#JUSTICE FOR HANNAH AND REBECCA

[bluebellsinthedells]

For an example of a good monologue, pls skip ahead until you see Brad Dourif's delightful face :)

Getting angry again thinking abt how good midnight mass could've been if it wasn't bad

[mathilde-with-an-e]

Meant to Be | Ted & Rebecca

[chemicallywrit]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday! What an absolutely delightful week in audio drama. Here are my personal standouts:

🐉 One of my favorite shows in the entire world is @noadventurespod, and I am so happy it has made its triumphant return. Bea is doing great at wizard college, Happy has his hat back, Sig continues to encourage folks to become better and make their own choices by telling them to leave him the frick alone—who could ask for anything more? Please don’t sleep on Absolutely No Adventures.

🧛🏻‍♂️ I have been excited for @theholmwoodfoundation since they started talking about their premise, and this pilot episode did not disappoint. Holy heck. Rebecca Root especially is a whole genius, with both the leads playing two characters and doing justice to both. I love it when found footage has a purpose, and I love Dracula, and hey, can we 🅱️LEASE make this show happen? I’ll never recover if we don’t.

🐦 @greaterblogston never misses, but this last Halloween episode—a horror story from a flock of pigeons about a real life predatory gull—was genuinely chilling. Especially because I just listened to an episode of Endless Thread about gulls, how the reasons they’re pushed inland is the loss of habitat on the coast, which the episode even acknowledges. It’s a creeping tragedy, a symptom of climate change, and that makes the serial killer gull even scarier.

🚀 @breathingxspace ended this week! I’m having a hard time describing what this show means to me—as someone who’s constantly struggling with finances and debt, the theme song alone is enough to bolster my spirits. I’m not alone. And in a way, that’s the point of the finale too. The hardship doesn’t last; someday we take over the trillionaire’s mansion and throw a fair. You’re not alone.

Hey! Do you like how I write and make podcasts? Consider buying me a ko-fi so’s my debts don’t drag me back, as it were.

See you later!

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Iam not usually one to offer diagnoses of people I’ve never met, but it does seem like the pundit class of the American media is suffering from severe memory loss. Because they’re doing exactly what they did in the 2016 presidential race – providing wildly asymmetrical and inflammatory coverage of the one candidate running against Donald J Trump.

They have become a stampeding herd producing an avalanche of stories suggesting Biden is unfit, will lose and should go away, at a point in the campaign in which replacing him would likely be somewhere between extremely difficult and utterly catastrophic. They do this while ignoring something every scholar and critic of journalism knows well and every journalist should. As Nikole Hannah-Jones put it: “As media we consistently proclaim that we are just reporting the news when in fact we are driving it. What we cover, how we cover it, determines often what Americans think is important and how they perceive these issues yet we keep pretending it’s not so.” They are not reporting that he is a loser; they are making him one.

According to one journalist’s tally, the New York Times has run 192 stories on the subject since the debate, including 50 editorials and 142 news stories. The Washington Post, which has also gone for saturation coverage, published a resignation speech they wrote for him. Not to be outdone, the New Yorker’s editor-in-chief declared that Biden not going away “would be an act not only of self-delusion but of national endangerment” and had a staff writer suggest that Democrats should use the never-before-deployed 25th amendment.

Since this would have to be led by Vice-President Kamala Harris, it would be a sort of insider coup. And so it goes with what appears to be a journalistic competition to outdo each other in the aggressiveness of the attacks and the unreality of the proposals. It’s a dogpile and a panic, and there is no one more unable to understand their own emotional life, biases and motives than people who are utterly convinced of their own ironclad rationality and objectivity, AKA most of these pundits.

Speaking of coups, we’ve had a couple of late, which perhaps merit attention as we consider who is unfit to hold office. This time around, Trump is not just a celebrity with a lot of sexual assault allegations, bankruptcies and loopily malicious statements, as he was in 2016. He’s a convicted criminal who orchestrated a coup attempt to steal an election both through backroom corruption and public lies and through a violent attack on Congress. The extremist US supreme court justices he selected during his last presidential term themselves staged a coup this very Monday, overthrowing the US constitution itself and the principle that no one is above the law to make presidents into kings, just after legalizing bribery of officials, and dismantling the regulatory state by throwing out the Chevron deference.

Trump’s own former staffers are part of the Heritage Foundation’s team planning to implement Project 25 if he wins, which would finish off our system of government with yet another coup. “We are in the process of the second American revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” said the foundation’s president the other day. This alarms me. So does the behavior of the US mainstream media, which seems more concerned with sabotaging the only thing standing between us and this third coup.

“Why aren’t we talking about Trump’s fascism?” demands the headline of Jeet Heer’s piece in the Nation, to which the answer might be a piece by the Nation’s own editor-in-chief titled “Biden’s patriotic duty” that proposes his duty is to get lost. Sometimes I wonder if all this coverage is because the media knows how to cover a normal problem like a sub-par candidate; they don’t know how to cover something as abnormal and unprecedented as the end of the republic. So for the most part they don’t.

Biden is old. He was one kind of appalling in the 27 June debate, listless and sometimes stumbling and muddling his words. But Trump was another kind of appalling, in that almost everything he said was an outrageous lie and some of it was a threat. I get that writing about the monstrosity that is Trump faces the problem that it’s not news; he’s been a monster spouting lurid nonsense all his life (but his political crimes are recent, and his free-associating public soliloquies on sharks, batteries, toilets, water flow and Hannibal Lector, among other topics, are genuinely demented). He’s a racist, a fascist and a rapist (according to a civil-court verdict).

We are deciding whether this nation has a future as a more-or-less democratic republic this November, and on that rides the fate of the earth when it comes to acting on climate change. If the US falters at this decisive moment in the climate crisis, it will drag down everyone else’s efforts. Under Trump, it will. But the shocking supreme court decisions this summer and the looming threat of authoritarianism have gotten little ink and air, compared to the hue and cry about Biden’s competence.

Few seem to remember that Biden’s age and his verbal gaffes were an issue in the 2020 campaign. Biden is a lifelong stutterer, and the effort to keep his words on track means that he operates under an extra burden with every unscripted answer he gives, particularly under pressure (though he had a long, easygoing conversation with Howard Stern a couple of months ago, in which he discusses his stuttering at about the 1:13 mark).

Some speech pathologists have suggested he may (not does, just may) have a disorder that sometimes accompanies stuttering, called cluttering, which is not an intellectual deficiency but a sometimes hectic and disorderly translation of thoughts into words. In recent months, actual gerontologists have said in print that Biden appears to have normal signs of aging, not signs of dementia. Nevertheless, the amateur armchair diagnosticians have been out in packs, and their confidence in their ability to diagnose from watching TV is itself an alarming delusion. I am not giving Biden a clean bill of health; I’m saying that I don’t have a basis to render a verdict (and neither do the august editors of large publications).

Few seem to remember that Biden’s age and his verbal gaffes were an issue in the 2020 campaign

Although the Biden administration seems to have run extremely well for three and a half years, with a strong cabinet, few scandals and little turnover, a thriving economy and some major legislative accomplishments, the narrative the punditocracy has created suggest we should ignore this record and decide on the basis of the 90-minute debate and reference to newly surfaced swarms of anonymous sources that Biden is incompetent. Quite a lot of them have been running magical-realism fantasy-football scenarios in which it is fun and easy to swap in your favorite substitute candidate. The reality is that it is hard and quite likely to be a terrible mess. Nevertheless, this pretense is supposed to mean that telling a presidential candidate in mid-campaign to get lost is fine.

The main argument against Biden is not that he can’t govern – that would be hard to make given that he seems to have done so for the past years – but that he can’t win the election. But candidates do not win elections by themselves. Elections are won, to state the obvious, by how the electorate turns out and votes. The electorate votes based on how they understand the situation and evaluate the candidates. That is, of course, in large part shaped by the media, as Hannah-Jones points out, and the media is right now campaigning hard for a Democratic party loss. The other term for that is a Republican victory. Few things have terrified and horrified me the way this does.

Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunatabua of the climate anthology Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

[willalove75]

would you ever consider doing reader fics with hannah waddingham's other characters? ex. hocus pocus 2, willow, or sex education

Absolutely!! I haven’t seen Willow so I’d have to do some digging to find out more about the show/her character (although I believe she was just in one episode, right?) to do it justice/write the characters as accurately as I can.

But I LOVE Sex Education, I’ve been such a fan of the show since it’s first season. I actually remember looking up Hannah after seeing her in it, but at the time she didn’t have many tv/movie acting credits to her name so I kinda forgot about her until I saw Ted Lasso a few years later and was like “why does she look SO familiar?!” And then I looked her up again and made the connection!!

And of course Hocus Pocus, the movie of my childhood💕 I was SO excited about the second movie to begin with, finding out she was cast in it was like the cherry on top of an already amazing sundae! And her character was so much fun!!

I have actually been considering writing a few fanfics with other characters (although my main priority/focus would still be Rebecca Welton/Hannah Waddingham characters). I’ve been brainstorming a fic with Lady Dimitrescu after being inspired by reading a few fics with her😅

[formerlibrarian]

Back when I was a Librarian, we lived and breathed by the Publisher's Weekly Bestseller List. It was my responsibility to print or photocopy the list every week and update our bestseller's display. (Also to purchase extra copies of particularly popular bestsellers.)

I haven't looked at the list in YEARS. Some of these surprise me:

A new translation of The Iliad made the list?!

Ken Follett is still alive?? (I looked him up, he's only 74.)

Danielle Steel is still alive?? ( I just looked her up, she's only 76 and has been married five(!) times. To be fair, I also looked up Ken Follett, he's only been married twice.)

I see some Christmas-themed books on the list!

I see a Disney manga! (“The Battle for Pumpkin King”)

PUBLISHER WEEKLY’S BESTSELLERS LIST: October 5, 2023

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

2. “The Running Grave” by Robert Galbraith (Muholland)

3. “The Armor of Light” by Ken Follett (Viking)

4. “Holly” by Stephen King (Scribner)

5. “12 Months to Live” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)

6. “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett (Harper)

7. “The Fragile Threads of Power” by V.E. Schwab (Tor)

8. “Bright Lights, Big Christmas” by Mary Kay Andrews (St Martin’s Press)

9. “The Iliad” by Homer/Wilson (Norton)

10. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper)

11. “Vince Flynn: Code Red” by Kyle Mills (Atria)

12. “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese (Grove)

13. “The Last Devil to Die” by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman)

14. “Tom Clancy: Weapons Grade” by Don Bentley (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

15. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride (Riverhead)

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HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

1. “Enough” by Cassidy Hutchinson (Simon &Schuster)

2. “Killing the Witches” by O’Reilly/Dugard (St. Martin’s Press)

3. “The Democrat Party Hates America” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold)

4. “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)

5. “Democracy Awakening” by Heather Cox Richardson (Viking)

6. “Government Gangsters” by Kash Pramod Patel (Post Hill)

7. “Failure Is Not as Option” by Patrick Hinds (BenBella Books)

8. “Thicker Than Water” by Kerry Washington (Little, Brown Spark)

9. “Astor” by Cooper/Howe (Harper)

10. “Build the Life You Want” by Brooks/Winfrey (Portfolio)

11. “Skinnytaste Simple” by Homolka/Jones (Clarkson Potter)

12. “Counting the Cost” by Jill Duggar (Gallery)

13. “The Creative Act” by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press)

14. “Outlive” by Peter Attia (Harmony)

15. “Fast Like a Girl” by Mindy Pelz (Hay House)

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MASS MARKET BESTSELLERS

1. “Undercover Operation” by Maggie K. Black (Love Inspired Suspense)

2. “Bad Luck Vampire” by Lynsay Sands (Avon)

3. “Seeking Justice” by Sharee Stover (Love Inspired Suspense)

4. “The Teacher’s Christmas Secret” by Emma Miller (Love Inspired)

5. “Rescuing the Stolen Child” by Connie Queen (Love Inspired Suspense)

6. “Tracked Through the Woods” by Laura Scott (Love Inspired Suspense)

7. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Vintage)

8. “Christmas Murder Cover-Up” by Shannon Redmon (Love Inspired Suspense)

9. “Pursuit at Panther Point” by Cindi Myers (Harlequin Intrigue)

10. “The Whittiers” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

11. “Trusting Her Amish Rival” by Jackie Stef (Love Inspired)

12. “Texas Scandal” by Barb Han (Harlequin Intrigue)

13. “Marked for Revenge” by Delores Fossen (Harlequin Intrigue)

14. “Hunted at Christmas” by Dana R. Lynn (Love Inspired Suspense)

15. “A Companion for Christmas” by Lee Tobin McClain (Love Inspired)

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TRADE PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS

1. “House of Sky and Breath” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)

2. “Things We Left Behind” by Lucy Score (Bloom)

3. “The Shadow Work Journal” by Keila Shaheen (Keila Shaheen)

4. “The Battle for Pumpkin King” by Dan Conner et al. (Disney Manga)

5. “Icebreaker” by Hannah Grace (Atria)

6. “Too Late” by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing)

7. “23 1/2 Lies” by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)

8. “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria)

9. “Mad Honey” by Picoult/Boylan (Ballantine)

10. “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang (Bloom)

11. “Assistant to the Villain” by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Red Tower)

12. “The Housemaid’s Secret” by Freida McFadden (Mobius)

13. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (Penguin Books)

14. “The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Vol. 3” by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (Seven Seas)

15. “Dreamland” by Nicholas Sparks (Bantam Dell)

[sweetloverboyy]

Every day I sit with my thoughts, looking at them and trying to understand what they want to tell me......

I live my life in third person because I have understood that I am neither my mind, nor my thoughts, nor my body.......

I see people for who they really are, I can see people beyond their masks that they wear every day, it's a skill that I woke up one day and had, after having spent and been brought down by a kind of pain that makes you feel a desire not to wake up the next day......

Everyone puts on a mask every day to hide their fears, insecurities, weaknesses, uncertainties, imperfections, who they really are, for fear of not being enough......

There have been people who have changed me into a better person, there are many names I would like to say, but fuck it I will say them......

Victor, Massimo, Andrea, Rocco, Britney, Fiorella, Diego, Ludvic, Valentina, Beatrice, Chiara, Asia, Abiola, Silvia, Giuseppe, Antonella, Eva, Giovanni, Guglielmo, Esther, Lulu, Elisa, Giulio, Ian, Jemi, Linda, Abigail, Davide, Alessandro, Beatrix, Konrad, Alberto, Sam, Pascal, James, Abraham, Gaia, Calvary, Promise, Mike, Edwin, Jeremiah, Lawrence, Luca, Stefano, Joshua, Marco, Pedro, Ulysses, Vittoria, Ruth, Valeria, Roberta, Barbara, Chanice, Giancarlo, Lorenzo, Valerio, Armando, Haytem, ​​Chichi, Karen, Kuba, Angela, Emma, ​​Giorgia, Riccardo, Roberto, Manuel, Edoardo, Francesco, Luis, Mattia, Paolo, Antonia, Candita, Martina, Sabrina, Daniel, Coco, Antonio, Emanuele, Aurora, Justice, Ebuka, Prezioso, Kyle, Adam, Ibrahim, Mohamed, Vlad, Sergio, Sebi, Zack, Alex, Victory, Yabo, Rhoda, Hannah, Oduwa, Matteo, Luke, Divine, Regina, Jessica, Thomas, Willy, Ozioma, Brian, Blessing, Gift, Alban, Kevin, Wesley, Presley, Prisley, Tobi, Ezinne, Shanice, Pietro, Brian, Rebecca, Connor, Ruud, Michela, Daniele, Eric, Amedeo, Omar, Owen, Mounir, Merem, Andrei, Claudio, Claudia, Justin, Stephany, Antonluigi, Ejiro, Yuya, Luigi, Iacopo, Karolina, Bernadetta, Michele, Jake, Larens, Emperor, Redhiel, Giovanna, Edu, Philip, Fidele, Ivie, John, Sheldon, Nathaniel, Alia, Adam, Melissa, Felicia, Neil, Gemma, Ilyas, Rebecca, Dimitri, Daniele, Isaac, Maya, Ann, Jennifer, Gabriele, Janleon, Nour, Vincenzo, Kurt, Sara, Charles..........

Many names unsaid but hugged tightly in my heart.....

Names of wonderful and special people...... My sister and I sat in the room talking about life and one thing we understood is that when we want something and then we get it, that something loses its value over time and then we want something else thinking that, that something will make us feel happy and emotionally satisfied again, but it will always and only be for a short period of time, because the things that really make us happy in life are things that money cannot buy......

My mouth is dangerous, my words are dangerous, I have learned and am getting better every day at talking to people, understanding people, being in their shoes, I am dangerous......

I can get whatever I want from a person with words, and it's not just because of my way of doing things, but rather my energy, how I carry myself, my elegance, calmness, charisma, how I am, who I have become...... This way of mine attracts many girls, my way of speaking makes them feel vulnerable, listened to, understood, seen, and all these things are things that every girl would like to receive from the person she loves and cares about...... .

Words have power, words can cause a war, words can stop sufferings, words can change lives, words can heal emotional pain, words can bring together two friends who haven't spoken for years, words can break a love that seemed indestructible, words are the most lethal weapon a human being can have, and if a human being knows how to control and use them, he will have the world and human beings in the palm of his hands.. ....

I will never be able to fully know my family, parents, brothers, sisters, friends or my girlfriend and vice versa, and even if knowing this thing should make me feel scared, I am not, this world in which I find myself In works like this, and since I can't change this thing, I have to immerse myself in it and let myself be carried away by its current called "Life".........

In 2020 the old version of David died and a new David was reborn whom even if he is not yet in his complete phase, I am very proud of him and whom he is becoming.....

He wants to be an inspiration for those who feel different and strange just because they don't feel or see themselves like other people.....

He wants to be an inspiration for those who do not believe in themselves, in their abilities and talents......

He wants to be an inspiration for his future children.....

He wants to be an inspiration for himself, and for the little David in him.................................

[youronlyjeanie]

okay episode seven. im actually going to fight rebecca and peter. what they are doing to those kids is fucked up. and justice for hannah grose she is beautiful and deserved to be loved by her young stud owen

finally watching bly manor and these kids are creepy as all hell

[beesimsfour]

Once they reached the falls, they all gave in to their inner child and started a snowball fight! 💖

[rhaenyratargeryen]

just finished the haunting of bly manor, literally cannot stop crying

[popculturebuffet]

OK KO Let's Be Heroes Halloween Review: Parents Day and Monster Party (Patreon Review by Emma Fici)

Happy halloween all you happy people! It's finally the crux of spooky season as we finish things off with a spooktacular at one of the many, many, manny, mannny, MANNNY, Mannnny, mannnnnyY, mAnNnNnNnNnY, man hey nony nony and a fuck you zaslov shows removed from HBO Max this year, courtesy of my pal Emma Fici. Is WBD and the regime before it being awful to this show the reason she commissioned this? No, I simply suggested it since she had me cover Ghoul School earlier this month and the timing couldn't be more perfect and threw in a surprise bonus episode entirley of my own volition. Is it a nice bonus that I both get to spotlight a show I genuinely love with a lot of my heart that got a raw deal and get to throw more shade at a company i've gone from genuinely loving and respecting to hoping badly gets taken out asap.

So let's watch the show under the cut shall we and see what spooky fun we can have as we both meet Enid's parents.. and in the sequel to that ep some old Ghoulfriends Drop by.

I"ve covered OK KO here before, but since this review is aimed at fans of the show, fans of Ghoul School who might not have seen it, and Emma who definitely hasn't seen it, a small intro is in order. Those of you who are familiar can go wait patiently in the pup tent. I have sent a concierge ahead for you

So in short: OK KO Let's Be Heroes! Was a late 2010's Cartoon Network show by Ian Jones Quarterly. Ian is a modern staple in the industry, having worked on venture bros for several years before moving on to Steven Universe, being one of the main creative forces behind the show alongside the show's creator, his friend, creative partner and eventually romantic partner Rebecca Sugar. He also voice acts both in his own show and in Bravest Warriors, another show on the ever escalating pile of shows I need to talk about.

While his other work is excellent, again the guy was the story editor for steven unvierse that should say enough on it's own, OK KO is really his magnum opus. It's a clear labor of love that naturally got shit on by cartoon network for the crime of having to premire earlier because HBO Max hadn't happened yet and being an action show on a network trying to stamp those out at the time, though given what we've seen with the reign of he who sucks dirty ass in thunderstorms, that woudl've been MARGINALLY better at best. My point is the show had a lot of love put into it, a passionate fanbase, vibrant animation and a wonderful premise we'll get to in a moment.. and got shat on for it. I try to be a forgiving person, but this is one thing I haven't quite let go for damn good reason.

So what's this show about anyway? Well it's simple and it's not: the world of OK KO is a world of heroes and villians, of any and all kinds, with most trying to be the best like no one ever does.. and many running buisnesses out of a strip mall, Lakewood Plaza Turbo. It's here we enter our title character: K.O., a small child of 6-10, which is how this show does ages, and it's every bit as hilarious and stupid as it sounds. He's the son of Carol, formerly Silver Spark of, the local Avengers/JLA/ JSA/Justice Pals/New Justice Team Equilvent, P.O.I.N.T. who now runs a ladies fitness dojo.

Wanting to be the best like no one ever was, KO seeks a job at Gars Bodega, ran by Carols old friend who still nurses an embarassing crush on her Mr. Gar, basically if Mike Haggar had cool shades and used to be a luchador instead of a WWF style wrassler. After some trials, trivales and Carol asking nicely, KO joins the Bodegamen becoming friends with the other far less motivated workers: Egotistical, buff, hannah barbera style alien with teleknesis that makes the old sound effect rad and Naruto style emo ninja enid.

In addition to the normal stuff: running the counter, mopping the deck which is navy for floor, and stocking boxes, they also reguarly have to fight the evil Lord Boxman, played by my dad and yours Jim Cummings who sadly isn't in these episodes, who regularly sends his stupid robot children to fight our heroes and wants to destroy the plaza because it's there. No really he can't stand the fact there's a hero place next door and has an entire episode going into withdrawls becaues he can't attack them for a day lest his investors drop him. Yes he has investors. Yes this show is wonderful

So now you know the plot there's plenty inbetween there and plenty of depth that really makes the show shine: Sure there's silly shenanigans from taking a genie in a soda bottle to court, to KO impersonating Rad for an episode simply by putting on alien antenna and Rad's nametag.. and Rad forgetting he asked for this leading to a Rad off, to a health week with tons of psas and the bots nursing KO back to health before he punches them while they all smile> This show can be utterly goofy and I love it… but there's also a deep backstory involving why Mr. Gar left point , a mysterious shadowy villian in the background and ongoing arcs.

The characters also undergo noticable and engaging character development: KO starts off fairly naive and while he remains optimstic learns from his mistake and slowly grows as a hero while grappling with his inner darkness.. aka an evil emo tweenager split personality what lives in his head, Rad grows from an obnoxious bro to the genuinelyc arring and kind person he is underneath and Enid slowly thaws her icy heart and lets others in. IT's a show with lots of warmth, character, and worldbuilding and I highly recommend it.

So with all that out of the way we can get to the actual episodes.. which are mostly self contained but I can't help ranting about what I love. They still contribute to Enid's character though, both focusing on who she is and her past and helping shade her in a bit. This first one wasn't requested, but I feel since their the only two episodes set at Enid's house and featuring her spooky family, they belong together. This also has a high possibility of being my last singular episode. Possibly. I might do the other crossovers, more on those later, at some point, but as a whole this series deserves it's own full on review which I intend to do I just have to finish venture bros and take care of a few patreon unlocked retrospectives first. But with how little time I have this may come before the amphibia review. Anyways onto the episodes!

Family Day

It's Family Day at the Plaza and Ko is so excited he had to be put in his car seat

Like even for 6 that's a lot.. though that's also the joke so touche Ian. Touche. Basically everyone in the Plaza Brings their parents to visit. The subtle joke that we see Drupe and Ms Mummy's mom, a sentient strawberry and a sentient mummy whose mom's somehow human because this universe found some way to make Tanis parentage even more confusing, despite neither working here at this point. Drupe just loiters outside for now and Ms Mummy lives in the back rooms. And of course as Carol points out she's here every day.

Still K.O.'s excited to meet his best friends parents and we do indeed quickly meet Rad's awkward parents, Ofrang and Theodosia. As I found out looking into Ian, Theodosia is named after his grandmother, Theodosia Okoh, who to my shock lived quite the life. She was a ghanian school teacher who designed the Ghana flag, became the first chair of the Ghana Hockey association and had a stadium named after her, and if I rmemeber right was the basis for Nana Fua, with both the Pizzas and Rad's family being based on Ian's experience as a first generation son of immigrants. As such Ofrang and Theodosia use blorp a lot and frequently embarass their son (and only rad everyone else knows their dope) with their talk of ray guys…

NO really they refrence this joke exactly. .. why did this show only run three seasons? This is a nice moment for Rad though. While he is frequently embarassed by his parents and grumbles with introducing them…. he still told them Parents day was happening, brought them and introduces them to KO. Keep in mind Rad at this point is in the politiest term possible "a fuckboy" who hangs out with a giant teenage baby and a walking armpit, which both sums up wht they are and their personalites. While KO's shown he has a heart beneath the air of obnoxious douche he puts on, it usually has to be dragged out of him. But here he brings his dorky awkard parents without any reservation, at most is exasperated in that sterotypical teen boy way. For him that's a lot. There's no ego or boasting, no Recess style attempt to replace his parents with cooler parents. Bringing his parents to the event is a low bar, sure, but the fact he cleared it without needing an entire episode to says a LOT.

No the one who didn't bring her parents is Enid, which does make sense: Enid is intensely private, with her pasts with Elodie (her best friend/possible giflriend who abandoned her for a shot at the big times and insulted her) and Rad himself (Who she had a crush on.. and who totally fucked it up by being an obnoxious cloud of axe bodyspray on the advice of aformentiond armpit and genetically modified baby), only coming out thanks to Elodie visting (Enid kicked her ass all over the plaza, though tthe two later properly reconcile next season. More on that when I get there some day), and Cupid forcing the issue respectively. Cupid in this universe is buff and dope as fuck by the way. I didn't NEED to mention that.. but I wanted to so here we are.

Enid claims their on a mission, nopes out of her shift (with Rad hilariously going "We have shifts?", as the show is not afraid of poking fun at itself), and thus KO and Rad decide to do the responsible thing.. and stalk their friend to her house to find out what she's hiding.

That would be unsettling.. if it wasn't so hilariously done with KO casually telling his mom "We're gonna go spy on enid" with a simple Kay from carol and Rad's dad giving him a ray gun.

Our heroes tail her in Rad's sweet van. Dendy, KO's stoic best friend his age and presumed future wife isn't in it this time which is weird. Maybe she had a piano recital. What they find shocks them as Enid's house is a mad monster mansion, enid dresses as a witch, and in his EXACT words, Rad tells us her parents are "A Hot Vampire and a Hot Werewolf". Which tells us Rad is bi.. as did the intensely homerotic dance battle that the crew entirely knew what they were doing with earlier in the season. This show is gay as fuck and I love it for that and about 100 other reasons

Naturally the trained ninja catches them spying on her.. but so do Enid's parents, so they get inside and Rad, being rad, naturally asks a bunch of questions about general spooky stuff such as skeletons in the closest to Wil ("We do but we don't like to talk about them") and bats in the belfry ("I do hang up there sometimes" ). Rad is back to being the shitlord we know and love and Enid can't stand it for understandable reasons. The boys even get invited to dinner, but not before meeting Enid's brothers boris and Icky, a frankenstien and a pumpkinhead respectively. Now you may be asking how the hell any of this works given Bernard's a Wolf, Wil's a Vampire, and their children are none of those things. And that's kind of the point. Sometimes the show has iron tight canon.. and other times it's world runs entirley on nonsense with little to no explination. It's part of it's charm: it knows when to properly explain shit and when to just have things be delightful cartoon nonsense, like the sun being a sentient being with sunglasses you can surivive being thrown into.

So the dinner is naturally our adorable monster couple showing off Enid's baby pictures.. and her dancing in a pizza for no reason while she prays for death btu death won't come. Meanwhile some ghosts hide bellow and decide they aren't getting enough attention so they plot to attack.

Naturally KO being a baby boy baby lets slip Enid's a ninja and her parents are again it, as "Ninjas aren't scary". And it's.. honestly hard to watch despite you know… it being two monsters complaning about their daughter being an anime ninja. While this is more hiding your career than say a sexuality or something, it comes off that way, with Enid being utterly terrified her parents know. Granted the most the two do is not be happy with it, but it's still sad to see two people who were perfectly happy turn on their daughter in an instant.. not too harshly but just enough.

Thankfully the ghosts posses her friends.. which usually isn't a godo thing but having to fight these two idiots not only shows off JUST how powerful B and Wil are… but allows Enid to say screw it, go into ninja mode and summon jutsu a giant shadow monster that whollops their asses in the most terrifying way possible, while Wil finishes the job by swallowing their souls.. and spitting them out. I mean the ghosts are their guests. Can't kill them and the most they did was run arround and do shenanigans. Their fine. They know not to fuck with Wil now.

What's nice though is that while , naturally Enid's parents now see Ninjas can be scary, the real nice line is them bemonaing how they coudl've been so "ignorant". I often forget tha tline but it's the thing that makes this episode work. Without it it just comes off as "oh well your talent is like us we like it now" and more them realizing they were wrong to not only not see it could be.. but to not let their daughter live their life. Totally cool with her being bi though. I mean it's been on her bike for ages, they know. Also she brought her girlfriend home so it's kind of a big sign. They hug, Enid decides to invite them and we ge ta suprisingly nice moment from Rad, who admits he was laughing sure, as he puts it "you know I express myself in the most obnoxious way possible" but he related, also being embarassed by his parents. It was in good fun. And Enid invites the two to visit some time.. you know when their invited and not following her home. That's creepy. Stop it. Happy end for all.

Monster Party

So we've come to the series halloween episode , one of two but the other I may save for th efuture, the full series review or just whenever. And with this we need to talk about the shows crossovers.

See crossovers don't happen a ton these days and when they do their with shows that are both on at the time or are in the same universe, like Steven Unvierse's classic crossover with uncle grandpa that should not have worked but is one of the series funniest episodes, or Milo Murphy's Law season 2 opening crossover with Phenias and Ferb… which hopefully will get it's own with hamster and gretel. Please.. I fucking need this please.

So it makes OK KO's crossovers stand out: Ian didn't entirely avoid contemperary crossovers, as Rad showed up on the shortly lived and underated Mighty Magiswords (ANOTHER victim of the Zaslav curse) for what ended up being it's finale, and Season 2 had the epic and worth it's own review Crossover Nexus, with KO teaming up with Garnet, Reboot!Ben Tennyson and GO!Raven to stop a generic villian and save CN City.. yes from those old promos.

But that last bit is what really defines Ian's crossovers: Ian goes for what he WANTS to crossover with no matter how weird it is often going back to the very begingings of cartoon network. As such KO met captain planet and WOULD have met Space Ghost had it not been for the tragic passing of George Lowe and Martin C Crocker, and later met Sonic the Hedgehog, a crossover that took until season 3 to get through Sega but thankfully happened. Maybe sonic MOnth next yeah hmmm? He even provided a finale to his early webcomic RPG World despite now resenting the thing, finding a healthy way to end it and give his main character Hero closure.

So while this crossover was a nice suprise, in the context of the show it's not. The real shock is that he pulled this off: that despite being in an era of Scooby Doo where they constantly tried to act like real monsters didn't exist, they let Ian do a whole episode on characters who surely did. Granted part of it was likely that Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are absent. The former two get mentioned offhand, and the latter is naturally persona non grata, but at least gets a spirtual mention as Rad does his own version of the scrappy rap. It's still amazing though as unlike the other crossovers which are just "our heroes happen to end up in a crossover and it's fun and stuff", this one, while having some small elements of that, weaves the girls into Enid's backstory. Had the show continued they could've shown up AGAIN based on this ep alone. It's one thing to have a crossover it's another to weld them to your universe but Ian got away with it and made it look flawless. Well almost. The episode has issues but makign the Grimwood Girls a part of Enid's backstory and old friends of hers isn't remotely one of them.

As for how our old friends get in here, it's fairly simple: Enid's enjoying a day off when her parents announce her old Ghoul School friends are visiting. They told her but well.. she was on her phone which i'd call a stupid teen sterotype.. but as a grown ass man I also often miss important stuff being on my phone or tablet, so fair play.

Enid is actually happy about it, only put out because she's in her day off clothes, and talks to Rad about it as she was already facetiming him. KO is also there hiding in Enid's pot, although given he's with Boris and Icky I theorize he was hanging out iwth them as he's everyone's friend, and just so happened to hear about Enid's old friends.

The show also does a good job explaning why despite being a friend of the girls Enid wasn't in the movie without her feeling forced into the backstory.. by simply using Enid's own backstory: Enid was at Grimwood before the film, but not being happy bein ga witch, she transfered to Lakewood where she could be her ninja self, and as Ashly Burch so brilliantly delivers it "Met the people who ruined my life, including your stinky butt". A mixed bag.

Rad HAS evolved to the poitn he's not fucking shit up intentionally.. but he still fucks shit up, bringing up how it'll be a shock Enid isn't a witch and get sin her head so we naturally get a "character pretends to be what their not episode".. which is EASILY the weakest part of this whole thing. Like even if they call her their witch, anyone whose seen Ghoul Schools knows these girls: Their acceptable, loving and kind. They'd be fine if she was a Ninja as it ends up bearing out. They accepted a 20 something jughead clone, a great dane and a smaller great dane who raps. They can accept a Naruto Ninja. So there's no real supsense or anything. Not only that as KO says

Enid has grown past needing to hide from people or being open with people, so this plot really dosen't work and feels like it was plotted out a season ago before the POINT Prep arc crystalized how far she came as a character.

Yet the episode works for the same reason the film did despite it's own flaws: The Girls. The Grimmwood Girls are every bit as kind, lovely and welcoming as they were int heir own movie and we get the same amount of spooky fun. Their older now which fits and also gives us ages for the older girls: mid-middle school, probably 7th or 8th grades as their slightly taller than enid in a flashback, which is done in the style of ghoul school, so likely when Enid was in 6th grade since most of her drama happened in 8th, so Enid either transfered mid-year or during 6th and as we saw the school takes most ages, though given the girls have left it they've either graduated or went on to ghoul high school. Either way I think it's neat. It's still vauge, the show loves vauge ages as we've established, but in a way that's easy to figure out. The Girls designs aren't touched much though, still looking like their iconic outfits just teenage versions, except for Tanis and Winnie who are still childrens since they were only 4 or 5 in the original. Elsa gets the biggest change having a longer flowier dress and more normal sandals instead of the platform ones from the movie, but their all great and they adapt to the OK KO art style easily.

One thing that's also barely changed.. is the voice actresses. Incredibly all but TWO Va's returned for this. This is shocking both because only one of them was all that active these days, and because Cartoon Network gladly paid the money for all of them. Not only that the only two that don't return are due to circumstances beyond th eteam's control: Marilyn Scheffler sadly died, so Natalie Palimedes steps up as winnie while Patty Maloney was retired due to injuries discussed last time, and thus Kristin Li stepped in as Tanis. BOth do a great, job and I could only SLIGHTLY tell with Tanis and still had to look up who was replaced. Susan Blu, Pat Musick and Russi Taylor all return, all stepping back into their old rolls like the 80's were yesterday. Russi in paticular was INCREDIBLY lucky as she sadly passed on the year after this episode aired. It shows her talent that much like Teen Donald that same year, you coudln't tell how bad her health was and her delivery was as good as ever. I truly miss her and i'm greatful she got to play Phanty one last time.

The five characters feel like they never left us, being just as joyful, full of puns and happy. The episode works so well because while Enid was rectonnced into the group, she serves as as stand in for us: someone who hasn't seen these girls for a very long time and are utterly happy to see their old friends again, vibrant as ever with all their old quirks, sibella's hair cape and winnie using all fours in tact

We also get to see the girls be badass, as clearly like many of us Ian wasn't really happy with how the whole last act went down, and shows just what the girls are capable of after years of extra honing of their powers with the episodes best scene: the monster showcase, with the girls deciding to show off all their powers. Their funny, charming and entirely badass: Winnie makes a replica of Michealangelos david in seconds with her claws tazzmanian devil style, Tanis casually reads while lifting up Enid's Parents Doom buggy WITH Ko and Iggy inside with ONE strand of her hair, phanty posses Ko for a sec and makes him do a jig, and Elsa shocks herself with a kite

Sibella easily wins the show though, revealing that in addition to her old bat form she can now create a SWARM of bats, usese them to create a stage mid air and dances with a gentleman also madeo ut of bats.. before going all red eyed and fangy and eating his head whole

Like she was always the strongest of the group, but god damn. Also Phanty is just.. so fucking enamored the whole time. I didn't think i'd be shipping these two but here we are.

While KO chastises Rad for hecking up… though he's in Jail so he's thankfully been punished for his hubris, it's a whole runner, Enid tries doing a spell but it's been so long since she tried magic, she can't remember them and brings a tree to life.. that eats the children.

Enid is forced to admit her shame.. and while against his plot dosen't work for me the resolution is as obvious.. as it is Grimwood. The girls are not only utterly HAPPY for enid being a nInja.. but always knew, her having dropped her manga in said flashback which we go back to and all it getting out of Phanty is a "oh that makes sense" before they all smiled. THey love enid for Enid not being a witch just as they love scrappy for scrappy and not being a dope ass rapper. They all hug.. then kick a tree's ass as a team. Seriously give these girls a spinoff I beg of you. i get Warner isn't making good decisions but come the fuck on. Phanty posseses it, elsa pries the kids out, and enid uses her shadow possesion jutsu to stop the tree while Sibella rescues the girls and swallows the tree's soul, all cuimlating in rad arriving from the moon in time to lay out rhymes. All in all a fantgastic episode> is it perfect. No but can it entirely coast on reuniting all these amazing characters and having a ton of heart and charm just like the original film? Hell yeah. Consider joining my patreon, follow for more reviews, thanks for reading.. and Happy Halloween!

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Digital painting of Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca in Ted Lasso. Hope I have done her justice, thank you for your support!

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The Book Club - Non-Fiction

The Non-Fiction Book Club TBR list:

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin

21 Lessons For The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Haran

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius L. Donnelly

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Between The World And Me by Ta-Neisi Coates

Beyond The Pill by Jolene Brighten

Boundaries In Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

Calm The F**k Down by Sarah Knight

Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Confessions Of A Political Hitman by Stephen Marks

Confessions Of A Sex Kitten by Eartha Kitt

Declutter Your Mind by S.J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

Decoded by Jay-Z

Devil In The Grove by Gilbert King

Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Feminists Don't Wear Pink And Other Lies by Scarlett Curtis

first, we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson

Girl, was your face by Rachel Hollis

Heal Thyself For Health And Longevity by Queen Afua

Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Haran

Hormonal by Martie Haselton

Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan

How The Pill Changes Everything by Sarah E. Hill

How To Be Single And Happy by Jennifer L. Taitz

How To Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Maybe It's You by Lauren Handel Zander

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray

Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur

Misjustice: How British Law Is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide by Amy Thomson

Natives: Race And Class In The Ruins Of Empire by Akala

Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization by Anthony T. Browder

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Haran

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James

Sweetening The Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall

The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Art Of Happiness by The Dalai Llama

The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown

The Little Book Of Hygge by Meik Wiking

The Many-Headed Hydra by Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker

The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

The Warmth Of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Thinking, Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay

Vilnius: City Of Strangers by Laimonas Briedis

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Womancode by Alisa Vitti

Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women, Race And Class by Angela Y. Davis

A Massacre In Mexico by Anabel Hernandez

Putin's People by Catherine Belton

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla et al.

When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullon & Asha Bandele

It's Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan

Afropean: Notes From Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Blueprint For Revolution by Srdja Popovic

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

The Health Gap by Michael Marmot

Fake Law: The Truth Abiut Justice In An Age Of Lies by The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Our Final Warning: Six Degrees Of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas

Underground by Haruki Murakami

The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre

Pharma by Gerald Posner

The Truth About The Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.

Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan & Alan Cassels

Blood Feud by Kathleen Sharp

The Future We Choose by Christiana Gigueres & Tom Rivett Carnac

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Society Must Be Defended by Michel Foucault

Discipline And Punish by Michel Foucault

Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank

If They Come In The Morning by Angela Y. Davis

Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine

The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing The Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride

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Possibly Doing a "Begins" Series

So, I've kind of been obsessing over 9-1-1/9-1-1: Lone Star lately and think that it would be cool to do a "Begins" Series with characters from One Chicago and maybe The Resident, by using the information that we have gotten from the shows about them (after I finish all my other WIPs, but I actually wanna have them written ahead of time instead of writing as I go). I have an idea of how I want some of them to go, others are undecided as of right now and some I'm debating if I should do one for said character. But if you want to see a particular moment for a character that was canonically mentioned (ie Mouch and his dad sending letters when he was a child) let me know. (Also, the order of the characters listed have nothing to do with the potential order that they get done. The Chicago Shows are in the order of my character charts and The Resident Characters are in the order that I pulled their names from fandom Wiki).

Chicago Fire

Cap. Matt Casey

Lt. Kelly Severide

PIC/FF Gabby Dawson

DDC Wallace Boden

Paramedic Leslie Shay

FF Otis

Lt. Christopher Herrmann

FF Mouch

FF Joe Cruz

FF/PIC Peter Mills

FF Candidate Rebecca Jones

PIC Chili

FF Candidate/Paramedic Jimmy Borreli

Lt. Stella Kidd

Anna Turner/Daley

Paramedic Emily Foster

FF Darren Ritter

FF Blake Gallo

Paramedic Violet M

Kylie E (Eventually- still too early)

Paramedic Gianna Mackey

FF Mason Locke

FF Sam Carver

Chicago PD

Sgt. Hank Voight (Don't know, but it could be fun to explore his past before his wife died)

Det. Al Olinsky (Not sure; but again, fun to explore)

Det. Antonio Dawson

Det. Jay Halstead

Det. Erin Lindsay (Don't know. We got a lot of information that could be used)

Det. Sheldon Jin (Undecided)

Ofc. Adam Ruzek

Ofc. Kim Burgess

Ofc. Kevin Atwater

Sgt. Trudy Platt

Mouse

Ofc. Sean Roman (Undecided; could be fun to explore)

Det. Hailey Upton

Ofc. Vanessa Rojas

PPO. Danté Torres

Chicago Med

Dr. Will Halstead

Dr. Natalie Manning

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Dr. Ethan Choi

Dr. Daniel Charles (Undecided)

Chief Administrator Sharon Goodwin

Nurse April Sexton

Dr. Sarah Reese

Dr. Noah Sexton

Dr. Robin Charles

Dr. Ava Bekker

Dr. Crockett Marcel (Won't be about his daughter; that has it's own story in progress)

Dr. Hannah Asher

Dr. Dean Archer (Don't know; Could be fun to explore)

Dr. Dylan Scott

Dr. Stevie Hammer

Chicago Justice

ASA Peter Stone

Investigator Laura Nagel

ASA Anna Valdez

SA Mark Jefferies

The Resident

Dr. Conrad Hawkins

Dr. Mina Okafor

Dr. Randolph Bell

Dr. Billie Sutton

Nurse Nic Nevin

Dr. AJ Austin

Dr. Cade Sullivan

Dr. Devon Pravesh

Dr. Kit Voss

Dr. Ian Sullivan

Dr. Padma Devi

Leela Devi

Nurse Ellen Hundley

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GIFS WIP

Here is a list of the people i’m currently making gifs:

Aline Mineiro

Brendon Urie

Carla Diaz

Chris Evans

Cobie Smulders

Debra Messing

Dolly Parton

Ed Sheeran

Eliza Dushku

Emilia Clark

Emma Deigman

Eric McCormack

Flayslane da Silva

Francia Raisa

Frank Grillo

Gabi Martins

Gabrielle Byndloss

Garrett Watts

Gigi Hadid

Hailey Bieber

Hannah Montoya

Hasan Piker

Hilary Duff

Hugh Jackman

Imane Anys (Pokimane)

Isis Valverde

Ivy Moraes

Jack Whitehall

Jameela Jamil

Jamie Chung

Jana Kramer

Jasmine Villegas

Jason Spisak

Jeff Schine

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jenna Dewan

Jenna Fischer

Jenna Ushkowitz

Jennie Mai

Jennifer Lopez

Jesse Williams

Jessica Alba

Joe Alwyn

Joe Jonas

Joelle Fletcher

John Mulaney

Jordana Maronttinni (Jojo)

Jordyn Woods

Joseph Morgan

Josh Peck

Juliana Paes

Julianne Hough

Juliette Freire

Justin Bieber

Kaley Cuoco

Karrueche Tran

Kate Hudson

Kate Walsh

Katherine Langford

Katy Perry

Kelhani Parrish

Keke Palmer

Kelly Key

Kendall Jenner

Kim Jisoo

Kim Kardashian

Kourtney Kardashian

Kylie Jenner

Lana Condor

Larissa Machado (Anitta)

Larissa Manoela

Laura Marano

Laura Ponticorvo

Lauren Jauregui

Leigh Anne Pinnock

Lesley Ann Brandt

Lili Reinhart

Lily Collins

Lin Manuel Miranda

Loey Lane

Lucas Penteado

Luisa Sonza

Madison Beer

Madison Pettis

Maisa Silva

Maisie Williams

Mandy Patinkin

Manu Gavassi

Mariah Carey

Marina Ferrari

Marina Ruy Barbosa

Mark Fischbach

Mark Ruffalo

Marzia Kjellberg

Matt Bomer

Matt Smith

Max Greenfield

Megan Pete (Megan thee Stallion)

Melissa Benoist

Melissa Jefferson (Lizzo)

Michael B Jordan

Miley Cyrus

Morena Baccarin

Nathaniel Buzolic

Neil Newbon

Neymar Jr

Niall Horan

Nicholas Hoult

Nick Apostolides

Nikki Anderson

Nina Dobrev

Noah Centineo

Noah Cyrus

Olivia Culpo

Olivia Munn

Olivia Rodrigo

Onika Maraj (Nicki Minaj)

Pablo Vittar

Paris Hilton

Patrick Scharzenegger

Patrick Stewart

Pete Davidson

Philip DeFranco

Rachel Hofstetter (Valkyrae)

Rafa Kalimann

Raúl Esparza

Rebecca Gomez (Becky G)

Rebel Wilson

Rico Melquiades

Rita Ora

Robert Downey Jr

Robert Pattinson

Robyn Fenty (Rihanna)

Romee Strijd

Romy Monteiro

Ronny Chieng

Roseanne Park

Roy Haylock

Ryan Reynolds

Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Sato

Sara Sampaio

Sarah Andrade

Sarah Hyland

Scott Bakula

Sean Hayes

Seán McLoughlin (Jacksepticeye)

Selena Gomez

Serena Williams

Shakira Ripoll

Shane Madej

Shanola Hampton

Shantel Vansanten

Shay Mitchell

Shenae Grimes

Simon Pegg

Skai Jackson

Skyler Samuels

Sofia Richie

Sofia Vergara

Sophia Bush

Sophie Porley

Sophie Turner

Stanley Tucci

Stephen Fry

Steve Martin

Sthefane Matos

Sydney Sweeney

Tais de Verdade

Tammin Sursok

Taraji P Henson

Taran Killam

Tatá Werneck

Taylor Swift

Teresa Palmer

Thais Braz

Thelma Assis

Tia Mowry

Tiff Thornton

Tiffany Abreu

Tom Felton

Tom Fletcher

Tom Hardy

Tom Holland

Trevor Noah

Valentina Francavilla

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Justice

Victoria Pedretti

Vitoria Moraes

Viviane Pereira

Winnie Harlow

Wyatt Russell

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Everybody’s Birthdays  (By Month)

Here’s the full list of DOBs for all Predictor People...   Accurate as of March 2, 2021.

January—

1   William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates  (1965)

1   Anthym Bliss Collins  (2021)

4   Olivia Mercy Rodrigues  (2012)

2   Caleb _____ Shrader  (2018)

6   Praise T.L. Helferich  (1995)

7   Grace Annette (“Gracie”) Duggar–Burnett  (2020)

11   Karissa Beth (Goering) Collins  (1984)

12   Jana Marie Duggar  (1990)

12   John David Duggar  (1990)

13   John Steven Maxwell  (1991)

13   Lincoln “Taylor” Bontrager  (2002)

17   Enoch _____ Shrader  (2003)

18   Simon Peter Maxwell–Hamilton  (2020)

19   Sarah Rae Maxwell  (1982)

20   Joseph Garrett Duggar  (1995)

20   Nehemiah _____ Shrader  (2007)

21   Asher Benjamin Dominguez  (2013)

23   Michaela Christian (Bates) Keilen  (1990)

25   Caleb Alexander Maxwell–Frost  (2020)

26   Lexi Mae Webster  (2017)

26   Axton John Maxwell–Bontrager  (2019)

27   Jesiah Mathew Caldwell  (2015)

29   Chelsy Renee (Bontrager) Maxwell  (1991)

31   Layla Rae Stewart  (2020)

February—

1   Trace Whitfield Bates  (1997)

1   Marjorie Ellen Jackson  (1998) (Josiah Duggar’s Ex)

1   Jeb Colton Bates  (2012)

4   Sara Nicole Smith  (1983) (Chris Maxwell’s Ex)

5   Robert Alan (“Bobby”) Ballinger, Jr.  (1994)

6   Henry Wilberforce Seewald  (2017)

6   Ansyr Blue Collins  (2018)

9   Maci Jo Webster  (2021)

10   Tiffany Lian Espensen (1999)

16   Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III  (1995)

17   Bryn _____ (Leppert) Bontrager  (1994)

17   Jackzon Ezekiel Bates  (2002)

17   Addallee Hope Bates  (2006)

18   Ruthanne Elizabeth Maxwell–Hamilton  (2014)

19   Brooklyn Praise Duggar–Caldwell  (2021)

21   Benjamin Steven Maxwell–Maher  (2017)

23   Gideon Martyn Forsyth  (2018)

23   Elizabeth Grace Maxwell–Hamilton  (2018)

27   Claire Yvonne (Spivey) Duggar  (2001)

27   Judah Miles Young  (2020)

28   Elijah _____ Shrader  (2010)

March—

1   Kyle Jeremiah Maxwell–Frost  (2018)

3   Joshua James Duggar  (1988)

5   Nathan Paul Caldwell  (2007)

6   Sophia Joy Shrader  (2013)

8   Travis J. Clark  (2001)

8   Joseph Tumelo Shrader  (2020)

9   Derick Michael Dillard  (1989)

10   Christopher Owen Rogers  (1988)

12   Micah Joe Bontrager–Leppert  (2019)

13   Alatheia Grace Shrader  (2004)

13   Clint _____ Rogers  (2010)

15   Timothy David Rodrigues  (2000)

16   Paul William Waller  (2013)

23   Lydia Joy Maxwell–Hamilton  (2015)

24   Joshua Maxwell Bontrager  (1997)

25   Micah Joel Caldwell  (2004)

25   Kolter Gray Smith  (2020)

28   Harper Lynn Ballinger  (2017)

28   Zoey Joy Webster  (2018)

30   Marlin Joe Bontrager  (1967)

30   Everly Hope Paine  (2018)

April—

1   Carolina Katherine (Bowers) Bontrager  (1995)

4   Courtney Ann (Harkins) Rogers  (1984)

6   Israel David Dillard  (2015)

9   Lillie “Suzette” (Stembridge) Keller  (1955)

11   Carlin Brianne (Bates) Stewart  (1998)

11   Allie Jane Webster  (2015)

11   Janessa Ruth Rodrigues  (2018)

16   Abbie Grace (Burnett) Duggar  (1992)

18   Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III  (1987)

19   Anna Marie (Hamilton) Maxwell  (1986)

19   Nurie Katelin (Rodrigues) Keller  (1999)

21   Jason Michael Duggar  (2000)

22   Winston Marshall Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

23   Nathan Edward Keller  (1996)

24   Joseph Howard Maxwell  (1989)

28   Ellie Bridget Bates  (2007)

May—

2   Erin Elise (Bates) Paine  (1991)

2   Ashley _____ Salyer  (1995) (Nathan Bates’s Ex)

4   Jeremiah Seth Helferich  (1996)

5   Christopher Lloyd Maxwell  (1979)

6   Timothy _____ Caldwell  (2009)

6   Peter David Waller  (2020)

9   Esther Joy (Keller) Shrader  (1981)

9   Calena _____ Rogers  (2017)

13   Allison Nicole (Bontrager) Helferich  (1994)

13   Deborah Carol Maxwell–Maher  (2019)

14   Anna Patrice (Craig) Maxwell  (2000)

14   Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV  (2015)

15   Ava Joy Young  (2018)

17   Jill Michelle (Duggar) Dillard  (1991)

18   Lauren Milagro (Swanson) Duggar  (1999)

18   Abigail Grace Maxwell–Maher  (2008)

19   Benjamin Michael Seewald  (1995)

19   Warden Justice Bates  (2003)

22   Lauren Hope Caldwell  (2000)

23   Jackson Levi Duggar  (2004)

26   Gabriel Victor Rodrigues  (2006)

26   Brecken Lee Young  (2016)

26   Ivy Jane Seewald  (2019)

29   David John Rodrigues  (1972)

June—

2   Joshua Christopher Maxwell–Hamilton  (2012)

2   Marcus Anthony Duggar–Keller  (2013)

2   Isaiah Kasimpe Shrader  (2016)

3   Agape Faith Shrader  (2008)

5   Kristen Nicole (Barnard) Young  (1992)

6   Coralee Jean Rogers  (2019)

8   Garrett David Duggar–Caldwell  (2018)

10   Caydie _____ Rogers  (2018)

15   Michael James Duggar–Keller  (2011)

15   Christina Mercy Maxwell–Maher  (2012)

18   Renee Crystine Rodrigues  (2002)

19   Elliot Rex Maxwell–Bontrager  (2020)

20   Kaci Lynn Bates–Perkins  (2016)

23   Anna Renne (Keller) Duggar  (1988)

25   Charis Elisabeth Shrader  (2011)

27   Mark _____ Dominguez  (1981)

29   John Eric Shrader  (1977)

July—

2   Mitchell Joe Bontrager  (1992)

2   Titus James Hall  (1993)

2   Cassidy Grace (Bowers) Bontrager  (1997)

3   Christina Marie (Hamrick) Caldwell  (1979)

3   Priscilla Lynn (Keller) Waller  (1986)

4   Kelton Edward Balka  (1995)

5   Kaylee Arlissa Rodrigues  (2001)

5   Andrew James Maxwell–Maher  (2014)

5   Daniel Titus Maxwell–Hamilton  (2016)

7   James Andrew Duggar  (2001)

8   Olivia Grace (“Gracie”) Caldwell  (2010)

8   Samuel Scott Dillard–Duggar  (2017)

9   Tessie Elizabeth Rodrigues  (2007)

9   Robert Alan (“Bear”) Ballinger III  (2020)

15   Sofia Amy Julianne Rodrigues  (2015)

15   Jubilee Katherine Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

16   Meredith Grace Duggar–Keller  (2015)

16   Wallace Bradford Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

17   Andersyn Brooklyn Collins  (2015)

18   James Robert (“Jim Bob”) Duggar  (1965)

19   Felicity Nicole Vuolo  (2018)

19   Willow Kristy Balka  (2019)

22   Phillip Jonathan Rodrigues  (2003)

25   Andrae Cardell Collins  (2011)

25   Calena Ann Rogers  (2013)

26   Clay Mason Rogers  (2011)

27   William “Lawson” Bates  (1992)

29   Khai David Dominguez  (2010)

August—

2   Timothy _____ Shrader  (2005)

2   Jennifer Danielle Duggar  (2007)

2   Callie–Anna Rose Bates  (2009)

4   Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka  (1999)

6   Brooklyn Elise Paine  (2016)

7   Steven R. Maxwell  (1951)

11   Kendra Renee (Caldwell) Duggar  (1998)

13   Bethany Faith (“Betsy”) Maxwell–Maher  (2010)

17   Teri L. (Frazer) Maxwell  (1955)

21   Mary Carol Maxwell  (1996)

21   Evelyn Mae Forsyth  (2020)

24   Evan Patrick Stewart  (1995)

27   Jemima Virtue Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

28   Josiah Matthew Duggar  (1996)

29   Kenneth Nathaniel (“Nathan”) Bates  (1993)

31   Anchor Christian Collins  (2019)

September—

1   Melanie Sue (Maher) Maxwell  (1975)

1   Ellyn Joy Dominguez  (2014)

5   Jeremy Joseph Vuolo  (1987)

6   Daylon Gabriel Dominguez  (2011)

8   David William Waller  (1986)

9   Chaney Grace Kahle  (1998)

9   Rebecca Shania Bontrager  (2007)

9   Marlie Denise Ballinger  (2018)

10   Sierra Jolene (Baird) Dominguez  (1989)

10   Stephen Lushomo Shrader  (2014)

12   Colt _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Case _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Mason Garrett Duggar–Keller  (2017)

13   Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar  (1966)

15   Brandon Timothy Keilen  (1989)

15   Judson Wyatt Bates  (2010)

16   Cade _____ Rogers  (2012)

18   Jesse Paul Maxwell  (1994)

21   Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates  (1993)

28   Meagan Elizabeth (Forsyth) Ballinger  (1991)

28   Merrick Zion Dominguez  (2019)

30   Hannah Faith Rodrigues  (2008)

October—

2   Destiny Faith Waller  (2018)

4   Calia Grace Maxwell–Frost  (2015)

5   Katie Grace Bates  (2000)

8   Mackynzie Renee Duggar–Keller  (2009)

10   Elissa Marie (Frost) Maxwell  (1991)

11   Johannah Faith Duggar  (2005)

14   Rebecca (“Becky”) Marie (Stolzfus) Bontrager  (1967)

14   Esther Joy Keyes  (1997)

16   Isaiah Courage Bates  (2004)

15   Hudson Reed Bontrager  (2005)

19   Phillip Andrew Waller  (2016)

24   Cash _____ Rogers  (2014)

26   Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates  (1966)

28   Michael Edward Keller  (1959)

28   Joy–Anna (Duggar) Forsyth  (1997)

29   Bradley Gilvin Bates–Perkins  (2014)

31   Anna Elizabeth Maxwell  (1992)

November—

2   Annistan Breanne Collins  (2012)

2   Addison Renee Duggar–Caldwell  (2019)

3   Jill Christine (Noyes) Rodrigues  (1978)

4   Sarah Elizabeth Reith  (1988)

4   Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald  (1992)

5   Carson Wayne Bontrager  (1995)

5   Spurgeon Elliot Seewald  (2015)

7   Khloé Eileen Bates–Perkins  (2019)

8   Bella Milagro Duggar–Swanson  (2019)

9   Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster  (1994)

9   Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV  (2018)

12   Davia Lynn Waller  (2014)

12   Edyn Grace Dominguez  (2015)

13   Mandrae Cardell Collins  (1983)

15   Justin Samuel Duggar  (2002)

19   Isaiah Gabriel Caldwell  (2018)

21   John Elliott Webster  (1989)

22   Evangeline Jo Vuolo  (2020)

24   Samuel Richard Rodrigues  (2004)

26   Holland Grace Paine  (2019)

27   Sadie Patricia Rodrigues  (2013)

27   Maryella Hope Duggar–Keller  (2019)

28   Caris Audrey Rogers  (2020)

December—

5   Nathan James Maxwell  (1976)

5   Denver Elliot Bontrager  (1999)

7   Tucker Allen Bontrager–Leppert  (2020)

9   Ayngel Belle Collins  (2016)

10   Justin Lee Young  (1991)

10   Josie Brooklyn Duggar  (2009)

11   Austin Martyn Forsyth  (1993)

12   Anissa Beth Collins  (2009)

14   Anjalie Brielle Collins  (2014)

18   Elizabeth Caresse Bontrager  (2003)

18   Jordyn–Grace Makiya Duggar  (2008)

20   Tori Layne (Bates) Smith  (1995)

21   Jinger Nicole (Duggar) Vuolo  (1993)

29   Brooks Zechariah Dominguez  (2017)

30   Zachary Gilvin Bates  (1988)

30   Jedidiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

30   Jeremiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

Unknown—

Gene “Paul” Caldwell  (c. 1977)

Elizabeth _____ Munck  (c. 1992) (Joseph Maxwell’s Ex)

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