#duquete

[sunnydalescoobiies]

it's too dangerous out there.

†  ――――    DAWN'S  WHOLE  LIFE  SHE'S  ONLY  BEEN ��TREATED  AS  A  LITTLE  GIRL  THAT  DIDN'T  KNOW  HOW  TO  HANDLE  HERSELF.  dawn  hated  being  treated  this  way.  she  grew  up  with  a  big  sister  that  was  a  vampire  slayer,  always  being  trusted  into  dangerous  situations,  and  she  was  a  damn  supernatural  key  that  opened  up  hell  dimensions!!  why  did  everyone  think  she  couldn't  handle  herself?  that  she  couldn't  protect  herself?  it  was  getting  tiresome  and  now  all  dawn  has  set  out  to  do  was  prove  to  everyone  that  they  were  wrong.  one  of  her  friends  was  in  danger,  some  vampires   kidnapping  her  and  trying  to  entice  the  slayer  to  come  out  and  save  her;  lame,  like  she  hasn't  seen  this  one  play  out  before.  buffy  was  out,  though,  patrolling,  and  there  was  no  time  for  dawn  to  wait  around  and  see  if  her  friend  would  be  kept  alive  and  unharmed.  she  could  do  this  herself,  she  had  to;  this  was  her  chance.

AS  SHE  WAS  PACKING  A  BAG  FULL  OF  WEAPONS  AND  OTHER  USEFUL  TOOLS  FOR  HER  POTENTIALLY  FATAL  ADVENTURE,  SHE  WAS  INTERRUPTED  AND  IT  WASN'T  INVITED.  dawn  wanted  to  sneak  out  quietly  and  do  this  on  her  own.  she  knew  buffy  wouldn't  be  happy  to  find  this  out  but  she  had  to  show  everyone,  prove  to  them,  that  she  was  just  as  strong  as  big  sister.  she  was  a  vampire  slayer  now.  she  was  going  to  have  to  do  this  sooner  or  later.  she  was  almost  successful  in  her  sneaky  attempt  to  leave  the  house  unnoticed  but,  of  course,  @duquete had  caught  her  in  the  act.  she  groaned  to  herself,  spinning  around  and  facing  the  other,        “       i'll  be  fine,  i  can  take  care  of  myself.  vampire  slayer  now,  remember     ?     i  received  the  1-800-CHOSEN  hot  line call  and  i  accepted  the  charges.  i  can  do  this,  you  have  to  let  me  do  this       ”     she  insisted,  never  breaking  the  intense  eye  contact  with  the  other,  pursing  her  lips.  she  shakes  her  bag  full  of  vampire  dusting  goodies,        “      i'm  going  prepared,  see     ?     i'm  bringing  the  cookies  to  grandma's  house.  come  on,  it's  only  one  vampire,  how  hard  could  it  be     ?     i've  been  training,  i  know  what  i'm  doing   [   ....   ]       ”

[mastermicd-arch]

@duquete​​​ ♡’d for a starter (still accepting) !

if there was one thing that mabel was able to do, it was try to make a little lighter of the sorts of situations that she managed to get herself in. shrugging her shoulders, she was quick to offer her own insight to the choices that she made. "i take in clowns like a one-woman circus."

[mecwmellc]

@duquete sent "i think it took a lot of guts for you to do what you did back there. [ for miguel diaz! ]"

this wasn't supposed to happen. miguel was feeling a lot better, he had been working hard with the physical therapist and sensei lawrence. it felt like his body betrayed him. why did his leg give up on him? miguel wasn't surprised to see sensei duquette in the room, he was open about his own medical struggles and how he spent a long time in and out of hospitals waiting for a new heart. miguel rolled his eyes at the declaration. "guts? that wasn't guts! that was my stupid leg turning on me," he said, looking at the leg that was now resting on a pillow to keep it elevated. "now what do i do?" he asked. "there's no transplant for a new leg."

[mysticfallsresidents]

@duquete sent from dennison duquette jr to rebekah mikaelson : i'm pretty sure you said that to me last time.

⚰️  ――――         REBEKAH  THOUGHT  HE  WAS  SO  HANDSOME,  SHE  COULDN'T  STOP  STARING  INTO  HIS  EYES.  she  knew  she  wasn't  the  most  trustworthy  person  on  the  planet,  but  when  she  had  feelings  for  someone,  she  became  ride  or  die.  and  she  began  to  feel  her  heart  swell  for  the  man.  she  was  hopeless  when  it  came  to  romance,  but  she  swears  it's  different  this  time.  she  moved  over  to  sit  on  his  lap,  arms  wrapped  around  his  neck  as  she  smiled  sweetly  at  dennison,        ❛      oh  come  on,  don't  be  like  that,  luv,  don't  you  trust  me    ?      ❜      she  replied  to  him,  nuzzling  her  face  into  his  neck  and  began  to  plant  soft  kisses  across  his  neck,  feeling  his  heart  pulsating  against  her  lips.  she  brought  her  face  back  up  to  look  into  those  eyes  she  seemed  to  grow  weak  for,        ❛      i  swear  it.  once  we  find  the  cure,  i'll  be  all  yours.  we  can  finally  be  together,  isn't  that  what  you've  been  wanting      ?      ❜     she  asked  him,  crawling  off  his  lap  to  stand  in  front  of  him.  she  bends  down  to  become  eye  level  with  dennison,  staring  into  his  eyes.  the  desire  to  compel  him  to  trust  her  was  strong,  but  she  wanted  their  relationship  to  be  pure,  not  manipulated.  it  would  make  things  easier  in  the  long  run   [   .  .  .  .   ]   she  fought  the  urge,  nonetheless.  her  hand  caresses  his  cheek,         ❛      it's  simple,  my  luv,  i  know  that  dreadful  elena  is  connected  to  it  somehow  and  m'  sure  the  salvatore  brothers  are  helping  her  hide  it.  we  find  them,  we  find  the  cure.      ❜

[mambosfive]

@duquete ♡’d for a starter (still accepting) !

hanging around hospital emergency rooms wasn't her favourite past time –– though, it was becoming an increasingly important part of her job. cleaning up loose ends, getting stories straight. it was all a part of being the right hand woman to some of the most dangerous people in the city. "you know how long the wait is in here?" she asked, head turning to the other. she'd been sat for an hour already, and still the individual she was there to babysit hadn't been seen by anyone.

[feartheliiving]

what the fuck happened to you?

🧟 ―――― DARYL WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS DEFINITELY ALONE IN THIS DESERTED TOWN. he hasn't seen another living soul in weeks, maybe even months, and has only had unfortunate encounters with the living dead. he had gotten quite used to it over the course of time. he had been separated from rick and the rest of the group for longer than he'd like but it's been a hard guessing game of trying to find them. there had been no signs of their living existence and he was close to giving up; throwing in the towel for humanity itself. what was the point anymore when you lost your whole family, the only family you had left in this sorry world?

DARYL HAD SPUN AROUND WHEN HE HEARD A STRANGER'S VOICE SPEAK FROM BEHIND HIM. he certainly didn't expect to see @duquete there, let alone someone alive at all. he was covered in dirt and dried blood, his hair slicked back with his sweat and his clothes torn enough that you could seen the flesh they were meant to hide. daryl dragged his hand across his forehead and looked at the other man up and down, surveying if he posed a threat, all the while using his other hand to keep hold of his gun that was safely tucked in his back pocket. “ life. what the hell else you think happen ? ” he responded with sarcasm dripping from his tone. he was all about no nonsense right now. since being secluded from the living for so long, it's caused daryl to be extra wary of any strangers he could potentially run into. “ where the hell you come from, anyway ? ” he asked. he asked because he hadn't heard any kind of warning sign of life before he showed up but then again, daryl had let his guard down. comes with being alone for so long.

[dozydawn]

Modern Bride, 1980.

Models: Michèle Duquet and Micaela Sundholm.

[sunnydalescoobiies]

you look like shit, man.

†  ――――     GILES  DIDN'T  USUALLY  GO  ON  PATROL  BY  HIMSELF  BUT,  WITH  EVERYTHING  THAT  HAD  BEEN  GOING  IN  WITHIN  THE  SCOOBY  GANG,  HE  FELT  LIKE  IT  WOULD  DO  HIM  SOME  GOOD  TO  BE  ON  HIS  OWN. he  was  still  dealing  with  the  death  of  joyce,  buffy's  mother,  and  the  impacts  it  has  made  on  not  only  the  group  or  his  slayer  but  himself  as  well.  he'd  never  say  it  out  loud,  especially  not  to  buffy,  but  he  had  deep,  intimate  feelings  for  joyce.  he  knew  his  feelings  would've  made  buffy  uncomfortable,  given  the  fact  that  he's  been  her  watcher  and  stand  in  father  figure  for  quite  some  time,  so  he  always  kept  it  quiet  and  on  the  down  low  which  meant  he  had  to  suffer  in  silence.  he  stewed  in  his  apartment  for  days,  reminiscing  about  her  and  the  little  memories  they  shared  one  on  one,  wondering  what  he  could've  done  to  save  her  even  though  he  knew  deep  inside  that  he  couldn't  have  done  anything.  her  death  was  inevitable  and  that's  what  broke  his  heart  the  most.

SO,  GILES  HAD  FIGURED,  SOME  ROUGHING  UP  THE  VAMPIRES  OF  SUNNYDALE  WOULD  HELP  HIM  DUEL  OUT  HIS  FEELINGS.  what  he  didn't  count  on  was  running  into  @duquete  tonight;  in  the  cemetery  nonetheless.  he  had  just  gotten  finished  in  combat  with  a  vampire  that  almost  bested  him.  he  had  it  under  control,  of  course,  the  vampire  meeting  its  demise  with  a  big  pile  of  dust  in  the  end  but  it  was  close.  he  was  alive  and  that's  what  matters.  giles  had  blood  dripping  slightly  from  the  corner  of  his  mouth  and  his  glasses  were  crooked  as  they  rested  atop  his  nose.  he  laughed  at  the  other  man's  words,        “       yes,  well,  that's  one  way  to  put  it        ”     he  replied  jokingly.  he  dusted  off  his  clothing  and  proceeded  to  stand  straight  where  he  stood.  he  sighs  softly,  glancing  around  the  graveyard,        “      what  are  you  doing  out  this  late  unaccompanied     ?       ”     he  asked,  regaining  his  breath  from  his  previous  battle  moments  before.         “      is  there  trouble     ?        ”

[mastermicd-arch]

@duquete​​​ ♡’d for a starter (still accepting) !

with a tray in hands, the redhead turned into denny's hospital room with a bright smile on her face. "maple syrup, coffee ––" decaf and regular, because she was nothing if not fully prepared, "–– pancakes for two." april confirmed, carefully placing the assortment of goodies carefully on the nearby table.

[taughtpain]

long gone were the days at tech town where he'd make people feel good about themselves by pretending his password was as bad as theirs while convincing himself that they practically wanted their stuff to get stolen or hacked with a password like that. he could be himself with denny and that person was judgemental.

if he wanted to robby could easily take it when the guy wasn't looking and pawn it off on some idiot with a couple of fifties just like he used to, maybe even a couple of hundreds this time provided he played his cards right, he wouldn't even need trey or cruz, he could start his old plays up all on his own. denny doesn't even seem to care if it was stolen. what was the worst thing that could happen? he could betray his carer's trust and become a person who he hates- wait. tic tacs?

"please tell me you know it's called tiktok."

@duquete

@taughtpain   sent            :               ＂         is   that   seriously   your   password?         ＂

＂         YES,      THAT   IS   SERIOUSLY   MY   PASSWORD.            ―            should   it   seriously   not   be?         ＂               teasing   grin   flashes   in   robby’s   direction,      apparently   𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝   by   the   fact   the   other   had   just   spotted   him   type   𝟷𝟸𝟹𝟺   into   his   phone   to   unlock   it.         denny   should,      realistically,      know   better.         he   investigated   for   a   living,      but   there   was   a   vast   difference         (      in   his   mind      )         in   possible   arson      &      his   own   𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕   𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊.         enough   that   he   hasn’t   bothered   to   secure   the   latter.               ＂         i   doubt   anybody   is   gonna   want   to   steal   this   piece   of   crap   anytime   soon   and   if   they   did?         they   won’t   find   anything   interesting.         it’s   mostly   just   funny   tic   tacs   my   niece   sent   me   and   photos   of   my   own   hand   because   i   never   realise   it’s   covering   the   lens.         ＂               as   if   to   prove   his   point,      he   clicks   into   camera   roll   to   reveal   a   rather   impressive   collection   of   mostly   ruined   photographs,      half   a   thumb   or   finger   hooking   over   places   it   didn’t   need   to   be.               ＂         turns   out   the   term   𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲   depends   entirely   on   the   owner.               ―               what   can   i   say,      kiddo?         i’m   getting   old      &      i’ve   had   a   lot   of   surgery   over   the   years.         i   need   something   that’s   easy   to   remember.         ＂

𝐈'𝐕𝐄   𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓   𝐓𝐇𝐄   𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄.               (      but   i’m   always   still   accepting   new   ones   from   the   tag!      )

[mysticfallsresidents]

@duquete sent from dennison duquette jr to katherine pierce : "i thought you promised to behave."

⚰️   ――――        KATHERINE  NEVER  PLAYED  BY  THE  RULES,  SHE  WASN'T  A  FAN  OF  BEING  TIED  DOWN  TO  SUCH  SIMPLE  TASKS.  what  was  the  fun  of  life  if  it  wasn't  for  the  surprises  and  unexpecting  twists?  of  course,  she  had  promised  denny  that  she'd  behave  for  him  but  she  was  growing  bored  at  this  party.  it  was  full  of  dull,  old  people  who  wanted  to  talk  about  stocks  and  their  daughter  making  the  honor  roll;  shit  that  doesn't  matter  in  the  grand  scheme  of  things.  they  don't  know  what  the  truth  of  life  was  and  that  was  to  take  it  by  its  balls  and  run  with  it.  katherine,  in  all  katherine  fashion,  had  taken  it  upon  herself  to  liven  up  the  party  purely  for  her  own  entertainment. 

KATHERINE  HAD  BEEN  STUCK  IN  A  DREADFUL  CONVERSATION  WITH  A  MUNDANE  WOMAN.  she  was  going  on  and  on  about  the  expensive  things  she  had  in  her  little  mansion  and  it  was  beginning  to  grow  tiresome.  she  sighed  deeply  in  frustration  before  grabbing  the  woman's  hand  and  staring  deeply  into  her  eyes,        ❛      why  don't  you  go  be  interesting  for  once  in  your  boring  life  and  find  someone  that  isn't  your  old  husband  and  make  out  with  them     ?     cause  a  scene,  make  this  night  something  people  wouldn't  rather  kill  themselves  instead  of  getting  through  it      ❜     she  compelled,  her  eyes  dilating  as  she  did  so  and  the  woman  didn't  waste  another  moment  in  getting  up  and  proceeding  with  katherine's  wishes.  a  giddy  grin  stretches  her  lips  but  it  quickly  fades  when  she  hears  denny's  voice  from  behind  her,  scolding  her,      ❛      oh  come  on,  i  was  bored       ❜     she  groaned,  spinning  in  her  stool  and  looking  up  at  him  with  innocent  doe  eyes.  she  reaches  up  to  grab  the  collar  of  his  shirt,  bringing  him  down  to  her  level  so  their  lips  almost  meet,        ❛       what  did  you  expect  when  you  brought  me  to  this  party,  denny     ?     this  is  no  fun.  besides,  you  always  liked  it  when  i  misbehave   —   gives  you  a  chance  to  scold  me       ❜     she  slyly  smirks,  biting  down  on  her  bottom  lip.

[mambosfive]

@duquete ♡’d for a starter (still accepting) !

"dude, what the fuck?" angela had never been one to mince her words, and when she was startled it was all the worse. her hand plunged deep into a pocket, fingertips brushing against her weapon of choice for both comfort and ease of access. she was nothing if not prepared for anything. "are you a stalker or some shit? you're messing with the wrong person."

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Jesse Duquette, The Daily Don

* * * *

Follow up on Justice Alito’s dissent.

         In my brief weekend note, I described Justice Alito’s dissent in the US Supreme Court’s mifepristone order as part of “his descent into terminal crankiness” that “belittles the medical necessity of mifepristone and women’s rights to healthcare.” With the benefit of reflection, others have pointed out the alarming attack by Alito on the federal government. In his opinion, Alito said that

the Government has not dispelled legitimate doubts that it would even obey an unfavorable order in these cases, much less that it would choose to take enforcement actions to which it has strong objections.

         In other words, Alito posits that the federal government would simply ignore an order by the Supreme Court revoking the approval of mifepristone. Alito cites no authority for those “doubts” nor does he describe why those suspicions about the government’s response have the aura of “legitimacy””

         Alito has wandered into the territory of conspiracy theories being traded on the internet. As Jennifer Rubin writes in her op-ed, The Supreme Court delivers a sigh of relief — and an outrageous dissent,

The opinion is so lacking in judicial reason and tone that Supreme Court advocates and constitutional experts with whom I spoke were practically slack-jawed.

         Someone needs to do a wellness check on Justice Alito—for his own good and that of the Court and the nation. If only Chief Justice John Roberts viewed his role as something more than a ceremonial title, he would be person to take the lead. But there is little hope that he will act in this matter—given that he has punted on the investigation into Justice Thomas.

Justice Roberts declines to act on Justice Thomas.

         Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin wrote to Chief Justice Roberts asking him to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to report financial relationships with Harlan Crow. In response to his letter, Senator Durbin received a letter from the US Judicial Conference, stating,

I write in response to the letter of April 10, 2023, from you and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Chief Justice of the United States, which has been referred to me.

         In other words, Chief Justice Roberts merely forwarded Durbin’s letter to the US Judicial Conference for response to Durbin. That would be the same Chief Justice Roberts who spent over $1 million investigating a leak of the Dobbs opinion and who cannot be bothered to investigate what appear to be clear violations of criminal law by Justice Thomas. Coward.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[mecwmellc]

okay so it was a little weird seeing izzy get so attached to a patient. yeah, denny was good-looking but what about her coworkers? the people who weren't bound to hospital beds and waiting for a heart transplant that they really needed a while ago and probably weren't going to get. alex almost rolled his eyes when bailey assigned him to denny this morning, but izzy was right there and he didn't want to make her upset. "my bedside manner is just fine, thanks. i'm not gonna take advice from a guy with a bad heart," alex said. if izzy was here then that definitely would've gotten a side eye at the least. "hey if you think i don't like you very much then i can just go and get izzy for you. i saw you guys playing a board game the other day. what's up with that?" he asked.

"      I’M  STARTING  TO  GET  THE  FEELING  YOU  DON’T  LIKE  ME  VERY  MUCH.      "      it  sounds  more  like  an  observation  than  a  question.  and  admittedly?      —      denny  is  half  -  aware  he’s  pushing  buttons,  but  a  man’s  gotta  make  his  own  entertainment  when  he’s  bed  bound  in  hospital.  besides,  something  tells  him  the  dude  that  took  a  defibrillator  to  his  chest  while  conscious  can  take  it.      "      mostly  because  you  are  𝗻𝗼𝘁  doing  a  great  job  at  hiding  it.  you  ever  consider  you  might  need  to  work  on  your  𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎  𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛  given  the  line  of  work  you’ve  chosen?      "      head  tilts  to  one  side  in  an  almost  curious  manner  before  he  continues.      "      hell,  i  get  it,  man.  i’d  be  pissed  too  if  this  super  handsome  man  just  walked  right  into  my  hospital,  especially  when  he’s  got  that  whole    .  .  .    𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝐛𝐞  𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝  soon  vibe  working  for  him.  that’s  a  real  hit  with  the  ladies.      "      fine,  now  he’s  joking,  attempting  to  make  light  of  an  awkward  situation  because  if  there’s  one  person  he  doesn’t  wanna  𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢  piss  off,  it’s  probably  a  doctor.  they  were  kinda  vital  to  his  survival  these  days.  

@mecwmellc      :      liked  for  a  starter.     (    alex  karev    )

[beardedmrbean]

Gangland shootings and bombings that have plagued Sweden's biggest cities have spread to quieter suburbs and towns, shattering its reputation as a safe and peaceful nation.

Half an hour north of central Stockholm, Upplands-Bro features lakeside boat clubs, copper-red wooden villas and apartments flanked by pine and spruce trees.

But a 14-year-old boy was found dead in a forest here in August, and since January there have been several shootings and bombings targeting houses and apartments.

"It's awful. We've [been] woken up by explosions in the neighbourhood and it's scary," says 42-year-old Anna Petterson, who lives in Bro and has three children. "It's very much something that we're aware of, and we talk about a lot, and are afraid of."

Sweden has been a European hotspot for gang-related shootings and bombings for several years. But recently the violence has shifted beyond low-income, vulnerable urban areas and police say one reason is that gang members are increasingly targeting rivals' relatives.

Detectives suspect some of the latest violence has been organised by criminal leaders based in other countries, including Turkey and Serbia.

More than 50 people have been killed in shootings so far in 2023, and there have been more than 140 explosions. Last year, more than 60 people died in gun violence, the highest number on record.

"What started out as gun violence between young gangs looking to defend their territory has turned into a vicious circle of firearms trafficking and gun violence," explains Nils Duquet, a firearms researcher based at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels.

"Gangs have also matured and are no longer just the street criminals, but are often connected to higher-level criminals as well."

Innocent bystanders are also among the dead.

In September, a 70-year-old man and another man aged 20 were killed in a pub shooting in Sandviken in central Sweden, and a newly graduated teacher, 24, died in an explosion just outside the university city of Uppsala.

Soon afterwards Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson gave a rare national address admitting that "no other country in Europe" was experiencing this sort of situation, and promising tougher penalties for deadly violence.

Evin Cetin, an author and lawyer who has represented teenage shooting victims and suspects, says boys as young as 13 or 14 are being recruited by gangs, often through social media promises of money and designer clothes.

"Children are using their own bags not to carry books, but they carry the drug markets in Sweden on their own shoulders," she tells the BBC on a visit to Upplands-Bro, part of a nationwide schools tour to more than a dozen areas affected by gang crime.

Others are trying to tackle the problem by organising street patrols in areas affected by drugs and violence.

"That we're out and go around chatting with our kids and young people - it increases safety," says Libaane Warsame, during a night walk in Jarva, northern Stockholm, on a wet, windy Friday night.

Jarva looks like a lot of Swedish suburbs, with well-maintained apartment blocks, a few shops, and a nearby forest. The main difference is that it is more multicultural than many neighbourhoods, and it has Stockholm's highest unemployment rate.

Mr Warsame began patrolling the streets after his 19-year-old son - who police say was not in a gang - was killed in a shooting in December 2020.

"It's hard for [young people] to sit at home for hours without any income, any work. So they go out and stand around and there's a big risk that they will be recruited."

He also runs an organisation that supports families who have lost loved ones in deadly violence.

This year there have not been any fatal shootings in Jarva, but many locals say they remain on edge.

"I haven't been outside so late… because I don't want to make my mum worried," says Gizem Kuzucu, 17.

She often spends her evenings studying at Framtidens Hus, a youth centre, and says none of her friends have been in trouble with the law. But she has been exposed to crime on social media.

"I've seen a lot of videos on TikTok [in which] people are, like, talking about crime. They are like saying 'follow me on Instagram, I'm gonna post like a rapper that got killed'."

Another teenager at the youth centre, Libaan, says he grew up around older criminals and "did commit a few crimes" when he was younger.

"Kids here, they are really, really mean to each other…they don't know how to speak about their emotions, so what they do instead is that they lash out," says the 18-year-old.

Swedish police do not currently map gang members' nationalities, but research for the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention in 2021 showed young people born in Sweden to two parents from abroad were overrepresented as suspects in murder cases and robberies.

The right-wing coalition government, elected in September 2022, believes the rise in gang violence in recent years is directly connected to Sweden's earlier immigration policies. Until 2016, it had one of the most generous asylum laws in Europe.

"We can now see that 'outsideship' and lack of integration, in combination with trade of narcotics and organised crime is creating this very, very toxic mixture," Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told the BBC in September.

The government wants to make it harder for immigrants from outside the European Union to get social benefits, and to make preschool compulsory for children with two foreign parents in some areas, in order to improve Swedish-language skills.

Earlier this year, it became an offence to recruit children to participate in criminal activities. Stop-and-search zones are set to be introduced in early 2024 and ministers want to double prison sentences for offences including gun crimes and explosions.

The BBC was not granted a government interview to discuss these plans, despite multiple requests.

At the state-funded Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, researcher Klara Hradilova-Selin believes tackling gang crime "should have been a more important issue earlier" for previous coalitions on both the right and left of the political spectrum.

"There are colleagues of mine who were actually warning like decades ago [about] this kind of development of growing marginalisation in the deprived areas."

Worries about how gang conflicts are impacting the country's international image are also growing. "Sweden has always been viewed as an extremely safe country. Maybe one of the top safe countries in the world. And this image is falling apart," says Hradilova-Selin.

According to a recent survey for the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, eight out of 10 Swedish companies questioned believe it will get harder to attract foreign talent, investment and visitors due to the ongoing violence.

At Framtidens Hus youth centre, teenagers are being offered the chance to drive, dance and make podcasts. Former criminal Libaan says he would like a job that involves writing, or helping others, but he believes his future is also dependent on how he is treated by other Swedes.

"I don't feel included in the culture even though I'm born here. They kind of see me as this ghetto kid who has no future."

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