#k michael russell

[curtvilescomic]

Deathstalker, pencils Jim Terry inks Tim Seeley colors K Michael Russell

Kickstarter : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vault-comics/slash-presents-deathstalker

[80smovies]

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Hack/Slash: Kill Your Idols by Tim Seeley, Stefano Caselli, Daniel Leister and K. Michael Russell. Cover by Seeley. Out in March.

"Slasher hunters Cassie Hack and Vlad are back with a one-shot collecting the all-new 'Kill Your Idols' serial from the Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology series! When Cassie and Vlad encounter an unusual slasher, they're led to the front door of cyborg former super soldier Superpatriot! Now, the horror hunters are drawn into a race against time alongside a lost super-team in a tour of the gritty underbelly of the Image Universe! Featuring art from the original Hack/Slash creative team, Stefano Caselli & Tim Seeley, just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hack/Slash in 2024!"

[emotionally-charged-arson]

Political Machinations, Source (Ayreon) Edition

Have some headcanons.

Whatever country on Alpha the story takes place in is a presidential democracy. You never really get into specifics, but there’s two “abnormal” points to consider: legislation moves considerably faster than, say, the US system, and immigrants are allowed to run for president so long as they are naturalized citizens having lived in the country for ten years.

About two years pre-‘Frame takeover, the dominant political party was a group of standard pro-industrialization idiots, whose actions had just come back to bite them in the ass what with the pollution and withdrawal of aid from international powers over petty fights and such. The president (not Russell) eventually resigned halfway through his term in total defeat, kickstarting a new election. This is done two years after another abrupt resignation by Simone Simons (Counselor), his personal therapist, who saw how volatile things had become in the political sphere and didn’t want to be involved anymore.

The next most powerful party in government for the last five years had been a group called the Conservationists, environmentalists led by The Opposition Leader, who we’ll just call Tommy, an argumentative political minister with a history of ecoterrorism early in his career. This is where most of the album characters naturally place their loyalties, on account of them being mostly scientists who like the focus on rejection of unnecessary technology and healing of the planet and such. Said characters form a sort of “inner circle,” existing outside of politics but still using influence to push the party’s agenda, sometimes using underhanded tactics:

The Biologist (Floor) is the technical founder of the party, organizing support and pushing Tommy into politics a little over ten years pre-TDTTWD. She continues influencing policy, public image and recruitment.

The Captain (Tobias) is an engineer with billions in inheritance money and influence over the space program he’s happy to drain into the cause, so long as they entertain his ideas of leaving Alpha entirely. They have an odd, careful agreement that they’ll let him go nuts with his exodus spaceship antics, but only if things are REALLY hopeless. He has personal motivation as well, having known Tommy for over almost twenty years.

He’s also unintentionally helpful to public opinion of the party, as he’s native to the country, while the other “bosses” (Tommy and Floor), are both immigrated.

The Historian (James) conducts funded research in environmental history at the capital city university lots of characters are affiliated with. He’s publicly affiliated with the party, leaving him on thin ice with said uni (on account of them desperately accepting funding from shady sources that support “over-evolution” and rejection of natural preservation as a necessity. This leads to to massive bias in research and teaching within the institution, sometimes going as far as outright censorship). But he’s crafted a very odd strategy to support the Conservationists and still keep his position, that is publishing work with wildly opposing viewpoints so the school can’t accuse him of leaning one way or the other. So like, he’ll write a scathing commentary on increasing lack of breathable air in lower city levels and its causes, and before he can be targeted for it he’ll whip out a journal article about how it’s actually totally fine if all the fish are dying because it’s good for the economy. He feigns neutrality through pure confusion while the actual party uses select research of his to promote their cause.

The Astronomer (Hansi) is in a similar predicament. He’s a high level professor with ties to Floor, who abandoned a teaching career herself to join in on Tommy’s politics and tried to take Hansi with her. He refused initially, too attached to his job security to take a risk like that. He did eventually join in, but only after the party came to more substantial power (and when the state of the planet got substantially worse). His situation is a peculiar one, though. He’s still intent on keeping his job, but uses it for the party’s benefit. In short he preaches their ideology in his completely unrelated astronomy classes, in hopes of educating and swaying younger people (often coming from very wealthy backgrounds) to their efforts. Amazingly, he’s been able to do this for years without being suspected on a large scale. Floor is the only one that even knows about his involvement.

The Prophet and The Preacher (Nils and Zaher) are exactly that. Religious figures that run a local, newly popular religion related to the Universal Migrator.

The Migrator’s existence is a relatively new discovery, made at this capital university, and the nature of it caused people to question already established religions on Alpha. It’s an actual answer to the deepest questions in the known universe, and it destabilized faith in other higher powers while spawning a religion of its own, with Zaher being one of its earliest public figures. A few years later, Nils gained his prescience spontaneously, and attributed it to The Migrator which he learned about through his research in theoretical astronomy. In reality Nils’ visions and the Migrator have almost no relation (it’s actually Time Telepathy but that’s a whole other can of worms), but it’s not like HE knows that. He leaves the university, declares his faith and starts working with Zaher to spread it.

The religion’s popularity skyrockets once Nils gets involved. His visions are, apparently, founded in reality. All at once, the Migrator’s existence and power is proven while also appearing to have more spiritual qualities than its hardcore scientific discovery likes to admit.

More importantly, those visions validate practically everything the Conservationists promote (the end of the world via technology, etc), and at Tommy’s request Nils and Zaher affiliate themselves with him. The party now appeals to a new and LARGE demographic, even if it alienates members of other religions. At this point the Migrator one has become the dominant faith in the country anyways.

Everything is great. We’re influencing politics in a real way. We’re making progress.

Except we’re not doing it fast enough.

So says Russell, some GUY who shows up out of nowhere trying to run for president when Tommy would otherwise have campaigned completely unopposed. His whole shtick, of course, is using the Frame to solve all the world's problems and he presents it in a very hopeful and upbeat tone. He’s recruited the singular competent person from the previous presidential administration, The Diplomat (Mike), who had lots of public favor given that he was the one keeping the shitshow in one piece for years on end. Mike vouches for him and this is very helpful but it’s supplementary to Russell's specific talents.

Against the Conservationists-their endless funding, big name supporters and heaps of evidence and political experience-Russell has something none of them do, even the previous president before him: the ability to pacify the public. Tommy and Floor, two people with insane and unchecked environmental anxiety, are very prone to using scare tactics in their politics. Promises of Alpha's destruction if they don’t heed their warnings combined with Tommy's aggressive rhetoric and tone of voice. The previous president loved deflection and false promises, standard government official behavior. But Russell is a calming, charismatic and genuinely positive person that seems almost docile next to the others, and in that he’s the 'comfortable' option. He makes people feel safe and is offering a fast, even possible solution to their suffering. People LOVE him.

This whips everyone into a panic. The Conservationists supposedly know that the Frame will turn on humanity and out of their fear, that gradually becomes the main focus of their campaign. So much power is turned against Russell that they seem even more aggressive to people than they did before, no matter what they stand for and they start losing credibility. Eventually, obviously, Russell obtains the presidency, a month before TDTTWBD.

As a show of good faith, the losers are invited to Russell's inauguration. Floor, the more reasonable of her group, is hopeful that if they play along for a while then they can corner Russell and talk him out of his Frame plan. All that goes down the drain when Russell lets a snarky comment slip during his speech and Tommy, hopeless and erratic, starts beating his lights out in public. Him and several higher ups on his side are arrested for attempted assassination, setting off a domino effect of trials and investigations (including Hansi and James) over the next few weeks as the party is legally dissolved.

From there, into the main plot, viewpoints of characters begin to unravel. Russell's whole Frame plan existed because he KNEW there was no other option, and soon enough Floor starts understanding that. All of a sudden as the literal apocalypse rages outside, Tobias’ plan has become the most reasonable, the Nils’ visions shift accordingly. Tommy is released from death row on Russell’s orders, and a hinge point of the two’s conflict is wondering if he did that out of actual compassion or because he knew Tommy would have done far more damage as a martyr. Everyone gets to grapple with how little the work they poured their lives into mattered now that Alpha is gone.

Et cetera, et cetera. Sorry I didn’t talk about Chemist, maybe he’ll have his own post. Man is his own mess that doesn’t even become plot relevant until Star of Sirrah.

[dustedmagazine]

Nathaniel Russell — Songs of (Psychic Hotline)

Nathaniel Russell sings with a warbly sincerity, his melodies wandering sleepily through hedges of scraped guitar and soft, murmured background vocals. A sax blows through from time to time, a bass plunks subliminally, bells, woodblocks and tuned drums tap out tonal cadences. A refrain catches Russell’s imagination and he repeats it, quietly, insistently, until the words transform from their literal meaning into sonic blocks of color.

Russell is a printmaker and musician based in Indianapolis whose home-spun transcendentalism links him to out-there folk artists like Michael Hurley and K Records minimalists including Karl Blau and Beat Happening. This is his second album as a solo artist, and while not exactly polished, it has the air of being exactly what it was intended to be.

Consider, for instance, the beautiful, completely unassuming “Let’s Stop, Listen,” made of the simplest, roughest ingredients: a scrape of guitar, a smattering of bells and the talismanic repetition “Stop, let’s listen to them sing.” Russell croons this by himself for a bit, then picks up extra sustenance from female voice (not credited by likely producer Amelia Meath). Now a saxophone (that’s Matt Douglas) stirs up the air, breathy and sinuous. A glockenspiel or something similar plinks and plunks in the background. The song is simple in the way a shaker chair is simple: 100% of what it needs is there, along with 0% of what it doesn’t.

Or take the equally charming “Wonderful to Be in Love,” which describes, in detail, the act of lying in tall grass watching the sun hit it. The mood is indolent and utterly content, and you might find yourself suppressing a yawn as Russell sings about sunshine and vegetation and romantic bliss. But it also links to something nearly mystical, this song, some life force that runs through nature and the world and even us, if we only slow down enough to feel it.  

These songs feel like parables, earthy enough on a literal level, but vibrating with hidden spiritual matter. “Wish I Was Born an Animal” toys with reincarnation and pantheism and love in the multi-verse, in short, vivid spates of verse. “Wish I was born an animal, you were born a bird,” he poses, “Fly higher than the trees, swimming with the fishes, fly higher than my long lost friends ever did go.” And finally, near the end, “I found a picture in the pocket of a coat I hadn’t worn in a year, it felt good just to listen, just to look, just to be alive, just to be on the breathing, reeling of the world.”  

Songs of is a very slow burner, an album that sounds like nothing the first time you put it on, but gradually takes on weight and meaning and resonance as you repeat.  Give it a little time, and it will bloom.

Jennifer Kelly

[mistray-art]

» Chronicle Two » The Aligning of the Ten » Star of Sirrah.

[16 december 2022]

(basically all the designs in these are SUPER provisional, like just for the sake of these pages.)

[mjordan-nba-nhl]

LIST OF NBA PLAYERS WITH MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Bill Russell - 11x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69)

Sam Jones - 10x (1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69)

John Havlicek - 8x (1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1975-76)

Tom Heinsohn - 8x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65)

K. C. Jones - 8x (1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66)

Tom Sanders - 8x (1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69)

Robert Horry - 7x (1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2006-07)

Jim Loscutoff - 7x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64)

Frank Ramsey - 7x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 6x (1970-71, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88)

Bob Cousy - 6x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63)

Michael Jordan - 6x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98)

Scottie Pippen - 6x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98)

Magic Johnson - 5x (1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88)

Kobe Bryant - 5x (1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10)

Tim Duncan - 5x (1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2013-14)

Michael Cooper - 5x (1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88)

Dennis Rodman - 5x (1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98)

Steve Kerr - 5x (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03)

Ron Harper - 5x (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01)

Derek Fisher - 5x (1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10)

Don Nelson - 5x (1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1975-76)

Larry Siegfried - 5x (1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69)

George Mikan - 5x (1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54)

Jim Pollard - 5x (1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54)

Slater Martin - 5x (1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1957-58)

Stephen Curry - 4x (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22)

Shaquille O'Neal - 4x (1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06)

Manu Ginobili - 4x (2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2013-14)

LeBron James - 4x (2011-12, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2019-20)

Robert Parish - 4x (1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1996-97)

Bill Sharman - 4x (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61)

Tony Parker - 4x (2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2013-14)

Horace Grant - 4x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 2000-01)

Draymond Green - 4x (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22)

Gene Guarilia - 4x (1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63)

Andre Iguodala - 4x (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22)

Vern Mikkelsen - 4x (1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54)

Will Perdue - 4x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1998-99)

Kurt Rambis - 4x (1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88)

John Salley - 4x (1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1999-00)

Pep Saul - 4x (1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54)

Klay Thompson - 4x (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22)

Jamaal Wilkes - 4x (1974-75, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85)

B. J. Armstrong - 3x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93)

Bill Cartwright - 3x (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93)

Larry Bird - 3x (1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86)

Dennis Johnson - 3x (1978-79, 1983-84, 1985-86)

A. C. Green - 3x (1986-87, 1987-88, 1999-00)

Kevin McHale - 3x (1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86)

[colltales]

O 23

O 23: Quando 2+3 Não É 5, Alguns Vêem um Enigma

Quando 2 + 3 Não É 5, Alguns Vêem Um Enigma Números e a Internet. Criados para avaliar e rastrear o mundo, são agora infinitos e vão seguir existindo muito depois de desaparecermos. Como a matéria pode se reduzir à sua representação numérica, toda expressão humana um dia vai residir apenas no reino digital. Por exemplo, o número 23, que o destino me deu com meu primeiro sopro de ar. Como outros,…

[lucyrose191]

•·.·''·.·• F1 MASTER LIST •·.·''·.·•

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S E B A S T I A N V E T T E L

•·.·''·.·• A shared History , Part 2 , Part 3•·.·''·.·•

(fluff)

Moments that Sebastian Vettel and Y/N have shared throughout their careers together both on and off track. Sebastian Vettel x fem!driver!reader

•·.·''·.·• Looking at her •·.·''·.·•

(fluff, suggestive at the end)

Reader has grown to love the feeling of Sebastian’s eyes on her but not everyone understands. Sebastian Vettel x shy!girlfriend!reader

•·.·''·.·• Come back to me •·.·''·.·•

(angst, fluff)

Sebastian’s world is turned upside down when he finds out the reason behind the red flag, the aftermath is just as torturous as the moment he got the news.Sebastian Vettel x wife!driver!reader

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K I M I R Ä I K K Ö N E N

•·.·''·.·• The Icebreaker •·.·''·.·•

(fluff)

It never fails to amaze the formula one community just how much of a difference there is in Kimi’s attitude whenever his wife is around. Kimi Räikkönen x Fem!Wife!Reader

•·.·''·.·• Silent Admiration , Part 2 •·.·''·.·•

(Implied age gap, fluff)

Kimi’s got some deep feelings for the reader but plans to do what he does best, keep silent. Until, Sebastian manages to persuade him that maybe melting his icy exterior might work in his favour. Kimi Räikkönen x Fem!Driver!Reader.

•·.·''·.·• Protective Shield •·.·''·.·•

(fluff, mistreatment of women)

You always have a smile on your face, even through the struggles of being the only female driver but when it feels like the entire media is against you it’s hard to keep that smile on your face but Kimi won’t allow it to disappear, he’s always there protecting you. Protective!Kimi x Sunshine!driver!reader

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J E N S O N B U T T O N

Pending….

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M A R K W E B B E R

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M A X V E R S T A P P E N

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C H A R L E S L E C L E R C

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C A R L O S S A I N Z

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O S C A R P I A S T R I

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L A N D O N O R R I S

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F E R N A N D O A L O N S O

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G E O R G E R U S S E L L

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T O T O W O L F F

•·.·''·.·• No longer his •·.·''·.·•

(angst, heartbreak)

Toto now has to face the consequences of his actions that tore your family apart. Toto Wolff x Ex!wife!reader

•·.·''·.·• Tame the Wolff •·.·''·.·•

(angry Toto)

A few scenarios in which Toto is angry and frustrated and you’re there to calm him down and save his poor team from his wrath. Angry!Toto Wolff x Calm!Wife!reader

•·.·''·.·• Broken Decisions , Part 2 , Part 3•·.·''·.·•

(angst, light smut, heartbreak, pregnancy trope)

The news of Toto Wolff divorcing from Susie has just hit the media and you, Michael Schumacher’s eldest daughter and George Russel’s race engineer, are beyond shocked, even more so as your relationship with your boss begins to evolve. Divorced!Toto Wolff x fem!engineer!Schumacher!reader

•·.·''·.·• Take it easy •·.·''·.·•

(fluff)

Your stubbornness to admit you may be feeling unwell might just be your downfall one day but your husband will always be there to catch you, as will your son. Toto Wolff x Wife!reader

•·.·''·.·• Clingy Boys •·.·''·.·•

(fluff)

It’s both yours and Toto’s day off but both your boys are sick and wanting your attention. Clingy!Sick!Toto Wolff x Wife!reader

•·.·''·.·• Caught In the Act •·.·''·.·•

(fluff, teasing)

The stresses of work have your mind running a million miles an hour but your husband knows how to slow it down.

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[jack-doohan]

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retired / former / other: hinchcliffe | bourdais | blomqvist | andretti green dream team: b. herta | wheldon | franchitti | kanaan || indycar on nbc cast, especially diffey | mi. andretti | g. moore

FORMULA 1: doohan | magnussen | albon | mick schumacher | russell | hamilton | bottas | piastri | colapinto | bearman | lawson | tsunoda | zhou | leclerc | ocon | norris | verstappen | stroll

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CLASSIC F1: häkkinen | g. villeneuve | de angelis | pironi | hunt | lauda | prost | peterson | ma. andretti | mansell | clark | g. hill | ickx | scheckter | arnoux | michael schumacher | k. rosberg | j. villeneuve | d. hill

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retired / former / other: j. johnson | d. earnhardt jr | harvick | gordon

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↓ mostly accurate indycar/f1 drivers tierlist ↓

(indycar tierlist originally made by @tyresdeg !!)

↓ my blog mottos (aka the silly memes) ↓

[watchinghallmark]

Summer Nights 2024 Lineup

The movies seem... interesting.

JUNEBUG

Saturday, August 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Autumn Reeser (The Wedding Veil), Aaron O’Connell (The Haves and the Have Nots)

When an eight-year-old version of herself starts appearing to her, Juniper (Reeser) begins to realize that her life is not what she had hoped it would be as a child. Young Junebug pushes Juniper to achieve her dreams, to start writing again, and to collaborate with the cute artist Alex (O’Connell) that she recently met to get her life back on track. 

🐞 I feel like this could be really cute. Autumn seems very excited about the project so hopefully that's a good sign.

MY DREAMS OF YOU

Saturday, August 10 (8 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Skyler Samuels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries), Kapil Talwalkar (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)

Grace (Samuels) has recurring dreams about a handsome stranger named Michael (Talwalkar) due to a mix-up in Dream Central.  When they finally meet in person, Grace is shocked to learn he has no idea who she is.

😴 I'm really excited about this casting! Kapil was great in ZEP and it's great to finally see some diversity (Hallmark you're sucking so bad lately with that).It sounds like it could be fun and also a little nutty which I like.

A COSTA RICAN WEDDING

Saturday, August 17 (8 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Rhiannon Fish (My Norwegian Holiday), Christopher Russell (Operation Nutcracker)

A clumsy maid of honor (Fish) gets help from her handsome nemesis (Russell) when things go awry at her best friend’s Costa Rican wedding.

🤵👰 The fact that they even describe her as clumsy... oof. Rhiannon can be hit or miss, especially when they have her play an idiot so often. Her paired with Chris is certainly not helping matters either.

THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS

Saturday, August 24 (8 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars)

When Lolly’s (Fonseca) Aunt gives her three magical lemon drops, she gets to experience what her life would have been like if she had made different choices and lived those unfulfilled dreams.

🍋... what? I feel like this is code for some hallucinogenic drugs but ok. Love both actors though so I'm interested.

HEAD OVER HEELS

Saturday, August 31 (8 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Rebecca Dalton (Good Witch), Olivier Renaud (Romance with a Twist)

A suburban girl at heart, Addison (Dalton), is off to prove herself in the world of high-end fashion footwear when she lands a life-changing internship at an Upper East Side studio leading up to the star-studded New York Fashion Week.  Addison is determined to hold onto her integrity and her family values while struggling to balance it all and forge a path to success and romance, although she may fall head over heels while trying to make her dreams come true.

👠Yawn.

JAZZ RAMSEY: A K-9 MYSTERY

Friday, August 2 (9 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Rachel Skarsten (The Royal Nanny), Corey Sevier (Take Me Back for Christmas)

When Jazz Ramsey (Skarsten) and her crime detection dog Zeus stumble upon an old crime scene, the K-9 trainer, her star pup, and ex-boyfriend and lead detective Nick (Sevier) are thrown into the investigation.

🐶 Excited about this!

NELLY KNOWS MYSTERIES (wt)

Friday, August 23 (9 p.m. ET/PT) 

Starring: Pascale Hutton (When Calls the Heart), Kavan Smith (When Calls the Heart)

When an unusual handwritten letter arrives at Nelly’s (Hutton) office, she identifies the handwriting as belonging to her childhood friend Dahlia (Sarah Grey, The Secret Lives of College Freshman), claiming her boyfriend Blake (Julian Haig, Dial S for Santa) is being unfaithful.  Determined to help, Nelly wants some answers and rushes to Blake’s home only to find his dead body.  When Dahlia becomes the prime suspect, the new, handsome Detective in town, Michael Hogan (Smith) must work with Nelly to prove that her childhood friend is not the killer everyone believes her to be.

📫A Pascale and Kavan mystery??? It's all I've ever wanted!

What do you think about these movies? What are you most excited for?

[nerdygaymormon]

LDS LGBTQ Anniversaries for 2023

For 8 years I’ve been in charge of creating my stake’s calendar. In addition to stake meetings & activities, I include holidays and significant LDS anniversaries like when it was the 175th anniversary of the founding of Sunday School or 40 years ago priesthood and temple blessings were restored to members of African descent. 

This year there's only 1 significant anniversary I put on the calendar: Sept 21st will be 200 years since the angel Moroni first appeared to Joseph Smith.

For readers of this blog, here’s a few anniversaries this year that may be of interest:

75 years ago

April 1948 - Gay BYU students Kent Goodridge and Richard Snow met with church president George Albert Smith. They were in love and wanted to get a clarification of their ‘status.’ President Smith treated them with great kindness and told them to "live their lives as best they could" in their companionship. They had gambled making this appointment and worried they could be excommunicated on the spot, instead they left feeling loved and valued. 

Unfortunately, this live-and-let-live attitude didn’t last long as President Smith's successor, David O. McKay, felt homosexuals "should be excommunicated without any doubt, that the homosexual has no right to membership in the Church."

30 years ago

May 18, 1993 - Apostle Boyd K. Packer gave an address to the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and the Presiding Bishopric, in which he stated there are three great threats to the LDS Church: the gay/lesbian challenge, the feminist movement, and scholars 

September - The September Six are excommunicated for publishing scholarly work against or criticizing church doctrine or leadership. This was widely reported in national press and resulted in a chilling effect on academics challenging approved church narratives

25 years ago

October - Mormon-raised Russell Henderson and his friend Aaron McKinney tortured Matthew Shepard and left him for dead in Wyoming. The shocking crime made international news. The outrage over this crime eventually lead to the Matthew Shepard Act in 2009 which expanded the federal law’s definition of “hate crime” to include sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2018, Matthew's ashes were moved to the Washington National Cathedral

15 years ago

Chieko Okazaki, the first person of color to serve in an LDS Church general organization presidency, was first counselor in the General Relief Society President when she published a book in which she wrote “A family with a gay child is not a failed family. It's a family with a member who needs special love and understanding and who has love and understanding to give back.”

California’s Prop 8 - Church leadership heavily encouraged members donate time and money to pass Prop 8 which would ban same-sex marriage in California. About 1/2 of the money raised for its passage came from Mormons. The proposition passed and immediately there were protests at temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, and the church received a lot of negative exposure. Since then the church has preferred behind-the-scenes roles in its efforts to combat queer rights

10 years ago

Dec 20, 2013 - Same-sex marriages became legally recognized in Utah. Seth Anderson & Michael Ferguson, both former Mormons, are the first gay couple to get married in Utah 

5 years ago 

January 2018 - The documentary "Believer" featuring Imagine Dragon's lead singer Dan Reynolds premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Reynolds discussed the intersection of LGBTQ people in the Mormon community. Later in the year he appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and spoke of LGBTQ Mormons and suicides

January 2018 - Josh Weed, the most famous LDS gay man in a mixed-orientation marriage, announces that he & his wife will get a divorce. They apologize to everyone who ever had their story held up as an example that gay people can get married and stay in the Church.

February 2018 - Church-run Family Services states it no longer provides reparative therapy or sexual orientation change efforts

February 2018 - Richard Ostler starts a podcast called “Listen, Learn, and Love,” which has LGBTQ members/former members share their stories

March 2018 -  BYU sponsors its first LGBT campus event, a panel of four students--Kaitlynn Wright, Ben Schilaty, Sarah Langford and Gabriel Cano–answer student-submitted questions

As president of the LGBTQAI+ and Allies Club, Jill Stevenson worked with administration at Southern Virginia University, a predominantly-LDS liberal arts college, to get the university to officially recognize the club, and to allow same-gender dancing on campus

June 2018 - The Church’s Family Search website starts allowing same-sex marriages to be recorded

July 2018 - The Provo Freedom Festival allows LGBTQ groups to participate in the parade due to a contract it had signed with the city of Provo which included a non-discrimination clause.

Dec 2018 - Stacey Harkey, a cast member on BYUTV’s popular show Studio C, comes out as gay

[ay-miphae]

let go, the source will flow

the details took me so long :')

more info and ramble under the cut :D

this takes place at the end of The Source so they've already started to undergo their transition into Forevers, hence the fish-like features

in the center is the Chemist (Tommy Rogers), Historian (James LaBrie) on the left, and Counselor (Simone Simons) on the right, featured most prominently because they have lines in The Source Will Flow

but I also wanted to explore how do the other Forevers adapt to Planet Y? what are they thinking? so we have Astronomer (Hansi Kürsch) (top left), Diplomat (Michael Eriksen) (top right), and Captain (Tobias Sammet) (bottom right), who are excited about their new forever abilities, like in Journey to Forever

in the bottom left is the Opposition Leader (Tommy Karevik) going off on the President (Russell Allen) because of course

under the text "the source will flow" is the Biologist (Floor Jansen), and to the right of the Chemist's hair is the Prophet (Nils K Rue) who are just. doing their Forever stuff idk. was going to draw TH-1 as the 'Frame/Electric Castle but i ran out of room lmao.

since this is going in a public zine where people probably won't be familiar with Ayreon, I intentionally "neutralized" the characters so they'd look a little more universally relatable, if that makes sense?

I gave up on the rendering and made them translucent instead and they actually look so much better that way lmao

the large background structure in the center is the Starblade, set up as a metropolis on Y, I basically copied the details off the artbook ahaha. to the right is the dream sequencer (also used the blueprints in the artbook bless, also I think it's So cool how Yann Souetre basically took Jef Bertels' art and. reverse engineered it?? such a cool testament to the way artists influence each other). so I also tried to do the same with the structure on the left - it's supposed to be the Alphan iteration of the structure on the 01 cover. except now I'm wondering - is that how the Starblade was designed???

wait no. this is a serious question

anyway! sorry for the text wall (but also not sorry because this has been occupying my mind so longg lol)

oh and this is purely for the silly goofy. but guess who had a timelapse that was deleted halfway through because of how much space it took up (I draw details on the Starblade for multiple hours)

[denimbex1986]

'...Doctor Who became, to put it plainly, queer as f**k

Listen, we know Doctor Who has always been queer: from Pearl Mackie’s openly gay companion Bill Potts, to everyone’s favourite crime-fighting lesbian duo Madam Vastra and Jenny.

But with queer TV writing legend Russell T Davies back behind the wheel for the recent 60th anniversary specials, and the upcoming 14th season, Doctor Who became an all-out Pride festival.

Most notably, the long-running BBC sci-fi show saw queer Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa takeover as the first out queer Black Doctor, while, in a brief return to the role, David Tennant quietly confirmed that even his iteration of the Time Lord was bisexual.

Heartstopper breakout star Yasmin Finney shone in the first anniversary episode, playing Rose Noble, the trans daughter of former companion Donna Noble. If that wasn’t enough, the entire episode’s pivotal plot was the very fact that Rose being trans saved the universe.

And with queer acting legends such as Miriam Margolyes, as The Meep, and Neil Patrick Harris, as The Toymaker, popping up, Doctor Who has become certified gay viewing.

Queer-coded friends became queer-centric lovers

Two of the year’s biggest series returned, Good Omens and Our Flag Means Death, and had their lead characters move from being heavily queer-coded to actual canon queer.

In Good Omens, David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s angel and demon duo Aziraphale and Crowley took the fandom to heaven then hell, as they enjoyed a brief kiss at the end of season two – even though it ended in heartbreak...'

[fedorahead]

Is there a masterlist of, like, actors and celebrities that have come forward for trans rights?

I know the internet has all sorts of collections of people who've done something messed up and those always depress me but reading about David Tennant being supportive in the face of the UK government and current legislation and stuff really hit me and I'd love to be able to see who else is out there standing up for us and what's right.

If not, here's a list I'm putting together, feel free to add to it or add context in the notes if you want! I'm including celebrities who have affirmed their support for trans family members even if they're not doing other activism. I'm also only listing celebrities I know of, and this list does not in any way endorse any problematic stuff any of them may have done outside of the topic.

Just making this list is cheering me up a lot tbh

David Tennant

Daniel Radcliffe

Emma Watson

Rupert Grint

Pedro Pascal

Jamie Lee Curtis

Ariana Grande

Lady Gaga

Don Cheadle

Taylor Swift

Gabrielle Union

Colin Mochrie

Andrew Garfield

K. A. Applegate

Cher

David Arquette

Jannifer Lopez

Angeline Jolie

Vanessa Carlton

Kevin Bacon

Nick Offerman

Sheryl Crow

Hayley Williams

Sade

Anna Paquin

Jon Oliver

Jon Stewart

Colbert

Keanu Reeves

Anthony Rapp

Charlize Theron

Zendaya

Kate Winslet

Shawn Mendes

LeBron James

Anthony Stewart Head

Gerard Way

Bea Arthur

Hozier

Wil Wheaton

Warren Beatty

Lynda Carter

Selena Gomez

Billy Ray Cyrus

Rihanna

Megan Thee Stallion

Cardi B

Shania Twain

Anna Kendrick

Kendrick Lamar

Dolly Parton

Drew Barrymore

Mark Ruffalo

Bruce Springsteen

Taron Egerton

Orville Peck

Charles Barkley

Yungblood

Sigourney Weaver

Bad Bunny

Emma Thompson

Liev Schreiber

Magic Johnson

Anne Hathaway

Chris Pratt

Ryan Reynolds

Chris Evans

Margot Robbie

Sandra Bullock

Christina Aguilera

Mariah Carey

Adele

Dua Lipa

Tony Hawk

Matt Berry

Harry Styles

John Leguizamo

Patrick Stewart

Jon Bernthal

David Lynch

Russel T Davies

Garth Brooks

Paris Hilton

Lucy Lawless

Bill Nye

Ally Sheedy

Miley Cyrus

Joan Jett

Mike Shinoda

Dick Van Dyke

Eric Idle

Ian Mackellan

Benedict Cumberbatch

Matthew Lillard

P!nk

Adam Conover

Megan Fox

Gwen Stefani

Terry Pratchett

Neil Gaiman

Mara Wilson

David Attenborough

Michael Sheen

Joaquin Phoenix

Halsey

John Lithgow

Jim Norton

Mr Beast

M Shadows

John Cusack

Hugh Jackman

Penn Jilette

Janet Jackson

Brie Larson

Bjork

Britney Spears

Jenna Ortega

Selena Gomez

oh man there are so many more i can't even keep listing but here's a list of 500 feminists who signed an open letter supporting trans women and girls

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

Hallmark Announces Its 2024 Summer Nights Lineup – All New Premieres in August

Premiering on Hallmark Channel:

JUNEBUG Saturday, August 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Autumn Reeser (The Wedding Veil), Aaron O’Connell (The Haves and the Have Nots)

When an eight-year-old version of herself starts appearing to her, Juniper (Reeser) begins to realize that her life is not what she had hoped it would be as a child. Young Junebug pushes Juniper to achieve her dreams, to start writing again, and to collaborate with the cute artist Alex (O’Connell) that she recently met to get her life back on track. 

MY DREAMS OF YOU Saturday, August 10 (8 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Skyler Samuels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries), Kapil Talwalkar (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)

Grace (Samuels) has recurring dreams about a handsome stranger named Michael (Talwalkar) due to a mix-up in Dream Central.  When they finally meet in person, Grace is shocked to learn he has no idea who she is.

A COSTA RICAN WEDDING Saturday, August 17 (8 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Rhiannon Fish (My Norwegian Holiday), Christopher Russell (Operation Nutcracker)

A clumsy maid of honor (Fish) gets help from her handsome nemesis (Russell) when things go awry at her best friend’s Costa Rican wedding.

THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS Saturday, August 24 (8 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars)

When Lolly’s (Fonseca) Aunt gives her three magical lemon drops, she gets to experience what her life would have been like if she had made different choices and lived those unfulfilled dreams.

HEAD OVER HEELS Saturday, August 31 (8 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Rebecca Dalton (Good Witch), Olivier Renaud (Romance with a Twist)

A suburban girl at heart, Addison (Dalton), is off to prove herself in the world of high-end fashion footwear when she lands a life-changing internship at an Upper East Side studio leading up to the star-studded New York Fashion Week.  Addison is determined to hold onto her integrity and her family values while struggling to balance it all and forge a path to success and romance, although she may fall head over heels while trying to make her dreams come true.

Premiering on Hallmark Mystery:

JAZZ RAMSEY: A K-9 MYSTERY Friday, August 2 (9 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Rachel Skarsten (The Royal Nanny), Corey Sevier (Take Me Back for Christmas)

When Jazz Ramsey (Skarsten) and her crime detection dog Zeus stumble upon an old crime scene, the K-9 trainer, her star pup, and ex-boyfriend and lead detective Nick (Sevier) are thrown into the investigation.

NELLY KNOWS MYSTERIES (wt) Friday, August 23 (9 p.m. ET/PT)  Starring: Pascale Hutton (When Calls the Heart), Kavan Smith (When Calls the Heart)

When an unusual handwritten letter arrives at Nelly’s (Hutton) office, she identifies the handwriting as belonging to her childhood friend Dahlia (Sarah Grey, The Secret Lives of College Freshman), claiming her boyfriend Blake (Julian Haig, Dial S for Santa) is being unfaithful.  Determined to help, Nelly wants some answers and rushes to Blake’s home only to find his dead body.  When Dahlia becomes the prime suspect, the new, handsome Detective in town, Michael Hogan (Smith) must work with Nelly to prove that her childhood friend is not the killer everyone believes her to be.

To read the entire article over at Soap Opera News click this LINK. And there's an article at TV Insider as well, click this LINK for more on that.