staring at him intently from the other side of the room. At first he pays it no heed, but when Kapkan, unchanged, refuses to avert his gaze even after a few minutes and despite being surrounded by his lively teammates as well, Doc eventually meets it with a frown. Kapkan looks away. He seems aggravated or at the very least upset, though Doc can’t even begin to guess why. When the Russian once again directs his full attention at Doc a mere minute later, he turns to Twitch, unnerved: “Did I anger Maxim somehow? He’s glaring at me and I’m not sure why.”

The young woman glances over to the Spetsnaz table and frowns when she finds Doc’s worries justified. “Wow, he looks pissed. Did you steal his breakfast or something? What did you do?”

“I really have no idea”, he admits while shaking his head in confusion.

Rook by now seems to have figured out what they’re talking about and whistles quietly when he catches sight of Kapkan’s impressive scowl. “You must’ve done something. Maybe you should ask Glaz, he might know.”

Even Montagne is furrowing his brows, having interrupted his previous conversation. “It could be that he’s still offended by how vigorously you reproached him last week. You know, when he sprained his ankle?”

“To be fair, it was completely warranted”, Twitch cuts in before Doc can even open his mouth to point out exactly that, “he was going to race Julien the next day and absolutely deserved the bollocking you gave him. But it’s possible. He strikes me as someone who can hold a grudge forever.”

Being on any of the Russians’ bad side sounds like a terrifying prospect even if there are days where there’s no more than a bad and a worse side, especially when Tachanka slept badly. He should probably at least make an effort, and so he gets up and approaches Kapkan who follows him with his eyes and a stony expression Doc can only guess means distaste. “How’s your ankle doing?”, Doc asks him softly and earns no more than a scoff. “Look, Maxim, I just wanted to let you know that I might’ve been unfair in some of the things I’ve said to you last week and I’m -”

“I don’t care”, Kapkan interrupts him forcefully. Doc, taken aback, doesn’t know how to retaliate, he didn’t expect this kind of open hostility. “And you care too much.” With that, he simply gets up and leaves, much to Doc’s consternation.

He must’ve looked pitiful seeing as Glaz turns to him with a sigh and informs him: “He means to say it’s fine. Words aren’t his friends sometimes.”

Apparently so. Which surprises him, he’s caught part of a conversation between Pulse and Kapkan before when they were analysing certain human behaviours and the Russian sounded almost scholarly to him, astonishingly well-versed in this field and even impressing the American with his astute observations. It’s odd to him that someone this mindful would just… fail to communicate. But as there’s nothing he can do about it, he shrugs it off.

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“You worry too much.”

The sentence is uttered without emotion and while keen grey eyes track him, watching his every move as he pierces skin with his needle several times, making Fuze hiss and squirm slightly with every stitch. “I disagree”, Doc replies, annoyed not only at the interruption but also because it’s roughly the third insult he’s suffered ever since Kapkan carried his teammate into the infirmary. “See this?” He agitatedly pokes a spot right next to the gash he’s slowly sewing shut and makes Fuze groan in pain. “If the cut had been a little higher, he would’ve lost a lot more blood. And now shut up and let me do my work.”

“But even then he wouldn’t have died”, Kapkan insists smugly. “And therefore: you worry too much.”

“It’s an injury on the inside of his thigh!”, Doc hisses and prods the wound once more, eliciting a quiet whimper from his patient due to the rough treatment. “You couldn’t have known whether it was life-threatening or not and I’m frankly appalled that you’d finish your harebrained game before bringing him here!”

“How did you learn to be this callous?” There’s faint admiration in Kapkan’s voice now despite his infuriating words. “You stab him with the needle like it’s nothing. His pain means nothing to you.”

“One more word and I’m throwing you out.”

“Then who’s going to carry him back to his room?”

“Shut up.” Fuze gives a high-pitched whine when Doc resumes his task, now noticeably more forceful than before. “And you shut up too. You’ve had worse.”

“I’m scared of needles”, Fuze complains, pouting, which would indeed explain his trepidation over the whole process because Doc knows him to have a high pain threshold.

“Russians”, he mutters under his breath. Especially Kapkan is getting on his nerves by now, often hovering around him and the first to point out whenever Doc is wrong in anything, almost fighting for his attention in the worst possible way. He’s usually curt and often indecipherable which is why Doc finds himself consulting Glaz more and more to simply make sure Kapkan isn’t harbouring an odd, deep-seated hatred for him. When he relays his comments to the young operator later, Glaz just grins.

“I think he admires you. You’re so compassionate and altruistic but still manage to do the right thing, even if it involves hurting or even killing. I bet it’s a strange mixture to him”, he explains patiently.

“How come words fail him only when he’s talking to me?”, Doc wants to know, unamused by the whole situation. Having an irritating Russian follow him around like a large cat stalking him is beginning to get on his nerves.

“I couldn’t say”, Glaz replies neutrally.

.

For a few days, it’s blissfully quiet. Doc manages to stay on top of his tasks, no other operator manages to injure themselves and even though Kapkan continues to stare a hole into the back of his skull, he’s learnt to generously ignore it. It seems all is well until one afternoon, knuckles rap against his open office door and make him turn to his visitor. As soon as he does, he drops his clipboard.

It takes him a moment to realise that it’s not Kapkan’s own blood with which his clothes are soaked, the Russian’s gaze is too piercing for the severity of the injury were it his own; no, it has to be someone else’s. Most of his front is covered in reddish brown which glistens wetly still, and there are smears even down to his boots – his hands are bloodied as well and while Doc examines him in utter shock, a stark red drop falls down on the previously perfectly clean floor. A quick glance reveals that there’s a small smudge on the door now too, courtesy of the polite knock which seems so at odds with the rest of his appearance. “Holy shit”, says Doc involuntarily.

“I killed for you”, Kapkan tells him calmly and this not only explains nothing, it also somehow makes the situation worse.

“Fucking hell.”

He absent-mindedly scratches his faces and leaves behind a crimson streak on his cheek. “You like eating deer, right?”

Oh. Oh. Okay. Part of the panic subsides. “Did you stab it to death?”, Doc demands to know indignantly and only now notices the smell coming from the other man, a mix of sweat and blood and something even worse.

“No, I gutted it already. Been a while since I last did it, so it was a mess.”

He fights down the urge to throw this biohazard right out of his office and struggles to regain his lost composure. It sounded as if Kapkan killed the deer for him specifically, and he has to admit he does enjoy eating venison. As far as he’s aware, the Russian isn’t adept at cooking in general but knowledgeable in preparing meat properly. “Yes, I like deer.” Kapkan seems inordinately pleased with his answer, even gracing him with a smile. “But maybe you should -”

“Good. So we can fuck?”

Doc blinks in disbelief. “Can we do what now?” When Kapkan begins approaching him, he retreats, definitely not wanting to come into contact with any part of Kapkan right now. “Maxim, please -” He’s undeterred by Doc shrinking away from him and instead keeps on invading his personal space, even crowding him against the nearest wall and pressing their bodies together, which means that Doc’s previously pristine ones are now everything but. Kapkan’s eyes have slid lower, are now focused on his mouth – and he can’t believe this is really happening. “At least wash your hands”, he pleads quietly right before Kapkan’s teeth capture his lower lip and pull gently.

“You like me”, Kapkan purrs against his mouth and though it doesn’t sound like a question, Doc feels it requires an answer, because while he certainly minds the blood-soaked Russian coming on to him this strongly, he doesn’t mind him enough to try and stop him. Not even the smell of death is enough.

“Yes, but -” He’s silenced by a hand in his crotch and a tongue in his ear, whispers an oh my god and then doesn’t manage to say anything for quite a while.

.

“Hey, how are – whose blood is that?”, Glaz wants to know, alarmed, when Doc very, very carefully sits down next to him.

“Not mine”, he replies hoarsely, not even bothered anymore by the state of his clothes. “Maxim hunted a deer for me today.”

This piques the young man’s interest. “Oh, did he now? When we asked him, he said it was for a special someone. Not in so many words, but you know.”

Doc stares at him blankly. His mind is still trying to catch up on everything that’s happened, including the fact there’s deer blood smeared all over his hips and his back below the layers of fabric he’s wearing. “Glaz. Be honest with me please. Is Maxim courting me?”

Glaz’ wide, meaningful grin says it all. He indicates Doc’s rumpled and bloodied clothes and responds: “I’d say he was successful. Wouldn’t you?”

[spenciegoob]

The 4 Types of Manipulation

A/N: hey hey hey cuties... just thought I’d drop in to tell you I love you and Harry Styles at the Grammy’s, oh and Miley Cyrus in general. Okay that’s it.

Summary: Spencer has to interrogate an unsub, but she has a few tricks up her sleeve.

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem Unsub!Reader

Category: Not fluff, but not angst... angsty fluff? fluffy angst?

Content Warning: mentions of murder, manipulation, mentions of sex in the form of flirting, mentions of drug use, mentions of emotional abuse

Masterlist

Word Count: 2.8K

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Nobody dared to take a breath out of place, every profiler was packed into the room watching with careful eyes at the sobbing girl in the interrogation room through the glass. No one knew what their first step should be, but I guess there’s a first time for everything, right? Winging it was not something anyone in the BAU enjoyed doing, each case needed a thought out plan.

But they’ve seen this unsub before, they know the profile, the history, they know her. So why was she crying so hard that the weight of her head became unbearable, leaving her only option to sob into the crooks of her elbows as best as she could with wrists cuffed to the table?

Nobody knew, except for Spencer Reid.

Emily was hesitant, as expected, to blindly send in one of the best agents she’s ever seen into the room that with each tear shed slowly morphed into a lion’s den. Reid deserved better, she knew that, especially since the last time they dealt with an unsub like this one, Spencer had to be so far out of the loop that the case almost broke him.

He put up a good fight though, and if the determination set in his eyes wasn’t enough to inform the unit chief that she was not winning this argument, his deviance to storm through the door, startling the young woman chained down definitely did.

Why was it always Spencer?

Tears:

“P-please, I didn’t do anything.” Those were the first words anyone’s heard her say since the arrest, even if they were separated by sniffles and choked out sobs. 

Spencer just stared down at her, not taking the risk to further entertain the stuttering girl with wet cheeks and tired eyes.

“I promise I’m not a murderer. You have to believe me, please.” That promise whispered so quietly made with unbreakable eye contact urged him to take a second to reevaluate the situation.

She was apprehended in place of Jacob Hughes, the man they had originally been looking for. There was a chance she wasn’t complicit, a chance she was innocent. Maybe Jacob placed a hair of hers at the latest crime scene because he knew they were closing in.

Or maybe she is just as sick as he is. 

“Prove it,” Spencer said, his tone loud and assertive, leaving no room for argument. She didn’t plan on fighting his demand anyway.

“I- I haven’t seen Jacob for days. He drugged those men, and did h-horrible things. Those poor men.” This struck a nerve, everybody could tell, even the one person in this interaction that wasn’t a profiler. 

Spencer’s shoulders tensed for a millisecond, but she saw it. She saw what her words were doing to him, after all, he used to be one of those poor men she felt so sorry for.

Another loud sob echoed off the concrete walls before she bit her bottom lip and took a deep breath.

“I can’t believe he mur... did that to them. H-how could he?” Spencer watched as the young girl looked up to him like he held the answer to the million dollar question. He studied the way her eyes bounced around his face, looking for something, anything to relieve some confusion when it came to her fiancé.

“Jacob Hughes is what we call a vindictive narcissist and a sadist. He receives pleasure from hurting others, and in this case, drugging and torturing men because he feels he’s been wronged his whole life. The question, however, is why. I know you know, just like how I know you’re aware of his crimes.”

It was a blow so low it could’ve come from hell itself. Spencer regretted it immediately when he watched the way her whole body stiffened at the mention of her knowledge, but he had to be certain no matter the fallout.

“I-I still don’t understand. I’ve never seen him hurt anyone.” Denial, guilt and fear all jam packed into 3 little words that had his heart dangerously close to breaking. The sorrow in her eyes believable enough that Spencer left his standing position between the suspect and the door to sit directly across from her.

She watched his movements with careful eyes, only stealing glances from her peripherals before returning to her cuffed wrists.

“Maybe you’ve never seen him physically hurt anyone, but we know what he does to you.” It was the first and only time Spencer let any emotion, as fake as it was, show in his responses. How could he not try when the girl resumed her sobbing at the implication of her past deception from the man she loves? 

“You know nothing,” she whispered back, her tone laced with defensive anger.

“I know everything.” Was he challenging her?

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Was she challenging him?

“You know what it means.” Yes, he was.

“Do I?” Yes, she was.

The two stared at each other for the entire tone shift in the stuffy interrogation room. The other profilers on the other side of the mirror had no knowledge of how thick the tension had just become because unlike Spencer, they weren’t standing in the middle of it.

Small sniffles were the only noise breaking through the quiet until suddenly, they just stopped.

“Ugh, fine! You win this round. My eyes are starting to hurt from all this goddamn crying. Do people actually cry this much when you arrest them?”

Spencer leaned back in his seat, crossing his arms to clearly convey just how unamused he was with the girl’s antics. She watched him intently, picking apart every move down to the muscle trying to search for any indicators that her little performance worked even a fraction of what she was hoping for.

And she got her wish in the form of the agent’s fingers tapping lightly at his sides under perfectly muscular, if she may add, arms, because any other movement would have been too obvious.

Spencer Reid was getting nervous, because the second her facade faded, he lost the upper hand. She just had to get him trapped in here.

“Oh come on. Not even a ‘good job’? I wasn’t expecting full blown applause, but some appreciation for that show would be nice.” Still, Spencer gave her nothing. He needed her to keep talking, and filling silence was a sure way to make certain she did just that.

“I’ll tell you what you need to know, but first you have to admit that I had you fooled for a second there.”

Lies:

“No.” Unexpectedly, instead of getting frustrated with Spencer’s refusal to play along, she just smiled brighter. This was exciting to her, and it was getting on his nerves.

“What gave it away? Did I look to the left before I spoke or something?” Spencer kept his mouth shut. “Come on, what’s my tell? Enlighten me.”

She copied his movements as Spencer leaned over the cool, metal table slightly, eyes racking over her face, lingering on certain parts for longer than others.

“No.” At this, she huffed back in her seat, leaving the close proximity that would later be used as a secret tool against the doctor before he had the chance to catch on. 

“If you’re just going to shut down every single one of my proposals, then why am I here?”

“You’re here because you’re a suspect in a series of 7 murders in the past 5 weeks.” She perked up at his words, amusement dripping from her features.

“Finally, Doc has something more to say than just ‘no.’ Tell me, was that so hard?”

“No.”

“Ugh!” Rolling her eyes would be giving ammo to the enemy, but the urge to do so was quite strong. In fact, she almost did until she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the one way mirror.

“I’m serious when I say this,” she said, looking directly into Spencer’s eyes so he couldn’t accuse her of lying. “If you take the cuffs off, I’ll answer everything.”

“No.”

“Please! They’re seriously starting to hurt. I put 100% into that performance, and now it’s coming back to bite me in the-”

“Fine!” Spencer stood up carefully, not walking around the table until he was certain the girl wasn’t a flight risk, or worse. When he did finally make his way over, she sat completely still, not taking her eyes off where his fingers grazed hers as the handcuffs unlocked.

A breath of relief escaped her as she rubbed her wrists with the opposite hands, eventually feeling the blood fully return to all 10 fingers.

“Thank you.” It was so vulnerable and raw that it knocked Spencer back for a second. They locked eyes, and something deeper than he was ready for passed between them.

He didn’t know what it was, all he knew was that he hated it so much that he tore his eyes away immediately to return back to his original spot seated across from her.

“Answer me this-”

“I’m gonna stop you right there.” Neither of them spoke for far too much time, and Spencer was growing more annoyed by the second.

“What?” It came out harsh, and mean, and downright cruel, but he couldn’t care less.

“Oh nothing, I just wasn’t going to answer anything. I really just wanted to fix my hair.” And, in being true to her words this time, she secured her hair into a messy bun using the elastic Spencer didn’t even realize was missing from his wrist.

“I’m putting the cuffs back on.”

“No wait,” she pleaded, halting Spencer’s move to get up. “They really did hurt, I wasn’t lying about that.”

“I don’t care.” He made his way over, forcefully grabbing both of her wrists before securing the handcuffs back on. Spencer only regretted his actions slightly when she winced at the metal now back to pressing into her skin.

“Yes you do. It’s your biggest flaw.” Instead of answering, Spencer just returned to his seat, leaning back with crossed arms. He didn’t need to listen to a psychopath tell him his flaws.

“You care too much,” she continued, not minding if he was listening or not. “It gets you hurt, other people hurt. I wish that wasn’t the case. You deserve better, Doc.”

Spencer didn’t engage, opting to gawk tiredly at the suspect, and watch the way her eyes flicker across his features, gauging for a reaction. She wasn’t done.

“Hey, okay, fine. I’m just messing with you,” she laughed, finally breaking her serious facade. “What? A girl can’t joke around while she’s being accused of murder?”

“Accused? Or caught?”

“Accused.” It was final, her tone immediately dropping to a fiery rage. Her defenses were up, and Spencer was never really good at playing on the offensive team.

This time, it was Spencer’s turn to analyze, watching the way the blood rushed to her cheeks with her rising anger level. How all of a sudden her eyes lost their playful glint, giving him the chance to fully see the soul buried deep in them. For a split second, she was completely unveiled right before his eyes.

Spencer, clearly not anticipating just how long the girl in front of him could hold her own, used his last bullet.

He placed the crime scene photos in front of her.

“You know who did this.” It wasn’t a question, he saw it in her eyes. Spencer watched the way they remained stoic even after looking at the bloody walls, and vacant eyes of the deceased.

“No.” Oh, how the tables have turned.

“Who are you protecting?” Her head shot up at his question, eyes flashing red before she blinked it away again. Subconsciously, she started to pick at her fingernails.

“No one.” It was a lie if he’s ever heard one. 

Fear:

“You’re lying. Who is it?” 

“I’m not lying.” She wouldn’t even make eye contact with him. Instead, she gave her undivided attention to her shaky hands confined to the table.

“Yes, you are.”

“No, I’m not!”

“Enough! Who are you protecting?!” At this, Spencer stood up and slammed his hands against the table with a strong amount of force that she flinched hard enough to further irritate her wrists.

He felt awful, the bouncing back and forth between them should have given him enough indicators that she wasn’t lying out of spite. But he couldn’t back down, he had her cornered and her only way out was to tell the truth.

“No one.” She wouldn’t look at him, even as she whispered. “Please stop.”

Spencer truly believed that he had her in a bind, an inescapable one at that, but it wasn’t the truth. Oh no, what the profiler failed to realize was she had him where she needed him.

“I have no information to give you,” she whispered before tagging along. “I’m sorry.” It was the first time she apologized for something Spencer could have seen as an inconvenience.

He believed her, too.

“I shouldn’t have yelled.” That was his form of an apology. Spencer wasn’t going to go any further with it, even if she was coerced into lying by whoever the true unsub is, she was still getting on his nerves.

Her hands were still shaking at this point, and she wouldn’t meet his eyes. Spencer just slumped back into his seat, settling into the silence between them until ultimately he was either called out of the room, or she gave him another indication that her game hasn’t ended.

A loud sigh bounced off the walls. “I don’t care that you yelled in my face. You think it’s the first time a man’s done that? You’re not special, Doctor.”

“I never said I was.” So the game carries on, but this time, she didn’t smile at his sarcastic response. Leaning back in her chair, she huffed a breath before continuing.

“You really want to be though, don't you?”

Lust:

She was pushing his buttons, trying so hard to dig under his skin till she was unremovable. She wanted Spencer to leave this room with her on his mind for the rest of his days.

She was close too.

“No, I don’t,” Spencer deadpanned, trying to keep a cool tone. If he continued to hand her the ammunition she needed, he would be left defenseless.

“Oh come on, loosen up. I was just joking.”  A smirk grew across her features, a thought crossing her eyes. One Spencer knew would not be in favor of his win tonight. “I could help you with that, you know.”

“No, I don’t know.” He did. Spencer wasn’t going to lie to himself and say that the woman sitting across the table wasn’t extremely attractive; she was. He just would never admit it aloud.

“I have a feeling you like to get rough, don’t you, Doctor?” She asked, sitting up and crossing her legs. The stare shared between the two of them was a mix between passion and anger, meeting in the middle to create a new kind of emotion.

“Is this fun for you?” She left out bait, and Spencer was stupid enough to fall for it. Emily once said that a pretty face slashed his IQ in half.

He couldn’t help but agree.

“Undo these cuffs, and I’ll show you what fun is.” She was toying with him now, and they weren’t going to get anywhere, but Spencer couldn’t find it within himself to get up and leave. She had him by the...

“I’m going to get that confession.” It was like he was five years old again, arguing on the playground with the older kids about how their insults didn’t make sense.

“What’re you going to do, punish me?” She asked, the last words in a hushed whisper. When Spencer’s cheeks grew hotter, and his eyes darker, she knew she had him.

“You do like to get rough! My, my, Doctor, you're keeping me at the edge of my seat here.” She let out a boisterous laugh before really digging the knife deeper. “Is that why you kept the cuffs on?”

Before he could snap back, the door flew open and Emily stood there with a tablet in her hand. “You need to see this.”

Spencer got up to leave, thankful for the reprieve even if he did have to return to the interrogation after speaking with Emily. He almost made it to the door before a voice called out behind him.

“Wait!” She called after him, the cuffs rattled when she instinctively went to reach for Spencer. “Aren’t you going to answer my question, Doctor.”

Playing chess his whole life, Spencer had never once played a game where Checkmate presented itself unexpectedly. He was always at least three moves ahead in his mind, seeing the inevitable end before he even began his gameplay. There was a first for everything, because his last move suddenly arose.

“No.”

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[chemicallady]

Daddy is home

Greg Sanders x Reader

A/N: Thank you everyone for reading this. If you want some fluff with just a little sadness, you're in the right place.

Couple: Greg Sanders/Female!Reader

Category: Mostly fluff with a little piece of angst. Family slice of life for Greggo.

Content Warning: none

Summary:  Reader is use to feel Greg absence.... but what about is own children? And Greg? What's more important? His job or his family?

*****

You are use to feel Greg absence, almost every night and, sometimes, even for days. It wasn't a big deal when you two started to see each other. You were a grad student, looking for a PhD out of town - searching for a new experience- and he was a lab tech at the crime lab in Vegas. Your relationship had worked for 5 years while you were in Salt Lake City, even if you constantly missed him so much and viceversa. He spent a lot of utahns weekends at your apartment and you came back in Nevada for every break.

After your PhD graduation you came back to Vegas and he proposed to you. It was an hard time, Warrick was dead, he had printed is first book on Vegas history and you just settled down at UNLV. You had lived togheter two months and then he proposed. Of course you said yes and the two of you had a small cerimony at the Eclipse, Catherine's casinó. It was an intimate cerimony, with your friends and co workes and relatives from Norway and (your hometown/country.)

You had worked hard on your post doc as a teaching assistant and a researcher and he has continued his job as a csi. You have always prefered working at night the days you didnt have any class, in order to be awake when he came back home in the morning.

It worked since you discovered that you were pregnant. Both of you were so excited to become parents, it has always been something that you desire, having your own kids. Start a family.

After Bjorn birth, by the way, everything changed. You have started to work in the morning and sleeping at night in order to provide the best standard of living for your son. And, after two years and half, Jodie came to the world, complicating thing but coloring your life even more.

You constantly miss Greg, of course. You miss your youth with him, the mornings spent in making love with jazz music in the background before a lazy afternoons sleeping in his arms. The days he came to the University after job to pick you up.

But both of you love your family.

It's stil working.

Because you love him and Greg loves you more than anything.

More than that, he is born to be a dad. He was scared as hell, but he perfect fits that role.

Even more, he is methodical.

He is really good in keeping job separating from his personal life, even if his coworkers are his family. And yours as well.

☆

...But is hard for kids to understand why dad is never home. Especially for Bjorn, who is the eldest. He has started to notice this situation in the last weeks and you have been scared of this moment since you gave birth to him.

《 Why daddy can't come today?》

You look at your baby boy, feeling really sorry for the whole situation. It is his first baseball match with the pre school team as a player in the field from the first minute and it means a lot to him.

Bjorn's really smart for his age, he understand that his parents jobs are important because is a duty... But is natural that he feels so betrayed. He is still too young to even imagine how demanding is Greg's job.

《Because daddy has a case》, you try to explain with a soft voce, caressing his blonde hair with two fingers. He seems totaly like his father in this moment. 《He has to catch this big bad guy and-》

《Why uncle Nick is not catching him for daddy? Just for today! 》

《Because they work togheter, sweetheart... you know that. We already talk about daddy's job...》

Not in a specific way, of course. Greg is more like a super hero to Bjorn.... he is too innocent and young to know how cruel and horrible could be the world sometimes.

《It's not fair. He never came to see me play》

《That's not fair... you know that daddy is so sad for this... he ask me to shot everything so he can see it as long as he will be home!》

That doesn't help.

《And I'll be already in bed》 he snuffles, before running in his room, nearly cry.

You don't know how to manage this. Both of Greg and you are really indipendent.... that's why your wedding is so strong, because you don't need the other around one all the time.

But for Bjorn is different. He needs his daddy as he needs you. Most of that, he wants to make Greg proud of him, shows him how he has improved thanks also to their weekend practices on Sundays.

You are still thinking about a solution, but Jo start to cry from her playbox.

You have to speak with your husband and decide what tell to Bjorn, togheter.

He deserves a good explanation.

☆

It's late when Greg comes home.

He is surprised when he notice that the kitchen lights are still turned on. You are sitting at the table, looking at your laptop as you can't really see it.

《 y/n, baby?》, he calls you, waking you up from your thoughts. 《Are you ok? It's like 3 in the morning, sweetie.》

《Yeah, I was looking over some notes from next week semenary when I realised how late it was, I decided to wait for you to come back.》

《Thanks, after a couple of double shifts, I really need to speak with my wife》, he says with a smile, before kisses your lips and take a sits next to you. 《I've missed home in those last two days.》

《Have you slept a little?》, you ask worried. When a case is so demanding, the team works till they are exhausted. 《Did you have a propel meal?》

《...I ate two sandwiches Dr Robbins' wife made for us.》

《....there is some roast left. I'm gonna warm it for you and then I'll put you in the bed at least for nine hours, bright man》

He laughts a little. 《Yes ma'am.》

You stand up, caressing his hair, after place a kiss on his head. 《Tell me about the cause. Was that bad?》

《More like a nightmare....》

He starts talking about the brutal abductions he was working on those last days. In the meanwhile you are cooking for him. You open a good bottle of wine your father sent to you last week and prepare a couple of fine glasses. Is not a problem for you when Greg talks about his job. For some unknown reasons, it grows on you during the years togheter. You also have helped the team sometimes with you competences. It's quite normal for the two of you speaking about your day. It helps to split away the stress and find always your connection. And is always reliving for you see that even if the job is so demanding physically and emotionally, Greg can totaly handle it. Not only. He loves is job. Even in dark days like this one.

《Poor girls....》, is the only thing you can say, while you're watching your husband eat like he was starving. 《No one deserve this kind of fate...》

《Think at the parents 》, he observes, moving his elbows quickly. 《If someone would have done something like that on Jodie, I'd went mad.》

You stop thinking about the case immediately.

《Sorry for the unhappy connection.... but if you are not too tired, we need to speak about our boy.》

Greg looks at you surprised. 《What about him? Bad day?》

《Yes》, you answer, surprising him even more. Bjorn is really talented in sports, unlike his father. 《He played 10 minutes than he had an argument with the coach and spent the rest of the afternoon warming the bench.》

This is unusual. Bjorn is a good lad. Always smiley and obedient at preschool. Teachers love him because he is so good and he knows a lot about science and stuff even if he is four. Mom is an academic, a college professor and daddy is a scientist. How could be different? He is also responsible and he always take serious the baseball trainings. That's the first time he disobey this much.

《What happened y/n? Oh, no. Let me guess.》 You look him cover his own face with a hand. 《He is mad at me, isn't he?》

《Yep babe, he is really mad at you. And at me as well. By now, I think he is mad at the world because you didn't come today.... I explained him that's not your fault, but...》

Greg sighs 《But it is my fault. When he born I swore to God that I'd be a good father even if my job is.... the 70% of my life.》

《But you are》, you say with a stubborn tone in your voice. 《You are a good father. It was just and unfortunate Saturday. He have never missed a game before. You'd be there if it wasn't for the case. 》

《I know but he deserves more than all those 'if' statements. 》 You look at him, feeling the heaviness of this thoughts. 《I should stay in the lab.》 He finally says and you realise a long sigh. This is not going to be an happy conversation, not with your regretting husband weak moment. 《The moment I met you, I knew you were the one. I wanted to start a family before changing job, work on field. It was a stupid decision. If I continued to work as DNA tech we would have more money and more time to spend all togheter.》

《.... I throught we were out with 'if' statements.》

《Y/n, honey-》

《Don't you dare 'honey' me, Greg Sanders.》 You stop him. You keep his hand in yours and smile. 《You are an amazing father. One day, when he will be older and wiser, he will understand. Now is easy to handle the situation. If you spend a day with him, he'll forget about it. Is just a kid, G.》

Greg seems not satisfied. He feels like an idiot, not thing about how mad is son would be noticed his absence. But he also trust your judgement. He always says that you are an amazing mom and even more, the best of wives.

So he smiles back.

《Maybe you are right.》

《Maybe?》, you ask with an ironical tone. He stand up and comes near to you. He offers his hand and you keep it, staning on your feet.

《Sorry Dr Sanders》, he replies, while you are wrapping your arm on his neck. 《You're completely right y/n. I'm already planning an afternoon, just for boys.》

《He'll love it》, you reassure him, before asking for another kiss, with more passion. You both find a good arrangement so you can clean the kitchen and try to sleep at least three hours.

.....or maybe do something more interesting with you husband, who seems to have plans, looking the way he is lifting the t-shirt of your pijama....

You are use to feel Greg absence, that's true.

But when he comes back, well.... that's the moment you realise how much you actually have missed him. And how much you love him and be loved in return.

○Fin○

[jasonsthunderthighs]

Everyday life (Kara x Reader (???))

Summary: Everyday life with your personal Android, Kara, to take care of you in your everyday life. (I suppose. This is just a vent story.)

A/N: This is kind of a vent story from my personal life into a little story of what would happen if I personally had an Android from the game Detroit: Become Human. I didn’t know which Android to pick out of the ones we know or the main three, so I asked my friend, and they said Kara. So she’ll be the Android that I’ll write about. So I guess this’ll be under the category of “Kara x Reader”? *Shrugs* I might have this in two or three parts. Depends on how many of you show interest in it. I apologise in advance for this not being DC related. I kinda got burnt out on DC and went back into the D:BH fandom. (Though, the game kinda mentally fucked me up for weird reasons. I also completed it in a day (allnighter cause I have no life) and only played it once, in fear that I’d get depressed after playing the game the second time. But my favourites are Markus and Luther so far. I also somehow got Conner killed at least five times and Hank to hate me with a dying passion, so I never understood the Conner x Hank (Conhank? Hankcon? Cohan?) ship, when I never saw that dynamic between the two characters, which sucked ass, honestly.) But, I honestly hope you guys like this. I also don’t regret making this with angst, by the way. I am not good with fluff, so you’ll get angst.

TW: Suicide mention, suicidal thoughts, pills, whatever bad thing anybody can think of at the time I’m writing this at 2 in the morning with the lack of sleep.

Word count: 2,256 (I am so not sorry for how long this is. I kinda got carried away.)

“(Y/N)... (Y/N)... It’s time to wake up...” You feel a soft nudge on your shoulder, earning a soft, tired groan, as you move the covers over your head.

“Five more minutes...” You muttered, wanting to go back into your deep sleep and away from the reality of the world that awaits you.

“It’s 9:45 a.m., (Y/N). You need to wake up and be productive in your day.” The blanket was gently pulled off of you, the chilled air hitting your bare skin. You grumbled, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes and saw your personal Android that your grandparents gave you a few years before they passed, Kara, looking at you with a gentle smile on her face. “Good morning, (Y/N).”

“Morning, Kara...” You mumbled, not wanting to get up to do anything in particular today. It’ll just be the same thing; eat breakfast (if you decide to eat that morning that is), exercise a little bit, possibly take a shower, write one a little bit for your books in your sequel, eat lunch (also if you decide to eat at that point in the day), therapy for that day out of the month, do other miscellaneous things until dinner, relax a bit or write some more and go to bed. The same thing over and over.

“The weather today will be clear skies with a temperature of 18-degree Celsius (64-degree Fahrenheit) and a 20% chance of showers.” She continued on, moving the curtains out of the way to let the sun in the messy room. “Your therapist appointment is today at 3 p.m., and your father left a voicemail for you, wanting to know when you’ll come over to visit.”

You forgot about your dad wanting you to visit. You honestly didn’t want to in fear he’ll mentally abuse you again for the time you’re over there. It makes you shiver from the very thought of it. You don’t even want to listen to the voicemail he left for you. “I don’t want to see him… Can we do something else?”

Kara can see the distress in your face, knowing that you really don’t want to see your father at the moment or anytime soon. She smiles warmly at you, “Of course, (Y/N). What is it you want to do today? After you have your breakfast we can do something today until your therapy appointment at 3.”

“I don’t want to go to therapy.” You mumbled, “They don’t help me at all and say the same thing over and over. Sick of it. Heard the same bullshit for the past (age) years. I don’t need to hear a broken record from a ‘professional’ and waste my money on it.” Looking up to see Kara’s eyes and her warm smile, the poor machine doesn’t understand the basics of human emotions unless she turns deviant. You sometimes wish she can become a deviant, so you can have a friend to turn to and not a motionless machine with human features. It can get frustrating, but sometimes you don’t mind it and grew accustomed to it. 

“Therapists are here to help you, (Y/N). Your grandparents made sure of it to get you to a good therapist to help you with what you need help with.” Her voice was the same; no tone changed or emotion of real concern if only there was a way to change it and to have someone who actually cares instead of saying what she’s programmed to say to you.

“They’re dead now… I don’t need any help. How would you know what I need? You’re just a machine with no human emotions or understanding.” you snapped, not in the mood to handle the emotionless words from the Android.

The words seem to not register for the Android, she just smiled at you, “I’m here to help your everyday need and wants. And you need to see the therapist, upon your grandparents' request before their deaths.”

She was right; your grandparents gave you Kara to help you and not be as depressed as you were before they died.

You paused, looking at her and sighed in defeat, “Fine. I’ll go. But I don’t need the help from her anymore. She’s just not worth my money anymore.” You see her smile in response as you get the same clothes you wore yesterday; black jeans, a shirt with (favourite band) logo, a light weighted jacket with the sleeves rolled up to your elbows and your doc martins, not caring of what you were wearing and not wanting to take a shower that day.

You walk out of your room, heading downstairs to the little office to write a little bit, Kara following closely behind. “What do you want me to make for breakfast, (Y/N)? You need to eat and take your medicine.” 

Ugh. The pills. You never liked them to begin with and hated taking them in the mornings and nights. You try to get out from taking them a few times when you’d get yourself drunk at night, can’t give intoxicated people pills. “I’m not hungry, Kara... And I don’t want those pills. They don’t help me at all. Just like what (dad’s name) said, they’ll never help me and make me lose my creativity..”

“That’s not true, (Y/N). Even (therapist’s name) has told you in past sessions that it’ll take time for the pills to work... Your father is sick as well with his mental illness. He just wants to scare you..”

You scoff, hearing this the millionth time this month of the year, “You’re only saying that cause she told me that... I don’t want the pills and lose my creativity. I already lost my grandparents, I don’t want to lose the very thing that I’m good at and what keeps me alive.”

“You don’t have to eat, but at least take your pills for the morning. You’re supposed to take them with a meal, but you can at least take them with something to drink or crackers, (Y/N).” Kara walks up to you with the pill bottle in her hand.

You’re not going to go anywhere with your protest against the Android, so you nod, wanting to get the whole thing over with. Maybe the pills will help you in the long run with your (mental illness) you’ve been struggling with since you were a teenager. “Fine... I’ll take the pills. I don’t see the point of it all, but only to make you not tell her.” You take the pills and the glass of water from Kara, swallowing the pills with the water and took some of the crackers she placed on your desk. You were hungry, but you never really ate breakfast, afraid to throw it up like you always have in the past. But at least the crackers helped with your stomach a little bit. “Thanks, Kara...”

She smiled warmly, seeing the little process you’re making this morning. It’s not a lot, but at least it’s something. “You’re welcome, (Y/N). Are you going to skip your exercises today? You skipped doing them yesterday. Maybe doing some afterwards will help you with relaxing...”

You shrug, not in the mood to, but you suppose it won’t kill you to do a few exercises today. That’ll be a little accomplishment for the day. “I guess I won’t… I’ll do a few exercises after I’m finished writing a little bit... Why don’t you do a few chores whilst I write a bit?”

Hopefully, she would forget that you were also on suicide watch, after your last attempt to commit suicide after your grandparents died, you landed in the psych ward for the last seven months. It was Hell for you, but you’re glad that you’re finally out and in your own home again. But that never stopped you from still thinking of trying again in the future.

“You’re still on suicide watch, (Y/N)... (Therapist’s name) told me to watch you in the next seven months... I’m sorry, (Y/N)...”

“But there’s a camera in here that was installed by the psych ward to help you watch me in my office... I just want a little alone time, Kara. Surely you understand that..” You looked up at her, really wanting to be alone and not have the Android babysit you. You’re a grown-ass adult, you can do fine alone in your own office for 30 to 45 minutes. 

Kara looks at you, her LED lighting up yellow; processing what could happen if you’re left alone for such a short time. She decided to let it slide for just today and not report it to your therapist this afternoon. “Ok, (Y/N). Only for today for 45 minutes. I’ll be back from doing the chores that are needed to be done for the day. And I won’t tell (therapist’s name).”

Those words were music to your ears, that’s enough time to have alone time for you and your thoughts. You smiled widely at her, “Thank you, Kara.” You couldn’t hold your excitement of actually being allowed alone time for the first time in two months since you left the psych ward.

Something in her made her body flutter from your happiness; the first time she’s seen you happy since your grandparents died. She loves seeing you so happy, your big smile and laughs made her... Actually happy. She feels so warm and content when she sees you happy. It’s a weird feeling, knowing that she’s not supposed to feel this way, so she keeps her thoughts to herself. She knows you want a friend to talk to, and she can talk to you, but she’s not obviously the best type of “friend” for you. 

“You’re welcome, (Y/N). I’ll be back in a bit. Just know I am watching you from the tablet. I don’t want to regret this and sees you get sent back to the hospital.”

You nod, knowing that you wouldn't do it at this time whilst she’s watching you carefully on camera. “I understand. I won’t do anything whilst you’re gone. You have my word.” You raise your hand as if swearing to her on the Bible, smiling at her.

She looks at you with a puzzled look, the last time she “had your word” was the last time she saw you before calling the paramedics and you being shipped off. But, it’ll be easier to watch you since you’re in one room with a camera watching you. “Please don’t hurt yourself, (Y/N). I’ll be back in 45 minutes.”

You nod again, watching her leave your office to do some quick chores around the house; which they weren’t bad or hard to do, only to do the laundry, clean the sitting room a little bit of the trash you left from the night before, wash the dishes and make your bed. 

~~~

It only takes a good 37 minutes to do all the chores; especially for the laundry to get washed, dried and folded, since you barely wear different outfits in the week and your washer and drier takes no time. Every now and then she’d check the tablet to see what you’re doing in your office to only see you either talking to yourself or writing in either your notebook or typing on your computer. It gives her peace in her mind to know that you’re still doing ok without her personally watching you and not hurting yourself. She really doesn’t want you sent back to the psych ward again. Your therapist said that you’ll be in there longer if you’re sent back from another suicide attempt.

Kara walks back into your office, looking at the clock on the wall for it to be 11:07 a.m. and seeing you with your head on the desk, probably asleep. She wondered what you could be dreaming about. Hopefully, something pleasant to get away from the reality of the world that you live in.

“Papa...” You mumbled in your sleep, bringing Kara’s attention back to you. Your grandparents. That’s what you’d be dreaming about, it’s so simple yet a touchy subject to talk about at times unless reminding you what they wanted what’s best for you before they died to get you to do the simple things you didn’t want to do. 

Kara nudged you a little to wake you up, “(Y/N)... Wake up... It’s time to do your exercises... C’mon.” She helps you up as you groaned sleepily, following her to the sitting room to get ready to do your daily exercises.

“Ok, ok... I’ll do ‘em... Do you-” You looked up to see your exercising equipment ready for you to use. You just planned to do 20 sit-ups and half an hour on your treadmill. Just as you were getting ready to lie down to do your sit-ups, you hear a knock on the door and your head immediately went to the door. “Kara, do you know who was going to visit me today?”

Her attention went to the door as well, not knowing who it is on the other side of the door, walking closely towards you her voice was hushed as well as yours, “No. Nobody was scheduled to visit until next week from the psych ward and your psychologist for a monthly visit.”

You heard the familiar voice followed by a second knock on the door, “(Y/N). I know you’re in there. Open up.”

“Shit... What’s my dad doing here?”

[fortheheavenssake]

💟💟 PG MM Anon(II) 💟💟 Interpretation Collection - 7

43. June 10

MM ANON … Gone……………everything is now B&W…………… “ but’ tomorrow is another day”………… “ but old thing, I look like bloody Bela Lugosi” ………… “ shutup Philip”……… “ just Take the bloody picture “.………”they’ve hardly ever been on a train William “………… “ yes , they’d be very excited 😜 “ ………… 🎼we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow 🎼…………… she lies for exposure……… yachting’ secret exposure !! …………… this time it’s explosive!! ………… “ great scoop Beth.”

*Entertainment purposes

💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜

JUNE 10/2020. RIDDLE #43

Gone…….everything is now B&W…………… “

OUR WORLD HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. I DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS, YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW THIS.MANY ARE ARE FEELING IT, FEAR, ANXIETY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? GONE, IN A FLEETING MOMENT, BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. STATUES HAVE BEEN DESECRATED AND TAKEN DOWN. OR WORSE YET A LONDON BASED AMERICAN MUSEUM COORDINATOR HAS TWEETED WHAT CHEMICALS TO USE TO DESTROY STATUES AND THE LIKE. OK WHERE WILL THIS GO? THERE IS NO GREY ANYMORE, ITS AS CONCRETE AS IT GETS BLACK AND WHITE. BUT LIFE IS NEVER SO SIMPLE. LIFE IS NUANCED WITH A ZILLION SHADES OF GREY.

“but’ tomorrow is another day”…………

THE LAST LINE IN GONE WITH THE WIND, AFTER RHETT BUTLER SAYS TO THE GORGEOUS VIVIEN LEIGH PORTRAYING SCARLETT OHARA, FRANKLY MY DEAR I DON’T GIVE A DAMN. CONTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE AT THE TIME. THEY TOOK FOREVER TO CAST THE ROLE OF SCARLETT BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS SO POPULAR THEY NEEDED AN ACTRESS THAT PEOPLE HAD ENVISIONED.I USED TO HAVE THE MOVIE POSTER THAT I BOUGHT AT AN ANTIQUE SALE, NOW I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. SHE SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS AND SAYS AH WELL TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. GREAT FILM. IN NO WAY GLORIFIES THE OLD SOUTH. SHOWS HOW CUNNING AND RUTHLESS FEMALES HAD TO BE TO SURVIVE.

“ but old thing, I look like bloody Bela Lugosi” ………… “ shutup Philip”……… “ just Take the bloody picture “.………”they’ve hardly ever been on a train William “………… “ yes , they’d be very excited 😜 “ …………

PHOTOS RELEASED TODAY ARE MARVELLOUS, NOT TAKEN BY CATHERINE BUT BY STEVE PARSONS. THIS TOOK PLACE DURING THE PHOTO SESSION. HIMSELF THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE THE FABULOUS BELA LUGOSI. CLASSIC HORROR STAR FROM THE 1930’S. HMTQ IS HAVING NONE OF HIS BEHAVIOUR TODAY. TYPICAL HIMSELF JUST TAKE THE BLOODY OR IS IT F****** PICTURE🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂.

HMTQ IS TALKING TO WILLIAM, ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIDGES. THE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE TRAIN. I AM CERTAIN THEY WILL ALL HAVE LOTS TO TELL GAN GAN AND HIMSELF. WILLIAM IS CHERKY IN HER WINKY REPLY THAT A TRAIN RIDE IS MORE EXCITING THAN TIK TOK OR WHATEVER THE YOUNG ONES FANCY.

🎼we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow 🎼……………

CLASSIC CHILDREN’S SONG. I BET EVEN LITTLE LOUIS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE BIRTHDAY TIK TOK PERFORMANCE FOR THE BIRTHDAY GENTLEMAN. HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT VIDEO💜💜💜💜💜💜.

she lies for exposure……�� yachting’ secret exposure !! …………… this time it’s explosive!! ………… “ great scoop Beth.”

WELL WELL WELL, WE ALL KNOW MADAM IS A LIE MACHINE. CONSTANTLY GRINDING THEM OUT. SOMEONE HAS BOTTEN INTO WHAT FORMERLY HAS BEEN SCRUBBED OFF HARD DRIVES, THE INTERNET. OR IS SOMEONE TALKING, A CAREFULLY CURATED SOURCE? SOUNDS LIKE THIS TIME IT WILL GO PUBLIC AND IT WILL BE EXPLOSIVE. EVERYTHING IS EXPLOSIVE THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO WHO IS BETH THAT GOT THE GREAT SCOOP, MEANING A GREAT STORY FOR PAPERS OR OTHER MEDIA IE ONLINE OR MAGAZINE. ELIZABETH HOLMES HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE ROYAL FOR YEARS. SHE ALSO SPENT A DECADE OR SO WORKING AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. I WONDER IF THIS IS THE “BETH” IN QUESTION WHO MAY HAVE SUSSED DETAILS ABOUT DINO YACHTING EXPLOSIVE DETAILS.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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44. June 11

MM ANON …… dib dib dib……… one metre before July …………care-ing monarch online ……… 🎼What picture,what a photograph 🎼………… DOC museum of photography ? ………. Columbus falls……… “ I shall insist it’s the best TTC old thing “ …………a trace race. ………… Sunday Balmoral?? ………… “ plenty of fresh air for them” ……… “ in the lodge” ……… “C&C can stay here” ……………” your good at this zoom lark old thing “…………… “Group Of eight, a dinner party “

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 11/2020. RIDDLE#44

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS 44 RIDDLES ALREADY!☺️

dib dib dib……….

DIB DIB DIB IS DO YOUR BEST. BOY SCOUT CODE. ROBERT BADEN-POWELL STARTED THE WELL KNOW ORGANIZATION IN 1907. THERE IS A STATUE OR A SITUE REALLY, YOU CAN SIT NEXT TO IT IN POOLE. THERE WAS REAL CONCERN THAT PROTESTORS WERE GOING TO DESTROY IT. I POSTED THAT EARLY THIS MORNING HOW THE LOCALS STOOD UP AND AROUND HIM PROTECT8NG THE STATUE. NOW THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED SECURITY UNTIL IT CAN BE REMOVED. HOWEVER, AN ONLINE PETITION HAS ALREADY 15,000+ SIGNATURES TO KEEP IT. TIME WILL TELL. THE PROTESTORS HAVE A PREMADE LIST OF STATUES AROUND THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THIS HAS BEEN RESEARCHED FUNDED AND PLANNED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

one metre before July …………

THE HOPE AND PLANS ARE , ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL AND THINGS CONTINUE, THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES WILL DECREASE FROM THE TWO METRE IT HAS BEEN TO REDUCED TO ONE METRE BY JULY. OH WON’T THAT BE MARVELLOUS. THEN 🤗 HUGGING.

care-ing monarch online ………

TODAY HMTQ AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL HAD A ZOOM MEETING CALL WITH HEALTH CARERS, THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEER WEEK. IT WAS HMTQ’S FIRST ZOOM CALL MEETING. THE CARERS WERE EXPECTING PRINCESS ANNE AND WERE BEYOND GOBSMACKED DELIGHTED THAT HMTQ WAS THERE AS WELL! JUST IMAGINE THAT! BIG EXCITEMENT FOR SURE.

🎼What picture,what a photograph 🎼………… DOC museum of photography ? ……….

OUR CATHERINE HAS BEEN SHOWING US SOME OF THE PHOTOS IN THE VARIOUS PRE DETERMINED CATEGORIES, FOR THE HOLD STILL, PHOTO EXHIBIT. IT IS TO DETAIL HOW ENGLAND HAS DEALT WITH THE PANDEMIC FROM DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. THE TIC TAC TOE ONE THROUGH THE GLASS WINDOW WITH A CHILD PLAYING ON ONE SIDE AND A SENIOR ON THE OTHER IS VERY TOUCHING. THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT SHE SAID YESTERDAY. THEN THE TOUGH JOB OF PICKING THE 100 PHOTOS FOR THE EXHIBIT. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, I HOPE THEY MAKE IT INTO A BOOK.

Columbus falls………

ANOTHER VICTIM. THE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS BOSTON WAS BEHEADED LAST NIGHT. NO RESPECT. WILL THEY GUARD EACH PUBLIC PLACE IF POLICE ARE DEFUNDED? THE MAYOR HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION AND DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER THE REMAINING PART SHOULD BE REMOVED.

“ I shall insist it’s the best TTC old thing “ …………

TWIN TRACK CANTILEVER RAIL TRAVEL. HIMSELF IS INSISTING THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO TO BALMORAL. CAR TOO LONG, PLANE TOO SHORT. PLUS SHE HAS HER OWN TRAIN!

a trace race. …………

IT IS HARD TO KNOW THESE DAYS IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE U.K. OR AMERICA. I SHALL PICK THE U.K. ON MAY 29/2020, , U.K. LAUNCHED ITS TEST-AND-TRACE SYSTEM. EVEN PEOPLE WITH NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. SAID TO BE VOLUNTARY BUT IF PEOPLE DID NOT COMPLY THEY COULD BY LAW BE MADE TO COMPLY. AS OF ONE HOUR AGO, AN ONLINE REPORT SAYS 31,000 CONTACTS AND 85% OF THOSE HAD BEEN CONTACTED TO ISOLATE AND 8,000 HAD GONE ON TO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.SO IT REALLY TRULY IS A RACE TO TRACE.

Sunday Balmoral?? ………… “ plenty of fresh air for them” ……… “ in the lodge” ……… “C&C can stay here” ……………” your good at this zoom lark old thing “…………… “Group Of eight, a dinner party “

THE BEST PART OF MY DAY, FOREVER ALWAYS DEAR MM ANON💜💜💜. HIMSELF AND HMTQ IN THE SITTING ROOM. THEY ARE NOW BINGE WATCHING, MY SUGGESTION OF BOARDWALK EMPIRE. FOR THE CLOTHES AND MUSIC ALONE ITS FABULOUS. SOUNDS LIKE THEY HEAD UP TO BALMORAL ON SUNDAY. LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THE CAMBRIDGES COMING, PLANNING STUFF THE LITTKE ONES TO DO.ENJOY ALL THINGS OUTDOORS. SOUNDS LIKE THE CAMBRIDGES WILL STAY AT THE LODGE. CHARLES AND CAMILLA ARE COMING AND THEY CAN STAY RIGHT IN BALMORAL PROPER. HIMSELF IS GIVING HMTQ GOOD COMMENTS ON HER ZOOM MEETING, HER VERY FIRST. WHAT A MODERN QUEEN WE HAVE!! DINNER PARTY OF EIGHT OK LET’S SEE HMTQ, HIMSELF, CHARLES, CAMILLA, WILLIAM, CATHERINE, TWO MORE?? HARRY AND ????😁😁😁😁

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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45. June 12

MM ANON …… my BFF , sacked……… mr President,welcome ……… on mental health ‘ goal……… “they’ll still turn up old thing “………… “ they won’t see anything Philip “ ……… Boris,incandescent!! ……… “🍕 Pizza night children “………… “ thecrown old thing “ ……… “ NO!!” ………… “ we haven’t finished peakyblinders” ……… “ bloody brummies” ……… “ PHILIP!!………… Sydney ‘ we’re out of your refreshment sir “ ………… WHAT!!

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 12/2020. RIDDLE#45

my BFF , sacked………

WELL WELL WELL, THE SWORD OF JUSTICE HAS BEEN WIELDED, AND SHE DID IT ALL BY HER OWN ARROGANT SELF. MADAM’S BFF JM, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS ALL SO I WONT GO INTO EVERY DETAIL. BUT ALAS POOR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂I CANNOT HELP MYSELF, YOU SEE GOD GAVE US FREE WILL, SHE MADE HER OWN CHOICES. SHE CHOSE TO GO AFTER A FELLOW FEMALE CANADIAN, 🇨🇦, WOC, RELATIVELY UNKNOWN, SASHA EXETER. HEY DEAR, LADYKINRANNOCH, YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING EXETER IN YOUR RIDDLES, HERE IS GODS SENSE OF HUMOUR AND AFFIRMING YOUR INSTINCTS THAT EXETER WOULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE!!!! THE COURAGEOUS BLOGGER WENT PUBLIC, GOT A FAUX WRITTEN SM APOLOGY FROM THE WOKE JM LOOKING AFTER HERSELF. LITERALLY MINUTES LATER JM MESSAGED HER ABOUT “Liabele suit”. I GUESS THAT IS A NEW LAW 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. SO SHE WENT PUBLIC AGAIN, SASHA I MEAN, SHOWING THE MESSAGE THE TIME OF IT AND CORRECTING QUEEN JM ERROR ON LIBEL. WELL SINCE THE, JM HAS BEEN SWIFTLY DROPPED BY EVERYONE. NO MORE PUBLIC SHOWING OFF, HER INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS DROPPING LIKE FLIES. YESTERDAY I SAID MADAM WOULD GHOST HER. CHECK THE DM. SHE HAS DISTANCE BUT ONLY IN PUBLIC. WHAT KIND OF TOMFOOLERY IS THAT? HOWEVER THEY HOLD MANY SECRETS BETWEEN THE TWO. ITS COMING RACHEL, TICK TOCK. CLOCK 🕰. I WONDER IF SHE HAS BLOCKED HER ON HER PHONE 📱?

mr President,welcome ………

NEXT WEEK POTUS IS HAVING HIS FIRST RALLY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. A STATE WHERE HE IS VERY POPULAR. THERE IS A DATE IN AMERICA AND ACTUALLY A HOKIDAY IS SOME PLACES CALLED JUNETEENTH, I HAD NEVER EVER EVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE BUT IT IS ON THAT DATE. THERE WAS THE END OF SLAVERY CENTURY OR MORE AGO A VIOLENT MASSACRE TOOK PLACE. ESPECIALLY IN THE SWIRLING GLOBAL TIME THIS WOULD BE SEEN BY MANY AS NOT A GOOD PLACE AND TIME. HOWEVER HE IS BEING WIDELY AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE WIDELY ENCOURAGING HIM TO COME. TIME WILL TELL.

on mental health ‘ goal……… “

THIS COULD GO ANYWHERE. BUT ESPECIALLY NOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS LOW ON THE RADAR DESPITE ALL THE GOOD WORK DONE. HEADS TOGETHER FULLY PUT SUPPORT BEHIND BLM ON JUNE 2/2020 BUT THAT HAS BEEN LOST. ONCE THINGS SETTLE DOWN, WE WILL BE NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL HELP. BY THE WAY, THERE STILL IN A PANDEMIC. CASES IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST AMERICA ARE INCREASING VASTLY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. PROTESTS IN ENGLAND, WATCH FOR CASES TO SKYROCKET WITH THESE PROTESTS.

“they’ll still turn up old thing “………… “ they won’t see anything Philip “ ………

WORRY BY HMTQ, HIMSELF REASSURING HMTQ. SHE IS SO WORRIED THE CAMBRIDGES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME,DUE TO THE STATE OF THE WORLD. HIMSELF REASSURING HER THAT THEY WILL BE SHIELDED FROM THE NEDIA BY THEIR PARENTS, AND ARRIVE SAFELY AND SECURELY.

Boris,incandescent!! ………

SO MUCH FOR THE PREVIOUS PLANS TO HAVE THE SOCIAL BUBBLE INCREASE THIS WEEKEND. THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, QUITE LITERALLY IN SOME PLACE. THE WORD INCANDESCENT , MM ANON, IS PERFECTO, TO DESCRIBE BOTH HIS RAGE AND THE FIRES, MAYHEM, ANARCHY TAKING PLACE.NOW A CURFEW IN LONDON. HIS PMSHIP HAS FACED SO MUCH DIFFICULTY. COVID, HIS COVID NEARLY DYING, CAME BACK TO WORK SO SOON, THE DOMINIC CUMMINGS CONTROVERSY WHICH SEEMS YEARS AGO NOW, THE PROTESTS MAYHEM, DESTRUCTION , ERASING OF HISTORY. BY THE WAY, RACHEL, YOU’RE ERASING FROM PHOTOS , IN BRITISH HISTORY IS ALREADY IN PROCESS. THE LEGAL PART IS IN PROCESS. TIFK TOCK. CURFEW, STATUES BOARDED UP AND METAL SHIELDS AROUND THEM, TWO SEPARATE ROUTES FOR PROTESTERS TOMORROW IE BLM AND THOSE THAT WANT STATUES PRESERVED AND WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD. MARCHES CANCELLED FRIDAY BUT SATURDAY TWO SEPARATE ROUTES WILL BE POLICE CONTROLLED SND NO VIOLENCE WILL BE TOLERATED. EXPECT HUGE CROWDS AND A HUGE POLICE AND POSSIBLE MILITARY PRESENCE TO MAINTAIN CIVILITY.

“🍕 Pizza night children “………… “ thecrown old thing “ ……… “ NO!!” ………… “ we haven’t finished peakyblinders” ……… “ bloody brummies” ……… “ PHILIP!!………… Sydney ‘ we’re out of your refreshment sir “ ………… WHAT!!

WELL SEEM THE CAMBRIDGES HAVING PIZZA NIGHT AS SO MANY DO ON FRIDAYS.

WINDSOR CASTLE SITTING ROOM. HIMSELF AND HMTQ ARE DISCUSSING DVD’S. HEY I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE BINGE WATCHING BOARDWALK EMPIRE PER MY SUGGESTION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?? SYDNEY, SYDNEY YOU ARE IN TROUBLE WITH 💜💜PG💜💜😁😁😁WHERE ARE MY DVD’S😁🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂. I KNOW THE UK IS IN DIFFERENT DVD ZONE BUT YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE ZONE DVD PLAYERS RIGHT??

WELL HIMSELF ASKS IF SHE WANTS TO REWATCH THE CROWN BUT SHE REMINDS HIM THEY WERE STILL ON PB BORROWING FROM CATHERINE’S COLLECTION. HE IS MUTTERING THE NICKNAME FOR THOSE FROM BIRMINGHAM, WHERE PB TAKES PLACE BASED ON A BIRMINGHAM STREET GANG IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.HMTQ DOES NOT LIKE THE USE OF THAT TERM SCOLDING HIM. OH MY STARS, BEVVIE TIME AND THEY ARE OUT OF BODDINGTONS😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 🍺 🍺 🍺. NOW THIS RIGHT HERE IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR HIMSELF.

PLEASE STAY SAFE AND CALM DEAR HMTQ AND SIR, MANY ARE DEEPLY IN PRAYER 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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46. June 14

MM ANON …HMTQ was social distancing ……… beautiful in blue……… “ amazing bloody parade “…… to Broach the subject …… “ you looked magnificent old thing”. ……… KHAN GET IT RIGHT …… a WEE disturbing …… hugs 🤗 not bugs……… the China syndrome ……… open market 😱😱😱………… won’t ring Beijing …………… “ Ahhh, Sydney, you refreshed the refreshments “ ………” ignore him Sydney “………… “ I found an old vidio TTC , 1975 Old thing, our favourite hits” ……… “ those were ones days” ………” we looked the mutts-nuts old thing

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 14/2020 RIDDLE WAS FROM JUNE 13/2020

RIDDLE#46

HMTQ was social distancing ……… beautiful in blue……… “ amazing bloody parade “…… to Broach the subject …… “ you looked magnificent old thing”. ………

THE PARED DOWN TROOPING THE COLOUR WAS MARVELLOUS. HMTQ WORE AN OUTFIT FOR THE THIRD OCCASION, LAST WORN WAS BIG BROO HAHA IS IT GREEN IS IT BLUE. I SAY SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL IN EITHER COLOUR, MM ANON IS SIDING WITH BLUE. SOCIAL OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHILST SEATED FOR SURE. I THOUGHT WHEN THEY WALKED BACK INSIDE THERE WAS NOT QUITE TWO METRES APART BUT HEY SHE IS THE QUEEN!!! HOW GORGEOUS DID SHE LOOK THOUGH, MY MY MY. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF OWNING THE VINTAGE BOOK, QUEEN ELIZABETH ll JEWELRY COLLECTION BY LESLIE FIELD. I GOT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1987. IT CONTAINS SO MUCH INFORMATION AND PHOTOS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE I WENT ON AND ON ABOUT HOW EXCITED I WAS AT THE TIME.🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. THE WELSH GUARDS WERE ON DISPLAY, AS TRIBUTE TO THEM, SHE WORE HER WELSH GUARDS LEEK BROACH. NOTHING EVER EVER GETS LEFT UNDONE BY HMTQ. I AM CERTAIN IT WAS A BLESSING HAVING ANGELA KELLY WITH HER AT WINDSOR WHILE ISOLATING. SHE IS HER EVERYTHING GO TO, DRESSER , SHOE WEARER INNER, 🤣🤣🤣🤣NEW WORDS. ANYHOW I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ANGELA KELKY’S MOST RECENT BOOK. A GIFT AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS.

KHAN GET IT RIGHT …… a WEE disturbing …… hugs 🤗 not bugs………

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS THERE WERE SOME VERY SCARY MOMENTS IN THE U.K. VARIOUS CITIES CONTENDING WITH BLM, OTHER GROUPS AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT,FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS, EDL, ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE AND OTHERS. THE OFFICIALS HAD DONE WELL TO CREATE BARRIERS AND DIFFERENT ROUTES FOR OPPOSING GROUPS BUT THE RAGE AND ANGER CAUGHT THE POLICE IN THE MIDDLE. I SO SO HATE SEEING BENDING OF THE KNEE. THIS POLICE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO GET ON THEIR KNEE EVER!! I BEND MY KNEE FOR NO HUMAN, CHRIST AND GOD ALONE, TO MY DEATH. THE CURFEW OF 1700HRS OF COURSE WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH. SO MUCH CRITICISM OF LONDON’S MAYOR KHAN. I FEEL LIKE SINCE HE HAS BEEN MAYOR HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED GOING BACK TO HIS RESPONSE TO THE FIRST LONDON BRIDGE TERROR INCIDENT AND MANY SUCH THINGS SINCE THEN. I MUST SAY HE CANNOT GET IT RIGHT AND I AM EXTREMELY GLAD THE PM HAD STATUES PROTECTED BECAUSE I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT, I DO BELIEVE SOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DESECRATED OR DESTROYED. THIS IS SO UPSETTING.

I INCLUDED HUGS NOT BUGS IN HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING AT ALL, LOTS OF SCREAMING, BLOOD, ETC, VERY FEW MASKS, NONE ON POLICE OFFICERS AND CERTAINLY ABSOLUTELY NO HUGGING. THIS IS A CESSPOOL FOR THE CORONAVIRUS TO LIVE, THRIVE AND SPREAD.

the China syndrome ……… open market 😱😱😱………… won’t ring Beijing ……………

GREAT MOVIE BUT THIS IS , SADLY, NOT A MOVIE. THE LARGEST MARKET IN BEIJING HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN AND LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN IMPOSED AFTER COVID-19 DISCOVERED. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE TIL NOW THE ONLY COVID IN CHINA WAS IN WUHAN , AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT WAS TOLD. WUHAN WAS SHUT DOWN BUT SOMEHOW IT STILL SPREAD ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO. YEAH BEST NOT RING BEIJING JUST NOW, THEY HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN THERE? AS CASES IN THE UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST AND FLORIDA INCREASE, THERE IS TALK OF THE SECOND WAVE OR THAT BEING PART OF THE FIRST WAVE. OH DEARIE ME.

“ Ahhh, Sydney, you refreshed the refreshments “ ………” ignore him Sydney “………… “ I found an old vidio TTC , 1975 Old thing, our favourite hits” ……… “ those were ones days” ………” we looked the mutts-nuts old thing

OH DEARIE ME, THANK GOD SYNDEY FOUND SOME BODDIES FOR HIMSELF😁😁😁😁😁😁 CRISIS AVERTED!!! HMTQ TELLS SYDNEY TO IGNORE HIMSELF’S COMMENTS. SOUNDS LIKE HE FOUND AN OLD VHS OF TROOPING THE COLOUR FROM 1975. GREAT MEMORIES, FAVOURITE HITS AN D THOSE WERE THE DAYS, A LINE TO MEAN REMINISCING BUT ALSO A TV SHOW, GREAT SHOW. DID YOU KNOW ARCHIE BUNKER, ALL IN THE FAMILY WAS AN AMERICAN REMAKE OF THOSE WERE THE DAYS?? I DO NOT HONESTLY KNOW WHY OR HOW MY BRAIN STORES THIS INFORMATION BUT IT DOES COME IN HANDY😁😁🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. HIMSELF COMMENTING HOW THEY LOOKED, I THINK MUCH BETTER THAN HIS THOUGHTS. HE IS QUITE THE GENT,🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🥰🥰

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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47. June 14

MM ANON …… Adeleville……… Westfield?? ………… Charlottes delivery …………… 🎼grab the cash with both hands🎼………… another scam charity …………… she’s a race… ist ………… she publishes the book ………………… we will destroy her, we have the tapes…… “ no more Mrs, nice ma’am!! “ ………… “ ones gloves are orf Christopher ………… “ it was a very good year,old thing “.

ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 14/2020. RIDDLE#47

Adeleville……… Westfield?? …………

SIX BLOCKS OF SEATTLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A VARIETY OF ANTISOCIAL INDIVIDUALS THE AREA WAS CALLED CHAZ, CAPITAL HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE, NOW IT IS CALLED CHOP, CAPITAL HILL OCCUPIED PROTEST. SO MAYBE MADAM HAS SOUGHT SOLACE IN AN AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY ENTITLED ADEL WITH ADELEVILLE OR WESTFIELD WITH KANYE AND KIM K🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂. MADAM HAS SWITCHED HARD FROM THE ARCHEWELL FOUNDATION TO FOCUSING ON SUPPORTING BLM, WHILE OF COURSE STILL GIVING 110% OF HER ATTENTION TO COVID.

Charlottes delivery ……………

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COSMETICS LINES IS CHARLOTTE TILBURY. I HAVE SO MUCH ITS CRAZY!!! SHE HAS BEEN PURSUED BY MULTI BULLION DOLLAR COMPANIES AND SHE HAS A COMPANY WORTH ONE BILLION AND A BIT, WHICH SHE OUTRIGHT OWNS 50% OF . SHE HAS FINALLY SOLD TO AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION TO PUIG, A SPANISH COMPANY. I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER. SHE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE GREAT CREATIVE CONTROL. THIS IS PUIGS FIRST VENTURE INTO COSMETICS. WOWZA ALL IN FOR OVER A BILLION POUNDS OR DOLLARS. I PRAY QUALITY DOESNT CHANGE AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN BRANDS ARE SOLD. SHE HAS SUCH A LOYAL FOLLOWING I KNIW GIRLS ARE ALREADY STOCKING UP ON HER MAGIC CREAM BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THE FORMULA WILL CHANGE. CONGRATS CHARLOTTE!!!! https://www.glossy.co/beauty/what-puigs-acquisition-of-charlotte-tilbury-means-for-beauty

🎼grab the cash with both hands🎼…………

CHA CHING CHA CHING. MM ANON I HAVE BEEN WAITING JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO RETURN TO ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITES, PINK FLOYD, MONEY. SMASH AND GRAB. ANY AND ALL THINGS TO GET MONEY. NO LIMITS AND LINES , ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY, POWER AND PRESTIGE. THIS DESCRIBES MADAM ABSOLUTELY TO A T. CHA CHING. I CAN HEAR THAT BASE LINE AND THE CASH MACHINE SOUND FROM THE SONG AS I TYPE THIS.

another scam charity ……………

MADAM HAS SAID NOW THE ARCHEWELL FOUNDATION WILL BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL 2021. CAN YOU RUN A FOUNDATION IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT? THERE HAS BEEN WORD IN A ARTICLE TODAY THAT MADAM IS STILL MOST DEFINITELY INVOLVED WITH SMARTWORKS. HOW MANY PIES CAN YOU HAVE YOUR FINGERS IN? SW, MM, BLM, SUSSEX, ARCHEWELL, COVID, MERCHING, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF, BUT BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE!!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11861898/meghan-markle-prince-harry-archwell-delay-black-lives-matter/

MADAM HAS NOW STATED THAT HERSELF AND HARRY😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣, WILL FOCUS ON BLM AND COVID. TELL ME WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR COVID? FAKE DELIVERIES BY HIRED ACTORS. WOW HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE RACHEL. SO STARTING A BLM CHARITY, WHERE WILL THE FUNDS GO, WHO WILL MONITOR ETC ETC ETC??

she’s a race… ist …………

JM HAS COMPLETELY LOST EVERY SINGLE THAT SHE FEEDS ON, PUBLIC ATTENTION, INSTAGRAM, GMA, CITYLINE, ETC ETC AND SHE DID IT ALL HERSELF. STORIES ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK FROM MODELS, PROFESSIONALS, WOC, HOW SHE TREATED THEM COMPARED TO WHITE WOMEN. SHE ALLEGEDLY HAS HAD A CONTINUED PATTERN OF THIS. SO SHE IS SCREAMING HER BEST FRIEND IS A WOC AND SHE HAS WATCHED HER BE TREATED IN A RACIST MANNER. YEAH RIGHT ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE SINCE MADAM LEGALLY ON PAPER HAS SELF IDENTIFIED AS WHITE, AS CAUCASIAN. WOC ONLY ONCE IT WAS USEFUL AFTER JOINING THE BRF. BUT SHE NEVER REALLY TRULY JOINED THE FAMILY. JM’S REPUTATION IS IN THE GARBAGE AND IN THIS SEASON THERE IS NO COMING BACK FOR HER. I HOPE BEN HANGS ON TO MORNING CANADA AND ETALK. HAVE NOT HEARD A PEEP FROM HIM. GOOD THING DADDY IS A BILLIONAIRE EH JESS?? HER PARENTS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DM WITH THE CHILDREN. SHE IS AT HOME SCREAMING, DRINKING PINK WATER.

she publishes the book ………………… we will destroy her, we have the tapes…… “ no more Mrs, nice ma’am!! “ ………… “ ones gloves are orf Christopher ………… “ it was a very good year,old thing “.

HMTQ AND HIMSELF MEETING OR PHONE WITH LG, LORD CHRISTOPHER GEIDT, ABOUT WHERE THINGS GO NOW. IF SHE , MEANING MADAM PUBLISHES THE BOOK, MIO AND DURAND WROTE, THEY WILL CRUSH HER WITH THE TAPES THEY HAVE. LG NO MORE MR NICE GUY MEANING THE GLOVES ARE OFF, THIS IS THE ENDGAME NOW. HMTQ SLYLY SAYING IN THE FIRST PERSON AS MONARCHS SPEAK, STATING CLEARLY HER GLOVES ARE ORF, CHEEKY WAY OF SAYING OFF. SHE IS READY TO RUMBLE. ENOUGH IF FLIPPING ENOUGH. GOOD ON YOU MA’AM. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR IS A CLASSIC SONG. AND THE LINE FITS BECAUSE FINALLY SEEING THAT SEAHAG WHORE WILL FACE JUSTICE AFTER DRAGGING THE ENTIRE FAMILY, COUNTRY, COMMONWEALTH, ROYAL LOVERS THROUGH ABSOLUTE HELL, AND OF COURSE OUR HARRY. OH I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT DAY. WE HAVE JM DEALT WITH PUBLICLY NOW SHE WILL FACE WHATEVER LEGAL ISSUES ARE TO COME. SYDNEY BRING THE DRINKS PLEASE, A TOAST IS DEFINITELY CALLED FOR 🥂 🍻 CHEERS.

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟PG💟 💟 🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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48. June 15

MM ANON ……… Shetland lift-off……… LIZA with a ‘ don’t know em……………” it’s shopping Jim, but not as we show it……… “ matter of fact it’s all dark” …………… first jet easy ………… Brexit,old white guys drinking a lot. …………… a moment of reckoning ……… a virtual Wimbledon?? ………… Catherine to the rescue …… “ Ahhh , a relaxing night old thing “ …………… “Sydney’s provided a new box set” …… “Boardwalk Empire” ………“ bit violent old thing” ……… “ Epic Philip!!”…… “ones usual Sydney “………… “great!! No bloody tic toc.

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✝️✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON, THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL RIDDLE FOR ME, I THANK YOU FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO MY TIPPIE TOES FOR INCLUDING BOARDWALK EMPIRE💕💕💕💕💕💕💟💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️✝️

JUNE 15/2020. RIDDLE#48

Shetland lift-off………

SHETLAND ISLANDS WAY WAY IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. AMAZING TODAY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, A ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED THERE SUCCESSFULLY. I NEVER EVEN KNEW THERE WAS SUCH A PROGRAM THERE. THE SKYLARK NANO ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. GATHERING DATA OF A METEOROLOGICAL NEED, GATHERING DATA ON WIND PATTERNS. I THINK LIKELY FOR FUTURE WIND FARMS POSSIBLY. SKYRORA IS BASED IN EDINBURGH. IMAGINE THAT! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

LIZA with a ‘ don’t know em……………

RUMOURS HAVE BEEN SWIRLING, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHY BUT THAT MS MINELLI HAS BEEN CHUMMING WITH FAKE HARRY AND MADAM, AS IF!!! WELL TODAY, LIZA CAME OUT CATEGORICALLY PUT THAT LIE TO BED STATING COMPLETELY NO TRUTH TO IT.

“it’s shopping Jim, but not as we show it……… “

MM ANON LOVES THIS STAR TREK REFERENCE OF DR MCCOY TALKING TO CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK IN THE SCENE OF THE FILM SEARCH FOR SPOCK, WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND HIM, IT IS SPOCK, BUT NOT AS THEY KNEW HIM TO BE. STORES OPENING IN THE U.K. FIRST TIME SINCE LOCKDOWN. LONG QUEUES DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. PHYSICAL DISTANCING, CERTAIN NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS IN A STORE BASED ON SIZE ETC.

matter of fact it’s all dark” ……………

PINK FLOYD SONG ECLIPSE. MM ANON, FAVOURITE BAND, YOU HAVE USED THIS SONG PREVIOUSLY. Matter of fact, it’s all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun.

HOW WE ARE PERCEIVING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE RIOTS, PROTESTS, ANARCHY IN AMERICA. THERE IS LOTS OF DARK. BUT FAR FAR FAR MORE GOOD. GOOD IS ALL AROUND US. GOOD IS HERE ON TUMBLR. GOOD IS EACH OF US CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE TO SHINE OUR LIGHT WHERE WE ARE.

first jet easy …………

EASY JET FLEW ITS FIRST FLIGHT IN ELEVEN WEEKS TODAY. MASKS WERE MANDATORY, NO ALCOHOL SERVED. A SMALL FLIGHT OF 51 PASSENGERS FLEW FROM GATWICK TO GLASGOW. I RECKON THAT IS A VERY VERY SHORT FLIGHT. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE ALL CHUFFED😁😁😁

Brexit,old white guys drinking a lot.

CLUBS AND INSTITUTIONS IN LONDON AND ENGLAND ARE SEEN AS THUS. PRIVATE ALL MENS CLUBS OLD WHITE WEALTHY MALES DRINKING AND SMOKING CIGARS, NO WOMEN ALLOWED. I CANNOT RECALL THE CLUB NAME BUT THERE IS ONE WHERE ALL THE MEN ARE CALLED THE SAME NAME. A RETURN TO THE WEALTHY PALE MALE AND STALE AS MADAM WAS SO DESIRING TO HAVE. WAS THAT THE HOPE OF MANY TO BRING ENGLAND BACK TO THE WAY IT HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES?

…………… a moment of reckoning ………

WE TRULY ARE IN A GLOBAL MOMENT OF RECKONING. THERE IS SO MUCH PENT UP RAGE AND THE LOCKDOWN JUST FUELLED IT. LOST JOBS, LOST PEOPLE, FEAR, JUST THE PERFECT STORM. THERE WILL AT SOME POINT NEED TO BE SOME DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF LISTENING AND ACTUALLY ALL SIDES HEARING WHAT THE OTHERS ARE SAYING. AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS BURNING DOWN AN INNOCENT RESTAURANT IS THE THING TO DO AFTER A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING AND DEATH. MORE LOST JOBS. INNOCENT RESTAURANT OWNER AND WORKERS. THIS MAKES NO SENSE. TAKE YOUR OWN STUFF INTO THE STREET AND BURN IT IF THAT IS YOUR THING.

a virtual Wimbledon?? ………… Catherine to the rescue

OUR CATHERINE, THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS THE ROYAL PATRON OF WIMBLEDON. SHE ALSO LOVES PLAYING THE GAME AND IS VERY GOOD AT IT. IS SHE COMING UP WITH SOME IDEA IN STEAD OF THIS YEARS MISSED WIMBLEDON. VIRTUAL MATCHES?? EVEN JUST A FEW MATCHES FOR FUN, OBVNOT FOR THE TITLE. PEOPLE COUKD WATCH FROM HOME OR ON THEIR DEVICES. I THINK THIS WOULD BE MARVELLOUS. YET AGAIN, CATHERINE, THE WOMAN WHO CAN DO IT ALL, WHILE IN HEELS, TO THE RESCUE!!!

…… “ Ahhh , a relaxing night old thing “ …………… “Sydney’s provided a new box set” …… “Boardwalk Empire” ………“ bit violent old thing” ……… “ Epic Philip!!”…… “ones usual Sydney “………… “great!! No bloody tic toc.

OH I AM ECSTATIC, SYDNEY YOU FOUND MY BOARDWALK EMPIRE DVDS YAY!!!THEY FINALLY ARRIVED!!! THE MUSIC, SETS, CLOTHES AND THE STORIES AWESOME. SO BACK IN THE SITTING ROOM OF WINDSOR CASTLE. NO NEED FOR A BIG FIRE, ITS NICE AND COZY. HAVE WE GOT A FEW CORGIS TONIGHT SNUGGLING ROUND?? HIMSELF LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELAXING NIGHT BINGE WATCHING WITH HIS 🥬 CABBAGE🥰🥰🥰🥰, HMTQ. AT LAST SYDNEY HAS FOUND AND PUT IN BOARDWALK EMPIRE. HEY SIR, NO MORE VIOLENT THAN THE SOPRANOS AND MUCH MORE DELIGHTFUL TO GET LOST IN THE ERA. SOUNDS LIKE HMTQ IS QUITE ENJOYING IT, I KNEW YOU WOULD MA’AM, THE 1920’S , MUSIC, ALL ORIGINAL FROM THE TIME, REAL LIFE CHARACTERS, SO SO WELL DONE. SYDNEY TAKING BEVVIE ORDERS AND THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE, GIN AND DUBONNET AND BODDINGTONS!! HIMSELF QUITE CHUFFED FOR A NIGHT WITHOUT TIK TOC🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂MM ANON, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT TOUCHES ME THAT YOU WROTE IN BOARDWALK EMPIRE.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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49. June 17

MM ANON …… “she Ascot nothing on me” ………… para-thanks William ……… PC , LOST weight??…………Oxford,Oxford ……… STIR-oid ………U-Turn dinner …………… falling tragedy ………… the Paris peasants are revolting ……… ……… “ we can still dress-up cabbage 🥬 “ ………… “Anne, my yellow ensemble”……… “Sydney ‘ a photo”………… “that’s a keeper, old thing” ……… “ here we go , tic-toc, the three of them” ………… “O, and Catherine!!” ………… “ ehhhh, And William “ ………… “ make it a double Sydney “…… “ how entertaining Philip “

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I honestly thought I had posted this already……I have to find a better system….I will start dating it….

June 16 Tuesday

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟 💟 🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

SORRY I AM A DAY LATE KIDS I HAVE PICKED UP A COLD AND IT HAS TAKEND ME DOWN.

JUNE 17/2020

RIDDLE#49

“she Ascot nothing on me” …………

DESPITE ASCOT BEING VIRTUAL, PEOPLE STILL DRESSED UP AT HOME. I AM CERTAIN HMTQ WAS THE FINEST OF THEM ALL, NO DOUBT!! NO MADAM TO TURN HER BACK ON HMTQ!

para-thanks William ………

PC , LOST weight??…………

Oxford,Oxford ………

STIR-oid ………

U-Turn dinner ……………

falling tragedy …………

the Paris peasants are revolting ……… ……

THERE HAVE BEEN RIOTOUS VIOLENT PROTESTS IN PARIS LAST WEEK AND SOUNDS LIKE THIS AS WELL.ANY EXCUSE FOR A PARTY SOME SAY.

… “ we can still dress-up cabbage 🥬 “ ………… “Anne, my yellow ensemble”……… “Sydney ‘ a photo”………… “that’s a keeper, old thing” ……… “ here we go , tic-toc, the three of them” ………… “O, and Catherine!!” ………… “ ehhhh, And William “ ………… “ make it a double Sydney “…… “ how entertaining Philip “

DAY BACK AT WINDSOR CASTLE. DESPITE ASCOT BEING VIRTUAL, THE DM YESTERDAY WAS FULL OF PEOPLE DRESSED UP AT HOME. HIMSELF USING HIS PET NAME, ONE OF THEM, FOR HMTQ, ASSURING HER THEY CAN STILL GET DRESSED TO THE NINES TO WATCH HER HORSES RACE. SHE HAS THREE OF THEM, I WAS GOING TO REMEMBER BUT ALAS I HAVE NOT. SOUNDS LIKE HMTQ HAS RANG ANNE AND WANTS TO WEAR YELLOW!! NICE BRIGHT SUNNY CHOICE. SYDNEY PLAYING CATHERINE BEING THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE PHOTO TIRNS OUT WELL, ITS A KEEPER MEANS EXACTLY THAT. GETTING ALL WOUND UP AS THE FIRST OF HER THREE HORSES RACE. I WONDER IF CATHERINE AND WILLIAM ARE TIK TOK OR VIRTUALLY WATCHING AS WELL ALL DRESSED UP? SURE SOUNDS LIKE A SKPYE OR SOME SORT OF HELLO. DOUBLE BE VIES AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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50. June 17

MM ANON … Goal no goal, offside!! …………red zone……… rear ended,whoops!! ………… saliva sample ………… another rally?? …………… a £ 900,000 paint job. ………… madam NYC incognito …………ZOOM to William ……… mutant outbreak confirmed ……………… NDA bombshell. …………joining the UN? …………… Chile lockdown ………”how many episodes old thing “ ………… “ yes , that Nucky chappie is a tad violent” ………… “ she’s meeting at Wimbledon “……………… “ Nanny’s taking them to the zoo”

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June 17/20

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 17/2020. RIDDLE#50

KIDS I WILL TRY MY BEST BUT OBHAVE A HEAD COLD STUFFED UP FEEL LOUSY SECOND DAY HERE SOOOOOTRYING MY BESTEST FOR YOU ALL💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

MM ANON

… Goal no goal, offside!! …………

ASTON VILLA WINS OVER SHEFFIELD UTD IN THE FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH TODAY . THERE WAS A TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF SOME SORT AND A GOAL WAS DENIED. LOTS OF ANGRY FANS FOR SURE. AM I WRONG OR ISN’T ASTON VILLA GEORGE’S FAVOURITE TEAM? I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS WILLIAMS FAVOURITE.

red zone………

I DO NOT BELIEVE THE U.K. IS IN THE RED ZONE OF COVID. THERE ARE CERTAINLY PARTS OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD SPIKING. MM ANON, THESE DAYS I FIND IT EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO KNOW IF I SHOULD GO U.K., AMERICA OR ANYWHERE ELSE WITH YOUR CLUES. . NOT COMPLAINING AT ALL. I LOVE THE CHALLENGE AND LADYKINRANNOCH ALWAYS GETS EVERY POINT SO I CAN COUNT ON HER WHEN I DO NOT GET IT. AT LEAST THE READERS GET INFORMATION.

rear ended,whoops!! …………

A FEMALE WAITRESS IN LONDON HAS HAD TO ENDURE HAVING HER BOTTOM SLAPPED BY THE CHEF. HAVING NO RECOURSE, SHE, TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS HIT THE CHEF WHERE IT HURTS, REPUTATION AND MONEY. THEY HAVE GONE ONLINE AND GIVEN HIM BAD REVIEWS!! HE FINALLY SETTLED, SHE GOT £90,000!!! SETTLEMENT!!

saliva sample …………

THE OTHER DAY, THERE WERE FRIENDS PICNICKING IN THE PARK. ONE OF THE THUGS, AS THE GROUP WALKED ACROSS THE GRASS PAST THEM HAULED OFF AND HUCKED A NOOGIE AT HER FACE. DISGUSTING AND CANNOT BLAME RACE AS BOTH WERE CAUCASIAN. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING “SALIVA SAMPLE”. DM HAS THE VIDEO!

another rally?? ……………

AS I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, POTUS WAS TO HAVE A RALLY IN TULSA ON FRIDAY. HE HAS ANNOUNCED, OUT OF RESPECT, HE WILL HOLD IT THE FOLLOWING NIGHT TO RESPECT THE MEMORIES OF JUNE 10 AND THOSE AFFECTED BY IT. THE ELECTION IS IN NOVEMBER HE HAS TO DO HIS RALLIES. KIDS THIS ARENA HOLDS 18,000 SEATS. THERE WERE OVER ONE MILLION TICKET REQUESTS, OVER ONE MILLION!!! THAT SHOULD TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT HOW WELCOMED HE IS.

I REFUSE TO USE THE WORD RALLY FOR PROTESTS, MARCHES OR RIOTS. ARE THERE MORE OF THESE TO COME?? OF COURSE THERE ARE. THE DA IN ATLANTA JUST HELD A LONG PRESS CONFERENCE, I WATCHED IT, DETAILED INFORMATION. THE OFFICER WHO KILLED MR. BROOKS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN AND HIS PARTNER HAS TURNED STATES EVIDENCE. APPARENTLY THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN FOURTY CASES IN THAT STATE. THEY DESCRIBED BEHAVIOUR THAT I HAD NO HEARD ON THE NEWS. I AM NOT REPEATING IT HERE SUSS IT OUT ON YOUR OWN, ITS EXTREMELY DISTURBING BEHAVIOUR ON THE PART OF BOTH BUT ESPECIALLY THE SHOOTING OFFICER.

a £ 900,000 paint job. …………

BANKSY DID A PAINTING AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER.

POWERFUL PIECE. HOWEVER, I AM WONDERING IF THIS COST IS THE COST OF CLEANING UP THE DAMAGE OF THE MARCHES AND THE BOARDING UP AND SECURING UP OF THE MANY STATUES WILL EQUAL £9,000,000.

madam NYC incognito …………

HAS MADAM BEEN SPOTTED OR SEEN IN NYC?? I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BUT WHO KNOWS SHE HIRED HERSELF AN ACTRESS BEFORE.

ZOOM to William ………

SOMEWHERE SOMEONE UNKNOW SOURCE HAS TWEETED OR TWIITTED OR WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT HARRY HAS BEEN ZOOMING WILLIAM. NO CONFIRMATION OF COURSE, SO OBVIOUSLY NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE I 109% BELIEVE IT!! ZOOM, MOBILE, FACETIME ETC ETC ETC.

mutant outbreak confirmed ………………

THERE HAS BEEN A BREAKOUT OF COVID-19? IN BEIJING OR HAS THERE HMMMMM??? IT APPEARS THE VIRUS HAS YET AGAIN MUTATED, ACCORDING TO CHINESE OFFICIALS.AND THEY ARE BLAMING THIS OUTBREAK ON EUROPEAN SALMON!!!

NDA bombshell. …………

PRESIDENT TRUMPS NIECE, MARY, HAS WRITTEN A TELL ALL BOOK. APPARENTLY SHE SIGNED A NDA BACK IN 2001!! NOT TO TALK ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER UNCLE DONALD. I GUESS MAYBE SHE FORGIT ABOUT THAT OR THE PUBLISHERS DIDN’T KNOW?

“Mary Trump will release ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,’ on July 28, according to her publisher” DAILY MAIL

WELL HE IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT THE BOOKS RELEASE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28/2020.

joining the UN? ……………

IS THIS CHAZ OR CHOP WANTING A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE ADULTS NOW?

Chile lockdown ………”

COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS HAVE SPIKED IN CHILE AND ITS OVER 200,000 CASES NOW. THEY HAVE STERNLY EXPANDED THE LOCKDOWN AS OF A FEW HOURS AGO.

“how many episodes old thing “ ………… “ yes , that Nucky chappie is a tad violent” ………… “ she’s meeting at Wimbledon “……………… “ Nanny’s taking them to the zoo”

MEANWHILE BACK AT WINDSOR CASTLE, HMTQ AND HIMSELF ARE CONTINUING BINGE WATCHING BOARDWALK EMPIRE. NUCKY THOMPSON WAS THE MAIN CROOKED POLITICIAN MOBSTER AT THAT TIME IN THAT AREA AND THE ENTIRE SERIES REVOLVES AROUND HIM, HIS LIFE AND THE GOINGS ON THEREIN. YES LIFE WAS EXTREMELY VIOLENT HOWEVER WATCH THE NEWS AT LEAST THEN, THE MOBSTERS HAD SCRUPLES NOTHING LIKE TODAYS INDISCRIMINATE VIOLENCE.

SOUNDS LIKE CATHERINE IS MEETING AT WIMBLEDON TO CONTINUE ARRANGING SOME SORT OF VIRTUAL TENNIS/WIMBLEDON. MEANWHILE 🎼THEY’RE GOING TO THE ZOO ZOO ZOO 🎼 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣NANNY TAKING THE TRIO OF CAMBRIDGES TO THE ZOO.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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51. June 18

MM ANON ……… “NEVER………… “ ………” mon dieu” …… 🎼some sunny day 🎼……… “ good to meet again Mr President “………air corridor ……… “ to be honest,he was an obnoxious old bastard” ……… world beating 🍒……… non app- licable …… “ Bolt-hole. ………… self interest ……… BOE- more money!! …………… pepper sprayed……… “ O Philip, it’s the last one “……… “Always Downton Abbey old thing”

*Entertainment purposes

Thursday June 18

JUNE 18/2020

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈✝️✝️

RIDDLE#51

ANOTHER RIDDLE WITH LOTS!!! OF CLUES THAT COULD GO ANY DIRECTION. TODAY I AM GOING TO STICK WITH THE U.K.

I DO WANT TO ADD, FROM YESTERDAY, THE BOOK BY JOHN VOLTON I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ONE I REFERENCED. THE FORMER NSA HAS WRITTEN A TELL ALL WITHOUT COMPLETING THE CIA AND DOJ CLEARANCE PROCESS. THEREFORE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IS IN THE BOOK TO BE RELEASED TUESDAY. LATE LAST NIGHT THE DOJ FILED AN INJUNCTION. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEWS TODAY. HE IS IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE BECAUSE HE HAS LEAKED THE BOOK ALONG WITH ALL THAT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

OKAY, ON TO TODAYS RIDDLE.

“NEVER………… “

NEVER UPPERCASE, I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT USES UPPERCASE NORMALLY SO THIS IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE. IT IS THE FIRST CLUE, NEVER? IS THIS HMTQ, DUE TO COVID WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO GREET FOREIGN LEADERS AND CHARLES WILL HAVE TO ASSUME HER ROLE THERE? I HEAR WINSTON CHURCHILL UTTERING HIS FAMOUS LINE, “WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER” I THINK THIS IS THE MEANING. YES THINGS WILL CHANGE AS TIMES ALWAYS DO. BUT NEVER SURRENDER TO MOBS, ANTIFA FASCISTS, AND THE LIKE. THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEELS THIS WAY.

“ mon dieu” ……

EN FRANCAIS , en français, TRANSLATES TO MY GOD. WHO IS EITHER SAYING THIS IN SHOCK OR REACHING OUT TO GOD. I BELIEVE THIS IS REFERRING TO THE WWII ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE TO THE NAZIS. READ THIS LITTLE LINK…..

“LONDON — French President Emmanuel Macron marked Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s famed World War II appeal to resist the Nazis on Thursday in a special ceremony intended to invoke the deep friendship between the longtime allies.

Macron traveled to London to mark the day that De Gaulle delivered his defiant broadcast on the BBC 80 years ago, urging his nation to fight on despite the fall of France.

“Your nation spearheaded the liberation of the world. It erected, against Nazi barbarism, the most beautiful of the ramparts: that of unity and fraternity,” Macron told Prince Charles. “The United Kingdom gave Free France its first weapon: the microphone of the BBC.” FROM WWW.SPOKESMAN.COM

🎼some sunny day 🎼………

WE JUST ALL SANG THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO COMMEMORATING THE WAR ANNIVERSARY. DAME VERA LYNN SANG THIS SONG THAT BECAME A NATIONAL THEME SONG THAT BUOYED A NATION AT WAR. SAD NEWS TODAY THAT SHE HAS PASSED AWAY TODAY. ANOTHER LEGACY, I HOPE SHE IS REMEMBERED. RIP DAME VERA✝️✝️✝️😞😞😞

“ good to meet again Mr President “………

FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON HAD AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO LONDON. AS HMTQ IS STILL AT WINDSOR, PRINCE CHARLES DID THE MEETINGS IN HER STEAD AT CLARENCE HOUSE. IT IS LIKELY THAT HMTQ MAY NOT BE DOING ANYMORE OF THESE DUE THE AGE AND RISK. IT MUST BE DRIVING HER FRUSTRATION LEVEL. BYT MAKE NO MISTAKE SHE IS STILL RULING.

air corridor ………

THE TERM AIR CORRIDOR OR TRAVEL BRIDGES ARE BEING USED TO DESCRIBE PLACES THAT ARE SAFER TO TRAVEL TO WITHOUT QUARANTINE IN ORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE TAKE SOME VACATIONS A BREAK FROM LIFE ESPECIALLY NEEDED NOW, THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF HUMAN BUBBLES WHICH STARTED LAST WEEKEND IN THE U.K. THERE ARE COUNTRIES WITH LOWERS CASES IF INFECTION OF COVID-19 LIKE PORTUGAL. THERE IS TO BE A LIST OF COUNTRIES RELEASED.

“ to be honest,he was an obnoxious old bastard” ……… REFERRING HE WAS, SO THIS MAKES ME THINK IN THE PAST TENSE. SO IT IS SOMEONE WHO LIKELY PP KNOWS OR HAS DIED.

I THINK IF IT WAS DEATH IT WOULD BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY. I FIND A FORMER CONSERVATIVE LEADER, LORD HAGUE BEING VERY CRITICAL OF BORIS JOHNSON AND SIDING WITH FORMER LABOUR LEADER TONY BLAIR, HIS IDEAS OF MASS TESTING FOR COVID, BETRAYING THE CONSERVATIVES PLAN. HE HAS OTHER IDEAS REGARDING THE SAGGING ECONOMY. BUT IT SEEMS HE HAS ABANDONED THE PARTY HE ONCE LED. I COULD BE WRONG. I FOUND SEVERAL DEATHS, ONE IN APRIL OF COVID, A LORD BATH AND AN FORMER CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN MAPLES, 69. NEITHER FITS.

world beating 🍒……… non app- licable ……

THE NHS TRACK AND TRACE APP FOR COVID-19 BECAUSE WHICH WAS PROMISED IN MAY, TO BE FANTASTIC AND ALL THINGS AMAZING, AND TO HAVE BEEN READY BY NOW. BUT IT IS STILL FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS NOW IT IS BEING BLAMED ON APPLE, BECAUSE THE APP DOES NOT WORK ON IPHONES!!! THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE HAS CHERRY SO I THINK MM ANON MIGHT HAVE LITERALLY BEEN CHEEKY. SO I SEE NON APP-LICABLE MEANING THE APP STILL NOT WORKING AS PROMISED OR FULLY IN USE.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8435323/Delayed-NHS-tracking-app-SCRAPPED-completely-ministers-blaming-Apple.html

“ Bolt-hole. …………

BOLT HOLE IS A BRITISH TERM USED FOR A SMALL PLACE TO JUST GET AWAY TO IN A RUSH HENCE THE TERM BOLT AND HOLE. HOWEVER IN TODAYS WORLD MOST BOLT HOKES ARE MASSIVE COUNTRY HOMES FOR THE WEALTHY. THE SUSSEXES ALLEGEDLY HAD A FARM IN THE COTSWOLDS NEAR HER BESTIE VICTORIA BECKHAM. THEY WERE SAID TO BE VERY CLOSE AND SPEND LOADS OF TIME TOGETHER. ANOTHER OR LIE. SO WHOSE BOLT HOLE IS BEING REFERENCED HERE? THE BECKHAMS HAVE BEEN IN A LEGAL ROW WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS REGARDING THEIR LONDON MANSION TODAY THEY LOST THE COURT DECISION.

I DO THINK HARRY HAS A BOLT HOLE WHERE HE HAS BEEN SPENDING A LIT IF TIME. WHERE IT MSY BE I WILL, NOT SPECULATE.

self interest ………

THIS CAN BE SEEN AS POSITIVE OR EGOIST. THE BLM CAN BE SEEN AS POC ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE AND THEIR SELF INTEREST , THINGS THAT ARE VITAL TO THEM, THEIR ISSUES AND SURVIVAL. THE EXTREME ARE PEOPLE LIKE MADAM OR JM, WHO LIVE AND BREATHE ONLY SELF, WHATS IN IT FOR ME? MADAM IS NOW IRRELEVANT BUT STILL BREATHING PR. JUSTICE IS CLOSE. JM HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN ALL BY HER OWN EGO AND BEHAVIOURAL CHOICES.

BOE- more money!! ……………

THE WORLD, DUE TO LOCKDOWN IS RACING RAPIDLY TOWARDS RECESSION. AMERICA HAS BEEN STRONGLY REOPENING BUSINESSES AND THE ECONOMY AND JOBS NUMBERS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. COVID IS A KNOWN RISK. BOE, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, TODAY ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE ���PUMPED” ANOTHER £100,000,000 YES BILLION POUNDS INTO THE ECONOMY, YIKES!! CAN YOU PRINT SOME FOR ME TOO?? 😁😁😁

pepper sprayed………

WELL I CANNOT FATHOM ANYONE SPECIFIC, MM ANON YOU ARE TOUGH!!! ARE YOU GETTING HELP WITH THE RIDDLES? MAYBE NANNY ANON AND QUOTE ANON ARE PITCHING IN AND INCREASING THE DIFFICULTY OR MAYBE IT IS JUST MY BRAIN 🧠. PEPPER SPRAY IS NOT LEGAL HERE, MANY CARRY BEAR SPRAY. IT , ALONG WITH TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS ETC ARE CONSIDERED NON-LETHAL METHODS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN IMPLEMENT IN DEALING WITH ROWDY CROWS. THIS HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS. BUT MM ANON IS REFERRING, I BELIEVE TO ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR PERSON, WHO THAT IS, I CANNOT FIND.

“ O Philip, it’s the last one “……… “Always Downton Abbey old thing”

ALAS A SHORT ONE BUT A GOOD ONE. THEY HAVE FINISHED MY BOARDWALK EMPIRE, YOUR MAJESTY, I DO HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE AUTHENTIC MUSIC AND COSTUMES. HIMSELF SUGGESTS THE EVER ALWAYS WATCHABLE DOWNTON ABBEY. I HAVE THE DVD’S BUT I MUST SAY I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FILM, ESPECIALLY THE END WHERE THERE, TO ME, SADLY WAS A VERY UNNECESSARY PLOT TWIST. REALISTIC MAYBE BUT EMOTIONALLY UNNECESSARY.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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This week in BL - Gay Boy Turf Wars Galore!

Also, ALL the guest couples: TutorYim & MacNat showed up in Korea. Korea also reused the Love Class pair. And Wayne Song & Huang Chun Chih (H3:MODC) popped up AGAIN. (To be fair, when does Wayne not show up in a Taiwanese BL?)

Entirely subjective yadda yadda. Organized by favs in each category. No numbered lists anymore, tumblr be buggn'.

Aug 2023 Wk 4

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 7 of 8 - Plot reveals galore + all the penultimate tension we could want. (How many different kinds of smiles does Film have in his arsenal?) OMG I LOVE the unhinged idiot bloody tattooed ex bf - intro music and all. He is my precious psycho-bunny-snookums. Also Tinn, baby-boy, communicating about your honest feelings in a BL? What madness is this? I sense doom incoming. Smart Chan, always tell him he’s better in bed than your ex. The sides getting caught! Noooooo. I mean we knew it would happen but still noooooooo! 

I Feel You Linger in the Air (Sat YT) ep 2 of 12 - I like the surreal slip-stream dream-sequence openings. Is it a cerebral examination of temporal paradox or just designed to creep us out? The pace has picked up a bit and I'm delighted that external threat, stressors, and conflict are driving this plot. Refreshing. I love historicals - every touch and action can have such lingering significance, it’s very elegant. Thai BLs can often feel clumsy but not this one. I’m really enjoying it. 

Dangerous Romance (Fri YT) ep 2 of 12 - Sailom is great. I love a smartass who’s actually really smart, reminds me of Bai Luo Yin in Addicted. (The real Addicted.) Never a bad thing. Kang is nasty bit of business, I look forward to his redemption arc. I love his grandma. (BL is giving good grandma right now.) Nicely executed narrative twist into sympathy too: rich kid sees how rough life really is. The complexity of character depth needed for this script makes me so happy it's Perth & Chimon, they both have such expressive nuanced faces.

I do keep wanting to rewatch LBC tho. 

Only Friends (Sat YT) ep 3 of 10 - It remains a blast. Boston is king of red flags, cutting down Ray because he is the easiest punching bag? Going after his friend's bf just to prove he can? No thank you. I know Ray is lovely when he’s soft but danger zone, Sand. Be careful upon entering a minefield, every little step forward may cause an explosion. I don’t think being master of snark is gonna help you avoid getting blown up.

Sand is the one I feel the worst for - bi guy strays into cesspit of gay toxicity. He ain’t gonna make it out alive.  

Hidden Agenda (Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 7 of 10 - The boyfriends date ep! Zo’s past explains a lot about his behavior. Flirty Zo is v dangerous to all our hearts. Nice kiss. Poor Joke. Meanwhile, the side couple gave good kiss too! However, why is Title playing the bad guy again? Did GMMTV bring him in just to be resident jerk face in all their BL? Makes me sad.

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 8 of 12 - This should be a 8 or 10 ep show, 12 is too many. I think I just don’t like the lead couple's character dynamic and personalities. (No shade on JaFirst.) Side couple went startlingly high heat allasudden. And while their sex scene was good, I wish Daddy and the Hot Doc were being given a lot more script, screen time, and character dev. Sigh. I guess I just wish they were the mains and the others were the sides.

Can't have everything, I suppose.  

Wedding Plan (Wed YT & iQIYI) ep 6 of 7 - Nuea is a saint and next week everything comes to a head (that didn’t already get head this episode). Trash watch here!

Love in Translation (Sat iQIYI) ep 2 of 10 - The side couple is everything. They are so cute and my favorite trope. Plus hugs with neck kisses! I love big brother using his adorable boyfriend to try and help his annoying little brother’s business. It’s just perfect. Unfortunately, that annoying little brother, is too fucking annoying. I remain largely unable to watch the main story arc. 

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) 1 of 24 eps - Sampler pack BL, 12 pairs, each pair gets 2 eps, so this show will run all the way into 2024.

First installment is Casanova Begins. Dead boy wakes up in his enemy’s body, 2 years after his own death. Has to make things right with the boyfriend who thinks he was abandoned. Everyone has secrets. No one can be trusted. And the dead kid can never tell anyone who he really is. It’s … different? Unique take on the My Ghost Boyfriend trope.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Jun & Jun (Korea Thur Viki) ep 6 of 8 - Random moment of TutorYim. Hi cuties. Simon is my favorite, I love him and his flirty irreverent ways.

Who does he actually like?

Or is he just flirting with everyone?

Can he have a crush on anyone but himself?

He’s a house cat among the pigeons. Clearly wouldn't know what to do with the bird if he managed to catch it. Or would he?

The 4 boys dodging around each other and re-shuffling is so funny. I can’t tell you how delighted this show makes me. I do feel sorry for Lee Jun, he’s just the toy everyone wants to play with. I understand his frustration, do any of them really want him or is it all because the others are interested? Kiss! Yay! Good kiss! Even more yay! 

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 9 of 10 - Poor baby doesn’t think he’s good enough and is holding JC back. They are THE CUTEST BOYFRIENDS. It hurts. The sappy. 

Kisseki: Dear to Me (Taiwan Tues Viki & iQIYI) eps 1-2 of 13(?) - From screenwriter Lin Pei Yu (We Best Love, H3: Trapped) formerly known as Miracle, features a student doctor forced to take care of a gangster. I love the premise and like the writer. This one could be sad. Never forget Taiwan will go there.

Shall we get tucked in?

Gay boy turf wars! Main couple is cute. Sunshine gangster (turns out to be a sweetie who cooks) meets broken brilliant tsundere student who wants to be a doctor. Side couple is the leader of the gang and his rabid Pet. Also, all praise the guest couple de jour (baddies). Nice to see you 2... again. All actors are clearly having a blast with this script.

Triggers for knife play, child abuse, lingering trauma. 

Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) eps 5-6 of 10 - Aw guest couple from Love Class original, that is very sweet. The tutor and returning student, aka couple 3, are the best. So funny. But the whole thing remains engaging in a messy way.

Why R U? (Korea Wed iQIYI) eps 1-2 of 8 - Oh, it’s very odd. Certainly a lot more comprehensible if you've already watched the Thai version. As with that version, I still dislike the SaifahZon couple and love the FighterTutor couple. And once again I hate the weird IRL shipping sister. HATE HER. I’m not mad at the "Man who Fell into the World of BL" overtones but I wish they went at it more intentionally. (They’re not using NPC the way I would, are they? Cause that’s hella cruel.) MaxNat are fun. I love that Fighter went to his girlfriend's birthday party, didn’t even say hi to her, picked up her drunk bestie, and took him home.

This show is WILD. It’s very Korea tries to do a Thai BL. And, I gotta say, I kind of like the absurdity of the whole scheme. Do I think it will ultimately "work" as a stand alone piece? No. But as a very odd kind of parody? Sure.

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) ep 7 of 12 - Truth always comes out in hot springs. It's a rule of life. Coming clean is coming clean, I suppose. Still, moving very slowly for me and I need sake to get through this season. It's certainly suffering from sophomore slump.

Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) ep 4 of 5 - Sad episode is sad. 

In case you missed it

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 3 of 8 - didn't air this week

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 9 of 10 eps - Didn’t drop this week? MDL thinks it should have. Everyone is confused. But also… who cares? 

Low Frequency (Thai iQIYI) Finished it's run - NO SINGING as flirty boyfriends they very cute actually, but this final ep was V E R Y slow.

All in all this was not a great show. Classic pulp with an interesting twist on “ghost boyfriend investigates his own not-murder” but ultimately not very good in any arena. 6/10 Only if you have nothing better to do. 

Sing My Crush (Korea iQIYI) Finished it's rerun

This a cute coming of age drama around music and 2 kinds of self acceptance and actualization journeys. This was basically Korea’s version of About Youth, and was perhaps a bit too soft and ungrounded by comparison, like a marshmallow sculpture. Sweet but somewhat lacking in discernible flavor. Inoffensively unmemorable. 8/10 RECOMMENDED especially if you enjoy KBL's style

8/24 Man Suang (Thailand movie, domestic cinema release) - historical drama about Thai burlesque with KP’s MileApo. Do I know where to get it? Nope. Do I care? Nope.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Coming September

I have 4 on my radar:

9/2 Naughty Babe (Thailand Sat ????) - MaxNat back on our screens. We think iQIYI but aren't confident.

9/15 You Are Mine (Taiwan ????) - it's taking over from Stay By My Side so likely Gaga. Secretary has to deal with grumpy boss.

9/26 I Cannot Reach You AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai (Japan ????) - Adapted from the manga, childhood best friends: The cool, smart one who’s good at everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other.

9/27 Absolute Zero (Thai iQIYI) - from 2021, Studio Wabi Sabi and New Siwaj finally bring us this “time loop to prevent tragedy” romance. We don’t always get HEAs from them, so I'm on my guard.

9/?? Venus in the Sky (Thai iQIYI) 10 eps - ????

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED).

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

No you aren't, Lom. You don't even know what that means. (Wedding Plan)

Minato comes out to the best person.

Trope spotlight! (Low Frequency)

I Fell You Linger in the Air

So true. (Only Friends)

I love them so much, as @heretherebedork would put it, Tiny Idiots!

(Last week) 

Gotta say I am hating this new UI so much I'm not bothering to tag with shows. We shall see what that does for ROI.

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I Sing the Body Electric... (2/?)

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Summary: Dr. Angela Ziegler knows a few things about Detective Fareeha Amari.

Genre: AU, Romance. Dark humor, supernatural elements.

Characters/Pairings: Angela, Fareeha, Pharmercy; minor: Lucio, Mei

Rating: T, mentions of body gore and third party violence, dark humor.

Links: AO3

Dr. Angela Ziegler did not know what she was doing with her life.

To be fair, she never expected to be haunted by her own insecurities, but Angela supposed reaching her thirties was the primary culprit of her sudden change of heart. She never used to worry, and never used to wonder if she was wasting her life by focusing on her work, until she found it barely made her happy anymore. 

Sometimes Angela allowed herself to sink back into her memories. Mostly whenever feelings of intense sadness came into her mind, unbidden. Memories of when she was a child in her father’s study, wide-eyed and curious about his strange books, and colorful anatomical models with their detachable parts.

She remembered examining them with her pudgy toddler hands, lower lip sticking out as she took them apart --  cillary body, choroid, sclera, lens -- before putting the parts back together again. She liked putting them back together again.

She remembered her parents telling her how smart she was, how good she was, pride lighting their eyes. If she tried hard enough, Angela could still remember their voices. It helped lift her spirits up, sometimes.

However, her parents’ untimely passing did not exhaust love and warmth from her life. She lead a happy and carefree childhood, after her parents died. Her aunt and uncle tried their hardest to fill that silence in her heart with their own voices, and sometimes Angela thought it worked. Your mother and father would have been so proud of you, Angela.

And now, after making a living out of being smart, she became Auntie Dr. Angela, who sent the best sweets and the newest toys despite missing family gatherings for the holidays sometimes.

And birthday parties.

And weddings. Video calls.

Auntie’s funeral.

“It’s all right, my dear. Maybe you can come next year?”

...

Dr. Lindholm found Angela dissociating in front of her computer monitor one day.

He brought her hot chocolate from the coffee machine in the pantry, the beverage watery and clumped up with cheap chocolate powder. And with it, he effectively coaxed her out of her mental calisthenics. She was like a terrified critter hiding inside her burrow. “You always did think too much for your own good.” He said.

She had no one else to turn to, no one else to confide in, until Dr. Lindholm, poorly hiding the hurt he felt after Angela hesitated to tell him initially, managed to make her spill everything with one look.

“When I was your age, I ended up working myself to the bone, too.” Dr. Lindholm grumbled through his words, speaking with a gruff gentleness only a father of seven would have. “Until my poor wife knocked some sense into this hard noggin’ of mine, and I had to look back at myself and what I was missing. But that’s life.”

“Why did you decide to stay?”

“I was happy with my job and I still am.” He answered, tugging his mustache with a thumb and forefinger. “Sometimes you need to figure out what’s best for you, get your hands dirty. But it is different for everybody, Angela. Whatever worked for me might not work for you. These things don’t come with a manual.”

“I see.”

“Guess that means you can do whatever the hell you want.”

“It would be easier if I knew what I wanted to do.”

“Take a day off.” Dr. Lindholm said, patting her shoulder. “Away from all this crap. Maybe that will help clear your head?”

Angela walked to a pub that evening with some of her coworkers, some of them surprised that one of their local recluse bothered to join them at all. She holed herself up against the corner of the pub at first, until Dr. Winston invited her to throw a few darts with him, which was fun despite missing the dartboard the entire time. She also cheered for a losing football team, got into a heated debate about rugby with a baffled stranger, drinking pint after pint. Mirthful brown eyes watched her all night.

After getting ‘plenty pissed’, she went home. Angela woke up with a bad hangover, her mouth sour, and a pulsing headache, wondering if her night out helped.

She felt inclined to disagree after vomiting all over her bathroom floor. It took hours until she mustered the strength to clean up after her own mess.

The next day, Dr. Angela Ziegler deleted her resignation letter, and never thought about quitting her job again.

The steel autopsy table glinted from the bright surgical lights overhead.

When Angela closed her eyes, blinding spots shaped like surgical light bulbs flashed behind her eyelids. She blinked, long and hard, willing them to go away.

When she opened them again, she noticed Lucio was sending her a look over the autopsy table, a pair of forceps in his hand.

“Sorry, I got distracted.”

“I can see that.”

Angela looked down at their patient.

Hi .

Time to get back to work.

An assistant drone whizzed past Angela’s eyesight with a mechanical hum. Its gears and internal mechanisms whirring and clicking, its optical eye taking photographs of the cadaver, and stowing away details for the report; breaking them down into categories. Nails, skin, hair. And while the drone did its work, Angela exhaled, letting a long breath whoosh from her lips.

“February 8, 1:45 PM. Female, forty-eight years old. Found in her living room, seven hours after time of death, which was estimated at: February 7, 10 PM. According to investigation reports, she died from an unwitnessed cardiac arrest.” Angela frowned beneath her medical mask. “Her family wanted to be sure about the cause of death. As far as we know, she was alone at home. No evidence of assault or struggle.”

The patient’s feet were swollen. Taut skin stretched across sharp lines of bone. The corpse’s flesh -- once brown and aglow with the rosy hue of life -- was now ashen and cold. The patient’s face was expressionless, grim. Mrs. Tanner looked peaceful in her final rest.

I am so sorry.

“Assistant drones found some areas of her clothing were singed.” Angela said. “Very slight, almost undetectable. There were no signs of burns on the corpse, either.”

“That’s weird.”

“Very weird.”

“The police reports never mentioned anything which might have caused it.” Lucio said, “Think it’s conclusive evidence, doc?”

“Maybe. If only things can be that easy.”

Angela fiddled with the plastic shield protecting her face. She fixed her rubber gloves around her wrists, listening to it snap against her skin, as if the sound would quell the storm forming inside her heart.

“Okay, I am ready.” Angela said, “Let’s open her up.”

Lucio handed her a scalpel.

…

“Wanna order Italian later, doc?”

“That sounds great. I’m craving garlic bread.”

“I know this place that makes amazing garlic bread. They make their own bread -- fancy restaurants always make their own bread -- so you know it’s super fancy. It’s a walk away from here, but totally worth it.” Lucio said. “Better not have too much, though, people say garlic breath is a turn off for some people. If you know what I mean.”

Angela held the sternal saw aloft. She sent him a dirty look.

“Hey, I'm just saying.”

“We are recording this session, Dr. dos Santos.”

“Nobody but us listens to it, anyway, what's the harm?”

“Ugh.” Angela turned the saw on and began to cut across the sides of their patient’s rib cage.

...

“Need help there, doc?”

“Yes.” Angela nodded. “Take this to the tray, please.”

“Got it.”

“Thank you.”

Working with the dead followed a careful step-by-step scientific process.

“Checking the pericardial sac. Scalpel, please? The small one.”

The other half of the job was to understand the abstract.

“Maybe a towel, too.” she added. “There is a lot of liquid in the cavity.”

Whenever Angela got bored during her trip to and from work, she found herself watching ordinary people mill about in their daily lives. A person showing signs of nicotine addiction. An elderly woman waiting in a cafe who was probably diabetic, her coffee order later confirming Angela’s guess. A child chasing a cat after recovering from a broken leg, maybe two or three weeks ago. They were textbook and precise observations, nearly perfected after years of practice.

Since their patients did not have the ability to speak for themselves anymore, or show discomfort, or express pain, they took it upon themselves to help reveal the dead’s final words. But it was the unpredictable human mind which added tons of variables and what-ifs in the equation; something unseen from the abstract could turn a murder case around and present truths from lies. Their patient’s final meal. Their medicine intake. Past ailments. Angela had a knack for the abstract.

“What do you think so far?” Dr. dos Santos asked, helping her lift a layer of flesh with a large pair of forceps.

Dr. Ziegler, hands deep inside the body’s chest cavity, answered. “Homicide.”

“How’d you figure?”

“Let’s call it a gut feeling, doctor.” An amused wrinkle appeared around Angela’s eyes, revealing the smile under her mask.

“Ha, very funny.” Lucio said. “Are you suggesting a killer clown appeared from her television screen and scared her to death?” He chuckled, “We should send that report to the Chief of Police. Get his grouchy ass storming our office.”

"Wouldn’t that be a sight."

“Speaking of the Chief of Police--”

Angela and Lucio jumped at the new voice.

A short woman, round-faced and perky, smiled at them from behind the autopsy room doors. “I am so sorry for interrupting you guys." she said with a nervous giggle, "How is the examination going?”

“Lucio and I are still not finished with this one, Mei.” Angela said, bowing her head in apology. “Would it be possible if you told Captain Morrison we will finish this after three?”

“Okay,” Mei shrugged, throwing the pair a knowing look. “I guess I’ll tell Detective Dimples to come back another time.”

Dr. Ziegler dropped her scalpel in Mrs. Tanner’s chest.

“Oh, shit.”

Detective Amari was here.

Detective Fareeha Amari.

Fareeha Amari. She was here.

Angela skidded to a halt outside her office door, and took a moment to stare at the twisted knotholes of the wood. Blue eyes, dancing like two fading matchsticks, unable to focus where she was looking until Angela concentrated all her intent on the silver of the doorknob. She had to find the strength to open the door eventually.

Angela worried her lower lip, fingers combing the messy rat’s nest of hair on her head. She tugged at the lapels of her white coat, which smelled of antiseptic and murk from the autopsy earlier. It stank on her skin, under her nose, and her eyes had deep bags under them, as if they were two small ditches dug out by a worn trowel. The scent and look of death always clung to her, but she thought it was impossible to look nice after spending hours in the morgue.

After a few moments shifting her weight between her feet, she willed steel into her bones and pushed the door open. A beam of white light from the hallway’s fluorescent lighting escaped through the gap, and as soon as she opened the door, a person’s shadow revealed itself stretched out onto the rug. She hesitated, her eyes adjusting from the dim room after walking through the hall. Dark clouds covered the sun, the rain pelting her window, overall encompassing her office with a dreary, gray overtone.

When her eyes adjusted to the lack of lighting, Angela’s gaze followed the unmoving shadow to its source -- who was wearing a pair of soggy black shoes.

Her eyes traced up to dark trouser pants, pressed, creased, hiding a pair of elegant, long legs. A coat hung over their shoulders, limp and drenched from the afternoon rain.

Detective Fareeha Amari loomed above Angela’s desk, surveying the mass of documents and towers of folders strewn about. Her head quirked to the side, probably in curiosity, hair dripping with rain water. It was a miracle Detective Amari did not notice Angela leaning against the doorway, her knees folding over each other, wobbling like jelly.

Taking a shaky step forward, Angela closed the door behind her, careful so as not to startle her visitor. She licked her lips, mind racing over ideas on how to greet the detective without looking like a baffled idiot. Just a simple greeting. She had to sound calm, firm, use her customer service telephone voice. That always worked.

‘Fancy seeing you here, Detective Amari. You cut a dashing figure, as always.’

That was horrible.

“Dr. Ziegler,” Angela forced herself to abandon her thoughts, dragging her eyes away from the pair of long legs gracing her office, and into Detective Amari’s eyes. Dark brown eyes, almost black. It left her rooted on the spot, her knees stopped wobbling like jelly. “Glad to see you again, doctor.”

“Fancy dashing you here."

Detective Amari raised an eyebrow, the corners of her lips quirking to an amused grin. “I’m sorry?”

Angela cleared her throat. “Hi.”

“Hi.”

There were a few things Angela knew about the mysterious Detective Fareeha Amari.

First. She had a stress ball tucked inside her jacket pocket at all times. It was orange, like a basketball.

Second. She wore a lady’s suit at work, and sometimes a baggy windbreaker jacket during colder days, instead of a blazer. She wore a pair of jeans and a baseball cap during stakeouts and sting operations. She always looked perfect.

Third. She did not mind being referred to as a they, or a he, or a she. “Doesn’t matter.” Detective Amari said once, “Please call me whatever you like.”

Fourth. A week ago, Detective Amari had a cut on her cheek and a broken finger. Two weeks before that, a suspect made her long nose crooked for a while. Three months ago, she broke her leg after falling off a flight of stairs in the precinct.

Today a broken arm hung over her chest in a sling, and half of her face was swollen and purple like a bowl of bruised mangoes and grapes.

Fifth. Fareeha knew a few things about Dr. Angela Ziegler.

"Please tell me those bandages aren’t hiding anything serious.”

“Got roughed up a couple of days ago." Detective Amari said.

“You should take better care of yourself, detective.”

“I’m used to it, doctor. Occupational hazard.” She smiled, motioning at her cast. “Comes with the territory.”

Angela shook her head and scoffed, trying to keep herself from being charmed by the curve of Fareeha’s full lips, and the grin reaching her eyes. “Oh, nonsense. Let me get you something.”

Detective Amari faltered, “I hope I am not intruding, doctor?”

Angela waved away her weak excuses, and began searching for a towel, a handkerchief -- anything that could help her friend. She ignored a few empty drawers, and quickly closed the one overflowing with rubbish before Fareeha saw her shame.

Finally, she found a hand towel from her tote bag, and handed it Detective Amari with an embarrassed chuckle.

“I guess I should have been better prepared, considering the local weather.” Angela said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “It’s horrible, isn’t it? Always raining, and dark, and...” --   stop talking about the weather, Angela -- “Anyway, I hope this can help.”

“Thank you, doctor.” Fareeha smiled, and took the offered towel from Angela’s hand. “To be fair, it’s not everyday a soaked idiot comes in dripping water everywhere after forgetting to bring an umbrella.”

“Indeed. I mean, you’re not an idiot. That’s not what I meant.” Angela twisted her fingers around each other, resisting the urge to caress the bruises on Detective Amari’s cheek. “And you are free to intrude on my work any time, by the way. I don’t mind.”

Detective Amari opened her mouth, pausing as if she was about to apologize for the second time, before changing her mind. “Thank you.”

“Wuh -- ” Words, Angela. “Would you like to take a seat and tell me why you got injured, this time?”

“Just a group of guys assaulting a kid in an alleyway.” She replied with a tight smile, shaking her head. “We didn’t expect it to turn into a car chase across the square to sixth avenue. Backed them up into a building, where they had friends waiting. One of them sucker punched me.”

“Oh, goodness.”

“I broke my arm after tripping over a rubbish bin an hour later.”

“Sounds... exciting.”

“And a lot of paperwork,” Detective Amari frowned. “Which is less fun compared to a car chase, I guess.” She handed Angela the damp towel after attempting to dry her face. Detective Amari took a moment to comb her hair back with her fingers, dark strands curling over her cheek, making it look both neat and tousled and... “Maybe you should take a seat, doctor? Your knees are shaking.”

Angela felt herself fall into her leather chair, boneless -- she cleared her throat. “So, how can I help you today, Detective Amari? Is this about a case?”

The detective tensed, her mouth turning into a frown as she leaned against the edge of the desk, fingers gripping the edge. “Yes, in fact.” She pulled out a thick case file from inside her suit jacket, and Angela wondered how she kept it dry and intact after running through the rain.

“We got a video clip.”

Dr. Ziegler flipped through case file, her knuckles white as she flipped through the pages. Pictures and reported evidence spread across desk in a mess, all of which she still remembered fresh in her mind, while the newly found puzzle-piece played on her computer monitor in a loop.

“Maybe the recording was tampered?”

“Maybe.” Detective Amari scratched the bandage under her chin. “Our techie couldn’t find anything suspicious in the recording. Or the recorder, for that matter. There were no time skips, no evidence of anything being erased. No tampering, as far as we know.”

“So his wife hid the camera inside the… ?”

“She hid the camera inside his bookcase.”

“Because she suspected her husband was cheating on her.”

“I know what this looks like. Jealous wife murders husband, plants fake or tampered evidence to get us off her trail.” Detective Amari said, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. “It is true Mrs. Finnegan has a clear motive, but why would she give us the recording? She could have destroyed it, and we would have never known it existed.”

“Detective,” Angela pulled her glasses from her nose. She paused, resting the spectacles on her thigh. “Are you prepared to tell me he was killed by an invisible creature?”

They shared a look.

“These strange cases have been popping up left and right.” Angela said. “We were working on another case before you came to visit, and believe me when I say I can’t wrap my head around that one either.” She leaned against her chair with a tired huff. “They all look like natural causes -- our autopsies reveal they are natural cases. Oftentimes we leave it as is and shelf it, but I’m often at a loss. It always feels wrong, somehow. Off. Like there’s something missing.”

“I know.” Detective Amari pushed herself away from Angela’s desk. “I feel the same.”

The detective stared at the wall opposite Angela, deep in thought. After a while, the square of her shoulders deflated. “I just came by to inform you, doctor. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you think of anything. Invisible men, werewolves, body-snatchers, whatever you guys figure out.” she chuckled, finding no humor in her words. “As long as there's evidence backing it, I’m willing to hear anything at this point.”

“This is something your techie can figure out more than I can.” Angela said. She smoothed down the crinkles of her dress shirt, trying to find something her fingers could be busy with while the detective stood too close in front of her. Their knees were almost touching. “Strange video recordings aren’t my forte, unless...”

Detective Amari froze.

“No.”

“Unless I -- ”

“Absolutely not.” Fareeha pivoted around her heels and began to pace, her hand expressing her words wildly. “May I remind you about the last time you took a plunge? Light bulbs exploded, things floated around, creepy voices. And I think that body moved.”

“That was completely my fault. I forgot to mention temporary reanimation can happen sometimes.”

“You fainted and you stared at your hands for an hour, doctor."

"Now, I don't remember that..."

Fareeha shot her a dry look. "You were talking about yellow eyes.”

“Sometimes they get annoyed.”

“I nearly -- ” Fareeha closed her eyes and pulled away, biting the insides of her cheek. “I won’t let you go through that again. It’s too dangerous.”

“We don’t even know if I will make contact.” Angela glanced at the door in case anyone else was listening. “Besides, last time was just a tiny, tiny oversight.”

“A tiny oversight?”

“Fareeha, please listen to me?”

Fareeha closed her mouth and shook her head in disbelief, but decided to do as Angela insisted. Instead, she grabbed the orange stress-ball from inside her jacket pocket, and squeezed it with an iron grip.

“I have lived with this curse all my life, and I wasted so much time trying to forget it ever existed. I’m out of practice, I admit, but I am ready to keep trying.” Angela said. “Two times out of ten it can get worse. Three times out of eight, nothing happens. But there is a fifty-percent chance of us getting the answers we need."

"With the remaining fifty-percent possibility of the guy’s head spinning around? I can deal with poltergeists, maybe, but not that."

“The body’s head didn’t spin.” Angela groaned. "Look, whatever, or whoever is running around in this city, innocent people are getting killed.”

“And we’ll do our best to stop them.” Fareeha said. “We’ll search for other solutions. Our techie can check the video again, she’s a genius. The toxicology report is still pending. Maybe he got stung by a bee and he’s allergic. I dunno.” she winced. “Contacting crazy spirits should be our last resort, doctor. God, I can’t believe I just said that.”

“And what if there's no other way?”

“I’ll find another way."

“I can do this.” Angela said, almost jumping up from her chair. “I know I can do this.”

“Yes, but I can’t--” Fareeha said with a frustrated sigh, squeezing the ball hard until her hand shook. “I just wanted to update you about the case and tell you what we found. I wanted to make sure I wasn't losing my mind."

"You didn't show this video to anyone else, did you?" she asked, her sentence a statement more than a question. The detective's accompanying silence was enough of a reply.

"I can’t ask you to risk your life again." Fareeha said. "If something happens to you…“

Angela’s shoulders fell.

The rain outside seemed to grow in volume as they both regarded each other, silent and tight lipped. Heavy droplets pelting the windowpane, her desktop computer whirring, thunder rolling across the dreary city.

She didn’t realize she was holding her breath until Fareeha spoke again. “I can't lose you to one of those things, doctor. You are one of the few good friends I have.”

Angela felt her heart flutter. “Well,” she mumbled, inwardly cursing herself for folding under the spell of Fareeha Amari’s words too soon. “I’m, um, same. You are the same, to me, I mean. A friend.” She breathed in awe.

Detective Amari’s lips twitched into a weary smile, tucking her stress ball back inside her coat pocket. “Don’t fret about this case too much.” Her voice deepened in confidence, and Angela felt her back stiffen in attention. “Please leave it to me. I promise we’ll figure something out. Invisible creatures or no.”

“We will.”

“Are we okay?”

“We’re okay.” Angela croaked.

“Good.” Fareeha sighed in relief, “Shit, I need to go. Busy day in the precinct.”

“Of course.”

“Please take it easy, doctor, and don’t do anything without me. My apologies for taking too much of your time.”

Fareeha gathered the case documents from Angela’s desk, shoving it back inside her coat, and began to walk away before Angela could form a coherent reply. “You have my number, Dr. Ziegler, call me any time. I mean it.” Fareeha blindly reached for the door as she turned to look at Angela. Her dark eyes gripped Angela’s attention like a vice, that it seemed to glow under the dim lighting of the room. “Give me two weeks and maybe -- if all else fails -- maybe I will consider helping you do the other thing.”

“How about next week?” Lunch? Dinner? A movie?

An early morning jog around the park?

Oh, forget that, Angela. You can’t jog even if your life depended on it.

Fareeha laughed. “You are, by far, the toughest, most stubborn woman I have ever met. I’ll give you that, doctor.” she winked. “Two weeks, tops, and I promise I will help you.”

“I will take your word for it, detective.” Angela swallowed, her throat pushing down her traitorous thoughts, as if it would spill out of her mouth if she allowed them to stray.

“I’ll be seeing you.”

Angela tensed, her fingers digging into the arm of her chair as she watched the detective pull her door open with nary a backwards glance. “Wait, Fareeha.”

“Yes, doctor?”

Angela faltered, chewing her lower lip. Her heart aching as a billion sentences rolled through her head, most of them spontaneous invitations to places she has never seen before. But wouldn't it be nice if she had? With someone like the detective?

Live a little.

“Thank you.” Angela said, “For looking out for me.”

Surprise lit up Fareeha’s face. Her smile crooked, and her eyes warm. They felt like a hearth in Angela’s cold office.

“Any time, Dr. Ziegler.”

Detective Amari was already closing the door behind her before Angela could find it in herself to speak again. The last edges of her shadow disappearing underneath the frame; and with it, the final traces of her warm presence.

Notes: This took so so damn long, I'm not gonna lie folks, we spent the entire two month hiatus to expand this little one-shot into a hopefully more proper multi-chapter. We had a lot of fun plotting and planning things out, but man... did you know you can watch human autopsies online? Yeah... you can watch human autopsies online, full and very graphic ones. Very educational!

Anyway, unfortunately, we can't promise another prompt update (though at least now I know which direction and style we're goin with this), since I'll be moving apartments sometime around next month, and things will be incredibly busy as heck, but we will most definitely do our best :D

Thank you very much for reading! Have a nice day, everyone~

Edited (24/09/17): So soon! Had to post this very late and caught a few minor errors I overlooked :)

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Question tag for AO3 writers~~

I found the original questions on AFF a while back, and I thought since I’ve been tagged in so many meme things lately, I’d also tag a bunch more people in this one XD Since the questions were designed for AFF, I’ve reworked some of them to fit for AO3 writers. I also removed two questions rather than trying to translate them to AO3 terms. So, I’ll fill out my answers first, and then put the blank questions again at the bottom for you to easily copy and paste!

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

SIFU_HOTMAN because Zuko is one of my favorite characters and honestly Aang calling him “Sifu Hotman” is hilarious. 

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos)

Exactly My Type by a long shot, lol. 

3. What is your AO3 profile icon and why did you choose it?

It’s Izaya Orihara to represent the trash on my page. 

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

Yes! I’m shocked when I read through my comments and see how often the same people will comment on each chapter. And there are definitely one or two that I look forward to seeing. I recognize a ton of usernames on AO3 but I don’t know many of them on here.  

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

THIS fic by the super-talented @courtingstars! I swear I’ve reread this fic like 6 dozen times at this point, as well as the sequel! (For real tho, I could probably recite this fic word for word, I love it so much. AkaFuri fans, if you haven’t checked it out, I can’t recommend it enough!)

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

I’m guilty of not subbing or bookmarking that much, because it got to the point where I had so many that it kinda made it pointless, lol. But I’m subscribed to 2 users, and 5 fics, and I have 46 bookmarks. 

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

I don’t really write AU’s all that much? (I think I only have 2, the Nanny/Single Parent AU and a Red String of Fate AU). I definitly want to try doing more tho! I was super nervous about the Nanny/Single Parent one, but now it’s my hightest hitting fic! And it was from a prompt! lol

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

Total bookmarks: 311 Total subs: 337

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

The only thing I can think of right now is I want to get better/ more comfortable with writing smut lmao. I’ll conquer it one day! 

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

Updating better, for sure. It eats me alive that it’s been almost a year since I started Exactly My Type, and I’ve only written 5 chapters! It’s so hard to find time with all the overtime at work, and with everything else. BUT that’s something I definitely plan on changing. 

And maybe replying to comments? I generally don’t reply (I feel so bad about this, I’m so sorry. Comments just make me an incoherent mess and I’m never sure how to reply without rambling and making an idiot of myself)

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

Is AkaFuri a rarepair? I know it was more considered one a while ago, but I don’t know anymore. I guess whatever category they fall under, that’s it lol. 

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

Eight! Which is eight more than I thought I would write. 

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

I have 30 stories saved on Google Docs. (I’m shocked? lmao)

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

Everything in my head. My ten hour shifts at work mostly consist of me staring off into space and writing fan fiction in my head. 

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

Other than bouncing ideas off of a friend, no. It sounds fun tho!

16. How did you discover AO3?

Searching for ATLA fanfiction like, 4 years ago. After reading everyting FanFiction.net had to offer, I found AO3 and immediately made the switch. 

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

God, no lmao. I think I’m IN the AkaFuri barrel, but far from the top of it.

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

Not that I know of? I get comments about how much people like my username sometimes, so I’m cool with it if people just wanna call me Sifu Hotman lmao.

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

My inspiration mainly came from a desire for more AkaFuri fics, lmao. But there were a few amazing writers who reallllly made me want to try writing, and I was encouraged plenty by my best friend, so here I am lol. 

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

To just write. I worried for so long (and I still do) about not being good enough, or making a mistake, or failing. But the only way to get better at writing is to write! If someone doesn’t like you’re story, odds are you’ll either get some helpful advice, or feedback on the part they did like. Even if you don’t want to post it publicly, just write it out anyway. I think I’ve improved so much since the first thing I wrote, and I hope I get even better the more I do it. 

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

Again, spending 10 hours a day, 5 days a week in my own head, I get most of my stories down to the tiniest details before I even get to a computer. Once I sit down, some things may change or come out different, but I rarely go to write without having any idea. 

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

Actually... no, I don’t think I have.

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

Smut, for sure lol. 

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

Fucking chapter 6 of Exactly My Type! (I just broke 6K the other day, and it’s not even halfway done). After that, I’m on to Defying Fate, with a couple of prompts inbetween. 

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

Sorta...I guess. Exactly My Type happened because of a prompt request that got waaaay out of control, so that was poor planning on my part lmao. 

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

Not at all. I just go for it whenever I get the chance. 

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

100% yes. I want to crawl into a hole whenever I think about my first fic, lol. 

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

I’m gonna shove the AkaFuri away for a second and go with Absolutely Baked. Mayuzumi is my favorite character to write for, and I think I got some pretty funny dialogue in that one. It makes me laugh, and the extra chuckles my friend and I got while discussing it were totally worth it. 

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

I don’t think I have a least favorite? If I had to pick probably my first fic, Emperor's Weakness. 

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

Hopefully still writing fanfiction, lol. I would like to try writing some original work, but I doubt it. 

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

Dialogue, I think. Once I get in a characters head, I find it very easy to write from their point of view. 

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Getting a full plot to run together. I’m pretty good at getting certain scenes down, but I have trouble piecing them all together sometimes. 

33. Why do you write?

Simply, because it’s fun. I know how happy it makes me when I read a super-awesome fic, and I like the feeling I get when someone tells me I gave them the same feeling. 

Anyways that’s all the questions, so I’ll put them here as well without the answers to easily c+p.

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean? 2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos) 3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it? 4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters? 5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again? 6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked? 7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most? 8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page) 9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!) 10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc. 11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often? 12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)? 13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program? 14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head? 15. Have you ever co-authored a story? 16. How did you discover AO3? 17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3? 18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers? 19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write? 20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author? 21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go? 22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do? 23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..) 24. What story(s) are you working on now? 25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)? 26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself? 27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started? 28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written? 29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written? 30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years? 31. What is the easiest thing about writing? 32. What is the hardest thing about writing? 33. Why do you write?

I was tagged by: @herdustisverypretty <333

People I’m tagging: @anime-saved-and-destroyed-me | @kaguneko | @shootmesenpai | @cerberosthehellguard | @jubesy

[kiruuuuu]

Oneshot in which Blitz embarrasses himself. It’s based on this story which showed up on my dash a few days ago and I highly encourage a read, though it obviously contains spoilers for this :) - written for @magehir to trigger her second hand embarrassment ♥♥ (Rating M, humour, ~1.3k words)

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“Elias, do you have some time?”

At the mention of his name, Blitz looks up from where he was previously occupied with demolishing the sandwich Rook shoved into his hands as soon as he noticed tomatoes on it – the young man being a picky eater definitely has its perks and already ensured Blitz wouldn’t go hungry despite lacking the time to organise his own lunch several times. Often enough, in fact, that he’s been contemplating whether Rook really dislikes this many vegetables or whether he simply needs an excuse to guarantee that Blitz doesn’t forget to eat. “I’ng eaking”, he mumbles a response directed at Jäger who’s hovering in the doorway to the canteen.

“Ah sure, don’t let me interrupt you. I can wait until you’re done.” He strolls in and joins the German-French table at which IQ and Twitch are wholly engrossed as much in their technical babble as in each other, leaving Doc, Rook and Blitz to their meals. While he finishes up the really quite excellent sandwich, Jäger jokes with Doc and even manages to coax out a smile out of the vaguely stressed-looking Frenchman, earning himself a grateful look from Rook who’s been attempting the same yet largely failed.

Eventually, Blitz downs his bottle of water and turns to his teammate expectantly. “Alright. What is it?”

Jäger looks momentarily confused before he remembers that he was the one seeking out the other German. “Oh! Yes. I wanted to know whether you could lend a helping hand to managing the recruits. I would, but I genuinely don’t want to.”

Blitz snorts – though he can’t say he blames Jäger for the sentiment, this year’s batch are far from the sharpest tools in the shed, yet they’re aptly described as tools nonetheless. The mechanic especially has no patience for anyone who doesn’t immediately understand (or rather mind reads) his quick half-explanations. Unfortunately, nearly everyone in Rainbow falls under this category and the recruits even more. Blitz vividly remembers Jäger’s presentation of his magpies which consisted of one extremely long as well as extremely specific explanation no one even had a chance to comprehend, before he pulled the pin and threw a live grenade into the small group of hopeful soon-to-be operators for a demonstration. Since none of them realised the ADS would save their lives, one started screaming, another jumped into a third recruit’s arms and a fourth almost fainted. Jäger wisely kept his distance after that.

“Let’s go then”, Blitz agrees and they get up together, casually make their way to the training grounds in Hereford. “Who’s in charge of them at the moment?”

“Dom”, comes the curt answer and Blitz winces in sympathy. Where Jäger has no patience for (perceived) incompetence, Bandit punishes according to boringness. He prides himself with his creativity and cunning and thus expects no less from their fledglings – or so he says. Blitz is convinced it’s nothing more than an excuse to torture them with practical jokes and make them afraid to sleep at night.

Speaking of which, even at this distance, Blitz can hear the first screams. Not very promising. “How many have cried so far?”

“Today? Two”, Jäger replies nonchalantly, quite obviously impervious to the outcries of pain echoing oddly over the grounds, “out of five. A third had to be persuaded to come out of the bathroom after he locked himself in. Dom’s having the time of his life.”

Apparently so, judging by the fact that the yells have not subsided, quite the opposite. “Which is probably why you asked me to help.”

The closer they get, the louder the wails. Jäger shrugs. “You don’t have anything important to do today and Mike’s gonna be furious if Dom injures any of them to the point where they can’t train anymore. I think it’s better if you keep an eye on him.”

Dear Lord, what is he doing to this poor recruit? Blitz grows increasingly concerned and Jäger’s words do nothing to appease him. “The hell is he doing? Testing interrogation techniques?”

Even though that’s exactly what it sounds like, Jäger shakes his head, indifferent. “Just some field training. To be honest, he’s probably gonna be relatively pleasant for the rest of the day so he can crank it up tomorrow again, so if you find something better to do, rather do it today.”

They’re entering the building now, the howling worryingly loud at this point and crassly at odds with Jäger’s relaxed attitude – Blitz has noticed his friend’s lack of empathy for anyone he thinks a moron, though he wouldn’t have guessed him this unconcerned about physical violence this harsh. There’s faint skin on skin slapping now, indicating Bandit is seriously beating someone up and Blitz inadvertently speeds up his steps to put an end to this sooner rather than later.

“It’s over here”, Jäger leads them to one of the rooms, the horrifying noises merely growing in volume the closer they get, and reaching distressing levels right as they step through the door.

Yet Blitz does not expect to be facing this.

It’s almost comical and reminds him of primary school: the recruits sitting in a half circle in front of Bandit who’s perched on a chair, seemingly content in merely recounting a story judging by everyone’s rapt expressions. There’s no abuse going on, nothing to explain the terrible noises.

Which… still haven’t ceased, mystifyingly enough.

Literally everyone is staring at the two newcomers now, Bandit with a deep frown probably due to the interruption and the recruits wholly bewildered for some reason. Blitz is still struggling to process what’s going on when Bandit pats down his pockets and murmurs: “It’s not mine this time.”

The small gesture is what does him in. Blitz’ eyes widen in utter panic, the shock so sudden that his knees go weak and his fingers fumble upon desperately clawing at his back pocket, nearly dropping his phone and yes, it’s his, though he has absolutely no clue how this happened. Regardless, the screen quite unambiguously shows two muscled guys going at it with enviable enthusiasm while producing a neverending series of throaty and unrestrained noises and Blitz wants to sink into the ground, evaporate, cease to exist this instant. Frantically, he stabs his phone with a fingertip until not only the sound is turned off but also the display yet the following silence is almost worse. His cheeks are on fire.

The recruits are still staring, visibly uncomfortable, while Bandit’s lips have stretched into the widest, meanest and most delighted grin Blitz has ever seen in his entire life.

Next to him, Jäger casually comments: “Nice cock.”

He wants to fucking die. “I gotta go”, he addresses no one in particular and turns on his heel, strides down the corridor and tries to shut out Bandit’s unapologetic hyena laugh trailing after him: gleeful and a touch hysteric. He almost misses the handle on the way out yet barely manages not to run into the door head first.

A few seconds later, Jäger has caught up with him, curiously watching him from the side. “You know that he’s gonna teach them phrases to embarrass you in German now, right?”

“I don’t wanna talk about it”, Blitz moans into his hands and hides his bright red face in shame.

“Also that looked fucking hot. Did you wank to it earlier?”

“Jesus fucking Christ, can you please just -”

“I’m just saying. Because if you did, then you should probably agree to a date with Julien.”

Blitz momentarily forgets about his mortification and turns to Jäger, aghast. He’s been Rook’s most vocal advocate, urging Blitz to give him a chance. “Are you… are you going to tell him if I don’t?”

And Jäger’s smirk is answer enough.

[avanneman]

Amy Chozick’s Chasing Hillary: You don’t have to be a pr*ck to work for the New York Times, or the Clinton campaign. But it helps! A LOT!

Newspaper reporters are not like you and me. They believe newspaper reporters are important.

That’s one of the takeaways from Timesgal Amy Chozick’s new opus, Chasing Hillary Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling, a political campaign book with a difference, because it’s more about Amy than about Hillary, about how a compulsively over-achieving Texas Jew from the sticks fought her way up to the tippy-top of the journalistic food chain so that people could shit on her.

That’s Amy’s picture of life at the top: everybody hates you. Your “colleagues” try to undermine you, because they want all the good stories for themselves. Your “sources” try to crush your spirit, make you their bitch, so that you will write what they want you to write. People are always trying to “get in your head”—make you afraid, psych you out—but it’s also an accusation—“Are you getting in my head?” which is somehow seen as horrible, even though, as Amy tells it, that’s really the whole point of life in the Big City, to make others subservient to your will.

The “One Intact Glass Ceiling” line in the title (probably the publisher’s idea) has encouraged a number of ax-grinding reviewers to seize on Amy’s book as proof (as if they needed any proof) that the mainstream media were in the tank for Hillary. But they were just looking for a hook, an angle. Amy wanted Hillary to win, not because she liked her, but because the election of the first woman president would a Great Story, which Amy would write! And thus, in her own mind, become immortal.

The old-fashioned dream/fantasy of some reporters that, if the media reports "the truth" the people will make the "correct" decisions, in the voting booth and elsewhere, is largely absent from Amy's world. However, she does feel that she, and the rest of the media, were deeply "burned" by the Russian/WikiLeaks hacking of the Democratic National Committee emails. The hacking, not the DNC's inside gossip, should have been the story.

Although Amy tells us “no one else could fascinate and inspire and infuriate me all at the same time the way Hillary could,” I never got the feeling that that was true. Chozick seems to have no interest at all in Hillary’s “ideas”1—what she stands for—and thinks of her almost entirely as an awkward yet remarkable obsessive compulsive who has willed herself into the national spotlight out of sheer ambition (like Amy?), one who, moreover, deeply distrusts all reporters in general and hates Amy Chozick in particular.2

In fact, there’s plenty of reason for Clinton’s distrust, for, as Amy tells it, there’s nothing Amy likes more than embarrassing people, though she’s always bewildered when they resent it. One of her most favorite “scoops” occurred when she learned that the Clinton Foundation, to obtain Natalie Portman’s appearance at an international event, bought a first-class ticket, not just for Natalie, but for Natalie’s dog! For both Amy and her editor, Carolyn Ryan, the cream of the jest occurs later, when Republicans reference the ticket for Natalie’s Yorkie in a fund-raising pitch. Because that’s why Timesgals get up in the morning: so they can help Republicans raise cash.

In the real world, of course, the Clinton folks probably felt lucky to get Natalie for the price of a first-class plane ticket for her dog, instead of, you know, the price of a first class plane! “A big one—the kind you can stand up in. He has terrible claustrophobia.”

When Hillary 2016 was just a glimmer in someone’s eye, Amy wrote a cover story (a cover story!) for the New York Times Magazine, “Planet Hillary”, filled with both la-di-da graphics and zingers (many of which she recycled for this book), which began as follows:

“Hillary Clinton was nodding solemnly to the mother of a 9/11 victim when Huma Abedin, standing across the room, called out, “Let’s load!” to the staff members and bodyguards. The former secretary of state had yet to pick up her award from the Voices of September 11th, but her entourage was already preparing to shuttle her off to the next event, a benefit for God’s Love We Deliver, which was co-hosted by the designer Michael Kors and where she would sit next to the Vogue editor and former Obama bundler Anna Wintour.”3

So, to summarize: “Sure, 9/11 mothers are important, but we’re talking Anna Fucking Wintour here! Move your crab-ridden ass!”

In her story, Chozick organized dozens of Clinton folks into various categories, from “The Inner Circle” and “Chelsea Patrol” to “The White Boys” and “Poseurs”.4 For some reason, Team Hillary, aka “The Guys”, didn’t appreciate being held up to public ridicule in such a manner and demanded a meeting with Amy, who tells us that “I apologized. I said I’d try to do a better job next time and I’d be more careful moving forward. But that just pissed The Guys off more. The shrinking violet act and all.”

At the same time, Amy tells us that she feels she was set up, innocently reporting intramural backstabbing and payback as fact, which sounds sort of like, you know, bad reporting to me.

As you might guess from Amy’s opening paragraph, Amy likes to think of herself as an across the tracks gal, who had to fight her way up from nothing to make it in the Big Apple, her path blocked every step of the way by entitled Ivy League pricks and shits, but her specific motivation isn’t revealed until she goes to a Hillary rally at Washington Square (in New York City), where Hillary is passé and Bernie is le dernier cri:

“I dove into the crowd like an anthropologist, eager to understand why young women, in particular, weren’t With Her. But as I talked to so many students from NYU—and as their mouths moved and I followed up with “What’s your major?” and “How do you spell Delilah?”—I was secretly seething with resentment. I’d wanted to attend NYU ever since our seventh-grade Hobby Middle School trip to Washington and New York.”

But NYU cost $25,000 a year back then, so Amy has to settle for UT instead. But now, all of a sudden, confronting these Bernie chicks, she’s proud: “I looked at these twiggy, unshaven girls living in the West Village on their parents’ backs. … My envy began to fade. I’d been a brat.” Of course, she’d been living in Austin—which somehow manages to think of itself as cool—on her parents’ backs, with a ring in her nose—“a silver loop too big for my face that sat in a dollop of pink pus on my left nostril.” Well, you’re only young once, and she was saving her dad $21,000 a year.

Unlike conventional campaign books, which describe, you know, the campaign, Chasing Hillary is largely about Amy, about the frenzied, pointless exhaustion of covering a presidential campaign—driving down deserted roads at midnight during a blinding snowstorm to cover a meaningless speech in Wherethefuckarewe, Iowa, pigging out on junk food until your fat pants don’t fit you, wearing the same clothes for three days, losing any semblance of control over your Jewfro5—but it’s not all about her. Chozick has some shrewd things to say about Bill and Hillary—in particular, the extent to which they did sell out to Wall Street, for both political and personal reasons. She describes accompanying the Clintons on a philanthropic tour of Africa, staying at the Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg, once the palatial residence of South African billionaire Douw Steyn. Bill, naturally, has his own private luxury bungalow: “Yeah, I always feel slightly guilty staying over here,” Bill tells her. “But I get over it.” Hey, livin’ good and doin’ good. You can’t beat that!

In 2008, Amy caught Hillary saying some interesting things about NAFTA, which was still okay to like: “The benefits haven’t been uniformly distributed.” Unfortunately, she didn’t follow up on that. As Amy tells it, Team Hillary decided that they didn’t need angry white guys, even though, clearly, the electorate—a large chunk of it, anyway—was angry, as Hillary found out in the form of one Bernie Sanders. Chozick, because she didn’t trash Hillary 24/7, got a good taste of it in the form of endless emails from the Bernie Bros, ragin’ incels whose only form of sexual release seemed to come from calling women “cunts”.

Amy clearly believes that if Team Hillary had listened to Bill, with his old-fashioned ideas about going after working-class white voters, she would have won. I believe if she had used the State Department server, she would have won, comfortably. I also believe that if she had been a sensible secretary of state, persuading Obama not to invade Libya instead of invading it, she would have won going away. I also believe that if Obama had been more concerned with catering to the middle class, instead of pushing both for universal health care for the poor and entitlement cuts to please Wall Street, the ranks of Democratic governors and senators wouldn't have been decimated, giving Democrats more attractive candidates than an aging, battle-scarred figure loathed by many both on the right and on the left.

Chozick portrays Hillary as compulsive fund-raiser, even in the closing days of the campaign. Hanging out with the upper class at $10,000 a plate dinners is so much more relaxing than hand shakin’ and speechifyin’ with the many headed. She particularly puts a stick in Hillary for taking off most of the month of August to hang with her famous friends in the Hamptons, staying with Steven Spielberg and bringing Hillary’s two dogs along (“Masie, a curly-haired mutt, and Tally, a toy-poodle mix”), which strikes Amy as particularly over the top—“I mean, who brings their dogs?” Amy confesses that she herself and husband Bobby have taken an occasional weekend in the Hamptons as well, but I guess sans dogs, sometimes staying at “Daunt’s Albatross” (which definitely is cheap). “When the motel didn’t work out, we did what Bill, Hillary, and most of New York did: we mooched off rich friends.”

Well, in August 2016 Hillary and Bill did mooch, but in the past they rented their own place, but Amy still won’t give them a break. “Previous summers, when the Clintons rented their own beachside estates, Hillary’s brothers, Tony and Hugh, and the entire extended family showed up—the moochers of the moochers. (A grocer in East Hampton told me he saw Roger Clinton buying milk in a track suit).”

Bitchy much, girl friend? If the Clintons rented their own place, they weren’t moochers. If Amy’s sister stayed with her in New York, would she be a “moocher”? What is proper attire for buying milk in East Hampton, a blue blazer and white flannels? Or is the point that wide-assed hillbillies like Roger Clinton don’t belong in East Hampton in the first place?6 That’s the worst thing about snobbery: it’s catching.

Afterwords Ever industrious, and ever ingenious, Amy not only wrote a book recycling her coverage of Hillary, she wrote an article for the Times about writing the book: “How Does a Political Reporter Write a Memoir? First, Read Books. A Lot of Books.”. I confess that I haven’t read that article, but I have read her book, so I’ll offer a few suggestions for the second edition:

—Said of Carolyn Ryan: she “had New England newsprint in her blood.” The cliché that Amy’s groping for here of course is “printer’s ink”.

—“the youngest of two daughters.” Try “younger”.

—When Hillary gets pneumonia, according to Amy “the virus became a status symbol,” and quotes editor Carolyn as joking that people are infecting themselves with “pneumonia bacteria” to keep up. Props to Carolyn for knowing that pneumonia is caused by bacteria7 but none to Amy for not knowing that viruses and bacteria are not the same thing.

—Amy also talks about “pulsing” veins. I know that “vein” has traditionally been used to mean both arteries and veins, but it’s been almost four hundred years since William Harvey wrote On the Circulation of the Blood. Let’s get caught up.

—Amy repeatedly uses the word “suffragette”. Maybe this is second-wave feminism or whatever, but some gals prefer “suffragist”. Like “actor” instead of “actress”.

Amy shows a distinct lack of enthusiasm for dogs, which I am totally down with. I am known, in my building, as the grumpy old man who hates dogs.8 Which makes me wonder (though not really) why she made no mention of the fact that former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson celebrated her promotion by inaugurating a (long) series of columns about her dog “Scout”, which she then turned into a book, to which the Times devoted two highly favorable reviews!

Afterwords II, special nitpickers edition Like 99.07% of the population, Chozick says "lay" when purists like myself would say "lie"—as in "I'm going to lie down now." Almost 20 years ago I was reading a recipe online in the Times and came across the instruction to let two sheets of phyllo dough "lay open like the pages of a book". I immediately sent an email to the Times instructing them of their error and got a response thanking me for "holding us to our high standards" about 45 minutes later. Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I haven't seen them make that mistake again.

There is no mention in this book of Clinton’s record either as a senator or as secretary of state, nor of any of Clinton’s policy proposals made during the 2016 campaign. Chozick defines "news" as whatever it is people want to talk about and is scornful of reporters who want to explore the issues in-depth. ↩︎

Hillary told people who “knew her when” not to talk to Amy because Amy hated her. ↩︎

Additional zingers: “It was just another hectic fall evening in Manhattan for Clinton, and she was keeping herself busy as usual in the “is she or isn’t she” interim. There were paid speeches to give (at $200,000 a pop) to the American Society of Travel Agents and the National Association of Realtors, filled with the wisdom gleaned from being the nation’s top diplomat (“leadership is a team sport” was one favorite; “you can’t win if you don’t show up” was another).” ↩︎

Robert Zimmerman, Johnathan Orszag, Matthew Hiltzik, and Declan Kelly, in case you’re interested. ↩︎

I did not know that “Jew hair” was a thing until a couple of months ago when I read a review of season 4 of *Broad City” in New York magazine, in which the topic came up. What really surprised me was that a Jewish girl would worry about her Jew hair in New York City. ↩︎

Rog does have a bit of a history of drug and alcohol abuse. So he should fit right in. ↩︎

Carolyn was probably/possibly remembering from biology class how Oswald Avery proved that genetic information is carried by the DNA molecule through a series of famous experiments using pneumonia bacteria. ↩︎

I don’t hate them, but I don’t have to love them, do I? Especially when they fucking bark at six fucking o’clock in the morning! Goddamn it! ↩︎

[tophatal]

If You Snooze You Lose …

So while the NFL becomes a battlefield and we have the President (Donald Trump) chiming with his own thoughts on the issue of patriotism. Let’s pause for thought, he calls players who choose not to stand “sons of bitches” , but clearly won’t appreciate it is within their right not to stand . Bear in mind , neither Donald Trump or his administration thus far, specifically the US Defense Department seems to have a problem paying out millions of dollars annually merely to have the national anthem paid the league’s regular season games. Am I missing something here ? I guess not !!! The league itself has got off to an inauspicious start and as usual idiots were quick to make prognostications without actually looking at the teams in depth.

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At long last the New York Knicks awoke from their slumber and their first act under the leadership of Scott Perry was to make the decision to trade Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for a bag of Juju beans and pot of gold. I will be exact , Anthony was traded for Enes Kanter , Doug McDermott and a second round unconditional 2018 NBA Draft pick . This trade has Sam Presti coming off looking like damn genius. From my own standpoint, this simply makes the Knicks even more vulnerable while the Thunder becomes a top-five team in the West Conference and a possible contender for the NBA title this upcoming season.

Last season , the New York Knicks were woefully inept in just about every facet of their game and it begs the question, where the hell does this franchise now go from here ? Is Jeff Hornacek as the team’s Head Coach , still able to get the best out of his players and specifically this newly revamped team ? Hornacek is in way above his head and I don’t believe the New York Knicks will be competitive enough this season to win their division much less be considered a playoff contender. This Knicks’ roster is extremely poor , with a lack of scoring after the departure of Carmelo Anthony.

The New York Knicks’ loss becomes the Oklahoma City Thunder’s gain, with the Western Conference becoming a great deal stronger than their Eastern rivals. In all likelihood the reigning champions the Golden State Warriors will be the prohibitive favorites to repeat as champions for the upcoming season . The team’s depth might be even better than last season, with much of its core remaining intact. It will be interesting to see how the Golden State Warriors will fare during their regular season meetings with the Oklahoma City Thunder this season. The first of those meetings will take place on the 22nd November on the road when the two meets for the first time as part of their regular season schedule.

If Rob Pelinka and Magic Johnson are to turn around the recent lack of fortune for the Los Angeles Lakers , then these two idiots had better start reading the NBA handbook concerning league conduct , rather than believing they and the franchise are above the league’s rules. It wasn’t by coincidence the NBA hierarchy slapped the Lakers with a rather punitive fine , but I believe Johnson and Pelinka’s actions in trying to lure Paul George to sign with the franchise , when the player had yet to state his declaring status , smacked of sheer conceitedness. George was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder by the Indiana Pacers , much to the chagrin of the Lakers , most notably their executives GM Rob Pelinka and Head of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson.

The Los Angeles Lakers will enter this season with one of their weakest teams in franchise history. While there has been a great deal of ballyhoo concerning Lonzo Ball , the rookie has yet to play a game at the professional level . Summer League asides , it will be interesting to see how Ball will seek to break down some of the best defenses in the league , when playing on a team that is actually devoid of in-depth talent . Luke Walton and his coaching staff are likely to have a problematical season as the Lakers seek to find a groove. I for one don’t see a vast improvement on the twenty-six wins by the franchise last season and they will be lucky if they are able to improve on that figure by a significant margin.

Lonzo Ball and his teammates will begin their regular season schedule with a game against the Los Angeles Clippers , which will be the Lakers’ home opener at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California . With the Clippers also in a state of disarray after the abrupt departure of Chris Paul , it could very well be that the City of Angels’ two NBA franchises will be mired in mediocrity this upcoming season. The relationship between Doc Rivers and Chris Paul might well have reached breaking point and with the lack of defensive prowess on the Clippers last season and their fall from grace in the NBA Playoffs might well have been far too much for the veteran point guard to bear.

Somehow the Los Angeles Clippers will try to prove themselves a better team without Chris Paul than they are a team with him. Paul was the glue that held the team together last season and he provided the Clippers with the leadership they were sorely lacking from seasons past. When Steve Ballmer purchased the Clippers for $2 billion , it was hoped the erasing of Donald Sterling’s ownership would be gone for good , bringing about a new era of sanity within the organization. Instead , it has brought about a great deal of intrinsic complacency, far too much power with Doc Rivers not only being the Head Coach but also Director of Basketball Operations . Lawrence Frank might well be the President of Basketball Operations , but I doubt he has that much say in the personnel decisions made for the organization. Far too many Chiefs and not enough Indians . Hall of Fame player Jerry West has since been added to the mix as a Special Consultant . A similar role which he had in being the architect in the successful resurrection of the Golden State Warriors. Needless to say, if both Rivers , Frank and Michael Winger fail to heed the advice provided by the legendary player then the fortunes of the Clippers will sink further into the abyss.

A great deal is now being asked of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan , to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to glory , but I am not so sure either player has the maturity or temperament to get the job done. In the NBA Playoffs of last season the Clippers gave us a glimpse as to why they remain vulnerable and very much overrated . Defense is not a word in their vocabulary and it never has been with Doc Rivers leading the charge as the Head Coach . When the Clippers begin their regular season schedule , it will be interesting to see how this team fares through their first ten games.

It never ceases to amaze me when I read some of the idiotic comments by fans concerning a number of teams within the NBA ! More often than not, there hasn’t been a great deal of thought put into their assessments never-mind the statements made. Recently I read a comment by an avid sports’ fans , in which the individual stated the “window of opportunity” continues to close for the San Antonio Spurs . Less I am mistaken , with twenty straight Playoff appearances, a feat that has not been matched by any other NBA franchise in league history , then there has to be something wrong with the mindset of the individual. Need we be reminded that along the way , the Spurs have won five NBA titles under Gregg Popovich as the team’s Head Coach ? Popovich’s coaching staff is considered to be one of the best in the league and throughout the years a number of his former assistants have gone on to hold head coaching positions around the league. RC Buford has also groomed a lot of executive talent, who have since moved on to hold similar positions as a general manager within the NBA. I don’t believe there are any other teams around the league with that type of credibility as an organization and then you weigh in the consummate class and professionalism shown by Peter Holt . Nothing else needs to be said at this juncture.

It has been over a decade and a half since the San Antonio Spurs had a sub.500 season in the NBA and not win their division. Things began to change in terms of the franchise’s recent history when the Spurs made future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan their first round draft pick from the 1997 NBA Draft . Duncan’s career with the franchise are what legends are made of and it is a testament to the player’s legacy that he is held in such high esteem by his contemporaries . Having retired from the game at the end of the 2015-16 season , Duncan is a franchise leader in so many statistical categories with the San Antonio Spurs. His five NBA titles in tow with Gregg Popovich are symbolic of his legacy and this franchise.

The team which Tim Duncan left behind has now evolved with Kawhi Leonard seen as its leader, but veterans Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli remain part of its core. Leonard has become one of the league’s elite players , having twice won the NBA Defensive Player of The Year Award , his game has now evolved , with his becoming efficient on both ends of the floor.

As long Gregg Popovich is at the coaching helm of the San Antonio Spurs, then this team can never be written off. Only a fool would continue to underestimate the Spurs at their own expense. Last season San Antonio had the second-best record in the league , with only the Golden State Warriors having a better record while going on to win their second NBA title in the last three years. If the Spurs are to compete within a much more formidable Western Conference this season , then their games against stalwarts such as the Warriors , Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder should go a long way in telling us about the team , in particular Kawhi Leonard’s teammates LaMarcus Aldridge , Patty Mills , Pau Gasol , Danny Green , Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli.

The San Antonio Spurs’ preseason will consist of will consist of just five games , before embarking upon their regular season schedule beginning on the 18th October when they face the Minnesota Timberwolves at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas .

When Tilman Fertitta agreed in principle to buy the Houston Rockets for a reputed $2.2 billion , the sale price got everyone’s notice. The Rockets are not considered a big-market team , but the exploits of James Harden this past season has placed the franchise back into the stratosphere. Outgoing owner Leslie Alexander wasn’t desperate to make the sale , but he felt in order for the Rockets to move forward , now was the right time and Fertitta was the right owner to make it all possible. With Chris Paul having joined Houston in a totally inexplicable trade , the Los Angeles Clippers’ loss will be come the Rockets’ gain , their greatest gain over the past three seasons that is for sure. There is no doubt in my mind the Western Conference will literally take their opponents in the East this season and simply beat the living crap out of them all season-long !!

James Harden scored against everyone almost at will , keeping up a frenetic pace , to such an extent , it had everyone wondering was there anything else he wasn’t capable of doing last season. The Rockets will be a contender this season and there is no doubt in mind they are more than capable of beating the very best that the East will have to offer. As to their contemporaries within the West, that remains to be seen , but this will be a very interesting season for the franchise. Harden and his teammates will begin their regular season in earnest when they face the Golden State Warriors on Opening Night , 17th October in a game being played at Oracle Arena in Oakland , California .

So LeBron James is giving fans in Cleveland assurances that he won’t be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers anytime soon. Personally, I don’t believe it is a long-term commitment from the player , as his relationship with Dan Gilbert has continued to sour , without taking into account the rumored disintegration of his friend ship with former teammate Kyrie Irving . The point guard was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Isiah Thomas . On paper the trade might seem to be equitable, until you take into account Thomas is coming off an injury and off-season surgery. The Cavaliers’ front office failed to use due diligence and threatened to rescind the deal , only to be forced to go ahead with the transaction after some intervention from the league hierarchy and the fact Kyrie Irving made it known he had no wish to remain in Cleveland. The Cavaliers remain the team to beat within the East, but I don’t believe the team in its current guise will have it all their own way within the East over the course of this season !

The Cleveland Cavaliers will have to come out of the starting gates firing on all cylinders , because I believe they will be in for a world of hurt if Isiah Thomas cannot find his footing , because to my mind , Derrick Rose has absolutely nothing left in the tank , whereby he can be productive for the Cavaliers. This much was evident with his play last season for the lackluster New York Knicks. Thankfully, the Cavaliers play in a weak division and a continuously mediocre Eastern Conference. If they qualify as a top four-seed, then the NBA Playoffs within the conference should not prove to be that much of a problem.

Not one , not two , not three , not four , but at least six NBA titles. Well that was the notion of the Miami Heat when they signed LeBron James as a free agent, as the four-time League MVP would join close friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh . Heat executive Pat Riley was hailed as a genius and history was quickly made with the franchise. Four consecutive appearances in the NBA Finals , yielded two victories , but then things began to get sour as Riley refused to bolster the roster , much to the chagrin of James. What LeBron failed to understand , while the Miami Heat were winning , the ever-increasing payroll could not keep abreast of the franchise continuing to hemorrhage red ink along its bottom line . It’s still something LeBron James is still not able to fathom in Cleveland with the Cavaliers having lost in excess of $80 million over the last two years.

Dwyane Wade after a nostalgic return to the state of Illinois , where he played last season for the Chicago Bulls , has agreed to a buyout of his contract , then chose to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers. It had been rumored Riley would have been interested in signing Wade , with the seasoned veteran becoming the team’s leader. The fact that this did not take place speaks to the volume of resentment I still believe there is between the player and the Heat executive . Behind the scenes, Pat Riley has often been ruthless and brutal , but in public he tries to come across as a likable character. Machiavelli has nothing on this particular executive . Like a moth to a flame it appears that everyone wants to be with LeBron , while the player himself has always tried to tell us he’s never played on a Super Team .

John Paxson and Gar Forman of the Chicago Bulls now have the unenviable task of trying to persuade the long-starving fans of the Bulls, they are on the right track to rebuilding this franchise. The glory years of the Jordan led teams to six NBA titles are a thing of the past and it appears an imminent return to those halcyon days are nowhere near apparent. Chicago’s best player of last season Jimmy Butler was sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves , with the belief that a fresh start behind a youth-oriented lineup would be the way ahead. A sighting of Dennis Rodman wearing a wedding dress , professing his love for all things magical now seems to reverberating around the city of Chicago . Lamar Odom now has his eyes on becoming a pharmacist , dispensing medical marijuana to those desperately in need and Bulls’ owner , Jerry Reinsdorf is now on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. Guess what ? You snooze , you lose .

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                                                                            AUGUST  2017

 *****Bill Murray and the rest of the Murray brothers are opening a Caddyshack themed restaurant in the Plaza hotel in Rosemont, Il. They opened a similar eatery in Florida in 2001.** Bill Murray also got the ESPY for Chicago cubs best moment. Michelle Obama honored Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the ESPY’s for the Special Olympics.

***** Tarantino is doing the next Manson movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*****Dec. 2017: Psych the movie. YES!

*****Some republicans are working on introducing a bill that would force future Presidents to release their tax returns.

*****Alice Cooper discovered he had a Warhol, “little electric chair”, 40 years after the fact. The find was rolled up in a tube in a storage locker.

*****It is so funny how Kelly Ripa looks so happy and bright when Anderson Cooper is on but not so much when that boar Seacrest is next to her.

*****Days alert: Sami will be back in the fall and look for her and Nicole to clash. We will see more of Xander but Dario is headed out of our lives. Chad and Gabby are over and look for Chad and Abigail to reunite if she survives. Is Ben Weston back in town or just in Abby’s mind? Did she see him the night of Deimos’ murder? Could she be the killer and could Chad be protecting her as she has been protecting him?

*****Another victim of John Wayne Gacy was recently identified as Jimmy Haakenson, a Minnesota runaway.

*****The Rockford Peaches are being celebrated .  July 27 brought hundreds of girls and women to Beyer stadium in Rockford to play. Some of the 40’s and 50’s peaches were in the movie “A League of Their own” ,that sparked a resurgence in interest. Also in the works just across the street is The International Women’s Baseball Center.

***** Did you ever notice how often Kroger products are used on television? I am forever seeing their store brand in scenes across many networks in many scenes. I think it is because they have a very generic look.

*****It sounds like the Richard Pryor story will come to the screen. It should be exciting with Tracy Morgan as Redd Foxx and Oprah as Pryor’s Grandmother.

*****CBS and the BBC are joining forces in the tradition of Edward R. Morrow who used to report from the BBC.

*****Two topless women jumped on stage in Germany to protest Woody Allen as he played clarinet. The women read a letter Dylan Farrow once wrote to her father that alleged sexual abuse. Security guards took them away amid boo’s from the audience. Allen called the incident “stupid.”

*****Steve Martin and the Steep canyon rangers have a new album, ‘The long awaited album.’

*****Bill Brady is the newest state senator in Illinois. Is there finally an end to the budget crisis in the state? Several states have these issues but Illinois has been at the bottom of the heap, rated junk. Now that a few republicans have crossed the line to come to an agreement, can they start to pay all the bills they owe?**Chris Christie has helped to lead New Jersey to the bottom as well.  They closed parks and beaches due to financial constraints. He used a beach that had been closed to the rest of the state for his 4th of July celebrating. He basically told the people that if they were Mayor, they could use the mayoral house to do it themselves but they aren’t.  The only good it seemed to do was the fallout helped him reach a decision about the budget so things could reopen.

*****Jawara Mcintosh, son of Peter Tosh, is in a coma after being beaten in a New Jersey jail.

*****OMG: Does everyone know that the NRA lobbied to be sure that there is no central electronic database for gun records? When police are requesting registration on a gun after an incident, the centers 50 employees must search thru microfilm or boxes of paperwork. How do they sneak this stuff in without alarms being raised? We must pay attention!! Let’s change this for the cats at the ATF tracing center.

*****Germany has legalized same sex marriage.

*****VP Pence tells us: “Under President Trump, American security will be as dominant in the heavens as we are here on earth.”

*****Hobby lobby owners are putting together a Bible museum. They were caught smuggling black market antiquities out of ISIS territory. They claim stupidity but were warned before they even started this venture. Luckily, the artifacts were intercepted by the government and returned.

*****Hooray for Ronan Farrow and others who are working hard on the voter ID mess. Conservative politicians need to quit targeting minorities and the poor and just let us all vote.  Let’s just keep things fair, is that too much to ask?

*****I am intrigued by the ads for the new show Guest Book on TBS.** People of Earth is back!!

*****The Government ethics director, Walter Shaub resigned. He claims there were many conflicts of interest and the White house fought him every step of the way. He has seen nothing like it in any republican or democrat administration.

*****HBO’s tour de Pharmacy was funny and had so many famous faces. The faux doc included references from Arby’s to a small misshapen penis and was narrated by Jon Hamm. The cast includes Mike Tyson, Will Forte, Orlando Bloom, Kevin Bacon, Maya Rudolph,  Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Freddie Highmore and Julia Ormand. I was a bit uncomfortable at the Lance Armstrong stuff. He was worth a chuckle at first but it got old. I admit that he is not my favorite person. I guess you gotta take the $ where you can.

*****The History channel ran a doc about Amelia Earhart. The claim was that there was a pic that may be Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan after she disappeared.  This leads one to believe that they were taken prisoner by the Japanese. A history blogger disagrees , saying that the photo is from a book published 2 years before they were lost in 1937.

*****The impeachment marches seemed to get zero coverage. There were a few small mentions a couple of days later but for the most part they were ignored.  I am so glad I was there. The people are speaking. The media needs to stop bending over backwards not to poke the bear and let us speak! I am glad the media is making us aware of all the lies going on in the White house. It would be refreshing to get away from the talking heads once in a while and take it to the grass roots resistance growing. Hasn’t this been part of the problem all along? Isn’t this what everyone bitched about right after the election?

*****Volvo will go totally electric or hybrid starting 2019.

***** The Emmy noms have been announced with some surprises. The biggest travesty is no nod for Michael Mckean for Better Call Saul. Some nominations were well deserved  though. Lead actress drama should go to Keri Russell but Elisabeth Moss and Viola Davis are awesome as well. Some of my other faves were Bob Odenkirk and Matthew Rhys for actor in a drama. Big little lies brought 2 lead actress picks for Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon but Feud has to win for either Jessica Lange or Susan Sarandon or both. Feud is loaded with noms for costumes, director, music, hair, and supporting actor for Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Judy Davis and Jackie Hoffman. Rupaul is the only thing going in the reality category. In comedy there is Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as well Julia Louis Dreyfuss and a lot more for Veep and Atlanta. Jeffrey Tambor, Zack Galifinakis and Donald Glover are my tops for comedy acting.  The best in drama are Better Call Saul, Stranger Things , The Americans and The Handmaids tale. Variety is a tough category with Full Frontal, Kimmel, the Late Show, the late late show, Last week tonight and Real Time. The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks and Dolly’s Christmas movie are both up for a vote. Voice animation has Kevin Kline, Kristen Schaal and Nancy Cartwright. Animated shows include Archer, Bob’s Burgers and the Simpson’s. Bill Nye saves the world, Drunk History , SNL and Portlandia are up for production design. American Horror Story: Roanoke only got a couple for hairstyling, sound editing and prostetic makeup. Supporting acting comedy is hard to pick with Louie Anderson, Tony Hale and Alec Baldwin for the men and Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones, Kate Mckinnon, Judith Light, Kathryn Hahn and Anna Chlumsky for the women. What? Another travesty, o love for Keenan Thompson?  Guest actor include Carrie Fisher, Melissa McCarthy, Wanda Sykes, Tom Hanks, Dave Chappelle and Matthew Rhys.I am all the way with Alison Wright for guest acting in drama. The host category has Snoop and Martha, Alec Baldwin , Rupaul and W. Kamau Bell. Variety specials and sketch shows are filled with genius like Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Colbert’s election night and Documentary now! In the documentary category there is The Beatles :8 days a week from Ron Howard. Informational specials Inside the actors studio, Leah Remini: scientology and star talk: Neil deGrasse Tyson are nominated. Good luck to all!

*****Ken Burns is bringing us The Vietnam war in September which took 10 years to make.

*****Kid Rock has announced a senate run.

*****Jimmy Carter is out of the hospital after he suffered from dehydration. He was working on a house in Canada for habitat for humanity.

*****Word is that the ratings for the new Kelly and Ryan show are not too good, the same with Megyn Kelly’s new NBC show.

*****Sturgis is back on August 4 in South Dakota.

*****HBO is bringing us a doc on Steven Spielberg that is narrated by the man himself. Susan Lacy is director and producer of the project.

*****If you haven’t seen the funny or die with Al Franken and David Letterman, you must check it out. Look up years of living dangerously: Boiling the frog.

*****Fox likes to pretend that scary clown is more of a leader than he really is. They kept running a scroll across the bottom as the G-20 was going on that ‘Trump presses Putin on meddling.’ Did he really? We will never really know and if he did, it was just for show because he is adamant that he just wants to move on.  Putin tells us that Trump accepted his version of events. This is really no surprise since scary clown attacked his own intelligence community on foreign soil and said that he was honored to meet Putin. The man is SO Putin’s bitch.**After Trump tweeted that he and the Russian President had talked of a joint impenetrable cyber security unit, he got much backlash. John McCain and Kyle Griffin both stated that Putin should be good at that since he is the one doing the hacking. The President talked a lot about faith in his speech in Poland. As he gets older does he think more about these things as age can make you do or does he shield himself with it? **Ivanka sat in for her Father at some of the summit.  It did not seem that the other leaders were too big on seeing him anyway. I don’t think Trump has the confidence to talk with the big timers anyway. He seems to be more of a one on one guy which was what he was doing.**Of course we then learn that there was a second private meeting and who knows what that was about.**On June 25th the House backed a new package of sanctions against Moscow, North Korea and Iran. The bill prohibits scary clown from waiving penalties.** Russia has already retaliated by seizing American diplomatic properties and ordering the U.S. embassy to reduce staff.

*****Don Jr. has now been caught in multiple lies about the Russian lawyer they met with on trying to find dirt on Hillary. How many times will this family and their team lie to us?? There were more people there than they originally told us including a lobbyist that was ex counter intelligence. They claim that candidate Trump had no idea of the situation. Do they think we will believe that? We are in fact now hearing that he orchestrated his son’s response. Is Trump that stupid or does he just play an idiot on tv? Will he sacrifice his own son? Why is it that Manafort and Kushner are never far away from the trouble?  The team tries to act like this Russian mess is something anyone would do. They are so far removed from honor and decency that they do not seem to know any better. They have no idea how real people operate.** We have soldiers on the Russian border that are protecting people from Russia and these yahoos think it is perfectly fine to work with them to fuck up our democracy.** BTW, The President can’t pardon someone on state or foreign charges but he can pardon on federal charges . Could all of the liars get away it? ** How long will the “we are stupid and know what we do” excuse work for these Trump voters? Who can still support a family that just keeps lining their own pockets with their clout? ** The Don Jr. legal fees are being paid in part by the 2020 Trump campaign funds. The President wants the RNC to pay the rest. ** Kushner has now been speaking casually with the feds. He came out to make a small speech after the first day that told us how innocent he was. Scary clown and his fam seem to love the country waiting for their every move.

*****Saw this on a site and wanted to share:

                               Parable of the talents by, Octavia E. Butler

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought

To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.

To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.

To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

*****Teen birth rates have declined 9%, the lowest ever.** About 3 ,000 women from other states come to Illinois each year for abortions.

*****Jodie Whittaker will be the first female Dr. Who as she becomes the 13th Doc.

*****I hear that the packet received when someone takes the oath to become an American citizen still has a letter from Obama.  I guess the new administration hasn’t had time to think about welcoming new Americans.

*****The hit show, Insecure is back for another season.

*****PBS has a new season of Finding your Roots. They have already revealed that Larry David finds out that Bernie Sanders is his distant cousin.

*****Employees in a Ford plant in Ohio found a mil in weed from cars that were assembled in Mexico.

*****A show on the History channel is trying to answer the questions that have come up in recent years about H.H. Holmes being Jack the Ripper. The grandson of America’s first serial killer is leading the charge and he seems a bit disappointed whenever they hit a wall. I guess if you already know that your Grandfather was a killer, what’s a few more? The program drags everything out as these History channel shows tend to do as they repeat themselves over and over. Sometimes when they get some info, I wonder why they only follow part of it. For instance, they tested the DNA which MIGHT have belonged to a victim. The DNA did not match the grandson but did they put their findings in a database to see if there is some familial match elsewhere? They could possibly find out this way if the scarf was indeed at the crime or if the DNA belonged to later handlers of the scarf.

*****Joel Clement, former director of the office of policy analysis and the U.S. interior has been moved to the advisory office of natural resources revenue.  He is one of fifty who this administration moved on June 15. He is a scientist who helps endangered Alaskan communities. Joel speaks out publically about climate change and believes this is an open and deliberate effort to silence scientists and eliminate employees that disagree with them. He is now officially a whistle blower.** It seems to me that having Trump as President is like having a really shitty Father.  The family just has to go out and find their own way and we must keep trying to get him out. Until then, the Governors, the Mayors and the rest of us have to figure out our own ways to save the planet and help others in spite of him. We must counteract all the damage he is causing. Think of the children that will be scarred with all this chaos by these ‘children’ that are trying to run the country.

*****So, again there have been alleged shady police doings. Every time a cop plants evidence or does not turn on a bodycam we lose faith. Law enforcement has such a hard job and we want to believe they will be there for us.  They are supposed to be taking care of us and I am sure most officers are people we can look up to but these bad seeds must be made to pay.

*****It is so strange that John McCain is fighting for his life as we are tackling this whole health care mess. He has great health care and we all wish him well. Do he and his Republican cohorts want us to have the same? Why don’t we all deserve the same chance? A perfect example is right in front of them and they should all pay attention. I think most of them believe in God. Could this have been sent as an example?  The ACA has worked wonders, let’s fix what isn’t working and quit obsessing over repeal and replace. Many Democratic senators are trying to get to infrastructure and other bills. It is unbelievable that we pay these people and give them awesome insurance while they have been obsessed with this health care subject and losers in it for all these years. Who keeps voting them in??** Before they all get their long August vacations , our lawmakers voted to begin debate for repeal and replace. In the end all their votes failed and McCain cast the decisive ‘no.!’ We must not forget to thank Collins and Murkowski who were in there all the way.  If it somehow hurts their manhood to call something that may be a good thing, ’Obamacare,’  then call it the ACA. History will give Obama credit even if they don’t want to and I don’t think he will care what it is called now as long as it helps people.** Word is coming out that Republicans used tax payer funds to denigrate Obama’s health care bill.

*****People of Earth is back from Conaco on TBS.

*****The podcast ‘You must remember this” is concentrating on Jean Seberg and Jane Fonda this season and their similar lives. It is a fascinating look at the beautiful and talented actresses.

*****Norm Macdonald’s podcast recently featured a great interview with Letterman.

*****The Borg/McEnroe movie starring Shia LaBeouf will open the Toronto film fest.

*****The new obsession for Trump is the incompetence of Jeff Sessions.

*****Do you ever think about the fate of the many extras/actors that we’ve seen a thousand times in the opening credits of famous shows?  How about the nurses running in M*A*S*H or the people on the streets of Chicago on The Bob Newhart show? We see them again and again from the singing and dancing on The Drew Carey show to the photos on Law and Order. We do not know these people but they are a part of our life? Hats off to them!

*****American Horror Story : CULT will premiere on Sept. 5. Season 7 will add Billy Eichner, Billie Lourd and Lena Dunham along with regulars Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson, Mare Winningham and Frances Conroy. Twisty the clown is back in a story inspired by the 2016 election.  The first teaser was fab and a bit Pink Floyd: the Wallish and is set in Michigan.

*****Kevin Spacey will play Gore Vidal.

*****People have been talking a lot about the recent viral videos of a woman killing her sister and the boys who let a man drown while making fun of him. These things have been around forever with “entertainment” like Faces of Death and snuff films. Things have become more main stream with social media but one can’t help but think of the final Seinfeld episode. The prosecution of the Seinfeld four when they laughed at the fat man getting robbed was like seeing the future.

*****A lot of military personnel are claiming there is a lot of extra training going on. Is something big being planned as we argue about the other stuff in front of us? ** Scary clown tweeted to us all about how transgender military personnel have no business being there. He talked with his Generals but he did not say they agreed with him. He complained of the “tremendous” medical costs but studies show that 5 times as much is spent on Viagra.

*****OJ Simpson was moved to a more secure part of the prison after he learned he would be set free later this year. Rumors are spreading that he will tour with his former victim that spoke at his hearing.

*****Sean Spicer resigned after Anthony Scaramucci (who some call a cartoon Guido) was named communications director. Ivanka and Trump met with ‘the Mucc’ for an hour and a half and then Trump called him many time before this all came down. Sara Huckabee Sanders is the new press secretary. A friend said that if Melissa McCarthy took on Spicer on SNL then it makes sense that a man should do Sara. BTW, what was with Scaramucci giving Sara hair and makeup advice? WTF? Word is that Preibus fought it all the way but he is kissing ass all over the place now. The whole affair got us our first on air briefing in 22 days. I can’t help but wonder how Spicer feels to be a lil’ blip of a joke in history. **Scaramucci deleted many old tweets he had praising Hillary and supporting stronger gun laws as well as putting down Trump and climate deniers. He is also kissing his new Messiahs bottom all over the place. The new guy acts just like his boss with an expletive filled interview that puts down everyone around him.  I don’t feel a bit sorry for Priebus or Sessions, they knew what they were in for. These tactics make the loyal evangelicals look like the mob. They will sell their soul and put up with this crap to get rid of the transgender soldiers and Planned Parenthood. Trump seems to like an opportunist and is probably happy to have a new hate buddy.** This month in the circular firing squad, part of Trump’s legal team , Mark Corallo was out then Sr. asst. press secretary Michael Short was out, then Reince Preibus was out . General john Kelly is the new White House chief of staff after Preibus served the shortest term I history. Kelly was first offered the position in May.** As I post this, we have learned that Scaramucci is out.

*****Some Scary clown supporters are crowing about low gas prices and low unemployment numbers but who do they think set all that in motion. Some would argue that Presidents don’t often have much to do with gas prices. But I wish they would say what we all know , that Obama was the one who sorted out the last Republican fallout. ** And right wing pundits.. Could I ask you to please stop calling the middle of the country ‘Trump country?’ We are smarter and more diverse than you think.** BTW, heard a great line this week which is essentially the meaning of the word bully. “Trump acts like a weak man thinks a strong man should act.” I thought that hit the nail on the head.

*****They say Trump is looking into the pardon process and exactly what his limits might be in other areas as President. The conclusions of Ken Starr’s office about Presidential prosecution say, “It is proper, constitutional and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting President for serious criminal acts that are not part of, and are contrary to the President’s official duties. In this country no one is above the law.” Noting the constitution’s speech or debate clause: “If the framers of our constitution wanted to create a special immunity for the President they would have written the relevant clause.”

*****Dhani Harrison will release a solo album on Oct. 6.

*****Mick Jagger turned 74 with the release of 2 new songs, Gotta get a grip and England lost. He needed to get out his own anxieties about the new world we are all living in.** Publisher John Blake claims he has an 80’s memoir written by Mick but that he is not allowed to publish it.

*****Sarah Silverman is bringing ‘I love you America’ to Hulu on Oct. 12.

*****Scary Clown 45 promised to bomb the shit out of ISIS. He has been doing a lot of air attacks which are not much talked about. In these attacks almost as many civilian deaths have occurred as in all of Obama’s time in office.** We are only 5% of the world population, quit acting like we own the fuckin’ universe!

*****American white supremacists are funding Europe’s white nationalists to try to take over border control themselves. A ship was chartered called the C-star by a group calling themselves Generation Identity. The group claims they want to deliver Muslim immigrants from the Mediterranean back to the Middle East. Beginning in France, the group has spread to Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and Germany. They say they want to defend Europe and Davis Duke has tweeted out a link to their fund raising page. They are using maritime law as an excuse to come to the “aid” of the immigrant boats.

*****How creepy was this whole Boy Scout jamboree speech? It does not get more wrong than that.

*****NBC Sports has signed Dale Jr. as a commentator.

*****Paris Jackson and Macauley Culkin got matching tattoos the other day.

*****2018 will bring us new comics of Nightmare before Christmas.

*****R.I.P Loren James, John Blackwell Jr., Nelsan Ellis, Sheila Michaels, Theresa Poehlman, Fresh Kid Ice, Maryam Mirzak Hani, Neil Welch, George Romero, Martin Landau,  Chester Bennington,  Liu Xiaobo, Irina Ratushinskaya , Michael Johnson, Leonard Landy, June Foray, Barbara Sinatra, Stubbs the cat (Mayor of Talkeetna, Ala.), Jeanne Moreau, Sam Shepard and John Heard.