#legacies 104

[noblesixjm04]

I can't get this out of my head. It's just something that ive had rattling around. If this doesn't make much sense I'm sorry lol but.

Do you ever think about if the Spartan ii's ever met one of those siblings without realizing it?

Like. John meeting a young female marine. She's quick witted and wicked smart. There is almost nothing she will back down from. At least not until she gets a "win." She will never leave one of her teammates behind. She's also known among her friends for her dry sense of humor.

One day she runs into John whiles he's out of armor. She never realizes that he's the Master Chief as they stare at one another. Blue eyes look into blue. The roots of her hair are blonde. Contrasted against a dark brown. They share the same smattering of freckles. Dusted along their face and down to their arms. Petering out along the backs of their hands.

And when she smiles there's a gap in her front teeth. (One tooth is chipped from a hard won game of King of the Hill.) She jokes that they match.

Apparently her brother had to. Her parents told her about him. How he had passed a few years before she was born. Her mother told her about her and her brothers shared a constellation of freckles.

Maybe Kelly runs into a pair of twin engineers. One is a girl. The other a boy. The girl has her hair cropped short. It's faded green. The boy has long hair. Held back in a tight braid. It's blue.

They strike up a conversation with Kelly one day. Mostly out of boredom. At one point talking about how they had been on their schools track team. Twin Terrors they had been called. They were the fastest in the entirety of their schools career.

They are the only two out of the group of engineers and scientists that could match her humor.

Kelly never sees them again after that. But she thinks about them often enough. About how they all shared the same accented voice.

About the day they all raced.

She won. Of course. But something about it made her feel like she was missing something. She matched it to the same feeling to her younger years with the rest of the ii's on Reach. On some of the few days they had true fun.

Linda was sent to therapy. Well. Not really sent. It was... Suggested. That she go.

Linda did. This time. For the first time. The last time.

She met an older man. Her elder by about three or four years. With the same red hair, that has streaks of white at the temples, and piercing green eyes.

Those eyes that looked at her like she does down the snipers scope. Those eyes that seemed to know her own.

She could see them widen. Hear the hitch on his breath as they flicker to a photograph and then back to her.

He...

Maybe she had seen him in passing once. Despite him never having been on this ship before.

He has been the one to pull the trigger.

"I don't think I'm the right match for you." His voice rumbled in a familiar way.

When she left. Linda tried to stop thinking about the worn, frames photo on his desk. The one with a boy. About eight or nine. With a shock of bright red hair. He held an archery trophy in one hand. In his other. The hand of a little girl. Close to five. With that same shock of red hair and green eyes that seemed to see you even through the cameras lense.

Fred meets a medic after a nasty injury. The Odst's and Marines in his company joke that he has as getting the best medic around.

He was a young man. Kind and deeply empathetic.

Those same Marines also joked about how the two of them could be siblings in a different life. With how they shared the same sloped nose and sharp jaw. The same, soft manner of speaking.

"Seriously Lieutenant. Just give the Doc the same hair cut. Could fool me that's for sure."

The medic said that he did have a brother. One that he has never met. That he had passed away a few months before he had been born .

But he and his parents visited his grave every year on his brother's birthday. And that this was the first year that he wouldn't be able to.

"He's be turning thirty three today." The medic had just finished Fred's stitches.

"Oh." Fred spoke it before it could be stopped.

"Oh what?" The medic had asked.

"I turned thirty three today." It was one of the few things he remembered. Something he rarely thought about. Because something around it had made his heart hurt.

"Here then. Happy birthday." The medic handed Fred a chocolate granola bar.

[heyheycaitalin]

MC and Sebastian Dancing Emote compilation

These two would be menaces at a Yule Ball.

Mod credits

Emote with Any NPC

Companions Mod / Anytime Companion

Sebastian's outfit: Version 3 (Casual outfit no robe)

Background NPC outfits: Without named version

MC's hair

[guiltknight-gaming]

Hogwarts Legacy Episode 104: In The Shadow of The Relic

[yanmuffins]

... on a more light-hearted note, imagine a phineas and ferb scenario except neglected! reader is the gifted child that is overlooked by platonic! batfamily, building all sorts of insane contraptions mysteriously disappear for unknown reasons and damian is the only one in the family seeing this shit happen, slowly losing his mind trying to bust his sibling to bruce or his siblings (etc.) only to find that giant robot/waterpark/space rollecoaster is no longer there. once again he looks like a resentful brother trying to incriminate his only blood sibling, whom he seems to have a vendetta against.

i mean, can you blame them? you're just sorta there. just doing your own thing, going to school, hanging out with friends, keeping to yourself. it's embarrassing to admit, but they often forget you live at the manor. you're one of the teenagers to exist. so when damian comes running to dick, saying "look! look! i finally busted them. the cameras caught-" only for the magically corrupted footage to show him 3 minutes of you hanging out under a tree, cut, hanging out under a tree again, let's say dick is... confused.

or when he removed jason from a mission, guiding him at full speed back to the manor, where you were home alone and working on a weather-changing machine because you wanted to have winter snow during summer, except they arrive to find you eating cereal on the kitchen counter. no machine to be seen.

eventually they just dismiss it as damian being petty and acting his age for once. it's the whole being bruce wayne's only blood child and heir to the wayne legacy that you kinda got in the middle of by existing and stuff, they're sure. i mean, you? doing all that? the very idea is so absurd it doesn't even trigger their suspicions. you're the civilian among civilians, every time they look your way you're doing homework or watching funny orange cat compilation videos on youtube.

whether damian's failures to expose you are absurdly coincidental or you just know how to avoid the batfamily's watchful eye is up for debate. well, it's for the best, either way. there’s a 104 days of summer vacation and you're basking in being left alone by the family, and bruce would be livid if he found out about the things you've been doing behind his back, so...

just... hope they don't find out, okay?

[crimson-and-clover-1717]

105 - See what they did here? (2 mins apart)

This is the legacy of childhood trauma. Rock bottom self-esteem. Because you have to ask yourself how a man such as Ed Teach can be bullied by a man such as Izzy Hands.

Ed wasn’t primed by his father’s abuse only. His mother’s words helped to create a boy who felt worthless, who lacked agency to control his own destiny* Left him vulnerable to the Izzy’s of this world who carry themselves as gods. Virtually spitting in Ed’s face in 104 and 110. Deciding who gets what, when and how. Policing behaviour. Threatening with violence. Controlling souls.

*edited to add @edsblanketfort ‘s comment.

I guess at least subconsciously he can feel the link between Izzy and his father. Ed doesn’t want to repeat the past. The belief he’s a monster becomes a restraint on his soul, causes paralysis.

[icpe]

Legacy of kain, doodles #104

[lonestarflight]

AU Space Shuttle Enterprise

Circa 1985 to 1987

From my Alternative History Post (link) this is how the Space Shuttle Enterprise evolved from the 4th operational orbiter in 1985 to the prototype unmanned shuttle.

More History on the Shuttle:

• April 1983: Enterprise is returned to Palmdale for her disassembled and rebuild.

• As a weight saving measure her mid-fuselage is returned to Convair for a complete rebuild to bring it inline with OV-103 and OV-104.

• to further lighten her frame, her aft-fuselage is rebuilt with similar materials as her sisters.

• Engineers at Rockwell suggests rebuilding or replacing her wings as well but NASA doesn't have room in the budget.

• May 1985: at long last, Enterprise is rolled out and joins the fleet. She weighs slightly less than Columbia. Her main issue is her wings are heavier and weaker than the other Orbiters.

• September 1985: STS-21 is Enterprise's first mission

• 1987: During the Shuttle hiatus following the Challenger Disaster, she went through a mini refit that saw her exterior markings change. (NASA in this timeline returned to the Meatball logo sooner than in the OTL)

Circa 1988 to 1993

• April 1988: STS-30 is Enterprise's first launch following the hiatus.

• December 1993: following STS-61, Enterprise is retired due to being the oldest in the fleet. Endeavour takes her place in the fleet.

• June 1994: Enterprise is flown to Dulles Airport, Washington DC, and is given to the Smithsonian for eventual display when the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is built. NASA retains the option recalled her if needed.

• 1998: NASA studies modifying the Shuttle-C software to work on the Space Shuttle and potentially using Enterprise as a reusable Shuttle-C. The reasoning behind this option this configuration would be a cheaper alternative to the X-33 program. However, while the shuttle could be retrofitted with the software, the shuttle would have less cargo capacity than the X-33 and still required use of expensive legacy launch facilities (ie VAB and LC-39). The study ends with only the software in a beta state.

• December 2003: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is opened with Enterprise being one of its major exhibits.

• November 2003: the Shuttle-C software is used to return STS-118 Columbia to Earth and with critical damage to her structure (mainly her port wing and some internal damage from a collapsed landing gear).

• May 2004: NASA recalls Enterprise to replace Columbia.

• August 2004: initial plans are to return her flight, unmodified. However, NASA develops the Shuttle-C software further and changes it's name to A.S.Tr.O.S (Autonomous Space Transport Operating System).

• New wings! Enterprise is fitted with new wings which are of a modified design and lighter and stronger than the wings of her sisters. With other upgrades and modifications, she is slightly lighter than her younger sisters.

• Some within NASA joking refer to her as Enterprise-A, as a reference to Star Trek.

• September 2006: to commemorate the 30th anniversary of her unveiling to the media, Lockheed-Rockwell rolls her out of their Palmdale facility to rechristen the Shuttle. In attendance, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Nichelle Nicholas, Walter Koenig, Christopher Doohan and Rod Roddenberry.

- when asked by the media, Leonard remarked she is still a sight to behold and is glad she will continue her mission of exploration.

Enterprise A (unmanned)

• July 2006: to test the A.S.Tr.O.S. during a return to earth and landing, a new series of Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) were conducted with NASA's 747 SCA (N905NA) at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base. 15 flights are flown to put the software in the real world, with two astronauts on board to step in when needed. Barring some higher than normal landing speeds, the software passes all of its objectives.

• It should be noted, while the rebuilt Enterprise is mainly used as an unmanned orbiter, this is a misnomer. It is more accurate to call her a hybrid shuttle. NASA has the option to convert her back into a manned shuttle if desired or needed.

- This nearly was used in 2015 during STS-154. Space Shuttle Atlantis was after conducting maintenance/upgrades on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the crew was unable to disconnect the shuttle from the telescope. CTS-48 Enterprise was already on LC-39B for a cargo mission to the International Space Station. All that was needed was to remove supplies from the payload bay and reinstall the seats in her crew space. Fortunately, this rescue wasn't needed as the Astronauts conducted an unscheduled EVA and manually disconnected the Shuttle from the HST.

• November 2008: first flight of Enterprise-A (CTS-11)

• When Columbia was given a cosmic restoration for her display, the first set of wings from Enterprise was used to replace her damaged one.

• 2019: Enterprise is retired for the final time following CTS-74.

• 2020: Enterprise is on display at Space Center Houston with the restored Star Trek Galileo Shuttlecraft prop.

Original artwork by bagera3005: link, link, link

[cladriteradio]

Here are 10 things you should know about Ella Raines, born 104 years ago today. Her career was brief--just 14 years--but her legacy is a lasting one.

[jeffhirsch]

New 2025 Almanac Is Here! Founder’s 101st!

We lost Yale Hirsch three years ago at 98, but his legacy lives on. Santa Claus Rally, January Barometer, Best Six Months Strategy: all invented by Yale! It is fitting that the 58th Annual Edition of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, is released today, one day before what would be his 101st Birthday.

This year’s edition highlights how, “Post-election years have improved since WWII and since 1985 DJIA averages a gain of 17.2% with eight up years and two down. This is the best average gain of the four-year cycle over this period.” My outlook for 2025 expects, “the market to be up 8-12% for the year with pullbacks in Q1 and Q3.”

Past four years forecasts have been on point: “unabashedly bullish for 2021, anticipated the 2022 midterm year bear market and called the textbook October 2022 midterm bottom, expected a new bull market to emerge in 2023 with above average pre-election year gains and 2024’s bullish outlook is right on track.”

This 2025 Almanac is a testament to the original iconic work founder Yale Hirsch created in the first 1968 edition and the over five decades of behavioral finance thought leadership it has provided since. The Almanac remains the most valuable trader’s desk reference on Wall Street and this year’s Almanac is packed with seasonal and historic investing insights for the year ahead including:

My 2025 Outlook – page 10

Bulls Win When Market Hits The January Trifecta – page 20

Market Charts of Post-Presidential Election Years – page 26

Post-Election Year Performance by Party – page 28

Post-Election Years: Paying the Piper – page 32

Market Fares Better Under Democrats; Dollar Holds Up Better Under Republicans – page 34

Republican Congress & Democratic President Is Best for the Market – page 80

Traders Feast on Small Stocks Thanksgiving Through Santa Claus Rally – page 104

The Incredible January Barometer: Only 12 Significant Errors in 74 Years – page 18

“Best Six Months”: Still An Eye-Popping Strategy – page 54

MACD-Timing Triples “Best Six Months” Results – page 56

[antimony-medusa]

MCYT on Ao3 — March '23

The state of MCYT on Ao3, just for fun. Yes I do this every month, I like numbers. 

The Cube SMP (8 works)

iDots SMP (14 works)

Legacy SMP (25 works)

Dominion SMP (27 works)

30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (28 works)

Cogchamp SMP (32 works)

Epic SMP (32 works)

X Life SMP (33 works)

Shady Oaks SMP (38 works)

Area Unknown SMP (41 works)

Bear SMP (55 works)

100 Hours Hardcore SMP (57 works)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (108 works)

Rats SMP (177 works)

SMPEarth (196 works)

Outsiders SMP (221 works)

SMPLive (257 works)

Afterlife SMP (343 works)

Evolution SMP (366 works)

MindCrack RPF (481 works)

Fable SMP (541 works)

Karmaland SMP (648 works)

Lifesteal SMP (747 works)

Origins SMP (1,234 works)

Empires SMP (4,090 works)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (5,148 works)

Hermitcraft SMP (14,161 works)

Dream SMP (72,272 works)

Minecraft (Video Game) (105,720 works)

Video Blogging RPF (240,148 works)

Some notes:

On the SMP tags from, Dominion SMP is new since last month! Congrats on the canon tag! Witchcraft SMP is still not a canonized tag despite having over 3 pages of hits on its "uncategorized tags" page, which would put it at at least 41 fics. I honestly assume that one's a backlog situation and it's gonna be canonized any day now. Mianite still does not have a canon tag.

Most of the smaller SMPs did not show notable increase in fics, and one (Epic SMP) actually went down in number of works. The only one that really saw increase was Outsiders SMP, that went up by 24 fics from last month's 197.

In the Mid-size SMPs, the standout was Lifesteal, which went up by 91 fics. Fable also showed pretty outstanding creation for its size, with an additional 48 fics since last month.

With the kick-off of the new season, 3rd life saw exactly a hundred more fics written this month than they did the last time in the same period, with 251 new fics last month and 351 new fics last month.

Dream SMP continued to decline. It went up by 1,703, less than the previous months 1,978, (and the previous month's 2,614), and it looking like October’s 7,292 might not be hit again. Hermitcraft also saw less fics written last month, going up by 497, which is less than the previous month's 558 (and the previous month's 665), but again not reaching October’s 1,003. 

Overall every fandom that wasn't 3rd life saw less fics, which could be attributed to time of year (school for many people, plus seasonal blah for the northern hemisphere), or could reflect an overall contraction of the fandom. Pure tagged-as-minecraft saw almost a thousand less fics in this time, (848 this time, 1,893 last time), although Video Blogging's 3,343 was pretty comparable to las month's 3,674.

Fics are still primarily in english, the one exception being Karmaland.

Detailed increase breakdown under the cut.

The Cube SMP (8 works, 8 works last month, 0-fic increase)

iDots SMP (14 works, 14 works last month, 0-fic increase)

Legacy SMP (25 works, 25 works last month, 0-fic increase)

Dominion SMP (27 works— new to being canonized)

30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (28 works, 28 works last month, 0-fic increase)

Cogchamp SMP (32 works, 32 works last month, 0-fic increase)

Epic SMP (32 works, 33 works last month, 1-fic decrease)

X Life SMP (33 works, 33 works last month, 0-fic increase)

Shady Oaks SMP (38 works, 37 works last month, 1-fic increase)

Area Unknown SMP (41 works, 38 works last month, 3-fic increase)

Witchraft SMP (46 works— new to being canonized)

Bear SMP (55 works, 54 works last month, 1-fic increase)

100 Hours Hardcore SMP (57 works, 55 works last month, 2-fic increase)

Magic Animal Club (67 Works)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (108 works, 104 works last month, 4-fic increase)

Rats SMP (177 works, 169 works last month, 8-fic increase)

SMPEarth (196 works, 188 works last month, 8-fic increase)

Outsiders SMP (221 works, 197 works last month, 24-fic increase)

SMPLive (257 works, 256 works last month, 1-fic increase)

Afterlife SMP (343 works, 336 works last month, 7-fic increase)

Evolution SMP (366 works, 323 works last month, 43-fic increase)

MindCrack RPF (481 works, 480 works last month, 1-fic increase)

Fable SMP (541 works, 493 works last month, 48-fic increase)

Karmaland SMP (648 works, 610 works last month, 38-fic increase)

Lifesteal SMP (747 works, 656 works last month, 91-fic increase)

Origins SMP (1,234 works, 1,190 works last month, 44-fic increase)

Empires SMP (4,090 works, 3,806 works last month, 284-fic increase)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (5,148 works, 4,797 works last month, 351-fic increase)

Hermitcraft SMP (14,161 works, 13,664 works last month, 497-fic increase)

Dream SMP (72,272 works, 70,569 works last month, 1,703-fic increase)

Minecraft (Video Game) (105,720 works, 104,872 works last month, 848-fic increase)

Video Blogging RPF (240,148 works, 236,805 works last month, 3343-fic increase)

[reasoningdaily]

A Black couple have sued the city of Beverly Hills, alleging their arrest was part of a campaign by its police to arrest Black people for trivial reasons and at disproportionate rates.

The couple’s lawyers, Bradley Gage and Benjamin Crump, said the Beverly Hills police last year set up a task force — dubbed Operation Safe Streets and the Rodeo Drive Task Force — that arrested 106 people, 105 of whom were Black and one of whom was Latino. Gage said the sources of the arrest figures were unidentified retired Beverly Hills police officers who were appalled by the task force’s actions and so shared with him the alleged racial breakdown of who had been arrested.

The impetus for the task force, Gage said, was both the protests over the death of George Floyd and what Beverly Hills police believed were transactions at retail stores using suspected proceeds of unemployment benefit fraud. Gage described the Police Department’s approach to rooting out suspected fraud as, “Gee, that’s suspicious — Black people shopping in Beverly Hills.”

Gage and Crump, who has represented the families of Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others killed by police, raised their allegations Wednesday on the steps of Beverly Hills City Hall. “There is something terribly wrong here,” Gage said, citing what he called the city’s legacy of biased policing.

Gage and Crump are seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The only named plaintiffs are the couple, who were arrested on suspicion of riding scooters on a sidewalk and resisting arrest; it does not appear that Gage or Crump has identified the 104 other people who they contend were arrested.

In a statement, Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said his department created a “Rodeo Drive Team” in response to complaints by businesses and a rise in burglaries, shoplifting, “street gambling, public intoxication, marijuana smoking and more.” The team seized 13 firearms carried by people on Rodeo Drive, said Rivetti, who called this “unprecedented in the history of Beverly Hills.”

Rivetti said the Rodeo Drive unit rooted out fraudulently obtained state unemployment benefits, seizing $250,000 in cash and ill-gotten debit cards. Most of the people arrested by the unit were not California residents, Rivetti said, but they nonetheless possessed debit cards loaded with state funds.

The Times asked the Beverly Hills police for a total number and breakdown by race of the people arrested by the Rodeo Drive unit. Capt. Max Subin, a department spokesman, said officials were gathering the figures Wednesday and would provide them once they had finished.

Gage and Crump on Wednesday highlighted the experience of the Black couple, Khalil White and Jasmine Williams of Philadelphia, who said they were visiting Beverly Hills on vacation in September when they were stopped, arrested and eventually jailed by police.

As five officers handcuffed White, Williams said, she asked an officer for her purse to retrieve their hotel key. Two officers pushed her to a police car, handcuffed her and took her to jail, she said.

“I was scared,” Williams said. “I’ve never been to jail in my life.”

White, who said he was jailed overnight and forced to post a $25,000 bond, was charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court with resisting arrest and falsely identifying himself to police. Williams was charged with falsely identifying herself to police. The charges were dismissed in February, records show.

Crump and Gage alleged that White and Williams’ arrests were part of a campaign to target Black people in the city through its recently formed task force.

The Beverly Hills police “had made up their mind that this Black man was going to jail because this is Operation Safe Streets,” Crump said.

In his statement, Rivetti said police had warned White and Williams earlier the day of their arrest that it was illegal to ride a scooter on the sidewalk, without taking action against the couple. In their second encounter with police, White and Williams provided officers with false information, Rivetti said.

“Our department’s practice is to contact and question individuals when we believe they may be involved in criminal activity or another violation of the law,” he said.

Beverly Hills officials faced criticism last summer for insisting on charging protesters with misdemeanor curfew violations; by comparison, prosecutors for the city and county of Los Angeles declined to charge similarly minor violations of curfews and dispersal orders.

In a summary of the Beverly Hills protests, a police sergeant wrote that for residents who survived the Holocaust and Iranian revolution, the demonstrations over Floyd’s death were “not merely an intrusion of their peace” but “a terrifying reminder of their past.”

The department’s previous chief, Sandra Spagnoli, retired in 2020, beset by allegations that she made racist comments and had sex with subordinates who were later promoted. Spagnoli denied the claims, which she said were raised by disgruntled employees, but the city paid out millions of dollars to settle many of the lawsuits. Gage, who represented several officers who sued Spagnoli, estimated at the time that the city paid about $8 million in settlements, attorney fees and other costs.

[sylvies-chen]

We really went from Rick suppressing a reaction to being called The Brave Man (104) to him explicitly saying he is not The Brave Man (104) to him questioning beng The Brave Man (105) to him explicitly calling himself The Brave Man (106). 🥹🥹

This is fine, I’m fine. -she said while sobbing 😭

YESSSS THAT GROWTH!!! IT MAKES ME UGLY CRY UGH IT’S SO GOOD😭

that simple moment of rick acknowledging and embracing his own legacy and his old self again was just the perfect moment. truly the only thing that makes me want a season 2 or at the very least to see rick on screen with his family again is to see him be that Brave Man again. because he’s certainly back, but it’s one thing to see him full Rick Grimes mode while taking down the CRM vs. to see him be that while back in Alexandria for the first time in years surrounded by the people he loves. this episode felt like such a fitting conclusion for the series which was primarily about richonne’s reunion and reconciliation as a couple + an escape, but now I selfishly want to see him in full swing with his kids around again! We did get him fully acknowledging his earned title of The Brave Man, but around his kids at first he was also (and very rightly so)… Nervous Man?? he’s obviously a little wary and the parenting dynamics will not establish themselves flawlessly by any means I imagine.

That being said, I just want to see Rick being the man we know and love, so that his kids can see The Brave Man in full swing and we get to see them act as a family unit in full power. Because if we thought richonne was unstoppable— oh honey, their kids make them quite literally a NUCLEAR family. rick’s homecoming was so emotional but also, he BUILT Alexandria. until he’s back there, and until he sees Carol, Maggie, Daryl, Gabriel, etc.— everyone he fought to protect— his homecoming isn’t over. but other than that aspect, his return to his family is utter perfection. he was never going to deny his title of Brave Man once he saw RJ in the flesh. that’s his son and he is going to spend the rest of his life living up to that!! that’s a fact!!

anyways yeah I’m right there with you in being emotional over it. he’s grown so much and healed so much to get to this place where he can be The Brave Man again. LONG LIVE THE GRIMES FAMILY 🥹

[transformers-earthspark]

WARNING: EARTHSPARK SPOILERS & LONG POST AHEAD

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Leaked Synopsis of Episodes 1-26

Taken from this video; originally a 4chan leak.

>101-102: Secret Legacy

> Robby, reeling from his family's move from Philly to the rural town of Witwicky, finds new joy and purpose when he and his sister Mo bond with the first-ever Earth-born Transformers: the Terrans, Twitch and Thrash. Tied emotionally to their human siblings by emotionsharing cyber-sleeves, the Terrans quickly become the target for cyber-human villain Mandroid. It'll take Optimus and his Autobots along with Ranger Dot and Dr. Malto to save the kids and Terrans, all while keeping their existence and adoption a secret to prowling Decepticons and the mysterious agency of GHOST.

>103: Moooooo-ving In

> As the Malto family gets used to its new members, Bumblebee hopes to quickly knock out his mission in all things Autobot. But he's flummoxed when they seem more interested in cows and games than the wisdom he has to impart, maybe all parties could do a little more listening.

>104: H.O.U.S.E. Rules

> Thrash chafes at the "restrictive" Malto family H.O.U.S.E. rules, and he convinces Mo to go along with his loopholes around them. But when the Decepticon Swindle does some exploiting of his own to convince Thrash and Mo to help him find his missing brother, they soon find themselves playing by a much more dangerous set of rules.

>105: Classified

> GHOST Special Agent Schloder is in pursuit of a Decepticon that is targeting kids (really a misidentification of Twitch and Robby). Meanwhile, Dot is put through GHOST orientation, where she learns that GHOST's intentions might not be completely above board.

>106: Traditions

> Robby begs off Alex's traditional Wakwak hunt, so Alex shares his family history with Bumblebee, while Twitch, eager to gain her own traditions, encounters her "Dad2" -- Wheeljack.

>107: Friends and Family

> The Terrans' erratic behavior may be reflecting Mo and Robby's anxiety about their first day at their new school. Or it could be something far worse...

>108: Decoy

> While out on a mission to capture three tricky tuneful Mini-Cassette bots, Optimus and Megatron have a disagreement about GHOST's treatment of Decepticons.

>109-110: Age of Evolution

> Twitch and Thrash wonder if they're the only two Terrans in the universe, and they venture to see if that's true. With the help of Optimus, Bumblebee, Alex, Robby, and Mo, they relocate the cave of their origin and find much more than the Emberstone. With the birth of three new Terrans (Hashtag, Nightshade, and Jawbreaker) the Malto family has grown. But will these new allies be enough to rescue Dot and Megatron from the clutches of Mandroid?

>111: Hashtag Oops

> Twitch helps Hashtag choose her new altmode, and it takes them for a wild and GHOST-ly ride. Meanwhile, Alex and Bee struggle to hold down the fort with the new Terrans when Dot has to leave for work and the kids go to school.

>112: Outtakes

> Jawbreaker is feeling nervous about his altmode. How does he choose the right one? A conversation with Mom gives him an idea: use a camera to inspire bots into telling him why they chose theirs! But when Hashtag gets involved, the scale of the project gets a little out of hand.

>113: Missed Connection

> When Nightshade's feeling isolated from the rest of the Malto family, they find a new connection in the most unlikely of places...

>114: Security Protocols

> When Mo, Robby, and their Terran siblings are locked down in the Dugout, there's no way to avoid longsimmering conflict.

>115: Bear Necessities

> When Twitch gifts Dot a baby bear cub for Mother's Day, the two of them and Robby embark on a journey to return the baby to its own Mom... who, unbeknownst to them, is tussling with the other Maltos at the homestead!

>116: Warzone

> Robby and Mo join the Terrans on a visit to the Spacebridge Memorial Park, but the memory of the siege opens old wounds... and more... for Megatron.

>117-118: Home

> The kids and Terrans sneak out for a night of fun in Philadelphia, but their dreams of visiting the big city transform into a nightmare.

>119: A Stygi Situation

> Jawbreaker gains a dinosaur altmode, but instead of changing into it, the altmode changes him.

>120: Disarmed

> As Mandroid secretly works in GHOST, Robby, Mo, and the Terrans attempt to force new cyber-sleeve powers to unlock, with disastrous results.

>121: What Dwells Within

> The Malto kids are lost in a maze of underground tunnels with a mysterious monster stalking them. In order to survive they have to team up with Starscream! But can they trust him?

>122: Prime Directive (or Once Upon a Prime)

> Robby's cyber-sleeve illness threatens his life, so Mo renounces ever touching the Emberstone and Quintus Prime shows Mo why she's the hero her family needs.

>123: Stowed Away, Stowaway

> When Bumblebee is called away on a secret spy mission, Thrash, Twitch, Mo and the others decide to go on their own secret mission to protect Bee.

>124: The Battle of Witwicky

> The truth about the Terrans is revealed as the Malto family makes a last stand against Croft and her sinister forces within GHOST.

>125-126: Last Hope

> The Malto family must overcome insurmountable odds to stop Mandroid once and for all, and save Cybertronian kind.

Posted Nov. 6, 2022

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0HT1wyjqI (originally leaked on 4chan, has since been deleted)

Mod: Firefly

[valleeslunaires]

𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖞 𝖙𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖉𝖗

─ about me

name : stella d'ambrosio

nickname/s : luna (a joke cuz stella = star)

age : 18 - as human | 38 - as vampire

birthday : december 21st, 1967

bitten : october 31st, 1986

nationality : italian

hometown : sam gimignano

─ appearance

face claim: nina dobrev

─ background

stella was raised as human in a vampire family legacy (human mother, vampire father BUT she's not a immortal child) until when she was 19 she got bitten by her boyfriend (now ex) in a halloween party. She's the only one in the family that drinks human blood stolen from hospitals. She goes to forks under the volturi's permission to hunt Victoria... victoria killed stella's friend as a revenge cuz she liked stella's boyfriend and he didn't like her back.

on the first sight stella and edward don't get along because of all his protective way with bella, stella being there to hunt victoria and drinking human blood didn't sound good to him.

slowly she has to make her home at forks and ends up accidentally helping the cullens, stella starts to develop feelings for edward

─ s/o

name : edward cullen

age : 17 - as human | 104 - as vampire

trope : enemies to lovers

─ plot (or things that i changed):

vampires can't eat or drink anything human but when you drunk human blood and teach your body to accept human food. As i grew up as human and drink human blood, i'm the only in my family that can

vampires don't shine in the sun but they don't like it either, make them uncomfortable

italian vampires can be mistaken by humans cuz they usually aren't so pale and can be cooler (random but fuck it lol)

for now that's all!! this is a dr i don't speak a lot about (though i should cuz i feel it is filled of good drama)

happy halloween, everybody 🎃

[catominor]

a selection of scholarship about L. furius and C. martinus:

Station, Jessica. "'A dignity separate from the common crowd': Plutarch's Lucius Furius Camillus." Roman History 178, no. 4 (2000): 43-67.

Toast, John C. "Lucius Furius Camillus: A Prosopological Study." Classical Biannually 34, no. 1 (2005): 135-68.

Stone, Lydia. "Stoicism in the Age of Sulla: The Philosophical Fragmenta of Lucius Furius Camillus Revisited" in Studies in Roman Philosophy in the Republican Period, eds. Gary Boring and Harold Dairy, 450-521. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017)

Smithson, Christian. "Queering the Republic: Lucius Furius Camillus and Gaius Martinus." The Online Journal of LGBT Studies 10, no. 4 (2021): 89-104.

Dageurrotype, Stephen. "The Mind of an Ambitious Man: A Psychoanalytical Study of Gaius Martinus." Freudian Studies Daily 435, no. 7 (1976): 34-48.

Hartlewood, C.B.T. "The Work and Life of a Scholar and Nobleman: Lucius Camillus and the Republic." The Yearly Classical Journal of the Wavendon Gentleman's Club 13 (1914): 76-98.

Daquiri-Smith, Janet. "Reading Lucius Furius Camillus in Seneca's Epistulae Morales: A Complicated Legacy." in A Companion to Seneca's Epistulae Morales, 2nd ed. eds. Janet Daquiri-Smith and Ben Daiquiri, 480-503. (Newark: John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

Tank, John. "The Military Strategy of Gaius Martinus." in The Roman Republican Army, ed. William H. Conical, 256-304. (Boston: Brill, 2013)

[thiaquiche]

Feedback Fest 2024

Since the @transformativeworks is holding a Feedback Fest in honour of International Fanworks Day, I figured I’d join in the fun and put together my own reclist for the occasion! So, in no particular order, here’s ten fics I love and why you should read them! I’ve got a wide spread of fandoms here, so hopefully you’ll find something interesting. I have all of these fics downloaded, so if you’re seeing this in the future and a link to something you’re interested in ends up broken, just let me know and I’ll gladly send you a pdf.

Something’s Wrong with Danny Fenton Vol. I by Perfectly_Inconspicuous

Danny Phantom. Mature, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen. 55 065 words.

Danny Fenton.

The enigma of Casper High.

It's the first day of the winter semester when she notices him.

She notices him for what feels like the first time. Maybe because at this point he's the only alternative kid other than her.

Or maybe because boom, there he is: the locker next to hers.

--

A No One Knows AU where Danny transfers from a different school to Casper during Junior year and ends up befriending Sam and Tucker. Written for Invisobang 2021!

Why you should read it: This fic packs a wonderfully creepy, unsettling atmosphere that really makes this horror!Danny premise come alive (ba dum tss), and makes the development of his friendship with Sam and Tucker feel all the warmer by comparison. It’s incredibly gripping.

Soldier, Poet, King by Stargaze_Sunflower

Ducktales 2017. Teen and Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen. 104 510 words.

Dewey has always felt like something was missing from his life. Something big. And really, it's just like him to get caught up in a kidnapping plot and stumble across the puzzle of his life on complete accident, and now he's got more pieces than he knows what to do with. Luckily, he's got help in the form of new friends, his moderate skills with a sword, and the determination to believe in the impossible.

This gives a whole new meaning to 'Found Family'.

Why you should read it: This fic is an awesome medieval fantasy romp, and it’s just plain fun.

Friendship Games by WhiteBAG

Milo Murphy’s Law. Teen and Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings, Gen. 42 662 words.

Milo and his friends enter the Friendship Games. Dakota and Cavendish time travel to fight the monster.

Why you should read it: Without saying too much, the way the time travel plot winds back on itself is just so much fun. Even now that I’ve left the fandom, and haven’t read this fic in a long time, I still find myself thinking about it.

More Than Legacy by PanellaDePonce

Pokémon. General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen. 11 637 words.

It was time at last for the 150th Annual Convention of Pokémon Sciences to begin. Every year, the brightest minds in the field would gather together to present their findings to an eager audience of burgeoning scientists and casual enthusiasts alike. 150 years ago it started in Jubilife Village, and today, the conference is held in Jubilife City.

Before the conference begins, however, many of the leading researchers gather together to argue and debate, verbally slap fighting and throwing around their theories and ideas. Lucas found this tradition tiring, annoying, and most of all, incredibly boring.

Little does he know, something very interesting is set to happen at the meeting. Something he wouldn't want to miss.

Why you should read it: This thing made me BAWL. I was fucking SOBBING. Waaaaaughhhhhhhhhhh

Give Me Healthy Coping, or Give Me Death by Prince_Enby

OMORI. General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, F/M (past Hero/Mari) and Gen. 5420 words.

There was something weird about how Kel was acting, Hero thought. Hero's thoughts were all over the place these days, though, so that observation probably didn't mean anything.

Still, though, he was curious about that glint in his brother's eyes. It was the look of a man on a warpath - and all over a bowl of soup.

Weird indeed.

Why you should read it: This fic is chicken soup when I’m sad, and I wanna share the comfort, plain and simple.

Mari Suzuki’s Overly Busy Afterlife by ShardOfHope

OMORI. Teen and Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, M/M (Basil/Kel/Sunny), F/F (Aubrey/Kim), and F/M (Hero/Mari). 127 480 words.

Mari never left Sunny after the accident. She forgave him and promised she would stay until he was ready to tell the truth. Until he was strong enough.

Four years of staying with her gremlin shut in brother has made her slightly regret that promise. Well, more then slightly.

A retelling with a ghost, and a brother with no survival instinct.

Why you should read it: This fic is riotously funny. Like, wheezing on the floor funny. Rolling around, falling down the stairs and breaking your neck funny. (Yes I did have to force a stairs joke in there. Sue me, but sue me after you read this fic.)

Coming to Light by Candyland1030 [DeviantArt]

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. PG. 2819 words.

What goes around comes around. Sooner or later, everyone has to pay the piper.

Why you should read it: This is my favourite fic for seeing Bill Hawks get his comeuppance. A delicious dose of justice for a guy who got off far too easily in canon.

Theo’s Surreal Mountain-Climbing Adventure by CelestialHorizons (TerminalMiraculosis)

Celeste. Teen and Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen. 5519 words.

Madeline has been able to dash her whole life. She thinks this is rather mundane. Theo disagrees.

Why you should read it: Extremely funny depiction of speedrunning, also Theo is simply best boy. You agree. Read it.

An Empire of Ice by TimeCloneMike

Frostpunk. Mature, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen. 4621 words.

The Great Frost has come and gone. That was the easy part. Rebuilding human civilization? That's when things start to get difficult, even with automatons to do all the heavy lifting.

Why you should read it: Both oneshots are great, but I especially recommend the second chapter. The story of Project Legacy saving New Manchester in the actual game has always been touching to me, and this fic’s depiction of the rescue of New Manchester’s last scout gives me warm fuzzies every time. Both parts of this fic add a human element to the game’s more zoomed-out storytelling that I deeply appreciate.

Marital Bed, by MadameReveuse

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. Mature, No Archive Warnings, Multi (Randall Ascot/Angela Ledore/Henry Ledore). 3526 words.

A comedy in two parts.

The Masked Gentleman imagines all the ways in which Henry and Angela Ledore might have backstabbed him. Later, Randall sees it all with clearer eyes. Maybe his fantasy can still come true - in an altogether better, lovelier way. With himself included.

Why you should read it: I don’t normally talk about, let alone recommend, sexually explicit fics, but I read this one recently and just fell in love with the characterization. Considering sex in the context of Randall’s misguided hatred and Angela and Henry’s deceptive marriage adds an interesting layer to their whole *gestures* everything, and I found all of the headcanon ideas presented very plausible. However, warning for Azran Legacy spoilers offhandedly mentioned right at the beginning.

Bonus:

This awesome Miracle Mask AMV that has been so stuck in my head lately, lol. Editing’s great, song’s great, all around great. (Don’t watch unless you’ve finished Miracle Mask though, it’s spoilers.)