#joshua terril

[elirium]

tini tiny little one

[zahri-melitor]

@upswings I had a go at it.

My further notes on this:

I am KICKING myself over who in DC has been written out of existence by their parent, but Wanda’s a classic pick anyway.

I just can’t work out who was transformed by powerful unknown magics and I’m going to groan when I get it.

Additions from my own backlog of ridiculous canon:

If you killed his clone in a fight? Was that clone you killed your son? (Travis Morgan and Joshua Morgan)

When you’re a computer program who THINKS you’re the father of that son (Death Masque and Ray Terrill)

If your son died in a car crash and then you found out an alternate version of him was raised by Granny Goodness (Donna Troy and Robbie Long)

If your son has been cloned and the clone raised by his evil grandfather? (Don Allen and Thad Thawne)

When a scientist gets infected by a sample of tissue from your son being held in captivity and being experimented on (Preston Payne, Sondra Fuller, Cassius Payne and Peter Malley)

[dystopianam]

is buzzjosh real?

Only if you believe in their love with all you heart, gayness and fairy dust from the infamous LGBT+ fairy forest 🥰🥰

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Do you ship buzzjosh?

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Round One, Part Seventeen!

Who's the worse dad?

View the brackets here. Reasons for submission beneath the cut.

Happy Terril:

He locked one 10 year old son (Joshua) up in cryogenic suspension in a missile silo because he couldn’t deal with him. He then had his next son (Ray) raised completely in the dark by his brother and lied that if Ray went outside he’d die. And that’s just their origin stories.

A bitch-ass man who declined to raise his son for eighteen years, lied to him about sunlight killing him and to everyone else about his son having died in childbirth, and then had the temerity to complain about how the kid he did absolutely nothing to parent turned out. Somehow a worse father figure than Vandal Savage, a man who grows his descendants in vats so they can give him replacement body parts.

Submitting this in honor of my mutuals who are reading the rat. I only have second hand knowledge, but here’s a list of asshole moves: https://www.tumblr.com/zahri-melitor/733240370667929600/this-poll-has-thoroughly-amused-me-because-two

Ebenezer Batson:

He is Billy's uncle and former legal guardian, who stole the family's money and then abandoned Billy to live on the streets. He later tries to steal more from Billy, by taking the money he earned from being a radio jockey.

[xmenreborn]

Havok + Spitfire = Chaos

[strangeduckpaper]

New Gods, Pt 1

Inspired by @pastel-petticoats‘ Earth 54 New Gods, who were more godlike beings who incarnated & spoke through humans

In E136, This is much the same. The New Gods are beings of the Fourth World who incarnate into the mortal realm. This has ties to the greater creation story of E136, and a collected ‘Monomyth’ that inspires a lot of other myhts. (One hint about that, Scott Free is actually sort of a Lucifer-like figure, but with the specifics lost)

Apokalypse

The New Gods of Apokalypse mostly incarnate within the religious interstellar empire known, appropriately, as Apokalypse. Another facet of the Apokalyptan New Gods is Intergang, a cult masquerading as a criminal syndicate. Their ultimate goal is to find the completed Anti-life Equation, and bring the entire universe under their control. More & more of their incarnations have begun appearing on Earth

Gods/Incarnations include

Darkseid-Uxas of Termagent, the original planet that would become the world Apokalypse

Prophets-Bruno Manheim, Victor Zsazs 

Steppenwolf, the Warmaster-Unnamed human Demigod

Grail, the mother of Evil-Heggra of the Amazons

Desaad-Unknown Dominator scientist

Granny Goodness-Gretchen Goode, CEO of Goodekinde Technologies

Female Furies-Female Warriors of various species

Knockout-Kaye Ou, a Hawaiian woman(Defected)

Big Barda-Ursa of the Amazons(Defected)

Artemiz-Artemis of Bana Mighdall(Defected)

Bloody Mary-Mary Seward of Abyssia

The Subjugator-Mantis, a bug of Hiveworld

Amazing Grace-Nina Dowd, Goodekinde Technologies scientist

Glorious Grace-Gordon Gordon Godfrey, talk show host

Bedlam-T.O. Morrow, Frederick DeLamb

Kanto-N/A

Devilance the Pursuer-Lobo(Refused his destiny)

Virmin Vundarbar-Dominator

Deep Six-Trench Atlanteans

New Genesis

The New Gods of New Genesis spread their influence through the religion known as the temple of the New Gods, and various derivatives, whose High figure is the ever changing Avatar of Izaya the Highruler

Izaya, the Highfather-Various High Prophets of the New God Religions, Including Takion & Joshua Sanders

Orion-the helmet belonging to the original, 70s/80s Peacemaker

Lightray-Happy Terrill, Ray Terrill, Lucien Gates

Bekka-Bekka of the Amazons, relative of Io

Scott Free/Skophre-Shilo Norman

Black Racer-Black Flash

Metron-Unnamed Coluan

Mortalla, the Defector-N/A

- Forever People-Various alien warriors, along with Omega Men/LEGION

Vykin-Braalian(Cosmic Boy’s people)

Big Bear-Tregrer(Tigorr’s people)

Beautiful Dreamer-Nara Nal (Nia Nal’s sister)

Moonrider-Tamaranean

Seraphin-Winathi(Lightning Lad’s people)

The Child-Forager, a bug of Hiveworld

Infinity Man-Drax Taaru of Termagent 

[unwellpodcast]

Content warnings: police violence, racial violence, victims of hate crimes, white supremacy, and police violence.

Read by: Shariba Rivers, Pat King, Alexander Danner, Ryan Schile, Bilal Dardai, Duo Yang, Eli McIlveen, Amelia Bethel, Joshua K. Harris, Michael Turrentine, Kathleen Hoil, Marsha Harman, Ele Matelan, Jeffrey Nils Gardner, and Eleanor Hyde.

Transcript below the cut.

Today is Wednesday, June 10, 2020. There will not be a new episode of Unwell today. Following the example and the words of Black Lives Matter Chicago, we call for an end to the state violence against and criminalization of Black communities through police forces, an unjust legal system, and federal, state, and local political organizations.  

As the artists of HartLife NFP, we call on our fellow art makers in positions of institutional power and privilege to take concrete actions to make your institutions and artistic work explicitly and actively anti-racist.  

We affirm our commitment to do the same here. We will interrogate ourselves when we have fallen short of this goal and recommit to do better every time.  

The United States is a country founded on land stolen from indigenous peoples, built with the stolen labor and lives of enslaved Black people. We call especially on White listeners to reckon with this fact, today and every day.    

The following list is both incomplete and horrifyingly long. These people were victims of hate crimes, police officers and of an unjust, white supremacist system.

We say their names and we remember their lives. Tamir Rice Samuel Dubose Walter Scott Jordan Davis Tony McDade Dion Johnson Dante Parker Michelle Cusseax Laquan McDonald Richard Perkins Nathaniel Harris Pickett Benni Lee Tignor Miguel Espinal Michael Noel Kevin Mathews Bettie Jones Quintonio Legrier Keith Childress Jr Janet Wilson Randy Nelson Antronie Scott George Mann John Crawford III Ezell Ford Aaron Bailey Ronell Foster Stephon Clark Antwon Rose II Tanisha Anderson Alton Sterling Philando Castile Botham Jean Pamela Turner Akai Gurley Rumain Brisbon Trayvon Martin Jerame Reid Mathew Ajibade Frank Smart Alexia Christian Brendon Glenn Victor Manuel Larosa Jonathan Sanders Freddie Blue Joseph Mann Salvado Ellswood Albert Joseph Davis Darrius Steward Billy Ray Davis Michael Sabbie Brian Keith Day Christian Taylor Troy Robinson Natahsa McKenna Tony Robinson Anthony Hill Mya Hall Phillip White Eric Harris Walter Scott William Chapman II Asshams Pharoah Manley Felix Kumi Keith Harrison McLeod Junior Prosper LaMontez Jones Patterson Brown Dominic Hutchinson Anthony Ashford Alonzo Smith Tyree Crawford India Kager La’Vante Biggs Michael Lee Marshall Jamar Clark Wendell Celestine David Joseph Calin Roquemore Dyzhawn Perkins Christopher Davis Marco Loud Peter Gaines Torrey Robinson Darius Robinson Kevin Hicks Mary Truxillo Demarcus Semer Willie Tillman Terrill Thomas Sylville Smith Michael Brown Eric Garner Sandra Bland Fredie Gray Terrence Crutcher Paul O’Neal Alteria Woods Jordan Edwards Dominique Clayton Christopher Whitfield Christopher McCorvey Eric Reason Michael Lorenzo Dean Breonna Taylor Atatiana Jefferson Ahmaud Arbery Doug Lewis George Floyd Manuel Ellis Maurice Gordon

Black Lives Matter.

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White scores 16, Johnson 14 as USC beats CSU Fullerton 64-50

White scores 16, Johnson 14 as USC beats CSU Fullerton 64-50

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of9Cal State Fullerton guard Tory San Antonio, left, and Southern California forward Joshua Morgan reach for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Los Angeles.Mark J. Terrill/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9Southern California guard Boogie Ellis, left, shoots as Cal State Fullerton…

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Twila Fraser-Hewlett, 15, a student at Riverside Polytechnic High School, will attend Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer of 2021, studying intensive musical theater techniques. (Photo by Stacey Fraser)

Twila Fraser-Hewlett, 15, of Riverside will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, a multidisciplinary summer arts program for aspiring artists ages 8 to 18.

Twila, daughter of Stacey Fraser and Albie Hewlett, will study intensive musical theater techniques at Interlochen.

Twila has just finished 10th grade at Riverside Polytechnic High School where she is an honors student and regular participant in the theater program, directed by Chris MarkerMorse, and the song team, advised by Lindy Schive, according to a news release.

She will play the role of Winifred in the upcoming Riverside Poly production of “Once Upon a Mattress.”

Additional credits include the role of the child in the film “Still Life After Death,” recently released on Amazon Prime Video, and multiple productions with Mojalet Dance Collective under the direction of Faith Jensen-Ismay of San Diego; Unity Dance Theatre of Redlands under the direction of Terrill Corletto; and Cal State San Bernardino Opera Theatre.

Her other dance and performance experience includes work with Professor Leslie Bryan at Cal State San Bernardino and Meghan Brown at Matthew Gage Middle School, and she studies piano with Nina Ho-Shakespeare.

Twila was a first-place winner in the Cal State San Bernardino theater department monologue competition this spring.

Students from around the world attend Interlochen Arts Camp, at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Mich. Guided by internationally renowned artists, campers study theater, dance, creative writing, visual arts and film. The program includes daily classes and frequent performances.

Guest artists in recent years have included Joshua Bell, Diana Ross, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Lady Antebellum and Harry Connick Jr., according to the news release.

Interlochen Arts Camp alumni include Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Rufus Wainwright, Jessye Norman, Loren Maazel, actor Anthony Rapp and cartoonist Cathy Guisewite. About 10 percent of the nation’s professional orchestra musicians have roots at Interlochen and the alumni community has been awarded nearly 100 Grammy Awards.

For information, go to interlochen.org.

-on June 18, 2021 at 09:49AM by Staff report

[elirium]

for @little-big-batbag

bonus:

sorry, i just cannot stop myself from drawing cute things

[zahri-melitor]

Time for some Joshua Terrill propaganda. I think DC should bring him back. For chaos.

Look at this innocent baby.

He is tiny and sweet and harmless. He goes by the code name Spitfire and he used to fight supervillains with his dad back in the early 1950s.

He was born in the mid-late 1940s. He was cryogenically frozen by his own father for 40 years.

He’s just a lil hungry kid.

Who has fine enough control over his light ray powers to pop popcorn with it.

Oh and also blow you to kingdom come if you scare him. He doesn’t like monsters.

[truthseekah]

Embracing Supernatural & Psychic Abilities | Leslie Luminare

In this episode Leslie Luminare speaks with TruthSeekah about supernatural and psychic abilities and how they affect our lives. Leslie talks about how the supernatural has been very natural throughout her life even back into childhood. She has always had a fascination with psychic abilities and the spirit world. These experiences were normal in her childhood, so much so that she thought that everyone possessed these abilities and knew about their functions. Leslie talks about being able to communicate with animals and being able to read and sense their emotions and feelings. A deeper look into empathy shows us that we are connected with every living being on this planet from humans, to the animals as well as the plant kingdoms and beyond. Everything and everyone is an extension of ourselves therefore if any sentient being feels pain people who are very sensitive on this level feel pain within their own bodies as well. This has led people in too deep states of depression and many have no idea what they are experiencing. This is why this conversation must be had, because the pharmaceutical companies are drugging our prophets and Seers. When people talk about this unexplainable depression the doctors are quick to give you a pill to cheer you up. For those who are restless in the wee hours of the night when the veil is thin between the spirit realm and ours, there's a pill for that as well. It is our duty to educate, inform and equip those who are experiencing what is deemed as awakening symptoms. Many people much like Leslie Luminaire have been experiencing the symptoms from birth. To many this is very natural, but yet it can lead others down a path of drug and substance abuse. Now I beckon you the reader to walk in your full potential. Do something about this. Many of you reading this even now feel deep down within a connection and compassion with people who are experiencing these symptoms for you have experienced them yourself. This is what empathy is all about.

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1 player at each position with the most to gain at the NFL Combine

From Kyler Murray to Devin Singletary to Dexter Lawrence, here’s who can help themselves most this week in Indianapolis.

Every player can boost his stock at the NFL Scouting Combine, but some can swing their fortunes more than others. Whether it’s measuring in at a height NFL teams deem acceptable or performing well in the athletic tests, draft prospects have a chance to separate themselves from the pack.

Players in the past like Aaron Donald (who ran a damn 4.68 40-yard dash at 285 pounds), Byron Jones, and Ezekiel Ansah were able to cement themselves as first-round picks with incredible showings at the combine. So who is going to rise during the combine this year?

We’ve highlighted one player from each position group who has a chance to help himself, along with a couple additional candidates to keep an eye on, during the week in Indianapolis. Except for kickers. Sorry, kickers.

Quarterback: Kyler Murray, Oklahoma

Murray might have the most to gain of any quarterback at the combine. Murray had a completely dominant season en route to winning the Heisman Trophy. In 2018, he threw for 4,361 yards, 42 touchdowns, and had an additional 1,001 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground.

He’s a dynamic player with the skillset to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. His arm talent is extraordinary — this touchdown pass against Alabama in the Orange Bowl shows the peak of his arm strength and accuracy.

Murray will also get a chance to talk to media and teams about his decision to choose football over baseball — and put on a display if he decides to throw during the drills.

The biggest point of concern with Murray is his height. Murray was listed at 5’10 by Oklahoma, but he might measure in a few inches shorter than that in Indianapolis.

Murray’s height didn’t affect his production in college or his ability to throw over his offensive line without getting his passes batted down by defensive linemen. Still, it would be great for him to measure in at 5’10, or close to it, just to remove doubt that he’s tall enough to play in the NFL.

Other QBs who can help their stock: Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State Brett Rypien, Boise State

Running back: Devin Singletary, Florida Atlantic

Every year it seems like there’s a running back drafted in the middle rounds who becomes an instant-impact performer during his rookie season. FAU’s Singletary has a chance to be that player this year.

Singletary is a short running back, but he isn’t a small running back by any means. This run versus North Texas perfectly encapsulates what Singletary brings to the table. He evades a defensive lineman in the backfield, runs through two defenders, and then gracefully balances along the sideline before getting tackled for a 22-yard gain.

Singletary has a lot to gain during the combine if he can run a fast 40-yard dash time. The strength, balance, and vision he has are littered through his tape.

A middling 40 time wouldn’t be the end of the world for him, but if he can show that he has an extra gear in the open field, then he could wind up going as high as the second round.

Other RBs who can help their stock: Joshua Jacobs, Alabama Benny Snell, Kentucky

Wide receiver: N’Keal Harry, Arizona State

Harry has been a driving force for Arizona State’s offense over the past two seasons. In that span, Harry totaled 2,230 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns for the Sun Devils.

Harry is a talented receiver who dominates contested catches, but his game is a bit too reliant on out-muscling defensive backs for the ball instead of generating separation. That’s a fine strategy for college football, but it’s a bit harder to consistently win that way against NFL defensive backs.

Watch Harry (noted with the white circle) struggle to create separation against man coverage.

Even on his big plays down the field, Harry finds himself in situations where defenders are draped over his back, forcing more difficult throws for the quarterback.

If Harry can prove to teams he’s a great athlete at receiver, then he’ll be able to separate himself from a crowded group of receivers that are competing for draft position the first round.

Other WRs who can help their stock: JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Stanford Riley Ridley, Georgia

Tight end: Isaac Nauta, Georgia

Nauta is a former five-star prospect who didn’t really get to shine in a Georgia offense that was centered around the running game. The tight end posted career highs during the 2018 season with 430 yards and three touchdowns.

Nauta is a natural receiver who’s strong at the catch point and has just enough athleticism to occasionally make a big play after the catch. Here, he is matched up against one of LSU’s cornerbacks and he creates enough separation for the quarterback to throw him a catchable pass for a first down.

He can create some buzz for himself if he runs well during the combine. He probably won’t run a 40-yard dash in the 4.5 range, but between a 4.6 and a 4.7 would be a good time for him to convince teams that he can be a receiving threat on the NFL level.

Other TEs who can help their stock: Noah Fant, Iowa T.J. Hockenson, Iowa

Offensive line: Chris Lindstrom, Boston College

One of the few potential first-round guards this year is Lindstrom from Boston College. He has been starting for three seasons at right guard. The combine will give him a chance to show off his athletic ability and quell some concerns about his explosiveness and ability to drive defensive linemen off the ball.

Here’s a quick example from Boston College’s game against Clemson. Lindstrom (#75, to the right of #77) is trying to drive Dexter Lawrence off the ball, but doesn’t get any real push there.

Two drills that help measure explosiveness are the 10-yard split and the broad jump. If he performs well in those two drills, then teams might want to go back to the tape and see if it was more of a technique issue with Lindstrom than an athletic issue, where he physically might not be able to hold up against stronger defensive linemen.

Other OL who can help their stock: Greg Little, Ole Miss Andre Dillard, Washington State

Defensive line: Dexter Lawrence, Clemson

Lawrence was the rock of Clemson’s offense-wrecking defensive line. He wasn’t exactly the most disruptive player that the Tigers had on their defensive line — Lawrence had seven tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in 13 games last season — but he’s a wall at the line of scrimmage.

The biggest question in terms of athleticism with Lawrence, like most players who weigh close to 350 pounds, is his initial burst off the line of scrimmage. Even on the plays where he does make the tackle in the backfield, he’s not really exploding at the snap of the ball. Lawrence wins more with his technical ability right now.

The combine is a big event for nose tackles like Lawrence. Nose tackles don’t typically hold a ton of value because they generally aren’t great pass rushers, but if Lawrence can blow up the combine like Dontari Poe did in 2012 or Vita Vea last year, then Lawrence can make himself a little bit of change.

Lawrence also has a chance to clear the air on a failed test for PEDs that kept him out of Clemson’s Playoff run.

Other DL who can help their stock: Montez Sweat, Mississippi State Jerry Tillery, Notre Dame

Linebacker: Devin Bush, Michigan

Bush is a Tasmanian devil on the football field. He was everywhere for the Michigan defense, totaling 161 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 10 sacks over the past two seasons.

Bush often catches running backs on the edges of the field even when he starts his pursuit in the middle of the field. Watch him track down the running back for a short gain near the sideline after sprinting from a standstill position.

That’s real speed.

Bush has two answers to question at the combine: How big is he and exactly how fast is he? Michigan listed Bush at 5’11. Height isn’t the biggest deal when playing linebacker, but it could cause some problems for him when trying to cover some of the bigger tight ends in the league.

Of course, teams could overlook Bush’s size completely if he comes out and runs a blazing 40-yard dash. DraftScout.com projects Bush to run a 4.67 40-yard dash, which would have ranked 15th among all linebackers in last year’s combine. If Bush can run in the 4.5s, he might solidify himself as a first round pick for the draft in April.

Other LBs who can help their stock: Mack Wilson, Alabama Terrill Hanks, New Mexico State

Defensive back: Nasir Adderley, Delaware

Adderley played his college ball at the University of Delaware, an FCS program. Adderley did a bit of everything for the Blue Hens while he played safety there. He can play in the box near the line of scrimmage, play in the slot against receivers and tight ends, and lay huge hits on receivers as they try to catch passes down the field.

As it stands right now, Adderley is a fringe first-round prospect, but he can catapult himself into the top 32 with a strong combine. It’s one thing to show on tape that you can dominate FCS football — it’s another to show that athletically you truly belong in the NFL.

Adderley will get that chance this week.

Other DBs who can help their stock: Deandre Baker, Georgia Amani Oruwariye, Penn State

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