#Jackson Katz

[socially-anxious-wizard]

Concept Art - Seething Scope.

[carolinemillerbooks]

New Post has been published on Books by Caroline Miller

New Post has been published on https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-masculine-mystique/

The Masculine Mystique

Weaving in and out of the lunch tables at the retirement center one afternoon, I paused to sit beside a woman I hadn’t seen for a while. Looking up from her book, she frowned.  “Do you know the meaning of viand?” she asked.  Wondering if hers was a trick question, I answered tentatively.  “It means ‘food,’ doesn’t  it?” “Correct!” She slammed her palm on the table for emphasis. “You’d be surprised how many don’t know the answer.” Shrugging a little, I replied. ”Well, it’s an antique word by today’s standards.  What brought it to mind?” “Dickens, naturally!” This time, the hand covered with liver spots landed on the thick book lying on the table.    I nodded with understanding. We exchanged a few more words about the author, then I left her to her reading.  Headed for my apartment, I continued to think about words, particularly the new ones I’d learned that week–Flop era, gynecocracy, 4chan. Vocabulary expands so rapidly these days, why should I be surprised that Viand had fallen out of favor. Other words have suffered a similar fate or undergone revision. Take Man for example. Who can say what it means these days?    Christine Emba shares a dilemma similar to mine.  In her article, Men Are Lost, she notes the definition of man began eroding in the twentieth century.  In 1958, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote  ..the male role has plainly lost its rugged clarity. As a result, …something has gone badly wrong with the American male’s conception of himself.  Historians blame women for the muddle.  They argue that when the industrial and technical revolutions created jobs that no longer required strength, women escaped domesticity for work outside the home.  As typists and file clerks, for example, they enjoyed the independence of personal incomes that allowed them to be choosey about their partners.  Some even chose other women. White males seemed to suffer most from their loss of economic status. Not only was it harder to find a wife,  but they were obliged to compete with women for employment.  Some males retreated to the sidelines, creating a vacuum their counterparts were eager to fill. Today, the fair sex has infiltrated what formerly were all-male bastions, finding jobs in higher education, science, and politics.  (“Explaining Men,” by Jackson Katz, Ms, spring, 2024, pgs. 25-27.) A few closet misogynists have stepped forward in the hope of restoring male hegemony and taking society backward. Jordan Peterson is prominent among them but there are others.  Constin Alamariu, a Romanian-American with a Ph.d from Yale became famous when he published his seminal book on misogyny, The Bronze Age Mindset.  Unfortunately, vainglory brought him unwanted attention which led to his arrest.  Currently, he resides in a Romanian jail convicted of rape and human trafficking. Jackson Katz draws a connection between women’s liberation and the rise of autocracy. …white men find comfort in regressive ‘strong man’ politics and the very conservative gender norms that underlie them. That primordial longing for the past, he suggests, makes the masculinity crisis […] a threat to democracy  (“Explaining Men,” by Jackson Katz, Ms. Spring 2024, pg. 26.)  Katz may have a point, but I would argue that a society founded on the masculine norm of winning and losing also poses a threat.  Inequality can destabilize the system, transforming democracy into an autocratic power game.   We know the forms of that corruption well–rape, suppression, a collapsed justice system, and war. I admit that democracy and equality aren’t natural bedfellows.  The former is an organizing principle.  The latter is a value.  Athenians, for example, saw no contradiction between their method of governing themselves and their right to own slaves.  Our founding fathers held the same split view. While championing equality for their peers, they saw no reason to extend that right to women or slaves. Even so, many in the United States have come to believe the relationship between democracy and equality is a symbiotic one, each as vital to the other as rain to a garden. When the preamble of our Constitution speaks of the general welfare, a majority of us believe it refers to everyone who resides in the country.       Dissenters exist, of course, and in numbers sufficient enough to risk an insurrection. What we’ve learned from the present struggle is that the conventions we’ve adopted are neither universally understood nor agreed upon. Words have failed us. Admittedly, some among us would rather pluck out their eyes than glimpse a future they cannot control. Nonetheless, time and tide are forcing choices upon us. Shall we continue to accept the masculine paradigm of winners and losers?  Or, shall we create a society based on values we hold in common? Either way, the critical issue to resolve isn’t about how we define a man or a woman, but how we define what it means to be human. Yes.  I’m convinced, we need new words for that.    

[zenlesszonezero]

As the conspiracy reaches its finale, the Void Hunter joins the fight.

Uncover the Conspiracy in Zenless Zone Zero's All-New Version "A Storm of Falling Stars", S-Rank Agent Hoshimi Miyabi is here! With S-Rank Agent Asaba Harumasa Limited-Time Giveaway! Pre-register to obtain additional rewards.

[wmiqaqueen]

[vqtblog]

TED- Jackson Katz: Violence against women ---it´s a mens issue

[brokehorrorfan]

Fright-Rags has a Hocus Pocus shirt designed by Zachary Jackson Brown available today only. Priced at $25, it will ship the week of September 27.

[missxena88]

Ziggy & Jackson

Finn & Noah

[ijustthinkevilunoisneat]

This is such an important listen

[flammentanz]

“Schatten einer Katze” (“The Shadow of the Cat”) (1961) von John Gilling

Ella Venables (Catherine Lacey) liest zu nächtlicher Stunde in Anwesenheit ihrer getigerten Katze Tabhita das berühmte Gedicht “Der Rabe” von Edgar Allan Poe. Als sei nicht bereits das Poem schaurig genug, wird die alte Dame völlig unvermittelt erschlagen. Bei dem Täter handelt es sich um ihren Diener Andrew (Andrew Crawford), der gemeinsam mit dem Hausmädchen Clara (Freda Jackson) im Auftrag von Ellas Gatten Walter (Andrè Morell) handelt, der seine Gattin kurz zuvor nötigte, ihn als Alleinerben ihres beträchtlichen Vermögens einzusetzen. Der Leichnam der Toten wird auf dem weitläufigen Anwesen vergraben. All dies hat Tabhita genau beobachtet.

Drei Tage später bittet Walter Venables Inspektor Rowles (Alan Wheatley) zu sich, um Ermittlungen im Fall seiner spurlos verschwundenen Gattin anzustellen. Auch der gemeinsam mit Rowles eingetroffene Journalist Michael Latimer (Conrad Phillips) interessiert sich für die geheimnisvolle Angelegenheit.

Walter und Andrew wollen sich ihrer stummen Mitwisserin entledigen und machen Jagd auf die Katze. Dabei wird Andrew heftig gekratzt, und Walter erleidet sogar einen Herzinfarkt, der ihn ans Bett fesselt.

Walter hat Ellas Verwandte zu sich eingeladen: ihre sympathische Lieblingsnichte Beth (Barbara Shelley) sowie Walters verkommener Bruder Edgar (Richard Warner), dessen skrupelloser Sohn Jacob (William Lucas), der wegen seiner kriminellen Machenschaften bereits eine Haftstrafe hinter sich hat sowie Jacobs boshafte Gattin Louise (Vanda Godsell).

Walter weiht seine verhasste Verwandtschaft in ein Geheimnis ein: Ellas erstes und rechtmäßiges Testament befindet sich noch im Haus. Für einen beträchtlichen Anteil am Erbe sollen Jacob, Edgar und Louise es finden und vor allem Tabhita den Garaus machen.

Doch die Katze ist klüger als ihre Jäger und ist entschlossen, den Mord an Ella Venables zu rächen …

John Gilling, dem der klassische Horrorfilm mit “Der Arzt und die Teufel”, “Das schwarze Reptil” und “Nächte des Grauens” exzellente Werke verdankt, inszenierte mit “Schatten einer Katze” einen, vom Sujet her durchaus ungewöhnlichen, sehr stimmungsvollen Film, den man Freunden gepflegten Grusels sehr ans Herz legen kann.

[socially-anxious-wizard]

Concept work.

[kopw]

wrestling think pieces i've (re-)read and enjoyed recently:

manhood on the mat: the problem is not that pro wrestling makes boys violent... by jackson katz and sut jhally

a pragmatic and stylistic analysis of wrestling discourse by roberto de jesús díaz padilla

how socialism will change pro wrestling by jetta rae

this post by rustchild about mox and effy and queerness

wrestling turned me cis, then it turned me trans by abraham josephine riesman

if wrestling is art, then kenny omega is one of canada’s greatest performing artists by chris dart

fighting spirit in japanese puroresu by jenny murphy

gold-plated controversy: the true story behind how the iwgp world heavyweight belt was made by colin mcneil

why wrestler tetsuya naito is the unlikely hero i needed by sarah kurchak

the beauty of defeat: a memorial to yuki ueno’s blade job by willard

[ausetkmt]

White Trash - Race and Class in America

This collection is devoted to exploring stereotypes about the social conditions of poor whites in the United States and comparing these stereotypes with the social reality.

WHITE TRASH The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America By Nancy Isenberg Illustrated. 460 pp. Viking. $28.

No line about class in the United States is more famous than the one written by the German sociologist Werner Sombart in 1906. Class consciousness in America, he contended, foundered “on the shoals of roast beef and apple pie.” Sombart was among the first scholars to ask the question, “Why is there no socialism in the United States?” His answer, now solidified into conventional wisdom about American exceptionalism, was simple: “America is a freer and more egalitarian society than Europe.” In the United States, he argued, “there is not the stigma of being the class apart that almost all European workers have about them. . . . The bowing and scraping before the ‘upper classes,’ which produces such an unpleasant impression in Europe, is completely unknown.”

In “White Trash,” Nancy Isenberg joins a long list of historians over the last century who have sent Sombart’s theory crashing on the shoals of history. The prolific Charles and Mary Beard, progressive historians in the first third of the 20th century, reinterpreted American history as a struggle for economic power between the haves and have-nots. W.E.B. Du Bois interpreted Reconstruction as a great class rebellion, as freed slaves fought to control their own working conditions and wages.

Labor and political historians in the 1970s and 1980s recovered a forgotten history of blue-collar consciousness and grass-roots radicalism, from the Workingmen’s Party in Andrew Jackson’s America to the late-19th-century populists of upcountry Georgia to the Depression-era leftist unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Historians of public policy, like the influential Michael B. Katz, emphasized the persistence of notions of “the undeserving poor,” an ideology that blamed economic deprivation on the alleged pathological behavior of poor people themselves and eroded support for welfare programs.

[alrightbuckaroo]

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Thanks to @thisbuildinghasfeelings, @birdclowns and @three-drink-amy for the tags and also taking advantage of @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut's open tag! With the Parisian Summer Romance AU officially done; I'm finally working on the TK Turns 30 event story that's been bouncing around my mind. It's about, well, I'll let them explain what it's about:

“What is it?” Carlos asks as he watches TK trying to maneuver something out of Carlos’ sight. “TK? What are you trying to hide?” 

TK sighs and pulls out a piece of paper that’s got a list of things written in red ink. “You know how I watched a lot of romantic comedies growing up?” Carlos looks at TK, head cocked to the side and a look that reads all knowing.

“Right, you’re my husband, of course you know. Well, when I was thirteen, I made a list of all the things from rom-coms that I wanted to do with my boyfriend before I turned 30.” TK explains, looking over the sheet again. 

“30?” Carlos questions, wondering the significance of the age. He pieces it together when TK gives him a look that reads he should already know. 

“13 Going on 30,” They both say at the same time. 

“Got it,” Carlos replies, righting his misstep. 

TK looks down at the list as he reads over everything his optimistic teenage heart had in mind. “Go to The Shop Around the Corner, go to Katz’s Deli, and maybe find a way to meet at the top of the Empire State Building,” TK reads down the rest of the list, sighing as he places the paper away. “Oh well, just the wishful thinking of a thirteen year old in love with love.” 

Carlos is silent for a beat before picking up the paper and reading over it. TK’s still rummaging through the box, fidgeting with a Tamagotchi to see if it still works when Carlos says, “Let’s do it.”

“Excuse me?” TK asks, dropping the dead Tamagotchi back into the box. “Carlos, there’s gotta be at least fifteen things on there.” 

“And we’re in New York for the rest of the week for your birthday, right? We have dinner on Saturday but that gives us the rest of the week to do whatever we want,” Carlos replies as he continues reading over the list. “Though, we might need to skip the impromptu flash mob dancing to Thriller by Michael Jackson, I don’t think I can talk to that many people.”

“Carlos, you can’t be serious.” 

“TK, you made this list because you’re in love with love and I’m in love with you,” Carlos begins to counter. “Let me give you the 30th birthday you wanted.” 

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[thatuselesshuman]

Writemas Day Two ☃️❄️

Thank you once again to @agirlandherquill for Writemas Day Two!

Prompts: "Make me understand." & A Library

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“You don’t understand!” Jackson said, frustration bleeding into his tone as he paced around the small, abandoned library they found themselves in. The operation had gone horribly; to the point where there had to have been a weak link. But, as it stood, only Jackson, Elena, and the noble who hired them knew about it, which could only mean one thing: they had been betrayed.

Though, it seemed to mean one more thing: now was not the time nor place for this conversation. “What don’t I understand, Jackson? What am I missing?” Elena demanded, not letting Jackson escape the conversation. He huffed in frustration. “You obviously aren’t understanding anything, right now!” Jackson shot back with a glare. Elena just crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes. “Fine, then make me understand, Jackson Katz. You claim to be so smart but you can’t seem to articulate why-” Elena argued before getting cut off.

“Because you have picked quite possibly the worst timing to drop this on me!” Jackson said desperately, hoping Elena would understand. “Hell, do you see us right now? We’re on the run from the law because our benefactor betrayed us so we’re hiding out in some library that was supposed to be destroyed in all of those book burnings a few years ago! Give it an hour, and we’ll have our faces plastered across town! I don’t have the time to think about all of this right now-”

“Do you feel the same?” Elena challenged, not letting Jackson finish. Jackson’s brain seemed to short circuit before he threw his hands up in defeat. “Not this again,” He muttered, not answering. “Well, do you?” Elena prompted, causing Jackson’s face to heat at the thought. “I don’t know, damn it! I don’t know, and I barely have time to think about it, so could you please just wait?” Jackson near begged, his bright green eyes searching Elena’s. Elena seemed to think for a moment before sighing, accepting his answer for now. “Fine. But you’re not escaping the end of this conversation forever, so I’d think on it,” Elena said before walking off to try and make some sort of place to sleep. Jackson sighed as she did so, rubbing his temples. This girl is going to be the death of me.

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Writemas Tag Post

Decided to keep my characters from yesterday for this one, since the ideas seemed to line up :))

(+open tag to join Writemas as per usual)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.1

Beer Birthdays

William Krug (1857)

Randy Mosher (1952)

RJ Trent (1968)

Susan Boyle

Five Favorite Birthdays

Morris; Belgian cartoonist (1923)

Mary Martin; actress and singer (1913)

Jeremy Northam; actor (1961)

Jaco Pastorius; jazz bassist (1951)

Richard Pryor; comedian, actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Andrew Adamson; New Zealand film director (1966)

Woody Allen; comedian, writer, film director (1935)

Carol Alt; model. actor (1960)

Micheline Bernardini; French dancer and model (1927)

Eric Bloom; rock guitarist (1944)

Jan Brett; author and illustrator (1949)

Candace Bushnell; writer (1958)

Richard Carrier; author (1969)

Billy Childish; English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (1959)

Jonathan Coulton; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1970)

Julee Cruise; singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (1956)

John Densmore; rock drummer (1945)

David Doyle; actor (1929)

Étienne Maurice Falconet; French sculptor (1716)

Matt Fraction; comic book writer (1975)

Steve Gibb; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1973)

Sophie Guillemin; French actress (1977)

Judith Hackitt; English chemist (1954)

Annette Haven; adult actress (1954)

DeSean Jackson; football player (1986)

Tahar Ben Jelloun; Moroccan author and poet (1944)

Jonathan Katz; comedian and actor (1946)

Clark Kent; fictional character, Superman

Richard Keith; actor and drummer (1950)

Martin Klaproth; German chemist (1743)

Zoë Kravitz; actress, singer, and model (1988)

Jerry Lawson; electronic engineer and inventor (1940)

Jimmy Lyons; saxophonist (1931)

Emily McLaughlin; actress (1928)

Bette Midler; actor, singer (1945)

Bart Millard; singer-songwriter (1972)

Julia A. Moore; poet (1847)

Emily Mortimer; actor (1971)

Sandy Nelson; rock drummer (1938)

Jim Nesbitt; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1931)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski; Polish painter (1869)

Gilbert O'Sullivan; pop singer (1946)

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens; keyboard player (1975)

Billy Paul; soul singer (1934)

Chris Poland; guitarist and songwriter (1957)

Chanel Preston; porn actress (1985)

Lou Rawls; singer (1933)

Martin Rodbell; scientist (1925)

John Schlimm; writer (1971)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; German painter (1884)

Dick Shawn; comedian, actor (1923)

Sarah Silverman; comedian, actor (1970)

Rex Stout; English writer (1886)

Robert Symonds; actor (1926)

Malachi Throne; actor (1928)

Charlene Tilton; actor (1958)

Lee Trevino; golfer (1939)

Jane Turner; Australian actress (1960)

Marie Tussaud; wax modeler-maker (1761)

Mihály Vörösmarty; Hungarian poet (1800)

Treat Williams; actor (1951)

Vesta Williams; singer-songwriter and actress (1957)

Minoru Yamasaki; architect (1912)

[mariacallous]

A Jewish organization that helps families have children says its clients now face a ��worst-case scenario” after the Alabama Supreme Court classified frozen embryos as unborn children.

The Jewish Fertility Foundation is funding out-of-state treatments for some Alabama clients after the ruling last month largely halted in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, treatments in the state, as clinics could face prosecution should embryos be destroyed or otherwise become unviable over the course of the procedure.

The ruling is a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which removed federal abortion protections and allowed states to define when life legally begins. The Alabama ruling has caused national controversy, as well as criticism from advocates of abortion rights.

Women and couples who face difficulty conceiving often turn to IVF, which creates embryos outside the womb and allows them to be screened for genetic diseases before they are transferred to the uterus. That has made the process an attractive option for Jewish couples who have a higher propensity to carry genetic diseases or genes that increase the risk of cancer, in addition to Jewish couples with other fertility challenges.

Now, the Jewish Fertility Foundation, which provides infertility education, grants, and emotional support to families dealing with infertility, says some of its Alabama clients are facing wrenching dilemmas. The foundation has about 50 clients in Birmingham in any given year, and they now must overcome additional hurdles to have children, such as traveling out of state for their treatments, which adds extra expenses.

“This was kind of the worst-case scenario post-Dobbs. And the truth is, is that we didn’t see it coming as quickly as it did,” Elana Frank, CEO and founder of the foundation, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. In 2022, the group did say it feared that IVF treatments could be endangered by the Dobbs decision.

Frank told JTA after the February court ruling that she hoped to see Alabama’s legislature quickly address the issue in favor of her clients. The state now appears poised to enact legislation shielding patients and providers from prosecution — but there’s a risk that courts could strike the new law down, adding to a roller coaster ride for families that can interrupt the IVF process, which must be carried out according to a precise timeline.

Still, Frank said she was hopeful, noting, “There’s a potential that the clinics will reopen.”

In the meantime, the foundation is funding IVF treatment in Atlanta for at least one woman who had been receiving treatment at the University of Alabama, Birmingham and whose treatments are not covered out of state, said Sarah Shah, the foundation’s director of operations.

Some of that funding is coming from the National Council of Jewish Women, which recently provided a $15,000 emergency grant to support the financial needs of the Jewish Fertility Foundation’s Alabama clients.

That $15,000 is the first grant provided by NCJW from its post-Dobbs Jewish Fund for Abortion Access, which in the past year expanded its aims to include funds for IVF and birth control. It previously funded travel and abortion care for individuals.

“We saw the indication that IVF and birth control would be next,” NCJW president Sheila Katz told JTA. “And so part of the emergency plan, we said if and, sadly, when these things happened, we would have dollars stored to be able to make emergency grants to help families right away.”

Katz added, “We’re being inundated with questions from people who want to know what they can do to protect themselves, protect their embryos, protect their hopes of having a family.”

The Jewish Fertility Foundation, too, is fielding questions, and hosted an Instagram Live session on Feb. 21, soon after the ruling, to address them. For some attendees, the situation came with an echo of another crisis facing Jewish families right now.

One viewer said, “It feels like my embryos are being held hostage.”

[flickys-courage-club]

Introducing Barry!

Design

Species: Cat

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Asexual

Family: Nathan(Father), Teresa(Mother), Marie(Grandmother), Brandon(Grandfather), Nathaniel(Ancestor), Miranda(Ancestor), Barrett(Ancestor) Lauren(Grandmother), Oliver(Uncle), Matt(Grandfather)

Likes: Roses, fantasy movies, action movies, his parents Nathan and Teresa, rabbits, cats, spending time with Courage, Bunitty(platonic love interest), becoming a detective, mystery shows

Dislikes: Courage in danger, Muriel in danger, danger, his friends in danger, spiders(except Tyrone and his spider crew), Toxin(worst enemy), spicy food, getting scared, violence, his family in danger, Eustace Bagge(enemies)

Friends: Courage, Muriel, Felix, Clive, Justin, Maxwell, Olive, Geo, Charlie, Bunny, Kitty, Bunitty(platonic love interest), Gabriel, Russell, Platinum, Milo(Uncle to him), Grayson, Shady(Childhood best friend/brotherly figure), Computer, Team Frostbite(Damien the Wolf, Malcolm the Mountain Hare, Snowflake the Arctic Fox, Chief Azrael etc), Absolute Six(Jasper, Cyan, Marina, Hurley, Jackson and Carmen), Aden, Eight Tribes of Honour(Lucifer, Claude, Nigel, Krimson, Iram, Blizzard, Twigs and Possum Mob), Fred, Lord Blade VI, Cannibals of Vintage City, Bon, Cyril, Hunchback of Nowhere, Bigfoot, Duck Brothers, Dr Vindaloo, Courage's parents, Animals of Fear Gang

Neutral: Shirley, General, Lieutenant, Banana Suit Dealer

Enemies: Eustace, Fred(formerly), Katz, Le Quack, Cajun Fox, Weremole, Black Puddle Queen, Clutching Foot, Mad Dog, King Ramses, Sirius, Toxin, Alan, Jacob, Raven, Cruel Veterinarian, Vore, Thursday, Tuesday, Saber, Slice, Dice, Amaris, Sin Clowns(Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Envy and Sloth), Fear King, Fear Slaves, Di Lung, Mecha Courage, Ma Bagge, Gem, Evangeline the Musical Mistress, Bone Antler

Facts:

He has a fear of spiders because of the abuse he got from Toxin who is in fact a spider himself.

Barry knows how to hold a gun, however it's a toy gun that shoots corks instead of bullets. He learnt his technique of handling his toy gun by his ancestor Barrett.

He is neutral to Shirley the Medium. He shows respect to her but worries about the curses she puts onto others.

After rescuing Bunitty from Mad Dog, the two became really friends, until they both start to have platonic feelings for each other.

His interactions with the General and the Lieutenant left him in dismay, due to the them fighting with each other or their "antics" as Barry refers it all to.

Barry has become a victim hunted down by Thursday and Tuesday AKA Feline Hunters, since he is a cat.

In the crossover; Straight Outta Nowhere! Scooby Doo Meets Courage The Cowardly Dog. Barry becomes allies with the Mystery Inc. His favourite members of it are Shaggy and Scooby Doo.

Barry loves watching mystery shows, which got him dreaming of becoming an great detective.

Barry's relationship with Computer didn't go well at first, because Computer became (of course) a bit of a jerk to him, until Computer was aware that Barry has anxiety. By that, he now helps Barry how to cope with anxiety.

Barry is allies with Team Frostbite, Absolute Six and Eight Tribes of Honour, he sees Team Frostbite and Tribes of Honour as family figures.

He loves his grandparents Marie and Brandon. Marie loves him dearly and Brandon has a soft spot for him, he tends to nickname him "Scamp" if he forgets his grandson's name.

Whenever Courage isn't around with him, he takes the role as Courage himself. He does remember two of his catchphrases and says them whenever he is in a dangerous situation. The catchphrases being "The things i do for love!" and "I know something bad is gonna happen or if my name is [random name]! And I'm glad it's not."

Barry has the ability to sense any danger that is coming

Barry is the one who set Lucifer free by his order and he fully knows that he has gained freedom.

Barry had an ultimate regret by setting Fear King free. This is because the King was abusing him psychological and uses his anxiety for his goals, but only to make it more worse, but then Barry finally stands up to him, telling him that releasing him was the worse idea he had done and he now sends him back to his book for all eternity and throw it out.

Despite having a fear of spiders, Barry became allies with Tyrone and his spider crew. It was said by Barry that he doesn't fear spiders that show kindness to him