#c: mason cooper

[whereisthedamndaddymanual]

Shall we talk about Arthur

A military man that got a hit off some 220 current

He weighed his words before the next line. Ah, an untrained eye would never know he wanted to say it with a little grace. I allowed for it.

He said it was the best two weeks of lovemaking he ever had. Now, I flinched at that phrasing. I kinda despise when men say they made love. They don't.

But, this is an old hand so I ignored it.

I asked why he didn't tap himself again with a big shock. His explanation was that he thought it almost killed him the first time

*yanno reaches hand up*

I was down and needed help he said.

[eludin-realm]

Character Name Ideas (Male)

So I've been browsing through BehindTheName (great resource!) recently and have compiled several name lists. Here are some names, A-Z, that I like. NOTE: If you want to use any of these please verify sources, meanings etc, I just used BehindTheName to browse and find all of these. Under the cut:

A: Austin, Aiden, Adam, Alex, Angus, Anthony, Archie, Argo, Ari, Aric, Arno, Atlas, August, Aurelius, Alexei, Archer, Angelo, Adric, Acarius, Achilou, Alphard, Amelian, Archander B: Bodhi, Bastian, Baz, Beau, Beck, Buck, Basil, Benny, Bentley, Blake, Bowie, Brad, Brady, Brody, Brennan, Brent, Brett, Brycen C: Cab, Cal, Caden, Cáel, Caelan, Caleb, Cameron, Chase, Carlos, Cooper, Carter, Cas, Cash, Cassian, Castiel, Cedric, Cenric, Chance, Chandler, Chaz, Chad, Chester, Chet, Chip, Christian, Cillian, Claude, Cicero, Clint, Cody, Cory, Coy, Cole, Colt, Colton, Colin, Colorado, Colum, Conan, Conrad, Conway, Connor, Cornelius, Creed, Cyneric, Cynric, Cyrano, Cyril, Cyrus, Crestian, Ceric D: Dallas, Damien, Daniel, Darach, Dash, Dax, Dayton, Denver, Derek, Des, Desmond, Devin, Dewey, Dexter, Dietrich, Dion, Dmitri, Dominic, Dorian, Douglas, Draco, Drake, Drew, Dudley, Dustin, Dusty, Dylan, Danièu E: Eadric, Evan, Ethan, Easton, Eddie, Eddy, Einar, Eli, Eilas, Eiljah, Elliott, Elton, Emanuel, Emile, Emmett, Enzo, Erik, Evander, Everett, Ezio F: Faolán, Faron, Ferlin, Felix, Fenrir, Fergus, Finley, Finlay, Finn, Finnian, Finnegan, Flint, Flip, Flynn, Florian, Forrest, Fritz G: Gage, Gabe, Grady, Grant, Gray, Grayson, Gunnar, Gunther, Galahad H: Hale, Harley, Harper, Harvey, Harry, Huey, Hugh, Hunter, Huxley I: Ian, Ianto, Ike, Inigo, Isaac, Isaias, Ivan, Ísak J: Jack, Jacob, Jake, Jason, Jasper, Jax, Jay, Jensen, Jed, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jesse, Jett, Jimmie, Jonas, Jonas, Jonathan, Jordan, Josh, Julien, Jovian, Jun, Justin, Joseph, Joni, K: Kaden, Kai, Kale, Kane, Kaz, Keane, Keaton, Keith, Kenji, Kenneth, Kent, Kevin, Kieran, Kip, Knox, Kris, Kristian, Kyle, Kay, Kristján, Kristófer L: Lamont, Lance, Landon, Lane, Lars, László, Laurent, Layton, Leander, Leif, Leo, Leonidas, Leopold, Levi, Lewis, Louie, Liam, Liberty, Lincoln, Linc, Linus, Lionel, Logan, Loki, Lucas, Lucian, Lucio, Lucky, Luke, Luther, Lyall, Lycus, Lykos, Lyle, Lyndon, Llewellyn, Landri, Laurian, Lionç M: Major, Manny, Manuel, Marcus, Mason, Matt, Matthew, Matthias, Maverick, Maxim, Memphis, Midas, Mikko, Miles, Mitch, Mordecai, Mordred, Morgan, Macari, Maïus, Maxenci, Micolau, Miro N: Nate, Nathan, Nathaniel, Niall, Nico, Niels, Nik, Noah, Nolan, Niilo, Nikander, Novak, O: Oakley, Octavian, Odin, Orlando, Orrick, Ǫrvar, Othello, Otis, Otto, Ovid, Owain, Owen, Øyvind, Ozzie, Ollie, Oliver, Onni P: Paisley, Palmer, Percival, Percy, Perry, Peyton, Phelan, Phineas, Phoenix, Piers, Pierce, Porter, Presley, Preston, Pacian Q: Quinn, Quincy, Quintin R: Ragnar, Raiden, Ren, Rain, Rainier, Ramos, Ramsey, Ransom, Raul, Ray, Roy, Reagan, Redd, Reese, Rhys, Rhett, Reginald, Remiel, Remy, Ridge, Ridley, Ripley, Rigby, Riggs, Riley, River, Robert, Rocky, Rokas, Roman, Ronan, Ronin, Romeo, Rory, Ross, Ruairí, Rufus, Rusty, Ryder, Ryker, Rylan, Riku, Roni S: Sammie, Sammy, Samuel, Samson, Sanford, Sawyer, Scout, Seán, Seth, Sebastian, Seymour, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Sheldon, Shiloh, Shun, Sid, Sidney, Silas, Skip, Skipper, Skyler, Slade, Spencer, Spike, Stan, Stanford, Sterling, Stevie, Stijn, Suni, Sylvan, Sylvester T: Tab, Tad, Tanner, Tate, Tennessee, Tero, Terrance, Tevin, Thatcher, Tierno, Tino, Titus, Tobias, Tony, Torin, Trace, Trent, Trenton, Trev, Trevor, Trey, Troy, Tripp, Tristan, Tucker, Turner, Tyler, Ty, Teemu U: Ulric V: Valerius, Valor, Van, Vernon, Vespasian, Vic, Victor, Vico, Vince, Vinny, Vincent W: Wade, Walker, Wallis, Wally, Walt, Wardell, Warwick, Watson, Waylon, Wayne, Wes, Wesley, Weston, Whitley, Wilder, Wiley, William, Wolfe, Wolfgang, Woody, Wulfric, Wyatt, Wynn X: Xander, Xavier Z: Zachary, Zach, Zane, Zeb, Zebediah, Zed, Zeke, Zeph, Zaccai

[ginger-grimm]

World Building Wednesday for Coop? <3

Thank you so much, @rose-of-oz! Also going to tag the Teen Wolf moots @luucypevensie and @dancingsunflowers-ocs!

B A S I C S

full name: Cooper Nolan Harris

gender: Male

sexuality: Straight

pronouns: He/Him

O T H E R S

family: Sadie Harris, née Franks (Mother), Roman Harris (Father, deceased), Daphne Winstead, née Harris (Older Adoptive Sister), Gavin Harris (Younger Brother), Pippa Winstead (Niece)

birthplace: Los Angeles, California

job: Student

phobias: darkness, butterflies

guilty pleasures: special herbs, all his family's music tastes

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: Neutral Good

sins: lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues: chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert:

organized/disorganized:

close-minded/open-minded:

calm/anxious:

disagreeable/agreeable:

cautious/reckless:

patient/impatient:

outspoken/reserved:

leader/follower:

empathetic/unemphatic:

optimistic/pessimistic:

traditional/modern:

hard-working/lazy:

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Coop x Riley!!!

ot3: Coop x Riley x Marlow

brotp: Coop x Liam x Mason x Corey, Coop x Marlow, Coop x Bear, Coop x Nixie

notp: Mmmh, honestly IDK, maybe, probably like Coop x Theo

[bimboficationblues]

if we are not to use morality as a guide to behavior, then what is the alternative?

morality as we understand it isn't like a free-floating thing, it's entangled with ideas and institutions of law, punishment, debt, and sin. it inextricably has a class and political character, its substance and form is always informed by the nature of our class systems. if we think about it as clusters of values codified by religious and political authorities and reproduced by society at large, then historically making "people that live well in community with others" is sort of a second or third order priority, while the first order priority is "making cooperative subjects/citizens." it seems to me that this idea that "morality" as an uncompromised and neutral way of ordering human behavior is embedded in like, forms of religiosity that I think are detestable; it's the sort of pessimistic view that humans and the material world are fundamentally corrupted, rotten, tempted.

and I think the fact that morality relies on a transcendent standard, if not necessarily a specific authority, presents the same kinds of issues that law presents. this is an ancient question, right? is it desirable to reproduce the idea that you shouldn't harm others not because it diminishes them, but because otherwise you'll be punished or judged? how does your decision-making change when you know your risk of punishment or judgment is fairly low? the introduction of these kinds of transcendent authorities is a nightmarish influence on our practical reasoning, which is already distorted by the nature of political and economic domination.

this is also a matter of defining our terms, right? morality as a term is slippery and abstract. it only really takes on meaning in the contexts of institutions and society, and our relationship to those forces. it emerges out of a variety of authorities: the law, the family, the state, the school, the church, the workplace. relative to those forces, I wouldn't call "morality" in specific a first-order target of mine - I'd probably center my attention on "law" which I think is one of the main ways a society expresses and reproduces its moral values.

but like, I am averse to using the language of morality and I default to the language of "ethics" because I see those as meaningfully different things: a transcendent value system which appeals to some greater authority and demands judgment, versus a well-examined life in a particular context and history, directed towards flourishing. here's an interesting analysis of Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence," a piece that informs my view on this subject:

The sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” is an example of such a guideline. Benjamin’s use of the word Richtschnur is very telling in this context: “Thou shalt not kill” is exactly not a law (Recht) but a guideline (Richt-schnur). A Richtschnur (which in German also is known as a Maurerschnur) is a mason’s line: a string (schnur) which is used to measure or correct (richten) out a plane for a building by the masons or bricklayers. A Richtschnur is an approximation used practically to build a house. To build a good house the masons, in general, would have to follow this Richschnur but sometimes, because of a broken ground, a good house could only be built if the Richtschnur is ignored. By substituting law (Recht) with the almost homophone Richt, Benjamin establishes the fundamental difference between mythic power (mytische Gewalt) and divine power (göttliche Gewalt). The commandment is not law but a guideline which in general would have to be followed for human beings to live a good life, as the masons in general have to follow it to build a good house. There might however be situations where it would have to be ignored. Neither is the commandment law in the sense that a judgment of an act that ignores the guideline can be derived from the commandment: “No judgment of the deed can be derived from the commandment,” Benjamin argues “and so neither the divine judgement nor the grounds for this judgment can be known in advance. Those who base a condemnation of all violent killing of one person by another are therefore mistaken” (Ibid.). This misunderstanding has to do with the general misunderstanding, argues Benjamin, that just ends can be the “ends of a possible law” (p. 247). This misunderstanding is grounded in the belief that just ends are capable of “generalization,” that it, in other words, is possible a priori to discriminate between right and wrong. This “contradicts the nature of justice,” Benjamin argues, “for ends that in one situation are just, universally acceptable, and valid are so in no other situation, no matter how similar the situations may be in other respects” (Ibid.). For this reason, no law can encapsulate justice. The only thing we have is the “educative power” (erziehriches Gewalt) of the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” which can educate us how to live a good life in the same way the masons can learn from their Richtschnur. The commandment “exists not as a criterion of judgement, but as a guideline for the actions of persons or communities who have to wrestle with it in solitude and, in exceptional cases, to take on themselves the responsibility of ignoring it” (p. 250).

you might say "hey, this morality/ethics distinction seems arbitrarily drawn, we can have transcendence without punishment or overreliance on judgment," and while I would disagree strongly for a bunch of reasons, I think that's a perfectly fine position to take. I'm laying this out because I think it's important to get where I'm coming from when I talk about "morality."

but the question for me isn't "how do we give *THE* proper guide to human behavior* or like, an internal corrective. I'm interested in how we create a world in which joyful encounters with our environment and others are more possible and widespread, to encourage human (and non-human) flourishing. if that sounds a little romantic or even a bit hard to conceptualize relative to like a codified system of rules, well, maybe it is. but it seems to me that morality (as part of different systems of domination) just creates neurotic little authoritarians.

here are a few critical summaries on pieces that have informed my perspective on this (Deleuze on Spinoza, Benjamin's "Critique of Violence," Marx's relationship with moral philosophy. I would also mention *sigh* Kierkegaard and his idea of the teleological suspension of the 'ethical', though with hesitation.)

[ashiemochi]

anubussy - iv

✠ Anubussy ↳ sorry, i don't want your touch ↳↳ it's not that i don't want you

➶ pairing: OC x Leon S(exy) Kennedy. ➶ genre: fluff, more angst, gore, longer smut/suggestive themes ➶ word count: no

NOTE: ✠ = time skip ✠✠ = switching povs/characters

prev -> next

Horizon Inn Lincoln, Nebraska.

The change of motels wasn’t new. After every so-called mission, they’d have to find a different motel for her whilst he goes to find a closer place to settle; just to keep an eye out. The drive to Lincoln took about two hours if not more – and she was out all of it.

Her arm was bandaged up along with her hands, and fingers. White patches were also on her collarbone and neck area, and finally, one on her cheek. It was mostly burn wounds, and her body was still healing, urging her to sit and rest just one night.

No rest for the weary. A quote someone so dear to her once said.

Once again, her mind blocked the memory from returning.

The microwave hummed lowly in the background as So Ah jogged up to the wall covered in notes, the map of the city, and finally, the pinboard. As she pinned a new photograph of Glenn Arias on the board, she went ahead and used a red string to connect his photo and Mason’s.

“Glenn Arias… And Mason Cooper…” So Ah muttered under her breath, tapping the red pen on her open palm, “How is the CEO of A-GUA Industries connected to all of this?”

Sighing to herself, she stepped close once again to cross out Mason’s photo, “I wish I gave you a chance to explain your side of the story…” She frowned, guilt rising up her back, “I’m sorry.”

A knock at the door caught her attention and she looked at it, eyes unblinking. It could be anyone but she hoped it wasn’t the same alliance she was running from – and assassinating.

She tossed the red pen onto the bed as she slowly made her way to the door. Her hand reached for the hand-crafted dagger by the door, gulping when the knocks returned. Staying as quietly as possible whilst her body prepared her for an adrenaline rush, she peeked through the hole. 

The BSAA soldier raised a flat carton with a grin, “Pizza?”

Dick.

A cold shower washed over her, relieved as she unlocked her door but kept the hatch. She opened it a little to look at the man, eyes narrowed as if unsure. 

“You shouldn’t be here, Piers,” So Ah reminded, “They might tra–”

“Track you and find out I’ve been backstabbing them?” Piers finished, rolling his eyes slightly, “Please, if they did, they would’ve gotten us long ago.”

“Still,” She pressed on, anxiously looking at both sides of the hallway, “You don’t know how corrupted they are.”

Piers gave her a blank look, gesturing to his face with his gloved hand, “I may have an idea.”

Whilst the mission to save Jake and Sherry over a year ago was a success, Piers had willingly sacrificed himself to save his captain, injecting himself with the C-Virus strain. His body washed up to the surface of the ocean, seemingly dead. Chris had taken him into the unscathed escape pod and was speechless when Piers breathed.

The fact he lived was a complete and utter miracle.

The BSAA was quick to get him fixed. It took six months for him to recover and get used to having a blinded eye. His mutated arm was cut off but left permanent scars all over his side, and neck. Faint ones decorated the side of his face.

People can’t help but stare at anything out of the ordinary, so to lessen the possibility of being stared at like an animal in captivity, they gave him a black eye patch and a metal arm. He’d always wear a jacket and a glove to hide it.

She shifted from one foot to the other, nervous at the possibility but again, she wouldn’t mind the company. The microwave beeped, making her jump a bit and she earned a small snort from the soldier.

She gave him an unimpressed look before shutting the door to unlock the hatch then she reopened it. Piers entered the room as she closed up the door with all its locks, his eye already scanning the place and it landed on the pinboard. 

“Not even thirty minutes in and you got everything set up already, huh?” He mused, a hint of disappointment in his voice but he didn’t seem surprised.

So Ah moved past him and straight to the microwave, “No rest for the weary.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Piers nodded with a deep exhale, “I know.”

He set down the two boxes of pizza and the plastic bag of two drinks. Sitting down on the chair to wait for her, Piers crossed his arms against his chest as he watched her open the drawers for a fork.

Her hair was down, cascading and covering the side of her face. She wore a dark grey plain shirt that was obviously a size or two bigger than her and wide black shorts. A yellow-coloured hair band was around her wrist along with a shiny bracelet that he never saw her take off at all. 

Just like the ring around her finger.

So Ah spared him an acknowledging look as she sat down next to him, stirring and untying the ramen in her cup. He took this as a silent indication to dive in, opening the box and getting the two bottles of soda out – a lime and a cherry.

“So, how are you feeling?” Piers asked, opening his bottle up to take a sip before taking a slice.

“Okay.” So Ah answered, blowing on her ramen then peered at him from the corner of her eyes, “And you?”

He chuckled, “I’m not the one who almost got blown up.”

Ticking her head to the side once, she nodded, “True.”

Piers stared at her silently and she realized he was just concerned. The pathogen in her was getting worse, and they didn’t know why her wounds were taking longer to heal. She set the fork down and took her closed soda.

“I’m fine, Piers. Really.” So Ah offered him a small smile, “It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

Piers raised a brow as she struggled to open the soda, her bandaged hand shaking a bit but she wasn’t able to apply enough pressure to open it. He reached over with his gloved hand, nudging her hand away.

The soda let out a faint hiss and he tossed the cap onto the table and then leaned back against his chair, letting the silence speak for itself. 

He wasn’t convinced that she was okay.

Her cinnamons darted at him then at the drink, hiding her mild amusement, “Thanks.”

“So Ah,” He sighed as she drank her soda, “I know how bad you want this – but how good will you be if you won’t give your body room to breathe?”

So Ah set the bottle down, eyes lowered down but he couldn’t read her emotions. 

“I… I’ll be okay.” She whispered.

“I know you will.” Piers returned the same tone, “But you have to take care of yourself.”

They let the topic linger in the air. It has been said numerous times. It was like reminding a high school teenager to not overwhelm themselves with school work – except this was a woman from the Han family on a killing spree.

Sure, her body can physically handle all the hits but her mental state can only hold so much remorse. Especially since she had no outlet other than going out to hunt down one of the many men who denied her the life she had.

Piers turned on the TV with the remote control, “Got something in mind to watch?”

She shook her head before blinking, perking up, “Wait, it’s Thursday, isn’t it?”

“Yea – no, we are not watching that movie again.”

“Come on! It’s fun!”

“For you!” Piers retorted, surfing through the channels, “If I have to watch one more goddamn Studio Ghibli movie, I think I’ll get sick and die.”

She rolled her eyes at his overreaction, “It’s not that bad! It’s a good movie about accepting who you are and–”

“And gushing about the guy with the black hair.”

A dreamy sigh escaped from her lips, “Howl – besides, it’s a good art study.” She looked up at him, doe eyes big, “Please?”

Piers relented with a gruff exhale, shaking his head as he switched the channels to the one she wanted. She beamed, a toothy smile making its appearance as she giggled. 

He scoffed lightly, tossing the remote on the table as the movie just started playing, “You better not fall asleep.”

“And miss Howl’s Moving Castle?” She gasped, picking up a slice of pizza, “Never.”

✠

“Howl, I’m sorry I took so long. You’ve been waiting all this time…”

The movie only had a few minutes left. Piers rubbed his eye with a yawn before glancing at the time. It was close to eleven o’clock. Other than the characters talking and the soft soundtrack playing in the movie, quiet breathing was coming from his side.

Piers looked over to So Ah. She was leaning on the table, head resting over her arms. 

She was sleeping.

Of course, she was sleeping – she rarely did.

As gently as possible, Piers shook her awake, “So Ah–”

“Wh–what…” So Ah mumbled, eyes barely open when she pushed her head up, “Did something happen?”

Piers felt something tug at his heart, frowning, “No, we’re safe. Let’s get you to bed, c’mon.”

A drawled whine came from her, annoyed by having to move, as Piers led her to the only queen bed in the room. She lay under the covers, letting out a heavy sigh at the warmth of the thick duvet. 

“You leaving…?” So Ah murmured, her eyes already shut and some would mistake her for sleep talking.

Piers pressed his lips into a thin line, giving her a sympathetic look, “No. I’ll stay right here. You just rest, alright?”

“Mmh–kay…” 

After waiting for a second or two, she was back in her dreamland – or hopefully, it was a good dream.

Soon after a while of cleaning up and setting everything back into its place, Piers sat down on the chair and turned on her laptop. He threw a quick glance at her. 

The girl he had met on her first days as a BSAA soldier was barely there. All the timidity and delicacy that she’d ooze, she still had them. It all changed when he found her in the alleyway, fists and face splattered with blood. An equally bloody broken chair’s leg in hand. 

It was after a few days of their failed undercover mission.

Her eyes were red when she saw him, not even bothering to hide the disfigured face of the man she had just murdered. Piers had to drag her out as she was hyperventilating, her body trembling due to the high adrenaline rush.

When he got her settled in a motel, he received news a week later that a man from the BSAA’s research department had gone missing. He was the coordinator of his team. Whilst everything in him was telling him to turn her in, he knew she wouldn’t go and kill someone for no reason.

And so, the security cameras were wiped clean. Unfortunately, though, the crime scene had evidence of the girl being there. Additionally, the BSAA knew it was going to be her after her secret mission to steal information about the men who operated on her. 

Since then, Piers has been keeping her off the radar whilst assisting her to interrogate anyone who had a hand in the chip behind her neck.

Did he fully support her? Absolutely not.

He wouldn’t have killed Mason Cooper if So Ah’s life wasn’t on the line. In most, if not, all the murders that have been happening, the Han girl was behind them.

Piers only wondered how long was it going to take before she snaps. That whole night was still fresh in his head, on repeat ever since it happened.

✠

POP Fizz Bar. Washington DC, United States. Six Months Ago.

The liquor stung her throat when she took a tip, cringing at the taste of Brandy. The mission to get information regarding everyone who was involved in the creation of the chip was a bust. Although they got the files they needed, it was supposed to be undercover. 

Now the entirety of the BSAA knows it was her.

Trailing her eyes down to the flash drive right next to her new phone, a thought weaselled its way into her head. She could call him; call her husband. Piers had told her that they can try finding the big cheese who was in charge of the making of the tracker when it was safer. 

“There’s no need to make it worse than it already is.”

She could go home and all would be well. Along with the jazz playlist going on in the background, loud laughter and chatter reached her ears. Involuntarily, she looked over at the noisy table only for her world to pause at the only man she recognized from the group.

Alan fucking Browne.

He was the doctor who’d be in charge of her check-ups, but he was mostly focusing on the functionality of the chip rather than her safety. That and his strange fascination with her regenerative abilities, deepening each drag of the scalpel and counting under his breath.

It’d take three seconds for the gashes to heal.

Something was already starting to eat her up on the inside, devouring those rational thoughts. Her cinnamons refused to tear away from his table ogling a woman walking by only to start hooting at each other. And he only barked out another laugh.

So Ah returned her eyes to the flash drive in her hand, trying to fight back any ideas to do anything drastic. On one hand, she could get information from him – that was all she needed. On the other, however, it was too risky. 

A single wrong step in the plan would get the BSAA’s hands on her. That was the last thing she’d need this night.

Releasing a sigh to calm her nerves and ease her mind, she downed the remaining bits of her drink before pulling out the money for her bill. 

Piers was right; both of them can find a different and safer way to get to the bottom of this. The names of the men who were involved in the chip were in the files; others would probably need more interrogation to get to them.

Like the boss of it all.

She offered a small smile to the bartender and got up, slipping her mouth mask on. As she went to move past the rowdy table, for a brief moment, their eyes connected. Forest green and dark cinnamons. 

The cool breeze of summer made her breathe out, tugging her jacket around her as she started walking down the sidewalk. Though it was very faint, footsteps reached her ears. It was late at night and there weren’t a lot of people walking around other than the zooming cars.

Dread washed over her as she turned the corner, hoping it was just someone heading in the same direction but the footsteps remained with hers. Her hand snuck into her pocket and pulled it out, keeping an ear out as she hurriedly sent an SOS to a contact under the name NIVANS.

After returning her phone to her pocket, So Ah moved into a secluded alleyway, nose crinkling under her mask at the stench. The follower made his appearance just as she turned around to face him. It was a dark alleyway, add that to her mouth mask, she should be unrecognizable. 

It was Allan.

“Why are you following me?” So Ah asked, nearly snapping accusatorily as she attempted not to reveal her identity.

Allan only squinted his eyes behind his specs, “Miss Han So Ah?”

That froze her in her spot. 

“I didn’t know you lived around here.”

Her tongue was tied up, not knowing what to do. The tracker was long busted but its instability was what terrified her the most. At any moment, it could kill her. The man in front of her was bigger than her, and she truly didn’t want any sort of confrontation.

She just wanted to go back home – to her husband.

“Have you heard the news?” He noticed hesitance and stepped close, his eyes narrowing for a moment, "The research department went up in flames just two weeks ago. Thankfully, no one really died but we are down two teams in the ER. Do you know anything about that?"

So Ah snapped her eyes to the side and took a step back, her hand gripping her vibrating phone tightly. With a press of her lock button, the vibrations stopped. Hopefully, that was enough to trigger the only man she could trust – other than her husband – to hurry up.

"I'll take that as a yes.” Allan hummed at her silence before offering his hand, “Well, I'm going to need those files back."

"Why?"

"You don't get to ask questions, Han.” He shot back like he usually did whenever she’d complain during her visits at the BSAA’s medic centre, “You listen to the rules and shut it. Now, the files."

She narrowed her eyes down at him into a slitted glare, not saying a word. What the hell would she say?

She was told not to do anything drastic but what could she do now? 

Offer back the only lead they had?

This man wasn’t just a doctor; he served in the military as a soldier. She couldn’t take down Chris or Piers during her training at the BSAA; she wouldn’t be able to fight off a man twice her size.

"Alright, how about this?” Allan took out his phone as if nonchalant, “You give me the files back and I won't whistleblow your ass right here and right now."

"Tell me why you need it back first." So Ah retorted, eyeing his phone then him.

"Like Hell, I will.” He barked out a laugh, similar to the one back in the bar, “I'm on a tight schedule, so why don't you be a dear and hand them over?"

She stood her ground, hiding her crossbody purse behind her hands and harshening her glare at him. 

The man huffed, typing on his phone with one hand, "Alright, have it your way."

In an instant, she pulled out her Matilda and aimed at him, making him stop. He noticed her shaking aim and how her finger wasn't on the trigger. She had never shot a human being before; it was always the undead. When it came to fighting against a regular person, So Ah’s top priority was disarming them before knocking them out. 

Never kill.

Her voice was wavering, holding the gun with both hands, "Put the phone down, I don't want to hurt you."

Allan slowly returned his phone to his pocket and started approaching her with a challenging look on his face. He was testing her.

Damn crazed doctors and their sadistic nature.

“How will that look on the news?” He sneered as if he was a reporter, vaguely gesturing his hands into the air like a headline, “The daughter of the Han family murders an innocent man right outside the bar!"

"You're not innocent and you know that." She snapped, referring to her painful check-ups.

He stood right in front of her, boasting, "I was just doing my job."

She asked, taking a step back to put more space between them and her thumb rested on the hammer, "Who are you working for?"

Allan jeered at her, "None of your goddamn business."

Her eye twitched, internally freaking out. Turns out, stalling wasn’t as easy as she thought it was. So, she decided to provoke him and try to scare him off. Turn the tables, if you will.

"Tell me or I'll release the files to the public.” So Ah challenged, attempting to seem unafraid, “How would your boss feel about his whole life crashing down because someone wouldn't cooperate?"

His greens darkened, "Cooperate, huh?"

The gun was smacked out of her hands and before she could comprehend what just happened, he shoved her harshly. She yelped when she fell to the ground, rolling onto her lower back as he cracked his neck, taking off his jacket in the process. He folded it onto itself and put it on top of a closed wide trash bin.

So Ah stared wide-eyed up at him, crawling backwards. The grime of the dirty alleyway clung to her hands and clothes, but that was the last of her concerns – not when her heart was one beat away from bursting through her chest.

“Don’t worry,” Allan chastised, rolling up his sleeves with a smirk irking his lips, “The doctor is in.”

Oh, fuck. Oh, fuck. OH, FUCK.

Alarms rang around her head like that one Spongebob episode, mini versions of her running around and screaming. Every little plan or idea was being set ablaze by her adrenaline and anxiety.

As he was coming up to her, she nabbed a stray bottle of beer and jumped onto her feet. She swung it at him, but he reeled back to parry and then yanked it from her mid-air. 

Well, shit.

A grunt emitted from her when he pushed her to the wall, the hit causing another mild zapping up down her spine from her tracker. Before she could move, a hand gripped her neck hard and lifted her up. She wheezed in air, eyes growing teary at the loss of oxygen when even the tips of her shoes were frantically trying to keep touching the ground below.

Allan’s lips twitched into a scowl of disbelief, staring her down as her hands were gripping his arm and wrist in a feeble attempt to get sips of air.

“And this is supposed to be one of the DSO’s top assets?” He asked, raising a brow, “How embarrassing of Adam, bless his soul and whatnot.”

“It’s a shame how weak you really are when there’s that shit virus in your bloodstream.” He tilted his head to the side, narrowing his eyes, “Someone else could’ve put a good use to it.”

He glanced down at the bottle in his hand and shattered the bottom of it next to her head. She yelped and flinched at the glass breaking.

He neared it next to her face and pressed the sharp tip against the apple of her cheek, an insane glow in his eyes. 

"I think your checkup is long overdue, hm?"

In one swift moment, she felt something cold and painful slide across her cheek, making her cry out at the stinging sensation. His intent eyes stayed trained on the gash, uncaring about her whimpers. Just as she expected, she could peek at the faint counting on his lips.

Then his eyes blinked in subtle surprise when the new scar closed up as if nothing had ever happened.

“Five seconds…” Allan muttered, chuckling, “Guess you won’t be useful to us any time soon.”

“It’s your damned bug in my spine,” She spat, swallowing thickly.

She yelped when his grip around her throat tightened as if attempting to touch his thumb with his middle finger at the back of her neck. Her eyes boggled open, her breathing restricted. Allan only let out a small huh and loosened his hold just a little to let a glimpse of oxygen into her body.

“How fascinating…” He uttered with a smile, “The pathogen is attempting to push the chip out – which is why its regenerative ability is slowing down by the second.”

The hand holding onto the half-broken bottle seemed to harden in giddy and he tilted her jaw up, forcing a hitched gasp from her at the feeling of the sharp edge tracing her collarbones. It stilled in the centre of it.

“Let’s try this again,” Allan suggested with little to no choice.

Letting her adrenaline take over, So Ah’s hand hurriedly shot down to the scabbard around her mid-thigh and she yanked out her dagger. The blade sunk to the hilt into his side, earning a loud yell of pain.

His hand released her throat, allowing her to fill up her lungs with cool oxygen. In the midst of her haze and utter fear, she swiped the dagger across his thigh, sending him to the ground with another shout. 

Her knees crumbled under her, coughing harshly as she tried to gulp in the air as much as possible before her body would pass out. In her panicked fit, she yanked down her mask as if it was hindering her.

“Oh, fuck,” She heard him wheeze frantically, “Oh, fuck, shit, shit, shit!”

So Ah looked up at him, finding him gripping his waist and his thigh, blood coating his once-white t-shirt and denim pants. For someone whose whole profession was around blood, he sure was panicking as if he had never seen blood before.

Rage was covering her vision, and her whole body was triggered back to her old days in the lab. Her skin was on fire as she stood up, stumbling a bit with her hand rubbing her neck. Allan looked so pathetic on the ground, panting heavily as he tried to stop the bleeding.

His shaking hands didn’t know which one to pay more attention to.

No words came from her as she approached him, catching his attention at the blood dripping from her knife – his blood.

“Wait, wait! You want information, don’t you?” Allan waved his crimson hand at her, a desperate attempt to stop her, “Whatever you want to know, just – call nine-one-one. Please–”

“Who’s your goddamn boss?” She snapped.

His breath came out trembling, “I–I don’t know – we get indirect orders on what to do, and that’s it!”

She narrowed her eyes down at him, clearly suspicious about his answer, “The chip – how do I get rid of it?”

“I… I d–don’t know, okay?” He stammered then visibly panicked when she located her gun on the ground, especially when she picked it up, “P–please, just listen to me! I’m going to die out here if I don’t get help!”

So Ah wouldn’t look at him, staring down at his bleeding wound as she holstered her gun and knife. He was desperate enough to lie to gain more time to attract attention at this point.

Instead, her unreadable cinnamons landed on a worn-out wooden chair. 

“L–look, I know we got off to a wrong start. I won’t tell anyone about this, I swear.” Allan tried to wave the white flag, flinching when she slammed her foot down on the chair, “We could just turn the page an–and, drinks are on me. Yeah?”

All she could see was red, slowly picking up the broken leg chair. Her knuckles were whitewhite at her tight grip. She approached him with nothing but pure hatred in her eyes. 

“I’d rather drink paint.”

“Waitwait, no–!”

✠✠

A curse left through his lips, his hazel eye staring down at his phone intensely. Her location was pinged less than five minutes ago. He tried calling her, hoping it was accidental but when her line went dead, he knew it was no mistake.

She was in danger.

His car roared to a lower hum when he parked it around the corner of the POP Fizz Bar. Running his fleshy hand through his hair, Piers hopped out of the car, keeping his handgun tucked into his belt under his shirt and jacket.

He looked around him, his heart pounding erratically in his chest as he tried to locate her. Nada. 

“Goddamn it, So Ah. Where are you?” He muttered under his breath, taking out his phone once again to check her location. She was around this area, but where exactly.

Distant yelling reached his ears and his feet were quick to follow it. The last he had heard were interrupted pleas just as he rounded the corner, stopping at the beginning of the alleyway.

His eye refused to blink at the gut-wrenching sight. The girl who had pinged an SOS was on top of her assailant. The swinging of what seemed to be broken wood was endless, tainting it with blood. The same crimson substance splashed and splattered onto her clothes, hands, and her face – Jesus Christ, her face.

It was contorted into such blood rage and fear, yet those strong emotions didn’t hide the way her tears swelled up in her eyes. 

“Hey, hey!” Piers rushed into action to get her to stop, “That’s enough, So Ah!”

His arms went around her waist to drag her away from the man and he looked at him to try and find out who he was – except his face was disfigured. Any facial feature was either busted or drenched in blood.

“Let me go!” So Ah screamed when her weapon dropped to her surprise, writhing in his hold and he muffled his huff, “Don’t fucking touch me!”

“It’s okay, it’s me. It’s me.” Piers turned her around and held her upper arms to still her, “Hey–”

She refused to listen, her brain at an all-time high with panic. He could tell she was reliving days she wished they didn’t exist – he didn’t know what though. She was still in an adrenaline rush from being in danger.

When she wouldn’t quiet down, Piers knew he had to take control of the situation before any unlucky bystander thinks it was a girl in trouble and comes to investigate only to see the blood bath that same girl had caused.

“Look, look,” Piers flipped up his eye patch and then held her face firmly, forcing eye contact, “It’s me.”

Her struggles ceased as she whimpered, looking at the familiar kind honeyed eye and the other clouded one. Her chest was rising and lowering rapidly, clearly trying to get down from the intense emotions. 

“Piers…” She uttered quietly, blinking at the sight of him then trailed her eyes over his shoulders to where she once was. 

Piers saw her pale right in front of him, especially when she looked at her hands. Tremors made it hard to focus along with her eyes were blurred by caged tears.

“W–what… No…” She whimpered, shaking her head profusely in denial, “I didn’t…”

Piers frowned deeply, apprehensive eyes looking over at the body. She wouldn’t have murdered someone in cold blood. Seeing her frantic state concluded that it was fear. She was pushed to do this.

Just like that, her laboured breathing made her words incoherent, hyperventilating. She was stammering and stuttering, hiccuping at her sobs as tears streamed down her cheeks with no control. 

Piers returned his eyes to her, pressing his lips into a thin line and flipping the eye patch back on. He peeled off his bomber jacket and helped her slip it on, the sleeves being long enough to cover her bloody attire and her hands.

“C’mon, let’s go.” He pulled her along as he started making his way out of the alleyway.

“Piers,” She cried, unable to tear her eyes away from the body.

He interrupted her, “Don’t look back. Just keep going.”

His only priority was to get her out of there before the cops – or God forbid, the BSAA – show up.

That night when they had to reside in a motel to keep her hidden, through her hiccups, she explained how it all happened. To her, it was a red haze clouding her senses and setting her skin on fire as if reopening all the wounds that were once healed. 

The Han girl couldn’t speak much though, rushing to the bathroom to empty her guts at the mere memory of that alleyway. Piers had to sit by and watch it all happen.

She wasn’t a bad person. She didn’t want any of this – but for the sake of keeping both of them safe, she had to do it.

And he blamed himself for not getting there on time.

✠✠

Silver Spring  Maryland, Washington DC Present day.

He vividly remembers his life flashing before his eyes. In the bright light's void, a white woman approached him slowly. Her features were blurred by the veil but he could just feel that she was smiling softly at him. 

Her hand was held out for him.

It was all comforting, a huge sense of relief from the world’s burden on his shoulders. His body was growing lighter by the second and the man couldn’t do anything but succumb to the peaceful sensation – like a cool breeze washing over the dancing grass.

His fingertips barely brushed the woman’s hand before black ash covered her bit by bit. The ash floated away in the void, having her whole body turn into dust. The darkness was starting to replace the bright place when heavy arms went under his arms and dragged him away.

His breath was starting to quicken but all he could smell was black smoke. The woman he once saw was gone – and that was when he woke up.

Sort of.

Leon forced his eyes open as much as he could, seeing the blurred smoke of the explosion. The fire was still licking the air up above and he could hear muffled grunts and whimpers above him. 

Though injured and disoriented, he felt someone pulling him further from the scene as much as possible. A low groan emitted from Leon, head lolling and that was when he was dropped to the ground. The ringing in his ears hurt his head as he trailed his eyes up to see who was the mysterious man.

Despite not being able to focus just yet, he could make out that scrawny man anywhere – Patricio. His arms were hugging the suitcase of the evidence they had collected about the B.O.Ws. 

His lips parted to say anything but could only manage to hiss through his teeth as he pushed himself up. Leon gripped his side where his lower ribs were, flinching at the dull pain. His senses were slowly returning and his radio croaking to life got his attention.

“HQ to Kennedy. I repeat. HQ to Kennedy. Requesting report. Over.”

Leon couldn’t answer, eyes unable to look away from the aftermath of their truck up in flames. Several men were scattered on and about, some missing chunks of their bodies. They weren’t moving.

Panting heavily, Leon could only stand there, sweat dripping down his temple while the radio crackled to life once again. Distraught had never been more evident on his fallen face.

“HQ to Kennedy. Back-up is on the way. Over.”

God fucking damn it.

[princesssarisa]

"Little Women" Posthumous Reunion: Final Resting Places of the People Behind the Novel and Its Adaptations

As a fan of the YouTube channel Hollywood Graveyard and the "Posthumous Reunion" pages on FindAGrave.com, I thought I would make a similar tribute to the people behind Little Women and its best-known screen adaptations. This is a guide to the burial sites (if they exist) of all the adaptations' leading actors and creative team members who have died, as well as those of the Alcott family and their friends, for anyone who hopes to visit them someday.

@littlewomenpodcast, @joandfriedrich, @thatscarletflycatcher

Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia, USA

John Davis Lodge (John Brooke, 1933 film)

Cementerio de Benalmádena – Benalmádena, Spain

Paul Lukas (Friedrich Bhaer, 1933 film)

Ceder Hill Cemetery – Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Katharine Hepburn (Jo, 1933 film)

Cimitero Flaminio – Rome, Italy

Rossano Brazzi (Friedrich Bhaer, 1949 film)

Cimitiére Communal de Montrouge – Montrouge, France

May Alcott Nieriker (real-life Amy) (site unknown)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale – Glendale, California, USA

Edna May Oliver (Aunt March, 1933 film)

June Allyson (Jo, 1949 film)

Elizabeth Taylor (Amy, 1949 film)

Robert Young (Mr. Laurence, 1978 miniseries)

George Cukor (director, 1933 film)

Mervyn LeRoy (director/producer, 1949 film)

Max Steiner (music, 1933 and 1949 films)

Adolph Deutsch (music, 1949 film)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills – Los Angeles, California, USA

Jean Parker (Beth, 1933 film)

Leon Ames (Mr. March, 1949 film)

Holy Cross Cemetery – Culver City, California, USA

Mary Astor (Marmee, 1949 film)

Inglewood Park Cemetery – Inglewood, California, USA

Samuel S. Hinds (Mr. March, 1933 film)

Kensico Cemetery – Valhalla, New York, USA

Henry Stephenson (Mr. Laurence, 1933 film)

Mortlake Crematorium – Richmond, Greater London, England

Pat Nye (Hannah, 1970 miniseries)

Mount Hope Cemetery – Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Lucile Watson (Aunt March, 1949 film)

Oak Hill Cemetery – Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Alf Whitman (real-life Laurie)

Pleasant View Cemetery – Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Joan Bennett (Amy, 1933 film)

Savannah Cemetery – Savannah, Tennessee, USA

Elizabeth Patterson (Hannah, 1949 film)

Shiloh Cemetery – Shiloh, Illinois, USA

Mary Wickes (Aunt March, 1994 film)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Louisa May Alcott (author and real-life Jo)

Abigail May Alcott (real-life Marmee)

Amos Bronson Alcott (real-life Mr. March)

Anna Alcott Pratt (real-life Meg)

John Bridge Pratt (real-life John Brooke)

Elizabeth Sewall Alcott (real-life Beth)

Henry David Thoreau (possible real-life Friedrich Bhaer)

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park – Dallas, Texas, USA

Greer Garson (Aunt March, 1978 miniseries)

St. Leonard’s Churchyard – Hove, East Sussex, England

C. Aubrey Smith (Mr. Laurence, 1949 film)

Valhalla Memorial Park – North Hollywood, California, USA

Mabel Colcord (Hannah, 1933 film)

Westwood Village Memorial Park – Los Angeles, California, USA

Janet Leigh (Meg, 1949 film)

Cremated, Ashes Held Privately or Scattered

Frances Dee (Meg, 1933 film)

Douglass Montgomery (Laurie, 1933 film)

Peter Lawford (Laurie, 1949 film)

Patrick Troughton (Mr. March, 1970 miniseries)

Jean Anderson (Aunt March, 1970 miniseries)

Dorothy McGuire (Marmee, 1978 miniseries)

Richard Gilliland (Laurie, 1978 miniseries)

William Schallert (Mr. March, 1978 miniseries)

Virginia Gregg (Hannah, 1978 miniseries)

Angela Lansbury (Aunt March, 2017 miniseries)

Michael Gambon (Mr. Laurence, 2017 miniseries)

Sarah Y. Mason (screenwriter, 1933 and 1949 films)

Victor Heerman (screenwriter, 1933 and 1949 films)

Merian C. Cooper (producer, 1933 film)

Donated to Medical Science

Spring Byington (Marmee, 1933 film)

Unknown (Not Made Public or No Information Online)

Ladislas Wisniewski (real-life Laurie)

Richard Stapley (John Brooke, 1949 film)

Stephanie Bidmead (Marmee, 1970 miniseries)

Frederick Jaeger (Friedrich Bhaer, 1970 miniseries)

John Welsh (Mr. Laurence, 1970 miniseries)

John Neville (Mr. Laurence, 1994 film)

David Hempstead (screenwriter, 1933 film)

Elmer Bernstein (music, 1978 miniseries)

[ultimateanthropoll]

RELEASE THE BRACKET

I couldn't find out how to flip the second one lol

The pairings were decided mostly on vibes alone (don't ask me what weird connections my brain makes I don't know either) and also on Rule Of Funny. It'll be split up into four parts which will release... I don't know when because classes started.

Anyway matches under the cut!

SIDE A:

Juan Carlos Bodoque (31 Minutos) vs. Duck (dhmis)

Arte Fact (Webkinz) vs. Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) vs. Roger Rabbit (Who framed Roger Rabbit)

Garfield the Deals Warlock (The Adventure Zone) vs. Jerry (Tom and Jerry)

Max Goof (A Goofy Movie) vs. Boris the Wolf (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Xenia (Linux mascot) vs. Diane Foxington (The Bad Guys)

Master Tigress (Kung Fu Panda) vs. Gia (Madagascar 3)

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Mordecai Heller (Lackadaisy)

SIDE B:

Louis (Beastars) vs. Gwen (Spiritfarer)

Prince Sidon (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) vs. Squidward (Spongebob Squarepants)

Renamon (Digimon) vs. Lucario (Pokemon: Lucario and the mystery of mew)

Kajortoq (No Evil) vs. Melody Amaranth (Super Lesbian Animal rpg)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns) vs. Captain Amelia (Treasure Planet)

Fox McCloud (Starfox) vs. Red Savarin (Solatorbo: Red the Hunter)

Krtek the Mole (Krtek the Mole) vs. Flipflop (Paranatural)

Kabbu (Bug Fables) vs. Chicory (Chicory: A Colorful Tale)

SIDE C:

Nico the Catboy (Adventure Time oc) vs. Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Death (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) vs. Loona (Helluva Boss)

Ralsei (Deltarune) vs. Webber the Indigestible (Don't Starve Together)

Swampy (Where's my Water) vs. Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)

Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton) vs. Basil of Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective)

Nick Nocturne (Night Mind) vs. Nick Wilde (Zootopia)

Bandit Heeler (Bluey) vs. Ratboy Genius (Ratboy Genius)

Hajime Tanaka (Odd Taxi) vs. Wolfrun (PreCure)

SIDE D:

Tarot (Housepets) vs. Mason (Duncan and Eddy)

Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods) vs. The Empress (A Hat in Time)

Meowscles (Fortnite) vs. Woodcutter Bear (Rhythm Heaven)

Mother Glory (Friends at the Table) vs. Haida (Aggretsuko)

Bec Noir (Homestuck) vs. Piglin (Minecraft)

Erma Felna (Albedo Anthropomorphics) vs. Nyanta (Log Horizon)

Scias (Breath of Fire) vs. Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)

Giovanni (Night on the Galactic Railroad) vs. Lord Arum (The Penumbra Podcast)

[drwho-shipbracket]

Round 2 Matchups

(Not using the past post because that one was long enough)

[ID: this and all following images in this post are brackets showing the matchups listed below]

Bracket A:

Doctor/Corsair vs Rose Tyler/Donna Noble

Rose Tyler/Raffalo vs Rose Tyler/Gwenyth

Doctor/The Eleven vs Valeyard/Master

Donna Noble/Stacey Campbell vs Doctor/Romana

Doctor/River Song/Rose Tyler vs Donna Noble/Lee McAvoy

Rose Tyler/Toshiko Sato vs The Eleven/Kandyman

Rose Tyler/The TARDIS vs Six/Mel Bush

Donna Noble/Rose Tyler/Martha Jones vs Mel Bush/Ace McShane

Bracket B:

Thirteen/Ada Lovelace vs Thirteen/River Song

Thirteen/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler vs Thirteen/Yasmin Khan/River Song

Thirteen/Clara Oswald vs Thirteen/Nikola Tesla

Thirteen/Missy!Master vs Thirteen/Claire Brown

Leela/Romana II vs Thirteen/Solitract

Thirteen/Yasmin Khan/Rose Tyler vs Thirteen/Delgado!Master

Thirteen/Kate Stewart vs Thirteen/Missy!Master/Rose Tyler

Thirteen/Martha Jones vs Thirteen/Bill Potts

Bracket C:

River Song/Martha Jones/Rose Tyler vs Five/Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken

Twelve/Jack Harkness vs Twelve/Simm!Master

Twelve/Missy!Master/Simm!Master vs Twelve/Rose Tyler

Twelve/River Song/Jack Harkness vs Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song/Clara Oswald

Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song vs Four/Romana

River Song/Kate Stewart vs River Song/Toshiko Sato

River Song/Rose Tyler vs River Song/Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair

Five/Ainley!Master vs Twelve/Missy!Master/Clara Oswald

Bracket D:

Craig Owens/Sophie vs Theta Sigma/Koschei

Missy!Master/Petronella Osgood vs Missy!Master/Martha Jones

Irving Braxiatel/Leela/Narvin/Romana vs Master/Master

Two/Jamie McCrimmon vs Eleven/Dhawan!Master

Eleven/Craig Owens vs Missy!Master/Kate Stewart

Three/Delgado!Master vs Missy!Master/Rose Tyler

Missy!Master/Donna Noble vs Missy!Master/River Song

Simm!Master/John Hart vs Graham O’Brien/Grace O’Brien

Bracket E:

Prem/Umbreen vs Ruth!Doctor/Yasmin Khan

Bel/Inston-Vee Vinder vs Ten/Jacobi!Master

Ten/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness vs Yasmin Khan/Martha Jones

Yasmin Khan/Clara Oswald vs Heather/Bill Potts

Jo Grant/Sarah Jane Smith vs Ruth!Doctor/Rose Tyler

Ruth!Doctor/Gat vs Alice O’Donell/Mason Bennett

Alice Cassini/May Cassini vs Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton

Yasmin Khan/Rose Tyler vs Jo Grant/Liv Shaw

Bracket F:

Nine/Missy!Master vs Martha Jones/Tom Milligan

Bill Potts/Yasmin Khan vs Bill Potts/Rose Tyler

Nine/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler/Mickey Smith vs Martha Jones/Donna Noble

Martha Jones/Bill Potts vs Nine/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler

Liv Chenka/Molly O’Sullivan vs Martha Jones/Chantho

Bill Potts/The TARDIS vs Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair

War!Doctor/War!Master vs Bill Potts/Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Martha Jones/Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter) vs Nine/River Song

Bracket G:

Eight/Charley Pollard vs Jake Simmonds/Mickey Smith

Ace McShane/Tegan Jovanka vs Eight/Roberts!Master

Sally Sparrow/Billy Shipton vs Jack Harkness/Lord Byron

Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler vs Sally Sparrow/Larry Nightingale

Eight/Fitz Kreiner vs Ace McShane/Yasmin Khan

Jack Harkness/Graham O’Brien vs Eight/Jacobi!Master

Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken vs Ace McShane/Graham O’Brien

Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones/Rose Tyler vs Eight/Dhawan!Master

Bracket H:

Clara Oswald/Ashildr vs Kate Stewart/Petronella Osgood

Clara Oswald/Mels Zucker vs Missy!Master/Clara Oswald

Gwen Cooper/Jack Harkness/Owen Harper/Ianto Jones/Toshiko Sato vs Dan Lewis/Karvanista

Dan Lewis/Diane vs Clara Oswald/Rose Tyler

Clara Oswald/Jane Austen vs John Benton/Mike Yates

Helen Sinclair/Jean (The Love Vampires) vs Clara Oswald/Psi

Rani Chandra/Clyde Langer vs Dan Lewis/Graham O’Brien

Kate Stewart/Jacqui McGee vs Clara Oswald/Clara Oswald

[monkeyjaw]

The Year in Books and Graphic Novels 2022 and an analysis of 20 years of books and comics

January

1.      Temple Alley Summer – Kashiwaba Sachiko, illustrated by Miho Satake, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa

2.      Dreams From My Father – Barack Obama, audiobook read by the author

3.      X-Men Grand Design Vol. 1 – Ed Piskor

4.      Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery – Rosalie Knecht

5.      All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team – Christina Soontornvat, illustrations by Karen Minot

6.      X-Men Grand Design Volume 2: Second Genesis – Ed Piskor

7.      Year of the Rabbit – Tian Veasna

February

1.      Deadly Class Volume 1: 1987 Reagan Youth – Chris Remender, Wes Craig

2.      The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan

3.      Pattern Master – Octavia E. Butler

4.      X-Men Grand Design Volume 3: X-Tinction – Ed Piskor

5.      The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History – Margalit Fox

6.      Deadly Class Volume 2: 1988 Kids of the Black Hole – Rick Remender, Wes Craig

March

1.      Once and Future Volume 1: The King is Undead – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora

2.      Once and Future Volume 2: Old English – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora

3.      Dragon Hoops – Gene Luen Yang

4.      Ringworld – Larry Niven

5.      Once and Future Volume 3: A Parliament of Magpies – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora

6.      Princess Jellyfish Volume 8 – Akiko Higashimura

7.      Princess Jellyfish Volume 9 – Akiko Higashimura

8.      The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter – Elizabeth Moon

April

1.      Planetes Volume 1 – Makoto Yurimura

2.      The Library of the Unwritten – A.J. Hackwith

3.      Doom Patrol Volume 1: Crawling From the Wreckage – Grant Morrison, Richard Case

4.      ODY-C Volume 1: Off To Far Ithacaa – Matt Fraction, Christian Ward

5.      Conan of Cimmeria – Robert E Howard, Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter

6.      Doom Patrol Volume 2: The Painting That Ate Paris – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, John Nyberg

7.      Doom Patrol Volume 3: Down Paradise Way – Grant Morrison, Richard Case

May

1.      Doom Patrol Volume 4: Musclebound – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg

2.      Eragon – Christopher Paolini

3.      The Promised Neverland Vol 1 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu

4.      Deadly Class Volume 3: 1988 Snake Pit – Rick Remender, Wes Craig

5.      Once and Future Volume 4: Monarchies in the U.K. – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora

6.      The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper

7.      The Forest – Thomas Ott

8.      The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin

June

1.      Deadly Class Volume 4: 1988 Die For Me – Rick Remender, Wes Craig

2.      Arthurian Legends – Wace and Layamon

3.      Dune – Frank Herbert

4.      The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin

5.      The Lost Years of Merlin – T.A. Barron

July

1.      The Secret To Super-Human Strength – Alison Bechdel

2.      The Promised Neverland Volume 2 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu

3.      The New World – Ales Kot, Tradd Moore

4.      Super Sentai Himitsu Sentai Gorenger – Shotaro Ishinomori

5.      Spider-Gwen Volume 0: Most Wanted? – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez

6.      The Deed of Paksenarrion: Divided Allegiance – Elizabeth Moon

7.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 1 – Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee

8.      Giant Days Volume 1 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann

9.      Giant Days Volume 2 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann, Max Sarin

August

1.      Lockwood & Co. Volume 1: The Screaming Staircase – Jonathan Stroud

2.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 2 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al

3.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 3 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al

4.      The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan

5.      Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones

6.      A Study in Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle

7.      French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie of France – Translated by Eugene Mason

September

1.      Pyongyang – Guy Delisle

2.      Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold – Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, et al

3.      The Dead of Paksenarrion: Oath of Gold – Elizabeth Moon

4.      Brave Chef Brianna – Sam Sykes, Selina Espiritu

5.      Fledgling – Octavia E. Butler

6.      At Death’s Door – Jill Thompson

October

1.      We – Yevgeny Zamyatin, read by Toby Jones

2.      The Witch Boy – Molly Knox Ostertag

3.      20th Century Boys Vol. 7: The Truth  – Naoki Urasawa

4.      20th Century Boys Vol. 8: – Naoki Urasawa

5.      Isaac the Pirate Vol. 1: To Exotic Lands – Christophe Blaine

6.      Dungeon Zenith: Volume 4: Outside the Ramparts – Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Boulet

7.      The Wheel of Time Book 3: The Dragon Reborn – Robert Jordan

8.      20th Century Boys Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov – Naoki Urasawa

9.      The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson

10.  Isaac the Pirate Volume 2: The Capital – Christophe Blaine

11.  20th Century Boys Volume 10: The Faceless Boy - Naoki Urasawa

November

1.      Gotham Central Book 1: In the Line of Duty – Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka

2.      Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1 – Tomohito Oda

3.      The Promised Neverland Volume 3 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu

4.      Sleepless Volume 1 – Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duch

5.      R.U.R. – Karel Capek, translated by David Wyllie

6.      20th Century Boys Volume 11: List of Ingredients – Naoki Urasawa

7.      20th Century Boys Volume 12: Friend’s Face – Naoki Urasawa

8.      20th Century Boys Volume 13: Beginning of the End – Naoki Urasawa

9.      20th Century Boys Volume 14: The Boy and the Dream – Naoki Urasawa

10.  The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Ketih, Malcolm Jones III

11.  Dodger – Terry Pratchett

12.  The Promised Neverland Volume 4 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu

13.  20th Century Boys Volume 15: Expo Hurray – Naoki Urasawa

14.  20th Century Boys Volume 16: Beyond the Looking Glass – Naoki Urasawa

15.  20th Century Boys Volume 17: Cross-Counter – Naoki Urasawa

16.  20th Century Boys Volume 18: Everybody’s Song – Naoki Urasawa

17.  20th Century Boys Volume 19: The Man Who Came Back – Naoki Urasawa

18.  20th Century Boys Volume 20: Humanity in the Balance – Naoki Urasawa

19.  Thursday Next book 2: Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde

20.  20th Century Boys Volume 21: Arrival of the Space Aliens – Naoki Urasawa

21.  20th Century Boys Volume 22: The Beginning of Justice

22.  The Promised Neverland Volume 5 – Kaiu Shira, Posuka Demizu

December

1.      Thrawn Ascension: Book 1: Chaos Rising – Timothy Zahn

2.      Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high - Kerry Patterson,

 Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

3.      Sandman Volume 2: The Doll’s House – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III

4.      My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris

5.      Please Don’t Step On My JNCO Jeans – Noah Van Sciver

6.      The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country – Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Charles Vess

7.      Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold

8.      Sandman Book 4: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman, Matt Wagner, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, Kelley Jones, P. Craig Russell

9.      Sandman Book 5: A Game of You – Neil Gaiman, Sean McManus, Bryan Talbot, Colleen Doran

 105 books and graphic novels in 2022! 34 novels (and 1 novella) and 70/71 graphic novels. I read one book twice for a book club. That’s 13 more than I read last year.

Now for totals from 2002 to 2022.

Totals:

2002 20

2003 86 – 7.16/month

2004 9

2005 84 – 7/month

2006 79 – 6.58/month

2007 58 – 4.83/month

2008 49 – 4.083/month

2009 51 – 4.25

2010 72 - 6

2011 60 - 5

2012 80 – 6.66

2013 50 – 4.16

2014 144 - 12

2015 92 – 7.66

2016 151 – 12.58

2017 138 – 11.5

2018 116 – 9.66

2019 96 - 8

2020 102 – 8.5

2021 92 – 7.66

2022 105 – 8.75

 Including the years that I have incomplete data for (2002 and 2004 I only have 3 months of data), I read 1734 books and graphic novels from 2002 to 2022, 86.7 per year. If we leave off 2002, and 2004, I read 85.25 per year and an average of 7.89 books per month. I’ll post the graphic novels and regular books break down shortly. 

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INDIES TOP 75 AMERICAN ACTORS OF ALL TIME !

As most of y'all enjoying Indies produce all these years, would've sensed for long, we at Indies are a bit classical at heart ! And in keeping with those richly steeped tastes, bring to you our latest (as also I'm sure hugely interesting & awaited) all-time historic list! The Indies Top 75 American Actors Of All Time ! (And only reason Indies don't extend this list any further, is for the sheer impossibility of it!..the gulf btwn below esteemed list & most other actors through the century of American cinema, assessed, being just too wide, upto 150+ spots atleast, to carry on further.) Enjoy ! & A Very Happy & Prosperous New Year To Everyone !

1.       Gary Cooper

2.       James Stewart

3.       Daniel Day Lewis

4.       Charles Boyer

5.       Spencer Tracy

6.       Joe Pesci

7.       Gerard Depardieu

8.       Walter Pidgeon

9.       Fredric March

10.   Henry Fonda

11.   Charles Laughton

12.   Charlie Chaplin

13.   James Cagney

14.   Jon Voight

15.   Jack Nicholson

16.   Al Pacino

17.   Peter Ustinov

18.   Albert Finney

19.   Michael Douglas

20.   Kirk Douglas

21.   Christopher Plummer

22.   Harrison Ford

23.   George Kennedy

24.   Mickey Rooney

25.   Montgomery Clift

26.   Cary Grant

27.   George C. Scott

28.   Clint Eastwood

29.   Gary Oldman

30.   Walter Huston

31.   Laurence Olivier

32.   Marlon Brando

33.   Gene Hackman

34.   John Gielgud

35.   Douglas Fairbanks

36.   Paul Muni

37.   Paul Newman

38.   James Mason

39.   James Caan

40.   Alec Guinness

41.   Dustin Hoffman

42.   Peter O’ Toole

43.   Tom Hanks

44.   Humphrey Bogart

45.   John Wayne

46.   Ronald Coleman

47.   Gregory Peck

48.   Rex Harrison

49.   Richard Dix

50.   Claude Rains

51.   Anthony Hopkins

52.   Franchot Tone

53.   James Dean

54.   Robert Duvall

55.   William Powell

56.   Arthur Kennedy

57.   Geoffrey Rush

58.   Steve McQueen

59.   Johnny Depp

60.   Richard Burton

61.   Clark Gable

62.   Michael Caine

63.   Laurence Harvey

64.   Conrad Veral

65.   Sean Penn

66.   Ralph Richardson

67.   Warren Beatty

68.   Rock Hudson

69.   William Holden

70.   Robert Redford

71.   Nick Nolte

72.   Walter Brennan

73.   Leslie Howard

74.   Michael Shannon

75.   Sean Connery

76.   Robert de Niro

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Bishop Edgar Amos Love (September 10, 1891 - May 1, 1974) was born in Harrisonburg, VA. His father, the Rev. Julius C. Love, was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His mother, Susie Love, was a licensed minister and the first woman to graduate from Morgan College. He spent portions of his childhood in parts of MD, VA, and WV. He was one of seven children.

He graduated from the Academy of Morgan College in 1909 and earned his BA from Howard University in 1913. He attained his B.Div from the Howard Divinity School, and he matriculated to the Boston University School of Theology, obtaining his BA in Sacred Theology.

On November 17, 1911, he and two other Howard students, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman established the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. They enlisted the guidance of Ernest Everett Just to assist them in their endeavor. They selected Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift as their Cardinal Principles. He was a charter member of Howard’s Alpha Chapter on December 15, 1911, and served two non-consecutive terms as Grand Basileus.

During WWI, he served as a chaplain in the Army. Upon honorable discharge he became a professor at Morgan College, devoting additional time as the school’s athletic director. He married Virginia L. Ross, they had one son. He embarked on a career as a Methodist minister. He guided various congregations in PA, WV, and MD; the most prominent being John Wesley Church in Baltimore.

He was the District Superintendent of the Washington Conference of the Methodist Church. He was appointed to lead the Methodist Department of Negro Work, he was elected as Bishop of the segregated Central Conference of the Methodist Church. He emerged from retirement to serve as Bishop of the Atlantic Coast Area.

He was a trustee for numerous HBCUs, including Morgan. He served on the Maryland Inter-Racial Commission. He belonged to a variety of professional societies, including the Prince Hall Free Masons, NAACP, Sigma Pi Phi, the Benevolent and Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World, Frontiers Clubs of America, and the American Legion. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #omegapsiphi #sigmapiphi

[oregontennis]

2023-24 Oregon All-State Tennis Teams

4A/3A/2A/1A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team EJ Roedl, Marist Catholic Zareh Gonzalvo, Catlin Gabel Reid Ravassipour, St. Mary's, Medford Mason Do, Oregon Episcopal Rand Freres, Oregon Episcopal

Second Team Aston Selley, Catlin Gabel Dawson Richards, Nyssa Alexander Ricketts, Marist Catholic Dominic Pulver, Sisters Jack Hally, Ontario

Honorable Mention Trysten Burns, Weston-McEwen/Griswold Cyrus Oliva, St. Mary's Medford

4A/3A/2A/1A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team L. Olander / R. Li, Oregon Episcopal P. Tyner / A. Forsyth, Marist Catholic N. Chen / R. Nordhoff, Catlin Gabel B. Knight-Sheen / W. Barsotti, Marist Catholic S. Dinesh/ T. Stark-Seymour, St. Mary's Medford

Second Team C. Aguero / E. Mildren, Marist Catholic I. Bhardwaj / T. Freres, Oregon Episcopal B. Bair / L. McGourty, Vale C. Grover / E. Yoo, Oregon Episcopal L. Peterson/ L. Ho, St. Mary's Medford

Honorable Mention L. Norton / W. Jensen, Klamath Union A. Pelligrini/G. Scoble, Marist Catholic

4A/3A/2A/1A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Patricia Dougherty, Klamath Union Raegan Farm, North Bend Whitney Hedden, Marist Catholic Bailey Bell, Philomath Ryan Lomber, Valley Catholic

Second Team Sami Shivakumar, Valley Catholic Ella Li, Oregon Episcopal Amanda Perez, Catlin Gabel Juhree Kizziar, Sisters Adele Beckstead, Philomath

Honorable Mention Callie Winebarger, Crook County Laken Herrera, Ontario

4A/3A/2A/1A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team E. Seals / E. Seals, Vale C. Chamberland / P. Weerakoon, St. Mary's Medford P. Larson / S. Larson, Marist Catholic H. Ross / T. Tyner, Marist Catholic J. Mehta/E. Kim, Catlin Gabel

Second Team M. Roseman / A. Do, Oregon Episcopal H. Housely / D. Engstron, Crook County L. Mueller / C. Mueller, Irrigon B. Wagstaff/H. Wagstaff, Nyssa O. Jacoby/K. Schwin, Baker

Honorable Mention C. Nguyen/T. Murphy, Marist Catholic S. Rush/S. Wyland, Sisters

6A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team Will Semler, Lincoln Vitomir Petcov, Southridge Arnav Arora, Mountainside Reif Larsen, Jesuit Cooper Wyngarden, Lakeridge

Second Team Alexander Gurov, South Medford Surya Panyam, Jesuit Mason Men, Lake Oswego Tiger Semler, Lincoln Rowan Morrison, West Linn

Honorable Mention Guillermo Arce, Forest Grove Yehuda Zaretsky, South Eugene Blake Chandler, South Eugene Brayden Lee, Lakeridge Antonio Perez-Cansino, South Medford Wylly Fields, Lincoln Liam Mackura, Glencoe Jonah Black, Central Catholic Pace Crimon, Central Catholic

6A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team K. Fernando / R. Chiang, Westview G. Hawkins / Z. Steinberg, West Linn A. Yan / T. Hernandez, Jesuit K. Rao / K. Zhou, Sunset L. Basi/ J. Hoda, Sprague

Second Team J. Cui / J. Lee, Lake Oswego S. Potter / M. Potter, Grant H. De La Cruz / T. Stump, Barlow R. Evenson / R. Alavi, Lake Oswego R. Valverde / A. Tadjedin, Grant

Honorable Mention A. Tran / L. Aman, Jesuit T. Hendrickson / O. Kuerbis, Grant J. Rickards / N. Bills, McMinnville C. Pate / J. Moffat, Barlow E. Meditz / L. Naugler, Grant N. Ernst / G. Chandler, Central Catholic C. Patrick / K. Forrar, Barlow J. Ebramsyah / I. Ahluwalia, Jesuit

6A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Lauren Han, Clackamas Carissa Gerung, Jesuit Nikhitha Suresh, Sunset Alexis Uschold, South Medford Ava Kitchin, Lake Oswego

Second Team Tirzah Tarbox, Sprague Sydney Board, Tigard Sonya Drayton, West Linn Carlyta Barfield, Benson Sariah Plaisted, Century

Honorable Mention Giselli Reschke, Mountainside Rosalyn Cho, South Eugene Sabrina Larsen, Jesuit Ellie Park, South Eugene Sadie Paterson, South Salem Alyssa Piquette, Sheldon Caroline Rickards, McMinnville Sofia Sorokina, Nelson

6A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team E. Kearney / H. Kearney, Sheldon A. Arora / T. Rao, Mountainside T. Rozendal / M. Rahul, West Linn K. Paine / K. Ayotte, Jesuit R. Beyrouty / E. Nickel, Sprague

Second Team K. Eames / R. Khalili, Lake Oswego A. Ainsworth / D. Fiskum, Sprague M. Mann / M. Regner, Westview E. Newton / R. Hefele, Lincoln K. Wattman / A. Roberts, Roseburg

Honorable Mention G. Molony / L. Weber, Barlow K. Olsson / S. Soman, Lincoln J. Hanson / M. Naugler, Grant R. Murphy / E. Schmitt, Lake Oswego P. Bittner / P. Evans, Sherwood A. Yao / N. Nagaraj, South Salem J. Paulsen / M. Fitzgerald, Lake Oswego J. Pilcher / A. Gladbach, Grants Pass

5A Boys Singles All-State Team First Team Richard Wang, Crescent Valley Kaiden Harris, La Salle Prep Max Himstreet, Summit Aiden Cruz, Caldera Brandon Vu, Centennial

Second Team Youssef Abdelsamad, Wilsonville Parks Vodak, Bend Grae Koller, Corvallis Wyattt Chance, Summit Hannes Zum Felde, Central

5A Boys Doubles All-State Team First Team A. McBride / R. McCoy-Hansen, Churchill E. Nichols / B. Nichols, La Salle Prep A. Lindsay / A. Berg, Summit N. Curtis / A. Tsai, Crescent Valley N. Rife / E. Nguyen, Summit

Second Team D. Vo / R. Lien, Parkrose B. Bloom / N. Wood, Summit V. Castaldo / I. Gains, Churchill L. Anderson / J. Bartlett, Wilsonville A. Ramirez / J. Gamboa, South Albany

5A Girls Singles All-State Team First Team Kennedy Harris, La Salle Prep Emily Gu, Crescent Valley Veronica Miller, Ashland Kate Bonetto, Summit Matilda Morgan, Summit

Second Team Keira Lin, Crescent Valley Trina Dinh, Parkrose Brooklyn Lindsey, Redmond Tiara Yeung, Milwaukie Corinna Lobschied, Corvallis

5A Girls Doubles All-State Team First Team Z. Hughes / A. Li, Crescent Valley J. Tatsumi / K. Scoggins, Wilsonville B. Capps / G. Stott, Redmond S. Cassaro / D. Streater, Ridgeview H. Sullivan/ K. Kelly, Summit

Second Team C. Nguyen / S. Nguyen, Parkrose A. Diliberto / K. Swigert, Summit P. Davisson / A. Davisson, Silverton K. Carter / A. Donnelly, La Salle Prep I. Hanna-Barofsky / E. Li, La Salle Prep

[goalhofer]

2023-24 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Roster

Wingers

#10 Evan Polei (Wetaskiwin, Alberta)*

#13 Brendan Furry (Toledo, Ohio)**

#14 Zayde Wisdom (Toronto, Ontario)

#17 Garrett Wilson (Elmvale, Ontario) C

#19 Wade Allison (Carman, Manitoba) A

#27 Samu Tuomaala (Oulu, Finland)**

#28 Olle Lycksell (Oskarshamn Stad, Sweden)

#29 Alex Gendron (Coteau-Du-Lac, Quebec)**

#56 Jacob Gaucher (Longueuil, Quebec)**

#91 Elliot Desnoyers (Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec)

Centers

#9 Tanner Laczynski (Troy Township, Illinois)

#15 Jordy Bellerive (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#16 Jon-Randall Avon (Peterborough, Ontario)**

#20 Cooper Marody (Brighton, Michigan)

#22 Rhett Gardner (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)*

#24 Adam Brooks (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#98 Victor Mete (Vaughan, Ontario)** A

Defensemen

#2 Helge Grans (Ljungby Stad, Sweden)*

#3 Adam Karashik (Ridgefield, Connecticut)

#5 Ethan Samson (Delta, British Columbia)**

#6 Emil Andrae (Västervik Stad, Sweden)**

#8 Mason Millman (London, Ontario)

#12 Ronnie Attard (White Lake Charter Township, Michigan)

#37 Adam Ginning (Linköping Stad, Sweden)

Goalies

#32 Per Sandström (Gävle Stad, Sweden)

#40 Cal Petersen (Waterloo, Iowa)*

[wahwealth]

Original "A Star is Born" (1937) | Janet Gaynor | Frederich March |

his is the first and original move of "A Star Is Born".  The film has been remade three times: in 1954 (directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason), in 1976 (directed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson), and in 2018 (starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also directed). A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor (in her only Technicolor film) as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March (in his Technicolor debut) as a fading movie star who helps launch her career. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, and Owen Moore. The Cast: Janet Gaynor as Esther Blodgett Fredric March as Norman Maine Adolphe Menjou as Oliver Niles May Robson as Grandmother Lettie Blodgett Andy Devine as Daniel "Danny" McGuire Lionel Stander as Matt Libby Owen Moore as Casey Burke Peggy Wood as Miss Phillips Elizabeth Jenns as Anita Regis Edgar Kennedy as Pop Randall J. C. Nugent as Mr. Blodgett Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as posture coach Clara Blandick as Aunt Mattie Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel.

[themomsandthecity]

180+ Cute Baby Boy Names

Brainstorming baby names can be one of the most fun (and important) aspects of planning for the arrival of your little one, but it can also feel really overwhelming. If you don't have certain requirements, like wanting a name that runs in the family, the possibilities can seem endless. Our names are the first thing tied to our identities, and we know how daunting that sounds - so we're here to ease you of any stress you have on your hunt for cute baby boy names. Choosing a cute boy name that will be equally fitting for an adorable infant and the adult he grows into can be a challenge, which is why we compiled this list of cute, unique boy names. You're sure to find an option that flow well with your last name or other kids' names among the cute names for boys we rounded up here. You might even find two that you like to help you out with a middle name option. (Oh, and if you want options for cute girls' names, we have you covered for that too, with our list of cute girl names.) Cute Names For Boys A Abe, Addison, Adrian, Aiden, Amir, Amos, Ansel, Archie, Ari, Arlo, Asher, Atticus, August, Austin, Avery, Axel B Beau, Beckett, Bentley, Benicio, Benito, Benjamin, Billy, Bishop, Blake, Bodhi, Briggs, Brody, Brooks C Caleb, Campbell, Carter, Caspian, Charlie, Cody, Colby, Cole, Colton, Cooper, Crew, Crosby, Cruz D Dallas, Dash, Dawson, Dax, Deacon, Declan, Diego, Dillan, Donovan, Dorian, Duke, Dustin, Dylan E Easton, Eden, Eli, Elias, Elliott, Emerson, Emmett, Ender, Enrique, Enzo, Everest, Ewan, Ezra F Felipe, Finley, Finn, Fletcher, Ford, Frankie G Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greyson, Griffin, Gus Related: 117 Unique Names For Girls That Are Both Rare and Timeless H Harley, Henry, Hudson, Hugh, Hurley I Ian, Idris, Ira, Isaac, Isaiah J Jacob, Jack, Jaime, Jasper, Jaxon, Jayden, Jett, Jude, Julian K Kai, Khalil, Kingsley, Knox L Larkin, Leo, Liam, Logan, Luke M Mason, Maverick, Max, Memphis, Miles, Milo, Morris N Nate, Neo, Nico, Noah, Noe, Nolan O Oden, Oliver, Omari, Oscar, Otis, Owen P Percy, Peyton, Phoenix, Pierce, Porter Q Quest, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn Related: 50 Adorable and Meaningful Names For Baby Boys in 2022 R Remy, Rein, Rhett, Rhys, Roman, Ronin, Rowan, Ryan, Ryder S Samuel, Sawyer, Santiago, Sebastian, Shane, Silas T Tate, Theodore, Titan, Tobias, Toby, Trenton U Uri, Uriah, Uriel, Ulysses, Usher, Uwe V Valentino, Van, Virgil W Walker, Wesley, Wren, Wrenynn, Wyatt X Xander, Xavi, Xavier Y Yasir, Yates, Yonah, York, Yunis, Yuri Z Zachary, Zaiden, Zander, Zane https://www.popsugar.com/family/Cute-Boy-Names-43713664?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr