#helena hartley

[mangoisms]

am actually excited about ck. so many ppl said the other one was very fluffy. comfort fic. this one. More angst. sorry that’s what happens when you have a pre-established friendship and then Feelings get brought into the mix. also they’re stupid and 20. and also tim makes several Questionable Decisions

[dcsnextgaycharacter]

Not a full list but can people send me panels they would like to see for any ship below, need to outsource help (Hank ships are in here but I don't need help with those, I am using Green Lantern/Sentinel: Heart of Darkness panels for HankTodd):

Hal/Ollie JayRoy HankTodd Match/Inertia Dick/Joey Joe Morgan/Al Pratt Bart Allen/Preston Lindsay Riddler/Scarecrow Jason Blood/Bruce Wayne Dinah/Helena Clark Kent/John Henry Irons Clark/Lex DinahOllieHal Mister Mind/The Joker Tiger/Dick Chastantine Rose/Cassie Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Diana/Kate Kane Constantine/Lucifer Cassandra Cain/Rose Wilson Helena/Renee Sandman/Corinthian Jay Garrick/Alan Scott/Richard Swift Linda Park/Wally West/Hartley Rathaway The Shade/Jack Knight Richard Swift/Charles McNider BerKon Renee/Scandal Wally/Kyle Riddler/Penguin Hal/Earth Villains Lois Lane/Selina Kyle Ollie Queen/Eddie Fyers Plastic Man/Vic Sage Halowog Cosmic Boy/Lightning Lord Coldflash Maps Mizoguchi/Gold Beetle Nightwing/Catman Black Canary/Lady Shiva Tatsu Yamashiro/Selina Kyle Mr Freeze/Bruce Wayne Vixen/Wonder Woman Superbat Barbara/Kara Wally West/Pied Piper Max Lord/Booster Gold Harper Row/Punchline Brainiac 5/Superman Batjokes Riddlebat Jon Kent/Ash Damian/Jay Cir El/Natasha Irons/Traci 13 HalJohn HalGuy HalKyle HalAlan Beth/Yolanda HankCam Bluepulse

Sandwave Batlantern Brainiac 5/Invisible Kid DickGarth Lightray/Orion Catman/Deadshot Donna/Starfire TimKon MidDickPollo Wonder Woman/Circe Lee Travis/Wesley Dodds/Dian Belmont Boostle Todd/Kaldur Dinahbabs Bruharv Konbart BeaTora Anita Fite/Traci 13 JonDami CissieCassie Ghostbat TimJon StephCass Supercorp Dick/Wally Virgil Hawkins/Richie Foley Courtney/Emiko Talia Kane/Laurel Kent Isamot Kol/Vath Sarn Pied Piper/Trickster Two-face/Riddler Wonder Woman/Cheetah SinHal Tim/Lonnie Birds of Prey Polycule GuyJohn AnitaCissie StephMia TimBerBartKon DinahZatanna CarolDiana JessKori DickRoy BruceOllie GuyDick Bernard Dowd/Jay Nakamura Karen Starr/Helena Wayne Halbarry BruceConstantine Young Justice Polycule Lois/Diana Lex Luthor/Braniac Max Lord/Ted Kord Jessica Cruz/Soranik Natu Lex Luthor/Will Magnus Pre N52 Kara Zor El and Stephanie Brown Steph/Mia Mia/Cissie Alan Scott/Jay Garrick Selina Kyle/Talia Al Ghul Gotham City Sirens Polycule Kyle/Connor

[mae-kent]

hi comics fans please like me. also feel free to recommend comic runs for me to read

i also run @autistic-hc-bracket

i like:

DC:

- matrix/mae kent

- jean paul valley

- tim drake

- hal jordan

Marvel:

- matt murdock

- frank castle

- eddie brock

- clint barton

I want to learn more about/read more from:

DC:

- alan scott

- klarion

- hartley rathaway

- ted kord

- cass cain

- helena bertinelli

- kyle rayner

Marvel:

- scott summers

- reed richards

- hank pym

___________________________

my top kins are tim drake, jean paul valley, bart allen, tsukishima kei, and nico di angelo

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH H

MASCULINE︰ hadley. hagen. hakeem. hal. hallam. hamilton. hammond. hamza. hank. hans. hansel. harding. hardy. harlan. harland. harlem. harley. harlow. harmon. harold. harper. harris. harrison. harry. hartley. harve. harvey. harvie. hasan. hassan. have. haven. hayden. haydn. hayes. haywood. haze. heath. hector. hedley. henderson. hendrix. henley. henri. henrik. henry. herb. herbert. herbie. herman. hervey. hewie. hezekiah. hildred. holden. holdon. hollis. homer. honor. horace. horatio. houston. howard. howie. hubert. huck. hudson. huey. hugh. hughie. hugo. humbert. humberto. humphrey. humphry. hunter. huxley. huxly. huxton. hyrum.

FEMININE︰ hadassah. hadlee. hadleigh. hadley. hadyn. hailee. hailey. hailie. haisley. haleigh. haley. halle. hallee. hallie. halo. hana. hanna. hannah. happy. harlee. harleigh. harley. harlow. harmoni. harmonie. harmony. harper. harriet. harriett. harrietta. harriette. hartley. hattie. hatty. have. haven. hayden. haylee. hayleigh. hayley. haylie. haze. hazel. heather. heaven. heavenly. heidi. helen. helena. hellen. henley. henrietta. hensley. hepsie. hester. hestia. hettie. hilary. hilda. hildred. hillary. holland. hollie. hollis. holly. honey. honor. honora. honour. hope. hortense. hunter. hyacinth. hylda.

NEUTRAL︰ habit. haddon. haelyn. hai. haiden. haidyn. hailey. haleigh. halen. halo. halston. halyn. hamilton. hampton. hanan. hani. happy. harbor. hardwire. harlan. harlem. harlen. harlequin. harley. harlo. harlow. harlyn. harmony. harper. hart. hartley. haru. hatch. haunt. have. haven. havoc. hawk. hawkins. hawthorn. hayden. haydn. hayleigh. haylen. hayven. hazard. haze. hazel. hazelnut. hazen. hearse. heathen. heaven. hendrix. henlee. henley. hero. hex. hey-day. hidden. hip. hiro. hitomi. holdyn. holiday. holland. hollis. hollow. holly. honest. honesty. honey. honor. hope. hopper. horizon. howl. hua. huan. hudsen. hudsyn. hui. humble. hunter. huntley. hustler. huxlee. huxley. hyacinth. hype.

[toughpaperround]

911 Cast Bios

Here's a list of them in one place, in order of appearance in 9-1-1 (fox, later abc). I choose them based on characters I enjoy, or where there are interesting connections / factoids to be found in their bios.

Gavin Stenhouse (The Priest)

Mariette Hartley (Patricia Clark, Abby's mother)

Claudia Christian (LAFD Capt. Maynard)

Debra Christofferson (Sue, Dispatcher)

Grasie Mercedes (Beth, in prenatal yoga class, 1x07)

Rebecca Wisocky (Marjorie, in lift crash, 1x09)

Connor Trinneer (bomb squad, 2x01)

Bryan Safi (Josh Russo, dispatcher)

Romi Dias (Chief Miranda Williams)

Ana Mercedes (Abuela Isabel)

Terri Hoyos (Aunt Pepa)

Christine Estabrook (Gloria, Dispatcher)

Devin Kelley (Shannon Diaz)

Wes Brown (Mounted Police Officer)

Rick Chambers (Dwight, newsreader)

Tara Karsian (Ruth)

Lawrence Pressman and Francis X. McCarthy (Mitchell & Thomas)

Romy Rosemont & Daniel Roebuck (Lola & Norman Peterson)

Brian Thompson (Capt. Gerrard)

Lou Ferrigno Jr (firefighter Tommy)

Brian Hallisay (Doug Kendall)

Julie Oullette (Blair, Elf Helper)

Marsha Warfield (Toni Wilson)

Danny Nucci (LAPD detective)

Sasha Roiz (LAPD Det. Ransone)

Paula Marshall (Helena Diaz)

George DelHoyo (Ramon Diaz)

Pepi Sonuga (Athena Carter, flashback in 3x07)

Nicole Delgado (Maynard, flashback in 3x07)

Eddie McGee (Frank the therapist)

Jack McGee (Red the retired firefighter, 3x16)

Deborah May (Cindy, 3x16)

Rumer Willis (Georgia, train Vic, 3x18)

Brooke Shields (counsellor, 3x18)

Dee Wallace (Mrs Margaret Buckley)

Gregory Harrison (Mr Phillip Buckley)

Colin McCalla (Connor, Buck's friend)

Chelsea Kane (Kameron, Connor's wife)

Aaron Staton (Daniel Buckley)

Laith Wallschleger (133 medic, 6x15)

Mark Lawson (pilot, 7x01)

Kathryn Boswell & Chris Gartin (hot-tub couple, 7x01)

Mercedes Colon (Ship Captain, 7x01-3)

Rick Cosnett (cruise crew, 7x01-3)

Eddie Jemison (cruise ship doc, 7x02-3)

Jesse Palmer & Joey Graziadei (7x04)

Richard Brooks (Chief Simpson, s7)

Exie Booker (Carl, 7x06)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Amir, s7)

Veronica Falcón (Cllr Ortiz, s7)

John Brotherton (Tim Nash, 7x08)

Tony Amendola (Herman, 7x08)

Paul Nobrega (Monty the Beekeeper, 8x01)

Hotshots group, s8: Callum Blue (Brad); Justin Taite (#1); Morgan West (director) & 1st AD

Bee-nado airplane gang: Cindy Chavez (Capt Dominguez); Devin McGee (Co-pilot); Bayley Corman (Tia); (Mr & Mrs Grandparent);

Adela Paez (Nurse Camila, 8x03 etc)

In draft ofc. Do check the updated OG post if you're looking at a reblog:

Finnigan and Silverman (divorcing couple, 8x06)

Zach Tinker (Officer Sparks, LAPD, 8x07)

Kelvin Han Yee

Glenn Plummer (Dennis Jenkins, 3x07, s8a)

Main resource is IMDb, with extra material from Wikipedia, podcasts or youtube on occasion. Where I use 911 images they are screengrabs I edited. Other images generally from imdb.

[moderndaycirce]

Sarah's OC Masterpost

Baldur's Gate 3

Calliope Tav Mescry

○ Tag ○ Bio ○ Virtual Photography ○

Cyberpunk 2077

Virginia "V" Fox

○ Tag ○ Bio ○ Virtual Photography ○

Fallout 3

Imogen

Fallout New Vegas

Erin Zhao

Fallout 4

George

Final Fantasy XIV

Kaede Makoto

○ Tag ○ Bio ○ Virtual Photography ○

Mass Effect

Laurel Shepard

Saints Row

Amethyst Hartley

○ Tag ○ Bio ○ Virtual Photography ○

Saints Row Reboot

Iris (WIP)

Skyrim

Helena

[holysanctum-a]

ACTIVE MUSELIST.

STEPHEN KING UNIVERSE

eddie kaspbrak

beverly marsh

richie tozier

patricia uris

audra phillips

ben hanscom

stan uris

carrie white

sue snell

wendy torrance

danny torrance

AVATAR SERIES

ronal of the metkayina

neytiri of the omaticaya

tsireya of the omaticaya

WEDNESDAY 2022 / THE ADDAMS FAMILY SERIES

wednesday addams

enid sinclair

xavier thorpe

tyler galpin

bianca barclay

morticia addams

pubert addams

pugsley addams

ophelia frump

deborah jellinsky

STRANGER THINGS

steve harrington

nancy wheeler

eddie munson

robin buckley

chrissy cunningham

tammy thompson

jane ives hopper

will byers

jonathan byers

joyce byers

angela russell

alexei volkov

erica sinclair

lucas sinclair

max mayfield

dustin henderson

tina coleman

carol perkins

mike wheeler

eden bingham

suzie bingham

gareth hill

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

house of the dragon;

rhaenyra targaryen

alicent hightower

ser harwin strong

helaena targaryen

mysaria

alys rivers

H20: ADD WATER

cleo sertori

rikki chadwick

emma gilbert

isabella hartley

MONSTER HIGH

cleo de nile

abbey abominable

spectra vondergeist

robecca steam

laura dracul

jinafire long

torelei stripes

clawdeen wolf

c.a cupid

lagoona blue

ghoulia yelps

scarah screams

rochelle goyle

katrina de-mew

viperine gorgon

venus mcflytrap

gigi grants

SCREAM

sidney prescott

tatum riley

charlie walker

kirby reed

HALLOWEEN

laurie strode

annie brackett

lynda van der klok

allyson strode

michael myers

judith myers

ANOES 2010

nancy holbrook

quentin smith

kris fowles

gwen holbrook

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

zoe benson

violet harmon

madison montgomery

misty day

brooke thompson

montana duke

UNTIL DAWN ( adapted from canon. )

emily davis

ashley brown

jessica riley

sam giddings

beth washington

THE QUARRY ( adapted from canon. )

max brinly

emma mountebank

ryan erzahler

kaitlyn ka

jacob custos

abigail blyg

nicholas furcillo

pansy parkinson

lily evans / potter

narcissa black / malfoy

hannah abbott

ginny weasley

andromeda black / tonks

nymphadora tonks

zhang qiu

daphne greengrass

astoria greengrass

luna lovegood

fleur delacour

marlene mckinnon

dorcas meadowe

mary macdonald

molly weasley

katie bell

lavender brown

tracey davis

millicent bulstrode

susan bones

cedric diggory

helena ravenclaw

angelina johnson

alicia spinnet

parvati patil

anne sallow

sebastian sallow

poppy sweeting

adelaide oakes

charlie weasley

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS

spencer hastings

allison dilaurentis

aria montgomery

hanna marin

THE HUNGER GAMES

klatniss everdeen

primrose everdeen

clove heidenriek

annie cresta

johanna mason

finnick odair

peeta mellark

MARVEL

jean grey

emma frost

gwen stacy

mary jane watson

peter parker

clint barton

pepper potts

kate bishop

anna marie

DC

harleen quinzel

selina kyle

pamela isley

rachel roth

june moone / enchantress

bruce wayne

barbara gordon

dick grayson

jason todd

harvey dent

TWILIGHT

isabella swan

jane volturi

rosalie hale

alice cullen

CORPSE BRIDE

emily petterson

victor van dort

victoria everglot

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

sally hardesty

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

dana polk

jules louden

HOCUS POCUS

sarah sanderson

winifred sanderson

mary sanderson

alison blythe

dani dennison

emily binx

FEAR STREET SERIES

sam fraser

deena johnson

simon kalivoda

sheila greene

hannah miller

sarah fier

corky corcoran

annie greene

becky hemmings

will goode

ziggy berman

cindy berman

joan kutcherson

alice gallagher

BRIDE OF CHUCKY

tiffany valentine

THE CRAFT

nancy downs

AQUAMARINE

aquamarine brown

GREASE

sandy olsen

betty rizzo

marty maraschino

frenchy conrad

THE OUTSIDERS

marcia smith

cherry valance

MYSTERY INC

daphne blake.

dorothy blake.

daisy blake.

delilah blake.

dawn blake.

velma dinkley.

sally mcknight.

dusk davenport.

luna reynolds.

HALLOWEEN TOWN

marnie piper

sophie piper

scarlet sinister

THE BLACK PHONE

vance hopper

finney blake

griffin stagg

donna

billy

THE WALKING DEAD & GAME

maggie greene

beth greene

judith grimes

sophia peletier

carl grimes

clementine

carley

RESIDENT EVIL

rebecca chambers

jill valentine

claire redfield

leon kennedy

ada wong

sherry berkins

donna beneviento

bela dimitrescu

daniela dimitrescu

cassandra dimitrescu

CHARMED

piper halliwell

phoebe halliwell

prue halliwell

paige matthews

parker halliwell

p.j halliwell

tamora mitchell

kat mitchell

chris halliwell

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

lux lisbon

bonnie lisbon

mary lisbon

therese lisbon

cecilia lisbon

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT

jane romero

lee yunjin

feng min

kimura yui

the onryo

the ghostface

the huntress

dwight fairfield

meg thomas

nea karlsson

claudette morel

kate denson

mikaela reid

the legion: julie kostenko

the legion: susie lavoie

the legion: joey campbell

the spirit

the nurse

the plague

zarina kassir

élodie rakoto

david king

adam francis

the pig

the trapper

the hillbilly

the doctor

the wraith

felix richter

jake park

the trickster

heather mason

yoichi asakawa

lisa garland

the executioner

alessa gillespie

SILENT HILL

maria

mary sunderland

jodie mason

harry mason

VALORANT

viper

sage

jett

neon

skye

reyna

fade

killjoy

raze

STARDEW VALLEY

haley

alex

jodi

leah

sam

abigail

maru

shane

EMH

vinnie.

jeff.

jessie.

jessa.

steph.

MISC

rouge the bat — sonic universe

princess peach — mario universe

princess daisy — mario universe

princess rosalina — mario universd

barbie — barbie cinematic universe

abigail hobbs — hannibal ( soloblog @fawneyes )

veronica sawyer — heathers

lydia martin — teen wolf

allison argent — teen wolf

malia tate — teen wolf

faye chamberlain — the secret circle

martha may whovier — the grinch

rose cotter — smile 2022

jennifer check — jennifer's body ( pre-succubus. )

anita lesnicki — jennifer's body

colin gray — jennifer's body

layla williams — sky high

magenta hui — sky high

gwen grayson — sky high

penny lent — sky high

ginger fitzgerald — gingersnaps

patrick bateman — american psycho

sarah miller — tlou

dina — tlou

shauna shipman — yellowjackets

jackie taylor — yellowjackets

jade west — victorious

tori vega — victorious

cat valentine — victorious

elijah — midnight scenes : from the woods.

virginia — sons of the forrest.

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

mason wheeler — stranger things

spencer harrington — stranger things

priscilla munson — stranger things ( affiliated with @slaymetal )

kevin watson — stranger things

avonna-leigh millicent lane — stranger things ( affiliated with @hauntingh0ur )

ember riley smith

haerelian — affiliated with @seirsenes

cordelia syphe

princess saereliette of alryia — stardew valley

thorn winters — resident evil : village.

oleander sykes carson — pyreford mystery series.

marisol renatta lora — pyreford mystery series.

seraphina holly-grace saddler — pyreford mystery series.

marilyn victoire ophelia blackwell — fandomless with verses in teen wolf, stranger things and IT.

lauren richter — dead by daylight.

legion : bambi ( beatrice dane ) — dead by daylight.

milana renee van der kamp — stranger things ( affiliated with @jedova )

lorelei koen — the last of us.

isabelle walker — until dawn.

matilda greaves — emh / scream.

princess helanys — elden ring.

rosalind wilson — apocalypse based.

marina james — sons of the forrest.

[agrippinaes]

books I read in 2023

I read 240 books in 2023, which is lower than my total books read than the past few years. But it'd be ridiculous to be bothered by it because, hey, I still read 240 books!

I set myself a goal of trying to read more out of my comfort zone this year. I wanted to read 30 non-romance books, 25 physical books, and 10 non-fiction books. By the end of the year, I'd read a total of 54 non-romance books, 62 physical books, and 27 non-fiction books. I'm hoping to continue in this vein in 2024.

Other stats - for fun -

My most-read author was Cassie Mint

I gave out 32 5* ratings

My most-read genre was (of course) romance, 120 of which were contemporary

I owned most of the books I read

I read the most books in June, with 34 books read, followed by August, with 25 books read

My most read trope was forced proximity, followed by hate-to-love

So, below is a list of the books I read this year. Rereads are italicised, favourite reads are in bold.

Recollection by Noelle Adams

When in Rome by Sarah Adams

Spring Breeze by Lily Alexander

Fornever Yours by Natasha Anders

Don't Pretend I'm Yours by Natasha Anders

In Your Dreams, Holden Rhodes by Stephanie Archer

The Long Game by Elena Armas

The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater

Finding Love in Apartment 2C by Samantha Baca

Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey

Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

Kept by Maya Banks

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Chick Magnet by Emma Barry

The (Ex) Spy Who (Maybe) Loved Me by Christi Barth

Wet and Reckless by Samanthe Beck

Witches Copse by Math Bird

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

Every Wish Way by Shannon Bright

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

Desire or Defense by Leah Brunner

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot

Ms Perfectly Fine by Kate Callaghan

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

1 Last Shot by Nikki Castle

Eyes on Me by Sarah Cate

Highest Bidder by Sarah Cate

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

Beauty and the Billionaire by Jessica Clare

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

Pining for My Friend's Dad by Daniella Cole

Unsteady by Peyton Corinne

Her Greatest Mistake by Hannah Cowan

Shadows of You by Catherine Cowles

Night Shift by Annie Crown

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Bending the Rules by Mariah Dietz

Moist Actually by Ash Dylan

Everything's Better with Lisa by Lucy Eden

The Fall of Bradley Reed by Morgan Elizabeth

The Protector by Morgan Elizabeth

A Matter of Scandal by Suzanne Enoch

Reforming a Rake by Suzanne Enoch

Pretty Little Thing by L.K. Farlow

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

Mafia Madman by Mila Finelli

Mafia Virgin by Mila Finelli

No Limits by Lori Foster

Holding Strong by Lori Foster

Tough Love by Lori Foster

Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster

True Spies by Shana Galen

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore

A Cup of Zodiac by Alexis Gorgun

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Trust Me by Rachel Grant

Control Freak by Brianna Hale

Dom Fitness by Brianna Hale

Gym Bunny by Brianna Hale

Princess Brat by Brianna Hale

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

Runaway Love by Melanie Harlow

Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper

Rent to Be by Sonia Hartl

Temptation by Jenna Hartley

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak by Jennifer Hartmann

A Pessimist's Guide to Love by Jennifer Hartmann

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

Billion Dollar Enemy by Olivia Hayle

When a Duke Loves a Woman by Lorraine Heath

One Touch by Lena Hendrix

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

King of Greed by Ana Huang

Babymoon or Bust by Ava Hunter

Pucked by Helena Hunting

Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Not That Duke by Eloisa James

Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James

String Me Along by Lilian T. James

The Intern by Sophia Karlson

Offside by Avery Keelan

Shutout by Avery Keelan

Against the Clock by Brittany Kelley

Against the Odds by Brittany Kelley

Willow and the Wolf by Elizabeth Kelly

Ava and the Bear by Elizabeth Kelly

Hold by Claire Kent

Nameless by Claire Kent

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Hot Single Dad by Claire Kingsley

Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas

A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas

Jingle Bell Beard by Julie Kriss

Forever Your Rogue by Erin Langston

Grimstone by Sophie Lark

The Billionaire's Bride of Convenience by Miranda Lee

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

A Rake's Guide to Seduction by Caroline Linden

Good Girl Fail by Roni Loren

Hate You by Tracy Lorraine

Fighting Mr. Knight by Rosa Lucas

Fifth Avenue Fling by Rosa Lucas

Crash by Tamara Lush

Drive by Tamara Lush

Consider Me by Becka Mack

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

Wife Project by Chloe Maine

To Hate Adam Connor by Ella Maise

Recipe for Love by Anne Malcom

Method for Matrimony by Anne Malcom

New Hope, Old Grudges by Anne Malcom

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry

Dahlia Made a List by Jenna McCall

Breathless by Amy McCulloch

This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell

Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

Sticks and Stone by Grace McGinty

Trail of Deception by Amanda McKinney

A Missing Connection by Dani McLean

Four Weddings and a Duke by Michelle McLean

Crash by Ruby McNally

An Extravagant Duplicity by Lynn Messina

Thief by Cassie Mint

Hacker by Cassie Mint

Honey Trap by Cassie Mint

Beauty and the Kingpin by Cassie Mint

Ocean Jewel by Cassie Mint

Big Boss by Cassie Mint

Grump Gone Wild by Cassie Mint

Ride or Die by Cassie Mint

Thin Ice by Cassie Mint

Husband Skills by Cassie Mint

The Stranger by Cassie Mint

She Was Made for Me by Jen Morris

A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Playing by the Rules by Monica Murphy

The Brazen by Willa Nash

How to Lose at Love by Sarah Ney

Pleasing Mr. Parker by Elle Nicoll

Convergence of Desire by Felicity Niven

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[theflashjaygarrick]

When Batfamily is written as a non-nuclear family it is really fun but the sad thing is people try to avoid that in canon (and fanon). For instance, a key example of non-nuclear Batfamily being is Babs and Bruce being Cass' mother and father respectively whilst being platonic colleagues, and fandom is often afraid to do even acknowledge that. People like Helena and Azrael who are members of the batfamily but in no way fall into the traditional family roles are just ignored entirely (or for Helena reduced to exclusively a bird of prey, ignoring her relationships with Dick and especially Tim). People even are weird about the fact that Steph is emotionally Damian's big sister despite not being anyone else's sister, or Bruce's kid. Adoption and fostering can create a non-nuclear dynamic, but most aspects which explore its nuances (Duke and his living but Joker-ified parents, and the fact Bruce is exclusively a mentor to him rather than immediately falling into a father-son dynamic) are neglected. The Batfamily is not a non-nuclear family when it is just Bruce having an uncomplicated father-child relationship with Dick, Jason, Tim, Cass and Damian.

Also a fun example of a DC family that's still allowed to be delightfully non traditional and complex (and I haven't seen as big a fanonisation of) is the flashfam. Like Jay Garrick is the grandfather of the group as well as a mentor, but he has no biological or legal connection to anyone else. Bart is Barry's future grandchild back in time who's being raised by a combination of Max Mercury and the Garricks. Wally grew up with his neglectful/abusive parents but emotionally saw his Uncle Barry and Aunt Iris as more important nurturing figures. Johnny and Jesse Quick just kind of there as an adjacent speedster family. Then there's reformed rogue Hartley Rathaway as the emotional support communist Uncle of the West-Park kids, and Wally's best friend.

And that isn't to get into how DC (and DC fans) hate acknowledging the ambiguity of Kon-el or Donna Troy or numerous other character's family situations.

i really don't mean to sound like a dick, but the more i see people trying to talk about "nuclear/traditional families" vs "non-traditional/chosen families," the more it really seems like a lot of people have absolutely no idea what the hell they're talking about or what these "chosen families" that defy the traditional family structure they claim to like so much even really look like

sorry, but "what if there was no mom" is not some crazy, groundbreaking unconventional dynamic. yes, the dictionary definition of a nuclear family is "het couple + kids," but also it's not 1956 anymore. single parent families are basically just nuclear family lite at this point. there's really nothing all that mold-breaking about an only-technically-non-nuclear-family where the only real difference is that you deleted the woman lol

[juliettecove]

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[thisisalljustkink]

How Zulo Can You Go?

by Thomas the Tame

Original post on FictionMania

Note: This is without a doubt one of my favorite TF scenes of all time. I thought it lost for years until someone helped figure out that it's a "Medallion of Zulo" story from fictionmania.tv!

I'm reposting my favorite section here with some minor edits for Tumblr. The full story contains gender-swapping, but this part focuses on mostly consensual age-regression.

The door whipped open from the inside, pulling the keys from Chris's hands. He smiled to greet his wife, but was stopped cold by an unfamiliar face.

"Hello. You must be Mrs. Hartley's husband."

She was young, very young, too young, too damn young to be so pretty, with that pert cheerleader nose, and blonde hair that hung loose over her shoulders, around her face, and only seemed to find sexier and sexier ways of messing up itself. His next glance--done before he could help himself- -shot straight down her tank top. Oh god, creamy white breasts, small and perky, nipples as upturned as that sorority girl nose of hers. Who was she and how could he get rid of her before his dick jumped out of his pants and into her--

"Where's, uh, my wife?"

The girl backed away. It didn't help. Her tank top was short, and her smooth white belly peeked out and winked at him. He swore that little "inney" of hers was teasing him. Everything about this girl was a tease; she couldn't help herself; her body seemed designed for it. Her bra was black he noticed; the straps were not very well concealed. The sprinkles of freckles that ran up and down her arms (like sensual constellations) made him lose track of his thoughts.

" . . . back in a few hours. She said I could hang out here until she got back. That's okay . . . isn't it?"

"Uh, yeah, I guess so." He dug in his pocket for his cell phone and dialed Marissa.

The girl crept closer, her small hand pushing down his wrist to view the phone screen. "How come you're calling her?"

"I want to know why her car is still here."

"Her friend Helena drove."

He left a short message on Marissa's voice mail, hung up, and eyed the girl. "What was your name again?"

"I didn't say," she grinned. Her eyes twinkled. Her nose crinkled. She looked like a little devil. He could imagine . . . well . . . .

"What is your name?"

His stern tone made her flinch. Her grin fell away. She wore the expression of an admonished child. Her eyes flitted up into his, noticed the disapproval, and flitted down. "Sandy."

"Well, fine, Sandy. You can stay and watch TV or whatever you like, but I have some work to do upstairs."

"Okay."

Manipulative little--what was she thinking? He had to get a hold on himself. She was just a kid. Maybe she knew the effect she was having on him and maybe she didn't. Maybe she was doing it on purpose and maybe she wasn't. She reminded him of Sarah, his first crush, cheerleader, bouncy, sexy, and wanting nothing to do with a little twerp like him.

He was none too happy with Marissa either, leaving some teenage girl alone with him in the house.

He was halfway up the stairs before Sandy called out to him. And it was "Chris!" not "Mr. Hartley!"

He turned and chastised her. "Excuse me?"

"Your wife left this for you. She said it was urgent."

He took the envelope from her and started to tear it open, but she was still standing there, a step below, peering up at him, her large soulful eyes twinkling like an eager puppy. Was it his imagination or was there just the hint of a smirk on those glossy pink lips of hers?

God, her whole face, her whole body, had that healthy, vibrant flushed glow. So young. So very, very young.

"Something else?" he asked.

She slipped up beside him, uncomfortably close, gazed up at him. "I wanted to apologize. I shouldn't have just jumped out at you like that at the door. I just didn't want you to come in and, y'know, be startled that some strange girl was in your house."

His heart was like a clutching fist in his chest. His throat felt thick, his face warm, knees weak. He knew he should back away, but the part of him that wanted her won out.

"That's okay. I'm sure you didn't mean it."

She wrapped her thin freckled arms around him. He timidly patted her back. She snuggled closer, squirming deliciously. He could feel her erect nipples through her bra, through her thin shirt, through his dress shirt and undershirt, rubbing against his abdomen. He hoped it was his imagination.

She lifted her chin as if expecting a kiss, and locked eyes with him.

He swallowed, felt his breath go shallow, felt the terrible, wonderful, aching hardness of his erection stretching, and slowly, so slowly it killed him, unwound her arms.

Without a word, he went upstairs, flustered, more angry at Marissa than ever. And angry at himself, at his dick for responding, at God for designing him that way, at Sandy for--for--for being so confused and for tempting him.

He ripped open the letter, thinking, This better be good.

There was an electric jolt that he put down to static shock, then the medallion began to warm his hand. He stared at it, dumbfounded. This was just bizarre. And he was in no mood either, but it was interesting, fake, of course, by the feel of it. How could Marissa think it was anything of value?

It wasn't plastic, but it wasn't stone or metal or wood either. He couldn't quite identify it. One side was worn almost smooth, and he could just make out some writing. At first he thought it was runes, but then it appeared to be Arabic, then again, hieroglyphics. Hell, it could've been a parade of ducks for all he could tell.

His whole arm was warm now. He moved from the bathroom to the bedroom, and blamed the skylight. There was a strange ticklish-tingly feeling too. He scratched his arm idly, thinking offhand that his skin felt too smooth.

On the other side of the coin he spotted Lady Liberty. No, but close, some sort of figure, female he thought. She was holding something, not a torch though. It was, perhaps, a wand, and there was the slightest impression of wings, but they were almost entirely worn away.

He scratched his arm again. The warmth had spread to his shoulder, to his neck, and was unkinking a bothersome muscle. One cheek was growing hot. He touched it. By this time in the evening there was usually some stubble.

Then he saw his arm.

It was thin and hairless. It was the arm of a teenager, not a grown man. He gasped, dropped the medallion, and backed into someone. He turned and saw Sandy.

"Don't worry. It's reversible. It takes twelve hours though." The rules were coming to her. With every contact, she seemed to understand more about how it worked.

"I thought I told you to stay downstairs."

"Chris, relax--"

"Don't tell me--"

"It's me. Marissa."

"I want you gone. Do you understand?"

"Chris--"

"Gone. Call your parents. I want you out of my house, young lady."

"Ooh," Sandy gasped and pressed a hand against her chest. She touched her blushing cheeks, felt her hot forehead, felt the shame coursing through her. "God, when you use that tone--" She laughed.

"I'm not kidding."

"I know. I know you're not. But just relax. Okay? The medallion is magic or something. I don't know how, but it can change you."

"I'm calling my wife." He found his suit jacket on the bed and dug the cell phone from his pocket.

Sandy launched into a long list of facts that only Marissa could've known.

Chris stared at her. "That doesn't mean anything."

"Look at your hand, teddy bear."

Everything about the way she said it sounded like his wife, but it wasn't. Still, his arm, his hand...

She found the medallion on the bed, held it by its chain, and dropped it into his hand. "Just hold it for a bit and you'll see."

There was that electric shock again, followed by the hot creepy-crawlies. His skin itched a little, but not unbearably. The heat sank deeper, and he actually saw his other hand changing, growing smaller. He started to throw the medallion away, but Sandy wrapped her hand around his. She whispered, "It doesn't hurt. You'll see. And you'll be amazed. It's incredible. Look at me, teddy bear. See? Now you can have your fantasy. Don't you remember telling me how much you wanted to be with that cheerleader? Well, now you can be eighteen again, and I'll be her. I even have a uniform, pom-poms and all, and we can rewrite history for you, and fulfill our deepest fantasies."

"I can't believe it," Chris's small voice gasped.

"I found that old baseball cap of yours in the attic," Marissa explained. "Now you look exactly like you did when you were eighteen."

"This is . . . unbelievable."

He stared at the medallion again, almost laughing. "Where-"

"It doesn't matter."

"But are you sure it's safe?" he worried.

She wanted to kiss him, but restrained herself. "Wait here. I'm going to change."

"Change?"

"Yes."

"What do you mean?"

She couldn't help it. She launched herself into his eighteen year-old arms, feeling every bit of her teen year old body wriggling against him. She planted a kiss on his mouth, pressed it deeper until his lips parted and their tongues met. His arms encircled her, squeezing her almost to breathlessness. Gently, with a mind of their own, his hands began to fall.

She pulled away, wet lips smirking. She gave him another quick, hot kiss. He lunged at her, but she pushed him away.

"Nuh-uh! You have to wait."

"What? Why? I mean, what in the hell is going on?"

She scampered away.

He turned to the mirror and felt an erection like he hadn't felt in years. God, it was rock hard. And it was alive and incredibly sensitive. It was like it had never been touched before. Jesus, he was probably a virgin, sort of, maybe. Could you be a virgin again? Could she?

When she bounced back into the room again, she went into a cartwheel and ended with a slow descent into a split. God, just the sight of her, the blue and white pleats of her skirt draped over her white thighs, her hair in a messy ponytail, dirty blonde strands in her eyes, cheeks flushed with exertion. She was white and pink and pert and perfect and teasing him mercilessly.

Her lips glistened with gloss. She'd framed her eyes with black mascara and softened and enlarged them with dark brown eye shadow. Her blonde eyebrows were plucked and highlighted with a luminous gold. Was it his imagination or had she even sprinkled glitter on her cheeks?

She got to her feet and bounced--breasts up when she was down, down when she was up--ponytail bobbing, tossing her pom-poms around, banging them together with whispery crashes, swish, swish, swish-swish-swish. "Hey . . . okay . . . " She whipped her head to the side, thrust out a hip and pointed at him, leveling him with her eyes. "I want your dick today!"

He laughed and glanced down at the tent in his oversized pants. They fell away easily and his penis flipped up and pointed directly at her.

"Yo . . . your pole . . . " She spread her legs and leaned over to give him a good shot down her uniform blouse. "I want it in my--Home is where the heart is! Your hard-on's in your pants! I can tell you want me, but I want to see it dance!"

He rushed her. His eighteen year old body couldn't stand it anymore. He had to have her . . . right now.

[kitkatt0430]

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line.

Thanks for tagging me on this @holycafe :D

Open Hearted - Barry remembers the dark and the silence and the emptiness that stretched on for what felt like an eternity.

A Place to Call Home - Star City has a Jitters now.

Unexpected - After the disastrous double date with Oliver and Helena - a mobster's daughter, Ollie?  Really? - Tommy managed to mend things with Laurel pretty quickly.

Busman's Holiday - Brianna never talked to her sisters about it, but in the night she could hear the stars sing.

Mothers and Sons - Moira smiled up at Tommy as he joined her at the café.

Lateral Aggression - Caitlin wakes up in the morning and rolls over but... her bed is empty.

Reconstruction - Kendra is eight the first time she dreams of flying.

Sports Fan - So the thing was, Eobard did actually get a sports wheelchair.

A Thousand Miles (Just To Be With You) - Caitlin wakes up on Valentine's Day morning alone.

A Dozen Roses - It's a long day and Cisco's exhausted.

A Weekend in Central - The CCPD station Barry works at looks very different from the SCPD station Oliver's familiar with.

Not Like You - Tommy stays after everyone else leaves.

Homemade is Fine (Probably) - "What are you doing?"

Touch the Sky - The first time Lena kissed Kara, she felt like she could fly all on her own.

Mending a Heart - Barry struggles to express his feelings sometimes.

Frame of Mind - Hartley woke up to the sound of his phone ringing.

Christmas in July - Hartley had been, to some degree anyway, avoiding Joe and Iris West.

Happiness (Is Not a Fish You Can Catch) - Chester still remembers vividly how giddy he felt waking up next to Allegra.

The Banana Aesthetic - Barry knew he was wearing the yellow Reverse Flash suit.

A Beautiful Feeling - Lisa stretched her arms as she sat up.

All written this year and it's only March. I... write a lot, don't I?

Anyway... what patterns do I see?

A lot of short sentences for the opening line. Only one is a spoken line, because I tend to prefer to establish the setting or the tone of the story first. (Poor Caitlin wakes up alone when she'd rather not twice. Sorry, Caitlin.)

Even my more lighthearted stories tend to start with a serious feel to them. Christmas in July begins with Hartley facing his fears related to the Wests before moving on to the found family feels of Jerrie throwing him a belated birthday party/new apartment warming party. A Weekend in Central has Oliver navigating the CCPD to find Barry after arriving for their weekend long date early. Sports fan starts with Eobard musing on his private embarrassment regarding his his disability and the sports wheelchair before moving on to Hartley having a fun day playing basketball with Iris and Eddie.

A lot of my characters struggle with experiencing loneliness or finding happiness, which echoes in a lot of these opening lines too. Tommy's facing his father alone, Chester recalls a moment of happiness that's lost to him when Allegra ghosts him later, Barry's dealing with the intense loneliness of being trapped in the speedforce prison, Cisco goes home alone after a long day at work, Hartley wakes up alone, and poor Caitlin keeps waking up alone too. But in all these cases, that loneliness gets addressed in the story and the characters all wind up taking steps towards finding their happiness. Tommy leaves his father behind in favor of making Laurel (and everyone else who loves him) proud, Chester and Ryan reaffirm their relationship in the face of amatonormativity, Barry finds solace in both his current relationship with Iris and his budding feelings for Julian, Cisco opens himself up to a new relationship with Hartley, Hartley faces both his past and an idealized concept of the present in order to find strength and hope for the future, and Caitlin is either greeted by the person she most wants to see or finds strength in her friendships past and present depending on which story we're talking about.

I think if I added in last lines here, there'd be a trend towards opening with serious lines and ending on a hopeful note. I like happy endings, even for characters who mess up. That's what second chances are for, right?

I'm tagging @fezwearingjellybananas @rebelcaptain-badasspilot @purpleyin @sophiainspace and anyone else who might be interested in doing this game

[longitudinalwaveme]

The parents of the Flash Rogues, characters at varying levels of canonicity. 

Farthest to the right in the top picture are Reginald Norton Dillon and Rosa Nicole Dillon, the parents of the Top (Roscoe Dillon). Reginald is a banker; Rosa is a housewife. They’re quite well-off financially. I came up with the names and backstories here. 

Next to them are Larry/Lewis and Shirley Snart, the parents of Captain Cold and the Golden Glider. Larry used to be a corrupt cop; now he spends basically all of his time drinking and/or abusing whatever relatives are within reach. Shirley ran away from him when their kids were five years old; sadly, life hasn’t been much better to her since. Both of them are basically canon (Shirley’s name is semi-canonical), though I’ve extrapolated some of the expanded stuff. 

The two on the left of the topmost picture are Matias and Paloma Mardon, the parents of the Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon) and Clyde Mardon (Mark’s older brother, now deceased). They immigrated from Guatemala when their children were toddlers and now work as a high school geography teacher (Matias) and a librarian (Paloma). They favored Clyde over Mark due to the fact that the former was better than the latter at almost everything. Neither has ever fully shaken their accent despite their efforts. I came up with the names and most of the backstory here. Mark’s family being from Guatemala is from th New 52/Rebirth continuity; the fact that Mark’s mother, at least, favored Clyde over him is also basically canon. 

On the far left of the second picture is Martha Scudder, the mother of Sam Scudder, the first Mirror Master. She’s the widow of Percival Scudder (who died when Sam was seven months old), and she works as a seamstress for the Rathaways. She’s not well-off financially and has been living on what is colloquially known as “Skid Row” since her husband’s death. She was a good mother to Sam and was devastated when he turned to crime. I came up with her name and backstory, since we know very, very little about Sam’s past. 

Next to Martha are Helena and Alessandro Giuseppi (alias Helen and Alexander Jesse), the parents of Giovanni Giuseppi, alias James Jesse, alias the Trickster. They’re tight rope walkers and acrobats in the circus, and they’re both very fond of their only son, even if they wish he would return to the circus with them. They’re the children of immigrants from Italy; as such, they are fluent in Italian. The names and backstory here are broadly canon (though I had to come up with the dad’s name). Also, for some reason, James’ dad has the same hairstyle and mustache as Abra Kadabra (I toned it down a bit here, but in his first appearance, he looks exactly like Kadabra). 

Next to them is Miss Eva McCulloch, who runs the orphanage where Evan McCulloch, the second Mirror Master, grew up. She’s an incredibly kind woman who worked hard to be a mother to all the children there. She lives in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Everything here is canon except her first name, which I made up. 

Next to her are Osgood and Rachel Rathaway, the parents of Hartley Rathaway (the Pied Piper) and Geraldine “Jerrie” Rathaway. They’re extremely wealthy publishing magnates who are cold, distant, and demanding around their children. All of this is canon. 

The third picture is composed solely of the relatives of the first Captain Boomerang, George “Digger” Harkness. On the far left is his mother, Betty Harkness. Next to Betty is her husband, Ian Harkness, and next to Ian is W. W.  Wiggins. While married to Ian, Betty had an affair with Wiggins that produced Digger. Ian knew Digger wasn’t his son and treated him cruelly; while W.W. Wiggins never acknowledged Digger as his son at all. Next to Wiggins is “Aussie” Green, who was introduced as Digger’s dad in a Bronze Age Flash issue prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths. He was cheery and good-natured, and is the only one of Digger’s three dads who seemed to actually love him. Although if he really was Digger’s dad, shouldn’t his last name have been “Harkness?” “Green” was just an alias Digger used. (Cary Bates probably got a character’s name wrong again.) The couple next to “Aussie” are a pair of criminals whom Digger hired to pretend to be his parents in his first-ever appearance, Flash #117. The woman’s first name was Sally, and she was once an actress. All of the names and backstories are canon. 

On the far left of the bottom picture are Alan Walker and his wife Barbie; Axel Walker’s dad and stepmom. Next to them is Alice Strickland, Axel’s mother. Axel’s dad is a wealthy used car salesman who divorced Axel’s mother when Axel was nine. He hired a slick lawyer to ensure that he wouldn’t have to pay to support his ex-wife or son, then proceeded to remarry a woman who was only 12 years older than Axel. Alice, who had been a stay-at-home mother prior to the divorce, was left penniless, and she and Axel were both plunged into near-poverty. Except for the fact that Axel’s parents are divorced, I made all this up. 

Next to Axel’s mom are Digger Harkness and Meloni Thawne, the parents of Owen Mercer, the second Captain Boomerang. They met when Captain Boomerang was transported to the future with amnesia and somehow this produced Owen. This is canon, but we know very little about how any of this actually happened. 

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Us, February 1

You can now buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Brad Pitt’s Baby Drama -- is ex Nicole Poturalski pregnant? 

Page 2: Red Carpet -- Kaitlyn Dever 

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Lili Reinhart vs. Lily Collins

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Stephen Colletti on his viral reunion with ex-girlfriend and former Laguna Beach costar Kristin Cavallari last year, Kyra Sedgwick on husband Kevin Bacon giving her a bikini wax, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ response when asked how many children she wants with husband Nick Jonas, Jessica Simpson on kids Maxwell and Ace and Birdie whom she shares with Eric Johnson, Rob Lowe on finally spotting his very reclusive new neighbor Prince Harry 

Page 8: Contents 

Page 10: Hot Pics -- Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey enjoyed a romantic getaway together in St. Barts 

Page 11: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt splashed around the ocean with their son Gunner in Carpinteria in California, Miley Cyrus and stylist pal Bradley Kenneth McPeek spent their evening at the beach watching the sunset in Malibu, Selma Blair went on a coffee run in L.A. 

Page 12: Josephine Skriver shot a commercial for Maybelline with a pretty bouquet in NYC, Vanessa Lachey wrapped up a Hot Tools Volumizer before gifting to a pal 

Page 13: Katie Holmes wore an all-denim ensemble while out and about with beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. in NYC 

Page 16: Padma Lakshmi stunned in a white dress at the Gotham Awards in NYC, G-Eazy shared a laugh with a female costar while filming a music video in Pasadena, Brian Austin Green and Sharma Burgess kiss in Hawaii 

Page 18: New Year, New Hair -- celebs are already changing up their ‘dos in 2021 -- Demi Lovato ditched her signature dark hair for a pink pixie cut, Tom Hanks called his bald look for the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic horrible, Kate Hudson with rose gold tresses, Taraji P. Henson with short magenta locks, Bella Hadid’s new dyed front strands give off Ginger Spice vibes, Keke Palmer rocking a mullet 

Page 20: It’s all relative -- good genes run in these stars’ families -- Gwyneth Paltrow and her mom Blythe Danner and her daughter Apple, Heidi Klum and Erna and daughter Leni, Jada Pinkett Smith and daughter Willow and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris

Page 21: Chrissy Teigen and mom Vilailuck and daughter Luna, Jessica Alba and Cathy and daughter Honor, Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian West and her kids Saint and Chicago and Psalm and Mary Jo Houghton 

Page 22: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Kelly Bensimon got where she needed to go via Citi Bike in NYC, Helena Christensen stepped out with her beloved dog Kuma in NYC, Meg Ryan filled her gas tank in L.A. 

Page 23: During a commercial break Good Morning America coanchor Robin Roberts sipped in a cool beverage in NYC, Rachel Brosnahan partnered with Amazon to support one of her favorite charities Covenant House in NYC

Page 24: Love Lives -- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are feeling refreshed after a recent trip to Turks and Caicos 

Page 25: Jessie James Decker and husband Eric Decker are enjoying a lot more alone time now that they’ve finally put a lock on their bedroom door, Jackson Guthy is Olivia Jade Giannulli’s No. 1 fan 

Page 26: Hot Hollywood -- After 10 years of marriage Elizabeth Chambers thought she knew the real Armie Hammer but when graphic messages surfaced of his alleged disturbing sexual fetishes of rape and cannibalism she was horrified and it’s like she’s living in a nightmare and she’s focused on protecting their kids Harper and Ford and she wants to shield them from seeing their dad so unhinged

Page 27: Kim Kardashian West is set to finally file for divorce from husband Kanye West by February 14  -- Kim wanted to hold the marriage together for the sake of their four kids she’s now ready to turn the chapter and move on with her life

* Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha Markle isn’t the only one telling all -- her estranged dad Thomas Markle now has a documentary in the works about his life and raising his famous daughter -- Meghan is absolutely repulsed by her father and she was praying that he’d stay out of her business and move on with his life but he won’t leave her alone and as a result Meghan will never let him meet her son Archie 

* Keeping Up With Us -- Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have called it quits, Vanessa Bryant opened up about coping with loss just days before the one year anniversary of husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna’s tragic deaths, Jason Sudeikis has returned to work on season 2 of Ted Lasso amid his ex Olivia Wilde’s new romance with Harry Styles, Tom Cruise has splurged on robots to enforce Covid-19 safety protocols on the set of Mission: Impossible 7, Chrishell Stause and Justin Hartley have finalized their divorce, Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer 

Page 28: A Day in My Life -- Hunter Hayes 

Page 29: Chandler Powell and Bindi Irwin are counting down the days until they meet their baby girl -- Bindi who is in her third trimester cannot wait to be a mother and she’ll be wonderful at it 

Page 30: Cover Story -- What Does Brad Pitt Know? Questions arise after Brad’s ex Nicole Poturalski is spotted with what could be a baby bump 

Page 33: Inside Angelina Jolie’s new life 

Page 34: Erin and Ben Napier -- doing things our way -- the breakout HGTV stars sit down to talk about making it big and putting family first 

Page 36: Justin Timberlake turns 40 -- Justin’s highs and lows ahead of his milestone January 31 birthday 

Page 40: Beauty -- surprisingly sexy scents -- Ariana Grande’s latest R.E.M. 

Page 42: Entertainment -- Genevieve Padalecki on starring in Walker with real-life husband Jared Padalecki 

Page 43: James Lafferty and Alexandra Park on Everyone Is Doing Great

Page 46: Fashion Police -- when bad clothes happen to good people -- Cardi B edition 

Page 48: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- President Joe Biden