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reporterleroux · 1 year ago

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finally posting the victim that enzo killed because i finished her design and all that 🤭 (parts of this post would probably make more sense if you checked him out first) she is yet again a no fix job but shes better than enzo (just very homophobic and transphobic because i was told she looks that way 😨😓) although she can be your pookie if you want /JOKE anywasy this is her, gonna be in the same lay out as enzos post was

Biographical Information

Full Name: Scarlett Brinkley

Alias: ScarlettHorrors

Gender: Female

Status: Deceased

Death: 2018

Cause of Death: Decapitation & Blood loss

Nationality: American

Residence: Grimsborough, U.S.

Profession(s): Streamer

Affiliation(s): Unnamed Streaming Platform

Game Information

Appears in: Criminal Case

First Appeared: Virtual Insanity (s5)

Scarlett Brinkley was the victim of Virtual Insanity (Case #31 of The Conspiracy).

Profile

Scarlett was a popular streamer within the Maple Heights community. She had blue hair and brown eyes. At the time of her death, she was wearing a white corset-type shirt, blue jeans and had a pair of gaming headphones on her head. She was usually known by her streamer name, ScarlettHorrors.

Murder Details

Scarlett was found sat in her chair in her streaming studio, head decapitated from her body and sporting multiple cuts all over her. Her head was found not far from her body, posing in front of her camera to be shown off to her livestream like a trophy. Per Martine, the cuts on her body matched that of the one on her neck, determining that the same weapon was used all over. She further confirmed that the murder weapon was a standard large kitchen knife, deeming that as the murder weapon. Upon further inspection of her body, Martine also managed to add the fact that the killer is right handed to the killer profile.

Later on, the player and Jones had found a kitchen knife covered in blood matching of the one Martine had described earlier. Per Amir and Rupert, the blood was indeed found to be the victims, further confirming the fact it was the murder weapon. Furthermore, the boys had found traces of Gold Stag on the handle, confirming that the killer drank Gold Stag whiskey.

Relationship with suspects

Scarlett had made horror game developer Enzo Castelo uncomfortable by continuously making sexual remarks regarding the two of them, causing Enzo to cut all contact. Scarlett had also infuriated teenager Olive Powell after she had scammed the latter out of good money when purchasing products from the victim she never received. Scarlett also upset university student Cindy McMinn when she became overly aggressive towards her after Cindy had politely requested if she could voice over some lines for the Slasher movie she was working on. Scarlett had also maddened drug dealer Nathaniel Earl when he found out she had stolen drugs from both him and Jordan Coprolite before his death, causing the pair to get into a drug-influenced physical fight. Finally, Scarlett had also annoyed tech expert Cathy Turner after she continuously hurled verbal abuse at her while she went to the victims house to fix up her computer.

Killer and motives

The killer turned out to be Enzo.

Upon finally admitting to the murder, Enzo smugly congratulated the team on finding out who the Virtual Killer was. He said that there was no rhyme or reason behind his killings, other than wanting to strike some real fear into the horror game community. He continued on by saying that the levels in his game Virtual Killings, (which was made under the user 0nze0letsac”), were based off of actual murders he committed, and that all the people in the game were real victims of his. The main gimmick behind finding his victims was revealed to be the fact that Enzo tracked the location of the devices being used to play his game and travelled there to commit the murders. Making sure that these crimes were never to be tracked back to him, he disposed of any bodies and weapons, leaving them nowhere to be found again. He decided this time that because of how the victim acted towards him, she deserved it and left her body on display to her fanbase as a form of warning. After confessing to never regretting anything, Judge Powell sentenced him to life in prison, pending a psychiatric evaluation.

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#criminal case #criminal case game #criminal case the conspiracy #criminal case oc

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moorooster · 2 years ago

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School and Psychiatry are Catalysts for the Assault that is Culture

Now I think there's likely many cultures where people are free and happy. Particularly ones that focus on compassion and community. For instance the cultures of Bhutan, Rasta communes, even hippy dippy communities like the recently deceased "Poole's land." Now I am an American. Born to a nation that values consumerism and hysteria over all else. Not only do we see the "American dream" as having financial success, but I remember being in school around Thanksgiving and when the teacher asked us what we're thankful for most of what was listed were material possessions. You have shows like Oprah, where people act like they've just been granted paradise by God almighty just because they've been given material goods. And we value money over what is necessary for the wellbeing of our people. Insurance is an absolute scam. We keep those companies alive because "too many people would lose their jobs" if suddenly medical help was affordable or even if there was some form of universal healthcare. And we spit on the homeless. They're told to move when they sleep on benches because the police want to "clean up the city" even though they never clean up the trash. I've even heard cases of homelessness being deemed illegal in certain areas. What's silly about this is that Americans literally think we're the land of the free. That our pseudo democratic republican system is the greatest governmental system in the world. And those who oppose it aren't doing much either, just resorting to screaming insults and inciting violence in fruitless attempts to solve specific issues. Usually social issues which are the most meaningless of issues we have. I think what causes this dualistic cultlike mentality is school. School is the brainwashing of children. Being taught meaningless things which when I asked my teachers why we learned them they would say its because it would "be on the test" or the discipline would "train us to work". This last one particularly infuriates me. The entire point of our education is to make us more efficient cogs in the rat race machine in which the majority slave away for material comforts and for the wellbeing of the rich who work less for better material comforts. We have no history of teaching any sort of morality or compassion in our schools, as opposed to a nation like Bhutan which I mentioned earlier. The closest we get are anti-bullying campaigns which do nothing other than make the aggressors more careful and create jokes among the people in which they mock the stupid slogans of the campaigns. Civics is especially nightmarish. They claim to be unbiased but invariably teach allegiance to the state. I even remember when going over types of government the teacher saying "anarchism is pure chaos, and I don't think anyone's an anarchist in here". Psychiatry is the same. We tell people who think differently that they are sick and need to be fixed, fixed that they may be a better cog in the machine. Even those who are depressed and want help, our solution is always drugs. Drugs that make us more efficient. Everyone has told me I would like school and the mental health system as I got older. It's been years since I've been in school and I've been forced into therapy and psychiatry since I was 14. It still makes me sick, the legally enforced brainwashing of children and the mentally ill. Is there any true function of either in the happiness of the people? Or is it, as I fear, just there to make us slaves, to rape us with imposition of linear values which boil our brains into thinking that happiness can be found in a smart phone and participating in a two party system split from a single democratic-republican party can ever be fruitful in making any sort of change that actually matters?

#education #school #culture #westernism #america #mental health #politics #rant #ramble #/hum/

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renardtrickster · 2 years ago

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Saw someone claim that most if not all anti-capitalist movements are actually funded by either one of the three corporations that own everything, or by the government directly (on behalf of said corporations), and that they're responsible for things such as people believing we should hand the government more power (read: I don't think people should starve to death on the streets in the world's richest and most powerful nation), or that libertarian is synonymous with pedophile. And I think this is very funny for a couple of reasons.

First of all, I think the implication here is that those filthy anti-capitalists are actually on the corporate payroll while us noble and inscrutable defenders of capital do it from the bottom of our hearts, which absolutely isn't the case. Generally speaking, there is no money to be found on the left. The money you do get there is like, donations to individual lefty streamers, tv shows or other media that are progressive and also popular, or political campaigns that people donate to and sometimes someone with deep pockets donates to them. Of the three I listed, one of them is political campaigns that go towards a specific cause or candidate (conservatives will lie to you and say that these all just go to lining some politician's pocket and are scams but that is because they are politically illiterate and hate you), one of them is >be in Hollywood, and one of them is Hasan Piker Bought A Car with money he got in perhaps the most ethical way it's possible to get money. With the exception of the second one, these are all pretty grassroots. Meanwhile conservatives will consistently make bank with no effort. Steven Crowder has no charismatic skills whatsoever and can't even pretend he doesn't hate black people and his recent spat with the Daily Wire has revealed that he's been propped up by millionaire sponsors like Cary Katz his entire life. Speaking of, Gina Carano did nothing exceptional except make an unfunny pronouns joke right after her co-actor's sister came out and then compared being a conservative to being a Jew in Nazi Germany and Ben Shapiro immediately offered her a position at the Daily Wire. Tim Pool owns a fucking underground bunker. Not to mention Prager University being funded by the Wilks brothers and a bunch of other oligarchs, which explains why they'll have occasional episodes talking about how fracking is actually the most environmentally friendly thing in the world in between praising Robert E Lee for stopping a slave rebellion or something. In general, people grift left (when they do so at all) for the social clout which they don't even get half the time, and grift right for the money of which they will be given a disgusting amount of almost immediately.

The thing about the secret propaganda about libertarians being bad and also pedophiles is really funny though because it acts as though the only reason libertarians don't have any respect in the current political atmosphere is because they're secretly being kept down, man. When in reality the reason libertarians lack such a voice despite their loudness is because they're incoherent and unlikable. And I know this because the OP is a libertarian and the main crux of their post was that insulin is expensive because some rich douchebags got to it first, sold it for unreasonable prices, and then used that money to lobby the government into making it such that only they could sell insulin. Which I agree with, until they said that this was somehow anathema to capitalism, because "no interference no regulation invisible hand only final destination, survival of the fittest if you can't handle the heat stay out of the kitchen, money equals power, the result that reveals itself is the optimal result" as an ideology is wholesome and consistent and American until it has demonstrably awful negative effects on the world at which point it stops being capitalism and becomes a scarier word, thus allowing me to condemn people getting randomly shot while still advocating for pointing guns at people for no reason and pulling the trigger as though my existence and dignity both depended upon it.

#oh no renardie is posting #in short cons be lying #infoxicated #long post

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foxbox23232 · 6 months ago

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Over 100 Christian’s liked this post… the road really is narrow. You need both. This is why Christianity is dying! Claiming you’re a christian means nothing. That doesn’t mean you’re going to heaven lol. Doesn’t mean you did anything Jesus wanted you to do. This is why young people are becoming witches and are making stuff like “witch tok” and it’s some how NORMAL to be a WITCH and worship SATAN who is someone well known who notoriously KILLS PEOPLE and people don’t understand and think it’s COOL because at least then they gain POWER and CONTROL. But no one ever had power all they had was ANXIETY. No one was ever controlling ANYTHING they were being CONTROLLED. The devil plays you and uses you that’s his language. And the worst part about it is it will cost you everything, and your life, and your afterlife. Because people chose to do that. Why do teens know about astrology but not God Almighty God of the universe a powerful miracle healing God. I’ve seen diseases just gone infront of me! Christians think this is a joke??? You might be my sister but we are not the same. And I won’t be going to your church unless we have both. Prophecy saved my LIFE. It’s the ONLY REASON I’m even alive. God could’ve chose any other way. No he gave me the narrow way. No Christian wants to be the freaky weird odd one out. They want to go back to their normie church and avoid responsibility and play patty cake. Ya ya I’ve met them seems very religious and dry and somehow always hurt you cuz they all have demons. They want to blend in with everyone else and watch people get sick and die! They want to blend in with everybody all the while helping and impacting nobody. That’s where my bible study was leading me. God had to meet me by a prophet at the time. He knew I was READY for MORE in life! And I didn’t even know it yet!!! Until recently I’ve been like man I was so wrong this is what I’ve been missing all my life 😭😭People have their reasons why they don’t like prophecy but it is not God filled. I know God saved me that day don’t be telling me it was anything else. Sometimes people don’t like prophecy because God can gift and does gift people with demons because of his love, grace, mercy, until they choose healing. He can’t force you. I have been there done that. So if a prophet hurt you or scammed you I am sorry they were living like a witch. And other times sometimes it gets real sometimes it does hurt! A lot! I don’t care if you know all my secrets in the church I don’t care if my body is a glass house to you I want a place I can trust!!! I want people I can trust!!! I want the true reflection of God! I want true hearts of the father! Like this makes me want to cry! Christians just want to shut this down and sh*t on this???? This is what saved my life!!!! Guess what I was GOING to the verse by verse bible study when a prophet walked in the door somewhere else and saved my life from suicide. I get it, it wasn’t them it was Holy Spirit. That’s true. But Holy Spirit I don’t believe was operating the way he wanted to through my bible study. Because they treated the gifts like this. Like garbage. Little do you know it could save your life and other peoples lives. Ya even the people around you it could save. This just is so messed up. I can’t even believe this but considering how weak and anemic American Christianity is I kind of can.

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finiffy · 2 years ago

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Somebody named Fin asked for a K***y story. A short sequel with Cat and David will be sent later Fin, but until then have this 1204 words of hot garbage -youknowwho

"Look man, I am telling you, this thing has potential! You just need to invest some money in it first."

Frank wasn't a financial genius, nor was his friend. He was worried of his friend being scammed, and according to him, it was likely given everything he knows about b*tc**n, but Barry was so excited about it that Flute let him ramble a little before voicing his concerns as the loud music of the pub played in the background.

"We could be successful Flute: Get rich, have nice homes, Beautiful woman waiting for us... Show everyone that we aren't disappointments."

Now he felt a little more than just simple concern.

"You don't have to prove yourself to anyone K***y... I already think you're doing well. So does your parents. It's stupid to want yourself a life where people will like you for fabricated, fake stuff... I, for one, like you right now. Without some chain block ownership."

Oh fuck, he said too much. He started talking again before K***y could open his mouth with his now frowning face.

"And as your friend, I can get you women who will actually like you. One-night stands will steal your stuff before leaving anyway."

He thought he explained himself good and K***y wouldn't think of anything else, so he expected the familiar chuckle K***y gave him after hook-up jokes, but he continued to stare at him just the same. Everything about the situation felt uncomfortable for Flute before K***y took a sip of his beer and started talking.

"You... You really... Don't want anything else in your life? Anything more?"

"More of what? What else could I want in life?"

"Fame, success? Other people looking up to you? More than drinking with some people random people on Friday nights?"

That was what he saw their Friday Drinkings as? Ouch.

But he understood K***y would never be happy with a calm life long ago. But he still couldn't accept it. He didn't want to.

"I still don't think some "bl**kc**in" that could leave you penniless is a right way to do any of that. You could be a writer, an actor-"

"You know I can't do any of that very well."

That was why he wanted to prove his "worth" like that? Because he saw no other way?

Flute didn't answer and just took a very long sip of his own beer instead, while looking away from his old friend, staring at the football match playing on the TV instead. Despite the pubs' loudness, it was quite for a while between the two friends.

K***y dropped out of his Accounting and Finance college 2 years ago, he was never good with giving a big amount of effort for something. Heck, he couldn't even actually make it to that college, his parents paid for a private college after no grade-based university would take him in.

He thought about how fast his friend gave up on things. He knew his friend took private lessons in his childhood aside from the ones for school: piano, karate, fencing, and many more he had no idea of, as it was hard to be kept updated on them.

Mostly because he always gave up on them after 3 lessons maximum when he saw he can't get good at them immediately. Though he despised fencing and swords the most, Flute still remembered when he was staying at K***y's house for the night and two boys overhead K***y's fencing teacher talk with his parents about how their son kept interrupting lessons with stupid stuff like "How to get rich fast!", "How do you steal money from your parents account to invest in euro? Learn now!" instead of paying attention and distracting others too.

Flute helped his friend attafk the teacher by surprise with the fake historical replica sword in the house's library before they were stopped by two angry adults.

It was a nice night they had at the police station that day.

And now the man he shared his childhood wanted to leave everything and go away for some American-dream bullshit along and a stupid scam. He wanted to leave Flute.

K***y took him for some temporary distraction? Well, two could play this game.

"You can invest in that shit if you really want to. Follow your dreams and all. Leave this place if you want dude... If that will make you happy."

K***y stopped checking on the woman next to them and turned to the distant man with a questioning face, "And you mean that?"

He didn't.

"Yes, yes, I really do."

Aghhhh why

God fucking K***y and Flute....how did we land into deep character talk angst about these joke characters..why is there so much good lore for K***y

#fin answers #lemonadeanon #long post #other's amazing stories

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iwritebadthings · 3 years ago

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100 Things Will Smith Could've slapped instead of Chris Rock

Will Smith slapped for love so I’m slapping this ever older topic with my long E.T fingers. Should you slap someone? No, probably not. I wouldn’t recommend it. Often slapping someone tends to make things worse but that being said lets pretend what else he could’ve slapped if it was limitless.

Hitler

The Editorial Board of (any news organization)

Hillary Clintons need to be heard

Whoever said Pelosi should write a poem

Donald Trumps Ass

Superman

Isis

The KKK and the fashion director

Sith

Mosquitoes

people at the gym who sit on their phone not using the machine

Josh Hawley as he put his fist up on January 6th

Milo Yiannopoulos to make him gay again

Dick Cheney

Elden Lord Bosses I can’t beat (all of them)

George RR Martin so he will write faster

The Lich King

Elon Musk’s Bank account so we can all pick up the money off the ground like peasants

The primordial earth

All the dinosaurs

Ted Bundy

Anyone who wrote a letter to Ted Bundy

Putin

Racism formed into an evil god

Richard B. Spencer after he was already punched

Jesus but the slap brings him back to life

The concept of war

Journalists who want nuclear war

Glenn Greenwald every time he says the word Russia

Tucker Carlsons home windows so he has to spend hours cleaning

Godzilla

Maxine Waters for shoving and murdering Michael Tracey

Transphobia

The world of Harry Potter

Disneyland Prices

The homophobia out of Dave Bronson of Anchorage Alaska

Winter

The gay need to take a selfie

Kanye West each time he complains about Kim

Remixed music that only adds clapping

Pregnancy pictures

Kathy Griffin so she has another story to share

The American forefathers

Chris Rock again

The Rock and Vin Diesel well they fight

The Shark from Jaws

Cheeks

The beat for any song

God

Chris Rocks shadow self

Lactose Intolerance

The Poor

The Rich

Willow Smiths hand because her music career is fantastic

The walls of a house where the Ghost Adventures bros are walking around being scared

Another comedian with a bad joke

The ninth cup of coffee out of someone's hand

Naraku’s decapitated head after he tries to flee in battle

Alex Jones really thick neck

Meat

Tim Pool’s beanie

Captain America’s Ass

Chris Evans Ass

Thanos

The Marvel Universe to end it all

Gwyneth Paltrow vagina candle

Adam Carolla for every bad joke

Julius Caesar after he was stabbed

Someone in need of cpr

Independence day alien ship

Abusive League of Legend players

Britney Spears Dad

Medusa

Zeus

Cher after she says do you believe in life after love

someone who won’t wake up after their alarm goes off

The Terminator

Jay Z for thinking even for a second he should cheat on Beyoncé

U2 for putting an album on everyone's phone

Nicki Minaj cousin in Trinidad to help his balls

Lorne Michaels for every bad snl sketch which is most of them

Corporations that advocate for the gays and then donate to people who would alt delete them

Secretly gay republicans who use glory holes

The opponent in the new Olympic slapping sport

Marsha Blackburn’s hair

Devimon in digimon for each pun made

people who steal memes

NFT People

Scammers of NFT

People who ignore the scamming of NFT

NFT celebrities

Anyone who says they are “just asking questions” as they push conspiracy theories and not actually try to answer the question

The chess game you’re losing

Martha who is being racist to the waiter after church

Lucifer

The governments incredibly slow process of getting anything done

Santa for giving you coal every Christmas

The Gym crush for not crushing you

E.T

Will Smith

#politics #will smith #oscars #oscars 2022 #writer

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helloswallowtailcat · 3 years ago

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Top 5 ND fuckboys

**JUST TO BE CLEAR, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMATIC JOKES IN HERE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND COLONIALISM, PLEASE PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK**

Dieter von Schwesterkrank

I have so much disdain for this guy, partly because from the moment you walk into his studio he speaks to you like he’s seen so many girls march through his door before, whether for sexual purposes or otherwise, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a “casting couch” policy. On top of it, his relationship with Minette is meant to explicitly parallel that of Noisette and Hans, and despite the fact that the actions of his great-uncle absolutely do not reflect on him, I just cannot get the taste of Nazi out of my mouth. He probably has an instagram page filled with pap shots taken with celebrity models. He’s a tired, wannabe influencer that no one actually notices. He probably puts zero effort into pleasing his partners and zones out during sex. And don’t think I support his arch rival Jean Mi, who is just as contemptible Eurotrash.

2. Taylor Sinclair

I feel like this man has “degenerate” sex, and you may know why. He strikes me as the kind of person who achieved moderate success and wealth with absolutely no qualifications and by profiting off of other people’s accomplishments. Correct me if I’m wrong, as I’m not well-versed in Taylor’s backstory, but what with his Latin American connections, I feel like he regularly snorts cocaine out of hundred dollar bills off of hooker’s tits while also engaging in more extreme sexual fetishes. He probably regularly hires escorts and/or uses sugar daddy dating websites.

3. Tino Balducci

This guy is eminently unlikeable, but also entertaining. He uses any greasy sexual charm he possesses to further his floundering career as a private detective after he unceremoniously lost his job as a police detective in the wake of TRN. He is just as much a clout chaser as Dieter, if not more so, because he’s even more talentless and desperate. He constantly tries to hit up Z-list celebrities and be seen in the company of people who he thinks might raise his profile, as his brief run-in with tabloid fame triggered an appetite for that ubiquitous “Kardashian-level” notoriety. He has sex with women based on number of instagram followers.

4. Lou Talbot

He’s a self-proclaimed polyamorous stoner, artist California dude who hides a much darker secret. Because of the fact that he’s involved in substantial illegal activity (ie stealing/prospecting for dinosaur bones) I get the impression that he’s quite manipulative and mean-spirited and his chill, laidback persona is just a facade. I could totally see him blackmailing Nancy for attempting to steal his snowshoes by forcing her to have sex with him.

5. Rick Arlen/Brady Armstrong

These two are lumped into the same profile because they’re basically the same, two moderately successful actors who think they’re hot stuff, but who will be absorbed by the abyss of mediocrity by the time streaming becomes a thing. They will both probably attempt to stage pathetic reality show “comebacks” and book cringy guest appearances on more successful shows that will ultimately go nowhere. In the meantime, both try and seduce women with the promise of career advancement, meaning that they would eventually get hit with some serious MeToo allegations, which they, of course, vigorously deny.

Honourable Mentions: Alejandro del Rio: This guy is so passive aggressive, I bet he has role play sex involving conquistadors which allow him to release all that bottled up sexual frustration and rage.

Richard Topham: I believe he is established in-universe to be a hack and a scam artist, so I can definitely see him taking advantage of gullible young women to fulfill his sexual desires. Who knows what goes on behind closed doors, and I can totally see him building up a Stepford wife army of naive young housewives and gullible young girls that he either attempts to seduce or straight up sexually harasses and/or attempts to rape. Because of both the time period and the economic climate I can definitely see him threatening and/or extorting these women and them being far more vulnerable to him than they otherwise might be. He is clearly extremely manipulative and unscrupulous and so, I do not put it past him to abuse his power.

Yanni Volkstaia: I feel like this guy is less malicious in his sexual habits, but that he regularly has group sex, threesomes and casual sex in general because of the nature of his celebrity athlete lifestyle and sex really functions as a release mechanism for him. I could also totally see him hooking up with his competitors/fellow athletes before and after the events. (unrelated but volk means wolf in Russian)

Oh, before I forget, Markus Boehm: It’s sort of implied that he’s a relatively shallow, superficial playboy who left Anja pretty suddenly. I prefer to believe Anja is just an unreliable narrator in this scenario, but I digress. I totally see him living a *tasteful* playboy lifestyle. He’s such a fun and disinterested phone contact (compared to Ned who is clingy beyond belief) and he will weirdly stonewall certain topics, it’s delightful. He feels like a fun palate cleanser from the overly invested Neds and Franks of the world.

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translationtvshow · 3 years ago

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INCO 4035 - Translation TV Show - iCarly

University of Puerto Rico in Utuado

Department of Office System and Business Administration

INCO 4035 – Business Translation

Professor: Sonia Abele Sisnero

Work team: Kelvin Lisboa Huertas, Sharnetmarie Pagán Viruet, Coralis Maldonado Rodríguez, Kristal N. Rivera Ocasio y Joanis Irizarry Cruz

Assignment: Blog of the Comedy TV Show

TV Show: ICarly

Episode: “Carly’s Mos Sus Moments in the New iCarly” NickRewind translated to Spanish

“Tenemos que hablar... ahora.”

- “Estoy empacando una escultura para Leap In.”

- “¡Maldita sea! Argentina está manipulando a todo el mundo.”

- “¿Manipulando? Más bien ayudando. El otro día, mi contador dice: "Necesito deducciones de impuestos". Lo siguiente que supe es que Argentina dice: "Puedo donar una de mis esculturas a Leap In como una deducción de impuestos".

- “¿No crees que eso es un poco conveniente?”

“Es como si se adelantara.”

- “Cálmate, Nancy Drew.”

- “Tendré, ya sabes, Nancy Drew tuvo libros exitosos, un número de spin offs de televisión y podría fácilmente hacer el trabajo de dos Hardy Boys. Así que, gracias por el cumplido. ¿Estás pensando lo mismo que yo?”

- “Sí. ¿Por qué tengo tanto patio rojo?”

- “¿Has visto alguna vez un drama de HBO, Harper? Así es como los "y" atrapan a la gente. Mira aquí, Nora. ¿Por qué estabas en la cafetería, eh, Nora? Siempre tienen poca leche de cabra.”

- “Sí, es porque la robo para ti. ¿Es esa una foto de pasaporte del Hombre Muffin? ¿Por qué lo pones ahí?”

- “Alegra el lugar.”

- “Tu juego de acosador, c'est magnifique”

- “Wow”

- “Oh, me gustaría poder llorar.”

- “¿Por qué no puedes? No hay conductos lagrimales.”

- “No quiero arruinar mi maquillaje.”

(Risas)

- “Oh, Carly, viste a la mujer orinar. Déjalo.”

¿Dejar pasar esto? De acuerdo.

(Jadeando)

- “¿Por qué me has tirado esto?”

- “Uh ... tradición de la boda.”

(Risas)

- “Los imanes simbolizan la atracción de por vida”

- “Pero una pregunta rápida. ¿Por qué se pegó a tu cabeza?”

- “Oh, uh, no quiero hablar de ello.”

- “Somos todos amigos. Danos la descarga.”

- “¿Son flores de "te quiero" o de "lo siento"?”

- “Son para ti de parte de un fanático que hace que por favor borren nuestra dirección de internet para que pueda sentirme segura en mi propia casa flores.”

- “Feliz cumpleaños. No”

- “Me gustan las flores.”

- “Oh, ¿deberíamos hacer un brindis?”

- “Sí”

“Por Brooke... por recuperar su coche para poder estar aquí.”

- “Aw, y por Freddie, por hacer un brindis tan dulce.”

- “Y por mí, por... abrir la puerta.”

(Risas)

- “Hola a todos, he vuelto. Sé que ha pasado un tiempo, pero os espera algo realmente emocionante.”

- “¿Carly?”

- “Oh”,

- “Hey Cool shape.”

- “Sí, es un símbolo... para Carly y Oh. ¿No te dan ganas de pararte a ambos lados y ser todo...?”

- “S-Seguro. Un poco”

- “Mira a todas esas mujeres... a-y tú y ese tipo; una camaradería de hermandad, uniendo las manos para decir "Podemos arreglarlo nosotras mismas".

- “Voy a empezar a tomar notas ahora. ¿Sabes dónde empieza la clase, Millicent? Aquí.”

- “Esa es tu clavícula.”

- “No puedo esperar a aprender todo lo que hay que saber sobre los coches. Realmente soy una persona renancentista, pero lo mas importante es que voy a poner a Vin Diesel en plena forma.”

- ¿Vin Diesel, ganador de premio MTV a la mejor camiseta sin mangas? Está en perfecta forma.”

- “oh el nombre de mi auto es Vin Diesel. Ayer este tipo de cobrarme $15.000 por las reparaciones.”

- “Ugh. Lo peor. Pero te va a encantar el instructor de esta clase. Es tan paciente e inteligente y cuando muestra que tenías que afinarlo, es casi ... tierno.)”

- “Siempre que sea honesto. No puedo soportar a otro estafador astuto como ese tipo que conocí ayer.”

- ‘Estafador astuto? Suena como un idiota.”

- “si, el seguro) (gritando)”

- “tú”

- “hola”

- “Me tomó un minuto darme cuenta ... pero Sand tiene sombra. Es un MLM.)”

- “Nud-uh. ¿qué es eso?”

- “Marketing multinivel, es un esquema piramidal. las empresas consiguen que compres una gran cantidad de productos falsos que no puedes vender porque no funcionan. Entonces, su única salida es reclutar más vendedores. Lo aprendí todo en mi podcast favorito, Scam Empress.”

- “Eso no es lo que está pasando aquí.”

- “mm, mantienen a los vendedores interesados con premios baratos, títulos elegantes y moneda falsa sin valor. Verificar, verificar y verificar, verificar.”

- “Dijiste que los productos MLM son falsos, pero Sand funciona. Estoy tranquilo, Spencer es sentitivo y Freddie es tan valiente que involuntariamente renunció a su trabajo. Ahora, si me disculpan, tengo que prepararme para un evento de ventas de Sand-sational. Tengo la cabeza en la arena y se queda ahí.”

- “Harper, ¿qué te parece?”

- “Estoy pensando ... ¿te llevas Amex?”

- “exclusivamente”

- “Aquí tienes un formulario de membresía y puedes quedarte con el bolígrafo.”

- “Gracias”

- “¿Carly, ¿cómo estás?”

- “No, qué bueno soy buena para las plumas.”

- “si no te unes, nunca volverás a ver a Harper. Porque ella estará tan ocupada aquí”

- "Porque estará muy ocupada aquí en Leap In.

- "Sí, pero no necesito un espacio de trabajo. Puedo usar el estudio donde grabo "

- iCarly? ¿Tres millones de suscriptores 60% mujeres en el codiciado grupo demográfico de 18 a 49 años?

- "¿Cómo lo supiste?"

- "Conozco mis métricas" Me encantaría estar en tu programa. Podría hacerlo el jueves a las 2:00 o podrías venir aquí, lo que sería mejor para mí ”

- "Sí, definitivamente regresaré aquí voluntariamente"

- "Gracias. Snow Kwamie Seets por conectarnos este fin de semana. Mis amigos y yo nos estamos divirtiendo mucho todos juntos en el mismo lugar en este momento. ¿Ahora que? Bueno. Sí, ya voy. Supongo que es mi turno de bailar en la barra. Me tengo que ir."

- "¿Otra dama solitaria?"

- "Quiero decir, estoy solo, pero no estoy solo. Claro, me abandonaron en el viaje de mi chica porque traje a mi mejor amigo y aparentemente trajo su juego "A" pero ...

- No, ese es el nombre de tu bebida. ¿Quieres otra dama solitaria?

- Oh. Sí, por favor.

- ¡Todos estamos reservados para el viaje de cumpleaños de Carly a Snoqualmie Falls!

- ¡Sí !, ¡Whoo!

- ¡Viaje de cumpleaños a Snoqualmie Falls! ¡Sí! Ustedes se van a divertir mucho. Envía fotos.

- ¿No vendrás?

- Carly nos envía lejos todos los años debido a su malvada maldición de cumpleaños.

- No sé por qué están haciendo ruidos de fantasmas, me tomaré un fantasma por esta maldición cualquier día. Ghost podría estar caliente. ¿Recuerdas a Patrick Smayze?

- Tuvo algunos contratiempos menores el 24 de julio.

- ¿Unos pocos? ¿Menor? 16 cumpleaños, la lámpara del osito de goma incendió mi habitación. 19, me rompí el diente con un plátano. 24, tengo barro para mi Tamagotshi. Te extraño Coochie Potchie. Es el curso. Por eso ahora paso mi cumpleaños solo con el pastel y nada más.

- Con un pastel y nada más.

- Si llego a casa solo en pijama, comiendo alimentos blandos con una cuchara, no hay forma de que la maldición pueda tocarme.

- Feliz cumpleaños Carly Shay.

- ¿Director Franklin?

- Hola. Es bueno verte.

- Maldición

- Cuando el querido abuelo Papperman me dijo que no podía heredar mi fondo de trust hasta que me casara con una mujer humana, tenía hambre.

- ¿Mujer humana?

- Pero ahora veo que el abuelo solo quería que yo fuera rico en dinero y amor.

- Para que todos pudieran levantar su copa

- ¡Oh no!

- Annie Flicko canceló.

- Soy una doncella.

- Dios mío, ¿dónde encontraremos a alguien con el tamaño exacto del vestido de Annie que sea morena con pómulos altos y mida un cabello de menos de 5'6?

- Si tan solo fuera lo suficientemente alto.

- Oh, pero lo eres.

- Eres clásico de 5'5 y 3/4.

- Cariño, sé que es mucho pedir, pero ... ¿me harías el honor de estar a mi lado por lo más importante de mi vida?

- Claro ... ya lo estoy pasando tan bien y ser tu novia solo lo hará mejor.

- Para mi esposa, Prunella, y lo que es más importante, Carly.

- Para Carly.

- Apuesto a que desearías quedarte en casa ahora.

- No, Neville me invitó a meterse conmigo.

- Pero ahora puedo meterme con él, exponiendo toda esta boda como una farsa.

- Algo sospechoso está pasando y creo que es bastante obvio de qué se trata.

- Prunella es una cazafortunas

- No, Prunella's es un robot.

- No confío en que Wes y yo no necesitemos esa clase.

- Ya tengo el profesor más gordo del mundo ... Internet.

- Si puedo instalar mi propio ventilador de techo, puedo afinar mi auto.

- Gran idea Carly.

- Estoy seguro de que un TikTok de 30 segundos puede arreglar esta trampa mortal.

- Feddie, solo dame esa, uh, cosita retorcida.

- Vale, esto no es gran cosa.

- {desgarrador}

- {Gritando}

- Te tengo. Vamos.

- ¡-oh!

- {Gruñidos}

- Pecado de un-

- {Cuerno tocando la bocina}

- ¿Sabes qué? Está bien.

- Casi lo tengo. Freddi, ve a comprobar las bujías.

- ¡Millicent, ponlo en marcha!

- ¡Oh! Da-

- {cuerno tocando la bocina}

- ¡Millicent, deja de hacer eso!

- Entonces ustedes dos dejen de maldecir.

- Nuestro viaje de chicas fue un fracaso, ¿eh?

- Sip

- Me dejaron tirada, bebí sola, arruiné tu conexión, empecé una discusión, y luego Brooke se fue a casa temprano.

- Sip

- Suena como todos los viajes de chicas en los que he estado.

- Oh, sí, lo hice.

- Hahaha

- Fue tan inesperado.

- ¿Verdad?

- {se ríe}

- ¿Debería conseguir una habitación separada?

- Sí, definitivamente

Experience:

Sharnetmarie:

The television show we chose as a group was iCarly this is an American teen comedy web television series. In my opinion, I would recommend the iCarly Video to design subtitles in Spanish and other languages since people who have difficulty with the English language do not understand well the objective of the program, and what for those who do understand is funny some of we may find it somewhat boring as we do not understand the content of the video.

Kristal:

My experience in writing a blog was a learning experience because I had never watched comedy shows in English. On the other hand, I had a high difficulty to understand the meaning of the content, I got bored, because I didn’t understand any jokes. My opinion about the topic is that it was a topic that not everyone knows, therefore, I recommend that you use a language using common words. Finally, I would like to add that when translating the content there are words that totally change their meaning use.

Joanis:

My experience translating and creating the blog was very good as it is something totally new for me. However, I really liked this dynamic and the experience was excellent with my teammates. My opinion about the iCarly program is that they add more content that causes laughter. In addition, it is a good program and I recommend its chapters.

Kelvin:

I had never translated a television show, so this is my first time. As a strategy, I wrote down everything they said in the language they said it and then translated.

Coralis:

I really liked the program we chose, very interesting and really my experience is that I had never translated a TV program, this is my first time, but this work was very dynamic and above all it has subtitles which is very good for those who do not understand a language or want to learn through subtitles.

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tessatechaitea · 4 years ago

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Justice League International #7 (1987)

Kevin Maguire not really trying looks an awful lot like John Romita Jr at his best.

Ah! It feels good to be back! Taking a crack at John Romita Jr while he's just sitting there not doing anything particularly wrong. Just going about his business pretending to be a comic book artist! I don't know what John Romita's politics are but I bet he now agrees with Donald Trump on one thing: naming your kid after you is a huge fucking mistake. Was all that previous nonsense poisonous, vile, and toxic? I suppose one could argue the point. But I'd also guess that somebody arguing that point has never seen John Romita Jr's art. Or perhaps they have seen it and like it because they have a terribly underdeveloped sense of aesthetics. Otherwise nobody would argue with me at all! They'd just read the previous poisonous, vile, toxic nonsense and nod their heads in agreement while pausing for a second to snort a line of Adderall. Fine, I'm sorry, JRJR! Obviously you're an artist! Drawing squinty people with block heads and weird noses holding geometric guns without a single curve on them absolutely falls under the definition of art! Although I draw the line at accepting that Rob Liefeld is an artist. That's a bridge too far! What the fuck does that even mean, "a bridge too far"? It must be a term bombers in WWII used, right? "What the fuck do you mean, carpet bomb Dresden?! If we fly past the Geralthauskopfplatz Bridge, we're definitely getting scrawked by anti-aircraft flak, you bingehart!" Did that sound like an authentic American bomber pilot from the 40s? It's not like Catch-22 is my favorite book or something. Wait. Catch-22 is my favorite book. I guess I'm just no good at written impressions. I assure you it sounds exactly what you'd expect from an American pilot in the Forties if you heard me do the impression live. Also, this is probably the last month of my life where I'll be able to say, "Catch-22 is my favorite book." Because I'm over 500 pages into Gravity's Rainbow and it's just as fucking amazing as everybody who has pretended to read it says it is. This issue begins with Guy Gardner regaining consciousness after having been violently assaulted by his employer.

Why was the mouse glowing green?!

In my memory, Guy Gardner's change from dickhole to sweetest guy on the team came after Batman punched his lights out. But apparently that isn't the case. It's possible this new whack on the head is the cause or maybe it's something a bit later. I bet an editorial mandate came down which said they couldn't have Guy suffer serious head trauma from Batman punching him. So they had to add this new scene where Guy basically gives himself the head trauma that results in a catastrophic change in personality. The Justice League didn't quite finish destroying The Gray Man last issue so that story gets resolved pretty quickly this issue. Doctor Fate transported him to the Realms of Order where a big blob of Order disintegrates him. Which is what he ultimately wanted. It's what we all ultimately want. It's just you don't know that you want it until you've lived long enough for all the wonder to be bled out of life. That's why he's the Gray Man! Some people think life's too short but at 49, I'm beginning to suspect that it's way too fucking long.

This comic book passes the Reverse Bechdel Test: "Any story that has only one woman in it and every scene she's in, she's treated like a sexual object."

With The Gray Man out of the way, it's time to get to the important part of the story: turning the Justice League of America into Justice League International! I wonder how many people this change pissed off in the 80s? Fucking globalist woke elite bubble bullshit! People talk in derogatory terms about the coastal bubbles but they absolutely shouldn't. I won't disagree that I grew up in a totally different environment in the San Francisco Bay Area than people who grew up in the Midwest. A bubble? Sure. But it was a fucking good thing. I was recently showing the Non-Certified Spouse some of the station breaks from local stations in the late 70s and early 80s out of San Francisco and she was amazed at the representative shorts these stations presented, especially KTVU's "Bits and Pieces." Sure, there were the ones about ethics and morality humorously presented with a horse and bulldog puppet. But there were also the ones that showed different ethnicities and their lives, often ending with "I'm proud to be a Chinese American!" or "I'm proud to be a Black American!" The one about Japanese Americans even mentioned how Japanese families were put in interment camps during World War II. One was about Italian Americans and instead of Italian history, it just showed Italian art and various activities of people in the Italian community. One of the Japanese American shorts just had a Japanese American kid having to explain how he was tired of answering questions about being Japanese in America because he was fourth generation and just American as anybody else. But I guess that kind of commie pinko hogwash is why I'm a big fat America hating socialist! As I was saying before my politics politely interrupted (my politics interrupting impolitely would look like this: Trump voters should be forced to shit in their own mouths for all eternity), the main thrust of this story is to set up Justice League International. Judging by the cover, that means hiring some guy with a bucket on his head from Russia and Captain Atom, another white American male.

Ah yes! The introduction of the best character of the series: Big Barda!

Big Barda might not be on the team but at least there's another female character. Sure, Doctor Light was sort of on the team for three pages. And pretty soon, Fire and Ice will join. But it's mostly just been poor Black Canary having to put up with Booster and Blue Beetle's jokes about banging her. Max and J'onn discuss the United Nations possibly backing the Justice League while Superman talks respectfully with President Reagan. What a mistake! The biggest do-gooder on the planet normalizing fucking Ronald Reagan! He should be scolding him with a liberal smattering of Kryptonian tsk-tsks! That's when a Kryptonian gives you a little burst of heat vision every time you deny the AIDS crisis or invoke the spectre of Welfare Queens or destroy the economy by lowering the top marginal tax rates pretending that the money saved will trickle down to everyone instead of fat corporate cats simply keeping all the extra for bonuses and investors. Fuck that guy. I'm so mad now!

Of all the digs they could have taken with Reagan, they poke fun of his dementia?! Christ, Giffen and DeMatteis.

Hal Jordan drops by headquarters to give Guy a good talking-to but Guy doesn't need it because he's suffered a traumatic head injury on top of his brain damage alongside Batman's sucker punch to the face and now he's Mister Sweetbeans. And because he's acting so nice, nobody gives a shit that this is actually a medical emergency. Backing Maxwell Lord is a computer satellite in space. Is it Brother Eye already?! Are they already working together in 1987?! Or is it just some alien gizmo from the Millennium bullshit coming up? I don't remember! Heck, this Maxwell Lord might even be a Manhunter! Anyway, the satellite begins destroying shit on Earth with a giant heat beam. The Justice League, having nearly nobody who can do anything about it, doesn't call Superman to fix the problem. Instead, they decide to spend precious hours borrowing a space shuttle from STAR Labs to launch them into space to battle the space station. Also, they leave Guy Gardner back at headquarters on monitor duty. Because who needs the guy with experience battling in space with a ring that can protect every other member of the League while in space? Also the ring is the greatest weapon in the universe. So, you know, sideline that guy, right?

It's possible this was in the era where Superman couldn't survive in space either, really. But then that's even more incentive to get fucking Guy Gardner up there with them!

The Justice League manages to stop the satellite's destruction but mostly only because it was a huge set-up so every nation could see them save the world. Everybody wants them defending the planet now so the United Nations agrees to back them with one condition: two new members, one to pacify the U.S. and one to pacify the U.S.S.R.

I've read a lot of ridiculous things in comic books but Rocket Red's power levels being nearly equal to Captain Atom's might be the most ridiculous.

I love how Captain Atom's power level is 9+ but Rocket Red's power level is 8.43 instead of 8+. I guess the accuracy of whatever system they're using breaks down over 9. Captain Marvel quits the team and Batman steps down as leader so J'onn can lead. And that's about it, I guess! The issue ends with some kind of flim-flam about how its the 80s and we've become a global world and boundaries just don't work anymore and superheroes are cool as shit. I guess it's inspirational or something. There's still just one woman on the team though. Justice League International #7 Rating: B. Seven issues in and the Justice League has defeated two villains who weren't actual threats to anybody. They were just scams to get the Justice League some press. They also beat up and killed an old guy who was just frustrated with the boredom that came with the immortality the Lords of Order forced on him. So all in all, they're nearly as terrible as the New Titans who practically only ever battled relatives while putting the residents of New York City in danger every time.

#Justice League International #Justice League #DC Comics #DC #Kevin Maguire #J.M. DeMatteis #Keith Giffen

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girlcatullus · 4 years ago

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i am an aspiring classical philologist, thus i am naturally inclined to polemizing. my hot take is that for all the money they cost and for all the aura of glamour that prestigious american universities (but not just them! uk unis don’t think you’re safe from my reprimand) like to shroud themselves in they are absolutely not worth it and that there is very little i would save about them and that it’s an absolute scam that they still get to dictate and be the gold standard for the rest of superior education institutions in the world :/ also it’s p funny how the best teaching personnel these unis have often comes from countries where attending uni costs way less but it’s less funded and swanky + their cost and the fact that they’re private (which is... a huge gatekeeping factor) directly clash with how they want to paint themselves, aka as... inclusive? it’s all literally the OPPOSITE of inclusive jesus h. christ are universities elsewhere perfect? nope, every country has issue concerning universities....... but the american university system mirrors the us as a whole perfectly: it paints itself as prestigious, as the absolute best and dictates/wants to dictate a standard for the whole world to follow - it paints itself as inclusive and meritocratic and as a literal dream while hiding the fact that it’s the opposite, aka a system where only money counts, where social mobility is more or less an illusion and actually not that inclusive also! the way community colleges are treated speaks volumes - institutions of superior education that don’t give you massive debt? must be a fucking joke also also! isn’t it a little worrying about how a private university, which relies on private funding is so linked to the market and money? private money? isn’t it a little worrying to think about how this surely has repercussions on free thought and research? hmmmmmmmmmmmmhm??

in the words of freckle from “the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo” - sometimes... things that are expensive... are worse

#sorry for the rant #does it transpire that i hate america?#good #listen the italian university system is super flawed okay! and underfunded! but at least it's not the american one #i believe in public universities #and i believe in actual accessible education #inward voyage

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geekyjoys · 4 years ago

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Japan’s National Catcher, Miyuki Kazuya, Accused of Doping During Recent Baseball Season

Posted seven hours ago - December 1, 20XX - by Japan Professional Sports author Kitamura Kou

Miyuki Kazuya, Yomiuri Giants’ main catcher, and recently promoted Japan Team Captain for the World Cup, stunned the world when he led the Japanese Team to win against the Puerto Rican last season at the World Cup, before losing to the American Representative Team, landing securely in second place. The Yomiuri Giants' orange "Miyuki 22" jersey has been increasing steadily in sales until it peaked as the most-sold official NPB merchandise in a single season. Although still a relative rookie—three years as the starting catcher for the giants, and only six total under the NPB—Miyuki's reputation as the up-and-coming superstar came as no surprise to most avid watchers. Especially because of his skill.

However, it seems some officials have gotten suspicious of his near-perfect gameplay (a 0.402 batting average, 37 home runs, and 98 RBIs all in a single season!). Miyuki is currently being investigated by the NPB for suspicion of the use of PEDs during the recent season, and possibly prior seasons. His managers and the Yomiuri Giants’ have yet to comment on this scandal. However, it has been confirmed by NPB officials that Miyuki has submitted samples to a lab to be tested.

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baseball-fanatic lol i knew he was too good to be true. how do we know he didn't send in someone else's blood to scam the system?

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miyumiyukazu he’s been playing this good ever since he was in high school??

yomiurimiyuki it literally hasnt even been proven yet, theyre just investigating so stop acting like he's guilty. and there's a thing called DNA in blood that EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS EARTH has unique to them. if he submitted someone else's blood, they'd know

catcherintherye all lies come from SOME place of truth

pitchtomepls that… that doesn’t even make sense...

tigertime stay pressed, hater. peace!! (-3-)

lovekazukun i can’t believe this because remember that one time the team went out drinking at a bar and miyuki only got a soda and waited outside because he can’t stand alcohol or the smell of cigarettes

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baseballislife OMG YES!! during the “team diaries” video last year right?

miyumiyukazu yes!! you expect me to believe miyuki kazuya, the smol-but-tol-and-angry team captain was doping??

npbfollower what i’m more surprised about is the fact that the npb actually started the whole thing. the news didn’t come from an outside leak, npb information spread and went viral.

lovekazukun but he’s the darling of the npb… why would they want to destroy him like that??

meisan because the mlb is offering him bigger contracts once he becomes a free agent next year

101pitching oh yeah next year will be his seventh season and the end of his contract with the giants

pitchtomepls you guys think it’s a warning to miyuki? like they’re blackmailing him not to go?

npbfollower idk but something’s fishy here

meisan the only reason miyuki wants to go is because he wants a new pitcher. he’s said it before in interviews. he wants a real partnership with his battery mate, and he hasn’t found that in japan. not even with narumiya mei (as much as i hate to admit it lol)

pitchtomepls and the npb doesn’t wanna lose their international advertising cash cow to the major leagues. pffft typical.

101pitching if he signs with an MLB team, he's probably going to get a nike or adidas contract but Asics has their claws DEEP in the NPB board so they might've done something here to prevent him from leaving and signing with a rival

miyukikazoo what, ran out of dating scandals to throw at him, so you accuse him of doping??

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miyumiyukazu HAH OH SHIT !!

baseballislife at least it's right after the season, and not during or right before. that way, the scandal can be proven false and he'll have plenty of time to forget

furuyaaasss ikr i was getting so pissed off at the dating scandals,,, like, he's already confirmed he's GAY so stop trying to pair him up with the first actress he greets at a business party

pitchtomepls wowowow we have some shots fired in the area

101pitching wow these insults are almost as sharp as miyuki's would be hahaha

miyukikazoo what can i say, we miyuki stans learned from the best

furuyaaasss ive stanned him since his seido days and his battery with furuya so ive had time to learn lol

tigertime you know what they say, don't mess with a fangirl in a miyuki 22 jersey

anonymousbaseball why did they make kitamura write this shit?? his expertise would be much more useful taking a look at the upcoming college drafts, not this "scandal" or whatever. stop tarnishing his reputation as a credible author.

goldeneaglefan hes just really good, why does that automatically make him suspicious of doping? he had like 50 something career homeruns in HIGH SCHOOL, so 24 in a single season, SIX YEARS after becoming a pro isn't all that surprising tbh

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kazuyaaa thats the truth right here. being naturally good at something DOES NOT make you a cheater

kyotobaby lol what about that one volleyball player who was accused of doping last year?? or the hakone runner?? and weren't they both proven false?? haven't we had enough of these flase allegations by now?

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tosstome you mean kageyama and kurahara? https://vleaguenews.com/kageyama-tobio-doping-scandal-disproven https://collegeathletics.org/hakone-issues-official-apology-to-runner-kurahara-kakeru

sssportsss KAGEYAMA TOBIO DESERVES AN APOLOGY FROM THE V-LEAGUE AND I WANT IT NOW!!

rahrahrakuten welp looks like ill have to find a sports fandom that isnt toxic. anyone have any suggestions?

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npbfollower swimming?

lovekazukun nah dude, matsuoka and nanase (japan's star swimmers rn) are always at each other's throats. it's like they want to kill each other 24/7 and its so horrible

npbfollower please tell me that's a joke. you're joking, right? i might be dense but pls tell me thats a joke

lovekazukun no...? why?

npbfollower sis, they're literally dating. they have been together since like college https://sportsshipping.org/matsuoka-and-nanase-are-official

nautilusshell hopefully he'll be back for the annual college tournament! my brother goes to waseda and he was kind of excited to play against miyuki

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baseballislife yessss its a tradition! and as as the starting catcher, he should be there to scout out potential threats or assets to the giants' team!

nautilusshell he has some say in who the giants sign next, right? as the superstar catcher, i would assume they don't take his opinion on who to sign lightly

baseballislife yeah he does. i've been following some of the college teams not associated with schools and i wanted to see how miyuki would fare against the nagano jets... they have four pitchers currently and are looking for a two new ones ever since the two oldest ones moved on/graduated. one of their pitchers has been giving all the other universities and independent teams some trouble, though...

nautilusshell ah yeah i've heard that! mihashi ren, right? the nagano jets have an impressive lineup this year... kominato haruichi, abe takaya, and then the newcomers, seto, okumura, asada, kuki, yuuki (who is the younger sibling of seido's assistant coach!!)... i wouldn't be surprised if they swept the college series and minor-leagues this year.

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Author’s Note: The NPB actually has a nine-year free agency rule but, for the sake of the story, I’ve cut it down to six years like the MLB.

#palmsandsunshine sun and moon #palmsandsunshine fanfic

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suga-ssi · 6 years ago

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I’ve only recently discovered bts and haven’t been able to stop listening to them. They’ve been around a lot longer than I realised and was wondering If you’d be able to explain some things about them, how they became bts. Traits that you’ve noticed they all have?

Oh wow! hahaha Hi! Welcome to the BTS Fandom! Fans are called ARMY. Yes, BTS literally has an ARMY of followers. (notice me not explaining what ARMY means lmao). While starting to write this, I realized I could write a whole book about it, which honestly, some people have. LMAO So I’ll try and make this informative starting with the foundations of BTS, the members, and the official links LMAO I also tagged some bias tumblr pages and group update pages.

Foundations:

Also, yes! BTS has been an active idol group since 2013. They had their first live stage on June 13, 2013. They are managed by a company called BigHit and was founded by a famous Korean composer named, Bang Shihyuk, more known in the K Music industry as Hitman Bang. The company itself was small and didn’t have big artists on it’s roll and roster yet, but the members and Bang PD took a chance on each other.

They had very humble beginnings. BigHit didnt have their own building, instead they rented some floors in one building. One floor was an office space, one was a practice studio, small room for recording, small rooms for production. The members themselves had to fit in one small bedroom with 3 double deck beds and a small solo bed for Jungkook.

They first introduced themselves through a series of Vlogs before they even debuted as BTS, which actually means 방탄소년단 Bangtan Sonyeondan (Bulletproof Boyscouts). Initially, they were supposed to debut as a rap group but the company decided on making them an idol group.

Their music has always been targeted towards the millenial age group and their lyrics aspire to inspire the youth. They did produce a number of love songs that were pretty usual for kpop idols but as they found their voice and produced their own music, more of their colors as individuals shone through. They sang and wrote about their struggles, hopes, dreams, which a lot of us can relate to.

Members:

(leader, then in order of age, except suga last… cause… my favorite lmao)

All the members are quite filial, always talking about their family. They are also very humble are always in awe of how much they have achieved together. Their loyalty and care for each other is very apparent in the way they interact. They all have a good, weighted understanding of music and desire for growth in their skills.

Kim Namjoon (김남준 aka RM, formerly Rap Monster)

position: leader, rapper

bday: September 12, 1994

height: 181 cm (5’11.3”)

family: parents, younger sister

hometown: Ilsan

BT21 character: Koya

Born in Ilsan, he is a smart cookie and an avid reader. It is a fact that his IQ grade is 148 and that along with his rapping prowess, made him a standout even as a rookie idol. He is also known as the English speaker of the group. According to him, he learned by watching the series FRIENDS and listening to western music. Before being part of BigHit, he was already gaining ground as an underground rapper under the name “Runch Randa” in 2007. He was only in middle school.

RM decided to join a rap crew called “Daenamhyup,” which consisted of some of the top underground rappers. RM then auditioned for another rap group which is where he met Untouchable’s Sleepy who was so impressed with him and he passed him onto Bang Shi Hyuk.

Bang PD basically created the whole idea of BTS around RM. He said that the moment he met RM he knew that he was special and it would be a waste of skill to not hone his talent.

RM now has the most production credits for the lyrics he writes and songs he produced for BTS. His lyrics are very poetic and are usually profound, finding root in various forms of literary works. He has a very commanding stage aura when he raps.

He has released 2 mixtapes so far. His first mixtape RM was released on March 17, 2015 and his second, Mono was released last year, October 23, 2018. His studio is now Rkive (formerly Mon studio).

Personality wise, Namjoon is more timid than his stage persona. He enjoys quiet morning walks in nature. His song Reflection even has a layer of one of his recordings of his surrounding while at a park. He is very clumsy, hence his nickname in the group as “god of destruction”. He also has a very interesting take on fashion which you can see from his #kimdaily posts on twitter.

If you’d like to know more about RM I suggest you follow @kimdaily

Kim Seokjin (김석진 aka Jin)

position: eldest, vocalist

bday: December 4, 1992

height: 179 cm (5’10.5”)

family: parents, older brother

hometown: Gwacheon

BT21 character: RJ

Though Seokjin is the eldest member of BTS, he often doesn’t act like it. He was street casted by BigHit. Idol companies usually do this in Korea when they find someone with standout visuals in a crowd. He was actually scouted by SM too (company managing EXO) but he thought it was a scam and he never showed up. He took his chances with BigHit.

He had no singing nor dancing exprience when he started training with BigHit. He wanted to be an actor. All of his skills come from sheer determination and hardwork. In my opinion, he has the most emotional voice among the members. His range has developed immensely.

Despite having a cheerful and light hearted persona, he is actually really deep and smart. He graduated from Konkuk University last February 22, 2017 with a degree in Film and Visual Arts and majored in Film and Acting. He was part of the early admissions list and is now taking his Masters degree for Film in Hanyang Online University.

Personality wise, he is loud and playful. He is also easily surprised. He gained the nickname “Worldwide Handsome” after his visuals and confidence made people pay attention during one of the red carpets in the US. His father is apparently a CEO and his mother is a beauty queen.

He said he gained his confidence after bleaching his hair blonde and gaining much reaction during their live performance of “FIRE” where he gave air kisses. To top his amazing visuals and vocals, he also plays the piano and the guitar. Oh! And he has a sugarglider as a pet. No joke.

If you’d like to know more about Jin I suggest you follow @jinfesta

Jung Hoseok (정호석 aka J-Hope)

position: rapper, lead dancer

bday: February 18, 1994

height: 177 cm (5’9.7”)

family: parents, older sister

hometown: Gwangju

BT21 character: Mang

Jhope, also called fondly by the members as Hobi and Hoseoki, is the lead dancer of BTS. He had no rapping experience prior to training with Bighit and was initially trained to be a vocalist.

He was fairly known in the dance scene of his hometown and was even a part of a dance crew called “Neuron”. His love for dancing led him to audition as a trainee at a company called JYP (company that manages GOT7). He passed a few auditions there but was eventually cut as a trainee.

He didn’t give up though and went on to audition for BigHit. He started training as a vocalist for the supposed rap group which included RM and Suga, but due to the influence of the rap trainees around him, his affinity for rap and lyric writing grew.

He is now in charge of dance for BTS and though he doesn’t get much center formation attention or spotlight, everyone knows that he is the one helping the most with choreographies and training each member. He is very detail oriented and is very observant of each member. Namjoon even said that if he wasn’t the leader, he would want Jhope to be the leader.

He has a number of production credits too and released his own mix tape, Hope World on March 1, 2018. His studio is also called Hope World.

He has a very smiley persona and his energy is always alive. He is also the most easily scared, he is scared of almost everything! The members said that his happy persona came with the name, not that he was named Jhope for how he has always been. Jhope said that the name used to be burdensome but now he loves it and wears it with pride as the Hope of ARMY and BTS.

If you’d like to know more about Hobi I suggest you follow @hobies

Park Jimin (박지민 aka Jimin)

position: vocalist, main dancer

bday: October 13, 1995

height: 173cm (5’8.1″)

family: parents, younger brother

hometown: Busan

BT21 character: Chimmy

Park Jimin is arguably one of the most charismatic idols out there right now. His duality of being sexy on stage and fluffy cute off stage make fans everywhere melt. This characteristic is shared mostly by the Maknae line (younger members line) of BTS.

He has had the shortest trainee period among the BTS members. before he joined Bighit, he attended the Busan High School of Arts, where he was a top student in the Department of Dance. His specialty is contemporary. One of his teachers urged him to audition for BigHit. His natural skills got him in. He trained as a vocalist under BigHit and now his vocal skills has improved largely as shown by his solo works.

He used to have chubby cheeks which earned him the nickname of Manggaettok (rice cake) and the members also call him ChimChim because of a show they had called American Hustle Life.

He is the most active on social media. He even posts for other members when the fans say they haven’t seen the members for too long. Most affectionate member also goes to him. He is often seen hugging or clinging on to the members. If a member cries, best believe Jimin will hug and comfort them after.

But Jimin isn’t all sweets, smiles, and sexiness. He is also very strong willed. He judges himself very harshly and strives for perfection. Lately, he has appeared to be more relaxed and said that he has been allowing himself to take breaks and also enjoy, which the fans who worry about him is very happy to know.

If you’d like to know more about Jimin I suggest you follow @jimiyoong and @jiminrolls

Kim Taehyung (김태형 aka V)

position: vocalist

bday: December 30, 1995

height: 178 cm (5’10.1″)

family: parents, younger brother, younger sister

hometown: Born in Daegu, grew up in Geochang, went back to Daegu to study

BT21 character: Tata

The most handsome male specimen in the world for the year 2017. Kim Taehyung’s charms are endless. From his square shaped sheepish smile to his deadly on-stage smirks, it’s hard not to be drawn in by him.

He wasn’t planning on auditioning. He accompanied his friend who wanted to audition. The auditions were held in their school because he went to an arts HS. The staff saw him there and convinced him to audition too. He trained his voice under BigHit too and now has the widest vocal range among them, not to mention his deep, soulful baritone balances out the vocals of the rest of the singing members.

He has a very keen eye for arts and aethetitics and he uses this for his hobby, photography. His favorite photographer, Vante even acknowledged his work. Tae-Tae, as Jimin fondly calls him, is the only one so far who has debuted as an actor among the members. He played the role of a young warrior in the series called Hwarang. His dancing has also improved. He didn’t have much dancing skills when he started, but his groove has now definitely changed and he has his own way of interpreting dance moves too.

In terms of lyrics writing and producing, like the other vocalists, his skills developed too. He co-wrote 4 o’ clock with RM and has continued to take part in writing for their songs.

Taehyung is very curious and unique. His laugh is deep and adorable. As part of the maknae line, he is also quite playful but his maturity has grown through the years. He has a pomeranian named Yeontan (coal brick), who is now one of the pets of the fandom.

If you’d like to know more about TaeTae I suggest you follow @twoy and @bwiae.

Jeon Jungkook (전정국 aka Jungkook)

position: vocalist

bday: September 1, 1997

height: 178 cm (5’10.1”)

family: parents, older brother

hometown: Busan

BT21 character: Cooky

The baby of the group, Kookie. He is a well trained dancer with the smooth pop voice that carries most of the melodies of Bangtan’s songs.

Before joining BigHit, Jungkook auditioned for a talent show in Korea called SuperstarK. He didn’t make the cut for the show, but after the audtion, he received a number of calling cards from scouts of different big K-Idol companies, including the very small BigHit. Jungkook said that he chose BigHit because he was very impressed by RM. After he joined BigHit, he had the opportunity of being trained in LA for dance.

He has a tendency of starting different projects for himself, playing the drums, the guitar, etc. But, he found his niche in film production and even has his own brand of behind the scene footages of BTS under his production brand, Golden Closet Films.

He has been called the golden maknae because of his natural skills and visuals fit for being an idol, not to mention that body and his determination to keep working out for it. No wonder companies were eager to train him.

Jungkook has been growing in his music production too and has helped compose, produce and write some of their songs, like their song, Magic Shop. He is a powerhouse on stage and baby our of it. He looks up to his hyungs a lot and said that they basically brought him up since he started training at such a young age.

If you’d like to know more about Kookie I suggest you follow @aurjeon, @nochuie and @jjks

Min Yoongi (민윤기 aka SUGA)

position: rapper

bday:March 9, 1993

height: 174 cm (5’8.5″)

family: parents, older brother

hometown: Daegu

BT21 character: Shooky

Suga’s love for music was developed at an early age. When he was 13 he started working at a studio to learn more about music production. As the years progressed he joined an underground rap group in Daegu called “D-Town.” And even before auditioning for BigHit, he has created beats for various underground big names in hiphop.

He auditioned through a hiphop competition called “Hit It” and he placed 2nd over all. He initially joined the company as a producer but Bang PD was able to convince him to be part of BTS. He still jokes that Bang PD tricked him into joining cause he thought it was going to be a rap group.

Though his outward demeanor seems cold and lazy, the members actually talk about how he spends most of his time working at his studio and going home when the sun comes up. He may also seem timid but he has been vocal about various social issues like LGBT, poverty and education. He has also made it a personal traidtion to donate to charities or gift fans on his birthday.

He released his mixtape Agust D on August 15, 2016. There he opened up about his struggle with mental health and his view of himself. He also narrated his journey to becoming part of BTS. His studio is called “Genius Lab.”

To date, Yoongi has helped in producing and writing a number of BTS songs too. He also produced a song titles Wine with K singer Suran which topped various Korean charts. It was in the end lauded and he received his first solo award for production. Hence his nickname, Min PD.

P.S.: I love him. LMAO

Official Links:

To learn more and get updates about BTS, I suggest you follow these blogs : @bangtan, @allforbts, @bts-trans, @bts-fc

BTS Youtube - for Bangtan Bombs (additional behind the scene stuff)

BigHit Youtube - MVs and other official vids (trailers and teasers)

BTS Vlive - for BTS Variety shows

BTS Twitter - members posts

BTS BigHit Twitter - official updates

Website

Instagram

Official Blog

Spotify

Sound Cloud - for music they don’t release in albums

If you want to know more… cause, ISTG… there is sooo much more! Feel free to dm me.. hahaha I love helping out new ARMYS.

#ask #answer #bts 101 #anon #new army

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frangipanidownunder · 6 years ago

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Returning the Past: Part 5

Mulder and Scully are honeymooning in Far North Queensland. Much to Scully’s chagrin, Mulder has delved headlong into a mysterious case of strange lights, Tasmanian tiger sightings and abductions. It’s not long, before they run into trouble…

Read part 1, part 2 part 3 and part 4.

The facility ‘Eddie Romero House’ was ensconced behind a security fence. She frowned at the recurrence of the name. Years of being an investigator made it impossible to think of coincidences and serendipitous happenstance. Years of being an investigator on The X-Files showed her that even the smallest of coincidences was likely to be anything bug.

Sunlight filtered through menacing clouds and pinged off the metal pickets. Mulder buzzed the intercom and itched at the skin on his arms. A security guard walked from the main building to stand outside the gate.

“We’re looking to talk to somebody in charge,” Mulder said.

“Do you have an appointment?”

“It’s urgent we speak to somebody. It could be a matter of life and death.”

Scully looked at the ground, impacted red dirt crumbling at her footfalls. Mulder’s flair for the dramatic, coupled with this dogged insistence often got them entry into secure facilities but the guard didn’t seem impressed. They had no badges to flash, they had American accents, they had no jurisdiction.

“Professor Callow is in meetings. He won’t be available until tomorrow.”

“Callow?” Scully said, looking at Mulder. He did the customary slow blink that told her he was on the same page as her. “We’re friends of his daughter’s. Please tell him it’s urgent that he speak with us.”

The guard lifted the radio to his mouth and static crackled. She rubbed the back of her neck and Mulder paced. A pair of green and red parrots screeched past. A vehicle reversed from a steel shed to the left of the main facility, stirring up a plume of dust.

“He says he’ll see you. Follow me.”

Professor Callow was seated behind a wooden desk bearing all the hallmarks of an office that hadn’t seen a change in twenty years. A Rolodex next to a rotary dial phone, a blotter pad, a stationery holder filled with Biros, pencils, a plastic ruler, Tippex. There was a framed photo of two men, one a younger Callow, rifle propped against his shoulder, standing over the corpse of a large animal that Scully couldn’t make out. She peered at its familiarity, then recalled the crumpled version of the photo on Steph Callow’s living room floor. There were glass cabinets along each wall, containing skeletal remains and stuffed animals with blank eyes and dull fur. Faded posters on the wall depicted a variety of Australian marsupials, and directly behind the Professor’s chair was a map of Queensland.

“You know my daughter somehow?” he said, his accent clear-cut English.

“She took us on a walk through the Daintree.” Scully looked at a poster of endangered and extinct animals. Toolache wallaby – bearing similar markings to the kangaroos they’d seen that first morning, broad faced bandicoot, lesser bilby. She checked out the small signs propped up against the stuffed creatures, Eastern hare wallaby, brush-tailed bettong.

“She was a promising zoologist, she had a knack for research. Stephanie studied hard. It’s a shame.”

There was something tight about the older man, Scully thought. Something closed off. She’d seen the same thing when Mulder was returned. An outward show of vagueness that really just covered up an inability to articulate the heart of the issue. He was scared.

“What’s a shame?” Mulder asked, picking up a jar from a shelf. He held the jar out as he continued to challenge the professor, rattling the brown seed pod inside it so that it drummed with each word he spoke. “That Steph became a tour guide and not a Professor, like you?”

“No, no. It’s…her mother…the family. It was difficult. For all of us, but for Stephanie, a teenager at the time, it was. Well, she struggled.” Callow took the jar from him and set it back on the desk. His hands trembled.

“Your wife, Steph’s mother, what happened to her?” Scully watched the way he sucked in a deep, long breath, chest puffing out. The seed inside the jar, labelled Idiospermum australiense was pale yellow on the outside and a ridged red inside, reminded her of a golden apricot and she kept her eyes on it while Callow sunk back into his chair.

“She disappeared. Just vanished.” Callow’s voice was shallow, like he’d told the story so many times it was just a rote response.

She looked back at Mulder, pressing her teeth into her lower lip. She wondered if they would ever relate any of their own history like that, without the passion, without the fire needed to continually reach for justice.

“Miriam went out to buy milk and never came back. We…just carried on. You do, don’t you? But Stephanie was never the same. Went to university in Tasmania, as far away from here as she could get. She worked hard but the spark, the passion for it had gone. After she graduated she went on a gap year to South America and when she came back she couldn’t settle. She told me once that being a tour guide was a way of always looking for her mother. As though she might just find her out there in the bush somewhere all these years later,” he smiled sadly. “She likes being outdoors. Just like her mother.”

“Have you heard from her recently, Stephanie?” Scully stepped towards him. “She’s missing, Professor Callow.”

Callow shook his head, an absent expression clouding his eyes. “I’m afraid that Stephanie has often gone ‘walkabout’ as they say in these parts.”

“We were with her when a group of men dragged her into a four-wheel-drive and we haven’t seen her since. The police don’t seem interested. Her house…there was a disturbance there.”

The old man pushed himself up from his desk, knuckles turning white. “She kept some strange company too. Abductees, she called them. She was adamant she’d been abducted too. Told me fantastic tales of being on board UFOs and lights in the forest. Crazy stuff. Nobody believes that kind of thing, do they?” Callow looked at Mulder and Scully lowered her gaze, breathing through the awkward silence.

“What did you make of her company? TasTiger Tours,” Mulder said, not rising to the bait.

“Taking tourists to see thylacines in the Daintree? When she told me what she was doing I told her that people would either see her as a lunatic or a scam artist. But it seems I was wrong. There are plenty of fools…” He stopped and Mulder offered him a accepting grin. “Sorry. You are entitled to spend your dollars any way you see fit, but Tasmanian tigers have been extinct for decades and most certainly did not inhabit tropical rainforest.”

“And yet both Dr Scully and I have seen thylacines in recent days. One was inside your daughter’s home.”

Professor Callow blanched and held on to the edge of the desk. “In Stephanie’s house? That’s impossible.”

“It wasn’t so long ago that this facility was being funded to research thylacine DNA with a view to potentially reviving the species. It’s not much of a stretch to consider that the animals might have escaped and thrived in the wild.”

Callow sighed and shook his head. “You sound like Stephanie. She had a penchant for the arcane. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’d faked her own abduction by this group of men, simply to get my attention. I’ve suggested she see someone, you know, a psychiatrist to help her with her troubles, but she wouldn’t be told. She seems to be a lost cause.”

Mulder continued to talk, despite the old man walking past him to the door. “There are precedents where animals have created their own enclaves in non-native regions. The fabled big cat stories around the world can be explained in this way.”

Callow opened the office door. “What you say is true, Mr Mulder. And I may agree, except for the fact that my project never created a single live specimen. The trials all failed.”

Mulder swigged from the water bottle as she drove. The light outside was weak and grey. “What do you think, Scully. Is he involved?”

“He was frightened, Mulder. I saw a man cowed not just by the weight of his wife and daughter being missing, but by fear.”

“He certainly knows more than he was letting on, Scully.”

She watched him lean his head against the window. “You need to rest, Mulder. You still look like you’re running a fever.”

“I’m fine. I just need to clear my head to think. Callow’s experiments didn’t yield a live thylacine, according to him. Yet we know they exist. What would be the purpose of recreating extinct animal lines, Scully? Where does that fit in with the abductions, the lights? And why would the police dismiss the case? Even if Steph was well known in these parts as someone with a psychiatric history, why deny she even existed?”

“I’ve been thinking about that too, Mulder. And did you notice the name of the guard at the front gate?”

He turned to her, cheeks flaming. “No, what was it?”

“Galea. Same as the police officer.”

They drove to the police station. The car park was deserted. Grey clouds pushed low over their heads and Scully scratched at the back of her neck. Mulder was slow to get out of the car. A sheen of sweat sparkled across his brow. She walked up the steps and rapped at the door. No answer.

“Do you get a weird feeling, Mulder?”

He didn’t answer but mopped at his forehead with the back of his hand. His chest rose and fell laboriously. She twisted the handle and pushed at the door. It didn’t budge. “If this is a joke, I don’t like the Australian sense of humour. Mulder,” she said, stepping back down to where he was leaning against the car door. “Get back in the car, out of the heat. Drink the water. I’m going around the back.”

She knew he was sick when he complied without complaint. There were garden beds either side of the building, leaf litter piled high. Tall palms swayed on the increasing breeze and a pair of bird of paradise plants pecked at the empty air with their resplendent bronze beaks. The windows of the house were covered in cobwebs and the side door was locked. How had they not noticed the state of the place when they spoke with Officer Galea? Who were the other people in the building? Were there other people? She peered through the dirty glass of the back door but saw nothing but the marks of a building that hadn’t been inhabited for a while.

A car engine caught her attention and she hurried back round. A small blue SUV swung into the gravelled space next to their hire car and a middle-aged couple got out.

“If you’re looking for the police station, you need to head back that way, to Port Douglas. This one hasn’t been used for a few years now.”

“We were looking for Officer Galea,” Scully said, keeping an eye on Mulder, who was leaning his face against the window.

The woman shrugged. “The last copper here was Sergeant Blythman and she left to have a baby. That baby’s at primary school now. We just tidy up the yard. Len, give me that fertiliser. Those plants need a good feed.”

Scully opened the driver’s side door, but turned back to the couple. “Have you ever seen strange lights in this area? Blue lights?”

“You’re Americans.” Len joined his wife.

“We’re here on our honeymoon,” Scully said, as much to remind herself as to inform the couple. “We came here to report a crime here just the other day. Now it’s empty.”

The couple continued to remove gardening equipment from the back of the car.

“Who is Eddie Romero?” Scully asked. “It’s the name of a local research facility. It’s the name of one of the forest tracks. Our accommodation is Romero Sands.”

“He’s no-one special,” the woman said. “Enjoy your honeymoon. Go swimming. Do some bushwalking, but don’t stray off the tourist tracks. Have a nice time. Go home to your families.”

“Do you know Steph Callow?”

The woman exchanged looks with her husband. “Who are you?”

Mulder got out of the car, his body sagging. “What’s going on in this town? What are you afraid of?”

“We’re not scared,” the woman said, straightening up. “We’re just invisible. Nobody listens to us. They just want people to come here, spend their money. The tourist dollars rule. It’s like that film with the sharks, isn’t it, Len? You know the one, where the mayor of the island won’t shut the beaches down for the long weekend.”

“Jaws,” Scully said, looking over at Mulder. “Have people been hurt here? Killed?”

The woman looked at Len. “They’ve disappeared. But the government people say that they just lost their way, the forest is dangerous if you’re not careful.” She walked up to Scully and took her hand. “You two look like lovely young people. You don’t need anything like that happening to you. It’s the worst thing. People go missing and you never know what’s happened. You live every day like they might just come home and fling their coat across the hall and sit on their favourite chair and ask for a cup of tea, you know? It’s cruel, is what it is. Hope and dreams. It’s just cruel.” She rolled her lips together and took a long, slow breath. “You take care now. Come on, Len. It’s going to rain soon. Let’s spread this stuff and get home.”

Mulder groaned in his sleep, deep guttural sounds that held fear. She often wondered how he processed all that happened to him. Besides the abject terror of the abduction, he had faced the death penalty. They had spent months on the run, looking over their shoulders, living out of cheap motels and even cheaper cars. He held it in, he held it together, mostly. She knew he thought he had to be strong for her, as she did for him. They both drove for days wearing their stoicism like armour. Back then, she knew the day would come where one of them would crack. She lay odds that it would be her first. That she would flip tables and throw away the hair dye and the Walmart underwear. That she would call her mother and write her brother. That she would tell Mulder she didn’t really love him and that she was leaving. That she would lie to save him. To save them both.

But in a long-forgotten town, in a long forgotten state, she returned with two bags of groceries and found him balled up in the corner of the darkened room, furniture broken around him, sobbing. The bags dropped to the floor and split open spilling the tins and packets in front of her. She let him cry against her chest until his tears soaked her vest. He didn’t talk, didn’t need to. She was grateful for that desolate place, grateful for the onerous skies and the stares of the townsfolk, grateful for the one store and flickering neon motel sign, grateful for the gritty coffee and the faulty ice machine. It drew out his sorrow and suffering and pushed hers down. She would never leave him. She would never lie to him.

Now, she dabbed his brow with a cool washcloth, then pressed it around the back of her neck, easing the itch there. Wherever Steph Callow had gone, the dark forces in the forest were responsible. But with Mulder tossing fitfully by her side, there was no way they could go forward with any kind of investigation. She’d have to find a doctor’s surgery in the morning. He needed treatment.

“The light was so bright, Scully. It was so bright it felt like my eyes had been sliced open and silver was poured inside.” He pushed himself up and bunched the sheet across his lap. His voice was groggy, his skin tacky to touch. She gave him water. “I dreamt that Steph Callow was there with me, on that ship, Scully. She was trapped too, helpless and that bright light burned her and she burst into flames.”

While Scully made tea, he played with the remote, and a news anchor read out details of a mysterious death locally.

A member of the public called in the discovery of the body. At this stage, the police have not issued any details of the circumstances or the victim but there is a presence at Eddie Romero House.

“It’s Professor Callow,” Mulder said, calling her back to the bedroom. “He’s been killed.”

#txf fanfic #my fanfiction #returning the past #aussie casefile #to be continued #getting this thing uploaded so i can forget about it #if the ratio of notes gets any lower it'll be in the negatives #is that a thing?#negative notes #maybe i can be the first writer to go minus notes

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alarriefantasy · 6 years ago

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Enemies to Lovers (Part 2)

Won't Let Go of You for Nothing by AFangirlFantasy

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Louis’ new neighbor is playing their music offensively loud, and he’s fucking pissed. Every night this week he hasn’t been able to fall asleep because of it, but tonight, Louis refuses to suffer again. Taking matters into his own hands, Louis goes over to knock some much needed sense into their brain.

Things may or may not go the way he plans.

Or a Love/Hate neighbors AU

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“You have poor taste for someone with the last name Styles,” he says, turning to show the back of his pants to Harry—the pants Harry had just stitched his name across last night to keep this type of thing from happening again.

Of course, he’s accomplished nothing but indirectly making himself pop a stiffy over Louis fucking Tomlinson.

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Or the one where Harry hates Louis, he's almost sure Louis hates him, and they live together. Driving him to football practice everyday is not apart of Harry's plans, but Louis is pretty adamant if it means annoying Harry.

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Louis is a young laird from Clan Sutherland and Harry the chieftain of Clan Gunn, and an alliance between their clans isn't enough to convince the two of them to get along.

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Or, the one where Louis wants to go away to college to get away from everything having to do with his hometown. So when he finds out his roommate will be Harry Styles, perfect school athlete and the exact opposite of what Louis wants in a roommate, he's not happy about it.

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Or, Louis is a gamer and Harry is a beauty guru, and VidCon is a good place to fall in love.

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He's King of the Underworld, but don't assume Louis has it all. He could stand for some excitement in his monotonous, eternal life and maybe, even.....a soulmate.

(Despite not having a soul.)

And along came "Harry".

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Words: 21k

OR an american football au where the boys play for the university of tennessee, and harry and louis quite hate each other.

written in the stars (that's you and me) by fackinglouis

Words: 22k

Written for the prompt: Louis is a funny and bratty psychic and Harry is set on proving he's a scam.

Staring Across the Room by allwaswell16

Words: 26k

Harry Styles has a great life. He’s a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, he’s got wonderful friends, and he loves cooking, green tea, yoga, and his collection of bow ties. He doesn’t mind that his life seems a little structured, maybe even a little boring. But when Louis Tomlinson joins the library staff as the new Installation Coordinator, things become a lot less predictable. Louis gets under his skin right from the start, bossing Harry around, making noise during story time, and eating the last cupcake in the staff lounge. Louis may be almost offensively attractive, but Harry will not be succumbing to Louis Tomlinson’s charms, even if the rest of the library staff have.

Mine Now by aclosetlarryshipper

Words: 32k

This is the story of how Harry finds himself pouting in Louis’ passenger seat with a raging boner on the way to seduce his ex boyfriend.

like it's a game by soldouthaz

Words: 32k

there is little harry hates more than truth or dare.

and louis.

(we will be) as if chosen by alivingfire

Words: 35k

Or: the course of true love never did run smooth, because sometimes people are stubborn and sometimes people are scared and sometimes, just sometimes, love can cause just as many problems as it solves.

I Hate You by mediwitch3

Words: 35k

Harry and Louis hate each other, a lot, but they pretend to be friends for the sake of their careers. One night, during an argument, they bang. They can’t keep their hands off each other after that.

Be with me so happily by BriaMaria

Words: 42k

aka Louis is the director of the Styles Elephant Sanctuary and really doesn't want to babysit his funder's spoiled lay-about son for two months

no pressure, no diamonds by karamelised

Words: 42k

Louis is a thief, Harry a grifter. They are thrown together for a huge diamond heist in Paris, where their past soon catches up to them.

Wonderwall by AFangirlFantasy

Words: 43k

Or a Love/Hate College AU where Louis Tomlinson is the lead singer of The Rogue - the most popular band on campus - and Harry Styles is the talented Freshman unknowingly challenging all that.

bruise you like a peach by falsegoodnight

Words: 46k

There’s two reasons Harry despises Econ.

The first is that it’s boring as fuck. The second reason is a bit more personal, a bit more focused in a way. As in it’s focused on one specific thing, or in his case, person.

His name is Louis Tomlinson.

Beauty Behind The Madness. by ZiamsLarry

Words: 59k

Harry doesn't meet the worlds perspective of looks, causing him to be judged every time he leaves his house. He never lets it get to him, because he knows that when he gets home at the end of the day he has the most beautiful little girl waiting for him.

So with just her and the lovely old lady down the hall who babysits her, Harry thinks his life is good enough for him.

Of course it all changes when the appartment across from him gets new attendants.

Why Can't It Be Like That by taggiecb

Words: 63k

A fashion AU with a royal twist, where Louis doesn't need a stylist, Harry's thrilled to have a real life Barbie doll, and they're both very wrong about each other.

The Art of Being a Gentleman by frosteddream

Words: 64k

Out of all four of the Styles children, Harry has always been the most adored. He is the handsome, intelligent, and oh so charming golden child of the family, the perfect son who will soon be married to the perfect woman, a beauty queen named Victoria Astaire. Despite how loved he is among all who reside in the affluent town of Alton, his siblings absolutely despise him. In order to stain his squeaky-clean reputation and get their traditional, old fashioned parents to despise him as much as they do, they devise a plan that involves Harry’s giving nature, the desperation of a mother and father, and a mischievous boy who doesn’t give a damn about what’s proper.

to lure a hummingbird (you had me moonstruck) by brokenbeaks

Words: 81k

Or: An enemies-to-lovers fic where Harry and Louis are neighbours who are forced to get along due to the inconvenience (or convenience) of a broken lift.

Nothing But You On My Mind by nonsensedarling

Words: 83k

Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again.

Runaway Land by daggerinrose

Words: 103k

Louis is sure he’s stumbled upon a secret, underground nightclub, though that is far from the truth. He’s also pretty sure he’s stumbled upon Apollo, which… isn’t very far from the truth, actually.

Modern Greek mythology AU.

Learning to Breathe by youcomecrash

Words: 110k

He’s playing football at one of the top universities in England and he should love everything about his life right now, but instead he’s moving backwards. How does your past fit into your present? Louis is still figuring it out.

Our Lives, Non-Fiction by indiaalphawhiskey

Words: 113k

Heralded as the next Neil Gaiman, Louis Tomlinson does not appreciate being told that his very serious novel is in dire need of a PR boost. Even worse, that it comes in the form of a joint book tour with the UK’s #1 online romance-writing sensation Marcel Styles. Already turbulent at best, their partnership takes a drastic turn when, overly stressed about his looming deadline, Marcel accidentally blurts out a secret: though he’s famed for his scorching hot literary love scenes, he is, actually, a virgin.

Convinced that the only way to rid himself of writer’s block is to gain some experience, Marcel asks Louis, author-to-author, to sleep with him – for Science. And of course Louis agrees because, well, what on Earth could possibly go wrong?

Empty Gold by rainbow_kings

Words: 148k

In the final year, when Guildhall produces and performs an original play, Louis is heartbroken to learn the lead role has been been received to Harry and he's the second role. He's mostly terrified, however, when he realises he has to date Harry in the play as their characters. They come together through awkward stage kisses that transforms to hate sex, heated arguments, rehearsal times after lectures and baking carrot cake together.

Collision by itjustkindahappened

Words: 206k

Mythology/Fairytale!AU in which Louis is a dainty fairy with a temper who wants to be intimidating and Harry hurts people. Naturally, they hate each other.

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♡ updated: 3.21.2021

#I DID A PART TWO #wow so many more #enemies to lovers #hate to love #larry stylinson #larry

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