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Terrible Fic Ideas #60: The Old Guard, but make it Percy Jackson

I was not intending on falling headfirst into another fandom. Nor was I intending to come up with another crazy PJO crossover that somehow manages not to be crack, but I discovered The Old Guard last weekend and this is the end result.

Or: What if, post-movie, the Guard decided to lay low at the one place Merrick's people could never find them: Camp Half-Blood?

Bear with me:

For most of history, "the cradle of western civilization" has been in Europe, as befitting a throughly European idea. But Europe is a big place - and even bigger when you don't have modern transportation to fall back on. A common rule of thumb for medieval travel goes something like 1 day sailing = 7 days on horseback = 21 days walking.

Plus sending satyrs to scope out likely schools is a lovely idea in an era with compulsory public education, but less likely to work in an era where even universities are few on the ground.

All that being said, I imagine it would have been ridiculously easy for demigods to slip through the cracks and never make their way to CHB or CJ, not once suspecting they were anything other than fully human. This is especially true of demigods without spectacular active powers like creating hurricanes or summoning the dead.

As there's no canonical reason why the members of the Old Guard are immortal, there's no reason they can't be demigods who slipped through the cracks, died, and became immortal because of their divine ancestry. It's a rare quirk of genetics that shows up only in 1 in a 10,000 demigods, most often in those who lack any active powers and show only the passive traits of their divine parent - and, therefore, have no idea that they're demigods at all until much, much later in the game.

For the purposes of this fic: Quỳnh and Lykon are descended from southeast asian and subsaharan pantheons of which modern historians have only limited knowledge. Andy is the daughter of Dyḗus, the PIE sky god considered to be equivalent to Zeus, and thus is something like Zeus' stepdaughter. Nicky is the only child of Neptune born in the last two millennia, Joe the son of Apollo in his Greek incarnation, and Nile the daughter of Mars. I went back and forth for possible divine parents for Booker, but ultimately decided to make him a son of Dionysus in this AU. None of them exhibit anything that might be called a power, but have certain talents and personality traits that mark them distinctly as of divine descent.

Just imagine it:

Following Merrick, the Guard needs to lay low. They have many safe houses but no way of knowing how many are compromised. In the end, they decide to go to the one place Merrick can be assured not to find them: Camp Half-Blood.

They get halfway to Ramsgate before realizing the UK probably no longer counts as "the cradle of Western civilization". With a little bit of divine intervention, they find their way to Long Island.

CHB is not unused to people showing up bloody on their doorstep, but most campers have never seen one adult demigod, let alone five. The fact that two of them are Roman and one predates Zeus himself is startling, as I picture this happening in the summer immediately after TLO, before Hera kidnaps Percy.

There's some tension, partly because of the Greek/Roman thing, partly because some campers are bitter these well-trained adults didn't show up to help during the Battle of the Labyrinth/Battle of Manhattan. (The answer - that they just didn't know Kronos was rising - doesn't help much, but the masterclasses they give on various fighting techniques do.)

Percy spends more time at CHB during the next few months than he ever has - after all, who knows when he'll next get to see a non-monstrous half-brother? Nicky may be the son of his father's Roman incarnation - the only one born since Sextus Pompeius to hear him tell it - but he's still family. An ideal big brother really. This does not keep Percy from being kidnapped or the events of HOO from happening, but it does mean there are more people keeping an eye out for him, and when the Argo II runs into trouble in Europe a few people they can call for backup.

But otherwise I have very little plot for this and a lot of scenes of a long few months where CHB and the Guard interact, but then largely go their separate ways until the kids need to phone a friend. This includes: 1) Booker spending a lot of time with his father and remaining half-brother, which gives him both family and the therapist he needs. It's not a magical fix-all, but it starts the path of healing; 2) Nile freaking out over the demigod thing as well as the immortality, but finds comfort in her Ares half-siblings, and generally realizing that while she may have lost her mortal family she never has to be alone, even if she decides being a member of an immortal army isn't for her; 3) Andy teaching all the children all the weapons, because as much as he hates baby demigods having to fight she'd rather teach them how to survive than turn a blind eye to it; and 4) Percy worrying Nicky and Joe are camping out in a cave on the edge of camp because they've been made to feel unwelcome because of the Roman/gay/immortal thing, only to turn permanently red after they kindly explain to him why two adults in a loving relationship might want space for themselves after a traumatic event.

Bonuses include: 1) At least one long digression on how one goes from killing each other multiple times outside the gates of Jerusalem to immortal husbands who are still in the honeymoon stage after 97 decades. This should include a lot of digression on what it takes to have a healthy relationship of any sort, among other related subjects, and hopefully highlight the line between healthy desire to spend one's lives together and unhealthy codependence enough so that MoA's judo throw is avoided; 2) The drama of at least one divine parent beyond Dionysus appearing on scene at some point. Extra bonus points if it's Neptune, who honestly hasn't realized he fathered a demigod child in the last two thousand years. Extra extra bonus points if it's curmudgeonly victorian fisherman Neptune; and 3) Percy upon finding out about Quỳnh immediately offering to go out to Dogger Bank and ask the marine life about a woman in an iron coffin.

And that's it really - not a lot of plot, just a lot of disconnected scenes. As always, feel free to adopt this bun, just link back if you do anything with it.

More Terrible Fic Ideas

[demigods-of-the-ambro-immor]

the demigods, their godly parents, and their camp half-blood/camp jupiter backstory

wren: ares, god of war

- she is the literal embodiment of the fighting spirit

- clark and wren arrived together in chb after wren’s parents got killed by a hydra

- fights with a rope dart

clark: athena, goddess of wisdom

- probably the most awkward of all the “tortured geniuses” that are the athena kids

- knew wren because their families are friends, didn’t know he was a demigod because his mortal “mother” kept in contact with him more than his father

- doesn’t fight, but works with the hermes cabin to lay traps

eileen: demeter, goddess of the harvest

- one of the less “conventional” demeter children, eileen can’t grow plants but she can speak to them

- joined camp half-blood around the same time apollo became a mortal

- fights with her powers by convincing the nature around her to entrap her opponents

layla: thanatos, god of death

- the only demigod that has the balls and talent to murder, layla is her father’s daughter (though she’s usually a peacemaker)

- grew up unclaimed in the hermes cabin and joined luke’s side because she hated her father

- is one of the three campers that fights with a gun

archan: dionysus, god of wine

- archie is a performer, and loves the theatre. and alcohol

- stayed in the hermes cabin for a total of one (1) day before dionysus pointed at him and went that one’s mine

- can hold his own reasonably well, but mostly helps with healing behind the frontlines

aster: iris, goddess of the rainbow

- thanks to their mum they can use reflective metal surfaces to scry for secrets

- got lost while with a mortal tourist group one day and stumbled into chb

- acts as a scout during battles, doesn’t fight

mio: hecate, goddess of magic

- considering she’s part siren, nobody really knows how her parentage works

- grew up in new rome with her mother (GAYS!), and joined the third cohort when she was 13

- the specific songs she sings/the runes she casts and illusions she creates are mostly to encourage other in her cohort/give them strength (similar to reyna), mio can only fight hand-to-hand and also not very well

sam: aphrodite, goddess of beauty

- sam is gorgeous and he knows it

- grew up in camp jupiter with his parents and siblings, was never officially claimed but everybody kind of figured out he was a child of aphrodite

- surprisingly good at fighting, he uses a spatha

liam: mercury, god of travel

- it’s ironic that the god of speed has a son that has a missing leg. at least liam can teleport

- was found by luke and recruited to kronos’ side, where he then became friends with layla and returned to chb (he was claimed post chb-cj war)

- found a silver rapier in the weapons shed and stole it

molly: hermes, god of travel

- molly’s like the depressed, angry version of the mischievous hermes kids

- was moved from chb to cj after the war, where she then channeled all her hatred into fighting drills and moved up to praetor of the first pretty quickly

- works alongside reyna and mio on the battlefield to encourage troops

morgan: hephaestus, god of the forge

- thanks to her dad, morgan’s immune to the technological dangers that most demigods face

- grew up in camp jupiter where she would help with the limited technology they had

- loves bombs. can basically turn anything into a bomb

callum: nemesis, goddess of revenge

- was unclaimed alongside ethan before he flipped sides and betrayed luke

- stayed in chb for awhile, recovering from all the hate that was deeply rooted in him. moved to cj with molly (they’re like siblings)

- fights with an actual sword similar to jasons, but it doesn’t turn into a coin or a spear

yours truly: apollo, god of the sun

- call me overpowered (i am), but i’m the only apollo kid with heliokenisis

- i arrived to chb around the time percy did and went on his quests as a healer

- i have a sword and a gun. i’m the third demigod that uses a gun (me, layla, and will who uses a sniper)

[graciellasamma]

Descendants oc: Zachary Sparrow

Information Basic:

Name: Zachary Sparrow

Nicknames: Zach, The Son of Jack Sparrow, Cap, Captain of the Royal Guards

Species: Human

Age(s): 16 (Descendants 1 & 2), 19 (Descendants 3)

Gender: Male

Home: Auradon

Profession: Student at Auradon Prep (formerly), Leader of his Dance Club, Royal Advisor, Captain of the R.O.A.R Fencing Team (formerly), Vice-Captain of the Royal Guard (formerly), Captain of the Royal Guards, The King’s Personal Bodyguard

Power Information:

Storybook Parent: Jack Sparrow

Tools: Swords, Daggers, Throwing knives, Bow & arrow, Gun

Powers: He basically has every knowledges of any weapons and knows how to used it like an expert even though it’s the first time he’s using it, he also have telekinesis, heat breath, and freeze breath.

Strength: 8/10

Agility: 9.5/10

Ingenuity: 8.5/10

Intelligence: 7.5/10

Relationships:

Love Interest: Uma

Best Friend: Ben, Harry Hook

Friends: Mal, Jay, Evie, Carlos, Doug, Jane, Lonnie, Dizzy, Celia, Gil, Davy, Uma

Allies: Chad, Audrey, Hades, Harriet, CJ

Pets: Buddy (Pug),  Nuggets (Corgi), Demon (Husky), Coco (Chihuahua), Harper (Border Collie), Rex (Germen Shepherd), Hunter (Golden Retriever), Otis (Shiba Inu)

Enemies: Audrey (Formerly), Uma (Formerly), Maleficent, Mr. Deley

Personality: 

Traits: Brave, Courage, Honor, Determined, Generous, Loyal, Stubborn, Sarcastic, Adventurous, Creative, Being carefree, Having strong bond with Harry

Habits:  Quick on his feet, Always reckless

Talents: Dancing, Singing, Sword fighting, Archery, Gunner, Weaponist, Pick Pocketing

Enjoyed Activities/Hobbies: Dancing and singing with his friends, Practicing fencing with Harry, Stealing items from the Museum

Fears: Losing his friends and family

Likes: His friends, His family, Dancing, Singing, BBQ, Weapon, Adventuring, Swords fight, Protecting his friends, Having fun, Pirates

Dislikes: Bullies, Cheaters, Mr. Deley, People talking back at his friends, Maleficient, People comparing the kids with their family

Story:

Backstory: Zachary, also known as Zach, is the son of Jack Sparrow, his mother sadly died in childbirth so Jack doesn’t know who’s going to take care of his son knowing that if he take his son with him will be dangerous, so he ask his old friend Belle and his husband Adam also know as the Beast, to take care of his son while going out on adventure, he, of course, will visit once in a while. As he grows up at the age 7 he develop his superpower from his mother side of the family, his father Jack told him about his mother and her family about their powers and how they are not magic and involves more on the genetic side of the family. When he was at the age of 10, he has been excel on his P.E. class including his fencing thanks to both of his speed and agility, he even able to beat the adult even their strongest one, when Adam, Belle, and the current captain of the royal guard learn this, they decided that Zach not only will be the next captain of the royal guard, he will also be Ben personal bodyguard, and Zach has been training since then and became the vice-captain of the royal guard. Years went by as Zach attend Auradon Prep School and became the captain of the fencing team for R.O.A.R. When weeks before Ben coronation, Ben and Zach are having a conversation about the VK’s at the Isle, Ben thinks that the villian kids deserve a second chance and Zach agrees with him and made a list of villains kids that he was able to made during his stays on the Isle for a day. When Ben look at the list of vks he decided chose Jay the son of Jafar, Carlos the son of Cruella DeVil, Evie the daughter of the Evil Queen, and Mal the daughter of Maleficent. When Ben already pick his chosen vks, he wants Zach to chose a vks as well since he is his brother figure and his best friend, who always by his side and protect him, so Zach look at the list and see a certain name that he’s interesting “Harry Hook” if Zach remember he is the son of Captain James Hook interested on this pirate vk he pick him as his chosen, as well, from what he learns during his time at the Isle all of the chosen vks are in the gang so it would be a good idea for having someone they know and comfortable. Things went the same with Harry who joins them in Auradon, when they tried to steal the magic wand one of the items that Zach stole the moonstone necklace started to glow as if it’s responding to someone, and that someone is Harry Hook, who is part werewolf thanks to his mother, who is not only a former Alpha in her pack but also Zach auntie which means that Harry is his long-lost cousin. When the Core Five failed the attempts to steal the wand, the event went the same when FG suggest that Jay and Carlos to spent their energies on tourney while Harry spent his on the fencing team as well on the dancing club seeing that Harry likes to dance from time to time, after tourneys is done it was time for fencing practice, which Harry is pretty excited about it. Before practice started Zach made an announcement that since he is going to be officially become the captain of the royal guards during Ben coronations that means the position of the vice-captain is open, so he decided that the day after the tournament for the tourney are over there will be challenges for the fencing team so who could be the next vice-captain. The event is still the same in the canon when Mal asked Ben if they could be in the front seat on coronation but can’t ‘cause only him, Audrey, his parents, and the next captain and vice-captain of the royal guards, so when the Core Five learns this Mal decided to create a love potion to make Ben fell in love with her and have Harry to train for the challenges knowing that Mal has faith on Harry to win the spot. The rest is still the same after the tournaments, and now is the challenges the position of for the next vice-captain, in the end, Harry was able to won thanks to his werewolf ability without him knowing that he’s using it, but during that time is whene the necklace glow brightly at Harry when he using his power, of course, Zach notice this but decide to kept this to himself for now and will tell Harry his heritage after the celebration, so for now, he joins with the others and congratulate his cousin for winning. During Ben and Mal dating, Zach invite Harry on dance practice on his favorite place to dance where no one could hear or sees them. After having a little fun on their dance battle, Zach told Harry about his power and heritage, and gives him the moonstone necklace, as the necklace reacts to him and suddenly he feels all of his senses are in a whole different levels, and his canine teeth grew longer and sharper, proving that Harry is a werewolf. When Harry came back to his dorm and tell his fellow vk friends about this they couldn’t believe this and thought that his power could be useful when they’re going to steal the wand even though his full power could only work on the full moon his enchanted sense and strength could still be useful. The rest of the event are still the same in the canon in Descendants 1, as well in Descendants 2 & 3, well, except that in the final battle against Uma and Audrey that Harry joins the fight with Mal with his werewolf form, and after Descendants 2, Zach found Uma during his stroll on the beach when she see her and even though after what she did, he thought about her action and he understand her why she did it because not only her and the Wharf Rats but the entire kids on the isle wants to be free from the well as well, including the villains that wants to redeem for their actions and wants the second chances as well, so he decide to helps her hiding from the people of Auradon and secretly gives her food that he was able to steal from the kitchen and the cafeteria without everyone notice and during their with each other develop a feeling and fell in love after Descendants 3.

Current Life: He and Harry continue their life in Auradon as captain and vice-captain of the royal guards, and Zach help Harry his new found werewolf packs that he discover after the events of Audrey, and learn that werewolf are not the only monster, there is also zombies, alien, vampire, and etc, and like the children of Isle they want to help all the monsters to live peacefully not just in Auradon but the entire kingdoms as well.

Portrayers:

Live-Action: Jack Griffo

Voice:  Jack Griffo

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I hope you all like my Descendants oc, in this Au Harry is in Mal’s gang instead with Uma because I really love Harry!! And not only that he is also part werewolf thanks to his mother side the only reason he wasn’t able to transform because of the barrier and he needs a moonstone necklace (like the one in ZOMBIES), as for who replacing Harry as Uma’s First Mate will be David Jones the son of Davy Jones.

This is gotta be the longest story that I write, I hope you all like the story ‘cause again, I suck at making a plot, so I let you guys tried to imagining it.

And like I said on on my last post of my Avatar x Avengers oc, I will be also making a list of the Descendants characters PKMN Team and Digimon partners but digidestined version of it.

I hope you all like it!!

[omegawhiskers]

Collison 4/11/23

Happy 69

Collison opens with a montage of promos. When it came to Swerve Strickland, he cut off by AR Fox who attacked him. The brawl spilled out to the arena during the opening pyro. Swerve got the win, thus carrying his momentum heading into his match with Adam Page. The post-match had all the main event players coming out for a brawl.

This would be one of tree singles matches as the rest featured multi-man competition, which was not a bad thing in hindsight as it opened up the spotlight to showcase wrestlers that have fallen into the abyss.

The Kingdom won a squash match against James McGregor and Brixton Nash. I don’t recall seeing Matt Taven or Mike Bennett being featured outside ROH, so this was good to see. I was kind of hoping that Taven would incorporate the giraffe into his gear because I think it would be hilarious. Roderick Strong did a post-match knee and imminently milked his neck again. It’s good to see this team do something rather then just be relegated to promos.

Lance Archer returned with Jake ''The Snake'' Roberts to take on Darby Allin. Allin was ragged dolled a lot. He took a choke slam followed by another choke slam on the outside edge of the ring. Allin prevailed with a Destroyer off the top rope to win. Jake Robert’s announces that he has brought in The Righteous. This looks like set up for Darby, String and Adam Copeland vs. Lance and The Righteous. Archer will fit in nicely with The Righteous, but I'm not sure if it's long term.

Skye Blue and Kris Statlander still have friction between them as Blue explains to Statlander she misted Julia Hart only for Willow because they're friends. This looks to be leading to Blue vs. Statlander with Willow stuck in the middle (maybe a triple threat?). Willow also picked up a win over Emi Sakura in a decent match up. Willow needed this victory as she hasn't picked up a win in quite a while.

We got a surprise appearance from Kip Sabian who teamed with The Workhorsemen to face off against Mark Briscoe/Dusty Rhodes/Keith Lee. This was a short but fun match. I’m glad that Kip and Lee got TV time. Kip is so good and deserves more time on Collison going forward. Lee will also get a match on Dynamite against Samoa Joe with Briscoe challenging Jay White for his spot at Full Gear. I'm glad to see the gears turning in the right direction here.

The Acclaimed celebrated 69 days as AEW Trios Champions. The chemistry between all three were on display and it was an amusing segment until Dalton Castle and The Boys came to the ring. I often chastise WWE for doing this, so I’m going to chastise AEW here. I hate it when wrestlers make the matches on the spot. Doing so in kayfabe makes the company look unprofessional and lazy for not planning out TV time. The match wasn’t half bad though. The segment also featured MJF admitting that he liked The Acclaimed and sees Max Caster as a friend, so expect more team ups.

The main event was FTR/LFI (Preston Vance & Rush with Jose the Assistant & Dralistico) vs. Big Bill & Ricky Starks and Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona). I just don't care for Kaun and Liona because I don't know anything about them. Who are they? What are they fighting for? I would have preferred Dralistico over Vance in this match. Post match had The House of Black attacked FTR, with Claudio and Yuta making the save.

This Collision featured talent we haven't seen in a while. And I'm glad the fall out is spilling into Dynamite. I hope this is not a case of showing certain talent, then tossing them away for months. This seems to be a problem with AEW. Look at the Miro/CJ Perry storyline. One moment they are both featured heavily, and now they just Perry only gets a mention and Miro gets a quick cameo. I hope Dynamite delivers with story progression.

[banannabethchase]

My predictions, because I have some batshit crazy ideas:

Beneath a cut, because. Well. You know how much I ramble.

Zero Hour

Yuta vs. Hook - Hook wins, but Yuta beats the shit out of him at the end of it. Danhausen comes out to make the save, but Yuta beats him up. And then Danhausen challenges for the Pure Rules title.

Willow vs. Kris - ONLY IN WRESTLING CAN AN OTP FIGHT EACH OTHER. Stokeley is gonna corrupt Kris against Willow, but not until the women's tag belts are announced will he make his final move. Stokeley, secretly working in the background for the Renegade Twins, will unleash his final blow right before the finals of the women's tag titles tournament, causing Staturday Nightingale to lose, and triggering a full on battle between the two of them, likely culminating in match for the women's world title (RoH, probably.)

20 Man Battle Royal - Okay. I got 3 ideas: Sara's dream book, the best story, and what likely will happen.

Sara's Dream Book: Bucks and Hanger come back. Bucks sabotage everybody else to get Hanger to almost win, then Hanger steps back and lets someone else win but leisurely jumping over the top rope when it's him vs. the other person. "I'm above this championship," he says, taking the mic during the other person's celebration. Offical Superdick Party debut, official heel turn, official idiots.

The Best Story: Only 19 people are in or around the ring. Toward the end, a guy in a hoodie, with his face slightly obscured, shows up. It's Jack Perry. He wins, and cashes in the "any time" clause during the Christian vs. Copeland match.

What Likely Will Happen: Midcardapalooza. A very fun, non champion level person like Komander, AR Fox, Kip Sabian, or Andretti win to create a fun flippy match with the winner of Copeland vs. Christian that they will ultimately lose.

Main Card

Eight Man tag (Jericho/Sammy/Darby/Sting vs. Ricky/Bill/Takeshita/Hobbes) - I really. Look. Lot's of stuff about this match is convoluted. It's mean to take the place of the tag belts, which I understand, but they should have bitten the bullet, dropped the Jericho/Golden Jets story completely, and provided a title chance to an actual tag team.

Eight man tag (Bryan/Claudio/Mark/Danny vs. Lethal/White/Rush/Brody) - I think the BCC and friends win, but I think this may lead to Danny being inducted into the BCC. Otherwise this match is kind of weird. However, it means that everyone in the C2 got a match on the pay-per-view, and I like that.

Andrade vs. Miro - Look I KNOW it's all about Miro's redemption or whatever, but he's pissing me off lately and I want Andrade to win to show that CJ's management is effective. But I also think it could be cool for Andrade to lose, to show that a lack of CJ's management causes him weakness. It could develop a more introspective story of talent vs influence that could be approached by both Miro and Andrade in different directions. But it's wrestling, so I doubt the nuance necessary for the storyline would be possible.

Swerve vs. Dustin - Yeah sorry Dustin. Swerve is gonna KILL you. Super sad to hear about Keith's injury. This match was going to absolutely BANG and him being unable to finish this storyline is a heartache.

Julia vs. Abadon - SPOOKY SHENANIGANS! I hope Skye gets out there and she and Julia do some MK Ultra tag level nonsense. Give me shenanigans. Give me lesbians. I love it.

Copeland vs. Christian - You already saw my idea for Perry, but here I think Copeland wins by pulling unexpected allies out of his back pocket.

Eddie vs. Mox - EDDIE BETTER FUCKING WIN THIS. He deserves to be a three belt holder, to hold up RoH, to continue his work. Mox may be my first AEW love, but Eddie. Eddie deserves it.

Toni vs. Riho - Mariah May shenanigans result in a Toni win, but perhaps Riho has an original in the wings waiting to save her. Crossing my fingers for a Jamie return PLEASE.

MJF vs. Samoa Joe - Joe wins. MJF is injured, shit goes down, the Devil and his goons interfere, and Joe is our new World Champion. We also, we gotta, reveal the Devil.

[mahomadjicks]

Im not gonna lie this is the nail in the coffin for me with clash…

So uh, nahhh. Im good

Between being not too fond of the manager worship in the fandom and the clash team lobotomizing their own game, in my eyes im just done.

Rather than becoming bitter or anything like that, I’m putting this blog on ice indefinitely. if you like me or my art in general, regardless of toontown, look at these;

Main Blog (Random stuff I like/reblog)

https://www.tumblr.com/softpopdrink

Squirrel and Hedgehog related blog (current fandom/art I draw)

https://www.tumblr.com/weaselfactoryex

I still like the idea of Toontown. I may like a few posts here and there going forward. I may or may not finish Greening Sideshow. We’ll see. I’m a small blog, so me leaving wont make a huge difference.

See yall later.

(Below is a rant section, so please ignore if you dont care for that.)

Is it just me, or does it seem like the clash team is bending their own backs to cater to the more ravenous, clash manager obsessed sides of the fandom? Being a fan of normal cogs, or TOONS for that matter sucks. Godspeed if you like anything besides Clash in general. Rewritten fans are just that, written off and not as noticed as their clash counterparts. You can see the interaction disparity just by looking on the tumblr tags. It literally took a ‘manager-like’ update with the new department heads for the game to get any sort of traction.

If you’re a fan of a server like ODS/Realms/literally any smaller server then god…I dont know what to say. I’m so sorry. What little attention you get for that hard work, and the small teams that are still holding on despite being brushed aside CONSTANTLY. You all are certainly strong. It must be absolute HELL to constantly be told to use your talents for clash or rewritten. Or to be told that your work would be great (as a feature for a larger server)…

Corporate Clash itself seems to be buckling under the swaths of new fans only arriving for the manager cogs. A lot of the updates and lore changes post 1.3 just seem to further weaken and break the game. Mechanics wise, the clash team seems to think that making manager fights hellish or straight up impossible to beat unless you do very specific character builds or strategies is a good thing. SPOILERS!!! Its not. Sure, you pat the back to anyone who unhealthily studies the game or looks at the wiki, but to new players who just wanna casually go through the story? They get chewed up and spit right back out by some out of nowhere cheat for the umpteenth time—

Looking at lore is a shaky subject in Corporate clash, so i understand wanting to tweak things. Alas, the clash team seems to want their cake and to eat it too…by wiping away 90% of Pre-1.3 updates without acknowledging the massive gaps in lore that opens up. Its not like they can’t look back and reference lore either. If a lowly fan like myself can piece things together then why cant the staff of literal game? They claim that old lore is confusing, when it literally takes a couple google searches to find what they’re looking for! The clash managers LITERALLY are the results of actions and events in Break the Law, aka, pre- 1.3 lore. To remove that removes their point of existence. Removing The CJ’s prior existence in the game, as well as him quitting, LITERALLY removes the reason why the CLO, and the Litigation Team exist in the overall story. Absolute nonsense.

Okay. Something slightly more positive.

I can understand why they wanna distance theirselves from Coach Z. Having a character associated to a homophobic old man sucks. I’m not too mad about that.

I understand why the Clash team thinks their choices are beneficial. Regardless of how much I stomp and whine, going forward, the clash manager cogs are the ‘blueprints’ of success for Toontown servers going forward. All of them are great challenges (when not constantly buffed) and breathe life into a 20+ year old game. Each of the managers are great characters in their own right, i just wish the fans didn’t treat them as the center of the universe.

At the end of the day, the clash team isn’t getting paid for all they do. They do all this stuff, updates for free, and that’s amazing. It’s just not for me anymore.

(Rant section over)

[internetgiraffekid1673]

Who's your fave oc at the moment?? Tell me about them!

Hoo boy, here we go. Get ready for BACKSTORY!

The short answer is a pair of girls named CJ and Ren otherwise known as Cleric and Watchdog who are college students in a universe with superheroes and started freelancing for those superheroes as a way to make some extra cash. Have a picture of both their regular identities and their alter egos. Designs are still being workshopped. Also, I've been experimenting with different pens on my drawing app, so the artstyle'a a bit all over the place. I'm also bad at character proportions, but their heights are closest to correct in the alter ego picture.

The long answer? Is long. So I'll put it below a cut. :)

So, I have OCs for specific fandoms, but my current favorite OCs aren't actually attached to anything. They just live in a generic superhero verse that could honestly be anything from DC to Powerpuff girls. It wouldn't change much, but I do have some light worldbuilding around the city they live in.

Chorustown is your pretty par for the course comic book city with superheroes and supervillains and a new upstart team of anti-heroes that are basically violent robin hood (steal from the rich, give to the poor). Suffice it to say that whenever all these factions fight each other, it breaks shit, so renter's insurance ain't cheap. Also, suffice it to say that the heroes involved are constantly getting injured, as well as needing information on the ever-shifting threats.

Enter our protagonists: Serenity "Ren" Summers and Cory "CJ" Jack are a pair of college students with a lot of skills and not a lot of money, who are willing to do some questionable shit for income! Also, they're childhood besties turned girlfriends.

During their sophomore year, CJ and Ren realized that while nobody in the civilian sphere would be willing to hire undergrads and actually PAY them, superheroes must have much more limited options, what with the need to keep their identities secret and not have people ask questions. This is also a 'verse where superheroes aren't on great terms with regular law enforcement, so getting caught doing something illegal, even if it helps a lot of people, is a very real threat. It leaves superheroes without a whole lot of options when they need an expert for something in their superhero work. And CJ and Ren both happen to be notable experts.

Ren is an engineering major with a split focus in software and mechanical engineering, as well as some dabbling into social engineering. She's got tech chops and computer knowledge out the wazoo. She's also lived in Chorustown her whole life and knows the city like the back of her hand. Throw in the fact that she's an avid artist who spent (and still does spend) a lot of time sneaking around to make graffiti murals, and you have someone who is basically a surveillance GOD. She can hack anything she wants, follow people around without them ever noticing, and she's capable of designing tech like trackers and bugs (and posseses the skill to plant those). Ren is also a habitually nosy person who has always kept track of significant going ons, for superheroes and villains, major political players, celebrities, and her personal life. She is so uniquely qualified to gather information on people that it isn't even funny. And it goes both ways. She can help someone hide from surveillance just as easily as she can snoop out a hider because she knows exactly where nobody will look.

CJ is a very, very talented med student. She's been into medicine and biology her whole life, with a particular interest in the physiological differences between superheroes and regular people. This includes aliens, animal based powers, meta-humans, mutants---you name it, and she's probably hyperfixated on its biology for at least a month and retained that information. This means she's also dabbled in a lot of other weird disciplines like vet med and astrobiology (which would absolutely be a scientific discipline in a universe where aliens invade on a monthly basis). Add in her medical skills and her technologically inclined girlfriend, and she's got the skills and the tools to treat anything from a bloody nose to a broken appendage to a physiologically based power defect to a species specific disease for just about anybody.

The two of them decided that if they can't get stable income like normal people, they'll get it from superheroes, who will be forced to come to them because there are no other options! But obviously, they can't just publicly be helping out superheroes. That puts soooo many targets on their backs. They'd have villains, law enforcement, and even other superheroes after them (CJ and Ren don't really make a distinction between heroes and anti-heroes; as long as you're helping people, they're chill with you. That would make the more self-righteous folks of both categories pretty pissed to know that their confidants were helping people on the other side of the debate). So they'll need alter egos, and they'll need to be secretive about their base of operations.

And thus, Watchdog and Cleric were born! But the thing is, these two are REALLY paranoid about getting caught because they don't have supet powers to protect themselves from villains or even social power to protect themselves from the legal system. Remember, these two are broke undergrads who lowkey stole all their equipment from their university (it's technically all available for student use, but not in the quantities or for the purposes they use it for).

So they have a lot of fun measures in place. First off, you probably noticed, but their costumes cover their whole bodies and faces and are loose enough on their frames that you can't really tell anything about their body types beyond their height. Secondly, they're both utilizing voice filters that both pitch their voices low enough to sound like dudes and make them sound somewhat robotic so their tone doesn't come through. The settings on the filter can be adjusted as needed (CJ can turn off the tone modulator if she needs to sound soothing, or Ren can change the pitch if she needs to sound a specific age or gender as a distraction). So nobody knows what they look like or what they sound like, and most people assume they're men. Thirdly, Ren has designed some gadgets that disable trackers or bugs planted on their person. Nobody can follow them either.

Their biggest security measure, though, was how they revealed themselves to the super community. Instead of some big announcement, they just stalked the local Chorustown superheroes until opportunity arose. For Ren, it even functioned as advertising her skills since she's basically selling her stalking capability.

In the first fight that a hero got badly injured, CJ basically popped out of the woodwork in her Cleric getup, dragged them into a safe and hidden spot, delivered immediate and effective field first aid, and left the coordinates of an abandoned apartment complex that they've turned into her clinic, as well as a short letter offering her services.

Ren literally listened in on the resident supers conversations until they expressed frustration at not having a particular piece of information, at which point she helpfully left them an anonymous tip as well as a burner phone number, a ghost email account, and some coords if they ever needed info again. Both instances were basically a free trial, since their letters of introduction also specified that payment in some form would be required for later assistance.

Also, because Ren is a damn good stalker and because CJ will have personally treated many heroes wounds and logged their identifying physical and medical traits, it doesn't take them long before they put together, like, everybody's secret identities. Heroes and villains. With a couple of exceptions on the villainous side, since they don't directly interact with them. But there's basically no hiding from them.

Most people also don't know they exist! Other heroes that the Chorustown protectors interact with do question where they're getting treated for injuries after really big fights, and villains know that SOMEONE keeps giving heroes information that foils their plans, but they don't really come to the conclusion that it's an independent party. They always make incorrect assumptions. Like "Oh, they must have a family member or non-combat teammate that fixes them up after fights!" or "Oh, clearly we have a mole who's being bribed or threatened," or "The Chorustown heroes have more powers than they're letting on." Outside heroes only really learn of these two when the Chorustown regulars talk about them, and only really believe it when Ren and CJ see fit to contact them for whatever reason. It's honestly hilarious.

Everybody who has been contacted by CJ and Ren knows where Watchdog's dropspots are and where Cleric's clinic is, but have no idea what they do otherwise. The clinic and the dropspots are nowhere near the university or where their apartment, so people have no reason to assume it's them. They have ghost emails and burner phones, but they're regularly replaced, and Ren is good at cybersecurity, so there's no tracking it that way.

Most people guess that they're associated in some way, since two freelance vigilantes appearing at similar times operating out of the same city with similar technology would be a bit weird otherwise, but it's also assumed to be strictly professional. Nobody would ever guess that they know each other in their civilian lives, much less that they're girlfriends.

People also realize Watchdog and Cleric know their secret identities (and probably other secret stuff, too) since they've been contacted as civilians, but they also aren't overly threatened by it. The two of them are clearly working for money, but they aren't selling any of the heroes' secrets and are honestly very trustworthy and confidential about it. There was paranoia for the first little bit, but it quickly just became a fact of life.

That's pretty much the whole backstory unless you want to know

Other interesting things about them that don't have a whole lot to do with their whole second job shtick!

Ren:

Ren loves art in all forms, but especially painting. She'll paint on anything she can get her hands on. Her notes, random walls and floors, parts of the school, and any of her possessions. The skirt pictured in her drawing is her own handiwork, and most of her other articles of clothing look similar. Most of their dishes have been custom painted with food safe paint. And as previously mentioned, she's a vandal who puts gorgeous murals and fun zany tags in places that they really shouldn't be.

She's rather anti-social. Ren is aggressively introverted and doesn't have a whole lot of patience for stupid people. She's got a pretty quick temper on her and can be very moody. She recognizes that all traits make her just as unpleasant for other people to be around her as it is for her to be around other people. So she mostly just avoids others. She has like 5 people in her social circle, and she's happy to mooch off CJ if she needs anybody else.

Ren has a lovely voice but has no technical knowledge of music. She just likes to sing.

Ren's a major bookworm, but she mostly reads on her phone. People think she's addicted to social media, but she's usually just reading a book. And she'll read literally anything. With enthusiasm. Sure she can argue classics with the best of them, but she reads so much that she also: can get deep into the mechanics of a 1980s space opera you've never heard of; happily engages in ship wars over the generic YA dystopia that's a disguise for a generic YA love triangle; keeps a running list of every perfectly mapped out hero's journey fantasy story she's read; has consumed an entire encyclopedia and REMEMBERS it; spent one memorable week reading nothing but foreign cookbooks; accidentally befriended her computer science professor over a shared love for tragic westerns; and has a categorized list of historical romances with metrics including historical accuracy, how smutty it is, plot outside the romance, time period, location, and social class of the characters, how healthy the romance is, and how compelling.

Her favorite snacks are plain baby carrots and straight honey. She enjoys traumatizing people at parties by drizzling honey straight into her mouth like whipped cream, and she eats so many carrots that multiple have questioned how she hasn't turned orange.

CJ:

CJ is into fashion, but not like trends or anything. She likes to look good while still having her stuff ethically sourced and affordable. She does a lot of thrift shopping and still manages to dress really good (or at least I think so). Her default and favorite style is punk-inspired bad bitch that, for lack of a better term, is a bit on the slutty side, but she does like to experiment. One of these days I'll probably draw lots of different civilian outfits for both of them.

CJ is the opposite of Ren in that she is a total social butterfly. Not only is she suuuuuper extroverted, she also isn't even a little shy, will strike up a conversation with anybody, and knows basically everyone. This also means she has friends from all walks of life, which gets really useful when Watchdog needs informants. The little old Mexican lady next door, the corner store butcher, the chronic smoker at the homeless shelter, the thrift shop owner they both pretend isn't selling drugs, the local town council member, the perpetually sleep deprived culinary arts student who likes to "experiment" in the school kitchens at 3 a.m., the league of legends nerds who always seem to be online, the manic party girls who keep inviting her to a night on the town---all of them get more information than people would expect, and CJ knows and is on good terms with all of them. And not for an ulterior motive, she just genuinely likes people.

CJ has extreme ADHD. She's lucky Ren has a scary good memory and would never let her forget her Adderall, otherwise she's be in trouble. As it stands, she still is rather hyperactive and has a. . .not short, but definitely jumpy attention span.

She's a plant mom. Their apartment has a ton of plants. She really likes ferns and shrubs, but they also have flowers, succulents, grasses, and literally everything else.

CJ plays the violin, but only in fiddle, bluegrass, and trad contexts, so she can barely read sheet music and learns almost everything by ear.

She hates wearing the color purple but has deliberately bought purple clothing solely for Ren to steal.

Both

Are self-proclaimed socialists who participate in a lot of fundraising, activism, and volunteer work.

Have another childhood best friend named Eli, who is a self-proclaimed anarchist and a business major at their rival university. They still get together all the time. He also knows everything about their double life. There's no secrets in this circle. They're all super close, but they have their favorite ways of hanging out. He and Ren bond by going on vandalism field trips where he puts up politically motivated rants, and she makes it look pretty. He and CJ bond by regularly forsaking civilization and going hiking or camping or just chilling in the woods. They all bond by drinking cheap wine mixed with Dr. Pepper while playing video games and doing their homework and drunkenly going on tirades about rich assholes.

He's also shipped them since middle school when he realized they liked each other, but he didn't want to meddle. He got increasingly frustrated by the mutual pining throughout their high school years and finally engineered a situation at their graduation party where they were locked in a closet together for an hour and warned them that if they didn't confess he was going to drug them and write it in permanent marker on their foreheads. They literally came out of the closet after sharing their first kiss and are willing to kill God for him in thanks.

They're both really messy, but in an organized chaos kind of way. Everything in their home does have a place, it's just not always the place that you'd expect. The place for dirty socks, for example, is "on the living room floor in a haphazard pile," and the place for tissue boxes is "three in every room in easily accessible places at all times."

Both of them can cook but prefer to just eat whatever unprepared food is lying around, and will try any combination if it means they don't have to cook. An average dinner in the Jack-Summers household is a bowl of uncooked pasta dipped in peanut butter like it's nacho cheese with a side of bananas.

They really really like cats. They are both allergic to cats.

They're not practicing any religion, but kind of both passively believe that there's probably a capital-G God and also that other lowercase-g gods exist.

[onekisstotakewithme]

writing patterns (tag game)

I was tagged by the lovely and talented @msculper so go check out Mack's list if you want something to read! Most of the selection looks delicious as ever. 💕

rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Following Mack's example, this is most to least recent.

"In the time it takes to get to Kimpo, Hawkeye fools himself into thinking he's come to terms with never seeing anyone from the 4077 again." -- That's All There Is.

"As they ride the elevator down to the lobby, Peg reaches over and straightens BJ’s tie for him, an impish smile on her face." -- mergers and acquisitions (or, a night to remember).

"By the time CJ wakes up on the morning of Inauguration Day, the sun is already coming up outside, early morning sunbeams starting to creep across the floor." -- Make the Leap.

"Charles slowly unbuckles his belt as Donna watches, her mouth dry." -- Marked.

"At the end of BJ's first day in Korea - the end of the longest day of his life, it feels like - he sits down to write a letter to Peggy." -- who will you turn to tomorrow.

"On a dreary morning in early May, Peg puts on her second-best dress (from before the war), and a rain coat that is starting to fray at the hem, and takes the bus downtown." -- Close to the Heart.

"One of the best things about being a reporter, Danny has discovered, is the unexpected places he’s ended up in the course of his career, the moments in time he’s managed to capture with the stroke of a pen, history with a byline attached." -- (Born to be) National Treasures.

"When Annie finds her, Hallie is standing at the railing, watching the waves and tapping her foot to the music." -- more than just a game for two.

"It’s late enough by the time CJ gets home that the moon has risen and in fact has already started to set over Washington, a chilly October wind that tastes of the coming winter whipping around the hem of CJ’s coat." -- Fight or Give.

"It’s close to last call, and the restaurant is nearly empty, a few patrons finishing their meals to the sound of piano music and the distant laughter and music from the pool deck." -- Two for the Road.

MAN! Do I ever like expository opening sentences 💀 setting the scene works, I guess! I need to start dropping people in, in media res style, I guess. Anyone have writing advice for creating a different type of opening?

And this is a bit of a cop out, but tagging any of my writer friends who feel the urge to laugh at any patterns (or applaud yourselves for not sticking to a pattern! That's cool too). 💜

[browniesfor-world-domination]

Hello. I suppose some basic information is in order.

I am Cassandra Jones. I am 18 and talented in many things including fighting and hockey and baking. I’m told I’m intense, but if you cannot handle me then frankly you are WEAK.

Not sponsored but try some brownies from the Brownie Clan! The recipe is from their Grandma CJ and they’re the best brownies all around.

[Please do not interact if you are:

A tcest shipper

Racist, ablest, homophobic, transphobic, or any other kind of bigot

An 18+ account, this account often interacts with minors and is displaying a minor character.

Not a fan of rottmnt or ocs made for that universe

Please do not bring up topics when already asked to stop said topic, and respect that I and my fellow RPers are human too.

BLOG WARNINGS:

This blog features the canon rise character of Cassandra Jones and will include mentions of violence on the level of the rise of the tmnt show and movie. If you are uncomfortable with this, feel free to block.]

[dynamiiiight]

— ENZO VOGRINCIC

crédit: dynamight

[hopeaterart]

Alright, since we've been talking about future kids:

Cassandra Marie O'Neil-Jones-Hamato, also known as Casey Junior or CJ. Capritello kid, with April and Casey being her bio-parents. He's polite and kind, but not without the occasional sass. She has both of her dad's talent for fighting, and he has his own techbo. Only child because they weren't planning on having kids, but they decided to have her after thinking it over.

Hinata Hamato, stage name Lita. Leosagi kid, she was part of a clutch. She's a nice girl with a flair for the theatrics, and a prodigy singer. Her power is related to her voice, and allows her to control people. Of course, her parents taught her better than to use that power as anything else than an emergency. She's inherited both of their talent for the blade. The yougest of, like, seven.

K'Janamko, or Jan for short. Raphmona kid, they went on a space adventure and came back with an orphaned Alsamandaran. Somehow very chill in spite of what his parents are like. Makes his temper when it does flare up that much more scary. Oldest of three (Raph and Mona figured out how to have biological kids after, Draxum's lab is involved).

Hamato Oroku Hiroto. Shinirai son, Karai got a sperm donor to have him in order to have an heir (she's the head of the Hamato clan by the time she has him and wanted everyone off of her back). He's a hot, bitter mess about how the rest of the Clan treats him and his moms, to the point he's forsaken their names. He hasn't awakened to his power yet, but more than makes up for it by having inherited his grandfather's fighting skills. Only child because Karai hated being pregnant and doesn't want to repeat the experience.

We'd see all four of them during the Time Travel plot.

[mintleafkitty72]

for the tmnt ask game :)

5, 7, 14, 27, and 34

Hiya! :]

5. Which iterations are you familiar with?

The ones I have watched are 2012, Rise, 2007, Bayverse, Mutant Mayhem, and I'm currently in the middle of watching 03! But I'm definitely most familiar with 2012 and Rise.

7. Which iteration is your favorite?

My favorite iteration has got to be Rise probably because it was the first time I had thought about any show/movie characters deeper than surface level and I connected with a character and it opened so many doors for me about who I am and allowed me to do the same for other show/movie characters in other stuff I watch/read. It is also my longest ever hyperfixation currently in my life and it is still going 😂

14. Which version of Splinter is your favorite?

My favorite version of Splinter is honestly either Rise Splinter or Mutant Mayhem Splinter. Why? Idk 😅Although, even if I'm getting through it really slow, 03 Splinter is also great.

I also think the Bayverse Splinter was kinda cool, but not my favorite and 2012 Splinter has his moments.

27. What is something you love to see in TMNT art/fics?

I feel like this is really mean 😂 but I absolutely love angst/hurt that specifically involves Rise Leo in one way or another. Especially with topics regarding the movie and stuff to do with the EPF and him just going through fight after fight and eventually just either breaking or being caught by his family (or both sometimes) and having to start talking. I also love seeing the literal fear or pain or sadness on any of their faces in art (I'm a sucker for facial expressions) and being able to feel those emotions and picture it if I'm reading a fic. But having it also involve what the rest of the family are going through and them ALL having their own experiences. AND only if the hurt/angst is followed by comfort and the family coming together and taking those baby steps to heal together. Or just some kind of comfort. How long that comfort may take to come, who knows.

I don't know how y'all do it, but a lot of the writers and artists portray all the bros, Splinter, April, Casey, CJ, and literally so many rising characters' emotions so well and it always hits me so hard because it is done So. Well. You all are very, Very talented people and I'm honored that y'all are sharing your own masterpieces with the rest of the fandom for us to feast on /pos. Every single one of you are huge inspirations, whether you are well known in the fandom or not, all of you are absolutely awesome.

(That's actually the main reason why I got Tumblr was so that I could support tmnt writers/artists/creators and I'm actually so honored to interact with y'all and make some awesome, wonderful friends :]) (Sorry, I didn't mean to get off track 😅)

34. Which character do you write/draw most often?

I've just recently been getting into drawing more consistently but the character that I probably draw the most often is Rise Leo (surprise, surprise! 😂)

Thanks so much for the ask!! I appreciate it :] This was a lot of fun 😁

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day/night! 😁

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events 24apr24

I wonder if it was intentional????

SEATTLE — A Seattle woman is charged with murder and assault after she was accused of shooting and killing a 20-year-old mother in a downtown Seattle alley. The King County Prosecutor’s Office said Rickesha Overton, 33, is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree assault.*** Witnesses said they saw two women fighting. After combing through security footage and evidence, investigators said Overton marched 20-year-old Alisia DeCoteau down a flight of stairs and into an alley behind the apartment building while pointing a gun at her. Overton was heard telling DeCoteau, “I’ll blow your mouth. Say I won’t. Say I won’t.” Police said the suspect shoved the victim to the ground and goes back inside the building briefly. Overton comes back outside and shoots DeCoteau twice – once at the victim’s head, police said. The suspect continued to pull the trigger, but the gun ran out of ammunition, detectives said. As the victim was lying the ground, Overton was heard saying, “you dead b----. B---- you dead.” Overton was seen kicking DeCoteau on the ground at least five times, detectives said. A nearby crowd yelled, “Stop kicking him, back up!” Cell phone footage from witnesses captured the suspect pointing a gun at the crowd and yelling, “I’ll blow your mother f------ brains out,” the document wrote. Police found Overton, wearing a green jacket, white dress and pink shoes, running with a handgun near the southeast corner of Western Avenue and Vine Street, police said, and noticed the gun’s magazine was empty. The suspect initially told officers, “She came into my apartment. It was self-defense. I had to shoot her.” But later told police, “She’s not even dead.” “I don’t care if you give me life. I just want to go to Alisia’s funeral,” Overton added.*** https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-woman-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-20-year-old-mother-downtown-alley/2HDPSNULNFGXJKROWDDTIPP5PE/

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Trump trial meme war erupts

BB-

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Ye meant "infamous."

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - Montgomery County Public Schools has increased security at several schools in the district after police arrested an 18-year-old student who was threatening to carry out a school shooting. Police say Andrea Ye, whose preferred name is Alex, was arrested and charged in connection with plans to commit a school shooting at Wootton High School in Rockville. Police say Ye was taken into custody on Wednesday, April 17 following a joint investigation by Montgomery County police and FBI agents with the Baltimore Field Office.  The FBI first alerted MCPD about a 129-page "manifesto" written by Ye in which he talked about committing a school shooting and strategized how to carry out the act. In the manifesto, Ye also wrote about targeting an elementary school and said that he "wants to be famous," police say.*** https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-teen-arrested-after-manifesto-detailing-school-shooting-discovered

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Who knew law enforcement was good?

Jay Bianchi’s critics say earlier arrest on sex-assault suspicions could have saved “years” of new victims

Kylie Heringer, left, and Bonnie Utter alleged they were sexually assaulted by Denver music booker Jay Bianchi after a Halloween party in 2020 on July 6, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) “I have seen it in the scene back east and here and the apologists make me sick. It’s either the dude throws great parties, or has good drugs, or is talented or owns a fun bar so no one cares that they are predators.” -Lucy Sturgess, a Denver designer and member of the city’s jam band scene The arrest of Denver jam-band fixture Jay Bianchi this week on suspicion of sexual assault follows three decades’ worth of other legal trouble and criminal allegations related to his businesses and personal practices. There have also been convictions for assault, drug possession and the flouting of COVID-era closure mandates. But critics say the Denver Police Department could have done more by publicly addressing the sexual assault allegations sooner, with or without charges, and by communicating more effectively with alleged victims who have been calling for action for years. They also believe that if Bianchi had been arrested earlier, it could have saved more potential victims. Bianchi, 55, was booked into the Downtown Detention Center on Tuesday on suspicion of six counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact related to three separate cases. They include sexual assault reports stemming from a 2020 Halloween party, as well as three new charges from April 7 of this year. John Wenzel reports.*** https://www.denverpost.com/2024/04/19/jay-bianchi-arrest-sex-assault-charges-denver/

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Forgive me for quoting T Swizzle, but

And I ain't trying to mess with your self-expression But I've learned the lesson that stressin' And obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no fun And snakes and stones never broke my bones so

So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh You need to calm down

A man set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former President Donald Trump is being tried for an alleged hush money payment. On Friday, with several news cameras present, a man set himself on fire. The act occurred near where a group of Trump supporters were protesting. The presence of security barricades hampered a response from police and emergency services. Flames and smoke broke out around the body. Several people tried unsuccessfully to extinguish the fire with their coats. A video showed the man being doused with a fire extinguisher. The fire burned for nearly two minutes before being extinguished.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2972386/man-self-immolates-outside-courthouse-of-trump-trial/

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If you're wondering if the two atrocities are related, yes, they are.

McVeigh claimed that the building in Oklahoma City was targeted to avenge the more than 70 deaths at Waco. https://www.britannica.com/event/Oklahoma-City-bombing

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Chief of National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section Matthew F. Blue Delivers Remarks at EU Network Meeting on Battlefield Evidence in The Hague

Friday, April 19, 2024

***From Afghanistan to Iraq and Syria to parts of Africa, foreign fighters have, for years, traveled to battlefields from around the world. And some of those foreign fighters have returned to their home countries or other places under false pretenses with the goal of either hiding from their prior terrorist acts or to bring terrorism to cities around the world. And along the way, those foreign fighters have left behind trails of evidence — fingerprints on weapons and bombmaking materials, registration cards and other documentation, photos, and electronic devices. All of that evidence can be a goldmine for prosecutors and investigators. But it has to be collected, analyzed, and catalogued. For over two decades, the United States has collected an extraordinary volume of collected exploitable material and battlefield evidence. And every day, highly trained analysts and investigators sift through that evidence — carefully analyzing it and cataloguing it for retrieval and sharing. And sharing is our main goal — last year we disseminated hundreds and hundreds of cables, intelligence reports, and tearlines for law enforcement and intelligence with our partners around the world.*** https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/chief-national-security-divisions-counterterrorism-section-matthew-f-blue-delivers

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How could you possibly get away with that?

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese police have arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of attempted assault and robbery of a convenience store on Okinawa. Lance Cpl. Andrew Torres, 20, was taken into custody just after 1 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot of a Lawson in the Nodake district of Ginowan city, an Okinawa prefectural police spokesman told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday. Torres is assigned to III Marine Logistics Group at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, a spokesman for the group, Chief Warrant Officer William Faffler, said by email Friday. Police said a man in black pants and a black hooded sweatshirt carried a knife into the store between 12:53 a.m. and 1:03 a.m., went behind the counter and attempted to open the cash register. The store clerk, a man in his 20s, was in the back office when, through a security camera, he saw the hooded man at the register, the police spokesman said. The clerk ran from the store and called police from his cellphone. Police soon arrived and stopped Torres, who was in the parking lot running from the store, the spokesman said.*** https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-04-19/marine-convenience-store-robbery-arrest-13595447.html

You're on an island

Everyone knows where you work

Everyone know where you live

Unlike LA or Chicago, Japan has vigorous, effective law enforcement.

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In Hood U. news,

An important EMERGENCY message from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT UM EAlert Flint: Gunshots reported MTA Bus Station at 8:13. Lockdown, secure in place. Avoid area. If necessary, RUN, HIDE, FIGHT.  +++ April 16, 2024 To the university community: As a follow-up to this morning’s emergency alerts, the UM-Flint Department of Public Safety assessed the nature of the reported shots fired at the downtown MTA bus station and placed the campus in lockdown as a safety precaution. The lockdown was lifted after it was determined there was no longer a threat to campus. A suspect is in custody and the Flint Police Department is leading the investigation of the incident.****

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What happens when you murder someone

Nicole Avant:I remember my knees buckling immediately and I froze for a second. I could hear my heartbeats, and it felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. I got in the car, and all of a sudden I felt this energy that came over me. I just started talking to my mom and I felt like I was becoming her. And I just said, “Mom, if you can hear me, I don’t know what the fuck is going on, but I’m on my way and I’m going to be here for you. I’m going to take care of you.” And then I got to the hospital. And I walked in, and I saw my father sitting there, and he’s shaking a little bit. My brother’s pacing back and forth, and I looked at my father, who was physically unharmed, and I just held his hand and I said, “Dad, I don’t know what’s going on. I’m here for you.”  And he goes, “Oh, she’s in surgery”—his false hope—“Jackie’s going to be okay.” And I just held his hand, and I didn’t know what was going to happen. And then we wait, and then they come out, and then you go into that room, and then everything changed. As soon as I heard those words—“I’m sorry, she did not make it”—my brother was like a pierced animal, just wailing. And then my father slumped onto me, and I just sat up.*** I knew in that second my life has changed forever. Everyone’s life has changed forever. And we got home. My father walked in my house, and I said, “Dad, I don’t know what’s going to go on. I just know that I’m never leaving your side and we’re going to get through this together.”*** BW:The man who murdered your mother is 30 years old. He had an extensive criminal record. He had spent five years in prison for robbery and then was sentenced to another four years, also for robbery, and had been released on parole in September of 2021, a few months before he walked into their house. He has gotten life in prison. So in a sense, you’ve gotten justice, but forgiveness is another story, right?  And you write this in the book: “Forgiveness is a choice and a gift to yourself. I cannot carry the anger and the resentment and the fury because it’s just a dead weight on my heart, and I have to protect my soul.” I think most people, when they hear that, will say, how is it possible that you could have that level of clarity? And for anyone listening who can’t forgive the person that wronged them, what advice do you have for that person?

NA:I think the advice I would give is: change your definition of forgiveness. Because forgiveness has nothing to do with condoning, excusing, trying to understand a behavior. I don’t give a shit about him at all. The forgiveness was more about setting yourself free. For me, forgiveness was taking my attention off of you. I have to untether myself from your energy. Forgiveness is really giving up the burden of anger and fear and resentment. It’s a daily thing. It wasn’t like, “Oh, I just forgive you. It happened.” No, it’s a practice. *** NA:I’ve been disappointed, especially being born and raised in L.A. I have seen the differences of this city. I’ve seen when it’s been really great and then when it’s turned a corner. The last five years before my mom died, I would drive around going, “What the hell is going on? How are we one of the largest economies in the world functioning like this?” Los Angeles is one of the best cities in the entire world. And there was a lack of order. It was like, “Who’s in charge? What’s happening?” And what upset me was people who could live behind gates didn’t know what about everybody else was going through— BW:And cannot afford private security. NA:Yeah.And just the idea of calling the police and calling, saying there’s somebody outside of my door and they’ve pitched a tent. “There’s nothing we can do.” That’s the one thing that the government has to do is you have to protect your people and you have to have order. That’s what we hire you for. So you can’t say to a taxpayer, “Good luck.” Good luck? No. I know a small business owner who gets a ticket for her hedges being two inches higher than they’re supposed to be, but yet somebody can come and shoot heroin in front of her house, lay there, defecate all over the place, and she calls the police and [they say] “There’s nothing we can do.” And that is not okay. And everyone knows it’s not okay. 

On Black Lives Matter and defund the police: NA:This arrogance of society—you don’t get to be the 20-year-old white girl to talk about defund the police. Who are you to say that? What are you talking about, by the way? There are so many people in neighborhoods—in black neighborhoods, white neighborhoods, whatever—they want order. They want to be able to call somebody. They want help, they want assistance. So seeing lots of very young white liberal people speaking on behalf of all black people—we don’t need you to speak on our behalf at all. No one asked you to, by the way. And we can speak for ourselves, and we’ll tell you what we want.

I was going into a store in Malibu, and people were chanting “Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter.” And I’m like, I get it, and I parked my car. “Black Lives Matter.” I’m black. I know. I mean, they’re literally in front of my car, “Black Lives Matter.” I’m like, “Got it, got it.” I get out of the car, I go get my food, I come out, and I hold the door open for all these protesters. They walk in. Not one person says thank you. Not one. Not one person looked at me. Not one person said thank you to me. To the last one I go, “Yes, you are correct. Black lives matter. You’re welcome.” Fucking idiots. They don’t even get the irony of the whole thing. And they’re screaming at everybody. I’m like, “You don’t even see the person who’s in front of you, and you want to speak for the entire race of people?” No, you don’t get to do that. ***

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Bill Maher gets it right

***“Have you all been watching the Max documentary called ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV?’” he asked his viewer. “It’s just scene after scene, clip after clip of the child stars of their day being subjected to obviously inappropriate highly sexualized degradation.”*** “Why would a kid’s content factory at Disney be all that different from the one at Nickelodeon?” Maher asked.  He went on to cite stats and testimony from former Disney child stars: A 2014 CNN report discovered that at least 35 Disney employees had been arrested for sex crimes against children and in 2021 Disney child star Alyson Stoner confessed she only narrowly survived the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline. The next year child star Cole Sprouse told The New York Times that young actresses at the Disney Channel were heavily sexualized at an early age. “And get this,” Maher added. “After Brian Peck who was one of the lead creeps at Nickelodeon served 16 months in prison for the molesting he did there, Disney hired him, naturally, to work on a children’s series.” “For pedophiles in Hollywood, it’s a small world after all,” he stated. “And not just Hollywood,” the host continued. “There are Instagram moms these days who are practically OnlyFans-ing their itty bitty beauty queen daughters by having them wear skimpy bikinis and eat bananas to build social media stardom.” “They’re called ‘Sharenters,’ a hybrid of ‘sharing’ and ‘parent,’” Maher noted. “I call them pimps.”*** https://catholicvote.org/bill-maher-slams-hollywood-pedophiles-leftist-hypocrisy-in-viral-clip-desantis-wasnt-wrong/

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LA mayor has home invasion robbery in official residence

Second burglary since late 2022. Suspect has record for violent crime.

Had to go wait in safe room/panic room.

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Not the sharpest tools at Home Depot

Home Depot's rental department continues to battle the theft of its heavy equipment in schemes where suspects sell the machinery on sites like Facebook Marketplace, prosecutors allege. Earlier this month, federal prosecutors in Oregon brought charges against a group of seven defendants, accusing them of conspiring in a scheme in which they stole heavy machinery from Home Depot by renting it and not returning it. According to the indictment, first reported by Court Watch, members of the group would go to the retailer's rental desk at locations in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado to borrow the equipment using stolen credit and debit card information. Prosecutors also said the defendants would "often use their real driver's license" for the required identification. But rather than return the equipment, the defendants instead sold it on Facebook Marketplace and other online platforms, according to the court documents. In each instance, the equipment was borrowed under a one-day rental, GPS tracking devices were disabled, and items were listed for sale on Facebook and elsewhere, the prosecutors said. The thefts bear a striking resemblance to several cases in the past year, one in Washington, and two in Florida. In one, Florida prosecutors sentenced a man to eight years in prison for leading a crime ring that rented more than 60 pieces of heavy equipment, such as trenchers, stump grinders, and excavators, which were never returned, costing Home Depot more than $1 million. Officials said he too used his actual ID when borrowing equipment, the local Fox affiliate reported.*** https://www.businessinsider.com/home-depot-rental-equipment-heavy-machinery-thefts-2024-4

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Is he unaware of why he's infamous?

There's a reason people call him "Lubin’ Toobin"

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7th graders prolly shouldn't have hit lists

***The Pennbrook student shared that the seventh grade assailant repeatedly yelled, “I’m going to murder you” while hitting her friend’s head with the cup. She grew tearful as she described seeing her friend’s blood being cleaned up off the tables and ground. “We had to watch them take her out with blood dripping down her face and I will never forget that,” she cried.

She said the attack went on in front of the students for 28 minutes. However, the school district claims that security cameras revealed that the incident lasted eight minutes. At the school board meeting, the student disputed the school’s claim of “eight minutes” because she “timed it.” Parents at the meeting demanded to see the security tape to verify the claims of the school.*** by Tuesday, the students knew of a “hit list.” “I would say by Tuesday lunch time, everybody in the school knew that my daughter was going to be ‘curb stomped’ or made to ‘bite the curb’ or jumped,” she said of the “school talk” prior to the attack. Another mother told the school board that the assailant “had multiple reports of violence” and she didn’t understand how that went unchecked.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2975249/pennsylvania-community-outraged-transgender-student-hit-list/

Philly suburb.

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Home Deport does need security

A New York Home Depot has deployed a guard dog — and other stores may be close behind — to protect shoppers from aggressive migrants and thieves flooding their parking lots, The Post has learned.

Two men wearing MSA Security caps and bulletproof vests with a German shepherd in tow patrolled the Home Depot in New Rochelle on Tuesday. “It’s more about omnipresence,” one guard said, explaining that the company was contracted a few weeks ago. “It’s not like we let them go bite anyone or anything.”*** “It’s not just because of [migrants], but because of a myriad of other things too, like people breaking into cars, that kind of stuff,” he said.*** One 52-year-old Mexican national, Jimeno, who has lived in the Bronx since arriving in the United States 20 years ago, was at the Throggs Neck store seeking legitimate work from contractors. “There are a lot of people who have been coming here for a lot of years … asking people for jobs in construction and if they need help with projects,” he told The Post in Spanish. “We come here to find work.”  He said the recent arrivals who aggressively solicit for tips have made it harder for the day laborers to find work.*** https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/us-news/home-depot-stores-look-to-security-to-keep-migrants-at-bay/

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California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down.*** While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who was California’s Secretary of Labor during the COVID-19 era and oversaw the state’s fraudulent payments — including nearly $1 billion to felons in prison filling out fraudulent paperwork *** In 2020 California borrowed $17.8 billion to continue payments from its unemployment insurance fund, a number that is projected to reach $20.8 billion by the end of 2024 due to insufficient payments. With unemployment projected to grow from 804,000 Californians in 2022 to 930,000 Californians by 2025, benefits payments are projected to grow — barring any legislative changes from $5 billion in 2022 to $6.8 billion by 2025. While California’s unemployment insurance fund already faced poor solvency before the COVID-19 crisis, $55 billion in fraud and overpayments have led the state’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office to declare the program “structurally insolvent.”***

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Sad case

A Democratic state senator in Minnesota was charged with first-degree burglary on Tuesday after authorities say she broke into her stepmother's house where the lawmaker claimed she was trying to get her late father's belongings, including his ashes. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was booked into the Becker County Jail on Monday for a suspected first-degree burglary offense, according to online jail records. A homeowner on the 700 block of Granger Road in Detroit Lakes reported an active burglary to 911 around 4:45 a.m., Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd told FOX9 Minneapolis.  During a search of the home, officers found Mitchell dressed in black clothing and a black hat, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the station. A flashlight with a sock over it and a black backpack containing two laptops, a cellphone, a driver’s license, Senate identification and Tupperware.*** She was previously a meteorologist for KSTP-TV and Minnesota Public Radio, and currently serves as lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.*** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-minnesota-state-senator-arrested-suspicion-burglary

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Always helpful BB-

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Barry/Suzanne Morphew case

DENVER (KDVR) — The autopsy for Suzanne Morphew has been completed, FOX31 has learned, nearly seven months after her remains were discovered in Saguache County. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the autopsy was complete but said it could be several more days before it is released. Morphew was reported missing from her home in Chaffee County on May 10, 2020. Her husband, Barry Morphew, was arrested on May 5, 2021, and charged with first-degree murder. However, those charges were dropped in April 2022 just before the case went to trial. In September 2023, remains were found in Saguache County and confirmed to be Morphew.*** https://kdvr.com/news/local/suzanne-morphews-autopsy-completed/

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No way this could ever be unconstitutional....

I get the point of the law, but what if the victim knowingly & voluntarily wears a t-shirt and underwear that says "I consent to sex?"

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[rhiannonelf]

True,

I kinda HC that their are fewer children of major gods at CJ than CHB because CJ doesn’t seem to have anyone scouting out talented demigods/their gods aren’t bound by the promise to claim children after the titan war.

But I really don’t know for sure so I’m just speculating that invading CHB is like starting a land war in Asia in terms of experienced guys being taken down by booby traps and improvised weapons until the price of continuing the fight is too high in terms of money and lives.

I mean maybe it wasn’t the original plan but we only know of one camp resorting to suicide bombing. (RIP Beckendorf)

The Romans seem more…conventional in their strategy

If Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter were to fight CHB would win. This is based solely on the fact that they actually know how to think outside the box.

They’re also crazy.

[shezanenigma]

CFFC 126: Alonzo Turner vs. CJ LaFragola

By, ShezAnEnigma

In the highly-anticipated bout between two rising stars of the MMA world, Alonzo Turner and CJ LaFragola stepped into the cage to display their impeccable skills, honed by their impressive college wrestling backgrounds. Both fighters brought significant records to the table. Turner with a pro MMA record of 2-0 and an amateur tally of 8-1, showed his varied ways to clinch a win. LaFragola, with a 5-0 amateur record and a 1-0 pro record, showcased his impressive ability to dominate his opponents, as reflected by his 5 unanimous decision victories.

Round One: The bell rang, and Turner wasted no time, charging out with a barrage of punches that quickly knocked LaFragola down. For a moment, it seemed like Turner might finish the fight early, but LaFragola’s resilience shone through. Using his national qualifier wrestling background, LaFragola managed to reverse the position, pinning Turner beneath him. What followed was a grueling, four-minute power struggle, with both fighters jostling for dominance, sneaking in jabs and strikes wherever they found an opening. The audience was on the edge of their seats, witnessing the raw determination of both fighters. As the round neared its conclusion, Turner, living up to his nickname 'The Relentless,' landed the final strike just as the bell rang.

Round Two: As the fighters circled each other, Turner appeared slightly off-balance, possibly still feeling the effects of the intense ground battle in the first round. Sensing an opportunity, LaFragola made his move. He surged forward, taking Turner down. However, Turner's NCAA All American background was evident as he prevented LaFragola from fully controlling him on the mat. Pinned against the ring side, Turner showed his versatility. Instead of panicking, he worked his arms, jostling with LaFragola. Landing jabs and punches to LaFragola’s back, he managed to divert his opponent’s attention away from his neck. Seizing the moment, Turner swiftly secured his arms around LaFragola's neck, locking in a guillotine choke.  LaFragola battled valiantly, refusing to give up, but the pressure was too much. At 1 minute and 49 seconds into the round, LaFragola tapped out.

It was a thrilling display of skill, endurance, and strategy from both fighters, underscoring the reason why they are two promising talents in the MMA world. This match exemplified the essence of MMA: unpredictability, resilience, and sheer will to win.