#kent platt

[dusksimulacre]

After their sudden, impromptu wedding in San Myshuno, best friends Amber Stein and Armand DiAggro decided to try it out , pretend to live in wedded bliss, as some sort of experiment or joke...

They even bought a house and decided to foster an Unaccompanied Minor. Kent kind of looks like them too.

[jetslay]

Absolute Power: Task Force VII variant covers by Stephen Platt.

[greeneyed-thestral]

[marcmarcmomarc]

RWBY Volume 10 predictions

Voice cast: New White Fang

Ghira Belladonna: Kent Williams

Kali Belladonna: Tara Platt

Ilia Amitola: Cherami Leigh

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[sir-adamus]

The Justice League and RWBY are teaming up, with the DC heroes and and Rooster Teeth characters joining forces for an animated movie.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One arrives on digital, 4k and blu-ray in the spring. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern and Vixen are transported to the strange world of Remnant, and find themselves turned into teenagers. Meanwhile, Remnant heroes Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang must combine forces with the Justice League to uncover why their planet has been mysteriously altered before a superpowered Grimm destroys everything. 

The film voice stars Natalie Alyn Lind as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Chandler Riggs as Superman/Clark Kent and Nat Wolff as Batman/Bruce Wayne. RWBY mainstays reprising there roles are Lindsay Jones as Ruby, Kara Eberle as Weiss, Arryn Zech as Blake and Barbara Dunkelman as Yang.

The film hails from Rooster Teeth Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment with Kimberly S. Moreau, Ethan Spaulding and Jim Krieg producing, Laura Yates serving as supervising producer, Sam Register and Michael Uslan executive producing.

Meghan Fitzmartin penned the script, with RWBY‘s Kerry Shawcross directing.

Other actors include Ozioma Akagha as Vixen, Jen Brown as Pyrrha, Tiana Camacho as Glynda, Aaron Dismuke as Oscar, Jason Douglas as Jacques, David Errigo Jr. as The Flash/Barry Allen and Rolf, Samantha Ireland as Nora, Miles Luna as Jaune, Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin, Neath Oum as Lie Ren, Tara Platt as Kali, Jeannie Tirado as Green Lantern and Tru Valentino as Cyborg.

RWBY was created by the late Monty Oum and is the first western-produced Anime series disributed in Japan. It has a ninth season currently in the works, with the franchise amassing 271 million views online and generating $20 million in consumer product sales.

This is not the first time the franchise has had a brush with DC, with the comic book series RWBY x Justice League published from 2021-22.

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[fighterkimburgess]

Lover

Summary: work, therapy, home. Kim’s got a routine again. But there’s one thing missing from it all.

Warnings: mentions of Kim’s previous canonical trauma, explicit discussions of the aftermath of a miscarriage.

—

The oversized hoodie Kim kept in the trunk of the car needed to be washed, the scent that calmed her when she was talking about everything that happened two years before nearly gone. But she held the cuffs to her nose and inhaled deeply, a tiny bit of Adam’s aftershave still clinging to it.

“Did anything change when you went back to work after the miscarriage?”

“Everything.” In not so many words she explained what the days in between were like. Her refusal to have a D&C, instead naturally dealing with it. Punishing herself by not taking painkillers because she had killed her child.

Except she hadn’t. She hadn’t killed their baby. She’d fought to protect three lives that night and two had made it out alive. It was awful and tragic but it wasn’t her fault. And that’s what she was learning.

It wasn’t her fault Kent targeted her that night. It was her fault she didn’t have her window up, but if she hadn’t then she’d probably have been dead when Adam arrived at the scene from a bullet to her head. It wasn’t her fault Walton shot her. It was her will to live that kept her alive. It was not letting Makayla lose another mother. It was wanting to live.

It was wanting Adam again.

She could recognise that now. There was enough time and space and she’d lived with Adam for longer than they’d been engaged at this point. She’d lived with him for longer than their entire romantic relationship at this point. Nearly two years of joint bedtime stories, of anguish when Mack was taken and joy when she returned. Of ice skating and bird watching and snowman building.

And somewhere along the way Kim had fallen back in love with him again. Adam had become the man she knew he could be. The man he wanted to be. And he’d done it himself. He’d grown up and bought them a goddamn house so Mack could live the life they wanted for her. He was a dad. He was a damn good cop and if she could take back those words from two years before and make herself ask how he was before what he did she’d do it in a heartbeat.

He made her smile. He made her laugh. He made Makayla laugh, telling her stories about the first time he and Kim did patrol together, wiggling his hips like Kim taught him. He constantly had painted nails and more than once had stared down a suspect who made a comment before saying “my daughter did them for me.” He was a good man and their daughters father and she didn’t know how to tell him she wanted to try again. If he even felt the same way.

In the car on the way home her phone buzzed, Mouse appearing on the car screen. She answered.

“Hey, I’m driving home so I’ll warn you.”

“Home to Mack and Adam?”

“Yeah.” It was quiet for a minute, Kim hearing the older man think. Their friendship was formed through Platt adopting them both, and now that Mouse was stateside again they talked at least once a week. He’d settled in Florida, happy and healthy and working for a tech company down there.

“You’re in love with him.”

“I am. I’m in love with Adam Ruzek.” It was the first time she’d said it out loud since she’d told Erin all those years before.

“Just gotta tell him now. When are you home?”

“Right now.” She pulled up outside the house, Mouse mumbling for a second.

“Tell him, Kimberly. Or Trudy will and we both know how that is. I’ll talk to you next week, tell Mack we’ll FaceTime soon?”

“Of course.”

As soon as she got inside it was the usual evening routine. Makayla greeted her with a hug, Kim hugging her back before sitting down to dinner. Adam’s cooking was improving, today was shrimp pasta with a lemon sauce. Mack wanted just garlic instead and he had her pasta separate to await her approval, garlic bread high on the plate.

“How was skating?” Kim asked, Mack grinning.

“It was so much fun! Jordan taught me to hip check him and I got him! Uncle Kevin and Dad took a video.”

“Yeah?” The Dad didn’t go unnoticed, nor did the way Adam’s eyes shone as Mack continued to talk about doing math homework. “And for science we need to count the birds we see and I told Mrs Young that my dad built us a bird feeder so I’m gonna email a photo so she can see it and maybe we build one in school too.”

She was energetic, an extra story before bed. Soon Makayla would be too old for her parents to read to her each night, but now Kim and Adam were taking full advantage and reading chapters of Percy Jackson to her. It was everything. But Makayla was asleep and she closed the door gently, going out to the living room.

Adam had two glasses of soda on the table waiting for them, a bowl of popcorn in the middle. The tv was waiting to press play on Death in Paradise, and Kim curled up on the couch. Ever since her therapist has advised stopping drinking, Adam had been sober with her. He didn’t have a drink at his poker nights even. It was one of the many ways he showed he loved her.

“Press play?” They watched the familiar scene play out, the dead body found before calypso music played and Adam shimmied around on the couch to the theme tune to make her laugh. He leaned over her to get a handful of popcorn and that’s when she knew.

She sat forward and pressed a kiss to the side of his mouth, not sure what to expect. His head turned and fully kissed her, Kim pulling him to her and deepening the kiss. Finally they separated, but breathing deeply and smiling.

“I love you.” Kim spoke first. “I love you and I love our family and I want us. I want us together. As long as you do?” Her words got softer as she finished speaking. 

“I love you too. And yes. All of it.”

The next morning Kim woke to Makayla shaking her arm, Kim blinking rapidly to wake.

“Everything ok?” She asked, Mack shaking her head.

“Dads not in his room!”

“I’m right here, kiddo. What’s up?”

Their daughter crawled into bed with them for Saturday morning cartoons and cuddles before Adam got dressed to get their breakfast, kissing Kim goodbye as he left. Her heart was full, and she couldn’t help but grin as she and Mack got the table ready for the weekend ahead.

She may not be healed, she may not fully heal, but she was happy and in love and what else could she want?

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Self-Indulgent Series December: Granite Hills

It's December, and that means I get to be self-indulgent and give myself gifts, mainly the gift of looking at actors I like.

I give you my series of self-indulgence, Granite Hills (1990):

~~💀💀~~

Set in 1980 in the fictional town of Mudslide, Wisconsin, mainly at the Granite Hills university. This cast will be a mix of actors who would and wouldn't be available at the time.

The Show's Cast Includes:

Alfred Molina as Angel Ramon Vega [Age: 24]

Anjelica Huston as Sandy Cherry Lawson [Age: 26]

Billy Connolly as Professor Darwin Derryl Rigby [Age: 40]

Billy Crystal as Jethro Mephisto Butcher [Age: 25]

Brendan Fraser as Dallas Nathaniel Gray [Age: 23]

Carrie Fisher as Veronica Beverly Chambers [Age: 21]

Cary Elwes as Easton Markos White [Age: 27]

Chris Barrie as Douglass Wilfred Bernard [Age: 20]

Christina Applegate as Storm Hekla Jóhannsson [Age: 18]

Christopher Walken as Professor Karl Cai Lowell [Age: 40]

Craig Charles as Chuck Vance Sheppard [Age: 21]

Dan Aykroyd as Cesar Clay Leon [Age: 23]

Danny John-Jules as Quentin Kingston Hollister [Age: 21]

Daryl Hannah as Bernadette Daphne Jordan [Age: 24]

Diane Lane as Saffron Elouise Mason [Age: 19]

Fran Drescher as Monique Joanne Curtis [Age: 22]

Geena Davis as Erin Kermit Cantrell [Age: 28]

Gunnar Hansen as Thor Hjörtur Jóhannsson [Age: 48]

Harold Ramis as Edmund Morgan Blackburn [Age: 29]

Jack Black as Odin Hrafn Jóhannsson [Age: 21]

Jeff Bridges as Professor Kennedy Troy Gill [Age: 40]

Joe Pesci as Professor Jeremiah Emmit Jekyll [Age: 40]

John Belushi as Julian Noel Hood [Age: 25]

John Candy as Dale Randall Newman [Age: 26]

John Cusack as Andrew Simon Garfield [Age: 23]

John Goodman as Cyrus Lars Nielsen [Age: 27]

John Leguizamo as Alijah Mrlon Cross [Age: 29}

Judd Nelson as Colton Kenelm Coy [Age: 19]

Katey Sagal as Ramona Adrienne Dunn [Age: 25]

Kevin Bacon as Brad Nathan Hardy [Age: 25]

Kiefer Sutherland as Trenton Homer Abbey [Age: 21]

Luis Guzmán as Jaxxon Garrett Flores [Age: 29]

Mandy Patinkin as Elishua Saul Zebedaios [Age: 28]

Matt Dillon as Dennis Waylon Marley [Age: 20]

Matthew Lillard as Alexander Buddy Jones [Age: 19]

Oliver Platt as Ruben Manuel Valdez [Age: 22]

O'Shea Jackson (Sr.) as Tyrese Jordan Maxwell [Age: 18]

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Parris Hayes Grant [Age: 19]

Raul Julia as Professor Marcel Gomez Agua [Age: 40]

Ray Winstone as Holden Montgomery Lynn [Age: 27]

River Phoenix as Kent Horace Woodward [Age: 18]

Robin Williams as Jaycee Aramis Ellis [Age: 26]

Sean Young as Maxine Jade Upton [Age: 26]

Stanley Tucci as Luke Robin Flynn [Age: 22]

Steve Buscemi as Hugh Chester Sweeney [Age: 25]

Tom Hanks as Mark Everett Shaw [Age: 20]

Tony Shalhoub as Orlando Jaime Guerrero [Age: 25]

Val Kilmer as Earl Blue Dior [Age: 29]

Wayne Knight as Osborne Finnegan Jarvis [Age: 28]

William Baldwin as Theodore Joshua Ball [Age: 20]

Willem Dafoe as Terry Roosevelt Jepson [Age: 27]

[madeliefkrans]

hoe ik niet beter weet dan me vastklampen aan het beeld van perfectie dat mensen van me hebben. ik ben de beeldige schoondochter die je zoon liefheeft, ik ben de wijze vriendin bij wie je terechtkan voor advies zonder bekritiseerd te worden, ik doe elke dag yoga, ik mediteer, ik eet vegetarisch, ik snoep nooit, ik heb een platte buik, ik heb drie van de zeven schoonheden, ik heb drie kasten vol kleding, ik bestudeer mens, technologie, maatschappij op de universiteit, ik ben de grappigste persoon die je kent, ik schud internetcultuur uit mijn mouw, ik verzorg mijn planten goed, ik kan dansen, ik kan iedereen versieren, ik kan goed schrijven, ik heb een doel, ik maak mijn dromen waar. 

[rotterdamvanalles]

De Rivièrahal met de uitkijktoren in Diergaarde Blijdorp, 12 juli 1946.

De Rivièrahal is het hoofdgebouw van Diergaarde Blijdorp en werd in 1939 gebouwd naar het ontwerp van Sybold van Ravesteyn in neobarokke/functionalistische stijl.

Het tentoonstellingsgebouw is prominent gepositioneerd op de centrale, symmetrische as van de diergaarde. In de centrale hal was een wintertuin aanwezig. De zijvleugels waren bestemd voor onder meer het verblijf van reptielen, dikhuiden en apen. De naam van de hal verwijst naar de Franse Rivièra. Deze was dan ook bedoeld om bezoekers het gevoel te geven zich in een exotische omgeving te bevinden. Door het scheppen van een mediterrane, subtropische sfeer was de dierentuin ook in de winter aantrekkelijk voor publiek. Men kon er van oorsprong dineren in een chic restaurant en iets drinken in een cafetaria.

Het gebouw bestaat uit een langgerekte centrale hal met een van zuid naar noord uitwaaierende plattegrond. Aan weerszijden bezit de hal twee smallere zijbeuken met aan het zuidelijke einde ieder een cirkelvormig paviljoen. De hal wordt bekroond door een gebogen dak zonder nok. De zijbeuken worden bedekt door platte daken, gebogen daken en de paviljoens met koepeldaken. Alle daken zijn geheel rondom voorzien van een doorlopende strook bovenlichten. De dakranden zijn afgewerkt met geglazuurde tegels.

Omdat de hal deels als wintertuin werd gebouwd, kent het gebouw een kasachtige opzet met veel glas ten behoeve van daglicht- en warmtetoetreding. Het gebouw is uitgevoerd met een staalskelet dat plaatselijk voorzien is van een plastisch vormgegeven betonmantel. De symmetrische zuidgevel van de hal kent aan weerszijden twee entrees onder een luifel. Daartussen bevindt zich een uitspringend halfrond volume met een betonnen afgeronde borstwering, van oorsprong de begrenzing van een terras op die plek.

De fotograaf is Lex de Herder en de foto komt uit het Stadsarchief Rotterdam. De informatie komt van Wikipedia.

[herrmannhalsteadproduction]

Fine is a Four-Letter Word (Chapter One)

Summary: This is Part Twenty-Two of my series A Herrmann/Halstead Production. It is an AU where Christopher Herrmann's mom had an affair with Pat Halstead resulting in a baby. The series follows this OC character (Rebecca "Bex" Herrmann) as she grows up and gets to know her brothers and the various Chicago teams. It is very much an AU, just to underscore that. It doesn't follow the same timeline and characters will follow different paths.

Click here for the Series Rundown where you can find the links to read all of the previous installments (which I highly recommend you do so that this one makes sense.)

Rating: Mature

Relationships: Christopher Herrmann & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Original Female Character, Will Halstead & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Will Halstead, Greg 'Mouse' Gerwitz/Original Female Character, Will Halstead/Connor Rhodes, Assorted OC Couples

Warnings: Injury Recovery, Trauma Recovery, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Protective Siblings, Family Feels, Team as Family, Road Trip, Kissing, Romance, Mild Sexual Content, Swearing, Eventual Happy Ending

Chapter One

Monday, August 31st, 2015

Sam

Dr. Fredericks sat in the cushy armchair across from him; the picture of calm compared to Sam’s jiggling knee and hands that didn’t seem to know what to do with themselves.

“Why don’t you tell me why you’re here, Officer Kent,” she began. That was probably supposed to be some kind of a soft lob of an opener, but god, what a loaded question.

“Well, uh—” Sam took a shaky breath. “Sergeant Platt said that, uh, the department had someone for people to talk to after—after tough calls and that I might want to consider it. And that…”

Dr. Fredericks nodded gently. “And?”

“She said that walking in on a scene like that—you saw the file, right?” Sam slumped back in relief at her nod. He knew they’d be going over it all eventually, but knowing that she’d read it made starting this conversation that much easier. “She said walking into a scene like that is hard enough, but it’s that much worse when—when your loved ones are involved. Your family.”

He swallowed hard against the painfully fresh memories of that day.

“She said it wasn’t required or anything and maybe I was fine, but, uh—” Sam gripped at the armrests of his chair, hoping that would make his hands stop shaking. “But in her experience, it could be helpful and I talked to my partners about it and we all thought it would be a good idea for me to try because—because I’m not.”

“You’re not what, Sam?” The question was asked so softly, he could almost forgive it for how thoroughly it was cracking him open.

“I’m not fine,” he choked out. “None of us are and it feels like—like we never will be again.”

“What constitutes as fine is always a bit of a moving target after a trauma like you and your family have been through,” she said.

Images of Emery in her hospital bed flashed through his brain.

Still going through, really.

“Being willing to talk about it is a good first step,” Dr. Fredericks continued. “And not an easy one, either. You might not be okay right now, Sam, but be proud of yourself for that.”

He jerked his chin in a nod, not trusting himself to speak as he let that sink in.

A first step.

One of many, probably.

Shit.

Okay.

“So, how, uh—how do we do this?”

***

Will

It was early, seven am or so, but time never really meant much in a hospital anyway. The sounds of people bustling around in the hallway was muffled slightly by the door.

And by the snores coming from Jay on the couch.

Connor had left a few minutes ago to check in on Emery. Bex was asleep in the bed beside him—a bit restless, but that was better than what he’d seen of her every time he’d woken up throughout the night. The stomach issue side effects of a concussion were hitting her hard.

Chris and Mouse were sitting in chairs beside her, talking quietly. Probably trying to make plans since she was scheduled to be discharged today.

Will was not.

And look—he was a doctor! He understood all of the hows and whys of this, but holy hell was he already tired of staying in bed and resting.

He was tired.

He was in pain which was also pissing him off.

…and he was really thirsty.

Will snuck another glance at Mouse and Chris, but they both looked exhausted and very wrapped up in their intense little conversation.

Jay was still completely sacked out.

His cup was right there on the bedside table. He knew there was water in it. Connor had poured some for him before he left.

It wasn’t that far. Will could reach it…if he stretched…carefully…just a little bit more and maybe if he twisted—

There was a little pop as a ripple of pain went through Will’s abdomen. He looked down to see a small patch of red bloom through his hospital gown.

Well, shit.

***

Jay

No one was allowed to say anything about Jay being a bad patient ever again.

Ever.

“Stay in bed means stay in bed, Dr. Halstead,” Jenna, their nurse for the day chastised Will as she finished administering his medication. “You know that better than most patients.”

“I was just trying to get my cup,” Will began, cut off by Jay’s snort.

“There’s three people in here who could’ve grabbed it for you, man,” Jay said. “You didn’t have to pop a stitch—”

“Two stitches,” Connor piped up from where he was sprawled in the arm chair, eyes half closed as his head lolled against the arm rest.

Jenna flashed two fingers at Will with a pointed look.

“Right,” Jay said. “Two stitches. They’re gonna take your doctor cred if you keep this up.”

“It’s actually pretty on brand for doctors,” Jenna muttered.

“I know! Okay? I’m sorry.” Will slumped back against his pillows with a wince. “I’ll be more careful.” He gave Jenna a contrite little grin that actually seemed to work on her. “I promise.”

“We’ll be holding you to that,” she said, smiling back at him. “Now rest.”

Will raised his arm to give her a salute, only to lower it quickly, curling his hand into a fist as he hissed. “Ow.”

Idiot. Jay barely managed to hold back an affectionate snort. He and Jenna had to maintain a united front.

Jenna shook her head, shooting a glance at Jay as she headed out the door. “Keep an eye on him, will you?”

Jay managed to knock off an actual salute, ignoring the sneaky middle finger Will was giving him. “You’re getting me in trouble with the nurses,” he whispered at Will. “Aren’t we supposed to be trying to stay on their good side?”

“Yes,” Will and Connor replied in unison.

“So, no more messing around, okay?” He pointed a stern finger at Will who nodded sheepishly.

Seriously. He was so much worse than Jay had ever been. At least Bex was behaving herself.

Although that might be the concussion.

Jay frowned to himself, peeking at the other side of the room where Chris was talking with Bex while Mouse hovered close by. His radar started pinging at how serious they both looked.

“Psst.” Will motioned for him to come closer and Jay made his way around to the left side of the bed. Will ‘pssst’d at him again so he leaned in a bit.

“Jay.” Will looked up at him with wide, definitely drugged up eyes.

“Yes, Will.”

“Pass me my cup?”

Jay shook his head at the sound of smothered laughter coming from Connor’s chair. “Yes, I’ll pass you your friggin’ cup,” he said. “I’ll even put more water in it for you.”

“Thank you, Jay.”

He watched to make sure Will didn’t spill all over the place before taking the cup back and returning it to the bedside table.

“Chris, you’re not listening to me!” Bex’s raised voice caught both of their attention.

“I am, but you’re not thinking straight—”

A groan from Bex cut him off as she closed her eyes, rubbing at her forehead. “Just stop.”

“Hey.” Jay made his way over to their side of the room. “What’s going on?”

“Bex’s being stubborn,” Chris sighed and Mouse exchanged an uneasy look with Jay behind his back.

“I’m not—” Bex took a shuddery breath and started again. “I just want to go home, Chris.”

“You can’t,” he said, gearing himself up. “Not alone. You’re in no shape to take care of yourself. We can move the kids around temporarily and get you set up—”

“No!”

Chris jerked back at Bex’s tone and Jay stepped closer to the bed, making room for Connor to come and join their little huddle.

Bex looked up at the four of them, tears forming in her eyes as she let out a frustrated huff. “I just—I can’t—”

Jay crouched down beside her, reaching out to take her hand in his. “Whatever you need, we’ll make it work.”

“…I don’t want the kids to see me like this,” she whispered. Chris deflated, as gut-punched by her words as the rest of them. Jay understood. She—she looked rough still. Almost worse now that all of her bruises were blooming across her skin. “And I love you guys, Chris, but I need to be in my own space. My own bed. I’ll be okay. I can—”

Jay made eye contact with Mouse and knew without a word they were on the same page. “Mouse and I will stay with her,” he said. “We can talk to Voight and do whatever we need to make our schedules work so that one of us is always there.”

“Don’t you need to be here with Will?” Chris asked, shaking his head, already dismissing the idea. “Connor’ll need help—”

“Uh, I’m pretty sure I can handle him on my own.” Connor jerked a thumb over at Will who was completely passed out and drooling on his pillow. He grinned when that got a little giggle out of Bex. “We’ve got people here who can help out,” Connor said. “Jenna’s probably going to tie him down at some point so that’ll make things easy.”

“I know you’re joking,” Jay said. “But I think she actually might.”

“Oh, I’m only like, fifty percent joking about that,” Connor laughed. “But I’m serious about it being fine. We’ll be okay.”

“Okay, okay, fine,” Chris said, raising his hands in surrender. “If you can make sure someone’s always there, I’ll trust you and leave you to it. But—” He pointed a stern finger at Jay, Mouse, and then Bex. “Cindy and I’ll be stopping by regularly. No arguments about that.”

“No arguments,” Bex agreed.

“Alright.” Chris slapped at his knees as he stood. “Let’s break you out of this joint.”

***

Chris

Chris left the room under the excuse of tracking down Bex’s discharge paperwork, but ducked down the first quiet hallway he found. He tried to take a slow and steady breath as he leaned against the wall, but it came out in one harsh exhale.

Christ.

He pressed his palms against his eyes and cursed at himself. Get it together, Herrmann.

Bex was the one who went through a trauma. He had to respect her needs—respect her choices—even if the thought of not being able to keep an eye on her 24/7 until every one of those horrific bruises faded away made him feel like his heart was being ripped out of his chest.

He rubbed at his face, swiping away any evidence of tears. He could be okay with this because this was Jay and Mouse they were talking about. They were probably going to be even bigger…what was it Bex and Jay always say?

Mama chickens.

Chris chuckled to himself as he straightened up, shaking his head.

Right. Jay and Mouse were going to be huge mama chickens about this and he and Cindy could check in as often as they needed.

Which he would be doing with that key that Bex gave him when she first moved it.

So there.

His brain settled as numerous plans for check-ins and meal drop-offs began to form. Maybe he could talk Cindy into making a spreadsheet or something. Chris nodded. Yeah, they could make this work.

But first, the promised discharge papers.

He set off with renewed purpose, ready to get the ball rolling on his promise to spring Bex.

***

Bex

Jay left shortly after Chris, saying something about packing up enough stuff to stay at Bex’s for awhile and promising to stop by Mouse’s place to grab some things for him as well.

She waved him off and settled back against her pillows, trying not to wince as she was well aware of the two sets of eyes still on her.

“Hey.” Mouse pulled up a chair and sat beside her. “Are you okay with this plan?” he asked quietly. “We kind of steamrollered you there.”

“No, it’s good,” she said. “I just—I can’t be at Chris and Cindy’s, but Chris is right. I probably shouldn’t be alone. If you and Jay don’t mind—”

“Not even a little bit.” Mouse jumped right in with that. He reached out to squeeze the fingers the were poking out of her cast. “I’m glad, uh, you—thank you for letting us. For letting us help.”

“Will, no—” Connor’s voice cut through their moment. “Let me get your cup. You are ridiculous. Don’t make those eyes.”

Bex met Mouse’s eyes and they both barely managed to push back their giggles.

“Hey,” Mouse whispered, leaning in. “Can I sign your cast?” He pulled a black Sharpie out of his pocket and waggled it at her.

“Where'd you get that?”

He grinned. “I have my ways.”

“Okay, keep your secrets.” Bex stretched her arm out along the bed. “Have at it.”

She closed her eyes, listening to him hum softly as the marker scratched over her hard cast. They’d finally put it on last night after another round of being poked and prodded and scanned. They weren’t worried about her internal bleeding anymore—yay—but her concussion symptoms were rearing their ugly head.

Chris and Cindy had picked up a pile of delicious food and she hadn’t been able to eat any of it. Her stomach was off. Everything tasted weird and gross. Jay even went and grabbed her more French fries, but she couldn’t even make it through one bite.

It was like, everything from Friday to Sunday felt so unreal and now reality was creeping back in, sharpening everything up, and Bex was completely weighed down.

By pain and exhaustion and all of the medication and now freaking nausea. She couldn’t wait to go home to her own bed and, well, probably continue to have crap sleeps, but at least it would be quieter and comfier there.

“There.” She opened her eyes to see Mouse capping the marker and gesturing at her cast with a proud flourish. On the inside of her wrist was a doodle of a tiny mouse.

“I love it,” Bex said and he quirked his little grin at her.

“Okay, campers,” Chris said, charging back into the room. “It’s go time.”

“Finally,” Will sighed and both Chris and Connor were on him in a flash.

“Not you,” Chris said, shaking his head.

“If you move from that bed,” Connor began. “I swear—”

“Jeez, can’t a guy make a joke?” Will help up his hands.

“Probably would have landed better two stitches ago,” Mouse said.

“Now that,” Chris grinned, pointing at Mouse. “That’s a joke.”

“You guys are jerks,” Will grumbled. “Bex, remember me when you’re on the outside.”

“You’re lucky you’re cute when you pout,” Connor said. He leaned in to kiss Will’s forehead, giving him another on the lips when he tilted his face up for more. “Now cut it out.”

Will didn’t stop pouting, but at least he stayed in bed while Mouse and Chris helped Bex out of hers. Cindy had already helped her get cleaned up and dressed earlier that morning. She was definitely going to have to figure out some kind of system for that once she got home.

Moving slowly, because wow walking didn’t feel that great, she made her way over to Will and gave him a careful hug goodbye.

“I’ll see you soon,” she promised. If he could manage to keep himself out of trouble, he should be out in a few more days. Then they could all be at home together.

She was in the middle of hugging Connor when Jenna showed up at the door with a wheelchair. “Hospital policy,” Jenna said cheerfully. “We take you right to the door.”

Mouse and Chris hovered as she carefully got into the chair, giving her a flash of what the next week or two was going to be like. She might as well put the hovering to good use.

“Chris.” Bex reached out to touch his arm before he could move around and start pushing the wheelchair. “I want to make to see her before we go. Please.”

Every single person around her got a pinched look on their face at that request and she knew, okay? She knew that Emery was in bad shape and seeing her was going to be hard, but there was no way she was leaving her before doing that.

She needed Emery to hear her voice. To know they were both still here.

And that she had to keep it that way.

“Okay,” Chris sighed. “Hold on tight. Herrmann Express is leaving the station.”

He looked down at her expectantly.

“Yeah, I’m not—”

“Choo choo,” Mouse offered helpfully.

“Good enough for me,” Chris said as he wheeled them out of the room.

***

Mouse

Watching Bex sit beside Emery’s bedside, holding her friend’s limp hand as she talked to her—it was…rough. Mouse couldn’t stop thinking about how that could have been Bex too.

Or worse, that Bex might not have even made it to the hospital.

But she did make it, he reminded himself. And she was hurt, but she was going to be better and he and Jay would be there every step of the way.

“Her stats are better,” a voice popped up beside him. He looked over to see Kira, Bex and Emery’s friend standing between him and Chris. She’d given up her seat when they’d arrived so Bex could have a visit, claiming it was a good time for a coffee run.

“Emery’s stats,” she clarified, sipping at her to go cup. “They’re not great, but they’re better so…that’s something.”

“Have they said anything about when they’ll start bringing her off the sedation?” Chris asked.

“Maybe in the next day or two,” Kira said. “I’ll keep you guys posted.”

“Appreciated.” Chris wrapped an arm around her shoulders and gave her a little squeeze. They kept watch for a while longer, clocking when Bex started to flag and starting the slow process of actually getting her to leave.

Eventually, they managed to get her out of the hospital and into Mouse’s car. There was no way they would have been able to get her into Jay’s truck which was he drew the ‘go pack up their shit’ short straw.

After Chris had triple-checked that Bex was safely buckled in, he finally stepped back and shut the car door. He gave Mouse a measured look. “Take care of her,” he said.

“Every minute,” Mouse promised.

“I’ll be stopping by too so no funny business or walking around in your underoos or anything like that,” Chris said, jumping when Bex banged on the car window, scowling up at him. “Ooh, I did not think she could hear me. Okay, okay, I’m going.” He blew a quick kiss at Bex before quickly jogging off to the van. “Be seeing you!”

Mouse waved him off and got into the driver’s seat, ignoring the grumbling coming from the passenger side. “Let’s get you home.”

Bex let out a quiet sigh at that. “Please.”

The drive was surprisingly quiet. They were in that after-commute window and it seemed like a light day for construction. Mouse kept the radio off, mindful of Bex’s headaches, and focused on getting them there. Bex didn’t make a peep for the longest time. When he glanced over at the next red light, she was slumped against the back of the seat, totally passed out.

He was tempted to just keep driving and let her sleep for as long as she could, but she had to have some kind of internal radar because as soon as they got close to her street, she started to stir.

“We almost there?”

“Almost,” Mouse said, turning down her road and pulling into the parking lot. “Hang on, I’ll help you out.” He got out and dashed around to her side of the car. Working too quickly for her to argue about it, Mouse opened the door and undid her seatbelt. He carefully helped her out of the car, cataloguing every wince she tried to hide. Getting her upstairs was going to be a battle.

“Bex,” Mouse said, trying to figure out how to broach the subject as best he could. “I think, uh, don’t get mad, okay?”

“What?” She frowned faintly at him, swaying a bit before leaning against the car.

Crap. He did some quick math in his head. She was definitely due for another round of pain pills too. He really needed to get her upstairs. “Will you let me carry you in?” he asked, biting the bullet and putting it out there. “It’s far and I know—”

“You want to what?” “Uh, carry? You?”

Bex squinted at him and then groaned. “You know what? Go for it.” She raised her good arm and Mouse didn’t wait for her to second guess it before scooping her up gently into his arms.

“This okay?” She’d winced again when he’d picked her up, but she settled, wrapped her good arm around his neck and laying her head on his shoulder.

“Yeah,” she said. “Hurts, but not as bad as walking did.”

Jay chose that moment to pull into the lot, doing a double take as he drove past them. He parked quickly and jogged over to meet them at the front door. “Everything okay?”

“Just getting Bex upstairs,” Mouse said. “Figured we could come down for everything else later.”

Understanding crossed Jay’s face as he checked his own watch, realizing where they were in the schedule. “Good idea.” He went ahead, getting the doors and managing the elevator, then opening the apartment door.

The place was a little musty after not having anyone around for the last couple of days, but Jay turned the air on and it started to clear up quickly.

Mouse set Bex down and she already seemed more relaxed by being in her own space.

“You hungry?” he asked and she made a face. “Bex, you need to eat.”

“I know, but everything tastes awful and I feel so pukey—” She stopped when she looked up and met his eyes, sighing at whatever she’d seen in them. “I’m sorry, I know I need to eat.”

He didn’t want to guilt trip her, but she really did need to eat, especially with the kind of meds she was one. “Maybe a bit of toast now? And we could try soup later?”

Between the two of them, they managed to gently bully her through a piece of toast, taking her medicine, and into trying for a nap. After getting her tucked into bed, Mouse closed the door to her room, leaning against it with a sigh. Jay was waiting for him in the hall.

“She asleep?”

“Not yet,” Mouse said. “But close.”

They stood there in silence for a moment.

“Think we can do this without fucking up?” Jay asked.

“Gonna try.” Mouse pushed away from the door and headed toward the kitchen because that was it. He was gonna try. No matter what. “You have any idea how to make real soup?” he asked Jay over his shoulder.

“No, but that’s what Google’s for, yeah?”

Mouse laughed, smiling as Jay hip-checked past him into the kitchen and started rooting around the cupboards.

Okay. Plan of attack.

Figure out how to make soup. Bring their stuff up. Make soup. Feed the soup to Bex.

It was a start, at least.

“Hey, do you think this carrot is salvageable?”

Right, soup.

***

Bex

A quiet knock on her door was the only warning she got before Jay poked his head in. “Hey,” he whispered. “Ready to get up?”

“Not really,” she grumbled, keeping her eyes closed.

“So, does that mean you don’t want to go see Emery and Will?”

He laughed when she shot up out of bed. “I’m up, I’m up,” she said. “Give me two minutes to change.” He left her to it and she changed into fresh clothes in record time. She grabbed the door handle, pulling it open and stepped out—

Into the hallway of the hospital. The ICU floor. “Jay?” she called out, but there was no answer. The only sound was a flat whine coming from one of the rooms.

A sound she was way too familiar with.

One that made her stomach fill with dread and panic and—

She found herself moving toward the noise, pulled toward a doorway, into a room.

“No,” Bex whispered.

Will and Emery, lying side by side in twin hospital beds, motionless as the monitor screamed out the flatline behind them.

“NO!”

“You did this.” Connor stepped toward her from the side of the room. “You were too slow. Too weak. You didn’t save them.”

“I tried—”

“You let them die,” Connor snapped out at her. He looked down at his own chest where growing patches of red were forming, blood starting to run down it in little rivers. “This is your fault.”

“Connor!” She screamed as he fell to his knees, eyes staring out at nothing. “No. No, no, no! Help!” Bex turned back out to the hall, searching for someone, anyone. She spotted someone lying on the floor a few feet away.

It looked like—

No.

Bex ran, falling to her knees beside him and carefully turning him over. Chris flopped back, dried blood crinkling the side of his shirt. His lips were blue. Eyes as empty as Connor’s.

And Will’s.

And Emery’s.

“I need HELP!” Bex yelled into the empty hallway. “Please. Someone, please help!”

“It’s too late, Bex.”

She whirled around to see Mouse falling to his knees as blood poured out of his mouth.

“There’s no one left to help,” he gasped before collapsing to the floor. Behind him, the hallway was filled with bodies.

Jay. Cindy. Uncle Bo. Uncle Mouch. Trudy. Matt. Gabby. Shay. Kelly. Kevin. Adam. Kim. Sylvie. Otis. Joe. Kira. Malia. Sam. Everyone.

All of them.

Every single person she loved.

Dead.

“This is your fault,” Ty said, slamming a knife into her chest and pinning her to the wall.

Bex woke up with a gasp, doubling over as pain throbbed through her at the sudden movement. She couldn’t—where was—they were all—

No.

She took a shaky breath.

Then another.

Slow.

Waiting out the panic.

It was a dream. It wasn’t real. They were all alive.

It wasn’t real.

Bex carefully let herself lie back against her pillows and ran her good hand over her cheeks, wiping away the tears. “It wasn’t real,” she reminded herself.

A knock on her door had her jolting again. Heart pounding.

“Bex?” Jay called before he cracked the door open. “You awake?”

“Um, yeah,” she croaked out. “Just now.”

He poked his head inside, peering at her. “You okay?”

She took in the sight of him, alive and okay, but with massive bags under his eyes and concerned lines etching across his face. Stress and exhaustion seeping out of his bones.

This is your fault.

“Yeah,” she said. “I’m fine.”

He quirked an eyebrow at her. “Sure about that?”

“Yes,” Bex said firmly, willing away her headache and sore ribs for long enough to flash him a convincing smile. “I’m okay…and I believe I was promised soup?”

He grinned back and started in on what had apparently been an epic soup-making adventure with Mouse. Bex let his words wash over her, pushing away the remnants of her nightmare.

See?

Fine.

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HET LICHT ZOEKEN EN VINDEN

Het is dat de tijd stil staat. Niet alsof, of dat het aldus lijkt. Het is zo. De tijd staat stil. Het is vandaag, het wordt geen morgen en gisteren is geweest. Voor de mens Allard Elout is dit de waarheid. Zijn werk blijft actueel, daarvoor is het eeuwig vandaag. Welhaast op de kop af 34 jaar geleden betrad ik op tientallen meters afstand de expositieruimte van Museum Willem van Haren. En nu loop ik de zaal in wat ooit Kunstruimte was en Museum Galerie Heerenveen is genoemd. Toen viel ik stil en dat overkomt mij nu weer. De daar toen en vandaag weer opgehangen schilderijen dwingen tot een moment van geruisloos afwachten. Wat ik destijds in de Heerenveense Courant deed afdrukken, kan ik nu bijna letterlijk op het weblog Kunststukjes publiceren. “Gefixeerd op de beelden totdat de schijnbaar steriele en onpersoonlijke vormen zich van het doek losmaken en in een waterval van glasgerinkel over de bezoeker heen storten.” 

De in 2016 overleden Elout leeft voort in zijn werk. De kunstwereld vergat hem niet. Postuum bezit Allard een plaats in de Friese scene zoals hij dat bij leven had. Zijn kunst is ook nu nog actueel en kent in aandacht en afwerking nauwelijks een gelijke. In dat werk stapt hij tegen beter weten in uit het donker. Het werkstuk waarmee hij met goed gevolg Vredeman de Vries kon verlaten is in deze tentoonstelling bijgehangen. Het toont een duistere welhaast abstracte omgeving in zwart en wit. Het fotografische beeld is op linnen gedrukt. Elout zal zich vaak zo gevoeld hebben zoals hij in dat werk er uitdrukking aan geeft. Pessimistisch over wat buiten het atelier en het woonhuis om hem heen gebeurt. De toestand in de wereld baart hem zorgen. Om daar een antwoord op te hebben bleef hij niet hangen in droefgeestigheid en zwartkijkerij. Na de academie zocht hij het licht.

Die open blik vond hij onder meer in goa-trance. Een muziekstijl waarmee je kunt mediteren en jij je in jezelf keert, in gedachten bent. Op Wikipedia lees ik daarover: “De nummers proberen geleidelijk aan de energie op te bouwen door middel van veranderingen in de percussiepatronen en steeds meer gecompliceerde en gelaagde synthesizergeluiden, melodieën en harmonieën, om zo een hypnotisch, euforisch en intens gevoel te creëren.” In die extase laat de kunstenaar de wereld achter zich, of beter onder zich daar hij in hoger sferen geraakt, en vindt vanuit de donkerte het licht. Die opgetogenheid klinkt door in zijn werk. 

“Van alle kanten straalt en bestraalt een schijnsel de vormen”, citeer ik mijzelf uit de recensie daterend van 7 maart 1990, “kiert ertussen door, terwijl de lichtbron zelf niet in beeld wordt gebracht. De vlakken bollen en rondingen ontstaan onder druk van contrasten. (…) De in pasteltinten gezette nevelsferen, alsof boven de wolken een nieuwe aarde geschapen is, zijn tegenstrijdig met de strakke begrenzingen van de overlappende vormen. Langs elkaar schuivende glasramen, spiegelingen zonder spiegelbeeld.” De tegennatuurlijke schaduwwerking maakt de intentie van het werk mysterieus en onbeschrijfelijk boeiend. De composities zijn gelaagd opgezet, dun en ijl over elkaar gepenseeld. Zo zodat er diepte ontstaat in het platte vlak. Het verdient uiterste concentratie, in maken zowel als in bekijken. Er is een magnetisch veld gecreëerd waarnaar mijn blik getrokken wordt. Mijn ogen kleven figuurlijk aan de verbeelding.

“In een bevlieging na ongestoorde meditatie verschijnen geestelijk beelden uit een vergeten landschap en worden moeizaam verwerkt tot tastbare impressies. De vormen zijn zo transparant als glas, maar vervormen voor het oog tot compacte gehelen. Nadat op het netvlies een bepaalde impressie staat ingebrand blijken de verzonden beeldgolven alweer andere standpunten in te houden. Aldoor speelt de vorm en de lijn een nieuw spel met de kijker. (…) Onder de denkbeeldige huid gaat een filosofie schuil, waarin in de uiteindelijke werkelijkheid de visie op heden en verleden, begin en eind, yin en yang, zijn en niet zijn verborgen ligt onder de diverse voorbewerkingslagen. Het karakter van het werk wordt daardoor bepaald, zoals de mens wordt gevormd door zijn geschiedenis.”

Bij de tentoonstelling is als een soort van catalogus een kleine werkmap te koop. Daarin verantwoord de kunstenaar zijn leven en werken, dat door kenners ‘poëtisch constructivistisch’ is genoemd. Elout is een dichter in zijn transparant abstracte schilderijen die zijn geconstrueerd rond geometrische vormen. Maar vooral zoekt hij daarin het licht. Hoe hij dat lichte punt aan het eind van de donkere tunnel heeft gevonden staat beschreven. Waardoor hij inspiratie vond en vanuit welke bron hij zijn composities liet ontstaan. Een playlist van ateliermuziek, waarbij Allard de rust vond om te werken, vindt een plek in de map. En de mate van verlichting door kunstlicht om bij te werken in het atelier. Om de kleurweergave op zijn schilderijen zo natuurgetrouw over te laten komen. Zelfs kan ik nu eenzelfde situatie bij mij thuis inrichten. Met dezelfde lichtsterkte, dezelfde muziek en de geur van olieverf, copal en damar. Sluit ik mijn ogen zie ik Allard werken achter zijn ezel met op het palet bergjes verf in pastelkleuren. 

“Het licht straalt degene tegemoet die de moeite neemt het licht daadwerkelijk symbolisch te ontsteken.”

“Inspiratie en worsteling”. Werken van Allard Elout in tentoonstelling bij Museum Galerie Heerenveen, Mickelersstraat 11 in Heerenveen. 28 januari tot en met 10 maart 2024.

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Meet The Pterodactyls, they may not be cool like the Butterflies, but they only care about having fun.

Johnny Brock/ Karan Parikh/ Pierce Delgato/ Kent Platt/ Trinity Barron/ Miki Akiyama/ Gideon Harris

Yearbook

I divided the Maxis children intro friendship groups:

The Llamas/ The Outsiders/ The Butterflies/ The Pterodactyls/ The Picassos/ Matisse/ The Brainiacs/ The Whiz Kids

Pose by Beto

[regioonlineofficial]

Donderdag 2 november zijn de winnaars bekendgemaakt van de Energie uit de wijk Challenge 2023-2024. In totaal streden elf bewonersinitiatieven om een geldbedrag en de titel: Haagse Energie Topper 2023-2024. In totaal werd het resterende subsidiebedrag van € 245.000 na de eerste ronde uitgekeerd. Het geld gaat naar projecten van buurtbewoners die in hun wijk, buurt of straat samen de overstap naar schone energie maken in 2024. De elf geselecteerde initiatieven presenteerden hun project aan een onafhankelijke adviescommissie. Onder leiding van voorzitter en directeur Duurzaam Den Haag Joris Wijsmuller zijn vandaag zeven initiatieven geselecteerd. Ze moeten binnen één jaar tastbare resultaten behalen.  Wethouder Arjen Kapteijns (Energietransitie, Mobiliteit en Grondstoffen): "We wilden vooraf projecten uit alle delen van de stad uitnodigen om mee te doen. Dat is goed gelukt en daar ben ik heel trots op. De kracht van deze challenge is dat er ideeën zijn ingediend voor de overstap naar schone energie die niet altijd passen binnen bestaande regelingen." Dit zijn de zeven gekozen bewonersinitiatieven: Groen Roemer Visscher College - Moerwijk en Zuiderpark: de school wil het gebouw, het onderwijs verder verduurzamen en ook de buurt laten meeprofiteren van opgewekte energie. Verduurzamen Oranjeflat 2, Zeekant, Scheveningen: de VvE gaat onderzoeken of door het toevoegen van een woonlaag op het gebouw, er budget beschikbaar komt voor het verduurzamen van het pand. Duinoord onder de kurk: bewoners in Duinoord gaan een proef doen met sedum-kurkcassettes op platte daken zodat hun woningen warm blijven in de winter en koel in de zomer. Energieke Waterscouting Stichting Groepshuis MacDonald: verduurzamen en slim koppelen van energie van gebouw en schepen samen met studenten van de Haagse Hogeschool. Duurzame Enterprise in de Binckhorst: zij gaan in samenwerking met jeugd en de buurt het schip 'Enterprise' van het Zeekadetkorps Den Haag verduurzamen. Living Lab Vruchtenbuurt: zij gaan buurtbewoners actief betrekken bij hun plannen voor opwek, opslag en verdeling van energie in hun wijk. Overkapping Hofje Wagenstraat: de VvE van de Wagenstraat 156 t/m 174 willen een glazen overkapping met zonnepanelen plaatsen. Zo wekken ze stroom op en isoleren ze de oude huisjes. De bewonersinitiatieven die niet zijn geselecteerd, willen ook een bijdrage aan de overstap naar een stad op schone energie leveren. Zij worden door de gemeente met advies op weg geholpen. De bekendmaking van de nieuwe Energie Toppers vond plaats tijdens de Haagse Klimaatweek die nog loopt tot en met 5 november. https://denhaag.nl/klimaatweek Winnaars eerste ronde Eind juni werden in de eerste ronde van deze Challenge al drie bewonersinitiatieven geselecteerd. Dat waren: Ventilatie met Zonnewarmte - Stichting Hernieuwbare Warmte Ypenburg (Archipelbuurt en Willemspark, Bezuidenhout, Leidschenveen en Forepark) Hâgse FIKSTeam - Stichting Stagehuis (Schilderswijk, Transvaal en Groente- en Fruitmarkt) Voedsellokaal De Gymzaal verduurzamen - Stichting Lokaal Voedsel Den Haag (Centrum) Adviescommissie De adviescommissie bestond dit jaar uit: Joris Wijsmuller, Directeur Duurzaam Den Haag Rabia Zurel, Haagse Jongerenambassadeur Gijs Termeer, Directeur Klimaatbureau HIER Professor Laure Itard, Professor of Building Energy Epidemiology at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft Marcus Banai, Coördinator energiecoaches Wilbert Schouten, voormalig Haagse Energietopper project VVE De HobbeVen, Schilderswijk Waarom een Energie uit de Wijk Challenge? Den Haag kent veel inwoners met een goed idee voor de overstap op schone energie of het besparen of opslaan van energie. Aan energie, creativiteit en enthousiasme ontbreekt het meestal niet maar toch blijven sommige van die initiatieven steken in de 'planfase'. De challenge is er om ondernemende bewonersgroepen in Den Haag te helpen hun eigen buurt

een stap verder te brengen en de overstap te maken van fossiele brandstoffen naar schone energie. Dit is de vierde editie van de Challenge. Sinds 2019 stuurden bewonersgroepen al 112 plannen in. In totaal zijn nu al 36 bewonersgroepen tot Haagse Energie Topper gekozen. Meer informatie  duurzamestad.denhaag.nl/challenge

[andronetalks]

Exclusive: Ukraine’s special services ‘likely’ behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces in Sudan, a Ukrainian military source says

CNN By Victoria Butenko, Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Andrew Carey, Pallabi Munsi, Mahamat Tahir Zene, Barbara Arvanitidis and Alex Platt, CNN Video by Mark Baron and Lauren Kent, CNN Updated 3:53 PM EDT, Tue September 19, 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine and N’Djamena, Chad CNN — Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of drone strikes and a ground…

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RWBY Audio Description notes

Think of the Disney+ DVS track for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the emotion of the one for Monsters, Inc. For more instructions, be sure to read the Ultimate Guide to Audio Description on u3playmedia.com.

Narrator: Leilani Jones-Wilmore (The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Monsters, Inc. duology, the Finding Nemo duology, Shrek 2, the Cars trilogy, the High School Musical trilogy, Ratatouille, Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Alice in Wonderland (2010), Toy Story 3, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Social Network, Gnomeo and Juliet, Brave, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Radiator Springs 500 1/2, Annie (2014), Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Despicable Me 3, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Sing 2, Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Trolls Band Together)

Credit rolls (Mistral arc)

Here’s a demonstration (sped up because the normal speed is over three minutes long)

Volume 4

Created by

Monty Oum

Directed by

Kerry Shawcross

Co-Directors

Gray G. Haddock

Miles Luna

Story by

Miles Luna

Monty Oum

Kerry Shawcross

Written by

Miles Luna

Kerry Shawcross

Executive Producers

Burnie Burns

Matt Hullum

Supervising Producer

Gray G. Haddock

Producer

Koen Wooten

Post Production Producer

Chrysta Hiser

Technical Producer

Sean Murphy

Assistant Producer of Pre-Production

Nick Todd

Assistant Producer of Animation

Luis “Paco” Vazquez

Starring the voices of

Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose

Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee

Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna

Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long

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Jessica Nigri as Cinder Fall

Christopher Sabat as Arthur Watts

Josh Grelle as Tyrian Callows

Jen Taylor as Salem

William Orendorff as Hazel Rainart

Katie Newville as Emerald Sustrai

Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie

Neath Oum as Lie Ren

Miles Luna as Jaune Arc

Mike McFarland as Mayor

Chris Guerrero as Blacksmith

J. Michael Tatum as Klein Sieben

Howard Wang as Whitley Schnee

Jen Brown as Pyrrha Nikos

Alejandro Saab as Dying Huntsman

Jason Douglas as Jacques Schnee

Jason Rose as James Ironwood

Bruce Carey as Captain

Tyler Coe as Reporter 01

Amber Lee Connors as Reporter 02

Jason Douglas as Reporter 03

Jen Brown as Lisa Lavender

Burnie Burns as Taiyang Xiao Long

Yunhao Zhang as Crew Member 01

Kendra Ziegler as First Mate

Michael Jones as Sun Wukong

Chris Kokkinos as Crew Member 02

Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine

Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin

Marissa Lenti as Oscar’s Aunt

Ryan Haywood as Peter Port

Joel Heyman as Bartholomew Oobleck

Vic Mignogna as Qrow Branwen

Kim Newman as Higanbana Waitress

Anna Hullum as Raven Branwen

Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna

Kent Williams as Ghira Belladonna

Derek Mears as Corsac Albain

Mike McFarland as Fennec Albain

Scott Frerichs as Businessman

Amber Lee Connors as Businesswoman

Alejandro Saab as Henry Marigold

Nick Landis as Angry Businessman

Kyler Smith as Waiter

Felicia Angelle as Trophy Wife

Chris Kokkinos as Husband

Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Ilia Amitola

Dawn M. Bennett as An Ren

Apphia Yu as Young Ren

Connor Pickens as Young Blacksmith

Scott Frerichs as Tall Boy

Marissa Lenti as Short Boy

Amber Lee Connors as Medium Boy

Kaiji Tang as Li Ren

Kristen McGuire as Young Nora

Stan Lewis as Mistral Pilot

Richard Norman as Atlas Pilot

Alena Lecorchick as Train Announcer

Music

“Let’s Just Live”

Lead vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Lyrics and music written by Jeff Williams

Performed, produced and mixed by Jeff Williams

“Like Morning Follows Night”

Lead vocals by Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams

Lyrics and music written by Jeff Williams

Performed, produced and mixed by Jeff Williams

“This Life is Mine”

Lead vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Lyrics and music written by Jeff Williams

Performed, produced and mixed by Jeff Williams

“Bad Luck Charm”

Lead vocals by Jeff Williams

Lyrics and music written by Jeff Williams

Performed, produced and mixed by Jeff Williams

“Armed and Ready”

Lead vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Lyrics and music written by Jeff Williams

Performed, produced and mixed by Jeff Williams

Recorded and performed by Jeff Williams

Additional music by Alex Abraham

World of Remnant music by Alex Abraham

Vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Copyright ©2017 by Jeff Williams

Jeff WilliamsMusic (ASCAP)

Music available at the Rooster Teeth Store and iTunes

©2017 Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This piece of media has been described by the Media Access Group at WGBH with funding from Rooster Teeth Productions and Viz Media, read by Leilani Jones-Wilmore. For more information about motion picture access, visit our website at access.wgbh.org.

Volume 5

Created by

Monty Oum

Directed by

Kerry Shawcross

Co-Directors

Gray G. Haddock

Miles Luna

Story by

Miles Luna

Monty Oum

Kerry Shawcross

Written by

Miles Luna

Kerry Shawcross

Executive Producers

Burnie Burns

Matt Hullum

Supervising Producer

Gray G. Haddock

Lead Producer

Koen Wooten

Technical Producer

Sean Murphy

Pre-Production Producer

Nick Todd

Animation Producer

Luis “Paco” Vazquez

Visual Post Production Supervision

Joe Clary

Chrytsa Hiser

Post Production Supervisor

Laura Yates

Starring the voices of

Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose

Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee

Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna

Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long

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Vic Mignogna as Qrow Branwen

Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie

Neath Oum as Lie Ren

Miles Luna as Jaune Arc

Richard Norman as Pilot

Reina Scully as Mistral Pilot

Daman Mills as Leo Lionheart

Kent Williams as Ghira Belladonna

Michael Jones as Sun Wukong

Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna

Gio Coutinho as Menagerie Guard

Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Ilia Amitola

Christopher Sabat as Arthur Watts

Zane Rutledge as Bartender

Clifford Chapin as Shay D. Mann

Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine

Jen Taylor as Salem

Jessica Nigri as Cinder Fall

Monica Rial as Sienna Khan

Garrett Hunter as Adam Taurus

William Orendorff as Hazel Rainart

Chris Kokkinos as Bandit One

Anna Hullum as Raven Branwen

William Ball as Saber Rodentia

Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin

Billy B. Burson III as Bandit Two

Amber Lee Connors as Vernal

Victoria Holden as Worried Mother

Scott Frerichs as Mata

Mike McFarland as Fennec Albain

Derek Mears as Corsac Albain

Nick Landis as Yuma

Nick Landis as Ramen Shop Owner

Emily Fajardo as Small Girl

Yuri Lowenthal as Mercury Black

Emily Fajardo as Trifa

Stan Lewis as Menagerie Guard 01

Jenn K. Tidwell as Menagerie Guard 02

Willem W. Keetell as Faunus 01

Ariel James as Faunus 02

Christine Stuckart as Young Faunus Woman

Patrick Rodriguez as Older Faunus Man

Katie Newville as Emerald Sustrai

Luis “Paco” Vazquez as White Fang Member 01

Willem W. Keetell as White Fang Member 02

Jamie Smith as Mistral Police Captain

Jenn K. Tidwell as White Fang Member 03

Music

“The Path to Isolation (Mirror, Mirror Part 0.5.)

“Smile”

“Ignite”

“The Triumph”

“All Things Must Die”

“All That Matters”

“This Time (From Shadows Part II)”

Score by Alex Abraham and Jeff Williams

Vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Copyright ©2018 by Jeff Williams

Jeff WilliamsMusic (ASCAP)

Music available at the Rooster Teeth Store and iTunes

©2018 Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This piece of media has been described by the Media Access Group at WGBH with funding from Rooster Teeth Productions and Viz Media, read by Leilani Jones-Wilmore. For more information about motion picture access, visit our website at access.wgbh.org.

Volume 6

Series Created by

Monty Oum

Directed by

Kerry Shawcross

Co-Director

Connor Pickens

Story by

Miles Luna

Monty Oum

Kerry Shawcross

Written by

Miles Luna

Kerry Shawcross

Executive Producers

Burnie Burns

Matt Hullum

Executive Producer

Kerry Shawcross

Head of Animation

Gray G. Haddock

Supervising Producer

Koen Wooten

Lead Producer

Joe Clary

Technical Producer

Jason “Jax” Kane

Art Associate Producer

Brian Lee

Layout Producer

Rob Thomson

Animation Producer

Luis “Paco” Vazquez

Animation Associate Producer

Scott Morgan

Motion Capture Producer

Luis “Paco” Vazquez

Visual Post Producer

Shane Davis

Post Production Supervisor

Laura Yates

Department Coordinator

Emily Hamel

Line Producer

Nicole Fisher

Additional Production Staff

Chrysta Hiser

Joshua Miller

Sean Murphy

Jamie Smith

Jennifer Tidwell

Nick Todd

Script Consultants

Yssa Badiola

Gray G. Haddock

Connor Pickens

Eddy Rivas

Koen Wooten

Starring the voices of

Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose

Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee

Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna

Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long

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Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie

Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine

Christine Stuckart as White Fang Guard 1

Garrett Hunter as Adam Taurus

César Altagracia as White Fang Guard 2

Connor Pickens as White Fang Guard 3

Vic Mignogna as Qrow Branwen

Neath Oum as Lie Ren

Alex Mai as Dee

Christopher Guerrero as Dudley

Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin

Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Ilia Amitola

Michael Jones as Sun Wukong

Kerry Shawcross as Neptune Vasilias

Miles Luna as Jaune Arc

Melissa Sternenberg as Maria Calavera

Jessica Nigri as Cinder Fall

Lauren Aptekar as Mistral Woman

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Jinn

Ethan Marler as Newscaster

Luci Christian as Lil’ Miss Malachite

Jenn K. Tidwell as Body Guard

Jen Taylor as Salem

Aaron Dismuke and Shannon McCormick as Ozma

Chase McCaskill as God of Light

Bruce DuBose as God of Darkness

Richard Norman as Frightened Man

Jenn K. Tidwell as Eldest Daughter

Lauren Aptekar as Youngest Daughter

Josh Grelle as Tyrian Callows

William Orendorff as Hazel Rainart

Yuri Lowenthal as Mercury Black

Katie Newville as Emerald Sustrai

Christopher Sabat as Arthur Watts

Ruth Urquhart as Tock

Lindsay Sheppard as Saphron Cotta-Arc

Lucella Wren Clary as Adrian Cotta-Arc

Jamie Smith as Terra Cotta-Arc

Kyle Phillips as Nubuck Guard 1

Kyle Phillips as Nubuck Guard 2

Mela Lee as Caroline Cordovin

Jen Brown as Red Haired Woman

Connor Pickens as Terminal Soldier

Jeb-Aguilar Kendrick as Atlas Soldier

Danzer Koehler as Argus Air Control

Noël Wiggins as Manta Two-Two

Dalton Allen as Manta Three-Four

Melanie Stern as Manta Two-One

Joe Clary as Manta Two-Four

Alena Lecorchick as Atlas Air Traffic Female

Music

“Rising”

“Lionize”

“One Thing”

“Miracle”

“Forever Fall”

“Big Metal Shoe”

“Indomitable”

“Nevermore”

Score by Alex Abraham and Jeff Williams

Vocals by Casey Lee Williams

Copyright ©2019 by Jeff Williams

Jeff WilliamsMusic (ASCAP)

Music available at the Rooster Teeth Store and iTunes

©2019 Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This piece of media has been described by the Media Access Group at WGBH with funding from Rooster Teeth Productions and Viz Media, read by Leilani Jones-Wilmore. For more information about motion picture access, visit our website at access.wgbh.org.

[the-monkey-ruler]

RWBY (2013) 红白黑黄

Director: Monty Oum Screenwriters: Monty Oum / Miles Luna / Kerry Shawcross Starring: Lindsay Jones, Kara Eberly, Barbara Dunkelman, Alan Zeck, Miles Luna, Samantha Ireland, Neath Oum, Aaron Dismuke Shannon McCormick / Vic Mignona / Jessica Nigri / Jason Rose / Katie Newville / Michael Jones / Jen Brown / William Orendorff / Elizabeth Maxwell / Uri Lowenthal / Jane Taylor / Christopher Sabat / Dawn Michelle Bennett / Jason Librecht / Melissa Sternberg / Christina Valenzuela / Kerry Shawcross / Christopher Wehkamp / Jason Douglas / Lucy Christian / Amber Lee Conners / Kent Williams / Monty Overwood / Cherami Lee / Wang Shihao / Tara Platt / Dave Fennoy Genre: Animation Official website: https://roosterteeth.com/series/rwby Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Language: English Date: 2013-07-18 (USA) Number of seasons: 9 Episodes: 116 Single episode length: 4–28 minutes IMDb: tt3066242 Type: Appropriation

Summary:

The story takes place in the fictional world of Remnant, composed of four kingdoms (Vale, Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo), that are invaded by malevolent monsters known as the "Creatures of Grimm".[23] Prior to the events of the series, the world was overseen by two opposing deities, the God of Light and the God of Darkness. Humanity was obliterated by the gods, due to the actions of Salem, a vengeful woman cursed with immortality for trying to manipulate them into reviving her beloved Ozma. Ozma was subsequently reincarnated by the Gods to guide a new human race toward harmony and after succeeding, summon the gods back for judgement using four relics, the Staff of Creation, the Sword of Destruction, the Crown of Choice and the Lamp of Knowledge, leading to an endless conflict between him and Salem. The discovery of the element, Dust, triggered a technological and industrial revolution for humanity. The deity brothers themselves were born in the Ever After, a world that is the setting of the fairy tale The Girl Who Fell Through the World. They were created by the world's Great Tree to help it make the Ever After, with their first creations being the Curious Cat and the Jabberwalker, the brothers' differences and arguments forced the Tree to send them out of the Ever After, where they could create and experiment until they understand the true nature of balance, eventually leading to the creation of Remnant. The Curious Cat wished to leave the Ever After with Alyx, the main character of the story, and learn why their creators left, but she decided to stay behind and make up for the damage she had caused, breaking the Cat's heart and driving them to insanity who killed Alyx, with her brother Lewis returning to Remnant and telling the story as he wished it had happen.

In the present day, having formed a cabal to guard their world's secrets, one of Ozma's incarnations, Ozpin, establishes academies in the four kingdoms of Remnant to train Huntsmen and Huntresses against the Grimm, with each academies concealing one of the relics. The series focuses on four girls attending Beacon Academy in the kingdom of Vale: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. Together, they form Team RWBY ("ruby").[17][24] With their friends Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren forming their own team, JNPR ("juniper"). Ruby becomes the team leader and promises her friends to keep running their team. Blake reveals herself as a cat Faunus (a human possessing animal traits) and resigns from working with the White Fang organization. Cinder Fall, Roman Torchwick along with his assistant Neopolitan and the White Fang led by Adam Taurus, invade Beacon Academy. Roman is killed in the chaos. Yang loses her arm after seeing a conflict between Blake and Adam. Cinder becomes the Fall Maiden, and kills Ozpin and Pyrrha. Ruby defeats Cinder with her Silver eyes, forcing her and her minions to retreat.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWBY

Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmG8k4VrS1ZinWM23I0zx8YeZQRM3HoDj