#like ... his father. played by the actor that plays his son. (grandfather played by *his* actor) the Nth casting gives me brainworms

[widowshill]

i'm a simple woman the show offers me father/son parallels I eat that shit up

[weclassybouquetfun]

Senator Oscar Diaz Clifton Collins Jr. and son, First Son of the United States, Alexander Claremont-Diaz Taylor Zakhar-Perez takes in Luca Guadagnino's latest film QUEER.

Like fake father, like fake son.

Total aside, but Clifton inherited his grandfather's (actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez) face.

Entertainment writer Jeff Conway teased a Taylor story from his interaction with Clifton at the screening.

I was at the L.A AFI screening of Pablo Larrain's MARIA, starring Angelina Jolie and Jeff was queued directly behind me and I thought, "I now know with 1000% surety I am not the only one in this line with RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE fanfic on their phone.

-Also at the QUEER screening with Noah Centineo giving a peck to Jordan Firstman who plays the messy, but darling Malcolm, the ex-boyfriend with benefits of the titular ENGLISH TEACHER in FX's comedy ENGLISH TEACHER. Highly recommend.

And I highly recommend Noah kissing more guys.

[the-hufflepuffle]

I like to think, in another life, Ser Barristan knew that Cerseis children were Jaime's, and (having been essentially Jaime's only good father figure) looks after Tommen and Myrcella as his own blood.

I think he'd try to watch Joffrey but I think k because Cersei lost her Baratheon baby so young she'd be extra clingy and possessive of Joffrey because ✨️trauma✨️, so he just takes care of the younger ones.

Alternatively, in a Braime world, he watches their children like a grandfather.

Mostly I'm here for Ser Barristan seeing 15 year old Jaime and going "Oh so I'm a father now. This is my son."

The actor plays a grandfather on Derry Girls on Netflix and I keep seeing him with the baby and being like "what if that was Ser Barristan with Jaime's kids".

[teecupangel]

Hi Teecup!

I hate to add to your pile of asks, but I've just started watching Star Trek TNG and it made me wonder... what about a AssCreed × Star Trek crossover?

To be more precise, the kind of crossover I'm thinking of is one where we take the characters of AC and mix them with the premise of Star Trek, so everyone is hanging out on a starship and getting dragged into random adventures on a weekly basis.

We can separate the Assassins and Templars into Starfleet and Romulans if we want to keep the fight between the two going, though I'm actually more interested in seeing a situation where there is no reason to fight so those factions no longer exist, and everyone is allowed to interact and make friends with whoever they wish.

Also since I want to keep the joke of isekai protagonist Desmond going, maybe he gets transported into this parallel universe after dying and finds himself face to face with the Star Trek versions of all his ancestors, as well as... himself?

As long as you don't mind the long wait to get to your asks, just pile them in my asks hahahaha

We do have this Q is Desmond’s real father idea before because William Miles’s voice actor played Q and that includes Desmond getting sent to Stark Trek ‘verse.

So for this one, we’re going for AC cast in Star Trek but with the caveat that Desmond gets transported there from his previous world just to annoy him (and probably save his life but he can never be sure about that)

For this one, I like the idea that the Templars and Assassins have finally buried the hatchet because one of the main point of Star Trek (especially the early ones) is that humanity managed to unite. Of course, we can still make some of the Templars Romulans if we want to preserve the ‘antagonist’ route but imagine Desmond’s “????” whenever he learns that Templars he knew as super bad news have formed relationships with the Assassins ranging from “I don’t want to ally with them but they’re good at their job” to “besties!”

Desmond would feel a bit weirded out when Ezio just sigh when he learned they would be allying with a ship that has Cesare Borgia as a high ranking officer. He knows that Cesare’s probably on their side but he’s curious why Ezio looked less like he wants to kill him and more like he’s already tired just thinking about dealing with him.

Then he learned the reason why Ezio looked like that.

‘Allegedly’, Ezio slept with Cesare’s sister, Lucrezia Borgia during one of their downtime in the Borgia’s home planet. And nooooo, this wasn’t a case of “You fucked my sister, you must die!” revenge story. That would not have been complicated enough for Ezio’s messy love life. The problem was… Cesare didn’t get to join Ezio and his sister. Yeah, that’s it. Cesare wasn’t angry at Ezio. He was trying to get in Ezio’s pants (“Of course, we’ll invite my sister”) and Ezio is just… he’s done. He’s soooo done with everything. Fuck being the primary communication liaison of the crew. He’s gonna hide in his room and call his BFF back in his homeplanet (there’s a bet going on if said BFF was “the one who got away” – No that was his childhood sweetheart Cristina- or the “he doesn’t know he’s in love with his BFF or vice versa”)

My primary idea for the crew and a little bit of sprinkled lore:

The name of the ship would probably be Aquila to hammer in the bird motif. Another sorta weird names would be names used to talk about a group of eagles like convocation or eyrie or aerie. Or just go for Alamut which some call “Nest of Eagles”.

Edward Kenway is the Captain. He can be Haytham’s father and Ratonhnhaké:ton’s grandfather, a humanoid with long life and a thirst for adventure. In this life, he’s drinking buddies with Alaya and is also friends with Roberts. To make it funnier, he’s actually John Standish’s godfather (who is the son of Roberts and Haytham’s childhood friend)

Haytham is the First Officer because the entire crew (including his father) lives to make his life stressful. He’s married to Kaniehtí:io and their eldest joined the crew. There’s joke of nepotism because of this but it’s all said in a teasing manner because the Kenway men gets the job done. He trained Charles Lee (and the rest of his Templar Order) when they were fresh new ‘graduates’ so they like to call him Master Kenway.

Ratonhnhaké:ton is the Navigator and is being trained to be the Helmsman by the current Helmsman Adéwalé. He can usually be found talking to Ezio or Aveline. He’s really good at combat so he mostly join offworld missions which is why…

Aveline is the second Navigator in case Ratonhnhaké:ton is offworld. She’s also their offworld liaison if Ezio is not available. Sometimes, she also takes over the Communications Officer’s jobs. The crew is not entirely sure what her actual job is??? (Her parents divorced and her mother is alive. She and her stepmother are close as well and her stepmother is the Captain of another ship)

Adéwalé is the Helmsman and he had been ‘sailing’ with Edward for so long that Edward rarely had to give specific orders. Adéwalé is already doing what Edward wanted. It gives Haytham a headache because ‘communication’ is important, especially for reports and such. Adéwalé takes Ratonhnhaké:ton under his wing and Ratonhnhaké:ton calls him Uncle Ade.

The Science (technically called Research and Development Department) Division is under Altaïr’s complete control and no Kenway can go against him. He wants to go offworld to research one thing or another, he’s joining the offworld team. He wants them to take a pit stop in one of the colonies or world for materials or something, the ship would change course. Desmond didn’t even question it when he heard of it. He just said “… yeah, that sounds about right.” and moved along. The funny thing? Altaïr isn’t the Chief Science Officer. That’s the long suffering Malik Al-Sayf. Altaïr’s official position is “Second Officer”. He has an academic rivalry going on with Robert de Sablé and he still sends letter to his grandfather who is a high ranking government official of the United Federations of Planet.

Ezio is the Chief Communications Officer and he’s always part of the offworld teams (unless something comes up). He comes from a long line of Starfleet officers. His siblings are stationed in other ships and his father is a member of the United Federations of Planet.

Shay is the Security Chief and it is the second most stressful job (after Haytham) trying to keep the peace and order of the ship (okay, that’s an exaggeration). Most of the time, he just makes sure everyone is okay and safe whenever shit hits the fan. He’s pretty chill and is Haytham’s drinking buddy. He still writes to his mentor Achilles who taught him everything and to his childhood friend who joined another ship Liam.

Arno is part of the Chief Tactical Officer and he has a close professional relationship with Evie and Altaïr mainly because those two takes care of weapon upgrade… and other… uuuhh… ‘stuff’ their missions might need. He has a fiancee who is a high ranking officer of Starfleet.

Evie is the Chief Engineering Officer and is Altaïr’s number one supporter. Edward once joked that if Altaïr was to mutiny, they would be fucked because Evie would be first in line in shutting down all the engines and any security procotol they have in place. Ezio would like to stress it was more of a ‘mentor and student’ kind of thing. Desmond learned that Altaïr also had his hands on the Engineering Department and is like “yeah, that tracks too.” Evie has a rivalry going on with Lucy Thorne and her twin would just comment that they should sleep together once and get it over with.

Jacob is usually the captain of the offworld team unless a higher ranking officer joins then he’s the vice-captain. Close to Arno because he’s always asking for new ‘toys’ to play with. May or may not have a son who may or may not be adopted called Jack. The crew isn’t sure if he’s Jacob’s son or his protege.

I’m missing a few more main characters and the modern day characters so uuuhh… they’re there, I just couldn’t think of a position for them XD.

(I kept their species vague so you can make them any race you want. I will suggest that Altaïr be half-Vulcan though because he feels very Vulcan-ish but, honestly, pick whichever feels right for you or what would make you go “you know what would be fun”? XD)

[ben-the-hyena]

I'm a bit confused. I know about Osamu Tezuka's Star System, consisting in reusing his characters from different stories for other stories as different roles as if they were actors, think a bit of Muppet adaptations. They could be interpreted as AUs. But is it the case of this one example ?

In a volume of Black Jack, another manga by Osamu Tezuka, Dr Tenma looks older (ormaybedoesntdyehishairandbeardfullyanymore), is more unhinged, is trying to get into politics and he doesn't seem to be a doctor of robotics but he is a doctor in medecine, even owning a hospital. And more importantly : he has NO son, but a total different child, a daughter named Kasumi (or maybe he had 2 children and she is the youngest hence why he looks older ?)

He also acts more unhinged I fucking love his expressions lol and no matter the comic he is a father in, bastard always makes his kids feel neglected because he is a workaholic

She mentions no mother, meaning he is a widow in that continuity too. But he mentions a granny, meaning that unlike Tobio who seemed to have no grandparents, either Hoshie's or Umataro's mother is around (ngl at first I thought he was maybe the grandfather hence why he looks older than usual but then he does call her his daughter later so no)

And not only Kasumi looks kind of a human version of Uran, at some point he does a mistake and accidentally calls her Uran before correcting himself. Does this mean in this universe there was something going on between Kasumi and Uran like between Tobio and Atom, or is it just because shebis meant to be played by Uran like an actress with the Star System and it was just meant to earn a chuckle from the reader ?

She doesn't die fortunately, but she almost does in darker circumstances. She is so sad by him becoming greedier, angrier and more corrupted and ready to be gone on long trips poor little girl attempts at her own life, and goes into a coma. But fortunately Black Jack saves her, and we saw that Tenma does really care for her since by being seen with Black Jack he ruins his reputation and any chance at winning but he no longer cares, she is more important. And it's a nice change to finally see him have a child who lives and him being relieved and deciding to look on life a different way

So yeah either Tenma and Uran are actors as himself and as Kasumi respectfully, or better yet : HC that in the Black Jack universe, which is like an AU to the usual Astro Boy universe (and vice Versa since Black and Pinoko both often appear in Astro Boy media ; I guess both franchises are AUs of each other), robotics doesn't seem to be as developped so Tenma turned to medecine instead and being intelligent became as good at it as he would be in robotics in another world, climbed the scale quickly to the point of having a reputation anf money, still married Hoshie and had Tobio, Tobio never died since no toy car since no robotics, so Tenma being happier longer, he and Hoshie some time when Tobio was older like a teenager they had a 2nd child Kasumi, Hoshie fortunately died of her heart attack since I guess her heart is fragile in every universe and Tobio would soon leave home to study so Tenma found himself with his newborn daughter but he was so deep in his career and work (maybe to make sure nobody dies like Hoshi did again) he didn't have as much time as before all while maybe increasing his work cadence to cheat his widower grief, and nowadays Kasumi is the same age Tobio would have been when he died in the Astro Boy continuity whereas he is alive and a young adult here and Tenma grew older and got a love for power and money the deeper he got in and Kasumi got lonelier and lonelier with her father and brother away and her mother she always hears about but never knew and can't help but wonder if time was better for the family before she was born which, of course, neither of them think so and they adore her

[blowflyfag]

WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION MAGAZINE :  JANUARY 1996

THE WRITER, THE OWNER, THE COWBOY, AND THE HITMAN

Athlete, Actor, Entrepreneur & Columnist, Hart Has It All Goin’ On

By Keith Elliot Greenberg

The beard itched and made Bret Hart uncomfortable in front of his fans. “I don’t know about this,” he said about the stubble on his face as a doctor checked his blood pressure in the dressing room prior to a match with Isaac Yankem D.D.S. at New York Madison Square Garden. “You sure you want to run a picture of me with the beard? I mean, people might get the wrong idea.” Bret’s main concern was that his followers would think he was trying to change his image. In reality, he was simply slated to play a bearded character in the television western Lonesome Dove. “I want to make someone clear,” he stressed. “I’m not going for a new look–I’m the same guy. Plus, my 7-year-old daughter won't kiss me as long as I have this beard. So as soon as I’m finished with Lonesome Dove, it’s coming off. I just want to be me again.”

[Bret the Writer : Bret, the artist and writer, has a weekly column that is published in his hometown paper the Calgary Sun]

That’s a difficult challenge for Hart. As one of the Federation’s most sought-after personalities, he must divide–and then subdivide–his time. THe morning of our Madison Square Garden conversation, he attended a benefit for disabled youngsters. The night before, he wrestled in Boston. His schedule for the next few days was dizzying: A morning autograph session in Washington, D.C., followed by an afternoon match in Providence, Rhode Island, On Saturday–the same day his weekly column was published in his hometown paper, the Calgary Sun, accompanied by a Hart-illustrated cartoon. Then there was Lonesome Dove on Tuesday. On Monday, Thanksgiving in his native Canada, Bret combined business with pleasure. He and his family were going to watch the Calgary Hitmen, the junior hockey team he co owns.

[Bret the Owner : Bret has been playing hockey since he could barely walk. Today he skates with pride as part owner of the Calgary Hitmen.]

Two days after our conversation in New York, Bret and I hooked up again in Calgary at the Hitman’s office. Trying to make the most of his time in his hometown, Bret brought along his sons Dallas, 11, and Blade, 5. I talked to Bret about watching wrestling as a kid with my father and grandfather and noted how a night at the matches drew the family together. The Hit Man thought about my statement and seemed a little sad. While other families were growing close, cheering him on night after night, he was often far away from his own children. 

As we chatted, a family walked into the office to purchase tickets for the day’s hockey game. As they evaluated the location of their seats, they spotted the two-time Federation Champion standing in the lobby with his sons. Each member of the family jumped back in disbelief. Bret responded with a smile and handshakes for everyone. 

Two other sports celebrities, hockey players Theoren Fleury of the Calgary Flames and Joe Salic of the Colorado Avalanche, are shareholders in the team, but the Hitman takes its name—and much of its inspiration—from the World Wrestling Federation superstar. 

“When Bret shows up at a press conference, we get double the media,” said Assistant General Manager Rusty James. “He adds an emotional element to the games. When he went on TV before we played the Red Deer Rebels and promised to run them out of town, it fired up the whole city of Calgary.” Incidentally, the Hitmen won that game 7-1.

The Hitmen are in their inaugural season in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Most of the players on this level are between 16 and 20 years old, and all have put everything else on hold for a chance to be recruited into the National Hockey League (NHL). The pressure is enormous, and the pace is hard; but in last year’s NHL draft, 55 WHL players were chosen. 

Like most Canadians, Bret has been playing hockey since he could walk. His father, legendary Calgary promoter and wrestler Stu Hart, owned a resort in Clearwater Beach, Alberta, and when the lake would freeze up, all 12 Hart children—boys and girls—would choose up sides and go at it on the ice. “If someone had told me at the time that one day I’d own a hockey team named after me, it would have seemed quite unbelievable,” the Hit Man says. 

Two years ago, Hart was chosen to drop the puck before a game between two Saskatchewan teams, the Regina Pats and the Saskatoon Blades, with the proceeds going to lupus research. “There was something about that experience I can’t explain,” Bret says. “I guess something from my childhood came out. You know, I grew up watching the WHL because we didn’t have an NHL team in Calgary, I wanted to get involved.” 

At the Corral—an arena on the Calgary Stampede fairgrounds where he once broke a record for selling wrestling programs (1,000 in one night)—Bret met up with his wife, Julie, daughters Jade, 12, and Alexandra—better known as “Beans”—7, and a niece, Annie, 10. Players were jogging around the circular building, while hockey stickers were being prepared and blades sharpened.

On the way into the Corral, Bret was stopped by a radio reporter from Regina, birthplace of Julie Hart and home of the Hitmen’s opponents, the Pats. Bret answered every question, even though his mind was on other matters. Afterward, he asked the reporter if the interview was up to par and whether they should do it again.

“Don’t worry about it,” the journalist answered, surprised by Bret’s perfectionism. “You were great.” 

Now it was time to have some fun. Hart suited up in the locker room and clowned around with such Calgary players as Mike Piersol, the 20-year-old left defenseman from Arlington Heights, Illinois–the only American on the team; Ukrainian right wing Boris Protsenko, 17; and Rod Branch, the 20-year-old goalie from Fort St. John, British Columbia. When he passed the locker of “Sugar Ray'' Schultz, 20, the Edmonton-bred right defenseman who’d later get into a scuffle on the ice, Bret joked, “He could probably teach me how to throw cheap shots.”

Some 3,800 fans turned out for the game–an incredible crowd for the WHL on a holiday afternoon–but the Pats would come out on top. Nonetheless, the Hitmen waged the same type of noble battle Bret was known for during his early days in the ring. 

Schultz actually drew a parallel between the team and the man called the “Excellence of Execution”: “We’re not a big, bruising team. We’re a finesse skating team. We care more about skill than acting like meatheads.”

[Bret the Cowboy : Luther Root, alias Bret Hart, seems to be making Curtis Wells another home as he rides high in the saddle on “Lonesome Dove.”]

This is the same ethic Bret brings to his acting career. “All athletes talk about going into movies and television,” he said later as we sat in his trailer in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, waiting for the director to call him for his scene in Lonesome Dove. “But how many are really good at it? I just didn’t want to do this for the money. I wanted to give my heart to it.” 

Last year, Lonesome Dove watchers met Bret’s character Luther Root, a mountain man in the town of Curtis Wells in Montana Territory 115 years ago. This year, Luther returns for several episodes. The discovery of copper has changed the town forever. Workers and desperadoes have flooded into Curtis Wells. The roughshod Luther Root no longer lives in the wilderness. Now he has a job riding shotgun on the stagecoach and regularly interacts with onetime bounty hunter Newt Call (played by Scott Bairstow), former Confederate Colonel Clay Mosby (Eric McCormack) and the passionate Amanda Carpenter (Tracy Scoggins). According to Lonesome Dove’s promotional material, Luther is “as quick with a joke as he is with a gun–a good man to have on your side.”

“I find my character easier to play each time,” Bret said. “Last year, he was a snarly, unfriendly trapper, but now he’s learning to have fun.” 

The show has particular significance for Bret, since part of his father’s family lived the life of the characters as pioneers in Dakota Territory. In the cowboy city of Calgary–where the yearly Stampede draws spectators from all over the world to rodeo events–young Bret read western fiction and history fantasized about meeting such legendary figures as Davey Crockett and Jesse James. 

While the Hit Man relaxed in the “circus,” a collection of trailers and motorhomes serving as the cast and crew’s headquarters, I took a tour of Curtis Wells with photographer Chris Large and assistant Matt Paler. This is one of the most extensive western towns in Tv history, with about 70 houses and buildings  stocked with a million dollars’ worth of antiques from the Old West: 25 cast iron stoves, 100 oil lamps, enough tables and chairs to seat 150 people in the saloon, 20 beds, a functioning blacksmith shop and a newspaper with a working press.  None of the buildings are heated. As it gets cold in this part of Canada in the fall, some actors have had to suck on ice cubes before scenes so their breath wasn’t visible on camera. 

Bret fit right in. He has an iron-clad memory and rarely forgets a line. Plus, his years with the Federation have made him comfortable in front of the lens. “For someone without acting experience, he’s done a great job,” Palmer said. “He’s not just an athlete getting a role because of his name. He definitely has some natural talent there.” 

Bret found out about Lonesome Dove through his friend Mitch Ackerman, a vice president at Disney. When Ackerman discovered the show was being filmed near Calgary, he put him in touch with producer Steven North. “I went for one interview,” Bret remembered. “I thought they’d say, ‘See you later,’ but three days later they called to say, ‘We wrote in a part for you.’”

On the day I visited the set, Luther Rott was engaged in a tense exchange with Sheriff Austin Peale (Paul Johansson). Although Luther is a man of few words, every sentence from Bret’s mouth had its desired effect. It was easy to understand how–after just two appearances on the show last year–Bret’s name was submitted for a Gemini Award–or Canadian Emmy–for Best Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series. 

[Bret the Hitman : Writer, owner, actor, wrestler–Bret may be the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.]

“It’s great to get this kind of recognition,” he said. “It’s also tough being busy with so many different things at once, but I believe in doing the most you can while you have the opportunity. When this all ends, I want to be remembered as a guy who made as many inroads as possible.”

[lookatmysillies]

Miscellaneous Modern AU Character Headcanons

Castor

-He resembles his biological father more than his mother

-His mother became pregnant with him when she was still a teenager. She wasn’t emotionally prepared to have a child at the time and therefore treats Cas more like a peer than a child

-Castor’s father abused him as a young child in multiple ways including verbal abuse, physical abuse, and SA

-He berated Cas for being “too girly” and Cas was pretty repressed for years and years even after he and his mom got into a better situation and she married Castor’s stepfather, whose surname he later took (Morgenstern)

-Castor started growing his hair out and being freer with his expression in his teens. He became a much happier kid as time went on

-He wasn’t at all jealous when his mom and stepdad had Nyx. He was super cuddly with Nyx when he was a baby and was the one who changed his diaper and bottle-fed him most often.

-He met Kyo in middle school, and having a friend managed to get him out of the shell he’d been in because of his father

-They play video games together a lot but Castor is VERY easily distracted while Kyo gets sucked in to the point where he forgets to pee. Or sleep. Or eat or drink

-Castor steals his mom’s makeup sometimes until he can get his own

-He’s a tattoo freak, Kyo is a piercings freak

-He’s most experienced with dog ownership but is really interested in unusual pets like tarantulas and snakes

-He’s always been the tallest kid in his class

-Would actually be an awesome parent in this au since he’d have kids by choice and not by force

Kyo

-Been in the foster care system since he was little

-Has moved around a lot and lived with different foster siblings. He’s had issues with several of them.

-Ended up in a more long-term foster home in high school where he met his foster sister, Itsaso

-Both of them having had negative experiences in the past with foster siblings, they mostly avoided one another for a long time

-Has Korean lineage on his biological mother’s side

-He's loved singing and gaming since he was young, finding an escape from his chaotic life in both

-Proficient in both acoustic and electric guitar

-He thinks it's ridiculous that Castor named his bass. He's not a naming instruments type of guy

-Contrary to canon ALNST Caskyo, Kyo is younger than Cas in the modern/actor au (which I've merged some aspects of)

-Constantly fighting with Aegaeon for the title of captain of the swim team in high school

-He's pretty well-built with lean muscle from all the competitive swimming he does

-He and Itsaso start to grow close when they recognize that neither of them is volatile and wants to hurt the other

-They don't consider one another siblings, but they do think of each other as a good friend. When they can't sleep at home, they hang out in one another's rooms and play games together

-Got his ears pierced at age 15. He double pierced them a year later, got a helix piercing around the same time, and once he becomes an adult, he gets an eyebrow piercing with Cas, snakebites, a tongue piercing, and a nose piercing

-He spends most of his time at the Morgenstern house and sees Nyx and Auri as family as a result

-Mrs. Morgenstern loves Kyo and thinks he's super sweet. Kyo is polite to her but isn't a huge fan of her parenting.

-MAJOR dog person. Once the Morgensterns get a dog, he's all over him whenever he's over. Castor often playfully accuses him of trying to steal his son.

-The type of nerd to have one of those Minecraft encyclopedias

Tallis

-Lives with his grandmother

-His parents are uninvolved in his life and his grandfather passed away from lung cancer when Tallis was 4

-His grandmother loves him dearly but is very strict. Tallis has a specific chore schedule, has to do his homework immediately when he gets home, and is scolded for leaving messes around

-He has Bible study frequently and his grandmother always takes him to church on Sundays

-They don’t have a lot of money and life as an only child is pretty lonely, so Tallis spends a lot of time at Himei’s house

-Hayate is much livelier in the modern AU and talks Tallis's ear off whenever he's over

-Hayate is also a horror fanatic. Tallis is not. This causes problems every time Hayate casually puts The Shining or A Quiet Place on while Tallis is over and scares the shit out of him

-Tallis's fingers are always calloused from playing the harp. When he first started getting serious about music at a relatively young age, he had blisters on his fingers all the time and had to wear band-aids on his fingers constantly

-His first school band instrument was the clarinet. He's good at it, but he found he has more of an affinity for string instruments

-Like in canon, he has trouble befriending other boys for a while. Hence why his main friend group is girls, lmao

-Himei and Tov like to undo and redo his braids when they're sitting together, and Tallis gets so used to it that he barely notices

-Has so much rizz he pulls not one but two girls (he has no rizz)

-He, Himei, and Tov all plan with one another when they near graduation so they can find a university they can all attend together

-They probably squeal and jump into one another's arms like the nerds they are when they buy their first apartment together

Himei

-The middle child of 3 siblings, Halo being her little sister and Hayate being her older brother

-Has stereotypical middle child feelings of inferiority and is constantly trying to outshine her siblings despite being close with and loving them dearly

-Has been happily pestering the Morgensterns since they moved across the street

-Nyx is closest to her age, so she goes over to his house a lot when they're little to convince him to play

-Once she and Dian become friends when they're relatively young (I imagine them becoming best friends in elementary school) she brings Dian and Tallis with her frequently, forming their group

-Asian American

-Has an insane spice tolerance built from her mom putting spice in literally everything. Tallis sometimes ends up crying when he eats dinner at their house

-Part of her high school's drama club

-She has to hold in tears when she doesn't get the part she wants. She's VERY serious about it.

-Has the most extensive skincare routine known to man. She's always trying to convince Tallis to use some of her products to combat his bad acne as a teenager, but he doesn't like the smell of it

-She and Tov probably first bonded by nerding out over astronomy and astrology together. They're the most serious astronomy students in the whole school

-Sucked into Hayate's horror shows and movies from a young age. She's been watching horrific shit since she was 9 and at this point is that one person in the theater who laughs at the parts of the movie that everyone else screams at

[lasplaga]

[ META ] + salazar

「𝔖」 Presuming that you meant Ramon Salazar, some of this will cover canonical topics, as well as analyses of mine. Granted The Salazar lineage is vast & lasts over 500 years, I urge further asks if people would care to read about Diego or anyone else in relation to this specific bloodline. The lore is extensive & contains distressing elements, as such it is placed under a read-more:

In regards to Ramon specifically, they first met when he was born in the year of 1984. The 8th's "strange disease" ( In The Japanese Localization ) was inherited genetically & the very same illness that claimed his grandfather Alejandro, who fell to an untimely death. Los Illuminados' return to the mainland was ultimately the result of Catalina wishing to preserve the life of her only child from an otherwise incurable ailment.

Osmund, like Ramon, was despised by the population for being born different --- this being amplified tenfold with The 7th's Queen betrayal & Ramon becoming a LITERAL mutant, on top of his disabilities. It should be no surprise that the community of Valdelobos ( but not Los Illuminados worship ) had an innate disgust with the disabled, mental or physical, as anything outside of the norm would potentially be perceived as deformed or the defilement of demons. "The Devil" being welcomed out of exile to cure Ramon was the final nail in the coffin, which more or less led the boy straight into his arms not even a decade later, willingly.

Anyone familiar with the remake should know that Ramon was horrifically abused by his own biological father, to the point where he wished to kill his own son for being born sickly & an aforementioned "demon-child". Osmund using this as leverage to gain his loyalty I don't believe was really necessary, as Los Illuminados was already an established enemy of The Salazar's --- Ramon was entirely aware of their existence & the genocide his ancestry committed, then continued. Osmund absolutely manipulated him to an extent, but granted Ramon desired the death of his own biological father regardless, it was minimal. If Lord Saddler was not eventually responsible for Diego's death, Ramon absolutely would have been, without a doubt.

I believe Osmund hearing Catalina's plight was his only genuine show of "humanity", despite his blessing utterly robbing a soul of that. From his point of view, blessing another with Las Plagas IS a show of kindness, granted his role as a faith healer & missionary. Although he was the key to releasing the seal initially, he was not set aside after all was said & done. Lord Saddler actually held Ramon in a respectable regard, going as far for The Castellan to believe that The Lord was his "true father" all along.

Replaceable as Ramon is as a subordinate, I truly think Osmund harbors some "love" for the boy, in his own way, considering he was raised solely by him since he was about 8 years old --- an act that was NEVER necessary. The director & Ramon's own voice actor confirmed that in the script, it was suggested that he was essentially adopted & treated as his own. Osmund has known Ramon more than he has known his own biological parents --- & with how highly he speaks of him, I can almost guarantee he is spared from any harsh treatment. If anything, I'm willing pin that Ramon is spoiled lavishly by Lord Saddler. I surmise granted they share trauma by the very same institution, they understand each other better more than anyone & have a much deeper bond than what Lord Saddler might have with Chief Mendez or Major Krauser.

Their relationship as father / son, however, also breaches into a very strange, upsetting but understandable dynamic, with Ramon wishing to play "catch up" with Lord Saddler, as his childhood was essentially devoid of any affection. Ramon admits so himself in his personal diary ( Japanese Localization ) that he loves to sit on Osmund's lap, his head being patted / caressed like he is a little boy --- despite being a fully grown adult. Granted Osmund was born in the midst of a violent civil war between two religious institutions, & could / would never sire a true heir himself --- Ramon receives very preferential treatment & leniency as his servant.

𝐓𝐋𝐃𝐑: Osmund's fatherly relationship with Ramon is extremely weird, but bound tightly by generational trauma, prejudice & abuse inflicted upon by the same religious institution.

[blueberrypancakesworld]

Hotd season 2 episode 2 - My talk - spoiler

oh my god it's getting better and worse for my nerves at the same time. First of all as an actor they do an excellent job at what they do, the costumes are on point, the cinematography is a dream and the camera is just amazing.

First Daeron, Aemond nation and my Otto x Viserys heart has won. I really didn't think they would mention Daeron even though it's just weird that he's not in the first season and now I'm curious to see how they do it.

Aemond is just such a cutie with mommy issues and the brothel scene was just so ahh also Lucemond nation has new input congrats. My poor Helaena, I feel so sorry for you, you don't deserve the carriage ride and Aegon could take care of you.

But Aegon the poor meow meow Aegon who mourns his son and destroys his father's lego who gets told by his own grandfather that he didn't even become king (besides the scene was excellent between Otto and Aegon I was on Otto's side for the first time and really thought that Aegon's decision had consequences).

The scene with Rhaenyra and Daemon was painful and Baela who just wanted to be close to her father and was hiding with Jace. Oh and shoutout to Corlys and Rhaenys who stand behind Rhaenyra and are still the cutest couple Westeros has.

Too bad we didn't get a family scene with Jaehaera but let's see except the nod to Seasmoke or Grey Ghost depending on the dragon was nice. And Mysaria I'm curious what role she'll play even if I think she'll be on Rhaenyra's side plus honor to Rhaenyra's lady in waiting I like you.

But please stop traumatizing all the characters again and my eyes with Alicent and Cole like okay treat yourselves to good sex after being rejecte by Rhaenyra and Viserys but why do you hit him and then have a hate sex session I didn't want to see that man.

But again Ewan in his Aemond mommy issues I did love my nephew and I am different which of course is not a reference to gayness was just so good I need more scenes. Oh and before I forget Rhaenyra sending her daughter to Moondancer and trusting her more than Daemon I love.

But yeah that's it and see you next week.

[teukquila]

Reflections on Maverick

A year ago, today, I watched Top Gun: Maverick in theatres for the first time. I’ve seen the first Top Gun before, sure, but anyone who knew me will tell you I was not someone with Tom Cruise posters on my wall or had any kind of interest in the United States Navy. Regardless, whatever demons compelled me were strong enough to move my legs to the living room, walk right up to my parents and say “let's go watch the new Top Gun movie tonight”— and we did. 

What happened next can only be described as pivotal. In all seriousness, going to the movies has always been integral part of growing up in my family. I remember my mom telling me about her dad making sure he took her and her siblings out to the cinema at least once a week, a ritual my mom has attempted to keep up with me and my brothers. My grandfather’s promise resulted in my mom spoiling every Paul Newman picture I put on the television screen before I even hit play, but her ensuring I saw a 5’7 man from New Jersey scale the Burj Khalifa on the Big Screen makes up for it.  My family even ventured out in the brief window of time when the theatres opened to see Tenet (back to the Movies indeed). But watching Maverick was another experience entirely. Every single seat in the theatre was filled, from the elderly couple in front of me to the kid behind me who loudly asked “is he dead?” when the Darkstar went down (everyone laughed, by the way). On the way out, I took a poster. It remains the only film poster I have taken from a theatre.

Maverick gave this audience a dose of something that we have all felt a severe deficiency of in recent years: sincerity. The film is sincere all the way through. It is sincere in its commitment to the genre and it is sincere in its presentation to the audience, even relegating a large part of its promotion to the sincerity of the In-Jet flight sequences. Before the film even begins there is a sincere form of gratitude that the lead actor and producer Tom Cruise gives the audience. This “thank you for coming to the movies” pre-show speech has been referenced to death and copied by a large portion of theatrical releases, but never done to the same effect as Cruise’s (for reasons I might discuss at another time). The genuine effort in the film was palpable, at no point did anyone in the theatre feel like they were failing a test because they did not do their Top Gun Lore homework, or that the filmmakers were patronizing them for even being there. 

The film is more effective in its summer of ‘22 release than it would have been if it had come to us in a timeline where everything had not gone to shit in 2020. The constant trend of postmodern irony and self-reflective fourth wall-breaking deconstruction but never reconstruction that just leaves us standing anxious on a non-construction have left many tired, yearning for the strong foundations that modernist films did and did well. Nostalgia was at an all-time high and we all wanted to not be Here. We wanted an ideal world where sons reconcile with their father figures and the water is always the right temperature for beach football. Where the rules of a two-ball football game did not even exist but the sun was out, One Republic is playing, and we are all hot as hell so who even cares. Many have lamented that there is no villain in Top Gun: Maverick just because its not the one in the MIGs. The villain is the idea that those humans on the beach do not matter. The idea that after all their efforts, they don't deserve to come home to that beach and enjoy their nonsensical football game. Every time we enter a theatre, we sign a contract with the projector to inhabit whatever world they have prepared for us, and that world is our home for the next 2ish hours will be. Maverick teaches the Dagger Squad how to come home, Tom Cruise shows us what that home we deserve is. He filled the seats, turned the lights down, and showed us what his home for us will be for the next 2 hours. Our home had love, forgiveness, sincerity, and ambition, coupled with real planes, real G’s, the world’s tightest screenplay, and some real good sound. Maverick took you for a ride and kindly dropped you off as you exit the theatre with a Tony Scott sunset on the horizon.

[lindyloosims]

List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ♥♥♥

I'm going to go with Jarvis Watt from Forget-Me-Not, because he holds a special place in my heart, I mean look at him!🥰

His birth name is King Jarvis Kincaid, his father wanted his first name to be regal but his mother wanted him to have her grandfather's name, Jarvis. Rex won the birth certificate battle but he lost the name war as he goes by Jarvis Watt, CeCe's first name choice and her maiden name too. He claims that the reason he dropped Kincaid was to go unnoticed at university as his father is an actor who has starred in a number of action movies spanning over two decades. The truth is that he resents his father for keeping his mother from him since he was eight years old when they divorced and Rex won custody of him, having more money than CeCe to hire the top lawyers and humiliate her in court. Rex Kincaid is in fact Marvin Lee Higgenbottom by birth, but Jarvis wants nothing to do with his father's fame or his money.

Like his soulmate Brodie Halliday-Sinclair, he hid his sexuality growing up. After his father Rex won custody of him and kept him away from his mother Cecelia, Jarvis felt like he had to hide who he truly was as he was scared how Rex would react to having a gay son. It wasn't until he went to Foxbury that he felt he could finally be free to love who he wanted. That was when he distanced himself from his father and started visiting his mother to try to rebuild their relationship. It turned out that Rex actually embraced his son's sexuality, but he had his reasons, having an LGBTQ+ child did wonders for his acting career, and that's all Rex ever really cared about.

At the moment he and Brodie are "on a break" and this is the third time that he's had his heart broken. Jarvis tends to go all in when he's dating someone, and he falls hard every time despite getting hurt, he still dives in and is willing to get hurt again. He's a hopeless romantic but he knows that his feelings for Brodie are very different to his two ex boyfriends. This break that they're on feels like the end of the world to Jarvis, while the last two break-ups were painful, they never hurt like this.

He has a fine arts degree from Foxbury and he intends to use it by getting a job illustrating comic books, but what he truly wants to do is move to Chestnut Ridge with Brodie and buy a ranch with two horses and have a plethora of science babies. All he wants in his life is Brodie, and their little country kiddies running around their home.

He likes punk and metal music, which is part of the reason why he feels so close to Brodie as their tastes in music are the same. He's seen Metallica ten times, Slipknot five and Green day over a dozen. He loves concerts, he has so many band t-shirts there is hardly any room left in his wardrobe. His dad tried to get him into jazz but it was most definitely not his thing, he had to listen for two hours as Rex played his favourite records and tried to convert him. To this day Jarvis walks out of any room or establishment if jazz is playing.

[tani-b-art]

Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

Perry’s legacy in film, in Black American culture is imprinted. Generationally. What he’s done in the industry is groundbreaking. His non-traditional approach and method to all he’s accomplished is a testament to what we’ve always done as Black Americans when it comes to everything — having a seat at our own table we built. He broke the mold and shattered the glass ceiling. He truly has the Black American, ancestral lineage of perseverance running through his blood!

I also learned so much more about him and his relationship with his mother and his mother in general that I hadn’t known. Also, parts of him speaking about his mother connected a lot of why he has certain perspectives on life and relationships. The Black women in his life (his mother and aunt who is hero-like in my opinion for the type of action of love) truly played the biggest roles in his shaping as a young boy to becoming a man. We got an inside view of his mind and the journey of him becoming who he is.

Seeing the enormity of his success just is positively moving and stirring. I found myself super proud with the scenes of the grand opening of his ultimate studio! Those parts of the docu had me feeling like I could conquer anything. All of the studio grand opening touched my heart and made me smile tears of joy in the simple fact that he is the embodiment of our ancestors’ love, hope and courage. He built on what they started and I can feel them saying, “Well done.”

It’s moving and emotionally charging.

He also allowed us into the parts of his life as a father to his son. You can tell all that he does and is doing is to be able to give out the love he wished he could’ve gotten from the father-figure now, in life. His relationship with his son is so beautiful.

The intimate portrait, bio styled documentary was a great watch. I definitely recommend.

Now….I must speak on the issues that I took with aspects of his footprint on the landscape of film.

Perry loses me when he says things like, “…what we’ve done to each other as Black people who are successful…”. He referenced the boycotting Amos ‘N’ Andy had received in its time along with Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Amos ‘N’ Andy’s controversy: this show (was a TV adaptation of the radio sitcom of two white men who “adopted stereotypical dialect, intonations, and character traits that had been established in the blackface minstrel tradition in the 1800s”) came out in the midst of the Jim Crow era. An era we all know served to present imagery of Black Americans in racist propaganda replete with racist stereotypes and tropes. And the actors weren’t white men in blackface but actual Black men in these roles. Which is also the similar criticisms Perry’s Madea character receives.

The two shouldn’t be paralleled. Amos ‘N’ Andy was clearly stereotypical mockery (and no condemning the actors at the time) while Walker’s book is “inspired, in part, by a story that Walker's sister told her, about a love triangle involving their grandfather.” It is an account of real life experiences—a real depiction of what Black people, specifically Black women, were going through in the early 1900s in the Deep South. On the heels of freedom (this is post American slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation) yet still facing the aftershocks of “ending” slavery (racism has never ended), Black women still faced slave-like treatment from former plantation & slave owners and now sexism & patriarchal treatment from their partners (I say now not in a sense of this being completely new). All while gaining more freedom in their outspokenness for the domestic plights they faced with their significant others and demanding equal rights.

Walker’s book and the following film adaptation received backlash on account of the increasing fracture between Black women and Black men in a post “free” society.

Perry also mentioned the not so pleasant views Langston Hughes had with Zora Neale Hurston and her usage of the Black Southern dialect in her writings. That too is incomparable because again, she conveyed real life. These were not caricatures she fictionalized for comic relief.

(please leave Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston’s works alone in correlation to yours)

Or in an appearance from Killer Mike (in Perry’s documentary) alluding to the fact that other groups of people don’t take issue with the negative depictions of their people in film.

One — yes they have and do. Has he spoken to any other ethnic group to ask?

Two — yes, your core demographic, who is Black, will have the most dialogue regarding your work. Who else would? White people? No, because you don’t make art for them. Your work is rooted through the lens of Black Americans. Of course the biggest critique will come from us.

We have a very different relationship with our own country and the world at large. Centuries of ridicule in minstrel shows with not Black (because yes, it wasn’t only white people performing in blackface to mock us) people donning blackface or in film with dangerous propaganda that single-handedly created a racist, terrorist group (k k k). We are still dealing with the aftermath of these harmful depictions and are in constant corrective mode. It’s a continual action.

He spoke about intention as well. And while I don’t believe Perry’s intention of the Madea character (or any of his characters in his films, shows or plays—that’s a different conversation…among other talking points surrounding him can be discussed in an entirely separate talk) was to be problematic it is very damaging to the representation of Black American women — two things can exist. Especially considering all the negative portrayals and images of us over the many, many, many years in all forms of media that the character fits into (again no condemnation on any of the actresses at the time).

But with everything I’ve said, Madea will just always have a kindred connection with me.

I was first introduced to Tyler Perry years ago from a cousin who lent me a VHS of both “Madea’s Family Reunion: The Play” and “Diary of a Mad Black Woman: The Play”. And when Madea came across my screen in that loud shiny red funeral squirt suit, there was an instant likability! I laughed more than I had from anything scripted — in fact, his plays were the first time I had ever watched a stage play. And from then, I have always had a special place in my heart for his plays and for Madea! I purchased 6 DVDs of his plays afterwards and the “Diary” film while I was in my freshman year in college and those plays got me through my first year.

I am glad he’s since retired the character and opened a new chapter of the work he’s putting out but I can acknowledge that Madea and the work pre-Madea’s retirement has been and is a source of joy for me.

And I think that’s what Tyler wants to do with all that he does.

Bring us joy.

[ask-paradox-and-friends]

Because why not? EHIHENAR RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY! @splatoonfan88 and @hazawatsugu

Tsugu:only child (jealous of Hina and her twin) adores mother never seen father so idk.

Pico:adopted by the tank man crew. (Ome mother 4 dads) only child. Shot and killed his bio parents didn't even knows he did that nor does he care.

Naruko:only child. Dislikes her parents(she sees them as partially responsible for her situation.) Sees Ikura as her father. Sees the 3rd hokage as her well meaning but ultimately pushover grandfather.

Kaito:adopted by the Yamamotos (4 moms one dad) one brother 6 sisters (@ask-milo-suzuki yes adding Milo) also never knew his bio parents nor does he want to.

Deku:only child. Loves his mom. Never had a father figure. (Closest he has is All might and eraserhead) HATES his father(deku is a "failed" experiment that made him the son of All for One.)

Garou:only child...bad relationship with both parents. (Father seems dismissive and neglect and the manga chapter that reveals Garou has a crush on a female actor who plays the yellow ranger in a power ranger like show the description of her next to the pic of her says 'she is the actor who plays the Yellow ranger she looks a lot like Garou's mom unlike her she is actually very kind)

Paradox:has an older sister and 4 siblings from godparents. He has a good relationship with his parents and grandparents..never met anyone older in the family then them.

Sunblood:adopted by a bunch of robots and cyborgs. Older sister is a sentient AI. Knows who his bio parents dosent want to meet them.

Derail:only child good relationship with his parents. (Wished they met his kids when alive.)

Mai:two sisters. Two brothers. Loves her parents.

[the-void-writes]

15 Questions 15 Mutuals

Thank you @bloodlessheirbyjacques for the tag! I believe the rules are to answer the questions as one of your characters. I went with Jason to answer this one, and I’m sorry the responses are short ����

1. Are you named after anyone?

Partly, though I’m not proud of it. My father chose my middle name after an actor he admired, Theodore King… Let’s just say that Mister King wouldn’t have taken kindly to people like me. I just tell people I’m named after my great grandfather, even though his name was Lawrence.

2. When was the last time you cried?

During my son’s check-up. He’s suffered so much, and the world keeps taking from him… He’s so thin, but he’s trying so hard to keep training and helping people. I couldn’t be prouder of him.

3. Do you have kids?

Several, depending on how you define “kids.” Legally, I have three godchildren and a stepson. If you’re counting children within my care, I have ten. And yes, I love them all dearly.

4. Do you use sarcasm?

If I’m particularly irritated with someone, then absolutely.

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

How they treat people. I don’t tolerate rudeness or bullying, especially towards children.

6. What’s your eye color?

It’s a light blue, I believe. Henry keeps saying it’s like snow, and I’m starting to wonder if he’s colorblind somehow.

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

I’ve never cared for scary movies, unless they’re cheesy drive-in movies like my parents would have watched. Henry and I make fun of them all the time— He does the best imitations of all those actors.

8. Any special talents?

Do you count Freak abilities? It’s taken a while, but I’ve started to perfect the use of my wings. Flying is such a refreshing feeling.

9. Where were you born?

Born and raised in Hazelton. It’s much larger than Preston, more for the “elite.” I never cared for it that much.

10. What are your hobbies?

Reading, mostly, though I did love gardening some time ago. Will’s starting to take to it, and I love helping him. I also enjoy teaching a bit, helping my patients learn history and science— and flying, definitely, especially with Will. He always tries to fly as close to the moon as possible.

11. Do you have any pets?

I had a cat named Quentin once. He hated my father, but he loved the rest of us. He always slept in my chair while I did schoolwork. I miss him sometimes.

12. What sports do you play/have played?

Aside from the required classes for school, the most athletic thing I’ve done is training for Vesely. Honestly, I owe Rio my life for helping me learn how to fight.

13. How tall are you?

Somewhere around six feet, last I checked. Not the tallest in our company, thankfully, but much taller than Henry and our patients.

14. Favorite subject in school?

It’s a tie between English and History. I loved reading about ancient civilizations, but our English teacher always gave us the best books to read.

15. Dream job?

I actually love being a caretaker for my patients, even if the other employees can be a pain. These kids mean the world to me, and I’m happy to help them grow and learn and come into their powers.

I’ll try to tag as many as I can 😅: @circa-specturgia @tryingtimi @muddshadow @magefaery @pinespittinink @sergeantnarwhalwrites @jessica-writes22 @italiangothicwriteblr @agrimedena-drax @asher-orion-writes @sapphic-story @whimsyqueen

[not-that-dillinger]

The Dillingers

Got curious and looked up the surname Dillinger. So... have some thoughts on Ed and his family (NOTE: these apply specifically to my muse as I write him. Maybe they work for Canon!Ed, maybe they don't).

So: Some facts that tie into the edcanons:

David Warner, the actor that plays Edward Dillinger Sr. (Ed's father), was British.

Cilian Murphy, the actor that plays Edward Dillinger Jr., is Irish.

3. According to Wikipedia, the surname Dillinger is Germanic in origin.

John Dillinger was a real crime boss in Chicago during the Great Depression (this ties in... somehow...).

Points one and three imply some sort of immigration trail. The Dillingers were originally German, but by Edward Sr.'s time, they were British. Dillinger Sr. is never given an age, either in the movies or the novelization, but he's older than Alan and Flynn, and David Warner was born in 1941, so we'll assume Dillinger Sr. was born somewhere around that time.

...Guess what major historical event happened around that time that had families fleeing Germany? (This is rhetorical... mostly. I'd be surprised if someone doesn't know what I'm referring to.) That's right folks, the second world war had just ended. The Dillingers could, theoretically, have immigrated from Germany to England at any point, but Mun has a soft spot for immigrants, and thinks this makes for a more interesting story. So. Grandma and Grandpa Dillinger flee Germany during WWII, Perhaps its because of ideological differences with the current regime, perhaps it is because of their religious beliefs, (upon further research, David Warner's father was Russian-Jewish.... While I think it would be interesting for the Dillingers to be Jewish, I am cautious about writing them that was, especially because the type of villain that Dillinger Sr. plays could very quickly slide into anti-Semitic territory if I'm not careful, and I'm not sure I have the background knowledge to write it) there were quite a few reasons to flee Germany in the 1930's. Grandma and Grandpa Dillinger settle in England, where Edward Dillinger Sr. is born. They assimilated into British society, and Edward Sr. grows up in Britain. He gets a degree in computer science and another in business, and eventually gets hired to work for Encom, probably around 1975-7.

Some time after he's emigrated to America, Dillinger Sr. met Shannon McLaughlin, the daughter of two Irish immigrants (headcanon for Ed's mother, inspired from point 2... though considering the history between the Irish and the British... I wonder if this should be revised?). They married and had a son in 1978, Edward Dillinger Jr. Unfortunately things didn't work out (understatement of the the year), and Ed Sr. and Shannon divorced in 1989, and Dillinger Sr. raised Ed by himself.

Mun currently doesn't have anything set in stone story-wise for Ed's mother, but likes to think that she eventually remarried. Perhaps Ed has a younger sibling or two that he never learned about since his father did not allow him to see his mother.

So... How does John Herbert Dillinger come into this? Mun isn't entirely sure, but is hoping that maybe by writing this, they might figure it out. They think it'd be cool if Ed was related by some not-so-distant ancestor.

Doing some brief research, John H. Dillinger is the son of John W. Dillinger, who was a first generation American. His father (John H's grandfather) was born in Germany in 1831, and at some point moved to Indiana. If the fictional Dillingers were in some way related to the real Dillingers, it would have to be through John H's great-grandfather, who was born in 1785.

IDK where I'm going with this, but I think it would be funny if Ed ever ran into the descendants of John H. Dillinger, discover that common ancestor, and bond over criminal family members giving them a bad rap.

[redrascal1]

There are three things about the ST I will never understand:

1. DLF wanted a female protagonist. Fine. But why not make her a Skywalker/Solo...by blood? Let's face it, Rey spent much of TFA mooning over Han Solo as if, to quote Kylo, he was her long lost father....why couldn't she be Han and Leia's, or Luke's child, by blood? Why make the last of the Skywalkers the villain?

2. Why make the villain...the last Skywalker? And why go to so much effort of making him a troubled abused child, and hire a fine actor with a track record of making damaged characters sympathetic, if all they wanted to do was make us adore Rey, and see Kylo as a monstrous patricide?

3. Why oh why...make Rey a Palpatine? They could have made her anyone, the long lost daughter/granddaughter of Jyn Erso, the descendant of Obi Wan, but they had to choose Palpatine? Galactic Satan, the destroyer of Anakin, is our heroine's grandfather. What in the name of sanity convinced them to do this?

These films were supposed to be the final chapter of the Skywalker saga...and the last one practically shoved the last Skywalker out of the way to put Rey Palpatine front and centre. If they wanted to make a story about non Skywalkers we could have given Rey and Finn their own films, or tv series. Instead they are shoehorned into the Skywalker Saga and DLF order us to prefer them to Lucas's original family. Finn, a so called 'brainwashed stormtrooper' is depicted as a saint and Rey as the Second Coming, while Kylo is reduced to the role of patricidal maniac. Kylo aka Ben Solo, son of Han and Leia, nephew of Luke, grandson of Anakin....the central characters and heroes/villain of the original films. Reduced to playing the bad guy while two poorly written newbies dominate the sequels.

Sadly, there can only be one reason...DLF have no time for George, or his characters. They want the franchise but with their own people, chosen purely for politically correct reasons and given no depth except 'they're the GOOD GUYS, you must like them.' As apparently Daisy has been visiting DLF lately a lot of people are speculating if she is going to return as Rey...with Finn of course, as the two are joined at the hip. If she does...I wonder if the pair of them will really be able to attract an audience and put bums on seats?

It remains to be seen, i guess.