#c; ronald

[galaxydrcaming]

@lcnelylcves “sometimes life deals you a bad hand, but you can still play your cards right and win.” (Rose to Greer)

Greer raised his eyebrow at his younger sister. “I know.” Life was constantly stacking the odds against him, but he always ended up in the right time and place to do what needed to be done.It wasn’t just luck, it was that vicious survival streak that his father beat into him.He didn’t want his sisters to ever know of that kind of cruelty though. Anyone that hurt them would find themselves hunted by a relentless soldier who never knew when to stop.“Not sure I’d count this shithole as winning, but at least it’s in one piece.” The Destiny hadn’t been; each day on board the Ancient’s ship had been spent wondering how they’d all make it to the next day. “Compared to that, Sydney was definitely better.

Tilting her head to the side, she frowns slightly. "The fact that you know is concerning, but you're also still here and well so, I'm glad for that, even if you annoy us all to bits." She jokes with a smile and shake of her head, honestly grateful for the fact that this world had given her siblings, she had her mother back home and they were mates, but she had been bored and a bit alone before meeting the Doctor, and in this life, she had a little more purpose with her siblings. "As opposed to what other place that isn't in one piece?" Rose laughs as she questions it, her mind momentarily wandering towards the Tardis, often wondering how it stayed in one piece throughout her travels.

[forasecondtherewedwon]

Masters of the Air - "Part Six"

1/?

[a-gassy-antelope]

[yourspeirs]

Happy Birthday

Ronald Charles Speirs was born on April 20, 1920 and would've turned 104 today. Rest easy.

[bleedingcoffee42]

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Ronald C. Davison - Astrology - Arco - 1963

[ww2yaoi]

sorry I’m just a sucker for the trope where the strong rugged man who’s overly competent and constantly in control in his professional life is more submissive in bed and gives the whole facade up for a little while because that’s the one place he can feel vulnerable and indulge in someone else taking the reigns to the point where it’s cathartic and um yeah that’s about it. post

[citizenscreen]

Hollywood Cricket Club, 1932. (Back) CS Greaves, C Harper, N Madison, JV Murphy, CH Abbott, G Farmer, E Cross, M Harpe. (Middle) JL Williams, Boris Karloff, Clive Brook, CA Smith, Ronald Colman, HB Warner, D Roberts. (Front) M Kinnell, RC Sheriff, ED Cummins, LE Francis, C King.

[dragon-swords-prophecies]

I have been possessed with the sudden urge to draw the boys slow dancing

[blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk]

Undertaker, Ronald, Edward and Charles Grey comforting their gf who lost their young niece in an accident(my 9 year old niece was killed nearing 2 years ago when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and jumped the curb)

I'm so sorry for your loss, sweetheart :(

and I hope that this is in some way healing for you! it actually felt kind of healing for me too-

I remember when my ex's young niece (I can't remember how old she was, four or five maybe) was killed, it's been at least five or six years now, and while I was never that close with his family in general, I still do remember the times I was over at his house for the parties where a low of his family was there and I got to play with his niece and, even though we weren't very close, I still remember her tiny smile and laugh

may both those darling little angels rest in peace and be forever remembered ❤️

It just… makes him sick to think about, you know? For a child who had their whole life ahead of her, someone who had so many people who love her, to be taken out of the world in an instant, it’s unfair. He’s in shock from the news, not only for (Name) and her emotions, but also likely because he’d undoubtedly met her niece. Played with her, spoke to her, sang her songs, looked after her. Even if it wasn’t a long time since they met, he still had a bond with the little girl. There’s no way he’s leaving his beloved’s side, no matter what that means. He’ll hold her and do anything she needs him to do. He has no words of comfort to offer except for something that tastes hollow coming out of his mouth: “At least she’s not suffering anymore. She’s with God now, my love.” Whether or not that’s any solace depends on his S/O. Regardless, he’s here for her. He’s not going anywhere, and if she didn’t know before that she could count on him in times of extreme stress, she knows now that she can.

How, but…? He just saw (Niece) the other day. This isn’t right… it can’t have happened so quickly, can it? He gets hit harder with shock than his S/O, because he’s almost in denial that she’s gone. It’s no question that he’s been around that little girl, gently teasing her and impressing her with his fencing and things like that. Despite that she wasn’t his blood, she was close enough. His focus rapidly shifts from his own feelings to (Name)’s, because after all, this was her niece. She was closer to that child than he was, she spent more time with her. This must be devastating, so he makes sure he’s there for her. He makes sure Phipps and John and Ash can handle everything for Her Majesty, then Grey takes his darling home. If anyone so much as makes a comment that it was ‘only’ her niece (“be thankful it wasn’t your daughter or something, then you’d really be sad”), they’ll find themselves staring down his sword. Whatever she needs him to do, he’ll do it. No questions, no judgment, just support.

Fuckin’… that just ain’t right. It’s not. Everyone else can tell him till they’re blue in the face that the universe works in mysterious ways and all that shite, but that doesn’t change the fact that he doesn’t think an aunt should have to bury her niece, or a mother her daughter. That little girl probably knew him as ‘Uncle Ronnie’, because he loves children and was very friendly with her. Although he might have kept his distance from (Name)’s family in general, because he doesn’t want to put them in danger just by being near them, he came around often enough to know (Niece); he’d always have a piece of candy in his pocket when he knew he’d be visiting his S/O, just in case (Niece) happened to be there too. It makes him angry and sad and he knows he shouldn’t be angry because it was an accident. He just sort of wants someone to blame. Having someone to blame makes it easier… only he knows it really doesn’t. He’ll actually go so far as to shirk his duties completely, (when usually he at least half-asses them) so that he can comfort (Name). He’s bad with comfort, though, so she’s… she’s got to tell him what she needs. If she does that, he’ll make it happen. This is just such a mess, he doesn’t want her to go to a dark place she can never come back from.

… Tragedy. Awful, Goddamn, bloody tragedy. That’s the only word for it that he can conjure up. That’s the only word that exists for something like this. Cases where he had to reap the soul of a child are those which are burned into his brain from his previous work, and burned in further are the children’s funerals he’s presided over in his current work. He hates it. The loss of a little one is something he feels so heavily, no matter who that child was. ‘There’s always a reason for these things,’ the higher-up Reapers would tell him, but he can’t believe that. He remembers (Niece) all too well, the way he would play with her and tell her jokes and sit in on her tea parties when his darling had her around. He tries so hard to be brave for her, whisking her to privacy and offering to her family that he’ll take care of everything for (Niece)’s funeral; no payment of any kind necessary. (He never takes any payment for the little ones, anyway.) And he makes sure to take care of everything, keeping his S/O fed and cleanly dressed and whatever else she needs. She’s going to be able to grieve in peace, dammit. At the same time… this is the inspiration behind his Bizarre Dolls, that grief, a perfect subject. Who would deserve to be brought back from death, if not a child whose life was taken too soon? He’s… simply not sure if he can bring himself to corrupt his precious (Name)’s beloved niece in that way.

[80smovies]

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

it's unjustifiably stupid but man, I have always wanted a WWII or Vietnam era/style parachute rig.

[cecils-dragons]

New gays in lore! Stag may be a work in progress but he deserves the world(and Janice)(thanks Kal for the blessing, had a panic attack and for some reason needed the reassurance lol, thanks dude) Bug bfs <3

[catilinas]

they weren't lying that o julius caesar really can be mighty yet

[bleedingcoffee42]

Cleadith C. Smith (1922-1945) of West Virginia was killed in Belgium Jan 2, 1945.

This is the Sgt. Smith that is referred to in several letters by Ronald Speirs, i.e. the 'Sgt that died in my arms'. (Also meantioned in Fierce Valor.)

He is listed as a Corporal on official documents, but as a Sergeant on his obituary. His headstone marker lists him as a member of Dog company, 506 PIR.

His Bronze Star, Purple Heart and personal effects are viewable here.

His gravesite here.

Ron Speirs's mentions of him here.

It is possible Smith received a promotion and wrote home about it, but paperwork was never officially done. (Or he could have been demoted as well) In the grouping of his medals there is a photograph of a German officer and his wife that he took off the man after he killed him, sent that back home with a note about the wife probably needing a new man. Seems like a kid that would have gotten along well with Sparky.

[issacharmastersdp18]

You ever have one of those moments watching a movie or tv show?

But you can’t place the person

And when you look to see who it is

where you know them from

You only have more questions ?

Because that’s exactly how I felt during this scene

The very first time I watched The Hunger Games.

I was sitting in the theater thinking

The obvious answer would be that I’d seen Donald Sutherland in something before.

I went through his IMDb page THREE times.

I had not seen him in a goddamned thing before that.

Not. A. Single. Thing.

How the hell do I know him?

Maybe he reminds me of someone else, but who that could be has not come to me in eleven years.

So I’ve just kinda been searching for the answer ever since.

I’ve consumed every piece of Donald Sutherland media I can get my hands on.

So……

If I ever meet him, we’re damn sure gonna get to the bottom of this mystery.

It crosses my mind at least once every day or two. It bothers me that I can feel so strongly that I know someone with no explanation for it.

The more I learn about him, the more sure I am that we would be friends.

Did I know him in a past life? Seriously. How the hell do I know him?

Of course, if someone on here does know him and comes across this, I would appreciate it if you’d point him in this direction.

I really, really want to know the answer.