#elizabeth nowak

[usernoneexistent]

Part II of Harper starts Hogwarts

Challenge: 'New Clothes' for the Back 2 School Chaos Challenge

Flynn and Harper go shopping with their reluctant mother for new clothes who sees the magical world as something terrible and destroying her plans for their future but can Flynn change her mind?

Here for part 1 but can be read as a stand alone

Warnings: Magic hate

Walking through Diagon Alley were three of the Nowak brood. It was Flynn's fourth time here; he first went alone with Hagrid, who helped him find everything. The second year, he went with his father, who was curious about the magical world and how it all worked. He was easily fascinated and amused by all he saw, though when his father came home to share what he had witnessed, his mother wanted to hear none. The third was when they bought everything except the school clothes a few weeks ago.

Their father went last time, but his mother had to take them due to the last-minute situation and his father's work preventing him from coming. Flynn didn't miss the roll of her eyes at the breakfast table.

"So this is Diagon Alley? It's a lot smaller than I thought." She remarked. "Don't run ahead, sweetie. Flynn, where can we get the robes?"

"Oh, that's at Madam Malkins." Flynn looked around; he only recalled the dark dewberry with mannequins. He remembered the owls were on the opposite side of the cobbled road, making up the main road of Diagon Alley.

Harper bolted off regardless, looking at every window again. Flynn was distracted alongside Harper until they finally found the Eeylops Owl Emporium. Elizabeth backed off the loud hoots and beady eyes judging her.

"Right, kids. Let's see what we need to get first on the list. "She held the list at a distance, squinting until she put on her reading glasses. "Robes. A pointed hat. Protective gloves, dragon hide or similar. Dragon hide? Dragons are a real thing, Flynn?"

"Yeah, mum. There's actual dragons you know." Flynn shrugged nonchalantly. His time at Hogwarts made him quickly learn that the strange, bizarre and mythical was the normal. His mother's face paled as he said that.

"Wait, actual dragons! At Hogwarts, so cool!" Harper butted in. 

Flynn shook his head, his curls landing on his face. "Well, we don't have at Hogwarts but apparently Gringott's had or was the ministry of magic?"

This didn't reassure Elizabeth any further. Instead, she reluctantly ushered them in. She nervously looked round; Flynn realised how out of his place his mum looked like a fish out of water. Wizards and witches look around in black, green and purple robes and pointed hats and his mother in muggle clothes, nervously clutching her bag. To be fair to his mother, there were more muggle parents during July and not the week before the term started.

The seamstress, Madam Malkins, plump and dressed in a soft lilac robe, approached their mother asking about making new robes. Harper went first for measurements. Their mother was astounded by the tape moving like a snake around Harper's shoulders.

Flynn looked around, brushing his fingers over the fabrics and picking up anything interesting. Bags that change texture, robes that can repair themselves.

"Don't touch that Flynn! "Elizabeth slapped his hands away. "You don't know if that's dangerous!"

"It's just sunglasses, mum," Flynn said matter-of-factly as he put the squiggled-shaped sunglasses away.

"Well, I'm learning nothing is truly safe based on what you tell me. "Her voice pitched higher. "I shouldn't let you and Harper go to that wretched, dangerous school."

"Not everything is dangerous, mum. There's so much fun things like quidditch." The look on his mum's face prompted further explanation. "It's were we fly on brooms with three different balls. I'm a beater for my house team. Basically I used a bat to protect my team from bludgers. I also get learn and see magical creatures this year. I heard we might get to see an actual hippogriff, you know those half eagle, half-"

"I get the picture, Flynn. "His mother said coldly. He thought sharing all the fun things he gets to do would be as exciting to her.

He said nothing else. Flynn hated being useless and, worse of all, a disappointment. His mum had already given up the idea of any higher education for him as his grades would just be below or just average. It's why when Flynn showed talent in sports, particularly in football, she clung to it and helped him to pursue his future there.

They didn't speak much throughout the process of getting measured and tailoring the robes. It took a bit for Elizabeth to wrap her head around the wizarding money system. Still, she managed to figure it out quicker than Flynn could remember. 

Once they got all they needed as they were about to head home, Flynn spotted the ice cream parlour, now famous for having any flavour possible. Hagrid had told him how the establishment was bought and continued the legacy of the past owner, who was dragged off by death eaters to his demise. His mum and Harper didn't need to know that part of history.

"Mum, mum! Could we have ice cream, please, mum, please!" Harper tugged on Elizabeth's sleeves.

"They have every flavour possible, Mum," Flynn explained.

"Every possible flavour? That's not possible!" Their mum scoffed.

"Could we still have an ice cream, please mum?" He begged alongside his sister. Elizabeth sighed but gave in to their wishes.

There were different and new flavours that Flynn didn't recall seeing last time. Harper went for the gummy bear flavoured while Flynn tried out the custard cream and hot cherry pie. He could taste the blend of the cold custard and hot, sweet flavour melting in his mouth.

Flynn glanced over as he noticed his mum looking curiously at the flavours. His mum hovered near the opening with their most popular ice cream displayed but ultimately approached the ice cream parlour.

"Do you make cherry garcia? "She asked.

"Yes, we can make cherry Garcia for you, ma'am." The man smiled. "That will be three sickles and eleven knuts."

Elizabeth fumbled through her purse and handed the money to him. Five minutes later, he appeared with the ice cream in a cone.

"Bon apetit, madam." He said.

Their mother walked over, ensuring her ice cream didn't spill onto their table. Harper and Flynn cheekily grinned, remembering the fuss their mother made and how stiff she acted around everything to do with magic.

She took a bite of the ice cream. Her eyebrows furrowed before her face displayed mild confusion.

"What is it, mum?" Harper asked.

"How did he do that?"

"Do what?"

"This ice cream taste exactly like how I remember back when I was a child. "Elizabeth pointed to her ice cream. It was a mix of vanilla with a large chunkGarciaherry and chocolate. "Cherry garcia was all the rage back then but now I can hardly find it or doesn't taste how I remember it."

"Maybe its magic? "Flynn grinned.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes, but it was that step forward Flynn had hoped for. It may be small, but it was better than nothing.

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Sunday, October 08, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: 90 DAY FIANCÉ (TLC Canada) 8:00pm THE CIRCUS (Crave) 8:30pm LAST STOP LARRIMAH: MURDER DOWN UNDER (HBO Canada) 9:00pm 90 DAY FIANCÉ: PILLOW TALK (TLC Canada) 11:00pm THE TURNING POINT: MARTHA'S VINEYARD V. DESANTIS (MSNBC) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: ICE AIRPORT ALASKA (TBD - Smithsonian Channel) THE VENICE MURDERS (TBD - Lifetime Canada) THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA ARODON DIAMOND IN THE SKY LISTENING EARS SURVIVAL OF JELILI

CRAVE TV LAST STOP LARRIMAH

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN4) 9:30am: Jaguars vs. Bills (TSN/TSN4) 1:00pm: Giants vs. Dolphins (TSN/TSN4) 4:00pm: Eagles vs. Rams (TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:20pm: Cowboys vs. 49ers

MEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP (TSN2) 11:45am: Tonga vs. Romania

NBA BASKETBALL (SN Now) 1:00pm: Bulls vs. Bucks (SN1) 8:00pm: Kings vs. Raptors (SN Now) 8:00pm: Pacers vs. Grizzlies

WNBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Liberty vs. Aces - Game #1

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 4:00pm: ALDS - Rangers vs. Orioles - Game #2 (SN) 3:00pm: ALDS - Twins vs. Astros - Game #2

HEARTLAND (CBC) 7:00pm: Amy and Jack retrain Edwin's horse for carriage racing, bringing Amy and Edwin closer; Logan takes on his first client horse; election night arrives for Lou just as the family faces a difficult loss…OH NO! SAVE YOURSELF HORSIE!

THE BIG BAKE (Food Network Canada) 7:00pm: Fun and games turn to frights as host Brad Smith challenges the baking teams to sew up a win with a dangerous doll cake that toys with judges Ron Ben-Israel, Eddie Jackson and Danni Rose.

THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: It's Bread Week once again, and the nine remaining bakers knead to prove their bread-iness.

CRUELLA (CTV2) 8:00pm: Estella is a young and clever grifter who's determined to make a name for herself in the fashion world. However, when Estella befriends fashion legend Baroness von Hellman, she embraces her wicked side to become the raucous and revenge-bent Cruella.

BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN (Lifetime Canada) 8:00pm: Young mother Rachel frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah, after their car crashes outside a small town; people die mysteriously in Rachel's wake as she gets closer to finding out that the local doctor kidnapped her daughter.

SKYMED (CBC) 9:00pm: As the SkyMed crew wait for their fallen team member to wake up, Crystal starts to find her feet as a medical student, and a secret from the past threatens Nowak and Tristan's relationship.

BRYAN'S ALL IN (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm/10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): City slickers turned country boys, Ryan and Taylor, need Bryan's help to transform their live-and-work farm into a show-stopping distillery and bar; they need to create a venue that stands apart from the competition. In Episode Two, new-generation farmers, Samantha and Paul, have big dreams for their rural business; they want to create a farm stand to sell their home-grown products, but also to give local artisans a place to sell their goods.

EUROPE’S HIDDEN WONDERS (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): The filmmaker showcases the natural wonders of Germany, from the peaks of the Bavarian Alps to the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.

WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Super Channel Heart and Home) 9:00pm: Lucas is the talk of Hope Valley; Elizabeth and the whole town rally around him, but everyone still worries it won't be enough to stop the governor.

CLEAN SWEEP (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: The pressure builds on all fronts as Shelly is identified as the mysterious woman at the crime scene; she considers fleeing, but she would never leave her kids.

BELLE COLLECTIVE (OWN Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Latrice, Lateshia, Gucci and Tambra confront their relationship issues head on.

THE WINTER KING (Crave) 11:00pm: Arthur and the tribe kings enter peace talks; Arthur meets Guinevere, Ceinwyn's lady-in-waiting, while traveling.

[mangora]

Anyways the DC canon full names are so generic its like infuriating to me so here are my alternate full names names with some explanations:

S1:

Jake: Jake Kuroda

Meaning: First of all I’m keeping his full name as Jake instead of making it short for Jacob because I just don’t like the look or sound of the name Jacob. But second of all I chose Kuroda because it’s a Japanese surname that means black field (or black rice paddy). I thought it tied back to his association with death and graveyards in season one (lost his grandparents, lost Miriam and Ellie in apocalypse episode, biggest fear was graveyards, has skulls on his clothes, etc).

Tom: Thomas Velasco

Meaning: Velasco comes from the Spanish surname Vela, meaning watchman. I felt like to both fit his past as a spy and his present as team leader, both in seasons one and three.

Ellie: Elliott Gray

Meaning: Elliott fits her best out of all the Ellie names in my opinion (Elizabeth, Elaine, etc). I do like the surname Parker but think Gray more suitable since it ties back to her design and her morally gray nature.

Gabby: Gabrisya Malinowski

Meaning: I don’t hate Nowak as a surname for Gabby but Malinowski is slightly less generic and I think it suits her. It means raspberry and used to describe people who lived near raspberry fields, which both connects to the red in her design and her love for nature. Also I think the inclusion of Mal- in her surname is nice since it hints towards her future status as a villain. Also she’s sweet like a raspberry :) Blorbo from my show.

Miriam: Miriam Foster

Meaning: I actually really like Foster being Miriam’s surname, it’s less on the nose than something like Baker but still hints at how she fosters her skills and how she sort of fostered Jake and Tom (I miss their friendship so much man).

Alec: Alec Çelik

Meaning: Once again I actually like Alex’s surname, it means steel which I feel fits him as a strong villain.

Fiore: Fiorella Ricci

Meaning: Third time in a row; Fiore’s surname doesn’t really have an applicable meaning here but I just really like how it sounds and looks idk. I did consider Orsini (“little bear”, since she’s small and fierce), D’Angelo (“of the angels”, both since she looks innocent and as a tongue-and-cheek nod to her being a villain; also ties back to her being Catholic), or Abbandonato (uncommon surname meaning “abandoned/forsaken”, since she loses all her friends/allies by the end of season one and also since it’s kind of implied that her parents don’t care much for her), but I feel like Ricci sounds and looks the best, meanings aside.

Lill: Lilliana Park

Meaning: Park is a common Korean surname, which fits with my headcanon for Lill, but I chose it mostly because of the English connotation of…a park. And she spends a lot of time in nature and with her Girl Scouts in presumably city or national parks.

Will: William Greene

Meaning: Green. Like his shirt. Idk, society if Will had better characterization before he was booted.

Nick: Nicholas Gould

Meaning: He is not related to Dakota I don’t believe that. Anyways Gould like gold the previous metal, I don’t like Nick I don’t care if his last name is good society if Nick never existed.

Ashley: Ashley Hayes

Meaning: Graham is also good ig but Hayes like hay is funny to me.

Dan: Daniel Dressler

Meaning: Dressler is a common Ashkenazi surname that means to turn or spin, which I feel fits his habit of turning or changing who he voted with in most eliminations.

Drew: Andrew Leclair

Meaning: Leclair means bright light in French, which I feel fits since he illuminated Tom’s secret to Grett and since he clarifies himself in writing.

S2:

Aiden: Aiden Cadena

Meaning: Cadena is a Spanish-speaking surname that means chain. I picked it because he’s like, an e-boy. You could also get symbolic with it, like his fears chain him back? Idk

James: James Castelo-Domingos

Meaning: James’ Tik Tok handle in season two was JamesCDofficial so I figured his last initials were C & D. Castelo means someone who lives near a castle and Domingos comes from the word for Sunday or the lord’s day, and I figured those both hinted towards his massive online empire and him being the last person in the game in season two— the conqueror and the last one at the end.

Lake: Lake Müller

Meaning: This one’s been canon for years I’ve just accepted it already.

Ally: Allyson Valentine

Meaning: I feel like this is like a perfect online screen name, Allyson Valentine sounds like a real streamer name to me, but I mainly picked it after Jill Valentine. Like the Resident Evil character. She’s a gamer bro.

Hunter: Hunter Keyes

Meaning: I had a couple different ideas for Hunter’s surname, I wanted to go with Turing for famous codebreaker Alan Turing or Vigenére for the Vigenére cipher, but I felt like Keyes worked best when referring back to his interests in puzzles and his strategic skills, both because I think it goes better with his first name and because it has more Celtic origins since I headcanon him to be Scottish.

Tess: Teresa Hyun

Meaning: First of all, ONC can rip Korean Tess from my cold dead hands. But second of all I think Hyun works because depending on the hanja used to write it, it can mean dark/mysterious and worthy/virtuous, both of which fit Tess at different points in the series.

Maggy: Margaret O’Connor

Meaning: I honestly picked Maggy’s surname mostly for the sound and look; O’Connor allegedly means something along the lines of “hound of desire” or “lover or wolves”, which idk if you really stretch you could talk about how she desires companionship or how she’s been a lone wolf her whole life, something like that— but I just kind of thought it Worked more than anything. O’Connor is a pretty common Irish surname and I headcanon her to be Irish so that was also a factor in choosing it.

Kai: Kai Setiawan

Meaning: Setiawan is an Indonesian surname which means “loyal friend”, which I thought suited Kai since he’s loyal both to his friends (Maggy is a good example of this) and his beliefs.

Connor: Connor Boutella

Meaning: Boutella is an Italian surname that means “father of the hill”, which I feel suits him as the oldest member of the cast in season two and the leader of the heroes in later season three.

Karol: Karol Aguilar

Meaning: Karol is both a nature lover and a strong, conniving, and assertive antagonist, so I thought Aguilar (“haunt of eagles”) was a fitting surname for her.

Riya: Riya Varma

Meaning: First of all while I know his posts aren’t technically canon, I could’ve sworn Riya’s surname used to be Varma instead of Sharma in an old Ordartz post? So I kind of got attached to that. And second of all Varma just fits her better I think; the V sound is a lot sharper than the Sh sound which I like for her, and also Varma allegedly means “armor” while Sharma means something along the lines of “joy” or “bliss”, which I think suits her better since Riya is clearly a very armored person who’s afraid to be authentically kind since it’ll destroy her image.

Rosa María: Rosa María Amador Ortiz

Meaning: Rosa María is very loving and kind, and also very willing to stand up for her loved ones, so I figured Amador (“lover”) and Ortiz (“brave/strong”) fit her well.

Oliver: Oliver Bennett

Meaning: First of all idgaf about Oliver enough to find him a new surname but second of all I think Bennett is an ironic surname for him since it supposedly means “blessed one” and he was so unlucky in season two like all the time.

Yul: Yul Sunwoo

Meaning: This was another one that I picked mostly for the sound and look of the letters; I couldn’t find any reputable websites with a meaning for the name but it seems that every website I did find consistently insisted that Sunwoo had a positive connotation so I think it would be funny if that was Yul’s last name considering that he’s fucking terrible.

If you have any other ideas or notice something I got wrong with the explanations lmk, I just like coming up with character names. Yeah <3

[oots-digitalmedia]

Queer Rep in The Bright Sessions

Title: The Bright Sessions

    Status: Complete, with spinoffs The AM Archives (ongoing) and The College Tapes (complete) continuing in their feed.

    Creator: Lauren Shippen

Cast: Julia Morizawa, Lauren Shippen, Briggon Snow, Anna Lore, Charlie Ian, Ian Mcquown, Alex Gallner, Andrew Nowak, Alex Marshall-Brown, Phillip Jordan, Alanna Fox, Reyn Beeler, Elizabeth Laird, 

    Queer Producers: Yes

    Accessibility: Content warnings in episode description, transcripts available on their website here.

Summary: Start with episode 101. The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients - each has a unique supernatural ability. The show documents their struggles and discoveries as well as the motivations of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright.

Tags: asexual, panromantic polyamorous character, bisexual man, lesbian, gay man, questioning man, wlw character

More details and/or spoilers under the break.

Check out our other queer podcast recommendations here. 

ID tags: Caleb Michaels: mlm, Chloe Turner: asexual, panromantic and polyamorous, Damien Gorham: mlm, Adam Hayes: gay, Mark Bryant: bisexual, Rose Atkinson: lesbian, Emily Rodreiguez: wlw,

Details and/or Spoilers: Caleb Michaels and Adam Hayes are dating, Rose is romantically interested in Emily Rodriguez, Agent Green is the only canonically straight character

[biandlesbianliterature]

Every Bi & Lesbian Comic, Graphic Novel, and Manga I’ve Read and Loved!

This is just the bi & lesbian comics that I’ve read and recommend. For all genres, click here to see the full list at the Lesbrary.

Check out the Lesbrary Comics tag for more reviewers’ recs!

Heathen, Volume 1 by Natasha Alterici (review)

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars by Michael Dante DiMartino

Motor Crush Vol 1 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr (review)

Darlin’ It’s Betta Down Where It’s Wetta by Megan Rose Gedris (review)

Spectacle Vol. 1 by Megan Rose Gedris

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman (review)

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (review)

Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings and Vampire Island by Sarah Graley (review)

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (review)

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson (Author) and Brittney Williams (illustrator) (review) (as well as Vol 2 and Vol 3)

Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant (review)

Girl Town by Carolyn Nowak (review)

On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin (review)

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill (review)

Space Battle Lunchtime Volumes 1 & 2 by Natalie Riess (Vol 1 & 2 review, Vol 3 review)

America Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Gabby Rivera

Revolutionary Girl Utena manga by Chiho Saito (review)

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Shannon Watters (review)

Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (review)

Jem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Sophia Campbell

Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1 by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva (review)

Charm School Book One: Magical Witch Girl Bunny by Elizabeth Watasin (review)

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Vols. 1-3 by Jeremy Whitley (review)

Manga:

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama (review)

Girl Friends: The Complete Collection by Milk Morinaga (review of volume 1, review of volume 2)

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata

How Do We Relationship? Volumes 1 & 2 by Tamifull (review)

Citrus, Vols 1-3 by Saburo Uta (review)

Nonfiction Comics & Graphic Memoirs:

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (review)

I’m a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World by Sharon Lee De La Cruz (review)

Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from the Nib (review)

War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow (review)

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List of Baby Geniuses Wiki of the Week Articles

0 Baby Geniuses

1 ASMR (unofficially; did not have a Wikipedia page at the time)

2 Fan death

3 Figging

4 Schmidt sting pain index

5 Bald-hairy

6 Mary Toft

7 Jenkem

8 Polyphasic sleep (now redirects to Biphasic and polyphasic sleep)

9 James Randi Educational Foundation

10 List of unusual deaths

11 Koro (medicine)

12 List of common misconceptions

13 Mojave phone booth

14 Action Park

15 Witzelsucht

16 Krampus and Zwarte Piet (Black Peter)

17 Scratch and sniff

18 Bummer and Lazarus

19 Jeanne Calment

20 Nickelodeon toys

21 Daggering

22 List of sexually active popes

23 Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

24 Emperor Norton

25 Paris syndrome

26 ALF (TV series)

27 Fossil word

28 Spite house

29 Women in piracy

30 Art competitions at the Summer Olympics

31 List of animals with fraudulent diplomas (now redirects to List of animals awarded human credentials)

32 Prostitution among animals

33 Tenderoni

34 My Way killings

35 Mike the Headless Chicken

36 List of inventors killed by their own inventions

37 Inedia

38 (Episode does not exist)

39 Tarrare

40 Sweater curse

41 Death from laughter

42 Dude

43 List of people claimed to be Jesus

44 Lucy the Elephant

45 How to keep chickens from eating their own eggs (Wikihow article)

46 List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

47 Cryptozoology

48 Bob the Railway Dog

49 Magic Castle (discussed very briefly)

50 Wartime cross-dressers

51 Streisand effect

52 Self-cannibalism

53 Sex in space

54 Other World Kingdom

55 Death erection

56 Taboo food and drink (now redirects to Food and drink prohibitions)

57 (no Wiki of the Week)

58 Florence Foster Jenkins

59 Kentucky meat shower

60 Susunu! Denpa Shonen

61 Felix Moncla

62 Walter Jackson Freeman II

63 You're So Vain

64 McDonald's urban legends

65 List of paraphilias

66 Hedy Lamarr

67 Last meal

68 Hatoful Boyfriend

69 United States presidential pets

70 Maginot Line

71 Finnish profanity

72 McArthur Wheeler (now redirects to Dunning-Kruger Effect)

73 List of unusual deaths

74 GamerGate Controversy

75 Scaphism

76 Dancing mania

77 Non-English Versions of The Simpsons

78 Fart proudly

79 List of humorous units of measurement

80 Rumpology

81 Takanakuy

82 White Day

83 Max Headroom signal hijacking

84 Cymothoa exigua

85 Ganguro

86 Reborn doll

87 Drukpa Kunley

88 Crush, Texas (now redirects to Crash at Crush)

89 Cotard delusion

90 Why did the chicken cross the road?

91 Berners St hoax

92 Evander Berry Wall

93 Premastication

94 List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls (now redirects to List of people who have gone over Niagara Falls)

95 Largest body part

96 You can't have your cake and eat it

97 Urine therapy

98 Oak Island mystery

99 Fearsome critters

100 Swan dress

101 List of selfie-related injuries and deaths

102 Potoooooooo

103 Julie d'Aubigny

104 (no Wiki of the Week)

105 Gavle goat

106 William Hale Thompson

107 List of Olympic mascots

108 Walter Lingo

109 Pam Reynolds case

110 Smigus-Dyngus (Dyngus Day)

111 Tio de Nadal

112 June and Jennifer Gibbons

113 Hairy Hands

114 Sunshower

115 Hypoalgesic effect of swearing

116 Lloyd's of London

117 Struwwelpeter

118 Haru Urara

119 Anti-Barney humor

120 Hundeprutterrutchbane

121 Accidental damage of art

122 Lisa Nowak

123 Tilberi

124 Hair of the dog

125 Bill Clinton Haircut Controversy (now redirects to Public Image of Bill Clinton section Haircutgate)

126 Penis captivus

127 Candle salad

128/129 Responses to sneezing

130 Gef

131 Melon heads

132 Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

133 Telling the bees

134 Kappa (folklore)

135 Shrek (sheep)

136 Concealed shoes

137 Highgate vampire

138 Zozobra

139 Dirty blues

140 Office assistant (also known as Clippy)

141 Virgin boy egg

142 Fartons

143 Balloonfest '86

144 Lapland New Forest

145 Curse of the colonel

146 Squatting position: Hunkerin' (section no longer exists)

147 Margaret Howe Lovatt

148 Cobra effect (now redirects to Perverse Incentive)

149 Frozen Dead Guy Days

150 Republic of Molossia

151 List of premature obituaries

152 Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon

153 Agnodice

154 The Most Unwanted Song

155 Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

156 Death during consensual sex

157 Catalan mythology about witches

158 List of gestures

159 Clamato

160 Each-uisge (water horse)

161 Flatulence humor

162 Mariko Aoki Phenomenon

163 Goofy

164 Chicken eyeglasses

165 Mozart and scatology

166 Ming of harlem

167 Twelve Tribes Communities

168 Andree's Arctic Balloon Expedition

169 Joey Skaggs

170 Amy Bock

171 Greenland shark

172 Mabel Stark

173 Person

174 Wikipedia:Long-Term Abuse/List

175 Dhinga Gavar

176 Skunks as pets

177 J. I. Rodale

178 Witch bottle

179 List of U.S. Presidential campaign slogans

180 Bernd das Brot

181 George Tirebiter

182 Lloyds Bank coprolite

183 Tama (cat)

184 Wizard of New Zealand

185 Learned pig

186 Miss Baker

187 Forty Elephants

188 Sheela Na Gig

189 Planetary mnemonic

190 Seedfeeder

191 John Titor

192 Lek mating

193 Roar (film)

194 Acoustic Kitty and JD & The Straight Shot

195 Soucouyant

196 Trash talk and Flyting

197 Mannekin Pis

198 Curse tablet

199 Dancing Baby

200 Cassie Chadwick

201 Serge Voronoff

202 Groom of the Stool

203 Safety coffin

204 Table manners

205 Tempest prognosticator

206 Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples

207 Icelandic Christmas folklore

208 Guy Goma

209 Extreme ironing

210 Victor Lustig

211 Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos

212 El Gran Juego de la Oca

213 Long-time nuclear waste warning messages

214 The Mad Pooper

215 Nim Chimpsky

216 Bridey Murphey

217 Grunge speak

218 WWF Brawl for All

219 Elizabeth Klarer

220 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

221 Top euphemisms for "period" by language (not a Wikipedia page)

222 Tristan da Cunha

223 Nils Olav

224 Giulia Tofana

225 Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly

226 Egg War

227 List of sandwiches

228 Mr. Blobby

229 Robert Coates (actor)

230 Crime in Antarctica

231 Worm charming

232 McDonald's Characters (now redirects to McDonaldland)

233 Kitty Fisher

234 Jimmy Carter Rabbit Incident and Puzzle jug

235 Fascinus

236 Computer rage

237 Nutty Narrows Bridge

238 Australia's Big Things

239 Billiken

240 Loveland Frog

241 List of CB slang

242 Salmon chaos

243 Great Michigan Pizza Funeral

244 Dustin the Turkey

[wexhappyxfew]

Landslide (Band of Brothers) -> Extended Cast

Natia, Klimeck and Ryzshard Filispki are not alone in their fight against the Nazis during the Second World War in the midst of Warsaw, Poland. Friends, best friends who became family were there for them the entire time, and each and every one of them come from a similar circumstance that simply brought them all together. They were each other’s family - they always would be too. Fighting alongside each other, deceiving each and every Nazi they come across, and being able to get a few laughs in are just some of the chaos that the group brings on.

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Kaja Wozniak >> Elizabeth Debicki

- Jewish/Polish; The Flip Children helped her escape and she became apart of the Resistance

- Works on: Coordinates + Planning

Cezar Iskra >> Burak Deniz

- Polish; Friend of Ryzshard Filipski since before the invasion - joined in with Ryzshard

- Works on: Bomb Making / Weaponry

Felicjan Marowski >> Yagiz Can Konyali

- Polish/Jewish; Joined the Resistance after he lost his parents - got into a fight with Klimeck as they were both junior ncos together but have since made up. She invited him to the group.

- Works on: Coordination with Kaja, Intelligence with Fransiczek

Dwad Pilecki >> Serhat Teoman

- Polish; Family friend of the Filipski’s - has known them all his life, works on mechanics. Known weaponry stealer and tinker.

- Works on: hijacking vehicles, weapons, and scouting

Angelika Nowak >> Hazal Kaya

- Polish; Was a seamstress before the war and knew Natia - Natia asked her to join the Resistance group. Top of her class.

- Works on: Intelligence + scouting with Dwad

Fransiczek Zelinkski >> Vladimir Burlakov

- French/Polish; joined in ‘42, after Klimeck ran into him on one of the missions for herself in France - asked him to join up and work for intelligence

- Works on: intelligence, radio operative to Zofia, 5 languages

Zofia Mazur >> Leyla Tanlar

- Polish/German; met Natia at a Polish Home Army meeting - was working on radio in the back, intrigued Natia. Works as head radio operative

- Works on: Intelligence, head radio operative, code breaker

[true-reality]

•Virgina Tech Shooting•

TO CLARIFY: I mean no disrespect towards the victims and I don’t condone the murders. May they rest in peace ❤️

The Virgina Tech Shooting was a school shooting that happened on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, VA at Virgina Polytechinc Insititute and State University. The perpetrator Seung-Hui Cho, who was a resident at the university, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others. Cho ended his life inside of the school. This shooting was the deadliest school shooting in US history. The motive is inconclusive. The university held a candlelight vigil the day after the shootings.

May they rest in peace:

Ross Alameddine, 20

Christopher James Bishop, 35

Brian Bluhm, 25

Ryan Clark, 22

Austin Cloyd, 18

Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, 49

Kevin Granata, 46

Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24

Caitlin Hammaren, 19

Jeremy Herbstritt, 27

Rachel Elizabeth Hill, 18

Emily Hilscher, 19

Jarrett Lane, 22

Matthew J. La Porte, 20

Henry Lee, 20

Liviu Librescu, 76

G.V. Loganathan, 51

Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34

Lauren McCain, 20

Daniel O’Neil, 22

Juan Ramon Ortiz, 26

Minal Panchal, 26

Daniel Perez Cueva, 21

Erin Peterson, 18

Mike Pohle, 23

Julia Pryde, 23

Mary Read, 19

Reema Samaha, 18

Waleed Shaalan, 32

Leslie Sherman, 20

Maxine Turner, 22

Nicole White, 20

[sadmmann]

Today 12 years since the massacre at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute

​Today 12 years since the day we lost 32 wonderful people as a result of the massacre at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute

remember their names

Emily Jane Hilscher, 19 years old, from the city of Woodville (Virginia). First-year student of the Faculty of Pet Sciences. Initially, she was considered to be Cho Seung Hee’s girlfriend, but her dorm roommate Hilscher denied having any relationship between Hilscher and the murderer.

Ryan Christopher "Stack" Clark, 22, from Martinez, GA.

Ross Abdallah Alameddin, 20 years old, from Sagas, Massachusetts. Second-year student of the Faculty of English and Business.

Bryan Bluhm, 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Graduate student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Matthew Gregory Gwaltney, 24, from Chester, Virginia. Graduate student at the Faculty of Environmental Protection.

Austin Cloyd, 18, from Blacksburg, Virginia. First-year student of the Faculty of International Relations and French.

Matthew Joseph La Porte, 20 years old, from Dumont, New Jersey. Second-year student of the Faculty of Political Sciences.

Jarrett Lane, 22 years old, from the city of Nerrose (Virginia). The fourth-year student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. ·

Henry Lee, from the city of Roanoke (Virginia). First-year student of the Faculty of Computing.

Partahi Mamorah Halomoan Lumbatuoran, 34 years old, from the city of Medan (Indonesia). Postgraduate professional student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. 

Lauren Ashley McCain, 20, from the city of Hampton, Virginia. First-year student of the Faculty of International Relations.

Daniel Patrick O’Neil, 23, from Lincoln, Rhode Island. Graduate student at the Faculty of Environmental Protection.

Juan Ramón Ortiz, 26 years old, from the city of Bayamon (Puerto Rico). Postgraduate student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Minal Hiralal Panchal, 26 years old, from the city of Mumbai (India). Postgraduate student of the Faculty of Architecture.

Daniel Pérez Cueva, 21, from the city of Lima (Peru). Third year student of the Faculty of International Relations.

Erin Peterson, 18, from Centerville (Fairfax County, Virginia). First-year student of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Knowledge.

Julia Pryde, 23, from Middletown, New Jersey. A graduate student at the Faculty of Biological Systems Engineering.

Michael Steven Poole, Jr., 23, from the Raritan city area (New Jersey). Fourth year student of the Faculty of Biological Sciences.

Mary Karen Reid, 18, from Annandel, Virginia.

Reema Joseph Samaha, 18, First-year student of the faculty of urban planning. 

Maxine Shelley Turner, 22 years old, originally from England. from the city of Viena (Virginia). The fourth-year student of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering.

Nicole Regina White, 22, from the city of Nerrose, Virginia. Third-year student of the Faculty of International Relations and Politics. 

Matthew Webster, 23, from Smithfield (Virginia). Graduate student of the Faculty of Technology. 

Walid Mohamed Shaalan, 32, from Zagazig (Egypt). Postgraduate professional student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. He died trying to save another student. 

Leslie Geraldine Sherman, 20 years old, from the city of Springfield (Virginia). Third-year student of the Faculty of History and International Relations. 

Caitlin Millar Hammaren, 20 years old, from Minisink (New York).

Rachel Elizabeth Hill, 18 years old, from the city of Richmond (Virginia). First-year student of the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Faculty ·

Christopher James "Jamie" Bishop, 35 years. Lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and Literature. 

Kevin Granata, 45 years old. Professor of the Faculty of Technical Sciences and Mechanics.

Jocelyn Couture-Nowak, 35 years old. Lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. French teacher from the city of Montreal (Quebec, Canada).

Liviu Librescu, 76 years. Professor of the Faculty of Technical Sciences and Mechanics, a Jew who survived the Holocaust.

G. V. Loganathan , 51 years old. Professor of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Protection from the state of Tamil Nadu (India).

[dannyreviews]

Cinema Legends Between 95-105 + Years Old Still Alive (as of 6/1/2019)

An overdue update:

Mario Sequi - director, screenwriter (b. 1910 or 1913)?

Ruthie Tompson - animator (b. 1910)

Renée Simonot - dubbing actress (b. 1911)

Urho Harkola - actor (b. 1911)

Katsumi Tezuka - actor (b. 1912)

Viola Smith - musician, actress (b. 1912)

Milton Quon - animator (b. 1913) † 6/22/2019

Julie Gibson - actress (b. 1913) † 10/2/2019

Pappukutty Bhagavathar - actor, singer (b. 1913)

Aldo Rossi - screenwriter, director (b. 1913)

Norman Lloyd - actor, producer, director (b. 1914)

Alfredo Varelli - actor (b. 1914)

Norman Spencer - producer (b. 1914)

Mary Ward - actress (b. 1915)

Giuseppe La Torre - cinematographer (b. 1915)

Rita Livesi - actress (b. 1915)

Olivia De Havilland - actress (b. 1916)

Kirk Douglas - actor (b. 1916)

Eric Bentley - screenwriter, playwright (b. 1916)

Elisa Stella - actress (b. 1916)

Beverly Cleary - novelist, screenwriter (b. 1916)

Jean Erdman - choreographer (b. 1916)

Ivy Baker - costume designer (b. 1916)

Anna Maria Bottini - actress (b. 1916)

Roberto Bruni - actor (b. 1916)

Lily Vincenti - actress (b. 1916)

Sumiko Mizukubo - actress (b. 1916)?

Harriet Frank Jr. - screenwriter (b. 1917)

Vera Lynn - singer, actress (b. 1917)

Earl Cameron - actor (b. 1917)

Marsha Hunt - actress (b. 1917)

Suzy Delair - actress (b. 1917)

Lise Nørgaard - novelist, screenwriter (b. 1917)

Anne Hegira - actress (b. 1917)

Don Marion Davis - actor (b. 1917)

Fabien Collin - director (b. 1917)

Bob Cunningham - actor (b. 1917)

Antonio Gradoli - actor (b. 1917)

Lucy Jarvis - producer (b. 1917)

Artur Brauner - producer (b. 1918) † 7/7/2019

Baby Peggy - actress (b. 1918)

Ivy Bethune - actress (b. 1918)

Dusty Anderson - actress (b. 1918)

Doreen Turner - actress (b. 1918)

Jeanne Manet - actress (b. 1918)

Nino Borghi - production designer (b. 1918)

Jean Moussette - director, editor, cameraman (b. 1918)

Adriana Sivieri - actress (b. 1918)

René de Obaldia - playwright, screenwriter (b. 1918)

Tao Porchon-Lynch - actress (b. 1918)

Ida Schuster - actress (b. 1918)

Branka Veselinovic - actress (b. 1918)

Maurice Marks - actor, stuntman (b. 1918)

Dave Bartholomew - musician, lyricist (b. 1918) † 6/23/2019

Sid Ramin - composer (b. 1919) † 7/1/2019

Nehemiah Persoff - actor (b. 1919)

Walter Bernstein - screenwriter (b. 1919)

Marge Champion - actress, dancer (b. 1919)

Joachim Tomaschewsky - actor (b. 1919)

Caren Marsh - dancer, actress (b. 1919)

Grace Albertson - actress (b. 1919)

Betty Brodel - singer, actress (b. 1919)

Sheila Mercier - actress (b. 1919) † 12/13/2019

Alfie Scopp - actor (b. 1919)

Helen Shingler - actress (b. 1919) † 10/8/2019

Doris Merrick - actress (b. 1919)

Armin Dahlen - actor, director (b. 1919)

Jean Barker - editor (b. 1919)

Helge Robbert - cinematographer, director (b. 1919)

June Spencer - actress (b. 1919)

Max Berliner - actor (b. 1919) † 8/26/2019

Helmuth Ashley - director, cinematographer (b. 1919)

Orlando Drummond - actor, voice actor (b. 1919)

Guido Gorgatti - actor (b. 1919)

Doris Merrick - actress (b. 1920)

Don Kennedy - actor (b. 1920)

Franca Valeri - actress (b. 1920)

Jack Edwards - actor (b. 1920)

Norma Barzman - screenwriter (b. 1920)

Sergio Mendizábal - actor (b. 1920)

A. E. Hotchner - novelist, screenwriter, playwright (b. 1920)

Gudrun Parker - producer, director (b. 1920)

Doudou Babet - actress (b. 1920)

Joan Ellacott - costume designer (b. 1920)

Vera Bergman - actress (b. 1920)

Susan Miller - actress (b. 1920)

Nicolette Bernard - actress (b. 1920)

Claude Accursi - screenwriter (b. 1920)

Francis Rigaud - director, screenwriter (b. 1920)

Ann Triola - actress, singer (b. 1920)

Agnès Delahaie - producer (b. 1920)

Edward Lewis - producer, screenwriter (b. 1920) † 7/27/2019

Hilda Bernard - actress (b. 1920)

Josip Elic - actor (b. 1921) † 10/21/2019

Ruth de Souza - actress (b. 1921) † 7/27/2019

Jack Rader - actor (b. 1921)

Geoffrey Chater - actor (b. 1921)

Bill Butler - cinematographer (b. 1921)

Walter Mirisch - producer (b. 1921)

Tom Felleghy - actor (b. 1921)

Patricia Marmont - actress (b. 1921)

Carlo Lastricati - assistant director (b. 1921)

Grisha Dabat - screenwriter (b. 1921)

Herbert Kofer - actor (b. 1921)

Dobroslav Srámek - sound editor (b. 1921)

Yu Lan - actress (b. 1921)

Zygmunt Nowak - sound editor (b. 1921)

Miriam Nevo - actress (b. 1921)

John Aldred - sound mixer (b. 1921)

George Lefferts - producer, screenwriter (b. 1921)

Wally Campo - actor (b. 1921)

Derek Granger - producer (b. 1921)

Herbert Westbrook - art director, production designer (b. 1921)

Simone Berthier - actress (b. 1921)

Betty White - actress (b. 1922)

Ray Anthony - musician, actor (b. 1922)

Carl Reiner - actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1922)

Margia Dea - actress (b. 1922)

Helen Mowery - actress (b. 1922)

Bill Macy - actor (b. 1922) † 10/17/2019

Joan Copeland - actress (b. 1922)

Tony Charmoli - dancer, choreographer, director (b. 1922)

Charles Csuri - animator (b. 1922)

Norman Lear - producer (b. 1922)

Micheline Presle - actress (b. 1922)

Ivry Gitlis - violinist, actor (b. 1922)

Janis Paige - actress (b. 1922)

Bert I. Gordon - director (b. 1922)

Françoise Javet - editor (b. 1922)

Ebrahim Golestan - director (b. 1922)

Ethmer Roten - film score musician (b. 1922)

Angel Wagenstein - screenwriter (b. 1922)

Gershon Kingsley - film composer (b. 1922) † 12/10/2019

Jacqueline White - actress (b. 1922)

Paula Valenska - actress (b. 1922)

Ivan King - art director (b. 1922)

Maurice Delbez - director (b. 1922)

Christian Alers - actor (b. 1922)

Mona Lisa - actress (b. 1922) † 8/25/2019

Chandrashekhar - actor (b. 1922)

John Shirley - editor (b. 1922)

Dilip Kumar - actor (b. 1922)

Alan Scott - actor (b. 1922)

Qin Yi - actress (b. 1922)

Doreen Brownstone - actress (b. 1922)

Mariya Portnaya - animator (b. 1922)

Enrico Bomba - producer, director (b. 1922)

Agustina Bessa-Luís - playwright, screenwriter (b. 1922) † 6/3/2019

Terence Kelly - actor (b. 1922)

Vladimir Etush - actor (b. 1922)

Rudolf Kovac - production designer (b. 1922)

Peter Berkos - sound editor (b. 1922)

Marcel Berbert - producer (b. 1922)

Raffaele La Capria - screenwriter (b. 1922)

Robert Fletcher - costume designer (b. 1922)

Jacqueline Duc - actress (b. 1922)

Martha Stewart - actress (b. 1922)

Eleonora Morana - actress (b. 1922)

Sydney Bettex - production designer (b. 1923)

Larry Storch - actor (b. 1923)

Valentina Cortese - actress (b. 1923) † 7/10/2019

Rosita Fornes - actress (b. 1923)

Franco Zeffirelli - director (b. 1923) † 6/15/2019

Gloria Henry - actress (b. 1923)

Gene Reynolds - actor, screenwriter, producer, director (b. 1923)

Stan Waterman - producer, cinematographer (b. 1923)

Donald Elson - actor (b. 1923)

Paul Muller - actor (b. 1923)

Jaromír Janácek - editor (b. 1923)

Elizabeth Sellars - actress (b. 1923) † 12/28/2019

Jimmy Lydon - child actor, producer (b. 1923)

Michael Medwin - actor, producer (b. 1923)

Val Bettin - actor (b. 1923)

Ralph Senensky - director (b. 1923)

Edward Ryan - actor (b. 1923)

Rhonda Fleming - actress (b. 1923)

Werner Lenz - cinematographer (b. 1923)

Glynis Johns - actress (b. 1923)

Nicholas Parsons - actor (b. 1923)

Józef Hen - screenwriter, novelist (b. 1923)

Bob Barker - game show host (b. 1923)

Mike Nussbaum - actor (b. 1923)

Vatroslav Mimica - director (b. 1923)

Kim Yaroshevskaya - actress (b. 1923)

Barbara Chilcott - actress (b. 1923)

Ruth Geller - actress (b. 1923)

Billy Watson - child actor (b. 1923)

Sam Gray - actor (b. 1923)

Patrick Gordon - actor (b. 1923)

Bernard Gersten - producer (b. 1923)

William Kraft - film composer (b. 1923)

Jo-Carroll Dennison - actress (b. 1923)

Norman Klenman - screenwriter (b. 1923)

Anne Vernon - actress (b. 1924)

Carole Cook - actress (b. 1924)

Noreen Nash - actress (b. 1924)

Leslie Phillips - actor (b. 1924)

Eric Pleskow - producer (b. 1924) † 10/1/2019

Zizi Jeanmarie - dancer, actress (b. 1924)

Sheldon Harnick - lyricist (b. 1924)

Jane Morgan - actress, singer (b. 1924)

Priscilla Pointer - actress (b. 1924)

Andro Lustic - actor, screenwriter (b. 1924)

Leza Holland - director, screenwriter (b. 1924)

Espen Skjønberg - actor (b. 1924)

Gerard Schurmann - film composer (b. 1924)

Jutta Hering - editor (b. 1924)

Jan Chaloupek - editor (b. 1924)

Peg Murray - actress (b. 1924)

Bob Markell - producer, art director (b. 1924)

Lucine Amara - opera singer, actress (b. 1924)

[usernoneexistent]

Part I of Harper starts Hogwarts

Challenge: 'Acceptance Letter' for the Back 2 School Chaos Challenge

When Harper gets her letter, Flynn has concerns about his little sister starting Hogwarts and how the family will react to the news.

Warnings: family angst

It started with a roasting Summer that year. The Nowak household held a barbecue as they had been soaking in the sun for the previous few days while complaining about how hot it was. The inflatable swimming pool was blown up for the kids to cool in; it was more Flynn and Harper using the pool. Isla, his older sister, commented about how the pool was for kids. However, Flynn was sure she was acting too cool for them since she befriended the popular girls at her school.

Sounds of hoots from above which brought Flynn back to the owlrey. Though Flynn could contact most of his friends with a cell phone or through his Xbox. What was peculiar was when the owl dropped something into the pool.

Isla screamed and quickly covered her head. Their mum rushed over to see what was happening while Flynn picked up the letter, which was dry despite landing in the pool. He figured there was magic in everything.

"Flynn, tell your friends to stop sending owls over. They're so freaky." Isla complained.

"But it's not for me," Flynn argued as he looked at the letter closely. He remembered receiving one exactly like it two years ago. "It's for Harper."

Flynn handed the letter to his little sister, who was equally confused. The rest of the family gathered in the grassy garden as they climbed out of the pool. Harper tore the letter open as they all held their breath. His mother especially as her face paled when she saw the green ink.

"I got accepted into Hogwarts," Harper said stunned. Her doe-brown eyes sparkled, and a smile formed on her face. "Oh my god! I'm a witch! I get to learn magic and fly brooms and get to see talking paintings-"

"Wait, you knew?! "Elizabeth Nowak exclaimed. Her dark brown eyes widened.

"Well, I only made my paintings move. I thought I only had a little magic but not enough to get into Hogwarts. I mean Flynn did so many magical things." Harper admitted, hanging her head. "I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"Then why didn't you say anything, sweetheart?" Jan said, rubbing her back in soft circles. "We're here for you, Harper. You can tell us anything."

"I thought you wouldn't let me go."Harper avoided their gaze. She clutched her letter a little tighter. "You didn't let Flynn go when he got his letter so I thought you wouldn't let me either."

Both of their parents stayed silent. Flynn knew they wouldn't fess up that they messed up things with him. His mother especially tried to rid the magic out of him by attending muggle school and that he needed to follow a particular path. He learned quickly that magic was essential to him, and in his life, his mother only relented because there was little choice. Even now, her eyes would narrow anytime Flynn spoke about Hogwarts and magic in the house.

"No, Harper, dear. We'll let you go to Hogwarts won't we, Liz?" Their father glanced over at their mother. She stood their arms crossed, clearly disagreeing, but she reluctantly nodded.

"Yes! I'm going to Hogwarts! "Harper started her victory dance.

"Great," Isla muttered loud enough. "I have another freak of a sibling."

She left with their mother following her shortly behind. Flynn knew she was following after to comfort her as the golden child. The mood soured quickly by Isla's outburst; it was not like she had already ruined Flynn's acceptance and first entry to Hogwarts, but Harper was another matter.

"It's fine, Harper. "Jan reassured. "Your mother will handle her."

Though Harper struggled to not look too upset by it. Flynn couldn't let Isla ruin her acceptance to Hogwarts like she did with him.

"Harper, just ignore her." Flynn playfully nudged. "We have to celebrate your acceptance to Hogwarts! Right dad?"

Flynn glanced over at his father for his approval. Without hesitation, he said, "Yeah. We can...order some pizza tonight."

"And dessert!" Harper grinned.

"And we'll get dessert." Jan laughed.

The three of them went inside. Jan ordered the promised pizza and dessert, which cheered Isla a little, too. Though Flynn feared that day was history repeating itself.

[mobscene-london]

BASIC INFORMATION:

NAME: Emilia Lefebvre. AGE: 33. PLACE OF BIRTH: Launceston, Massachusetts, United States. AFFILIATION: The French Organization. OCCUPATION: Soldier. FACE CLAIM: Elizabeth Olsen. AVAILABILITY: OPEN.

(Warning: Heavy references to prostitution/human trafficking.) 

 A little money really could mask anything, couldn’t it?

Brenton was an utter cesspool; a place so rotten to the core, she wondered how people outside of the Russian Mob could even stand to live there. Yet to walk down the streets of the Launceston borough’s very centre was to be surrounded by grand architecture, neat streets, and beautiful buildings that wouldn’t have been entirely out of place in the more respected parts of the city. The people there had money. They liked for their particular patch to present well. Yet those on the outskirts often lived in desperate poverty, without being given a second thought or a helping hand by their more affluent neighbours.

That observation, however despicable, was not Emilia’s issue with the Russians, though.

Her issue was how their ‘elite’ made the majority of their money in the first place.

Humans.

People didn’t like to talk about it, she’d noticed. Guns, drugs, and violence on the other hand? Those particular sources of income could be criticized and protested, and complained about to their leaders by the city’s inhabitants until they were blue in the face. So why did nobody want to talk about the issue of how the Russians had elevated themselves into such a position of wealth? Why were the first thoughts about the scumbags ‘basements’ and ‘explosions’ instead of ‘slavery’ and ‘sex workers’?

It was a nauseating thought, she supposed. Maybe they were more comfortable in their ignorance. Maybe they thought even the people of Launceston couldn’t be that evil.

But they could.

Seeing the prostitutes that lined the streets of Yellow Wood as she drove around nightly with her crew turned her stomach. It made her think of her mom.

Emilia had been born in Launceston to a Polish prostitute; a woman who’d been plucked off the streets of her home country by the Russian mob when she was but a drug-addicted teenager. The imported Eastern European and Russian women always made the most money when it came to sex work, and those who owned them made the most of that knowledge. All of the victims were too weak and too vulnerable to fight it. That was the point in their selection, after all.

They were always girls who wouldn’t be missed.

Emilia’s mother had never fought for herself. Yet, when she’d found out one of the many Russian gangsters who often paid visits to her brothel had gotten her pregnant, she sure as hell fought for her daughter. Being pregnant was bad business. Either you got rid of the baby yourself, or they would do it for you, and neither were options she could agree to.

Not a lot of information on how her mother escaped the iron grip of the Russian Mob is known to Emilia. Even though she ran to the French for their help, aside from revealing herself as a victim of the Russians’ deplorable cycle of sex workers, Inga Nowak didn’t offer up much else about her past or present situations. They didn’t pry. They simply made sure she and her unborn child were looked after, just as they sought to do with every other woman they could release from a similar situation. Human trafficking was not a viable area of business to them, and it never would be. Eradicating the Russian prostitution rings on their soil was becoming a bigger priority every day. Not only because their expansion threatened them, but because it was fucking wrong.

Emilia’s mother unfortunately passed away during a complicated childbirth. Sometimes, the young woman wonders if that was a little bit of God’s mercy. How could she have possibly looked at her own daughter every day knowing she was a product of something that had tormented her for years? How could she ever forget what had happened?

The French had always been honest with her about her mother—particularly the loving Lefebvre family that had adopted her from birth—and Emilia was grateful for that. Even though it might have been easier growing up without the knowledge that she was the product of a prostitute and whichever Russian scumbag had taken advantage of her, it has put her on a path she wouldn’t have otherwise found. It’s left her with a passion, utterly unmatched, though admired by the other French loyalists, to decimate the Vorshevsky human trafficking business, once and for all.

All she wants is to stop others from being hurt the same way as her mother.

Would she be proud?

Emilia loves her family, and is as much crafted by them as the parent she never knew. Cassandre is a doting housewife with more than enough love for her three children; the last of which, Emilia, she treated no differently from those she’d birthed herself. Martin, now retired, was one of Launceston’s first Commandants; the type of old school French mobster that the new generation still sought to emulate. Emilia adored them both, and owed them everything. They were the reason she became the strong, smart and determined person who would eventually find her own way into the St. Clair family that had saved her.

The young woman had always been a firecracker when it came to conflict. Though she mightn’t have possessed the same physical strength as the rest of the crew she has been closely knitted with since she was fifteen, that doesn’t mean she didn’t try. It also helped that her big brother just so happened to have the sort of reputation that left people dumbstruck with fear when she reminded them who she was related to. It’s not uncommon for her to start fights with Russians; the idea of them being remotely the same as the man who hurt her mother the fuelling factor for her unwavering hatred. If they identify as Vorshevsky, they deserve to suffer, and she is more than happy to dish out plenty of that.

Her most notable attack? Using a fresh manicure to attempt to scratch out the eyes of a Russian who had described the sex workers inside of his club as ‘sluts.’

And her friends had even held him down as she did it.

Even though she had never planned on leaving Launceston until her work was done, things were beginning to change. The city was starting to rise up against the Russian human trafficking—particularly after a joint French-Italian charity event drew in the media attention it deserved—and finally, dents were being made in their profits. To think they would abandon it all together had been naïve…so to hear that the Russians were moving to another city, somewhere the French had less influence and they had more leeway, was a terrifying thought, if not a surprising one.

Had it not been for her brother’s own move to London, the decision might’ve been harder.

Emilia keeps telling herself that this city will be different. That the women the newly arrived Vorshevsky family bring to British shores won’t be the victims of bad politics as well as the despicable business they’ve been forced into. Emilia will do everything in her power to shed light on the practice before it can get out of hand. And maybe, just maybe, she’ll even be able to save a few along the way, just like the French had saved her mother all those years ago.    

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS:

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single. FAMILY: Inga Nowak (mother, deceased), Cassandre and Martin Lefebvre (adoptive parents, unplayable), Varden Lefebvre (adoptive brother), Océane Lefebvre (adoptive sister, unplayable) CONNECTIONS:

Rosalie Lecomte: Best friend. Rosalie has been her friend for almost as long as she can remember. Both of them hail from influential St. Clair families, and they have been joined at the hip from the moment they decided to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Every crew they’ve ever been a part of, they’ve joined together, and there is no way Emilia could have imagined coming to London if she hadn’t agreed to follow.

Varden Lefebvre: Brother. There is nobody in her life more important to her than her big brother. Through thick and thin, regardless of his work commitments, she has always come first, and she knows it. Emilia doesn’t push her luck with her enemies thinking he’s always there to back her up, but it’s a comfort to know that if anything ever does go wrong, he’s there to help her out.

Sébastien Pécresse: Friend. The first time she’d met him had been during her brief time waitressing at the French hangout, Séverin, in Launceston. Even though his reputation had been intimidating, he was very friendly, even to her, and struck as more kind-hearted than most of the others who aligned with the mob. Emilia appreciated how hard he tried to use his political influence to put a halt to the Vorshevsky’s human trafficking, and is glad that he’s on there side here in London.

[sofondabooks]

the shore, so far away by neonheartbeat (@urulokid ), Titanic AU, WIP, chapter 1 of ?

“Summary:

Hard work and dedication brings the young Miss Rachel Nowak from Paris to England to dance the ballet: she then leaves behind the salon of Mme. Pavlova to dream of a fine life in America.

Lady Elizabeth Lelia Organa Solo, widowed, has arranged a fine match for her only child, Lord John Benjamin Solo, with the rich and spoiled Miss Mary Clarisse Sindian Harkness, heiress to her late father's railroad fortune, to save the family from poverty and disgrace.

Both parties look forward to their transatlantic crossing on the finest ship the White Star Line has to offer--the RMS Titanic.”

[cassiedepresivo]

LAS VICTIMAS DE CHO SEUNG HUI

Ross A. Alameddine

cristobal james obispo

Brian R. Bluhm

ryan christopher clark

austin michelle cloyd

Jocelyne Couture-Nowak

Kevin P. Granata

Mateo Gregory Gwaltney

Caitlin Millar Hammaren

Jeremy Michael Herbstritt

rachael elizabeth hill

Emily Jane Hilscher

Jarrett Lee Lane

Mateo José La Porte

Henry J. Lee (Henh Ly)

liviu librescu

GV Loganathan

Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan

lauren ashley mcain

Daniel Patrick O´Neil

Juan Ramón Ortiz-Ortiz

Minal Hiralal Panchal

Daniel Alejandro Pérez Cueva

Erin Nicole Peterson

Michael Steven Pohle, Jr.

julia kathleen pride

María Karen Leer

Reema Joseph Samaha

Waleed Mohamed Shaalan

Leslie Geraldine Sherman

Maxine Shelly Turner

nicole regina blanca

[lumosnite]

The Bright Sessions is also now over, not officially but it feels like good bye. It has been an emotional, heart wrenching and brilliant ride that made me realize a lot of things about myself and was a really great learning experience. It has taught me so much about life and people. Thank you Lauren Shippen for creating, writing and producing it and for bringing the character of Sam to life and for making her so relatable (minus the time travel), Mischa Stanton for producing it, Anna Lore for the art and for making Chloe the impeccable ray of sunshine, Elizabeth Laird for making the psychology somewhat accurate, I mean really this show has just made me want to go into psychology more, and of course for giving Sarah a voice, Evan Cunningham for making the amazing theme song and the music in general, the musical episode was the greatest thing ever, Julia Morizawa for the absolutely perfect performance of Dr. Bright, Briggon Snow for giving Adam an amazing boyfriend, Charlie Ian for being just an amazing morally grey character which I still don’t know how to feel about, Ian McQuowan for managing to make Agent Green sympathetic, Alex Gallner for giving Caleb an equally amazing boyfriend, Andrew Nowak for making Mark so endearing, Alex Marshall Brown for making Director Wadsworth one of the most terrifying but also annoying people ever, Phillip Jordan for giving Frank a voice, Alanna Fox for making Rose an interesting characters, Reyn Beeler for voicing Charlie and not making me feel like its Chet, and everyone else who helped to bring this amazing world and its people to life. 

[peachy-queen]

Below are the names of those who lost their lives during the Virginia Tech shooting on this day in 2007. Ross A. Alameddine Christopher James Bishop Brian R. Bluhm Ryan Christopher Clark Austin Michelle Cloyd Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Kevin P. Granata Matthew Gregory Gwaltney Caitlin Millar Hammaren Jeremy Michael Herbstritt Rachael Elizabeth Hill Emily Jane Hilscher Jarrett Lee Lane Matthew Joseph La Porte Henry J. Lee (Henh Ly) Liviu Librescu G.V. Loganathan Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan Lauren Ashley McCain Daniel Patrick O’Neil Juan Ramon Ortiz-Ortiz Minal Hiralal Panchal Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva Erin Nicole Peterson Michael Steven Pohle, Jr. Julia Kathleen Pryde Mary Karen Read Reema Joseph Samaha Waleed Mohamed Shaalan Leslie Geraldine Sherman Maxine Shelly Turner Nicole Regina White #virginiatechmassacre #neverforget #inmemoriam https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CgqbrjTQGI__6urZaNEs15iBb0yvOrXTa3-I0/?igshid=34yu0sc1afse