#Lori Perry

[goldduststevie]

Musicians Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks, Susanna Hoffs, Naomi Judd, Wynona Judd, Michael Steele, (second row), Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell, Debbi Peterson, Santa Claus (top row), Vicki Peterson, Robbie Nevil, Kenny Loggins, Nia Peeples, Joseph 'Run' Simmons and Darryl 'D.M.C.' McDaniels, pose for a group portrait during the U.S. Top of the Pops show in Los Angeles, CA - December 23, 1987. Stevie performed her version of "Silent Night"

[stevienicksrarities]

Rock a Little photoshoot ~Nov 1984

© Herbert Worthington III

[the-sanest-person-here]

should i write lois lane fanfiction

[story-weavr]

A modern history of The Luthor family and how they grew in prominence.

Lionel Luthor was born in the Suicide Slums of Metropolis, Delaware. Lionel grew up in a rather abusive household. His father was an alcoholic who used to rant about how the Luthor name meant something in the old country. That the Luthors were 'forces to reconned with'. He would tell of Alexei Luthor, who almost carved out his own country if not for the meddlesome Justice Society of America. Now, his descendants were just scraping by.

These stories actually inspired Lionel as well as contributed to his disgust towards his father. Lionel was always an independent and intelligent boy. If something went wrong in their small apartment, Lionel would fix it rather than rely on the oft-absent super. It got to the point where other tenants would hire Lionel to fix things, albeit payment was usually in the form of food. The young boy realized he had a way to get out of poverty, to be a true Luthor. Unfortunately, that path required resources he didn't have, not without money.

Money that became even more scarce when his brother Jules was born. Lionel, working multiple jobs for barely a penance because of his age, had enough. He started hatching a sinister plan. During the time Jules grew from a baby to a toddler, Lionel managed to develop a relationship with the local gangs. He provided mechanical support while they flipped cars or needed repairs to their getaway vehicles. The young boy then falsified his father's signature and used the money to take out insurance on his parents - his pathetic drunkard father & his passive weak mother.

Using his knowledge, Lionel rigged his father's beat-up old car when the two were supposed to go on an errand. Lionel made it a point to be at the apartment to take care of his brother so that Jules wouldn't be taken along. His plan worked, & he and his brother were sent into foster care.

Unfortunately, Lionel's new foster father was almost as bad as his father. Casey Griggs was a greedy man who tried almost every trick to get to Lionel's ill-gotten inheritance. Lionel was just street-smart enough to avoid them. In addition, he had something he didn't before: allies.

In his new school, Lionel made a close friend named Perry White who often backed up Lionel in his endeavors. In addition, Casey's daughter, Lillian, was far more moral than her father. She used herself as a shield for Jules and a spy for Lionel. Lionel & Lillian were both drawn to each other, two children who were victims of abusive fathers and absent mothers, two children who knew they were meant for more than their circumstances dictated to them.

One day, however, the stalemate between Lionel and Casey came to a head. Perry managed to convince Lionel to watch a football game with him and their mutual friend Alice Spencer. Lionel would later regret letting Perry persuade him for the rest of his life.

While he was enjoying the game with Alice and Perry, Casey was beating his daughter for not agreeing to seduce Lionel to get the account numbers. Lionel returned to sirens: an ambulance was leaving while Casey was forced into the cop car. Lillian was in a coma. Lionel, in both grief and guilt, blamed Perry for convincing him not to go home on time. Perry, while he also felt guilty, was angry at his friend for unfairly blaming him. Thus, their relationship was ruined.

At that point, Lionel was more determined than ever to control his own fate. He allowed himself and his brother to be separated under the condition the brothers be allowed to remain in contact. Lionel then took the necessary steps to become emancipated. He reforged his contacts with the underworld as well as established his own business whilst going to school.

Within a few years of his graduation, Lionel managed to create LuthorCorp. By that time, Lillian had already come out of her coma. The two sweethearts had a very short engagement. Lillian would continue to suffer from health problems, but it didn't stop her from having their children.

During his time in school, Lionel had become fascinated by history, particularly by great generals and rulers. He felt a strong kinship to the Romans and used a great number of their philosophies in business. Lionel soon became known as a sinister and clever up-start. He managed to one-up long-established business dynasties with his cunning and brutality. Lillian herself used her social abilities to blend in with the uppity elite of Metropolis & often advised her husband when dealing with others.

Lionel, while determined not to emulate his pathetic father, was rather harsh on his children. He set high standards, not only for himself but for them. Lillian was the only one who could convince him to soften his approach.

The bond between Lionel and Lillian was unshakeable. Nothing was more evident when Lionel finally took revenge on Perry.

At that time, Perry was a war correspondent for the Daily Star (the Daily Planet's former name). The place where he was last seen was decimated by bombs. It was reported that he was killed. Lionel, however, knew his former friend had already left that area. He used that opportunity to approach Perry's wife, Alice. Using their shared history and Alice's old crush on him, Lionel 'comforted' the widow.

Unfortunately, Alice became pregnant. Lionel felt extreme guilt to both the child and his wife. Lillian forgave him, knowing he merely used the sex as a weapon & that his heart purely belonged to her. Perry, on the other hand, was furious. The young reporter demanded that Lionel stay away from his family, or he'd expose Lionel's past. Lionel, feeling guilty, agreed on the condition he was allowed to set up a fund that would belong to the child in the event of Lionel's death.

Jerome Peregrine White was born to a family that loved him, & a parent that longingly watched from a distance.

[miss-starmania]

Glimpses of Starmania IV

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[starmaniamania]

Starmania 20-year anniversary concert finale: A bunch of Starmania veterans sing "Le monde est stone"

[stra-tek]

Random spoilerific reasons to read Star Trek novels, with little to no context:

Ro/Quark is a thing

A Jem'Hadar joins DS9, tries to fit in but eventually snaps and tries to kill everybody

You learn the origins and final fate of the Borg

A thinly-veiled Dr. House clone joins the Voyager crew

Geordi briefly has 2 girlfriends at once (due to different writers not co-ordinating enough, but still)

There's a TOS book that's a musical

There are YA stories about Jake and Nog making mischief on DS9

YA stories about Worf, Geordi, Picard, Beverly, Kirk, Spock and McCoy at SFA

YA series about the Kelvinverse gang (including Gaila!) as cadets, taking on a drug problem at SFA and a very unique Borg scout in San Francisco

We very briefly meet the people who are to Q what the Q are to humanity

Janeway/Chakotay is a thing

Kirk's first mission in command of the Enterprise! Erm, at least twice.

Kirk was married between TOS and TMP

Her name was Lori

In the future, you have yearly marriage contracts that you either update or you don't and I think that's amazing

Trip didn't die! He faked his death to join Section 31 and go undercover as a Romulan

It's not great, tbh

The ENT books get better after the Romulan wars though, it's proper founding of the Federation stuff

We meet Jack Crusher (erm, the OG) when 4 timelines start overlapping and he's a bit unhinged

Teenage Kirk stole a car and his choice was go to jail or join Starfleet

What happened when Voyager got home? Seven broke up with Chakotay like 30 pages in

Kirk gets cloned, and his clone becomes the sub of an evil invincible super genius and its all very gay

George Kirk was Robert April's first officer on the first ever mission of the unnamed starship with the Naval Construction Contract 1701

Robert is a hard-core pacifist and has to turn command over to George whenever it's time to fire weapons

Data becomes fully human for a couple of days and it's really sweet

They never say "wristwatch" or "phone", it's always "wrist chrono" or "personal comm"

There are gays but they don't say that word because it's the 1990's and Rick Berman runs the franchise

Spock has a son in the past with Zarabeth

Everyone in the post-Nemesis era does spy missions all the time non stop, as if Starfleet has abandoned exploring the cosmos for doing Space Mission: Impossible

Bashir does it better than anyone else, he takes on Section 31 from the inside

Remember Control? It's from the novels, except the novels do it SO MUCH BETTER.

Remember how we never found out who Future Guy was? We do.

It's very underwhelming, nobody we know

We find out how the Romulans and Vulcans split

Surak was a Vulcan internet blogger

A Borg Cube eats Pluto

Janeway dies

Janeway gets better

At least one TOS book features a wizard

There's a Star Trek TOS/Here Come the Brides crossover novel

It had cameos from The Doctor (as in, Who), Han Solo, Starbuck and others

Whole book series about Section 31

Whole book series about the Department of Temporal Investigations

One time they do the Bill and Ted thing to escape confinement and it works

Wanna know how Riker and Troi met?

Wanna know what Picard got up to on the Stargazer?

Andorians have 4 sexes and it's very complicated

Data comes back from the dead as Data 2.0, and it was fresh and exciting because it happened long before ST: Picard did it twice.

Lal comes back too and we get father/daughter android stuff! They have a home and everything but keep having to save the universe

One time Mirror Seven is led around on a leash naked on Terok Nor

Geordi becomes captain of the USS Challenger, decides it's not for him because plot, and goes back to engineering on the Enterprise

Kirk is shot on the bridge and dies

Kirk gets better

They watch 3D holos of old Doctor Who episodes in the Enterprise rec room

The Enterprise also has an AI named Moira, which was Zora long before Zora

The TOS crew get together for one last mission. About three times.

There's a Perry Mason book except it's about Kirk's lawyer from that TOS episode

Data 2.0 owns and runs a massive gambling empire on Orion

Spock keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

Scotty keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

Bones keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

You're on Tumblr so you already know about Killing Time

There's a guy named McKenzie Calhoun and he's a total badass and captains a ship of weirdos and misfits

Kirk comes back from the dead, saves the galaxy repeatedly, has an intersex child (who identifies as male) with a Romulan/Klingon hybrid

Kirk beats up Worf

Kirk's child has superpowers

Kirk's child saves the galaxy at age 6

The Kirk stuff is 100% ignored in the other novels

About 50% of the novels are ignored in the other 50%, and the ones that are meant to be in direct continuity with each other aren't always quite

Just like the TV shows and movies, then

Lwaxana Troi meets Q, and it goes as well as you'd expect

Someone tells Data, yes you idiot you had emotions all along and he's like, oh shit you're right

McCoy is left in command of the Enterprise as a joke by Kirk, who is then immediately kidnapped

Ro Laren is captain of Deep Space Nine

Picard/Beverly is a thing, they get married and have a child named Rene. No running away and raising your kid in secret here

Riker and Troi are married, serve on the Titan together with a bunch of adorable weirdos and have a daughter named Tasha

You get to watch all the 24th century characters die horribly in the end along with their entire universe. Holy fuck it's a bleak horror show. Personally, I love it. But if that's not your cup of tea I'd skip the Coda trilogy

[superfamilyweek]

Superfam Members

Since there seem to have been some confusion as to which characters are included in the Superfamily as far as this week is concerned, we decided to clear things up a bit. So here is a list including all the characters for which we will accept submissions for (note: this means that your fanwork has to include at least one of those characters. You can also include whatever other characters you want, as long as one of the following characters is the central focus):

Clark Kent

Lois Lane

Ma and Pa Kent

Jimmy Olsen

Kara Zor-El

Kon El/Conner Kent

Mae Kent/Matrix

Linda Danvers

Karen Starr/Paige Stetler

Superpets (krypto, streaky, etc)

Natasha Irons

John Henry Irons

Lana Lang

Jon Kent

Chris Kent

Otho Ra

Osul Ra

Cir El

Jor El and Lara Lor-Van

Other canon Earth versons of Superman/Supergirl/etc (see: Calvin Ellis, Val Zod, etc)

Other characters such as Lucy Lane or Perry White, as well as other superfam love interests (Lori Lemaris, Jay Nakamura, Brainiac 5, etc) and reformed villains (Lex Luthor, Bizzaro, Silver Banshee, etc) are considered a supporting cast, and thus submissions about them will only be reblogged if they include one of the characters from the above list as well.

[rootytootypie]

I've already kind of touched on this on my acc, but I need to know what eprocto hcs and ideas u have about Sup3rm4n-

💨😳❤️🤢🦸

💨: Clark definitely is regular, all the way. 15 farts a day, unless he’s constipated somehow, otherwise it’s a little more. The quantity is normal, however the volume is not. They’re always pretty substantial, like a horse’s releases, even the scentless, noiseless ones. That’s why Clark is hyperaware of his posture and appearance when he has to let one fly, not wanting to have a clear visual pooting pose. And on the smellier days, he tends to crack a window at the Daily Planet, and wait for some jackass (see Steve Lombard) who eats kimchi or tuna salad or something ridiculously and inappropriately fragrant at their desk before he releases in measured amounts. When he’s home alone (or even if Lois is around, albeit with a lot of coaxing), anything goes…albeit with the TV on max volume so the neighbors on both sides can’t hear.

😳: Embarrassed by farting out of ten? Eleven. Clark has extremely good control due to his super concentration abilities, so slips are rare enough to be mortifying. He’s definitely wont to blush, freeze in place, cover his face, look down in shame, apologize profusely, and add in “Excuse me” even more. He’s incapable of truly pretending it wasn’t him or throwing the blame elsewhere. Hell, if someone else got blamed, he automatically claims it, not wanting someone else to suffer his shame.

His most embarrassing moment was based more on overreacting than the fart itself. He was helping Jimmy move his new desktop into a cubicle, when mid lift he let out a *PPPPBBbbBBBbBBBBllLLLloOOOOooORRrrPPPppPPTTTt*in front of the ENTIRE Daily Planet staff, including Perry, whose door was open. He froze, gingerly took the desktop from Jimmy and set it down, no longer worried about a display of his super strength. He apologized to everyone, especially Cat, who was in the direct line of fire, and clocked out at lunch.

When Lois got back from work later that day (this is after their marriage), she had to gently break the news to the poor mortified man that, due to the noise, smell, and his absence…everyone else thought he shat his pants and was planning to rally around him and give him a chocolate cake with the words “Shit happens” written in frosting (a brilliant idea from Jimmy and a surprisingly well intentioned Steve). Did Clark swallow his pride and attend the sad excuse for an office party? Yes. Does he still cringe into a little ball looking back? Absolutely. (Does Lois smile when she thinks back on how Cat stopped being flirty with Clark post-Superfart Crisis? Definitely.)

❤️: I(’m going to go with Lois for this one) The closest thing on Clark’s list of embarrassing moments to the “Shit happens” incident was his first fart in front of Lois. It was when they reached the point in their dating that they visited each other’s places more, a point he’d never reached before, what with Lana being a high school girlfriend and Lori living in the ocean. His general post date routine was get home, take a Gas X, then lie down and let nature take its course (hell, in the early days, Martha gave him the Gas X and a hot water bottle).

But with Lois being around more (especially post sex), this was getting tricky. And he was terrified. She barely liked him at one point, and was afraid her finding out about his occasional gas problems from “white kryptonite” (dairy) would sour things for good.

But Lois went out of her way to make him risotto, he couldn’t resist it (especially considering Lois in the kitchen becoming a canon event was not on his bingo card).

That night, Clark laid up awake and vigilant against any accidents…until around four am, he, Lois, and his next door neighbors woke up to a loud *BrrrrtBBBBBBBRRRRRRTTTTTTTT!* Again, Clark froze and pretended to be asleep, until, to his shock, Lois rolled over and started rubbing his stomach, saying, “Don’t go so red, Kent. Nice to know I’m not going to be the gassy Earth human to some sort of streamlined digestive system. Not that it doesn’t stink to high heaven, but I’ve been hit with worse.” Still blushing, Clark groaned and hid his face as Lois laughed. “Seriously, no need to be shy,” she said. “If you need proof I love you for you and not your powers, here it is.”

“I love you, too,” Clark managed, his heart swelling. “‘M still embarrassed. Is it too late to say ‘Excuse me’?”

“How about this,” she said. “I’m good at massaging stomachs after dealing with my own period cramps. How about I massage that bad gas out of you and we say you’re excused for the night?”

“But it’s gonna be gross,” Clark says with a nervous look.

“I’ve done the crime beat and the lonely hearts’ column,” Lois said. “I have a strong stomach.”

Clark ended up giving in after some more gentle coaxing, and learns that not only can Lois handle him at his grossest, but that he definitely likes being little spoon.

🤢: Clark feels extremely neutral about other people’s gas. His super senses do indeed means he notices every fart in his vicinity, and he’s learned to ignore it like every other sound or smell that doesn’t indicate danger. If he went around being grossed out by all the bad smells on Earth, he wouldn’t be able to function. However he can certainly tell what you ate, and will occasionally chastise Jimmy, Barry, or Lois for having something they shouldn’t have eaten, considering he always feels concerned for people’s health.

🦸‍♂️: Clark isn’t totally sure his Kryptonian heritage is responsible for his gassiness on Earth, but he suspects it does. A quick look back through his memory does suggest Kryptonian children are born powerfully gassy (it’s in fact a point of bragging rights among Krypton’s fathers if their baby can shake the house), but it settles down in their fifth or sixth year of life. But this must be based on Krypton’s red sun or higher gravitational pull somehow because his stomach only settled to the point where his gas isn’t literally explosive, setting off the Richter scale or toxic. Otherwise it’s still voluminous and packs a punch to the olfactory bulb of everyone around him if he eats something that disagrees with him.

On missions with non-flying heroes, if gas happens to strike, Supes suddenly needs to take to the skies, literally flying over the tallest buildings and passing gas to his heart’s content while doing reconnaissance. Hell, he uses this strategy in his daily life as well, hence the scarcity of embarrassing moments.

I hope you enjoyed this! It was so much fun to write.

[rosie-love98]

Song That'd Be On Snape's Playlists:

"In Noctem" (Harry Potter).

"Blind Pig" (Fantastic Beasts).

"Heaven" (Fantastic Beasts).

"Cauldron Full Of Hot, Strong Love" (Celestina Warbeck).

"Pink Moon" (Nick Drake).

"The River Man" (Nick Drake).

"Things Behind The Sun" (Nick Drake).

"Harvest Breed" (Nick Drake).

"Northern Sky" (Nick Drake).

"Tow The Line" (Nick Drake).

"Black Eyed Dog" (Nick Drake).

"Hanging On A Star" (Nick Drake).

"In A Broken Dream" (Python Lee Jackson).

"Paint It Black" (Rolling Stones).

"Love On The Rocks" (Neil Diamond).

"Perfect Day" (Lou Reed).

"Hallejuah" (Leonard Cohen).

"Conditions Of The Heart" (Prince).

"Is It Scary" (Michael Jackson).

"Suspiria" Theme (Suspiria 1977).

"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (Roger Daltrey).

"Magic Works" (The Weird Sisters).

"Up Against The Wind" (Lori Perry).

"Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica).

"Just Let The Sun" (Skunk Anansie).

"If I Apologized" (Mirrormask).

"Thurseday's Child" (David Bowie).

"On The Moon" (Peter Cincotti).

[unknown171204]

Starmania 1988 - 91

This version of the show, darker than the following ones, is considered by Michel Berger as the real second version (and the real update) of Starmania.

First performed at the Paris theater then at the Marigny theater over a period of four years.

DISTRIBUTION :

Norman Groulx / Renaud Hantson : Johnny Rockfort

Martine St-Clair / Nathalie Lermitte : Cristal

Maurane / Réjane Perry : Marie-Jeanne

Richard Groulx / Michel Pascal : Zéro Janvier

Sabrina Lory : Stella Spotlight

Renaud Hantson / Solal : Ziggy

Wenta / Bruna Giraldi : Sadia

Luc Laffite / Jean-Jacques Fauthoux : Roger-Roger

Full Album :

The French public will pleasantly welcome this late 80s style update, which does not seek to surpass the charisma of the original cast ( especially the untouchable Daniel Balavoine, who died in 1986 from a tragic helicopter accident )

The great success of the show led to a tour throughout France and five performances played in Russia ( apparently a real triumph ! ) the non-French speaking spectators followed the show with small booklets translated into Russian .

Liners :

The 88 version had the right to its album , called by fans "l'édition rouge" but above all FINALLY a complete video recording !

A recording which has only one flaw the absence of Maurane. The revelation of the show, having left the troupe after eight months of performances, because of a terrible burn-out

Below the show (with english subs) :

С русскими субтитрами :

한국어 자막과 함께 :

中国粉丝制作 :

ANECDOTES :

Réjane Perry, understudy and then replacement for Maurane, is no stranger to fans of French musicals ! She is the very first nurse from Romeo and Juliet 2001

...

The Princess Lady Diana attending a whirlwind performance by the troupe during a visit to the Elysée :

...

Ziggy evolves in this version. he recovers the song “Enfant de la pollution ” previously sung by Johnny Rockfort and he is now no longer a rock dancer but a rock drummer

...

The role had such an impact on Maurane that she wrote a magnificent song about her character :

For more Starmania or to discover other French musicals I invite you to follow the path of my main masterlist to learn more about French musicals and their stories :

[stevienicksrarities]

The beautiful sisters of the moon ~ Lori, Stevie & Sharon. Bella Donna shoot 1981.

© Herbert Worthington III

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

overhated women in tv:

(i will update this list because there are so many)

debbie gallagher (shameless)

svetlana yevgenivna (shameless)

skyler white (breaking bad)

sally reed (barry)

lori grimes (the walking dead)

andrea harrison (the walking dead)

nancy wheeler (stranger things)

carol danvers (mcu)

wanda maximoff (mcu)

mabel pines (gravity falls)

beverly marsh (it)

britta perry (community)

piper chapman (orange is the new black)

rory gilmore (gilmore girls)

[weltenwellen]

Hello! Have you got any reading recommendations either about childhood neglect/the mother wound specifically or anything fiction/non fiction generally?

No, not that much. I've read on emotional immaturity: Lindsay C. Gibson's Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Running On Empty by Jonice Webb. Specifically about mothers I can only think now of Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori and Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride.

Then furthermore what stuck with me were things from the book Healing Your Emotional Self by Beverly Engel and Healing the Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw.

Going further in terms of current boundaries and dynamics, self discovery: Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Attached by Amir Levine and maybe Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab.

Then if we're talking about understanding Trauma and what it does to the brain and the body of course The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk and Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman. Furthermore I like in that direction Bruce Perry's The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner.

[haereticus]

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐍 ...

𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝… 【 maika monroe //. cis woman //. she/her 】 welcome, CORALINE CAIN. you have successfully been loaded into THE HUB. according to our records, you are THIRTY YEARS OLD and have held citizenship for THIRTY YEARS in the barrier city, neo california. your key attributes have been identified as PROTECTIVE and GUARDED. please confirm your NEUTRAL GOOD status to proceed. our data indicates that you are currently employed with BIOTICS AS A BIOTIC MARK (KINETIC FIELDS) //. HEAVEN'S NIGHT AS A BARTENDER. for your safety and security, it is crucial that all background information is accurate. further analysis of our archives highlights your alignment with NO SURPRISES BY RADIOHEAD. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ verification 100% complete. please adhere to all local regulations and laws during your stay. we trust that your time here will be both fulfilling and safe.

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒.

full name. coraline cain. nickname(s). cora. gender & pronouns. cis woman & she/her. date of birth. december 19, 2116. age. thirty. hometown. neo california. current residence. neo california. nationality. american. occupation. bartender. affiliation. biotics / her sister. languages. english, spanish, mandarin, japanese, latin. education. high school diploma + bachelor degree in social studies.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘.

positive traits. protective, loyal, observant, pragmatic, independent. negative traits. guarded, defensive, sarcastic, pessimistic, bitter. mbti. isfj-a ( the defender ). enneagram. type six ( the loyalist ). moral alignment. neutral good. deadly sin. wrath. heavenly virtue. temperance. western zodiac. sagittarius. parallels. fiona gallagher, shameless / lori grimes, the walking dead / britta perry, community / buffy summers, buffy the vampire slayer / katniss everdeen, the hunger games / natalie scatorccio, yellowjackets / vi, arcane.

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘.

tw: pregnancy complications, maternal death in childbirth, paternal death, scientific experimentation on children, guns

Perhaps, you were doomed from the beginning.

Can this not be said for all creatures so grotesque as you? Beasts that were never supposed to exist – slated to be destroyed by god before birth, salvaged only by the meddling of man. Your parents had tried for some years to become pregnant – fertility treatments and alternative therapies and simple blind hope proving fruitless until, at the age of forty, your mother finally falls pregnant. Even more, she is told she could expect twins. She and your father are overjoyed – the next months occupied by painting nurseries and reading parenting books and buying a copious number of plush toys. To them, it is a dream come true – and they counted down the days until each appointment with the midwife. They watch in awe as two tiny hearts beat in unison.

Of course, things can never be simple, can they? In the middle of her pregnancy, your mother falls gravely ill. The doctors tell her that her babies aren’t getting the nutrients they need, and that carrying the pregnancy is killing her. Her options are simple: deliver now, and risk losing her babies, or continue the pregnancy, and risk her life. After waiting so long to become pregnant, your parents are devastated by the news, and entirely unsure how to proceed. The doctors tell them that there are no good options – the best they can offer is a few extra days to make a decision. It seems that, before you were even cognizant of the world around you, it is plotting against your very existence.

Your parents, naturally, seek a second opinion. It is here they unwittingly fall into the grasp of THE SPECIAL CHILDREN INITIATIVE. A man in a lab coat explains to them that they are trialing an experimental treatment – that they will expose the fetuses to a substance that will significantly improve their chances of survival if they are born early. The specifics of the treatment are hidden behind pages of fine print and an absurd amount of scientific jargon. Your parents barely understand what it is they are consenting to – except that it will ensure that their precious babies might live. So, they allow you to be exposed to sunstones, blissfully unaware of the consequences of their decision.

To the credit of the man in the lab coat, you and your sister do live. You are born ten weeks too early – small and bluish, but very much alive. Unfortunately, your lives come with a trade-off. Whether a side-effect of the sunstone, or the wrath of some divine being – your mother’s condition rapidly worsens after she gives birth. Her sheets rapidly turn from white to red as her complexion does the opposite – quickly paling as she bleeds out. Try as they might, there is little her doctors can do – your mother is declared dead a mere thirty minutes after she gives birth to two healthy baby girls.

You and your sister are transferred to the nursery and watched over by a doting, if grieving, father. He names you as his wife had requested – you are called Coraline, and your sister, Cassandra. He watches as you breathe and clings to the only piece of his wife that is still living. And perhaps this could have been the end of our story – perhaps you could have gone on to live a perfectly ordinary life. Your father would have taken you home once you were well enough and raised you and your sister as best he could. He would have sent you to a good school, you would have made good friends. You would sit around the dinner table each night and recount the mundane intricacies of your day. Each moment would be tinged with a hint of sorrow for what you had lost, but this would fade and give way to love and joy.

Of course, things can never be so simple. You are a doomed creature, remember? You are not heavenly – created by a benevolent god for love and pleasure. No, you are infernal – a beast born of hubris, forever tethered to the original sin which allowed you to live.

The representatives of the initiative return before you and Cassandra are discharged from hospital. They offer your father condolences before making a simple request – they would very much like to take you off his hands. His staunch refusal catches them off-guard – you and your sister are special, they insist, and you will need appropriate guidance and training to reach your full potentials. You are alive because of their intervention, and so your very existence is owed to them. Your father is steadfast in his denial, but it won’t matter. He leaves the hospital to fetch breakfast the very next morning and never returns to his post by your bedside. His disappearance would never be investigated nor solved.

So, Coraline and Cassandra Cain are taken in by the initiative where they will remain for the next eighteen years. You are not raised, you are trained. You are not loved, you are prized. You are brought up like a rat in a cage, a bug under a microscope – an experiment, a feat of human potential, hubris manifest – but never a child, never a person. In the cold, clinical environment you call home, the only person you ever have is your sister. Whilst the constant poking and prodding turns you bitter and sceptical, Cassandra is the opposite. Despite growing up in the same environment, she refuses to become hardened by it. She remains soft, and caring, and beautifully genuine. She never grows into her fangs, and so you must sharpen your own. You are her older sister, after all, you are the protector, the gladiator. In a world where you only have each other, you are happy to settle into the role of attack dog, if it means your sister can maintain her innocence.

At eighteen, you are permitted to enter the real world. Tracked, of course, but for all intents and purposes, free. This, you are told, is the next stage of your training. You have learned all you can within the confines of the institute – you have mastered your abilities, become versed in mathematics and science and literature. Now, they want to see how their beasts will fare in the big bad world. To see whether they will flourish or flounder. Live or die. Conquer or fall. You take the opportunity and run with it – although you worry about how the world might treat your sister. You do your best to tuck her under your wing and usher her carefully into the world, choosing to live with her even though the scientists offer to buy you two apartments. You think she might be too soft for what lies beyond the four walls of the research facility you both know so well – so you use your barbs as a shield and pray she will not break.

You enrol in a social sciences degree – not because you are particularly interested in scholarly pursuits, but because you think it will be a good way to learn about the intricacies of society you may have missed in childhood. You quickly realise that such things cannot be learned from books alone. So, you take a different approach, batting your eyelashes and securing yourself a position as a bartender ( if the higher powers monitoring you and your sister have anything to do with this, they at are at least discreet ). It is difficult at first – you feel a step out of time with everybody around you, as though they are speaking a language you cannot quite understand – familiar and foreign at the same time. You feel stilted and robotic and stunted, a cheap imitation of something alive despite being made of flesh and blood just like everybody else. You worry that you have made a terrible mistake – as much as you had hated the facility where you grew up, at least you understood how it worked.

Over time, it becomes easier. Over time, you begin to understand the subtle nuances of social interaction that you had missed growing up. You learn to interpret body language and unfamiliar lingo. You come to appreciate music, and art, and find that the outside world is as beautiful and freeing as you had always hoped. Some days, you even forget what you are. You forget where you have come from – that you are little more than a weapon crafted in a laboratory, a science experiment set loose to wreak havoc upon the world you have come to love. Some days, you feel close to ordinary, to truly content. Some days, you feel like you could go anywhere, be anything – free and untethered. But, when it’s dark enough, you can still a tiny tracking chip glowing beneath your skin – and you remember that you will never be free.

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Final Destination: Bloodlines, extreme fear for horror lovers

Final Destination: Bloodlines is the upcoming sixth installment in the popular Final Destination horror film series, set to be released in 2025. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, the film marks the franchise's return after a hiatus since Final Destination 5 in 2011. The release aligns with the 25th anniversary of the original film, promising a theatrical debut, including IMAX screenings.

Production Details

The film is produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The screenplay is crafted by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor, with Jon Watts, known for his work on Spider-Man: No Way Home, serving as a producer. The production began filming in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2024, after initial delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Cast

The cast features notable actors, including:

Tony Todd as William Bludworth, reprising his iconic role.

Brec Bassinger

Teo Briones

Kaitlyn Santa Juana

Richard Harmon

Anna Lore

Owen Patrick Joyner

Max Lloyd-Jones

Rya Kihlstedt

Tinpo Lee.

Plot Overview

While specific plot details remain under wraps, early reports suggest a unique narrative twist. The story centers on an 18-year-old character named Stefani, who experiences nightmares about a tragic tower accident from the 1960s. It is revealed that these dreams are premonitions related to her grandmother, who previously thwarted death but is now facing her own mortality. This connection to past events introduces a new dimension to the franchise's traditional themes of cheating death.

Franchise Evolution

Producer Craig Perry has indicated that Bloodlines will not strictly adhere to the established formula of previous films, which typically revolve around a group of characters escaping death only to be hunted down. Instead, this installment aims to expand the Final Destination universe, exploring deeper themes and character backstories while maintaining the franchise's signature suspense and horror elements.

As anticipation builds for Final Destination: Bloodlines, fans can expect a blend of nostalgia and fresh storytelling that honors the legacy of the series while introducing innovative concepts.