#Luc is 3 and 6 and also 14

[writeroffantasy03]

Saw the Echoes of the Solstice character art again today and I’m once more wondering why Beau and Caleb look so much older than they are. It’s only been around 6 or 7 years since campaign 2 ended. (Beau is 30 and Caleb is 40/41.)

Liam said something on a recent episode that implied he thinks it’s been decades since campaign 2. (No one corrected him!!! Ahh!!!!)

Maybe I need to accept that character ages are just as unknown as the ages of the PC’s children.

[utilitycaster]

How would the wizards win, they are knocked out easily and fragile as fuck???

Hi anon,

In the interest of verisimilitude I am running this combat play by play. Assumptions include:

Equipment is that of their last appearance (Echoes of the Solstice for the PCs but before Caleb gives his stone to Luc, and 2x141 for Essek) with the notable exception that no one has any potions

All magical items with charges are fully charged

The wizards have all necessary components for their spells

Caleb’s philosopher’s stone is on him and is set to constitution save proficiency, which is how Caleb usually has it set.

Caleb will not access spells that we have not seen him use previously

Essek gets the high level dunamancy spells though bc we left with him not accessing 9th levels and it seems reasonable he’d have these learned.

Characters are all level 20

The poll this is based on does not explicitly say to the death, so I am counting “at least one of the wizards survives and put Yasha somewhere she is not going to bother them” as a win condition for them.

For the purposes of this exercise I am going to make Essek a chronurgist but swap out the level 2 abilities (Chronal Shift and Temporal Awareness) for Adjust Density since we know he has the latter but “time is his speciality” as I don’t have his actual stat block.

Essek’s CON, WIS, CHA, and STR are unknown as are his HP. I have rolled for them, added his CHA bonus as a drow, and taken an ASI to one other stat. I have also just used the wizard default of 4 HP per level + con bonuses. I rolled (4d6 drop lowest): 16, 8, 14, and 11, which seems like a reasonable spread. I’m giving him 16 CHA (14+2 racial bonus), 16 CON, 8 STR, and 13 (11+2) WIS, which seems reasonable to me. His HP is therefore 6+4*19+3*20=142.

They all start at the corners of a square with sides 30 feet, as there is no 2D configuration of four equidistant points. Same teams are at diagonals from each other (ie, going clockwise, it goes Beau, Caleb, Yasha, Essek.)

In order to stave off any whining: if both wizards roll higher on the dice for initiative than both sentinel babes I will reroll. After that the dice shall tell their story.

Caleb is not allowed to cast Wish to simply win the fight even though that is the obvious answer and not prohibited per the rules of the poll because while that proves my point, actually running through the combat and demonstrating the general case of “wizards beat melee at L20 as a rule” is more fun for me.

Final and most important rule: I am a human person running through combat for four people. Will this be perfectly optimal in every way? No. If there is something egregiously wrong then mention it but if you simply had a different strategy then well, write it out yourself.

Combat below the jump:

Initiative: Caleb rolled 7 (modified to 9), Essek rolled 16 (modified to 19), Yasha rolled 15 (modified to 18), Beau rolled 3 on the d20 and 6 on the d8 from her boots of the vigilant (total of 14).

Round 1

Essek casts Hold Person on Yasha since he cannot cast it on both at once as they are 42.4 feet from each other. She fails with a natural 1. [L2 spell used - Essek]

Yasha rolls again at the end of her turn, and gets a 12, failing.

Beau runs to Essek and attacks him twice, using a ki point to stunning strike him on her first hit and attempting for all hits after until it succeeds. She rolls an 11 and a 14 to hit on the dice, which will hit. Essek rolls a natural 18 on his first con save, succeeding, but a 9 on his second, which fails, dropping his hold on Yasha. Beau just takes flurry of blows for her bonus action, with advantage, rolling a 17 and a 12 respectively at advantage. Total damage to Essek is 14+11+7+7=39 damage. (2 ki used) She can also extract aspects; he is a normal guy.

Caleb shapechanges into an ancient white dragon. He picks up Essek in a talon (object interaction) and flies 35 feet into the air.[L9 spell used - Caleb; concentration]

Round 2

Essek is stunned

Yasha summons her wings. She makes her Frightful Presence save with a natural 18 and flies almost into melee with Dragon!Caleb but that is her action. She rages as a bonus action.

Beau has no abilities nor items that extend more than 30 feet away. She may as well use Empty Body to become invisible and resistant to all damage though! (6 ki used total, 4 this round). She makes her frightful presence save with a 15 on the dice. Essek is no longer stunned.

Dragon!Caleb can get both Yasha and Beau in a cone of cold, DC 22. Yasha saves with a 17 on the dice and total of 27,  Beau rolls a 3 and uses a ki point to reroll, getting a 9+10 which fails. This is a con save, so no evasion. I rolled extremely well (thanks google dice roller thing) and Beau takes 96 cold damage, halved to 48 from Empty Body. Yasha takes 48 cold damage as well, halved due to her saving throw. Caleb rolls a 6 on the d6; this ability recharges. He then flies 80 feet away from Yasha.

Round 3

Essek casts Ravenous Void 30 feet behind Yasha such that he and Caleb are outside of the spell’s 100 foot range. Beau is however also in range, though neither she nor Yasha are within range of the sphere, merely the 100 foot event horizon. [L9 spell used, Essek; concentration].

Yasha must make a strength save, which she makes with a 14 on the die, against Essek’s DC of 20. She moves 25 feet towards Caleb and Essek as she is in difficult terrain (yes, even in the air.) She uses her battle cry ability as a bonus action, granting Beau advantage on attacks and saves.

Beau makes a strength save as well, and makes it with a natural 18. She can activate her maelstrom gloves at this point I suppose, as her action. She also runs from the sphere, along the ground, at half speed (35 feet); she will use step of the wind to dash as a bonus action (70 feet). She is still within the range of the spell this turn.

Caleb can hit Yasha with the cold damage again. She makes her save with a 15 on the dice. I rolled much more poorly this time; she takes 32 damage. His breath weapon does NOT recharge this round as I rolled a 4.

At the end of round 3: Caleb has 333 HP as a dragon and has used one 9th level spell on which he is concentrating. Essek has 103 HP as himself and has used one 2nd level spell and one 9th level spell, the latter on which he is concentrating. Beau has 144 HP and is invisible; she has used 8 of her 20 ki points. Yasha has 148 HP and is currently raging.

Round 4

Essek casts lightning bolt on Yasha at 5th level. She fails her dex save (16+3 = 19, his DC is 20), taking 10d6 lightning damage, or 26 points per my roll. (Yasha is at 122 HP).

Yasha makes a strength save at advantage against Ravenous Void, just making it with a 10, but Essek uses Convergent future to make her fail. Yasha is pulled into the Ravenous Void; Essek takes one level of exhaustion. Yasha takes 5d10 force damage (another 26 points) and is restrained. (Yasha is at 94 HP).

Beau rolls a 15, succeeding with a 21. She successfully runs out of the range of ravening void and stays there. HOWEVER she is now within Dragon!Caleb’s blindsight radius.

Caleb gets directly above Beau and attacks her with his multiattack. He rolls a 9, 17, and 15 on the dice and gets +14 on all three attacks, dealing 2d10+8, 2d8, 2d8+8, and 2d6+8 damage total, all of which will be halved. That added up was a 72 total, halved to 36 for Beau who is now at 108 HP. He rolls a 5 on the d6, recharging his breath weapon. All attacks are made at minimum 10 foot reach, putting him outside the range of Sentinel; he returns to 40 feet above Beau.

Round 5

Yasha is out of range, so, upon realizing what’s going on, Essek casts See Invisibility on himself and can now see Beau, but that is his action.

Yasha takes another 34 damage from the Ravenous Void and makes a strength save at advantage; she makes it and is no longer restrained. She can get 15 feet out of the sphere. (Yasha is at 60 HP)

Beau can I guess run 70 feet away from the wizards.

Caleb uses his breath weapon again on Beau. She rolls a 5 on the dice, which is a failure on the con save. She takes 39 (79 halved) damage. Beau is now at 69 HP (nice). The breath weapon does not recharge this round.

Round 6

Essek casts Gravity Sinkhole where Beau is. She rolls a 4 on the dice and fails her Con save, taking the full 5d10 force damage (27) which isn’t halved by Empty Body. Beau is now at 42 HP.

Yasha succeeds on her saving throw and is now 40 feet out of the sphere, 50 from the center. She needs to make her next two rounds of saves to get out of the range of the spell, but takes no damage this round. She heals herself up 20 points, to 80, as her action.

Beau runs another 70 feet away.

Caleb goes after Beau, who I assume is running at a tangent to the radius of Ravenous Void, and dashes, catching up but is not able to attack.

Round 7

Essek uses momentary stasis on Beau. She rolls a 9 on her Con save, failing with a total of 19; she is incapacitated and has a speed of zero.

Yasha rolls a 3 and a 4 on her next saving throw, failing her strength save, and is pulled back into the center of the sphere, taking 5d10 (33) damage. Yasha is at 47 HP.

Beau is incapacitated.

Caleb makes his multiattack, dealing 57 total, halved to 28. Beau is now at 14 HP.  Caleb’s breath weapon does not return.

Round 8

Essek casts gravity sinkhole again at Beau. She rolls a 19, making her con save, but still takes 5d10 halved. I rolled a 28, halved to 14, precisely knocking her unconscious.

Yasha takes 25 force damage from the center of the sphere and makes her save, moving out from the center of the sphere. Yasha is at 22 HP.

Beau rolls a 2 on her first death save. This however does not matter, because...

Caleb lands and attacks Beau, taking her death saves and killing her. His breath weapon does not return.

Round 9

Essek hangs out in Caleb’s talons, chilling.

Yasha makes her strength save and moves out from the center of the sphere. She is again 50 feet from the center.

Caleb flies to the edge of the radius of Essek’s spell and lands.

Round 10

Essek gets out of Caleb’s talons and stands but is otherwise still chilling.

Yasha makes her strength save and dashes, reaching the wizards but is not able to attack them. She is no longer raging, having taken no damage nor attacked in a round, so she rages again.

Caleb drops Shapechange and casts Disintegrate. Yasha rolls an 11, for a dex save of 14, failing. She is reduced to 0 HP by Disintegrate, which turns her into dust and kills her because she is still dust even though she is raging.

Conclusion: I did to be fair roll like absolute shit for Beau but it was ultimately a game of dragon-and-monk anyway; once they're in the air and she's not and Yasha's unable to come to her aid, she's fucked. The second Beau fails to stunning strike one of the wizards, and Caleb gets a +9 assuming he has all his favorite magic rocks around him against Beau's 18 DC, so this is not out of the question, they can and will either turn into a dragon with a +14 to con saves and also who can fly, or cast "gravity hates you personally" at 9th level.

I would also note that Yasha's 101 damage in one hit in Echoes of the Solstice relies on several buffs from - you guessed it - magic users, as well as a crit. (fun fact! I rolled zero nat 20s during this, which is kind of weird although also I was mostly only rolling saves). Neither she nor Beau can one-shot one of the wizards on their own - even if they're teaming up only on one of them it's going to take 2-3 rounds, and meanwhile the other has, again, cast "fuck you" at 9th level in the meantime.

[venlazlo]

Fields of Mistria Birthday Approximations

Still in an art rut so I calculated all their birthdays on the Gregorian Calendar under the read more for those that like to draw their favorite characters on their birthdays.

edit: compressed into a single image

Also the math isn't perfect so I will list all the flaws in the data and my own calculations at the end but I am pretty confident in what I have managed to achieve so far. The fat chunk of text at the end is by no means required reading but may answer some questions that may arise.

edit: sorry forgot abt Adeline. Shes Jan 26

Jan 1-3 Errol 7-10 Darcy*

Feb 9-11 Hemlock March 11-13 Ryis 31 - Olric

April 1-2 Olric 19-21 March

May 5-8 Luc*

June 4-6 Elsie 17-19 Vera

July 7-9 Balor 13-15 Celine 19-21 Josephine

August 1-3 Eiland 14-16 Nora 21-23 Maple 30-31 Valen*

September 1-2 Valen* 9-11 Landen 16-18 Merri

October 5-7 Reina 12-14 Holt 18-20 Dozy 31 Louis

November 1-2 Louis 7-9 Teritha 20-22 Juniper

December 6-8 Dell 19-21 Henrietta 22-24 Hayden

*The middle date of the range is my assumed option. (i.e Reina is October 5-7 so I'll just assume Oct 6) *This is based on the Northern Hemisphere since it snows in Mistria. Spring 1 translated to our calendar would be equivalent to March 1-4. *There was an extra day that could not be equally distributed so I picked a day that would be ultimately inconsequential. (Feb. 28/Winter 28) Aside from the estimated dates, putting it anywhere else only makes it so Henrietta has one day in Capricorn. and changes the bullet point above. *Darcy, Luc, and Valen have four days while everyone has three bc 365/112 produces a decimal value (3.26) so I evenly distributed an additional day to every 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 21st, and 25th day. >>This decision was unfortunately subjective. As opposed to doing the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 24th, & 28th which would have affected the following: >>>Vastly increased the list of 4 day estimates to Ryis, March, Balor, Josephine, Eiland, Nora, Landen, Reina, Dozy, Louis, and Hayden. This puts too much guess work on a "center" day >>>Everyone's estimated dates are effectively shifted by -1. >>>March Would still be either an Aries or Taurus without a skew towards either, Maple would be a pure Leo, Juniper would be a pure Scorpio, and Hayden would have one day in Capricorn. >>>Had this been the decision, I would have probably put the extra day into March 1st/Spring 1 purely because the thought to do the days divisible by 4 was an afterthought and I'm too lazy to retype all the numbers and putting the extra day on Spring 1 just realigns everyone with the data presented above.

Thank you for reading!

p.s. if someone can get me Caldarus' birthday bc I have seen that screenshot where he tells you that it is his birthday but it does not show the in-game UI so the date is not visible. There's a random gaming article that lists it as Spring 25(May18-20 Taurus) but I do not trust any of them to do their jobs right honestly.

[meet-the-thenardiers]

Disney X Les Misérables

1. Jean Valjean - I imagine two characters "playing" him. In his younger years (before he was arrested, and sent to the galleys) I imagine him as Aladdin. And when he is older, I imagine him as Cassim.

I don't know how many people will remember this character (or this movie) but he is Aladdin's father and first appears in Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

2. Fantine - I know that many people relate the character of Cinderella to Cosette (which is fair), but her appearance in the Disney films really reminds me of the Fantine, and how she described in the books:

"She was called Fantine because she had never been known by any other name [...] She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but the gold was on her head and the pearls in her mouth."

3. Euphrasie "Cosette" Fauchelevent - Okay, for Cosette I imagined these three characters for each "stage" of her life. The first two images are of Penny from The Rescuers (1977), and would represent her around the time she was rescued by Jean Valjean. The third is Princess Eilonwy from Black Cauldron (1985), who would represent Cosette at 12-14 years old, when she left the Petit-Picpus convent. And lastly, Princess Aurora would be her at 16-17 years old.

Also, I just noticed that while in the novel her hair is described to get darker over the years, here it seems like it has gotten lighter.

4. M. Thénardier - Dr. Facilier as Monsieur Thénardier, that's it! I could list a few reasons why I think these two fit together perfectly, but I think the decisive one for me is Facilier's expression in the masked ball scene (that would be the second image). It reminds me of the part of the novel where M. Thénardier sees Marius and Cosette's wedding procession during the Mardi Gras.

5. Bishop Myriel - The Archdeacon from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Yeah, I don't think there's much to explain about this one. Besides the two (in a way) being part of a work by Victor Hugo, their personalities and appearances fit together very well.

I also thought of Friar Tuck from Robin Hood, and more specifically, the anthropomorphic version of him that appears in the 1973 film.

6. Fauchelevent - For Fauchelevent I imagine Amos Slade from the movie The Fox and the Hound (1981). I remember that I didn't like this character when I was a kid, not necessarily because he was a hunter, but because of his "obsession" with capturing Tod. But looking back today, I believe it was because we were seeing the movie from the poor animals' point of view (I mean, his dog was hurt too).

But like Fauchelevent, I believe he is not necessarily a "bad guy" – perhaps a lonely, grumpy old man.

7. Monsieur Gillenormand and Mademoiselle Gillenormand - For Monsieur Luc-Esprit Gillenormand, I imagine his appearance to be similar to that of Georges Hautecourt from Aristocats (1970). And although the lawyer seems to be much more lively, pleasant and fun than M. Gillenormand, I really imagined his appearance to be something like that.

And for Mlle. Gillenormand, I picture Aunt Sarah from Lady and the Tramp (1955). Although I don't think Marius's aunt is as old as Aunt Sarah appears to be, so I picture her hair starting to turn gray, not completely white.

8. Toussaint - Last but not least: Nanny from 101 Dalmatians (1961) as Toussaint, the maid of Jean Valjean and Cosette. Let me tell you, to this day I find Nanny to be the most adorable female Disney character, the way she loves and cares for the Dalmatian puppies is just so cute, even in the live-action version.

[cantfuckbracket]

Can't Fuck Bracket: Group Stage Release Schedule

Alright everyone, now that Group 1 has been posted, I'm going to be a normal poll runner and post the release date for the group stage

Each group has 3 characters, and I'm going to release them in 3 clusters so there aren't too many at once

Obviously, not all characters who fit into a particular group are in it, because I needed to organize them and it would be impossible to find 32 forms of criteria that would apply to 3 characters and 3 characters ONLY in a group of 96. So if you're thinking "X character would also fit in Y group!" - you're probably right. But I made executive decisions to be able to distribute them equally

Cluster A - Groups Separated by Fandom - 29/04 at midday UTC

Some fandoms had several characters submitted, so I tried to keep those together so that 1- the same big fandom can't own half the bracket; 2- small fandoms can have at least one round of fun before they're inevitably swept by Pikachu; and 3- we can have some healthy fandom debates

CLUSTER A GROUPS:

Group 2: Mob Psycho 100 (Part 2) - Toichiro Suzuki versus Dimple versus Reigen Arataka

Group 3: Chainsaw Man Male Characters - Aki Hayakawa versus Denji versus Kishibe

Group 4: Chainsaw Man Female Characters - Asa Mitaka versus Kobeni Higashiyama versus Power

Group 5: Endless Summer Characters - Jake McKenzie versus Everett Rourke versus Aleister Rourke

Group 6: Marvel Characters - Tony Stark versus Peter Parker versus Steve Rogers

Group 7: Shadowhunters (All Media Types) Characters - Jace Herondale versus Book!Alec Lightwood versus Clary Fairchild

Group 8: The Mysterious Benedict Society Characters - LD Curtain versus Jeffers versus Dr Garrison

Group 9: Death Note Characters - Light Yagami versus L Lawliet*

Group 10: Final Fantasy XIV Characters - Zero versus Estinien Wyrmblood versus Wedge

*only two characters from this media were submitted, so this group has 2 contestants

Cluster B - Groups Separated by Genre/Media Type - 01/05 at midday UTC

Group 11: Video Game Characters - Kaname Date (AI: The Somnium Files) versus Scout (Team Fortress 2) versus Stanley (The Stanley Parable)

Group 12: Adult Animation** - Strong Bad (Homestar Runner) versus Tord (Eddsworld) versus Gojo Saturo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Group 13: Horror and Thriller - Adam Murray (The Mandela Catalogue) versus Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) versus Jack Chambers (Don't Worry Darling)

Group 14: Children's Animation - Osmosis Jones (Osmosis Jones) versus Grunkle Stan (Gravity Falls) versus Eberwolf (The Owl House)

Group 15: Books - Jason Grace (Heroes of Olympus) versus Peter Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia) versus Hardin Scott (After)

Group 16: RPG - Hubert von Vestra (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) versus Anduin Wrynn (World of Warcraft) versus Gilear Faeth (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)

Group 17: Visual Novels - Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) versus Sigma Klim (Zero Escape) versus Duke Richards (Desire and Decorum)

Group 18: Nintendo - Ghetsis (Pokémon) versus Bill Hawks (Professor Layton) versus Toad (Mario)

Group 19: Medialess - Mount Everest (Real Life) versus The Letter W (Latin Alphabet) versus Leg Emoji (Keyboard) versus Scoliosis (Submitter's Body)***

Group 20: Big Popular Anime - Black Leg Sanji (One Piece) versus Todoroki Enji (Boku No Hero Academia) versus Touka Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul)

**NOT porn. That's pretty much the opposite of this contest. By this I mean "animation whose target audience is not children"

***to make up for Death Note having only 2 contestants, this group has 4. I picked this one to make up for it because it, by its nature, won't have any fandom involved, so it's not particularly unfair to its contestants that they have a slightly smaller chance of going forward

Cluster C - Groups Separated by Character Traits - 03/05 at midday UTC

Group 21: Submissions That Would Have Sent 2012 Tumblr Into A Nuclear War - The Onceler (The Lorax) versus Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock) versus Jean Luc Picard (Star Trek The Next Generation) versus Wheatley (Portal 2) versus Dean Winchester (Supernatural) versus Sans (Undertale)****

Group 22: Characters The Submitters Didn't Think Needed Explaining - Olaf the Snowman (Frozen) versus Lord Farquaad (Shrek) versus Goofy (Disney)

Group 23: Immortal Characters - Booker (The Old Guard) versus Edward Cullen (Twilight) versus Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)

Group 24: Characters Tumblr Loves To Hate - Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs The World) versus Peter Griffin (Family Guy) versus Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Group 25: Childhood Classics - James (Pokemon) versus Ken (Barbie) versus Saruhara Shinichi (Super Sentai Franchise)

Group 26: Characters From Media Tumblr Could Be Normaler About - Palpatine (Star Wars) versus Greg Hirsch (Succession) versus Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death)

Group 27: Vegan-Friendly - Indoor Peace Lily (Submitter's House) versus Seedless Watermelons (Grocery Store) versus Vegan Leather (Real Life)

Group 28: Characters That Inspired Paragraphs - Jiang Cheng (MDZS/The Untamed) versus Bertrand Beaumont (The Royal Romance) versus Joe Goldberg (You)

Group 29: Canon Incels/Shitty Lays - Severus Snape (Harry Potter) versus Tim Campbell (Crazy Ex Girlfriend) versus Ace (Powerpuff Girls)

Group 30: Failgirls - Lydia Rodarte-Quayle (Breaking Bad) versus Lumpy Space Princess (Adventure Time) versus Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Group 31: British Men - Prince Charming (Shrek) versus Wallace (Wallace and Gromit) versus Steven Merrick (The Old Guard)

Group 32: Others - Chuck McGill (Better Call Saul) versus Neelix (Star Trek Voyager) versus Dozen Roshuto (Reigen Manga)

****since this group has 6 contestants, 2 will move forward. This makes up for Group 1 technically not sending any character forward, and maintains the chances of a character getting through as the same as the other ones

[authorangelita]

I was tagged by @rosieblogstuff 😃

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

259.  I really want to hit 100 stories in both MacGyver and White Collar fandoms.   😁

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

594,984.  That averages out to 2,297 words per work, which is actually better than I thought it would be.  I write a lot of short pieces. 

3. What fandoms do you write for?

In order of most fics to least: White Collar, MacGyver 2016, Teen Wolf, White Collar RPF, Dark Angel, Supernatural.  There are a few other fandoms, but they're related to an event I did on LJ where you wrote down 15 characters from various fandoms, and people gave you random numbers, and you had to write a drabble/ficlet that included those characters. 

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Redraw the Lines (White Collar)

Letter T: Tired (Teen Wolf)

Letter Q: Quilt (Teen Wolf)

Letter K: Kidfic (Teen Wolf)

Friendly Advice and Family Dinner (White Collar)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I always plan to respond, but I'm super behind at the moment.  One of these days, I'm going to catch up!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Listen, I'm not proud of it, but I did once write the death of Peter and Elizabeth's dog Satchmo in White Collar fic.

On the MacGyver front, it's hard to tell.  Maybe Regrets (Jack) where Jack decides they all need to leave the Phoenix. 

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I don't know that I would classify many of my fics as having a happy ending. I think Altered Course, the AU where Jack and Diane decide to foster Mac after his grandfather dies, has a pretty happy ending. 

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, not really.  There are a couple of White Collar fics that I wrote that some people didn't like, but I still didn't get hate for them. 

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nope.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I haven't finished one, but I've tried a couple of White Collar/Teen Wolf crossovers.  That event I did with the 15 characters included crossovers, but they were so short, I don't know that they really counted. 

The craziest one from that was probably Luc Johnston (Tru Calling), Peyton Sawyer (One Tree Hill), and Peter Burke (White Collar) In a love triangle.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don't think so.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, back in the post-Dark Angel days.  A friend and I did a kind of role-playing thing where we wrote a bunch of Dark Angel fic that was mostly never posted, and several Dawson's Creek fics that were CJ/Jen-centric.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Is the Ever Given too obvious?

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I have a whole folder of fics called Limbo.  I've talked about this one before, but I have this idea (and I posted a ficlet of it during an event last year, I think) where Mac spirals after Jack "dies", becomes addicted to pain pills, and pushes everyone away until Jack comes back.  I would love to write it, but the amount of research needed boggles my brain. 

Another one that I probably won't finish is the one post-Regrets (Jack) where (post-Phoenix) Team Improv becomes an elite Search and Rescue team where Jack flies the helicopter, Mac gets winched down to rescue people, etc.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Oh, this is a good question!  And also a tough question.  Umm, Jack's voice, finding unique ways to twist an h/c story,  and the occasional zinger dialogue. 

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Also a good question and another tough one.  Fully fleshing out scenes, not starting paragraphs with someone's name, and coming up with endings that aren't cheesy.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm uncomfortable with it because I don't speak any other languages, and everything I know about translation apps/sites makes me nervous.  I named a fic with a word from another language, and I often think about changing it because I'm worried it means something terrible in a different language.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

General Hospital.  Those fics are lost to time (or the secret FFN account that I will never share).  I was 14/15, and they were terrible.  But I'm so glad I had that brief fandom experience.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

For White Collar, it's Redraw the Lines.  I really don't think that answer will ever change.  For MacGyver, that answer changes often, and I'm still writing stuff, so maybe I haven't written it yet.  Today, it's Wearing Your Wounds.

I'm not sure who's been tagged so far, so if you want to play, please say you were tagged by me! 😃

[sapphicsandscience]

20 questions for fic writers

Not going to lie - no one tagged me in this lol - but I am doing it .

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

47.

2. What's your total ao3 word count?

322,829.

Crazy number for me. I know some have literal millions but I can’t believe I’ve written that much in like the last two or three years??

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently Star Trek (TNG/VOY/PIC & some DS9). ER and Criminal Minds more so in the past. But ER I’ll never leave you.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Aster

- my labor of love - no pun intended.

- i WILL finish her (manifest it pls).

A Flame In Your Heart

- going to be honest writing post s3 isn’t something that interests me the most.

- however, this is a cute story and i wish i had some more ideas for it as i feel like i lack direction.

I Should Have Moved Moons For You

- ahhh.

- a fic I really should have pre-written before posting but i do have fun with it.

- i am half confident she will be finished in time but it stresses me out thinking about it and my outline lol.

- but like most of my WIPs the chapters are all outlined and i do have semi-concrete endings for them or at least know the main plot.

A Lot Of Things Can Happen In Two Months

- like the concept but i think i could have written it better ?

- feels a bit messy but also there are a lot of feelings in it.

- but happy i got it finished !! and i am proud of it overall.

Eighteen Minutes

- ngl I forgot I wrote this lol.

- the only one-shot here.

- def benefited kudos wise from being posted after the second episode aired.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! And I love to give comments regardless if I get a reply from the author. But personally, I like to reply back as the commenter has taken their time to do this. And you can have some really lovely and funny interactions in the comments haha … I just love talking about fic.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Well…it would have to be either of the ones I killed Beverly in - Last contact or Too Late.

Not sure which is more angstiest?

However, as for a multichap ending that ends the most angstiest and wasn’t written to be a character-death-fic - maybe - A Lot Of Things Can Happen In Two Months. Which sucks cause it’s pretty much canon compliant LOL.

Hmm now I am tempted to write another multichap with a less than happy ending…

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most of my fics that have an ‘ending’ are WIPS that I haven’t finished yet lol.

But maybe Our Turn - it’s just Beverly and Jean-Luc enjoying everything wonderful in their lives <3

8. Do you get hate on fic?

Not really - I doubt anyone cares enough lol. But I am ‘fortunate’ that some of the more ‘controversial’ ships I may write have had writers come before me and take the brunt of any crap :(( but they’ve created a lovely sandbox for the rest of us to play in <3

9. Do you write smut?

Not often but I have yeah…and *deep breaths* … I have no idea if I am even acceptable at it LOL. It’s definitely something I sometimes want to add to my fics and lately I’ve been giving in a little.

Okay, someone tell me if I am terrible and I will stop.

10. Do you write crossovers?

It’s not my go to thing but yes I have. Including the fusion ER/TNG fic that three people have probably read (but three people I love).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No but that would be cool as!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! With my lovely and supportive ER fic buddies ❤️

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Not sure how best to answer this. It is very dependant on my current hyperfixation and I am one of those sapphics that very much is into the woman more than the man in terms of interest in f/m ships…

However, at the moment it’s Beverly/Jean-Luc and I can say I am definitely more invested and interested in Jean-Luc’s character than I have been with other men in f/m ships. So that’s another reason.

But I love to read/write Crusher/Janeway ❤️ and LOVE those characters. Kerry/Sandy too is special to me.

Can honestly say apart from helping me give Emily Prentiss a baby in my fics I never cared that much for any of her ships I wrote (sorry 😭).

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but probably won't?

Probably better I don’t answer this. It stresses me out cause I want them all to be done 😭

I’ll answer with a WIP I never posted which was a dystopian AU with Kerry and Sandy. Field medicine, babies (it’s me so ofc) and friends trying to survive together.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Hmm - I think I can come up with some good ideas. I can be good at description and introspection … probably more than dialogue.

And I am very strong in the art of giving Beverly Crusher lots of babies. And also making her go through angsty stuff. But I make up for that with the babies I think.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Long intricate plots ? I would love to be better as balancing many themes and plot points in one story. I struggle with dialogue sometimes as well.

Also I am very word count preoccupied at times which is a hindrance as a writer. I sometimes really struggle to get anything out in a session then can overcompensate later by writing too much? But honestly either way I just let myself go with the flow these days otherwise I stress about it.

Yeah and I probably need to edit better.

And smut.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Is this controversial?? I don’t have any issue with it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

(redacted)

20. Favourite fic you've written?

These are both not what I would consider my best work (idk what that even is) but probably Gone (Ice)fishing or It Takes A Village.

Both were written as gifts and out of my comfort zone (for different reasons) but I am really proud of them both.

But I also love some of my Kerry/Sandy one-shots I did here on this blog. And Aster is definitely a personal accomplishment in terms of length as a writer. I love it too ❤️.

Oh, also - To Build A Home - cause it’s tragic & angsty but also BABY🥹 - it’s just my brand.

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Okay -I’ll shut up now.

Anyone feel free to do this and tag me.

[snowboyclarkov]

Beyblade World Tournament: MD12-MD17

The early second half of that one random comparison tournament thing I'm doing because I can. Nothing more needs to be said. I still think the fact that Phi and Hyde don't have a known surname looks off compared to all the others.

This is used in the event of all the peeps having the original beys. Mainly because Hasbro beys are about as appealing as Sage hentai, and also because on Hasbro beys, the hax don't exist.

Categories:

Attack

Defence

Stamina

Balance

Battle Smarts

Break Potency

Burst Resistance

Experience

Flux

Hax

Intelligence

Launch Strength

Power

Resonance

Skill

Special Moves

Speed

Talent

Technique

Code:

Aiger Akabane = ACH

Alexander Shakadera = XCL

Arman Kusaba = ASH

Arthur Peregrine = APO

Bel Daizora = BFY

Boa Alcazaba = BAL

Clarkov Sahaidachny (Furutani) = MRN

Dante Koryu = DRA

Delta Zakuro = DVL

Free de la Hoya = FAF

Gwyn Reynolds = GEN

Hikaru Hizashi = HLO

Hyde = HAD

Hyuga Hizashi = HPR

Kurt Baratier = KHA

Lain Valhalla = LUC

Lui Shirosagi = LNO

Pax Forsythe = PDM

Phi = PHN

Pri Forsythe = PDR

Rashad Goodman = REG

Shu Kurenai = SPR

Silas Karlisle = SAT

Valt Aoi = VTY

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Matchday 12:

HPR 10-7 VTY

HAD 7-10 DVL

KHA 6-10 HLO

PDR 9-9 LUC

PHN 9-9 LNO

BFY 8-11 APO

PDM 10-7 SAT

DRA 9-9 ACH

ASH 4-13 MRN

GEN 13-5 BAL

REG 10-8 FAF

SPR 9-8 XCA

Matchday 13:

HPR 9-6 HAD

KHA 8-9 VTY

PDR 9-7 DVL

PHN 8-10 HLO

BFY 9-8 LUC

PDM 7-8 LNO

DRA 10-8 APO

ASH 7-11 SAT

GEN 8-10 ACH

REG 9-9 MRN

SPR 13-5 BAL

XCA 5-10 FAF

Matchday 14:

HPR 10-7 ASH

GEN 8-10 DRA

REG 9-9 PDM

SPR 8-10 BFY

XCA 7-11 PHN

FAF 8-7 PDR

BAL 7-9 KHA

MRN 12-4 HAD

ACH 8-9 VTY

SAT 9-8 DVL

APO 8-9 HLO

LNO 6-11 LUC

Matchday 15:

HPR 9-7 BAL

MRN 8-8 FAF

ACH 10-8 XCA

SAT 5-12 SPR

APO 10-9 REG

LNO 9-10 GEN

LUC 10-8 ASH

HLO 7-10 DRA

DVL 9-8 PDM

VTY 9-10 BFY

HAD 7-10 PHN

KHA 6-10 PDR

Matchday 16:

HPR 6-11 MRN

ACH 13-6 BAL

SAT 4-13 FAF

APO 12-7 XCA

LNO 9-7 SPR

LUC 7-10 REG

HLO 9-7 GEN

DVL 11-6 ASH

VTY 9-8 DRA

HAD 3-11 PDM

KHA 3-15 BFY

PDR 10-8 PHN

Matchday 17:

HPR 9-8 SAT

APO 10-8 ACH

LNO 9-8 MRN

LUC 12-3 BAL

HLO 9-7 FAF

DVL 8-9 XCA

VTY 9-9 SPR

HAD 6-12 REG

KHA 6-12 GEN

PDR 9-8 ASH

PHN 9-10 DRA

BFY 9-9 PDM

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Current Standings

Dante Koryu | Dragon

Gwyn Reynolds | Genesis

Aiger Akabane | Achilles

Rashad Goodman | Regnar

Lain Valhalla | Lucius

Hikaru Hizashi | Helios

Pax Forsythe | Pandemonium

Clarkov Furutani | Mysurarni

Bel Daizora | Belfyre

Lui Shirosagi | Lúinor

Free de la Hoya | Fafnir

Valt Aoi | Valtryek

Shu Kurenai | Spryzen

Pri Forsythe | Pandora

Hyuga Hizashi | Hyperion

Arthur Peregrine | Apocalypse

Delta Zakuro | Devolos

Phi | Phoenix

Alexander Shakadera | Xcalius

Silas Karlisle | Satomb

Arman Kusaba | Ashindra

Hyde | Hades

Kurt Baratier | Khalzar

Boa Alcazaba | Balkesh

[utilitycaster]

Level-Up Post: Mighty Nein: Echoes of the Solstice addendum

This is going to be short and sweet (ish) and covering deviations or clarifications to the pre-show post.

Everyone (except Luc) (and Aggy): level 20!

Fjord: I stand by my opinion that Open Sea Paladin 7's Aura of Liberation is superior to Hexblade 14's Master of Hexes, but both are very solid and the important thing is that Aura of Protection from paladin 6. We don't know his invocation but we do know his L13 Warlock Mystic Arcanum, Crown of Stars, or, more accurately to how he flavored it,

Beau: She DID take the mobile feat, and I'm so happy. 70 ft/round base walking speed. Monks, y'all.

Caleb: has the Wish spell; is using it solely, currently, to replicate lower spells, which is iconic of him. Responsible casting at its finest. One of his at-will 1st level spells is Fortune's Favor, but I don't think we got any of the others, and I believe his feat is also unknown.

Veth: We do not know; truly hilarious of Sam to do this. Don't worry; I'll talk about Luc in a second.

Jester: Her feat is Flash Recall, which is in the TCSR and allows you to replace a prepared spell with another spell of the same level without a long rest. Very good for Jester, whose spell prep is iconic in its eclecticism (complimentary).

Caduceus: much like his careful evasion of any questions from others asking how he was doing during the campaign (also complimentary), his feats - level 19 and level 16 remain a mystery (though we know his INT increased with his level 16 feat). In short:

Yasha: Took barbarian levels and has the CON and STR to prove it; also took Great Weapon Master, which is a solid option.

Our guests:

Rab "Aggy" Agg: Level 5 monk; no subclass we die like Bertrand Bell.

Luc Brenatto: I don't know how by how much the potion increased his level; at least to level 7 rogue (Evasion) from his base Arcane Trickster Rogue 5/War Mage Wizard 3. For a quick refresh on Arcane Trickster and rogue low levels, Luc has expertise, sneak attack, and uncanny dodge as well as the special arcane trickster mage hand abilities. He has 3 cantrips and 4 spells known from his rogue subclass. Meanwhile, as a wizard he has arcane recovery (not used; a long rest but no short ones), can prepare 6 spells from his spellbook, and he is treated as a 4th level spellcaster (1/3rd his rogue level rounded down plus his wizard level), so he can cast up to 2nd level spells. War mage is, on its own, notably a kind of shitty wizard subclass, but it's actually hilarious and pretty great as a multiclass option here. Luc used Arcane Deflection, which lets him use his reaction to grant either an AC bonus or a saving throw bonus, although when used you cannot cast spells other than cantrips until your next turn. This sucks if you are a wizard, but Luc is a rogue with an Aeorian security cannon, so it's fine. He also gets a +3 (INT mod) to his initiative.

[violet-t-9]

My (not very realistic) wish list for episode 141

1. Blooming Grove Clay family reunion! Hugs and tears! Home-cooked meal and tea! Much needed relaxation and downtime after saving the world.

2. Widogast’s Nascent Nein (9!) Sided Tower because Caleb still has a spell slot for that! So many cats and books. Also, rooms for Essek and Molly (9!). Bonus: seeing more rooms on the 8th floor of the tower?

3. Check in and visiting Allura to return her staff and Kima’s Holy Avenger (”hey we saved the world killed Lucien stopped the city Allura are you proud of us? You are? Tell us who is on the Tal’Dorei council.”)

4. Check in and visiting Yussa and Wensforth to apologize for their last visit to the Tidepeak Tower and using his emergency exit plan, but Yussa being too grateful to be saved from a screaming city hivemind to care.

5. Molly getting more and more of his memory back and slowly becoming his old flamboyant self.

6. Caleb says goodbye to Frumpkin and there is either a sweet farewell or Frumpkin just goes “nah fam I choose my wizard you can’t get rid of me”.

7. Beau and Yasha moments, conversations, fun times, shameless PDA, or potentially fade to black because they deserve it. 

8. Jester and Fjord being domestic, adorable and sharing kisses/conversations or potentially fade to black because they deserve it.

9. Caleb and Essek have a long one-on-one conversation about their “it’s complicated” relationship and have some more physical contact (still reeling from the forehead touch last episode).

10. Veth, Yeza and Luc’s joyful/tearful family reunion and happy fun times in which Veth and Yeza may or may not celebrate in private.

11. Cad’s moments with his family and also with Molly (because it’s fun to watch them on screen together and conversing let’s be real).

12. Jester’s reunion with her mother with big hugs and finding out that parent trap TM has succeeded thanks to her genius plans. Also, the gentleman being a super awkward but loving dad. 

13. The Mighty Nein plans for the future: getting rid of Cloven Crystal, Fjord visiting Vandran (with Jester probably, who discusses Tusk Love with him) and maybe Sabian? Yasha’s plan to bring flower to Zuala (trip with Beau?). Beau’s plans regarding Zeenoth’s trial (has that happend yet? Does she want to go?) and Caleb’s plans for the assembly (or even further ahead, magical school? Aeorian research with Kryn Colleague? How pissed is Ludinus Da’leth?)

14. Getting an update about Astrid and Eadwulf to find out that they are in fact doing fine because Trent is in deep trouble and under heavy investigation by the Augen Trust and Cobalt Soul (bonus: Trent is already starting to get what he deserves. Or even better, Trent has died from liver failure in jail. Like his jaundice really kept getting worse so one can hope I guess?)

15. Fjord officially “meeting the parents” and Gentleman/Marion giving Fjord the shovel talk because that didn’t happen last time.

16. Wedding mentions/discussions? Proposals? Anyone? No? 

17. Artagan/sprinkle joins in the celebration because why not (bonus: Sprinkle gets to be free! Or whatever an undead weasel could be lmao)

18. Obligatory wish for Essek’s fancy dunamancy or magical items (like I know we will never see dark star probably but I live for spell casting flavours).

19. Obligatory wish for the polymorph spell (look, I just love it okay).

20. Obligatory wish for Caleb to use more fire/customized/dunamantic spells creatively or with nice flair (what’s sexier than wizards NOTHING).

21. Discussion about Essek’s future because oh boy can he even go back to the Dynasty? Have they found him out yet? If they did, how mad is the Bright Queen? Are Volstruckers too busy to chase him down? We need to know!

22. Group hug! Group feast! Group cheer! I dunno, just do group stuff. They are the Mighty Nein, they are the Mighty Nine, they saved the world!

23. Visiting/checking in with other NPCs or allies potentially! Like Kiri, Calianna, Twiggy, Keg, Shakasta, Bryce, Dagen oh also the Hag (I’m kidding). 

24. Obligatory wish for everyone (the Nein, their friends/families) to get a happy ending that gives me a feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment, and that the episode/campaign ends with a poetically beautiful scene!

Wow, I cannot believe that we are near the end. What an incredible journey it has been. I cannot express how glad and grateful I am to have discovered critical role campaign two. To quote Vax’ildan, “how lucky I have been to have had all of you. How lucky indeed”. I love the cast and their characters, and the stories that they each build and then tell together. It has been such a joy in my life and something I look forward to every week - next week is no exception!

Now, let me say it once more with the amazing DM - 

Is it Thursday yet?

[oldhollywoodfilms]

TCM is honoring Jane Powell with an afternoon lineup of her films on Saturday, Oct. 16. The actor and singer, who passed away Sept. 16 at age 92, was one of the top MGM musicals stars of the '40s and '50s and she was a great friend of the network and classic movie fans. Your best bet is Powell's career-defining performance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT. Powell is at her feisty best as pioneer woman Milly, but she's also subtle and sweet when the part requires it and "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" is a great showcase for her voice. The rest of the lineup is made up of three MGM musicals. Luxury Liner (1948) at noon ET, Small Town Girl (1953) at 2 pm ET, and Royal Wedding (1951) at 4 pm ET. In the last film, Powell steals the show from costar Fred Astaire during a sassy Vaudeville-type number.

Here's the best of the rest for the week of Oct. 11, 2021:

1. Nine to Five (1980) at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT Monday, Oct. 11: Legends Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin team up for this '80s workplace comedy. This film is still a fiercely funny takedown of sexism in the workplace -- it's also a rare female buddy movie -- and there's not a woman alive who can't relate to it on some level.

2. Breathless (1961)) at 12:15 am ET/9:15 pm PT Tuesday night/Wednesday morning: TCM's spotlight on New Wave movements continues with director Jean-Luc Godard's film about a gangster (Jean Paul Belmondo) and chic young woman (Jean Seberg) on the lam. It is THE essential film of the Nouvelle Vague.

3. Border Incident (1949) at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT Wednesday, Oct. 13: This uncompromising, surprisingly contemporary film noir about the immigration crisis at the U.S./Mexico border is more relevant in 2021 than it was in the 1949. Simply, put it's one of the best old Hollywood noirs, and it lingers in your mind long after you've watched it. Border Incident is part of a night of films honoring Hispanic Heritage month. Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban stars in Border Incident and another great noir airing Wednesday night: Mystery Street (1948) at 1:45 am ET/10:45 pm PT.

4. House of Wax (1953) at 6:30 pm ET/3:30 pm PT Thursday, Oct. 14: It just wouldn't be October without a little Vincent Price on our list. The horror icon plays the very dedicated owner of the world's creepiest museum in this classic fright-fest (too bad TCM viewers can't see it in its original 3-D format).

[backjustforberena]

A Woman’s Work - S14 E30 - Liveblog (comments added under cut)

Here we go....

Edit 1: Ahhhh Ric straight off with the sexism. “a female consultant skilled at manipulating people, I think it’s fair to say I’m familiar with the species”

Edit 2: HER MEETING JAC! A thing to note, she’s very bubbly, very personable. Very (supposedly) none-threatening.  

Edit 3: Jesus, Luc, are you saying you kissed Eddi and then swanned off on a trip for a few weeks? That’s where you’ve been hiding? Trauma consultants, I swear to god...

Edit 4: They really did Catherine no favours with this wardrobe. 

Edit 5: “I’m really looking forward to working here. I think it’s going to be fun.” WOW, sweetie, you have no idea what this place is going to put you through.

Edit 6: You really get the feeling that Serena takes total pleasure in her job.

Edit 7: I think that the fact that both Serena and Bernie’s first full episodes with Ric concern his possessive nature about patients says more about him than it does them. Also: F.O.H.

Edit 8: “I must’ve missed the large sign round her neck saying Property of Ric Griffin.” “I guess I’ll just have to make a BIGGER sign then.” - I’m sorry what sort of alpha male crap is this. My sign bigger than your sign, Ric?

Edit 9: Funding for CTU has been cut. At least Hanssen told Darwin himself and the funding was always an issue/in play, they had various episodes where Sahira got dolled up for donors and they reviewed the scheme with the Board. And yes I am still bitter about them closing the Trauma Unit without even giving Bernie a heads-up! 

Edit 10: Honestly, Ric could start scent-marking Keller and I’d be unsurprised. 

Edit 11: “A Ric Griffin Masterclass. Terrific. Best offer I’ve had all year.” which, roughly translated, means: “You patronising so and so, I will give you just enough rope and hope you hang yourself.”

Edit 12: I forget how Conservative Serena is sometimes. Also, jealous Luc is fantastic.

Edit 13: “A proper NHS idealist, good for you. I’d heard you were a dying breed.” - and if you’re not, she will kill you herself, Ric, okay?

Edit 14: I can’t BELIEVE that Ric goes to Hanssen to complain.  It’s so sexist.

“And Ms Campbell’s list of accomplishments is intimidating.” 

“I assure you I am in no way intimidated by her.” 

“Right. So let me get this clear: your gripe is that I’ve appointed an extremely well-qualified surgeon to share your workload who, in your opinion, is just too efficient. And then, to add insult to injury, I’ve bought your department a state of the art new piece of equipment, well, I can see why you’d be peeved.”

Edit 15: SHE’S SO CALCULATING. She’s instantly got an agenda. It’s quite glorious though.

Edit 16: “She’s 10% surgeon. 90% business woman.”

Edit 17: “I appreciate that you must have had your reasons for appointing her.” SITS DOWN, HANDS STEEPLED. “But I have to make it clear that I simply can’t work with the woman.” - It’s so sexist. It’s soooo sexist. What kind of position do you even think you’re in to be making those demands, Ric? It’s her first day, she’s been there less than 12 hours and for gods sake are you telling me you’d do this with a man? REALLY?

Edit 18: “Look, I get it. I’m not everyone’s cup of tea. I have a certain way of doing things.” - Christ, why do I feel like that’s her mother talking?

Done!

[snowboyclarkov]

Beyblade World Tournament: MD1 - MD5

The first 5 matchdays of that one random comparison tournament thing I'm doing because I can. Nothing more needs to be said. I still think the fact that Phi and Hyde don't have a known surname looks off compared to all the others.

This is used in the event of all the peeps having the original beys. Mainly because Hasbro beys are about as appealing as Sage hentai, and also because on Hasbro beys, the hax don't exist.

Categories:

Attack

Defence

Stamina

Balance

Battle Smarts

Break Potency

Burst Resistance

Experience

Flux

Hax

Intelligence

Launch Strength

Power

Resonance

Skill

Special Moves

Speed

Talent

Technique

Code:

Aiger Akabane = ACH

Alexander Shakadera = XCL

Arman Kusaba = ASH

Arthur Peregrine = APO

Bel Daizora = BFY

Boa Alcazaba = BAL

Clarkov Sahaidachny = MRN

Dante Koryu = DRA

Delta Zakuro = DVL

Free de la Hoya = FAF

Gwyn Reynolds = GEN

Hikaru Hizashi = HLO

Hyde = HAD

Hyuga Hizashi = HPR

Kurt Baratier = KHA

Lain Valhalla = LUC

Lui Shirosagi = LNO

Pax Forsythe = PDM

Phi = PHN

Pri Forsythe = PDR

Rashad Goodman = REG

Shu Kurenai = SPR

Silas Karlisle = SAT

Valt Aoi = VTY

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Matchday 1:

HPR 12-6 KHA

PDR 10-6 HAD

PHN 9-9 VTY

BFY 10-7 DVL

PDM 8-8 HLO

DRA 10-9 LUC

ASH 7-11 LNO

GEN 11-7 APO

REG 13-5 SAT

SPR 9-10 ACH

XCL 7-11 MRN

FAF 12-4 BAL

Matchday 2:

HPR 8-9 LUC

HLO 9-8 LNO

DVL 10-9 APO

VTY 12-7 SAT

HAD 4-14 ACH

KHA 4-13 MRN

PDR 10-7 BAL

PHN 8-10 FAF

BFY 11-5 XCL

PDM 9-8 SPR

DRA 10-9 REG

ASH 3-15 GEN

Matchday 3:

HPR 6-11 DRA

ASH 6-11 PDM

GEN 10-9 BFY

REG 10-8 PHN

SPR 9-8 PDR

XCL 9-7 KHA

FAF 12-4 HAD

BAL 6-12 VTY

MRN 10-7 DVL

ACH 10-8 HLO

SAT 5-12 LUC

APO 9-10 LNO

Matchday 4:

HPR 7-9 PDM

DRA 9-9 BFY

ASH 7-11 PHN

GEN 11-7 PDR

REG 13-5 KHA

SPR 14-3 HAD

XCL 5-12 VTY

FAF 9-6 DVL

BAL 3-13 HLO

MRN 9-10 LUC

ACH 10-8 LNO

SAT 8-10 APO

Matchday 5:

HPR 7-11 ACH

SAT 10-8 MRN

APO 14-5 BAL

LNO 9-8 FAF

LUC 13-4 XCA

HLO 8-9 SPR

DVL 9-10 REG

VTY 10-8 GEN

HAD 8-9 ASH

KHA 5-13 DRA

PDR 7-9 PDM

PHN 8-9 BFY

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Current Standings

Aiger Akabane | Achilles

Valt Aoi | Valtryek

Dante Koryu | Dragon

Pax Forsythe | Pandemonium

Gwyn Reynolds | Genesis

Rashad Goodman | Regnar

Lain Valhalla | Lucius

Free de la Hoya | Fafnir

Bel Daizora | Belfyre

Clarkov Sahaidachny | Mysurarni

Shu Kurenai | Spryzen

Lui Shirosagi | Lúinor

Hikaru Hizashi | Helios

Arthur Peregrine | Apocalypse

Pri Forsythe | Pandora

Phi | Phoenix

Delta Zakuro | Devolos

Hyuga Hizashi | Hyperion

Silas Karlisle | Satomb

Arman Kusaba | Ashindra

Alexander Shakadera | Xcalius

Kurt Baratier | Khalzar

Hyde | Hades

Boa Alcazaba | Balkesh

[little-orphan-ant]

Courfeyrac for the ask thing

Warning: this will be a long post because I love Courf so much and had to include every tiny detail

1. full name

Olivier Jacques Antoine de Courfeyrac. (Oliver after his uncle who died a few months before he was born, Jacques for his grandfather he never met (all his brothers also have the middle name Jacques, which can be confusing), and Antoine because his parents liked that name)

2. appearance

Brown skin, hazel eyes, and curly dark brown hair.

3. romantic/sexual orientation

Bi. Very bi. Like, really, really bi. (That's a quote from him, btw)

4. family

Courf has a really large family. He's in the middle of 7 kids, and his parents both have several siblings, so yeah very big family reunions. (once when Courf was 18-19-ish he flirted with this one girl he met at university and she turned out to be his cousin so that was embarrassing)

Siblings:

Maxime (Max)- 3 years older, twin to Emma, author, think Larry from the Durrells in Corfu but French-ier

Emma- 3 years older, twin to Max, very ambitious, lawyer

Luc- 1 year older, really close with Courf and basically him (personality and appearance-wise) but slightly taller

Courf

Quentin- 2 years younger, not much to say about him, he's nice but was never very close with Courf

Léa- 4 years younger, really smart (I also headcanon Courf, Ferre, and Enj growing up on the same street so Léa's good friends with Enj's sister Agnès and Ferre's brother Pierre)

and Zoé, 10 years younger, little devil but also The Best Ever

5. job/what they’re studying

Law, which he enjoys but only started because his parents expected him to do something like that (Emma is a lawyer and Max is a doctor, while Luc is a somewhat famous digital artist (he's friends with Grantaire) who for some reason manages to impress their parents the most)

6. every single town/city/country they’ve ever lived in

Courf was born a little over a month early when his family was on vacation in Dublin, so technically he's an Irish baby, and he's lived in France, of course, originally in the south but his family moved to Paris right before he turned 7. For about half a year right after university he decided to take some time off and live with his grandparents in Santo Domingo so the Dominican Republic too.

7. extrovert or introvert?

Extrovert all the way. This kid is the most social being ever to exist.

8. hobbies

Theatre, sports, photography, R's currently teaching him guitar (he sucks), annoying Enj while he's trying to work, hanging out with Gavroche, complaining about nothing to Ferre, flirting.

9. languages spoken

French, of course, plus Italian (because his dad's side of the family is from Italy, although his dad was born in France), and Spanish (because his mom grew up in the Dominican Republic).

10. how they dress on a daily basis

Lots of bright colors, cuffed jeans, unzipped sweatshirts, sunglasses in summer, stupid hats made for 6-year-olds in winter, etc

11. favorite color

He really doesn't have one, he likes all of them.

12. favorite musical

In The Heights or Hamilton (he's a big Lin-Manuel Miranda fan what can he say), but as a theatre kid he is legally required to love all of them.

13. favorite book genre

Adventure, mostly. He also likes middle grade fantasy (DONT JUDGE HIM HARRY POTTER IS GREAT) and sometimes nonfiction, but only when Combeferre recommends it.

14. favorite animal

Dogs, probably, especially rescues. As a kid he had a rescue pitbull-lab mix named Oiseau (that's bird in French - he was a strange child).

15. favorite sport

He likes most sports (Courf is the rare mix between Jock and Nerd, if you're wondering), but his favorites are football/soccer, swimming, and basketball.

16. strange obsession

The High School Musical movies. He loves them so much it's unnatural. Him, Ferre, and Enj have seen them together so many times that it's become a tradition for them (despite the fact that Enj and Ferre somewhat hate them). Passed finals? High School Musical. Enj confessed his love to R? High School Musical. Protest went well? High School Musical. (The rest of the Amis only found out about this tradition after being friends with them for multiple years and they still haven't gotten used to it.)

17. biggest secret

He had a crush on his older sister's boyfriend when he was 11 and now that guy's his brother-in-law and Courf still has a bit of a crush on him but NO ONE CAN KNOW, which makes family dinners a bit awkward.

18. pets they have/would like to have

He would like to have all of them. But he is a little irresponsible child so the only pet he actually has is a goldfish named Poisson Rouge (Courf has very, ahem, unique naming decisions, if you haven't noticed - poisson rouge means goldfish. He named his goldfish Goldfish.)

[mappinglasirena]

Picard Season 2, Trailer 2 (Pt 1)

This is the first full trailer we got, released on Star Trek Day in September 2021, and at just over 2 minutes, it is also the longest. We finall got a better idea of some of the things expecting us this season, including Los Angeles in 2024, Raffi and Seven bickering and being badass, The Conservatory Of Fate And Mystery, and the Borg Queen in action. Lots of fascinating stuff!

Fair warning: I’ve split this trailer in half, but this post is still extremely long! And has a ton of images, so mobile users beware 😅

Notes:

Dialogue in italics is voice over, dialogue that isn’t italicized is seen spoken on screen.

Where bits of dialogues have very clearly been cut together from different lines, I’ve indicated this by adding “[cut]”

The time codes refer to the versions of the trailers I have, your milage may vary.

My naming practices are not 100% consistent, though I did my best. I’m generally talking about the different settings of the show as

“Present” (2399-2400, when we meet our motley crew again after the events of Coppelius, at the beginning of episode 1);

“Totalitarian Nightmare” (The alternate version of the present Q throws the crew into. I’m usually referring to this as the dystopian or totalitarian present/clothes/Sanctuary Districts/whatever);

“Past” (2024, the past from the perspective of our heroes.)

I use “Sirena” and “alt!Sirena” somewhat interchangeably. Practically all of the shots of the ship in these trailers show the alternative version of the ship from the dystopian timeline, and where it’s orginial 2399 Sirena, I make that clear.

I focus so much on the clothing of the characters because that’s really helpful in grouping together shots, figuring out timelines, and trying to piece together which bits of the previews belong together. Bear with me.

Trailer 2 (First Full Trailer), Star Trek Day, September 2021

Scene 1 (Château Picard, present)

Shot 1 (00:00-00:03)

Picard, in back turtleneck, opens the large door to the conservatory.

Laris: “I first saw you as…”

Shot 2 (00:03-00:05)

Picard looks into the conservatory.

Laris: “… a man who chose the stars.”

Shot 3 (00:06-00:08)

Picard kneels down in the centre of the run-down conservatory.

Laris: “But after all this time…”

Shot 4 (00:08-00:09)

Picard picks up a shard of glass from the floor.

Laris: “… I’ve come to wonder.”

Shot 5 (00:09-00:10)

He lifts the shard to hold it against the light.

Laris: “Have you been seeking?”

Shot 6 (00:10-00:12)

Close-up of the shard, which shows a delicate rose motif in red and green.

Laris: “Or running?”

  Scene 2 (Château, Totalitarian Nightmare)

Shot 7 (00:12-00:13)

Picard wakes up in the alternate present conservatory.

Shot 8 (00:13-00:14)

Reversed shot of a young boy (Picard?) in vest and cap, opening the doors to the conservatory, walking into its centre, and turning in circles staring up at the sky (windows?). The shot flickers and flips upside down and back again, as it accellarates.

Shot 9 (00:15-00:17)

Exterior of the château.

Q: “Do you recall what I said, Jean-Luc…”

Shot 10 (00:17-00:22)

Shot panning from close-up of Picard’s face to Q standing in the château in his black judge’s coat.

Q: “…when last we parted ways?”

Shot 11 (00:22-00:24)

Fade in from black on Q standing in front of Picard. He starts talking in voiceover, then it’s diegetic.

Q: “The trial never ends.”

Picard: “Q.”

 Shot 12 (00:25-00:28)

Probably different location in, or on the terrace of the château. Picard shakes his head in annoyance, telling Q off.

Picard: “I am way too old for your…”

Shot 13 (00:28-00:28)

Q angrily stares at Picard.

Picard: “… bullshit.”

Q drowns out the end of the word with a snap of his fingers.

 Scene 3 (Collection of scenes, TN)

Shot 14 (00:29-00:31)

Drone’s-eye view of neon-lit Hong Kong at night. There’s an explosion near the top of a skyscraper and sirens blare in the distance.

Shot 15 (00:32-00:33)

Elnor and two women are running away from something. Elnor is in his street clothes and their surroundings look like the futuristic sanctuary districts. The woman running behind Elnor might be Oh?

Rios: “Guys?”

Shot 16 (00:33-00:34)

Rios in his present-jacket is leaning on something (or kneeling) at the back of La Sirena’s upper deck. The engine lights have been partially disassembled, but they are blue, and the Borg Queen is not attached to them (anymore?).

Rios: “We have big problems.”

Shot 17 (00:34-00:36)

Picard, dressed in black, is looking over his shoulder with question and concern. Judging from the lights, he’s on Sirena.

Rios: “Something moved us.”

Shot 18 (00:36)

Rios standing on the bridge of alt!Sirena after just having appeared in the Totalitarian Nightmare, looking startled and worried.

Shot 19 (00:37)

Seven and Picard in their totalitarian outfits, sitting at Sirena’s tactical and nav stations respectively, are thrown forwards against the consoles.

Shot 20 (00:37-38)

Shot of Rios shortly after his arrival, falling forwards against Sirena’s central console.

Scene 4 (Rally and Slum, Totalitarian Nightmare)

 Shot 21 (00:39-00:41)

Fade-in on the assembly hall. There are red-and-white banners, a red lighting scheme, a pit from which the Borg Queen will be raised, and crowds of people cheering in the stands.

Picard: “Q went back in time…”

Shot 22 (00:41)

Picard and Seven, in full authoritarian chique, are standing on the stage, looking uncomfortable.

Picard: “… and turned…”

Shot 23 (00:42)

Focus on Picard, standing stoically in front of one of the red banners.

Picard: “… our world…”

Shot 24 (00:43)

Shot over the heads of the cheering crowd, pumping their fists in the air. They seem to be wearing warm clothes, many rough-spun hoods and fingerless gloves.

Picard: “… into a…”

Shot 25 (00:43)

Two people in full black tactical armour hurry down the Future Sanctuary District street past market stalls. They have their rifles raised and the left eye holes of their black helmets are glowing red.

Picard: “… totalitarian…”

Shot 26 (00:44)

Two people in black tactical armour stand on top of a platform or wall, behind chest-high railing. They’re training their rifles on something nearer the ground and one of them fires a shot. The left eyes of their tactical helmets are red, the right ones white.

Shot 27 (00:44-00:45)

Elnor in his street clothes runs through some market stalls and clears an obstacle with a skilled jump as the display behind him explodes from a phaser blast.

Picard: “… nightmare.”

Shot 28 (00:45)

Seven is standing in front of an opened metal wardrobe in someone’s quarters on La Sirena. She’s wearing her burgundy jacket and staring at a mirror that’s currently hidden from view. It’s difficult to guess whose clothes are hanging in the closet. The lights are flickering unsteadily.

Shot 29 (00:45-00:47)

View over Seven’s shoulder at the hexagonal mirror. Seven looks critically at herself and touches her de-borged left eyebrow. Then she drops her hand.

Seven: “Do you understand what this means?”

 Scene 5 (In front of concert hall, TN)

Shot 30 (00:47-00:48)

Seven, in totalitarian blazer, is addressing the others.

Seven: “Time has been broken.”

Shot 31 (00:48-00:49)

Elnor, in his street clothes, is looking from Picard to Raffi, looking concerned.

Shot 32 (00:49-00:52)

Elnor, Raffi, and Picard are walking away from the concert hall. The slightly curved wall they walk along is festooned with red-black-white banners. Raffi is wearing her dystopian coat, Picard his totalitarian jacket. Raffi is holding onto Elnor’s arm as they walk. Picard is talking with determination (dialogue fading in from voiceover in previous shot).

Picard: “I will get us home. Together.”

Scene 6 (Château, Totalitarian Nightmare)

Shot 33 (00:53-  00:54)

Picard, in his dystopian biker jacket, is standing in the château, staring at something off screen in concern.

Shot 34 (00:54-00:56)

Reverse shot, looking over Picard’s shoulder at a portrait of a younger Picard. Instead of the expected red and white TOS-movie-era uniform, the man in the portrait is wearing a black uniform with a grey collar, and the delta pinned to his chest is symmetrical.

Picard approaches the painting and touches it with awe or dread.

Picard: “The only way to heal our future…”

Scene 7 (Borg Queen lab, TN)

Shot 35 (00:56-00:58)

Looking over Picard’s shoulder at Seven, Raffi, Elnor, and Agnes standing in the Borg Queen lab.

Picard: “… is to go back and…”

Shot 36 (00:58)

Picard, in his totalitarian coat, is standing in the Borg Queen lab, looking at Agnes and the others off screen.

Picard: “… repair the past.”

Shot 37 (01:00-01:02)

A door with a small window in it lifts upward with a pneumatic whoosh and release of mist. We’re looking out at the cluttered Borg Queen lab. Seven is standing closest to the door, Picard, Raffi, and Elnor stand behind her. Agnes cannot be seen.

Seven is breathing deeply and all of them look deeply concerned.

Picard: “There are…”

Shot 38 (01:02-01:03)

Picard is walking forward purposefully. Seven, over his right shoulder, is looking calm, Raffi, over his left shoulder, looks concerned, and Elnor looks like he’s reaching out for Raffi’s arm or hand.

Picard: “… ways of…”

Shot 39 (01:03-01:04)

Focus on Seven, who’s taking a few steps backward, looking scared.

Picard: “… traveling in time.”

Shot 40 (01:04-01:06)

The rig holding the Borg Queen slides forward into view. When it stops, the forcefield around her flashes once.

Shot 41 (01:06-01:08)

Picard is staring ahead with intensity. Raffi, Elnor, and Agnes stand behind him.

Agnes: “Great.”

Elnor looks over at her.

Shot 42 (01:08-01:09)

Focus on Agnes. She glances towards the others, then looks back at Picard.

Agnes: “Now what?”

 Scene 8 (Time Travel on La Sirena)

Shot 43 (01:09-01:10)

Close-up of Picard’s(?) hand plugging a cable sparking green energy into the Borg Queen’s back.

Shot 44 (01:10-01:11)

Close-up on the queen, staring ahead with a sinister smile. Sirena’s engine light is glowing blue behind her shoulder. She jerks her head to the side.

Shot 45 (01:11-01:14)

Chaotic, overlaying images of the crew on the bridge of Sirena. The engine light in the background (with the Borg Queen strapped to it, though too out of focus to be visible) is glowing green. Sparks are flying and lights flashing as we see the faces overlayed with extreme close-ups of Picard, Rios, Raffi, and Seven, looking ahead in a mix of concern and astonishment.

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[ivyglow]

Got a scenario for ya!

You, the beautiful Mel, are tapped by the producers of The Bachelorette. They want to do a season full of drama, top notch romance and torrid sexual tension, and want to give the ladies at home the chance to gawk at handsome, horny lads of athletic prowess. They acquiesce to the idea to make your 25 bachelors ALL NHL hockey players. Included are Nolan, Joel F, Mat B, Matt T, Nate Mac, Carter H, Brock B, and hell even Toews makes an appearance! The producers catch you embracing Barzy in the garden and giving into his kiss on the first night. It gets back to other 25 men in the house causing a seismic wave. Your season goes down as the hottest in franchise history. You've managed to break hearts and sticks, start rivalries and infighting (as well as incessant chirping), and after careful deliberation (and MANY kisses and tears, thank God for liquid lipstick and waterproof mascara!) you eventually reach your final 4 bachelors!!!

1) Which man had the corniest introduction?

2) Who got your first impression rose on night one?

3) Who would tell you if some of the other men weren't in it for love?

4) Who would be most sincere with his feelings?

5) Who would you select to go on beautiful dinner dates with?

6) Who would you select for outdoor dates? (Hiking, horseback riding, hot air balloon, etc.)

7) If you weren't feeling well, who's room would you go to for cuddling?

8) The best kisser?

9) The best keeper of the secrets? (Won't tell the other guys what happens between you)

10) Which guy is the "bully" or villain of the season? The comedian of the season?

11) Who got in a fight? Who lost?

12) Which men were your last 4 to be selected? (get to visit their hometown and meet parents/family)

13) Who would your family love OR hate the most?

14) Who gets a night in the lux, private fantasy suite with champagne galore and a hot tub?

4) Who got your last 2 roses?

5) Who's proposal did you accept along a windswept cliff at sunset with fireworks, a Neil Lane diamond ring, a TV wedding, and a honeymoon in Bora Bora to top off an unforgettable experience?

I’M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO ANSWER THIS!!!!!!! I was always like “I need to give it more thinking” and then I went on hiatus and all. sorry baby!!! also: this ask?! absolutely amazing!! your level of creativity I loved it!!!!!!!1

I’m not even surprised w this scenario because I would def kiss mat during the first day, no doubts about it lol. I’ve never really watched the bachelorette, so I’m taking I should answer these questions using all players right?! (i did it using just my four finalists but I think it fits better using others as well)

let’s do this *crack knuckles* hehe

1) Which man had the corniest introduction?

beezer (idk how to explain and I won’t even try lol)

2) Who got your first impression rose on night one?

mmmmm that’s a good question, I’ll go w kandre!

3) Who would tell you if some of the other men weren't in it for love?

subban! he strikes me as someone who would be really honest it doesn’t matter the topic (not that the others wouldn’t, but I think he wouldn’t be taken aback, he would tell me without thinking twice).

4) Who would be most sincere with his feelings?

mathieu (I’m just now hopping in his train, but he gives me the I-like-to-communicate energy)

5) Who would you select to go on beautiful dinner dates with?

Chris kreider def! (man speaks four (?) languages and I feel like we would get along perfectly)

6) Who would you select for outdoor dates? (Hiking, horseback riding, hot air balloon, etc.)

barzy, no doubts!!!

7) If you weren't feeling well, who's room would you go to for cuddling?

beau (he could also bake me something eh jk haha)

8) The best kisser?

pldaddy...pierre!

9) The best keeper of the secrets? (Won't tell the other guys what happens between you)

Matthew tkachuk (don’t ask me why, I just gotta a feeling he’s great w it kajskaj)

10) Which guy is the "bully" or villain of the season? The comedian of the season?

I’ll go w a comedian cuz no villains allowed on my island jajaja the comedian would be tyler seguin, have you ever seen homeboy partying?! wild! and his laugh *chef kiss*

11) Who got in a fight? Who lost?

matthew tkachuk (pretends to be shocked lol) and jake virtanen! jakey lost :(

12) Which men were your last 4 to be selected? (get to visit their hometown and meet parents/family)

mat barzal, anthony beauvillier, mathieu joseph and pierre luc dubois

13) Who would your family love OR hate the most?

between the finalists I think my family would love barzy because he can be LOUD yk and we all have this chaotic energy in here lol (I don’t think they would hate any of the four tbh)

14) Who gets a night in the lux, private fantasy suite with champagne galore and a hot tub?

pierre

15) Who got your last 2 roses?

mat and mathieu

16) Who's proposal did you accept along a windswept cliff at sunset with fireworks, a Neil Lane diamond ring, a TV wedding, and a honeymoon in Bora Bora to top off an unforgettable experience?

I don’t think y’all will be surprised but: barzy lol

✨🍾🍾👰🏾🤵🏻🌈🤍💖✨🤪💫

NONNY THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN TO ANSWER!! THANK YOU, YOU’RE AMAZING AGAIN IM SO SORRY FOR TAKING FOREVER TO REPLY <3 ily!