#conman billy

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 98

So there’s been a leucistic raven around the area I live and they are giving me ideas. 

 Danny is having fun. He’s on vacation! Sort of. Look, the GIW can barely find ecto-animals, and apparently being a halfa means that once Amorpho helped him with shapeshifting, he was golden. Well not literally, apparently his form’s coloration is based on his hair. So. But even then, who expects a raven of all things to be stopping crimes? Or aiding them. Look, the plant-lady has the right idea and he thinks Sam would adore her. Er, as long as she doesn’t kill anyone that is. 

 And Clockwork even gave his approval to do some time shenanigans too! Apparently there’s some super-speed heroes who he’s getting frustrated with and he’s allowed to follow them back in time to mess with their own stumbling through the time stream. Or something, does he really care? No, he’s on vacation! 

 But his absolute favorite has to be this sad funky british man and this age-shifting magic boy. He of course brings them all the best gossip- and food for the kid. Look, just because he’s on vacation doesn’t mean he’s gonna’ be heartless. He remembers how it is as a teenage-hero and the kid is like, ten so. 

 Though he’s pretty sure Mr sad-trench coat dude knows he’s not a normal raven but it’s hilarious to hear him try to figure it out. 

[connorcosmics]

reuploads from my old acc! ⭐

[hybridmindthoughtsreloaded]

Do not listen to this conman posing as some sort of truth teller/secret reveler. Billy Carson is a fraud and conman.

4biddenknowledge Podcast Network https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiJFF8uRmAJwdkAXsTH8Jw

[morax-on-my-mind]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. I only heard about Fyre Festival for like two minutes and then I moved on with my life. I just thought it was a failed music festival that I would never even dream of buying the cheapest ticket for (we all know how fucking expensive those tickets are).

I didn't even know who put Fyre Festival together until I watched the Hulu documentary. They got Billy and interviewed Him!! The Netflix one followed up on his 2018 Fraud that he was doing ON BAIL that Hulu never really covered in depth too much (I can't remember, I'm actually rewatching the Hulu one right now).

Like this WHOLE thing was insane, people who weren't drawn into this whole thing didn't get WHY so many people would fall for this scheme, but Billy was trying his god damn best to keep things under wraps. Some reporters caught what was happening early on what the hell was happing and NO ONE listened until it was too late.

Its all just fucking WILD.

At least once a year I have to do a double feature of the Netflix/Hulu Fyre Festival docs. It’s an annual reminder of the hubris of Man, of the dangers of blindly following snake-oil salesmen and worshipping at the altar of vanity, and most important of all, how fucking funny it is when dumb rich people get played for suckers.

[pizzazzgf]

theres so many ways u can employ agatha and rio in a modern world. here’s some fun ideas that have or have not been utilized.

rio

-family business funeral parlor owner. she could meet agatha during prep of her mothers funeral and be like wow there’s something wrong in this girls heart. I’m gojng to follow her to hell

-hospice (for nicky? who else is scared. me. i’m scared.)

-hitman. this one is just kind of obvious. goes well with serial killer agatha. tfw u have the same target and match each others freak so hard you form an eternal partnership

-pathologist. for the people still milking fbi cop aus. but i do think rio would enjoy a good autopsy. put her on cases like the shit in twin peaks. imagine her delight at finding a letter under somebodies nail.

-shadow owner of spirit halloween. yeah

agatha

-actress! put her ass on broadway. or in film. she gets into So Many Scandals.

-conman. running 20 mlms at once (probably profiting off religious psychosis related some modernized prophecy version of the ballad)

-evil and misunderstood teacher whom only the tortured, undiagnosed students like (me. billy. etc)

-a trust fund orphan living in a comically large mansion because evanora forgot to take her out of her will.

-honestly, she could have like 30 jobs at once. i wouldn’t put it past her to take an idea from jen and have a small etsy business where she sells bombs disguised as really ridiculous jewelry. or run a strip club. or honestly hijack somebody’s yarn store. every time rio visits she’s on something else. truly an endless well of possibilities

[phoenixcatch7]

I thought up that Saiki/Billy/Danny poll on a lol but honestly I keep thinking about it. They're all so interesting as comparisons to each other.

Billy, aka captain marvel: young orphan boy with a heart of gold and a strong sense of justice getting into trouble for it. Sweet darling angel with huge authority issues and Will Fight And Lie over it. Wants to be a hero more than anything else but didn't really get a choice in becoming one. Destiny is strong with this one. Uses his newfound powers to save others and help everyone around him, preferring to talk his enemies down or outwit them but very good with violence. Keenly aware of how easy it would be to turn evil (with Adam) and refuses to ever follow that path. Would be in huge trouble if the government ever got him and he knows it.

Saiki: seemingly apathetic teenager with a heart of gold getting into trouble for it. Sarcastic and pithy, he prefers solitude and privacy but keeps getting semi willingly roped into doing 'friendship' stuff with his 'buddies' (who he'd die for). Easily bribed. Acts polite and obedient to fly under the radar but does not even slightly respect authority given his circumstances with his normal family and the numerous kidnapping and experimentation attempts from governments (and his older brother) since he was very young. Was born with his ever growing powers and every attempt to reduce or remove them has failed with the exception of his limiters, he doesn't want them but didn't really get a choice. Very avoidant or passive of conflict, preferring to save his rare world saving heroics for when he can't be discovered, he doesn't have a hero persona. But he's also very capable of great violence on massive scales when necessary. An unreliable narrator with a slight god complex despite his desperation for a normal human life. Conscious of how easy it would be to turn evil and determined to never follow that path. Would be in massive trouble if the government ever caught him and he's keenly aware.

Danny: sassy and punny teenager with a heart of gold getting into trouble for it. The fluke accident turning him part ghost also released the ghosts onto the town, and he feels it's his responsibility to stop them, before either side gets hurt or worse. A typical teenager with annoying teachers and parents who want to rip him molecule from molecule has left him with very little respect for authority (but it's better than the other two - just). Didn't really want to be a hero with powers but didn't really have a choice. Will sass people into making bad decisions (that usually ends with him upside down in a wall) and generally ready to throw down the second he senses a ghost (or a vlad). His encounters have left him with an iron clad set of morals and he's keenly aware of how easy it would be for him to turn evil, despite how much he refuses to become his worst nightmare. If the government ever got their hands on him he'd be deeply screwed and he knows it.

I'd honestly love to see the three teenage power houses meet, even if just to gripe and find understanding XD. They'd be such an interesting dynamic.

Saiki: *sipping a drink as the other two crash and wheel wildly overhead in a landscape destroying spar, mercilessly critiquing them both like he could do any better*

Billy: *desperately trying to stop his new friends from conning a conman in revenge for getting conned so easily themselves despite his warnings*

Danny: *deeply morbid humour about the fragility of life as he blasts music to the beat of the video game he's crushing the other two at until saiki blows up the TV*

Honestly these three would bring out the blackest humour in each other, it'd be so bad.

Billy would be the extrovert golden boy face of the group despite being just as ready to play dirty as them, Danny the one dragging them everywhere and daring them to do stupid things, and saiki the guy in the back acting above it all like he's not the easiest to provoke into dumb stuff. MENACES, the lot of them.

But I kind of like how their wildly abnormal childhoods and lives would find so many points of understanding with the others. They'd all benefit hugely from having others their age like them.

[birdbrain-npts]

Bill Cipher [gravity falls] ID Pack

Pt: Bill Cipher [gravity falls] ID Pack /end pt

Names: Aur, Beast, Bill, Billie, Billy, Bipper, Birchtree, Cipher, Cypher, Emma, Emmaline, Euclid, Euclidean, Golden, Hades, Holo, Illusion, Judas, Luci, Lucifer, Lucipher, Mammon, Midas, Scalene, Silas, Will, William

Pronouns: 3/3s, anomaly/amonalys, aur/aurs, code/codes, control/controls, cypher/cyphers, demon/demons, gateway/gateways, gold/golds, hx/hxm, illusion/illusions, it/its, mesmerize/mesmerizes, mind/minds, portal/portals, possess/possesses, shx/hxr, summon/summons, thxy/thxm, tri/triangle, triangle/triangles, weird/weirds, weirdmageddon/weirdmageddons, xt/xts, ⁉️/⁉️s, ❓/❓s, 🍴/🍴s, 👁️/👁️s, 🔺/🔺s, 🪙/🪙s

Titles: host of dream-ins, prn who breaks minds, prn who possesses conmen, prn who started weirdmageddon, prn who tore apart reality, prn who you'll meet again, the 2-d demon, the [ inter-dimensional ] demon, the beast, the beast with only one eye, the condemon, the conman, the omnipresent / omnipotent, the third eye, the three/3-sided demon

Genders: Gavityfallsaesic, Anomalything, Portallexic, Weirdmaggedonmusiboxsongic, Weirdmaggeventic, Billcicharic, Willcicharic, Killcicharic, Offrealityesque, Figuraformis, Billcipherluver, Bippergender

Other ids: Alderrift, Bill Cipher Kin, The Following Eye, Aldermonoculus, Aldertractus, Human:), Boy:), Girl:), Illogical in Nature, Human..?, Boy..?, Girl..?

Text in bold is: Name, Pronouns, Titles, Genders, and Other ids respectively

All term names are links

Requested by Anon

Tagging @id-pack-archive

[clonedchaos]

𝔐𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔐𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰- 𝔇𝔞𝔶 8: 𝔏𝔦𝔫𝔢

Summary

Joey had crossed the line more than once.

Rating: G/PG

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Tried a bit of a different style with this one. Based off the song Wildflower by Billie Eilish

”Things fall apart and time breaks your heart I wasn't there, but I know

…

Did I cross the line?”

The Polaroid photo lay pinned on the cork board amongst an endless array of bills, notes, and phone numbers. Black ink smeared across the subject’s faces, turning it into an eerie art project.

The office had been ransacked. It was chaos, but organized. Frantically written notes, yet lengthy and precise in content. At a glance, you’d find the crazed drawings of a mad man. A man once fueled with novel ideas, now fallen into despair.

A conman.

A liar.

A traitor.

Joey Drew, founder of the once renowned studio of the same name. A place bursting with creativity, a hope for unheard voices to finally take the limelight.

What a fool you would be to believe such a thing.

Horrors unlike any other had sunk its claws into the foundations. It tugged at you, lured you in. It fed you false promises, no more real than the grandiose goals of your employer. 

You would be hysterical.

Something as insignificant as an ink droplet would warp you, change you into what you feared becoming most. Hatred. Cowardice. Anger. Such poignant emotions… All weaknesses of the human condition.

In the blink of an eye, your humanity would be stripped from your being. Your soul now belonged to the demon roaming the halls. It smiled at you, a plastic expression no more genuine than Mr. Drew’s gratitude.

And to think this all started with just a pencil and a dream…

A story that unfolded not by Mr. Drew’s hand, but by another. A man whose name had all but faded to obscurity. Henry Stein.

He was supposed to save us. He would bring this nightmare to an end. Wouldn’t he?

You wanted to go home. Where was home? All you could remember was the machine, this prison. Your memories were like distant planets, blurry at first glance yet impossible to ever dream of reaching.

Something creaked behind you, breaking the silence. You jump and whirl around. You had gotten too comfortable, too careless. You should’ve seen the inky tendrils weaving up the walls. You should’ve paid attention to the sound of your heart pounding in your ears.

The demon was already behind you, breathing down your neck. You reach for the nearest weapon.

Too late.

End of the line…

[fishedeyelenz]

Rooster Caw - Of the Beginnings 🔞

Read on ao3

...It was meant to be an exorcism. The priest, Father William as he was called, or Billy, as he called himself, aged 47, was roped into it unwillingly, though he only had himself to blame. As soon as he came to this congregation he boasted his many skills, exorcism being one of them. It was a bold-faced lie. He didn't really believe in demons. He kept his belief to himself though, as the lie boasted his standing in the eyes of the congregation, this so-called fact being kept secret amongst the higher ups of the church's leaders, but nonetheless filling everyone in the know which a sense of awe. So when one barley lucid Mark Heathrow, stumbling, pulled himself into the church early this evening, pleas for exorcism falling out of his mouth like the green foam dirtying up his work shirt, Billy seemed like the only hope he had. He had no choice but to accept the job, unless he wanted his lie to be revealed. He believed the man was suffering from obvious mental issues, not supernatural ones, but he kept the thought to himself, as he had a lot of secrets he would've rather liked to keep...A tale of conman and the demon he makes a deal with

Decided to finally start writing a bit of my OC's stories!!!! Had fun writting this after like a. A year of not writing anything new. It was... very freeing.

Don't expect updates for a long while, I unfortunately don't have a lot of time to spare on this hobby. I hope it's a nice little taste if how the story in my mind is supposed to be like though!

[wulfhalls]

oh it's really good it's about a dysfunction family who operates a evangelical megachurch. the main character gets blackmailed with a video of him doing coke with sex workers by his own son and he runs the two other blackmailers over with his car. they do don't die somehow. walton plays a old man pastor called baby billy who has a childbride.

re: the anon talking about walton goggins full frontal in gemstones.he's supposed to be playing a sleazy old conman on that show and the 'full frontal' of him is actually an 80 year old stunt double. but yeah you should check out the show. baby billy is the best part of it he's just a complete degenerate on that show.

well. all I can say is #seated

[thelastspeecher]

I've been meaning to make this post for a while and I'm finally getting around to it.

In my humblest of opinions, "Ya Got Trouble" from The Music Man is one of the finest musical songs in history. Does it have the most swelling melody, wild harmonies, and an insane finish? No, but a song doesn't need those to be good. And in fact, how good it is despite lacking those traits just further proves how well it was written.

The most distinctive aspect of the song, something that we see a lot in The Music Man, is that there isn't actually a huge amount of singing. It does have music the entire time; the orchestra is chugging along quite excellently. But most of the song is rapid-fire speaking in a slightly sing-song manner. Rhyming doesn't really kick in until near the end, when there's proper singing. This doesn't make the song less engaging, however. In my opinion, this makes the song more interesting. Sometimes, proper musical songs can be boring. If you've listened to enough of them, you can predict the melody or the lyrics. But you can't do that with "Ya Got Trouble", because it doesn't have rhyming or much melody.

Tied into the sing-song speaking is the fact that it is a very difficult piece to perform from a technical standpoint! The speaking has to be at a specific pace and tone that takes a LOT of work. I've heard the song a million times and even memorized much of the lyrics, but the only parts of the song I can reliably perform along with when listening are when it slows down. Harold Hill is talking FAST. But he also has to be CLEAR. Combining speed, enunciation, and acting takes practice and skill.

Despite the singing not kicking in until the end, there's still a sort-of chorus, and it's the part that people who've heard the song know best. "Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool!" It's so dang memorable and distinctive. The wording in general is done so well. It really does come off as it's supposed to: a conman playing to his audience until he has them eating out of his hands.

In addition, while a lot of the song contains cultural references that can be difficult for modern-day audiences to catch (the musical was written in 1957 and takes place in 1912), the general message still comes across incredibly well. You don't need to have heard of "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" before to understand that it's some joke book full of "inappropriate" content for kids, because the song provides the context. With how many specific cultural references there are in the song, it's no small feat that the song is still intelligible.

Finally, and I'll admit this is a bit of a personal thing here, but when the singing does kick in near the end it's in the classical musical style. Nothing against the sound of modern musicals, but I do so enjoy the classical style you hear in pieces like Annie Get Your Gun, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music. Timeless harmonies and melodies.

[asirensrage]

WIP Tag Game!

I was tagged by @themaradwrites for this. Thanks! I'm a little afraid lol

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Tammy Thompson Takes on the Upside Down (Stranger Things. Steve Harrington x OC)

Erudite!Eric - a study in intimacy (Divergent. Eric x oc)

Matt and Billy and OC make 3 (MCU. Matt Murdock x Billy Russo x oc)

Tammy - Alternate POVs

there’s a heaven above you (oc x the lost boys)

Halloween Challenges/Prompts (various)

the weight of all my sins Naruto ideas (various including Kakashi x oc)

Something Missing (something strange) (Gaston x oc)

Divination as a Diversion (Hermione Granger x The Darkling)

Serendipity - Wick fic (John Wick x oc)

cassia and varro (Spartacus: Varro x OC)

Reality is Fictional (who even knows. Various)

Saudade - May you be cursed to never find peace (Tokyo Revengers, OC x various)

Dig My Grave (take my hand). It's just a quirk. (My Hero Academia. Dark fic. Dabi x OC)

An Offering and The Sacrifice (Demon Slayer. Rengoku x OC)

Tokyo Revengers Oneshots

KNY Oneshots

Alpha (original work)

The question is timing (Naruto/KNY crossover. Sakura centric)

JJK - Balance (Jujutsu Kaisen. Various)

plane ideas and sleep deprivation

poetry (original work)

The Good In You (MCU. Steve Rogers x OC)

Prompts (various)

Soulmates (various)

AU Oneshot Ideas (various)

Dark Drabbles

Joyce Summers. Assassin. Conman. Thief. Mother. (BtvS. undecided)

A Slayer in Hawkins (Stranger Things/BtvS crossover. undecided)

Quest for the Ages (Divergent: Eric x OC Quest)

dreaming of falling (Divergent: Eric x oc Quest)

well well look who's at it again (SoA. Jax Teller x oc)

season 2 (SPN. sequel to Crossfire Sam x OC)

season 3 (SPN. third in Crossfire series - Sam x oc)

Ice Ice Baby (Stranger Things. Eddie x oc Emma)

favours (leverage. undecided Eliot x oc or Quinn x oc)

For the Children (Leverage. Eliot x oc)

Between Discord and Rhyme (Teen Wolf. Derek Hale x oc)

Riptide (Spencer Reid x oc)

Skywalker rewrite (Star Wars. various)

Les Tres Geckos (From Dusk til Dawn. Richie x oc)

Coffee Shop AU (original)

Fae Mafia (original)

this isn't even all of them...

tagging: @arrthurpendragon @faithfire @rey-of-luke @mabonetsamhain @chickensarentcheap @residentdormouse @renhoeku @comatosebunny09 and anyone else who wants to join in/share

[yesstaffnurse1]

Once the nurses had checked with the charity and confirmed it had no fundraisers out and about in hospitals that day, much less one called “Jimmy Roberts”, Billy the conman knew the jig was up. Once Sister Eliot told Jemima the staff nurse who had caught him, to “take Mr Roberts or whatever his name is, to the relatives’ room” in order to wait for the police, he knew what that meant. Sure enough, the unforgiving Jemima bound him tightly, hand and foot, on the floor next to the ornate carpet he had quite fancied stealing, and gagged him too. Afterwards the nurse posed smugly while her pals snapped them both for some mocking social media posts, with “heroine” Jemima bravely clutching the heart shaped donation from one of the local footballers, that she had discovered in her prisoner’s bag. “Wtch!” the humiliated Billy tried to shout at Jemima pointlessly through his tape gag.

Sources: Nurses Uniforms and Ladies Workwear on Flickr and retrorope

[vocesincaput]

ABOUT: James Flint

BIRTH NAME James McGraw

TAKEN NAME James Flint.

AGE 50 approx.

PLACE OF BIRTH London, England.

GENDER Male.

PRONOUNS He / Him.

SEXUAL PREFERENCE Gay.

RANK Captain, Lieutenant.

AFFILIATION(S) British Royal Navy (formerly), Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Barlow (Hamilton), John Silver, crew of The Walrus, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny, Billy Bones, Eleanor Guthrie.

FORMERLY @nolongermcgraw

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT 1.765mm / 5’11”.

HAIR Ginger.

EYES Green.

James was raised by his grandfather after his father, a carpenter, abandoned him following his mothers early death.

He has a tattoo of a crescent moon on his right arm.

James revealed that the reason he chose "Flint" as his alias when becoming a pirate was for a story his grandfather told him: when he was a boy on a ship, his grandfather saw a man climbing on the vessel, asking for food and water. James' ancestor gave them to him and asked for his name, being answered "Flint" before the mysterious man disappeared as fast as he came.

VERSES

OFMD

This is Jame's default verse here & will not be tagged as a verse. All of his story is the same except for things involving characters that are in both series (such as Blackbeard).

before sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place before the events of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

This includes James’ time in the British Navy, before that and when he first becomes a pirate.

during sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place during the timeline of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

It can follow canon events or start at a point in canon and go off into an alternative version of events.

after sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place following on from the events of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

modern verse

James McGraw was a member of the British Royal Navy until he was given a Dishonourable Discharge due to his relationship with another man (and other reasons, depending on individual verses/interactions).

Having lost everything, James had to find a way to start over. Taking on the name ‘James Flint’, he began to quickly learn the ways of being a conman. Taking on jobs that grew bigger and he subsequently gained a reputation of being good at what he did and ruthless when he needed.

[denimbex1986]

'Claire Foy braved the cold in a plunging white dress with daring thigh-high slits as she attended the UK gala premiere of All Of Us Strangers with her stylish co-stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.

The actress, known to millions for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Netflix series The Crown, looked effortlessly elegant with simple silver accessories.

Just days earlier Ms Foy learnt she had been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at next month’s Baftas. The 39-year-old was joined at the BFI Southbank by her Irish costars Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott.

Normal People actor Mescal, 27, rocked a knitted top while Scott, 47, who played ‘hot priest’ in the BBC’s Fleabag, stood out in a pink blazer paired with a white vest and navy trousers.

In a recent chat with Screen Daily, the Irish actor spilled the beans on the intricate dance between casting choices and sexuality. He confessed, 'I never thought I'd snag those leading roles, you know?' Fondly reminiscing, he shared, 'Back in the day, flipping through Empire magazine, I thought playing the hero on the big screen was just a pipe dream. But lo and behold, times have changed, and I couldn't be happier about it.'

All Of Us Strangers is based on the 1987 Japanese psychological novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada.

It is set for release on Friday. The film stars Scott as a screenwriter who enters into a relationship with a mysterious neighbour played by Mescal. Ms Foy portrays Scott’s mother while Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell, 37, appears as his father.

The film emerged as the undisputed champion at the British Independent Film Awards held last month, clinching an impressive seven prestigious awards.

Andrew Scott can next be seen playing conman Ripley in an eight-part drama on Netflix dropping April 14th.

Ripley is based on the Patricia Highsmith's best-selling Tom Ripley novels set in the 1960s. Andrew plays the lead character, a grifter who is hired by a rich man to travel to Italy to get his drifter son to return home.

Matt Damon last played the role on film.'

[davidsmith24]

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