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3.5K Celebration: Requests Closed!

Wow another milestone added to the books. Thank you so much for your ever continuing love and support, it means the absolute world to me!💗 

To celebrate this number, I would love to write your requests :) As always please read my request info before requesting!

I will leave a prompt list below the cut for inspiration but also feel free to send me your own requests! I'll be writing for the following people:

MARVEL

Yelena Belova | Natasha Romanoff | Wanda Maximoff | Kate Bishop | Florence Pugh | Elizabeth Olsen

WOSO

Jackie Groenen | Daniëlle van de Donk | Katie McCabe | Leah Williamson | Alessia Russo

CHICAGO FIRE

Leslie Shay | Sylvie Brett

RENEE RAPP

Reneé Rapp | Leighton Murray

Prompt list below the cut

"I'll drive you home."

"Take my jacket."

"Are you bleeding?"

"You've always felt like home."

"Maybe things would've been different in another life."

"I think I'm in love with you, and that scares the crap out of me."

"You just can't help yourself, can you?"

"I'm at the hospital."

"Is that a hickey?"

"I didn't know where else to go."

"It was you the whole time?"

"We need to talk about what happened last night."

"You do realize that we're locked in right?"

"You remembered?"

"I want you, and only you."

"It's nothing, just a scratch."

"You're great with kids."

"There is enough room for the both of us."

"We're just friends." - "Are you joking? They look at you like you are their whole world."

"They found out we are dating because my lockscreen is a picture of you."

"Please don't hang up."

"Your flirting is so bad it's adorable."

"I thought you said you wouldn't fall in love?"

"I come here whenever a need a quiet place to think."

"My keys are in my back pocket. Can you get them for me?"

"They just invited us to be the third and forth wheel."

"The weather is getting worse. Why don't you stay the night?"

"Your handwriting is recognizable, you know that right?"

"You're wearing my shirt/jersey."

"You love me?"

"Can we go home?

"Twins? We're having twins?"

"I saved you a seat."

"What if I don't know how to be a good parent?"

"That guy at the bar keeps staring at you."

"If there is nothing going on between you two, you don't mind if I ask them on a date, do you?"

"I think I'm gonna feel that tomorrow."

"Here, let me help."

"I like that you make me laugh so much that my cheeks hurt."

"I've had a bad day, and honestly all I want right now are some cuddles."

This prompt lists consists of prompts found on Pinterest and ones I wrote myself. All credits for the Pinterest ones go to the original writers.

[oceanusborealis]

Fallout: Season 1 – TV Review

TL;DR – This is a series that shows you how important it is to get the vibe of the work you are adapting correctly. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Amazon Prime service that viewed this series.End Credit – There is a mid-credit sequence. Fallout Review – Like many people, I had a bit of trepidation when they announced that there would be an adaptation of the video game…

[grahhams]

tagged by @cockroachesunite to post 9 books i wanna read in 2025.

aaaaaaaa thank you!!!!!! now this was both really hard and really easy bc there are so many books i wanna read, but these are the ones i Need To Read so in no particular order, my 2025 reading list:

Orientalism by Edward Said

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney and Mary Williamson

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie and John Geiger

Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

Unravelling the Franklin Mystery by David C. Woodman

Erebus by Michael Palin

i have no idea who has already done this or who likes this kind of stuff so @theyonagoda @fenhaerel @abrighterwound @honeyed-badger @filmbroandy @bertie-w-wooster @therewill-bepoems @cannibalprophet @nbblacksheep and any other mutual that i didn't mention bc i'm not sure how open to this you are!!

[zahri-melitor]

Newish Comics:

Action Comics #1072: I am enjoying following the path of both of these stories, but I'm getting the vibes that I need some things to start happening soon, rather than stacking up more mystery boxes.

Still delighted by Kenan and Kon's antics though. The decision to team them up continues to pay off.

Detective Comics #1090: look, have we seen the premise of Thomas helping characters he probably shouldn't have, as a doctor, and that leading to disaster down the track before? Yes. Am I going to enjoy the parallels again anyway? Also yes. Get Leslie into this plot, Tom Taylor, for some support for Thomas' tendencies.

Nightwing #119: My first thought here is how nice it is to see a run that's picking up smoothly from the last one and where the writer is fully indoctrinated on Dick/Babs flirting from the Dixon days. It's got potential and so far I don't mind the characterisation.

Absolute Wonder Woman #1: I think this is probably going to end up my favourite title from the Absolute line. The art was beautiful and full of character, and I really loved the characterisation of Circe in this, and how she moves from indifferent to a mother. "How you fall in love with a child is by raising it." gaaaaaaah I had those words still ringing in my head last night as I was supervising bathtime and teeth brushing.

Green Arrow #17: and we finally get this book handed off from Joshua Williamson. First half was more tidying up of the Absolute Power mess (without much real resolution, but we all need to move on from that plot), but the new run with Chris Condon looks like it has some promise. I'm happy to go with it for the second.

The Flash #14: Skartaris time! I still need to actually get to the point where I understand what the current timeline of Skartaris is from Flashpoint onwards, because my personal understanding is that Travis should be DEAD DEAD DEAD but yet he's still around. I suspect this is because nobody at DC actually cares about Warlord lore enough to make this a problem, aside from Mike Grell, who at this point is in 'sure, that art proposal sounds fun to draw' life stages.

Anyway, the concept of the Wests all going to Skartaris for some family bonding time is hysterical (by both definitions) and I eagerly await to see how Spurrier handles adapting it for an audience who isn't already used to Skartaris oddities. The fact we have floating Ancient Atlantean buildings in the art is a very promising sign to me, though.

Zatanna: Bring Down The House #5: This was a good conclusion to the story. It's been very much Black Label levels of existing in its own continuity, and I respect how it was put together. I do wonder how much of Tamaki's insistence on how she characterised and centred rabbits in the run is influenced by and in opposition to that classic picture of Giovanni Zatara from The Books of Magic #3 with the dead rabbit.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #18:

I really liked the art in Doubt. It was quite effective.

The Constantine and Streaky team up remained completely unnecessary but oh well, not written for me.

Reflections was an interesting team up! I wouldn't have put M'gann and Jackson together (actually I just realised this was probably influenced by YJA, carry on), but they do both have interesting placement in their narratives of Xebel v Atlantis and White v Green Martian. Wish the story had leant a bit more into that outsider narrative from the villain to try and convince them.

Why do we have a random Harley Quinn story from nowhere in the continuity? anyway.

Robin Season is uh not particularly good Tim and Damian characterisation (in that the one-upmanship competition doesn't really feel how the two of them compete?) but it's full of interesting background detailing for indications of setting.

The Warlord #73: This week for our second trip to Lost World of Skartaris, we're starting out strong as Travis is still trapped in the bondage tree from last week.

Terrible bondage peril! Over a fire!

Only to be further attacked by flying dinosaurs of some description!

Thanks for the art, Dan Jurgens.

We spend 6 pages of this comic with Travis trying to escape from the tree vines clinging to him, while also fighting the dinosaurs. We have never been more back.

In terms of the plot that doesn't involve tying Travis up in perilous situations, we're still tracking down the plague unicorn. The unicorn dies in a swamp, the gang figure out that Scarheart, our non-Skataran speaking friend from another dimension probably drank magical healing water from a pool which is why he doesn't have Unicorn Plague, and they go off to get some to heal everyone who's sick. Shakira gets better and falls immediately for Scarheart. They decide to hang out with the group of travellers who speak to animals and leave the main story group for a bit.

Also Travis uses up all his bullets, yet again. I must assume he just has a supplier in Skartaris by now who's worked out how to make ammunition.

[dannyreviews]

Veteran British born/based film/TV actors born before and including 1937 still alive:

With the recent death of Dame Maggie Smith, I thought I'd detail the legendary actors of UK cinema and television that are still living.

Eileen Bennett (b. 1919)

Beulah Garrick (b. 1921)

Elizabeth Kelly (b. 1921)

Elisabeth Kirkby (b. 1921)

Sara Luzita (b. 1922)

Annabel Maule (b. 1922)

Paul Harding (b. 1923)

Vincent Ball (b. 1923)

David Lawton (b. 1923)

Anne Vernon (b. 1924)

Laurie Webb (b. 1924)

Thelma Ruby (b. 1925)

Pete Murray (b. 1925)

Michael Beint (b. 1925)

Shelia Mitchell (b. 1925)

Kerima (b. 1925)

David Attenborough (b. 1926)

Elizabeth Benson (b. 1926)

Margaret Barton (b. 1926)

Terry Kilburn (b. 1926)

Stanley Baxter (b. 1926)

David Frankham (b. 1926)

William Glover (b. 1926)

Josephine Stuart (b. 1926)

Patricia Davidson (b. 1926)

Glen Michael (b. 1926)

Araby Lockhart (b. 1926)

Eileen Page (b. 1926)

Rosemary Harris (b. 1927)

Cleo Laine (b. 1927)

Lee Montague (b. 1927)

Genevieve Page (b. 1927)

Neville Phillips (b. 1927)

Jean Lodge (b. 1927)

Barbara Ashcroft (b. 1927)

Jill Freud (b. 1927)

Jean Southern (b. 1927)

Antonia Pemberton (b. 1927)

Peter Cellier (b. 1928)

Jeanette Landis (b. 1928)

Sheila Ballantine (b. 1928)

Dorothea Phillips (b. 1928)

Jeannie Carson (b. 1928)

Hazel Ascot (b. 1928)

Brenda Hogan (b. 1928)

Raymond Llewelyn (b. 1928)

Pauline Brailsford (b. 1928)

Leonard Weir (b. 1928)

Kevin Scott (b. 1928)

Patricia Routledge (b. 1929)

Colin Jeavons (b. 1929)

Michael Craig (b. 1929)

Thelma Barlow (b. 1929)

Peter Myers (b. 1929)

Paul Williamson (b. 1929)

John Gale (b. 1929)

Phillip Ross (b. 1929)

Jimmy Fagg (b. 1929)

Hazel Phillips (b. 1929)

Mignon Elkins (b. 1929)

Margaret Stallard (b. 1929)

Maya Koumani (b. 1929)

Clive Revill (b. 1930)

Roy Evans (b. 1930)

Una McLean (b. 1930)

Roddy Maude-Roxby (b. 1930)

Ruth Trouncer (b. 1930)

Cyril Appleton (b. 1930)

Vera Frances (b. 1930)

Gary Watson (b. 1930)

Keith Alexander (b. 1930)

Libby Morris (b. 1930)

Pauline Jefferson (b. 1930)

Claire Bloom (b. 1931)

Leslie Caron (b. 1931)

Carroll Baker (b. 1931)

Virginia McKenna (b. 1931)

Vivian Pickles (b. 1931)

Stanley Meadows (b. 1931)

Gerald Harper (b. 1931)

Patricia Greene (b. 1931)

Ellen McIntosh (b. 1931)

Elvi Hale (b. 1931)

Maureen Connell (b. 1931)

June Laverick (b. 1931)

Denyse Alexander (b. 1931)

Arthur Nightingale (b. 1931)

Eileen Derbyshire (b. 1931)

Carl Held (b. 1931)

Shelia Bernette (b. 1931)

George Eugeniou (b. 1931)

Corinne Skinner-Carter (b. 1931)

Tusse Silberg (b. 1931)

Petula Clark (b. 1932)

Prunella Scales (b. 1932)

Phyllida Law (b. 1932)

Ray Cooney (b. 1932)

Edward De Souza (b. 1932)

Alan Dobie (b. 1932)

John Turner (b. 1932)

Roland Curram (b. 1932)

Gabriel Woolf (b. 1932)

Johnnie Wade (b. 1932)

Eileen Moore (b. 1932)

Laurie Leigh (b. 1932)

William Roache (b. 1932)

Athol Fugard (b. 1932)

Carmen Munroe (b. 1932)

Norman Bowler (b. 1932)

Marcia Ashton (b. 1932)

Thelma Holt (b. 1932)

Sally Bazely (b. 1932)

Ronald France (b. 1932)

Edwina Carroll (b. 1932)

Michael Caine (b. 1933)

Joan Collins (b. 1933)

Sian Phillips (b. 1933)

Sheila Hancock (b. 1933)

Elizabeth Seal (b. 1933)

Shani Willis (b. 1933)

Patrick Godfrey (b. 1933)

Caroline Blakiston (b. 1933)

Donald Douglas (b. 1933)

Ann Firbank (b. 1933)

Vera Day (b. 1933)

Tsai Chin (b. 1933)

Geoffrey Frederick (b. 1933)

Marla Landi (b. 1933)

Monte Landis (b. 1933)

Mary Germaine (b. 1933)

Ruth Posner (b. 1933)

Barbara Archer (b. 1933)

W.B. Brydon (b. 1933)

Robert Gillespie (b. 1933)

Brian Patton (b. 1933)

Arthur White (b. 1933)

Barbara Archer (b. 1933)

Sally Bazley (b. 1933)

Madhur Jaffrey (b. 1933)

Jeanette Sterke (b. 1933)

Ann Rogers (b. 1933)

Barbara Knox (b. 1933)

John Boorman (b. 1933)

Derek Martin (b. 1933)

Michael Aspel (b. 1933)

Bill Edwards (b. 1933)

Ninette Finch (b. 1933)

Una Kay (b. 1933)

Pat Galloway (b. 1933)

Judi Dench (b. 1934)

Eileen Atkins (b. 1934)

Tom Baker (b. 1934)

Alan Bennett (b. 1934)

Jean Marsh (b. 1934)

Annette Crosbie (b. 1934)

Wendy Craig (b. 1934)

Richard Chamberlain (b. 1934)

Millicent Martin (b. 1934)

John Standing (b. 1934)

Vernon Dobtcheff (b. 1934)

Nanette Newman (b. 1934)

David Burke (b. 1934)

Geraldine Newman (b. 1934)

Renny Lister (b. 1934)

Priscilla Morgan (b. 1934)

Audrey Dalton (b. 1934)

Leila Hoffman (b. 1934)

Simone Lovell (b. 1934)

Magda Miller (b. 1934)

Robert Aldous (b. 1934)

Ram John Holder (b. 1934)

Jamila Massey (b. 1934)

Margaretta D’Arcy (b. 1934)

Leslie Saeward (b. 1934)

Maurice Podbrey (b. 1934)

Steve Emerson (b. 1934)

Peter Bland (b. 1934)

Michael Darlow (b. 1934)

Barbara Archer (b. 1934)

Joy Webster (b. 1934)

Jacqueline Ellis (b. 1934)

Jacqueline Jones (b. 1934)

Diana Payan (b. 1934)

Gillian Eddison (b. 1934)

Suzanne Lloyd (b. 1934)

Julie Andrews (b. 1935)

Julian Glover (b. 1935)

Jim Dale (b. 1935)

Anne Reid (b. 1935)

James Bolam (b. 1935)

Christina Pickles (b. 1935) 

Judy Parfitt (b. 1935)

Wanda Ventham (b. 1935)

Amanda Barrie (b. 1935)

Derren Nesbitt (b. 1935)

Nadim Swalha (b. 1935)

Gary Raymond (b. 1935)

Janet Henfrey (b. 1935)

Melvyn Hayes (b. 1935)

Susan Engel (b. 1935)

Amanda Walker (b. 1935)

Delena Kidd (b. 1935)

Derek Partridge (b. 1935)

Allister Bain (b. 1935)

Derry Power (b. 1935)

Phyllis MacMahon (b. 1935)

Rowena Cooper (b. 1935)

Lisa Gastoni (b. 1935)

Derek Partridge (b. 1935)

Jill Dixon (b. 1935)

Des Keough (b. 1935)

Barbara Angell (b. 1935)

Lucille Soong (b. 1935)

Anita West (b. 1935)

June Watson (b. 1935)

David Daker (b. 1935)

Shirley Cain (b. 1935)

Bobby Pattinson (b. 1935)

George Roubicek (b. 1935)

Glenn Beck (b. 1935)

Shirley Greenwood (b. 1935)

Isabella Rye (b. 1935)

Anna Barry (b. 1935)

David Andrews (b. 1935)

Michael Danvers-Walker (b. 1935)

Brian Blessed (b. 1936)

Richard Wilson (b. 1936)

Tommy Steele (b. 1936)

Edward Petherbridge (b. 1936) 

Ursula Andress (b. 1936)

John Leyton (b. 1936)

Jess Conrad (b. 1936)

Elizabeth Shepherd (b. 1936)

Sandra Voe (b. 1936)

Doug Sheldon (b. 1936)

John Golightly (b. 1936)

Peter Ellis (b. 1936)

Andria Lawrence (b. 1936)

Jon Laurimore (b. 1936)

Tony Scoggo (b. 1936)

Barry MacGregor (b. 1936)

Frank Barrie (b. 1936)

Kenneth Farrington (b. 1936)

Eileen McCallum (b. 1936)

Frederick Pyne (b. 1936)

Philip Lowrie (b. 1936)

Marian Diamond (b. 1936)

Anthony Higginson (b. 1936)

Elsie Kelly (b. 1936)

Ann Taylor (b. 1936)

Heidi Erich (b. 1936)

Keith Faulkner (b. 1936)

Ruth Meyers (b. 1936)

Julia Blake (b. 1936)

Heather Downham (b. 1936)

Robin Gammell (b. 1936)

Auriol Smith (b. 1936)

Frances White (b. 1936)

Anthony Hopkins (b. 1937)

Edward Fox (b. 1937)

Vanessa Redgrave (b. 1937)

Tom Courtenay (b. 1937)

Steven Berkoff (b. 1937)

Susan Hampshire (b. 1937)

Barbara Steele (b. 1937)

Shirley Eaton (b. 1937)

Kenneth Colley (b. 1937)

Ian Hogg (b. 1937)

Sheila Reid (b. 1937)

Valerie Singleton (b. 1937)

Suzy Kendall (b. 1937)

Gawn Grainger (b. 1937)

Tom Georgeson (b. 1937)

Alan Rothwell (b. 1937)

Michael Knowles (b. 1937)

Jocelyn Lane (b. 1937)

Michael Kilgarriff (b. 1937)

Clifton Jones (b. 1937)

Paul Collins (b. 1937)

Anna Dawson (b. 1937)

Marlene Sidaway (b. 1937)

Jeremy Spenser (b. 1937)

Freddie Davies (b. 1937)

Justine Lord (b. 1937)

Davyd Harries (b. 1937)

Hugh Futcher (b. 1937)

Anne Cunningham (b. 1937)

Anne Aubrey (b. 1937)

Vic Taliban (b. 1937)

Dorothy Paul (b. 1937)

Denis Tuohy (b. 1937)

Claire Neilson (b. 1937)

Patricia Collins (b. 1937)

Jan Waters (b. 1937)

Dorothy Paul (b. 1937)

Brian Grellis (b. 1937)

Kenneth Alan Taylor (b. 1937)

Yvonne Buckingham (b. 1937)

Eileen Helsby (b. 1937)

Ray Donn (b. 1937)

Terrence Scammell (b. 1937)

Pauline Devaney (b. 1937)

Rosie Bannister (b. 1937)

Jeanne Roland (b. 1937)

William Gaunt (b. 1937)

Rosaleen Linehan (b. 1937)

Norman Coburn (b. 1937)

Rosie Bannister (b. 1937)

Luciana Paluzzi (b. 1937)

[bisexual-horror-fan]

Multi-May Masterlist.

"Lessons In Faking It Redux." Reverse!Poly!Ghostface X FEM! AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

"I Love You Best In." Poly!Ghostface X FEM! AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

"Three Against One." Mourning Wood (Buddy Swanson, Sam Wescott and Leslie Vernon) X AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

"Helping You, Helping Me." TMOMD Threesome AU! Freddy Kruger X Amber Cottrell X GN! Reader. NSFW-Ish.

"You Can't Steal What Is Willingly Given." Poly!Coven X GN! Reader. NSFW.

"Yes, I Can." Poly!Hinge!Sinclairs. X GN! Reader. NSFW.

"Another Day." Poly!Camping Boys X GN! Reader. SFW.

"A Lack Of Climax In Act Three." Reverse! Poly!Ghostface X FEM! AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

"Wrath Akin To A God." Poly!DanBert X GN! Reader. NSFW.

"Sweet On You." Poly!Ghostface X GN! Reader. NSFW.

"Life, Imitating Art, Imitating Life." Mickey Altieri And Randy Meeks X FEM! AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

Through The Heart Is The Only Way. Chapter Nine. "Stay." Poly!Chiffany X FEM! AFAB! Reader. NSFW.

"You Should Try It." Blossom James X Henry Williamson X FEM! Reader. SFW.

[thevindicativevordan]

What do you think about DC's frustrating tendency to trun Batman female villains into anti-heroes (Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn) ?

Catwoman as an anti-hero I like, Poison Ivy I don’t, Harley Quinn I would prefer as a more sympathetic anti-villain. Quinn should hurt people, yet show the occasional bit of kindness to randoms to demonstrate she’s not a total monster, but Harley paling around with the Batfamily will never feel right to me. Plenty of folks disagree with me on that take judging by her sales, so live and let live I guess.

As for the current Superman Rogues, Silver Banshee as an unwilling villain under Williamson I like, but please keep Livewire as a terrible (but funny) person. No redemption arc for Leslie.

[crazycoke-addict]

Apparently this is what was going to happened in Scream 7 and the ghostface killers were going to Christina Carpetner and Leslie Macher would be the ghostface killers and to be honest, I'm glad that this isn't going to happened.

It never made sense to me for Christina to be a ghostface killer. Since her reputation and the way she is viewed by people just screams red herring. This reminds me how in Scream 2, originally Cotton was going to be one of the ghostface killer which I'm glad Kevin Williamson and gave Cotton an arc where he saves the day and gets the fame that he craved for.

Also the way that Christina is the reason why Billy and Stu did the 1996 murders completely missed Billy Loomis as the character and why he did what he did to get revenge on Sidney. It's bad writing and the fact that fans are praising it makes my head scratch. Because it doesn't make sense for any of the characters including Sam herself.

[game-levels]

Dev team behind gta3. Taken around 2000/2001 in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Left to Right: Craig Conner , William Mills, ???, Stuart Ross, Raymond Usher, Alan Campbell, Alexander Roger, Andrew Soosay, Alisdair Wood, Mark Hanlon, Ian McQue, Leslie Benzies, Paul Kurowski, Chris Rothwell, Adam Fowler, Alan Walker, James Worrall, Adam Cochrane, Keiran Baillie, Andrzej Madajczyk, Graeme Williamson, Alex Horton, Obbe Vermeij, Aaron Garbut

Missing: Andrew Semple, Craig Filshie, Lee Montgomery, Gary McAdam, Michael Pirso, Richard Jobling

[sharpth1ng]

What’s debaser the squeakquel gonna be about if everyone else is dead bruhhhhh

It's almost like everyone else isn't dead. Light spoilers for the sequel under the cut.

A non-exhaustive list of characters that remain alive: Nancy Loomis, Hank Loomis, Leslie Macher (and the other Machers), the cat from Stu's garage, Tammy Beckett, Mickey Altieri, Derek Feldman, Hallie McDaniel...

The sequel is going to borrow minor elements from scream 2 ( like a campus setting) as well as some elements and characters from another 90's Kevin Williamson film "I know what you did last summer".

[coochiequeens]

Today for Women History Month we honor the birthdays of two women in the arts, Janet Collins and Amanda Gorman

Janet Collins (March 7, 1917 – May 28, 2003) was an African American ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She performed on Broadway, in films, and appeared frequently on television.[1] She was among the pioneers of black ballet dancing, one of the few classically trained Black dancers of her generation.

Janet Faye[2] Collins was born in New Orleans, and at the age of four moved with her family to Los Angeles, California, where Collins received her first dance training at a Catholic community center. She studied primarily with Carmelita Maracci, Lester Horton, and Adolph Bolm, who were among the few ballet teachers who accepted black students. She also had fond memories of studying with Los Angeles dance teacher Dorothy Lyndall.

Amanda S. C. Gorman[1] (born March 7, 1998)[2] is an American poet and activist. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. In 2021, she delivered her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.

Her inauguration poem generated international acclaim, and shortly thereafter, two of her books achieved best-seller status, and she obtained a professional management contract. In February 2021, Gorman was highlighted in Time magazine's 100 Next list under the category of "Phenoms", with a profile written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.[3] That same month, Gorman became the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl, when she delivered her poem "Chorus of the Captains" at Super Bowl LV.

Born in Los Angeles, California,[5][6] Gorman was raised by her single mother, Joan Wicks, a 6th-grade English teacher in Watts,[7] with her two siblings.[5][8] Her twin sister, Gabrielle, is an activist[9] and filmmaker.[10]Gorman has said she grew up in an environment with limited television access.[11] She has described her young self as a "weird child" who enjoyed reading and writing and was encouraged by her mother.[5]

Gorman has an auditory processing disorder and is hypersensitive to sound.[5] She also had a speech impediment during childhood.[12][13]Gorman participated in speech therapy during her childhood and Elida Kocharian of The Harvard Crimson wrote in 2018, "Gorman doesn't view her speech impediment as a crutch—rather, she sees it as a gift and a strength."[14] Gorman told The Harvard Gazette in 2018, "I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing. I realized that at a young age when I was reciting the Marianne Deborah Williamson quote that 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' to my mom."[1] In 2021, Gorman told CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason that she used songs as a form of speech therapy, and explained, "My favorite thing to practice was the song 'Aaron Burr, Sir,' from Hamilton because it is jam-packed with R's. And I said, 'if I can keep up with Leslie in this track, then I am on my way to being able to say this R in a poem."

[oceanusborealis]

Fallout: The End – TV Review

TL;DR – This first episode very much captured the vibe, even if the pacing didn’t quite hold up to the end. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Amazon Prime service that viewed this series.End Credit – There is a mid-credit sequence. Fallout Review – Well, this is an interesting one for me. Back in the days of Fallout 3, I devoured this series and this world, but since then,…

[byneddiedingo]

George C. Scott in The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, 1990)

Cast: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson, Scott Wilson, Nancy Fish, Tracy Thorne, Barbara Baxley, Harry Carey Jr., Mary Jackson, Zohra Lampert, Viveca Lindfors. Screenplay: William Peter Blatty, based on his novel. Cinematography: Gerry Fisher. Production design: Leslie Dilley. Film editing: Peter Lee-Thompson, Todd C. Ramsay. Music: Barry De Vorzon. 

I am no great fan of The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973), so I couldn't be expected to like The Exorcist III very much. It's an inchoate movie, made by a writer-director who has a lot of interesting ideas, which he sometimes accomplishes, but he doesn't quite know how to put them together. The premise is that a priest, Father Dyer (Ed Flanders), and a police lieutenant, William Kinderman (George C. Scott), who were close to Father Karras (Jason Miller), the exorcist of the first film, meet on the 15th anniversary of his death. Within a few days Father Dyer is hospitalized and then murdered in a peculiarly unusual way, neatly drained of his blood while in his hospital bed. Investigating the death of his friend, Kinderman interviews hospital staff, including the chain-smoking head of the psychiatric ward, Dr. Temple (Scott Wilson), who gives him access to the most securely guarded inmates. One of them has been institutionalized there for 15 years after being found wandering the streets of the city. After claiming amnesia and lapsing into catatonia, he suddenly turned violent and began to claim that he was James Venamun, who had been executed 15 years earlier as the serial killer known as Gemini. There have been recent murders that strikingly resemble those of Gemini, so Kinderman is allowed to interview the patient, whom he recognizes as the long-dead Father Karras. During the course of the interview, however, the patient changes form to resemble Venamun (Brad Dourif). Further deaths follow, and Kinderman's own family is threatened before he begins to figure out what in the literal hell is going on. The problem is that there are two or three movies going on here at once. One involves the mystery of Father Karras, and another the story of Gemini, and of course the whole thing is tied back to the demonic possession premise of the original The Exorcist. Blatty hadn't planned to include an exorcism in the film, which is based on his novel Legion, but the producers insisted, so a priest called Father Morning (Nicol Williamson) is awkwardly inserted into the story to do a big effects-laden exorcism scene. It fits oddly with the slow, moody pace of much of Blatty's film, and finally turns out to be the wrong way to deal with the problem anyway. There's a good deal of overacting in the movie -- Scott was nominated for a Razzie as worst actor, though Williamson, Dourif, and Miller do their share of hamming it up too. Blatty does accomplish one good jump scare scene in the film, effectively using sound and camera placement, and there's a well-done sequence in which Kinderman races to save the lives of his family, so it's not a total misfire.    

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Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

Heroes for Hope

Writer: Chris Claremont, Ann Nocenti, Jim Starlin, Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Ed Bryant, Louise Simonson, Stephen King, Bill Mantlo, Alan Moore, Harlan Ellison, Jo Duffy, Mike Baron, Denny O'Neil, George R.R. Martin, Bruce Jones, Steve Englehart, Mike Grell, Archie Goodwin, Bernie Wrightson

Penciler: John Romita Jr, John Buscema, Brent Anderson, John Byrne, Bernie Wrightson, Charles Vess, Richard Corben, Mike Kaluta, Frank Miller, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Steve Rude, Bret Blevins, Herb Trimpe, Gray Morrow, Paul Gulacy, Alan Weiss, Jackson Guice, Howard Chaykin

Inker: Al Gordon, Klaus Janson, Joe Sinnott, Terry Austin, Dan Green, Jeff Jones, Jon J. Muth, Tom Palmer, Richard Corben, Al Milgrom, Bill Sienkiewicz, P. Craig Russell, John Bolton, Carl Potts, Al Williamson, Sal Buscema, Gray Morrow, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Steve Leialoha, Walter Simonson

Colourist: Daina Graziunas, Marie Severin, Bob Sharen, Petra Scotese, Christie Scheele, Michelle Wrightson, Glynis Oliver, John Bolton, Ann Nocenti, George Roussos, Leslie Zahler

Cover: Arthur Adams

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My adventures with Superman

Dc's newest anime animated show by adult swim although it felt like a cartoon network show

What I liked;

Kid Clark's powers setting in when he tried to help a person who was going to crash her car. You get a scene where he tries to get his kite out of a tree and nothing happens, his powers only kick in when he tries to use them for someone else.

Jimmy Olsen's characterisation as a truther. While Jimmy suffering from the redhead curse once again is tiresome, I do think the show put a fun spin on his dorkiness. (Not sure if I like that he's the same age as Clark and Lois though). His friendship with Clark also feels genuine.

Newsboy legion! For something that's a bit of a relic, I think they utilized it well. They sort of act like actual kids too, which was refreshing.

I'm glad this show has the Daily Planet as backdrop. I feel like the place has been a bit pushed to the side as of late. (Although Williamson's current run highlights it again so what do I know)

The action was pretty neat? Kept my attention throughout.

Voice acting was good, although Lois sounds like Korra and I don't know how to feel about that

Not sure how I feel about Tomboy!Lois. Lois always was a tomboy, but she was one who was stylish. A girl can do both, you know?

What I didn't like;

The driver Kid!Clark saved had a cellphone in a holder and had it on speaker. I don't know why, but I hated it. Maybe i'm a boomer, but it feels like too much of a recent thing and it kind of dates the show. BTAS and STAS are rather timeless since it isn't clear what era it takes place in. It's too recent for my tastes

Clark's "I have to be normal. Just act normal" issue is too out there. Clark Kent is, usually, the most normal person in the cast. Superpowers aside. If he had it during high school, I'd give it a pass. But he should be past it by now. Although it seems that he doesn't know his origin yet, kind of like in 'Superman Smashes the Klan', and if that's the case I'll eat my words. I still think it's a bit of a blorbofication. I get that enough from the Batfamily webcomic.

What I also didn't like was that whenever Clark uses/activates his powers, electricity or something sparks out. You ain't the Flash, son.

I'm baffled that they changed Leslie Willis (soon to be Livewire) into a merc. You'd think a show focusing on the Daily Planet would benefit from a villain that uses the same sort of medium to spread misinformation or just have a radio rival in general, but instead we get a boring only sane woman merc. One that could've easily be someone like John Corben. And peronally? I think they didn't use Corben since STAS did this sort of 'robot plot' with John Corben. And if you had to use a woman, make it Mercy Graves before she meets Lex or something. Clark 'n co. bust Mercy, Lex is impressed by her work ethic and hires her.

In the same vain, giving black people lightning powers should really be considered racist at the rate DC is making it happen.

Anyway I did like the show and am interested to see more episodes, but to me, it didn't feel like an adult swim show.