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One Way Street (1950) Hugo Fregonese
February 12th 2024
#one way street#1950#hugo fregonese#james mason#MƤrta TorƩn#Basil Ruysdael#dan duryea#william conrad#robert espinoza#rock hudson#death on a side street
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Ghost Chirps AU Part 5
Part 1 & 2
Part 3
Part 4
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While āJasonā (i.e. Alfred with an empty jet that Jason will meet up with later in order to āarriveā in Amity) hops a private jet, Red Hood is busy searching the Fenton home from top to bottom.
The local police move slowly, and by the time they arrive Jack and Maddie Fenton are both tied up and disarmed in their living room under heavy guard.
They hadnāt been restrained immediately, Batman talking him into giving them a chance to implicate themselves first.
Hood let him take the lead, but he didnāt even get a chance to ask a question, being cut off at the first indication he might want to talk about their āwork.ā Less than 60 seconds in, and the pair had outright confessed to violating the meta protection acts - and in tedious detail.
The questioning didnāt suffer any from them being tied up.
Far from the mulish silence or crocodile-tear laden denial of most criminals, they instead doubled down, insisting that nothing they had done was illegal, then jumping to the assumption that they were āpossessedā - and boy had it been a nasty surprise when the whole house came alive trying to attack them with a quick verbal command.
Well, trying to attack Hood. And only him, for some reason.
One laser also freed the Fentons, who turned out to have even more weapons built into their suits.Ā
Somehow.Ā
Despite them being skintight.
That had been a pain, but Red Robin was able to hack the system using one of the couplesā own devices while Hood dodged - and kept the stray fire away from the others - leaving everyone else to recapture the pair. A blessedly simple task once they found out the lasers would splash harmlessly off of their armor (save for a gross film of green goop left wherever they grazed).
They take turns knocking each unconscious to change them in order to properly disarm them - Batman and Nightwing taking Jack first, followed by Orphan and Spoiler dealing with Maddie.Ā
The only non-weapon laden clothing they own turns out to be pajamas.Ā
This is around when the police show up, looking hesitant.
They, too, cite the āAnti-Ecto Acts.ā
Oracle had debriefed them on the supposed Acts and āGhost Investigation Wardā on their short drive over. Both were utterly bogus - the Acts had never even been proposed, let alone been approved as law, and the so-called āGIWā had no ties to the government.
The Fentons had been furious and denied the information intensely when told, but the cops mostly just looked relieved.
Apparently thereād been a lot of property damage by the GIW and Fentons both that had supposedly been dismissed under the Acts as ānecessary in the pursuit of ecto-scum.ā
For the Fentons, half of this damage was in the form of broken fire hydrants, cracked sidewalks, and totaled cars - theyād never been good drivers, before, the cops disclosed, but theyād become even more negligent since the ghosts began appearing, to the point they had to have a news segment warning when they would be on the road.
The lack of fatalities thus far had been nothing short of a miracle, they claimed.
āOf course there havenāt been any fatalities!ā Mrs Fenton defends. āOur work is to protect people from those things, not make more! Officers, listen to reason-ā Hood snorts disdainfully -āThe Red Hood is clearly a ghost! All our systems targeted him the moment they came online - and they only target ecto-entities. Heās clearly taken these heroes under his sway - why else would they be working with a murderer!? You have to do something before he starts up his killing here in Amity!ā
The officers look at him a bit hesitantly, but Batman is unmoved and gives the cover story Hood had outlined back in the alley.
Any concerns the locals have are quickly assuaged.
But for the whole explanation, Jason is trying not to shake even as he falls apart in place.
Their little website called them ghost-hunters, making it pretty clear what āecto-entitiesā meant.Ā
Their system supposedly only targets ecto-entities.
The system had only targeted him.
The system only targets ghosts.
Jason had died.
A lot of his family members had died, too, granted.Ā
But Jason was the only one who seemed to come back wrong - anger sticking in his throat and never quite fading, an inclination towards violence even when he wasnāt angry well beyond what heād ever felt before, and a sea of other emotions (that he would never acknowledge aloud) and triggers for those emotions that he always struggled to make heads or tails of.
He doesnāt have the meta gene. He knows that. He knew that.
He just assumed that the test missed it, because he knows he doesnāt know magic - the All Blades being the only exception - and he couldnāt think of another explanation at the time.
But he came back wrong.
And as he stands there, he wonders if he came back at all, mind on Solomon Grundy.
Wonders if he isnāt just some ghost, wandering around possessing his own corpse.
He jolts, as the thought strikes him: what about Danny?
If heās a ghost and chirping is a ghost thing then what about his KID!?
Absently, he notes that Bruce has started interrogating the cops on what they meant by āghost attacks.āĀ
He ignores the discussion, hustling for the door in the kitchen down to the lab.
He slams and locks the door behind him - in Red Robinās face - as he descends, making a b-line for the computer heād seen when the Fentons had dragged them all down there to start bragging about their crimes.
The only thing Oracle could get out of the whole building was things that were openly available online; direct connections were impossible.
Opening up the screen, he gets to cracking.
Going for the surface level files first, it turns out he doesnāt even need so much as a password to find what he wants.
One of the video game sub-files has an unrelated file in it: ghost notes.
There are plenty of other notes, of course, but heād only been skimming to start, looking for anything hidden.
The Fenton parents were too open to bother, of course, with plenty of more obvious files strewn haphazardly across the home screen, but itās always better to check. That there is a hidden file means it was likely made by either Danny or Jazz.
And itās a treasure trove.
Sub-files for rogues, allies, conditional allies, and āhalfasā were what greeted him.
The last being the only term he didnāt recognize, he clicked.
6 files: Clones, Danny, Dani, Dan, Vlad, and Red Hood.
He clicks his own file.
What greets him is a picture of himself 4 days ago, looking just to the left of the lens in an alley that he distinctly remembers searching for the kid in.
Just below is text.
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??? Name: Red Hood
Species: probably a halfa
Status: Nnnneutral? I think? I know, I know, heads in bags. But Valerie tries to kill me all the time! And weāre allies sometimes! Hood- uh- looked for me? Okay I guess I canāt really judge this yet but please read the first met section before you judge please you guys?
First met: Aug 17, 2005, was in Gotham to bother Batman, stopped to think a bit on some fire escape - decide on the first prank yknow - but then my ghost sense went off. It felt like a halfa so I thought āoh cool, must be Daniā so I chirped, but then Red Hood - who was chasing some guy down an alley at the time - froze and looked around. I dropped visibility and chirped again and yeah, he definitely heard it. Humans canāt so heās definitely a halfa - no glow so he canāt be a full ghost and it felt nothing like an overshadowing.Ā
Ended up following Hood around the rest of week - forgot to prank Batman, damn - and playing hide-and-seek with the chirps. It was really funny. But he very obviously doesnāt know heās a halfa. But the guy is, like, scary levels of smart, so Iām sure heāll figure it out on his own now that the chirp thing made it clear that something is up. Hopefully.
I figure I can go back in winter break - he should have it figured out and let his emotions process enough by then to at least hear me out when I explain the AEA and GIW and everything, then it wonāt matter so much if he can, like, track me by voice or something if I talk since weāll have MAD by then.
Despite his reputation, the people living in his haunt seem to love the guy. I can see why. On top of the whole smart heās actually really nice to people heās not shooting in the knees (which only even happened one time in the week I was there? It was actually pretty relaxing - most quiet week Iāve had since the portal opened THANK YOU TUCKER for hacking the portal hatch to be inoperable for a week).Ā
Where was I? Oh yeah, heās actually surprisingly nice to people? So like, I think heāll probably hear me out if I go back and be polite? I hope. Hate to leave the guy in the dark and him end up on the GIWs dissection table for ālots and lots of painful experiments.ā
Not that those guys could even catch the Box Ghost. But uh, Hood doesnāt seem to have powers either? Or if he does he doesnāt know about them I donāt think - he only used the chirp the whole time I was their - not even to cheat with moving around.
Seriously. That guy's acrobatics could make Freakshowās contortionist green - er, red??? - with envy. Actually wait, arenāt contortionists and acrobats different things?
SAM NOTE: help^?
Powers:Ā
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Jason leans back, breathing deeply.
āNot a full ghost,ā ānot 'overshadowed'ā - a term that sounds likke some kind of cousin to possesision - ādefinitely a halfa,ā āhumans canāt hear chirps.ā
Halfa.Ā
Half.Ā
Ghost.Ā
Half Ghost.
It should sound absurd - you canāt be half alive and half dead.
But Jason has seen the Lazarus pits, has met Solomon Grundy, has met aliens and bullshit magic and can pull magical swords out of his own damn chest.
Half alive. Half dead.
Hopefully not just a fancy way to say possessing his own corpse.
He doesnāt have time to deal with every file - heāll āconfiscateā one of their USBs with a copy of everything for himself before leaving the rest to Batman & co, of course, minus the halfa files (a small part of him wants to shove his condition in Bruceās face and demand he kill the clown again even though he knows itās a futile hope, but the rest - the same part that snapped and denied and refused to say he was a meta less that a day ago now - cannot stomach the thought of even more rejection. Of a Bruce that believes heās a monster. Of a Bruce that mourns him even while heās right there. Or at least, more than he already does.) - but while the files copy he take the time to look at Dannyās.
The image has two people, Danny Fenton on one side and a version of the kid in a black hazmat suit with white hair, tanned skin, and painfully familiar green eyes. And floating.
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Human Name: Danny Fenton
Ghost Name: Danny Phantom
Species: Halfa (half-human, half ghost)
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Itās the section after that that makes Jasonās breath catch in his throat.
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Death: The Portal Accident
So like, there was no audio (thank GOD I do not want to hear myself screaming) so. Details: When the portal didnāt work when they plugged it in mom and dad left for fudge, Jazz went to try and talk them into a more realistic career choice than ghosts. Sam and Tucker came over and Sam dared me to climb in and check it out - it was broken anyway so no harm. Except it wasnāt broken, just that my parents put the on button inside. Which I caught myself on when I tripped on a wire.
Anyway, electrocution!Ā
(T - Danny for the love of god be more serious, the cheerful tone is creepy)
(D - Hey! Iām the one who died! Shouldnāt I at least get to write my own epitaph)
(S - ā¦Danny this is not an epitaph. You donāt even HAVE a grave)
(D - wow way to rub it in Sam)
(T - yeah Sam)
(S - ugh! Whatever, just stop with the chatting in official files)
(T - āofficialā)
(S - Tucker.)
(T - shutting up now)
Electrocution! I got zapped to death, but the ectoplasm from the portal was also opening up on top of me and a lot got bonded to me I guess (S - probably because of the electricity with how you ended up with some of Vortex' powers for a little while) at the same time said electricity was reviving me? - probably getting my heart beating again or something, I was a little busy screaming to pay attention (T - yeah okay we're going to Nasty Burger after this. And playing Doomed) - not that it wouldāve mattered without the ghostification preventing me from melting me all the way to death.
Status: Me!
Powers:
Chirps! (ghost echolocation of some kind! humans can't hear em - halfas can, of course, in either form)
Form Change (really Sam? This barely counts)
Human form
Ghost form (no need to breathe)
Flight (last clock speed 210mph) (T - and climbing. Dang dude)
Invisibility (S - donāt forget shareable.) (Shareable. sigh)
Intangibility (Shareable)
Ecto Rays (eyes & hands) (T - and butt) (D - dude! Iām deleting that. Tucker why can't I delete it. TUCKER) (T - bow down in awe of my ksill) (S - ksill) (D - ksill) (T - yeah okay itās permanent now) (D - aw man!)
Ghost Sense (S - why do we never test your range?) (D - no need? They always make themselves obvious or are being sneaky specifically to annoy me so *shrug*) (S - I still think we should test it)
Power Absorption (that time with Vortexās weather powers)
Cryokinesis (Wayyyyy to much ice. NOT testing max output on that) (T - yeah frozen city was enough, letās not cause an ice age. Tech needs some cool but too much is still bad and I just upgraded Patricia)
Ghostly Wail (cone of destruction, very exhausting - always at max output. Not to be used)
GHOST FORM ONLY (but really just never)
Cartoon Body (D - what???) (S - Freakshow literally turned you into a puddle and you just turned back and were fine. I donāt know what else to call that) (D - okay fair. but:)
GHOST FORM ONLY
Physical Enhancement (better strength, speed, stamina, durability, reflexes, balance, etc much better than human) (T - why does this look like dnd knockoff stats haha)
GHOST FORM ONLY (S - obviously mr last place in PE)
Resistances (pretty solid on the overshadowing, avoided being taken in by Ember until targeted, didnāt get turned to stone during the Medusa thing) (S - which was pure luck! Be careful!)
Ecto Electricity (ghost stinger, but I really donāt think this counts Sam. I mean I just. Make my ecto zappy. But itās still just ecto) (S - so is your ICE and you donāt just call that "just cold ecto") (D - fine, but it feels overly specific) (S - maybe writing it all down will make you stop. Forgetting. POWERS!) (D - come on Sam that was a lucky hit! I was distracted! And it turned out fine!) (S - Fentonā¦) (D - oop okay doing fire now)
Ecto Fire (made Dashās shoes melty that one time by make the ecto hot) (T - really needs more testing)
Tech possession (chasing Technus into computers, not very tested)
Ghost form only, i guess?
Overshadowing (control people, copy their voice, invade dreams - the control one erases the personās memory so they donāt know they were overshadowed just lost time. I hate Walker. SO much) (T - rip Dannyās reputation, youāll be missed)
Probably ghost form only
Duplication (T - Thatās optimistic) (D - IāM WORKING ON IT OKAY!?) (S - pretty sure it just falls under cartoon body until you can actually separate) (D - :( betrayal)
Probably ghost form only
More? (D - ugh I hope not) (T - hey donāt say that, maybe youāll get a power to make the JL give a crap about Amity) (D - honestly Iām getting pretty close to letting Boxy loose in Gotham) (S - Danny, donāt stoop to their level!) (D - it's only box ghost!) (T - I mean he has a point)
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Jason changes his mind, seeing the commentary, and deletes the entire hidden file from the computer as soon as his copy is made. He can go over everything and bring any important info to Bruce separately, the batās can just chew on the parentsā files for now.
Once the original files are thoroughly and irretrievably removed he pockets his shiny new USB, makes a second one with all the official files, and heads back up and out - carelessly brushing past a thoroughly irate Red Robin with a pair of firemen and broken jaws of life. And not a scratch on the door; impressive - just in time to get Oracleās text that heās got 2 hours and 16 minutes to be at the location on his HUD so he can āarriveā to Amity.
And a fresh set of civilian clothes will be waiting in the plane, Alfred as reliable as ever.
āFiles,ā he says, tossing the safe USB to Batman and interrupting his interrogation of the police officer.
He catches it effortlessly of course, but the officer stops paying attention to him to jolt at Hoodās reappearance - even outside of Gotham his reputation is fierce.
āI sent a copy to myself. Iāll review them and give you an overview, but other than that consider this the end of my involvement in this little shitshow,ā he says, continuing smoothly to the door. āIām heading back to Gotham.ā
Now, he has a little over two hours before Jason Todd needs to arrive in Amity Park. He only needs to lay hands on a laptop that he can isolate from Babsā influence and he should be able to review the Halfa files in full before he "lands" - after he figures out just why the kid has a grudge against the JL.
#The defenses only attacked jason because the others are liminal#But not quite liminal enough for the Fenton House to pick up on#Heās the only one who died and had it really *stick* thus why heās the only halfa#Sure the others died but they were all revived fully#Death left a stain#Not a chain#Jason has one foot in the grave#The others batās just have some graveyard dirt smudged on their pants cuffs#I can keep going with the metaphors#lol#Anyway#Their contamination is. Like. not worse than the average person living on the opposite side of the city as the Fentons#(which is a lot compared to everyone else in the whole world#but not much in terms of āwill the house shoot meā#Fenton ghost detecting devices arenāt that precise yet)#The āfilesā arenāt super professional because like. Theyāre 14.#Itās organized sure but itās not gonna be scientific paper levels (& theyād feel uncomfy making it too scientific sounding)#Thereās powers missing on purpose (not thinking of thing as a power. All 3 forgot about it. Etc)#So why did the JL ignore Amity you ask?#Info blackout#One does not simply ignore the Meta Protection Acts and pretend to be a govāt agency without taking precautions#Everything out of Amity Park is sanitized as hell. (ha#and doesnāt that just fit the GIW clean-obsession)#āBut Mutable!ā I hear you cry āWhat about Undergrowth & Vortex!ā#I donāt remember Undergrowthās radius of effect but Iām saying my AU he was Amity-only and the GIW set up a blockade to intimidate witnesse#Same deal with Pariah town-knapping the place (GIW base was JUST out of the town-knapping radius. Lucky them)#As for Vortex#the storms themselves made it impossible to track anything through normal means#(ie no cams caught Sam & Tuckerās jet taunting Vortex except some people with cells on the street. But wind killed all the audio)#So as far as the world is concerned there was a freak storm and it went away
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australia just confirmed that anything indeed can happen. i thought lewis moved to ferrari was the maximum of it but apparently not.
today we started with 19 cars (bc williams withdrew logan's to give his car to alex) and finished with 16 cars across the line. ferrari finished 1-2, max dnf, mclaren in top 5, checo only finished p5, britcedes dnf, haas double points, and yuki & lance got points. ferrari have a better car than last year, you can clearly see it from carlos' & charles' smiles, they seem confident that they can close the gap with rbr and it's showing this early in the season (hopefully they can only get closer). same thing with mclaren, they definitely have a much better car than last year, lando and oscar deserve that.
but rest assured that silly season will only get sillier!!! 21 more races plus 6 sprint races (which im not so excited about), 13 unclaimed seats, moving rumors left & right (be it drivers or staff), and other drama. drivers market is going to be chaotic interesting. this is f1 ig.
#i was expecting more from checo since it's street circuit and he's usually good at it#also i remember a report saying that rb20 doesn't have tyre deg#side note im so glad that george was okay#the crash was so scary id never wish something like that for someone bc it can literally be life or death#same goes to max and lewis#australian gp 2024#f1#formula 1#carlos sainz#charles leclerc#lando norris#oscar piastri#sergio perez#george russell#sir lewis hamilton#lewis hamilton#max verstappen#ferrrari#red bull racing#mclaren#yuki tsunoda#daniel ricciardo#alex albon#logan sargeant#williams racing#silly season
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my friend told me that all of my favourite characters are the exact same and i may have proved her right
#the last one on kusumiās side#how are these teenagers constantly beating each other half to death in the street and initiating gang wars and the cops just never show up#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#inumaki toge#wind breaker#yuto kusumi
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You should um you should um you should draw norton folgate like like doing anything please just norton folgate im going insane
heās committed so many gay wrongs
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#Iāve yet to listen to more Norton audios so I couldnāt draw a specific scene but here u go bud >:)#I cannot tell what his hair colour is I think Iām going insane so heās now blonde hope this helps#some pictures he looks dirty blonde and some he looks brunette help me aghhhh#big finish covers colour schemes you will be the death of me#torchwood#torchwood fanart#dwmmm.ask#norton folgate#norton folgate fanart#look at his detective looking ass who does he think he is#I hope this aides your insanity sorry it took so long#side note but Iāve been on the actual norton folgate street numerous times and now I wonāt be able to go there without thinking about#the evil torchwood twink who is sometimes a hologram
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Reminds me of āThe World Was Wide Enoughā, a song from the musical, Hamilton!
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#sonic movie 3#sonicmovie3hype#movie shadow#movie sonic#Iād imagine Movie Sonic being Alexander Hamilton and Movie Shadow as Aaron Burr š#š¶The World Was Wide Enough Sayonaraā¦ Shadow The Hedgehogš¶#Movie Shadow: š¶ I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory Is this where it gets me on my feet several feet ahead of me? š¶#š¶ I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be?š¶ š¶There is no beat no melody š¶#š¶ Sonic a young hedgehog whom I consider an uneasy ally and had our first rivalry Maybe the last face I ever see š¶#š¶ If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me? š¶ š¶ What if this sacrifice is my legacy? Legacy what is a legacy? š¶#š¶ It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see š¶ š¶ I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me š¶š¶#š¶Earth you great unfinished symphony it was too much of a Mad Mad Mad Mad World for me š¶#š¶ You let me make a difference a place where even weird technicolour space alien orphan children š¶#š¶ Can leave their fingerprints and rise up I'm running out of time I'm running and my time's up š¶#š¶ Wise up eyes up I catch a glimpse of the other side š¶ š¶My creator my father Gerald Robotnik is on the other side š¶#š¶ He's with his granddaughter Maria whoās on the other side Teach me how to say goodbye š¶ š¶ Rise up rise up rise up MARIA! š¶#š¶ My best friend my sister Iād love you to take your time š¶ āI'll give them a chance to be happyā¦ā#Company: š¶ he uses the very last of his chaos energy- Movie Shadow: āCHAOS CONTROL!ā Movie Sonic: āWAIT!ā#Movie Sonic: āHe was unable to maintain his super transformation form any longerā āI tried to stop him but he punched me awayā#āI get a drinkā = āI get a chilli dog šā#š¶Aaaah Aaaah Aaaah š¶#āI hear cheering in the streetsā š¶Aaaah Aaaah Aaaah š¶#š¶ They say Gerald and Shadow Were both at her side when she died š¶#š¶ Death doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints it takes and it takes and it takes š¶#š¶History obliterates in every picture it paints It paints me and all my mistakes š¶#Movie Sonic: š¶ Before Shadow The Hedgehog feel down to Earth he aimed at the sky He may have been the first one to die š¶#š¶ But I'm the one who paid for it I survived but I paid for it š¶ š¶Now Iām the āheroā in your history I was too young and blind to see š¶#š¶I should've known I should've known the world was wide enough for both The Ultimate Lifeform and me š¶#š¶The World Was Wide Enough For both The Ultimate Lifeform and meā¦ šš¶
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It would be AMAZING if most of the streets were empty since 90% of people here don't know how to drive or behave like human beings. There are big bold numbers on signs on the side of the road for a REASON
#MULTIPLE PEOPLE almost hitting me because they pull out of side streets with half their car sticking out#giving me the most brain dead looks#like?????#you almost hit ME#they deserve the death
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It has been 297 years since the last member of Vash's family passed away.
'That's somewhat of a lie.' The mischievous preteen would say. They would grin too wide to flaunt their wells of knowledge older than Vash himself before running off because a group of kids found a cool worm outside.
They were right, of course. Vash's sisters still lived, a pleasant hum in the back of his head. It stood in stark contrast to his first two centuries of life, but they were worth it in the end.
But still, there was a hole in his heart that had laid bare for 297 years, though it had truly been there for 375.
But something had changed, recently.
Horror stories from the desert told of creatures too migraine inducing to explain, and to terrifying to even describe. Logically, Vash should of taken car eof them immediately, bu the mere thought of harming them made him sick to his stomache. Not to mention his dreams... not even his subconscious would give Vash a straight answer.
Until there was a knock at the door.
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AKA the crazy eldritch found family road trip fic ft. Vash being Vash
#its eldritch time bois#because it wouldn't be trigun without crazy eldritch shit#also (points stun gun) go read the manga if u haven't already#trust me it won't emotionally devastate you (lie)#look this is also a found family thing because that shit is cocaine to me#the mutuals already understand#they watch me from the other side of the street#and wonder what the hell I'm doing#ANYWAY#trigun#trimax#trigun maximum#trigun stampede#vash the stampede#nicholas d. wolfwood#meryl stryfe#milly thompson#livio the double fang#razlo the tri punisher of death
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Roadkill study Iāve been meaning to get to for a year! I like how it turned out
#animal death#my art#photo study#fun fact about this is that my mom saw it while driving and asked if I wanted a picture and I was like oh no itās fine weāre too far by now#and she proceeded to do a u-turn and pull over into a side street so I could get photos#gore#blood
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guys trust me when i say i'm not gonna be more at risk of zoonotic illnesses by grabbing a mouse than i already am. like you do not have to worry about that specifically. i prommy
#my job on the block is to deal with death since we all gotta do some form of gross country job and that's the one that nobody but i can do#i know how to handle and CD small mammals and i do that without gloves as i need to be able to feel everything-#-to ensure the most humane death possible. alternatives are people round here using poison bait which i VEHEMENTLY dislike#(or me potentially not performing a neat kill with gloves on which would only be a few extra seconds but i would rather not risk that)#i have multiple different means of disinfecting my hands after and in the event of a bite (which has not even happened here)-#-i am also a street medic and know how to treat a rodent bite (i've done so before actually!) and have the appropriate materials handy#i also dispatch livestock/deal with roadkill/skin and tan leather for a side hustle. trust me. i am looking directly in your eyes now.
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and One More !!
#art#my art#artists on tumblr#digital art#oc#score of four#doodles#yea i renamed the choir tag lol :>#//Inno is the youngest and goes by they/she ! :D#very fond of them already and i dunno why hvhfhs#//not sure where this story is going though !! there Is a theme in the characters but of course i dunno what i'm doing so :3#notably no Sinner though. it just wouldn't.. quite fit loll#and also i dunno i just wouldn't really like it#//but other things i've slapped on this story is that there are Kriers#Kriers are people who have come to the brink of death and managed to touch something wonderful on the other side#they come back kinda funky! the other three characters in this cast are all Kriers :> not 100% on what Inno is though! though i can't just#chuck a powerless kid into the charged battles on the street so hmmmmmmmm#or maybe i could :3 it would be mean but also.. :333#who knows!#/aighty screwing off to finish star trek now lol#we're on the last ep. of voyager. so sad#[single tear] it's taken us months to get here.. the memories... the jokes.... why do they punch like that..... Chuckles.......#/but YEA running off to post on artstreet now lol ciaOW-
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#red crackle#gifs#red crackle thoughts#carmen x gray#carmen x graham#it will always be funny that they agreed to a date after the train incident especially on carmens side#plus can't believe that she's the only other person to almost kill someone on screen#and worse it was exactly what she didn't want to do#point tho it works for both of them like otps should!#attempts at both death and love#iconic#maybe i should have chosen her yearning from across the street to match him tho#oh well here
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Cecio & his fathers family
Cecios' father is an old noble of Andoran, from a family who made the smart decision of backing the rebellion. Taking in his bastard son was a double edged move, on one hand, he's displaying the ideal that everyone is equal, while also displaying the pedigree & faith of their lineage by having an Aasimar son.Ā
His father mainly pulled this move because rumors were getting loud about how the family had not fully changed to the nation's new beliefs, and were merely paying lip service to them.
His family is made up of four, his father, the patriarch, a noble turned merchant, who does the bare minimum of lip service towards the current principles of Andoran. He's not particularly corrupt, and by the standards of the previous regime, would have been a gracious lord, but his lack of care towards what used to be the lower classes and particularly his bastard son is a stain on what would be an average merchant lord.Ā
The eldest son, a man who did his time in the eagle knights, and is now working his way up in the government, hoping to take over his fathers role as the one in council seat, a cold and distant man, one who failed to shed his noble air, and thus only has friends among the nobles, neutral or unpopular among most people.
The youngest son, a shirt chasing fool who is currently a squire for a suffering knight, but one can suppose that the coin makes up for it, he's completely unfit for command and will probably spend the rest of his life wasting his father's coin on cover ups and fine food and clothes
The deceased wife, Cecio's stepmother, a woman who was understandably uncomfortable with the proof of her husbands infidelity under her roof, but who took it out on the neglected child, orchestrating the stealing of his finances, leading to Celia needing to fund his training, all as his father neglected him.
The family enjoyed little change in conditions, as they used their power to gain a large share of the artifact and treasure seeking market, not to mention offering their troops to the eagle knights, meaning they have considerable power for a noble family. It seems the new family tradition is the eldest going into government, and the second eldest going into the eagle knights.Ā
It seems that Cecio will be the one in the eagle knights, as while all three have gone through knight training, the eldest has firmly gone into government, and the youngest is ill equipped to fight on a serious battlefield, let alone take command and rise to the position expected of him.Ā
So Cecio works his way up through the Eagle Knights, being sent with the knight he's a squire for to the World Wound, and Mendev. He quickly becomes a full knight, and is granted command over a small group of crusaders thanks to his diligent studying.Ā
He only enjoys command for a year or two, before he wakes up in Drezden on a stretcher. Only time will tell where he goes from there.
#cecio#gold & silver#<3#his family are not corrupt nobles who are secretly trading slaves or black market goods#but they are just... Meh.#and then extremely neglectful#just personal assholes#which means rip celias dramatic execution to signal the rebellion#and her badass speech about one death to satisfy the blood lust and vengeance of the poor#instead of making the city streets flow rivers of blood#which also serves as a violent reminder of the alternative to the largely peaceful aftermath of the rebellion#and also gives people the leverage to make sure good shit actually gets passed in the fledgling democracy#bc 'be nice to us and we wont let this madwoman and her followers public execute you corrupt arseholes'#and she exchanges murdering cecios pos father for her calling of the more violent side of the rebellion & making them play nice#but i mean the threat is always there she publicly executed a guy and made a speech and these people still love her#so if the noble arnt playing nice she can always have a summer vacation back home<333#so rip that but she still gets her girboss moment of offing Cecios father#if the family structure seems similar *no it doesnt* [i will write about his inspiration & how different he is but heyy just ignore it]
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Y'all can we please stop with the moral high ground thing about the israel/palestine shit? Like holy fuck no matter who you support you're going to be biting a good thousand or so lives in one bullet. The issue here isn't that we should tear ourselves apart trying to root out what side is what and what celebrity is one brand of anti-Semite vs the other. (Because newsflash, Both Judaism and Islam are Semitic, sorry) The issue is that a lot of us here in the west here raising a funk about this on opposite sides could all be calling for an end to the violence instead. I don't care whatever figurehead there is spouting shit while never setting foot onto an active warzone has to say! Fuck the he-said she-said! We have to say "No."
WE ALL HAVE THE OPTION TO SAY NO!
Once we're all done screaming, we can work out what the root cause of the problem is and work to fix it. But again,
Step 1:
FUCKING STOP
We can work out the rest when we're not filling our fellow man with lead and explosives of both the improvised and plastic varieties.
#I really hate being a centrist but y'all don't know how to act#Atrocities bad! War crimes bad! Mass death bad! But for every debate we have in a random ass interweb echo chamber more people are dying!#In the words of Chris Mclean āNot Cool Dudes.ā#We in the west have the unique power to protest TOGETHER against something EVERYONE UNANIMOUSLY THINKS IS A SHITTY SITUATION#AND WE AREN'T#THATS WILD#Imagine what we could do!#Firstlly: PRESSURE OUR LEADERS TO AGREE ON AND FORCE A CEASEFIRE#INSTEAD OF BEATING UP OUR FELLOW WORKING MAN IN THE STREETS BECAUSE OF BLACK-WHITE POLARIZATION ON A VERY MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ISSUE!#As for what side I'm on. I'm against killing people en masse#If That's polarizing to you#touch grease
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#accidentally got into a bit of an argument with my sunday school teacher/youth group leader this morning#(tho I didn't see it as an argument? more of a difference of opinions? slash-me asking for clarification on his points#and opinions on mine?#but my sisters said it felt like I was arguing so. *helpless shrug* that wasn't the intention really)#but the subject was about heaven/the christian's true home#and he was saying that the descriptions of glory and splendor in Revelation (streets of gold/foundations of the city/12 gates/etc)#are all real literal actual descriptions of heaven and that's where we'll open our eyes as soon as we die#and as I'm leaning more and more into 'revelation is largely a prophetic vision and we should be careful not to take too much of it#too literally' lately#I was saying that 'heaven' as we call it is the state of being returned to perfect unity with God + the New Creation#which will be brought about after the end of days#and. yeah.#now I'm largely just confused lol#because it just seems to me like saying 'yeah as soon as I die I'm gonna wake up in a MANSION and there's gonna be JEWELRY EVERYWHERE#and GOLD STREETS and ALL THESE VERY SPECIFIC SYMBOLIC ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES#is... slightly missing the point???#I personally find it far more hopeful and attractive to say tbh idk what it's gonna be like when I open my eyes on the other side of death#BUT I know that God is going to bring me back!! I will be resurrected in a new body with a new purpose in a new *world*#and it will be every single thing I love about this world but BETTER!!! no death!! no sorrow!!! no pain!! perfect undistracted fulfillment#of my callings!!! a wonderful fantastic beautiful unbroken world and //I// will get to live in it and help cultivate it!!!!#and actually this may be a bit of a rabbit trail but I wonder why the churches I've grown up in don't seem to care that much#about the New Earth? they're all like 'YEAH HEAVEN :D :D :D GOLD STREETS 'N PEARLY GATES :D :D :D'#but never 'hey did you know that all the horrible ways we've destroyed this wonderful place that we live in now will be undone?#and we'll come back to earth but it'll be just like it was in the Garden???? isn't it cool that as much terrible stuff we inflict on#ourselves and others and God's beautiful work of creation it's STILL not more than God can redeem and remake and restore???'#bc that message seems a lot more inspiring to me? not just escapism but restoration and reclamation?#idk. I wish I had people to actually discuss these sorts of spiritual things with around...#maybe I'll find them at college... I really hope I do...#tag ramble#christianity
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nothing shows off a lousy government like a natural disaster
#godddd its been a time#rant a lil sorry#we shoveled out a bunch of cars today#we where very lucky and have had power and heat but my friends and neighbors have not been as lucky#i had friends who had to walk through a blizzard on christmas so they didnf freeze in their apartments#and i know its a natural disaster i know its nature and its unpredictable but we on the human side have the ability to respond to it well#or badly š like the response time for getting people out of their freezing colapsing homes is unforgivable#when shit like this storm happens the cracks in the system widen and more people fall through#because its not just people freezing to death its people freezing because they lost power because of a faulty power grid and landlords with#no acountability from the law and roads that werent plowed and more people on the street in the first place because of the rent increases#that could have been prevented and its public housing literally collapsing in on itself because even in a city famous for getting its shit#pushed in by snow every year the city just cant do more then scrape together barely passable cheap and dangerous housing#its deplorable#this isnt even the first time this winter that our mayor and his administration have been way to late on the draw#there was an insane storm about a month ago that hit the south towns and it took days for the roads to be cleared#that shits dangerous#also roads where notably in pooer areas and coincidentally black areas because its a shitty redlined nightmare here and in his 5 ugly years#as mayor my guy hasnt really done anything about it like we still have a shit ton of food deserts too like even if people could get out#theres not really enough grocery stores in a lot of areas#but yeah it lierally happened less than a month ago where we knew there was a storm and prepared and they still took 4 days to get to side#streets which is dangerous as fuck and even more this time because people are losing power and could seriously need medical treatment#but yeah to bring it back around instead of really fully enjoying christmas time me and my cousins have been digging people out cause even#though the city didnt plow our street until this afternoon you bet your ass theyre coming to ticket cars on the wrong side of the road#i almost feel guilty for having a warm christmas with my family when ik what the past few days hve looked like for some of my friends#idk#we do what we can#brought soup and handwarmers to who we could get to
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