#laura kwan

[zayadriancas]

Make me choose: @maya-matlin asked: Friday Night or Take My Breath Away?

[degrassi-fandom-confessions]

Ms. Kwan was in a movie 🎬🎞🎥🎦📽📹📸🕶

[happy-yetstrange-collector]

Hi-yah!

[saltynachobeliever]

Chun-Li & Cammy-Li

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Name every breed of dog

There are about 200 breeds of dog, and I hereby name them James, Becca, Donovan, Martin, Nagisa, Carl, Karl, Justin, Kale, Ratso, Mina, Jessica, Benji, Ani, Umma, Verys, David, Duluth, Chroma, Flip, Claire, Alessa, Alessa-Jin, Mona, Billie, Emily, Beth, Dun-Xi, Vessico, Clementine, Ratricia, Chico, Cheech, Helmina, Orlando, Aria, Vulluset, Paprika, Anna, Lemmy, Kwan, Millie, Pim, Pine, Reileigh, Ginger, Artie, Bei, Booberella, Clancy, Lambert, Nina, Lila, Gene, Lynda, Mim, Clarissa, Gustavus, Rya, Urvashi, Dee, Dina, Zhao, Marti-Hawk, Polonaise, Frida, Lima, Larry, Plin, Leeza, Sinan, Delger, Abagail, Bashir, Jupiter, José, Fritz, Sheila, Maria, Malu, Rod, Jon, Ethan, Clarice, Nickel, Ligaya, Sibyl, Frampt, Toi, Gimli, Hibiscus, Barry, Carrie, Mimi-Lou, Vladimir, Katjuk, Flynn, Perrin, Rosemary, Tanino, Sid, Florence, Carmilla, Carmello, Reese, Laura, Lana, Delia, Quince, Kim, Djimon, Bay, Mu, Neil, Krani, Mamu, Namu, Nemo, Neelix, Mac, Den, Medina, Tessa-Kwali, Alfonse, Geoffrey, Masamune, Schmelgert, Arturo, Ricki-Rak, Rico, Tenne, Santos, Emilia, Despereaux, Pete, Phillipe, Squalene, Bill, Kate, Roman, Sally, Bertha, Dru, Ridley, Amelie, Val, Alejandro, Hans, Jean, Mustafa, Kevin, Kev, Ina, Ima, Pinesol, Ernesto, Arnoldine, Bernadine, Homer, Tomoyuki, Clitmondine, Nolan, Michaela, Brainerd, Everly, Szandor, Cosine, Morris, Jamie, Jamie but the other pronunciation, Xan, Gyatso, Kiara, Pontius, Ali, Momo, Junior, Tootsie, Mel, Dustin, Xavier, Mello, Spike, Petra, Dean, Tasha, Guenevere, Jock, Huston, Dwayne, Dominique, Sanchita, Padma, Lola, Golmandine, Gilda, Flemina, Billy-Bob, and Glen.

[hibiscusbabyboy]

How to Be a 1960s Coquette

DISCLAIMER: This is based on my own observation. Feel free to follow the guideline or not. Do what makes you comfortable

Fashion:

♡ Ribbons on your hair! Whether they are big or small, they're all equally important

♡ Colours galore!

♡ Do NOT be afraid to experiment with patterns. Paisley, daisies - YOU NAME IT!!

♡ Tights, Tights, Tights!

♡ Mini skirts are essential

♡ Dresses with narrow/boxy silhouettes that are above your knees/knee length - NEVER GO BELOW unless it's a prom gown

♡ Early 60s style: Circle skirts and dresses are a-okay except they're slightly shorter than their 50s counterparts

♡ GINGHAM GALORE!

♡ Peter Pan collar is calling YOU

♡ Shoes must be low heeled or flat

♡ Hats and Headbands - your choice! Whether they are simple headband or a beret, whatever suits your mood

♡ Oh yeah, HEAD SCARVES!!

♡ Driving gloves for your pleasure

♡ Funky shaped, big Sunglasses ESPECIALLY ROUND AND THE HEART SHAPED ONES FROM "Lolita" (1962)

♡ Big, Bold earrings

♡ These boots are made for walkin'

♡ Remember - BE BOLD AND NEVER BE AFRAID TO EXPERIMENT!

Hairstyles:

♡ Generally, the hairstyles can either be relaxed or bumped up to create a nice, half-circle round shape on top of your crown

♡ Hair can be either very long and silky to pixie cut like Twiggy's

♡ BANGS! You need them

♡ If you have bob hair, you can brush them inward towards your jawline. If you have a neck/shoulder length hair, you can do a bubble flip

♡ Feel free to use wigs, wiglets, and hair extensions

♡ Bouffants and Beehives for the Gods

♡ If you have a long hair, do a braided ponytail

♡ Pigtails are all the rage!

♡ Again, DON'T BE AFRAID TO EXPERIMENT!

Makeup:

♡ Have fun with it! You can do a flower-patterned face paint or all over your limbs!

♡ Twiggy's eye look

♡ Big doe eyes or Sharp cat eyes

♡ Lashes on top and bottom + mascara!

♡ Nude or soft pink coloured lipstick

♡ Soft, peachy flush

♡ Early 60s: Go for the Barbie look with the soft wing and blue eyeshadows

Style References:

♡ Twiggy

♡ Jean Shrimpton

♡ Pattie Boyd

♡ Colleen Corby

♡ Molly Corby

♡ Chrissie Shrimpton

♡ Samantha Juste

♡ Brigitte Bardot

♡ Anna Karina

♡ EVERY SINGLE YÉ-YÉ GIRLS

♡ Jane Birkin

♡ Lesley Gore

♡ The Ronettes

♡ Lola Falana

♡ The Supremes

♡ Glenna Forster-Jones

♡ Nancy Kwan

♡ Mary Weiss

♡ Priscilla Presley

♡ Patty Duke

♡ Annette Funicello

♡ Marianne Faithfull

♡ Jean Seberg

♡ Peggy Moffitt

♡ Sue Lyon

♡ Uschi Obermaier

♡ Marlo Thomas

♡ Edie Sedgwick

♡ Sally Field

♡ Sharon Tate

♡ Britt Ekland

♡ Pamela des Barres

♡ Genevieve Waite

♡ Ewa Aulin

♡ Goldie Hawn

♡ Mia Farrow

♡ Any girls in "Valley of the Dolls" (1967) and "The Touchables" (1968)

♡ Any girl groups from that era

Youtubers specializing in this particular style:

♡ Jackie Wyers

♡ @dandelionapril

♡ The MILK club

♡ Devyn Crimson

♡ Connie Mclean

♡ Laura Jane Atelier

♡ Loepsie

♡ Emma Rosa Katharina

♡ WanderlustVintage

♡ BONUS:

Coquette Counterparts:

♡ Dark Coquette

♡ Dolly Coquette

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🪞 What to Read After Watching Bridgerton Season 3

🪞 Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend - Emma R. Alban 🪞 The Ladies Rewrite the Rules - Suzanne Allain 🪞 Confounding Oaths - Alexis Hall 🪞 Hathor and the Prince - J.J. McAvoy 🪞 Ne’er Duke Well - Alexandra Vasti 🪞 The Lord of Stariel - A. J. Lancaster 🪞 The Lily of Ludgate Hill - Mimi Matthews 🪞 To Catch a Suitor - Sarah Adams 🪞 To Woo and to Wed - Martha Waters 🪞 My Season of Scandal - Julie Anne Long 🪞 Damned If I Duke - Anna Bradley 🪞 A Viscount for the Egyptian Princess - Heba Helmy 🪞 The Diamond and the Duke - Christi Caldwell 🪞 An Unlikely Proposition - Rosalyn Eves 🪞 A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril - Manda Collins 🪞 Lies and Weddings - Kevin Kwan 🪞 Viscount in Love - Eloisa James 🪞 A Lady for a Duke - Alexis Hall 🪞 Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man - Violet Marsh 🪞 My Rogue to Ruin - Erica Ridley 🪞 Never Met a Duke Like You - Amalie Howard 🪞 Never Blow a Kiss - Lindsay Lovise 🪞 Wake Me Most Wickedly - Felicia Grossman 🪞 The Duke’s All That - Christina Britton 🪞 Bookshop Cinderella - Laura Lee Guhrke 🪞 Dukes Do It Better - Bethany Bennett

[shorthaltsjester]

“you’re a good friend and you move people. i don’t know if you see that, but you do, every day.”

“In the Pockets of Small Gods” - Anis Mojgani // “Critical Role Campaign 2: Traveler Con” - Laura Bailey & Sam Riegel // “Everything Everywhere All At Once” - Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert // “All About Love: New Visions” - bell hooks // “The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre” - Sam Maggs // “The Attempt” - Magdaléna Platzová // “Critical Role Campaign 2: The Fancy and the Fooled” - Laura Bailey // “a letter to Rainer Maria Rilke, c. 1926” - Marina Tsvetayeva // “Fleabag: Episode #2.6” - Phoebe Waller-Bridge // “Critical Role Campaign 2: A Storm of Memories” - Laura Bailey & Marisha Ray

[leonardcohenofficial]

i watched 120 new-to-me films this year; here are the posters from a few of my favorites in no particular order!!

faults (riley stearns, 2014) out of the blue (dennis hopper, 1980) wake in fright (ted kotcheff, 1971) entergalactic (fletcher moules, 2022) histoires d'amérique: food, family and philosophy (chantal akerman, 1989) the woman king (gina prince-bythewood, 2022) waking life (richard linklater, 2001) on the count of three (jerrod carmichael, 2021)  thank you and good night (jan oxenberg, 1991)

i’ll tag @lesbiancolumbo / @draftdodgerag / @localpubliclibrary / @calicoskiesacoustic / @jerrylandis / @columbosunday / @harrierdoobie  / @sightofsea and anyone else who’d like to do this!! 🌟

entire watchlist from 2022 is below the cut:

the world to come (mona fastvold, 2020)

nancy (christina choe, 2018)

la bouche de jean-pierre (lucile hadžihalilović, 1996)

run (aneesh chaganty, 2020)

the mosquito coast (peter weir, 1986)

mass (fran kanz, 2021) 

a field in england (ben wheatley, 2014) 

angels wear white (vivian qu, 2017)

a cape cod christmas (john stimpson, 2021) 

shook (jennifer harrington, 2021)

outing riley (pete jones, 2004)

love & mercy (bill pohlad, 2014) 

small engine repair (john pollono, 2021) 

the fallout (megan park, 2021) 

clemency (chinonye chukwu, 2019)

red elvis (thomas latter, 2022) 

calendar girls (nigel cole, 2003) 

the little hours (jeff baena, 2017)

out of the blue (dennis hopper, 1980) 

aya of yop city (marguerite abouet and clement oubrerie, 2013) 

fresh (mimi cave, 2022)

jesus camp (rachel grady, 2006) 

bamboozled (spike lee, 2000)

master (mariama diallo, 2022)

the world of us (yoon ga-eun, 2016) 

jezebel (numa perrier, 2019)

the cat, the reverend and the slave (alain della negra and kaori kinoshita, 2009)

cohabitation (lauren barker, 2022)

the queen of versailles (lauren greenfield, 2012)

secret ceremony (joseph losey, 1968)

the northman (robert eggers, 2022)

the silent partner (daryl duke, 1978)

in secret (charlie stratton, 2013)

the ground beneath my feet (marie kreutzer, 2019)

the man who haunted himself (basil dearden, 1970)

woodlands dark and days bewitched: a history of folk horror (kier-la janisse, 2021)

the miseducation of cameron post (desiree akhavan, 2018)

roadrunner: a film about anthony bourdain (morgan neville, 2021) 

karen dalton: in my own time (richard peete and robert yapkowitz, 2020) 

fire music (tom surgal, 2018)

histoires d'amérique: food, family and philosophy (chantal akerman, 1989)

fruit of paradise (věra chytilová, 1969)

a different image (alile sharon larkin, 1982)

preparations to be together for an unknown period of time (lili horvát, 2020) 

candyman (nia dacosta, 2021)

fan girl (antoinette jadaone, 2020)

chicago 10 (brett morgen, 2007)

pray away (kristine stolakis, 2021)

mavis! (jessica edwards, 2015)

M (yolande zauberman, 2018)

wake in fright (ted kotcheff, 1971)

thomasine & bushrod (gordon parks, 1974)

desire me (released uncredited; jack conway, george cukor, mervyn le roy, and victor saville, 1947)

faults (riley stearns, 2014)

premature (rashaad ernesto green, 2019) 

mother joan of the angels (jerzy kawalerowicz, 1961) 

the loft (erik van looy, 2014)

the black phone (scott derrickson, 2022) 

no exit (damien power, 2022)

nope (jordan peele, 2022)

paprika (satoshi kon, 2006)

our eternal summer (émilie aussel, 2021)

playground (laura wandel, 2021) 

not okay (quinn shephard, 2022) 

everything everywhere all at once (daniel kwan and daniel scheinert, 2022)

pressure point (hubert cornfield, 1962)

sharp stick (lena dunham, 2022) 

on the count of three (jerrod carmichael, 2021) 

martha marcy may marlene (sean durkin, 2011)

waking life (richard linklater, 2001)

sicaro (denis villeneuve, 2015)

arrival (denis villeneuve, 2016)

this magnificent cake! (emma de swaef and marc james roels, 2018) 

chevalier (athina rachel tsangari, 2015)

young and wild (marialy rivas, 2012)

alice (krystin ver linden, 2022)

shame (steve mcqueen, 2011)

good madam (jenna cato bass, 2022) 

black bear (lawrence michael levine, 2020)

speak no evil (christian tafdrup, 2022)

wet sand (elene naveriani, 2021)

the catholic school (stefano mordini, 2021)

poly styrene: i am a cliché (celeste bell and paul sng, 2021)

the violators (helen walsh, 2015)

the woman king (gina prince-bythewood, 2022)

the killing kind (curtis harrington, 1973)

oleanna (david mamet, 1994)

entergalactic (fletcher moules, 2022)

the more the merrier (george stevens, 1943)

primrose path (gregory la cava, 1940)

watcher (chloe okuno, 2022)

enemy (dennis villenueve, 2013)

darlin' (pollyanna mcintosh, 2019)

sissy (kane senes and hannah barlow, 2022)

till (chinonye chukwu, 2022)

black panther: wakanda forever (ryan coogler, 2022)

the hunt (thomas vinterberg, 2012)

the other side of the underneath (jane arden, 1972)

barbarian (zach cregger, 2022) 

the intervention (clea duvall, 2016)

sorry to bother you (boots riley, 2018)

the silent twins (agnieszka smoczyńska, 2022)

tahara (olivia peace, 2020)

arranged (diane crespo and stefan schaefer, 2007)

swimming (luzie loose, 2018)

#like (sarah pirozek, 2019)

babysitter (monia chokri, 2022)

chico and rita (tono errando, fernando trueba, and javier mariscal, 2010)

pleasure (ninja thyberg, 2021)

john the violent (tonia marketaki, 1967)

fat girl (catherine breillat, 2001)

lemon (janicza bravo, 2017)

thank you and good night (jan oxenberg, 1991)

what about me (rachel amodeo, 1993)

the KKK boutique ain’t just rednecks (camille billops and james hatch, 1994)

sun don’t shine (amy seimetz, 2012)

zero fucks given (emmanuel marre and julie lecoustre, 2021)

piggy (carlota pereda, 2022)

ladyworld (amanda kramer, 2018)

wolf's hole (věra chytilová, 1987)

[lordkingsmith]

Billy Cranston canon and au children, adopted and otherwise.

WOW they tried hard to get this character paired up with a girl. There are so many potential girls. If I miss one please let me know. I’m adding adoption because we know while Minh is his co-ward by way of Zack…they basically adopted her. She’s basically their adopted kid.

Canon children of Billy Cranston:

Minh Kwan. Aged about late teens, probably seventeen at most. She still is legally taken care of by Billy and Zack after all. Minh is the orphaned daughter of Trini that Billy and Zack co-parent. He and her definitely seem to have a lot healthier relationship after the movie. She’s a yellow ranger, like her mother. Technically I should put her name Kwan then middle name then Minh but I don’t think her middle name’s been revealed? And when I find out Trini’s I’ll fix that as well

Alternate reality children of Billy Cranston:

Marge (last name unknown);

Marge and Billy were the two smartest people in their school, and Marge asked him out to one of the school dances. They were both sent to the dark dimension when a monster, Madame Woe, mistook Marge as a power ranger. After, Billy continued seeing her because he felt bad. They ended up with a son, Jordan Cranston. Seventeen. His parents are separated and he doesn’t see Billy. Terrified to tell his mom he’s gay. His entire life is plotted for him, and while he’s brilliant he’s feeling a little bit….stifled. He’s been spending time with the punks of his high school and might be falling hard for a red ranger. Which is illogical because he’s never even seen his face. Jordan sells answers and helps people cheat. Not because he needs to, but it’s the only way he knows how to rock his life off the carefully plotted course it’s on. Easier said than done.

Violet Arias;

Violet was Billy’s high school art class partner. She was another one of the smartest kids in their school, and was very kind. Although they fell out of contact for a few years, they interned at the same company, and reconnected. One thing led to another, and they have two kids, a house, and a very friendly relationship. They decided not to get divorced until both of their daughters, Indigo and Lavender, were eighteen. They’re still good friends so it’s not like it’s a super big deal, after they talked it out.

Lavender, aged 16, has brought her girlfriend over on more than one occasion. The only big problem was the fact the girlfriend is a vampire. Billy and Violet had to, on top of comprehensive sex education, subject the two to comprehensive blood sharing education. Lavender is a vegan and very artistic. She’s fascinated by Rita and her putties, to the panic of her parents. Lavender is honor roll, A+ type student. She’s preppier by far than her younger sister. Constantly doing things on purpose to make Indigo leave her room. Such as turning off the electricity when she knows Indigo needs to get out and has saved her stuff. Aka big sister notices little sister js doomscrolling and does something about it. Lavender is not associated with a color.

Indigo is fourteen. She’s figuring herself out. She’s too smart for her own good, and is very hacker punk. More rebellious than her sister, and likes thinking she’s smarter than her dad. Billy is constantly left a bit flabbergasted at the audacity of his tiny child. Everyone who knows them considers this hilarious. She’s just like him, down to the glasses. Indigo wants to hack into the morphing grid however, and that’s a bit concerning. Indigo when she gets older will be a yellow ranger. A very very snarky yellow ranger.

Laura (last name unknown);

Laura and Kimberly were both scoutmasters for their Angelette troop (power rangers version of girl scouts). Billy was hoping to get data on a rare solar storm, and he and Laura began flirting. Billy and Laura got together, and then shortly after a kid, got divorced amicably. Turns out, Laura and Kim were a better fit in this reality, as well. Laura and Billy's single kid is William Cranston, aged 24. He wants to be a weather man and is going to school for it. Being a meteorologist has been his dream since forever. He's a green zeo ranger. He gets on fine with Billy, who never remarried, and his step mom of Kim, who adores him. Mild mannered, but he's not the kind of person to forgive easily. once he's been wronged in a way that would completely break his trust, that's it. He's done. It makes it difficult given an ex is also a teammate. Billy's a great source of advice for William, and very helpful in William's career. He's always offering ways to balance his civilian life and his work life, and gadgets to make his work life easier. Doesn't always work, but it's appreciated. Kim is also helpful in William's life, and he enjoys going on hikes and things with her. He appreciates his mom and Kim sat him down and asked permission once they were ready to properly date. It meant a lot. Of course the answer was yes, and he considers his step mom as a good friend. William's considering he might maybe be a little bit bi. for a villain. which...well. weirder things have happened to him.

Cestria;

Solaro Cranston is 25, and a very unusual hybrid. the Aquitarans were unsure if this could even be a thing, but Cestria (later realizing he was more of a Cestrio) and Billy decided to see anyway. Surprisingly, human and Aquitaran genetics are compatible. Solaro has some Aquiraran features, such as the face spotting, and needs to stay hydrated, but he's more human than Aquitaran. He spends his summers on earth however, with Billy, who is an interplanetary dilplomat with his now fully transitioned husband. Solaro is not associated with a color, but he is good friends with the legacy rangers. He's never been chosen by a color, but doesn't feel left out. Almost as smart as his parents, but like Cestrio he wants to be a healer in some form. Is working on getting into medical school. Billy is super proud of him. He and Cestrio are also considering a second child, but via other means, and Solaro is slightly weirded out by this but is overall supportive of his parents. Often gossips with Minh when he sees her. He quickly adopted her as adorable little sister.

Trini Kwan;

Minh, in this reality, Billy is the unnamed father. Minh and a younger brother, aged 10. Hao and Minh go to live with Zack after Billy inadvertently gets their mother-his wife-killed. as of course, he tells them the truth. Even after, they don't forgive him, but Minh does somewhat reconcile. Hao, however, needs time. Nobody blames the kids for not being able to forgive, least of all Billy.

Kimberly Hart;

Kimberly and Billy made a pact in early highschool if both of them were single by the time they were thirty, they'd get together. Incredibly, this happened. They have one son, Waylon Cranston. Aged 18. Waylon is a blue ranger and a gymnast. Not interested in romance or a lot of friendships, he's more goal oriented, and that means he's got a forty four step plan on becoming a gold medalist and the youngest geneticist in the world. For his own good, Billy actually suggested he see if Mighty Morphin Blue or Pink or...any color...work. Blue likes him. Waylon hates this but it's getting him out of his head and forcing him to learn how to be a team player. Still not interested in romance, but hey, nothing wrong with that. All Billy and Kim are happy over is that he's talking to people.

Zack Taylor;

They adopted Minh together basically. But in an alternate reality they got married and have two adopted kids, Harlow, aged 19, Selena, aged 17, and one kid by surrogate, Dylan, aged 9.

Harlow was adopted by Zack and Billy when he was seven, and is the first kid they adopted. He and the senator bonded over a shared love of music, and breakdancing. He bonded with Billy a little bit later over Billy mentioning that like Harlow, he used to have a fear of fish and water, and it was fine feeling irrational fear. Harlow tries really hard to make both his dads proud. He's got a lot of pressure he puts on himself. He's a perfectionist. Everything has to be perfect all the time. Billy's the first to try to get him to see the beauty in sometimes things just...not...being...perfect, and it's okay if he's not immediately good at things. Tommy Oliver is his favorite honorary uncle, and is a huge help with how he feels and living in a family. Is the blue ranger, alongside Selena, who is the orange ranger (there is no pink on their team).

Dylan was born a couple years before Selena was adopted. rambunctious kid. Gives his dads a heart attack all the time. His mom was Aisha, and his dad was Billy. There were long talks about it, but it was actually decided by a coin flip because Aisha could see they were psyching themselves out, and were going to talk themselves out of a choice they very much wanted. So she took charge for them. They love Dylan, and Dylan loves his dads, and his brother, and his sister. He likes music and playing pirates. He's one of the smartest kids in his grade school class, but Billy and Zack want him to make friends, so he's not allowed to jump a year. He does get supplemental lessons by both of them, though, so he doesn't stop being curious. Not associated with a color.

Selena has a lot of self doubt about being in this family, and doesn't get why Billy and Zack keep going to bat for her. They go to bat for her because they see in her a lot of themselves, and a lot of Tommy. She's a cheerleader at their school, and does baby sitting as a side job. She struggles to feel worthy of being the orange ranger, but she likes her new brothers, and she likes her dads, and she likes being able to show some of how grateful she feels back to them.

In a small variation, Minh would come live with all three of them as their sister and yellow ranger.

Jason Lee Scott;

Jason and Billy weren't actually expecting to get together; this kind of just. Happened. Jason's dad disinherited him, and Billy's parents welcomed Jason in with open arms. They've been together since Jason came back and became a scuba instructor. Billy became a science professor, Jason is still a scuba instructor. They have two kids, one adopted and one was a magic spell turned oopsie baby. Jackson is adopted, but not human. He's a Xybrian who ended up on earth after a freak accident with his parent's ship. He's purple haired, and Billy and Jason offered to take him in until a good Xybrian option could be found. No better options were found. He's 27 but still going to school as lifespans of Xybrians are far far longer than humans. He halves his time. school year is on Xybria, breaks are on earth. Extremely protective of little brother Zachary, who is seventeen. He does find it a bit of a whiplash, going from non psychic society to planet full of them, but he's adaptable. Is interested in becoming a cartographer. while associated with purple, he's not interested in being a ranger as of right now.

Zachary was intended to be something entirely different than what he is. Vile created the perfect copies of Billy and Jason's strengths and combined them. Unfortunately, this was what they themselves considered their strengths. Billy's intelligence of course, but his sense of fashion as well. Jason's fighing skills yes, but also his adaptability, and his sense of humor. Vile deemed this a failure, but instead of a spell destroying the young man, he got turned into a baby due to quick thinking from Zack and Rocky. Billy and Jason figured since he existed, they'd just raise him. He's fairly well adjusted, excitable, and really passionate. A little bit of a himbo, a little bit too smart for his own good too. not associated with any color. He was named Zachary Rocky Scott in honor of the two who managed to keep him alive.

Tommy Oliver;

After surviving the world of the coinless together, the two got very close. Tommy was the first person Billy came out to, Billy was the first guy Tommy went all the way with. They have one daughter. Her name is Amanda Oliver. Aged 19. Amanda is adopted, and completely spoiled by her dads. She wants for nothing, and she loves them back deeply. She's a karate instructor, and a power ranger mentor. She's got a really open relationship with her parents, and trusts them to trust her, and they do. A little bit of a heartbreaker, finds it difficult to lie, loves science and kids.

Eugene Skullovitch;

After being best friends as kids, then not, then sort of friends, then maybe more...they have two kids. Charlie Cranston, aged twenty two, and Oscar "Skid" Cranston, aged twenty. Charlie and Oscar are both via a science experiment, where Billy combined his and Eugene's genetic codes in a randomizer, to see if anything would happen that was viable as a sperm and egg equivalent. Yes, he got permission for this from Eugene. He sold the patent, and lives happily with his and Eugene's kids. Charlie is a blue solar ranger. She has been since she was seventeen. Billy didn't know at first and when he found out....he grounded her for not telling him. Then came back thirty minutes later, apologized, ungrounded her, and told her to be careful. Eugene doesn't get it as much but he's trying, he really is. He worries more than Billy, though Billy does often find himself staring up at the stars on late nights with tea in his hand, knots in his stomach and hoping he sees his daughter for Christmas. It's different, somehow, when they're in space and not in town.

Oscar is friends with a Bulkmeier, of course. He's the family "problem child", in a general sense. The prankster, and he's super smart. He is mild enough nobody really thinks he's as smartass and clever as he is. His entire motivation is cause as much chaos as possible. He used to prank his sister once a month until she left, and he's the one who let slip she's a power ranger because she was thrown through a building in front of him. She didn't know he knew, and he's been apologizing since via no more pranks, and gifts. so many gifts. Her favorite foods, updates on her favorite bands, jewelry she'd like. He doesn't have to but he feels bad. This was the closest they ever got to the family splintering. Trini, Zack, and Jason do their best to help the three deal with Charlie in space. Oscar works as a janitor, isn't really interested in dealing with school or anything. He likes doing his hobbies while having a stable job.

variation; they get together when he helps Skull with his newborn son. Spike takes care of his little siblings, and helped Oscar get his nickname and his current job. Billy is eternally caring to his adopted kid, and does the best he can by Spike.

variation 2; Charlie becomes Charlie from A Team. This time, Billy DOES ground her. she never hears the end of it

Matthew Cook;

When Billy loses his ranger status and goes to work for Grace, Matt is also there as the green ranger. Billy keeps his distance for a while; the guy is more or less a massive dick. Especially over something that wasn’t Billy’s fault. Billy’s also not taking pot shots at his friends or Zordon over it with Matt. They start dating after the War, and Matt’s final betrayal. More because he finally wore Billy down, but Billy had a good time hanging out with him again. And then both of them had the rude realization at the same time of “I am attracted to this man-fuck he noticed-oh he’s into it” which snowballed. They adopted one kid, and had another via help from alien technology mixed with a little magic. Nora, aged 26, is a professional hockey player. Matt decided he was going to support her sport even if it wasn’t his sport. Billy quickly developed a love of baseball at one of her events when she was little. Mostly because this game is ridiculous. Though he does worry about her on the ice. A lot. They adopted her when she was five, and she’s loud and enthusiastic and very rarely is she ever sad or genuinely upset. Her opinion on things is mostly “be friendly at it or challenge it to a fight” and generally speaking the options work enough she’s never needed to figure out other plans of action. She met her wife during a game. She’s from an opposing team. Nora gave her a concussion; she knocked Nora’s front teeth out. This was par for the course and they bonded in hospital. Billy’s still trying to figure out HOW. Matt thinks it’s hilarious. Is the green dragon ranger. She is legitimately feared by most and can solve most problems without suiting up. The threat is enough.

Their other child is Abner. He’s socially transitioning, he’s 18. He wants to be a writer. He and his sister have a very loving if slightly antagonistic relationship. When Abner came out to her, Nora’s response was “well now you don’t need to steal my clothes. Give them back” which lead to an argument but not the one Abner was expecting. They negotiated the clothing situation. Abner’s not giving back a pair of boots; they look way too good on him. Matt and Billy both support him. Matt sometimes slips up with name, however he’s quick to correct himself. Billy helped Abner choose his name, and was the first person he came out to. Abner is a little self conscious about his looks, and about his public image. More in regards to if he’s going to make his family look bad. Like Matt he tends to brood and focus on negative details way too much. Like Billy he tends to strive for perfection and his vocabulary makes it hard for people to understand him.

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if I missed any of the many many love interests/head cannoned/forced romantic possibles, please let me know! I will add them as I see them

[jobrookekarev]

Newborn Babies 

Words: 2077

Summary: When the Nursery is closed Jo recruits the interns to take care of the newborns. While holding them, Jo is reminded of when her babies were little. 

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy.

Relationship: Alex Karev/Jo Wilson.

Characters: Alex Karev, Jo Wilson, Carina DeLuca, and Edith Karev, Mika Yasuda, Benson "Blue" Kwan, Simone Griffith, Jules Millin.

Rating: General Audiences.

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Romance, Humor, Family, Love, Drabble, One Shot, Happy Ending, Domestic, Parenthood, Children, Food, Cute, Newborns, Babies, Breastfeeding.

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Jo stared down at the newborn in her arms. The tiny baby girl, Laura, was wrapped up in a hospital blanket and Jo traced her fingers down her arm as her little fingers wrapped around her own. 

“This is the best assignment ever,” Yusada said as she held her own newborn. 

“It’s not even surgery,” Blue said as he tried to sway with his baby, although they continued to fuss. 

“Yes, but it’s fun,” Griffin said as she held her own newborn next to Jo.

The interns and nurses were all crowding around the maternity ward nurse's station as they each held one of the babies. The nursery had a busted pipe and was currently flooded, meaning that parents couldn't send their babies there. Most parents had opted to room in. Still, a few had asked if the nurses or doctors could watch their babies for a while so they could get some sleep. Thus, Jo recruited all the interns to help.

“You have to admit it is a good break from everything,” Jo said as she stared down at baby Laura. She had dark skin, tuffs of curly black hair, and pouted lips that Jo absolutely adored. 

“It reminds me of when Liam and Andrea were little,” Carina said as she smiled, looking down at her own newborn and thinking of her now toddler sons. 

“What about you Dr Karev? Does it remind you of when your babies were little,” Yusada asked as she smiled at her baby.

“Oh my babies were never this little,” Jo said with a little laugh. “Helena was 10 lbs and Edith was almost 12 lbs. So they looked more like a one-month-old than newborns.”

“Wow, I don't think I could do that,” Simone said with a shake of her herald. 

“Especially without drugs and at home,” Yusada said, as her newborn yawned and cooed.

“Yes that is the part that surprised me as well,” Carina said in a teasing tone, referring to Edith’s impromptu delivery seven months ago. 

“What about Luna? She had to have been this small at some point. She was a NICU baby right?” Simone said, looking over at her.

“Yeah, she was this small when she was about five months old and she's still petite. When she was born at 24 weeks, she was barely the size of Alex's hand. He used to put his hand next to her for measurements. For the longest time, I didn't think she would get any bigger. Now she's half my height.” 

“They get so big before you even know it,” Carina said as she smiled at her. “It makes me think about having another one.” 

“Not me,” Jo said as she shook her head, but all of the interns and nurses giggled and Jo scowled at them.

“What do we have here?” Alex asked as he walked up behind her and smiled at the baby in her arms.

“The nursery is closed as it has a busted pipe. We offered to take the babies so the new parents can get some rest,” Jo said as she passed Laura over to him. 

Alex’s smile grew as he held the baby close to him. He cradled her and swayed a little bit as she fussed with the movement. Jo just smiled at him as he held Laura. He always looked so good holding a baby and memories of him holding their girls filled her mind. 

“Does it make you think of having another one Dr. Karev?” Nurse Hannah asked Alex with a smirk.

“Oh yeah, I could always have another one,” Alex said, not taking his eyes off the baby as he smiled. 

“No way,” Jo said quickly as she glared at him. “This uterus is closed, permanently.” 

“Jo’s right, as much as I love babies we have our hands full with three kids under three,” Alex said, looking up and smiling at her. “Besides I got a vasectomy a few months before Edith was born.”

“But it's nice to enjoy the newborns again,” Carina said as she smiled and looked down at her own newborn. 

The infant next to her started crying and Simone tried to sway with them and settle them. 

“Um, Dr. Karev,” Jules said as she pointed to Jo's shirt. Jo looked down to see that she had leaked through her shirt as her milk had come in when the baby cried.

“Why don't you take a chance to go feed Edith,” Carina said, nodding to her.

“Thanks,” Jo said as she grabbed a towel and held it to her shirt.

“I’ll come with you,” Alex said, looking to one of the nurses to hand off Laura.

“Oh no, you're far too distracting to her while she eats,” Jo said as she lightly glared at him.

“I am not,” Alex argued back.

“Yes, you are,” Jo said, as she crossed her arms. “Why don't you go get me a new scrub shirt and then go see Luna and Helena.”

“Fine, but I'm coming to see you and Edith afterward,” Alex huffed, looking more grumpy than she knew he was.

Jo leaned in and put her hand on his chest as she gave him a quick kiss. He smiled as she pulled back and they walked down to the elevators together. She gave him another kiss as he went to get her clothes and she continued down to the daycare. 

As she walked to the daycare, Jo thought back to when her girls were newborns. She remembered those early days trying to figure out how to take care of this new baby and recovering from birth. She remembered looking at the girls' tiny faces and wondering who they would grow up to be? What their personality and temperament would be? 

Staring at them made her heart swell with love for this new little human was all hers. It was so magical and there was nothing like that feeling. For a second she did wish she could experience it again, with her own newborn, but she was content to hold her own babies.

She remembered staring at them for hours, tracing every little line of their face, arms, and body. She remembered Luna's tiny hands and long arms, that were the length of her finger. Helena’s pouted lips, that always looked grumpy, but how she would smile when she kissed her cheek. Or Edith's little feet that would kick her so much Jo swore she was going to play soccer when she grew up.

Every part of them was so new and special. There was nothing like holding a newborn. Especially if they slept in her arms, and her girls were always content to be in their Mama’s arms. 

Jo slipped off her shoes before she opened the door to the infant room. She smiled as she looked around for her baby. Then she spotted Edith crawling on the carpet towards the balls Georgia was rolling to them.

“Hi Jo,” Lucy greeted her as she sat on the floor with a couple of the babies on the play mat. 

“Hi, Jo, Did you come to feed Edith?” Georgia said as she saw Jo’s wet shirt.

“Yeah, one of the newborns cried and my milk came in,” Jo said as she watched Edith, who hadn't noticed her yet.

“That happened to me a lot as well,” Georgia said, giving her a sympathetic smile. 

However, the second Edith heard Jo’s voice, Edith turned to see her and let out a screech. She turned around and crawled to Jo as fast as her little legs could carry her. 

“Hi my baby,” Jo said as she crouched down waiting for Edith to get to her.

Edith squealed as Jo picked her up, kicking both her legs and waving her arms. Jo had to hold her out in front of her for a second before she calmed down and reached out for her. Jo pulled her close and Edith rested her head on her shoulder as she hugged her. 

“I fed her about a half hour ago, so I'm not sure how hungry she'll be. We weren't expecting you,” Lucy said as she picked up one of the other babies and set them on her leg.

“That's alright, Lucy,” Jo said with a shrug as she went over to the rocking chair.

Jo moved to cradle Edith, who immediately opened her mouth and started to gnaw at the wet spot on Jo's shirt. 

“It looks like she’s still hungry,” Jo smiled, pulling up her shirt as Edith immediately latched on and started to nurse. 

Edith closed her eyes in content and made happy little eating noises. She grasped onto Jo’s fingers and held her hand. Jo ran her fingers across her baby's cheek. Edith was nowhere near as small as a newborn. She was as tall as a one-year-old and weighed nearly as much. She had the cutest fat rolls that she’d had since birth. Jo had to put a pillow under her arm to hold her chubby baby. 

It took her forever to learn to hold her head up because she had Alex’s giant head. She also had Alex's grumpy expression. He also said she didn't learn it from him, but Jo knew exactly where she got it from. She was a grumpy baby but Jo loved her.

Her baby was so big now, her features were more defined, and her hair was getting longer too as the brown locks curled around her ears. Jo got a glimpse of the baby Edith was when she was a newborn, but then her seven-month-old stared back at her as she opened her eyes.

“I love you, my baby,” Jo whispered as she looked down at her. Edith smiled at her before closing her eyes and starting to eat again. She wasn't a newborn anymore but Jo loved her baby.

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When Jo had to leave Edith in the daycare, she found herself missing her baby. Edith was fine to leave her and happily crawled back to Georgia and began playing with a ball. The rest of her shift passed by slowly and uneventfully. After changing out of her scrubs, Jo went to find her husband. He should have been off at the same time as her, but he wasn't in the lounge. Eventually, she found him in the place she should have looked first, the NICU. 

He was attending to an older baby boy she knew had been admitted that afternoon. Alex carefully moved their monitors and wires and quietly talked to them. She watched him as he smiled down at the boy and continued to talk to them. Of course, he caught her staring and turned his smile to her. He waved her over and Jo came to stand next to him as they both stared down at the baby incubator.

“Every time I look down at these babies it makes me think of Luna,” Alex said with a smile, he took off his gloves and they both walked out of the NICU together.

“Yeah, me too. Sometimes, when holding the newborns I think about having another newborn,” Jo said, biting her lip as she didn't dare look at him.

“Are you serious?” Alex said, looking up at her with his eyes wide. “You want to have another baby.”

“No, not really,” Jo said, shaking her head as Alex quickly sighed. “I just love holding them. It brings up good memories and the kind of longing a little baby gives you. But, I don't think we can handle any more kids right now.”

“Yeah, I get that feeling too,” Alex said, as they shared a smile. 

They paused when they got to the lounge and Jo handed him his clothes. Alex quickly changed his pants, however, he hesitated to put his shirt on. He gave her a smirk as he wrapped his arms around her. Alex pulled her in for a kiss as he pressed his body into hers. Jo moaned into his lips but when his hands trailed down to the hem of her shirt and his feet pulled her towards the couch, Jo pulled away. 

“Come on,” Jo said, slipping out of his arms and grabbing his hand. “Let's go down to the daycare and get our girls. While we remember how nice it is to be able to sleep for more than two hours.”

“That is one thing I do not miss about newborns.” Alex nodded in agreement as they left.

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

[whipcreamsucks]

Twenty Books Challenge

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

i've been wanting to try this tag for a while! (in the dreadful case of fire or having to move away from my own personal library, of course.

Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe

Death or Ice Cream? by Gareth P. Jones

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tulcholke

The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12)

Daydreams of Angels by Heather O'Neill

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #3)

Little by Edward Carey

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero O'Connell

Violets by Shin Kyung-sook

The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

星空 (Starry Starry Night) by Jimmy Liao

The Tracy Beaker Trilogy by Jacqueline Wilson. Surely this is allowed lol since the edition I have is one book by itself

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly

Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

and those are my fated twenty. wow this wasn't like picking favourite children at all (it was)

i tag @celeste-fitzgerald @mithranqueer @rabidsliceofbread @snookeroo @maryblackwood and @soopsiedaisies ! totally optional, but i'd be so glad to see your picks!

[saltynachobeliever]

By Pnzrk

[lovecharged]

i’m getting through my drafts and queuing them up so they don’t drown the dash, however -- if you’d like a starter from one of my newer test muses. like this and i’ll write you a starter (or two).

ramses youssef   |   rami malek.

forty two. cis man. he / him. bisexual. chef + restaurateur. connection: kwan's business partner.

anuj basak   |   dev patel

thirty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. con artist (heavenly seven) +  art forger.

gareth forsyth   |   archie renaux.

twenty five. cis man. he / him. bisexual. gang member. nolan's crew.

kwan choi   |   gong yoo.

forty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. chef + restaurateur. ramses business partner.

ambrose fairburne   |   omari hardwick.

forty nine. cis man. he / him. bisexual. former hockey player turned coach + youth club leader.

ricardo 'ricky' fontana   |   michael cimino.

twenty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. college student, barista + freelance artist.

lysander 'xander' godfrey   |   jacob anderson.

thirty two. cis man. he / him. gay. socialite + events manager. harry and otto's older brother.

dara keevan   |   mark mckenna.

twenty even. cis man. he / him. bisexual. tattoo artist.

persephone lancaster    |   olivia cooke & rachel weisz.

twenty nine - forty nine. cis woman. she / her. bicurious. gardener.

carina lowe    |   laura harrier.

thirty. cis woman. she / her. bisexual. florist.

lorena morais   |   giovana cordeiro.

twenty six. cis woman. she / her. bisexual. winemaker.

gabriel rochester   |   thomas weatherall.

twenty two. cis man. he / him. bisexual. college student + writer.

[awardseason]

75th Annual Directors Guild Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Directorial Achievement

Theatrical Feature Film Todd Field, “TÁR” Joseph Kosinski, “Top Gun: Maverick” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin” Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

First-Time Feature Film Alice Diop, “Saint Omer” Audrey Diwan, “Happening” John Patton Ford, “Emily the Criminal” Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, “Murina” Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun” — WINNER

Documentary Sara Dosa, “Fire of Love” — WINNER Matthew Heineman, “Retrograde” Laura Poitras, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Daniel Roher, “Navalny” Shaunak Sen, “All That Breathes”