#garrett kelton

[neco117]

[billornot]

[batterknowsbetter]

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Twilight Zone : Christmas Exisodes it has The Night of the Meek 1960 and Five Characters in Search of an Exit 1961

[nysocboy]

Mosaic: Chad and Pontius sightings, two gay guys, a murder, and a bare butt.

I've been looking for sightings of the Gemstone actors in other vehicles, but they have to have a gay connection.  James and Kelton Dumont's work has proven rather heteronormative, until the murder mystery minseries Mosaic (2018).  The Dumonts appear in Episode 3:

 Con artist Eric (Frederick Weller), has been convicted of murdering his latest con victim, famous children's author Olivia Lake.  His sister Petra thinks he's innocent, and begins investigating the other men in Olivia's life: "she liked to surround herself with young guys." 

First up: Joel (Garrett Hedlund), an aspiring artist who used to live on Olivia's property.  He's not a suspect -- he was at a 10:00 pm showing of The Hobbit with a male friend at the time of the murder. Or was he? Maybe the "friend" was lying to protect him. Wait -- male friend?  Is this guy gay?

Cut to Joel living a "normal" life in backwoods Slidell, Louisiana, running a company called Big Bayou Gator Guides. He motors a man and his two kids (James, Kelton, and Sinclair Dumont) into the swamp to look at alligators.  Scratch that -- he helps Kelton shoot one!   

Violent rite of passage, I guess.  Then he helps them pack the meat into a chest marked "Not for Sale," and gives the family the name of a taxidermist. 

Petra intrudes upon Joel's alligator-skull-filled shop with questions about her brother and the dead author: "Look, I hardly knew him!" he exclaims. I heard that before.  Were they dating?  Joel is living with a guy now. I'm 99% sure that he's canonically gay.

The full review, with nude photos (of Garrett Hedlund, not the Dumonts) is on Righteous Gemstones Beefcake and Boyfriends.

[lostintranslaation]

HELLO HAS ANYONE HERE READ DRY BY NEAL AND JARROD SHUSTERMAN

[undones-archive]

@moonexile​: ❝ how did you find me anyway? ❞

“got my ways.” meaning, a network of eyes across the city, information exchanged because of loyalty or cash  -  and it’s not like a hargreeves is difficult to track, even if garrett grins triumphantly, standing victorious as if he’s unearthed the solution to some timeless mystery. “magician doesn’t reveal his secrets, or whatever... but anyway,” he drawls out the word, brow arching. “what’s with the whole disappearing act? something on your mind?”

[duggardata]

How premature would Josie have to give birth to be younger than Kendra was when she had Gideon?

Haha, this is a funny little typo. Kendra didn’t have Gideon, Anon! Giddy is Joy + Austin’s. Garrett is Joe + Kendra’s.  Assuming that’s just a typo, I think your Ask is…

How Early Would Balka #1 Have to Be For Josie To Claim The “Youngest Mother” Record from Kendra?

Pretty damn early, as it turns out…  Kendra (Caldwell) Duggar (b. 8–11–98) had Garrett David Duggar on June 8, 2018, when she was Age 19.82.  Being exact, Kendra was 7,241 Days Old—or 19 Years, 306 Days Old.  Meanwhile…  Josie (Bates) Balka (b. 8–4–99) is pregnant with Baby #1 and due on July 25, 2019—i.e., when she will be Age 19.97 (7,295 Days).  To tie with Kendra, Josie would need to give birth 54 Days Early and, to beat Kendra, she’d need to deliver 55 Days (or More) Early.

Thats…  Really early.  Nearly 8 Weeks Early, in fact.  Fingers crossed that that doesn’t happen!

[lesetoilesfous]

Sending you a prompt from the Bad Things Happen Bingo! I'd be interested to see what you do with "Defeated and Trophified", for either a negative Handers OR an Evil M!Hawke. Thank you! <3

Oooh thank you so much, I hope you enjoy!

(If you’d like me to write you a dragon age fic, send me a prompt from here!)

@dadrunkwriting @badthingshappenbingo

Fandom: Dragon Age 2

Pairing: dark, abusive Handers

Characters: Garrett Hawke, Anders, Alistair Theirin

Tags: post da2, evil Hawke, implied abusive relationship

Rating: Mature

The new viscount of Kirkwall has made changes at the Keep, and indeed in the city in general. No longer are there any mages to be found anywhere, not even in the city-state’s infamous Gallows. Alistair had been struck by how few staves he’d seen anywhere as a result. He realises that he’d just sort of got used to apostates and presumably-legal Circle mages wandering throughout Fereldan. The absence of them here in Kirkwall is, well, stark. But Alistair is a king, and visiting his new trading partner is not the most burdensome of his many, many responsibilities, so he takes a deep breath and tries not to think about Kelton Amell, and climbs the stairs towards the viscount’s personal offices.

A servant who looks pale and frightened and flinches far too easily for Alistair’s comfort dips him a low, low bow and swings the door open on perfectly oiled hinges. Everywhere, the Amell family crest bleeds in red lines beside the emblem of the city of chains. Everything is spotless and silent, and even the air tastes clean, somehow - perfumed with what tastes to Alistair like elfroot and spindleweed. He’s led, with his retainers, into a large room with a long, beautiful dark wooden table. Behind it the Viscount of Kirkwall: muscular, broad, handsome Garrett Hawke, sits in state wearing an iron crown. Behind him, standing demurely with his hands folded and his head lowered, is the apostate who blew up the Chantry.

The first thing Alistair can find to think is that he recognises this man. He remembers gently encouraging Kelton to recruit him, almost a decade ago in Amaranthine. A young, frightened man whose brave face warred with his real horror at what the Templar order wished to do with him.

The second thing Alistair notices is the collar. It’s not ostentatious - of course not, if there’s one thing Alistair has learned from the immaculate Keep and the deathly silent streets, it’s that the man sitting in front of him does not go in for the obvious. But it’s a collar all the same: a thin, beautiful bar of rolled gold which hangs like a necklace around the apostate’s neck, darkened with dozens and dozens of finely engraved runes that makes it look stained black like an antique. Thin gold chains dip below the apostate’s neckline, under the loose, beautiful deep green silk tunic he’s wearing. There are matching, thick gold cuffs wrapped around each of his wrists. Alistair can’t see his feet from where he’s standing, but he doesn’t doubt there are cuffs there too. He swallows his bile, and refocuses his attention.

Hawke doesn’t bother to stand, which is technically a formal insult, but Alistair suspects it won’t be the last thing he tolerates today in the name of preventing open war. Instead he inclines his head, and waves at the frightened servant to pull out a chair. The servant does so, and Alistair thanks them softly, not missing the way Hawke’s mouth turns down in a sneer. The apostate behind the viscount, (the grey warden), says nothing. Alistair can barely believe he’s breathing, for how silent he’s being.

Hawke leans forward. “King Theirin. Such a pleasure to have your company so soon after our...troubles.” Behind Hawke, the apostate flinches, so subtly Alistair can hardly believe he noticed it. But Hawke’s jaw clenches, and the apostate’s already pale skin pales further.

Alistair thinks about facing down a broodmother and sits a little straighter in his chair. “Of course, Viscount. I was sorry to hear the news of your predecessor, and,” Alistair pauses, picking his words as carefully as stepping between landmines, “...confused by Knight-Commander Meredith’s interim occupation.”

Hawke laughs, and again, the apostate flinches. “Yes, well, Stannard always did have delusions of grandeur. But she wasn’t wrong about the mage problem. Worse than a nest of plague-ridden rats in this city and just as rotten. It was poisoning us from the inside out.”

Alistair lets the comment past him, and keeps his features neutral. He’d gotten good at this, as a child, under Isolde’s harassment. He asks, neutrally, as politely as he can, “Is it true, then? That you took part in the annulment personally?”

Again, Hawke laughs. Alistair feels a thorny kind of heat coiling in his chest. Hawke says, “Damned right I did. I was the only one left in the Blighted city with the fucking guts. Got every apostate too - all the criminals and infected children. I lanced the boil that this city had become and I burned out every bit of rot. Except this one,” Hawke gestures to the apostate behind him, then looks back at Alistair with a wide smile of perfect teeth, “But he’s pretty.”

Alistair fantasises about breaking his nose. Instead, he follows Hawke’s gesture to look up at the tall, broad man beside him. He’s older than he was, when Alistair had met him, lines printed across his face in deep crevasses. But he’s clean shaven, and his hair is brushed and soft around his head. Alistair listens to his own racing heartbeat for a moment before he speaks. “I heard he was a Grey Warden.”

Hawke’s eyes narrow, and there’s a flash of something there in the brown and gold of his irises that reminds Alistair terribly of the bird after which his family took its name. Something bloodthirsty, and cruel. “Like you? I told Vael, and the blighted Divine, Anders stays here. He’s mine.”

Alistair raises his hands in surrender and wonders whether Hawke can see that his palms are sweating. “Of course! Wouldn’t dream of separating you. It was only innocent curiosity. Now, I believe you have a Fereldan apostate to deliver to me?”

The blatant threat on Hawke’s face melts into a smirk, and he leans back in his chair. Behind him, Anders, the apostate’s shoulders lower, fractionally. Hawke clicks his fingers at the servant, and a few minutes later there’s the clatter of armour as a pair of templars bring in a wounded, starved looking elvhen girl.

Alistair thinks hard about exactly how much worse war would be for all his people and truly, deeply hates being king. Hawke gets up, circling the table to lift the girl’s chin between his thumb and forefinger. She glares at him, and Alistair hates that he’s heartened by this remaining spirit.

But then Hawke looks at the apostate in the corner and lifts his hand. The gold ring on his wedding finger, similarly blackened with runes, burns red, and Anders flinches as the jewellery on his wrists and neck glow, too. All Hawke says is, “Anders.”

The apostate moves faster than Alistair thinks he could have followed even if he were prepared for it. His hand flicks, and a silent bolt of lightning crosses the space of Hawke’s private quarters and connects with the girl’s skull. Her body slumps almost immediately, shuddering in a death rattle that is all too familiar to Alistair. He makes an effort to close his open mouth, and for the first time gives up the poker face.

“What is the meaning of this?”

Hawke smiles at him, close lipped and shrewd. “A lesson, your majesty. We won’t tolerate apostates in Kirkwall. Try to keep them on your side of the ocean.”

Alistair looks up at the apostate, Anders, but his hands are already folded in front of him again, his head bowed. Alistair swallows past the dryness of his mouth and the thick lump in his throat, and gets to his feet with an agonisingly loud screech of the wooden chair legs on stone.”Well, Viscount. It’s certainly been...educational.”

Alistair turns and tries not to imagine the entire darkspawn horde at his heels. Hawke doesn’t stand, and his pet apostate doesn’t move. But when Alistair gets to the door, Hawke speaks again. “Come back any time, your majesty. Anders can do wonderful things with his hands.”

Alistair doesn’t turn around. The doors swing shut behind them, and both the Keep’s guards and two servants usher them forward. But Alistair hesitates, listening for a moment.

Through the wooden doors, there’s a crack of skin on skin, and a soft cry of pain. Softly, deadly, Alistair hears the Viscount whisper, “Killed her quickly, didn’t you? Any suffering you spared her I’ll deal you, later.”

Alistair doesn’t realised he’s curled his fingers into a fist until one of his guard’s touches his forearm, her eyes wide with either fear or concern. Slowly, Alistair uncurls his hand, listening to the crunch of metal, and follows the soldiers and servants out of the Keep. He makes a mental note to write Zevran, later.

There’s a warden in need, and a state leader in desperate want of assassination.

[spudandhashbrown]

Spudandhashbrown’s 2021 fundie predictions:

Duggars

JB/M - finally lose track of their grandDugglets

Josh, Anna, and the Ms - announce M7, a girl born in autumn

Jana - sells more than 5 items in her online store

JD, AG, and Gracie - continue to be adorable in their rare social media appearance. JD is a groomsman in Nathan Bates’ wedding.

Jill, Derick, Izzy & Sam - Izzy loves school, Sam continues to make the best faces, Derick gets no acknowledgement from his in-laws for finishing law school, & JillyMuffin finds her life purpose as a (virtual?) PTA mom

Benessa, Spud, Hashbrown, and Eyevy - announce Seewald 4, a boy born in summer. We still never find out what Ben does for a living.

JinJer, Lissy, and Evy Baby Joey - live their greige life in colorful LA but somehow remain the most popular sub-Duggars.

Joe, Kendra, Garrett, Addie - baby girl born mid-February, #4 on the way by Christmas.

SiRen’s alphabet soup - announce and birth baby girl “C”

Joy, Austin, Gid & Evy - live their best damn lives.

Jed! - keeps trying to convince everyone he’s courting, but fails. Jer - is actually courting. Jason - sings and builds things. James - cuts down more trees.

Justin & Claire - marry in February, baby by the end of the year

Jackson to Josie - who the heck knows.

Bates

Gil/KJ - somehow don’t lose their goddamn show.

Zach, Whit, Brad, Kaci, & Khloé Eileen - baby #4 born early June, and it’s a boy.

Michael and Brandon - work, pray, babysit nieces and nephews

The Paines - cram another baby into their tiny house, still show no signs of moving. Erin forces Chad to build even more shit for her.

Lawson - yep, still single at the end of the year. Yep, still a desperate dumbass.

Nesther - formally announce they’re married in a few months. Catalog their relationship on social media like normal boring humans. Woohoo!

Alyssa, John, and their ducklings-in-a-row - Maci Jo born right on her due date

Tori, Bobby, Kade, and Kolter - remain forgotten about until they announce #3, who please for God’s sake is a girl so they don’t end up with 3 “K” boys..

Trace - courts again, picks a “proper” fundie girl this time

StewCrew - continue to be a living gimmick, and add one by December

Josie, Kelton, and Willow - #2 is another girl, with another nature name, with yet another (and another)(and another) photo shoot. Josie’s business has lots of success!

Katie and Travis - get engaged fucking finally, but not until after Nesther

Middle boys - Jackson never joins the military, Warden has the first successful Bates boy first courtship, and Isaiah is only ever seen in the background.

Little girls and lost boys - who the heck knows.

[neco117]

[billornot]

[batterknowsbetter]

Man of the people.

[fundiebabynamebible]

The Duggar/Bates 2018 Timeline

January

3rd - Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo announce they’re expecting their first child

4th - Carlin Bates announces she is courting Evan Stewart, ahead of the premier of season seven of Bringing Up Bates that evening.

11th - Josie Bates announces she is courting Kelton Balka

23rd - Josiah Duggar announces he is courting Lauren Swanson (estimated courtship start date of January 6th, 2018)

February 

3rd - Joe and Kendra Duggar announce their first child is a boy

23rd - Joy and Austin Forsyth welcome their first child, Gideon Martyn, via emergency C-section

26th - The seventh season of Counting On premiers on TLC

March 

5th - Josiah Duggar announces he is engaged to Lauren Swanson

23rd - Joe and Kendra Duggar reveal their first child is due on Father’s Day, June 17th

26th - The finale of the seventh season of Counting On airs on TLC

28th - John and Alyssa Webster welcome their third child, Zoey Joy

30th - Chad and Erin Paine welcome their third child, Everly Hope

April

9th - Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo announce they’re expecting a baby girl

May

10th - Tori and Bobby Smith announce they’re expecting their first child, due in the fall

June 

8th - Joe and Kendra Duggar welcome their first child, Garrett David

19th - Josie Bates gets engaged to Kelton Balka

21st -  The finale of the seventh season of Bringing Up Bates airs on UPTV

26th - John Duggar announces he is courting Abbie Burnett

30th - Josiah Duggar marries Lauren Swanson

July 

17th - John Duggar gets engaged to Abbie Burnett

19th - Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo welcome their first child, Felicity Nicole

30th - The eighth season of Counting On premiers on TLC 

August 

Nothing

September

22nd - Carlin Bates gets engaged to Evan Stewart

October 

1st - The finale of the eighth season of Counting On airs on TLC

5th - Josie Bates marries Kelton Balka

November

3rd - John Duggar marries Abbie Burnett

9th - Tori and Bobby Smith welcome their first child,  Robert Ellis IV "Kade" 

December

Nothing

[fundienames]

What I missed

Hi everyone. I am so sorry for the extended hiatus, but I am back. Posting had become overwhelming and I needed a break. As a result the serieses I had begun at the time will not be completed, I am sorry. I am going to try to make content that excites me to make as well as read. I hope you all understand. Here is a quick recap of events I missed:

Birthdays

May

26 - Ivy Seewald’s 1st

June

2 - Marcus Duggar’s 7th

8 - Garrett Duggar’s 2nd

15 - Michael Duggar’s 9th

20 - Kaci Bates’ 4th

23 - Anna Duggar’s 32nd

July

4 - Kelton Balka’s 25th

7 - James Duggar’s 19th

8 - Sam Dillard’s 3rd

16 - Meredith Duggar’s 5th

18 - Jim Bob Duggar’s 55th

19- Felicity Vuolo’s 2nd & Willow Balka’s 1st

27 - Lawson Bates’s 28th

August

2 - Jennifer Duggar’s 13th & Callie Bates’ 11th

Babies & Pregnancy’s

Shockingly none, Baby Girl Forsyth is due any day now!

Weddings

Nurie Rodrigues to Nathan Keller

I am so sorry again! I will be back to my normal schedule tomorrow and I hope you all enjoy.

[selsorenda]

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Length: 390 pages

Time Spent Reading: 5 ½ hours

Goodreads Link

This review does not contain spoilers

“Everyone’s going to remember where they were when the taps went dry, I think. Like when a president is assassinated.”

The taps are dry. All stores are out of water, and any other drinkable item. People are growing more desperate by the hour, their thirst growing with them. There’s no easy end in sight. The “Tap Out” is a crisis, and stuck in the middle of it all is Alyssa, her younger brother Garrett, her creepy neighbor Kelton, and the people they come across along the way.

“As far as authority is concerned, calm people quietly dying is a lot easier to deal with than angry people fighting for their lives.”

Dry is a book with a plot that feels all too real, especially considering the year that 2020 has been. The idea of people running out of water isn’t far fetched, and that’s what makes this book truly terrifying. The descriptions of the thirst and what it’s done to people are so brutally real, and will leave you with a pit in your stomach. Those descriptions are the true star of this book; Shusterman knows how to weave a tale that sticks with you.

“Sometimes you have to be a monster to survive.”

Unfortunately, the majority of the characters in this book fall flat. They are incredibly basic, falling into all the typical stereotypes in a way that makes them incredibly forgettable. I read this book just yesterday, but when I sat down to write this review I couldn’t even remember some of the characters' names. Worst of them all is Alyssa, who is the character we read the most of, but is the least interesting. If it weren’t for Jacqui (the badass of the group), it would have been incredibly hard to drudge through the narration of this story. Some of the side characters, such as Uncle Basil, are more intriguing than the main ones like Alyssa.

Overall, I wish that instead of multiple perspectives, Shusterman would have honed in on one or two, and really developed those to be characters that readers could connect to and remember.

“When we’ve lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.”

While I won’t go into details on the ending so as to avoid spoilers, I have to say it also was a bit disappointing. It felt as though such a horrific event like running out of water and many people dying of dehydration could just be wrapped up with a pretty little bow and all be well.

What makes this book worth reading is honestly the descriptions and way it is written. It makes you feel something, not for the characters but for the fact that this could someday be reality. It will also make you incredibly thirsty, so make sure to have a drink nearby while reading.