#gavin j grant

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

[lunasohma]

November, so far — 119-123/50

Heartstopper, Vol. 2 & 3, Alice Oseman / Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales, various / Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style, Kurt Vonnegut & Suzanne McConnell / Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird, Agustina Bazterrica

Getting back the reading habit. The short story collections have been good for it. A wide range, but mostly spooky.

Heartstopper is so very saccharine sweet, I feel like I’ve got cavities. But in a good way. It’s nice.

[letsgofullpogue]

via ig - obx

[kxtvrs]

➸ — cast of chosen family

— a rundown of the cast of the chosen family verse ! this will probably be updated as cast appears in the universe ! — read chosen family on ao3 !

➸ the main cast

➸ chief petty officer kathryn mitchell-kazansky ➸ portrayed by jessica stroup ➸ aliases — ryn, bengal ➸ 1984 ➸ retired navy seal ➸ los angeles fire department air support pilot

"see, no, i'm a trouble magnet. that's different from a danger magnet. pup is the danger magnet."

➸ petty officer first class evan buckley ➸ portrayed by oliver stark ➸ aliases — buck, pup ➸ 1989 ➸ retired navy seal ➸ los angeles fire department firefighter

"i am not a danger magnet. bad luck magnet, absolutely."

➸ lieutenant commander steve mcgarrett ➸ portrayed by alex o'loughlin ➸ aliases — smooth dog ➸ 1977 ➸ united states navy reserves ➸ leader of hawaii five-o task force

"i have no biological children. how many adopted ones i have depends on what they've gotten themselves into at any given moment."

➸ the supporting cast

— the significant others

➸ lieutenant bradley "rooster" bradshaw portrayed by miles teller ➸ detective danny "danno" williams portrayed by scott caan ➸ edmundo "eddie" diaz portayed by ryan guzman

— caroline bradshaw [as of season 7]

➸ portrayed by anna nicole silverstone ➸ aliases — care, chickadee, chickie ➸ 2015 + bonus || caroline through the seasons [first appearance (end of season 2), season 3, season 4, season 5, season 6]

— christopher diaz [as of season 7]

➸ portrayed by gavin mchugh + bonus || christopher's first appearance in hand me a pen

— the parents

➸ captain pete "maverick" mitchell portrayed by tom cruise ➸ admiral tom "iceman" kazansky portrayed by val kilmer

— the firefam

➸ captain bobby nash portrayed by peter krause ➸ sergeant athena grant-nash portrayed by angela bassett ➸ maddie buckley portrayed by jennifer love hewitt ➸ howard "chimney" han portrayed by kenneth choi ➸ henrietta "hen" wilson portrayed by aisha hinds

— the daggers

➸ lt jake "hangman" seresin portrayed by glen powell ➸ lt javy "coyote" machado portrayed by greg tarzan davis ➸ lt natasha "phoenix" trace portrayed by monica barbaro

— miscellaneous characters

➸ sergeant dan "hondo" harrelson portrayed by shemar moore ➸ senior special agent sam hanna portrayed by ll cool j

[flameswallower]

I'm visiting my parents' house for the first time in some years, and have found some interesting Briar Juvenilia! Here are links to bsky threads I made about the stuff I found that I feel like sharing:

Pages from a zine I made in early 2006, when I was 16 years old and in the eleventh grade

An extremely kind personal rejection note from Gavin J. Grant in response to a short story I wrote and submitted to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet at age 18, in probably April or May of 2008 (by the time I received the rejection, in July, I had turned 19). Also the first page of that story; he couldn't return the full manuscript because I underpaid on postage!

I think even five or six years ago I would have been embarrassed to share stuff like this with the general public. But now I feel a lot of tenderness towards the person I was half my life ago, and even though I've changed a lot, it no longer seems to me that I should disavow having been that person or try to forget about that person. There is more continuity than I would have perceived from a lesser distance, and honestly, I was pretty cool! I genuinely think that. I was a cool teenager, and very gifted/perceptive/precocious in some ways, and I had a lot of chutzpah or moxie or whatever you want to call it. I was handing this zine full of my weird hallucinatory poetry out to everyone I knew at school, including my teachers and kids who were not my friends! I was submitting the first short story I ever wrote that I was happy with to a magazine that published writers like Jeffery Ford and Nalo Hopkinson and Karen Russell!

[manyfandomocs]

The Greatest Show Masterlist

(Harry Potter A-J) (Harry Potter K-Z)

Name: Barnaby Travers (Durmstrang, N/A - Potentially Mørk)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Daphne Greengrass

FC: Eli Brown

Name: Camilla Travers (Durmstrang, N/A)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: George Weasley

FC: Ciara Bravo

Name: Constance Nielsen (Durmstrang, Potentially Ledelse)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Karline Eckardt

FC: Jenny Boyd

Name: Dominic Shellard (Beauxbatons, Tin)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Jean-Claude Barrault

FC: Kit Connor

Name: Elsie Burke (Durmstrang, Lys)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Emilie Cayard

FC: Lana Condor

Name: Emilie Cayard (Beauxbatons, Mercury)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Fabian Darche, Elsie Burke

FC: Clara Galle

Name: Fabian Darche (Beauxbatons, Tin)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Emilie Cayard, Nikita Carrero

FC: Benjamin Wadsworth

Name: Grant Crawford (Hogwarts, Slytherin)

Fic: The Other Side

Love Interest: Astoria Greengrass, Dean Thomas

FC: Gavin Leatherwood

Name: Helena Woodward (Hogwarts, Hufflepuff)

Fic: The Other Side

Love Interest: Marcus Flint

FC: Sydney Sweeney

Name: Jean-Claude Barrault (Beauxbatons, Tin)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Dominic Shellard

FC: Joe Locke

Name: Joaquin Aguilar (Beauxbatons, Lead)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Simone Lachaud & Charlie Weasley

FC: Sergio Mayer Mori

Name: Jurica Lazarov (Durmstrang, TBD)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Lisette Cayard

FC: Jordan Connor

Name: Karline Eckardt (Beauxbatons, Lead)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Ximena Aguilar, Constance Nielsen

FC: Lulu Antariksa

Name: Lenore Han (Durmstrang, N/A)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Romulus Balan

FC: Jessie Mei Li

Name: Lisette Cayard (Beauxbatons, Mercury)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Jurica Lazarov

FC: Amy Forsyth

Name: Marius Marcovici (Durmstrang, TBD)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Nymphadora Tonks

FC: Luke Newton

Name: Mathieu Cayard (Beauxbatons, Lead)

Fic: The Other Side, From Now On

Love Interest: Seamus Finnigan

FC: Dylan Sprayberry

Name: Misha Gagarin (Durmstrang, Styrke)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: TBD

FC: Freddy Carter

Name: Nikita Carrero (Beauxbatons, Mercury)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Fabian Darche

FC: Mirela Balic

Name: Romulus Balan (Durmstrang, N/A)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: Lenore Han

FC: Archie Renaux

Name: Simone Lachaud (Beauxbatons, Tin)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Joaquin Aguilar & Charlie Weasley

FC: Chandler Kinney

Name: Velimir Gregorovitch (Durmstrang, Mørk)

Fic: Come Alive

Love Interest: TBD

FC: Nicholas Galitzine

Name: Ximena Aguilar (Beauxbatons, Mercury)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Karline Eckardt, TBD

FC: Lizeth Selene

Name: Yvette Bédard (Beauxbatons, Lead)

Fic: From Now On

Love Interest: Viktor Krum

FC: Valentina Zenere

[stilldancewithyou]

I really think they’re not gonna do J cheating in s3 which on one hand I’m fine with since they made him bi and as a bi person myself I don’t want to see that awful stereotype on screen for the billionth time (granted I also feel like it was so tokenized because it was such a blip and I don’t think they’ll ever mention his attraction to men ever again or explore that in a meaningful way but hey maybe they’ll surprise me since I have low expectations when it comes to TV and bi representation; personally I think Gavin has great chemistry with Sean but I’m not sure they’d ever explore j/s since people may find it weird he’d bounce between the Conklin siblings and as of now Steven is straight in the show iirc) but also I read that s2 follows the book very closely according to some extras on set and it would make me mad if they show Conrad’s very human mistakes and then sugar coat j’s so he still looks like the “nice” guy…

I can’t say j is my favorite but I also liked that the books kinda went beyond his nice guy persona and showed how this behavior can be a red flag (bc there’s too many shows that romanticize the guy who definitely sees the girl as the prize and let them end up together and like sorry to Jere who I know loved belly in his own way but his romantic intentions with her started off wrong since deep down it was about getting back and stealing something from Conrad and that just turned me off to them romantically (I do like their friendship)) but then also show him overcome it (I.e. letting belly go at their wedding day and presumably finding happiness since he was mentioned to have a plus one at the b/c wedding) I think this would be nice to see on tv but idk

granted I feel like they have shown in s1 the darker sides of J already and people ignore it (ex. The firework scene like no jeremiah physical violence is not the answer to your problems😒 and him yelling and projecting at Conrad saying he only sees belly as a competition and then scheming to separate them) but idk I don’t know what other problem aside from the cheating that they could throw between b/j to have them on the brink of a breakup that leads to their sham engagement happen for s3 (my worst fear is they’ll make belly the cheater to take the heat off of J since many of his Stans always say belly was projecting when she claimed him to cheat bc “technically” they were broken up and she was still in love with C and this would will further villanize her relationship with Conrad and thus prop up j… and that would remind me of how dirty the second to all the boys movie did LJ by not showing the very real mistakes Peter made in their relationship and making it look like she just freely bounced between John and Peter for no reason)… anyways this is a ramble but I’ve just been thinking about it since s2 is nearing (and in my heart I need it to be s3 already lol)

okay I have thought long and hard about this specific topic and I hear what you're saying. but I still firmly believe the cheating thing is going to happen in the show. I just...idk. there's just no way around it tbh. It's kind of like having Susannah miraculously live...the story wouldn't be the same. I think the cheating went a lot deeper than the surface level people are stuck at, at least in my interpretation of the book. The whole thing about it is that Jeremiah found out that Belly saw Conrad in Cousins in December and she never told him, and Jere spent months secretly brooding about that and being angry (somewhat rightfully) and the way he says things in the books I feel like Jeremiah thought/assumed that something happened between Conrad and Belly (cause they were alone at the beach house!) and he thinks that's why she never told him she saw Conrad. So I feel like after the whole fight about Cabo and Belly not wanting to go (bc she wanted to be in Cousins instead!) Jere went to Cabo pissed and jealous and slept with what's her face out of spite, to get back at Belly. at least that's my interpretation. But he obviously ended up realizing it was messed up and tried to make it better with the engagement. And then as a double whammy to Jeremiah, because of the engagement, Belly ends up spending the summer alone in Cousins with Conrad planning the wedding which probably made Jere even more angry (it's just so ironic lol).

I'm also with you on the point about Jeremiah being portrayed as the nice, perfect guy up until the 3rd book, and I really hope the show captures what the book did. Because they have worked overtime showing how perfect Jeremiah is and how he's the better option and trying to sell him as the best person. I think the way you get to see his flaws and mistakes (which are very human but also he was a jerk for a lot of the 3rd book outside of the cheating thing and ppl are blind to that I feel, like everyone is stuck on just the cheating). I also think it was super important for Belly to see Jere's flaws. She never truly appreciated what she had with Conrad and the person he is because she couldn't see past his very human mistakes (which all happened when his mother was dying and immediately after her death!!!) and she got so stuck on what Conrad did wrong she looked over and felt like Jeremiah was perfect and seemed so much better, funnier, happier, etc, etc, it was very much a "the grass is always greener on the other side" type of situation. The show definitely did show a lot more darker, more flawed sides of Jeremiah pretty early, but I still think they also worked really hard making him look perfect like in the books (up until book 3). I also think that's partly intentional, part of the point is that Belly had very idealized and romanticized ideas of both boys and what dating them and being around them all the time would be like and her bubble needed to be burst by reality.

anyway, all of that is to say that I still firmly believe the cheating thing is going to happen in the show. So prepare yourself while you have time. There's just nothing else that could compare to that to create not just the sham engagement but the angst, the jealousy, the anger and everything and then the way Conrad finds out about the cheating and immediately runs to Belly, all pissed off at Jere...I don't think anything else could get us there.

also as a side note: Jere and Steven did have good chemistry, but also I LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP TOO MUCH TO GO THERE. The friendship between Steven, Jere, and Conrad is so important and special and I feel like in the books they're presented as being like brothers. I don't think I could handle another lifelong friendship being ruined tbh (cause Belly and Jeremiah also had a great friendship and I loved it in the books but the show kinda fastforwarded over it). And I don't think it's something that could ever be explored because it gets too close the whole premise/storyline of Belly dating the Fisher brothers. But there's no harm in shipping! I personally thought Jeremiah and Taylor had really great chemistry as well (Taylor and Steven were also good together and I do love them) and I wanted to see more moments with Jere and Taylor. I am also still salty that the show basically erased Jere and Taylor's whole brief dating thing and some of the best flashbacks from the first book. But they're clearly going in the Steven/Taylor direction for now so I'm not getting my hopes up.

[meebochii]

FE17 English Voice Actors

[spoilers under cut]

Alear (Male): Brandon McInnis

Alear (Female): Laura Stahl

Lumera: Julia McIlvaine

Vander: Jason Vande Brake

Framme: Lisa Reimold

Clanne: Justin Briner

Firene

Alfred: Nick Wolfhard

Boucheron: Joe Hernandez

Etie: Trina Nishimura

Céline: Rachelle Heger

Louis: J. Michael Tatum

Chloé: Elizabeth Simmons

Jean: Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Ève: Megan Hollingshead

Brodia

Diamant: Stephen Fu

Amber: Parker Way

Jade: Katelyn Gault

Alcryst: Micah Solusod

Lapis: Kimberly Woods

Citrinne: Britney Karbowski

Yunaka: Laura Post

Morion: Josh Petersdorf

Elusia

Ivy: Reba Buhr

Zelkov: David Matranga

Kagetsu: Khoi Dao

Hortensia: Amber Connor

Rosado: Brian Timothy Anderson

Goldmary: Maureen Price

Anna: Monica Rial

Hyacinth: Brook Chalmers

Solm

Timerra: Dani Chambers

Merrin: Cristina "Vee" Valenzuela

Panette: Melissa Hutchison

Fogado: Zeno Robinson

Pandreo: Ricco Fajardo

Bunet: Ian Sinclair

Seadall: Griffin Puatu

Seforia: Afi Ekulona

Others

Veyle: Megan Taylor Harvey

Sombron: Erik Braa

Lindon: James Wade

Saphir: Cassie Ewulu

Four Hounds

Zephia: Elizabeth Maxwell 

Griss: Jamison Boaz

Marni: Sarah Williams

Mauvier: Gavin Hammon

Emblems

Marth: Yuri Lowenthal

Celica: Erica Lindbeck

Sigurd: Grant George

Leif: Nicolas Roye

Roy: Ray Chase

Lyn: Wendee Lee

Eirika: Kira Buckland

Ike/Ephraim: Greg Chun

Micaiah: Veronica Taylor

Lucina: Alexis Tipton

Corrin: Marcella Lentz-Pope

Byleth: Zach Aguilar

[solradguy]

TAGGED BY 🐍@antiv3nom🐍 THANK YOU :^)!!!

last song i listened to - I've been really into COSMIC DJENT/PROG METAL lately. Got Discoveries by Andromida [sic] on right now. First time listening to this album. Pretty good! It's a one-man project by a guy from Pittsburg, USA. If you're a fan of instrumental metal with kind of a "vast" yet "optimistic" feel too it then definitely check it out!! Similar to Mechina's instrumental stuff. Andromida's Bandcamp link

currently reading - hreeruhg so many... Monstrous Affections by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant is the one on the top of my pile. Bunch of Japanese grammar books w/e. The Penguin Book of Dragons by Scott G. Bruce... I am chronically like 50% of the way through like 10 different books at any given moment. This is hardly the tip of the iceberg, I'm just too lazy to go over to my nightstand to remember what all's over there hahaha

currently watching - Good Omens season 2 like once every other week. I don't really watch TV. Uhh... Jerma and Joel Vinesauce highlight clips, I guess. Watch those with breakfast sometimes.

current obsession - I haven't been free of Guilty Gear since 2021... Analog music formats are my second love, followed by my 3D printer. Recently got back into Flight Rising too. Pretty fun!

Look at my beautiful bee and sun themed girl:

I tag whoever reads this and would like to fill it out 🐛

[moon-meridian]

hello, friends! here is a collection of some of my favorite faces. i'll update this list as i come into contact with faces that i've been introduced to and want to interact with. please keep in mind that this list is just what comes to mind, i love new faces so feel free to suggest new ones to me !#happyroleplaying

ACTORS

a-e

aaron paul, aaron taylor-johnson, aaron tveit, adam dimarco, adan canto, alan ritchson, alberto rosende, alexander calvert, alexander skarsgard, alex fitzalan, alfie allen, alfonso herrera, alfred enoch, alvaro rico, andre lamoglia, andrew garfield, andrew matarazzo, andy samberg, angus cloud, antoni porowski, antony starr, armie hammer, aron piper, austin butler, avan jogia, ben barnes, bill skarsgard, blair redford, blake jenner, bob morley, boyd holbrook, brandon flynn, brant daughtry, brenton thwaites, brian j. smith, bright vachirawit chivaaree, cameron monaghan, casey cott, carter jenkins, chace crawford, chadwick boseman, chance perdomo, charles melton, charlie coxx, charlie heaton, charlie hunnam, charlie weber, chase stokes, cheyenne jackson, chris evans, chris hemsworth, chris messina, chris pine, christian navarro, christopher abbott, chris wood, cody christian, cody fern, cole sprouse, colton haynes, curran walters, dacre montgomery, daniel sharman, darren barnet, darren criss, david castaneda, david castro, david corenswet, dean geyer, dominic cooper, dominic sherwood, drey ray tanner, drew van acker, dylan minnette, dylan o'brien, dylan sprayberry, dylan sprouse, ed westwick, eka darville, eric dane, evan peters.

f-l

felix mallard, finn jones, finn wittrock, froy gutierrez, gavin leatherwood, gong yoo, grant gustin, gregg sulkin, gus kenworthy, hart denton, hasan minhaj, henry cavill, henry zaga, herman tommeras, hero fiennes-tiffin, hugh dancy, ian bohen, ian harding, ian somerhalder, itzan escamilla, iwan rheon, jack falahee, jack quaid, jack mulhern, jack o'connell, jacob artist, jacob elordi, jai courtney, jan luis castellanos, jared padelecki, jason momoa, jedidiah goodacre, jensen ackles, jeremy allen white, jeremy jordan, joe dempsie, joe keery, joel kinnaman, joel mchale, joe manganiello, jonathan groff, jon bernthal, jon krazinski, jordan fisher, jorge lopez, joseph gilgun, josh hartnett, joshua bassett, justin hartley, justin theroux, karamo brown, karl urban, kit harrington, kj apa, kyle allen, liam hemsworth, logan shroyer, louis partridge, lucien laviscount, luke evans, luke pasqualino.

m-s

manny jacinto, manu rios, matt bomer, matthew daddario, mark pellegrino, mason gooding, maxence danet-fauvel, max irons, max riemelt, mena massoud, michael cimino, michael trevino, michael vlamis, michele morrone, michiel huisman, miguel bernardeau, miguel herran, mike colter, miguel angel silvestre, miles heizer, milo ventimiglia, nathan parsons, nicholas galitzine, nick robinson, nico mirallegro, nico tortorella, nikolaj coster-waldua, noah centineo, nolan gerard funk, oliver jackson-cohen, oliver stark, omar ayuso, omar rudberg, oscar isaac, paul wesley, penn badgley, pol granch, rafael silva, rahul kohli, rami malik, richard madden, ricky whittle, riz ahmed, robert sheehan, rome flynn, ronen rubenstein, ross lynch, rudy pankow, rupert grint, ryan guzman, ryan kelley, ryan potter, sam claflin, sam heughan, samuel larson, scott eastwood, sean teale, sebastian de souza, sebastian stan, shiloh fernandez, skeet ulrich, steven strait.

t-z

taron egerton, taylor zakhar perez, theo james, thomas doherty, timothy granaderos, timothy olyphant, toby kebbell, toby wallace, tom ellis, tom hiddleston, tom holland, tom hopper, tom pelphrey, tyler blackburn, tyler hoechlin, tyler lawrence gray, tyler posey, wentworth miller, zac efron.

MUSICIANS

austin porter, benito ocasio (bad bunny), brandon arreaga, charlie puth, dominic fike, edwin honoret, harry styles, jack gilinsky, jack harlow, jaden smith, joe jonas, lil nas z, machine gun kelly, nick jonas, nick mara, omar apollo, shawn mendes, troye sivan, zayn malik, zion kuwonu.

EASTERN

bang chan, choi chanhee, choi minho, christian yu, han seungwoo, jackson wang, jay park, jung ki-suck, kim jennie, kim jisoo, kim jongdae, kwon hyuk lai, kuan-lin, lalisa manoban, lee dae-hwi, lee tae-min, mark yien tuan, ong seong-wu, roseanne park, taehyung, wong kunhang, wu yi fan, xiao dejun, and yan an.

MODELS

adam senn, adil haddaoui, adrien sahores, agustin bruno, arthur gosse, billy vandendooren, bo develius, brad skelly, brooklyn beckham, cameron dallas, casey jackson, christian hogue, daniel abohzira, daniel bederov, david gandy, derek chadwick, desire mia, diego barrueco, francisco lachowski, gage gomez, gui fedrezzi, harvey newton-haydon, isha blaaker, ivan kozak, jacob bixenman, janis danner, jamie dornan, joe collier, jordan torres, juan betancourt, julian schratter, kit butler, lenny izaguire, manu rios, marlon teixeira, marvin cortes, matthew noszka, matty carrington, maverick mcconnell, michael yerger, neels visser, nick bateman, nicolas simoes, nyle dimarco, ollie loudon, owen lindberg, rafael lazzini, rafael miller, reese king, richard diess, robbie satchwell, sean opry, simon loof, simon nessman, tanner reese, tom webb, vinnie hacker, will higginson, xavier serrano, zander fitzpatrick

UNCLASSIFIED

gus kenworthy, noah beck, ryan garcia, vlad hoshin.

[themomsandthecity]

Phoenix, Oscar, Leo, Arlo, and 170 More of the Cutest Names For Baby Boys

Brainstorming baby names can be one of the most fun (and important) aspects of planning for the arrival of your little one, but it can also feel really overwhelming. If you don't have certain requirements, like wanting a name that runs in the family, the possibilities can seem endless. Our names are the first thing tied to our identities, and we know how daunting that sounds - so we're here to ease you of any stress you have on your hunt for cute baby boy names. Choosing a cute boy name that will be equally fitting for an adorable infant and the adult he grows into can be a challenge, which is why we compiled this list of cute, unique boy names. You're sure to find an option that flow well with your last name or other kids' names among the cute names for boys we rounded up here. You might even find two that you like to help you out with a middle name option. (Oh, and if you want options for cute girls' names, we have you covered for that too, with our list of cute girl names.) Cute Names For Boys A Abe, Addison, Aiden, Amir, Amos, Ansel, Archie, Ari, Arlo, Asher, Atticus, August, Austin, Avery, Axel B Beau, Beckett, Bentley, Benicio, Benito, Benjamin, Billy, Bishop, Blake, Bodhi, Briggs, Brody, Brooks C Caleb, Campbell, Carter, Caspian, Charlie, Cody, Colby, Cole, Colton, Cooper, Crew, Crosby, Cruz D Dallas, Dash, Dawson, Dax, Deacon, Diego, Dillan, Donovan, Dorian, Duke, Dustin, Dylan E Easton, Eden, Eli, Elias, Elliott, Emerson, Emmett, Ender, Enrique, Enzo, Everest, Ewan, Ezra F Felipe, Finley, Finn, Fletcher, Ford, Frankie, G Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greyson, Griffin, Gus Related: Waverly, Merritt, and 103 Other Unique and Beautiful Girls' Names H Harley, Henry, Hudson, Hugh, Hurley I Ian, Ira, Isaac, Isaiah J Jacob, Jack, Jaime, Jasper, Jaxon, Jayden, Jett, Jude, Julian K Kai, Khalil, Kingsley, Knox L Larkin, Leo, Liam, Logan, Luke M Mason, Maverick, Max, Memphis, Miles, Milo, Morris N Nate, Neo, Nico, Noah, Noe, Nolan O Oden, Oliver, Omari, Oscar, Otis, Owen P Peyton, Phoenix, Pierce Q Quentin, Quinn Related: 50 Adorable and Meaningful Names For Baby Boys in 2022 R Remy, Rhett, Rhys, Roman, Ronin, Rowan, Ryan, Ryder S Samuel, Sawyer, Santiago, Sebastian, Shane, Silas T Tate, Theodore, Titan, Tobias, Toby, Trenton U Uri V Valentino, Van, Virgil W Walker, Wesley, Wren, Wrenynn, Wyatt X Xander, Xavi, Xavier Y Yasir, Yates, Yonah, York, Yunis, Yuri Z Zachary, Zaiden, Zander, Zane https://www.popsugar.com/family/Cute-Boy-Names-43713664?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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Friday, November 8, 2024

Four More Years of Unpredictability? The World Prepares for Trump’s Return. (NYT) With Donald J. Trump’s sweeping election victory on Tuesday, the world is preparing for another four years of unpredictability and “America first” protectionism that could reset the ground rules of the global economy, empower autocrats and erase American protection for democratic partners. Although foreign affairs proved largely absent from the campaign, Mr. Trump has made several statements that—if turned into policy—would transform America’s relationship with both allies and adversaries. He has pledged to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, a promise many assume amounts to the withdrawal of American aid for Ukraine, which would benefit Russia. More broadly, he has vowed to make the world’s most powerful country more isolationist, more combative with tariffs, more openly hostile to immigrants, more demanding of its security partners, and less engaged on global challenges like climate change. Many believe the impacts could be greater than anything seen since the start of the Cold War. By now, after witnessing his first term, the world already knows that the only certainty with Mr. Trump is uncertainty. He has often said that keeping the world guessing is his ideal foreign policy.

Unearned credit and blame (Washington Post) The clearest message of this election is that people really, really, really hate inflation, and they punish incumbents who preside over it. Democrats might justly protest that this is unfair—while Biden did gobs of inflationary deficit spending, so did Trump, and the president certainly didn’t cause the pandemic-induced supply-chain bottlenecks that caused prices to rise worldwide. But that’s the risk you take when running for the office: You will get unearned credit if the economy booms, and unearned blame if it craters. Some of that blame rubbed off on Harris.

Wild winds fuel Southern California wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate (AP) A fast-moving wildfire fueled by heavy winds was tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second day Thursday after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee when it exploded in size in only a few hours. The Mountain Fire prompted evacuation orders Wednesday for more than 10,000 people as it threatened 3,500 structures in suburban communities, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.

Biden team prepares to rush last-minute aid to Ukraine (Politico) The Biden administration is planning to rush the last of over $6 billion remaining in Ukraine security assistance out the door by Inauguration Day, as the outgoing team prepares for the weapons flow to end once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The plan, described by two administration officials who were granted anonymity to discuss internal matters, is the only option the White House has to keep sending equipment to Ukraine to fight off continued Russian offensives. But the problems are immense. It normally takes months for munitions and equipment to get to Ukraine after an aid package is announced, so anything rolled out in the coming weeks would likely not fully arrive until well into the Trump administration, and the next commander in chief could halt the shipments before they’re on the ground. One big holdup to pushing that aid out the door quickly is that the U.S. can only send equipment already on its shelves. While the money allocated reimburses the Pentagon for that equipment, it is dependent on how fast new artillery shells and weapons can be produced or contracted to replace them.

Hurricane Rafael plunges Cuba into another nationwide blackout (Washington Post) Hurricane Rafael blew through western Cuba on Wednesday night, flooding streets, damaging buildings and plunging millions of people into darkness. The country’s national power company, Unión Eléctrica, said that strong winds had caused the blackout. By Thursday power in the central and eastern part of the country was restored, according to the office of the Cuban president. At least 2 million people remain without electricity in the west, including the capital, Havana.

As sports betting addiction takes hold in Brazil, the government moves to crack down (AP) “King” doesn’t disclose his real name. Even clients of his Sao Paulo newsstand have to call him by his moniker. The Brazilian online sports gambling addict lowered his profile after a loan shark threatened to put bullets in his head if he didn’t pay up. Broke and embarrassed, King sought treatment and support earlier this year. “I was once addicted to slot machines, but then sports betting was so easy that I changed. I got carried away all the time,” he told The Associated Press. King’s story is that of many vulnerable Brazilians in recent years. The country has become the third-biggest market in the world for sports betting, following the U.S. and the U.K., a report by data analysis company Comscore said last year. But unlike those countries, rampant advertising and sponsorship have been coupled with an unregulated market. The government is now striving to get a handle on the epidemic.

50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes (AP) Around 50 European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, will be reassessing their trans-Atlantic relations in the hope that Donald Trump’s second U.S. presidency will avoid the strife and political pitfalls of his first administration. Further compounding an already complicated situation, Germany—Europe’s troubled economic juggernaut—sank into political crisis after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister. It raises the specter of an election in a few months and yet another standoff between the emboldened hard right and the establishment parties in Europe. Those two combined “adds even more pepper and salt to this situation,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. But the U.S. election fallout still took center stage. During his election campaign, Trump has threatened anything from a trade war with Europe to a withdrawal of NATO commitments and a fundamental shift of support for Ukraine in its war with Russia—all issues that could have groundbreaking consequences for nations across Europe.

Russia is hitting Ukrainian cities with waves of drones (NYT) As Russian troops march forward in eastern Ukraine, Moscow has unleashed a wave of long-range drone strikes that has little precedent in the war. Over the past two months, there was only one night when Russia did not launch swarms of drones packed with explosives at targets far from the front. The barrage included attacks aimed at Kyiv. In October, the Ukrainian military said it had tracked a record 2,023 unmanned aircraft against civilian and military targets, with the vast majority shot down or disabled by electronic warfare systems.

Record Air Pollution Hospitalizes Hundreds in Pakistani City (NYT) Impounding polluting vehicles. Tearing down kilns. Banning rickshaws. Closing some barbecue restaurants. These are some of the measures officials in Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, have put in place as record-breaking air pollution chokes the region, hospitalizing hundreds and forcing students and workers to stay home. Lahore, the capital of Punjab and Pakistan’s second-largest city, on Sunday had its worst air quality ever recorded, prompting the government to shut all primary schools this week. In the days since, the city has been cloaked in toxic, eye-irritating smog. On Thursday, Lahore had the worst air quality of any city in the world, according to IQAir, a Swiss air quality monitoring company. “The air feels thick, and it’s exhausting just to breathe,” Safdar Masih, 42, a gardener in Lahore, said on Thursday. Even with windows and doors shut, the smog had seeped into homes, he said.

China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan (AP) As President-elect Trump prepares to start his second term in office, China is bracing for unpredictability in its ties with the United States and renewed tensions over trade, technology and Taiwan. Perhaps the biggest consequence for China—if Trump stays true to his campaign promises—is his threat to slap blanket 60% tariffs on all Chinese exports to the U.S. Tariffs like that would be a blow to China’s already unstable economy, which is suffering from high youth unemployment, a lengthy property slump and government debt. There is one scenario in which Trump has threatened to impose even higher tariffs—150% to 200%—on Chinese goods: if China invades Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that Beijing claims as its own. As for China’s repeated threats to annex Taiwan, Trump told The Wall Street Journal last month that he would not have to use military force to prevent a blockade of Taiwan because Xi “respects me and he knows I’m (expletive) crazy.”

When should kids start using social media? Australia’s government proposes age limit of 16 (AP) The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social media, and hold platforms responsible for ensuring compliance. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The legislation will be introduced in Parliament during its final two weeks in session this year, which begin on Nov. 18. The age limit would take effect 12 months after the law is passed, Albanese told reporters. The platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook would need to use that year to work out how to exclude Australian children younger than 16.

Iran’s currency falls to an all-time low as Trump clinches the US presidency (AP) Iran’s currency fell on Wednesday to an all-time low as Donald Trump clinched the U.S. presidency again, signaling new challenges ahead for Tehran as it remains locked in the wars raging in the Middle East. The rial traded at 703,000 rials to the dollar, traders in Tehran said, breaking through the record before recovering slightly later in the day to 696,150 to $1. In 2015, at the time of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, the rial was at 32,000 to $1.

Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF (Guardian) Israel’s military says it has almost finished its “complete evacuation” of the northern Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes.” Humanitarian aid will now only be allowed into the southern portion of Gaza, as the Israelis claim there are “no more civilians left” in the north. International humanitarian groups say that Israel is carrying out the “generals’ plan”—giving civilians a deadline to leave the north before treating every living human in the area as an enemy combatant. Last month, the U.N. estimated that there were still 400,000 civilians living in northern Gaza. While footage has shown lines of people fleeing the area, it’s not clear how many civilians are left in the north.

UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban (AP) The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees urged the world Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people caught up in the war in Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini, who heads the agency known as UNRWA, told the 193 nations of the U.N. General Assembly that they must take action to prevent Israel from implementing legislation that prohibits the agency’s operations in the Palestinian territories. The laws, adopted by Israel’s parliament last month, take effect in 90 days. UNRWA has been the main agency distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, where almost the entire population of around 2.3 million Palestinians relies on aid for survival amid Israel’s more than yearlong war with Hamas. Experts say hunger is rampant. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly said there is no alternative to UNRWA.

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This day in history

On OCTOBER 23 at 7PM, I'll be in DECATUR, presenting my novel THE BEZZLE at EAGLE EYE BOOKS.

#15yrsago Hallowe’en is safe https://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/goodbye-halloween-hello-safety/

#15yrsago Big Entertainment’s century-long technophobic binge https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/10/100-years-of-big-content-fearing-technologyin-its-own-words/

#10yrsago Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour: the real story of Edward Snowden https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nyff-edward-snowden-doc-citizenfour-740060/

#5yrsago Kelly Link and Gavin Grant have bought a bookstore! https://www.bookweb.org/news/author-kelly-link-gavin-j-grant-open-book-moon-easthampton-massachusetts-574432

#5yrsago Part two of my novella “Martian Chronicles” on Escape Pod: who cleans the toilets in libertopia? https://escapepod.org/2019/10/10/escape-pod-701-martian-chronicles-part-2/

#5yrsago ​13 years later, World of Warcraft is STILL telling queer guilds they’re not allowed to advertise their queerness https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/11/%E2%80%8B13-years-later-world-of-warcraft-is-still-telling-queer-guilds-theyre-not-allowed-to-advertise-their-queerness/

#5yrsago Fatboy Slim mashes up Greta Thunberg’s UN speech https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1181950192960131074

#1yrago Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/11/equal-opportunity-class-war/#inclusive-scabbing

Tor Books as just published two new, free LITTLE BROTHER stories: VIGILANT, about creepy surveillance in distance education; and SPILL, about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.

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Finalized AuthorCon IV Programming Schedule

Here is the finalized programming schedule for AuthorCon IV — a Scares That Care charity event — taking place October 4th through 6th in St Louis, Missouri. To purchase tickets, reserve a hotel room, or peruse the guests of honor, click here. AUTHORCON IV – FRIDAY

4:00pm – 9:00pm: Vendors (Concourse Ballroom)

4:00pm – 9:00pm: Silent Auction

8:00pm: An Evening with Psychic and Medium Dakota Lawrence (Heathrow) : In this group setting, renowned psychic and medium Dakota Lawrence will conduct live readings regarding loved ones, participant’s lives, and more. Please note that participants will be chosen at random, and a ticket does not guarantee a reading. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are available at convention registration.

Readings: (Heathrow)

4:15pm – 5:15pm: Bridget D. Brave, Alisha Galvan, and Donna J. W. Munro 5:30pm – 6:30pm: Jay Bower, Brent Abell, and Gareth Ian Davies 6:45pm – 7:45pm: Joshua Daughrity, Michael Cieslak, Garrett Boatman 9:15pm – 10:15pm: Kristopher Triana, Patrick C. Harrison III, and RJ Roles

Panels: (Gatwick)

4:30pm – 5:30pm: Mental Health – Justin Holley (Moderator), David Simms, Christopher Hawkins, Kristen Vincent, Dan Shrader, Craig Brownlie discuss writing through the bad times and the impact the craft can have on one’s mental health.

5:45pm – 6:45pm: So You Want To Publish An Anthology? – Candance Nola (moderator), Rebecca Rowland, Paul Goblirsch, Michael Cieslak, RJ Roles, Heather Daughrity, and Bridget D. Brave discuss everything you ever wanted to know about organizing, editing, and publishing an anthology.

7:00pm – 8:00pm: Weird Westerns and Historical Horror – Wile E. Young (Moderator), Cullen Bunn, Marie Lestrange, Caroline Giammanco, Robert Whitmore, and Doug Goodman saddle up and ride out to discuss cowboys and zombies, rustlers and werewolves, and all sorts of other creepy critters in the Old West.

AUTHORCON IV – SATURDAY

8:00am – 10:00am: Found Money For Writers (Heathrow) : There are thousands of grants available for writers every year, but most writers never take advantage of this resource. Regardless of if you're just starting out or already a full-time writer, you can benefit from grants. In this two-hour workshop, best-selling author Maurice Broaddus teaches you the tips and tricks for finding them, applying for them, and what to do when you get them. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are available at convention registration.

9:30pm: The Michael Allen Rose Show, starring… Michael Allen Rose! With Professional Eye Candy Sauda Namir! (Adults Only - Admission Free with Convention Pass)

10:00am – 6:00pm: Vendors (Concourse Ballroom)

10:00am – 5:00pm: Silent Auction (Winners will be announced at 5:00pm)

Readings: (Heathrow)

10:00am – 11:00am: Kayla Frederick, Heather Daughrity, and Marie LeStrange 11:15am – 12:15pm: Chris Panatier, Tommy B. Smith, and Justin Holley 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Jonathan Janz, Ronald Malfi, and Wesley Southard 1:45pm – 2:45pm: Clay McLeod Chapman, Stephen Kozeniewski, and Jeff Strand 3:00pm – 4:00pm: Wile E. Young, Robert Whitmore, and Craig Brownlie 4:15pm – 5:15pm: V Castro, Wrath James White, and Dorian J. Sinnott 5:30pm – 6:30pm: AJ Humphreys, Len Berry, and David Simms 6:45pm – 7:45pm: Drew Huff, Caroline Giammanco, and Doug Goodman

Readings: (Gatwick)

7:45pm – 8:45pm: Nathan D. Ludwig, John Bruni, and Gavin Dillinger 9:00pm – 9:30pm: Bitter Karella’s Story Time

Panels: (Gatwick)

10:30am – 11:30am: Writing Poetry For Fun and Profit – Jacob Haddon (Moderator), Candace Nola, K.A. Schultz, and Kristen Vincent why they write poetry, and the markets for publishing it.

11:45am – 12:45pm: Publishing 101 – Joshua Daughrity (Moderator), Paul Goblirsch, Stephen Kozeniewski, Jacob Haddon, James G. Carlson, and Ira Rat discuss the ins-and-outs of publishing from all aspects and formats.

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Extreme Horror and Me – Wrath James White (Moderator), Kristopher Triana, Patrick C. Harrison III, and Eric Butler discuss the many reasons why extreme horror appeals to them personally, and to their readers.

2:15pm – 3:15pm: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Folk Horror – Breanna Bright (Moderator), Donna J. W. Munro, K.A. Schultz, and Garrett Boatman discuss the long correlation between folklore and horror fiction, and how it translates for a new generation of readers and writers.

3:30pm – 4:30pm: Crazy Convention Stories – Clay McLeod Chapman (Moderator) convinces veterans of the convention circuit Cullen Bunn, Maurice Broaddus, John Anderson, Dakota Lawrence, and Brian Keene to spill the tea and reveal just what happens behind the scenes at conventions and fan expos.

4:30pm – 5:30pm: Marketing and Promotion – Daniel J. Volpe (Moderator), A.G. Mock, Jay Bower, Sonora Taylor, D.M. Guay, and Ira Rat reveal their tips and tricks for successfully marketing and promoting books, regardless of budget.

5:45pm – 6:45pm: The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales From Stephen King’s The Stand – Jonathan Janz (Moderator), Brian Keene, V. Castro, Ronald Malfi, Maurice Broaddus, and Wrath James White discuss the first anthology of all-new fiction set in the world of Stephen King’s classic novel The Stand.

AUTHORCON IV – SUNDAY

10:00am to 3:00pm – Vendors (Concourse Ballroom)

Readings: (Heathrow)

10:15am – 11:15am: Jacob Haddon, B.E. Fidler and Cris Burl/EVILyn Reigns 11:30am – 12:30pm: Sonora Taylor, Christopher Hawkins, and Breanna Bright

Panels: (Gatwick)

10:30am – 11:30am: Writing Short Stories – Chris Panatier (Moderator), Dorian J. Sinnott, Tommy B. Smith, Drew Huff, JP Behrens, and Kristal Shanahan discuss their individual processes and the trials and tribulations of writing short fiction.

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“…life does not happen in regular chapters, nor do movies, and Homer did not write in chapters […] I'm blessed if I know what function they serve in books for adults".

- Sir Terry Pratchett (Grant, Gavin J. "Terry Pratchett Interview” for IndieBound)

Throwback to that time I convinced someone to start reading Discworld by telling them to read just one chapter and hours later they texted me a rude gesture and a message that simply said "well played"

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☠️: purely fandomless ⭐: fandom oc or has fandom aspects in their lore ☕: has ties to my main oc Clark ❌: closed to romantic shipping $: see end of post for notes

OCs-—

⭐ GAVIN PAYNE (COD/military fiction) (fc: Alexander Sk*rsgard) [ PMC COO. Full time asshole. ] 45. he/him

⭐ EMERICK (Dead By Daylight) (fc: Ch*rlie Day) [ OC Killer who likes teeth too much] 32-35. he/they/it.

☕☠️ KERIAN FINCH (supernatural genre) (fc: D*veed Diggs) [ Mostly peaceful monster hunter ] 40. he/they

☠️ STERLING SPECTER (supernatural genre) (fc: Glen P*well) [ Egotistical reality show possessed by demon ] 36. he/him

☠️ PETER SMITH (supernatural genre) (fc: R*hul Kohli) [ hermit werewolf with a grumpy cat ] 38. he/him

☕☠️ ❌ YUN SEO-YEON (supernatural genre) (fc: H*n so-hee) [ Super not peaceful monster hunter ] 29. she/they

☕☠️ KADEN HURST (supernatural genre) (fc: L*ke Mitchell) [ Nephil with daddy and anger issues ] Physically 39. Actual age 400+ he/him

☕☠️$ MEYA THOMPSON (supernatural genre) (fc: Any* Taylor-Joy) [ half-basilisk running rampant in the business world ] Physical 26-28. Actual age is 67. she/they

☕☠️ ❌ LANCE JOSSON (supernatural genre) (fc: R*gé-Jean Page) [ obnoxious vampire who owns a lot of wine companies ] Physically 35. Actual age is unknown but was likely born sometime around 2,600 B.C.

☠️ LUCIFER (supernatural genre) (fc: G*na Torres) [ ex-ruler of Hell turned fashion mogul ] Physically 55. Actual age predates Man. Younger than Michael. Agender. Goes by she/they but responds to any pronoun.

☠️ MICHAEL (supernatural genre) (fc: G*llian Anderson) [ disgraced archangel banished to earth. writer and hobby artist. ] Physically 56. Actual age predates Man. Gender neutral but going by she/her atm.

☕☠️ CLEO DAWSON (supernatural genre) (fc: S*nequa Martin-Green) [ living database and lifeline for supernatural hunters on the field ] 39. she/they

☠️ KYLE HARPER (supernatural genre) (fc: W*rren Kole) [ retired mean supernatural hunter turned dilf ] 46. he/him

☠️ OLETHA ANDRYT (supernatural genre) (fc: R*by Cruz) [ medieval thief cursed to perpetually reincarnate ] Physically 25. Actual age is complicated. she/her.

☕☠️ ❌ DESTRIAN ANDRYT (supernatural genre) (fc: H*gh Dancy) [ medevial thief/knight cursed to never die ] Physically 37. Actual age around 1000. he/him

☠️ CHOI MI-CHA (crime) (fc: J*on Do-yeon) [ hitwoman in her career twilight years ] 50. she/her

☕☠️ ❌ LILUTHE (supernatural genre) (fc: El*zabeth Gillies / Xolia from TDIAHM / D*ona Cheon from Sadistic Beauty) [ greed demon with a nasty temper ] Physically 31. Actual age unknown. she/her

⭐ JESSE GRANT (Lethal Company) (fc: G*rrett Hedlund) [ PMC to protect those idiots gathering scrap ] 32. he/him

⭐ DUKE FOSTER (Helldivers) (fc: Andr*ew Lincoln) [ Combat medic ] 47. he/him

⭐ WIRE (Helldivers) (fc: Kim Wo*-bin) [ walking orange tic-tac. jaded helldiver with dead brother issues ] 35. he/him

☠️FELIX MATHIEU (slice of life) (fc: Sw*nn Arlaud) [ retired celebrity chef turned jaded food blogger ] 43. he/him

☠️ ELLIOT JONES (crime) (fc: H*yden Christensen) [ sunshine dork IT guy who could totally hack into the FBI ] 25. he/him

☠️ BENNETT "THISTLE" CALHOUN (supernatural) (fc: Kyl* Gallner) [ Typical Southerner with a vague sense for the supernatural ] 29-30. he/him. (find him here)

☠️ GAEL FLORES MORENO (crime) (fc: Alfonso H*rrera) [ Professional bodyguard with a second life ] 40. he/him

☠️ ASHLEY "ASH" KING (horror/slasher) (fc: jschl*tt) [ Social influencer manager, accidental Final Boy ] 25. he/him

$: if we have a ship with Clark on kxllerblond, shipping is off limits for this character.