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[somethinspecial]

Jjba Oc/ Insert Info!

Name: Louis Bell Basil

Namesake: Louis Armstrong

Nicknames: Lou, Bells, Dog, Vamp

Nicknames for others: Dear, Hun, my Love

Gender identity: Afab trans man

Height: 5’6

Weight: 145 lbs

Hair color: brunette

Eye color: Blue

Type of Voice: mid toned with a Cajun accent

Eyesight: worsting over time (wears contacts in later years)

Race and/or ethnicity: white, Cajun French

Hometown/ country: New Orleans/Chalmette

Current residency: Egypt

Religion: n/a

Moral alignment: Lawful neutral

MBTI personality type: Enfp

Medical/Dental health: Arthritis as well as constant trips to the hospital due to work

Mental health: has Anxiety as well as forms of ptsd

Phobias: various but tends to research whatever he fears to desensitize

Scars/Burns/Birthmarks/Tattoos: many scars and other injuries. Has beauty marks and a darker red mark barely noticeable in between brows

Criminal record: n/a

Awards and education: graduated high school, scouted out by the speedwagon foundation and furthering his education into becoming a bodyguard for them.

Past experience: parental divorce leading to a drastic move that took him away from most of his family at a young age.

Thoughts on love: a Romantic at heart even if he acts like it’s silly

Sexual/romantic identity: Pan/ aroace spectrum

People they like: Mya, his grandfather and aunts, some coworkers, thinks highly of the crusaders and later gets to know some through Mya, enjoys the children in the small town he lives in

People they hate: Dio, his minions, his mother for taking him away from his old life and constant abuse of him and his siblings, rude people

Dreams for the future: wants to settle down. Hopes that he can keep up his job as bodyguard to Chaka in the foundation but also works in babysitting/other tasks around town when Chaka’s also at work.

Relationships: close friends with Mya, in a romantic relationship with Chaka

Quotes: “(i’ll)Be back soon”

Hobbies: Horseback riding, working out, reading

Habits: Nail biting, bathing when stressed

Quirks/ unique personality traits: cant help but laugh when others laugh, can be childish, reading out loud, spouting out odd facts

Pet Peeves: loud chewing, fake yelling noises (panics him)

Stand Type: Attack

Stand Name: Little Fang

Stand Range: 2 meters

Destructive power: A

Speed: C

Range: D

Stamina/ Persistence: B

Precision:B

Developmental potential: A

Stand abilities: Long Claws able to rip through Enemies. If blood is ingested, the enemy stand will be forced into a zombie like state unable to attack. This state can only be cured by either waiting 101 days or consuming animal souls (can be sped up quicker with human souls)

Stand Weakness: poor defence, a glass canon

Battle Cry: BOW

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Favourite band: The Bangles

Favourite color: warm colors (or Baja Blast Blue shh Ofc he knows what a Baja blast is)

Favourite animal: cats

Favourite movie: Bambi

Favourite school subject: Science

[sadcupcake]

Winchester in Mystic Falls Part 5

So far tailing Elena and her friends has been entertaining to say the least. I've learned that she's still friends with Bonnie and Caroline. Bonnie was never cruel to me, she just ignored me like everyone else in town did. Caroline on the other hand was right there with Elena. They both tortured me my entire childhood. Most of it was emotional, the name calling, making everyone in my life ignore me and pretend that I didn't exist. Sometimes though they would go on some sort of power trip and hurt me. Looking back on that now I remember being so scared of them both, but now they look like weak little dolls in my eyes. What they put me through made me who I am today, it set me down a path to meet my brothers and for that I am grateful to them.

It doesn't surprise me that the three girls are still friends, just like it didn't surprise me when I learned Bonnie was a witch or that Caroline got turned into a vampire. What did surprise me was the fact that Elena is a doppelganger. Apparently it was one of Elena's doppelgangers that turned Caroline. Another interesting thing I learned was that the originals where in town. Sam and Dean learned about how vampires came to be when they captured one and had a little chat. That vamp was about 900 years old so they still knew the stories of the originals, it even claimed to be turned by one. I had yet to see one running around town but from what I've gathered they came here to sacrifice my sister to break a curse. If I had to take an educated guess it would be the curse placed on the hybrid.

If it really is the originals in town then I really need to hit the books to find something to kill them with. All of the lore I've read up to now had never mentioned a way to kill an original. As far as I know they are truly Immortal. Maybe I could just kill all the non original vampires in town and then hightail it out of here before they get wind of a hunter. Lets be honest I'm going to end up dead by the end of all of this.

I haven't talked to Elena since I got interrupted before I was able to have a little chat with her. I assume she's told her little boyfriends about what happened by now, so me getting within 10 feet of her again is out of the question. So making a scene in public is now my only option to find out what she knows. This whole thing is getting tiresome already. If it weren't for the innocent people dying I'd cut my loses by now. But I am a Winchester and Winchesters never back down from anything. Hell not even from the actual devil, and the Mikaelsons are no Lucifer.

getting back to my hotel room I get comfy on the bed with my laptop, if I'm going to find anyway to kill the originals I have to channel my inner Sam. Full on research mode. After hours of sitting and looking at the computer screen I've come up with one possible lead, one impossible lead. White oak. It's almost too good to be true but It's all I got. Some hunter in New Orleans had a story passed down generations in his family. Apparently the only thing that could stop an original was an original themselves, or a weapon one of them possessed. A dagger dipped in White oak ash. If the ash from this tree could put them to sleep imagine what the real thing could do. Unfortunately all records of the white oak tree say that it went extinct centuries ago. Another dead end.

Deciding that I've had enough of the headache that is research I get dressed and head back to the Grill. I'm starving, one of the things Dean and I have in common is our appetite. I think he was secretly happy to have someone around to out vote Sam on where we'd eat. Maybe if I'm lucky I can run into Elena again there, kill two birds with one stone.

When I walk into the Grill I spot them right away. Elena and her little gang looking directly at me. By the look on dumb and dumbers faces she defiently told them what I was going to do to her. I  sit down at a table ignoreing them the best I can until I can at least have somthing to eat. While I'm waiting on my food I notice two guys sitting at the bar again. Talk about deja vu. The vibe coming from these two is defiently dangerous but there's something else I can't quite place, It's like a comfort almost. Just as I'm about to stand up to go to them I get snapped out of my daze by my food arriving.

While I'm enjoying my food I start to notice everyone slowly leave the Grill. EVeryone apart from Elena and her friends, and the two guys at the bar who have now turned around to face us obiously interested in what is happeneing. I look up from my food to see my sister and her friends walking over to my table. Bonnie and Caroline are behing my sister and her two boyfriends are infront of her. Anyone would think shes the president with the way they protect her.

"How can I help you Elena, would you like some of my fries?" I question her, I always have to have the first and last words. Something Sam and Dean both love and hate about me.

"No I don't want you're fries Y/N, I want to know why you're in town and how you know about vampires" Elena says, she looks so serious I burst out laughing.

"Sorry, you acctually think I'll just tell you because you asked. Wow you really have no idea who I am now do you Elena?" I stand up as I ask my question getting ready for a fight. By the way everyone clings to Elena's side I guess they are too.

[andreal831]

If everybody had survived at the end of TO, after hope was out of school and living her own life, do you think Hayley and Elijah would travel the world together? Would they continue to just live in New Orleans? Or do you think they would settle down somewhere like Manosque?

One reason I love haylijah is because I truly felt like they wanted the same things out of life. It felt like they found their missing piece that would help them create the life they wanted. All they wanted was family. So I don't think they would leave their family just because Hope is off at school.

First, they wouldn't have sent Hope to school. Hayley sending Hope to boarding school never made sense to me. Hayley fought so hard, even lost her life, for Hope only to send her to boarding school and see her a couple of times a year? Absolutely not. Hayley grew up without her family, she wouldn't have done that to Hope. Sure the school allowed Hope to be around supernatural creature, but so did New Orleans. And in New Orleans, Hope could be herself. She was protected by the factions. She was the heir to the pack, Davina and Vincent wouldn't let anything happen to her so she had the witches protection, and she hadn't the strongest vampires watching over her. All of whom could teach her more than human Alaric could. So at the end of TO, if they all had lived, Hope never would have gone back to that school, especially once Klaus and Elijah caught wind of how Alaric was talking about their family. They would have kept Hope in New Orleans with them and focused on her education in New Orleans, allowing her to learn with the supernatural community down there.

But even if Hope decided to move away for college or just to travel herself, I don't see Hayley or Elijah leaving New Orleans completely. At least not for a while. New Orleans was the first place either of them had ever felt at home. There is a scene, I can't remember when, but where Hayley tells Elijah she wanted to fight for New Orleans because she wanted Hope to have a home. Like the traumatized kids they were, both Elijah and Hayley just wanted a home.

They would have eventually moved out of the compound when Hope was old enough and gotten their own place. Hope of course would have had her own room if she wanted to stay with them. It would have been out in the bayou because Hayley would want to be with her pack and Elijah would enjoy being out of the city. It would be close enough that their family could still stop by unannounced at all times, but far enough to keep them their own space.

Don't get me wrong, they would still travel. Elijah would want to show Hayley the world. Some vacations Hope would come with them, or even the whole family. But they would make sure they went on at least one by themselves each year. Hayley would enjoy finally being able to travel and relax, with and without Hope. Klaus or one of her aunts or uncles would take Hope on solo trips when Hayley and Elijah traveled so that Hope wouldn't feel left out. They would all love showing Hope different places they had been throughout history. Hayley would love watching Elijah ramble on about the historical significance of each place and Hope would grow bored and try to move him along. I wish we could have seen the Mikaelsons travel together.

Long answer short, Hayley wouldn't want to leave her pack or the Mikaelsons and Elijah wouldn't want to leave his family. I see them spending a considerable amount of time in New Orleans. They would eventually move away, after all they have eternity, but New Orleans would remain their home. They would always keep their house there and return from time to time. Not only was it their first home, but it was where they fell in love and it was where Hope was born. It would always hold a special place in their heart.

Thanks for the ask!

[beardedmrbean]

Six employees of New York City’s public school system took their children or grandchildren on trips to Disney World, New Orleans and other locations using tickets that were meant for homeless students, investigators said in a newly released report.

The trips intended as enrichment for students living in shelters and other temporary housing also included excursions to Washington, D.C., Boston and Broadway shows, said Anastasia Coleman, the special commissioner of investigation for New York City schools.

According to the report released this month, Linda Wilson, the Queens regional manager for the office that supports students in temporary housing, took her own children on trips that were paid for through grants for homeless students and encouraged employees she supervised to do the same but to keep quiet about it.

“What happens here stays with us,” one staffer quoted Wilson as saying.

Read: SpaceX to launch NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to study Jupiter moon

Contacted by the New York Post, Wilson denied bringing her two daughters on trips or encouraging staff members to bring their children. Wilson called the special commissioner’s probe “a witch hunt.”

The investigation began after a whistleblower brought a complaint in March 2019. The special commissioner’s report, which concerned trips that took place between 2016 and 2019, was completed in January 2023 but only made public on Sept. 9.

The special commissioner’s office said in an emailed statement that the report was not released because of the pending administrative actions.

According to the report, Wilson forged permission slips to bring family members on trips and evaded city Department of Education oversight by using an outside agency to book travel arrangements.

Some of the trips were intended as college tours, but the students and chaperones never actually visited the campuses, witnesses told the investigators.

A group including Wilson and one of her daughters as well as other staff members and their children ate lunch at Syracuse University during a June 2018 trip but never toured the school, witnesses said. They left and went to Niagara Falls instead, according to the investigation.

The special commissioner’s office recommended that Wilson and the other staff members faulted in the report be fired and that they be required to reimburse the school system for their family members’ trips.

Wilson told the Post that she retired and was not fired.

Department of Education spokesperson Jenna Lyle said in a statement, “All staff identified in this report are no longer employed by New York City Public Schools.”

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[mbrainspaz]

tw- venting about really gross racism encounter

have I mentioned I f*cking hate it here? f*ck. What's sad is that I wasn't even shocked anymore. It's sad but it's also why I was able to dodge and roll with the punches for once. I was over at a local ranch signing papers to move my horse—this place is cheaper and much closer to my rental—and this is a private property that's graciously letting me in so we were just sitting on the porch, havin' a chin wag as ya do. Signing papers. They were misgendering me but there are places where you correct and educate and there are places where you resign to playing an average casually-christian midwestern dog lady in order to get what you want, and this was the latter. They're always too oblivious to notice the pentacle necklace and pride flags so it doesn't take much effort. We got to talkin' about travel and all kinds of things. I mentioned I was going on a little trip to New Orleans soon. The guy—man of the house or whatever—goes, "thing is, you can't trust them blacks. They're vicious. Watch out for them." The worst part—I wasn't stunned. Not after 7ish years working on texas ranches. I turned away to hide my disgust a little bit and said, "No. It's poverty and desperation that drive folks to crime and it's got nothin' to do with race." Was my face bright red? Probably. But I didn't shake. It's still terrifying trying to stand up to guys like that on their own turf. I could tell the wife and their lodger were uncomfortable too, but they didn't say anything. He didn't press the issue but I doubt what I said reached a single neuron in his deep fried boomer brain. It's just... f*ck. I want so badly to find a community and build connections and everywhere I go these dumbass racist people are so f*cking disappointing. As I was getting up to leave he said some bs about giving him a call if I ever needed someone to 'defend' me and I was like... "Thanks, I've never had that problem before." At least partially because I'm also a man, ffs.

[practically-an-x-man]

Your ocs are going on vacation, where are they going?

Oooh okay!! Thank you!!

Rae: Who knows? It's a new place every time, always somewhere she's never been before

Robin: Ireland - she's never actually been there herself, and she's eager to see her family's homeland.

Madison: Yellowstone for a lower-grade trip, or maybe New Zealand if she's got the chance to be really adventurous

Ophelia: London - she'd spend all her time at the theatres on West End, tour the Globe and other historic places, and enjoy every museum/educational building in the city

Jasper: Would tour Europe and visit a few historic cities, but wouldn't plan a super touristy-type vacation (AKA they'd rather visit small towns and get a feel for the actual culture, plus it wouldn't be as crowded or expensive)

Quinn: Would rather kick their feet up and have a staycation, travel is bad for her joints

Katherine: Egypt! Not just Cairo either, she'd want the whole historic experience of course

Kestrel: Similar to Rae, does a lot of travel for work already, so the actual location would vary.

Eris: Ah, they've seen the whole world grow and change over time. Unless they can find their way up to the International Space Station, there's not much that will excite them location-wise.

Nikoletta: Honestly, I don't really see her wanting to travel. Air travel would be miserable for her, and she's never really had interest in leaving New Orleans

[crowofjudgements-blog]

Heyy!

I saw your posts about your spidersona (?) Bonnie, and I wanted to ask if you have random fun facts about them (things like they usually dress their cat in cute clothing)!

I found you character really interesting, so I'd like to know more about them :)

Hi!! Thank you so much for your ask. I'm literally fiending for any reason to talk about this crazy cat lady

Bonnie grew up in and out of the foster care system up until her father went to prison when she was 14.

She took on her mother's last name because their father refused to sign the birth certificate of a daughter.

She raised her two younger twin siblings from the time she was 14

They had the entirety of her undergraduate degree (philosophy, housing, and Juris Doctor in New York paid for in scholarships and bursaries (she's a damn smart cookie).

During their post-secondary education, Bonnie worked as a cam girl to help support her siblings back home and would frequently make trips back to New Orleans to make sure they were taken care of.

She had a deep, irrational fear of clowns.

Bonnie's world and New York are harshly polluted and damaged to the point of no return. The age expectancy is like 50 years old because of how bad it is. There's literal acid rain every once in a while.

Bonnie lives in a tiny studio apartment with barely a pot to piss in. The contents of their apartment are as follows; an air mattress, a fold-out chair, a box television, ALL the cat necessities, and a spork. (This lady is destitute)

She takes better care of her cat than they take care of themself.

Fenêtre's full name is Fenêtre Maximilien Alexandre-Beauchamp Soileau and he is a distinguished little gentleman (street rat).

Bonnie, as it stands, is not currently working at the age of 32. They took bereavement leave after the death of her fiancé and could just... never bring herself to go back, couldn't stand their coworker's pity.

Bonnie was bitten by her spider later in life, around 31, around the time when her fiancé died and she had to terminate her pregnancy (that's right!! They were briefly pregnant)

She mainly survives on fiending and gambling.

The judicial system never gave her justice for the murder of her fiancé so, well, they had to take it into her own hands (she killed his murderers in cold blood).

Her New York thinks they're a villain.

Bonnie nearly beat the daylights out of Peter when they first met because he interrupted a poker game she was about to win big on (prick).

Fenêtre is just as sassy, if not more so, as Bonnie.

Bonnie never really celebrated holidays as a child so as an adult they go all out, but their decorations are always ass. Think of a bald Christmas tree. Literally no one tells them though, they just let her live in their delusional happiness.

She does, in fact, dress Fenêtre up in little sweaters, especially around winter cause they don't want their baby to freeze (he's a Serbian cat, a literal ball of fluff).

Bonnie has a terribly weakened immune system which only got worse after they were bitten so she's frequently sick and bed-bound.

Bonnie LOVES ferry boats, to an unhealthy degree.

Bonnie instantly became friends with Hobie Brown and those two are menaces together. They cause absolute chaos in the Spider Society and laugh about it over tea and buttered biscuits.

That's all I have for now!! Please let me know if you want any specific information or if you'd like me to dive into any part of this character. They're my passion project, I foam at the mouth for her. Thank you for your ask :) In the meantime, enjoy this image of a very happy Fenê.

[cryptidkeepp]

(avan jogia) [THE INTERSTELLAR]. Please welcome [RIVER PATEL (THEY/THEM)] to Huntsville, WV. They are an [32]-year-old [VISITOR] who lives in [THE COMMUNE]. You may see them around working as a [UNEMPLOYED]. They are looking for [LINK MURPHY] their [ROAD TRIP BUDDY/BEST FRIEND] Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive.

GENERAL.

full name: river luna patel

nicknames: riv

title: the interstellar

hunter / gatherer: neither

birthplace: new orleans, louisiana

time in huntsville: 4 years

gender / pronouns: genderqueer, they/them/any

age / birthday: 32, february 7th

orientations: pansexual, panromantic, polyamorous

occupation: unemployed / tarot card, metaphysical amateur, astrologist for hire

location: commune, visitor

status: single

family: luna patel ( mother, deceased ), parthiv patel ( father, deceased ), morgana whitlock ( aunt )

strengths: affectionate, playful, charming, creative, adventurous

weaknesses: addictive, impulsive, unreliable, promiscuous, flighty

character inspo: eric effiong (sex education), phoebe buffay (friends), klaus hargreeves (umbrella academy), nymphadora tonks (harry potter), jules vaughn (euphoria), jesper fahey (shadow & bone), jenny curran (forrest gump), riley blue (sense8), jaskier (witcher), ian gallagher (shameless), sabrina spellman (chilling adventures of sabrina)

BACKGROUND.

tw: drugs, addiction, death

born in new orleans, louisiana. diagnosed with type one diabetes as a young child. mother was wiccan and a strong believer in metaphysical practices along with many astrological practices- she owned a small shop in new orleans. father was deeply in love with their mother and worked as a street musician and helped with the shop when needed.

they lost both parents in hurricane katrina and was sent to live with their aunt in new jersey. she was vastly different from the free-spirited and loving home they’d grown used to but she tried and they don’t resent her for it.

early in their teens they developed an increasing awareness of this void inside of them which never quite could fill no matter how hard they tried. slowly it would spread, creeping into their brain to fill their head with dark thoughts and leave them debilitated if not dealt with. everything has a cause and effect. the result of this was a rush to keep trying to fill this dark hole with anything and everything they could get their hands on. drugs, alcohol, people, sex, love, affection, things. it became an endless merry go round of self-destruction interrupted by glimpses of peace and serenity in between.

this is how they fell into the group of friends they did, spending their time causing trouble, skipping school, and partying. by the time their aunt noticed their change in behavior and the truancy, it was far too late. their apathy for all things rules and conventional society standards were gone and they'd made the pact with their best friends and set out to explore the country together.

river felt a growing satisfaction in the nomadic lifestyle. they'd always had a wanderlust they couldn't quite confine. it opened them up for more creativity, writing song lyrics and music on occasion, learning more instruments. panhandling their songs on the sidewalks of various cities they stopped in or offering their better talents in tarot readings and astrology to get some extra cash to get them to the next city because the more they got in legitimate ways, the less they had to steal.

after several years of this, some of their friends got tired of found reasons to settle down in various places they'd stopped. river always hated saying goodbye, ever harboring a string of abandonment issues since their parents were unexpectedly taken from them. eventually it came down to them and link, which they were fine with because they weren't alone ( despite missing those who left ) and they'd always felt a strong connection to link, like they were made from the same stardust.

when they stumbled upon huntsville, it was a complete mistake and all the perception in the world couldn't have led them to the situation they found themselves in. forced to settle in, they worried what the future might hold for both them and their best friend. rationing the substances they could find could only last so long. river had to wonder what would take them out first the long list of vices they indulged in, the creatures that emerge from the darkness, or the withdrawal.

QUICK CONNECTIONS.

found family

bandmates/creative friends

yoga buddies

therapist

doctor/nurse

clients/customers

rivals or haters

party buddies

victims of thievery

lovers

HEADCANONS.

river has type one diabetes and had a pump to regulate it better but their supply has since worn out so they're having to find other methods to regulate their glucose which can prove difficult, it's important they are able to see a medical professional regularly. they also wear a medical alert bracelet with this information.

they despise sleeping alone, whether it be from having friends around them for a decade on the road or just the loathing of being alone in general, they tend to stick close to people if they can sleep at all.

comparable to a cat they can sleep anywhere and will curl up or drape themselves over people for affection.

they wear their heart on their sleeve and fall in love quite easy, unfortunately their over devotion and wandering eyes have made it difficult to hold any long term relationship except with one person who understands the amount of love they have to give does not mean that person gets my less.

they have a long history of casual relationships and having a select few they are fully committed to exclusively, however they develop deep feelings for people easily and adore them long after any romance leaves. they are very open with their sexuality and the love of the human body. river has often used casual sex as another coping mechanism and occasional self-destructive tendency.

they love dancing, parties, poetry, and music - they also adore talking to people and will be happy to introduce themselves to anyone and everyone

they adore music and can play almost any guitar, bass, piano, pan flute, viola, and harmonica.

they can also speak spanish, french, creole, american sign language and some hindi besides english

more to come

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Bridget Albert - designs cocktails and trains bartenders throughout the Chicago area while teaching at The Academy of Spirits & Fine Service on behalf of Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois. Senior, National Director of Education for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits. Co-author of “Market-Fresh Mixology”, Life, Love, Happiness and Cocktails. Co-host of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation podcast in NOLA.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is an alcoholic beverage distributor based in Miami. It has brought benefits to Sam's beverage sales. Let's remember that SH's meeting with Southern Glazer Wine & Spirits seems to have worked because his representatives have been constantly present at Sam's tour performances since his trip to New Orleans.

But…But… this interview is appropriate for a drama queen. SH is very excited to hear the sound of his whisky bottle cap opening 😳 A tremendous and fantastical fantasy how the sound transports him to Scotland?🙄

[greatadventuretours]

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[ofxlostxhunters]

[ Cody Christian | he/him ] Another face is seeking safety in New Orleans. Make sure to welcome DANIEL STEVENS to the home of the resilient. Rumor has it that they are an 24 year old HUNTER/(UNKNOWN)WOLF, who is one of the SURVIVORS/SACRIFICED/RETURNED but we’ll keep that a secret. They are said to be SECRETIVE, but that’s all a façade to cover up their ATHLETIC  nature. We’ve heard that they can be found listening to BROKEN by LIGHTHOUSE which sums them up pretty well. Let’s hope that they can find a way to survive this harsh new world.

【 ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ 】

Name ; daniel matthew stevens

Sobriquet ; dan, danny,

Age ; 24

Species ; hunter / unknown wolf

Currently living ; new orleans

Hometown ; tbd

【 ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ 】

Traits ; quick thinking, athletic, secretive, empathic

Alignment ; -

Hobbies ; basketball, football

Habits ; gym, fidgeting when secretive or nervous

Fears ; death.

【 SEXᴜᴀʟ 】

Orientation ; pansexual

Kinks ; tbd

Hookups or Relationships ; realtionships.

Relationship status ; it's complicated

Shipping status ; open

【 ᴘʜʏsɪǫᴜᴇ 】

Faceclaim ; cody christian

Height ; 5ft 7 1/2 in

Hair ; black

Eyes ; dark brown

Piercings ; none

Scars ; wound on stomach from being stabbed during training

【 ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ / ᴄᴀʀᴇᴇʀ 】

Level of education ; college

Qualifications ; college diploma - football and occult studies

Occupation ; tbd.

Name of employer ; tbd.

【 ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ 】

Drinker? ; yes

Smoker? ; no

Recreational drug user? ; rarely

Which? ; Weed

Disabilities ; none

Mental illnesses ; n/a

【 MUN 】

Name ; adam

Age ; 29

Pronouns ; he/him

Location ; GMT

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Daniel was born to Isobel Richmond and Dennis Walker. When his mother was pregnant with him, his father disappeared never to be in contact again. Dennis found out about Isobel's hunting family and carrying the werewolf gene escaped before they were able to find out. For the first year it was just him and his mom and grandparents. Shortly before he was one, his mother met another male Thomas Stevens. At first Isobel kept Daniel distant from Thomas not wanting to get Daniel attached to someone who would walk out. However as things progressed the relationship between Daniel and Thomas also developed and soon Daniel had a dad in his life. When he was three, Thomas, Isobel and Daniel went on a family trip, where Thomas proposed to Isobel with Daniel holding the ring.

After the marriage their family life was perfect. Daniel grew up with regular visits to his grandparents and spent time playing with close friends of the family who had kids of a similar age. He developed a close bond with Aliyah and Asher which grew as they got older. As Daniel reached twelve, his mother and father had another child, another boy. However the child was born prematurely and spent eleven months in hospital before dying from complications from his underdeveloped lungs. This caused Daniel to withdraw slightly, seeing such horrors of the natural world at such an early age.

Only a few years later, his father was killed. He was told it was a car accident at first, until his grandfather convinced Isobel to tell Daniel the truth. His Grandpa thought Daniel was now old enough to know of the supernatural world and the part it played in his father's death. It was then he started begging to be trained as a hunter along with the other members of his family. It was only when he was seventeen that he finally because his training.

During this time his friendship with Aliyah and Asher grew. He spent nights at a time there, and integrated with their family. Daniel graduated high school and got onto his college course. However the tragedies in Daniels life kept coming. His mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness and during that time his grandmother and grandfather both died. He spent several weeks living at the hospital with his mother before she succumbed to the illness and he was face with the reality of going home alone.

The friendship between Asher and Daniel had shifted during this time and despite both being in the closet with the sexualities, an emotional connection grew. Asher would spend hours with Daniel just in silence as he adjusted to the tragedies he was faced with. Soon that emotional connection grew to a physical connection and the pair were soon in love. To Daniel he was done... he was in love and while his life wasn't perfect, it felt perfect to him. For years the pair were together nothing really seemed odd with them spending so much time together since they had grownup so close.

When Daniel turned twenty four, he received an engraved ring off Asher as a gift. He was happy, and the pair were heading home, when a drunk driver drove straight towards them. Daniel pushed Asher out of the path of the oncoming vehicle before it drove through Daniel and Daniel flew over the car. He died in Asher's arms.

He was done. Until he wasn't. He now finds himself back alive, but has kept away from Asher, hoping he had been able to move on and not wanting to uproot him, but had contacted Aliyah and kept in contact with her.

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Photo dump from my trip to New Orleans! It was such a cool, beautiful place to be for a few days and to celebrate my sibling turning 21. I wish we had more time and money to explore some more stuff like the (we were told by a local) one authentic voodoo museum and cemetery that aren't run by white people but that just solidified how much we want to go back for a more educational trip. It was fun to be the teacher's (tour guide's) pet during the St. Louis cemetery tour since I already learned a lot about it in college, including everything about Nic Cage's grave.

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Week ending: 2nd July

Well, this week sure is quirky! Both songs this week really are doing their own thing, and you know what, I respect that, for them. Plus, I got a history lesson from one of them, which was kind of cool. More hit songs should just straight-up teach me things.

The Battle of New Orleans - Lonnie Donegan (2)

This is the history song. Just case the title didn't give it away, for you. It's about a real battle, fought in New Orleans (duh) in 1815, as part of the misleadingly named War of 1812, which officially ran from 1812 to 1814, but pootled on for a few extra months in 1815, which is when this battle, the most famous one, happened. The whole war apparently kicked off over Britain conscripting American citizens to fight Napoleon, which does, to be fair, sound like something we'd have been doing around then. And it ended with this battle, where the Americans inflicted 2000 odd casualties on a much larger British force, while only taking 70 casualties of their own. You can see why this might be a point of considerable pride in the US - though it's all but unknown in the UK.

The song was originally written as a learning aid by an American history teacher called Jimmy Driftwood, based on a traditional fiddle tune, but it was popularised by one Johnny Horton, whose version did well enough that we've got Lonnie covering it here. There's something very weird about Lonnie - a Brit - covering this particular song, of course. I know he's Scottish, which is a bit different, and I know his whole thing's covering American folk songs, often with a very fake American accent, but still. Odd.

In any case, Lonnie's British background is probably why the song's suddenly gained a brief spoken-word intro, in which Lonnie explains, presumably for the benefit of his ignorant Britsh audience, that this here's a story 'bout the Battle of New Orleans, fought between the Yankees and them there English people, a battle in which the British came off rather ignominiously. This quick explainer given, we're off at a clip, singing about how in 1814 we took a little trip / Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'. It's factual, but exciting enough, with a catchy enough chorus telling how we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' / There wasn't as many as there was a while ago. Which is generally how firing your guns at an advancing army works, of course. But Lonnie manages to sound pretty jazzed about it, and it all kind of works, in a jolly, folksy way.

I also clocked not one but two allusions to slightly stronger language than we've been used to, so far. We're not effing and jeffing, or anything, but we've got a mention how the American forces fought the blooming British, itself a modified version of Johnny's original, where they fought the "bloody British". And then, blink and you miss it, but you do get the carefully averted "hell" as Lonnie sings about how we held our fire 'til we saw their faces well, / Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em / Well, we fired our guns (...) Scandalous stuff, for 1959, I guess?

I have no idea what the appeal of this song was, to a British audience. It's not hip or cool. It's not a novelty. It's not patriotic, but it's also not about a war anybody in the UK actually cares about, so you've not even got the shock or outrage value. And honestly, musically, it's not even that interesting. It's Lonnie, who seems able to do no wrong at the moment, but apart from that, I've genuinely no idea what people were buying this for. I appreciate the educational side of it, though - how many people, do you think, learnt about the War of 1812 specifically because of this song? I bet history teachers nationwide loved it!

It does get kind of dull, after a few listens. I think folk songs can do that - particuarly, like this one, when the verses and the chorus don't sound particularly distinct. It just kind of trundles along pleasantly, you know? Makes me wish for something a bit rowdier. And as luck would have it...

Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy (6)

Oh man, this is cool. I defy anybody to listen to this and not find it just instantly and undeniably cool. Peter Gunn was the theme tune to a television show, also called Peter Gunn, about a detective called, shockingly, Peter Gunn, a suave, well-dressed man with a pechant for cool jazz. He lives in a nameless but gloomy waterfront city, and meets his clients in a smoky wharfeside jazz club. He carries a solid gold cigarette lighter and drives fancy convertibles. He's got a girlfriend who's a lounge singer. In other words, Peter Gunn is a badass - and tasked with composing a theme to introduce this character to us, Henry Mancini more than rose to the task, to the point where the theme from Peter Gunn is nowadays better known than the show itself, and has been covered on multiple occasions.

Musically, it's real simple, just a repeated, stompy riff on guitar and, in the original, piano, that establishes itself before allowing brass and sax to cut in, screaming away at you over the top. The overall effect is great, menacing and dark, but also glam, and already, even in the original, pretty hard-rocking. Swap the piano for Duane Eddy's signature roaring rockabilly guitar, and make the sax even more raucous and wild, and you've got the recipe for a wild, driving instrumental that's undisputably badass. It feels gritty, uncompromising and more than a little sexy - a far cry from the prettied-up, teenaged rock and roll-lite that our New York-based songsters are peddling!

I do have to say, I feel like crediting this to Duane Eddy is kind of missing the real star of the show. Because while Duane's guitar work is crucial in creating the right atmosphere, here, the main attraction is absolutely the sax player, one Steve Douglas, part of the group of LA-based session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. He seems to have played on all sorts of records by all sorts of legendary artists throughout the mid-20th century, and I can see why he was in demand - the performance here is just awesome.

I think I might just put this on to soundtrack my day, as I do mundane tasks. Putting out the bins? Cleaning the oven? Walking to work? Reading emails? Time to channel some of that Peter Gunn energy. I can't think of a single activity that this wouldn't improve considerably.

I think my preferred song here is clear, right? This is another of those entries where I'm not going to waffle in the write-up, I'm just gonna send you to go listen. So good!

Favourite song of the bunch: Peter Gunn

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3: Liberation, Leadership & Critical Theory

This week, I've been working on mastering the art of "accomplishing without doing"! This concept is derived from Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu, who wrote the foundational text of the Tao Te Ching and once said “Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.”

Above is an image of an art poster I purchased on a recent trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. I ordered a frame online this weekend and hung this up in my home office as an aesthetic reminder to myself.

Spending time in the Big Easy was such a treat! New Orleans is a culturally rich and vibrant place. The streets are lively- bustling with the sounds of jazz and decorated in public art / murals that express the confluence of identities & share the collective voice of the people.

Soundbite of the Calliope Players on the Steamboat Natchez, (2024)

During my visit, I had the opportunity to develop some parts of my final project for the Master of Arts in Creative Leadership (MACL) Program. My Capstone, a.k.a. Community Driven Change Project, focused on creating the foundation for a Micro-Grants Program for Artists. This project is being piloted in partnership with my fellow board members who are a part of the Arts & Culture Commission- and I'm happy to share that after months of development, research and workshopping this idea together as a team- this grant program has made it on our 5 Year Strategic Plan as one of our priority goals!

This MicroGrant Program is meant to serve artists in our community. The program intends to encourage a sustainable, creative economy where artists can participate in development opportunities, drive community art initiatives forward and co-create the future together.

I've been spending some time riding my e-bike lately and immersing myself in nature more often. In the hustle-and-bustle of daily life, it can be easy to forget to slow down and tune in to our surroundings. I'm realizing how important movement and intentionality is to life. Nature as always, is a force that abounds in energy and inspiration!

Reflecting on the readings for Week 3: I'm drawn to these concepts that we've explored on Liberation, Leadership and Critical Theory.

Some guiding questions for this week include the following- "How does a critical theory lens disrupt existing leadership paradigms and contribute to more equitable and inclusive practices in leadership (such as education)?" and another question: "How does creativity contribute to more equitable and inclusive leadership practices?"

Critical Theory, defined by the Frankfurt School (2023), "refers to a family of theories that aim at a critique and transformation of society by integrating normative perspectives with empirically informed analysis of society’s conflicts, contradictions, and tendencies." It is a school of thought that is known for combining philosophy and social science with the practical aim of furthering emancipation in society.

Emancipation (or liberation) is an essential theme to this science!

Educator Katherine E. McKee delved into these questions in more depth in her research article titled: Critical and Transformative Approaches in Leadership Evaluation and Research (2022).

McKee lead her research with the intent to further understand how historically marginalized groups of people have access to leadership development and how. McKee's research uncovered that "while Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students are not a monolith, research into leadership in BIPOC communities reveals definitions of leadership as collaborative, helping others, and creating social change (Harper & Quaye, 2007; Torres, 2019)."

Mckee in her own practice, utilized this body of literature to design the programming. She would then incorporate readings and guest lectures from leadership scholars and practitioners who are BIPOC.

In her career as an Educator, Mckee taught leadership courses that challenged oppressive systems through coalition building and taking action: but had not yet examined leadership from a more inclusive perspective- one that centered on the heritage and contemporary practices of leadership for students and in communities of color.

The study highlighted the importance of culturally relevant (and sustaining) leadership to not only prepare leaders to challenge system-wide inequalities, but also to support access to power.

Mckee shares with us that to understand the leadership paradigms at work in BIPOC communities, we need to listen to the "least powerful" people, actively including the perspectives of those most impacted by decisions and actions of leadership- so that we can hear and elevate their expertise.

The researcher unearths this importance of including community members as key stakeholders / thought partners in the decision making and strategy process- asking the group continuously:

• What is working well? • How can we build upon it? • What positive impacts do you see (currently)? • Who of the participants are engaging in leadership that works? • What positive impacts would you like to see (emerge)?

This participatory approach actively disrupts the typical power dynamic that has an evaluator entering to solve a problem and instead, positions people who are typically marginalized or excluded to now serve as the drivers for social change in their community- through the knowledge and skills that they already have!

Building community and working towards a vision together takes time- relationships and building trust becomes vital. Research and evaluation should engage all participants in cycles of reflection and action towards the positive social changes we wish to bring about.

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References

• Mckee, Katherine. "Critical and Transformative Approaches in Leadership Evaluation and Research." New Directions for Student Leadership: No. 175. Research and Assessment Methods for Leadership Development in Practice. (September 2022).

• Celikates, Robin and Flynn, Jeffrey. “Critical Theory (Frankfurt School).” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University. (December 2023). plato.stanford.edu/entries/critical-theory/.

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Culinary Tourism Market | Top Factors Responsible for the Rapid Growth in the 2020-2027

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