#da: william hawke

[antiqua-lugar]

I somehow managed to make DA2 work again, I am now committing to taking proper screenshots of my Hawkes even if I am atrocious with the CC.

William Hawke my beloved <3 My man <3 Easily my favourite Dragon Age OC in the entire universe <3

[pancakesprince]

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[cupidlovesastro]

𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔

♈︎ aries rising- john lennon, kendall jenner, cardi b, jeff bezos, alexander the great, morgan freeman, paris jackson

♈︎ aries sun- mariah carey, kourtney kardashian, celine dion, kristen stuart, heath ledger, robert downey jr, van gogh

♈︎ aries moon- steve jobs, angelina jolie, rihanna, V, bill gates, kendal jenner, selena gomez

♈︎ aries mercury- leonardo da vinci, queen elizabeth the 2nd, albert einstein, mark zuckerberg, amber heard

♈︎ aries venus- marilyn monroe, lady gaga, shakira, gigi hadid, christiano ronaldo, sigmund freud, bob marley

♈︎ aries mars- prince, kourtney kardashian, margot robbie, tyra banks, bernie sanders, stephen hawking, asap rocky

♈︎ aries jupiter- michelle obama, johnny depp, david beckham, brad pitt, al pacino, whitney houston, robin williams

♈︎ aries chiron- leonardo dicaprio , jennifer aniston, angelina jolie, elon musk, gandhi, jay z, will smith

♈︎ aries lilith- michael jackson, justin bieber, prince, katy perry, kurt cobain

[neil-perrys-suicidal-tendencies]

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DA BASICS- ABOUT ME: Name - Lisa Avenir (you can call me Lise or Liz) Nationality - Indian Languages - English, Hindi, a1 French, aspiring German, a dialect of Hindi spoken in my home state which is completely incomprehensible to anyone who does not speak it to the point its an entirely new language (which it is but I'm not going to reveal it because I don't want my home state to be known) Age - minor Gender - Genderqueer Pronouns - they/them/she Sexuality - ace-spec lesbian Religion - Atheist DNI: Homophobic, Transphobic, sexist, racist, ableist, any kind of phobic in general No assholes allowed either I love receiving asks just no freaky stuff FACTS- 🪶Only Child who keeps losing friends 🪶I love any form of Noodles Soup 🪶I have a huge crush on Maya Hawke 🪶I love biology and anatomy 🪶I need psychological help /srs 🪶I cry a lot, it's an art 🪶I might have a migraine issue which might be getting better :D 🪶I have brown ass basic eyes 🪶Reading mythology is my bae 🪶My vocabulary might be good but I can't spell for shit. 🪶I love making little collages on PowerPoint 🪶I'm touch starved but touch aversed. Yes, we exist. 🪶I'm a nerd fighter 🪶I love dissecting song lyrics 🪶My aesthetic is dark academia, dark feminine(excluding the femcel bs), witchcore and sickly victorian child dying of the plague core 🪶I am a hyper-organized person who might have germophobia 🪶I'm pretty sure I have trichotillomania 🪶I have these sneeze attacks on a daily basis where I sneeze like 15 times over the course of 3 minutes

HOBBIES- 🪶Reading 🪶Writing poetry or songs 🪶Listening to Music 🪶Talking about stars 🪶The Universe 🪶Literature 🪶Science (fuck physics)

INTERESTS- MUSIC: I love listening to albums(like a LOT of them) 🪶Genre - Indie, Indie pop, Rock, Alt-Indie, Basic white girl pop, Pop-rock, Pop-punk, Folk, Old Bollywood, Male manipulator, Female Manipulator, Lesbian Manipulator, ghazal, anything that slaps 🪶Artists - Ricky Montgomery, Lana Del Rey, Chappel Roan, Flower Face, Taylor Swift, Hozier, Phoebe Bridgers, Girl in Red, Clario, Conan Gray, Hank Green, Hayley Williams, Joji, Indila, Sabrina Carpenter, Adele. Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Jagjit Singh, Muhammad Rafi, Asha Bhosle etc etc 🪶Bands - Wallows, Florence and the Machine, Sir Chloe, Hole, The Smiths, Paramore, Beach House, The Jayhawks, The Neighborhood, Fun Guns, Cage The Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, Chase Atlantic, Radiohead, My Chemical Romance, Hayley Kiyoko. 🪶Albums(favorites) - evermore and folklore by Taylor Swift, Montgomery Ricky by Ricky Montgomery, Depression Cherry by Beach House, Ceremonials and Lungs By Florence and The Machine, Superache by Conan Gray, Emails I can't send frwd: by Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier by Hozier, Riot! and Paramore by Paramore, AM by Arctic Monkeys, Party Flavors and I am the Dog by Sir Chloe, Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers, Rainy Day Music by The Jayhawks, Petals for Armour by Hayley Willams, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan, Social Cues by Cage The Elephant, Live through this by Hole, Born to Die(The Paradise Edition) and Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey, Nothing Happens by Wallows, Baby Teeth and Fever Dreams and The Shark in your Water by Flower Face, Lilt by Hikes, Get up and Move by Fun Guns, The Black Parade by MCR. 🪶Artists that I lowkey neglect but should high-key eat - Nirvana, Tame Impala, Men we trust, Cavetown, Pink Floyd, blink-182, Green Day, boygenius, Mitski, The Smashing Pumpkins, Suki Waterhouse. BOOKS- 🪶Genre - Dark, War pieces, Dystopias, Young Adult, Depressing, Dark Academia, Classics, Psychological Thriller. 🪶Ride or Die- The Book Thief, The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, The Picture of Dorian Grey, MAUS, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, All the Bright Places, The Midnight Library, The Handmaid's Tale, The Diary of a Young Girl, The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas, Circe, Before the coffee gets cold, Sharp Objects, The Martian, The DaVinci Code, The Emperor of All Maladies, Turtles all the way down, And Then There Were None, The Catcher in The Rye, No Longer Human, Grandpa's Great Escape, Wild Bird, The Giver. 🪶Honorable Mentions from my TBR - A Little Life, Bunny, If We Were Villains, The Secret History, 1984, To Kill A Mockingbird, Six Of Crows, Lord of the Flies, Piranesi, Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Crime and Punishment, How it Feels to Float, Orbiting Jupiter, Normal People, Fahrenheit 451, The Myth of Sisyphus, Lessons in Chemistry, Slaughterhouse-five, Dark Matter. 🪶Poets - Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth. Sappho,

MOVIES- Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Lady Bird, Whiplash, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, Forrest Gump, Duck Duck Goose, Rapunzel SERIES- BBC Sherlock, Orange Is The New Black, Brooklyn99, Dead Boy Detectives, Heartstopper, Derry Girls, Modern Family, House md?

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[dc-tournaments]

Who is on the bracket for the Asexuality awards?

In order of submission, we have:

Connor Hawke

Roshanna Chatterji

larvox

Querl Dox

Bart Allen

Jean-Paul Valley

Jughead

Darcy Thomas

All characters named Ace

Khaji Da

Starro

Jarro

Riddler

Billy Batson

Scarecrow

Phantom Stranger

Cassandra Cain

Tim Drake

Jason Todd

Captain Marvel as a separate person from Billy Batson

Mary Bromfield

Tawky Tawny

Mr. Mind

Lex Luthor

Sandy Hawkins

Pieter Cross

Dick Grayson

Greta Hayes

John Henry Irons

Gotham's Oswald Cobblepot specifically

Spooner

Garlic bread

Bruce Wayne

Lonnie Machin

Eradicator

Draaga

You, the voter

Rorschach

V from V for Vendetta

Damian Wayne

A mother box

The bioship

Mogo

Professor Pyg

Jessica Cruz

Poison Ivy

Queen Nubia

Bizarro

Vic Sage

Kyle Rayner

Ace the Bathound

Joker

Hank Henshaw

Grant Emerson

William Hand

Jarra's minion

Alpha Centurion

Jenni Ognats

Dex-Starr

Fred Jones

Northwind

[gotham-ruaidh]

Who I Am - a 7x07 and 7x08 story

Set in the “Tell Me About Your Family” universe – where William visits the new Big House at Fraser’s Ridge together with Jamie, Claire, Brianna and Roger and their kids, Ian and Rachel and wee Oggy, Fanny, and Jenny Fraser Murray, in an imagined Book 9-ish timeline. He’s known that Jamie is his father for some time, but this is his first “family” visit.

Catch up on the story here:

Chapter 1 || Chapter 2 || Chapter 3 || Chapter 4 || Chapter 5 || Chapter 6 || Chapter 7 || Chapter 8 || Chapter 9 || Chapter 10

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“I thought ye said ye were raised on a farm.”

Jenny Fraser Murray reached across to undo the knot that William had somehow tangled in the wool. “Here. Ye pull the strands apart like this, and then ye wind them together.”

William flushed but kept his head bent to his work. “I lived on my stepfather’s plantation for a time, but I was always busy riding or studying with my tutors or helping him entertain guests. I’m afraid I’m not much of a farmer, Auntie Jenny.”

She tsked. “So I assume ye never learned to clickit, either?”

“Pardon?”

“To make socks or scarves wi’ yarn using needles.”

Carefully he wound the strands of raw wool. “To knit? No, I never learned that either. Though I do remember my grandmother Dunsany had a basket full of yarn and thread and thimbles in her sitting room. I got into it once when I was a boy and she was not too happy with me.”

Jenny expertly tied off a handful of raw wool, and carefully took the wool from William’s hands. “Jamie and I learned to clickit from our Mam when we were bairns. My husband Ian – we grew up together, and one year for Hogmanay before we were courting, we knit each other hats wi’out knowing.” She smiled at the memory. “No’ like I needed one, mind. But it was a nice gift all the same.”

William gathered the tied-off piles of wool from the table and began stacking them on the tray Jenny had brought out onto the porch. “Was that before or after he lost his leg?”

“Oh, before. And he didnae lose the whole leg, just the part below the knee. He took grapeshot to the leg when he and Jamie were mercenaries in Flanders.”

That got William’s attention. “Da was a mercenary?”

Jenny nodded, stretching the cramp out of her neck and shoulders. “Aye, for the year after Father died. He had a price on his heid, so he needed to be somewhere else. He spoke French, so the choice was simple.” She turned to look at her nephew. “Did ye not ken that? Weel, I suppose there’s still a lot you don’t ken about my brother.”

William pursed his lips. “I didn’t know, no. It must have been his first time serving with an army, I suppose. And a foreign one, too.”

They watched a hawk glide soundlessly over the mountain. Smiled at Jem and Germaine sitting high up in the oak tree at the edge of the dooryard, swinging their legs from a high branch.

“He’s no’ spoken to me about it. Ever. Ian came home wounded, but Jamie didnae come back to Lallybroch wi’ him, on account of him being a wanted man. It took months until Ian was back on his feet, and while I mended him he told me a few things here and there about what it was like with the army. But then we turned back to running Lallybroch, and we were marrit not too long afterward, so…”

William stood, and extended a hand to help Jenny to her feet. Carefully he gathered the tray, now heaped high with wool. “Where may I take this for you, Auntie?”

--

It was a fine, crisp late summer evening. Roger supervised Jem, Germaine, Mandy, and Fanny washing the supper dishes at the trough in the dooryard, taking advantage of the last light. Jenny and Brianna’s voices drifted from somewhere inside the house, planning for the next day’s spinning of the raw wool into yarn. Ian and Rachel had retreated to their cabin with Oggy, who had fussed quite a bit during supper and clearly needed somewhere quiet to rest.

“Here.” William looked up to see his father holding out a pewter cup, took it, and shifted a bit on the bench to allow room for Jamie to sit beside him.

“I still can’t believe how peaceful it is here,” William remarked, watching the last rays of sun touch the treetops on the mountain.

“Aye. I’ve a short list of things I’m most happy about in my life. Getting the grant for this land is on it.” Jamie held out his own pewter cup, and William tapped it. “Slainte.”

“Slan-juh,” William echoed, taking a sip, feeling proud he did not immediately grimace.

Jamie smiled. “Good lad. We’ll have ye speaking the Gaidhlig fluently before too long.”

“You speak French?”

Jamie frowned, a bit surprised at the sudden question. “I do. And the Latin and Greek, a bit of Cherokee, and a wee bit of Chinese as weel.” He sipped his whisky. “And you, wee William? You must have the Latin and Greek, if your education was as good as Lord John has told me.”

“Yes. And French, and now some of the Prussian language as well.”

“Of course, on account of the Hessians.”

William nodded. Sipped his whisky. “I’m asking because Auntie Jenny told me today that you had served as a mercenary.”

“In Flanders. Aye. That was a long time ago.”

“Was that your first time serving in an army?”

Jamie stretched out his long legs, exposing his kneecaps as the drapes of the kilt fell away, pocked with scars.

“It was. I didnae have much choice, mind you. I had escaped from the English at Fort William, in the Highlands. I was being held for murdering an officer. I hadnae murdered him, mind you, but there was no reasoning with the garrison commander. That man had had me flogged twice in the space of a week, after all.”

William’s eyes bugged at this information.

Claire emerged onto the porch, medical apron tied over her skirts. “There you are. Is now a good time?”

Jamie shifted his pewter cup to his left hand, and extended his right hand over the rail of the bench. Claire pulled up a chair so that Jamie’s four-fingered hand lay in her lap, and pulled a jar out of a pocket.

William blinked, remembering his manners, and craned his neck to see. “What’s that?”

Claire opened the jar and set it between her knees. “It’s a salve I make for Jamie, on account of the pain he still feels in his hand. Helps to loosen the tension. Especially on days like today when I know he’s been using it too much.”

“Near every bone in this hand was broken when I was no’ much older than you,” Jamie explained casually, grimacing a bit as Claire’s sure fingers kneaded the salve into the tissue. “Pained me for years. And then at Saratoga I injured it again. Both times, Claire mended me. She promised me I’d have a working hand, and I do.”

“My first real surgery, this hand was,” she murmured, massaging the palm with both thumbs.

Jamie leaned over to kiss her forehead.

William cleared his throat. “I knew that Saratoga was not your first battle.”

“But it was yours,” Jamie interjected.

William took a sip of whisky. “Yes. I – I thought I would be better prepared.”

“There’s nothing that can prepare you, lad. I was but twenty years old when I fought my first true battle. I’d done the occasional cattle raid here and there, so I thought I’d be ready.”

“I wager you weren’t.”

“No. Drilling is easy. Knowing what to do in the heat of battle, right after you see your comrades die in front of you…that’s something else entirely.”

William watched Fanny and Mandy carefully carry a stack of clean plates and pewter cups across the dooryard and back into the house. Smelled the sharp, clean tang of the ointment.

“I am ashamed to tell you this, but I do not think I acted too honorably in the first battle.”

“At Saratoga, you mean?”

William nodded, looking down at his hands. “I froze. My comrade…my friend…took a bullet right next to me. All I remember is General Fraser screaming at me, but I couldn’t hear any of the words.”

He watched Jamie’s hand slide on to his, gripping it. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of, son. It’s the hell of a shock. I’ve experienced it myself, a time or two.”

“Prestonpans. Culloden. The war with the Regulators,” Claire murmured.

William swallowed. “I recovered, of course, and led the next charge. Though now I realize it was you and your men I was fighting, and that fact makes me absolutely sick to my stomach.”

Jamie squeezed his son’s hand. “Take that feeling, lad, and multiply it by the largest number ye can think of. And then you’ll know just how I felt, when in the second battle I shot your hat right off your heid.”

William raised his mug to his lips, watching the liquid slosh as his hand shook. Feeling his body seize up with tension. “Dear God.”

His vision swam. His pulse dropped.

Steps – Mother Claire. Gently taking away his mug, and resting her hands on his shoulders. “William. It’s all right. You’re here with us now. Breathe deep.”

Jamie’s hand gripping his. “In and out, lad. Follow me.”

Claire undoing his stock, settling a hand on the clammy back of his neck. “Slowly now.”

He did not know if it was minutes or hours that Jamie and Claire surrounded him, comforted him, soothed him.

But when he did return to himself, he was crying.

“I’m sorry,” he gasped.

Jamie squeezed his shoulder, and kissed his temple. “There’s nothing to be sorry for, lad.”

“It’s called a panic attack.” Claire felt his cheeks and forehead with the back of a cool hand. “Have you had them before?”

He licked his parched lips. “Yes, but never that strong. Only when I’m truly upset.”

“I can give you some guidance on what to do, should it happen again and we’re not here to help,” she said gently. “But there’s no cure. I’m sorry to tell you that even in my time, these things happen. Perhaps even more frequently.”

William swallowed. “Have men not discovered a way to end all wars, then?”

She knelt on the porch, still holding his pulse between her fingers. “I’m afraid not. You know that Jamie’s endured several wars. I endured a war of my own, in the years right before I met him. England and France and the Americans were all on the same side of this war, if you can believe it. Fighting the Prussians, in the fields of France.”

“They called it a world war,” Jamie added. “Men fighting each other wi’out swords, but with guns, and with bombs dropped from the sky.”

“I worked in an aid station, right at the edge of the combat zone.” Claire looked at him, but her eyes were so far away. “Patched up many men not too much older than you. So, I understand.”

William swallowed. “I – I am a soldier. Being a soldier is what I’ve aspired to for my whole life. To be like my stepfather, and the men in his family.”

Jamie and Claire listened, patient.

“But I like this – being with all of you, here in the quiet. Perhaps I’m more cut out to be a farmer. I love my men, but this life here…”

“We understand, William.” Jamie reached to cup his son’s cheek, for the first time in his life, as if he were a wee lad. “And we will love you and support you no matter what you choose.”

“The Americans will win this war, will they not?”

“They will,” Claire said softly. “Of that I’m certain.”

William set his jaw. “Perhaps I should start spending a lot more time here.”

“There’s nothing we’d love more. But you have a life outside of this place, William – we cannae keep you from it.”

“Being here, with all of you, this past week – it makes me wonder whether this life here is more important. I need more time with you, Da – and with you, Mother Claire – and with Brianna and her family. I need to know who I am.”

Jamie smiled. “You already do, lad.”

[sonic-obscurity-opposition]

underneath the cut is the roster for the now-defunct sonic obscurity opposition. it contains 120 characters, along with a maybe and a probably not list taken directly from my notes when sorting through submissions. it is my hope that anyone who would have been invested in this poll reads them, and perhaps finds some appreciation for them.

PARTICIPANTS:

Saffron Bee (Archie)

Society Max (Fleetway)

Shortfuse the Cybernick (Fleetway)

Blockhead Bill (Fleetway)

Speedy (Tails Adventure)

1999 (Fleetway)

Da Bears (AoStH)

Zonic the Zone Cop (Archie)

Prefect Charyb & Prefect Scylla (Chronicles)

Humpty (AoStH)

Ifyoucan (Underground)

Grimer (Fleetway)

D-Fekt (Boom)

Ari (SatAM)

Hawk (Sonic X)

Johnny (Rush Adventure)

Mello Bee (Archie)

Has Bean (Mean Bean Machine)

Princess Alucion (Sirène)

Eric the Echidna (StH in the Fourth Dimension)

Relic the Pika (Archie)

Captain Oe (Archie)

Demo Duck (Dark Mobius Bean) (Archie)

Melody Prower (Archie)

Teri-Lu (Archie)

Iago the Echidna (Archie)

Brock the Echidna (Archie)

Dr. Quack (Archie)

Bartleby MontClair (Underground)

Pseudo Sonic (Archie)

Amadeus Prower (Archie)

Gae-Na (Archie)

Komi-Ko (Archie)

X Robot (Archie Sonic X)

Meringue the Rabbit (IDW)

Cyrus (Underground)

VerticAL and HorizontAL (Archie)

Mari-Su (Archie)

Wynmacher (Archie)

Rosie Woodchuck (Archie)

Vermin the Rat (Fleetway)

Bog Beasty (Underground)

Chomps (Underground)

Farrell (Underground)

Penelope the Hedgehog (AoStH)

Lucas (AoStH)

Filch (Fleetway)

Harpio (Fleetway)

Leaf (Fleetway)

Mello (Fleetway)

Simpson the Cat (Fleetway)

Old Sonic Clone (Fleetway)

Tufftee (Fleetway)

Lightmare (Fleetway)

Knuckles the Echidna

Cat (SatAM)

Aerial & Athena (Archie)

E-100 Lambda (Archie)

Ichneumon the White Mouse (StH and the Silicon Warriors)

Gaz and Del (Fleetway)

Mom with a Gambling Addiction NPC (Adventure 1)

Lumina Flowlight (Shuffle)

Princess Bee (Archie)

Hershey St. John (Archie)

Echo the Shark (Archie)

Cinos the Anti-Sonic (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Rob o' the Hedge (Archie)

Juanita the Chameleon (Archie)

Marta the Echidna (Archie)

Liza the Chameleon

Bivalve Clam (Archie)

Duck "Bill" Platypus (Archie)

Griff (SatAM)

Barney the Chameleon (Archie)

Katella (Aosth) - Special request to use this specific image: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/c/c8/Katellaheart.png/revision/latest?cb=20160407210139

King Peter - (StH in Robotnik's Laboratory)

Colonel Percy Granite (Fleetway)

Hobidon (Sonic X)

Rhygenta (Archie)

Molly (Sonic X)

Ron (IDW)

Arctur the Dragonkin (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Practice Robot (Fleetway)

Ash Mongoose (Archie)

Walt Wallaby (Archie)

Ebony (Fleetway)

Bimmy the Echidna (Archie)

The Narrator (LEGO Commercial)

Emperor Sleetus (Underground)

Luke Periwinkle (Underground)

Bellok (Underground)

Captain Squeegee (Underground)

Duke of Velcronia (Underground)

Mindy LaTour (Underground)

Lucinda (AoStH)

William Le Duck (AoStH)

Baby T (SatAM)

Dove (SatAM)

Nicholas O'Tyme (SatAM/Archie)

Heavy and Bomb (Knuckles' Chaotix)

Nerbs (Archie)

Lah the Ghost (Unleashed - Night of the Werehog)

Akhlut the Orca (Archie)

Karen (Stone's Ex Boss) (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Rava the Destroyer (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Nestor the Wise (Chronicles)

Radar the Echidna (Archie)

Kanewisher the Echidna (Archie)

Catweazle (Archie)

Snailbot (Sonic 2)

A.D.A.M. (Archie)

Alexis Acorn (Archie)

Megan Acorn (Archie)

Arthur Mongoose (Archie)

Avery the Bear (Archie)

Aypex (Archie)

Bagbar Beeblebrox (Archie)

Barney (Archie)

Bertha Kintobor (Archie)

Friday the Parrot (StH Adventure Gamebook 5: Theme Park Panic)

MAYBE:

Sonic the Human (Sega Hard Girls)

Thunder the Pasha (Archie) - It's not really a character is it?

The Freedom Team (Beta SatAM) - They're a whole team and also unreleased

Mecha Sonic Model No. 29 (Sonic the Fighters) - I think there was a popular youtube video about this character. Maybe Chaomix.

Galaxina (Sonic X) - May be obscure, haven't finished sonic x, but seems like she wouldn't be

Jimmy and Jilly (Fleetway) - two in one and also i'm very tired

Mr. Yuji Naka (ShtH05) - Not a character, only referenced in one voice line.

Evil Duck (SatAM) - Not real

Skull That Says "SEGA" (S3&K EU Ads) - Not really a character? We'll see.

Masado and Miwasco (Up on the Green Hill (Masado and Miwasco version)) - While they have done official work, I can't tell if this song is licensed.

Segata Sanshiro (Sonic R Ad) - Isn't a part of the world, just beats up some kids and holds up a SEGA Saturn

PROBABLY NOT:

Dave the Intern (Boom) - Popular

Tikal the Echidna (Adventure) - Extremely popular and prominent within the source material

Ian Jr. - Popular

Manic the Hedgehog (Underground) - Manic

Elias Acorn (Archie) - I haven't gotten that far in Archie but this guy is literally a king and Sally's brother

Orca - Iconic? Also an animal with no unique characteristics.

The Cow in the Triple Trouble Ad - An animal with no unique characteristics.

Dodon Pa (Team Sonic Racing) - Important Character in TSR

Santa Claus (AoStH) - That's Santa Claus

[videogame-ocs]

My DA Canon Worldstate family trees #1- The Cousland /Theirin family tree

I thought I’d share my (slightly headcanoned) family tree for my canon Worldstate, The Shattered Crown.

I plan on doing this again for my canon Hawke and inky at a later date because it was so fun making this. Anyway here’s the family tree and some explanations for some of the information:

Explanations:

In my head Bryce Cousland was younger than Eleanor by a year.

Oren can’t be more that 5 years old at the start of the game hence my headcanoned birth year of 9:25.

I headcanon Fergus to be 10 years older than my Cousland.

Maric dying in 9:38 Dragon is from the Silent Grove comic series set in biowares own canon, I treat these extended universe stuff as canon to my Worldstate but with some differences (similar to how BioWare treat canon in the games). But obviously he goes missing in 9:25 and is assumed dead, it’s actually Alistair who finds him along with Isabella and Varric (it’s a great comic series).

I couldn’t fit Eamon, Isolde, Connor and Tegan on there, but given they’re not Alistair’s biological family it doesn’t matter so much on the tree as I’m mostly looking at the direct line.

Ardal Cousland isn’t stated to be Bryce’s grandfather but going from his death defending King Vanedrin Theirin in the Battle of Lothering, we can presume he’s William Cousland’s father and therefore Bryce’s grandfather.

I forgot to add the Mac Eanraig family on there, I do have a head canon that Eleanor has at least one niece from her fathers side I mean she’s got three siblings but the Cousland children only met that side of the family once or twice and never met them on the Storm Coast due to how dangerous it can be.

Why Anora doesn’t have a updated image from DA:I unlike Alistair and Morrigan- she didn’t appear in DA:I unless you make her queen. Hence the origin image. She’s not queen in my canon because my Cousland Amelia basically was like ‘look no hard feelings and it’s not your fault but you can’t be trusted on the throne after all that’s happened with your father and you willingly trapping me in a dungeon to be killed even if you apologised for it’ and put Alistair and herself on there instead. I do have a headcanon on what happened to Anora in my Worldstate that I’ll get into at a later date (it’s not bad, because I do like Anora because she a) didn’t know the whole truth for most of the game and b) she was just doing what she needed to survive as a strong minded woman and new widow in court but I find her a bit frustrating).

Updated image note: I found out how old Anora is so I updated the image. According to Eamon’s letter to Cailan found in the royal chest in the Return to Ostagar DLC, Anora is approaching her 30th year, making her 29 when this letter was sent presumably not long before Ostagar, so she has to be at least 29 at the start of the game and 30 by the time the Landsmeet happens. Anyway this age gap actually helps explain why Anora never met my Cousland, despite attending some of Eleanor’s parties, and despite her father presumably knowing Bryce as the only other Teyrn in Ferelden, as she is 11 years older than her so Amelia wasn’t old enough to attend when Anora was attending her mothers events and Loghain canonically kept Anora at home most of the time when she was growing up anyway.

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COBRA KAI BASE ICONS : A MASTERLIST. this post will be updated as I go through other characters from the show. as usual, if you find these useful, please like but specially reblog the post. Cobra Kai is a show that began in 2018 and it's currently on production of their last season which will air likely at the end of the year.

RALPH MACCHIO AS DANIEL LARUSSO: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

WILLIAM ZABKA AS JOHNNY LAWRENCE: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

MARY MOUSER AS SAM LARUSSO: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

TANNER BUCHANAN AS ROBBY KEENE: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

XOLO MARIDUEÑA AS MIGUEL DIAZ: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

PEYTON LIST AS TORY NICHOLS : season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

RON THOMAS AS BOBBY BROWN: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

THOMAS IAN GRIFFITH AS TERRY SILVER: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

MARTIN KOVE AS JOHN KREESE : season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

COURTNEY HENGGELER AS AMANDA STEINER: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

ROBYN LIVELY AS JESSICA ANDREWS: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

YUJI OKUMOTO AS CHOZEN TOGUCHI: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

SEAN KANAN AS MIKE BARNES: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

SELAH AUSTRIA AS PIPER ELSWITH: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

HANNA KEPPLE AS MOON: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

ANNALISA COCHRANE AS YASMINE: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

ELISABETH SHUE AS ALI MILLS: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

VANESSA RUBIO AS CARMEN DIAZ: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

TAMLYN TOMITA AS KUMIKO: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

ALICIA HANNAH KIM AS KIM DA-EUN: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five |

DIORA BAIRD AS SHANNON KEENE: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

JACOB BERTRAND AS HAWK MOSKOWITZ: season one | season two | season three | season four | season five

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oie mods! qual o mwfc ocidental de vcs?

Oi! Minha mãozinha estava coçando para responder uma ask dessas.

Ameacei todas as outras estações para elas dizerem não só os ocidentais, como também os asiáticos, para aproveitar o gancho.

❄️ Eu, Winter, ia amar ver as seguintes carinhas vestindo touquinhas, casacos e com o narizinho ruim de frio:

Ocidentais: Oscar Isaac (ator), Emma Mackey (atriz), Maya Hawke (atriz), Finn Wolfhard (Ator), Bill Skarsgård (ator), Rachel Zegler (atriz e cantora), Winona Rider (atriz).

Asiáticos: Junhui (Seventeen), Irene (Red Velvet), Gene Monthana Chuthatus (atriz thai e trans), Wi Hajoon (ator), Cheng Xiao (Cosmic Girls), Lay (ex-EXO), Oh DaWoon (instagram odw_00).

🍁 Já a Autumn disse que gostaria de fazer um anjo de folhas secas e comer torta de abóbora com essa galera aqui:

Ocidentais: Anya Taylor-Joy (atriz), Victoria Pedretti (atriz), Zendaya (atriz), Lily Collins (Atriz), Lil Nas X (cantor), Ncuti Gatwa (ator).

Asiáticos: Dosie (Purple Kiss), Saerom (fromis9), Wonho (solo), Handong (Dreamcatcher), Mina (Twice), Rima (Niziu), Keeho (P1Harmony), Kai, Baekhyun, Suho (EXO), Taemin (SHINEE).

🌸 A Spring falou que colheria flores e emprestaria lencinhos para os seguintes possíveis alérgicos a pólen:

Ocidentais: Billie Eilish (cantora), Amandla Stenberg (atriz), Kit Connor (ator), Kizzy Edgell (ator e queer), Jenna Ortega (atriz), Aaron Moten (ator), Kevin Alves (ator).

Asiáticos: William Gao (ator), Mark Lee (NCT), Sung Hanbin (ZEROBASEONE), Soojin (solo), Somi (solo), Lee Daewhi (cantor), Woodz (solo).

☀️ E por último, é lógico que a Summer quer ver todo mundo da lista abaixo na praia de biquíni ou bermuda:

Ocidentais: Amandla Stenberg (atriz), Conan Gray (cantor), Chapell Roan (cantora), Elliot Page (ator), Cailee Spaeny (atriz), Oli Sykes (cantor), Ella Purnell (atriz).

Asiáticos: Vernon (Seventeen), Ahn Bohyun (ator e modelo), Park Seojoon (ator), Sunmi (solo), Risabae (youtuber), Bae Jinyoung (CIX), Jeff Satur (ator e cantor).

Ufa. Nem acredito que só precisei beliscar duas delas para liberarem os rostinhos desejados.

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Os bisnetos da Rainha Elizabeth II e do Príncipe Philip (2023)

Filhas de Peter e Autumn Phillips: - Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips (Nasc. 2010) - Isla Elizabeth Phillips (Nasc. 2012)

Filhos de William e Kate: - Príncipe George Alexander Louisde Gales (Nasc. 2013) - Princesa Charlotte Elizabeth Diana de Gales (Nasc. 2015) - Príncipe Louis Arthur Charles de Gales (Nasc. 2018)

Filhos de Zara e Mike Tindall: - Mia Grace Tindall (Nasc. 2014) - Lena Elizabeth Tindall (Nasc. 2018) - Lucas Philip Tindall (Nasc. 2021)

Filhos de Harry e Meghan: - Príncipe Archie Harrison de Sussex (Nasc. 2019) - Princesa Lilibet Diana de Sussex (Nasc. 2021)

Filho de Eugenie e Jack Brooksbank: - August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (Nasc. 2021)

Filha de Beatrice e Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: - Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi (Nasc. 2021)

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(order of groupings was selected randomly)

answers under the read more, but don't check until you've voted

cardi b, scarlett johansson, pat morita - 5'3" kevin hart, betty white, michael j. fox - 5'4" billy joel, aretha franklin, viola davis - 5'5" kendrick lamar, napoleon bonaparte, jack black - 5'6" stephen hawking, robin williams, beyonce - 5'7" salvador dali, rihanna, don cheadle - 5'8" serena williams, leonardo da vinci, jackie chan - 5'9" princess diana, zendaya, daniel craig - 5'10" taylor swift, stan lee, michelle obama - 5'11" chadwick boseman, mads mikkelsen, maya angelou - 6'0"

after voting in this poll, let me know if you got it right in the tags or in this poll

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Ashley Williams Appreciation - Background Theme

Let’s kick this Appreciation Week by @cannot-rest off with something spicy… How about Ashley being religious?

Or more specifically, we should ask what we mean when we say Ashley is religious. The way it is usually bandied about, Ashley is portrayed as your standard issue (Christian) fundamentalist evangelical or a Sister of Battle born thirty-eight millennia too soon. However, this doesn’t actually line up with her characterization. If anything, I would posit that while Ashley is a believer, she is more of a ‘Sunday churchgoer’, and even that term gives off the wrong vibe. For her, it is a personal thing rather than a belonging in a community as the Abrahamic religions usually emphasize.

Ashley’s belief is not that of someone who is performing to identify her tribal group, that must be loudly professed and those willing to join evangelized. Ashley will even explicitly refute the idea that she would want to preach in the CiC if Shepard gets in her grill about it. So, that right there tells us that she is not an evangelical who thinks that everyone needs to worship the same way… yet it also does not mean that Ashley is not religious. After all, not every faith sends out missionaries to convert the other, even among the Abrahamic religions.

So, does she overtly practice any common rites that we might identify? Well, no. In fact, if not for Ashley explicitly confirming that she believes, would we from her dialogue even be able to ascertain it? I would say “yes” because of scenes such as mentioning her belief that Kaidan has to be in Heaven and the discussion about her father being dead, but those are singular scenes. Does this invalidate her being religious? Not at all - consider people you know who are religious but you do not interact with much outside of work. Would you say they are not religious because you don’t see them doing certain actions? Or, for that matter, do you even know what those practices are?

In fact, let’s compare her to Samara as I think this makes the difference telling. Samara’s idle animation on the SR-2 is practicing mediation, she explicitly discusses the Justicar Code as it applies to her and the mission. She is unquestionably a religious squadmate, and we don’t even know if she follows the Athame Doctrine or is a siarist - or maybe believes in both?

Ashley? She does none of this, and again we don’t even know if Ashley is Christian - we only assume it because that’s our ‘default’ for vaguely monotheistic IRL religions in the Anglosphere. Here, we hit the core of where religion factors into Ashley’s character. Namely, it is a facet of her but it is not and never was her defining feature. If anything, it is a part of herself that Ashley suppresses to fit in better given that she explicitly mentions that people considered her weird for it. 

So, does this make Ashley a “bad” religious character? To that I ask what defines a “good” religious character? What must a character do to be a “good” religious character? And, perhaps, we should ask how religious a character needs to be. Look at Dragon Age, specifically the Andrastian companions. How many of them like Sera, Varric, Aveline, Alistair, or Wynne would you consider to be “bad religious characters” because it is not as important to their identity than it is for Cassandra, Sebastian, or Leliana? All those named DA characters are firmly Andrastian, yet only the latter three have it as critical to their identity as a character. And the last three don’t praise Andraste every time Henry Hawke comes to see them.

If you have been paying attention to the comparisons, you might notice that the ones that are hardcore about making their religion a part of their identity are those who are explicitly of religious vocation. Ashley is not. Given this and how rarely it comes up, how can we in good faith* say that Ashley being faithful means it has to be core to her the way it is for a Paladin in Dungeons and Dragons? *pun unintended

Does this mean that being religious is entirely unimportant to Ashley’s character and should have been left off? No, absolutely not. It actually tells us quite a bit about her - it tells us that Ashley believes in there being some order to the world, some rightness to it even if we cannot see it. “Everything happens for a reason, Shepard.” A way for Ashley to rationalize the undue hate she gets for events that happened before she was even conceived. A way to view an unfair world, to give her some element of certainty even if it cannot give her a direct hand in bettering herself. And in that, she is also humble: she explicitly denies the idea of humanity having any sort of divine destiny.

And Shepard recognizes what this points to - that for all the armor of cynicism she wears to protect herself, Ashley ultimately wants the galaxy to be a better place. So what does he do with that? He uses it to present to Ashley a different way of thinking: if the galaxy is meant to be a survival of the fittest where everyone looks out for number one, why even bother with this kind of diversity? And with that, Ashley is able to refocus the lenses she views the galaxy with and begins to comprehend that humanity can save itself by saving everyone - and to consider that the Council may also be viewing things in the same light.

It is an utterly beautiful sequence because in the end Ashley’s core motives all remain the same, but the difference it causes is profound. And even if Shepard does not romance* her and so does not put her on that path, Ashley still shifts her opinions to be more big picture rather than a narrow focus on what the Systems Alliance needed. Would it not make sense that after the experiences she finally gained in the first game, Ashley considered it herself and found a similar conclusion? Shepard can just kickstart it so it’s seen earlier, but in the end Ashely makes that leap of faith herself. *Why, Bioware, why would you lock this behind a romance?

TL;DR - Ashley is not an evangelical character, but she is a religious one. It’s just that to Ashley, religion is a very personal matter rather than one she needs to parade about to show as her tribal signifier or to win brownie points with the big G. Assuming that she has to is to reduce Ashley to a stereotype.

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Too Many WiPs in the Kitchen

Got tagged by @anderstrevelyan and @dismalzelenka  💜💜💜

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 of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

There is absolutely no way I’m posting my entire WIP list because it’s over 50.  That said, I will post my 5 most recently modified (not counting ongoing longfics) DA fics and 5 most recently modified original works, which isn’t accurate either since I recently redid my organization structure, but you work with what you can, right?

Dragon Age:

Hawke/Bela songfic

Jizzard & Goat

Bela Cat “Theft”

Post Boom Fennanders

Isabela “Don’t Trust Me”

Original fiction:

Sneaky elf pirates

AI with EI

William Everyman’s Improbable Romance

IT WAS A COLD WINDY MORNING THE DAY I DECIDED TO MAKE COLD BREW COFFEE. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY FLUFFY SOCKS FOR FIVE THOUSAND WORDS

Supernatural Cold War of Manners

Tagging @glowing-blue-feathermage @pierogipie @syrupwit @rosella-writes @plisuu @blarrghe @anatidae-dragonage @midnightprelude @highwayphantoms @squadron-of-damned

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Oiii, booklovers!

Hj vim falar sobre aqueles livrinhos q não lemos no momento certo - ou talvez simplesmente não haja um momento certo pra eles - e que deixamos juntando poeira na estante, com a esperança de q vamos ler algum dia - ou talvez nunca 🤡👍🏻

1 - Moby Dick (Herman Melville)

Nooooossa, eu tenho esse livro há vários anos e até hj não terminei de ler - da última vez parei no cap dez. Só não me livrei dele ainda pq (1) foi um presente da minha mãe e (2) a edição é incrível.

Tipo, tem ilustrações, glossário, curiosidades sobre baleias - isso eu li kkkkkk - e é capa dura, mas a história... Além da linguagem meio "velha", tem MUITA descrição. O capítulo 9 foi basicamente todinho pra descrever TODOS os tripulantes do navio. Aí fica complicado, né?

2 - Mulherzinhas (Louisa May Alcott)

As adaptações no geral já me dão um pouco de raiva, mas eu realmente não me dou bem com clássicos e romances de época - a menos q sejam filmes!

Mas enfim, não vou comentar sobre a história em si porque nem passei de dois capítulos do livro. Ao contrário de Moby Dick que já estabeleci terminar de ler como meta de vida, não tenho a mínima vontade de voltar para Mulherzinhas.

3 - A Pequena Pianista (Jane Hawking)

Eu juro que tentei. Juro mesmo.

Cheguei a ler até uma boa parte do livro, mas antes da metade - ele é bem grossinho né -, começou a ficar muito cansativo e eu, no auge dos meus 10 anos de idade, resolvi pular pro final.

É, eu não entendi nada e hoje em dia também não penso em voltar pra entender, mas ele é útil pra deixar meus outros livros em pé.

4 - O Poder dos Quietos (Susan Cain)

Eu estava amando - passa uma vibe bem Kevin Leuman e eu amo os livros dele, as coisas fazem tanto sentido, parece até que terminei de montar um quebra-cabeça kkkkk -, mas abandonei pq foi quando eu estava começando a ler e-books, então estava demorando demais.

Pretendo comprar o físico algum dia e terminar.

5 - O Diário da Princesa (Meg Cabot)

Esse é um dos inconstantes na minha lista de livros. Pelas boas memórias que tenho com os filmes de O Diário da Princesa - quem não ama??? -, penso "vou dar uma chance". Aí eu começo a ler uma amostra e lembro pq tirei da lista da última vez 🤡

No geral, achei o início infantil. A Mia está no ensino médio e o diário dela me lembra o meu com 12 anos. Sério, é idêntico, me dá vergonha alheia do mesmo jeitinho.

Outra coisa que tbm tira um pouco minha vontade de ler é o fato de ser um ✨esquema de pirâmide✨. Gente, ela conta a história dos netos da Mia???Pq pelo amor de Deus, que tanto livro é esse, parece Percy Jackson 🥲 - e todos caros, pra variar kkkkkrying

6 - Dicionário das Palavras Perdidas (Pip Williams)

Ele não me pegou em um bom momento e a protagonista ser uma criança não melhorou muito as coisas. Nada contra crianças, a história parecia até interessante, mas eu estava num fracasso literário atrás do outro, acabei deixando para lá.

Talvez volte, talvez não.

7 - Minha Vida Mora ao Lado (Huntley Fitzpatrick)

As pessoas que escrevem sinopses fazem milagres pq nossa, conseguiram fazer com que o livro parecesse bom.

No começo, foi até aceitável. Mas até os 65% do não tinha acontecido NADA de interessante - a menos que vc considere hot e um cara q vive dr0gad0 tempo inteiro como um enredo com potencial.

Eu estava esperando um plot twist, alguma coisa incrível ou sei lá. Além das ações super infantis dos personagens, a cada 10 palavras que o Tim fala, 11 são palavrões. Isso é uma coisa que eu odeio muito em livros.

Na realidade, antes da metade eu já estava querendo que acabasse. Não quero nem sonhar em saber o que mais acontece nessa tistreza.

8 - The Upside of Falling (Alex Light)

Nem só de português vive a bilíngue kkkkkkk

Brincadeirinha, resolvi ler pra treinar meu inglês mesmo, mas como eu passei um período sem celular e era um e-book, só conseguia ler no computador tarde da noite, com zero vontade de tentar traduzir.

Resumo: fui de Google Tradutor e li 30% 🤡 Não é que estava ruim, mas o momento em que resolvi ler foi péssimo. Queria mesmo era que fosse traduzido.

🖤| Vcs tem muitos abandonados? Quais?

Bjs e boas leiturassss!

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Books of 2023

Book 48 of 2023

Title: Gone Native Authors: Alan G. Cornett ISBN: 9780804116374 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, AC-47 Spooky, B-52 Stratofortress, FAC, FRA France, GER Bad Tolz, GER Flint Kaserne, GER Germany, GER Mainz, GER Munich, GER Schweinfurt, GER USA 1SG Academy - Munich, GER USA ARSOFE Army Special Operations Force Europe, JPN Okinawa, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975), KHM FANK Khmer Army / Forces Armees Nationals Khmeres (1970-1975) (Cambodian Civil War), KOR Battle of Bayonet Hill / Hill 180 (1951) (Korean War), KOR Korean War (1950-1953), KOR Naktong River, KOR Pusan, KOR ROK 9th White Horse Division, KOR ROK Republic of Korea Army, Military Police, Nungs, PHL Hukbalahap, PHL Philippines, THA Bangkok, THA Thailand, US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US CIA William Colby, US Court Martial Hearing, US MOH Medal of Honor, US USA 101st Airborne Division - 1st Brigade, US USA 101st Airborne Division - 1st Brigade - LRRP Det, US USA 101st Airborne Division - Screaming Eagles, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers, US USA 1st Cavalry Division, US USA 24th ID, US USA 25th ID, US USA 27th Infantry Regiment, US USA 27th Infantry Regiment - E Co, US USA 2nd Philippine Scouts, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327 - Tiger Force Recon, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 2/327, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 2/327 - Hawk Recon, US USA 34th Infantry Regiment, US USA 34th Infantry Regiment - K Co, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment - 2/502, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment - 2/502 - Recondos, US USA 509th Infantry Bn, US USA 58th Infantry Regiment, US USA 58th Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP), US USA 5th Army, US USA 5th Army - Inspector General, US USA 75th Rangers, US USA 75th Rangers - A Co, US USA 82nd Airborne Division - All American, US USA 8th ID, US USA 90th ID, US USA ANG Army National Guard, US USA Army Reserve, US USA Camp Frank D. 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Description: On his first combat assignment, Cornett accompanied the Vietnamese Rangers on a search-and-destroy mission near Khe Sang. There he gained entree into a culture that he would ultimately respect greatly and admire deeply. Cornett's most challenging military duty began when he joined the Phoenix Program. As part of AK squad, he dressed in enemy uniform and roamed the deadly Central Highlands, capturing high-ranking VC officers in hot firefights and ambushes. It was there, deep in enemy territory, where the smallest mistake meant sudden death, that the Vietnamese fighting men earned his utmost respect.While offering rare glimpses of an aspect of the war most of the military and media never saw, Cornett tells the full, gut-wrenching story of his Vietnam. He also gives an unsparing view of himself - telling a no-holds-barred story of an American soldier who made sacrifices far beyond the call of duty . . . a soldier who, in defiance of the U.S. government, refused to turn his back on the Vietnamese. From the Paperback edition.

Review: This is a book that is great in some places, less so in others. I was actually tempted to stop reading it part way through because of how the story ends, and there will be spoilers in this review.

This book is a lot about failure, and overcoming failure, and then more and more failure. So much failure. This is a dude who... fails. He also succeeds but where the heart of the story is, well it's in his failures. He manages to end up in the famed Green Berets as a medic and assigned to Project Delta/B-52 but is basically kicked out for being a liability. He ends up in the 101st with their brigade LRRP team where he finds his first home. For those of you who read a lot about the VN war, you'll recognize a lot of the cast of characters in this section, with a majority of the focus being on his relationship with Rey Martinez. He then bounces around a bit, a little time in Germany, some time training medical stuff at replacement centers, and eventually as an Advisor in a few different areas. Throughout all of this he falls in love, fucks up the relationships, gets into a fucked up relationship, does a lot of drugs, gets drunk a lot, gets in trouble a lot, and eventually marries a VN woman who he later drifts apart from even though staying close to his brother in law who he fought with. At one point he tries to kill his XO and is court-martialed for it, but somehow manages to serve his time and rejoin the army for a very long career - totally unheard of but true! The problem with the book is that it is uneven, which keeps it from being a 5 star book... his coverage of certain battles is super finely detailed whereas his court martial and time in jail is barely a wisp of text. He tells more about using drugs and drinking than he does talking about his role as a medic and the training. Overall a good book and fills in some more stories from the 101st and the 302nd RF Co. He does a great job with the other cast of characters, and their stories and it's worth it just for that.