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[comicwaren]

From Uncanny X-Men Vol. 6 #004, “The Eye of the Hurricane”

Art by David Marquez and Matthew Wilson

Written by Gail Simone

[theclosetedskeleton]

uhhh drops this here. yeah im these arent leland gaunts or brian rusks canon designs but uhh idk me when i hate canon

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Today, November 18th, 1975 - Queen Story!

Bristol, UK, Colston Hall (two night)

'A Night At The Opera Tour'

This article chronicles the second show in Bristol.

🔸Sounds, November 29, 1975

Queen triumphant

Report by Jonh Ingham, pictures by Kate Simon

QUEEN ARE the type of group that make a man want to abandon rock writing. They pose questions and never provide answers. They exist in their own space-time continuum, visible and audible but keeping their secrets to themselves.

On the surface they couldn't be a nicer bunch of people, but they carry English reticence to an epitome. It isn't, as Geoff Barton said two weeks ago, that they're boring, it's just that they're reserved. Or in writer parlance, they don't automatically provide colourful copy. All my instincts as a writer tell me that there is a great story in that band, but after two nights with them I'm hardly any the wiser.

Skin tight

That their insularity has a lot to do with them being one of the most amazing heavy-metal and/or rock bands in Britain - with all the signs that they'll end up monsters on the order of Zep - is fairly obvious, but just how much bearing it has on the matter is hard to say. The enigmas they might pose mightn't even have answers.

Is there any logical reason why they present an image and persona straight out of the Beatles school of interlocking chemistry?

John is reserved, almost nonchalant on stage, as if it's all in a small, personal joke. When asked how he saw himself within the framework of the band he replied, with a small smile, "I'm the bassist".

Roger is his opposite, the cheeky sidekick in a Clint Eastwood movie, and attracting a lot of cheesecake attention in America and Japan.

Freddie is an original - one of the most dynamic singers to tread the boards in quite a few years. His attraction is obvious.

Brian is perhaps the biggest enigma of all. What is this seemingly frail, gaunt astronomer doing on that stage, striding purposefully and blasting diamond-hard rock? They're all equally strong personalities - like the Beatles there's no one major focal point. Ask four fans who their dream Queen is and you'll get four different answers.

Queen have been busy lads these past few months. Having disassociated themselves from their former management and joined with John Reid, the fourth album was seen to. Reid decided that a tight schedule wouldn't cause them undue harm, and figured on two months to record before embarking on this current tour.

Only Queen are driven to better each previous album - which at this stage of the game is obviously producing some excellent results - and 'A Night At The Opera' turned into a saga - culminating in 36-hour mixing sessions in an effort to allow at least a few days for rehearsal. In the end they managed three and a half days at Elstree with four hours off to videotape the promotional film for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

Their first few dates had not been without errors and the quartet were still not feeling totally comfortable their second night in Bristol, fourth night of the tour. You'd never know it, though.

Like all other aspects of the group, the stage is sophisticated. A black scrim provides a backdrop bounded by a proscenium of lights both front and rear. At each side the p.a. rises like a mutant marriage of Mammon and Robby the Robot. Amp power is readily evident but the most extraordinary is Brian May's subtle set up: nine Vox boxes stepping back in rows of three. The only packing crate visible is holding a tray of drinks, and you may rest assured that no roadie will rush, crawl or lurk across the stage while the show is in progress unless it's to rescue Freddie's mike from the clawing crowd.

As the auditorium darkens the sound of an orchestra tuning up is heard over the p.a. The conductor taps his baton on the music stand and a slightly effete voice welcomes the audience to A Night At The Opera. The Gilbert & Sullivan portion of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' follows, a brief glimpse of Freddie is allowed, and then in a blast of flares and white smoke the blitzkrieg begins.

Roger is barely visible behind his kit, just his eyes and tousled locks. John is wearing a white suit and playing the-man-who-must-stand-still-or-it-will-all-blow-away. Brian is slightly medieval in his green and white Zandra Rhodes top, while Freddie is...

Around his ankles his satin white pants flare like wings - fleet footed Hermes. Everything north of the knee is skin tight - tighter than skin tight - with a zip-up front open to AA rating. But further south, definitely in X territory, lurks a bulge not unlike the Sunday Telegraph.

There have been sex objects and sex bombs, superstar potency and the arrogant presentation of this all-important area, but never has a man's weaponry been so flagrantly showcased. Fred could jump up on the drum stand and shake his cute arse, leap about and perform all manner of amazing acrobatics, but there it was, this rope in repose, barely leashed tumescence, the Queen's sceptre. Oh to be that hot costume, writhing across the mighty Fred!

Phallic

Freddie is not pretty in the conventional sense of the word; like Mick Jagger of '64, he is his own convention. Also like the Jagger of the time, his stage persona and action is unlike anything else. Although it borrows - like most of the group's plagiarisms - slightly from Zeppelin, in tandem with Freddie's supreme assurance and belief in himself - he always refers to himself as a star - it explodes into something that is a constant delight to watch.

He reacts to his audience almost like an over-emotional actress - Gloria Swanson, say, or perhaps Holly Woodlawn playing Bette Davis. At the climax of the second night in Bristol he paused at the top of the drum stand, looked back over the crowd and with complete, heartfelt emotion placed his delicate fingers to lips and blew a kiss. Any person who can consume themselves so completely in such a clichéd showbiz contrivance deserves to be called a star.

Freddie's real talent, though, is with his mike stand. No Rod Stewart mike stand callisthenics here, just a shortee stick that doubles as a cock, machine gun, ambiguous phallic symbol, and for a fleeting moment an imaginary guitar. He has a neat trick of standing quite still in particularly frantic moments and holding the stand vertically from his crotch up, draw a fragile finger along its length, ever closer to the taunting eyes that survey his audience.

Their show contains lots of bombs and smoke, lots of lights, lots of noise. They fulfil the function of supremely good heavy metal - i.e. you don't get a second to think about what's going on. When they do let up for a few minutes, it's only so you can focus in on the bright blue electric charge crackling between your ears.

Bulldozer

Dominating the sound is Roger's drumming, a bulldozer echo that bounces like an elastic membrane, meshing with your solar plexus so that your body pulses in synch with the thunder. Tuned into that, everything else is just supremely nice icing.

For three days rehearsal, after eight months off the road Bristol was extremely impressive. In speculative mood I quizzed people on how long they thought it would take to headline Madison Square Garden. I was thought a radical at a year and a half. John Reid smilingly assured me it would take a year.

That Queen should end up with John Reid is an entirely logical proceeding. Everything about Queen demands that the world eventually kowtows at their feet in complete acquiescence - so big that bodyguards have to accompany them at every step. Well, no - they found that an annoyance in Japan, but, you know, huge.

Such status demands a Reid or a Peter Grant, and whatever the causes for their leaving Jack Nelson and Trident, an elegant group like Queen is going to look for a man with class. Reid found the idea of managing a group interesting, and having to deal with four strong personalities a challenge. He only concerns himself with their business and ensuring that the year ahead is mapped out. In January they begin a jaunt through the Orient, Australia and America, by which time it's March and they begin preparations for the next album.

Reid's prediction of a year was proven highly credible the next evening in Cardiff. The band had still not paused from the rush up to the tour and spent most of the day relaxing and sleeping - no doubt a factor in their near recumbent profile. Also, unlike most groups, they were keeping their dissatisfaction with the show to themselves.

They stopped off at Harlech TV on the way to see a cassette of the video for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The general consensus was quite good for four hours, with much laughter during the operetta. Brian finds film of the group educational - the first time he saw himself was a Mike Mansfield opus for 'Keep Yourself Alive' - "It was 'All right fellows, give it everything you've got but don't move off that spot.' It was terrible." You don't like Mansfield, eh? "Oh, I hate him - we all do... I was horrified when I saw it - I couldn't believe we looked that bad. I looked very static - seeing myself has taught me a lot about stage movement. Some of the things I do are planned for effect, but it's mostly just feeling the audience and communicating that back to them."

Arriving at the motel - several miles out of town - Freddie immediately fell asleep, John held court of a sort, joined later by Brian, while Roger went jogging, a daily event when touring. Tuning in to rock via Bill Haley and Tommy Steele, he became a drummer because he was better at it than guitar. All through school he was in bands; he only went to dental school out of "middle class conditioning, and it was a good way to stay in London without having to work". His mother thought it a bit strange when he opted for a career as a rock star, but she doesn't worry too much now.

The concert starts in much the same manner as the previous night, but there are signs that tonight is work, with posing an afterthought. The endings to most of their songs are magnificent and majestic, especially 'Flick Of The Wrist' and the rapid harmonies of 'Bad Boy Leroy Brown'

➡️ keep reading on http://jonh-ingham.blogspot.com/2007/02/queen-riot-at-opera.html?m=1

[allycat75]

Hear me out, Boston Dumb Fuck...

Annulment due to fraudulent intent! I am sure your teams can work out who committed the fraud so no one looks too terrible, or any worse than they do already. Either way, it would make the most believable thing that ever came out of this unholy shaggy dog story (we know you aren't really married, but you have to have something to sell to the tabloids).

Honestly, what is more ridiculous- "a scared actor suffering from a midlife crisis with dwindling career and personal options enters into a four (or five) month marriage thinking it would boost his profile and hers, plus offer some companionship. Turns out they were not compatible from the start (we will know why), but his misplaced pride and lack of coping skills made him dissociate from the situation, until the new year, when friends and family (his mama and maybe sisters) had a sort of intervention to force him out of the "Brian Wilson-like" headspace and into some intense therapy. He decided it needed to be annulled for his health and sanity (cue pictures of him looking pale, gaunt and unhappy). He wishes her well, but is going to take the next few months to relearn who he is and what the best next steps are." Or, "Somebody named Abba Baublatera is divorcing one of the Chris's. I think the boring one not married to a Kennedy. They were married for like a year or two, but no one cared because the seemed awful and all of their movies tanked. I am sure division of assets won't take long because both are broke."

I don't condone lying, but you should be used to it by now- what are a few more more?

Remember, it's happened before:

Some already think you are gay anyway. And it's not like you are going to be getting any offers for a while, being so broken and empty and all. Humpty dumpty is going to take a long time to repair. Will need a lot of agonizing hours of real therapy (not this pseudo-psych stuff you have been doing) and self-reflection. May have incurable damage for the rest of his life.

[catierambles]

Blood Moon Ch.14

Pairing: Syverson x Annalisa Caulfield (OFC)

Annalisa limited herself to one burger, claiming that she was full. His mother did end up “convincing” her to try some desert, though, a homemade peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, of which she ate an entire bowl.

Sy walked into the kitchen, his mom at the sink getting the dishes squared away and into the dishwasher.

“Ya need help?” He asked and she looked over her shoulder at him.

“I'm fine, sweety, almost done anyway.” She said but he joined her at the sink anyway, taking the plates from her hands and loading them into the dishwasher trays. “I like her.”

“Annie?”

“I like her.” Denise said, “She's good with the dogs, great with the kids, and...she makes you happy, I can see that clear as day. After what that woman put you through...you deserve to be happy.”

“Thanks, ma.” Sy said, “And yeah, she does. Hey, ma, ask you somethin'?”

“What, sweety?”

“You still got grandma's engagement ring? I know Pete, Brian, and Jake went with their own when they proposed, but I didn't know...”

“Bit soon, ain't it?” She asked, “You only been together for what? Less than three months?”

“You and dad were together for only six when he popped the question.”

“I know, but it was a different time and we were sure.”

“And I'm sure about her.”

“Are you?” She asked, looking at him. “Kyle, Tiffany rung you out, hurt you bad. I just don't want you to get hurt again.”

“What happened to Annie makes me happy?”

“Just because you're happy now, don't mean you'll be happy a year from now. I just don't want you to rush into anythin' and regret it later.”

“I'm not. I love her, ma.”

“Kyle...” She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. “You can't possibly, not this soon. Your relationship with her is still new, still fresh, you ain't thinkin' clearly. What if she don't love you back?”

“She does.”

“She tell you that?”

“Yeah.” Sy said and his father walked into the kitchen, heading for the fridge.

“Everythin' all right?” He asked, pulling a bottle from it.

“Kyle's thinkin' about proposin' to Annalisa.” Denise said, “Asked me for mamas’ ring.”

“Bit soon, ain't it?” Jack asked, “You ain't been together that long.”

“Oh for fucks—”

“Language.” Denise said and he sighed. All three looked over as Mike came running into the kitchen.

“What, Mikey?” Sy asked.

“Something's wrong with Annie.” He said, “She was fine and then she got pale and green and asked where the bathroom is. I think she's throwing up.”

“Is that why you wanna ask her to marry you?” Denise asked, “Because she's pregnant?”

“She ain't pregnant, ma. She can't have kids.” Sy said.

“She tell you that, too? How do you know she ain't tryin' to baby trap you?”

“Yeah, because a woman who I'm pretty sure has more money than god is definitely gonna baby trap an Army vet with credit card debt and drives a ten year old truck. That's somethin' that happens.” Sy said and left the kitchen, moving around Mike.

“Downstairs bathroom!” He called after him and Sy headed for it. The door was locked when he tried to open it so he knocked gently, gently moving Aika aside who was scratching at the door and whining.

“Annie, it's Sy.” He said and winced when he heard the retching and gagging sounds. “Baby, you okay?”

“I'm—” It was cut off by coughing, “I'm fine!”

“No, you ain't. Open up or I'll force the lock.” It clicked back and he eased the door open, seeing her sitting against the tub with her eyes closed. She was pale, gaunt, dark circles like bruises under her eyes and sweat shining on her skin. “The food?” She nodded and he walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind him and keeping Aika out. “This what happens?” Another nod.

“Thought—” She shuddered with a small sound, “Thought we'd be gone before it hit me.”

“Food poisonin'?”

“Close enough.” She said, “It's like if you tried my diet. It'd make you sick as your body rejected it.” Another shudder and she twisted, coughing violently into the toilet bowl before reaching up to flush it, sitting back against the tub. He went over to her, kneeling next to her and brushing her hair out of her face. Her skin was clammy and cool and she leaned against him, breathing through the rolling nausea. “I think—I think it's over.”

“You need anythin'? Water?”

“Water will kick it off again.” She said, shaking her head. “I need—fuck.”

“What?”

“I need blood. I basically have internal injuries and need to heal them. I need blood.”

“Where you wanna take it?”

“Sy—”

“Annie, you look like the walkin' dead and will worry everyone if you go out there like this. Be more questions than I think you wanna deal with right now. Where do you wanna take it from?”

“I love you.” She breathed.

“I love you, too.”

“Wrist. You have an artery in the wrist that's close to the surface.” She said and moved slowly at his urging so he could sit behind her, positioning himself so she was sitting between his legs against his chest. Her hands were cold and trembled slightly as she took his wrist, bringing it to her lips. “It's going to hurt. I'm sorry.”

“Don't be sorry, just take what I'm givin' you.” He hissed as her fangs broke though the skin and she was right, it hurt. There was none of the warmth from all the times she had fed from him previously, pain radiating up his arm, growing with every beat of his heart. “Fuck.” Her skin grew warm and soft against his, her lips full and plush against his wrist.

“Hey, is she—” They looked up as Mike came into the bathroom without knocking, his eyes going wide at the sight of Annalisa's blood stained elongated fangs, her lips crimson as she pulled away from Sy's wrist. “Holy shit.”

[bitter69uk]

Recently watched: Night Watch (1973). Tagline: “You’ll be seeing this nightmare every night for the rest of your life.” If you enjoy observing Elizabeth Taylor suffer heavy emotional torment (in particular, watching her stare out a window and shrieking), THIS is the film for you! In this wildly entertaining Gaslight-style woman-in-peril psychodrama (adapted from a stage play by Lucille Fletcher – author of Sorry, Wrong Number), the screen diva screams and screams again. And then screams some more just for good measure. Taylor stars as troubled woman-on-the-verge-of-a-breakdown Ellen Wheeler. Ellen seemingly has it all: an affluent lifestyle. A sumptuous house in a posh part of London (possibly Bayswater?). A spectacular glitzy wardrobe by Valentino (Taylor by this point is already deep in her “caftan era”. Night Watch is worth catching just for her costume changes). A Spanish maid called Dolores to order around (“I want dinner ready for nine o’clock. Not eight o’clock. Not ten o’clock. Nine o’clock!”). And she’s doted on by her loving financier husband John and best friend Sarah (Billie Whitelaw). (John is played by Laurence Harvey, Taylor’s suave leading man from Butterfield 8 (1960). The posters for Night Watch should have exclaimed “Taylor and Harvey – Together Again!” Harvey died of cancer (aged just 45) shortly after the film’s release. He does look noticeably gaunt). But the emotionally fragile Ellen is tortured by insomnia and nightmares about the death of her first husband (and his mistress) eight years earlier in a horrific car crash. When she thinks she’s witnessed a murder in the supposedly deserted house next door (shades of Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954)), Ellen really begins to crack up … Director Brian G Hutton had already collaborated with Taylor in the fun oddball melodrama X Y & Zee (1972). Night Watch is awash in 1970s decadence (everyone smokes, drinks and pops pills). Towards the end, there is a genuinely shocking eruption of violence straight out of a slasher flick!

[shayshaybiscuit25]

Seb probably warned him not to do it after his disastrous PR nonsense also Mackie is staying away as she is a racist but Evans is very pig headed and thought it would be ok! He comes across narcisstic to me MO.

Little did he know 20 odd years of making his name has been flushed down the toilet like a big fat dump!

Well he’s aged 20 years in a year he looks old, gaunt, drugged up to his eyeballs for what to be like Marilyn Monroe or be controlled like Brian Wilson. A controlled CAA puppet!

He’s done this for one thing for money and from the rumblings around Hollywood he’s on the verge of going bankrupt!

Plus he forgets that his fans have been the ones lining his pockets.

Unfortunately Chris Evans needs his fans to make him relevant, no one really knows his apart from those who know the marvel movies and know him for playing Captain America! Shame as he’s Captain Hydra associating with nazis who’d have thought huh?🤔

Every time there’s a PR drop NYC Papwalk, scarevideo VD dump and “Wedding” ( when there’s no certificate) loads have left and the ones that stay want to see this blow up in their faces eating their popcorn watching the downfall,

Also another aspect too as immigration being inundated with complaints from real life real couples who are the queue and complaining why that troll bitch jumped the queue as they have been waiting for months or some years for their other non American half to reside with them legally.

Plus she also failed her green card due to lack of education as she dropped out of school and has nothing to offer the USA in the lines of academic or professional status she’s a shit unemployed lazy actress who can’t act her way out of a paper bag! She has nothing lined up as she’s black listed due to her vile nature or being xenophobic fat shaming and a Nazi racist too!

So I’m sure immigration are waiting for the right moment to pounce as I’m sure they know!

So chill peeps and let watch them both get karma for gaslighting this fandom 2024 is gonna be an epic year for a fallout watch this space 😈

I just want it to end.

[renee-writer]

April 15th Chapter Forty-seven

AO3

Her scream gets everyone running. All but Ian who walks as fast as he can.

 

“Mary, what is it?” Claire fears the worst. If William is… she can’t even think it… would her husband survive? Will any of them?

 

Her father -in-law kneels beside her. She seats clutching the telegram in her shaking hand.

 

“Is he…?” Brian looks pale as death. He swallows hard. Claire feels Jamie’s hands on her shoulder, clinging tight. An anchor against whatever the news is. Ian, walking in a second later, takes it out of her hand. A quick read and he sags against Jenny in relief.

 

“Mrs. Fraser,

 

This is to inform you that your husband, Lieutenant William Fraser, has been honorably discharged from His Majesty’s service and will be heading home.

He should arrive in a fortnight.

 

Warmest regards.”

 

A cheer arises that wakes the sleeping twins. Harriet and the other children run down from the nursery.

 

“What is it papa?” Young Ian asks.

 

“Your Uncle William is heading home.”

 

Harriet squeals and throws herself into her mam’s arms. Willie smiles, hugging them both. Claire runs to retrieve her babies.

 

He is gaunt, every bone in his body visible. Mary weeps at seeing him.

 

“It is alright, my love. Nothing that home cooking shan’t fix.”

 

Mrs. Crook fills the table with the richest food she can make. They are blessed to have their own, and they know it well. Many aren’t as blessed. They do their best to help their neighbors.

 

Willie sits close to his da, looking up at him with worshipful eyes. He and his uncles are real life heroes. They live, scarred from their battles but here. A lot of his mates carry heavy hearts at losing their fathers.

 

He makes a fuss over how much his children have grown, over Henry and John. He jokes about being fit and trim. After dinner, in the study with his brothers and father, he shares how he feared not making it home.

 

War is hell. The after effects can be tortuous. All three men know this well. Hours are spent in the study each evening talking it out. Tears and screams aren’t unexpected.

 

Their women keep the children away. The older ones understand. The younger have never known different.

 

A letter comes from John. With America’s entry into the war, he has joined the fight. They pray for him and for peace, nightly.

 

A good thing comes from it. He meets someone. A fellow soldier named Hector. Jamie smiles at reading of their love.

 

Mary has a son, ten months after William ‘s return. Georgie is a braw lad and his birth helps his father heal.

 

Claire has a daughter they name Gracie. Faith is thrilled to have a sister. Fergus and Quinton are quite protective of her.

 

The radio brings then reports of the status of the war. The allies are winning and their prayers for peace redouble.

 

Finally on the 11th day of the 11th month and at the 11th hour, there is an armistice. The war to end all wars is at an end.

 

The end.

[gcverncr]

"a ruler doesn't let their people die." -@ourdyingwords connie

𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐑 [𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄?] ; 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

. He contemplates the board separating them, staring down on its varied, scattered pieces. A strange, cyclopean cunning is in animation upon Brian's gaunt features, sharp and dark, glittering within his single deep-set eye.

. He gesticulates in distracted, singlehand sign: "You'll never win if you stop to think about every little pawn under your command. You can't save everyone. 'The few over the many' is for beauty pageant winners, it's not for war."

. Brian pauses, sniffs, and stabs his piece down on one of her squares, claiming a pawn… but putting the piece in direct danger by one of hers. "Sometimes people die. Sometimes people are sacrificed."

. "N-u-a-n-c-e." Spelled in individual letters, "Is what separates us from animals. Not biology."

[emma-cantmakeuphermind]

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[forensicated]

Trigger Warning: Discussion of rape

Smiffina Episodes - The Bill Episode 261

Wayne Radford's grave has been vandalised, it doesn't take a journalist to work out who has done it. The war is only just starting between the Radford's and Cox's. Gina has to visit Irene to tell her personally. Not long after, Jimmy Cross is gunned down in a drive by shooting...and Father Callum Stone Karl Radford is kicking off because he wants to get to clean the grave.

Smithy is due to see MIT in half an hour to report the accusation of rape against Gabriel. Andrea would rather he didn't do it. She says Kerry had 'lost the plot' over the last few months of her life and even accused Smithy of rape. Smithy says he can't live with himself if he doesn't at least have it investigated, he doesn't want to be responsible for a rapist working at the station. He promises her Gabriel won't know who reported him.

Unfortunately for her though, Andrea is seen by Gabriel speaking to Rowan...when Smithy tells him that MIT want to see him, he instantly looks towards Andrea.

Gina has spoken to Rowan and knows that Smithy has reported the accusation. He tries to bluff it out but she knows what he's up to. She accuses him of being jealous. Smithy rebukes it - and then she realises, he has at least thought about Gabriel being responsible for Kerry's murder. "What the hell is happening to you?" If only they knew...!

Gina's day keeps getting better... the gun that was used to shoot Jimmy Cross made the same marks on its bullet that the gun that shot Brian Thatcher, Rob's father, decades ago, in 1983. The Radford's father/husband shot him but his gun was never found and Len also died at the scene, shot by Brian. Jack Gaunt, the second man in the crime, was released from prison 2 weeks ago - it's assumed he got rid of the gun that Len Radford was carrying as it was never found... perhaps he stashed it somewhere and has found it and done the job for The Radford's?

Well hello Daddy Radford.

[We don't get into the fact that the ages/age ranges/dates/age order of the brothers don't really work out for this storyline when it all comes out - shush. We pay too much attention to this show).

Rowan questions Gabriel again about the baby and how soon it appears Kerry fell pregnant into their 'relationship'. Gabriel makes out he and Kerry were together for four months in total so she fell pregnant a month into the 'relationship'. Rowan knows about the fight Gabriel and Cameron had - he claims it was because Cameron was jealous of them being together. Gabriel asks why there's so many questions - Rowan claims it's simply because more questions have arisen as they investigate the murder.

Ken has some unfortunate news for Gina. The breakthrough they thought they had isn't what they thought. Jack Gaunt is Jimmy Cross' uncle. The Radford's owe him for doing his time in prison and keeping quiet about what happened that night... they also never paid him for doing the job! That's the real reason it's all kicked off. It just so happens that there also is a video tape of the robbery filmed by a man whos wife had just given birth so he was filming her and the baby - and then heard gunshots so filmed what happened outside - including Rob's father getting shot. (it's super dooper clear for video and 1983 tech... shush!) In the video, Gaunt is only shown with one gun, he doesn't seem like he stops for Len's...

As they continue to delve, there's a statement that's turned up from one of the boxes of a PC Walker who swears he saw a teenager wearing a balaclava just like the other two. He says the teen was bent over Len Radford when he arrived and that the teen fired the shot into Brian Thatcher and then ran off into the hospital. Only the one PC says they saw the other person and there is no sighting of them on the video. Ken claims the flying squad would have 'accidentally' lost the statement as they wanted someone to blame for who shot their man.

Gabriel goes to speak to Smithy to ask if there's been any update from MIT. Smithy pauses to think and then says that he 'shouldn't be doing this' but Andrea came to him to make an allegation against him and asked for his advice. He says she then apparently ignored it and went to MIT anyway. Gabriel asks what the allegation is, and Smithy tells him the truth - about that anyway (!). Smithy makes out he's telling Gabriel because he's 'been there himself' and knows what it's like to have a false rape claim made about you. Gabriel thanks him, saying it's good to know who your friends are. Also there's a plug socket behind Smithy that has no plug in it but it's turned on. It's more entertaining than Gabriel. Even Smithy's pondering it in the cap

Rob happens upon the incident room where the murder of his father and Len are all plotted out... thankfully he's disturbed before he can view the video.

Gabriel confronts Andrea and tells her that he knows about her allegation and that 'it's fine' and 'she did the right thing' but for the record it's not true' before walking off. Andrea reports to Smithy and tells him he knows. Smithy says it was him that told him, because he wants him to play the same games with Andrea that he did with Kerry - with Smithy's protection so that no harm can come to her. He wants to have the evidence against Gabriel. Andrea tells him he's as bad as Gabriel is.

The enhanced video of the crime scene where Len Radford and Brian Thatcher were shot has returned and given a surprise to Gina...

It's not a teen boy... could Irene have been the one who shot Brian Thatcher all that time ago?

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I think , all of them individually are so sad to me, that I can't rationalize which one wins the most gut wrenching one.

But I wanna talk about the solo songs

First - nothin but blue

Brian said he wrote that a day before Freddie died because he just knew , I also remember him saying he visited Freddie a day before he died. I don't know how accurate any of this is, but this just leaves me with a picture of brian coming back home and realising it's the end he's never going to see Freddie again.

Second - old friends

Roger painted this picture of him and Freddie so perfectly, you can hear the nostalgia in the song. I don't have anything further to add because the lyrics of that are pretty self explanatory but the line "sleep in peace old friend, for me you'll never die" wrecks me. Because the song was written in the 90s I forgot exactly when but that line holds true today for Roger too.

Brian is the one who said he visited Freddie a day before he died and he came home after and wrote the lyrics to “Nothin’ But Blue”, so I don’t see any reason to doubt the accuracy of this information. The lyrics are very simple but very raw. The song starts out with a line about him looking at a picture of Freddie, and the thought of him leaving Garden Lodge after seeing Freddie gaunt and deathly ill and coming back and looking at a picture of Freddie when he was healthier, perhaps, is uggghhhh. There’s also the line where he says there’s no use in crying because that’s not what Freddie would do, and I feel like that paints a picture of Brian struggling to hold everything together. Lastly, the lines about him wondering what might have been kill me, because I think they succinctly express the lost potential with Freddie’s death and the very human tendency to wonder, “if this terrible thing never happened, what would life look like right now?”

I don’t know exactly when “Old Friends” was written, either, but you’re right, it feels nostalgic and wistful and bittersweet. Freddie surely has never died for Roger. And there’s a line about Freddie having a big heart and :/ idk for some reason it makes my chest hurt because Roger isn’t the most publicly sentimental person in the world, but this song definitely is.

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Answering the Gotham Character Questionnaire for my OCs!! (OKAQM)

These are a few things about the characters I wrote about when answering the Gotham Character Questionnaire. The characters I've written about are Alistair, Brian, Destiny, Elsie and Winnie. If y'all are curious, these are my OCs from my fanfiction One Kiss and a Quidditch Match. Here's the Prologue! Enjoy!

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What is your character’s name? Does the character have a nickname?

Alistair’s full name is Alistair Campbell. Elsie calls him by his last name, Winnie refers to him as “my brother” but never his name and his ex, Destiny, called him Puddings.

Elsie is her nickname; Elizabeth Marie Wilson is her full name, which she dislikes because of how basic it is.

Brian’s name is very simple: Brian Ashmore. He despises nicknames, especially when he gets teased because of his burn. Kids used to call him Bacon because of it.

Winnie’s full name is Winifred Campbell, but since it’s odd, she goes by a more fun, cuter nickname: Winnie.

Destiny White doesn’t have a nickname, but Alistair used to call her Babe (basic ass mf).

What is your character’s hair colour? Eye colour?

Alistair's hair is black, but he dyes it bright red. Currently, it’s duller red with his roots showing. He has brown eyes like Winnie.

Elsie has a dark brown French bob — which she keeps out of her face with bobby pins. Her eyes are sharp and golden brown.

Brian’s hair is ashy blonde and covers his green eyes, giving him a rather sombre look.

Winnie’s hair is black and frizzy, and she often debates whether she should tie it up or leave it down.

Destiny’s honey-blonde hair is straight, but she curls it to make it look nice. However, when she doesn’t have the time, it’s tied in a low, loose ponytail. Her eyes are blue, and her lashes are long.

What kind of distinguishing facial features does your character have?

Alistair has pretty face syndrome. His face is wide, and his jaw is strong. None of his features are particularly distinguishing, but his smile is rather charming, and it doesn’t stop him from attracting others.

Elsie’s face is sharp and cold. She is pale, and freckles scatter her cheeks.

Brian has an ashen, gaunt face that could be described as corpse-like and would have been unconditionally handsome if not for the burn scar on the left side of his jaw. He used to hate and hide it but now carries little shame. He has dimples but rarely smiles.

Winnie looks like the sweetest out of the friend group, with chubby cheeks and a mole at the corner of her left eye.

Destiny, like Alistair, has pretty face syndrome. She is beautiful, tan and popular. Her doll-like lips are her defining feature.

Does your character have a birthmark? Where is it? What about scars? How did they get them?

Alistair has a few scars from fights with other kids and sports.

Elsie has a birthmark on the back of her neck in between her shoulders and another on her upper thigh.

Brian has a scar, as mentioned above. He got it in Potions class during his third year when someone surprised him when he was holding a vial of acid. He jolted, and the liquid jumped out of its container and onto his face.

Winnie has a scar on her stomach because of surgery.

Destiny has vitiligo on her forearms that shows when she tans.

Who are your character’s friends and family? Who do they surround themselves with? Who are the people your character is closest to?

Alistair and Winnie are twins. He is the younger and the favourite of the family. He is friends with most students at the school but hangs out with the gang. When he isn’t with them, he is with Roman and Ziggy. They’ve grown rather close after the Spin the Bottle game at the party. He loves his dad a lot but prefers his mom.

Elsie’s little brother was called Bobby. He died of cancer when she was 14 and — you may think this is silly — wears her hair in a bob with bobby pins to remember him. She hangs with the gang and isn’t really close to anyone else until the party. She was best friends with Ramona until she roomed with Winnie, Mary and Avery.

Brian is an only child and a total mama’s boy. He has a stepdad called Josh and is thinking of adding his mom’s last name to his own to make it Wilson-Green. He is closest to the MC and Elsie.

Winnie’s the eldest of the group as Alistair’s older sister. She loves and admires her dad who only has eyes for her brother, which she notices but hides. She is closest to the MC. They (ERROR: Text contains spoiler and could not be loaded) . She is friends with most people and can’t hold a grudge for long. She’s liked (SPOILER) and (SPOILER) since 5th year. She used to be best friends with Mary when they were toddlers.

Destiny is the middle child with a big brother, a little brother and a younger sister. She is the babysitter for them. She hangs with her unnamed clique and knows Ramona and Avery from a Summer camp in Germany.

Where was your character born? Where have they lived since then? Where do they call home?

Alistair and Winnie were born during a family trip to Lochalsh, Scotland. They travel with relatives during holidays but have always lived in the UK, which is where they feel closest emotionally.

Like the twins, Elsie was born and raised in the United Kingdom. However, she has only been to two other countries for vacations.

Brian was born when his mom was in her senior year of High School, as an exchange student in Russia. His biological dad was one of the students at the Russian school and got Brian’s mom pregnant when they were dating. But when he discovered her secret, he left her, ultimately leaving Brian fatherless. In his entire life, he has never met his dad and is grateful. Shortly after his birth, his mom had to go back to the UK and he’s been living there ever since.

Destiny was born in Australia. Her mom is Australian, while her dad is British. Her family lived in multiple places when she was younger, including Japan, Indonesia, and France. They only settled in the UK when Destiny’s older brother, Fate (yeah, her parents really did that).

Where does your character go when they're angry?

Alistair is very toxic in the manner in which he handles anger. When he gets annoyed, he gaslights, gatekeeps, girlbosses his way out of there. Victim blaming and lying are in there, too. But when he’s really angry, he shouts. He got it from his dad. Alistair wants everyone to hear the drama, especially if it paints him in a good light. This rarely happens, though.

She is often irritated and bickers with the other person, attempting to prove a point. When she is angry, it causes her to cry, and she hates it, so she will leave the situation.

Brian never gets mad. When he does (which is never) he tries to control his emotions and comes off as cold.

Winnie though… She is a ray of sunshine, but get her mad, and she will make you regret it. It's actually jarring to see such a sunny person suddenly switch to an ice-cold human being. Oh, and she can punch really well despite her shortness.

Destiny gets bright red when she is angry and tries to calm down. It ruins her mood for the entire day, though, despite her attempts at hiding it.

What is their biggest fear? Who have they told this to? Who would they never tell this to? Why? 

Alistair has a phobia of needles. He hasn’t told anyone, but Winnie is aware of it since she’s his twin. He feels that if he reveals his secret, he will be seen as weak for being afraid of something so small, not realising his fear is rather common.

Elsie is afraid of being vulnerable. She hates it when all of her emotions are on display for others to see. It makes her feel inferior to everyone and it’s why she feels the need to hide behind an aggressive mask. She hasn’t told anyone because she doesn’t really realise it about herself either, but her friends, especially Brian, Winnie and the MC are aware of it. She also has a fear of heights — which she has told her friends — but it’s less bad.

Brian, like Elsie, has a fear of the public. However, for him, it’s more of the humiliation that he is afraid of. He is scared of the mockery he faced in his 3rd year for his scar. So, like Elsie, he puts up a cold mask to hide it. He is aware of this fear and has discussed it with the Professors and his friend group. He is also afraid of burns, specifically acid, and it causes him to observe a lot of liquid he is being handed in fear of burning himself.

Winnie has a fear of needles like her brother. She is also terrified of being singled out in a crowd where she is unprepared for the spotlight (ex: her secret is revealed). But her biggest problem is thalassophobia — the fear of the deep ocean. Since she is so trusting, she admits her thalassophobia to people who ask about it, but she would never tell anyone who is manipulative or doesn’t feel safe around.

Destiny has arachnophobia and coulrophobia — fear of clowns. Since she was a kid, she hated them, and having a dumbass older brother didn’t help. Since arachnophobia is really common, she admits to having it to pretty much anyone who asks, but only directly told her closest friends. She tends to downplay her coulrophobia and pass it off as a simple uncomfortableness around them. This is because she is still discovering herself and thinks it’s silly to fear clowns.

Do they have a secret?

They all have secrets but revealing them would spoiler the story.

When has your character been in love? Had a broken heart?

When has your character been in love? Had a broken heart? Unlike what people may think, Alistair has never been in love. He has certainly found people attractive and had crushes, but he never felt something as powerful as real love. He tends to get over breakups easily since he’s had so many. The closest this he’s ever had to heartbreak was with his first real, official girlfriend in Year 2.

Elsie rarely falls in love, but when she likes someone, she falls hard. Like she did with Alistair. Contrary to their usual bickering moments, he can be really nice and helpful, and slowly, Elsie just…fell for him. For his smile, for his laugh, for his confidence. But he wasn’t into her, and that was her first heartbreak. Not only did he not like her, but he also didn’t find her attractive. Read Chapter 2.

Brian is Aro/Ace and has never fallen in love before.

I can’t talk about Winnie because it contains a lot of spoilers, but y’all will find out near the end of the story.

Destiny, like Alistair, has had multiple relationships, but she actually felt romantic connections with her partners and genuinely experienced heartbreak when they were no longer together. It was the same when she was with Alistair. Sure, their relationship didn’t last as long as some of her others, but she still really liked him. Destiny saw it coming. He was known as some sort of a “playboy” and had many girlfriends in the past, so she expected him to do something scandalous. It still hurt when he kissed the other girl with the same flame he used to kiss her.

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Thank you for reading this post! Chapter 4 will be posted next week at this time!

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Birthdays 4.24

Beer Birthdays

George Muehlebach (1833)

Alan J. Wax (1949)

Bob Skilnik (1950)

Jeremy Cowan (1969)

Suzanne Woods (1978)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Cedric the Entertainer; comedian, actor (1964)

Willem de Kooning; artist (1924)

Richard Donner; film director (1930)

Michael O'Keefe; actor (1955)

Robert Bailey Thomas; Farmer's Almanac founder (1766)

Famous Birthdays

Aaron Bell; jazz bassist (1922)

David Blackwell; mathematician (1919)

Eric Bogosian; actor (1953)

Pierre Brassard, Canadian actor (1966)

Edmund Cartwright; power loom inventor (1743)

Doug Clifford; drummer (1945)

Jean Crotti; Swiss artist (1878)

Richard M. Daley; politician (1942)

Vincent de Paul; religious leader (1581)

Clement Freud; German-English politician (1924)

Jean-Paul Gaultier; fashion designer (1952)

John Gaunt; statistician, demographics founder (1620)

Sue Grafton; writer (1940)

Johnny Griffin; jazz saxophonist (1928)

Joe Henderson; saxophonist (1937)

Jill Ireland; actor (1936)

Chipper Jones; baseball player (1972)

Stanley Kauffmann; film director, critic (1916)

Shirley MacLaine; actor (1934)

Brian Marshall; musician (1973)

John Russell Pope; architect (1874)

Captain Sensible; pop singer (1955)

Barbra Streisand; singer, actor (1942)

Anthony Trollope; English writer (1815)

Tony Visconti; record producer (1944)

Robert Penn Warren; writer (1905)

William of Orange; Dutch politician (1533)

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