#Yolanda Harrison

[dominik528]

Genius: MLK/X (2024)

[spencerscharacterbattle]

WELCOME TO THE SECOND SUPER AWESOME CHARACTER BATTLE, NOW WITH 128 CHARACTERS!!!!!

this bracket has 128 of my current favorite characters in media, whether they be obscure or well-known!

HOW THE FORMAT WORKS!:

the first round will contain a battle between the four characters in each box. only two in each box will move forward (the highest and second-highest voted)

the second round will contain a battle between two winners of one square and two of another, and only two will move forward

the third round is exactly like the last round, except only one will move forward

the fourth round will contain a battle between one winner and another, and only one will move forward

the fifth round is exactly like the last round, with the winner moving forward to compete for the ultimate win

the sixth round is the final round and will decide who is the winner of Spencer’s Super Awesome Character Battle 2024!!

just like last year, each poll will be up for a week, so there’s plenty of time to vote for your faves!!

THE CHARACTER BRACKET IS BELOW!!!

(there is a text transcript under the “keep reading” as the text is very small, i apologize for that)

victoria chase (hot in cleveland) vs brock (unikitty) vs chococat (sanrio) vs bozz (the state)

hello kitty (sanrio) vs applejack (mlp) vs bumper allen (pitch perfect) vs kenneth (craig of the creek)

derpy (mlp) vs peggy (papa louie) vs aidan russell (rainbow high) vs rick (the state)

pizza steve (uncle grandpa) vs princess celestia (mlp) vs christine (the state) vs ernie (sesame street)

ariel (the little mermaid) vs starlight glimmer (mlp) vs louie (the state) vs gonzo (the muppets)

levon (the state) vs marley rose (glee) vs choo choo (jellystone) vs bert (sesame street)

rock (rock paper scissors) vs princess luna (mlp) vs deuce gorgon (monster high g3) vs violet wolf (great wolf pack)

octavius (night at the museum film version) vs lee ping (detentionaire) vs cavendish (milo murphy’s law) vs damien (total drama reboot)

purple m&m (the m&ms) vs cheese sandwich (mlp) vs bowie (total drama reboot) vs vince noir (the mighty boosh)

scooter (papa louie) vs glep (smiling friends) vs barry (craig of the creek) vs bridgette (total drama)

holly de’vious (rainbow high) vs wander (wander over yonder) vs octavius (night at the museum animated film) vs secret keeper (craig of the creek)

pepé (the muppets) vs frankie stein (monster high g3) vs hunter (sean saves the world) vs thacher (hailey’s on it)

allan (smiling friends) vs trixie lulamoon (mlp) vs delilah fields (rainbow high) vs naboo (the mighty boosh)

pekkle (sanrio) vs jedediah (night at the museum film) vs princess cadance (mlp) vs poppy rowan (rainbow high)

U*SA*HA*NA (sanrio) vs eva (total drama) vs yolanda (the muppets) vs emperor awesome (wander over yonder)

holger (detentionaire) vs moana (moana) vs noah (total drama) vs lightning mcqueen (cars)

sarah (yolo) vs cam (detentionaire) vs dracula (monster high g3) vs scissors (rock paper scissors)

pim (smiling friends) vs dakota (milo murphy’s law) vs sabrina st. cloud (rainbow high) vs melanie moretti (hot in cleveland)

rachel (yolo) vs commander peepers (wander over yonder) vs mark (craig of the creek) vs uma van hoose (rainbow high)

pinkie pie (mlp) vs omar (craig of the creek) vs biffy (detentionaire) vs margot de perla (rainbow high)

sean harrison (sean saves the world) vs cooper (trolls) vs orange m&m (the m&ms) vs ahkmenrah (night at the museum)

liz (sean saves the world) vs juke (the amazing world of gumball) vs gwen (the state) vs octavia (mlp)

pencil (rock paper scissors) vs amiria (papa louie) vs natasha zima (rainbow high) vs toralei stripe (monster high g3)

steve (the state) vs jedediah (night at the museum animated film) vs clawdeen wolf (monster high g3) vs abed nadir (community)

howard moon (the mighty boosh) vs raj (total drama reboot) vs troy (the state) vs scarlett (papa louie)

sylvia (wander over yonder) vs rizzo (the muppets) vs max thompson (sean saves the world) vs richmond (the it crowd)

gwimbly (smiling friends) vs wanda (the state) vs ghoulia yelps (monster high g1) vs brandy (detentionaire)

sheryl meyer (rainbow high) vs dj pon 3 (mlp) vs wayne (total drama reboot) vs top cat (jellystone)

emma (total drama reboot) vs joy scroggs (hot in cleveland) vs master frown (unikitty) vs david (craig of the creek)

milo murphy (milo murphy’s law) vs paper (rock paper scissors) vs charlie (smiling friends) vs frida kahlo (clone high)

bob moore (hot in cleveland) vs barry (the state) vs tow mater (cars) vs laurel de’vious (rainbow high)

felix unger (the odd couple 2015) vs liezel (papa louie) vs rainbow dash (mlp) vs sugar (glee)

[shrinkthisviolet]

🐱 for Morgan!

If they're a light or heavy sleeper:

A little lighter than before but still on the heavy-sleeper side. Barry has never understood how superheroing didn’t drastically change that…but he’s glad that it means she won’t be pulling all-nighters. Probably.

(She totally does, she just doesn’t tell him 😂)

What they would do if they won the lottery right now:

If she had all that money…honestly, she already has so much, so she’d probably put it into her savings with the rest of it. While Barry and Harry both continue to try to educate her on financial literacy 😂 (Eowells, “incidentally”, did not teach her this 💀)

If they have a special item that they couldn't bear to lose:

At the moment, no. But post-s2, Tina will give her things that used to belong to Harritess…including their old camcorder. It’s bittersweet, since they ofc call her “Jesse” in those videos, but…it’s something 🥺

One negative personality trait of theirs:

She has a very hard time trusting people—always, to some degree, but especially post-s1. Even with those she loves, she’ll question how sincere they really are, what the last straw will be to finally drive them away, will often annoy them until she finds their limit. Those who aren’t as attached to her as Team Flash or James (aka newer friends) might be put off by this…and at times, they are! It’s why she doesn’t have a lot of friends outside of Team Flash—just James, Danica, and Yolanda…and for the latter two, she keeps parts of herself hidden to keep from scaring them off and tries to take them at their word even when she’s inclined to say “are you sure” a dozen times.

It’s why Caitlin snapping at Morgan in s2 is particularly rough for Morgan—Caitlin apologizes later, and also post-s2 when she fully acknowledges that Morgan was right about Hunter, but…although she wants to, Morgan can’t forget it. It’s only been a year since Eowells, and she hasn’t even started the therapy necessary to process all of that…and despite not being intentionally malicious, Caitlin still tried to dismiss the signs Morgan saw in Hunter—someone Morgan saw as dangerous.

Their favorite 70s song:

Definitely Dancing Queen by ABBA! I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor is her second-favorite 💞

(ABBA is her favorite 70s artist overall. They’ve made music in other decades ofc but she loves their 70s songs best)

The color(s) associated with their zodiac:

She’s a Libra, so blue, pastel pink, pistachio green, lavender, peach orange. At least from what I’ve been able to find 😅

Their favorite comedy movie:

Megamind! It’s still one of her favorite movies ever

About one person they've lost:

Her biological parents, Harrison and Tess, whom she knows nothing about 😭 that’s two people, but still. It causes a lot of guilt post-s1 when she has to reckon with grieving people she barely knows…wondering if she even has that right.

A quote I associate with them:

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”

If they're a lover or a fighter:

She’s a fighter by nature who nevertheless loves very deeply and fiercely when trust is solid 💞

oc ask game!

[supeherosunite]

Original Characters

Pax kent ( cousin of kara) ( Kryptonian cousin / adopted earth sister of Clark) face cam bailee madison

Edith Kent (sister of Clark Kent) face cam Heather Rattray

JaKari Kent (brother of Clark Kent) face cam Laird Macintosh

Lara Kent ( daughter of Clark Kent ) face cam Amanda Fein

Lulu Kent ( daughter of Clark Kent ) face cam Caitlin Fein

Gaia white ( Meta-human with nature powers ) face cam Georgie Henley

Uranus white (Meta-human with nature powers ) face cam Freddie Highmore

Yara smith ( mutant avenger ) face cam Bridgit Mendler

Amity Jones ( young S.H.I.E.L.D. agent ) face cam Drew Barrymore

Lilly Cullen (adoptive daughter of Alice and jasper ) (twilight) face cam Becky Rosso

Violet Smith (profiler) (criminal minds) face cam Haley Lu Richardson

Sammy Brown ( agent) (ncis) face cam Julia Butters

Senara Sohma (Zodiac member) (fruits basket) face cam Emma The Promised Neverland

DC COMICS

Superman

Martha Kent

Clark Kent (Superman)

Jon Kent (Superboy)

Jordan Kent (Superboy)

Jonathan Kent (kon-El)

Lois Joanne Lane

Doctor Emil Hamilton

Tess Mercer

James Bartholomew Olsen

Chloe Sullivan-Queen (Watchtower)

Ryan James

Jonathan Sullivan-Queen (Speedy)

Kara Zor-El (Supergirl)

Alex Danvers (Director Danvers)

Mon-El (Prince of Daxam

Winn Scott (Toyman)

Nia Nal (Dreamer)

Lena Luthor

Batman

James Gordon (police commissioner)

Alfred Pennyworth (Penny One)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)

Kate Kane (Batwoman)

Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)

Terry Wayne (Batman)

Dick Grayson (Nightwing)

Jason Todd (Red Hood)

Tim drake (Red Robin)

Damian Wayne (Robin),

Duke Thomas (The Signal)

Henry King (Gotham)

Luke Fox (Batwing)

David Zavimbe (Batwing)

Minhkhoa "Khoa" Khan (Ghost-Maker)

Barbara Gordon (Oracle)

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler)

Cassandra Cain (Orphan)

Claire Clover (Gotham Girl)

Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael)

Julia Pennyworth (Penny-Two)

Tiffany Fox (Batgirl)

Harper Row (Bluebird)

Flash

Barry Allen (flash)

Iris Ann West-Allen (Eye in the Sky)

Nora West-Allen (XS)

Bart Allen (Impulse)

Wally West (Kid Flash)

Jesse Chambers Wells (Jesse Quick)

Jenna Marie West (Trajectory)

Joanie Horton (Joanie Swift)

Dr. Caitlin Snow (Killer Frost)

Ronald Ronnie Raymond (Firestorm)

Cisco Ramon (Vibe)

Harrison Wells

Dr. Harrison Harry Wells

Harrison H.R. Wells

Harrison Sherloque Wells

Harrison Nash Wells (Pariah)

Maya Wells

Allegra Garcia (Ultraviolet)

Chester Phineas Runk (Black Hole)

Hunter Zolomon (Zoom)

Julian Albert (Alchemy)

Hartley Rathaway (Pied Piper)

Green arrow

Oliver Jonas Queen (Green Arrow)

Felicity Megan Smoak (Watchtower)

William Clayton (White Feather)

Mia Smoak (Blackstar)

Thea Dearden Queen (Speedy)

Roy William Harper Jr (Arsenal)

Dinah Laurel Lance (Black Canary)

Captain Sara Lance (White Canary)

Rory Regan (Ragman)

Zoe Ramirez (Canarie)

Thomas Tommy Merlyn (Dark Archer)

Sara Diggle (Harbinger)

Emiko Adachi Queen (Green Arrow)

Titans/ Young Justice

Garfield "Gar" Logan (Beast Boy)

Koriand'r Kory Anders (starfire)

Rachel Roth (Raven)

Garth (Aqualad)

Karen Beecher (Bumblebee)

Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle)

Billy Batson (Shazam)

M'gann M'orzz (Miss Martian)

Evelyn Sharp (Artemis)

Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl)

Mike Dugan (starboy)

Beth Chapel (Doctor Mid-Nite)

Yolanda Montez (Wildcat)

Richard Tyler (Hourman)

Henry King Jr. (Brainwave junior)

Joey Zarick (Zarrick the Great)

Cameron Mahkent (Icicle junior)

Others

Beebo (God of War)

Zatanna (Mistress of Magic)

Leonard Snart (Captain Cold)

Ray Palmer (The Atom)

Martin Stein (Firestorm)

Nate Heywood (Citizen Steal)

Amaya Jiwe (Vixen)

Patrick "Pat" Dugan (S.T.R.I.P.E.)

Lisa snart (Golden Glider)

Marvel

Spider-Man

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Miles (Ultimate Spider-Man)

Gwen (Spider-Gwen)

Cindy (Silk)

Michelle (MJ)

Avengers

Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)

Steve Rogers (Captain America)

Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier)

(White Wolf)

Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel)

Scott Lang (Ant-Man)

Young Avengers

Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel)

Doreen Allene Green (Squirrel Girl)

X-men

Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch)

Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)

[screenwritinggym]

Chill Sentenza - Safe Haven in Morocco - The list of Gangsta women.

Chill Sentenza -

The meaning of a safe haven is a place of safety or refuge.

Vous devez encourager ces femmes à chercher refuge au Maroc. Elles seront protégées par le roi du Maroc Mohammed 6. S'il leur arrive quelque chose ou si elles se sentent en danger, elles doivent se réfugier au Maroc, c'est le foyer le plus sûr pour ces femmes. Le refuge du Maroc.

Ces femmes auront des palais au Maroc, elles seront protégées par l'armée marocaine. Elles seront en sécurité chez eux au Maroc. Une vie paisible.

Voici la liste des femmes gangsters:

1- Simply Jess

2- Debby Coda

3- YesJulz

4- Sommer Ray

5- Tanaya Henry

6- Aisha Thalia Hite

7- Claudia Jordan

8- Foxy Brown Inga DeCarlo

9- Nicki Minaj

10- Vashtie Kola

11- Beyoncé Knowles- Carter

12- Gwyneth Paltrow

13- Jennifer Garner

14- Judy Greer (Judith Therese Evans)

15- Natalie Portman

16- Gal Gadot

17- Kim Kardashian (Kimberly Noel Kardashian)

18- Kimora Lee Simmons

19- Penélope Cruz Sánchez

20- Salma Hayek Pinault

21- Margot Elise Robbie

22- Marion Cotillard

23- Colbie Marie Caillat

24- Cobie Smulders (Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders)

25- Lauryn Noelle Hill

26- Nailah Thorbourne

27- Tracey Elaine Edmonds

28- Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wright)

29- Mya Marie Harrison

30- Keri Lynn Hilson

31- Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo

32- Mariah Carey

33- Missy Elliott

34- Tamala Reneé Jones

35- Lauren Nicole London

36- Mary Jane Blige

37- Robyn Rihanna Fenty

38- Stacey Lauretta Dash

39- Raquel M. Horn (@raquelmhorn)

40- Shanti Hoffman (@shantihoffman)

41- Hencha Voigt (@henyvbaby)

42- Remy Ma (Reminisce Kioni Mackie)

43- JoJo (Joanna Noëlle Levesque)

44- Scarlett Ingrid Johansson

45- Malin Maria Akerman

46- Melanie Jayne Lynskey

47- Priyanka Chopra Jonas

48- Jameela Alia Jamil

49- Deepika Padukone

50- Jamie Jilynn Chung

51- Meagan Monique Good

52- Tracee Ellis Ross (Tracee Joy Silberstein)

53- Joy Bryant (born October 18, 1974)

54- Dawn Olivieri (born February 8, 1981)

55- Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson (born March 27, 1975)

56- Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yo-Yo (born August 4, 1971)

57- Robin Yvette Allen (born February 6, 1975), known professionally as the Lady of Rage

58- Rashia Tashan Fisher (born December 18, 1974), known professionally as Rah Digga

59- Stephanie Victoria Allen (born 14 December 1991), better known by her stage name Stefflon Don

60- Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade

61- Jessica Burns (@mrsjessicaburns)

62- Sarah Chapman (@CallMePumpkin)

63- Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (born July 10, 1972)

64- Jacquelyn "Jaci" Davette Velasquez (Jaci Velásquez, born October 15, 1979)

65- Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973)

66- Otmara Marrero (born March 1, 1989) (age 34)

67- Edurne Ganem, known professionally as Edy Ganem (born September 20, 1983 (age 40)

68- Janina Uhse (@janinauhse)

69- Nicole Scherzinger (@nicolescherzinger)

70- Melody Thornton (@melodythornton)

71- Shannon Thornton (@shannonthornt_n)

72- Ashley Monique Harper (@ashleymoniqueharper)

73- Natasha Marc (@natashamarc)

74- Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), known professionally as Carmen Electra.

75- Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967)

76- Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie

77- Antonia D. Reed (born April 22, 1966), known professionally as Bahamadia

78- Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979)

79- Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979)

80- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978)

81- Jenna Elfman (Jennifer Mary Elfman) (born September 30, 1971)

82- Julia Fox (born February 2, 1990) is an Italian-American actress and model

83- Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) Italian-American actress.

84- Debi Mazar (Deborah Anne Mazar Corcos) (born August 13, 1964)

85- Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988)

86- Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina

87- Keyshia Miesha Cole (born October 15, 1981)

88- Taral Hicks (born September 21, 1974)

89- Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964)

90- Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963)

91- Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971)

92- Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958)

93- Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965)

95- Angela Martinez (born January 9, 1971)

96- Teri Hatcher (born December 8, 1964)

97- Nicollette Sheridan (born 21 November 1963)

98- Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón (born March 15, 1975)

99- Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982)

100- Erica Durance (born June 21, 1978)

101- Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere

102- Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967)

103- Jill Marie Jones (born January 4, 1975)

104- Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975)

105- Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980)

106- Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971)

107- Kathryn Marie Hahn (born July 23, 1973)

108- Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979)

109- Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994)

110- Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982)

111- Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980)

112- Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (born October 29, 1972)

113- Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972)

114- Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971)

115- Kristin Landen Davis (born February 23, 1965)

116- Sharon Ann Leal (@realleal)

117- Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981)

118- Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965)

119- Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983)

120- Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (born 22 October 1973)

121- Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983)

122- Elise Demetria Neal (born March 14, 1966)

123- Lori Harvey (born January 13, 1997)

124- Chantel Taleen Jeffries (born September 30, 1992)

125- Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981)

126- Nazanin Aliza Mandighomi (born September 11, 1986)

127- Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981)

128- Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (born October 24, 1983)

129- Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday (born December 10, 1985),

130- Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979)

131- Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet; November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet

132- Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963)

133- Lucy Alexis Liu (born December 2, 1968)

134- Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975)

135- Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972)

136- Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972)

137- Demi Gene Moore (born November 11, 1962)

138- Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970)

139- Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971)

140- Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970)

145- Lauren Graham (born March 16, 1967)

146- Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975)

147- Maura Therese Tierney (born February 3, 1965)

148- Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968)

149- Tichina Rolanda Arnold (born June 28, 1969)

150- Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966)

151- Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988)

152- Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995)

153- Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski (born June 7, 1991)

154- Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/born August 21, 1989)

155- Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002)

156- Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990)

157- Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978)

158- Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965)

159- Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977)

160- Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969)

161- Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979)

162- Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975)

163- Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (born 10 December 1975)

164- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981)

165- Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984)

166- Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981)

167- Marina Ann Hantzis (born 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey

168- Verónica Rodríguez Fiño (born 1 August 1991)

169- Christine Mackinday, known professionally as Christy Mack (born 1991 or 1992) (age 31–32)

170- Kendra Lust (@kendralust)

171- Raylin Joy (born February 18, 1987), formerly known by her stage name Skin Diamond

172- Vicki Chase (@therealvickichase)

Voici le film "Safe Haven" la bande-annonce:

[witchyfictional]

Week 9 (SPRING 9/13)

Professional Log of Harper Tobin, Journeyman Witch

Patient #1: Yolanda Harrison, antique dealer

Ailment: Dragon Sickness [senses*] [wound*] (T4) The shop has been getting extremely cluttered lately, as poor Yolanda now refuses to sell any items at all, instead keeping them all for herself.

Recommend: A hearty dose of Come-To Brew

Patient #2: A stray cat my brother Edhaas brought home to Nana Dorea last week. She named him Muffins.

Ailment: Restless Bones [magic**] [bones*] The poor thing must have come across a bad miasma in a dungeon somewhere to catch this kind of curse - its skeleton has come alive inside its little body and is (ineffectually) trying to escape. Not as deadly as it sounds like it could be, but very uncomfortable.

Recommend: Coldrust to dispel the magic, Hermit Snail shells to soothe the bones

Field Notes:

My most immediate task was finding some Coffee Caps for Yolanda, as it’s always dangerous to leave the Dragon-Sickened unattended with your possessions for very long. It was a harrowing forage this time around...full of mishaps, even as short as it was.

First I had to forge a rather feisty river and lost my footing, falling straight into the arms of its resident naiad. So embarrassing. She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever laid eyes on, although she seemed flustered by my lack of coordination. I introduced myself and apologised profusely as she helped me back to shore. She told me her name is Nelofar, but that I could call her Nel if I liked. She was keen on conversation, and we spoke for a little while, but in time I had to explain my search to her and say my goodbyes. She seemed shy, but almost flirtatious? I don’t want to assume, but I think we hit it off. It’s really a shame that I had to move on in such a hurry. I wonder if I’ll see her again.

Soon after, I was fortunate to find what I was looking for - and yet, not so fortunate, as the mushrooms I was picking were probably growing in a fairy ring that I was too occupied to notice. I say this because halfway through my harvest I fell into a familiar fever and lost my footing again, blacking out to the sound of whispers in the strange and beautiful language I’ve only heard once before. I awoke just outside of town in another fairy ring - although, thankfully, still holding onto my Coffee Caps.

I was able to serve Yolanda her Come-To Brew in good time, despite everything, and she perked right out of her fixation. She even complimented me on the taste. She suggested I could start selling this concoction for purely recreational purposes as well, but I don’t think it would work out. It’s far too expensive to make.

Paid: 28 silver

My next destination was Hero’s Hollow to replenish the ingredients for Muffins’ remedy (I have them in the storeroom but it’s always good to keep stocked). Again, my trip was full of mixed luck. The very first thing I did was step into an acid trap and get badly burned, and I had to go right home again to heal myself. Of course then it felt like a challenge, and my stubbornness compelled me to return and try again.

This time I found the Coldrust I needed on a suit of armor in the old ruined library, and was able to gather Hermit Snail shells along the path outside of Rufus’ little dungeon shop. He asked if I was there to buy today, but I told him I’d better not. I wanted to see if I could gather a little more Vampire Venom on my way out. Sadly, all I did next was fall into yet another trap. I had to go home with a good deal less blood and no painkillers at all, neither for me or for Bàs Bàta.

I don’t know what I’ve done to bring this upon myself. Maybe that weird “Orendal” box I found in the lake was cursed.

“Chillixir Mix”

Crush Hermit Snail shells into a fine powder

Crush Coldrust & mix together with the shell dust

Dissolve powder into any beverage

End result will be cold & refreshing without the need for ice

Paid: 60 silver When my raven returned I saw that Nana Dorea passed along double payment as compensation for the burden of extra duties, which I’m certainly not going to refuse, especially if this is going to be the norm. I was already nearly regretting the new arrangement, after everything, but this might make just it all worth it.

Additional Notes:

I bought a sickle in town for 70 silver in hopes of improving my foraging a bit on bad-luck days. I also went and paid a visit to the Lunar Tower, in case the problem was that my equipment needed purification. After that I felt a little bit better, and I eventually managed to get up the gumption to head out to Hero’s Hollow again.

Already my luck was much better this time around, as I was able to get a good dose of Vamp Venom within the first few hours or so of the expedition. I was also startled by the sight of a wooden chest walking around and sniffing things as I rounded the corner. It seems to be a mimic, I assume - I know of them but this is the first time I’ve ever seen one in person - and it was very friendly. It shuffled right up to me and allowed me to give it a few pats. It seemed hungry, but when I offered some of my trail rations it was utterly disinterested, and it eventually wandered off. I wish I’d had something else to give it.

Further down the corridor I accidentally stepped on a skeleton again - why do they insist on sleeping in the middle of the floor? - and as his loud, droning complaints filled my ears I recognized the voice as the same one I’d stepped on last time. I called him out and asked where the helmet was that I’d given him, and his whining quieted instantly into a mutter as he told me he’d lost it. I asked his name (it’s Paul), then explained to him at length why it was a bad idea for him to sleep sprawled across the middle of a corridor if he didn’t want to get stepped on, and this time I think I might have gotten through to him. At least he was tired enough of my lecturing to agree and move along somewhere else.

When I accidentally entered the puzzle room, it was filled with mirrors, and it waylaid me for a long while as I tried to find my way out. The upside is that I discovered a vampire taking a nap in one corner - it seems it was lying in wait for a victim and dozed off. Taking my chance, I extracted a second dose of venom before taking my leave and heading back home.

OOC: Rep – 14 [Intermediate] Silver – 54 Tools – basics / coracle / sickle (+2 foraging points) Familiar skill – Hunter (-3 Animal reagent rarity) Golem Helper: getting settled

Upgrades: – Garden plot (x1; Surgeon Sap) – Raven Loft (take 2 jobs; if both on time, x2 pay for second draw)

Surplus reagents: ** Surgeon Sap [wound] [burn] [+1s]  — (freely available) *** Amethyst Antlers [magic] [curse] [mood] — (x1) ~Candy Rock [+4s] — (x1) * Coldrust [hot] [magic] — (x1) * Deep Reed [ear] [blood] [stomach] — (x1) ** Dentist Crabs [teeth] [mouth] [lungs] [infection] — (x1) ** Foot Fungus [burn] [boils] [rash] [+2p] — (x1) *** Fossil Fish [time] [magic] — (x1) * Gas Weed [lungs] — (x1) *** Ghost Goo [spirit] [curse] — (x1) ** Glittersnow [curse] [magic] — (x1) * Hermit Snails [wound] [bones] — (x1) *** Innocent’s Suffering [pain] [sleep] [nerves] [wound] — (x1) ! *** Jumpkin [stomach] [cold] — (x1) ** Mermaid’s Gift [hair] [+1p] — (x1) ** Milkstone [teeth] [pain] — (x1) *** Moon Moss [blood] [curse] — (x1) ** Princess Toad [wart] [rash] [mood] — (x1) * Scramble Bramble [mood] [senses] [+1p] — (x1) ** Shockfish [nerves] [pain] [boils] — (x2) * Silverleaf [infection] [rash] — (x1) * Skullcap [poison] [pain] — (x1) ** Slime Shells [parasite] [infection] [blood] — (x10) *** Vampire Venom [curse] [pain] [mood] — (x6) *** Wigfish [mood] [sleep] [hair] — (x2)

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Thank you Awareness Magazine & Yolanda Pulakus

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People, January 4, 2021

Cover: HGTV’s Ben and Erin Napier 

Page 3: Chatter -- Taylor Swift on teasing information about her life in her music, Carrie Underwood on the holiday gift from her husband Mike Fisher, Viola Davis on her 10-year-old daughter asking for an iPhone and camera for Christmas, Amal Clooney joking about how her writing a book affected her relationship with husband George Clooney, Halle Berry on refusing to go out with a friend’s past romantic partner, Tina Fey advising people not to go kayaking in the New York/New Jersey river 

Page 4: 5 Things We’re Talking About This Week -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle start podcasts, Lily James and Sebastian Stan will play Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Rick Astley is never gonna give up his snacks, LeAnn Rimes wins The Masked Singer, a Whitney Houston biopic finds its diva 

Page 6: Contents 

Page 8: StarTracks -- following tradition members of the royal family have released their annual holiday cards and Prince William and Princess Kate’s three kids Prince George and Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte stole the show this year with the family posed on a bale of hay and matched in cozy sweaters for the shot which was taken in the fall at the family’s country home in Norfolk, England 

Page 9: For their card Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla picked a colorful shot taken in the lush garden on Birkhall which is the prince’s Scottish home 

Page 10: Carter Rubin won season 19 of The Voice marking Gwen Stefani’s first victory as a coach, First Look at Denzel Washington and Rami Malek and Jared Leto in The Little Things 

Page 11: Kate Hudson filmed a scene for Truth Be Told, Rachael Leigh Cook reprising her role as Laney Boggs in He’s All That with Addison Rae playing her daughter, Princess Charlotte of Monaco debuted a half-hawk hairstyle at the Monaco Palace’s traditional Christmas tree ceremony, Nick Cannon helped the Hollywood Food Coalition hand out 2000 meal boxes to people in need 

Page 12: Stars’ Furry & Feathered Friends -- Yolanda Hadid with some goats and a deer, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas cuddled up by their Christmas tree with their dog Diana, Harrison Ford walking a dog in Los Angeles, Salma Hayek and her pet owl Kering 

Page 17: Scoop: Why Tom Cruise lost his cool 

Page 18: Little People Big World’s Jacob Roloff says he was sexually abused as a child by a former producer who worked on his family’s TLC series 

Page 20: Heart Monitor -- Tyler Perry and Gelila Bekele it’s over, Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo getting serious, Lana Del Rey and Clayton Johnson engaged, Gillian Anderson and Peter Morgan split 

Page 21: Felicity Jones on making a space epic while pregnant 

Page 22: Ryan Seacrest counts down to 2021

* Lizzo gets real about her body 

Page 25: America Ferrera’s laid-back holiday 

* How Sandra Lee is moving on 

Page 27: Passages, Why I Care -- Rainn Wilson wants people to know how global warming is affecting the Arctic and the world 

Page 28: Stories to make you smile -- a stroll back through history with cats, bringing holiday cheer to U.S. troops stationed abroad 

Page 31: People Picks -- Wonder Woman 1984 

Page 32: Dickinson, Wolfwalkers 

Page 33: Safety, Paul McCartney -- McCartney III, Q&A -- Questlove 

Page 34: On Pointe, Greenland 

Page 35: Promising Young Woman

Page 37: The year’s best books for kids 

Page 38: Cover Story -- HGTV’s Ben and Erin Napier -- family means everything to us -- they never aspired to be famous but now they’re HGTV’s biggest stars; how the Home Town couple stay grounded despite the spotlight 

Page 44: 25 Years Later -- Princess Diana’s Panorama Interview Web of Deceit -- forged documents and manipulation and paranoia: inside the stunning new inquiry into Diana’s famous TV sit-down 

Page 48: The COVID-19 Vaccines -- what you need to know -- the long-awaited vaccines are finally here; will they return our lives to normal? 

Page 50: Richie Sambora -- a rock star’s second act -- the Bon Jovi guitarist opens up about his really unpopular decision to leave the band and how he finally found joy in the love of his daughter Ava 

Page 54: Mystery and Heartbreak at a Texas U.S. Army Post -- Death at Fort Hood -- in 2020 dozens of soldiers at the nation’s largest active-duty armored military installation died by homicide, accident, suicide or unknown causes -- officials and grieving families wants answers 

Page 60: Isla Fisher -- my funny fairy-tale life -- the Godmothered star talks about movies, motherhood and how laughter keeps her marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen strong 

Page 63: Sabrina Bryan -- my baby girl is a warrior -- the former Cheetah Girls star opens up about her daughter’s terrifying battle with meningitis 

Page 66: Double Talk -- Kristen Wiig and Gal Gadot -- Wonder Women -- now playing super-rivals in Wonder Woman 1984, the stars chat about parenting during the pandemic and what they love about the 1990s 

Page 71: Paul Hogan -- Crocodile Dundee’s Wild Ride -- his hit 1986 movie made him a global sensation and now 81 the rugged Aussie looks back on the stardom he never expected 

Page 75: Winter TV Preview -- Elizabeth Olsen on WandaVision 

Page 76: Gina Torres on 9-1-1: Lone Star 

Page 77: Freddie Prinze Jr. on Punky Brewster 

Page 78: Ted Danson on Mr. Mayor 

Page 81: Beauty -- Feel-Good Beauty Finds -- start the new year on a high note with these pick-me-ups 

Page 87: Second Look -- hosts Julianne Hough and Tituss Burgess on Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration 

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Jon Hamm 

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[Little Estudos] “A Parábola dos Talentos”

Texto Base: Mateus 25:14-30

Aproximando-se do fim do Sermão Profético o Senhor Jesus conta uma parábola aos discípulos, conhecida como a Parábola dos Dez Talentos.

Jesus declara que um senhor, ao se ausentar de suas propriedades, deixa com seus servos uma grande soma em dinheiro para que eles administrassem enquanto estivesse fora.

O dia de trabalho de um empregado comum era pago com um denário, uma moeda romana amplamente utilizada durante o período do Novo Testamento, possuía quase o mesmo valor de uma dracma (peso e medida persa) [1].

Um denário pesava cerca de 4 gramas de prata, a dracma era algo entorno de 3.6 gramas.

O valor do talento dependia de quem a cunhava [2] então estabelecer uma conversão direta para as moedas modernas é uma tarefa um pouco mais complexa. O talento nos tempos do Novo Testamento era equivalente à, aproximadamente, 30.2 quilos de prata [3].

O primeiro servo, portanto, recebeu o equivalente à 151 quilos de prata e, sabendo que um único talento valia cerca de vinte anos de salário diário de um trabalhador comum [4], temos uma noção do montante que foi entregue para ele administrar.

Jesus não insere esta parábola no encerramento do Sermão Profético aleatoriamente, o propósito do Mestre é alertar os discípulos acerca de sua responsabilidade diante do evangelho, assim como o talento, a mensagem da Salvação é extremamente valiosa e, conforme as nossas capacidades, Deus nos concede porções que devem ser administradas para o Reino de forma a aumentar as propriedades de nosso Rei.

Fontes:

[1] BOYER, Orlando. Pequena Enciclopédia Bíblica. Rio de Janeiro: CPAD, 2015. pag. 170.

[2] HARRISON, Everett F. Comentário bíblico Moody: volume 2. organizado por Mark A. Swedberg; tradução de Yolanda M. Krievin. 2 ed. São Paulo: Batista Regular do Brasil, 2017. pag. 109

[3] Talent. Weights & Measures Converter. Logos 8.

[4] Principais colaboradores e editores. (2016). Talento. Em J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, ... W. Widder (Orgs.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.

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ShadowStar: Making Plans

A/N: Set in 1x05: Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite. Again, no gif manip

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“Why did you decide to bring all this stuff to school?” Yolanda asked as she and Courtney struggled to get Courtney’s large gym bag into her locker.

Shaking her head, Courtney said, “My mom was going through my closet.” She turned the bag another way and shoved as hard as she could. “I think the green lantern is stuck.”  Finally, she put her shoulder into it and knocked the bag loose enough to slam her locker door on it. Sighing, she used both hands to push her hair back from her face and started to walk along the hall with Yolanda. Her eyes scanned the hallway. “We have to ramp up our search. We can’t take on the entire Injustice Society ourselves. Who can we ask?”

Yolanda rubbed her lips together, dark eyes shifting over the sea of faces before her. Then, she smiled, seeing a braided classmate of theirs. “What about Artemis Crock?” Courtney watched the girl toss a football back and forth between her hands, seconds before it was stolen by a classmate in his letterman jacket. “She’s the best athlete in the whole school.”

“I though to of that,” Courntey agreed. “But she’s too--” She winced, watching Artemis tackle the classmate to the ground. “Competitive. We need Heroic traits.”

“You talking about me?” Brady asked, coming up on Courtney’s other side. Yolanda smiled and waved at him while Courtney rolled her eyes and gave a quick, “No!” in response. “Okay...so what are we talking about?”

“Who we can ask to join us,” Yolanda explained. “People who are heoric. Who have the hero traits that can handle these powers.” She then addressed Courtney. “Shouldn’t we be looking beyond Blue Valley High?”

“We can’t trust adults,” Courtney said empathically. “Aanyone here can be part of the Injustice Society.”

“I can always ask Barry to take a look around,” Brady suggested. He shrugged. “Shouldn’t take him too long.”

“Barry?” Courtney repeated. Almost demanded. “Barry who?”

“Barry Allen,” Brady explained. “He’s my step-dad, he’s the Flash.” Then he frowned. “Well, I guess he’s not on this Earth, but he is on mine.” His nose wrinkled. “Is there no STAR Labs here, either? No Harrison Wells? Tess Morgan?”

“Who’s Harrison Wells?” Yolanda asked.

“Only the smartest person on the planet.”

“Never heard of him,” Courtney said quickly. “But there was as Flash on this...” She paused, still struggling to understand the whole Crisis and multiverse thing. “Earth. I guess. So maybe that’s something that can help us!” She grabbed Brady’s shoulder. “Where is he? Barry?”

“Probably trying to figure out how to contact our friends on our Earth,” Brady replied. He shook his head. “My mom, you met her, she can teleport between Earths but for some reason her powers decided we should be stuck on this hell hole.” He pushed her hand off his arm and looked her in the eye to add. “With you.”

Courtney waved off his taunting remark. Yolanda, on the other hand, rubbed at her temples. “This whole other Earth thing is annoying.”

“You get used to it.” Brady cracked his knuckles. “Okay, so I’ll just ask Barry if he can see if there’s a doppelganger on this Earth and--”

“--No,  I already told you, this is my Earth. My Earth, my problem, my team, my adventure!” Courtney declared. “I get to call the shots!”

“Oy, you’re so annoying,” Brady remarked, closing his eyes. “Cute, but annoying.”

Courntey smiled. “Thank you.”

Brady’s face screwed up in confusion. “You’re taking that as a complement?”

“Well, it’s better than what you are,” Courtney replied. She continued before Brady could venture a guess as to what she meant. “Ugly and boring.”

“Ha ha.” Brady smirked.

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The 20 Best Horror Movies on Netflix UK – Scary Films to Watch Right Now

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Netflix is an ever-changing, constantly growing treasure trove of hidden gems and secret delights (here’s everything new on Netflix UK this month). Sometimes, a teeny bit too secret though.

Who hasn’t sat down to watch a horror movie and found themselves scrolling endlessly, either not being able to find something they’re in the mood for, or not really knowing what half the titles are, or if they’re any good?

We’ve scoured the full current catalogue available to watch in the UK now and picked out the best scary movies. It’s a mix of classic and new, and a range of slashers, horror-coms, mumblegore, monster movies and more to hopefully scratch that itch with ease.

We’ll keep this updated as and when titles drop in and out of the service.

Hereditary (2018)

If you haven’t seen this slice of trauma, the feature debut of Ari Aster, you probably should. If you have seen it, you probably won’t want to again. Toni Collette stars as a woman whose controlling mother has just passed away setting of a series of horrible events. Aster says the film was partly inspired by his own sense of his family being cursed – this a movie absolutely drenched in grief and pain with astonishing performances all round. It’s tough going, but it’s a masterpiece. Read our review.

The Platform (2019)

This existential Spanish horror made a splash at the start of lockdown with it’s tale of prisoner trapped in an enormous vertical prison with a platform at it’s centre which delivers food to the inmate floor by floor starting at the top, so that each floor only gets what the floor above has left over. It’s political, allegorical, it’s clever and it’s very violent.

The Endless (2017)

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s gorgeous sci-fi horror stars the two as brother who escaped from a cult ten years ago and are drawn back in in search of answers when a strange videotape arrives. This is their third movie after Resolution and Spring and the two are only growing in strength as directors – The Endless is rammed with indelible imagery and deeply unsettling moments within a plot that is a joy to unpick.

What Keeps You Alive (2018)

Couple Jackie and Jules head to a remote woodland cabin to celebrate their first wedding anniversary but things go bad… Ok this sounds like the most generic slasher in the world but trust us it’s not. Twists hit early on (that we’d hate to spoil) and the tension ramps up fast in a very effective cat and mouse chase with a female bent. This comes from Colin Minihan who made Grave Encounters – this isn’t similar but both have a disorientating sense of place. Read our review.

Orphan (2009)

Released during the heyday of Dark Castle’s mid-budget horror splurge, Orphan is one of those genre films with an absolutely ludicrous (and therefore thoroughly enjoyable) twist, which we will not spoil for you. Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga star as a couple mourning the loss of their baby, who decided to adopt a little Russian girl called Esther from the local orphanage. Things quickly start to go very, very wrong as the pair start to suspect that wee Esther – who insists on dressing like a spooky doll – isn’t all she appears to be. Check out our review.

Insidious (2010)

The many sequels may have yielded diminishing returns but the first of this franchise, about a couple (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) whose comatose son appeared to be trapped in another realm by a evil spirit, is a very effective chiller. Horror genius James Wan directs, and the first half of this movie at least is pretty much guaranteed to make you jump out of your skin.

Annihilation (2018)

An all star cast including Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tessa Thompson, plus the quality direction of Alex Garland wasn’t enough to secure this horror sci-fi based on Jeff Vandermeer’s novel a theatrical release in the UK. Nevermind, that just means you can watch it for free on Netflix. Portman joins a crew of women exploring the mysterious Area X where he husband ventured some time before and came back changed. It’s a weird, unfamiliar landscape of beautiful flora and terrifying fauna defying explanation until the strange, indelible finale (not sure what it means? Have a read of this explainer). And you can check out our review, too if you like.

Daybreakers (2009)

You’ll get a little bit of everything with this Spierig Brothers curio. It was the film that really got the directing team noticed and it’s not hard to see why. Set in a dystopian world where basically everyone has been turned into a vampire, one corporation thinks it’d be a bloody (sorry) good idea to track down all the surviving humans and…well, basically milk them. Ethan Hawke stars as a vampire haematologist who starts to think there might be another way for this story to go after he’s collared by a former vampire (Willem Dafoe), who can cure everyone. (Living) dead good. Check out our review.

The Bar (2017)

Slightly bonkers Spanish horror thriller which sees a bunch of strangers stuck in a busy Madrid cafe when snipers begin shooting anyone who tries to leave. Confusion and personality clashes abound in this economical single location chiller with a dark sense of human as the inhabitants slowly discover what’s going on, who’s responsible and try to work out if and how they will survive.

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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s love/hate letter to the horror genre felt like something of a game changer when it finally arrived (it was shelved for several years because of financial issue with original distributor MGM). Chris Hemsworth and Haley Bennett star in a double layer story about ordinary kids vacationing in a woodland cabin, with Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins as very particular kinds of bureaucrats up to something in the background. No spoilers, just watch. Here’s our review.

Cargo (2017)

Martin Freeman stars in this Netflix original developed from a short directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. Set in the Australian outback, Freeman is a father trying to find someone to protect his child in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. More wistful and emotional than that sounds on paper, there’s a fascinating subplot about an Aboriginal girl mourning her father and the final set piece is unforgettable. Check out our review.

Lifeforce (1985)

A Cannon Films classic directed by late Texas Chain Saw legend Tobe Hooper, people are still discovering the ’80s madness that is Lifeforce. Originally entitled Space Vampires, it’s exactly what you’d expect, and so much more. Nude, energy sucking bat creatures are brought back to Earth after an interstellar mission finds a gaggle of them lying dormant in Halley’s Comet, and it all goes very badly for the planet. You can expect a scenery-chewing Patrick Stewart to pop up in between the tits and gore. Not literally! Although, sometimes literally.

Creep (2014)

No, not the one set on the tube, this ‘mumblegore’ horror is far weirder than that. Director Patrice Brice plays Aaron, a videographer hired by Mark Duplass’s Josef to make a video for his kid to watch after he’s died of a terminal illness. Or does he? Playing on the power of politeness and the awkwardness of male relationships this is a highly original, itchily uncomfortable watch. Creep 2 is also on Netflix, and also good!

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Hush (2016)

Another smart sensory-based horror, this time from Oculus and Doctor Sleep man Mike Flanagan. This home invasioner sees deaf writer Maddie (Kate Siegel) attacked in her woodland retreat by a masked stranger. He uses her inability to hear to sneak around and terrorise her, but she has tricks of her own up her sleeve. Check out our review.

The Invitation (2015)

Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, Destroyer) just keeps knocking it out of the park (and she’s recently been attached to a Dracula movie from Blumhouse Productions), and with The Invitation she continued to secure her place as one of the best directors around. Here, Will (Logan Marshall-Green) and his girlfriend go to a party held by his formerly suicidal ex-wife, and discover that she seems to be happier than she ever was, but Will starts to suspect that rather than healthily coping with her mental illness, she may well have joined a doomsday cult instead, and be planning to kill them all. Paranoia and tension are at the max in this bad boy. Here’s our review.

Little Evil (2017)

Comedy horror from Eli Craig who made the wonderful Tucker and Dale Vs Evil. This time he’s playing on creepy kid tropes, particular those from The Omen movies. Adam Scott plays a man who discovers his new wife’s (Evangeline Lilly) son might actually be the anti-christ. And because it’s Eli Craig, of course it’s funny and very good natured as well as playing with the genre.

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Another Mike Flanagan offering here – what can we say? he’s damn good! – as Jessie (a spectacular Carla Guigino) and her husband Gerald drive to a remote house to try and spice up their marriage with a bit of gentle BDSM. One problem: Jessie is not into it. At all. Two problems: Gerald carks it, leaving her tied up with only her cunning to help her free herself from her prone, handcuffed predicament. Three problems: a mythical, supernatural killer may be in the house. Stephen King, you’ve done it again. Read our review.

Ravenous (2017)

Unusual Canadian zombie movie (in French) which sees remaining stragglers after an outbreak of the infected band together in disparate groups travelling to find other survivors. Ravenous sets up its infected as worshipping a sort of new religion of found items (chairs, TVs etc.) making comment on the zombification of society. It’s also funny and quite scary, so there’s that.

Veronica (2017)

Loosely based on a true story, Veronica is set in Madrid in 1991 and follows a young woman who messes with a Ouija board who thinks she’s accidentally summoned an evil spirit. Director by Paco Plaza, one of the two directors behind [REC], the movie gained minor notoriety when it first landed on Netflix because of a few viewers finding it overly scary. It’s true there are some seriously creepy bits (but you’ll be fine!).

The Perfection (2018)

Get Out‘s Allison Williams and Dear White People‘s Logan Browning star in this twisty, trashy but nonetheless enjoyable tale of two musical prodigies hothoused at a mysterious academy. It’s lurid and lavish (and it’s got some fairly dodgy sexual politics, we’d warn you) but great lead performances and a tricksy three act structure that keeps you guessing, make this an entertaining and unusual Friday night pick. Read our review.

Want more horror? Here’s our list of 81 genuinely creepy horror movies. Here are some horror movies it’s safe to watch with your kids. And here are some underappreciated Scream-inspired horror movies of the 90s.

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While many people don't want to have a huge age gap, boyfriends, or girlfriends, these celebrities will surprise you by their partners. Even though some of the couples received massive backlash from the public, they showed off nothing but love for each other that make you jealous. These couples always had their secret to maintainthe beautiful love story despite the big age differences. So, follow the list to find out your favorite one!

David Foster and Katharine McPhee: 35 Years

Born in 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia,Canada, David Foster is a famous Canadian composer who is well-known for numerous high-profile soundtrack. He has been married to Katharine McPhee, who have 35 years age gap. They were first met in 2006 when Foster mentored McPhee and other contestants on season 5 of American Idol. Before Katharine McPhee, he was previously married to Yolanda Hadid, Linda Thompson, Rebecca L. McCurdy, and B.J. Cook and hada total of 4 children from 4 relationships. Katharine McPhee was born in 1984 in Los Angeles,California, USA. She is an actress, known for Smash,The House Bunny and Shark Night 3D. She was previously married to Nick Cokas beforegetting married to David.

Sean Penn and Leila George: 32 years

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, director, and filmmaker. Sean Penn specially known for his versatility and intense performances. He has won two Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River and the biopic Milk. October 2016, he was romancing actress Leila George, after they were photographed sharing some PDA in the ocean. More than three years later in January 2020, the couple, who have nearly 32 years between them made their official solo red carpet debut as a couple at a Haiti charity even in Los Angeles. Sean, by the way, is only a year younger than Leila's father, actor Vincent D'Onofrio.

Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis: 23 Years 

Bruce Willis was born in 1955. Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films such asThe Sixth Sense(1999). He married his second wife, Emma Heming Willis,in 2009 and has two daughters up to now. They are Evelyn Penn Willis and Mabel Ray Willis. Emma Heming Willis is an actress and producer,known for RED 2 (2013), Perfect Stranger (2007) and The Comebacks (2007). She is less than her husband 23 years, but their love story is other pieces of evidence that age is just a number. The pair always shared their happy momentson Instagram, and they were reportedly hand in hand whenever showing up together. Before Emma, Bruce got married to actress Demi Moore.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone: 23 Years 

Leonardo DiCaprio and his 23 age gap girlfriend, Camila Morrone, still kept the relationship blooming and had the intention to settle downthroughout three years of dating. Leonardo DiCaprio was born in 1974 in Los Angeles, California. He is known as the hunky lead actor in moviessuch as Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After that, Leo became a leading man in Hollywood blockbusters. He has dated more than 20 gorgeous ladies from Victoria Secret's models to famous actresses. But until now, Leo still was reportedly having sweet actions with his girlfriend and had no signal of the separation. Camila Morrone is an American model and actress. Morrone started her career as a model andhas appeared on the cover page of Vogue Turkey in 2016. Besides, she is the ambassador for a lot of famous brands. 

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart: 22 Years

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart firstmet at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards when Ford was 60, and Flockhart was 38. They officially got engagement in Valentine’s Day, 2009. They married that same year in Santa Fe, NewMexico, and have one adopted son named Liam Flockhart Ford. He is a talented actor who got tons of hitcolossal with the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Calista Flockhart is famous for the TV series 2020 Supergirl. Before Flockhart, Harrison is involved in two marriage relationships with Melissa Mathison and Mary Marquardt and had four children fromthese relationships. 

Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: 20 year

Rosie Huntington-Witeley was born in 1987 in England. She is best known for her work as Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a movie actress. Within a couple of years, she had contracts with Clinique, DKNY, Ralph Lauren and also received the love and admirationof rich and famous fans. Her current husband, Jason Statham was bornin 1967, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. He gained enormous loud applauses from boxoffice movies such as The Transporter, Fast and Furious franchise. They’ve been engaged for almost four yearsnow and already have a baby. Their relationship seems more reliable thanever, and it's hard to remember when they weren't together.

George Clooney and Amal Clooney: 17 years 

George Timothy Clooney was born on 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the an actor who made his directorialdebut with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Besides, Looney won his first Oscar for Best supporting actor in "Syriana," and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplayfor "Good Night, and Good Luck." He is well-known for his romantic love story. His current wife, Amal Clooney, is a Britishattorney. She was born in 1978, in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2014, George Clooney announced his engagementto the lawyer Amal Alamuddin. The couple officially tied the knot in Septemberof 2014, just a year after they met, with a beautiful Venetian wedding. They welcomed two children, twins Ella andAlexander, in June of 2017.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness: 13 Years 

Hugh Jackman was born in 1968 in Sydney, Australia. He is an actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist,dancer, and producer, also well-known for the Wolverine role in the X-men franchise. Not only the flourishing acting career ofJackman being noticed, his beautiful love story with 13 age-gap wife Deborra Lee-Furness, also attracts the public a lot. Deborra Lee-Furness was born in 1955 in Australia. Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra Lee-Furnessfirst met on the 1995 set of Australian show Correlli, which served as Jackman's firstbreak out of drama school. The two married in 1996 and adopted two childrentogether, Oscar and Ava.

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger: 11 years 

Chris Pratt was born in 1979 in Virginia, USA. He came to prominence for his small-screenroles and especially well-known for star Lord’s purpose in Guardians of the galaxy. The love story with ten years difference between him and his current wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, who was born in 1989, leads a lot of mixedcomments from the public. Notably, the two began dating just after ashort time from Chris's split. Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger announcedtheir engagement in January 2019 and tied the knot later that year in an intimate California wedding.

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas:a 10 years

Priyanka Chopra is 36 and Nick Jonas is 26 and this 10 years age gap is perfectly okay with them and often they have said it on live interviews that the age difference doesn’t bother them at all.

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas married in 2018 and after their marriage, the duo was trolled a lot because of their age difference.

They, however, have always ignored such trolls and are quite happy with each other.

[shrinkthisviolet]

ik you just finished s1 of stargirl, what are your overall thoughts on the show? i myself watched the whole show quite recently (both s1 & s2) and got really attached to it...things get a lil more interesting in s2, i'm real excited to see you finish it up as well whenever you can :)

I’m absolutely in love with it! Each member of the JSA feels human, feels real, and I adore all of them 🥰 also, as of the S1 finale, no one has been forced to forgive their parents for their bad decisions (Courtney doesn’t count here because she has good parents). I hope that trend continues, because it is such a rarity to see in media.

Henry’s death...okay, I made a post about this, but I’m conflicted about it. Like, on the one hand, I think it was an incredibly bold and powerful choice to kill him at his father’s hand–showing the undying cruelty of Brainwave, contrasting him with his misguided but well-meaning son, and reminding us that oh, right, this superhero business means people are gonna die, and it’s gonna traumatize the teens. But...it also falls into the “antagonist is redeemed through death” trope. Henry was on the path to redeeming himself, he was already taking steps to get there, but it was cut short.

And even if they did want to keep this (which...is fine I guess, Henry did get a bit more of an arc than a lot of antagonists that are “redeemed” like this), I have a bigger issue with it. This happened before Courtney even realized that they weren’t blood-related cousins! A lot of Henry’s motivation was based on that, so by having him be dead when Courtney realizes this...it kinda makes it feel like “oh, well, good thing Courtney didn’t realize this when Henry was alive, or else he wouldn’t have wanted to help!” It just feels like, at least, those two events should’ve been swapped, with Henry having a moment of telling Courtney “idc if we aren’t blood-related cousins. You carry Starman’s staff, you’re Stargirl, and somehow, you still believe in me. You’re more family to me than my actual family.”

Like...everything else can be the same (Henry does apologize to Yolanda a few times before he’s in mortal peril, with clear regret, and he does try)...it just feels like a lot of his redemption motive is based on this familial connection that isn’t even real apparently. So swapping the two events, and giving Henry and Courtney that moment, would feel more organic/natural, I think. And keep Henry’s arc intact even after the reveal of Courtney’s dad.

...I think I just gave myself a fix-it idea 😂

All in all, I think it’s fantastic, I just think they weakened Henry’s arc a bit with that dad reveal, which made his death feel a little pointless. Which is why I was so excited when he was alive for 5 seconds in the finale...except it was Brainwave.

On that note!! I made a post about this too, but I’m so glad they had Yolanda kill him (and that apparently S2 is gonna deal with her PTSD around it)!! The Flash had this problem with Barry refusing to kill his nemesis, Eobard Thawne. Which...okay, yes, heroes have a no-kill code. To some extent, I get that, as a pacifist myself. But...the more Barry let Thawne go, the worse he got.

He killed Barry’s mom for starters, killed and impersonated Harrison Wells, manipulated everyone around him...then, later, he teamed up with Nazis, Barry had a chance to kill him and didn’t, he manipulated Barry’s daughter and tried to kill her, Barry had a chance to kill him and didn’t, he possessed a doppelgänger of Wells and threatened to kill Barry and everyone he loved, Barry had a chance to kill him and didn’t...you see what I mean?

A kill in that situation is self-defense, but Barry repeatedly refused to do it. Yolanda realized that “Henry” in the finale was actually his dad, Brainwave, and didn’t hesitate to kill him–she knew Brainwave was a despicable monster who regretted nothing, so she killed him before he could kill again. Mike, a preteen, also ran over Icicle. These are kids making these decisions! Barry is an adult!

Rick refused to kill Grundy, yes. But that was well-written. It’s established that Rick killing someone would potentially set him on a revenge-dark path, with his tendency toward anger/violence. A no-kill code for him makes sense. Barry has never shown any inclination toward that sort of darkness, so while he can absolutely choose to be a pacifist, he can’t hesitate in the face of killing a literal psychopath bent on killing everyone he loves.

...this got long, I’m sorry anon 😂 but in conclusion, I love Stargirl so much, and I can’t wait to watch the second season!

[soulmusicsongs]

History of Rap in 20 songs

When Sugar Hill Gang recorded the very first commercial Rap hit in 1979, this form of music to most people, was completely new. But Rap was nothing new!  Before There Was Rap, There were Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s , Alvin Cash, Harrison, Bill 'Butter Ball' Crane and many more.

History of Rap

Breakin’ Bread - Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s (Breakin’ Bread, 1974)

The Bullet - Leo Price (The Bullet / I'Ve Been A Prisoner, 1973)

Come On Go With Me (To Dance Land) - The 35th Street Gang ‎(Come On Go With Me (To Dance Land) / Come On Go With Me (To Dance Land), 1974)

Court Is Closed  - Del Jones' Postive Vibes (Court Is Closed, 1973) 

Do You Have A Good Woman - Rufus 'Mr Soul' Beacham (Do You Have A Good Woman / Lead Me On, 1956)

Everybody Says - Billy Dee and Sugarbear (Everybody Say / What Good Is It, 197?)

Funky '69 - Alvin Cash ‎(Funky '69 / Moaning And Groaning, 1969)

Hanging In - Obsidian II featuring James West (Hanging In / When Is She Coming, 197?)

Honky Games - Iris Bell with The Jive-Ettes (One Strong Woman / Honky Games, 197?)

The Jungle King - Cab Calloway And His Cab-Jivers (Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar / The Jungle King, 1947)

King Heroin - James Brown (There It Is, 1972)

Little Puss Sally - Yolanda Robinson (Cry Yourself To Sleep / Little Puss Sally, 196?)

Love Bandit - The Cadets (Love Bandit / Heaven Help Me, 1958)

Na Na - Coke (Coke, 1974)

Pickin' Cotton - Harrison (Pickin' Cotton / Uncle Soul Wants You, 1971) 

Purple Stew - Thurston Harris (Purple Stew / I Hear A Rhapsody, 1958)

Snake Hips - Timmie Rogers ‎(Snake Hips / Watergate,1973)

Soul Strut - Floyd Smith ‎(Getting Nowhere Fast / Soul Strut, 1968) 

Steppin Tall - Bill 'Butter Ball' Crane ‎(Stepin' Tall (Part 1) (Vocal) / Stepin' Tall (Part 2) (Instrumental), 196?)

What's This - Dwight DuVoll (Get The Money / What's This, 1960)

Read more about Proto Rap and the History of Rap music and  discover more proto rap on the blog the Roots of Rap 

[kai-eastaughffe]

truth or dare; kai eastaughffe

The night already peaked by the time Kai’s turn was up. He had come down off the high off the lip sync battle---gracefully conceeded to Samuel, on the basis that one man sacrificing his dignity to Avril Lavigne should logically outweigh what essentially became a group dance-off with Lady Marmalade, and the excellence of that was in no way Kai’s doing---and he was slumped on the floor half-wasted already by the time he was poked in the ribs and forced back to attention.

He wasn’t looking forward to whatever people had planned for him. There’d already been a few curve balls, and he was, frankly, really worried about Salem, and Cleo. But, he couldn’t very well refuse after making most of the squad do whatever had popped into his head.

from cleo raja —

truth: what’s one thing you would change about everyone here?

dare: consume everything in the minibar, alcohol aside, in five minutes.

He could not afford the contents of the minibar at this point, even not including the alcohol. Nor did he want to. 

“Simple. We’d all have colour-coded or elemental or animal super powers, à la Power Rangers, or Sailor Moon.” He shrugged.

“We have never been, nor can we ever be, a proper friend group, since we don’t have a transformation sequence.” He downed the rest of his drink. Tonight was the first night he was really letting himself consume as much alcohol as he wanted---it seemed fitting. Then he continued, before anyone else could take over.

“See, Salem would be something dark and edgy like a black motif with ice and a panther, Leigh would be like a sassy lion and the colour orange. Danny would be yellow and something that flies, an eagle? TJ would be green with like, an alligator or a snake, Cleo would be red and maybe a badass scorpion or spider or a biker thing going on. Jenny might also be red---I feel like you’d rock the pink outfit, though, and maybe have some secret like you can control time and are the most powerful of us and no one knows it. Skylar would be purple and wind powers, something pretty like a butterfly but like---deceptive, her wingbeats make hurricanes, I dunno. Sam’d be blue, cause it’s like “leader-y”, but he’d have like... sweet water powers or maybe a wolf thing going on... I dunno. Dakota would be white, and his power would be...” Here he blanked. “To perfectly slice a bagel, or he’d turn into an airplane? I don’t know what your deal is these days, I dunno who you are, dude. Jules would be gold and control the sun, probably. Kelley would be silver---not because she’s second best though, silver ‘cause she’d turn into like a thousand knives, or just a fuckin’ tank.”

“And I’d be the, uhhh... Turquoise Ranger. There’s never a Turquoise anything. But it’s cool, ‘cause I’d also have a sloth patronus or whatever, and you guys would still have to bring me along anyway.” He folded his hands and surveyed the circle seriously.

“The defense rests.” Lawyer-talk, bonus points. He mimed sinking a basketball, for good measure.

from dakota harrison —

truth: who do you dislike most out of all of us?

dare: arm wrestle me.

It only took one glance at Kota’s arms before Kai scoffed. “Yeah, right. That’s happening---real suspense in who’d win, you clearly just want to look good. I’ll take truth... Who I dislike most...” He thought about it for a heartbeat, squinting around at the assembled group. Sure, there were some there he could take or leave, but no one he truly, deeply disliked more than... “Myself, obviously. Not that you’re not all terrible in your own special ways.” 

There was a deafening silence, and he glanced around. “What? Too edgy? It’s called a truth for a reason---” Someone helpfully pointed out that answering yourself was against the rules, and he grew slightly more irritated with all of them. But only for a second. “Fuck you guys, let me be the emo one for once.” He sighed. “Whatever, let’s just... give the people what they want.” He rolled up his right sleeve, and leaned forward to plant his arm in the middle of the circle before flashing Dakota a wide smile and saying, “Bring it, Beardface. And I mean it---you throw this out of pity or something and I will destroy you some other way when you least expect it.”

from jenny jordan —

truth: what was the cause of your weirdest boner?

dare: put five ice cubes down your pants and leave them there.

“Saying no to the ice dick, thanks, darlin’.” It was a little hard to look at her longer than a second without remembering what she’d said about his eyes and... all that. He still hadn’t quite recovered from the stuff people had said on their turns. Skylar thinking he had a good personality was... misguided, but okay... Salem’s was intentionally weird (as he’d requested, so that one was probably on him.) But Jenny’s confession had taken him utterly by surprise and he still wasn’t sure whether she’d been entirely serious, or if she’d had some other reason for praising him. 

He cleared his throat. “Weirdest boner? Mr. Fuller’s math class, apropos of trigonometry. Isosceles triangles just do it for me, I guess. Or, it was the hell that is puberty, and a light breeze could have the same effect, so.” He was answering a lot of truths, it turned out. Whether that would grow uncomfortable in the near future, he wasn’t sure, but at least for once it was a game of embarrassment for everyone, not just him.

from julian campbell —

truth: who in the room has hurt your feelings the most, and how?

dare: do your best impression of three people in the room - really commit to it.

Well, he knew he wasn’t gonna touch that truth with a ten foot pole. He’s not certain who he’d answer, anyway. Most of the incidents kind of blurred together, and the ones that really stung weren’t things he was willing to admit under any kind of torture. Which left him eyeing the other individuals for targets.

Of course, the more sensible thing would be to separate the impressions. But once he’d settled on them, a scene was already forming in his mind---and they had a brief stint taking Drama in high school to thank for that, he figured. “Alright, but I need props...” With an effort, he pushed himself up, then travelled around the room collecting what would be most effective---a pair of oversized sunglasses, a phone, a scarf, a pair of big headphones from his own bag tossed in the corner, and... yeah, that’d work. 

He then proceeded to enact a familiar situation to all of them, Jenny and Salem being catty at each other---sunglasses perched artfully on a dismissive smirk when it was her lines, scarf draped around his neck lazily for pretentiousness rather than representing any particular habit of Salem’s, but it worked, and Cleo in the headphones, snapping peevishly at the others as she looked at her phone at intervals.

By the end of five minutes his brain was stretched to capacity, he’d nearly strangled himself twice in headphone cords and the scarf, and the sunglasses were haphazardly pushed into his hair. “...in conclusion, you’re petty assholes who need to handle your issues better, and I don’t know why I love you,” he finished, breathlessly, before collapsing backwards on the floor.

from salem st. ives —

truth: did you cheat to get through law school?

dare: spend the rest of the game blind folded and wear ear plugs under headphones turned full blast (so that any other dares can get done to him and he’ll have no idea who did it).

He wrinkled his nose at the dare. “I would have to be horribly masochistic to be into that, I hope you know that. And I’m only like... maybe lightly masochistic most days, so you’ll just have to be treated to my full presence for the rest of the game.” It was hard to sweep a mocking bow while seated, but he tried to give one to Salem with minimal spillage of his drink.

“And I...” He paused, and covered it by sipping at the medley of alcohol in his cup---was it his? Had he just picked it up? It tasted like sour patch kids, and he was fairly sure he’d had something in the brownish family. “Is this someone else’s drink?” he asked, keeping the suspicion that maybe he was being pranked---extra bonus prank on Kai night, you know---a private one. “Anyway, it’s delicious, so thanks.” The potential prankster could have their laugh, his drink was delightful. “As I was saying, I did not cheat in law school.” It was, he told himself, the absolute truth. He’d never even been in law school---so how could he cheat? His smirk lost some of its pep when he remembered why that wasn’t exactly the triumph it should be. Someone, somewhere, had actually been in law school and not cheated---but it sure as hell wasn’t him. His mouth tasted bitter, and the stolen drink didn’t help any.

from samuel flores —

truth: do you still resent how the squad treated you in high school?

dare: prank call one of your coworkers.

And there it was. The kicker. ‘Cause he didn’t have coworkers to call---unless you counted Jeremy and Yolanda from the sandwich shop. Who would not take kindly to being disturbed---high priced lawyers might shrug that shit off as a laugh. Minimum wage dishwashers, or his manager, would not. And, believe it or not, he actually liked his coworkers. They thought he was good at his job---and he was, obviously, but they treated him like he was. He wasn’t going to subject them to the... Recapturing Lost Youth Squad. Yolanda had three kids, for fuck’s sake.

He swallowed the remains of his cup and studied the bottom. “I wouldn’t say I resent it,” he said, surprisingly calm and serious for the moment. “That makes it seem like I’m out for vengeance on everyone or hate you all. I don’t, at all. I just want... I dunno.” His voice dropped to a mumble. “Respect, maybe? Or... something...” And now, because of his stupid choice to pretend to be something he wasn’t, some of them actually did respect him, but it wasn’t even him, not really. They respected a complete and total fabrication. He’d almost gotten what he wanted, but it felt hollow and fake.

from skylar murphy —

truth: when was the closest you came to truly getting upset with the squad’s jokes on your behalf?

dare: spread a rumor about someone in the squad that really grinds your gears (i.e. whoever pokes fun at you too much from your perspective).

“Uhhh...” He tried to think, this time, of something specific. After a minute, he nodded. “I do remember one time...” Which in hindsight, might’ve been a precursor to things to come, but he hadn’t been too wise about that sort of thing until he started actively looking for them at his therapist’s bidding. “After we saw the Arcade Fire concert in junior year, and everyone had bought merch. Remember, it was like, a status thing? Wearing the shirts the next day if you’d been to the show? Teenagers are trash.” 

“Anyway, they were actually pretty tame as jokes go, just about the shirt and how I had finally made a decent fashion choice, combined with like... the occasional jab about how now I looked like all the other indie pricks at school.” It really had been totally run-of-the-mill day, all things told---except he’d actually loved that shirt, and the concert had been a good memory. And it’d only lasted a day, because of their idiotic taunts, and his skin being surprisingly thin that week. “Went home and burned the thing in the fireplace. Of course, our fireplace wasn’t equipped for synthetics or whatever was on the logo, I dunno... Anyway the house filled up with smoke and I had to evacuate the munchkins to the lawn,” he said, referring to his siblings. “And got in complete shit for it. Never told any of you, but I think that’s the most pissed I ever got.”

from tj powell —

truth: do you like leigh or salem better?

dare: run out into the hall, knock on somebody’s door, and ask to use their bathroom.

He toyed with his lower lip, looking directly at the dimly-aware Salem as he tried to decide. It should be an easy answer, but his drink had been spiked after all---with indecision and philosophizing, apparently, because it occurred to him that for all his resentment of Leigh becoming joined at the hip with Salem instead, there was something that wasn’t quite... It wasn’t jealousy, really, because he also liked Salem. Genuinely. If he’d been in her shoes, he’d have opted to hang out with Salem, too. So he didn’t really blame her, and that’s what made it complicated. Leigh was his oldest friend, probably. They understood each other, and she’d never cut him out---when she could have. They became a trio instead. He eventually realized he’d been silently musing and staring at Salem for quite some time, and shrugged. “Fuck it.” He got shakily to his feet and went out into the hall, made a show of being choosy about which hotel door he was going to disturb before selecting one at random and knocking.

And then knocking at another when the first didn’t answer. Finally, the door was jerked open. A tall man with a handlebar moustache to rival most cowboy movies loomed over him from the doorway. “What do you want.” He snapped.

Kai blinked. “Uh, I---I lost my room key---can I use your bathroom?”

The man stared at him---then down the hall, where he no doubt saw the heads of several onlookers. “No.” 

The door slammed inches from Kai’s nose and blew his hair back with the force of it. He was happy to retreat with his indignity and the thought of ‘I’m twenty eight fucking years old, what am I doing’ echoing shamefully in his head, until he realized he had an ace up his sleeve---or on his hand, rather. He grinned down the hall at his friends, took the bandage off his right palm from the failed blood oath with Cleo, and knocked again.

The door opened. “Fuck off---”

“Please,” he implored, clutching his bloody hand. “I just need to wash off the blood, and then I’ll go...”

The man’s eyes widened. “Shit! Yeah, come on---I know first aid. How’d you manage that, son?” 

Kai followed, face serious. Ten minutes later he came back to the room, freshly bandaged and more or less triumphant.