#exiled: a law and order movie

[mikelogan]

Do you try to annoy people or does it just come naturally?

[dumbasswhatever]

Milo Murphys law is such a great show. Two of the main characters are time travelers who are ordered to protect pistachios (solely bc they suck so bad at their job that the boss just stuck them there. He likes pistachios), and thirty episodes in, it's revealed that one of them, Dakota, has secretly been saving the other one (Cavendish), every time he dies. Which is a lot. He takes their time machine, goes back to before Cavendish dies, and saves his life. But there can't be two Dakotas walking around, so that extra remaining Dakota exiles himself to a distant deserted island and stays there for the rest of his life. The island is filled with Dakotas. He's given his life up to save Cavendish so many times. He doesn't even know why he puts so much effort into saving Cavendish, all he can say when he wonders why is"it's Cavendish, what are you gonna do?" The Dakotas entertain themselves by watching footage from cameras they've set up to watch the remaining Dakota and Cavendish, and they coo in delight when Dakota and Cavendish share a sweet moment. This is all set up in eleven minutes, interspersed with a B plot about tweens going to a movie about a dinosaur made of ham

[shinestarhwaa]

ATEEZ Masterlist

OT8/Multiple members

You’ve got a friend in me (WooSanHwa smut)

Thirsty (WooSanHwa x reader Smut)

Hotelroom (WooSanHwa x reader smut)

Say My Name (OT8!Ateez x reader smut)

Only My Name (OT8!Ateez x reader smut but Wooyoung centric,, smut/angst) (pt2 of Say My Name)

One Kiss (SanSang x reader smut)

Like A Champ (WooSan x reader smut)

Served (WooSan x reader smut)

Inception (WooSan x reader smut)

Provocative (SanHwa x reader smut)

Chasing That Feeling (SeongJoong x reader smut)

What Happens In London (YunSanHwa x reader smut)

Truth Or Dare (OT8 Smut)

Fantasize (San centered but OT8 smut)

Lovegame (Woosanxreader)

New World (OT8 smut)

Hongjoong

6cm (smut)

Yes, master (smut)

Backstage Business (smut)

Knight of Pentacles (smut)

Honey (Are You Coming?) (smut)

One Last Time (smut, angst)

Quick (smut)

Please Please Please (smut, angst)

Seonghwa

Desire (smut)

New Horizons (smut)

Pancakes (Fluff)

Addicted (smut)

Aphrodite (smut)

King Of Swords (angst, smut)

Lady Of The Night (smut)

Hello Kitty (smut)

Eyes Roll (smut)

Moonlight (smut)

Paradise (smut)

Inferno (smut)

Crazy Form (smut)

On-Call (smut)

Fallen Angel (smut)

Law&Order (smut)

Yunho

Sweet Dreams (fluff)

Don’t You Worry (fluff)

Practice Round (smut)

Pretty Tiny (Smut)

Chariot (fluff)

Wake Up (smut)

Callin (smut)

Yeosang

The History teacher PART 1 (fluff)

The History teacher PART 2 (smut)

Ace Of Cups (smut)

Lip Gloss (smut)

Shimmer (smut)

Physical (smut with a smidge of angst&fluff)

San

Everytime (fluff, smut)

Waterfall (fluff, smut)

Falling (angst, fluff)

Neon (smut)

Asked For It (smut)

Asked For It PART 2 (smut)

I Promise (Angst)

Attention (smut, angst)

Movie Star (smut)

Ruby (smut)

Ruby Part 2 (smut)

Seven of Pentacles (smut, fluff)

Enemy (smut)

City Lights (smut)

Panty Stealer (smut)

The Butler (smut)

Lovers Lane (fluff)

Mingi

Daddy Dearest (smut)

Deep Dive (smut)

The morning after (fluff)

Nirvana (smut)

The Devil (smut)

Cam Girl (smut)

Exile (angst)

MingiWonka (smut)

Wooyoung

FEEL (Smut)

DIRRTY (Smut)

Flash (Angst, fluff)

No Homo (smut) 

Maybe Homo (smut, part 2 of No Homo)

Temperance (fluff,smut)

Birthday Celebrations (smut)

The Boy Who Got Misunderstood (angst, fluff, smut)

You&Me (smut)

Thirsty (smut)

Poison (smut)

Good Lil Boy (smut)

Autumn (fluff)

IT's YOU (smut)

Getaway car (smut,angst,fluff)

Jongho

Come And Go (Angst)

Happy To Help (smut)

Seven Of Cups (Angst, fluff)

Chances (smut)

[moonysprettypoison]

about me!🧸🍒

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Hii this is my blog, where I post anything from my poetry, moodboards, vent, books, my own pictures, I’m literally just a girl!! I like writing so you can always request things!

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🎞️; tvdu, Sherlock Holmes bbc, m.d house, Brooklyn 99, law and order SVU, the rookie, divergent, the darkest minds, the alienist (so underrated), dead poets society, the perks of being a wallflower, good will hunting, derry girls, ondskan {evil}

📖; the folk of the air, from lukov with love, vicious prince, the hollow boys series {literally my number #1}, archers voice, and the picture of Dorian gray!

💌; dps, marauders era, Harry Potter, golden trio era, tvdu, Sherlock Holmes, devils night series, the hollow boys series, ondskan {evil} and I’m probably in more fandoms but I can’t let come up with them rn!

🧸; vanilla candles, editing, books/reading, writing, criminology, psychology, fashion, music, deep conversations, watching series n movies, poetry, metaphors, the moon, the ocean, misunderstood mean characters, leather jackets, being alone,

{ a little rant }

I love and read classic literature,poetry, romance, fantasy, and literally every genre of books!

{if you judge ppl based on what they read then get the fuck away from me!}

I also read dark romance! yes I can read books without smut! no I’m not a 🌽 addict, and no I don’t Stan books like haunting Adeline who romanticizes abuse and grape!

{abuse/grape ≠ dark romance}

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[magicalrocketships]

Random fic ask i just made up: What is the nearest book to you right now, or what is the last movie you watched, and what would a fic based on that book/movie look like?

Any ship you want, and drawing however heavily or lightly on the plot of the book/movie as you want 😊

What a marvellous random fic ask you just made up. I'm just going to press pause on what I was actually going to talk about in this post and just circle around to the thing I've actually just been watching, which is ANOTHER detective show where the serious and methodical detective is derailed by being partnered (officially or unofficially) by a extrovert sometime-confidence-trickster who trades in being liked.

All I'm saying is (obvs acab) so let's throw this one BACK IN TIME, say the 1950s, and make Max a PRIVATE DETECTIVE somewhere around Monaco and have Daniel fall into his path as a bit of a playboy with a series of richer friends and girlfriends who kind of pay his way, and nobody really minds that Daniel can't afford to be in their set, because everyone loves him. Daniel's a bit bored, but he's got to keep in with the crowd who pay his way, and then there is a MYSTERIOUS DEATH at a club, and MAX shows up to investigate on behalf of some rich relative of the dead guy, and the whole time he's trying to investigate, there's this handsome vaguely hungover guy who keeps hanging around and asking questions and being annoying and getting in his way, but who actually gets doors open for Max because Max can't be bothered playing nice and he doesn't know the right people.

Daniel, fascinated by this single-minded, sometimes rude Dutch guy who always wears a variation of the exact same off-the-peg suit, and who is sharply focused on getting to the bottom of the death at the club, and Daniel finds himself blowing off his friends and the current divorcee paying his way in order to track possible leads through the back streets, and breaking into a YACHT and spending three hours cramped in a tiny room trying to listen to an illegal card game through the wall, and the whole time Max is pressed up against him, his breath warm against Daniel's throat, and Daniel's hand just settles on the curve of Max's ass, and Max trembles a little beneath his touch but they have to focus on the MYSTERIOUS DEATH and not on the way Daniel's lifelong need to be close to men is suddenly thrown into sharp focus.

And maybe it turns out that it's someone in Daniel's set, and Daniel's faced with the choice between telling the truth to Max or lying and saving his friend, and he chooses his Max and his rich friends exile him from their group. So it's just Daniel, trailing after Max, and Max takes him to this boat moored in a harbour down the coast, and it's small and familiar and private, and it's Max's, and it's where he goes when he's not working a case. And he takes the boat out to sea and makes a very boring lunch of soup and bread, and Daniel's sunbathing in small shorts, and they eat lunch and then Max, impulsively, leans over and presses his mouth to Daniel's. Daniel beams like the sun, and kisses him back.

Also, each subsequent mystery is just focused on someone else on the grid, like the mysterious death of Fernando's extremely rich wife, (Lance in the wings with his alibi and a lot more money than Fernando's wife) or George being framed for the death of the controlling partner in his law firm, eventually exonerated by photographer Alex, or the one with the BEES and the mysterious German guy who owns them. Saving unlucky Charles from always being in the wrong place in the wrong time, except this time he's discovering the body by tripping over it and finding the murder weapon stashed in his apartment. OH GOD maybe Charles is the Prince of Monaco. Anyway, whatever. And each mystery ends with Max and Daniel out on their boat, Daniel in a series of tinier and tinier shorts, Max with his gin and tonic and Daniel with a ridiculous cocktail, Max flushed with the sun and Daniel not regretting any of his choices in leaving his old life behind to solve mysteries with Max.

Please note that at no point in this ask did I refer to the rather lengthy Sweet Home Alabama AU plot I forced Sarah to listen to last week, which got out of hand and got too angsty and where I left it, Daniel was in hospital for the second time and Max was following him half way across the world and nobody was even mentioning divorce, so that went well. Two thumbs up to that.

[vasito-de-leche]

crawling back from a hole to GEEK about suitcase gang members that would get along the best 💁‍♀️

- x, medicine pocket, and sotheby: lethal IRB nightmares

- med poc and sotheby: explosive concoctions

- centurion and tennant: harbingers of serial bankruptcy

- mesmer jr. and 6: orderliness

- dikke and 6: law and order (dun dun)

- melania and bkornblume: the thief and her gal in the chair (they're a ship too)

- eagle and shamane: shamane is MAD impressed at this girl's wilderness skills + will also be willing to teach her stuff

- horropedia, an an lee, and blonney: it's always horro and blonney / horro and an an but never these three together. you can bet that blon and horro surrounds an an to ask about her ghost vacuum

- blonney and desert flannel: she's in patch 1.5 but her design tells me that she's rocking her closet which is a bonding topic with blonney

- lilya and jiu niangzi: girl is in patch 1.6 but all that is known for now for global players is that she makes killer alcohol. cue lilya as her willing taste-tester

- sputnik 1 and 37: just 37 marvelling this perfect sphere

- alien T and 37: this girl again eyeing the ufo's circumference

- kaala bauna and voyager: kaala has a question or two about the heavenly bodies

- dikke and knight: s w o r d

ohhh fun! here's a few dynamics and characters I think would get along since you've shared your own!

Baby Blue and every character younger than her--especially Balloon Party

Baby Blue is just 17 but I do like to think that, bc of her connection with Wonderland and innocence, she would act as a big sister for many of the younger arcanists. especially Balloon Party since the two reject adults or the idea of growing up!

Blonney and Bunny Bunny

both characters have a focus on movie or hollywood as a concept, both are also girls around the same age range who know what it's like to be put into very restrictive stereotypes (the blonde bimbo, the southerner). I think they'd get along, and it's very funny to think about Blonney go straight to Bunny Bunny for help if Jessica ever needs help, since Bunny Bunny's family had a farm lmfao

but I also just rlly love girls who are total opposites on a surface level being close friends bc of the small little things they do have in common

Sweetheart and Bette, following the same reasoning as the Blonney and Bunny Bunny

THE MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS AND A STRUGGLING ACTRESS...BEING FRIENDS... SEEING EACH OTHERS PERSPECTIVES....

sorry I'm very passionate abt Sweetheart being so jaded and tired of the way hollywood treated her and warped her image to be nothing but a product for the audience's consumption. and very passionate abt Bette near-delusional hope of making it into the industry

Sonetto and Zima, both being poets

I could've added Charlie or The Fool since the idea is similar, but I feel like Zima would work best?

all three of these characters cherish the power of the written word and have used it against injust systems, but I think that Charlie's insecurities would hold her back a lot from truly bonding with Sonetto thru poetry, and The Fool is too much of a revolutionary--his very open and vocal "down with the monarchy, every person in authority is a fucking fool" vibe would clash with Sonetto's obedient dog aspects. Zima, however, feels perfect to act as another poet for Sonetto to befriend and a mentor to slowly introduce her to more open ideologies

SURE hes a recluse and socially inept bc of the years of isolation in exile, BUT HES NOT SHY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING HIS VIEWS AND THOUGHTS OR WORK. hes the perfect idea of subdued and quiet strength, I rlly think Sonetto could really benefit from having him as a mentor or responsible adult figure

Pavia and Centurion

YES, I KNOW TENNANT IS VERY OBVIOUS FOR CENTURION BC SHE SCAMS PPL AND CENTURION IS VERY LUCKY SO SHE WINS AT EVERYTHING AND PUT MANY PLACES INTO BANKRUPCY

but I'm NEVER letting go of casino dealer Pavia from the artificial somnambulism stages. these two? theyre ABSOLUTE MENACES together, the luckiest girl in the world addicted to adrenaline and thrills? with the most deranged "who gives a shit" mafia guy who does whatever he wants?

they'd be playing an extreme version of buckshot roulette together, they'd ruin the economy together just bc its funny. they dont know each other's full names. they hang out and bitch about life together. they dont care abt their respective life stories. they're the first person they call when they're bored. they've been in many many life threatening situations. they dont know each others favorite colors

do you see my vision!!!

[thena0315]

SVU Cast Before Main Roles in the Wolf Universe

Ice-T - 1 Role before Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

Exiled: A Law & Order Movie

Kelli Giddish - 2 Roles before Amanda Rollins

SVU: 8x12 'Outsider'

Criminal Intent: 7x05 'Depths'

Peter Scanavino - 4 Roles before Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi

Trial By Jury: 1x12 'Boys Will Be Boys'

Criminal Intent: 5x02 'Diamond Dogs'

Law & Order: 20x02 'Just a Girl in the World'

SVU: 14x13 'Monster's Legacy'

Raúl Esparza - 2 Roles before Rafael Barba

Criminal Intent: 8x11 'Lady's Man'

Law & Order: 20x12 'Blackmail'

Tamara Tunie - 1 Role before Melinda Warner

Law & Order: 7x07 'Deadbeat'

Diane Neal - 1 Role before Casey Novak

SVU: 3x10 'Ridicule'

Jamie Gray Hyder - 1 Role before Katriona 'Kat' Tamin

Chicago Med: 3x10 'Down by Law'

Demore Barnes - 1 Role before Christian Garland

Chicago Justice: 1x07 'Double Helix'

Chicago Med: 3x01 'Speak Your Truth'

Molly Burnett - 2 Roles before Grace Muncy

FBI Most Wanted: 3x12 'El Pincho'

Chicago PD: 9x19 'Fool's Gold'

Michelle Hurd - 1 Role before Monique Jeffries

Law & Order: 7x09 'Entrapment'

[darkscorpiox]

Analysis on TWST’s time loop theory

The time loop theory is popular among TWST fans. As I was trying to find similarities between Yuu and the protagonist(s) of each movie, I noticed how certain things about the latter and the order of the TWST chapters could support said theory.

Alice – Beginning

Among the main characters, she is one of the youngest and remains so till the end of her movie (along with a lack of character development), so it makes sense to have her at the beginning of the cycle. Her wish for a world of her own creation is what started her story, her venture into Wonderland.

Simba – Awareness

Like Alice, Simba wanted things to go his way and he thought being king meant no one would tell him what to do. He got a taste of the hardships of life first at the hands of the hyenas in the Elephant Graveyard (powerlessness) and next, by the death of his father (loss). Unable to face the trials and tribulations ahead of him, he exiled himself in a paradise-like location (his Wonderland) where he found contentment, but only on a superficial level. Eventually, his past caught up to him and told him to come back to reality, a life which consisted of more than just him, himself and he.

If we compare his young self’s idea of the position of king in his song, “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”, and his ascendance to the throne at the end of the movie, we see his growth, from a child presenting his status of heir with great fanfare to an adult solemnly accepting the responsibilities of a ruler.

Ariel – Inquisitiveness

While Simba came to term with his purpose in life, Ariel was dissatisfied with the one given to her. Not only was she aware of a world beyond hers, but she wanted to be a part of it as well (reference not intended). Even with her father trying to extinguish her interest in the surface world, it didn’t waver, but instead double in intensity. As Aristotle said in Metaphysics (book 1, chapter 1): “All men by nature desire to know.” In other words, he could have never changed her nature.

Aladdin / Jasmine – Change

Going against a parent is one thing, but it’s another when the opposing party is the law. Aladdin and Jasmine may not come from the same social circle, but they both wanted more than what everyone around them said was their lot. The former was playing the system by disguising as a prince, changing himself (like Ariel) into what he thought was socially suitable, but the latter wanted to take it down because it wasn’t suitable for her.

Snow White – Hope

Snow White had also been trapped by circumstances outside of her control (she was supposedly 14 in the movie, barely a teenager), forced to be a servant in her own castle by the person supposed to provide and care for her. Despite said lifestyle, she remained steadfastly optimistic about her chances of getting (the change for) a happy ending.

Hercules / Meg – Deprivation

Sadly, not everyone, no matter how much they hope and pray, gets the happy ending they want easily. Hercules wanted a place to belong and thought he could find it among the gods of Olympus, but Zeus told him it can’t be given to him just because he had accomplished great feats. As a result, he had no idea on how to reach said goal. Meg had once been one of those girls who believed in the power of love and said belief got trampled by her own lover. As a result, she believed love brings you nothing but pain. In short, their optimism about the world they live in was dying.

Aurora – Withdrawal

Aurora was another character who had been denied what they wanted. She had dreamed of someone to spend time with and had found said person in Phillip whom she had met just shortly before she had learned the truth from her fairy godmothers (her royal status and her betrothal to a prince). Obviously, she didn’t take the revelation well.

And who else didn’t like the idea of being in an arranged marriage?

And what did she do?

See the similarities?

It was mostly the doing of Maleficent, but I want to believe Aurora pricked her finger on that spinning wheel out of her own volition on some degree. Just because she had accepted the title of princess along with the expectations and the duties attached to said position didn’t mean she mustn’t have felt some degree of trepidation in the face of such burden. A part of her had longed for the simple life of a peasant girl, when her dream had barely become true. So if said dream couldn’t come to reality, then she would retreat to the safety of her dream world (Wonderland) till the real world would conform to her wish.

So if Twisted Wonderland is the dream world created by Yuu based on and / or caused by events from their past, then that means they can go back to their world (or reality) only after they get what they want (or are forced to face the truth). Otherwise, they’ll be stuck in a time loop for the rest of their life.

[lboogie1906]

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (October 7, 1970) is an actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love and went on to appear in Boogie Nights.

She has starred in several movies, including Blue Streak, Remember the Titans, Brown Sugar, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Black Dynamite, and Almost Christmas. On television, she played the leading role of attorney Teri Joseph in Soul Food, for which she received five NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations. She starred in the short-lived Second Time Around and Time After Time. She joined the cast of Empire. She appears as a recurring character in Chicago P.D.

She became a member of The Washington Ballet Company before earning an acting degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

She was born in Baltimore. She is the only child of healthcare professional Susan Parker and dentist Donald Parker. After attending a Montessori school, she entered Roland Park Country School, where she stayed through high school. She won Best Actress in the state of Maryland’s high school theater competition.

Early in her career, she appeared in critically acclaimed independent films, 200 Cigarettes, and the Sundance Film Festival winner The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.

She was offered her breakthrough role on Soul Food. In several episodes of the series, she was able to show her singing abilities, which served her well in roles as a singer on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and in the movie Divas.

She had a lead role in the film Exiled: A Law & Order Movie. On Broadway, she played Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

She was the lead actress in the pilot Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives and had a recurring role in Revolution. She starred as a series regular in the first season of Murder in the First. She married actor Joseph Falasca (2001) and Boris Kodjoe (2005) and they have two children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[tboy-boone]

1-7, 10-18, 23

Hi golf!!

1. Your favorite movie released this year

I really liked Five Nights at Freddy's but I think it's because I played the games way back when...

2. A movie you think is underrated

Power Rangers 2017. I know no one liked it but I had fun so that means it's a good movie ❤️ or Gone in Sixty Seconds! It's a fun and silly found family movie!!

3. A movie you think is overrated

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 🧍‍♂️ I think there was a lot of potential to make it...... better but no one took those opportunities! I don't really like it and it's my least favourite of the series!

4. A movie you like but wouldn't recommend

The Double because I liked it and it was a cool concept BUT I WAS STRESSED OUT THE WHOLE TIME. world's most stressful movie oh my god

5. A movie musical you like

I know I will get hate from you for this but I liked Mamma Mia! It's one of my favourites and I have the soundtrack on cd!

6. A horror movie you like

I REFUSE to pick one because I love horror movies so much. OF COURSE The Thing, Psycho, 1408, Insidious, Us, and Nope!!! I love them!!!

7. A sci-fi movie you like

CAPRICORN ONE!!! I have soooooo many thoughts on this movie. I hate the ending, fuck that ending, what is wrong with you. But OUGH EVERYTHING ABOUT IT

10. A foreign-language movie you like

Ante... Sundaraniki! You'd probably hate it because people find love and are happy <3

11. A movie you wish you could un-watch

The Hotel just because it was sooooo boring and nothing happened

12. A performance you think is underrated

SAM WATERSTON IN CAPRICORN ONE!!!!!

13. A performance you think is overrated

All performances in Friends With Benefits. I didn't like that movie and I didn't get the hype either

14. A movie made better by the ending

I thought the ending of Next was pretty good and I wouldn't have liked it so much if it didn't end like that

15. A movie ruined by the ending

EXILED THE LAW & ORDER MOVIE BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY DO THAT. He is my little pookie :(

16. A trilogy/franchise you like

I looooove fast and furious, mission impossible, and bourne franchises. They are RAHSHHSHS

17. A movie you never get tired of talking about

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol!!! It's probably the best in the franchise and my favourite!!! The comedy aspect is sooooo strong in this movie and the others hardly compare to this one

18. A movie you never wanna hear about again

Vampire's Kiss!! I know a lot of people really enjoyed, yknow Nic did a good job. I just didn't have a good time! I didn't like it and I didn't have a good experience! I don't want to rewatch it or think about it ever again!

23. An animated movie you like

NIMONA!!!! I haven't watched it in a while but I really loved it when it first came out <3

[canmom]

Toku Tuesday 50: the Kerberos Saga

Last week on Animation Night I wrote about the mighty Hiroyuki Okiura, and I mentioned his best known film, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. I promised a one-off return of Toku Tuesday in which we'd watch the first two Kerberos films of Mamoru Oshii, and then Jin-Roh in its proper context.

The first two Kerberos films are perhaps even less known in the West than Oshii's other toku films like Avalon. They've only ever gotten fairly small-scale DVD releases, they have almost zero footprint on torrent sites, and the people who've actually seen them (compared to Jin-Roh, widely regarded as a classic) is tiny. And when they do see it, most people come at them with a sense of putting Jin-Roh into its historical context, which... yeah, guilty.

Kerberos began in 1986, a couple of years after Oshii had left Urusei Yatsura and not long after Angel's Egg; it overlaps with the founding of the Headgear art collective which would create Patlabor. The core series comprises the movie trilogy, lots of manga, and a couple of radio dramas.

It is set in a near future in which Japan was conquered (somehow) by the Nazis instead of the Americans, hence the prominent Stahlhelm imagery - which might have something to do with the overlap between anime otaku and military otaku, manifesting in a fascination with particularly Nazi equipment in anime of this time - you catch glimpses of it in e.g. Gainax's Otaku no Video and FLCL, and Oshii himself had already poked fun at it in Urusei Yatsura.

But, to be fair, this is a story about fascism, martial law and men whose ideology that holds them to be supermen whose mission is to bring order to an unruly country. So it's not like Nazi imagery is inappropriate to such a story. Let's briefly summarise what we're in for.

The three main films in the Kerberos series procede backwards in time. They all deal with a special power-armoured police unit called Kerberos, which quickly abuses its power and gets disbanded by the state. The first one, The Red Spectacles, sees Kerberos leader Koichi Todome returning to Japan after a long period of exile when the unit was destroyed. He wanders through a dreamlike city, which in the end we learn is literally his dream, not a real vision of Japan without Kerberos.

The second, StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cop sees the circumstances that brought Todome back to Japan; another former Kerberos member called Inui (dog jokes!) seeks Todome in exile in Taiwan, not knowing he is bringing the attention of a rival police unit that wants to finish them off for good.

Finally, Jin-Roh, with Okiura loosely adapting the first arc of Oshii's manga, rolls back to the early days of Kerberos after their version of WWII, a time of protest not entirely unlike the Anpo protests. We watch a man called Kazuki Fuse gradually losing his humanity, and his meeting with someone who claims to be the sister of a suicide bomber he failed to gun down.

So, how's all this going to handle those hefty themes? That's what I'm interested to find out. With you, hopefully!

Alongside all this - and all the manga, radio dramas, etc. - is a weird spinoff story called Tachiguishi-Retsuden, beginning with a mockumentary about a strange underworld of noodle bars prohibited by the fascist state and the scammers who interact with them, featuring a duo who first appeared in Urusei Yatsura before being adopted into Kerberos. This used a bizarre live action-animation hybrid technique that sounds fascinating - I'll write more if I can get my hands on it.

That's all the summary I have time for now, and anyway it would be better to write more after the films are digested. So tonight we'll take a little dive into the world of Kerberos. If you'd like to join, we'll be starting in about 20 minutes at twitch.tv/canmom

[mikelogan]

What can I tell ya? I’m working a homicide.

[tough-as-adamantine]

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favorite color(s): Red+Black (edgy, sure, but it’s just cool when it’s done right, ok?), Black+Green (xenomorph style stuff), or Red/Blue+Gold

favorite flavor(s): Love food in general, but I would say seafood, alfredo pasta, or brisket

favorite genre(s): Fantasy and Scifi 100%. Fantasy is my bread and butter for roleplay and RPGs, scifi is perfect for games, and even split for books, movies, and series

favorite music: I have such an eclectic taste for music is hard to pin down a single type, but in general it’s rock in a wide variety of forms. Few favorites for reference, in no particular order: Eva Under Fire, Rev Theory, Within Temptation, Meg Myers, Papa Roach, Halestorm, Disturbed, and a lot more.

favorite series: For TV, Babylon 5, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, and Firefly. For books, the Looking Glass series by John Ringo, and the Dahakverse/Mutineer’s Moon Series by David Weber. 

last series: Been watching a lot of Law & Order and NCIS in the background, but the last series I actually sat down and watched was Love, Death, & Robots. Hit or miss, but when the episodes are good, they are really good.

last movie: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Was good, not amazing, but the effects were great, story and characters were predictable but fun and good enough, and the references to the Forgotten Realms world were really cool. A- overall, but SS+ tier for a D&D movie lol.

currently reading: Tumblr, mostly.

currently watching: Pirated Warhammer+ content because I love 40k but I ain’t giving GW a dime lol. 

currently working on: A new mini-setting for my next D&D campaign. (It’s a region I’m creating for the adventure, but I’m just going to shove it into Faerune someplace. Easier that way.) 

tagging: @pinklocksoflove​ @deimorous-detective​ @violentemperor​ @royleteas​ @the-expatriate​ (If yall want!)

[deathblossomed]

I don't think that I've ever fully written this out so in case I haven't, this is my post-series verse headcanons for Botan. This all happens after the events of the manga (or the One Shot OVA) with consideration for the movies (despite the fact that she's unconscious for like 95% of Poltergeist Report, she gets to be Important so I'm keeping it). This will be the primary situation in which I'm writing Botan unless otherwise specified.

At the end of the Three Kings arc, Enma is officially dethroned and replaced as ruler of the Gate of Judgement by his son Koenma. During his exile, Koenma was able to uncover evidence that Enma was orchestrating demon attacks on Ningenkai in order to justify controlling the three realm's barriers and conspiring with the Kings in order to (hopefully) get rid of Yusuke & co and plunge Makai into a civil war. With this evidence, Koenma was able to unseat him and banish him. (I've written before about an additional realm occupied by the old gods and I imagine Enma might go there or retire to another part of Reikai)

With the knowledge that much of the conflict between the realms was purposeful, Koenma's intentions are now to try and restore relations with Makai and unseal the barriers, allowing demons to once again inhabit Ningenkai. With the help of Makai's new king, they've worked on establishing fair safe guarding such as Mukuro's border patrol and laws to prohibit demons from enacting violence against humans to ensure the well beings of both humans and demons

An additional part is trying to unravel the long history of Reikai's dominion and Enma's set up criminals. In this, Botan has been recruited to help. Given that she's become much closer to Koenma than she was previously and that she has close relationships with both demons and humans, Koenma trusts her judgement. While most of Reikai still holds prejudice against demons, Botan sees them as friends and equals. So Botan helps with communications between Makai and Reikai. It has also been determined that the judgement laid upon the demons who were used by Enma was unfair and there are many who were sentenced to afterlives far harsher than what they should have had. So they've started going back through the records, from the time that the barrier was enacted, to make sure anyone who was unjustly sentenced could be reexamined or given the option of a lighter sentence. This is primarily where Botan has been working.

For the first few years after Koenma takes over, Botan spends most of her time in Reikai, working in the palace archives rather than ferrying souls. She doesn't mind it, feeling like she's undertaking an important role. She also occasionally runs messages to Makai. She doesn't return to Ningenkai for more than a few hours every once in a while. During this period is when those of Ningenkai would be finishing high school and moving on to college or a career. She is of course present when Yusuke returns from Makai and Genkai's final will is read.

During this period, Reikai is in a state of disarray. While most within the palace support Koenma's rule, it has been thousands of years since they've had a change in management and there are many groups who see it as a treacherous coup. This is what leads to the events of One Shot. Many spirits believes themselves to be morally superior to the demons and therefore should continue to be the ones to control the barriers. But those remaining in the SDF (some left or were reassigned) are working to help maintain Reikai's stability and prevent any kind of civil war.

Botan has also been spending more time training and developing her reiki. She wants to be able to better support her friends and given how things are changing, she wants to be able to stand on her own without needing to be protected. She's not necessarily concerned with becoming a fighter, just some self defense. Her natural inclination is more towards support magic or non offensive magic. After holding the Power Sphere within her body (a feat she really shouldn't have been able to achieve), the amount of reiki she's able to produce grew exponentially as a lingering effect. She's making good progress and is eager to continue learning.

While there is still a long way to go as far as Reikai's concerned, Koenma has at least settled into his role and Makai is adjusting to their new leadership as well. As tensions ease, Botan has more time to visit with friends in the other realms outside of work.

[spiritsoulandbody]

#DailyDevotion Jesus Is The True High Priest In The True Temple Above.

Heb. 8 Now, this is my main point. We have such a High Priest, and He sat down at the right of the throne of the Majesty in heaven to serve as Priest in the holy place and in the true tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by men. 3As every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, this One, too, had to bring some sacrifice. 4If He were on earth, He wouldn't even be a priest, because there are priests who offer the gifts demanded by the Law. 5They serve a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven, as God told Moses when he was going to make the tabernacle: "Be careful to make all of it like the pattern you were shown on the mountain.” Well if you hadn't known what the author's main point was until now, at least for the last few chapters, you know it now. We have such a High Priest who is innocent, holy, and sinless who lives forever and serves forever. This High Priest is Jesus. He is the one who has sat down at the right of the throne of majesty. At the right hand of God, He serves as our High Priest, perpetually putting forth His blood before the Father's eyes, covering our sins and declaring it to be the propitiation for our sins. The Temple High Priest was appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Of course there were a number of "junior" priests who did a lot of the work of the temple and sacrificed the various sundry sacrifices brought by the people. These offerings, gifts and sacrifices were prescribed by the Law and were offered up by priests appointed by the Law. Jesus also had to bring some sacrifice, but not to the Temple on earth. He is not a priest for earthly service. The Law provided for those. He comes to be declared a High Priest by the oath of God to offer up heavenly sacrifices in the Temple above. He serves us and the Father as our High Priest in the true Holy Place and Tabernacle of God in Heaven, set up by God, not made by human hands. He offers up His body and His blood before the Father in Heaven who accepts them as the atoning sacrifice to make propitiation for our sins. The priest below only serves a copy. The author brings to mind these passages from Exodus: Ex. 25, 40 "And see that you make them according to the model you were shown on the mountain.” Ex. 26, 30 “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan you were shown on the mountain." I'm reminded of the Monty Python movie, "Quest for the Holy Grail," where Arthur's servant replies to the comment of how awesome Camelot looks with, "It's only a model." Indeed, the Tabernacle Moses built, the Temple Solomon built, and the Temple after the exile were only models of what Moses saw in heaven above. They were only a copy and shadow of the reality above. It's a little interesting that the Israelites were revealed this principle centuries before Plato and his cave were discussed. It was centuries before the idea of the logos from Greek philosophy came into being where the chair, the book, the lion and tiger etc., are just imperfect shadows of the real ones above. Our High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek, Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the true High Priest who offers Himself in the heavenly Temple of the Almighty where He intercedes for us, for our salvation, presenting and pouring His blood upon the mercy seat of God our Father, declaring us innocent, justified, sanctified and glorified. Merciful God the Father, always look upon the blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ, listen to His intercession for us and have mercy upon us, pouring out Your grace upon us that we may be presented to You with clear and pure consciences. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Read the full article

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Gays are better dads, the Pope’s lunch with trans women, & a fishing trip to remember

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade went on as scheduled this year when the department store refused to cave to the religious fringe. TikTok and Instagram influencers made social media thankful while Twitter did nothing but make “gay cousin” jokes for the holiday. Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trixie Mattel (@trixiemattel) Get the Daily Brief The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you: Subscribe to our Newsletter The Pope invited a group of trans women over for pasta and meatballs Pope Francis has been quite clear lately. He made several announcements giving trans people support inside the Church, and he’s been giving some financial and medical aid too. Then, in a rare show of power, he personally fired one of the most anti-LGBTQ+ bishops. Mom puts school board on notice If anything happens to her son, she’s coming for them. It’s legal to be gay in public now A town in Tennessee tried to pass a law that had the judge ruling “WTF.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cara Connors (@caraconnscomedy) Science shows gays are better dads Children of gay dads are happier & healthier than the children of heterosexual parents. This amazing teen activist won’t stop fighting She just keeps showing up at school board meetings — even when she’s not welcome. Late-night hosts roasted George Santos I’m not sure if this really counts as “good news,” but it’ll make you laugh. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alethea Crimmins (@ms_hdic) 5 dads with trans kids took a fishing trip It changed their lives. This tiny market in East Texas is made for LGBTQ+ people It’s in one of the most conservative parts of the country, and it just keeps growing. Americans don’t trust politicians on trans issues Doctors? Yes. Parents? Even more. Republicans? Big bag of nope. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Isaac Bradshaw (@isaacbradshaw45) Not Done Yet * INTO: This iconic movie features the best gay character in Hollywood history * QUEERTY: That time Mussolini ordered a bunch of gay guys be exiled to an island & they turned it into a M4M utopia * GAYCITIES: This gay filmmaker’s private yacht on the Mediterranean is up for grabs * SOCIAL: Pacemaker * MEMORIAL: Rosalynn Carter’s legacy includes support for the LGBTQ+ community Have a good weekend. Need a few fashion tips for the upcoming holiday parties? Here’s how to dress gay. http://dlvr.it/SzL2SF