#like......daphne allen move over!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[themanwhowouldbefruit]

OK but this is sooooooooo funny can you imagine kelly in the bunker?? this episode makes it soooo clear that kelly and dean can only share one episode max before dean’s overwhelming pregnancy jealousy would have consumed the entire show

[mythserene]

Call him “Epstein” – How far is Mark Lewisohn willing to go to force a false narrative?

 “I don’t care what you think of Klein, call Klein something else. Call him ‘Epstein’ for now, and just consider the fact that three of us chose ‘Epstein.’”

John Lennon to Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970 

I keep asking “Why do you want me to believe John —(or George or Paul or or or)—said this?” And I keep asking because that is the question that keeps coming out of my mind, my mouth, and my keyboard.

It's the obvious question. (Spoiler: audio below of Lewisohn answering it for this quote.)

When you’re going to so much trouble to quote shop and quote twist, you have a purpose that you are torturing all these words to back up. You are trying to prove a point and there’s no real quote to support your position, so instead of changing your position, you act like Beatles’ words are appetizers in a buffet.

THREE OF US CHOSE EPSTEIN.

This premeditated and purposeful OBSCENITY has been sitting there for ten years. Two ladies with a podcast found it.

However, John remembered Paul’s attitude to Brian being very different. John was always emphatic that Paul didn’t want Brian as the Beatles’ manager and presented obstacles to destabilize him, to make his job difficult … like turning up late for meetings. “Three of us chose Epstein. Paul used to sulk and God knows what … [Paul] wasn’t that keen [on Brian]—he’s more conservative, the way he approaches things. He even says that: it’s nothing he denies.”(72)

I will never—NEVER— get over this one. There may be more shocking things to come, but it was this revelation that made me look at every one of Mark Lewisohn’s “author interviews” differently.

This is when I realized that there is nothing I would put past him.

Listening to that part of Episode 7 is so funny to me now. Daphne and Phoebe kept trying to stick to the outline and ask “Does this quote back up Lewisohn’s thesis?” but it was very difficult because they were in such total disbelief at Mark Lewisohn’s deception. (My label, although it’s a pretty inarguable one.) It is genuinely almost unbelievably dishonest. AKOM had a whole show filled with whoppers to get through, and they kept trying, but it took them awhile to move on because air-quotes-Epstein was like a magnet that kept pulling them back. So yesterday, to get out of editing some of my own mess, I put together a few of the times that the shock sucked them back in.

“I find that kind of shocking, really.” Tiny compilation of Phoebe and Daphne in disbelief over Mark Lewisohn’s purposeful misrepresentation of a quote of John Lennon talking about Allen Klein to attempt to show that John thought Paul was trying to thwart Brian Epstein. (Episode 7)

And most of us strongly suspect where Mark Lewisohn is going with this. He wants to rehabilitate Allen Klein because John can literally never be wrong—or perhaps an even stronger motive—he wants Paul to be very, very wrong. But whatever his motives, we can see what he’s doing. And we don’t have to just suspect, because he has already told us that he is going to use some of his most unforgivable lies to shape that narrative.

And there’s only one reason to do that: because there are no real quotes to back up the narrative he wants to push.

It tells us, in no uncertain terms, that the narrative he wants to push is quite literally unsupportable.

To make it work, Lewisohn has to lie about what John Lennon actually said.

*This post was first going to be about both the “quotes” that Mark Lewisohn references here, but in the end I couldn’t not give “call him ‘Epstein'” its own post. Which means I have actually shortened a post. (Please clap.)

Every ‘quote’ in the “spanner in the works” section is bullshit. Every. Single. One. I’m not going to the thesaurus for a fancier word. They are bullshit. Complete and utter, doctored, twisted, bullshit. The man is lying. And what really chaps my ass is that he is flat out telling us that he is going to use those same lies to push his bullshit narrative of the breakup. Like damn, that takes a lot of nerve.

Here is Mark Lewisohn telling us, straight out, that it’s these same bullshit quotes that he plans on using again to fool us. And he should be a laughingstock when he does. Not in some quarters. In all.

He must think we are such dupes. Although he’s gotten away with it so far, so up until now he hasn’t been wrong.

(There’s a bit more to this part of the Q & A and it’s all bad, but for this post I decided to leave it at Mark Lewisohn telling us that he is going to use the exact same sources he used for the “spanner” section to push this lie in the upcoming books.)

Fool me twice…

Would John and George have seen the parallel between Epstein and Klein in 1969?  LEWISOHN: ❝Yes. I’m sure the answer to that is yes, because John mentioned it in interviews, probably in Wenner’s, maybe the one with McCabe and Sconfeld— Schonfeld. Yes.❞ (📍Nothing is Real)

Transcript:

Q. In Hornsey Road you were talking about the three-to-one Allen Klein split, and I was saying to you that it seemed to me that it paralleled what is mentioned in Tune In about, uh, the appointment of Brian Epstein. That- that Paul was sort of holding back or was not keen to move forward with Brian Epstein. And I suppose my question was, is there a direct parallel there? And would, in 1969, John and George in particular have been conscious of that parallel?

LEWISOHN: Yes. I’m sure the answer to that is yes, because John mentioned it in interviews, probably in Wenner’s, maybe the one with McCabe and Sconfeld– Schonfeld. Yes. John recognized that.

Nothing is Real Podcast • October 16, 2019, Episode 15 • Mark Lewisohn, Part II

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And just remember that this is only one half of a hellacious Frankenquote.

(But I kept it short. 🎊 )

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Even though I have given you zero reason to go there, it's also on my blog.

[goldenraeofsun]

Day 23: Undone

When Cas was convalescing in the aftermath of Rowena’s attack dog spell, Dean told him, "Stick to socially acceptable binge-watching. You know, The Wire, Game of Thrones.” And when Dean got back from the lead on Amara, he actually wrote out a list. At the very bottom, he included Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel.

After Cas watched both series, he concluded that Spike was an idiot. Spike said he loved Buffy, but when he came back from the dead after saving the world for her, he refused to go to her. All because he went out in a blaze of glory - he couldn’t top that exit.

Suffice to say, five years later, Cas no longer considers Spike an idiot.

After Jack pulls him out of the Empty, human as ever, Cas returns to Broomfield, Colorado, under the name Emmanuel Allen. Thankfully, Daphne had already moved on to live on some sort of spiritual retreat in California.

Cas gets himself a credit card the way Sam showed him and finds himself an apartment. He applies for jobs, and lists Garth Fitzgerald IV as his reference because he assumes word of his death didn’t get that far outside of the immediate Winchester circle.

Sure enough, his risk pays off; he gets the forty-eighth job he applies for, a position at the local library. It’s part time and suffering from endless budget cuts, but it’s something to occupy his day.

He checks out cookbook after cookbook at the library and finally learns how to feed himself and resolves never to buy a previously-frozen burrito again.

He attends the library classes on computer literacy because, while he knows how to hack into traffic cameras and police records, those very specific activities are not very relevant to the daily life of a part-time librarian.

He doesn’t contact the Winchesters at all. This way, Dean will remember him fondly. He won’t have to deal with any of the messy reality of having a best friend - if Cas even deserves that title any more - who loves him.

Cas can’t risk it all being undone by crashing back into Dean’s life. He accomplished something special with that final speech; he feels it in his bones. But if he reenters Dean’s life, who’s to say Dean wouldn’t start to fear him and feelings, resent his presence, and doubt everything in their friendship leading up to that point? It could unravel everything he built with Dean. Cas will not be a constant, festering disappointment. Not if he has anything to say about it.

When Christmas comes, Garth sends him his only Christmas card, and Cas tapes it to his fridge. It makes him smile every time he walks past it.

On Dean’s birthday, Cas sends a card to their PO Box in Lebanon. He doesn’t sign it, but he wishes Dean well and includes fifty dollars.

In May, his coworkers surprise him with a small cake for his one year work anniversary and put him in charge of their upcoming Pride month display.

Cas had thought he had experienced human dignity and the satisfaction of a job well done at the Gas ‘n Sip, but that was nothing compared to how it feels at closing on May 31, staring at his mid-sized display of books with queer themes, both fiction and nonfiction.

But, of course, the next morning, the sky opens up and walnut-sized balls of hail rain down. Cas, already in the library, watches with dwindling hope as fewer and fewer people pass by the doors. Nobody stops inside for the whole first hour.

Cas checks his phone, frowning as he opens an email from Anisha explaining that she’ll be late because of a local power outage. She suspects the hail messed with a powerline in her neighborhood.

Sighing, Cas sets down his phone and picks up his latest book, a paranormal romance between two vampires over the centuries. It’s amazing how many ways humans have spun the vampire myth. It seems like the only thing they all have in common is the blood drinking.

The door opens just as Cas reaches the first sex scene, and Cas looks up.

A figure with his jacket raised over his head hurries into the library, swearing under his breath. Once safely inside, Dean Winchester lowers his coat, staring around.

Cas ducks behind his book.

“Hey,” Dean calls, his footsteps getting closer. “Rough weather out there.”

Cas’s pulse thunders in his veins as his mind clouds with panic. What he wouldn’t give to have his wings back so he could simply fly away.

“The blackout fried my laptop,” Dean continues, “so can I use one of yours?”

Cas steels himself. Cas can do this. He can pretend Dean is just another patron.

Cas lowers his book, forcing his gaze away from Dean’s (beautiful) face, and instead at the blank space over Dean’s right shoulder. “Of course,” he says. “Do you already have a login and password?”

Dean doesn’t answer, and Cas finally has to look at him.

Dean’s mouth has fallen open in shock, and all the blood has drained from his face. His knuckles clench his folded jacket with bone-white knuckles.

Cas coughs lightly. “Are you alright?”

Dean blinks rapidly a few times, his lips pressed tight together. “Fine,” he says through gritted teeth. He sucks in stuttering breath. “The login?”

“Of course,” Cas says quickly, grateful for the excuse to focus on the computer and answer the queries the library program requires for temporary computer usage. He writes out the credentials on a slip of paper and hands it over. “Use this username and password for 30-minute access. If you require the internet for longer than a half hour, please come back to see me and I can renew your session.”

Dean nods stiffly, spins on his heel, and takes off in the direction of the computers.

Cas lets out a silent sigh of relief and picks his book back up, but he might as be reading it backwards for all the sense it makes. Over the edge of the pages, he watches Dean sit at a computer on the far side of the table, so he almost faces Cas at the checkout desk.

It doesn’t take Cas long to figure out Dean is sneaking peeks at him over the computer monitor just about as often as Cas does over his paranormal romance.

At the end of an excruciating thirty minutes, Dean makes his way back to Cas. “I need to renew my session,” he says gruffly.

Cas nods.

As he clicks through the renewal process, Dean asks, his voice almost casual, “I’m new in town, but have I seen you around before?”

Cas shakes his head. A little too quickly, judging from Dean’s expression.

“Are you sure?” Dean presses. “Maybe somewhere in Kansas?”

Cas just stares, trying to keep his expression as blank as possible.

“Look, I don’t know-”

Dean breaks off as the door opens, and Anisha comes rushing in. “So sorry, Emmanuel!” she shrugs off her coat and ducks behind the counter. “First was the power. Somehow getting the kids ready for school takes twice as long in the dark. Then the car died. And will you believe a sinkhole opened just as I was leaving the house?” She swipe a hand through her dark hair.

After a beat, Cas says, “That sounds arduous.”

“You’re telling me,” Anisha says with feeling. “I’m just gonna go get coffee across the street since it seems like you’ve got everything handled,” she says, gesturing around the empty reading spaces, except for Dean. “You want a latte or something?”

“I’m fine, thank you.”

As Anisha leaves, Dean blurts, “Your name is Emmanuel?”

Cas tries to look offended instead of terrified. “Yes?”

“You’re serious?” Dean demands, taking a step closer, his eyes narrowed. “You’re name is - are you fucking with me?”

Cas swallows. “I am not fucking with you,” he lies.

He’ll have to leave. Once Dean vacates the library, Cas will escape town. How the hell Dean stumbled across him, Cas has no idea and no intention of ever figuring out, just as long as it doesn’t happen again.

Cas’s plan sounded so perfect at the outset. Leave Dean with all the good, none of the bad. Never contact Dean again.

But he never, ever, contemplated Dean finding him anyway. The United States is so vast, what are the chances Dean would ever return to Bloomfield, Colorado?

Dean opens his mouth, probably to order Cas to stop pretending, but his phone rings instead. He pulls it out of his pocket, frowning at the screen. “We’re not done,” he says to Cas, “but is there somewhere I can take this? Where I won’t get concussed by falling ice cubes?”

Cas nods to the storytime room, obviously empty of young students and toddlers. “Feel free to take your call in there.”

“Thanks,” Dean mutters, already accepting the call.

Cas once again picks up his book, but he can’t focus on a single word with Dean in the next room over.

“Maybe possession?”

Cas frowns. He would have noticed if there were signs of demons in his city.

“’M telling you, there’s something weird going on. First, I come to check out the haunting of a house that doesn’t goddamn exist.”

Cas can say with pretty much all assurance that there is no ghost activity in Broomfield.

“Then this freak hail storm knocks out the power in my motel, so I head to the library - yes, bitch, I went to the fucking library. It’s free. If Starbucks’ wi-fi didn’t cost a ten dollar cup of coffee, I’d go there instead.”

Based on the movement of his shadow, Dean is pacing in the storytime room.

“I guess it could be amnesia, again, but I can’t just up and call Rowena for a memory spell or something.”

A pause.

“Or maybe he is just pretending to get me out of his hair as soon as possible,” Dean says, his tone low and rough. “It looks like he’s been here a while, calling himself Emmanuel. Like last time, which makes me think it’s not a mind wipe situation.”

Cas leans over his desk, straining his ears.

“I can handle him -”

Cas flinches.

A long pause, and, “Who the hell would he be hiding from?” Dean demands. “No angel has bothered us for a whole year. No demons either. Who else but us? But me?” He makes a noise of pure disgust. “No, no, don’t fly back from Ireland - Eileen would kill you. I can hold my own. If,” Dean’s breath hitches, “if it does turn out to be Cas, I’ll let you know.”

Cas barely has time to pick up his paperback before Dean stalks back out of the storytime room.

“You never gave me the renewal code,” he says shortly as he stops in front of Cas.

Cas clears his throat. “You don’t need a new code,” he says. “I’ve already authorized your computer to start another session.”

“Oh,” Dean says, “thanks.” But he doesn’t move back to the computer table. Instead, he stays where he is, staring at Cas like he can figure out Cas’s true identity by memorizing the slope of his nose and exact shade of his eyes.

“Is there anything else I can help you with?” Cas asks tentatively.

Dean purses his lips. “Not really - it’s just you look just like an old friend of mine.”

Cas mouth goes dry, a lump forming in the back of his throat. “Oh?”

“Yeah,” Dean says, meeting his gaze squarely. “I thought he died about a year ago.”

“I’m sorry,” Cas says because that is the sort of thing humans say in these situations.

Dean huffs a sigh. “Yeah, well, I was really broken up after he went.”

Despite his better instincts, Cas has to ask, “You were?” which is just an objectively stupid question. Of course Dean was upset - they had been friends, best friends for many years. Cas basically knows the answer already, but that doesn’t stop him from needing to hear it from Dean’s mouth himself.

“Course,” Dean says, giving him a funny look. “He - well,” he restarts, “before all that, he dropped some pretty big bombshells. I - uh, didn’t exactly catch on quick enough to tell him all the things I should’ve before it all went down the way it did.”

Cas leans forward. “Like what?”

Dean’s eyes flash. “Like the fact that he was such a fucking dumbass - more dumb, definitely more ass - for keeping all that shit to himself for so damn long.”

Cas reels back.

But Dean’s just getting started. “I can’t say that I would have held hands and skipped off into the sunset, but he didn’t even give me a chance! Yeah, I probably would have smashed some furniture and poisoned half my liver, but, newsflash, buddy, I did that anyway. And by the time I got my head screwed on straight, came to terms with a bunch shit I never thought I could, guess what? He was still fucking dead.”

Cas drops his gaze. “I’m sorry.”

“Are you sorry?” Dean says, rapping his knuckles on the counter and making Cas jump. “’Cause it seems like you’re just living some fantasy life in goddamn Colorado.” He rubs a hand down his face, stepping back like he can’t even stand to be in Cas’s personal space anymore. “So what was it, Cas? Were you lying the whole time, or did you just plain change your mind?”

“Change my mind?” Cas repeats, his brow furrowing, only catching his slip after the words left his mouth.

But Dean’s angry expression doesn’t waver, even in getting Cas to crack. Admittedly, it didn’t take long. “Yeah, since you obviously don’t care enough to drop a fucking line that you’re not stuck in some hell dimension.”

Cas blinks. “That’s why you think I didn’t contact you?”

“Why else?” Dean demands, a challenging glint to his eye.

Cas opens his mouth, trying to find the right words for probably the most ridiculous plan he ever made in his long life. “Well, it sounds stupid now.”

“Try me,” Dean says, his expression stony.

Cas sighs. “Do you remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer?”

Incensed, Dean snarls, “What the fuck does Buffy the Vamp-”

“Do you remember or not?” Cas asks testily.

“Of course I do.”

“You remember, in the season finale, Spike dies for Buffy? He sacrifices himself so she can live and continue to save the world. The next season, in Angel, he comes back from the dead.”

“Uh huh,” Dean says, so far looking mostly unimpressed.

Which is fair, Cas probably shouldn’t have read this deeply into his parallels with a television show geared for teenagers whose brains are not nearly finished developing.

“He doesn’t tell her he was resurrected because he didn’t want to undo all they had together.”

Dean slams both hands down on the counter, glaring. “Why the hell would telling me you weren’t being tortured by a primordial entity for all eternity undo jack shit?”

Cas sighs. “Because once I told you I was back, you’d have to deal with the reality of knowing me. Wholly and completely, for the first time.” He isn’t sure he’ll ever be ready for that. “And who’s to say if you’d be able to separate this version of me from what we had before? We had a good thing, Dean. I couldn’t stay to watch it all fall apart.”

Dean stands there, stunned. “You’re right, that is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard,” he declares.

Cas slumps back in his seat.

“I love you, you moron,” Dean says with a grimace, as Cas jerks his head back up. “And I had to figure it all out alone. Fat lot of good it did, since by the time I could admit it to myself, you were long gone,” he pauses, finishing in a disgusted voice, “to Colorado.”

“I had no idea,” Cas says faintly.

“Not a huge surprise, flight risk,” Dean says, rolling his eyes.

“Do you mean it?”

“I can’t prove it by getting sucked into hell, so you’re gonna have to take my word for it,” Dean says gruffly.

“Dean-”

“Look, if that’s your only hangup on coming back,” Dean says over him, “Will you come home?” He shifts his weight to his other foot, looking nervous. “It’s not gonna be perfect, and I’m probably still going to fuck it up - not as bad as you just did, by the way - but I’d like to try. Get to know the real you, although he doesn’t seem all that different from the guy who saved me in that basement.”

Cas cautiously reaches out to cover Dean’s hands, still braced on the counter, with his own. “I’d like nothing better.”

“Great!” Jack says, appearing out of nowhere, making Dean jump. “I thought I was going to have to snow you in - in June, can you believe it?” He glances at the two of them, smiling. “Do you want to get breakfast? I’m feeling waffles.”

[flashfuture]

I read the Hal Jordan traits post and really enjoyed it. Can we have one for Barry Allen?

Yes absolutely I’m so glad you asked.

Firstly Barry Allen is nice

Bart has an excellent quote “he might be quiet or distant or awkward but he’s never mean”

I think Ollie is really the only person who never really got along with Barry yet they still call each other friend so their main beef was over politics and Hal lol.

But everyone else loves Barry. Bruce and Barry are very good friends. As well as Barry and Clark get along quite well. Arthur is friends with Barry and Dinah is very good friends as well. When Barry died it was devastating because he was a beacon of light of hope

Barry is the type of guy who helps you carry your groceries and you can always crash on his couch.

He’s endlessly patient and forgiving. He believes there is good inside each and every person.

He genuinely believes everyone deserves a chance to be better.

Barry never gives up on anyone ever. His dad wanted him to but it’s just not in Barry’s nature.

Barry is devoted to Justice. He’s devoted to helping people and keeping people safe. He wants people to feel safe which is why he’s always smiling.

Barry is very genuine he doesn’t have a lot to hide. He’s a very disciplined person as well he’s not overly emotional. He is actually a pretty shy person yet we generally only see him with family because he’s a family man.

Barry can get lost in thought he’s gotta analyze everything. Have an explanation for everything, an answer to every question. As opposed to Wally who is more willing to take things on faith.

Barry has Iris, Hal, and Wally to be his lightning rods. They help keep him grounded. Because Barry can have his angry moments but their usually covering grief.

Barry is very loving in his actions. He helped raise Wally and trained him to be a hero. But he always believed his nephew would surpass him.

Barry’s childhood sweetheart Daphne Dean used to show up a lot and he was always willing to help her out she was down to help him with schemes too.

There was a family friend who passed away and Barry and Iris took in his daughter Stacy while she went to college. They loved her like their own and were more than happy to open their home.

Barry also kept an eye on his neighbors son who they neglected quite a bit. Barry made sure the boy was okay and happy and encouraged him to follow his dreams.

Flashpoint nonsense aside Barry’s thing is always about moving forward and living in the present while eagerly awaiting the future.

Barry is a big inspiration to a lot of other heroes but he himself pushes against hero worship and says that being a hero isn’t about living up to anyone but about protecting the people.

Another thing that’s fun and a lot of people miss is that Barry Allen is incapable of turning down a dare. Iris and Hal both know it and use it fully to their advantage.

Barry is a dork and he drops random Flash Facts into conversations to the point it’s basically a meme in universe.

As a kid Barry wore his bow ties and it never stops. Even if Hal teases him over it.

Barry can also take charge very quickly. He’s a strong leader who led the Justice League and during the Blackest Night event was basically calling the shots.

He’d never cause a fight over being in charge however because he doesn’t care about the position just about getting things done quickly and efficiently.

Barry is the bright shiny Silver Age Knight and I’ve told some peeps before no one embodies the Silver Age like Barry Allen does.

I hope this is a good break down of Barry. Anyone else who knows him well feel free to hop in.

[spn-headcanons-daily]

I present you the list of fake people: the ones who I think were not born but created by Chuck as they are with fake memories about their past life added to them and everyone else, to serve as plot devices.

Jane, the nephilim who Cas kills for Metatron's plan in s8, is definitely fake. There's no way she could survive for that long with the heaven's rules against nephilims. And somehow the only existing nephilim turns out to be right here in america? And she doesn't fly away like angels can or uses her powers against them, and, more importantly, her existence is the only thing that allows to move the plot of the season further. She's literally just a plot point.

Daphne Allen is possibly fake - her actions are too strange and too convenient for the plot development; she appears only as Cas' backstory, and she's never heard of after.

Lee Webb could be fake. Because if he actually was Dean's good friend and a hunter in the past, why didn't one of them contacted the other even once over the years? He is invented by Chuck with added memories to mess more with Dean's head, to show him - that's what you get for trying to escape your story, that's how your only peace and retirement could look like - becoming a monster yourself.

Campbell cousins are fake. Because if there were alive hunters from Mary's family before, why the hell no one contacted John after her death? And even if they lost contact with Mary and didn't know about her children, why other multiple hunters who John met over the years never mentioned the Campbell hunter family? I think Ghuck invented them to give resurrected Samuel some company, and then realized that they don't bring anything interesting to the story and quickly killed them off.

Adam (the first man) and Serafina are fake. There's no way Serafina - an angel with apparently free will and human feelings, living among humans for thousands of years - wouldn't be involved in the plot before or at least mentioned, especially with the fact that heaven doesn't have enough angels; and Adam just conveniently lives with her in the driving distance from the Winchesters?.. No one heard of him for years but now, when his rib is a key part of the current plan, he can be found within days and with an angel that can immediately heal him? The whole situation doesn't look real to me, I think Chuck planned it all (I actually believe that turning Jack into a bomb was his plan but that's for another post). Adam might be the real first human, maybe, but in this case he is resurrected with fake memories for that point of the story.

Adam Milligan might be fake. Created to make the story more interesting, with memories added. He might be even named Adam because he is Chuck's creation. Also the original thought of Adam being fake belongs to @eviltoxicgayshit (sorry for tagging you do you still not hate me)

Ben Braeden might be fake or at least heavily redacted by the author in the beginning, because there can't possibly be that much coincidence between his and Dean's personality (but I suppose that he wasn't created at that moment with memories added retroactively, but just sort of initially designed for the story).

Bobby and Charlie from the apocalypse world could be. Because they are very conveniently alive, look exactly the same despite living in a different environment, and the Winchesters meet them almost immediately after going into that world, which is an impossible coincidence. Or maybe they are just strongly manipulated into their story, literally a big part of their life written to reach that moment, which isn't the same as being fake but not really better. Probability of it for Charlie is higher, because that's not her real name, the original Charlie used a lot of different fake names and this is just the one she gave the Winchesters. So what are the chances that in apocalypse world she chose that name as a permanent one?

Ghostfacers, maybe. Were either created or redacted by Chuck for fun and to make fun of the main characters. Have actual free will for the most of it though, because at first Chuck really liked them (possibly wanted to keep them alive through the execution of his plans, remember that sketch with them meeting Castiel - them being chosen to witness the apocalypse), and found them entertaining enough to not interfere with their actions, and then he got tired of them but not killed but simply left them be because they aren't a threat to him or the story.

Anyways I like to think about that very much. People created as plot devices - a scary, but very fascinating concept. I hope people will interact with this post and add more characters who they think also could be fake because I'd like to discuss that

also later, if anyone is interested, I might write a post about a reverse situation - people who I think Chuck deleted from the story

[longitudinalwaveme]

Longitudinalwaveme Reviews  Old Comics, Part 1

I bought some comics at my local comic book shop today and decided that now was a good a time as any to launch a new project, wherein I read comics that are at least 20 years old and then make lovingly snaky comments about them. Up for review this time are: 

Flash #126 (1962): “The Doom of the Mirror-Flash” and “Snare of the Headline Huntress” 

The Brave and the Bold #129 (1976): “The Claws of the Emperor Eagle” 

The Super Friends #23 (1979): “SOS From Nowhere” 

Flash #308 (1981): “The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful” and “Dawn of the Sixth Sun”, starring Dr. Fate 

Flash Vol. 2 #58 (1992): “The Barry Allen Foundation” 

Legends of the DC Universe #17 (1999): “Dark Matters, Part 3″ 

Starting things off is what is now the oldest comic that I own, Flash #126. As with most stories from the time period, it contains not one but two stories. The leading story, and the one that got the cover, is “The Doom of the Mirror-Flash”. I’ve read this story a number of times before, as I own a number of books that collect Silver Age Flash issues in trade. The story was written by John Broome, inked by Joe Giella, and drawn by the inimitable Carmine Infantino. 

The main protagonist of the tale is of course Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash. The main antagonist is the original Mirror Master, Sam Scudder, in his fourth-ever appearance. The story opens with Iris West (at this point in the comics she was still Barry’s girlfriend, not his wife), who is preparing to appear on a “public affairs program” of some kind (what she’s talking about, we’re never told). She’s understandably nervous, but Barry, being the nice guy that he is, is very supportive. Also of note is the fact that Iris Allen is wearing a yellow dress that screams “60s”, and the fact that her pocket mirror makes Barry remember that the Mirror Master, who has escaped jail, has been mysteriously eluding him by apparently vanishing into reflective surfaces. How is he doing this? Is he using holograms? No, this is the Silver Age. The explanation is way more convoluted than that. 

Mirror Master has escaped from prison by using mirrors to teleport himself into an alternate dimension, one that exists inside of mirrors. (Note that this comic predates the Mirror Realm by at least ten years; it seems that this comic and a few others like it may have eventually inspired it.) This dimension is populated by a bunch of Amazon-esque ladies called Orinocas, who originally try to kill Sam (with, um, unsharpened sticks?) before being distracted by a mirror he somehow took into the alternate dimension with him. They’ve never seen mirrors before, and offer to spare him if he makes more. He agrees, and soon he’s so popular that he’s basically made their king. Oh, and the Orinocas are also telepathic, because why not? So Mirror Master is now the king of an alternate dimension, surrounded by beautiful women who give him anything he wants. But Sam isn’t interested in being king. He wants the challenge that comes with being a professional thief, and because the Orinocas are both telepathic and willing to give him whatever he wants, he can’t have it. As such, he’s bored out of his mind, and has been projecting mirror images of himself into the real world in the hopes that Flash will see them and rescue him from being king. And it works! Flash works out that these images seem to be disappearing into the mirrors, decides to test his theory by vibrating through the mirror, and makes it into the alternate dimension, where he defeats the Orinocas and rescues Sam from the boring life of being king. When they return to the normal world, they somehow end up in an armory, where Mirror Master uses a “mirror device” to turn the Flash into glass. He then picks up a bazooka and shoots it at the immobilized Flash (the image on the cover), but the Flash uses his control over every atom in his body to both avoid being shot by the bazooka and to un-mirrorify himself. Then he spins his arm around really fast to create a burst of wind that knocks out the Mirror Master and takes the crook back to jail. The tale ends with Iris thinking to herself about how loyal and supportive Barry is (even if, as is typical of Silver Age Iris, she prefaces this observation by pointing out that he’s slow and lazy.) 

After a really fascinating page of fan mail circa 1962, where readers gave their responses to “The Flash of Two Worlds (Flash #123, the comic that reintroduced Jay Garrick), we move on to the second tale. (Highlights of the letters include a reader from California suggesting ads to increase readership of the comic, a reader from Missouri who clearly hadn’t forgotten Jay Garrick and was glad to see him return, and a reader from Massachusetts who thought that the story wasn’t as good as it should’ve been. I wonder if he ever changed his mind.) 

The second story in Flash #162, also written by John Broome, inked by Joe Giella, and drawn by Carmine Infantio, is titled “The Snare of the Headline Huntress”. Barry Allen is again the protagonist, but the most important secondary character in this issue isn’t a villain-it’s Daphne Dean, making her first-ever appearance! Daphne Dean is introduced as an up-and-coming movie star, whose jerk of a press agent thinks that the best way to get publicity for her new movie is for her to pretend to be in love with her old childhood sweetheart...who happens to be none other than Barry Allen! She and Barry are both visiting their hometown of Fallville, and, with the urging of the press agent, Daphne and Barry are soon eating lunch together and striking up a conversation. We tour the small town with them, where we learn, among other things, that Barry’s father is a doctor, that his parents still live in the town, that Barry and Daphne share the same favorite flavor of ice cream (tutti-frutti), that they went to school together, and that they carved their initials into a tree. We also learn that Barry was constantly late even as a kid. That night, Barry has a dream about being the Flash as a child and rescuing Daphne from a rampaging bull as he sleepwalks through his parents’ house. (This issue also serves as the first appearance of Henry and Nora Allen, though they are not yet named as such.)

The following morning, Barry determines to tell Daphne that he’s in love with Iris and always will be, while Daphne prepares for a masked ball where she will reenact a scene from the movie to gain more publicity. Barry comes to the masked ball as well, where Daphne tells him that the jewelry she is wearing is real. Naturally, this leads to some thieves, disguised as actors and pretending to help Daphne reenact the scene in which her character is arrested, kidnapping her to steal the jewelry. Barry figures out what happens when the real actors manage to get loose, changes into the Flash, and saves Daphne and the jewels. Some time later, Barry is returning to Central City, and tells Daphne about Iris before bidding her good-bye. Daphne is quite understanding...but realizes that, by playing at being in love with her old sweetheart, she has now really fallen for him!

Daphne would return several more times, but never as a serious love interest for the Flash. They remained friends throughout his run, though.

These two Silver Age stories are a delight. The Mirror Master story is kooky, crazy fun, and is one of the best displays of how interesting Sam Scudder really is, while the Daphne story is sweet and helps to flesh out Barry’s past, which readers hadn’t known much about prior to this point. Both are very much of their time, but they’re still good reads. 

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Heli’s Fix-It Rec List

So a while ago I was asking for some fix-its for the Casifer storyline and got some amazing recs. And because they were all so good for my bitter heart, I decided to compile a list of spn fix-it recs by the season. The hashtags give info about whether the fic is gen or has a ship (which would be Destiel bc. you know me) and what issue the fic is trying to resolve or fix, as well as other things that I thought should be mentioned.

Here we go:

Season 8

A Room Of One’s Own by NorthernSparrow All Dean wants is a little privacy. Cas doesn't understand.

#destiel #explicit #post-s6 guilt #closure for godstiel

Season 9

Human Perspective by skydark Post 8x23 AU.  After the fall Dean realizes he's not trying teach Castiel to be human for purely selfless reasons; he hopes to gain something from it, too.

#destiel #human!Cas #endgame angel!cas #trueforms #team free heaven

There Are Many Things by imogenbynight In which Dean and Castiel learn, through trial and error, how to be together.

#destiel #9x03 #human!cas

My heart is beating from me by Enochian Things (Salr323) After Rexford, Castiel tries to live a normal life and Dean tries to let him go...  But nothing’s ever that easy.(Canon divergent from s9e06 “Heaven Can’t Wait”)

#destiel #human!cas #Daphne Allen #suicidal thoughts

Forgotten by NorthernSparrow Sam and Dean are working a case in Wyoming, but are distracted by news of a dangerous angel called "Castiel" who they can't remember ever having heard of before. The name seems a little bit familiar, but neither of the boys is sure why.

#gen fic #team free will #amnesia #human!cas #you will cry ur eyes out #i’m not kidding

Flight by NorthernSparrow Sequel to Forgotten. A/U from mid season 9. Castiel is human and wounded, and Dean and Sam need to get his grace back - and his wings. Things do not go as intended and Cas faces a difficult road. 

#destiel #team free will #wing fic #suicidal thoughts #Sam/OFC #you will sob

Season 10

Playing With Fire by aini-nufire When Charlie unearths the Book of the Damned, she draws the attention of the notorious Styne family, who will stop at nothing to get it back. And even with the help of an angel and a phoenix, the Winchesters might have bitten off more than they can chew…

#gen fic #Charlie lives

The Forever Crown by whichstiel Charlie's back on earth after being dead for over a year. As she investigates her mysterious resurrection, something lurks near her old Michigan stomping grounds.

#Charlie lives #Charlie/Gilda

The Most Important Thing by NorthernSparrow Jimmy Novak remembers nothing of the last six years. Reunited with his troubled daughter Claire, he's struggling to raise her on his own. The most important thing is to make Claire happy. But why does he keep having these dreams of wings, and of two men in a black car? (Canon-divergent from S10E11, when we first met Claire again and Dean was still struggling with the Mark of Cain. Takes places several months later).

#destiel #amnesia #team free will #Cas & Claire

Season 11

What is Hidden, What is Seen by ExpatGirl The Darkness has descended, and Castiel must make a choice. What, in reality, is the nature of Free Will, and where does love end and self-effacement begin? And why didn't Castiel know about the Mark of Cain and its relation to The Darkness in the first place? This began as a one-shot called "The Hanged Man" and has turned into...something else.

#destiel #s11 rewrite #Charlie lives #Hannah lives #Cas deserved better #trueform

Pieces by Castiel_For_King Castiel switched places with the Devil to give the world one last chance.  Almost a year after taking his place in the cage, Sam and Dean finally manage to get him out.  Unfortunately, some pieces got left behind.

#post-casifer #trauma recovery #wing fic #team free will #temporary amnesia

There’s An Angel In These Woods by Castiel_For_King "It had hurt, Dean remembered.  It had hurt deeply whenever he would snap out of worry or raise his voice in frustration and Cas would shrink away from him with fear flashing in his eyes and move instinctively towards Sam – where he felt safe, away from the threat, away from Dean.  It was that – seeing Cas looking at him like he was the dangerous thing that made his wings tremble and spread – which had been the driving force behind Dean’s quest to temper his ingrained reflexes and make an effort to act less like…well, a hunter.  Because he’d only just recently learned that it made Cas feel like prey.  Even if the angel didn’t understand what it was that he was feeling."

#destiel #post-casifer #trauma recovery #wing fic #team free will #Jesse/Cesar

Favorite Son by aini-nufire Coda to 11x18: Amara's plan to get God's attention works.Now with follow-up chapter after 11x20

#post-casifer #gen fic #team free will #Chuck & Cas

We Band of Brothers by LadyWallace S11 AU—Amara must be defeated, but Sam and Dean can’t do it alone, thus some unexpected help arrives in the newly resurrected archangels. But figuring out how to save Cas and Lucifer from Amara and creating a trap that will hold her might be too much to handle. Will they survive the final fight, or will the world fall into Darkness? Gen-No Slash

#gen fic #casifer #team free will #angel brothers

Three Angels Walk Into A Bar by 29-pieces Lucifer can't take on Amara by himself. Michael is useless, but there's another archangel that he might turn to - one who is none too happy about his big brother parading around in Castiel's body. Oh, or that whole thing where Cas is being tortured instead of left alone. Even if they beat Amara, how are they supposed to rescue Cas when the Devil holds all the cards? S11 AU

#gen fic #casifer #team free will #angel brothers

Season 12

The Choice by aini-nufire Post 12x19 “The Future” - It takes them a year to find Cas.

#brain washing #gen fic #team free will

The Sum Of My Regrets by procasdeanating “A quick trip to the past, that’s all. Look Cas, I know we can’t do anything about all the innocent people getting into the crossfire of our battles, but this I can do. Let me rescue this child and give Lily Sunder back her life. What can possibly go wrong?” In which Dean Winchester travels through time, learns a thing or two about best laid plans and falls in love with an angel – all over again.

#destiel #minor character undeath #cas in a female vessel #Lily Sunder

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National Enquirer, October 12

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Queen Elizabeth’s 73-year sham marriage to Prince Philip collapses

Page 2: Kanye West is in top-secret talks to launch his own TV network and is crowing it will be bigger than the Kardashians -- he wants it to reflect his lofty vision of what the world should be and to provide a spiritual awakening for the masses but he doesn’t realize there aren’t a lot of people who want to spend hours a day listening to him rant about how the world would be a better place if he was in charge -- meanwhile Kim Kardashian is at the end of her rope again 

Page 3: Furious Angelina Jolie is tearing into Brad Pitt’s new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski blasting her as a scheming psycho and as a borderline stalker who is dating Brad just to get famous and it’s going to end in disaster for the whole family not just him so she’s already told Brad to keep Nicole away from their kids and she’s looking to make this part of their ongoing legal case 

Page 4: Newly single Kelly Clarkson has enlisted fellow country star Maren Morris to help her find a new man -- Maren advised Kelly to use her talk show to connect with men she admires but Kelly may have taken her advice a little too literally when she had her crush Keanu Reeves on the show and was drooling all over him though she knows it’s probably wishful thinking 

Page 5: Ellen DeGeneres kicked off her new season by publicly apologizing for allegations of misconduct on her talk show but body language experts blasted her remarks as tone deaf and missing the mark totally 

Page 6: Jimmy Fallon’s wife Nancy Juvonen is furious over the time he spends nurturing his bond with close pal Kathie Lee Gifford -- Jimmy loves to reminisce about the old days at NBC with the former Today yakker especially during today’s challenging times and he worships her and he’s the only late-night host who treats Kathie Lee like an A-lister but Nancy can’t stand Kathie Lee’s constant self-obsessed talk and considers her a squeaky third wheel 

Page 7: Cher keeps trying to turn back time with plastic surgery but the results have been disastrous and although she insists her most recent work is a facelift her kisser is frozen and packed with Botox and fillers and lip injections -- she also appears to have had a nose job and a face and neck lift to achieve a smooth jawline and neck and the results have left Cher barely able to move her face and even made it difficult for her to speak let alone sing, disgraced chef Paula Deen had emergency eye surgery this summer in a desperate bid to save her sight -- Paula had been suffering from declining vision for months and was shocked when doctors told her the cornea was dying and going under the knife was necessary to save her sight 

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Tiger Woods took a brief break during practice, Leighton Meester caught some waves in Malibu, Kristen Taekman in a New York Jets bikini, Dolph Lundgren doffed his mask after leaving a lunch date in Beverly Hills, Dominic Cooper took his electric bike for a spin in London 

Page 11: Cash-strapped Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott are back in couples therapy and on the verge of filing for bankruptcy -- they’re in counseling for the same old stuff which is their constant fighting and spending money and work that isn’t happening -- the parents of five were hit with tax liens totaling nearly $1 million and were also sued by American Express over an unpaid credit card bill of almost $90,000 which Tori asked her mother Candy Spelling who is worth about $600 million to pay but Candy refused and after Candy revealed her plans to leave her fortune to animal charities Tori and Dean may file for bankruptcy because they both love to spend, Bravo bigwigs are hoping hotel heiress Kathy Hilton will fill the vacancy left by Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and producers are trying to keep ratings high by getting veteran Kyle Richards to recruit sister and former castmate Kim Richards and half sister Kathy -- Kathy is said to be high on producers’ wish list because of her wit and humor and is also considered old-school Beverly Hills and show brass want her to bring a certain glamour and sophistication to the show 

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- Demi Lovato at a NYC screening party (picture), when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve in Times Square Anderson Cooper won’t be there because he would rather be at home with his baby boy, The Bachelor has cut all ties with Colton Underwood after his ex Cassie Randolph got a temporary restraining order against him, Teresa Giudice plans to move to NYC after listing her New Jersey mansion but she still wants to keep her job on The Real Housewives of New Jersey and to get around that Teresa hopes to pretend she’s moved into her brother Joe Gorga’s home in Jersey 

Page 13: John Legend revealed couples therapy helps strengthen his marriage to Chrissy Teigen and said they keep their romance going strong by communicating and being considerate and listening, Jackie Stallone was more than just Sylvester Stallone’s mom -- she was also one of the world top astrologers and psychics who predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and Kanye West’s presidential run 

Page 14: Crime -- convicted Melrose Place killer Amy Locane is in lockup again for a fatal 2010 drunk-driving smashup that took one life and nearly took another after a New Jersey Superior Court Judge said she got off too easy by serving two years behind bars and sentenced Amy to eight more years in state prison 

Page 15: The gruesome house of horrors where Drew Carey’s ex-fiancee Amie Harwick brutally met her untimely end is on the market for $1.5 million and her family can’t wait to get rid of it, Shannen Doherty is in pretty good spirits amid her ongoing battle with stage 4 breast cancer according to her former Beverly Hills 90210 co-star Jason Priestley

Page 16: Cover Story -- After decades of turning a blind eye to her husband’s cheating Queen Elizabeth’s 72-year marriage has shockingly collapsed and Prince Philip is now banished to a remote cottage far away from the monarch -- despite royal courtiers painting a rosy picture of the couple quarantining together at Windsor Castle since March the truth is their marriage has been a sham for decades and they’ve been living separate lives for over 50 years and all this forced togetherness was simply too much for them -- Philip has been cheating on Elizabeth since before they were married and has several love children; he has rumored to have had flings with actress Helene Cordet and Daphne du Maurier and Pat Kirkwood and Jane Russell and Merle Oberon and Zsa Zsa Gabor and Princess Alexandria and Sacha Duchess of Abercorn and most recently Lady Penny Romsey -- there will be no divorce and they will just quietly continue their separate lives to the end of their days but the queen never wants to see Philip again 

Page 18: Larry King’s estranged wife Shawn Southwick is demanding $33,000 a month in spousal support because she claims she gave up her music and TV career to marry the frail talk show host and then raise their sons Chance and Cannon, Hollywood Hookups -- Halle Berry and Van Hunt dating, 90 Day Fiance stars Ashley Martson and Jay Smith split for good, Justin Duggar dating Claire Spivey 

Page 19: Tom Cruise is set to shoot the first major movie in outer space and he’s headed to the International Space Station in October 2021 with director Doug Liman -- the two and possibly one additional actor will hitch a ride aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to film the unnamed project, the IV needle allegedly used to administer the fatal dose of propofol to Michael Jackson on June 25 of 2009 is up for auction by the estate of the late singer’s father Joe and the chilling item used by Michael’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray is reportedly still stained with Michael’s blood -- it was submitted to the auction by Michael’s cousin Marsha Stewart who says she took it from Michael’s bedroom days after he died, Sharon Stone has pressed her lips on a long list of Hollywood hunks but picked Robert De Niro as far and away the best kisser but rated her other leading men as kind of like meh 

Page 20: Stars Playing Stars -- how they did it -- Muhammad Ali and Will Smith, Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek, Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx 

Page 21: Marilyn Monroe and Michelle Williams, Queen Elizabeth and Helen Mirren, Billie Holiday and Diana Ross, Bob Dylan and Cate Blanchett 

Page 22: An adopted son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen has charged it was his mother not his father who was the monster in the family -- Moses Farrow says Woody did not molest adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992 and that he can no longer stay silent as Woody continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit 

Page 26: Less than nine months after Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash a vicious feud has ripped the family apart -- the row erupted between his widow Vanessa Bryant and her mother Sofia Laine after Sofia went on TV to publicly accuse her daughter of tossing her out of the family home -- Vanessa feels she’s already given her mom so much and then she heard through the grapevine that Sofia complained she should have more -- it does seem cold that Vanessa would take such action against her mother but she’s ready to take on anyone using her husband and child’s deaths as a selfish cash grab and that includes Sofia 

Page 27: Danny Masterson’s rape trial is looming and the Church of Scientology is doing everything in its power to back the scandal-scarred actor -- the church’s leaders have assigned their top lawyers to aid Danny who is a prominent member of the religion and the lawyers are scouring every law on the books to get the case thrown out or get him acquitted -- the church has previously been accused of trying to get the other side’s defenses dismissed or judges thrown off cases and using all manner of tactics to delay due process 

Page 28: American Life -- Bighearted ex-billionaire Chuck Feeney has spent 38 years giving away nearly all of his vast fortune and the generous do-gooder said he wouldn’t have had it any other way 

Page 29: Famed stoner Willie Nelson can’t stop sampling his own marijuana products and now friends fear the 87-year-old music legend is smoking himself to death -- Willie’s a believer in the powers of cannabis and promotes it passionately but years of smoking has done a number on his lungs and he can barely breathe at times, Julia Duffy has been keeping close a tragic heartache for more than a year -- her only son Danny Lacy committed suicide at age 29 after years of suffering from mental health issues 

Page 34: Comic Kathy Griffin has seen her popularity plummet in recent years and it’s played a role in her plans to sell her sprawling Bel Air estate -- Kathy has burned a lot of bridges and concerts and TV appearances have dried up because of her many industry conflicts so she’s trying to unload her massive manor with wine cellar and movie theater and eight bedrooms for $16 million -- she didn’t want to sell it but the cost and size have become too much for her to handle 

Page 36: Health Watch 

Page 38: CIA bigwigs once hired a psychic to determine if there was life on Mars -- the misguided mission was said to be part of Project Stargate which was launched in 1978 and somehow cost an astronomical $20 million after the CIA hired a man who claimed he could see the surface of the planet in his mind -- the unnamed man claimed he could see huge pyramids and an obelisk structure and road networks on the Red Planet as well as living creatures, John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman shocked the parole board when he admitted he deserved the death penalty even as he begged for his freedom at his last hearing -- his murderous motive was seeking self-glory -- the board denied his parole saying they found his statement infamy brings you glory disturbing 

Page 42: Red Carpet -- London Fashion Week 

Page 45: Spot the Differences -- Luke Bryan and his dog Choc 

Page 47: Odd List -- doctors remove granny’s football-sized tumor 

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Ok so my Barry Allen relationship post blew up again, and thanks I guess, so I'm compelled to talk about this more. So here's more analysis on Barry's love interests from the comics that most people tend to forget.

Barry swings from kinda of being a dork/flustered/oblivious about flirting/relationships to being cool as a cucumber, calm, emotionally mature and knows what he wants... So his love interests are all over the place

Zatanna - often flirted with him, they kissed and had wild adventures during one of her shows, Barry was the first one she showed her new outfit too when she was trying to redefine herself, which lead them to make out in the Watchtower, Barry calls her Tanna, and Barry said once that when he looked at her he forgot the face of every girl he met before. They might have been lovers but they both hesitant on starting a full relationship, probably because the writer conveniently remembered Barry was seeing someone else in his personal comic. They need to interact again even if its strictly platonic because it was a fun dynamic

Daphne Dean - was a childhood sweetheart of Barry's and they used to play games as kids with Barry dressed up as the Flash. They were the talk of the town apparently and while they kept in touch, Daphne went on to be a famous actress and Barry headed off to Central City.

They have an on and off relationship, Daphne's PR tries to capitalize on the childhood romance for Daphne's image and she usually goes along with to a certain extent but only till it hits her that 'yeah I'm actually still in love with him' and puts her foot down, Barry usually remains oblivious to all this. Barry helps her out with kidnappers, and old stalker from their childhood, and she helped him out with an issue with Golden Glider. Their flirting ranged from remenicing 'the good old days' to later acknowledging that 'yes I am flirting with you and you are flirting with me' no hesitation

Dinah Lance - Mostly out of the JLA Year One run from Post Crisis. Pre-Crisis they were mostly just teammates, Barry knew her from Black Canary Golden Age comics, and called her pretty bird or bird lady-but then most of her teammates did.

They flirted back and forth in JLA Year One, but Dinah was hesitant to start anything because she didn't want to be like her mother and have an affair with another hero. They kissed before realizing Dinah loves being Black Canary too much and Barry loves being both Flash and Barry, but the romance was still there even though they kept it platonic. I just wish they would interact again because they had a fun friendship.

Meena Dhawan - I wish another writer would pick this character up because I have not liked anything out of the new Flash run, which is a shame bec I want to care about this character. Meena was one of the new speedsters out of the Joshua Williamson's first Flash arc where he tried to do what Manapul did but worse.

She is a scientist who is helps out the people who got caught in the SpeedForce storm and of course Barry gets all heart eyes about it. They offhandedly flirt and then kiss in a spam of two issues where Barry then reveals his identity which is kinda a big deal because his secret identity has always been super important to him in the past, and then Meena is seemingly killed by Godspeed, who callously says that Barry shouldn't even care because they barely knew each other. Meena comes back in a weird way, everyone's weary at first and then it revealed she is working for the bad guys and the last time I checked she is in prison so yeah...

Jessica Cruz - I didn't expect writer to try to go in a romantic direction with these two because they started out with a pretty solid friendship. Jessica is thrown into the superhero world due to the Power Ring and Barry helps her out in fights/control/ talks her down and gets ice cream. So it was like a mentor/student dynamic except not really because they're equal standing characters, kinda going back to when Barry had the same dynamic with Firestorm and Elongated Man.

Jessica saves Barry's life at the cost of her own, but dont worry she's fine! They dance around and then go on a date, and it's kinda cute before plot happens. An alternative reality reveals that they had three kids together, an older daughter named Nora, and twins Jason and Jenny. Nora takes after her father in regards to powers and the twin take after Jessica's powers as well, but their emotions connected to their powers overwhelms them sometimes. The kids are adorable and Barry/Jessica with the kids are even more adorable

Patty Spivot - originally just a friend and coworker, showed up around the late 70s, the time Barry has been married to Iris for awhile. They were just work buddies, and Barry mentioned once about her and a man named Daniel so it's not like she had a secret crush on him. They take turns buying donuts, complain about work, etc. <--And look a completely platonic relationship between a slightly older man and a younger woman with no weird undertones! Then Geoff Johns happens and he implies that Patty and Barry knew eachother when Barry started out at the lab, and that they danced around eachother before Barry and Iris started dating.

Then in New 52, Barry and Patty are dating, and it had it's cute moments but it felt like writers were spinning their wheels because they had to tease out the Barry/Iris relationship, and honestly if your heart isn't in it, you should have just kept it platonic.

Fiona Webb - <---Barry's fiancee and would have his second/third wife. Her real name was Beverly Lewis, and had to be put in witness protection after she learned too much about her former employer. Barry meets her a year after Iris' death when he is moving on with his life, and moving into Utopia Towers as her next door neighbor.

Their first meeting goes like this: Barry thinks about the lonely nights ahead of him and stops midthought when he sees her with a 'yiyiyi'. He says it looks like she walked out of a dream, flusteredly tried to introduce himself but she kinda brushed him off. Fiona acts cold to Barry at first but she eventually warms up to him after he helps her out with the issue of her former employer. They became friends and have a little friend group with their other neighbor Mack Nathan and his son. They dance around eachother a lot, but eventually go on a lot of romantic dates. Barry calls her 'Green Eyes' and she doesn't take any of his bs.

Their relationship is on and off due to Barry's relationship with Z and Daphne and Fiona relationship with the Senator she works for. The Senator is conveniently the new villain that's been targeting the criminals of Central City, so he kidnaps her and Barry has to rescues her. They're together again after that whole fiasco, but have to deal with drama of criminals coming after them because Fiona is still in witness protection and Barry makes enemies as part of CCPD. There was no big proposal scene, Barry casually asks her how she feels about June Weddings and she says why wait and they plan the wedding pretty quick. I think it was stated it was three years after they met?

So they have a quick wedding, Firestorm mentions he's upset that the Justice League wasn't invited but to be fair its all pretty sudden. Barry's friends from work come, Ralph also attends, Mack Nathan etc, Wally tries to sneak in late. Barry is determined not to be late like always so he heads out to the church, almost forgets the ring but has a good laugh about it until surprise!!! Eobard Thawne comes back from being missing for years.

Thawne has Barry chase him all over the world putting people in danger so Barry cant catch up to him, while he does his evil monologue. Fiona is getting extremely frustrated and embarrassed, thinks she's being stood up. Thawne reveals he planning on killing Fiona and Barry freaks out. Just as Fiona walks out the door crying Thawne races to put his hand through her head and Barry stops him by grabbing at his neck. Barry instantly goes over comfort Fiona, not realizing what happened.

Due to the audience of the whole scene he can't reveal he's actually Barry and Fiona is still super upset. Thawne is revealed to be dead, the Flash is put on Trial for murder, Barry Allen is missing/presumed dead, and Fiona has a breakdown due to all this trauma conga line. Barry just wants to take her away with him but with the upcoming Trial he realizes he can never have a normal life again after this.

The trial eventually takes a turn for the worse, Barry's lawyer Cecile tells him to reveal his identity so that the court knows that he was only trying to save his fiancee from the fate of his first wife, but Barry refuses, stating that if he goes to prison then at least Fiona won't be in more danger because of him. Its obvious through this arc that Barry and Fiona still love eachother but both are in a real bad place right now.

And I have to say this was some interesting drama that DC never resolved or followed through with, and just outright ignored, which is a shame because Barry and Fiona was another interesting relationship that fell to the wayside due to poor writing or just a general lack of interest in the Flash's supporting cast

[thequeenxofhearts]

Horror House | Scooby Doo Fanfic - Chapter 1

This was supposed to be published on October 16th, but I just couldn’t wait any longer! I’m so proud of this and I hope you like it! Rated M

Prologue

“It’s too snowy. We should find somewhere to stop for the night.” The girl said as she and her husband drove through a snow storm. “There isn’t anywhere to stop. Unless you want to sleep in the car.” He replied.

“It’ll be safer than driving through this storm.” She said, stubbornly, then “What’s that?” She asked, as she pointed to a house in the distance. “We can’t stay there!” He exclaimed as he looked at the house. “Why the hell not?” She asked, annoyed.

“It looks like the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland for one and two, we don’t know the people who live there, if people do live there.” He exclaimed.

“We could die out here!” She exclaimed, he rolled his eyes and groaned, “Fine.” He said, driving up to the house. “Oh look.” She said, pointing to a sign outside the house: CLIFFORD HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST – VACANCY

 “Just our luck.” She smiled, and he felt a little bit safer, “It’s probably an old couple who own it and just don’t have the money to renovate it.” She smiled.

He pulled up outside the house and grabbed their case, they walked up to the house, “I’m starting to get a signal, only one bar though.” She said, as she looked at her phone, “I’ll text mom and tell we had to stop for the night, we’ll be there tomorrow.” She said. “Ok.” He said, pushed open the door upon seeing the sign; Please Come In and Open 24 Hours

“Hello?” He asked as they stepped into the building, and towards a desk, a sign read Ring Bell For Assistance, Harry pressed the button on the desk, a few seconds later a dark haired man popped his head around the door behind the desk.

“Hello,” He said. “How may I help you?” The man was wearing a navy-blue blazer with matching bottoms and a white shirt. His name badge read; Georgie.

“Do you have any rooms for the night?” The young man asked. “Yes we do,” Georgie said as he grabbed a key on the wall behind him, “Come with me.” He smiled, the couple followed him. “We have plenty of rooms, the storm had kept many people away.” Georgie said. “Oh, that’s a shame.” She said, sympathetically.

Georgie led them room 37, “Breakfast is at seven thirty, the owners, Mr and Mrs Clifford will prepare it for you.” Georgie smiled, “Thank you.” The young man said. “Goodnight.” Georgie said. The woman looked at his name badge, “Goodnight, Georgie, see you tomorrow.” She smiled, Georgie smiled back, “Alright.” He said, sounding sarcastic.

 That night, the couple slept soundly until the woman’s arm became numb and she rolled onto her back, her eyes opened slightly as she rolled over, then a scream of terror filled the room.

 Chapter 1

Buffallo, New York – 2 months later

The Gang’s office

 After graduating from high school, the gang decided they wanted to continue solving mysteries, they went to law school and they became detectives after working with the local police for a few years.

They started their own business, becoming self-employed, they became detectives/bounty hunters, and they thought their job was the best they could have ever had, though their families thought it was a dangerous job.

 They hadn’t long returned from New Mexico, after reports suggested someone was continuing the work Max, Steve and Laura had started, but it was just a couple of teenagers pranking the locals. They did run into Lester though, who hadn’t changed a bit.

 “There’s nothing to do!” Velma exclaimed, as she banged her head on her desk.

Scooby began to bark as a large envelope fell from the letter box onto the floor. Scooby picked it up and put it on Velma’s desk. “Thanks Scooby.” Velma said, throwing him a Scooby snack.

“What is it?” Fred asked, from the laptop. “Oh my gosh!” Velma exclaimed. “What?” Daphne asked, looking up from the potted plants. “It’s that missing persons case from Michigan, you know that couple who disappeared before Christmas.” Velma said.

“Seriously?” Shaggy asked, “It didn’t take long for the police t’like, come to us.”

“I think they’re desperate for us to be on this case.” Velma said, “Why do you think that?” Fred asked. “Well, Jessica and Harry Allen have been missing for four months and there’s been nothing since day one. Not a single clue.” Velma said. “Usually it takes them longer before they admit they need us.”

“Well, if you forget about Batman for a sec, we are America’s best detectives.” Shaggy said, rubbing his goatee, “Like, we need t’work on our combat skills.”

Velma rolled her eyes, “Meeting time, guys!” She exclaimed, climbing up from the desk. She headed to the whiteboard. She pinned a picture of Jessica and Harry Allen onto the whiteboard and wrote their names under their picture.

“Jessica Louise Douglas, twenty-seven, born on July fourteenth, nineteen ninety-one in Duluth, Michigan.” Fred said, Velma wrote it on the board. “And Harry Charles Allen, twenty-seven also, born on October twentieth, nineteen ninety-one, also born in Duluth, Michigan.” Fred said. “They both moved to Hancock when Harry’s job transferred him.”

“Any distinguishing features?” Velma asked. “Jessica has mole on her lower back and a scar on her right hand, says she was bitten by her aunt’s dog when she was seven.” Fred said. “And Harry has a dragon tattoo on his leg and Jessica’s name on his chest.” Fred said.

“Is there a picture of those tattoos?” Velma asked, “Yes.” Fred said, pulling the pictures out of the envelope, Velma pinned them to the board.

“Any vehicles?” Velma asked. “Yes, they were driving a red Ford Fiesta ST, license plate CFT 1867.” Daphne said.

 “Jobs?” Velma asked, as she wrote away. “Harry works for Jaguar, he was applying for a new company car a few days before the disappearance, the Fiesta is Jessica’s.” Fred said.

“The car is missing.” Daphne added. “Ok.” Velma added.

“The file says the investigation was affected by the snow storm, the police couldn’t carry out a proper investigation until the roads had cleared properly, it was too dangerous.” Fred said.

“Jessica worked at Forever Twenty-One, she was the assistant manager.” Daphne said.

 “File says they were last seen at a gas station in Wakefield, Michigan.” Daphne said, looking over Fred’s shoulder. “Credit card statement proves it.” Fred said. “Jessica called her mother, Angela Douglas, on the morning of December twentieth, she told her that she and Harry were leaving home at two pm and were expecting to arrive in Duluth at around sixish.” Daphne said.

“But Jessica text Angela at eleven pm on December twentieth saying they were stopping in a hotel because of the storm and they would be arriving in Duluth on the afternoon of the twenty first.” Fred said.

“That’s a big-time difference.” Velma said, shocked. “If they were expected to be in Duluth for six o’clock then why text at eleven? What happened between six o’clock and eleven o’clock?” Velma asked.

“Credit card statement says they paid for gas at four thirty.” Fred said. “Which gas station?” Velma asked. “Statement just says Wakefield Gas and Food.” Fred said, “All of his statements were emailed, the bank printed and sent the statement to the police, but it took them a while to locate the gas station because of the storm.”

“Did they interview the guy who sold them the gas?” Velma asked. “Yes, his name is Luke Alexander.” Fred said.

“Right, that’s all we’ve got.” Daphne concluded.

Velma finished writing the last few notes on the board.

 “I suggest we go to Michigan, speak to their bosses, colleagues, family and then try and find out where they went after the gas station.” Fred said. “Let’s load up the van.”

“We should stop at the gas station.” Shaggy said, “We’ll need supplies if we’re driving t’Michigan, plus I can put my portable sandwich toaster t’use.” Shaggy said.

“Alright fine.” Fred said.

 “We should go now.” Velma said. The gang loaded up the Mystery Machine and headed to Michigan, stopping at the gas station just outside Buffalo.

Shaggy and Scooby went into the store and Fred filled up the van, Daphne and Velma stayed in the van, Daphne looked out the window at Fred. “Do you think he’s been acting differently?” Daphne asked quietly. “I don’t know, why do you ask?” Velma asked as she read through the file.

“I think he has, ever since his mom moved out of that house.” Daphne said. “His mom only moved six miles away from her old house.” Velma said. “He’s not keen on change.” Daphne said. “It didn’t stop him moving out of that house and moving in with you.” Velma said. “That’s a bit different, his mom was still living there when he moved in with me.” Daphne said.

“Also…that house was the last place he was with his dad.” Daphne said. “Oh.” Velma said, looking up from the papers. “That was years ago.” Velma said. “I know.” Daphne said.

Fred climbed back into the van, “Just waiting for the boys now.” He said, smiling. Daphne smiled back at him. Shaggy and Scooby returned with their arms filled with food. “Typical.” Velma muttered as they climbed into the van. “Let’s go.” Shaggy said.

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down at the catfe.

“Daphne, there’s nothing to be afraid of.” Exasperation crept into Lili’s tone but there was an affectionate smile on her face as she tried to coax her white cat out of hiding. Two year old Sophia Allen perched next to her, her blonde curls hanging in front of her eyes as she mimicked Lili’s bent over form and the sight made the blonde smile. “Say here kitty kitty,” she coached Sophia and the little toddler managed a high-pitched, lispy version of what Lili had said but that didn’t help Daphne come out either. She had been frightened by the loud squeals of the two children and had dived for cover underneath the table in Lili’s trailer. Lili exchanged an amused glance with Keegan before letting out a sigh.

“Alright. She’s forcing me to call out the big guns.” Playfully rolling up her imaginary sleeves, Lili’s eyebrows furrowed as she took a bag of cat treats from a drawer and then shook it loudly. Daphne, like always, fell for the trick. She scooted out and Lili picked her up, cradling the cat to her chest and then hooked a leash around her neck. She didn’t feel like holding her in a cat carrier all day and the crew was used to seeing the blonde walk her cat along the lot. She moved Daphne so that she was nose to nose with Minin, the cat hissing her displeasure and causing Lili to roll her eyes. “Daph, you’re so snooty.”

It had been a somewhat uneventful morning. Lili had shown Keegan around the set, introduced him to a few cast mates who didn’t know him already, and him and his kids had entertained themselves while she was shooting. Now it was time for her lunch break and the main attraction - Lili was planning on taking Keegan, Minin, Phillip, and Sophia to the Catfe in Vancouver. Hopefully they’d like it and if not, at least they’d feel right at home with the cats crawling all over them. “Everybody ready for our surprise?” @supitskeegs

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“ so you’re here why… ? ” god, maybe they should bring back gatekeeping. she wasn’t sure how she would have enough pull to stop her sisters from getting hired ( especially when their resumes were undoubtedly far better than hers ), but… she’d figure it out ! there were rumors that people slept with rolfe to blackmail him – maybe she’d just do that. that said, the other’s following question was… a fair one… primarily because she couldn’t remember. so it was time to do what she did best: go forth with all the unearned confidence in the world and pretend she did ! “ i was going to go check how the almaz vodka shoot was going. got a little sidetracked. ” …that was its name, right ? like… that’s what daphne and alexander referred to it as, right ?

“ were you ? ” ‘a few weeks’ had officially broken her trust. did allie deserve the lingering resentment over that clear lie ? … probably not, but listen… in both cases, there was an easy way to alert her ( given that, unlike allen and anna, she’d yet to block her sisters ). “ i feel like you could’ve just sent, like, a text like ‘hey girl, gonna be working at masters! party face emoji!’ ” that was how they texted, right ? 

“ y’know, i’d expect you to know by now – given the perfection, and all – that the phrase is actually ‘the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.’ “ she definitely knew it, alice could feel it in her bones. nonetheless, she was totally going to reference it for her argument ! “ allen is not a part of my figurative covenant – i’ll call him and anna whatever the hell i want. ” …weren’t copious amounts of weed, among other more illicit substances, supposed to relax you ? “ yeah, sure, you do – a head’s up would’ve been nice, y’know, because moving on ain’t real easy when i just, like… randomly see you and alex ? but just try to tell me they didn’t have any pull over this decision. just try to tell me alex getting poached over here didn’t have any pull. ”

“Yes!” Allison insisted. “Maybe I would have had an easier time reaching out if you didn’t just fall off the face of the planet after leaving to work here. Really, I figured it was a 50/50 shot you even still worked here, and I took my chances.” Maybe she was being defensive, but she had the every right to be. She didn’t need to be interrogated over her reasoning for not reaching out sooner. Alice was making it very clear why she didn’t. 

Allison couldn’t help the eye roll as Alice pulled out some idiom to justify her behavior. It wasn’t as if their parents had personally ruined her life. Allison was pretty sure that her Sister was capable of that all on her own. “You’re really something else sometimes, Alice. They’ve done everything for you, and they still talk so highly of you. The least you can do is show an iota of respect.”

“It’s a big building, I’m sure you’ll find a way to avoid us some more.” Allie said, brushing off her Sister. She faltered slightly at the accusation. Because, they did have pull over everything Allison did. Her parents were the center of the universe, and she simply tried to get her time in their sunlight. If that meant getting a job at Alice’s oh-so impressive office, then so be it. 

“So what if they did? Masters’ is a great place, with great opportunities. Hundreds of people work here, and even more want to. I’m not giving this up because it makes you uncomfortable. Alex shouldn’t have to either.”

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Tonya Harding survives, Nagasu, Rippon lead

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Actress Allison Janney gives her thoughts on Tonya Harding at the 2018 Golden Globes. USA TODAY

Tonya Harding and partner Sasha Farber from ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars: Athletes”(Photo: Allen Berezovsky, Getty Images)

The “legend” will dance again.

Tonya Harding, Olympic figure skater and lightning rod for controversy, survived a second week of this spring’s athletes edition of Dancing with the Stars on Monday night on ABC.

She was not the best Olympic figure skater, not even the second best. Mirai Nagasu and Adam Rippon, who both skated in Pyeongchang three months ago, are tied at the top halfway through the truncated four-week season.

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 70, was sent home by the live voting along with Arike Ogunbowale, the Notre Dame basketball player and first athlete with NCAA eligibility to compete on the show. Where was that Irish fan base given half the scoring comes from viewers?

The eight dancers did one routine with their partners and then split into teams for another in the two-hour show.

Was there really any doubt Harding would return? After all, she had been promoted as “figure skating legend” by the network. Forget that calling Harding a “legend” doesn’t make you just raise your eyebrows. It makes them pop off your face and fly across the room.

No matter. Her role in the 1994 attack on fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan seems forgotten and forgiven in this setting. In fact, the show surely benefits from the drama.

She and partner Sasha Farber danced to “Redneck Woman,” which … well … better not …. uh … just let her say it:

“Redneck woman is totally me,” she said before the dance. “It will be fun to show the world another side of me.”

Well, then.

The judges gave her three 8’s and a 9 (from guest judge Rashad Jennings, the former NFL player and season 24 champ) and gushed over her, with Carrie Ann Inaba even calling her “poignant.”

Our judge, Shauna Fuhs, pom coach at Gaithersburg (Md.) High School who has been scoring the dancers for nine seasons, grudgingly gave her an 8.

“Unfortunately, not bad,” said Fuhs of Harding. “It was a cute routine. She raises her shoulders too much, which the judges also complained about. I didn’t like her boots. You couldn’t tell if she was pointing her toes.”

More: Tonya Harding survives ‘Dancing with the Stars’ opener but Adam Rippon, Mirai Nagasu star

More: Tonya Harding movie wants your sympathy, but let’s not forget the facts

Rippon received high praise from the judges and one 10 for his quick step. Our judge completely agreed.

“I think he’s our winner,” said Fuhs. “I think it’s a safe bet. He’s the most fun to watch.”

For now he’s still tied with close friend Nagasu. But she wins in the contest for best quote, summing up her approach to DWTS by saying, “I’m just a Valley girl trying to become a ballroom dancer.”

Washington Redskin Josh Norman, third last week, had a strong dance mimicking the movements of a bullfighter but fell back a bit in the scoring. Olympic luge medalist Chris Mazdzer let his engaging personality come out, did a “graceful” Viennese Waltz, said Fuhs, and made his move with three 8’s and a 9.

Olympic softball champ Jennie Finch-Daigle was improved over last week but hesitant. She was called “competent,” by judge Len Goodman, which did not seem like a good omen. But she survived, perhaps gaining fan votes in the pre-dance video in which she insisted the song she was supposed to dance to — Make Me Feel by Janelle Monae — be changed because it was too risque. She performed to Do It like This by Daphne Willis.

Abdul-Jabbar’s partner, 5-6 Lindsay Arnold, danced for a bit on the shoulders of another pro to make up for the height difference. Jabbar “improved,” said Fuhs, but the gimmick was not enough. Still, he gets tons of credit for effort.

Next week three dancers will be eliminated.

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12 Harkness Street, Woollahra, is “red hot”, says the managing director of Sotheby’s International, Michael Pallier. The character-filled Woollahra home of John Lysaght Australia’s former managing director, John Lysaght, is wowing eastern suburbs families because of its huge potential. Lysaght, 91, who in the 1980s ran the now BHP subsidiary that makes Colorbond roofs and Zincalume steel, is downsizing from the five-bedroom home at 12 Harkness Street after 32 years. And the Sotheby’s managing director, Michael Pallier, says the charming home on a 630sq m north facing double block is “red hot” ahead of its August 15 auction. It has a price guide of $4.5 million. “People love it,” Pallier said. MORE: ‘Glamorama’ goes up for sale Sex toy couple snap up penthouse 12 Harkness Street, Woollahra, features huge character-filled entertainment areas with high decorative ceilings. John Lysaght has lived here for 39 years. // // “It has that due north aspect, it’s on the park, elevated and a double block of land … there’s the potential to build on the second block like the neighbours have.” Son Andrew Lysaght said his father and late mother, Janet, had loved living there. “My father was a very keen woodworker turned sculptor and artist after he retired, and built a studio workshop on the second title of the place,” he said. 61 Village High Road, Vaucluse, has iconic views from the large open-plan living room … … and also from the master bedroom. Pallier describes the market as “very strong” because of the shortage of stock. He sold the Village High Rd, Vaucluse home that property records show was owned by the late Elva Sadler, who died last year at 96, on Saturday for $5,696,000 — $200,000 over reserve — at auction. The result was the highest price achieved in Sydney on the weekend. Many of the rooms and rooftop terrace have views of the Bridge, Opera House and city skyline. The formal dining room also has a Harbour Bridge view … … but the best view of all is from the rooftop terrace. The buyer ended up being an eastern suburbs family, though the underbidder was an expat on the phone from Singapore looking for a home to return to. And the third-highest bidder was a gentleman from the country who arrived in his Bentley, had never seen the property before, had a quick look around and registered, grabbed a paddle and started bidding. He’d apparently wanted it as a home for his 18-year-old daughter. Pallier is yet to see any impact on the market from the re-emergence of COVID-19 on our doorsteps. “We’ve had a lot of sales in the last month — even in the last week we’ve had a lot of sales, with most selling beyond what we were thinking. “We haven’t experienced any impact yet, but we’re just taking each day at a time and making hay while the sun shines.” Double Bay royalty Geoff Kyle , who used to run the high end tableware shop Studio Haus , is selling his unit in Gladswood Gardens, Double Bay. Picture: John Appleyard A house-sized Art Deco apartment at 1&2/4 Gladswood Gardens, Double Bay owned by Geoff Kyle, who ran the popular Double Bay high-end tableware store Studio Haus, goes to auction on August 12 with a guide of $3 million via Daphne Sauvage and Michael Pallier of Sotheby’s. Offered for the first time in 39 years, it’s a rare find as it’s an amalgamation of two apartments. Kyle, who mingled with Hollywood royalty such as Barbra Streisand and Woody Allen during a stint a few decades back operating Bennison Fabrics in Los Angeles and New York, is now planning to move on. “I’m gonna downsize — I don’t need three-bedrooms and four carparking spaces these days,” he said. He’s had plenty of homegrown royalty nearby, with Banjo Bond — grandson of Alan and Eileen — selling next door for $2.95m last May. Big Red still owns the penthouse at No. 9 Gladswood Gardens. And former Little River Band frontman Glenn Shorrock sold his waterfront for $8.55 million in February. My pick 44/200-218 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills, is in the popular designer block Alto, and comes with a huge 66sq m terrace. This Surry Hills pet-friendly two-bedder with parking in ‘Alto’ comes with a huge 66sq m terrace. All up, the apartment, at 44/200-218 Goulburn Street, has 145 sqm of living space. Both bedrooms open to the terrace and the main has an ensuite. It’s owned by former food and beverage manager for Hoyts Matt Ezra, who is moving to Queensland. Raine and Horne Double Bay’s Martin Maskin and Jean Michel Rudsdale have a $1,475,000 guide for an August 20 auction. Dentist cleans up 20 Ray Ave, Vaucluse, originally had a price guide of $20m. It sold for $15.6m. Dentist Vincent Phung and his BT financial consultant wife Susan have extracted a good deal on the $20m Vaucluse mansion of former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer, paying $15.6m. The Michael Dysart-designed home at 20 Ray Avenue was first listed on February 27, ahead of Easter with the optimistic guide. Updated property title records last Friday revealed the identity of the purchasers along with the sale price. When contacted, listing agent Brad Pillinger of Pillinger refused to discuss anything to do with the sale, which occurred at the start of April. Though under the circumstances of the time, he did well to sell it for what he did. When the deal was done, the market was in a confused state, with open homes banned and both buyers and sellers wary. It’s since improved considerably. Just two months later, Pillinger locked in a $30m sale in Bellevue Hill, when Shay Lewis-Thorp, daughter of the late property developer Bernard Lewis, sold her five-bedroom mansion in an off-market deal to her neighbour Louise Christie. The post Colorbond roof man John Lysaght’s Woollahra home on double block is ‘red hot’ appeared first on realestate.com.au. from news – realestate.com.au https://ift.tt/30NuBGj

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Slimer watched the sad clown join H.P. Lovecraft as he was chatting up Captian Marvel. Behind us, drunk furries chased each other. This is the sort of thing that can really only happen at ConCoction.

I got out of work later than last year but still had hopes that i could make the opening cermemoniesif I stepped on it. When I rushed into the Bertrem I saw to my dismay that the line for registration was almost out the door. A man worked the line with a bowl of choclates, handing out Dove mins to everyone.

“Long line triggered the candy bonus,” he explained.

I got my badge too late to make the Opening ceremonies so I headed back to the car to pull on my Ghostbusters coveralls. I shrugged the proton pack on and tossed the gloves and goggles into the monkey head. I noticed that breathing was difficult due to the poor ventlation in the large mask and didn’t want to get into it until I’d gotten inside the building. Knightmage sotted me as I was wandering in and headed over to greet me and look over the costume.

“Tracy the Gorilla,” he said shaking his head. “Man, that’s obscure. Did you just see the monkey head and think Tracy?”

“It was in the back of my mind,” I admitted. “But a gorilla suit is also one of those things you should just HAVE in your closet – like a little black dress.”

Tracy of course was the third member of the original Ghostbusters from the 1975 TV show  starring Larry Storch (Who I met a year or so ago) and Forrest Tucker. When Filmation made thier Ghostbusters cartoon, they stated that the characters were the grandsons of Storch and Tucker, but that Tracy was the same gorilla. I wanted to mash it up so I decided to up Tracy in a proton pack and coveralls from the ’84 movie (though I added a t-shirt with the filmation logo under it, one extra touch), integrating him into the  Columbia Ghostbusters as well. ‘Mage circled me to check out the pack as I pinted out the christmas lights and laundry detergant caps  that made up the prop. He laughed as I excused myself to head inside.

Living inside the Gorilla head was similar to wearing Mr. Freeze. I had to keep moving to keep circulation going in the mask otherwise air would get stagnant. I was right to make Concoction the premire for this suit though – it’s one of the few places that would really get the gag, and boy did they. I caught my buddy Jason as well as connecting with Nicole and spotting Annye and her husband Zeke on the other side ofthe hall. Wandering in to the art show I head Vanessa’s voice pipe up “I know who’s in that costume!”. It’s always good to be at Concoction. Much like Cinema Wasteland, it’s home. Even if there’s no familiar faces around, yo ucan talk to anyone. It’s one of those very few places where the words “Mind if I share your table?” dosen’t fill me with dread. I ate with strangers several times in the con suite chatting abotu the day and the goings on. In the corner, a rack full of battered old sci-fi paperbacks was available to browse. That’s one of those things I love about Concoction – the books. That heavy literary focus helps it feel a lot like the Star Trek conventions of the 80’s. Roger Zelazney ut it best in Nine princes in Amber – “It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.”

I had my own book with me, a copy of my battered old “Dreams ofthe Raven” by Carmen Carter, but honestly, I barely touched it. During lunch, my table mate and I listened to the energetic conversation going on next to us.

“See, Scooby Doo dosen’t ever interact with anyone else on the team.  That’s because he dosen’t actually talk – it’s just that Shaggy is high off his gord the entire time! And anyone who thinks Daphne and Fred are together is nuts. Fred is asexual – he’s totally oblivious. Daphane is one of those spoiled rich girls – she’s just there to play with him and break his heart. He looked like someone she could manipulate like that. But man, she HATES Shaggy…”

The volume occasionally elevated to near shouting. I looked over at my tablemate. Like mine, her eyes were wide in disbelief behind her tablet.

“This is the best panel of the weekend!”

Back in the actual programming, I sat in on Knightmage’s Cosplaying for Charity panel. Halfway he paused to shake his head laughing at me, sitting in the back.

“The gorllia just keeps…STARING at me!”

“I can fix that!” I exclaimed and brought down the Ecto Goggles, covering the unblinking gorilla eyes.

“That’s not better!”

As the evening wore on I wandered over to the comedy showcase. Concoction is the only other convention I know of besides Monster Bash that includes stand up comedy and I always dig it. Two of the comics were late so the host kept us entertained with cat videos on  the projector. About twenty minuets late, the set started. I whipped out my camera hoping to livestream the set (So I could save it later) but once t he material began to involve graphic depictions of The Simpsons knocking boots, I thought better of it. The show started to slow down with the second preformer.

“You know what? Let’s talk about some stuff that you guys are intrested in. What do you want to talk about?”

He pointed at me. I comically looked behind me, making sure he wasn;t refrecing another gorilla. and then pointed to myself in exaggerated motions.

“Me?”

“Sure!” What do you want to talk about? Bananas?”

“That’s a very hurful stereotype,” I deadpanned. The room lost it.

Before I snuck out later the host walked by me and clapped me on the shoulder, telling me I got the biggest laugh of the night.

After five hours in the monkey suit I’d had enough and shed the Ghostbuster look before returning to catch the Confused Greenies do improv games. I knew I wouldn’t be able to stay fo the Saturday night show so I wanted to make sure I got to this one. They started out with a skit about aliens arriving on earth during Carnivale, then went into Whoose line type comedy. Close to midnight, I decided wisdom was the better part of valor, and popped out early, skipping the barfleet party to brave the hour drive back home.

I was back around ten the next day, this time clad in my cumbersonme Slimer costume.I always seem to do themes at Concoction. It’s something that was coincidental at first but now has pretty much become intentional. As much as I like Tracy, I didn’t feel good about entering him in the costume contest. He’s mostly assembled. It’s a wierd assembly, but other than the proton pack, feet  and googles it’s all stuff I bought. Slimer on the other hand, is 100% made from scratch -and he’s not been out nearly as much as I’d like. Still, Slimer wasn’t the costume I was really looking foreward to. I couldn’t wait to see my friend Annye’s Iron Marvel. She’d crafted the Captian Marvel suit out of foam insted of leather and the result was nothing short of spectacular.

We were stked to discover that Guy Allen was set up again in the Annex and headed over there to get some professional photos done (I so rarely get that opprutunity).

I managed to catch some of Jim O’Rear’s panel on horror before stopping over at his table and getting my Dawn of the Dead poster signed. He asked me if I was a Romero fan. I nodded. O’Rear expanded on how Romero was such an influence on him.

“Man, I saw Night of the Living Dead, and it changed everything for me. I was like – this. I can get into this.”

O’Rear ended up at the table with Jason, Tina and me for lunch.

Saturday consisted of the Doctor Who panel,  the costume contests and picking up dragons for the kids. I made sure to grab a photo with Mogchelle who was dressed as Sabrina – my daughter Maddie is a huge Sabrina fan and just discovered the old mangas coming off the new TV show. I found her an old Archie with Sabrinia in it as well. Even the Cat got something. I found an adorable catnip Cthulu for Sparky. It was to my great reluctance that I had to cut out early, but Clue was screening at the Cedar Lee at 9:30 with a live shadow cast and I couldn’t miss it. But I’ll tell you this much; I’ll be back at Concoction next year!

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