#magda enrichment

[kaurwreck]

I've worked remotely since becoming an attorney, and I want to remain remote. But my coworker and I shared a co-working space today and I can't say I didn't enjoy the exasperated, "I already told him not to do that; your turn," and, "Will you read this agreement we drafted and confirm what I think it says because I hate how it's drafted," commiseration that came with getting to think out loud at each other.

Mostly, I cherish how we ended an hour-long client call by dropping our heads on the desk and emitting gutteral exhales at the exact same time.

[fitzrove]

TdV plot summary but with the symbolism being made painfully apparent (Kunze said once that vampire bites = sex) (contains mentions of sexual assault, though very brief and vague. All discussion of Magda and Chagal is omitted because that storyline is a Mess. Not explicit but also not for under 18's)

Alfred and Sarah are innocent youths. The conservative world around them desperately doesn't want them to have sex (of any kind) - the village Sarah lives in works obsessively to keep the local Sex Maniac away, and Professor Abronsius has made his life's mission to eradicate People Having Sex. But one day the Sex Maniac (also known as Count von Krolock) shows up and tells Sarah that sex condemns you to eternal life and a cynical existence (Gott ist Tot) but also that it's thrilling and cool (Einladung zum Ball). Sarah is intrigued but Alfred is terrified and thwarts the invitation by alerting the professor. Sarah's parents punish her for disobeying them. Later, however, she sneaks out again, with the intention of running away; Alfred is outside too, and together they dream of freedom somewhere far away (Draussen ist Freiheit). Alfred still thinks going to the castle (to have sex) is scary and dangerous, but in the end, Sarah resolves to go anyway, distracts him and runs away (Die Roten Stiefel).

Instead of staking Chagal, the professor and Alfred task him with leading them to the castle. In front of it (Vor dem Schloss), Krolock tells Alfred that they should have sex (look, "sink with me into the sea of time" kinda implies that Krolock's offering to bite him, and also, "fühl die Wohllust, dich aufzugeben" helppp??), that Alfred shouldn't think too hard about conservative, stifling morals and that freeing himself is the way to the Enlightenment that Alfred thinks he's pursuing with the professor's cold, logical approach. Alfred gets spooked and runs away.

Sarah and Krolock have a duet (Totale Finsternis) about how thirsty they are - for either new experiences (Sarah) or just plain thirsty/looking for environmental enrichment to his cynical boredom (Krolock), but resolve to wait until the ball. Meanwhile, Alfred has an erotically charged nightmare (Carpe Noctem) where he bangs Krolock first, after which he, emboldened (?), delivers Sarah into Krolock's arms and is therefore guilty for her "loss of innocence" - but also can't resist partaking in "taking it" from her. He wakes up, relieved that his anxieties weren't real (Ein Perfekter Tag), and resolves to destroy Krolock (non-sexual) before Krolock destroys him and Sarah. But in the end, he hesitates and can't do it (In der Grüft) - even though the professor attempts to convince him to do it, for Sarah's sake.

Later, Alfred finds Sarah, attempting to persuade her to flee once again. Sarah is resolved not to go until after the ball. Alfred still doesn't understand why she doesn't want to flee, but swears to stay by her no matter what (Für Sarah).

Herbert comes close to assaulting Alfred until the professor intervenes (Wenn Liebe in dir Ist). Afterwards, Krolock shows up to gloat; he says that the professor, given his academic interest in sex, should have some ("you have to become what you study!"), and taunts Alfred, telling him that the enlightenment (and, therefore, sex) he subconsciously seeks can only be found at the castle, and that if he flees, he won't reach it.

Krolock laments that, through his cynicism and greed, he ends up destroying or "ruining" every romantic/intimate relationship he has (Die Unstillbare Gier).

At the ball, Krolock and Sarah finally Have The Sex, and he implies that the professor and Alfred are free real estate for everyone else (ouch). However, the humans manage to escape before anything happens. But, as the professor sits down to scribble down notes, Sarah takes initiative and her and Alfred Have The Sex. Alfred, to quote him, finds it "not bad at all" despite his fears. They escape into the wide world hand in hand, impliedly with the intention to have sex with lots more people agfghagfhjs, and the finale number is about how YOU (the audience) are NEXT

[earth-18104]

Earth-18104

Since I started getting more into Marvel I made a bunch of Ocs for the media, and with time I created a whole universe to insert them in the stories. So I'm gonna start posting here my personal time-line.

These events include stories from the comics, a bit of the cartoons and the movies. Many events or characters have their backstories changed and I will include my ocs here.

It's just a project I do for fun (and has been taking my mind in the last years help). It's not complete. There's still a lot to work but I got the basics.

(This is a rewrite from my other blog :P)

Time-line

B. C - Events

• Okkara and the Enriched

• Birth of Apocalypse

• Hela and the Asgardians

• The Clan Akkaba

A. C. - Events

• Fall of Strontia

• Thanos' birth

• Creation of the Ten Rings

• Fall of Titan

15th/ 16th / 17th Century - Events

• Odin brings the Tesseract to Earth

• Rise of Count Dracula

• Apocalypse and the Army of Darkness defeat Dracula

• Fall of Tenochtitlán

• Creation of Talokan and birth of K'uk'ultan

• Trial of Agatha Harkness

• Apocalypse is sealed by his subordinates

• Selene Essex becomes Lady Sinister

18th / 19th Century - Events

• Mystique's birth

• Victor Creed's birth

• Sanguinária's birth (OC)

• Logan's birth

• Howlett's Tragedy

• Irene Adler and Raven Darkholme meet

• Fall of Akkaba Clan

• Origins: Wolverine I

20th Century

1900 - 1930 - Events

• Origins: Wolverine II

• Wolrd War I

1940 - Events

• World War II

• Johann Schmist finds the Tesseract

• Steve Rogers becomes Captain America

• Bucky Barnes becomes his partner

• Phineas Horton creates the original Torch

• Sgt. Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos

• Foundation of Weapon X by Dr. Abraham Cornelius Truett

• Captain America dissappears and Bucky Barnes is taken by HYDRA

• Logan marries Itsu. Later she is murdered by the Winter Soldider and his son is taken

• Cain Marko and Charles Xavier become stepbrothers

• Wong starts his training in Kamar-Taj

• Howard Stak works for SHIELD

1950 - Events

• Cain Marko and Charles Xavier fight in the Korean War. Marko dissapears after finding the Temple of Cyttorak

• Max Eisenhardt marries Magda

• The original Torch dissapears / dies

• Logan meets Silverfox

• Magda and their daughter dies, Max Eisenhardt changes his name to Erik Lehnsherr

• 1950 Avengers

1960 - Events

• Charles Xavier meets Moira Mactaggert and Gabrielle Haller

• Sabretooth and Wolverine join Team X

• Adam Brashear becomes Blue Marvel

1970 - Events

• Professor X, Magneto, Mystique and Destiny create the first team of X-Men

• X-Men '72

• Adamantiun tests

• Team X breaks out

• Xavier VS Shadow King

1980 - Events

• Captain Marvel

• Ghost Rider

• The Incredible Hulk

• Iron Man

• Ant-Man and Wasp

• The Summers Incident

• Hawkeye and Mockingbird

Age of Heroes - The first famous groups of heroes start to rise, the first conflicts earth went through after FF, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Defenders, Guardians of the Galaxy, Young Avengers, Power Pack and the others formed.

1989 - Events

• The Fantastic Four

• Puppet Master

1990 - Events

• The Avengers

° (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Wasp, Ant Man, Hulk, Mockingbird, Hawkeye)

1991 - Events

• Jessica Drew works for SHIELD as Arachne

• Logan adopts Amiko Kobayashi

• Matt Murdock debuts as Daredevil

1992 - Events

• The X-Men

° (Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Iceman and Beast)

• The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

• X-Men VS Juggernaut

• Sam Wilson becomes the Falcon

1993 - Events

• Simon Williams joins the Masters of Evil as Wonder Man

• New Avengers

° (Black Panther, Hercules, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Hawkerye, Falcon)

• Jennifer Walters becomes She-Hulk

1994 - Events

• Sue Storm and Reed Richards Wending

• The Fantastic Four meets Black Panther

• Dane Withman becomes Black Knigt

• Z'Nox attack

• Wade Wilson becomes Deadpool

• Silver Sufer and Galactus

• Alex Summers becomes an X-Man

• Betsy Braddock becomes Captain Britain

1995 - Events

• Mesmero attacks Krakoa. Lorna Dane joins the X-Men as Polaris

• The X-Men and the Okkari

• Patsy Walker becomes Hellcat

• Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man

• Jessica Jones becomes Jewel

• Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage and Danny Rand)

• Norman Osborn becomes the Green Goblin

• Natasha Romanoff leaves the Red Room and joins SHIELD, working alongside Mockingbird and Hawkeye

• Frankie Raye joins the Fantastic Four as Photon.

• The Avengers battle against Ultron and Vision

• Among us stalk the Sentinels! Ororo Muroe and Sean Cassidy join the X-Men

• Frank Castle becomes the Punisher

• Jean Grey absorbed the power of the Phoenix

1996 - Events

• Hank McCoy joins the Avengers

• Greer Nelson becomes Tigra

• Secret Empire

• Avengers / Defenders War

• Flint Marko becomes Sandman

• Second Genesis.

• Hulk VS Wolverine

• Cyclops starts a new team of X-Men

° (Wolverine, Storm, Thunderbird, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Sunfire)

• X-Men VS Erik the Red and D'Ken

• Wanda Maximoff and the Darkhold

• Darren Cross becomes Yellow Jacket

• Wanda uses her magic to create her sons

• Mystique and Destiny start a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

• Kitty Pryde and Alison Blaire join Xavier's Institue

• Dark Phoenix and death of Jean Grey. Cyclops leaves the team

• Kree / Skrull War

1997 - Events

• Days of Future Past. Rachel Summers and Lucas Bishop join the X-Men

• Cyclops meets Madelyne Prior.

• Rogue absorves Carol Danvers powers

• Rhino VS Spider-Man

• The trial of Hank Pym

• X-Men VS the Brood

• She-Hulk joins the Avengers

• Wanda and Vision find out their sons are magic creations of the Darkhold

• Illyana Rasputin is captured and taken to the Limbo

• New Mutants

• The Morlocks

• Rogue joins the X-Men. Logan marries Mariko.

• Beta Ray Bill!

• Venom arrives at Earth

• Hawkeye creates the West Coast Avengers

• Forge joins the X-Men

• Curtis Connors becomes the Lizard

1998 - Events

• Jean Grey returns

• Nathan Summers is born

• Mutant Massacre

• Madelyne is corrupted by the demon N'Astirh, becoming the Goblin Queen

• Asteroid M

• Fall of the Mutants

• Franklin Richards is born

• The Punisher took over the Assassins' Guild, and later became a substitute teacher while investigating drug trafficking at a school

• Wolverine and Jubilee work together against the Hand

• Gambit joins the X-Men

• Genosha X-Tinction Agenda

• Legacy Virus

1999 - Events

• Kree/Shi'ar War

• X–Cutioner Song

• Rise of Midnight's Children

• Maximum Carnage

• Fatal Attractions

• Bloodties. Fabian Cortez kidnaps Luna Maximoff

• Sabretooth goes to the X-Men after he starts losing control of his feral side

• Cyclops and Marvel Girl marry

• Generation Next and Phalanx events. Emma Frosts takes the new mutants as her students. Blink dissapears.

• The Hellions die

• Peter Parker meets Olivia Octavius, who later becomes Dr. Octopus

• Sabretooth escapes. Angel loses his wings

• Ozyamndias comes to warn the X-Men about the return of Apocalypse

2000 - Events

• Jessica Drew joins the Heroes for Hire

• Graydon Creed's assassination

• Apocalypse returns with his Horsemen

• Okkara is revealed to the world

2001 - Events

• Mantis, the Celestial Madonna, creates Adam Warlock using the Mind Stone

• Gamora, Mantis, Drax, Groot, Adam and Rocket become the Guardians of Galaxy

• The Thunderbolts

2002 - Events

• Sepent Crown's arc. Lemuria and Talokan are revealed to the world

2003 - Events

• Jessica Drew returns as a heroes and joins the Heroes for Hire with Cage and Rand

2004 -

• The start of Infinity Gaulent arc.

° Earth's heroes lose the battle to Thanos. Half of the Universe dissapears.

• The X-Men split in Team Gold and Team Blue to defend the mutant kind

2005 -

2006 -

• Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson marry

2007 -

2008 -

2009 -

• Mayday Parker is born

• Power Pack debuts as a new group of children superheroes

° Jack (12) as Zero-G, Julie (10) as Lightspeed, Jack (8) as Mass Master, and Kate Powers (5) as Energizer.

2010 -

• The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Guardians of Galaxy and Denfenders join forces to fight Thanos once more

• Event Infinity Gaulent ends.

2011 -

• The Avengers rebuilt their base.

• Scott Lang joins the team as the new Ant-Man.

• Charles Xavier re-opens the Academy X

2012 -

• E is for Extinction

• Riot at Xavier's

• Runaways!

• Jean Grey dies fighting Xorn

• Gitfted / The Mutant Cure

2013 -

• X-23 (13) tries to assassinate Logan. She changes her name to Laura Kinney

• Secret Wars

• Winter Soldier returns

• The Gray family is killed by Death Commandos Shi'ar

• Vulcan leaves Earth, deciding to take revenge on D'ken for the death of his mother

• M-Day happens

• Academia X changes the X-Men program

• With the help of rebels, Vulcan escapes from prison and frees Deathbird

• Peter Quill joins the Guardians of Galaxy

2014 -

• The Young Avengers!

° Iron Lad (16), Kate Bishop (17/18), Wiccan, Speed (16), Patriot (16), Hulking (16), Sting (14), Jonas

• The New X-Men

• Hearing about Vulcan's escape, Prestige, Thunderbird, Warpath, Xavier, Darwin, Nightcrawler, Havok, Lorna and Petra leave Earth

° Korvus Rook'shir is freed; Lilandra Neramani loses the title of Empress

• D'Ken wakes up and takes his title and asks Vulcan and Dearthbird to stay by his side

• William Stryker and his Purifiers attacks Xavier's Institute

• Vulcan's royal marriage and coronation as Shi'ar Emperor

2015 -

• Civil War

• World War Hulk

• Birth of the Mutant Messiah

• Kang's Dinasty

° The Avengers and other heroes fight Kang.

° Sam Wilson becomes Captain America

2016 -

• The mutants move to the new Utopia

• War of Kings. Inhumans, X-Men, Starjammers and Guardians of Galaxy against Vulcan

° Lilandra dies during battle; Rachel Grey avenges her family; Black Bolt defeats Vulcan

° At Lilandra's funeral, Kallark becomes majestor

• Reed Richards founds the Future Foundation

° Alex Power (19), Dragon Man, Moloids Tong, Turg, Mik and Korr, Bentley 23 (10), Artie Maddicks (20), Leech (19), Julie Powers (17), Jack Powers (15), Kate Powers (12), Valéria Richards (9), Franklin Richards (13).

• The Skrull Invasion takes place on Earth

2017 -

• Dark Reign

• The Inner Circle attacks Genosha

• Hope returns as the Messiah

• Annihilators

• Hank Pym opens the Avengers Academy

• Young Avengers: Children's crusade

• Generation Hope

• Attack on the Mutant History Museum

• Sabretooth becomes the Invisible King of Asia

2018 -

• The Schism between the X-Men happens

• Fear Itself

° Thor becomes King of Asgard

• Apocalypse Solution

° Warren Worthington III becomes heir of Apocalypse

° Genesis, clone of Apocalypse, wakes from his chamber

• Logan opens the Jean Grey School For Higher Learning

° There's a room where the light won't find you (Watxm fanfic)

• Miles Morales (13) becomes Spider-Man

• Sabretooth and his goons kidnaps Genesis

2019 -

• The Phoenix returns

° Hope Summers fixes the mistake made during M-Day, sacrificing herself.

° Rachel Grey becomes the new host of Phoenix.

• Rage of Ultron.

° Hank Pym sacrifices himself to defeat Ultron once for all

• Terrigenesis Mist Arc

2020 -

• Khamala Khan (16) becomes Ms. Marvel

• Jean Foster is diagnosed with cancer, later she becomes an Valkyrie

• Moon Girl (9), together with Devil Dinosaur, tries to become a superhero

• Riri Williams (15) debuts as IronHeart

• Robert Reyes debuts as the new Ghost Rider

2021 -

• Dead Man Logan

° Logan dies and is buried in a secret place in Canada. Storm becomes the new headmistress at JGS.

• Ms. Marvel, Nova and Spider-Man create the new Champions

2022 -

• Strange Academy

2023 -

• The Mutants create Krakoaland

• Empyre Event: Kree Alliance - Skrull

2024 -

• Mayday Parker becomes Spider-Girl.

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

Books in Review - Nora Bossong: "Reichskanzlerplatz"

The theme of "Reichskanzlerplatz" offers great potential. In my opinion, however, it is not fully realised. The marketing of the book creates the expectation that Magda Goebbels is the central figure in the story. This is not the case. In reality, she is a secondary character. She could also be described as a narrative "hook" around which the actual story unfolds. Starting from her, the narrator begins his reports. As soon as he has completed a story, he returns to it to describe new events. The narrator himself therefore forms the centre of the book - his feelings, experiences and reflections are at the forefront. The reader has to come to terms with this. Although this does not fulfil the expectations conveyed by advertising, it nevertheless represents a valuable approach. After all, there are already numerous documentaries, biographies or novel biographies about Magda Goebbels, so this narrative perspective, which focuses more on the narrator, is certainly enriching. The value of the book lies above all in the multi-layered experiences and assessments of the narrator, who is involved in the historical events through his relationship with Magda Goebbels. These represent a kind of "window" through which the reader gains an insight into the devastating consequences of the Nazi seizure of power. Bossong allows the narrator to describe these events (about which today's readers should generally be well informed) in a way that appears superficially uninvolved - and it is precisely this that allows the full cruelty of the historical events to unfold. There is no need for detailed descriptions of the terrible, often unspeakable historical facts. This apparent distance creates an even stronger emotional impact. In the second part of the book, it leaves the reader constantly asking "Why?". Why did an intelligent woman as well versed in art, music and literature as Magda Goebbels act as she did? Why does the narrator act the way he does, even though, as an employee in the Nazi official apparatus, he sees through the regime - even though he thinks differently, hopes differently and, above all, loves differently? In the end, this book leaves the reader with the question, how would I have behaved and why?

If you look at this story from the perspective of Stoic philosophy, you come to the conclusion - as with Gustave Flaubert's book "Madame Bovary" - that the central characters in this book had no idea of their "Inner citadel" and accordingly neither nurtured nor strengthened it. And it was the lack of this inner bastion of resistance that allowed the external influencing factors of wealth, recognition, admiration, influence (for Goebbels) or fear, threat, loss of job and freedom (for the narrator) to take control of these two people. When external orders are destroyed (as happened in the First World War and the economic consequences in the Weimar Republic), the inner order of man becomes all the more important. If it does not exist or is only partially present, if it is not or only slightly consolidated, this can have devastating consequences for the individual, but also for an entire nation. Reichskanzlerplatz is a good, indeed a necessary book. It is an important book at a time when dealing with the history of National Socialism and its consequences is more topical than ever.

[alexbkrieger13]

It was so refreshing to listen to the german Sport1 commentators, what a enrichment Magda and P already are for the Bundesliga. It was a long tima ago, that both got praise from english commentators.

yea Magda espically

[lamaisongaga]

  LADY GAGA SPORTS MAGDA BUTRYM FOR BBC NEWS

Lady Gaga gave another interview for BBC News describing how she used her own traumatic experiences to enrich her brand new role in the upcoming "House of Gucci" movie. Watch it here!

Gaga currently has a little obsession with Magda Butrym’s designs. She’s been rocking jackets and dresses by the Polish designer left and right! 

For her interview, she chose a Resort 2022 oversized single-breasted buttery-soft beige leather blazer with notched lapels and flap pockets ($2,470), and the matching tapered high-waisted leather pants ($1,855)

Make sure to check out her index page to gain access to every Butrym look Gaga’s worn so far!

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One of her rings is the MISHO Designs Sunday open stacks ring ($55) on her left pinky finger.

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She completed the look with these Gianvito Rossi Gianvito 105mm black leather pointed-toe pumps.

[onebadwinter]

Name: Erik Magnus Lehnsherr

Meaning of Name: Erik: 'eternal ruler', Magnus: ‘great’, Lehnsherr:  ‘feudal lord’

Nickname/Alias(s): Magneto, Max Eisenhardt (”Real Name”, Contestable), The Master of Magnetism, Prisoner #214782, The Creator, White Pilgrim, Erik the Red,  Michael Xavier,  Grey King, White King, The Devil, Auschwitz I.D.  #24005(retcon from #214782), King Erik Magnus, The Leader,Magnus, Master (by Toad), Merciless Magneto, Miraculous Magneto, Mr. Sullivan, Phantom Saboteur, "Red,”, Henryk Gurzsky, 

Age: Appearing in 30s-40s (Biologically: 92 or so, De-aged at two points)

Birthday/Place/Time: November 28, Nuremberg/Germany, 1928-30ish.

Species/Nationality: Mutant, German, Genoshan, Krakoan

Accent: Yes

Language spoken:

German, Hebrew, English, Arabic, French, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish,

Powers:

Magnetism Manipulation

Electromagnetism Manipulation

Metal Manipulation

Organic Manipulation

Light Manipulation

Immortality

Reality Warping

Matter Manipulation

Energy Manipulation

Psionics

Gravity Manipulation

Gadget Usage

Peak Human Intelligence/Enhanced

Invulnerability(Depending on variables)

Leadership Intuition

Longevity

Peak Human Stamina/Enhanced

Peak Human Strength/Enhanced

Enhanced Unarmed Combat

Indomitable Will

Elemental Manipulation

Wormhole Creation

Social Magnetism

Psychic Immunity (Partial, Resistance but not complete immunity)

Invisibility

Weaknesses/Illness/Allergies: Physical Condition: Magneto's ability to wield his superhuman powers effectively is dependent upon his physical condition. When severely injured, his body is unable to withstand the strain of manipulating magnetic energy. When his powers are not at their peak, he also appears to have greater difficulty utilizing his magnetism for great feats. He is also susceptible to physical and mental fatigue that can ultimately affect his ability to adequately use his powers, especially if he overuses or extends them in a short amount of time. Magnetic abilities affect his nervous system, Plagued by paranoia and possibly a subconscious realization that he doesn’t deserve to be victorious, PTSD, A need to have superiority over humans combined with his need to have no harm done to mutants,

Pet: He ain’t got time for pets...Nightcrawler.

Occupation(s): Adventurer, Mutant rights activist; Former would-be conqueror, Sovereign ruler of Genosha, Teacher of the New Mutants, Headmaster of Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Terrorist, Secret agent, Nazi-hunter, Volunteer hospital orderly, Carpenter, and other odd jobs, Geneticist,

Faceclaim: Michael Fassbender

Description: Black/Brown hair (Silver if your feeling extra spicy), Blue/Grey eyes. Has several’s scars. At least two of them are puncture wounds on his stomach. There’s a band around the entirety of his throat from once being decapitated by laser beams.

Outfit/Accessories/Jewelry: Helmet, Armour, Utility belt, Coin,

Height: 6′2″

Weight: 127

Body Build: Lean/Toned

Backstory/Background:

Past

Born into a middle class Jewish family, Erik was the second and youngest child of Jakob and Edie Lehnsherr. He had an older sister who was named Ruth. Born in Germany with the rise of the Nazi's extremism, Erik's family kept mostly to themselves to avoid the scornful eyes of their fellow German brother en. Erik had spent the first years of his life living in a world of constant turmoil and speculation of what horror was to come next as the Nazi party continued to grow more and more extreme as the years had gone by. By the time Erik had gotten into school there were Nazi rally's almost everywhere he went. As well as beatings of Jewish and Romani's people, and anyone else who did not fit under the Nazi umbrella of what was, or what was not acceptable to them. Erik mostly kept to himself however. As a young boy however he was prone to mischievous boyish behavior.

One day while attending school he met a young girl his age. Who he had immediately developed a crush on. Maybe even had fallen in love with her right then in their, if not for the fact that he did not entirely know what that kind of love truly was, yet. Erik learned her name, Magda. He then spent much of his time trying to impress the Romani girl. Who just so happened to be the daughter of the janitor that worked at their school, as well. Erik would make jewelry for Magda and gift them to her, in attempts to woo her. He had also entered himself into sports to gain Magda's attentions. Though one day after school Erik had happened upon yet another rally when he came to see that his Uncle, Enrich had been being beaten and tagged with a sign for shaming a German Woman in some way. Afraid to do anything Erik had decided to look the other way and flee from the scene.

Trying to look passed what he had witnessed Erik continued with school, and trying to win the affections of Magda. This all would lead to the day where he would enter himself into a javelin throwing competition for her attentions. Where he would win a medal for winning. However, he was not allowed to enjoy this win as he was accused of cheating. As well his Jewish heritage was brought up and how it was not right that a Jewish boy do better than his none-Jewish classmates. Erik was then demanded to return his medal for cheating, or to try throwing the javelin again. Erik took on the task a second time, refusing to return his medal. Again, he won the throw and again he was accused of cheating. Following this Erik had been expelled from school and beaten by his fellow classmates, while still accused of cheating, despite the second javelin being 'regulation'.

After this incident Erik had no where else to be so he spent much of his time wandering and learning other skills. Though his father, seeing that Erik had needed some where to be decided one day to bring his son along on a trip to meet a man he had once saved in World War I. That man's name was Major Scharf. While the two waited for Sharf to let them in his office, a troupe of Nazi's came by and beat Erik's father in front of him, accusing the pair of making trouble. By the time Scharf had finally let Jakob and Erik into his office, hours later, Scharf was unwelcoming and the meeting did not last very long. Scharf said he had re-payed his debt to Jakob for being there, and saved his life. Before kicking the two out of his office and sending them on their way, no more harm done. Not long after this things began growing worse in Germany. Jakob had taught his children to always fight back as he knew how bad things were going to become.

With his fathers words in his mind, Erik also took them to heart. But soon the family had to flee from Germany to Poland. Where they took refuge in a Warsaw ghetto, after the events of Reighskriskallnacht. Though it was not long after they got to Warsaw that Poland too was being invaded by Nazi soldiers. During his time in Poland, Erik picked up on smuggling skills in order to attained foods and other supplies for his family. In due time however the Warsaw ghetto was starting to be emptied as residents were removed and taken to the Treblinka Experimentation Camp, in the year 1942, of July. Jakob gathered his family up yet again and they fled from the Warsaw ghetto before they could also be taken to the camp. However, this attempt to escape did not last long and soon Erik and his family were betrayed and subsequently captured by the Nazi's. Erik's uncle and his uncles family were soon gunned down in front of him trying to make an escape.

Though it was not only his uncle Enrich's family that had been struck by the bullets. His sister Ruth had taken one to the back, ultimately being struck in the stomach and bled out as him and his mother and father were being dragged away from the scene. Erik often would wake up in the night hearing his mothers pain's screams and the memory reaching out for his sisters lifeless body. The family had been sent to Auschwitz.

Once the remaining three family members had arrived at Auschwitz, Erik was separated from his mother and father by soldiers. Erik struggled to break free of them, this is where his powers had at first showed some manifestation as the bars on the gates that separate him from his parents had bent to his will. But this did not stop the soldiers from taking Erik to his assigned camp. There Erik had become a teenager and spent his early teenage years in the Vernichtungslager Experimentation Camp. This is where he had first met the man called Mister Sinister and a geneticist by the name of Josef Mengele. He would also find out that the two had been conducting horrible experiments in the camp. In order to escape becoming one of their guinea pigs Erik bid to become a Sonderkommando to avoid being operated on by the two, since he did not trust either of them or their intentions. As a Sonderkommando Erik was forced to remove the bodies of victims that were in the gas chambers.

Unable to at this point in time, to use his power. Due to the fact that he had contracted a brief sickness with hepatitis at this time, along with his puberty being delayed because of his life up till this point in time had delayed the overall manifestation of his powers. However, despite this trying time, Erik is soon reunited with Magda. Who had also been captured and taken to the camp. After reuniting with her Erik again tries to win her affections, often in smuggling foods and other goods for her. As well, he saves her from the gas chambers and other execution attempts on her. But one day he is asked to go to the office of Sebastian Shaw. Where he see's his mother had also been brought. In that room Shaw demands for Erik to move the coin on his desk. As it would seem, word of the solders had spread of a boy who could bend metal. That boy being Erik, Shaw had come to find out. As Shaw again demands for Erik to move the coin, he shoots Edie in front of Erik.

In his rage Erik for another brief moment manages to tap into his powers, destroying things and taking the coin from Shaw’s desk. Shaw then has Erik returned to Auschwitz. There Erik reunites once more with his father and tells him of Edie's death. Saddened by the news of what happened to his wife on top of his sons inhuman abilities, Jakob promises his son he would get him out of there. Some time passed after this, and Erik and Jakob continue on trying to survive inside the camps. However, the pair are assigned to be executed by firing squad.  Being lead to their death Jakob remained silent but close to his young son. Erik didn't notice this as he had been petrified of what he believed was going to happen during this time. He had been preparing to die while Jakob was looking for a way to save his life. Once lined up Jakob saw what he needed to do. As the guns were being aimed and loaded, Erik began to panic, feeling his breaths escaping him and shorting with each passing second. Then the shots rang out.

Everything had been dark for a long time. Laying along the bodies of the dead, with his fathers blood and corpse over him, Erik in time woke up in a mass grave, staring up at the face of his deceased father. He had been saved he quickly realizes. Dragging himself from the bodies of the dead and out of the blood, decaying matter filled pit, Erik sets to motion to finally escape that hell. As well, he was determined to take Magda with him. After leaving the grave he sneaked around the camp, until finally coming to where Magda was being kept. What he was vaguely aware of was that at that very same time, Auschwitz was being liberated. These two events would fall in line together as he and Magda escaped from the camp, avoiding being caught by either factions of soldiers. After their escape Magda and Erik make their way to a group of Romani people where Erik uses the name 'Magnus'. In time the pair eventually get married and some time after have a daughter, Anya.

For a while their lives are a happy one. Erik has taken up up career in carpentry, which is simple and he thinks will cause little or no attention to be brought to him and his family. As well, to further provide for his growing family Erik takes on the odd job here and there. Things are good. The small family soon moved into a home of their own and were living peacefully. That was until one day while Erik was walking home he had been attacked by a group of people. Out of instinct, defending himself Erik lashed out toward his attackers and his powers which had been dormant up to that point woke from their dormancy, killing his attackers. Those who had survived or witnessed the incident had later gone to attack his home and set it on fire. With Anya inside. Erik returned to see the fire raging and hearing Anya's screaming he, without a second though, ran into the burning home in an attempt to save his daughter, but had been unsuccessful. As she had been burned to death by the time he could reach her.

Holding the burned body of his daughter Erik, yet again lost control over himself and in his rage over Anya's death had again activated his powers and killed the surrounding members of the mob that had formed around his home. At this time Magda had by then returned home to the horror of both the death of their daughter and the slaughter of people by her husband. Horrified further by witnessing the latter part Magda fled from the place she once called home with her family and never seen Erik again. After Magda left she gave birth two twins and was soon committed to an asylum where she had later died.

Following this incident Erik had moved to the States where he started a new life under a new name and took on a job some time after that in Israel in a psychiatric hospital. This is where he would meet who would later become his best friend, the man named Charles Xavier. Here they would begin their years long friendship one another as they conducted research and played games of chess with one another. This would as well lead to the both having insightful conversations between one another about mutation and mankind. When one day a patient by the name of Gabrielle Haller was attacked and the two had to use their powers to attempt to save her, Charles and Erik discovered that their ideals were not quite exactly the same as they had originally believed them to be.  However, Erik chose to remain with Charles and the pair worked on getting a team together, a team that would later be known as the X-Men. This would lead to other events in the downfall of Erik and Charles relationship.

Erik would become more and more aggressive after finding out about Sebastian Shaw’s involvements with things they were also involved in. Which would in turn lead Erik more and more astray from Charles. Erik had gone so far as to risk his own life trying to get revenge on Shaw for what Shaw had done to him in the past. Despite Charles attempts to sway Erik from his revenge Erik ignore the other and, taking the coin from so long ago send it through Shaw’s brain. Ultimately, finally, moving the coin. However, Charles had been connected to Shaw at this point in time, and felt and seen everything Erik did to Shaw. Even Shaw's death.  It is also after this incident where they are attacked by missiles and other gun fire. In defense Erik accidentally misdirects a bullet meant for him, into Charles' spine as Charles is trying to run behind him, to,..uh,....somewhere... Where the fuck he was going? No one knows. But he sure as fuck didn't get there. Ultimately this would lead to the original time Charles is paralyzed.

After realizing what he's done, a guilt stricken Erik runs to try and help his friend, removing the bullet from their spine though it does very little to help the outcome overall. Erik then decides that he's done enough for one movie and decides to dip. He needs a break from all this hardship. Maybe killing a president will bring him some happiness. Who knows. Anyway, Charles and Beast fuck off for a bit and do whatever in gods name it is they do with each other. Erik is off probably killing a president. Who knows! Never really confirmed. But he was framed guys, he swears! Anyway, somehow he is captured and locked in a plastic cell. First of it's kind, come one, come all. See the man in the plastic bubble hidden under the pentagon for CRIMES. Because he's a crime man now. Anyway, Charles has had enough of this nonsense and decides to break his boyfriend out of prison because it's important. Logan says so. Charles wants his his brat back though, convince me otherwise. So the smart thing to do is recruit Quicksilver.

So they recruit Peter. Nothing bad will happen with that. Because it's the best thing that could have ever happened! Erik has no idea however that Peter is his son. Since everyone decides not to tell him. Even Peter, who believes he's the one that should. Learning that the current Logan they are dealing with is from the future Erik decides, yeah, he will help prevent Mystique from killing Trask. He does this by pulling a gun on her and trying to kill her as she gets in his sights. The two then have a little bit of a skirmish. Which looks pretty bad because it only serves to bring him and Charles father apart, further shoving a wedge in their friendship. On top of all the other things Erik had accidentally done to Charles, like paralyzing him. Oh, and the murders, supposed murders....-Points, nods-, Plus the Shaw thing. It's amazing Charles still likes his Brat this much, honestly. But Charles still in this shit to win this shit, he's getting his brat bitch one way or another. Dead or alive. Preferably in a cell.

However Erik's main focus, despite seemingly wanting to repair his friendship with Charles, is to stop Raven from further fucking up. But as he again attempts to kill Mystique he is stopped by Beast. Escaping from Beast after a moment Erik flees and soon takes control over the Sentinel prototypes that could potentially come to be the threat of the future, if future Logan is to believed that is. Erik Takes control of the prototype and uses it against the other only to have this plan foiled when Mystique knocks his ass the fuck out on live television. Significantly calming down all in all Erik corrects his behavior enough to help Charles and the rest later on when recruiting more mutants with Charles. Both coming to find Jean Grey, a young girl with extremely powerful abilities that had awakened and been causing difficulties. After a visit to her and her parents home the two help in teaching Jean to control her abilities. Charles of course being the one that actually does anything productive here. Of course.  Jean would later go on to become on of the first X-Men of the Xavier Institute.

Though the moment of peace did not last between the two and Erik again decided to branch out from Charles, believing their ideals to be too different from one another. Erik proceeds to go on and join the CIA and hunt down Nazi's in the meantime. But when he learns that the CIA had been murdering mutants, after he had been befriending those they would find. After this incident Erik would disappear for some time only to later reappear once more, this time under the name of Magneto. At this point he has recruited Mystique along with several other mutants into his newly formed Brotherhood of Mutants. After he reappears he and his Brotherhood attack the Cape Citadel but are stopped by the now fully fledged out X-Men. Thus starting of the rivalry between him and the X-Men for the next several decades to come. Because why not.  Along with Mystique, The Brotherhood also included Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, which had still not been revealed to be his children yet. Peter was still sitting on that knowledge. So it still one big secret!

One of The Brotherhoods demands were that mutants get equal rights. This eventually got the attention of Charles. Bald, Shiny head, Charles. Erik's bestest of friends. Because no way was Erik just acting up to get Charles's attention. So, now that he had it it wasn't long before the Brotherhood were defeated as the X-Men #HandledIt.  This would follow many more fights with X-Men and The Avengers, and an array of other groups no one really cares about. Fuck you specifically The Fantastic Four and Defenders. Charles helped, his brain go brrr...Erik, eventually getting bored with all of that however when and just made himself an entirely new mutant entity called Alpha the Ultimate Mutant. Because why not just make people, right? Who is going to stop him? Erik creates this thing and it just betrays him and turns him and The Brotherhood members into infants. Charles then takes Erik into his care, for a minute. Only Erik, fuck the other baby's. He only wants the Erik baby. Charles then decides to abandon the de-aged Erik off at his ex's house for a couple of months.

Moira MacTaggert then raised Erik for a while. Anyway. Eventually Erik grows back up into his prime again. With the help of a Shi'Ar named Eric The Red. He had also retained his memories from the incident with Alpha and infancy. Which left him over all changed by the experience and made him decide to change his ways. Though it did not ultimately remove his desire to rage against the human race, either. Soon he was again battling against the X-Men before again disappearing because he just doesn't like humans at all, I guess. The X-Men won't let him kill them all, it's really just very rude of them.  But soon enough the X-Men find him again and arrest him. As they are taking him into custody however Wolverine goes all Wolverine on him and stabs Erik, badly injuring him. Which allows Erik time to flee from the X-Men yet again.  Again left to plan a way to get revenge on the X-Men.

His next plans however did not go exactly as he had wished for them to go. After healing from his wounds by Wolverine he again attacks the X-Men and in this exchange he nearly kills the fourteen year old, Kitty Pryde. Upon realizing what he's done he realizes his extremist behavior and that he had never intended to murder children. This shocked some sense into him.  As Erik had never wanted blood just to gain freedom for Mutant kind. AT least, not the blood of a child. He did not sign up for child murder. After this incident Erik renounces his terrorist ways. With this renouncing he dedicates his time to reflect on his past deeds and locate Magda. However, he comes to find that she had died, sometime after giving birth to a pair of twins. Erik, still lost on what to do returns to The Brotherhood to take back up leadership with them and perhaps lead them to be less of a chaotic force. Peter and Wanda accepted them as the leader and continued to run with The Brotherhood, but overall did not care for him in any other aspect. As he had been abusive to them.

Though in time they did come to forgive him and accept him. The closer the three got. Though still they never told him about his being their father. Erik would then leave to go join the X-men, after some persuasion by Charles to do so. Though not long after joining them, Charles is grievously injured in a battle and Magneto has to take over leadership of the School for him. Erik was not welcomed warmly by the older Mutants in the school and had difficulty for some time being accepted. But, in time, he too was part of the team and proved to be a good teacher for the students at the school. Wolverine even grew to trust him. In time he was even willing to be tried for his crimes in France. Though during this trial was interrupted by an attack before it could be concluded. Following this battle, one of Erik's old creations, The Asteroid M Base, lost a piece of it that came hurtling down to earth. Erik went to the side of the crash and destroyed the part that had landed. Only to be be confronted by The Avengers.

They accused him of doing something devious with the piece that had fallen to earth. Erik had attempted to explain himself but The Avengers attacked him. The situation only had been made worse when the X-Men showed up to help him. Which made even worse still when the Soviet Super Soldiers also joined in on the situation. As The soldiers were seeking to arrest Erik causing a volcano eruption in Russia in a prior incident. This information had caused the X-Men to also turn on Erik. Which all of this going on had driven Erik slightly over the edge as he looked toward the wreckage of the fragment where he spotted his old helmet, a taste of temptation to revert to his old ways striking him in this moment as his fate was argued over. In a bit of instability Erik suggested that he use the helmets mind control mechanics to brainwash the world to forget the things he had done in the past. Though Captain America had told him when he asked about it that it wasn't ethical, and would be taking away people's freedoms.

So, instead, Erik decides to surrender to The Avengers instead. Seeing what Steve had meant in the end. Then, Erik went to trial. Where his judge had proven to be bigoted toward Mutants. Using the helmet on the judge Erik changes his judges mind about mutants. After this Magneto proceeds to destroy his helmet and is then found innocent of his past crimes. He was a free man once more. He was going to try and be a source for good now...Or you would like to think. This is not possible though. Erik can never be happy. Remember that. It'll save you a lot of troubles in the future. So anyway shit happens. More attacks. Mutants are killed. Mutants are Hunted, Erik is getting madder and madder about it. Months pass since his trial. In his time as trying to be a good man, Magneto grows attached to one of his students by the code name Cypher, whom has become his star pupil. This boy, however, is eventually also murdered and Erik feels guilty for not being able to protect him. This is one final straw. In his sadness over Cypher's murder his stability yet again begins to show cracks in it.

Despite all these events going on and mutants being murdered, the X-Men go to Australia and Erik cuts ties with them.  Reverting in part to his old ways of hating humans once more. He takes the New Mutants with him to join the Hellfire Club. Wishing to protect them from also being killed. However, the New Mutants have also abandon Erik, no longer feeling loyal to him. Erik, Feeling betrayed by the X-Men and New Mutants on top of abandoned, leaves. He starts to yet again hate humans for what they have done and views his experience with the New Mutants and X-Men as a failure. Erik moves back to Asteroid M and goes into isolation in the end, for some time. Before being approached by another group of mutants. Which was lead by Fabian Cortez, called The Acolytes. Sought Erik out to make him their new leader. Erik, thinking that there might be something to them decides that he will make the base into a save haven for Mutants. With this he decides to try and make better defenses for the base.

However this involved resurfacing a submarine with missiles on it that he sunk years before that had been forgotten, or so it seemed. The X-Men become aware of what Erik is doing and attack the base, which was far out of their jurisdiction, but whatever. We need a story line. Rogue attempted to have the two sides be peaceful. But Erik, too far gone by that point attacked Rogue, stubbing whatever chance for peace they had. In time Fabian also betrays Erik while the X-Men continue their assault on Asteroid M. Injured and defeated Erik flees to his back op station called Avalon. Only becoming more bitter toward the X-Men after this incident. Not too long after the X-Men also find Avalon and attack it, too. Because Erik cannot have anything nice! Not even peace to stew in his bitterness. Though during these attacks Erik had been holding back as he did not want to hurt his former ally's. With his inability to completely wipe the floor with his former ally's Erik hesitated and is again attacked by Wolverine.

Wovlerine again tries to impale Erik, who retaliated by ripping Logan's Adamantium out of his body. All of it. Nearly killing Wolverine, but he got him to stop at least. But because of this situation, Charles shows up, now completely angered by what Erik has done, he invades Erik's mind and incapacitates him completely. Then, Charles puts Erik in a catatonic state, trapping him in his own mind. This action however turns Colossus gainst the X-Men, deciding to help Erik and fled with the other from Avalon, returning again to Asteroid M. Erik is set upon his throne back at the base where he sits as Colossuss does whatever Colossus does at this point. Erik sits upon that throne for who knows how long, completely catatonic and served only by the remaining Acolytes. Though things do change when Age Of Apocalypse starts. Someone named Holocaust soon entered the base with full intent to destroy it. Erik had been defenseless while this was happening, until Colossus managed to rescue him and take him back to earth.

On earth Erik still remains in his catatonic state, unable to communicate. After a time another mutant approaches him called Astra. She restores his memories as well as steals his DNA in order to create the clone of him, named Joseph. Once she had gotten Erik's DNA she had intended to kill Erik. However, her plans are put off when Joseph decides to to go out of control and cause enough of a distraction that the now, more or less mobile Erik, can move enough to escape from Astra and Joseph. In the months that followed Erik spent his time regaining control over his body and breaking free of any remaining effects of his catatonic state, seemingly so. While he is regaining autonomy, Joseph takes on Erik's identity and disguises himself as Magneto, then Joseph also becomes and ally to the X-Men. Erik meanwhile, near the end of these several months pretends to be an average human and comes in contact with a man he uses to decided the fate of human kind. The man does not pass Erik's test.

After the failed test Erik goes to the north pole and threatens to use magnetism to change the magnetic fields if he doesn't get his demands met. Though, again, as is always the case, the X-Men show up and defeat him. But in this attack on him Joseph is killed. Which solves that problem. As well, Erik's demands are met and he is given an entire Island to rule over for mutant-kind. This island is called Genosha. While Mutants and Humans are having a civil war with one another. Erik is transforming his island into a mutant safe haven. Priorities, man. He recruits his son and daughters to help him create his Utopian island as well. But Erik just cannot leave well enough alone. So he abducts Charles Xavier to show his friend what all he has done for Genosha and mutant kind. And just like clock work, the X-Men show up again to take Charles back as the play date is now ever. Wolverine also manages to again impal Erik. Seriously injured, Erik is left to tend to his wounds and the X-Men leave with Charles.

Healing after being stabbed again Erik spends the next few weeks not causing any trouble what so ever. As he is spending most of his time helping the mutants of Genosha, instead. Though, Erik can never be happy, or at peace. A Giant Sentinel soon attacks Genosha, which is being controlled by someone named Cassandra Nova. Erik is apparently one of the first to die as the building he was in is hit by a ship that looks like a fist. Following this the city is mostly destroyed and most of the mutants living there are murdered. The X-Men come to see what has happened, finding the destruction and death. While they searched the ruins they had found a video of Erik made moments before he seemed to have died. However, jokes on you, Erik's not dead. But someone's pretending to be him for a bit. By the time Charles finds out that the real Erik is in fact not the person they believed to be Erik, and is still alive on Genosha he goes to visit the other. There he wished to find out what Erik had planned to do next, now that he was the most hated man on earth due to mistaken identity.

Even though he was not at fault for any of what he was hated for at this time, the accusation had upset and angered Erik, greatly. But instead of exacting some kind of revenge or trying to redeem himself, Erik decides instead to find any survivors of Genosha. Charles joins him in this task and the two reignite their tattered friendship once more over the course of this time together. During this time Erik again rejects his violent ways. Though this peace does not last for long as Wanda had come to have a nervous breakdown, where she attacked and killed many of The Avengers. Erik left the island to go retrieve her and bring her back to be protected in Genosha, and attempt to help her. Once she is brought to the island Charles helps by keeping her unconscious while they figure out the best way to help her. Though The Avengers and others demand that Erik release her to them so she could face judgment. Erik refuses to release her and ultimately the Island is attacked once more. Before they could retrieve Wanda, however, a flash changed everything.

By the time they all woke up again they were in a new world. One that seemed to be ruled by Mutants and humankind had been in a state of decline. As well, it seemed that Erik had sovereignty over the world. With his head base being Genosha, the now superpower of the world of Mutants. In this new reality mutants mistreat humans instead of the other way around. Mutants in this reality wait for the day humans go completely extinct. However, Wolverine and a young girl by the name Layla Miller are aware things aren't quite right. So they set out to restore the memories of everyone else. Soon attacking the Genosha Headquarters with those they restore the memory of. Where it is quickly discovered that it's not Erik who was ruler, but Peter. Peter had manipulated Wanda into having a breakdown, and then convinced her to change reality. After this reveal Wanda again remakes the world, changing reality yet again.

With the change she makes it so that mutants do not exist, for the most part. That includes her own fathers powers being removed. But most of the rest of the world returns completely back to normal. After things are changed back Erik spends the next several months aimlessly walking the earth before finally he contacts Charles. Only for them to then be attacked by Erik's former Acolytes who tried to kill Charles and now ignore Erik for not having his powers. The two are captured by the Acolytes but eventually break free of them and stop them from capturing them again. With this latest incident Charles and Erik decided to separate again. Erik again goes back to wandering before he comes in contact with High Evolutionary, which returns Erik's powers to him. Only discovering this fact after he attacks the X-Men...again...But it doesn't last too long. And with Erik being one of very few mutants left that have their powers after M-Day, Caused by Wanda, Erik has a decision to make. Return to his old way, or Join the  X-Men.

Joining the X-Men Erik goes to their home base. Charles is not happy to see Erik turn up and tells him to go away. But Scott decides to give Erik the change and in the end tells Charles to go away since Charles is being really suspicious of Erik. Which of course, why wouldn't he be. Oh, and Charles also telepathically attacks Erik. So Erik stays and tries to make up for the wrongs of his past, often lamenting of the Mutant future. Scott assures him that they have Mutant Jesus and that they can do anything apparently as long as they have Hope Summers on their side. They can move mountains bro. As Erik is trying to find ways to make life better on the base he realizes that he had to bring Kitty Pryde back, as she has been trapped by the High Evolutionary ever since she made contact with it. After he succeeds in getting her back however, he succumbs to a coma. Where he is placed in Hanks care for that time being. During his coma things continue to happen.

Things that eventually lead to Hope Summers leaving the island base the X-Men call home now. But then being brought back by the dying Nightcrawler some time later. After this Nimrod Sentinels attack the island where a comatose Erik has begun to wake up. Helping Hank to protect the other patients as he did not want to abandon them, Erik eventually moves on to hel protect the entirety of Utopia, which is the name of the Island base. After doing so he gives a speech which endears him to the many young mutants inhabiting the island. After these events there is some downtime before yet again, another situation comes up where Erik learns from Dr. Nemesis about one of his old Nazi tormentors making waves, again. Which Erik then brings up to Wolverine as he asks Logan to take the X-Force and handle the Nazi. Logan decides to do this mission solely on his own and succeeds, of course. While that is going on Scott has Erik and the others of the Execution team that Erik is a part of make a public appearance.

During this appearance the group is attacked by the Hellfire Club, where each member of the team is taken down by a strange form of technology each specifically engineered for hurting the exact mutant that it was aimed at. Erik had ended up being shot by a miniaturized neutron star. Then the Hellfire Club, taking advantage of the incapacitated heroes set slugs upon them to keep them all unconscious. Thankfully Idie, whoever that is turns up and saves the day, killing all of the Hellfire Club. Erik is then placed on a team not long after that involves Storm, it's not important. We just really love Storm. And you should know she was there. Though Erik has also come to a conclusion to leave Peter out of things because of what Peter did to Wanda in the past, that caused her breakdown and all that followed it. He's grounded, essentially, for...um...forever. So anyway, Joseph returns. But it's a NEW Joseph, and he starts killing people and The Avengers get BIG mad about it and go back on thier bullshit.

But because Erik is clearly smarter than pretty much everyone, he realize, hey. That's not me. I'm me, and tells everyone what's really going on. Which circles us back to Astra who has been free this entire time? Despite what she's done? That's just okay with everyone? Stealing DNA from a defenseless man, AND plotting to kill that man? So, anyway, Erik kicks her ass, BEGONE THOT! Joseph gets imprisoned. Erik, does not live happily ever after, but thank god that's over. Then Captain America shows up because he's bored, there's not been enough drama for him lately. Erik and him have a chat. Everyone hates each other now. But they need drama, guys! The fans are gonna leave! So some unimportant fighting breaks out because why not. Erik tries to help both sides but then Hope goes missing and needs to be found. Phoenix bestows powers on some X-Men. Look. A lot of shit happens okay. Scott his arrested. Erik Breaks him out. They all go wrong from the X-Men. The Phoenix Force Breaks the rogue teams powers. They gotta save the mutant Gene it don't work no more. There's no mutant babies. Fix it.

Erik decides to fix it by fuc- So anyway, Erik joins SHEILD for a hot minute. He then plays double agent. Scot gets pissy. How dare, how dare. Erik goes "Ey man it's nothing personal. I was doing it for you guys" Then he fucks off to go build another school in Charles name, a new Xavier Institute. Because everyone's getting a school these days...Then he steals some of Jean Grey's students, he calls is recruiting. Potato/Potatoes.  He fights Dormammu and his demons. His side wins. Scott's big mad because Erik was being pretty sketch to him, I guess? But they work it out with a big boy chat, it's all good. Erik helps some new mutants with their powers. Then they gotta save some douche named Fabio from SHEILD where Maria Hill goes "Come talk to me in private." But then she won't share much else and tells him to meet someone who is named Dazzler instead. Dazzler got them deets yo. Erik goes back to the X-Men Hideout, watches some pro-mutant stuff. Arrives fashionably late to a Blockbuster Sentinel fight--Whatever! WE DON'T CARE!

Dazzler is Raven, that's all you need to know. It's Mystique! Anyway, Raven and Erik go to Madripoor and fuck around and find out for ab it. It's a new safe haven for Mutants and the drug Kick is there, which we found out about during the whole Xorn thing. I did. You didn't. I didn't tell you about it. It's a thing. But it's not important. This is the last time it will be brought up. You're welcome. Anyway! Raven, get to the point. She's getting the old gang back together. The OG squad. Sabertooth, Toad, Glob, others....What the fuck is going on. Who knows. Because Erik has a crisis and he's gotta dip. So he leaves after attacking them all and knocking over a skyscraper in his rage. Then he fucks off for a bit with no one hearing from him for some time. Erik needed some me time and WE can forgive him FOR that.

Erik shows back up though when Red Skull starts using a now DEAD Charles Xaviers brain for his nefarious deeds. Because Erik ain't gonna be havin' none of that now. So he sets out to avenge Charles. Red Skull has also decided, in his infinant wisdom to just go ahead and make some Concentration camps again and starts locking mutants up in them. And what better place to do this on, than...the island of GENOSHA! Erik is not happy, as you can assume. So Erik and the X-Men go to beat Red Skulls ass, and the X-Men get their shit handed to them. Which leaves it all up to Erik in the end. Who beats the ever loving shit out of Red Skull, I guess. Then he takes his island back and starts another group of villains. Because Erik is unstable, remember that. AND he doesn't need to make sane decisions. Fuck Mystique trying to reform the OG gang, Erik does whatever Erik wants to do.

Even if that means being so CHANGEABLE! That's how he defeats Red Skull though, ultimately. Just throw some villains at the man. Good play, sir. Good play. Soon enough the remaining superheroes get enough strength to help out here, too and they manage to defeat Red Skull for good. Or at least till Marvel gets bored again and brings him back. Now back in complete control over Genosha again, Erik tries to live in peace. But how many damn times do I gotta tell you. This man does not deserve happiness. OR to know any peace. Or that's what one should expect from now on. Because the peace does not last. As the universe just starts to ...do stuff. Mmmhm. You read that right. Universal Incursion, baby! The Multiverse starts unraveling even as attempts to stop it are implemented. Even Erik's efforts to stop it does nothing for it. Nothing will ever be the same guys. Ever again.

During this trying time the Secret Wars happens. Erik becomes leaders of the X-men for a bit. There's a cure they need for Terrigen Mist. Healers are wanted, but not appreciated enough. Something about The Dark Riders, which, ugh. We honestly, don't care. Don't have time to get into that. Erik didn't even bother, he sleep. But hey, someones probably controlling them. So let someone else deal with it for a change. Damn.  During ALL this crazy shit however Erik and Rogue hook up, you know, totally over that one time he fucking attacked her when she was trying to be nice. They fuck. Have a son, Erik names that son Charles. Who is still dead by the way. Sad. Apocalypse comes back and starts raising more hell. Apocalypse also thinks it's a good idea to just kill Wanda off. Then he proceeds to capture Erik and Charles. Approaching Erik with a proposal, follow him, or he kills the boy. Erik, takes the offer in his rage, as well as prior traumas in losing his family members being a source of manipulating him.

Thus Erik becomes one of Apocalypses Horsemen. Apocalypse unlocks Erik's true potential, which grants Erik the ability to move earths core. While Apocalypse mind fucks Erik, Charles Xavier is brought back to life and finds out what's going on with Erik and Apocalypse. Charles attempts to reach Erik who believes that his son, Charles, is dead, and that he is alone again at this point time. Charles tries to convince Erik otherwise but ultimately fails to bring Erik to reasoning and turn against Apocalypse. Erik being to lost in his grief and overcome by his rage once more refuses to believe in anything Charles has to say, claiming it's all too late for them. Erik believes Apocalypse is the only way to get revenge for all that had been done to him, against the humans. Later, as Erik is attempting to finally destroy the earth, he is momentarily stopped by Peter, as Wanda had been dead at this time.

Peter tries talk Erik out of destroying earth. Confronting Erik on several things, trying to convince Erik that he isn't alone. That he has family he can still protect. A confused Erik grows frustrated with Peter, and just before Erik is about to attack and Peter hesitates, he blurts out that he is Erik's son, and Wanda is Erik's daughter. The twins he heard about all those years ago, it had been them all along. They had been adopted by the Maximoff family as infants when their mother, Magda had become too unstable to care for them. At this revelation, Erik stops his attack on earth, and turns his power against Apocalypse. Then, Apocalypse is finally defeated, for now. His loyalist are also tracked down and taken care of as well. While Erik and the X-Men are fighting with Apocalypse, Rogue manages to make it to where Charles, their son, is being held captive and rescues the boy from his prison. Which also results in humanity being saved from a bomb, I guess. After this incident Erik is globally named a hero.

As most believe it was him that saved them from the bomb, Erik, knowing full well it wasn't, accepts this claim anyway. Since he has no idea who it was, yet. A year later Erik has created the Bureau for Mutant Affairs to capture those still alive and loyal to Apocalypse. He also comes to figure out it was in fact, Jean Grey who is the one that saved humanity from the bomb. Erik keeps it a secret though since he likes the attention it brings him, as well as Jeans a bit...well...She's a bit sus. And she becomes even more sus when she shows up with the Sinister Six. They reveal what actually happened a year ago. Erik happens to be able to free Jean from her hold by Sinister’s power after this and then Erik straight up KILLS Sinister. Though because he lied he is later imprisoned. Since, hahah....WE arrest liars, I guess. Erik spends much of his time in prison doing fuck all in his plastic cell. That is until Weapon X kills him and becomes the New Apocalypse.

Some time passes before Erik is revived to help with a fight and again starts up his relationship with Rogue once more. They have another son together, Magnus. Who has inherited both Rogue and Erik's powers. And seems like one day he will eventually be better at them than his parents. Because that's how genetics fucking work. So, anyway, Magnus grows up. Nothing bad happens for a while. I know. Shocker. Then one day he just straight up disappears for a bit. Only for his burned corpse to be returned with a letter talking about how he was a hero, in some other dimension. He is given a proper funeral by his parents who for the most part ain't got shit to say about it. As they can't travel through time and space, now can they. Though it is still quite devastating, as you can imagine, for Erik, as well as Rogue. After this Erik's grief and anger builds up and soon he reforms The Brotherhood again, with a new team, and is working with villains now. Which in time leads him into attempting to kill Reed Richards, but The Avengers stop him.

Grief stricken and angered still, Erik continues to act up and during one of these incidents he is directly to blame for the accidental death of Hawkeye. Who is then avenged when Mockingjay kills Erik in kind. Erik again remains dead for quite some time before his remains are stolen and used to create a new mutant with combining his body with several other mutants. This new mutants name would be known as Brother Mutant. Who had possessed Erik's powers, along side all of those whose other bodies he had absorbed into his own. Eventually however, Brother Mutant was defeated by a team created by Wolverine and everyone was split apart once more, as well, Erik was once again alive but bound to a wheel chair after this incident. He was then taken to yet another Concentration Camp that had been built and overseen by Sentinels. Though with Frank Richards help, Erik helped to free the captured mutants. Though sacrificed his own life to make sure the mutants weren't stopped by the Sentinels.

Dead again, Erik remained dead for a long time. Though was, yet again, needed and revived as well as partially de-aged by an unknown person. Erik gets back on his feet, now once more in the prime of his life, he wanders for a while trying to learn more about what was going on while he had been dead, and again hears about the project with Weapon X. At this time it's a little more than familiar. Something he had heard once or twice in his childhood, he had remembered. While investigating he comes to learn that his mother, Edie had been involved with the research and projects for the initial trials of the Weapon X Program. As well as been a supporter of trying to find and 'cure' the mutant gene. He had also learned about what she had done to Erik. Which brought a brief memory back to him of his childhood yet again, one that he had locked away and forgotten do to only being just barely a toddler at the time. But, reading further into his beloved mothers background. He read she had also wished to 'cure' him after finding he had the mutant gene.

All of thus heart breaking news did not go over well for the unstable Erik. Who could not cope with the idea that his beloved mother had tried to potentially kill him for being a mutant. Erik eventually becomes consumed by his anger and confusion that he has a mental breakdown and starts to revert to something even worse than who he had ever been in the past. Becoming for a time someone more ruthless and sadistic. This results in several attacks on the US government and yet again, crippling Charles when Charles tried to talk Erik down. Though at this situation, Erik showed an opening, reliving the horrible things he had done to Charles in the past, with the first time Charles was paralyze because of him. Taking his moment, Charles attacks Erik and brainwashes him to forget his former life. While giving him new memories and making Erik believe he had lived a normal life. After, Charles leaves Erik in an attempt to let him live a normal life.

However, this is Marvel guys, Erik does not get a happy ending. Erik eventually regains his memories of his former life when The Brotherhood frees him of Charles brainwashing. Which brings all the instability that was yet to be resolved before. Erik again attacks the X-Men in his rage, and takes out Peters kneecaps in the process, since he finds out that Peter is working for those disgusting humans. Gross. Then, yet again, in his madness, Erik decides to again threatened to change earths magnetic fields and gets a machine built to amplify his powers.  However, eventually, he is again defeated by the X-Men and imprisoned by SHIELD where he remains for some time. While their, Erik plots to frame his daughter Polaris for a crime and get her imprisoned there as well. During this, another machine is created that will mimic both his powers, and Polaris'. Mystique then comes to visit him and takes on his appearance. She then uses that machine to fool everyone into thinking that she is in fact Erik, by using his powers from the machine.

After a fight with the X-Men Mystique is then arrested and sent to prison which allow, in some way for Erik to escape. Not that he's not off his fucking rocker, he's able to think more clearly. But is still grief stricken by the death of his daughter Wanda, and his mothers evil. Erik eventually also learns of the death of Polaris, too. Which sends him spiraling further into madness. He manages to keep it together long enough however to make his way back to the machine and without much warning, reverses the magnetic poles which also causes a great flood that kills millions of people. Following this incident Erik then proceeds to also kill Charles as well. The X-Men fight him once again, and in the end Scott is able to decapitate Erik with his eye beams.

It is believed that Erik is dead for good, this time. Though when other mutants are brought back to life, so too was Erik. As the X-Men, yet again, needed his help. Significantly chilled the fuck out now, Erik attempts to help. But as everyone else, is unable to prevent the next event from happening. A disease spreads over the world after contact with a space entity. Erik is eventually the only mutant left to defend the remainder of Mankind from the disease that has taken over the rest of the heroes and humans alike. Then one day, Wanda shows up from a different timeline, needing to cut the links between their worlds. While she's there, she reverts time back to before the disease came into contact with anyone, and helps the people of Erik's dimension prevent the disease from reaching earth and so destroying mankind. However, all the good Erik tried to do is also reverted and he is sentenced back to prison.

Present

Though Erik would not stay long in prison as Jean Grey has finally lost complete control over her abilities when she comes into contact with yet another space entity of some sort, by some means. Erik doesn't know how, because he wasn't there when it happened. Jean however has gone mad and started destroying anything in her path however which causes the remaining mutants that she did not kill, the deaths including that of Mystique and Scott. Erik is allowed to go free in order to help. Though his ultimate solution for the problem is to have Jean killed. Which is okay in Beast's book because of Raven's death. Erik finds himself wondering just why no one would just revive her. But doesn't bring the subject up. Overall they managed to defeat Jean and save her.

Following this event Erik tries to again set off on a path for good. Though finds it at times to be a difficult one. Instead he decides to keep with The Brotherhood and make it more of an anti-hero faction, that is not a source for good nor evil at any given time. Following the events of Thanos' snap, Erik does not get snapped. Instead he remains and tries help those that remained. When the avengers also get their shit together, he offers to help them with their time traveling adventures to recover the infinity stones and prevent the snap. Erik then joins everyone at the scene of the fight where he is, as one can imagine, a capable fighter and one of the most powerful people there. 

Future

Many years down the line Erik and Charles, have, once again, in their old age, become good friends and spend much of their time together teaching newer generations of mutants how to control their abilities as well as live among humans peacefully. Erik however still suffers from moments of evil despite his attempts to teach otherwise and eventually ends up in yet another plastic cell, where he and Charles will often converse for long periods of time, and play chess. However, as always, there seems to be something sinister lurking around the corner. This peace will not last...

(Work In Progress)

Personality: Magneto personality Stats

Extremism, Prejudiced (Toward humans), Repressed, Traumatized, Unstable, Calculating, Well spoken, Intense, Good intentions, Vengeful, Cultured, Stylish, Irrational, Fanatical, Ruthless, Powermad, Aggressive, Arrogant, Corrupted, Tense, Protective, Verbally Abusive, Defensive, Guilt Stricken, Hopeful, Idealistic, Radical, Complex, Changeable, Opinionated, Unpredictable, Deceptive, Manipulative, Cunning, Temper Mental, Morally Grey, Sophisticated, Precise, Compassionate, Dedicated, Courteous, Elegant, Responsive, Extraordinary, Scholarly, High-minded, Experimental, Emotional, Paternalistic, Sarcastic, Proud, Familial, Misguided, Self-indulgent, Aloof, Cynical, Intolerant, Boisterous, Condemnatory, Vague, Confused,

Quirks/Savvies/Other: Some public schooling, unspecified advanced training in genetic engineering and robotics, Publicly known, Married, Widowed, Ashkenazi jew (Does not practice), Adores everything about tadpoles, Can wield Thor’s Hammer (Did this because Wanda and Peter were killed by Ultron)(Through his powers, he is not worth, Maybe, -smirks-), Had a mental breakdown over a wooden gun, Ripped Apocalypse in half to prove a point, Is stronger than Apocalypse (NO ONES TALKING TO YOU JEAN! CLOUT STEALER. lol), Gives speeches, Was the Physics teacher at Xavier Institute, Is a mass murderer, Once greeted the X-Men with “Welcome, TO DIE!” because he’s a fucking dork, Sometimes refereed to as one of Four gods (Don’t ask, it’s not important, just a fun fact.), Met Captain America and Wolverine as a child, Is a closet fanfiction author with a hundred stories under their belt, Was potentially going to be Charles Xavier’s brother (But Stan Lee changed his mind, we’ll trust him, for now.), Will literally fucking just abandoned all his plans to go help Charles out, Has a tendency of laughing at the most inappropriate times, Got his solo movie stolen from him and it was made into a three part movie series about Jean Grey(And look how THAT turned out overall, lol), Immune to Rogues powers, Can use Cerebro effectively, Uses electromagnetism to induce mental effects, Inhuman reaction time, Expert at hand to hand combat, Loves bands that wear costumes on stage, Doesn’t prefer guns over his powers, But is not unlikely to use them for serving his purposes if need be, Knife fanatic, Detect and read micro expressions, Genius level polyglot, Genius in the field of genetics, He is an Omega level mutant, Wolverine’s afraid of him, Has an island that’s HP Lovecraftian, Is convinced they know the truth about who shot JFK, 

Likes: Chess, Being difficult, Fighting the X-Men, Bugging Charles Xavier, Rogue, Wolverine, Being Dramatic, Mystique, His idiot son: Peter, Being the smartest person in the room, Being heroic, Theater, Painting, Milkshakes, Donuts, Video games, Camping, Podcasting, Golf, Javelin throwing, Sports, Puzzles, Birdwatching, Traveling, Oranges, Soup, Hunting, Birdhouses, Rocks, Folklore, Tadpoles, Turtles, Outer space, Engineering,

Dislikes: Wooden guns, X-Men, Wolverine, Charles Xavier, Being wrong, Not being forgiven (Come on guys, it was only a million people he’s killed, at least! Give a guy a break.), Being anti-hero, Sharks, Bowties, Renaissance music,

Fears: Losing his family, Being alone(Outside Isolating himself), Abandonment, Betrayal, Being held captive/against his will, The deaths of his children,

Personality Tests: ENTJ-A/INTJ-A, Enneagram 6/8, Slytherin, Slytherdor, Horned Serpent, Thunderbird/Pukwudgie, Choleric, (Alt:Chaotic)Lawful Good/(Lawful)Neutral Evil,

Other: Sagittarius, Tropes,

Parent(s):

  -> Father: Jacob Lehnsherr

  -> Mother: Edie Lehnsherr

Sibling(s): Ruth (sister, deceased),

Children: Anya (deceased), Zala Dane (alleged daughter, presumed deceased), Lorna Dane (Polaris),  Wanda (Scarlet Witch) and Peter/Pietro (Quicksilver)(Shhh,... Shut up. Just shut the fuck up. You’re not the boss of me. I know what I am doing.), Charles(Son with Rogue), Magnus(Son with Rogue), Plague, Alpha, NIGHTCRAWLER?!, Probably countless more, One specifically that I am NOT going to mention,

Wife: Magda (wife, deceased),

Significant Others: Rogue(Bizarre Love Affair, not serious),

Other Relatives: Erich (uncle, deceased), Joseph (clone), Enrique(Ancestor),  William “Billy” Kaplan (Wiccan, alleged grandson), Thomas “Tommy” Shepherd (Speed, alleged grandson), Luna Maximoff (granddaughter),

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[soranihimawari]

swing sets and clouds

a little daichi story about him realizing he’s in like with a childhood friend who just moved back from hong kong...

tagging: @smolbludandelions​ @m0nstergeneration20xx​

rated: SDF for Sawamura Daichi Fluff.

word count: 3.7K

“oh man, i don’t know why i had let hitoka-chan convince me into writing this letter, but here goes,” my voice is quiet. i glanced out at the snowy ridden land. a soft smile danced across my face.

i sat down on my desk with the lamp lit staring at a birthday card for one of my senior classmates. i was so sure michimiya had a huge crush on  the recipient, but i think it’s honestly because they have known each other since middle school.however, since i was raised abroad in hong kong for a little while, my friends from elementary school continued forming connections during this time. my parents’ line of work for the international bank for japan had allowed such a trip to occur. i came back at the beginning of our first year of high school.my parents encouraged me to take a majority of the entrance exams for the prefecture we were going to be living when we moved back, which i was grateful for. the results came back via e-mail explaining that i was accepted into karasuno high and given my current grade average being converted, i was placed in the college prep courses. 

moving forward, i had survived my first year making friends and catching up with old ones. i had lunch on the rooftops often since i liked how the fire escape ladders were well hidden behind the main building. never really much of a socializer, i sometimes found it easy to skip a few lectures haphazardly especially when i forgot my homework. not even my seniors knew where i had ran off to. that changed during second year when one of the members of volleyball club had jogged up to the trio of boys in my year asking for an extra set of hands. we bumped shoulders briefly as you hollered over your shoulder a rapid, “sorry!” then you vanished for the rest of the day. apparently your kouhai were getting into a scuffle over who’d protect the lady manager. i continued on my day letting you know if fate brought us together by accident, then perhaps, we would become friends point. luckily we didn’t have to wait very long... 

“you moved and you came back?” you asked me blinking wide eyed at the sports festival that year. our classes were grouped together for co-ed costumed relay race. you were elected the third runner while i, for whatever reason, was the anchor. 

“i ran track then too ya’know, sawamura,” i shrugged my shoulders. “i can’t believe you don’t remember me that well, then again.” 

you passed me a bottle of an electrolyte enriched water. i open it and we said a brief, “kampai!” before we took a swig of it.

“we were seven,” you chuckled. “i can barely keep up with all the nuances go-go.”

“ah-ha! you do remember me!” i replied. “you used to call me that on the swingset by our old school.”

you blushed slightly when i poked your cheek. “c’mon, seems like our break time is almost over.”

our race was a close one while our peers began to saunter off one by one. by the time the baton came to me, you were breathing heavily. it was a solid pass; the charcoal stick with white and orange detail was pressed into my palm with a stern look in your eye. i’d never forget how intense your eyes were, sawamura. 

“go!” you yelled out to me as i turned my attention around to face the path in front of me. i took off, gaining speed and momentum with breaking from a speed walk, to a jog, to a sprint as our competitors in the next lanes gained on me. i pushed myself further and came in first. 

“i did it!” i whispered to myself. i raised the baton in the air while my breath was catching up. you nodded in my direction as our classmates passed on their congratulations, but you turned to your back on me to talk to your other friends instead. i told myself to let that action go. i didn’t belong in your world anyways, just as much as perhaps you think you didn’t belong in mine.

==third year==

“who’s that daichi-senpai?” one of the volleyball club first years had asked you.

“oh her?” sugawara’s voice took over a teasing tone. “that’s the girl daichi wants to date.”

“shut it suga,” daichi said while the rest of the team teased him for having his crush be openly outed.

i was probably practicing a few moves from my dance hobby after classes had been dismissed. i had signed up for an adult ballet dance class along with a modern international dance club; i had my music from my smartphone connected wirelessly to the mini-portable speakers i had brought with me. i was attempting a take on a dance i saw online from the renowned magda butterfly competition. my black ballet slippers were worn at the sole, but i pursued the completion of the instrumental ‘lava short’ ballad. 

the song ended as it skipped to the next song a stark contrast while the violins’ solo melody picked up it’s tempo, i leapt into completing a grand jete diagonally across the gym’s faded boundary paints. my hair hung around my shoulders as it flew in the wind behind me. my hair tie was holding less and less of my hair, but i didn’t mind one bit as i took my place spinning around with my eyes closed. i raised my hands above my head and moved my wrists down both sides of my face because both sides of my face, then the song fades. i glanced up at the clock, inspecting the time. i wrapped my chords and placed them in my bag on the stage from the entrance ceremony. i zipped up my bag, not really caring whether i had an audience observing me or not. i stretched my arms above my head once more stifling a yawn. i shook my head side to side as i re-tied my hair in a ponytail.

“mmhm.” i hummed. “perhaps i should call it a day. seems like the volleyball club’s practice begins soon.”

i spun around on my heel to leave the gym via the side door on the eastern side, easily slipping out of sight.

that evening, i received a text from sugawara. we were in the same science class this year, but that’s besides the point.

--[17:10]--

suga-k.: hey hey! i had a question for you... 

suga-k: [mysterydance.vid] is this you? 

go-go: how do you? why do you? ... 

suga-k: ?

go go: yeah. that’s me.

on the other side of the line, sugawara was walking home from practice with his two best friends next to him. he had thanked one of their underclassmen who shot a snapchat video on their phones for him. it was the first app hitoka tapped on and although she deleted the snap, she saved the file first thus sending it to her senpais who had asked her for it (it was just suga who shared it with daichi who was blushing harder in the changing room after practice had ended).

“you should ask go-chan out on a date,” sugawara suggests. 

“eh?” asahi questioned his silver haired friend. sugawara shows him the video clip of the girl who danced so effortlessly before they had practice. “daichi, you should. she’s--”

“i know guys. trust me i’d love to, but honestly, what am i supposed to say suga? hi go-go. i’ve been in love with you since we were seven and when your family moved to hong kong i believed we weren’t meant to be together?”

his two friends stopped walking for a moment as their friend was finally admitting some truths aloud to himself to hear.

“you DO like her,” sugawara clasped his friend’s shoulder. “asahi! you pay for my share of the pork buns mr. double or nothing ace.”

“oh, ok,” the gentlest ace had acknowledged the bed handing his co-captain five hundred yen.

“you guys made a gamble?! on my love life? damn it!” daichi exclaimed kicking the dirt pile closest to his feel while begrudgingly placing his hands in his club tracksuit pockets.

--the next day--

i was roaming the halls during the-mid morning break heading back to my classroom when i saw you out of the corner of my eye asking michimiya-san to borrow the girl’s vbc gym for practice that afternoon. she likes you too, i mused. i suppose if i stayed here in miyagi, you and i would have a very similar friendship. she’s a sweet girl but before you could say your goodbyes, she called out my name.

“h-hey michimiya, sawamura.” 

the lilt in my voice was hiding the sinking feeling i felt my heart do when i approached you two.

“go-go, are you going to watch the game against shiratorizawa?” michimiya asked. she looked so hopeful and i recalled hearing she pulled a victory charm at the shrine the other day. 

“if someone on the team asks me, sure,” i answered. “maybe i’ll ask suga-san.”

michimiya nods in earnest, but when she saw her fellow capitan’s face slightly frown, i had cleared my throat.

“i meant to say as a friend. after all, sugawara and i are in the same science class this year,” i said. i bowed toward them before i left them to converse in private again. 

--classes dismiss at karasuno--

“daichi-senpai’s skipping practice?” hinata asked. sugawara, with the thanks of tanaka and noya, covered for their captain explaining he had a slight-non medical emergency to take care of.

“it’s about go-senpai, isn’t it?” hitoka whispered to her head manager, who nodded. 

--elsewhere off campus--

“oi! go-go!”

twice in one day, someone on the volleyball team called out to me. twice in one day the person who i had developed a crush on, who had gifted me friendship chocolates last year for the first time, called out to me.

“yeah? what’s the matter sawa-kun?” i asked. i had my hershel brand backpack slung over my shoulder. i gave him a few moments to catch his breath. “woah, did you run over here?”

“not really,” he chuckled. “i run with the guys before practice all the time.”

“i see.”

“listen, can we talk somewhere? it’s nothing serious.”

i nodded. “lead the way.”

we walked silently side by side enjoying the ambiance of the early afternoon. we stopped when we reached our destination. it took me a moment to realize where we were. i turned my head to the left and saw the boarded up school with the notice saying it was currently closed for remodelling for the remainder of the school year. from where we were standing, we were inside the parameters of the park in front of our old primary school. 

“you remember this place,” i said softly. i turn to look at him with an warm smile. 

“so do you,” his voice is firm, but there were hints of mischief. “it’s been a long time since we played here.”

“haha, you’re telling me. honestly, i’m touched, truly by this, but why exactly did you bring me here. it can’t possibl--”

“i like you,” his confession interjects my statement.

“i like you too,” i say. the way my head turned around real quick in the autumn air had my brain process what he had said. “it can’t possibly be the...wait.”

his shadow eclipses my face for a moment as his brown eyes studied my features while i took a half step back to brace myself for whatever he did next.

“i know i’m late in telling you this,” his voice faltered for a moment, he gave me a small smile.

“you’re not late, daichi. you’re right on time,” i said running up to hug him. he took a step back when i laughed.

“oof!” he exclaims from the impact, falling into a laughter almost immediately after he embraces me.

“you jerk!” i said burrowing by my face into his chest.

“can’t be, not around you,” he whispers into the my hair. one of his hands combs my hair behind my ears gently; using the same hand i feel him tilting my chin up. i close my eyes as i closed the gap between our lips. if you could taste insurances of timed magic, that is what this kiss felt like. there is a calm stillness between he and I; when the kiss breaks, i giggle at how the boy blushes.

“y’know, you’re not half bad daichi,” i tease. i press my lips to the side of his face. “wanna walk me home?”

==[winter break]==

“write to daichi?” i asked balancing my phone on one ear. i called hitoka & shizumi asking them their opinions on what to get someone you like for the holidays; hitoka suggested i wrote a letter.

“yeah! one for good luck or his birthday,” her voice said.

“ok. thanks,” i said. “oh by the way, are we still up for that trip to the gardens tomorrow? the winter festival i heard was going on...”

“mmhm. meet at campus. night!”

we three hung up, i searched for a card.

==[31/12, 19:04]==

daichi and i since that day at the park had unofficially officially been ‘together.’ everyone on the team knew about our relationship, but to the outside, we were just really close childhood friends who reconnected in high school.

i don’t know why i was so nervous when i stood outside his door. i was dressed in a fancy pants suit my parents wanted me to wear to the party they were invited to, but i asked if i could skip it. when asked why, i told them i had a date to keep. daichi had invited me over for dinner and desserts at his place, so naturally, i accepted the offer.

earlier that day, i stepped out to the bakery & bought a small lemon chiffon cake. i also went to the florist shop and asked for a birthday balloon while picking up a fresh bud for my hair that evening.

sighing, i raised my hand to the door and gave it a steady rapt. i heard his siblings through the door asking if their brother’s ‘pretty date’ was coming over. those siblings of his were a mischievous pair, but alas even they saw how much their elder brother liked me.

“happy birthday dai,” i greeted with a balloon and small cake in my hand.

“thank you,” he says, kissing my cheek taking the cake away. “come in. i’ll make hot chocolate for you.”

“thanks.”

i unbuttoned my jacket while i heard his siblings run around to spot me in the entrance way. shrugged it off and hung it in the coat closet. i also removed my snow lidden boots and had them resting by the door along with the others.

the footsteps grew louder as all three of them approached me at almost full speed. daichi was chasing them yelling something about not getting extra marshmallows in their hot cocoa...

“go-one!” the little one said as they jumped into my arms to give me a hug. “hi hi!”

“hi!” i stifled a giggle. “happy almost new year!”

“happy a’most new year!”

“oi! leave go-one alone, she’s here to see dai-niichan!”

i have daichi a look who let out an exasperated sigh. his sibling in my arms saw how flustered he had become when i placed them back down on the floor.

“we’ll play a bit later, ok? for now, try not to cause too much trouble for your niichan.”

“haii~!” and with that agreement, the two children spun of their heels while making claims who will win the next round of super smash bros in the living room. daichi folded his arms over his chest and i shook my head.

“what’s with that look sawa-kun?” i asked when i walked back further into their house and made my way to the kitchen.

“it’s nothing,” he replies with a broad grin. “so, lemon chiffon cake?”

“yeah,” i said sheepishly scratching the side of face. “it was the only cake they had left at the bakery.“

daichi came up behind me and wrapped his arms around securly around my waist and pressed his lips on to the side of by shoulder blades. 

“you didn’t have to sweetheart, but i appreciate it,” he whispered against my ear before the kettle on the stove started to whistle. he kissed my temple while i pulled out one of the chairs from the dining table. i wonder if he’d bring up the letter... i thought. we enjoyed the hot chocolate conversing about my travels throughout hong kong and on his side he told me about what i had missed out in the decade i was away. afterwards, we played a few rounds of smash bros with his siblings while he cut up his cake. although i think he knew i threw a few of those matches in favor for his siblings (and him) to win a couple rounds. 

“yeah! i won again!” the little sibling from earlier cheered raising the controller above their head. “did ja see? did ja?”

“hah, of course!” i said clapping my hands. “don’t frown,” i talked to the other one sitting in front of me on the floor. “i’ll teach you how to get better too.”

“alright one-san.” the child smiled, “best four outta seven?”

“you’re on ni-chan!”

==[a couple hours later, 23:45]==

the sawamura’s house was filled with dimmed lights while the television in the main room played the international news for the fireworks displays. his parents were busy tucking in the younglings in their shared room, soon bidding me goodnight and happy new year with a red small envelope.

“y-you didn’t have to!” i said holding the envelope since they were persistent in not taking it back. “thank you!”

“happy new year go-chan. daichi, walk her home not too late, yeah?” his mother instructed nodding to the time. daichi agrees with a nod of contentment.

we sat on the couch side by side discussing our plans for the future after the spring tournament. i leaned my head against his shoulder.

“what about you, go-chan?” daichi asked after he explained his goals for wanting to major in criminal justice to enter the police academy in our prefecture.

“i think i might focus on international affairs,” i mused. “maybe find work in a consulate office for japan’s side of things.”

“you’d do great no matter what you choose,” he said rubbing my shoulder with his hand. 

“i know that and you will be a great lieutenant someday,” i muse looking up at him. i studied his profile features from time to time.

“you really think so, huh?”

“of course i do! don’t sell yourself short my captain.” 

his laughter rumbled through his shoulders prior to kissing my temple when it had died down. he lowered the volume on the television and he suggests something i didn’t know he could do.

“dance with me?” he asks softly, his nose nuzzling the crown of my head. “the song doesn’t matter, ok?”

he helps me to my feet taking my hands in his. i put my left hand on his shoulder and his right hand on the small of my back; i held other hand with my right and folded it over the space that occupies his heart.

“you turned out to be a fine person,” i said as we swayed around the living room.

“so did you,” he compliments. daichi looks over my shoulder as he stops for a moment and pulls my body closer. 

“we should stop dancing for a bit,” i suggest. 

“we have stopped.” his breath fans across my face while he raises a palm to my face. his thumb runs across my lips; as our lips pressed on to each other’s, i hear the announcers’ countdown. expelling a puff of air as we both exchanged a smile, i bit my bottom lip before he spun me around. 

“ahah! woah, slo--mmf!”

5...4...3...2...

one more time our lips met. his hand moved slightly away from my back and cliumbed higher to guide my neck into coaxing me to deepen this innocent kiss.i tilt my head more to the side feelling my partner dip me slightly as i meld into his kiss further. our last kiss of the year carried over into the new one thus sealing a childhood promise made on a swing set over a decade ago:

“daichi! wanna go watch the clouds today?”

“go away go-chan! i’m sick.” my classmate coughed a little and wheezed shortly thereafter. his mask had a little cute outline of a bird on the corner.

“aww, ok dai-kun. maybe you can watch from the windows?”

he nods to me and i return it with a nod.

“i’ll see ya tomorrow, ok? feel better daichi!”

at home, my dad asked me how school was and i explained to him how one of my best friends got a real bad cold. i also told my dad i didn’t get a chance to say good-bye so instead, i told my classmate we’d watch the clouds tomorrow, but that day never came since the flight to move was already scheduled for two days after that. i made two paper cranes that night and asked my mom to drop it off at school for me when she got a copy of my teacher’s reports.  

“class settle down please. we have a guest today. this is ana-sama. go-chan’s mom. she has some news to share with everyone...”

==[the letter]==

my first love,

happy eighteenth birthday dai-kun! cheers to you love. you’ve come so far without me by your side for a while, but we’re here together now. and for that, i am grateful. i’m sorry i couldn’t watch the clouds with you when you got better. although nowadays i’m glad you & i hide out in the roof during lunch sometimes, haha. oh! did i tell you how proud i am of you for leading your team to the spring tournament this year? i knew you could do it.

my wish for you this year? for you tomake more memories with not only me, but with the rest of the team. continue to be a good leader. whatever the future holds for us, know that i will always love you most earnestly. win or lose, i’ll always believe in you. don’t forget this feeling of being loved as you are. let’s make this new year a fun one! 

( ･_･)♡ 

go-san 

P.S. care to watch the clouds with me?

[choosecareer]

Grand success of LPU’s Pentaomnia Cinema Festival

A 120 day-long Cinema Festival organized by the Student organization Pentaomnia under the aegis of Division of Student Welfare, Lovely Professional University rounded off on February 28, 2021 with flying colors. The Cinema Festival has been one of the eternally chalked out as well as most worked on events created by the Pentaomnia Organization under the name of Pentaomnia Pvt. Ltd. What makes this festival a moment to be celebrated is the motto of creating it; the soul initiative was to provide the underrated and extraordinary filmmakers and cinema fanatics with a platform to present their creations before the esteemed Jury Panel.

A huge list of great Actors, Directors, Writers, Musicians, and Film Makers joined us to enrich the festival with utmost vibrancy. The list just begins with Pankaj Tripathi (Actor), Vineet Kumar (Actor), Usama Zaheer Khan (Casting Director), Alok Pandey (Actor), Dhanveer Singh (Actor), Magda Ruiz Martinez (Actress), Dr Paramjeet Singh Kattu (Film Maker), Sekhar Ramesh Mishra (Director), Adham Roshdy (Musician), Shivdeep (Writer), Sahil Tanveer (Actor/Editor), and Manav Shrotriya (Sound Engineer), Dr. Harjit Singh (Filmmaker), Sukhwant Dhaddha (Director- Producer), Karanvir Singh Sibia (Producer), Ramji Bali (Center Director, National School of Drama, Varanasi). Part of the list includes the Jury Members and the half, our Chief Guests on the live Interactive Sessions on official YouTube and Facebook pages of Lovely Professional University. Here the purpose of inviting such great Personalities to our Festival was to give a good amount of exposure to our participants. Through this interaction, the participants were able to connect with the industry experts which enabled them to know the Indian Cinema Industry.

The festival bought in a plethora of opportunities for the participants, which begins with providing them with a platform to present their works in front of prestigious and well acknowledged filmmakers and ends up with a few of them actually getting chances to perform and work with our Jury Panel and Chief Guests!

The event could’ve been a huge turn down had we not been mentored by Dr Nitin Bhardwaj, Dr Paramjeet, and Sahil Tanveer who plotted the plan for such a large scale Festival. With them by our side, no problem felt real. The luck however is not a part of networking and socializing! And here we were, with our greatest deals of all time, arranging the big names and presenting them before our highly awaiting audience and yet again, no problem was real with the efficient team Pentaomnia by our side. Our worthy sponsors, iPicture Productions, Ramaz Music, Uptown Skylla and Gyanopedia are to be given no less credit for making this event happen as arranging the goodies worth 30K wasn’t our cup of tea all by ourselves.

The journey of this festival has been a year long and it brought spectacular learning to the team as well as the participants. We got to associate with highly acclaimed production houses like AMPM TV, ipicture Production house and many more. The august platform for the festival was provided by Film freeway and in no other way it could be possible to thank them enough for this opportunity.

The deserving winners received their awards in various categories namely, Best Foreign Short Film (The Break of Life), Best Experimental Short Film (Time’s up), Best First Time Filmmaker (Agamre), Best Student Short Film (Sleep Well) and Best Short Film (Kukli). The festival however has reached its end point with the motive of learning, exploring and motivating the creative ideas within the filmmakers fulfilled and also plans to initiate another similar project very soon for the upliftment and enhancement of networking and carving new roads to success for creators. Stay tuned!

[porcileorg]

Sad Mondays #9

Author: Magda Wisniowska - August, 2020.

Before returning to the question of time at some future date, I would like to address the productive aspect of Kant’s aesthetic experience. Aesthetic experience always produces something, even if this is the simple feeling of pleasure associated with the aesthetic judgment of taste. But what I mean is the kind of product that, in sustaining aesthetic judgment, constitutes the exceptional time of Aion. This for Kant, would be the work of genius.

In the relevant section of the Third Critique Kant describes the activity of a poet as follows,

[The poet] takes things that are indeed exemplified in experience, such as death, envy, and all the other vices, as well as love, fame, and so on, but then, by means of an imagination that emulates the example of reason in reaching [for] a maximum, he ventures to give these sensible expression in a way that goes beyond the limits of experience, namely, with a completeness for which no example can be found in nature. And it is actually in the art of poetry that the power … of aesthetic ideas can manifest itself to full extent. (§ 49, 314)

A poet takes up an experience — an overwhelming experience such as death or love — and gives it a sensible expression. Now obviously, there are no words that can fully express the experience of death directly — it is not that we can show what death is to another, completely. Kant would say, such an extreme experience has no corresponding determinate concept, a concept which could be presented sensibly in intuition. Nevertheless, the poet finds those imaginative ways of presenting concepts that give rise to thought, specifically the kind of thought that does not operate logically through concepts. He does so by looking at the implications of certain concepts and forging connections between them, seeking out affinities that might otherwise not be found. “Thus Jupiter’s eagle with the lightning in its claws is an attribute to the mighty king of heaven” (§ 49, 315). While this image of an eagle with lightning in its claws might now seem rather commonplace (already found on Ptolemaic coins and firmly part of a Fascist iconography), for Kant it was still an image that could inspire the imagination to ignite, gathering together a number of related images and generating more thought than can be expressed in words. Ultimately this image yields an “aesthetic idea,” whose function is “to quicken the mind by opening it to view into an immense realm of kindred presentations” (ibid.). This ability to present aesthetic ideas, which Kant defines as presentations that prompt the kind of thinking to which no concept is adequate and that no language can express or grasp, he calls genius. And while this kind of talent might seem exceptional, Kant describes it as a facility we all have. Every time we engage our imagination to create “another nature out of the actual material nature gives us” in order “to entertain ourselves when experience strikes us as overly routine,” we use this power of the mind (ibid.), our claim to genius.

What interests me is how this ability to think the aesthetic idea, pushes both the conceptual and the sensible beyond themselves. As Joseph Barker argues in his essay “Resolving the Paradox of Phenomenology through Kant's Aesthetics,” Deleuze does not resolve the paradox of phenomenological reduction, namely, of how to communicate non-worldly concepts to those who think in worldly terms, where the theorising ego stands opposed to those remaining in the natural attitude. Instead, Deleuze emphasises the gap between the sensible and thought. What I described so far — us amusing ourselves with images outside the routine, the poet and his images of eagles with lightning bolts, generating thought, presenting the aesthetic idea, and even, giving birth to reason (see how aesthetic experience is described in Deleuze’s “The Idea of Genesis in Kant’s Aesthetics”) — is violent. The enlivenment and enrichment of thinking is a violent act. It is not easy to step outside the routine, to force kinship on concepts that naturally show no such affinity. But this is what the image, something in the realm of the sensible, does. It forces non-conceptual thought, beyond the limits of experience, with a completeness that cannot be found in nature. It is in this sense, unnatural. Kant admits as much when he returns to the figure of the poet in a later section to write,

Now although the two cognitive powers, sensibility and understanding, are indispensable to each other, still it is difficult to combine them without [using] constraint and without their imparing each other; and yet their combination and harmony must appear unintentional and spontaneous… (§ 51, 321)

In aesthetic experience, there is only the appearance of harmony in the free play of the imagination and understanding. Its reality is a violence no longer confined to the experience of the sublime. All aesthetic experience harbours a deep dissonance within. This is its unnatural product.

[yippie-role-play]

“I mean I’m really durable now so I may as well see what happens! I dunno. I’m just kinda stupid.” They shrug. A rat climbs up a staircase next to their bed and sits next to them, patting their cheek. “Thank you Ratthew. Say hi to Magda, Ratthew.” The rat squeaks a greeting, continuing to pat Sam’s cheek.

“Climb a ladder? Ew no way. I’m scared of ladders.” They shudder. “So wobbly. And besides, there aren’t any ladders that would perfectly put me at like, 10 ish feet.” They nod and lean against their pillows. The rat climbs into their lap and they reach for a bottle of water on the nightstand, chugging it. They set it down and chuckle. “Okay. Well. First of all: We were watching kung fu panda and karate kid and all that stuff, and they wanted outfits to match. And the obstacle course is for enrichment! They love it. Much better than some tiny wheel or-” they gag “-those godforsaken tubes. Ugh. And I’d never put one of my babies in a hamster ball.”

(you did something stupid that nearly got you killed)

Magda simply sighed. She sighed long and hard, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "I'm.... I'm not going to ask why your pets all have custom made spy or ninja outfits. I'm not going to ask about the marshmallows, countless cans of soda, or the fact you've been sneaking supplies out out of my workspace. I'm not even going to ask about the miniature obstacle course that you've made for your pets. But.... how.... HOW.... did you manage to duct tape yourself, upside-down, a good ten feet up your bedroom wall?"

“Listen. Listen! It’s all perfectly reasonable I swear.” Poor kid’s face is all pale and splotchy from the blood rushing to their brain. “Can you help me down first? I think I’m going to get a hemorrhoid. No… Hemorrhage! Thats the word.” They wiggle under the tape. “Help. Peas.”

[eleonthescene]

RE C-CAP 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT - Media Alert

RE C-CAP 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT – Media Alert

Feb 21, 2020 | Featured, Press Alert | 0 comments C-CAP SET TO HOST STAR STUDDED 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT TO SUPPORT THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK IN EMPOWERING UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH THE CULINARY ARTS   THIS ULTIMATE TASTING EVENT WILL FEATURE 40 WORLD-RENOWNED RESTAURANTS IN NYC   C-CAP, a national nonprofit co-chaired by chef, author and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson, and founded by culinary educator Richard Grausman, will host its 30TH Anniversary Benefit on Tuesday, February 25 at Pier Sixty - Chelsea Piers, New York City.    Press Arrival - 5:00pm Red Carpet – 5:45pm Doors: 6:30pm-9:00pm Event Contact - MJ Pedone (917) 319-9600      Janice Huff, (WNBC Chief Meteorologist) will emcee the evening chaired by Tim Zagat, Co-Founder of Zagat. This year’s honorees include Richard Grausman, C-CAP’s Founder and Chair Emeritus and Chef Sarabeth Levine, world-renowned Baker and Restaurant Owner.   NOTABLE INVITED GUESTS Steve Schirripa (Actor The Sopranos/Blue Bloods), Justin Tuck (2x Super Bowl Champion), OJ Anderson (2x Super Bowl Champion), Howard Cross (NY Giants Super Bowl Champion), Erik Coleman (NFL Veteran), John Starks (Former NBA All-Star/Knicks Scout) and Dee-Morris (Actor/Singer/Songwriter Gotham (FOX), Shades of Blue (NBC), to name a few, will be in attendance to support and celebrate C-CAP’s three decades of outstanding work with their career readiness program connecting public high school culinary teachers and their students to the foodservice industry.   PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS & CHEFS Abigail Kirsch (Matthew Tiscornia), Almond (Jason Weiner, Alex Nieto), Aretsky’s Patroon (Ken Aretsky, Aaron Fitterman), Bâtard Tribeca (Markus Glocker), Ben & Jack’s Steakhouse (Admir Alibasic), Bouley at Home(David Bouley), Café Boulud (Jerrod Zifchak), Casa Nomad (Yvan Lemoine), Cosme (Evelyn Velazquez, Isabel Coss), Cuisine Solutions (Bruno Bertin), Estiatorio Milos (Costas Spiliadis),Felidia (Lidia Bastianich, Fortunato Nicotra), Four Seasons Hotel (John Johnson), Gramercy Tavern (Miroslav Uskokovic), Indian Accent (Manish Mehrotra), JAMS (Jonathan Waxman), Le Bernardin (Eric Ripert, Thomas Raquel), (Loi Estiatorio (Maria Loi), Michael's (Michael McCarty, Kyung Up Lim), Nobu 57 (Matt Hoyle), Park Avenue Winter (Zene Flinn), Perrine at the Pierre (Ashfer Biju), Portale (Alfred Portale), Porter House New York (Michael Lomonaco, Wayne Harley Brachman, Daniel Rutledge),Hudson Yards Grill (Michael Lomonaco, Wayne Harley Brachman, Daniel Rutledge), Quality Eats (Craig Koketsu), Decoy/ Red Farm (Eddie Schoenfeld, Joe Ng), Red Rooster (Marcus Samuelsson), Sarabeth's (Sarabeth Levine), Shake Shack, Storico (James Miller), The Loyal (John Fraser), Untitled (Evan Tessler) and Vaucluse (Michael White, Jared Gadbaw).   Guests will enjoy decadent signature dishes by NYC’s hottest chefs along with world-class wines by Heitz Cellar, cocktails and specialty Vodka drinks by Tito’s top mixologists. This grand tasting of culinary creations will be assisted by talented C-CAP students and alumni. Also on hand, will be an auction with once-in-a-lifetime culinary, culture and travel packages. The night will celebrate the finest in the industry and guests will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to savor the exquisite food tastes by the “hard to get into” restaurants in one night, for a great cause.   ABOUT C-CAP C-CAP, a national nonprofit co-chaired by chef, author and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson, and founded by culinary educator Richard Grausman, provides underserved youth with educational and career opportunities through the culinary arts. It is a curriculum enrichment program linking public high school culinary teachers and their students to the foodservice industry. C-CAP’s various programs work together to help prepare students for college and careers in the restaurant and hospitality industry. https://ccapinc.org #CCAPinc #CCAPBenefit #CCAP30 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Search for: Archives Archives Select Month February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 August 2015 /* */ Baseball Hall of Fame 2019 OTS Sports Silvana Magda with The Katenda Band & Viva Brazil Dancers ELE on Telexito Vargas Cosmetics (Short)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K68zhw-fxuM&t=116s CategoriesBlog Brazil Events Fashion Featured Flashbacks Jazzmobile On The Scene News On the Scene Sports Press Alert Television Uncategorized

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Auf Wiedersehen und danke, Berlin!

After a breathless 4 months of living in Berlin for a sun-drenched summer, I have a lot to reflect on, and even more to be grateful for. The process of moving, even temporarily, to a new country can be quite daunting, especially for those of us not blessed with the freedom-of-movement of Europeans. However, I can now attest that it is also a very good teacher - one that reminds us that the communities that matter to us in life can take on many forms, many of them not as geographically or temporally bound as we expect.

As many others have already discussed more eloquently than me, Berlin is in an especially vital moment in its history, one which is defined by rapid transformation, as capital and foreign investment reshape urban topographies according to their own visions of what the future should look like. It is also a period, however, where key community movements are gathering, their networks fostering solidarities of a different kind, from #FridaysForFuture to Kreuzberg's Bizem Kiez. They are fighting for a different Berlin - one that is heterogeneous, diverse, affordable and even a bit utopian. And they are not giving up. For this reason and many others (from the city's many spaces and networks of refiguration such as Anarche that continue to provide refuge for alternative modes of living against all odds; to the many bikes that almost outnumber cars in some neighbourhoods; to the empassioned sticker dialogues that still cover the city's surfaces; to the pan-European, anti-facist, pro-diversity, post-capitalist and environmental justice movements that continue to make themselves heard) I have left Berlin enriched, full of learnings - including a new language! - and a renewed sense of hope.

I have many people, communities and spaces to thank for this. Here are a few of them: First, IRI-THESys Humboldt-Universität where I was lucky enough to be Visiting Scholar in human-environment transformations this summer - and especially my wonderful office-mates Sören and Sascha, and folk like Tim, Olof, Cecile, Laurie, Jules, Jörg and others who went out of their way to in many little moments to invite me to lunches (und laufens!) and generally make sure that I felt welcomed in what would have otherwise been quite an intimidating group of great minds; second, the many other inspiring thinkers and practitioners involved in academic spaces like the Refiguration of Spaces group at Techniche Universität, Humboldt-Universität's CARMAH and Dept of European Ethnology and Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft, Berlin Open Lab, and Geographisches Institut Universität Bonn such as Sabine Heishler, Michelle Christensen, Florian Conradi, Sharon MacDonald, Stefan Höltgen, Phoebe Moore and Daniela Rosner, who invited me to speak at their departments, made time for me to ask them endless questions about the intricacies of academic life in Germany, and thoughtfully considered my proposals for a new phase of international research that I piloted in China this summer with a wonderful team of makers and academics ; and third, the friends new and old who joined me for adventures in Berlin's finest not-academic spaces, from Cashmere Radio to Kater to the Temple - Anna, Michael, Tadeu, Geoffrey, John, Lara, Magda, Nadia, Bernie, Ross, Kahlym, Leon, Jihyuck, Rommelo, Patrick, Dave, Chris, R00tkate et al - glad to have enjoyed some beautiful moments in utopie-gartens und Waldsees mit dir.

And now, writing this in the U.K., from a nation in crisis that is yet to determine the shape of its own future, and having recently submitted my PhD thesis on the potentials of digital spaces for making and learning to transform the traditional logics of public museums, I hope to use the next phase of my career to work with many more spaces and communities of resistance, transformation, and hope like these - because our world needs them more than ever. Es ist nur der Anfang, Berlin - und vielen danke!

[bookishlife]

“Maybe every life is a study of the things we don’t have but wish we did, and the things we have but wish we didn’t.” 

“As the shock dissolves, I understand that in a strange way the pain of knowing is merciful.”

“It’s important to assign blame to the perpetrators. Nothing is gained if we close our eyes to wrong, if we give someone a pass, if we dismiss accountability. But as my fellow survivors taught me, you can live to avenge the past, or you can live to enrich the present. You can live in the prison of the past, or you can let the past be the springboard that helps you reach the life you want now.” 

“Maybe to heal isn’t to erase the scar, or even to make the scar. To heal is to cherish the wound.” 

“How easily a life can become a litany of guilt and regret, a song that keeps echoing with the same chorus, with the inability to forgive ourselves. How easily the life we didn’t live becomes the only life we prize. How easily we are seduced by the fantasy that we are in control, that we were ever in control, that the things we could or should have done or said have the power, if only we had done or said them, to cure pain, to erase suffering, to vanish loss. How easily we can cling to-- worship-- the choices we think we could or should have made.” 

Book: The Choice: Embrace the Possible Author: Dr. Edith Eva Eger Published: Scribner (2017) 

My Review: Dr. Edith Eva Eger is an incredible woman. Incredible might be an understatement, actually. She’s phenomenal.

Fifteen years old, little Edith was forced from her home with her family, only to wind up an orphan. Auschwitz consumed her parents just as it almost consumed her. But, despite all odds, she and her sister Magda were discovered by American troops and pulled from a tangled mass of corpses, half alive and unable even to move. 

From death’s doorstep to her very own psychotherapy office, Dr. Edith Eva Eger tells us the story of her survival, and the lessons she learned about human existence and suffering over the course of the 70 years since her liberation. 

Agonizingly beautiful and painful, Dr. Eger shows us the healing that can be found from within the depths of trauma and struggle. 

[ao3feed-youngavengers]

Eminent Supremacy

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2OmIxAK

by TheWeepingRaven

There is not much known of the man that calls himself Magneto. Few knew him as Erik Lensherr and even less new him as Max Eisenhardt and no one knew that that he had at one point been known as Harry Potter. How will those of the Wizarding World that have been searching for him react to knowing that the one that was supposed to save them was a villain that desired mutants to eventually dominate the human race, but not for the reasons they all believed?

Words: 4817, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Comicverse), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics), Young Avengers (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Max Eisenhardt, Erik Lehnsherr, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Characters, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Edie Eisenhardt, Jakob Eisenhardt, Ruth Eisenhardt, Original Child Characters - Character, Enrich Eisenhardt, Magda Eisenhardt, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Howling Commandos, Charles Xavier, Anya Lensherr, Natalya Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Suzanna (X-Men), Lorna Dane, Magda (X-Men), Cassandra Michaels, Gabrielle Haller, Lilandra Neramani, Moira MacTaggert, Peggy Carter, Peggy Carter's Husband, Richard Barnes, Rebecca Barnes Proctor, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Husband, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Son, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Daughter, Carol Barnes, Daniel Barnes, Brooklyn Barnes, Nicholas Barnes, Matthew Rogers, Douglas Rogers, Various X-Men Characters, Various Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Characters

Relationships: Jakob Eisenhardt/Edie Eisenhardt, Max Eisenhardt/Magda Gorska, Erik Lensherr/Magda Lensherr, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Gretchen Zeller, Erik Lensherr/Cassandra Michaels, Erik Lensherr/Natalya Maximoff, Erik Lensherr/Suzanna Dane, Erik Lensherr/Isabelle Fawley, Erik Lensherr/Amadou Kama, Erik Lehnsherr/Magda (X-Men), Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier, James "Bucky" Barnes/Harry Potter, James "Bucky" Barnes/Erik Lensherr, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Riley/Sam Wilson, Harry Potter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Harry Potter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Erik Lensherr/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Crystal Amaquelin/Pietro Maximoff, Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Barney Barton/Laura Barton, Meredith McCall/Tony Stark, Happy Hogan/Pepper Potts, Lorna Dane/Marcos Diaz, Lorna Dane/Alex Summers, Remy LeBeau/Rogue

Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover Pairings, Alternate Universe, Violence, Canon-Typical Violence, Strong Language, Strong Female Characters, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Minor Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Holocaust, Depiction of the Holocaust, Mention of the Holocaust, World War II, Torture, Psychological Torture, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Psychological Trauma, Aftermath of Torture, Human Experimentation, Mutant Powers, Murder, Attempted Murder, Attempted Sexual Assault, Explicit Sexual Content, Implied Sexual Content, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape/Non-con Elements, Near Death Experiences, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Mind Control, Hurt/Comfort, Everyone Has Issues, Harry Potter is Magneto, Harry Potter is Erik Lensherr, Harry Potter is a Mutant

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Eminent Supremacy

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by TheWeepingRaven

There is not much known of the man that calls himself Magneto. Few knew him as Erik Lensherr and even less new him as Max Eisenhardt and no one knew that that he had at one point been known as Harry Potter. How will those of the Wizarding World that have been searching for him react to knowing that the one that was supposed to save them was a villain that desired mutants to eventually dominate the human race, but not for the reasons they all believed?

Words: 4817, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Comicverse), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics), Young Avengers (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Max Eisenhardt, Erik Lehnsherr, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Characters, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Edie Eisenhardt, Jakob Eisenhardt, Ruth Eisenhardt, Original Child Characters - Character, Enrich Eisenhardt, Magda Eisenhardt, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Howling Commandos, Charles Xavier, Anya Lensherr, Natalya Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Suzanna (X-Men), Lorna Dane, Magda (X-Men), Cassandra Michaels, Gabrielle Haller, Lilandra Neramani, Moira MacTaggert, Peggy Carter, Peggy Carter's Husband, Richard Barnes, Rebecca Barnes Proctor, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Husband, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Son, Rebecca Barnes Proctor's Daughter, Carol Barnes, Daniel Barnes, Brooklyn Barnes, Nicholas Barnes, Matthew Rogers, Douglas Rogers, Various X-Men Characters, Various Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Characters

Relationships: Jakob Eisenhardt/Edie Eisenhardt, Max Eisenhardt/Magda Gorska, Erik Lensherr/Magda Lensherr, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Gretchen Zeller, Erik Lensherr/Cassandra Michaels, Erik Lensherr/Natalya Maximoff, Erik Lensherr/Suzanna Dane, Erik Lensherr/Isabelle Fawley, Erik Lensherr/Amadou Kama, Erik Lehnsherr/Magda (X-Men), Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier, James "Bucky" Barnes/Harry Potter, James "Bucky" Barnes/Erik Lensherr, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Riley/Sam Wilson, Harry Potter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Harry Potter/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Erik Lensherr/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Crystal Amaquelin/Pietro Maximoff, Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Barney Barton/Laura Barton, Meredith McCall/Tony Stark, Happy Hogan/Pepper Potts, Lorna Dane/Marcos Diaz, Lorna Dane/Alex Summers, Remy LeBeau/Rogue

Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover Pairings, Alternate Universe, Violence, Canon-Typical Violence, Strong Language, Strong Female Characters, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Minor Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Holocaust, Depiction of the Holocaust, Mention of the Holocaust, World War II, Torture, Psychological Torture, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Psychological Trauma, Aftermath of Torture, Human Experimentation, Mutant Powers, Murder, Attempted Murder, Attempted Sexual Assault, Explicit Sexual Content, Implied Sexual Content, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape/Non-con Elements, Near Death Experiences, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Mind Control, Hurt/Comfort, Everyone Has Issues, Harry Potter is Magneto, Harry Potter is Erik Lensherr, Harry Potter is a Mutant

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