#hashtag axe murder

[joonebugg]

The coat Nightmare has was supposed to be Horrors (Nightmare took it from him bc he wanted to) but I made horror too big (I will be making the coat bigger)

Anyways I redesigned them :3

[gregor-never-leaves-the-house]

Expect a lot of self-portraits in the near future because that's nearly all I did.

'Mouth of Madness' is one of my favorite movies. It has so many themes I enjoy! I can't say if it's actually good or not, but I can only recommend it!

[martyryo]

Okay

I don't do..anons. so yes, just gonna ask this as me‼️ Hello‼️‼️

When

Right okay, I saw your art like the yellow red one right and I saw you talking about your tulpa in that and it took me a second cause at first I thought you were doing a Collab with someone and I was looking for a tagged account or something 😭😭 and then I was like hang on it's not been tagged so it can't be that. And then I saw the hashtag about the tulpa thing and my brain was like, I've heard that term before. And I had, but it was cause of Supernatural. Think the episode was Hell House, either way in that course some kids draw a sigil and don't know what they're doing, spread a rumour and enough people see the sigil and believe the made up story for it to become real. I'm gonna hazard a guess that this isn't what's happening here. Cause 1. No axe murderers are present and 2...idk. suppose it wasn't on accident lol

But basically, what I'm asking is, what's gone on? Like please could you define what a tulpa is cause I'm a tad bit confuseled. I've got a grasp. A jist if you will. But yeh, that, and how it works for you and how long all this has been about for because yeh, the original post confused me a lot and I had no context to understand what was going on lol

Hiii!!!!!

Ok so, never watched supernatural cause I lack media culture, but I looked at the fandom wiki and I assure you it's NOTHING like that 😭

Ik the practice of creating a tulpa comes from buddhism and is related to religion and stuff, but like I found out about it through an online friend back in 2017ish cause they developed one. Needles to say, in these cases we're talking about the western interpretation of the phenomenon that is mainly psychological and not spiritual.

With a tulpa you bascially create a sentient being on a subconscious level that shares the body with you. Please note that this is not in any way related to conditions such as DID, as you do not have the splitting of a subconscious, you actually add more of them into a body. And an important aspect that separates tulpae from alters is that with a tulpa you're fully aware and consensual with having a second person inside the body, you will never accidentally develop a tulpa out of the blue.

To make an example also, imagine there's a wheel with a hamster inside, they represent respectively the body and the subconscious mind that inhabits it. Now imagine there are more hamsters but they're in the same wheel. That's a body with more subconsciouses (I might be butchering this word I'm so sorry).

Needless to say, doing this requires a long trail of meditation, as one needs to focus on everything they perceive out of a person normally (the way they look, talk, move, smell. you get it, everything) and obviously their personality. These things do change with time once the tulpa settles as a stable part of the host's (the one who creates them) life, but at least sketching down the idea of the person that you're creating helps in the overall process.

Ok so. The most important part. A tulpa is NOT evil, and cannot be evil. That's something I found out in the guides I followed at the start of my journey with my first tulpa. They have no reason to turn over their creator cause they are meant to be companions. I'm not super informed on the theory thing now cause I got into it two years ago and since then we've just been living, but there articles online who talk about this so feiughirgh

Now, in my experience Jack came to be part of my life around two years ago, on july 9th. I was going through a weird depressive period where I would not talk to anybody and felt like shit over nothing. During that time I also used to watch fight club a lot, like three times a week, and grew obsessively attached to the characters to the point all I thought about was fc (this feels so weird to remember omg). Anyways, remembered about my friend with the tulpa, and decided to do the same thing. So I got informed on the procedure and gradually managed to develop Jack over time :3

On the 27th of Trevor also started developing, in his case it was Jack that went throughout the major part of the creation process cause I was busy with school, but yeah since then it's been the three of us living life yk.

Also, I obviously got better since that summer, them being with me helped me out a lot and obviously I didn't create them with the intent of getting. Free experimental therapy or some shit. They are part of me and I love them ver very much, knowing that they're always with me brings a sense of sheer comfort in my life. I just love my bros man. Then again, I suck at communication so there are days when we talk less. nonetheless we still interact via concepts or through the headspace (mental landscape where they pretty much live when not fronting).

Oh, also lately we've been aware of the fact that Jack is kinda always fronting (fronting is having control of the body btw kewnkfkgb) during the day when we are in silence at a school or on the bus, while I am the one that keeps the conversations with people (ironic ik). Trevor instead has no interest in the outside world, he just stays in the headspace and works as a mechanic apparently (he doesn't tell me where his workplace is also??? like for no reason at all also, I can't find that fucking place no matter how much I roam around).

Ough ok I know I sound a bit insane saying those things, but that's how it is 💨

With tulpamacy there are so many aspects one can discuss, but again, there are guides online where everything you need to know is explained, and they are explained better than whatever ramble I'm putting down here. I'm not an expert of the field, I just happen to be living it yk.

Sorry for the long and I guess confusing post, there is much more stuff I could tell you about but like. I think this manages to get the overall idea of how we work out 😸

[synthient]

Rogue script dropped!

pfft. If they haven't already made their stance on "who leads" clear enough with the dance scene.......

Limited emotional direction for Rogue so far - which is both pretty standard for a script (you don't really want to limit the range of the actor's performance), but would also check out with the possibility that there are Things About Rogue they don't want public yet.

But note that Rogue is "loving it," not flattered or flustered himself, and also that he was going to be a little meaner/neggier

Exact same emotion inspired by "the Doctor thinks I'm hot" and "I'm holding the Doctor over an incinerator"

not his flat little wow getting literally written as "[dot dot dot] wow."

and not her Sinister Groan

owo ? the first time in the whole episode he's been honest?

The "ancient Earth tradition of cosplay" line is missing from the script. When I look back at the transcript now, it does seem fairly obvious that the Doctor's response ("Oh, Rogue. It's when fans dress up as characters that they like") was added after they received the note "not every viewer is going to know what cosplay is." It's telling, though, that they took the opportunity to throw in one more Rogue Says Something Kind Of Suspicious And Weird for the bargain

We lost an 1813 fujoshi warrior 😔

[bane voice] I watch from the shadows

they really decided that the world wasn't ready for her fujo swag. Only Clara gets a license to fujo out

ok I do think it was the right move to cut this. would've pushed the gag past its breaking point. however, what this really emphasizes is that Rogue is perfectly capable of getting silly with it in front of a crowd -

- but it was specifically the Doctor's little speech here that threw him off and reduced him to stammering. Which I'm taking as confirmation of my theory that the Doctor just out of nowhere started reciting the breakup argument at his ex.

the fact that Claims To Be A Dnd Fan, Can't Roleplay happened solely because they cut this gag and replaced it with Nothing......

the date on this script is like a month into the episode's shooting block. do you think they literally shot this whole thing as written, made the decision to ax it in post, and went "oh god. we have no way to salvage this except to use the shots of him dropping to one knee + holding the ring and cut around every single word of dialog"

Iconic Image Alert

we also lost a Queering The Murder-Cosplay moment (though according to the transcript, the king line stayed)

ok I harped a lot in yesterday's meta on how Rogue doesn't express much sympathy for the Doctor here. Script Rogue seems to strike an interesting balance between Book Rogue letting the Doctor sob in his arms and Episode-As-Aired Rogue barely blinking.

they probably cut the lead-up to this moment (the Doctor asking if there's any possibility the Chuldurs could have shapeshifted into Ruby without killing her) because its exposition wasn't really necessary. but it seems like they could have kept the wordless shots of the Doctor breaking down and Rogue putting a hand on his shoulder. unless they decided they didn't actually want Rogue to come off as too warm here...?

this exchange was in the novelization, and apparently also in the original script. hashtag masterdoc coded

wouldn't want to give away spoilers about your ending and ruin the plot, right?

looks like they didn't bother to get attached to any specific pop hits besides Kylie (bad guy also isn't mentioned in the balcony scene) until they knew the rights sitch.

it is interesting that their budget priorities were "beatles songs in the beatles episode: 0. pointed background lyrics about having a dark secret/maintaining your poker face/being the bad guy, in the cute gay romance episode: 3," right?

[innytoes]

Oh could you please do #9 of the Autumn Prompts for Boggie, pretty please? I feel like this is so something Bobby would say to Reggie! Thank you! 🤗

Working at the pumpkin patch wasn't the worst job in the world. It beat the hell out of stacking shelves at the supermarket. Or walking dogs like Reggie did. He never had to pick up anybody's poop, for one. Also, when it rained, he basically got to read a paperback at his little stall scooted back just inside the barn so he kept dry.

It was threatening rain, which meant the few people who had made the trip out were hurrying along, trying to get to their cars before the clouds opened up. Bobby rang them all up, offering a pumpkin shaped lollypop to a little girl with a smile. No need to be the cool-guy rockstar here. Here he was just Bobby, Mr Pumpkin Salesman.

"Do I get a lollypop too?" A far too familiar voice asked him. And there was Reggie. The little shit had waited until everyone else was done and hurrying to their car before popping up out of nowhere.

"That depends, were you well-behaved?" he asked, deadpan. Reggie considered it for a moment.

"I think so," he said, ridiculously earnest. His eyes sparkled, and ugh, Bobby never knew what to do when Reggie looked at him like that, all cute-looking and stuff. They'd only been dating for a few weeks, but it seemed like Reggie had already figured out how flustered he could make Bobby with just one look.

"Sorry, lollypops are only for customers," Bobby said.

Reggie beamed, before lifting up one of the wicker baskets they had stacked at the gate. It was filled to the brim with pumpkins. Medium sizes ones, small ones, weird oblong ones, in all different shades.

"That's... that's an alarming amount of gourds you got there, buddy," Bobby said slowly.

Reggie gave him a look, before bending down and pulling out another basket, this one filled with four bigger pumpkins.

"And these are for us to carve for our Halloween party!" he said happily. Which, Bobby though they were just going to crash in the studio and watch a scary movie and make fun of Alex every time he jumped (and then turn right around and make fun of Luke when he inevitably couldn't sleep).

"And the other sixty-thousand small ones?" he asked.

"Because they're cute," Reggie said. Then he smirked. "Like you."

Bobby hated the fact that it worked. He hated the fact that he could feel his face go red, hated even more that Reggie's grin just grew. Cute smug bastard.

"I think you're just angling for a discount," he grumbled, as he started lifting gourds out of the basket. And if he maybe didn't count every fifth one, well, whatever, they were tiny ones, it was fine.

"And a lollypop," Reggie beamed.

When the sky broke open and it started to pour, Bobby pulled Reggie into the bar. His lips were sweet and sugary from the lollypop.

[synth-ab]

A cute girl for the day, nothing wrong here

[bumpscosity]

Girlboss irving from mr robot no further context needed

[promenadewithme]

Anastasia's 400 followers and Birthday challenge

I cannot believe that I hit 400 followers on my birthday!!! Thank you all so much for all the love and support on my writing 💕 I know I haven't written much lately, but I plan on taking more time for doing things I love from now on (and I absolutely LOVE writing fics).

This is the first challenge I'm hosting, so I'm very excited!

How it will work:

- You chose a character (any character) from the fandoms below

- Choose a trope from the list below (as many as you want)

- Write your fic (can be fluff, angst, smut, anything really) but use warnings!

- Tag me and use the hashtag #anastasias400challenge

Rules:

1) You have to be following me to participate

2) I won’t tolerate homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, islamophobia, racism, bullying or anything else of that type. Everyone is welcome here as long as they respect everybody else.

3) Do not write: incest or rape.

4) Use the hashtag #anastasias400challenge and tag me!

5) Use the "read more" for fics longer than 500 words

6) Ends: November 3rd

7) Have fun!

Fandoms:

Acotar, Stranger Things, Bridgerton, Grishaverse, Harry Potter, MCU and Star Wars.

Tropes:

- Enemies to Lovers

- Friends to Lovers

- Fake dating

- One bed

- Found family

- Love triangle

- Slow Burn

- Stuck together

- Forbidden love

- Soulmates

- Time loop (like in groundhog day)

- Second chance

- Huddle for warmth

- Secret Billionaire

- Unlikely friendship

- Boy/Girl next door

- Any AUs (modern, coffee shop, Greek gods, soulmate, fairytale, college, historical, royalty, anything!!)

- Guy falls first

- One gets hurt and the other cleans their wounds

- Girl gets hurt and guy gets worried then pissed (ready to murder the person who hurt her)

- Confessing "I love you" in a situation where one of the characters might die or be lost forever

- "My wife is more badass than me"

- Love after arranged marriage

- Love at first sight

- Confessing love when drunk/sleepy/drugged

- Partners in crime

- Mutual pinning, but they are both idiots who can't tell they love each other

- Guy love teasing the girl with banter (because he's flirting and loves her) and she thinks he doesn't like her

- Hurt comfort

- Sick fic

- Guy helping girl with her period

- First kiss

- Pregnancy/Baby fic

- Friends with Benefits to Lovers

- Literal sunshine and ball of unadulterated rage

- Nightmares

- Badass/Grumpy/All Powerful person who melts for their s/o

- Lovers in Denial

- Damsel in Distress is actually a Badass in disguise

- Body Swap

- Amnesia

- Major character death

- Unrequited love

- Jealous

- Miscommunication

- Betrayal

- Breakup

- Separation

- Near Death experiences

- Surgery/coma

- Exes

SMUTTY TROPES:

- Sex magic (they only make it out alive by having sex)

- Slow burn then smut

- Sex pollen

- First time having sex

- Teaching seduction

- S/o finds out about kinks

- Porn with feelings

- Overstim

- Toys

- Public sex

- Aftercare

- Size kink

- Innocence

- Wedding night

IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD ANY OTHER TROPES, PLEASE TELL ME AND I WILL

Tagging some moots: @for-bebbanburg @maggiescarborough@magpiencrow@magravenwrites@axe-does-writing@heloisedaphnebrightmore @lilylovegood@cupids-crystals@itsallyscorner@marvel-ousnesss@hoqwaarts@mendesxruel@happymoony@dreamy-clousds@writeroutoftime@genyaakostyk@morosemagick@emilyhufflepufftlk@lazypeachsoul@losermultifandomidiot@multifandomfix@sturmh0nd@musicallisto@ladyvesuvia@solinarimoon

These are just off the top of my head, I'm sorry if you are not here, but I still love you <3

[rpmemes-galore]

until dawn ... sentence starters

“Go suck an egg!”

“Boom. Butterfly effect.“

“Okay, tying me up now, okay.“

“I'm such an idiot. I'm so dumb.“

“Ugh, stop talking! I can't take it!“

“No, no, no, they're gonna hurt us.“

“You're a coward, that's all you are.”

“It's nothing, really, it's not a big deal.“

“That scared the blue out of my jeans.”

“Damn right I’m right. I’m always right.”

“Look, an axe. I feel better with an axe.“ 

“Oooh! Sleepover! Can we order pizza?”

“Let’s party like we’re fucking pornstars!”

“I'll get you out of this! I won't let you die!“

“Understand the palm of my hand, bitch!“

“Get BACK! Stay the hell away from me!”

“Shit. I'm gonna murder his fucking face off.“

“Hook, line and sinker for every little stinker!”

“Don't you guys think this is a little bit cruel?“

“Just walk slow. It's okay. Come on, it's okay.“

“Don't think, you idiot, just get me outta here!“

“Do you enjoy feeling terrorized? Humiliated?“

“I made you believe in the world that I created.”

“I should've paid for attention in climbing class.“

“Lookie-lookie, who's gonna fire up some nookie.“

“When are you going to take her to the bone zone?“

“I was right there, and I could have done something.”

“Do they still have some aspect of humanity in them?”

“I can't imagine doing something worse to somebody.“

“That poor little guy was alive about ten seconds ago!“

“I wouldn’t want this place to burn down on my watch.”

“I’m not all muscle. There are some brains in here too!”

“Yeah, thanks, maybe you should go first. To protect me.“

“You're kinda hot when you get all alpha, you know that?“

“There's... There's no excuse! There's no excuse for this!”

“We were just playing a joke. It was supposed to be funny.” 

“I showed you parts of yourself you were too afraid to visit.”

“Do you expect me to believe that you’re gonna shoot me?”

“You couldn’t buy a moldy loaf of bread with your skanky ass.”

“Jesus hot sauce Christmas cake, this is fucking unbelievable.“

“I've seen what's down there... and I'd give anything to unsee it.”

“I've seen what these fuckers can do. I don't wanna see it again.“

“You want to ruin our fun that bad? Well, guess what? You can't!“

“What are you tweeting!? Hashtag there's a freaking ghost after us?!”

“I don't care if you believe me or not. Doesn't matter, because you will.“

“Yeah, you just take all the time you need, not like I'm going anywhere.“

“Let me choose to save you. If I do one last thing in my life let me do this!”

“Are you insane? Like, really? Do you not understand what you've done?“

“Whoa, wait a second. We start smashing shit down, he's gonna hear us.“

“Every single choice will affect your fate, and the fate of those around you.“

“We're up in the woods! It's spooky! Come on, let's get into the spirit of things!“

“The past is beyond our control. You have to accept this in order to move forward.“

“Who needs grades when you’ve got ALL the natural advantages you can handle?”

“It is essential that you answer honestly in order to get the most out of this experience.“

“Every second that I spent with you was the only thing I ever wanted to do with my time.”

“Come on, guys, we're all friends here, right? No need for violence, just a little harmless fun!”

“Maybe we should start with a little, you know, making out, and see where it goes from there?“

“You manipulated us, you tricked us, you hurt your friends and you did it all while you hid in the shadows.“

“I swear, they just need like, something to bond over ya' know? Some sort of traumatic event to send them into each other's arms.”

“You can't ruin our good time because (NAME) and I are gonna FUCK! That's right, we are going to have SEX! And it's gonna be HOT! So enjoy it, because I know we're GOING TO!“

[selchwife]

on Reddit again (sorry i know) and somebody’s tiktok was there of being upset that their mon asked a bunch of shitty questions about their DID like “are you gonna hurt your sisters are you dangerous” and people in the comments were like “BUT ITS A VALID QUESTION!!!!1” like Oh my god i don’t want to be alive on this earth anymore! no it is NOT! what the fuck is wrong with these people!!! being mentally ill does NOT automatically make you fucking dangerous why does everyone think this shit is serial killer disorder!!! it’s not like “ABLUHBLUHBLUH I CRAZY I KILL” it just makes your life extremely hard 😍 im going to scream. i can literally never tell anybody in real life they are all genuinely going to think i’m an axe murderer. someone will try to fucking kill me bc their favorite movie is perfect blue. Hashtag diversity win or whatever. ugh

[vanderlindemangofarm]

So first off I want to say that I absolutely love your work Mango! I was wondering if you could do some hcs on the gang in an amusement park?

Thank you so much! And thanks for the request, these were great fun to write! 

The Van der Linde Gang in an Amusement Park/Carnival (headcanons) 

Sadie, Javier, John, Sean and Karen are all huge rollercoaster nerds and even have a checklist for every amusement park they go to, to make sure they’ve ridden them all.

Karen always manages to look stunning in the on-ride photographs no matter where she is. 

Arthur usually stays with their bags, scrolling grumpily on his phone. 

When the adrenaline junkies come back from their ride it’s his job to help them walk it off. 

Pearson has a detailed timetable of which food stalls open when and exactly what they sell, so he can enjoy as many nutritionally-void treats as possible. 

Can most likely be found chowing down on a turkey leg at 10am. 

Dutch wants to go inside the haunted house, much to Hosea’s dismay, who reminds him what happened last time (Lenny filmed the whole thing, then remixed Dutch’s screaming into a 10 minute compilation which reached over a million hits on YouTube). 

But Dutch is insistent. Within two minutes of entering the haunted house he’s sweating and grabbing for Hosea’s hand. 

Even Hosea jumps a mile when a terrifying masked axe-murderer leaps out and screams…but then a familiar voice comes from the under the mask. 

“…Hosea? Dutch?”

“Josiah?!” 

“Please…please don’t tell anyone else I work here.” 

Dutch agrees so long as Trelawny doesn’t let anyone film him. 

Bill races to the top of the helter-skelter but gets too scared to slide down. 

Eventually Susan has to go up there to coax him down. He screams the whole way and won’t talk to anyone for hours. 

Kieran proves a dab-hand at the claw machines and spends a good chunk of the day winning prizes for Jack and the girls. 

Abigail loves the carousel and laughs delightedly as she rides around and around. 

John rolls his eyes but he still rushes on ahead of her so he can get her the prettiest pink horse. 

Arthur rides with Jack tucked in front of him. 

Mary-Beth is far too timid to get on any of the rides until Tilly convinces her to go on the big wheel together. 

She has her eyes covered the whole way up but when she hears Tilly exclaim how great the view is she takes a brave peep. 

Tilly holds her hand tight for the whole ride. 

Micah is brilliant at the shooting games, his face pinched with concentration as he hits every single target. 

He keeps trying to challenge Arthur to competitions but he even humiliating Micah isn’t worth it for a cheap giant teddy bear. 

Molly ends up accepting Micah’s challenge just to shut him up and wins the giant teddy for herself. 

She carries it around the park all day and takes selfies with it, starting the hashtag #theadventuresofmollyandbear. 

Strauss insists that he gets far to sick to go on any rides, but he enjoys sitting in the sun with a good book. 

Jack eventually convinces him to have a go on at least one of the games. He wearily tries the hook-a-prize fishing game and walks away with half a dozen pet goldfish. 

None survived. 

Swanson accidentally walks into the hall of mirrors in the fun house and has to be rescued by Tilly. 

Uncle falls asleep on the ghost train and gets mistaken for one of the staff, being rudely poked awake, gruffly handed a mop and told to get back to work. 

He’s so terrified he physically runs away for the first time in about twenty years. 

“How was the ghost train, old man?”

“...horrible.” 

Hosea decides to take Dutch on a romantic ride on the chair swings. 

He 100% underestimates how fast it goes and traumatises Dutch once again. 

On the bright side, the gang members who have got separated from the others only have to follow the screams from overhead and they get reunited. 

Sean buys an enormous candyfloss just before they all decide to drive home, saying it’ll be absolutely fine in the car. 

He was wrong. 

Sean’s face, the entire back seat and the back of Hosea’s head is soon coated in melted pink sugar. 

On the journey home everyone pulls over in their various cars on a nearby hilltop so they can look back at the lights of the amusement park. 

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Iruma-kun 8 - 9 | BnHA 68 - 71 | NGL 8 - 9 | ID: Invaded Sneak Preview (i.e. eps 1 - 2)

Tw: suicide for ID: Invaded, by the way (it’s only briefly in the commentary, but it’s in ep 2). Plus, ID: Invaded gets its hashtag well before its debut.

Iruma-kun 8

“Lady Redhair”? I think Amelie’s hair is orange, but you do you, Clara.

I paused at the wrong time and saw Asmodeus had bug eyes behind his glasses.

Is that the vending machine Clara attacked her bullies with…?

I wonder what rank Amelie is…

Diabolical + botany = diabotany.

Come to think of it, the Azz-Azz/Iruma relationship is similar to the Gokudera/Tsuna relationship…

So as it turns out, Clara gets her juvenile tendencies from taking care of her younger siblings. Hmm…

Aw, it’s kinda disheartening to see Clara so down. It looks a lot like Zenitsu when he doesn’t see his own abilities, or something of the sort (which I always fall hook, lin and sinker for).

I wonder what Amelie’s seduction percentage is…?

Oh, you can see Succubus-sensei in the ED…hmm.

Update: where is Clara’s dad…? *gulps if he’s passed away*

Iruma-kun 9

Azz-kun is such a proud parent…even though he’s the same age as Iruma, LOL.

Lack of ambition? Clara just proved this wrong last episode and Sabro has his own ambitions…but then again, Azz-kun wasn’t privy to such knowledge.

“Fear 1” is a pun on ikkai (first floor). (At least, that’s what I can assume from context.)

There doesn’t actually seem to be a pun when Azz mentions Execution Cannonball (shokei gyokuhou)…which, I think, is weirder than having a pun in the first place. (The later joke is that Clara says gyouki instead of gyokuhou, which is pretty far off for part of it but completely spot on for the other , so the subbers put in a phrase that matched that kind of pattern in the English as well.)

Rumour has it there’s going to be an Iruma-kun dub. I wonder how they’ll make all the puns work…?

It’s-wahahaha! It’s just dodgeball!

Huh? A high-ranking demon? Sullivan? Opera?????

LOL, you can still see the tree sprouting from one of the rooms.

The Demonitor is handing Opera the dodgeballs, LOL!

I like Opera’s nails…they’re a nice shade of purple…

Ponytail Iruma…looks a bit strange, but I’ll get used to it. I like ponytails, y’know.

Even Azz-kun’s hands are big in comparison to Iruma…

That preview was far too abrupt!

BnHA 68

The giant moving crab is actually a thing. I went and saw it one time in Ginza and again on Dotonbori, Osaka. The crab is associated with Kani Doraku, a crab restaurant.

“Amajiki” literally means something like “eats the sky”. A good name for my good boi.

The subbers didn’t even finish the word “defence”! Eesh!

Amajiki likes butterflies…? I wonder, if he ate butter, could he be a butterfly too…?

Running All Might, I see…(it’s a parody of the Glico Running Man in Osaka.)

Basically, this is what Vigilantes was for! Woot!

I love how Kaminari charges people’s phones. That’s the sort of dumb thing heroes do with their powers, since you gotta remember they’re just young dumb boys at heart as well.

The problem with a hardening power is that it sounds lewd out of context…

I wonder what Fat Gum’s first job was…?

There’s a post-credits segment…keep watching.

BnHA 69

Centipeder has such a cute voice, albeit a distorted one.

Kirishima is voiced by Masuda, so it’s fun to hear him get such a prominent role again (after Charanko in OPM s2, Touken Ranbu and Boueibu, among other roles).

“Likes: All Might” – LOL, we knew that already though.

Nighteye is Seiya Ryuuguuin: Hero Version.

There’s a post-credits segment. Keep watching.

The manga calls the magical girl series “Preyure”, so it’s weird to suddenly have the dub refer to its dub name, “Glitter Force”.

BnHA 70

Midoriya doesn’t have any bedhead…because his hair’s already messy! LOL.

“…what’s important is what you do afterwards.”

“Maybe we can catch the League…and the Hassaikai all at once!” – Yeah…that’s not going to happen Kirishima, considering the series is still going.

Come to think of it, Eraser’s goggles are the only part of his outfit that don’t really match…no wonder the idea comes from somone else (maybe saying that is a spoiler for those only following the main series and not Vigilantes, though…?).

Swordfish will become important later on…you know Tamaki’s Quirk, so you’ll see when it’s important soon.

Another post-credits segment…keep watching.

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One of the reasons I like Amajiki is because of his intro. Now you can see why!

Hassaikai = Hassai Group, so calling the opponents the “Shie Hassaikai” and “Hassai Group” in the same translaton is inconsistent.

“…playing into their hands.” – You can’t say that when you don’t have hands, Tamaki…

No Guns Life 8

Well, there ain’t no metaphor like the blatant one – man is the deadliest weapon to himself…or something of the sort.

Geesh! I wanna dub for this!

Well…couldn’t Olivier light the cig and stick it in Juzo’s mouth…? Or is that not “sexy enough” for the target audience?

No Guns Life 9

I’ve noticed only the women have lip flaps now…LOL. (But maybe I’m stating the obvious because my head’s a bit fuzzy from lack of sleep…)

“Medico” appears to be the Spanish word for “doctor” (as you might be able to guess). Then again, what Spanish colonies are there in the world…? Spain, sure, and South America…*googles* Basically all of South America, dangit.

Context says “madre” = mother.

Context also says “mentira” = lie, or “you’re lying!”.

Geesh, that cup size joke was such a non-sequitur that I didn’t even find it funny…

Geesh! This Colt dude is basically Sabro (from Iruma-kun)! Update: He also looks like he came straight outta JJBA.

ID: Invaded 1 – 2 (SNEAK PREVIEW!) 

I thought I wouldn’t be able to access the preview, but by accessing Funimation’s videos…I can watch it!

Ohmygloooooooob, this “I’m in pieces, but I’m connected” concept is so cool! (But also hella freaky, which is exactly my style!...You do know that I’m a bit of a freak for body horror, right?)

You…probably shouldn’t be yelling at the person if they appear to be dead(!)  

This would make an awesome escape game, no…?

I never knew the future looked so similar to the present.

Ooh, this gets more and more interesting! There are people watching this murder mystery.

Whose ID Well is this…? If it’s Sakaido’s, then maybe he can find out more about himself through the celebs.

The code appears to be from the Windows operting system, since C: is the default hard drive. So I’d say it might be Windows Visual Basic, actually, or C (the programming language).

Hmm…maybe that’s when the episode ws being produced.

Okay, so how I’m understanding this is that Sakaido is in the world of the murderer (of Kaeru’s) mind and he has to find her murderer to get out.

Ooh, so Sakaido is also a murderer…and as it turns out, Sakaido’s perp drills holes in the heads of their victims…scary. What I was really here to say was that this reminds me of a movie called Minority Report.

I think one of the victims had part of his head missing in the ID Well, so maybe Sakaido’s missing an elbow in real life…?

The joke is that the word for “well” in Japanese is i (井) or ido (井戸) and then ID, of course, is ID and likewise id is id (but it’s ido in Japanese). Googling ID: Invaded reveals Sakaido is written with this same kanji, plus two others (酒井戸), meaning his name is part of the wordplay too.

It’s like Minecraft, except you make the world with your entire body…LOL.

Maybe that’s (takoya) short for “takoyaki”…? Just a guess. Update: I’m right.

The licence plates say “Shinagawa”. This show takes place in Shinagawa (or the car I read the plate of was obtained in Shinagawa)!

Huh? How did Hondomachi get into the well? Do they have a drive to kill as well????

These quotes have gotta mean something, so here’s the first one: “Is it ridiculous to believe that I have been given a certain role to play for this present world?”

What’s up with the numbers in the room Matsuoka is in…? (Apparently a terrible day volunteering is enough to put me on edge and subsequently make me a master detective, it seems.)

I went back to my old Honeyfeed stories recently and I rediscovered a character that I wrote about a few years ago – Yuki, after the matching character I axed from my original plot of Half-Paid Heroes (because the story I’m referring to is the Honeyfeed version of HPH) – who was partially close-shaven like Fukuda. I gave Yuki such a character design just to set up intrigue, but I didn’t think I’d ever see a similar design to it, ever. Now, here I am.

Narihisago? What a name! I checked what “hisago” means and apparently it means “gourd”.

Is this Kaeru (the one that committed suicide), perhaps, the one in Hondomachi’s head and that’s not actually the case…?

The CGI’s a bit awkward in this show.

Is “Muku” Sakaido/Narihisago’s daughter…?

I think the old guy – the head of the cop team – uses a Mac, based on his GUI.

New quote: “Wind comes in this hole and out the other, and it makes the world a little bit clearer.” This reveals the quotes are actually from the episode.

This music which acts as the ED is nice. I’m basically sold on this show, y’know.

The original work is by “The Detectives United”. I wonder what that means…?

[bigskydreaming]

AU where in the first season of each of their respective shows, Scott McCall and Tyler Lockwood run into each other after they both skip town and go off on their own because literally every other werewolf they know is an asshole. And like, granted, Tyler’s an asshole too at that point, but in a ‘he’ll grow out of it’ kinda way, and I mean...enter Scott McCall. Hashtag Growth happens immediately for both. Tyler’s like “No dude, you gotta be more selfish. Look out for number one, you know?”

Scott squints. “I’m number one?” He says slowly, in classic ‘I’m the hot girl?’ tone and cadence, as though the idea has never occurred to him before. 

“You’re totally number one, champ,” Tyler says affirmatively, because like...he has eyes, and also has known Scott for longer than five minutes now and thus its pretty obvious that this is in fact true. Also, Tyler is at this point still the kind of asshole who says things like “champ”, and like....not even in an ironic way.

Then the next day Tyler’s an asshole to someone who doesn’t deserve it and Scott looks at him sadly.

“I don’t know how to tell you this dude, but like, you gotta care about other people,” he says. Tyler frowns. Contemplates this.

“Okay,” he says and shrugs, and its pretty much that simple because I mean, he legit literally just needed someone to tell him that. Have you met his parents? They’re AWFUL. I mean they were. Haha, they died. I mean oh no. Much sadness.

They form their own pack and its awesome and eventually that gay werewolf dude from The Originals, Aiden, joins up with them - but only because he brings his vampire boyfriend Josh along with him. I don’t really care about Aiden, but Josh was cool, ergo, I guess Aiden can stay. What is it with white werewolf dudes named Aiden anyway? There are other names, guys. Branch out. Live a little.

They then go to Canada for awhile and run into the werewolves from Bitten. 

“Yeah, this seems like a whole mess,” Tyler says, gesturing vaguely in a way meant to encompass every fucked up thing that is wrong with the werewolves in the world of Bitten.

“I just remembered I left the stove on. Sorry, we gotta go,” Scott says, backing away slowly. Their pack turns and leaves *vague hand gestures* All That behind.

They then go to New York and meet the Shadowhunters and Downworlders. Shenanigans ensue, and in the process, they wind up in like, Valentine’s dungeons where they stumble across and rescue Luke Garroway. 

“Wait, aren’t you that werewolf cop?” Josh asks, confused. Luke frowns.

“What? Why the hell would I be a cop? Oh, you must mean that doppelganger Valentine hired to be me to keep any of my old Shadowhunters allies or Clary’s mom to look for me. Wait, he’s a cop? Man, FUCK that guy.”

“Fuck doppelgangers, dude,” Tyler agrees, nodding sagely. Scott cocks an eyebrow at him in query.

“They just really suck,” Tyler says, with feeling. Scott nods. Well okay then. Fuck doppelgangers.

Luke joins their pack and the novelty of knowing an adult werewolf who doesn’t completely suck isn’t wearing off any time soon. Who knew that was a thing? They begin to have hope that being a werewolf isn’t synonymous with turning into a douchebag on your twenty-first birthday. Especially Tyler. He like literally JUST un-douchefied himself.

They then go wherever the fuck that show The Gates was set. There’s a whole pack there, and they don’t seem completely awful, but then there’s this one werewolf kid named Brett. Scott goes still. 

“Do you have a twin brother?” He asks Brett. Brett scowls.

“What the fuck kind of a question is that? No.”

“Oh, sorry,” Scott says. “It’s just you look a lot like this guy I knew back home, Jackson.”

“Well I’m not him and I don’t have a twin brother,” Brett says with unnecessary aggression that is doing nothing to assuage comparisons to Jackson. Like, chill. It was just a question.

“Oh no! He must be a doppelganger! Sorry, we have to go, we left the water running in the sink,” Tyler yells, standing up and sweeping Scott off his feet and over one shoulder while hollering over the other as he runs off into the night. The rest of their pack look at each other in confusion, shrug, and run after them. Because like, that probably means something, they figure. The Gates pack stares after them with varying expressions of wtf.

“Fucking weirdos,” Brett scoffs then. He goes back to being just The Worst Ever.

Then they wind up in Seattle, where they meet the roommates from Being Human. The American version obviously, I mean, not to be US centric but they’re not going to fucking London just to run into more werewolves, An American Werewolf in London honestly just wasn’t good enough to justify the endless jokes about American werewolves going to London, like, get over it already, let it go.

Werewolf Josh is decent enough. They consider inviting him to join their pack. Then his vampire roommate Aidan gets home, and he’s like, a whole serial killer and a half. So.

“Oh no, I left an unwrapped burrito from 7-11 in the microwave, its gonna go bad!” Vampire Josh shouts in horror, throwing Scott over one shoulder, Tyler over the other, sweeping his boyfriend up in his arms bridal style and then backing into Luke until the older man sighs, hates everything, makes plans to buy a gas-economical SUV because being a werewolf suburban soccer mom is still less undignified than being given piggy back rides by their token vampire when he runs out of arms and shoulders. Then Josh sprints all the way outside the Seattle city limits before stopping and dropping his passengers off as the rest of their pack gathers around them.

“What was wrong with this one?” Asks Tommy Dawkins, the werewolf from Big Wolf on Campus. He and Scott make up the pack’s “Wholesome Jocks In Recovery Post Asshole BFF-endectomy” club. Luke told all the teens that home-schooling was fine, but they still needed extracurriculars. This was not what he had in mind, but well. Baby steps.

“Terrible judge of character,” Scott explains. “Has philosophical debates with his vampire roommate about said vampire roommate’s triple digit body count.”

“Ahh.”

“Am I the only vampire who isn’t just ‘oh look at me, I can go homicidal at the drop of a hat and kill scores of people and then click my heels together and go whoops, all better now, man, THAT was a bad decade for me, huh?’ Am I? AM I?” Josh wails, hiccuping between sobs. Like all vampires, he is very pretty 90% of the time, but he’s a super ugly crier. It’s wonderfully humanizing. Gross, and like, dude gets snot everywhere, but there is an Official Pack Rule. Nobody tell Josh about the ugly crying. Plus, its just a cheap shot, you know? Its not his fault 99% of other vampires use their Pretty for evil.

“Josh,” Tyler says solemnly, putting his arms on both the vampire’s shoulders and looking him gravely in the eye. “I hate to have to tell you this, but I think that like. Yeah. You might just be...The One.”

“Wait no, I heard about this one vampire who’s supposed to not be awful? Down in LA I think,” says Mark, from Lost Girl. He’s not actually a werewolf, he’s a shapeshifter who turns into a black panther. They ran into his dad first, a werewolf named Dyson, but they all sensed he was Horrible within the first five seconds. Except before Luke could say he forgot to feed his goldfish, they gotta go, they bumped into Dyson’s non-awful bisexual panther teenage son and well like. They had to save him from the Horrible then. Like, technically they kidnapped him? Whatever, all their role models were terrible people.

Josh looks up, hopeful. He rubs at his face with his forearm but doesn’t really clean up the snot so much as get it everywhere. Several werewolves wince and look away politely. Mark is scrolling through something on his phone, seemingly oblivious.

“Did you seriously just leave that on a cliffhanger?” Luke scolds. Mark looks up belatedly.

“What? Oh, no. Its just supposedly he only has a soul sometimes, and when he has a soul he’s supposed to be like, a pretty decent guy, but when he doesn’t have a soul, he’s like....a maniacal ax murderer on murder-steroids. Its this whole thing apparently. I follow this demon on twitter who owns a bar down there. He posts weekly updates on whether or not the guy has his soul this week....calls it Soulwatch. I guess the last couple times the dude didn’t have his soul he almost ended the world or something? So anyway, lotta people like updates on that, since I guess he and that vampire are good buds or whatever.”

“He doesn’t have a soul sometimes?” Tyler scowls skeptically. “That sounds fake.”

“Do you have a soul?” A nameless werewolf extra from True Blood asks Josh. 

Josh hiccups and gropes around at his chest, frowning. 

“I think so? Nobody ever told me I might not, I don’t know. Like I mean, I feel like I have a soul, I’m pretty sure?”

“He clutches his stomach and goes ‘ow my heart’ when that Sarah McLachlan commercial with the sad puppies comes on TV,” his boyfriend says helpfully. 

“That’s not where the heart is....” someone starts to say, but they’re quickly shushed. Scott, Tommy and Luke are all clutching their stomachs and nodding in understanding. Tyler rubs his temples.

“Josh, you have a soul. You literally burst into song every time you see a baby smile, and last month you guilt-tripped us all into volunteering with you at that pediatric hospital which means we heard nothing but you singing showtunes and Christmas carols for an entire week straight. In July. Mark, does your demon twitter follower say this vampire has his soul this week or not? Are we going to LA next? And someone please hit me for having to utter that sentence in the first place, it’ll make me feel better, please just do it.”

Sophia Donner, the only decent werewolf from the almost entirely werewolf-populated town of Wolf Lake, helpfully kicks him in the shin.

“What?” Mark looks up again, baffled. “Dude, he doesn’t follow ME on twitter, are you kidding? He has like, six hundred thousand twitter followers.” 

“Really? Why so many?” Tommy asks.

“He has this thing where he can like, see your future or your aura or some shit like that when you sing. So karaoke night at his bar is always packed with lots of A-List celebs obsessed with the occult. Its like, impossible to get into cuz of that unless you know someone, but it means everyone who’s anyone in Hollywood follows him on twitter and is always trying to hit him up and get on the list, and so like, of course all their followers follow him too even if they don’t know why everyone follows him, they just figure obviously he must be someone important?”

“Ahh.”

“People,” Tyler barks. “Focus.”

He looks around for Scott, wondering why the hell he’s the only one trying to get a handle on this. He eventually finds Scott at the edge of their little gathering. Fucker’s holding up his cell phone and recording everything. He shoots Tyler a thumbs up and mouths “You’re doing amazing, sweetie” at him. Tyler would be pissed, but like, he was the one who made it his mission to get Scott to occasionally be more of a selfish asshole specifically so....nah. Fuck it. He was gonna be pissed anyway.

“Ummm,” Mark hedges some more, still scrolling through his phone. He frowns then, and shoots Josh an apologetic glance. “Sorry. Looks like he’s soulless again this week.”

Scott decides to intervene then, looking suddenly concerned. “Uh...does that mean he might maybe almost destroy the world again? Should we go to LA anyway and like...I dunno. Try and help?”

“Help who?” Tyler demands, throwing up his arms in exasperation at the whole day. This is what he gets for getting out of bed, like. Ever. Nothing good comes from getting out of bed. When will he learn?

“I don’t know. Don’t get testy with me,” Scott bites out testily. “The people. Who try and...stop him from destroying the world? Obviously world’s not destroyed so somebody must have stopped him the last couple times which means someone’s probably trying to stop him this time too.”

“Or he could just be really bad at it,” Tommy suggests.

“Nope, we’re good,” Mark interrupts, still on his phone. “It says they’ve got him magically locked up in some hotel so he can’t go anywhere while they wait for their witch friend to bring his soul back and put it in him. I guess after the last time they put like, a low-jack spell on it so if it went missing again it’d just go straight to her, since she’s the only one good at putting it back anyway.”

“Well then,” Tyler says after a moment or two to digest the concept of a low-jacked soul. “That was a super efficient tangent. Are we all good here now at least? Can we move on and like....go somewhere not within range of a serial killer vampire who’s probably miffed at us for being rude and committing some hospitality faux pas?”

Josh sniffs and rubs at his face again, this time with more success. “Yeah, sorry. I’m all good now.”

“Well I’m not,” Aiden yells out then, apparently taking the all-clear on his boyfriend’s issue as a go ahead to vent his own drama. “Am I the only Aiden who isn’t just a complete asshole??”

“I mean, you’re kinda an asshole sometimes too,” Sophia says, idly chewing a nail.

“Not helpful, Soph,” Scott scolds gently. She shrugs.

“Wasn’t trying to be.”

“Let’s start a pack, you said,” Tyler growls, glaring daggers at his co-alpha. Scott smirks back without remorse. “It’ll be good for us, you said. There’s probably lots of other teen wolves in the same boat as us, you said. Shouldn’t we help them, you said.”

“I did say all that,” Scott agrees. He saunters off, you know, like an asshole.

Two weeks later they’re not far from LA. The vampire has his soul this week and everyone wants to go celeb-watching at the demon dude’s karaoke night. Luke knows a guy who can get them in, apparently. They stop to help a hitchhiking teenage werewolf in trouble because like, Scott has a sixth sense for that shit. 

“So what’s your name?” Tyler asks the kid.

“Derek Hale,” he says, and Tyler squints. Why does that name sound familiar. Next to him, Scott hisses like an angry cat. Oh. Right. That.

“You’re not Derek Hale,” Scott accuses, and the kid bristles right back at him. Tyler watches, bemused. Was this a Beacon Hills thing? Or did all of them look like that when having like....what was this, a territorial pissing match? Angsty backstory showdown? What was even happening here, exactly?

“I think I would know, dickface.”

“Look, I’ve met Derek Hale, and he’s like, twenty five, and an asshole,” Scott says. “You can’t be Derek Hale, because you’re like, fifteen, and adorable.”

“Fuck you, I’m seventeen, and fuck you more, I’m not adorable, I will fucking rip your throat out with my teeth, dickface.”

“See? I’m supposed to be quaking in my shoes right now but all I wanna do is pat you on the head and hug you and feed you, because that was adorable,” Scott says, pointing at him. “Ergo, you can’t be Derek Hale, because all I ever wanted to do to that dude was kick him in the nuts for being an asshole who’s all like breaking into my house to tell me we’re brothers now or whatever the fuck that was all about, and then breaking my arm and trashing my phone two seconds later.”

The kid goes quiet. Squints at him. “Wait. Is your name Scott McCall?”

Scott frowns deeper and folds his arms across his chest, shifting awkwardly. He has trouble maintaining his like, Righteous Ire even when he’s definitely in the right, and adorable kid being adorable and no longer even aggressive was making his temper go bye-bye.  Ugh, rude. Scotty Rage was hot, and all too rare. Tyler officially hated this kid. Why does he never get to have nice things?

“Yeah. How’d you know?”

The kid fidgets, sullen. “Heard about you. I told you, I am Derek Hale. I just got like, magically de-aged by my pedo ex-girlfriend who’s now even more pedo and creepier and like...whatever, I don’t even know what the fuck that was all about but like yeah. Apparently older me was a huge douchebag and your name came up as proof of his douchebaggery and I booked it awhile ago because like, nobody could figure out how to turn me back and I figured if I gotta be seventeen again at least I’m gonna be seventeen somewhere where people don’t all think I’m a douchebag because of what older not!me Derek the Dickhead did. You know?”

“Not even a little bit,” Tyler says.

“Kinda,” Scott says. He gnaws his lip. “That sucks. Well. You hungry? We were about to go get some dinner. Wanna come with?”

Derek the Littler Dick stares at him before shooting Tyler an incredulous glance. “Is he for real?”

“Unfortunately,” Tyler deadpans. Scott frowns defensively.

“Why wouldn’t I be?” 

“Dude, you just hated me like ten whole seconds ago.”

“I didn’t know who you were ten seconds ago,” Scott shrugs, as though that explains everything. Problem is, in his head it probably did. Freak, Tyler thinks affectionately.

“Yeah but now you do know who I am and now you know I’m someone you hate? So....?”

“No, you used to be someone I hate,” Scott explains slowly, as if to a small child. “You said it yourself, you’re not really him. Besides, I decided I’m over it anyway.”

“You decided you’re....over it. Anyway.” LDD repeats, breaking it down slowly. As if to a small child. Oh, this is going to be amazing, isn’t it. The other half of Tyler’s future home entertainment gifts him with another incredulous look, like, are you sure this guy is for real? Tyler nods in confirmation.

“He’s just...like that. It’s so weird.”  

“Fine,” Derek huffs at last, over aggressively because why stray from a theme, yeah? “But this better not be some fucked up elaborate revenge plan for older me being a dick or like...”

“You’ll rip my throat out with your teeth,” Scott says dryly. The kid sulks.

“Well of course it sounds lame when you say it like that.”

“You still have baby fat,” Scott tells him. Derek shifts into an enraged were-porcupine.

“I so the fuck do not!”

“You have like, chubby little baby werewolf chipmunk cheeks.”

“Asshole!”

“I know you are but what am I?”

“That’s so stupid! You’re so stupid! What are you, twelve?”

“No, that’s you. Look in a mirror, short stuff.”

“Oh god,” Tyler despairs, staring after the two of them walking off towards the rest of the pack. “They’re brothers now.”

[protectblackchildren]

OVERLOOKED

These remarkable black men and women never received obituaries in The New York Times — until now. We’re adding their stories to our project about prominent people whose deaths were not reported by the newspaper.

Since 1851, The New York Times has published thousands of obituaries, capturing the lives and legacies of people who have influenced the world in which we live.

But many important figures were left out.

Overlooked reveals the stories of some of those remarkable people.

We started the series last year by focusing on women like Sylvia Plath, the postwar poet; Emma Gatewood, the hiking grandmother who captivated a nation; and Ana Mendieta, the Cuban artist whose work was bold, raw and sometimes violent. We added to that collection each week.

Now, this special edition of Overlooked highlights a prominent group of black men and women whose lives we did not examine at the time of their deaths.

Many of them were a generation removed from slavery. They often attempted to break the same barriers again and again. Sometimes they made myth out of a painful history, misrepresenting their past to gain a better footing in their future. Some managed to achieve success in their lifetimes, only to die penniless, buried in unmarked graves. But all were pioneers, shaping our world and making paths for future generations.

We hope you’ll spread the word about Overlooked — and tell us who else we missed.

Read about the project’s first year, and use this form to nominate a candidate for future Overlooked obits.

1907-1960

Gladys Bentley

A gender-bending blues performer who became 1920s Harlem royalty.

BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO

When it comes to loosening social mores, progress that isn’t made in private has often taken place onstage.

That was certainly the case at the Clam House, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Harlem, where Gladys Bentley, one of the boldest performers of her era, held court.

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1867-1917

Scott Joplin

A pianist and ragtime master who wrote “The Entertainer” and the groundbreaking opera “Treemonisha.”

BY WIL HAYGOOD

When Scott Joplin’s father left the North Carolina plantation where he had been born a slave, there was one thing he wanted to hold on to: the echoes of the Negro spirituals he had heard in the fields. In those songs he found a sense of uplift, hope and possibility.

In the post-Civil War era, the cruel breath of slavery and the aborted plan of Reconstruction still hung over the American South. But in the Joplin home, banjo and fiddle music filled the family’s evenings, giving the children — Scott in particular — a sense of music’s power to move.

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1834-1858

Margaret Garner

In one soul-chilling moment, she killed her own daughter rather than return her to the horrors of slavery.

BY REBECCA CARROLL

Margaret garner, who was born as an enslaved girl, almost certainly did not plan to kill her child when she grew up and became an enslaved mother.

But she also couldn’t yet know that the physical, emotional and psychological violence of slavery, relentless and horrific, would one day conspire to force her maternal judgment in a moment already fraught with grave imperative.

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1878-1932

Major Taylor

A world champion bicycle racer whose fame was undermined by prejudice.

BY RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

More than 100 years ago, one of the most popular spectator sports in the world was bicycle racing, and one of the most popular racers was a squat, strapping man with bulging thighs named Major Taylor.

He set records in his teens and was a world champion at 20. He traveled the globe, racing as far away as Australia, and amassed wealth among the greatest of any athlete of his time. Thousands of people flocked to see him; newspapers fawned over him.

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1905-2001

Zelda Wynn Valdes

A fashion designer who outfitted the glittery stars of screen and stage.

BY TANISHA C. FORD

More than a half century before a “curvy” model made the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and before hashtags like #allbodiesaregoodbodies, there was a designer who knew that it was the job of clothes to fit the woman, not vice versa.

Zelda Wynn Valdes was a designer to the stars who could fit a dress to a body of any size — even if she had to do so just by looking at the client. “I only fit her once in 12 years,” Valdes told The New York Times in 1994 of her long-time client Ella Fitzgerald, “I had to do everything by imagination for her.” Valdes would simply look at Fitzgerald in the latest paper, noting any changes in her full-figured body, and would design the elaborate gowns — with beads and appliques — that she knew Fitzgerald loved.

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1941-1970

Alfred Hair

A charismatic businessman who created a movement for Florida’s black artists.

BY GORDON K. HURD

“Well-Known Artist Alfred Hair Slain,” read the headline in The Fort Pierce News Tribune newspaper in Florida.

But before he was killed in a barroom brawl on Aug. 9, 1970, at just 29, Hair had become more than just an artist. With his drive, charisma and business acumen, he helped start a collective of Floridian artists, all African-American, who painted vibrant landscapes of their home state. They would later come to be known as The Florida Highwaymen, or more simply The Highwaymen.

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1912-1967

Nina Mae McKinney

An actress who defied the barrier of race to find stardom in Europe.

BY ANITA GATES

About 20 minutes into “Hallelujah,” Hollywood’s first all-sound feature with an all-black cast, Nina Mae McKinney appeared on screen as Chick, a singer and dancer, in a sexy flapper dress.

She had flashing eyes, an armful of jangly bracelets, and no qualms about cheating a handsome young cotton farmer out of the money he had just gotten for his family’s crop.

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1856-1910

Granville T. Woods

An inventor known as the ‘Black Edison.’ He found that recognition came at a hefty price.

BY AMISHA PADNANI

He carefully sealed the drawings in a mailing tube and quietly placed them out of sight from his business partner, then went to a meeting.

But when he returned, Granville T. Woods found that his drawings — a design for a novel invention that held the potential to revolutionize transportation around the world — were gone.

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1884-1951

Oscar Micheaux

A pioneering filmmaker prefiguring independent directors like Spike Lee and Tyler Perry.

BY MONICA DRAKE

Almost as soon as you settle in to watch the 1939 melodrama “Lying Lips,” you can figure out who is the victim, who is the villain and who is the hero. And even if you know how it all will end, you want to watch anyway.

That was the beauty of the filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. He made you want to soak up the exuberance he clearly felt in delivering a whole new way of telling stories.

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1814-1907

Mary Ellen Pleasant

Born into slavery, she became a Gold Rush-era millionaire and a powerful abolitionist.

BY VERONICA CHAMBERS

When the abolitionist John Brown was hanged on Dec. 2, 1859, for murder and treason, a note found in his pocket read, “The ax is laid at the foot of the tree. When the first blow is struck, there will be more money to help.” Officials most likely believed it was written by a wealthy Northerner who had helped fund Brown’s attempt to incite, and arm, an enormous slave uprising by taking over an arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia. No one suspected that the note was written by a black woman named Mary Ellen Pleasant.

In 1901, an elderly Pleasant dictated her autobiography to the journalist Sam Davis. As Lynn Hudson writes in the book “The Making of ‘Mammy Pleasant’: A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco,” Pleasant told Davis, “Before I pass away, I wish to clear the identity of the party who furnished John Brown with most of his money to start the fight at Harpers Ferry and who signed the letter found on him when he was arrested.” The sum she donated was $30,000 — almost $900,000 in today’s dollars.

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1827-1901

Elizabeth Jennings

Life experiences primed her to fight for racial equality. Her moment came on a streetcar ride to church.

BY SAM ROBERTS

Because she was running behind one Sunday morning, Elizabeth Jennings turned out to be a century ahead of her time.

She was a teacher in her 20s, on her way to the First Colored American Congregational Church in Lower Manhattan, where she was the regular organist, when a conductor ordered her off a horse-drawn Third Avenue trolley and told her to wait for a car reserved for black passengers.

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1876-1917

Philip A. Payton Jr.

A real estate magnate who turned Harlem into a black mecca.

BY ADEEL HASSAN

“Human hives, honeycombed with little rooms thick with human beings,” is how a white journalist and co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P., Mary White Ovington, described the filthy tenements that black New Yorkers were relegated to at the turn of the 20th century.

As more rural Southerners arrived in the city, the teeming Manhattan slums in which African-Americans were living had become the most densely populated streets in the city, nearly 5,000 people per block, according to one count, as landlords rented almost exclusively to white tenants.

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1857-1924

Moses Fleetwood Walker

The first black baseball player in the big leagues, even before Jackie Robinson.

BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, becoming the first African-American player in modern major league baseball, he was not only a trailblazer in the sports world, but an inspiring figure in the modern civil rights movement.

But Robinson was not the first ballplayer in the long history of big league baseball known to be an African-American. That distinction belongs to Moses Fleetwood Walker.

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/black-history-month-overlooked.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

[madaboutmerlin]

Merlin Writer Month: Round up

Hello Merlin fans! We hope you’ve had an amazing week and that you found some new fics to enjoy! 

Again, we want to remind you to use the hashtag: #MerlinWriterMonth2018, so that we may reblog all of your wonderful recommendations. Also, we noticed that some of you recommended authors instead of specific fics, so you’ll find them at the end after the GEN cut.

And without further ado, enjoy!

Arthur/Merlin

1. Rules For Roommates by Pickitup  Length: 41,235 Summary:  Modern AU. Arthur works in publishing and is ashamed to tell anyone he’s secretly editing erotica, and being bullied by one of his authors - the arrogant ‘Lake Anders’. He’s also just taken in a new roommate, the adorable Merlin Emrys, who is definitely Not His Type. Or is he?

2. The Oncoming Storm by  Diana_Prallon Lenght: 133,914 Summary: The only thing the Republic isn’t ready for, is war. Everything in their power is being done to appease the systems that have joined the Separatist Movement, to try and keep the peace among all. The Jedi Knights have been sent all over the Galaxy, trying to solve conflicts and stop more and more planets from leaving the Republic, with mixed success. King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot, however, doesn’t believe that avoiding war will be that easy and has devised a scheme to help boost the Republic’s defenses – if he can survive the many attempts on his life and remain hidden under the custody of Jedi Padawan Merlin long enough for his master, Mordred, to figure out who is behind the attempts.

3. Let’s Ruin The Friendship by silver_etoile Lenght: 24,564 Summary:  Desperate to get Merlin over his breakup with Lance, Arthur makes a suggestion that surely can’t backfire–sex with no strings attached. Arthur’s perfectly capable of controlling his own feelings, so why does this feel all wrong and more than a little bit right? 

4. Close Quarters by RocknVaughn Lenght: 3,948 Summary:  Albion University’s rather unique “Get to Know Your Roommate” exercise has Merlin seeing red…and blue, and yellow, and green. 

5. The Dreams Inside by winterstorrm Lenght: 9,959 Summary:  Arthur had always held back, not trusting himself. After all, he’d been in love with Merlin since he was eighteen years old—and Merlin had been with his sister. Now that Morgana was off the scene, could Arthur be blamed for taking his chance with Merlin?

6. Everything by beckybrit Lenght: 5,970 Summary:  Arthur wants Merlin to let go and hold nothing back. The result isn’t quite what he expected.

7. Arthur Pendragon and the Philosopher’s Sword by  a8csock (ladysockalot), ladysockalot  Lenght: 60,941 Summary: Arthur Pendragon was living a normal, mundane life, when he received a mysterious letter inviting him to the magical University of Camelot. Despite his scepticism before long he found himself being whisked of to a world of magic, mystery and destiny. His life would never be the same again.

8. Crisis Muffins by flowersheep Lenght: 2,334 Summary:  Merlin needs to stop having crises at ungodly hours of the morning.

9. Meant to Be Heard by jessicamdawn Lenght: 4,768 Summary: Arthur Penderson meets the eccentric Merlin Emrys when he is twenty. While getting to know him, Arthur happens to hear strange things coming out of Merlin’s mouth when he isn’t looking but can’t figure out what they mean. Reincarnation fic.

10. Clouds On The Horizon by Diana_Prallon Lenght: 49,975 Summary: The Golden Age has arrived.It’s been three years since King Arthur Pendragon legalised magic once again in Camelot. Side by side, magical and non-magical folk have worked to rebuilt the land that was torn in the war against magic just as the King and his sister try to heal the rift between themselves. In times of peace, Albions prospers. Prosperity, however, brings a new threat to the land, one that Camelot cannot face without the aid of its allies. Meanwhile, Arthur and Merlin have to figure out how to live with each other now that there are no more secrets between them.

11. Sail Thou Forth (The Untold Want Remix) by fifty_fifty  Lenght: 37,070 Summary: Trapped in a marriage of convenience, Merlin Emrys doesn’t believe in love at first sight - or true love at all, for that matter.That is, until he meets Arthur Pendragon, an extraordinary man whose courage inspires him to begin the career that he has always longed for, and in whose arms Merlin begins to hope for better things.But society isn’t kind to men like them, and both must overcome tremendous obstacles before they will be free to live the life they’ve been dreaming of.

12. Touch by autumdragon Lenght: 2,596 Summary: It’s not black. Not really. It’s more shades of blacks: constant silhouettes floating in and out of his vision. It’s all he’s ever known. Black. But then he meets Merlin. And he sees colour for the first time.

13. A Rose in Spring by daylighthour Lenght: 3,746 Summary: Merlin is fed up with doing all the hard work and getting none of the credit. When Arthur lashes out at him in a fit of anger, it’s the last straw.

14. Death Invades Camelot by yourrockyspine Lenght: 19,665 Summary: Camelot’s Police Dept. is facing a multitude of problems: A) A series of brutal murders in a small town. B) An exhausted DCI connecting said murders, much to the derision of his fellow officers. C) A homeless, petty criminal hoping to share his observations (and possibly land himself the DCI in question). D) The DCI’s half-sister, who senses someone is following her.

15. Silhouette by rotrude Lenght: 12,409 Summary: Though his father objects, Arthur wants to become a poet, not a lawyer. Moving from London to the country, he finds his muse, in more way than one.

16. The Sidhe Prince by Caite Roswen Lenght: 67,207 Summary: When Prince Merlin of Avalon visits Camelot, King Arthur is confident that everything will run smoothly. He does not expect to come face to face with a destiny that never was, or to find his most closely guarded secrets unravelling around him. Merlin disarms Arthur with his unexpected charm, lays bare his charade as easily as if Arthur’s whole kingship were made of glass, and accompanies him on a journey which will change Camelot forever.

17. The Door at the End of the Hall by tamerofdarkstars Lenght: 6,998 Summary: Sometimes, what the human mind perceives as reality is different than what is actually there. A debilitating virus has decimated the nation, turning people into vicious, bloodthirsty creatures, and for Merlin and Arthur, trapped in the complex they used to work in and racing together to find a cure before the worst befalls them both, the line between reality and perception is blurring. 

18. M.E.R.L.I.N. by Lunadeath02 Lenght: 30,666 Summary: Captain Arthur Pendragon mail orders for a companion robot to keep him company and provide him with sex while he’s exploring the galaxy for unknown worlds; he didn’t plan on getting MERLIN. 

19. Time’s Up by Detochkina * Lenght: 31,700 Summary: Is there anything in common between drugs and excellent grades? Or business and psychology?  The answer is simple – in the world of big money a lot can happen when you’re bored to tears. Under pressure from his father, Merlin becomes involved in a strange relationship. At first, he can’t get out of it; on second thought – he doesn’t want to. “When they ask me in court how I got into this,” Merlin said slowly, trying to recover from the initial shock, “I’ll just tell them I was too busy snorting crack to notice. Think that would move them to tears?” Gwaine tossed his head back and laughed.”

*You’ll need to log in to AO3 to read this work. 

20. To You I Pledge by beren Lenght: 45,009 Summary: Merlin lays his life on the line to save Arthur yet again, only this time there are witnesses, lots of them. Only Arthur prevents him going to the headman’s axe straight away, but Arthur alone cannot save him. That is up to both of them. 

21. Learning by Touch by Capriccio Lenght: 802 Summary: Arthur might be a simpleton, but he’s not stupid. He sees the look in Merlin's eyes: soft and fond and sad, like he wants something he can't have. (Set during 4x12.).

22. One Sheet to the Wind by Capriccio  Lenght: 753 Summary: Merlin is just a plain white sheet, happily drying on the clothesline, until a gust of wind tangles him with the arrogant blanket next door.

23. Where This Road May Go by batgurl88

Summary: Arthur is a royal who can’t remember his past. Merlin and Gaius are con-men, hoping to return Arthur to Uther for a hefty reward. Little do they know they have the real deal on their hands.

24. I Win. by Kitty_Kanneas Lenght: 4,476 Summary:  At the summer faire in Ealdor, Arthur tries his hand at what he terms a 'peasant' game. When he isn't pleased with the outcome, he makes sure everyone knows it's just not really the way things are.

25. The Untold Want by Cookie Lenght: 18,572 Summary: Arthur Pendragon was the down-trodden son of the Duke of Camelot. After a break-down he goes to Cascades, a sanatorium, and begins to learn how to live his own life. That becomes even easier when he meets aspiring architect, Merlin Emrys.

26. Cold as the Wind Blows by arthur_pendragon Lenght: 1,780 Summary:  Every year on the first day of spring, Uther lets Arthur and Morgana and the rest of the nobles and servants do as they please, just for the day - and this year, Merlin finds himself invited to the best picnic of his life.

27. Ydill by arthur_pendragon Lenght: 2,955 Summary: One serene day where they're all as happy as they can be.(In which Merlin and Arthur are abysmal at hiding their emotions, Gwen has a big heart for her friends, and Morgana does, too.)

Arthur/Gwen

1. Shatter into the Hope of Tomorror by Mara93 Lenght: 48,000 Summary: Arthur casts Guinevere out of Camelot for the treachery of his heart. When the true treachery begins, and his beloved Camelot is lit ablaze, he is forced away from his home. Without kingdom, his heart must face fate’s greatest fear.

2.  Sound and Smoke by sneetchstar Lenght: 27,129 Summary: The newly-crowned King of Camelot gets some assistance in his rule from an unexpected source. With unexpected consequences.

3. Striking a Balance by sneetchstar Lenght: 75,807 Summary: Princess Guinevere and Prince Arthur are promised to one another as toddlers, but never meet again until their wedding day.

4.  Growing Up with Benefits by scarlettpeony Lenght: 46,949 Summary: Arthur and Gwen have always been close. As children, they were secret playmates and as adults, they are secret bed-mates.

5. To You, An Admirer (Remastered) by sneetchstar Lenght: 6,376 Summary: When Guinevere and Arthur unwittingly exchange love letters not only do they fall in love but also their entire world is set to change forever as the Kingdoms of Albion teeter on the verge of war. Many obstacles stand in their way, especially once they come to the attention of King Uther Pendragon and Arthur’s aunt, the powerful Queen Anna Lothian. Elsewhere, Merlin tries to help Morgana decode a recurring dream prophesising imminent doom.

6. Be of Good Cheer by schweetheart Lenght: 935 Summary: Canon AU. Camlann is over, and Arthur reigns triumphant over Albion. Gwen basks in the beginning of Camelot’s Golden Age.

7. Here by loveandthetruth Lenght: 422 Summary:  It’s barely past midday and there’s not nearly enough shade here to hide them but Arthur just doesn’t care.

8. Plus ca change (plus c’est la meme chose) by loveandthetruth Lenght: 35,649 Summary: Merlin’s hopes to have left the past behind come under fire when destiny intervenes and history appears to be repeating itself. Chaos and adventure ensue as Merlin tries to stop this story ending in the same tragedy. 

9. The Moment I Saw You by sneetchstar  Lenght: 62,777 Summary:  “Hi, I’m Arthur. Will you marry me?”

10. Broken Shackles by AngryPurpleFire Lenght: 26637 Summary: An invasion on Camelot leaves everyone in shambles. Unlikely alliances unfold in hopes of rebuilding what has been lost.

11. Touch by sneetchstar Lenght: 7,259 Summary: After a car wreck, Arthur needs to see a massage therapist.

Gwaine/Merlin

1. Dust of Snow by AkakoDukes Lenght: 503 Summary: Merlin and Gwaine during the first snow of the season on their way to Ealdor. Fluff.

2. Discovery by Luthorchickv2 Lenght: 1,371 Summary:  Arthur follows Merlin on an herb picking trip and discovers the source of Merlin’s good mood.

3. Riversong by ViridianJane  Lenght: 402 Summary: Merlin’s hands are soaked in blood; poison seeps under his nails and turns his dreams against him. He’s killed with these hands. He’s held death between them and couldn’t bring himself to mourn when he felt nothing inside of him shatter.  But Merlin’s hands are also loving.

4. A Type of Heaven. by leashy_bebes Lenght: 2,685 Summary: Gwaine has to be off doing knightly things. Merlin pines. But then "Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.” Canon future-fic.

5. The Gravity of Love by VTC Lenght: 9429  Summary: Gwaine zeroes in on the burdens Merlin seems to carry on his shoulders, and embarks on a mission to discover them and alleviate them. It does not go as planned, but it is so much more.

6. This is Just To Say by Heronfem  Lenght: 4,510 Summary:  Merlin can track all of his relationships through the books on his shelves.

7. Time Enough by CanaryPaper Lenght: 738 Summary: “I always feel like we’re trying to conquer time,” Gwaine whispers into the soft shell of his ear. Darts his tongue out for a taste.

Balinor/Hunith

1. Back To Where It Began by LittensTinyMittens Lenght: 818 Summary:  After Kilgharrah has been sent away, Merlin takes his father back to Ealdor.

Gwen/Merlin 1. Kiss Me When I’m Down by sadpendragon Lenght: 937 Summary: We were each other’s first after all.

Freya/Merlin

1. The Love That Binds Us by rubberglue Lenght: 3,593 Summary: Camelot’s greatest strength was the love that connected her people. Nine snippets of love in Camelot.

Arthur/Gwaine/Merlin

1. Hidden Dragons by LittensTinyMittens Words: 103,388 Summary: When the Purge began, the Dragonlords fled to the mountains and created their own little society with the dragons. Merlin is born and raised with his family and his people, only learning of his destiny when he is 16 years old. No one knows how he will meet the Once and Future King, since these days leaving the mountains can be a death sentence.  Lucky for him, the Once and Future King finds him, but to everyone’s shock, it is Arthur Pendragon. Merlin can’t help but feel drawn to him and is then tasked with the mission of teaching the Prince all about magic and their people. Along the way, they’re joined by a handsome traveler named Gwaine, and Merlin feels the pull of destiny with him too…or is it really destiny?

Gwen/Mithian

1. A Delicate Thing by freezerjerky Words: 1,569 Summary: Mithian comes in person to give her condolences.

GEN

1. A Mother’s Eyes by SheWhoStumbles Lenght: 1,598  Summary: It had been three years since the messengers had brought news to Ealdor of King Arthur’s death. It had been three years since magic was restored to the land and Albion entered her golden age. And it had been three years since Hunith had last heard from her only son.

2. Don’t Drink if the Mead Tastes Funny by KaterinaRiley * Lenght: 7,155 Summary: It’s all Arthur’s fault! Merlin didn’t want to drink the mead -it tasted funny- but oh no, Arthur just insisted that Merlin quit acting like a girl. So what happens? They get kidnapped and Arthur’s about to be sold as a slave, that’s what! It’s all Arthur’s fault.

*Canon compliant pairing and hint of slash, but they’re not the focus of the fic.

3. Testament of Weapons by shamera Lenght: 3,569 Summary: Four years and Merlin still had a hard time keeping a sword in his hand for more than a minute in a fight.

12. Problems by MayGlenn Lenght: 40,216 Summary: “Gwaine’s sixth problem, which may have been and always would be the greatest, was his complete and utter refusal—nay, inability—to accept help from others. It tied into his hubris, yes, a bit, and also his pride—for Gwaine had a great deal of pride, contrary to popular opinion—it was shame he didn’t have, which was different."  Gwaine has had worse scrapes than this: he just can’t think of any right now.  A boar hunt with the knights goes terribly wrong, but as things progress, it turns out that that’s the least of his problems.

Writers

1.  AO3 user flammablehat 

2.  AO3 user triste

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

fuck squad update- now with more mischief

last night’s session, the fuck squad began investigating the disappearances in chillwater. 

but first, more shopping!

rhonia returned to feral jake to purchase the throwing axe of empathy, because she did like using it on saida that one time. 

they bargain- he wanted 100 gold for it, she offered 50 because apparently saida hadn’t learned empathy. then she offered 80 if she could hit him with it to prove it didn’t work.

she missed.

twice.

“well sorry, i never bothered to stat out feral jake! i never figured you would try to kill him!”

then she offered to let feral jake hit her with it

he missed.

twice. 

eventually she stood still and he managed to use it as a regular axe and she bought it, thank god, our long national nightmare was over

i do feel the need to mention that i spent the hour or two before the session working on character voices so for some reason, instead of feral jake’s voice, i ended up doing something that sounded like an old-timey radio announcer. all the jokes about him bring a fantasy morning DJ are lost if you can’t hear me speaking but know that the “it’s me, wild steve in the morning!” bit was fantastic

harde and narder meet the fuck squad at the stick and stones

i’m sorry i gotta stop and look at that sentence fragment and wonder what i’ve done with my life

anyway harde and narder meet the fuck squad at the stick and stones and give them some enchanted notebooks that the fuck squad can write in to send messages to anyone else with a notebook.

harde: “don’t draw dicks in them.” saida: “i was gonna write eat a dick to yoni.”

“oh my god we should steal a dog when we get to chillwater.” 

that was out of nowhere

what the fuck saida

they spent the ride to chillwater singing circus music nonstop for like two days straight

reaper, who was invited along, tries to be friends with maddala but “maddala isn’t sure she can have friendships with people without hitting on them.” saida: “you haven’t hit on me...... oh.”

they arrive in chillwater, and saida immediately starts mocking the poor

“there’s a carved granite sign and written on it in gold is-” “IS IT REAL GOLD”

(yoni rolled a half-decent appraise check, and it looks like it)

me: “what are you guys saying back there? you have to tell me, i’m god.” yoni: “if you were really god, you’d already know what we were saying. debunked. hashtag atheist.” rhonia: “... says the cleric”

they meet llydor philkirk, whose name they originally misspelled as fillkirk- “you know, like what spock does!”- and after i clarified they decided he was doctor phil, so they spent a bit too much time looking up doctor phil quotes (i did not do the voice after one sad attempt)

“that dog won’t hunt, he’s too busy peeing on moving cars”

saida: “so we steal a dog, get a chicken, pluck the chicken, glue the feathers to the dog, and then cook the chicken.” me: ........... whyyyyyyyyy

they finally get around to talking about the case for a little bit

saida: “is this about the period jokes or what i said about the carpet?” me: “what?” saida: “that was also a period joke”

“maddala is actually her last name. her first name is ‘bitch it’s’“

after a bit of discussion with llydor about the actual case or whatever, they get escorted to their rooms by a bellhop named sprit. she’s a gnome with a casual disdain for authority, so yoni immediately begins macking on her. 

they begin their investigation by staying in their rooms for a bit and ordering creme brulee from room service and, in sergei’s case, fucking reaper. yoni, maddela, and saida crack open a few bottles of wine, and proceed to get drunk before going to their first interview.

saida fills a garbage can with water and props it up against rhonia’s door so when rhonia opens the door it spills all over. real mature scradley.

rhonia: “someone made a big puddle in my room” llydor: “oh, is that an orc thing?”

llydor takes them to a private booth at the resort restaurant to interview the suspects they have

sergei: “i’m STARVING. all i’ve had to eat today is ASS. oh sorry that was meant to be quieter.”

the first suspect they interview is krash, who is an orc chieftan who was here to discuss some matters with scrom, one of the victims. he reveals that he can’t have done the murders because he was out of town for the first one, and that llydor in particular tends to be kind of prejudiced against orcs. 

“i roll sense motive on everything he’s said.”

“the second suspect that’s brought in is an older elf, with a few red streaks left in his graying hair-” saida: “IS HE A DILF”

turns out he is dilfy enough for her, because it turns out that this is tarand, who is one of saida’s ex-lovers back when she used to have a criminal empire. he still has his criminal empire, and he met with laurelia briefly the day before she died.

sergei: “i roll sense motive to see if they boned. i rolled a natural 20!”

tarand is not as helpful as he could be. 

“i was out of town for the first two murders, so i clearly couldn’t have-” rhonia: “are you a wizard?”

rhonia: “i only rolled a 9 to intimidate, so that’s a........ 21.” 

i love pathfinder

“don’t stick your dick in the bag of trading”

after they’re done interrogating tarand, they get dressed up in their clubbing outfits, take sprit and go down to a local pub, the hidden serpent, which is the last place the first victim, julius messeish III, was seen. 

“i’m pretty sure taking a bellhop on a roller coaster is not integral to the investigation”

the bartender at the hidden serpent reveals that she was going to kick julius out of there because he was bragging about a prank that got a maid named cheeda (not chester cheeda you fucks) fired

yoni, completely unprompted: “i rolled a natural 20″ me: “for what?” yoni: “to have a good time!”

rhonia rolled a 3 to have a good time so she got tired and went home

[talking about tarand and how saida still wants a piece of that] maddela: “he sounds like a douche” me: “well you know what they say, douches make a pussy wet”

sergei: “bring the bucket of water, dump it on him, and say ‘now you’re as wet as i am!”

sergei goes home and fucks reaper

maddela goes home with a gift shop employee named justice

saida goes home to talk to tarand. she forgets that she is still wearing her sexy clothes and embarrasses herself in front of him and his two sexual partners, and goes home to brood

late at night, after sprit falls asleep, yoni sneaks up to tarand’s room and props up a maintenance-sized bin of water against his door in a similar prank to the one saida pulled on rhonia earlier in the session

so that’s gonna be fun when they have to deal with it