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Oz text posts part..?

[ozimagines]

Chris Keller, Tobias Beecher, and Y/N in: Paternity Test part 2/?

“Tobias merely sent me a message that my presence would be appreciated tonight.”

“Hmm.” Keller hummed under his breath. He’d tried not to be too much of a dick with the minister. He’d always been there for Beecher and Holly.

Still, that holier than thou attitude really put a sour taste in his mouth.

“Can I call you Chris?”

“If I can call you mom.” Chris responded sarcastically. Said rolled his eyes.

“Fine then. Keller. Whatever your feelings on whether or not you should have had a kid, you have one now. You owe it to Y/N.”

“Kid’s done just fine without me.”

“But as a familial unit-“

“Said, respectfully, blow it out your ass.” Keller’s seething from his chair. “I find out I’ve got a long lost kid and had to listen to your bullshit in the same day. I’m basically battin zero today.”

“You already have a kid, if I’m not mistaken.” Kareem said, still sipping on ice tea. “A wonderful daughter.”

Keller shrugged, not really wanting to talk but not wanting to let all of these thoughts die in his head. Maybe make Said realize what this meant.

“She’s my daughter, but she’s all Beecher inside.”

“That’s not true and you know it.”

Said reminded him of Holly before Chris was her dad and Holly after. She was more outgoing, less apologetic. She even talked like Keller sometimes, and he referred the man to a time where she was talking about some “rat” classmate she’d have to “talk to” if they “knew what she meant.” They were all a little concerned.

Plus the countless Father-Daughter adventures he’d take Holly on. One ended with them watching a soccer match in a small Greek restaurant. He’d really come to love that kid.

“Don’t think I worry about that every goddamn day? Holly turning out like me?”

Tobias entered the room not a moment too soon.

“Kids are down.” He looks between the two of them. “Another pleasant exchange?”

“Seems so.” Kareem responded.

“We have Y/N to worry about now.”

“Why?” Keller interjected, rubbing his neck. “Y/N already has a family. She/he/they don’t need us.”

“But he/she/they want to know us.” Beecher insisted, sitting down next to his boyfriend. “We are Y/N’s family now.”

“Everyone deserves a family.” Kareem says, catching an annoyed look from Keller.

“Fine.” He grumbles.

The next morning, too come down to Toby and Chris in the kitchen. You watch from the doorway for a second.

Keller’s got his crotch pressed against Beecher’s backside, kind of swaying together. He kisses Toby’s neck.

“Only thing more delicious than this breakfast is you, babe.”

Beecher was making pancakes. And waffles. And French toast. He didn’t know which you liked.

“Chris, I’m gonna burn myself.” Toby’s admonishing him but smiling all the way. He kisses Chris’s nose.

They seem happy. Really happy. You feel guilty for showing up after all this time.

You knock on the doorframe and both men turn around, one with a smile and one without.

“Y/N!” Beecher shows you his massive breakfast he prepared for you, apologizing if you don’t like any of it. As it turns out you like it all.

Beecher leaves to go wake Holly up, and pats Chris on the back reassuringly before he does.

You and Keller are alone together now.

He’s staring at his shoes, stacking pancakes and preparing toppings for everything.

“W-which are your favorite?” You ask shyly. He thinks for a second.

“Waffles normally but I like Toby’s French toast. It’s never too eggy.”

You nod your head and remark you like waffles too. He knows it’s a general statement, but it gives him the creeps.

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Hasn’t stopped you yet.” Chris said. You’re standing behind him with the plate Toby handed to you. Suddenly, Chris takes the plate from your hand, and it seems like you’ve crossed a line.

But he’s just getting you a few waffles and slices of French toast.❤️

He hands the full plate back, gesturing to the syrup on the counter.

“Well? Go on.” Keller prodded.

“Why don’t you seem to like me?”

He was a little startled but thought on it for a second.

“Are there any leading theories right now?” He asked back.

“I think you have a wonderful life and family. And I think I messed it up by being here somehow. I understand why you hate me.”

Chris’s heart ached. It was a dull, painful feeling. Something in him just wanted to comfort you. Something primal. Instinctive.

“Look, I don’t hate you. I don’t even dislike you. I don’t know you.” He shrugged, putting some food on a plate for Holly the way she liked it.

“You can’t always feel about yourself the way you think others feel about you. It’ll tear you up inside. You gotta have a thick skin, or this world… it’ll chew you up and spit you out. Hear me?”

“Yes, Mr. Keller.”

*sigh* “you can call me Chris.”

“Can we compromise at Mr. Chris?”

He smirked and chuckled a little. You were very mature.

“Sure, kid.”

When Beecher enters, you and Chris are in a death match debate on whether or not Batman is a superhero.

“What’s his power then? Hm? Money? He’s just a rich bitch in tights.” Chris checkmates, with a big grin on his face as you laugh.

“Language, Chris.” Toby said, but he’s smiling. Holly gives Chris a hug and sits down next to him, her plate already being made by him.

Toby’s too. Chris considers it a point of pride that he can make anyone in the family a plate and they’ll love it. Shows how he knows them.

You’re all sitting and talking and laughing like a family.

“Is there anyone else I should meet? Like Miss Bonnie and Uncle Kareem?”

Keller bristles at his kid calling Said “uncle” but he says nothing

Holly takes over

“There’s uncle Ryan, and uncle Cyril.” She leans in a whispers. “He’s the best.”

You ask and they explain Cyril’s condition.

“He’s really nice.” She continues. “And he always asks Ryan to buy him candy and always gives me the yellow ones because he doesn’t like that flavor and they’re my favorite.”

Beecher and Keller exchange knowing looks. Cyril LOVED being Holly’s uncle. And even though they were worried about him being violent at first, Cyril just took on a protecting role. In fact even that had become sort of a problem when Cyril yelled at another child for being mean to Holly. (They had to explain the optics of a fully grown man yelling at a kid to him.)

Since then, Holly and Cyril were inseparable when they hung out.

“You can meet them today if you want to, Y/N.”

“Yeah, I think I’d like that.”

Beecher sets up the meeting. It’s at a park. Holly and Cyril’s favorite because there’s a playground and a duck pond.

“Hey, Ryan.” Beecher called, and Ryan’s head turned to greet him. There was a tall kind blonde haired man standing next to him. They both looked a little scary at first, if you were honest.

“Hey, kid.” Ryan greeted, and you assume Beecher explained ahead of time. You would be mistaken however. Beecher wasn’t sure how to explain over the phone.

“This is Y/N.” He introduces you and Ryan and you shake his hand. You go to shake the other man’s hand and he just looks at his brother. He leans down and whispers something to Holly. You’re suddenly very self conscious. Holly smiled.

“No, Y/N is really nice. He/she/they’re pop’s kid.”

Cyril’s eyes got really wide, and when he spoke, you smiled.

“You two had another baby?”🥹

Beecher chuckled and told Cyril that’s now how that works until Ryan waves for him to not bother explaining.

“So… I’m an uncle again?”

“Seems so.” Ryan said, sliding a taunting glance at Keller, who rolled his eyes and scratched his nose with his middle finger.

Beecher tells you and Holly and Cyril to go play but not to go too far.

As soon as you’re out of earshot, Ryan turns mockingly to Keller.

“Condom’s a lot less expensive than child support, my friend.”

“Little late on the advice there, O’Reily.” Keller snapped, eyes flitting to you from time to time to make sure you’re okay.

“Will you two stop.” Toby chided. “Y/N’s here. Now. The woulda coulda shoulda’s are out the window. We have a child we need to support.”

“We? Unless my biology teacher lied to me, Beecher, I’m not sure that’s possible.” He smirked and checked on Cyril in the same breath. He waved when Cyril looked back at him. It wasn’t that he disliked Holly. In fact, her blunt honesty was growing on him. He just had his hands full as a single dad raising Cyril.

“Holly’s not Chris’ biological daughter, but she’s his daughter. Y/N’s not biologically mine but that doesn’t matter. Keller’s mine so Y/N’s mine.”

O’Reily sighed and backed off. He dropped the facade.

“How ya handling it?” He asked Keller.

“Really shitty. Why?”

“If it helps, you’re already as unfun and lame as any dad I know.”

*sigh* “Thanks, O’Reily.”

“I’ll pretend I’m not also insulted.” Beecher continued. “Anyway, I wanted to introduce Y/N to the family. And you guys are sorta family.”

Ryan relented on that front. They’d watched Cyril for him on several occasions. He and Holly would stay up watching movies all night, and Beecher made sure he ate and brushed his teeth and all that. Keller had even softened up to him after taking on Holly.

“What d’you think they’re talking about?” -Ryan

Meanwhile, when you walked over with Cyril and Holly, they were chatting like old pals and you were just trying to keep up.

“…and then Miss Ramos shared her banana bread with me.”

Cyril asked Holly about school often. He really wanted to go to school but Ryan said no. So Holly would call him after school and tell him everything she learned and when the teachers were nice.

“I’ve never had banana bread. Ryan says it’s icky.”

“Uncle Ryan doesn’t know anything then because this was really good. I tried to save you a piece but dad said it wouldn’t last. So I ate it.”

You giggle softly at their conversation; you realize why Cyril gravitated towards Holly. She spoke to him like an equal. You sit by the duck pond and Holly takes a bag of peas out of her pocket.

“Its for the ducks.” She narrates unnecessarily, and you pretend not to have known ducks can’t eat bread just so she could excitedly tell you she learned it in school.

Cyril quietly says your name, a little timid as he is with all strangers.

“Do you like ducks?”

“I do.”

He grins really wide and sits next to you, Holly on your other side, as he tells you how to feed them.

“You think it’s gonna hurt when they eat from your hand but it doesn’t. But don’t try to pet them. They don’t like that.”

You’re feeding the ducks together, chatting and laughing happily. 🦆 ♥️

Later, you’re at the playground and Cyril is pushing you and Holly on the swings.

“Uncle Cyril pushes swings the best. Better than Dad, even. He pushes really hard and you swing so high! I said my uncle pushes the highest and Samantha H. was like ‘no my uncle does’ and I said ‘no he doesn’t because my uncle Cyril is the strongest guy ever’.”

You swear to take her advice and Cyril starts to push. He goes slow at first but then he does one that sends you and Holly into the stratosphere.😂

“Whoa!” You found yourself saying, as you rocked back and forth at insane speeds.

Cyril beams with pride while Holly talks about him. He likes being the cool uncle.

“Who else should I know?” You ask earnestly between giggles and pushes from Cyril.

“You’ve pretty much met the core group. We sometimes go to like plays at the theater to support someone else my dad knows from prison. Mr. Miguel. He’s the stage manager which means he gets to be bossy to like everyone.”

You make a mental note of the name.

“Has Y/N met Mr. Said?” Cyril asks.

“Yes, last night.”

“I asked him if I could call him Uncle like Holly does but Ryan said not to.” Cyril explains.

“Oh, then there’s the bad guys. Like really bad guys that my dad met in there. The guys that took me.”

You’re surprised she can talk about it so openly.

“I’ve been seeing a therapist since I was seven. It’s been almost five whole years of talking about it. I have trouble remembering Gary sometimes. And then sometimes I remember him so much it hurts.”

She looks sad for a second but her eyes light up.

“But my therapist is really nice. Her name is Sister Peter Marie but if you’re really good she lets you call her Sister Pete. She always gives me a lollipop after my seasons.” She’s grinning again a to the thought of it. She points at Cyril. “She’s uncle Cyril’s therapist too!”

“She’s really sweet unless you make her angry like by not giving her Jericho if she asks.”

Holly explains Jericho as a puppet that Cyril does. No one, I repeat, no one likes Jericho except for Holly.

Cyril was having a bad day and wouldn’t give up Jericho before The Keller-Beecher’s arrived for dinner. Beecher was about to take Holly home when she walked straight up to Cyril -she was maybe ten at the time- and placed one of the flowers she brought on the puppet’s head. He said thank you in the Jericho voice, and Holly flinched until she said…

“Whoa. Cool! Do it again!”

“Who are the bad men?”

“This guy named Schillinger and then this other guy named Robson.” Cyril answers and looks at the ground. “They hurt me but I’m not supposed to say how in front of Holly.”

Your eyes dart to Holly who shakes her head.

“He didn’t tell me but I know. It’s the same thing that happened to my dad. And yours.”

You ask what and she explains the situation to you; she knows what happened to them in prison. One of her classmates was bullying her about having two dads AND two dads in prison. Said she didn’t understand the word he used at first, but she looked it up after school. She said she didn’t tell them she knew, because they didn’t tell her, so it must not be appropriate for her to know.

“They’ll tell me when they’re ready. Like they told me about loving each other when they were ready.”

“…Jesus.” Was all you could think to say. Your head was spinning you were a little older and had definitely heard and understood at least some of the implications of that word. It made you sad, as you looked back at Cyril first, then Tobias, then Chris. Three vastly different men who all suffered in the same way at one point. And now they had all this. A family. You were suddenly very proud to be related to such strong people.

“Are… are you okay?” You ask Cyril, who still looks upset. 🥺

“Sometimes I’m sad. But now I have my best friend and Ryan so I’m really happy sometimes too.” He explains. You ask who his friend is.

“Me, of course.” Holly says, showing you their matching best friends forever bracelets. Holly explains with pride that she made them.

“The same men that hurt them are the ones that took you?”

“Kinda. It was his son. But they’re all bad. But his grandkid goes to my old elementary school and the middle school is right next to it so sometimes they see each other. They’re also doing ‘interactions’ but I don’t think they’re helping.”

“Can’t imagine they would at this point.” You admit, understanding the gravity of the situation.

“Want a hug?” Holly offered. You smile and nod. She hugs you and then Cyril bear hugs around both of you.

The guys see it.

Keller can’t lie to himself, it made him happy to see you happy. To see you with his daughter.

“That’ll melt ya, huh?” O’Reily mused.

“So, I the reason I asked for you to meet Y/N…” Beecher was treading carefully. Ryan could be slippery. “…you remember our deal years ago when we got out? About Holly and Cyril.”

“Yeah. I protect Holly, you guys protect Cyril.”

“Since the verdicts of so many inmates are being overturned because of Kibbler… so many of the people we knew… the people we pissed off, are out now. We gotta be careful-“

“What’re you getting at, Beecher?”

“Y/N’s a part of the deal now too.”

“It was one for one, man.” O’Reily stated coldly, “We each picked one person to save. Above all else. That was the alliance.”

“Alliance? What’re we, back in Oz?”

“You’re a college boy, right, Beecher? Use that university head of yours. We. Are. NEVER. Getting. Out. Oz is till you die.”

“So’s family, O’Reily.” Keller said suddenly, pulling his boyfriend away and getting nose to nose with Ryan. “You oughta know.”

“Feeling especially paternal there, K-boy?”

Keller’s eyes went cold and Killer Keller stepped into the ring. His voice lowered, and O’Reily sensed the shift.

“Y/N’s a part of the deal. Now and forever.” 💀

O’Reily survived as long as he did because he could sense danger, and there was danger in his voice. He nodded, and said nothing else.

The dependents ran up to their respective caregivers. Beecher immediately started smiling like nothing was wrong. Keller and O’Reily snarled at each other for a second but sensed it wasn’t the time.

“Have fun, kids?” Beecher asked, getting down on his knee for Holly. She responded in the affirmative. They started walking back to their vehicles.

Beecher saw something out of the corner of his eye and looked at Keller in alarm. One look was all it took for Keller to put an arm on both you and Holly and push you towards the car.

“Heads down.”

To be continued…

[wawamouse]

Oz Rewatch 3: S5E04: Next Stop Valhalla

Storylines

Jaime tries to kill Guerra and is killed instead; Miguel feels guilty; Alicia Hinden comes to Oz with the dog training program; Augustus, Penders, and Miguel are selected

Miss Sally’s Schoolyard to become Sallycise; Brass confirms to Rebadow he bought the lottery ticket; Martinez hits Brass with a shit cocktail; Gloria tries to get Martinez put in the hospital and then beats him up when he keeps touching her face

Beecher and Schillinger fight during an interaction session; Schillinger antagonises Schibetta;

Peter Marie visits Keller; McClain visits Keller

Winthrop and Guenzel arrive at Oz; Guenzel is taken under Beecher’s wing while Winthrop becomes a prag for the Aryans in Unit B

Frank Urbano arrives at Oz; Beecher asks Pancamo for the Italians help in protecting Guenzel; the Aryans and Italians get into a fight

Gloria tells Ryan he has to tell his mother about his crimes; Ryan breakdances instead; Shupe tells O’Reily that Li going to rape his mom; Ryan and Cyril kill Li

Augustus continues to grieve his mother and ends up breaking his sobriety

Omar annoys Emerald City and Said with his singing, McManus gives him a supply closet to practice in; Redding demands Omar use it to sell drugs; Lalar and Arif complain to Said that he’s neglecting his role as leader; Robson tortures and kills Lalar

Sister: That’s why they gotta stop announcing everything they do in this show, like...

Sister: I feel like [Norma’s] just dead at this point.

Sister: I feel like they’re leading up to him being like a mass shooter or something. Me: You think he’s gonna snap? Sister: He seems like the type...

Sister: …I think being free would making him happy. I mean, [Toby] had that whole vision about being free that did not include [Chris], so I think he’ll be fine.

Sister: You can just tell them anything and they’ll let you through…

Sister: What’s wrong with this guy? What’s he in for? Me: Hate crimes… Murder, officially, I think. Sister: Hate crime? What’s he sniffing people for? Me: He's just a perv...

Sister: …That’s so gross… In my sickened state*, I can’t even summon a bleugh. Me: [Retching noise] Sister: Thanks. (*We got some booster shots yesterday and Sister always gets sick afterward lol)

Sister: When are they going to address that guy whose wife also died? Me: Never. Sister: So why did they introduce her?! To spout off some facts and get shushed by the priest?? Me: Maybe there was originally supposed to be more of a story to it and it go cut. Sister: No, they just wanted to do their little after school special moment and then not deal with it. You know, if any of the Muslims should be having the issues in these episodes, it should be the other guy (Arif), not Mr. Said... Me: They could have issues together. Sister: Yeah. Kill the Nazi helper dude. The one who's egging everything on. Schillinger doesn't even really do stuff on his own anymore. Before, he didn't want to fight and wanted to become a Jesus freak and it was always that guy whispering in his ear. And now look.

Sister: How we know he’s not gonna build a bomb in there? … Oh, I guess they took away all the cleaning supplies…

Stray Thoughts

Sister says Jia Kenmin and Li Chen’s plan to provoke Ryan so they could kill him in self defense was really not thought-out

Sister is convinced that someone is going to die for one of the dogs

Sister believes that killing Robson would get rid of most of the Aryans’ bite since she views him as being the worst out of all the Aryans

Final thoughts

The scene where Robson and what’s his face torture Lalar is the toughest scene to watch in the entire show, imo. And it pisses me off (like, I’m actually getting mad thinking about it right now, lol) that Robson gets more expansion in terms of character as the show progresses, too, because whooooooooo gives a shit about a Nazi?! They still haven’t followed up on Arif’s wife LMAO. Also Urbano gets introduced this episode and they don’t end up doing shit with him, really, either. But let’s learn about this asshole!!

Sister: I feel like they’ve run out of storylines with the Muslims and are just repeating past ones. Wasn’t it [Arif] who was the one complaining about Said’s leadership the last time? And then he couldn’t handle it which caused the whole thing… and now he’s doing it again? Me: I think they just don’t like when Said helps other people. They complained when Said was spending time on Beecher, too… Sister: Yeah, [Arif] is so needy… He’s like “you’re spending too much time with your roommate who you have to stay in a cell with” and also every time he is around, [Said] just wants [Omar] to be quiet anyway…

[ozisretro]

“Those three kids decided to quit because they thought I was yelling too much. They wanted to go swimming or something like that, and they wanted to take you with them. But instead you decided to stay with me in the fields until we were finished and I’ve always wondered, did you stay with me because we’re brothers or did you stay because you thought if you tried to leave I’d beat you up?”

-Ryan O’Reily, OZ

[danthepest]

One fascinating thing about HBO’s Oz is looking at all the extras and main characters and figuring out their social circles within Em City and reactions to events. And even some throwaway dialogue and facial expressions tell you so much about the characters.

Like, Ryan O’Reily hung out with Beecher, Hill and Rebadow A LOT. He didn’t involve any of them in his schemes, nor did he target them for anything. He didn’t need to be around them for political purposes. He seemed to actually enjoy their company. Beecher and Ryan were pretty friendly for almost the entire series, barring that one episode in Season 4. Every time it showed something bad happening to Beecher, Ryan has a disgusted look on his face and even tried to wake him up when Beecher was sleeping off a hang over in season 2. Adebisi even shielded Ryan from Robson twice during Ryan’s little skirmishes with the Aryans in the kitchen.

Then there’s Timmy Kirk, before he went full on insane with his religious fanaticism. They way he introduces Patrick Keenan to Ryan and keeps throwing glances at him makes it seem like he did this as a favor to Ryan, knowing how he felt about Gloria. Introducing the guy and telling him he was the one who raped Dr. Nathan all but guaranteed Patrick’s death.

Beecher seemed pretty friendly with the Italians even before his deal with Pancamo. He was cheerfully playing basket ball with Zanghi and the others before he was told about his children being kidnapped. Beecher in general appeared to be, if not respected, liked by a number of inmates who weren’t with the Bikers and Aryans.

Bob Rebadow had butted heads and disagreed with Kareem Said in almost every conversation they had together, yet he was horrified when he learned of his death. He was also one of the few people who always treated Beecher well and seemed to care about his well being. Well, as much as he could bring himself to, considering how he’s seen so many prisoners come and go. When Beecher returned after his arms and legs were broken, he actually Rebadow actually touches Hill as if to alert him on his return and even says “hello Tobias”.

Vincent D'Arbouze, the poor lad who was Adebisi’s prag always hung around the Christians, probably seeking solace and comfort in Christianity.

Even someone as lame as Glen Shupe was seen hanging around Liam Meaney, Ryan and Cyril in a number of scenes. Cloutier hung around Beecher and Ryan. Busmalis and Rebadow would occasionally sit down with Fiona and Tony Masters etc.

Man, say what you want about Oz and the writing, but it truly was a unique show in the way it was filmed. Everyone had to be consistent and in character regardless if they were the main focus of the scene or not. They had to time everything right wherever a scene took place and sometimes you’d have so much going on in a single shot/take. It’s amazing. No show has done it since, at least to my knowledge.

[schxbetta]

Sadism. Such a malevolent curiosity had never really appealed to Schibetta. Sure, he was a man of honour. A man who believed in revenge; family. To see one’s enemies perish was always nice - but to enjoy it? Peter had never really enjoyed it, per se. 

But this? 

Oh, this was to be relished. 

First his friend, the ever-faithful priest and then his mother, too. Beautiful Suzanne. Lovely, understanding Suzanne. Who had coached Peter with his acting, held his hand and listened to his tales about his own mother and father. The one’s he had lost. The subjects of his vengeance. Suzanne was a sweet lady, too. The sort that Peter would have never seen the death of in ‘the real world.’ Alas, it was nothing personal, only business.

It was personal.

Ryan O-fucking-Reily. Criminal rat and scammer of all. One of the sons-of-bitches who had murdered his father. The other half, prematurely disposed. Though Peter would torture Ryan enough for the two of them. 

After cursing Cyril; promising him the stitch-work of his wife’s nanna on his beloved Jericho (that disgusting sock-puppet), Peter had observed with interest as the man had later croaked during one of his ‘electro-therapy’ sessions. What a way to go. The Italian could only imagine the smell.

But even amidst each of the deaths and all of their infliction upon his enemy, Peter didn’t smile. There was no need - they were innocent - to an extent.. Examples of the agony put unto him previously by his enemy’s actions. 

Seeing Ryan O’Reily with the red eyes of mourning and a limp in his step, had bought a twinge to Peter’s lips. A crook in the corner of his mouth - something akin to a grin. Close, but not quite there. 

“And when you can’t stand the grief one more moment...

A truth to be told; the Evil-Eye was to be feared. And shit, it would be feared. Ryan had watched his fucking step around the once disgraced Peter Schibetta. The damn fool had even tried manipulating his way into killing off his own foe, but hell had that worked. Setting the curse on him had been easy - O’Reily had a lot of enemies and in Emerald City, a man’s cell is not simply his own. 

Not to mention and much to Peter’s joy - it almost seemed as if Ryan had been wishing to die. 

The curse had been easy to place; a hit easier to call than any other. The man who had killed his father? Who had worked in tow with that filthy fucking rapist? Beautiful. Peter couldn’t think of a more justified death. Beneath the age-old curse of a family. His enemies destroyed in a true, Sicilian way. For that, he should run the gang again. 

It had been tempting to remove Gloria from the situation, too. The doctor for whom Ryan had pined after, but Peter had been inspired to do differently. His mind’s eye had been guided by the wise Sister Pete. After he’d sat with Gloria and spoke to her about the woes of their trials...they had really bonded. Weekly meetings, casual encounters. The sort of relationship that’d make a man like Ryan jealous. Every time Peter had spoken with the beautiful Dr.Nathan, he’d made sure to tell O’Reily all about it. 

Peter simply connected more with her, that was all. Ryan wouldn’t understand. He was too...

ignorant? 

Yeah, Peter would say he was too ignorant. 

The curse had worked magnanimously on Ryan. Who knew a ‘heart attack’ would catch up to the poor guy so soon into his thirties? Supposedly - and this was only rumours - he’d been writhing on the floor of his cell in complete agony for a good hour before the CO’s had noticed anything was up. Some of the guys said that you could smell the piss and the shit from the pod’s across the balcony...

what a way to go. 

And Gloria had been the one to seal the bodybag. 

Spectacular. Beautiful, just beautiful. 

Sadism? To find pain and misery in others enjoyable? Could Peter ever bask in such a thing - could he ever understand such a notion?

Until now, he hadn’t. But shit, it’d felt good to do unto Ryan as he had done unto him. 

Revenge was bliss; Release. Acceptance and healing, all in one. 

And a curse? Well...what a way to do it. 

        - I’ll put it on you.” 

[sigmadecay]

“Mama died in an operation!” SOMEONE PROTECT CYRIL O’REILY FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK

I CAN HEAR RYAN’S VOICE CATCHING FUCK

[elyonbee]

rules: tell us one favorite character from ten shows & tag ten people

I was tagged by the wonderful @celebrate-the-victories. Thank you <33

1. Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)

2. Liz Lemon (30 Rock)

3. Bob (Twin Peaks)

4. Brenda Chenowith (Six Feet Under)

5. Calamity Jane (Deadwood)

6. Cyril O’Reily (Oz)

7. Stringer Bell (The Wire)

8. Sally Draper (Mad Men)

9. Lagertha (Vikings)

10. Lenny Belardo (The Young Pope)

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it’s really fantastic how brothers Dean Winters, Scott Winters and Bradford Winters worked together for 5 years on Oz. Brad was a writer. Dean & Scott (obviously) played Ryan and Cyril O’Reily. 

[scurvyratt]

Made a couple of these that might be funny idk💀

[ozimagines]

Oz But as 80’s Song Lyrics

Cyril: “She’ll see I’m not so tough.”

Omar: “One more time to kill the pain.”

Beecher: “It was the heat of the moment.”

Keller: “I’ll be coming for your love, OK.” /“Take me on!”

Chico: “There doesn’t seem to be a reason to change.”

Miguel: “Slowly learning that life is OK.”😭

Ryan: “Help me make the most of freedoms and of pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever.”🥲

Robson: “I want a doctor, to take your picture, so I can look at you from inside as well.” ☠️

Schillinger: “I’m free fallin’.”

Kenny: “Where can I find a woman like that?”🤣

Augustus: “As they grow restless, waiting for some solitary company.”

Busmalis: “Tell her about it!”

Rebadow: “I won’t back down.”

Adebisi: “Can’t you hear that thunder? You better run, you better take cover.”

Burr: “Give her one good reason to expect that you’re for real.”

Hernandez: “Yer so bad.”

Murphy: “Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone.”

Morales: “What else can I do? I’m so inspired by you.” (To Alvarez 😜)

McManus: “For the longest time.”

Martinez: “Don’t come around here no more.”

Carlo: “Oh Mother, dear, we’re not the fortunate ones!”

Peter: “Always something there to remind me.”🥺

Dino: “Another bites the dust. And another one gone. And another one gone.”

Said: “We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it!”

Joey: “I want to break free!”

Sister Pete: “Heaven must have sent you.”

[wawamouse]

Oz Rewatch 3: S5E03: Dream a Little Dream of Me

Storylines

Miguel gets out of the hospital, scores are settled according to Morales; Jaime Velez wants to join Miguel; Miguel tells him to kill Chico

Rebadow wants Brass to buy a lottery ticket for him

Brass talks to McManus

Jia Kenmin returns to Oz; has an interaction session with Cyril; Li Chen arrives at Oz; tension with O’Reilys

Redding and Morales make a deal

Schibetta wants to take revenge and move against the Aryans; Said refuses to held; Peter confronts the Aryans alone as it raped again

Penders tries to cash in on a favor from Glynn and is rebuffed

Keller returns to Oz and is placed in PC; Keller is being investigated for the college kid killings

Said continues to struggle with anger; interaction session with Schillinger; Said tells Omar not to talk to Poet; Said catches Omar buying drugs from Poet; expressing an interest in singing, Omar gets a singing lesson

Sister Pete group counseling, Augustus sad about divorce

Bikers go to kill Cloutier but are stopped; Cloutier appears to Hoyt as a vision and tells him to kill Kirk; Hoyt stakes him in the stomach with a cross; Cloutier vanishes; Hoyt confesses to several murders

Sister: I hate his tattoo so much. Me: Yeah, and that’s a real one, too.

Sister: Why would your guy not be happy about scores being settled? Me: ‘Cause he just wants to bother Miguel, that’s why. Sister: Why doesn’t he go fight the white guys? Me: ‘Cause he just wants to bother Miguel. Sister: It doesn’t make sense… Me: He just wants to bother Miguel.

Sister: No, not that! It’s going to be too dangerous— Miguel: Kill Guerra. Sister: SEE, I told you! …Who’s Guerra? Is that your guy Me: 😑 He’s not my guy… Sister: What, he belongs to the streets? Me: 😑

Sister: I think he’s going to buy the lottery ticket and win and then he’s going to keep it for himself.

Me: He’s doing that Asian bullshitting thing right now, don’t you think? Sister: Totally… Pretending he reflected, LOL… Playing the Buddhist angle...

Sister: “Li Chen”? How lazy can you be? (It's a pretty generic name)

Sister: Jia Kenmin… why’s his name like that? Me: Yeah, it’s kind of old-fashioned. It’s like Daddy’s generation of names… Sister: No, I mean, they say it the Chinese way… Me: Oh, I know! I was literally wondering about that the other day!

Sister: His hair looks so bad. Me: Yeah, the length really accentuates his hairline in a bad way. Sister: It’s medieval squire length…. Me: It’s not doing him any favors… It looks good short, though. Sister: It’s not short, though, is it?

Sister: Not the butt pop… His booty muscles… Me: His butt’s definitely up there in the rankings…

Me: I wonder what determines whether they use the sinks here or their cells. Sister: Yeah, I’d just use the one in my cell. Especially because that guy (Augustus/Narrator) said that you could get shanked in the shower if you turn your back.

Me: I wonder if they only did this singing plot line for him because the actor was in The Five Heartbeats… Sister: What’s that? Me: It’s a mini-series about like this fictional motown group… The guy who played Jefferson Keane is also in it. Sister: Oh, then they definitely did it because of that.

Sister: Why would they put him here to guard a civilian? What’s he gonna do if a prisoner gets agitated? Hobble over? He should be on desk duty. Me: He didn’t want to be on desk duty. Sister: So? They need to put him on it anyway. And if he quits because he hates sitting at a desk too much, then their problems are solved anyway. They don’t have to worry about a liability and they don’t got to pay anything, either, ‘cause he quit himself…

Sister: She gets way too involved with her patients, man…

Sister: He’s risen and he’s hiding in the laundry room.

Stray Thoughts

The apparent gang tattoo on Jia Kenmin’s hand just says “blood” btw

Sister: The have the guy in the wheelchair talking about his wife again and still nothing from the Muslim guy whose wife was also on the bus…

[aion-rsa]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Dean Winters is a True TV Vulture

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While Brooklyn Nine-Nine typically coasts on the charms of its ensemble cast and their silly and sweet camaraderie, the show arguably is at its best when the Nine-Nine has a common enemy to unite against. Between dim bulb Captain C.J. Stentley (Ken Marino), smug saboteur Commissioner John Kelly (Phil Reeves), and Holt’s long-time rival Madeline Wuntch (Kyra Sedgwick), there hasn’t been a shortage of antagonists during Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s seven season run. However, there’s one frequent persona non grata that seems to constantly get underneath the entire precinct’s skin. His name? Keith Pembroke, but you may know him better as The Vulture.

Played by Dean Winters, The Vulture made his introduction way back in the series’ fifth episode, aptly titled “The Vulture” and has appeared several times throughout the course of the show, even serving as the replacement captain of the Nine-Nine during Season 3. As a member of the NYPD’s Major Crimes unit, The Vulture earned his nickname by arriving during the middle of big, nearly-solved investigations, then claiming the cases as his own and taking the credit. 

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If that wasn’t bad enough, The Vulture is also a loathsome misogynist, close friends with Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland, and the lead singer of a repugnant hard rock band called Fantastic Jack and the Junkyard Rats. He’s arrogant, convinced of his own intelligence despite any evidence of smarts, and a general ass that lists his favorite color as “Underboob.” The Vulture is the type of enemy that Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans love to hate, and Dean Winters has made a career of portraying lovably loathsome scoundrels. Here are some other places you may have seen Winters’ uniquely hateable visage.

Ryan O’Reily – Oz

HBO’s groundbreaking, shocking, and controversial prison drama Oz featured a host of repugnant characters, but none as compelling as the Machiavellian inmate portrayed by Winters, Ryan O’Reily. A former Irish-American street gang leader, O’Reily finds himself in prison after going on a drunken rampage, following a fight that leaves his brother and right-hand man Cyril permanently brain damaged. While in “Emerald City,” Ryan schemes and manipulates staff and inmates at Oz alike to stay out of trouble and able to protect his brother. Ruthless, two-faced, and capable of murder, O’Reily shouldn’t be tolerable let alone likable, but somehow, he’s one of Oz’s most compelling characters. series creator Tom Fontana has compared the character to Iago, the villain of Shakespeare’s Othello, another manipulative, oddly endearing sociopath.

Dennis Duffy – 30 Rock

The reigning Beeper King of New York, Dennis Duffy is somehow like a more immature version of The Vulture. The most prominent ex-boyfriend of 30 Rock protagonist Liz Lemon, Dennis routinely pops up throughout the series to either tempt Liz into backsliding or confirm that she’s grown as a person. Dennis is obnoxious, constantly launching get rich quick schemes, and has been featured on an episode of To Catch a Predator (he contends that he knows the girl he was arranging to meet was at least 18 because “She said her last boyfriend was Asian, and that crap doesn’t start ’till college”). Liz’s soft spot for Dennis can only be explained by his penchant for giving her food and occasionally making her laugh. Each time Dennis appears on the show, he’s accompanied by a wistful, Springsteen-esque score meant to highlight Dennis’ blue collar, salt of the earth demeanor. Maybe it’s the music, but we can’t help but find Dennis just a smidge charming, even if he’s mostly off-putting and incorrigible.

Mayhem – Allstate Commercials

Perhaps the role that Dean Winters is most recognized for is his portrayal of Mayhem in a series of long running Allstate Insurance commercials. Created by ad agency Leo Burnett Worldwide, the character was conceived as Mr. Mayhem and compared to Harvey Keitel’s Mr. White from the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, which explains his black suit, white dress shirt, and black necktie. Since 2010, the commercials have followed a similar formula:  Mayhem identifies the risk he is portraying, gives context into the situation, why it is dangerous, and hints at an impending disaster that he will cause, then the “mayhem” takes place. He then delivers his tagline “be better protected from mayhem…like me.” Typically, the damage that occurs to his clothing and injuries he sustains carry over from one commercial to the next. Mayhem seems to take a perverse pleasure in causing chaos, often smiling or laughing with delight as he wrecks a home or vehicle. Just like The Vulture, it seems like he’s happiest when making others suffer.

When Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns for Season 8 in 2021, there will likely be a new antagonist to bond the precinct together, but odds are he won’t be as despicable, gross, and weirdly compelling as The Vulture. We may hate the way he disrespects the women of the show, constantly tries to upset Jake and Amy, and annoyingly uses insults like “wieners,” but it wouldn’t be a complete season of the series without the recurring character that everyone loves to hate. 

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Who Taught You How To Hate {Backstory}

Trigger warnings for mentions of: Drug use Physical/verbal/sexual abuse Incest Violence Ryan hummed to herself as she walked through her usual alleyway that lead to her apartment complex. She had just finished up her bartending shift at the Irish pub a friend of hers owned, and, she ended up making a killing in tips. It pays to be a hot chick working in a bar that was always filled with drunk, horny men. All Ryan had to do was flash her best bad girl smile, as well as show a little bit of cleavage, and she had the male patrons practically eating out of her hands. The work was hard, sure, but...it was the only job that Ryan could land due to a bad past that continued to haunt her to this day Ryan Idelle O’Reily had an extremely hard life growing up. The woman who she thought was her biological mother died during surgery when she and her younger sister, Ciara, were still young. Ryan was heartbroken, because Tessie was the only person in that house who had treated the two girls like absolute gold. Ryan’s father was the textbook definition of a monster, a man that the young Irishwoman grew to resent more than anyone Seamus O’Reily was relentless when it came to the abuse he laid upon his daughters. There wasn’t a day in all of Ryan’s life that he was ever sober. From the time he woke up to the time he finally passed out, Seamus was always in a drunken rage. When Tessie died, his abuse went from physical and verbal, to sexual. Day in and day out, Seamus would take turns raping Ryan and Cyril, laughing whenever he made either of the girls cry or beg for him to stop. He got a sick thrill out of the pain he inflicted on the two little girls he was supposed to love and protect. When Ryan and Ciara got older, Seamus would force his daughters to perform sexual acts on each other. He’d masturbate while watching them, slurring on about how hot it was watching his daughters fuck each other and what good little sluts they were. Eventually, Ryan grew sick of her father’s abuse, and she had shot him in self defense when he tried to attack her for refusing to perform oral sex on him. The police were called, and, both girls were not charged due to the strong evidence that ruled in their defense. The two girls eventually moved to New York where both of their lives would continue to take a dark turn Ryan never did receive professional help to deal with her trauma. Instead, she had turned to a life of crime and drugs. Her main drug of choice? Heroin. She never was one to inject it, due to the fact that she was terrified of needles. Which, everyone in her life finds humorous, due to the fact that her body is adorned with colourful tattoo’s. Instead, Ryan would snort the drug, even though it would take ten to fifteen minutes for the drug to kick in. The first time she snorted, her nose bled like it had never bled before. But, that never stopped her. As time went on, her tolerance to the drug increased, which forced her to snort more than what she did when she first started. And, in order to score more money for drugs, Ryan had turned to prostitution and burglary. It didn’t take long for Ryan to be arrested when she was caught robbing a liquor store. Though, being in jail didn’t keep her from her beloved heroin. But, somehow, being in prison is what helped save Ryan’s life While she was incarcerated for drug possession and prostitution charges, Ryan had gone on an all day heroin binge. She thought she was invincible because of how high her tolerance had become, but, she was mistaken. Instead of feeling her typical rush from the drug, Ryan had overdosed. From what the prison doctor had told her, Ryan’s lips were blue and she had depressed breathing. On top of that, he told her that she kept losing consciousness, she was disoriented and delirious, and that she had a weak pulse. Thankfully, the staff managed to save her, and it was then that Ryan knew it was time to turn her life around. She needed to stick around for her sister’s sake. So, when she was finally released from prison, Ryan had enrolled in both rehab and in therapy Even though her life was back on track, Ryan still suffered from the trauma her father had inflicted upon her. She suffered from paranoia and nightmares. She had to swallow her constant fear of one of the pub patrons beating or raping her whenever she was at work. She used prostitution as a coping mechanism when it came to sex, though, she hasn’t had sex since she had been released from prison. She never had a boyfriend, and, she still wasn’t sure if she ever would be in a stable enough relationship where her partner would understand her fears that stemmed from the sexual abuse. She moved back to Boston and got an apartment with Ciara after she was finished treatment, and an old friend of her real mother offered her a job at his pub once she got her bartending license. Things were finally looking up for the young woman, even if there were days where she felt like the world was against her

[mashkara45]

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ryan and cyril o’reily were both neurodivergent in entirely different ways.