#natasha pearce

[loisfreakinglane]

Drive Me Crazy (1999) dir. John Schultz

[heliads]

Platonic imagine request: The female reader is a country singer and best friends with Natasha from Top Gun, and the dagger squad occasionally comes to her gigs. She just got out of a toxic relationship but still needs to get some of the negative feelings out of her system, and her solution to the problem is to write a song and debut it at a gig. I’m not a songwriter, so I’ll have to use a real song, and I choose What He Didn’t Do by Carly Pearce.

i love top gun

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It’s a Friday night, assignments won’t be posted for another few days, and for once, Top Gun’s very own Dagger Squadron is out early from work. Normally, everyone in charge puts their combined intellect and stubbornness to the test of making sure this never happens, but the weather isn’t hideously hot and humid for once, and everyone still stuck in the buildings kind of wants to go, too.

It’s a Friday night, and strangely enough, the Dagger Squadron cannot be found at the Hard Deck. Usually, this would raise all sorts of questions, but not tonight. Tonight, they’re headed towards something a little more exciting than the usual late night drinks at the usual late night spot. Tonight, they’re going to see you.

There is a group of hothead, ice-cold fighter pilots known affectionately to some as the Top Gun Dagger Squadron and irritably to others as just a bunch of cocky, high-flying assholes. They’ve got their reputations cut out for them, but they don’t care much. When you have your head in the clouds as often as they do, both literally and sometimes less so, you don’t really have the time for inconsistent musings from the general populace. If they want trouble, they’ll stir it up themselves.

The Dagger Squadron, although uncaring about their brand, all care very deeply about their friends. If you don’t get what it’s like to take a mission knowing there’s a very good chance you’ll never come back, if you don’t risk your life for your friends because you know they’ll always have your back, you don’t get it, and you don’t get them. It’s hard to win them over without practice.

There is, of course, one civilian who has all over their numbers on speed dial, and that’s Y/N L/N. That’s you. You were Phoenix's friend first, and since she’s so close to the rest of them, that meant you were their friend, too. They share like that. Jackets, flight tips, and yes, best friends. It all tends to work out in the end.

Besides, you’re special. You’re a star. You’re the one who’s out there at gigs and concerts, singing your songs to audiences who actually know the words. As much as they protest otherwise, when you go out with the Dagger Squad, only one of you gets recognized outside of your usual uniform or attire, and it’s not the kids who usually rattle around in bomber jackets and aviators.

The group of you love hanging out, but between their work schedule and your touring dates, it’s not uncommon to go a month or two without seeing each other, much to your chagrin. No matter the gap between group outings, though, the second all of you are in a room together, laughter is bouncing off the walls and conversations are exchanged at incomprehensible speeds just like you’d never parted.

More often than not, though, the Dagger Squad catches up to you by catching one of your shows and convincing you to get drinks afterwards. It’s a fine plan according to any of you, and although several of that group would insist that they’re not country music fans, you’ve looked out into the audience to see them screaming the words to your songs more times than they would care to admit.

By now, it’s sort of a tradition. This sort of thing has been going on for as long as anyone can remember. The first time around, they all kind of chafed against the idea of using their precious vacation time to go to the concert of some country singer they didn’t even know, but Natasha straightened them all out about it soon enough. What Phoenix says, goes. They’ve all learned that the hard way.

Besides, now the lot of them are friends with her. More than friends. They’re brothers and sisters, the special kind of family you only get by running wild after hours with total strangers who know your favorite drink order and hideout spot before they ever learn your last name.

Tonight, though, you couldn’t be more happy to see them all filing into the club that’ll serve as tonight’s venue. It’s been a rough few weeks, to say the least; bills are due, times always get harder before they get better, and to cap it all off, you finally managed to break out of a toxic relationship. It was the right call to say goodbye, but that doesn’t make it feel any better.

They know all about that, though. In fact, they’ve been beseeching you to break up with the guy for a long time. You took your ex boyfriend to meet the Dagger Squad as soon as you thought you were serious about him, but instead of the welcome reception you were hoping for, all of your friends immediately told you to get the hell out, to quote Hangman directly.

As it turns out, you should have taken your advice. Many heartbreaks, too many second and third and fourth chances, and a great deal of destroyed self confidence later, you’ve finally said goodbye for good. Your ex didn’t believe you when you first told him it was actually over this time, but he’s come to accept this. Blocking his number and getting rid of all his stuff must have sold the message, if not the constant guard of Top Gun pilots outside your house to keep him from trying to get to you again.

At last, your ex has accepted defeat, and you’re finally free. It feels good. That’s why you’re celebrating tonight with a show, and why your friends are here to make sure your wide smiles are real. They are, surprisingly, but you’re glad to see all of them out here nonetheless.

The crowd is just as supportive as your friends. You walk on stage to the sound of thunderous applause; it can be difficult to start as a musician, especially when you lack the significant backing of a parent already in the industry, but you’ve quickly become a household name around here. Hell, just last night someone told you they rescheduled their vacation plans so they’d be able to catch your show. It feels good. You’ve been needing something good like that for a while now.

After playing a couple of your top hits, you reach for the microphone to address the crowd. “I’m super grateful all of you are out here with me tonight,” you begin, “especially because I get to share something with you tonight, a new song. It’s fun to write songs for the good days, but sometimes we have to sing about the bad ones, too. D’you want to hear it?”

The crowd shouts back a thunderous yes, led in volume by your friends from Top Gun. You’re fairly sure that Rooster’s yell could be heard several towns over, a fact that immediately has Coyote and Payback teasing him, at least judging by their playful swats to his shoulders.

You debut the new song to great praise, and, after wrapping up with one or two more of your favorites, are ready to call it a night. You get waylaid by locals and fans wanting photographs, but after that, you’re able to escape out into the cool midnight and find your friends waiting for you by the backdoor.

Phoenix slings an arm around your shoulder affectionately. “Great show, Y/N! Just like always. You totally killed it up there.”

You smile at her. “Thanks, Nat. All of you, too. Thanks for coming.”

“Of course,” Bob assures you, “how could we not?”

Hangman chuckles. “I don’t think wild horses could drag Rooster away from one of your gigs. I’d ask if you heard him yelling, but I think it would be physically impossible not to.”

You snort. “Oh, trust me, I did hear him. I think the entire state did.”

Phoenix laughs as well. “That’s Bradley for ya. He’s completely crazy about everything.”

“I’m literally just being a red-blooded American boy,” Rooster argues, pretending to puff up his chest and flex aggressively towards Hangman, “What more could you want from me?”

Fanboy snorts. “If Cyclone heard you say that sentence aloud, I think he’d shove you off the aircraft carrier himself.”

Rooster rolls his eyes. “He’d do it if I didn’t say a word, too. Cyclone just likes getting mad.”

None of you can argue with this. You’ve had the privilege of meeting this particular Top Gun commanding officer before, when your friends had insisted on dragging you to the base so they could give you a personal tour. The group of you had run into Cyclone while you were looking around– quite literally, actually, Fanboy was walking backwards down a hallway and gesturing animatedly about some fact at the exact same moment Cyclone was emerging from his office– and you’d had quite an interesting first impression, to say the least.

Cyclone doesn’t hate you, though, surprisingly enough. This might be due in part to Phoenix immediately introducing you as Y/N L/N, legendary country singer, which isn’t entirely true but kind of close enough, or so she claims. Funnily enough, the excuse worked. Cyclone wasn’t mad at them for bringing you without proper approval, and he actually eased off of them for a while. Rumor has it that Rooster was working late one night and heard the sound of your debut album playing in Cyclone’s office, so maybe you have a concrete reason as to why.

You have, of course, only used the incident as proof to further your agenda that you could totally kill it in Top Gun if you ever bothered to give it a chance, much to the chagrin of your favorite pilots. You don’t need to go up in a plane to prove it, or so you say. Seeing as the best any of them can do to return the sentiment is have Bradshaw go up to a piano and start playing ‘Great Balls of Fire,’ they simply have to live with it. You love it.

Hell, you love all of it. This life, this crazy life of yours. If you had told a younger version of you that you’d be spending your nights playing sold out concerts and hanging with a group of the best fighter pilots in the country, you wouldn’t be able to believe your own words. Still, though, it’s true. It’s hectic and messy and utterly chaotic, but it’s more fun than anything, and it’s yours.

Up ahead, Coyote shouts that all of you have to get a move on if you want to get to a nearby bar before all the booths are taken up. You and your friends pick up the pace, sprinting through the inky night. Up ahead, bright pinpricks of stars wheel overhead, occasionally interspersed with scarlet flashes of aircraft, and you think to yourself:  this is exactly what healing feels like. Someday, someday soon, you’re going to be okay. Maybe even tonight.

top gun tag list: @luckyladycreator2, @atarmychick007, @ramenyul, @mayfieldss, @nonsensical-nonce

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[blankspacefanfics]

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[nocturnalstarlet]

— 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰 𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 🪐

— 𝑨 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑺

🪐 ››       cassian, azriel, nesta archeron, elain archeron, feyre archeron, lucien vanserra, eris vanserra.

ships i'd write for: cassian x nesta , elain x azriel , gwyn x azriel , and elain x lucien.

— 𝑩𝑩𝑪 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑲𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑹𝑺

🪐 ››       aramis, porthos.

— 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑻𝑶𝑵

🪐 ››       anthony bridgerton, daphne bridgerton, benedict bridgerton, colin bridgerton, king george iii.

— 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑽𝑨𝑳 / 𝑶𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑼𝑷𝑶𝑵 𝑨 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑵 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻

🪐 ››       legend, julien santos, scarlett dragna, donatella dragna, jacks/prince of hearts.

— 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑴𝑬𝑫

🪐 ››       phoebe halliwell, paige matthews, wyatt halliwell, chris halliwell.

— 𝑫𝑨𝑰𝑺𝒀 𝑱𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑰𝑿

🪐 ››       warren rojas, eddie roundtree, graham dunne, camila alvarez, karen sirko, daisy jones, simone jackson.

— 𝑭𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑭𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺

🪐 ››       dominic toretto, brian o'conner, letty ortiz, mia toretto, roman pearce, deckard shaw, tej parker, han lue.

ships i'd write for: dom x letty.

— 𝑮𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 / 𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑶𝑵

🪐 ››       tormund giantsbane, podrick payne, sansa stark, robb stark, jorah mormont, theon greyjoy, sandor clegane, samwell tarly, rhaegar targaryen, daenerys targaryen.

🪐 ››       aemond targaryen, jacaerys velaryon, alicent hightower, daemon targaryen.

— 𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑹𝒀 𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹

🪐 ››       ron weasley, hermione granger, dean thomas, blaise zabini, luna lovegood, neville longbottom, cedric diggory, viktor krum.

🪐 ››       james potter, lily evans, narcissa black, regulus black, andromeda black, sirius black, remus lupin, frank longbottom, peter pettigrew, lucius malfoy, pandora lovegood, alice fortescue, marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, emmeline vance, dorcas meadows.

🪐 ››       theseus scammander

🪐 ››       teddy lupin

🪐 ››       godrick gryffindor, rowena ravenclaw, helga hufflepuff, salazar slytherin

**a very big fuck you to jkr. this account is HEAVILY anti jkr and always will be. **while some of the fics for these characters may occur during their time at hogwarts, the characters will be assumed to be 18+ regardless of fic type.

— 𝑰𝑻

🪐 ››       richie tozier, stanley uris, ben hascom, mike hanlon.

**none of my writing for these characters will take place in the first film. i may instead do college!fics for this. everything else will come from when they're adults.

— 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑽𝑬𝑳 / 𝑿-𝑴𝑬𝑵

🪐 ››       steve rogers, james buchanan "bucky" barnes, natasha romanoff, yelena belova, wanda maximoff, pietro maximoff, thor odinson, loki laufeyson, bruce banner, druig.

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— 𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺

🪐 ››       pope heyward, sarah cameron, kiara carrera, jj maybank, john b routledge, rafe cameron, topper thornton.

— 𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑲𝒀 𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺

🪐 ››       thomas shelby, arthur shelby, john shelby, michael gray, finn shelby.

— 𝑺𝑨𝑳𝑻𝑩𝑼𝑹𝑵

🪐 ››       felix catton, venetia catton, farleigh start.

— 𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴

🪐 ››       tara carpenter, sam carpenter, chad meeks-martin, mindy meeks-martin, ethan landry.

— 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑬

🪐 ››       aaron warner, kenji kishimoto, juliette ferrars.

— 𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑾𝑶𝑳𝑭

🪐 ››       derek hale, peter hale, stiles stilinski, isaac lahey, lydia martin, scott mccall.

— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑯𝑼𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹 𝑮𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑺

🪐 ››       finnick odair, haymitch abernathy.

ships i'd write for: finnick x annie

— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑽𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑰𝑹𝑬 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑼𝑵𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑬

🪐 ››       elijah mikaelson, marcel gerard, klaus mikaelson, kol mikaelson, rebekah mikaelson, bonnie bennett, enzo st. john, stefan salvatore, damon salvatore, jeremy gilbert, caroline forbes, elena gilbert.

— 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑬 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫

🪐 ››       eric northman, jason stackhouse, alcide herveaux , jessica hamby.

— 𝑻𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻

🪐 ››       charlie swan, carlisle cullen, emmett cullen, rosalie hale, alice cullen, sam uley, paul lahote, jared cameron.

— 𝑾𝑬𝑫𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑫𝑨𝒀 / 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑺 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀

🪐 ››       morticia frump, gomez addams, wednesday addams, enid sinclair, bianca barclay.

ships i'd write for: morticia x gomez.

— 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑬𝑶𝑼𝑺

🪐 ››       ransom drysdale (knives out), andy barber (defending jacob), killian jones (ounce upon a time).

don't see what you're looking for? feel free to ask if i know a fandom/ship/character and if am willing to write what you're looking for!!

[derangedfujoshi]

Best Hoyocest Ship 1st Rounds

Go vote your fave and reblog for a bigger sample size~💕

Bronya/Alexandra Zaychik VS Aether/Lumine

Lyle Collodi/Sora VS Draff/Diona

Lyney/Freminet VS Liliya/Rozaliya Olenyeva

Percival Freeman/Luke VS Welt /Elias Nokianvirtanen

Bronya/Cocolia VS Eleanor/Otto Apocalypse

Albedo/Primordial Albedo VS Natasha/Sora

Jean/Barbara VS Lewis/Carol Pepper

Reina Richter/Vys VS Gopher/Robin

Cocolia/Rozaliya VS Arlecchino/Freminet

Ayato/Ayaka VS Otto Apocalypse/Nikolas

Cyrus/Cyno VS Natasha Cioara (Raven)/Lyle Collodi

Cocolia/Sin Mal VS Callas/Navia

Clara/Svarog VS Francis Kaslana/Kallen

Cocolia/Liliya Olenyeva VS Lyney/Lynette

Seele Vollerei/Seele Veliona VS Lyney/Lynette/Freminet

Nekomata/Miguel Silver VS Durandal/Siegfried

Durandal/Kiana K-423 VS Yukong/Qingni

The Seven Vitas VS Serval/Lynx

Arlecchino/Lyney VS Sakura Previous Era/Rin

Lynette/Freminet VS Lieserl Albert Einstein/Coralie 6626 Plank

Raiden Mei/Ryoma VS Crepus/Diluc

Kiana/Theresa Apocalypse VS Childe/Teucer

Welt/Joffrey Joyce Yang VS Gepard/Lynx

Murata Himeko/Ryusuke VS Makoto/Ei

Kiana/Cecilia Schariac VS Shenhe/Chongyun

Gopher Wood/Sunday VS Yae Sakura/Yae Rin

Hanya/Xueiyi VS Cecilia Schariac/Ana

Ato/Griseo VS The Watchmaker/Mimosa

Kimberly Garner/Artem Wing VS Welt/Joffrey Joyce Yang

Khors Belobog/Koleda VA Arlecchino/Lyney/Lynette/Freminet

Amber/Theresa Apocalypse VS Albedo/Durin

Bronya/Alexei Sydavich Zaitsev VS Barbara/Seamus Pegg

Arlecchino/Lynette VS Focalors/Furina

Natasha/Vanessa VS Blanca/Griseo

Guinaifen/Lancelot VS Siegfried Schariac/Ana

Bronya Zaychik/Cocolia VS Jean/Seamus

Arlecchino/Crucabena VS Cocolia/Seele Vollerei

Xiangling/Chef Mao VS Kiana Kaslana/Siegfried

The Watchmaker/Micah VS Nuwa/Fuxi

Fersman/Hook VS Durandal/Cecilia

Austin von Hagen/Marius VS Grace Howard/Koleda Belobog

Otto/Theresa VS Albedo/Klee

Cocolia/Seele Veliona VS Crucabena/Clervie

Welt Yang/Elias Nokianvirtanen VS Gepard/Serval

Rena/Luke Pearce VS Sunday/Robin

Dr. Magi/Lin VS Bamoun/Sethos

Joffrey/Elias VS Crucabena/Freminet

Erik Haspran/Vyn Richter VS Wise/Belle

[aurorawest]

Reading update

Conned by Kim Fielding - 4.25/5 stars

Odder Still by DN Bryn - 3/5 stars

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - 4/5 stars

Ended up enjoying this one a lot more than I thought I would. Definitely one of those philosophical-books-masquerading-as-fantasy books, but it was well written and the message resonated with me.

A Draught of Ash and Wine by Kristin Jacques - 3.75/5 stars

Draakenwood by Jordan L Hawk - 5/5 stars

This may have been the first in the series that I handed a 5 star rating to. Not that the rest of the series isn't really good, but this one stood out to me as being really REALLY good.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - 5/5 stars

Another one that I enjoyed WAY more than I thought I would. I normally don't go for books that do the whole characters-connected-through-time-by-the-same-story trope, but this one was very well done. The characters in the different time periods definitely played to things I love. The fact that it was unexpectedly queer was also such a nice surprise. This book is heavy going, and I wouldn't say it's exactly happy, but it's hopeful. A hyped book that was actually worth the hype.

Blyde and Pearce by Kim Fielding - 3.5/5 stars

Bring Me Home by Annabeth Albert - 3.75/5 stars

Jackdaw by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

AHHHHHH omg omg. Oh this book. Ripped my heart out and stomped on it, then tenderly mended it. Ben and Jonah are one of the sweetest couples Charles has ever written. Maybe the sweetest? (considering there's a very dubcon-y sex scene at the beginning, this may seem like a strange thing to say, but really). I actually far and away preferred them to the main couple in the original Charm of Magpies trilogy. To be completely honest, I like all the Charm of Magpies World books better than the original trilogy, haha.

The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer - 4.25/5 stars

Fool Hearts by Emmy Sanders - 3.75/5 stars

Shadows of the Lost by Maxym M Martineau - DNF at pg 60

Actually not a bad book at all, but it was too dependent on the author's previous series, which I didn't have any interest in reading.

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro - DNF at pg 26

All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim - 5/5 stars

Lovely, funny book that had lots of music and cooking. It's told in a split time period structure which I thought worked really well.

Witch King by Martha Wells - 5/5 stars

I LOVED this book. I love Kai so so much. He's total blorbo material, so I'm honestly surprised this book isn't bigger on tumblr. The worldbuilding was immaculate, really interesting, and very refreshing in that it was very central Asia inspired. You don't see Fantasy Asian Steppe Cultures very much, so that was really cool. This is another one that is told with a split time period, and Wells did a really good job of tying the events of the past and the present chapters together thematically.

I really really really want a sequel.

And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu - 4/5 stars

One of the reviews of this book said it had a very didactic ending, which I 100% agree with...but it was very well-written and worth a read. It takes place in Nigeria and is about two gay boys who eventually meet in college. It's not a happy book; don't be fooled by the blurb that makes it sound like a romance.

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley - 5/5 stars (reread)

You guys all know how I feel about Natasha Pulley.

The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott - 3.5/5 stars

Unnatural by Joanna Chambers - 5/5 stars

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan - 5/5 stars

This book was so cute. Aiden and Harvard both finally pull their heads out of their asses. One of the unexpected joys of these novels is the relationship between Seiji and his father. It's really sweet.

I would fund Sarah Rees Brennan to continue writing Fence novels.

The Archive Undying - 2/5 stars

[mostlymarvelsstuff]

I was rereading the “To Call You Mine” series while listening to music, and in one of the chapters, as I was reading, a song on my playlist started playing that gave MASSIVE vibes of this series!

It’s called “What He Didnt Do” by Carly Pearce! It’s really good highly recommended!

I was hearing it, and I imagined an alternative where Natasha had told reader how Bruce was to her long before the TCYM events happened, and reader decides to go beat the crap out of that bastard during the solo part and afterwards reader goes back to comfort Natasha and vows to keep her safe and stuff, sorry for rambling the song just really got to me , AND THE SERIES EVEN MORE I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH!!

I'm so glad you enjoy the series so much, it means a lot to get messages like this so thank you for sharing your love of TCYM and for letting me know about this song! ❤️

I agree it definitely has Nat vibes from the story, especially if she had gone to R when Bruce started "pursuing" aka, harassing and manipulating her. R definitely wouldn't have let that all that slide and would have put him in his place then and there before sweeping Natty off her feet.

Which she still did, but unfortunately Nat had to go through even more trauma before that could happen. But the song does give nice "what if vibes". I wonder how their lives would be different if R got to Nat sooner...

Anyway, never apologize for rambling, I love hearing from you guys 🥰😘

[weare-yanagie]

Transhumanism🤖

Transition towards post-humanism

The close-knit relationship between technology and human evolution is not a newly identified discovery. For example, the discovery of fire made a significant change in the then-existing life cycle of man. Therefore, through this article in YanaGie, we hope to introduce you to the climax of the conflict between technology and human evolution.

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Things to know before reading:

Content- The article describes modern biological and technological innovations related to this concept (For example, the article doesn’t deal with how a chip is attached to the human brain through the Neuralink project). More attention has been paid to its inception, publication, and the philosophical debates that have been arisen from it, for the purpose of scientifically analyzing it. The structure of the topics in the article is as follows:

1: emergence, 2: development of the concept during the 80s, 3: development of the concept during the 90s, 4: market interference, 5: philosophical and ethical views, 6: summary.

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“For the last several decades, a strange liberation movement has grown within the developed world. Its crusaders aim much higher than civil rights campaigners, feminists, or gay-rights advocates. They want nothing less than to liberate the human race from its biological constraints. As “transhumanists” see it, humans must wrest their biological destiny from evolution’s blind ...”

- Francis Fukuyama (American political scientist)

1. Emergence

The concept of Transhumanism became popular through an article published in 1957 by Julian Huxley, a British biologist, and philosopher, under this name. He stated that at this time, human evolution can be “supplanted” by removing unnecessary factors and improving the necessary ones we have gained.

Here, Huxley mainly focused on improving human conditions to a higher level through also a social and cultural sense in a broader perception, but the concept was adopted by Transhumanist movements that emerged later only as a unification of scientific and technological advances that man had acquired at that time. For example, computer science, space exploration, and cell and tissue preservation through cryopreservation techniques.

2. Development of the concept during the 80s

Subsequently, in the 80s, Transhumanist organizations and schools of thought emerged, focusing on extending human life span, Cryonics (the belief that it is possible to revive deep frozen dead human bodies in the future), space colonization, etc. to advance scientific and technological approaches.

Furthermore, the 80s was a decade favorable for this subject. The Foresight Institute was established by American engineer K. Eric Drexler and researcher Christine L. Peterson with the aim of using molecular engineering and nanotechnology in a visionary manner and conceptual artist Natasha Vita-More brought the discussion of human enhancement through the integration of aesthetics and scientific-technological advancement, among other events. In addition, prominent figures within this movement included American philosopher James Hughes and Canadian roboticist Han Moravec.

3. Development of the concept during the 90s

In the 90th decade, the concept was discussed further. British philosopher Max More and American philosopher Tim W. Bell founded the organization Extropy in order to enhance human characteristics. In 1998, Swedish and Britain philosophers respectively, Nick Bostrom and David Pearce established the Transhumanist Association (WTA), to introduce Transhumanism as a research subject, and in 2008 WTA, was renamed as Humanity+ in hopes of broadening the ideology of Transhumanism.

4. Market interference

In fact, after 2000, Transhumanism received support and funding from Google co-founder Larry Page, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk among other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. In 2013, Larry Page established Calico Life Sciences LLC (Calico Labs) with the aim of using technological advancements to extend human life. In 2022, Bezos and his donors invests $3 billion in Altos Labs, which aims to use technology to prevent ageing and disease. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of colonizing Mars and the moon, and Neuralink in 2016 with the goal of creating chips that can be connected to the human brain. In July 2022, Synchron announced that they had successfully implanted a chip in the brain of a patient with ALS(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).

Elon Musk has quite a significant idea about this, according to him to avoid redundancy in the face of AI humans should merge mentally and physically with machines. Even if his statement seems quite serious at face value, the fundamentals of connecting humans and machines have been present for centuries, it exists in even wearing glasses which we have been doing for a long time now.

5. Philosophical and ethical views

American political philosopher, Francis Fukuyama, has stated “Underlying this idea of the equality of rights is the belief that we all possess a human essence that dwarfs manifest differences in skin color, beauty, and even intelligence. This essence, and the view that individuals therefore have inherent value, is at the heart of political liberalism. But modifying that essence is the core of the transhumanist project. If we start transforming ourselves into something superior, what rights will these enhanced creatures claim, and what rights will they possess when compared to those left behind? If some move ahead, can anyone afford not to follow? These questions are troubling enough within rich, developed societies. Add in the implications for citizens of the world’s poorest countries — for whom biotechnology’s marvels likely will be out of reach — and the threat to the idea of equality becomes even more menacing.” , when talking about Transhumanism in 2009.

He also elaborates “Transhumanism’s advocates think they understand what constitutes a good human being, and they are happy to leave behind the limited, mortal, natural beings they see around them in favor of something better. But do they really comprehend the ultimate human goods? For all our obvious faults, we humans are miraculously complex products of a long evolutionary process — products whose whole is much more than the sum of our parts. Our good characteristics are intimately connected to our bad ones: If we weren’t violent and aggressive, we wouldn’t be able to defend ourselves; if we didn’t have feelings of exclusivity, we wouldn’t be loyal to those close to us; if we never felt jealousy, we would also never feel love. Even our mortality plays a critical function in allowing our species as a whole to survive and adapt (and transhumanists are just about the last group I’d like to see alive forever). Modifying any one of our key characteristics inevitably entails modifying a complex, interlinked package of traits, and we will never be able to anticipate the ultimate outcome.” In his text.

6. Summary

Transhumanism has gained more popularity from the later end of the 1950s, been active during the 80s and 90s, and gained more attention of philosophers and scientists and had their views gained by the 2000s. This is because the action of succeeding biological limitations using science and technology is not an easy feat with positive outcomes. But after the 2000s, this concept gained more attention of the market, and individuals with more wealth have increased investing their resources largely for this matter. According to Francis Fukuyama, Transhumanism challenges equality among humans. Moreover, the changes that occur in the individual based on their unique characteristics affect the whole of humanity (our concepts, social relationships and interactions, desires, social values, spirituality, etc.) Transhumanists hope to eradicate “undesirable” qualities within us, but they do not realize that our “good” qualities are intertwined with our “undesirable” ones and that they would lose the basic essence of what humanity ultimately wishes for.

Sources: Brittanica (“Transhumanism”), The Guardian (“No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?”), Foreign Policy (Francis Fukuyama on “Transhumanism”).

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F O L L O W F O R M O R E ✨️

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Commons Vote

On: Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading

Ayes: 415 (76.8% Lab, 9.2% LD, 5.6% Con, 3.4% Ind, 1.7% SNP, 1.0% PC, 1.0% Green, 0.5% DUP, 0.5% SDLP, 0.2% UUP, 0.2% TUV) Noes: 47 (76.1% Con, 15.2% LD, 8.7% RUK) Absent: ~188

Day's business papers: 2024-11-26

Likely Referenced Bill: Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Description: Please note: this is the old version of the Bill introduced under the previous Government. A link to the new version introduced by the current Government is provided below.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: Report stage

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (317 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Ed Miliband Elsie Blundell Emma Foody Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gill Furniss Gill German Graeme Downie Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Julia Buckley Julie Minns Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Linsey Farnsworth Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Turmaine Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Kane Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm

Sureena Brackenridge Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Toby Perkins Tom Hayes Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Liberal Democrat (38 votes)

Adam Dance Alison Bennett Andrew George Ben Maguire Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Charlotte Cane Christine Jardine Claire Young Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Edward Morello Helen Morgan Ian Roome Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Layla Moran Lee Dillon Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Richard Foord Sarah Dyke Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Steve Darling Tessa Munt Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wera Hobhouse

Conservative (23 votes)

Alicia Kearns Andrew Murrison Ben Spencer Bob Blackman Caroline Johnson Damian Hinds David Simmonds Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Helen Grant Jerome Mayhew Joe Robertson John Glen Julian Lewis Martin Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Shastri-Hurst Peter Fortune Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Victoria Atkins

Independent (14 votes)

Adnan Hussain Alex Easton Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Ian Byrne Imran Hussain Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Mike Amesbury Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Scottish National Party (7 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Democratic Unionist Party (2 votes)

Gavin Robinson Jim Shannon

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Conservative (35 votes)

Alison Griffiths Andrew Griffith Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bradley Thomas Charlie Dewhirst Danny Kruger David Reed Desmond Swayne Greg Smith Iain Duncan Smith John Cooper John Hayes Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Lewis Cocking Mark Francois Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robert Jenrick Sarah Bool Suella Braverman

Liberal Democrat (7 votes)

Bobby Dean Charlie Maynard Gideon Amos Josh Babarinde Rachel Gilmour Tim Farron Will Forster

Reform UK (4 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

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WINIFRED PEARCE’s face claim is now NATASHA LIU BORDIZZO; Hayley Kiyoko is now available.

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Gotham Awards 2024 Nominations

Best Feature

Anora

Babygirl

Challengers

A Different Man

Nickel Boys

Best International Feature

All We Imagine As Light

Green Border

Hard Truths

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Vermiglio

Best Documentary Feature

Dahomey

Intercepted

No Other Land

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Sugarcane

Union

Best Director

Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)

Sean Baker (Anora)

Guan Hu (Black Dog)

Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)

RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)

Best Screenplay

Nathan Silver & C. Mason Wells (Between The Temples)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Evil Does Not Exist)

Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping (Femme)

Azazel Jacobs (His Three Daughters)

Annie Baker (Janet Planet)

Breakthrough Director

Shuchi Talati (Girls Will Be Girls)

India Donaldson (Good One)

Alessandra Lacorazza (In the Summers)

Vera Drew (The People's Joker)

Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown)

Outstanding Lead Performance

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)

Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight)

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Demi Moore (The Substance)

Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)

Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow)

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Yura Borisov (Anora)

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)

Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow)

Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)

Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)

Katy O'Brien (Love Lies Bleeding)

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

Adam Pearson (A Different Man)

Brian Tyree Henry (The Fire Inside)

Breakthrough Performer

Lily Collias (Good One)

Ryan Destiny (The Fire Inside)

Maisy Stella (My Old Ass)

Izaac Wang (Dìdi)

Brandon Wilson (Nickel Boys)

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When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Alice: Milla Jovovich Rain Ocampo: Michelle Rodriguez Matt Addison: Eric Mabius Spence Parks: James Purefoy Chad Kaplan: Martin Crewes James “One” Shade: Colin Salmon J.D. Salinas: Pasquale Aleardi Dr. Lisa Addison: Heike Makatsch Mr. Grey: Ryan McCluskey Ms. Black: Indra Ové Mr. Red: Oscar Pearce Dr. Green: Anna Bolt Dr. Blue: Joseph May Dr. Brown: Robert Tannion Clarence: Jaymes Butler Mr. White: Stephen Billington Ms. Gold: Fiona Glascott Medic: Liz May Brice Commando 1: Torsten Jerabek Commando 2: Marc Logan-Black Red Queen: Michaela Dicker Dr. William Birkin (uncredited): Jason Isaacs Film Crew: Writer: Paul W. S. Anderson Producer: Jeremy Bolt Producer: Bernd Eichinger Producer: Samuel Hadida Camera Operator: David Johnson ADR Editor: Matt Grimes Casting: Robyn Ray Production Design: Richard Bridgland Casting: Suzanne Smith Editor: Alexander Berner Line Producer: Albert Botha Associate Producer: Mike Gabrawy Executive Producer: Victor Hadida Executive Producer: Daniel S. Kletzky Executive Producer: Robert Kulzer Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto Co-Producer: Chris Symes Original Music Composer: Marco Beltrami Original Music Composer: Marilyn Manson Art Direction: Jörg Baumgarten Set Decoration: Penny Crawford Hairstylist: Björn Rehbein Hairstylist: Friderike Roessler Hairstylist: Valeska Schitthelm Makeup Artist: Christina Smith Art Department Coordinator: Ingeborg Heinemann Assistant Art Director: Anete Conrad Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Pauline Fowler Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Martin Gaskell Supervising Art Director: Tony Reading Construction Coordinator: Ulf Sturhann Carpenter: Philipp Hübner Location Scout: Marion Gerhardt Production Illustrator: Ravi Bansal Sculptor: Colin Jackman First Assistant Camera: Adam Quinn Steadicam Operator: Jörg Widmer Still Photographer: Rolf Konow Prosthetic Supervisor: Barrie Gower Additional Music: Tom Holkenborg Choreographer: Warnar Van Eeden Driver: Susen Jarmuske Makeup Effects: Andy Garner Post Production Supervisor: Christine Jahn Production Office Assistant: Mirjam Weber Property Master: Danny Hunter Set Medic: Frank Guhn Special Effects Supervisor: Gerd Nefzer Stunt Coordinator: Volkhart Buff Stunts: René Bellmann Technical Supervisor: John Kurlander Unit Production Manager: Silvia Tollmann Unit Publicist: Francois Frey Visual Effects Editor: Paul Elman Script Supervisor: Caroline Sax Color Timer: Andreas Lautil First Assistant Editor: Franziska Schmidt-Kärner Best Boy Electric: Udo Kowalczyk Electrician: David Reppen Gaffer: Edgar Auell Production Accountant: Helga Ploiner Production Coordinator: Sammi Davis Visual Effects Coordinator: Muriel Gérard Researcher: Ian Frost Boom Operator: Alois Unger Music Supervisor: Liz Gallacher Sound Designer: Marco Raab Sound Editor: Frank Casaretto Sound Mixer: Roland Winke Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Kranz Supervising Sound Editor: Stefan Busch 3D Supervisor: Phil Bignell Visual Effects Producer: Richard Yuricich Art Department Manager: Astrid Kühberger Software Engineer: John Charles Dolby Consultant: Norbert Zich Unit Manager: Esther Fischer Key Grip: Dieter Bähr Key Makeup Artist: Hasso von Hugo First Assistant Director: Jan Sebastian Ballhaus ADR Supervisor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder Draughtsman: Philip Elton Grip: Glenn König Animatronics Designer: Chris Coxon Second Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel Negative Cutter: Patricia Ferbeck ADR Voice Casting: Louis Elman Assistant Production Coordinator: Kerstin Biermann Casting Assistant: Natasha Ockrent Foley Editor: Noemi Hampel Costume Assistant: Claudia Maria Braun Costume Assistant: Elke Freitag Costume Assistant: Sparka Lee Hall Costume Assistant: Astrid Lafos Costume Assistant: Anette Tirler Negative Cutter: Renate Siegl Negative Cutter: Sandra Stier Animation: James Furlon...

[bizarre-blorbo-bracket]

CURRENT BRACKET:

Individual matches under the cut:

The Rhubarb Triangle from England vs the Samulet from Supernatural

Sotiris from Lost in Vivo vs Silly Hats from museums, historical events, ect.

Charon from Pokemon Platinum vs strepsipterans from order Strepsiptera

Bostonian Horse from puppet history vs the De Afsluitdijk from the Netherlands

Natasha Fatale from Boris and Natasha: The Movie vs the Wandering Trader from Minecraft

the FN P90 from Fabrique Nationale Herstal vs Izuru kamukura from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Fraszka from the 2004 Warsaw production of Cats! the musical vs Azazello from the 1996 adaptation of The Island Of Dr. Moreau

Otto the Otter from real life vs The Furious Five and master Shifu from Kung fu Panda

PC from from the 2000s Get a Mac commercials vs Queen Genevieve from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

Andrew Winter from various real estate shows vs Goro from Road Trip Adventure (PS2)

HECTOR from Omori vs Bree Van De Kamp from Desperate Housewives

Lleu Llaw Gyffes from Welsh mythology vs The Penitent One from Blasphemous

Rev. Green from Cluedo vs the Nachtraven from Nachtraven

the Log Chute from the Mall of America vs the Sea Serpent from The Defunct Submarine Voyage Ride at Disneyworld

Submitter's guitar vs Pothead from Death's Door

Davis (Juror 8) from Twelve Angry Men vs Baikinman from Anpanman

Phagocytes from Your Body vs Micheal Haggerty from Murder she Wrote

Antonio the Violinist from Identity V vs Waldo Trumbull from The Comedy of Terrors

Radu cel Frumos from historical Wallachia vs Vflower from vocaloid

the Bimodal Distribution from statistics vs Roseanne Roseannadana from SNL

Gabi from Rio 2 vs Paintra from Kirby Triple Delux

Leonardo the Robot from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs The Lodger from Knock-Knock

Judas Iscariot from the Bible vs Reynard the Fox from mideaval European Folklore

Casey Murphey from the 2019-2020 Florida Mock Trial case: “State of Florida v. Casey Murphy” vs Gladys Ormphby from Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In

John Quincy Adams from the United States of America vs Manbarondenna from Tower of God

Dehumidifiers from the submitter's work vs Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment

the V-22 Osprey from the US military vs David from the submitter's life

the Concorde from Aérospatiale/BAC vs Gnash from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fates

Inch the Worm from Beanie Babies vs Myrtha from Giselle

Alexander Pearce from Australia vs Stain Edwards from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Mary Lou Maloney from Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 vs Joachim Valentine from Shadowhearts

The Phantom of the Opera from the Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber CD/OP's mind vs Vladislaus Straud from the Sims

Welcome to the bizarre blorbo bracket!

We all know what a blorbo is, but have you ever wondered what the weirdest one out there is? If so, this bracket is for you. From forgotten side-characters to historical figures to real life boats, this poll aims to find the oddest most obscure object of obsession. The winner of this poll will be the strangest fave on the Strange Fave website, and submissions are open HERE.

Rules:

Blorbo is a flexible term, but usually applies to sentient characters. The key here is that you love them & adore them & would call them "poor little meow meow" and other such terms of affection. If you want to scrunch them like an accordion, put them in a salad spinner, tenderly care for their wounds, or wring them out like a washcloth, you're on the right track.

Blorbo does not have to be from your shows. They can be from your books, your videogames, your history books, or really anything you can think of.

Real people are allowed BUT only if they are ALREADY PUBLIC/HISTORICAL FIGURES & NOT ON THIS WEBSITE. I am not putting Neil Gaiman or whoever in here without their express permission.

No Harry Potter or MCYT.

None of marvel's avengers, unless you're getting REAL weird with it.

The more obscure the character is, OR the less blorbo'd they are, the more likely they are to be included! There are shows with millions of viewers a week, but because their target audience is extremely mainstream, not many people feel this way about them. If you want to put the guy from Grand Designs in a shoebox like an injured baby bird, you're in the right place.

Bonus points for being funny.

I will be submitting a couple mod bias picks, but I'm not saying who they are to make things fairer.

No OCs/AUs otherwise we'd be here all day.

this is an sfw bracket. You can submit characters you think are hot n sexy and whatever, but please don't make me look at anything explicit!

Rounds will last a week, looking forward to seeing your little guys!

Tagging for reachies:

@canonmisogynyvictimstournament, @victimsofyaoipoll, @fictional-malewife-tournament, @character-of-all-time, @gayelderstourney, @look-how-they-massacred-them, @overworkedblorbobattle, @hot-take-tournament & @best-female-villain-tournament

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Fandoms/Characters I write for:

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Marvel:

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-Tony Stark

-Steve Rogers

-Bruce Banner

-Clint Barton

-Natasha Romanoff

-Wanda Maximoff

-Yelena Belova

-Kate Bishop

-Sam Wilson

-Bucky Barnes

-Scott Lang

-Loki Laufeyson

-Thor Odinson

-Heimdall

-Peter Parker (any version)

-Miles Morales

-Gwen Stacy

-Hobie Brown

-Pavitr Prabhakar

-Peter Quill

-Stephen Strange

-T'challa Udaku

-Shuri

-M’Baku

-K'uk'ulkan // Namor

-MoonKnight System (all three or Individual)

-any of the guardians (GOTG)

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Stranger Things:

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-Robin Buckley (fem!reader only)

-Steve Harrington

-Eddie Munson

-Dustin Henderson

-Lucas Sinclair

-Max Mayfield

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The Umbrella Academy:

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-Luther Hargreeves

-Allison Hargreeves

-Diego Hargreeves

-Klaus Hargreeves

-Five Hargreeves

-Ben Hargreeves (Brelly Ver.)

-Viktor Hargreeves

-Marcus Hargreeves

-Ben Hargreeves (Sparrow Ver.)

-Fei Hargreeves

-Alphonso Hargreeves

-Sloane Hargreeves

-Jayme Hargreeves

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Criminal Minds:

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-Aaron Hotchner

-David Rossi (mostly platonic but I can write romantic for him)

-Derek Morgan

-Spencer Reid

-Luke Alvez

-Matt Simmons

-Tara Lewis

-Penelope Garcia

-Emily Prentiss

-Jennifer Jareau

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Hitman Trilogy:

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-Agent 47

-Lucas Grey

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Mission: Impossible:

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-Ethan Hunt

-Benji Dunn

-Luther Stickell

-William Brandt

-August Walker

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FarCry 5:

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-Jacob Seed

-Joseph Seed

-John Seed

-Sharky Boshaw

-Nick Rye (can write poly Nick Rye and Kim)

-Deputy

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Valorant:

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-Brimstone (mostly platonic but can write romantic)

-Phoenix

-Jett

-Neon

-Cypher

-Sova

-Chamber

-Harbor

-Omen

-Fade

-Sage

-Breach

-Killjoy

-Raze

-Yoru

-Gekko

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Detroit Become Human:

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-Connor (Rk800)

-Markus

-Kara

-Hank Anderson (Platonic or Romantic)

-Luther

-Elijah Kamski

-Ralph

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Our Life Beginnings & Always:

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-Cove Holden

-Cliff Holden (platonic or romantic)

-Kyra Preece (platonic or romantic)

-Poly!Noelani & Pamela

-Elizabeth Last

-Lee Last

-Derek Suarez

-Baxter Ward

-Nicholas (Nico) Suarez

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Error 143:

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Micah Yujin

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Sally Face:

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-Sal Fisher

-Larry Johnson

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WatchDogs Trilogy:

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-Aiden Pearce

-Marcus Holloway

-Wrench

-Sitara

-Josh

-Raymond Kennedy

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COD: Modern Warfare 2:

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-John Price

-Simon “Ghost” Riley

-Kyle “Gaz” Garrick

-John “Soap” McTavish

-Gary “Roach” Sanderson

-Alejandro Vargas

-Rodolfo Parra

-Phillip Graves

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The Imperfects:

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-Abbi Singh

-Tilda Webber

-Juan Ruiz

-Dr. Alex Sarkov

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Encanto:

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-Camilo

-Luisa

-Isabela

-Mirabel

-Bruno

-Dolores

-Poly!Agustin & Julieta (Romantic or Platonic)

-Poly!Felix & Pepa (Romantic or Platonic)

-Antonio (Only Platonic)

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Girl From Nowhere:

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-Nanno

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Metal Lords:

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-Hunter Sylvester

-Kevin Schlieb

-Emily

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If you wish to request a character that isn’t here feel free to!!

I’ll probably still write for them! But if I don’t I’ll let you know why!

[slutdreams]

Being jegulus daughter and loki's girlfriend

pairings: loki x plus!size!reader

WARNINGS: mentions of sex, kissing(?).

A/N: hey! guys so I was so exited for this ff and sorry for the spelling mistakes Voldemort didn't happen so everybody's alive and euphmia and fleamont too frigga is alive too Your birth is of 2000 as familly I mean all of them merlin is with dorcas and lily with mary sam is wolfstars son. I am thinking of making this a oneshot series so you can send any request you have on this idea.

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about my blogs

• Being the youngest in both the families

• Pa : james dad : regules

• Harry loves you so much and will be so overprotective over you.

• Like always have the that don't touch my sister or ill avada Kadavra your ass.

• Lily, Marlene, Dorcas, alice and mary being the cool aunts.

• Always going out with them or with molly and euphemia.

• Fleament and euphemia loving you so much.

• Coming out as bisexual.

• Everyone calling you princess because you being the youngest.

• Remus and Sirius being your godparents.

• Joining Sirius in bitching about Walburga.

• No actually bitching with all the black sibbling including your father regules.

• having anger issues like regules.

• him teaching how to handle it.

• Going to library with Remus.

• Going to Shopping with Sam.

• Supporting harry and draco when they came out as gay.

• Shipping them together.

• being the wingmen like inviting them together on a dinner and not showing up.

• throwing a party at potter manor when they finally get together.

• having playful relationship with snape.

• Being a Slytherin.

• Your family being proud of that.

• Being proffesers favorite Slytherin.

• Going on dinners with the black sisters, sirius, regulus, draco and Sam.

• helping euphemia, James and Remus baking.

• Going on dinners with mia, molly and minnie.

• Completing your studies at Hogwarts with O's In 2010.

• Your parents suggesting you to be arour like the rest of your family.

• You telling them of your dream of becoming a fashion designer

• They will support you.

• So you decided to move to NYC to study in NYU.

• But the problem is you have powers.

• Not just being a witch but a godess too.

• Your familly found yout when powers just blasted from shouting at harry about annoying you.

• Everyone bieng Shooked When the red and white beams shot out of you.

• Taking you to Dumbeldore instantly.

• Dumbeldore explaining that this is the reason for your black and white hair blue and red eyes.

•You learning how to control your powers with all of them.

• helping harry with his pranks your powers making them much easier.

• finding out your the godess of witchcraft, dark and pure, morning and night and the godess of gods your are also called the maker and the destroyer.

•So the worst thing you could imagine happend.

• Tony stark found out you have powers.

• Thank god it was only him or else it would have been a problem.

• It was a good sunday morning making your breakfast in your appartement you ranted when your doorbell rang opening the door you saw tony stark.

• He offered for for you to join the team.

• You asked your family first.

• When they said yes you too said yes.

• Because why not.

•You are getting to be a super hero.

• So you start training with natasha and wanda.

• Getting better with fighting.

• Deciding demidevil as your name.

• Meeting Newyork loki when he attaked.

• Your family was so dang worried because this would be your first mission.

• Stopping James and sirius from coming there.

• Visiting them after all the shit.

• Getting pamperd.

• Becoming a secsessfull fashion desiner.

• Eventualy getting into buissness and doing your masters in buissness and opening a company named royals your brand becoming famous.

• One day you were in towers Kitchen yourself breakfast when you felt a presence behind you, you turned around to deal Loki standing there.

"What are you doing here." You asked.

" Well I was starving "Loki answered

"You want chicken sandwich" you asked

"sure sweetheart" You smiled at him.

• After that you always hung out with loki.

• Suggesting him some book’s you know he would like.

• Him being curious about wizarding world

•you telling him about diagon alley about the blood types that you call midgardians muggleborn, about that why your a pureblood and your brother a halfblood

• Telling him about to the Black family drama.

- Him laughing at the that of and telling you some same stories.

•Telling him about your prankster of a familly and how they would love to meet him.

• Laughing at his at obssesion with black coffee remembering remus, regules and draco.

• Him stairing at you in awe whenever you use your wand

• Especially expleriamus, crucio and Avada Kadavra.

• Telling him he'd be slythrin or ravenclaw.

•Showing your patronus and animagus form.

• Giving him sleeping drough.

• Introducing him to rock world Queen and máneskin.

• Him asking ciggrate he can take a puff from your.

Coughing just when the smoke went into his throat taking it back from him instantly after that.

"Dear norns how do that " he asked.

Laughing you answerd " Well it works like a sleeping drough" you said taking puff from the ciggrate you.

• Getting teased by everyone.

• Telling your sibling's about him.

"So you are talking about the god who tried to take over the world" harry asked wide eyed.

"Yeah" You answerd noding

" Y/N Be extra carefull with that guy I know he was't in his right mind and all but I don't want you coming home crying about how he used you and then left you" worried Draco said.

" Yes mum " You said harry and the others laughing.

"Aww mum dray " Harry said teasing his boyfriend drace rolled his eyes and scoffed " I just want her to be alright"

" don't worry cousin "  You said with a ressuring smile.

• You would teach him latin and french.

• Everyone being shooked when you did not got high on asgardian mead.

" When we will go to scotland I will tell what real alcohol is " You said smirking.

• Realising you both fell for eachother hard.

• One day tony was throwing a party because of sucssesful mission loki was drunk pretty badly.

Getting pulled to a side with loki

" lok- " You started

"SSH" Loki said stairing into your unique eyes and crassing your cheeks.

"I love you Y/N" He said and Kissed you. You kissed him back immediately

"I love you too loki" He smiled and started kissing your neck.

" Loki your drunk" You said

"I Know"

The next morning you to someone creasing cheeks.

" Good morning sweetheart " his voice deeper then ever.

" You are hot " loki smiled.

" Do you thing think what we did last night was a mistake " he asked.

"No, do you think what we did last night was a mistake " he shook his head

"so are we - "

"Yes we are "You answered before he could ask he smiled.

• Telling everyone and your families

• Everyone being excited to meet your boyfriend.

• Thor being the best brother-in-law

• Going to asgard to meet Loki's familly.

Frigga loving you odin not so much

• And finally everyone dicided to go to scotland

So here you were on Tony's private plane...

Your family coming to take the airpot. you from

Finally landing and getting imediatly getting embraced by your Pa then dad, Harry and it went on.

" Well team my family, family team". They said their hi's And you all got into cars. Avengers in one car and you all in other (yes they did't use floo )

"The one in all black clothing was your boyfriend " Euphemia said.

" How do you Know" you asked

"Familly choices " She said that looking at regules and draco and sirius.

You chuckled " Yep he is "

"Girl that god is back so hot " marlene said

" I know write right what do think aunt flower "

" I think he is right for you and your familly dress code black and colorfull " you all laughed.

" No she's right I would have been surpurises if he wore colorfull cothes " regules said

" What do you think Father's" You asked them

" We think he is good looking but we don't know his nature Y/N" James said.

" He is right are you even sure this is a serious thing " regules asked

" Yes dad This is a serious thing " said You

"okey then we will talk to him " Fleamont said

" Yeah but please don't be too scary. " You Said

"Do you think we are scary Y/N " Sirius said placing a hand on his chest being a drama queen he is

"Oh belive me you all can be when it comes to us kids" You said to your godfather.

" That we can be Kiddo " Remus replied.

" Moons " you whined.

He laughed but shaked His head.

You all arrived at the potter mansion after some time you all arrived at potter mansion well they droped loki the team was living a hotel because well there were alot of people & the manner was big but not that big so you all went in.

James whispered the study room " tell him to come after you are done "

Nodding you all went to your room.

"Love Pa was saying to go room to the study study after you are done " Loki noded nervously walking to him you grabbed both of his hand.

"Don't be nervous I am sure they would love you hmm" You said and the nodded again, seeming relived You placed kiss on his cheeks.

Dropping loki to study room you went to living room seeing all the weasleys the death eaters and the blacks the longbottoms minnie, snape and Hermione.

" hi " You said everybody turned to you and hugged you although snape just stood there so you moved to him and hugged him forcibly.

" marlin I missed you sev " you said almost yelling.

" Yeah I missed you too kid" he said, trying to push you away you let him go but clinging arm smiling brightly you You were not trying to annoy him you genuinely missed him you know he did to.

Talking with them for a awhile the Study room door opened and the men walked out talking calmly and smiling monty's arm placed on loki's shoulder.

Remus smiled and nodded his head just like previously the he did with no but this time it was a yes which finally made you smile.

" dang Y/N we hoped you would not make the same mistake as me, regules and remus " draco said you frowned at that but smilled at his next words " loving a mischief maker " this caused everyone to laugh.

" this man really belongs in this family Y/N I approve of him " fleamont said smilling.

" Wow! loki what did you do that they are so imppersed huh " you said making an imppersed face.

" well love they don't call me silver tongue for nothing " loki said smirking at you.

" well loki the boys interviewd you now its our turn " merlene's smilly face became serious which made loki tense everyone tried not to laugh at that knowing that she was joking.

" Sit " merlene said gesturing to the seat next to her loki took the and sat down everybody did too.

" so what will you do for her " docas said joining in with her girlfriend.

" anything ma'am " loki answered.

" you would have to do the laundry " asked lily everyone joined in mentally.

" Ok " loki answered

" you would probably have to do the chores because y/n can't ruin her skin " alice asked while you face palmed.

" Ok " loki answered again getting nervous

' You would also have to make food " mary asked.

" I will " loki answered.

" and y/n want her tea just when she wakes up or else she gets moody " mia said

" I will keep that in mind " loki answered

everyone bursts out out laughing at that god he's so cute.

" we are so sorry dear " mia say's placing a hand on loki's shoulder.

" huh " loki says confused.

" we were just joking man you don't have to do that all " harry answered loki breathed out a smile forming on his face telling he did not mind at all and shaking his head.

" you better get used to it love it happens here often then you can imagine " you said getting up from beside sevrus taking loki's hand and dragging him to your room.

Though you look back at sevrus and he nodded at you you smilled at him and he gave you a small smile back.

" I am so sorry about that darling " you said to loki.

" No worries dear I like your family though " he said with a smile.

" they like you too " you smilled at him.

[shiverandqueeef]

anyways here's an incomplete list of actors who have never not once in the entirety of their career played a character who wasn't queer:

the aforementioned tom hardy, natasha lyonne, & paul newman

katherine hepburn

elliot page

ben whishaw

guy pearce

lisa ray

liv hewson

alia shawkat

kat dennings

keke palmer

lucy lawless

sandra oh

tessa thompson

anna chancellor

gillian anderson

micheal pitt

eva green

katherine isabelle

tatiana maslany

harvey guillén

fiona shaw

james duval

robert carlyle

piper perabo

winona rider

aisha tyler

juliette lewis

marlene dietrich

lily tomlin

carrie-anne moss

viola davis

john hurt

big fan of actors who always bring just a touch of the fruity to every role, who have a vibe about them, you know? a certain je ne sais gay if you will. doesn't matter if you wrote the character as straight, you cast a tom hardy or a natasha lyonne and you're gonna get a character with a uh. quality. the dead dove do not eat of homoerotic subtext. like i don't know what to tell you man, you put robert redford and paul newman on screen together what did you think was gonna happen. you know??