#alistaire stuart

[yalster54]

the kitty/alistaire/rachel love triangle in excalibur is kinda peak purely bc it just makes kitty and rachel look super gay. like kitty takes anything about Alistaire and is like hmm how can make this about Rachel? and Rachel just dgaf about him

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Ok, so the bright light at the end of the last post there winds up being Rachel making a big showy appearance and it turns out she switched to the red costume just because she likes red more, a 100% fake out on Davis' part. Anyway, with us just sweeping every single one of Rachel's character quirks under the road, we learn she has her full memory back and is gonna head Back to the Future™ to take care of all those problems as well.

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[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.)

[nerds-yearbook]

The W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organization) and its leaders Brigadier Alysande Stuart and Professor Alistaire Stuart were introduced in Excalibur 6# (cover date March, 1989). They are a nod to U.N.I.T. from the long running science fiction show Doctor Who, who were lead by Brigadier Alistaire Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. ("Goblin Night", Excalibur 6#, Comic, Event)

[ginerva-mollyweasley]

ali winking at jim - jim trying to pretend it’s not happening - and stu looking in (with jealousy perhaps?)

[rowanthestrange]

he’s so pretty, everyone admire Brigsy

I’m probably going to have to put my beloved 14 year old puppo down just after Christmas (inshallah not before, he loves ripping up wrapping paper). And it’s such an odd decision to have to make. Far easier when death just announces itself with an apologetic shrug, instead of booking it for a house call in advance.

I’ve given myself a daily ice cream ration. Not to reduce my consumption, but to increase it, so he has the maximum number of Ben & Jerry’s tubs to lick out.

Such a strange feeling.

[theendorisit]

So I made Tape-E, a Magnus Archives/Magnus Protocol mascot for Jonny because crochet is clearly my (platonic) love language.

I discovered the livestream where Tape-E is first mentioned. It’s the end of TMA, Rusty Quill are playing Quiplash, and the prompt ‘In an attempt to revamp their image, The Magnus Archives needs a new mascot’ comes up.

Alistair Stuart (aka Peter Lukas): “well obviously, Tapey?”

Someone else: “Tapey? Is that like Clippy but a Tape” (this sounds like Jonny, but I swear Jonny has left the stream at that point)

someone else else “Yeah, Tapey!”

Alexander J Newall: “Oh God! I HATE IT! I hate it with the passion of a thousand burning suns!”

so I guess I technically made Tape-E to spite Alex??

but maybe he’s mellowed on the idea. I mean, Tape-E is a pretty good Protocol mascot, given the retro technology themes 😅

“Looks like you’re trying to recruit externals! Would you like some help?”

for more about Tape-E, see my pinned post 😊📼

[yalster54]

"he's beautiful" girl he has a receding hairline

he's usually built like this btw

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Nigel is giving a much different story than what actually happened to Alistaire. Also, we see how much the degeneration has taken a toll on the Warpies... and Kurt actually wonders if part of this sickness could be used to cure people with deforming mutations...

Also, we learn that Cerise was never a child... she was born as is... since she is a Shi'ar I am pretty sure that will get retconned or ignored in the future... also that jab asking if Kitty is a child, A+...

[therealgchu]

someone get ben and alistair to do this. i have a mighty need.

Peter, who just got back from a long voyage with a freshly shaven face to piss off Elias because Divorce Era

Peter: Oh, Elias.

Elias who has a piece of bread on his mouth and a few on his plate: You shaved.

Peter: Yeah never mind that what are you doing

Elias: I'm giving myself a treat.

Peter: That's just bread

Elias: I know I'm spoiling myself.

Peter:

Elias:

Peter:

Elias:

Peter: That's depressing.

Peter vanishes in a rolling fog

Elias has no idea what the other man meant

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[thatsastepladder]

Seeing all the discourse surrounding the X-Men these days - from the Krakoa era "mutants always lose" narratives and the abandoning of Xavier's dream to the discussion surrounding X-Men '97 and whether Magneto was right, I think one thing's become abundantly clear that greatly affects how the mutant metaphor is seen out-of-universe these days.

That being the extreme lack of human allies in X-Men media. Back in Claremont's era, there were non-mutant supporting characters in spades who were allies to the X-Men and the mutant cause.

Stevie Hunter, Amanda Sefton, Candy Southern, Tom Corsi and Sharon Friedlander, Moira MacTaggert, Lee Forrester, Cameron Hodge and Madelyne Pryor pre-heel turns, the Power Pack, Peter Corbeau, Carol Danvers and Michael Rossi, Alistair Stuart, etc.

Now, though? In the Krakoa era there's... Kyle Jinadu whenever writers want to use him as an accessory to Northstar. And '97 has nobody - no significant humans who are fully devoted to the mutant cause. Val Cooper and President Kelly come close, but are too absorbed in their own agendas to really count.

I think that alone accounts for a lot of the "Magneto was right" takes you see online - when the only humans depicted in X-Men media are those persecuting mutants, the assumption is that all humans persecute mutants.

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Scottish rally driver Jimmy McRae born 28th October 1943.

He might be most well known as father to the late Colin McRae but regardless of his sons’ subsequent success, Jimmy McRae remains the most successful British Rally Championship competitor of all time – bar none.

Jimmy won the British Rally Championship title five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988 which as of 2020 still stands. In the European Rally Championship for drivers, he was runner-up in 1982, while his highest placing in the World Rally Championship was fifteenth in 1983.

Jimmy McRae was born in Lanark, where he developed a plumbing business and started to race relatively late, at the age of 31. His first rally cars in 1974 were Ford Cortina MkI and Ford Escort MkI, before he switched to Vauxhall Magnum Coupe in 1975.

He and his wife Margaret had three sons, Colin, Alister and Stuart. Both Colin and Alister McRae were World Rally Championship drivers. McRae’s brother-in-law Hugh “Shug” Steele is also a former rally driver.

The 2022 annual McRae Rally Challenge first ran, in honour of Jimmy’s son Colin, back in 2015 saw three generations of the McRae dynasty race, which must be a first, Jimmy’s grandson, Max, the 18 year old beat his dad, Alistair, 51 and grandfather Jimmy,.

Are we about to see another McRae light up the world of motor racing, proung grandad Jimmy says; “ he’s proving to be very successful and just driving to his ability,”

“He’s had one or two wee problems and sometimes when you have a problem you can get overexcited and try too much on the next stage but he seems to just drive at his speed, so I’m very, very proud of him.”

[ginerva-mollyweasley]

the two retirements i’ve cried over

[muzaktomyears]

I know there's a lot of answers out there for this question, but personally like what do you think are the best beatle books to read? Like what's the best for you?

hello anon! I'm hyperfixated so I'll read pretty much anything on them tbh. I do like to read the more anecdotal stuff because I love gossip lol - and some of them can be so revealing (both of the Beatles themselves and the authors). But I'll read and have enjoyed lots of stuff: the big biogs, memoirs, fan accounts, academic studies, that novel by Paul's ex publicist.

anyway, here's the list of Beatles books I've read all the way through and what rating out of 5 I'd give them. The books I've rated highest have generally been the big biographies just because I think they tend to say more and tell a fuller story, since obvs that's their purpose, so they're a more satisfying read. My ratings are based on a random combo of what they can tell us about the Beatles, how interesting I find them historiographically/as Beatles reception, and how much I enjoyed reading them.

★★★★★

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time (Craig Brown)

The Beatles: The Authorised Biography (Hunter Davies)

Shout!: The True Story of the Beatles (Philip Norman)

Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress (Michael Braun)

Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America (Jonathan Gould)

The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away: The Amazing True Story of the Beatles' Early Years (Allan Williams & William Marshall)

★★★★☆

The Love you Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles (Peter Brown & Steven Gaines)

Backbeat: Stuart Sutcliffe - The Lost Beatle (Alan Clayson & Pauline Sutcliffe)

The Gospel According to the Beatles (Steve Turner)

Lennon vs. McCartney: The Beatles, Inter-band Relationships and the Hidden Messages to Each Other in Their Song Lyrics (Adam Thomas)

Beatle! The Pete Best Story (Pete Best & Patrick Doncaster)

Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World (Rob Sheffield)

A Cellarful of Noise (Brian Epstein)

Waiting for the Beatles: An Apple Scruff's Story (Carol Bedford)

John (Cynthia Lennon)

John Lennon: In My Life (Pete Shotton & Nicholas Schaffner)

Summer of Love: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (George Martin with William Pearson)

★★★☆☆

John, Paul & Me Before the Beatles: The True Story of the Very Early Days (Len Garry)

The Beatles and Me on Tour (Ivor Davis)

A Twist of Lennon (Cynthia Lennon)

At the Apple's Core: The Beatles from the Inside (Denis O'Dell with Bob Neaverson)

The Guitar's All Right as a Hobby, John (Kathy Burns)

With the Beatles (Alistair Taylor)

The Day John Met Paul: An Hour-By-Hour Account of How the Beatles Began (Jim O'Donnell)

The Beatles: I Was There (Richard Houghton)

All Our Loving: A Beatle Fan's Memoir (Carolyn Lee Mitchell & Michael Munn)

Rock Bottom (Geoff Baker)

Once There Was a Way: What if the Beatles Stayed Together? (Bryce Zabel)

Like Some Forgotten Dream: What if the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? (Daniel Rachel)

Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God (Jon Stewart)

Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion (Alan Goldsher)

★★☆☆☆

Paperback Writer (Mark Shipper)