#Otto Mellies

[ask-crimson-weaver]

It might be just one of those multiversal patterns that pops up here and there? Just in a more direct way.

I’ve, uh… had something similar happen to me. And yeah, it feels weird.

I’m getting a weird sense of deja vu talking to Percy.

Isn’t it weird that once I contacted @ask-spider-man-61610 , another Parker, for help when I was trapped in a city that has gone down the drain and now here I am doing the same for Percy?

Does this mean anything? At all?? Or am I just over thinking this? Something feels off but I don’t know why.

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[calmingmelody96]

The Dragon's Niece

Chapter 5 - The Dragon's Fall

Warnings: medival sexism, rape, non-con/dub-con, sexual abuse, unprotected sex, uncle-niece incest, forced marriage, virginity loss, abusive behaviour, possessiveness

Masterlist

The tensions in the Red Keep had reached a boiling point. Viserys, ever the king, found himself in a corner, trapped between loyalty to his family and the growing influence of his Hand, Otto Hightower. The manipulative hand of Otto had been working behind the scenes for months, pulling strings, whispering in the king's ear about the future of the realm, and most crucially, the inheritance of the Iron Throne.

It started as a quiet conversation in the shadowy halls of the Red Keep, a conversation that would ignite the flames of conflict. Otto had suggested—no, demanded—that Viserys disinherit Daemon and name Maeliora as his heir. His reasoning was simple, yet devious: Daemon's recklessness, his chaotic nature, and the danger he posed to the throne. He spun it well, painting Daemon as a threat not only to the crown but to the very heart of House Targaryen. 

Otto's plan had finally found its perfect opportunity. After years of strategic maneuvering, he had carefully orchestrated a moment when Daemon's reputation could be made to crumble before the king.

The throne room was eerily silent as Viserys Targaryen stood before the Iron Throne, his face carved from stone. Daemon stood before him, arms crossed, expression unreadable. But there was no fear in his violet gaze—only defiance.

Viserys' voice was quiet when he finally spoke.

"Did you say it?"

Daemon's lips curled slightly. He did not answer.

Viserys' breath came sharp and heavy. "Did you say it? An heir for a day?!"

Daemon tilted his head, that same infuriating smirk playing on his lips. "We all mourn in our own way, brother."

The words struck like a blade.

Viserys' fury ignited, his hands shaking. "You have disgraced me, disgraced our family, disgraced my son—my son, Daemon! My heir!"

Daemon scoffed. "Your heir? I am your heir!"

"No, not anymore... You are no longer my heir," he spat. "You are nothing to me."

Daemon's smirk faltered. Just for a moment.

Viserys straightened, his voice regaining its authority. "My daughter, Maeliora, will be my heir. She is my firstborn, and therefore she will sit the Iron Throne after me."

A murmur spread through the room. Melly. A woman. A queen.

Daemon said nothing. Not then. But his hands curled into fists. He was furious. But his fury wasn't driven by the idea of Melly being named heir. No, it was the betrayal from his brother, the king, that cut deeper than any blade. Otto had manipulated Viserys so thoroughly, and the king had believed him, completely disregarding the loyalty Daemon had shown him throughout the years. The dragon prince felt the sting of his brother's disbelief more than anything else. The anger that brewed within him was more about that than anything else, and it led to a fury he could not control.

The idea of a woman on the throne, however, wasn't exactly welcomed by the conservative lords. So, Otto, ever the strategist, had another solution to address this challenge. He proposed that Maeliora should be married to someone who could protect her claim. A highborn, rich and authoritive lord from a well-known and respected house. A strong match to support her claim. And that lord was - Jason Lannister of Casterly Rock. A proud house, one of wealth and power. The Lannisters would undoubtedly strengthen her position and provide the backing she needed. 

The news shattered what little control Daemon had left. His temper, legendary throughout the realm, flared with a fury unlike any before. This time, it wasn't just anger—it was pure, seething rage. He stormed through the halls of the Red Keep, his steps echoing like thunder, tearing through the corridors with the ferocity of a dragon unleashed. He cared not for who saw or heard him; he was done being overlooked, done being silenced by Otto Hightower's manipulations.

He had remained silent when his brother disinherited him and named Maeliora his heir. But this—this was different. To give his niece, the only person he truly cared for in the Seven Kingdoms, to a Lannister like she was some prize to be bartered—no. He would not allow it. The thought of her being treated like a broodmare, traded for a political alliance, tore through him like wildfire. He would bring chaos if need be, and no one would stop him until he had what he wanted.

The doors to the council chamber crashed open, slamming against the stone walls. Viserys barely had time to react before Daemon strode inside, eyes blazing.

"You would give her to a Lannister?" Daemon seethed, voice low, dangerous.

Viserys pinched the bridge of his nose, exhausted. "It is done, Daemon. And my decision is not up for discussion."

"She is a Targaryen," Daemon spat. "She is worth more than Lannister gold. She deserves better—someone worthy of her."

Viserys let out a dry, humorless chuckle. "Oh? And whom should I wed her to, then? Who is a more worthy candidate?" He took a step forward, eyes narrowing. "You?"

Daemon said nothing.

And in that silence, Viserys knew. He understood his brother.

A slow, cruel smirk stretched across the king's lips. "That's what this is about, isn't it?" He scoffed. "You think I don't see it? You've always wanted what isn't yours. It is not my daughter you lust for, Daemon. It is my throne."

Daemon clenched his jaw, his heart pounding.

It was then that the bitter truth hit him. No matter what he said, no matter how he fought, Viserys would never listen. Melly's fate was sealed.

Unless...

Unless he took matters into his own hands.

In the night, Daemon found himself in the chambers of his niece, his Melly. He was intoxicated, drowning his anger in wine, desperate to numb the feeling of being cast aside. When he burst through her door, it wasn't with the tenderness he had shown her in the past, but with the recklessness of a man who had nothing left to lose. His eyes, clouded with fury and drink, searched for her with a dangerous intensity.

The candlelight flickered as he stepped inside.

Melly turned, startled. "Uncle?"

Daemon's expression was unreadable. His violet eyes burned as he stared at her, his chest rising and falling unsteadily.

"I won't let him have you," he murmured.

Melly swallowed. "Who?"

"That Lannister cunt." His voice was a whisper, dark and possessive. "I won't let that happen."

She took a step back. "Uncle, You're drunk."

"Melly," he growled, the words slurred. "My brother thinks he'll marry you off to that arrogant cunt of Casterly Rock? He thinks I'll just sit back and let them use you like this?"

Melly, still in her nightgown, looked up in shock as Daemon advanced toward her. "Uncle, please," she whispered, her voice trembling. "You're scaring me..."

"Everything's changing," he muttered, "and I'm done with it. Done with them. You belong to me... ever since you were born, you were born just for me... for me to have you, to own you and to make you mine, in every damn way. You'll never marry that Lannister fool. You'll never belong to anyone else."

He took a step forward, his tone softening as he reached out, though still a touch too forceful. "I'll never let that happen to you. I won't let them take you away from me."

Melly instinctively stepped back, fear beginning to creep into her expression. She could see the raw desperation in her uncle's eyes, but it frightened her more than comforted her. "Uncle, stop. Please. This isn't you."

His hands were on her before she could move, his grip tight and unyielding. Melly gasped, fear flashing across her face. She tried to push him away, but Daemon was not himself, consumed by his own demons. He kissed her roughly, trying to drown out the voices in his head with the franticness of his actions. His only thought was to claim her, to ruin her for anyone else, to bind her to him—whether she wanted it or not.

Morning came with a gasp.

Melly's maid opened the door, tray in hand, only to let out a sharp cry. The tray clattered to the floor, the sound echoing through the chamber.

There, in the bed, lay Princess Maeliora. And beside her, the Rogue Prince. The sheets were tangled. Their bodies bare beneath them.

The maid turned and ran.

The throne room was silent save for Viserys' heavy breathing. The aftermath of Daemon's drunken rage lay heavy in the air. The tension was palpable as Viserys, furious beyond reason, stormed into the throne room with Melly in tow, her face pale and tear-streaked. Daemon, still intoxicated, was dragged in behind them, his once-proud posture slumped.

Daemon knelt before him, his head bowed. Not in shame—but in defiance.

Viserys' voice trembled with rage. "What have you done?"

Daemon barely registered the king's words, too drunk to realize the magnitude of his actions. He stared at Melly, his niece, whose eyes were wide and filled with a mix of fear and shame. Her reputation was ruined, her life shattered in one night of chaos.

Daemon lifted his head. He did not flinch. "What needed to be done."

"Do you even hear yourself? You have sullied my daughter - your niece! You've disgraced House Targaryen!"

"You would have married her off like a fucking broodmare, to a man who does not care for her, a man who would not protect her, a man who would only use her for his own gains!" He spat, "I made her mine, Viserys."

"She is your niece," Viserys seethed. "The little girl you once bounced on your knee. Now you've ruined her! Jason Lannister won't wed her in this condition."

Daemon smirked. "Who cares about some Lannister fool?" He met his brother's furious gaze, unrepentant. "Wed her to me."

A stunned silence.  "She is mine now. I made her mine. So wed her to me. I'll take her to Dragonstone and marry her in the tradition of our House."

Viserys' face contorted with disgust. "It is not my daughter you lust for—it is my throne." His voice rose. "You are a plague, Daemon. Sent to destroy me, to destroy this family." He took a sharp breath, his anger simmering, before he added with chilling clarity, "But I know what I must do."

He paused, the weight of his next words hanging heavy in the air. "I will disinherit Maeliora, just as I did with you. Rhaenyra—my secondborn—will be my new heir."

Viserys did not hesitate. "You've ruined everything, Daemon. And you will pay for this."

And pay he did. With one final blow, Viserys decreed Daemon's exile. "You are no longer welcome in King's Landing. You will leave the capital, and you will never return."

The words were final.

He turned to the guards. "Take him away."

Daemon did not fight as they dragged him from the room. But as he was pulled from the throne room, his eyes met Melly's one last time.

She said nothing.

And then he was gone.

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End Notes: Thank you so much for reading! 💖 I was not sure how comfortable my readers would be with the explicit part of this chapter, therefore I did not include the smut here. However, if people want to read the full smut, then let me know, and I will dedicate another chapter to the scene between Daemon and his niece! :)♥️

[nixa-spark]

Refs for two of the character's from my spidersona's world-- made the refs back before ArtFight/add them to my profile

Henry Osborn is the son of Harry Osborn, grandson of Norman Osborn. When Henry was young, Norman managed to wrangle custody of his grandson away from Harry, and spent years trying to shape Henry into a new Green Goblin. This included being gifted the Orange Shard on his 18th birthday, and he was granted fire-type powers. However, Henry managed to avoid becoming a Goblin through sheer obliviousness (and his preference for 'epic stunts', which were showcased on his various social media accounts), and after escaping Norman and reuniting with his father, Henry's been doing much better for himself and is working on improving himself.

Oliver Octavius is, unbeknownst to him, not actually an Octavius, despite being told he was the son of Otto from birth by his mother. He grew up with a resentment for Spider-Man, and carried the goal of proving how his 'father' had been wronged with him into adulthood. He befriended Melly and Hannah early in their college years, and was eventually presented the Green Shard by Melly. Realizing she was a Spider, however, he ended up turning on her, declaring that they were now sworn enemies. Though Melly as come to terms with this betrayal, Oliver has refused to let go of their perceived rivalry. From the Green Shard, he gained the ability to infuse its energy into metal and shape it to his will. Though a skilled engineer, he's taken to forming his ock-arms directly from this malleable material, allowing him to focus his inventiveness on things other than having to repair them after every fight.

Both of these guys exist in the same world as my main spidersona ask blog, @ask-crimson-weaver

[salwpohl]

[flammentanz]

East German director Rainer Bär created a fascinating tribute to Carol Reed's immortal classic "The Third Man" (1949): the television crime film "Klassenkameraden" ("Classmates") from 1984 including a theme by zither for each appearance of the murderer.

The East German police officer Hannes Bergemann (Alfred Müller) returns to his hometown after many years to investigate the murder of his old classmate Fred. His other two former classmates have become respectable citzens. Helmuth Grohmann (Otto Mellies) runs a night bar and Richard Abel (Gerd Gütschow) has become a dentist. During his investigations Hannes gets more and more convinced that his old friends hide something from him ...

[witcherinq]

scandal  and  political  animals  are  two  shows  who  could’ve  put  the  female  stars  together  but  chose  not  to.  what  a  waste.

[rheinkreiszeitung]

Rommerskirchen: Palettendiebe schlagen gleich mehrfach zu – Polizei ermittelt und sucht Zeugen Rommerskirchen (ots) Von einem Firmengelände an der Melli-Beese-Straße in Rommerskirchen stahlen bislang unbekannte Täter in zwei Nächten mindestens 150 leere Paletten.

[ask-spider-man-61610]

So I think you’ve talked about your Doc Ock a bit on here... but have you ever encountered any other Ocks in other dimensions? How do they match up to yours?

Yes, I have. Doctor Octopus might not be exactly a universal constant, but it's certainly a common enough title that I've crossed paths with a fair number of them. I'm going to give a short little rundown of each of them, and why they should go to hell. This is gonna be a salty list. If you didn't want that, you should've come to someone else.

The Otto Octavius of Earth-1512 was the first alternate Ock I ever encountered. Unlike most of the Ocks on this list, I don't know or care what his deal is--I just spent an hour in my first ever alternate universe before I saw a man in armored green and yellow throwing cars around with mechanical tentacles. He was also working with the Green Goblin and holding civilians hostage at the time, which in my opinion is reason enough to put him in the ICU like I did. I've never been back to this universe and never will, but presumably he's just doing the same shit every month or so.

The Otto Octavius of Earth-8363, colloquially called God Ock because I guess we can't fucking help but stroke his ego, was the Ock I met during my first outing with what'd eventually be the Cluster. He's a weird edge case. First we fought a robotic duplicate of him, then his actual self after he'd done the dumbest thing I've ever seen an Ock do and integrated an extradimensional energy source into his fucking body in a bid for omnipotence. I suspect he was already basically dead when Gwen ripped the Shard out, but he had a backup personality on a secret hard drive and so we've met his AI self. He agrees it wasn't his smartest move. Still, fuck this guy. He apparently stabbed my alternate self in the back so he deserves what he got.

Oliver Octavius, of Earth-42711a, isn't a doctor. I refuse to call him Doctor Octopus, but he's calling himself that because he claims to be the son of Otto Octavius. Knowing Otto, I'm more than a little skeptical of that claim, but that doesn't change the fact that in a bid to be just like Daddy he dropped out of college to become a supervillain. When Melly noted that this plan was less than stellar he interpreted that as a personal betrayal and has sworn revenge on her. He's temperamental, idolizing of a man he's never met, and has an ego more fragile than sugar glass--and he's not even good at villainy. I walked into his lair, kicked his ass, and walked out again in less than five minutes. Oliver's pathetic. And he knows it, because he's scrambling to compensate with a desperation that anyone with half a brain can see is going to kill him very, very soon.

The Otto Octavius of Earth-22701 needs to fucking leave Morgan alone. The Peter Parker of that universe died like a century ago, and that Otto's engineered a way to stop aging so he doesn't even need to fight superheroes anymore. But no, he reads about a kid in New Orleans with my powers and decides that that's obviously his dead enemy having, I dunno, reincarnated or something. Instead of being the result of the spider-related experiments that he funded. I don't have a lot of respect for this Otto's intelligence. I've only met him in-person once, when I was going on the warpath and beating up everyone who's ever tried to kill Morgan, but for some reason having an actual Peter Parker knock two of his teeth out wasn't enough to deter him from his theory about Morgan being me. I'll try again as soon as I get a chance.

Odyssia Octavius, the Ock of Earth-777, is probably the least scientist and most mad of all the mad scientists here. Also the one who leans the hardest into the Octopus aesthetic, because alone among the Ocks she's a marine biologist. Now, unlike certain counterparts of mine I could mention, I actually don't give a fuck about her decision to serve an eldritch sea monster for power. Nor am I opposed to her overall goal--obviously we gotta save the environment, and obviously we're gonna have to fuck up some industries to make that happen. That's fine. My problems with her are more related to her habit of painfully twisting people she's got a grudge on into horrific monsters and then siccing said monsters on the populace. Even if that wasn't fucking abominable and evil beyond all recompense, it doesn't exactly convey the green message she's trying to go for. Maybe the Writhing One is modifying her logic to suit its own ends, using her as a puppet to get what it wants. Maybe she just fucking sucks. I've only ever spoken to her through the Internet, but if we ever meet face to face I'll be sure to ask which one it is right after I kick her ass and rip off big handfuls of that magic tattoo.

October Otto, the Doctor Octopus of Earth-2, is the only person in this list who I'm not inclined to attack on sight. It took me a little while to get to that point--when the me of Earth-2, Pax, introduced us I was pretty suspicious. But out of all the Ocks I've ever met, this is the only one who's not...nefarious. They're a little eccentric, more than a little shy, but overall a very well-meaning and selfless biologist. I'm glad I met them, even if their tentacles make me a little nauseous to think about. They and I still communicate occasionally, and after what happened to Pax I've been checking in with them to ask about their progress on a cure. This is one of the few people with whom I've ever felt the need to share my files on the Oz virus. I hope it does them good.

With the exception of October, all of these people are fucking awful. But none of them are as dangerous or as detestable as the Otto Octavius of Earth-61610.

The Otto I know is an unrivalled genius. His entire existence is devoted to biorobotics, and over the years he's integrated man and machine on a level that makes the Iron Man armor look like a remote-controlled action figure. He's modified his tentacles to counter my super speed, he's designed and redesigned a zillion different personal helpers, he's made himself the center of a technological superpower controlled solely by his mind. And unlike a lot of Ocks, he's not being manipulated by his tentacles. Nor was he driven insane by the accident that fused them to his body. No, this is a perfectly sane, rational prosthesis engineer who got so frustrated with the bounds of the law that he decided he had the right to start snapping necks.

He's a futurist, is the thing. A man with a grand vision of the technological utopia he could turn the world into, who thinks without a shadow of doubt that he knows what's best for the world and everyone in it, and who's decided that if you try to stop him from realizing that vision that the best thing to do is Remove you from the equation. Worse, he's written off massive swaths of the human race off as expendable--as little people whose lives are a perfectly acceptable sacrifice to bring about his future, who maybe even should be thanking him for the chance to finally mean something.

Every Octobot contains at least a few pieces of human brain. He kidnaps people, lobotomizes them, and integrates parts of their central nervous system into his systems to make his robots more adaptable and independent than purely mechanical systems could be. He's seeded mass-produced medicine with nanotech that hijacked the nervous system of the people who took it and turned them into unconscious parts of a worldwide neural network. On more than one occasion, he's tried to turn entire cities into his own personal laboratories, and everyone inside into lab rats.

Otto Octavius is a monster. No other Ock I've ever met even comes close.

[audiome]

Das Laternenfest (Benjamin Blümchen Folge 87)

Genial: Otto Mellies als Erzähler. Er steht Nottke in nichts nach. Ihn hätte ich gerne in vielen weiteren Folgen gehört.

Jürgen Kluckert hat Benjamin inzwischen seine eigene Note gegeben und spricht nicht mehr wie eine Kopie von Edgar Ott. ;)

Noch ein Autor: Ulf Thiem

Komplettes Hörspiel als Hörspiel des Monats:

Großartiger Erzähler. Nette Folge. Der Erzähler ist genial! Steht Nottke in Nichts nach! Nottke klang in 86 nicht mehr ganz so dynamisch...

[ask-crimson-weaver]

Of course you’re human. You shouldn’t deny yourself that, no matter how much of a hand someone had in your creation. I’ve encountered quite a few A.I.s over the years-- both with and without physical bodies they could move around in. And I’ve never considered any of them any less of a person than I was.

And... honestly? Someone being able to ‘hack’ or ‘alter’ you doesn’t change that either. I... should know that, out of anyone. I do know that.

I... had a bad encounter with another version of me, a while ago. She was angry with me for who I was, and so she tore me out of me, and tried to smother me. I was stuck in her for a bit, but when I finally got out, a part of her Shard’s theme had attached itself to mine. It caused my Shard to ‘glitch’ (and I’m not trying to make an analogy with that-- it’s what we called it back then). The conflict between it and the theme I already had was... painful. And I eventually found out that it was more or less trying to... overwrite me. Either make me into another her, or into some agonizing amalgamation between the two of us. And if the Cluster hadn’t helped me, I’d have been lost to it. But even after that, when I’d found out what my mom did... well. I think you’ve probably seen me talk enough about that over the past few weeks.

...Hannah’s telling me I should stop now. Guess she noticed that my hands had started shaking, heh. They get like that when I start thinking about her. Got worse when I tried to type her name, so I guess you’ll be left with a vague pronoun in place of that name this time around.

The point is... how you were made, put together, coded, altered or changed, anything like that doesn’t take away from how human you are. And if some nebulous universe programmer or something thinks otherwise, I’ll track them down and teach them otherwise myself.

…

Question for the cluster at large. Do you consider me human? Or do I just talk human enough?

Do I (and by extension others in my dimension) technically count as an AI of sorts?

How artificial am I to you? Could someone hack or alter me in some way? If there is an “outside world” portion of my dimension, what does going outside look like? Is it anything like being in other dimensions? Why did someone make me? I don’t want this.

I can’t sleep. I feel like I’m a lie.

- 🔬

[mythenmetzsche-abschweifung]

Tranquilla Trampeltreu und weitere Fabeln - Michael Ende, gelesen von Otto Mellies

Tranquilla Trampeltreu und weitere Fabeln – Michael Ende, gelesen von Otto Mellies

Poetische Erzählung von Michael Ende. Sultan Leo der Achtundzwanzigste lädt zu seiner Hochzeit und Schildkröte Tranquilla Trampeltreu möchte unbedingt dabei sein. Aber niemand traut ihr zu, dass sie es pünktlich schafft. Doch Tranquilla kommt rechtzeitig – allerdings anders als gedacht. Für den Drachen, der nicht »lind« ist, findet sich eine kluge Alternative, ebenso wie für den Schmetterling,…

[cinquecolonnemagazine]

Federica Pellegrini, Tokyo 2020 e una medaglia per chiudere un cerchio

Per Federica Pellegrini queste di Tokyo 2020 saranno le ultime olimpiadi? La nuotatrice italiana, però, fa la storia e raggiunge per la quinta volta consecutiva nella competizione olimpica la finale dei 200 stile libero per sperare in un medaglia che potrebbe avrebbe il sapore di chiusura del cerchio. Federica Pellegrini a Tokyo 2020 per conquistare una medaglia Non certamente il modo migliore per iniziare. Federica Pellegrini supera le batterie dei 200 stile libero con grande fatica andando a qualificarsi alle semifinali col 15esimo e penultimo tempo utile al passaggio del turno. Le batterie hanno decretato che la più veloce è stata l'americana olimpionica in carica Katie Ledecky in 1'55"28, seguita dalla canadese Penny Oleksiak 1'55"38, terza e quarta le australiane Madison Wilson 1'55"87 e Ariarne Titmus 1'55"88 1:57.33, questo il tempo che la nuotatrice ha totalizzato che già nelle prime interviste ha sottolineato l'enorme fatica fatta: "E' stata faticosa molto più del previsto non so come mai, speravo di stare nettamente meglio. La condizione è questa, in semifinale dovrò fare una gara completamente diversa, al massimo e vediamo cosa porterà. Sono abbastanza tranquilla, è stato un percorso stagionale abbastanza tortuoso e complicato che ha portato a questa quinta Olimpiade". La semifinale della Pellegrini La storia è stata fatta. Federica Pellegrini con il settimo tempo utile conquista la finale dei 200 stile libero. La nuotatrice italiana diventa l'unica tra le donne a conquistare per 5 olimpiadi consecutive una finale olimpica (solo Micheal Phelps era stato capace di riuscirci prima di lei). Ora testa alla finale per scrivere ancora una volta la storia ma per Federica Pellegrini ha già conquistato la sua personale medaglia per queste olimpiadi giapponesi. Tokyo 2020, non solo Federica Pellegrini L'Italia, però, porta a casa altre due medaglie. L'Italia Team sale a quota 11 medaglie prima con Maria Centracchio che nel judo ha vinto il bronzo nella categoria -63 kg andando a battere al Golden Score l'olandese Juul Franssen e poi sempre con il terzo posto nella spada a squadre femminile. Dopo essersi arrese all'estoni in semifinale, Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola, Mara Navarria e Alberta Santuiccio hanno battuto nella finale per il terzo posto la squadra cinese per 23-21. Il programma azzurro per il 28 luglio Siete pronti per proiettarvi verso una nuova nottata di gare? Tanti gli azzurri in gara per emozionarci e conquistare nuove medaglie. 01.00: SURF – Gara maschile e gara femminile, finali01.30: CANOTTAGGIO – Finali: doppio femminile, doppio maschile, quattro senza femminile, quattro senza maschile. Semifinali: singolo femminile, singolo maschile. Ripescaggi: otto femminile, otto maschile02.00: BADMINTON – Singolare femminile, fase a gironi. Doppio misto, quarti di finale02.00: BEACH VOLLEY – Preliminari maschile/femminile (3 partite)02.00: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Danimarca-Bahrain (gruppo B)02.00: TIRO A VOLOTrap femminile, qualificazioni (day-1) (Silvano Stanco, Jessica Rossi)Trap maschile, qualificazioni (day-1) (Mauro De Filippis)02.00: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Canada-Iran (gruppo A)02.30: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Olanda-Sudafrica (gruppo A)02.30: TIRO CON L’ARCO – Individuale maschile, sedicesimi e ottavi di finale03.00: BASKET – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Nigeria-Germania (gruppo B)03.00: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Gran Bretagna-India (gruppo A)03.00: SCHERMA – Sciabola a squadre maschile: turni preliminari e semifinali (Enrico Berrè, Luca Curatoli, Luigi Samele. Riserva: Aldo Montano)03.00: TENNISTAVOLO – Singolare femminile, quarti di finale. Singolare maschile, quarti di finale03.30: NUOTO – Finali: 200 stile libero femminile, 200 farfalla maschile, 200 misti femminile, 1500 stile libero femminile, 4×200 stile libero maschile. Semifinali: 100 stile libero maschile, 200 farfalla femminile, 200 rana maschile04.00: BOXE – Quarti di finale: 57 kg femminile. Ottavi di finale: 75 kg femminile, 57 kg maschile, 81 kg maschile04.00: JUDO – Turni preliminari e quarti di finale: 70 kg femminile (Alice Bellandi), 90 kg maschile (Nicholas Mungai)04.00: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Svezia-Portogallo (gruppo B)04.00: RUGBY A 7 – Torneo maschili, semifinali 104.00: TENNIS – Singolare maschile, terzo turno. Singolare femminile, quarti di finale. Doppio maschile, semifinali. Doppio femminile, quarti di finale. Doppio misto, primo turno04.05: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: USA-Tunisia (gruppo B)04.30: CICLISMO SU STRADA – Cronometro femminile (Elisa Longo Borghini)04.30: RUGBY A 7 – Torneo maschili, semifinali 204.45: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Nuova Zelanda-Spagna (gruppo B)05.00: BASEBALL – Opening round, Repubblica Dominicana-Giappone (gruppo A)05.00: VELA – RegateRS:X maschile (Mattia Camboni)RS:X femminile (Marta Maggetti)Finn maschile470 maschile (Giacomo Ferrari e Giulio Calabrò)470 femminile (Elena Berta e Bianca Caruso)49er maschile49er FX femminileNacra 17 misto (Ruggero Tita e Caterina Banti)05.15: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Germania-Irlanda (gruppo A)06.00: CANOA SLALOM – BatterieC1 femminile (Marta Bertoncelli)K1 maschile (Giovanni De Gennaro)06.40: BASKET – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: USA-Iran (gruppo A)06.50: SOLLEVAMENTO PESI – 73 kg maschile (gruppo B)07.00: CICLISMO SU STRADA – Cronometro maschile (Filippo Ganna, Alberto Bettiol)07.00: PALLANUOTO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Ungheria-USA (gruppo B)07.15: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Giappone-Egitto (gruppo B)07.20: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Argentina-Francia (gruppo B)08.00: BEACH VOLLEY – Preliminari maschile/femminile (3 partite)08.00: TENNISTAVOLO – Singolare femminile, quarti di finale. Singolare maschile, quarti di finale08.00: TUFFI – 3 m sincro maschile, finale (Lorenzo Marsaglia e Giovanni Tocci)08.30: PALLANUOTO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Canada-Sudafrica (gruppo A)09.00: TIRO CON L’ARCO – Individuale maschile, sedicesimi e ottavi di finale09.15: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Norvegia-Argentina (gruppo A)09.25: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Polonia-Venezuela (gruppo A)10.00: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo femminile, semifinale 110.00: BOXE – Quarti di finale: 57 kg femminile. Ottavi di finale: 75 kg femminile, 57 kg maschile, 81 kg maschile10.00: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Germania-Costa d’Avorio (gruppo D)10.00: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Arabia Saudita – Brasile (gruppo D)10.00: JUDO – Ripescaggi, semifinali, finali: 70 kg femminile, 90 kg maschile10.20: BASKET – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Italia-Australia – Italia (Marco Spissu, Niccolò Mannion, Stefano Tonut, Danilo Gallinari, Nicolò Melli, Simone Fontecchio, Amedeo Tessitori, Giampaolo Ricci, Riccardo Moraschini, Michele Vitali, Achille Polonara, Alessandro Pajola)10.30: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Romania-Nuova Zelanda (gruppo B)10.30: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Corea del Sud-Honduras (gruppo B)10.30: EQUITAZIONE – Dressage individuale, finale10.30: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo maschile, semifinale 110.30: RUGBY A 7 – Torneo maschile, finale per il bronzo11.00: BADMINTON – Singolare maschile, fase a gironi11.00: RUGBY A 7 – Torneo maschile, finale per l’oro11.10: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo femminile, semifinale 211.20: PALLANUOTO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Cina-Giappone (gruppo A)11.30: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Giappone-Australia (gruppo B)11.30: SCHERMA – Sciabola a squadre maschile, finali11.40: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo maschile, semifinale 212.00: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Argentina-Cina (gruppo B)12.00: NUOTO – Batterie100 stile libero femminile (Federica Pellegrini)200 dorso maschile (Matteo Restivo)200 rana femminile (Martina Carraro e Francesca Fangio)200 misti maschile (Alberto Razzetti)4×200 stile libero femminile – Italia (staffetta da definire)12.15: GINNASTICA ARTISTICA – All-around maschile, finale12.30: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Brasile-Spagna (gruppo B)12.30: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Australia-Egitto (gruppo C)12.30: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Spagna-Argentina (gruppo C)12.40: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Giappone-Italia (gruppo A) – Italia (Simone Giannelli, Riccardo Sbertoli, Ivan Zaytsev, Luca Vettori, Osmany Juantorena, Jiri Kovar, Alessandro Michieletto, Daniele Lavia, Matteo Piano, Simone Anzani, Gianluca Galassi, Massimo Colaci)12.50: PALLANUOTO – Torneo femminile, fase a gironi: Olanda-Spagna (gruppo A)12.50: SOLLEVAMENTO PESI – 73 kg maschile (gruppo A)13.00: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Sudafrica-Messico (gruppo A)13.00: CALCIO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Francia-Giappone (gruppo A)13.00: BEACH VOLLEY – Preliminari maschile/femminile (3 partite) (Marta Menegatti, Viktoria Orsi Toth) (Enrico Rossi ed Adrian Carambula)13.00: TENNISTAVOLO – Singolare maschile, quarti di finale13.15: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Giappone-Spagna (gruppo A)13.45: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo femminile, finale per il bronzo13.45: HOCKEY PRATO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Australia-Nuova Zelanda (gruppo B)14.00: BASKET – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Repubblica Ceca-Francia14.15: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo maschile, finale per il bronzo14.30: PALLAMANO – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Francia-Germania (gruppo B)14.45: VOLLEY – Torneo maschile, fase a gironi: Brasile-Russia (gruppo B)14.55: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo femminile, finale per l’oro15.25: BASKET 3X3 – Torneo maschile, finale per l’oro Read the full article

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I. PLOT

It’s been 100 years since the last class left Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. The once thriving institute for people born with a unique genetic mutation giving them extraordinary powers, otherwise known as mutants, had to close it’s doors for good because of a shortage of mutant students following the events of House of M. Soon, the world all but forgot that mutants ever existed, and stories told by the older generations were often viewed as nothing more than tall tales. But there’s a little truth to every tale, isn’t there? Over the past couple years, a new crop of mutants have discovered their powers and after being cryogenically frozen for 100 years, Scott Sommers gathered some of them together to reopen Xavier’s for a new class of students. This is the new generation of mutants. Welcome to Xavier’s, ��G E N E R A T I O N  X .

II. BASICS

Generation X is a group verse set in the Marvel’s X-MEN universe. Since all characters attend Xavier’s, they should all be mutants but if you have a storyline that makes sense and you really want a non-mutant, human character, we can discuss. When choosing your character’s super power, you should keep their canon in mind and choose a power that fits their personality. Get creative so we don’t have duplicate powers in the verse. No all powerful characters will be accepted. On a scale of 1-5, no character should be above a 3 controlling their power, and they should all still be learning how to control them. Older characters could have a better handle on their powers but younger characters will probably still be novices. Though this takes place 100+ years after X-MEN canon, no canon X-MEN or next gen X-MEN characters will be accepted unless you have a valid reason for their return, (ex. Scott Summers was cryogenically frozen for 100 years.

III. RULES

There’s bound to be mature content including but not limited to sex and violence in a group like this, so we ask that all muns and characters be 18+, no exceptions. 

While in characters drama is encouraged, OOC drama will not be tolerated.

Major plots should always be run by an admin. (ex. major injuries or NPC deaths) Pregnancy and in verse children plots will not be allowed because they don’t really have a place in an environment like this.

Activity will be required either on the group discord or on the dash, but preferably both. If we don’t feel like you’re contributing to the group, you will be asked to leave.

Characters from all fandoms will be accepted as well as original characters.

Each member is allowed up to THREE characters, but we might allow more in the future. If you have at least ONE teacher, you can have a FOURTH character.

Duplicate face claims will not be allowed so if a canon face claim has been taken you will have to use an alternate face.

Duplicate powers will not be allowed so get creative.

HAVE FUN!!

IV. APPLICATION

Please send applications to KATIE.

OOC NAME/AGE/TIMEZONE:

DISCORD TAG: (will not be posted)

TRIGGERS: (if any, will not be posted)

CHARACTER NAME/AGE/FACE CLAIM:

SUPER POWER: (3-5 sentences please - this is an overview of YOUR character’s specific power and their control of it, not a textbook, wikipedia definition)

V. CHECKLIST

Join the group DISCORD server for IC and OOC interactions with the group.

OPTIONAL: follow everyone in the verse for on the dash interactions.

Track the tags:  gv. generation x  and  gv. generation x ooc.

VI. CHARACTERS

CANON CHARACTERS

ALEC LIGHTWOOD. 25. telescopic vision/sensory scrying . ( tbd fc. ) played by Clary. 28. est. ( @heartguided )

BELLAMY BLAKE. 25. earth manipulation. played by Beth. 26. cst. ( @portectorisms )

CLARY FAIRCHILD. 21. empathy. played by Katie. 27. est. ( @seraphblvdes )

ISABELLE LIGHTWOOD. 23. metal manipulation. played by Mal. 27. est. ( @heartwhipped )

JACE HERONDALE. 24. enhanced combat. played by Katie. 27. est. ( @seraphblvdes )

JEREMY GILBERT. 23. phantasm manipulation. played by Olivia. 27. ( @hauntedgilbert )

KAELIE WHITEWILLOW. 24. agrokinesis. ( margot robbie fc. ) played by Tot. 24. pst.( @nixieeyes )

KIT WALKER. 24. psychometry + precognition. played by Liz. 25. cst. ( @tothedevilsshow )

KLAUS MIKAELSON. 28. lycanthropy. played by Fish. 25. pst. ( @anditsxsorrows )

LIV PARKER. 25. illusion manipulation. played by Olivia. 27. mdt. ( @denofvoices )

MAGNUS BANE. ##.  telekinesis. ( teacher ) played by Richard. 33. GMT+1. ( @ofdemonicmagic )

NICK CLARK. 19. intangibility / phasing played by Nini. 23. gmt+1. ( @neverfittedin )

RAVEN REYES. 24. technokinesis. played by Katie. 27. est. ( @spiceandsugar )

REBEKAH MIKAELSON. 21. mental persuasion. played by Fish. 25. pst. ( @everflaming )

SCOTT “CYCLOPS” SUMMERS. 30. optic blasts. ( teacher ) played by Beth. 26. cst. ( @ofmanyvoices )

SIMON LEWIS. 22. sound manipulation. played by Jill. 22. gmt. ( @remembcr )

STEVE HARRINGTON. 22. indestructibility. played by Clary. 28. est. ( @sempreinfranto )

TROY OTTO. 21. energy absorbtion. played by Cassidy. 21. gmt+10.( @notbrcken )

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

ADAM WESTON. 29. paul wesley fc. mind compulsion. played by Beth. 26. cst. ( @ofmanyvoices​ )

ANTHONY PARKER. 24. jack o’connell. emotion negation. played by Beth. 26. cst. ( @negateswar​ )

BENJI COOPER. 22. wes tucker fc. molecular manipulation. played by Tot. 24. pst. ( @hahayousaidpenis )

CADEN BLOODSAW. 29. brock o’hurn. body cache/power effect storage. played by Olivia. 27. mdt. ( @denofvoices )

CHARLEE LEWIS. 22. phoebe tonkin fc. invisibility. played by Andrea. 28. pst. ( @nottobecrossed )

EDEN CROSS. 30. olivia wilde fc. cryokinesis. ( teacher ) played by Andrea. 28. pst. ( @nottobecrossed )

HALE ASHWOOD. 24. werewolf physiology. played by Kay. old af. cst. ( @runedsoldier )

LARK OREAGA. ##. fc. aerokinesis. played by Kay. old af. cst. ( @glitchmcb )

MACK McKNIGHT. 24. matt daddario fc. divided mind/shapeshifting. played by Clary. 28. est. ( @acquiredcraving )

MAX PARKER. 21. shelley hennig fc. pyrokinesis. played by Kim. 24. est. ( @normaltothemax )

MELLIE WILSON. 21. moriah poppy fc. telekinesis. played by Tot. 24. pst. ( @hahayousaidpenis )

NIKOLAI CZERNY. 30. seb stan fc. power negation. played by Katie. 27. est. ( @spiceandsugar​ )

NOELLE FLEUR. 19. caitlin stasey fc. telepathy. played by Simone. 20. gmt+1. ( @spiralhearted​ )

ROSE MATHERS. 22. a.debnam-carey fc. memory manipulation. played by Rachie. 28. cst. ( @descrtflower )

SAMSON KING. 30. zach mcgowan fc. thermokinesis. ( teacher ) played by Tot. 24. pst. ( @hahayousaidpenis​ )

TEAGAN BYRNE. 28. cintia dicker fc. venemous bite. ( teacher ) played by Mal. 27. est. ( @blightcd )

TIERAN LINDHOLM. 27. liz olsen fc. healing/bio. manipulation ( teacher ) played by Kay. old af. cst. ( @glitchmcb )

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This might be crazy, but...the bag of oranges from “Vampires and Bloodsuckers” (#Scandal 706) represents Olivia’s actions

When Olivia gets out of her government sedan in 706, the camera pans down to her shoes and bag as she emerges from the car. The lighting sucks, so it looks a little sallow. When she steps into the light you see she’s wearing orange. Her lil lost ass looks cute, but why call our attention to these things?

Finally, I got it! Olivia is that damn bag of oranges, and the myth that accompanies it. The bag of oranges is used as a weapon against an innocent. It turns out that oranges can inflict serious pain that leave actual bruises, both for those who suffer the bruising and their loved ones who have to contend with it. 

Cyrus is pained to see the bruising on Fenton’s chest, knowing that he played a small role in this innocent (?) man’s suffering. Olivia didn’t think she was doing any real harm to Quinn, and it turns out to potentially be otherwise.

“There are fates worse than death” (Otto, one of Olivia’s kidnappers)

She’s already caused Quinn’s fiancee pain, and Charlie is the lynch pin in this analogy because he’s the one who takes that feeling of loss and channels it into anger on Fenton. 

Now, if we take this further to the potentialities of the larger plot, the orange theory may be at play if she has Rashad and Yasmeen stashed somewhere to give the Bashrani rebels the appearance of death so she could negotiate the terms of the treaty behind Mellie’s back. If this is the case, these people may have their lives, but they are still ruined. Olivia thinks no harm no foul because the “greater good” is more important (don’t get me started on her negotiating with rebels for a peace treaty that will be torn up because the rebels want to oppress Bashranis, especially girls and women).  That’s a trash ass thing Olivia tells herself these days so she can be a big dog who sleeps at night (shoutout to Abby). The point is, Olivia’s actions against Rashad and Yasmeen, and the ensuing chain of events,  will leave bruises, including on herself. 

If this does turn out to be the case, then it is one straight out of the Book of Rowan, and the thing that began Olivia’s arrested development. Rowan pulled Maya off a commercial airline, after she told him there was a bomb on it. He let Olivia believe her mother was dead, and sent Olivia away to boarding school in Europe (306, 301, 309). However, Rowan secretly stashed Maya in a secret facility. We are still dealing with the bruises of that deceitful action, from 26 years ago, when it comes to the character of Olivia Pope. Rowan thought he was doing the better thing by letting Liv believe her mother was dead. 

“There are fates worse than death.”

Either way it shakes out, Olivia is wrong.