#lucas duarte

[nikiniluna]

Um Natal Diferenciado

[immortaladonis]

Lucas Oliveira photographed by Whagner Duarte

[genevieveetguy]

La chimera, Alice Rohrwacher (2023)

[bullet-prooflove]

Donna’s Wednesday Radio Show Prompt List #3

Hey guys! As some of may know I do a weekly radioshow on Wednesdays and I thought why not put together a prompt list from some of the songs I’ve been playing. I thought it would bring some fresh prompts into our world!

Feel free to pop any of these prompts with a charcter I write for (You can find these on the pinned post on my blog) into my ASK box!

1)     No sleep

2)     I hope she makes you smile

3)     Sweet on the tip of my tongue

4)     My ambition wouldn’t allow for compromise

5)     You are my sweetest downfall

6)     When you've got me on my knees

7)     Won't sign away my life

8)     Make me a liar, yeah, one big disaster

9)     I almost loved you

10)  Yeah, you own me

11)  Run away with me to another place. 

12)  I can hear her say I love you like it was yesterday

13)  I thank God, I dodged the bullet

14)  Every choice that I had to make left you on your own

15)  Keep holding on

16)  You taste like sunlight

17)  I'm troublesome, I've fallen

18)  I know I'm right where I belong

19)  It's the way you smile, baby

20)  We thought our love could overcome the circumstances

21)  I'll be by your side, you know, I'll take your hand

22)  You don't deserve my tears

23)  I must've been out of my mind

24)  won't say I'm sorry

25)   I'm so disconnected

26)  words start slurring

27)  Was the one holding the gun

28)  I'm looking for love, not an empty page

29)   I bet it sucks to be you right now

30)  I loved you first

31)  I don't care

32)  your curious nerve and your passion

33)  I said goodbye to someone that I love

34)  You've been played

35)  You're not alone

36)  Behind closed doors

37)   I'd rather kill myself than turn into their slave

38)  And violins would play here comes the bride

39)  another place, another time

40)  I know you want me back

41)  Just stay strong

42)  And in my life there's a love I put aside, cause I was busy loving something else

43)  wouldn't allow for compromise

44)  So far away, I wish you were here

45)   I think of the time that I almost loved you

46)  Whatever is meant to be will work out perfectly

47)  It's time to face the facts that I'm the one that's got away

48)  There's no other way when it comes to the truth

49)  I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans

50)   you know I'm here for you

51)  you turned out to be the (best thing I never had)

52)  Beneath the stars

53)   hold me close to your heart

54)  both feel the sparks by the end of the drive

55)  I hope she cheats Like you did on me

56)  I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams

57)   you may think you're alone but you may think again

58)  she was right here in my arms tonight,

59)  They'd write it on my grave or when they scattered my ashes

60)  And kissed me 'til the mornin' light

61)   I just don't want to stay

62)  there is no point in standing in the past

63)  Here comes goodbye

64)   know she's the one by the end of the night

65)  You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope

66)  Feel me, touch me, heal me

67)  Hard days made me, hard nights shaped me

68)  Here comes the last time

69)   take it slowly

70)   stay up all night all alone waiting by the phone

71)  Here comes the pain

72)  Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit

73)  Your hair was long when we first met

74)  The first of every tear I'm gonna cry

75)  I play my enemies like a game of chess

76)  wishing things had never changed

77)  can't run away from these scars I got

[atlantes96]

💙 Lobo Carreira - Bruno Duarte 🇧🇷 🏳️‍🌈

201 ✅ 19.10.24

Lobo Carreira

[joanofexys]

my bad habit of defending characters that will cost me friends in fandom started with taryn duarte and i can never take it back

[graphicpolicy]

Witness the beginning of the Fall of X in the X-Men: Hellfire Gala trailer

Witness the beginning of the Fall of X in the X-Men: Hellfire Gala trailer #comics #comicbooks

At this year’s Hellfire Gala, amidst the excitement of high fashion looks, super hero guest stars, and the new X-Men team reveal, epic tragedy will strike and spiral mutantkind into the new Fall of X era! Fall of X will upend the age of Krakoa as we know it and scatter your favorite characters and X-Titles across the world and beyond as they’re left reeling after shocking revelations, stunning…

[mousegoesmoo]

Okay I'm sure many of you all have seen this tiktok:

This tiktok has seemingly reached a very broad audience and I'm lowkey beefing with some of the comments. And then comments are stirring some byler doubt in me but I'm just gonna come on here and think through things logically. I'm only going to take into account things that are canon or have been stated by official sources.

Many commenters have stated that Byler will only be one sided, Will in love with Mike. Narratively, this does not make sense. Will's character has been pre-planned to be queer from season 1 episode 1 and in his character description. Additionally, Robin originally was not going to be gay, but that was changed during the filming of Season 3 (Maya Hawke talks about this). So, why would they have the only canonically gay character be used as a plot device to further El and Mikes relationship? It just doesn't make sense for his love to be unrequited. They have stretched out the plot point of Will's sexual orientation and love for Mike for many seasons, it has been slow burned. They could have given Will a sharp rejection in Season 3 during the rain fight, but they didn't. If they did, moving to California would be an opportune time for Will to move on from his love for Mike. But they didn't. Will made an entire painting for Mike and gave him a veiled confession- if it ends in unrequitedness they stretched out this plot line for far to long. It is unnecessary. It would just be unnecessarily devastating for Will to be rejected in the final season. Plus, we have seen it before, entire relationships can form in one season. Mike and El were formed in one season, Nancy and Steve broke up and then Nancy and Jonathan got together, why can't the same happen with Mike and Will?

2. Mike has never been implied or done any actions to suggest he is gay or reciprocates Will's feelings. First of, to quote the byler slides, Mike has more queer coding than Will (slide 7, slides linked). To preface, queer coding is "...when a character’s sexual orientation is implied by significant subtext without being stated outright."(Elizabeth Duarte). So, this doesn't necessarily prove that Mike is in love with Will, but it does imply that he is in the very least bicurious. Personally, I believe that one of the strongest bits of queer coding for Mike is during his initial attraction to Eleven. Eleven was often described to look very similar to Will and boy-ish. A little suspicious if you ask me. To add on to that, the problems in Mike and Eleven's relationship have grown as El has explored her femininity and self. Granted, the problems could have arose due to them both aging, but, it is still another common denominator. But, the byler slides have many instances of queer coding for Mike (some probably better than what I presented), so I would suggest looking into those rather than having me repeat them here. But queer coding implies queerness, therefore, Stranger Things has suggested that Mike is not straight.

2.5 Mike's feelings have never been reciprocated for Will. Now this is a trickier one. We haven't had a scene from Mike's perspective in a while, making it very difficult to have hard evidence that he is into Will as well. However, we can prove that Mike is heavily queer coded (because he is). So, if Mike were gay, who would he direct his affections towards? Lucas, who is trying to rekindle his relationship Max, Dustin, who has had a steady long distance relationship with Suzie, or Will, who has never shown interest in any girls despite having many opportunities (arguably, more opportunities than the other party members)? They would not put Mike into a one sided pining with Lucas or Dustin for the final season, it simply does not make sense. But Will, who has already had a developed crush on Mike for several seasons, the pieces start to click together. Mike liking Will is very dependent on Mike being queer, which we have proven through the fact that he is heavily queer coded. So, the only same sex individual that would make logical sense as his love interest is Will. Also: a huge point about not having a Milkeven endgame is that Eleven was supposed to die and, consequently, so would their relationship.

3. Unlikely for the time, so it will never happen. Girlypops. It is unlikely for someone to be dating someone with superpowers in the 80's. It is unlikely for a parallel dimension to take over and infect this one random town in Indiana in the 80's. ITS FICTION. Additionally, it is know that homophobia exists in the fictional Stranger Things universe (Lonnie, Troy, Robin's extreme hesitance to come out, etc.), ,but on the other hand, the Duffers are actively pursuing a relationship between Robin and Vickie. As of our knowledge right now, Vickie's sole purpose in the show is to be a love interest of Robin's. If they don't end up together it is most likely because Robin either gets a new love interest or one of the two dies in the final season. Ultimately, I do not think that Stranger Thing's taking place in the 80's will have an impact on whether or not byler becomes canon.

So those were the main three points made in the comment section of that tiktok.

I just want to also state that if Byler isn't canon, I would want to consider this to be a case of queerbaiting (but, this still depends on how they wrap up Season 5). Also, I would consider slapping a new love interest for Will to wrap up the season as very sloppy and lazy writing. AND, I think using Will's love for Mike as a stepping stone to progress a heterosexual relationship deeply offensive. If they were going to have Will be rejected, they should have done it way earlier in the series.

Thats all I have to say xx

[brokehorrorfan]

Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe will be released on November 28 via Arrow Video. The five-disc Blu-ray box set collects 10 films from Brazilian horror icon José Mojica Marins, better known as Coffin Joe.

It includes: 1964's At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1967's This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse, 1968's The Strange World of Coffin Joe, 1970's Awakening of the Beast, 1971's The End of Man, 1972's When the Gods Fall Asleep, 1976's The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures, 1977's Hellish Flesh, 1978's Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind, and 2008's Embodiment of Evil.

Each disc has its own Blu-ray case with reversible artwork by Butcher Billy. They're housed together in a slipcase with a book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento, a double-sided poster, and 12 double-sided art cards.

All 10 movies have been newly stored in 4K from the best available elements with original lossless mono audio (except Embodiment of Evil, which has lossless 2.0 and 5.1 audio). Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Disc 1: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Video essay by Lindsay Hallam (new)

Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins - 2001 documentary

Bloody Kingdom - Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary

Excerpts from early works by Marins

Trailer

Disc 2: This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse / The Strange World of Coffin Joe

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

The Strange World of Coffin Joe audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with film historian Stephen Thrower (new)

Video essay by Miranda Corcoran looking Coffin Joe as horror host (new)

The Strange World of Coffin Joe alternate ending with commentary by Marins

Trailers

Disc 3: Awakening of the Beast / The End of Man

Awakening of the Beast audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

The End of Man audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Guy Adams on Marins’ esoteric aspects (new)

Video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the gender politics of Marins’ films (new)

The Awakening of the Beast alternate opening titles

Trailers

When the Gods Fall Asleep / The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

Interview with Virginie Sélavy on surrealism in Marins’ work (new)

Interview with Jack Sargeant (new)

Interview with Embodiment of Evil co-writer Dennison Ramalho (new)

Footage of Marins at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival

A Blind Date for Coffin Joe short film

Trailer

Disc 5: Hellish Flesh / Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind commentary by José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte, and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Andrew Leavold on Marins’ place in '60s & '70s Marginal Cinema (new)

Video essay by Kat Ellinger (new)

Trailers

Disc 6: Embodiment of Evil

Audio commentary by producer Paulo Sacramento and co-writer Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles)

Interview with Dennison Ramalho (new)

Interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to Marins

Footage of Marins at the film’s premiere

Making Of featurette

Experimental Making Of featurettes

Multiple featurettes with commentary by Marins

Trailer

Additional contents:

Collector’s book with new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento

Double-sided poster with artwork by Butcher Billy

12 double-sided art cards

Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his long fingernails, top hat and cape, Coffin Joe was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008.

Pre-order Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.

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[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

ComicList: Marvel Comics New Releases for Wednesday, August 2, 2023, by Charles LePage.

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Cover A Corin Howell), $4.99

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Cover B Clarice Saowee Menguito), AR

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Cover C George Perez), AR

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Cover D George Perez Virgin Variant), AR

Astonishing Iceman #1 (Cover A Jesus Saiz), $3.99

Astonishing Iceman #1 (Cover B Ken Lashley), AR

Astonishing Iceman #1 (Cover C Skottie Young), AR

Astonishing Iceman #1 (Cover D Humberto Ramos Miss Minutes Variant), AR

Astonishing Iceman #1 (Cover E Greg Land), AR

Captain America Sentinel Of Liberty Volume 2 The Invader TP, $19.99

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Bjorn Barends), $4.99

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Iban Coello Design Variant), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Gabriele Dell’Otto Connecting Variant), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover D Lesley Leirix Li), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover E Lesley Leirix Li Virgin Variant), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover F Mark Bagley), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover G Ryan Stegman Venom The Other Variant), AR

Death Of The Venomverse #1 (Of 5)(Cover H Gabriele Dell’Otto Connecting Virgin Variant), AR

Doctor Strange #6 (Cover A Alex Ross), $3.99

Doctor Strange #6 (Cover B George Perez), AR

Doctor Strange #6 (Cover C George Perez Virgin Variant), AR

Doctor Strange #6 (Cover D Nic Klein Stormbreakers Variant), AR

Doctor Strange #6 (Cover E Ema Lupacchino G.O.D.S. Variant), AR

Doctor Strange Fall Sunrise Treasury Edition TP, $29.99

Fantastic Four #10 (Cover A Alex Ross), $3.99

Fantastic Four #10 (Cover B Mahmud Asrar), AR

Fantastic Four #10 (Cover C Taurin Clarke), AR

Fantastic Four #10 (Cover D Giuseppe Camuncoli G.O.D.S. Variant), AR

Incredible Hulk #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Nic Klein), $4.99

Incredible Hulk #1 (2nd Printing Cover B Patrick Gleason), AR

Legion Of X By Si Spurrier Volume. 2 TP, $19.99

Magneto #1 (Cover A Todd Nauck), $4.99

Magneto #1 (Cover B Greg Land), AR

Magneto #1 (Cover C Gustavo Duarte Howard The Duck Variant), AR

Magneto #1 (Cover D Todd Nauck Virgin Variant), AR

Magneto #1 (Cover E Luca Maresca), AR

Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Core Rulebook HC, $59.99

Marvel-Verse Kang TP, $9.99

Miles Morales Spiderman By Cody Ziglar Volume 1 Trial By Spider TP, $17.99

Moon Knight #26 (Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99

Moon Knight #26 (Cover B Kim Jacinto), AR

Moon Knight #26 (Cover C Lucio Parrillo), AR

Moon Knight #26 (Cover D Salvador Larroca G.O.D.S. Variant), AR

Scarlet Witch #7 (Cover A Russell Dauterman), $3.99

Scarlet Witch #7 (Cover B Meghan Hetrick), AR

Scarlet Witch #7 (Cover C Pablo Villalobos Homage Variant), AR

Scarlet Witch #7 (Cover D Sara Pichelli Design Variant), AR

Scarlet Witch #7 (Cover E Lucas Werneck G.O.D.S. Variant), AR

Secret Warriors Omnibus HC (Book Market Edition)(New Printing), $125.00

Secret Warriors Omnibus HC (Direct Market Edition)(New Printing), $125.00

Spider-Gwen Ghost-Spider Omnibus HC (Andrew Robinson Direct Market Cover), $100.00

Spider-Gwen Ghost-Spider Omnibus HC (Bengal Book Market Cover), $100.00

Spider-Gwen Ghost-Spider Omnibus HC (InHyuk Lee Direct Market Cover), $100.00

Spider-Man No Way Home The Art Of The Movie HC, $60.00

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover A Leinil Francis Yu), AR

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover B Jim Cheung), AR

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover C John Tyler Christopher Action Figure Variant), AR

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover D Rachael Stott Scourged Variant), AR

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover E Giuseppe Camuncoli Foil Variant), AR

Star Wars Dark Droids #1 (Cover F Rachael Stott Scourged Virgin Variant), AR

Star Wars Doctor Aphra Volume 6 Ascendant TP, $17.99

Star Wars Thrawn TP (New Printing), $17.99

Star Wars Yoda #10 (Cover A Phil Noto), $4.99

Star Wars Yoda #10 (Cover B Chris Sprouse Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary Variant), AR

Star Wars Yoda #10 (Cover C Giuseppe Camuncoli), AR

Strange Academy Miles Morales #1 (Cover A Nick Bradshaw), $4.99

Strange Academy Miles Morales #1 (Cover B Lee Garbett), AR

Strange Academy Miles Morales #1 (Cover C Humberto Ramos Connecting Variant), AR

Warlock Rebirth #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Ron Lim), $3.99

What If Dark Venom #1 (Cover A Philip Tan), $4.99

What If Dark Venom #1 (Cover B Nick Bradshaw), AR

What If Dark Venom #1 (Cover C Skan), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover A Joshua Cassara), $5.99

X-Men #25 (Cover B Alex Ross Connecting X-Men Variant Part B), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover C Alex Ross Connecting X-Men Virgin Sketch Variant Part B), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover D C.F. Villa Stormbreakers Variant), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover E Mark Brooks Corner Box Variant), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover F Peach Momoko Design Variant), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover G Sergio Davila Kingpin Variant), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover H Russell Dauterman Trading Card Variant), AR

X-Men #25 (Cover I Bryan Hitch Wraparound Promo Variant), AR

X-Men Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (Cover L Valerio Schiti G.O.D.S. Variant), AR

[immortaladonis]

Lucas Oliveira photographed by Whagner Duarte

[realmadridnews]

Lineup

Real Madrid: Arrizabalaga; Lucas, Rudiger, Nacho, Fran Garcia; Valverde, Kroos, Modric, Bellingham; Brahim, Rodrygo

Bench: Lunin, Fran Gonzalez, Tobias, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Paz, Gonzalo Garcia, Joselu

Deportivo Alaves: Sivera; Duarte, Marin, Abqar, Gorosabel; Guevara, Blanco, Rebbach, Guridi, Rioja; Omorodion

Bench: Owono; Javi Lopez, Tenaglia, Maras, Egoitz, Hagi, Benavidez, Mendes, Karrikaburu, Kike Garcia, Sola

[bullet-prooflove]

Past Mistakes Part 7: Sharing - Mike Duarte x Reader

Tagging: @nessamc​   @xmoonknightlyx​   @jayblackpanther​   @crazy4chickennuggets​   @annetje​   @mysoulisasunflower​    @littleone65 @thesandbeneathmytoes​    @storiesofsvu​  @kabloswrld @xoxabs88xox @katluke25 @mydarkestsecretlol @bbyxoo @evee87 @adesertdaydream

Part One: Try  

Part Two: Hope (NSFW)

Part Three: California

Part Four: Favours

Part Five: Choices

Part Six: Sharing

Mike was running out of time. He could feel the urgency pounding in his chest as he stepped off the elevator, his duffle bag slung over his shoulder and a black holdall in his left hand. It was already past nine and he still needed to pick up the fake I.Ds he had one of his contacts working on. He went over the plan again in his head as he took long purposeful strides towards the doors of his apartment complex.

Rent a car, drive to L.A. The two of you had a couple of friends you trusted out there, Chris Alonso and Dominique Luca. He’d toss his phone after he sent his resignation email, he didn’t want anyone from the NYPD to come looking for him. His gun and his badge resided in the top drawer of his desk, ready to be collected.

He shoved the glass door open with his shoulder, steering himself towards the SUV. The keys jangled in his right hand before he hit the button to unlock the car. It was only as he got closer, he noticed the black vintage motorcycle parked in the spot next to his. There was only one person he knew with a bike like that.

“Did your rabbi send you?”  Mike asked bluntly, coming to a halt at the edge of the pavement.

Joe Velasco tilted his head up to meet Mike’s gaze, his arms crossed over his chest before he glanced down at the bags in Mike’s hands.

“Nah, not him.” he responded. “You going somewhere?”

“Got a little vacation time saved up.” Mike told the other man as he opened the door of the SUV and thrust the bags onto the back seat. “Thought I’d take a trip home to Cuba.”

“Duarte,” Velasco implored. “We both know you’re not going to Cuba.”

Mike paused. He felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up before he inclined his head towards the younger Detective.

“Benson told me about McGrath, about what he did to your girl.”

Mike slammed the door shut before turning around to face Velasco. He had called Benson first thing this morning after leaving you in bed, telling her to abort the transfer request. He didn’t want it flagging up on McGrath’s radar. If it had gone through, you would have been trapped under his thumb all over again and Mike would have been the one who had done that to you.

“Then you know why I’m doing this.” Mike said, his thumb running over the keys in his hand, the jagged edges digging into his flesh.

“If you do this, then the two of you will spend the rest of your lives looking over your shoulders.” Velasco told him vehemently. “You know how tenacious he is, he won’t be able to let his go. Do you want this for her? After everything she’s been through.”

“I have no choice.” Mike snapped, jabbing his finger at Velasco. “She is dying out there. You don’t know what it’s like to watch that happen to the person you love, to see them broken down, suffocating under the weight of something they have no control of. To have to stand there and watch. He took everything from her, her family, her friends, her whole life, and he left her there to drown...”

Mike trailed off, twisting his head away but not before Velasco saw the grief in his eyes, the agony. The muscle in his jaw twitched as he looked down at the keys in his hand.

“He did the same to me.” Velasco said quietly, crossing his arms over his chest. “He buried me so deep, that when they found me in the street bleeding out because I had taken a beating, it took them days to identify me as a cop. I coded twice in the operating theatre. If I had died, I don’t think anyone would have known what had happened to me. He plays last and loose with people’s lives and to know that he’s done that to someone else, on purpose, after…”

Velasco sucked in a shaky breath. He thought about the scars underneath his clothes, the pain he’d endured for weeks in the aftermath. The loneliness, the isolation, the lack of identity. It all accumulated and built and built and built until there was nothing left but a hollow shell of the person you were. He had spent years finding himself again, putting the fragments of himself back together.

“It makes me sick, to know that he’s doing that to someone else.” Velasco shook his head.

“What did he get?” Mike asked, running his palm over the stubble that lined his jaw. “What did he get in return for almost killing you.”

The edges of Velasco’s mouth twitched up into a bitter smile, curling up across his features like a snarl.

“He was promoted to Chief.”

Mike laughed; it was a horrible, brittle sound that cut through Velasco like a knife. He knew it, he had always fucking known it. Velasco was just another one of the steppingstones on the pathway of McGrath’s career, just like Mike had been, just like you were. He wondered how far back it went, if he looked into it would he see the pattern?

“Benson has a plan.” Velasco told him. “A good one. That’s why I’m here tonight. She’s been trying to get in contact with you, but your phone’s switched off. She wants to see you at her home address, there’s someone there she wants you to meet.”

“I want to trust you.” Mike said in a low tone, Velasco could tell he meant it. He knew what it was like to be out there on your own, no one to have your back. He wanted to reach out to the other man, to tell him it was time to come in from the cold. “But I need to do what’s best for her…”

“Just give me an hour alright?” Velasco requested, his palm coming to rest on Mike’s shoulder. He wanted him to know that he didn’t have to deal with this on his own anymore.  There was a team, an army ready to stand behind him, if he just accepted the help. “An hour and then if you don’t like what she has to say, I will help you. I will do whatever you need to do to get her out, to keep her safe.”

“O.K.” Mike conceded, his gaze meeting Velasco’s. “You have an hour and then I’m gone.”

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[cloudmoodlet]

List 3 of your favorite sims from other simmers you enjoy and explain why (Send this to 10 other blogs 💖💖)

Thank you so much for the ask!! I have SO many sims that I adore from other simmers here. It's impossible to list them all but here we go.

I LOVE LOVE Gina from @pralinesims ugh she's so gorgeous? And hot? And super duper cool? I mean, I adore all of Praline's OCs but Gina is probably my favorite. Gina for the win that's right.

I love the Duarte from @plumdale :( Such an adorable little family ( I miss them so much omg) Camilo as an infant is extremely cute, i could never make an infant sim that cute I think. I really cannot choose my favorite from them, I love them all <3

I most definitely could not get enough of the Montero from @futurelabs. I think they were the first nsb gameplay that I invested deeply in. I think Lilo is my favorite among all the heirs for now (sorry Luca).

+++ honorable mention to the one and only Cornelius Kidney by @squea because he is the cutest and coolest vampire boy to ever exist <3

[lucien-calore]

Welcome to my blog!! My name is Amanda, my pronouns are she/her and I'm a proud Brazilian. I'm a huge extrovert, so i love talking to people!!

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My fandoms:

Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard

Throne of Glass series by Nehemia Ytger

A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Lucien Vanserra

Harry Potter series by Emma Watson

The Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black

The Riordanverse in general

Top Gun: Maverick

Peaky Blinders

Monster High

Ever After High

My Favorite Characters

Red Queen

Tiberias "Cal" Calore VII

Kilorn Warren

Lucas Samos

Evangeline Samos

Elane Haven

Iris Cygnet

Throne of Glass:

Chaol Westfall

Dorian Havilliard

Manon Blackbeak

Elide Lochan

Yrene Towers

Nesryn Faliq

Lorcan Salvaterre

Aedion Ashryver

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Lucien Vanserra

Azriel

Elain Archeron

Gwynneth Berdara

Nesta Archeron

Eris Vanserra

Helion

Lady of Autumn

Harry Potter

Draco Malfoy

Theodore Nott

Blaise Zabini

Luna Lovegood

Ginny Weasley

Narcissa Malfoy

James Potter

Regulus Black

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Dorcas Meadowes

Marlene McKinnon

The Grishaverse:

Kaz Brekker

Inej Ghafa

Jesper Fahey

Wylan Van Eck

Nina Zenik

Matthias Helvar

Zoya Nazyalensky

Nikolai Lantsov

Genya Safin

David Kostyk

Alina Starkov

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Tamar Kir-Bataar

The Riordanverse

Jason Grace

Percy Jackson

Piper McLean

Nico Di Angelo

Will Solace

The Folk of The Air

The Ghost

Cardan Greenbriar

Jude Duarte

Top Gun: Maverick

Jake "Hangman" Seresin

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Natasha "Phoenix" Trace

Peaky Blinders

Esme Shelby-Lee

John Shelby-Lee

Finn Shelby

Thomas "Tommy" Shelby

Ada Thorne née Shelby

Elizabeth "Polly" Gray née Shelby

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shelby née Stark

Arthur Shelby

Gina Gray née Nelson

My Favorite Ships:

Red Queen

Calorn (Cal x Kilorn)

Marecas (Mare x Lucas)

Evane (Elane x Evangeline)

Evare (Evangeline x Mare)

Sharley (Shade x Farley)

Throne of Glass

Chaorian (Chaol x Dorian)

Malide (Manon x Elide)

Nesrene (Nesryn x Yrene)

Rowcan (Rowan x Lorcan)

Fenaedion (Fenrys x Aedion)

Sorchahemia (Sorcha x Nehemia)

Celehemia (Celaena x Nehemia)

Herrin (Hollin Havilliard x Terrin Westfall)

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Luzriel (Lucien x Azriel)

Gwynlain (Gwyn x Elain)

Neris (Nesta x Eris)

Helloa (Helion x LOA)

The Folk of The Air

Ghardan (The Ghost x Cardan)

Jucasia (Jude x Nicasia)

Harry Potter

Dreo/Dragonott (Draco x Theo)

Drastoria (Draco x Astoria)

Drarry (Draco x Harry)

Linny (Luna x Ginny)

Jegulus (James x Regulus)

Wolfstar (Remus x Sirius)

Dorlene (Dorcas x Marlene)

Pandalily (Pandora x Lily)

Narlily (Narcissa x Lily)

Nobleflower (Narcissa x Alice)

The Grishaverse

Helnik (Matthias x Nina)

Wesper (Jesper x Wylan)

Tolnej (Tolya x Inej)

Kazper (Kaz x Jesper)

Zoyalai (Zoya x Nilolai)

Gevid (Genya x David)

Genyalina (Genya x Alina)

Zoyalina (Zoya x Alina)

Zonya (Zoya x Genya)

Darkolai (The Darkling x Nikolai)

The Riordanverse

Jercy (Jason x Percy)

Pipabeth (Piper x Annabeth)

Valdangelo (Leo x Nico)

Reynalia (Reyna x Thalia)

Frazel (Frank x Hazel)

Top Gun: Maverick

Sereshaw/Hangster (Hangman x Rooster)

Payboy (Payback x Fanboy)

Peaky Blinders

Jesme (John Shelby x Esme Shelby)

Pollyrama (Polly x Aberama)

Finnsiah (Finn Shelby x Isaiah Jesus)

DO NOT INTERACT IF:

• you are a manorian shipper

• you are a maven calore fan/stan/defender/apologist

• you are pro the inner circle

• you are anti any of my favorite characters and/or ships (specifically chaol, chaorian, malide, nesrene, cal, calorn, draco, jason and/or jercy)

• you are pro sjm and/or jkr

• ANTI ZIONISTS

i hope you enjoy your time here and feel free to message me and/or send me an ask anytime!!