#it was just paul and jer

[fredandginger64]

Norman Taurog talking about Dean and Jerry while filming 'Jumping Jacks' in 1952.

"Their naughtiness gets embarrassing sometimes"

"They steal everything from my office"

Apparently they disappeared and were found an hour later filling in as extras in the movie, 'Botany Bay'. Lol, the fun these two must have had.

[fredandginger64]

Dean showed Jerry affection in the sweetest ways. The people who say Dean hated him, well I don't know what to say. These two loved each more than anything, I'm certain of that.

Dean getting Jerry’s attention

Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4

[fundiepredictions]

My 2024 predictions

What came true and what didn't. If it came true it's bold, if it didn't it's streept out. It's italic when it's still unsure if I was right or wrong

Duggar

Anna - Stays away from the camera but we will spot her from time to time

John&Abbie - appears to be pregnant with #3

Jana - keeps going like she has been the past years

Jill&Derick - announce #4 after Freddy's 2nd birthday

Jessa&Ben - goes on and off on SM

Jinger&Jeremy - announce #3, another girl

Joseph&Kendra - They will suddenly have a 5th child without us knowing about their pregnancy

Josiah&Lauren - Lauren first shows up pregnant in one of the other siblings video's, later we will find out she had #4, another boy

Joy&Austin - Joy will not make come back on youtube in january. She will start making them again after visiting Carlin

Jed&Katey - announce #3, a boy

Jer&Hannah - have a girl

Jason - announces that he is married

James - announces a courtship/relation

Justin&Claire - announce #1, a girl

Jackson - stays quiet, makes appearances in video's

Johannah - announces a courtship/relationship

Bates

Zach&Whitney - Don't announce #6 yet

Michaella&Brandon - move to a house and have a dog

Erin&Chad - endless video's of precious William

Lawson&Tiffany - keep producing weird video's

Nathan&Esther - announce #2, another girl

Alyssa&John - Nothing new, just the same old over and over again

Tori&Bobby - have their 5th, another boy

Trace&Lydia - have another episode of 'help my wife and her family is getting deported'

Carlin&Evan - announce #3, another boy

Josie&Kelton - have their 3th, a boy

Katie&Travis - announce #2, a boy

Jackson&Emmy - announce #1, a girl

Warden - dates Taylor

Isaiah - stays quiet

Addellee - starts courting

Rodrigues

Jill&David - announce another miscarriage

Nurie&Nathan - have #3, a girl

Timothy&Heidi - get married with a lot of drama, announce #1

Kaylee&Jonathan - announce #2, a girl

Renee - starts a new courtship, hyped by Jill

Phillip - Stays away from girls

Samuel - starts a courtship, Jill is first super excited, later not so much

Gabriel - goes to a fake college

Wissmann

Rachel&Alan - keep off SM

Ruth&Ryan - announce #6, another boy

Josiah&Abi - nothing happens

Bethany&Dan - announce #6, a boy

Andrew&Kori - nothing happens

Elizabeth - starts dating

Matthias&Michelle - nothing happens

Stephen - nothing happens

Hannah&Jer - have a girl

Susanna&Drew - announce #1, a boy

Alathia - starts dating

Nathanael&Katrina - announce #2, a girl

Charissa - visits all her sisters all the time

Bontrager

Chelsy&John - announce #4, a boy

Mitchell&Bryn - announce #4, a girl

Allison&Jeremiah - announce #3, a boy

Lincoln&Susanna - announce #1, a girl

Elizabeth - starts dating

Hudson - starts dating

Maxwell

Nathan&Melanie - nothing happens

Christopher&Anna - nothing happens

Sarah&Kory - photographers more weddings

Joseph&Elissa - appear to have a 4th child

Chelsy&John - announce #4, a boy

Anna - starts dating

Jesse&Anna - nothing happens

Mary&Samuel - announce #1, a girl

Keller

Esther&John - have a girl

Enoch - nothing happens

Alatheia - starts courting

Priscilla&David - announce #7, a boy

Anna - Stays away from the camera but we will spot her from time to time

Nathan&Nurie - have #3, a girl

David&Hannah - announce #2, a boy

Caldwell

Paul&Christina - announce #10, a girl

Kendra&Joseph - They will suddenly have a 5th child without us knowing about their pregnancy

Lauren - appears to have suddenly a man by her side

Micah - nothing happens

Others

Rogers - nothing happens

Young - announce #6 at the end of the year

Ballinger - have #5, a girl

Etbauer - announce #3, a boy

[survivalxofxthexfittest]

Who: @jeremiah-rose

Where: The Rose suite

When: March 28th

While living in their small, studio apartment hadn't always been the best for privacy, it had been their space. All of it. 301 had been their home all his life. Not someone else's recycled luxury. He didn't know if he could handle leaving it all behind and seeing someone else take it over.

Then again, he could just try and suck it up, burying his anxiety. As usual. After all, he hadn't mentioned a thing about his apprehension to either of his siblings But he just couldn't seem to let it go.

Fuck sake. He was a grown ass man. Why was this so hard? Because it was Jeremiah. His big brother. It didn't matter how old he got, John-Paul would always be that scared little brother, once again on his way to disappoint him. He paced slightly as he worked up the courage to bother Jeremiah with this before gently tapping in his brother's bedroom door.

"You decent in there Jer? I don't wanna walk in on you jerkin' it," he announced before heading inside, doing his best to hide his nerves. "I, uh, I need to tell you something," he added, his fear over how things would go slowly closing off his throat. "Something kind of important," he admitted almost shyly, the little brother scared to share with his brother taking over.

[ashton-ryder]

👥 + John-Paul

Send ‘👥‘ for 4 hcs about our muses relationship or about your muse @survivalxofxthexfittest

Compared to his slightly more openness with the other two Rose siblings on this particular matter, Ash has never told JP about the Sada problems, he's learnt his lesson on that one. And he really can't afford another telescope mysterious breaking again, literally, emotionally and financially. He knows just how close JP is to Sada, seeing the mess that came from telling Ria, Ashton simply learnt to keep his mouth shut about this, especially with JP. JP only really knows how much Sada hates him, from Sada herself, but that was it, that was harmless enough. Because whichever way the outcome goes, Ash only sees a lose-lose situation. If JP believes him, there might be an anger hard to tame, a mess he wasn't sure they could clean up. And the more likely latter that JP doesn't believe him from a single gaslight of Sada, Ashton wasn't ready to lose JP as a friend, as family. And if he had to keep this from JP forever to hold that delicate peace, he will.

Ash has let JP come to his apartment multiple times, at any time really, to share his problems with him, always a listening ear for him to at least talk through his feelings unfiltered and work things through. Perhaps it was the fact that Ash was kind of family, and yet not really family, there was a small comfort perhaps in that grey area of close enough but not too close. A sweet spot to open up and Ash was always a good listener, not always having the solutions but more often than not JP already knows his answer and just needs a sounding board and Ash was happy to be that for him, secrets spilt never revealed, rants shared and never passed along, JP deserves that much of his privacy, something he's sure he hasn't gotten much of all these years.

He knows that JP knows about certain feelings for a certain brother but Ash continues to deny it even if it's just knowing glances he's seen JP give him all this time. He glazes over them, as if any more of acknowledgment was going to throw JP into an excitement of being right all this time. But in one occasion last year, Ash had gravely talked to him to ask-beg- him to not tell Sada whatever he thinks there is between Ash and Jer, there wasn't-, he'd tell JP, but on the off chance it blabs out to Sada, he's pretty sure he wasn't going to get out of it alive. Probably dead in a ditch the very next day. Good thing he had his will drafted and grave picked out already. And while he loves and trusts JP, this was unfortunately something he just wasn't sure he could trust JP with, not if he valued any form of peace and solace he still had with this pocket of his life, a vulnerability he could protect if he pretended it didn't exist.

Introducing his mother to the Roses, with them pretty much being his first new friends moving here, his mother immediately took a liking to the three of them, empathetic and honestly, pissed off at the fact of what their mother put them through. She made the effort to always ask about them when she gets on video calls with Ashton, insisting on greeting them and saying hi when she could. The middle Rose reminded her a little bit of when young Ash, brash, a bit of a temper, a dash of insecurities. Perhaps if anything it was almost a nostalgic feeling, knowing the marines changed her son forever. She indulges JP in embarrassing stories of Ashton to use to make fun of him, an equivalent exchange between both families and love hearing about the siblings herself and JP was always the one to joke around about those. She wished she could help JP more in his struggles but like mother like son, she didn't always feel like it was her place to butt in on his life, not unless he wanted her to. So instead they focused on the brighter side of life, just wanting to return the love that the siblings have given to Ash all this time, knowing that they deserve it more than anyone else she knew.

[jerrylewis-thekid]

They separated them while they were alive, not taking into account what they really wanted to do when their fame was at its highest. They continue to separate them from the dead without taking into consideration, from Dean Martin's family, his years with Jerry, pretending not to understand that those years were the years in which Dean Martin was truly happy. Or rather the first years together when it was just Paul and Jer, without having around the whole machine of the "dirty dream factory" as Nick Tosches defined it. And even in death Dean Martin is still treated (by his own family) like a star of the show and not like the Dino Crocetti person. Nobody tries to understand what Dino Crocetti was like as a person basically because nobody cares. Just like it happened when he was alive.

They just changed their whole story in favor of the hypocritical and puritanical American public and turned Jerry into a monster and Dean into a saint.

For money.

[cupidbedsy]

♬ ICE BOUND TOUR SURPRISE SONGS

♬ INFO

➪ welcome to the ice bound tour surprise songs! this is a list of all surprise songs and jerseys that chloe wears for her tour

➪ each tour date includes where she's at/the arena, what jersey she's wearing, the original song she sings, the cover song she sings, and any additional information

➪ i am taking suggestions/requests! please read all info below

➪ to view all of them without scrolling for a while and for more in-depth info (arena, date, etc.), click here for the spreadsheet ! (yes i made one, shut up)

➪ the special guest is also the one who originally sang the song. if it doesn't say 'w/ special guest' then the artist is just who sang the song originally

➪ songs that already have something written for them usually means it has significance so feel free to ask what it means !

♬ SUGGESTIONS/REQUESTS

➪ some dates already have jerseys and/or songs in place so please don't request for those ones! any thing with a ? means it’s open!

➪ you can suggest jerseys (does not have to be a present-day player) for specific days or cities, just know it has to be a player from that team at the time of the tour date

➪ i won't be switching things around (unless it really makes sense) so if a jersey or song is already taken, i won't change it

➪ cover songs will only be played once so once it's used it's used! but og's will be reused :)

➪ like the jerseys, for songs you can request/suggest specific days, cities, or just the song in general

♬ TOUR DATES

seattle night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

seattle night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

san jose night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

san jose night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

los angeles night 1: jersey - turcotte 15 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

los angeles night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

los angeles night 3: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

anaheim night 1: jersey - zegras 11 ; og - risk (gracie abrams) ; cover - ?

anaheim night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

las vegas night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

las vegas night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

salt lake city night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

salt lake city night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

denver night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

denver night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

dallas night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

dallas night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

st. louis night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

st. louis night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

st. paul night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

st. paul night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

chicago night 1: jersey - bedard 98 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

chicago night 2: jersey - chelios 7 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

chicago night 3: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

detroit night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

detroit night 2: jersey - debrincat 93 ; og - ? ; cover - summertime sadness (lana del rey)

detroit night 3: jersey - zegras 11 ; og - i can see you ; cover - until i found you (stephen sanchez)

columbus night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

columbus night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

nashville night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

nashville night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

tampa night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

tampa night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

sunrise night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

sunrise night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

raleigh night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

raleigh night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

washington dc night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

washington dc night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

pittsburgh night 1: jersey - crosby 87 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

pittsburgh night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

philadelphia night 1: jersey - drysdale 6 ; og - ? ; cover - birds of a feather (billie eilish)

philadelphia night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

buffalo night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

buffalo night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new york (msg) night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - the show (w/ special guest niall horan)

new york (msg) night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new york (msg) night 3: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new york (ubs) night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new york (ubs) night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

boston night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

boston night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new jersey night 1: jersey - hischier 13 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

new jersey night 2: jersey - hughes 86 ; og - right now (gracie abrams) ; cover - ?

new jersey night 3: jersey - hughes 43 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

montréal night 1: jersey - caufield 13 ; og - ? ; cover - getaway car (taylor swift)

montréal night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - call your mom (w/ special guest noah kahan)

toronto night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

toronto night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

ottawa night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

ottawa night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

winnipeg night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

winnipeg night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

edmonton night 1: jersey - gretzky 99 ; og - ? ; cover - ?

edmonton night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

calgary night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - tate mcrae song (w/ special guest tate mcrae)

calgary night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

vancouver night 1: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

vancouver night 2: jersey - ? ; og - ? ; cover - ?

vancouver night 3: jersey - hughes 43 ; og - ? ; cover - don't you (forget about me) (simple minds)

[jayfellows]

Jeremy Fellows leaned back, one hand resting theatrically on his knee while the other theatrically waved a bowling ball around like it contained the secrets of the universe. “And just like the weather, folks,” he announced with a cheeky grin, channeling Paul Rudd’s signature blend of charm and barely-contained mischief, “If you throw it just right, you might strike gold—or just end up in the gutter like my high school gym class!” His friends roared with laughter as he prepared to take his shot, a comical mix of bravado and clumsiness radiating off him as he wobbled like a toddler on roller skates. With a final flourish, he released the ball, which rolled down the lane with all the grace of a hippo attempting ballet—only to veer dramatically left, careening into the gutter. “We SKIDD U NOT, folks! I swear this lane is as crooked as my last Tinder date!” he shouted, blowing an exaggerated kiss to the unsuspecting pins as if they had personally betrayed him. Turning towards the person behind him, Jer grins, "Already buddy, you ready to show the world how it's not done?" he teases his friend. @rededgerpstarterblog

[heya-moth]

A phone call/Secrets discovered

Son of Spy, Daughter of Scout, Chapter 2

Word Count; 1637

Hi hello! It's author Echo again with Chapter 2. It's another shorter one because its again another context/setup chapter because, idk. I'm going to be honest i don't have a lot planned for this fic except a uhm, a few things. So it's all going to be random but i promise i will make it make sense! Thank you for reading!!

Reblogs are heavily appreciated!!

August 23rd, 1968 1:05 PM New Mexico

The RED Team was winding down from a long long day of fighting Blu. They got ambushed at approximately; 3:45 AM and haven’t been able to rest until now.

Scout grabbed a Bonk out of the fridge and sat down right next to Demoman and Spy. With a sigh, he cracks open his can and takes a long sip before speaking.

“Boy, I sure am glad that is over…” Scout said, a grumbling agreement soon came from everyone else. It was pretty rough.

“Next time–” Spy starts, “--we will be the ones to have the jump on them”

“ja, absolut,” Medic replied with a grin “I’ll help plan the ambush”

“Get Pauling on it too,” Engineer hummed as he took a sip of his coffee “and you know where to go if ya need machines”

“Of course. But we also need to give a stealth lesson too–” Spy starts to motion to Scout, Demo, and Soldier.

Scout glares at Spy “I don’t need a stealth lesson!!! I’m plenty stealthy!!” he said with a pout and a scoff in his voice. He’s offended that Spy would assume he’d blow their cover

Spy rolls his eyes “Even if that was true–” “Hey!!--” “--everyone needs a refresher”

Scout flaps his hand like it was a mouth to mock Spy as he spoke.

Heavy shook his head. “Are they going to fight again?”

“Ja looks like it” Medic responds

A soft clicking of pumps against the hard tile flooring got closer and closer to the kitchen. Miss Pauling quietly opened the door and cleared her throat loudly, gaining the attention of most of the mercenaries.

“Scout, you have a phone call.” Miss Pauling said with a neutral tone, She’s just as exhausted as the Mercs as she was technically ambushed too

“Is it my Ma?” Scout perked up, immediately forgetting about Spy.

“No its a Miss,, uhm,” She looks at her clipboard to remember the name, “Sachiko Mina–” Scout jumps out of his seat and sprints down the hall to the phone, “--moto, huh” Miss Pauling looks surprised, he only does that if his mother called.

Spy’s eyes went wide with shock and nervousness, and Miss Pauling noticed. She looked him sternly in the eyes before pivoting on her heel and walking back to her office. Pyro turns and stares at Spy… silently

Scout runs to the Phone and  picks it up “Sachi?”

“Oh Jer! It’s so good to hear your voice again! How’s that factory job treating you?”

“Oh, you know how it is, all work and no play.” Scout chuckles softly “Anyways Chi, what's up? You never call unless it’s important.”

“Well…” Sachi starts “I’ve lost more of my sight, it cost me my job…”

“Oh, Chi–”

“Ah ah,” she silences him. “I have an offer to be a mostly remote editor for this publishing company in New Mexico. It pays a lot and it will only be for a few years–”

“You should move to my town then! It’s smaller and a little bit conservative but I know you and Lil Robbie will be safe” Jeremy cuts her off “I’ll even pay for the first few months of rent–”

“Awh Jeremy, you’re so sweet. There's no need to pay my rent~ Your mother bought my house and is going to take care of it for the next few years.”

A little brown-blonde-haired girl looked up at her mom. Thinking for a moment, she huffs and tags at her mother's skirt gently. She wants a turn on the phone 

“Cool Cool… I’ll find a house for you though, if that’s alright”

“Oh please do, I have no clue where to… oh, hold on” Sachiko giggles and picks up her little girl. “Here Robin” She handed her the phone.

Robin held the very much adult-sized phone up to her ear with both of her hands and grins

“Jeremy! I lost my first tooth! It’s my front one” The little girl chirps happily over the phone

“Woah what?? Robbie, that's amazing! How’d you lose it?”

“I got hit with a baseball!!” She said so happily “You should have seen it! There was blood all over my yellow dress!!”

Sachiko shakes her head as her daughter laughs and giggles. Robin is, well she's a mini Jeremy, and that slightly worries Sachiko. She doesn’t want her daughter to be bullied and/or ostracized just because she plays differently from the other little girls. She knows how it feels and she doesn’t want her child to go through the same.

“Mommy Jeremy wants to talk to you again” Robin pouts at her mother.

“It’s about adult stuff, baby girl. Go to the kitchen and get and pick out an apple, I’ll peel it for you” Sachiko coos and sets her daughter down before putting the receiver back up to her ear.

“Hey, Chi, I don't wanna come off as nosey but, how are you able to still be an editor?”

“It’s just my peripheral vision that I’m losing, luckily I’m still able to see, walk around, cook, read, and type” Sachi explains with a gentle tone, she’s not sad about her condition, not anymore at least. She’s at peace with it.

“Chi, you can’t drive anymore, can you?”

“No I can’t,” She says somberly

“I’ll find a place that's close to a bus stop for you”

“Thank you…” Sachiko hummed “I have to get going, it’s Robin's snack time”

“Okay Chi. I’ll call you later. Bye”

Miss Pauling looked up from her papers, she was there for most of the conversation. She sighs and neatly stacks her papers before asking.

“So, Who is Miss Minamoto?” She asked inquisitively

“Oh, she’s a family friend back from Boston.” Scout starts to explain with a grin. “She and her daughter are going to be moving into the town near base soon so I can help out! When I can, of course!” He said, his grin growing prouder after he finished his sentence.

“Wow…” Pauling paused for a moment. “That's sweet Scout,” she said with a light smile.

“Nah, it's the least I can do for her. Plus her kid loves me to death, I’m like her pseudo big brother” He chuckled “I’d be a really good dad you know~” he cooed while propping himself on the wall like a cool guy

Miss Pauling sighs and grumbles, for once she thought they were having a nice conversation, of course Scout has to attempt to flirt, again.

“Scout”

“Yeah, Miss P?”

“Get out”

August 23rd, 1968 11:25 PM New Mexico

Miss Pauling yawned to herself as she walked throughout the base, making her nightly rounds and checking to see if the mercs were here for the night, but she felt a looming presence like someone was watching her, hunting her. Unnerved, she starts making her way to Spy’s smoking room, the feeling only getting worse as she gets closer to the door. It kept growing and growing until something touched her shoulder. Freaked out Miss Pauling turns around and goes in for a punch. Pyro silently grabs her wrist and stares at her in their soulless mask.

“Oh Pyro–” Pauling sighs out of relief when she sees them, “It’s just you,”

Pyro stares at her blankly as they let go of her wrist

“Uhm are you going to see Spy too?”

Pyro nodded silently and gave her a thumbs-up

“Why?”

Pyro stares before signing to her ‘The same reason you are”

Pauling pursed her lips into an O shape before nodding. They walked the rest of the way together. Pauling knocked on the door lightly before opening the heavy wooden door

“Spy, we need to have a chat,” Miss Pauling says, stepping onto the plush carpeting. Pyro walks in behind her, tracking muddy boots in on said plush carpeting.

Spy sighs to himself and puts his book down before turning to the two with a very disgruntled face. He glares at Pyro and looks down at the floor, he scoffs and looks back up to make eye contact with Miss Pauling

“What for?” he said with a scowl and a grumble in his voice. He’s tired of dealing with buffoons like Pyro, he just wants to relax.

“You looked quite shocked to hear the name Sachiko Minamoto. Explain.” Miss Pauling said with a stern tone. She crosses her arms against her chest and continues the stern eye contact that she holds with the Spy. She’s read the documents, she's on friendly terms with Spy, and she knows that Spy is Scout’s dad. To be truthful, everyone knows, even Scout knows. He’s in denial about it.

“Hm, even with them?” he asked motioning to Pyro

Pyro silently stares at Spy with their, cold, dead, mask.

“They already know.”

“I see.” He clears his throat. “I met Miss Minamoto while I was on an espionage mission in Japan, nothing more, nothing less. Are we done here? It seems I need to clean my carpet again.”

Pyro stomps on the ground slinging mud more places while also getting it even more into the carpet.

Miss Pauling stifles a small giggle before speaking again.

“Yes, that’s all we needed to know, goodnight Spy.” Miss Pauling said with a smile before leaving with Pyro.

“Bonsoir.”

Pyro wasn’t fully convinced that there's nothing more to Spy’s past with this “Miss Minamoto” character, but they’re pretty tired themselves so there’s not much more they can/want to do.

The heavy oak door closed loudly leaving Spy alone in his room. He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose in annoyance

“Another piece of my past dares to haunt me yet again. I won’t let the guilt win. Not now, not never” He muttered to himself before going to clean the mud off of his carpet.

[fredandginger64]

The note Dean wrote to Jerry, Christmas 1955., from Chris Lewis's book about his dad Jerry; 'Jerry Lewis on Being A Person'

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

London, UK, on October 18th, 2011 - Asian Awards 2011

🔸Freddie Mercury was honoured with The Founders Award 2011 for celebrations of Freddie Mercury's life and outstanding contribution to music.

The Award was presented to Freddie Mercury's family, his mother Jer Bulsara and sister Kashmira Cooke by Queen's Brian May

🔸 INTERVIEWER: You're here for a man who all of us sort of hold in very high esteem, Freddie Mercury, a man who in as sense portrayed an Indian escence in his music, even though he wasn't bearing an Indian name when he was performing. Tell us about it.

Brian May: "Yeah, tell you about it? My impression is, you know, I haven't been in an Asian Awards before. These are the most glamorous awards I've every been to. You guys look so fabulous, and Freddie would have loved it."

Brian May: "I mean Freddie was very glamorous, as you know, and very aware of style and performance and drama and I think, you know, now I can see, now I'm in this atmosphere, I can feel where some of it came from. It's great. I'm really happy to be here, if only to present this award to Freddie's Mum. You know, Freddie's Mum is very precious to us. Jer is such a wonderful lady and she's so full of beans. So much like her son really, you know. She's full of fun and life and a certain little twinkle - a little wicked twinkle in the eye - just very very much like her son"

📸 Pic1: Asian Awards: Caroline Jackson Levy, Kash Cooke, Brian May, Jer Bulsara and Paul Sago

📷 Photo Credit Graham Flack

👉 Source © BrianMay.com

[teslacoils-and-hubris]

For your tf2 ocs, how do they get along with all the mercs and Miss Pauling? Like what kind of relationships do they have?

hehe oh boy :3 gonna go through this merc by merc- also i added the administrator and saxton hale for fun- under the cut cause this got LOONG with 3 ocs x 12 characters-

Soldier

Chemist has a teasing/antagonistic relationship with him, since he's The Definition of a hippy despite being a merc. Whenever soldier calls someone a dirty hippy he's just like 'what, you mean like meeee?' and soldier starts yelling at chemist. it's fine they're friends its like a cat purposely annoying a dog

Soldier has conflicted feelings about the artist- mostly because they're pretty quiet and timid and are scared of guns when they first get the job customizing them so soldier thinks they're a coward(true). But artist is always very respectful of soldiers totally real military rank so they're alright- this continues as artist comes out of their shell and gets more assertive and into weapons

informat doesn't spend much time interacting with the team honestly- he's just a contact of spy's not someone working for the administrator. That said he find's soldier's recklessness and genuine nature a breath of fresh air. Soldier is trying to teach him to rocket jump- but joey isn't hooked up to respawn so doesn't want to take the chance

Scout

scout reminds chemist of his younger brother- despite the pair being the same age- so he wants to give advice to scout. Scout, for his part, usually sees the advice as complete nonsense and doesn't understand why "looking like you're dying of the flu" would help him pick up chicks

him and artist get along pretty well! they sometimes hang out just to draw together. Artist is more than happy to let scout do all the talking, though they're fully capable of cutting in with a good joke now and then

I imagine poor jer had a bit of a crush on the informat when they first met. I think scout is into competent people and joey is very competent at their job. i don't think it lasted too long, but its sort of awkward for scout now.

Pyro

they smoke weed with chemist and sniper. best friend trio who hot box sniper's van

they make artist uneasy. They rely so much on facial expressions and even with how animated pyro is they have a hard time figuring out what they're feeling. It's an anxiety thing artist knows isn't fair to pin on pyro, but they can't really help it. They're working on it!

i dont imagine informat likes them. at least not at first. Pyro is a bit of an inverse of joey's specific Character Type that it's a sort of self recognition in the other kind of moment that joey isn't really equipped to handle. something about pyro wearing a physical mask but being so unabashedly themselves while joey wears metaphorical masks to the point they don't have any real clear sense of self left anymore

Engineer

i dont have much to say for chemist honestly. they're like. chill. idk maybe chemist annoys dell into cooking for him when he gets the munchies

Dell was introduced to this poor wet cat on the verge of tears who was scared of power drills and was forced into a job painting guns and went dammit I cant NOT help them figure out their damn job and they've been inseparable ever since. I imagine them in the crushing stage with dell dropping hints that he likes them and Monty being an idiot like 'haha its perfectly normal for friends to want to make out with their friends what do you mean you think i have a crush on dell???'

Engie doesn't trust joey much at first. he doesn't like the whole information field or how they seem to be always putting up a front. But that distrust waves as Joey slowly lets walls break down

Demoman

magic buddies! they hang out and talk about weird esoteric ideas about the universe and aliens and whatnot. good friends!

I dont really have much for the other two. I think he'd be good for building artists confidence and he'd probably get along well enough with joey but nothing specific jumps to mind

Heavy

for some reason i feel like heavy would adopt an older brother persona with chemist and try to get him to grow up a bit? i have no reasoning for this decision other than the fact that I like big bro heavy

he and artist trade book recommendations. heavy appreichiates the chance to practice his english and his literature degree at the same time

i think Joey's disguised but probing questions would set off alarm bells for heavy that make him shut down the conversation. probably best the two keep their distance lest joey find out something about heavy's family that heavy would rather him not know.

Spy

annoyed at the gross hippy tendancies of chemist. chemist doesn't like that spy works for the Maaan, man.

indifferent to each other. Spy feels a bit bad for them after getting curious and digging into their past and why they got shoved into merc duty.

he's professional partners with the informat. they run on a series of favors promised back and forth. they both have deep respect for the other and sometimes go out drinking together

Medic

on the one hand kind of offput by the human experimentation- on the other medic knows how to get lsd directly into the brain soooo

artist has a weird facsination with medic's work, even if you wouldn't guess that on the surface. medic enjoys having someone who's willing to listen to his ramblings about super baboon hearts or whatever

informat looked up everything he could find on medic after their first meeting. joey is very, Very scared of medic and what he's capable of doing while giggling like a school girl

Sniper

they like to drive into the desert and get stoned and look for ufos together. best friends!

you put two autistic people who are bad at starting conversations in a room together and see what happens. Absolutely nothing they never talk. Artist thinks sniper is scary cause they can't read his expressions and sniper is more than aware that artist is scared of him

Informat saw sniper wrestling a croc, got so horny he nearly passed out, and thought if they banged that would be it. oops turned out sniper's weird bluntness and outdoorsman nature have awoken long suppressed feelings in joey and he's fallen Actually in love and has no idea how to cope. somehow they start dating. sniper calls joey roo

Miss Pauling

is constantly trying to get pauling to calm down and take a break every now and then. it never works. pauling either appreciates the effort or finds it annoying depending how stressed she is

artist can't really get over the idea of her as their boss. they like pauling enough but its a very professional relationship

informat has deep respect for all the shit pauling goes through. shes incredibly good at her job, even if her job sometimes makes his job harder.

Admin

mark chemist down as scared AND horny!

god so scared. why are so many people constantly threatening them please they didn't even finish art school they didn't sign up for this!

knows far more than he should. Very invested in NOT finding out any more. Don't need to be on her radar.

Saxton hale

punching panthers is like, soo uncool man. think about mother nature!

looks up to his confiedence, also very put off by his confidence

Joey keeps a close on him for work. lots of people are interested in finding hale's weakness

[dfroza]

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 14th of december 2024 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Book of John, Chapter 15 • The Book of 2nd Samuel, Chapter 20]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 14 and Psalm 14 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 84 for the 84th day of Astronomical Autumn, and Psalm 49 for day 349 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 3rd revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

The Nearness of God...

“When I thought of nothing but to end my days in these troubles (which did not at all diminish the trust I had in God, and which served only to increase my faith), I found myself changed all at once, and my soul, which till that time, was in trouble, felt profound inward peace, as if she were in her center and place of rest." - Brother Lawrence

When he came to accept life on God’s terms rather than his own, Brother Lawrence found peace within his soul. This epiphany, or moment of revelation, changed everything, because accepting life on God’s terms meant that God was involved in every detail of his life, and therefore God was present and near at all times...

We cannot change ourselves, at least not our deepest self. True transformation comes from God, and change will take place by itself, that is, by God’s inner work within you. The process of spiritual growth is ultimately mysterious and divine: "The Kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground. He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. By itself (αὐτομάτη, "automatically") the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. And when the grain is ripe, he comes in with his sickle because the harvest has come" (Mark 4:26-29).

God is doing the work of salvation within you, and all you can do is accept yourself as you are. As the apostle Paul wrote: χάριτι δὲ θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι - “by the grace of God I am what I am.” The great “I am” of the LORD is the Source of your life, from the beginning to the end. And it is because of the grace of God that Yeshua tasted death for everyone (Heb. 2:9).

When we come to faith and undergo “regeneration,” or spiritual rebirth, the seed of His life is planted within us and the divine life begins to grow. Just as you did nothing to bring yourself into this world, so you can do nothing to bring yourself into God’s kingdom. Regeneration (and sanctification) is a miracle that comes “of the Spirit” (John 3:5,8).

We are witnesses of God’s miracle within us, and our only need is to trust in his plan for our lives, regardless of our present circumstances (Isa. 26:12; Jer. 29:11; Prov. 3:5-6). God’s plan includes the promise of heaven, but it also includes our inner struggles, our troubles, and our need. His plan includes a personal heart connection with you so that you come to know his love for you.

“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah” (Psalm 62:8). Pouring your heart out to God in an honest, spontaneous, and intensely personal way is called “hitbodedut” (הִתְבּוֹדְּדוּת) in Hebrew. We “pour out” (שׁפך) whatever is within us, both the bad and the good. We confess our temptations and failures, our need for his deliverance, our yearning for life, our sorrows, our joys, our fears and our hope. We show God what’s inside us, our intimate secrets, our “kishkes,” and hold nothing back...

After we “talk our hearts out” before the Lord, in our emptiness we can begin to truly listen, as it says, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isa. 30:15). Only after we sigh deeply and surrender are we receptive to the voice of the Spirit’s whisper. אַשְׁרֵי כָּל־חוֹכֵי לוֹ - “Blessed are all those who wait for Him” (Isa. 30:18). We wait, we abide, we persevere -- even when God seems to “take his time” or does not immediately intervene in ways we might apprehend. We do not lose heart, for we find strength when we trust in God’s love... The Light of the world still shines: Yeshua, be my inner word, my heart, and my groaning for life today, and forevermore: Amen.

I’ve mentioned before that there are two relationships you will always have in your life: one with yourself, and the other with God. The "self" is really an inner dialog within the heart and ultimately it is a conversation with God. You cannot know who you are apart from God, though tragically people can suppress God’s presence and live a life of madness.... Sanity comes by the miracle of rebirth. Knowing God’s presence transforms the heart forever.

Open your heart and look to the Lord. Hide nothing and trust in mercy that changes you. “Come unto me,” Yeshua says. Come as you are. If you hear the inward call, he will give you the means and courage to come; he will impart grace to trust him that redeems you by his love. As you open your heart in trust, the Lord becomes your Refuge, and you will know Him in all your ways.

­[ prayer ]

“I can’t change... you surely know that. Or I won’t change, because I don’t know how or I can’t find the willingness. You know this too. I am emptiness within. Apart from you I am nothing. My heart pants; it’s hard to breathe; I am a vapor, my heart opens in my powerlessness and in my hope. There is nothing left of me; I come to you, just as I am, and as I do I am set free from myself, because you alone are the substance and heart of my life. Though I don’t understand whatever happens, and often I feel anxious and afraid, I find myself in you. Beloved. Accepted. Redeemed. Healed. I find my hope in your presence, LORD. Hold me fast and keep me close to your heart always. Amen.”

Shabbat shalom chaverim...

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

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Psalm 62:8 audio:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm62-8-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm62-8-lesson.pdf

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from Today’s email by Israel365

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

[fundiepredictions]

Stats (part eight)

Smallest marriage to baby #1

Paul&Christina Caldwell (222 days)

Lincoln&Susanna Bontrager (~233 days)

Jonathan&Kaylee Hill (242 days)

Evan&Carlin Stewart (251 days)

Joseph&Kendra Duggar (273 days)

Austin&Joy Forsyth (273 days)

Jeremiah&Hannah Duggar (274 days)

Drew&Susanna Jerred (275 days) new

Kelton&Josie Balka (287 days)

Mike&Suzette Keller (288 days)

Biggest marriage to Baby #1

Andrew&Kori Wissmann (2669 days)

Nathan&Melanie Maxwell (1880 days)

JimBob&Michelle Duggar (1321 days)

Alan&Rachel Businitz (1305 days)

Jesse&AnnaPatrice Maxwell (~1155 days)

Daniel&Bethany Beasley (858 days)

Steve&Teri Maxwell (841 days)

Lawson&Tiffany Bates (799 days) new

Jeremy&Jinger Vuolo (621 days)

Christopher&AnnaMarie Maxwell (589 days)

Newcomers in both lists. Funny that Susanna was just one day slower then her sister Hannah. And a lot of Maxwell couples are in the lower list

[survivalxofxthexfittest]

👥 + jp

JP has given him the nickname, Ford Prefect (FP for short), after his introduction to the Rose family. And will always, always, try and work in a joke about not forgetting his towel, ala Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. While he is extremely glad Ashton wasn't run over that day, he is going to give him shit about it the rest of his life. (To be fair, it is John-Paul's love language is always laced with tough love. He will roast his loved ones over things that may have embarassed them - so long as they aren't too embarassing or personal. He will try and force someone through their fears by making them face them head on. So his ribbing is one hundred percent out of love for Ash).

He is more interested in space than he lets on, but he has let Ash seemingly ramble for hours a few times over the course of their friend/family-ship. The infiniteness of space terrifies him, but the very real possibilities of what's out there excites him. He just wished he could understand it as well as Ash does - his intelliginece does intimidate JP a little.

John-Paul is able to open up to Ashton a little more than others. Even Charlie at times. If he was going to come out to anyone, Ashton would be one of the first people he told. JP feels no judgement from Ash and feels completely comfortable talking to him - although he does had his own limits of what he's willing to tell anyone other than himself.

He's caught the way Ashton looks at Jeremiah sometimes and he has fully tried to set them up. Discreetly of course - even though, when it's blatantly obvious, he wants to scream at the top of his lungs for them to just hook up already. Like he will mention that maybe Ash will be at some place Jeremiah is headed. Or he will bring either up to the other in conversation to guage their reactions. There was one time when he was drunk with Jer that he nearly blurted out his suspicions, but he was luckily interrupted by work. JP would not be opposed in the slightest to the two of them ending up together if something ever were to happen - fully believing Ash could bring out the best in Jeremiah.

@jeremiah-rose

[thewahookid]

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

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Ten Reasons the Catholic Church is the One True Church of Jesus while other Christian groups derive their elements of truth from her fullness.

1. The Bible is a Catholic book.

It was Pope Damasus’ Council of Rome in 382 AD which drew up the official list of the books of the Bible. Thus, Luther felt “compelled to concede” that his Protestant Bible was “received” from the Catholic Church. All Christians today trust the authority of the Catholic Church that what they read is the true Word of God and not a false text.

2. The Bible refutes the “Bible alone” principle.

The Bible says that the “Word of the Lord” is “spoken” (Jer 25:3), not just written. St. Paul urged us to “hold to traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thes 2:15). The Bible also tells of a Council’s authority, where Peter settled a doctrinal dispute and declared what “we believe” (Acts 15).

The Bible teaches that not the Bible or the Protestant interpreters of the 16th century and of the present, but “the Church is the pillar and the bulwark of the truth” (1 Tim 3:15). It also warns against “twisted” interpretations of Scriptures (2 Pt 3:16). While the Church has one teaching, there are now 43,000 evangelical groups with 2.3 added daily. Their views on the Trinity, on gays, etc. contradict each other. Since truth (e.g. Jesus is God) cannot be falsehood at the same time, real falsehoods are sadly being taught among these groups.

3. Jesus built his Church on a man he named Rock.

Jesus said “On this rock, I will build my Church and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven” (Mt 16:18-19). Jesus changed the name of Simon to Petros, Greek for Rock. He gave Petros or Peter, “the keys of the kingdom”, which the Jews knew to be the power of a prime minister of the King and chief teacher (Is 22:22). Jesus told him alone to “feed my sheep” (Jn 21:15-17). The Bible shows him leading the Church.

The early Christians referred to Peter’s Roman Church as “presiding” (Ignatius, 1st -2nd), “of superior origin” and standard of “true Faith” (Irenaeus, 2nd c.), “Chair of Peter”, “the principal” (Cyprian, 2nd-3rd c.), and “the primacy” (Augustine, 4th-5th c.). While the Catholic Church can give evidence of its unbroken link to Jesus and Peter, other Christian groups began their existence with their founders like Luther (1517), J. Smith (1830), and F. Manalo (1914).

4. Jesus and the Church are one.

It is not true the Catholic Church left the true Faith, since the Church is the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27), and he is inseparable from his body. He promised that “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20), evil “shall not prevail” against his Church (Mt 16:18), and his Spirit “will guide you into all the truth” (Jn 16:13). He told his Church: “He who hears you hears me” (Lk 10:16).

5. The Bible says we are saved “not by faith alone”.

The Bible used Luther’s phrase “by faith alone” only once: “a man is justified by works and not by faith alone” (Jas 2:24). The Bible also says that “what counts is faith working through love” (Gal 5:6). While Catholics and Protestants agree that Jesus alone saves us, Luther in the 16th century inserted without basis the word “alone” in his German translation of Rom 3:28 (“a man is justified by faith”) in order to support his personal interpretation that a Christian is incapable of cooperating with God in his salvation.

6. The Bible and the early Christians believe in purgatory.

As shown in their tombstones, the early Christians followed the Bible: “Pray for the dead that they may be loosed from sins” (2 Mc 12:46), for “nothing unclean can enter heaven” (Rev 21:27). It does not make sense to pray for the dead if they only go, as evangelicals say, either to heaven (with faith in Christ) or to hell (without faith). Jesus spoke about forgiveness in the age to come (Mt 12:32) and St. Paul stated that those judged by God are “saved but as through fire” (1 Cor 3:13-15).

7. The Bible and the early Christians believe in the Catholic sacraments.

Jesus gave the Apostles the power to “forgive sins” (Jn 20:23). Peter taught that “Baptism now saves you” (1 Pt 3:21) and thus is not a mere inciter of faith. The Bible speaks about “anointing the sick with oil” (Jas 5:14-15), two kinds of laying of hands (Acts 8:17; 2 Tim 1:6), and marriage in the Lord (1 Cor 7:39). Jesus repeatedly said that “he who eats my flesh has eternal life”. This is no figure of speech, for he did not give in when “many of his disciples” left due to this “hard saying” (Jn 6:48-68), and St. Paul taught that he who eats the bread unworthily is “guilty of profaning the Lord’s body” (1 Cor 11:28). Ignatius of Antioch said “the Eucharist is the flesh of the Redeemer,” Irenaeus “we receive the bread as Jesus”, and Cyprian “Christ is our bread”.

8. The Catholic Church is salt and light.

Modern secular historians of science, economics, university education, human rights, international law, hospitals and Western art are showing that Catholic priests, scientists and thinkers were behind the foundation and great achievements in these areas, acting as salt and light as Christ foretold (Mt 5:13-14; Woods 2005). In his Church, he still works his miracles: Eucharistic bread turning into blood; appearances of Mary; heroic saints; cures and sacred images that are scientifically unexplained; saints with stigmata, powers of healing, bilocation and prophecy, and incorruptible dead bodies.

9. The Catholic Church is catholic.

Jesus “desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:4), thus his real Church is universal, evangelizing in all parts of the world with more than 1.2 billion members today. Compare this with the 2nd biggest Christian group, the Easter Orthodox Churches with only 230M (1/5 of its size) mainly found in Eastern Europe; the Anglicans 85M (1/16); Southern Baptists 16.3M (1/73), Mormons 14.7M (1/81) and Iglesia ni Cristo 6M (1/200).

10. Jesus and the Bible glorify his mother.

Catholics do not worship Mary, but follow Jesus’ ways. He obeyed the fourth commandment: Honor your father and mother. Honor in Hebrew is kaboda, which means to glorify. The Bible calls Mary “Mother of my Lord” (Lord = God) and says all generations will call her blessed (Lk 1:43.48). It shows that she is the New Ark of the Covenant, the woman clothed with the sun, crowned in heaven with twelve stars (Rev 11:19-12:1). To honor his mother, Jesus’ last message to us on the cross is: Behold, your mother (Jn 19:27).

ARTICLE SOURCE: https://primacyofreason.blogspot.com/2013/12/ten-reasons-catholic-church-is-one-true.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFQKBJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbLUnmxbPdBMyvVMbBLxM7mPchyzEWaz5vKMrgXF7MwAbzpYW4iTI6qmxQ_aem_VWB7itbeO8vXSZao4DTgGw