#Mermaid fenton crackshell cabrera

[wacky-nameless-inventor-24]

Under the sea!!!!

Redraw from last year!!!

[immabethehero]

I made a quiz based on Lin Manuel Miranda coded characters... and two of which he has played. Click on the link to see who your government assigned Linsona is

[emilou-keen-gear]

Catching My Breath Update!

[maxlovespigeons]

Mermay!

Bonus:

Rip gyro's glasses

[orithereticent]

The Song and Tail Left Behind

Crossposted from ao3 chapter 5

Drake didn’t want to lie to Gosalyn, but he also hadn’t wanted to tell her why he was going and that far outweighed the moral implications of lying to his 8 year old daughter. 

He had told her that Duckburg was having problems with the Beagle boys the first time he had gone with Gizmoduck. 

In reality it was more that someone had broken into a chemistry lab and stolen about 40,000 dollars worth of equipment. 

“But that’s not the strange bit,” Scrooge had said, “the robbery happened in broad daylight, and there were no witnesses, even though there were nearly forty people at the scene,” Scrooge paused, “Gizmoduck was one of them, his armour has been put out of commission temporarily, he could do with yer help lad.” 

Darkwing dropped Gosalyn off at the McDuck manor. He was still a little worried about the fall she had taken the day before (next time he saw Megavolt he was going to kill him. Just the look in Darkwings eyes after Gosalyn had been thrown had been enough to send the supervillian running). After looking her over, she had some bruises and cuts she had gotten from playing outside, but was completely unharmed otherwise.

Everyone figured that Darkwing and Gizmoduck would solve the case by the end of the day, even with Gizmoduck’s arm and headpiece being the only part of his armour working.

Darkwing woke up groggy, with a mouth that was so dry it was like he had drank salt, and with a headache that pulsed behind his eyes. The way one wakes up after tossing and turning for hours and only getting an hour of sleep, or like he had a hangover. He didn’t remember falling asleep. That might lend credit to the hangover theory. Biggest problem with that idea was that Darkwing rarely drank, and even rarer than drinking was drinking to the point of blacking out. He had Gosalyn at home after all. 

Darkwing blinked once, his vision blurred. He blinked again, pain slowly starting to flare up. He reached a hand to his chest and brought it up to examine it. Darkwings fingers were stained red. His suit was torn in the sleeves which were stuck to his arms, sticky with semi-dried blood. He forced himself to sit up. He quickly took in his surroundings. Darkwing was in an alleyway next to a garbage bin. The shadows were long, like it was just getting dark. It didn’t appear to offer any immediate danger. A soft cry made Darkwing jump, he turned around, head spinning at the sudden movement. Gizmoduckー no, Fenton, he wasn’t wearing his suit, dirty and bruised, lay right next to Darkwing. He was curled into a ball, arms covering his face. The suit pieces lay a couple of feet away. Darkwing shook Fenton’s shoulder with his less bloodstained hand. It wouldn’t have mattered as Fenton had some bloodstains of his own, but still.

“Fenton?” Fenton didn’t even move. Darkwing shook his shoulder harder, “get up Fenton.”

“M’ma?” muttered Fenton under his breath. He opened a single eye, then closed it.

“Do I look like your Mom?”

“Sorry…” Fenton started, then he started to trail off, like he wasn’t sure who he was talking to. Finally his eyes fixed on Darkwing, “Drake.” 

“Darkwing,” Darkwing grumbled. He was in costume. He couldn’t have his identity getting out.

“Sorry,” Fenton grunted, struggling to sit up, “where are we?”

“Well, right now it looks like we’re behind a dumpster.���

“Oh,” Fenton rubbed his neck, “umm, how did we get here?”

“No idea, last I remember…” Darkwing trailed off, the last thing he remembered was dropping Gosalyn off at McDuck manor… in the morning, it was evening now. 

“You’re bleeding,” stated Fenton, snapping Darkwing out of his thoughts.

“So are you,” pointed out Darkwing. They were battered, bruised, and bleeding, but nothing too serious as far as Darkwing could tell. 

Fenton reached over for the armour pieces, “It’s dead!” he exclaimed upon further examination, “and where’s the other pieces?”

“Fenton, they’re out of commission, remember?”

“No?”

This was bad.

“What do ye mean ye don’t remember?” questioned Scrooge once Gizmoduck and Darkwing had gotten to the underwater lab, (far away from prying ears, Drake had insisted), “how can ye not remember it was nary even an hour ago!” 

Drake opened his mouth to snap back, but instead he pressed a wet cloth to a wound on his chest he didn’t remember receiving. The bright purple cloth had a dusty look to it with some red blood stains for variety. He pulled his cape over his chest.

“I remember getting to the lab today?” offered Fenton unsurely, he rubbed the back of his neck. He wasn’t quite sure he remembered that much.

“That’s not true,” Gyro said without looking up from where he was examining the Gizmoduck suit, “you haven’t been in the lab today.”

“Oh?” asked Fenton, looking over at Gyro who had coffee in his shaking hand, He seemed surprised by the Gizmoduck suit on the table, “Doctor Gearloose, what happened to my armour?”

Scrooge turned to look at Fenton, surprised but cautiously frowning, “er, lad, do ye not remember what happened yesterday?”

“What day is it?” asked Drake before Fenton could answer.

“Tuesday?”

“No, it’s Saturday,” Drake stated, suddenly sure he was right.

“It’s Thursday,” interrupted Gyro.

Manny turned around and tapped something on the ground. 

“Nay, it’s Saturday, Gyro, ye just haven’t left the lab since Thursday morning, speaking of which Della is driving Fenton and ye home after this.”

“I’m perfectly capable of working on this, Scrooge,” Gyro snapped as he tightened a bolt on the suit.

“Hmmm, ‘perfectly capable’ after being awake for the better part of 72 hours? Lad I watched ye drink caffeine like shots,”. Scrooge answered dryly then in a voice that left no room for discussion he went on, “ye are going home to get some rest and that is final,” Scrooge turned his attention away from Gyro’s death glare and looked directly at Drake, “lad, what’s the last thing ye remember?”

“Dropping Gosalyn off at the front door.”

“So ye remember everything up til a few hours ago?”

“I guess so.”

“Intern, what exactly is the last thing you remember?” asked Gyro, now a bit more interested, but he still didn’t look up from the gizmoduck suit, “you said you remember coming to the lab Tuesday. Is that your last memory?”

“I think so, Doctor Gearloose,” Fenton replied nervously. 

“Odd.”

“This entire thing is weird.”

“Ah meant that ye lost five hours and Mr. Crackshell-Cabera lost 5 days,” replied Scrooge, “let’s make sure ah have this right, ye don’t remember what ye two were doing when the mechanics was robbed.”

“No sir.”

“Ye woke up a couple of kilometers away, behind a grocers, covered in injuries.”

Fenton nodded. 

“Like yesterday,” Darkwing interrupted. 

“Exactly like yesterday lad, multiple people who should have been witnesses, and ye two wake like ye have been fighting, with no memory.”

“Are we really supposed to believe that no cameras picked up on what happened at the mechanics?” asked Gyro with an annoyed look, “I find it incredibly hard to believe that no there were no cameras anywhere.”

“Data was wiped, Dr. Gearloose,” explained Fenton, “phones too.”

That had been Fenton’s first question.

“I’ve got nothing,” admitted Darkwing, crossing his arms. There was silence as Scrooge and Fenton said nothing.

“I do,” Gyro said, setting down his wrench.

Manny, who had been quiet, spelled something out with his hooves. 

“No, not that!” Gyro pointed dramatically at Manny, “I’ve been looking for an opportunity to test some spyware for a while, this just might provide the perfect scenario!”

“Gearloose, whatever happened, whoever robbed the mechanics, destroyed all evidence. It covered it’s tracks completely. How is your spyware supposed to help?”

“Don’t underestimate me, Darkwing Duck, I know what I’m doing.”

It was decided that Darkwing would come back the following weekend, and test Gyro’s mysterious ‘spyware’. 

Darkwing left, driving Gosalyn and himself home quickly. She had a book with her, but honestly it was probably a witch's spell book or something. Just something Webby had given Gosalyn that Scrooge wouldn’t like. There was absolutely no way she was reading a joke book. Darkwing decided he would address the book after next weekend, and promptly forgot about it.

He dropped her off at school the following week and drove back to Duckburg.

It took all day, but just before sunset Gizmoduck was back to fully functioning, and a small tracker had been added to his suit. Gyro had explained that it would also record audio. 

With that, Gizmoduck and Darkwing set off.

“Where to?”

“Good question.”

“We could listen to police scanners until something suspicious happens?”

“Sounds good,” Darkwing flipped on the police scanner he had installed in his motorcycle. 

A disturbance at a local diner. 

A noise complaint in an apartment complex.

Quackerjack was spotted at an electronics store.

“So we’re going to the apartment,” Gizmoduck joked as Darkwing drove in the direction of the electronics store. 

“That’s weird.”

“What part exactly is weird?” asked Gizmoduck, who quite frankly thought the whole thing was a bit weird.

“Quackerjack never comes to Duckburg, he barely leaves St. Canard,” Darkwing answered without looking away from the road.

“So you think Quackerjack has something to do with the robberies and widespread memory loss,” stated Gizmoduck, to which Darkwing nodded.

“I have absolutely no doubt about that.”

Darkwing swerve passed a slow car then swerved back in. Then he braked rapidly. Cars had slowed to a standstill. Darkwing pulled the ratcatcher onto the sidewalk.

“What are you doing?” asked Gizmoduck in alarm. His grip on the sidecar tightened to the point that Darkwing was slightly worried he was going to bend the metal. 

“This is faster!”

“Buー look out!” 

Darkwing slammed the brakes, quickly spotting the problem.  There was a person with dark hair laying unmoving on the ground. They were laying on their back with their limbs sprawled like they had fallen quite suddenly. Laying next to them was a woman in a bright sundress. She was laying face first on the concrete with a single arm covering her face. A bit farther away was a man in a multi-colored tank top and neon green pants. Upon further examination there were about half a dozen people slumped on the concrete. Two of them were police officers. Darkwing killed the engine and dismounted. 

He walked over to the first person. They were alive, he could see their chest rising and falling. He grasped their wrist to feel their pulse. Their heart was beating slowly, but not dangerously so. Like they were peacefully sleeping. He checked the woman's pulse, same deal. Gizmoduck had gotten to a few other pedestrians and some unconscious people sitting in their cars. 

He shook the person’s shoulder, hoping to elicit a response, but they remained unconscious. 

He moved them away so that they were leaning against a wall, then he moved to do the same to the woman. Darkwing shook her shoulder as well, and she rapidly sat up.

“Where? What?” she muttered, confused.

“You were unconscious. Do you know where you are?” asked Darkwing in a hurry. He needed to get to the electronics before Quackerjack left, but it would also be uncouth to leave civilians collapsed on the sidewalk.

“No? Is this not Chickago?” she said, pushing herself to her feet and stumbling towards the person Darkwing had already moved.

“No, you’re in Duckburg,” replied Darkwing, glancing over at Gizmoduck. 

“I’m not supposed to be in Duckburg until next week!” she said, crawling to sit next to the unconscious person.

“I don’t know, but don’t go that way okay? It’s unsafe,” Darkwing told her, pointing towards the direction of the store. 

Then a wall exploded. 

“Case in point,” muttered Darkwing pointing his still extended finger at the sky. He turned away from the now screaming civilian. 

Darkwing ducked down to avoid the shower of stone projectiles. They struck the ground, parking meters and cars like bullets. Gizmoduck, despite moving quickly, was still hit. Maybe it was just more obvious because every stone made a loud clicking sound as it bounced off the armour. 

Darkwing peered over the car he had taken cover under. Out of the debris emerged Quackerjack, something was off about him though, he was wearing a mask that completely covered his face except his eyes, it had a filter on the mouth. He was driving a clown car with no windows and a ridiculous amount of electronics stuffed inside. He also had a gun of some kind. His eyes darted around, settling on Gizmoduck who still hadn’t bothered to take cover.

“Gizzy! I was hoping you’d come! Third times the charm right?” he screeched, laughing as he finished speaking. Darkwing, never one to be outdone, tossed a purple smoke bomb.

“I am the terror that flaps in the night, I am the leaking sink that always drips, I am Darkwing Duー”

“Blah blah blah, shouldn’t you be sleeping?” interrupted Quackerjack, “having some insomnia ducky? Well, I think I can help with that!” He whipped out the unidentified gun and pointed it directly at Darkwing’s head.

 Darkwing Duck ducked behind a wall for cover while wondering to himself why he had agreed to any of this. Quackerjack threw something, a yet to be identified something. Darkwing fired his grappling gun at it. That seemed to do the trick and it exploded into shards and blue mist above Darkwings head. Darkwing suddenly hit the ground. Feeling his arms and legs covered in rope. Which had come from his grappling gun. 

Gizmoduck was just as lucky or maybe he thought his armour would protect him, either way, the other projectile struck him directly in the head. Gizmoduck fell to the ground in a metallic heap.

Quackerjack stared at them for a second, unmoving, then a slow grin made its way onto his face. Quackerjack jumped back, laughing as he drove away with the stolen goods. 

He was gone before Darkwing even got to his feet.

Darkwing swore, searching wildly for… something. Nothing. Quackerjack was long gone. 

Gizmoduck hadn’t moved. 

“Gizmoduck,” he said, kicking the arm closest to him, which achieved nothing, “fantastic,” Darkwing hurried back to the ratcatcher. He tore open the glove compartment and dug through items such as an old junior woodchuck guidebook, some expired aspirin, some purple hair ties, until he found what he was looking for. 

He pushed the airhorn right next to Gizmoduck’s ear, covered his own, and pressed the button.

The loud noise sent Gizmoduck soaring into the air.

“Darkwing! Why?!” 

“Huh, I guess Gosalyn was right, this thing did come in handy,” he said, staring at the airhorn in his hand, he threw it back in the glove compartment, “so, I need to test a theory, Gizmoduck, what day is it?”

“Uhhh,” Gizmoduck said, his eyes closed tightly. Darkwing wasn’t sure if he was thinking or the air horn had damaged his ear, “it’s Tuesday? Oh no, did we lose our memories again?”

“You lost your memory, Giz, come on, let's get back before anything else goes wrong.”

[angelic-marzzz]

I have been neglecting mermaid AU for a long time so I had to draw some ANGST for it

[kats-randomology]

“Well this is awkward....”

“WHAT THE DUCK?!?!”

I remembered this funny image from Little Mermaid and had to do a quick sketch with Siren!Fenton and Gyro XD

[shesasurvivor]

Hello! I got tagged by @norbertsmom and @districtunrest

Rules: answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to get to know better/catch up with.

Three ships: Everlark (Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark), RebelCaptain (Jyn Erso/Cassian Andor), aaaaaand... I'm going to go with Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera/Gandra Dee from DuckTales 2017, because I low key love them.

Last Song: Mermaids by Flight of the Conchords (lmao how on brand for me)

Last Movie: Thor: Ragnarock

Currently Watching: Man, I'm behind on all my shows... The Bad Batch, The Handmaids Tale. Oh, Wellington Paranormal just came out in the States, and I'm super excited! (Also realizing how much of my media is dictated by three men from New Zealand right now.)

Currently Reading: Star Wars: The Last Command, from the EU/Legends books.

Currently Craving: Just water, I'm thirsty.

And the questions that @districtunrest added!

currently writing (if applicable): Right now, I'm working on an Everlark mermaid AU that's loosely based on The Little Mermaid, and maybe a bit of Splash mixed in, for my @seasonsofeverlark July story. I've also been diligently working away at a schedule that consists of The Tigers Come at Night, Meadow Grows Green, Little Everlark on the Prairie, and a Darkwing Duck and a Star Wars fic.

last animal petted: One of my cats.

last ticket (speeding, concert, what have you): ...You know, I truly can't remember. It's been a LONG time, thanks to the pandemic.

three foods: Cheese, hummus, bacon (I like salt.)

one recipe: Put the bacon on a baking sheet and cook for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

favorite gif: Sure Jan.gif

Thanks! Be sure to like and subscribe if you want more ridiculous content like this.

[halloweennut]

For prompts, the Gyro and Fenton oc kiddos having an debate on best Disney princess. Either that or maybe something crackbeaks? Whatever grabs you.

Thanks for the prompt! I hope I got the gang all correct! So it ends more fluffy than expected lol. 

“I’m not saying you’re wrong, but Cody, you’re wrong.”

Wonder stared down her beak at Cody, who did similar. His arms would have been crossed if Bubbles hadn’t demanded to be picked up to brought into the debate equally. The debate had been going strong for half an hour and showed no sign of stopping with the addition of Jack and Bubbles. And to think it had started over a simple movie choice.

“Excuse me, but Jasmine is better. She actively fights against oppressive control that keeps her in one place and won’t let her have agency, as well as a creep that won’t leave her alone,” He insisted. “And she has a tiger.”

Wonder rolled her eyes, “Rapunzel fights against being trapped and used against her will for her own happiness, and she ends up with family that loves her not for her abilities.”

“Ariel! She’s a mermaid and therefore trumps everyone!” Bubbles exclaimed from Cody’s arms.

“I’m sorry but this conversation leaves out the classic princesses, which I won’t stand by,” Jack interjected. “Cinderella is one of the best, if not the best. She remains true to herself, and she shows a lot of strength by going against and leaving them.”

“Um, what are you guys arguing about?”

The four turned to look at Viral, who unwittingly entered a veritable mess.

“Which Disney princess is best,” Cody summarized. “I stand by Jasmine. Wonder, Rapunzel. Jack, Cinderella. And Bubbles, obviously, Ariel.”

“Okay, but why? Seems arbitrary,” Viral replied with a slump on the couch.

“We were deciding on a movie and it spiraled from there,” Wonder said. “This happens at least once a week and is probably why the school wants us on speech and debate. Care to join?”“I would but I never watched any of them,” Viral shrugged. There was a pregnant moment of silence as the group stared at him. “What?”

“How? How have you never watched them?” Jack asked. “I lived in a junkyard and did.”

“I wasn’t interested when I was living with Mark - y’know, I was busy making a virus, planning petty revenge, then I was on the streets, and uh, you-know-who was pretty anti-modern tech and junk, so I never watched any of the ones you’re talking about,” Virus explained. Bubbles squirmed out of Cody’s arms and hopped up next to him on the couch.

“I’m so, so sorry,” she said with a sympathetic pat on the knee. Viral shrugged. “Want to watch Little Mermaid?”

“Oh, so you can sway him to your argument? No way Bubs,” Jack said, plopping down on the couch next to them.

“To be fair, we should watch all of them so he can have an unbiased viewpoint,” Wonder suggested, curling up in a chair. “And to be equally fair, we’ll start with the the classics, up to contemporary.”

“Movie marathon!” Cody cheered, flinging himself on the other side of Viral, and grabbing the remote to launch up a queue. Viral looked at the four of them, comfortably settling into the living room.

“Isn’t this something you guys do?” Viral asked sitting up. Wonder looked at him curiously.

“Well, yes,” Wonder said. “Quite often, but you haven’t joined before.”

“I didn’t want to in -” Viral paused. “I wasn’t interested in the movies. That’s all.”

“Now you’re in this for the long-haul, Vi-Vi,” Cody replied, swinging his legs over Viral’s knees. “Welcome to your first family movie marathon, a longstanding Gearloose-Crackshell-Cabrera family tradition.”

Viral wanted to interject something more, try to leave to his room, but the queue had started, Cody was not moving his legs, and Bubbles was using him as a pillow. Who was he to up and leave now?— Viral ended up with none of their faves, choosing instead to argue for Vanellope Von Schweetz or nothing.

[disneytva]

May 2018 Programming Highlights for Disney Channel, Disney Junior Friday, May 4  Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  Muppet Babies “Kermit Levels Up / Frogs of a Feather”  (10:00 – 10:30 A.M. EDT)    “Kermit Levels Up” – Kermit and the rest of the Muppet Babies are turned into video game characters after being pulled into a virtual game world. “Frogs of a Feather” – When a new frog visits the playroom, Fozzie assumes he likes and dislikes all the same things as Kermit.  *Multi-talented singer, actor, dancer, director and choreographer, Todrick Hall (Broadway’s “Kinky Boots”), guest stars as Carlos the Frog.  TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  DuckTales “The Spear of Selene!”  (8:00 – 8:30 P.M. EDT)    Donald is dragged into a feud between Scrooge and Zeus, while Dewey and Webby search for an artifact that may provide the truth about Dewey’s mother.  *Michael Chiklis (“The Shield”), Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Chris Diamantopoulos (“Mickey Mouse”) guest star as Zeus, Selene and Storkules, respectively.  TV-Y7

Monday, May 7  Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior  Mission Force One “The Space Station Situation”  (5:30 – 6:00 P.M. EDT)    Miles and his friends travel back in time to prevent the International Space Station from getting stuck in the future, with help from the astronauts on board.  TV-Y

Friday, May 11  Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  Muppet Babies “Animal Cleans Up / Best Pals Pizza Parlor Palace”  (10:00 – 10:30 A.M. EDT)    “Animal Cleans Up” – The Muppet Babies open a car wash to clean Animal’s stinky feet. “Best Pals Pizza Parlor Palace” – Best friends Fozzie and Kermit cannot agree on how to run their imaginary pizza parlor.  TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  DuckTales “Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!”  (8:00 – 8:30 P.M. EDT)    Brilliant young scientist Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera is recruited by Launchpad who is feeling menaced by tech genius Mark Beaks’ newest invention.  *Multiple award-winning actor, playwright, composer and lifelong “DuckTales” aficionado Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s “Hamilton”) recurs as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera (aka Gizmoduck).  TV-Y7 

Thursday, May 17

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel 

 Sofia the First “Return to Merroway Cove”  (11:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. EDT)    While visiting Oona and the rest of the mermaids in Merroway Cove, Sofia saves a new Mermaid Protector from an underwater Sea Twister.  *Kiernan Shipka (“Mad Men”) recurs as Oona.  TV-Y 

Friday, May 18  Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  DuckTales “The Missing Links of Moorshire!”  (8:00 – 8:30 P.M. EDT)    Dewey’s natural golf abilities challenge Scrooge’s ego while, a seemingly innocent, mystical golf course leads the group into trouble.  TV-Y7 

Friday, May 25  Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel  DuckTales “McMystery at McDuck McManor!”  (8:00 – 8:30 P.M. EDT)    When Scrooge unexpectedly disappears during his birthday party, Huey, Dewey and Louie find themselves hosting a mystery party where everyone is a suspect.  TV-Y7

[wacky-nameless-inventor-24]

Reworking the Fenton design before May!

I really like the idea of his hair being used as like an anglerfish light (it’s retractable!), it’s definitely got a lot of potential for that. However! If we’re going off of other parts of the design if I did the anglerfish idea I’d probably have to use the spiny design… but my favorite is the flowy one. It’d also mean he’d have very pointy teeth.

What do y’all think?

[keepingupwithlinmanuel]

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2017 in review (a brief recap)

Previously: my epic 2016 in review post.

January

The Hamilton Prizeo fundraiser for Planned Parenthood raises millions of dollars for PP.

Starting at the end of this month, Lin begins making (almost) weekly mixtapes on Spotify. As at the end of year, there are now 34.

Nominated for an Oscar for writing How Far I’ll Go for Moana.

February

Mary Poppins Returns begins production in the UK. Lin moved to London at the end of 2016 to work on the film.

Launches Hamilton SanFran Prizeo campaign to benefit Code 2040 and the Latino Community Foundation.

Launches merch to benefit the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Fund.

Performs at the Oscars with Auli’i Cravalho.

Jay-Z announced as co-producer of the In the Heights film.

Broadway cast recording of Hamilton certified 3x Platinum. The album has now been on the Billboard 200 for 117 weeks straight.

March

Featured in the opening track Intro ADN/DNA of Residente’s self-titled album and in the accompanying documentary.

Awarded United Nations Women for Peace Association Philanthropy Award.

You’re Welcome music video featuring Lin and Jordan Fisher released.

Makes a guest appearance on Adventure Zone: (K)Nights, the Adventure Zone spin-off only available to Maximum Fun donors.

Appears in a PSA in support of the ACLU.

April

Presents Best Musical at the Olivier Awards with Audra McDonald.

Writes a tribute to Riz Ahmed for the Time 100.

Attends a Q&A with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber in London.

Moana OST certified Platinum. 

The EduHam program expands to the Chicago and touring productions with the help of new sponsors including Google. 

May

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announces support from The Miranda Family Fund to provide scholarships for students to further the inclusion of artists of color across all disciplines of theater.

First recipient of Wesleyan University’s Hamilton Prize announced. (Lin is the chair of the selection committee.)

Disney announce that Lin is part of the voice cast of the new Ducktales, playing superhero Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera.

June

Wraps on Mary Poppins Returns.

Presents Best Musical at the Tonys (warning: Kevin Spacey is in this video).

Announcement that Lin will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.

Launch of #Ham4All, the Prizeo campaign for the opening of Hamilton LA, set up to raise funds for the Immigrants We Get the Job Done Coalition.

Release of the Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) video, executive produced by Lin.

Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (as an Oscar nominee).

July

Release of the Hamilton Instrumentals.

Goes on vacation (!) You might think this means no news for the rest of the month, but you would be wrong.

Nominated for his second Emmy (Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series) for hosting Saturday Night Live.

Disney announce that Lin will be doing new music for the live action Little Mermaid with Alan Menken.

The Immigrants video is nominated for a VMA.

August

Launch of the Hamilton mobile app.

Opens Hamilton LA with a live Ham4Ham and gives a speech at the curtain call.

The Miranda family honoured with the President’s Award at the Imagen Awards.

Visits Vega Alta to open Placita Guisin, a museum and food kiosks designed to help reinvigorate the local economy.

Honoured by the Anthony Quinn Foundation at Joe’s Pub for his contributions to arts education.

September

Sings the theme song for the new Magic School Bus.

Cameos in BoJack Horseman.

Receives 2017 Freedom Award from the US Capitol Historical Society.

Spends 2 days meeting more than 30 members of the House and Senate to campaign for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Receives the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Gala Award.

Writes title track of Mandy Gonzalez’s album Fearless and appears at the Viva Broadway celebration in Times Square to introduce its debut.

Assists in setting up and promoting the Hispanic Federation’s UNIDOS fund for hurricane relief for Puerto Rico.

Writes column for The Hollywood Reporter urging aid to Puerto Rico.

October

Triggers a media avalanche with his response to the US president’s attack on the mayor of San Juan. 

In the wake of his tweets, Lin sends out a fundraising email for the UNIDOS fund via MoveOn which raises $3.34mil in the space of a few days. The fund eventually raised $14mil in the space of 24 days.

Writes a tribute to Oskar Eustis for Variety.

In the space of two weeks, writes, organises, mixes and releases Almost Like Praying (featuring over 20 Latino artists) with all proceeds to go to the UNIDOS fund.

In record time, executive produces and co-directs the video for Almost Like Praying.

Almost Like Praying tops iTunes charts in 17 countries and debuts as the top selling song of the week in the US. It eventually raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the UNIDOS fund.

Releases a Teerico collection for Hurricane relief.

Led by book writer and scrip writer Quiara Alegria Hudes, pushes publicly for the Weinstein Company to release the movie rights for In the Heights.

Produces Telemundo fundraising telethon based on the making of Almost Like Praying.

Writes Stephen Sondheim tribute for NY Times T Magazine’s The Greats issue.

Together with the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, provides $100,000 each in emergency grants to a hurricane relief fund focused on Puerto Rico’s arts community.

Appears on Sesame Street segment for Mexican earthquake relief.

The Kingkiller Chronicles TV show (executive produced by Lin and featuring original music by him) lands at Showtime.

NBC airs English-language special on the making of Almost Like Praying to raise funds for hurricane relief.

November

Appears on a panel on activism with Common and performs at the closing concert with Chance the Rapper at the Obama Foundation Summit.

Lin visits Puerto Rico. He uses his visit to raise $100,000 via Facebook for the UNIDOS fund, announce grants to local NGOs amounting to $2.5mil and hand out food at Placia de Guisin. 

Lin and Jeffrey Seller announce that a new tour of Hamilton will originate in Puerto Rico with Lin as Hamilton in January 2019. The production will help get the venue ready and will offer up to 1/3 of tickets at $10 each.

Lin and Vanessa launch Prizeo campaign for the opening of Hamilton London to benefit NGOs working against climate change.

Holds private fundraisers in LA and SanFran to raise money for Puerto Rico.

Awarded President’s Merit Award at the Latin Grammys.

Attends Unity March for Puerto Rico in DC and gives speech urging Congress to forgive Puerto Rico’s debt and support the island’s recovery.

Features as himself in the final two episodes of this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

How Far I’ll Go from Moana nominated for a Grammy.

December

Lin presents at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London and reveals that Vanessa is pregnant with their second child.

Teams up with American Express for a radio campaign aimed at supporting small businesses following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Partners with Hispanic Federation and Toys R Us to send toys to Puerto Rican kids for Three Kings Day. They’re up to 30,000 toys as at the end of the year.

Writes Washington Post op-ed on what Puerto Rico needs from the federal government.

Announces #HamilDrops, a series of monthly releases of new Hamilton content from December 2017 through to December 2018, starting with Ben Franklin’s Song.

The Moana OST goes 2x Platinum. It has now been on the Billboard 200 for 57 consecutive weeks. Where You Are and We Know the Way both went Gold, You’re Welcome and Alessia’s How Far I’ll Go went Platinum, and Auli’i’s version is 2x Platinum. 

Starts MoveOn petition to urge government aid for Puerto Rico.

Gives a speech at the opening night of Hamilton London (and participates in a special London Ham4Ham). 

Phew. What a year. 

Happy new year, everyone. Thanks for being here.

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Update on Catching My Breath. I'm gonna get this sucker done. I don't know how many chapters are left, but I'm writing a ton lately. I'll have the next chatper out soon since it is written and only needs to be edited.

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Update!

Decided we’d have to do no flow or all the flow so I added some extra fins. Idk how I feel about them, they’re a little clunky here which might be why I don’t like them much rn… we’ll see if they stay. Luring fish in when you’re at least ten times the size of them can be difficult to keep out of their way, so the extra fins and such are meant to mimic seaweed. This is in case other fish run into his massive tail in the dark, they won’t think much of it. The extra fins are there to make that more convincing.

The lights along the sides of his tail can be controlled independently from the one on his head, and are used mostly for communication purposes.

Also-

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first meeting

day 9 of mermay- caught.

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Siren’s song.