#Kathy Ling

[practically-an-x-man]

sometimes I feel like comic writers are in a constant contest to see how many characters they can name by some variant of Katherine and get away with it

[nycreligion]

A Reflection on Tim Keller of NYC who Moved to Heaven 1-year ago

Tim Keller. Photo: Tony Carnes/A Journey through NYC religions Timothy James Keller went to Heaven in the morning of May 19th, 2023. The New York City pastor was one of the world’s most insightful presenters of the good news of God’s forgiveness, acceptance, and charge to change the world for the better. He was born on September 23, 1950, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and founded Redeemer…

[net-prophet]

found out there was a run where a modern john tensen appears and he fights america chavez at one point but all the tnu based characters are just. idek. literally the most bastardized smoothie of the tnu comics ive ever seen

[wasted-women]

ROUND 1 BRACKET LISTINGS

Welcome to Round 1 of the Wasted Woman Poll, the tournament to see which fridged woman deserved better!

Thank you everyone for your patience for Round 1 to begin. Now that the semester is over, I finished the list of match-ups for the Round 1 bracket.

There were 89 contestants for this tournament. Anyone familiar with tournaments knows that it doing a 89-contestant, single-elimination tournament would be annoying. Rather than cutting out 25 contestants to make it a 64-contestant tournament, I opted to use the format of a 64-contestant tournament, just with some of the poll in Round 1 (a majority of them, actually) being three-way polls with a single winner rather than solely two-way polls. So out of the 89 contestants going into Round 1, only 32 will go on to Round 2. Many of the listings in Round 1 will be characters from the same series going against each other, so that the future rounds will be more varied.

The tournament will be split into 4 sets of 8 polls each, with every poll running for a whole link. Below the cut will be the list of match-ups for each set and when the polls will premiere.

If there are any mistakes at all (spelling, if a character appears twice, if the media someone is listed under is incorrect, etc.) please let me know! I did double-check it, but I'm only human so errors do happen.

ROUND 1A (Will be queued to be posted on Tuesday, December 26th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Jiang Yanli (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling) vs. Wen Qing (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling) vs. Qin Su (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling)

Trisha Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Misaki Unasaka (Buddy Daddies) vs. Madam Lan (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling)

Kaede Akamatsu (Danganronpa v3) vs. Kuina Shimotsuki (One Piece) vs. Akane Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph)

Maiya Hisau (Fate/Zero) vs. Four Masamune (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) vs. Safu (No. 6)

Sherry Polnareff (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders) vs. Nobara Kugisaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Maria Robotnik (Sonic) vs. Captain Molly (Sonic X)

Serena, Rin, and Ruri Kurosaki (Yu-Gi-Oh!! Arc V) vs. Cyndia Crawford (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) vs. Amber (Pokemon)

Rachel Bronev (Professor Layton) vs. Anna Irving (Tales of Symphonia) vs. Grandma Rosiepuff (Trolls)

ROUND 1B (Will be queued to be posted on Thursday, December 28th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Storm (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans) vs. Bumble (Warriors: Dawn of the Cats) vs. Bright Stream (Warriors: Dawn of the Cats)

Spottedleaf (Warriors: The Prophecies Begins) vs. Brindleface (Warriors: The Prophecies Begins)

Sky Young (Arcane: League of Legends) vs. Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY) vs. Allura (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Lisa Tepes (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) vs. Sara Trantoul (Castlevania: Lament of Innocence) vs. Julia Belmont (Castlevania: Nocturne)

Beru Lars (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) vs. Padme Amidala (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) vs. Satine Kryze (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) vs. Tasha Yar (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Bill Potts (Doctor Who) vs. Freya (BBC Merlin) vs. Mary Watson (BBC Sherlock)

Jessica Moore (Supernatural) vs. Mary Winchester (Supernatural) vs. Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)

ROUND 1C (Will be queued to be posted on Saturday, December 30th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Allison Argent (Teen Wolf) vs. Jenny Calendar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Amber Volakis (House M.D.)

Lady Marian (Robin Hood 2006) vs. Irene Adler (Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows) vs. Belle Gold (Once Upon a Time)

Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Mako Mori (Pacific Rim) vs. Daenerys Targareon (Game of Thrones)

Cordelia Chase (Angel) vs. Darla (Angel) vs. Winifried "Fred" Burkle (Angel)

Julia Johnson (Walker) vs. Andrea Cantillo (Breaking Bad) vs. Lyanna Stark (Game of Thrones)

Kathy Stabler (Law and Order) vs. Joss Carter (Person of Interest) vs. Shannon Diaz (9-1-1)

Eo (Red Rising) vs. Evi Kholin (The Stormlight Archive) vs. Teresa Moreno (Sharpe)

Julia McCullough & Sarah Borden (The Prestige) vs. Rachel Dawes (The Dark Knight)

ROUND 1D (Will be queued to be posted on Monday, January 1st between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Laurel Lance (Arrow) vs. Vanessa Carlysle (Deadpool 2) vs. Eudora Patch (The Umbrella Academy)

Gamora (Avengers: Infinity War) vs. Natalia Romanoff / Black Widow (Avengers: Endgame) vs. Jane Foster (Thor: Love and Thunder)

Magda (X-Men: Apocalypse) vs. Frigga (Thor) vs. May Parker (Spider-Man: No Way Home)

Jean Grey (X-Men comics) vs. Jean Grey (X-Men: The Last Stand)

Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man comics) vs. Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

Karen Page (Daredevil comics) vs. Holly Granger / Hawk (Teen Titans comics) vs. Mary-Jo Altman (Young Avengers comics)

Martha Wayne (Batman comics) vs. Sarah Essen Gordon (Batman comics) vs. Stephanie Brown (Batman comics)

Alexandra DeWitt (Green Lantern comics) vs. Sue Dibny (Justice League: Identity Crisis) vs. Lois Lane (Injustice: Gods Among Us)

[wahwealth]

🎬Women In The Night (1948) | Sci-Fi War Drama | Full Movie English

Women in the Night is a 1948 US film directed by William Rowland.  The movie is also known as When Men Are Beasts.  The movie s about a group of women being held by Nazis in Shanghai.   They have developed a super weapon, a cosmic ray that is more devastating than the atomic bomb. Cast Tala Birell as Yvette Aubert William Henry as Philip Adams / Maj. von Arnheim Richard Loo as Col. Noyama Virginia Christine as Claire Adams Bernadene Hayes as Frau Thaler Gordon Richards as Col. von Meyer Frances Chung as Li Ling Jean Brooks as Maya Kathy Frye as Helen James Helen Mowery as Sheila Hallett Benson Fong as Chang Helen Brown as Angela James Frederick Giermann as Major Eisel Philip Ahn as Prof. Kunioshi Arno Frey as Field Marshal von Runzel Beal Wong as General Mitikoya Iris Flores as Maria Gonzales Frederic Brunn as Lt. Kraus Harry Hays Morgan as General Hundman Paula Allen as Nurse Joy Gwynell as Suicide Girl William Yetter Sr. as German Officer Noel Cravat as Japanese Officer Wolfgang Zilzer as German Doctor Home media Never miss a video. Join the channel so that Mr. P can notify you when new videos are uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/@nrpsmovieclassics

[radioeuroextasis]

Closer - Allen Ling

Después de un año de debut lleno de acontecimientos, el artista estadounidense-chino Allen Ling anuncia el lanzamiento de su primer disco de 2024, Closer, además de su primera gira por el sur de Asia y Oriente Medio. Mejor descrita como una "balada de amor para todos los tiempos", la última canción del cantante, compositor y empresario con sede en California, tiene el toque de un clásico. Con un cuarteto de cuerdas, bailarinas, la inocencia del amor en ciernes y una melodía perfecta para cantar, Closer sigue el resplandor de la temporada del amor, con un video cinematográfico igualmente soñador. Habiendo lanzado su carrera musical formal solo en 2023, el artista estadounidense-chino ha ascendido rápidamente en las listas musicales con su galardonada 'Heartbreak Trilogy'. Su sencillo anterior, "Remember", obtuvo el puesto #1 en varias listas codiciadas de Global Radio. Allen revisita su colaboración con el animador y amigo Dave Lopez, del grupo estadounidense de Rap Rock Alternativo - Flipsyde. La canción también muestra la destreza de producción de Brain Bryan Mantia y Melissa Reese de Guns N Roses, junto con la magia de ingeniería de Chris Dugan en Green Day Studios, promete una obra maestra sonora. Allen es un fisioterapeuta con licencia en el estado de California y Hawái y ha sido propietario y operador de su propia práctica privada durante décadas. También compone, escribe y graba música con músicos de clase mundial. También ha ganado docenas de premios a nivel internacional como productor de videos musicales. Nuevo en la industria de la interpretación musical (gracias al estímulo de su colaborador el guitarrista Dave Lopez), se esfuerza por elevar la música en vivo a través de baladas y música pop. Admite que todavía es inmaduro en muchos aspectos, por lo que también se dedica a la creación y publicación de cómics y libros infantiles. Ha tenido un stand en la Comic Con de San Diego desde 2018, y tiene artistas, escritores y celebridades firmando autógrafos allí para los fanáticos. Allen divide su tiempo entre Berkeley, CA, Kauai, HI y Talmage CA, donde vive cerca de sus seres queridos y realiza su trabajo de curación como fisioterapeuta. CRÉDITOS: Productores: Dave Lopez, Bryan "Brain" Mantia y Melissa Reese Diseñado y mezclado por Reto Peter, Chris Dugan y Carem Constanzo Arreglos vocales y de cuarteto de cuerdas de Melissa Reese Voz principal y coros- Allen Ling Teclados-Meliisa Reese Guitarras: Dave Lopez y Mark Haggard Batería-Bryan "Brain" Mantia Bajo-Tony Chaba Cuarteto de cuerdas: Eugenia Wie, Adam Freidberg, Kathy Marshall Biggs, Emily Onderdonk y Vanessa Ruotolo Read the full article

[jamieroxxartist]

So you guys may (or may not) remember Kathy the stray cat in heat from earlier this year. I called her Kathy after the ghost in Wuthering Height by Emily Brontë, because she kept coming to our windows crying to come inside. She tested all of our nerves. Anyhow she won the lottery. Our neighbors, the Hamptons (not their real name we just call them that because they have a place up in the Hamptons were they are at when they are not down here. Real nice people. Anyhow they took in Kathy, renamed her to Geanie, got her fixed and cleaned up and now she lays around like the queen of Sheeba enjoying the finer things in life. She comes over all the time to visit Mei Ling, Geanie wants to be friends with her and Mei will put up with social visits for a bit and then will chase her off. It's one of those types of friendships.

Another of our backyard residents is Speedy. He's a 3 foot long Black Racer Snake. He's lived in or backyard as long we've had the house. He's nice enough, he does his thing, we do ours and for an ill-tempered breed he leaves everyone alone. I have never seen a Mouse in the backyard or garden. So you know everybody works. At first I called him 'Blacky' because, well he's black. My wife Dani got on me and informed me we are not calling him that. So a lesson in sensitivity... so Speedy it is. Just saw him this morning doing his thing.

Now our latest new resident is a Black cat with some white patches of missing fur. I thought he (or she, I couldn't tell) might have the mange, so I looked and it doesn't seem to be. He (or she) is just beat up. Looks like someone has been in some cat fights. I would hate to see the other cat, but honestly I'm thinking some cat is probably saying that about him (or her) I'm thinking he (or she) didn't win whatever fight that they were in.

I was trying to get used to calling him (or her) Noir. But that doesn't seem to roll of the tongue properly. So I was thinking about it, while weeding a garden bed this morning. And he (or she) is black as a Raven's wing. So I guess Raven is a good name for him (or her) and besides he (or her) showed up around Halloween time so a good fit.

I don't know how long this new cat plans on staying, I haven't fed him (or her) of course, so we shall see. Sorry for no pic, Dani's in the Hospital with her phone, so I have no camera here at the house.

He (or she) sure does seem to like our backyard though.

[mamahuggiebear13]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Kathy Van Zeeland Bag.

[valenfield-inspo]

You guys know I ship valenfield (certainly wouldn't be running this blog if I didn't! 😅) but I think this is a very important read that sets the record straight from interviews, translations, and words/context getting mixed up in fandom. Like the OP here, I've have had screenshots taken from this blog before and had them presented incorrectly. Such a case was the time I posted about a fan review of Death Island talking about Valenfield and it got reposted on twitter as some hint that Valenfield was going to become canon. That was never what I had on the post here. We've had the devs tell us more than once that the series does not focus on romance. So the only official pairings are couples such as Ethan & Mia, Barry Burton & Kathy Burton, William Birkin & Annette Birkin, Jack & Marguerite Baker and going also to include Bruce Mcgivern & Fong Ling b/c of their ending in Resident Evil: Dead Aim. Capcom own the characters and that ball will always be in their court on how the series goes, we need to respect that and not get caught up in thinking the series owes us to make a ship canon b/c of unverified rumors and perceptions. Overall the main plot of this series is about fighting bioterrorism and evil scientists. This certainly does not stop us from enjoying the ship. We can entertain ourselves with headcanons, fan arts, and fanfiction to flesh out what Capcom doesn't give us officially. So please do be careful out there with any kinds of rumors or claims and certainly keep what OP has said in mind. 🙂

I keep seeing some misinformation being spread about something Koshi Nakanishi (the director of RE7) brought up years ago, after RE7 was revealed (in regards to Chris and Jill). Since some people keep buying into/spreading misinformation, I'm gonna address it on here.

I've seen this screen shot (and others) showing partial text of something I posted some years ago, being spread on here and even on twitter. Notice how this individual cut off what I said in MY POST?

Here is what was said:

Not sure what the reason was some individual felt the need to cut out the context from my post. Even just looking at what he said itself, the context is STILL present though. HE said SPECIFICALLY THEY received MANY OPINIONS and REQUESTS. This is why it's in its own quotation marks. Comprehension is key. What Nakanishi is saying here, is that FANS have told them things such as, "It's about time to get Chris and Jill married." It's a quote WITHIN his response to what was asked. He's saying THAT'S a REQUEST/OPINION, it's not his own statement. He's mentioning what was requested for the "story of the latest game," which is why the man said he can't say anything about the story of RE7 afterward.

Ask yourself, does it make ANY sense, for him to just randomly say it's about time for them to marry Chris and Jill, when the question and his baseline comments were about the story of RE7 itself, and clearly Chris/Jill (as a duo) were irrelevant to the plot (with Jill only just recently getting a NEW story released -set in 2015- in 2023)? If it was of such urgency, wouldn't it have been established after all these years, let alone back then?

The link again (so people can actually read it/go translate it for themselves)

original text:

――なるほど（笑）。とはいえ本作はナンバリングタイトルですので、ストーリー面に期待されているユーザーさんも多いと思うのですが、その��りはどうでしょうか。

中西：最新作でのストーリー面へのご意見、ご要望も沢山いただいています。「そろそろクリスとジルを結婚させろ」とかね（笑）。ただ、本作のストーリーについて今言えることはありません……。

some various translations:

Google-

See how it's a QOUTE within his response? *also note how this translation actually points out he LAUGHS after referring to the REQUEST*

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Like I made VERY clear, it was FANS being acknowledged for a request to see progression in Jill and Chris's relationship. Just like I was talking about what Takeuchi said when asked about them, and Kobayashi with his RE6 interview, when asked about specific romantically-angled pairings. Guess I may as well address his interview as well.

Hiroyuki Kobayashi (based on several translations people can do themselves with the scanned images), was saying RE was never planned to be a "work" about romance. NOT ONCE does he DENY romance existing anywhere (hell he talks about Leon and Ada having some development). He NEVER said Chris/Jill was STRICTLY a partnership for instance (as some have claimed over the years). What he actually said was in line with Takeuchi's claim about there being sort of a rule (for the scenario writers), on romances in the series--though they OBVIOUSLY still exist. There's a difference between someone saying "we don't focus on romance" and "there is no romance at all."

Kobayashi NEVER even denied there being a romantic aspect to their relationship, if people actually bothered to read the ACTUAL interview (even some messy online translations of the interview scans can give you the gist of it still clearly). He said it's more accurate to call them partners (meaning in the official sense) rather than to call them lovers, because they are not "together" officially. I actually thought it was interesting Death Island, never even referred to them as partners once, and it was just a given they were close and working together again once Jill got back on the field, even with Chris still serving as a captain (shown in the film and stated directly in his bio for the film).

A user (valenfieldc) on gamefaqs gave a translation I saw years ago, that lines up closely with what I got from online translations in recent years"

what producer says are actually these:

Q: About Leon and Ada's relationship in this game, will they finally have a breakthrough or they want to remain this ambiguous, unclear relationship fighting BOWs for another 10 years

A: they will have new development, "change" is the theme of RE6. Leon changed due to the mutated president, Ada changed due to some event, one of the interesting part about this game is how do changed Leon and Ada interact with each other. they also have secrets. anyway, you can look forward to it.

Q:there are some lover-like pairings in this series, eg, ChrisXJill, LeonXAda, which one do you prefer?

A: We never intend to make any romantic relationship in this series, so Chris and Jill are partners more precisely, in RE:R is also this way. If you really have to find a romantic relationship in this series, Claire and Steve in CV 's relationship are more subtle. Players can look forward to Jake and Sherry in RE6.

^He even name dropped Jake/Sherry as the NEW pairing with "romance."

Yandex-

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^All errors aside, you can see the GIST of what he said is very clear either way.

Anyway, the point is, this claim being made about Nakanishi's interview was NOT something anyone at Capcom said THEY needed to do themselves, or confirmation they would be. Love interests can exist as "canon" storytelling, without ever even having them become an "official" item. Things could change someday, who knows, but even married couples in this franchise haven't actually been allowed to be "romantic" either.

Always check sources when available, and be careful with what is being presented as a "fact."

[comic-covers]

(1988)

[marvel-dc-art]

Ultimates v2 #12 - “After the Fall” (2016) art by Christian Ward

[nycreligion]

A Reflection on Tim Keller of NYC who Moved to Heaven 1-year ago

Tim Keller. Photo: Tony Carnes/A Journey through NYC religions Timothy James Keller went to Heaven in the morning of May 19th, 2023. The New York City pastor was one of the world’s most insightful presenters of the good news of God’s forgiveness, acceptance, and charge to change the world for the better. He was born on September 23, 1950, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and founded Redeemer…

[comicnate]

Psi-Force 24 cover by Lee Weeks

[wejustdecidedto]

“A lot of men are intimidated by my intelligence.”

[comicwaren]

From Ultimates2 Vol. 2 #005, “Skyfather”

Art by Travel Foreman and Dan Brown

Written by Al Ewing

[freifraufischer]

1998 Goodwill Games Mixed Pairs Day 2 [Day 1 can be found here]

You may want to skip the first 3 minutes of the above video which is a medical update on Sang Lan’s condition after a vaulting accident during event finals.

Gymnastics Classics:  1998 Goodwill Games Mixed Pairs

Mixed pairs is a competitive format that has largely disappeared from international gymnastics only surviving in the Swiss Cup but for two decades was actually a fairly popular if rare competitive format.  Yearly along with the American Cup the USGF/USAG would hold a meet the following weekend after the American cup where participants from that meet could compete in a fun and low stakes event.  If someone didn’t have a male or female gymnast from their country to compete they would be “married” to a gymnast from another country who was also there without a partner.

When the Goodwill Games came to the United States in 1998 that format was incorporated into the event but unlike the all around and event finals it came with very substantial prize money ($5000 for the winner).  

The format for mixed pairs pairs often changed depending on the space the meet was held in and rules for passing from one round to the next would also change from meet to meet.  My friend @darthmelyanna​ likes to call it the gymnastics version of Calvin Ball.  In this meet they didn’t do vaulting because the arena didn’t have room for all the other apparatus as well as a vault runway.  On day 1 the teams would compete their choices of two events (except vault).  14 teams started the meet, in round 2 that was cut to 12.  The top 8 teams passed on to day 2 of competition where they would do two events again and the scores from the previous day would not carry over.

None of the Americans made it from day 1 to day 2 but the second day (linked above) is a tight and interesting battle between Russians Aleksei Nemov/Svetlana Khorkina, Ukrainians Roman Zozulya/Olga Teslenko, Russians Aleksei Bondarenko/Anna Kovalyova, and Chinese Huang Xu/Ling Jie.  Half the fun of thise (and most mixed pairs to be honest) is watching the partners reactions to when their opposite messes up.  And Nemov started this competition with both a floor fall and a comical out of bounds.  As you can imagine Khorkina was a treat to watch.  Oh did I forget to mention that they were exes at the time?

Bonus points for very young senior Anna Kovalyova who was beautiful and they were convinced would be a future star but now unfortunately is a red link on wikipedia telling you that future didn’t pan out.  Part of the fun of her besides her beautiful gymnastics is that she is a dead ringer for a young Kathy Johnson and they finally start talking about that resemblance which Kathy herself describes as “freaky”.