#gina meyer

[ahb-writes]

Comics Review: 'Shadow Service' TPB #3

Shadow Service Vol. 3: Death to Spies by Cavan Scott, Corn Howell, Triona Farrell

adventure

fantasy

occult

science fiction

spy stuff

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, now, that's not good.

The supernatural intelligence community has witnessed a string of targeted attacks from all manner of simulants — tricky, powerful creatures that absorb the form of local folklore and rip apart local agents. Perfect timing. Gina has convinced herself that she's getting the hang of this secret agent stuff. This occult agent stuff. This being-a-witch thing. But shapeshifters are nasty business. And they're a global problem. Also, Section 26 is next on the hit list.

SHADOW SERVICE v3 is a riot of twists and turns. The first volume in this wickedly beautiful occult action comic produced exquisitely flawed (and entertaining) characters all too confident in themselves (and their flaws). The second volume was about scale, and about how the ego and petulance that clouds the judgment of humans so commonly clouds the judgment of the denizens of other realms as well. SHADOW SERVICE v3 is about one thing: betrayal. And if not full-on betrayal, then certainly the hindrances and dissatisfactions that manifest in their place when the institutions one trusts (or has no choice but to trust), contort themselves against one's favor.

Every chapter of this volume holds a hellacious twist. An otherwise well-plotted mission to recruit a member of The Department, Russia's supernatural secret service, goes to crap. A well-regarded teammate is fatally wounded. A well-trained agent from the Ministry of Esoteric Defense, China's occult secret service agency, makes her way into the West End and requests asylum. But whose fault is the botched mission? Must a dead teammate always be avenged? And is agent Hui Shoi-Ming, as buff and attractive as she is, telling the truth when she says her life is in danger?

Readers cannot be faulted if, upon finishing this volume, they are interminably fatigued by all of the sneaking around, the flashbacks, the speechifying, and the betrayals.

SHADOW SERVICE v3 is another solid book. However, the creative team leaves readers with zero time to rest. This is definitely the type of volume in which something remarkable happens on nearly every page. Gina and the delightfully snarky ghost version of her old pall Gideon Quill go house hunting, eventually stumbling upon the maternity hospital of the young witch's birth. Meanwhile Hex makes a mess of an interrogation when a doozy of a mythical creature crashes the party. Also meanwhile, Agent Hui learns an uncomfortable, blood-stained truth when the crisscrossed, unkept lines of command finally unravel ("What use is a scapegoat if you don't leave them behind?").

As with previous volumes, SHADOW SERVICE v3 is gorgeous. One highlight is the appearance of a flea demon, Bàolì: a wonderfully hideous, massive, eight-limbed terror of puss and teleportation skill. The demon's transparent torso seethes; it's face-shape is that of a skinless, three-quarters human skull; and the beast is colored with iridescent purples and blues that span the smoky to the cerulean. Gina is a great character, and Hui the flirty shapeshifter is a fun addition to the cast, but this volume's unquestionable highlight is the arrogant flea demon who teases and torments its prey.

Section 26 is in a bad spot. Fortunately, Gina is slowly unearthing the secrets and misgivings involving a deeper-underground coven of bootlickers eager to turn the world over to the darkness. Just what the heck is this "seventh scion" anyways? And why in the hell is it Gina?

❯ ❯ Comics Reviews || ahb writes on Good Reads

[911bts]

Some 911 and LS people on the picket line

[mirroredmemoriez]

Day 3 of posting Saw women. Today, we have some of them in their respective traps/tests! Alongside their actresses.

Cecilia Pederson (Synnøve Macody Lund)

Addison Corday (Emmanuelle Vaugier)

Allison Kerry (Dina Meyer)

Simone (Tanedra Howard)

Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith)

Valentina (Paulette Hernàndez)

Joyce Dagen (Gina Holden)

Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh)

Danica Scott (Debra Lynne McCabe)

Luba Gibbs (Megan Good)

Gabriela (Renata Vaca)

Brit Stevenson (Julie Benz)

Question to go alongside this- Which is your favourite trap a Saw woman has been in?

Previous day

[moviemosaics]

The Slumber Party Massacre

directed by Amy Holden Jones, 1982

[moviesandmania]

FIST OF THE CONDOR (2023) Martial arts action - trailer and release news

Fist of the Condor is a 2023 Chilean action film about a group of martial artists from around the world searching for a book that contains the ancient secrets of how to overcome the limits of the human body. Written and directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (Mandrill; Mirageman; Kiltro). The Cahuenga Boys-Moral Brothers Entertainment co-production stars Marko Zaror, Gina Aguad, Eyal Meyer, Man Soo…

[forgetaboutluna]

ITS BRONZE FOR MY GIRLS OH MY GOD OHMY GOD OH MY GOD

[taekwondolifemagazine]

Fist of the Condor is a Love Letter to Martial Arts Movies

Fist of the Condor is a Love Letter to Martial Arts Movies @markozaror @HiYAHTV @wellgousa #FisoftheCondor @LeifHelland1

March 27, 2023 (NYC)– Fist of the Condor is a Love Letter to Martial Arts Movies.   A Look at Fist of the Condor, a martial arts film of Chilean origin hitting US theaters and streaming services in April. Here is a synopsis and review of this Well Go USA Entertainment release. SYNOPSIS: Upon the empire’s fall to invading conquistadors, the 16th-century Incas quickly concealed a sacred manual…

[zvaigzdelasas]

You can’t buy the Seagull in the US. But I bet you wish you could.

A small hatchback around the size of a Mini Cooper, the Seagull is a fast-charging electric car and claims a range of up to 250 miles [...] BYD, its Chinese manufacturer, claims it can go from 30 percent to 80 percent charged in a half-hour using a DC plug. It’s hardly a luxury car but it’s well-equipped, with a power driver’s seat and cruise control. “If I were looking for an inexpensive commuter car … this would be perfect,” veteran car journalist John McElroy said after taking a drive.

The best part? Its base model costs about $10,700 in China.

That’s about a third of the cost of the cheapest EV you can buy in the US. In South America, it’s a little pricier, but still fairly affordable, at under $24,000 for a top-trim version. Even in Europe, you can get an entry-level BYD for under €30,000. These are absolutely screaming deals — exactly the kind of products that could turbocharge our transition away from gas and toward electric vehicles.[...]

The problem for Americans? The Biden administration is hell-bent on preventing you from buying BYD’s product, and if Donald Trump returns to office, he is likely to fight it as well.

That’s because the BYD cars are made in China, and both Biden and Trump are committed to an ultranationalist trade policy meant to keep BYD’s products out. [...] Shipments to Europe have increased astronomically; Chinese companies sold 0.5 percent of EVs in Europe in 2019 but they’re already over 9 percent as of last year. Companies like BYD make cheap, reasonably good-quality cars people are eager to buy.

In 2018, Trump imposed, and Biden has since continued, a special 25 percent tax on Chinese-made autos, on top of the ordinary 2.5 percent tax on foreign-made cars.

That has so far prevented BYD and its Chinese peers from trying to enter the US market. US customer tastes are different enough that Chinese manufacturers would probably prefer to make cars tailored to them — but US policy has been so hostile toward cheap Chinese EVs that so far, the companies haven’t wanted to bother.

So, the result is that we’re left out of the bounty of cheap EV options created by BYD and others. “If you’re a consumer right now, the best place to be right now is China, because you have the best choice of EVs,” Ilaria Mazzocco, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and an expert on Chinese EVs, says.[...]

Still, China’s price advantage is big enough that even the extreme Trump-Biden import tax might not be enough to deter companies like BYD from entering the US market. Even with the tariffs, Chinese cars might be cheaper than their rivals. “​​Subsidies most likely won’t be enough; Mr. Biden will need to impose [more] trade restrictions,” climate journalist Robinson Meyer predicted recently. The Biden administration is already making noise about imposing even more draconian taxes or trade restrictions against these vehicles. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has described Chinese-made cars as a national security threat, and recently announced an investigation into the vehicles’ data collection abilities and the possibility they could send movement data to Beijing.

On the one hand, Biden is offering Americans up to $7,500 per vehicle to buy EVs (provided they meet certain made-in-North America rules). On the other hand, he’s imposing massive taxes to keep Americans from buying EVs. It’s a bizarre policy that makes no sense from a climate perspective.[...]

[The Biden Administration] has proven shockingly willing to sabotage its own climate policy if it gets to stick it to the Chinese in the process.

“There’s almost an across-the-board apprehension about Chinese EVs, even though they would make an important contribution to [lower] CO2 emissions,” Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a veteran trade expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, says.[...]

Realistically, Helveston argues, BYD might not sell something like the Seagull in the US because it’s smaller than most cars Americans buy. They’d probably build plants in the US instead, or its free-trade zone partners Canada and Mexico, to build vehicles tailored for Americans. “If you’re going to really enter a market, you have to make it locally,” Helveston explains. “US automakers like GM sell and make millions of cars in China to sell in China.” BYD would do the same. Indeed, it’s already reportedly scouting sites for factories in Mexico.

If they ever were to set up shop in North America, BYD and other Chinese car companies would still have a major price advantage versus American EVs. They have years more experience and a much more successful track record of building batteries and EVs at low cost.

“Part of why they’re so successful is they’ve been thinking outside the box on cost reduction for a long time,” Mazzocco says. They took the “opposite of the Tesla approach”: starting not with luxury vehicles but ultra-cheap cars fit for taxi fleets and not much else, and constantly improving their early inexpensive prototypes. The result is that Chinese firms have gotten extremely good at making inexpensive EVs, at a time when Ford, by contrast, lost $28,000 for every EV it sold in 2023.[...]

“If you have more affordable EVs in the United States, no matter where you come from,” Gopal says, “that’s better for the climate.”

Still, the Biden administration reportedly wants to restrict Chinese car companies’ access to the US even if they do set up shop in North America. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that the Biden administration is formulating rules that would limit US sales of Chinese-made parts, even if they’re in vehicles ultimately assembled in the US or Mexico.[...]

But the Biden administration’s objections to Chinese EVs are also ideological. The Biden administration represents the victory of a protectionist, trade-skeptical wing of the Democratic party that was relegated to the sidelines during the Clinton and Obama years.[...]

[O]ver 90 percent of American households have a car, and surging car prices were a huge contributor to the 2021–2023 rise in inflation.

Barriers to importing cheap cars make inflation worse and reduce the real incomes of the middle class.

Not only are the administration and other left-leaning institutions opposed to Chinese EVs, but hardline conservatives at places like the Heritage Foundation are calling for outright bans on Chinese EVs as well. Their rationale is security, another theme the Biden administration evokes often. On Thursday, the Commerce Department announced it was beginning a process to “investigate the national security risks of … PRC-manufactured technology in [internet-connected] vehicles.”

6 Mar 24

[blahblahblees]

ヽ｀、☁ヽ｀─── READ YOUR MIND

aka who i write for & masterlist

shows

my life with the walter boys

cole walter

alex walter

danny walter

jackie howard

lab rats (elite force)

adam davenport

bree davenport

chase davenport

mighty med

kaz

oliver

skylar storm

wizards of waverly place

justin russo

alex russo

max russo

good luck charlie

pj duncan

teddy duncan

gabe duncan

girl meets world

riley matthews

maya hart

lucas frair

farkle minkus

zay babineaux

suite life on deck

zack martin

cody martin

austin and ally

austin moon

kickin’ it

jack brewer

kim crawford

jerry martinez

high school musical: the musical: the series

ricky bowen

nini salazar-roberts

gina porter

ej caswell

mack alana

jet

maddox

cobra kai

miguel diaz

eli “hawk” moskowitz

robby keene

tory nichols

samantha “sam” larusso

anthony larusso

demetri alexopoulos

victorious

tori vega

andre harris

beck oliver

jade west

robby shapiro

cat valentine

trina vega

henry danger

henry hart

the summer i turned pretty

isabel “belly” conklin

conrad fisher

jeremiah fisher

steven conklin

taylor jewel

cam cameron

gen v

marie moreau

jordan li

emma meyer

sam riordan

luke riodan

cate dunlap

school spirits

maddie nears

wally clark

simon elroy

xavier baxter

that 90s show

jay kelso

nate runck

movies

diary of a wimpy kid

rodrick heffley

descendants

mal bertha

evie

jay

carlos de vil

ben florian

z-o-m-b-i-e-s

zed necrodopolis

wyatt lykensen

teen beach movie

brady

mack

high school musical

troy bolton

gabriella montez

chad danforth

sharpay evans

miscellaneous

masterlist yipyip!

wattpad fanfics!

[911bts]

[evita-shelby]

to welcome @moral-terpitude's Quinn Meyer to the hunger games au we have going on, i have decided to dust off the simulator

Aveline and Rose belong to @justrainandcoffee, Nina Ferrante to @peakyswritings , Lucy WInters to @emotionalcadaver , Heaven La@call-sign-shark and @rysko's Juliusz Ferenz

the bloodbath

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Luca Changretta shoots an arrow into Tommy Shelby's head.

Matty (eva's tribute) runs away from the Cornucopia.

Isiah Jesus runs into the cornucopia and hides.

Nina Ferrante strangles Quinn Meyer after engaging in a fist fight.

Julisuz Ferenz runs away from the Cornucopia.

Arthur Shelby finds a bag full of explosives.

Esme Lee runs away from the Cornucopia.

John Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Michael Gray runs away from the Cornucopia.

Lizzie Stark and Lucy Winters fight for a bag. Lucy Winters strangles Lizzie Stark with the straps and runs.

Eva Smith runs away from the Cornucopia.

Heaven Lavey retrieves a trident from inside the cornucopia.

Jack Nelson takes a handful of throwing knives.

Rose Coldwell runs away with a lighter and some rope.

Polly Gray runs away from the Cornucopia.

Alfie Solomons runs away from the Cornucopia.

Gina Nelson runs away from the Cornucopia.

Finn Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Linda Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Aveline Young runs away from the Cornucopia.

Johanna Mason finds a bag full of explosives.

day 1

Nina Ferrante begs for Finn Shelby to kill her. He refuses, keeping Nina Ferrante alive.

Aveline Young picks flowers.

Esme Lee strangles Matty (eva's tribute) with a rope.

Eva Smith tends to Lucy Winters's wounds.

Isiah Jesus and Johanna Mason split up to search for resources.

Luca Changretta steals from John Shelby while he isn't looking.

Julisuz Ferenz runs away from Rose Coldwell.

Heaven Lavey overpowers Linda Shelby, killing her.

Arthur Shelby makes a slingshot.

Alfie Solomons picks flowers.

Michael Gray discovers a cave.

Gina Nelson runs away from Polly Gray.

Jack Nelson fishes

night 1

Jack Nelson tries to sing himself to sleep.

Julisuz Ferenz goes to sleep.

Arthur Shelby tends to Gina Nelson's wounds.

Finn Shelby destroys Alfie Solomons's supplies while he is asleep.

Heaven Lavey receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Isiah Jesus passes out from exhaustion.

Lucy Winters is awoken by nightmares.

Michael Gray goes to sleep.

Johanna Mason thinks about winning.

Luca Changretta cries himself to sleep.

Aveline Young climbs a tree to rest.

Rose Coldwell receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

John Shelby forces Nina Ferrante to kill Polly Gray or Eva Smith. She decides to kill Polly Gray.

Esme Lee questions her sanity.

day 2

Jack Nelson discovers a river.

Esme Lee sees smoke rising in the distance, but decides not to investigate.

Isiah Jesus receives an explosive from an unknown sponsor.

Aveline Young searches for firewood.

Nina Ferrante receives an explosive from an unknown sponsor.

Luca Changretta discovers a river.

Rose Coldwell attacks Arthur Shelby, but he manages to escape.

Lucy Winters steals from Eva Smith while she isn't looking.

Finn Shelby explores the arena.

Michael Gray explores the arena.

John Shelby, Julisuz Ferenz, and Johanna Mason hunt for other tributes.

Heaven Lavey discovers a cave.

Gina Nelson goes hunting.

Alfie Solomons collects fruit from a tree.

night 2

Johanna Mason thinks about winning.

Arthur Shelby and Gina Nelson huddle for warmth.

Michael Gray and John Shelby hold hands.

Luca Changretta is awoken by nightmares.

Eva Smith thinks about winning.

Esme Lee and Lucy Winters huddle for warmth.

Rose Coldwell lets Isiah Jesus into her shelter.

Heaven Lavey stays awake all night.

Julisuz Ferenz tries to sing himself to sleep.

Nina Ferrante tends to her wounds.

Aveline Young, Finn Shelby, and Jack Nelson cheerfully sing songs together.

Alfie Solomons tries to sing himself to sleep.

day 3

Heaven Lavey explores the arena.

Eva Smith begs for Gina Nelson to kill her. He refuses, keeping Eva Smith alive.

Alfie Solomons, Esme Lee, Aveline Young, and Johanna Mason raid Jack Nelson's camp while he is hunting.

Julisuz Ferenz picks flowers.

Lucy Winters tends to Isiah Jesus's wounds.

Rose Coldwell and Nina Ferrante work together for the day.

Luca Changretta questions his sanity.

John Shelby attacks Finn Shelby, but he manages to escape.

Arthur Shelby and Michael Gray hunt for other tributes.

night 3

Michael Gray stays awake all night.

Heaven Lavey and Lucy Winters tell stories about themselves to each other.

Finn Shelby is unable to start a fire and sleeps without warmth.

Rose Coldwell and Eva Smith tell stories about themselves to each other.

Gina Nelson passes out from exhaustion.

Alfie Solomons tries to sing himself to sleep.

Isiah Jesus and Johanna Mason huddle for warmth.

Julisuz Ferenz lets Aveline Young into his shelter.

Jack Nelson, Esme Lee, Nina Ferrante, Luca Changretta, and John Shelby sleep in shifts.

Arthur Shelby looks at the night sky.

day 4

Nina Ferrante practices her archery.

Lucy Winters receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Eva Smith and Gina Nelson work together for the day.

Julisuz Ferenz travels to higher ground.

Jack Nelson and Isiah Jesus threaten a double suicide. It fails and they die.

Alfie Solomons practices his archery.

Michael Gray scares Arthur Shelby off.

Heaven Lavey and Finn Shelby split up to search for resources.

Rose Coldwell and Johanna Mason work together to drown Aveline Young.

Esme Lee begs for Luca Changretta to kill her. He refuses, keeping Esme Lee alive.

John Shelby questions his sanity.

arena event

A fire spreads throughout the arena.

Julisuz Ferenz and Luca Changretta fail to find a safe spot and suffocate.

Heaven Lavey survives.

Nina Ferrante survives.

John Shelby and Esme Lee fail to find a safe spot and suffocate.

Lucy Winters falls to the ground, but kicks Rose Coldwell hard enough to then push her into the fire.

The fire catches up to Michael Gray, killing him.

Gina Nelson kills Eva Smith in order to utilize a body of water safely.

Johanna Mason survives.

A fireball strikes Arthur Shelby, killing him.

The fire catches up to Finn Shelby, killing him.

The fire catches up to Alfie Solomons, killing him.

night 4

Lucy Winters begs for Nina Ferrante to kill her. She refuses, keeping Lucy Winters alive.

Johanna Mason begs for Gina Nelson to kill her. He refuses, keeping Johanna Mason alive.

Heaven Lavey sees a fire, but stays hidden.

the feast

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families.

Heaven Lavey falls into a frozen lake and drowns.

Gina Nelson decides not to go to The Feast.

Johanna Mason stabs Nina Ferrante while her back is turned.

Lucy Winters decides not to go to The Feast.

day 5

Lucy Winters questions her sanity.

Gina Nelson and Johanna Mason work together for the day.

night 5

Lucy Winters passes out from exhaustion.

Johanna Mason falls into a pit and dies.

Gina Nelson dies from hypothermia.

The winner is Lucy Winters from District 12!

[abnerkrill]

no joke we should start putting out this list daily to bully the celebrities who haven't visibly supported the sag-aftra strike yet

INCOMPLETE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SPARED IN THE REVOLUTION [/hj]

Chris Pine, Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Mandy Moore, Ben Schwartz, Nick Offerman, Ming-Na Wen, Sam Elliott, Jack Black, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Margot Robbie, Jon Cryer, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, Jennifer Grey, Clarke Gregg, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rhys Darby, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Sterling K Brown, Ben Barnes, Jack Quaid, Robert Pine, Raegan Revord, Tate Donovan, Milo Manheim, Simu Liu, Wendie Malick, Camryn Manheim, Danielle Fishel, Annette O’Toole, Martin Henderson, Michael McKean, Colin Farrell, Billy Crystal, Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein, Breckin Meyer, Rebecca Wisocky, Devan Chandler Long, Todd Stashwick, Tom Ellis, Patrick Fischler, Quinta Brunson, Jeri Ryan, Jon Cryer, Chris Gorham, Gina Torres, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Banks, LeVar Burton, Kumail Nanjiani, Seth Rogen, Jessica Lange, Mark Ruffalo, Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Chastain, Lily Gladstone, Anna Kendrick, Pedro Pascal, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ayo Edebiri, Sean Astin, Gillian Jacobs

[peakyswritings]

Decided to have some fun with the simulator! Some of these are so accurate it’s scary lmaoo

@call-sign-shark @justrainandcoffee @evita-shelby @emotionalcadaver @moral-terpitude

THE BLOODBATH

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Ada Shelby finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

Michael Gray runs away from the Cornucopia.

Arthur Shelby and Freddie Thorne fight for a bag. Freddie Thorne gives up and retreats.

Eva Smith, Quinn Meyer, and Polly Gray work together to get as many supplies as possible.

Johanna Mason runs away from the Cornucopia.

Rose Coldwell grabs a jar of fishing bait while Johnny Dogs gets fishing gear.

Isiah Jesus runs away from the Cornucopia.

Lucy Winters runs away from the Cornucopia.

Tommy Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Gina Nelson runs away from the Cornucopia.

Alfie Solomons runs away from the Cornucopia.

Grace Burgess grabs a backpack, not realizing it is empty.

Jack Nelson runs away from the Cornucopia.

Aveline Young runs away from the Cornucopia.

Bonnie Gold runs away from the Cornucopia.

Finn Shelby snatches a bottle of alcohol and a rag.

Linda Shelby grabs a shovel.

Luca Changretta accidently steps on a landmine.

Nina Ferrante takes a spear from inside the cornucopia.

Heaven Lavey cannot handle the circumstances and commits suicide.

Nooo Shark, sorry for your girl

DAY 1 

Alfie Solomons overhears Freddie Thorne and Jack Nelson talking in the distance.

Finn Shelby chases Johnny Dogs.

Linda Shelby overhears Isiah Jesus and Gina Nelson talking in the distance.

Aveline Young attacks Eva Smith, but she manages to escape.

Rose Coldwell practices her archery.

Lucy Winters diverts Tommy Shelby's attention and runs away.

Nina Ferrante constructs a shack.

Arthur Shelby diverts Ada Shelby's attention and runs away.

Polly Gray, Quinn Meyer, Grace Burgess, Michael Gray, and Johanna Mason track down and kill Bonnie Gold.

Noooo Bonnie

3 cannon shots can be heard in the distance.

Fallen tributes:

Luca Changretta

Heaven Lavey

Bonnie Gold

NIGHT 1

Tommy Shelby climbs a tree to rest.

Quinn Meyer destroys Rose Coldwell's supplies while she is asleep.

Linda Shelby stays awake all night.

Finn Shelby receives an explosive from an unknown sponsor.

Jack Nelson, Gina Nelson, Arthur Shelby, Freddie Thorne, and Nina Ferrante sleep in shifts.

Polly Gray tries to sing herself to sleep.

Isiah Jesus taints Ada Shelby's food, killing her.

Lucy Winters receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Eva Smith loses sight of where she is.

Johnny Dogs attempts to start a fire, but is unsuccessful.

Alfie Solomons quietly hums.

Aveline Young lets Johanna Mason into her shelter.

Grace Burgess starts a fire.

Michael Gray receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

DAY 2

Gina Nelson kills Isiah Jesus while he is resting.

Alfie Solomons diverts Rose Coldwell's attention and runs away.

Freddie Thorne stalks Tommy Shelby.

These two can’t help being at each other’s throat in every universe

Linda Shelby dies of dysentery.

Arthur Shelby questions his sanity.

Nina Ferrante runs away from Lucy Winters.

Johanna Mason and Johnny Dogs hunt for other tributes.

Polly Gray sees smoke rising in the distance, but decides not to investigate.

Finn Shelby questions his sanity.

Michael Gray practices his archery.

Grace Burgess camouflauges herself in the bushes.

Aveline Young hunts for other tributes.

Quinn Meyer sprains her ankle while running away from Jack Nelson.

Eva Smith makes a slingshot.

Fallen tributes:

Ada Shelby

Isiah Jesus

Linda Shelby

NIGHT 2

Aveline Young kills Johanna Mason while she is sleeping.

Grace Burgess, Gina Nelson, and Jack Nelson cheerfully sing songs together.

Michael Gray convinces Polly Gray to snuggle with him.

Nina Ferrante screams for help.

Rose Coldwell and Freddie Thorne hold hands.

Finn Shelby thinks about home.

Eva Smith lets Alfie Solomons into her shelter.

Tommy Shelby stabs Arthur Shelby in the back with a trident.

Tommy tf are you doing

Quinn Meyer thinks about home.

Lucy Winters and Johnny Dogs sleep in shifts.

DAY 3

Grace Burgess injures herself.

Freddie Thorne scares Jack Nelson off.

Gina Nelson attacks Lucy Winters, but she manages to escape.

Rose Coldwell searches for a water source.

Tommy Shelby constructs a shack.

Aveline Young receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Polly Gray chases Johnny Dogs.

Quinn Meyer overhears Michael Gray and Nina Ferrante talking in the distance.

Alfie Solomons travels to higher ground.

Eva Smith stalks Finn Shelby.

Fallen tributes:

Johanna Mason

Arthur Shelby

NIGHT 3

Rose Coldwell thinks about winning.

Jack Nelson starts a fire.

Tommy Shelby is awoken by nightmares.

Quinn Meyer and Grace Burgess run into each other and decide to truce for the night.

Lucy Winters stays awake all night.

Finn Shelby is unable to start a fire and sleeps without warmth.

Gina Nelson begs for Nina Ferrante to kill her. She reluctantly obliges, killing Gina Nelson.

Michael Gray sets up camp for the night.

Johnny Dogs, Eva Smith, and Aveline Young start fighting, but Eva Smith runs away as Johnny Dogs kills Aveline Young.

Freddie Thorne and Alfie Solomons talk about the tributes still alive.

Polly Gray thinks about home.

DAY 4

Eva Smith attacks Grace Burgess, but she manages to escape.

Jack Nelson, Johnny Dogs, Polly Gray, and Finn Shelby hunt for other tributes.

Rose Coldwell, Quinn Meyer, and Lucy Winters hunt for other tributes.

Tommy Shelby chases Alfie Solomons.

Well this is accurate

Nina Ferrante fishes.

Michael Gray camouflauges himself in the bushes.

Freddie Thorne cannot handle the circumstances and commits suicide.

Fallen tributes:

Gina Nelson

Aveline Young

Freddie Thorne

NIGHT 4

Eva Smith receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Quinn Meyer, Rose Coldwell, and Nina Ferrante cheerfully sing songs together.

This made me laugh. Girls there’s nothing to be cheerful about.

Michael Gray receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Lucy Winters, Johnny Dogs, Finn Shelby, and Polly Gray tell each other ghost stories to lighten the mood.

Jack Nelson receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Tommy Shelby tries to treat his infection.

Grace Burgess taints Alfie Solomons's food, killing him.

DAY 5

Finn Shelby and Lucy Winters work together for the day.

Jack Nelson and Eva Smith hunt for other tributes.

Tommy Shelby attacks Polly Gray, but Nina Ferrante protects her, killing Tommy Shelby.

👀

Grace Burgess scares Johnny Dogs off.

Quinn Meyer kills Rose Coldwell with a sickle.

Michael Gray makes a wooden spear.

Fallen tributes:

Alfie Solomons

Tommy Shelby

Rose Coldwell

NIGHT 5

Michael Gray cries himself to sleep.

Nina Ferrante and Quinn Meyer tell stories about themselves to each other.

Eva Smith begs for Polly Gray to kill her. She refuses, keeping Eva Smith alive.

Jack Nelson and Grace Burgess sleep in shifts.

Johnny Dogs quietly hums.

Lucy Winters and Finn Shelby talk about the tributes still alive.

DAY 6

Quinn Meyer, Johnny Dogs, Polly Gray, and Jack Nelson raid Michael Gray's camp while he is hunting.

Finn Shelby overhears Lucy Winters and Eva Smith talking in the distance.

Nina Ferrante shoots a poisonous blow dart into Grace Burgess's neck, slowly killing her.

ARENA EVENT

A fire spreads throughout the arena.

Quinn Meyer survives.

Jack Nelson falls to the ground, but kicks Polly Gray hard enough to then push her into the fire.

The fire catches up to Nina Ferrante, killing her.

Rip my girl, you always get to this point then get killed off

Michael Gray kills Eva Smith in order to utilize a body of water safely.

The fire catches up to Finn Shelby, killing him.

Lucy Winters survives.

The fire catches up to Johnny Dogs, killing him.

Fallen tributes:

Grace Burgess

Polly Gray

Nina Ferrante

Eva Smith

Finn Shelby

Johnny Dogs

NIGHT 6

Quinn Meyer starts a fire.

Jack Nelson destroys Lucy Winters's supplies while she is asleep.

Michael Gray dies from an infection.

THE FEAST

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families.

Lucy Winters decides not to go to The Feast.

Jack Nelson decides not to go to The Feast.

Quinn Meyer decides not to go to The Feast.

DAY 7

Jack Nelson tends to Quinn Meyer's wounds.

Lucy Winters is pricked by thorns while picking berries.

ARENA EVENT

The arena's border begins to rapidly contract.

Lucy Winters restrains Jack Nelson to a tree and leaves him to die.

Quinn Meyer trips on a tree root and is unable to recover fast enough.

Fallen tributes:

Michael Gray

Jack Nelson

Quinn Meyer

The winner is Lucy Winters from District 12!

Congrats @emotionalcadaver your girl won again!

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Title: Touch

Rating: R

Director: Paul Schrader

Cast: Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon, Lolita Davidovich, Paul Mazursky, Janeane Garofalo, John Doe, Conchata Ferrell, Mason Adams, Breckin Meyer, Anthony Zerbe, L.L. Cool J, María Celedonio, Chris Hogan, William Newman

Release year: 1997

Genres: romance, comedy, drama

Blurb: Down-and-out former preacher Bill Hill witnesses stranger Juvenal save a woman from her abusive husband by defusing the latter's anger...and ending his wife's blindness. Determined to profit from Juvenal's mystical powers, Bill asks his old friend Lynn Faulkner to sneak into the Alcoholics Anonymous facility where Juvenal works as a counsellor...but she finds herself falling for the healer.

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( this could be for an older, younger or same age Gideon)Has Gideon ever gotten some side eyes or people questioning his sanity when he falls in love and dates halley? Like she is the local cryptic and some people probs legit thought she was haunted or brought bad luck at the end every year at hogwarts..did his peers ever be like bro we didn’t think angel of death is your type? Or like she is not worth the trouble man, she is too damaged or broody ?

I haven’t thought much about it beyond the usual stuff.

But here are some books where the golden guy is dating the local cryptid! They really explore the concept better than I can!

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen - especially the second book!

The Scholomance by Naomi Novik

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen

Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid (please check the content warnings first!)

Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

The Dark Vault by VE Schwab

The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos