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TJ MIKELOGAN's HALLOWEEN 2024 EVENT
Day 17: POC in horror Names & films below the cut
From left to right, top to bottom:
GIF 1: Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out (2017), Amandla Stenberg in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), Kid Cudi in X (2022), Betty Gabriel in Get Out (2017), Rahul Kohli in The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), and Jodi Long in Night Swim (2024)
GIF 2: Moses Sumney in MaXXXine (2024), Courtney Taylor in The Invitation (2022), Scatman Crothers in The Shining (1980), T'Nia Miller in The Fall of the House of Usher (2024), Justice Smith in I Saw the TV Glow (2024), and Park So-dam in Parasite (2019)
GIF 3: Sauriyan Sapkota in The Midnight Club (2022), Wunmi Mosaku in His House (2020), Kelvin Harrison Jr. in It Comes at Night (2017), Teyonah Parris in Candyman (2021), Jacob Batalon in Tarot (2024), and Adia in The Midnight Club (2022)
GIF 4: Laurence Fishburne in Event Horizon (1997), Michelle Ang in The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Nassim Lyes in Under Paris (2024), Kyliegh Curran in Doctor Sleep (2019), Gong Yoo in Train to Busan (2016), and Levy Tran in The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
GIF 5: Winston Duke in Us (2019), Tahirah Sharif in The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Kang-ho Song in Parasite (2019), Avantika Vandanapu in Tarot (2024), Blair Underwood in Longlegs (2024), and Georgina Campbell in The Watchers (2024)
GIF 6: Steven Yeun in Nope (2022), Sophie Wilde in Talk to Me (2022), Giancarlo Esposito in Abigail (2024), Nathalie Emmanuel in The Invitation (2022), Colman Domingo in Candyman (2021), and Lupita Nyong'o in A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
GIF 7: Carl Lumbly in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Myha'la in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007), Moronke Akinola in No One Gets Out Alive (2021), William Chris Sumpter in The Midnight Club (2022), and Natalie Mendoza in The Descent (2005)
GIF 8: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Candyman (2021), Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019), Evan Alex in Us (2019), Aya Furukawa in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Sope Dirisu in His House (2020), and Keke Palmer in Nope (2022)
GIF 9: Daniel Jun in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Iman Benson in The Midnight Club (2022), Malcolm Goodwin in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Kim Su-an in Train to Busan (2016), Djimon Hounsou in A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), and Annarah Cymone in Midnight Mass (2021)
GIF 10: Rahul Abburi in Midnight Mass (2021), Crystal Balint in The Midnight Club (2022), Anthony Ruivivar in The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Liza Soberano in Lisa Frankenstein (2024), Choi Woo-shik in Parasite (2019), and Shahadi Wright Joseph in Us (2019)
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farshootergotme · 4 months ago
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I cannot believe I'm saying this but I just argued with someone who was insisting that Dick is abusive and cruel to his family and friends while excusing Jason's actions as "the pit did it". Please give me sweet/cute moments between Dick and his friends/family, whether that's just him listening (like the time he dropped everything so Tim could vent to him) or helping out etc
You ask and I'll deliver!
Dick, Bruce & Alfred
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Alfred expressing his gratitude to Dick for being there after Bruce died: Batman #689
Dick and Alfred with an arm wrapped around each other: Detective Comics #838
Dick and Alfred grieving Bruce together: Nightwing (1996) #153
Alfred welcomes Dick: Nightwing (1996) #101
Dick tells Alfred he misses him: Missing (1996) #126
Alfred and Dick hugging: Gotham Knights #25
Dick hugs Alfred: Titans Hunt #2
Dick tells Bruce that if he wants him to wear the cowl again, he will: Batman and Robin (2011) #34
Dick helps Bruce save Damian in the simulation: Batman and Robin (2011) #23
Dick saves Bruce and they hug: Robin and Batman #3
Dick hugging Bruce after he and the league are saved: JLA (1997) #75
Dick calls Bruce “dad”: Nightwing (2016) #100
Dick tells Bruce he'd die for him: Robin (1993) #13
Dick asking Bruce if he wants to talk: Year One: Batman/Scarecrow #1
Jason & Dick
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Dick gives Jason his old costume and his phone number in case he needs to talk: Batman #416
Dick catches Jason before he falls off a train: Nightwing (1996) #106
Dick calls Jason “little wing” while they work together: Nightwing (1996) #106
Dick tells Jason about Bruce firing him and apologizes for Bruce about him using Dick to make Jason feel small: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Dick hanging out with Robin!Jason: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Dick tells Jason they're brothers: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Dick tells Jason he's proud he's put the guns away: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Nightwing calls Red Hood “Robin” to calm him down: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Parallel to the past: Nightwing v4 annual #1
Dick promises Jason he'll talk with Bruce so Jason doesn't get in trouble after helping the Teen Titans in a mission: The New Teen Titans v2 #31
Dick offers Jason help: Batman and Robin (2009) #6
Cass & Dick
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Dick offering Cass to talk: Batman: Family v2 #7
Dick and Cass apologize to each other: Batman and the Outsiders v2 #14
Dick and Cass cooking together: Nightwing (2016) #106
Dick and Cass working together to find the truth about Bruce murderer’s allegations: Batman: Bruce Wayne – Fugitive
Dick and Cass race each other: Batman – Legends of the Dark Knight #184
Cass describes in her journal how Dick told her about Cinderella and made her laugh: Batgirl (2000) #58
Dick stops Jason from attacking Cass: Batman & Robin Eternal #3
Tim & Dick
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Blindfolded bonding: Nightwing (1996) #25
Dick hugging Tim and kissing the top of his head: Nightwing (1996) #139
Dick inviting Tim on a mission: Nightwing (1996) #142
Dick makes Tim laugh: Robin (1993) #71
Dick cooking for Tim: Batman #512
Dick complimenting Tim's skills: Robin 80 Years of the Boy Wonder The Deluxe Edition
Dick complimenting Tim's skills 2.0: Nightwing (1996) #6
Tim tells Dick that he will always be there for him: Red Robin (2009) #12
Dick changes his plans to stay and listen to what Tim needs to talk about: Robin (1993) #156
Dick and Tim hanging out: Secret Origins 80 Page Giant
Dick calls Tim his little brother: Secret Origins 80 Page Giant
Damian & Dick
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Dick and Damian hugging when they find out the other is alive: Grayson #12
Dick hugs Damian relieved that he's okay: Nightwing (2016) #20
Dick assures Damian they'll find Bruce: Nightwing (2016) #29
Damian admits to have missed Dick: Nightwing (2016) #20
“We are still the greatest”: Nightwing (2016) #20
Dick comforting Damian as he cries: Batman v3 #33
Damian thanking Dick for being there: Batman v3 #34
Batman!Dick saves Damian's life and praises his work: Batman and Robin (2009) #3
Damian tells Dick he is his favorite partner: Batman Incorporated v2 #8
Dick and Alfred acknowledge Damian's efforts to be better: Batman and Robin (2009) #22
Damian throws up and Batman!Dick comforts him: Batman - Streets of Gotham #7
Dick calls Damian his Robin: Robin (2021) #5
Damian says he doesn't need the Titans because he already has a friend in Gotham (Dick): Teen Titans v3 #92
The (Teen) Titans & Dick
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Wally and Dick hugging: Nightwing 1996 #141
Wally asks Dick for help to find Linda: The Flash v2 #214
Donna and Dick hugging: Titans Secret Files #2
Dick listens to Garth's problems: Titans v2 #15
Dick tells Donna that he's there if there's anything she wants to talk about: The New Teen Titans #14
Dick helps Roy find Lian and bring her home with him: Action Comics #618
Dick kissing Donna’s forehead: The Titans (1999) #28
Titans pillow fight: The New Teen Titans v2 #32
Dick and Gar talk about Vic: The New Teen Titans v2 #48
Steel and Gar talking about Dick: Titans (2016) #27
Nightwing argues with Batman to save Cyborg: JLA/Titans #2
Roy opens up to Dick and Dick tells Roy he'd trust him with his life: Outsiders (2003) #11
“Who wouldn't fall in love with that wouldn't fall in love with that strength and that smile?” – Donna Troy: DC special - The Return of Donna Troy #2
Dick calls the Titans his ‘safety net’: Nightwing Secret Files and Origins
Wally tries to distance himself from his loved ones but goes see Dick when his statue won't stay turned away: The Flash v6 #9
Others
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Dick comforts Jon: Nightwing (2016) #89
Kara thanks Dick for being a friend and brother to her: Justice League of America v2 #60
Superman calls Dick the multiversal constant for being confident, kind and cool in every universe he's been: Nightwing (2016) #9
Friends: Nightwing (2016) #9
Some heroes help Dick move out and Dick thanks them for their assistance: Nightwing #153
Dick Grayson, the most trusted man next to Superman: The Brave and the Bold v3 #15
Dick's neighbors talking about him: Nightwing (1996) #87
Dick gets powers for two hours and spends time with Superman: Nightwing (2016) #104
Jim tells Dick his cops prefer him to Bruce: Batman and Robin (2009) #13
Nightwing leading the Titans: Teen Titans (2003) #23
Dick relates to Conner and tells him he has to start trusting himself as Dick trusts him: Teen Titans (2003) #33
“You know, everyone's right about you. You totally rule.”: Teen Titans (2003) #33
Kyle's first impression of Dick: Green Lantern (1990) #81
Oh man! This is awful! How can Dick be this abusive? Oh, wait! he isn't.
Well, sorry it took me a bit, but I hope this helps!
There's more characters' moments I wanted to add but it was taking me too long so I decided to leave it as it is.
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redsrooftopprincess · 4 months ago
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Could you do anymore headcannos for the tmnt 2014/2016 boys? Idc what the headcannon is but I love it hc so much
Sleeping Headcanons
Headcanons you say? Let's get into it!
Warnings: mental health, drugs/alcohol
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We spend nearly half of our lives asleep, and the boys are no different! They're a little backwards, being basically nocturnal, but they sleep (and struggle to), just like anybody else.
Leo
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Bed. Leo is a traditionalist and sleeps on a firm Japanese Futon. He sleeps on his plastron because that's the most practical. He's usually on his side, hugging a pillow, by morning.
Temperament. Even as always, unless he has a migraine, then he's in his room the second he gets home. Dark and quiet. If someone disturbs him, he'll get up and address whatever it is that needs seeing to, but don't expect conversation. However, he *is* a morning person! They all hate him until about 10 am.
Routine. If he has a headache he'll usually have no choice but to just lay down the second he's off the clock. If he doesn't, he has a very strict routine that is *always* adhered to, or he can't sleep (no, that's not a joke):
Tea (usually jasmine) with Dad while processing the day.
Shower.
Teeth.
Undress.
Meditate for 30 minutes.
Sleep.
The morning is much the same but in reverse:
Wake up.
Meditate for 15 minutes.
Get dressed.
Downstairs for coffee/breakfast/discussing the day with Dad.
Training.
Sleeping with a partner. Having someone around to upset his routine is ROUGH. Don't ask to sleep in his bed. Seriously, don't. Sharing *his space* is a HUGE step for him and if you push it, it'll just take longer. He'll start small, inviting you into his room for tea. Be PATIENT with the boy. Once you start sleeping in his bed it'll take him a while to get used to it. The first few times he doesn't sleep. But eventually, you worm your way into his routine, and he can't sleep without you. Until then, he will happily hold you until you fall asleep, even stay watching over you until morning. But he won't sleep.
Mikey
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Bed. Pillow pile! He started collecting pillows as a kid to add to his hoard, which is now comically large and takes up 1/3 of his room. He loves the weird ones and has ones with tassles and beads and insane shapes. It's actually pretty impressive and could probably double as a modern art piece!
Temperament. It's all good! No matter what state he's in, he's always the life of the party. Always.
Routine. He's usually parked in front of the TV until everyone disperses (video games/tv/ect). Then, depending on how hard his depression is hitting that night, he'll either grab a bong (hard) or a bottle (harder). He'll drink in his room , but he'll skate down one of the south tunnels to smoke because he doesn't want to hear about it from Leo. Splinter knows about the weed, but doesn't have a problem with it, because it really does seem to help. He would, however, have a problem with the liquor. Once Mike is thoroughly gone, he tosses himself on his pillow pile and attempts to pass out. Sometimes he does. He gets hangovers from the alcohol, but the second he wakes up that mask is firmly back in place and he's good to go! 😃
Sleeping with a partner. ALL. THE. CUDDLES. Expect him not to let go. Like, pee beforehand. He may not be as big as his brothers, but he's still pretty damn heavy. You are HIS Angel. You are HIS miracle. And you aren't going ANYwhere. Lots of nuzzling/scent marking, LOTS of churring, and when he does eventually fall asleep, he snores like a diesel engine. Just poke him in the side and he'll shut up.
Don
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Bed. What's a bed? You mean the cot in his lab? On the rare occasion that *someone* convinces him to actually sleep in a bed, it's pretty much whatever bed or bed-adjacent thing they bring him to. By the time he's tired enough that he can be convinced, he's too far gone to care.
Temperament. When Donnie is tired, expect to be snapped at. He'll apologize immediately, but his temper is a hair trigger when he needs sleep. And my dude goes until he stops. Don's body wakes up before he does. Expect mumbled one-word answers that may or may not make sense as he gradually comes to consciousness over the next half-hour.
Routine. Donnie doesn't make the decision to go to bed. He just wakes up and it's later. When he does wake up, his body has been conditioned to perform all the necessary morning tasks without him having to actually be fully conscious. Sit up. Grab freshly brewed espresso from desk next to cot. Shotgun espresso. Wrap joints. Stand up. Go to kitchen for second cup of coffee (because Raph has already brewed a pot, and because at some point in his teenage years, his father insisted on seeing him at least once a day). Make/drink coffee. Eat the closest edible thing. Go back to the lab. By this point, his conscious mind has usually kicked in and he can get back to work.
Sleeping with a partner. I hope you like to be lulled to sleep by computer fans! You'll get used to the phrase, "go and lie down, Dove. I'll just be a minute." It's always a lie. You know it. He knows it. The wall of computer towers behind you knows it. But he does the song and dance, anyway, because he thinks it makes you feel better. It doesn't. If he does happen to fall asleep with you, of COURSE he's the big spoon. He wraps himself around you and holds you as close as he can (he's still working on getting past all those pesky air molecules), with his beak buried in your hair so that he can breathe you in as he falls asleep (at least the air molecules are good for something).
Raph
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Bed. My guy is BIG, and needs a ton of support. A traditional flat mattress is uncomfortable unless he sleeps on his plastron which he HATES doing. His carapace is HEAVY, and it feels like he's literally being crushed under his own weight. Besides, he's in enough pain when he wakes up, and as much as he loves working out, he really doesn't want to have to do pushups first thing in the morning. Instead, he has a carbon fiber hammock that he wove himself. It hangs from a reach stacker arm modified with two lifting jacks bolted to the floor, all "liberated" from the shipyard. It supports all of him with the added benefit of pressure on all sides due to his weight, which helps him sleep, especially when he's in a low.
Temperament. When he's tired he's a grump. He's not quick to anger, but expect a lot of grumbling and begrudging acquiescence to things. He doesn't usually push it too far before heading to bed, because let's face it, pain is exhausting, and if he's laying down he's not having to hold himself up. He's not a "morning person," but he's usually okay as long as he knows there's a cup of coffee in his near future.
Routine. Pretty standard. Shower, teeth, etc. Once in bed, he'll mess around on his phone for a while, watching movies/tv/anime, before eventually falling asleep. In the morning, he rolls out of his hammock and heads to the kitchen for coffee with his Dad before everyone else emerges. After that it's his morning workout and he starts the day. Honestly the mostly boring/normal out of all of them.
Sleeping with a partner. He won't sleep in your bed. He just won't. Don't ask. He'll hold you until you fall asleep, no question, but he won't stay. The only hope for a sleepover is at his place. He likes to give you a big hug around the middle and roll into the hammock with you, and it always leaves you giggling as you snuggle up against his plastron. That's when he sleeps best, with you laying on his chest, his arm wrapped around you. Not only is it added pressure, but this way he knows you're safe.
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thankyouforthememoriesworld · 4 months ago
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Updated Version 2.
They were both overlapped in Minnesota for the North Tartan Summer Jam-June 2016. They had a lot of basketball overlap in June/July 2016 but again, separate age groups, with Azzi playing in a higher age group than Paige.
USA U16 Trials in May 2017 when they met.
Won Gold together with U16 on June 11, 2017.
Flew to Minnesota together where Azzi probably spent the summer doing her camping and State Fair in August 2017. Before this though: they participated in the North Tartan Summer Jam-June 2017 but different groups. I think that first birthday post from Azzi is probably from this tournament. Also, they may have also had an EYBL tournament in Indianapolis in July 2017. This is also when those crush snapchats were most likely sent because the song itself was released July 7, 2017.
Generally, they always have a lot of overlap in the summer because of AAU
Their visit to Maryland, Notre Dame and UConn in Fall 2017. Offered scholarships by UConn at that time.
Azzi and Paige were together at the beginning of Feb, training. Azzi's high school is WCAC Champs at the end of Feb 2018 and Azzi was also player of the year as a Freshman.
Late March 2018, both participated in the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship. Paige’s team got first, and Azzi’s got second. Paige’s team went on to rep in the youth Olympics.
April 2, 2018 Paige and her Hopkins teammates watched the UConn Notre Dame 2018 Championship game. Paige apparently watched this match up twice by April 2019 and Azzi watched the 12/3/17 game against ND in Hartford. Maybe overlap?
Paige and Azzi played in the Nike Boo Williams Invitational for their separate AAU teams in Virginia on April 20-22, 2018. Azzi's team (Fairfax Stars 17s EYBL) won platinum undefeated in their division where she stood out as one of the best players at 15 years old. Paige's team (North Tartan 15s EYBL) won platinum undefeated in her division. Geno was apparently at this tournament from what I read.
Paige was in DC to play in the Capitol Classic on April 28, 2018. You can watch the entire game if you want.
Reunited in Colorado May 2018 for USA trials.
The 11th annual North Tartan Summer Jam in Hopkins Minnesota was held June 15-17, 2018, where both Paige and Azzi's AAU teams played against each other. Paige’s team beat Azzi’s team 79-63 but both ended with a 3-1 record with Paige's team getting second place. Azzi watched Paige's final game.
Basically, together all of July because training was July 4-20, with a pre-tournament invitational in Latvia. Afterwards, won Gold with U17 on July 29, 2018.
Azzi attends her first Curry Camp in August 6-7 2018. She blows up after the three point contest. At this point I also assume Minnesota cabin trip and state fair was spent together. Azzi was recognized while on a cruise with Bueckers family after the contest (Date unknown but assuming summer). Azzi also helped with Paige's charity clinic at the end of August in Montana.
Azzi and her family were also in Minnesota for a family wedding in September 2018.
11/2/18 Visit to UConn together. Azzi’s sweet 16 on 11/11/18. We know Paige was there.
March 2019 Azzi is presented Gatorade National Player of the Year for Basketball. Azzi's team is 2nd in the nation.
Paige wins state championship on March 16, 2019. Azzi is there supporting (she's in that day after vlog episode of Paige's teammate wearing her St. Patty's day necklace and referred to as National POY which she just got beforehand).
Both of them flew to Montana and I'm guessing that's when the Yellowstone trip happened. Probably Spring Break.
Buckets with Bueckers camp in Montana - March 25, 2019. Azzi was there.
April 1, 2019, Paige commits to UConn (signs letter of intent in November 2019). I think this is also the day Azzi got her puppy Stewie.
April 4-6, 2019 Azzi’s high school team makes the Geico Nationals final but loses. Not sure if Paige was there.
April 13, 2019 Azzi tears hear ACL/MCL at USA 3x3 championship. Surgery on May 29, 2019 in Indianapolis. Paige was with her before surgery (video proof from Azzi herself).  
April 26-28, 2019 AAU together (Azzi not playing).
June 2019 – Paige participates in Summer Jam 2019 with Metro Stars.
July/August 2019 – After Azzi attends the ESPYS and SC30 Select Camp for both of them, Minnesota tradition (they have tiktoks from that time at the cabin and started their joint account that summer). I also think this is when that one Overtime video was filmed with the competition.
10/10-16/19 – Paige is in Doha Qatar for USA Basketball 3x3 tournament. Then she went to First Night at UConn and I think visited Azzi before she went to LA for ESPNW. Azzi visited UConn the week before First Night supposedly.
Dec 16, 2019: First HUDL recruiting video. End of December 2019, Azzi was presumably training with Mamba family in NYC.
Reunited in January 2020 in DMV. Azzi’s first games back from ACL were around this time and Paige was there (they filmed tiktoks together and there are videos of her in the stands). During her visit, Paige's second HUDL recruiting video for Azzi was published.
Azzi’s high school team wins state championships in early March 2020. Azzi travels to Minnesota in mid-March 2020 for Paige’s final but Covid shutdown occurs.
Paige stays with the Fudds from the end of April until June 2020 where she goes back for her graduation in early June and I think possibly packing up her stuff because I know her family was relocating to DMV at this time. She rejoins the Fudds in late June and stays with them and travels with them for Azzi’s GTS team up until end of July. Paige also gets her Gatorade award presented to her at the Fudd’s house on July 24, 2020.
Azzi is in Minnesota with her GTS in August of 2020 and Paige starts UConn.
Azzi visits Paige on her birthday and I believe tells her she’s committing to UConn in October 2020.
Azzi's Togethxr video of her day in the life with the facetime call was filmed November 5, 2020 (pop quiz had a date).
Azzi commits to UConn in November 11, 2020 and turns 18.
Paige's UConn season starts with her first games being cancelled because everyone is in a 14 day quarantine when one person tests positive. This was the reality of that time - they had to contact tracing and couldn't risk getting Covid during the season. They didn't have anymore cancelled games after the end of January but it certainly was an issue early on. UConn had nearly 75% of their courses online or hybrid for entire Fall 2020. Out of state students enrolled in online courses didn't live on campus. This was the reality of Paige's first year. Most likely not as social as people think and really just FTing Azzi at 1 AM apparently.
Azzi attends UConn-Tennessee game on January 21, 2021 to cheer on Paige.
Azzi attends UConn Final Four on April 2, 2021 and also attends the final (while being on FT with Paige).  
Paige has ankle surgery afterwards and hanging out a lot with the Fudds as she rehabs during April and May 2021.
Azzi has USA U19 Trials in May 2021. Then graduation and prom for high school at the end of May (Paige was present during this time). Then summer session at UConn. Paige has her ESPY award speech in July 2021.
Azzi wins gold with team USA before landing back in Mn in mid August 2021 and reunited with Paige and heading to UConn.
My God, you did it 👑. Here's Pazzi's updated timeline for the people.
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brf-rumortrackinganon · 2 months ago
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When Catherine wss transitioning to become an official member of the royal family, was it also as messy as Meghan's? I wasn't an observer but perhaps there could be some similarities?
Nope.
#1 - Kate's transition was much, much longer. Her training most likely began in 2008 after she and William got back together and it continued all the way through very early 2012. (I'm using the announcement of Kate's first patronages and charities to mark her "training wheels" coming off.) This is on top of the "access" she had for the 4-5 years pre-breakup. So all in all, Kate's transition was at least 4 years somewhat officially, then another 4 years somewhat informally and situationally - so about 8 years altogether for Kate to become an official member.
So compare Kate's 8ish-year transition to Meghan's whirlwind 13-month transition (Meghan's move to England/engagement in Nov 2017 to the announcement of her first patronages): Kate had a ton more time to understand what she was getting into and she could take her time learning, acclimating, and managing expectations (everyone else's and her own).
On top of that, Kate has never reached full-time official status. She was supposed to "upgrade" in September 2017 (as announced in January 2017) but then best laid plans - new baby, pandemic, major illness, chemo. So some may suggest that Kate is still in transition. So that's another 11+ years to transition to an official full-time status.
(Also on that note, Plant's theory was that Kate began her 'Princess of Wales' transition in Fall 2018 after returning from maternity leave, when her coatdresses became more formal and kicked it into high gear/made it noticeable in Summer 2019 with longer dress hemlines and more polished, professional looks. With what we know now, the family may have begun their Queen-to-King transition in 2017 so Plant really may have been on to something.)
Meanwhile, Meghan expected immediately to become a full-time working royal because Harry was also full-time working royal, having transitioned to "full time" after leaving the Army. She quit Suits for this, after all. But again, best laid plans - Meghan immediately got pregnant, and then she burned out after 72 days of part-time status.
To me, this proves that William and Kate's plan of "slow and steady" has been incredibly successful. But it is incredibly glacial and in the immortal words of Miranda Priestly:
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IMO, both William and Kate could stand to pick up the place a little. Let's break 120 engagements on the royal calendar when Kate is back up to full performance.
Anyway, getting off track here.
#2, Meghan's transition was messy because it also played out in PR and social media, and often at her own hand.
Kate's transition largely happened behind closed doors and away from the public eye. Kate certainly wasn't leaking anything to the press about meeting certain family members or planning what kind of work she'd do. It wasn't even officially confirmed that Kate met The Queen until William spoke about it in the engagement interview, while Meghan was leaking to her sources that she was meeting William as early as November 2016.
That's not to say Kate didn't have her messy moments. I'm sure she did, but they likely played out more privately. In fact, the only "messy" moments I can think of from before Kate married in are:
Carole chewing gum at William's passing-out ceremony. (The papers were horrified because how dare someone chew gum while existing in the same space as The Queen. It wasn't like they were having a personal audience.)
The having fun/going out dancing/drinking nights out with William and/or Pippa.
Leaked comments attributed to The Queen that she wished Kate would do something more productive with her time.
Mean girl rumors of Kate and Pippa vs Beatrice and Eugenie.
And the last one, I don't even know if it's real - Kate received "training" from the BRF on how to get in and out of cars around photographers. (I don't know if it's real because on the one hand, it's the only scene I remember from the Lifetime 'William & Kate' movie but on the other hand, this would've been back in the mid/late '00s when paparazzi were notorious for upskirt photos of young female celebs getting out of cars.)
Others who were around back in those very early days for Kate might have other info/insight.
But bottom line, it was a very different world social media-wise and traditional media wise in Kate's day vs when Meghan came around so that also must be taken into consideration when looking how both women prepared for marrying in, in addition to their own personalities and the position(s) they were marrying into.
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wolves-and-stars · 4 months ago
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FAMOUS WOLFSTAR AU FIC RECS
(A list of the the best famous AU fics, including youtube, musician/band, and acting)
1. Sex Pistols by ArtificialAorta (ffnet) 86k
MUSICIAN/BAND AU!
I love this fic, it was on my last list too, remus is the lead singer and gutarist for the punk rock band belladonna, and he meets the lead singer of the pop band maraders, sirius black, at a press tour.
The music the author mentions in the fic is so good, it really helps you get immeresed in the scene they mention the song for.
2. Stalking Sirius by remuslives23 (ao3) 36k
MUSICIAN SIRIUS BLACK
Journalist remus lupin finds out a secret about sirius black, the lead singer of the band marauders, and uses it as leverage to gain an interview with the ever mysterious and elusive singer.
3. Whatever Words I Say by orphan_account (ao3) 23k
MUSICIAN SIRIUS BLACK
Remus Lupin is hired by lily evans and her PR company to babysit sirius black, the lead singer of her husband's band, the marauders, after the latest media frenzy cause by Sirius' cavalier attitude. Remus realises maybe sirius doesn't act out because of any of the expected reasons.
4. Never Above You, Never Below by orphan_account (ao3) 5k
ACTOR SIRIUS BLACK
Sirius just wants to shop at tesco in peace when a young boy recongnises him and drags out his father, remus lupin. It would annoy sirius, except the guy is kind of cute. (Actor! Sirius, Single dad! Remus) starring baby teddy.
5. Addicted To The Magic by orphan_account (ao3) 14k
ACTOR SIRIUS BLACK
Remus runs into a stranger on the tube and gets swept up in a whirlwind romance, except he doesnt know what the starnger does or really anything about him. Maybe he'll find out at the party sirius' invites him to?
Side pairing of james and lily, but isn't boring like all the other ones, they actually have personalities other than being the boring hetero couple.
6. Forever Is a State of Mind by orphan_account (ao3) 25k
YOUTUBER AU!
Remus lupin is runs a dance youtube channel, where he posts choreographies with his son teddy. He's also deaf and people find it hard to understand how someone who can't hear music could love to dance so much, people like rita skeeter who hires snape as a terp for a new paper article she wants to write about him. Except sanpe is the kind of terp that only signs SLS, remus runs into james, CODA, who helps him out. He also happens to introduce him to sirius black his best mate who is a MUA youtuber, with a decent amount of followers.
With a side pairing of polyamorous james/lily/regulus raising harry together. (Y'all dont understand this fic made me jump in the jegulus train way back in 2016, and ive been patiently waiting for all of you to catch up)
7. real life has no appeal by orphan_account (ao3) 7k
YOUTUBER AU!
Sirius, james and peter have a channel where they break into places overnight, trying to escape getting caught. James starts dating lily, who happens to be remus' roomate. Remus has his own channel, less break-in, more artsy. Sirius happens to text remus. They happen to fall for each other.
8. Wizard beat by eprime
MUSICIAN REMUS LUPIN
Sirius black is remus lupins biggest fan, their new roomate john finds his passion for the singer very annoying. Sirius finds his new roomate annoying, or does he?
9. The Prom Date by xivz (ao3) 48k
MUSICIAN SIRIUS BLACK
Remus Lupin does something very out of character, he sends a promposal video to Sirius Black, the very famous singer/actor/model who hes had a crush on for wuite some time.
Siruius Black happes to accept his request. And is determined to break the rules of their contract by relentlessly pursuing him.
10. The tell-all end-all with Sirius Black by wolvesandstars 1.5k
MUSICIAN SIRIUS BLACK
This one is by me, sorry about the shameless plus, i really wanted the list to have 10 in them.
Give it a try, its about how the paps speculate about sirius blacks mystery boyfriend and all the conspiracies surrounding him and his ex-best friend and ex-roomate remus lupin.
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The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With the Note (2021) - 云顶天宫 - Whump List
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List by StayDandy Synopsis : The iron triangle: Wu Xie, Zhang Qi Ling and Wang Pang Zi find themselves on a train headed for the mountainous Korean border in search of a mysterious, mythical palace in a world of glaciers, avalanches, and blizzards. They have no idea why Wu San Sheng has sent the message that brought them all together again, but they soon discover that they are not alone in their search for the peak that holds the palace. As they move deeper within the maze of mountain tunnels, all of them begin to wonder if this adventure will be their final quest. (MDL) AKA : The Lost Tomb 2: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds
Whumpees : Wu Xie played by Bai Shu (center) • Zhang Qi Ling played by Zhao Dong Ze (right) • Wang Pang Zi played by Zhang Bo Yu (left)
Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Action, Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural, Bromance
Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from book 4 of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" (盗墓笔记) by Kennedy Xu (南派三叔) • I think this is my least favorite Wu Xie actor, but I love the actor who plays Pang Zi (it's the same one as in Wrath of the Sea) • Favorite episode is pink • Suggested watch order of series (not including movies & spin-offs) : – 1. Mystic Nine (2016) – 2. The Lost Tomb (2015) – 3. The Lost Tomb 2: Wrath of the Sea (2019) >> 4. The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note (2021) – 5. The Lost Tomb 3: Ultimate Note (2020) – 6. Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (2024) – 7. Tomb of the Sea (2018) – 8. Reunion: Sound of the Providence (2020) – 9. Reunion: Sound of the Providence 2 (2020)
Related Lists : The Lost Tomb (2015) - Full List • The Lost Tomb 2: Wrath of the Sea (2019) - Full List • The Lost Tomb 3: Ultimate Note (2020) - Full List • Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (2024) - Full List
Episodes on List : 17 Total Episodes : 24
*Spoilers below*
01 : [flashback] Wu Xie trapped in collapsed tomb rubble … [present] hospitalized, conscious but unresponsive, [flashback] trapped in the rubble.. [present] wandering around barefoot, unsteady, dizzy, in & out of consciousness … attacked, cloth over mouth, injected with something; pain, seizure, dropped out of car unconscious … nightmare … rolls down a hill, hits a tree … ensnared in a trap, thrown around & tied up.. Wang Pang Zi tied up & dragged in the same trap … bit by a snake
02 : Face swollen from bee stings … scratched by a poisoned arrow, passes out … cared for, fever
04 : Wu Xie dizzy, unsteady … Wu Xie, Zhang Qi Ling, & Pang Zi exhausted … Wu Xie & Pang Zi knocked out with gas
05 : (at end) Wu Xie & Pang Zi almost fall into a ravine
06 : … continued from previous ep. ... Wu Xie & Pang Zi almost fall into a ravine
08 : Wu Xie exhausted, unsteady … collapses, suffering from hypoxia (low oxygen), passes out.. hallucinating.. dragged down a hill
11 : Falls off a cliff, caught by the safety line
14 : Kicked, hit his head, knocked out … Pang Zi hallucinating … Wu Xie in a daze, unresponsive … (@ 26:30-28:57, 38:43-40:45 gross many-legged bugs, including a giant one .. I srsly had to skip most of this .. I can't with these things) … shock
15 : Pang Zi grabbed by a nasty giant bug … (at end) Wu Xie choked
16 : … continued from previous ep. ... Choked
17 : Qi Ling not feeling well.. cuts his own fingers
18 : Wu Xie grabbed by a monster (thankfully not another bug) & dropped from a great height … (@ 5:14-6:50 more fucking bugs) … wakes, hurt from the fall … passed out/sleeping, wakes coughing, dehydrated, passes out again.. wakes coughing again, chest pain, helped to walk … weaker, blurry vision … wakes from sleep with pain … rib pain, coughing.. Pang Zi sore from being dropped from a great height … Wu Xie has nightmare, pain
19 : (@ 8:23-8:51 gross bug stuff) … Coughing, rib pain … pukes
20 : (near end) Bit
21 : Panic, hyperventilating … attacked … (@ 31:23-32:40, 33:59-35:32 bugs!) falls off a platform, spits up blood.. cared for, chest pain
22 : Coughing, pain
24 : (big bug demon thing) … Held hostage, gun to his head.. Pang Zi tied up
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On Calls For Pres. Biden To Step Aside: Know The Players And Motives Tossing aside one of the most progressive presidents in fifty years because you are afraid they might not win an election is just plain stupid without a really, really, really solid backup plan. It is even stupider if you look at who is pushing for him to step aside and their motives. Here are the main groups calling for Pres. Biden to step away from running against Trump in November and why:
1-Republicans. Republicans know Biden is the biggest threat to them getting back the White House and enacting their batshit crazy policy agenda. They want nothing more than to not run against Pres. Biden because not only does he have the track record of beating Trump before but has an amazing economic record to run on. If you ever want to understand who Republicans view as their political threat, all you have to do is look at who they are attacking. They were going after Hillary for three years prior to 2016. The entire Benghazi witch hunt had no other purpose than to damage her electorally. Every single hearing about Hunter Biden, the border, the Biden Crime Family,… is nothing more than dog and pony hearings to dampen Democratic and Independent voter enthusiasm.
2-The Media. Trump’s non-stop crazy train administration was a goldmine for media outlets. Every day there was a new outrage, wild-ass rant, something that brought eyes to screens which translates to selling ad time/space. The Biden administration is efficient and boring. No scandals, except the ones Republicans gin up that turn up nothing. No rants. No chaos. No real controversy. Just plain old boring governance which is great for the country but bad for a business model that relies on shock, drama, and negativity. “Dems in disarray,” has been a media cottage industry since Bill Clinton was in office. If you don’t understand the financial motivation for why the media constantly derides Democrats for the slightest misstep while ignoring Republican malfeasance, you are probably likely to fall for their own brand of political propaganda.
It should tell you something that major news outlets have come out demanding Pres. Biden step aside for not looking good on camera during one ninety-minute debate but not a single one has asked the same of the candidate who was found guilty of sexual assault, found guilty of thirty-four felony charges, misspeaks dozens of times at every rally, and goes off on wild, illogical, batshit crazy tangents, and is tied to child sexual abuse via Jeffery Epstein. That they are not treating Trump with the same non-stop demands to step aside as they are Pres. Biden should tell you something about their motives.
3-Bad Foreign Actors. Russia wants nothing more than for Biden to lose the election. He is their biggest threat to taking over Ukraine and pushing their influence farther into Western Europe. NATO is stronger now and has more members than at any time in its history. This is the last thing Putin wants. Russia has been actively pushing propaganda online to influence U.S. elections for some time but really have ramped it up the past few election cycles.
Russia targets Republicans by fueling rage over culture war topics like abortion, immigration, racial violence, and the decline of Western, Christian norms. They also target liberals by trying to divide them over issues they care about Israel/Palestine, LGBTQI rights, Bernie vs Clinton, Bernie v Biden, DNC v “real progressives,”… They want liberals at each other’s throats because, if unified, the left is the largest voting bloc in America. Conservatives are electoral dinosaurs but they maintain power through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and liberals being more invested in their petty arguments than voting Republicans out of office.
4-Sandernistas. There is still a good-sized faction of people on the left who are still upset about Bernie Sanders not being the nominee in 2016 or in 2020. They are especially mad at what they deem as “establishment Dems,” screwing over Sanders in 2020 starting with the South Carolina primary. What they really are upset about is black voters, predominately female black voters, denying their White Progressive Savior his rightful spot at the head of the ticket. Because Pres. Biden was the one who benefited from this minority voting bloc in 2020, tearing him down and taking him out is a passion project for a lot of so-called “progressives.”
These “progressives,” are under the disillusion that if the Democratic Party fails far enough, hard enough, they will be able rebuild it in their own, perfectly progressive image. They never explain how this magical transformation will happen, they just take it as a matter of faith. Of course, anyone who understands American history and basic civics knows if/when conservatives have ultimate power, they will make sure they never lose another election.
These “progressives,” are the worst kind of progressive. They are often white, middle to upper-class liberals who view politics as a game because they are usually shielded from the consequences of the electoral decisions. If you are a middle/upper-class white, male progressive, very few, if any of Trump’s actions when he was in office affected you directly. The same cannot be said about the progressive voters who overwhelmingly supported Hillary in 2016 and Joe in 2020. They have the most skin in the game, have the most to lose and they vote accordingly. For white dudebros to step in and demand Pres. Biden step aside is a direct “fuck you” to the most loyal part of the base which has the most to lose if Trump is reelected.
Never mind this group has NEVER accomplished a damn thing politically other than cost many good Democrats to lose and decades and decades of progressive policy and law wiped out. They are as adamant about their political skills as they are it is always someone else’s fault when the find-out portion of their fuck around actions comes to fruition.
5-Progressives suffering from 2016 PTSD. This is the one group I can actually relate to and sympathize with. Hillary's loss in 2016 was a major shock to a lot of people. This shock was compounded because not only were we denied the first female president, but we got a lying, narcissistic, misogynist man-child in her place who went about rolling back decades of hard-earned progressive policies and turning the Supreme Court into a right-wing arm of the Federalist Society.
For those of us who lived through 2016, there is no election data that will make us feel good or at ease. It also makes us hyper-vigilant about anything and everything that can be seen as a negative towards the nominee. The second anything bad happens, whether factual or not, a lot of people in this group take the flight instead of the fight option which is associated with PTSD.
Being overly anxious and hyper-vigilant are not necessarily bad unless they lead to bad decisions.
There is only one sure way to make sure Trump is not reelected. Vote for the candidate running against him. Period. Full fucking stop.
If you aren’t willing to do this, for whatever reason you tell yourself, then you will be directly responsible for the very thing you claim is a politically existential moment. Stop listening and parroting Republican talking points. Stop allowing the media to determine who you should vote for. Stop listening to butt-hurt progressives who have no record of political success about what those who do should/shouldn’t do. Stop acting like frightened little bunnies whenever someone says something negative about successful Democratic leaders. Stop automatically going into flight mode when something goes wrong or something negative is said. Fight.
If you aren’t willing to fight, and I’m not talking about inter-party fighting (that time came and went,) for women’s rights, minority rights, safe air/water/food, climate policies, democracy… then you really aren’t as progressive as you tell yourself and others. You are a big reason why we are even in this situation. Whether you like Pres. Biden or think he is too old really isn’t the pertinent issue if you really care about the things you say you do. As long as Pres. Biden is willing to fight like hell for progressive policies and prevent Republicans from turning the country into a white supremacist, misogynist, oligarchy, you should be doing the same.
I don’t know what is going to happen between now and election day. Neither does anyone else. The one thing I am 100% positive about is if Trump does win, the people on the left who have spent the majority of their time and energy railing against the Democratic Party and Pres. Biden will blame anyone and everyone other than themselves. If Pres. Biden wins reelection, these same people will claim their childish hissy fits are what led him to “change course,” enabling him to win. Their view of personal responsibility for election outcomes is some fucked up “No True Scotsman,” bullshit. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING ever counts against their political beliefs and views.
I know some people reading this will wonder why I spend so much time and energy railing against the left. The answer is really simple-I fully expect the people on the right to be bad-faith actors who are hell-bent on destroying any and all progressive policies and candidates. I don’t, and shouldn’t expect the same from people who claim to be political allies. You can't claim to be a member of Team Good™ if your behaviors and actions help Team Bad™.
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An updated (January 9, 2025 9:04pm pst) list of WW2 movies and TV shows in chronological order
thought out WW2 -(Imitation Game 2014) -(The Book Thief 2013) -(The Zookeeper’s Wife 2017) -(The Pianist 2002)
1937
October 26, 1937 Defence of Sihang Warehouse (The Eight Hundred 2020)
December 13, 1937 Nanjing Massacre - (John Rabe 2009) - (The Flowers of War 2011)
1938
Fall of 1938 (Munich – The Edge of War 2022)
1939
Summer 1939 (Six Minutes to Midnight 2020)
September 3, 1939 King George VI first wartime speech (King’s Speech 2010)
September 17, 1939, Soviet Union Invitation of Poland (The Way Back 2010)
November 30, 1939 Soviet Union invades Finland (The Winter War 1989)
1940
April 9, 1940 Operation Weserübung -(April 9th [movie] 2015) -(King’s Choice 2016) -(Narvik 2022) -(War Sailors 2023)
April 27, 1940 (Into the White 2011)
June 4, 1940 -Churchill gives “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech (Darkest Hour 2017) -Dunkirk Evaluation (Dunkirk 2017)
July 10-October 31, 1940 Battle of Britain (Battle of Britain 1969)
1941
May 1941 (Call to Spy 2019)
June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa -(Fortress of War [The Brest Fortres 2010) -(Defiance 2008)
September 8, 1941, Siege of Leningrad begins. -(Battle of Leningrad [Saving Leningrad] 2019) -(Leningrad 2009)
October 1941 Battle of Moscow (The Last Frontier [The Final Stand] 2020)
October 1941 Battle of Sevastopol (Battle for Sevastopol 2015)
December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacks Pearl Harbor (Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970)
December 8, 1941 Japan invades Shanghai International Settlement (Empire of the Sun 1987)
1942
January 20, 1942, Wannsee Conference (Conspiracy 2001)
February 1942 Battle of the Atlantic (Greyhound 2020)
February 1942 (The Railway Man 2013)
February 19, 1942, Bombing of Darwin (Australia 2008)
Spring 1942 (U-571 2000)
April 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid (In Harm’s Way 2018)
June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway (Midway 2019)
1942 Summer Occupation of Jersey Island (Another Mother’s Son 2017 Prime)
July, 10 1942 Easy Company Trains in Camp Tocca (Band of Brothers 01x10 Currahee 2001)
July 21, 1942, Kokoda Track Campaign (Kokoda: 39th Battalion 2006)
August 7, 1942, 1st Marine Division land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 1 Guadalcanal/Leckie 2010)
August 19, 1942, Dieppe Raid (Dieppe 1993)
August 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins (Stalingrad 1993)
September 1942 Formation of Troop 30 (Age of Heroes 2011)
September 18, 1942, 7th Marines Land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 2 Basilone 2010)
Autumn of 1942 Battle of the Atlantic (Das Boot 1981)
October 18, 1942, Operation Grouse (Heavy Water War Ep. 2 2015)
November 8, 1942, Operation Torch (The Big Red One 1980)
November 10-17 1942 Vasily Zaytsev kills 225 German Soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad (Enemy at the Gates 2001)
December 1942 The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved (The Pacific Ep. 3 Melbourne 2010)
December 15, 1942, Battle of Mount Austen (Thin Red Line 1998)
1943
March 13-14 1943, liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto -(Schindler’s List 1993)
April 17, 1943 Operation Mincemeat (Operation Mincemeat 2021)
April 19, 1943, beginning of the Warsaw Uprising (Uprising 2001)
May 4, 1943, Final Mission of The Memphis Bell (Memphis Bell 1990)
May 15, 1943, Salamo Arouch and his family arrive in Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Triumph of the Spirit 1989)
May 27, 1943 Louis Zamperini plane crashes on a search and rescue mission (Unbroken 2014)
May 30, 1943 first All-American Girls Professional Baseball League game played (A League of Their Own 1992)
June 25, 1943, 100th Bomb Group flew its first 8th Air Force combat mission (Master of the Air: Part One 2024)
July 1943 -(The Tuskegee Airmen 1995) -(The Liberator Ep. 1 2020) -(Heavy Water War Ep. 5 2015)
July 16, 1943, The 100th Bomb Group bombed U-Boats in Tronbhdim (Masters of the Air: Part Two 2024)
August 17, 1943 the 4th Bomb Wing of the 100th Bomb Group bombed Regenberg (Masters of the Air: Part Three 2024)
September 16, 1943, William Quinn and Charles Bailey leave Belgium (Masters of the Air: Part Four 2024)
September 18, 1943 John ‘Bucky’ Egan returns from leave to join the mission to bomb Munster (Master of the Air: Part Five 2024
October 14, 1943, John ‘Bucky’ Egan interrogated at Dulag Lut, Frankfurt Germany (Masters of the Air: Part Six 2024)
December 26, 1943, 1st Marine Division lands on Cape Gloucester (The Pacific Ep. 4 Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika 2010)
1944
January 22, 1944, Battle of Anzio -(The Liberator Ep. 2 2020) -(Red Tails 2012) -(Anzio 1968)
February 20, 1944, Hydro Ferry bombing (Heavy Water War Ep. 6 2015)
March 7, 1944, Stalag Luft III Sagan, Germany, Germans find the concealed radio Bucky was using to learn news of the War (Master of the Air: Part Seven 2024)
March 24/25, 1944 Allied Mass Escape of Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape 1963)
June 1944 (Cross of Iron 1977)
June 6, 1944, 00:48 & 01:40 First airborne troops begin to land on Normandy (Band of Brothers 02x10 Day of Days 2001)
June 6, 1944, 06:30 D-Day landings -(Storming Juno 2010)
-(Saving Private Ryan 1998)
June 10, 1944, Easy Company Takes Carentan (Band of Brothers 03x10 Carentan 2001)
June 15-July 9, 1944 Battle of Saipan
-(Windtalkers 2002)
-(Oba: The Last Samurai 2011)
July, 1944 The Monuments Men land in Normandy (The Monuments Men 2014)
July 20, 1944 Operation Valkyrie (Valkyrie 2008)
August 12, 1944, The 332nd Fighter Group attack Radar stations in Southern France (Masters of the Air: Part Eight 2024)
September 15, 1944, U.S. Marines landed on Peleliu at 08:32 (the Pacific Ep. 5 2010)
September 16, 1944, U.S Marines take Peleliu Airfield (the Pacific Ep. 5 2010)
September 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden
-(Band of Brothers 04x10 Replacements 2001)
-(A Bridge Too Far 1977)
October 2, 1944 Battle of Scheldt (Forgotten Battle 2021)
October 12, 1944, Battle of Peleliu, Assault on Bloody Nose Ridge (the Pacific Ep. 7 Peleliu Hills 2010)
October 13, 1944, Rovaniemi public buildings were destroyed (Sisu 2022)
October 14, 1944, Erwin Rommel is arrested (Rommel 2012 Prime)
October 22/23, 1944, 2100 – 0200 Operation Pegasus (Band of Brothers 05x10 Crossroads 2001)
November 1944 middle of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest (When Trumpets Fade 1998)
December 16, 1944, Battle of the Bulge (Band of Brothers 06x10 Bastogne 2001)
December 1944 (Hart’s War 2002)
1945
January 2, 1945 (The Liberator Ep 3 2020)
January 10, 1945 (Attack Force Z)
January 13, 1945, Battle of Foy (Band of Brothers 07x10 The Breaking Point 2001)
January 30, 1945 The Raid at Cabanatuan (The Great Raid 2002)
February 14, 1945, David Webb rejoins the 506th in Haguenau (Band of Brothers 08x10 The Last Patrol 2001)
February 19, 1945, Battle of Iwo Jima starts. - (Letters from Iwo Jima 2006) - (The Pacific Ep. 8 Iwo Jima 2010) - (Flags of our Fathers 2006)
February 15, 1945, 6888 Battalion was inspected and marched in review before Major General John C. H. Lee (Six Triple Eight 2024)
March 7, 1945, Battle of Remagen (The Bridge at Remagen 1969)
March 21, 1945, Operation Carthage (The Bombardment 2021)
April, 1945 (Fury 2014)
April 5, 1945, 506th Finds abandoned Concentration Camp (Band of Brothers 09x10 Why We Fight 2001)
April 17, 1945 Lee Miller arrives at Concentration Camp Buchenwald (Lee 2023)
April 26, 1945, near the end of the war in Europe (A Woman in Berlin 2008)
April 29, 1945, 45th Infantry Division liberated Dachau Concentration camp (The Liberator Ep. 4 2020)
May 2, 1945, Fall of Berlin -(Downfall 2004) -(Jojo Rabbit 2019)
May 1945 Battle of Okinawa -(Hacksaw Ridge 2016) -(The Pacific Ep. 9 Okinawa 2010)
May 7, 1945, Germany Surrenders V-E Day - (Master of the Air: Part Nine 2024) - (Band of Brothers 10x10 Points 2001)
July 30, 1945, USS Indianapolis sank. (USS Indianapolis 2016)
August 15, 1945, The Empire of Japan surrenders end of the War. -(Oppenheimer 2023) -(The Pacific Part Ten: Home 2010)
September 11, 1945 US Military search and Arrest Japanese Leaders for war crimes (Emperor 2012)
1946 April 29, 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (Tokyo Trial 2016)
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───── 🪼🫧 𓂃 ⋆* LIFE IS STRANGE
a look at what y/n’s life was like before she debuted in ateez.
born in misty falls, south carolina, y/n would live a rather normal life in the united states. that is until her and her parents move to osaka, japan when she's five for her mother's job. with her family moving across the world, y/n would continue her life and education in japan from about 2005-2012.
while living in japan, y/n would continue to live a rather normal life as she learned to speak a new language along with adapting to a new culture and school. y/n was quickly able to make friends at school through elementary and middle school. while living in japan during this time, y/n would become heavily interested in both j-pop and k-pop, especially the later as it was quickly rising in popularity. y/n would later cite that she was obsessed with hikaru utada, abba, boa, and girl's generation.
former classmates of the idol cited that y/n was often a "model student" and always excelled in her classes. in middle school, she also joined student council and helped planned several school events. during school festivals, her and her friends would often perform at the festival doing covers of popular j-pop and k-pop songs. one video of y/n and her friends performing was posted online around 2019 and has since become a viral clip within the atiny community.
it wouldn't be until 2012 when y/n's life would begin to change as she was approached by an sm entertainment scout during her school's festival which her and her friends performed an original song along with several covers of different j-pop girl groups. the scout had told y/n that she should consider auditioning for the company because she "had a lot of talent" that sm entertainment could help her become an idol like the ones she did covers of.
at first her parents were strongly against letting y/n audition having assumed that this was a scam and would end badly. however, y/n managed to convince them to at least let her go to a public sm audition that was happening in tokyo. her parents agreed and y/n traveled with her close friend, who was going for support, to tokyo.
y/n would pass her audition and as a result, y/n would travel to south korea so she can begin her training as an idol. while at sm, y/n would work on learning the language and be enrolled into an international school which is where she would continue her studies.
in 2013, y/n would be revealed to the public as a member of sm rookies and the korean public would immediately favor her as compared to other sm rookies her age. netizens would praise her singing and dancing that was being showcased through sm rookie station videos.
in 2015, y/n along with several other sm rookies would appear on the show mickey mouse club [1] which a lot of fans think is where y/n would fall even more into public favor as it was able to showcase her talents more. many netizens would comment on how funny and likable she was and how she had a good relationship with her fellow trainees. sm would see the public favoritism towards her and even allow her to have a solo stage on the show with her singing "can't say i'm in love" from disney's hercules.
however, before the end of 2015, y/n would leave the company after sm would reveal to have no concrete plans of debut for her. this is also noted by many netizens online as they have also began to voice how upset they are towards sm for not debuting y/n yet, especially since she was one of their most popular trainees. after the debut of red velvet and the plan for nct to debut – which both featured former sm rookies. the news of y/n leaving sm would shock online forums. the news would also lead to a lot of companies contacting y/n and her parents wanting the trainee to join their companies with promises of "debuting by the end of the year" or "debuting by next year". y/n; however, would decide to take a break from training in order to focus on her studies.
a few months into 2016; however, y/n would be continuing her studies, hanging out with friends, while also still searching for a new company to join. y/n would be talking to some classmates who went to a dance academy and talked about one of the other dancers there and how he had recently joined a small company. seeing videos of this boy dancing, y/n would become interested in him before she eventually found and did research on the company her classmate told her about. this would lead y/n to personally emailing the company's ceo telling him that she was interested in joining their company. the company was called kq entertainment.
when the kq's ceo responded, y/n would travel to the company with her housemate / guardian, jiwon, in order to speak with the ceo and other higher-ups at kq.
when she meets the ceo, he would tell her that there is only two other trainees currently with her being the third. at first, y/n was worried that maybe she made a mistake with choosing kq, but she would eventually meet the other two trainees – recognize one of them from her classmate's dance video – and would soon get to know the two and become close friends with them. (spoiler: the two trainees are hongjoong and yunho)
eventually, other trainees would join the company and y/n was once again starting to wonder if she would get to debut as only male trainees were joining. upon voicing her concern to fellow trainee hongjoong, he would promise that they would debut together no matter what. this would lead to him convincing kq to let y/n official join their pre-debut team, kq fellaz. once news of y/n preparing to debut in a male-dominated group circulated, many netizens shared mixed reactions of both surprise and concern for the female trainee. some netizens even assumed that kq was using y/n's popularity as clout for their group and would begin protest to try and get her removed from the group. however, y/n would show netizens and fans that kq was not using her for clout and that she had a genuine friendship with the other members of kq fellaz.
eventually on october 24, 2018, y/n would debut as a member of ateez.
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footnotes to help understand the timeline of things :
[1] originally mickey mouse clubhouse aired from july to december in 2015; however, in this au, the show aired from february to july instead.
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a look at pre-debut y/n's life through pictures.
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note that these pictures are just place-holder photos. y/n doesn't have a face claim, this is just to give a visual of the kind of photos she took before she debuted in ateez.
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sameatsfunions · 2 months ago
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Just finished chapter 11 of my fanfic! It’s almost done so I’ll be wrapping up the first book in my series. Very excited this was my best chapter yet if you haven’t read it yet and liked this post, please feel free to click the link below!
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Eddie felt his heart sinking, it almost felt like it wasn’t even beating anymore. Like when Steve left, he took his heart with him. His breathing was shallow, every second that passed the words Steve said replayed in his head.
Faggot. Freak. Don’t call me. Don’t talk to me. Leave me alone….
Eddie felt like something was clawing inside his chest, fighting to get out. A feeling of anger so strong that he didn’t even notice he was walking. No, he was running. He ran and ran, past trailers, past cars, into the woods. He ran until his lungs were on fire, until his feet hurt, and then he ran some more.
He didn’t know where he was or where he was going; he was just running away. Away from the memory, from the moment, as far away as he could possibly get. He stopped for just a second in the middle of the woods, surrounded by trees, the light of the moon cascading down on him. He huffed air out and his breath was so thick it clouded him, just like his love for Steve. The way he blindly followed and loved him. Before Eddie could register what he was doing, a scream erupted from his throat. It was a scream of pain, of heartache, of longing. It echoed around him as he fell to his knees, the cool air no match for the heat of his skin.
Steam rising off his bare arms, he breathed heavily and felt a hole inside of him. Whatever was hiding in the depths of his soul - it had crawled out and was sitting with him in the woods, pressing down on his shoulders. It felt like the weight of the world was resting on them.
Why. Why me. Why me. I don’t understand. Why Steve? Eddie let out a whimper of pain, his inner thoughts leaving his mind, giving them a real voice.
“Fucking Christ.” He said, feeling the darkness around him, the one that haunted him most of his life. Never good enough. Undeserving of love.
He huffed and cried and fell to his hands, fully braced in the fallen leaves and sticks. The dirt sticking to his hands as he lifted one to wipe his face, tears leaving the stains of his heart on his cheeks, the dirt smudging, turning to mud as it collided with his tears. He sniffed the snot back into his nose as he stood up, looking around. He didn’t know where he was, he didn’t know which way he came from.
“Idiot.” He said out loud to himself, looking for any sign of civilization, finding nothing but the emptiness of his own self and the crunch of nature beneath his bare feet. He walked, still overly warm for the temperature being what it was so late into the year.
Eddie walked back - or what he believed was back - towards the trailer park, but the woods never seemed to end. He felt the exhaustion of running hitting him like a train, the anger that fueled him now dissipating into a deep depressive sadness. His body no longer felt hot, just cold and empty. His legs grew weaker as did his drive to keep walking. The hollow feeling in his chest not making him feel lighter but heavier with each step. Eddie saw a log not too far in front of him and sat down next to it, resting his head on his arm as he gave in to the exhaustion.
He listened to the chirps of crickets and the peaceful whispers of the trees in the slight breeze, the cold setting in finally, leaving him shivering. He felt his toes starting to numb as his eyes became heavy. Before he knew it, he was drifting off to a place where he could only hope Steve was waiting for him.
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tgmsunmontue · 11 months ago
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You need to learn how to fall 9/10
Hangster (and IceMav) - Bradley is too tall to be a naval aviator and instead becomes a sky diver, specialising in spin recovery. He is a civilian contractor to the military to teach pilots how to survive parachute spins from ejections. A more in-depth version of this post.
PROLOGUE 2003-2006 2007-2010 2011-2015 2016+ ~2019 ~2019 (contd 1) ~2019 (contd 2)
                Jake leaves early, kissing him goodbye and telling him he has a day of training ahead of him but he’ll be back. He lets him go, knows he will definitely see him later. But he wants to talk to Ice. Needs to talk to him and he doesn’t linger in bed, already has a jump planned so he can’t lie about.
                “So, this mission… that Mav and Jake are undertaking,” he starts, and he doesn’t know for certain, but he's able to make conclusions from the data provided to him.
                “Yes. It’s… dangerous.”
                “How dangerous?” Bradley presses, because everything they do has an element of danger.
                “It’ll require a couple of miracles. Mav’s words.”
                “Jesus fuck…” Bradley mutters, because Mav doesn’t call them that lightly. “So it’s a suicide mission?”
                “Not if he gets his way. And you know him, he usually gets his way.”
                Bradley huffs at the weak joke, but his heart is frozen at the idea that he might not have Mav around anymore, or Jake… worst case scenario, neither of them. He’s already had the gut churning fear of thinking he may have lost Mav too recently, one of the reasons why he’s no longer holding back at all with Jake…
                Fuck.
                “No other options huh?”
                “No other option,” Ice says, and Bradley gives him a tight hug.
…             …             …
                Jake stares at his phone, worried that he hasn’t had a reply from Bradley about his invitation and startles a little when Maverick sidles up to him, coffee cup in hand although he’s pretty sure it’s not coffee Maverick is drinking, but something more like a herbal tea.
                “You alright Lieutenant?”
                “Of course sir.”
                “He landed safely from his second jump fifteen minutes ago, won’t be checking his phone for about another half hour, but I have confirmation that he’s safe.”
                “Oh,” something inside uncurls, and he realizes it’s a bigger part that he’s not being deliberately ignored. He never doubted that Bradley was safe. His own phone is normally in his locker, untouched, but it’s their lunch break and he’d made an uncharacteristic check; unused to silence from Bradley and of course it all makes sense now.
                “He doesn’t let anything distract him when he’s jumping. Phone stays in the chase vehicle. He’ll answer you as soon as he can.”
                “Thanks Mav.”
                “Anytime.”
                “You seem pretty… invested in him.”
                “Did you know it took him nearly three years before he even agreed to have a drink with me?”
                Mav laughs, shakes his head and Jake doesn’t ask him what’s funny.
                “So I’ll take my three nights with him, and every scrap of every minute in between.”
                “And after?”
                Jake shrugs, it feels too soon, too cheesy and corny to say forever, or a lifetime even if that’s what his gut-instinct was to simply blurt out. Mav slaps him on the arm, nods his head like he understands and then simply walks away and Jake wonders what the hell he saw in Jake’s face.
                “What were you and Maverick talking about? Looked serious.”
                “Yeah, I guess It was.”
…             …             …
                “You’re looking awfully happy. Hot date?”
                “The hottest. I’m finally in North Island, and Bradley Bradshaw is finally in North Island…”
                “Did he finally agree to a date?” Phoenix asks, because they’d all known Jake had asked Bradley out when he’d been their instructor at Top Gun.
                “More than that. He’s meeting me here right… about… now…” Jake says, watching as Bradley pushes the door open and catches his eye. He doesn’t think he’s ever seen Bradley in anything other than a suit or pajamas. And naked of course. Now he’s walking toward Jake and the jeans make his legs look endless, scoop necked tank revealing the start of his chest hair and an odd Hawaiian button-down shirt in muted colors. He looks so fucking good and Jake can’t wait to go home with him, tomorrow dedicated to resting before they flyout.
                “Jesus Bagman, try and be a little subtle, he’s going to think you’re only after him for one thing.”
                “He knows I’m not.”
                “Bradshaw, as I live and breathe…”
                “Jake. You look… good.”
                “Only good? Must be slipping…”
                Then he leans forward into Bradley’s space and they’re kissing, gentle-soft and he knows they’re getting looks, draws back, and turns to the watching crowd.
                “Everyone, you remember Dr Bradshaw.”
                “Bradley. Please, call me Bradley.”
                Despite the numerous sideways looks he gets Bradley slots right into the Daggers, hustles them all, including Jake, with his pool playing skills. Tells them off for underestimating someone who has a doctorate in physics and understanding the effect of spin on objects. He then turns to Jake, smile almost splitting his face;
                “You especially should know not to underestimate me, you know who raised me and likely taught me how to play…”
                “Of course he did…” Jake mutters, because one thing he’s learnt these last couple of weeks is to never underestimate Maverick Mitchell. And mentioning him like this means it’s obviously okay to mention their relationship to one another.
                “What’s he talking about?”
                “Maverick raised me, I think you’re familiar with him?” Bradley asks, tongue between his teeth and Jake doesn’t resist the urge to just lean forward and kiss him. He’s clearly enjoying being a bit of a dick and Jake is so here for it. As if they have one mind all the Dagger Squad swing to look at him.
                “What?” Javy asks, clearly the silently nominated speaker, and Javy has known about him messaging Bradley for the last few months, has been encouraging of it, happy for him.
                “Bradley here is the godson of our esteemed leader, Maverick.”
                There’s a couple of sideways looks and Jake licks his lips, realizes that some of them might be jumping to certain incorrect conclusions. Javy’s eyebrows are up in disbelief.
                “Tell them when I found out about that,” Jake says, because he’d been named wingman on Friday, which is only yesterday but also feels likes weeks ago, and it wasn’t because of this new relationship he has with Bradley.
                “Last night. Uh. Jake and Maverick were at my place at the same time… I hadn’t really told them about each other. Was a surprise all round.”
                “Ooohhh… that explains that talk you guys were having this morning. Was it a shovel talk?” Phoenix asked, and she looks hopeful.
                “Mav talked to you?” Bradley asks, looking concerned.
                “It wasn’t a shovel talk! But yes, he did talk to me, but it wasn’t a shovel talk. More like the opposite if anything…”
                “So… it’s just been this whole big coincidence?” Javy says, and he’s starting to grin now and Jake’s stomach sinks, because his best friend is about to throw him somewhere, under a bus or into a canyon… “Did Jake tell you about the time he and I picked Mav up and threw him out of here?”
                “Out of here? The Hard Deck?”
                “Yep,” Javy says, grinning, and the others are starting to grin too and Jake groans. Bradley looks delighted though, and he should have known.
                “When was this?”
                “A couple of weeks ago…”
                “Oh my god… that was you. I…” he cuts off abruptly and Jake realizes he was probably about to say Ice. “I heard about that. Not from Mav though. Someone else told me,” Bradley finishes, and Jake takes that as confirmation that it was definitely Iceman that had told him.
                Fucking hell.
                He freezes then, sudden realization dawning.
                He threw the husband of the COMPACFLT out of the Hard Deck onto his ass… And he’s alive and breathing.
                Okay.
                Maybe he doesn’t have to worry too much about breaking Bradley’s heart if he can do that to Maverick and suffer no consequence. At least none that he knows about anyway.
                Oh god, he cannot wait until Javy gets to have this same realization. He has to see that.
                “Yeah, didn’t do much for his post-ejection injuries apparently.”
                “Wait, what?”
                Bradley looks between them, purses his lips and then bites them, and Jake wonders if this is another thing that Bradley’s maybe not meant to mention. Fucking hell, no wonder Maverick wasn’t meant to be flying lead.
                “Nothing, it’s fine. Oh! Hey Aunt Penny…”
                “Bradley!” She greets, giving him a one-armed hug as she gathers empties. “Long time since you’ve been around here. What are you doing with this bunch of reprobates?”
                Almost as one the Daggers voice their displeasure, already distracted and Jake grins at her, expects a grin back, is instead given the coldest look he’s ever received and he straightens, wonders what he’s done to earn her displeasure because she’s been nothing but friendly before.
                “Do his parents know about you?” She asks, voice low enough Jake has to struggle to hear her.
                “Uh… I met them last night. So yes?”
                “Really?”
                “Maverick and, uh, the other one,” Jake offers, because he’d said he wouldn’t mention what he’d learnt, which is a little hard to do when Penny Benjamin is staring him down. Except she’s back to smiling at him, nodding her head.
                “Welcome to the family kid, look forward to seeing more of you.”
                Fuck he hopes so.
…             …             …
                They spend most of Sunday resting, and like on Friday night they don’t seem to want to stop touching one another. He’s okay with that, lets Jake press into him and hold himself as close he can in Bradley’s space. They do shower and dress for lunch with Mav and Ice. Then Jake takes a phone call with his family and Bradley sits with Mav, insists on a game of five-hundred to keep his mind off the hours ticking down to their departure. Ice has disappeared into his study and they both know it’s his own way of coping, keeping himself busy with work. He doesn’t need to say anything, he knows he can’t say anything. What he can do is spend time, so that’s what he does. With both the man he’s known his entire life, and the man he’s only recently let into his life. When Jake is off the phone they coax Ice out of his study and end up playing four-player five-hundred before deciding that Ice and Mav cannot be partners, their table talk far to subtle to be caught and Bradley is sick of them winning.
                At three in the morning he hears Jake‘s alarm go off, and he hopes Jake at least got more sleep than he did. He watches in silence as Jake slides out of bed and heads to the shower, comes out fully dressed and he sees Bradley watching him in the dimmed half-light.
                “I look forward to my welcome home, okay?”
                “You take care out there, you hear me?”
                “Always darlin’.”
                “That’s all I can ask.”
                The kiss Jake gives him is softly sweet.
                They don’t say goodbye.
PART TEN
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Trying to get a handle on the movies. This is just the shit laying around for casual viewing. Doubles and triples of some due to upgrades, alternate cuts, extras, etc. Three more externals and not counting physical collection. I'm no hoarder, you are.
Need to get back on the cappin train so any requests are welcome.
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) 4 Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) 7 Bloodstained Orchids (1972) 976-EVIL (1988) 10 To Midnight (1983) 60's GoGo Chicks / 1000 Shapes of a Female (Burlesque, 1963) 42nd Street Memories (2015)
Action Jackson (1988) Apt Pupil (1998) Agnes of God (1985) / American Me (1992) Angel (1984, Pt. 1 + Extras) Avenging Angel (1985) Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Dr. Phobes Rises Again (1972) Anima, The (SWV, 1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971) / Anthropophagus (Uncut, 1980) Alice Sweet Alce (1976) / Evil Laugh (1986) Alley Cat (1984) AIP Trailer Pack #3 Alone in the Dark (1982) Antichrist (2009) Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Axe (aka Lisa Lisa, 1974) Anthropophagus (Uncut, 1980) Alien Vs Predator (2004) Angel 3, The Final Chapter (1988) American Movie (1999) Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) Aileen: Life & Death of a Serial Killer (DOC, 2003) Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Above the Law (1988) Aenigma (1987) Alien Nation (1988) Antichrist (1974) / Jack Ketchum's the Girl Next Door (2007) Antichrist (1974)
Angst (1983) Almost Human (1974) American Psycho (Uncut + Extras, 2000) Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985) / The Canyons (2013) Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) Aerobicide (aka Killer Workout, 1987) April Fool's Day (1986) The Adventures of Busty Brown (1964) / The Big Snatch (1971) April Fool's Day (1986) Almost Human (1974) / A Day of Violence (Uncut, 2010) Armed Response (1986) American Tiger aka American Rickshaw (1989)
Best in Show (2000) / Black Dog (1998) Brainscan (1994) / Band of the Hand (1986) Blood Sisters (1987) Black Christmas (1974) Backdraft (1991) Burning, The (1981) Brainscan (1994) / A Night to Dismember (1983) Beyond the Law (1993) *** Baise Moi (2000) *** Blood Games (1990) Beyond, The (1981) / Wayward Pines S1 E6 Black Sunday (1960) Black Mass (2015) Bloodsport (1988) Bad Dreams (Uncut + Extras, 1988) Beast Within, The (1982) Blue Ruin (2013) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Breeders (Uncut, 1986) Body Love (XXX, 1978) / The Story of O (1975) Bad Batch (2016) Back 2 School (1986) / Better Call Saul (S1, 3-4) Better off Dead (1985) / I know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Bloodrage (1979) Blue Velvet (1986) / One (Lynch Doc, 2007) Blue Velvet (1986) / Aenigma (1987) Barbarian Queen (1985) / Desparate Living (1977) Breakfast Club (1985) / The Boogens (1981) / Borgman (2013) Blood and Black Lace (1964) Birds of Prey (1987) Big Bird Cage, The (WIP, 1972) Batman Begins (2005) Burial Ground (aka The Nights of Terror, 1981) Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy (1984, 1987, 1994) Barfly (1987) / Factototum (2005) Bringing out the Dead (1999) / Battlefield Earth (RIFFTRAX, 2000) Behind the Candelabra (2013) Behind Convent Walls (1977) / Blue Velvet (1986) Big Racket, the (1976) Big Bad Wolf (2006) Black Roses (1988) Bay of Blood (1971) / Baron Blood (1972)
Barfly (+ Extras, 1987) / Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Buio Omega (aka Beyond the Darkness, 1979) The Brood (1979) Bride of Re-Animator (1990) *** Black Room, The (1984) / Behind the Green Door (XXX, 1972) Big Bird Cage, The (WIP, 1972) / The Beast Within (1982) Barton Fink (1991) *** Black Cat, the (1934) / The Raven (1935) The Bride's Initiation (1976) Boys Next Door, the (1985) *** Bukowski: Born Into This (DOC, 2003) *** Bukowski at Bellevue (DOC, 1995) *** Broken Bars (1995) Black Gestapo, the (1975) Behind the Green Door (XXX, 1972) Borrower, the (1991) Big (1988) / The Burning (1981) Beast With a Gun (aka Mad Dog Killer, 1977) Bone Tomahawk (2015) Burbs!, the (1989) Breaker! Breaker! (1977) Brain Damage (Uncut, 1988) Blue Rin (2013) / Bronson (2008) Barbarian Sound Studio (2012) / A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) Bang Bang (XXX, ???) / Blackmail for Daddy (XXX, ???) / Candi Girl (XXX, 1979) The Bizarre Ones (1968) / The Prince of Porn (Phil Prince DOC) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) / Crash (1996) Blood Simple (1984) Better Off Dead (1985) / Black Mass (2015) Black Tar Heroin (Doc) / Blue Ruin (2013)
The Bizarre Ones (1968) / Too Much Too Often Boxing Helena / Daughters of Lesbos
Case of the Scorpion's Tail, the (1971) Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) Candyman (1992) / 28 Days Later (2002) Curfew (1989) Color Purple, the (1985) Carpenter, the (1989) Con Air (1997) / Speed (1994) Curdled (1996) Class of 1999 I & II (1990, 1994) C.H.U.D. (Director's Cut, 1984) Companeros (+ Extras, Italian/Eng Audio, Eng Subs, 1970) City in Panic (1986) Chopper (2000) *** Casino (1995) Cobra (1986) *** Cold in July (2014) Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Caged Heat (1974) Castle Freak (1995) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Chopping Mall (1986) / Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) Cape Fear (1991) / Birdman (2014) Casualties: Can't Stop Us (MUSIC) Creed (2015) / Zipperface (1992) Class of 1999 (1990) Church, the (aka Demon Cathedral, 1989) Class of Nuke 'em High (1986) *** Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) *** Cars that Ate Paris, the (1974) Cheerleader Camp (1988) Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985) Cat O' Nine Tails (+ Extras, 1971) Color of Money, the (1986) Class of 1984 (1982) *** Cold Eyes of Fear (1971) City Heat (1984) / The Thin Blue Line (1988) Caged Women II (1996) Cosmopolis (2012) Charley Varrick (1973) / Clue (1985) Crimes of Passion (1983) / Star '80 (1984)
Creepshow (1982) *** Cruising (1980) Case of the Bloody Iris, the (1972) / Cat O' Nine Tails (1971) Confessions of a Serial Killer (Uncut, 1985) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) / Revenge of the Creature (1955) / Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Charles Bukowski Tapes 1/2 (1985) *** Charles Bukowski Tapes 2/2 (1985) *** Crazy Joe (1974) / Almost Human (1974) Cold Steel (1987) Chinatown (1974) Crash (1996) / Curse of the Devil (1973) Creep (SOV, 1995) / NY '77 (DOC, 2007)
Dolemite (1975) Dead Bang (1989) Drop Dead Fred (1991) / Doggie Woggie Poochie Woochie (2012) Disaster Artist, the (2017) Demonwarp (1988) Deliberate Stranger: Ted Bundy Story (1986) Dracula Exotica (XXX, 1980) Death Wish 3 (1985) / Death Wish 4 (1987) Die Hard (1988) Delores Claiborne (1995) Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Dangerously Close (1986) Dirt, the (2019) Devil's Rain, the (1975) / Dead, the (2011) Dolemite is My Name (2019) Death Wish (1974) / Death Wish 2 (1982) Dawn of the Dead (European Version, 1978) *** Dawn of the Dead (Extras, 1978) *** Drive in Delirium III (Trailers) Driller (XXX, 1984) / Ultra Flesh (XXX, 1980) Demons (1985) *** Devil's Wedding Night (aka Full Moon of the Virgins, 1973) Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971) Diary of a Cloistered Nun (1973) Drive in Delirium II (Trailers) Dead and Buried (1981) *** Deadbeat at Dawn (1988) Death Warrant (1990) Dressed to Kill (1980) Dawn of the Dead (1978) *** Death Wish (2018) Donnie Brasco (Extended Cut, 1997) Django (1966) Devil's Rain, the (1975) / Django Kill! (+ Extras, 1967) Diary of a Cloistered Nun (1973) / Donnie Brasco (Uncut, 1997) Don't Go in the House! (1979) Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Der Todesking (1990) The Donner Party (2009) Destroyer, the (1988) Death of a Cheerleader (1994)
Death Spa (1988) Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Demon Cop (1990) Deadly Eyes (1982) Demons 2 (1986) *** Desperate Living (1977) Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) Django Kill! (+ Extras, 1967) Decline of Western Civilization, part II: The Metal Years (1988) The Drop (2014) Donnie Darko (Director's Cut, 2001) Deranged (Uncut, 30th Anniv. Edition, 1974) Les Demons (Franco, 1972) / SWV: Snatched Women (1974) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) / I Stand Alone (1998) Driller (XXX, 1984) / A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
Exit Wounds (2001) Edge of the Axe (1988) / Twice Dead (1988) The Evil Dead (1981) Edge of Sanity (1989) Escape From New York (1981) End of Watch (2012) Exorcist, the (Director's Cut, 1973/2000) Exterminator, the (Uncut, 1980) Ed Gein (2000) *** Event Horizon (1997) Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (DOC + Trailers, Extras, Interviews, Home Movies, 1994) Empire of Ash (1988) Evilspeak (1981) Eaten Alive (1980) Executioner II (1984) Exorcist III (1990) Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Four of the Apocalypse (1975) Fatal Attraction (1987) Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Friday the 13th (1980) Friday the 13th part IV: The Final Chapter (1984) *** Flesh Eaters, the (1964) Fire Down Below (1997) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965) / The Filth Shop (1969) Fight for your Life (1977) Flasher (XXX, 1986) Final Score (1986) Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) *** Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) *** Final Sacrifice (NON MST3K VERSION, 1990) Friday the 13th part 9 Jason Goes to Hell (1993) Friday the 13th part 7 The New Blood (Extended Uncut, 1988) Fuego (+ Trailer, 1968) / Something Weird Video Trash-o-Rama Vol 8) First Blood (1982) Fort Apache: The Bronx (1981) Fall of the House of Usher (1961) / The Raven (1963) Fog, the (1980) Fistful of Dollars (1964) *** Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion (1972) / Female Prisoner Scorpion Jailhouse 701 (1972) Firepower (1993) / Filth Shop (1969) Full Eclipse (1993) Frenzy (1972) From Hell (2001) Fight Club (1999) Foot Fist Way, the (2006) Friday the 13th part 6, Jason Lives (1986) *** Friday the 13th part 2 (1981) *** Friday the 13th part 2 (1981) *** Fear City (1984) Factotum (2005) / Fiend (+ Extras, 1980) A Few Good Men (1992) Fifth Cord, the (1971) / Four of the Apocalypse (1975) Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) Fright Night (1985) Fallen (1998) Forced Entry (XXX, 1975) / Café Flesh (XXX, 1982) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965) / Sick and Nasty Trailers
The French Connection (1971) Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers (1968) / Cherry Harry & Raquel (1970)
Gone With the Pope (1976/2010) Grifters, the (1990) / Crazy Joe (1974) Get Out (2017) Glimmer Man, the (1996) Galaxy of Terror (1981) Girls Nite Out (1982) Good Time (2017) / Groundhog Day (1993) Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Grave Robbers (1988) / Mortuary (1983) Gone With the Pope (2010) / Girl in Room 2A (1974) Grotesque (1988) Glengary Glenn Ross (1992) Grindhouse Trailer Classics (TRAILERS) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1966) *** Gang Boys! (1994) A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) Giallo in Venice (1979) Giallo in Venice (1979) The Girl Next Door (2007) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather II (Coppola Restoration, 1974) The Godfather (Uncut, Coppola Restoration, 1972) The Gray Man (2022)
Harry Brown (2009) Hyena (2014) Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) / Halloween Kills (Extended Cut, 2021) The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Hannibal (2001) / Red Dragon (2002) Halloween II (1981) Humanoids from the Deep (Uncut, 1980) Happy Gilmore (1996) / Vampires (1998) Hellraiser (1987) Hellraiser II (Uncut, 1988) The Howling I (1980) / The Howling II (1985) Howling 3: the Marsupials (1987) / Howling 4: The Original Nightmare (1988) Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) Hell of the Living Dead (1980) Hidden in the Woods (2012) Howling 3 (1987) House on Sorority Row (1982) Hollywood Cop (1987) Hardcase & Fist (1988) Highlander (Director's Cut, 1986) Hospital Massacre (1982) Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) / High on Crack Street (DOC, 1995) Halloween III (1982) House of the Devil (2009) Hallucinations (Pollonia Bros, 1986) Hidden in the Woods (2012) / House of Games (1987) The Hustler (1961) Hunter's Blood (1986) Hands of Steel (1986) Horror Hotel (1960) / Devil Girl from Mars (1954) Hard Target (1993) Hell on the Battleground (1988) Highway To Hell (1991) Heat (1995) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) / Hot Summer in the City (1976)
Inferno (1980) *** Inseminoid (1981) I, Tonya (2017) If You Meet Sartana, Pray for your Death (1968) Ilsa: The Wicked Warden (Uncut, 1977) / Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1975) Ilsa: Tigress of Siberia (1977) / Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974) Inside A L'Interieur (2007) In the Folds of the Flesh (1970) Irreversible (2002) *** It: Chapter 2 (2019) / Midsommar (2019) The Irishman (2019) Island Claws (1980) / I Think We're Alone Now (DOC, 2008) It Conquered the World (1956) Illustrious Corpses (aka Cadaveri Eccellenti, 1976)
Just Before Dawn (1981) Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978) / Jaws 3 (1983) / Jaws 4 (1987) Jack the Ripper (Franco, 1976) Just One of the Guys (1985) *** Joker (2019) Jason X (2001) Jaws 5: The Cruel Jaws (1995)
The Killer Inside Me (2010) The Killing of America (DOC, 1981) Keoma (1976) / Enzo Castellari Interview Killer Joe (2011) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) The King of Staten Island (2020) Kalifornia (1993) / Keoma (1976) The Killer is on the Telephone (1972) Kickboxer (1989) Killing Them Softly (2012) Ken Park (2002) The Kindred (1987)
Lock Up (1989) Less Than Zero (1987) / Middle Men (2007) Light the Fuse, Sartana is Coming! (1970) Last House on the Left (1972) Lost Highway (1997) / Late Phases (2014) Lucio Fulci Remembered Vol 1 (DOC, 2008) *** Lost Highway (1997) *** Lost Highway (1997) / Blue Velvet (1986) L'Ossessa (aka Eerie Midnight Horror Show, 1974) The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) Last House on Dead End Street (1973) Let the Right One In (2008) *** Lady Terminator (1989) L'Alcova (1985) Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) Liz & Dick (2012) Light of Day (1987) The Last House on the Left (1972) *** Lethal Weapon (1987) Lock & Load (1990) Loaded Weapon (National Lampoon, 1993) The Loved Ones (2009) The Lost Boys (1987) The Life & Death of a Porno Gang (2009) / Lady Stay Dead (1981) The Lorelei's Grasp (1973) The Hollow & Little Lady Fauntleroy (DOC, 1975) Late Phases (2014) / NY Stories (1989) A Lizard in Woman's Skin (1971) *** The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Mark of the Devil 2 (1973) Maniac Killer (1987) Mule Skinner Blues (DOC, 2001) *** Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) / Motherless Brooklyn (2019) The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) The Mechanic (1972) Ms. 45 (1981) Mr. Majestyk (1974) Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977) Madman (1982) Monster of the Opera (1964) / Madhouse (1974) Motel Hell (1980) *** Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978) *** Monster Dog (HD, 1984) Misery (1990) Mad Foxes (1981) Maniac (2012) My Bloody Valentine (1981) *** M. (1931) Mother's Day (2012) Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) Mark of the Devil (1970) Murder Obsession (1981) / Murder by Death (1976) Manhunter (1986) Mother of Tears (2007) *** Mannaja (+ Extras, 1973) / Mean Streets (1977) Mother May I Sleep with Danger (1996) Malibu Express (1985) The Mutilator (1984) The Monk (1972) My Dear Killer (1972) My Son, My Son, What Have ye Done? (2009) / The Departed (2006) Mankillers! (1987) Mr. No Legs (1978) Mega Piranha (2010) Mother! (2017) Malone (1987) The Manson Family (Jim Van Bebber, 1997) *** The Magnificent Seven (1960) Murphy's Law (1986) / hard Times (1975) Mean Streets (1977) Mantis In Lace (1968) Maniac Cop (Synapse Special Edition)
Midnight (1982) / Mortuary (1983) Meantime (1983) Il Mostro del'Opera (1964) / The Killer Inside Me (2010) Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) / The Filth Shop (1968) Mudhoney (1965) / Good Morning & Goodbye (1967)
Night of the Juggler (1980) Night of the Demon (1980) / The Dead (2011) New Wave Hookers 2 (1991) / Penetrator (1991) / Prisoner of Pleasure (1984) Nightdreams (XXX, 1981) / Forever Night (XXX, 1998) Napoli Violenta (+ Interview, 1976) Night of the Demons 2 (1994) The Night Porter (1974) *** Nightcrawler (2014) Nightbreed (1990) *** Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987) Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Night of the Creeps (Alternate Ending, 1986) Night of the Creeps (1986) Naked Violence (1969) / The Big Racket (1976) The Naked Gun 2 (1992) Naked Gun 33 1/3 (1994) Night of the Demons (1988) *** Never Too Young to Die (1986) / The Hearing Aid Sessions (DOC) Nightmare Beach (1989) Nightmare in a Damaged Brain (1981) Ninja III The Domination (1984) The Nun of Monza (1969) Nightmares (1983) Night Train Murders (1975) *** Natural Enemies (1979) Night of the Comet (1984) Navajo Joe (1966) The Night Walker (1964) / Tales from the Crypt (1972) The Night Stalker (1986) Nightmare City (1980) *** Night Warning (1982) Natural Born Killers (1994) Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) The Naked Cage (WIP, 1986) Naked Gun (1988) Necrophilia (XXX ???? 80s or 90s) / Burroughs x2 (???) Night Caller (1975) Night of the Hunter (1955) The New York Ripper (1982) *** Next of Kin (1989) Night Train to Terror (1985) The Night of the Devils (aka La Notte dei Diavoli, 1972)
Necropolis (1986) The Nest (1988) Night of the Creeps (Alt TV Ending, 1986) / Murder Set Pieces (2004) New Years Evil (1980) Neon Nights (XXX, 1981) / Silence of the Lambs (XXX Parody, 2011) Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Nail Gun Massacre (1985) Night Killer (1990)
Out for Justice (1991) Office Space (1999) *** Once Were Warriors (1994) Over the Top (1987) Opera (1987) *** On Deadly Ground (1994) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Orgy of the Dead (1965) Overkill (1987) Old Henry (2021) / Parenthood (1989) The Omen (1976) / My Amityville Horror (2012)
The Possession of Virginia (1971) / The Debauchers (1976) Point Break (1991) Prisoner of Pleasure (XXX 1981) / The Story of Prunella (XXX 1972) / The Toy Box (XXX 1971) Psycho 2 (1983) Popcorn! (1991) The Predator (2018) / Prey (2022) Pink Flamingos (1972) Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Paradise Lost (DOC, 1996) *** Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (DOC, 2000) *** Patrick Still Lives (Uncut, 1980) Patrick Still Lives (1980) Prince of Darkness (1987) Plague of the Zombies (1966) Pet Sematary (1989) Profondo Rosso (1975) Project: Metal Beast (1995) Phallus in Wonderland (GWAR, 1992) Phenomena (1985) Pusher (1996) / Pusher 2 (2004) Profondo Rosso (Dual Audio, Commentary, 1976) Ponty Pool (2008) Phenomena (1985) Phantasm (1979) / Phantasm 2 (1988) (With extras) Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981) Platoon (1986) Poor White Trash 2 (1974) Primal Rage (1988) Piranhaconda (2012) Roger Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / Tales of Terror (1962) Paths of Glory (1957) Pieces (1982) *** Pieces (1982) *** Profondo Rosso (Dual Commentary + Extras, 1975) Public Enemies (2009) The Pit (1981) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / Premature Burial (1962) Possession (Uncut, 1981) The Prowler (1981) *** Punisher: War Zone (2008) Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981) *** Penetrator (XXX, 1991) / Usual Suspects (1995)
Phantom of Death (1987) Purple Rain (1984) / Piranha (1978) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Pieces (Uncut grindhouse, 1982) Pet Sematary 2 (1992) Prime Cut (1972) Postcards From the Edge (1990) / Stone Forever (1999)
Rabid (1977) Rambo 4 (2008) Race with the Devil (1975) Rocky 5 (1990) Rocky (1976) The Red Queen Kills 7 Times (1972) Reckless (1984) Rats: Night of Terror! (1984) Rocky Balboa (2006) Ran (1985) *** Rabid (+ Extras, 1977) Rocky 3 (1982) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) The Raven (2012) Rocky 2 (1979) / Rocky 3 (1982) Roller Blade (1986) The Roost (2005) Repo Man (Criterion, 1984) Rewind This! (DOC, 2013) Rabid Dogs (1974) Red Riding Trilogy (1973, 1980, 1983) Rambo First Blood Part 2 (1985) Reform School Girls (WIP, 1986) The Rules of Attraction (2002) / The Intruder: Rambu (1986) The Rainmaker (1997) Ricco: The Mean Machine (1973) Roadhouse (1989) Robocop (Extended Cut, 1987) *** Re-Animator (1985) *** Red Riding (1974) Red Riding (1980) Riot on 42nd Street (1987) Rider of the Skulls (aka El Charro de las Calvares, 1965) Raw Meat (1973) / Blood Simple (1984) Road to Revenge (1993) The Raid: Redemption (2011) The Re-Animator (1985) The Room (2003) Return of the Living Dead 2 (1988) / Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
The Runaways (2010) Rock N' Roll Nightmare (1987) Roadhouse (Rifftrax, Mike Solo, 1989)
Sisters (1972) Sartana the Gravedigger (1969) / Have a Good Funeral Sartana (1970) Scream (2022) Shawshank Redemption (1994) Stand By Me (1986) Sleepwalkers (1992) Streetwalkin' (1985) Savage Streets (Uncut, 1984) Singapore Sling (1990) Stepbrothers (2008) *** Snake Eater Trilogy (1989, 1990, 1992) Sleepaway Camp (1983) / Switchblade Sisters (1975) Suspiria (1977) Starcrash (1978) / Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) Skyscraper (1996) / Rocktober Blood (1984) Samurai Cop (1991) Spine (1986) The Straight Story (1999) Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) / Scary Movie 2 (2001) Shivers (+ Extras, 1975) / Schindler's List (1993) Silver Bullet (1985) Shutter Island (2010) Salem's Lot (1979) Saturday Night Special (1976) / The Sister of Ursula (1978) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) Stripped to Kill (1987) Slaughterhouse (1987) Salon Kitty (1976) *** Stone Cold (1991) *** Sleepaway Camp 2 (1988) / Sleepaway Camp 3 (1989) Silence of the Lambs (1991) Short Cuts (1993) Suspected Death of a Minor (+ extras, 1975) / Swamp Thing (Uncut, 1982) Street Trash (Uncut, 1987) / Student Bodies (1981) The Stabilizer (1986) Se7en (+ Extras, Disc 1/2, Disc 2/2, 1995) *** Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) / Oldboy (2003) She-Wolves of the Wasteland (1988) / Santo Attacks the Witches (1968)
Street Law (1974) Sweet Movie (1974) / Scary Movie (2000) She Mob (SWV, 1968) / Nymphs Anonymous (SWV, 1968) Scary Movie (2000) Scary Movie 3 (2003) Scream (1996) Stickfighter (1994) / Sharknado 2 (2014) The Street Fighter (1974) / Return of the Street Fighter (1974) Scream for Help (1984) Some Guy Who Kills People (2012) Suburbia (1984) Shotgun (1989) Scarecrows (1988) Supersonic Man (1979) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Santo en El Vampiro y el Sexo (Uncut, 1969) Suspected Death of a Minor (+ extras, 1975) / Swamp Thing (Uncut, 1982) Starry Eyes (2014) Samurai Cop (Jo Bob Briggs Commentary, 1991) The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) *** Street Law (+ Extras, 1974) / Suddenly Last Summer (1959) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Trash-O-Rama Vol 8 (SWV, Trailers) Society (1989) Slumber Party Massacre 3 (1990) Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987) The Stuff (1985) Sleepaway Camp (1983) / Sorority House Massacre (1986) Spasms (1983) / Splatter University (1981) / Spookies (1986)
Slugs (1988) *** Sharknado! (2013) Shook em Dead (1991) / Student Bodies (1981) Sabata (1969) / Adios, Sabata (1971) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) / Sixteen Candles (1984) Satan's Baby Doll (1982) / Slaughter High (1986) Supervixens! (Russ Meyer, 1975) / Up! (Russ Meyer, 1976) Story of O (XXX, 1975) / Body Love (Dual Audio, XXX, 1978) Showgirls (Fully Exposed NC-17, 1995) / Scream 4 (2011) Sorceress (1995) / Killpoint (1984) Serpico (1973)
Them! (1955) / Battletruck (1982) To Catch a Killer (1992) Tropic Thunder (2008) *** Terminator 2 (1991) Trick or Treat (1986) They Have Changed Their Face (1971) / The House at the Edge of the Park (Uncut, 1980) True Romance (Unrated Director's Cut, 1993) True Romance (1993) *** Tombstone (1993) Turner & Hooch (1989) / Parenthood (1989) Ted Bundy (2002) Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) The Princess Bride (1987) / The Executioner part 2 (1984) Toxic Avenger (1984) / Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Tenement (aka Game of Survival, 1985) The Texas Vibrator Massacre (XXX, 2008) / The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) T-Force (1994) Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) The Thing (1982) Tango & Cash (1989) Trauma (1993) / Torso (1973) The Toxic Avenger (Uncut, 1984) Thrashin' (1986) *** Thief (1981) This is England 1-4 (1990) This is England (BBC TV Mini Series, 1986) This is England (1988) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) *** Texas Chainsaw Massacre Bonus Disc (1974) *** Titus (1999) True Believer (1987) Take it out in Trade (1970) / Texas Dildo Masquerade (XXX, 1998) The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer (Court Footage,1992) / Whore Church Vol. 1 (2012) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) / Trick R Treat (2009)
To The Limit (1995) / Whore (1991) Terminator 2 (1991) *** Thriller (1973) *** The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) / Tales of Terror (1962) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Tommy Boy (1995) / This is England (2006) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) / Eraserhead (1977) Tremors (1990)
Ultra Flesh (XXX, 1980) Undefeatable (1993) / Undefeatable (composite) The Usual Suspects (Disc 1, Disc 2. 1995) *** Unsolved Mysteries (Disc 2) Unsolved Mysteries (Disc 4) Uncut Gems (Screener, 2019)
Vampire's Night Orgy (1973) Visting Hours (1982) A Virgin Among the Living Dead (+ Extras, 1973) A Virgin Among the Living Dead (+ Extras, 1973) Vengeance (aka Scream for Vengeance, 1980) Videodrome (1983) *** Vamp (1986) / Vixen! (Russ Meyer, 1968) The Video Dead (1987) / The Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) Valley of the Dolls (1967) Venom: Alive in 85 (MUSIC) Violent City! (1970) VFW (2019) / VIY (1967) Visions of Ecstasy (Short, 1989) / Valerie & Her Week of Wonders (1970) Vigilante Force (1976) Victims (1985) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Vice Squad (1982) Vixen! (Russ Meyer, 1968) / The Seven Minutes (Russ Meyer, 1971) El Vampiro y el Sexo (1969) / SWV Trailers / Virgin Hostage (XXX, 1972) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) / Behind Convent Walls (1977)
The Wild Bunch (1969) Witchfinder General (1968) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Werewolves on Wheels (1971) The Warriors (Director's Cut, 1979) Waterpower (Uncut, XXX, 1976) Wild at Heart (1990) / Lost Highway (1997) When a Stranger Calls (1979) What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (1999) Witchery (Uncut, 1988) Wild Beasts (+ Extras, 1984) Women's Prison Massacre (WIP, 1983) / Human Experiments (WIP, 1979) Wrong Turn 2 (2007) / Winter's Bone (2010) Wrong Turn 2 (Unrated Director's Cut, 2007) Wet Wilderness (protoslasher/porno roughie, XXX, 1975) Whirlpool (aka She Died with her Boots on, 1970) Werewolf: Beast Among Us (2012) Werewolf Woman (1976) The Whip & The Body (1963) The Wasp Woman (1995) The Whip & The Body (1963) / What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974) Wet Wilderness (XXX, 1975) / Werewolf Woman (1976) Wake in Fright (1971) The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (DOC, 2009) / Wild Honey (1972) The Wrestler (2008) *** Winnebago Man (DOC, 2009) Werewolf (1996) What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) *** Witchcraft 1-3 (1988, 1989, 1991) White Fire (1984) Witchcraft 4-6 (1992, 1993, 1994)
X (2022)
Year of the Dragon (1985) YOR: The Hunter from the Future (1983) The Jail: Women's Hell (WIP, 2006) / Young Frankenstein (1974)
Zombie Holocaust (1980) *** The Zodiac Rapist (XXX, 1971) / Taboo (XXX, 1980) Zombie (1979) *** Zombie (Extras, 1979) *** Zombie (Triple Audio + Commentary, 1979) Zodiac (2007) Zombie High (1987) Young Warriors (1983) Zombie 3 (1988)
EL SANTO COLLECTION
El Santo Vs. Capulina (1969) / Santo & Dracula's Treasure (1969) Santo Vs. Black Magic Woman (1973) / Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis (1970) Suicide Mission (1973) / Santo & the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971) Santo vs. The Murderer of TV (1981) / Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain (1963) Operation 67 (1967) / Santo & the Grave Robbers (1966) Hotel of Death! (1963) / The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972) Santo vs. the Kidnappers (1973) / Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl (1974) The Treasure of Montezuma (1968) / Mystery in the Bermuda Triangle (1979) Santo vs. the Evil Brain (1961) / Santo vs. the King of Crime (1963) Chanoc & Son of Santo vs. the Killer Vampires (1981) / Santo vs. Baron Brakola (1967) Anonimo Mortal (1975) / Blue Demon Contra el Oider Satanico (1966)
ROLLIN COLLECTION
The Iron Rose (1973) / Phantasmes (1975) Rape of the Vampire (1968) / Shiver of the Vampire (1971) The Nude Vampire (1970) / Sidewalks of Bangkok (1984) Jean Rollin: Shorts, Interviews, Trailers Killing Car (1993) / The Two Orphan Vampires (1997) Night of the Hunted (1980) / Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973) Lips of Blood (1975) / Lost in New York (1989)
UNIVERSAL COLLECTION
This Island Earth (1954) / Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) The Brute Man (1946) / Strange Door (1951) / It Came from Outer Space (1953) House of Dracula (1945) / Mummy's Curse (1945) / She Wolf of London (1946) The Climax (1944) / Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) / The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Ghost of Fran Kenstein (1942) / The Mummy's Tomb (1942) / Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) Phantom of the Opera (1943) / Son of Dracula (1943) / House of Frankenstein (1944) Black Friday (1940) / Invisible Man Returns (1940) / The Mummy's Hand (1940) Invisible Woman (1940) / The Wolf Man (1940) / Invisible Agent (1942) Werewolf of London (1935) / Dracula's Daughter (1936) / The Invisible Ray (1936) Night Key (1937) / Son of Frankenstein (1939) / Tower of London (1939) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) / The Old Dark House (1932) / The Invisible Man (1933) Black Cat (1934) / Bride of Frankenstein (1935) / The Raven (1935) Dracule (1931) / Frankenstein (1931) / The Mummy (1932) Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) / Phantom of the Opera (1925) / Cat & The Canary (1927)
SARLI
My Days With Gloria (2010) Y el Demonico Creo a los Hombres (1960) / Sabaleros (1959) Carne Sobre Carne (2008) / La Dama Regresa (1996) Le Mujer del Zapatero (1965) / La Tentacion Desnuda (1965) Sabaleros (1958) / La Senora de Intendente (1967) / Hitomi Surprise! India (1960) / Los Dias Calientes (1966) Desnuda en la Arena (1969) / Extasis Tropical (1970) La Tentacion Desnuda (Uncut, 1965)
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Happy Birthday actor Kenneth Cranham born 12th December 1944 in Dunfermline.
Cranham trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, he is a very prolific theatre and TV actor who has also appeared in countless films since his debut as Noah Claypole in the 1968 musical Oliver, you might remember him from playing the title role in the 80’s show Shine On Harvey Moon. Now I’ve checked and double checked and for a man who has acting credits in over 50 television shows he has never been in Taggart! Most disappointing….
From the 70’s he was in Z-Cars, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, A Family at War and Budgie, in 80’s Brideshead Revisited, Reilly: Ace of Spies ( as Vladimir Lenin no less!), Inspector Morse and Boon, the 90’s didn’t see him slow down, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Casualty, Bergerac and Kavanagh QC. The “Noughties” saw him pick up roles in the British-American-Italian historical drama Rome, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Merlin. The past few years he has been on the small screen in Upstairs Downstairs, Death in Paradise and War and Peace.
His notable film roles have been in Chocolat, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Gangster No. 1, Layer Cake, Valkyrie with Tom Cruise and Maleficent with Angelina Jolie.
Wikipedia has Cranham appearing in around 100 tv shows, he also finds time to tread the boards and in he won a prestigious 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in The Father. Other UK TV series include Scarborough and The Good Karma Hospital another TV series set in a coastal town in tropical South India.
Imdb have two upcoming productions for Kenneth, Warrior, a historical drama set during the Roman era, based on actual events, embellished with a hint of myth, legend and imagination, and Bnoit, a documentary exploring the fall of Maximilian Francis Benoit. From high-profile public figure to disgraced, presumed dead crime lord.
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The Hollow Heart - Chapter 10
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Pairing: Hellcheer, Gothic AU
Summary: To escape her mother's control and the stifling society of Gilded Age New York, heiress Christabel Cunningham impulsively marries Henry Creel, a charming and seductive stranger, and accompanies him to his remote mansion on the West Coast. There, as Henry grows cold and cruel, Christabel must uncover her husband's sinister secret before it's too late. But can she trust Kas, her husband's enigmatic assistant, who seems to be her only ally in this strange place, or is Kas's loyalty to his master stronger than his attraction to Christabel?
Chapter warnings: animal death, domestic violence
Chapter word count: 4k
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9
Chapter 10 - Warned by a Vision
Sometimes Christabel felt there was a veil over her eyes, blinding her to the truth of her marriage, of Henry's true nature. Each time he hurt her, it was like a tear in that veil. In the early days of their marriage, those tears were far apart, easily ignored, but over time, they kept building and building. Now, there were simply too many, and the veil was falling apart.
Then came another incident, and this time, it wasn't just a tear. This time, the whole veil was wrenched painfully from her eyes, and finally, she understood what it meant to suffer death by a thousand cuts.
Luna was growing fast. Christabel knew that soon she would have to hire a trainer or perhaps send Luna to a stable to get properly trained, but for now, the horse was making great progress. Christabel dreamed of when Luna was big enough and they could ride up and down the shore, to Golden Gate Park and Sutro Heights and beyond.
The only thing about Luna that worried Christabel, the only thing that marred her perfect beauty, was that she had a rather strange bump on her forehead. Indeed, Christabel hadn't even noticed it in the first few weeks, thinking it was just bones, but as Luna grew, so did this bump, until it protruded into a quite visible nub between her ears. She often rubbed it against things and really enjoyed it when Christabel scratched around it.
When Christabel brought the matter up to Henry, he became oddly excited. Though he hadn't spared Luna another glance since he gave her to Christabel, that day Henry personally went into the stall to examine the horse. Luna, who was always so calm and friendly, gave a frightened little whicker and ran in panicked circles around the stall, refusing to let Henry come near, let alone touch her. Henry had to retreat before she quieted down.
"We may have a unicorn on our hands, darling," he said to Christabel with a grin.
"Don't be absurd, there's no such thing as a unicorn," she retorted. If he was not going to have the bump looked at, then she was not going to waste her time convincing him. Since it didn't seem to bother Luna much, Christabel put it out of her mind.
A few nights after that, Christabel's old nightmare came back. Since Christmas, thanks to the phonograph and her growing collection of records, her sleep had been specter-free. That night though, despite having listened to the phonograph before sleep as usual, Christabel found herself face to face with those three ghosts again, their eyes gray and empty like the mist, their chest gaping and dripping blood. They were on the beach this time.
"What do you want from me?" she asked, as she'd always asked them in her dreams, but she wasn't expecting an answer. Almost resignedly, she screwed her eyes shut and waited for the inevitable moment when the mist came for her and erased her. Once, when she was little, she had been skating in Central Park on one of the rare occasions her mother allowed her out of the house. Unbeknownst to her, the ice had cracked earlier that day. As she slid across the ice and felt, rather than heard, the gunshot snap beneath her skates, her heart had dropped to the bottom of her stomach, and it had seemed like an eternity before she hit the freezing water. There had been no more ice skating after that.
It felt just like that now, only increased a hundredfold, as she waited for the mist in her dream.
But the mist never came. There were hoof beats behind her, and Christabel turned just in time to see a streak of silver rush past her in a spray of sand. It was Luna. With the certainty of dream logic, she knew it was Luna, although other than its shiny white coat, this horse looked nothing like Luna—it was fully grown, and a long, sharp horn grew out of its forehead. A unicorn.
The unicorn headed straight for the three figures by the edge of the water, its horn aiming at them. Somehow, Christabel knew that if it touched them, something terrible was going to happen, just as something terrible always happened to her when she touched those figures. "No, Luna!" she screamed. "Stop!"
It was too late. The horn went through the chest wound of the figure in the middle—Frederick Benson—and it was no longer Christabel that was screaming, but Frederick, Patrick, and the still unnamed girl, their mouths yawning dark holes, issuing forth terrible screams, like those of a dying animal. To her horror, the unicorn was fading as well, swallowed up by the fog. Luna had taken her place.
"No, Luna, no!" Christabel cried, trying to hold on to the horse, but her hands only ran through cold, wet, empty air.
Luna reared up, looming over Christabel, and let out a scream, a too-real scream of fear and pain. The moment Luna's front legs, now little more than two wisps of fog, came down over her head, Christabel woke up.
She lay still, feeling the pillow damp with sweat under her cheek, listening to her thundering heartbeats. It had been so real, that dream, even more real than her waking nightmares, especially those screams... The figures had never made a sound in any of her previous dreams, they'd only stood and looked at her in silence. So what had changed?
When her heart refused to calm down, Christabel got out of bed, threw on her dressing gown, and went to the window. It was still dark outside, though a lighter strip of gray on the horizon told her that dawn was not far off. There was a light on at Kas's window, but that was nothing unusual. He often kept a light on throughout the night. Everything was quiet.
No, not everything was quiet. Straining her ears, Christabel could make out voices rising in contention and panic. They were coming from the other side of the house. Heart hammering in her chest again, she flew downstairs and followed the voices into the garage.
Blazing lights hit her full in the face, blinding her after the gloom of the house, and for a moment, Christabel couldn't see anything. When her eyes finally adjusted, a horrible sight greeted her—in the middle of the stall littered with crushed straw and splintered wood, evidence of a great struggle, was Luna, lying on her side, unmoving, a tongue so dark it appeared almost black protruding from her foaming mouth, legs bent at stiff, unnatural angles. Henry and Kas stood over her, their eyes wide, chests heaving from exertion. Dangling from Henry's hand was what Christabel thought was a leather belt at first, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a cobra, its head smashed.
Christabel didn't remember what she did then. She must have screamed and run to Luna, for the next thing she knew, Henry had tossed the dead snake aside and was hauling her to her feet, while she fought him to reach Luna's side.
"Let me go!" she screamed. "Let me help her!"
"She's beyond help!" shouted Henry. "Kas, put the carcass under the cypress, while I take Mrs. Creel inside."
The carcass. She thought he meant the snake, and then it hit her. He meant Luna. Her lovely Luna, now nothing but a carcass, like one of those weather-bleached skeletons she'd seen from the train.
Kas threw Christabel an anguished look. "Yes, sir," he said, taking a blanket and draping it over the inert white form. That simple, irrevocable gesture finally convinced Christabel that Luna was really dead. All her panicked strength drained out of her, and she let Henry drag her out of the garage and back to the house.
"What happened?" she asked, the moment they were through the door.
"The cobra escaped its cage. I guess the horse got spooked, and the cobra fought back."
"But you said the cages were secure!"
Henry shrugged and steered her toward the stairs. "Accidents happen. Now, go back to bed. Kas will bury her."
His dismissive tone stung. "I want to be there," she said.
"What?"
"I want to say goodbye to her. At least give me that."
"Don't be hysterical. It's just a horse. I'll buy you another one."
"I'm not a child," she said, pushing his hand away. "Do you think you can just give me another toy and I'll shut up?"
Henry rolled his eyes. "I don't have time for this."
He headed back to the garage. Some of Christabel's shock was wearing off, and anger rose in its place. How dare he be so nonchalant, how dare he dismiss her like this! She lunged after him.
"You're not even going to apologize?"
"For what?"
"This is your fault! You did this! You and those monsters of yours!"
She didn't see him move. Something struck the side of her head, leaving her cheek stinging and her ear ringing. She clasped a hand to her face, out of shock and fear more than pain, while Henry opened the door. He didn't even look at her. "Go back to your room," he said calmly and stepped out.
The moment he disappeared into the dark, Christabel turned and ran. But she didn't run upstairs. She ran outside, down the drive, and all the way across the path bridging the island and the shore. Upon reaching the shore, she kept running, driven by sheer grief and despair, ignoring the cold wind across her face, the rough sand under her feet. She only wanted to get as far away as possible from Creel House.
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Christabel ran until her legs and her lungs gave out. The sun was coming up, shining through the gray clouds like a silver coin on a pewter tray, doing little to warm the air. Creel House still loomed behind her, enveloped in its own mist, a dark, malevolent mass, scowling, mocking. She would never be able to outrun it. She crumpled to the ground, leaning against a sand dune, too exhausted and heartbroken to move.
She told herself not to think of Luna, though everything around reminded her of the little horse, from the cold, white sun that put her in mind of Luna's coat, to the sand where Luna used to run. But the tears wouldn't come. A heavy, somber fear, the remnant of her dream, weighed her down like a shroud, preventing the grief from taking over. That particular dream had been prophetic. Did this mean that her previous dreams all foretold her future as well? Was she fated to die a horrible death, like poor Luna?
No. She couldn't think that way. It was bad enough that she was out here on this God-forsaken beach in her dressing gown and bedroom slippers like some madwoman, now she believed in premonitions and fate too? No. She must stay rational. As much as she hated to admit it, Henry had been right. What happened to Luna had been an accident, no more.
At the thought of Henry, another kind of grief, mixed with anger and fear, surged up within her like bile, and her cheek throbbed again. It wasn't just that he'd hit her. She could even accept that he'd done so in the heat of the moment. But what disturbed her most was the casual way he'd done it, without a care, without a look back, like swatting away an irritating fly. That was what she was to him. Nothing.
What could she do now? Where would she go? Leave Henry and return to New York with her tail between her legs, admitting to her mother that she'd made a mistake? No! Not in a million years, not after she'd made such a show to Jason about how happy she was. And to be one of those divorcees, to have people turn their backs on her, to see their mock-polite smiles, knowing how they whispered about her behind closed doors? No, no, no. She couldn't bear it. She had married Henry to escape all that, she couldn't leave him to go back to that world now. The very thought of it made her stomach twist with shame and disgust.
Then her stomach twisted with something else, and Christabel realized the sun was now high in the sky. She had been out since daybreak. She was tired and cold and hungry, and there was nothing around her but sand and sea. With a sigh, she struggled to her feet. Creel House may be loathsome and frightful, but it was also her house, in name at least. She was not going to give it up just yet.
As she reached the causeway, Christabel saw, with dismay, that the path was now completely submerged. The tides must have come in while she was running down the shore. The boat was back on the island. She rang the bell. The sun was too bright for Kas to be out, but if Henry was home, he would come for her, surely. She rang the bell again, straining to see if there was any movement on the island. There was none. Was Henry out? Was he looking for her? The shore stretched on for miles and miles, had he missed her behind the sand dunes?
She dipped a foot into the water, testing it, only to jerk back as if she'd been bitten. The water was freezing cold. If she tried swimming in this, the cold would kill her before she could reach the island.
She rang the bell again, her hope of getting answered diminishing by the minute. Perhaps she could wait until Henry came back, or until sundown... It wasn't the day for grocery delivery, so nobody would come down this path and she need not worry about having to explain her awkward predicament.
Just as Christabel dropped down onto the sand again in fatigue and despair, a movement on the island caught her eyes. A dark speck was bobbing over the water toward her. It was the boat! As it got closer, Christabel saw that the parasol had been rigged over it, and shielded under it, wearing his long cloak and the gloves, was Kas.
"Are you all right?" he shouted the moment he came within her earshot.
"Yes." Something burst in her chest at the sight of him, something warm and pleasant that chased away all the pain and hurt. By now, she was desperate enough to accept any rescue at all, but she was glad it was Kas that came for her, glad in a way she knew she wouldn't have been if it had been Henry.
"I'm sorry it took me so long. I couldn't make the parasol stay upright," he said, maneuvering the boat so she could step on. His eyes widened as they landed on her face, and Christabel put a subconscious hand to her cheek. It must be more swollen than she'd thought.
"Don't worry about it." She meant both about the boat and her cheek, and Kas clearly understood, for he said nothing more. Once she settled on the seat opposite him, he started toward the island in long, steady strokes. Only his white-knuckled grip on the oars betrayed his true feelings.
"I wish you didn't have to risk yourself for me," she said.
"I don't mind."
"Where's Mr. Creel?"
"He had to go into town on urgent business." She was silent. Of course. He hadn't bothered to comfort her about Luna, why would he care when she ran away? Sensing her anger, Kas added, "I wanted to go after you, but he told me to let you blow off steam." He watched her for a moment and said, more quietly, "I'm so sorry about Luna, Mrs. Creel."
Pain squeezed her heart, choking her.
"What have you done to her?" she managed to ask.
"I've—I've buried her."
"Under the cypress trees?"
"No, by the beach."
Christabel nodded. She couldn't bear the notion of Luna being confined to those dark, haunted trees. "Thank you," she said. "She would like that. It's her favorite place."
Then she thought of Luna, sweet, pretty, clever Luna, dead and buried now, and she began to cry. Never again would Luna run on the beach alongside Christabel, never again would she nip Christabel to ask for pets or push her nose under her hand in search of sugar, never again would Christabel open the garage door to find Luna waiting for her. How many times she could have petted Luna or given her sugar without being asked, and hadn't? It was too late to make up for it now. The tears kept coming, wrung out of her in bitter, gulping sobs, and Christabel buried her face in her hands and cried and cried, for Luna and for herself.
The boat stopped. She felt Kas sit down by her. He held the parasol in one hand, shading them both, and his other arm went around her, pulling her to him. She held back at first, but when he drew her forward to his chest, she let her head fall onto his shoulder. Oh, how lovely! How lovely! For so long, too long, Christabel hadn't been properly held, and she had almost forgotten how lovely it was to sit like that, with his shoulder taking on the weight of her grief and his hand massaging the knots out of her back. Her sobs quieted. With a sigh, she wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his neck, breathing in his familiar scent of earth and smoke and the sea.
"It's all right," he murmured, rocking her against him, gentle as the rocking of the waves on the sides of the boat. "You'll be all right, Mrs. Creel."
The name rankled. "Don't call me that," she said. It came out sharper than she'd intended, and Kas's arm stiffened across her shoulders.
"What'd you want me to call you then?" he asked.
She lifted her head to look at him. "Call me by my name. Call me Christabel. At least—at least when it's just the two of us together."
Those words struck her as oddly intimate, and she became aware of how close their faces were, so close she could feel his breath on her cheek, could see his dark eyes, enormous in the shade under the parasol. He'd heard the desperation in her voice too and was looking at her, eyes wide in shock or fear. How foolish she'd been! Just because she'd been fantasizing about him didn't mean that he felt the same about her. What she did in the privacy of her bedroom was shameful enough, but here—she was practically throwing herself at him. A servant! What would her mother say? My God, what if he told Henry?
"You know what, never mind." She sat up straight and pushed him away. "Just take me back."
"As you wish, Mrs. Creel," he said. Something in his voice was like an arrow through her heart. Had she really worried about what her mother would've said? Why did she still care? Everything she'd done had been to get away from her mother, and it seemed she hadn't escaped at all.
Kas got to his feet to return to the bow. She grabbed his hand, pulling him down by her side. She didn't know what possessed her to do so when she'd pushed him away only seconds ago, but at that moment, she couldn't bear to be away from him. He looked down at her hand clutching his, then lifted his eyes to her face. The look in those eyes made her breath catch in her throat, and, without thinking, she kissed him.
His lips parted in surprise. She pushed forward, taking his bottom lip between hers, marveling at how soft his mouth was, how responsive he was to her kiss, so unlike Henry, whose answer to her kisses was always a tight-lipped grimace. Kas's arm was around her again, his mouth moving hesitantly under hers, returning the kiss with a fervor that matched her own. Her hands came up to clasp his temples, her trembling fingers sinking into his curls, holding him close, while she captured his mouth again and again, draining it, like one dying of thirst—
He wrenched himself away from her, so abruptly that he left her dizzy.
"I'm sorry," she said quickly, even as she was drawn back to him by some invisible magnet. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I..." She hardly knew what she was saying. She only saw his mouth, still temptingly close, and couldn't stop herself from pulling him to her once more, from claiming that soft, lush mouth with hers once more— 
"We can't," he said, seizing both of her wrists to hold her at arm's length.
The parasol dropped out of his hand into the water, and Kas's face began to redden as sunlight spilled over him. He snatched the parasol up and scrambled to put it back in its place by the bow, but it wobbled, refusing to stay.
"Here, let me." Christabel took the parasol and held it over him. For a moment, Kas looked like he wanted to protest, but he took up the oars again without another word.
Though they sat side and side, he held himself stiffly, as far away from her as possible, while they traveled the rest of the way to the island. When they reached the shore, Christabel got off the boat on her own and held the parasol for Kas as he pulled the boat up and tied it to the dock. The house loomed above them, and the fog reached out its fingers, drawing them back into its grayness.
"I'm fine from here," Kas said, taking the parasol from her without looking at her.
Christabel turned away, but she couldn't bring herself to go into the house, to face its gloom and Henry's silent contempt. Her feet took her toward the garage. She had to see for herself, to believe that Luna was really gone.
The stall had been cleaned up. The saddle, reins, and brushes were gone from the wall. The straw had been swept away. There was no sign that a horse had ever been here.
The sight of that empty stall brought on a fresh flood of tears. Christabel slowly sat down, put her forehead on her knees, and let the tears flow down her face and drop onto the floor, like rain.
Something between the floorboards caught her eyes. Christabel picked it up and turned it over in her hand curiously. It was a flat, triangular shape, the size of her palm, slightly curved, grayish green in color and ridged all over. She would've thought it was simply a piece of tree bark, if it hadn't been for its strange shape and feel, rough and smooth at the same time, almost like a fish scale.
"Don't touch that!" Kas yelled behind her, making her drop the thing.
"What is it?" she asked.
"It could be from the cobra. Anyway, it's not a good idea to pick up unknown things around here." He tried to appear casual, but from the way he used a piece of rag to pick up the thing, Christabel realized Kas knew more about it than he let on. It was too big to be from any cobra, unless that cobra was the size of a python. But she was too tired to press him about it.
"You go up to the house," Kas said. "I'll bring you some food later."
There was nothing else to say then. "Thank you, Kas."
"You're welcome, Mrs. Creel."
Mrs. Creel.
Pulling the belt of her dressing gown tighter, Christabel stumbled into the house, swallowing the lump of disappointment in her throat.
Chapter 11
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fanfiction masterlist i guess ♡
*this masterlist is OLD! find the new masterlist here
here's what you need to know about what is behind this cut: lots of smut, always with feelings and fluff, praise kinks, dirty talk, maybe some light d/s, enthusiastic consent. a few clean headcanons/minifics & fan art of your amazing OCs
(it's all rocket raccoon, all the time) also, please let me love your OCs (doodle requests temporarily paused)
If you would like to be added to the fanfiction update taglist (or removed), please let me know via comment, message, or ask! ♡
recently updated
headcanon 8 - rocket, lylla, & drax [NEW posted 9/17] headcanon 9 - dad glasses [NEW posted 9/21]
Reconnaissance for Beginners: An Instruction Manual (Fourteenth Visit) [ONESHOT. added 9/18] Part Three of Domestic Scenes in Space Travel
Chapter 1/6 Year Zero: Seed [NEW posted 9/24] florescence ❀ (a meetgroot)
Chapter XIV. Exactly Like a Flower. in which comfort is shared. [WIP 9/27] Chapter XV. Galaxy-Breaking Shit. in which more comfort is shared, and life is good. Briefly. [WIP 10/5] Window Across the Galaxy
I can't keep up with updating my kinktober prompts on a daily basis (I'm honestly amazed I've managed to keep up with the writing as well as I have and I've only been doing this for a few days) So for now, please find them with the tag #rfh kinktober and when the month is over I'll make a masterlist. [NEW all month] based on @flightlessangelwings’ Kinktober 2023 Prompt List
[complete works behind the cut ♡]
spoilers: I have a preferred trope/formula that I lean into quite hard (girl falls first; raccoon falls harder) and while I do really love tragic fanfic, I firmly believe rocket's suffered enough of that so it's only happy endings here (even if it takes a minute to get there). Well, more or less, anyway.
Domestic Scenes in Space Travel
reader x rocket fluff, medium-burn?? (at least for Part One), smut. comics-based but you don't need any comics background knowledge to read this - you just need to enjoy fluff + smut + rocket (and be 18 i guess). multiple parts. see notes for summary + warnings.
The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl Part One of Domestic Scenes in Space Travel [COMPLETE 5/5 chapters] Summary: In Rocket Raccoon: Grounded (2016) / Issue #3, Rocket asks a stranger on the ferry to "make sure nobody does anything weird" to him while he naps, and the stranger just, like, abandons him while he's sleeping?? get in loser we're gonna fix it Chapter One (The First Visit) Chapter Two (The Second Visit) Chapter Three (The Third Visit) Chapter Four (The Fourth Visit) Chapter Five (The Fifth Visit) complete post - The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl
Outer Space Safety & Spaceship Maintenance Training (Ninth Visit) Part Two of Domestic Scenes in Space Travel [Oneshot. COMPLETE 8/21] Sequel to The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl [domestic fluff, dirty talk, oral sex - mind the ao3 tags.] Summary: Study Night. or - why study when you can seduce your hot local Space Pilot into oral? When you were a kid, you imagined yourself growing up, working a cool job, living in a cute house, getting a big dog, marrying, and having kids of your own. You've currently got none of those things, but you are getting regularly railed by a raccoon-shaped cosmic adventurer, and he's currently showing you around his spaceship. Which is kinda better than anything you could have dreamed up for yourself. [comics-inspired, though i'm fucking around with timelines/continuity and you really don't need any comics-context to ride this ride] complete post - Outer Space Safety & Spaceship Maintenance Training
Reconnaissance for Beginners: An Instruction Manual (Fourteenth Visit) Part Three of Domestic Scenes in Space Travel [Oneshot. COMPLETE 9/18] [domestic fluff, dirty talk, orgasm delay, bf/gf silliness. - mind the ao3 tags.] Summary: Date Night. in a gesture of true romance, rocket takes you to a dive bar. of all the stories he's shared with you, his favorites are the ones where he gets saved by the space princess. not that he'd tell you that. ˖⁺。˚⋆˙✧⋆。°✩☼⋆。°✩☽︎ loosely based on Rocket (2017): The Blue River Score. domestic bf/gf silliness & fluff. extensive smut. comics-knowledge isn't needed but HIGHLY recommend starting at the beginning of this collection for context (The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl).
florescence ❀ (a meetgroot)
[WIP: Year 0/5] [mcu-based, slight au, medium-burn, eventual smut circa chapter four. tentative allies to friends to lovers. the middle is angsty but there are only happy endings here. no use of y/n.] Summary: “The only chance we got is to get to the other side of the universe as fast as we can and maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to live full lives before that whack-job ever gets there.” Rocket & Groot leave their friends behind on Knowhere, despite the latter’s protests, and end up hiding out on a nothing-planet (with a non-extradition policy) at the edge of the Shi’ar Galaxy. It was the flowers that drew you in.
Chapter 1/6 Year Zero: Seed [NEW posted 9/24]
Blackmail Material
[WIP: Chapter 2/4] reader x rocket pwp with feelings; smut & fluff & love confessions. MCU-based, post-Endgame, friends-to-lovers. Summary: a classic tale of "this fuckin raccoon found your sex-toy." as per usual: girl falls first; raccoon falls harder. see notes for summary + warnings.
Chapter One: Blackmail Material Chapter Two: Self-Sufficience [NEW posted 8/29] Chapter Three: Firearms over Flowers ???
Window Across the Galaxy
[WIP: Chapter 15/25+] [NEW chapter posted 10/5] rocket x oc angst/hurt/comfort; slow burn + eventual smut with feelings. MCU-based. slight AU starting pre-GOTG volume 1. enemies to friends to lovers but only one of these idiots thinks they're enemies. see notes for summary + warnings. could become 1 part of a 2-part series, if I have the energy/inspiration. Summary: Rocket is captured by a Ravager crew hoping to get rich off the excessively large bounty on his head. Throwing a wrench in everyone’s plans is the Terran girl they hired to do some freelance assessing on a recent haul of goods they’ve seized from a Xandaran luxury liner. Oops.
Chapter I. A Delicacy. in which our reluctant heroes meet atop a crate of Sovereign porn in the bowels of a Ravager ship. Chapter II. Monster For A Pet. in which one hero wrestles with his inner Groot, and the other is quite possibly a moron. Chapter III. A Kindness.in which Rocket gets in his own damn way: not for the first time, and certainly not for the last. Chapter IV. Got There First. in which our heroes obtain an arsenal and street food. Chapter V. Things No-One Has Said Before. in which one hero refuses to babysit and the other refuses to leave. Chapter VI. Two and a Half Billion Units. in which we lean into the “they were roommates” trope. Jolie has misgivings, while Rocket has fantasies - about getting rich, of course. Chapter VII. I'm Here.in which we visit Knowhere. Chapter VIII. The Care & Feeding of Human Pets.in which our heroes practice breathing and we lean into a new trope: “there was (technically) one bed.” Chapter IX. Scrapmetal and a Dream. in which we redefine homemaking. Chapter X. Thin Fucking Ice. in which our heroes get fucked. Not in the good way. Chapter XI. Let It Be. in which Xandar is saved and good lives are lost. Chapter XII. So Much It Hurts. in which we try not to fuck up the vibes. Chapter XIII. Don’t Wait. in which a lost sister is found and Drax grapples with the concept of sarcasm. Chapter XIV. Exactly Like a Flower. in which comfort is shared. Chapter XV. Galaxy-Breaking Shit. in which more comfort is shared, and life is good. Briefly. [WIP 10/5]
Autopilot Systems Check [Oneshot. COMPLETE 9/3/2023] Est Word Count: 1409 reader x rocket soft fluff & domestica. MCU-based, post-Endgame i guess. Summary: reader wakes up in the middle of the night and rocket is nowhere to be found. drabble based on this post/inadvertent prompt.[complete post - Autopilot Systems Check]
Kinktober 2023
based on day 8 of @flightlessangelwings’ Kinktober 2023 Prompt List Kinktober Day 8: Turbulence. rocket needs you to hold. flarkin. still. [NEW 10/8]
Other Duties As Assigned
[WIP: ???] rocket x oc email romance/LDR (lol); slow burn + probable smut with feelings. Begins five months after The Snap. I don't have an intended outcome for this fic yet (just kind of rambling around) so this has the most uncertain publishing date. Summary: Natasha Romanoff is an administrative nightmare - a fact that does not go unnoticed by the (interim) captain of the Milano. First she demands that the remaining two Guardians of the Galaxy be reachable via a primitive Terran messaging system, and then she can't be bothered to read the frickin' emails. Thank fuck she's hired a new assistant.
Headcannons & Drabbles headcanon 1 - rocket & sex work headcanon 2 - rocket & occassional post-sex feelings headcanon 3 - quill & innocence/optimism headcanon 4 (minific/drabble) - rocket & nebula (2014) in endgame/post time-heist headcanon 5 (minific/drabble) - rocket & quill were scooped at the same time headcanon 6 - cinnamon roll peter quill continued headcanon 7 - rocket & nova corps headcanon 8 - rocket, lylla, & drax [NEW posted 9/17] headcanon 9 - dad glasses [NEW posted 9/21]
Fan Art of Your Amazing OCs (and maybe sometimes mine)
Rose (@love-for-faeries-go-burrrr ) & Moon (@glow-autumz) Thank you for letting me draw these two lovelies. You know I headcanon them as interdimensional besties ♡
Brita (@pretty-chips) is such a pure, delightfully fun character with record-store-clerk vibes. Thank you for letting me draw her. She is a glowing sunbeam-soul. ♡ another Brita wearing a terran t-shirt gifted to her by my oc, Jolie Spinner
Moon (@glow-autumz) Thank you again for letting me illustrate some of Moon's rad powers. i am OBSESSED. I appreciate so much you bringing her to life!
Chérie (Cherry) (@aliasrocket) I have a crush. 10/10 would attempt to flirt with (badly). Thank you so much for creating her and letting me doodle her!
Jolie (Window Across the Galaxy) - my gremlin child. just some scritchy-scratchy character concepts. feel free not to look if you want to imagine Jo in your own way. ♡ the "real" Jolie doodle - refined, finished, && in color
Fleuret (I think?) (@elegant-fleuret) is my personal caffeine deity. i now pray to her for the ability to scrap myself out of bed and deliverance from coffee crashes. she is also the dj of knowhere which is possibly the coolest fucking job in the universe and i would like to be her friend.
Star (@cleo-is-babygirl) is a pure fluffy little sundrop and a brilliant self-taught medic/surgeon. she is also the first tanuki/anthropomorphic animal i have drawn other than rocket so i was very nervous but i did my best. thank you for letting me try something new and expand my experience, friend!
Juno (@lazarel-3000) is one of my favorite OCs ever. she is everything. i want to be her && i want to date her (unfortunately she only has eyes for rocket).
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