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ukrfeminism · 1 year ago

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Thousands of vulnerable women are being left at serious risk of harm because police forces are failing to hand over potentially lifesaving information on violent criminals, The Independent can reveal.

In the latest shameful example of England’s police forces failing to protect women, official data shows that more than half of 20,226 requests for background checks on potential domestic abusers were rejected during a six-month period.

Campaigners say that victims face a “postcode lottery” in their search for answers, with one expert warning that the sheer scale of rejections is putting women’s lives at risk.

Senior Tory MP Robert Buckland has called for an urgent independent review of the disclosure scheme, known as Clare’s Law. It is named after 36-year-old Clare Wood, who was murdered in 2009 by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton. Appleton had a history of violence that Wood was unaware of.

As a picture emerges of an inadequate system that has left thousands of women unable to obtain information about their partners, The Independent can report that:

Fifty-six per cent of criminal background requests made under Clare’s Law between October 2021 and March 2022 were denied, according to data from the National Police Chiefs’ Council

Some forces are making women wait months instead of days to learn whether their partner has a history of committing violence against women

The mother of a woman killed by an abusive ex-boyfriend has criticised police for failing her daughter

Hilary Stinchcombe told The Independent that a Clare’s Law disclosure could have saved the lives of her daughter Laura Mortimer, 31, and her 11-year-old granddaughter Ella Dalby.

The pair were stabbed 42 times at their home in Gloucester in May 2018 by Mortimer’s partner (and Ella’s stepfather) Christopher Boon, who had, unbeknown to the family, been given a suspended sentence months before they met for assaulting his previous partner and her mother in front of two children.

Ms Stinchcombe said the family had requested information from police about Boon under Clare’s Law, but the force had denied their application, incorrectly claiming that the request must come directly from the victim.

“It’s disgusting the police misunderstood the rules and denied us this information,” she said. “If I’d known he had previous convictions, there is no way I would have let him near [Laura’s] children, and I wouldn’t have let him in the house.”

A review into the deaths found that police had failed to take action when Boon attacked Mortimer in 2014, even though he was a known offender. Mortimer initially told officers she had been assaulted by Boon but that she “did not wish to support police action”.

Ms Stinchcombe claims that, after the attack, her daughter went to a police station to request a Clare’s Law disclosure but was turned away. “She was convinced he had previous convictions – somebody had said to her – but none of us knew until the court date,” her mother said.

The scheme, which is divided into two halves, gives victims and their loved ones the right to ask police about an abuser’s criminal background. The second part gives public bodies the right to request information on individuals they feel pose a risk to women.

A spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said Clare’s Law applications are rejected because there is no information to reveal about a suspected perpetrator.

But Sir Robert urged ministers to agree the terms of a review with the NPCC to ensure that legitimate requests are not being dismissed.

One police force, Wiltshire Police, is reviewing thousands of applications in relation to the failure to disclose information that could have protected people at risk of domestic violence. The review was triggered after concerns were raised about a member of staff. An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) spokesperson said an independent review is ongoing.

Sir Robert told The Independent: “I am less than trusting in the system, and want reassurance that those applications have not just been dismissed in a summary way – that they have been considered seriously, even if no disclosure is made.

“I think there should be a review to make sure the processes are being adhered to in a proper way, bearing in mind what happened in Wiltshire.Anything that undermines confidence in the system is going to be bad for people who are doing their best to prevent being the victims of abuse.”

He added: “The whole point of this system was to increase public confidence, and if it’s going the other way, then that is clearly against the objective of the system.”

Labour’s shadow minister for domestic violence said that missed opportunities have already cost too many lives. Alex Davies-Jones said it was very concerning that half of the applications made under the scheme had been rejected, and urged the National Police Chiefs’ Council to work with police forces to make sure a “consistent and rigorous approach is being applied in these cases”.

She said the scheme must “ensure that every opportunity for early protection and prevention is taken when it comes to domestic violence and abuse”, adding: “Missed opportunities cost lives, and far too many have already been lost.”

Domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs said the law could provide potentially lifesaving information, but that refusing applications means that “opportunities are being missed” to protect victims.

Ellie Butt, of Refuge, a leading domestic abuse charity partnered with The Independent, said there are many holes in the scheme and warned that Clare’s Law can foster a “false sense of security, when vital information is withheld or overlooked”.

Rachel Horman-Brown, a domestic abuse solicitor, said failures to disclose information under Clare’s Law can put women’s lives at risk. Some women she supports are given disclosures under Clare’s Law, but a lot see their applications rejected, she said.

“Sometimes they are told, ‘You have separated from him; you don’t need to know,’ but separations in the context of domestic abuse are often not linear. Victims will often go back to their perpetrators,” she added.

“This is because the perpetrators are so manipulative, and victims feel controlled and scared. A lot of victims are a lot less likely to go back if they know of the history of abuse. That excuse of refusing information by the police doesn’t stack up.”

Dr Charlotte Barlow, who specialises in Clare’s Law and domestic abuse, said Clare’s Law is a “postcode lottery”, with some areas investing far more money in the scheme than others.

The academic said domestic abuse victims she encounters sometimes wait months to be given a disclosure about a partner – adding that one woman was forced to wait five months despite ringing the police multiple times.

Recommended wait times for disclosure are 28 days, but Dr Barlow warned that this is too long.

Louisa Rolfe, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and domestic abuse lead for the NPCC, said: “Police aim to consult relevant safeguarding agencies before disclosing, and, where a victim discloses potential abuse during the process but no records are held, police look to take steps, with other relevant agencies, to protect them.”

A spokesperson for Gloucester Police said the review into the deaths of Mortimer and Ella states that the force’s policy for Clare’s Law previously permitted disclosure of prior convictions only to the individual in the relationship.

“However, since the introduction of statutory government guidance in 2022, the constabulary will now consider disclosure to another person in particular circumstances,” they added.

The national domestic abuse helpline offers support for women on 0808 2000 247, or you can visit the Refuge website. There is a dedicated men’s advice line on 0808 8010 327.

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94variant · 12 days ago

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Los hermanos Maslany.

Son niños como los que viven en Herkleton Mills, pero a diferencia de la familia de Xavier, la familia Maslany posee una enorme fortuna gracias a la corporación dirigida por Hugo y Cecilia Maslany. Uno de los rasgos más característicos de este quinteto radica en que tres de ellos, incluyendo a Eliezer y al mismo Hugo, tienen cejas y pelo rosado natural (a diferencia de Eliza, líder de los Infusionistas), así como también ojos magenta.

Cada uno posee las mismas habilidades y roleplay que Xavier, Maya y los campeones, pero al ser hermanos poseen la ventaja tanto unidos como por separado.

Trivias:

1.-Tanto Warren como Miguel usan sandalias como calzado favorito. Esta característica es compartida con Eliezer y algunos de los 19 portadores.

2.-Al igual que Toman, Miguel puede declarar "Todos bajo el agua". Éste es un juego mucho más caótico que el de Toman, el cual sólo Miguel y algunos niños son capaces de soportar. Aunque Miguel sólo lo hace cuando se enoja.

3.-Eliza le tiene celos a Warren por su cabello rosado natural. Aún así, Eliza le tiene respeto a Warren por ser igual de adinerado que ella.

4.-Warren tiene un cuerpo muy flexible y puede contorsionarse tanto como quiera sin sentir dolor alguno, al punto de poner sus piernas detrás de su cabeza, o bien tocar su cabeza con sus pies descalzos.

5.-Los nombres de tres de los hermanos de Warren están basados en tres de los siete arcángeles: Rafael, Miguel y Gabriel. Lo cual enfatiza lo fuertes que ellos son comparados con Jackie, Aggie y Maya.

(Párrafo en inglés)

The Maslany siblings

They are kids like those who live in Herkleton Mills, but unlike Xavier's family, the Maslany family possesses an enormous fortune thanks to the corporation run by Hugo and Cecilia Maslany. One of the most characteristic traits from this quintet is that three of them, including Eliezer and Hugo himself, have natural pink eyebrows and hair (unlike Eliza, leader of the Tea Timers), as well as magenta eyes.

Each of them has the same abilities and roleplay as Xavier, Maya and the champions (though enhanced on them), but being siblings they have the advantage both together and separately.

Trivias:

1.-Both Warren and Miguel wear sandals as their favorite footwear. This feature is shared with Eliezer and some of the 19 bearers.

2.-Like Toman, Miguel can declare "Everyone is underwater". This is a much more chaotic game than Toman's, which only Miguel and a few kids are able to endure. Though Miguel only does it when he gets mad.

3.-Eliza is jealous of Warren because of his natural pink hair. Still, Eliza has respect for Warren for being just as wealthy as her.

4.-Warren has a very flexible body and can contort as much as he wants without feeling any pain, to the point of putting his legs behind his head, or touching his head with his bare feet.

5.-The names from three of Warren's siblings are based on three of the seven archangels: Raphael, Michael and Gabriel. Which emphasizes how powerful they are compared with Aggie, Jackie and Maya.

#craig of the creek #cotc #oc #cotc oc #cotc fanart #fanfic

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artzychic27 · 1 year ago

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Ooh! What are the other students of Dupont like in the Shadyverse? What are their crimes and personalities, and do they also cause trouble in costumes?

Marinette

Poisoned a few customers with her “special” pastries, which sent many to the hospital

No reason other than she found rat poison and wanted to see if it worked on humans

She’s just a tad bit paranoid and always makes people eat her food before her to see if it’s poisoned or not as payback for her crimes

She still likes to sew, but a lot of her designs are based off well known toxins

Alya

Spread rumors that got several people arrested and sent to psych wards

She wants people to hang off of her every word and if she needs to make some of her rumors true to do that, so be it

If there’s an outlandish rumor flying around, Alya probably started it

Incredibly annoyed by her sisters and his not above starting a few rumors about Nora taking supplements and lying about Ella and Etta ruining their mother’s dishes

Nino

Stole and plagiarized music from young musicians and passed them all off as his own while making hundred of euros a week by selling CDs

He’s also known to be quite violent when the right buttons are pushed. Don’t cross him

He hates to do any work for himself and relies on empty promises and gullible morons

He’s got a soft spot for Chris and makes sure to teach him everything he knows

Adrien

Used his connections to have each of his fans stupid enough to put the return address on their fan letters stalked for months

It gets boring as a young model and he needs something to keep him entertained

So, what better way than by seeing how far he can push some poor sap before they eventually break

He even does this to his own parents

Ivan

A bit of physical assault here, some intimidation there

Uses his stature against others to keep people out of his way and give him what he wants

He’s got a soft spot for his sister and will take down anyone who poses as a threat to her

Before you try to get back at him, ask yourselves, “Do I want to die today?”

Myléne

Committed charity fraud and stole over two millions euros to buy herself clothes from companies that everyone knows makes money off of child labor

She’s apathetic towards charity cases and sees them as nothing more than an annoyance

Any time an opportunity to do some good comes up, she looks the other way

Extremely vain and only obsessed with having the best clothes

Rose

May or may not have poisoned a few IV bags in while posing as an intern at a hospital

Rose is a bit like Adrien and Marinette. She likes to conduct “experiments” on others

She doesn’t see the people outside of DuPont as people, just test subjects for her to try her toxin-laced perfumes on

She holds a place in her heart for Juleka, the only one smart enough to known if she’s poisoned her drink or not

Juleka

Stabbed several people at random with makeshift knives

Just to see how quickly they bleed out

Juleka’s always had a fascination with morbid stuff and gets a thrill out of traumatizing people

Luka’s her right hand, posing as the scared good twin looking for help before she strikes

Alix

Sold items in the museum to wealthy buyers for months until the eventually got caught

Alix and Nino share a love for get rich quick schemes and occasionally conspire with each other

She’s never above blaming others for her crimes, including her own brother

If you wordly possession has gone missing, it was likely that Alix stole and sold it

Nathaniel

He used fear and blackmail to make the student body obey him and grovel at the ground he walked on

Back at his last school, he possessed the Butterfly Miraculous and looked through students memories in their sleep to dig up dirt on them

Nathaniel absolutely HATES being seen as second rate and makes sure to let everyone know he’s the one who holds the power

Uses the Butterfly Miraculous for no reason other than to get his way

Kim

Physical assault charges that never stuck becuase everyone was afraid of him

There’s no telling what this guy will do. He’s unpredictable and gets a thrill out of seeing people flinch when he walks by

Makes a show of seeming like a nice guy to people who don’t know him before he does a 180

It’s how he got the Ladybug Miraculous

Max

Hacked into the grade books and ruined everyone’s GPAs just for the hell of it

He enjoys being the best and likes to tear people down in order for that to happen

Is always a step ahead of others. To him, life is only a video game where he knows all the codes

He saw the box sticking out of the old man’s pocket. So, he helped him up and swiped it right while he wasn’t looking

Chloé

Basically what canon Chloé does before season 4 and minus the Akumas

… So, not going into detail, other than she’s not the worst person at DuPint

Sabrina

Framed several teachers she didn’t like so her dad would arrest them

Sabrina got a sick thrill out of using her dad’s positions to gain fear and respect

She’s played the role of the good lieutenant’s daughter actively pointing out horrible crimes, when really, she just wants certain people out of her life

He tricks won’t work anymore, but she can always count on a few suckers

Lila:

Canon Lila but without the… You know

She and Alya are the main rumor mills at school and are actively turning people against one another for the thrill of it

She doesn’t lie to get people to do what she wants out of pity. She just does it to ruin lives

Besides, it’s like a game for her

Marc

Psychologically tortured his classmates and actively threatened just about everyone for the smallest incidents

Marc thrives off of fear from others, even his own family

He’s been Kiran’s main caretaker since he was born, not that he gave his mothers much of a choice and constantly warns him about the dangers of going outside so he can keep his “precious baby brother” all to himself

Now that he’s at DuPont, he can no longer protect Kiran and fills the void with his Senticreatures

Aurore

Kept her family under her thumb for years with all sorts of threats before they finally sent her to DuPont

A bit unhinged, but plays it off as the stressed out “little miss perfect”

No one had any reason to suspect Aurore since she seemed like perfection incarnate, but they never saw what else she did

Aurore can easily get into peoples heads, so watch out for that

Mireille

Was caught cheating in one of Alec’s contests and many others before that by rigging the votes

Extremely confident and selfish, Mireille does whatever it takes to win in life

Similar to Max, she sees life as only a chessboard where everyone is a pawn

Mireille can make even the most confident people question themselves

Cosette

Manipulated her siblings into committing crimes for her and put on the facade of the innocent younger sibling when they try to blame her

One of the school’s master manipulators, they get a thrill out of making others do their dirty work

For years, they made Yvette and Jordyn look like the bad siblings while they were a perfect Angel

Its manipulation won’t work at DuPont, but Cosette has many other tricks

Lacey

Broke into people’s homes with her rock climbing gear and stole any money or jewelry they had lying around

Prone to violence when questioned, Lacey is one of the people you don’t want to mess with

She has a place in her heart for her brothers, and it crushed her to see the hurt in their eyes when she was caught

Dubbed, “Queen of Thieves” by members of her small but active gang of others sent to DuPont for thievery. They look up to her

Jean

Used his looks to get the male students to do as he pleased- Steal, do his homework, take out anyone who poses as a threat to him

Jean is incredibly vain and obsessed with his looks. Becuase when you’re gorgeous, people do whatever you want

His tactics still work at DuPont, and he’s getting away with it all

The only person he’ll ever love is Austin Tomassian, his boyfriend and the leader of the most notorious gang at DuPont

Denise

Beat up just about anyone weaker than them… So pretty much everyone, for no reason other than they could

Denise ruled their other school with an iron fist, constantly hustling students out of their money, starting fist fights, and making no empty threats

They, Kim, Ivan, and any other muscular students are one of the most feared gangs at DuPont

Simon, of course, is safe from any sort of torment unless a certain someone wants to meet Denise’s fist

Simon

Filmed people at out of context moments and posted them on all of his social media accounts to have their lives ruined

Why? Becuase they can.

He’s pretty close with Lila and Alya, but wishes they’d step up their game just a little bit

Lords it over peoples heads that he’s dating one of the most feared students at DuPont

Reshma

Used her family name and bribery to always have her way at school, and made any lower income students do as she pleased

Reshma is a nightmare version of Regina George

She’s in with the gang of rich kids who bribe the other students to entertain them

Still close with Ismael and is not above getting physical with anyone who disrespects him

Ismael

Tried to burn his own house down with his mother still inside

He told everyone she had it coming, but his dad insisted on sending him to DuPont to avoid prison

Ismael has trust issues, and only puts his faith in Reshma, the one who helped him find unscented kerosene

It’s best not to mess with him since he’s got backup from the wealthiest gang at DuPont

Zoé

Used threats and occasional blackmail to make everyone at her last school fear her

Like Nathaniel, Zoé ruled over her school at New York with an iron fist before she was eventually sent to DuPont

Zoé HATES anyone who poses as competition, which is why she made herself the unquestioned leader of the gang of rich kids

Often funds most of Cosette’s crimes. They CANNOT say no to her

As for any of them having the Miraculous, Blood Beetle and Ikati Bleak are working to hunt down the old man they got their Miraculous from, knowing he has more

Thanks to Max’s intellect, they’re able to sneak out of DuPont undetected to cause chaos

While the four of them could easily destroy DuPont and free their associates, special forces will be called in and they’ll all just be shipped to some maximum security prison that’s countries away, so they need to find the Miraculous to give them all powers and even the odds

Plus, Prince Pain refuses to send his babies into battle

#shadybug and claw noir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #mlb ocs #akuma class #science kids #answered ask #ask me stuff #mlb au

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cutegirlmayra · 1 year ago

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Sonamy prompt: Sonic gets invited to a high society: ball, charity event whatever you name it he has to go and can bring a guest. He asks Amy to go mostly so she can keep the crazy fans and press away. She agrees thinking it'll be a fun date night. The night comes and she feels like a fish out of water. High society start judging and mocking her making her feel bad. Sonic is not okay with this and the two make a ruckus. Dancing and singing eating food "improperly" and then eventually take off

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PROMPTS ARE ON SHUTDOWN, DO NOT ENGAGE INBOX, THEY’RE HAPPILY MARRIED AND DON’T NEED YOUR OPINION!!!

Prompt:

Sonic adjusted the cuffs on his new tailored gloves, “You sure this shindig’s necessary?” He had tried to get out of it, but the President was insistent. To help with his campaign, he wanted Sonic at his fancy ball he was hosting, a party for those of high political society.

He figured, if Sonic was there, so would the press. Not just that, but it would be the talk of among potential voters, and make it look like Sonic was supporting him.

Not really understanding the significance of his presence, Chris had told Sonic it was a very honored thing to be invited by a President, and didn’t want Sonic to appear rude.

“Why can’t you be my plus one? Or you?” He asked Chris, then pointed to Tails, who was helping put Sonic in a nice black jacket after he had already been buttoned up by Chris in a white shirt.

“Because, plus one usually means you’re bringing a girl with you.” Chris explained, and held up his finger, “Just a second, I’ll go see Vanilla and Cream are done working on Amy’s dress, yet.” He rushed to knock on the door, about three times, before he heard the excited voices of Cream and Vanilla.

They cheerfully called out, “Coming!” Before Amy called out, “Just one second..!!!” Sounding kinda nervous.

“Huh? Amy? Getting nervous?” He walked away from the door and shook his head, “That’s a side of her I never thought I’d get to see…” He smiled with a raised eyebrow, coming back to Sonic who was tugging on his nice suit jacket a bit, trying to ‘stretch’ it since it felt restrictive, looking annoyed. “You sure you remember your manners, Sonic?” Chris reminded him.

“Yeah… I think so. Mr. Tanaka wouldn’t let me sleep last night in peace without sending me through a few drills… and Ella did the same with Amy.” He suddenly looked over from down at his new clothes before his eyes widened and sparkled somewhat… looking speechless.

“Huh? What’s wrong, Son-” Chris turned around before his face also turned to one of mesmerizing delight. “Wow, Amy! You look… incredible!” His mouth opened wide into a grin.

Amy walked out with her hands together in front of a beautiful red, glittering dress… white gloves to match, a hair clip of a rose with some sheer fabric to the side of it, going down near a front quill of hers.

Her sparkling red shoes she lightly poked out of her dress and then posed, tilting her head and chin up a bit to the side, being confident. “Well?” She asked, “What do you think, Sonic?”

Sonic remembered something then, “Hey… It looks… different from the one you wore on the Blue Typhoon, Amy…” Sonic walked up to her and put his hands to his hips, “What happened to that one?”

She tensed up, her bangs and quills becoming prickly, and her cheeks puffing up in agitation. “Girls have more than one dress, Sonic!” She huffed, and he flinched back a moment, removing his hands from his confident but relaxed pose as his smile faded, too.

“H-Huh? No need to get snappy, Amy. I was just surprised you had a new one…” He put a hand out to explain, before withdrawing it up to behind his head, “Sorry, Amy.”

Chris looked at the two a little awkwardly, having some sweat on the side of his cheek, before bending down to whisper into an equally worried Tails’s ear. “Do you really think they’ll get along for this evening, at least?”

Tails moved his mouth to the side, whispering back with his hand up to him, looking ahead but his eyes shifted directly to look up at him, “This isn’t Sonic’s first rodeo. Amy’s dragged him on tons of dates! He’ll be just fine if he-” They were both jolted into upright positions by Vanilla tugging on their opposite ears.

“You know, it’s quite rude to gossip right in front of people.” With her eyes closed in pleasantry, she walked in between them and made sure their heads were now pulled away from each other. She let them go and put a hand dainty to her mouth, “You look lovely, Amy. Sonic? Be sure to be a gentlemen at all times. This is Amy’s night, too, you know.” She gently instructed him.

Sonic smirked to Vanilla, “Emm.” showing he was intending to keep it a good one, as Amy happily returned Vanilla’s kind smile and cheer. “Ah-ha!”

At the ball, Sonic had Amy’s arm around his own, and the two walked in looking pretty small compared to the expenses of this grand campaign. “You don’t… think this is all for us… do you?” Sonic asked, looking directly up, “Wohh…” Seeing multiple chandeliers and fancy lights all over the grand ballroom.

Both his and Amy’s eyes sparkled at the extravagant sight, before a ton of ‘important’ guests started trying to barge their way past the two and soon they were almost trampled as they clambered to get inside.

Sonic pulled Amy ahead of him and they started running, “The food here must be really good, huh? Wah-aahhhh!!!” he pulled her up into a bridal style and immediately his face turned to a cool and collected hero. “Heh.”

He smirked and jumped over some tables as though they were obstacles on a natural tundra back home, and then skid to a halt behind them, his toe up in the air as he slid. “Heh, try and surprise me, why don'tcha?” He subtly jeered a little, having fun as he set Amy down. He put his hands out to her dress, “Is your pretty dress okay? Not ruined, is it?”

Amy blushed at that, shaking her head, “Em-mm, it’s fine.” She smiled sweetly to his chivalrous question.

He ‘phew’d and got back up, “Good.” He nodded, putting his hands to his hips again, “You seem to care an awful lot about it.”

Amy had a strike of an anger mark pulse on her head at that comment. “Soooonic…” She made fists by her sides and shook them slightly. “Are you calling me a material girl!?”

“Huh?” Sonic seemed to not understand, leaning forward towards her as though wanting her to explain before the President and his plus one came up to him with their bodyguards.

“Ah! Sonic The Hedgehog!” He outstretched his hands to the two, “I’m so glad you could come! Ohh… and who’s this little lady by your side?” he blinked curiously to Amy. “Hmm… Have I seen you before?”

Amy looked flattered at the ‘little lady’ part, but the second he seemed to completely not recognize her as one of Sonic’s ionic friends made another zap of an anger mark pulse on her head yet again, twitching with a slight sound effect as though she was trying to keep her rage bottled up in front of company…

“O-Oh, I’m one of Sonic’s friends…” She nervously laughed out.

“Yeah, don’t you recognize her?” Sonic pointed to Amy, very casually, “She’s Amy R-”

“Well, I’m sure my memory will be jogged in good time!” he clapped his hands, “Now, Sonic, if you would be a dear and come with me, just step right over here, that’s it…” Sonic was suddenly pushed from the back up to the press where they took pictures of him and the President, as Amy reached out her hand, not sure why he was being taken away from her as the Plus One of the President slid in next to her.

“You know, he really does look dapper in that little suit of his.” She chuckled into her hand, trying to be mannerly but her eyes were closed as though also looking a bit high-class as well. Was she snooty? “I just think little animal heroes are all the rage these days… It also makes you look incredibly adorable as well, Miss The Hedgehog.”

Amy twitched again, a smaller anger mark. “C-Cute?” She was trying to look sophisticated and like an adult…

“O-Oh, uhmmm… Ehem, I’m not actually Mr. The Hedgehog’s wife… eh-heh-heh… yet.” She swiped her eyes off to the side with a shine… a goal of hers, obviously.

The woman made an obnoxious laugh, “Ohhhh-hoho, how darling! You two looked so perfect together, I just immediately assumed!” She then leaned down, “Hey, hey… one girl to another, do you all stick to your species or is there branching out involved? Do you ever fear he’ll go after a mongoose or something?”

Amy’s anger marks were now turning into mouths and angry eyes, barking and arguing on Amy’s head back and forth as she twitched an open smile, “Ah-hah…hah haha… Why do you think these thoughts?” she then questioned the woman with squinted eyes as Sonic called out to her.

“Amy!”

She turned immediately, blinking her eyes as she leaned forward, “Oh!” She noticed he was trying to climb over the people, mostly women and reporters, crowding around him.

She knew he hated that, and narrowed her eyes while shaking a protective fist.

“Amy, help m-..!” He was being pulled back into the epicenter of the moshpit of people as Amy took out her hair clip and handed it to the woman, “Hold this a sec.” she raced towards Sonic and jumped into the crowd, like a superhero, she wiggled herself out with Sonic over her shoulder, clinging up on her shoulders as though a trembling chihuahua over water, completely out of place among the ‘fans and elites’ all wanting a piece of him.

She jumped down from stepping over people’s heads and shoulders, landing like a true hero and putting Sonic down, dusting him off, and patting his cheeks to let him know he was okay now.

“Thank YOU!” She swiped the hair clip out of the gawking woman’s hands and began to readjust it back into her downward pink quills. Once in, she moved her hands away, touched it up a bit more, then put her hands happily to her hips and looked proud of herself.

“Thanks, Amy.” Sonic rubbed the back of his head, then dusted off his arms again, “Those people really know how to trap a guy in!” He adjusted his quills as well, “How long do we have to be here for, anyway?”

“Sonic…” She looked a little disappointed, her eyes bending back, “We… We just got here.”

“That’s right!” The woman looped her arms around Amy, “You two adorable little things can’t leave now! We have a dinner and a dance for everyone! Including a very special performance, you’ll love it!” She dragged Amy over to a chair as Sonic helplessly followed her with his arms out, not sure when to use his strength and abilities when it came to these odd humans…

When sat down, Amy addressed it, looking like her entire hair was messed up due to the woman holding her like a ragdoll in the air by her waist. “I swear… if one more person treats us like pets..!” She adjusted her hair, and then re-pinned her hair clip. “Sonic, why didn’t you just spindash your way out of that people-pit?” She wasn’t look at him, just doing her hair as he sighed.

“I promised Chris I wouldn’t act ‘unmannerly’ at such an important summons… but to be honest, no matter how many drills Mr. Tanaka put me through, I still don’t get which spoon is what and why there needs to be so many rules.” He looked down at the set-up of the table. His eyes narrowed as though trying to remember, but then not caring and hopelessly waving a nonchalant hand about, “I just wasn’t made for this ‘heroic rewarding’ stuff.” He yawned and leaned back, lifting a leg up, “Think I’ll snooze for a little bit…” He started to doze off as Amy smacked a hand to her face, dragging it down to stretch out the skin.

“Well, that is just who you are… after all.” She eventually sighed and smiled at him fondly.

The President gave a profound speech, and everyone clapped modestly before the food was served. Amy nudged Sonic and he woke up in a small jolt, before yawning and letting Amy point and move his hands to the right silver tools he was supposed to use.

When Amy and him took their first bites, their eyes had stars in them, and they immediately both went, “Oh, wow!” and started digging in. “Have you ever tasted something so good in all your life, Sonic!?” She exclaimed, scarfing it down as Sonic nodded, agreeing.

He could hardly speak without his mouth completely full, “It’s the best!”

With wild handfuls, they were shoving the food down, as people stared in disbelief or with blinking eyes at the displayed behavior.

Amy suddenly looked up after blinking her eyes out of the stars, and noticed everyone staring at them. Embarrassed, she leaned back in her chair, “Ah-haha…” she tried to grasp at a napkin, and the President’s Plus One scooted it to her and she immediately patted her face.

Looking over at Sonic, she noticed he was still oblivious, and cleared her throat.

He looked up at her with complete innocence and full cheeks, “Huh?” His emerald eyes made her giggle a little, pointing to the rest of the table.

“Oh… ywou wawnt swome twoo?” He chewed and looked to what he thought was a huge set of food she was gesturing, too. He, thinking it very polite, got up on his chair, leaned over the table after pulling his suit and white shirt down, and then picked up the enormous–according to their size–glass dish ware and held it up over Amy’s plate. He swallowed then after some time of chewing and smiled sweetly to her, “Isn’t this the best? Glad we stuck around, huh!” The chandeliers lights on him only made his expression of joy that much more genuine and heartfelt to Amy. He was basking in the rays of the room’s light, and she had never felt more gleeful about Sonic trying to show ‘correct mannerisms’ to her before than this moment.

She put her hands up to her cheeks, squeeing at his gentlemanliness, “Ohh~ Sonic~” she then took a big inhale, “That’s not what I meant.” and pulled his coattails down to have him forcibly take his seat, dropping the rose-tinted glasses act for a second.

Once he was back in his seat, he blinked, still holding the huge stack of food on the tray as Amy put it back down where it was supposed to go, “We’re making a scene…” She seemed disappointed at having to say that, as though watching Sonic truly take delight in the moment was everything she wanted for the night… but she had to deny that experience for the both of them… due to the crowd of onlookers judging them…

They tried to eat correctly, Sonic looking more and more frustrated by the passing of seconds he couldn’t shove the amount of food he wanted in his mouth, and Amy completely concurred.

She had to pick up ‘miniscule’ bites and pieces, and the food kept slipping off the ‘recently polished’ silverware which made it even more impossible to take in the yumminess of the food.

Both growing annoyed, Amy finally just put the fork down and turned to Sonic, smiling the best she could. “Want to dance?” She took his hand and he was dragged to the dance floor.

At first, Sonic looked as though he was being pulled around, and Amy realized she would have to lead a lot more aggressively to get him on track.

“This isn’t what I had in mind… When they told me we’d be going to a fancy party…” Her face was a smushed frown, her eyes were as though someone was pulling them apart on the sides, melting away before Sonic finally made a comment.

“Well,... why can’t we just make it our party?” He asked, which made Amy blink up at him and lose her sunken expression.

“What… do you mean?” Her eyes showed that she was desperate to save the night, and Sonic smiled at that fact.

“Amy… Want me to be the hero this time?” He slightly joked as Amy looked completely like that was out of the blue for her, “What I mean is… You’ve been helping me all night… but I think it’s my turn to do what I do best.” He winked to her with a signature, bright smile. “Let me make your night one to remember!”

She blushed, turning pink on the sides of her muzzles just below her eyes. “Sonic…” She stared into his handsome face as he then broke out of the embrace and spun her about, jumping onto the food table and doing his own dance. Break-dancing, spraying food everywhere, and kicking up his feet, “Sorry, Chris! I also told Vanilla I’d be a gentleman to Amy! And Amy’s not having any fun either!” He then jumped up and spindashed around Amy, landing to take her hand, “And what kinda gentlemen would I be if I didn’t save the girl’s night?”

Amy swooned, her expression bright and cheery again, as she raced off and started to dance wildly and eat as much as she wanted again!

Suddenly, a loud voice cried over the crowd, “STOOOPPP!!!” The two hedgehogs ceased a moment, frozen in mad chaos of about to start a food fight, before the President looked to his Plus One, surprised by her suddenly manly voice.

“A-A… Elizabeth?” He asked, but the woman suddenly mechanically transformed, her thin waist now a large one, her proportions off, and Eggman flipped a sliding door and stepped out of the contraption.

“I had to go through SO MUCH to plan this little crash party… you have no idea how much of this man I had to endure!” Eggman pointed angrily at the President while still talking to Sonic and Amy, while the President touched what used to be a leg of the woman and rubbed it lightly as though mourning in a weird way that she was just a robot. “I’m the party crasher, not YOU!” he pulled out a mechanical gun strapped around his back. “I deserve it for what I’ve had to put up with far more than YOU TWO HAVING ONLY TONIGHT IN THIS LOONEY BIN!”

Realizing Eggman had been in a female robot, and that technically meant he was crossdressing, Amy and Sonic tilted their heads and second before absolutely having to clutch their stomachs and covered their mouths as they tried desperately not to laugh loudly.

Eggman sent his robotic army and they battled them out, never being invited to another ‘elite and influential party’ on earth again…

#sonamy #sonicxamy #sonic fanfic #sonic x prompt #sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #cutegirlmayra

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talkfastromance4 · 2 years ago

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An Ashton & Posy Adventure--Luke&Lily oneshot

Just a fun little something before introducing the new baby!

Enjoy!

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There’s a lot of commotion at the Hemming’s house when Ashton enters the door. Oliver is crying as he follows you around the living room, his arms up wanting to be held. You’re talking softly to him as you pick up toys. Posy is in the kitchen with Petunia trying to teach her tricks by dangling treats. Petunia is barking loudly. It’s Saturday so Lily is over by Cory and Ella’s.

“Lovie, have you seen my wallet?” Luke appears from the hallway then swiftly scoops Oliver into his arms. He quiets a little but is still reaching for you.

“Should be where you always put it,” you sigh folding up a fuzzy plane blanket, “the kitchen counter. When is–oh! Ashton, how long have you been here?”

The three of you face Ashton, Oliver’s sniffling and rubbing at his eyes.

“Not too long,” Ashton shakes his head with a smile. “You remember me and Posy are spending the day together, right?”

“Of course we did! Sorry–” you take Oliver from Luke and he nestles into your neck– “it’s been a crazy morning.”

“Hey bug,” Luke calls to Posy, “did you see who’s here?”

“Huh? UNCA ASH!”

She drops the treats for Petunia who gobbles them up and Posy runs towards Ashton. He lifts her in his arms for a big hug, her little arms wrapped around his neck tightly.

“Hi little one, are you ready for our adventure day?”

“Yes!”

“Go get your shoes, Pose,” you tell her. You’re bouncing Oliver and rubbing at his back. He hasn’t been feeling well and has been signing ‘hold me’ for the last week. He also has been tugging at his ears so you think he has an ear infection but you have to wait until Monday to go see the doctor.

Ashton sets Posy down and she runs to her room.

“Does she have a bag?” Ashton asks.

“Yeah. It’s got extra clothes, some snacks, and her water bottle,” Luke moves into the kitchen to grab her red backpack. “Which beach are you going to?”

“Big Rock. They have cool tide pools she’ll like and we can collect rocks and shells.”

“She’ll love that,” you smile and kiss the side of Oliver’s head.

“Little guy’s still not feeling well?” Ashton pouts approaching you. He cocks his head to look at his nephew then rubs his curls atop his head.

“No, so he’s extra cuddly,” you hum.

“I’m sure mama’s cuddles help a ton, huh buddy? How’re you doing?”

“Great! I’ve got a ton of energy all of a sudden so I’ve been cleaning the house.”

“Luke says you’ve got the crib set up in Oli’s room?”

“Yeah,” you sigh. “With my due date happening in a little less than a month it’s too late to house hunt. Crystal keeps sending me links though so maybe after a few months we can go look at some.”

“And he’s still not talking?”

“Not yet. His hearing is fine, so that’s good. But with him being a preemie, he’s just taking a little bit more time,” you smile and stroke his cheek lovingly.

“I’m ready! I have my matching hat!” Posy announces and she plops her green bucket hat on her head. She always stole Ashton’s. She also has her own small backpack, some books, and a bright blue mesh bag. In her excitement some of her books fell to the floor.

“You don’t need your whole room, little one,” Ashton giggles then makes his way over to his niece to help her pick up the books.

“They’re books of rocks and shells! And I got a rock collecting bag,” she explains holding up the blue mesh bag.

“She’s been looking forward to your adventure day for weeks,” you smile. Your voice is softer now because Oliver has fallen asleep.

“I’ve been looking forward to it, too,” he smiles down at Posy. “Let’s take two books, okay? Which ones do you want?”

She selects the one about shells and a Bluey book.

“Perfect. Ready to go, munchkin?” Ashton asks.

He gathers her things while she says goodbye to you and Luke. Once she’s settled in her carseat Ashton presses play on her favorite playlist and starts the thirty minute drive to the beach. Posy fills him in about school and her karate class and how Oliver can sign her name now.

“Where’s Auntie Kay?” she asks kicking her feet.

“She’s away taking pictures for her job, she’ll be home soon.”

“Can we have a sleepover again?”

“That’s a great idea and I know Auntie Kay will love it. We’re almost to the beach, Po.”

When they arrive, they use the bathroom first and then carry all of their beach belongings. Ashton mainly has everything until they find a spot in the sand. It’s a nice warm day with a cool breeze from the ocean.

“Can I take off my shoes?” Posy asks while he weighs down the blanket with some rocks.

“The water might be a little cold,” Ashton warns.

“I’m tough,” she plants her hands on her hips and has a little scowl on her face.

Ashton can’t help but laugh because she looks exactly like you and Luke right now.

“Okay, we’ll try it. But if it is too cold we’ll both put our shoes back on. Deal?”

“Okay!”

With her mesh bag slung over her shoulders, niece and uncle walk along the sand holding hands. They collect a lot of shells and rocks and Posy loves wading into the water feeling the sand squish between her toes. They read her books together and enjoy their snacks while watching birds fly across the water.

She even steals his phone and they have a small photoshoot with each other. Posy places her shells on his forearms so they’re in the circles of his moons and takes a picture of that as well. After a few hours they walk along the beach again.

“What’s that?” she gasps suddenly stopping.

“What’s what?”

“That noise!”

She lets go of his hand and runs to a small forested area. Ashton runs after her, eying the place to make sure nothing dangerous was hidden inside. He hears something that sounds like chirping.

“It’s a nest!” she gasps and gets on her knees to crawl inside.

“Posy!” Ashton tries to grab her feet but she’s in the underbrush and he gets on all fours to follow her. “You need to be careful, you don’t know what’s in here.”

“Look! It’s baby birds!”

The two of them gaze at a nest that is clearly broken. There’s only one small bird inside and Ashton knows it’s a little duckling. His eyes gaze around to see broken shells and racoon prints. The one small duck is chirping softly beneath the sand, sticks and leaves.

“Hi buddy,” Posy greets softly and picks him up in her small hands. “Look, Unca Ash!”

“Very nice,” Ashton says. He’s distracted trying to find the mother duck but it’s silent. Was the duckling abandoned? “Let’s go back to the blanket.”

They scramble out of the brush and back onto the sand, Posy is still holding the duckling.

“He likes me!” she smiles gleefully as the duck fits comfortably in her hold. “We need to take care of him.”

“I don’t–”

“Please? He’s only a baby,” Posy pouts up at him with puppy eyes. Ashton sighs.

“Okay. But let’s take him back to my house, okay?”

“Yay!” She skips away and Ashton has a fleeting thought of yours and Luke’s faces if Ashton brought back a duckling to their house.

***

Posy found things around his house to put the duckling in, an old fish tank with newspaper on the bottom and a small dish of water. While he put away the beach things she went out in the backyard in search of worms to feed the duck. To Ashton’s astonishment, the little yellow bird followed her around in the grass. He then searched on his phone what to do to take care of a duckling but stopped so he could take video of the duck following Posy.

According to Google, ducks can imprint on humans if they’re the first thing they see and that little duck followed Posy everywhere. Ashton had her pose for pictures which he sent to you and Luke.

“I love him, Unca Ash,” Posy giggles and nuzzles her nose against the ducks soft fuzzy head.

“What are you going to name him?”

“Philbert.”

“That’s the best name ever.”

Little did he know how deep and true the imprinting would be because when it was time to take Posy home, Philbert went ballistic in the fish tank. Ashton hoped you and Luke wouldn’t be too mad about bringing home a stray duck.

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#l&l oneshot #luke&lily fluff #luke&lily oneshot #luke&lily #luke&lily universe #po and ash

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raphaelesbian · 3 months ago

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"Sacando está análisis pequeño y tonto sobre el fanfic Puppet Tightly Strung (mi fanfic favorito) / Noose Loosely Wound Sobre la metáfora de que si Rafael es una marioneta, que sería K"Lo escribí con ayuda de la IA, una de esas personitas que no sabe expresarse con

Rafael es como una marioneta con hilos visibles que lo hacen bailar a su antojo. Es consciente de los hilos que lo controlan, pero no puede escapar de ellos.

Karai es como un muñeco de cuerda que cree poder moverse por sí misma, pero sin darse cuenta de que le han dado cuerda. Aunque piensa tener el control sobre sus acciones y pensamientos, en realidad está siendo controlada de manera sutil por el Gusano Cerebral. La cuerda en su espalda no es visible para ella, pero funciona igual, estando siempre presente y manipulando sus movimientos y decisiones.

Ambos son muñecos distintos que se manejan y se cuidan de forma diferente, pero al final del día, ambos fueron muñecos controlados por el mismo titiritero/juguetero.

No sé si debía sacar esta comparación de mi cabeza, pero originalmente iba a hacer un fanart con esta idea. Sin embargo, no sé hacer dibujos digitales y no soy tan buena dibujando. Pero amo este fanfic, así que de alguna manera tenía que espresar esta idea

Me preguntaba si tu tenías alguna comparación para karai ?

(Translation below the cut. I literally just used google translate so please correct me if it's wrong!)

Sorry for taking so long to reply! This was a very good question and I had to think on it. First of all, thank you so much!! I'm so happy to hear that PTS is your favorite fic, that genuinely means a lot <3 <3 I would LOVE to see any art that you make, don't sell yourself short!!! But I also love receiving analyses like this <3

I think you have a very apt analogy! I had never thought of Karai as being a wind-up doll, but it's a very good way to look at it, and the difference between the two of them. Raph's brain worm experience was very much the worms as an external force of control, vs. Karai's being internal and invisible to herself. I'm not sure I can come up with a better comparison than the one you made, to be quite honest!

Since you were sweet enough to send this really cool breakdown to me, I can offer up some more symbolism for you though! Noose Loosely Wound, the title is meant to be the inverse in a way of Puppet Tightly Strung. Where, in PTS, Raph had no choice in either his actions or the fact he was bound in the first place, in NLW it is entirely up to him. The noose is slack—if he backs up, or stays still, he'll be fine. But if he continues forward, on the path he's chosen with Karai, it tightens.

And, in this situation, Karai is kind of... not so much holding the rope, but drawing him forward. I started a drawing based on that whole concept, though it didn't get far (I couldn't get the posing down XD)

Under this kind of metaphor though, it's important to recognize that the two of them are very much tied together. As Raph's noose tightens, so does Karai's, and yet they both continue to draw the each other deeper into danger. It's a toxic, codependent relationship!

Idk if any of that was interesting 😅 But thank you again for the message!!! I really appreciated it, and I hope you continue to enjoy the fic <3 <3

"Pulling out this silly little analysis on the fanfic Puppet Tightly Strung (my favorite fanfic) / Noose Loosely Wound About the metaphor that if Rafael is a puppet, what would be K" I wrote it with the help of the AI, one of those little people who does not know how to express himself

Rafael is like a puppet with visible strings that make him dance as he pleases. He is aware of the threads that control him, but he cannot escape them.

Karai is like a wind-up doll who thinks she can move on her own, but without realizing that she has been wound up. Although she thinks she has control over her actions and thoughts, she is actually being subtly controlled by the Brain Worm. The rope on her back is not visible to her, but it works the same, always being present and manipulating her movements and decisions.

They are both different dolls that are handled and cared for differently, but at the end of the day, they were both dolls controlled by the same puppeteer/toymaker.

I don't know if I should get this comparison out of my head, but I was originally going to make fanart with this idea. However, I don't know how to do digital drawings and I'm not that good at drawing. But I love this fanfic, so I had to express this idea somehow

I was wondering if you had any comparisons for karai?

#asks #noose loosely wound fic #puppet tightly strung fic

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deadcactuswalking · 6 months ago

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 15/06/2024 (Sabrina Carpenter, RAYE, Charli xcx's BRAT)

Surprisingly enough, Eminem holds on to the #1 for a second week with “Houdini” on the UK Singles Chart. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

content warning: sex, depression

Rundown

There aren’t many massive stories this week outside of Charli xcx’s album and Sabrina Carpenter’s follow-up, but that has led to a deceptively busy week where instead of songs already on the charts crawling up to fill in gaps, we have a lot of new and returning songs, and as a result, a plentiful amount of notable dropouts, those being songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, they include: “euphoria” by Kendrick Lamar, “Down Bad” by Taylor Swift, “Outside of Love” by Becky Hill, “Tell Ur Girlfriend” by Lay Bankz, “Green & Gold” by Rudimental and Skepsis featuring Charlotte Plank and Riko Dan, “Lovers in a Past Life” by Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man, “Alibi” by Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental (Good riddance), “FE!N” by Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti, which lasted way longer than I expected, “Hell n Back” by Bakar, helped in part by a remix with Summer Walker, “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield and finally, “greedy” by Tate McRae.

As for our re-entries, we have two at the bottom of the charts that pose an extreme polarity: one of my favourite songs of all time, and one of my least favourites. Vance Joy’s “Riptide” is back once again at #70, for some Godforsaken reason but the much more interesting story is with Disclosure’s “You & Me” featuring Eliza Doolittle at #75. The original song is excellent but Flume’s remix, which I’m sure I’ve discussed before on this series, is one of my favourite songs of all time, and it’s damn high up in that ranking - Hell, a lot of people seem to agree too considering how many more streams it has on Spotify. A newer remix by Rivo has gone viral and helped the track re-enter the charts. It originally debuted and peaked at #10 in 2013, when Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” featuring Pharrell Williams was #1. Whilst the Rivo remix doesn’t completely reimagine the track like Flume did, it’s still a decent track, there’s not really many ways to ruin something as solid in its foundation as pretty much any Disclosure song, and the re-entry of this song in particular is the first of many ways in which this weird, semi-filler week that’s busier than it has any right to be, appeals to me specifically. Also Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” is back at #17 for tour reasons…. okay.

We actually have less gains than you may have expected, largely because new entries took their spot in filling up the chart. We do see some boosts for Lithe’s “Fall Back” at #58 and Flex’s lazy remix “6 in the Morning” featuring the late Nate Dogg at #40 (more on that later), but the rest I’m actually pretty happy about. Once again, good week for Disclosure as “She’s Gone, Dance On” is at #52, Chappell Roan continues bubbling up with “Red Wine Supernova” at #51 and “HOT TO GO!” at #46, and then of course, Charli xcx’s “360” zooms to #27 thanks to being the opening track on her fantastic new album, BRAT, which debuts at #2 on this week’s album chart and once again, we’ll be discussing it more later. Why it’s #2 and not #1 is a different story and not one I find worthwhile discussing when I could be reviewing the music

As for our top five, we start with Shaboozey at #5 with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” - hopefully he can get at least one hit after this one phases out - followed by Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” at #4 and a double shot of Sabrina Carpenter, with her follow-up “Please Please Please” debuting at #3 and “Espresso” sticking to #2, of course with Em at the top. We’ll get to Sabrina after an unexpectedly large amount of new entries, but we start off really promising.

New Entries

#74 - “Mind Still” - Sonny Fodera featuring blythe

Produced by BLYNE

I hadn’t heard much from Sonny Fodera before this, but I liked his song with Becky Hill and “Asking” is okay, so I was expecting at least some of the detail and dynamics he brings to his production to be here and bizarrely enough, turns out he didn’t produce it, or at least as far as I’m aware, he isn’t credited as a producer. Nope, instead, it’s credited to BLYNE, a German DJ and production duo who also were the primary songwriters alongside Fodera and Issey Cross, who is familiar to the charts. Unless this is some kind of error emerging from the female vocalist blythe’s similarity to the duo in name, this means that this can barely be considered a Sonny Fodera song, which is a shame because it’s pretty damn good as far as atmospheric house-pop goes. blythe coos in glitch form over punchy kicks and incessant synths that despite their cloudy, detached tone, feel constant and stuttering, and combined with the bizarrely structured first build-up and drop, constantly teasing you and restarting its own momentum, as well as the lead melody being that glitched, inhuman cooing from blythe, this song almost malfunctions before you can even get to the more typicla house drop, and it fits for the abstract mental imagery of the lyrics. This isn’t something that really grips me but it’s a lot more interesting than some house that charts, both structurally and sonically, and I’m all for weirder approaches like this charting… though preferrably credited to their actual producers next time.

#71 - “Nasty” - Tinashe

Produced by Ricky Reed and Zach Sekoff

And for the true exhibit A of why this week seems perfectly built for me, we have Tinashe, returning to the UK charts after God knows how long with her new viral hit, “Nasty”. Her last record, BB/ANG3L, was my absolute favourite album of last year and one I return to pretty much constantly. Explaining why would require a full essay, but to sum it up, it’s a concise, self-contained R&B record that explores the nuances of its relationships, from the almost primal and controlled sex talk to the frantic electronic uncertainty that comes with speaking more frankly of where that relationship is and what it means to her. It’s futuristic and icy in its production, even when it calls back to smooth 90s R&B, with some pretty abstract, glitchy contributions from people like Nosaj Thing and Machinedrum, it balances its twinkling detail and sound design with some insanely catchy and immediate hooks, performed by a breathless Tinashe who sounds just as overwhelmed as I was when first listening to the album, though letting loose when she’s in the mood to play a breezy control over the man - men? - she’s involved with. It’s even kind of unambitious at a sleek 20 minutes, with seven songs that don’t stray far away from an expected structure or build in thematic ways towards a concept, which ends up being possibly its most resonant appeal to me: despite everything, it’s human. Instead of playing up the baby or the angel, she finds herself in that slash between the two, and despite the largely electronic production, it all ends up very organic. It’s quickly becoming one of my favourite albums ever, which I’m not surprised with given how much I liked 333, but it does mean I have higher expectations for what she does next.

The next record seems to be a direct follow-up and given both the lead single and the title of QUANTUM Baby, I’m not necessarily expecting that same level of honest humanity, to say the least. The drowned-out intro already calls back to the baby/angel dynamic, but it quickly bubbles up into a deadpan delivery where Tinashe is looking for someone to “match her freak”, fit what sounds like a storied legacy of being a “nasty girl”. In her half-rap cadence over a basic but effortless trap beat, wherein she uses her own backing vocals as a sample loop, very clever, she explains that this bored exhaustion comes from all the pillow talking getting her throat raspy. Then she finally releases on that chorus, warning that she might get attached if this guy goes above the threshold of “matching” that freak and impressing her too much, almost giving off the idea that you do NOT want to deal with her for more than you need to. The relaxed pop-rap flow on the second verse is so slick and sexy, with a focus on just how effortlessly she can change his life completely: there’s an almost alien aspect to how Tinashe appears here, and some of her delivery would come off as such if it weren’t for the inherent character present in her voice. An immediate comparison would be “Needs” where she uses similar vocal effects to reel this guy in for sex, but there, she emphasised that she was human and she needed, primally, to have that freak matched - here, it seems like a game for her. I’m interested to how the rest of the album balances that out or Hell, maybe plays into it completely. To no surprise, this is brilliant and I am so glad it caught on with the general public, I knew it was going to happen again eventually.

#61 - “the boy is mine” - Ariana Grande

Produced by Ariana Grande, Max Martin, Shintaro Yasuda, DaviDior and ILYA

Once again, specifically engineered for me - this is my favourite track off of Eternal Sunshine and the one track I’d consider genuinely great. Thanks to a video where she plays as Catwoman or something, I don’t know, I don’t watch music videos and given it’s #61 no one else does either, it’s charting a couple months after initial album release and if anything, it’s grown on me since. There’s a delightful pettiness to just how committed she is to possessing this guy, presumably the SpongeBob guy with a wife and kids, but this is what I wanted from, say, a “yes, and?” - embrace the ugliness of the “sticky situation” and don’t deflect. She jokingly remarks that she’s “usually so unproblematic” but her heart just took her this way, and on that route, she snarkily may take some responsibility for the people she hurt… but really, she’s too proud of the fact she was the one the guy chose, she’s not going to let anyone get to her on a closer level. As for the production, it’s an excellent modernisation of the 90s R&B she’s referencing, with the same shimmering keys of the song of the same title this acts a semi-tribute to, by Brandy and Monica, that peaked at #2 in 1998 behind the relentlessly silly “C’est la Vie” by B*Witched, but the glitchy Timbaland grooves that a Timbaland or Darkchild would have gone with - more on Darkchild later on, oddly enough - are replaced with a punchy DJ Mustard-esque hyphy groove and chipmunk vocal harmonies ran into the ground in such a way that would be distracting if it weren’t for the fact that, well, the song’s supposed to piss you off a little bit. The business of the production combined with Ari’s unavoidable presence, sticking to a register as high as the weedy synths in the chorus, makes it a stressful but undeniable pop song, and whilst I say it’s a modernisation, this really sounds a lot more like 2016 than 2024 given that it’s a DJ Mustard beat with sound design borrowed from future bass, especially in that excellent and surprisingly natural vocal splicing at the tail-end of the chorus, a genius touch that might not have been added by less dedicated producers. I know I haven’t been kind to Ari in a while on this show, and I would have really liked for a longer or more impactful bridge here, but I can’t dislike this… in fact, I love it, hope it sticks around a little longer so she has at least one good hit from this album cycle.

#60 - “Never Let Go” - Jung Kook

Produced by Bak, Sim Fane, star boy and Outtatown

BTS member Jung Kook enlisted in the Korean military in December but the label still needs to celebrate the group’s anniversary, doing so with… a fully English solo track where he begs for his fans - ironically, the ARMY - to never let go. It’s a weird choice, but he does have a writing credit and despite the lyrics ending up in somewhat generic platitudes that sound like awkwardly-malformed love ballad writing suggestions, he does have a writing credit and some of what he says either calls back to previous interviews or does seem genuinely quite sincere regarding the love he has for his fans, so I can’t really be upset with it lyrically. Sonically, what is going on? Firstly, what are Ken Carson’s producers doing on this and who let them put their producer tags on this heartfelt ballad? Also, what did they even do? I can hear a rage synth texture in there but this is a house-influenced track with tropical guitars and Afrobeats percussion - though the rhythm section is really busy, to an obnoxious level here - that… leads up to one of the laziest and most faceless vocaloid chops I have ever heard. To go for a vocal chop, you need to fill up all available space to make it really memorable, even if it leads to some garbled nonsense instead of a coherent lyric, you can’t just repeat the same “go” vocal take with some harmonies over a rote drop, and punch it in and out based on seemingly arbitrary times and not aligning with the song’s rhythm very well, without filling it up with some counter-melody, interesting sound effect or exciting drum fill. For an upbeat, festive EDM track like this, sound design is key and these are just not EDM producers for a reason. I checked the credits of the other two producers and saw names like Gunna, DJ Khaled, Lil Skies, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Yeat, and it just makes me feel bad for Jung Kook here. Lyrically, this is fine, his performance is appropriately joyous and sincere, but he’s been served a really bad hand in the production by enlisting guys who just don’t really make this kind of stuff, or at least, aren’t very well-known for it or well-versed in it. I’m not even sure if this needed to be as upbeat as it is considering the subject matter, and frankly, I think this song is good on paper and was largely mismanaged, and given Jung Kook I presume is still in his mandatory military service, I don’t like the lack of control he had on the final product. I’m sure this’ll hit harder for the devoted fans, but I just find this a shame.

#56 - “Sympathy is a knife” - Charli xcx

Produced by EASYFUN and Charli xcx

Like everyone else, I loved the newest album from Charli xcx, BRAT, and you can read more about specifically what I appreciated on my RateYourMusic listening log (account name: exclusivelytopostown). I was actually so taken aback by the pure amount of coverage and appreciation for this album in particular that I was sure it would go #1, and also, I feel like everyone’s said it better than me already. I love Charli’s music but this one didn’t emotionally resonate with me as much as how i’m feeling now did, so I struggle to get to the core of a lot of this a bit more than I did for a record that… didn’t really chart at all, and even if it did, I was on my hiatus during that time so wouldn’t have reviewed it. To paraphrase that Ari song, oh, how the stars align. Naturally, two tracks from earlier in the album - though, bizarrely not “Club classics”, perhaps the stickiest track on the whole work - have charted, and we start with “Sympathy is a knife”, potentially charting because it could be about another pop star, similar to “Girl, so confusing”, which is very evidently (allegedly) about Lorde. “Sympathy” is comparatively more vague and features the first example of the emotional wall she builds up through Auto-Tune and dance jams on the album breaking thanks to that belting chorus where Charli practically gives up any control of her feelings, taking what sounds like a personal issue and exploring how it’s damaged both her internal psyche and her relationship with others in her life, like her fiancé, George Daniel of the 1975. This is far from my favourite on a tracklist that consists largely of 8/10 songs but not many that really grip me beyond being very well-crafted electropop tracks, mostly because the synthy instrumental is a bit unmoving, but that chorus is a belter and the lyrical detail in the verses is kind of refreshing from Charli, it feels very specific and honestly maybe a bit pointed towards whomever it may appear to be. Moving on swiftly though…

#54 - “PICK UP THE PHONE” - PAWSA featuring Nate Dogg

Produced by PAWSA

Last week, I discussed the phenomenon of putting Nate Dogg’s “Gangsta Walk” a cappella over EDM production, first established by SNBRN’s remix of a fully authorised and licensed sample from his estate of a track that had been leaked and in circulation for a while. This song has been taken out of the late Nate Dogg’s ownership, even though it’s not only the original but the best version of the song, and now you’ll see, thanks to the lack of fact-checking or an official release for the original 2000s track, as well as somewhat misleading reporting from publications that don’t seem to recognise long-standing and quite popular YouTube uploads of that very song as being “heard before”, that tracks that sample Nate Dogg’s a capella are credited to SNBRN instead of the original track. I’m not sure what this phenomenon means exactly for Nate Dogg’s legacy as a whole, and it’s not my place to decide, but it does suck to see yet another faceless, bassy house remix land on the Spotify profile of a man who has long passed. Last week, we had Flex’s “6 in the Morning”, a basic and murky remix that is damn near identical in approach and vibe to PAWSA’s new track here, “PICK UP THE PHONE”, which simply switches around what it extracts from the hook as the title, and hence uses more phone call sound effects… you know, the ones that were already in the Nate Dogg version. Legitimately, the only differences worth caring in this version is that there are extended spoken word passages and the bassline sounds straight out of an underground level from the NES. It’s cheap, it’s ugly, it’s remarkably basic, and whilst I love how samples can spread through both club culture and the Internet, I wish that more interesting things were being done with a vocal from one of hip hop’s most recognisable and legendary West Coast figures than just disposable, bare-bones garbage that barely adjusts the fundamentals of what SNBRN was going for in 2015. I know it’s easy money to just pick up a viral vocal take and put it over a pre-programmed demo, but for the love of all that is good music, please try harder.

#47 - “Talk talk” - Charli xcx

Produced by Hudson Mohawke and A.G. Cook

Much like on the record itself, “Sympathy is a knife” and “Talk talk” are in this episode, separated by a brief break. On BRAT, we have the ambient passage “I might say something stupid” where Charli reckons with self-worth and belonging, with “Talk talk” expanding on that arc by showing how she deals with that loss of self by latching onto other people, in this case, a specific person she becomes somewhat obsessed with despite a distance. Long-time producer A.G. Cook is joined by Hudson Mohawke of all people for this shimmering house track taking quite a few elements from nu-disco with all the flashy keys and guitars, as well as a filtered hook that is incessant and really sugary. To be completely honest, this track as a singular piece kind of annoys me - I mean, obviously, the album’s called BRAT - but it hits really hard coming off of “I might say something stupid” in album context because that way of dealing with self-worth issues really resonates with me, even if, once again, it’s a little bit too unmoving to grab me when taking as a sole piece. It doesn’t make that desperate, semi-rap outro any less impactful though, especially when you expect her to flash back or repeat after that loose request to go back to her place… but it never comes. Then on the album, we spiral into the self-obsessed “Von dutch”. Perhaps I appreciate it more on an emotional level than musically, which is the opposite than for most of the rest of the album outside of maybe “So I”, but it’s still great. If you haven’t listened to it for whatever reason, it’s an album worth checking out. My favourite track is “B2b” by the way and no, that has nothing to do with Gesaffelstein producing it, of course it doesn’t… ahem… next, please.

#35 - “Close to You” - Gracie Abrams

Produced by Sam de Jong and Gracie Abrams

What we have a duo of this week is the emergent female popstar following up her biggest hit yet with starting off an album cycle, and both following quite derivative songs that I liked quite a lot but maybe not hitting the way the label intended, at least for me. The main difference here is that Abrams’ “Close to You” debuts incredibly high compared to her prior “Risk”, with her entering the top 40 for the first time, and immediately, it’s quite different from the folk frolick of “Risk”, going for an almost industrial-hinting alt-pop sound with distorted bass and looming, stray sound effects maintaining what could potentially count as a melody behind a more constant but subtle piano. Also, this is a Taylor Swift song sung by Lorde. I’m sorry, but apart from the actual voice itself, Taylor is written all over this, from the Antonoff-esque sound design, glitchy effects from the Midnights bag of tricks, the backing ghostly harmonies and even in the lead vocal melodies that start in a lower register for the verse’s story-telling, building up with pattering drums into the slab of synthpop that acts as the chorus and God, it’s almost impressive to replicate an artist as singular as Taylor Swift so perfectly. Even the weird attempts at poetic word choice are here, and it’s a bit difficult to be dragged into the personal conflict of a voice or composition that reminds me so explicitly of another artist. In fact, as a composition, it’s kind of dull, anyway, as those industrial touches are faded so intensely by algorithmic 80s-pastiche synths that I kind of have to focus on how it functions both structurally and lyrically instead, and yeah, it’s frustrating how basic this is as a love song, and combined with a lack of unique personality, yeah, it’s rough. Still holding out some hope that “Risk” won’t be the one song I like from Ms. Abrams, but maybe she should take the hint from the title of her big hit, because this is truly playlist fodder.

#22 - “Genesis.” - RAYE

Produced by RAYE, Rodney Jerkins, Shankar “shanks.” Ravindran and Tom Richards

I did not really know what to expect out of a sophomore single from RAYE. Given she’s an independent artist now and has had her first shot at genuine pop stardom as a solo act after years of faceless dance-pop, I figured she could go two ways: continue trying to chase the magic of “Escapism.” because without a major-label budget, taking risks is difficult, or she could… well, release a three-stage, seven-minute jazz-rap epic co-produced by Darkchild that she’s been crafting since 2022, which is what she did. “Genesis.” reflects not only a personally desperate isolation but that of the UK public in recent times, starting deeply at home with the social media obsession, drug addiction and generational gap, hinting towards the COVID-19 lockdown, that strips RAYE of her most youthful years, and continues to expand through the fullest middle segment of the song that branches her own experience with that of the society she sees everyday, until that last segment can bring it even further to what can damn near be considered a protest song praying for those most harshly affected by hard times yet most taken for granted by people like RAYE, to get a damn well deserved pay rise.

That constant expansion of an initially contracted lyrical idea is reflected musically as well, with the first part consisting largely of spoken-word passages backed by a swell of strings and a cappella vocal harmonies, as well as stray vocal sound effects that emulate the voices of the outside coming into her home before a familiar boom-bap rhythm drops in for its second part. The gang vocals and looming bass alongside that James Brown shriek make this section really cinematic and whilst as a rapper, RAYE has a long way to go technically, she’s definitely got the conviction to sell the content, especially with the slippery, melodic and overly wordy flow in the verses that clumsily displays the kind of utter desperacy for something to care about, something to look forward.

The primary conceit of the track is “the light”, praying for the eventual arrival of just… anything to relieve her, or us, of suffering. Given the gospel choir that belabours that idea, I expected the third part to be a drumless orchestral swell and whilst there are absolutely gospel elements, it becomes an almost lackadaisical swing track with blasts of unaffected horns and sing-songy, nearly condescending backing harmonies, that hit in a really odd tone especially with RAYE’s frail, highest register. As a finale, it’s effective but hits a really discordant note that almost rings of giving up. It’s a fascinating choice, one I still haven’t gotten to grips with, but it hardly detracts from the song, in fact I respect it more for taking such a theatrical and genuinely bizarre twist - I’m not surprised it’s the least streamed of the parts, which are cleverly separated on Spotify in addition to the full song to allow people to pick and choose their favourite parts. Nothing can beat the piece as a whole though, and this is an incredibly nuanced and intricately-composed track in all its seven-minute glory. I’m pretty confident in saying it won’t last, and I’m not even sure if this is a lead single or just something she needed to get out there, but it’s excellent.

#3 - “Please Please Please” - Sabrina Carpenter

Produced by Jack Antonoff

As soon as I saw that this was produced by Jack Antonoff, I’m pretty sure both my heart and hopes sank into a deep depression and dread that can only be replicated by three hours holding your breath underwater. Apart from the weird “Skin” one-off, the songs I’ve heard from Sabrina since her rise to fame were enjoyable primarily because of their breezy lack of care towards anything that wasn’t her, an effortless riding of grooves with pretty automated songwriting and feathery vocal delivery, with certain quirky inflections, ad-libs and wacky lyrics stretching the corners to make them not as immediate but still really interesting growers of songs that crack down a couple of my “no-fun-allowed” walls when it comes to pop music. The Antonoff credit made me know exactly how this would sound, and my expectations were met almost immediately by how the track starts off with a slab of twinkly 70s synth-funk, bordering on yacht-rock, that probably fits a guy like Antonoff to use for his Bleachers side-project. Drown his despairing vocals in reverb, have a cool guitar solo, it could be a nice, melancholy jam, but bringing Sabrina into a 70s adult contemporary mode seems counter-productive when one of her most delightful aspects is her youth and her playfulness, refuting the need to care about her lyrics missing the mark or her vocal delivery peppering a song with all sorts of oddity that takes the song in weirder directions but ultimately doesn’t derail a track. It should be obvious by now but I find this quite disappointing. She may be a Carpenter but she doesn’t have a voice that works for me within this specific chintzy meadow of soft pop, especially with that F-bomb in the chorus that drifts off into the distance and her cute little failed jokes throughout the verses. Additionally, the song doesn’t sound instrumentally like it was written for the song as it exists lyrically and as a performance - why have those extraneous back-and-forth claps in the first half of the chorus if there’s nothing to justify them in the lead vocal? Why have Sabrina beg desperately for him not to embarrass her if she’s going to clash onto a string swell wherein her lyrical quirks are so distracting they end up embarrassing herself? It just doesn’t mesh. This is a completely serviceable track, especially if I didn’t pay attention or have many expectations, but the more I think about it, the less I get what it was really going for, or if it learned the wrong lessons from “Espresso”. Alas, it seems like it’ll be just as big of a hit, helping “Espresso” resurge alongside it, so we’ll see how that album shapes up if it’s coming. I just hope they don’t rush the process.

Conclusion

Best of the Week goes to Tinashe for “Nasty”. It could be any Tinashe song, it could be her spitting up blood in a bucket for three minutes, it would get Best of the Week. That’s not to say it wasn’t actually pretty close considering the high level of quality for pretty much most of this week, even the songs that fall apart when you think about them for too long come off pretty charming and pretty. The Honourable Mention, despite all the Charli songs, despite Ari’s best song in years, is going to RAYE for the immaculately-crafted “Genesis.” It’s not as much to my personal taste as it is just an incredibly respectable and hard-hitting trilogy of a track. As for the Worst of the Week, PAWSA takes it on principle for “PICK UP THE PHONE”, whilst I hate to say it but the producers really butchered the promise Jung Kook showed on what is my Dishonourable Mention, “Never Let Go”, a kind of subtly bad song that crept up on me as I was thinking more about it, much like nearly all the songs this week that I didn’t like as much. As for what’s on the horizon, we’ll probably see Don Toliver’s album trickle down, maybe some impact from that surprise Father’s Day album from Luke Combs, and there are singles aplenty, though how many of them ill have any effect on chart movement is much fewer. For now, thank you for reading, long live Cola Boyy, and I’ll see you next week!

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childeproof · 11 months ago

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clone high oc + self insert information dump :]

jimmy h, known mostly as jimmy // clone son of jimi hendrix

goes by jimmy not jimi ( same sound, diff spelling to stand out from clone father )

went parachuting because his clone father was a paratrooper in the 101st airborne division at one point ( hated it )

he’s well liked by british clones of musicians from their clone father’s era ( think john lennon, eric clapton, etc )

^^ i think it would be a neat gimmick if british people esp ladies were fond of him in general. brit magnet.

jimmy is a cis man, uses he/they pronouns without preference, sexuality wise i haven’t decided quite yet. I think i’ll leave them unlabeled

^^ one of jimi’s song lyrics was continuously misheard as “‘scuse me as I kiss this guy” fun fact. also he wld sing this incorrect version live on occasion & fllw it with a fake makeout session. did u know? lol

jimmy is a deep sleeper and has interesting dreams similarly to their clone father. i think he keeps a written record of all the dreams he can remember, just for fun

he’s deff the type of guy to go “this reminds me of this one dream i had”

1st gen clone

i do think they’d follow in their clone father’s footsteps as a musician ^_^

richard “richie” pyror // clone son of richard pyror

has a huge soft spot for animals much like his clone father, I think he’d own a dog or two

huge class clown but hasn’t seriously considered a career in comedy. he has a very blunt humor but it’s still clever and it often makes you think to get the joke

2nd gen clone

i think he’d be more of an actor than an actual comedian. deff joined the school’s theater troupe btw. he’s a funny actor but he doesn’t want to do stand up

richie uses he/him pronouns and identifies as straight 🙏 subject to change but i think he’s cishet

he’s a very clever & witty person in general

very expressive in the face

i think he’s actually a chick magnet bc funny guys always get babes it’s a real phenomenon please believe me!!

uses richie as a nickname to stand out from clone father but rlly doesn’t mind being called richard

jean-michel basquiat // clone son of jean-michel basquiat ( second clone high self insert of mine )

fully goes by his clone father’s name, doesn’t mind being viewed as him bc he’s confident in his own character

does go by “johnny” / “johnny-boy” as a nicknames ( jean is pronounced similarly to john so it fits still ) but they’re not necessarily his preferred name

was hit by a car once like his clone father ( too busy on his phone to notice it coming ) ( embarrassing memory )

2nd gen clone

pals with debbie harry ( she likes his art! ) we do not speak of Andy warhol currently.

does street graffiti mostly inspired by the human body, sketch book is full of anatomy and natural poses. rlly big on the beauty of human form

currently speaks french & english; occasionally jots down notes in franglais

there’s probably a clone high friend group consisting of clone children of the infamous 27 club.. and he is a part of it. i am srry. like imagine being a clone and having ur clone father die so young. imagine approaching that age.. that’s gotta be scary, u need a coping group for that.

jean-michel uses he/him prns & probably neos since he’s new gen. i think he’d be queer generally like he wldn’t use any specific labels just queer.

rlly science smart ^_^

ella baker // clone daughter of ella baker

no differentiation between her name and her clone mom’s name

valedictorian of her class :)

sort of unknown, but prefers to be in the “background” of life much like her clone mother; would rather work behind the scenes

friends with harriet & frida even though she’s a 1st gen clone, she finds them to be nice

always “knows a guy” for every situation, i just think that gimmick is funny

i’ll develop more later + I think she’ll get glasses

she/her prns, i think she’d be a lesbian also. but that’s just me.

arthur “artie” ashe // clone son of arthur ashe

cis guy, he/him + “straight”,, rlly bisexual just unaware

has a man crush on Ryan Reynolds n also Nick Jonas don’t ask. me why don’t ask. and also jude bellingham. he thinks it’s normal

2nd gen clone

his adoptive father raises him alone btw no mother

still into tennis like his clone father, i think he’d get agitated whenever ppl make fun of the sport 😭🙏

also talented at soccer! but mostly focused on tennis.

glasses wearer.

pretty chill ^_^ 2nd gen clone

jeanie clisson // clone daughter of jeanne de clisson

works summers on cruise ships!

pirates movies online once new gen clones teach her how ( she’s 1st gen )

her name is jeanie but don’t make genie jokes she’ll actually kill you

i think she’d be a more masculine woman ( i’m not sure if butch is entirely appropriate to use though ) and she’d have muscles & wld work out. cld probably bench press jfk /hj

has an attack dog named smth sweet like “cupcake” lol. & also wrestles for the girl’s wrestling team

she/her pronouns, cis woman, don’t bother talking to her if ur a man ( “my clone mother only pirated because of a man. i pirate because i’m badass” )

it wld be funny if joan or marilyn ( CLONES THE CLONES ) fell for her

thea dexter // clone daughter of timothy dexter

trans woman, she/her, idk her sexuality yet

has insane luck just like her clone father, i think she’d be able to find money on the ground rlly easily

1st gen clone

makes capitalism work for her. a lot of her get rich quick schemes should NOT work but they DO <\3 probably runs a minor pyramid scheme /JOKE maybe. probably. but she does do get rich quick schemes

gandhi wld deff fall for her get rich quick plots n it wldn’t work out for him just for her

topher wld be like “as a cishet white man I recognize my privilege over you, a trans woman” and she’d be like “if you feel so bad just pay me” and it’s a running gag I think. that every time topher sees thea he gives her a dollar or two.

do not let this bitch onto the internet SHE’S GOING TO SCAM PEOPLE. /hj

josephine “josie” baker // clone daughter of josephine baker ( my 1st clone high self insert )

cis woman she/her bisexual

had a thing with frida at one point ( inspired by her clone mother ) ( they’re still friends after the break up and do once a month ex “dates” for fun )

shares a soft spot for animals with richie ^_^ her adoptive mother is a zoologist too, which helps, her adoptive father is a stay at home dad

loves cheetah print ( faux fur ofc )

dating joan hahahahahahaa!

she owns a cat named chiquita.. wld like more pets but can’t have more

more of a actor & singer than a dancer or comedienne, super funny but only situationally, not rlly into stand up. can dance but not rlly a dancer person, her passions rlly lie in singing

2nd gen clone also

#archived ♪

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Jack and Kyla

Jack starts singing Kyla a lullaby that his moms used to sing to him when he was little: «A la nanita nana, nanita ella, nanita ella Mi niña tiene sueño, bendita sea, bendita sea A la nanita nana, nanita ella, nanita ella Mi niña tiene sueño, bendita sea, bendita sea. Fuentecita que corre clara y sonora Ruiseñor que en la selva, cantando, llora Calla mientras la cuna se balancea A la nanita nana, nanita nana, nanita ella...🎶»

Translation under the cut line ↓

Translation: Little lullaby, lull, little lullaby, little lullaby aye-ya! my baby’s sleepy, bless her, bless her. Little lullaby, lull, little lullaby, little lullaby aye-ya! my baby’s sleepy, bless her, bless her. Little spring bubbling clear and loud, nightingale singing plaintively in the forest: keep quiet while the cradle rocks to and fro, Little lullaby, lull, little lullaby, little lullaby aye-ya!...🎶

Pose by @acha-simsさん All of Achaさん's poses are so cute 💗 ポーズはAchaさん（@acha-sims）配布ありがとうございます🙏💖綺麗ですね💗 Achaさんのポーズはどれもとても素敵なのです

JAKK are our original characters (from @lea-heartscxiv and me) made several years ago, but we never got to share much information about them. JAKK consists of Jack Santos, Aris Angelopoulos, Kyle Ishikawa and Kyla Ishikawa as the main characters, and their family as supporting characters, all living in Sulani (In an unspecified place in Okinawa Island). As a brief summary the three are college students who care for and raise Kyla in a house, all four living together as Kyle and Kyla's mother, Xiomara, is the mayor of Sulani and has less time than she would like to share with her children. The information is being added little by little in our Blogger, so when it's more complete it will be reported here so that whoever is interested can read it. Jack is the most cautious of the three (Kyle, Aris and him), he likes to think a lot about things before doing them and when it's always his turn to take Kyla to sleep, he likes to sing lullabies in Spanish, as one of his two mothers is half Spanish and when she went to sleep she always sang lullabies to him.

And that's it for now with this image. Tomorrow my dear friend @lea-heartscxiv will post another different one with more information.

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yesterdayiwrote · 2 years ago

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Don’t think Lewis and Shakira are actually “dating”, if only they might be hooking up and that’s fine (they are in very different places in life right now).

I kind of feel (coupled with that on the nose latina comment Lewis made couple days ago) that it seems more like a PR move/association that is a win-win for them both (Shakira is freshly divorced and the divorce in itself was pretty nasty, so showing herself with attractive, successful -younger and I mention it with purpose- men is a plus for her), and same goes for Lewis hanging out with successful, attractive women.

Might be a hookup with a positive PR twist for them, but I am always a bit on the fence with Lewis because of a specific suspect that I have and won’t ever name until he does, but in any case, it’s only positives for them right now, and is definitely better than hanging out with some other people that were around his side of the garage yesterday…

On a side note, don’t think that George expected to sctually go out party with Lewis or something. Like you stated various times, they seem to lead separate lives outside work, which is probably only healthy for them. But they seem to have grown a lott closer recently, body language is quite telling, and also Lewis seems not as cagey as he was last year to show he actually -seems to- likes George, which is pretty clear if you look at how they behave around each other (syncronicity, mirroring poses, etc).

Hopefully it will last in time, but what I liked the most was Lewis underlining how they are the best drivers pairing on the grid, which speaks volumes on how he sees George talent speaking.

There could be no bigger praise coming from him and it’s genuine because he coupled it with a (deserved) dig at Mercedes’ pit wall screwing them during quali.

Sorry for ranting, lol, still feeling hungover at that great result. George was pretty spectacular yesterday 😃

Again, I think it’s less than a month since they first got linked to each other so I’d be very shocked if they were anything more than just… testing the waters at most right now?

Lewis is very careful about who he gets spotted and seen with and it’s very interesting who actually gets seen with him and who is linked to him but never openly photographed with him… The fact she went to the paddock at the height of rumours and there were photos of them together doesn’t feel like an accident. The last girl he was genuinely spotted with out of choice was Ella Balinska and I don’t think anyone ever really spoke about the fact they might be dating, so I think the fact it’s Shakira is fuelling some of the hype as well.

I am joking about George expecting to go out with Lewis, but he did seem very enthusiastic at the suggestion and literally jumped in to accept like an excitable puppy, which was just hilarious 😆

I think they do have different interests but I think Lewis still appreciates George and probably sees the similarities between them. I know he was still 31 during the Nico stuff but he was still quite immature then and has somewhat grown since. I think like George has said, they’re at different points in their careers so there’s no immediate threat even if they both want the same thing at the same time right now.

They are the best driver lineup on the grid and it shows. If you discount Australia, there’s only 4 points separating them in races they both finished so they’re extremely evenly matched come race day as well given the difference in experience. Their strength as a line up is mainly how they’ve ended up 2nd in the constructors right now?

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virtualsonic · 1 month ago

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El Rey Julien P. su C. M. A. sus Q. S.

Versión en Español

Hola amigos ¿cómo están?, espero que bien amigos, bueno amigos, aquí va un nuevo dibujo y que presento a un querido personaje del universo de Madagascar y que tiene una nueva aparición tras un largo tiempo de no hacerlo y que lo hace mostrándose no sólo en usar una ropa más ligera que la última vez, sino que también lo hace teniendo un cuerpo más trabajado que la última vez que apareció para mostrar en cierto modo cómo ha sacado provecho de todo ese tiempo para poder mostrarse como un rey fuerte y poderoso ante sus súbditos y así quiénes intenten quitarle su trono lo pensarán dos veces antes de hacerlo, así que sin dar más vueltas presento al Rey Julien Posar su Cuerpo Muscular ante sus Queridos Súbditos de las Selvas de Madagascar

Aquí vemos al joven rey lemur comenzar con un día más de su usual rutina como rey de los lemures de Madagascar y que como forma de empezar su día decide usar una ropa ligera que le permita sufrir menos por el calor que hace en la humedad de la selva, mientras vemos que un gran número de lemures de diferentes tamaños y rangos de edad reunirse a ver a su nuevo rey y que ante el hecho de que sus súbditos se reúnen a verlo se pone a levantarse de su trono y se pone a mostrar su cuerpo trabajado tras un largo tiempo haciendo diversas rutinas de ejercicio que además de ayudarle a mantenerlo en forma de un rey fuerte y poderoso ante sus súbditos, le han ayudado a mostrar que tiene un cuerpo muscular con el cual poder ganarse el amor de sus súbditos masculinos debido a su compostura de fuerza herculiana y sus súbditas femeninas debido a su sexy cuerpo que lo convierte en un imán de atracción que hace que ellas quisieran lo mismo que sus compañeros para poder mantener su amor y quizás tener familias con las cuales poder convertirlos en un ser ideal como es su querido monarca, mientras se espera que con ello, veamos que pueda sumar más súbditos y así ver que su gente se sienta atraída por lo que ve y validar aún más su estatus como el poderoso rey que es en su rincón de Madagascar

Bueno amigos, espero que les guste, ya que hace tiempo que estaba con ganas de dibujar al querido rey lemur una vez más y que lo hice mostrando un cuerpo más grande físicamente, pero que al mismo tiempo pudiera dejar ver que ha estado trabajando mucho en tener un cuerpo digno de un rey guerrero para que así sus enemigos no lo subestimen ni menos considerando que tiene de lado a un pueblo lleno de lemures fieles ante él y que lo aprecian y lo adoran no sólo por ser un gobernante justo y equilibrado para ellos, sino que también les hace pasar buenos momentos para ir olvidando de sus problemas cotidianos por un rato y centrarse a tener un rato de diversión que les lleva a no tener que soltar a su querido rey por nada del mundo y que le mantengan fieles con él hasta el final, bueno amigos, disfruten el dibujo y nos vemos

Rey Julien (C) Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell, Dreamworks Animation, Nickelodeon y Netflix

English Version

Hello friends how are you? I hope you are well friends, well friends, here is a new drawing and I present a beloved character from the Madagascar universe and who has a new appearance after a long time of not doing so and he does so by showing himself not only in wearing lighter clothes than the last time, but he also does so having a more worked body than the last time he appeared to show in a certain way how he has taken advantage of all that time to be able to show himself as a strong and powerful king before his subjects and so whoever tries to take his throne will think twice before doing so, so without further ado I present King Julien Posing his Muscular Body before his Beloved Subjects of the Jungles of Madagascar

Here we see the young lemur king begin another day of his usual routine as king of the lemurs of Madagascar and as a way to start his day he decides to wear light clothing that allows him to suffer less from the heat in the humidity of the jungle, while we see that a large number of lemurs of different sizes and age ranges gather to see their new king and that before the fact that his subjects gather to see him, he begins to get up from his throne and begins to show off his toned body after a long time doing various exercise routines that, in addition to helping him keep him in the shape of a strong and powerful king before his subjects, have helped him show that he has a muscular body with which to win the love of his male subjects due to his Herculean strength composure and his female subjects due to his sexy body that makes him a magnet of attraction that makes them want the same as their companions in order to maintain their love and perhaps have families with which to turn them into an ideal being like his beloved monarch, while hoping that with this, we will see that he can add more subjects and thus see that his people are attracted by what he sees and further validate his status as the powerful king that he is in his corner of Madagascar

Well friends, I hope you like it, since I've been wanting to draw the beloved lemur king once again for a long time and I did it showing a physically larger body, but at the same time I could show that he has been working hard to have a body worthy of a warrior king so that his enemies do not underestimate him or even less considering that he has on his side a town full of lemurs faithful to him and that they appreciate him and adore him not only for being a fair and balanced ruler for them, but also because he makes them have a good time to forget about their daily problems for a while and focus on having a fun time that leads them to not having to let go of their beloved king for anything in the world and that they remain faithful to him until the end, well friends, enjoy the drawing and see you

King Julien (C) Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell, Dreamworks Animation, Nickelodeon and Netflix

#King_Julien #Madagascar #Lemur_King_Showing_His_Real_Strength #Dreamworks #Anthro_Lemur

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ellaintrigue · 2 years ago

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A couple of notes first: I was talking about my experience with a single father to point out that any gender can do wrong. And I am not discounting discrimination against people of color or the LGBTQ+ community, I am pointing out that in my experience as a woman I have seen more hate towards women in this rural community than anyone else. That's my personal experience, it does not apply to every scenario obviously.

Original post: I saw a post about a single mom who screwed someone over and all the comments were saying all single mothers are bad. This guy even started posting stats to try and prove women are lazy and entitled but me and another girl shut him down.

This isn't the first time I've seen single mothers bashed online. There's memes about them, they're commonly called whores, and one guy, posing with his daughter and saying he was a proud single father, posted that all single mothers are trash and lack morals.

Growing up I was taught that black people were n!!gers and gay people were perverted f!!gots. But I have never seen so much hate in my life, as the hatred and bigotry against women. Since I was a little kid I have seen women relentlessly called bitches, sluts, whores, and c*nts including myself. What do you call a man? An asshole? There's no big massive sexist selection of slurs for men. And you rarely see men insulted for having a child, for having sex, for having a career... or simply existing.

The other day some dude said the word Ella is Spanish. I know it means she or her in Spanish but told him it was literally an American name too. He said, "shut the fuck up, bitch!" It didn't shock me because I know I've been called a bitch probably over 3,000 times in my life.

People try to say, oh, it's the men you associate with. What are you talking about? Literally none of my exes have ever called me names, ever, not counting a few I only had one date with, etc. Then people try to say it's all just internet trolls. Bullshit. Family friends, coworkers, and random people on the street, have all name called women in front of me or put down women in other ways. I had two coworkers who literally beat women, one admitting it to my face.

Mom told me that male privilege doesn't exist. A lot of people say that. And you know, my father has it far from easy. No education, busting his ass all day, not knowing if he's going to make a paycheck or not, and suffering cancer and horrible injuries on the job. Poor man doesn't have much privilege. Except for the fact he can be attended to by a male nurse or doctor without worrying about being groped or worse. He can walk to his boat in the dark without worrying about being raped. He doesn't get scoffed at by mechanics and repairmen. So he does have that male advantage.

Being racist, sexist, and homophobic are not things I want to be. But sadly after endless years of being shit on, my respect for men is stretched bare. It's honestly hard not to feel sexist towards those who have been relentlessly bigoted towards me.

#Sexism #Bigotry #Patriarchy #Misogyny #Screenshot #Dating

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frasier-crane-style · 5 months ago

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I'll cover the sequels in one go since they're pretty much one long movie.

-First off, they way overuse poppy/sultry R&B songs for the love scenes. It gets to the point where they play a cover of I Feel Good. Yes, James Brown's I Feel Good. One R&B song takes place during a car chase.

-I made fun of the whole "do I like being spanked?" plot of the first movie, but at least it was a throughline. Once that gets resolved, you're left with a bunch of mini-conflicts that are either instantly resolved or strung out beyond belief... basically just nonsense for everyone to do between sex scenes. Let me see if I can remember all of them in the second movie alone.

In the classic tradition of Spider-Man and Venom teaming up to fight Carnage (who is even worse than Venom), accusations of Christian being a creepy, controlling loser are belied by introducing Jack Hyde, Ana's boss, who is an even creepier and more controlling loser.

One of Christian's former subs from the "Fuck. Hard." days is back and stalking him and Ana.

Ella, who introduced Christian to bondage via molestation, is set against his relationship with Ana.

Christian's helicopter crashes.

Basically, the movies shift into being psychological thrillers/erotic thrillers, which we as a country used to be good at. But Christian is a hypercompetent billionaire with all the endless resources that implies, so no one really has a shot against him. You're left with a bunch of domestic fluff with characters that I don't think anyone likes enough to want to see shopping for curtains.

Say what you will about Twilight, but at least they had evil vampires around to provide some drama. In the third movie, arch-villain Jack Hyde Metal Gear Solids into Christian's company and sets off a bomb. It's both completely over the top and yet still not enough to put a dent in Christian.

-I'm not saying this proves me right about my hypothesis, but the second movie starts off with Christian telling Ana that he's sworn off bondage--you know, his key passion in life and a pretty core part of his identity--in order to be with her. Because a woman wrote this, the story sees nothing wrong with then deciding Ana IS interested in bondage and deciding she wants to experiment with being spanked and sex toyed (she has to be the only woman in America who tries out ben-wa balls before a vibrator).

-God knows I don't know how it feels to parade my business around in every multiplex in America, but it gets a bit risible how often Dakota Johnson wears panties in her nude scenes (these are the things you think about when a movie is 25% nude scene). Couldn't she wear a merkin? Is there that much of a difference between wearing a merkin and a thong? I'm not being judgey here, I'm really curious.

-To ruin a pleasant surprise for those of you who are too smart to sit through this shit, at one point Tyler Hoechlin shows up. With his glasses, he's pretty much a dead ringer for Clark Kent in his beardy Jon Kent-raising days.

-I feel bad for the actor who plays Jose, who's stuck in the Lovelorn Would-Be Suitor role. Because it's not enough that Ana has a Billionaire Sex God after her cooch, she has to be unattainably desirable to lesser men as well, who dream about getting with her though It Will Never Happen. I thought the first movie added some shading to the stock scenario of him getting drunk and coming onto Ana so that Christian could Defend Her Honor--the way they played it, you might say Christian was overreacting and displaying the possessiveness that would be part of his character flaws. But come the sequel, Jose has held an entire art gallery centering around photographs of Ana without asking her consent. Because if any man in this universe had respect for boundaries, it would make Christian come off really shitty.

-Although... what did Ana think would happen when she posed for photographs for her artist friend who was planning on opening a gallery?

Very early on in this movie, hero Christian Grey gives da chick the standard romantic leading man speech about how he's bad news--a loner, Dottie, a rebel--and she should still clear of him. At this point, they've gone out to get coffee one time and he's saved her from a careening bike messenger. I know it must be exciting to tell a lady that she should stay away from your twisted mind for her own feminine good, but dude, save it for at least the second date.

This came to Netflix, so I figured I might as well give a shot. It's a failure, obviously, but it's an interesting failure. There are talented people both on screen and behind the scenes, and it looks like a movie, but all their efforts amount to putting lipstick on a pig. Would it be unfairly inside-baseball to repeat the reports of a troubled production, with the author insisting on an adaptation that was too faithful for its own good?

Try not to do a shot every time heroine Anastasia Steele* extravagantly bites her lower lip in lust.

(how come Dakota Johnson's character name in this is way more silly than the name of the literal superhero she played?)

To be fair to the movie, I've seen a ton of waggish assholes like, well, me, declare that this movie is a camp classic of unintended hilarity and guys, c'mon. There's no way they didn't intend "What are buttplugs?" as a laughline.

In fact, with Dakota Johnson's sitcom star comedic timing and winsome charm, watching this movie is a bit like finding a coke-begotten relic of the 80s where some madman paired Meg Ryan and Rutger Hauer (it doesn't help that, as "Mr. Grey," they cast an actor that plays serial killers about as often as heartthrobs).

I'm making this story sound interesting, but it's not able to succeed on its own terms, as whenever it tries to get serious, the drama runs headlong into a howler of a line that must be verboten from the books. "I'm fifty shades of fucked up!" Christian groans at one point.

"I don't make love. I fuck. Hard," is another line that even Sir Michael Caine couldn't get into working order.

It's a shame, because there's no real reason a modern-day gothic romance can't work. Sure, there's no real plot to the thing besides Ana and Christian's doomed/not-so-doomed romance, but there are worse foundations for a movie than a relationship where the guy wants to hurt his lady love as much as romance her. It's fucked up, but imagine what a Cronenberg or Verhoeven could do with the assignment. Well, full frontal, probably.

(The compromise to keep Jamie Dornan from spending a third of the movie displaying the status of his circumcision is that he does most every sex scene in a worn pair of jeans. I probably should've been too stunned by his abs to wonder at this, but dude's a billionaire. Is he doing yardwork in those jeans? Home repair? Or have they gotten all the holes in them purely from screwing? Man, that guy does fuck. Hard.)

You know, given that bondage is a pretty common fetish, you'd think Christian Grey--an ubersexy twenty-something billionaire--would be able to find a woman who's into, y'know, all that--especially since his wildest antics are a little whipping and possible anal fisting.

I know there'd be no story if he didn't immediately fall in love with Anastasia Steele (snicker) and if she wasn't only putting up with the bondage to get the package deal. Still, that is a pretty contrived starting point, isn't it? At least Team Edward has the excuse of that whole 'my own personal brand of heroin' thing.

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