#i also went to prison dawg

[fandomsarefriends-notfood]

Happy anniversary to *beep beep beep* Halloween... MWAH ha ha. It's heist time. Aaah! Thought you could get a headstart on heist prep? Good luck, *whips blanket* I'm already dressed. Well, *whips blanket* I am also dressed. And I made breakfast. *whips blanket* Wait, where are my eggs? In my belly. *lights* AAH! Now get a move on. It's heist time. I love Halloween!!!

[pumpkinsy0]

Ok this might seem stupid but hear me out, perhaps we could get some headcanons of papercut in the events of the book but instead of Johnny it was Curly who stabbed the soc and him and Pony had to run away together? It would also be cool to see what the Curtis AND Shepard gangs reactions are

this aint stupid,,,,ur onto something here,,,,

•ok look, not REALLY related but curly woulda loved that white trash w mustangs and madras line, this white on white violence gotta STOP💔💯

•ANYWAYS, i think he’d put up more of a fight, he’d try to get to pony but they were outnumbered so he gets cornered, HOWEVER, he always carries some weapon on him, or maybe he picked up a coke bottle, POINT IS, bob still died lmao

•i dont think curly and pony would stay around that area as long as johnny and pony did, curly would want to leave as soon as he could so nobody could see them, so ponys forced to just get it together in under like 2mins so they could leave, so ponys disassociating badly

•theyd go to tim, curly doesnt like dally and tim IS his older brother, then tim would tell dally, and they still end up at the dirty ass church</3

•now curlys shaken up too, like hes not trying to show it to look tough, but hes never done THAT before, never flat out hurt someone that badly before, but he still doesnt regret it bc it was to defend pony, however considering hes black in the 60s in TULSA, hes so certain a judge will not gaf that it was outta self defense, so actually hes disassociatin too, they both a lil fucked up rn

•back at home, dally didnt tell darry or soda where they were but tim sure as hell did, he gets what darrys goin through cause theyre both older bros worryin over their younger bros, darry doesnt know HOW to react at all to it, he doesnt tell soda nor johnny, or anyone really, when two bit says he’ll go to texas (i think it was,,,) to look for him, darry says not to bother, so they all feel like darry knows where pony is and they dint know wether to be happy or terrified bc why isnt he tellin em or getting him??

•when it comes to the shepard gang, tim did tell some of em whats going on, only his trusted guys tho, theres basically nothing they CAN do to stop word from spreading about it bc the socs who were there already went to the cops, so they all have to lay low for a while, stay in line cause tim quite honestly cant handle anything more rn

•angela’s pretty much losing it too, shes drinking more, way more irritable, if one of the shepards is gone, ALL of em r losing it dawg

•in the church, curlys trying to act like his normal self but u can tell that he’s damn near close to losing it cause this could mean prison or the death penalty, hes so sure hes done for and pony wants to reassure him but holy fuck it aint lookin too good, they do their normal banger but u can feel this somber tension between the two as if this is gonna b their last moments together

•curly is NOT talking about turning himself in at all, he’d rather kill someone else to NOT go actually, on top of that tims telling him to stay hidden, dallys tellin him to stay hidden, so thats how he knows hes GOTTA stay there

•NOW THE FIRE, just like dally, curly dont care that much bout those kids im ngl, but bc ponys running in there, now HE has to help, boooooo👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

•curly aint like johnny, hes grabbing those kids and pushing them out, whatever injuries they get outta that they gonna have to deal w later, its better than them being dead id think, when the church falls, honestly??? i think my main man curly gettin outta there in time, he lowkey DID push pony out the window cause he was taking too long and then jumped out bit aye, hes livin

•its either that or he risks it and takes the longer way out if like, the wood fell where the window was

•he aint livin without some injuries and scars tho, he did definitely break SOMETHING and got some burns on his hands and wherever else, but hes relatively fine, a part of the reason y is bc he wears a leather jacket, unlike johnny who wears a jean jacket, and jean jackets r more flammable, and as seen w pony, the leather jacket did help him a bit in that fire, he still is banged up tho

[smilesrobotlover]

Odyssey notes I took while reading the odyssey since I finished it!:

Imagine surviving the sea, monsters, and curses, and how you die is by breaking your neck LMAO. I guess that’s the nicest way to die compared to the others I guess 💀

Odysseus seeing his mom in the underworld nearly brought me to TEARS HE COULDNT HUG HER AUGHHUFHFHFJHFJ

Dang Scylla is pretty terrifying. Poor Odysseus, couldn’t save his men :c

Can the men listen to Odysseus, for FIVE SECONDS

he probably needed that sleep so bad.

Also those mfs just left him 💀

POSEIDON NEEDS TO COOL HIS TITS!!! HIS GRUDGE AGAINST ODYSSEUS IS GETTING OLD!!!! Bro was gone for like, 17-20 years and he lost everyone, almost died, and was prisoner to Calypso for 7 years. Leave him alone dawg

The freaking fact that Odysseus couldn’t recognize Ithaca and just assumed that he was on an island of monsters or somethin makes me so sad bruh. He’s been through so much that he just can’t accept that he’s back home. Even when Athena herself telling him he’s home he JUST can’t believe it. This man needs so much therapy omg

How did homie come up with that elaborate backstory under his disguise??? Why is Odysseus so extra???

Also that fake backstory kinda paralleled his own. Very loosely but it’s neat.

I bet it was so hard not to sob right in front of Telemachus as soon as he saw him. Odysseus was using all his strength to fight against the tears.

Also Odysseus and Telemachus reuniting also nearly brought me to tears. I am not ok

“On hearing this Telemachus smiled to his father, but so that Eumaeus could not see him.” PLEASE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AKSHDKSBSKSBSK

“Penelope came out of her room looking like Diana or Venus, and wept as she flung her arms around her son. She kissed his forehead and both his beautiful eyes, “Light of my eyes,” she cried as she spoke fondly to him” 🥺🥺🥺🥺 this is making me touch starved lmao. Oh to have everyone kiss my head and shoulders when I return home. Also love seeing momma Penelope

Penelope 🤝 Odysseus

Crying a lot

“As soon as he saw Odysseus standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master. When Odysseus saw the dog on the other side of the yard, he dashed a tear from his eyes without Eymaeus seeing it…” WHAT IF I CRIIIIIIIIIEEEEED 😭😭😭😭 HIS DOGGO

NOOOO ARGOS!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭 he died as soon as he saw Odysseus. He was able to see him one last time. I am unwell

“As she spoke Telemachus sneezed so loudly that the whole house resounded with it” THAT IS THE MOST RANDIM THING TO ADD IN THERE HSKDBSKSBSK. It’s so cute tho 😭😭😭 oh Telemachus you’re Adorable. And his momma laughed. Aww.

Nvm Telemachus’s sneeze was apparently an omen that the suitors will die lmao. This story just has things Happen

Telemachus: *sneezes*

Penelope: this is a sign that the suitors will die

Eymaeus: what

Odysseus has THUNDER THIGHS

“This was what she said, and Odysseus was glad when he heard her trying to get presents out of the suitors, and flattering them with fair words which he knew she did not mean.” HE LOVES HIS WIFE!!!!

“…I believe the light had not been coming from the torches, but from his own head—for his hair is all gone, every bit of it.”

Did this mf just make a bald joke 💀

Me and my homies hate the maids and suitors

Also Penelope rocks. Deceiving everyone cuz she doesn’t want to get married to those douche bags. Pop off queen. Poor lady, forced to get married :((

Odysseus trying not to cry upon talking to his wife after years 😭😭😭 that dude is TOUGH

Odysseus: oh yeah, I met Odysseus. He was wearing fancy clothes and was hot af.

Odysseus is trying so hard to convince Penelope that he’s coming home. Ough… sweet man

Ok so Odysseus was officially gone for 20 years. Ok Coolio. Yikes

Bro went on a huge tangent about the boar. It’s neat to hear about but sheesh.

Penelope had a dream that explicitly told her that Odysseus was coming home to kill the suitors and she’s like “can you interpret it for me?” I assume she’s trying to mess with Odysseus, cuz even tho he’s in disguise, she’s sensing something with him.

Oh she knows Odysseus is somewhere. Why is she setting up a tournament that only Odysseus could do now?? She knows…. She knows….

Book XX: Odysseus cannot sleep. What else is new?

Odysseus’s name meaning anger is starting to make sense now that he’s home and wanting to murder people out of anger. I guess the fact that he pisses everyone off to is also an indicator of that 💀

Oh the Odysseus and Penelope parallel augh

Odysseus is just brooding all the time huh

I like the idea that Telemachus is very timid and soft spoken. Everytime he speaks against the suitors they’re always surprised; now that he’s older with Athena and his father by his side, he’s beginning to break out of this shell and become more bold. It’s neat for his character. wonder how he’d feel about himself compared to his lion-hearted father

Telemachus is sooo cuuuuute he tried to do that trial for his momma… he was so excited too. My son

Love how Odysseus is absolutely JACKED. Just super strong. An absolute tank. Love him

“Eurymachus,” Penelope answered, “people who persist in eating up the estate of a great chieftain and dishonoring his house must not expect others to think well of them.” EAT EM UP PENELOPE!

I FREAKING LOVE THE ARROW SCENE. GO ODYSSEUS GO

I guess people in Ancient Greek times just killed each other without any thought lmao. I have a feeling that it’s less about the law and more about the revenge that would fall upon you if you killed someone. It was satisfying to read the suitors and maids die tho. Heck yeah

Athena is a great wing man. Just making Ody hot and godlike

Love Penelope testing Odysseus to make sure it was him. Very good. She’s a very cunning women indeed

OUGHHHH THEYRE HUGGING HDBSBSKSBSKSBSKSBSSKSBKWKW 😭😭😭😭

Gosh. The love and chemistry between Odysseus and Penelope is so strong, even tho they’re barely together in the story. Like, it’s interesting to hear how much love they poured into each other that night, (especially compared to Circe and Calypso. Odysseus clearly did not love them.) and then they talked and explained their times away from each other. Augh they’re so in love 😭😭😭

Odysseus just tell your father that you’re home why are you LIKE THIS

WHY ARE YOU MAKING UP ANOTHER ELABORATE BACKSTORY JUST TELL HIM WHO YOU ARE

Dang, that was an abrupt ending. But why did Athena like… tell Odysseus’s father to kill the guy and then told them not to kill each other lmao. Idk. But overall yay. Interesting how Odysseus didn’t listen at first. I think he’s truly changed since his adventure

Something I noticed was that Odysseus was probably a very happy and joyful man. He had family and friends, a wife and a newborn son. He treated everyone fairly and with kindness and everyone adored him for it. But after his adventure, he seemed far more somber and angry. Sad change of character, but ultimately he didn’t change too much. I love him. I enjoyed that WAAYYYY more than I thought I would. Sure the writing was different than what I was used to—there was so much yapping and tangents and metaphors��but it wasn’t impossible to follow! I’ve read difficult stories from Shakespeare to scriptures and this was an overall easy read. The culture of Ancient Greece is very…. Strange to me, but it’s always neat to see differences in cultures, no matter how uncomfy it makes me feel. Love how both Odysseus and Penelope remained faithful to each other and cried over each other a lot. They got married for a reason <3 and Telemachus my son. He’s so precious. Good good story I enjoyed that a lot

[artdcnaldson]

cat……… hi

i’m sorry i’ve been MIA lately……… it’s currently midterms… and i’m working not stop (worked a 12 hour shift today….) but i am here now. sadly with no new scenarios… concepts… AUs… bc my brain is fried

i will say tho i saw ur mgg post…. and UR KINDA RIGHT. he kinda gives me the ick now anyways like you’re literally almost 45 why are you the way that you are. It’s time to grow up dawg

also the hair(line)………………. i know it must suck ass to be like idk balding having a receding hairline but he just needs to let that shit go… shave his head… IDK… it’s not doing him any favors…

i loved early spencer reid but like. seasons 7-12 spencer……. i want him………….

-🩰

I stopped finding him hot after he went to prison like ok sorry CANCEL ME!!!! CANCEL ME!!!! I did not find him cute after that 😭😭

But yeah mgg needs to let that shit GO like idk it looks bad! Idk any time a man clings to the way he acted/dressed ten years prior im like ohhhh you need attention badly…

Also the fact that he just got cast in a show where he’s basically playing Spencer… again…. I had to laugh

[lilliathshifts]

Oh my god guys, I forgot to give y’all a little life update 😔

I had an ultrasound done on my thyroid about a month ago and they found a lil nodule on my thyroid which isn’t a big deal at all and is completely normal but when one is found, it’s standard to do a biopsy on it to make sure it’s nothing and luckily 99%+ of the time it’s nothing which yippee.

Today I woke up a 4 am to get ready and head to the hospital for my biopsy and I was a little nervous on my way there I went on my local news stations Facebook and found out my moms cousin got 99+ years in prison without parole bc he’s a multi offender and was caught cooking coca cola so that was a fun thing to wake up to. Anyway get to the hospital and the news is going and they mentioned him. He’s a celebrity. Jk.

So I get admitted and I meet my nurse. He was a dope guy and I genuinely thought he was gay but guess he wasn’t. He started my iv and he said my blood flow was incredible 😮‍💨

But there was so much blood everywhere. I wasn’t expecting to see that when I turned my head. He laughed at me and said “sorry didn’t mean to make this look like a murder scene”. Afterwards he was like “you took this way better than a lot of people, for a second I thought you just weren’t feeling any pain but then I saw that you were gripping your feet and you’re face was wide eyed” 😔

ANYWAY he put saline in the iv to “make it pretty and clean it out” LOL but he said that some people can actually smell the saline as they put it in AND I DID IT WAS SO WEIRD. We talked for a bit about our COVID experiences and I talked about how I got it on my 14th birthday and haven’t had my smell since (yippee 😔) and he said he has never met a person who completely lost their smell and never got it back. He left for a bit and came back and said “girl your labs came back in they’re literally perfect, I’ve never seen anyone who had labs this good” so I’m special I guess.

He gave me this calming med (forgot the name) and it made me feel so dizzy and and the room was SPINNING it was weird then I went back into the operation room.

I want to give a trigger warning but I don’t know WHICH one so just be weary I guess

It was awful and I hope I never go through this again. So I got in the room and my nurse was just talking about me and how I had COVID on my birthday and never got my smell back anyway so the biopsy started and the numbing medicine hurt like hell. It felt like someone STABBING my throat over and over and over again then practically the whole time and the person stayed the biopsy and I didn’t feel that but I did feel her pressing on my throat which was weird but the numbing meds were the only thing I could think about. The pain was horrible and I cried the whole time. They were telling me to pace my breathing bc it was really rapid but I couldn’t because it felt like someone was slicing my throat open. Then it was over and I just stared at the ceiling and they thought I was just high but I was actually just traumatized 🫶

the moment I got back into my room I started bawling. I wasn’t in pain but I was a little sore. My mom got my a cookie and my nurse brought me a water. I stayed in the room for about 30-45 minutes just waiting for all the meds to wear off and I was wheeled out to my car. I got Dutch Bros caramelizar (OMG IT WAS SO GOOD) and my mom got my Whataburger and I got home and watched Supernatural with my mom before going to sleep bc I got 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night.

I just woke up from my name to Kallmekris and CelinaSpookyBoo playing and thought “you know, I should probably tell tumble about my day” and so I am. Also after all this today, they LITERALLY slapped a bandaid over my neck 😭

Anyway peace out dawgs

[scruffyplayssonic]

Are the ArchieSonic comics actually an 80's/90's syndicated cartoon? Episode 51: Villains team up (part 2)

Welcome back to my look at the ArchieSonic comic series, and how it shared a lot of the same story tropes as a typical ‘80s or ‘90s syndicated cartoon! We’re going to jump right back in from where I left off last time, so let’s continue looking at those times when the bad guys joined forces!

Episode 51: Villains team up (part 2)

Okay, okay, one note before we get back to it. It was pointed out to me that I overlooked one villain team up from before Ian’s time on the book, and that was when Robotnik and Dimitri joined forces to make life miserable for Sonic and Knuckles. 

You may remember me talking about this one in the body swap episode, and just how forgettable I thought it was. This just proves my point, because I completely forgot about it when I was putting together this list of villain team ups. 😛 Anyway, let’s move on!

After leaving Snively’s employ the Fearsome Foursome would continue to work with Drago and Sleuth Dawg in their future appearances in the comic, which included their kidnapping of Tommy Turtle. However they wouldn’t officially rebrand themselves as “The Destructix,” until Sonic #162, which is conveniently the story that started our next big villain team-up.

Thanks to the plotting of the mysterious A.D.A.M, both Mammoth Mogul and Ixis Naugus were freed from imprisonment and set their sights on the Crown of Acorns that was resting on the newly crowned Prince Elias’ head. It was a massive battle, with the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix vs Mammoth Mogul and the Destructix vs Ixis Naugus and the Arachnis children.

However during the battle Mammoth Mogul revealed that centuries ago he had been known as Ixis Mogul, the founder of the Order of Ixis to which Naugus belonged. Naugus immediately recognised Mogul as his Master, and both teams of villains then joined forces against the heroes of Mobotropolis.

Seeing that Mogul had now corrupted the Sword and Crown of Acorns, the knight Sir Connery made a heroic sacrifice to destroy both relics. Before the villains could recover from this setback, Eggman swooped in to prove himself the top villain again, capturing all of Mogul and Naugus’ combined forces with the intention of draining their life force to use as a power source for his city.

The Destructix were later freed from their confinement by the evil Dr. Finitevus, whose goal was to watch the “corrupted” world burn and a new utopia rise from the ashes.

Enlisting the Destructix, Fiona Fox, and Scourge (formerly Evil Sonic) as his enforcers, Finitevus set about corrupting Knuckles and turning into him the new Enerjak.

Scourge and his new pals were mainly just there to stop anyone messing with Fini’s plans. Enerjaknuckles actually caused a new villain alliance though, when he took it upon himself to magically remove the Dark Legion’s cybernetic upgrades. The Legion - Lien-Da especially - were outraged to have been violated in this way, and went to Dr. Eggman asking him to give them new cybernetics. Eggman agreed in return for their servitude, and the Dark Egg Legion was born.

Lien-Da didn’t get the top job though, because Dimitri had already sought out Dr. Eggman to try and get his help stopping Enerjaknuckles.

Our next villain team up came in Sonic #187.

Mammoth Mogul put a bounty on Sonic and pretty much every goon and henchman out there joined forces to attack him. Sonic and Sally did a valiant job of holding them off for as long as they could, but Sonic was eventually taken prisoner and Sally barely escaped with her life. She and Amy teamed up to rescue Sonic, but Mogul publicly denied any involvement in the kidnapping plot. The petty jerk had been messing with Sonic just because he could. :P

I believe this story also marked the first time that Nack worked alongside Bean and Bark, and the three of them would continue to work together going forward all the way up until the end of the Sonic Unleashed adaptation and the cancellation of the ArchieSonic series, rebranding themselves as “Team Hooligan”.

This team-up was even referenced in Sonic Mania, as the Heavy Magician boss disguised itself as all three of these characters. The only time after linking up in the comics that the three of them didn’t work together was during the Pirate Plunder Panic story arc in Sonic Universe, where Bean and Bark were sent to Blaze’s world without Nack.

They found another villain to join forces with in his absence though - the fearsome Captain Metal.

Our next team up is probably the biggest one that ever happened in ArchieSonic, as we got a year-long story arc out of it. After Sonic beat Eggman one time to many and the mad doctor completely lost his marbles…

…it warms my heart every time I see that. :) Anyway, after that happened Snively joined forces with the Iron Queen to rule the Eggman Empire together.

I’ve talked about this one before when I covered the most unique ArchieSonic stories, so I don’t think I need to bother rehashing it here.

Moving into the post-reboot era, we come to the “Eggman’s Dozen,” arc from Sonic Universe #83 - 86.

When his newly built Eggmanland and Metal Sonic were taken over by the Naugus twins and the Witchcarters, Eggman had to turn to his Egg Bosses - the leaders of the various factions of the Egg Army. Several of these bosses were returning from the pre-reboot canon: Ahklut the Orca (with a new Mobian character design), Battle Lord Kukku XV of the Battlebird Armada, Lord Mordred Hood and Conquering Storm. The rest of the bosses were post-reboot characters, several of which were introduced for the first time in this story: Nephthys the Vulture, Clove the Pronghorn, Thunderbolt the Chinchilla, Abyss the Squid, Axel the Water Buffalo and Maw the Thylacine. Eggman paired the bosses up to complete various tasks to help him take back his refinery/amusement park and take down the invaders, but unfortunately most of the bosses did not get along with their new partners and things went downhill quickly. Eggman eventually managed to convince them all to cooperate by taking Axel’s words to heart and using them himself:

The Naugus twins were defeated and Metal Sonic was restored to normal, and Eggman even got another Egg Boss out of this fiasco when Wendy volunteered her services to him. He had been wanting a full dozen bosses anyway, so he didn’t take much convincing.

I just picture Eggman getting off the phone after he’d summoned all eleven Egg Bosses for this mission and having the following conversation:

Eggman: Maw makes eleven. Eleven ought to do it, don’t you think?

Orbot: … (watching tv)

Eggman: …what, you think we need one more?

Orbot: … (watching tv)

Eggman: …you think we need one more.

Orbot: … (watching tv)

Eggman: …okay, we’ll get one more.

And our final villain team up was right near the end of the series, during the conclusion of the Sonic Unleashed adaptation. When Eggman found out about the Freedom Fighters’ secret plans to restore the broken world using the Gaia temples, he sent a strike force of Metal Sonic, the Witchcarters, and the Hooligans to Mobotropolis.

Together they were able to fight off the palace guards, Gemerl, and eventually even King Nigel.

With no other obstacles in their way and the Freedom Fighters occupied by the Tails Doll and the Battlebird Armada, the Hooligans were able to steal the Chaos Emeralds and the Gaia keys from the vault and pass them off to Metal Sonic, who made a clean getaway with them.

That’s all from me for today. Are there any other villain team ups that I missed? Let me know in the comments. There probably are - the comic went on for almost 25 years, I can’t cover everything that happened. I tried to concentrate on the major ones though. Next time I’ll be investigating episode 52: the “Rashomon” homage. You know, that thing where a group of characters can’t agree on what happened and each retell it from their own point of view. See you then!

[roadtogracelandx45]

Life In The Fastlane|6| Fast Saga

I am blaming the sudden influx of these chapters on the new movie that came out.

And I am also wanting to write more of Sophie's story before hand and what happens with her and Vince before the team going to Brazil.

Oh and her relationship with her older brother

Six

They had one thing in common

Sophie’s phone beeped several times in her back pocket causing her to shift and pull it out. The number flashing on the screen was an unknown North Californian number.

 “Hello?” She asked as she waved to one of the girls that was coming towards the Skyline. She wasn’t like Mia or Letty who liked the attention of the racers and the hang-a-rounds and Brian announcing it was her birthday brought everyone around. “Hey, baby girl.” “Rome!”

 Leon glanced at her quickly before looking back at the street, they had seen pictures and heard stories about Roman Pearce, if she hadn’t claimed that he was like her second older brother, Vince would have been jealous. And in turn, would have made the others suspicious. They were always suspicious of other men they didn’t know. 

 “Happy Birthday! I got some good news for you.” He laughed.

 “Um, you won a million dollars in the prison lottery? And you are sending me some?”  

“Of course.” Sophie’s laughter was contagious making both Leon and Roman laugh again. “I got out on early parole.”

  “Roman  Pearce actually behaving himself?! I will be god damn!” The blonde teen covered her heart with her hand and batted her eyes as if the man could see her.  “Shut it brat. Ma said you were helping out from LA, I appreciate it.” 

“You two are family, and I owed you.” She returned before dropping her phone onto her lap cheering when Dom went flying past followed quickly by Brian. “God damn, he is still fast.” She shook her head before picking up her phone again, “Sorry Rome.” “Who is still fast?” 

“Dominic, I finally got to come out to the races tonight and he just won the race.” She lied, shooting Leon a look to keep his mouth shut. Brian was a touchy subject still to Roman and to her. 

“What exactly happened? Ma said you were in the hospital for a while. And some guy Vince was answering your phone? Playing gatekeeper?” 

“Vince, is, um,”

 “Her lover.” Leon finished before wincing when she punched him in the arm.  

“Lover? Really? Sophie?” Roman almost sounded disappointed in her, like he had when he found out she had not only started dating the second-string quarterback but smoking pot with him behind the science wing on lunch. “It’s more than that Ro, he’s different. A good different.” Sophie defended looking down at her chipped fingernail polish.

 “Any available units.” The radio interrupted before Sophie could go on. 

 “Shit, we got cops! Cops!” Leon shouted into the radio before looking at the teen who was already putting her seatbelt on. 

“Roman, I gotta go, call me tomorrow.” She said before snapping her phone shut.

A rush of adrenaline was going through her as Leon spun the car out of the line and sped down the street towards the hill that they lived on. Almost 6 weeks of being locked up in the house while everyone went about their normal lives sucked, she got bored quickly but now that she was healed, hopefully she would be able to get back into her normal life. 

Whatever that was. 

** 

The party was already starting when Leon pulled to a stop in front of the house and Sophie could make out  Vince in the group easily surrounded by blonde and brunette-haired floozies. “Why doesn’t that surprise me?” She asked more to herself than anything, forgetting that Leon was with her and waiting for her to get out of the car. 

“You know, you are the only girl he has been with since you two started whatever this is? He only entertains them dawg, it’s like a game.” 

She turned quickly to look at him, “I know Le, I am a pawn in that game too. We both know that Mia is the one, he really wants. I am a glorified placeholder.”  Leon wanted to offer some sort of encouraging words to her, to tell her something different but he knew, they all knew it was true.  

“Sophie! Get in here!” Vince had moved from the living room to the open front door. “Coming.” She returned placing her finger against her lips telling him to be quiet about what they were talking about.  It would just lead to drama that they didn’t need. They had enough of that with Vince’s fight with Brian earlier and then the almost fight at the races. 

Old Coyote smirked once she was in front of him before jerking his head towards the stairs. He had been dead serious when he had told her before they had rejoined the team earlier that he was going to do everything in his power to keep her naked in his bed to make up for lost time. 

“What about your groupies?” She asked, her eyes going over his shoulder to where the trio of girls was standing, one holding an open bottle of Corona and the other toying with the knob at the top of his guitar. The third was busy glaring at Sophie and how Vince pulled her to him possessively. 

“See something you like sweetheart?” She questioned as Vince started backing them to the stairs, he would rather be in her room instead of his dirty room in the basement. “Maybe.” She returned. “Mm, I am sure. But the thing is, I don’t share. And neither does the big guy.” He nodded his head in agreement, he didn’t share well especially when it came to things he thought was his. 

And Sophie was his. Even if he would never admit to it. 

“I already had him and I can have him again.” The girl spat as the two started climbing the stairs. Vince groaned and pulled Sophie up the stairs in front of him, “And we did fuck while you were out. We all agreed that the bullets should have gone further and killed your ass.” “Shut the fuck up.” He barked tightening his grip on Sophie’s hip, “Sophie go.” “He even said it.” “Not worth it. Not even worth it.” The blonde muttered as she climbed the stairs and go into her bedroom. 

She had learned to pick her battles and only picked the fights she knew she was going to win or ones that she knew Roman would break up. Which a lot of time he did. He didn’t want her to follow in his footsteps. But it was too late she was already following in those footsteps. 

“You need to leave,” Leon ordered as a bedroom door slammed shut followed by angry rock music turning on. “Why? I was replaceable, she should know that she is too and that he doesn’t really care about anyone but Mia.’  The girl returned as Vince came down the stairs, rage almost blinding him. “V!” Letty called as she stood up from where she was laying playing video games, “Go upstairs to Sophie now.  I will handle her.”  Still glowering Vince turned from the girl and stormed up the stairs and into Sophie’s bedroom. 

**

“What the hell V?’ Sophie asked pulling the t-shirt she was changing into over her head, she had decided that she had enough of being around people and staying in her room was the best option. He shook his head and slammed the door shut again. “Seriously? We have talked about this, use words. Angry caveman, I don’t understand.” She huffed. ‘And I don’t understand dumb blonde valley girl.” He returned before he crossed the room and pulled her to him roughly. 

She stumbled and grasped his tank tops in her hands. “V, there is a party downstairs.” “Fuck ‘em. Would rather have you.” He growled before he kissed her roughly, maybe he was just being a horny needy fuck or he was trying to distract her from those words the girl said downstairs but the words he said about having her were true. 

Maybe, just maybe, he was starting to get over Mia. 

[placentafluid]

I know you've already joined but it's only fair I give you the rest of my inane rambling. anyway I hate tim allen for being the protagonist of this movie. I would watch far more than 90 minutes of Kozak being an evil scientist dogboy because he's my beloved dogboy bf I love him. this was all a ruse to get people talking about Kozak and bring him into the spotlight. fanart, fanfic, etc. now you know the truth. I'm desperate for content but nobody knows this movie let alone the character and that is a crime against humanity. in this essay I will-

tim allen shut the fuck up challenge when we had one greasy tricky slimeball Kodak right at our fingertips!?!?!?!? this movies a fucking trip. and i love it. i love it you don’t understand.

i have loved these movies since i was a kid and yes there are multiple, just not with Tim and RDJ. theres The Shaggy Dog(1959) and The Shaggy D.A.(1976) and they’re. thEYRE SO GOOD i can’t even explain them correctly because i am VIBRATIFN rn i’ve been waiting for people who like this franchise so badly

In the other movies, theres this ring from the house of borgia that’s either accidentally taken or stolen from a museum, and curses the person who reads the inscription on the ring (in canis corpore transmuto) and turns them into a dawg. i’m telling you this only because i am insanely in love with these movies and have done. too much research. from what i’ve gathered, the ring is actually from lucrezia borgia, a member of the borgia family she slays. historically none of this is accurate, she just poisoned people with a ring, idk where we got the dog story from it might be because they used to torture their prisoners and slaves into thinking they were dogs ITS REALLY DARK I APOLOGIZE but disney went Hey wait.

i don’t know WHO at disney thought ‘yes this would make a great comedy’ but i LOVE them. ok it’s also based off of a polish book about a man who is a dog during the day and a man during the night i believe. the book is called The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten. Never read it. It’s also super dark.

What i LOVE about the 2006 movie is that it throws all of that out the door and brings in Kozak. i love kozak so much. he’s the best character this movie has i love him!!!?!?!?!))?’b hes great. i would do the same thing in his position. i just wish he hadn’t gone to jail (half joking). I haven’t watched it in almost a year which is unFORTUNATE. when i was a kid and the Dvd fast play would play before your movie? i saw the little trailer for the shaggy dog(2006) and i had wanted to watch it so badly, but i thought it was an adult movie bc it had tim allen in it. so i never asked if i could watch it. anyways

ok wait i’m reading ur ask over there’s FANFIC!:?!:?3!3?3$)3 THERS FANART!?:!3??3 WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN

[transmascfrankiero]

all of mcr’s songs ranked out of ten based on whether or not you can strip to them:

romance: could work if you were going for a Super Melancholy smiths-esque vibe but overall too slow and pretty. 1/10

honey: headbanger soundtrack to showcase your revenge body to ur ex. bonus points for underlying ‘gonna murder shitty boyfriend’ context thanks to audition-inspired video. but slightly too angry to be seductive. 5/10

vampires: too goth, too many feelings. reminds me of pot dreads frank. would not work. 0/10

drowning lessons: this song is cursed and cannot be listened to in public unfortunately 0/10

sorrows: if u were going to do a strip routine while beating the shit out of someone for trying to stealing ur tip money this would be a gr8 choice 6/10

halos: it’s about blowing your own head off and taking too many pills to cope w/ wanting to die all the time. 0/10

turnstiles: please do not!!! strip!!! to a song!!! about 9/11!!!! what is wrong w/ you!!! -100000000/10

monroeville: if u were doing a private lil strip dance for your george a. romero-obsessed s.o. where u both cry over the idea of having to kill the other person b/c they turned into a zombie then sure??? but other than that no. .5/10

best day ever: ehhhhhh. too fast. kinda weird to get sexy to unless u have a hospital kink. 0/10

cubicles: wow the thought of doing a strip routine to a song about pining for ur coworker who doesn’t know u exist is too sad to even joke about -20/10

demolition lovers: it’s a long song but it’s got cool tempo changes for variety and if u got the stamina then go for it. 4/10

helena: so, like, i get it. it’s a bop. u could dance to this beat for sure. the costumes and color scheme from the video make for gr8 stage pictures and the dancing corpse lady is v pretty. i could understand why if u were doing an emo strip routine u would want to use helena. but please for the love of all that is holy do NOT strip to a song gerard way wrote about his dead grandmother okay i am BEGGING you -∞/10

give ‘em hell kid: FUCK YEAH YOU LOOK PRETTY WALKIN DOWN THE STREET IN THE BEST DAMN DRESS U OWN. 10/10

to the end: this would be a hilarious choice for a bachelor party ngl 7/10 for that alone

prison: absolutely you could strip to this song but u gotta COMMIT okay u gotta light something on fire onstage and challenge gender norms while screaming your head off 8/10 but only if ur not a coward

i’m not okay: it’s a bop, but can u strip to it? no. 0/10

ghost of you: mikey way did not die on a beach in fake normandy for u to strip to ghost of you. seek help -5/10

jetset life: dude this song like. actually works??? for a strip routine??? so long as you don’t actually listen to the words, from a musical perspective, u could totally strip to this 10/10

interlude: what kinda weird catholic shame kink do u need to have to strip to this song. also it’s too short and too pretty. -5/10 (unless ur into catholic shame idk)

venom: this would require such a high energy routine but if u can make being sweaty work then this is a gr8 choice 7/10

hang ‘em high: this is a BATSHIT INSANE choice for a strip routine but if u want to do it then PLEASE do. i like ur style. 8/10

deathwish: u can strip to this only if u introduce ur routine by dedicating it to everyone who ever said eyeliner on dudes was gay. 5/10

cemetery drive: i think not. 0/10

never told you: if u are a highly theatrical highly murderous stripper then yes definitely 7/10

desert song: this song is Way Too Beautiful to strip to sorry you can’t have it -300/10

the end.: the only sexy thing about this song is how good gerard’s voice sounds so no. 0/10

dead!: this is a bold fucking choice but u have to play your cards just right. high risk high reward but SO much to potentially get wrong 6/10

how i disappear: u could. but why. 2/10

sharpest lives: holy SHIT yes ABSOLUTELY u should strip to sharpest lives. the drama. the beat. the spy rock guitar that frank accidentally nailed. this is one of THE choicest options from their catalog. why aren’t u stripping to this right now 50000000/10

wttbp: cute idea but don’t actually 0/10

i don’t love you: again, a bold fucking choice. u could strip to this in an edgy, meta sort of way but it’s missing the trashy factor so it’d have to be part performance art and part strip routine. if ur into that then totally 5/10

house of wolves: i mean i would pay money to see someone strip to this song so 7/10

cancer: LMAO YIKES -2000000/10

mama: this would be GLORIOUS if u fully embraced the sheer insanity and went Bonkers in Fuckin Zonkers burlesque-show-in-hell w/ it. 100/10 but u gotta pound the floor wailing at some point

sleep: i’m conflicted on this one like on the one hand it’s a good tempo for stripping but on the other hand it’s a song about being cruel to ur loved ones in order to force distance between u and them b/c you’re terrified of them getting hurt and it being all your fault. so maybe don’t strip to this one actually 0/10

teenagers: a bop w/ a great beat and fun costume ideas from the video but two major drawbacks being 1. ur getting naked to a song about teenagers which is uhhhh sort of Inappropriate and 2. it’s kind of also about school shooters which is also Inappropriate to get naked to. 0/10

disenchanted: why would u want this. you sad fuck. idek what to say except if you want to strip to this song i’m crying on your behalf -100000000/10

famous last words: don’t????? don’t. Do Not. stop that. -12/10

blood: this is HILARIOUS omg please strip to blood 10/10

kill all your friends: sure?? no objections but it’s an odd choice. this goes for the demo too. 2/10

heaven help us: if u want to strip to this then you definitely just read unholyverse for the first time and while u are valid, Don’t 0/10

my way home is through you: not an especially sexy song but it’s fun!! you do you 3/10

astro zombies (cover): uhhhhhh it’s a no from me dawg. i’d be thinking about danzig, like, the whole time. 0/10

desolation row: sure but u gotta be willing to get punched in the face by the riot squad for maximum effect 4/10

common people (cover): just b/c gerard would strip to britpop doesn’t mean u can. 0/10

emily: NO!!!! -50000/10

party at the end of the world: nah. 0/10

not that kind of girl: literally please consider the subject matter of this song and rethink ur life choices. -10/10

all the angels: it’s a cool song but don’t strip to it that’s weird -2/10

jack the ripper: you and the person who wants to strip to astro zombies can go sit in the suicidegirls corner together how about that. 0/10

na na na: a banger!! strip away my friend 9/10

bulletproof heart: a good song but not a strip song 1/10

sing: sorry this song is [REDACTED] it gets no score

planetary (go!): you could try to strip to this but it’s such a classic four-on-the-floor that i think you’d end up just regular dancing to it and forget to be sexy so 4/10

the only hope for me is you: are you doing a strip tease for michael bay. stop. put ur shirt back on shia lebeouf 0/10

party poison: like this is a hilarious option and i support you but realistically it’s pretty fast for a strip song 3/10

save yourself, i’ll hold them back: this is a safe option. Too Safe. almost soulless. a person who’d strip to this would avoid eye contact the entire time and never smile and later when you went out for a smoke break you’d overhear them on the phone with their ex arguing over child support payments. 4/10

s/c/a/r/e/c/r/o/w: the more i think about it the more fun the idea of stripping to this becomes so i say go for it 6/10

summertime: i’m Certain that gerard would prefer if you didn’t -5/10

destroya: is this objectively the best mcr song to strip to? Absolutely. it’s got everything you could possibly want right down to built-in moans and fever dream drums. but the only person in the universe who Can Must and Should strip to this song is gerard. sorry them’s the breaks. ∞/10 but only if you’re gerard way

kids from yesterday: don’t. 0/10

vampire money: 100% yes you should strip to this. bonus points for stealth twilight references 1000000/10

we don’t need another song about california: do i like this song? yes. is it sexy? no. 0/10

black dragon fighting society: i can’t understand what the FUCK gerard is saying in this song AT ALL so i can’t recommend that u strip to it b/c i have no fucking idea what it’s ABOUT 0/10

f.t.w.w.w.: i mean. this song is about eating pussy. and robots that are built specifically to fuck. so yes you can strip to this but you gotta dress up like a pornbot 100/10

mastas of ravencroft: again i cannot understand most of the fucking words and the ones i do understand are something something RICKETY BONES RICKETY HANDS so like. probably not the one 0/10

boy division: i could go either way on this one like it’s really fast but it’s also about cocaine so??? 3/10

tomorrow’s money: while this song slaps overall violent nihilism does not a strip song make 1/10

ambulance: no. 0/10

gun.: antiwar messages are sexy but not the right kind for stripping 1/10

the world is ugly: PLEASE no. 0/10

the light behind your eyes: oh my god this is so DEPRESSING why would you want to strip to this who hurt you -2000000/10

kiss the ring: yes yes yes it’s got built-in audience participation conceit factor if u let ur audience kiss ur ring, totally works 10/10

make room!!!: again, slaps, but not a strip song 1/10

surrender the night: dude we talked about this!!! dying violently w/ ur loved ones is Not Sexy!!! 0/10

burn bright: i guess you could strip to this but again it’s Too Safe tread carefully 3/10

fake your death: i want frank iero to strip to this song so i can throw tomatoes at him for being a LYING SACK OF SHIT FOR TWO YEARS i’m not gonna rate this one but frank if ur out there i have a basket of slightly squishy heirloom tomatoes and i am COMING FOR YOU

[rockhopsblog]

Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN-- A New Hip Hop Legend

Whether tall tale, truth, or somewhere in between, 13 time Grammy Award winning rapper/songwriter Kendrick Lamar Duckworth’s rise to immortality is nothing short of a cosmic wonder. To go back to the beginning, let’s first take a look at his most recent solo project, 2017’s Album of the Year nominee and Best Rap Album winner “Damn”. The very last track of the album, “Duckworth”, tells of a saga that took place during the rapper’s infancy. The mythic-like storytelling follows the journey of his father, mother, and what would one day become the owner of the record label that propelled Kendrick into stardom. Kendrick’s father, “Ducky” supposedly worked at a chicken fast food restaurant, which “Top Dawg” Anthony Tiffith, proprietor of Top Dawg Entertainment, frequented. Tiffith was a notorious gangster on the block who aspired to be the first one from his neighborhood to reach the life of luxury. Tiffith went on to plan and subsequently rob the chicken place Ducky worked at, but spared his life because he had always given him an extra biscuit with his meals. Because of this decision, Kendrick grew up with his father around, helping to keep him out of the L.A. gang wars and keeping Tiffith out of prison so he could go on to found a record label. Things obviously could have gone very differently, but they didn’t. As Kendrick himself puts it: “Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence? Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be serving life, While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight”.

Growing up in Compton, CA and making it out to be a success is no small feat. Throughout the years, one of Kendrick’s closest collaborators has been a rapper/blood gang member, Jay Rock, who too came from the neighborhood that Kendrick grew up in. Also a close friend of theirs- Schoolboy Q, a crip. Kendrick Lamar has been on the forefront of using his voice to unify people involved in gang violence and deterring those who may later fall into it. In 2015, Kendrick designed and released his signature shoe with Nike, aimed at the unification of people divided by the lifestyle that many of his friends and family became victims of during the tribulations of his youth. In 2007, a friend of Lamar’s called “DT” was gunned down by police for reportedly posing a threat, an event which seemed to Kendrick was all too common in his life. The silver lining, however, seems to be that there’s no shortage of the tales in Kendrick Lamar’s rap repertoire to depict the dangers and deeper meanings about the reality of gang activity, giving those steeped in that side of life hope for betterment and success. 

In the early stages of Kendrick’s career, he was selected to be in one of the first XXL freshmen, an annual group of rappers recognized by the hip hop publication as up and coming artists. XXL’s freshman freestyles were new at the time, and Kendrick Lamar’s verse in the cypher was prominently featured online and the cypher itself is often looked back on as a classic among those available on YouTube. Those who initially viewed the freestyle session may have come looking for other, better known rappers, only to find themselves stumbling upon the discovery of a young Kendrick Lamar. Around this same time, he released his first official single, “HiiiPoWeR”, which was produced by the now prolific J. Cole. These two, in their own rights, have become widely regarded as today’s best hip hop lyricists for their hard hitting and meaningful bars. Rubbing elbows too with Kendrick was the now superstar pop sensation and rapper, Drake. Drake, a Toronto rapper, has helped launch several careers through featuring on their music because of his viral popularity. When Drake and Kendrick collaborated on Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid M.A.A.D. City”, Drake’s career was still in its early stages, but their song together certainly helped garner a mainstream appeal for the release at the time. All in all, it is clear to anyone doing some digging that not only did Kendrick work hard at refining his craft to become prolific, but that he was also met with great fortune in making the correct moves early on in his career to find the notoriety that he now enjoys. 

Fueled by artists such as Tupac Shakur, Ice Cube, Kurupt and Eminem, Lamar has carried the torch forward from the 90s into the modern age of rap. During the famed “California Love” music video shoot featuring Dr. Dre and Tupac, Kendrick has claimed a small piece of hip hop legend by saying he was present in Compton, on the scene for the shoot. As a child, seeing such an idol and icon propelled his drive to follow in the footsteps of the greats of yesterday. In 2015, Kendrick sat down for an interview with the group N.W.A. who’ve had such classics as “Straight Outta Compton” and “Express Yourself”. In the conversation, Lamar said: “anything that I do, it always comes from what y’all done, I wanna get y’all take on my generation today and what we have as far as music”. In response, DJ Ren retorted “I like a few, I like you”. The metaphorical hand-off is evident, from O.G. approval to the strong impact in waves that Lamar has been able to produce from just four major label solo albums. From Anderson .Paak to Roddy Ricch, Kendrick has set out and proved more than he’d ever dreamed of.

Currently, Lamar has two triple platinum records as well as one platinum record which was maybe the most adventurous and critically acclaimed album, not only of his career, but of that decade. Rolling Stone magazine journalist Greg Tate called “To Pimp a Butterfly” a “masterpiece of fiery outrage, deep jazz and ruthless self-critique”.With songs like “The Blacker the Berry” and “Hood Politics”, the fabric of TPAB was woven to reflect the attitudes of a movement of racial justice and equality in a time of great struggle and oppression. Aside from exposing the brutalities of life as a black man in the United States, Lamar also presented the album as a platform to uplift and celebrate the accomplishments and great artistic devotions of black people from around the world. Many consider this album to be Kendrick Lamar’s magnum opus. He has shown that his work has staying power, and that his albums stand out among the formulaic pop-trap that reigns supreme on the radio. Perhaps TPAB has gone the farthest out of any other thing to help cement him as the king of hip hop and the greatest rapper of the generation. 

With a back catalogue so insanely successful you’d expect Mr. Kendrick Lamar to be universally beloved, right? Well, not so fast. No inspection of Lamar’s career would be complete without the mention of his ground-breaking verse on the song “Control” by Big Sean. Kendrick decided to seize the moment coming off of his first platinum album by going after 11 of the biggest names in rap at the time, including: J. Cole, Meek Mill, Drake, Big KRIT, Wale, Pusha T, ASAP Rocky, Tyler The Creator, and Mac Miller. Many interpreted his lyrics in which he called out these artists to be a diss, but we now know that it was, in fact, Lamar’s intent to light a flame under these artists to create higher art. The people named on the verse were people Kendrick truly believed had the potential to create truly classic works, and his bar “I got love for you all but I'm tryin' to murder you” was aimed at them because of the intention to hype them up to work harder and realize that they weren’t inherently owed the popularity bestowed to them. The so-called “Control verse” made such a splash that even rappers who weren’t even named in the song made counter-disses to the single verse in the form of an entire song. Most notable out of these songs were Joe Budden’s “Lost Control”, Joey B4Da$$’s “Killuminati Pt. 2”, and Lupe Fiasco’s “SLR 2”. Despite the negativity spawned from this verse aimed to do good in the hip hop community, Kendrick Lamar’s twitter saw a 510% increase in followers just days after the dropping of the single. If there even was any “beef” to be had regarding this song, it is clear who the real winner was.

From the president of the United States claiming his favorite song was a Kendrick Lamar song at one point, to winning a Pulitzer Prize for 2017’s “DAMN”, the mile-high accolades of Kendrick seem almost too good to be true. However, of all accomplishments, perhaps his greatest is his influence on music. Not only has he single handedly put on several label-mates to the mainstream, but he has risen the bar of what it means to write a good rap song in this day and age. Not content with people who churn out 30 song albums as a money grab, Kendrick has shown that effort is important, that careful construction of art is important. Lamar has also been credited as reviving the importance of the hip-hop music video. It is clear during a listening session on Spotify or YouTube that so many troves of artists, young and old, are attempting to emanate the same X factor that Kendrick Lamar Duckworth has been so highly praised for, and rightfully so.

[sexycontainmentprocedures]

I seriously just can't fucking go to a counselor again. I've looked and I even called one person who didn't call back and I was secretly relieved she didn't. Like I feel bad about it because there are people who expect me to and some of those ppl aren't shitty. but the way the whole psych industry funnels back into those fucking hospitals is terrifying and I can't get near it. Literally all of them are willing to put you in a psych ward if they arbitrarily decide you're ~a risk to yourself~ and I just cannot allow myself to get in a situation where I'm any tiny little bit closer to being back in one of those places. Like there is literally no fucking guarantee there won't be another fucking creep on hospital staff and even though I'm transitioned now, I doubt just being pre-T was the only reason it happened in the hospital in 2017. And it's not even just the possibility of that exact thing happening, it's just the whole notion of being in that goddamn environment again. Newsflash it's impossible to feel healing things when you're being treated like a prisoner lmfao we learned this same shit from fiction as we know

Like. There's way too much for me to be able to afford to tell a counselor anyway when it comes to hourly rates adding up each time, but that ain't even the half of it. I'm never going to open up to someone whose policies hold "oh btw I can take your rights away if I personally think you're fucked up enough" over my head the entire time I'm talking. I literally just hate authority so much at this point, like I hate the way some humans are like "actually I'm better than everyone so I'll put myself in this position of power, it's totally just To Help People tho" like I get that some counselors are good ppl but I'm saying I hate the system they're a part of

I also don't like the implication that I'm "the sick one" and all these people who know me are waiting for me to "get better" when some of them do and say some totally sick shit themselves. Or blatantly lie about and gaslight me as if my screenshots don't exist, blah blah blah you get the picture. Like there can only be so much toxic waste in MY barrels dawg, look in your own sometime just like I had to look in mine. I don't even want to keep some of these people in my lives, they don't technically seem to want me in theirs they just want to berate me, and yet I'm supposed to just do whatever they want? Or else what, they'll sic the SC/P community on me again? It's becoming hard to even fucking care even though I can feel that a part of me does

edit: I think this post might be a little confusing, sorry -- to be clear, I don't have a counselor right now, haven't had one since my ex and I went to one together in the beginning of 2018, and I'm saying I'm too scared to see one again because of the whole potential hospitalization thing. (and on that, I'm not actually a risk to myself, I've just been in a situation before where I was told i didn't know if I was a risk to myself or not and was hospitalized explicitly against my will, so I don't trust a new counselor not to do the same bullshit since their policies allow it)

[neverplannedonnewsies]

Crutchie: Some if you have asked me what got me through the Refuge.

Was it my family? Don’t be stupid.

Was it knowing that my friends would eventually get me out? Of course not, I never believed in any of you.

No the only thing that kept me sane was planning for the post-strike celebration, those many years doing hard time.

Davey: It was 3 days.

Hot Shot: I also went to prison dawg.

Crutchie: We’re getting off track here.

[ssnakey-b]

FF8 Translarison, part 11: The Great Escape

-Welcome back once again, y’all! Let’s escape from prison by using translation! We begin today’s session with one of the bizarrely chill political prisoners populating this facility.

In the English script, he asks “Escape? Still got fresh legs, huh? I’ll stay here. I don’t wanna die.” In the French one, he says “Escape? How very clever. Me, I’m staying here... I’m not too keen on dying.”

Hum... guys? You know they torture people via electric crucifixion here, right? Well, at least in the English version, it seems to be implied the guards broke his legs or something.

Here’s an odd one. When you fight Galbadian soldiers during this part, in both versions they say “I found the SeeDs!” but for some reason, in the English version, they go “Yo!" beforehand, which doesn’t sound very... militaristic. Yo yo yo yo yo, it’s ya boi, G-Dawg! Catching some phat SeeDs up in this bitch! (that sounded grosser than I intended)

Here’s another one with the Triple Triad-obsessed prisoners. In the English version, this guy asks the group if they’re mercenaries, but in the French version, he asks if they’re military, which isn’t quite the same and I think him asking if they’re mercenaries makes more sense considering, well, it’s what they are.

Another example of differences in characterization as French Zell is a lot more straightforward here. I kinda like the English one better here though as it feels more like how someone, especially one like Zell, would talk to animals. Shit, has that been three times already I’ve said the English version did better than the French one? That can’t be right.

There’s a small variation on what Squall says here, after Zell asks Squall if he’s OK. The English take on it is “it was hell”, but the French one is “I’ve been through Hell” and I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel it does convey a feeling of exhaustion and pain a little better. It’s not the only difference in this scene either:

If you talk to her, English Quistis says “Thank goodness you’re alright. Let’s go.” while French Quistis says “At least you’re alive! Let’s go.” Gee, thanks for the sympathy, French Quistis, haven’t felt a reassurance this heartfelt since James Sunderland’s “anyway, I’m glad you’re alive”. I mean sure, mentally, I may be broken from the torture, but at least I’m alive. Yippee.

Back on the topic of different characterization, Squall is just a tad more loquacious when Zell asks him if he’s been in the prison as Laguna.

Another weird one. Here, Selphie suggests jumping all the way to the bottom of the shaft. Dammit, Selphie, stop jumping off stuff! But anyway, in the English dialogue, Quistis replies “go ahead if you want to be squashed like a pancake”. In the French text, however, she makes the seemingly more genuine remark “We can try. But it’s the end for us if we miss.”

What a strange thing for Quistis to even consider. You’d think even in the FF8 universe, a fall like that would be lethal no matter what. Now, I may actually have an explanation for this one. It’s just conjecture though, so don’t take my word for it.

The line Quistis replies to in English is “So if we jump ALL the way down, we’re outta here” but in French, Selphie’s exact words are “If we jump in there, we end up outside?”

So my theory is perhaps the translator only had the text to go with and wasn’t described the scene, and knowing how ambiguous the Japanese language can be at time, it’s possible they thought Selphie was talking about jumping into the crane rather than the shaft, hoping it would take them right to the outside. Like I said, I have no evidence that’s what happens but that would explain it.

Minor change time! When they arrive at the bottom, in the English version, Selphie asks “Can we get out?” but in the French one, she states “This place is gloomy!”.

Here’s what is in my opinion the most interesting case of the French version doing away with dead air yet, which occurs as they hear gunshots coming from above, there’s an awkward moment as they realize Zell is the one being targetted. Literally, that one word in the French version means “but...” although in that context, I’d translate it as “Hang on...” or “Wait a minute...”

I don’t know which take one it I like more, honestly. All three of them standing there in silence does a great job of illustrating the slow realization and almost has a comedic edge to it, but at the same time, the French one makes it seem like Squall is the one saying it, which I find kinda cute and shows that he’s getting more and more attached to his squadmates.

And now we get to one of my favourite moments in the whole game as Squall saves Zell and fucking murders his torturer (at least I choose to believe that’s the torturer)! Not only is it a badass moment of cathartic revenge, but it’s also the first time he openly shows how much he cares about his friends and wants to protect them.

There’s even a funny bit as he bumps Zell over the head with the handle of his gunblade to get him off him. But I digress, this is actually relevant to the translarison as in the English version, not only does he swoop in like a big damn hero and take out the bad guy in the nick of time, he then delivers a badass one-liner by going “Didn’t think he’d go down that easy.” and as cool as that is, I think the French on is even better, as he says “And I thought I was being nice to him...”

That version of the line is part of why I think it’s specifically the torturer as it seems to refer to Squall taking the piss out of the guy, but now that I think of it, I think he may have meant he thought he went easy on him so he’s surprised it only took one hit to take him out.

Ah whatever. It’s my headcanon and you can’t change it. Either way, yeah, I love this scene. I love it so much I’m not even going to point out the spatial nonsense of Squall diving from above and the girls running from upstairs when they all come from the bottom of the building. Wait...

Next, after Linoa and Irvine save the day, the English version has Rinoa say he only agreed to go back to the prison and get everyone “after [she] scratched [him] to death”. In the French version though, Linoa says it’s “because [she] was about to start clawing away at [him]”.

I do prefer the French version here, as it comes across more as a joke, and the running joke of her “scratching” people makes her come across as a spoiled brat. And I don’t mind her showing bratty tendencies as it’s part of her character development and contrasts with Squall, but as often I feel like the English version has a tendency to overdo it. Honestly, I hate to say it but I kind of see some of the criticism she gets in the English version (key word being “some” as I still feel most of it is unfair).

And you have no idea how happy it makes me that I get to talk about Moomba speak again. Here, in the English version, this little guy says “Yeee, Yeee, Thaaa, Thaaa.” which I think is him trying to say “Yeah! Thanks!”. D’aawww! He’s so cute! Ahem, in French, he says the thing above, which I’ll translate as “Vary hapi. Thenx elot.”

Surprisingly, the second Moomba’s line stays very consistent. In English, it’s “LLLaguna! HHHead. CCConfuse. RRRururururun”. In French, it’s something along the lines of “Laguna... laguna! Hed bengd up. Runun!”

Hm, wonder if he’s saying that about his head because he thinks Squall is an amnesic Laguna or if that’s just the general impression he has of Laguna. I can believe both, to be honest. More seriously, I just thought of something. Maybe he noticed the scar on Squall’s face and that’s his way of showing concern.

Another small one. Here, in the English version, Selphie says “We’re outside!!! We escaped! We escaped!”. In the French one, she says “We can get out! Go, run away!”

Here’s another small and weird one. After Squall activates the crane to get the rest of the team to the top and Zell comments on it being surprisingly slow, English Irvine says “So what? What’s the rush?” whereas French irvine says “Woah! I feel like I’m in an amusement park!”. I always find it a bit surprising when such small lines have such wide differences.

And if you thought French Squall being more talkative was one-off thing, then get a load of this! After the prison stops drilling through the ground, Linoa says it was close and in the English version, he says this:

Short and to the point. So very Squall. But in the French version...

He excitedly goes “Incredible! When I reached ground level, everything stopped!”

I'm guessing that's an attempt to explain how Squall escapes without any injury but that’s just so weird. For one, it doesn’t seem that hard to figure out he would have been fine once he reached the ground since it’s not like it was descending very fast. At worst, he might have had a few scratches from the sand.

Second, the first time I played through the game, i was very confused because I assumed he simply managed to climb to the platform just before hitting the ground, so I was wondering what he was going on about.

But you know what? I kind of like that weird and out of place outburst, because I can totally imagine him being doped up on adrenalin by that that point and forgetting himself. Plus it’s nice to see Squall get excited about something.

When they stop, we have another small difference. In the English, version, Squall goes “What?” as they exit the vehicles, which seems a bit strange to me as it seems to me he’d have to be the one to have instructed everyone to stop. In the French version, he instead says “Let’s assess our situation”.

Interestingly, French Squall’s excitement continues as his following lines end in exclamation points, going “We must return to BGU and warn the students! Let’s take the cars!” instead of “The only thing we do now is go back to garden as soon as possible and warn students. Alright, let’s get in the car and go.”

Again, I can imagine some people finding that out of character for Squall, but I like it. I think it gives him a lot of depth by showing that there are things that even he gets passionate about, and it highlights the urgency of situation if even he can’t keep his cool.

Surprisingly, what is said if you talk to each of the characters is almost completely different:

- Instead of “I’ll do whatever Squall decides!”, Zell says “Go see Selphie. It’s awful, what’s happening to Trabia”

- Instead of “So like... I understand how Selphie feels, but...”, Irvine says “Poor Selphie, she’s a sad sight to see...” (yay, another case of the two translations going in opposite directions!)

- Instead of “This isn’t just about Selphie”, Quistis says “This is an important decision.”

- Instead of “Hm? The missile base plan? You should go talk to Selphie”, Linoa says “Stop the missiles? That’s probably impossible...”

There’s another small tonal difference after Selphie asks Squall to send some of them to the missile base. In English, he thinks to himself “It’s easier said than done... What if something happens to the party members I choose...?”. French Squall is much more direct, thinking “That’s a heavy responsibility. This is a suicide mission!”.

And that’s not all! After Linoa tells Squall she doesn’t mind which team he puts her on, English Squall thinks “But you’re an outsider?” whereas French Squall thinks “One is more risky than the other”. Honestly, the English one seems a bit more appropriate as I really don’t see Squall sending a civilian, let alone a client, to a suicide mission, even without taking into consideration the legal ramifications of doing so.

Later on, there’s another small one after Selphie explains her plan to infiltrate the base and asks him if he thinks it’ll work. In the English version, she says “I’m sorry... I mean, thanks.” In the French one, she says “Fingers crossed!”

Man, the English is a lot better here, for similar reasons to Squall being more outspoken than usual. It speaks volume to see Selphie be more serious like that.

And that’s where we’ll end it for today. Hope you enjoyed and if you did, a reblog would be very appreciated as it helps the blog and therefore the translarison get more well-known. And if you have any comments or questions, do not hesitate to send them my way. Join me next time for Part 12 and the missile base mission!

Oh and for the record, I sent Quistis and Irvine with Selphie as I think those are the most logical choices story-wise. My thinking is that, as stated above, Squall wouldn’t send a civilian (who he has no authority over anyway) on an official mission. Pretty sure that’s a war crime even in the FF8 world. And of course, let’s be honest, Squall wouldn’t put his crush in danger, so Linoa’s coming with him.

Also, Irvine was trained in Galbadia Garden, which trains Galbadian army recruits among others so he’d have useful knowledge of at least the basics of how to convincingly pass for a Galbadian soldier.

And finally, he’d also want to send Quistis due to being the most experienced one and knowing Selphie and Irvine, they desperately someone reasonable to babysit oversee them.

I did keep a spare save slot so maybe I’ll eventually redo that part all the way to the Horizon reunion in the future to check on what’s different. If you’re good. And I feel like it. And not before I finish the main playthrough.

[ben-crytalker]

i just foolishly clicked on the “mike vick” trend in twitter and got so swept up in rage i’m not sure i can fall asleep again

some highlights...

“tired of hearing about the dog thing”

“y’all only bring up that one thing that’s in the past”

“white ppl still mad about mike vick and them dawgs from over a decade ago”

“he went to prison for almost two years, publically [op’s spelling] apologized, and campaigned for anti dog-fighting laws[, so let it go]”

if you’re not white and can’t ‘move on’ are you also racist?

if you know what went on at that compound and think 18 months (after pleading not guilty and not even being charged for animal cruelty) + some forced publicity stunts make up for it, just because a dude can play football, i hope you rot in hell 👍

there was a pool with claw marks along the side of it from the animals desperately trying to escape while being electrocuted to death in the water.

but hey, that pass to jackson, amirite?

some dogs had to be put to sleep because they were so traumatized it was determined there was no possible way for them to ever learn to even exist remotely comfortably again

i just... jesus christ am i so god damned livid. fuck you all.

[scruffyplayssonic]

Are the ArchieSonic comics actually an 80's/90's syndicated cartoon? Episode 62: Stuck in an elevator (part 1)

Welcome back to my look at the ArchieSonic comic series, and how it shared a lot of the same story tropes as a typical ‘80s or ‘90s syndicated cartoon! The last few episodes have had a common theme - first the characters were stranded in the ocean, then they were stranded in the desert, and after that they were stranded in the snow. So what have we got this time?

Episode 62: Stuck in an elevator 

I mean, being stuck somewhere and being stranded somewhere are pretty much the same thing, aren’t they? But sadly there’s not really any great examples of this very specific topic in ArchieSonic. In fact the only times I can think of off the top of my head where an elevator was even shown was in the non-canon Sonic Colours adaptation in Sonic #219…

…and the times that Robotnik used a sneaky escape elevator to get away when Sonic had him cornered, such as in Sonic #38. 

So yeah, short one this week huh? If there’s any instances of being trapped in an elevator I missed, let me know in the comments! Next time-

Just kidding, I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t try a little harder to squeeze some blood from this metaphorical stone. So I went to TV Tropes to see what I could find on this topic. And sure enough, I hit paydirt:

So instead of shaking our heads and tutting at the lack of elevators in ArchieSonic, let’s broaden the topic to cover enemies and/or rivals being locked in a room together, which I feel is in the same spirit.

Our first example is one I’ve covered before: Sonic #24, when Snively, Robotnik, and the Freedom Fighters were all abducted by the alien collector, Carheem of Wheet. 

I don’t think there’s any need to retread this one, as I’ve brought it up a number of times for various episodes. Let’s move on. 

The next example is a very brief one from Sonic #48. Sonic had been arrested after being framed for the murder of Princess Sally, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Devil’s Gulag.

While he was being transported to the dreaded prison, Sonic found that he was not the only future inmate being taken there. Also along for the ride was Sleuth Dawgy Dawg (no, I’m not kidding on the name), a former intelligence operative who had worked for Uncle Chuck’s spy network but had betrayed the Freedom Fighters when Robotnik made him a better offer.

Mmmm, steak. …huh? Er no, I’m not tempted to go work for Robotnik, what are you even talking about? I think the better question is why was Sleuth still wearing a swatbot disguise when he was en route to the Gulag, considering he’d been arrested 6 issues prior? You’d think the Freedom Fighters would have had time to confiscate the tech and give him a change of clothes, for crying out loud. Anyway, the plane got shot down by swatbots before Sonic and Sleuth could say anything else to each other, so like I said, it was a pretty brief example.

Don't worry, Sonic was fine. He escaped went on to do his best Harrison Ford impression.

Next up is Knuckles #18, an issue in which we saw Knuckles also go to prison. But unlike Sonic he went there willingly, to interrogate Kragok of the Dark Legion. In the previous issue Knuckles had met Tobor, his several times removed great grandfather, a Guardian like himself. Tobor’s tenure as Guardian had been brief, as not long after he was charged with protecting Echidnaopolis, the Dark Legion had escaped the Twilight Zone they’d been imprisoned in and went on the attack.

During the battle Tobor and the then-current leader of the Dark Legion, Moritori Rex, had been transported to the Floating Island and were both buried in the rubble of a collapsing ruin (don’t ask why Echidnapolis wasn’t on the Floating Island at this time, it’s a long story). Not long afterwards Tobor’s father Hawking had arrived and accidentally rescued Moritori, mistaking him for Tobor due to him being badly injured and disfigured.

Tobor had eventually managed to dig his way out of the rubble and exiled himself from the Floating Island in shame. 

Did Tobor bother to let his family know that they’d been infiltrated by a leader of the Dark Legion? No, no he did not. Instead he just bummed around on the surface of Mobius for several hundred years until he one day spotted the Floating Island overhead and decided to go check it out, leading to him meeting Julie-Su and then Knuckles. After hearing Tobor’s story, Knuckles decided he wanted more information about it. So he went to interrogate Kragok, who had been incarcerated since Dimitri’s defeat back in Knuckles #9.

Indeed, Knuckles has a massive pair of b- …er, knuckles. Ahem. Anyway, Kragok didn’t want to cooperate, so Knuckles threw out the good guardian approach and switched to bad guardian instead.

…okay, putting aside the AGAB line for the moment to ask something a bit more disturbing - what the hell, Echidna Security Team? Why would a dangerous prisoner be allowed to keep a mechanical arm that can shoot lightning bolts? You would think that when he was arrested that his arm would have been removed and replaced with a non-lethal prosthetic instead, surely? Or hell, just let him manage with only one arm - it’s not like he’s going to need two arms that much inside a prison cell. Or maybe you could rig some sort of EMP field in the cell to disable the arm? I’m just spit-balling here, but anything seems better than letting a prisoner - who I might remind you was the leader of a terrorist organisation - keep a dangerous weapon in his cell.

Anyway, what happened next?

Buggered if I know. A non-specific thing happened and somehow Knuckles and Kragok found themselves trapped in the Twilight Zone - the Dark Legion's former prison. At least at this point Knuckles was able to overpower Kragok and forced him to talk, under the threat of having his face blown off with his own arm.

And what did Knuckles learn from this?

Honestly, not much that hadn’t already been said by Tobor. The main takeaway was that Tobor being replaced wasn’t a freak accident, but actually had been planned by Moritori Rex. This explains how Tobor’s family hadn’t been able to tell that Moritori was an imposter - Moritori had been able to learn everything about Tobor prior to their battle by spying on him for years. We also learned that Moritori was Kragok’s father, but this was later retconned to say that Moritori was actually Kragok’s grandfather instead. Or I guess you could argue that Kragok had just been lying to Knuckles about his parentage, that works too. Anyway, after the exposition dump Kragok and Knuckles managed to escape back to the real world through a portal, but Kragok was intercepted by Tobor (the real one), who yeeted both himself and Kragok right back into the Twilight Zone.

Our next two characters who were locked in an elevator room together are Grand Chief Lupe of the Wolfpack and Queen Hathor of the Felidae, leaders of rival Soumerican clans who had a long history of mistrust and violence caused by territory disputes and both tribes trying to claim ownership of a gemstone called the Ancient Onyx. Dr Eggman’s Dark Egg Legion had previously tried to get their tribes to go to war against each other by stealing the Ancient Onyx, but Sonic, Sally, and Big the Cat had helped to reveal the true villains and negotiate a peaceful co-existence for both tribes.

In Sonic #237 Dr Eggman sent Mecha Sally to abduct both leaders, hoping to undo Sally's efforts by causing each tribe to blame each other for their leader's disappearance and go to war.

Not long afterwards Team Fighters arrived in the Wolf Pack Nation and were informed of Lupe’s abduction by two of her former freedom fighters, Leeta and Lyco. They joined forces to investigate and soon came across Hathor in the jungle, fleeing for her life from Eggman’s forces.

“Emissary” Hathor then explained how she and Chief Lupe had been held captive together. 

So yeah, while Lupe and Hathor were still rivals and there was still a lot of mistrust between their two tribes, they were able to begrudgingly put their differences aside to work together on an escape plan. Team Fighters, Hathor, and Leeta and Lyco were able to rescue Lupe and “the Queen,” giving us one of my favourite lines in ArchieSonic:

Sorry, Drago. This queen did not slay. 🙁

Unfortunately Tumblr’s image posting limit means that I’m going to need to make a part two for this episode. I'm attempting to upload both parts at the same time, so if you don't see the other one then treat yourself to a little refresh. :)

[xottzot]

2017-11(NOV)-18th---Saturday--(evening)

2017-11(NOV)-18th---Saturday--(evening)

STOP PRESS: a tiny fragement of rain passed by and dropped 20 drops of rain down it seems outside.

There has been NO THUNDERSTORM that the crystal ball official weather department forecasted. Instead in reality it has been HOT and then tailing off to just too too bloody 'warm' at this hellhole where forecasts mean nothing but a dart thrown blindfolded into a dartboard.

AND...the power blipped out for no reason, causing everything to have to be reset in this hovel. - Strange how such power blackouts occur with almost utter yearly timing EVERY YEAR ISN'T IT!?

AND.....my internet connectivity and 'speed' is back to utter total shit AGAIN...even much SLOWER than a 75 baud modem.....

I can barely get a text-only weather report to load and show.

AND.....yesterday I received in the mail absolute bullshit shitty shit addressed to dear Fliss (Felicity Carthew) from Telstra. (an Australian telephone/telecommunications company megalith)

We do NOT have ANY business with TELSTRA at all, and nor have we for MANY MANY years. And yet these fuckers blind-post a shitty pice of mail adressed to dear Fliss (why to Fliss!?) and it said that 'our initial checks show'... - Yeah, so what fucking records are they suddenly just now checking!?

"Our initial checks show you can now connect to the NBN network."

Oh really? - Would that be the ultra slow useless as tits on a bull internet broadband network that literally thousands of people are legally suing according to the local newspaper that was in the letterbox delivered on the same day as this unsolicited letter from Telstra arrived?

They're suing because this shitty NBN network shit is like a dice-throw in the dark tossed by a blind man over a cliff and then called a 'success'? - Countless people have lost ALL internet connectivity, speed and access. Countless people have tried so very hard to have ANY connectivity whereas before they agreed to be part of the NBN, they at least had a vastly superior product that actually worked, was reliable and speedy.

But all that changed. All this shit occured with here having NO connectivity and the most shitty internet speed and connectivity that drops out to nothing at any time for no reason whatsoever day and night. It all occured right around late September 2015 and not only affected internet stuff, but also mobile telephones.

It was also right around the time when I was in communications with dear Fliss as we were trying to sort things out with her after her terrible medical epiosde. But as we were talking my phone would cut out at any time, I would have to re-dial and re-connect, over and over and over and over again. And it ate up all my pre-paid phone credit, so I had to buy more. Then THAT ran out for the same reason.

Dear Fliss kept wrongly thinking I was hanging up on her! - On top of everything shitty that had been going on, there was THIS we were assailed with! - At EVERY step with dear Fliss, I have suffered and we have suffered.

And afterwards, despite dear Fliss PROMISING ME we would stay in close contact as before......I NEVER EVER got another voice phone call from dear Fliss.

And now yesterday....TELSTRA comes along in the mail and inists Fliss is able to connect to the NBN at this address here at this hellhole.

They have done NO WORK AT ALL in this street with phone lines. It's still all the same shit that has been here for decades.

The only 'work' that was 'done' was for a neighbour who complained so vehemently about their internet speed that the TELSTA company sent out a single guy to ferret about in a below-ground little pit for a day or so. And since then MY internet connectivity and speed has been fucked. So what did he do I wonder? Just hardwire pair-up my connection to the neighbours to give them more speed at the expense of mine? It certainly seems like that. And it's been that way almost all the time.

Oh, and Koongamia school (Clayton View Primary School) has supposedly (I've never seen it myself) been outfitted with high-tech whiz-bang technological stuff including high-speed internet and high speed connectivity and commuications.

Draw your own conclusions.

There are RARE times when my internet speed approaches SLOW normality, but it can cut out at any time for any length of time on any day or night of any week. Even when the school is empty. It's Saturday now.

My mobile phone is okay. But there is nobody but fucking shitty telemarketters forever hounding and harrasing me. The lastest one was (a foreign-based telemarketing woman) insisting I should join NBN because of x. (x being supposed wonderful benefits to me.)

Really!? -- First that, and then two days later the letter from TELSTA comes to hound me into connecting to NBN. -- And the fucking phonecalls to my mobile phone have been flooding me for MANY MANY months and getting more and more frequent on ANY day of the week.

And NEWS is leaking out that the NBN is utterly shit and that ordinary companies are going broke from its shitty effects, the installers, the workman doing the installing demanding more money, the internet companies going broke, and on and on it goes. - And all through it whenever any user complains they are either suddenly switched on to slightly more better connectivty and speeds only because they complained, or they lose all connectivity.

And every company and his dawg is claiming to have users connect-via-the-internet or wth the HIGH SPEED NBN! to be able to watch movies and do every and anything they like. - REALLY!? - I can't even get a simple local text-weather report to show in my fucking web broswer!

AND......in the NEWS in recent months has been reports of vast sections of the NBN cabling being the victim of criminals who dig-up, cut up, and sell as 'scrap metal' the metal cabling that's been laid. - At least that's the story they've been saying. (or did they get inspired from watching documentries about that going on in the United Kingdom?)

Surprising.....given that here the cabling was claimed by the companies to be supposed to be glass-fibre cabling, rot-prrof, cheaper than copper cabling, and vastly superior and speedy and was the answer to the future. - And all they've been doing is the same old, same old shit laying copper cables, which the thieves then dig up, cut up and steal!?

FFS.......

All throughout my blog you'll have seen me constantly talking about all the shitty trouble I've had with the internet and that. - AND the electricity power. AND the water. AND the criminals. AND the mail and thefts of mail and total unreliability of mail. AND the fucking HEAT of HELL. And this fucking HELL itself.

Prison would be paradise compared to this fucking hellhole.

No wonder the criminals of these streets don't give a shit about being criminal and being caught and (rarely) jailed.

And if you ever complain about ANYTHING...you're always BLAMED first, and if that doesn't put you off, you're then fobbed off in endless shit that doesn't do anything to solve anything. And you're liable to have to PAY for being fucked around like that. And when you'be gone thru the whole torture of all that, you get right back to the beginning again.

So forgive me for being fucking cynical.

I can rememeber when not so long ago that internet connectivity and speed was totally reliable and all the companies and telecomunications companies were proud of it all. Absolutely proud. High speed. And it all only would go shitty was because of lightning strikes or something dramatic. And companies would be SO APPOLOGETIC and give you as compensation more quota or free access for awhile. I've been through all that. So has dear Fliss here.

And around late 2015, ALL THE FUCKING SHIT STARTED.

And dear Fliss went off the rails and threw me into hell.

And the criminals in the streets became rampant and started taking over more and more houses until they formed the criminal ghetto and STILL they kept going and continue to keep going. - They demanded shit and got it. Companies were tripping over themselves to do any and everything for them. They've had endless money and resources. Every other innocent resident was suffering but the criminals were absolutely loving it all and thriving and multiplying whilst still being criminal.

In nearby Midland they too have had shit, but they are rolling in money and quickly get things done for them. -- Here at this hellhole it's the opposite.

I fully expect a created media story trying to explain away all this shit that is going on this Saturday at this hellhole. That always seems to happen. The constant and pithy, 'a backhoe operator accidently dug up a telephone line and disocnnected thousands of people' is REALLY pathetic and has been used for YEARS AND YEARS. It's anonymous and 'satisfies' anyone trying to enquire anout anything.

Oh I know, how about the usual 'copper thieves' bullshit? - How about 'copper thieves broke into the Greenmount telephone exchange and caused massive damage as they stole the copper cabling and left residents and businesses without any internet accesss.'

(the Greenmount telephone exchange is just up and over the hill)

AND when all that is not good enough to use, they always resort to teh ol' stanby...oh it rained and combined with dust on powerlines it caused a short and tripped out circuit breakers on the transformers. -- They used THAT ONE for so many years that they then started using helicopters to seasonally supposedly 'wash' high tension power cable towers. -- Funny that eh? Especially when all this shit never went on when I was groing up in the same place at this now hellhole for decades. And there was penty of dust back then. And plenty of rain back then. No helicopters doing daring-young-men-in-their-flying-machines bullshit routines.

You simply cannot trust ANYTHING you're told now. So many times they later admit things that they lied or have been forced to admit the truth. And everyone just washes over all that and thinks it's 'normal'.

I'm going to try to post this message online into my blog. Then hopefully die, perhaps in my sleep. Bitten my a mosquito perhaps.

Outside there is no wind at all. There's hordes of mosquitoes. AND BIG SPIDERS. And if the mosquitoes are not bad enough, news is that the terrible "Ross River Virus" transmitted by mosquitoes that used to be confined to the south of Western Australia, is now able to be caught via being stung by a single mosquitoe here at this hellhole area thousands upon thousand of kilometres away (half the state of Western Australia away) from where it had been rampant and supposedly 'constrained' and controlled we all had been told for decades. Only and rarely did it ever make the news when visitors who would go 'down south' would be afflicted. It really was THAT rarely reported. But the terrible effects of it upon people being bitten and aflicted and badly suffering for MANY YEARS by Ros River Virus often made the news purely as sensationlism.

Oh I know....how about the fairly new high-speed vehicle highways to southern parts of Western Australia is responsible for 'bringing in' in the Ross River Virus plague and spreading it about?

Mosquitoes...just ANOTHER shitty aspect of this fucking hellhole.

I'm sure that the next bit of bullshit announced will be that the 'recent rains from the thunderstorms' has made worse the 'season' of mosquitoes so be VERY VERY careful out there......(as if you can protect yourself from just a single mosquitoe biting you).

Soon they will be joined with clouds of filthy flies that are terrible in themselves and I wonder how soon before they state there's a rampant vicious new disease (deadly or debilitating) suddenly being spread by THEM?

For the past two years I've seen an 90% drop in the population of bees at this hellhole. Nothing hardly gets pollinated now, at least not hardly by bees but moreso by roaming flies, midges and bugs, and almost EVERYDAY I'm finding dead and dying bees everywhere. But still no grand NEWS anouncement about ANY of that going on yet.

Fliss and I had a great vegetable garden in the backyard of this hovel. I've spoken about that many times. But in the later part of 2015, everything died, Fliss got terribly worse with her own aflictions, the bees all vanished andor were dying everywhere, NOTHING GREW in the garden...it ALL died, even the huge plot of garlic that we were growing without any pesticides. All gone, died. - The entire vege garden is wasteland and I have done nothing with it since Fliss left in late 2015 other than to continually haul out all the rampant grass weeds growing there to avoid it becoming a hazard, and HAVING TO BE FORCED INTO DOING THAT gives me SEVERE pain that you cannot imagine that is pure massive agony to me.

TRY TO TELL ME THIS IS NOT HELL.

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What new hell is there to come.......North Korea?

They've been angling to have that happen as long-planned out to happen for ages.

PLEASE detonate a nucelar device at this hellhole and fucking blow me up well.

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I love you dearest Fliss and want to be with you. - Sam has been having nightmares as I was writing this and wuffing in his sleep. Max has too. Poor dear Max has been quite 'sedated; but not by me. It's by something else he has been affected by, and he may well be on the short road to his eventual death. It's how Matey went downhill and dies and caused you dear Fliss such traumatic grief as well as me since he was so much loved by us and was more than just a dog to us. Dear Sam and dear Max are the same. - And you Fliss wonder why I never wanted ANY human child go through what the horrors and torment and hell they've gone through? And Fliss, you wondered why I could not handle being able to stand a child crying at dear Caths place without trying to help? - I love you dearest Fliss and want to be with you.