#mike lawson would be so so

[steventhusiast]

once again so late to the party, but yippee @steddiemicrofic time!

prompt: charm | wc: 548 | rated: G | cw: implied homophobia | tags: teacher au, vaguely modern?, established relationship

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“Knock knock.”

Steve looks over from where he’s writing a task on the board to see Eddie leaning against the doorframe, one hand poised to knock midair and one held behind his back. His presence brings an involuntary smile to Steve’s face, which he tries to hide by biting his lip. (Judging from the giggles he hears from the kids in the front row, he fails.)

“Alright, class. I’m going to trust that you’ll get started while I talk to Mr Munson, okay?” He says, and all the kids nod obediently (even though he knows they'll probably ignore that).

“Yes, Mr H.”

He walks over to Eddie, who hasn't moved from the doorway.

“What’s up?” He grins at his boyfriend, consciously trying to keep a respectable distance between them.

There’s not a rule against them dating, per say, but it’s definitely frowned upon by some teachers, and some parents would riot if they found out. So they at least try to be subtle about things.

“Okay, so, you know how you're nervous about your peer observation this afternoon?” Eddie asks, and then before Steve can answer he brings the hand he’s been hiding out to reveal a plushie.

Okay, correction. Steve tries to be subtle about things.

It’s a small teddy bear with fluffy-looking brown fur. In its hand it holds an oversized four-leaf clover, with the words “good luck stevie” stitched messily onto it. There’s also a pink heart patch on its face. It’s cute, and Steve hides his smile with a hand as he glances back up at Eddie.

He almost wants to be mad, because Eddie agreed to be more subtle at school after a glare at their hand-holding from Mrs Lawson a few weeks ago. (Mrs Lawson happens to be the teacher who’s doing his peer observation.)

But he can’t. Not when the expression on Eddie’s face is so proud, and his eyes are so loving.

“What's this?” He asks.

“A good luck charm! Duh!” Eddie says as he holds the teddy out. Steve rolls his eyes, and takes the offered gift.

“Shouldn’t you get back to your class, Mr Munson? Don’t even want to think about what Mike’s up to without you there.” He says after a moment, hoping Eddie can hear the thank you, I love you hidden behind his words.

Eddie nods with a grin, and promptly leaves to go back to wrangling his own class of terrors. Steve lingers in the doorway, thumb brushing over the teddy’s fur as he smiles down at it, and then turns back to his class.

They’re all grinning at him, mischief in their eyes. Not one of them have opened their workbooks.

“Mr Harrington and Mr Munson, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G.” Dustin starts singing as Steve brings the bear over to his desk. He ignores his flushed cheeks to narrow his eyes at the twelve-year-old.

“Do you want me to give you an F on the next test?” He asks. There’s no heat behind his words and Dustin knows it. The kid grins at him, the picture of innocence.

“First comes love-” Dustin continues, but Steve holds a hand up.

“Shut it, Henderson.” He grumbles.All his kids giggle, and he looks back down to the bear. A good luck charm. How cute.

[chussyracing]

What is happening in the world of motorsports?

a very long post summarizing the stuff that happened across the last two weeks

Racing updates:

Pacal Wahrlein became the FE champion for 2024

Yuki started from the back of the grid after taking multiple new components outside of allowed (so Guanyu who was p20 in quali and got 3 places grid drop penalty for impending was actually promoted to p19 because of this), Max got 10 places grid penalty only for new ICE outside of allowed ones

Yuki was ordered to rest after his check up following the crash in Hungary and he was seen limping after getting out of the car after the GP, because he bruised his tailbone and it was confirmed that the impact of the crash was worth 68G

FIA announced that a selected part of the teams will be checked for the flexibility of their wings in Spa

Hungary was really a mayhem for everyone: McLaren messing up the strat and then spending 20 laps telling Lando he is a dick for not letting Oscar swap after the pitstop, Lance ignoring multiple team orders telling him to let Fernando swap, Max made a rookie mistake and Nico Rosberg blamed him for staying up till 3am sim racing, RB messed up Daniel strategy while pulling out a one stopper for Yuki and Alpine messed up quali strat and then after another pitlane start had to retire Pierre

Haas extended their engine deal with Ferrari through 2028

after suspecting an illegal cooling duct on the McLaren car, Red Bull filed a complaint about it to FIA (but FIA claims that check after race showed that the holes they thought were there, were closed up)

also to have a bit more fun with McLaren, they got their motorhome back only for them to lose the roof of the front of it in the wind during a storm at the start of the race weekend in Hungary (and Oscar indirectly joked that their motorhome needs to get destroyed for Lando to get pole)

Antonio Lobato believes that the drop of performance for Red Bull is not just because of Newey leaving, but also because FIA caught them cheating and they had to change some parts (and he claimed that some teams found out about it and at least two of them confirmed it to him)

McLaren might have ruined Oscar’s first ever win but Australian GP plastered his posters all over the city (because he was actually born in Melbourne)

Aston Martin’s quali got fucked after the red flag because of a mistake FIA made thanks to APX GP in the parc fermé

George was disqualified from Belgian GP after his car was found to be underweight and Horner claimed that he believes the difference in the weight was made by the decision to only stop (and our comm claimed that Mercedes knew about George's car being underweight before they started, that's why they purposedly left a lot of fuel in the car and also that recounted the weight dofference would be worth around 4 or 5 seconds)

Stoffel Vandoorne will test Aston Martin in the summer break

Liam Lawson and Daniel Ricciardo will test an older Red Bull spec while Yuki will fulfill a filming day in the summer break

Silly season:

Mattia Binotto, the devil himself, has been appointed the new head of Audi after both Seidl and Hoffmann „leave the team“ (= got fired for not hiring Carlos alongside Nico who said the decision shocked him since he had no idea) – they were also eyeing Mike Krack according to some reports so it is very much possible they might want to hire him alongside Binotto

Carlos congratulated him on the move and then everyone thought he is going to Audi for sure because of him

but he goes into Williams on multi year basis (2025, 2026 and beyond) instead

There's a rumour he has clauses allowing him to leave when he pleases which James Vowles technically denied saying they only wanted someone that wanted to be a part of the team and who wouldn't come for money or as a last resort option (and he also said they were talking to Carlos since AD 2023)

Sauber/Audi also hired Stefan Strahnz (previously in Merc) as program director

Kevin Magnussen will leave Haas at the end of the season, Este signed with them on multiyear deal

after rumours that Alpine F1 team wants to find new engine supplier and become a customer team, Renault explained to their employees they would like to focus more on new projects like hydrogen and battery development instead, according to the gossip they are not ready and French labour union is interested in the case, because it could lead to mass firing and nobody wants that

also if it wasn’t enough, Bruno Famin left his position of Alpine’s team principal after Spa to focus on the Renault’s car division instead and Oliver Oakes from Hitech becomes their new team principal (that could also mean signing up Paul Aron to their junior academy)

fun fact: Hitech was among the teams trying to become 11th team on the grid (what if… Briatore sold it off to Hitech? to Andretti?)

there are some talks about who could partner Pierre in Alpine and gossip started seeping out that in the internal Jack/Mick test, Mick was pretty impressive

Marcin Budkowski said that everyone at Alpine knew Este was talking to Williams because he had a GPS in the car that they were tracking in the company

Enrico Cardile who left Ferrari with immediate effect to get replaced by Frederic Vasseur as head of chassis technical team before Loic Serra can join the team after his gardening leave, was officially announced as Aston Martin’s new chief technical officer for 2025 and Vasseur said that Ferrari will officially announce the new technical department structure after the summer break

Autosport believes that Alpine is in advanced talks with Mercedes to get engine, gearbox and suspension from them (which might come as early as next year instead of 2026 like previously suggested, Toto met up with them in Spa)

Helmut Marko confirmed to stay with Red Bull till 2026 (which supports the claim that Max stays in the team considering he had a clause to leave alongside Marko)

Toto spoke to oe24 and said that they are not interested in Adrian Newey because he trusts James Allison and therefore

PlanetF1 thinks that George is a candidate for the other Audi seat in the future when Carlos didn’t sign with them and that would open a way for Max to Mercedes

Marko confirmed that they will evaluate Checo’s chances to keep his seat after Spa and Daniel said that these two races are the two most important ones in his career and the team ruined the Hungarian race for him

Isack Hadjar, Yuki, Liam Lawson are also linked to RBR and RB mess

finally Red Bull confirmed that Checo will continue with them for the rest of this season (but there are rumours that LM and Carlos Slim asked them to keep Checo after Verstappen jr and sr already got told that Checo is leaving after the break on sunday, because they need Checo staying at least for Mexican GP due to high volume of ticket sales Checo brings at his home race)

today Daniel and Liam are having sort of a shootout that would be for next year's seat (Yuki is in Imola as well but for filming day with current car so he is NOT a part of the seat discussion)

also fun fact from press con where Yuki hinted he thought he is signing a Red Bull Racing contract not a RB one

Marcus Ericsson claimed Logan and James Vowles’ relationship is so bad that they do not even speak each other and cited Kyle Kirkwood as his source because they spoke about it in the Indycar paddock, Logan denied it and basically said that Marcus is just running his mouth (the only thing he was right about is Logan being out of Williams confirmed by Carlos’ move)

more gossip about Kimi to Merc for 2025 after his feature race win, he will also test W13 in Belgium after this race weekend (and he was very friendly with Bono after Lewis won in Spa)

Future of F1:

Audi announced their first two sponsors they will come into F1 with in 2026: BP and Castrol (Castrol is currently sponsoring Alpine so they will probably depart next year)

FIA warned drivers to stop swearing on team radio after Hungarian GP (so almost all radios we got this weekend were full of swear words)

Osaka made „Convention and Tourism Bureau“ to help support the F1 race in the future (Suzuka has a deal till 2009)

F1 will test new cooling system inside the cockpit to help with extreme heat (initiated in Qatar last year with extreme temperatures) in Dutch GP

F1 commission made some rule changes/decisions

-they decided not to change the point system which they speculated about (like 12 drivers scoring or all 20 driver scoring etc)

-the minimum weight will increase by 2 kgs to help drivers keep more healthy routine (it is time to address some eating habits that drivers speak about although this change is not enough to just end it)

-testing for new regulations for 2026 will be 9 days long to help teams get used to such big changes (also there is still talk about how bad the racing will be with the active aero and how fast or technically how slow the cars might be)

-these 9 days will be spread over 3 venues (probably Bahrain, Barcelona and??)

-those rules will be updated and presented on World Motor Sport Council on 17th October and then on 2nd F1 commission will meet to discuss it further

-parental leave, sick leave and team entertainment will stay outside of budget cap

Mastercard entered F1 world as expected, they became McLaren’s sponsor (after also speaking to Mercedes allegedly)

Otmar Szafnauer said he is part of american project evaluating 11th team on the f1 grid

Rumour has it that Spa and Zandvoort might stay on the calendar but only as alternating tracks (only one of them would be raced each week and they would alternate

F1 partnered with Las Vegas Convention and Visitos Authority to help promote tourism

Other series:

McLaren and their driver moves in other series jeez: Theo Pourchaire is back in the team after getting fired when he signed a multi year contract previously, because Alex Rossi got injured

they are also making moves in FE where Jack Hughes will leave them and join Maserati next year instead

other moves in FE include Stoffel Vandoorne leaving DS Penske and joining Maserati as well, Nico Müller leaving ABT CUPRA

At Goodwood, Newey drove a Ferrari and introduced the hypercar be worked on, but also he gave interviews and mentioned that he can start working for a new team in March 2025

Excel London might host the last Formula E race in 2025, because the corners are tight and it is no longer sustainable with bigger cars although they want to keep London as a venue

Tuukka Taponen replaced Nikola Tsolov for this weekend after he got a race ban for participating in another FIA race without authorization from the federation

Fun stuff:

Charles and Pierre played Box of Bluffs (the video is somewhere on Youtube)

Leo Leclerc and Roscoe Hamilton met and it was as iconic as everyone expected it to be

Mercedes had limited data on Friday after the global blackout caused by Crowdstrike issues (and Red Bull made fun of their non-working computers on Twitter while F1 footage focused on shooting the Crowdstrike logo on Lewis’ helmet help)

Lando was at Euro 2024 final while George snapped a pic with Djokovic at Wimbledon

Este got his Alpine car which he won the Hungarian GP with and placed it in his family’s private collection

funnily enough, Lando and Este had almost the same helmet for the Hungarian GP, Lando because he broke an extremely expensive driver trophy last year, Este because he got his only ever F1 win here, they are not the same (side note about Lando is that he wrote a short note for the company making the trophies and made a lot of mistakes in it and then people said he is actually dyslectic and I don'tfeel like it is appropriate to spy for any proof but if you want to know more, the articles i saw mention tiktok as a source)

Max was “banned” from late night sim racing after binning into Lewis in Hungary after he raced till 3am, but Max said to media that it’s not like he was banned but rather there are no more events on the calendar in the same time as race weekends and that he also doesn’t tell the team what they do in their free time (not funny side note: apparently Will Buxton pointed out that the biggest mistakes and outbursts in Max’s performance so far were on race weekends where his father was in the garage and I will not be getting into that because it’s a personal thing and I find it rather distasteful to dig into it)

Alpine cosplayed Ferrari with Wolverine slash Deadpool inspired livery (and suits and helmets) in Spa

Vogue made an article about Lando rivalling Lewis for best dressed driver in F1………

also Lewis became Dior’s ambassador and host designer :))

Lando got a new Defender they were editing for him for half a year (apparently it even features a pizza oven)

Seb went into a cycling competition in Norway but used his wife’s birth last name as a kind of disguise (and finished 44th in his category)

Checo's docu series Never give up comes out today on Disney +

Grill the grid is back for the summer break

Inspiring stuff:

Ralf Schumacher came out as gay in a form of Instagram post with his partner in his arms

2024 is the first year of FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship since FIM was founded in 1904, there are 24 riders from 18 countries and they all have Yamaha YZF-R7

Iron Dames won 4 hours of Imola in ELMS category with Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting (they also got Hyperpole in 6 hours of Sao Paulo btw)

also it’s 10 years since Susie Wolff took part in F1 weekend (being the last woman to do so)

Sophia Floersch tested an F2 car and Chloe Chambers tested an F3 car to give their feedback on the accessibility of the machines and help women in the motorsport proceed into the highest categories

on 14th July Sophia Floersch also drove an F1 car at Goodwood

Lola Lovinfosse (why her…) got chosen for 2024 Lamborghini Young Driver Program

Other, because I have no category for this:

British F4 had record number of women in the race with 8 of them racing (5 of them from F1 academy)

Jamie Chadwick will test Indycar in September

Max says he had vision problems after Monza 2021 crash

[swayhere]

canon starter call - open to anyone !

i have a strong urge to write some canon muses, so if you would be interested in writing against any of the canon muses listed under the READ MORE below, please comment/IM me and i can send a starter your way or reply to one of your starters.

i do not require you to know anything about my muse's canon, but i'm more than happy to tell you about it if you ask. i'd be happy to write canon muses against your ocs! also, mixing fandoms is 100% ok with me unless your canon muse is problematic and makes me uncomfy. my canon muses do not have all their memories or relationships from their life unless we plot it, but they will have the same general personality/ambitions.

if you are willing to write against my canon muses but don't care which, just like this post, and i'll take a look at your open starters and/or send you a closed starter at random with a muse i think fits the vibe.

*please don't agree to write against my canon muses if you're one of those picky weirdos that will be up in arms if i don't write a cannon muse exactly how you would.

( if you'd prefer to write against an oc muse only, check this post. )

canon muses i'd like to write: bold = extra big muse rn. strikethrough = exclusive, so not rn.

muses from tv shows: 

911 — eddie diaz , evan buckley , athena grant , bobby nash , karen wilson

911: lonestar — carlos reyes , grace ryder , judson ryder , t.k. strand , owen strand

as the world turns — dr. reid oliver , luke snyder

boy meets world — shawn hunter , jack hunter , angela moore , topanga lawrence

chuck — sarah walker , chuck bartowski , bryce larkin 

degrassi — jimmy brooks , sean cameron , ellie nash , marco del rossi , sav bhandari , drew torres , zoe rivas , miles hollingsworth iii , tiny bell , esme song , 

gilmore girls — jess , luke

good trouble — gael martinez , jamie hunter , callie adams foster , mariana adams foster , evan speck , joaquin perez , dennis cooper 

how i met your father — sid , ian , sophie , jesse

how i met your mother — marshall eriksen , lily aldrin , victoria

how to get away with murder — laurel castillo , connor walsh , oliver hampton , michaela pratt , frank delfino 

jessica jones — jessica jones

lost — kate austen , juliet burke , daniel faraday , desmond hume , sayid jarrah , sun-hwa kwon , claire littleton , walter ‘walt’ lloyd , charlie pace , hugo ‘hurley’ reyes , shannon rutherford , miles straume 

new amsterdam — lauren bloom , elizabeth wilder , casey acosta

new girl — nick miller , winston bishop , cece parekh

one tree hill — nathan scott , lucas scott , keith scott , chase adams , brooke davis 

outer banks (obx) — jj maybank , kiara carrera

please like me — arnold 

rosewell, new mexico — michael guerin , maria deluca , isobel evans

scandal — olivia pope , prezzy fitz

scooby doo — daphne blake

stranger things — robin buckley , steve harrington , jim hopper , chrissy cunningham , eddie munson , max mayfield , eleven , mike wheeler 

superstore — jonah simms

the 100 — finn collins

the bear — richie jerimovich, carmy berzatto , marcus , sydney adamu  

the mindy project — danny castellano 

the office — ryan howard , jim halpert , pam halpert , kelly kapoor , holly flax

the politician — river barkley , astrid sloan 

the young & the restless — sally spectra , adam newman , chelsea lawson , phyllis summers , lily winters , sharon newman , chance chancellor , victoria newman , tessa porter , amanda sinclair , cole howard

younger — josh , kelsey peters

muses from books: 

along for the ride ( book version only ) — eli stock , auden west , maggie  

one of us is lying ( book version only ) — cooper clay , nate

red white & royal blue — alex claremont-diaz , prince henry , zahra bankston

we were liars — gatwick ‘gat’ matthew patil

muses from movies: 

dead poets society — neil perry , charlie dalton , todd anderson

harry potter — lee jordan

les mis — enjolras , grantaire 

super 8 — joe lamb , martin , preston

twilight — irina denali , jasper cullen

[istherewifiinhell]

the ways in which we are So Fucking Back, cannot even BEGIN to be communicated.

[Splinter Forever. Story: lloyd Goldfine. Art: Khary Randolph Colours: Emilio Lopez Letters: Tom Napolitano and Shawn Lee]

[ID: 03 show styled comic, the turtles crowd around splinter with looks of concern/relief. Splinter doing his best to hug them all back but saying "You so know I could have freed myself anytime I wished too..." Splinter narration: ...And, even if given forever... END] Next narration: I could not have dreamed of one better.

idw 40th anniversary book. various caps i took cause i really liked them (by they way the few stories i did NOT cap is not cause i didnt like em by any means. and for some it was cause i was TOO SAD! i liked them SO MUCH! they HURT to LOOK AT. kay thx)

book creds. Editor: Nicolas Niño. Supervising Editor: Jamie S. Rich. Design: Nathan Widick

might as well start with the 03 one cause its already up there

[ID: 1. Action shot the turtles jumping thru a window, in varied cool poses, rimlit in blue moonlight. Leo: Mikey, thin out the foot! Donnie, free Splinter! Shredder's mine! Raph: I got hun! Mikey, singing: Turtles, count it off! Splinter, narrating: Here, I speak not of mutation… but of my sons, could I ever have dreamed I would become a father. 2. Action shot of turtles and Splinter together, all yelling a "Hai-yah!" Splinter narration: Never has there been a father prouder of his children. END]

ur reminder that 03 is the one that was literally just a rat b4 mutation. sometimes life hands u 4 reptiles and some weird alien go and u go. okay these are my beautiful children now

and you know the tweets like. i gotta accept u didnt make the tmnt? u gotta accept youll DIDNT draw a rat this SICK. his swag. unparalleled.

[ID: Splinter punching the Shredder, cropped close, the line of motion accented by his rodent features, carrying from his tail and digitigrade leg, to the pointed tip of his snout. His fur nicely emphasized from show style. END]

okay in presented order now. (again. only the ones im emotionally strong enough for) it opened with eastman's, four pages to a poe poem, Deep lorey in its own way. ALSO SAD!

[Monsters. Story, Art and Letters: Jim Lawson Colours: Steve Lavigne]

[ID: A very squared jaw turtle style, bold black likes of varying thickness, lots of hashing. It's Raph turning to look over his shoulder with a "Hmp", mask tails flowing behind his head. END]

eeeeee lookit him. mwah. [me explaining] u see. mirage turtles. there so lumpy. and thats EXCELLENT

[Gang Wars. Story: Tristan Jones. Art: Paul Harmon Letters: Tom Napolitano]

[ID: Rounded head, prominent beak, almost movie puppet turtle style. Art has strong penwork , filled with hatching, but soft impressionistic colours, looking both loose yet detailed. 1. Mike is carrying a women as he climbs a ladder. She's tipped almost complete upside down over his shell. Her narration: You perspective shifts... Soft pinkish hue lights them from below. 2. Mike jumping from the roof with a cheerful "Gotta run!", smiling and offering as salute, both nunchaku in hand. Warm golden light hitting his front as he's half turned. END]

HI. I dont recognize your name (YET) Mr harmon sir. but would u like my award for most gorgeous colour rendering on any mutant turtles ever ever in the whole wide world. (sobbing) mikey.... my boy. my beloved loved boy

(there was comics also repping the image and archies runs here. neither of which ive read yet, SORRY. all the same they were both VERY CHARMING)

[What About Tomorrow. Story: Eric Burnham. Art: Sarah Myer Colour: Luis Antonio Delgado Letters: Shawn Lee]

[ID: 87 show styled comic. Raph is quipping to the villain (or perhaps the audience) "Don't tell me… Sherlock Holmes?" He has a hand on hip, side eyeing Donnie very strongly and says "Don't give me that look, Donatello. He said guess!" Don is looking at him so incredibly flatly. END]

have u literally very seen something more perfect than that. look at their fucking FACESSSSS. urghh. characterization? perfect. u can hear it. i controlled myself here. i didnt cap the entire fucking comic

[ID: Splinter smiling, eyes close, we see what he is reminiscing on. His human self, reading a book and holding the for normal baby turtles. He say "When I was Hamato Yoshi, I could never have guessed I'd become a mutant rat. Or that I would raise four turtles into heroes I am endlessly proud of. END]

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING RAT. and his turtle sons. (he doesnt call them sons in this cartoon but their his fuckinngggg sons.)

splinter forever we covered.

[Kraang Among Us. Story and Art: Ciro Nieli Letters: Shawn Lee]

[ID: A 2012 show styled comic, Nieli's style having a punky marker quality to it in comic form. 1. Drawn small, the turtles character-fully posed. Raph casual and aside, Leo earnest out front, Mikey excited and ready, Donnie last, interest in a beeping gadget. 2. Leo bowing on the ground solemn/serene. 3. Graphically bold panel, Mikey has a hand up, smiling cockily, saying "STOP! …My turn. Hit it, Ice Cream Kitty!" Ice cream kitty, (indeed a cat made of Neopolitan) Clicks on a boom box. 4. Donnie says "This can't be good…", with a look of shock at his gadget, wall of text Beeping behind him. A sort of pink viscera explosion just barely in view. END]

which im particular stunned by seeing nieli's creations rendered in 2 dimensions. they looks so fucking good! tho, from all the other aesthetic makers within the show, it totally make sense, the sort of, graphic pop grime. donnie in partic looks so cute, feel like his look is possible BETTER suited for this than the cg, sorry stringbean.

no raph stunner shot sorry he was only in like 2 panels lol.

Rises "Farewell Story" was here. In which Andy Suriano made me cry and cheer and. GUH. look on the internet. u might see some shit. Also a showing from IDW mainline in "Father's Day"... can u maybe GUESS? fantastic gut punch.

[Teen Spirit: Story: Ronda Pattison Art: Pablo Tunica Letters: Tom Napolitano]

[ID: The current mainline comics look, influence from Campbell. The turtles are round and bulky, a light touch used defining the contours of their heads. Wearing grey lose clothes and white limb wraps. Clean detailed black line, water colour like detailed render. All five turtles in a rocky forest, various states of concentration to summon colour coded magic energies. Jennika on her stomach, kicking feat, playful. Leo hunched close to his, looking intent. Raph with tongue out, first in one hand. Donnie, in eyes closed mediation. Mikey, his hands over head, a rain of fallen leaves from his dispersed magic. He says "Whoops!" END]

Pattison I recconize as a prolific idw turtle colourist. tunica i dont but is another i WILL have to be on the look out for. who doesnt like the sophie campbell era of turtle. they are SOOOO. everything. to me.

bro. which fucking continuity has them all so fucking cute magic hijinks mentored by the SHREDDER. cant wait to find out (i think there was some ghilbi visual ref moments esp. in his panels. VERY CUTE. lord help us all) looook at them. look at raph :p. LOOK AT JENNY JENNY JENNIKA.

okay. thats it. hey guys? turtles is good.

[beardedmrbean]

Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront.

So it raised eyebrows when Rudolph Merab, whose companies were twice found to have engaged in illegal logging, was recently appointed to lead the FDA. One of Merab's companies was also mentioned in the trial of Charles Taylor, a former Liberia president who was convicted of war crimes during the civil war in neighboring country Sierra Leone.

In an interview with The Associated Press, for the first time Merab answered questions about his past and detailed his plans for managing Liberia's forests, promising to increase timber exports and cut regulations.

“Commercial logging has always helped the country,” said Merab, interviewed by phone in late April, adding that more sawmills were needed so freshly cut trees could be processed within Liberia before being exported.

Liberia, a country of more than 5 million people, is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast, and has a long coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Despite a recent past that includes civil war and chronic problems with illegal logging, much of its tropical forests remain lush and intact.

Merab implied that twice as many trees could be felled compared to Liberia’s previous peak without endangering its rainforests, which are home to West African chimpanzees and endangered forest elephants. The highest previous annual timber exports from Liberia were 1.4 million cubic meters (1.83 cubic yards), he said, whereas 3 million cubic meters (3.92 million cubic yards) would be sustainable. That would be the equivalent of about 1,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools filled with wood.

Last year, the AP revealed $3 million of timber had been illegally logged under the FDA’s then managing director Mike Doryen. He presided over a shadow system for illegal log exports in which up to 70% of timber was exported off-the-books, a dossier compiled by the U.K. Foreign Office said. Doryen has denied wrongdoing.

The United Kingdom and European Union, both major donors to Liberian forest conservation, hoped a change in government would bring about a new era. Ex-president and former footballer George Weah, who appointed Doryen and refused to sack him despite sustained diplomatic pressure, was voted out of office last year. That meant a new boss of the FDA.

President Joseph Boakai's February appointment of Merab has been met with criticism by environmentalists. Requests to the president's office seeking comment on Merab's appointment were not answered.

“Fifteen years ago, there was real hope that a newly reformed Liberian forest sector could become a shining example of how to manage tropical forests legally and sustainably," said Sam Lawson, founding director of nonprofit Earthsight and a timber expert who trained new FDA staff when the organization was reformed in the 2000s. “This latest news is the nail in the coffin of those hopes.”

As president a trade group, the Liberia Timber Association, Merab strongly criticized a $150 million deal between Liberia and Norway that aimed to protect remaining forests. He argued it threatened the logging industry and said he would leave “no stone unturned” in challenging it.

A logger since the 1980s, one of Merab’s companies, Liberia Wood Management Corporation, came up in the trial of Taylor, convicted for aiding rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Taylor's activities were part-funded through the sale of what was dubbed “blood timber.”

While being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Taylor was accused by prosecutors of channeling support through LWMC to the rebels, something the former president denied. A 2001 U.N. report said LWMC was attacked by opposing rebels “to discourage them from doing business with Charles Taylor.”

Merab told the AP that he had “engaged” with the Taylor but gave no details. LWMC did business with the Republic of Liberia, not with Taylor, Merab said.

“I never engaged in arms trafficking. I was one of those who was affected by this,” said Merab. “We never participated in the war, we never supported any members of the war.”

Merab also took issue with determinations by previous governments that his companies had been involved in illegal logging. In 2005, a Liberia government review found LWMC’s sizable logging concessions were illegal. The company's contract didn’t comply with the rule of law or labor laws and had tax arrears of $1.4 million, the review found. The company’s concessions were subsequently canceled.

The findings were “completely incorrect,” said Merab. “From the time I started logging, I worked within the confines of the law.”

Merab said there was no court judgement finding illegality, but rather an executive order from then President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made without proof. Merab said some taxes were owed but it was a smaller amount than alleged.

In 2012, a scandal hit another of Merab’s companies, Bodeco. A government investigation found its contract had “many inconsistencies” and was “void for illegality.” Bodeco had more than 90,000 hectares (347 square miles) worth of logging permits revoked.

The company “knew or should have known that they were executing a contract with material falsehoods,” the review found.

Merab said that Bodeco’s concessions were awarded by the government, which then backtracked, and due process was not followed in cancelling them.

“If the government of Liberia gives something,” he said, “and later on because they felt under pressure they said ‘No, (they) were illegal,’ who’s at fault?”

As forest chief, Merab said he would work to scale back regulations.

"Sometimes regulations become too cumbersome and it stifles productivity,” he said. “Same thing with laws. Sometimes the law becomes very repressive.”

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

15 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Own Inventions

Marie Curie -  Marie Curie, popularly known as Madame Curie, invented the process to isolate radium after co-discovering the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She died of aplastic anemia as a result of prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation emanating from her research materials. The dangers of radiation were not well understood at the time.

William Nelson - a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorize bicycles. He then fell off his prototype bike during a test run and died.

William Bullock - he invented the web rotary printing press. Several years after its invention, his foot was crushed during the installation of the new machine in Philadelphia. The crushed foot developed gangrene and Bullock died during the amputation.

Horace Lawson Hunley - he was a marine engineer and was the inventor of the first war submarine. During a routine test, Hunley, along with a 7-member crew, sunk to death in a previously damaged submarine H. L. Hunley (named after Hunley’s death) on October 15, 1963. 

Francis Edgar Stanley - Francis crashed into a woodpile while driving a Stanley Steamer. It was a steam engine-based car developed by Stanley Motor Carriage Company, founded by Francis E. Stanley and his twin Freelan O. Stanley. 

Thomas Andrews - he was an Irish businessman and shipbuilder. As the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic, he was travelling on board that vessel during her maiden voyage when the ship hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912. He perished along with more than 1,500 others. His body was never recovered.

Thomas Midgley Jr. - he was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to help others lift him from the bed. He was accidentally entangled in the ropes of the device and died of strangulation at the age of 55.

Alexander Bogdanov - he was a Russian physician and philosopher who was one of the first people to experiment with blood transfusion. He died when he used the blood of malaria and TB victim on himself.

Michael Dacre -  died after testing his flying taxi device designed to permit fast, affordable travel between regional cities.

Max Valier - invented liquid-fuelled rocket engines as a member of the 1920s German rocket society. On May 17, 1930, an alcohol-fuelled engine exploded on his test bench in Berlin that killed him instantly.

Mike Hughes - was killed when the parachute failed to deploy during a crash landing while piloting his homemade steam-powered rocket.

Harry K. Daghlian Jr. and Louis Slotin -  The two physicists were running experiments on plutonium for The Manhattan Project, and both died due to lethal doses of radiation a year apart (1945 and 1946, respectively).

Karel Soucek -  The professional stuntman developed a shock-absorbent barrel in which he would go over the Niagara Falls. He did so successfully, but when performing a similar stunt in the Astrodome, the barrel was released too early and Soucek plummeted 180 feet, hitting the rim of the water tank designed to cushion the blow.

Hammad al-Jawhari - he was a prominent scholar in early 11th century Iraq and he was also sort of an inventor, who was particularly obsessed with flight. He strapped on a pair of wooden wings with feathers stuck on them and tried to impress the local Imam. He jumped off from the roof of a mosque and consequently died.

Jean-Francoise Pilatre de Rozier -  Rozier was a French teacher who taught chemistry and physics. He was also a pioneer of aviation, having made the first manned free balloon flight in 1783. He died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. Pilâtre de Rozier was the first known fatalities in an air crash when his Roziere balloon crashed on June 15, 1785.

[ginger-grimm]

RE-INTRODUCING: CELESTE MORRIS

Full Name: Celeste Margaret Morris

Birthdate: October 9th, 1993

Hair Color: Light Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Species: Human

Family: Miriam Morris, née Lawson (Mother), Steven Morris (Father, deceased), Margaret Lawson (Maternal Grandmother, deceased)

Love Interest: Rachel Berry

Friends: Mike Chang, Artie Abrams, Tina Cohen-Chang, Mercedes Jones, Kurt Hummel, Brittany S. Pierce, Sam Evans, Unique Adams

Likes: Astronomy, acting, everything soft, snack cakes, the color blue, her mother and grandmother, 90s movies, nail polish, energy drinks, vibrant colors

Dislikes: Bullies, action movies, gossip, pretty much any music after 2010, the ocean, heat

Phobias: Spiders

Style: Kinda school girl chic but she mixes it up as well, skirts and blouses with stockings and dress shoes, but will also just dress like an 80s final girl some days, knows how to dress up for fancy functions, always wears rings and necklaces, has a special necklace with her birth stone

Speech: American accent, kind of sultry voice, very sweet speech, 50/50 on cursing

Physical Quirks/Scars: Has a scar on her left shoulder which she acquired when she fell off the roof while stargazing

Personality: Sweet, demure, socially akward, shy, protective, loyal, easily falls in love, bit of a pushover, harmony-seeking

Background: Celeste was born and raised in Lima, Ohio, under the watchful eye of her parents. At seven years old, she loses her father to an accident, which throws her mother into a spiral so bad her grandmother moves into town to look after both of them. Margaret Lawson doted on her granddaughter, teaching her what it is like to be a proper lady and always having her tag along at events. Celeste grows to tolerate it, but she has never liked being the center of attention, often opting to stick to the refreshment table at parties instead of socializing. Celeste has always had her head in the stars, just not in a daydreaming way (mostly, anyways). Then comes the summer before Sophomore year of high school, when her grandmother takes her mom and herself to a fancy resort where she, unfortunately at first, runs into one Rachel Berry. Though quickly, Rachel becomes her only solace in a resort filled mostly with people over the age of thirty. On their last night there, things get hot and heavy, but both of them decide to leave it at that and focus on their respective high school career paths. Celeste immerses herself into the astronomers club once more while also taking on little roles in plays put on by the local youth center and funded by her grandmother. It is there that she ends up being thrust into the role of Frenchy in Grease and falls in love with being on stage. Then Margaret dies. Miriam is sent into another tailspin, which throws Celeste’s entire life off track. There is nothing she can do to help, and school isn’t getting any better with Rachel breathing down her neck about joining the New Directions to buff their numbers. Celeste can’t join them, not when she still has a raging crush on Rachel, who would rather pine after the quarterback who accidentally impregnated his head cheerleader girlfriend. Oh, but it wasn’t actually him, but rather his best friend, which she now knows as well. Now more than anything, Celeste Morris wishes she could fly to the moon and never come back to Earth.

Faceclaim: Maude Apatow

TAGLIST: @waterloou @eddysocs ​ @ocs-supporting-ocs @foxesandmagic @veetlegeuse @decennia @hiddenqveendom @arrthurpendragon @luucypevensie @richitozier @noratilney @wordspin-shares @oneirataxia-girl @endless-oc-creations @lucys-chen @andromedalestrange

[dailyunsolvedmysteries-movedd]

15 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Own Inventions

Marie Curie -  Marie Curie, popularly known as Madame Curie, invented the process to isolate radium after co-discovering the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She died of aplastic anemia as a result of prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation emanating from her research materials. The dangers of radiation were not well understood at the time.

William Nelson - a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorize bicycles. He then fell off his prototype bike during a test run and died.

William Bullock - he invented the web rotary printing press. Several years after its invention, his foot was crushed during the installation of the new machine in Philadelphia. The crushed foot developed gangrene and Bullock died during the amputation.

Horace Lawson Hunley - he was a marine engineer and was the inventor of the first war submarine. During a routine test, Hunley, along with a 7-member crew, sunk to death in a previously damaged submarine H. L. Hunley (named after Hunley’s death) on October 15, 1963. 

Francis Edgar Stanley - Francis crashed into a woodpile while driving a Stanley Steamer. It was a steam engine-based car developed by Stanley Motor Carriage Company, founded by Francis E. Stanley and his twin Freelan O. Stanley. 

Thomas Andrews - he was an Irish businessman and shipbuilder. As the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic, he was travelling on board that vessel during her maiden voyage when the ship hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912. He perished along with more than 1,500 others. His body was never recovered.

Thomas Midgley Jr. - he was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to help others lift him from the bed. He was accidentally entangled in the ropes of the device and died of strangulation at the age of 55.

Alexander Bogdanov - he was a Russian physician and philosopher who was one of the first people to experiment with blood transfusion. He died when he used the blood of malaria and TB victim on himself.

Michael Dacre -  died after testing his flying taxi device designed to permit fast, affordable travel between regional cities.

Max Valier - invented liquid-fuelled rocket engines as a member of the 1920s German rocket society. On May 17, 1930, an alcohol-fuelled engine exploded on his test bench in Berlin that killed him instantly.

Mike Hughes - was killed when the parachute failed to deploy during a crash landing while piloting his homemade steam-powered rocket.

Harry K. Daghlian Jr. and Louis Slotin -  The two physicists were running experiments on plutonium for The Manhattan Project, and both died due to lethal doses of radiation a year apart (1945 and 1946, respectively).

Karel Soucek -  The professional stuntman developed a shock-absorbent barrel in which he would go over the Niagara Falls. He did so successfully, but when performing a similar stunt in the Astrodome, the barrel was released too early and Soucek plummeted 180 feet, hitting the rim of the water tank designed to cushion the blow.

Hammad al-Jawhari - he was a prominent scholar in early 11th century Iraq and he was also sort of an inventor, who was particularly obsessed with flight. He strapped on a pair of wooden wings with feathers stuck on them and tried to impress the local Imam. He jumped off from the roof of a mosque and consequently died.

Jean-Francoise Pilatre de Rozier -  Rozier was a French teacher who taught chemistry and physics. He was also a pioneer of aviation, having made the first manned free balloon flight in 1783. He died when his balloon crashed near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. Pilâtre de Rozier was the first known fatalities in an air crash when his Roziere balloon crashed on June 15, 1785.

[eemcintyre]

Most iconic moments from @discombogulated and I's movie marathon

Cocktail

Girl was exceedingly bothered and confused by that camera zoom during Doug's crabs line (and aren't we all tbh) 👀

She also lost her mind over the waterfall side boob moment and said she could "see the shadow of a TONGUE" during the "Shelter of Your Love" montage where they're kissing on the beach bc the picture on my TV is so flippin dark that we could hardly see more than just a black screen during that scene

Hollow Point

During the scene where Max is dangling from the hood of Lawson's car, she commented on his "cake" RIP to me 🍰

The moment the credits began to roll, she first said "What the hell?" followed right after by "Why was that kinda the greatest thing I've ever seen?" 10/10 summary of the whole movie right there 👏🏻

She enjoyed quoting the Garrett Lawson "I'm numb" the rest of the week

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision

The way we were screaming during the court scene early on with those green-tinted camera angles that are nothing less than acid to the eyes 🥲 this movie has some of the worst cinematographic choices I've ever seen

When we finally got the first complete view of ""young"" TIG she immediately scREAMED "HE LOOKS LIKE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" and then we died

Hearkening back to one of the first films we watched together ("Pretty in Pink"), she noted that Jason Scott Lee disconfirmed our previous thought that Andrew McCarthy had the market cornered on the style of acting where one just widens their eyes and figures that will be enough to convey the spectrum of human emotion

Rather than realistic and normal doctor attire, bestie observed that MPK looks like she's wearing a sexy doctor Halloween costume

We actually listened to the lyrics of the end credits song and hUH- Lyrics of "Piledriver" by amoebaassassin 🤨🤨???

Anyway we decided it is our civic duty to write a "Timecop 3" where we go back in time to prevent "Timecop 2" from being made

Far and Away

She was as thrown off as I was by the random change to that ugly wavy font for the title card in the opening credits

Finally found out the name of the little bowler hat boy who works for Mike Kelly and who I love so much and exclaimed- "Ohhhh his name is Dermody!" 🩷 to which she replied: "And what a name it is."

Although she wasn't fooled as bad as I was the first time I saw it, she was also concerned by how long they draw Joseph's "death" out, and, though she had initially correctly guessed that he would come back, as they kept panning further out, she eventually yelled "Say 'sike' right now"

[clericofshadows]

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

tagged by @dandenbo! thanks :D

Fave ships: My ME triads of Male Shepard/Kaidan Alenko/Zaeed Massani and Male Shepard/Kaidan Alenko/Steven Hackett (and any combo of those), as well as Ashley Williams/Miranda Lawson. I'm slowly getting back into cyberpunk so my Male V/Viktor Vektor ship is back on the brain.

Favorite color: Purple and red

Song stuck in my head: Ikarus by Ost+Front, specifically the Facing the Gallows remix, love my German metal and this band has quickly become a favorite

Favorite food: Fried chicken and waffles. I'm a southern girl and it's one of my favorite comfort foods. Bonus if its Nashville hot chicken and waffles

Last song listened to: I recently purchased Buckshot Roulette and its vibes are cool as hell, so I've been listening to the soundtrack.

Last tv show/movie: The Beekeeper. This was basically what if John Wick was a beekeeper, and it's a fun as hell action film with easily hateable villains. I enjoyed it for what it was.

Spicy/sweet/savory?: All three, please.

Currently Reading: Not much, these days. Since I'm back in university means I don't read as much as I would like. Does my Introduction to Biomedical Data Science textbook count? I haven't read much fic lately either, modding is taking up most of my free time when I'm not working on my own fics :)

Last thing I googled: targa thumbnail viewer because I'm tired of not having the ability to look at those texture files at a glance in Windows Explorer since I prefer those formats over PNG and DDS, which are the other formats I can use when modding ME. (Ended up choosing Pictus, even though it hasn't been supported in a few years it's nice and lightweight and does exactly what I wanted)

as for tagging, open tag! tag me if you see this and want to share :D

[ulkaralakbarova]

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don’t go as expected. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Felix Happer: Burt Lancaster Mac: Peter Riegert Urquhart: Denis Lawson Ben: Fulton Mackay Oldsen: Peter Capaldi Stella: Jennifer Black Marina: Jenny Seagrove Moritz: Norman Chancer Geddes: Rikki Fulton Watt: Alex Norton Victor: Christopher Rozycki Rev Macpherson: Gyearbuor Asante Cal: John M. Jackson Donaldson: Dan Ammerman Roddy: Tam Dean Burn Ricky: John Gordon Sinclair Pauline: Caroline Guthrie Iain: Jimmy Yuill Mrs Wyatt: Karen Douglas Skipper: Kenny Ireland Mrs Fraser: Sandra Voe Fountain: Harlan Jordan Peter: Charles Kearney Gideon: David Mowat Anderson: John Poland Linda Fraser: Ann Scott-Jones Mr Bulloch: Ian Stewart Jonathan: Jonathan Watson Fraser: Dave Anderson Andrew: Ray Jeffries Edward: James Kennedy Sandy: Willie Joss Russian Girl: Tanya Ticktin Old Lady: Edith Ruddick Switchboard Operator: Betty Macey Switchboard Operator: Michelle McCarel Switchboard Operator: Anne Thompson Ace Tone: Brian Rowan Ace Tone: Mark Winchester Ace Tone: Alan Clark Ace Tone: Alan Darby Ace Tone: Roddy Murray Ace Tone: Dale Winchester Baby: Luke Coulter Crabbe: Buddy Quaid Film Crew: Producer: David Puttnam Original Music Composer: Mark Knopfler Lighting Camera: Chris Menges Editor: Michael Bradsell Screenplay: Bill Forsyth Art Direction: Frank Walsh Associate Producer: Iain Smith Production Design: Roger Murray-Leach Art Direction: Ian Watson Art Direction: Adrienne Atkinson First Assistant Director: Jonathan Benson Camera Operator: Michael Coulter Property Master: Arthur Wicks First Assistant Editor: Jim Howe Boom Operator: Mike Tucker Movie Reviews: CinemaSerf: Burt Lancaster is the multi-millionaire oil magnate “Felix Happer” who despatches one of his minions (Peter Riegert) to Scotland to buy up a village to turn it into an oil refinery. Once he arrives, he is taken for a bit of a ride by the canny locals as they try to milk him for as much cash as they can. In the days before cell phones; he has to call his boss from the phone box reporting his lack of progress and some astronomical sightings until eventually Happer comes over himself and immediately strikes up a rapport with Fulton Mackay who lives on the beach (and who is steadfastly refusing to sell). It is is simple story very well told with a slightly unpredictable, happy ending and a brilliant score from Mark Knopfler. Filipe Manuel Neto: **Slow, with boring characters and dialogues and a disjointed script, this film does not justify the “hype” around it.** This is one of those indie films that has won over a legion of self-confessed admirers. It’s a film that everyone speaks highly of, as if it were a solid masterpiece. I didn’t know that when I saw it for the first time, so I saw it without a lot of expectations. I’m glad I did it: despite recognizing some merits, I am convinced that the film has been well overrated. The proof is the way it fell into oblivion! If we exclude fans and movie nerds who know everything (and when they don’t, they make it up) who really remembers this movie? The film revolves around a story that is very simple: in the north of Scotland, there is a small bay with a beach and a sleepy village. When a rich oil entrepreneur decides to buy all that to build a huge refinery and a terminal for oil tankers, all those people are expectant, wanting to sell what they have for the best price. Only two people disagree: a marine biologist who want to preserve and study the local, and an old simpleton who owns a good part of that beach. The film had some potential, but it lacks solidity and a good script. Time is spent in sterile dialogue, rambling about comets, constellations and flirting. It is also very unbelievable, as a project like this would never be so consensual, there are always those who oppose it for financial or ecological reasons, or mere nostalgia. If director Bill Forsyth decided to close his eyes to the insipidity and fragility of ...

[whateverthedragonswant]

Finally finished all ten episodes of Pitch. Started watching the show for Kylie, stayed for the cast and the incredible story. I cannot believe Fox cancelled that show and left so many things unresolved. It should be a rule somewhere that when a show gets cancelled, a finale episode must be shot or in the can that resolves anything left open and unresolved for all of the characters.

It is an absolute crime that we didn't get to see more of this:

or this

or this

or this

And Blip and Evelyn and Oscar and Al and Livan and even Charlie. The whole cast was phenomenal and the story was richly layered. A true ensemble and a treasure trove of impeccable characters. (and compared to Big Sky, Kylie's current show, the showrunner/writing team here knew how to handle episodic arcs in combination with an overhead arc and balancing all of the characters' stories while not diminishing the main protagonist's presence/story line) This should have made the cut, hands down.

[megaphonemonday]

I absolutely love your prompt alot an i have yet to find a sickfic prompt of pitch yet so i was wondering please if you do one of ginny get sick with the flu during off season and Mike takes care of her please please

Thank you! Also, Super sorry for making you wait so long on this one. I’d say I have a good reason, but that would be a total lie. Hope you saw the other sick!fic I posted back in May, though :)

cheap medicine | ao3

Mike was just getting back from his afternoon bike ride—another ploy to get his cardio up while keeping the strain off his knees—when his phone skittered across the kitchen island. He’d tossed it there face down when he came in, or he would have just glanced over to see who’d texted him. As it was, he was busy chugging down water and monitoring his heart rate to prove that all this low-impact bullshit was beneath him.

Maybe if he hadn’t wheezed up that last hill, he’d believe it himself.

It wasn’t until later—a totally normal amount of time later, thanks—after Mike stopped feeling like his lungs were on fire and had washed away all the sweat, that he remembered the message waiting for him on his phone. 

He padded back into the kitchen, towel wrapped around his waist, to see what it was. 

A few other notifications had come in while he was distracted, updates from the ESPN app and an email from his agent, but only one text message.

From Ginny.

Mike was pretty sure it meant something that just the sight of her name on the screen made him smile, but that wasn’t a thought he was allowed to have. 

So, he settled for getting on with it and opened the message.

Ginny Bakerwhat was that movie u told me about?

Shaking his head, Mike returned, You’re gonna have to be more specific, Baker.

Almost immediately, a bubble and three little dots popped up. 

Jesus. Didn’t she have anything better to do?

ugh. u know. the one u with the guy and the thing.

Real helpful.

Shaking his head, Mike hit the dial key. Might as well just hash this out in one go rather than volley back and forth while Ginny tried to figure out what she was talking about. 

The line rang a few more times than Mike was used to, especially since Ginny had to have her phone close by. Frowning, he rattled around the kitchen, filling another glass of water while he waited on his teammate to pick up.

Finally, the ringing stopped, though Ginny didn’t say anything in greeting. Instead, there was muffled coughing. 

“Baker, if you think that’s going to keep me from making fun of you, you’re wrong. There aren’t many movies I haven’t told you to see. After Livan, you have to be the pop culture weak link on the team, and he grew up in a dictatorship.”

Mike could’ve kept going, but honestly, it wasn’t often that Ginny let him get that far without interrupting him, and he’d definitely given her plenty to interrupt. 

“You there?” he asked, pulling the phone away from his face to see if the call had been dropped. 

Nope. Ginny was just unusually quiet.

Finally, after a long moment, came a croaked, “I’m here.”

“Jesus, what happened to you?” Mike demanded. Ginny’s voice was naturally a little raspy, but this was something else. Had she been out partying last night? Hard enough to completely lose her voice? No way. That would definitely have gotten attention and the google alert he’d set up would’ve told him if there were any new pap shots.

(It was for the sake of the team, all right? Mike had to know what bullshit they were getting up to. He had one for all the guys.

If he’d set up Ginny’s first, and then worried about being seeming like a creep, that was immaterial.)

She cleared her throat, not that it did her much good. “Nothing. I’m fine. Just tell me the movie.”

“You never take my movie suggestions,” he returned. “Why need one now?”

Ginny huffed and again, it probably meant something that Mike knew the exact expression on her face, but, again, that wasn’t a thought he could be having.

Lately there’d been quite a few of those.

“Fine,” she sighed. “I’m not feeling too hot and figured I could use the down time to make fun of your taste in movies.”

Mike had never known Ginny to need down time, no matter how shitty she felt. Hell, the afternoon after her wild night out in LA, going off next to no sleep, she’d come in and gone hard during the pre-game work out and warm ups. Probably too hard for the day after a start. But she thought that she had something to prove and God forbid anyone tell her she didn’t.

“How sick are you?” he asked, knowing that whatever she answered, he’d probably have to multiply by a magnitude of three or four to approach reality. 

“It’s just a cold,” she sniffed, though Mike honestly couldn’t tell if it was disdain or because her nose was dripping.

“A cold.”

“Yes,” she hissed, clearly regretting the decision to divulge even that scant information.

“Bullshit, Baker. How do you know it’s not walking pneumonia?” he demanded, bracing himself against the counter, phone tucked between his ear and shoulder. If she was going to downplay it, he could afford to be a touch overdramatic.

“’Cause it’s not.”

“So your doctor ruled it out?”

There was a long silence over the line before Ginny reluctantly croaked, “… No.”

Mike’s eyes slid shut, his patience tested. “Have you even been to the doctor?”

“No, because it’s just a cold, old man.”

Had she always been this maddening? Straightening and scrubbing a hand across his face, Mike moved on. There was no point in arguing with Ginny when she was perfectly healthy. He had a feeling that being sick just made her more stubborn. 

“Sure it is. Who’s taking care of you?”

“Huh?” 

The utter confusion in her voice shouldn’t have been so adorable, but there were a lot of things about Ginny that Mike wasn’t supposed to find so adorable.

Patiently, he replied, “Who’s making sure you medicate and eat? That you don’t go out and try to run a marathon?”

“Oh, uh. Me?”

“What.”

“What?” she whined back.

“No one’s taking care of you?”

“Uh, no.”

“Why the hell not?”

“Because I’m 24 and live on my own? I don’t need someone to take care of me while I have a cold.”

Well, she could think that all she liked, but it didn’t make it true.

While she spoke, Mike started hunting around the kitchen for one of the reusable grocery bags his housekeeper used. Inexplicably, they were stashed under the sink, along with the cleaning supplies. He resolved to start washing his produce more thoroughly, and began rummaging through his cabinets for soup and crackers, not trusting Ginny to have much more than protein shakes and grape soda in her kitchen.

“Baker,” he said, packing up his supplies and making a list of things he’d need to pick up at the pharmacy, “you sound like you’re on death’s doorstep. Clearly, you need someone to come keep you alive.”

“I told you,” she protested, “I’m fine.”

Mike would be more inclined to believe her if she hadn’t had to pause in the middle of her protest to hack out a lung. She only just managed to rasp out “fine,” which sealed the deal.

Car keys and supplies already in hand, he told her, “I’ll be over in twenty minutes. Try not to die before I get there.”

“Fuck you,” she wheezed, hanging up.

Mike just chuckled, shaking his head. “This should be fun.”

He was halfway to his car before he realized he was still wearing just a towel and ran back inside to get dressed. 

Fun indeed.

Ginny’s head was killing her. Her mouth was dry, but she could feel the mucus from her nose draining down the back of her throat, a slick, grimy ooze that kind of made her want to throw up. If she thought she could actually make it to the bathroom without dizzily stumbling into something, she’d consider it. As it was, she wasn’t going anywhere any time soon The pile of used Kleenexes on the floor practically barricaded her into her nest on the couch. It was so tall, that if she rolled off the cushions, she wouldn’t drop an inch. She knew she was too warm, but she couldn’t stop shivering.

But she was fine. Really.

The fact that the room spun when she hauled herself upright when her buzzer went, didn’t mean much. The creak in her back and joints didn’t mean much, either. She’d been through a hell of a lot of pain in her life, this wasn’t that bad. 

Still, she shuffled towards her condo’s front door, where the intercom was still buzzing insistently. It hurt too much to pick up her feet and take real steps. Plus, wearing her fuzzy socks, this was kind of like sweeping. She was multitasking.

She giggled blearily at the thought, but had to stop and wait for everything to steady when it sent her head off into a rapid swirl.

Once she arrived at her goal, Ginny jabbed at the key that would make the buzzing stop and open the lobby door. She didn’t bother to say anything, just unlocked the front door and shuffled back to her nest. If it wasn’t Mike, she wouldn’t be able to put up much of a fight, but with the way she felt, maybe getting crazy axe murdered wouldn’t be such a bad thing.  

It would definitely be better than getting woken up by her captain shaking her awake, gruffly demanding, “What the hell are you doing?”

Ginny couldn’t say how she’d managed to fall so thoroughly asleep in the three minutes between buzzing Mike into her building and him making his way up, but she startled awake, thrashing in her blanket cocoon and nearly toppling off the couch. 

Once she had her balance back, she glared at Mike. “I was sleeping,” she grouched hoarsely.

“With your door unlocked? Anyone could’ve wandered in!”

She squinted up at him, resisting the urge to flop back into her nest and ignore the worry wart. When he looked ready to start in on a speech, and, really, her head could not take that right now, Ginny finally replied, “And yet, you still felt welcome to let yourself in.”

“Just to make sure you were still alive. I did knock first.”

She shrugged, pulling her blankets tighter around her shoulders as a shiver raced through her. 

Mike eyed her critically, though he did soften upon appreciating how pitiful she really was. It was a testament to how godawful Ginny felt that she didn’t start needling him to push against the pity, rile him out of feeling sorry for her. All she could do was cough and sniffle weakly. 

“When was the last time you ate?”

“Uhh…” God, why did it hurt to think? She shook her head, eyes shut tight against the way her entire reality shook with it. Finally, she settled on, “I don’t know.”

“All right, lie down before you hurt yourself.” Ginny acquiesced, letting his concern wash over her. “Are you nauseous or just too tired to get food?”

“Second,” she murmured, eyes already drifting shut.

There was a rustling as Mike shoved her secondary pile of Kleenex off the coffee table—the garbage can and floor already full—to make a space for himself. Once seated, the back of his hand settled on her forehead and his skin was so cool that Ginny didn’t even bother not to lean into his touch.

“You’re too warm, Ginny. Do you have a thermometer?”

Ginny was far more interested in the way her name rolled off his tongue, but still managed to shake her head no. Mike’s hand lingered, and he didn’t say anything, prompting Ginny to force her heavy eyelids up and open. 

He was staring. Staring with this dangerous mixture of exasperation and fondness that had Ginny’s stomach swooping. 

There was probably a better time to lick her chapped lips. 

Mike’s gaze darted down, following the path of her tongue. Ginny felt like she was going to burn up, and it had nothing to do with the fever. She kind of wanted to do it again, see if she could get more than his eyes to follow the movement, but Mike shook himself and leaned over to rummage through the bag she honestly hadn’t noticed until now. 

“You’re lucky I knew you wouldn’t have one,” he said, pulling out an oral thermometer and shoving it unceremoniously in her mouth. Ginny squawked a little as it jabbed the soft underside of her tongue, but her captain ignored her, unpacking the rest of the bag. A box of saltines, more Kleenex, cough syrup, decongestants—actually it seemed like Mike had cleared out the entire cold/flu aisle at CVS. “I also knew there was no way you’d have any of this stuff, let alone food—”

“Don’t need food if I’m too tired to make it,” she muttered around the thermometer, curling on her side and trying not to get overemotional. 

Mike was taking care of her. She hadn’t asked—had very specifically not asked—and he was still here, trying to make her feel better. 

“You’ve got to eat to get better,” he replied. “Sleep’s good, but you need food, too.” 

Ginny scrunched her nose, just in time for the timer on the thermometer to go off. Mike plucked it from her lips and frowned at the display. 

“Definitely too warm. When was the last time you took a shower?”

“Are you trying to tell me I smell, Lawson?” she teased weakly.

“I would never,” he gasped, though Ginny could recall at least three separate times he’d told her she sweat like a pig. Then, giving her a critical once over, tilted his head to the side and continued, “I might think it, though.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be nice to me?” she pouted. “I’m sick.”

Her captain just shook his head, rueful. “I’ll be nice when you answer the question.”

That seemed unlikely, but Ginny still replied, “This morning. I cut my workout short, but I thought it might make me feel better.” She left out the fact that she’d had to sit on the floor, too dizzy and out of it to trust herself on the slippery tile.

“You still went to the gym?”

“I didn’t feel as bad this morning,” she lied.

Mike’s glare clearly said he saw straight through her, though he let it slide. “Well, you need another. You need to cool down and then get some food in your system.”

Ginny grumbled, but started peeling away the layers of blankets she’d shrouded herself in. She didn’t have the stamina today to go head to head with Mike. Still, she couldn’t resist getting in a parting shot as she shuffled off to her bathroom. 

“Did you at least bring the movie I wanted?”

Wordlessly, Mike held up a stack of DVDs. 

She sniffed and swept—which sounded so much better than shuffled, even if it was less accurate—off, ignoring her captain’s snort of amusement.

Mike was old enough that he didn’t quite trust digital libraries. He liked having physical copies of things, though whether that was due to his age or his childhood, he was disinclined to speculate. 

Either way, his movie collection was nothing to sneeze at, though Ginny literally did once she settled herself back on the couch. Having inhaled three bowls of chicken noodle soup after padding out of her bedroom, curly hair staining the shoulders of her t-shirt with water, she looked slightly more coherent. Even if she was demonstrating her terrible taste in movies.

She’d shrugged at both The Sandlot and The Bad News Bears, and eventually admitted the only baseball movie she liked was A League of Their Own, which Mike would allow was excellent. She hadn’t seemed impressed by Monty Python and the Holy Grail or My Cousin Vinny or Clerks, though the copy of The Princess Bride that had made it out of his marriage got a fond smile. 

Mike didn’t need anything more, plucking the case from Ginny’s hands and going to figure out her ridiculous entertainment system. He would bet good money on this being the first time she’d used it to do more than keep tabs on sports news for all it was the off season. She’d been going so hard at her rehab, Mike was a little surprised she’d allowed herself to give into being sick. Then again, she’d had a fever of 103.8º. There hadn’t been much choice in the matter. 

When he succeeded in getting the TV set up and came back, he definitely intended to sit in the armchair and let Ginny stretch out on the couch. It seemed safer. Even with Ginny running a fever. 

But Ginny was sitting up and patted the cushion beside her. 

It wasn’t as if he could deny a sick woman in good conscience, right? 

So, he settled in next to her to watch Peter Falk read his grandson a story. 

Mike got up a few times to get a cool wash cloth for Ginny’s forehead, but it wasn’t like he was missing anything he hadn’t seen a hundred times.

Aside from the way Ginny mouthed some of the lines along with the movie, laughing before a joke even landed. 

“You know my movie suggestions were supposed to broaden your cinematic horizons, right?”

She shrugged, unrepentant. “I know what I like, now be quiet,” she hushed, “you’re missing the best part.”

(As it turned out, there were a lot of best parts according to Ginny. According to Mike, watching her light up and laugh, even if sometimes a cough broke in, was any day’s best part.) 

In a testament to how much she loved this movie, Ginny managed to stay awake for the whole thing, though by the end she was definitely using Mike to remain upright.

He laid his hand against her forehead again, relieved to find that she was slightly cooler to the touch. “You feeling better?” he checked, just to be sure.

Ginny nodded, humming in contentment, but made no move to get up or remove herself from his side.

“Want to watch something else?” he teased, having watched her eyelids flutter closed and her head jerk at least four times in the past ten minutes. Clearly, what she needed was to go to sleep.

She just shook her head. “I don’t think any of these were the movie I wanted,” she admitted, leaning sleepily into his shoulder and gesturing vaguely at his selection of movies. 

“I hate to break it to you, Gin, but I have no idea what movie you were talking about.”

“It wasn’t a comedy,” she replied after a moment’s consideration.

“Well, that’s all I brought. You have heard that laughter’s the best medicine, right?”

Her head lolled to the side so she could squint up at him suspiciously. “That explains why you brought the whole CVS with you, huh?”

Mike rolled his eyes. “I figured a little codeine couldn’t hurt, either.”

Ginny settled back against his shoulder, though her forehead definitely brushed against the bare skin of his neck, chuckling weakly. “Whatever you say, Mike.”

“That’s right,” he said, scrambling to get his bearings and ignore the way she felt, all pressed up against him, warm and relaxed. Not only was she sick, but they would be playing with each other again in less than a month and they still weren’t talking about this. He needed to backpedal, and fast. “Now can I get that in writing? For spring training when you undoubtedly shake me off fifteen times a game?”

“Sure,” she murmured, her dark lashes kissing the tops of her cheeks. “When I wake up.”

“No, no,” he laughed, scooting out from supporting her and dragging the drooping pitcher to her feet. “If you’re gonna fall asleep, you should do it in your own bed.”

Ginny only made cursory protests, especially once Mike looped an arm around her waist and she could lean on him for the short walk to her bedroom. The protests died completely when she fell into the cool sheets of her bed and Mike settled another damp washcloth on her forehead. He smoothed the blankets over her and within moments, she was asleep. 

Mike only allowed himself to admire how peaceful she looked for a few seconds before going back out to the living room to begin cleaning up. 

Just because he wasn’t going to watch her sleep didn’t mean he was going to leave before her fever broke. Someone had to make sure Ginny would survive to see next season; it might as well be him. (That he didn’t want it to be anyone else’s responsibility was entirely his business.) Just, he’d avoid hanging out creepily in her bedroom and do his best to make himself useful.

And, surveying the wreckage of Ginny’s couch and the pile of dirty dishes he knew were piling up in the kitchen sink, Mike knew exactly how he would do that.

When Ginny awoke, feeling groggy and disoriented, but without the dizzy haze that’d characterized most of her waking hours for the past few days, she was relieved. 

A little confused as to why Mike wasn’t there—which was confusing all on its own—but relieved.

She padded out into the living room, and was not all that surprised to find that her blanket nest from earlier had been untangled and folded into a neat pile at one end of the couch. Her coffee table and floor were free of Kleenex and the trash can in the corner had been emptied, too. The personal pharmacy that Mike had supplied had moved to her kitchen counter, along with the pile of DVDs, a note stuck to the top. 

Ginny—

How did just reading her name in his scrawl, imagining his low, rumbly voice saying it, tie her up in knots? She didn’t even have her cold-induced weakness to blame.

Your fever broke while you were sleeping. I would’ve waited until you woke up, but my agent wouldn’t reschedule our meeting, so I had to go. Text me to let me know you’re still alive and I don’t have to explain to Oscar that I’ve let his star pitcher die. 

Watch the movies, and not just the ones you’ve seen before. Eat the food I left you—don’t just order a pizza and wings—and take the cough medicine. 

P.S. Don’t roll your eyes at me. You’re the one who said, “Whatever you say, Mike.”

P.P.S. I still expect that in writing.

Ginny couldn’t help but grin, even as a cough rattled her lungs and left her throat sore. She found her phone and fired off a message to her captain.

still alive, old man. thx for keeping me that way. p.s. ur gonna be waiting a long time

His reply came back, nearly immediate.

MikeThat’s okay, rookie. I can wait.

The bright shock of laughter left Ginny breathless and wheezing, but it was okay. 

She felt better than she had in a long time.

[istherewifiinhell]

stop me if youve seen this one b4

[Mirage Tales of... 6, Story and Inks: Ryan Brown, Pencils: Jim Lawson, Letters: Steve Lavigne]

[ID from alt: Panel of Leatherhead, a mutant alligator, hands out in a placating gesture, he says "Please don't fear me — Put away your weapons!" Notably there is a FUMP sound effect and a humans arm still visible as they fall out of frame. END]

I just thought that might get peoples attention. heres the real opener

[ID from alt: Narrow horizontal panel of one turtle pointing into a sewer opening, its completely shadowed. He says "In here!" END]

go. go into the dark.

[ID: Full body panel of Leatherhead talking to the turtles, they come up to about his elbows, and he slouches. Leatherhead says "Now, you must tell me, are you with the Utroms also?" Mike and Raph look apprehensive of him, but Don faces him and responds "No– Although we knew of the Utroms, we have to tied to them." Leo adds from beside him "In our case, we have befriended the humans. END]

i mean. you did get mutated cause of the Utroms? and saved them, after also causing the problem that they needed saving from. but also also they had your rat dad in medical custody. its- its a circumstantial relationship.

[ID from alt: Two panels, Leatherhead, irked "Befriend the humans? How can this be? As a species they are totally without compassion or understanding!" Reaction shot of the turtles. Mostly with cautious frowns. Raph "Well, we... uh, limit our exposure to them." Mike "We have found some of them to be valuable allies..." Don grimaces and looks to the side "... As well as deadly enemies..." END]

I love when don gets main character syndrome btw. good for him.

[ID: Two panels. Leatherhead in silhouette, framed by the brick arc of a the sewers. They right side of the panel fades to white with text "Despite my new life as an Utrom, there still remained a strong bond with my home, the sewer. Often, I would leave for days, exploring and gathering information. Always I was welcomed back as would be one of their own".

Leatherhead very small in frame amongst a pile of debris. The top of the has the text "One day when I returned, I found the building destroyed and all the Utroms gone. I knew the humans were responsible, for the smell of gunpowder was everywhere. I had to believe that my friends, facing destruction, returned home. Bitter, I salvaged what I could, and retreated deep into the sewer." END]

[ID: Narrow horizontal panel of the turtles swimming, they have their arms at their sides and kick their feet to propel themselves. Two turtles are drawn clearly, and two with line-less shapes inked in the mid tone. END]

I just like to see this honestly. they are swimming :}

[ID from alt: The turtles walking down a sewer tunnel, shoulder to shoulder. One (either Mikey or Raph) asks "Hey Leo, shouldn't we have gotten him to sign a renter's agreement?" Leo just sighs in response. END]

LH's spot got blown up so they offered him their old place, which they dont live in anymore. cause they got their spot blown up. (colloquially and some what literal meaning both times)

[lovelytsunoda]

formula two

🌹   = personal favourite 🎄= christmas collection

🍑   = spicy / smutty 🍂 = cozy collection

 🌩  = emotional / angsty 💍 = wedding saga

dennis hauger

payphone 🌩🌹

summary: it's not easy dating a formula 2 driver, especially when you're trying to balance that with your first year of college and he's halfway across the world.

clement novalak

don't worry, darling 🍑🌹

summary: clem hates it when his girlfriend is stressed. unfortunately, with finals coming up, she seems to be stressed all the time. lucky for clem, he has an idea to help her relax that he really thinks y/n is going to like.

boy in love (mini fic)

summary: when marcus asks clem about the current state of his love life, they were all pretty shocked at the frenchman's answer

the poolhouse (mini fic) 🌹🍑

after watching clement spend the evening filming a tiktok for his podcast, y/n can’t keep her hands off her boyfriend

crying over it all 🌩🌹

failing your driving test is humiliating, world ending, even. but when you're dating someone who's entire profession is to drive, it's a little more mortifying than it would be to the average passenger princess.

you sexy thing (kinktober 2023) 🍑🌹

someone has been watching a little too much magic mike lately. it’s ok, she likes it that way. (no smut, but it is spicy!)

heart too hot to hold (the cozy collection 2024) 🍂🌹

staying at campus over reading week wasn’t her first choice, but it was a hell of a lot better than a $800 round trip flight back home. over that one week while the campus was empty, she meets clement novalak and a rag-tag group of other holdovers who teach her valuable lessons about life and love

arthur leclerc

dim the lights (close your eyes) 🍑

arthur leclerc is the only man she would ever trust to touch her this way. the only man she would want to take her virginity.

liam lawson

and they were roommates ( mini fic ) 🍑

summary: it was bad enough that her roommate holly decided to give her brother her half of the apartment while she was out of town. it was even worse when she realized that liam lawson was actually very very hot

zandvoort (mini fic) 🍑🌹 🌩

one man’s misfortune is another’s chance of a lifetime. so why is it that Liam just can’t get his head in the game?

the man with the hex (the cozy collection 2023) 🍂🌹

he’s supposed to be helping hand out candy. but he’s finally alone with his girlfriend in her house, and right now he wants to do anything but hand out candy

indecent exposure 🌹🍑

some men should not be allowed to buy gag shirts when they go to vegas. liam lawson is not one of them. or, the liam face-sitting fic i've been ruminating on for months and never wrote.

bah humbug! (well, that's too strong) (the christmas collection 2024) 🎄

she really wants to feel the christmas spirit. the only problem? this year, she can't seem to find it.

emergency contact (sequel to 'youre on your own kid') 🌩🌹

summary: in the sequel to 'you're on your own kid', y/n makes the first step in breaking out of her shell and overcoming her anxiety by attending her first race with the mercedes team. unfortunately for her, all it takes is four hours and a few text messages with a certain f2 driver to make things all come crashing down again.

this one isn't really a liam fic, its more about the friendship between the reader and the people at mercedes, however liam does play a fairly crucial role.

olli caldwell

holding out for a hero ( family are the friends we meet along the way series ) 🌩

recovering from the events at silverstone, y/n feels like she's in a good place, with work and with friends. when a group of f2 guys invites her to join them at marcus armstrong's house for a holiday party, everything is about to change.

again, not really an olli fic. he's there and important to the plot but this fic is more about baby merc and her friendship with the team, and her struggles transitioning into adulthood

[ginger-grimm]

INTRODUCING: CELESTE MORRIS

Full Name: Celeste Margaret Morris

Birthdate: October 9th, 1993

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Species: Human

Family: Miriam Morris, née Lawson (Mother), Steven Morris (Father, deceased), Margaret Lawson (Maternal Grandmother, deceased)

Love Interest: Rachel Berry

Friends: Mike Chang, Artie Abrams, Tina Cohen-Chang, Mercedes Jones, Kurt Hummel, Brittany S. Pierce, Sam Evans, Unique Adams

Likes: Astronomy, acting, everything soft, snack cakes, the color blue, her mother and grandmother, 90s movies, nail polish, energy drinks, vibrant colors

Dislikes: Bullies, action movies, gossip, pretty much any music after 2010, the ocean, heat

Phobias: Spiders

Style: Kinda school girl chic but she mixes it up as well, skirts and blouses with stockings and dress shoes, but will also just dress like an 80s final girl some days, knows how to dress up for fancy functions, always wears rings and necklaces, has a special necklace with her birth stone

Speech: American accent, kind of sultry voice, very sweet speech, 50/50 on cursing

Physical Quirks/Scars: Has a scar on her left shoulder which she acquired when she fell off the roof while stargazing

Personality: Sweet, demure, socially akward, shy, protective, loyal, easily falls in love, bit of a pushover, harmony-seeking

Background: Celeste was born and raised in Liam, Ohio under the watchful eye of her parents. At seven years old, she loses her father to an accident, which throws her mother for a spiral so bad her grandmother moves into town to look after both of them. Margaret Lawson doted on her granddaughter, teaching her what it is like to be a proper lady and always having her tag along on events. Celeste grows to tolerate it, but she has never liked being the center of attention, often opting to stick to the refreshment table at parties instead of socializing. Celeste has always had her head in the stars, just not in the daydreaming way. Okay, maybe in the daydreaming way as well, but her true passion has always been exploring the sky and all of its contents. Then comes the summer before sophomore year of high school, when her grandmother takes her mom and herself to a fancy resort where she, unfortunately at first, runs into one Rachel Berry. Though quickly Rachel becomes her one and only solace in a resort filled mostly with people over the age of thirty. On their last night there, things get hot and heavy, but both of them decide to leave it at that and focus on their respective high school career paths once more. Celeste immerses herself into the astronomers club once more, while also taking on little roles in the plays put on by the local youth center and funded by her grandmother. It is here that she ends up being thrust into the role of Frenchy in Grease and ends up falling in love with being on stage. The Margaret dies, and Miriam is sent into another tailspin which throws Celeste’s entire life off track. There is nothing she can do to help, and school isn’t getting any better with Rachel breathing down her neck about joining the New Directions to buff their numbers. Celeste can’t join them, not when she still has a raging crush on Rachel, who would rather pine after the quarterback who just accidentally impregnated his head-cheerleader girlfriend. Oh, but it wasn’t actually him, rather his best friend which Celeste now knows as well. Now more than anything, Celeste Morris wishes she could just fly to the moon and never come back to Earth.

Faceclaim: Maude Apatow

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