#LESLIE WHISKERS

[roemantics]

idk how to insert a cat pun into 'the evil within' but as u can see they are cats

[fair-city-reporter]

Poll Winner

Out of everything, I was not expecting the MLP AU to be the winner hahaha but I can't say I'm complaining! Here comes the fun part though! I do apologize

I finally got some free time to share a few tidbits about "WordFilly" because I literally could not come up with a better name. I also plan to turn on asks, so you can ask me things about the AU's - I'd welcome it.

WordFilly is an alternate universe ft. Wordgirl and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (MLP/FiM), so here's what I'm thinking so far. Fair City is known for its magic as a lot of villains have powers, but I decided to get a little silly with this. I honestly haven't quite decided this bit.

Becky is still an alien, so I feel she isn't a normal run-of-the-mill pony, but she also looks like an earth pony or something in order to blend in with the crowd! Huggy could either continue being a monkey, or he's like a dragon - I'm not sure which yet!

And now we're going to break this down-

Read more for additional content!

WordFilly Character Species

The Botsford Family - Sally Botsford (earth pony, cutie mark undecided; is still the District Attorney - has a wavy red mane and tail, knows Spanish); Tim Botsford (earth pony, cutie mark undecided; part-time substitute teacher, also works at an office - looks a lot like a Clydesdale, but smaller); TJ Botsford (earth pony, cutie mark undecided; blank flank). I mulled so long over this AU for a while - and I did decide Becky’s species but for now, I’m going to keep this quiet. All will be revealed in due time!

Violet is a unicorn because I said so; as she's the whimsical artist, I immediately thought she would be a unicorn! It felt fitting for her character.

Personally, I see Scoops as either an earth pony or a Pegasus, I'm unclear as to which right now.

Tobey's 100% a unicorn. I don't make the rules. This is canon now. (only I do make the rules because it's my AU /lh). I also see Victoria as being a unicorn attempting to pretend she's an alicorn or something because she would.

Villains;

Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy - earth pony; cutie mark's a sandwich stacked on a platter (this might change, but idk yet-). He does still have a sandwich head because why not

Dr. Two Brains - earth pony/mouse hybrid; has mouse ears, whiskers, and a long mouse tail - though it weirdly resembles a rat's own. DTB could also be another species that isn't mouse but I think that would defeat the purpose. I know someone who mixed him with a parasprite and I kind of thought it was cute though!

Mr. Big is also an earth pony-

Whammer is a unicorn. That's it. That's the post.

I feel like Miss Question is 100% a Pegasus and that her powers come from sort of pendant (much like something I plan to do with Eileen but we'll get to her later-). Though I love her hoverboard thing, so maybe she's a unicorn? I can't decide, to be honest.

For Eileen, she's an earth pony - her powers are fueled by the amulet, same as in canon! She's short for a pony, and she hates it so much.

Speedrun for the rest of the villains!

The Butcher - unicorn, his cutie mark is a slab of meat that is faintly covered in a hue of red. LRW is 100% a unicorn though she's mixed with something else, don't ask me what just yet. Amazing Rope Guy is an earth pony; uhhh, Seymour is a unicorn and extremely obnoxious- D2B's henchmen are an earth pony and unicorn. Leslie is an earth pony.

Rhyme and Reason are a Pegasus and unicorn. These might switch later!

Miss Power is [REDACTED].

Worldbuilding

WordFilly follows the Wordgirl series if the characters were ponies instead of humans - or an alien and the citizens of Fair City. The city is mostly inhabited by ponies and has become a foundation for magic, and not to mention superheroes and of course supervillains. No one knows when it began but after seeing Amazo Stallion for the first time, Fair City became enamored at the prospect.

Amazo Stallion had been a unicorn though some could almost swear they'd seen him with wings once or twice, but that simply couldn't be possible: no one had seen alicorns in such a long time. As time continued, the legacy of Amazo Stallion and other likeminded heroes continued to prosper until he vanished. There wasn't any reason behind his explanation; he just... disappeared.

With time however, unexpected changes happen...

When a young filly named Becky Hoofsford was found by her adoptive parents - Tim and Sally. Nopony knew where she'd come from, other than the fact she was found on the front porch by Tim. For some reason, she had a pamphlet in her hooves and had been reading through it which was certainly a little odd (but Tim would never say he'd been bothered by it. If anything, he found it endearing of how smart his little Beckaroni was-)

Unwilling to leave a young filly out on her own, Sam and Tim Hoofsford take her in. I imagine they try to find her family, but end up finding nopony and Becky becomes their adoptive daughter! I’m still developing certain aspects of this universe and well, I think I’d be a poor host if I revealed everything so quickly!

With the exception of a few characters, I feel like most of the ponies do in fact, have their cutie marks. TJ doesn’t have his… Johnson? Probably not! Though I do need to decide exactly what said cutie marks are because my ass is very picky!

If anyone is curious on this universe as a whole, I can make more content but honestly right now - I don’t have too many spoons to fully go into detail and I’m trying to keep spoilers from reaching all of you just yet heh—

[handeaux]

In Cincinnati, Everybody Who Was Anybody Got The Scoop At Grandpa Hawley’s

The year before he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, the actor John Wilkes Booth was in Cincinnati, performing at Wood’s Theater in Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” Throughout the run, Booth was a frequent visitor to Grandpa Hawley’s newsstand, just two blocks south at Vine and Fourth. Years later, Hawley told the Cincinnati Post about Booth’s visits [28 April 1903]:

“He was in my store while here and I remember a conversation with him. I do not remember what we talked about in particular, but there was nothing to indicate that he had the least thought of perpetrating the dark crime with which his name is stained.”

By coincidence, James R. “Grandpa” Hawley also had a connection to Lincoln. Hawley first opened his business on Tuesday, 12 February 1861, and watched from the shop door as President-Elect Lincoln, on his way to Washington, was paraded down Vine Street to the Burnet House. Throughout the Civil War, Grandpa Hawley was the place to go for news of the conflict. Hawley told the Times-Star [10 January 1891]:

“That was in the war time, you know, and then the illustrated periodicals monopolized the sale, for in them were pictures of the generals and battles and the printed material dealt with the doings of the army.”

In fact, Hawley’s patrons often included those very generals themselves, picking up the latest weekly to read what was being said about the war. Generals Ulysses Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman famously mapped out the strategy to ensure a Confederate defeat in Parlor A of the Burnet House and gathered a lot of their information from Grandpa Hawley’s newsstand. He told the Post:

“I do not believe I ever saw them in uniform. Grant was not very talkative, but Sherman frequently started a conversation.”

Another regular military visitor to Hawley’s was Philip Henry Sheridan, whose triumph at the Battle of Cedar Creek was memorialized in Thomas Buchanan Read’s poem, “Sheridan’s Ride.” That poem was required reading for generations of American school children and the author, a Cincinnati resident, was also a frequent customer of Grandpa Hawley’s. It is not recorded whether poet and subject ever met at the Vine Street newsstand, but they might well have.

Vice President Andrew Johnson spent so much time at Hawley’s that the news vendor took to calling him “Andy.”

In addition to generals, politicians and poets, Grandpa Hawley’s shop was also a gathering place for the actors who trod the boards at Cincinnati’s theaters throughout the Nineteenth Century. Edwin Forrest was among the first Americans to gain distinction as a Shakespearian star. He frequently performed in Cincinnati and always stopped by to see Hawley, who recalled:

“In my mind I can see him now with his tragedy stride and hear his deep rumbling voice.”

In almost every interview he gave, Hawley mentioned Adelaide Neilson, whose fame as an actress almost equaled her fame as a great beauty.

“Neilson, the actress, has been here many times, and always used to pat the little newsboys on the head and give them an encouraging word.”

Hawley himself was something of a Cincinnati celebrity, mostly because of his enormous beard, which ran from his chin almost to his belt buckle. Most of the Cincinnati papers remarked about the “biblical” dimensions of his whiskers, rivaled only by those of Vine Street saloonist Andy Gilligan.

Many folks stopped by just to chat with Hawley, who was an especially entertaining raconteur, but most came for the news. In those pre-electric days, when “the media” meant print publications, Grandpa Hawley moved a lot of paper. He told the Times-Star that New York daily newspapers sold the most in his shop, followed by dailies from Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville. Among the weeklies, Harper’s and Leslie’s ran neck-and-neck, followed by the London Illustrated News. Some readers were quite dedicated to their favorite publication:

“One lady used to walk down from Walnut Hills every week to get the New York Ledger, because it would not be delivered to her until the morning following its arrival here. One day a Walnut Hills man who was a regular customer of mine asked me if I knew why he always took two copies of the New York Ledger. I told him I supposed he got one for a neighbor, but he said it was because he had two daughters and they were always squabbling about which should read it first, until, to keep peace in the family, he decided to give both a chance.”

Those were the days when multiple magazines appealed to every specialized interest. Hawley sold dozens of sports magazines, humor magazines, fashion magazines, science magazines and literary journals of contemporary thought like Atlantic Monthly and the North American Review – both of which are still published today. He carried most of the major periodicals published in German and French.

After 40 years in business, Grandpa Hawley found himself evicted from his landmark shop to make way for the construction of the Ingalls Building, the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in the world. Railroad magnate Melville E. Ingalls spent so much effort convincing city officials to allow him to build his revolutionary building that he gave little thought to the businesses he displaced.

Grandpa Hawley ended up relocating to the nearby Emery Arcade on the other side of Vine, but years of generosity caught up with him and bankruptcy was a real possibility. According to the Post:

“Everybody’s word goes with ‘Grandpa’ Hawley and were his customers so disposed they could carry away in overcoat pockets or under their arms several times as much as they paid for.”

At this dark moment, Hawley’s theatrical friends, accumulated over the decades, sprang into action and staged a benefit extravaganza for him at the Grand Opera House on 1 May 1903, raising more than $650 and saving the old man’s finances. It was a short-lived victory. Not quite a year later, Grandpa Hawley was dead. As he was laid to rest in Covington’s Linden Grove Cemetery, the Post [20 February 1904] eulogized:

“’Grandpa’ Hawley did not have an enemy in the world. For a lifetime he jogged along in an even, quiet way. He was honest and fair. He was never too busy to clasp hands warmly and talk entertainingly. He possessed a smile that was born of the natural kindness in his soul.”

[toeybox]

Sir Leslie the Quoll by Tas Textiles Envirowoolly Collection collection blurb: "filled with [...] recycled wool from the production of [...] jumpers, which would otherwise end up in landfill." pic/info: [tastex site]

[id: an abstract plush quoll (small brown marsupial). it is flat and pillow-like, with two stubby arms and two huge legs, which makes the torso wider than it is tall. its details are stitched in embroidery: beady eyes, a pointy nose with whiskers, and white spots on its body. the knit of the fabric is wide and sock-like. /end id]

[livepoultryfreshkilled]

i have a couple comic runs planned if dc ever lets me in. the first that comes to mind is my leslie thompkins villain-ish thing, inspired by gotham but in a different universe, where she becomes “the doc,” who is first a bioterrorist against the rich running the exploitative medical industry but is turned into a kind of paragon of disease who is attempting to speed up the whole “meek inheriting the earth” thing by doing, essentially, reverse-eugenics. like killing all the healthy people. it’s a lot inspired by my experience with the medical industry and as a chronically ill person and also i think it would be so cool. 

the other is “hip to be square” which is a lot more planned out and would probably be a vertigo house run, not a graphic novel like serious house on serious earth but definitely self-contained. i have a lot of thoughts onit which i need to make more cohesive so i would actually love asks or dms about it (answering questions makes me better at explaining) but in it the villain is like, this kind of YIMBY/gentrifying force taking over gotham and making it “normal.” productive, profitable, clean, MARKETABLE. as opposed to like the other exploitations of the poor in batman it would be about how modern gentrification takes away the culture and soul and individuality of the world completely, cleans it out, and how that would destroy everything about gotham that MAKES it gotham. they dont just stick to the poor, they also attempt to get rid of all the rogues. they’re after the eccentrics too, people who do not behave in a way that is conducive to exponentially increasing profits and being as marketable as possible. they are significantly more successful than batman in getting rid of the rogues because they convince the middle/upper middle class of gotham to exchange privacy for “security” and let them literally sell/buy away their privacy for the sake of PREVENTING crimes. you know how this happens in real life? the way we no longer trust each other because everyone is a potential threat so we pay companies to keep us safe? this is the first part. theyre working with batman and batman has to pretend he is fine with this and that he DOESNT need the rogues to continually break out and fight him again (he soo does, this one does at least) but they eventually turn on him too for being too violent and not working within the confines of the law and refusing to be regulated. also for being a little weirdo creep. bruce is NOT a playboy in this btw he is a creepy greasy little recluse and selina is a weird cat lady (and she has facial hair because how have people not given CATWOMAN whiskers yet, also its cool) and they have weird creepy love. there is riddlebird in this as well. oswald is kept as a kind of oddity/mockery for a period of time, but ed gives up the riddler persona, so does jonathan, and they both conform lest they be killed. which they do btw. there’s a whole mob execution of two-face, condiment man, lots of batman’s villains, they raid hugo strange’s laboratory and kill all of his “children”. joker is killed alone in a back room with no cameras, and he begs to have them kill him in public so he can at least be seen, but they shoot him and burn his body without ceremony. batman is burned at the stake with his suit on and his mask melts into his face but he doesnt die because selina saves him. it’s kind of like earth one in that waylon jones (my dear beloved waylon jones) is in the sewers, as is strange and selina, and they revive him. then its all the surviving rogues (oswald eventually is taken to be killed but he escapes #cockroachqueen and he attempts to recruit edward, they have a thing, there’s an additional arc between them. ed and jonathan have a thing that’s kind of about masking and conforming to a capitalist world even when it kills you, its also kind of trans. jonathan kills himself but ed is like FUCK this love is love im the ridler baby) and they also get the gothamites, the real gothamites, to do what they do best: be insane and wear a hat about it. all the gothamites becomes rogues themselves and they kill/drive out the betterment association (gentrifying group) and all the yuppies. thats the gist of it

the third is one where, due to a couple factors, batman is a villain in gotham. i believe that the joker/batman dichotomy would exist regardless of who represented “good” and who represented “evil”, as joker is not evil but instead the abject of batman (using julia kristeva’s definition of the object/abject relationship.) so batman, instead of order, becomes a figure for control, meaning that joker forms as a figure for freedom (instead of chaos.) they retain their personalities/ideals, but with different values: joker believes in #1 COMMIT TO THE FUCKING BIT. #2 be as annoying as humanly possible. #3 fuck cops suck cock and also that taking a life is the ultimate repression of freedom and also NOT even funny, batman believes that the only way to save gotham (and prevent something like his parents death happening again) is to gut out the sickness by force. dick grayson is taken in by joker (not immediately like he was with batman, but instead joker sees his parents die and is like HA. fucked up but i lold. sorry kid but eventually comes across him in the foster system and is like whoa i HATE systems. systems are my LEAST FAVORITE. i’m stealing this gymnastic tween) and dick becomes the flying squirrel instead of robin. gaggy the clown is batmans robin equivalent but let me be clear. gaggy is a full grown man. he is potentially even older than batman. but he is also his tween son. alfred is not there because alfred is the reason why bruce grew up to be good (alfred not being there was one of the factors of batman being evil.) gordon has to work with joker but oh he hates him so bad. joker is so ay and weird and annoying but gordon hates corruption more than he hates this fucking gay clown. sadly. harvey will be very interesting to explore but i havent figured out quite how yet.

anyways what do u all think? thoughts? ideas?

[zoeylcwrence]

MEET ZOEY LAWRENCE!

Works at Merrock’s state park. Artisan candlemaker. Loves handwritten letters, riding her Schwinn bicycle, and collecting wooden figurines.

HER BIOGRAPHY!

Many people would describe Zoey as independent, nonconventional, empathetic, and a smidge pretentious. She mostly wants to see the good in other people, but she’s also learned from the moments in her life that burned her. Because of that, she tends to keep to herself a bit and is very slow to open up, but once she lets you in, you’re in for life. She's a goofy, smiley, supportive person who grew up in a tight knit family. Through her heartbreaks, successes, losses, gains, and adventures - she’s built a life she’s proud of.

HER PINTEREST!

HER CANDLE SHOP!

HER HOUSE!

HER STATS!

BASICS

FULL NAME: zoey jean lawrence

NICKNAME: zoey

GENDER: cis woman, she/her pronouns

DATE OF BIRTH: october 21, 1982

AGE: 40

HOMETOWN: ashford, connecticut

OCCUPATION: state park guide, artisan candlemaker

RELIGION: reform jewish

ETHNICITY: ashkenazi jewish, sephardi jewish

LOCATION: merrock, maine

HOUSING: lives in a small apartment in the historical downtown district

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS

FATHER: henry lawrence

MOTHER: ellen lawrence

SIBLINGS

BROTHER: spencer lawrence

BROTHER: bryan lawrence

SIBLING: -

CHILDREN: N/A

OTHER FAMILY: some extended family

PETS: frankie, her dog. poppy and peach, her cats.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

CURRENT PARTNER: none

PAST PARTNERS: high school boyfriend, graham

PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: intelligent, talkative, caring, innovative, adventurous, confident, incisive, empathetic, gentle, loyal, creative, clever, ambitious, social, determined, protective

NEGATIVE TRAITS: sarcastic, arrogant, aloof, absent-minded, proud, secretive, stubborn, melancholic, moody, competitive, impatient, disorganized, clumsy, impulsive

THINK OF: leslie knope (parks and rec), rory gilmore (gilmore girls), joey tribbiani (friends), eleanor shellstrop (the good place), kat stratford (10 things i hate about you)

FAVORITE MOVIE: what ever happened to baby jane?

FAVORITE SONG: both sides now by joni mitchell

FAVORITE EMOJI: 😻

FAVORITE ANIMAL: foxes

FAVORITE PERSON: her mother, ellen

FAVORITE HOBBIES: collecting her cats whiskers once they fall out, riding her bicycle during the warm months, learning bread recipes, going thift shopping

LIKES: books, bubble baths, baking, chanel perfume, watching college basketball, fuzzy socks, cuddling, popcorn, karaoke, hot chocolate, having her hair played with, bad dancing, fireworks, the beach, small towns, singing, loud music, fresh cut grass, hay bales, night time, renaissance faires, museums

DISLIKES: onions, tardiness, coffee stained teeth, humid weather, high heels, thunder storms, sad movies, aluminum foil, huge bugs, small spaces, traffic, ambulance sirens, spiders, misinformtion, back pain

FUN FACTS ABOUT HER

Owns a 2012 Volkswagen Beetle named Paul. Always has candy wrappers and fast food bags on the floor of her car. Doesn’t run as smoothly as it used to, but she loves it too much to get a new car.

Food is one of Zoey’s love languages. She doesn’t cook as much as she used to being in Merrock, as she did back in California, but with the her kitchen being pretty nice, she has been excited to get back into it. Handwritten recipe cards fill a few binders that she’s put together, and nothing makes Zoey feel more at home than her family’s handwriting. As much as she’s been trying to get back into cooking, she’s not the best at it. There’s a reason Bryan’s the chef in the family.

Despite not being a good cook, being in the kitchen and baking has been sort of a therapy for her. She loves trying new recipes and baking at random hours, especially at night. She likes to pretend she’s on Nailed It! or any other baking show.

From a young age Zoey's hobby has been art. From drawing on the walls in crayon to making sculptures with mud from the backyard, she was always looking for ways to fuel her creativity. She can’t really draw, but she can analyze a painting and come up with the meaning behind it. This moved into her creating and making candles, and she’s very into inventing new scents and fragrance combinations.

She has the thing for Polaroids, always having a camera in her bag in case she was to save a moment. Her scrapbooks are filled with pictures from her childhood to her recent years in Merrock.

Always is drinking coffee, whether it’s a fresh brew or an iced coffee, she’s always got a tumbler around. She has to have at least one cup or she can’t function for the day ahead. Her go to order is an iced vanilla caramel latte with oat milk.

She is a vegan. She went meatless when she was thirteen after a bad experience at a farm during a field trip. And she stopped eating dairy when she developed an intolerance to lactose.

She’s at her happiest when she gets to be in the garden and grow things. She has lectured all of her siblings at least once about not recycling properly.

She’s kind of fake deep. She’s very much a “this is a sign” person and will ask you about your star sign. She is obsessed with horoscopes and will literally not sleep with a person because “the stars are not aligned”.

Can play acoustic guitar really well, a little bit of piano but would like to learn the drums at some point. She has tried before and lacks the coordination needed to play, so it’s always a sight to see when she attempts to play.

She believes she’s the master of birthdays. She’s always planning them in advance to make sure they’re absolutely perfect and enjoyable for everyone in attendance.

She’s not the mom friend, but she’s definitely a mom friend. She makes sure she’s always got snacks in her bag and in her apartment, probably carries those mini bottles of water in her bag.

She tries to go to the gym every other week and just kind of stands there watching people, sometimes she hits a punching bag around or hops onto a treadmill, but it's mostly just the staring people thing. She finds it relaxing, for some reason. Everyone else probably finds it weird, though.

Only sports she really follows is college basketball and she loves the Big Ten conference (unless it’s Purdue or Ohio State). Doesn’t mind baseball if it’s the Red Sox or the Cubs.

She loves people, but she is not always the best with them. She sometimes lacks the ability to pick up on social cues, and she is often way too blunt and crass for 'civilized society'. She curses like a sailor, and is prone to giving out way too much information about pretty much every aspect of her life.

She does not have any immediate plans to leave Merrock. Especially now that two of her siblings have returned, and Zoey is happy to stay near her family.

PLOTTING FOR ZOEY!

An approximate timeline for Zoey!

TBA!

Zoey is drawn to people. Her expertise is talking to people. It’s what her job really entails, anyway. She is one of those people who knows how to make the right first impression. One of her biggest strengths is her loyalty and if she calls you a friend, you'll have her in your corner for a long time to come. actually the friendliest of friendly people. She’s only been in town for three years, but she isn't entirely new. She has spent summers here and there since her adoptive grandmother did live in town. So there will be old friends as well as new, but they will be plentiful. I’d like her to have some neighbors, because they’re the people she sees on an almost daily basis, and probably has a close relationship with. It’s not a hard job to befriend Zoey. She’s outgoing and friendly, and as long as you’re a decent human being, she’ll respect you. Things you can be prepared for as Zoey’s friend; showing up out of the blue with a gallon of homemade orange juice, being slightly mothered, life advice, and a smack upside the head if you say something especially stupid. Sure, she’s a little bit impulsive, but you can count on this girl to tell you what’s right.

It’s usually really hard to make Zoey mad but if you manage it, she can hold a grudge for the rest of her life, sometimes even if it wasn’t necessarily your fault. She has a hard time admitting when she’s wrong. She hates confrontation. She hates violence. So she will very rarely, if ever, physically fight someone. However, she's very sarcastic and sly so she will run her mouth until hell freezes over, but if she goes too far and someone wants to kick her ass, then she runs to get one of her brothers.

She has passion in spades. Zoey loves intensely, recklessly and wholeheartedly - which is why it has only happened a few times in her life. As of right now, romance is almost entirely out of the question for the brunette, as she hates the idea of growing to love someone in a romantic sense and then losing them. After having her heart broken twice, the idea of relationships causes her to cringe, and she will almost immediately reject any form of flattery or flirtation that is not simply a shallow gesture. She likes one night stands, short term relationships, and has a problem with sleeping with her friends? So long as both parties are aware that it's just sex, she views it as an extension of friendship. She's adventurous, in every sense of the word. Since she used to visit when she was younger, it might be fun for her to have had a summer fling? I’m not fussed about the gender, considering that Zoey's accepted that she was bisexual as soon as she learned the meaning of the word.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY! - Zoey was upset when she discovered that her cat had gotten out of her apartment somehow. She searched locally without any success so she posted up flyers. A few days later, she got a call from this character and met up with them to pick up her cat. Not only did Zoey get her cat back but she picked up a new friend in the process.

PARTNER IN CRIME -  The Ann to her Leslie. These two are physically and emotionally inseparable. Basically her best friend in Merrock (outside of her siblings). They know everything about her past and don’t mince their words around her.

ONLINE PEN PALS - These two are best friends but don’t know who the other is.  It all started with a random text to the wrong number, and somehow  blossomed into a really strong friendship. They know a lot about each other, but they agreed from the beginning not to use real names or send pictures of themselves for mystery sake. They know that they live in the same town but that just makes it more fun, the fact that they could see each other everyday and not know.

NEIGHBORS TURNED FRIENDS - Zoey and this character are neighbors, they didn’t know much about each other before Zoey needed their help. But one night Zoey knocked at their door at an ungodly hour wondering if this character could kill a giant spider in her apartment for her. 

UH OH - Zoey and this character hooked up when she first arrived in Merrock three years ago, and it was pretty awkward afterwards for whatever reason. - NARI

THIS IS WHY WE CAN‘T HAVE NICE THINGS - Zoey and this character used to be so close that people knew that  when they invited one, they invited both. That was until the two got into a fight over something (we can plot that out!). Now, when they get into the same room, it’s almost  instantaneous back and forth. They are both set on taking the other down  gloriously and for good.  

TO THE MOON AND BACK - With her adopted grandmother living in Merrock, the Lawrence kids spent countless summers in town. Perhaps Zoey had a childhood best friend in town. Maybe they’re still friends or maybe they’re not.

BIG ENEMIES - Not that Zoey has too many enemies in town, there’s just that one person that they can’t stand no matter what. Maybe it was based off of a bad first impression or maybe their personalities clash.

BUDDY SYSTEM - With so many events and parties there are in the world and many of them offering alcohol, Zoey would want to have a buddy who stays sober during those events as well. Someone she can confide in and hang out with when everyone else is getting buzzed.- JOSH

SHE’S ALL I WANNA BE - Whether it was someone from her teen days or someone from town now, I would love to have Zoey be jealous of a character for whatever reason. 

BREAKFAST FOR DINNER - This is a self indulgent wanted connection because I would love to have a Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson type of friendship. They’re unlikely friends but get along and are there for each other. They always make it a tradition to go get breakfast for dinner at least one a month.

BOARD GAME BUDDIES - Someone she can play Scrabble or Catan with! She really loves playing games at house parties or when she’s hanging out with friends, so someone she can play a game or two with.

CANDLE CLIENTS - People who often buys the candles or wax melts that she makes, maybe even make a few requests for custom candles and wax melts.

BUSINESS MENTOR - Zoey has hopes of making her candle shop a physical store someday, a daydream she’s had ever since she started her small business.  However, she has no experience in what it takes to open an actual store with finding a space to rent or figuring out what it would take to make it a reality. She would be appreciative of having someone help guide her through the process as she ponders the idea of having her own shop in town.  - RAFAEL

HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND - Going to put a wanted connection for this in the future, but I’d love to play out Zoey’s high school boyfriend being in town.

[ketchhhaglendadelle]

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[1900scartoons]

By Their Whiskers Ye Shall Know Them

January 26, 1908

The head of a republican candidate is shown in each of six panels. The eyes, nose, and mouth are not drawn. Taft is the top left. Hughes is the top right. La Follette is in the middle row, right column. Fairbanks is in the bottom left. Cannon is in the bottom right. (Middle row, left is not identified, possibly Leslie Shaw.)

The caption reads 'Take Your Choice. the Republican Party Can Furnish Most Any Style Of Hirsute Adornment.'

See Also: Charles Evans Hughes; William Howard Taft; Charles Fairbanks; Joe Cannon; Robert La Follette

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5928/rec/1848

[burins]

Steph is a bit out of getting her magical social work degree (she works at Leslie's clinic doing home visits.) she took a step back from Bat-scale magic shit after it nearly killed her. she loved it and it ate her alive and she was never going to be good enough for Bruce or for herself!

on Halloween she and some friends from grad school go to frat row and make sure dumbass kids don't accidentally open portals to hell trying to impress their exes. this is important work that Steph absolutely hates bc she doesn't even get to make a cute costume to wear, bc she is inevitably going to end up covered in interdimensional ooze. cut to Steph on the back porch of a terrible dump on frat row going "oh you've got to be fucking kidding me" as, through the back window, she watches a four-foot pineapple float past the keg.

she goes in to check on it. the pineapple is fine. she has to squeeze past a couple actively fucking in order to get to the bathroom and piss, because Gotham doesn't have any goddamn public restrooms, which is less fine. unfortunately, on her way out of the bathroom she passes an open bedroom where the door opens onto absolute emptiness, because some shithead had the bright idea to create a hellmouth as a party trick. this is extremely not fine. she was really kind of hoping she could make it through one Halloween without having to call the bats after all. it's not that they're on bad terms. things are just a little strained. and she doesn't like asking for help, so sue her!

cut to Steph's internal "fucking GODDAMMIT" when the stained wallpaper rips open and Cass steps through and looks exactly as hot and terrifying and competent as she ever has, except in honor of the holiday she's drawn a little cat nose and whiskers on her mask.

(they used to be best friends! Cass, who bleeds power like she's breathing, who got turned into a weapon and then decided to wield herself, never understood how Steph could give up large-scale magic the way that she did! but here she is with whiskers on her nose. and they still fight interdimensional ghouls together as well as they ever have!)

and then they kiss

FURIOUS that I woke up from a dream with a really elaborate longfic au idea that would be perfect for Steph. and unfortunately I still cannot fucking write the way I would need to to get this down

[roemantics]

lmao

[ominoose]

𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐂'𝐬

Characters: Lester Sinclair, Leslie Vernon, Pyramid Head, Chotop The spinny wheel really set me up picking Pyramid Head for this lmao

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒��𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫

✦ Ask's you to do a racoon.

✦ "Always liked their little eyes and their funny white bits lookin' like eyebrows."

✦ Tries to sit still but is jittery at all the physical touches, giggling and sneezing every now and again. You'll have to keep reminding him to relax his face as he smiles so he doesn't crease the paint.

✦ Insistent that you give him whiskers too, but keeps ducking his head when the smaller brush tickles him.

✦ Besides the general giddiness, he sits rather still, keeping his hands to his knees. He might ask you a few questions while you work, like have you done this before, do you like racoons too. Lester's simply curious and happy that offered to do this at all, probably hasn't had his face painted before.

✦ Won't wash it off for as long as he can get away with, which isn't too long if Bo catches him in a grumpy mood. Otherwise, he'll keep it until he sweats it off or goes for a bath, always checking himself out in the mirrors of his truck or windows.

✦ When it does eventually come off, he'll constantly pester you to do something else. "I'm thinking maybe a coyote or something? Or, maybe you could do it like, a uh, like, an ant! Can you do ants?"

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐧

☽ "I don't get why you can't just do my usual face paint or mask, that's cool enough."

☽ Eventually settles for a white cat. "If Billy Lenz didn't kill the cat, it was to highlight something symbolic. Plus, cats are edible."

☽ Acts overly gloomy over not being allowed to have his usual facepaint, sighing loudly and rolling his eyes. It becomes a bit of a pain to work with until he gets bored of the behaviour.

☽ Very chatty while you work, going on a tangent about Black Christmas. "Did you know Lenz was upside down when he did the phone calls? It compressed his thorax. Genius." When you eventually tell him to pipe down so you can finish off, he'll reluctantly give in, now a bit more open to the experience after his ramblings.

☽ Absolutely stoked at the finished product. Spends a good while in front of the mirror, twisting his face and admiring every angle. When he's done, you'll be dragged to Eugene's house to show his honorary parents the look.

☽ Will insist you start looking into working within the slasher business, offering to hook you up with some clients. "Tons of the big guys wear makeup under their masks too, y'know, it's not something they make too obvious but its another way to root themselves within the femininity they stalk."

𝐏𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝

✧ Doesn't do anything when you ask, just stands there, but that's not a no.

✧ You settle for painting his head like a traffic cone, hoping he won't mind the humour and figuring his biceps and sword will keep the intimidation factor high.

✧ Only moves once, tilting his head to the side slightly when a rat scuttles past. After scolding him for making you smudge a line, he remains perfectly still, even after you're done.

✧ Doesn't say anything when you're done either, but also doesn't rub it off, which seems like a positive.

✧ Every time he sees you with some paint or a paintbrush he freezes, expecting you to paint on him again.

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩

☽ Crazy excited you asked, he's never had his faint painted before!

☽ Takes ages to decide what to do, going between pigs, obscure musicians and a bucket.

☽ After much pushing, he decides on a Led Zeppelin inspired look, with lots of black eyeliner, a star on the edge of his mouth and lines between his eyes.

☽ Thanks to his already deathly pale skin, the black was all you needed to put on, yet it still took ages because he refused to sit still. He jumped in his seat, scratched his face, itched his head, went on several rants about the music industry and Drayton's derogatory comments on his "hippie" appearance. It took you nearly refusing to continue before he got the memo and calmed down, humming off-tune until you were done.

☽ He will not stop shoving his new look in everyone's faces when it's over, practically jumping up and down in excitement and yelling "Rock on!" any chance he gets.

☽ Eventually, Drayton will snap at him and demand he washes it off, which he is adamantly not doing, ever. The paint stays on his face for as long as nature allows. He will refuse to go for any sort of bath until it comes off naturally.

☽ He'll gladly take you up on the offer again if you ever ask, and if you ever have the patience.

[ronmanmob]

😶 + you ever killed anyone in cold blood?

Uncomfortable Questions Meme

'-Tha'd depend on y'definition'a col-'

'Ron.' A hand landed firm upon Ron's forearm. It was his brother Reggie's, and Reg wasn't done yet. He turned his best business-like manner on their visitor. 'I'll give tha'n t'our brief. Our spokesman. Les-'

The suit at the bar turned at his boss's beckoning; Leslie Payne, Reg's favourite who, despite being named one, wasn't a lawyer - a brief - at all. 'Well now-' he oozed.

Ron wasn't having a whisker of that. 'Ain't me fuckin' bri-'

Reg tightened his grip on his brother's forearm; shook it firmly. 'Shht!'

'--Like I was saying' Payne went on, casting a poison look towards Kray the Younger. 'If eivah ov th'Krays 'ad killed a man, they'd not be fool enough-' Another hard look at Ronnie. 'T'talk abaht it in an open forum. Would they now.'

Silence for a beat, the tension in the air thick as mud. Then-

'Keep tha' gob up' Ron snapped, 'N all this won't be jus' talk.'

Payne pushed away from the bar, spat something dismissive, waved towards Ron with a glass in his hand and-- Didn't foresee the speed at which his boss's brother could move in pursuit of violence. The glass smashed against the bar top, thrust there when a backhand slap connected; the precursor to a blow in the teeth that knocked Les sprawling. Pandemonium erupted not a second later, the visitor ejected post haste.

[thecountoflondonfansite]

It was tense and awkward as the villains stared at the scene before them with flabbergasted and shocked expressions. Hyde just blinked silently, trying to figure out what to say. Hyde quickly pulled the item out of Amazo’s unconscious grasp and proceeded to show it to all the villains. “Told ya I could be a villain.” Hyde said, trying to sound confident with his work even though he was thinking about what he stole rather than what just happened. “So when do ah get initiated into the EVA?” Hyde asked expectantly. Dr. Two Brains was the first to snap out of his stunned state. “What the hell did you do!” He yelled angrily at Hyde. Chuck and a few of the other villains ran to Amazo Guy and the store employee to check on them. “Amazo Guy is still breathing.” Leslie spoke in her usual stoic tone though it held some hidden relief. “Yeah but he looks pale.” The Butcher remarked with concern. “The employee is okay, just passed out!” Reason shouted. “His head will hurt there is no doubt.” Rhyme added. Two Brains let out a sigh of relief before he, Lady Redundant Woman, Granny May, and the other villains glared angrily at Hyde. The blonde man was confused. “Why do you lot have your knickers in a twist! Ah didn’t mean for muscles to get hurt that rough! Besides that worker over there ran into the wall himself! It wasn’t me fault it happened!” Hyde tried defending himself, but their expressions were evident that it wasn’t working. Soon two more figures showed up to the scene. One was a man who was dressed up in a spider/scientist themed outfit. The other guy was just dressed in regular clothes but he was tall and looming over the first man and Two Brains. Hyde was a bit unnerved by the second man’s ghostly and stoic expression as he was just staring at the scene and Hyde. Both Henry and Hyde felt like the man was staring into their souls. “What happened here?” The first man asked Dr. Two Brains. Two Brains let out an angry huff but his features were calmer when he spoke to the man. “Amazo Guy got hurt badly because of a scheme. I’ll explain later but right now you and Joe just take him to Hugh so he can be treated and take the civilian to a hospital. He isn’t as bad as Amazo.” Dr. Two Brains explained. The first guy, who Hyde assumed was another hero, gave a serious nod. “We’ll get right on that.” He spoke in an urgent tone and went to where Amazo Guy was. “What about him?” The man, Joe, asked the mad scientist as he pointed in Hyde’s direction, causing the blonde man to let out a small gulp. “Don’t worry about him. Dr. Two Brains and I will deal, handle, and take care of things.” Lady Redundant Woman replied with folded arms. Joe just nodded and went to help Amazo Guy as well. Meanwhile, Dr. Two Brains angrily marched up to Hyde, grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him away from the crime scene in spite of Hyde’s protest. Lady Redundant Woman simply followed behind until the three people reached an alley near the store. Two Brains roughly let go of Hyde, causing the blonde to stumble back before he regained balance. “Oi ye didn’t have to manhandle me Whiskers!” Hyde shouted angrily as he rubbed his arm to soothe the pain. “Hey buster! You’re lucky we didn’t leave you to the mercy of those heroes and the law.” Dr. Two Brains retorted with a finger jab at Hyde. “He’s right, correct, and accurate.” Lady Redundant Woman confirmed. “It’s against the villain code to turn in other villains if they are outside of a jail cell.” Beatrice’s eyes furrowed as she glared at Hyde. “It is also forbidden, banned, and prohibited for any villain to do any type of damage to a hero that would lead to intensive care or death unless the hero is corrupt, dishonorable, and dishonest.” Dr. Two Brains nodded in agreement. “Yeah and Amazo Guy wasn’t a corrupt hero.” Hyde looked peeved at their lecturing. “Look what happened was an accident. Ah didn’t mean for muscles to get hurt. Ah certainly wasn’t trying to get him killed. I just wanted me loot that ah stole."

(You can tag me on my tgs side blog. I also apologize but I know a few Scottish words. So to anyone reading this I apologize for the inaccuracy.) Becky Boxleitner noticed a change in the atmosphere as she and her pet monkey Bob walked into the sixth grade classroom. All of the students were excitedly chatting with one another. Becky and Bob exchanged confused looks at the scene. 'What is going on?' They both thought. Becky walked to where her friends Violet Heaslip, Rose Franklin, and Todd Scoops Ming were sitting, also joining in the excited yet low volume chattering. "Hey guys what's going on?" Becky asked her friends. They each turned their heads to greet their friend. "Hey Becky guess what, we're getting a new teacher for our class!" Scoops exclaimed. Becky looked surprised at the announcement. Bob also mimicked her facial expression. "Wait really? What happened to Miss Davis?" Becky asked, wondering what happened to their old teacher. It was just a week only into the new school year so a sudden teacher exchange was a complete shock to Becky especially since there were no announcements about it beforehand. "Miss Davis had to move back home because of a family emergency." Rose Franklin answered. "The principal had to scramble to find a new teacher to fill in for our class. It was all last minute stuff." Becky nodded in understanding of her friends' answers. It was a nice perk to be friends who were upcoming reporters. Soon the final bell rang which indicated for every student to take their seats. Becky took her place beside her best friend Violet and Bob plopped down next to her. Soon a man who looked to be in his mid 30s walked in and towards the desk. He had curly brown air, an arched nose, and reddish brown eyes. He wore a tan button-down shirt with a red vest as well as brown slacks and dark suede shoes. The man gave a pleasant and warm smile to all the students there. "Hello my name is Dr. Henry Jekyll and I will be your teacher for the school year." Becky and the other kids ears perked up as they took note of the man's accent. Even Tobey became slightly interested in his new teacher. None of them were sure where their new teacher was from. Dr. Jekyll gave a light chuckle as if he could sense their growing curiosity about him. He lightly clapped his hands together to gain their undivided attention and focus. "Well since this is my first time teaching here, why don't we all play a little game so we can all get better acquainted with each other. Here's what to do. One at a time, say your name and share a wee bit about yourself. Likes, family, interests and all that. I'll go first to show ya what ah mean. Again. My name is Dr. Henry Jekyll. I was born in Glasgow but ah moved to London where I attended university. I have a five year old wee lassie or daughter named Amber. I enjoy chemistry and reading on occasions. Now who would like to go next?" @unhingedexperimenter

Of course Tobey had taken the opportunity to place attention on himself and to have a reason to boast about himself. “My name is Tobey McCallister the third and I will be the most intelligent student you'll meet here.” The others had rolled their eyes, used to this kind of behavior from their peers. Becky seemed to be the most annoyed by it. Having been forced to put up with his destructive tantrums in the past. Henry smiled just as warmly as before. Unbothered by the obnoxious behavior that the boy had been displaying. Tobey had been going on about himself for a good few minutes before the teacher finally spoke up. “Ahem, yes. Thank you for that Mr. McCallister. Would anyone else like to tell me a bit about themselves as well?” No one could tell that behind the facade, Dr. Henry Jekyll was becoming more irritated by the moment. Not by the child but by the pest that refused to leave him be. Scoffing within his head at what they just heard. He didn't share the disembodied voice's opinion but wanted to give the other children a chance to introduce themselves as well. To the others' shock, Tobey seemed to have taken this well. Quickly going back to his desk with no issues. Becky was relieved at that. Soon the other children had started to introduce themselves to their new teacher with little to no issues. He seemed genuinely nice enough to her. This new teacher didn't seem like most of the adults within this city. Some she had to define words repeatedly for. Dr. Jekyll knew what he was teaching and knew his vocabulary. It was Violet who had brought Becky out from her own thoughts, calling her name. Waving a hand in front of her face. “Becky?” The girl smiled in an embarrassed manner. “Huh? Yes?” Violet smiled, patient with her best friend. “Why don't you introduce yourself now? Nearly everybody else already did.” She had given a surprised expression. Becky hadn't realized that she was so lost within her thoughts until then. She stood up and began speaking. “My name is Becky Boxleitner and I also like libraries,reading and Pretty Princess.” The presence that was grating at the teacher's nerves had deemed this too dull to enjoy. Leaving Dr. Jekyll be to his teaching. Well, getting to know his students. He was happy to see that they were engaged in these activities that were meant to break the ice. Though one student in particular had caught his attention the most. Becky. While she did seem rather bright, there was something strange about her behavior at times. Pausing whatever she was doing at the time to listen in on something. Thinking it went unnoticed. Even once looking alarmed and she made an excuse to go to the bathroom. He had allowed it. Feeling that it would've been better to have let her. It seemed…oddly familiar. As if he had seen that behavior somewhere before but couldn't figure out exactly where from. When the school day was finally over, Becky had gone to go home like the others. Dr. Jekyll had of course stayed behind to set more things up within his new classroom. Making a plan on exactly what he'll actually start teaching the next day. Though, the grating voice had returned to be a thorn in his side. “Come on. Leave this boring stuff alone. Leave it until tomorrow. I've been pent up for far too long. Let's have some fun.” This had earned an eye roll and a loud huff from the teacher. “No, I've got to get this done now. You will have enough time tonight. Just be patient until then.” A shadowy figure formed in front of Dr. Jekyll. A frown on its face. “But this is so extremely dull. I want to stretch my legs. I want to make myself known already.” Dr. Jekyll glared. “And that is precisely why I'm so hesitant to let you out so soon. At least let us get acclimated to our surroundings first.” The figure let out an annoyed groan. “You know you want this as much as I do. Otherwise you'd never have any actual fun in the sad and pathetic life you call yours.”

@thecountoflondonfansite

[poetrythreesixfive]

OldWood, the Series

So Clint Eastwood, Sam Eliot,

and Tommy Lee Jones

walk into a bar.

And some young bucks start teasing them,

saying, Hey, aren’t you guys a little old

to be out drinking?

Yeah, says another, Shouldn’t you be

home rocking in your chairs?

Leave them alone!

says Elisha Cuthbert, Maggie Grace,

Leslie Bibb, Isabel May,

or any number of young, blonde

starlets who look identical.

To which one of the bearded, dark-haired

thugs says, Shaddap! and shoves her,

or slaps her—whichever is more effective

in eliciting the required response.

That being one of our heroes grabbing

the guy by the whiskers and mumbling

something dark and nasty directly into

his wide eyes, making him back off.

But then he turns to take a swing!

or pulls his gun, or one of his equally

dumb compatriots does, none of whom

have watched a film in the last fifty years,

and proceeds to have the snot kicked

out of his head, or he gets plugged full

of holes, blasted out into the street.

If the rest aren’t dead, they run,

as they should, and we all hit pause

to go to the bathroom, or get a snack,

whichever seems more likely.

[amorouswhores]

004 || Mae

A/n

Well... I may or may not have forgotten about formal introductions, let’s start with one now, a month later than I should have.

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Greetings, whoever may be reading this. My name is Leslie, although I would prefer you call me Mae. I hope you’re all doing well. 

Whether you may just be scrolling, or you have already following this account, maybe to leave a little request in our inbox, or wanting to get to know Kikuyu and I. Judging by Kikuyu’s last post (which was very good, I recommend it to Miruko and Toga lovers.) this will partly be an NSFW account? I say partly because while she may post NSFW content, I myself am not entirely comfortable with writing that kind of content. Although I am very much okay with other genres like angst, or fluff. Maybe a lime will suffice though I probably won’t be okay with writing full on penetration. 

Another thing I feel I should add is something that was mentioned in Kikuyu’s Introduction. I fully agree with her in this. We do not support or encourage any of the dark theme’s we may write. Their full purpose is to only entertain you. Again. We do not support or encourage any of the dark themes. Do not come into our inbox attacking us. Have I made myself clear? Yes? Alright, moving on. 

Let’s end it off with things I will and will not write, meaning fandoms and rules.

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Boku No Hero Academia - (I will write for anyone beside Endeavor.)

Haikyuu - (I will write for everyone besides anyone who introduces themselves at season 5. I am not there yet.)

Hunter X Hunter - (I will only write for the main four plus Illumi and Hisoka.)

Assassination Classroom - (Anyone.)

The Promised Neverland - (Anyone. I am caught up with the anime, but not the manga, however the characters will be either aged up or have a platonic interest in one another.)

Bungo Stray Dogs - (No one. I have been meaning to watch it, so please give me time to get accustomed to all the characters and remember their names. )

A Whisker Away - (Anyone, although I’m not too accustomed to these characters either, but I will try my best to match their personalities.)

A Silent Voice - (Anyone, I’ll try my very best, but I think the main two would be my best chances at getting the personalities right.)

Rules

If you request to me, please remember to be specific with your request and add in who you want to write it. (Ex: asking Kikuyu to write this, this, and that, or wanting me to write something else.)

Y’all can write us as many requests as you want. We don’t mind getting spammed. Or at least I don’t. 

Please note we have feelings too, so don’t be mean unless you want a depressed Mae, and a pissed Kikuyu that would probably whoop your ass. 

Headcanons, fics, drabbles, scenarios, it’s all good, plus the genre. Although any NSFW requests should go to Kikuyu, abiding by her rules as well. 

Although, I will be writing dark themes such as Step or Incest, Yandere, Self-harming, and maybe other things too, depending on how I feel. Remember the post will have a warning, and they’ll be cut so you’d have to click the read more. 

Remember you are a good person. Yes, this is a very important rule, siding by the rule that states ‘you must drink 8 glasses of water each day, eat several meals throughout the day, and sleep a minimum of 8 hours. Though I feel like an absolute hypocrite saying this, but I care about you, so please everyone, take care of yourselves

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Have a nice day! <3

- Mae

[silkspectreii]

ideal 2021 awards

my ideal oscar/overall awards winners and nominees for 2021! i still have yet to see a good number of movies so this isn’t exactly a solidified list, just a loose one based on what i’ve currently watched. also any movies with an asterisk next to them are ones i haven’t actually seen, but know they would fit the category regardless.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

- Tenet, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher, and Mike Chambers * - Soul, Michael Fong and Bill Watral [WINNER] - His House, Pedro Sabrosa and Stefano Pepin - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Kevin Souls and Tharin Shadbolt - The Invisible Man, Jonathan Dearing *

BEST SOUND: - Sound of Metal, Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, and Carolina Santana [WINNER] - Soul, Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker, and Vince Caro - News of the World, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Oliver Tarney, and Michael Fentum * - The Forty-Year-Old Version - Nomadland, Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, and M. Wolf Snyder

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: - “Boss Bitch,” Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Sky Adams, Imad Royal, Ashton Casey and Amala Zandile Dlamini [WINNER] - “Diamonds,” Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Megan Pete, Kameron Glasper, Edgar Machuca, Normani Kordei, Tayla Parx, Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Madison Love, Louis Bell, Mike Arrow, and Santeri Kauppinen - “Speak Now,” One Night in Miami..., Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth - “Húsavík,” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Goransson, and fat max Gsus - “Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah, H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara and Thomas

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: - Tenet, Ludwig Göransson * - Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard - Soul, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste [WINNER] - News of the World, James Newton Howard * - Minari, Emile Mosseri

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) [WINNER] - Promising Young Woman - Mank * - Emma.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth - Promising Young Woman, Nancy Steiner - Mulan, Bina Daigeler - Emma., Alexandra Byrne - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Erin Benach [WINNER]

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: - Mank, Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale * - One Night in Miami..., Page Buckner and Janessa Hitsman - Emma., Kave Quinn and Stella Fox [WINNER] - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mark Ricker - The Personal History of David Copperfield, Cristina Casali *

BEST FILM EDITING: - The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten [WINNER] - Nomadland, Chloé Zhao - The Forty-Year-Old Version, Robert Grigsby Wilson - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Andrew Mondshein - One Night in Miami, Tariq Anwar

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: - The Dig, Mike Eley - One Night in Miami..., Tami Reiker - Nomadland, Joshua James Richards [WINNER] - I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Łukasz Żal - News of the World, Dariusz Wolski *

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: - I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman and Iain Reid [WINNER] - One Night in Miami..., Kemp Powers - Nomadland, Chloé Zhao - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruben Santiago-Hudson - The Father, Florian Zeller

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: - The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank - The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin [WINNER] - Minari, Lee Isaac Chung - Sound of Metal, Abraham Marder and Darius Marder - Palm Springs, Andy SIara

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: - Harry Melling, The Devil All the Time - Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods - Yahya Abdul Mateen II, The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami... - Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah [WINNER]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: - Toni Collette, I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari [WINNER] - Amanda Seyfried, Mank * - Olivia Colman, The Father - Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman *

BEST ACTOR: - Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami... - Steven Yeun, Minari - Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods - Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal - Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom [WINNER]

BEST ACTRESS: - Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Bukky Bakray, Rocks - Frances McDormand, Nomadland - Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version [WINNER] - Wunmi Mosaku, His House

BEST FOREIGN FILM: - Another Round, dir. Thomas Vinterberg [WINNER] - Ya no estoy aquí, dir. Fernando Frias * - Quo Vadis, Aida?, dir. Jasmila Žbanić * - Two of Us, dir. Filippo Meneghetti * - La Nuit des rois, dir. Philippe Lacôte *

BEST ANIMATED FILM: - Wolfwalkers, dir. Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart [WINNER] - Soul, dir. Pete Docter - Over the Moon, dir. Glen Keane * - Onward, dir. Dan Scanlon * - A Whisker Away, dir. Junichi Sat and Tomotaka Shibayama *

BEST DIRECTOR: - Chloé Zhao, Nomadland [WINNER] - Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods - Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round - Lee Isaac Chung, Minari - Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah

BEST PICTURE: - Nomadland, dir. Chloé Zhao [WINNER] - Minari, dir. Lee Isaac Chung - Da 5 Bloods, dir. Spike Lee - I’m Thinking of Ending Things, dir. Charlie Kaufman - Judas and the Black Messiah, dir. Shaka King - Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg - One Night in Miami..., dir. Regina King - Rocks, dir. Sarah Gavron