#blair saunders.

[simsoftheopera]

[hsslilly-blog]

[dismaltouch]

@housefircs

let's cuddle and make a playlist we can fuck to later

[dismaltouch]

ships for lauren 2.0

[loudrats]

Loud Rats Book Club 2023

This year the rats became literate!

We suggested a number of books each month and then voted on one to read (somehow Fish managed to read all 12 of them… wild!). The ones in red are the winners, but there are some other really good books in there.

Hopefully you can find your next favourite read below! :)

January

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

The Butchering Art by Lindsay Fitzharris

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

February

Adua by Igiaba Scego

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

March

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Humans by Matt Haig

Cane by Jean Toomer

Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (#1 Broken Earth Trilogy)

Young Mungo by Douglas Stewart

April

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrel

Dubliners by James Joyce

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

May

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

June

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill

Swimming in the dark by Tomasz Jędrowski

Girls like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 17 by Jeff Kinney

Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

July

Kid Youtuber 9: Everything is Fine by Marcus Emerson, Noah Child

Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella

Hit Parade Of Tears by Izumi Suzuki

When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book by Naja Marie Aidt

Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Mapping the Interior by Stephan Graham Jones

August

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Small Game by Blair Braverman

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

September

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

October

Linghun by Ai Jiang

Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moira Fowley-Doyle

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

Catch the Rabbit by Lana Bastašić

Kindred by Octavia Butler

November

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Liberation Day by George Saunders

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

December

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Colleagues, and Agents, and A.D.s-- Oh My! (Part I)

For the anon who requested: do you have any fic recs with Mulder and Scully case filing with other law enforcement tasks forces? or general pov outsider?

Loose chronological order below¬

ML/ML_is_me/ml_griffonnage's (Alt. Ao3, Invidiosa)

XF Friday Nights 02 - Space Invader (Ao3)

She was a cool customer, this one. He was impressed by her composure in the midst of this cacophony, curiously at ease in the maelstrom.

Deep Throat observes Mulder and Scully's dynamic.

XF Friday Nights 03 - J. Edgar, Junior (Ao3)

If you want to be a blue-flamer, act like a blue- flamer, was his motto.

Squeeze's Colton is using Scully for his own benefit.

XF Friday Nights 04 - Impertinent Questions (Ao3)

He'd already known it had to be Mulder, and Holtzman probably had already known too. Nothing seemed to set alarms off faster than if word got around Mulder was investigating something. He might as well have a hotline to the NSA.

The Conduit NSA officers' takes on Mulder and Scully.

XF Friday Nights 05 - Warm Bodies (Ao3)

There were rumors a-plenty about Dana Scully, same as Mulder, but Saunders felt there was no point in mentioning those, either. It all amounted to water-cooler gossip; none of them had anything to do with her ability to do her job. Saunders understood the reasons behind those rumors better than Webster or any man ever would, and she would not be a party to them.

Shadows agents end up liking the dynamic duo (and subtly refer back to the Conduit agents.)

XF Friday Nights 07 - COS of Death

His former partner turned toward him. Next to him stood a petite redhead; a real knockout. She must be the whiz kid from Quantico, Dana Scully.

Ghost in the Machine Jerry Lamana observes Mulder and Scully's strange coexistence.

The New Truth, A Project 09x04 - Home Fires 01 (Ao3) and The New Truth, A Project 09x04 - Home Fires 02 (Ao3)

JD had just about given up on Phoebe when she called him. 

AU-- S9 Mulder and Scully are secretly helping the Resistance when an old "friend", Phoebe Green, drops back in with "information."

Evil_Little_Dog's Credibility

The great 'Spooky' Mulder was talking. Pontificating, even.

A random agent observes, then comes to respect, Mulder's abilities.

tiredmoonlight's Stuck in Storage - Chapter 1

Warren took a breath before speaking again. “But half the officers out there are spooked, and no one wants to work the night shift anymore because it’s they’d be all alone.”

S1 Mulder and Scully end up being saved from case shenanigans by the police chief.

Juliettt's Verdict

Guess there *were* advantages to doing the kind of work "Spooky" and "Skulls" did on a daily basis.

FBI agents slipped down to the basement to watch the OJ Simpson trial verdict.

@gaycrouton/OnlyTheInevitable's Nurse Mulder

The young agent stood up immediately and ran over to her. "Agent Scully, I am so sorry," he repeated for the thousandth time.

She walked past him and motioned for him to follow, which he did like a puppy. "Officer Thompson, some sneezes are impossible to suppress. I assure you I bear no grudge. The perp was caught. No one was killed," she rambled half heartedly, trying her best not to walk differently because of her injury.

The local cops (and seasonal allergies) set off a chain reaction of shenanigans for one Mulder and Scully.

Erin M. Blair's (Alt. Ao3) Softball Accident

A pale-faced young FBI Agent Jim Rodgers stood by, looking on helplessly with concern lining on his face.... "I'm sorry, Mulder. I hope you'll feel better. I... feel bad about this."

Scully and a fellow agent drive Mulder to the hospital after a minor baseball injury.

@mulderwearingglasses's (Ao3)

Stupid Cupid (Ao3)

Was everyone going undercover? Was her outfit en route? Was this some kind of bizarre-o dream? Why did everyone look like they were about to do some sort of red carpet event when she was clad in black leggings, a sweatshirt and -- oof -- she didn’t think she’d even run a brush through her hair, gone puffy and scraggly from her post-work couch nap.

Season 4 Scully is called in by Skinner on Valentine's Day... and is surprised that Mulder didn't have a date, like she'd assumed.

If Walls Could Talk (Ao3)

As she walked up to the crime scene -- a dilapidated house in rural Virginia -- local police and her colleagues shot each other bemused looks, ushering coy smirks off their lips. Some turned to their partners to whisper and cover a snicker behind their hands.

S6 Scully's diary is plastered all over the walls of a crime scene.

Anne Haynes's (xf-redux)

Fragile is the Glass

He tried not to react to her statement. So Hollis knew that Scully was having nosebleeds? Was that common knowledge around the Bureau now? He and Scully had tried hard to keep anyone but Skinner from finding out what was going on with her health.

Post Tempus Fugit Mulder and Scully don't disabuse a fellow agent of her Pendrell convictions.

Someone Else's Child (Gossamer) and Shatter

"I wasn't sure about adopting him at first." Pollack folds up the photo sleeves and tucks them back into the wallet. "You hear things about adoptions--I wanted kids of my own, and I was afraid that once they came along, I might treat Mike differently or something because he was someone else's kid."

I feel the memory cresting, hard and painful. I feel the tiny hands curled around my neck, the sweet smell of little girl, the fevered heat of her tiny body in my arms.

Over six months have passed and it still cuts like a razor.

Post Emily Mulder watches the new, hard edges of Scully's character form as she struggles with the loss of her daughter; and opens up about his VCU days, demonstrating that she's not alone.

Rachel Howards's Gypsy

The boulder field, a few hundred yards off of the trail, was steep and wide and required careful footwork. Dana scrambled over her section, above Levison, who had nimbly made her way to the rocky bottom of the slope and was picking her way along the ravine, bounding, surefooted, from rock to rock, peering into the crevices between the largest boulders. Above her, Mulder walked, silhouetted against the sky, the light above him blacking out his features so that all she saw was an outline of his body as he moved, parallel to her, sometimes stooping to examine the rocks.

Post Elegy Scully and Mulder silently stew in their complicated feelings while on a similarly complicated case.

@syntax6's (Gossamer, FFN, omniscribe) The Queen of Hearts

The chief frowned from Scully to Mulder. "You're the alien hunters. Gunther told me he was writing you a pile of nonsense, but I didn't expect you to show up all the way out here."

Post Redux II Mulder is avoiding x-files cases; and it's Scully who insists they get back into the field, and Scully who acts as Mulder 2.0

robot iconography's Still Life With Moth Men

Somewhere in the Apalachicola National Forest Wednesday

Either 4:36 or 4:40 p.m.

AU-- Pre-Detour Skinner forces both agents to attend a team-building seminar. Hijinks ensue.

@aloysiavirgata/Aloysia_Virgata's

I love reading other people talking about/observing Mulder and Scully. Please please!

Stonecypher rolls her eyes. “Weird,” she says. “But nice.”

“Gorgeous,” Kinsley repeats, dreamily. “Fox Mulder smells like an anthropomorphic regatta.”

Post Detour Kinsley and Stonecypher swap their thoughts on Mulder and Scully with other interested agents.

Petrichor and Singing of Mount Abora

“This is K9 Officer Jangles,” Scully says, introducing Mulder to the dog. “She’s new.”

Both follow-ups of The Waters of Babylon, Mulder and Scully work alongside other parties to solve two differently horrific cases (while crafting new boundaries for their evolving relationship.)

David Hearne's Hartwell

I admit that I was impressed by Agent Mulder, too. Right after Scully got done with her scientific theories, he started spewing a lot of stuff about vampires, some of which was actually true.

Sheriff Lucius Hartwell's POV on his town, Ronnie Strickland, Mulder, and Scully.

catsndogs's All Creatures

Officer Rogers immediately lost his confidence when she repeated his story almost verbatim: "So you're saying, you're worried because you heard Agent Scully drop her phone and you haven't been able to reach her?" Rogers proposed that that Agent Scully could have dropped her phone into a toilet.

In this unfinished fic, Mulder and Scully try to solve an impossible case-- one in which all signs point to murderous dogs.

Khyber's IMTP Virtual Season 08x03 - Imperial Violet

"Agent Mulder? It's Mulder, right? This is Owen Purcell," he drew out his l's, "the person who's trapped in here with your lovely partner for the night. Dana's out of her head with hunger. Her stomach is making terrifying sounds. I fear for my life. Bring us barbecued ribs, preferably from Nate's. With everything, and whatever the cheesecake special is. I'm guessing she has a weakness for cheesecake."

Mulder works alongside a few helping hands (including TLG) to save Scully and a doctor from Roush's latest infectious disease.

agoodwoman's (WBM) You Are Here

Agent Sherman approached Mulder with an envelope in hand and his camera bag over one shoulder. "Hey Mulder."

Post Detour Skinner gets his revenge by assigning Mulder and Scully to the bullpen for a month.

@atths--twice/ATTHS_TWICE/Atths2/ATTHS's

Every Picture Tells A Story

Yeah, they praised him after, but laughed at him when he suggested an outlandish idea. 

Pre-The End duo are ridiculed as Team Spooky... but they get a picture out of it.

Just Beyond the Edge (Ao3)

“Listen up,” he called to his officers and all chatter stopped. “Not all of you have had the pleasure of meeting the FBI agents yet. This is Agent Mulder and Agent Scully. They are here to help find the missing men.” 

S7 Mulder finds a nice Halloweeny case for Scully: the Tali Keno.

In the Wind

Leaving the morgue and coming back to the motel late at night, she would pick up greasy cheeseburgers and fries, eating them mechanically as she looked over case notes and photos. Mulder had not been around much, as he was busy in the field, helping Detective Hannon, the lead on this case. 

Post Millennium Scully is annoyed by a stupid case (and a flirty female detective on that case.)

Lovesfox's Erroneous Equation

Larger than life, and twice as loud, Tom Colton had hardly changed in the five plus years since Mulder had been blessed with an introduction. The Agent's face was still pudgy and youthful, his eyes still sly and mean. And his artificial jocularity was as stale as the old 'Spooky' joke.

Post One Son Colton drives a wedge between Mulder and Scully.

Pattie's They Call Him AGENT Mulder

Now, I know we all referred to him as "Spooky Mulder" at the F.B.I. Academy, and this reputation persisted years after he had graduated. The legend lived on about him even after I attended and graduated. We all knew he was a target for whispers, looks, even loudly malicious castigation not only throughout the halls of the Academy, but at Hoover's Haunt.

Mulder doesn't have the best track record dealing with annoying or out-of-line agents.

Namarie's (LJ, mulderscreek) Patchwork

"What brought your partner out here?" Deputy Greer asked. He was looking at Scully with frank curiosity.

Scully hesitated. Finally, she decided that the truth was the best option here. "He was investigating the reports of a patchwork creature that had supposedly been seen in the area."

AU-- S6 Mulder gets kidnapped while on an x-file weekend.

Girlie_girl7's Glow

"Agents," Kinsley began, as he looked from Mulder to Scully, "I saw a man."

"It could have been a woman," Stonecypher interrupted.

Kinsley rolled his eyes. "Okay, I saw a being, but it wasn't a person."

S6 Mulder and Scully are bailed out by the Detour agents.

@scully-eats-sushi/ijustknew's You're Not Alone, You're Not Alone II, and You're Not Alone III

Beside him, Springfield chuckled. “No. She gave a couple of my guys a dressing down yesterday over how they were handling bagged evidence. They’re still stinging.”

Post Millennium Scully and Mulder slowly work toward a relationship while solving emotionally strenuous cases.

KatyBlue's Absence of a Heartbeat (Gossamer)

An officer knelt down on Mulder's other side. She didn't know him. He looked young and scared. He had a towel that he placed over the wound. Scully shoved his hands into a good position and pushed down on them to show him the correct amount of pressure. "Press down and don't let up," she ordered.

Scully and a young field agent try to bring Mulder back to life with CPR.

dlynn's If a Frog had Wings . . .

"I'm not sure," he whispered. "Corelli and Mulder were on the trail ahead of me. I heard Mulder say that something didn't feel right and the next thing I knew Corelli was shoving me hard. I landed behind this boulder. I think it protected me from the blast."

Mulder and another agent get trapped under a tree.

Madeleine Partous’s (The Annex) Floaters

Hansen's case was being treated as an internal affair. No local authorities.

"They're keeping it quiet, Scully," he muttered after the second polygraph. "We wouldn't want one of our boys to go down in flames in the media."

Scully is almost murdered by a fellow FBI agent; and she and Mulder must fight against the FBI overhead when she kills her attacker.

TessMooreXF's Armadillo Season

Staring at the pictures of the lake in new-found horror, Scully startled at the sound of a sharp knock on the door. Confused about who could possibly be knocking, she was dismayed to find that private bed and breakfast operations rarely featured peep-holes. Opening the door revealed a clean-cut looking officer waiting in the hallway. He was relatively tall, maybe 5'11, and perhaps 30 years old. His knit brows signified his attempt at sobriety and professionalism, but his face was boyish and friendly. His name tag identified him as Officer Foster.

Kersh sends Scully on a case, solo, that devolves into messy chaos. Mulder arrives to track her down and back her up.

Thalia D'Muse's On the Wings of Destiny

An ear-piercing screech, in the fashion of every door in every old horror movie, filled the hallway as Thomason pushed open the door and took a few steps inside.

When Scully crossed the threshold of the room, an acrid bouquet of smells accosted her nostrils: mildew, animal feces, sweat, dust -- and the unmistakable metallic scent of blood.

S7 Mulder is kidnapped; and Scully scours every crack and crevice in her attempts to find and save him.

Rebecca Rusnak/Anonymous's (mulderscreek, The Annex) Silence, Sea and Sky

Roscoe smiled at them and ambled back towards his office. Scully watched Mulder. He stared straight ahead for a long moment, then looked down at her.

"Want to meet one of the most heinous agents in the history of the Bureau?" he asked.

This case has a little of everything: a jerky guy from the FBI Academy, a little girl that must be saved from a fire, and a broken psychic serial killer courtesy of one Dana Scully.

@mldrgrl's (Ao3) Tumblr drabble prompts of various shades of MSR - Chapter 9

She heard laughter as she approached the door to the office. 

Post Requiem Scully skewers fellow agents mocking Mulder.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched over Toronto police's historic use of “carding,” alleging the practiceof randomly stopping people and collecting their information continues to harm marginalized communities.

The statement of claim filed yesterday is on behalf of all Black and Indigenous people who have been stopped by Toronto police or had their information collected without reason since 2011.

It names the Toronto Police Services Board, current police chief Myron Demkiw and former chiefs James Ramer, Mark Saunders and Bill Blair as defendants.

It alleges that the carding practice, officially abandoned years ago, violated Charter rights protecting against unreasonable search and seizure, arbitrary detention as well as discrimination and rights of liberty and security.

Toronto police and the Toronto Police Services Board say they will not be commenting on the case as the matter is before the courts. [...]

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

[invisibleicewands]

A ROCK BAND hailing from Caerphilly has teamed up with a Hollywood star, to fund the education for aspiring actors in an arts funding project.

Rockers Manic Street Preachers have teamed up with Hollywood star Michael Sheen to fund aspiring actors. 

Mr Sheen said: "We’re in the midst of an arts emergency in Wales.

"Cuts are taking away tongues at the very moment our stories need to be shouted loudest."

The Manics and the Good Omens actor handed thousands of pounds to 11 aspiring actors over the past three years to fund their educations. 

Sheen, 55, has pumped more than £250,000 of his own money into the arts funding project, which is also backed by the "Design for Life" rock band. 

Sheen revealed that the funding - given as part of his Mab Gwalia organisation - will be renewed for a further three years after he hit out against government cuts to the arts. 

The Damned United actor, said: "Mab Gwalia has emerged to provide support to give tomorrow’s talent a platform and pathway to develop their craft and tell our truth to the world. But the door is open to others with shared values who can contribute financially to the fund."

The Mab Gwalia Welsh drama student scholarship has so far handed up to £15,000 per academic year to aspiring actors and announced it will continue for a further three years. 

One of those students, Hollie Saunders, said the funding helped her attend Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. 

Maesteg-based Holly, said: "The scholarship really made me feel so confident and just kind of hopeful, and without that scholarship, I wouldn't have been able to have that propeller to be like, I could do this too."

Sheen - who is known for his roles as former Prime Minister Tony Blair and soccer boss Brian Clough - has also helped fund a writing project and given bursaries to 11 writers from working-class and under-represented backgrounds.

One of those to benefit from the A Writing Chance scheme, Grace Quantock, of Newport, Gwent, praised Sheen for funding the initiative. 

Ms Quantock, said: "Michael Sheen’s belief in Welsh working class voices changes lives. He knows art makes change, revolutionises lives, opens horizons and he is willing to step up to make that happen in his art and in his actions. 

"His support changed my life through the A Writing Chance programme."

Outside the arts, Mab Gwalia has supported causes as vital as autism support, army veterans, mothers suffering post-natal depression, community skills hubs, foodbanks and more.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Desi Arnaz, Benedict of Nursia, Moe Berg, Ed Bournemann, Dale Bozzio, Larry Carlton, Karen Carpenter, John Cowsill, Daniel Craig, John Cullum, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Maxwell Street, Jimmy Davis, Becky G, Rory Gallagher, John Gardner, Mikhail Gorbachev, Laird Hamilton, Sam Houston, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Irving, Jennifer Jones, Léon Jongen, Jon Bon Jovi, Orrin Keepnews, the 1933 film KING KONG, Papa Lightfoot, BarBara Luna, Madonna’s 1989 single “Like a Prayer,” Chris Martin, Gates McFadden, drummer-producer Tony Meehan (The Shadows), Method Man, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lauraine Newman, Jay Osmond, Ethan Peck, Elvis Presley’s 1956 single “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” Luke Pritchard (The Kooks), Dottie Rambo, Red Saunders, Dennis Seaton (Musical Youth), Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony (1969), Bedřich Smetana, the 1995 musical SMOKY JOE’S CAFÉ, Ludovico Spontoni, the 1965 film SOUND OF MUSIC, composer-trumpeter Derek Watkins (James Bond films), Kurt Weill, Tom Wolfe, "Théo" Ysaÿe, and the creative provocateur, poet, and singer-songwriter Lou Reed. He was the principal songwriter for The Velvet Underground and his solo career spanned 5 decades. 

Velvet Underground were not commercially successful but are now regarded as one of the most influential bands in the history of rock. Brian Eno said that everyone who heard the first VU album wanted to start a band. Reed had a deadpan voice that, for me, required forgiveness as singers go (though he did step up on occasion, particularly when he sung with The Blind Boys on THE RAVEN album). Eventually I connected with his noir fiction, transgressive “eyewitness reporting” lyrics and songcraft. He neither approved or disapproved of the subjects he sang about and, in the end, he just wanted to write catchy rock’n’roll. Over the years I’ve performed at least 6 Reed/VU songs—recording 2: “What Goes On” and “Sunday Morning,” on which I was joined by members of The Badlees (who did a splendid job in one afternoon). Reed himself commended our cover and promoted it on his website in the mid-90s. HB and RIP Lou.

#loureed #velvetunderground #sundaymorning #singersongwriter #bretalexander #thebadlees #blindboysofalabama #raven #edgarallenpoe #noirfiction #poet #guitarist #eyewitnessreport #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #birthday

[dismaltouch]

@housefircs

FELIX MALLARD & ANTONIA GENTRY in season 2 episode 6 of ginny and georgia

[simsoftheopera]

[hsslilly-blog]

Spooky Story Prime 2024 Masterlist

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Thank you to everyone who took part in this event hosted by me and @ih8harley! We're happy to share all the beautiful art we came up with during this month!

Ladybug Mac | HSS f!MC - @ih8harley

Autumn is Strange | Autumn Brooks - @hssprimefan

The Possible Costume | HSS mc!MC, Julian Castillo, Katherine and Autumn Brooks - @hssprimefan

The Witch, the Pirate and the Fairy | Payton Saunders, Julian Castillo and Autumn Brooks - @triciabeloved

Payton and Mia Costume Photo | Payton Saunders and Mia Warren - @ryp3004

Blairwitched | HSS nb!MC - @hsslilly-blog

Scream! | HSS f!MC, Wes, Autumn, Payton, Koh, Nishan, Mia, Julian and Katherine - @highschoolstoryliveson

Costume Contest | Payton x Ezra, Nishan x Sakura, Julian x Autumn, Katherine x Mia, f!MC x Wes - @highschoolstoryliveson

Long Distance Halloween | Payton and Preston Saunders, Nishan Khandaar - @hssprimefan

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | Wes Porter x nb!MC x f!MC - @hsslilly-blog

Blair and Mac as the Doctor and Rose | HSS nb!MC and f!MC - @ih8harley

Pumpkin Carving! | HSS m!MC, f!MC and Nishan Khandaar - @triciabeloved

Heathers | HSS f!MC, Kallie, Koh, Mia and Payton - @oakwolves

Link Costume | HSS m!OC - @hssprimefan

The Creature | HSS f!OC - @ryp3004

Payton Montana | Payton Saunders - @hsslilly-blog

Haunted Ezra | Ezra Mitchell - @hsspfan

Haunted Ria | HSS f!MC - @hsspfan

Haunted Evie | HSS f!MC - @hsspfan

Haunted Jordan | HSS m!MC - @hsspfan

Pirate Julian | Julian Castillo - @cadybear420

Mermaid Jordan | HSS f!MC - @cadybear420

Warrior Koh | Koh Sunya - @cadybear420

Revolution Ezra | Ezra Mitchell - @cadybear420

Flapper Payton | Payton Saunders - @cadybear420

Evil Queen Mia | Mia Warren - @cadybear420

The Khandaar Carol | Nishan and Myra Khandaar - @cadybear420

Haunted Gala | HSS f!MC - @hsspfan

Ryanne and Blair Halloween Photo | HSS f!MC and nb!MC - @ryp3004

Koh and Kallie as Crowley and Aziraphale | Koh Sunya and Kallie - @triciabeloved

What’s your favorite scary movie, Payton? | Payton Saunders - @hsslilly-blog

Haunted Blair | HSS nb!MC - @hsspfan

Happily Ever After | HSS f!MC x Ace de La Cruz - @oakwolves

Haunted Darlene | HSS nb!MC - @hsspfan

We're Off to See the Wizard! | Katherine, Ezra, Julian, Nishan, Mia - @hssprimefan

Anti-Villains | Kallie x Koh - @hssprimefan

Haunted Xavier | HSS m!MC - @hsspfan

Haunted Lola | HSS f!MC - @hsspfan

Warmth | HSS f!MC x Payton Saunders - @peonyblossom

TRUNK OR TREAT GIFTS

Pumpkin Patch With Chloe - @ih8harley gifts @highschoolstoryliveson

Ms. Mystery, Gala Moschen - @hsslilly-blog gifts @rosesnink

Platonic Midsummer Night's Dream - @hssprimefan gifts @starlight-blvd

Macula! - @triciabeloved gifts @ih8harley

Wildflower - @rosesnink gifts @triciabeloved

Other World - @highschoolstoryliveson gifts @ryp3004

Walls of Lead - @ryp3004 gifts @hsslilly-blog

Nebula and Galaxy Costumes - @starlight-blvd gifts @hssprimefan

Once again, thank you very much for taking part in this event! See you in the next one! 💜🧡💜🧡

[countyflagchampionship]

On to Round 2!

This is a wrap-up of the current standings. Polls for round 2 will be published starting this Saturday (12/16).

Congratulations to all the counties that progressed!

The state that is standing the strongest is New York, with 39 counties progressing to round 2! Albany, Allegany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Kings, Livingston, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schuyler, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, and Wyoming.

Next most powerful state is Virginia, which has 36 winning counties. Alleghany, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Brunswick, Caroline, Carroll, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland, Grayson, Halifax, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lee, Louisa, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Pulaski, Rockingham, Scott, Smyth, Southampton, Tazewell, Warren, and Wise.

Ohio is also standing strong with 27 advancing counties. Brown, Butler, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Holmes, Jackson, Lake, Lawrence, Licking, Madison, Mahoning, Medina, Mercer, Monroe, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Ross, Scioto, Seneca, Trumbull, and Van Wert.

North Carolina is up next with a solid 24 wins. Beaufort, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Granville, Harnett, Henderson, Hoke, Jackson, Johnson, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Onslow, Person, Robeson, Tyrrell, and Wake.

Only 1 more state has over 20 counties that made won their match-ups and that's my wonderful Washington. Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Clallam, Cowlitz, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima. Stay strong my soldiers.

A much higher number of states are comfortably in the middle of the pack. They are as follows:

Texas: 19 counties. Bosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fort Bend, Goliad, Hockley, Jones, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, McMullen, Milam, Ochiltree, Orange, Panola, Parker, San Patricio, and Travis.

California: 17 counties. Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Imperial, Lake, Mariposa, Monterey, Orange, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yolo.

Pennsylvania: 16 counties. Allegheny, Blair, Butler, Carbon, Dauphin, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montgomery, Perry, Potter, Venango, and York.

Tennessee: 15 counties. Blount, Campbell, Carter, Cumberland, Hardin, Houston, Johnson, Knox, Madison, Maury, McNairy, Obion, Union, Williamson, and Wilson.

Nebraska: 13 counties. Adams, Buffalo, Cass, Cherry, Dakota, Keith, Knox, Nuckolls, Platte, Saunders, Stanton, Thayer, and Webster.

Nevada: 13 counties. Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, and White Pine.

Illinois: 12 counties. Cook, DeKalb, Franklin, Jasper, Kane, Marion, McDonough, McHenry, Morgan, Peoria, St Clair, and Winnebago.

Maryland: 12 counties. Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Washington, and Worcester.

Michigan: 12 counties. Barry, Berrien, Clinton, Genesee, Gogebic, Kalamazoo, Lake, Oceana, Ottawa, Rocommon, Sanilac, and Wexford.

Iowa: 11 counties. Dickinson, Fayette, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Humboldt, Jefferson, Jones, Polk, Pottawattamie, and Wright.

Louisiana: 11 parishes. Ascension, Bossier, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Jefferson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, St Bernard, St James, and St Tammany.

New Jersey: 11 counties. Bergen, Cumberland, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren.

Kentucky: 10 counties. Boone, Boyle, Breckinridge, Daviess, Leslie, Logan, Pike, Shelby, Trimble, Woodford.

Many of these poor cute states are barely hanging on. Please wish them luck.

Florida: 8 counties. Alachua, Bay, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okaloosa, Osceola, Palm Beach, and St Johns.

New Mexico: 8 counties. Colfax, Curry, Doña Ana, Lincoln, Mora, Otero, Roosevelt, and Socorro.

Georgia: 6 counties. Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Fulton, Pierce, and Rockdale.

Indiana: 6 counties. Benton, Elkhart, Jennings, Marion, Marshall, and Starke.

Minnesota: 6 counties. Aitkin, Clearwater, Hennepin, Hubbard, McLeod, and Pipestone.

Wisconsin: 6 counties. Calumet, Fond du Lac, Osaukee, Portage, Racine, and Sheboygan.

Wyoming: 6 counties. Big Horn, Converse, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, and Teton.

Missouri: 5 counties. Clay, Gentry, Greene, Newton, and St Louis.

South Carolina: 5 counties. Anderson, Calhoun, Dillon, Dorchester, and Lexington.

Utah: 5 counties. Beaver, Summit, Utah, Washington, and Wayne.

Alaska: 4 boroughs. Anchorage, Juneau, Matanuska-Susitna, and Wrangell.

Arkansas: 4 counties. Cross, Searcy, Washington, and White.

Colorado: 4 counties. Douglas, El Paso, Fremont, and La Plata.

Oklahoma: 4 counties. Bryan, Payne, Rogers, and Washington.

West Virginia: 4 counties. Fayette, Marion, Monongalia, and Roane.

Alabama: 3 counties. Bullock, Cleburne, and Mobile.

Arizona: 3 counties. Coconino, Maricopa, and Yavapai.

Maine: 3 counties. Androscoggin, Hancock, and Washington.

Idaho: 2 counties. Bannock and Bonner.

Kansas: 2 counties. Atchinson and Johnson.

Massachusetts: 2 counties. Barnstable and Berkshire.

Montana: 2 counties. Gallatin and Silver Bow.

North Dakota: 2 counties. Benson and LaMoure.

Some states only have 1 county that progressed. They are: Delaware (Kent County), Hawaii (Maui County), Mississippi (Adams County), New Hampshire (Hillsborough County), Oregon (Linn County), and South Dakota (Bennet County).

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In addition to all the winning counties above, there will be 83 new county flags folded into round 2!!! (Because of math reasoning this had to happen) Get hyped

They are as follows:

Alexander NC, Allen OH, Alpena MI, Alpena MI, Alpine CA, Arapahoe CO, Ashe NC, Avery NC, Baldwin AL, Baltimore MD, Bell KY, Benzie MI, Bernalillo NM, Black Hawk IA, Brevard FL, Camden NJ, Campbell WY, Canyon ID, Centre PA, Charles City VA, Cheatham TN, Chester PA, Clark WA, Clarke VA, Cleveland OK, Cochise AZ, Columbus NC, Coweta GA, Darke OH, Davidson NC, Elko NV, Erie PA, Florence SC, Garrett MD, Goshen WY, Greene VA, Grundy IL, Gwinnett GA, Hidalgo TX, Highland OH, Hocking OH, Holt NE, Hot Springs WY, Howard MD, Huntingdon PA, Ingham MI, Island WA, Kankakee IL, Lackawanna PA, Lawrence PA, Leelanau MI, Lehigh PA, Leon FL, Liberty TX, Lucas OH, Madera CA, Mahaska IA, Manitowoc WI, McLennan TX, Meigs OH, Milwaukee WI, Nashville and Davidson TN, Northumberland VA, Orleans NY, Page VA, Porter IN, Sacramento CA, Salt Lake UT, San Diego CA, Sangamon IL, Sevier TN, Shelby TN, Skamania WA, Spotsylvania VA, Stafford VA, Sussex VA, Terrell TX, Trinity CA, Tulsa OK, Tuscarawas OH, Ventura CA, Wahkiakum WA, Yuma AZ

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2024 olympics New Zealand roster

Athletics

James Preston (Wellington)

Sam Tanner (Papamoa)

Georgie Beamish (Hastings)

Hamish Kerr (Dunedin)

Ethan Olivier (Vereeniging, South Africa)

Jack Gill (Auckland)

Tom Walsh (Timaru)

Connor Bell (Auckland)

Zoe Hobbs (New Plymouth)

Maia Ramsden (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Camille French (Hamilton)

Imogen Ayris (Auckland)

Eliza McCartney (Auckland)

Olivia McTaggart (Auckland)

Maddison-Lee Wesche (Auckland)

Tori Peeters (Cambridge)

Laura Bruce (Christchurch)

Canoeing

Finn Butcher (Auckland)

Hamish Legarth (Hastings)

Max Brown (Cambridge)

Grant Clancy (Auckland)

Kurtis Imrie (Wellington)

Luuka Jones (Tauranga)

Lucy Matehaere (Dunedin)

Lisa Buck (Ōhope)

Aimee Fisher (Rotorua)

Alicia Hoskin (Gisborne)

Olivia Brett (Auckland)

Tara Vaughan (Auckland)

Climbing

Julian David (Tauranga)

Sarah Tetzlaff (Tauranga)

Cycling

Laurence Pithie (Christchurch)

Corbin Strong (Invercargill)

Sam Dakin (Auckland)

Aaron Gate (Auckland)

Keegan Hornblow (Nelson)

Tom Sexton (Invercargill)

Campbell Stewart (Palmerston North)

Sam Gaze (Tokoroa)

Rico Bearman (North Harbour)

Niamh Fisher-Black (Nelson)

Kim Cadzow (Tauranga)

Ellesse Andrews (Christchurch)

Shaane Fulton (Hamilton)

Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu)

Ally Wollaston (Waikato)

Bryony Botha (Auckland)

Emily Shearman (Palmerston North)

Nicole Shields (Clyde)

Samara Maxwell (Taupō)

Leila Walker (Cambridge)

Diving

Elizabeth Roussel (Auckland)

Equestrian

Clarke Johnstone (Matangi)

Tim Price (Rangiora)

Melissa Galloway (Tuamarina)

Jonelle Price (Rangiora)

Field hockey

Dom Dixon (Hawke's Bay)

Brad Read (Auckland)

Malachi Buschl (Dunedin)

Scott Boyde (Brisbane, Australia)

Dane Lett (Carterton)

Simon Child (Auckland)

Charlie Morrison (Christchurch)

Joe Morrison (Christchurch)

Jacob Smith (Wellington)

Sam Lane (Temuka)

Simon Yorston (Christchurch)

Nic Woods (Hamilton)

Kane Russell (Dunedin)

Blair Tarrant (Timaru)

Sean Findlay (Taradale)

Hugo Inglis (Dunedin)

Hayden Phillips (Levin)

Isaac Houlbrooke (Auckland)

Leon Hayward (Darwin, Australia)

Golf

Ryan Fox (Auckland)

Daniel Hillier (Wellington)

Ko Bo-Gyung (Orlando, Florida)

Gymnastics

Dylan Schmidt (Auckland)

Georgia-Rose Brown (Melbourne, Australia)

Maddie Davidson (Christchurch)

Judo

Moira Koster (Christchurch)

Sydnee Andrews (Camberley, U.K.)

Rowing

Tom Mackintosh (Hastings)

Dan Williamson (Beachlands)

Phillip Wilson (Wellington)

Robbie Manson (Hamilton)

Jordan Parry (Tauranga)

Matt Macdonald (Auckland)

Ollie Maclean (Auckland)

Tom Murray (Blenheim)

Logan Ullrich (Brisbane, Australia)

Emma Twigg (Napier)

Kate Haines (Hamilton)

Alana Sherman (Auckland)

Brooke Francis (Te Kauwhata)

Lucy Spoors (Christchurch)

Phoebe Spoors (Christchurch)

Jackie Kiddle (Wellington)

Shannon Cox (Whangārei)

Jackie Gowler (Raetihi)

Kerri Williams (Raetihi)

Davina Waddy (Christchurch)

Rugby

Scott Curry (Rotorua)

Brady Rush (Kerikeri)

Tone Shiu (Napier)

Akuila Rokolisoa (Lautoka, Fiji)

Dylan Collier (Ōpōtiki)

Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Rotorua)

Fehi Fineanganofo (Auckland)

Andrew Knewstubb (Wellington)

Regan Ware (Tokoroa)

Tepaea Cook-Savage (Kaitaia)

Moses Leo (Auckland)

Leroy Carter (Tauranga)

Tevarn Webber (Hamilton)

Sione Molia (Pukekohe)

Michaela Blyde (New Plymouth)

Jazmin Hotham (Hamilton)

Sarah Hirini (Feilding)

Tyla King (Auckland)

Jorja Miller (Timaru)

Manaia Nuku (Hamilton)

Mahina Paul (Whakatāne)

Risealeaana Pouri-Lane (Auburn, Australia)

Alena Saili (Porirua)

Theresa Stefano (Auckland)

Stacey Fluhler (Papakura)

Portia Woodman (Kawakawa)

Sailing

Josh Armit (Auckland)

Lukas Walton-Keim (Auckland)

Tom Saunders (Auckland)

Isaac McHardie (Hamilton)

William McKenzie (Auckland)

Micah Williamson (Hamilton)

Greta Pilkington (Auckland)

Justina Kitchen (Auckland)

Joanna Aleh (Auckland)

Molly Meech (Auckland)

Erica Dawson (Auckland)

Shooting

Owen Robinson (Morrinsville)

Chloe Tipple (Christchurch)

Soccer

Alex Paulsen (Auckland)

Michael Boxall (Auckland)

Sam Sutton (Auckland)

Tyler Bindon (Los Angeles, California)

Finn Surman (Christchurch)

Joe Bell (Christchurch)

Matthew Garbett (Porirua)

Ben Old (Wellington)

Ben Waine (Wellington)

Sarpreet Singh (Auckland)

Jesse Randall (Wellington)

Kees Sims (Bracknell, U.K.)

Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington)

Jay Herdman (Invercargill)

Matthew Sheridan (Wellington)

Fin Conchie (Hamilton)

Lachlan Bayliss (Darwin, Australia)

Oskar Van Hattum (New Plymouth)

William Gillion (Auckland)

Isaac Hughes (Wellington)

Anna Leat (Auckland)

Kate Taylor (Christchurch)

Mackenzie Barry (New Plymouth)

Catherine Bott (Wellington)

Meikayla Moore (Christchurch)

Malia Steinmetz (Auckland)

Michaela Foster (Hamilton)

Macey Fraser (Rangiora)

Gabi Rennie (Rangiora)

Indiah-Paige Riley (Albany Creek, Australia)

Katie Kitching (Well, U.K.)

Victoria Esson (Christchurch)

Rebekah Stott (Papamoa)

Katie Bowen (Auckland)

Ally Green (Sydney, Australia)

Jacqueline Hand (Auckland)

Milly Clegg (Auckland)

Grace Jale (Auckland)

Annalie Longo (Auckland)

Surfing

Billy Stairmand (Raglan)

Saffi Vette (Gisborne)

Swimming

Kane Follows (Auckland)

Taiko Torepe-Ormsby (Christchurch)

Cameron Gray (Auckland)

Lewis Clareburt (Wellington)

Nina Brown (Auckland)

Eva Morris (Tauranga)

Laticia-Leigh Transom (Brisbane, Australia)

Erika Fairweather (Dunedin)

Eve Thomas (Auckland)

Vanessa Ouwehand (Auckland)

Caitlin Deans (Dunedin)

Tennis

Lulu Sun (Geneva, Switzerland)

Erin Routliffe (Caledon, Ontario)

Triathlon

Dylan McCullough (Auckland)

Hayden Wilde (Whakatāne)

Ainsley Thorpe (Auckland)

Nicole Van Der Kaay (Rotorua)

Weightlifting

David Liti (Auckland)

Wrestling

Tayla Ford (Christchurch)

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QUICKFIRE BIOS ;

CHARACTERS –  

AMIRA ; 

age: 29 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: london, england 

ship: killian ford 

best friend(s): killian ford 

siblings: deen (younger brother, deceased) 

family: n/a 

roommate: killian ford 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: scar on abdomen, scar on ribcage 

drink: no – recovering alcoholic 

smoke: yes – cigarettes only, recovering drug addict 

pets: wraith (cat) 

ANNABELLE ;  

age: 26 

sexuality: queer 

from: new york, usa 

ship: elias hewitt 

best friend(s): jax otto, dante lee 

siblings: n/a 

family: michael baxter (father) 

roommate: lives with her parents 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes – new to drinking, bit of a lightweight 

smoke: no – tried weed once and thought dante had a tail 

pets: love (husky puppy, soon) 

BILLY ; 

age: 35 

sexuality: pansexual 

from: michigan, usa 

ship: simon hudson 

best friend(s): simon hudson 

siblings: sophie mchale (older sister) 

family: persephone blake (cousin) 

roommate: lives alone 

exes: julian webster (fiancé, deceased) 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no – ex smoker 

pets: scoob (golden retriever)  

DIEGO ;  

age: 29 

sexuality: queer 

from: nashville, tennessee, usa 

ship: henry bly 

best friend(s): poppy martin, marley bostwick 

siblings: isabella, camila, malena, maría (older sisters), natalia, alejandra, paloma (younger sisters) 

family: n/a 

roommate: poppy martin 

exes: poppy martin 

injuries/scars: scar on his lower lip 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes – weed only 

pets: no 

IVY ;  

age: 31 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: unconfirmed 

ship: max hayashi 

best friend(s): wardo martinelli 

siblings: holly sargent (long lost sister) 

family: wardo martinelli, bryce byers 

roommate: sam howlett

exes: dierks foland 

injuries/scars: scar on tummy, scar on tummy/abdomen, scar below her left ear, scar along her inner right thigh 

drink: yes – occasionally, only started drinking after she turned 30 

smoke: no 

pets: helen & wardo (cats) 

JESSICA ;  

age: 26 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: seattle 

ship: marley bostwick 

best friend(s): doesn’t have one(?) 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: jared hilton 

exes: clara taylor (situationship/hookup), jared hilton (soon) 

injuries/scars: strained hamstring 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: no 

MATTY ;  

age: 30 

sexuality: pansexual 

from: london, england 

ship: chess howard 

best friend(s): elias hewitt, maggie chance 

siblings: adriana (older sister), balthazar, octavius (older brothers), hero (younger sister), prospero (younger brother), cressida, ophelia (younger sisters) 

family: hazel june howard (future step daughter) 

roommate: lives alone 

exes: nate atkins 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: dodger, radcliffe, sponge (corgis) 

MAVERICK ;  

age: 43 

sexuality: homosexual 

from: texas, usa 

ship: harlow charlton & rafferty reyes 

best friend(s): doesn’t have one(?) 

siblings: donald (older brother), abigail (older sister, deceased), beatrice (younger sister) 

family: wardo martinelli 

roommate: n/a - needs roommate(s) 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: scar on his right bicep, broken nose 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes – only when drunk/stressed 

pets: n/a 

PERSEPHONE ;  

age: 27 

sexuality: heterosexual (debatable) 

from: los angeles, usa 

ship: bradley prestwick 

best friend(s): maggie chance, charlie clarke, ripley mendoza 

siblings: n/a 

family: billy mchale (cousin) 

roommate: ariadne halliday (never met) & blair mcrory (never met), and 1 other (also never met) 

exes: ronnie gibbs (noncon/abuser), rob saunders (ex dealer) 

injuries/scars: track marks on arms/tummy 

drink: no – recovering alcoholic 

smoke: no – recovering drug addict 

pets: grantaire (cat) 

POPPY ;  

age: 27 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: nashville, tennessee, usa 

ship: noah calloway 

best friend(s): diego rodriguez, henry bly, chess howard, joey claremont 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: diego rodriguez 

exes: diego rodriguez 

injuries/scars: scar on her left knee, future broken arm (in game) 

drink: yes  

smoke: no – tried weed once, bad times 

pets: n/a 

SCOTTY ;  

age: 32 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: colorado, usa 

ship: sam howlett 

best friend(s): louis denver, cassie croft (npc), joey claremont, max hayashi 

siblings: lucy (younger sister), michael (younger brother) 

family: n/a 

roommate: amelia barton, cassie croft (npc), louis denver

exes: indra dragomir (ex fiancée) 

injuries/scars: forehead scar, jawline scar, ribcage scar 

drink: yes  

smoke: no 

pets: blair & serena (dogs, breed tbd) 

INSPOS – 

AMELIA ;  

age: 29 

sexuality: homosexual 

from: los angeles, usa 

ship: maggie chance 

best friend(s): sam howlett

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: cassie croft (npc), louis denver, scotty carter

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: torn rotator cuff/weakness 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: flounder (guppy fish) 

ARCHIE ;  

age: 35 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: harlem, new york, usa 

ship: marianne patch 

best friend(s): doesn’t have one(?) 

siblings: n/a 

family: caleb burke (son, deceased) 

roommate: lives alone 

exes: catherine barnes (ex wife) 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

BONNIE ;  

age: 27 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: boston, massachusetts, usa 

ship: rory o’sullivan 

best friend(s): mary-kate detamble, rory o’sullivan 

siblings: john (younger brother), ariana (younger sister) 

family: n/a 

roommate: maggie chance 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: arthritis in her hands 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes – weed, and cigarettes when drunk 

pets: n/a 

DAVEY ;  

age: 27 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: london, england 

ship: cora bailey 

best friend: doesn’t have one 

siblings: kian mcgrath (older brother), luca mcgrath (younger brother) 

family: luke wren (cousin), andrew mcgrath (father) 

roommate: luca mcgrath 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: no 

DYLAN ;  

age: 28 

sexuality: queer 

from: killarney, kerry, ireland 

ship: kennedy chappel 

best friend: cody mcqueen 

siblings: lorcan, eoin, finley (older brothers), nora (older sister) 

family: n/a 

roommate: kennedy chappel 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: various burn scars, scar on his left ankle 

drink: yes – beats himself up over it when he’s feeling insecure about his body 

smoke: yes – only when stressed/anxious 

pets: keane (border collie) 

ELODIE ;  

age: 24 

sexuality: queer 

from: vancouver, canada & marseille, france 

ship: heath hudson 

best friend: théo moreau, charlie clarke

siblings: théo (twin brother) 

family: cassie & david croft (cousins) 

roommate: lives with her parents 

exes: heath hudson  

injuries/scars: scar beneath her jawline (left side), scar at the base of her skull, scar on her right hip 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

FLYNN ;  

age: 29 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: new york, usa 

ship: rae sunne 

best friend: wardo martinelli, noah calloway 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: needs roommate(s) 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: scar on left hip 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

GABRIEL ;  

age: 31 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: minnesota, usa 

ship: blair mcrory 

best friend: doesn’t have one 

siblings: n/a 

family: aj brooks (cousin) 

roommate: lives alone 

exes: emily brooks née dean 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: cleo (service dog for anxiety, labrador) 

JASPER ;  

age: 33 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: manchester, england 

ship: ariadne halliday 

best friend: benjamin kent 

siblings: n/a 

family: helena woolf (mother) 

roommate: needs rommate(s) 

exes: rebecca connell 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

KIAN ; 

age: 37 

sexuality: homosexual 

from: dublin, ireland 

ship: ezra walker 

best friend: rory o’sullivan, rafferty reyes 

siblings: davey mcgrath, luca mcgrath (younger brothers) 

family: maureen walsh (mother, deceased), andrew mcgrath 

roommate: needs rommate(s) 

exes: lorcan buckley 

injuries/scars: dodgy knee/semi-permanent limp, chronic shoulder pain 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

KIM ; 

age: 27 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: arkansas, usa

ship: luke wren 

best friend: ezra walker 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: lives alone 

exes: damon jackson (ex fiancé) 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no  

pets: n/a – hates animals 

LUCA ; 

age: 25 

sexuality: queer 

from: london, england 

ship: taylor hathaway 

best friend: cora bailey 

siblings: kian mcgrath, davey mcgrath (older brothers) 

family: luke wren (cousin) 

roommate: davey mcgrath 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: n/a 

MARCUS ; 

age: 32 

sexuality: queer/unlabelled 

from: london, england 

ship: n/a 

best friend: doesn’t have one 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: n/a 

exes: alice wilson 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: yes 

pets: n/a 

MICAH ; 

age: 29 

sexuality: heterosexual 

from: new york, usa 

ship: joey claremont 

best friend: joey claremont, bradley prestwick 

siblings: mary, grace (older sisters), claudia (younger sister) 

roommate: needs roommate(s)? 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes  

smoke: no 

pets: n/a 

OLLY ; 

age: 32 

sexuality: homosexual 

from: san francisco, californianebraska 

ship: jude patch 

best friend: marianne patch 

siblings: ezra walker (olderb brother) 

roommate: lives alone 

family: n/a 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: scar on left ankle, scar on tummy/waist 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: ringo (dog), bono (cat), jagger (bunny) 

OPHELIA ; 

age: 27 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: born in new york, moved to australia aged 17 (travels a lot) 

ship: glenn riggins 

best friend: kennedy chappel, lando knight 

siblings: n/a 

family: na 

roommate: needs roommate(s) 

exes: luke wren 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes – not often since her accident 

smoke: no – has always wanted to try weed but is too chicken 

pets: n/a 

PARIS ; 

age: 29 

sexuality: tbd 

from: new york, usa 

ship: n/a 

best friend: doesn’t have one 

siblings: chelsea (younger sister)  

roommate: george york (deadbeat ass husband) 

exes: george york (soon to be sex husband) 

injuries/scars: scar on lower stomach, scar below her right eye 

drink: no 

smoke: no 

pets: no 

ROSE ; 

age: 34 

sexuality: bisexual 

from: cornwall, england 

ship: aj brooks 

best friend: aj brooks (past tense), doesn’t have one 

siblings: n/a 

family: n/a 

roommate: two nameless npcs 

exes: carlos sainz, apparently, aj brooks 

injuries/scars: n/a 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: connell (cat) 

THÉO ; 

age: 24 

sexuality: homosexual 

from: vancouver, canada & marseille, france 

ship: n/a 

best friend: doesn’t have one/elodie moreau 

siblings: elodie (twin sister) 

family: david & cassie croft (cousins) 

roommate: lives with parents 

exes: n/a 

injuries/scars: scar above right elbow, scar on left palm 

drink: yes 

smoke: no 

pets: n/a