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Julie Cooper - The OC

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Send that man some nudes???

Hojo, Vincent, Tseng

Description as of July 13th: I dunno, Hojo makes me wanna find someone’s grandpa and get filthy with him on the retirement home floor. Random shit I typed out because Hojo deserves a hoe. Written cause I obviously deserve to be the one sending him pussy pics. 

I started writing this a while ago and never expected to finish because of Vincent but it was only due to a post I’ll put at the end

*Hojo x Reader (Hints of SephirothxReader and ReevexReader)*

Having an arsenal of explicit pictures to blow up Hojo’s phone is a Hopefully our favorite sick fuck is in the middle of another meeting. Propping your phone up and setting the timer, you quickly get into position. Bending over, pressing your hand into the bed to keep yourself balanced, bringing your knee on the bed as though you were about to start climbing in, the other arm coming around to spread your ass open. Taking nudes is hard work, if only Sephiroth would help, but then he’d ask what they’re for considering he isn’t today's recipient. 

The sound of the camera shuttering grants you permission to move out of your pose. Grabbing your phone to admire your handy work, making a mental checklist of what you wanted to send him. 

He couldn’t possibly be doing anything decent with his time anyhow. A new test subject? Dissecting one of his recently passed abominations? Another meeting with Rufus that Hojo couldn’t care less about? He would be playing on his phone or tablet despite the urgency of any meeting as long as it doesn’t regard his research. These are all perfect times to toy with your beloved psychopath.

With your wonderful timing, not at all due to snooping through Hojo’s belongings while he left you in his home alone, you’ve spotted his schedule. So you know he’s just in another shitty meeting. You feel the need to brighten up his day, sending a multitude of explicit pictures to his phone. 

Don’t forget a little something for Reeve. Who would surely be sitting next to Hojo as always. You knew he couldn’t help but glance at whatever Hojo may have been doing next to him. You also know Reeve happened to see a few of these messages before. A video of you splayed out on the bed. Legs wide open as you lazily tease your fingers over your entrance, aimlessly dancing around your clit, teasing yourself for their excitement. Your moans are captured on the recording as you give in and apply pressure to your clit, rubbing yourself in a way that causes you to lose yourself in a daze of lust until your coming undone. Shoulders pressing into the bed as you arch your back at the sensation of your orgasm wracking your body. 

This is going to make for a wonderful distraction from their meeting. 

*Vincent x Reader* (yea you’re with avalanche and co)

So you finally convinced the man to get a phone. Something you've been encouraging him to do but hasn't come into fruition until now. It was a bit of a silly reason maybe. Often not being able to fall asleep most nights, constantly awake until the break of dawn. A few of these occasions you had the convenience of coming across Vincent during your night time prowls of whatever town you and the gang. These nights he would keep you company, sometimes sneaking into your room with you. Holding you until you fall asleep for the night before slinking away before the other girls woke up. 

Your selling point was your inability to contact him the nights he wasn’t conveniently lingering around. Begging him with not only your words, but your eyes. There was no way Vincent could say no to that sad puppy dog face you gave him. 

The only problem being he could hardly use the damn thing. Technology has appeared to change a lot in the span of time Vincent’s spent in his coffin. The one thing he could do was answer calls. Other than that, the screen seemed hardly cooperative and he couldn’t tell what a majority of these silly bright icons were needed for.

What Vincent knew for sure was that you sent him a message. How to check it when you were nowhere near to guide him through the process? No worries, Vincent is sure Cloud can help. 

Bringing the tiny device to Cloud, stating his problem, asking if he could teach him how to view his messages. Unlocking the phone and navigating to your latest message caused Cloud to practically choke. Never in a million years did our spikey blonder warrior expect to see one of his comrades spread out like a meal. Cloud tried to tear his eyes away, but he can’t, and now he’s certain he’s seen much more of you than god has. 

As Cloud’s face turns a dangerous shade of red, eyes widening at the content he was incidentally provided with, Vincent can’t help the rising curiosity. Rounding Cloud so he could peak over his shoulders, nearly gasping at the sight of his phone. Without hesitating another moment Vincent snatched the phone out of Cloud’s hand. Frowning in displeasure as he tucked the phone into his back pocket. 

“So you were just going to stare?” 

Cloud’s reply was sheepish, not even making the slightest effort to hide how his gaze lingered over the images far longer than what anyone would be comfortable with. “I uh…Sorry.” 

Vincent would handle you later. You might like it or you might love it. 

*Tseng x Reader (more meeting nudes? Pre-existing relationship?)*

Cheesy? Cliche? Yea this is that but so are all of them.

Tseng just looks so bored during this meeting, obviously lost in thought as he tries to focus on the words Rufus proudly proclaims his vision for the future of Shinra. Again. Giving out the same bullshit speech about how things will change within the company now that his father is out of the picture. Being ‘flamboyantly Rufus’ as ever. You were tired of it too.

Shifting your gaze from Rufus you look back at Tseng, greedily taking in his gorgeous features. The gods really need to justify making a man so fine. 

Unprofessional, Tseng would call you at least for pulling out your phone during a time like this. Not that you cared, scrolling through your gallery for the pictures you took recently. Images of you clad in nothing but the lingerie Tseng picked out for you on a mission in Junon. The lacy undergarments caught his attention while passing by one of the many shops littering Junon. 

Of course he wanted to see you in them, but the two of you haven’t been able to find much time together outside of quickies and sleep. So what would be a better time than now? Selecting an array of photos, sending them off to Tseng, not even attempting to hide your obvious staring. 

You knew the second he got your message, diverting his eyes away from the meeting to glance at his phone in a “discreet” manner. Waiting patiently for his reaction, watching as his face reddened and eyes immediately dart up to meet your mischievous smirk. 

Two could play this game. Your phone vibrating in your lap instantly catches your attention, nearly losing at your own game as you suppress a squeak of surprise at the images and videos flooding your phone. It doesn’t matter that you’ve seen these before, hell you were the person to take all of those pictures of Tseng seeing as how he wouldn’t take any risky pictures on his own plus you insist he needs something to entertain himself with while he’s away.

The videos? Those were new, watching as he teasingly rubbed his cock in front of the camera. The angle was awkward and you could tell he felt equally as off while taking the video. The visual of him drawing a deep, shaky breath captivating you further. 

In your distraction you hadn’t noticed Rufus’ ceased his rant to shoot a glare your way. Clearing his throat, Rufus demands you stay after the meeting to see what’s got your attention and to figure out what could possibly be more important than the current events. 

That comment snatched any smugness Tseng had for topping the content you sent him away. Replaced with a look of horror that anyone would have noticed if their attention were on him. The only thought racing through his mind is of Rufus discovering the pictures shared between them. Guess he would have to find out what happened with that situation when you get home.

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> The Dragon Prince: Xadia – July 30

> The Dragon Prince: Xadia is a hero-based cooperative action RPG from Wonderstorm, the makers of The Dragon Prince hit animated series on Netflix. In the game, explore the world of Xadia with heroes from the series, which enters its sixth season on July 26. Step into the boots of Xadia’s greatest champions, team up in co-op missions to fight iconic Dragon Prince villains, and discover new stories with all the heart, humor, and high stakes the series is known for. Available exclusively for Netflix members on mobile.

TDP game coming soon!!

[arpeggio-the-parrot]

Immortality! Immortality is what I seek.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beloved husbird!!! And happy 20th anniversary to Sly 2: Band of Thieves; the game I was weirdly hesitant to play all those years ago, only for it/my love for Arpeggio to change the course of my life (no, really) and become my favorite video game of all time! ❤️

Sadly, we lost Sam Mowry, Arpeggio’s voice actor, back in July. While I had the idea to redraw this scene of Arpeggio saying his “iconic” line prior to Mowry’s passing, I realized upon completing this that it may serve to commemorate his role as Arpeggio’s voice. 🤍🕊️

I even made a lil video including Arpeggio’s voice clip! I have all of Arpeggio’s voice files handy thanks to someone on the Sly Cooper Amino, when I was active there several years back. Was very pleased to finally put one of them to actual use instead of for my personal listening enjoyment LOL. Video below the cut!

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Did you know that The Shaftesbury Memorial (Eros) was moved from its original position on Piccadilly Circus during the 1925-28 reconstruction of the Underground station? 

This photo, taken in July 1924, shows a view of Piccadilly Circus by the junction with Regent Street, with Eros where it originally stood in the iconic London location.

And did you know It was removed to Shoreditch College, Coopers Hill, Englefield Green, Surrey for storage during WW2

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Get to Know Me and My Obsession with KISS 🎸

1. Who is your favorite member?

Eric Singer

2. Who is your least favorite member?

Vinnie Vincent

3. Best album?

Destroyer

4. Worst album?

Animalize

5. Favorite song?

There are too many good ones

6. Say one nice thing about each member.

Gene- Super charming

Paul- Super charming

Peter- Super Sweet

Ace- Super Sweet

Eric C- Super funny

Eric S- Super nice

Bruce- Super funny

Tommy- Hot

Mark St. John- Super nice

Vinnie- Super nice

7. What do you dislike about each member?

Gene- Egotistical

Paul- Egotistical

Peter- Hateful

Ace- Spiteful

Eric C- Negative

Eric S- Negative

Bruce- Truthful

Tommy- Awkward

Mark St. John- Dumb

Vinnie- Idiot

8. How did you get into KISS?

Scooby-Doo And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery

9. Have you been to a concert?

I have been to nine. Fort Wayne on August 12, 2016, London on July 11, 2019, Tampa on October 9, 2021, KISS Kruise IX & X Sail Away, the indoor concerts, Indiana on November 25, 2023, and the KISS 2020 Goodbye show.

10. Do you have any merch?

Not nearly enough

11. Unique thing you have related to KISS?

I have a really long tongue like Gene Simmons. I was onstage with him in Anderson Indiana, but Gene kicked me off the stage for upstaging him

12. Who is/are your favorite lineup(s)?

Gene, Paul, Eric C, & Bruce

Gene, Paul, Eric, & Bruce

Gene, Paul, Eric, & Tommy

13. What's your favorite era?

Revenge Era

14. What are your opinions on Tommy and Eric?

Love them. They are a lot better than Peter and Ace (in my opinion)

15. A question you would ask the band if you could?

What was the idea behind the song “Take It Off”

16. What other bands/artists are you into?

Alice Cooper, Ghost, The Beatles, Elvis, Black n Blue, Union, ESP, Mötley Crüe, Liliac,

17. Do you have a KISSona?

The Catman

18. Who are some of your favorite blogs?

@2000-man1, @comets-nix, @tanookikiss, @sluttery-withoutshame, @catmansdrumsticks, @daddycatcriss, @eric-carr-the-fox, @ericsinger

19. If you could spend a day with one member who would it be?

Eric Singer

20. How would you explain the band to someone who isn't familiar with KISS?

KISS is an iconic rock band known for their elaborate stage makeup, flashy costumes, and energetic performances. Formed in the 1970s, they're recognized for hits like "Rock and Roll All Nite." Their unique personas, like Gene Simmons' Demon and Paul Stanley's Starchild, contribute to their larger-than-life image, making them a significant influence on the glam metal genre.

[camibarbz]

3. The O.C.

4 years later and I'm back. It's safe to say that I'm somewhat of an expert at this show. I rewatch it at least twice a year. Let me just say CINEMATIC ART. Josh Schwartz actually ate down with this one. Okay here's my little spoiler warning -> SPOILERS AHEAD

The first episode is probably one of the best pilot episodes I've ever seen. From the beginning we get angst, we get drama, we get humor. Ugh it's just SO SO GOOD. Like are you joking? I can't even comprehend my thoughts I love this show. "Who are you?" "Whoever you want me to be." LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING. The soundtrack was iconic. The fashion, iconic. Some of the most quotable things. It was the perfect amount of drama for a teen show without going over the top (sorry Riverdale) and it was just so funny.

Character Review:

Marissa Cooper wasn't the worst person in the world, she was just hella misunderstood with a wacky mom and family. She is the human embodiment of a cry for help. Her mother is as they say - Julie Cooper. Although she loves her daughter, she loves status more. Some of her ideas were great, they just lacked in execution. And I know Marissa could be a pain, but she just needed help and love. She should've gotten that psychiatric help. But alas, she stays to add fuel to the fire. What is a teen drama without drama. She is such a nuanced character and I will not stand for the slander (maybe some but like SHE'S NOT ALL BAD CMOONN) She definitely did not deserve to leave the way she did. #rip

Ryan Atwood, the ultimate broody bad boy who's really a softie at heart. Literally could not catch a break. Went to jail (bc his brother wanted to steal a car) His girlfriend shot his brother (and we got a hilarious SNL skit out of it), burned down a staging home (luke's fault but still), got a girl pregnant (allegedly) and then she miscarried (lies), fell in love with Marissa (#rip) always felt like he had to fix everything for everyone (his downfall) became a cage fighter (cuz Marissa #rip) got kicked out of school senior year (cuz of Marissa #rip) came back to school (yay!) (my timeline if fked). I know his need to fix everything for everyone came from having to lock in throughout his childhood, but alas (again) where would the show be without it. Marissa was his real true love, no matter how toxic it was. They were literally written for each other. And super unpopular opinion but his relationship with Taylor near the end was cute! It might've been just what he needed. He was funny unintendedly and I loved the ongoing lore that he couldn't lie to save his life. and he was hot. NEXT

Seth mfking Cohen. I think the thing that got me was that he was just hella charming. He was a little shit, but his charm and humor got him through the show without being absolutely insufferable. Like all characters, he has his flaws but his character was there to make sure we weren't dark and gloomy all the time. I truly hope that after the time jump, he actually became a real person and not just a funny spoiled brat who is now an adult and married the love of his life. Now that I think about it, he didn't ever really have a true character arc, but at least he was goofy and funny. He's a perfectly imperfect character who has a purpose and executes it flawlessly.

Summer Roberts, loml. My favorite character of the series. From season 1, she has an EXPONENTIAL character arc. She turns from certified mean girl to a certified baddie with a heart as big as the sun. She always ate down with her outfits, had insane one liners, and was the one girl to always LOCK INNN when they needed her. When she actually ended up being a genius, I was OBSESSED. I liked how they approached this storyline as opposed to how Glee did it with Brittany. NO NOTES!

My favorite episode of the whole show was the one where they got locked in the mall after sorting clothes for the clothing drive. I love love love when shows do something fun to balance out the dread and drama. Them rolling around with the hockey masks looking like Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th was funny asf.

Rating: 9/10

minus 1 because (shockingly) i did not enjoy season 3. I didn't hate season 4 as much as everyone else, but the most insufferableness occurred during season 3 for me. Like Marissa's public school arc. Like Volchek (UGH) Like Johnny. #rip johnny but like BRUH CHILL OUT> However all the other points because of my favorite tv dad Sandy Cohen for saving the day (except when he cheated on his wife, that was so not cool sandy).

[gardenerian]

Tumblr just ate my ask ... It's mad I haven't been here forever. I was stalking scrolling your blog and saw an OC gif set. I've just finished watching the show—I watched the first season when it originally aired (it was the most perfect thing to watch at age 17), but never finished the series until now. I'm in my hyperfixation stage, including binging the Welcome to the OC, Bitches podcast, so sorry about the questions.

1. Who was your favorite character/ship?

2. Who's more obsessed with their location, everyone in The OC or Fiona "Southside!" Gallagher?

3. Why does the Gallagher home have more bedrooms than the Cohen McMansion?

oh HELLO liz my darling! don't worry, i have been neglecting my tumble bubble for far too long as well. i resolve to do better 😤 maybe by immediately rebranding as an oc blog?? mmmmm??? seth cohen was one of small mel's OG blorbos 😇 hence the icon 😇

also god, yeah, it was such an insane thing to watch as it was airing. peak of the early 2000s tbh. i hate when people overuse iconic but...... iconic. ANYWAYS. answerin your lovely q's:

listen. LISTEN. i know his character did not age well. but seth is my son and i will defend him to the death only not really bc my guy was A MESS. i would like to pluck out ryan's white knight complex and throw it in the garbage. and i kinda loved summer's trajectory like yes girl randomly a genius let's goooo 🥳 marissa made me insane as a kid but now she just makes me Big Sad - julie cooper too! jimmy cooper can choke tho. sandy and kirsten.... they confuse me. when the show was airing they were ✨ perfect ✨ but watching as an adult... these relationships all need WORK lmao skdjfh but i will say that seth and summer had me in a chokehold as a kid. but GODDD what i really loved were the family relationships! kirsten and ryan always made me emotional, same with sandy and seth! their kids! do not get my started on seth/ryan brotherhood. BROTHERS. i would not fight the idea of them as a ship however who said that?

lmao this is the best question. okay so most of the oc kids go on and on about their location but in a ~*~I GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS TOWN WHERE NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME ~*~ kinda way? like every other 2000s emo song, ya know? but the gallaghers are obsessed with where they're from to like. a pathological degree. those people need help.

THIS HAUNTS ME. where are all the rooms in that house???? i would also live in the pool house, fuck that somehow cramped mansion.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

The Anderson Family Tree (x)​

( Aurora, Faye, and Lilibeth all exist within separate universes, notes will be made at the specific points that canons differ)

shoutout to @the-witching-ash for helping me develop this entire clusterfuck of a family

Tag List: want to be added?

Althea Anderson ( Maggie Smith ):

Matriarch of the Anderson family

Divorced her husband in her 60s, came out as a lesbian, her lifelong best friend moved into her house

Would do anything for her grandchildren no questions asked

in Lilibeth & Faye's verses, she lives in a mansion in Ohio, in SOWK she lives in the South of France and has a second home in Paris

her contact with Devon's children was severely limited until they got older and could maintain contact with her behind their father's back

Edgar Anderson ( Robert Redford ):

Truly the worst

Homophobic, racist, misogynistic, borderline christian fundamentalist

He just sucks so much like you don't even know I hate him so much

Disowned Mallory when she came out

Former Dalton boy

I hate him so much that's all there is to say I hate him

Catherine Arnoult ( Julie Andrews ):

Althea Anderson's best friend ( they're gal pals, your honour )

Her family are french aristocrats

moves in with Althea after she and Edgar divorce

As classy as they come but also has the greatest insults in the world, all of the Andersons want to be her when they're older

Devon Anderson ( Robert Downey Jr ):

Also the worst

Just like his father, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, shitty ass father

Republican politician (senator of Ohio)

Former Dalton boy

Foes not talk to his children except when it benefits his image

Pam Anderson ( Lea Salonga ):

Stay at home mom minus the mom part

Loves her son & step son, and daughter in Faye's verse, in SOWK she raised Aurora as her own despite not being her mom

But lets Devon push her around and call the shots

Virtually no relationship with her kids since Blaine & Aurora came out (not homophobic but Devon says no talking to them so she doesn't)

Not outright abusive like Devon but does nothing to stop him

Eleanor Anderson ( Angelina Jolie ):

Realized that Devon was a piece of shit and got out of there

Not close with her son but they do maintain contact and she always asks about his younger sibling/siblings

The best parent in that branch of the family

She wasn't ready to be a mom but Devon pressured her to marry and have kids

She left him when she found out he was having an affair with Pam

Mallory Anderson ( Sandra Bullock ):

TBD if she's exclusive to Lilibeth's verse or not I can't decide

Lesbian icon

The best of the Andersons by far

Came out as a lesbian the day of her UCLA graduation (after her father had paid for all of it)

Was disowned by her father and brother but stayed close with her mother

Lives in LA

in Lili's verse, she moves back to Ohio to help take care of her mom and the house when Althea moves into a retirement facility

She's just so cool also she yells at Schue a lot

Very close with her nephews (and nieces if she exists in Faye or Aurora's verses), Cooper comes over for family dinner once a week until moving back to Ohio

Could be a lawyer, tbd

Gloria Santos-Anderson ( Nicole Scherzinger ):

Also the coolest

Bisexual icon, 80s & 90s pop star

Now works either in music production or management, is known for always putting artists above profit

Very supportive of her daughter's music & vlogging career

Technically Lili's manager but in a "you have the natural talent for this I'm going to make sure no one fucks with you" way not insane stage mom way – she and Mallory never pushed Lili into doing this but wholeheartedly support her when she does

Cooper Anderson ( Matt Bomer ):

What a man tbh

Bisexual polyamorous disaster

Dalton alumni, was roommates (biblically) with his best friend Roman Kline

Now in a relationship with Roman & Ash Astor

Actor, mostly in indie projects and commercials but looking for his big break

Loves his younger sibling(s) but has not always been the best at showing it

Learned too much emotional absence from his father, he's working on it

The reason theatre kids have a bad rep

Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ):

How do I begin to explain Blaine Anderson?

Truly don't know what to say, we all know him

The real reason theatre kids have a bad rep

Disaster gay trying to pose as distinguished gay

Means well but also sometimes an idiot

Faye Anderson ( Vanessa Hudgens ):

Top student at Crawford Country

Lead soloist of her glee club

Was a boarding student at Crawford Country despite having a family house in Ohio because that would involve her parents having to actually come to Ohio

Really truly does not want to go to McKinley but her parents decide that if Blaine is so insistent on it then the twins can just live at home and both go to McKinley – she's very bitter

Her favourite instrument is the piano

She was almost kicked out of home when she came out, the only reason that she wasn't is because Devon was up for reelection and it would have looked bad

Aurora Anderson ( Kaylee Bryant ):

The girl the myth the legend

Everyone's favourite bi (except Kurt and Rachel)

Only girl at Dalton, Devon pulled a lot of strings to make it happen – not for her benefit but because Andersons go to Dalton

Her best friend is Nick Duvall and they dated briefly before he realized he was gay and they agreed that it felt like dating a sibling

Nearly died on her fourteenth birthday when she and Blaine were victims of a hate crime after their freshman year Sadie Hawkins dance, has severe PTSD as well as mental and physical disabilities & a collection of mental illnesses

Nine months younger than Blaine and should be a grade below but as far as the world knows, she's his twin – the only people who know the truth are the Warbler Inner Circle + Cooper, Roman, and Ash

Dalton fight club champion

Musical theatre nerd and also just a nerd in general

Her favourite movie is Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame

Everyone's baby sister

Lilibeth Anderson ( Olivia Rodrigo ):

Grew up in LA with her moms, moves to Ohio at the start of eighth grade (glee s2) not happy about it but she does love getting to see her grandmothers & Blaine

Very close with Cooper since Mallory insists on him coming to family dinners

Youtube vlogger & singer which was turning into a full blown career but it stalled big time when she moved to Ohio

Her grandmothers lived in the same home as Jean and she had become close with Jean before she died

Sue is a fan of her because of this, no one gets away with fucking with her at McKinley because of it

She starts as a freshman at McKinley in season 3 – Rachel can't stand her

Dates Ryder and it's very very bad for her, eventually she dumps him when he goes on his transphobic spiral towards Unique

Didn't plan on becoming a Cheerio but is dragged into it by Sue and is surprised to love it

Cooper is the one who helps her figure out how to revive her vlog & music career in Ohio

[gardenofbookworms]

week #11 recommendation: bee

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

▪︎ historical fiction novel ▪︎

there was julia (lindsay mackenzie wallace beaufort-stuart). then there was queenie, and eva. for a little while there was katharina. and there was verity, who wrote truth. and there was nothing.

julie, code name verity, is a coward. out of all the prisoners in the hotel the gestapo have seized, she’s the only one to enter an agreement. she writes for her life—that is, she’ll tell them everything they want to know just as long as she doesn’t die. it’s not as if she could write if she died, though. the plane crash that sent her there dive-bombed maddie, the pilot, onto a different road. but all she can do is wait in agony for word about her best friend through a group of resistors and a nazi cooperator who’s family first to them. a long, late night at the bridge is where the standstill is finally broken—but despite maddie’s broken heart, there’s no way it can end there.

▪︎

okay. in all honesty i think this is one of those books (e.x. song of achilles) that would tear most people apart but have had little effect on me in the moment (maybe i should’ve had rose write this one, hm?). but i can still say, with my whole heart, that the emotions and raw devotion portrayed in this book is real. holy shit is it real. it’s in the iconic, recurring lines and unwavering trust. in the fears shared and planes flown and the wondering wondering wondering. in the split-second decision made for the sake of “i will save you”. but they’ve done their parts. julie has written the truth, maddie has flown the plane. and forever, a part of her is buried in lace and roses, stuck in the climb, unflyable.

[satoshi-mochida]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC launches July 16 in the west

From Gematsu

The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam) versions of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! will launch on July 16 in North America and Europe, publisher SEGA announced. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions will be available both physically and digitally.

As previously announced, the new editions of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba board-style game will launch digitally on July 17 in Japan.

Get the details below.

Details on the Game Editions Available Now for Pre-Order

Those who order the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! digital edition ($59.99 USD MSRP) will receive the following:

-Base game

-A set of four Stamps featuring Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira

Stamps are used for player communication in-game and are available to use in the “Sweep the Board” game mode.

In addition, those who pre-order the digital edition ahead of July 16 will receive 3 Premium Tickets when the game launches this July. Premium tickets are digital items that can be exchanged for a variety of in-game rewards, and can also be freely earned through normal gameplay.

Physical Edition

A physical edition of the game is also available for pre-order for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X. For more information, be sure to visit the official game site.

Free Update

Alongside Genya Shinazugawa, Kanao Tsuyuri, a Demon Slayer who survived the Final Selection with Tanjiro and Genya, will be added to the game! Look forward to a free update containing both these playable characters in summer 2024.

About the Game

The anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba makes its virtual board game debut! Enjoy events and minigames with up to four players either locally or online.

Roll the Dice and Aim to Become the Strongest Demon-Slayer Swordsman! – Iconic locations from the anime, like Mt. Fujikasane and Asakusa, appear as boards in this game. Advance on the game board by rolling the dice! The game board switches between day and night. During the day, prepare for the night with events and minigames. At night, you will search for demons to defeat.

Take Control of Iconic Characters – Choose your favorite characters from the Demon Slayer Corps., including Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and the Hashira! Nezuko appears on the game board to aid players as a support character!

Enjoy Various Minigames – Compete against each other, or work together in teams of two in a variety of minigames! At certain moments, you will encounter powerful demons like Akaza, where all players must cooperate to defeat them!

View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Posted by Sumit Arora, 18 July 2023

What is International Moon Day?

International Moon Day is an annual day dedicated to the Earth’s one and only natural satellite, the Moon!

It is held every year on July 20, which is the anniversary of the day on which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin famously set foot on the Moon in 1969.

The Moon landing is still considered one of humanity’s greatest achievements.

International Moon Day is all about commemorating the Apollo 11 mission while teaching people about the Moon and astronomy.

Significance of International Moon Day

• The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on July 20, in its Resolution 76/76 on “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space” in 2021.

• International Moon Day marks the anniversary of the first landing by humans on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission.

• The celebrations will also consider the achievements of all States in the exploration of the Moon and raise public awareness of sustainable Moon exploration and utilization.

History of International Moon Day

• American astronauts Neil Armstrong, and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became the first humans in history to land on the Moon on 20 July 1969.

The grand Apollo 11 mission took place eight years after the national goal announcement by President John F. Kennedy to send a man to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

• The idea for the mission to send astronauts to the moon started when President Kennedy appealed to a special joint session of Congress in 1961, stating:

“I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

• At the time of Kennedy’s proposal, the United States was still head-to-head with the Soviet Union in advancements in space exploration and, since it was during the time of the Cold War, the proposal was welcomed.

The first unmanned Apollo mission was initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after five years of effort and hard work by their international team of engineers and scientists.

The first mission served as a testing phase for the structural resilience of the launch spacecraft vehicle.

• At 9:32 A.M. on 16 July 1969, the whole world witnessed Apollo 11 take off from Kennedy Space Center with three astronauts on board — Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

Neil Armstrong was the commander of the mission.

The spacecraft entered the lunar orbit after three days, on July 19.

The lunar module, Eagle, disengaged from the main command module the next day, manned by Armstrong and Aldrin.

When Eagle touched the lunar surface, Armstrong radioed his historical message to Mission Control in Houston, Texas:

“The Eagle has landed.”

• At 10:39 P.M., Armstrong exited the lunar module and made his way down its ladder.

His progress was being recorded by a television camera attached to the module, transmitting signals back to Earth, where the world was watching with bated breath.

• At 10:56 P.M., Armstrong stepped on the moon’s powdery surface, and spoke his iconic words:

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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detail of an icon of The Parable of the Good Samaritan, by Jozef Sedmak

One dawn in late July, Sunil found a fellow scavenger lying in the mud where Annawadi's rut-road met the airport thoroughfare. Sunil knew the old man a little; he worked hard and slept outside the Marol fish market, half a mile away. Now the man's leg was mashed and bloody, and he was calling out to passersby for help. Sunil figured he'd been hit by a car. Some drivers weren't overly concerned about avoiding trash-pickers who scoured the roadsides.

Sunil was too scared to go to the police station and ask for an ambulance, especially after what was rumored to have happened to Abdul. Instead he ran toward the battleground of the Cargo Road dumpsters, hoping an adult would brave the police station. Thousands of people passed this way every morning.

Two hours later, when Rahul left Annawadi for school, the injured man was crying for water. "This one is even drunker than your father," one of Rahul's friends teased him. "Drunker than your father," Rahul retorted unimaginatively as they turned onto Airport Road. Rahul wasn't afraid of the police; he'd run to them for help when his neighbor dumped boiling lentils on Danush, his sickly baby. The man on the road was just a scavenger, though, and Rahul had to catch a bus to class.

When Zehrunisia Husain passed an hour later, the scavenger was screaming in pain. She thought his leg looked like hell, but she was bringing food and medicine to her husband, who also looked like hell far across the city in the Arthur Road Jail.

Mr. Kramble passed a little later, milky-eyed and aching, on his tour of businesses and charities, still seeking contributions for his heart valve. He had once been a pavement dweller like the injured man. Now Mr. Kramble saw nothing but his own bottomless grief, because he knew miracles were possible in new India and that he couldn't have one.

When Rahul and his brother returned from school in the early afternoon, the injured scavenger lay still, moaning faintly. At 2:30 P.M., a Shiv Sena man made a call to a friend in the Sahar Police Station about a corpse that was disturbing small children. At 4:00 P.M., constables enlisted enlisted other scavengers to load the body into a police van, so that the constables wouldn't catch the diseases that trash-pickers were known to carry.

Unidentified body, the Sahar Police decided without looking for the scavenger's family. Died of tuberculosis, the Cooper Hospital morgue pathologist concluded without an autopsy.

Katherine Boo (Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, pages 152-153)

Which of these … in your opinion, was the neighbor to the robbers' victim?

the Gospel According to Luke (10:36)

The effect of corruption I find most unacknowledged is a contraction not of economic possibility but of our moral universe. In my reporting I am continually struck by the ethical imaginations of young people, even those in circumstances so desperate that selfishness would be an asset. Children have little power to act on those imaginations, and by the time they grow up, they may have become the adults who keep walking as a bleeding waste-picker slowly dies on the roadside, who turn away when a burned woman writhes, whose first reaction when a vibrant teenager drinks rat poison is a shrug. How does that happen? How —to use Abdul's formulation— do children intent on being ice become water? A cliché about India holds that the loss of life matters less than in other countries because of the Hindu faith in reincarnation, and because of the vast scale of the population. In my reporting, I found that young people felt the loss of life acutely. What appeared to be indifference to other people's suffering had little to do with reincarnation, and less to do with being born brutish. I believe it had a good deal to do with conditions that had sabotaged their innate capacity for moral action.

In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to feed your family, and sometimes even your own liberty, the idea of the mutually supportive poor community is demolished. The poor blame one another for the choices of governments and markets, and we who are not poor are ready to blame the poor just as harshly.

It is easy, from a safe distance, to overlook the fact that in undercities governed by corruption, where exhausted people vie on scant terrain for very little, it is blisteringly hard to be good. The astonishment is that some people are good, and that many people try to be[.]

Katherine Boo (Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, pages 253-254)

[T]o be truly free is to be free from the blinders that prevent us from doing the morally good action. To put it another way: to fail in doing the morally good action is to presuppose some kind of bondage.

Matthew Distefano (The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3 Bagshot Row, page 120)

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Dak & Zeke; for anon

I have the pleasure to introdice you to the Dumbest Husbands on the NFL. Dont get attached theyll probably split this offseason and ill cry for a whole year

Dak and Zeke both were drafted by the cowboys in the 2016 draft and became best friends instantly

(zeke the only dumbass that could forget a 5M bonus on his friend's car....)

Okay Dak. Okay.

I wasn't a fan in 2016 (sorry I'm European) so ive only watched the highlights but apparently they were very good and Dak won OROTY. Zeke was also nominated and got into the stage with him to receive it 🥺 Dak asked if someone had a knife so they could share it and i cry a lot (we will all ignore the facial hair and looks, okay?)

That year they had a candy war???? Children.

After that season Zeke bought them matching diamond pendants (is that the word? Idk shiny diamond jewelry) with 214 because their numbers are #21 and #4 and the Dallas area code is 214 😭 Dak doesn't really wears his because he is an elegant man that wears suits and bowties but it's okay I'm sure he still appreciated it very much

The Salvation Army Kettle Celebration: i have no words, this is the moment that keeps on giving. Zeke got fined for it and nearly got dak fined too lmao i love a pair of clowns. It was also a very nice TD imho

Dont lie to us, Dak, i know you secretely enjoyed it

2020 was though on Dak (the ankle, his brother...) but zeke was a good bff

When Dak injured his ankle in 2020 zeke scored a TD that same game and held up 4 fingers in front of the camera as a celebration for Dak :((

Hard Knocks was lowkey boring but it was also Extremely Iconic. If i had 1. Skills and 2. Patience i would crop every single dak-zeke moment of the series but I'm lazy so ❤️ i won't (i also can't gif but sometimes i still do so if you suddenly see me posting a 2 hours video of them don't call me out, im just a liar)

The best thing was THIS, in which Zeke literally watches a video tutorial to learn how to wrap a gift for Dak because "that's his best friend and it's the first gift he has wrapped in my life". Okay i won't cry. Zeke's bday was a week before (July 22nd and 29th) and Dak got him a diamond bracelet because NFL men like shiny stuff i guess. Btw the gift was a luggage/suitcase/travel thing/idk English is hard that matches Zeke's so yeah now they have matching luggage. Married i said. Also said luggage thing is worth almost 13k$ i dont understand rich people

"😁🥰✨💕going on six years💕✨🥰😁"

Also enjoy a bonus "team wish Dak a happy birthday in a very loving way" video

Some random photos, videos and tweets, as a treat

(idk why its flagged as sentitive content they are DANCING)

Poor Cooper Rush live slug reacting

Ceedee is the best but im putting this video here so you see the hug

And this. Whatever this is. Yes, buying squirty penis guns because why not???

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NITA STRAUSS Announces Second Solo Album, 'The Call Of The Void'

ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss will release her sophomore solo album, "The Call Of The Void", on July 7 via Sumerian Records. The LP's latest single, "The Golden Trail", featuring a guest appearance by IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén, can be streamed below.

Regarding the album's title, Strauss shared: "Have you ever been at the top of a high building and had the fleeting thought, '… I could jump right now?' This feeling is sometimes called 'The Call Of The Void,' also known as 'high place phenomenon.' It's not a suicidal impulse, rather the exact opposite — a subconscious decision to live your life, to step back from the ledge, and take control. As researcher April Smith aptly put it: 'An urge to jump affirms the urge to live.'

"I wanted the follow-up to 'Controlled Chaos' to be exciting, new, and fresh, to take listeners to a new place and take myself somewhere new as an artist too. We have some amazing collaborations on this album with incredible musicians, as well as the instrumental guitar music that first inspired me to play.

"Some pieces of music come into the world gracefully and easily. This album is not one of them! 'The Call Of The Void' was born kicking and screaming, a labor of love for sure, but also of blood, sweat and plenty of tears. I couldn't be more proud of the end result. Making this album helped me learn and grow so much as a musician and songwriter and I'm excited to finally unleash it on the world."

On the collaboration with Fridén, Strauss said: "When I was first learning how to play guitar, IN FLAMES were my BEATLES, my first favorite band. Anders's iconic vocal style is burned into my mind! To write a song like this and have him sing on it, as a kid who grew up with IN FLAMES posters on my walls, is an absolute dream come true."

"It was a lot of fun to collaborate with Nita on 'The Golden Trail'," added Fridén. "She's an amazing guitar player and I can hear the history of metal flowing through her fingers."

"The Golden Trail" is the fourth song Nita has released featuring a star guest vocalist, the first being the enormously successful "Dead Inside" which featured guest vocals from DISTURBED's David Draiman and saw Nita become the first-ever solo female to have a No. 1 hit at Active Rock radio. She also returned to her instrumental roots last year with the release of single "Summer Storm", a fast-paced, emotive shred-fest. In October 2022, Nita dropped "The Wolf You Feed", an epic headbanger of a track featuring the insane vocal talent of Alissa White-Gluz of ARCH ENEMY. This past March, Strauss released "Winner Takes All", featuring a guest appearance by Alice Cooper.

Back in February 2022, Nita told SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" about her upcoming LP: "It's gonna be half and half — six tracks with vocalists and six tracks of instrumental [music]. We've been doing ['Dead Inside'] live on the solo tour and it's been getting a super-good reaction from our crowds."

In early December 2022, Nita told "The Mistress Carrie Podcast" about her decision to make the upcoming LP half vocal songs and half instrumental: "I did feel, and the label and everybody agreed, it's still important for me to keep my identity as a guitar player and not just branch off too much and go, 'Okay, well, now it's just guests.' Let me still have a little of what makes me me, which is the instrumental shred stuff. And the instrumental pieces that I've written on this record are, I think, better than anything I did on the first one — definitely more… I don't know if it could be more emotional but they're very emotional pieces of music and I think a little better crafted this time around. So I think all the songs in general are more well thought out, better put together this time around. And I do have some of my absolute favorite [singers guesting on it]. I have three amazing powerhouse female vocalists on this album so far."

Nita released 2018's "Controlled Chaos" to mass acclaim from fans and media alike, with Metal Injection calling it "a great debut that — as its creator intended — leaves no doubt", and Guitar World stating "'Controlled Chaos' is a panoramic view of Nita Strauss's many strengths".

In March, it was announced that Nita would return to Alice's band for his 2023 tour.

The Alice Cooper North American tour, with an all-new show dubbed "Too Close For Comfort", kicked off in late April in Michigan and will continue through late September, including a handful of August stadium shows with DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE, followed by a co-headlining late summer "Freaks On Parade" tour with Rob Zombie.

Nita spent eight years playing with Alice before joining Demi Lovato's band last summer,

Strauss played her first full live show with Demi in August 2022 at the Grandstand at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois.

Nita made her live debut with Demi in July 2022 with a performance of "Substance" on ABC's Emmy Award-winning late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!".

Strauss had been playing with Cooper since 2014 when she replaced Australian musician and former Michael Jackson player Orianthi. She joined Alice in time for a mammoth MÖTLEY CRÜE tour. She was recommended to Cooper by the legendary rocker's former bass player and WINGER frontman Kip Winger.

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Horror Of ‘Firestorm’ Introduced By Europe’s Deadliest Bombing Raid 80 Years Ago

Operation Gomorrah, a combined British and U.S. raid on the port city of Hamburg left unimaginable destruction and a problematic legacy.

Thomas NewdickPUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023 5:37 PM EDT

Lancaster bomber over the German city of Hamburg

Photo by SSPL/Getty Images

Britain’s King Charles recently visited the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, in eastern England, to pay tribute to the veterans of Bomber Command, who took the air offensive to the heart of Nazi Germany during World War II. The focal point of his visit was the 80th anniversary of the legendary Dambusters raid in May 1943. This daring — and very costly — raid, which has near-iconic status in the United Kingdom, is very much how the country likes to remember Bomber Command’s contribution to victory over Hitler’s Germany. The Dambusters’ targets were dams in the industrialized Ruhr region, their aim to diminish Germany’s ability to produce armaments.

Less well-remembered is another raid, or series of raids, which took place two months later, in July 1943, 80 years ago this week. This was Operation Gomorrah, and it brought destruction on a terrifying scale to the port city of Hamburg in northern Germany.

A well-known photo showing an RAF Bomber Command Avro Lancaster during an earlier attack on Hamburg, on the night of January 30/31, 1943. The bomber is silhouetted against flares, smoke, and explosions. This raid was the first time that H2S radar had been used by the Pathfinder aircraft to navigate the force to the target. Crown Copyright

While the bombing of Hamburg in July 1943 actually involved six separate raids, including direct cooperation by RAF Bomber Command and the U.S. Army Air Forces’ Eighth Air Force, the raid on the night of July 27-28 was the most devastating. It killed around 20,000 in a single night. By comparison, the most lethal night of the German Luftwaffe’s Blitz offensive against London in 1940-41 killed around 1,400 people. No other single Allied air attack in the European Theater of Operations during World War II would come close.

Operation Gomorrah — its name grimly appropriate, for the biblical city destroyed by God with fire and sulfur — represented a change in tactics for Bomber Command and it would also usher in new technical developments, including the use of radar-spoofing chaff countermeasures. Meanwhile, the combination of high-explosive and incendiary bombs, placed accurately over a given residential area, would introduce the world to the terror of the firestorm.

Initially, the RAF had sent its bombers against mainly industrial targets in Germany, hoping to have an impact on the production of weapons as well as hinder other war-critical functions. But at this stage, the ability of aircraft to put their bombs onto such targets with the required accuracy meant much of this was a wasted effort, taking a very heavy toll on aircrews.

The thinking of the British war-planners began to change. Where once an individual munitions factory might have been targeted, for example, the next logical step was to attack also the entire area surrounding such a factory. Finally, the target was extended to the workers that this factory relied upon. This meant launching raids against the sprawling residential areas of the cities where these civilians lived.

Two RAF Bomber Command aircrew, Sergeant J. Dickinson from Canada and Sergeant F. Gilkes from Trinidad, waiting to board their aircraft for a raid on Hamburg in 1943. Photo by Press Agency photographer/Imperial War Museums via Getty Images

A joint decision by the British War Cabinet and the Air Staff in 1942 called for the targeting of “the morale of the enemy civil population — in particular the industrial workers.” The RAF would achieve this by launching massed raids against German cities with populations over 100,000. The aim of the ‘area bombing’ campaign was to kill and make homeless workers, disrupting industrial output while also sapping civilian morale — although this last one is something the Luftwaffe had singularly failed to do when targeting British civilians in 1940-41.

By 1943, Bomber Command had assembled a powerful fleet dominated by modern heavy four-engine bombers — Avro Lancaster, Handley Page Halifax, and Short Stirling — and was ready to put the new strategy into practice.