#monn screens

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Yeah yeah absolutely no pressure, thanks Chev 👍

[oliman]

Ready for a dive into prequels lore?

The guy at the top of the post is a Jedi by the name of Voolvif Monn. During the production of the 2003 Clone Wars animated series (the one before the later series headed by Dave Filoni), there was a poll among fans to choose a cool new Jedi who would feature in the show. This was extra cool because each of the potential Jedi was from a race hardly (if at all) seen outside of their first appearance: the packed cantina scene in A New Hope. The choices were between our boy Voolvif, an Ithorian named Roron Corobb...

I wanna shake your hand!

And a Talz named Foul Moudama...

Uranian culture.

You know who won the fan contest? Voolvif Monn! But here's where things get interesting: Mr. Fursona, despite winning the contest, only showed up in the series for less than a minute! It's obvious the writers didn't really know what to do with him at that point in time, so some might say he was done a little bit of a disservice. But his two competitors, Corobb and Moudama (much more challenging but certainly ambitious fursonas), ended up appearing in the show anyway!

For those who have seen the series, you'll recognize the two runners-up from the latter part of the show's run which covered the assault on Coruscant and the abduction of Palpatine. They were on screen for easily ten times the amount of frames that Monn got and showed off a lot more cool tricks.

Pictured: throat goat

And you might be saying "well that's interesting but what was the point of reading this? Is there a moral to this story of what?" The point is: Roron Corobb and Foul Moudama weren't chosen first but they excelled once they got the chance to shine. Voolvif may have been the choice of that Cartoon Network poll, but that did nothing to extract from the value of the two runners-up.

We've all been picked anything but first at one point or another, but we weren't worth second place or third or last. None of us were. Devaluing others or ourselves is an arbitrary choice, not an objective one, same as any contest. We all do our best and we all deserve love. You deserve love. Even Voolvif Monn, who got chosen first but wasn't quite the right fit at the time, left an enduring impact on tens of thousands of fans with just a minute in the spotlight. Choosing him first over the others was arbitrary but his worth is immeasurable, as were the others. As are you.

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The beloved Kage Baker was born 66 years ago

Best known for her Company time travel series, Kage Baker won the Theodore Sturgeon and Nebula Awards for her novellas “The Empress of Mars” and The Women Of Nell Gwynne’s. Her 13 novels include the eight volumes of the Company sequence, beginning with In The Garden Of Iden (1997) and concluding with the The Sons Of Heaven (2007), the three books that make up the Anvil of the World Universe series (The Anvil Of The World [2003], The House Of The Stag [2008], The Bird Of The River [2010]), The Empress Of Mars (2008), Not Less Than Gods (2009), and THE HOTEL UNDER THE SAND (2009).

Her numerous short stories and essays have been collected in Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002), Mother Aegypt And Other Stories (2004), Dark Mondays (2006), Gods And Pawns (2007), Nell Gwynne’s Scarlet Spy (2010), ANCIENT ROCKETS: TREASURES AND TRAINWRECKS OF THE SILENT SCREEN (2011), The Best Of Kage Baker (2012), and IN THE COMPANY OF THIEVES (2013).

Sadly, the amazing Kage Baker died from uterine cancer on January 31, 2010. She is missed.

For more info about THE HOTEL UNDER THE SAND, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn

For more info about IN THE COMPANY OF THIEVES, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

For more info about ANCIENT ROCKETS: TREASURES AND TRAINWRECKS OF THE SILENT SCREEN, visit the Tachyon page.

[kiwikipedia]

Oc personality sheet / tag game

Rules: Copy and paste these questions and make your own post, please do not add onto this one, it’ll get too long too fast. Then tag some of your friends to let them know you’d like to hear more about their ocs!

I decided to do two of these hfjdhfjdhfjd so thanks for the tag @certified-anakinfucker and i uno reversed you earlier

Name: Mari Gildow

Pronouns: She/They

Nickname: Mars, Truth (Guard Assigned Codename), Mar

One Word To Sum Them Up: Blind

Noun to Describe Them: Adaptable

Temperament: Laid back

MBTI Type: ISFP

Enneagram Type: The Peacemaker

Other’s First Impression of Them: Laid back, almost lazy, easygoing, unnervingly observant despite being sightless, a little playful, very easy to talk to

General Likes: salty foods, sleep, Roq, listening to music or general hub of people, soft things, tripping people up with accurate observations using her Force Sight

General Dislikes: The Senate, Certain other Jedi (cough, krell, cough mundi), In-fighting in the Temple (more work for her), people poking too deep into her personal buisness, people talking shit about her former Master, people thinking that she’s useless because of her blindness, animal abuse

Romantic Status: It’s Complicated (everything happens post war if at all)

Love Interest(s): Sha Koon and Hound

Good Friend(s): Sha Koon, Bultar Swan, Lissarkh, Voolvif Monn, Commander Fox, Commander Stone (Canon), Ashe Lark, Hakra Dorgoa, Syo, Yin’Shinhen (OCs)

Enemy: Ventress, Palpatine, Pong Krell, Ki-Adi Mundi, Yoda (at times), Whoever killed her Master, Cad Bane (to an extent)

Hobbies: Sleeping, training with Roq, listening to music

Songs They Relate To: 0ptimi2er (FUZI x Neru), To Another Level (Oh the Larceny), Way Less Sad (AJR)

Fictional Characters Similar To Their Personality: Justice from Helltaker, Hektor of Troy (Fate/Grand Order), 

Fun Fact: It’s a horrible habbit, but she will drink anything that Syo or Ashe put down in front of her. Syo likes giving her random drinks when they’re all at 79s to see what her reaction will be. They’ve learned that she really hates anything that Thire drinks about sixty percent of the time.

Free Space/Ramble: She states that if she could she would like to write more, but as it’s very difficult for her to see text on a screen with her Force Sight, she has since given up on the idea. Sometimes though, Ashe writes down what she says while talking about story ideas with the rest of the Guard

Tagging! @crc-the11tailed @crclocalunhingedsith @hotshot9 @kkrazy256

and anyone else who wants to

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Supergirl is a shitshow

supergirl season 1 was amazing that is a fact, ti had amazing relationships between female characters it had great background character s and story lines that did not completely revolve around a guy  *mon-el*

Season 2 though that was when it started to fall apart, first they broke up a healthy interracial couple *Karolsen* they had built it up during season 1 and even though it did have its problems it was always handled in a healthy manor rather than the way they shower romance in season 2 when Monn-el would get mad and then get forgiven with out working through the issue completely  he would promise to listen to her and then proceed to act the same as he had before

Season 2 started out by introducing to us some great characters like Lena luthor and a few episodes later Maggie Sawyer but neither of those characters got the true focus  Kara was, that was until they had Mon-el wake up then he became the focus of the episode he became the focus of the season rather than having it focus on Kara’s character growth we were forced to watch mon-el’s character growth, There was no real growth in Kara that season.  

It became Kara’s job to make Mon-el a decent person, she made him change while dating him, while a better course of action would have been for him to be a good person before dating her. Even the episodes like medusa and others that had been set up to focus on Lena and Kara’s parents and their hand in the virus it ended up focusing on mon-el at the end

We saw  an unnecessary amount of screen time taken up by Mon-el even in episodes that were supposed to have more Sanvers Mon-el and Kara too up that time, they chose to use sanvers as a way to prop up Karamel rather than to have it bee an amazing lgbt ship that did not need to be compared to the straight ship on the show

Everyone seemed to forget that the hero of the show was Kara, it became the Mon-e show even at the end when they sent him off it ended not talking about friendship or Kara’s growth or her becoming a better hero it was about how they saw mon-el as a hero and how he was everything to Kara (I;m not saying that she had no right to feel sad she completely did) they decided to end with kara alone rather than have her with family and friends in season 2 they completely forgot about w what el myrah means STRONGER TOGETHER

the whole season alienated Kara from her family and her friends it left her with very few people who were consistently with her, James and Winn were being the guardian duo and Alex was ooc forgetting about her sister and instead focusing more on her relationship ( not saying that sanvers is not important it is extremely important) Mon-el became the only person who’s opinion seemed to matter at many times , they turned the episode which should have been focused completely on the danvers sisters into having mon el be the hero make him be the one to realize Jerimiah was working with cadmus

supergirl became the mon-el show and the mon-el show was a shitshow that did not have any character growth except for Mon-els it forgot about the arcs for the other characters anad focused o karamel more than anythinig else the main plot was romance in an action show where the main plot should have been the big villain  EVEN THE BIG VILLAIN WAS NOT KARA’S VILLAIN NO IT WAS MON-ELS VILLAIN  it revolved around Mon-el and his importance not spergirl or any other characters

*spoilers for season 3 ep 1*

we opened on season 3 and it was 6 months after when Mon-el had left the very first seen we saw was a karamel scene and then we see alura after that the episode goes on to be about Kara missing Mon-el it focuses on how after he left she apparently lost all reason to be herself to be anything but supergirl which she said in season 1 is not who she is it is just a costume that she puts on to help people to save lives and she loves that but it is not her. EVEN WHEN HE WASN’T THERE HE WAS A FOCUS OF ATTENTION it was not focused on how the city was recovering or how their friendship had  grown but it was focused on Mon-el going away

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elsajeni replied to your post: tippytap-extraordinaire replied to your photo …

Please tell me more about this werewolf Jedi situation???

So this is the dude I’m talking about:

He shows up for a few seconds in each season - briefly following Anakin’s battle against Ventress, when Obi-Wan announces the banking clan’s surrender, and then again in Volume II during Anakin’s “being a heroic Jedi” montage.  Unfortunately he’s never named on-screen and doesn’t have a single line of dialogue, which is kind of a shame if you ask me, so there’s not much to go on in-series.

According to TVTropes his name is Voolvif Monn, because Star Wars loves its absurd punny names.  He does have a Wookiepedia page with a little more information if you’re interested, though.  My flippant “werewolf” moniker isn’t entirely accurate, for the record - he’s apparently a Shistaven Wolfman.

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When Carina Guzman arrived in Troutdale, Oregon, almost nine years ago as an undocumented teenager from Colombia, she wasn't prepared to navigate the vast range of services available in the state. She knew that she wanted contraception, but her inexperience with Oregon's health care system and inability to obtain insurance due to her citizenship status left Guzman confused about her available options. "When it came to choosing to access reproductive health care services, I was pretty much on my own," she says.

Guzman eventually found out that she could purchase birth control, but without any insurance, a 12-month supply would set her back hundreds of dollars. A friend told her she could go to Planned Parenthood and—thanks to Oregon's involvement in the federal Title X family-planning program—get a year's worth of birth control free of charge.

Now in her early 20s, Guzman's circumstances have changed considerably. A few years ago she was able to secure documentation of her immigration status, she found a job after graduating from high school, and she now has health insurance through her employer. She points to Planned Parenthood and the contraceptive security it provided as one of the reasons for her success. Without the organization, she says, it "would have been five years of me not accessing anything."

But in the near future, with a wave of anti-abortion legislation emerging from conservative statehouses across the country, the fate of the Affordable Care Act in question, and Planned Parenthood's federal funding in jeopardy, women in many states may soon not have Guzman's options.

As Congress and several GOP-controlled states ramp up efforts to curb access to abortion and roll back reproductive health care, Oregon may be moving in the opposite direction. Last week, a coalition of activists and community advocates announced the launch of a new promotional campaign in support of the Reproductive Health Equity Act of 2017, a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to establish reproductive health equity by protecting no-cost birth control and extending full coverage of reproductive health services to immigrant women, transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and the uninsured. The legislation is the brainchild of the Pro-Choice Coalition of Oregon, a collective of local reproductive rights advocates, community organizations, and racial and gender justice groups. The measure was filed by two Democrats, state Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson and state Rep. Jeff Barker, ahead of the upcoming legislative session and will be officially introduced in the beginning of February when the Oregon Legislature reconvenes.  

Oregon is one of 28 states that currently mandate contraceptive coverage, meaning that coverage would still exist even if the Affordable Care Act were repealed. But some older insurance plans "grandfathered" in when the state first set up its health care exchange do not cover the full cost of contraception, forcing some women in the state to share the cost.

The Oregonian notes that the bill would "require health insurers to cover other reproductive health services, including well-woman care, prenatal care, breastfeeding support and testing for sexually transmitted infections," in addition to providing for post-partum care and covering screenings for cervical cancer, breast cancer, and gestational diabetes. The legislation would also add abortion to the list of reproductive health services that commercial insurance plans on the state's Affordable Care Act Exchange must cover with no additional cost—a change that would set Oregon apart from the 25 states that restrict plans on state exchanges from covering abortion. It does offer religious employers an exemption, allowing them to opt-out of providing insurance plans covering contraception and abortion.

Groups that face significant barriers to accessing affordable health care and are often prevented from accessing insurance that covers their needs, such as immigrant women and transgender and gender-nonconforming communities, also stand to gain if the legislation is passed. While Oregon has moved to eliminate barriers facing undocumented immigrants, some 48,000 women of reproductive age in Oregon are unable to access insurance because of their citizenship status, and insurance coverage often relies on one's gender-marker, limiting the ability of transgender men to access reproductive care. Advocates note that the bill contains provisions that will aid both groups, adding that the measure would be one of the first in the country to bar discrimination in reproductive health care coverage.

"The Reproductive Health Equity Act...would ensure that all Oregonians, regardless of income, citizenship status, gender identity, or the type of insurance that they have, have the freedom to decide if and when they have children."

"The Reproductive Health Equity Act is legislation that would ensure that all Oregonians, regardless of income, citizenship status, gender identity, or the type of insurance that they have, have the freedom to decide if and when they have children," says Laurel Swerdlow, the advocacy director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, one of the groups on the Pro-Choice Coalition's steering committee.

The Oregon Legislature has a democratic majority, possibly curbing strong conservative opposition to the measure. But previous efforts to pass proactive reproductive health care legislation in Oregon have run into difficulty. In 2015, the Comprehensive Women's Health Bill, a measure that would have required insurance companies to cover a range of reproductive health services at a low cost, was proposed. The bill had a strong start in the Legislature but was killed by Democrats out of fear that a provision covering abortions would be too controversial.

This time, advocates hope that the Reproductive Health Equity Act won't suffer the same fate—despite the bill containing a similar provision covering abortions—arguing that the national climate around reproductive rights, when coupled with the legislation's nondiscrimination protections, make a compelling case. "Oregonians and their legislators now understand in personal terms and in public health benefits that the full spectrum of reproductive health services needs to not only be safe and legal, but affordable and accessible," Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon Executive Director Mary Nolan said in a statement.

The Oregon measure was being worked on well before the election, but supporters of the legislation say Donald Trump's surprising victory has added new urgency to the need for the laws. Monnes Anderson says fears of an Affordable Care Act repeal are a motivating factor, telling the Oregonian, "We want to get ahead of what may happen at the federal level."

Recent actions on Capitol Hill support their concerns. During a vote earlier this month, Senate Republicans rejected an Affordable Care Act amendment that requires insurance companies to cover the full cost of contraceptives, a move that could leave millions of women without no-cost birth control if Republicans succeed in dismantling the ACA.

Proactive reproductive health legislation may become more common in liberal states eager to mitigate the effects of an ACA repeal. The New York state assembly recently passed two measures, the Reproductive Health Act and the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, that would protect abortion and contraceptive access if the ACA is dismantled. On Saturday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that health insurers in the state would be required to cover most forms of contraception and medically necessary abortions at no cost. A Democratic legislator in Illinois is considering introducing a bill that would expand abortion coverage for women on Medicaid and some forms of state insurance. In Virginia, Democrats have introduced several bills to counteract attacks on reproductive health; one of them—the Birth Control Access Act—would allow women to obtain an entire year of birth control at one time.

Oregon has had a long history of supporting reproductive rights with policy initiatives. In 1969, the state became one of the first to legalize abortion, and it does not have any laws restricting the procedure. Last year, Oregon became the first state to enact a law allowing women to get a birth control prescription without needing to visit a doctor. That law and the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate have helped expand contraceptive use in the state, contributing to a 15 percent drop in abortions between 2011 and 2014. Last week, the Guttmacher Institute released a survey that found the national abortion rate has hit the lowest point since the the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade, noting that increased contraceptive use has likely played a large role in the decline.

Advocates hope the insurance mandates will protect that progress, but they also argue that the state should go further when it comes to supporting the reproductive health of underserved communities, adding that during the Trump administration, the Reproductive Health Equity Act is a practical necessity and an important statement. "Oregon has often been at the forefront on health care policy, but there have also been individuals left behind," says Amy Casso, the gender justice program director of Oregon's Western States Center. "We are working to ensure that no one has to be denied necessary lifesaving care."

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So many fun things in this chapter. Especially where Hideyoshi is concerned. The mama vibe is strong here

First off we have the Hideyoshi vs Mitsuhide moment:

Awww Hideyoshi

Then we have the Hidemama:

🤣 you better Sasuke or he'll come after you even 500 years in the future

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Bonus kanetsugu content for the day

awww he called her his

caterpillar but still

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Comte really getting called out by these two HAHAHAHA.

I imagined Comte being all "Finally someone I can gift beautiful things and dresses!!" after all living with all these men 🤣

(anyways get yourself a man or three who who'd gift you dresses and help with the laundry)

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Misunderstandings on top of misunderstandings 😂

Nope. Nothing like that at all HAHAHA

HAHAHAHA

Then we got this two bystanders

Kanetsugu: why WHY doesn't anyone get my actual meaning?? What is this mess??

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Their "No" and Rio's facial expression 🤣 pretty sure Emma wears the same one HAHAH

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Ah yes, the epitome of calmness.

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I remember how fun the scene of Sasuke introducing Mai to his Kasugayama family. But, not this:

Yuki's reactions to Shingen's flirtings never disappoint HAHAHA

I feel like I should at some point make a collection of it 🤣

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a mere Chevalier?? *gasp*

😂

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AHAHAHAH

Thank you Kenshin for taking Mai's health into consideration. Bless his soul.

...then came this guy. But, yes, tea time with Shingen sounds lovely. 😉. Plus, the talk of how to treat Mai better is a yes.

You know, I especially enjoy his flirtings in others' routes 😂. Damn the cheesiness of them all, but they do leave me giggling every time.