#david's frog stash

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HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS YET AHAHAHA

Don't you just love it when your dead uncle's naked corpse suddenly drops by the house via the ceiling to visit for the holidays and further ruins the innocence of your already traumatized children

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[Spicy Edition] Which of the Lost Boys do you think is the most likely to…

Undress their partner using their teeth?

Have handcuffs in their bedroom (which they may or my not have actually used)?

Have sex on their motorcycle?

Want pillow talk?

Be a voyeur?

Experiment with different sexual positions?

Have sex in the weirdest places?

Have a porn magazine or nude photos stashed away?

Be dominant or have rough sex?

Go commando?

Talk dirty while doing it?

Give oral when someone is on their period?

Walk around the cave naked or sleep naked (or at least attempt it)?

Love early morning sex?

Wax or shave their privates?

Try a threesome?

Lost Boys: Most Likely To {Spicy}

1) Paul or Marko would be the most likely to undress their mate with their teeth. They love to tease everyone as much as possible in anyway they can. When it comes to Y/n however, they will do anything they have to in order to get her going and watching Paul or Marko move your panties out of the way with their fangs just enough to stab their tongue into your cunt is enough to make their mate scream and cry

2) David is probably the most likely to enjoy using handcuffs on you. Imagine him cuffing you to the side of the wheelchair while you’re on his lap so that he can use you however he wants, that is David’s dream interaction with his mate

3) Honestly, every single one of those boys will fuck you on their motorcycle and do it happily. David and Dwayne will both man handle you out of the cave just to bend you over their bike and fuck you 7 ways to Sunday, Marko will excitedly fuck you on his bike right there on the boardwalk and use his body to keep people from seeing parts of you that are for his view only, and Paul would be the one to force you to ride him while the bike is moving! While he rides with you down the boardwalk and onto the beach you’ll feel every jerk and bump of the bike as he moves inside you, not to mention the vibrations

4) Shockingly enough, Dwayne is probably the best when it comes to pillow talk. His deep, heavy voice could make you cum all by itself with the kinds of things that spill from between his lips, telling you how perfect and lovely you are, as well as how tight and warm your pussy is

When it comes to you talking to them however, David enjoys the pillow talk the most. He does talk, sometimes at least, but usually you are the one that ends up speaking to him and you know how much he loves hearing how his cock makes you feel, loves hearing you call him ‘Daddy’ or ‘Mate’ or telling him how amazing being full of his cum feels

5) All of the boys would like watching each other with their mate and then trying to out-do each other which will inevitably leave their mate laid out, exhausted, half asleep, and covered in sweat and cum

6) They all love trying new things with you but Paul would be the most enthusiastic about trying new positions! He would be obsessed with how flexible you are and he would bend you in every which direction he can think of in that moment

7) While they all drag you off in public when they need you, Marko probably finds the weirdest places for the two of you. He once fucked you in the back of a bakery ending up covering the both of you in chocolate icing and stealing a whole box of cream filled donuts before leaving, another time he lifted your skirt and fucked you in the control center of the carousel, and even once bent you over the counter in the back of the Frogs comic store

8) Paul has a whole bunch of porno magazines that he’s stolen over the years, not that he even looks at them much anymore since finding you. Dwayne however had taken to taking as many pictures of you as he could before David talked you into turning, convincing you to take quite a few half and completely nude pictures for him which he later shares with the guys after you’re turned and you can no longer have your picture taken

9) All 4 of your vampires are very dominant , they crave a submissive mate which is why you’re perfect, David and Dwayne are probably the most dominant but honestly they’re all desperate to dominate you. Even when you are on top and seem to be in charge, you never truly are

10) Paul is probably the most likely to go commando, maybe Marko once in a while to tease you, but it’s rare

11) They’re all dirty talkers, every single one of those horn dogs

12) None of the Lost Boys really care about you being on your period, you actually find it gross how much stronger you seem to smell to them and they all love it! They’re not deterred by your period when they want to fuck you in the least, Dwayne however was the first one to shock you by going down on you while you were bleeding, seeming to be more ravenous than normal and you had a hard time prying his face away from your cunt after he had made you cum 6 times! All of the boys had done it after that at some point but Dwayne seemed to almost look forward to it, wanting to enjoy the experience until you were turned and he couldn’t anymore which is why he would often spend hours with his mouth on your cunt at those times of the month (never knowing when you were going to give into David’s pestering of you to turn)

13) The boys couldn’t walk around the cave naked since Laddie was there and you insisted on a certain level of responsibility around the child, however you had them fix up one of the rooms just for him so that he could decorate it and make it his so once he was in there for the night they could do what they wanted and all of them are likely to be naked, especially when following you around after or during sex

14) David was more than often the first one of the boys to wake up and he used those moments to have you all to himself, loving on you and making sure to wake you up in the best way possible, showing you how much the grumpy leader adored you in those sweet moments

15) None of them wax or shave their privates, though Dwayne has been known to keep himself a bit more ‘neat’ with some trimming than his brothers do

16) You’re mated to 4 different vampires who love each other dearly, if you think you’re going to be lucky enough for only 2 of them to be attacking you at once then you’re dreaming girly

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The Promise - Chapter Twenty-Three

Once our relationship status was established, or rather, confirmed that the five of us were in a romantic entanglement, I found myself drawn to the four men. In the following weeks, I split my time between the familial house, where my brother and grandfather resided, and the nights filled with laughter and love with my boyfriends.

Being in a committed relationship with the four men was unlike anything I had experienced. I almost felt like I was back to being fourteen – the very last visit to Santa Carla. They felt familiar, safe, and, most importantly, like home. I’m not sure why I picked fourteen, but I can’t remember much of that last visit to Santa Carla. I can only remember that Dad was furious with Mom, screaming at her for hours when we returned home. Shortly afterward, I met Justin and started to refuse food.

During daylight hours, I spent lounging around the house. I’d either be in the paddock with the horses, helping Grandpa with grooming, or keeping the house in working order. Sam hated the horses and thought they were dirty. He wouldn’t even step foot into the stables, but I loved working with the horses.

Occasionally, Sam would whisk me away to the Boardwalk during the day, but it was a rare occurrence. He seemed to prefer the Boardwalk at dusk, when the sky was painted in hues of orange and pink, and the air was filled with the scent of sea salt. We would stay, browsing through the comics, until it was time for Mom to finish her shift. However, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease whenever we encountered the Frog brothers, the sole guardians of their parent’s comic bookstore.

I could understand their obsession with hunting vampires. From the looks of it, their parents weren’t the type to mediate their drug usage, almost always in a half-coma from whatever illicit substance they ingested. I imagined their life was uncertain, but they did not need to force their patrons into their delusional fantasies.

Every time Sam visited the comic bookstore, the next day, a new vampire comic was stashed somewhere in the house. They tried convincing my brother that Santa Carla was teeming with vampires. Once, I heard them mention that I was dating a vampire.

“Why’re you so quiet, baby?” Marko finally asked after I had barely spoken twenty words to them all night long. They feared that I was withdrawing from them, regressing in my recovery. I blinked, Marko’s voice pulling me from my inner thoughts. I bit my lip momentarily before deciding to confide in the four.

“What do you know about the Frog brothers?” I asked, fiddling with my fingers. I looked up to see Paul, David, Marko, and Dwayne exchange glances between themselves at my question.

“Why do you ask, kitten?” David finally broke the silence, turning his pale blue gaze onto me. If he hadn’t been my boyfriend and always gentle with me, that icy blue gaze would have me shrinking back in my seat.

“They’re trying to convince Sam that there are vampires here,” I sighed, spilling the beans to the four men. “I’m getting worried about him. I don’t want them to convince Sam to stake some poor, innocent person. I heard one of the brothers tell Sam I was dating a vampire.”

“You believe they would go that far, princess?” Dwayne’s deep voice rumbled from within his chest. I shrugged, uncertain about how far they would go. But the two brothers seemed fanatics, invested in the tale they told others. Sammy was halfway convinced.

“They seem pretty intense,” I finally stated after ensuring I was confident in the possible risks. “Who knows what crazy plans they are cooking up. I know that Sammy is convinced and keeps telling me to eat garlic.”

“We’ll look into it,” David promised me. I heaved a sigh of relief, feeling the heavy, oppressive air finally lift. I smiled at the four men, grateful that my boyfriend’s took my concerns seriously.

“Thank you!” I cried out, wrapping David in my arms. He stiffened initially but then became more comfortable with our embrace. The metal wheelchair David was perched on creaked under the added weight.

“We’re picking you up this Friday,” Paul finally announced, changing the subject. I raised an eyebrow as I returned to my seat on their comfortable sofa.

“How do you know that I’m available? What if I had made plans with my other boyfriends?” I teased. Paul’s blue eyes darkened as the other guys audibly growled at my statement.

“Oh yeah?” Marko’s voice was a seductive, sultry purr. Marko stood from his seat around the fountain, prowling closer like the feline he embodied. I gulped, knowing by now that Marko had some trick up his sleeve.

“Are you certain, babe?” Paul caught onto Marko’s plans. I looked over at David and Dwayne, playfully terrified.

“Uh – well,” I stammered a bit, trying to figure out how to get away from Marko and Paul. They were boxing me in on either side. Before I had a moment to figure it out, they had pounced. I shrieked in forced laughter as their skillful hands started to tickle my vulnerable spots. “Help me!”

David just leaned back in his wheelchair, lighting a cigarette. Dwayne shook his head, smiling as he returned his attention to the book in hand. Paul and Marko let out mock evil laughs, throwing their heads back as I begged for mercy.

“Alright,” Paul finally said, taking pity on my state. “Admit Marko and I are the handsomest of the bunch.”

“Mar-mar-mark- ko and P-p-pa-ul are the h-h-an-han-handsome-est!” I gasped between my laughter and hiccups. Their hands retreated, and I took a deep breath before finishing the statement. “Along with David and Dwayne!”

I rushed to hide behind Dwayne’s large frame as Marko and Paul whirled around, surprised at being tricked. Dwayne chuckled in amusement but shielded me from the mischievous blonde’s evil hands. David finished his cigarette before he finally declared the tickling session to be over.

“Let’s get you home, kitten,” David said, standing to his full height, stomping the cigarette out beneath his biker boots. We left their Cave and went up the steep ladder. Finally, we reached their motorcycles, and I decided to ride with Paul tonight.

Once we reached my house, the guys cut their engines. The door opened as we said our goodbyes, a mixture of kisses and whispered words. Grandpa came out onto the porch, pointedly looking at the four figures. With one last kiss each, they told me I could wear casual clothing for our date tomorrow.

“Night!” They called out, waving to Grandpa who begrudgingly told them night as well.

“Admit it,” I said to Grandpa Emerson, who ushered me into the warm house. “You like them.”

“If I didn’t, I’d have shot them,” Grandpa growled before bidding me a good night.

Chapter Twenty-Four

[david-powers-simp]

What I think the lost boys smell like.

Hi peeps, Im just getting more and more chaotic with the headcancons I write but oh well. I hope you guys like this dumpster fire.

So to start off i do not think the boys smell as bad as the frog bothers made it seem, the frog bros are just a tad dramatic. Of course the boys are technically the "undead" but I don't think they smell like a sack of rotting flesh, how on earth would they ever manage to go out to the boardwalk if they smelt that bad? They wouldn't be able to, that being said they definitely don't smell like a rose bush, but they don't smell dead either so let's get into what they do actually smell like.

Paul

This man has a lot of different scents going on here. First and foremost its important to know paul almost always has snacks in his pockets, like he has oreos, chips, honeybuns, fortune cookies. The whole 9 yards, Paul keeps a good stash of snacks on him at all times. That being said he probably has a bit of a sweet undertone smell, not over powering or strong but very subtle. I think he smells like hair spray as well, like getting his hair that fluffy he 100% uses hair spray. There also was the one scene in tlb that paul was smoking, what im assuming is just a regular cigarette but it could might be w33d so there is that smell also, because you just never know with paul. I do think he would smell of cologne too. Maybe a little motorcycle feums as well.

Marko

Marko my sweet lil gremlin, he has this pine, woodsy smell to him. I don't make the rules I just inforce them and this man smells like a pine forest. But here me out marko has a slight smell of pennies to him too, he smells like this mainly because he has like a ton of change on him at all times honestly. Like my mans has his pockets full of change because you never know when you might need it. Oh but hold your horses there's more. Marko has a guilty pleasure of drinking energy drinks every though he may be a vampire and the energy drink does absolutely nothing he just likes the taste of it. His favorite is jolt cola, which is essentially a Coca-Cola energy drink. We also all know marko is a lil clumsy boi because he's energetic ( which i am too so no judging from me) so in turn he spills his drink a lot, getting it on him. That means he acquires the smell of carmel, and a hint of vanilla. Now this is very specific but it just sits right with me, Marko wears the cologne cool water by davidoff,the top notes are mint, sea water and rosemary. To me that just screams marko.

Dwayne

This man lord have mercy ok, dwayne predominantly smells like lavender and here is why. Dwayne likes to pick the lavender thats right outside the cave, i like to think he'd have this natural good earthy smell to him and he seems like he'd smell so calming.  dwyane also likes to put the lavender in a little vase since he finds them pretty and they smell really good too. He sometimes carrys some lavender in his pockets. Dwayne just loves plants and flowers because he like the idea of life and living things, so naturally he likes to carry them with him. ~ and sometimes he gives the lavender flowers out to girls he finds pretty~ . He also very much enjoys himself a cup of tea, he has a tea stash he keeps in an old cigar box tucked away in his room. his favorites are earl grey, gunpowder and chai he can appreciate the different flavors of each tea. Dwayne really likes to add cinnamon to his tea to add a little flavor and spice. I truly feel in my bones he would smell like cedar too like just a nice comforting and calming scent would engulf you when ever you were near him.

David

Oh the loml, there is a lot too unpack here. Ofc davie boy smokes so your gonna smell that on him, im thinking specifically marlboro reds just because that was a very popular cigarette back in the 80s and I 100% believe david would steal cigarettes off surf nazis. Just the facts, david would also smell like mint. This maybe because whenever david isn't smoking he is chewing gum or maybe its because david has a cologne that has a mint undertone. Hes never gonna let you know which is the reason. Another scent you'll smell on him is leather this man wears at least one piece of leather at all times. Whether its his leather pants or his jacket, he has something leather on.naturally that scent rubs off on him. Oh and whiskey or bourbon david smells like whiskey or bourbon.I think the best way to describe the way david smells is at first he has a bold almost chilling smell but then there's a slightly warmer dare I say comforting scent. With oaky, smoky notes. Oh and he'd smell like hair gel we all know a fine mullet like David's doesn't look that good on its own oh no a good amount of hair gel goes into that bad boy.

Well I hope you enjoyed that peeps i will be back soon to whip out another lil fic for you guys so stay tooned

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THEY’RE SO UGLY I LOVE THEM

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It’s Just a Movie: Part 4 (Poly!Lost Boys x Fem!Reader)

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Warnings: Cursing

Word Count: 1806

"Do any of you have some change I can borrow?" You called, and you cursed yourself once again when you watched how they snickered. Talk about helpless. You swore that if you had seen yourself on the screen, you would've said that you were a mercy killing. Losing your friends, getting a ride from strange boys, hanging out with those strange boys, and not even having enough change for a payphone? God, you could already imagine how they'd drag you in the forums. You were threatening Michael level stupid. You watched as Marko was quick to climb off his bike, and how he jogged over.

He stopped in front of the booth, a small smile on his face as he leaned against the side of the door and held out a couple of quarters. Before you could reach for the change, Marko pulled his hand back. He had a glint in his eye, and, for a moment, you almost thought that this was it. Public be damned. You did your best to not remind yourself of the security guard. It wasn't that late. They wouldn't do anything out in the open like this, would they? You were half-way to a panic attack when he said,

"Here." He grinned and dropped the quarters into your hand. You watched as he stuck his hands in his pockets instead, still parked in his spot leaning in the open spot of the phone booth. You had to quickly calm yourself down, and you muttered something along the lines of a thank you. When you went to turn, he asked, "Need me to stick around? Show you how to put the coins in the slot?" He offered, clearly teasing you. You knew you probably seemed like an absolute lost cause at this point, but you rolled your eyes and quipped,

"What, so you can eavesdrop?" Your voice was teasing, and you watched the way it made him smile. You always thought it was interesting how a boy with such an angel-like face could have such a devilish smile. He shrugged, pulling his hand out of his pocket so he could put it in-between his teeth instead. He said a small, teasing,

"Maybe." Before he was pushing himself off the booth and walking away. You watched him as he walked back towards the bikes, and closed the door the rest of the way. You had a feeling that the boys could probably eavesdrop from their bikes, and Marko wouldn't need to stick around to hear what you were going to say. With the change in one hand and reaching for the phone with the other, you tried to mentally prep yourself for whatever was going to happen. When you gripped the plastic, you took a small breath. You still had your plan, no matter how much of it had gotten screwed up already. But, there was one part of it you weren't excited about. With your front still to the boys, you took your phone out of you back pocket. You tried to be sneaky, maneuvering your body so they couldn't see the little device and opening up the phone book stashed inside so it would seem you were staring at that instead. You thanked the heavens when you opened your phone and saw that you still had half a charge left, and quickly lowered your brightness to seem less suspicious. You went to your contacts, tapping the contacts of your friends so you could find their number. It was a quick decision as to who you would call, as you had to make sure that they would pick up. You only had two chances here. When you had it in front of you, you pushed one of the coins into the slot and dialed their number.

You waited with bated breath as the phone began to ring. Once, twice, three times, and then-

"Hello?" Your heart sank. On the other end was not the voice of your friend. Disappointment filled your mind, and you cursed yourself for even getting your hopes up. You were alone. Your friends had not come to whatever this was with you, and there was no way to contact them. Apparently, payphones couldn't go through dimensions, or whatever this was. You mumbled a quick,

"Sorry, wrong number." And quickly hung up the phone. You only had one quarter left, and no plan now. You couldn't call your friends, so you guessed it'd be a waste of a quarter to try to call your parents. But, still, you couldn't just walk out without making an attempt, especially when you figured the boys would be listening. It would only make you look suspicious. You looked down at the phonebook in your hands, considering flipping it to E or even F. But you didn't want to get the boys, or grandpa Emerson and the Frogs, killed. You just wanted to go home, and avoid getting killed yourself. You stared down at the phonebook, realizing just how bleak your situation was. It wasn't like you had a place to stay that night, and you weren't exactly overflowing with cash. You didn't have a car, anyone you knew, and you couldn't call anyone that you did know. When you looked back at the boys, it dawned on you what you had to do. It was risky, but it was your only choice. You were going to have to tell them the truth. But you couldn't do it here. At least, not without sounding absolutely crazy to everyone passing you and potentially outing them. So, you were also going to have to go back to the cave with them. You sighed.

By the time you walked back to the boys' bikes, you had come up with the excuse that you'd called the wrong number for your friends and had realized your parents weren't in the phonebook. And that you didn't have your home phone number memorized yet. It was a believable excuse, and you hoped it wasn't too suspicious. But, the way David looked at you over his second cigarette of the night gave you little to go off of. If anything, you were sure you were making yourself out to look like the easiest target in the entire world. The only thing you could do was blame it on a bad memory. You passed Marko back his quarter, and Paul commented with,

"That sucks, doll-face, but I know how that is." Before you went to approach Dwayne's bike. After assuring them that you wouldn't end up in too much trouble for not calling, the boys saw no reason to delay. Well, except David. He stomped out cigarette, and motioned behind him.

"Why don't you ride with me, y/n?" But it hardly sounded like a request. You looked at him, and then at Dwayne. While Dwayne was definitely your preference for driving out of the four, you didn't really think you had much of a choice. If this night was going to end well for you, there was one thing you had to do for sure. Listen to David. Even if you already knew exactly what to expect from this ride, you still climbed on behind him and went to wrap your arms around his waist.

"Please, go slow." You said as you sat down, only earning a laugh from the blonde in front of you, and the boys next to you. Realizing your fate, you buried your face into his shoulder. The second you did, he was speeding off and leading the pack. You couldn't have been surprised when he turned, and then headed down the stairs. But, still, you gripped onto him for dear life as you traded concrete and wood for sand. You weaved in and out of bonfires, the blonde duo weaving in front of you or sticking close to your sides. They laughed, hooting and hollering all around you. You laughed along, but your grip never loosened on Davids jacket. You couldn't help but shriek when you went under the boardwalk, silently praying that David knew what he was doing as you went around the poles supporting it. The twists and turns of the dark woods had you holding onto him so tight that your knuckles were turning white, and you felt your stomach drop when the five of you left the woods behind. You knew where you were heading now, even if the fog hid it. You could hear the waves crashing below, and you saw the light from the lighthouse up ahead. You waited for David to slow down, but he never did. Instead, he came to screeching and sudden stop, and you knocked into him from the force of it. You looked down, even if you knew that you shouldn't have, and your head swam when you saw the waves below. "Oh my god." You said breathlessly, and you quickly turned your head away so you wouldn't make yourself dizzy. You scrambled off his bike, with Paul and Marko catching you before you could trip.

"Fun, huh?" David asked, and you fought the urge to send him a glare. You'd almost forgotten that David could be a real dick sometimes. The saving grace of the trip was the cave. Paul helped you down the rocks leading into it, jumping down with you and leaving you to get himself the boombox, before setting it up on the fountain. Dwayne went around, lighting the barrels so you could actually see where you were. You took a moment to admire your surroundings. The fountain and walls, though broken, were still beautiful. The shells and things they had hung from the ceiling stole your attention, before you began looking at all the graffiti they had littered the walls with. You would’ve wondered how’d they’d managed to reach certain areas if you didn’t already know. David began his spiel, and you had to stop yourself from saying it with him. Though, you couldn't stop yourself from finishing it for him and stealing his line.

"So now it's yours?" You asked, and you heard the way Marko snickered while he played with his pigeons. You weren't surprised to see out of the corner of your eye that Paul was strutting around the fountain, before pausing to take a joint out of his coat. You fought the urge to smile as you stared at the bleached blonde, and, after a moment of surprise, he sent you one instead.

"Exactly." He said, reaching out to lay a hand on your arm. Then, Paul delivered what was probably your favorite line of his from the movie. You looked away from David as he said it, missing the way David was staring at you. You couldn’t help the grin on your face as he said,

“So, check it out, y/n!” And lit the joint in his hands.

[bellamer]

The Lost Boys OC

Her name is Lenora and she's a witch who is centuries old, but looks younger than she is. She made a deal with Max, that if he and the boys happen to be killed, Thorn will find her and lead her to their remains and resurrect them, in exchange for him providing her with vampire blood to make youth potions. Lucy's father burned whatever remained of Max and The Boys, so Thorn led her to their ashes. It was difficult to resurrect Marko, but she found some of his DNA (loose hair or whatever she could find that had his DNA on it) in their old hideout and resurrected them but with a catch. They were all resurrected as humans since Lenora ran out of vampire blood when the boys died and were stuck until Max could find a bottle of his blood that he hid away, turning them back into vampires, so they could get revenge on the Emerson family and the Frog Brothers.

While Max finds the bottle, the boys navigate Santa Carla now as humans with Lenora's help and ultimately hate it. They feel so powerless. They hate having heartbeats, they hate actually having to manually breathe, they hate being so weak and their bodies are so sensitive. Paul actually yelled and whimpered in pain after getting a splinter and Marko practically cries when he stubs his toe. The only good thing about it is being able to feel the warm sun on their skin.

It doesn't take long for The Frog Brothers to spot them wandering around the boardwalk. The panicked Edgar and Allen quickly rush to the Emersons and tell them that the vampires are back, which Sam and Michael don't believe at first. They died. They killed them themselves. They wave the brothers off, until one night, while out with Star, Michael sees a familiar face. He sees David, walking and talking with Lenora. They briefly meet eyes. Michael at first thinks it's a coincidence and thinks it's just some guy who looks like David, until he sees Dwayne, Paul and Marko approach David and Lenora as well. Michael approaches them, grabbing David by the shirt, yelling at him, asking him how he's back when he killed him himself. Lenora pushes Michael back, telling him to back off, as David plays dumb, pretending that he doesn't know Michael and that he must be some strung out junkie, further angering Michael as the boys and Lenora walk away.

Michael returns and tells Sam and The Frog Brothers that the boys are back and that they had a girl with them. Suspecting that Lenora is a vampire, they spy on her when she's out, seeing that she comes outside with only a parasol or a sun hat. While she's on the boardwalk, reading, they snatch her sun hat from her, expecting her to burn up, instead, she's only annoyed and chases them, snatching her sun hat back, while commenting on how rude the youth of Santa Carla are which leaves them puzzled.

The Emersons and The Frog Brothers turn to comic books to figure out what could've brought the boys back and how Lenora is connected.

Meanwhile, the boys are staying in a house that Lenora purchased in Santa Carla, absolutely hating being human and desperately wishing that Max finds the bottle fast. The boys decide to hole themselves in the house until there's a knock at the door and surprise surprise, it's The Emersons and The Frog Brothers. They figured out that Lenora was a witch and resurrected the boys and Max, after reading a comic book about how Vampires will sometimes make deals with witches. Edgar and Allen try to force their way into the house but Lenora casts a spell on them that freezes them in place. Michael and Sam yell at her to undo the spell. She says that if they ever step foot on her property and try to hurt her boys again, she'll turn them into rats, before slamming the door, giving the Frog brothers the ability to move again. They try to figure put how to take down Lenora in order to get to the boys, while Lenora rushes Max to find the bottle he stashed away, while also protecting the boys for as long as she can.

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it's okay i forgive you 💀😭

[aion-rsa]

Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire: Will the Books Have a Different Ending Than the TV Show?

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What does George RR Martin have in store for the literary fate of Westeros with the conclusion to A Song Of Ice And Fire? Spoilers!

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This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

This article contains major spoilers for all seasons of Game Of Thrones.

We finally have an end to Game Of Thrones, but not everyone is happy with the way things turned out. Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have come under a lot of fire from unhappy fans, but we know that George RR Martin shared the overall plan for the book series with them long ago. Will there be any significant differences in how things play out in the book series A Song Of Ice And Fire?

George RR Martin himself has actually answered this question on his blog, and the answer is "Yes. And no. And yes. And no." As Martin points out, books and television are different media, and they have different requirements. He also lists a number of characters who never even appeared in the TV show but whose fate we will learn in the books: Jeyne Poole, Lady Stoneheart, Penny and her pig, Skahaz Shavepate, Arianne Martell, Darkstar, Victarion Greyjoy, Ser Garlan the Gallant, Aegon VI, "and many more."

But it’s the fate of the major characters that fans are really interested in at this point. And while we know that at least some of them are heading towards the same fate in the books, we are also fairly sure at least some of them will be going somewhere slightly different – here’s who and why.

Major differences

We have one main reason for suggesting that the story in the books will work out differently in most of these cases: prophecies. A Song Of Ice And Fire is absolutely chock-full of prophecies, many of which never made it into the TV series.

There has, so far, been one notable example of a prophecy that was not fulfilled (relating to Dany’s son Rhaego), and George RR Martin has suggested that prophecies cannot be trusted, so no guesses based on prophecy are entirely certain. Several characters in-universe have commented on how unreliable they are, and even Melisandre suggests that although what she sees in the fire is never exactly wrong, she may mis-interpret it.

read more: Game of Thrones Season 8 Spinoff Sequel Possibilities

However, we have to assume, in the grand tradition of fantasy literature, that most of them are going to be fulfilled at some point of the story – it simply does not make a satisfying story to provide numerous prophecies that are given lots of attention, and then fail to follow through on any of them. The interpretation may turn out to be quite different from what the prophecy initially seemed to suggest, but the fires will turn out to be correct in their own special way in the end.

The fate of Cersei Lannister and her children

The prophecy given to Cersei by Maggy the Frog is longer and more detailed in the books than in the show. She will be Queen; she will have three children and the King will have sixteen; their crowns and shrouds will be gold (i.e. all three will be monarchs, and all three will die before her); after their deaths a younger and more beautiful Queen will take Cersei’s place, and eventually, “the valonquar” (younger brother or younger sibling) will strangle her to death.

Most of this prophecy is more or less covered in the TV show. Myrcella never becomes a Queen in the series, whereas the books have her at the centre of a Martell plot to put her on the throne, and since Jaime doesn’t go to Dorne in the books and Arianne Martell is a significant character, her death will probably play out differently. But Cersei’s sons both became kings, all three of her children died before her, and she was supplanted by a younger and more beautiful Queen (first Margaery, then Daenerys).

Cersei’s death, however, will play out quite differently if this prophecy is accurate.

The identity of the "valonquar" has been hotly debated among book fans for years, but whoever it is (prime candidates include Jaime, Tyrion, Arya or Sandor Clegane), it seems safe to say she won’t be killed by falling rocks, wrapped in Jaime’s arms. Unless he mercy kills her in the middle of the destruction of the Red Keep. But we suspect not.

Jaime abandoning Brienne for Cersei, and his death

In A Storm Of Swords, when Jaime is being escorted away from Harrenhal leaving Brienne behind, he falls asleep against a weirwood tree (that’s the ones with the creepy faces that are central to Bran’s visions) and has a weird and very long and complicated dream. He dreams about himself and Brienne being in a dark place full of water underneath the Lannister stronghold of Casterly Rock. He sees his father, Joffrey, a bunch of other blonde Lannisters and, most importantly, Cersei. They all leave him – which suggests, since Joffrey and Tywin both die long before Jaime and Cersei, that Cersei will die before Jaime does.

In the dream, Jaime and Brienne both have burning swords, and Cersei tells Jaime that when the flames go out, he will die. They are then approached by the ghosts of the late King Aerys’ Kingsguard and Rhaegar Targaryen (clothed in snow, suggesting this might in reality be Jon Snow and his men), who go to attack them and the flames on Jaime’s sword go out – and he wakes up. It is this dream that prompts Jaime to insist on going back to Harrenhal to rescue Brienne from a bear.

It doesn’t take much of a dream interpreter to work out that last bit. If Martin sticks to this prophecy – and weirdwood tree dreams are usually the more reliable prophecies in the world of Westeros – Jaime will die fighting back to back with Brienne (who will, hopefully, survive). In the dream he wants to follow Cersei, and metaphorically he may consider death to be "following her" assuming she is already dead, but he won’t leave Brienne for her, and he won’t die with her.

Ghost and Nymeria

At the beginning of the series, the Starks adopted six direwolves. Two are dead in both books and show (Lady and Grey Wind). Two died in the show but are still alive in the books, so whether they have anything important to do remains to be seen (Summer and Shaggydog). But two were never killed off in the show, no matter how little we saw them because all the VFX budget had been blown on the dragons – Ghost and Nymeria.

In the books, Bran is not the only warg in the Stark family, as both Jon and Arya have shared dreams with their direwolves. We think it’s safe to assume that Ghost (who may or may not hold on to Jon’s soul until Melisandre can resurrect him) and Nymeria (running wild in Westeros as head of a wolf pack, and presumably a useful ally against the army of the dead) will have bigger roles to play in how things go down in the book version of this story.

Arya’s assassination skills

As many, many memes have pointed out, Arya spent years learning a neat set of assassins’ skills, including the ability to swap faces, only to use them once (on the Freys) and then never again.

read more: Game of Thrones Season 8 - What Happens to Arya?

The Freys have already been nearly wiped out in the books, mostly under the orders of Lady Stoneheart, with the detail about serving some of them in pies provided by a (very) minor character called Wyman Manderly. Arya, meanwhile, is still in training and has not changed faces at all yet. We assume that her arc concerning almost abandoning her identity, but then reclaiming it (having stashed away Needle instead of getting rid of it) will play out in a similar way, and it’s unclear whether she will go so far as to gain the ability to swap faces. But however her time at the House of Black and White ends, we suspect that the skills of an assassin that she has learned will have a bigger role to play in the conclusion of the books.

Arya killing the Night King

There is one other source we can draw on for working out what may have been Benioff and Weiss’s invention – their own statements. In "Inside the Episode" following Season 8, Episode 3, Benioff talked about the choice to have Arya kill the Night King, which suggests that this was their choice, not something laid out for them by George RR Martin. Protecting Arya so that she could kill the Night King also turns out to have been Ser Beric Dondarrion’s destiny – but Book Beric long ago gave up his extra lives to resurrect Lady Stoneheart, so we know that will play out differently as well.

Considering the Night King will likely be killed, as in the show, in battle, this is not especially surprising. Arya is an assassin, not a soldier, and is more likely to kill Cersei or some of non-TV characters. As for who will kill the Night King – well, Jon Snow still seems the most likely candidate, but perhaps Martin will spring another surprise on us at the last minute.

The Night King being killed before Cersei and Daenerys

We suspect, if the book’s prophecies are to be fulfilled, that the books will deal with the human storyline first, and then turn to the defeat of the Night King. Jaime’s vision suggests that he and Brienne will end up fighting zombies in Casterly Rock, many thousands of miles south of Winterfell. But there are other prophecies that suggest that some things that play out in the same way may have a different meaning, and therefore result in a different order of events, in the book version...

Things that will probably work out roughly the same

Jon Snow’s resurrection

All the pieces are in place – Melisandre is at the Wall, and Ghost is nearby for Jon to warg in to and preserve his soul (so he doesn’t end up cold and detached like Lady Stoneheart). There’s no reason to think this will be significantly different in the books.

The burning of Shireen Baratheon

Most of the really horrible stuff that happens on Game of Thrones has its roots in the books. Theon’s mutilation happens off page, but it happens; Ramsey’s abuse is inflicted on a different wife, but it is no less horrible for happening to Jeyne Poole instead of Sansa Stark. The Red Wedding, Ned’s execution, Oberyn Martell having his head popped – none of these are inventions of David Benioff or DB Weiss. The burning at the stake of a young child who is also one of the most likeable characters in the series is the moment Stannis crosses the line and becomes irredeemable – and it’s almost certainly Martin’s idea. It may play out differently – perhaps Stannis himself will be at the forefront, if Melisandre has switched allegiance to Jon Snow, and perhaps this will turn even loyal Davos Seaworth against him – but we suspect it will happen.

Jon and Dany’s love affair

The series is called A Song Of Ice And Fire after all – that would suggest a saga that is ultimately about Jon Snow (Ice) and Daenerys Targaryen (Fire). It is prophesied (at the House of the Undying) that Daenerys will ‘ride’ three ‘mounts’, ‘one to bed and one to dread and one to love’. If we want to be a bit gutter-minded in how we interpret that, this could refer to three lovers – Khal Drogo (to bed), Daario Naharis (to dread, for reasons as yet unknown relating to book plot developments) and Jon Snow (to love). Their romantic entanglement provides a sense of epic tragedy as the series draws to its close, because something else that will also probably work out much the same is...

Daenerys’ descent into madness and murder by Jon

Melisandre frequently conflates a prophecy about The Prince That Was Promised with the resurrection of a mythological/historical character called Azor Ahai. Azor Ahai defeated the forces of darkness before, but only by forging a special flaming magic sword called Lightbringer. His method? Plunge the hot metal into his wife Nisssa Nissa’s heart so that her soul becomes part of the sword. Melisandre used to think Stannis Baratheon was Azor Ahai reborn (other parts of the prophecy referred to a bleeding comet and being born among smoke and salt, which could refer to any number of people, including Dany, Jon Snow and Stannis) but she seems to be leaning towards Jon Snow more recently.

If Jon Snow is indeed Azor Ahai reborn, then a sequence of events that essentially replays his story might play out. It’s possible that Daenerys goes mad, and Jon decides he must kill her, but in doing so, he creates a new Lightbringer merged with her soul. This is why we think the order of events may be different – Jon, the new Azor Ahai, can then move on to defeat the Night King using the new Lightbringer.

Of course, it’s possible that this prophecy will not play out the way we expect it to, or may not even happen at all. It’s possible that someone really unexpected will turn out to be Azor Ahai – Jaime Lannister is one of the hot tips to murder his lover/sister Cersei, was born by the sea and dreams of fighting with a flaming sword, so it could even be him. Or this may be a prophecy that is never fulfilled at all, and another way of defeating the Night King is found.

We still think Jon and Dany’s story will turn out roughly the same, though. Daenerys receives many, many prophecies relating to herself throughout the series, including one that she will know ‘three treasons – once for blood and once for gold and once for love’. We’ve seen blood (Mirri Maz Duur) and gold (Ser Jorah) which just leaves Jon to betray her for love, possibly his love of his people, or (if things play out in a similar way to the show) of his sisters. Or perhaps the events of the story will be the same, but the meaning again different – perhaps Dany, sensing herself starting to turn to the dark side, will volunteer to play the role of Nissa Nissa, to save Westeros from both the Night King and herself.

Things that could go either way

The wholescale destruction of King’s Landing

We are fairly confident that Dany will descend into madness, but whether she will actually succeed in reducing King’s Landing to rubble is another issue. Jaime killed Aerys just before he was able to do the same, and it’s rather frustrating to see all that effort go to waste when it turns out that fate was only put off by a few years. It may be that in the book version, Daenerys is about to destroy King’s Landing when she is stopped – but this was changed for the television show because actually seeing the destruction makes better television.

Another of the Undying’s poetic prophecies to Dany is that she will ‘light’ three fires – one for life (the birth of the dragons from Khal Drogo’s funeral pyre), one for death and one to love. It’s possible that the fire for death will be the destruction of King’s Landing – or perhaps Cersei won’t destroy the Sept of Baelor, but Daenerys will, thus sparing most of the population but still making a pretty big mess and coming across as a major over-reaction. That might leave the fire ‘to love’ as her soul being absorbed into Jon’s sword and becoming Lightbringer, the flaming sword born of their love, perhaps even willingly.

Who becomes King or Queen of the North and/or the Six/Seven Kingdoms

You’d assume that this fairly major point would be the same, and it may well be so. Bran is the first point of view character in the first book, following the prologue (whose point of view character immediately dies) and, like Jon, is a typical fantasy hero, a noble boy who overcomes physical disability with magical powers.

There is a really obscure possible alternative to Bran that may have seemed insufficiently dramatic for the TV series. In the books, Margaery and Loras Tyrell have an older brother called Willas, who is the heir to Highgarden and who is studious and physically disabled, with a bad leg. (Bronn will not end up Lord of Highgarden in the books – he has his castle and noble bride already).

read more: How Bran Stark Played Us All

Just as the Starks and Lannisters are loosely inspired by the historical British Houses of York and Lancaster, the Tyrells’ closest historical analogue is the Tudors – the House that eventually emerged triumphant from the Wars of the Roses when Lancastrian Henry Tudor defeated Richard of York in battle and married Elizabeth of York to ally the two sides and put an end to the wars. Willas was adapted out of the TV series, and it may be that the showrunners felt it would be more satisfying to put a character we have been following from the beginning on the throne – but making that character Bran, also physically disabled and unable to walk, is a nod to the originally intended Willas.

The spanner in the works here is Sansa Stark. A few years ago, publisher Harper Collins made public some of Martin’s early plans for the series, which were in some ways very different to the story he ended up writing (Arya Stark and Jon Snow as star-crossed lovers was a major change). Sansa was one of the characters who seemed to have changed the most from her initial outline, as she was initially intended to betray her Stark family for her husband Joffrey and their children. Her story is also substantially different to that of the her TV counterpart, as the television version merged her with the minor character Jeyne Poole, who in the books is claimed to be Arya and forcibly married to Ramsey Bolton.

read more: Sansa Stark as Queen in the North has Historic Roots

Whereas the characters of Arya, Jon, Bran, Tyrion and Daenerys (Martin’s original five who would make it all the way to the end) have largely retained their basic nature even as the plot has changed, Sansa is a wild card – different in the TV series, different in the original plan, and the character that has probably changed the most over the course of the books published so far as well. What that means is that it’s impossible to guess what Martin’s plans for her are now. Will she ultimately be the ‘younger and more beautiful’ Queen who takes Cersei’s place? Will she fight for an independent North, as in the TV show? Will she go a different direction entirely, leaving Bran as King? Will she even find happiness in a Lannister marriage after all, re-marrying Tyrion to unite Houses Stark and Lannister, leaving the two of them to reign? Will she be married to Willas Tyrell, to fulfil the same role as a fictionalised Elizabeth of York and Henry Tudor?

Honestly, we have no idea!

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Juliette Harrisson

Jun 11, 2019

Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire

George R.R. Martin

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Feature: In Memoriam: Matt Shoemaker

Matthew Thomas Shoemaker, the Seattle-based experimental musician, died in August of this year. Unfortunately, Shoemaker’s time on this earth was cut short, but he leaves behind an impressive body of work by which he will be survived by friends and fans. Shoemaker split his artistic time between music and painting, where over the course of nearly 20 years he created hundreds of visual pieces and released eleven albums and two EPs. Shoemaker’s Instagram page is something to behold, showcasing an array of grotesque and beautiful artworks; the most exquisite of corpses at the mercy of a singular surrealist vision. And he was only getting better! A personal favourite of mine is not even a painting but an experiment in macro photography. Using only olive oil, water, food coloring, and salt on glass, Shoemaker captured a remarkable image that looks like a scene from some deep recess of the universe (It’s untitled, but I’ve come to think of it as “the fish head nebula”). Untitled macro photography experiment From an email interview I did with him back in March of 2010, and from online statements his friends have made about him since his passing, it’s become clear just how diverse and deep seeded Shoemaker’s passions were. Film was one of his main interests, and for a while he worked at Video Isle, a humble video store in Fremont, Seattle. In multiple statements, friends reminisced over hanging out with him there, and of “Matt’s Picks” being the ones to really watch for. One of my interview questions was about his love for avant-garde cinema, to which he was proud to say he had both a low and high brow, following up with a list of “a few favorites” that must have been something like 50 titles. I imagine him picking these off the top of his head, but years later here I am still referencing that list when movie night rolls around. Beyond film, Shoemaker was a seasoned traveler, spending significant time in Indonesia. It was here that his love of Gamelan and traditional Southeast Asian music blossomed. He had a knack for curation, investing his time in documenting selections of music from places like Java, Bali, and Thailand on his blog, Brain Goreng. As a contributing member of Gamelan Pacifica — an American ensemble that have been active since 1980 — Shoemaker continued to keep his love for music alive wherever he went. Shoemaker had a lot of passions, but they all informed one another. This is perhaps most evident in the music he produced, which was greatly shaped by his time abroad, his love of cinema, and his visual mind. Describing Shoemaker’s music has always been difficult, as anyone who is familiar with it will attest to its deep complexity and mystifying provenance — review any of his albums and you’ll quickly be at a loss for qualifiers. One thing that can be said for certain is that his work perhaps best exemplifies the no-pussyfooting tactic. His uncompromising vision left no wiggle room for casual tourism. Approach a Shoemaker work half-heartedly and you will be subsumed by it; its shear mass will swallow you whole. --- Initially, Shoemaker was interested in releasing music on Anomalous Records after befriending label head Eric Lanzillotta, but he ended up finding a home for his first two albums, Groundless (2000) and Warung Elusion (2002), on Trente Oiseaux. This early work still sounds like Shoemaker in his element, both providing a microcosmic window into what would later become his bread and butter: a minimalist’s fusing of analogue synthesis with field recording. On these initial albums, however, silence played just as important a role. Progressively his music became more to the point, but in terms of what best typified Shoemaker’s understanding of balance and patience, one needn’t look past this early era. 2005 saw the release of the Cd-r, Forking Path Navigator (Oblast), and the very limited cassette, Mambang Kuning (Stentorian). This was an integral time for Shoemaker’s career, a transitional period that bridged his early era to his most productive years. On Forking Path … one can hear Shoemaker feeling his way through, as though we’re meant to conclude that navigator and artist are one in the same. In retrospect the album was not a huge diversion from the Trente Oiseaux material, but the inclusion of bowed string drones, and an overall grimier fidelity, certainly added a grace note to his song. Pulling back the frame over Matt Shoemaker’s canon one quickly gathers a deeper appreciation for his grasp of the bigger picture, his preternatural inclination for continuity. However, zoom in again and you might find that no Shoemaker work is ever quite complete without the listener. Mambang Kuning was the closest Shoemaker dipped into his Gamelan influence. It’s still basically a noise album, but his usual festering dronescape is mixed around other bizarre ephemera, like children’s voices and the occasional pang of a heavy bell. It was rare to hear something this short from the man — the whole thing is under 15 minutes — but even in small doses his music can snake its way into the strata of human consciousness and linger there for hours. Though he was most prolific as a solo artist, Shoemaker was no stranger to collaboration. His most notable band was Omake & Johnson, teaming up with fellow musical malefactor David Knott (the two were actually roommates for a time). The duo played their first show in 2002, but their first official release, the Cd- r Headiferous Unctibulum, didn’t surface until 2008. The group would produce only one more album, Every Room Has a Grotto (2010). Both were released through Shoemaker’s own Human Faculties imprint. If anything, Omake & Johnson allowed for Shoemaker to loosen the stringency in his music, working alongside Knott in sonic territory that ranged from guttural electroacoustic to deconstructed folk. In the aforementioned interview, Shoemaker revealed that Omake & Johnson had hours and hours of recorded material stashed away. Here’s to hoping those will see the light of day sometime in the future. --- Shoemaker worked with the California label The Helen Scarsdale Agency (managed by the musical alchemist Jim Haynes, a prolific artist in his own right), who published the albums Spots in the Sun (2007) and Erosion of the Analogous Eye (2009). Timm Mason, who knew Shoemaker, shared a statement on his friend’s passing that included an interesting peek into his process: “It was not unusual for him to combine 30-40+ layers of audio — keeping all that sound from turning into formless nonsense is a feat and one of his unique talents.” Spots in the Sun is one of the supreme examples of this talent. Throughout the album, no matter how dense the audio, Shoemaker always maintained buoyancy, often toeing a fine line between form and chaos before elegantly steering a track into a quieter valley. Erosion of the Analogous Eye took things even further, as David Knott has pointed to Shoemaker’s use of “inscrutable signal paths that fragmented and recombined through electronics and quasi-stable homemade spring reverbs.” To the average person, that might sound like a whole lot of nonsense — even I only get half of it — but I do know that the album utilized stretched out slinkies as natural conduits for reverb. So, you have to admit, the man was not lacking in creativity. spots in the sun by matt shoemaker erosion of the analogous eye by matt shoemaker From here came the albums The Sunken Plethora Consumes All (Mystery Sea, 2009), Tropical Amnesia One (Ferns, 2010), and the EP Mutable Depths (Ferns, 2008). All were more focused on the field recording aspects of Shoemaker’s practice. His dronescapes were never without a psychedelic air, and it’s the recordings he incorporated from the tropical rain forest and Pacific Northwest mountains that helped elevate his music to that realm. In 2007 Shoemaker participated in a residency lead by Francisco López that took him to the heart of Amazonia. He spent morning, day and night recording the vast array of wildlife there, predominantly birds, dolphins, insects and frogs. Tropical Amnesia One is composed entirely of these recordings. Tropical Amnesia One by Matt Shoemaker From this point until the time of his death, Shoemaker came to release four more albums, The Late Day Spectrum (Master Chemical Society, 2013), and three for Dallas, Texas, based Elevator Bath. Colin Andrew Sheffield — the man behind Elevator Bath — was a friend of Shoemaker’s and holds a very high opinion of his art, describing it as “some of the most singular, dense, carefully arranged, and hauntingly beautiful work one is likely to find in this realm […] Matt was a born artist if I’ve ever met one.” A closer examination of Shoemaker’s Elevator Bath releases provides clout to Sheffield’s claim. The Isolated Agent / Stranding Behaviour (2010) LP saw a back-to-basics approach, stripping away all but cold tonality and an ever-present churn from home-assembled signal patches. Soundtrack for Dislocation (2010) was perhaps the most stoic of his works that utilized his full range of sound, while Flight | Chromatic Splitting Injunction (2015) broke new ground with experiments in tape splicing and a form of techno residing somewhere in the vein of retrocosmic. isolated agent | stranding behavior by matt shoemaker soundtrack for dislocation by matt shoemaker Pulling back the frame over Shoemaker’s canon one quickly gathers a deeper appreciation for his grasp of the bigger picture, his preternatural inclination for continuity. However, zoom in again and you might find that no Shoemaker work is ever quite complete without the listener. He once wrote, “I fully intend there to be an aspect to each release that’s really open to the listeners so that they can kind of complete the picture or give it their own meaning. It’s important to me that my music doesn’t say anything definite.” The music’s meaning was never the focus, but the music itself can be traced back to a man whose level of creative veracity was matched only by the lasting power of that which he created. At the very least, the talents, contributions, and spirit of Shoemaker won’t soon be forgotten. In honor of his life and art, Elevator Bath and The Helen Scarsdale Agency are offering all of Shoemaker’s releases free to download on Bandcamp. http://j.mp/2xkTVH8

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soooooo so glad my agenda is spreading 😌

unhappy nicholas hate day buddies!!

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Incoming Category 2 Hurricane & You're Chasing a Bird Under Furniture

Re-posting this on 09/01/2017 with hurricane Harvey as a stark reminder of mother nature's dark side. Parrots and Evacuation Kits are one of my favorite subjects. Nora wrote this post but my introduction is from someone who has been there - us. June 23rd 2005 Windy City Parrot burned to the ground - long story. If you have a pet bird or any pet for that matter - what’s your plan in an emergency? Floods, fires, frogs, locusts? Sure you’re on your game with the latest high-tech smoke and high water sensors in your home but let me quote from some recent headlines. 6/25/15 Boston - New England Record Snow Tracker: Boston Breaks All Time Seasonal Snow Record in 2014-2015 (What's your backup heat source?) 8/29/15 Florida - Governor: State of Emergency Still In Effect For Florida as Erika Remnants Approach 7/17/15 Illinois - Tornadoes reported in part of Illinois (Cameron, a town of about 600 people that's roughly 200 miles southwest of Chicago. No one except first responders was being allowed into the town). 9/16/15 California, United States has had: (M1.5 or greater) - Recent Earthquake Near California, United States - 24 earthquakes today (9/16/15) - 125 earthquakes in the past 7 days - 463 earthquakes in the past month - 6,307 earthquakes in the past year The largest earthquake in California, United States: - today: 4.0 in Yucaipa, California, United States - this week: 4.7 in Altamont, Oregon, United States - this year: 5.7 in Fortuna, California, United States.

I feel strongly that it’s always good to hope for the best than prepare for the worst - Nora’s got it right - please heed her cautions We dodged the bullet this week here in Central Florida. The recent Tropical Storm Erika caused storm predictions that showed one possible track where the storm became a Category Two hurricane before making landfall anywhere from Miami to Jacksonville. Our governor had declared the entire state of Florida in a state of emergency before Erika blew apart in the islands. Lives were lost while this system was only a tropical storm, so it definitely had my attention. We missed this one, but many times we haven’t been so lucky. I’ve had to evacuate a few times because I choose the beach lifestyle. It’s just one of the prices I pay for living so close to my beloved ocean. There are others, too, but I consider it worth it. I live about 80 steps from the dune crossover in Cape Canaveral. No, I’m not in one of those million dollar ocean front homes. But there are only three of those between me and the ocean, offering tons of debris to hit our modest apartment building should a big storm surge hit. I’m upstairs but in a big storm, that’s no real protection and means our roof could come off from the winds.

I’d consider staying for a Category One hurricane, but anything stronger means going at least to the mainland or further based on the storm strength and path. This building has withstood many hurricanes over the years since it was built, probably in the early 60’s during the space boom. I can’t guarantee it would last through another though and won’t risk my life on the gamble. Besides, for a major storm, evacuation becomes mandatory. Hurricane season extends from June 1 to November 30 but hurricanes, also called tropical cyclones, can form any time of year. The official season dates reflect only when weather records indicate the conditions are most likely to exist to allow formation of a tropical weather system. In the years I’ve lived here, it seems the Labor Day weekend, or just before or after is a prime time for storm development. You may not worry about hurricanes because you live miles and miles from a beach. But there isn’t a part of the country that doesn’t have some type of hazard, whether it is blizzards, mud slides, earthquakes, wild fires, tornadoes or hurricanes. Even a strong Northern Easterner can damage homes. The point is evacuation kits are critical for every home, no matter what you call yours or what your area’s hazard happens to be. Mine is a hurricane evacuation kit. I have one for me and my partner and I have one for the birds too. As Labor Day weekend peeks around the corner, I am reminded that we are entering the peak of hurricane season. This means that parrot parents should double check that they have on hand supplies to cover the needs of their parrots should a major storm develop. I checked my supplies on the 1st of June when the season arrived and I always recheck around Labor Day and update supplies. This year predictions were that this would be a strong year for the Pacific West Coast weather phenomena known as “El Nino”. Meaning “Little Boy”, this phenomena occurs when warmer currents in the Pacific Ocean affect global weather patterns, resulting in reduction of the surface water temperature in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The Pacific coastline enjoyed some much-needed rainfall, especially considering California has experienced 4 consecutive years of drought.

Tropical systems that can develop into hurricanes are born over in the warm water of the Atlantic, often off the coast of Africa. The hotter the surface water temperature in the Atlantic and the longer the system has over open water, the more it can feed off the warm water, forming a convection that becomes a hurricane. When residents of the East Coast initially hear the forecast for hurricane season, a sigh of relief can be heard when El Nino is expected to be strong. Once the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases projections, residents of hurricane-prone beaches and flood zone areas could become complacent, perhaps doing only doing a check on supplies left over from last year. It can be all too easy for those who have lived along the beaches and haven’t seen what a severe hurricane can do yet. It’s important to remember that during El Nino years, the number of storms may be light but those that come through can often be extra-strong. Hurricane Andrew developed in an El Nino year. Hurricane David in 1979, the first hurricane I experienced here was also in a strong El Nino year. Fortunately it did little damage, coming in as a Category One.

The opposite of El Nino is La Nina. In these years, we watch out because hurricane development can be more likely and more storms tend to develop into hurricanes. Enough science lesson, thought. Let’s get into what happens if one actually develops and it’s headed toward us. We may not be the bull’s eye but even miles away a big hurricane can cause damage along feeder bands. I keep an emergency kit ready all the time. My birds’ kit contains one month of food supplies. When I purchase new food supplies, I rotate with ones in the emergency kit out and replace them with the freshest food so that my supplies are fresh all the time. Far too many people just place a supply of food for evacuation into their supplies and never change the supply. No matter if you feed seed or pellets, they go bad after a while, get mothy and the birds don’t get the nutrition they need from the food. As a minimum, the parrot food stock in any emergency kit should be changed out every three months.

Depending on why you might need to evacuate should dictate the amount of food you keep in your kit. While history tells me I won’t need to be away more than a day or three at the most (that one the hurricane followed me and I had to ride it out on the mainland far north of here), I remember Hurricane Andrew where there were no stores in Miami left standing to restock parrot food or anything else.

An aside here: After Andrew, Kennedy Space Center prepared a caravan of semi-trailers to carry supplies and I sent all the birds seed in various sizes I could afford to contribute. The other parrot parents I knew also joined me in sending parrot supplies so hundreds of pounds of parrot food of all types joined the people, dog and cat supplies going to help the stranded victims. But it was some time before stores reopened to provide a supply chain to parrot owners. We tried to ensure that every car then went south also carried at least one big bag of parrot food. As soon as I could, I filled my car with nothing but bird supplies and headed there myself. The destruction left me in awe. I’d never seen anything as horrible before or since. A bit off topic, but I found it interesting that Parrot Jungle, my favorite stop in Miami, didn’t lose a single one of their hundreds of parrot or non-parrot birds in the Andrew disaster. Parrots went home with people in cages and the large flock of pink flamingos was herded into the large restrooms and the exits were blocked. The property sustained damage but no lives were lost. Now, let’s get back on topic.

Gustavo Rodriguez with daughter in Parrot Jungle in 1984 In my emergency evacuation kit, I also have an extra first aid kit for the birds stashed in their evacuation kit. This first aid kit is a bit different than the one I use around the house. It also has grooming items in it in case we don’t return home or don’t have a home for a while. I make sure at this time of year that the powder or gel for quickly stopping bleeding has not become outdated. It’s replaced when it nears expiration. I have an extra clean empty plastic spray bottle available. Should we be stuck here in the heat with no power and the birds become too hot, a cooling shower can keep their body temperatures from going into the fatal zone. Since my parrots get along together, I have a single travel cage they can evacuate in. While it isn’t ideal for long term living due to its small size, if we had no home to return to, they could survive in this cage for as long as they had to until we could either get home or get somewhere that would allow us to begin to set up again. AN EMERGENCY IS NOT THE TIME TO FIND OUT YOUR BIRD IS AFRAID OF A TOWEL AND IT'S TRAVEL CARRIER. You don't want to have this conversation with your bird while F3 tornados are touching down across town Everything else my birds would need is contained in the human evacuation supplies. Water can be shared. Towels and paper products are in our supplies. If you don’t know what to put in an emergency kit for your area, you can learn from www.ready.gov all about preparing basic emergency kits. The only things I would grab on a last minute basis is whatever kinds of fresh food I happen have on hand that do not have to be refrigerated. Fruit and fresh vegetables come along for use by us and sharing with the birds. If I had a bird on medication, I’d also be sure that was included but fortunately that isn’t the case at this time. Don’t count on going to the store at the last minute to stock up. Although we have several large grocery stores and a few pet shops, the shelves are empty within hours of the announcement that we are located in the “cone” of possible landfall. Keep your supplies stocked when you do your regular shopping so you don’t end up in the fight for the last water, canned tuna or bag of bird food. Wherever you live, whatever may befall you and your birds, be prepared. It is far better to be prepared and never need to use your evacuation kit than to need to leave and have nothing ready. written by nora caterino approved by catherine tobsing mitch's addendum to your birdie evac kit dish soap - poop off - disinfectant - blanket/sheet to cover the cage - toys - hot water bottle - grooming supplies - Wire, pliers, and duct tape (in transit carrier repairs) on the carrier in a taped zip lock or bird proof steel vault your name - phone number - address - a description of your bird incl species - age - breed - sex - name of your bird - leg band or microchip ID - pet insurance policy number - your veterinarian info - feeding schedules - medical conditions - behavior problems - proof of ownership (pictures don't count. birds of the same species all look identical) - flashlight - cable ties written by mitch rezman approved by catherine tobsing your zygodactyl foot note Click to Post

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🐦‍⬛ rusty lake sideblog

🐦‍⬛ i go by salem but feel free to call me sal / any pronouns / i am an adult

🐦‍⬛ my "meme" tags are — #david's frog stash (others) / #samuel's crackpipe (mine)

🐦‍⬛ my favorite rl games are the white door, roots, the mill, hotel, and birthday

🐦‍⬛ my favorite clan is the vanderbooms (yeah real original ik)

🐦‍⬛ my favorite characters are the vb trio (rose, leonard, frank), albert vanderboom, ida vanderboom, jakob eilander, robert hill, dale vandermeer, and harvey

🐦‍⬛ i am a dale/bob and evil bird husbands truther

🐦‍⬛ my ask box is open, so feel free to throw random questions at me or ask my takes about the series (i get bored easily so go for it)

🐦‍⬛ i try to trigger-tag consistently but lmk if i miss anything

🐦‍⬛ i associate this song with rusty lake >> [click]

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