#James is 100% brand new

[nettedtangible]

James and Pandora

[gwynndolin]

I need you guys to understand that unequivocally I believe that the original cutscenes in silent hill 2 do not even barely hold a candle to the emotional depth and understanding that the new team had with the remake. And this is coming from someone who's obsessed over the original game and held it in the highest possible regard for the entire 15 or so years that I've known the game.

Don't get me wrong, I understand completely the limitations that the original Team Silent had while working on SH2, and know that they could never achieve the level of subtlety that the remake does purely through the game engine or rendering techniques that we can now, but seeing so many people saying that they prefer the original scenes to the remake's... It's an unfathomable level of obstinance— one I barely even find believable

[twopoppies]

Things that I am interested in doing with Harry: shop for fancy linens, I know he knows where to get them so they are luxe. Watch some sort of limited miniseries on premium tv because I like those better than normal TV or movies. Have him teach me how to juggle because I cannot do it. Watch and discuss Planet Earth or similar show. Museum of Natural History in London. Grocery shopping for specialty items at niche markets, I want to spend some time shopping around for fancy mustards and jams together. Golfing because yes I can play and I want to see how good he is however I don’t want to discuss golf because golf is so very boring to talk about. Drink rose outside when the day starts to cool off. Park for picnic and reading. Shopping for used books. Shopping for sunglasses. Put mascara on both of us. Go to art museums in interesting places and learn about new types of art that art history classes didn’t cover. Go to that Thai restaurant in Bangkok he waited hours for a table at, I loveeeeew Thai food. Buy him a bicycle helmet. Weed or other drugs I consider safeish- no needles, trusted sources only. Trade favorite books but promise to return them once finished (do not steal my favorite books, Harry). Errands because they’re usually more fun with a friend. Outdoor dining for any meal somewhere bougie. Buy stationary and fancy pens. Dinner party. Meander around new neighborhoods. Buy new couch I feel like he has good taste in furniture. Margaritas but no casemigos that brand is not cool. Flower market. Not hang out with anyone he works for or with for any reason (lookin at you, Ben, James, Jeff, BRAD, Xander. Basically all the revolting crowd he runs with). Not hang out with Kid Harpoon that guy gives me the creeps. Ok now I’m just going to start being mean and saying things I do not want to do so I’ll stop. Anyway none of this involves hopping on his dick and I’m not leaving that out to make a point, I just don’t think that’s something I want to do. OH practice driving a manual transmission because I haven’t done that in awhile although technically I know how. He can teach me again I think just he knows.

LOL! I love you, whoever you are. Other than the weed, I’m with you 100% (because I don’t smoke).

You are officially the start of my “correct ways to be friends with Harry” tag. Or maybe “loving Harry the right way.” 🤣🤣🤣

[harmonytre]

(Original by MagicalPouch, so go give him credit, not me! It's slightly edited to replace expressions I didn't want to draw with OTHER ones he made!)

I want to doodle expressions as warm-ups in my spare time! Below I have which expressions have been taken and what fandoms I can draw for! (Especially MP100 since I'm new to it!)

You can request through Ask (easiest), Reply, Reblog, or even Discord if you know me there!

You can double check Request Rules here!

[72/100 OPEN, 2 Finished]

1: A, B, C, D: Sebastian, E, F, G: Meowth, H, I, J

2: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J

3: A: Messier, B, C: Bubby, D, E, F, G, H, I, J

4: A, B, C, D, E, F: Michiru, G, H: Hop, I, J

5: A, B, C: Gordon, D, E, F, G, H, I, J: Scrafe

6: A, B: Darnold, C, D, E: G-Man, F: Benrey, G: Benrey, H: Forzen, I, J

7: A: Solar, B, C, D, E, F: Tommy, G: Finrey, H, I, J

8: A: Hi-C, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I: Nova, J

9: A: Medic, B, C: Wolf Hop, D, E: Poppy, F, G, H: Buckaroo, I: Tommy, J

10: A, B, C: Coomer, D: G-Man, E, F: Vida, G: Bubby, H, I: Tommy, J

I narrowed the list of fandoms to my favorites of each category, but you may view the full list HERE!

*: Favorites

(acronym or notes) [fav characters] {ships I can draw}

My Own:

*Pulo (Original) [The Guardian, Banjo] {Sizzle/Kixz, Cypress/Ripple, Frost/Petra}

*Sweet Voice Cafe (HLVRAI AU) [Joshua, Benny] {Boomer}

(Pretty much just check my Toyhouse!)

Atina and HLAIXD as well if you know those ;)

Current Favorites:

Pokemon [James, Hop, Leon] {Rocketshipping, Neoshipping, Geekchicshipping}

Team Rocket

SWSH

Submas

Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware (HLVRAI) [literally all of them but if I had to pick then Bubby] {favs are Boomer and Freelatta, but I’m okay with drawing nearly any pairing!}

Y2KVR and BMFBE by (year2000electronics) [still reading the other series, sorry!]

The One True Streamman by (HeelysonFeelys)

Stuck Together (Dimonds456)

Human Resources Violations (kogo-dogo)

Augmented Reality (egelskop)

HLVRAI-Villain-Swap

Ghost AU, Swap AU, Benrey Fam, CMY Siblings, Aubrey Calhoun, and Infection AU (pistachi0art)

Catmer (mr-web)

Metamorphosis AU (anons-has-hlvrai-aus)

HLVRBugAI

HLVREM (py6oto

Barnrey (alieryn-art)

Y2KIG-Experience

BPY2K

Simulation Reality (HLVR-SR)

Deep Sea AU (brainthreeze)

Hi-C (transforzen)

Toontown but the AI is Self-Aware (transforzen, green-2-blue)

My Little AI: Science is Magic (thomascoolatta)

(Un)Forgettable (dilfgmancoolatta)

*Mob Psycho 100 (MP100) [Mob, Reigen] {Ekurei, Takemob}

*Esper Kids (Mob, Saiki K, and Anya Forger as friends <3)

Infinity Train [Lake, Alan Dracula, Jesse]

Indigo Park [Rambley]

Multi-Media:

*Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) [Helpie, Roxie, Oz]

*How to Train Your Dragon (HTTYD) [Toothless] {Hiccstrid}

*Miraculous: The Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir [Alya, Luka] {Love Square, DJWiFi, Myvan, Julerose}

*My Little Pony (MLP, mostly G4) [Fluttershy, Thorax, Discord] {Fluttercord, Cheesepie}

*Trolls [Branch] {Broppy}

Shows:

*Anything by Blackie Sootfur (but especially Demons, Uprooted, and Secret)

*Dino Squad [Buzz]

*Glitch Techs [Miko]

*Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts [Kipo, Wolf]

*Star vs. the Forces of Evil [Janet, Marco] {Jantom, Starco}

*Steven Universe [Peridot]

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT, specifically 2012 but any works) [Donatello, Mona Lisa] {Apritello}

*The Ghost and Molly McGee [Libby]

*Voltron: Legendary Defender [Pidge, Lance, Hunk] {Plance}

*Wild Kratts [Chris, Aviva]

Anime:

*Brand New Animal (BNA) [Mishiru Kagemori]

*Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun [Chiyo Sakura, Hirotaka Wakamatsu]

Movies:

*Astro Boy (2009) [Astro Boy]

*Big Hero 6 [Hiro]

*Bolt [Bolt]

*Epic [Nod]

*Inside Out [Anger, Joy, Anxiety]

*Megamind [Megamind]

*Nimona [Nimona]

*Rise of the Guardians [Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost]

*Wreck-it-Ralph [Fix-it Felix] {Hero’s Cuties}

*Zootopia [Nick Wilde]

Games:

*Among Us

Rodamrix

*Content Warning

*Half-Life (currently just HL1) [Snarks, Headcrabs, Barney Calhoun] {Freehoun}

*Lethal Company

*Undertale [Scarf Mouse, Nice Cream Guy, Papyrus] {Alphyne, Soriel, NicePants}

Webcomics:

*EL Comics

*Follychromatic [Fauna]

*Magical Boy (TheK40)

*Pipe Up (Salt & Pepper Bunny, Tinysweetbunny, TheTRUEegge)

*Sanity Circus [Attley Grimshaw, Fletch Gray]

*The Skybox (lynxgriffin)

*Urban Animal

Fandom Webcomics:

*Jet’s Black Nuzlocke (Zerochan923600)

*Twin Runes (akanemnon)

Undertale AUs:

*Alivetale @/tatatale

*Fallen Flowers @/Tarableart

*Littletale @/mudkipful

*Sans The Seraphim (The Thought)

Other media (short films/characters/books/creators/etc):

*Birds (Imagine Dragons Animation)

*Epic: The Musical [Polites]

Creators:

*MandJTV (and all series)

*PM7

*shandzii

*Trevor Henderson

Live Action:

*Free Guy

*Ghosts (2021 series)

*Jurassic Park/World series

*Resident Alien

*The Librarians (tv series) [Ezekiel Jones]

*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Childhood Shows:

*Cyberchase

*Dinosaur Train

*Dog with a Blog

*Dragon Tales

*Martha Speaks

*Wonder Pets

[fountainpenguin]

Riddle watches New Wish - Post #15

Work Her Magic

There is some seriously cruel irony in posting the episode where Hazel's mom clearly wants to engage with her, but can't right now because she's busy (and thus Hazel's upset about how her mom is always working) IMMEDIATELY after the double-length episode where Dev was unable to get his dad's attention whatsoever. What the heck, Hazel? Did you learn nothing?

I love Hazel's parents so much. They're adorable. Marcus being a little jealous about how his wife's always talking to her publisher / coordinator when he wants to plan a date night is fantastic.

-> Assistant, that's her role.

omfg, the title card was grown-up Hazel?? I was multi-tasking on these notes and thought that was her mom. She's ADORABLE.

What the fliiiip? I'm not sure I've ever loved a design more... This is so good. Her color scheme is the same. She's still predominantly blue and those pink bits resemble her shirt stripes, and she's still got green shoes. That's impeccable. A+ thoughtful design.

I love her... I have no 'fic ideas for her at this exact moment, but I like her a lot.

Is the silverware at this school made of wood? Wanda has a funny texture on her disguise.

Hazel is gossiping about herself with her mom at lunch. I'm bracing for Hazel to find out info she'd rather not hear, but so far everything is just Angela gushing over her. I love that.

-> She didn't have a bad word to say, only how much she loves her daughter. Pure...

Antony!! And it was indeed a hand-me-down shirt!

I have some questions about these posters.

Terrible brand name.

I enjoy how Wanda has consistently put on shades this season. I was going to make a joke back in the dinosaur episode about how she did that in the OG series too. I think it was only twice, but those scenes are some of my signature memories of her (The Musical & trying to get her son out of Crocker's house during "Fairly Old Parent").

This was Cosmo as Rice President of Pixies Inc. (to me).

omg, ceiling sprinklers. The detail! Very curious to learn more about how these environments were rendered.

Return of the Meerkat-adjacent voice! Daran Norris!

???

Date night is back on!!

"So, you're probably wondering how I got here..."

Crock to the Future

Crocker?? Huh. Can't say I'm surprised.

-> I've always headcanoned Crocker with witch genes due to the Alden Bitterroot connection. I wonder if he's aged or looks the same (In "Secret Wish," he looked the same after aging 50 years and claimed it's because he was altered to look like that even when he was 10, so it prevented further signs of aging).

-> My theory is that he'll resemble Jorgen and have a patch around his mouth. No justification for this beyond "That seems to be the style to symbolize an older character from the OG series." I still want to know if Doug Dimmadome is dead.

-> If this Crocker turns out to be Kevin, I'm gonna lose my very last marble. Doesn't look likely though due to the freckle placement in that title card. But can you IMAGINE...

Marcus only has 9 toes... Wh- Why does he have more than 8? I thought everyone had 8. Did he cut it one in half with the weedwhacker and count it separately?

The Galax Institute is celebrating its 96th annual event. If that's an in-city location, Dimmadelphia is at minimum 96 years old.

-> He's 100% meeting Crocker at this parascience convention. If he meets the Fentons with that ghost machine, that'd be great.

A.J. NAME CONFIRMATION!! ... I don't love it because I headcanoned him as Archimedes Junior and I think that's cooler than Anthony James Jr., but I'll accept it! Curse my slowness in getting my A.J.-centric multi-chapter out.

-> A.J. founded the Galax Institution at age 10 and is Marcus's hero. First of all, I love that, and second of all... good to know. I was pretty sure Dimmadelphia was still close to Dimmsdale, but it's always nice to have confirmation.

Also, I am once again asking people who have strong feelings that Chloe is a Mary Sue to give me their opinions on A.J., who ends world hunger in Season 2, works with the government at age 10, can build a time machine in 10 seconds with paperclips and string, and who apparently founded the Galax Institute as a child. They would be friends, I think.

Don't actually give me your opinions, but I do think about them a lot.

-> I'm sad my Happy Peppy Betty plotline has her moving to Brightburg instead of Dimmadelphia. It's not like I knew this was coming, but... SHE.

Angela (to me): This is my super hot husband. I love him very much and anyone who calls his interest in parascience dumb will get a high heel to the eye.

I can't believe Mark is banned from the institute. A.J., I have some questions.

Oh, there he is! Baby face...

Huh. I don't have anything to say.

I'm unclear as to why Cosmo and Wanda aren't trying to avoid the magical detectors? Why can't they just leave? I feel like this plot would work better if they'd been sleeping inside Hazel's bag.

I like how Mark, his ship, and Dark Laser's ship are in the mural.

Oh, he has aged:

I'd LOVE to see Crocker interact with A.J. I don't think we'll get that lucky, but it would be fun.

-> I've been thinking this since Episode 1, but I'm starting to seriously debate changing all the times I had Crocker say "cryptozoology" in 'fic to "parascience" instead.

I am super puzzled that A.J. went into parascience after all the time he spent with Crocker. He certainly seems to believe it (unless there's a plot twist that he just wants to give people the opportunity to discover things but he doesn't personally believe in it), but like... that's a STORY. Are we gonna talk about that?

-> This dovetails so nicely into my "Norm & A.J." AU and my head is in my hands but there is nothing I can do about it right now. help.

Oh, I didn't clock that he was a janitor here. Either I was typing and missed that or it was said off-screen. Also I enjoy him crawling without using his hands.

/blinks. Wadjet dying in Age of Mythology sound effect, is that you? Usually in shows, I just hear the donkey sound (I think it's the same one Minecraft uses). This is a surprise.

It is the same sound; I looked it up. I don't know what to do with this information.

Is Crocker going to take Hazel's bag, but open it and ignore Cosmo and Wanda on the outside?

-> Wanda, why don't you just leave? I don't understand.

Wanda: Crocker used to terrorize our last godkid. Cosmo: And before that, he WAS our godkid Roy, Viv, and Chloe awkward monkey puppeting somewhere:

I mean, Chloe was also terrorized a little, but...

Okay, so... Cosmo and Wanda have clearly explained the godparenting basics to Hazel. She's aware she'll lose her memories. But... why didn't we get to see that?

The miserable godkids plot and the memory loss haven't been explained well in this series and I'm a little surprised, seeing as that's one of the biggest pieces of worldbuilding in the OG show. Since Hazel seems to have a loving home life, I wasn't sure if either rule was still canon until Poof-Peri showed up.

Wanda: Crocker would have to cover the entire building in a butterfly net to catch us. Which is impossible! Me: /"Viral Videots" flashbacks

Oh, please give me a sequel to one of my favorite jokes in the entire series...

Eh, I'll take it. I'm disappointed Cosmo and Wanda can still float, though. Hey, you guys aren't supposed to do that!

Hazel: I wish Crocker stopped trying to reveal fairies! Wanda: Oh, we can't do that, squirt. As long as the building's covered by a butterfly net, we're powerless!

W... Wanda? What exactly are you saying? You wanna run that by me again?

I like how A.J. came prepared for Crocker to interfere so he brought a back-up award to give to Marcus, haha.

... Hm. I feel slightly unsatisfied, but I'm not sure I could put into words why. I didn't really have expectations and yet I feel confused.

[ronandreams]

get to know me better ✨️

name/nickname: chance

middle name: faith

pronouns: she/her

gender: female

sexual orientation: bi

age: 29

zodiac sign: cancer sun (gemini moon, sag rising as well)

birthday: july 22nd

relationship status: in a relationship

work field/studying: in college, studying to maybe be a social worker, but idk for sure 🤷‍♀️

favorite colors: dark turquoise (like the ocean when it's cloudy), pink, and green (forest-like)

some of your favorite movies: comet (2014), the breakfast club, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, clueless, legally blonde, happy death day, mean girls, jane eyre, the phantom of the opera, the perks of being a wallflower, penelope, when harry met sally, carol (and obviously so many more).

some of your favorite bands: paramore, bad omens, pierce the veil, twenty one pilots, motionless in white, breaking benjamin, and probably others i'm not thinking of.

some of your favorite singers: taylor swift, halsey, ariana grande, gracie abrams, olivia rodrigo, chappell roan, conan gray, miley cyrus, sabrina carpenter, lana del rey, joji, and many more.

some of your favorite books: the book thief, i'm thinking of ending things, the great gatsby, the picture of dorian gray, the perks of being a wallflower, ghost eaters, blue lily lily blue, six of crows, horns (joe hill), the shining, foe (iain reid), the book of accidents (many many more).

some of your favorite songs: i'll follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie, francis forever by mitski, cardigan by taylor swift, time in a bottle by jim croce, jesus christ by brand new, clementine by halsey, and thousands of others.

some of your favorite actors/actresses: kristen stewart, emma stone, james mcavoy, rami malek, jake gyllenhaal, jim carrey, jacob anderson, rachel mcadams, emmy rossum, victoria pedretti, amanda seyfried, saoirse ronan.

some of your favorite tv shows: the good place, mr robot, teen wolf, the 100, ted lasso, interview with the vampire, stranger things, supernatural, the vampire diaries, the originals, house md, breaking bad, b99, what we do in the shadows, mike flanagan shows, and more.

celebrity crushes: taylor swift, maya hawke, noah sebastian, oscar isaac, percy hynes white, jacob anderson, cole sprouse, sabrina carpenter, chappell roan, evan peters, hailey steinfeld, zach gilford, assad zaman, and loads more lol

tagged by @dumspirosperos, thanks nat!

tagging: (sorry this got so long, if u read the whole thing just know I love you): @henrywinteris, @heartwasglass, @munsonseds, @slyhtherins, @stevebcks, @malfoiys, @swkywalker, @pleasepleaseeplease, @bruceewayne, @halfstayed, @userlorelai, @jjameslily, @jeaanmoreau, @joequinns, @waxladrian, @taylortheeswift, @bufysummers, @cavarage.

[scmoobly]

REDACTED CHARACTERS BUT THEY'RE 'DUMB WAYS TO DIE' LYRICS

Set fire to your hair : Freelancer. Gavin teased them for it for a full week

Poke a stick at a grizzly bear : Huxley. Yes he respects nature but sometimes bro gets a little too inquisitive for his own good

Eat medicine that's out of date : babe. THEY'RE TIRED- STOP. functioning on 2 hours of sleep and a protein bar

Use your private parts as piranha bait : Xavier. The sacrificial lamb in every universe

Get your toast out with a fork : Angel. Self-explanatory

Do your own electrical work : Lovely. Vincent has to watch them like a hawk

Teach yourself how to fly : Vincent. Just making sure he actually can't shift into a bat-

Eat a two-week-old un-refrigerated pie : Asher. Again, Self-explanatory

Invite a psycho-killer inside : Darlin. Everyone is surprised this mfer is still alive

Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride : guy. No one saw so he didn't do it-

Take your helmet off in outer space : Avior. Give this man a manual on what not to do in a different dimension I beg you please-

Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place : Sweetheart. I-

Keep a rattlesnake as a pet : Erik. Said rattlesnake: Echo

Sell both your kidneys on the Internet : Blake. He's stupid like that.

Eat a tube of superglue : Caelum. Sweety no that's not mayonnaise-

"I wonder, what's this red button do?" : Starlight. 😃

Dress up like a moose during hunting season : Aaron. This mfer is DEPRESSED- borderline suicidal-

Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason : Kody.

Stand on the edge of a train station platform : Elliott. Accident prone-

Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing : Gabe 💀

Run across the tracks between the platforms : James. I can't decide whether this guy has the patience of a 100 saints or non at all.

[eljackinton]

Action! Adventure! Intrigue! Romance!? If you like the look of those explanation points flying towards you at 100 miles per hour, then you're going to be in just the right mood for Damned Another day, a brand new 4 page comic written by me and with incredible art by Brian McCray.

Secret agent James Nicea comes face to face at the card table with the dastardly Angelo De Faust, whose underworld activities are damning souls to Hell's eternal war. Key to overturning this villain's schemes are his sultry second in command Miss Carmilita Roland, but are James' charms enough to win her over?

This is a story that I've had in my head for a long time and went through various iterations, and while I knew Brian was going to be a good fit for the art, I was utterly astounded with how much he threw into bringing this world to life. The entire strip just bleeds 60s cool, and putting the extra details on the tarot cards was above and beyond the call of duty. Be sure to check out more of his work, which is as diverse as it is surprising.

[brokehorrorfan]

The Warriors will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on December 12 via Arrow Video. Laurie Greasley designed the new cover art for the 1979 action thriller; the original poster is on the reverse side.

Walter Hill (48 Hrs., Deadwood) directs from a script he co-wrote with David Shaber (Nighthawks), based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel. Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, and David Harris lead the ensemble cast.

The limited edition set comes with a 100-page book featuring new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus archival material, a double-sided poster, six art carts, and gang logo stickers.

Both the theatrical cut and the 2005 alternate version have been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, approved by Hill, with Dolby Vision. The theatrical cut is presented in its original 1.85:1 with original uncompressed mono, stereo 2.0, and Dolby Atmos audio. The alternate cut has stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio.

Special features for the two-disc set are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging and contents.

Disc 1 - Theatrical Cut:

Audio commentary by A Walter Hill Film author Walter Chaw (new)

Isolated score option

Interview with director Walter Hill (new)

Roundtable discussion on The Warriors with filmmakers Josh Olson (A History of Violence), Lexi Alexander (Green Street), and Robert D. Krzykowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot) (new)

Interview with editor Billy Weber (new)

Interview with costume designer Bobbie Mannix (new)

Costume designs and photographs from the archive of designer Bobbie Mannix (new)

Sound of the Streets - An appreciation on Barry De Vorzon's The Warriors score by film historian Neil Brand (new)

Filming location tour (new)

The Beginning - Making-of featurette with director Walter Hill, producer Lawrence Gordon, actor James Remar, and editor David Holden

Battleground - Featurette on shooting in New York City with director Walter Hill and assistant director David O. Sosna

The Way Home - Featurette on the look of the film with director of photography Andrew Laszlo

The Phenomenon - Featurette on the film's legacy with director Walter Hill and cast members

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Disc 2 - Alternate Version:

Introduction by director Walter Hill

Also included:

100-page book with new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus archival material

Double-sided fold-out poster with original and new art

6 postcard-sized art cards

Gang logo stickers

In New York the gangs outnumber the cops by 5-1. Together, they could rule the city. Gang-leader Cyrus has a dream to do just that and calls a summit. The gangs of New York gather in their thousands, Cyrus takes the stage. From somewhere in the crowd a shot rings out and Cyrus falls down dead. In the chaos that follows, a small gang from Coney Island – the Warriors – are blamed. Now everyone is out to get them. On foot, in enemy territory, can they make it through the night to get back across the city to the safety of home turf?

Pre-order The Warriors.

[beardedmrbean]

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO and accused serial sexual predator Mike Jeffries was arrested Tuesday as part of a sex-trafficking investigation.

The 79-year-old disgraced fashion-giant boss — whose twisted antics allegedly led to more than 100 men being abused — was nabbed in West Palm Beach, Fla. 

His partner, Matthew Smith, 60, as well as a business associate, James Jacobson, 70 — previously described by accusers as a middleman who is missing his nose and covers the spot with a snakeskin patch, according to the BBC — were also arrested in the case, sources told The Post.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn were set to hold a news conference later Tuesday to announce the charges in the sex-trafficking and interstate prostitution case – including involving a “former CEO of a major company.”

The arrests come roughly a year after the FBI started probing claims Jeffries allegedly orchestrated elaborate sex events to exploit and sexually abuse young male models during his 22-year tenure at the brand.

The claims first surfaced as part of an explosive BBC News report last year in which 12 men alleged they were lured to events at Jeffries’ upscale New York residence or luxury hotels in the world’s fashion capitals between 2009 to 2015.

In the wake of the BBC report, a class-action civil suit was filed in New York last year alleging that more than 100 men had been abused and that the fashion juggernaut turned a blind eye to Jeffries’ alleged misconduct.

David Bradberry, the lead plaintiff in the case and one of the dozen men who spoke to the BBC, alleged he felt pressured into having sex with Jeffries at one of his parties in his Hamptons mansion.  

Bradberry, then 23 and an aspiring model, told the outlet that he “didn’t feel safe to say ‘no’ or ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this’” because of the home’s “secluded” location and presence of Jeffries’ staff — who all dressed in a uniform of head-to-toe A&F.

The suit, filed in October last year, also alleged Jefferies had modeling scouts scouring the Internet for prey — and that some prospective models vying to become the next face of Abercrombie ended up sex-trafficking victims.

“Jeffries was so important to the profitability of the brand that he was given complete autonomy to perform his role as CEO however he saw fit, including through the use of blatant international sex-trafficking and abuse of prospective Abercrombie models,” the suit alleged.

Jeffries, who left Abercrombie in 2014, denied the allegations at the time.

His lawyer, Brian Bieber, said in a statement to The Post on Tuesday, “We will respond in detail to the allegations after the Indictment is unsealed, and when appropriate, but plan to do so in the courthouse – not the media.”

Abercrombie & Fitch said at the time that the company was “appalled and disgusted” by the claims, adding it had hired an outside law firm to conduct a review.

n the wake of the arrests, lawyers representing the plaintiffs, Brad Edwards and Brittany Henderson, said in a statement Tuesday, “Our firm represents all of the victims in the class action case we filed on their behalf. 

“All four of the defendants, including Abercrombie and Fitch, have tried everything possible to delay our lawsuit from proceeding, presumably because they knew it would lead to criminal arrests. Despite their efforts, the arrests happened anyway, and we are looking forward to cooperating with law enforcement to make sure that the criminal and civil justice systems are successful in this prosecution.”

Jeffries was largely credited for the brand’s boost in popularity among teens in the early nineties with its slew of advertising campaigns featuring bare-chested young male and female models.

The brand became a darling of turn-of-the-millennium teen mall culture with its stores pumped full of cologne.

Lawyers for Smith and Jacobson did not immediately return Post requests for comment Tuesday.

[henrysglock]

Well, Well...Look Whose Limbs Are Still Intact (AKA the 4th NINA installment)

After seeing The First Shadow, I'm revisiting NINA installment #3!

Previously, I had speculated that El may have committed the 4.07 massacre after all, because there are multiple shots where the bodies don't have the Vecna eyes/snapped limbs.

For example, the difference:

And she may still have, I won't rule that out entirely. However...After seeing TFS, I have questions.

In TFS, when "Henry" doesn't attack in classic Vecna-style (which we actually witness firsthand just as often as we witness traditional Vecna killings), he attacks similarly to the way El does:

(it's not exactly the same, but the end results are very similar)

It's not Vecna style. Point blank.

When Vecna kills, the limbs always go first, and the eyes go last. We see that in Prancer, we see it in Virginia, and we see it in 1986. Limbs, then jaw, then eyes.

As far as we know, "Henry" on his own doesn't snap limbs at all, let alone jaws. The victims (see: Mr. Newby and Inmate 58361) are usually awake, aware, and screaming in agony, and no bones are broken. The eyes are the only thing to go, and they go fairly quickly.

Not Vecna-style.

So now, of course, I have to look back at her:

I know we've all seen this scene (and these pictures) so, so many times. Most likely from me, and most likely in another part of this analysis series. However, I want to run through this one part specifically shot by shot because it's EXTREMELY funny to me.

We've got Jumpsuit-A Guy (I'll just call him JA for short) attacking El:

So you'd assume he's both the One making El's eyes bleed that way and the One making her limbs twist/snap, right? Because he's doing what Vecna does?

(He isn't, but they want you to think he's doing what Vecna does. They're very good at hiding things about jumpsuit guys.)

But check this out.

We never see teen El with: a) twisting/snapping limbs b) the squeezing eye blood pattern c) JA Guy on screen at the same time. We see everything in tight shots. (Of course, always managing to keep that mirror in view behind One without showing us El. That's a secret tool that'll help us later.)

I've put the shot progressions in order from L -> R, top -> bottom, like lines in a book:

(Blackout to the new Terry/birth memory)

So, from this scene alone, we actually have very little evidence that JA did both things.

And you might go "Oh James, but look at the subtitles earlier!"

I have to ask: Are the breaking bones in the room with us right now?

Because all I see is El flailing, which is consistent with the next subtitle:

But...subtitling aside. I have better evidence that he didn't do both things. The Duffers thought they could pull a fast one on me, but the jokes on them—I'm an autistic freak who liked the I-Spy books way too much as a kid.

Can anyone explain this away?

And yes, the guy in the final screenshot is a bloody jumpsuit guy, even if I can't tell you with 100% certainty which jumpsuit he is. He's just moving really fast:

Anyway. That aside, have a look at the blood pattern on El.

The top gowns have blood on the left hip (twisting limbs El), the bottom gowns have blood on the right hip (squeeze eye blood El).

And I thought okay, well, let's run through some explanations:

Maybe somehow we're seeing that lower splotch by her left knee? First off, the stain's too big. Second, it's not the right shape. Third, it's hand-level. Definitely not the knee splotch.

Maybe, by some impossible 3D modeling limb fuck-up that swapped her hands, we're seeing her from behind? Well, let's see...

Nope! As far as we know, El doesn't have blood on her back, impossible limbs aside.

It seems, almost, like they shot her right side and mirrored it.

See?

So that's straight up not the same girl. Squeezed bloody eyes El and twisting limbs El are different girls.

That, my friends, means we have a brand-new version of teen El in the massacre.

That's consistent with what I talked about here, the scene at the beginning of NINA where teen El turns around twice:

Which is also the scene where we get two different doors in the Rainbow Room with teen El...And it all tracks with the doubled/mirrored rainbow room BTS.

So yes, we definitely have at least two versions of NINA running with teen El! One where her eyes bleed squeeze-style, and one where her bones break.

This means that whatever's going on in that scene with JA, he's not responsible for all of it, because the El in the "correct" gown has the eye blood, but the El in the "mirrored" gown has the twisting limbs. Two different girls, two different guys.

So, then, the next logical question to ask is: What is Jumpsuit-A Guy responsible for?

With the way JA's attack on El is filmed (the camera cuts and tight shots), it's nearly impossible to tell which things he's doing.

Disclaimer: None of the childrens' bodies are killed in a traditional Vecna manner. None of the jaws are broken. There's something else going on here, and I'm not entirely sure what it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mirrored version of TFS Henry's attack style (read: limbs first or limbs only rather than eyes only). So when I say "Vecna style", that's me referring to a limbs-first style.

Moving on...I daresay JA doesn't kill "like Vecna". Let me explain.

JA is the only guy we see actively killing in the Rainbow Room, and they're generous enough to swing/pan around to him in a continuous shot for it! No camera cuts there, no extra doubt introduced.

[TFS Brenner voice] They want to be caught so bad, I wonder why they even bother lying to me 🙄

Check it out:

Eyes go first. No twisting or broken limbs. That is JA's attack style. It's not even close to Vecna style.

If you're like me, you'll go:

"Oh, but James! Look at the body behind JA! The eyes are missing, and a couple of the other bodies look like their bones might be broken."

And you'd be right!

I'm not particularly concerned about that in relation to JA, though, since: a) We know a lot of the backdrop is divorced from the actual action (as I mentioned in here irt blood and impact crater separation), and multiple different corpse positions appear within the same jumpsuit, and there are multiple versions of corpses with non-twisted limbs:

(Top Left: JA with two different poses for the "same" corpse. Top Middle: Proving that the top-left photo is, indeed, of JA. Top Right: Two different versions of the "same" corpse with non-broken limbs. Bottom left: The corpse by the shelf goes from broken to unbroken based on relative position to the mirror. Bottom right: Much the same as Bottom Left, corpses go from broken to unbroken based on Brenner's presence.)

As far as I know...as of right now, we haven't found a solid, all-encompassing pattern in the surrounding bodies in relation to the all the jumpsuits.

b) We quite literally just witnessed the pattern of his kill style in the swing-around shot.

And, while I can't 100% confirm that either of these bodies belong to JA, since we don't have confirmation of JA with any non-twisted limb bodies...Once again, I have to ask:

Are the breaking bones in the room with us right now? Because I personally didn't see any twisted, snapped bones.

And here?

Well, well...

Yes, I'm aware those are both across camera cuts. And no, I can't 100% confirm which of the Ones killed those Twos. There may be multiple that don't kill Vecna-style!

It's entirely possible that most of them don't kill Vecna-style, and the Vecna makeup is just an overlay (maybe one that glitches or has missing uploads within NINA. Not a Duffers production error, but an HNL production error).

I will say that JA is the strongest candidate for being one of those non-Vecna-style guys, though.

"Maybe you just caught JA too early in the process for breaking bones?"

I mean, maybe, sure! I can acknowledge that possibility.

It's still not the limbs-first style, though. The order is all wrong, and it still doesn't match what we're shown in the attack on El, gown discrepancy aside. When JA's attacking El, we see the isolated limb-twisting bit before we see the eyes. Meanwhile his attack on Two starts with the eyes. Two's eyes bleed, and his limbs are still intact.

That means JA likely isn't responsible for the limb-twisting bits in the attack on El.

So, my point remains the same: There's at least one One who doesn't attack Vecna-style, and instead attacks like TFS "Henry"—Eyes bloody off the bat, bones not targeted. JA is the strongest candidate I've seen for being one of them. (Put a pin in this. I'm going to talk about it later.)

That supports the two distinct attack styles I was talking about here.

Two does have the cloudy, Vecna-ish eyes, though, and somebody's bones are snapping somewhere...So I genuinely wouldn't be shocked if this, like the gate/dematerialization shot (which I talked about in here), is a dual-outcome overlay of the two attack styles. (More on this in a bit! Hold onto this thought.)

Now, I want to go a layer deeper.

Keeping all that in mind, I want to talk about this bit the released 4.07 script:

Let me explain.

Baby El, per the script, is through the mirror, which tracks with this jumpsuit discrepancy:

JA and JC are both on teen El's side of the mirror. JE is a "through the mirror" jumpsuit, placing him with Baby El.

You know who else is actually "through the mirror", both in script and on film?

JD, who, like JE, we only see when we push through the mirror:

And he is, as predicted, associated with a baby El.

I originally thought they had cut that second "through the mirror" bit when they changed to have One break the mirror instead of just being pinned to it, and that we were just seeing baby El in teen El's place.

They didn't cut it, and we have no idea if what Baby El does is the same as whatever Teen El's doing on the other side of the mirror while we can't see her.

So, tl;dr: JE and JD are definitely different from JA and JC, not just based on jumpsuit, but also by location relative to the mirror and the associated ages of their Els.

JD and JE exist through the mirror (read: with baby El). JA and JC exist not through the mirror (read: with teen El).

Which...All of this becomes even funnier when you look at this guy, the only time we see baby El's face and a One who's still somewhat recognizable on screen together in this sequence:

And like...first off, it's straight up not the same guy. Second off, they're hiding his identity from us.

Just look.

And even at the most surface-level? Look at the hair. He's not the same guy.

Stunt double, 3D-model, either way. All of this could and arguably should be lined up properly, based on the VFX team's capabilities. Both guys are being dematerialized, but they're not the same guy. I just can't tell you with any certainty which guy he is.

However, this all means the guy we see together on screen with baby El here? He may very well be the guy watching her here:

The mirror matches, and it's totally different from JD, who gets this:

(He has the mirror going the opposite way.)

And because he's through the mirror with baby El, this mystery man could be JE, since he's not JD. Again, I just can't say for sure because all we see of JE is his chest and left side, but all we see of secret third guy is his right side, which is so far away that I don't feel comfortable making a claim re: his identity...and JE is deliberately shot mirrored so as not to reveal his right side.

They're deliberately hiding his identity re: jumpsuit pattern. If I could see his chest, or even parts of his arms, I could tell you for sure which One he is. But I can't...so. Here we are, missing variables.

Shaking the Duffers until they drop loot (J?'s jumpsuit pattern).

Anyway!

Remember when I said they were hiding baby Els from us? This is what I'm talking about. Two different guys, two different girls, and they're deliberately hiding both the face blood of one of the Els and the jumpsuit pattern of the One with her.

Now, remember that those few thoughts I asked you to put pins in? The ones about the mirror being kept in frame with JA, not being able to confirm which One killed that intact-limbs Two, and Two's possible dual-overlay/bones snapping somewhere?

Yeah. This is where all that comes in: The Speculation.

JA and JC are on teen El's side of the mirror. JD and JE...and secret third jumpsuit...are on baby El's side of the mirror.

We can confirm that JA takes the eyes first (read: he doesn't attack Two or El in the bone-breaking/Vecna style), and keeping that mirror in frame during the attack on El implies that someone on the other side of it (read: with baby El) should attack the same way. This supports the theory that we're missing a baby El with the squeezed bloody eye pattern, likely the same baby El that we see in BTS pictures.

Can I say with 100% certainty that JA doesn't break bones? No. However...For the moment, I can comfortably hypothesize (say, 65% certainty), that he's the not the one breaking bones on teen El's side of the mirror.

A logical hypothesis based on that is that Jumpsuit-C Guy (the later Brenner-faced One who's purported by the show to have become Vecna) is the one breaking bones/attacking Vecna-style on teen El's side of the mirror.

All these timelines, the different jumpsuits, seem to be happening simultaneously. It's not a massive stretch for me to hypothesize that this factor is what's contributing to the phantom bone-snapping sound and cloudy eyes we see on Two, despite Jumpsuit-A Guy not snapping his bones (much the same as the dual overlay with the gate and the dematerialization).

We're not shown any concrete evidence as to what kill style JE uses, nor do we have any hard conclusions in regard to his fate, but based on his location relative to the mirror, I'm comfortable hypothesizing that he might be this weird, mystery One with the Vecna-eyes baby El. They don't let us see which attack style JD uses or which baby El eye-blood pattern he's associated with. However, based on the conclusion that he's likely not the guy associated with Vecna-eyes baby El...for the moment, I feel comfortable hypothesizing that he does not attack in the bone-breaking/Vecna-style way, and instead attacks squeeze-style and is associated with the BTS-only Baby El.

This is further supported by the fact that a) JD and Hallway Guy seem to be the same person, and Hallway Guy quick-kills the same way El does:

It would stand to reason, then, that his slow kills would be similar to hers.

b) JD goes on to become Mindflayer Guy, not Vecna

(Left: JC, who's smash-cut to Vecna. Right: JD, who's shown shaping the MF)

So, to kind of sum all that up:

JA: Definitely on teen El's side of the mirror, associated with right-hip blood and squeezed bloody eyes teen El. He's probably one of the guys who has an attack style that doesn't break bones first/the squeeze-style attack. We don't know where he ends up, but he may be linked to the Mindflayer.

JC: Definitely on teen El's side of the mirror, possible associated with left-hip blood and twisting limbs Teen El. He may be one of the guys who breaks bones first. He supposedly becomes BrenVecna.

JD: Definitely on Baby El's side of the mirror, never seen on Teen El's side. Associated with mystery blood Baby El. No confirmed attack style, but based on the secretive behavior irt: Baby El's eye blood, he may be one of the guys with an attack style that doesn't break bones/the squeeze-style attack. He's Mindflayer guy.

JE: Baby El's side of the mirror, never seen on Teen El's side. No confirmed attack style or associations. May be associated with Vecna-eyes Baby El, given the secrecy around the mystery man's jumpsuit pattern, which means he may be a bone-breaking guy. We don't know where he ends up, but he may linked to Vecna.

If you made it this far you're automatically stronger than the US Marines. Gold star for all of you.

[homenecromancer]

Here's a random assortment of Maximum Ride stuff, mostly images.

Maximum Read poster. This image is very small, sorry. This was part of an American Library Association campaign, probably around 2008 - 2010ish -- these posters were put up in libraries to encourage young people to read. (Description: large text reading Maximum Read at the top. The image shows Max and Angel lying in a field of green grass, with a picnic basket and several books scattered around them. Angel, who is a blonde little girl with white wings, wearing a pink dress and brown jacket, has fallen asleep. Max, a blonde teenager wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans, is holding an open book against her chest and looking directly at the viewer.)

There were also bookmarks! (They have a cropped version of the poster image -- the Maximum Read text and Max looking at the viewer / Angel's sleeping face.) This site is the official store of the Ontario Library Association. The listing is live, but I think the OLA mainly deals with libraries and the people who work in them -- if you want to reach out and order 100 bookmarks for 9 dollars CAD, be my guest. But I don't need 100 bookmarks...

The kids who could fly advertising decal. This was a large decal showing an aerial view of a city. Produced just before Max came out by a New Zealand ad company. I've only seen the version of the Max cover that they use here on copies from the UK, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was used other places as well.

BookExpo 2006:

I was too lazy to rip these images off of Flickr, so you'll have to click through. But on May 21, 2006, this Flickr user attended BookExpo 2006, where James Patterson was signing copies of The Angel Experiment. (He didn't have his own table -- he signed at the table belonging to the First Book organization. This is a non-profit that provides books to children; they still exist, and you can read more about them on their website.)

Banners -- and a closer shot. Text (all in all-caps on the actual banner):

The hottest name in kid's fiction. James Patterson. [at left] #1 for 12 weeks New York Times. 500,000 kids demanded it! Max is back! [There is a small image of the School's Out - Forever cover in the center. The background is an image of a pair of white wings.]

Other photos show the JP banner in context -- it was very visible to people as they entered the convention. Here you can see it above a line of people waiting to enter. This photo, I think, shows the reverse side of the banner -- if I am right, the same image was printed on both sides, and it would've been visible as one exited the exhibit hall (as well as when one entered).

There was a long line for the signing. These images are probably not in order, but I tried to sort them. First image. Second image. Third image. All these photos depict a long line of many people, which passes by many booths in a convention hall.

And here is the signing table itself. This image shows the First Book booth, James Patterson seated behind the table with stacks of paperback copies of The Angel Experiment, and a fan talking to him.

Finally, this photo was taken from behind the signing table. Patterson is in the middle of signing a book for a fan, who is using her digital camera to take a picture of him.

Not relevant to anyone but me, really, but my copy of The Angel Experiment is the same vintage as those that Patterson signed that day. Strange to see those books looking brand-new; mine has badly yellowed pages and has been very well-loved over the years.

[futurequibblerjournalist]

Would you mind giving my girl Charity some love? She's my fav Snapegang member and ur version is so special to me

Yes yes yesss I love my girl Charity so much I would love to talk about her!!!

Charity Grace Burbage was born on October 10, 1959, in her family home in Hodnet, Shropshire, England to Herbert and Dorothea Burbage (née Kelpis). She has one brother, Chance, who is I wanna say four or so years older than her??

Her father is a pureblood and her mother is a half-blood. I know many people headcanon her to be a muggleborn but her wiki says that while her blood status was unknown she was most likely a half-blood or a pureblood. Herbert was a Gryffindor like many of his siblings, though a handful of his siblings were also in Hufflepuff like Dorothea and her younger sister. I’m thinking Chance was a Gryffindor but I’m not 100% sure

Charity grew up with a father that valued academics and a mother who thought her best asset was her beauty. This has caused Charity to be partially conflicted when it comes to her intellect and you’ll be quite likely to catch her twirling her hair around her finger and pretending not to know the answer to something if it can get her something she wants

There are very few characters I think are truly popular at Hogwarts while also being actually cool and not just a nerd in disguise (as an example Sirius is a popular, cool person while James is a popular person who’s actually a nerd in disguise)

She’s always been very open and she’s adopted most of her friends tbh. Most people end up with a soft spot for her, often because she portrays herself as ditzy and a little useless?

She spent years trying to become friends with Aurora and when they finally managed to get a solid friendship going she was over the moon. She definitely got them friendship bracelets or friendship keychains or something except it’s not just made of braided yarn and cheap beads she got something hella expensive with fancy stones shimmering in there.

Charity is a yapper at her core. She can literally talk forever. Also, she talks "like totally like this, you know?" In the nicest way possible the girl loves the sound of her own voice. She loves herself. Not in like an egotistical way but she just genuinely loves herself and who she is as a person. She's naturally optimistic and it’s rare to see her without a smile

Speaking of things it’s hard to see her without,,,, pink. That girl is pink if pink was a person. With accents of soft yellow and baby blue. Honestly pan Charity is growing on me more and more. The girl literally dresses like the flag!!!

I cannot express how much she’s glitz and glamour. Her mother would have put her (and her brother) in pageants as children had they been American. And Charity would have loved it (honestly Chance might have too)

She’s got huge, blonde corkscrew curls, large blue eyes with long lashes and a mole on her left upper lip. Her nails are always done. She’s somehow always got glitter somewhere.

She writes a diary and she sprays the paper with sweet perfume before jotting down all her thoughts with a pen that’s got a fluffy end. She dots her ‘i’s with little hearts. She lays on her stomach as she writes and kicks her feet behind her as she writes

I think she gets along really well with Mary!!! She’s one of those girls with a lot of friends across houses and I could totally see her and Mary bonding over fashion, boy stuff, grades being annoying etc

If her jewellery isn't brand new it's something that's been in her family for ages, there's no in-between. She's got a lot of her grandmother's jewellery sets with matching earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

She wears cute matching underwear with fluffy lace on it and she walks around like that in the morning just to rile up Igor. She eats aesthetic breakfast with a cohesive colour scheme, frozen raspberries, chia seeds and almonds and modern au Charity is 100% an influencer

She names her animals after sweet treats/food such as Pudding the cat and Hollandaise (also known as Holly) the owl

Her room/flat is always a bit of a mess, not on purpose (she swears she’s a very clean person), but because she’ll put something down and forget about it before suddenly realising, moving it around and placing something new out of place lol

I've always found it interesting how Burbage is a, and this is a quote provided by the lovely Googlé, "habitational name from any of the places in Wiltshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire". It is never stated in canon where Charity is supposed to be from but she meets her end in Malfoy Manor which is canonically located in Wiltshire. Pulling from name meanings Charity also means dear; beloved; giving; kindness all things that I think shows a lot about who she is as a character (also I think people called seabunny Charity and her case, aka Charity Case lmao)

Also now that we're on the topic of seabunny vjfnjnnbg in aus Igor and Charity have a daughter called Evelina and she's very cute. I think Charity would love being a mother, she already values family a lot, but she would have to get Igor to shape up significantly because as he is rn he is not fit to be a father. I think no matter what she does there will always be a bit of the whole him valuing Viktor over Evelina. This is becoming more Igor stuff but he'd have an odd relationship with his daughter and Charity would very desperately try to fix it. I feel like he's the kind of guy who'd have both Charity and Evelina's names tattoed on him in fancy cursive but still be like "I'm gonna be home late today cause I'm taking Viktor to [insert sport]'s practice" yk??

[simply-ivanka]

To Understand Trump’s Staying Power With the White Working Class, Look at Michigan Supporters remain loyal to former president’s policies, personality

Tuesday February 27, 2024 Wall Street Journal

By Jimmy VielkindFollow and Ariel Zambelich

DEARBORN, Mich.—At its peak, more than 100,000 people streamed in and out of the massive 

Ford Motor factory here along the Rouge River. In addition to cars and trucks, the behemoth plant helped mint the American middle class.

The thousands of people who still work here and at other factories across Michigan and other Midwest states helped forge those states’ politics. These blue-collar voters were for many years reliable Democrats, but in 2016 a big group of them, mostly white, helped Donald Trump capture the presidency—including an unexpected win in Michigan.

His supporters said they remain loyal to him thanks to a mix of economic policy proposals and a unique personality that they haven’t seen from many other Republicans, according to recent interviews conducted by The Wall Street Journal for its “Chasing the Base” podcast series.

His policies? They shined. They shined…I made more money than I ever had. My money went  further.— James Benson

I just love Trump’s enthusiasm and positivity, he’s positive, he’s  enthusiastic…But I like to see an American leader that says we can be great again, we can be number one.— Joe Pizzimenti

The United Auto Workers endorsed President Biden in January, but union officials acknowledge that a sizable portion of their members back Trump. More than 100,000 people in the Detroit metro area work in auto manufacturing alone. It is still home to the headquarters of marquee American auto brands such as Ford, Chrysler and General Motors.

Trump lost Michigan to Biden in 2020. Democrats made up the difference in white-collar suburbs, including Oakland County northwest of Detroit. They made some inroads in blue-collar areas like Macomb County, northeast of Detroit, but Trump still carried the day.

So did former Rep. Andy Levin, a Democrat who won the portion of his district in that county by 36,000 votes. He said Democrats need to be bolder to blunt the GOP. (Levin lost his seat in 2022 due to an intraparty fight following redistricting.)

Republicans were able to peel off people over culture war issues like abortion and guns and LGBTQ rights… They wouldn’t have succeeded if Democrats had—if the average workingclass person could say, well obviously I know what side my bread is buttered on.— Former Rep. Andy Levin

There are other dynamics that will be important in the general election. Biden has dispatched foreign-policy and political advisers to meet with Muslim and Arab-American leaders upset with the administration’s handling of the war in Gaza. The mayor of Dearborn, home to a major Arab-American population, has said the Biden administration “failed to act to protect the lives of innocent men, women and children.”

John Sellek, a Republican political consultant, said a loss of support from Arab-American and younger voters over the Middle East conflict was as important for Trump as his continued hold on the white working-class.

Macomb County is a bastion of the latter group. It is home to strip malls, sports bars and massive auto plants that cropped up as people moved from Detroit to the suburbs in the latter part of the 20th century.

Trump brought many new voices into the Republican Party here, and that has caused a fight about who controls it at the state level. Stacy Van Oast, 59 years old, said at a monthly coffee hour held at the Macomb County GOP office that one result has been dysfunction.

Peter Kiszczyc emigrated from Poland in 1984 and worked for decades at area factories. He said it was great that the former president has broadened the party’s appeal.

He’s changing the party…He’s appealing to many blue-collar workers especially, not only [in] Macomb county, but Michigan So I am Christian, [a] patriot, and I support Donald  Trump 100%.— Peter Kiszczyc

[bomber-grl]

I’ll write for… A-Z✶⋆.˚꩜ .ᐟ˙⋆✶

Key ~ .𖥔 ݁ ˖

Platonic - 💫

Romantic - 💗

Familial - 🏡

These are just the ones off the top of my head, if you’re wondering if I write for a fandom not here then I’d be happy to answer! (Also I’ll add here if I do, I just consume too much media and forget)

~ 𖦹₊⊹ Any gendered reader can be requested unless the character has a strict sexuality (ex: Gay, Lesbian)

— Games ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

Fictif

- For the Love of Gods

Astrellio ~ 💫💗🏡

Vidas ~ 💫💗🏡

- Into the Mist

Fin Derodine ~ 💫💗🏡

- Isle of Enchantment

Rogue Blackwood ~ 💫💗🏡

Serena James ~ 💫💗🏡

- Last Legacy

Felix Escellun ~ 💫💗🏡

Sage Lesath ~ 💫💗🏡

Anisa Anka ~ 💫💗🏡

Rime Solano ~ 💫💗🏡

- Monster Manor

Casimir de Gévaudan ~ 💫💗

Rainier ~ 💫💗🏡

Mouthwashing

Daisuke ~ 💫💗🏡

Obey Me!

Lucifer ~ 💫💗🏡

Mammon ~ 💫💗🏡

Leviathan ~ 💫💗🏡

Satan ~ 💫💗🏡

Asmodeus ~ 💫💗🏡

Beezlebub ~ 💫🏡

Belphegor ~ 💫💗🏡

Solomon ~ 💫💗🏡

Simeon ~ 💫💗🏡

Diavolo ~ 💫💗🏡

Barbatos ~ 💫💗🏡

Luke ~ 💫🏡

Our Life: Beginnings & Always

Cove Holden ~ 💫💗🏡

Derek Suárez ~ 💫💗🏡

Our Life: Now & Forever

Qiu Lin ~ 💫💗🏡

Tamarack Baumann ~ 💫💗🏡

SallyFace

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Larry Johnson ~ 💫💗🏡

Ashley Campbell ~ 💫💗🏡

Todd Morrison ~ 💫🏡

Travis Phelps ~ 💫💗🏡

The Arcana

Asra Alnazar ~ 💫💗🏡

Julian Devorak ~ 💫💗🏡

Portia Devorak ~ 💫💗🏡

Muriel ~ 💫💗🏡

Nadia Satrinava ~ 💫💗🏡

Lucio ~ 💫💗🏡

— Animated Shows/Movies ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

Adventure Time

Finn the Human Adventure ~ 💫💗🏡

Jake the Dog ~ 💫🏡

Princess Bubblegum ~ 💫💗🏡

Prismo the Wish Master ~ 💫💗🏡

Fern ~ 💫💗🏡

Arcane

Ekko ~ 💫💗🏡

Vi ~ 💫🏡

Jinx ~ 💫💗🏡

Viktor ~ 💫💗🏡

Mel ~ 💫💗🏡

Lest ~ 💫💗🏡

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Zuko ~ 💫💗🏡

Azula ~ 💫💗🏡

Sokka ~ 💫💗🏡

Katara ~ 💫💗🏡

Aang ~ 💫🏡

Toph ~ 💫🏡

Jet ~ 💫💗🏡

Bee and puppycat

Bee ~ 💫🏡

Howell Wizard ~ 💫💗🏡

Crispin Wizard ~ 💫💗🏡

Wesley Wizard ~ 💫💗🏡

Cardamon ~ 💫🏡

Big hero 6

Hiro Hamada ~ 💫💗🏡

Cass ~ 💫🏡

Fiona and Cake

Fiona Campbell ~ 💫💗🏡

Marshal Lee ~ 💫💗🏡

Gary ~ 💫💗🏡

Simon Petrikov ~ 💫💗🏡

Gravity Falls

Dipper Pines ~ 💫💗🏡

Mabel Pines ~ 💫🏡

Stanley Pines ~ 💫🏡

Stanford Pines ~ 💫💗🏡

Harry Potter Universe

Harry Potter ~ 💫💗🏡

Hermione Granger ~ 💫💗🏡

Ron Weasley ~ 💫🏡

Fred Weasley ~ 💫🏡

George Weasley ~ 💫🏡

Luna Lovegood ~ 💫💗🏡

Draco Malfoy ~ 💫💗🏡

Newt Scamander ~ 💫💗🏡

Star vs the Forces of Evil

Star Butterfly ~ 💫🏡

Marco Diaz ~ 💫💗🏡

Tom Lucitor ~ 💫💗🏡

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Miles Morales (Earth - 42/1610) ~ 💫💗🏡

Gwen Stacy ~ 💫💗🏡

Hobie Brown ~ 💫💗🏡

Pavitr Prabhakar ~ 💫💗🏡

Tales of Arcadia

Douxie ~ 💫💗🏡

Eli Pepperjack ~ 💫💗🏡

Krel ~ 💫💗🏡

The Dragon Prince

Callum ~ 💫💗🏡

Aaravos ~ 💫💗🏡

Rayla ~ 💫💗🏡

— Anime ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

Assassination Classroom

Nagisa Shiota ~ 💫💗🏡

Karma Akabane ~ 💫💗🏡

Gakushu Asano ~ 💫💗🏡

Ryunoske Chiba ~ 💫💗🏡

Tomohito Sugino ~ 💫💗🏡

Yuma Isogai ~ 💫💗🏡

Black Butler

Ciel Phantomhive ~ 💫🏡

Grell Sutcliff ~ 💫💗🏡

Alois Trancy ~ 💫🏡

Finnian ~ 💫💗🏡

Blue Exorcist

Rin Okumura ~ 💫💗🏡

BNA: Brand New Animal

Shirou Ogami ~ 💫💗🏡

Michiru Kagemori ~ 💫🏡

Carole and Tuesday

Rody ~ 💫💗

Death Note

L ~ 💫💗🏡

Misa Amane ~ 💫💗🏡

Touta Matsuda ~ 💫💗🏡

Demon Slayer

Tanjiro Kamado ~ 💫💗🏡

Zenistu Agatsuma ~ 💫💗🏡

Inosuke Hashibira ~ 💫💗🏡

Mitsuri Kanroji ~ 💫💗🏡

Kyojuro Rengoku ~ 💫💗🏡

Muichiro Tokito ~ 💫💗🏡

Genya Shinazugawa ~ 💫💗🏡

Dungeon Meshi

Laois Toudan ~ 💫💗🏡

Haikyuu!!

Shoyo Hinata ~ 💫💗🏡

Tobio Kageyama ~ 💫💗🏡

kenma Kozume ~ 💫💗🏡

Tadashi Yamaguchi ~ 💫💗🏡

Yu Nishinoya ~ 💫💗🏡

Jujustu Kaisen

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Megumi Fushiguro ~ 💫💗🏡

Nobara Kugisaki ~ 💫💗🏡

Inumaki ~ 💫💗🏡

Junpei ~ 💫💗🏡

Mob Psycho 100

Shigeo Kageyama (aka mob) ~ 💫💗🏡

Ritsu Kageyama ~ 💫💗🏡

Reigen Arataka ~ 💫💗🏡

Teruki Hanazawa ~ 💫💗🏡

Tome Kurata ~ 💫💗🏡

Tsubomi Takane ~ 💫💗🏡

My Hero Academia

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Shoto Todoroki ~ 💫💗🏡

Katsuki Bakugo ~ 💫🏡

Ochako Uraraka ~ 💫💗🏡

Hitoshi Shinso ~ 💫💗🏡

Neito Monoma ~ 💫💗🏡

Tamaki Amajiki ~ 💫💗🏡

Fumikage Tokoyami ~ 💫💗🏡

Denki Kaminari ~ 💫💗🏡

Momo Yaoyorozu ~ 💫💗🏡

Yuga Aoyama ~ 💫💗🏡

Eijiro Kirishima ~ 💫💗🏡

Tenya Iida ~ 💫💗🏡

Santa Sero ~ 💫💗🏡

Mezo Shoji ~ 💫💗🏡

All Might ~ 💫🏡

Present Mic ~ 💫🏡

Shota Aizawa ~ 💫🏡

Midnight ~ 💫🏡

My Love Story !!

Makoto Sunakawa ~ 💫💗🏡

Rinko Yamato ~ 💫💗🏡

Takeo Gouda ~ 💫💗🏡

Naruto

Naruto Uzumaki ~ 💫💗🏡

Sasuke Uchiha ~ 💫💗🏡

Sakura Haruno ~ 💫💗🏡

Rock Lee ~ 💫💗🏡

Shino Aburame ~ 💫💗🏡

Gaara ~ 💫💗🏡

Sai Yamanaka ~ 💫💗🏡

Ouran Highschool Host Club

Haruhi Fujioka ~ 💫💗🏡

Tamaki Suoh ~ 💫💗🏡

Takashi Morinozuka (aka Mori) ~ 💫💗🏡

Kyoya Ootori ~ 💫💗🏡

Kaoru Hitachiin ~ 💫💗🏡

Honey Senpai ~ 💫💗🏡

Ritsu Kasanoda ~ 💫💗🏡

Umehito Nekozawa ~ 💫💗🏡

Sk8 the Infinity

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Spy x Family

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Loid Forger ~ 💫💗🏡

Anya Forger ~ 💫🏡

Yuri Briar ~ 💫💗🏡

Frankie Franklin ~ 💫💗🏡

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Kusuo Saiki ~ 💫💗🏡

Shun Kaido ~ 💫💗🏡

Riki Nendou ~ 💫🏡

Kokomi Teruhashi ~ 💫💗🏡

Kusuke Saiki ~ 💫💗🏡

Tiger and Bunny

Ivan Karelin ~ 💫💗🏡

Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun

Hanako ~ 💫🏡

Nene Yashiro ~ 💫🏡

Kou Minamoto ~ 💫🏡

Mitsuba ~ 💫🏡

Welcome to Demon School!! Iruma Kun

Iruma Suzuki ~ 💫💗🏡

Asmodeus Alice ~ 💫💗🏡

Clara Valac ~ 💫💗🏡

Sullivan ~ 💫🏡

Balam Shichirou ~ 💫🏡

Opera ~ 💫💗🏡

Kalego Naberius ~ 💫💗🏡

Shax Lied ~ 💫💗🏡

Ameri Azazel ~ 💫💗🏡

Yuri On Ice

Yuri Plisetsky (aka Yurio) ~ 💫💗🏡

— Tv Shows/k-Dramas/Movies ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

All of Us are Dead

Han Gyeong-su ~ 💫💗🏡

Lee Cheong-san ~ 💫💗🏡

Lee Su-hyeok/ Bare-su ~ 💫💗🏡

Maze runner

Minho ~ 💫💗🏡

Newt ~ 💫💗🏡

The Umbrella Academy

Luther Hargreeves ~ 💫🏡

Diego Hargreeves ~ 💫🏡

Ben Hargreeves ~ 💫💗🏡

Five Hargreeves ~ 💫💗🏡

Viktor Hargreeves ~ 💫🏡

Allison Hargreeves ~ 💫🏡

Klaus Hargreeves ~ 💫🏡

— webcomic/comics ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

DC

Damian Wayne ~ 💫💗🏡

Bruce Wayne ~ 💫🏡

Jason Todd ~ 💫💗🏡

Tim Drake ~ 💫💗🏡

Dick Grayson ~ 💫💗🏡

Jon Kent ~ 💫💗🏡

Connor Kent ~ 💫💗🏡

Rebirth

Neo Collins ~ 💫🏡

Noah Collins ~ 💫💗🏡

Return of the Blossoming Blade

Cheongmyeong ~ 💫💗🏡

Unordinary

John ~ 💫💗🏡

Seraphina ~ 💫💗🏡

Isen ~ 💫💗🏡

Blyke ~ 💫💗🏡

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Nico Di Angelo ~ 💫💗🏡

Jason Grace ~ 💫💗🏡

Piper McLean ~ 💫💗🏡

Hazel Levesque ~ 💫💗🏡

Annabeth Chase ~ 💫💗🏡

Clarisse La Rue ~ 💫🏡

Will Solace ~ 💫💗🏡

Octavian ~ 💫💗🏡

[scotianostra]

Brigadier General Hugh Mercer died on January 12th 1777 after being wounded at the Battle of Princeton.

Historians argue that, had it not been for his untimely and grisly death at the Battle of Princeton in 1777, Hugh Mercer, born in Aberdeenshire, would have been a greater leader than Washington and would rank as one of the greatest American heroes of all time.

Born on January 17h, 1726, at the manse of Pitsligo Kirk in Roseharty, Scotland, Hugh Mercer was the son of Reverend William Mercer and his wife Ann. At the age of 15, he left home to attend Marischal College at the University of Aberdeen to study medicine. Graduating as a doctor, he practiced locally until the arrival of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.

Rallying to the Prince’s colours, Mercer became an assistant surgeon in the Jacobite Army. He remained in this service until the Battle of Culloden. Mercer was forced to flee Scotland for America in 1747. Arriving in Philadelphia, he settled on the Pennsylvania frontier and returned to practising medicine. by 1758 he was, like many Scots who fled, serving in the British army, battling Shawnee and Delaware Indians, Mercer and his men took part in Lt. Colonel John Armstrong’s raid on Kittanning on September 8th, 1756. and became separated from his men. Alone following the battle, he made his way 100 miles on foot back to Fort Shirley where he received medical attention and was heralded a hero and promoted to the rank of Captain, it was here that Mercer was to become good friends with a man that would shape the remaining years of his life, also a Colonel at the time, his name was George Washington.

Before you start questioning his loyalty with being in the British army remember Washington was also in their pay at this time. After the 7 year war he settled back into private practice but 15 years later was elected as a Colonel of the Minute Men of Spotsylvania a Militia that would play an important part in the American Revolution, he had initially excluded from the elected leadership and branded a “northern Briton,” later being appointed Colonel in the Virginia Line part of the Continental Army which rose in revolt against British rule after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, once again he was fighting against “the auld enemy”.

One of the officers under Mercer was future president James Monroe. He rode through the ranks to Brigadier General distinguishing himself and involving himself with George Washington battle plans until January 3rd while on their way to The Battle of Princeton leading a vanguard of 350 soldiers, Mercer’s brigade encountered two British regiments and a mounted unit. A fight broke out at an orchard grove and Mercer’s horse was shot from under him. Getting to his feet, he was quickly surrounded by British troops who mistook him for George Washington and ordered him to surrender. Outnumbered, he drew his saber and began an unequal contest. He was finally beaten to the ground, then bayoneted repeatedly—seven times—and left for dead.

When Washington learned of the British attack and saw some of Mercer’s men in retreat, he himself entered the fray. Washington rallied Mercer’s men and pushed back the British regiments, but Mercer had been left on the field to die with multiple wounds to his body and blows to his head. (Legend has it that a beaten Mercer, with a bayonet still impaled in him, did not want to leave his men and the battle and was given a place to rest on a white oak tree’s trunk, while those who remained with him stood their ground. The tree became known as “the Mercer Oak” and is the key element of the seal of Mercer County, New Jersey.

When he was discovered, Mercer was carried to the field hospital in the Thomas Clarke House (now a museum) at the eastern end of the battlefield. In spite of medical efforts by Benjamin Rush, Mercer was mortally wounded and died nine days later on January 12, 1777.

In 1840 he was re-buried at Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery. Because of Mercer’s courage and sacrifice, Washington was able to proceed into Princeton and defeat the British forces there. He then moved and quartered his forces to Morristown in victory.

The second picture show a painting entitled George Washington at Battle of Princeton features in the foreground Hugh Mercer lying mortally wounded in the background, supported by Dr. Benjamin Rush and Major George Lewis holding the American flag. This portrait is the prize possession of Princeton University.