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Double the Kill: A Nancy Drew Play Written by 12-year-old Yours Truly - Readthrough Reactions

Okay, guys, I went through two cups of super strong coffee reading through this thing and I think I can hear colors now so… Have fun reading this!

I sincerely haven’t read this thing in probably ten years and I legitimately forgot almost everything about this play I wrote for myself and my twin/two best friends to perform. We used to write plays for each other all the time, as well as play Nancy Drew games together, so… this was all very fitting.

Anyway, this is a super long one and I APOLOGIZE but also I hope you enjoy reading this thing as much as I enjoyed writing it 😂

Okay, for starters, this story is titled: “Double the Kill” for two reasons that I can remember: (1) someone actually gets murdered, and (2) someone beheaded the Lincoln Memorial statue. 

…

You know when you’re in middle school and you’re assigned some topic to research for a project and suddenly you have this stupid amount of knowledge about something you don’t know what to do with? 

That’s what happened here. 

Anyway.

So, apparently I didn’t know what the word “pervert” was when I was 12 (poor, sheltered creature) so I legitimately named a character Blake Pervey and I’m gonna fling myself into the sun. 

Oh my gosh, I wrote up a case profile for this, complete with character roles and everything. Incredible.  

Let’s provide that for you guys:

The Case: Billionaire Erving Nickels is holding a benefit concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., where the band “One Love” will be performing. Erv senses trouble, so he calls Nancy Drew and her best friend Bess Marvin to watch out for anything “suspicious.” But about an hour before the concert’s about to start, One Love’s lead singer Terri James is found dead near the Lincoln statue and the head of the statue is gone!

Contact: Erving Nickels - a billionaire who’d arranged the benefit concert. He asked Nancy to come and watch for anything “suspicious.” 

Suspects: 

Erving Nickels: Goes by Erv, for short. As it turns out, this man has actually gone bankrupt recently. Could he go to desperate measures to gain back his wealth?

Blake Pervey (I still want to die): One Love’s back-up singer. Terri had broken up with him recently because he’d attempted to cheat on her (huh, maybe he really is a pervert after all). Did he murder her to get revenge and take her place as the lead singer? 

Lyza Benton: The make-up artist. Lyza is always on the prowl for the next juicy gossip to spill to the press and gain publicity. Could she have killed Terri to create the ultimate story?

Myra “Ryan” Williams: One Love’s guitarist. She was the person Blake had attempted to cheat with, but she’d refused. Terri didn’t believe Ryan’s story and blamed her for everything, which caused the two women to hate each other.

Victim: Terry James

Okay. Already this is a little better than “Murder at Turquoise Inn,” because there are actual suspects with actual motives??? aMAZING. 

Wow, Nancy’s a bitch. She didn’t even tell Erving that Bess was coming along. 

Erv keeps saying that he thinks something bad is going to happen tonight, and Nancy and Bess are both like,“Can you please explain why?” And he’s like, “I just have a feeling.” Like boi, that’s sketch. 

Bess: “Sorry to change the subject, Mr. Nickels.” 

Erv: “Please, just call me Erv.” 

Bess: “No thank you.” 

Bess…I know Erv is a weird name, but…why? 

Mr. Nickels is taking Nancy and Bess on a tour, right? And I keep peppering in random facts about the Lincoln Memorial I learned for school and it’s SENDING ME. 

“I’ll watch and wait for our groovy band to arrive, while you girls split up and watch for suspicious activity. Now, let’s boogie!”

Asfbadka Erv, no one talks liKE That! 

I would just like to take a moment to preface the rest of this post with the fact that I wrote this for me and my friends, and we were always writing the stupidest dialogue for each other because we thought it was hilarious. Um…which hopefully explains lines like these: 

(1) No one calls Erv Nickels, the handsome billionaire, “Darling.” Except his mother.

(2) [We’re going to change.] No, don’t change. We like you guys just the way you are. *laughs obnoxiously* 

…

I hate myself. 

So Blake and Terri arrive in the limo and let me tell ya’ll Blake is definitely flirting with Erv right now and I’m so fucking confused. 

Terri: That man’s got problems. I guess money does that to people. 

Blake: But we have money and we don’t have problems. 

Terri: Maybe it only happens to men.” 

Blake: But… I am a man. 

Terri: Exactly.

Okay, you can tell my love for writing banter was here from the fuckin get-go. 

Oh god, now Blake is flirting with Nancy. Fuckin hell. I may not have known what the word “pervert” was when I was 12, but this man was aptly named. 

Suspicious, suspicious.*Mocking* ‘Can you girls watch for anything suspicious?’ Something suspicious, yeah right. Oh look! A BUG. Oh, soooo suspicious.

Bess…. I love you. 

Okay, as dumb as everything is in this thing, some of this dialogue is fucking cracking me up so hard.

Bess: No! Honestly. I swear, it’s almost like he’s trying to keep us busy so something bad can happen.

*A faraway scream cuts in from offstage*

*Nancy and Bess look off in the direction it came from, way too casual*

Bess: What was that?

Nancy: I dunno. 

*They pause, then their eyes widen in realization* 

Nancy: Oh crap.

Listen, I know I’m a comedic genius, but this is getting out of hand. Dsbfsjkdsjfbk

Bess: Mr. Nickels! What woman was screaming so high like that?

Erv: That was me. 

I CAN’T BREATHE. 

I saw Terri lying there on the floor, apparently dead. 

Erving… the woman is DEAD. What do you mean “apparently?” 

Nancy and Bess find a letter Terri was going to give to Erving to tell him she can’t do the concert because she also felt like something terrible was going to happen to her, and all Bess can do is repeatedly laugh at the word, “Flee.” 

Hey, too bad “Honest Abe” is missing his head, otherwise he could tell us whodunnit.

Wow, yall. Bess is my favorite. 

You know, the funniest thing about this is that you can definitely tell how many of the games I played between writing my horrible novel at the age of ten and writing this. If this thing had better dialogue and more fleshed out story/characterization, I could picture this as an actual game, not gonna lie. 

And… maybe if it didn’t involve removing the whole-ass head of the Lincoln statue…

Yanno, tiny details like that.

Lyza: *laughing* Scared you, didn’t I? 

Bess: Oh, “scared’"is such a strong word. I’d say more… "severely startled.”

So Erving reveals to Nancy that he’s actually not dumb as bricks, but puts up the facade because he’s broke and doesn’t want anyone thinking he’s not still super rich and air-headed. I’m crying. 

You sensed something bad was going to happen. You should have called the police to stand guard! Not some amatuer teenager who calls herself a detective and her little friend!

…. The pervert has a point. 

So Lyza likes to meddle in people’s business. Ryan had written about Blake’s advances in her journal and Lyza blackmailed her about it, Terri blamed Ryan for Blake’s attempted cheating. Blake tried to bribe Ryan into going out with him by telling her he’d discovered a way to get his hands on a fabulous collection of priceless jewels, and Terri broke it off with him. He’s upset, Ryan’s pissed that Terri thinks she went along with Blake, Erving borrowed money to organize the benefit concert (in order to benefit himself) and now he’s in even deeper debt because the concert has been cancelled and Lyza is having a fuckin field day. 

BOY AM I ON BOARD FOR THIS SHIT.

Before he came into wealth, Erving worked in a museum in Chicago, and Bess finds a piece of paper on the floor of Ryan’s trailer with the phone number to this exact museum. Nancy calls to see if there is any connection between that museum and the Lincoln Memorial and apparently there’s a theory that the head of the Lincoln statue contains jewels that the museum talks about in a part of their exhibit. 

*kronk’s face* Oh yeah. It’s all coming together.

Nancy: For all I know, you could be the murderer. 

Erv: Why would I do that? I needed the money from the concert!

Nancy: No you didn’t. You could’ve just–I dunno–stolen the head of Abe over there in search for the ALLEGED JEWELS INSIDE.

Ya’ll… please don’t ask me how the FUCK one person would get tools to remove that head without anyone noticing. Please. 

Blake: Hey, guys, have you seen Ryan anywhere? 

Nancy: Why? You gonna ask her out again?

Kjdbfisfdosidnf FUCKIN’ SAVAGE, NANCE. 

oH MY GOD THE CULPRIT SLIPPED UP SO EASILY I’M SCREAMING. 

oH my god, Nancy told Erving they needed something to pick the lock on one of the trailers and he’s all: “Like a bobby pin?” And just takes off his hat, removes a bobby pin, and “lets his long hair cascade down and over his shoulders like a waterfall” and I’m crying. I can’t fuckin’ breathe.

Oh shit, wait… the first culprit was actually covering for the real culprit all along I’m losing my mind. My twelve-year-old brain was so advanced I just threw a curveball at myself sjdbfshdbfagh

Okay, so I’m not gonna spoil anything because I think it’s hilarious to keep you all wondering what the fuck is going on and who the hell did it and why, but I would just like you all to know that this play literally ends with one of the characters singing Hannah Montana’s “The Best of Both Worlds” completely off key because I thought it would be hilarious and I think that really tells you a lot about who I am as a person.

[curious-minx]

Left Behind In The Halloween Parade: Late Review of Bob’s Burgers And The Simpsons.

The First Sunday of November, and the Last Sunday of the Trump and Biden election, found Hulu finally uploading the Bob’s Burgers and Simpsons Halloween episodes. So in the spirit of taking your sweet ass time that is exactly what I did with this review. The Bob’s Burgers Halloween episode is probably the weakest of the series, a series that is practically a Hallmark card company in terms of the amount of holiday-inspired content they have churned out. Episode “Heartbreak Hotel-oween” isn’t a particularly offensive in any way it just fails to live up to Halloween episodes such as my personal favorites Season 8 “The Wolf of Wharf Street,” which remains one of the most visually stunning episodes of the series,  and  Season 4, the series’ second Halloween episode,“Fort Night,” which has incredibly gruesome stakes and the most satisfying entry in the Louise versus Millie feud. 

“Heartbreak Hotel-oween” is still ultimately pretty good and though it took a second viewing to fully appreciate it I do like watching the Belcher children deftly sail through the world of adults. The tantalizing plot thread of a Bob’s Burgers Delivery service is dangled and I would like to see more Delivery based plots. Getting these characters into different areas and expanding upon the ambitious Jersey shore town. Having the kids deliver a burger to an older woman using the burger as a lure for her seance is flattened against a brown and forgettable after thought of a hotel. Everything with the Belcher kids is good and interesting and with the help of Andy Daly voicing the Hotel Manager; Lindsey Stoddart doing Quarantine duty and voicing multiple characters including the old woman Dolores conducting the seance, and Loren Bouchard Home Movies collaborator Melissa Robbins stops by as a bystander character as well. 

The episode starts getting in its own way with the adults blood bank centric B-plot. The entire plot is given in a single exchange with Teddie being excited about donating blood and everyman Bob with his everyman  O-negative blood finds giving blood nauseating and gross. That’s it. That’s the whole plot and besides the blood banker workers being dressed up as vampires there are no other comedic games being played and it is total unmemorable fluff, which has been a common issue for the ongoing series. One thing this episode does right is at least get Bob, Linda and Teddie out of the restaurant and into a new environment. A lot of the verbal exchanges between Bob, Linda and Teddie feel a lot more stilted due to Covid recordings and the lack of non-scripted banter is sorely missed. I have noticed this season having more John H. Benjamin monologue Bob by himself moments, which only work when Bob’s imagination is in full flight. Where was the talking bag of Bob’s blood? Hell I wouldn’t even had objected to hearing a dang song sung by the vampires to help soothe Bob into giving blood or something beyond: Bob doesn’t like giving blood because it makes him woozy, he gives blood and get’s woozy. 

Overall this is a perfectly serviceable episode: three Ghost-baiting cheeseburgers out of five. 

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Intermission. 

Fox is certainly using the Loren Bouchard & Molyneux sisters brand like a blood bag with the recent announcement of the new series The Great North. Wendy Molyneux is a frequent writer, (executive) story editor since Bob’s Burgers inception. She is the writer of  “The Wolf of Wharf Street” and the episode of Bob’s Burgers I have watched the most - “There's No Business Like Mr. Business Business,” because I am a cat fanatic, John Oliver fan, and have been the pet companion of a standard poodle exactly like Snoodle named Faust that I love dearly. Basically, I am excited for this show. Molyneux is also a deeply connected collaborator with Megan Mullally writing on all 74 episodes of Mullally’s forgotten by the ages The Megan Mullally Show. A show according to Wikipedia’s citation of Fox News, “viewers were disappointed to find out that Megan is not anything like Karen in real life,” and if there is any white woman out there that is an anti-Karen it is Mullally. Mullally is not the focus of the show but her more visible and commercially accessible husband Nick Offerman is finally being anointed into the annals of TV Dads. With his three sons voiced by Paul Rust, Will Forte and National Treasure Aparna Nancherla and sole daughter voiced by Bob’s Burgers alum Jenny Slate, who recently honorably stepped down from a lucrative tv series Big Mouth deal like the real champ that she is.  Mullally will show up as Jenny Slate’s character’s boss andThe cast is undeniable the backdrop of Alaska has a lot of promise for elaborate or interesting set pieces. I am ready for this show! Will this be Bob’s Burgers Futurama? That’s probably a vicious hex based on how Futurama was infamously jerked around by Fox. FOX has already given the show a promising two-season deal, which is already a lot better than what Netflix did for Tuca and Bertie. Faint nowhere discussions of the Bob’s Burgers movie were also mentioned in an interview with Bouchard who has a cantankerous “theater release only” policy, which bums out a little, but I would much prefer they take as long as possible. The Bob’s Burgers movie cannot end up carrying out the Simpson movie curse.

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I am no Simsons scholar. I could not give you an active ranking of favorite Tree House of Horror episodes. I could tell you that I really like Bart as an Edgar Allen Poe’s Raven. You don’t need to be Simpsons scholar to safely state that “Treehouse of Horror XXXI” should be ashamed to show its “funny face.” For starters the entire appeal of the anthology style of storytelling has been completely deflated by having two of the previous episodes in this season being gimmicky non-standard episodes. The only positive thing I can say about this episode is that it is an important teaching tool for what the most broken and shittiest, laziest satire imaginable would look like and the 2020 Election cold opening is actually pretty solid. All of the good will earned by the strong opening is completely squandered starting with an inexplicably CGI Toys Story sketch. I am assuming the animation department went with CGI because the source material is CGI. The CGI is really bad and makes me really miss the 3D models of Simpsons Hit And Run and perfectly charming The Simpsons Game. Instead this sketch’s particular animation looks like the animators were most inspired not by Pixar’s clean and craftsmen like CGI models but were going for more of a Fanboy & Chum Chum look. A Toy’s Story parody in this day and age is asinine in its laziness, but it’s still an evergreen territory. A good Toy’s Story parody is possible, but simply having Bart play out the role of Toy Story’s Sid except he gets lobotomized by his own toys. I did appreciate the writer’s making the explicit moral of the story to not buy toys, which for a Disney product like the Simpsons is pretty rich. 

Behold! The last recorded instance of a quality Toys Story satire from China, IL

The next two parodies go down slightly better simply because they aren’t sporting that eye bleeding animation but paying homage to Enter The Spider-verse and Russian Doll/Happy Death Day 2U in 2020 feels just as dated as Toy Story. What kind of fool is still writing about Russian Doll in 2020? The Enter the Homer-verse sketch is at least ambitious and showcases how masturbatory  the show has come whenever it is showcasing Dan Castellaneta’s various vocal talents. I get it dude, you like having dump trucks of money given to you for barely making an effort and doing Hannah Barbara impersonations that sound more like a bad Woody Allen. Regardless, this is still the one sketch that makes the most attempt to have comedic games with its multiple iterations of Homer and even throwing out some alternative universe Burns and Smithers for good measure. The final third Russian Doll sketch that let’s you know that this sketch is more Russian Doll than Happy Death Day by using the same exact Harry Nilsson “Gotta Get Up”  piano riff. This sketch had potential but once again the show writers and creatives seem to only indulge the worst possible instincts and cast Lisa as the lead of the sketch. So that means we get to watch this 8 soon-to-be 9 year old girl and fellow child Nelson get murdered in a variety of banal and brutal ways, and it’s just not fun or pleasant to watch. The obvious choice is an unexpected Springfield resident and if it has to be a Simpson having Marge or one of her sisters be the Nadia surrogate makes far more logical sense and Marge’s birthday would carry more emotional weight. 

Reminder to myself to check out this lost late series entry where Natasha Lyonne is the voice of Krusty’s daughter. 

I completely understand why The AV Club canceled their coverage of The Simpsons. The whole series has a very masochistic and sadistic pull and tug between creatives and fans. The sweet and simple souls of Den of Geek are still reviewing the Simpsons and offer a far more favorable review: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-32-episode-4-review-treehouse-of-horror-xxxi/.  Google results also yield one another publication reviewing this current season published on medium that has been taken by for violating medium rules. Will the Simpsons be coming for me next? 

Skip this episode! Judging by the synopsis of the season’s next ep finding the Simpsons, once again, finding themselves somewhere other than Springfield is looking to be another skippable entry. I want to be proven wrong! The latter day Simpsons seasons usually have a memorable or decent episode here or there. So far the only thing remarkable about this season is how much it wants to try to be different and think outside of the Springfield box but in the process give the season an overwhelming sense of hollowness. I shall forge ahead with my coverage, because I am either a masochist or a sadist depending on the weather. 

[kaze-tsubasa]

(Since it’s not showing my pages for some reason, I’ll post them here. At least the ones that have the most info anyway)

Rules:

Mun’s nicknames: Shin (borrowed from my DA nickname) I also like Kitsune

Mun is 30

Muses are Bisexual but there must be chemistry

(Timber is currently taken but I am debating whether to make this blog multi ship. They don’t usually have a lot of interactions from other muses though. But that could change in the future.)

Tags for the brothers:

Timber: The youngest brother and gentle heart

Thompson: The middle brother and clever mind

Canterbury: The eldest brother and protective strength

I am willing to rp NSFW but we need to talk about it if it’s smut or gore related. I realize that Timber and his brothers are demons and these things are possible. However smut makes me EXTREMELY uncomfortable and unless it’s cleaned up enough, I will not do it.

Yaoi friendly

NO INCEST

NO GORE

NO MPREG

DON’T CONTROL MY MUSE (unless we plot it for an rp)

DON’T GIVE MY MUSE HEADCANONS (Ex: How they like the temperature, what kind of food they like, etc. I’m the one who ultimately decides what they want. Discussing it is fine but don’t automatically give them something I haven’t agreed to.)

NO SMUT WITH MINORS ( I MEAN IT. You’ll be blocked if you lie about your age)

I will rp NSFW (We need to discuss it though as I have limits. Smut MIGHT be possible. But it would have to be SUPER clean as I get VERY uncomfortable with it.) I’m fine with blood though.

I love fluff and angst.

Reply length: I am not very good with writing long replies. Let alone super long like paragraphs. However sometimes I can write long ones if I’m in the mood and can actually think of a lot to write. Typically I just try to have more than one sentence written out. But when it comes to an ask, those tend to be short because I have no idea if anyone wants to turn that into an rp. So if you do, either tell me or move it to a text post. (I don’t mind if it’s reblogged from the ask but it seems most people prefer separate text.)

I’m mostly a just wing it rper and I don’t always make big starters. But feel free to message me if you’d like to plot. And I’m sure we can come up with something amazing. I also rp based on my mood. Some days I may not be feeling certain muses and I’m sorry. Also real life stuff can be stressful at times and I tend to play games or listen to music to relax. I’m also an artist so I may draw too.

Please don’t pressure me about replies. I am trying to get to them as best I can. And if I missed one for over a week, DO NOT just send me a link. TELL me if it’s been over a week. Just sending links to me will make me super anxious and less likely to get to it.

Also if my muse meets a character (Say like he knows a Claude) but comes across another one, he will not know who that is. As it is a completely different muse. They will be strangers and he most certainly will NOT say that he’s met another version of said muse. That’s just too weird for me.

(some rules may change or be edited in the future)

Headcanons:

Cooking: Timber is an excellent cook. He is very passionate about his creations and even seems to be a prodigy at it. Able to create dishes that taste like heaven.

Gardening: Thompson is one hell of a gardener. While he is a little more mouthy than Timber is, he is actually a gentle soul and cares greatly for plants and animals. Thompson is basically a green thumb when it comes to gardening.

Kindness: The triplets aren’t as bad as they seem. True Canterbury is the most fowl mouthed but they are actually very passionate creatures. They are capable of feeling sympathy towards others.

Fighting: The triplets know how to fight. The eldest triplet, Canterbury, taught his brothers how to do so. He is into martial arts and is very passionate about fighting. Which may explain his reckless attitude towards things. But he isn’t an idiot. Canterbury is smart enough to understand certain things. He is the brawn to Thompson’s brain.

Age: While the triplets are all basically the same age, there is still the order in which they were born. Canterbury is the eldest, Thompson is in the middle and Timber is the youngest.

Powers/Abilities: Being pure blooded demons, the triplets all have supernatural strength, agility and their senses are quite sharp. The trio even have animal forms. Timber has a cat form. Canterbury has a wolf form. And Thompson is a fox. They all also have demon forms which are usually only seen if they are provoked enough.

Transformation: The triplets can transform into their true forms. But this usually only happens if they are provoked into doing so.

Fangs: The triplets all have fangs. But in human form they match the animal they tend to take after. Timber for example has kitten sized fangs.

(more to be added later)

Relationships:

Family:

Thompson, Canterbury and Hannah. (She’s like their mother figure)

Romantic:

Timber: Cherish

Thompson: (none yet)

Canterbury: (none yet)

Friends/Allies:

Nicole

Xeha (asktheprinceofdarkness)

[stunudo]

BAU Prep School AU: 2018

Welcome to the Frederick Buchanan Institute located in scenic Quantico, Virginia, a senior high academy that shapes the best and brightest minds. Its motto is “Behavior, Analysis, Unity,” the mascot the Submariners, colloquially “the Unsubs”. The small school supports the most accomplished faculty from across the country. (image link)  2016-2017 school year  Class of 18

Let’s Try This Again

August 21, 2017 12:47pm

The dampness of the air lingered on every blade of perfectly shorn grass. The mud and chalk melded into a homelike aroma, welcoming JJ back, as she strolled from her car in flipflops and oversized sunglasses. She wrinkled her nose; those boys were going to be a smelly mess in this heat. As she crossed the football field, she spotted him taking shots at the goal, bouncing the balls at all angles and doing bicycle kicks and generally goofing around. He was in his element, his grin wide across his features, which was understandable; he still believed himself alone.

JJ burst into a comical round of applause as he hit the turf hard, after an overly ambitious kick forced him into something resembling a snowboarding move.

“Need a hand?” JJ peered down as he lay with his chest heaving.

“Nah, I’m good. The grass will bury me by next week.” Luke Alvez waved off her outstretched hand. “What are you doing here Jareau?”

“Had to make sure my boys were on their best behavior,” She kneeled beside him, now lounging on his side.

“So, you’re not checking up on me?” Luke teased, balancing his forearms on his knees, unable to settle the excitement within himself. “Cuz I’d say you have enough to worry about right now.” She leaned back, rubbing her perfect baby belly affectionately. “What’s the countdown to now?”

“29 days, but who’s counting?” JJ glanced down her nose. “Come on, humor me with some drills. I need to move.”

“Whatever you say, boss.” Luke rolled a nearby ball her way before dramatically flipping back upright.

That’s how the students found them, their new coach playing goalie as their overly pregnant coach kept him dodging for every corner of the box with her pristine aim. The upperclassmen suffered through tryouts before school began each year as their games started the second week of September, freshmen rarely made starter squad anyhow. If the boys wanted to learn something about grit, these were the best teachers they could have asked for. Not that teenagers ask for things so freely given.

Friday September 1 10:32am

It was as if no time had passed, they filed into the Delaney Owens Memorial Library with casual conversation spilling over the meeting’s set start time. The faculty of the Frederick Buchanan Institute gathered for their annual staff pop-wow. Penelope Garcia sat straight backed at Headmaster Hotchner’s left as her boyfriend and football coach, Derek Morgan leaned casually beside her, making small talk with veteran math teacher, Jordan Todd.

“Alright, everyone, let’s make it official. Welcome to the new school year, for those of you unable to attend our little development weekend in July, we have two new staff members this Fall.” Hotch gestured to the middle of the table to his right. “Luke? Would you like to introduce yourself?”

Luke nodded and held up his hand in a short wave, “Luke Alvez, your new Foreign Language teacher and interim soccer coach. Originally from the Bronx, played professionally after college and have been teaching in California and most recently the Carolinas for eight years.”

“Thanks, alright, now the other new face. Matt?” Hotch looked to the far end of the table, the statuesque Asian man smiled slyly with only one cheek.

“I’m Matt Simmons. I’m filling in for Coach Jareau’s classes while she is on leave. I am currently taking a leave of absence, myself, as foreign correspondent for Al Jazeera, but before that I was on the D.C. political scene.”

“Oh, the girls are going to eat you boys up!” Mrs. Todd teased the pair of attractive new teachers.

“Jordan.” Hotch chuckled.

“Oh, who am I kidding, this day and age, everyone is going to love you.” She sighed, spinning back to the headmaster in her seat.

“Right, anyway, welcome, to you both. Penelope?” Hotch kept the meeting succinct.

Ms. Garcia squealed quietly as she spun to address the whole faculty. “Friends, teachers, countrymeh- peoples. Hi!” The meeting continued, Penelope and Hotch covering the new schedules and upcoming events. Something in the air felt more relaxed than years past, as if the summer had yet to release the staff of her transfixing spell. They made their way to the cafeteria, Chef David Rossi’s delights tantalizing their noses from halls away.

“I’ve got to be honest, I am surprised Jareau didn’t make it today,” Luke confided to Emily and Hotch.

“I was surprised I got her to stay home,” Emily deadpanned. “I’m sorry about tryouts, she really doesn’t listen to reason.”

“No, it was fine. Besides, kept the guys on their toes, her shooting past me even with that big belly.” Luke smirked, Hotch sighed as Emily’s face fell.

“She was playing?!”

“What?” Luke froze. “Uh, no, not really.” His face a mask of fear and inability to lie. They had arrived to find their meals waiting. Two tables set equally for seven, saving Luke from the awkward explanation, he quickly followed Spencer, who was chatting with Alex and Stephen animatedly.

“Smooth, Alvez.” Derek patted him on the shoulder as Emily stepped passed them, anxiously checking her phone. Matt Simmons was the last one to join his coworkers, Rossi had already served everyone and had sat himself between Kate and Tara. This left the last free seat next to Alex Blake. He slipped between the Drama and Debate teacher and the ever-bubbly Guidance Counselor. “Ladies, how are we doing this afternoon?”

Alex didn’t respond but held his curious gaze as Penelope began excitedly chippering away to his right.

Tuesday Sept. 5 10am

The summer heat hadn’t relented for two weeks, leaving the players exhausted and desperate after only an hour of running drills. The linemen had the field while the quarterbacks and wide receivers were working through their flexibility drills inside. May Howard never wanted to tackle her own teammates as badly as when they were able to walk back into the airconditioned school.

“Submariners! Positions!” Coach Morgan barked from his perch on the sled. “That means you too, Turner!”

Lucas filled in beside May as their hands and heads fell into line across the turf. Their lungs strained as they waited for the starting whistle. Their coach eyed them, leaving the moment lingering; training their reflexes as much as trying their patience. Then the blast, a jolt of force pushed the large metal framework.

“Don’t stop, get it,” Derek pushed his team. “You go until the play ends. You go until their line breaks and then you take them down!”

May hated being shorter than the guys in moments like this, her legs crossing twice as many steps to keep up with theirs. Lucas laughed as the Coach drew out his ending whistle. Their bodies burning hotter than the midday sun.

“Shower up. We hit the playbook tomorrow. Hard.”

12:57pm

Azalene Curtis could not believe this is where they had been enrolled for the new school year. The place was a freaking castle, she gawked out of the driver’s side as pulled up to the parking lot nearest the Rothschild Auditorium. Her little brother, Jackson, was running late for Freshman Orientation and of course she had to be the one to drop him off. Her hair was braided and wrapped around her head to keep its weight back and off her neck. She helped her brother out of his side of the car and walked him to the doors that had been propped open.

“Lena, you can go now.” Jackson grunted, his elbow crutches easily maneuvered over the lip of the door frame.

“Are you sure? This is an old building, make sure you ask for help if there are too many stairs.” She always worried he would be too pig-headed and miss a class, something their parents tended to ignore when it did happen.

“Are you going to be like this all year?”

“What? Looking out for you? Hell yeah, high school is vicious.”

“You said the same thing about middle school.”

“And I was right, wasn’t I?”

“Whatever, loser, see you later.”

“Have fun, Jax!” Lena turned to descend the slightly inclined walking path. A sleek red convertible came to a screeching halt at the sidewalk. A tiny Hispanic girl nearly jumped from the passenger’s seat as her older brother called from the driver’s side.

“Don’t be rude, Rita. It looks bad on all of us!” Ignacio Cruz reprimanded his freshman sister.

“Go to Hell, Iggy. I’m only rude when you make me late!” And she ran past the Curtis siblings as if they weren’t even there.

Wed. Sept. 6  7:31am

“Good morning everybody. My name is Matt Simmons and I will be filling in for Coach Jareau this fall. I know formality is expected here, but I believe in mutual respect. If you can act in an appropriate manner, you get to call me by my first name.” He stood at the front of his first hour Journalism class in a fresh gray button down matched with a black and white paisley tie. He read the crowd easily, from the overly attentive girl in the front row to the completely disinterested guys in the back.

“You’re actually the Matt Simmons.” Sacha Kane took a quick picture of him. “Best first day of school. Ever.” She read her caption to her Instagram post barely beneath her breath.

“Guys? No pictures, this is a classroom.” Matt sighed. “For those of you who don’t know me, I am a reporter with Al Jazeera. I have a bachelor’s degree from NYU and a master’s from GW.”

“You’re also Hannah’s uncle.” Iggy Cruz added from his perch in the last row, attempting to bring the new teacher down a peg.

“That is correct, Hannah Chang is my sister’s daughter.” Matt smiled easily, arrogant senior guys weren’t really that intimidating after reporting in conflict zones for the past ten years. “And your father is on the Board of Regents and Maya here is Mr. Walker’s daughter. It’s really cozy here at F.B.I., isn’t it?”

“We’re all about getting cozy, handsome.” Sacha leaned back, biting her lip.

“Ms. Kane?” Mr. Simmons raised his eyebrows. “Are we going to have a problem?”

She rolled her eyes and sat up straight, his voice switched from sultry to commanding in an instant. He wasn’t sure what he was expecting from his first day teaching, but this certainly hadn’t been it. Mr. Simmons turned down the lights and began his opening presentation. He left the class with reading assignments and to bring in a print media example of a current events opinion piece for the next day.

“Way to piss off the new teacher, Sacha. Since when do we have homework on the first day?” Jake sassed down at his flirtatious classmate on the way to his second period.

“Jakey, come on. He had that ready before I even snapped a pic.” She grinned confidently. “This semester is going to get me past ten thousand followers.”

10:36am

Luke Alvez’s throat hurt from talking during his morning classes. He started the semester with simple conversations, introductions and asking about the students. Second period was the beginners, but most of the teens had some knowledge of the language as their household staff or nannies may have spoken it around them. There was only one crack about tequila or cerveza, which he chalked up as a win. Now that he was done with his long stretch of classes, he realized how early in the day it was to have lunch.

“I feel like I just had breakfast.” Luke admitted as he grabbed his plate from the cart that Rossi had wheeled in to the staff dining hall, before ducking back to the cafeteria.

“You’re telling me, man. But if you don’t eat now, you’re going to regret it.” Derek shared from experience.

“How’s your first day going, teach?” Kate teased as she dug into her perfectly prepared meal.

“Pretty good, all things considered. I guess Penelope was teaching them at the end of last semester, so I can’t really win any popularity contests.”

“Yeah, don’t sweat it, man. My girl has these kids by the heartstrings and their parents by their wallets, but she was not meant to be teaching. Trust me.” Derek Morgan chuckled.

“We’re just glad you’re here now. Let the craziness of last year be left in the past.” Tara added in her comforting voice.

“Funny the history teacher is talking about leaving things in the past,” Alvez chided.

“Oh, watch out, he’s got the comeback.” Derek egged his coworkers on.

They continued like that up until the bell rattled them back to reality. The easy banter hinting that perhaps this team was going to work out while past line ups had left people slipping between the cracks.

3:42pm

Spencer had been to the principal’s office numerous times over his academic career. Usually as the victim of some sort of bullying, the bruises hidden beneath his oversized clothing. Once it was because he had explained something during a biology lesson and his lab partner thought he was sexually harassing her. And another had been because his history teacher deemed him a distraction to other students and he had to remain in the principal’s office for the remainder of the quarter during that class period. The principal promptly retired the following summer.

These experiences were racing through his thoughts as he knocked on Hotch’s office door after the first day of the new school year. Clammy hands betraying his nerves.

“Come in,” the headmaster’s voice genial. “Reid? Everything okay?”

“You tell me,” Spencer didn’t sit but stood with one hand in his pocket to hide the tension it held. “I have fewer classes on my schedule this year and you gave Sociology to a glorified cameraman.”

“Matt Simmons has an undergraduate degree in Sociology, Reid. He is more than qualified to teach an introductory class on it.”

“As do I. In addition to my three doctorates in other fields.”

Hotch eyed the younger man. “Reid! What is this really about?”

“Do you think I can’t handle the course load? Did I somehow lower the standards with a full schedule?”

“Last year I lost two qualified educators, one to a personal vendetta of a student and one to trauma from the hands of another student. I cannot put my faculty at risk of burn out or exhaustion when the very people we are charged with nurturing could, rather poetically, bite the hand that feeds them.”

“This isn’t about my curriculum?”

“No.”

“Or my attempt at a stargazing club?”

“Not at all, though that really was just asking for kids to sneak off and neck.”

“Neck?” Spencer rubbed his absentmindedly, not getting the reference.

“Spencer,” Hotch leaned on his desk top, signaling the science teacher to sit as well. “I purposely gave you a prep period this year. I don’t want you to work yourself sick. We need to all be on our A game. That means accepting a break, even if we think we’re invincible.”

Spencer’s lips curled into a blushing smirk. “Clever word choice, Hotch. Invincible is late Middle English but has Latinate roots; ‘in’ and ‘vincibilis’ respectably.”

“Reid.”

“Sir?”

“I asked a lot of you, and even more so of Penelope, last term. This is my way of trying to remedy that.”

“Oh.” Spencer caught on. “Well, it was my pleasure. Besides, I kind of owed it to her, too.”

“No, you didn’t, but that’s what makes you a great teacher, Reid. You care so deeply, you take on the burdens of other’s growth. Just make sure you’re taking care of yourself too, yeah?”

“Yeah, okay.”

Friday Sept 8 6:12pm

Maya Walker scrambled through loading the dishwasher, causing both her parents to glance between themselves. She had three different chapters to read, a dozen geometry problems to proof out and a trumpet solo to prepare for seating auditions next week. The pressure was starting to sink in. She gave up snapping Meg Callahan and just called her on speaker.

“This is only the first week of the next four years of my life and I am DROWNING, girl.”

“Hey, Maya.” Meg’s voice sounded overly cheerful.

“Did you just answer the phone at the dinner table? Nu-uh, Kate is going to kill you!”

“Rough week? That sucks,” The line became muffled as Meg clearly played on her aunt’s sympathies to get excused early from the family meal. “Okay, I have ten, twelve minutes tops before she is going to call your mom and check on you.”

“You didn’t have to answer, dork!”

“I couldn’t stand it! Chris was doing light saber noises while trying to convince Kit to eat his Brussel sprouts. They’re Brussel sprouts! It is physically impossible to like them until you’re at least twenty-five!”

“Preach!” Maya filled in. “But seriously, I am dying. Do you have homework? Maybe we can hit the bookstore tomorrow or Sunday. I am going to lose it if I am stuck in my room all weekend.”

“It’s the first week of school, I have like one page of Algebra homework.”

“Which could take hours.”

“Mrrrrrrp. Nope, sorry. I can’t draw it out that long.”

“Please? Because you value me as a friend and person?”

“Maya Walker, don’t go begging now!” Meg cackled. “But seriously, I am sorry you have so much work. And I am slightly terrified for next year. Hey, you said you signed up for Journalism, right?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Is Mr. Simmons as hot as Kate is saying he is?”

“Whoa, go Kate!” Maya cheered on the nurse’s taste. “Yes, he is built like a Greek god, with all the ageless beauty of his Asian roots.”

“Ugh, I wish my teachers were hot.”

“Dude!”

“Okay, well, like, not our parents, obviously.”

“I should hope so!” Mara shuddered. “But seriously, Journalism is first hour, he already knows my name and who I am. It’s going to be a long year.”

“Still a great view to wake up for every morning.”

“Whatever, traitor. So no study sesh this weekend?”

“Nah, sorry. I am babysitting and then we have something on Sunday.”

“You owe me!”

“Yeah, yeah, well I better scram. Hugs!”

“Thanks, Meg. Talk later.”

“Yep.”

Maya hung up the phone and fell dramatically into the mound of quilts atop her bed. She was procrastinating, but something about two days and four assignments felt daunting. After twenty minutes on her favorite puzzle game, she gave in. She got out her trumpet and got to work.

Next Chapter: Uphill

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(3) Can You Whistle? yup

(9) How Many Followers? 262

(15) Grab The Book Nearest To You, Turn To Page 64, Give Me Line 14.“Hannah liked to knit; Hannah was, probably, or would” From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, which as far as I can tell from reading the first chapter, seems to be an off-brand Anne of Green Gables. I have low expectations for this book.

(30) Do You Study Better With Or Without Music? depends on my mood tbh

(33) PlayStation Or Xbox. playstation

(40) Do You Have Any Obsessions Right Now? yup- i tend to generally have one at all times, it just changes every now and then. right now i’d say it’s the story that aron and ivan are in.

(41) Have You Ever Caught A Butterfly? not to my memory, but i raised one in elementary school

(42) Are You Easily Influenced By Other People? unfortunately, yes

(43) Do You Have Strange Dreams? compared to what ppl around me usually dream, apparently i do all the time.

(45) Name One Movie That Made You Cry. inside out

(50) Do You Fear Thunder / Lightning? no, but it is rather annoying when i’m trying to sleep bc the sudden noise does keep me awake.

(56)What Are You Craving Right Now? nothing, actually

(63) Favourite Pokemon? charmander and it’s evolution chain. first starter’s always got a special place in my heart.

(87) Are You A Day Or Night Person? night, judging by how late i tend to stay up

(88) List All Of Your Video Games On Your Phone, Console Etc. all of em? oh wow this is gonna be. a lot. coughs. welp.

n64

mario kart 64

paper mario

starfox 64

gbc

catz

gba

kirby and the amazing mirror

legend of zelda: link to the past / four swords

fairly odd parents: clash with the anti-world (which i think somebody else gave to me, because i don’t recall ever actually playing it)

fire emblem

fire emblem: sacred stones

lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring (which is hilariously bad)

lord of the rings: two towers (which is a classic)

rocket power: dream scheme

and the first game i ever owned- kim possible 2: drakken’s demise

gamecube

final fantasy: crystal chronicles

harvest moon: a wonderful life

ds

new super mario bros

super princess peach (yup. i have that game)

mario party ds

lego star wars: the complete saga

final fantasy: crystal chronicles: ring of fates (fav)

legend of zelda: phantom hourglass

super mario 64 ds

my sims kingdom (drastically different from the wii version, which disappointed me very much)

animal crossing: wild world

harvest moon: island of happiness

legend of zelda: spirit tracks

glory of heracles (which, for an unknown game, is a lot better than i was expecting it to be)

kirby squeak squad(untouched)

sonic rush adventures(untouched)

kirby super star ultra

mario & luigi: partners in time (a fav)

the world ends with you (also a fav)

pokemon soulsilver

pokemon white

okamiden

fire emblem: shadow dragon

harvest moon: grand bazaar(untouched)

wii

okami

rune factory: tides of destiny

3ds

starfox 64 3d

mariokart 7

harvest moon: a new beginning

fire emblem: awakening

super smash bros 3ds

tomodachi life

animal crossing: new leaf

legend of zelda: link between worlds

paper mario: sticker star (we don’t speak of this)

super mario 3d land(untouched)

legend of zelda: majora’s mask 3d

professor layton vs phoenix wright

pokemon alpha sapphire

pokemon mystery dungeon: gates to infinity

pokemon super mystery dungeon

fire emblem fates: birthright/conquest/revelation

pokemon sun

story of seasons

story of seasons: trio of towns

fire emblem: echoes

pokemon x

harvest moon: tale of two towns

3ds eshop

harvest moon (untouched)

harvest moon 2 (untouched)

harvest moon 3 (i’m tryin to get all of em, cept the new ones bc they’re awful. also untouched tho)

shantae

pokemon red

i don’t currently have any on my ipod; as soon as i played em i deleted em bc of how much space i don’t have. but i have played layton brothers: mystery room (which is absolutely fantastic and i’m hoping they release a sequel), and mystic messenger. i’ve also had like. solitaire and stuff like that.

on my laptop, let’s see. i’ve got

ecstasy

eihma

ib

alternian turnabout (hs fan game in the style of ace attourney)

mr president (not the donald trump one- the original mr president game)

minecraft

and on steam

antichamber

castle crashers (untouched)

child of light (untouched)

deadcore (untouched)

dungeon fighter online (untouched)

elder scrolls online (there was an attempt. a very laggy attempt.)

elder scrolls v: skyrim

fausts alptraum

freddi fish 1 & 3 (nostalgia and three dollars are very powerful things)

garry’s mod (untouched)

goat simulator(untouched)

gta v (there was an attempt at this too, but my laptop couldn’t even load it. so. there’s that.)

l4d2 (a fav)

maplestory

no time to explain (idk what this even is it just. showed up one day???)

octodad(untouched)

portal

portal 2

rwby: grimm eclipse (again, laptop couldn’t load it properly- suuuuuper laggy)

speedrunners (luc jadore is the best)

stanley parable

turbo dismount(untouched)

undertale

ok i thiiiink that’s all of em. whew.

(91) What Sounds Are Your Favourite? can’t say i’ve ever had a favorite sound. um. i guess nice ones are the gba startup, crickets, cicadas surprisingly, and the nintendo switch ‘click’ sound effect thingy. also rain on the roof / skylight is nice.

(96) Favourite YouTuber? kinda a mix tbh. i like some of videogamedunkey’s vids, some of markiplier, some of alpharad, every now and then i’ll go back to some chuggaaconroy, or some achievement hunter; inthelittlewood is also nice- i like his ni no kuni let’s play. ummm. i know i’m leaving some out, but there’s a few of em, at least.

[rawrmeansmemes]

ZOMBIELAND SENTENCE STARTERS

Is that you say hello where you come from? 

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I can't believe I shot Bill Murray.

I don't think we're gonna be able to stitch this.

You think you might pull through?

Ah. That's still tender.

If it means anything now, I am so sorry. It was just instinctive.

It was my bad. I was never a very good practical joker.

So do you have any regrets?

I'm not great at farewells, so, uh, that'll do, pig.

That's the worst goodbye I've ever heard, and you stole it from a movie.

Sno-Balls? Sno-Balls? Sno Balls? Where's the fucking Twinkies?

I hate coconut. Not the taste, consistency.

Oh, this Twinkie thing, it ain't over yet.

Don't kill me with my own gun.

Time to nut up or shut up!

Are you fucking with me?

Uh, no. You should actually limber up as well. Especially if we're going down that hill. It is very important.

I don't believe in it. You ever see a lion limber up before it takes down a gazelle?

You are like a giant cock-blocking robot, like, developed in a secret fucking government lab.

No! Those bitches! No, I will not stand for this.

You see? You just can't trust anyone. The first girl I let into my life and she tries to eat me.

Take away a man's son, you've truly given him nothing left to lose.

I haven't cried like that since "Titanic."

Hey, wish granted. She's spent the last twenty-four hours fucking us both.

Finally got to first base. Not bad for that scrawny little spit-fuck.

Yes! But no she's not, she's not. She's only famous when she's Hannah Montana. When she's wearing the wig. So...

Oh, this is so exciting, you're about to learn who you're gonna call... it's Ghostbusters.

See, I told you we should have gone to Russell Crowe's! No one listens to me!

Where are you, you spongy, yellow, delicious bastards?

Have you never played the quiet game?

It's amazing how quickly things can go from bad to total shit storm.

Are you one of these guys that tries to one-up everybody else's story?

Here's the deal: I'm not easy to get along with, and I'm sensing you're a bit of a bitch.

My mama always told me someday I'd be good at something. Who'd a guessed that something'd be zombie-killing?

You almost knocked over your alcohol with your knife.

You know between you, me and "What About Bob?"... You're actually kinda cute.

You can do anything you want to a man, but do not fuck with his Cadillac!

Hey, a little help with movin' the couch. We're makin' a fort.

You have just survived the zombie apocalypse and drove half way across the country... where are you gonna go?

Fuck this clown.

Wow, these fellas really let themselves go.

Hey, this may be a bad time, but I gotta take the Browns to the Super Bowl.

Fasten your seat belts. This is going to be a bumpy ride.

Someone's ear is in danger of having hair brushed over it...

[intimatevoid]

Also stolen from @notfinlandjosswhedon​ because apparently I’m trying to steal her identity

If someone looked on your bed, what would they find? Pillows and blankets, but probably a bunch of clothes as well.

Are you nice to everyone? I try very hard to be.

Is it possible to be single and happy? Of course.

Is it easy for people to make you cry? Depends on the day, and how bad my mental health is fucking me up.

Did you sleep alone last night? No, I was in Ash’s bed.

Do you play with dead bugs? I mean, if I’m really bored, and they’re there in front of me, and I can’t pull my phone out but still need to fidget

Honestly, are you dating two people? I was until a couple of months ago.

Do you think things will change in the next 3 months? I would like them to.

Have you ever slept in the same bed with someone other than family?   Of course.

What if you had a baby with the person you like? Then I would wonder how the fuck I managed to produce viable genetic material, all things considered.

Are you happy? pffthahahahahahaha

Have you ever tripped in public? Who hasn’t?

Is there anyone who doesn’t like you? Yeah, a bad breakup last year led to some pretty heavy fallout.

Have you ever sat in the back of a police car? Nope.

What’s a fact about the last person that texted you?   I stole this survey off her! :D

Has anyone called you perfect before? I don’t think so.

Where is the biggest scar on your body? On my right shin.

Have you ever been told you were amazing? Heh, yeah. The words, “Good? That was amazing, I want to fall at your feet” comes to mind.

If you could go back and change something in the past 5 months, would you? Hm. Maybe, but make it a year and 5 months and I’d prefer that.

What pissed you off today? Just my pain, and the heat.

What was the last thing you cried about? I thought about animals and for some reason that made me cry.

Do you know anyone who drinks a lot? the person i stole this from lmao

Who sits next to you in English? Hm. Back then, I think it was Anna Seymour and Emily Incsh.

Ever talked to someone who was drunk? Often.

How late did you stay up last night and why? I don’t really “stay up”, I just sleep when I’m tired and wake up when I’m done sleeping.

Do you know how to properly use grammar in a sentence?   In English, absolutely. 私の日本語は貧しいです。

Are your parents very protective of you? Lord no. I mean, considering everything I went through because of them, it’s a miracle I’m still alive.

How many drugs are in your system?   None, I think. I haven’t smoked pot in a fair while. But if it went back that far, it would still only be that one.

Is it easy to pretend everything’s okay for you? pffthahahahahaha

Are you afraid of losing the last person you talked to on the phone? Nope, they were a telemarketer.

Do you think you are a good person? I don’t know if I am, but I know I certainly wasn’t in the past, so now I try very hard to be one now.

Have you ever cried cause you were so mad? Yeah, in my last breakup.

Could you last in a relationship for over a year?   Sure, that’s my current one.

Who were you with on your birthday? I don’t remember. Probably just Ash. I don’t really do anything for my birthdays.

Have you ever crawled through a window? Yeah, I used to have to do it to break into my parents’ house while I still lived there.

First person to talk to you in 2014 I think it was Greg. If I’m not wrong, that was the new year’s eve we drove out to the Postman’s Ridge bus stop with chips and skittles, and watched the fireworks they were setting off at Picnic Point. One of the few memories with him that I actually care about.

Do you miss your past? No, but sometimes I miss my naivety.

It’s 4 in the morning, your phone rings, who is it? Not a clue. Nobody calls me.

Do you have anything interesting planned for the next week? Not really. I’m probably going to go visit a friend for a cuppa, but really nothing else.

Who was the last person to text you? Do you know when that person’s birthday is? Last message was from Maddie. Third of June, bitch. :P I have a memory for birthdays, what can I say.

What were you doing 4 hours ago? Playing Mass Effect.

Is there a certain song that you can’t stop listening to atm? I think it’d be Smoke and Mirrors, by Poets Of The Fall.

Tell me 3 things that your friends don’t know about you. Oh wow. Most people know a great deal about me. Um... 1) The only perfume I’ve ever liked wearing is a dupe from a shitty pharmacy. 2) I’m exceedingly good at manipulating people but my sense of guilt is too strong to let me do it often. 3) My spiritual beliefs barely make sense to even me.

What is something that people often give to you as a gift? Video games. I seriously get given, at LEAST one or two games every couple of months. Like, for no reason at all except that people like me and want to give me gifts. I am sooooo not complaining. <3

Do you tend to hold on to a lot of stuff you don’t need, just because it has sentimental value? No, I learned to cull my shit fairly brutally. Actually I haven’t done that in a while, and really ought to do it again once I have the spoons.

What is something that reminds you of your ex? the tab i have open of our ongoing conversation, for starters

Has the last person you kissed ever cried in your arms? Yeah, a few times.

Which would you prefer to receive as a gift - flowers or chocolate? I’ve received flowers once and it was sweet, but I much prefer chocolate.

When did you last take a shower/bath? Do you wash your hair every time? Last night, I think. And not always, but usually. Actually I rarely wash my hair, because it doesn’t like it, but I condition it frequently.

Would you prefer to be somewhere else right now? Yeah, somewhere cooler.

Do any of your followers on Tumblr have your phone number? I think a few do, yeah.

Will you be going out tonight, or staying in? It’s 3am and I have stayed in aaaaaaall night.

How many times have you been in love? Four times. Two of them are still current.

If you were heartbroken, who would help you pick up the pieces? Probably Ash, Chloe, Dusty and/or maybe Ruin.

How would you feel about dating someone who had a reputation for being a player in the past? Do you think that players will ALWAYS be players, or is it possible that they can change? Like, if they prided themself on being a player then I would probably snub them for doing that when they could perfectly well be polyamorous instead.

Did you sleep well last night? Not great. Woke up in a lot of pain.

Is your bedroom big enough for you? Not in the slightest. There’s barely enough room for my bed and my desk and nothing else. This unit is so small.

Are you looking forward to seeing someone soon? Yeah, although with the people I’d really like to see, I do not have current visit arrangements. I wish more people would come to visit me. That’s always a nice change.

Ever had a one-night stand? Nope.

Is anyone flirting with you? I wish!

Have you ever felt pressure to do anything you didn’t want to, like smoking, drinking, or losing your virginity, before you were ready for it? If so, how did you deal with that? I don’t think so.

Do you consider yourself to be an intelligent person? Why/why not? I think I’m pretty average. I have more thorough viewpoints of some things, but I’m also thick as a post about some others, so like, whatever. Intelligence is a lie anyway, it’s about what you value.

Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with? Any of my friends I guess.

Is there anyone you’d HATE to be stuck in a lift with? Any male or masculine stranger.

Have you ever seen your father cry? Yeah, once. I don’t remember why tho.

How would your parents react if you got pregnant? I’m incapable of getting pregnant or getting others pregnant.

Do you/did you keep to your school’s uniform/dress code? Yeah. I found security in it.

If the last person you kissed said you were the only one they wanted, would you believe them? Considering that they have a boyfriend as well as me, I would be surprised and a little concerned.

What was the highlight of your summer? The storms.

The last time you threw up, was it because you were hungover? No, it was because I was deathly ill.

Who was the last person that invited you to their house? Ruin, I think.

Have your parents ever told you about any alternative names they considered for you, or the name they would have chosen, if you’d turned out to be a boy? My parents considered the names Hannah and Reuben for me before I was born.

Are you friends with any of your exes? I’m friends with one of them.

Have you ever had to make an emergency phone call? Nope.

If you’re in a relationship, how is it going? If you’re single, are you looking for someone? I’m in a relationship that’s going well, and I’m looking for someone.

What language do you like the sound of? Japanese, Italian, Gaelic.

Think about the last guy, outside of family, that you had a conversation with. Do you find him sexy? Well considering that I dated him for a year, and would totally still go back for platonic, non-committal smooches if he wanted em? Yeah, you could say that.

What do you think is an assumption that someone could make about you, just by looking at your Tumblr? Would this assumption be correct? I legit haven’t the faintest idea.

What’s the most attractive physical feature of the person you love/like? People, not person, and: Their tummy. Her eyes. Their waist. Their hair. And her mouth.

Do you consider yourself to be a strong person? Why/why not? Yeah, I’m tanky as hell. I even like to lift people up when I hug them.

Tell me about a special moment you’ve had with the person you love/like. The other day when I was having a bad time so they took me out for bubble tea and ramen. That was a special day.

Do you have any relationship with the state of California? None whatsoever.

What’s something about other people that drives you crazy? People who leave their pegs on the communal clothesline.

What are you doing? This survey.

What are you wearing? Booty shorts and a very light jumper.

Baseball is the best sport hands down…right? um excuse me take your shitty sports out of this house of roller derby

Do you like chocolate? I surely do.

Like the movie Elf? I cannot stand Will Ferrell.

Ok let’s talk travel, do you like to travel? In theory, yes.

Where have you been? Nowhere, because I am poor.

Next place you want to go? I want to go to Sydney next year to see Dusty, and on my “someday” list is Manitoba to see Chloe.

If you’re quiet what does it mean? It usually means I’m fine.

Something that makes you smile? Animals.

Do you mind watching chick flicks? Not anymore. I used to enjoy them, but now I look at how many problems jealousy and backwards social views on romance cause, and I just want to yell.

When’s your birthday? 23rd of January. (You're welcome, Maddie. :P)

If you need a hug at 3 in the morning, who do you ask? Ash.

Do you mind if people just show up at your house unannounced? If they’re a friend, I’m fine with it.

Do you enjoy rain? More than any other kind of weather.

Are you one of those people who are always tripping over things? Yeah, I’m clumsy as hell.

Would you ever consider taking evening classes in anything? Yeah, I’d like to take proper Japanese classes someday.

Do you like sushi? Yes yes yes!

Have any of your friends gotten engaged recently? Yeah, some friends and family.

Would you ever drop everything and go travelling for several months? If I could afford to, it would be the Dream ;A;

How many bedrooms are there in your house? Two.

Have you ever built a sandcastle? As a kid, yeah.

Do you use an instant messenger? If so, what is it? I like to use Telegram, but I also use FB Messenger because very few of my friends use TG.

Do you watch reba? Never heard of it.

How many more days til your school is out? I have not gone to school in a long time.

Do you drink a lot of soda? Sometimes. Usually with takeaway.

How do you look right now? Like I’m in the middle of a long-term depressive episode, and wouldn’t you know, it’s perfectly accurate lmao

Were you taken last year on Valentine’s Day? Yeah, I was dating Ash and Seb.

Do you remember who you were interested in around this time last year? Yeah. Still interested in them lmao

Would you rather date someone you think is cute, or someone who you think is hot? Honestly the two kind of overlap in my standards.

Do you go to school currently? Nope.

Did you make a best friend in high school? Nope.

You’re currently listening to? My shitty fan struggling to produce a breeze.

Who are you expecting a call from? Nobody.

When will your next kiss take place? Probably in Ash’s bedroom or mine.

Are you afraid of roller coasters? No, although I’ve never been on one.

What were you doing at 7:00 AM? I was awake.

Can you keep a secret? Sure can.

Do Italian/French/Spanish accents turn you on? Accents don’t really turn me on.

Do you hate the last girl you had a conversation with? Nope.

Did you speak to your mother today? Nope.

What’s your favourite coffee shop?: On the rare occasions I drink coffee, Crazy Goat Espresso is a pretty cute place.

Have you ever taken a bath with someone?: As a kid, yeah.

What’s your grandma’s name?: My grandmas are named Valerie and Nancy.

Where is your biological father right now?: Probably at home sleeping.

Do you have any freckles?: Nope, but I wish I Did.

Do you like orange juice?: Lord, yes. Especially with the pulp still in.

Did you watch the Cosby Show when you were younger?: Nope.

Have you ever dated someone as a rebound from your old relationship? Nope.

Which of your exes is the best looking? Ngl, Seb’s grin still makes me melt ^^;

What would you do if your ex broke down and told you they loved you? I would be surprised and would not know how to react.

Does rebounding really help at all? I sincerely doubt it.

Where did your last ex ask you out? Well, we were smooching before he asked me out, so after that is kinda hazy.

Have you ever seen somebody get arrested? Nopee.

Would your parents be okay with you dating someone of another race? My parents wouldn’t know until they saw happenstance pics. I literally don’t care what they would think.

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So, I know most people do these bias lists but I feel like they're a little hollow sometimes? Like one of those obligatory thank yous. I hope that mine does not seem this way. I am super grateful however to each and every one of you that do follow me. It's been almost three months now since I've been on this site as Sombra and I know I'm not the most active what with having to work, but I do genuinely appreciate everything. Most of you I don't really know or interact with and the fact that you all stick around is amazing. It's a silent sort of support but it does mean a lot. For those that just joined recently, this thank you does extend to you as well. Had it not been for you, I would not have broken the 100 follower mark. So please, I want you to know you're all just as important<3

That being said, let me move onto some of the more notable people as well as the two most important people on this site to me. If your name is not on here, it is just simply because we have not interacted yet. Either I am a bit too busy or I'm too shy. Either way, it's all on me. ; w ; <3 Forgive me. 

Seriously force me to talk with you however and that will change it all!

This is going to be long so please bear with me !!!

I love you both so much - I know you two already know

@deathforsaken  

Skull, you're probably going to hear this forever and then some but you've been amazing to me. Yes, sure, we both have our bad days and sometimes that can cause some issues but I always move on and love you no matter what. Just to think that in a few months, we'll have been together for a year already. Time really flies, doesn't it? And what with the good news you got today, I'm so happy that so much turned around for you once I walked in. I don't feel like I ever really do enough for you, and that's partially because I'm always wanting to give you love every waking second, but I just want you to know that you mean so, so very much to me. I'll admit; I'll always be terrified of being close. There are likely going to be days where I refuse to be affectionate though I'm glad to say I've kept them from happening. Just know that even on those days, there is no where I would rather be than by your side. I look forward to visiting soon, to being able to hold your hand, to do all the little gay things. I'm not normally one for them as fluff sometimes bores me halfway to hell, but for you? I never want the fluffy parts to end along with the other things. You're so worth it, love, and never let anyone ever tell you otherwise again. Just like you will seriously never be alone again.

@survivorguilt

Sunny. Oh my god where do I begin? You're so sweet and kind and I know you're saying you're just being honest like I did to you but you deserve to hear it every day. At first, I was so nervous to speak with you because Skull is the social one and the two of you clicked so fast. And I'll admit? I'm a bit envious that you two can do so much together roleplay-wise. xD But I know that's because you both have the best pairing ever and you make it feel so real. That aside, I'm so happy we started to talk, us being the shy beans and potatoes that we are. I want to make sure that your days aren't filled with those dark moments again. I want to make you smile, to try tears of joy, to maybe one day get to hear your laugh to the antics we have. I have fun being able to talk with you in the duration of the day and both you and Skull make work bearable. As cliche and gay as this sounds, you're the little sunshine to make the day not so grey. I hope that I'm able to do the same for you and that you stick around for quite some time because I've gotten attached~<3

Some really cool people that I wanna give love to~!

@fanged-mccree 

Kofi; we haven't talked yet but you're super sweet? Like oh my god, you're just far too nice. When you answered that number meme, I was honestly shocked to see my url there? Like, aaaah ;//A//; <333 You write very well and I enjoy when I see you on my dash. You're a very nice person and just, I'm still so flattered. There are some days where I don't feel very secure about my writing, especially due to who I picked and how I play her very platonically, so seeing words like yours are super reassuring and they make me smile. <3 If you ever want to write anything together, feel free to hit me up, okay? <333333

@kagonosuzume

Az!! I am so sorry I still have not written your starter! I've been so busy that I keep not getting around to it and I feel awful! ; A ; That being said, you're precious and sweet and I love every last one of your shit posts as well as your actual ones. You're a great writer and I love seeing you on my dash all the time. <333 I'm excited to see what the Pacific Rim AU group may bring and I seriously need to talk with you soon about what you would like for your starter because I'm hopeless. </3 You're great in my books~!

@cuervocanto

Crow~! I love you? I love you. You and Zevran are amazing and despite the fact that I don't know much about the Dragon Age universe, speaking with you and learning about it from you makes it seem enjoyable. I normally like games like that but every time I tried to sit down and play, I found myself super distracted. ; w ; That being said, I loved playing Heroes with you and I love the intellectual conversations we can also have! I really look forward to playing FFXIV with you soon as well and I hope we have great cat and dragon people antics~! I'll even start a character with you so we can go through it all together~<333 I know I have that meme to write for you still and I'll have to message you soon on that because of the number I got. xD Anyways, keep on being awesome because that's just how you are~<3

@rebelmasked & @delafoi

SYDNEY. Can I love you for a moment? For like several actually? Both your Arno and Wrench are absolutely amazing and you're so funny too! Because of you, I decided to go and borrow a friend's copy of Watch Dogs 2 just so I can play it to get a better idea for the game. It's an unpopular opinion but I actually did like the first one. I just never had the time to get the second to play for myself. <3333 I really want to rp more with you in the future and I want the best, sassy hacker friends ever. <333333

@trickster-rat

Hannah?~ Sweetie, your Junkers will probably always be my favorite. Not because it's good, which it is, but because he's just such a sweetheart in your hands? Like I love him? He and my Sombra make the best pair to be the besties of the god of death, honestly. I do honestly want to do more with them soon and I have to say you're a good writer as well <3 Keep it up, Hannah. You're young but you have a lot of potential behind you. <3333

@timedeath

So, I know we haven't talked much yet save for a few little things here and there but I have to say you're such a good Gabe? Like, if Skull weren't nabbing my bias, you would be my favorite. You write very well and I enjoy seeing you on my dash also. Perhaps we can plot together sometime and get a thread going. <3 I know it can be a little strange for someone you barely know to offer such a thing but if things end up negative again for you, just know that my IM is always open okay? I may not respond right away because of work but I absolutely WILL get to you. <3

@stcrdcst

Ally. You're such a strange little thing and I love it. The quick little quips and comments, the pictures you share, the dash watches, they're also so funny and make me smile. You have a very casual and laidback form of roleplaying but I enjoy it. It brings me back to the days when roleplayed was something more simple and relaxed. Your OC is a delight and I hope you continue to write for more years to come. <333 Don't ever lose that okay? You're seriously great despite what anyone ever says~

You guys are awesome too~!

We maybe just started talking or had a few conversations in passing. I want anyone who is mentioned here to know that I do enjoy your writing styles and just because maybe I don't talk very often or I'm off doing other things, doesn't mean I don't like you. Each of you are absolute delights and I hope to see more of you soon! (Also pls push me to be social? I want to be but sometimes I'm too shy! The same goes for plotting!) I may be the really nice anon in your inbox however giving you the encouraging words you need or want to hear if I haven’t spoken to you yet as well! <3

@mechagain, @keepcalmand-tracer-on, @cauchemarr, @llacus, @dragonsealed, @fingergxns, @warscourge, @bombra, @diiisplaced

Please know that just because you are not on this list does not mean that I don’t enjoy you. I am seriously thankful for each and every last one of you. So thank you all again and I hope that as things change, I can continue to meet more of you and enjoy the community to its fullest~<333

THANK YOU FOR 100+ FOLLOWERS~<333

                                                                                               - Cross~<3

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“We’re usually blinded by the people that we love.” elena @ anyone lmao

Gossip Girl Inspired Sentence Starters // always accepting

really, she was going to play this game? she was sick of people trying to tell her what happened that night. she would remember if something happened. “Seriously? I hooked up with my boyfriend. That’s it.” she wasn’t blinded by love. “Hannah was just jealous because I’m dating Justin and she never could” it must be bad if she’s quoting Courtney…It must be really bad because Hannah didn’t lie about the list or the photo. Bryce sent that photo, not justin. Justin has done nothing but support me and tell me the truth. she repeats it like a mantra in her head, hoping that maybe she’ll continue to believe it. 

she told the truth about me. Alex has never lied to me. no, Alex put my name on that list to get back at me. Alex was an asshole and couldn’t be trusted, or could he? How many of these thoughts were her own and how many of them were shoved down her throat by her boyfriend. who did lie to her, and thought the best way to deal with this situation was to kill someone. if he could resort to that, what else could he do?

NO . it’s JUSTIN. she knows him, knows the ins and outs of his home life, knows that he doesn’t have to worry about being two steps ahead or yes sirs and no ma’am’s because it’s so much worse. she knows that when Seth is back, he was at Bryce’s. He wouldn’t just stand back and let something happen to her. Hannah was a liar, she had to be. 

The memories intrude her brain nonetheless and Justin no longer wants her, and all she can do is tug at his belt until he pushes her away again. Sex is all she has. She’s not pretty enough, or smart enough, and she was labeled worst ass for not putting out while Hannah did ( but maybe she didn’t after all—maybe she killed Hannah Baker because she was too busy feeling jilted ). she feels tainted. she just wants to feel like she’s enough again. she’s watching her life play out in front of her and it’s like she’s a side character and not the main act. They walked around her on eggshells, and she can see it in their eyes whenever the party is mentioned, whenever she calls hannah a liar. She might be an idiot, but something was going on, some secret that only the boys knew, and she was on the outside, just like always.  

she became a cheerleader to fit in, ironically. it worked, for a little bit. she’s dating star basketball player, justin foley, and she’s one of the best cheerleaders and her dad is proud of her. he’s proud even if he tells her that she’s only earned it once and that its a constant battle. you have to be the best every day, he says. otherwise it’s all for nothing. oh how he’d feel to see her like this, pouring the flask into her water bottle and downing it as if it was. 

SHE BECAME A CHEERLEADER TO FIT IN AND IMAGINE HER SURPRISE WHEN IT WORKED. she took another sip, giggled as it burned her throat. “come on, elena. I thought you were more fun than this.” the giggling stopped, and her eyes glazed over. hands  on her arms, pinning her, sweaty bodies against each other, justin’s face, his. she wants it to stop. the images, the doubt. she wants to be able to stare elena in the eyes and actually believe that words that were coming out of her mouth. she can’t allow herself to have have been this wrong. about everyone. “come on, come on.” she’s giggling again, stumbling, spilling alcohol on her clothes. “fuck.” hands gripping hers, holding her down. “i have to go.” who the fuck cared that it wasn’t even fourth period.

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Rebel Softball Opens Practice Tuesday

Photo by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics

Ole Miss Softball hit the field Tuesday afternoon for the official start of practice, the first of many leading up to the 2017 campaign.

The Rebels, led by a class of four seniors and 11 returning starters, will take part in a number of practice sessions over the next few weeks, and also compete in intrasquad games as the season opener draws closer.

Ole Miss returns 14 players from last year’s squad that finished No. 24 in the final ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll, and welcomes 10 newcomers to the 24-person roster.

The Rebels’ challenging 56-game slate opens Feb. 10-12 at the Easton invitational in Fullerton, California. After 15-straight on the road to open the season in tournament play, Ole Miss will host 14 in-a-row in Oxford, with the home opener slated for March 1.

For the full schedule and details, click here. A reminder that all Ole Miss Softball home games are free admission.

For all Ole Miss Softball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissSoftball, on Facebook at Ole Miss Softball and on Instagram at http://ift.tt/1SlszRa. Fans can also follow head coach Mike Smith on Twitter at @msmithsb16. Additionally, fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at Ole Miss Softball on Snapchat under the handle, @OleMissSoftball.

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports

A Hidden Honor: Thank You to Rebel Nation

2016 Ole Miss Rifle Photo by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics Twitter: @OleMissPix

By Alison Wiesz, senior

During the first year of college almost every freshman wonders if they chose the right school, if they will be challenged as an individual or if their sport is allowing them to compete at the level they hoped it would. I won’t lie to you, I had a bit of that.

I had success before arriving at Ole Miss and I believe this caused me to question if I had gone to a different school, would it have made a difference in my shooting. But what it really came down to was maybe it would have, maybe it wouldn’t have. There is no way to really know, but I loved Ole Miss too much to let that thought last.

As I enter my final semester of shooting for my university, it has become more and more apparent to me that I could not have made it to this point alone. There are countless individuals who have helped shape not only the shooter, but the person I am today. As I sit here reflecting on the past three and a half years as a Rebel, it is clear that I have not taken the time to thank them like I want to.

Beginning with my roots, it is my parents who made my lifelong dream a reality. Thank you, mom and dad, for letting me go to a place I love 28 hours from home. I grew up 15 minutes from Montana State and I am mindful of how much easier attending that school would have been on my family; instead they allowed me to leave to chase a dream. Thank you, mom and dad for being so understanding with the decision that I made and loving me all the same.

To my baby sisters, Bailey (13) and Hannah (11), thank you for always being there, supporting me, loving what I do, and loving Ole Miss as much as I do. Thank you for maintaining a relationship regardless of the age difference and places we are in our lives. Knowing that they both look up to me keeps me constantly in check, and I am lucky to have them in my life. Thank you, Bailey and Hannah.

When it comes to my shooting, I could never pinpoint one specific person, but when I reflect back on how I am able to be in the position that I am in today, I think about my first step into a range and first shot taken. The man behind this is Chris Winstead. When you’re an eight-year-old kid it is rare that someone is so confident in your ability to not only perform at something, but to do it at the highest level. Chris did this for me. He nicknamed me “little Annie Oakley” and from then on we built a lifelong relationship around shooting. To date, I reach out to him after every match and no words will ever accurately express the amount of gratitude I have for him. Thank you, Chris.

As my collegiate career at Ole Miss began to develop it was Josie Nicholson, sports psychologist, and Drew Clinton, our academic counselor, who served as primary aids. Both of these individuals not only helped to enhance my shooting, but improved me as a person. I believe that I have always had high expectations surrounding me which caused me to only see my worth through shooting and what I could accomplish on the range. I am incredibly thankful for the guidance from both Josie and Drew who forced me to see that my value to this world is so much more than that. If I had a bad day at the range, it doesn’t mean I am a bad person or a crappy shooter; it is just a bad day. Thank you, Josie and Drew.

Rifle is such a mental sport. A lot of it comes down to your attitude and your mentality during the shot. While my mentality was strengthened from both Josie and Drew, it is also strengthened from the advantages the rifle community offers.

In rifle you can get coaching from anywhere, it may not necessarily be your coaching on the line. Whereas in a sport like football, a defensive coordinator is not necessarily going to go to a defensive player on another team and give them pointers, in rifle it does that a lot more. To this day I am thankful for the rifle community’s impact on my career. This approach allowed me to feel comfort and set my mind at ease. The community also brought along great friends. Mindy Miles, who shoots at Texas Christian University, became one of my closest friends when we shot in a summer marksmanship program together. Since, I have bought a gun from her and have had great success with it. I am eternally grateful that the rifle circle allows and welcomes this type of relationship.

Another big influence to this mindset is my new head coach Marsha Beasley. Unfortunately, I only had the pleasure of being her student-athlete for my senior year, but the depth of our relationship could not be measured by time. Marsha brought something I had never witnessed before: a strong desire to better the program and a work ethic that will allow her to do it. I know her love for the sport hit home to all involved and when I saw such a big heart wanting to do so much for my team, it made me feel valued. Thank you, Marsha.

In some ways—even more than my own graduation—the end to this time in my life represents a new beginning to the rifle program. It is an incredible honor to be a part of a program that is being built. Some people may view it as they don’t want to go to a specific school because they are not the top dog in the conference, but to be a part of a program that in the future everyone will want to go to is incredibly humbling. I will know that I was a part of that building process, because you need those people. This program is my hidden honor.

Thank you Rebel Nation for the tremendous support given to my team. We have fans that we see at almost every home match and that means more to me than you will ever know. You all have expected nothing but the best from not only my team, but me as the lone senior with a decorated background. The pressure from the Rebel fan base has pushed each and every athlete in a positive way.

While I embark on my final semester of shooting and beginning the journey of a master’s degree, I want to be remembered as someone who cared about the team and cared about the program enough to not only want to see herself succeed, but everyone else succeed too. I am not ready to be done; I don’t want to be. Even though I have contributed success, there is still a lot I want to do for this program. Rebel Nation is the reason behind this.

Thank you,

Alison Weisz

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports

NFL Playoffs Rebel Updates

Here at OleMissSports.com, we are proud to update Rebel fans on the exploits of our former players who lace up their cleats on Sundays in the NFL. Ole Miss had a big presence in the league again this year. There were 23 former Rebels on NFL rosters for the 2016 season, including two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, recent Super Bowl participants Brandon Bolden and Michael Oher, and 2016 first-round draft picks Robert Nkemdiche, Laquon Treadwell and Laremy Tunsil.

The National Football League postseason began this week as teams started their quest to Super Bowl LI, and there were sever former Ole Miss players on rosters of teams who advanced to the playoffs.

Below is a breakdown of each playoff participant’s contributions and details of their team’s outcome during the first week of the postseason.

#38 BRANDON BOLDEN | RB | New England Patriots

Is currently active for the Patriots (14-2) vs. Texans (9-7), AFC Divisional Round, Jan. 14, 7:15 p.m. CT, CBS.

#27 SENQUEZ GOLSON | CB | Pittsburgh Steelers

Was on injured reserve for the Steelers’ 30-12 victory over the Dolphins on Jan. 8. Steelers will face the Chiefs on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12:05 p.m. CT on NBC.

#77 JOHN JERRY | OG | New York Giants

Started at right guard with a fumble recovery in the Giants’ loss to Green Bay 38-13. Will not advance into the divisional round.

#10 ELI MANNING | QB | New York Giants

Started at QB for New York, going 23 of 44 for 299 yards in a loss to Green Bay 38-13. Will not advance into the divisional round.

# GERALD RIVERS | LB | Houston Texans

Was on injured reserve for the Texans’ 27-14 victory over the Raiders on Jan. 7. Texans will move into the divisional round to face the Patriots on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7:15 p.m. CT on CBS.

#78 BRADLEY SOWELL | OT | Seattle Seahawks

Contributed to the Seahawks victory over Detroit 26-6. Will move into the divisional round to face Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 3:35 p.m. CT on FOX.

#67 LAREMY TUNSIL | G | Miami Dolphins

Started at left guard in the Dolphins’ loss to Pittsburgh 30-12. Will not advance into the divisional round of the playoffs.

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It's like the first years make it their mission to be as annoying as possible.