#but!!!!!! i believe in amy rose’s potential

[slimslamflimflam]

UPDATE ON THE FLANNERY SITUATION!!!! I CAUGHT AN ADAMANT SANDSHREW I HAVE DUBBED AMY ROSE!!!!! I WILL TRAIN HER AND TOGETHER WE WILL CONQUER THE GYM!!!!!!!!

[mrsblackruby]

I actually would follow Amy Rose into battle if I could.

[ghostpebble]

SONIC MOVIE 3 SPOILERS AND RANT BELOW :)

SOBBING. SOBBING. SOBBING. WATCHED IT YESTERDAY AND I WAS CRYING THE WHOLE MOVIE BECAUSE THEY USED IT. THEY USED LIVE AND LEARN. AND NOT JUST ONCE. A MOTIF. THEY GAVE SHADOW A LIVE AND LEARN MOTIF. I AM EXTREMELY INDESCRIBABLY HAPPY. LET'S FUCKING GO

PLUS: EGGMAN'S MOTIF!!! IT WAS HERE!! THEY USED IT!! AND IT WAS ORCHESTRAL. BEAUTIFUL.

SONIC'S ESCAPE FROM THE CITY PLAYED, TOO, BUT NOT AS CONSISTENTLY. BUT ALSO, WHOEVER WROTE IN HAVING SONIC SAY "FOLLOW ME" UH HUH. I SAW YOU. YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE AND I LOVED IT

I WANT THE DONUT LORD SWEATER. THAT NEEDS TO BE MERCH. I DONT CARE HOW MUCH IT IS. IF SOMEONE MAKES IT DM ME I WANT ONE THANK YOU

SPEAKING OF DONUT LORD. I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T KILL HIM OUTRIGHT BUT OH MY GOD WAS I CONFLICTED. BECAUSE ON ONE HAND, OH MY GOD. SHADOW JUST BROKE LIKE ALL OF TOM'S RIBS. NO PLEASE NO. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND... OH MY GOD. YES. THIS WILL BE PERFECT FOR SONIC AND SHADOW'S PARALLEL.

AGAIN, SPEAKING OF: PARALLELS, SPECIFICALLY THE TIME HOPS IN SHADOW'S MEMORIES OF MARIA. BRUTAL. CRIED THE WHOLE TIME. THAT RECORD PLAYER ONE REALLY GOT ME. GOD DAMN. PLUS, THE PARALLELS FROM TOM'S HEART TALK THE ENTIRE MOVIE AND ESPECIALLY THE MOON SCENE. CRYING. I KNEW IT THE WHOLE TIME BUT STILL. CRYING.

ALSO, OPEN YOUR HEART. SPEAK WITH YOUR HEART. WE'RE WINNING

DAMN: WHY DID EGGMAN GET TO SAY DAMN BUT NOT SHADOW

AND ALSO, NO FAKER! THERE WAS THE CONVO ABOUT WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE ME, BUT NO FAKER :(( MAYBE NEXT TIME

I MIGHT BE REMEMBERING WRONG, IT MIGHTVE BEEN FROM THE KNUCKLES SERIES I WATCHED BEFORE, BUT OH MY GOD. THE WACHOWSKI KIDS' BEDS. KNUCKLES AND SONIC IN THEIR CARS ARE CUTE, BUT OH MY GOD TAILS AND HIS AIRPLANE.

OSSIE!! MORE OSSIE!! LOVE OSSIE. THANK YOU

CHAO GARDEN! AGENT STONE BEING A BADASS CONSISTENTLY. I LOVED AGENT STONE THIS WHOLE MOVIE. HE REALLY GOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. LOVE HIM. ALSO A LITTLE SAD SONIC DIDN'T END UP WEARING A SPEED OR DARK CHAO MASK TO LOOK LIKE HIMSELF OR SHADOW, MISSED POTENTIAL :( STILL FUNNY

WALTERS' DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED TO ME NGL, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO ABRUPT. LIKE... OKAY. I GUESS. COOL. MAN'S DEAD.

THE MARIA BEING PULLED BY SHADOW ON SKATES. EVERYTHING MARIA. EVEN WITHOUT THE ILLNESS, THAT WAS THE PERFECT MARIA AND SHADOW DUO. YES

TBH, I LIKED THE GERALD AND IVO DUO. IT WAS SILLY. THEY WERE THE COMEDY IN AN OTHERWISE VERY HEAVY MOVIE STILL SOMEWHAT AIMED AT KIDS. SOME THINGS HAD ME LAUGHING BECAUSE IT WAS SO WRONG, LIKE THE SPANKING AND HOW GERALD JUST GOT ZAPPED LIKE A FLY IN AN ELECTRIC SWATTER. ALSO, EASY TO EXPLAIN GERALD'S AGE, HE KEPT LICKING SHADOW'S QUILL, WHICH IS LIKELY WHAT KEPT HIM ALIVE SO LONG. SO YEAH. I DIDNT THINK IT WAS BAD, MAYBE A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT THATS THE ROBOTNIK FAMILY'S THING

SHADOW'S "BOO." ENOUGH SAID

DID SHADOW REALLY HAVE TO SLAM SONIC'S FACE INTO THE GLASS LIKE THAT LMAO

ALSO SHADOW KICKED TAILS!!! THE STREAK CONTINUES

IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT SONIC'S POV BEGINS AT HIS B-EARTH-DAY PARTY. FUN REFERENCE TO GENERATIONS

LIVE AND LEARN. STILL HAPPY. JUST WANTED TO SAY IT AGAIN. THE WHOLE DOUBLE SUPER SCENE AND THEIR OWN FIGHT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BOTS. EVERYTHING. PERFECTION. SOBBED. THE SUN RISE AND LOVE STILL EXISTING EVEN AFTER THE SOURCE IS GONE LIKE THE LIGHT. STILL SOBBING

THE WAY THEY HAD ROBOTNIK LEFT ON THE STATION LEAVES ME TO BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OPEN ENDED ON IF HE LIVED SO THAT JIM CARREY HAD THE OPTION TO COME BACK, AND THATS FINE BY ME :)

PISSED ON THE MOON AND THE BROADCAST?? AND IT WAS A BROADCAST FOR STONE SPECIFICALLY??? WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK

SHADOW'S INHIBITORS. YES. HIM FALLING TO EARTH, ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT FROM THE GAME. YES. YES. YES.

1ST POST CREDIT OF METAL SONIC AND THE MISS AMY ROSE. HELL YEAH. IM SO HYPED. METAL LOOKS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND AMY IS SO CUTE. WONDERING HOW THAT'LL LEAD INTO THE NEXT MOVIE THOUGH?? WHO KNOWS

2ND POST CREDIT WITH PARALLELS?? WITH SHADOW LANDING ON EARTH IN A FIELD ALL ALONE FOR A SECOND TIME, THIS TIME MAYBE AMNESIAC AND HAVING TO ADJUST TO EARTH AGAIN?? OH MY GOD?? I WAS SO HAPPY THEY DIDN'T END UP JUST KILLING HIM OFF, ALTHOUGH IT WOULDVE BEEN REALLY GOOD. IF HE HAD DIED THOUGH, HE PROBABLY WOULDVE GOTTEN A LAST WORD IN TO MARIA ANYWAY, BUT STILL GLAD HE'S IN IT TO WIN IT

PLUS SHADOW SPIN OFF SERIES!! AND NEXT MOVIE IN 2027. THANK YOU KEANU FOR MAKING OUR FIRST MOVIE DREAMS COME TRUE, THANK YOU SONIC MOVIE TEAM, THANK YOU ALL CAST

THIS WAS MY TED TALK THANK YOU FOR READING

[thealogie]

what are your favourite doctor/companion duos? idk if you've said this already but i'm curious, especially with 15/ruby properly in the show now :)

It really changes (though my top 4 remains the same) but here it is currently on the fly.

1. Ten/Martha: I will always go to war for them. I think they’re the most fascinating duo. I want to study them under a microscope

2. Twelve/Clara: They’re like ten/rose but for toxic and insane people

3. Ten/nine/rose: self-explanatory I mean hate them all you want but arguably the doctor losing rose is the inciting event and thesis statement for the rest of the show. I simply cannot distinguish between ten and nine here this is one complete arc and still the best told companion arc start to finish. Only reason they are three is because the two above have something so wrong with them I want to study it

4. Ten/donna: I can’t believe I’m putting them four because arguably their chemistry is the best of the whole show but I don’t find them as fascinating to dissect as those above

5. Fifteen/ruby: the only reason they’re in five is that they’re not done cooking yet. Individually they’re in my top 5 but my one criticism of this season is we haven’t gotten to see them having fun together or solving problems together as much as we should! If they fix this, I see potential for them to be in top 3

6. Twelve/Bill/nardol: another one where im so sorry they’re so low. Their vibe is iconic in every way and the only reason for the lower ranking is that the dynamic doesn’t compel you to dissect and analyze as much as the others

7. Eleven/amy/rory: I know they love each other and people love them but this chemistry simply did not work for me.

8. Eleven/clara: only watched like one episode of them and it was one episode too many

9. Ten and every actress RTD forcibly paired him with in those never ending specials because he couldn’t let go of David Tennant

[stormdash2]

How Sally Acorn and The Freedom Fighters can work in a Sonic game.

This is a little essay I want to make on how Sally Acorn and The Freedom Fighters can potentially work in a Sonic game.

Brief summary. Sally Acorn is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie comics, and is especially known for being in the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, dubbed by fans as Sonic SatAM.

The characters of Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, Rotor the Walrus and Antoine D'Coolette are characters exclusive to this show as well as the spin-off comics. They are part of a group known as The Freedom Fighters, which also consists of Sonic himself as well as Tails. Their goal is to liberate their world from the tyrannical Doctor Robotnik, better known as Doctor Eggman, the main antagonist of the games.

These characters were made for the show, but I believe they can work in the game setting. It just requires a bit of tweaking to have them fit the Sonic Team vision, and this is how I would go about it.

Let's start with the gameplay, as that is the most important part of a Sonic game obviously, or any video game for that matter. Now, obviously in most Sonic games, Sonic is playable. In those games he runs at high speeds, hence his name. The gameplay reflects that perfectly. This has been a thing since the first Sonic game on the Sega Genesis.

Any games where one of his friends are playable usually have that friend running at high speeds. Examples include Tails in Sonic 2. When he's tagging along with Sonic, he's keeping up with his speed, or on his own, he has to show that same speed in gameplay.

This continued through the Genesis games with the introduction of Knuckles, and into the Adventure games with characters like Shadow. Some characters do have slower gameplay, like Amy Rose does in Sonic Adventure, but it's still speedy in its own right. Amy definitely has quite a boost in speed by Sonic Heroes.

The point I'm getting at is this. If Sally were to be in the games, there's two ways to go about it. One way is making her an NPC. Sally does not have the speed or abilities that the game cast have. So putting her in a traditional Sonic level would make her feel out of place.

Could she be given powers? Absolutely. But I feel like it messes with her charm. Her being a normal character should not be a bad thing. No one had a problem with Batman being in the Justice League. Sally has plenty of strengths, even if not in gameplay. She can appear in cutscenes, give orders, or anything. Not every major character in a video game is playable, and that extends to the Sonic franchise. Tikal didn't need to be playable to be important in Sonic Adventure 1 after all.

If anyone was going to be playable in a Sonic level, it would be Bunnie Rabbot. She has the cybernetically enhanced limbs and could speed and power her way through a Sonic level.

However if Sally were to be playable, an option would be to give her specifically designed levels that focus on her slower gameplay. It could even be stealth based. Think about the levels in the game, Sly Cooper. Sally could sneak around and gather intel to assist her team, and use stealth takedowns on enemies, or just fight.

Another feature would include having Nicole present in some form, either as a computer or in her Lynx form. She can even have a role similar to Omochao in which she would explain the controls or give hints throughout the levels.

Option two is this. A Sonic RPG. We've already had Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, but I think another Sonic RPG is due. Especially given that Sega owns Atlus, who are famous for the Persona franchise. An RPG is a great way to introduce The Freedom Fighters.

With an RPG gameplay, you don't have to worry about how characters can keep up or not. Everyone is at an even playing field. This is assuming that it's a turn-based RPG, like Persona, or the original Final Fantasy games. (And Sonic Chronicles too of course).

Most RPGs don't have that many people in a single party, so you'd still need to pick and choose. Chronicles was generous with eleven characters. So I'll bump it to twelve. My picks would be Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Silver, Blaze, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor. We can have cameos from characters like Rosie, Dulcy, Uncle Chuck and Lupe. This in addition to the game characters of course.

The RPG route could be interesting, as it could allow for a mechanic known as The Affinity System. This system has been used in Final Fantasy 7 and Tales of Symphonia, and is particularly featured in Fire Emblem, and even the Sega owned Persona.

The affinity system allows for character bonds to grow through gameplay and side quests. This could be a fun way to show how friendships develop among the Sonic characters, and be a good way to show a bond when it comes to the Freedom Fighters. There's another reason that I will get into in a bit.

Another idea is to make a fighting game. It would be a Sonic Fighters type deal where characters from across the Sonic Universe could fight. And why limit it there? Sega could feature characters from across the multiverse, which includes SatAM.

Sega has what it takes to make a Sonic 3D Fighter after all. They have the Virtua Fighter team with nothing to do. Honestly it'd be funny if characters like Akira Yuki or Jacky Bryant made playable appearances.

Then again, having humans fighting Mobians (or whatever Sonic's game franchise calls these characters) might be troubling. Anyone who remembers the Star Wars characters in Soul Calibur 4 knows from experience how hard it is fighting a small character like Yoda.

Still, a fighting game featuring Sonic characters can work. It again puts them on even ground, and power doesn't need to match. You see games like Dragon Ball FighterZ or the Marvel vs Capcom games having crazy looking matchups that don't make sense, but it's a game so you don't have to think too hard on it. So long as the characters fit, then it's fine.

Be it a 3D fighter, or a 2D fighter, either way it could be fun to see the Freedom Fighters in a fighting game.

This mainly applies to the SatAM Freedom Fighters. Anyone from Archie could be troubling given the copyright issues. Not all characters have this, those like Fiona Fox and Mina Mongoose could theoretically come back. It depends on what Sega wants, but if they were willing to bring them back, that would be a plus. Mina and Fiona deserve a better story than they got in Archie Comics, and being adapted by Sega could be the fresh start they need.

I'm not opposed to other making it into the games, be it Cosmo from Sonic X, or Tangle and Whisper from IDW. They can all co-exist in the Sonic gaming franchise along with other characters.

Now to get to characterization. There's a difference between Sonic in the games, and Sonic in SatAM and the comics. Japan portrays Sonic as very humble compared to how the West Portray him.

In Archie, Sonic is very full of himself and a bit egotistical. He's very likely to smack talk someone. He's got a larger ego, and plays up the who superhero thing.

This is opposite of what Sonic Team sees Sonic as. Yes in the Japanese versions of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, he had something of an ego, and was rude, but he became pretty humble by the end of SA2 and from there, he's had a friendlier demeanor.

Why do I bring this up? In SatAM, Sally's thing was constantly telling Sonic what to do and keeping him from being immature. Sally wouldn't need to do that in the games because Sonic is already mature, so their dynamic changes.

Also, Sonic is not really one to be bound by this stuff. He's not a superhero type like Western Media likes to portray. (A misunderstanding he has in common with Goku). He always does his own thing.

Now I know I said Sonic's not a superhero, but I will use them to make the comparison. While the Freedom Fighters are duty bound like The Avengers, Sonic and his friends are like The Fantastic Four. They're more explorers than heroes, they just happen to do good things.

So while Sonic is chill and more mature than in the games, Sally can still find Sonic irritating since like SatAM and Archie, he does what he wants. Difference is that Western Sonic would brag about doing what he wants while Game Sonic just does it without the need to explain himself.

Sonic and Sally would have different dynamic. I can see her trying to get him to do what she wants him to do, but he's giving her a hard time. But he's nicer than Archie, and he's usually more respectful to girls, so he may try to explain himself at some point, only if he wants to.

Romance would not likely be there either. Sega does not want Sonic in a relationship, and honestly if they do go that route for him, he'd likely be with Amy.

I can see Sally crushing on Sonic, but it would be one-sided. He wouldn't return the affection and Sally may eventually give up. But the respect would still be there.

Also bear in mind, if Sally does become part of the games, that doesn't mean she'll be a main character. At most she'd be a side character and only appear when needed.

Backstories would need to change too. Sally may not be a Princess this time around, but Knothole can exist on an island where Sally is the mayor's daughter or something. Keeps it political for her and she is somewhat a Princess. It can even be a nickname.

Roboticization doesn't exist in the games, so Bunnie being a cyborg would either be due to an accident, or it could be an Iron Man situation where she was given robotic limbs. Rotor could build them.

Antoine could just be a knight. He may or may not be married to Bunnie at first, but that's not something I want to see rushed, so it's better off being alluded to. If anything, just say they're dating.

Nicole is tough. The original plans for her was that she was once Mobian, then had her brain uploaded into that computer. She gains a physical form again, but comes back as a child and becomes a daughter figure to Sally.

Nicole could essentially be Sally's little buddy like Tails is for Sonic if they choose to go that route.

Or she could be older and just be Sally's best friend, or even her sister either by blood or via adoption. I would personally go with the adoption route, it adds a bit more to their friendship without having to add too much exhibition.

It could be a simple game, either one of the classics, because the Freedom Fighters just fit well in those, or modern, which works too. Whether they already knew Sonic or just met him is another thing to consider.

If you go with them already knowing him, it'd need to be done carefully. Like Sonic met them once but didn't stick around. He lost contact with them because they couldn't keep up. Sonic's friends stick around because they could keep up.

But that's their relationship. Sally may not have a deep bond with Sonic, or Tails for that matter, but such is the way it is for Sonic games.

Though going back to the affinity thing I mentioned for the JRPG, theoretically that can be used as an excuse to have romance. Build a bond and slowly have the two fall in love. It doesn't even need to be with Sally though, you can have Sonic fall for Amy. You can have Sonally or Sonamy, and the best part, it doesn't need to be canon. Both can be what-ifs, similar to Final Fantasy when it came to Cloud with Tifa or with Aerith. Or the many possible Fire Emblem pairings.

This could be Sega just testing the waters to see how romance would be handled. If they want, they can even give Sonic an option to be with Blaze. Sonaze fans should be happy too.

Even so, let's say Sonic is meant to be with Amy. Personally, I say don't pair Sally with anyone. Though if she absolutely had to be paired with someone, I'd say maybe Mighty or Ray since they're game characters who can fit the Freedom Fighter aesthetics well. (Personally, I vote for Ray. Chipmunk and Squirrel.)

Oh, and I suppose I should discuss her wardrobe. I'll keep it simple, I don't see why Sega would need to give her clothes, I always found that double standard weird. Why is it okay for guys to go without pants but it's not okay for girls? I don't think any other game or franchise with anthro characters have that issue. Either everyone worse mostly clothes or no one did.

But if Sega feels the need to put clothes on her, then fine, no big deal. Just make sure they look good. Don't force it like the reboot did.

But that's my take. Sally can work in the games with effort, and Sega just needs to try. The key is getting her popular enough for Sega of Japan to consider her. But Honestly, having Sally in the games would be a great service. Sega has done great services lately, such as bring back Sonic's friends for games like Superstars and promising to bring back older franchises like Jet Set Radio and Streets of Rage.

I know SatAM has a different vibe from the games, but considering Sega's fine with The Diamond Cutters in IDW that do similar stuff like the Freedom Fighters do, and the fact that Sonic Forces had this rebellion thing, Sega's willing to go this route.

Mario has done similar with characters like Pauline in Mario Odyssey and Daisy in Super Mario Bros wonder. Sonic needs to keep up this kind of momentum. Let's keep up this momentum. We'll Rally for Sally as they say.

Thank you for reading.

[welcome-to-green-hills]

the vibe I’m getting from the movies thus far is that they pick new characters based on how much hype they’ll bring and how much they can raise the stakes from the last film. With that in mind, Amy and Rouge don’t fit either category, so I can’t see them showing up at all :/

Hello my dear!❤️✨

I completely understand the frustration that you’re feeling on your end. Let me assure you that it’s perfectly okay to feel upset not seeing your favorite character(s) on screen. It’s a normal feeling. I promise.

This information is all in my pinned post. I think that it goes back to the “January” tab. (I’m not sure, my brain is fried from course work today). The way that the crew includes characters is based on how the story is projected, as well as audience familiarity with characters. They also follow a standard of introducing one or two characters at a time.

Sonic a very popular game franchise. It’s been that way since the 90’s. This logic would actually fit myself (a 20+ year fan) and my mom, who was a fan of Sonic in the 90’s with her cut-off year being Sonic 3 & Knuckles. They’re going to include Sonic characters that people know. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik, and Shadow are recognizable characters.

It’s understandable that they’re going this route. I do recall that I’ve said back in 2021 not to expect Amy Rose or Rouge. With what I’m seeing so far, the main story revolves around Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik, and Shadow. And that’s okay. Shadow has a lot to unpack and it’s one of the most rememberable stories in the franchise.

Here’s the good news: the SCU crew engages a lot with Sonic fans. That, and most of these crew members have worked on Sonic games. They listen to fans a lot and value feedback (if you’re civil, mind you). I believe that if you’re vocal about it, then you could get them included in a potential fourth.

I hope that this helps, my dear.

[coochiequeens]

Yet another case for SheWon.com. Not just any case, one where a grown ass white dude was allowed to compete against an 11 year old girl of color in the name of inclusiveness.

By Amy Hamm February 22, 2024

A trans-identified male is set to compete against women as the reigning Women’s Snooker Champion at the English Women’s Snooker Championship on May 24 in Walsall, UK. Jamie Hunter, 27, became the top women’s player following a semifinal victory against a young girl last year.

Hunter first rose to prominence during the English Women’s Snooker Champion finals in 2023 after he came out victorious against Mary Talbot-Deegan, finishing 3-1. Hunter had managed to make it to the finals after he beat out Ellise Scott, an 11-year-old rising star in the snooker world, taking 2-0 against her in the semifinal grouping. The event had been Scott’s debut in the tournament, and, prior to her match against Hunter, she had achieved three match victories against experienced female opponents.

Hunter had been participating in women’s cue sports since 2021, just one year after he “came out” as transgender.

Prior to transitioning, Hunter played in a mixed-sex amateur league for five years. Speaking with Snooker Zone in 2021, Hunter admitted that he had no intention of competing professionally until he discovered that there was a women’s tour.

“Until this year, cue sports was just a hobby, something I done once, maybe twice a week, but now finding out about the Women’s snooker tour, I believe that will change,” he said at the time. “They make out as if I played snooker as a man, I was rubbish, so decided to do it in the women’s instead. I changed my gender for my wellbeing and my life, not for anything else.”

Hunter received significant backlash after his 2022 US Women’s Open win, when former women’s world champion Maria Catalano criticized the policies enabling males to compete against females. In an interview with The Sportsman, Catalano argued that women’s snooker should exclude males from female categories, as some rugby leagues have, to ensure fairness for women. 

“We have fought so hard for our rights in the past – myself, Reanne Evans and others got people to write letters to allow us to play in leagues and clubs that banned women. I don’t believe that women can compete against men on a level playing field in sport. We are wired differently, we think differently. We are mentally different,” said Catalano. 

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) publishes a mixed sex international ranking of players. The highest-ranking female on their current list, Mink Nutcharut, is listed at 119.

In response to the criticism of his wins against women, Hunter has framed the backlash as transphobia.

“Everybody’s human. Regardless of what choices you make. You should treat everybody with respect,” said Hunter speaking to a BBC journalist last fall. Bizarrely, Hunter was interviewed while he sat in a gaming chair in a dark bedroom — which he refers to as “the dark girl cave.” The room has a transgender pride flag pinned up on the wall behind him.

The upcoming English Women’s Snooker Championship is set for May 24, 2024. It is being organized by the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB), which is the national governing body for the sport in England. They describe their goal as creating a “structured coaching environment that will inspire all regardless of gender, ability, or ethnicity to fulfil their potential in our sport.” 

The EPSB has a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy with a lengthy section on discrimination, including a ban on any “condition, rule or practice [that]… particularly disadvantages people who share a protected characteristic.” As for their list of protected characteristics, the EPSB includes “gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, HIV positivity, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs.”  

The English Women’s Championship is set to take place at the Landywood Snooker Club in Walsall, UK, on May 24.

This is not the first time a male has dominated women’s cue sports, sparking backlash from players and fans.

Last November, a female pool player refused to compete against a trans-identified male opponent at a women’s championship in Wales. Lynne Pinches received an outpouring of support as video began to circulate showing her walking away from the table after being matched to play against Chris Haynes.

Days later, two more female pool players refused to compete against Haynes in solidarity with Pinches during the Ultimate Pool tournament in Blackpool, UK.

In January, Pinches headed an effort to launch a lawsuit against the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) and Ultimate Pool Group (UPG), accusing the governing bodies of subjecting women “to direct sex discrimination and harassment on the grounds of sex.”

What does he have to gain from this?

ENTRY FEES AND PRIZE MONEY

Entry: £30

Winner: £200 

Runner-Up: £100 

Semi-Finalists: £50

[missile-the-sandcat]

I think Amy Rose should be written with it in mind that she is simultaneously:

A kind, empathetic person who believes that people always have the potential to do good and deserve the opportunity to demonstrate this, and will go out of her way to lend a hand to anyone she finds who is hurt or needs help.

A deranged temperamental weirdo love-freak.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

(from my main but this is variousqueerthings): am really enjoying reading your analyses of amy -- I definitely felt more resonance with her on this last Big watch I did, when I could disconnect the way she would at times be underserved by the writing, from what was actually going on in her story, and it's fun going from there to reading deeper analysis that picks on those threads even further

I don't know if this refers to only my straight analyses I've posted on this blog, the rambling rants I've done in the tags of other people's posts, or my fics (someone once called a fic of mine an "eloquent rant" and sometimes I feel like that's a great way to describe the more "character-study"-esque of my fics), but either way thanks! I actually had my own reevaluation of Amy Pond as a character when I got back into Doctor Who this year thanks to various other blogs/others analyses (shout out to @saint-eleventh, @thefiresofpompeii, @spoofymcgee, @ameliapondmd, and plenty of others, including you, @variousqueerthings, with your rewatch series). The first time around, when I watching Doctor Who as a freshman in high school, I couldn't pick apart the Moffatisms from the foundation of a very compelling character full of fascinating contradictions and unabiding faith and a desperate loneliness that connects so well with Eleven's. (I also, full admission, hadn't gotten the shift between how companions were written in Davies' era v. Moffat's, with the companion's arc being as integral to the story during 9 and 10 v. during 11's- though I am also now realizing the mistakes that Davies made, especially with his handling of Martha and other black characters.) Now, though, I can ride with the fairytale vibes of Season Five, which has steadily risen through my season rankings, and can also appreciate the push-and-pull of Amy Pond.

I hate love triangles but looking at Rory and the Doctor now as embodying the themes of domesticity/growing up/stagnation v. travelling/danger/curiosity and the way that the narrative constantly tries to shove Amy into the former (literally making her a wife, a womb, a mother, a vessel, stripping away her agency at every turn) makes it all the clearer how Amy, whenever given the chance, turns to the TARDIS. She doesn't want Rory to die in Amy's Choice but chooses him by choosing the TARDIS and life with the Doctor. Her biggest act of agency in the show is demanding the Doctor show up at her wedding, literally yanking him into existence and demanding that he prove to the world that her faith in him was never mad, was always the most sane thing in the world. Even at the end of the God Complex, when she should hate him more than anything, she still believes in him (and frankly, he believes in her. Eleven and Amy are each other's gods as much as they are each other's best friends).

I think that Eleven and Amy are made for each other in the same way that Nine/Rose, Ten/Martha, and Twelve/Clara are made for each other, to believe in each other, to change each other, to make each other's stories full. I love Donna&Ten, Clara&Eleven, and Bill&Twelve as much as anyone else does (I seriously adore all of these dynamics), but you can't tell the Doctors' stories and arcs without the first set of pairings I mentioned. And realizing that about Amy and Eleven and the effect they had on each other (the fact that after eight hundred years without her, she is still the last face he sees before he regenerates, the fact that she can literally remember him from nonexistence) really made me realize the potential and impact of her run as a companion/their dynamic this go 'round. I think that's the great thing about a show that runs for this long and with so many doctor&companion pairings- you are constantly going to bump up against these relationships that transcend friendship and romance and go into world-shattering, character-arc-altering, often-verging-on-codependent dynamics that impact both sides for the rest of their lives.

[twistyprefect]

Magical Mishaps, Morals, and Mishaps: Eagle's Nest

"...RAVENCLAW!" The hat called, eliciting a cheer from the blue-clad table. The new Ravenclaw grinned and rushed to the table, their robes now lined in blue and their uniform changed to blue and bronze. They found a cleared space, sitting down between two students who looked about their age. Eventually the cheers died down and the first years entered, the sorting ceremony commencing for real.

After a brief speech from the headmaster, students were allowed to eat. The student glanced around nervously at their housemates; they hadn't met any Ravenclaws on the train, and had only heard about one...kind of.

"You're friends with Sebek Zigvolt, correct?" The student across from them asked. He had long black hair and slightly unnerving green eyes.

"Yes...are you Mal?" They asked hesitantly. One of the students to their left seemed to freeze up at how they addressed him.

"Maleus, yes. It's good to meet you." He answered, smiling sincerely. He seemed nicer than he should be, given his kind of scary exterior.

"Don't freak the kid out, Draconia." Said a brunette student sitting slightly down the table. Glancing at the new student, he continued.

"I'm Leona Kingscholar. Got any problems, feel free to come to me. Unless I'm napping."

"Ignore their silly rivalry, mon ami! You are an exchange student, non? Welcome to Hogwarts! I was an exchange student my second year." Came a voice to their right. A grinning blonde extended his hand to shake, formally introducing himself.

"Rook Hunt! I know everything about everyone, so if you have questions come to me." He said, his tone not matching his somewhat creepy words.

"Hunt! Leave our new housemate alone." A smaller student with red hair scolded, turning to the new student.

"Ah, Rosehearts live a little." Rook cooed before turning back to his food.

"Whatever...I'm Riddle. As a prefect, it's my job to make sure you're comfortable here, so please let me know if anyone bothers you." Riddle said.

The new student gulped and nodded, finally turning back to their meal. At the end of the feast, the Ravenclaws all followed their prefects up into Ravenclaw Tower and settled into their dorm rooms. The new student glanced around at their dorm mates, greeting anyone they hadn't met yet before shuffling off to bed.

In the morning, they rose early in order to meet with Headmaster Crowley. They tugged on their blue and bronze uniform and headed to the Headmaster's office. Approaching the gargoyle guarding the office, they quietly repeated the password they'd been told.

"Caldron Cakes."

The gargoyle moved out of the way, revealing a small set of stairs up to the office. They knocked on the door quietly before entering, glancing around in amazement. The walls were lined with portraits of former headmasters, shelves stuffed to the brim with books and tomes. A large desk was positioned in front of a large window overlooking the courtyard, Headmaster Crowley sitting behind the desk.

"Welcome! I hope your housemates have been treating you well. Has Professor Trein made you feel welcome? Good good. Now I bet you're wondering why you're here!" He said, ignoring any of their potential inputs. The student stared at him before nodding.

"Excellent! Well you see, due to some uh...unforeseen circumstances, your house is down a prefect. Now I know you may not feel ready for the responsibilities, but I believe you would make a fantastic prefect, given your...history and such!" He said, holding a hand out to them. In his palm was a blue badge, the word 'prefect' embedded in bronze. The student nervously reached out to take the badge, feeling its weight in their hand.

"Alright-"

"Excellent! Well, here is your timetable, make sure you get to tall your lessons on time! Oh, and do be sure to eat! Your fellow Ravenclaws prefects should help you out if you ask." Crowley said, waving them off and immediately returning to her work. The new-student-turned-prefect sighed and exited the office, looking over their timetable. They slowly made their way to the Great Hall, sitting at the Ravenclaw table near the end by themself. They went over their classes again and pinned the badge on their uniform.

"Oh. I didn't think anyone would be down here this early..."

Looking up, the student came face-to-face with another Ravenclaw student. The student was a bit hunched over, nervously fiddling with his pale fingers as he pulled his uniform sleeves down further, his wild blue hair seemingly floating behind him.

"I had a meeting with the headmaster." They explained quietly, ensuring they weren't too loud as they recognized the other student's obvious signs of anxiety. They introduced themself and gestured to their prefect badge. This seemed to kind of relax the other student enough to introduce himself.

"I'm Idia...Shroud. I'm a sixth year." He said quietly, nervously glancing around as other Ravenclaws started to fill the hall. He sat down across from the prefect and ate quickly before excusing himself. Soon after, Riddle entered the hall and made his way over to the table.

"There's a prefects' meeting tonight in the common room, right after dinner." He said curtly before sitting across from them. They smiled in thanks and looked over their schedule, trying to keep track of some of the rules Riddle insisted were the most important to enforce. Soon, their housemates joined them, filling out the table.

"Mon ami! Happy first day! What is your very first class here at Hogwarts? Mine was Transfiguration!" Rook said.

[What is your first class?]

Ancient Runes

Divination

Arithmancy

Care of Magical Creatures, with Slytherin

Muggle Studies, with Gryffindor

Transfiguration, with Hufflepuff

[differentpastazipperbandit]

Hi my first fanfic but writer ai i write worse help ai chatgpt fanfic but these everything

I said somethings before begin the story

1 This story is divided into episodes, with each episode being a part of the larger narrative.

2 The story is based on the 2005 film "King Kong" and the "Sonic the Hedgehog world with future and mysteries. It includes themes of brotherhood And romantic

3This story is not intended for kids. It includes strong themes such as sacrifice, lying, age-related issues, gore, loss, and mentions of death.other strong themes.

4The story is a fan creation and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the copyright holders of "King Kong" (Peter Jackson, Warner Bros.) or "Sonic the Hedgehog" (Sega)

5 this episode 0 Introduction i'm work episodes 1

Let's go story

Episodes 0 :Introduction

The planet is called Mobius, and the year is 2133. The city is named York New, a place where Mobians and humans live together in special harmony. Amidst the bustling streets, a young fox races through with agile grace. His true name is Miles Prower, but everyone knows him as Tails. Tails is a unique fox, born with two tails, and his yellow fur and sky-blue eyes make him stand out.

Tails' life is marked by both tragedy and talent. His older adopted brother, a brown hedgehog, disappeared mysteriously one day. Despite media coverage calling it a mystery accident, no one knows what happened. Left alone, Tails had to fend for himself. He is a mechanical genius, able to design, build, and repair anything mechanical.

However, Tails has a secret: he is actually only eight years old, not the eighteen or twenty that everyone believes him to be. The laws in York New prohibit anyone younger than fifteen from working, so Tails lies about his age to earn a living. His small stature often raises questions, but he deflects them with clever responses. He might joke, "Oh, umm, what tiny body? You saw this in a horror movie called Orphan? The character Esther Coleman was the same. Calm down, it won't kill you." Or he might say, "Oh yes, like in that medical drama House MD, season 3, episode 10, 'Merry Little Christmas'. Remember Maddy Ralphean? Tiny bodies can be deceiving."

The fear of going to an orphanage drives his deception. Tails has several reasons for avoiding it:

Fear of Harm: He worries that potential adoptive parents might be abusive

Bullying Concerns: He fears being bullied and hurt by other children in the orphanage.

Neglect: He dreads that caregivers might not provide the help and support he needs

Poor Conditions: He has heard troubling rumors about the orphanage being filthy and filled with sickness.

Despite the challenges, Tails finds solace in his small apartment. His earnings from his mechanical work are enough to live comfortably, allowing him to maintain his independence and avoid the perils of the orphanage. Few people know the truth about his situation, and he keeps a low profile.

Tails does have two close friends: Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit. They visit him regularly, providing companionship and support. Tails cherishes their friendship and often dreams of adventures. However, his deepest wish is to one day reunite with his older brother, the brown hedgehog who vanished without a trace.

Unbeknownst to Tails, his life is about to change forever

[shadowsfascination]

What do you think Amy "spread the love" mission at the end of Sonic Frontiers means? What will she do? Use her tarots cards to help people find their true love? Will she be kind of a coach to help people find their true passion in life? Will she gain sone new love-chaos-magic to make people feel love? I think there are a lot of possibilities, what are your headcanons?

Hmmmm, interesting question!

During Frontiers, Amy mentions she plans on sharing "this love" with the world. This is right after that flashback scene where those two Kocos reunite, just before they pass. She also says it'll take her and Sonic far apart.

Two things came to my mind:

One: It seems to me that Amy feels inspired by the type of love that was just shown to her. Amy realizes here that she's got potential to fulfill, a destiny of her own if you will.

Given her passionate, kindhearted and open minded nature, she's got a lot of love to share with the world. By simply being who she is. By letting her heart guide her wherever it leads her. By keeping an open mind to take on challenges, so she can grow as a person and be the change she wants to see in the world. Whatever that may look like. I think everything you mentioned sounds just like her cup of tea! :) She's mentored Cream before, she inspired Shadow to do the right thing on the ARK, she reunited birdie with her siblings, she became friends with a robot and many more things! She is a sucker for true love, fulfilling ones destiny, so yes. I can't picture her going anywhere without her lucky deck of Tarot cards with her. Hehe. That's the great thing about a character like Amy Rose: she's so postive and passionate and caring that whatever she'll end up doing in the future, she'll pour in her heart and soul. One of my friends once mentioned the world would be a better place of there were more people like Amy Rose. I try to remind myself of that when it feels easier and so tempting to be well... a bitch xD rather than doing the kindhearted thing.

Two: In order to explore who she is and to become independent, she needs distance from Sonic (and the others). Sometimes a completely new environment is what you need in order to break with old habits, set new bars, dream new dreams and challenge yourself. It's no secret that Amy has struggled with feeling the lesser one in Team Sonic's company. (If you'd like to read more headcanons about that, I highly recommend looking around in @shadamyheadcanons 's archive. They have written some great stuff about this subject).

I can only imagine good things (amongst some turbulence here and there ;) happen when she does what she's supposed to do.

If you are looking for a more specific 'headcanon', I'd suggest reading my (ongoing) story 'Along the Side of the Road'. Which is basically about Amy running away because she needs space from Sonic. It's a Shadamy story, though, but there are some parallels to your question, I believe.

I hope this answers your question and I hope you'll have a lovely day 😊

[alchemania]

HI I'm still in mourning about Mimi and I'm tired of pretending I'm not!!! So to cope I'm going to post hcs and yell into the void YIPPEE let's get goin'!

•Mimi is about the same height as Kokomi, but she's wider (Genshin is afraid of curves and hips but I am not and thus!!! I bestow them upon my baby)! Has a bit of a belly (she's squishy!! friend shaped!! she gives the best hugs ever)

•Her voice claim would be Lisa Ortiz in English (4Kids era Amy Rose AKA my FAVORITE Amy Rose good GOD Lisa KILLED it as Amy)

•She loves to sing and moves to Fontaine to become an idol (just like Kuki she wasn't happy being a priestess), sends Kokomi letters frequently.

•Personality wise she basically acts like Yoimiya in my head - a bit childish and bubbly and very excitable but also emotionally intelligent- she also says silly little catchphrases when she's taken aback like "great googly moogly!" or "oh my goodness gracious". She's very sensitive too, cries really easily. Please do not yell at her.

•Huggy touchy! If you're friends with her prepare to be leaned on, hugged from behind, gentle hands to the shoulder to comfort, and a kiss to the cheek every time she says hello (Mimi says I love you like it's a greeting she's so so openly affectionate she has SO much love to give)

•In terms of team role, she'd be a DPS/CC (because we barely have any hydro wise + cutesy/frilly aesthetic girl who hits like a truck is my favorite trope), I'm thinking her burst would be something like a tidal wave and she's like "THE OCEAN TAKES NO PRISONERS"/"Whirling waves, WASH AWAY IMPURITY!" (She means business in battle.)

•Her favorite foods are sweets she's a sucker for any dessert (I think her special dish would be smth that looks like sango pearls although I don't know what. I saw a cute edit of her dish being the taiyaki too just dyed pink). She's not really picky about food tho if it tastes good, it's going in her tummy.

•In terms of friends she gets along with basically all the resistance + Beidou and she's on good terms with Yoimiya as well! Also she has THE fattest crush on Kazuha (I'm going to carry this agenda on my back until I die because I shipped them from way back during the leaks and I ain't about to stop now!)

•She moves and grooves when she's happy I'm talking hops up and down, flails her hands, squeals, etc. Might even grab your hands and hop up and down with YOU if she's exuberant enough!

•She really likes frogs! .. I have no explanation for this it just feels right. Aight?

•Likes to give gifts! She'll pick up things and give them to her friends like "i saw this and thought of you C:"

•Very much an optimist, though not naively. She simply chooses to believe that in spite of the cracks and imperfections of the world it is still overall beautiful, and so are the people: you just have to look for them. Mimi also believes that there is potential for good in almost everyone (keyword POTENTIAL. NOT that everyone IS good, but if they choose to be, they could be); and that everyone deserves a friend (I really like the idea of her reaching out to Heizou, since he doesn't really have a lot of them. I think she'd be ride or die for him tbh)

•Will make crowns out of Sango pearls and put them on and twirl around! Puts them on other people too . Joy!!!! Crown be upon ye!!!

[krasnayavedma]

'if they had a kid' (but for eli, rooster, bucky, steve AND ethan!)

Eli ( @colorscanvas​ )

Name: Henry King

Gender: Male

General Appearance: Brown hair and blue eyes; average height and build; tends to wear more casual attire but borrows clothes from Eli’s colorful wardrobe from time to time

Personality: Artistic; laid-back; encouraging; trustworthy; passionate; carefree and impulsive; sociable; funny; devoted

Special Talents: Bilingual (English and Sokovian); gifted photographer and amateur painter; expert coffee-maker

Who they like better: Wanda

Who they take after more: Eli

Personal Headcanon: This applies to all of them but Wanda will hum or sing the Sokovian lullabies that her parents used to sing/hum to her and Pietro when they were kids. I can imagine this helps comfort Henry whenever he’s feeling down, sad, anxious, or upset

EXTRA! fc: Max Charles

Rooster ( @ltbrdshw​ )

Names: Alexander “Alex” Bradshaw & Amelia Bradshaw

Genders: Male and female

General Appearances: Dark blonde/light brown hair and green eyes; he’s tall, she’s short(er); both are grow to be strong and healthy

Personalities: Courageous; ability to hold grudges and be antipathic or hostile until forgiveness is earned; respectful; dedicated; not always willing to compromise; have good senses of humor

Special Talents: Bilingual (English and Sokovian); piloting (when they’re older); musical skills (singing and piano)

Who they like better: In this house, both parents are liked equally lol

Who they take after more: Rooster 

Personal Headcanon: Both are interested in different types planes and aircrafts, and like to tinker and repair things

EXTRA! fc: Amie Donald and Lucas Till

Bucky ( @brooklynghost​ )

Names: Hope Marya Barnes & Charlotte Magda “Charlie” Barnes

Genders: Female

General Appearances: Long dark brown hair and blue-green eyes; tall, slender, and healthy

Personalities: Honest; quiet; withdrawn and reserved; tendency to throw themselves into something (films/shows/reading/a hobby) if upset/worried/etc; receptive; sensitive; brave; bold imaginations; understanding; interested in the world; thoughtful

Special Talents: Multi-lingual (English, Sokovian, Russian, and Romanian); ability to sense another’s emotions/emotional state and have gifts for reading people

Who they like better: Bucky

Who they take after more: Wanda

Personal Headcanon: Going to the beach is their favorite thing! They enjoy building sand castles and visiting the pier and collecting small souvenirs like shells and rocks. They also have a strong sister bond :’)

EXTRA! fc: Bailee Madison and Georgie Henley

Steve ( @brooklynsoul​ )

Names: Sarah Elia Rogers, Shiloh Isabelle Rogers, & James Pietro Rogers

Genders: Male and female

General Appearances: Blonde hair and blue, blue eyes; tall with an athletic build (except the girls are a little shorter and a little more slender (but still athletic) while their brother takes more after Steve)

Personalities: Realistic but hopeful; loyal; stubborn; creative; compassionate; honest; strong leadership qualities; selfless; sometimes have a tendency to jump to conclusions

Special Talents: Multi-lingual (English and Sokovian; conversational French); drawing; dancing

Who they like better: Just like Wanda and Rooster, both parents are liked equally lol

Who they take after more: Steve

Personal Headcanon: They probably ask about the Avengers a lot and always think Thor is the strongest lol they also have a knack for running (a trait that Wanda believes they inherited, in part, from Pietro)

EXTRA! fc: Elle McKinnon, Mia Talerico, and Luke Benward

Ethan ( @texastoyboy​ )

Name: Anastasia Rose Cassidy

Gender: Female

General Appearance: Long honey-blonde hair and green, doe eyes; average height and thin; model potential

Personality: Enjoys hiking, swimming, being outdoors in general, and helping Ethan fix things; unafraid to speak her mind; kind and sympathetic; confident; grounded; never acts out of personal gain

Special Talents: Bilingual (English and Sokovian); rock climbing

Who they like better:  Honestly? Probably Ethan since she takes after him so much

Who they take after more: Ethan

Personal Headcanon: She enjoys when Wanda reads to her in Sokovian or reads her Sokovian books. It’s one of her favorite things she does with Wanda when she’s not spending time with Ethan.

EXTRA! fc: Alexandra Lenarchyk

If They Had A Kid Meme

[laresearchette]

Sunday, October 22, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (AMC Canada/AMC+) 9:00pm AKA MR. CHOW (HBO Canada) 9:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: THE GREAT HALLOWEEN FRIGHT FIGHT (ABC Feed) THE HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD (TBD - Lifetime Canada) UNDER THE CHRISTMAS SKY (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CRAVE TV AKA MR. CHOW

NETFLIX CANADA VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

GRAND SLAM OF CURLING (SN) 10:30am: Women’s Final (SN/SN360) 3:30pm: Men’s Final

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN3/TSN4) 1:00pm: Lions vs. Ravens (TSN3/TSN4) 4:00pm: Steelers vs. Rams (TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:20pm: Dolphins vs. Eagles

NHL HOCKEY (SN1/SNWest) 5:00pm: Flames vs. Red Wings (SN1) 8:30pm: Bruins vs. Ducks

MEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP (TSN2) 5:00pm: Semifinal - Argentina vs. New Zealand

HEARTLAND (CBC) 7:00pm: Amy must deal with Lyndy's sudden fear of horses; Logan blames himself for Miley's accident; Tim enlists the family to make Shane's return to Heartland perfect, while Katie struggles with a friendship… A HORSIE FRIENDSHIP!

THE BIG BAKE (Food Network Canada) 7:00pm: From posh parties to private jets, these witches are the talk of the town! Host Brad Smith asks the baking teams to wave their magic whisks to create cakes featuring the queens of Halloween for judges Ron Ben-Israel, Eddie Jackson and Danni Rose.

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 8:00pm: ALCS - Rangers vs. Astros - Game #6

THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: Seven remaining bakers face the inaugural Harvest Week with three bakes celebrating nature's bounty.

A FAMILY'S SECRET (Lifetime Canada) 8:00pm: Ana is a nurse struggling to pay for school. When she comes across a lucrative job caring for Joan, a woman struggling with dementia, Ana is intrigued.

HOUSE HUNTERS (HGTV Canada) 8:00pm/8:30pm/9:00pm/9:30pm (SEASON PREMIERE): The series brings potential home buyers a better understanding of the process, each episode following a prospective buyer and an agent from start to finish.

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND (History Canada) 8:00pm: Matty Blake hosts a countdown of the ten most compelling and plausible theories that may explain the 228-year-old Oak Island mystery.

SKYMED (CBC) 9:00pm: As Chopper returns to flying medevacs, the truth about what happened in Selection Camp finally comes out; Lexi's dream promotion takes an unnerving turn.

CYNARA (documentary) 9:00pm: The justice system is put on trial as a defense team challenges a mother's murder conviction for the death of her disabled child.

BRIA MACK GETS A LIFE (Crave) 9:00pm/9:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Follows a Black woman living in a mainly white world with the help from her invisible hype girl.

THE ROYAL MOB (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: As the Tsar nears the end, Nicky marries Alix and quickly inherits the throne. They are invited to Balmoral, to visit the Queen.

EXPLORER: LOST IN THE ARCTIC (Nat Geo Canada) 10:00pm: An attempt to solve the mystery of 129 men who vanished in the Arctic.

THE WINTER KING (Crave) 11:00pm: Arthur believes that Bedwin will be able to negotiate peace with Gorfydd; however, when Morgan and Derfel arrive in Powys, they discover a horrific site.

[thehuntress-rose]

Write your RPer Resolutions for 2023! (What are some goals for yourself as a writer? Improve descriptions? Plot with more members? Etc.

I really want to work on my consistency with replies. Outside of RP life has been chaotic for most of my time here and save for this past month, I saw a huge improvement since I moved! I just want to take the new year and continue with that momentum and be more involved in my plotting and reply schedule! 

I want to write more self paras! I feel like my characters go through so much behind the scenes that only ever come out in passing dialogue or HCs but I definitely want to be able to flesh out their experiences more via one shots. 

Cause an RP wide event, or at least be the driving force behind a big plot. I love to be involved in them, it brings me joy! But I want to have a character be the cause of something or just pioneer something that everyone can be a part of and craft a story that everyone can be excited to be a part of too. No ideas yet bestie ok.

Write at least one resolution, or “goal,” that you have as an RPer for your character(s)

Rose: Make more connections outside of her huntress connections. Normal friends! San: Same as above, BUT I also want her to start looking for her mom for realsies. This could def include a lot of people! Potentially a race to find her vs Gaston?? Kill the Beast! (Save the Wolf Goddess) Susan: Get her to a spot to do something I have wanted since I got her. She needs to find a better balance and acceptance for herself tho before she will let herself be happy. Maybe even tell someone that isn’t Jess about what she is! Dian: Get better about handling his vampirism. Relapse. Get Worse. Struggle. (Sorry bby) Being a vampire isn’t easy. Laurette: More magic stuff! I loved writing her farmer’s market thread with the fortune telling! Let her use her gift more! Amy: Do more with Foul! It is such a great concept and I feel like I don’t utilize it enough. Lilith: Begin her search for Merlin’s Objects to give to Belos! Also be that Cool, but Strict™ professor. Sophie: Pull her out of her shell and let people in more! She is still new so she has room to grow, but I’d like to see her make friends and potentially tell them what is going on with her.

Write at least one resolution IN CHARACTER for your characters. What do THEY want to accomplish or change in the New Year?

Rose: Visit Henry more often. Bury the Huntsgirl. Start her soft epilogue. San: Branch out more, humans aren’t so bad. Find her mother. Susan: Follow through with her campaign promises of making Swynlake safer for everyone. Help Magicks feel safer, no matter their kind. Dian: Get back to normal. Earn his family’s forgiveness. Laurette: Get passing grades, avoid drama! Maybefindaboyfriendtoookaybye. Amy: Find her fortune, hit some listener goals for Foul! Lilith: Gather Merlin’s Objects. Get her former protege back in line so that she doesn’t bring shame upon her good name. Sophie: Break her curse and go back home? Find true love?? 

List one or more characters you have never interacted with that you would like to do so

CLAYTON: I know you have a thing with Isa rn, but I will be ur wife pls

Genevieve: She’s so cool, be worsties with Rose. I think they’d be neat

Drakken: believe it or not I have not done a thread with him, also know u are with Vixey rn but I’LL BE UR ENDGAME BBY

Talk a bit about your plotting style – what plots are you most drawn to? Do you prefer to come with a fully-formed idea and plot off that, or throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks?

I feel like I kinda suck at plotting lol. I tend to take a backseat and I really do like to fill plot calls when I see them and I feel like I have something applicable. And people tend to do the same for me! BUT! I would say I am a throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks until we can sus out the vibes of a pairing. Then I just love vibing. One of my resolutions was to get better with doing bigger plots and maybe big plots aren’t the meat of the RP, but I feel like my best characterization writing comes from the ripples of those waves. I don’t feel like I am that forward with plotting like “hey I want x, y, and z to happen! Let’s use those as anchor points for the thread” but I WANT TO BE. New year, New Kit. I will only get better and more unhinged from here folks. 

But as for plots I am drawn to, I wanna say I love a plethora. I love larger ones with lots of moving pieces, I just really like to be a player in a long game okay?!?! Like the shark week plot, the knights in elfhame, the fall of the order, Dian’s death at the Gala. Love big dramatic plotlines that make the town talk. But I also love messy relationships like with Tom and Rose and Laurette and Phineas. I think for realism, more people should break up. I love a good doomed relationship. It’s who I am.

Talk a bit about character relationships – what relationship are you most drawn to? How do you prefer to approach shipping (if at all!)? What, specifically, are you looking for right now for your character relationships? 

I love love love characters who bond over shared experiences. Whether it be a trauma or a shared affliction, I just love bonds forged by understanding. Because we all seek to be understood in some way or another and I feel like those relationships tend to last the longest. I am drawn to families and friends who my characters can really bloom around and vice versa! I love a good ship, but I think most of mine have either been plotted out via “hey I want this vibe and for this long with this ending” or purely vibes. Sometimes characters are just meant to be organically and it feels so satisfying to let them have that!! But don’t get me wrong, I like to plan a terrible end lol.

As for relationships I am seeking now, I’d love for San to dip her toes into a human emotion she hasn’t felt before for a human (love) I just think it would be a beautiful and natural part of er character growth to have her find a human that she can feel as protective and soft over as she does her pack. I would love to see Claudette pop in, just to fill the current separation Laurette feels from Paulette since being in school. A sister closer in age might have a bit more understanding than the eldest in her eyes! And maybe some coworkers for Rose (work at Interpride!!) because she needs some work hijinks! 

Talk about your dash reply style and your Discord reply style! (And if applicable, also your doc reply style). What do you like about each type of interaction? What is something you feel is difficult? 

Dash: I feel like I can be so inconsistent with my dash replies. I went from literally not tracking them at all and digging through my reblogs to find threads when I started to actually tracking them in an excel sheet. So we are making progress. I might not have them all up to date, but PROGRESS. And I am actively trying to be better with my dash consistency, especially in the new year :))

Docs: These can go two ways for me; we can bang em out super fast or I will close the tab and forget to do it for days. (I hate having 30 tabs open, it stresses me out). But that being said, I do really like them because they allow you to keep a plot secret until you are ready to drop all of it. And it’s so much easier for 3 or more muns to collaborate because I feel like 3 way threads can get so messy and cluttered on the dash! 

Discord: I love discord threads. I dunno why, but it feels like less pressure to have length or flowery prose (unless it’s an AU then I will go HARD for that shit). It’s quick and snappy and I think the event servers are always poppin and have great stuff happening in them. 

Plotting Exercise! Pick one of the resolutions/goals in #3 and plan a rough guideline to how you could accomplish it. Here’s an example.

SUSAN hears about BRUCE wanting to start a support group and chats with him about what he would like it to consist of, she suggests an AA type forum for Magicks because she has wanted to make a change for that community for a while. SUSAN talks to SIMBA about the AA aspects and how they work, and the BOARD about the arrangements while BRUCE fills out the petition (backed by SUSAN of course). 

SUSAN gives a speech at TOWN HALL about seeking community when you feel alone, how bonds are made with shared experiences and feelings, and how everyone deserves to feel that sense of community no matter who you are. She encourages Magicks to have trust in one another for this program to work. 

The petition passes, a meeting room is reserved after TOWN HALL hours for discretion, SUSAN asks BRUCE to be the point person for MA (Magicks Anonymous)! 

Step 5: Everyone prospers