#jefferson hack

[jbaileyfansite]

Jonathan Bailey with Amanda Seyfried, Poppy Delevingne, Adria Arjona, Meghann Fahy, Leo Woodall, Cara Delevingne, Jo Ellison and Jefferson Hack at the Polo Ralph Lauren show at the New York Fashion Week (September 8, 2023)

[kate-jam-and-diamonds]

Jefferson Hack & Anna Cleveland’s wedding

[littlequeenies]

Lee Starkey and fashion designer Stella McCartney (photos 3 to 6), Jefferson Hack, Anouck Lepere and Flora Evans (photos 7 to 9), and other people, attend the party for Alasdhair Willis's Established & Sons design company at Highland Road Bus Depot, Hoxton on September 22, 2005 in London, England.

[halo--hall]

i have not participated in the "classic rock fandom" for many years however many of my adult irl relationships are a direct result of that accursed part of the internet so whenever classic rock fandom / rpf posts come across my dash i feel like an anthropologist ......... like ah yes there will always be different takes on the same flavors of old man yaoi ............ and none of it will ever have to do with jefferson airplane

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Here's a lovely, mostly original, 1927 Tudor in Eatonton, GA. However the wisdom of painting the bricks a bright yellow must be questioned. 6bds, 5ba, 4,181 sq ft, $440k.

The entrance foyer with the original stucco walls and flooring.

Freshly painted in a neutral creamy white and the floors have been refinished. The original brick fireplace was painted gray. Curved ceilings- very nice. Double doors open to the dining room.

Another nice fireplace with a fancier mantel.

The other side of the living room opens to this small room that has a door to the outside.

Pantry off the kitchen has a little desk built-in.

The small kitchen is cute and redone with white Shaker cabinetry.

Hallway to the bedrooms.

Tudors typically have small bedrooms, but this one has a nice fireplace.

Check out the original bath. Very cool.

This may be the primary bedroom.

It has access to a lovely sunroom.

Plus another bath with cool original tile. But, they did a sloppy hack job of installing new sinks- look at the exposed pipes.

And, for less than $500k, you get a bonus carriage house.

What a deal- a rental or it could also be used for a business.

Nice yard with a pergola.

0.36 acre lot

Main house.

Carriage house.

https://www.zillow.com/homes/204-S-Jefferson-Ave-Eatonton,-GA-31024_rb/128931681_zpid/?

[qiupachups]

miles.g / wiles

.｡.+*☆ headcannons 👾💭

contents: general hcs, mention of his father’s death, i call 42-miles ‘wiles’, me sorta bullying him

a/n: after a lot of procrastination and harassment gentle encouragement from @vhstown i’m finally posting my hcs. :3c (they’ve been sitting here since july)

Despite his tough guy exterior and criminal career, he's actually a massive nerd geek. Like: gundham, comics, posters all over his room.

Until you bring up those interests, he won't mention them. But once you start a conversation about them, he can tell you all the lore front to back or tell you where and when each collectible is from. Just listening to Wiles and nodding along will make his day.

Accepting help from others is not an option. Ever. He's an overly D.I.Y guy since his father's death and it's staying that way.

... unless you're very close to him. Wiles will begrudgingly accept your help and then be adamant on repaying you. No matter how trivial it was, he'll show his gratitude through service.

Wiles has great memory and knows all the lyrics to his favourite songs. Go through his playlist and pick something at random- he'll recite them flawlessly!

A good memory also helps with remembering those flashes of songs playing on your lock screen. Just a split second glance? He's adding it to his playlist, maybe listening to it as he works on his latest gear.

Would be a straight A student if he were there half the time. The only thing keeping his total grades down is attendance, where he’s often absent.

However, if he’s in a group project with you, Wiles will put more effort into it. Getting a ‘C’ or GPA point lower is fine if it means keeping Brooklyn safer. What’s not fine is him being the reason for your lower marks.

Unlike his counterpart from 1610, Wiles’ art is more realistic. He tries to capture the subjects’ essence quickly and minimally, so colours are an afterthought.

Accuracy was his pride in art until it came to you. He’d be so nervous in getting your smile right, scribbling failed attempts over and over again. Wiles even resorted to a pencil sketch.

Following the passing of Jefferson, Wiles has gotten much closer to Rio. That’s a no brainer; he was fourteen— a kid. And Jefferson never got to see his son in that overpriced Visions uniform.

Wiles makes an effort to speak more Spanish. He lets his mamí braid his hair even if it hurts like hell. Those stupid telenovelas aren’t that bad on the second watch.

Once upon a time, Wiles used to be a choir boy (keyword: used). He’d love singing hymns and doing nativities before he could read; all for his mamí and dad to see.

However, the christmas after Jefferson’s passing felt… empty. Wiles quickly lost his passion for choir and now just attends mass with Rio at most.

After years of experience being a choir boy, Wiles has the voice of an angel. Not that you’d know, of course— he intends to take that to the grave. But there’s also a deeper, darker secret… he can’t rap to save his life.

An extremely personal and harrowing Musically comment told him so. Following that attack, twelve year old Wiles abandoned his account with only a black profile picture left behind.

Like any other middle schooler, Wiles had a hype beast phase (he denies it). When Aaron got a Hype shirt for Wiles’ 12th birthday, words couldn’t describe how he almost knocked Aaron down with a hug.

The shirt’s first stain had Wiles distraught and furiously searching ‘remove paint on shirt hacks’ on Youtube. His heart would probably stop if he misplaced a gift from you.

Wiles isn’t the best cook, but he can definitely make himself a good meal. With Rio working night shifts and Uncle Aaron doing… jobs, he has to be self-sufficient.

A secret lil’ side project: he’s trying and failing to replicate Jefferson’s mac ‘n cheese. It wasn’t the best, but it was his. Something’s always off when Wiles makes it and he’s not quite sure what.

Sure, cooking isn’t that hard, but baking is like wizardry to Wiles. AP Chemistry and it’s endless calculations felt way easier than making pan de agua with his mamí.

But, mamí didn’t raise no quitter! On a particularly busy birthday, Wiles pulled together a modest little cake for Rio. She burst into tears seeing the shaky ‘!Feliz Cumple!’ written in too-sweet icing.

Calling Earth-42 a wreck is a massive understatement. Shit’s like Gotham, only very real and very deadly. Just breathing in that damn city air makes Wiles’ skin crawl.

Luckily, he’s got an outlet: boxing. A fun hobby he picked up from Uncle Aaron became his release. Wiles might never be in the ring, but Brooklyn’s more than enough.

a/n #2: what the fuck. this was supposed to be short and silly and fun. exsqueeze me how did this… erm. disjointed mess.

[phantasyviolence]

Founded in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and Rankin, Dazed (formerly Dazed & Confused) is a quarterly magazine dedicated to art, music, film, and fashion.

Over the past three decades, it has showcased some of the most iconic and creative figures in culture, featuring photography by renowned artists such as Ryan McGinley, Mert Alas, and Venetia Scott.

Beyond its print edition, Dazed has grown into a global media powerhouse, producing digital content, hosting events, and collaborating with influential artists and brands worldwide.

[movedtodykedvonte]

What games I think the ATVS cast has on their phones if you were to ask them:

Miles: Those paint by color games but also somehow Minecraft Java cause that’s how it is in his universe. Most intricate and beautiful pixel art known to man on those worlds but is dog shit at making them in the computer.

Rio: 2048 cause she thinks it stimulates the mind and wants to have something in common with Miles and thinks it’s improving her math skills. Also cut the rope cause the alien is cute.

Jefferson: Classic solitaire or Wordscapes. Goes to Miles constantly when he can’t figure out a word or move and brags about how Miles is for getting a word like Suspect.

Miguel: Every single candy crush, at the highest current level and logged into Facebook to save his streak. So much gold cause he never loses a level and one time he did he broke down and banned candy for a week.

Peter: The most obscure like bottom of the barrel game you see on those tik toks. Charge phone simulator or he literally turns the internet off and plays the Dino game cause he’s too poor to afford the gigs for game space.

Mayday: Those fake phones from Claire’s that play the little jingles but she drooled on it and shorted the battery so it just sound like the wails of the damned.

Gwen: Girl has PianoTiles un ironically and pirated geometry dash. She can play both with her eyes closed. Also that hairstyling game that she may or may not use to choose her next hair color.

Hobie: Doesn’t believe in phones due to governments stealing ur data and uses a cup and string he throws through a portal to talk to the others instead.

Pavitr: Cookie run kingdom but his kingdom has the most cluttered design to mimick Mumbattun. Worst team set ups of your life. Also one random virtual pet game that he takes way too seriously

Margo: Episode and Bitlife but she hacks Episode for diamonds cause she ain’t gonna have her characters act or look like raggedy bitches

Jess: Candy crush but not a freak like Miguel. Probably has Farm life too. Only plays them at night in bed like that one image of Peter Griffin

[drowninginblox]

HideDuo HCs bc we are going through it

The March drought is getting to me y'all. I don't know about all y'all but the anniversary isn't the best thing ever, especially with the Hatsune Miku incident.

I think we deserve a little treat for being dedicated to our favorite roommates. Hence these ramblings.

The following applies to the OSMP characters, not actual streamers themselves. This is gonna be very all over the place, overall cursed, and is projecting. I hope yall enjoy-

Fit:

Can play any sport, but hates all of them (except for ice skating, he fucking loves it but he'll never admit it and he can't skate for shit)

Has read fanfiction before

Knows about dreamsmp lore but doesn't know what it all means in context, very much "Did you know a guy fucked a salmon and had a fox as a child?" "He started a country later? The fish fucker???"

Is into more fru fru coffee drinks than he lets on. Like- fuck yea 9/10 times that mother fucker be drinking that shit black, but he loves some good pumpkin spice- tooty fruity-cuchie deluci frappuccino. He'd only give in around sunny tho.

Was a smoker for a hot minute, quit tho when the ashes nearly lit a TNT. Hasn't picked it up since

Is a slut for pig step

Has read The Art of War

Had a celebrity crush on Philza. He still has it but it's defo diminished since he knows him personally.

Showers daily. I don't care that he's a war-torn mf, that man loves taking showers and will never pass up the opportunity to get one.

Has a poster of Miku Binder Jefferson. Someone gave it to him as a secret Santa present and he has no idea who or what to do with it. He's tempted to burn it but he's kind of afraid of it. It's so cursed that it shows up in his nightmares.

He thinks about Forever a lot more than he wants to admit. He's afraid of the possibility of turning into a monster since he was exposed to the black concert a lot. He understands the fear is irrational since it was long ago but the intrusive thought lingers.

He's thought about marriage in general and with Pac. He'd never admit it but he planned out everything from the venue to the music to the vows. He'd easily swipe it all away if Pac said he had an idea of what he wanted it to be like.

is fluent in Morse code

Knows sign language

Hearing aids mf

Has a family somewhere out there, one that he lost or left only to be dumped into TB2T

Loves crosswords, especially during breakfast and right after Ramon goes to bed.

His favorite smell is cinnamon and cocoa butter

Believes in Herobrine

Can't do long division to save his life

Hates the sound of Velcro

Pac:

Likes the Pacman TV show

Smells like cinnamon and cocoa butter

Has too many scars from the cats he's owned over the years.

Married Mike for tax reasons in the past. They play it up that they're bitter divorcés from time to time

Doesn't shower as often as he should, not because he hates it but because he has a long routine and enjoys baths far more

Enjoys tea and coffee equally

Was a homestuck fan (yesIFUCKINGDIDTHATTOHIMWHATAREYAGONNADO???)

Gay awakening was Rufio from Hook

watches Reading Rainbow as an adult

paints on his prosthetic all the damn time

Has a Post-it note collection. He barely uses them but he has a rainbow of them and each color represents a member of the island.

Has a sticker collection

Always carries small snacks for his pocket dude (I heard about this through the wiki, apparently Pac has a pocket boy? If not then he does now lmao) mostly gummy bears and crackers

Is afraid of the ocean. Idk why that just sounds right for him and if it is it recontextualizes the date he had w fit lol

knows Morse code

Knows some phrases in American sign language (fit is teaching him / is learning for fit, whichever is cuter)

Has hacked into a government-locked server, left lobster porn in place of any files he took. Idk which government it was or why he did it, but he did and they haven't recovered since

Is the type to listen to Jon Bellion and Talor Swift. No, i will not elaborate

Has very vivid daydreams. Aside from drugs and PTSD, he has some really nice ones all on his own. Mostly about Fit tbh.

[electronicnutcycle]

My Miles Morales heacanons

Description: My headcanons about Miles Morales

warnings: Nothing except fluff and my headcanons that aren’t canon or real

.No matter how tough he acts , he’ll ALWAYS gets really exited when he sees a baby animal (kittens , puppies, piglets, etc)

.Massive foodie and can’t get enough of his mamas cooking because apparently “Rios cooking is so much better than when he cooks”(it is) and he’s also the type of person to devour 2x his body and still not gain a lot of weight which is very common across the spidey universe

.Super clumsy and sometimes trips over air , which is ironic when you’re Spider-Man

.Is definitely more of a cat person and literally BEGGED his parents to get him one but can’t get one while he’s still living with his parents cause Rio and his dad Jefferson are allergic to cats

.After the events of the first movie , Miles joined a ballet class and for a YEAR tried to learn ballet too try and impress Gwen whenever or if she would come , but is SUPER clumsy and just keep tripping over his toes and the only people who know about this are his parents

.Miles is a really deep sleeper , like a straight up war could be waging outside his window and he wouldn’t even know . Which is unfortunate since that make him late too a lot of stuff like school

.His favourite candies are those old lady ones , like any hard candies , those caramel lollies and those strawberry and lemon lollies that every grandma mysteriously has and are wrapped to look like a strawberry and lemon

.Can’t dance too save his life but is surprisingly really good at brake dancing

.Once on April fools Miles and the spidey gang somehow hacked into the systems with the help of spider-byte and changed the language too a very hard too translate language on all of Miguel’s fancy tech and that meant lyla too , but she didn’t mind cause she found it funny and had a field trip watching Miguel finding out about the prank and trying to translate and change everything back to normal

.Likes to eat lemons like their oranges cause not only are they tasty to him but he likes to see the looks he gets from it

.Gets really angry when people chew with their mouths open because he find the noise really annoying and cause he was brought up right to think it is disrespectful

.Is the type of person to learn something in 2 weeks cause one of his friends said that he couldn’t learn something in a certain amount of time , which is why he has weird hobbies like brake dancing and baking

[jbaileyfansite]

Jonathan Bailey with Leo Woodall, Cara Delevingne, Jo Ellison and Jefferson Hack at the Polo Ralph Lauren show at the New York Fashion Week (September 8, 2023)

[beardedmrbean]

An MS-13 gang member nicknamed “Little Devil” or “Diablita” has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after she lured a group of men into a Long Island park where they were hacked to death with machetes.

Leniz Escobar, 24, was sentenced by Judge Joseph Bianco on Tuesday for her part in the brutal 2017 murders of Justin Llivicura, 16, Michael Lopez, 20, Jorge Tigre, 18, and Jefferson Villalobos, 18.

On the night of April 11, 2017, Escobar and co-conspirator, Keyli Gomez, drove with the four victims and a fifth man Elmer Alexander Arteaga Ruiz, 22, to a wooded area in Central Islip Park, and texted gang members of their arrival, a federal courthouse heard.

Multiple MS-13 members – Josue Portillo, Freiry Martinez, Alexis Hernandez, Edwin Rodriguez, Sergio Segovia-Pineda, Omar Antonio Villalta, Henry Salmeron, Anderson Sanchez, and others – then attacked the victims with “machetes, knives, an axe, and wooden clubs,” according to testimony at Escobar’s trial.

Ruiz, who survived after managing to run away, testified that the gang members emerged “through a hole in the fence” with their faces covered and circled the victims,The Daily Mail reported.

“They told us get down on our knees. They said, ‘Don’t move. Whoever moves, dies’,” he told the court.

The trial heard how the attack unfolded after Escobar and Gomez found two of the victims had posted photos on social media showing them wearing items and flashing hand signs that suggested they were members of MS-13.

They showed the posts to MS-13 members who confirmed they were not part of the gang and would be killed.

Ruiz testified that his friends had only posted online about MS-13 to impress girls – they “were just high school kids”, he said.

Following the murders, Escobar relished the killings and “licked their blood off her lips”, The New York Post reported a witness testified at her trial.

She bragged to other gang members about her role in the killings and told her boyfriend – who is allegedly a high-ranking member of the Brentwood MS-13 clique – that something had happened to the men, including that one fled and now “knows stuff about me”, prosecutors said.

She then tried to destroy evidence, disposing of one of the victims’ blood-stained sweatshirts, throwing her phone out of a moving vehicle while police followed her, and giving a false alibi for the night of the massacre.

After a four-week trial, Escobar was convicted in April 2022 on charges of predicate acts of murder, conspiracy to murder rival gang members, obstruction of justice, and murder in aid of racketeering.

Following Escobar’s sentencing on Tuesday, Suffolk County Police Acting Commissioner Robert Waring said in a statement: “The senseless and brutal murder of four young people... sent shockwaves across the nation. Leniz Escobar played a significant role in leading four victims to their deaths and will pay the necessary price for her part.”

Over a dozen MS-13 gang members and associates have now been charged in connection with the 2017 murders. Escobar is the fifth to be sentenced.

Gomez previously pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with the murders and testified at Escobar’s trial.

MS-13 was formed by Salvadoran immigrants who came to the US in order to escape the civil war in their home country, according to the Department of Justice. MS-13 is categorized as the most violent criminal gang on Long Island, said prosecutors.

[punkflower11]

Choose Your Own Adventure: Miles Morales - Part 5

Prev | Masterlist

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Okay, time to diffuse this conversation.

"Tell me what? That his own father works for a fascist and oppressive organization intent on undermining a government of the people? Right, screw this. Sorry Miles, but I think I'm done 'ere."

He needed to do something and fast. By now, Miles definitely should have learned not to act upon the first idea that his mind supplies him with but apparently the universe thought that it was too out of character for him, so.

"You know, that's big talk coming from someone who looks like they'd tear apart the government themselves."

He could grab Hobie and kiss him. That... was certainly an idea. An idea that Miles would not be opposed to he thought, looking approvingly at Hobie's lips.

Ah, shit.

It was happening again.

What if he started choking? The absurdity of the notion slaps Miles across the face. Choosing to ignore how the fuck that idea spawned into his brain, Miles quickly decides that it would probably be the less stupid of the two ideas, given the circumstance.

(Not that it was the one that he preferred, of course.)

"Mate, you are literally proving my point by profiling me. That's exactly what officers like you are doing!"

Miles let out a singular, pathetic wheeze. It was the least convincing choking noise he had never heard, and definitely not enough to tear attention away from the conversation. Louder, Morales.

"'Officers like me?' Son, I don't think that I'm the one doing the profiling here-" the cop was cut off by a harsh cough to his left. Several pairs of eyes snapped in Miles direction.

Not that loud!

Seeing as he already had everyone's attention, he figured that may as well commit to the bit and continues hacking.

"Miles?"

"What's wrong with him?" Jeff asks, genuinely confused. Rio looks at him, incredulous.

"We call it 'coughing'," Hobie deadpans. Jefferson glares right back.

"Oh really? I had no idea."

"Hush. I think he might be choking on something." Rio observes. Miles begins another round of intense coughing. That's it, he thinks. Oh no, I'm dying! Be worried, pay attention to me and forget your quarrels!

Miraculously, it seems works as the arguing ceases and everyone grows concerned.

"Baby hold on- Does anyone know CPR?"

"Don't look at me." Jefferson tells her.

"'Punch to the gut 'll prob'ly help up," Hobie suggests.

What.

"What? No! In what way will winding him will help?" Yes, Thank you sane and reasonable person.

"Dunno, innit supposed to 'elp stun 'is diagram or somethin'?"

"What do you mean- that's exactly-"

"How on God's green Earth did you manage to pass Biology? Did you even pass Biology?"

"Guys, really not the time." Miles rasps. The three watched as Miles continues to figuratively cough up his soul, no doubt tainted by weeks of endless deceit.

The thing is that it wasn't even good deception. If Miles wasn't already cursed for lying then bad acting was definitely a runner-up.

"We should punch him." Please don't.

"Try it and see what happens."

"Miles, hold on-"

“You know what, I think I'm actually starting to feel a little better now, so y-” Oh no.

That's when Miles actually begins to choke.

It's kind of hilarious. What moron thinks he can fool his family by pretending to choke, and then in the process actually starts choking? Miles wants to scoff at the comical misfortune, but can't because at the moment is busy coughing up his own lungs.

Miles feels a hand begin rub circles his around back. Tearing his gaze from the table to find the owner of the arm, his eyes find Hobie. At this Miles dies a little on the inside, dumbstruck by Hobie's touch. He tries not to overthink it. Tries.

Fortunately, his coughing begins to tapper off shortly after downing two glasses of water (his own and Hobie's). Never doing that again, he promises himself, clearing his throat.

"You police and all ya shady tactics." Hobie scoffs. 'Wanna help people.' What a load of bull."

Miles was about to pound his boyfriend's head in for cursing but decided to let it slide as his voice was a bit sore.

"I'm shady?" Jefferson reeled, incredulous. "Alright then, I'd like to know what you were doing with Miles all that time he was at your house." Oh shit. They did not prepare for this.

"Well we- uh, ahem. That's nunya effin' business. As if I would sell Miles out to a copper."

"Well as a 'copper' and his father I'm the best person he could trust." Yikes. This was not a road Miles wanted to go down tonight.

"And I’m asking you to for once get your head out of your arse- er, assets, and try see it from his perspective!”

"This is who you’re dating? Really, Miles? This guy.” Jefferson asks Miles. "I’m just gonna say it. I don’t like him."

"Funny, because I don't remember asking you to." Miles replies, irritated. He isn't sure why, but this tips him the wrong way.

"Miles," Rio warns.

"I’m sorry but no, actually. You asked to meet him and here he is. Why do you have to like him? I do, and really, that should be enough. All I've asked you to do is sit at the same table with him for ten minutes and not kill each other, which for some reason is proving to be a difficult task."

Honestly so what if his parents didn’t like everything about Hobie. Did it really matter if they didn’t approve of his clothes, attitude or opinions so long as Miles was cool with it? In the end he was the one dating the teen, not his parents.

“He is an anarchist-”

"He's also my boyfriend, who clearly happens to care about me. Didn't you tell me to watch out for people who have my back? Guess what; Hobie has my back. Even when you can't." He knows it’s cruel, but it doesn’t stop him.

Underneath the table Hobie intertwines his fingers with Miles’ and gives the hold an encouraging squeeze. Miles continues.

"I'm not asking you to love him. I mean, I would appreciate it, but just getting along would more than enough."

Surprisingly, this seems to silence any remaining disputes. Reluctantly, both Hobie and his Dad turn their attention back to the once abandoned meals.

The stillness is stiff and uncomfortable, which Miles knows he’s likely responsible for.

Miles hates how much of this he has to fight tooth and nail for. And how in the end it wasn't going to matter as he and Hobie weren't even seeing each other in the first place.

If a little part of Miles was somewhat hoping that the whole experience could bring two together, it had proved to be a dumb idea. He wasn't exactly sure why he thought it would work, as fake dating was always recipe doomed to fail spectacularly. Which was fair, as deception hadn't done much for him anyways.

Oh well. Guess you can't lie your way into happy parents and a free boyfriend. It was really too bad.

"I know that it's probably impossible for just one cop to change a system. In fact, sometimes I think I might be contributing to it, doing more harm than good." Jefferson eventually says. "But damn if I won't try anyways."

Miles is left stunned. His eyes follow Hobie who seems to be having a similar reaction to the words. What shocks him even more is the admiration he finds twinkling in the teen's eyes.

"I... actually respect that. A lot."

"You're a little odd, but I think I understand where you're coming from. Miles seems to like you, so you must be alright." Rio adds.

"Yeah. Even if you still look like vandalism and bad ideas." the officer chuckles. Hobie grins mischievously.

"Guilty."

"And you're grades are alright?"

"Dad."

"My grades are brilliant." Funny enough, this was actually true.

"I had to ask."

"You really didn't."

"They had better be for all that silver crap you wear." Jefferson then says to Hobie, much to Miles' mortification. Thankfully, Hobie's response to this is to laugh.

"S'what Abe said too."

"He sounds like a smart guy."

"He wishes." Hobie snorts.

"That your brother?"

"Unfortunately."

"I had a brother." the elder takes a sip from his glass.

"I heard. Sorry 'bout that one." Jefferson smiles, bittersweet.

"All good. Just gotta keep pushin' you know?"

"Yeah."

The four continued to converse throughout the evening, managing to steer clear of any more hiccups. Rio and Hobie engage in a light debate over whether Elvis Presley was really an icon or a fraud, and later, Hobie shares his love of 'expressive art' with Miles' parents.

("I even did this piece on the B's bridge last week," Jefferson chokes on his water.

"Wait, that was you?")

Eventually the dishes were scrubbed clean after Rio's insistence that everyone take a fifth serving (Hobie somehow able to eat more meanwhile Miles was on the verge of combustion) when Miles decided to take the opportunity and excuse the two from the table.

"If you don’t mind, Hobie and I are gonna tap out now." He says, arising from the station. Miles looks to the other and smiles tellingly.

"My room?" Hobie chirps a 'sure' and gets up, following Miles down the corridor.

"Remember to leave the door open!" he hears Rio call from behind him.

"Right." He was not doing that.

Sliding down the corridor with help from his socks, Hobie purposefully slams into Miles. The two stumble forward, awkwardly catching each other all whilst failing to stifle their laughter.

"You boys better be behaving yourselves!" A voice sounds from the kitchen.

Miles stills and gives Hobie a pointed look, grabbing the other by his hand. Hobie fastens the grip and doesn't let go. Instead, he pulls Miles in closer and playfully presses a kiss to his forehead.

"For performance points," Bastard. Heart pounding in his ears, Miles half-hardheartedly rolls his eyes before pushing open the door to his bedroom. Hobie wastes no time in collapsing onto Miles' bed as the door swings closed behind them. Draping himself over his desk chair, Miles sighs a breath of relief.

"We actually pulled that off. Huh."

"I can hardly believe it myself."

"I guess fake dating really does work."

"Careful, you don’t want to jinx it." Miles jokes.

He watches Hobie's gaze thoughtfully trail around his room from his posters, to figurines and art supplies. In a way, having Hobie in his room felt like opening him up an intimate part of Miles' life. Encompassed around his own personal space, filled to the brim with personality and expression. The last non-relative person to visit his room had been Gwen, who, at the time Miles had also low key had a thing for-

-and why exactly was he drawing parallels between people he liked visiting his room-

-honestly it was almost like he enjoyed setting himself up for disaster but-

"Did your mom actually play trombone in high school?" Hobie asks suddenly, fishing Miles from out of his spiral.

"Yup. She’s really proud of it."

"I liked her. Concise." Hobie chuckles.

"Well she hasn’t expressly forbid me from seeing you yet so I’d say that’s a good sign." He says, thoughtful.

"And Jefferson?" Miles winces.

"He doesn't hate you. Dislike certainty, but I think he respects you."

"'e’s not too terrible himself." Hobie shrugs.

"Glad you think so." Miles says dryly.

"But we aren't dating," Hobie points out.

So it doesn't matter anyways.

Miles frowns.

"Guess not." Hobie cocks his head to the right.

"You sound bummed."

"I mean, a little." Miles stiffens.

Did he really just say that?

Out loud?

Goddammit Morales.

"Could have been fun." he hastily adds.

"The food was good," Fortunately Hobie doesn't seem to catch on to the slip up.

"Aye. Shame I can’t eat like that every night." Hobie pokes fun.

Well.

Technically,

"You’re always welcome back, you know. I’m sure my mom would be ecstatic to have you." Miles pokes fun.

"As your…?"

"Which ever. Friend. Boyfriend." Hopefully both. "Just show up as yourself, whoever that is."

"Cool. I uh, should probably head out now."

"Right. Want me to show you out?"

"Out your window?" He asks, confused. Right. Because leaving through the front door is apparently a foreign concept.

"Never mind. So, see you in a bit?" Miles watches as Hobie slides open the unlocked window.

"Sure thing babe." Hobie says whilst climbing out of the room.

What if.

The idea grabs and shakes him by the shoulders, but once it pops up it's definitely there.

Technically, nothing was stopping Miles from asking Hobie out right now. Except for the fact that, well, it was crazy.

It wasn't even a question of whether he liked him or not. Frankly, It was so painfully obvious that it was a good thing his parents thought that they were already dating.

Plus, was it really okay to ask the universe for more? Because, really, it had already been a miracle that tonight had turned out okay. The chance that he could monumentally fuck things up between them were so high on the scale that it should have scared him into going back to chasing Gwen.

But they didn't.

Wait, Miles was getting ahead of himself here. Did Hobie even like him back? Even reading into it was difficult. Additionally, Miles knew that Hobie was a flirt. While it was nice to think that the gestures were sweet, in reality they were probably meaningless. Ouch.

Then again, what was the worst that could happen? It wasn't like Miles was expecting him to say yes anyways. At least this way he'll always know that he tried, and that for sure that nothing was ever there.

"Hobie wait," He blurts out before he's finished weighing the pros and cons.

"Yeah?" Hobie waits, one foot out the window. Miles inhales sharply.

Was this it?

Now or never.

massive shout out to my beta beloved @ihrtwillow for helping with me out with that ending. yeesh.

[abbatoirablaze]

Matched Master List

In a world where men outnumber women almost ten to one, many have given in to the idea of what the government calls reverse harems.  When women turn eighteen, they are automatically registered as eligible, and undergo a battery of psychological, genetic, and assorted physical tests to determine who would be the best matches for them.

While all of that happens, men also undergo something similar when they turn 18.  However, it’s those who have the highest compatibilities that are pulled and given a match.  Every woman is given five men, and together, they must form a family unit. 

Those who fail to create a bond lose their match and are put at the bottom of the list until a new woman can become available, or there scores are higher than anyone else in the given designation. 

The basic formula is a woman who the matches are centered around, and then a dynamic of the ‘alpha,’ ‘epsilon,’ delta,’ ‘omega,’ and  the ‘sigma.’ Or as they are called in the slang terms, the leader, brat, peacemaker, submissive, and power grabbers. 

Gabby's Story

18 year old Gabriella Estrada didn’t expect to be taken so quickly after she’d finished testing.  But she barely had two days after her birthday when the quadrant police came for her.  But her matches are important to the government, so she wasn’t given any leeway.  She was assigned gruff alpha Curtis Everett, delta Thor Odinson, epsilon Lance Tucker, omega Jake Jensen, and a sigma that goes only by God. 

Tori's Tale

20 year old Victoria Parker has been through the process before, and while her family unit fell apart because of the dynamics, she’s been gifted a second chance with a new group of men, who actually scored higher.  Her original grouping was from a hack in the system, but now she has been given the alpha Steve Rogers, the delta Ari Levinson, the Epsilon Loki Laufeyson, the sigma Chase Collins, and the omega Chris Beck. 

Namira's Narrative

23 year old Namira Hasan thought she couldn’t have children when she’d completed the genetic part of her testing, and signed up instead for the military.  But it turns out the year after her first enlistment is up, that her results were skewed, and that she's actually normal. So she went back to her dream and found out that her matches were still available. And that they were in Alpha Andy Barber, delta Bucky Barnes, epsilon Ransom Drysdale, sigma Lee Bodecker, and omega Ben Curtis. 

Elle's Account (Completed)

26 year old Elle McManis is the wildcard.  When she was seventeen she took up a fake identity and disappeared from her quadrant. She managed to stay on the run for years.  But once her governor father called for reinforcements, he let it slip that she’d already been tested.  Her pack leader Lloyd Hansen was notified of a match, and he made it his mission to bring her home.  Now that she’s safe, it’s up to him and his delta, Robert Pronge, epsilon Johnny Storm, sigma Charles Blackwood, and omega Jefferson to ensure that they can stay together. 

[arsene-ee]

ngl James works better as a Plot device than Shaun does. Also fallout 4's ending is not Satisfying.

You get to know James at the beginning of Fallout 3, and even throughout the game you learn tiny bits about James, like when you talk to Moriarty/hack his Computer in Megaton, or all the Holotapes you find in the Jefferson Memorial. The point is you learn about James' character. And it gives him a reason to act a way he does.

He deeply cares about the Lone Wanderer, which is shown by him leaving Project Purity for 19 years and going to Vault 101 and it's the reason he doesn't take Lone with him when leaving the Vault, he thought he was doing the best thing to keep his child safe.

But James is also an Idealist, or at least some of Jonas' idealism rubbed off on him, which is why he left in the first place, je wanted to make the Wasteland a better place, he also wanted to finish what He and Catherine started.

Meanwhile in Fallout 4 you pretty much have no interaction with Shaun at the Beginning, neither do you with your spouse. Even throughout the Main Story, you don't really learn anything about Shaun as a Person, except for maybe the little snippet in Kellogg's Memories. At the point you meet Shaun again in the Institute, you most likely have already formed an opinion on them through either the BoS or the Railroad (if Fallout 4 is your first Fallout, if you Played Fallout 3 you might have already formed an opinion through that) And I know that Fallout 4 is most likely trying to get you to question if the opinion you formed throughout your game is the right one, and i know it's supposed to be this super emotional moment but Shaun does not get me to care about him, he does not manage to make me feel anything about him.

While both James' and Shaun's deaths are incredibly tragic in theory, Shaun's death does not feel as impactful as James', yes Shaun's death is at the end of the main story and it could have been great to round off the ending but his death does nothing, it changes nothing, I whole heartedly believe the end of the main story should have been the end of the entire game like in the previous games (broken steel still does not exist to me) it would have felt more impactful, it would have forced you to sit through the ending slideshow while reflecting on your choices on whether or not betraying/Siding with him was the right Choice. The end of Fallout 4's main story just does not feel satisfying to me.

James' death feels much more impactful because it's at the climax of the game, it's not the end, it gives the lone wanderer a new driving force to keep going, finish what he started all that until the end of the game you have to make a choice on whether to have Sarah sacrifice herself and have her family mourn the loss of their daughter (even if the BoS see's it as a good death, her family would still have lost their daughter and I don't really care about the BoS' beliefs) or throw everything James ever wanted for his kid away and sacrifice yourself, (Still ignoring broken steel) eitherway there is no happy ending for fallout 3, but at least it's a satisfying ending.

Does my Yapping even make sense lol?

[thenationaltreasuregazette]

The 2003 Script, Act 2a

← Act 1

Previously on the 2003 script: Ben has committed to stealing the Declaration of Independence, after not as much prompting as I would like.

We resume in the National Archives, where Abigail enters her password to access the Declaration’s vault. Unbeknownst to her, she has UV ink on her hands, courtesy of her meeting with Ben. (This is page 35, scene 74 for those of you playing along at home.)

She enters with DR. STANLEY HERBERT.

Some important facts about Stan in this version are:

He’s in his 40s

Abigail is 26

He’s her boss

He’s asking her on an “I promise this isn’t a date” to the gala

Abigail says she doesn’t date coworkers. He responds with, “I’m not a coworker. I’m your boss.”

Dude.

The guards are more active in this version of the story. Head guard JOE WOODRUFF

(That’s this guy)

watches over the closed circuit cameras as…

… the Declaration gets lowered on its scissor-jack.

→ This is a real image of the old vault btw! It was changed in the early 2000s while the movie was in development and at some point (unclear to me if this was before or after the 2003 script) they had to change the method of the heist.

Abigail tests the case with a handheld gas chromatograph as she asks Dr. Herbert if he thinks there could be anything on the Declaration that’s gone overlooked. He tells her if she’s angling for a grant, this isn’t the way to get it.

→ I like that we get to see a little bit more about what Abigail does, (and would like more!) but all that’s actually important here is the fact that you can get right next to the case as its lowering.

The process finishes and the Declaration gets locked away in its vault.

In the subway, both Ben and Riley sneak down a subway tunnel and into a utility room.

Riley has a toy truck that’s actually an ROV with a camera tapped to the hood.

This next scene is very stylized as we jump up to a birds eye view of the street and then dive through the ground to meet the ROV.

→ This is cool, but almost too cool? While this definitely matches the tone of the script, it would feel out of place in the finished film, where the simple cutting between Ben and Riley’s preparation activities (to that jammin’ score) provides plenty of tension. The final movie tones down this "digital jumping effect" so it feels more seamless with the heist. This is also another example of the differentiation between Ian and Shaw that we discussed in Part 1. Ben and Riley also got differentiated more by the final version, so Riley handles tech activities alone, and Ben does the history and man-on-the-ground stuff. It helps the characters not blend together so much, and makes it clear why these guys needs sidekicks in the first place.

The 75th Anniversary Gala is tomorrow night, and it’s both Ben and Ian’s target. Ben also plans to use the glitch-the-system method to get the Declaration to lower automatically.

No other preparation is required, as Riley is going to add Ben’s name to the guest list while he’s hacking the Archive’s security system.

The Gala

Abigail stands with Dr. Herbert and they have this conversation, presented here in its entirety.

ABIGAIL What do you think Thomas Jefferson would say if he were here? DR. HERBERT He’d say, “Abigail, you need to find a man of whom you are as passionate about as you are of me…who’s not dead.”

→ Screenwriting is a constant balance between making sure things are “on the page” —that is, actually apparent to a reader/viewer and not existing only in the writer’s head—without being “on the nose”—excessively obvious. I think the way Ben and Abigail’s relationship statuses (or lack thereof) are presented in this version are a bit on the nose. Ben’s landlady told him point blank, “You know when you talk about Charlotte all the time, it scares the girls away.” And here we have Dr. Herbert’s comment to Abigail. Like, okay. We get it. They’re both so obsessed with history they’re forgetting to live their personal lives. If only they could pair up with someone as dorky as they were… Basically, this is still true in the finished movie, but it’s much more subtle. It’s subtext rather than text. So is Dr. Herbert’s interest in Abigail. Making those things present but asking the viewer to work for them a bit instead of force-feeding them makes the story more engaging, at least imo. You get to go on a little treasure hunt of your own to piece their personal lives and backstories together.

In the van, Riley watches the surveillance feed on his laptop. His sings this jaunty little tune:

ON THE SCREEN, he ZOOMS IN ON the FAT SENATOR. RILEY (sings to the tune of Santa Claus is coming to Town) "He sees you when you're drinking…" He pans to a smarmy MAN flirting with a pretty LADY. RILEY (CONT'D) "He knows when you are cheating…" He ZOOMS in until the pretty lady's butt fills the screen. RILEY (CONT'D) "…He knows when you left your panties at home…" As Riley zooms in on the butt, we transition to…

→ Again, Riley is a significantly different character, and we will discuss in a different edition.

Ben takes a champagne glass and toasts with Riley through the security camera.

Ben wants to bail on the heist, until Riley spots Ian and his crew on another camera.

→ In the final film, Ben’s absolute conviction that this is the right thing to do is doing a lot of work to both move the story forward and convince the audience that this is also a plausible course of action. His passion for the whole thing really gets us behind him.

Abigail comes up to Ben and they exchange a similar flirtation to the final movie. However, in this version, Ben doesn’t need to get anything from her.

Abigail asks about the “pipe that Bigfoot took,” and Dr. Herbert arrives with two champagne glasses and a boatload of jealousy.

Ben flatters Dr. Herbert by recognizing him and his work, saying that he cited one of Dr. Herbert’s papers in his thesis. (In this version Ben very much has a Ph.d and it’s mentioned several times.)

Meanwhile, Ian’s crew gets their heist going, starting with Shaw tasering a camera at the service entrance. This alerts the guards to a malfunction, and one, FERGUSON, is sent to check it out.

Back at the party, Ben gives his wacky toast (The burned entrails are still his favorite punishment) and offers a toast to “The brave men who did what was considered wrong in order to do what they knew was right.” He leaves.

Dr. Herbert is kind of a buffoon, and thinks Ben was great. Abigail is suspicious.

Below, Ian and crew taser Ferguson, and Riley notices the busted camera. So they know that Ian is here and attempting the same thing, but Ben believes he can beat Ian to the Declaration.

While having the bad guys show up earlier seems like it should make the story more tense, not less, in this case I think it deflates how intimidating Ian and Co are supposed to be. I mean Ben and Riley are basically ignoring them. The decision to let us the audience know Ian and the gang are on the scenes without tipping off Ben and Riley was a much stronger one. It makes us worry about Ben’s safety and puts him off guard when he and Riley learn Ian’s already here. This sequence in the final film is a good example of both “dramatic irony” (we know something the characters don’t) and “parallel action” (quickly cutting back and forth between two sets of actions to build tension—in this case Ian’s heist and Ben’s heist.

Riley overrides the camera feed and Ben takes the elevator down to the vault room. He’ll have exactly 2 minutes to get the case.

Meanwhile, Ian uses a remote to blow up a transformer outside the Archives. The lights go out and the guests react.

Ben’s elevator stops. He and Riley realize this was Ian’s doing, and that the 2 minute countdown started as soon as the power went out.

Ben asks Riley to trigger the alarm to get Ian caught, but Riley can’t since all the alarms are already going off due to the outage.

At the party, the documents all start lowering. A guard tells the guests this is normal procedure, but Abigail is suspicious.

Auxiliary power kicks in with 96 seconds remaining.

We intercut between Ian and Co making their way to the vault (cutting through steel doors and all that), with Ben exiting the elevator and going to the vault.

57 seconds remaining, and they need to get Abigail’s password first. This procedure, password, and anagram are the same.

Ben rushes in, and the vault doors are already starting to close. He yoinks the case with barely a moment to spare.

This moment happens almost exactly the same:

In the elevator, Ben uses to droppers of chemicals to burn through the bolts on the case.

The gift shop scene is also basically the same. He even still has $32.57 in cash.

Meanwhile, the guards go looking for Ferguson, who never reported back.

Woodruff sees that the Declaration is missing, orders a Code Red, and calls the FBI.

Abigail follows Ben out.

When Abigail calls for the police, Ben grabs her and she bites him, coming away with the Declaration.

She makes sure to tell Ben he’s pathetic before crossing the street.

Abigail gets abducted by Ian and his crew.

Inside the catering truck, a sudden turn causes Abigail to fall and lets Ian snatch the Declaration.

Ian says, “No witnesses” and Shaw pulls his gun on Abigail. That’s when they all see the price tag.

Shaw stumbles while Abigail stalls and gets to the back door. She manages to get the door unlatched just as the catering truck crashes into Ben’s van. The doors swing open with Abigail on them.

Then there’s this just fantastic cutaway. I love this trope.

The rest of the rescue is similar, though the obstacle is traffic, not a construction zone.

The doors swing shut, leaving Abigail in front of a firing squad. Ben yanks the door pack open in the same moment Shaw shoots…

…and hits an oncoming tanker truck.

The tanker jackknifes, and Ian, Shaw, and Powell dive out of the truck. Shippen, who was driving, dies in the resulting crash.

→ Killing off henchmen adds stakes to the heist, kind of. We know due to the rules of PG-13 Disney movies that our heroes aren’t in any more danger than before. However, it paints the world with a slightly more violent tone, and again, focuses on much bigger action sequences than the final film.

In the van, Ben tells Abigail his name, and rather than recognizing it, she thinks “Benjamin Franklin Gates” sounds fake.

→ The academic disgrace of the Gates family isn’t really present in this version, and I think that aids the final film a lot. With just a few lines about it, we get a much clearer picture of who Ben is, what he’s up against, and why he can’t consider going about this mission through more reputable channels.

Back at the Archives, Sadusky comes in and is a man in charge. He’s more detailed in his orders than in the final movies, asking for footage, logs, car in the parking garage, and anything unaccounted for.

Poor Woodruff can barely choke out and answer to “What exactly was taken?”

In the van, Ben and Abigail go back and forth about the history of the Templar Knights, actually in some detail. Ben shows her a dollar bill as “proof.”

She’s about to attempt to escape this vehicle too, when he asks if she still wants to hear the riddle from the pipe. She agrees and he recites it.

Abigail agrees to let Ben examine the Declaration, because this would be a major historical find. However, if there’s nothing there, he turns himself in. Ben agrees, because if there’s nothing there, the Declaration is safe from future treasure hunters.

Sadusky’s investigation goes pretty much the same, although Dr. Herbert is practically in tears when he learns someone used acid near the Declaration.

The FBI also sees that Dr. Abigail Chase access the vault at 9:32 that night. Dr. Herbert says that’s not possible since he was with her at the time.

→ BTW, her title that I couldn’t remember in the Timeline articles is “Charters of Freedom Custodian.”

She’s the only staff member unaccounted for.

The FBI raids Ben’s apartment, per his credit card record, and find the clear room environment. The major difference here are that they give more background detail on Ben:

He bought a one-way ticket from Toronto to D.C. two days ago after spending seven months unaccounted for.

Before that his paper trail put him in Boston, France, Boston, and Greenland.

The landlady likes him and he always pays his rent on time.

They also believe they’re looking for an anti-government terrorist, btw. This is the second time this theory is brought up.

→ I like that in the movie Sadusky doesn’t make assumptions about what Ben’s doing and why. He starts by studying him.

Ian catches up with the same “Silence is a name” realization.

Since the police and FBI are swarming around Ben’s apartment,

RILEY What do we do now? ABIGAIL Turn yourselves in.

→ Abigail is snarkier in this version, and gets in a few good zingers.

Ben tells Riley to head to Hillcrest, and Riley rebuts without telling Abigail who they’re talking about.

RILEY He hates you. He'll turn you in. ABIGAIL Whoever it is, he sounds like a good man.

→ Hillcrest is a well-off neighborhood in Washington D.C. I always assumed Patrick lived in or around D.C., perhaps even inheriting the same house we saw in the film’s opening flashback, which is clearly labeled as in D.C. I’ve only listened to a few episodes of the National Treasure Hunt podcast, but it struck me as strange that the hosts assumed Patrick lives outside of Philadelphia? What did you think?

And thus we arrive at Ben’s father’s house. Their relationship is worse in this version, so much so that Patrick slams the door on Ben before Ben can say a word.

We also heard Riley bring up Ben’s father—and the fact that he wasn’t supposed to bring him up—in an earlier scene.

→ The change here is once again about letting Ben have to struggle to make the decision. In this script, he just decides that visiting his father is what they need to do, and Riley brings up the reasons why that’s a bad idea, but Ben won’t be deterred. Once they arrive, Patrick can’t deter him from his quest either. In the film, Ben has Riley pull over at the park while he struggles to make the decision. He knows it’s the best move he can make right now, but he sends valuable time looking for alternatives. That’s how much he doesn’t want to have to see his father and tell him what he did. That makes his upcoming confrontation with Patrick hit harder, since we saw how hard it was for Ben to decide to do it in the first place. I also think toning down their estrangement was a good choice too. In this version, Patrick is actively angry at Ben. In the final, he’s just disappointed, and we all know that’s so much worse.

Ben asks for the Silence Dogood letters right out of the gate, without having Patrick welcome them into the house first. Again, their relationship is not even at the “offering cold leftover pizza” stage in this draft.

Patrick knew there was a ship called Charlotte and spend seven years searching for her off the coast of France, where she was headed.

The FBI finds the Silence Dogood clue, and release Ben and Abigail’s pictures to the press.

Back at the house, Abigail is surreptitiously looking for a phone. She pulls the old “where’s the bathroom?” trick, and Ben catches her, having gotten to the phone first.

Ben says they had a deal; Abigail says she can’t trust him. Ben considers this, hands her the phone, and leaves.

→ While this gesture of trust is nice, I think the choice to have Abigail make a big decision in the park at the same time Ben does works much better. It puts them on a more equal footing and shrinks the time when Abigail is ostensibly kidnapped by Ben to as little as possible. Not a good look for your leading man to hold the love interest hostage. (Though not as uncommon as it should be) Having Abigail take an active role in the treasure hunt that much sooner gets Ben out of a yikes-y spot, and makes Abigail more interesting as well, since we she that she’s not just a victim of circumstance, but actively willing to put herself in further danger for the Declaration.

Abigail doesn’t call the police.

Patrick nearly puts a tray of tea down on the Declaration…

…until Ben quickly intercepts.

A similar discussion about putting it in the oven, and then Ben uses the lemon juice, and Ben alone breathes on the parchment to reveal part of the map.

→ Again, since Abigail has not actively committed to protecting the Declaration at all costs, she’s just a passenger in this scene, but the one in the final movie is so much more effective. After all, Ben just stole the thing; we know what lengths he’s willing to go to, and lemon juice doesn’t seem like too big a deal. But we have no idea what lengths Abigail is willing to go to until this moment, when she throws her whole career away to keep Ben from damaging the document any more than he has to. That’s a huge character moment! And it’s totally absent here.

They reveal the rest of the map, and then Patrick finds out what it’s on the back of.

Riley spots Ben and Abigail’s pictures being broadcast on the evening news.

→ This press subplot adds a little bit of pressure, but it doesn’t result in anyone recognizing them or meaningfully changing the plot in any other way, so I see why they cut it. One of the Save the Cat! recommendations is “Keep the press out of it” for pretty much the same reason. If the press in not an active subplot, or part of the theme of the story, they’re a distraction that can end up opening more questions than they answer. Involving the media can make a story world feel too big in a bad way. It’s generally better to keep things focused on the immediate characters. Which is the direction the final film chooses to take, and I think it’s the right one.

Abigail wants to turn themselves in now that they have proof. Ben thinks the FBI with think he planted the map, and the Declaration will remain in danger. The only way forward is to find the treasure.

Abigail says they should change clothes, but there’s no scene in the car, and no scene at the clothing store.

→ I miss this so much! That scene in the car is one of my favorites in the whole movie. It goes such a long way in building trust between Ben and Abigail. I’m also just a slut for quiet moments in general, but I love love love how it establishes and builds the dynamic between all three of them as they move into the “active treasure quest” portion of events.

This isn’t an article about story structure, but I consider the reveal of the cypher to be the midpoint of the movie. That’s when the mission of the story shifts from trying to prove a theory to wanting to see the quest through.

So onward we go!