#Roy Webb

[forensicated]

A Tumblr Community for The Bill...?

Is there any interest in creating a community for fans of The Bill to discuss and have more opportunities to interact/chat about the show almost like a forum from what it sounds like?

If you'd be interested, please like/comment/reblog this post to show your potential interest so we can all see if it would be worth attempting to create one or not.

Tumblr is beta testing a new 'community' idea [apparently not available to all as yet but should appear for most] that it says is:

Communities is a new feature in development, currently in beta testing. Our hope is to empower everyone on Tumblr to create new, dedicated spaces to connect with people over shared interests. It’s a bit like using tags but more contained, it’s a bit like having a shared blog but with more options, and it’s a bit like a group chat except it’s slower. Access to communities is not yet out to all users, and currently has incomplete support across the Tumblr mobile apps

Labs blog post

Help page post/more information

It's still in testing mode and they're asking for feedback. They state it can be a private group or more open access.

Public communities can be seen and visited by non-members, logged in or logged out. However, only the feed of posts in each community tab, and the About page, are accessible. Non-members cannot view the member list, see who reacted with what, or see community comments. Non-members with an invite can see everything a member can see, but cannot interact with anything until they accept the invitation.

Private communities cannot be seen or visited by non-members at all. The existence of a private community is not hidden, however, if someone has the URL (they’ll see a message like “this is a private community”). Non-members with an invite can see everything a member can see, but cannot interact with anything until they accept the invitation.

I wrote a tag list of every member of the cast including notable long running guests. It took FOREVER. And this is what Tumblr cuts it down to. FGS.

[cakebatteronabrickwall]

He’s--he’s gay but he has a special connection to suits and hair gel, there’s many things that are interesting about him

[roysreader]

My top fanfics of 2023 (so far)

I published or updated 60 works on AO3 this year, a lot of them are snippets but still, my most productive writing year yet.

2023 was the year of Succession so most of my top picks will be for that show but there are a couple of outliers marked with an *.

In no particular order, here are my top seven fics that I wrote or completed this year:

I’m Just Ken (And I’m Enough) (Succession/Barbie crossover)

And I’m Watching the Cruisers Below (Gerri Kellman backstory)

And Breathe Me (Succession/Six Feet Under crossover)

Complicated Airflow (A history of Kendall’s stutter)

My Empire of Dirt (Logan Roy backstory)

Poison & Wine (Missing RomanGerri scenes)

*The Curse of Home Farm (Emmerdale, 1920s AU, co-written with MissGeorgieTate)

Also in no particular order, here are my top seven completed fics that I read this year (I’ve kept it to those published this year):

*Out of Touch (The Bill, great insight into Mickey Webb post-attack)

you love blood too much (but not like i do) (A deep dive into the chaos that is Roman Roy)

the birthday party (the perfect post-finale fix-it, bonus Roman and Shiv are twins)

i bite at the hand that feeds me (flashback to a Roman and Logan incident)

aeneas, and a whimper (stunning Shiv character study)

An Oral History of Waystar Studios Feature Animation (made me laugh a lot)

art imitates life (I’m not usually into RPF but this is very clever)

[cozza-frenzy]

Just a small sample of some of the alters currently in our system. Wherever possible, these were drawn either by the alters themselves, or with co-conscious input from them - sharing our front at the same time as me, Terry. Things have been very hard for us lately. But I look at these pictures, and I see us. I see our weird, wonderful, happy family, and I know we've survived worse than this and we'll survive whatever else comes our way, too. It's ironic that we're stronger together when separated but... such is life, I suppose. 30 years of trauma finally catching up to us, 30 years of memories finally coming back to us, and we're all along for the ride. It was horrific abuse and trauma that made us like this. But we get to decide what our future is.

[dogbitethedreadful]

[thinkingaboutbetterdays]

The Bill.

Will Fletcher

╼ protective.

John Boulton

╼ welcome home.

Mickey Webb

╼ shooting.

Roy Galloway

╼ first day.

╼ pregnant.

Charles Brownlow

╼ as long as we have each other.

[roysexton]

Thank you, Passle! CMO Series Podcast Top Picks of 2023

Thank you, Passle! You do so much good for our industry and our profession. Love you all! Deeply honored to be included here among such wonderful luminaries. Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3Bhc3NsZS9mZWVkLnhtbA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-passle-podcast-cmo-series/id1591064715 Spotify Podcasts:…

[citizenscreen]

Ann Robinson (left) is learning to shoot from real policewomen Pat Wright and June Howard as instructor Sergeant Roy Bean gives direction. Robinson is preparing for her role in Jack Webb’s DRAGNET (1954).

[lenisoldi]

BoB character nicknames

Listed alphabetically Part 2

I am so sorry! Cobbs nickname is NOT cancer (he died because of cancer) I read it wrong!!!😭

Albert Blithe: Al

Alex Penkala Jr.: Penky

Antonio Garcia: Tony

Burton Christenson: Chris, Pat

Carwood Lipton: Lip

Charles Grunt: Chuck

Darrell Powers: Shifty

David Kenyon Webster: College boy, Web, Dave, Professor

Denver Randleman: Bull

Donald Hoobler: Don, Hoob

Donald Malarkey: Malark, Don

Earl McClung: One Lung

Edward Shames: Ed, Sob

Edward Heffron: Babe, Ed

Eugene Roe: Doc

Floyd Talbert: Tab

Francis Mallet: Frank

Frank Perconte: Perco

Henry Jones: Henk

Herbert Sobel: N/a

James Diel: Lee

James Miller: The “outlaw”

John Hall: Cowboy

John Martin: Johnny

John McGrath: Jack

Joseph Liebgott: Joe, Lieb

Joseph Toye: Joe

Kenneth Webb: Kenny

Lewis Nixon: Lew, Nix

Norman Dike: Foxhole Norman

Paul Rogers: Hayseed

Richard Winters: Dick

Robert Strayer: Bob

Robert Wynn: Popeye

Roderick Strohl: Rod

Ronald Speirs: Sparky, Ron

Roy Cobb: Cobb

Walter Gordon Jr.: Smokey

Warren Muck: Skip

Wayne Sisk: Skinny

William Dukeman: Buddy

William Guarnere: Gonorrhea, Wild Bill

William Kiehn: Bill

[comiccrusadermom]

Erasing Disabled Superheroes: Why 'Healing' Them Takes Away Vital Representation from Disabled Fans

In today's world, it should not be this difficult to find a sticker of Oracle for my water bottle. Okay , Let me clarify who and what Oracle is and why it truly is that big of a deal to me. Nerd rambling ahead, follow at your own risk.

Oracle is the name Barbara Gordon took when she hung up her cape and cowl as batgirl after the attack from the Joker left her paralyzed. We see her decide that will not be the end of her hero days. Instead she continues to be an amazing member of the Batfam and JL as Oracle. Oracle becomes a world class hacker, and organizes the family in the various battles across Gotham, Bludhaven and beyond.

Now, one of the many things that the New 52 did that I had issues with is they reset Babs back into her Batgirl regalia and back on her feet. While it was all wonderfully inspirational and shit as she driven to train after her father died …yadda yadda, - it took from page and fandom the already inspirational badass that we had in Oracle.

We didn't need her swinging from grapples to save the day. She did that on the regular as one of the most badass, intelligent and wonderful characters DC had seen in way too damn long and she did all that from the seat of her wheelchair.

I can not overstate the importance of representation matters. These comics, these heroes belong to everyone and we all want to see ourselves in those pages.

This whole rant came from the fact I can't find a damn Oracle sticker for my water bottle but here, have a list of heroes and villains of varying abilities because we need more of that shit.

Deaf and HoH:

Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Maya Lopez (Echo)

Mutism:

Jerico

Cassie Cane (Orphan)

Makkai

Blind or Visually Impaired:

Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

Toph Beifong ( Earth Bender)

Madame Webb

Amputee:

Bucky Barnes (Winter Solider)

Victor Stone (Cyborg)

Roy Harper (Arsenal)

Arthur Curry (Aquaman)

Komodo (human form)

Paraplegic:

Charles Xavier (Professor X)

Barbara Gordon (Oracle)

Dissociative Identity Disorder:

Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Achondroplasty:

Puck

Cerebral Palsy:

Hornet

Help me grow the list, tell me ones I missed!

[forensicated]

Favourite CID Era

S4-6 also includes Don't Like Monday (Tosh's family at the bank) and Ted and Roxanne's first appearance together as officer/snout

Series 7-9 inc Viv's death, Dashers guesting after leaving, Frank disappearing without warning for a mystery job and Harry Haines arriving. Danny Pearce, Jo Morgan and Alan Woods also arrive. Jo is promoted to DS after a few eps. Jack is demoted to DCI and returns as a regular rather than guesting as part of AMIP.

Series 10-13 includes Rod being rather chauvinistic to poor Suzi who becomes CID in this series. Jo returns for a guest period and is about to move back permanently before.. ahem. The Target trilogy are a particular work of art in series 11. Don arrives in series 11 when Deakin is promoted to DI after Sally goes. John Boulton arrives not long after too and finally in series 12 Geoff and Liz arrive and Alan goes and Tom Proctor brings up the rear in S13. There is a lot of Alistair and Suzi fun however as she gently teases him throughout.

Series 14-16 brings Duncan and Kerry Holmes with Tosh leaving through sad real-life happenings and Alistair transferring as does Suzi. Series 15 brings Danny Glaze and Claire Stanton as an undercover CIB agent trying to catch Don. She doesn't expect to fall in love with another CID member, however. Unfortunately, we do lose Liz in 15 but she does pop back a few times. Series 16 is a BIG CID-focused series. Rod jumps before he's pushed and the truth about Don comes out after he and John have a fight. We lose John, Don, Kerry, Claire, Geoff, Deakin, Tom, and Tom. We gain Paul Riley, Kate Spears, Vik Singh, Alex Cullen, and Debbie McAllister. A somewhat unfair exchange. Saving the best until last however for series 16 as Mickey also arrives and is at his cheeky scamp best.

Series 17-18 Near the end of series 16 we got a whole new bunch of CID after a mass exodus due to Don being revealed as a dodgy officer. To give them a chance to bed in properly, there were no cast changes to CID in series 17. The new lot featured heavily, Mickey went undercover as a rentboy for a bit and then as a football hooligan. Debbie's snout was her lover and there was quite hoo hah about him, There's a couple of guest appearances from Liz, one of which is a multi-parter that terrifies Kate Spears, Claire follows Don over to Australia to tr catch him and bring him to justice. In series 18 we lose Vik, Paul, Kate and Alex Cullen but gain Eva, Ken Drummond, Phil Hunter, Sam Nixon and Brandon. Series 18 is also the beginning of the numbered episodes and Paul Marquess...

Series 19-21: we gain Juliet for a short time before Rae gets fed up of the sexualised bisexual obsession for her storylines and we also end up with sexist arse, Rob Thatcher whilst losing Duncan, Danny and it's the first exit of Mickey too post-rape and the death of his mother over to MIT. It's not all bad, we also get Terry, Ramani and Neil. In series 20 we lose Rob when he finishes his vengeance against The Radfords by murdering Irene and being shot by CO19. We also lose Debbie and Brandon and Eva transferred to MIT. We gain Suzie in return, however. Series 21 we lose Ken in an explosion and Jim walks away after losing June and Ken. Gary who has been playing in CID for a little while gets short and transfers to the Manchester police. Jo arrives and Mickey returns from MIT. There's a mysterious newbie when Adi Mateen pretending Zain also arrives when it turns out that he's not the annoying gangster that's been buzzing round Sun Hill but has been undercover!

Series 22-24 - In series 22 we lose Ramani and Suzie, however, we gain Stuart and Kezia. THISISNOTAFAIRSWAP. Ahem. In series 23 we gain Grace and also Max at the very very end, Zain reaches the end of his tenure after being drawn to the dark side with Kristen and Phil transfers out rather suddenly as Scott appears to have jumped very quickly over to EastEnders. Series 24 welcomes Stevie and Banksy and we don't lose anyone!

Series 25-26 - I ummed and ahhed about making the last series a stand-alone selection on its own because it's a reboot but given it's only essentially half a year long and that the character changes happen in series 25 I put the two together. So, in this series we lose Jack as DCI because he becomes Superintendent. However we don't gain a new DCI, Neil just remains DI and does both jobs. Jo gets promoted but moves to uniform. Sam, Stuart and Kezia go (Could not have taken Sam being promoted to DCI!) and no one else leaves (other than Will) from CID until the very end. We have Mickey undercover as a homeless man, Max's drug problem and Mickey and Terry confronting him. Grace and Neil get together but Neil's son is diagnosed with cancer and so much more. Finally the entire station works together to nail the rapists of poor Jasmine (Respect 1-2)!

(Yep you guessed it, I meant to post this in the sierra-Oscar comm but got distracted.)

[readyforevolution]

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Song by Gil Scott-Heron

You will not be able to stay home, brother

You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out

You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and

Skip out for beer during commercials

Because the revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox

In four parts without commercial interruptions

The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon

Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell

General Abrams and Spiro Agnew

To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary

The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be brought to you by the

Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star

Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia

The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal

The revolution will not get rid of the nubs

The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner

Because the revolution will not be televised, brother

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May

Pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run

Or trying to slide that color TV into a stolen ambulance

NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32

Or report from 29 districts

The revolution will not be televised

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down

Brothers on the instant replay

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down

Brothers on the instant replay

There will be no pictures of Whitney Young

Being run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process

There will be no slow motion or still lifes of Roy Wilkens

Strolling through Watts in a red, black and green

Liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving

For just the proper occasion

Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction

Will no longer be so damned relevant

And women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane

On "Search for Tomorrow" because black people

Will be in the street looking for a brighter day

The revolution will not be televised

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news

And no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists

And Jackie Onassis blowing her nose

The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb

Or Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell

Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink or the Rare Earth

The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be right back

After a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people

You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom

The tiger in your tank or the giant in your toilet bowl

The revolution will not go better with Coke

The revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breath

The revolution will put you in the driver's seat

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised

Will not be televised, will not be televised

The revolution will be no re-run, brothers

The revolution will be live

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: Cat People

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★★★★½

Plot: A new bride fears she is cursed and will transform into a panther should she consummate her marriage.

Review: Equal parts unsettling and heartbreaking, this early erotic horror expertly builds tension and explores themes of sexual shame.

Year: 1942 Genre: Supernatural Horror, Creature Feature Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes

Director: Jacques Tourneur Writer: DeWitt Bodeen Cinematographer: Nicholas Musuraca Editor: Mark Robson Composer: Roy Webb Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt

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Story: 4.5/5 - Quite shocking for its time and unique in its delivery. It makes the reality of Irena's fears unclear until just the right moment.

Performances: 4/5 - Everyone is great, but Simon is the standout as the terrified and crumbling Irena.

Cinematography: 4.5/5 - Gorgeous. Creative framing, lighting, and camera movements do the work of special effects.

Editing: 4.5/5 - Helps execute what effects could not.

Music: 4/5

Sets: 4/5 - They feel genuinely lived-in, with great bits of foreshadowing laid throughout.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5

Trigger Warnings:

Very mild violence (largely offscreen)

Dated psychiatric practices and discussions of mental illness

Animal death

Animal neglect and poor husbandry (real)

[androxys]

Task Force What? An Incomplete (Yet Still Very Long) Guide to Some of the DCU’s Government Groups [Part 2]

Welcome back to my writeup on 13 of the DCU's government organizations. Recognizing that everything in Part 1 was a ton of information to parse through, here’s a rough timeline of some of the groups’ movements and reorganizations. This time, I’ve put important people’s names in bold so you can track them. Again, much thanks to my editors and beta readers.

Part 1: Organization Descriptions and Histories

Part 2: Timeline

Part 3: Reading Suggestions

1940s-1980s

During WWII, Squadron S earns the nickname “The Suicide Squad” due to its high morality rate. Rick Flag Sr. is brought in to turn the squadron around, eventually making it a highly decorated and effective unit.

Senator McCarthy tries to force the Justice Society of America to unmask. They refuse, instead choosing to go into hiding.

Without the Justice Society to protect the U.S. from “extraordinary” threats, the President authorizes the creation of Task Force X. This group consisted of two wings: Argent and The Suicide Squad.

Rick Flag Sr. is killed in action during a Suicide Squad mission. This version of the Squad is disbanded.

Control, the leader of Argent, kills someone involved in JFK’s assassination. He subsequently directs Argent to go underground.

A new version of the Suicide Squad is formed, led by Rick Flag Jr. This version disbands after a mission in Cambodia. Flag’s supervisor reveals that the Squad was ultimately doomed anyway due to budget cuts.

At some point during the Cold War, Spyral is formed by the U.N., led by Otto Netz.

Project Cadmus is founded.

Sarge Steel becomes a leader in, if not the director of, the Central Bureau of Intelligence.

Katherine Webb Kane becomes Batwoman to try to uncover Batman’s identity for Spyral.

The Agency is founded by Valentina Vostok. The Agency’s work includes Project: Peacemaker.

Roy Harper joins the Central Bureau of Investigation. He meets Jade Nguyen through his work with the CBI.

Katherine Webb Kane is apparently killed by Ben Turner, the Bronze Tiger, while he is under the control of the League of Assassins.

Otto Netz is revealed to be a double agent and is imprisoned.

Mr. Bones is a quasi-member of Infinity Inc., legacy heroes springing from the Justice Society. 

1980s-2000s

Amanda Waller presents her plan to reactivate Task Force X. This new Suicide Squad will use supervillains for high risk, covert missions. The Agency will be brought into Task Force X and subsequently reorganized as Checkmate, though Project: Peacemaker remains independent.

Rick Flag Jr. is made field leader of the Suicide Squad. Ben Turner, seeking atonement, becomes his second in command.

Sarge Steel is officially the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Harry Stein is made King of Checkmate.

Amanda Waller and her Suicide Squad discover the remenants of Argent. With the majority of its members gone, Argent is officially declared to be disbanded.

The Janus Directive occurs. Massive reorganizations happen. 

Task Force X is dissolved as an umbrella organization. 

Amanda Waller is left in charge of the Suicide Squad. 

Harry Stein remains as King of Checkmate, but they are forced to relocate. Project Peacemaker is incorporated into Checkmate. 

Sarge Steel is made the Director of Metahuman Affairs, and is the direct supervisor for all other metahuman related agencies. He continues to oversee the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Amanda Waller disbands her Suicide Squad.

After the death of Superman, Project Cadmus tries to clone him. This results in the creation of Superboy.

Project Cadmus fires “mad scientist” Dabney Donovan.

A “clone plague” begins to affect Project Cadmus creations. This is revealed to be the creation of Dabney Donovan, who kills Paul Westfield.

Mickey Cannon becomes the new head of Project Cadmus. He keeps Dabney Donovan as an imprisoned scientific advisor and brings in geneticist Serling Roquette.

Harry Stein resigns as King of Checkmate. Phil Kramer and Kalia Cambell are made King and Queen, respectively.

Roy Harper leaves the CBI.

Mr. Bones is made the Director of the Department of Extranormal Operations.

Cameron Chase joins the Department of Extranormal Operations.

The Department of Extranormal Operations subcontracts A.P.E.S members Donald Fite and Ishido Maad for a recovery mission.

Lex Luthor becomes president. 

Amanda Waller replaces Sarge Steel as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs in the Luthor Administration.

Knightwatch, a more militaristic branch of the Department of Extranormal Operations, protects the U.S. President from metahuman threats.

Director Bones manipulates the Justice Society into going against Kobra on the DEO’s behalf. This is not well received by the JSA.

Lex Luthor starts the Human Defense Corps to try to build a non-metahuman response team to extraordinary threats.

The Central Bureau of Investigation is absorbed into the Department of Extranormal Operations.

Sarge Steel becomes the head of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, a subdivision of the DEO.

Sasha Bordeaux is recruited into Checkmate by Jessica Midnight.

David Said is promoted to King

Helena Bertinelli is blackmailed by David Said into accepting a position as a Queen in Checkmate.

Lex Luthor leaves the White House. Amanda Waller subsequently leaves her position as Secretary for Metahuman Affairs.

Director Bones and Cameron Chase recruit Kate Spencer, the Manhunter, to work for the Department of Extranormal Operations.

Maxwell Lord becomes Black King of Checkmate.

Infinite Crisis happens. 

Maxwell Lord kills Ted Kord once Kord uncovers Lord’s plot to use Checkmate against metahumans. 

Sasha Bordeaux sends Batman evidence of Kord’s death, leading Lord to activate the OMACs to try to exterminate all Checkmate agents and metahumans on Earth.

Maxwell Lord is killed by Wonder Woman.

One Year Later

After Checkmate is rechartered as a U.N. organization, Amanda Waller is made White Queen. Due to her involvement in the Luthor White House, the U.N. only agrees to let Waller into Checkmate if she does not run operations. This means she cannot run any operations. The other initial leaders of this new Checkmate are Sasha Bordeaux, Alan Scott, and Taleb Beni Khalid.

Wonder Woman joins the Department of Metahuman Affairs in her new identity as Diana Prince.

Alan Scott resigns from Checkmate, tapping his Bishop–Michael Holt–to be the new White King.

Despite being prohibited from running operations, Amanda Waller reactivates a Suicide Squad and begins Operation: Salvation Run.

Once other Checkmate officials find out what Amanda Waller is up to, she is forced to resign from Checkmate. However, by that point, most supervillains had been deported via Operation: Salvation Run.

Squad K is developed out of the Human Defense Corps to specifically deal with Kryptonian threats.

After the events of Brightest Day, Maxwell Lord returns to life. He erases most of the world’s memory of him and begins a discrediting campaign against Checkmate in an attempt to regain power.

Talia al Ghul creates the Leviathan Organization. She frees Otto Netz from his imprisonment so that he can assist Leviathan.

Batman Incorporated begins to move against Leviathan, clearing the organization out of St. Hadrian’s Finishing School for Girls.

Damian Wayne kills Otto Netz to save Batman from a trap.

The New 52 Happens

Spyral takes control of St. Hadrian’s

Katherine Webb Kane reveals that she faked her death to lead Spyral in secret.

A.R.G.U.S. is founded to support metahumans at the federal level.

Dick Grayson is unmasked as Nightwing, and is recruited by Helena Bertinelli to be an agent of Spyral.

Bertinelli and Grayson leave Spyral. Tiger becomes the new Patron of Spyral.

[1264doghouse]

Ike Inman, Jack Kay, Roy Hall & Webb Pierce