#andre the tech guy

[goldenrodgal]

good progress today!

very few scab broadcasts were done today, and of the 15 rocket replay incidents, andre's team have identified suspicious figures in the security tapes for 8 of them!

also the janitors bought me an edible arrangement!

[goldenrodgal]

the hau’oli pokemon center should be a good place to meet. i need to stock up on revives anyway. see you there.

<A video recording of security footage. A Xatu crackles into existence behind a building on the outskirts of Hau'oli City. Standing behind it is a slightly perturbed young man, the Xatu's trainer, and recalls it into its Pokeball. Another trainer has been brought with them. It's a coldly furious Sadie (@goldenrodgal).

"C-can I go now, boss?" the man asks.

Sadie waves a hand. "Sure, Andre," she says, much more softly than one expects from her expression. She hands him some small bills. "Go buy yourself and Xavier a malasada or something. I'll pay you back if this doesn't cover it. I'll call you when I'm done."

Andre shuffles awkwardly. "O-okay! Good luck, ma'am."

"Don't worry about me, Andre," Sadie replies. "I'm not the one who needs it.">

Well, this is good to see. Should I rendezvous with you anywhere in alola? Exodus can get me there pretty quickly.

[infiniteimaginings]

Hi!!! I was just wondering if you could do general dating hc with Andre or Robbie from Victorious! It's alright if you can't have a good rest of your day/night!:)<3

We look good together (Andre Harris x GN!Reader)

Summary: The students of Hollywood Arts talk about what it's like seeing you two together. Pronouns: You/Yours, They/Them Warnings: None Word Count: 2.3k A/N: I don't write head cannons! Sorry I'm just bad at them! I had an idea of how I was writing this in the beginning and then it turned into something completely different, lmao. Here's the friend group talking about how healthy the couple is lol! <33

André Harris was the guy everybody liked. He was handsome, he was kind, smart, musically talented, supportive, and one of the most laid back people at Hollywood Arts.

No one was surprised when André started dating you, it was going to happen at some point. They were mainly surprised with how the dynamics of your relationship worked.

The relationship everyone was used to, wasn’t the best example for relationships. Jade and Beck broke up multiple times and the entire school was still questioning how and why they were still together.

Regardless, everyone was rooting for you guys since your relationship seemed to be the opposite of theirs. In other words, you’re a couple that people actually enjoy inviting places.

The main group: Tori, Beck, Jade, Cat, and Robbie, (and Rex), all sat at their typical lunch table, waiting for you and Andr é.

Jade groaned, placing her hand in front of her eyes, “Why are we waiting?” She asked, face in it’s typical neutral fashion but, it was clear she disliked having to wait in order to get lunch. 

Tori scrunched her nose at Jades current discomfort, “We’re waiting for André and-” 

“Yeah, yeah, his obsession. What do they have to do with anything?”

Beck looked over to Jade and put his arm around her shoulder, “They’ve been dating for months.”

“Yeah, get over yourself.” Tori told her, moving her bag to grab her phone. She began typing out a message to André, asking when he would get there since Jade was already antsy.

Cat ran her hand through her vibrant red curls, adjusting her top. “I think it’s sweet, they look cute together.”

Jade tapped her fingers on the table, “You think everything is cute.”

The redhead simply laughed, showing her dimples as she shook her head, “You don’t think anything’s cute!” 

A voice from the end of the table spoke up, “You’re just mad that everyone likes their relationship more than yours!” 

The comment caused everyone to turn to that person and Robbie was looking down at…Rex. 

Jade smiled with closed eyes, “Shut your puppet up or I cut off all his little limbs and run his plastic head over.” She spoke, eyes widening slowly before narrowing into a nasty glare.

Robbie rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand, “He’s not really wrong, it seems like you don’t like them coming together because they get invited to more things than you.” He mumbled, cowering under the dark haired girl's gaze.

“Why would I care that they get invited to places? I barely like anyone here.” She grumbled, leaning into Beck with a roll of her eyes. “Besides, I unfortunately hang out with the same seven people everyday.”

As she said that, a voice spoke from behind them, “They get invited because they bring the energy up instead of dragging it to the dark parts of our memories that we don’t want to touch.” The voice caused everyone but Jade to jump. 

When they all turned, they were met with the oddest friend they’ve ever made at the school, Sinjin Van Cleef. They had no idea whether that was against their will and he was just around a lot, or if they knew him by choice. They never questioned it. 

Beck shook his head at the typical antics of the boy, “What do you mean?” He asked.

Sinjin lit up and moved his way in between Beck and Tori, “I am so glad you asked.” He spoke, already beginning his story, “Just last week…”

It was tech week, preparing for the next show was a usual occurrence at Hollywood Arts. What wasn’t a normal occurrence was Sinjin being the only person to work everything for a few hours since his crewmates had a project during that period. He was the only person with a free period and had to work on the tech since it was currently a disaster.

As he was trying his hardest not to get frustrated and ultimately give up, you and André walked in, smiles on your faces as you talked about anything and everything. André left his phone during practice before the bell, so you guys decided to get it during your free period instead of interrupting class.

You had continued talking to André, looking around at the lights on stage until you looked up and noticed the curly haired boy tapping on his board for some portion of the tech. You tapped on André, bringing his attention to the seemingly irritated boy.

“Hey Sinjin!” He called, grabbing the boy's attention. Sinjin took off his headphones and gave a half wave to the two, “Hey guys.” 

You waved back but, both of you could tell something was wrong. 

André walked a little closer, Sinjin leaning over the rail to keep eye contact. “What’s up man?” André asked, concern lacing his voice since he could see Sinjin's face was blotched with red, as if he was about to cry.

Sinjin sighed, rubbing his eyes and explained the situation. “The rest of the tech crew can’t come in for this period because of some project.” He began, you and your boyfriend nodding along as he spoke. “We have checks tomorrow, so I have to get all this done before the period ends or we’ll have to delay the show.” 

You hummed, “What all are you guys getting checked?”

“Mics, lighting, and the electric steps.” Sinjin answered, reminding them of the scene where the two characters run up the moving stairs, singing with each other. “Without the crew it just takes longer to hear the feedback from mics, to test the steps and see if they really work, and if the lighting hits right.”

You and André looked at each other, almost having a silent conversation before shrugging and turning back to your friend.

André put his phone back on the chair and took your hand, leading you to the stage. 

Sinjin stood to look at you guys better, “Um, what are you guys doing?”

You shook out your nerves a bit and tilted your head, “What does it look like we’re doing?”

“We’re going to help you set up for checks tomorrow.” Your boyfriend answered, walking to the table on stage with the mics. He handed you one of the mics, strapping his own on, “Do all the mics need testing?” He asked, adjusting his hair so the mic would sit comfortably. 

Sinjin sighed with a smile, relief filling him when you guys said you would help and he shook his head. “Just mics 4, 7, 19, and 23.” He informed, to which the two of you nodded. 

You put your mic on, André making sure it was on right. “So, two runs with the mics, alone. Then we could do…” You trailed off, André finishing your aloud thoughts, “A couple runs with mics and lighting, then a few with the stairs.”

And that’s exactly what the two of you did. The two of you knew the choreography since you were in the performance.

You both helped Sinjin with everything he needed and even a bit more with your personal sights, even going as far to hear from outside the door just to check the feedback. All three of you spent the free period finishing up what Sinjin needed.

Once he reached the floor where you guys were packing up, he adjusted his glasses and thanked both of you profusely.

You waved your hand, “Don’t worry about it, anything to help!”

André shook his head, “You’re our friend Sinjin, if you’re ever in that situation again just text us.”

“He’s serious, and so am I. We’ll always be free.”

 Sinjin finished the memory with a sweet smile on his face, “I have never been helped like that.” He told the group, hands clasped together. 

“That’s because you’re a borderline stalker.” Jade replied, head bobbling as a thin smile painted her face at how Sinjin's expression fell.

Beck sighed, huffing out a breath, “Stop it.” He mumbled to her and she rolled her eyes and shook her head, placing her chin into her palm.

Tori hummed a bit, “I think they’re just helpful people on their own.” She shrugged, playing with the holes in the table. “As a couple they just have a different type of…energy.” She tried to explain, which everyone understood.

Cat nodded and smiled widely, “That’s why I think they’re so cute together! I mean have you seen them when they’re near each other?” She asked, remembering each time she’s seen the two of you together.

You were practicing choreography for a project you had with two other students, in one of the empty practice rooms. André was helping with the original music aspect, and he was the only other one there since Cat and the other person in their project hadn’t arrived yet.

When Cat finally did get there, you were near the end of the choreo, and she felt terrible. She entered the room quietly, trying not to interrupt.

When you did finish the choreography, André stopped playing and turned to you with a bright grin, his eyes shining as he looked at you. You walked over to him with a matching grin and stood in between his legs, hands on his shoulders.

“That was absolutely amazing choreography.” He whispered to you, rubbing your sides.

You were breathing a bit heavy but chuckled nonetheless, “Your fantastic original song is why it feels so put together.” You whispered back, your comment causing him to laugh a bit.

The two of you stayed in that position, whispering sweet nothings to one another as you both felt the warmth from each other's hands.

André pulled you in a little closer, lifting his head up to meet your gaze in that position and you lifted one of your hands to cup his face. You leaned down and placed a small kiss to his lips, humming against them when you pulled apart.

Cat couldn’t hear it well but she was sure she heard the two of you whisper,

“I love you.”

“I love you more.”

“Impossible.”

Tori poked her bottom lip out as her eyes were wide in adoration, “That is so sweet.”

Cat pointed to her before clapping a bit, “I know! It was so cute!” She responded, smiling and shimmying her shoulders.

Robbie didn’t quite understand, and he tilted his head, “I don’t get it.” 

“Of course you don’t get it, you have no romance in your life…ever.” A ‘voice’ called from below him, belonging to Rex.

Robbie shook his head and ignored the puppet, “I mean I don’t get it, they’re supposed to like each other. So what if they do it in private?” He asked, his point getting across to all of them.

Tori tilted her own head, “It’s not just in private though. They show that kind of affection all the time and…” She paused, trying to find the right words.

Beck apparently knew the right ones as he swooped a hand through his hair, “Their affection towards one another extends to how they treat other people.” He explained with a nod of his head. “Therefore, making them an extremely likable couple.”

Jade pursed her lips, “Those are just two experiences, for all we know they probably don’t even…what is it..” She mumbled, “Communicate, or whatever.”

Tori raised her brow, pulling up her phone before showing Jade a few pictures. “They got André a custom guitar and a keyboard that his favorite artist used in concert.” She began, holding her finger up when Jade tried to speak, “And his grandma likes them.” She nodded along with her own words, dropping something everyone was surprised about.

“That doesn’t mean-”

This time, Beck actually cut in, “André pulled strings and got them as a backup dancer for their favorite singer's music video.” 

“But do they communicate? You don’t know.”

Cat pursed her lips to the side, “I’m sure they communicate if they’re still together.”

“I mean Beck and Jade are still together, so clearly communication doesn’t mean much.” A voice from Robbies direction spoke out.

This apparently brought Jade to silence as she clenched her jaw and her eye twitched. That was until she suddenly stopped and she blinked at the group with a weird look, “When did this become a share circle?”

“When did what become a share circle?” A voice asked from the side of the table.

You and André sat at the end of the table, it was a little cramped and once they all realized, the main group's eyes went straight to Sinjin. The curly haired boy stood with his mouth in a line, waving goodbye as he walked away.

André’s arm was around your waist and you were holding both of your phones. “Sorry we’re late, the teacher held us back for a minute.” You explained, André confirming with a nod of his head.

“What were you guys talking about?” André asked, raising a brow at everyone, minus Jade, smiling at them.

Tori stood up and shook her head, “Nothing.” She spoke suspiciously with a smile, everyone standing up after her, including you and André.

Jade rolled her eyes, “They were all talking about what a great couple the two of you were.” She spoke, her expression neutral.

The two of you looked at each other and then back at your friends, “What?” You asked simultaneously.

Beck walked with Jade, his arm around her shoulder still, “You two just look good together is all.” He spoke, walking past you. 

The rest of your friends agreed, beginning their walk to the restaurant you guys decided you were going to for lunch.

The two of you were a little shocked so you were stuck, hand and hand, standing in the lunch plaza of your school.

You looked at your boyfriend and shrugged, “I mean, they aren’t wrong.” 

André laughed and shook his head, “Nope, they’re not.” He hummed, walking with you to catch up with your friends. “We do look good together.”

[kamjkaze]

Andre with a girl best friend headcanons :3

Well the reality of this is.. that Andre would never have a girl best friend. But! Let’s imagine for a singular moment that Andre isn’t the most misogynistic man alive!

I think Andre would treat his gbf like a bbf, except for a few straggling differences.

Andre is Jewish and German, of course. And he’s also Andre, raised by his father. That is the say his belief in traditional gender rolls exists to a point. Which means he gets really fired up when a man would ever make fun of her, whoever her is, but not really care when girls do. As he sees girls fighting as simple cat fights. But if a guy ever messed with her, he’d be the first to speak up about it.

I think she could definitely get him to engage in semi-girly stuff by asking over and over again, especially if he was tipsy enough. She could paint his nails and he’d huff and puff about it but ultimately let her. But she’s not getting him to wear anything gay, that’s for sure. Maybe she could get him to watch a rom com instead of a gored up snuff film for once.

If anyone thought they were dating he’d get pissed, for once he has an idea about women that’s true, ‘just because I’m friends with her doesn’t mean I want to be with her’ and he adds that he thinks she’s fucking ugly, which he doesn’t really mean.

Andre’s parents definitely think that they’re dating or will date and talk about how wonderful it is Andre is interacting with the opposite sex quite often. When they ask about her to him he’s super dismissive, knowing that’s what they want from him. His mother in particular is very curious about her and ask about her all the time. She’ll tell Andre about when her and his father met and how their love story went. When Andre gets mad at her for bothering him about a “chick” who is only his friend, she rolls her eyes and says she was just asking about his friend; the story about her and his father had nothing to do with what she asked before.

I honestly think a touch of feminine energy in Andre’s life could have done wonders for his mental state. Being able to engage with someone who isn’t so obsessed with masculinity and has a feel for the feminine side of life. I.e. it’s 2003 so let’s listen to Toxic by Britney Spears.

He also tries to hide his more nerdy interests, like engineering or tech stuff, not cause he wants to impress her or that she thinks she won’t get it, but that he just knows she wouldn’t be interested in that sort of thing.

Andre, the natural misogynist, would love to play games of strength. Like arm wrestling, tug of war, different types of “say uncle” games.

He’s also kind of a mansplainer.. so buckle in for that.

I hope you liked these!!

[goldenrodgal]

Clara literally chucks Amie’s Pokeball at Cicely’s sobbing head. Buzz catches it before it hits them and hands the ball gently to Cicely. Cicely scrambles to open it, and, finally, Amie is released.

Andre quickly takes the opportunity and teleports the party (aside from Clara) back outside the Hau’oli Pokemon Center.

From behind a hedge, you hear several attack calls.

The trainers' voices run together, but someone definitely said, "Thunder Wave!"

-(@goldenrodgal)

"Huh?"

She turned around visibly confused but quickly returning a small falinks to their pokèball.

[wuxiaphoenix]

Worldbuilding: Elected Dogcatcher

We joke about it now, but when there was no rabies vaccine - and for a significantly long time after, when vaccinating pets and livestock was not as common - dogcatcher used to be a job that required not just gloves and a net, but steady nerves, common sense, a willingness to take some physical risks and a drive to make sure those risks did not put the rest of the community in danger. You might not need a dogcatcher every day, but when you did, you needed them. People wanted to be sure their dogcatcher was up to the job. So in some places, they were indeed elected.

It’s not something that comes up in fantastic worlds much, but it occurred to me, in such a setting, who would you want to be a dogcatcher? Though it probably wouldn’t be dogs specifically, but troublesome animals in general. In a hard SF world, you might look for someone with the right scanning tech, capture drones, and know-how to use them. In a softer SF world with psionics, you might go for the guy with animal empathy. (Although that can backfire if you’re using the animals badly - see Andre Norton’s Catseye.) And in a fantasy world?

Yep. Either a ranger or a druid.

The world-bit I’ve worked out so far for the Druid vs. Zombies idea starts with Sionnach monitoring an area specifically meant to catch animals and monsters Not Acting Right and keep them away from the town. Essentially, she is a dogcatcher. She probably also deals with animal removal, pest control, snake deterrence, and figuring out just how That One Goat keeps getting loose.

I’m not sure yet if she was elected or hired to the position, or just ended up doing it and started getting paid for it. (Because seriously, even leaving aside possibly risking your life with rabies - if you have to talk to the same people multiple times about needing to close the pantry doors if they don’t want rats moving in, you deserve to get paid.)

What’s interesting is, like firemen and paramedics, being dogcatcher is a way of looking after your community without having to deal with too many people in it all the time. You can still care for and care about people, without getting so much of a bad shake if your social skills aren’t up to par.

Although in that case, you’d better hope it’s a paid job, because you’re probably not getting elected to it....

[thesoftboiledegg]

Plenty of shows have tried to shake off toxic fans by making their abusive male protagonist increasingly worse until he's a borderline sociopathic monster. Unfortunately, it never works. Dudebros see Walter White tormenting his wife and go "Haha yeah, take that Skyler! She's such a bitch!"

Rick and Morty does the same thing, but it's the ONLY show I've ever seen that actually managed to piss them off. Making Rick worse doesn't do anything because they want him to be shitty. That just indulges their power fantasies. What enrages him is when he's not their straight white tech bro avatar anymore.

We all saw the infamous Birdrick meltdown. Mentioning Birdrick on the Rick and Morty subreddit now is still like dropping a nuclear bomb. Even Rick's pansexuality in general is controversial. Can you imagine the Internet tantrums if an episode revealed that Tony Soprano is pansexual? Or Walter White? THAT'S what makes them nuts.

Same with Rick being autistic. I've had friends get into arguments with bros over that one. They didn't like the joke about cops being racist in "Mort Dinner Rick Andre," either. I could go on, but the general complaint is that new Rick and Morty is too "woke." Dan Harmon even joked about it on Instagram (third slide.)

I guess Breaking Bad should have had Walt make out with a bunch of guys or something.

[brightlotusmoon]

So, yesterday for work husband went to the Philadelphia convention center - and walked right through WrestleMania happening in the lobby. A breathless security guard caught up to him desperately wondering how he slipped past. Husband was like, "Sorry, I have a job to do, I'm the AV tech. The only one of those guys I want to meet is Andre The Giant and that's just to see if I could stand in his hand like I did when I was five. But he's dead, so bye." Leaving behind a confused guard with a weird story.

Somewhere there's a photo from 1981 of a little boy that looks like Adam Young from Good Omens, literally face to face with wrestler Andre The Giant because he's standing upright in the man's flat palm, and they're smiling like happy fools.

[blughxreader]

Hi! If it’s not too nosey, could I ask what you’re currently working on right now? Not asking because I’m trying to rush you, just genuinely curious and love your stuff so I’m excited to read more! Remember to take all the time you need, art is supposed to be fun, not stressful <3

Very cute question, thanks for asking! I love talking about my projects

❥ Primary goals... ... ... ♡ Secondary goals

❥ I'm primarily working on the Andre comic. I have ~12 pages done out of 15.

I've been dabbling with the idea of a platonic yan Batfam comic (not sure how creepy to make it tbh!), on top of the usual Andre and Sunny comics. I've seen some Etsy accounts selling NSFW doujins, so I don't think I'll face any legal trouble selling nsfw there.

The goal is to have a big Etsy shop with all kinds of fantasy/kink comics to choose from!

❥ Platonic Yandere!Batfam x Dysfunctional Genius Reader

I have 2.7k words of this oneshot down, but I'm struggling to finish. Since I've been sitting on it for so long, my characterization of the boys has changed. I'd either have to accept the OOCness or rewrite it. so sad lol.

I have Bruce, Dick, and Tim left to write about.

♡ Andre x tech geek! Darling drabble

♡ two pro-hero Bakugou & Deku / BakuDeku x Reader oneshots. Not sure I'll finish these... unless you guys really want to see them

♡ Platonic yan! Damian and Jon (ft. plat yan! Supe and Bat) x college student!Reader oneshot. Inspired by this post

♡ Most importantly, the asks in my inbox. There's so many great ideas I've been drooling over, so I'm super happy I have time now!

[busterheadspace]

For the bad things happen bingo and the "taking the blame" prompt maybe an scenario where Brett declares to Reagan but there is an accident and he sacrifices himself for her to save her. Reagan is confused by the declaration and blames herself for what happened to him, after in the hospital they talk.

Woah, I am super sorry for the lateness. Trying to get request done, slowly coming

Note:You can send request in. I’ll still do them

TW: AMPUTATION AND BLOOD

Brett shot up with a gasp, scrambling away. He had a horrible dream. There was blood, a big sharp weapon, screaming and… He took a deep breath, trying to calm down. Use the breathing technique that his therapist told him to use. He repeated until he felt calm, an urge to hold himself except.. Why couldn’t he feel his arms? He looked down, his eyes widening in terror

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS ARMS?! WHY WERE THEY GONE?! WHY WAS THERE ARE BANDAGES ON HIS SHOULDER?! WHY WAS THERE BLOOD?!

The panic came back and Brett felt like he was dying. Faintly, he could hear the door opened and someone rushing toward him

"Brett! You're going to reopen the stitches!" Andre was in front of him, trying to snap him out of it. Though his voice didn't seem to reach, the doctor grabbed a cup and threw it onto him. Somehow he make him come to his sense but Brett was still shaking 

“What.. what happened?” Brett asked. “Where are my arms?”

“Do you remember the Reptoid party we had to go to?” Andre asked.

“… Kinda..?”

“Remember how Reagan screwed up and ripped the main guy’s arms.”

That sentence was what made him remember what had happen. He froze, just thinking about it..

—-

The Reptiods had shoved them inside the police car and they began driving back to Yale. 

“So why are they mad at you?" Brett whispered

"You weren't there for the speech so JR sent me to do it. You know about my hug problem so I made some robo-arms to do it. I ended up ripping the Senator’s arms off

Oh. Oh this was his fault. Why did he go with his Frat Bros? Should he even call them that? They shoved him in a vent earlier.. But Reagan is in huge trouble because of him. 

They pulled up to the courtroom and Brett wanted to stay close to Reagan. Who knows what the Reptiods would do to her. But one of the security guard told him to find his clothes. He didn't know where they were and he was given a blanket to wear and brought to a courtroom.

The punishment was Reagan losing her arms and the thought made Brett throw up,. Brett was trying to think how he could help her. His name was called up and he got up slowly, and sat beside Court Judy. It felt like everyone was staring at him as he tried to come up with something to say. He looked at Reagan. She was in trouble because of him. He was supposed to give the speech.. Wait, that could do it.

“It is my fault that Reagan’s robot arms pulled the Senator’s arms off.” Brett said. Some people gasp and Reagan was shaking her head, although he continued. 

“I was supposed to give the speech tonight. But I got caught up in a situation and asked Reagan to do it.” 

“Well how do we know you were supposed to give the speech?” Judge Judy asked. He could feel himself blushing thinking about why his clothes were in another room but he tells them. A Reptoid goes and quickly returns, holding the cards he was going to use. 

“Okay. So she gave the speech. How does that involve her using the robot-arms?” The Judge asked. She was staring at him hard and he gulped.

“Reagan never was hugged. So, I gave her the Robot-arms to help with it. I didn’t think they would cause that to happen so.. I’m sorry for that.”

Reagan stood up but Gigi and JR quickly sat her down. Judge Judy stayed quiet for a few minutes before slamming her mallet.

“Brett Hand, I see you are guilty of the involvement of harming our Senator. Reagan Ridley, you should reconsider using tech to help out with your relationship. Brett Hand, I sentence you to get your arms cut off.”

Brett’s eyes widen but he shakey nods and lets the two big Reptiod grab him.  They move quickly, dragging him to a hallway. He was thinking about what he was going to tell his family, how he was going to work. As they walk, something hits one of the security guard's heads. They hissed before another object hit them and they fell onto the ground. The other quickly lets go, facing the intruder's direction before being smacked straight into the face, knocked out cold. Brett turned around, Reagan was running toward him

“Brett! Come on! We’re getting out of here!” Reagan yelled, grabbing his arms. Although Brett quickly backed away, shaking his head.

“Reagan. It’s okay. Cognito needs you. You can’t help with no arms.” Brett said.

“No! You’re not losing your arms becoming of this shitty situation I put myself in! Who cares about the Reptoid! I need you!” Reagan yelled back. Her face was full of emotions. It looked like she was holding them. Brett smiled sadly, putting a hand on his face.

“I know. But I’ll be okay. And.. I know this is a bad place to say it but..if I don’t make this out alive, I love you.” Reagan looked taken back at the sudden words but two lizard guards quickly came up and grabbed her, another pair grabbing Brett and dragging him into a room. 

“Brett! No! You son of a bitches! LET HIM GO!!!” Reagan cried.

Brett was strapped down quickly to a metal table. Two Reptoids were in the room, wearing scrubs. A loud noise, like a chainsaw, rushed through his ear. Brett looked over and saw a sharp object spinning rapidly. His heart begins pounding and sweat rolls his face as it comes closer. 

“Wait! Please! No! No! NO!” Nothing to put him to sleep?! He was going through his awake?! It felt like he was in a Horror movie. They ignore his cries.

The object hits his arm, pain shoots through his whole body as it is drilled into his bones. Brett screams in pain and terror, tears springing from his eyes and blood hitting his face.

——

“So after being let out, Reagan forced us to wait for you and then you threw out the door. Glenn was covered in blood, and we brought to Cognito’s hospital! Now you’re an amputee!” Andre said.

“Oh my God.. can’t you give me new arms or something?!” Brett stuttered, staring at his bandages. Andre shakes his head.

“It’s complicated. We gotta connect all these veins up, your arms might die again if we do it. JR would kill us if we use limbs for something not important.”

Now came the question he was dreading.

“How’s Reagan?”

Andre shrugged. “Don’t know.. She locked herself in her lab as soon as we came back.”

“And no one helped her?!”

“Brett, this is Reagan. You leave her alone when she’s pissed.”

Brett frowned and quickly remembered what he said to her. He thought he was going to die and oh shit. He just confessed how he felt to her because he was scared he wasn’t coming back alive. And... he made things awkward. He couldn’t keep avoiding her now that he was alive

“Please, Andre. Tell her I want to talk.” Brett plead

“Woah man. Not me. But.. I could get someone to do..” Andre quickly brought his phone out and walked out of the room, leaving Brett alone. 

It felt eerie being by himself, especially with medic supplies. He took a quick glance at his side, the empty and bloody sight of what was left made him sick.

—-

Reagan knew her breathing was too quick but she didn’t know how to stop it. She rubbed her arm across her face, drying the tears rolling down her face but she knew more were coming as the water formed in her eyes.

She had been in her lab for three days. No one had attempted to reach out to her and she was fine with that. It gave her more time to reconstruct something for Brett. Screw his big dumb heart.. Why would he do that for her? She wasn’t worth being saved.. and.. she thought about his confession a lot, making her heart ache. She wasn’t worth being loved. Why he would sacrifice himself for her, she didn’t know why he thought it was worth it

The banging on her door made her growl and she slammed her fist against the control panel

“Go away!” She shouts.

“Brett awake.” Gigi said, unfazed. “He wants you.”

Brett was alive.  Brett was awake. She stopped working after hearing those words. With a heavy breath, she responded.

“Tell him I don’t wanna see him.” 

“Girl, he wants to see you. Do you think avoiding him is going to solve all your problems?”

Reagan didn’t respond to that. Thinking about it, Gigi was right. She couldn’t avoid him forever. After all, JR made him Co-Lead and he needed an answer for her thoughts . She looked at one of her metal plates, and saw her face looked horrible . She wiped her face quickly and opened the door. Gigi was on her phone and while it looked like she was about to say something, Reagan walked quickly away from her. She ignored everyone as she made her way to the infirmary 

Andre was outside a room, and smiled at her.

“Here to see Brett. He just wanted you in the room. Are you guys like.. have sex and-“

“Shut it, Andre.” Reagan said.

“Alright. Alright. I’ll leave you two alone. But if they’re sex, I’m hearing all about it.”

Reagan growled as he left but she suddenly felt afraid alone. What was she going to say? She knew she couldn’t avoid Brett, especially with how she felt about her confession. She took another deep breath, holding back the rush of emotions and opened the door

——

Brett had laid down, staring at the ceiling and heard the door open. He tried to sit up, or well attempted to. Without arms, it was a struggle and Reagan came in front of him, without him noticing. And once he did, he blushed.

“Hey Reagan. Uh, how was work while I was gone?” Brett asked.

She didn’t respond although he saw her clench her hands into fist. Was she mad at him?

“I’m sorry if the Reptoid meeting went wrong. Sorry I screwed it up.” 

“Are you kidding me?” Reagan mumbled after a moment. “Why are you apologizing?”

“I screwed up..?” Brett's response.

“Screwed up?! I’m one who fucked up!” Reagan exclaimed. “I.....  you lost your arms for no reason…”

“What?l

“Dad came in with Bear-O just as I was dragged back into the courtroom. It was some stupid robot bear that he used to care for him as a kid. He hugged me and.. I remember why I hate hugs. That robot that Dad made.. messed me up. The judge let me go after I made my dad go up and confess what he did.. but.. it was too late for you. You’re armless now..” 

“Oh..It’s okay.” Brett didn’t know how to respond to that. Reagan shudder as she tried to keep it together and stared at him

“Did you mean it?”

“You mean.. the confession..”

She nodded. “What makes you think I’m good enough to love because I would be a horrible girlfriend.”

If Brett wasn’t connected to a bunch of wires and could sit up , he would have moved closer to her. If he had his arms, maybe he would have grabbed her hand or something to comfort her. But the best he could do is looks back and smiles sadly 

“I’m not that important to Reagan. The company needs you. I do nothing for the company. It’s fine if I don’t make it”

“No. Don’t say that.” Reagan approached the bed, and to the surprises of both of them , her hands cupped his face. Reagan never liked getting this intimate but something in her, maybe the feelings for him, made her do this. Brett was surprised as just days ago, he was punched for trying to hug her.

“I don’t care what anyone else says. But I love you. If you really think you’re not important, you’re fucking wrong.” She felt a tear run down her face and shook her head. “You’re worth more than this stupid company. You deserve someone that isn’t me”

What is that really how she thought? Brett frowned and brought his head to hers, closing his eyes.

“Because you deserve to be loved. I love everything about you. Your smarts and you are pretty. Don’t say that about yourself. Please. I love you so much ”

Reagan held back a sob but she smiled at the answer. She knew Brett would have answered like that and was ready to argue back but.. she didn’t want to. He did love her.. for a reason. Even if she didn’t understand the reason, she didn’t want to fight back. Brett loved her despite how much she told herself that he wouldn’t and how bad the circumstances were.

She did something risky and killed his cheek, and Brett just giggles and sighs constantly. She was fine with that, as long as he’s happy

��-

Brett was released after days of being inside. Where his arms were joint, there were now just two very large scars left. It was very hard doing things without arms or hands. 

The Gang made fun of him but a glare from Reagan made them stop. After a meeting, she made him come to her lab. It was dimly lit and she approached something under a sheet.

“I know my robo-arms made you lose your arms but..” She threw it off, a new set of robot-arms were on a mannequin. Brett looked surprised as she took it off and walked behind him. “I think these will help you. They’re waterproof and now, it’s almost like nothing happened.” 

Brett felt something put on him and looked down at the robot-arms. He flecked them forward and back. They worked like his old arms. He reached for Reagan’s cheek, smiling and kissing it.

“I've wanted to do that ever since the hospital visit.”

“Really? Aw.” Reagan smirked and kissed him on the mouth. Brett returned it, wrapping his new arms around her.

 It was a great feeling and he couldn’t be happier 

[goldenrodgal]

How do you plan on exposing whoever's behind the Rocket Reruns?

combing very meticulously through security footage. this is why this might take a while.

everyone thank andre from IT for spearheading this part of the strike.

[goldenrodgal]

<”Are you okay to teleport on your own?” Andre asks. “Your eyes are kinda... swelled up, and your ears are gonna pop like a bitch if you’re still crying.”

“Ask!” Amie doesn’t seem to think so either.

“How about I buy everyone a hot drink and we’ll sit until Andre deems you ready to go. Is that okay with you?”

<another audio recording, taken by cicely> *the noise of the move “teleport” is heard, then the sounds of some undignified human crying and a pokeball latch release.* “Amie.. are you..arc, I don’t *sob* know what to say.. I’m sorry..”

[roccinan]

Thank you for your service of analysing the trailer, i couldn't bear the second hand embarrassment of watching it again 😭 Very interesting to hear abt the locations and the possible catacomb?? also i agree the tech looks way too expensive and this is supposed to be andrés in his "20s" how is he funding all the space suits and stuff 😭 and the TAMAYO LOOK ALIKE?! never noticed him in my first watch altho admittedly i kept shutting my eyes from the cringe. seconding the other anon, the only redeeming thing would be if martin was the secret husband they're planning to steal from lmao and he's actually playing them all!! but wow i don't know what i expected of the spinoff and just from the trailer alone sergio and martin are DEARLY missed. andrés is nowhere near interesting without them to play off, those are the dynamics the audience loved and these new guys just feel like cartoon replacements :/

Hi anon! You're welcome, thanks for reading my deep dive XD I've watched it so many times I've almost become immune to the cringe, but then Keila or Bruce will remind me of it asdfasdf

Anyway! Yes, the catacombs could be interesting, and I definitely think they'll be exploring it. Agreed on the tech. Even assuming "27" year old Andres has the money for this from previous robberies or whatever, how would he even know what to buy?? And who would sell to him? They don't sell space suits to anyone PLEASE. And when even is this- those are clearly 2020s tech in what, 2001!?

The Tamayo lookalike asdasf RIGHT? It' literally him LOL. As for the other anon's theory: that would redeem everything in my eyes. Mastermind Martin faking a het marriage, revealing himself as both a surprise twist and the one who bests Andres? *chef's kiss*

Same here, the new guys don't hold a candle to Sergio and Martin or any la banda for that matter. Maybe they'll prove us wrong, but the teaser isn't making them look good.

[ulkaralakbarova]

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Steve Lopez: Robert Downey Jr. Nathaniel Ayers: Jamie Foxx Mary Weston: Catherine Keener Graham Claydon: Tom Hollander David Carter: Nelsan Ellis Adam Crane: Michael Bunin Jennifer Ayers: LisaGay Hamilton Leslie Bloom: Rachael Harris Curt Reynolds: Stephen Root Flo Ayers: Lorraine Toussaint Cheery Lab Tech: Jena Malone Troubled Woman: Octavia Spencer Young Nathaniel: Justin Martin Bernie Carpenter: Kokayi Ampah Paul Jr.: Patrick Tatten Marisa: Susane Lee Mayor Villaigosa: Marcos De Silvas Harry Barnoff: Ilia Volok Julliard Conductor: Mike Nowak Angry Homeless Man: David Jean Thomas Uncle Tommy: Lemon Andersen Homeless Transvestite: Kevin Michael Key Barely Dressed Woman: Moya Brady LAMP Homeless Guy: Orlando Ashley Leon: Artel Great Shouting Woman: J.J. Boone LAMP Advocate: Annie McKnight Homeless Lady: Bernadette Speakes Leeann: Anna Levin Steve: Steve Foster Teresa: Vivian George KK: Kevin Cohen Courtney: Courtney Andre Detroit: Teri Hughes Linda: Linda Harris Bam Bam: Albert Olson Melissa: Melissa Black Mama Grouch: Valarie Hudspeth Darryl: Darryl Black St. Kiana: Kiana Parker Hazard: Hazard Banner Russell: Russell Brown Jackie: Jacqueline Sue West Ashley: Joyre Manuel Singing Woman: Lorinda Hawkins Annette: Annette Valley Patrick: Patrick Kelly Quiana: Quiana Farrow Globe Lobby Guard: Tony Genaro Atheist: Charlie Weirauch Cop with Tents: Wayne Lopez EMT #1: Joe Hernandez-Kolski Winston Street Cop: Noel Gugliemi EMT #2: Paul Cruz Homeless Man: Wil Garret EMT #3: Halbert Hernandez Construction Worker: Alejandro Patiño Homeless Woman #1: Karole Selmon Neil: Rob Nagle Cello Donor: Patricia Place Enraged Homeless Man: Ralph Cole Jr. Reception Nurse: Gladys Khan ER Nurse: Palma Lawrence Reed Laid-off Employee: Isabel Hubmann Homeless Woman #2: Bonita Jefferson Winston Street Prostitute: Eshana O’Neal Young Jennifer Ayers: Myia Hubbard Miss Little John: Iyanna Newborn Beauty Shop Girl: Bronwyn Hardy News Editor: Troy Blendell Jennifer’s Son: Nick Nervies Editor: Paul Norwood Sign Spinner (uncredited): Wally Lozano Film Crew: Screenplay: Susannah Grant Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher Casting: Francine Maisler Art Direction: Greg Berry Producer: Gary Foster Author: Steve Lopez Director: Joe Wright Editor: Paul Tothill Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran Production Design: Sarah Greenwood Makeup Department Head: Ve Neill Producer: Russ Krasnoff Still Photographer: François Duhamel Production Coordinator: Robert Mazaraki Hair Department Head: Gloria Pasqua Casny Music Editor: Dominick Certo Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey Set Decoration: Julie Smith Script Supervisor: Kerry Lyn McKissick Original Music Composer: Dario Marianelli Post Production Coordinator: Adam Cole Stunts: Shirley Smrz Stunts: C.C. Taylor Stunts: Hannah Kozak Hairstylist: Lisa Marie Rosenberg Stunts: Allan Graf Stunts: Jim Wilkey Stunts: Aaron Toney Stunts: Gregg Smrz Stunts: Todd Schneider Stunts: George Marshall Ruge Stunts: Chad Randall Stunts: Robert Nagle Stunt Coordinator: Scotty Richards Stunt Driver: Ed McDermott II Stunts: Marilyn Miller Stunts: Sean Graham Stunts: Jalil Jay Lynch Stunts: Kevin L. Jackson Stunts: Kofi Elam Stunts: John T. Cypert Stunts: Greg Wayne Elam Stunts: Chino Binamo Stunt Driver: Michael Caradonna Stunt Driver: Norman Epperson Stunts: Daniel W. Barringer Stunts: Greg Fitzpatrick Stunt Coordinator: Mickey Giacomazzi Stunts: Peter Weireter Stunts: Hollis Hill Stunts: Keith Woulard Stunts: Angela Meryl Stunts: Danny Wynands Stunts: Kortney Manns Stunts: Michael Maddigan Stunts: Kofi Yiadom Stunt Driver: Allan Padelford Stunts: Thomas DuPont Stunts: Jason Cekanski Stunt Driver: Scott Alan Berk Movie Reviews:

[fahrni]

Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️

Feeling under the weather today. I started getting sick in the middle of the week. I slept a lot yesterday and hope to have a quiet weekend.

I hope you enjoy the links.

Paul Lefebvre

Just a few days ago, BASIC turned 60! On May 1, 1964 BASIC was created by Dartmouth College professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.

I really love BASIC. It was the first programming language I learned and used professionally. It was all MS-DOS based at the time and the language had changed over time to include functions and custom data types. It was a really great language.

I owe my career to Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System. ❤️

Joseph Heck

Designing a Swift library with data-race safety

Swift concurrency changes are going to be a lot of fun and take some effort to restructure existing code to make use of it.

And by fun I mean a lot hair pulling, teeth gnashing and head banging on the desk.

Jeremy Mathai • /Film

Marvel couldn’t have made a better choice if it had the Time Stone itself. Back when a “Doctor Strange” movie was far from a guaranteed hit, Scott Derrickson and Kevin Feige knew they simply couldn’t afford to get the casting wrong.

Can you imagine anyone other than Benedict Cumberbatch playing Dr. Strange? I can’t.

And to think Joaquin Phoenix was on their radar sounds strange to me. To be clear Joaquin Phoenix is an amazing actor and can play anything but after seeing Benedict Cumberbatch playing him I can’t imagine anyone else doing it.

Anton Zaides

I always knew that distractions in the workplace are harmful, but only after reading Deep Work by Cal Newport, did I understand how severe the problem is!

This is why I prefer an office to open office spaces. I don’t know how anyone thrives in an open space. Add multiple meetings a day to the mix and you’re not getting much done.

Since the pandemic I’ve been working from home and it’s wonderful. I can control my entire workspace. 🖥️

K. Denise Rucker Krepp • CNN

In some military circles and among many who consider themselves aficionados of Confederate history. The Ruckers have a history of military service going back generations. They’ve also had deep roots in America’s shameful Confederate past. That includes my distant cousin, Col. Edmund Rucker.

It’s really nice to see the Confedercy being dismantled. Now, if we could get rid of the white supremacists and bigots that would be amazing. One step at a time, I suppose.

Collin Woodard • Jalopnik

Tesla laid off at least 10 percent of its workforce earlier this month, and in typical Tesla fashion, the Texas-based automaker made sure the layoffs were done in an organized fashion with plenty of communication and a clearly defined strategy. Just kidding. The layoffs were so poorly executed that security was forced to scan employees’ badges at the door to figure out who had been laid off. And, apparently, that included a guy who had taken to sleeping in his car and showering at the factory so he could work longer hours.

Musk is such a nice, standup, fella, isn’t he? 🤬

Nothing sticks to this guy. I guess that’s what happens when you’re a narcissistic sociopath.

Richard Speed • The Register

Google’s latest round of layoffs have hit engineers working on its Flutter and Python teams.

And… more layoffs. Tech has had a rough couple years.

Howard Oakley

In my quest to implement a full app written for SwiftUI on macOS, my next tasks concern the app’s Settings, how to set those as User Defaults, how to implement some of their more common controls, and how to customise the About window. In these, SwiftUI starts to come into its own, in comparison with AppKit, although it does have a couple of surprising shortcomings.

I love it when folks share their code and experience! I’m not brave enough to do that! Thanks for the code! 👨🏽‍💻

David Merritt Johns • The Atlantic

Back in 2018, a Harvard doctoral student named Andres Ardisson Korat was presenting his research on the relationship between dairy foods and chronic disease to his thesis committee. One of his studies had led him to an unusual conclusion: Among diabetics, eating half a cup of ice cream a day was associated with a lower risk of heart problems.

This is weird to read. Ice Cream for diabetics? I mean, anything for ice cream. Amirite? 🍦

Chance Miller, Ben Lovejoy, and Filipe Espósito • 9to5Mac

A little over a year ago, General Motors made what may well turn out to be one of its biggest gambles in many years: dropping support for CarPlay for all future EVs.

The author thinks this was a mistake. I don’t.

I’m hoping this will turn out well for GM. Just don’t serve up a bunch of ads for new features and other products.

Brian Ramian • Los Angeles Times

Opinion: I once lived in my car and can’t fathom criminalizing homelessness

When I worked at LEVEL Studios in 2010 I had trouble finding a place I could stay fairly cheaply after my sub-lease ran out. I lived in my car for a week. It wasn’t horrible, but its wasn’t ideal.

[the-firebird69]

My Phobia = THIS 😳

This kind of thing happens all the time they go in this rescue 10th day and they turn the epub on and nobody really comes there's too many of them and one day they start gathering them up they figured out that the officers are in them so this guy was lucky no he's been floating for days if not weeks and they pull them out and he was dead in hell and the salt did not preserve it cuz drinking it and he died from it and he didn't do anything else he just died but he was not a valuable person who can't say that he had information we needed and we found out who he was and when after it and his people are lazy and we're not we have a lot of work to do and her son and daughter have come up with some great ideas to help us out even in the grocery store they had a terrific idea and we're going ahead and we are going to use it it's an awesome way of doing things so it's a good thing to hear we saw Andre the Giant on another post strangling how cold and hulk Hogan it's been a wise ass then he mentioned something about the mutants are being ruined by the idiots and hulk Hogan was saying they're slated to be destroyed and it really pissed him off but his grandson said they're not the ones causing the problems and they're really not not as much and they're coming on for being repetitive he says what are these people doing so you start looking at and said I'm in trouble and he's surrounded and if it gave Andre and he said look we're on the other side but it always happens and he said not really but he's saying that we're going to get messed up by this idiots and I want to know what that is so they're working on it and they found out these idiots are into their business and watching them real close and there's too many then they found out that a lot of stuff is caused by them and they're playing may have been changed and Andre the Giant got real mad and he said you may have caused world war III to hulk Hogan and for falling for their s*** this is what about you guys so you're trying to have a snake stuff it's perfectly normal and these guys might look at it differently the lower level guys is your anti-tech and he said this wow this is going to blow it's going to be terrible if someone had to get real big or allowed it really big they like as big as Andre versus me he knows holy s*** and there's an analogy it was really smart can't tell by looking at him plus and he goes oh my God my son said the last line and it don't let him go off on his own and start the lemonade stand so guys quiet they don't understand what does that mean lemonade stand it trying to sell your urine and stuff get a job says a slandering everybody in the yard they're terrible horrible liars we got to get them out we're working on it now the motorcycle thing is we mentioned in the grocery store is a huge family of theirs they they fell off that 50 times today they slow down and they weren't coming out there they're not loading up the boats with new stuff or the bikes the good stuff and starve people out and people that come out are like Max and other people and they come out as commandos and their pseudo military pseudo empire starts killing them they say we did it and of course we come out too but we whip their asses very fast and it's like lightning and a lot of people getting into it did the bikes are being taken and the stuff and it started it off and they don't seem to care much they're a bunch of lazy s****

Thor Freya

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