#erica carroll

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using hannah’s logic … jimmy Novak is in love with dean winchester …?

[mad-as-a-box-of-frogs]

When you left heaven, your borrowed grace was failing. By the looks of you, you've only gotten worse. [...] You're dying, Castiel. You need more grace.

Hannah in Black (10x01): Best of SPN Ladies [395 / ?]

[supernaturalwomen]

Most Appearances by a Woman in Supernatural ↳ T-9. Erica Carroll 9 episodes.

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OHHHHHHH!!!!! S2 SO SOOOO GOOD!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE Look at THEM!!!!!!! SOOOOO GORGEOUS!!!!! SOOOO BAMF!!!!!!!! :D I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!! Thank YOU SO SO MUCH for this!!!! You are WONDERFUL!!!!! :) <3

SPNWOMENWEEK- Day 7: free space ↳ Angels and Demons

[nathsketch]

Some exciting news!! I’ve teamed up with Nerdy Ink once more and we’ll be releasing this special edition of Alice in Wonderland with illustrations created by yours truly!

You can preorder the book here!

So... apologies for being so absent lately, but now you know this is one of the reasons 😸 We’re about to go quite mad!! 🎩

Happy Monday! ♥️♠️♦️♣️

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Stranger Things Names and Their Meanings

So I did some digging, and I found some of the names and last names of the characters of Stranger Things and how some of them can possibly connect to their arcs, so I figured why not share what I learned.

I sincerely hope y'all like and reblog this like your life depended on it because it took me like 500 hours to compile this, so please help a girl out lmao.

The Byers

Byers can have various meanings, but the most common one is a topographic meaning which is "someone who lived by a cattle shed"

William - It comes from the Old High German name Wilhelm or Willahelm, which is a combination of the words wil (will or desire) and helm (protection). It means "resolute protector" or "strong-willed warrior"

Jonathan - The name Jonathan is a Hebrew name that means "Gift of God" and it comes from the Hebrew word Yonatan.

Joyce - Joyce comes from the Old French name Josse, which comes from the Latin name Iudocus, the Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc, which means "lord". It also comes from Middle English, from the word joise, which means rejoice.

The Wheelers

Wheeler as a last name is an English occupational name that comes from Old English and means "one who makes or uses wheels".

Michael - The name Michael is derived from the Hebrew word Mikha'el which means "who is like God?" or "A gift from God".

Michael is also the name of one of the seven archangels. He was the leader of angels and the army of God and led the battle against Satan in the Bible.

Nancy - The name Nancy means "grace, favored, or pure".

Karen - Of Danish origin that means "pure"

Ted - Can be a diminutive of two names "Edward or Theodore". If his name is a diminutive of Edward - the name comes from the Old English name Ēadweard, which is made up of the words ēad meaning "wealth, fortunate, or prosperous" and weard meaning "guardian or protector" - which in short means that means wealthy guard.

Theodore - is of Greek origin and means "Divine Gift"

Holly - Of English origin, means "plant with red berries"

The Sinclairs

The name comes from the Latin word clarus and is derived from the French name de Saint-Clair. It may also be a habitational name for someone from a place named after the dedication of its church to St. Clarus. It means "pure, renowned, or illustrious".

Erica - of Old Norse origin that means "ever powerful" or "eternal ruler"

Lucas - The name comes from the Latin verb lucere, which means "to shine". So the name means "bringer of light".

The Creels

Likely an Americanized version of the German names Kriel or Krüll. So most likely comes from the habitational name of a place called Kriele near Rathenow (Brandenburg).

 Victor -  It comes from the Latin word vincere, which also means "to conquer". It means "conqueror".

Henry - The name Henry comes from the Old Frankish name Heimeric, which is a combination of the words haima- meaning "home" and rīk- meaning "ruler". So it means "home ruler" or "ruler of home".

Alice - of German origin that means noble and exalted. It is a short form of the Old French name Alis, that is derived from the Old High German name Adalhaidis. The name is made up of the Proto-Germanic words aþala-, meaning "noble", and haidu-, meaning "appearance; kind".

Alice is also the name of the famous character in the Lewis Carroll novel (Alice in Wonderland).

Virginia - It comes from the Roman names Verginius and Virginius, and the Latin word Virgo, which means "maiden". So the name means "maid, pure, virgin".

The Hoppers

The surname Hopper has multiple meanings:

English occupational name: From the Middle English word hoppen, which means "to dance, hop, leap". This name was used for a dancer. 

English topographic name: From the Middle English word hopper, which was used in Sussex and Kent to describe someone who lived in a remote place, such as an enclosed piece of land in a marsh. 

Jim - Most likely a diminutive for the name James - The name is derived from the Hebrew name Jacob, which means "supplanter" or "holder of the heel". In Hebrew tradition, James may mean a man who is in control of his own actions and will.

Jane - The name Jane comes from the Hebrew name Yochanan and it means "Yahweh is gracious" or "Yahweh* is merciful".

*Yahweh is the Hebrew name of the biblical God of the old Israel.

The Munsons

The last name is an English patronymic that means "son of Mund*".

*Old English and Old Norse: In Old English and Old Norse, mund means "hand" or "protection".

Eddie - Most likely a diminutive for Edward, Edmund, or Edgar - all names can mean "wealthy protector" or "wealthy spear"

Wayne - comes from an Old English word that means "wagon driver".

The Hendersons

It is of Scottish origin and it means "Son of Henry".

Dustin -  comes from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which is made up of the words Þórr meaning "thunder" and stein meaning "stone".

It means "Thor's stone" or "thunderstone".

Claudia - Latin origin that means "lameness" or "enclosure".

The Mayfields

It's an English habitational name that means "strong one's field".

Maxine - It comes from the Latin word maximus, which means "greatest" or "largest". 

Other Characters

Steve Harrington

The last name Harrington has multiple meanings and origins and it signifies "From stony grounds": 

English - The name Harrington is a habitational name that comes from multiple places in England. The name comes from Old English words, with hring meaning "stony" and tn meaning "settlement" or "enclosure". The name Harrington may mean "from the stony ground". 

Irish - Harrington is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin and Ó hIongardail. Ó hArrachtáin means "descendant of Arrachtán", which comes from the Irish word arrachtach meaning "mighty" or "powerful". Ó hIongardail means "descendant of Iongardal". 

Steve -  of Greek origin that means "wreath of honor", and "crown".

Billy Hargrove

Hargrove - It is an English habitational name that means "a grove of hares".

Billy - A diminutive from William, that comes from the Old High German name Wilhelm or Willahelm, which is a combination of the words wil (will or desire) and helm (protection). It means "resolute protector" or "strong-willed warrior"

Robin Buckley

Buckley - From the Old English words bucc or bucca, which mean "buck, male deer" or "he-goat", and lēah, which means "woodland clearing" 

Robin - is of Germanic origin and means "bright" and "famous one".

Jason Carver

Carver - Occupational name from the Middle English word kerver, which means "one who cuts or carves (something)". It was especially used to describe someone who carved wood, such as a carpenter or sculptor of wooden images.

Jason - It has multiple meanings, including: Greek - which Means "healer" and comes from the Greek word iaomai, which means "to heal". In Greek mythology, Jason was a hero who led the Argonauts on a quest for the Golden Fleece. 

Hebrew: Means "the Lord is salvation"

Chrissy Cunningham

Cunningham - The surname Cunningham has multiple origins, including Scottish and Irish:

Scottish -The name may come from the Gaelic word cuinneag, which means "milk pail", and the Saxon word ham, which means "village". 

Irish - The name may come from the Gaelic surname Ó Cuinneagáin, which means "descendant of Cuinneagán". 

Chrissy - This can be a nickname for the names Christina or Christine. The name of Latin origin means "follower of Christ".

The name Christine is also the name of the main character of the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux which was first published as a serial in 1909. The novel follows the story of Christine Daaé, who was raised in the Paris Opera House and after starts listening to a voice, learns how to sing.

Martin Brenner

Brenner - From the Middle High German word Brennen, which means "to burn". 

Martin - hat means "of Wars" or "of war" and comes from the Latin name Martinus. Martinus is a late form of the name of the Roman god Mars, who was the god of war and fertility. 

Sam Owens

Owens - Welsh:  A patronymic name meaning "son of Owen" or "descendant of Owen". The Welsh name Owen comes from the personal name Owain, which is related to the Latin name eugenius and means "noble" or "well-born". 

Sam - Diminutive for Samuel is a Hebrew name that means "God has heard" or "The name of God".

Argyle

It derives from a region in Scotland known as Earre Ghàidheal or Argyll.

Barbara Holland

Holland - A habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or from one of the eight villages in England with the same name. The name comes from the Old English words hōh meaning "ridge" and land meaning "land".

Barbara - name of Greek origin that means "stranger" or "foreign" and it comes from the Greek word barbaros, which had the same meaning.

[erikiara80]

The mean green

I was thinking about the parallel between the Are you real? in 2x07 and 4x09

And these screenshots in one of kaypeace21's posts. The dialogue in the elevator, when Erica says that she will drink the green goo, because you can survive for a while without food, but not without water, raises the question of how Will was able to survive for a week in the UD. But we only realize that in S4, when we see that there is no water in the lake. Imo, not a random location, for many reasons.

All this green is connected to gates/Mind Flayer/One. Then there's Kali's nickname, K, a street name for ketamine. Another one, that was used in the late 60s, was mean green. Even the name of the man Kali wants to kill, Ray Carroll, can be associated with drugs (Alice as a slang for LSD) Same for Kali's power. Making people see or not see what she chooses, reminds of what drugs and mind control do.

"LSD mind control experiments" (Powell in 1x03) "...elaborate experimentations in perusal of mind control" (1x08 newspaper). And Richard Brenner was head of the Narcotic Enforcement Division from 1954-1971, so from the year Henry vanished in Dimension X to the year Will and El were born.

In the article that El reads in the cabin, the line about Brenner's experiments is slightly different, more specific about what they did.

"extensive... into physiology... perception." So, they used drugs to alter people's perception of reality.

There's a lot of green in K's scenes. Even her mask is green.

Kali, "K" (ketamine) and the green toy (mean green) in Terry's memory, one of the many hints that we can't trust what we see (more about that scene here)

Just like we can't trust what we see in Nina. They show both the green toy and the Magic 8 Ball a few times, the massacre happens on September 8, Kali's name is in the crossword in 4x01, and Henry mentions her and Terry, so that memory is probably not what really happened.

Henry asks El to join him. In 3x03, before she looks for Heather in the void, we see more green liquid and Join Us.

Like the green Join Us on the bulletin board behind Will

In 3x06, we see this green bottle, after the conversation about the keys and the gate.

Speaking of keys, there's a big green key at Melvald's, because Will and El are the keys, and getting to Mike is the key, too.

At the end of S3, connection between the lab and "chemical leaks"

EDIT: In @threemanoperation 's post about the mentions of caves and holes, I noticed something:

in this shot, we see Will and El while Hopper mentions being stuck in one place, in a cave, imo a hint that, because of experiments/ drugs/mind control, they're all stuck in a time loop. Interestingly, Lucas' shirt is green. Maybe just a coincidence. Maybe not.

In 2x01, Bob points to a green Halloween bucket. On Halloween, Will almost gets possessed by the Mind Flayer. It's also interesting that Bob's very first line is that he's not a big fan of orange. Orange is associated with Hopper, because of Agent Orange, but orange barrels, cubes, haze are also street names for LSD. I'll make a post about that, too.

The song that plays when El arrives at Terry's house is Green green grass of home. An interesting choice for a mother-daughter reunion. The song is about a man who returns home, to his mama and papa. "It's good to touch the green green grass of home", but then the man wakes up and realizes that it was just a dream (Becky says that Terry is stuck in a dream). He's actually in prison, his parents are dead and he's about to be executed. So, touching the green grass and dreaming that you're home= being drugged and believing/seeing things that are not real?

And you know what? I'm starting to think that even the color of Joyce's car could be a hint. There's a green car in Terry's suspicious memory... It's all connected. They've all been manipulated.

Also, this green soap in Nancy's vision of Henry and Brenner.

And there are probably other things I didn't notice.

@chirpsythismorning

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Dark Skin Directory

I did one of these for my sideblog BlackFemmeCharacterDependency (BFCD) and... While it’ll take longer on this end to do because there are more prominent figures here than on that one, I thought it would be good to also have one for my main...

EDIT: Okay, so the one that I did for BFCD does not work, so I am posting this one to see if it works, and if not, they’ll both be WIPS until I have the time to repair them

For the purposes of this list and on this page, whenever I say “dark skinned,” I mean a traditional brown crayon or darker. I grew up around Black people, so the words “dark skinned” do not mean the same thing to me as it do to nonblacks.

Aaron Rose Philip | Abbey Mag | Adelayo Adedayo | Adepero Oduye | Adina Porter |  Aesha Ash | Afton Williamson | Aïssa Maïga | Aja Naomi King | Akiima | Alexandra Arboleda | Alfre Woodard | Alisha White | Allison Dean | Alysia Rogers | Amber Riley | Amber Ruffin | Andrea Bordeaux | Angel Haze | Angel Theory |  Angelica Joy | Angelica Ross | Angelique Noire | Angely Gaviria | Aniela Gumbs | Ann Ogbomo | Ann Wolfe | Anna Diop | Anne Amari | Antoinette Robertson | Ashleigh Morghan | Ashleigh Murray | Ashley Blaine Featherson | Asjha Cooper | Assa Sylla | Aube Jolicoeur | Aunjanue Ellis | Awar Mou | Aweng Chuol | Ayisha Issa | Ayo Edebiri

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Betty Adewole | Beverly Osu | Bianca Brewton |  Biba Williams | Bintou Sillah | Bob the Drag Queen | Bonnie Mbuli | Brandy Norwood | Bre Scullark | Brittany Adebumola 

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Camille Winbush | Caroline Chikezie | Ceval Omar | Charlayne Woodard | Charnele Brown | Chinenye Ezeudu | Christine Adams | Cicely Tyson | Coco Jones | Condola Rashad | Crystal Clarke

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Damaris Lewis | Dana Davis | Danai Gurira | Danielle Deadwyler | Danielle Moné Truitt | Dawnn Lewis | Debbi Morgan | Deborah Ayorinde |  Debra Shaw | Debra Wilson | Denee Benton | Dewanda Wise | Diahann Carroll | Diany Samba-Bandza | Diarra Ndiaye | Dominique Jackson | Duckie Thot

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Ebboney Wilson | Ebonee Noel | Ebony Obsidian | Ego Nwodim | Elle M. Chaman | Elise Neal | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Enuka Okuma | Erica Tazel | Erika Alexander | Ester Dean | Esther Rolle

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Faith Alabi | Faith Omole | Faithe Herman | Fardosa | Felecia M. Bell | Femi Taylor | Florence Kasumba | Folake Olowofoyeku | Franchesca Ramsey

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Gabrielle Graham | Gabrielle Union Wade | Gabourey Sidibe | Garcelle Beauvais | Geffri Maya | Genevieve Nnaji | Gina Torres | Gloria Hendry | Grace Jones

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Halimotu Shokunbi | Hamamat | Harriett D Foy | Heather Headley | Heir of Glee | Helen Aluko

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Iman | Imani Hakim | Imani Lewis | Ingrid Silva | Ireanna | Issa Rae

Jacqueline Moore | Jada Harris | Janelle James | Janelle Monae | Janeshia Adams Ginyard | Janet Hubert | Janet Jumbo | Javicia Leslie | Jayme Lawson | Jeante Godlock | Jemima Osunde | Jennifer Hudson | Jerrika Hinton | Jessica Allain | Jessieca Alford | Jill Marie Jones | Jo Marie Payton | Jobel Mokonzi | Jodie Turner Smith | Johnnie Hill | Joi Harris | Joie Lee | Jonica “Jojo” T. Gibbs | Josette Simon | Jwaundace Candece

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Kabrina Adams | Karen Glave | Karen Obilom | Karidja Touré | Karimah Westbrook | Keeya King | Kellie Shanygne Williams | Kellita Smith | Kelly Rowland | Kenya Moore | Keshia Knight Pulliam | Kiara Pike | Kiki Layne | Kimberly Marable | Kirby Howell Baptiste

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Laci Mosley | Lanei Chapman | Lashana Lynch | Laura Kariuki | Lauren Byfield | Lidya Jewett | Lisa Berry | Lisette Malidor | Lolly Adefope | Lorraine Pascale | Lorraine Toussaint | Loren Lott | Loretta Devine | LovelyOverdose | Lyric Ross

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MaameYaa Boafo | Madison Curry | Mame Adjei | Marcia McBroom | Maria Borges | Mariah Iman Wilson | Marlene Clark | Marsai Martin | Mary Alice | Mary Oyaya | Mayowa Nicolas | Medina Senghore | Melodie Wakivuamina | Merrin Dungey | Michaela Coel | Miji Awakyr | Milauna Jackson | Miqueal-Symone Williams | Morgan Dawson | Moses Ingram | Moshidi Motshegwa | Mouna Fadiga | Mouna Traoré | Mumbi Maina | Musabey

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Naomi Campbell | Naomi Ekperigin | Naomi WWE |  Naomie Harris |  Natalie Desselle Reid | N’Bushe Wright | Nia Jervier | Nia Long | Nichole Galicia | Nicki Micheaux | Nicole Beharie | Nicole Byer | Normani Kordei | Nyakim Gatwech | Nyanderi Deng | Nyaueth Riam | Nyla Lueeth | Nyma Tang |

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Octavia Spencer | Ola Ray | Olunike Adeliyi | Olivia Sang | Omono Okojie | Oprah Winfrey | Oyin Oladejo | Ozioma Akagha

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Patina Miller | Paulina Otylie Surys | Philomena Kwao | Phina Oruche | Phylicia Benn | Phylicia Rashad | Pippa Bennett Warner | Precious Adams | Precious Mustapha |

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Queen Quet | Quiana Welch | Quinta Brunson | Quvenzhane Wallis

Raigan Harris | Reagan Gomez | Regina King | Regina Van Helvert | Renee Elise Goldsberry | Retta | Riele Downs | Ronke Adekoluejo | Rose Jackson | Ruth (IAmBabeRuth/BabeRuthTV) |  Rutina Wesley | Ryan Destiny

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Saidah Arrika Ekulona | Samantha Liana Cole | Samantha Marie Ware | Sandra Dede sandramabelle | Saniyya Sidney | Sara Martins | Sasha Lambon | Sasheer Zamata | Sese Madaki Ali | Shahadi Wright Joseph | Shanice Williams | Shannon Thornton | Sharon Duncan Brewster | Sharon Ferguson | Sharon Pierre-Louis | Shea Couleé | Sheryl Lee Ralph | Shyko Amos | Sibongile Mlambo | Sierra McClain | Simbi Khali | Simona Brown | Simone Biles | Simone Missick | Sindi-Dlathu | Skai Jackson | Skye P. Marshall | Sokhna Cisse | Sonya Eddy | Stefanee Martin | Stella Okech | Subah Koj | Sufe Bradshaw | Susan Wokoma | Symphony Sanders

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T’Nia Miller | Tamara Dobson | Tamara Lawrance | Tamera Mclaughlin  (Dwarfism Disability. Check PC before adding to that list) | Tanerélle | Tanedra Howard | Tanisha Scott | Tanya Moodie | Tanyell Waivers | Taral Hicks | Tarana Burke | Tempestt Bledsoe |  Tenika Davis | Teresa Graves | Terri J. Vaughn | Teshi Thomas | Teyonah Parris | Theresa Fractale | Thishiwe Ziqubu | Tichina Arnold | Tonya Pinkens | Tracey Ifeachor | Trina McGee | Trina Parks | Tyra Ferrell

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Vanessa Bell Calloway | Vanessa Lee Chester | Vanessa Gyimah | Vanessa Nakat | Vanessa Estelle Williams | Vaneza Oliveira | Veronica S. Taylor | Viola Davis | Vivica Ifeoma

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Wakeema Hollis | Whitney Houston | Whoopi Goldberg | Wunmi Mosaku

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Xosha Roquemore

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Yaani King | Yandeh Sallah | Yanna McIntosh | Yaya Dacosta | Yaz | Yetide Badaki | Yolonda Ross  | Yusra Warsama | Yvonne Okoro | Yvonne Orji

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Zainab Johnson | Zelda Harris | Zenobia | Zethu Dlomo | Zhariah Hubbard | Ziwe Fumudoh | Zola Williams | Zozibini Tunzi

#to add to darkskin directory

Aliet Sarah

Tricia Akello

Sokhna Niane

Rashida Renée

Javonna Charde’

Ajak Deng

Edun Bola

Pretty Tye

Herieth Noela

[toughpaperround]

Tara Karsian

An LA native who had a recurring guest role in 911 (fox) as Ruby the long-suffering gas station cashier in episodes 2x08

and again in episode 5x13.

You may know Tara from The Morning Show (as Gayle Burns) or from a guest role in Ryan Murphy's AHS (season 9). She was also in the horror film 'The Cleansing Hour' with Ryan Guzman. In 2015, she co-wrote, produced and starred in the comedy 'BFFs'.

Tara also played a social worker Liz Dade in s13-15 of E.R., overlapping with Angela Bassett's time in E.R. as the troubled Dr Cate Banfield.

Another ER social worker was Erica Gimpel who played Pauline Barrett, the victim who fought back at the gas station (episode 5x13 of 911 (fox)) - and you may know her better as Coco from 'Fame'.

Tara's late mother, Pat Carroll, was also an actress. Her favourite role was as Ursula in the 1989 Disney animation of The Little Mermaid. She also had a guest role in E.R. among many others.

[Tara's IMDb] [Other 911 cast bios]

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Black Femme Character Dependency Dark Skin Directory || Entertainers Pt. 1 (A-N)

For the purposes of this list and on this page, whenever I say “dark skinned,” I mean a traditional brown crayon or darker. I grew up around Black people, so the words “dark skinned” do not mean the same thing to me as it do to some nonblacks.

*I am attempting to redo this list that will not show up for some reason...

A.

Aaron Rose Philip | Abbey Mag | Adelayo Adedayo | Adele Oni | Adella Afadi | Adepero Oduye | Adina Porter | Aesha Ash | Afton Williamson | Aïssa Maïga | Aja Naomi King | Ajak Deng | Akiima | Akon Changkou | Alexandra Arboleda | Alfre Woodard | Aliet Sarah | Alisha White | Allison Dean | Alysia Rogers | Amanda Warren | Amandla Jahava | Amber Gray | Amber Riley | Amber Ruffin | Andrea Bordeaux | Anesha Bailey | Angel Haze | Angel Theory | Angelica Joy | Angelica Ross |  Angelique Noire | Angely Gaviria |  Aniela Gumbs | Ann Ogbomo | Ann Wolfe | Anne Amari |   Antoinette Robertson | Ashleigh Morghan |  Ashleigh Murray | Ashley Blaine Featherson | Ashley Romans | Asjha Cooper |   Assa Sylla | Aube Jolicoeur | Aunjanue Ellis | Awar Mou | Aweng Chuol | Ayisha Issa |  Ayo Edebiri

B.

Betty Adewole | Beverly Osu | Bianca Brewton | Biba Williams | Bintou Sillah |   Blesnya Minher | Bob the Drag Queen | Bonnie Mbuli | Brandy Norwood | Bre Scullark | Bria Henderson | Brittany Adebumola | Brittany Marie Batchelder |   Brooke Singleton

C.

Camille Winbush | Caroline Chikezie | Ceval Omar | Chanelletime | Charlayne Woodard | Charnele Brown |  Chinenye Ezeudu | Chiquita Fuller |  Christine Adams | Cicely Tyson | Coco Jones | Colette Dalal Tchantcho | Condola Rashad | Crystal Clarke

D.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Damaris Lewis | Damita Jane Howard | Dana Davis |  Danai Gurira | Danielle Deadwyler | Danielle Moné Truitt | Dawnn Lewis | Debbi Morgan | Deborah Ayorinde | Debra Wilson | Denee Benton | Dewanda Wise |   Diahann Carroll | Diany Samba-Bandza | Diarra Ndiaye | Dominique Jackson | Duckie Thot

E. 

Ebboney Wilson |   Ebonee Noel |  Ebony Obsidian |  Edun Bola | Ego Nwodim |  Elle M. Chaman | Ellen Bendu |   Ellen Thomas |  Elise Neal |  Emayatzy Corinealdi |  Enuka Okuma |  Erica Tazel |   Erika Alexander |  Ester Dean |  Esther Rolle

F.

Faith Alabi |  Faith Omole | Faithe Herman | Fardosa | Fatou Jobe | Felecia M. Bell |  Femi Taylor |   Florence Kasumba | Folake Olowofoyeku |  Franchesca Ramsey

G.

Gabrielle Graham |  Gabrielle Union Wade |  Gabourey Sidibe |  Garcelle Beauvais |  Geffri Maya | Genevieve Nnaji |  Gina Torres |  Gloria Hendry |  Grace Jones  

H.

Halimotu Shokunbi |  Hamamat |  Harriett D Foy |  Heather Headley |  Heir of Glee |  Helen Aluko

I.

Ifeoma Nwobu | Iman |  Imani Hakim |  Imani Lewis |  Ingrid Silva |  Ireanna |  Issa Rae  

J.

Jacqueline Moore |  Jada Harris | Jade Eshete | Jaimi Gray |  Janelle James |  Janelle Monae |  Janeshia Adams Ginyard |   Janet Hubert |  Janet Jumbo |  Javicia Leslie |  Javonna Charde’ | Jayden Rey |  Jayme Lawson | Jeante Godlock |   Jemima Osunde |  Jennifer Hudson | Jerrika Hinton |  Jessica Allain |  Jessieca Alford | Jill Marie Jones |  Jo Marie Payton |  Jobel Mokonzi |   Jodie Turner Smith |  Johnnie Hill |  Joi Harris |  Joie Lee |  Jonica “Jojo” T. Gibbs |  Josette Simon |  Jwaundace Candece  

K.

Kabrina Adams |  Karen Glave |  Karen Obilom | Karidja Touré |  Karimah Westbrook |  Keeya King |  Kellie Shanygne Williams |  Kellita Smith |  Kelly Rowland |  |Kenya Moore |  Keshia Knight Pulliam |  Kiara Pike |  Kiki Layne |  Kimberly Marable |  Kirby Howell Baptiste |  Kyla Ramsey 

L.

Laci Mosley |  Lanei Chapman |  Lashana Lynch |  Laura Kariuki |  Lauren Byfield |  Lidya Jewett |  Lisa Berry |  Lisette Malidor |  Lolly Adefope |  Lorraine Pascale | Lorraine Toussaint |  Loren Lott | Loretta Devine | LovelyOverdose |  Lyric Ross

M.

MaameYaa Boafo | Madisin Rian | Madison Curry | Mame Adjei | Marcia McBroom | Maria Borges | Mariah Iman Wilson |  Marlene Clark |  Marsai Martin |  Mary Alice |  Mary Oyaya | Mayowa Nicolas |  Medina Senghore | Melinda Berry (Melrose) | Melodie Wakivuamina |  Melody Lulu-Briggs | Merrin Dungey |  Michaela Coel |  Miji Awakyr |  Milauna Jackson |   Mimi Ndiweni | Miqueal-Symone Williams | Morgan Dawson |  Moses Ingram |  Moshidi Motshegwa |  Mouna Fadiga | Mouna Traoré |  Mumbi Maina | Musabey

N.

Naomi Campbell | Naomi Ekperigin | Naomi WWE | Naomie Harris | Natalie Desselle Reid |  N’Bushe Wright | Nia Jervier |  Nia Long |  Nichole Galicia |  Nicki Micheaux | Nicole Beharie | Nicole Byer | Normani Kordei | Nyakim Gatwech | Nyanderi Deng | Nyarach Abouch Ayuel | Nyaueth Riam | Nykhor Paul | Nyla Lueeth |  Nyma Tang

[rennerator]

I LOVE HIM SO SOOOO MUCH!!!!!! S2 AWWWWWWW, Cas!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE SO SOOO GOOD!!!!!! :D I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!! Thank YOU SO MUCH for this!!! You are AMAZING!!!! :) <3

i love him

[wooglebear]

i wanted to talk a little about some of the interpersonal relationships I gave Cash since i love his tetocu23 version (other than Javi and Krupp) and want to yell about him

The first is George and Harold. Making Cash an Uncle Scrooge dt17-esque character actually allows him to develop friendly relations with other people aside from just Javi.

Cash still befriends George and Harold here because their canonical apparent friendship is obviously something I very much approve of, and their dynamic when someone inevitably turns into a monster of the week is pretty much this.

George: It's time for you know what!

Harold: Yeah! Captain Underpants!

Cash: You two, now's not a good time for whatever nonsense you’re going on about.

Javi: I agree with my boyfriend here! We're doomed!

George: You're nuts! This IS an emergency!

Cash does find out the truth about CU eventually, as does Javi, and they're surprisingly accepting.

Cash basically acts like Scrooge to bo, stanley, and gooch. Consider this trio and Hazel the Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby of tetocu23.

next we have Cash's interactions with jessica and the sophies. Cash would support any of his niece and Jessica's interactions. I think Cash and Sophie 1's interactions would feel really quite natural and fun. He supports Other Sophie's crush on Jessica. And he and the sophies would genuinely be really good friends with each other if not for his rivalry with Krupp. I've said this before and I'll say it again, but Krupp and Cash's relationship here is based on Scrooge and Glomgold's interactions in dt17, if they weren’t actively out to kill each other.

Then we have Dressy, Erica and Mr. Ree. According to the creators of the AU, erica, dressy, and ree are a bit of a parallel to the george-harold-captain trio dynamic. So, Cash is the wildcard of that group. I can also see Cash discovering Vil Endenemys’s villainous plans and trying to warn the girls, but they think he's crying wolf, and so does mr. ree.

As for Dressy separately, she comes off so strong that Cash just doesn’t want to talk to her half the time.

Erica: You haven't been talking to Dressy much as of late. How come?

Cash: That girl… s-she was obnoxious even by my standards…

Cash would feel bad for Erica. He wants to babysit for this kid who grew up too fast, and he and Erica become friends just in case Cash actually feels he can actually babysit properly. As the wildcard of the group, he finds he and Mr. Ree contrast. Dressy and Erica listen to Ree. As for Cash, dressy and erica don’t listen to him enough!

Dante and Alyssa don’t start out as friends, but they end up that way once Cash realizes how lonely his niece is and lets her hang out with him because both of them are theater kids. Yes, this means that poor Cash and Javi have to deal with two silly theater kids as Krupp watches in amusement. Having been born with a silver spoon in his mouth (like Cash) and having only known only a life of luxury, Dante can’t trust too easily, so Alyssa is kind of the perfect one to befriend him.

Melvin and Melvin-Borg, though… Hoo boy, where do we even start with Cash's interactions with those two? Cash instantly hates the two of them, bc he thinks theyre both evil geniuses. And he's right. Cash is smarter here than in tetocu, and I think he’d be able to catch onto the fact that Melvin -- and this "cyborg" Melvin -- have bad plans in mind. As for Javi's thoughts? He’d probably feel like someone threw up on the Melvins' auras. Cash would also be able to catch on to the fact that Cara is Not What She Seems™ and would try to stop her. Javi would do what he can to warn the others of this super villainess. Also, he would surely roast the hell out of poor Cara. XD

And then we have his friend.

This is Alice Carroll (name is a reference to Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll).

Alice is the new art teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary. And an even bigger shocker, she and Cash are an item. Technically. In Krupp's eyes, they're something of an item.

An insomniac, Alice insists on keeping up with the latest in the world of art, but is level headed and fair. Generally friendly and loves to play around, but will not mess around when it comes to serious stuff. She believes that art is the way to bring hope and good into the world.

Cash is bi, while Alice is straight as a pencil. Their incompatible orientations, realistically, should clash, but they make it work. They're just really good friends, but Krupp is wrongly convinced that Alice is Cash's love interest (she ABSOLUTELY isn't, that's Javi), not helped by Cash near constantly blushing around... someone (aka Javi). Unfortunately, because Alice is nearby, this is how Krupp (and Hazel, Cara, Alyssa, Juliet, and even the gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, for that matter) figures out Cash's "love life", and now they think Alice and Cash are deep in the throes of love, when in reality, it's Javi who's Cash's love interest.

Alice is a bit of an artist, hence the sticker on her shirt and blue paint splatters on her face.

Alice has a bit of trust issues.

A bit of her storyline centers around her desperately trying to not keep Cash a friend thanks to Krupp insisting that Cash x Alice is a thing.

Is friends with Javi!

they practically become inseparable.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again. But Krupp kidnaps poor Javi anyway, though tetocu23 having twentysomething episodes per season does delay that. So krupp decides to mess with Cash, even though he isn't quite as toxic towards him as canon, so he locks him and Javi up in a closet. Not too surprisingly, the not-as-protective-of-Cash-as-Juliet-but-still-protective Alice is really mad at our principal afterward.

Cash and Alice would love paintball, and they shoot each other while giggling. Cash and Alice have some cute banter before Cash inevitably gets Camoflushnapped (remember, this is during the tetocu23 equivalent of the camoflush ep).

Cash: *while they're being shot at by a Camoflush'd Major Messy* This paintball game is definitely going to be my villain origin story.

Alice is a bit protective of Cash, and would be horrified if he ever got put in danger.

…And then the whole thing with Borelock happens, and when she finds out what happened to her friend, she straight up snaps like a waistband. She near goes insane.

Alice: What did you do to Cash?

Borelock: I got your love interest out of the picture. On the bright side, he'll make a wonderful p-p-p-porch ornament.

Alice: Porch ornament? You call this getting him out of the way?! Just who do you think you are, going around turning people into stone like that?! I despise you, crazy wizard, and everything you stand for! And Cash isn't my love interest. He's MY FRIEND!!

(For that last remark, Borelock just turns Alice to stone, too.)

Other than that, Cash and Alice are just really good friends who are having fun – nothing more, nothing less. At least before an unholy mashup of Krupp's kidnapping of Javi, Cara's evil scientist vibes, and the Melvins' devious plans rear their ugly head.

(Tetocu23 AU belongs to @infini-tree and @cartchytuns)

[foreveralwaysanauthor]

Charlie's Basic Info

Name: Charlotte Luisa Joy Sanka-Mays

For the most part, Charlie's faceclaims were really easy to pick which, in a way, made it harder for me to pick Erica's later on. Anyway, for the 60s, we have Diahann Carroll (Paris Blues), the 80s, Lisa Bonet (Angel Heart), the 90s, Angela Bassett (What's Love Got To Do With It), and now Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok)

Nicknames: Charlie, Lottie (she especially loves it because of The Princess and the Frog), and Char (Vivien is the usual culprit, but sometimes others will call her that as well)

Age: 38 

Date of Birth: September 16

Zodiac: Virgo

Birthstone: Sapphire 

Nationality: Jamaican and Columbian

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthplace: Princess Anne, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Current Residence: Laconia, New Hampshire

Occupation: Author

Talents/Skills: Tying cherry stems into knots with her tongue, embroidery, violin playing, origami, and procrastination.

Birth order: Only child

Parents: Kenan Arlo Sanka and Camila Maria Martinez

Signature:

Autograph:

Height: 5’4”

Race: African American

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black with colored braids

Glasses or contact lenses: Contacts for reading and colored contacts for fun

Distinguishing features: A tattoo behind her ear of a crown, faded scars on her thighs from self-harm in her teenage and young-adult years, and stretch marks on her abdomen that she’s grown to love.

Mannerisms: Constantly tucking her hands into either her pockets or sleeves, reapplies lip gloss or chapstick when it starts to feel too dry, and will stare into space while thinking and not realize it until someone points it out.

Health: Used to suffer from a combination of anorexia and bulimia, but has since recovered and is at a healthy weight.

Hobbies: Collecting crystals, making candles, creating elaborate costumes for conventions, doing far too much research for her books, and watching bootlegged Broadway shows online.

Greatest flaw (in their opinion): Perfectionism, 100%. Throughout her formative years, she was pressured by her parents to be the perfect child - perfect grades, perfect appearance, perfect everything. The slightest misstep resulted in shouting matches, venom-filled, snarky comments, and silent treatments. By the time she had graduated, she was top of her class and one of the best dancers at her company. College was supposed to be her way to a perfect future, but then she met Hayley and everything changed. However, even now, her parents forced perfectionism is still engraved in her bones - a reminder to be on top of her game, no matter the cost. She struggles a lot with letting things happen as they may and allowing herself to be anything but perfect.

Best quality (in their opinion): Her imagination. Getting lost in make-believe worlds and creating sprawling cities in her mind had always been a source of entertainment in Charlie’s rigid childhood, but now that she allows her creativity to flow into her novels and children’s books, she takes pride in her imagination.

Biggest fear: For the longest time, she would have said falling in love as she saw what it did to her parents, but now that she has Hayley and knows what real love is like, she would say either centipedes, snakes, or becoming paralyzed. She had broken her leg in a car accident as a teenager and was kept in a wheelchair for the most part. The feeling of only moving from her bed to the wheelchair and back again was like torture for the typically active girl and, now, the idea of going back to that terrifies her.

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Favorite ice cream: M&M, but only with vanilla ice cream and peanut butter drizzle

Favorite color: Pink

Favorite number: 19, how old she was when she met Hayley

Favorite songs: Don’t Cha by The Pussycat Dolls, Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, and Shark In The Water by V V Brown

Favorite movies: Uptown Girls, Pitch Perfect, Burlesque, Howl’s Moving Castle, Hidden Figures

Favorite TV shows: Orange Is the New Black, Doctor Who, Arcane, The Queen’s Gambit, and Demon Slayer

Favorite books: The Giver by Lois Lowry, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver, Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Favorite video games: Minecraft, Candy Crush, and Fallout

A musical they like: Heathers

A place they want to visit: Venice, Italy

[smashpages]

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Enter the ‘House of Brainiac’

Check out what new comics and graphic novels are arriving this week by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, Tony Fleecs, Dave Wachter, Erica Schultz, Cullen Bunn, Patrick Piazzalunga, Kevin Maguire, Travis Dandro, Emily Carroll, Jim Zub and more.

[libraryleopard]

February reads

asterisk = reread

Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

After the Forest by Kell Woods

Here in the Night by Rebecca Turkewitz

Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond

Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques by Fancy Feast

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Wherever is Your Heart by Anita Kelly

Too Bright To See by Kyle Lukoff

Look No Further by Rioghnach Robinson and Siofra Robinson

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells*

Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh

The Mythmakers by Keziah Weir

The Apple-Tree Throne by Premee Mohamed

The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Franklin Robinson

This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers edited by Elias Jahshan

The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser

[Wednesday Books title, not mentioning what specifically because of the ongoing SMP boycott]

Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night by Morgan Parker

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir by Alicia Roth Wiegel

I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells*

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells*

Belladonna by Anbara Salam

Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll

Blackouts by Justin Torres

Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

[somediyprojects]

The Templar Prophecy stitched by Erica. Pattern (£19.50) designed by Julia Line of Long Dog Samplers.

The White Knight is a fictional character created by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; the Black Knight appears in Arthurian legend in various forms as does the Green Knight; the Blue Knight is a 1970s film; Silver Knight was a thoroughbred racehorse from New Zealand; Gold Knight is a perfume by Kilian which retails at £195 a bottle and Late Knight is Quill's alias when he's wearing his armour plated codpiece and roistering about until the dawn comes up along with his fish supper. But "Orange Knight" is a new one on me. He appears in Erica's enchanting performance of The Templar Prophecy and looks every inch the master of his own destiny. As does this feathered creature who had just materialised beside me wearing a toque blanche (chef's hat) and very little else. Quill's recently been watching Keith Floyd's cookery programmes on YouTube and has become something of a devotee of the late lamented bon viveur. He would appear to have cooked me a taster dish called Purgatory Pudding with Wrath of God sauce which has congealed slightly round the edges of the puddle it's formed. Apparently this dish is guaranteed to rejuvenate even the most sluggish of small intestines and will have the descending colon fully dilated at alarming speed. Sounds irresistible. With great reluctance and much trepidation I'm going to taste a bit. Pass me a trowel please someone