#commented Jan 6 2022

[hotshoeagain]

walking on air

I just changed a tire!

Okay, I know folks do that all the time, and it's no big deal.

I haven't changed a tire in ... umm ... longer than most of you have been alive.

I am so thrilled that I succeeded!

So is everyone who witnessed it ;)

[herejusttosufferalong]

Timeline Theory…

July 2022 S3 starts filming, tension between L&J as they spend more time apart and L grows closer with N (I think L also has long harbored feelings for N and therefore withdrawing from J/emotional cheating leading to J doing the same with her costar)

November 2022 L&J break up, but it is messy and takes time bc they were living together and there was an expectation of forever from J, she struggles to let go)

During Filming - N and L act out their feelings (literally) but most likely not off screen, however their friendship and bond grows tenfold, at some point N is filming Big Mood and Camilla likely tried to ground N and tell her to take some time away from L to see if the feelings are real

March 2023 - Filming wraps, N friend zones L and tries to push her feelings aside, tells him to go travel and live the single life post J breakup (in a later clip that Tif posted she expressed how happy she was for him that he was traveling)

*Side note: around this time R got together with S

HBS 2023 R influences L to go on Raya to find a girl similar to S that will jive with the group so they can go on couples trips together, meets A and they start a casual fling

Fall 2023 - L is not working and has lots of down time (guess who else does as well), spends time with his friend group and A, but my guess is that they rarely see each other one-on-one and it is more of a group dynamic, go on couples trips with R&S

Jan 2023 A wants to make things official, but L says the timing is off with him going on a long press tour, he promises to spend time with her when he can, bringing her on work trips when able (Paris, LA, etc.)

*Around this time N may have been dating E, but I’m still not convinced that’s true. I think they were just close friends.

Through the press tour L&N’s feeling resurface, but there is underlying tension because L is seeing A, even though L is not ready to make it an official relationship (hence N’s comment during the paddle game about being friends and hanging out alone being a “mixed message”)

NY Premiere - A surprises L and there is tension, he doesn’t want her there and there’s friction at the after party, but he ultimately is too nice and makes up for it the next day by taking her to the basketball game in place of his sister (who probably told him to)

Brazil - At this point I think L&N talk about their feelings and L is upfront that he can’t cut ties with A at the moment, he’s probably worried about how it would affect the friend group dynamic and he probably already promised to take A on the trips after the promo tour (Milan, LA, GQ), but continues to tell N it’s casual and they are friends with benefits (I find it hard to believe A didn’t flirt with other guys while L was away for 6 months), N understands and encourages him to talk to A about the situation

Break Period - L takes A to soho house as an apology for NY and they discuss the situation, L expresses his feelings for N and tells her he will still take her on the trips to help her with her career as a friend

Canada/Ireland - Feelings between L&N become real and they talk about it, decide to take things slow, L makes it seem he has wrapped up things with A and N believes him

London - I don’t think L arranged the pap walk, I think someone on his team did (same one who told A about Brazil) or possibly someone from A’s camp although I find that hard to believe because I feel he would have dropped A quickly if that was the case. I think L was unaware his relationship was under a microscope and brought her to Milan not realizing people would be desperate to get photos. N was probably upset that he brought her to Milan after the pap walk and her show of public support. I have a feeling she decided to shove her feelings back down to protect herself from being hurt and told L to go off and be with A and the TT was a way to get L’s attention and also to use humor to try to get fans to back off and think she was ok)

NYC - the next day N flies to NYC to talk to L in person and potentially meet with the Netflix/Shondaland team to talk strategy, N expresses to L that she can’t be caught up in a love triangle at this point because of the negative attention and press, and the team decides the best thing for L is to carry on with A as normal until things fizzle and the attention shifts, NDAs were probably signed and A was told not to post anything about L, but she is desperate for attention and so are Ls friends so they continue to cryptically send messages to the fans that they are with him.

At this point I think things are fizzling with L&A, and the planned commitments and travel have all passed, and they are taking space, hence the need for A to keep recycling old content. I think L misses N and is trying to focus on himself right now while trying to keep everyone happy so as not to cause unnecessary drama (hence liking As posts)

The friend group probably feels bad and is trying to hype A by commenting and posting about her to show that even though her and L may not be together she is still welcome. A is riding the fame wave by piggybacking off of N and L is probably unaware. I think he has notifs turned on for N & A but otherwise is staying off of social media for his mental health.

All I know is this whole thing is meSsY AF

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[whitehartlane]

HARRY KANE (10) & SON HEUNGMIN (7) OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR The greatest partnership to ever exist in the world of football. “When you turn, I will be always there.”

BBC Sport / Kane and Son break the all-time record for Premier League goal combinations / The Guardian / Kane-Son trademark celebration during Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham, 07th May 2022 / Kane-Son trademark celebration during Manchester United 1-6 Tottenham, 04th October 2020 / Kane-Son trademark celebration during Aston Villa 0-4 Tottenham, 09th April 2022 / Kane-Son trademark celebration during Tottenham 2-0 West Ham United / Kane on Twitter after assisting Son on 4 goals against Southampton / Tottenham 1-0 Burnley, 26th Oct 2020 / Nice to Mich You, Son Heungmin / Premier League / Kane and Son hug during Manchester City 2-3 Tottenham, 19th Feb 2022 / Kane and Son hug during Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace, 20th Sept 2015 / Kane consoles Son during the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City / Kane and Son celebrate during Tottenham 5-2 Southampton, 26th Dec 2017 / Commentator on the Kane and Son partnership / Tottenham 2-0 Arsenal, 06th Dec 2020 / Caption from ‘Heungmin Son and Harry Kane guess their Premier League goal combinations’ / Stray Kids, I am YOU / Kane and Son celebrate during a 6-1 game against Leicester City, 18th May 2017 / Kane and Son celebrate during a 4-0 game against Everton, 13th Jan 2018 / Kane on Twitter / Frank O’Hara, ‘Morning’ / Kane wins the Golden Boot 20/21 / Son wins the Golden Boot 21/22 / Kane assists Son against Southampton / Caption from ‘Heungmin Son and Harry Kane guess their Premier League goal combinations’ / Mitski, Francis Forever / YouTube: Record breakers! Kane & Son react to becoming Premier League’s most deadly duo! / FootballJOE on Twitter, referencing Son’s trademark goal celebration, the ‘camera,’ through which he is looking at Kane / Gang of Youths, ‘Achilles Come Down’ / Kane and Son celebrate their goal against Arsenal / Kane on his relationship and link-ups with Son / Son and Kane on Instagram / Kane and Son after Kane assisted Son on four goals against Southampton / Tottenham 3-2 Ajax, 08th May 2019 / cr. Shaun Botterill, Getty Images / Commentator on the Kane and Son partnership / Tottenham 3-2 Manchester City, 19th Feb 2022 / Caption from ‘Heungmin Son and Harry Kane guess their Premier League goal combinations’

[endiness]

Debunking misinformation about Netflix's The Witcher (Part 5)

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

"The show was supposed to have 7 seasons."

So. This isn't quite true and this rumor has largely been based off of what was basically a misunderstanding of what Lauren said and the subsequent misreporting of that along with the media never really following up on any of her clarifying comments, either — all of which is the thing that I really want to get into.

First off, I will preface this by saying that at one point, Lauren did say something along the lines of how she pitched "season 1, then season 2, season 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" to Netflix. Unfortunately, I cannot find this quote at the moment, but I do think that should be noted. However, as far as I can tell, the main source of the rumor that the show was originally planned for 7 seasons is not based off of Lauren having said that but rather this SFX/gamesradar interview instead:

Which Lauren later went on to clarify what she meant in another season 1 interview:

And in an interview for season 2:

The basic gist of what she was saying was that she initially mapped out 7 seasons with the idea of 1 season = 1 book, essentially, which she mainly did in order to have an overall sense of where the characters were going. So, was there a rough draft, outline for 7 seasons? Sure. Were there definitive, concrete plans that the show was always supposed to have 7 seasons? imo, no.

Just to address this, too, and how the subsequent misreporting of inaccurate information spreads: People — and not just the fanbase but other media outlets, too — usually cite this Hollywood Reporter interview with Henry Cavill as proof that the show was always supposed to have 7 seasons because he said he'd be up for doing that many:

But Henry Cavill was never directly quoted as saying that, and given that he was never directly quoted, it's likely that the interviewer asked him something along the lines of "Would you be part of the show for 7 seasons?" which prompted the answer he gave — and there is a difference between Henry Cavill himself saying that there's going to be 7 seasons and he's down for being part of the show for that long vs an interviewer asking him if he'd be up for doing 7 seasons of the show (which has been based off of the subsequent misreporting of what Lauren said in the first place) and him answering yes.

On top of that, here's an earlier season 1 interview Henry Cavill did with Elle where he talks about how many seasons he hopes the show goes to:

Which imo also only goes to show that the idea that there were ever any definitive plans for 7 seasons is not an accurate depiction of the situation.

"The viewership for season 3 was bad."

Season 3 debuted at #1 on the Top 10, it stayed at the #1 spot in the Top 10 for a total of 3 weeks, and it stayed in the Top 10 altogether for 8 weeks.

It had approximately 54.8 million views over the course of 186 days — 6.9 million views in 2 days (from Netflix's Jan-Jun 2023 data) + 49.7 million views in 184 days (from Netflix's Jul-Dec 2023 data.)

It was also the 5th most watched show in Netflix's Jul-Dec 2023 data, which I think is the most important factor because regardless of how the season-by-season numbers look and any potential drop in viewership, it was still one of the most watched shows on the platform during that time period.

"The show was cancelled and it was cancelled because of season 3."

The show was already rumored to have been renewed for season 4 and season 5 back in September of 2022.

So, long before season 3 even aired or it was announced that Henry Cavill was leaving the show or any other season 3 related issue. Given that Netflix already has a track record of shows rarely going beyond 5 seasons, if that, I think it is entirely probable that it was renewed for season 4 and season 5 back in 2022 with the intention for the show to end after that point anyway — although, granted, this hasn't been confirmed.

Also, like, despite claims otherwise, the show is following the books and the books do have a set endpoint. The show ending where the books do is not the show being cancelled, it's just the show coming to its natural conclusion like the books do. Also just to say, but it is entirely possible for the show to adapt the last 3 books into two seasons anyway. Baptism of Fire largely focuses on Geralt's story, not Ciri's as she's hardly in that book, whereas The Tower of the Swallow largely focuses on Ciri's story, and both books roughly take place over the course of summer/fall. It is extremely probable that S4 will cover Geralt's story in BoF and Ciri's story in TTotS (especially as we already know that Bonhart will appear in S4 and he's really not that prominent of a character until TTotS), leaving the remainder of TTotS and The Lady of the Lake for S5 (which roughly covers winter/spring, just to give a sense of the timeline in the books.)

[kanmom51]

“The big unknown here is how much jk will comply.”

We know he doesn’t comply to anything. He does what he wants. Like with Tae mentioning & engaging with Jk all the time - Jungkook doesn’t. I don’t think he’s holding back in any regard either. If he misses a member, he will say. If he wants to see a member, he will say and invites them over. If he wants to do a live drinking, he will. If he doesn’t want to cut his hair, he won’t. If he wants to talk about the military service like in his recent, he won’t shy from talking about it. If he didn’t want to work on any music at all for 5-6 months, he didn’t.

Jungkook only doesn’t mention hanging out with or meeting up with any of the members cause I guess he feels he doesn’t need to/it’s not a need to know thing what he’s doing (if it’s not work). With the exception of his own rule being asking jimin over about 3 times.

(Compared to jimin, where Jimin mentions who’s he’s seen & hung out with when asked. He will openly say if he hasn’t seen certain members in a while or who he went to eat with or who he saw recently at the building. He said he’d be back after work when invited over - I don’t think he’s overly shying away from answering questions either and just all together doesn’t answer a question if he knows he won’t answer it )

All Jungkook does in the current Taekook dynamic is accept Taehyung’s invitations to hang out as both were the only members from Nov 2022-March 2023 who weren’t doing anything at all, as the others were busy with albums & collabs AND allow Taehyung to come over when he asks (just like jimin asking to come over to eat ramen & jk saying I’ll do it for you). Which is what a good natured friend does. We know it’s Taehyung inviting Jk out all the time instead off the other way round cause it’s always with Taehyung’s friendship group or associated with the Wooga squad in general.

Jungkook doesn’t broadcast who he’s seen. We just know if he’s got schedules if he mentions it & what he’s been doing that day if he cares to say so.

What we DO know:

- It’s Taehyung that asks Jungkook to hang out (purely based on how it’s always with Taehyung’s friends)

- it’s Jungkook that asks jimin to hang out several times (asked him over for chicken, asked to go see his music performance, asked him to go boxing with him, asked him to stay on his live/come over)

- Jungkook has ONLY asked jimin to hang out & no one else

- Jungkook has only engaged & commented on jimin’s live but not for others unless it was their birthday (Suga’s)

- Jungkook engaged heavily with jm promotions & projects + congratulated him on his wins & visited his practice

- jimin has mentioned being over in response to jk asking him over saying he will be back after work

- jimin leaves comments on everyone’s lives but never missed jk’s when he was working and only stopped recently when his promotions ended

- Jungkook has been quiet since jimin’s promotions ended when he used to go live every week from late jan - late March the most busy periods for jimin + goes live only when jimin is about to catch a flight in a few hours or already gone. The exception being the live Taehyung started when Hobi was there.

- Jungkook has only acknowledged jimin’s album out of them ALL (a little bit for Hobi Aka a post on his IG stories) he was promoting Jimin’s enthusiastically but went quiet for Suga’s & RM’s (I don’t think he’s mentioned them at all, I could be wrong)

- Jungkook watches jimin’s lives and jimin watches JK’s

- Jungkook knows the lyrics / watches jimin’s projects as soon as they release. He knew the choreo/lyrics already. The only member who has mentioned & sung/watched each of his projects.

- Jungkook mentions primarily only jimin in lives.

- Jungkook took time to learn to play letter & help with Jimin’s album.

- Jimin was constantly updating Jungkook on what he was doing every time Aka what he was working on/busy with/changing location or filming + so was Jungkook immediately telling jimin he changed his shirt & updating jimin on what he was doing

- Jimin hugged Jungkook very intensely the day after he got back from his US trip despite seeing him at the group dinner the week before.

THE ONLY, thing they haven’t done is be spotted in public together but if you put two home-bodies together in the same room, you very much aren’t going to. Last time we did it was cause Hobi posted them all hanging out last year in the arcade in LA & someone caught them hanging out with a group for dinner last year.

Hello @malecsma1a so we are back at it for round two, lol.

And we are in disagreement, well not total, but partial, straight off the bat.

“The big unknown here is how much JK will comply.” That was me in my last post.

And your starter here is:

"We know he doesn’t comply to anything. He does what he wants."

This base line of yours is, in my opinion, not completely accurate.

JK is a non conformist, meaning he does not play by societal rules. An example to that is his tattoos. He will live his life according to the way he feels is right and not what is expected of him by society.

JK is also a rebel. And he will lash out at figures of authority and do what he wants or thinks even if told to do otherwise.

But make no mistake. JK is a good boy and he will usually do what he is told. And he is still bound by his contract.

Some of these things you mentioned him doing because he does what he wants, you are looking at it all wrong. He's doing them to fight back, putting his foot down in the way that he can. It's a rebellion. Deleting an over 50 million IG account is a rebellion. And what does he have to rebel against, eh? If everything was nice and dandy. If he was doing whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, why did he have to go so openly against the company? And make no mistake. This was a huge Fuck you of his to the company. This wasn't "oh, I don't use IG so I'll just delete it". Because JM wasn't using his until his promotions started either, he didn't post for weeks on end. This was a statement. And after this statement things changed. JK changed. He took more control over the message and his connection with the fandom.

So no. From November 22 until end of February 23 JK wasn't in control and wasn't doing whatever he wanted to. He just wasn't.

Other than that, most of what you write is right.

I don't agree with this one:

Well, he did hug him intensely, but what you are insinuating, or at least, that's what is understood from what you are writing, is that the hug was intense even though he saw JK just a week earlier. Nope. Nah. JM hugged JK very intensely even though he saw him just hours before (they spent the night together drinking - told us so in so many words). That's what it should be saying.

About this.

Yes and no?

Cause us not knowing they have been spotted doesn't mean they haven't, if you get my drift.

Or let me put it this way: The fact that I-army are not trusted by K-army to share sightings does not mean there haven't been any.

I will leave it at that.

And I will leave you with this, just for funsies.

[matan4il]

Last post of good-natured silliness regarding Mile and Apo's trips! (the first can be found here and the second here)

Jul 28, Mile posted a pic from the car in Paris in the rain set to Jazz (his and Apo's fave music genre). Then he started posting from flying back to and landing in Bangkok. He was wearing the same cap with a big 'A' on it that he wore during departure on Jul 19, even though weather wise, that cap didn't make sense then and even less so now.

When he left:

And as he returned:

This is kinda similar to Apo, who wore his trinket necklace both when he departed Bangkok on Jul 19 and when he came back on Jul 25. It has two silver circle rings, joined by a heart pendant.

Apo when leaving:

And upon returning:

Back on Jul 6, when they went to Song Wat together, I noticed these joined rings and that, because most of the time the heart holds the two together, it makes them look a lot like Mile's double circle silver ring, which he has had for years, way before KPTS.

While Mile's ring is obviously not connected to Apo, I did wonder when Apo started wearing his trinket necklace which includes this pair of joined rings, and whether they might intentionally have been chosen for their similarity to Mile's (once locked together with a heart). I can't actually answer any of these questions, other than to tell you that Apo doesn't seem to have worn these rings before he re-met Mile in Oct 2020. At least I couldn't find any evidence that he did, not on his fingers and not on his necklace (though he did wear other necklaces). The first time I could find him wearing the joined rings on the trinket necklace is a pic Apo shared on Sep 13, 2021:

He's also wearing it in a pic he shared Sep 16, 2021, you can see it a bit better there (especially since on Jan 10, 2022 he posted another pic from the same occasion where the necklace with the rings and heart is even clearer). Also, as far as I can tell, Apo changes the trinkets he wears with the paired rings, but he always wears those. Make of all this what you will...

Mile posted a vid on Facebook from the plane as it approached Bangkok, captioned it with text about saving money to construct, buy and decorate a house, and added this post to his "Happiness during the day" album:

He also pasted the same text about saving money for a house onto a vid of an apartment with a view of NYC, which he shared on his personal IG, and we all know who loves that city and even lived there for 7 months...

After landing, Mile posted on IG pics and vids from the Eiffel Tower in the rain on Jul 27, and he captioned them with "Something is more romantic with rain... #LikeYou ^^". Within 13 minutes, Apo liked the post and commented, "Very romantic."

Mind you, the entire 10 days they've been apart, neither one of them used the word "romantic" in any of their captions. While Mile WAS ACTUALLY IN Paris, at the Eiffel Tower, in the rain, he didn't use the word "romantic," but he did right away after he returned to Thailand.

Apo posted on IG 15 minutes after Mile did, sharing pics from Jul 21 in China, and he captioned them "Sleep no more." Except unlike me, Apo capitalized every first letter of each word, which is what Mile always does with his own captions in English. Mile commented not long after with "Cool."

Another thing to note is the day before, Jul 28, as Mile was flying back to Thailand, Apo posted a pic from China, from Jul 23, where he's doing a half heart, and he captioned it, "Miss you."

Just as a bonus... On the same day, while Mile was flying back to Bangkok, his mom posted multiple pics and vids of herself in a green shirt (Mile's color) and yellow pants (Apo's color).

Wait, bonus #2! Mile also mentioned returning very soon. Pond replied to a photographer that he'll see him in September. The Paris Fashion Week 2023 starts on Sep 25, so we might get some more Mileapo in Paris then.

Did I miss anything? Probably, there's been a lot. But I hope this series of posts made you smile! You can find more of my Kinnporsche/Mileapo stuff under this tag. xoxox

[hartz-penny]

after celina's "it's 2022" comment in 5.10, i think most of us had a bit of whiplash for "what is the timeline of this show again??"

because i love a good powerpoint timeline and show timeline inconsistencies drive me batty (i've spent way to much time trying to figure out what the grey's anatomy timeline was), i mapped out a timeline based on confirmed dates and time jumps we have in the show.

lucy's DOD is honestly the anchor of it all lol

and surprisingly, the inconsistency in it being 2022 isn't too far off!

i added some dots to note a few notable events:

1.01 "Pilot" [~ Mar 2019] - Lucy, Jackson, and John's first day as rookies / field training in the FTO program, this will be 13 months in length

1.20 "Free Fall" / 2.01 "Impact" [~ Sep 2019] - Lucy, Jackson, and John's FTO 6 month exam

2.11 "Day of Death" [09Dec2019] - Lucy is abducted by Caleb

2.20 "The Hunt" / 3.01 "Consequences" [~ Mar 2020] - Lucy, Jackson, Nolan begin their "one month push"; Nolan is set up by Armstrong and his time as a rookie is extended by one month; Angela's pregnancy is revealed & she is promoted to Detective I

3.09 "Amber" [~ Apr 2020] - Lucy and Jackson complete their time as rookies and are promoted to P2s

3.14 "Threshold" / 4.01 "Life and Death" [~ May 2020] - Angela and Jackson are kidnapped by La Fiera; Jackson is killed; John becomes a P2

4.02 "Five Minutes" [~ Aug 2020] - 3 months since the events of 4.01, Jackson "Jack" Evers-Lopez is born (at apparently 5-6 months gestation based on the actual timeline but assumed 8-9 months lol)

4.05 "A.C.H." [31Oct2020] - Confirmed to be Halloween

4.11 "End Game" [~ 12Dec2020] - Nyla finds out she is 6 weeks pregnant

4.21 "Mother's Day" [May 2021] - Confirmed to be Angela's first Mother's Day

5.01 "Double Down" [ ~ Jun 2021] - Tim and Lucy go undercover, based on what is said in the episode its probably a week or two between 4.22 and when Hajek calls them

5.02 "Labor Day" [~ Jun / Jul 2021] - Nyla gives birth, again guessing a few weeks have passed since 5.01 since Chris is at home recovering from Rosalind's attack

5.03 "Dye Hard" [~ Aug / Sep 2021] - Lucy returns from her 5 weeks away at UC school

5.06 "The Reckoning" [31Oct2021] - Confirmed to be Halloween

5.10 "The List" [~ 2022] - Celina claims that its 2022 in her conversation with John, Leah Harper-Murray is confirmed to be 5 months old by Nyla so if she was born in ~ June / July, it's feasible that we're in Jan 2022

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dean Obeidallah at The Dean's Report:

In two interviews released this week, Donald Trump made it clear that he will only accept the results of the 2024 election if he wins. And even more alarming, Trump—as he did in 2020 —is beginning the process of radicalizing his supporters to commit another Jan 6 type attack if he loses. Before we get into Trump’s comments, please understand that none of this should come as a surprise. After all, Trump attempted a coup and the incited the deadly Jan 6 attack on our Capitol yet he walks free almost three and a half years later.  When a corrupt person like Trump is not swiftly held accountable for his crimes, he will not change his conduct. In fact, he will be emboldened to engage in that same conduct—if not worse.

That is why for years I was slamming Attorney General Merrick Garland in both articles and on cable news for his failure to promptly charge Trump with crimes. At the very least, Garland should have appointed a Special Counsel to investigate Trump for Jan 6 related crimes as soon as he was sworn in as AG in March 2021.  But instead—as we know from reporting—Garland slow walked the investigation into Trump. Consequently, Trump is the 2024 GOP presidential nominee and if he wins in November, he will escape accountability for his federal crimes.

That bring us to Trump’s recent interviews where he is copying his 2020 playbook to both delegitimize the election results if he loses and prepare his supporters for violence on his behalf. On Wednesday, in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel while in Wisconsin for a rally, Trump was asked if he would accept the results of the 2024 election. As the Journal Sentinel noted, Trump “did not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election.” Rather, he stated, “If everything's honest, I'll gladly accept the results.”  But Trump then added ominously, “If it's not, you have to fight for the right of the country." Trump saying his supporters have to “fight” if he loses instantly conjures up what he said after the 2020 election to radicalize his supporters to ultimately wage the Jan 6 terrorist attack. In fact, at the rally on Jan 6 before the attack, the crowd’s war cry was, “Fight for Trump!” And Trump bellowed the word “fight” or “fighting” to that riled up MAGA crowd 20 times before they waged the actual attack.

Trump made these same points in his series of Time interviews released this week.  When asked about the potential of political violence, Trump should have made it clear given Jan 6, he rejects it and calls on his supporters to do the same. In fact, he should have mimicked the words of President Biden in 2022 on this very issue: “I want to say this plain and simple: There is no place for political violence in America.  Period.  None.  Ever.” Trump didn’t. Instead, when Trump was first asked by the reporter: “Are you worried about political violence in connection with this November's election?” Trump responded, “I think we're gonna have a big victory. And I think there will be no violence.”

The reporter then pressed Trump in a follow up interview on the point: “On our last conversation you said you weren't worried about political violence in connection with the November election. You said, “I think we're going to win and there won't be violence.” What if you don't win, sir?” To that Trump said, “I do think we're gonna win. We're way ahead. I don't think they'll be able to do the things that they did the last time, which were horrible.”  But alarmingly he then added, “And if we don't win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.”

[...] If there had not been a Jan 6 attack, we could dismiss Trump’s words as being nothing more than overheated campaign rhetoric. But we can’t.  As the  Jan 6 House committee’s final report put it: “The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, whom many others followed. None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him.” 

In recent interviews with both Time and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Donald Trump ominously hinted at a repeat of what happened during 2020 elections aftermath if he doesn't win: more election denial and violence incitement.

[juiceicicles]

Stranger Things Ship Stats (AO3)

Ok so, these stats aren't representative of all the ships on AO3 because there are a lot (Murray/Enzo is a ship, it has 3 works, I did not include that one.) but these are representative of the top 12 romantic ships I believe? I had to scrounge around past about 4k works so I may have missed one. I tried to include all ships with over 900 works (it was gonna be 1k but Robin/Vickie doesn't have 1k so-)

TOP SHIP: Steddie (Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson)

10th most tagged ship from July 2021-August 2022, and 1st most tagged ship from Jan 2022-Dec 2022

TOP WLW SHIP: Ronance (Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler)

TOP HET SHIP: Jancy (Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler)

TOP POLY SHIP: Stoncy (Steve Harrington/Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler)

HONORABLE MENTION: Byler (Will Byers/Mike Wheeler)

6th most tagged ship from Jan 2022-Dec 2022

WORK STATS

(lol these were easy to find)

Most Hits: Keep it Steady, Eddie by outofmygourd

Most Kudos + Most Bookmarks: Not So Bad by outofmygourd

Most Comments: The Existence of Dragons by wayfarers0

76.8% of all works completed

31.8% of all incomplete works updated in the last 6 months

24% of all works updated in the last 6 months

21.7% of all complete works updated (finished) in the last 6 months

TAG STATISTICS

Top Tags:

Fluff

Angst

Hurt/Comfort

Bisexual Steve Harrington

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Top Characters:

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Robin Buckley

Mike Wheeler

Nancy Wheeler

Want more statistics? Go to AO3 Ship Stats by centreoftheselights, there are multiple Stranger Things ships on the 2022 lists (What fanfic was the world writing in 2022? (AO3 Year In Review) and AO3 Ship Stats 2022). If you'd like I can go through these and make a post on it.

[lurkingteapot]

2023 post round-up/summary

Lovely @twig-tea tagged me here, so I'll try my hand.

I'd abandoned tumblr for about 4? 5? years 2016ish through 2020, had a short stint with it again in 2020, took peeks and vehemently disagreed with much of what I saw in 2021-2022, and grudgingly settled back in in 2023. I wasn't going to interact. I wasn't.

Jan-April: *crickets* I was being strong!

Then, I saw people moaning about how they'd learn Thai if only it was on Duolingo, and you know how spite can be funnelled into positivity? I did that! Result:

May

Popular: Free Thai Language Learning Resources, most popular by a landslide. This pleases me greatly, as I put a lot of work into it and always hope more people start picking up this language.

Favourite: maybe my thoughts on Ming, piggybacking off @kenmakaashi's post?

June

Popular: my musings on translation and how it relates to fannish reception of media, which was my most popular post of the year and 'broke containment', if only in a very small way. Some of the additions in the tags and reblogs are fantastic, do go have a look if you like!

Favourite: toss-up between my attempt at showing a parallel between a silly moment in Our Skyy 2 x BBS and a scrapped shot from BBS proper and this rant about Romanisations of Thai and why G**gle translate is the devil (that bit is in the conversation downthread), which let me meet @plantsarepeopletoo.

July

Popular: Summary of James Welker's 2006 essay "Beautiful, Borrowed, and Bent: “Boys’ Love” as Girls’ Love in Shōjo Manga"

Favourite: the offerings are slim here … let's go with the one in which I once more was salty about the way folks talk about BL

August

Popular: Only Friends' Ray isn't just The Drunkard, but also The One Who's basically Given Up On Himself, as per his title card (this one was so popular it got stolen and reposted – without credit or permission – to twitter 🙃)

Favourite: Thinking about Drama, the Romance genre, and tropes, and how those relate to our perception of BL (good additions from various folks in the notes; conversation with @visualtaehyun in reblogs and @twig-tea in the replies).

September

Popular: IFYLITA Ep 6 poem context notes

Favourite: toss-up between complaining about badly machine translated content in Love in Translation and musing on the name of Khun Yai's favourite bar

October

Popular: my long-winded answer to @zimmbzon's ask "Hi, how would a non-binary person (me) get around the binary gender rules and vocab in Thai?"

Favourite: uhhh … maybe my musings on honorific translations in kimi ni wa todokanai? (yes, technically a reblog from sideblog, shh)

November

Popular: most popular was this throwaway therapy vent containing food for thought and while I guess this meme is mostly fannish I'm linking it anyway because it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to (or something)

Favourite: when I called out the resemblance between the Last Twilight trailer and Intouchables (2011). Literally no one cared, but then @my-rose-tinted-glasses independently came in strong with receipts as soon as the actual first episode aired and made me feel validated af.

December

Popular: Why I'm pretty sure Last Twilight's "fried rice/false rice" joke was funnier in Thai

Favourite: the saga of the songs in Ep 4 of Last Twilight

I didn't do any round-up posts, but I'll include the other category @twig-tea added:

Five other posts that I want to highlight because I can:

BL Favourites Tag Game (July 2023)

Link to fujoshi.info with information on WHY you should check out that site if you're interested in having an informed opinion on BL and the genre's history.

contemporary issues in Thailand as mentioned in Only Friends ep 1

Thoughts on code-switching in Step by Step

Reply to @mynameisnotthepoint's comment-via-ask on my anti viki rant

I'm not going to tag anyone because I'm completely lost – I was mostly off tumblr for nearly three weeks; if you made a post like this you'd like me to see, please link me/tag me! <3

[altraviolet]

reader polls for Echo Garden

Every once in a while I make a poll and take the winning answer into consideration for writing Echo Garden :) Important to note that I like all the choices- I don't think setting yourself up for something you don't want to do is a good idea in a poll.

This is a long post so after the first one I'll put a cut :)

1) puns

This is the only poll I've ever made, I think, where the answer was 100% yes xD I wasn't sure if puns were Rodimus-y or not (he hates hats, for example. his tastes can be esoteric) so I asked. This is why he makes cold puns in Ch 23, Enceladia. Poll date: Mar 28, 2021 Ch 23 upload date: Aug 20, 2021

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2) spark jewels

I was trying to think of a scientific name for the spark equivalent of kidney stones and liked a few options, so I asked for opinions. The colloquial term used in Ambulon's dimension is "spark jewels," a phrase that Velocity does not know. He switches to the medical term, "lapides stellae," to which she replies "asterliths." I recall not being able to satisfactorily combine Latin and Greek words for "star" with scintill or spitha so I went with both options in the first choice. This scene is found in Ch 26, Fuel Furnace. Poll date: Nov 29, 2021 Ch 26 upload date: Dec 9, 2021

3) other rarepairs

I had a secret goal (it's not a secret anymore cuz I've told you) to put as many of my rarepairs into the fic as possible. I wanted to include more of either of the above, so let readers decide. I had a feeling Nautica/Blaster would win. I'm legit surprised Bluestreak/Hot Spot got as many votes as it did. Hmm. Looking back on this, maybe I'll try to give them another little nod before the fic ends. Anyhoo, yup, sprinkled throughout the fic are little bits of Nautica/Blaster. I like what they have. It's really loving and supportive :) Poll posted Dec 10, 2021. At that time the fic had 24 chapters.

4) liminal Cybertron

Ok ok ok, so originally, Mirage's Cybertron was a destroyed, insecticon-infested world. I actually have most of a full chapter written in this original setting- Rodimus, SW, and Mirage going back to retrieve Skywarp. I might put that scene (and other discarded scenes) up after TEG is done, if people are interested. I don't have the exact date for when I wrote the original insecticon chapter, but I was still considering it in March of 2022 because I put foreshadowing for it in Ch 29 Progress, uploaded March 3, 2022. I don't remember now what made me think of doing a sterilized world instead, and then after I thought of it, I couldn't decide which to do. I was surprised by these poll results. The poll predates when I wrote the foreshadowing chapter, so I was still thinking of doing insecticons months later... I don't remember what ultimately changed my mind, but I remember why: insecticons have been done. The chapter I originally wrote was exciting and there were parts I was sorry to put aside, but a desolate, haunting, sterilized Apple store world was appealing because it hasn't been done before (as far as I know). I think people really liked the aesthetic and horror feel of it, so I'm glad I made the change =) Poll posted Jan 6, 2022 We first see 2938 Cybertron close up in Ch 39: Firelove Part 2: The After Burner, posted March 19, 2023.

5) Most Recents Club storytime

I honestly couldn't decide who to have tell a story at the club, Ambulon or Trailbreaker, so I had readers choose. Ambulon was chosen, so we got some of his background story in Ch 30, Distress Call. I thought his story was hilarious. I laughed a lot while writing it. I suspect readers didn't find it as funny, though, as iirc only one person wrote about it in comments xD Poll posted March 6, 2022 Ch 30 posted April 25, 2022

6) ruining a big moment

I've posted about this one before, but I'll put it here for posterity. This refers to the use of the ᕕ(⌐■_■)ᕗ ♪♬ in Ch 43 Firelove Part 6 The Shattering. The original scene was supposed to be very heavy and dramatic. The After Burner fleeing a bursting and breaking Cybertron, everyone beat up and kinda shocked after the encounter with Megatron. But ahhhhhhh the idea of including the emoji got the better of me. I wanted to do it! So badly! But I didn't know if it would be good for the chapter! So I had readers choose, lol. People seem to like it a lot so I'm glad it went in xD Poll posted March 29, 2023 Ch 43 posted Sept 10, 2023

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That's it for now! Thanks for reading =)

[uwhe-arts]

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Thanks everyone for the flying hearts, reblog, likes and comments! Many thanks also to the curators for their constant support of the photographers on tumblr! Happy New Year!

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Thank you for putting together a new timeline. I love seeing this again. So much has happened, and to see it written down is so helpful.🙏🏻

I'm in a give no fucks mood today.

Portugal Trio Trip Timeline:

[Nov. 2020 – Chris follows Alba]

[late June/early July 2021 – Alba follows Chris]

[Some time in Sept. 2021 – Justin begins following Chris]

Sept 24, 2021 – Chris follows Tara

Oct 9-10, 2021 – Chris follows Chelsea, Jess, Paul & Justin (had been at party with friends that night)

[late October – November – comments on Youtube videos and small Portuguese gossip articles start popping up claiming Chris and Alba dating]

Nov 19, 2021 – Scott and Alba mutual follows (interesting timing right after Scott & Chris get back to MA from LA)

Before Thanksgiving – Mila starts tagging Tara in posts

Last week of November – Chelsea and Jess start following Alba

Dec 1, 2021 – Steve and Alba mutual follows

(DM blind comes out about Chris being upset about the Selena Gomez relationship speculation – using the strange “ab” to stand in for the word about)

(On LSA, RiRi posts her original “lets start mess” post)

Dec 2, 2021 – Justin begins deleting IG posts in seeming response to RiRi post

By Dec 3, 2021 – Mila begins aggressive story tagging on IG

Dec 6, 2021 – Chris unlikes one Alba post (the plant selfie/Professional post she later deletes)

Before Dec 9, 2021 – Jess unfollows Alba

About Dec 10, 2021 – Chris follows Jen B-C, Sabrina and Dennis (he had been in MA for weekend)

Dec 27, 2021 – Justin posts IG story with pin in Mid-Atlantic, photos of him and Alba on airplane

Alba posts IG story on plane flight

Chris spotted and photographed at Whole Foods buying four bags of food & a plant

Dec 28, 2021 – Steve makes IG story post of flying LAX to Boston

Dec 29, 2021 – First MA/VT pic posts from Justin: hiking; arriving at VT photos – the Trio in the chairlift clearing hugging; video of snowball fight

Dec 30, 2021 – Steve posts pic of he and Scott skiing [pic matches to other IG images of VT]

Justin IG post of a house

Dec 31, 2021 – Alba likes Steve’s skiing pic post

Justin posts selfies from outside (hot tub), eating snow, and the trio at ski lift pic

Chris IG story of Betty White’s death @ 6:30 pm EST

[NYE “party” in VT, per photos posted next day]

Jan 1, 2022 – Joana posts NYE polaroids

Justin reposts them, also pic of him & Joana in front of fireplace on NYE, photo of him & Joana on couch (blue plaid shirt), window selfie outside house

Tara posts her NYE polaroid posts after Joana

Very late at night – Justin posts/deletes “watching Twilight” from what looks like Concord house living room

Jan 2, 2022 – Justin posts white couch selfie from Concord living room very early AM (at about 1 am EST)

Jan 3, 2022 – Justin IG story selfie in back of car with LA cap on, posts sunset pic IG story at about 5 pm EST (looks like east coast landscape)

Jan 5, 2022 – At midnight (12 am) PST, Justin posts “backyard” IG story

At 11:45 pm PST, Justin posts pic of he & Joana at sunset in backyard

Jan 6, 2022 – Justin IG stories of hiking with sister & Joana in Runyon canyon, overlooking Hollywood sign; also posts IG stories at sister’s house in LA

-Late in day, Justin posts/quickly deletes photo of Trio taken at sunset in backyard (matches up with previous backyard on the 4th pics)

(On LSA – the sugarbabysecrets followings comes out)

(On DM – the Marthas Vineyard NYE submission posted)

Jan 7, 2022 – Justin IG story pic labeled “somewhere on Earth” in the same manner as his transatlantic flight post [means at airport this day to leave for Vegas?]; also reposts more images from day hiking with his sister & her dog

Jan 8, 2022 – Justin IG story posts: Kanye Donda vest pic (at Forum Shops?); Selfie with Alba and mimosas (Drag Brunch) – quickly deletes; Justin IG story post pic with Joana (and bit of Alba on other side of her) in front of purple curtain [which is in hibachi area of Nobu, Caesars Palace]

Jan 9, 2022 – Justin IG story post of downtown LA at sunset (from plane?); strange “Cities in the Dust” IG story

Jan 10, 2022 – Justin does two short IG Lives with Joana & a sliver of Alba’s arm from what (first) appears to be a restaurant & then a short time later a place that is definitely an airport with no one speaking English

-around same time, Chris posts IG/video tweet for ASP accounts

- around same time, Scott hops back on Cameo & makes appts for Cameo calls on 1/12/22

Jan 14, 2022 – Alba’s IG location changes from Portugal to United States

Justin posts IG story him & Joana together blowing kisses – turns out photo was taken Jan 10th while they were traveling back to PT

Jan 15, 2022 – Justin’s large “jumping out of planes” repost IG post: Trio looking out to downtown LA; Downtown LA at sunset (from a plane?); Hollywood sign with Alba; NYE polaroids; House in VT; Mimosas at drag brunch; His sister in Caesars Palace private room; He & Joana backyard sunset pic

Justin & Joana unfollow the sugarbaby IG account; Alba unfollows mansions account

Jan 22, 2022 – Alba finally posts back on IG, plus posts from Justin showing her in Portugal

Justin IG story of “Twilight part 2”

(On LSA – “riogreene” comes back to say Alba got back in PT today/yesterday/day before as a way of saying she wasn’t in an IG post from one of Justin’s friends on Jan 18th)

[Jan 25-26, 2022 – Chris turns up in the Four Seasons in Lisbon]

Feb 5, 2022 – Big Justin IG post “watching Big Brother”/”Plenitude” (not story) – Alba’s personal video from drag brunch; he & Joana on private jet; video from Chris LA house backyard; aerial photos of Hollywood Hills from a plane; Donda vest pic; Cities in the dust pic; Interspersed with Big Brother Portugal images of older man “sucking the soul out” of a younger woman – deletes whole thing within a half hour

(Alba’s IG location at this time was Portugal)

Feb 8, 2022 – Justin IG post of Kacey Musgraves “Star Crossed” video, quickly deleted

[tz-polls]

Ooo here’s a poll idea - can you ask people to vote on engagement theories?

1) sometime in 2021

2) Paris 2022

3) Caribbean baecation in January 2023

4) Paris 2023

5) not engaged

6) other, please explain with a comment

your wish is my command!

i’ll give you my answer: tbh i don’t think they’re engaged yet i have a feeling it’ll be sometime this year but i bet you tom has done something so corny like given her a promise ring LMAO

[offender42085]

Post 0534

Brandon Thomas Brown, Pennsylvania inmate FM6205, born 1985, incarceration intake in 2003 at age 17, sentenced to 50 years to life, scheduled release date not available

Criminal Homicide, Kidnapping, Rape, Assault

“Justice has been served today.”  That was the response of the mother of 6-year-old murder victim Jasmine Stoud shortly made in August 2022 after the person convicted of killing her daughter 21 years ago was resentenced by Northumberland County President Judge Charles H. Saylor to 50 years to life imprisonment for criminal homicide.

In addition to being resentenced on the homicide offense, Brown, who is now 36, received concurrent sentences of three to 20 years each in state prison on two counts of kidnapping and five to 20 years each in state prison on two counts of rape. Two counts of aggravated assault were merged for sentencing purposes.

Brown was given credit for 20 years, 11 months and 19 days already served in prison, which means his minimum sentence will be reduced to approximately 29 years before he would be eligible for parole.

The felony offenses were filed by Coal Township police against Brown, who was 15 at the time, for kidnapping, assaulting, raping and killing Stoud on Aug. 11, 2001, in a wooded area not far from their West Walnut Street homes in Coal Township.

Prior to sentencing, Stoud’s mother, Rebecca Diaz Richards, who currently resides in Vernal, Utah, addressed the court.

Richards, who broke down crying several times during her emotional victim impact statement, said she believes Brown’s original sentence of life in prison without parole was an appropriate sentence and didn’t see the need to resentence him.

Following resentencing, Richards added, “Justice was served today. I’m very happy with the outcome. Jasmine was a very beautiful little girl. She was loving and caring.”

Brown’s parents and a brother attended the resentencing, but declined comment.

Northumberland County First Assistant District Attorney Robyn Zenzinger, who prosecuted the resentencing case, said, “I respect the decision of the court. It was a very challenging case and I hope the family is able to find some peace.”

Defense attorney James Best reserved comment as did the defendant upon being escorted from the courthouse.

Also in the courtroom during the legal proceeding to show their support for Jasmine’s family were retired Coal Township Police Chief Richard Higgins, retired Coal Township Detective Charles Pensyl III and retired Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini.

The judge had the option of resentencing Brown to life in prison with or without a chance for parole, granting a new sentence with a minimum and maximum incarceration period, or imposing a reduced sentence.

Brown was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of all charges by a jury in Northumberland County on Jan. 24, 2003. In addition to the life sentence, Brown also was ordered by then-President Judge Robert B. Sacavage to serve a consecutive sentence of 17 to 70 years for kidnapping, rape and other charges.

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[kanmom51]

BTS Bonds

My top 5 favorite BTS duos

Vmin, Jikook and Taekook - how they doing nowdays as of May 2023

VMIN

Vmin so cute

Jimin loves Tae

Vmin are close but not romantically involved

Comparison between vmin and Jikook

This is not ‘a moment’

House of BTS on 23 October 2019 - Tae dragging JK away from JM’s car

Tae & Jimin

Vmin Butter album opening

Best friends with little to no boundaries

Let’s talk about Tae’s birthday

Jimin’s relationship with Tae

JM’s live and Tae’s comments

Vmin

AMA’s 2021 behind BTB

JM with V at his Music Bank recording

JIHOPE

JM and Hobi at Lolla

JM supporting his Hobi hyung

JM -  Hobi’s bright light

Hobi’s blessings for JM

JM Weverse 21 Jan 2023 18:41 KST

JM and Hobi enjoying Paris

JM Weverse post 23.1.23 17:58 KST

Love JM and Hobi’s bond

Jihope on the street

Hobi’s IG story 17 March 2023

JM and Hobi dance challenge up too

JM on Music Bank

Jimin W-live 4 April 2023

Hobi birthday live

JM IG story 8 April 2023

Jihope 17 April 2023

J-hope & Jimin's Challenge Video Shoot Sketch BTB

JINKOOK

Jinkook so precious

AMA 2021 Link 7 - Jinkook

Jinkook sibling dynamics (find the differences)

This one is hilarious

Memories 2021 Jinkook

Perilla leaf saga continues

JayKay

YOONMIN

JM Weverse 3.3.2023 10:11 pm

JM’s Weverse post for Suga’s birthday

JM like crazy dance challenge up

JM on Music Bank

Suchwita JM - Yoongi’s bluntness

JINMIN

He’s so frigging cute

Why is this person so adorable?

Nope

No suspicions on my side

Jinmin

Jin/JM interaction at SBS pre-recording

TAEKOOK

Tae asserting dominance with JK

Tae’s “get out of your imagination”

Taekook talk

Taekook talk again

TMA 2021 TKK being bro’s

Dream premiere together

Tae IG 14 May 2023

VHOPE

Vhope on the street

Museum date

HOPEKOOK

Hopekook - lol

Soundcheck Hopekook

Soundcheck - Hopekook

JK reacted to Hobi’s IG

NAMKOOK

Cuteness

What I think is a cute Namkook moment

TAEJIN

Tae looking after Jin

Chemistry

MINIMONI

JM on Weverse

RM looking out for JM at the airport

SOPE

Sope on the street

2 Seok

Jin Weverse 17 April 2023

3J

3J’s BTB 3 October 2021

3J’s BTB Jikook pure happiness

The 3J’s

Hobi the protector

JK’s “love you Jhope” oopsy

Those three

3J's part 1

3J's part 2

3 J’s

JK's Wlive 12 Feb 2023 the comments

JINMINKOOK

Bangtan Bomb 17 September 2021 JinJikook

Some JinJikook love

Jinjikook at their finest

JM and JK starring in Jin’s IG post 12 July 2022

JINMINHOPE

JM and Hobi visit Jin

1 April 2023

JINHOPEKOOK

Jin’s IG post 9 October 2022

YOONMINKOOK

Jikook came home for Suga’s birthday

VMINKOOK

JK reacting to Vmin

Vminkook are great friends

Vmin, Taekook and Jikook - the difference in dynamics

Tae policing or trolling Jikook

Jimin jealous. Or is he?

JK ignoring Tae

Pranking Tae during PTD

It’s always those three

170110 [BANGTAN BOMB] Message to A.R.M.Y as 'Blood, Sweat & Tears' last day

Maknae line levels of core strength

JK-Tae and JK-JM - The two lives and the differences between them

Tae the agent of chaos

A little more about Tae the agent of chaos

Well lookie here

VMINHOPEKOOK

7 October Tae IG story - finally we get to see Jikook together

Vminhope telling how V, Hobi, JM & JK spend spare time together

Happy new year

Hobi, JM, JK & Tae at Harry Styles concert:

Link 1; Link 2; Link 3; Link 4; Link 5; Link 6; Link 7 with Lizzo; Link 8 Hobi’s posting; Link 9 Jay Kay;  Link 10;