#neil hennessy

[mxdwn]

Sparta Announces US Tour in Celebration of ‘Wiretap Scars’ 20th Anniversary

https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/04/08/news/sparta-announces-us-tour-in-celebration-of-wiretap-scars-20th-anniversary/

[sullyinthestars]

Guys guys guess what

I started writing the AFTG x American West/Rodeo/Cowboy/Ranch AU of my dreams.

Idk if it’ll actually become a long form fic, but I thought I’d give you some highlights:

A whistling carried over the yard. It guided Andrew’s eyes back to a single figure, perched atop one of the gates as if it were a throne. He didn’t feel a need to react, not until he realized it was Cracker’s pen. Noticing his mustang moving sent him stalking over, fully prepared to shove the stranger to the ground.

What stopped him short was watching Firecracker trot up to the man with her ears angled toward him curiously. The stranger pulled something from his pocket, and held out his hand. The mare sniffed from where she’d stopped, but refused to touch his hand. Andrew waited and watched as the stranger tossed it into her empty feed pan.

As soon as he was satisfied with her nibbling on his offering, the stranger turned to look at Andrew. He’d seemingly heard his approach, and knew he was there all along.

Andrew stood his ground, letting the stranger swing his legs over the gate and drop to the ground. Cracker jolted at the movement, and he said something to soothe her before he met Andrew on the lawn.

“She yours?”

Andrew hadn’t expected that. His face was still the picture of neutrality, but it encouraged his curiosity. “Yeah,” He kept his hands stuffed deep into his pockets. “Take it you’re the new kid Wymack warned me about.”

The stranger smirked. “Ah, I got my own warning,” He chuckled. “Neil- Neil Josten,” He offered Andrew his hand.

“Andrew Minyard,”

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Okay so:

- Wymack runs a rodeo grounds, but also has a stable but also a boarding house. You help at the stable/ranch and your horse boards for free. He helps the kids event and stuff.

- Kevin rides a Friesian, big into Dressage. (I want to name his mare Queenie.)

- Allison does show-jumping, but also barrel racing. (Her thoroughbred (show jumper) is named Madonna and her quarter horse is Rocky.)

- Dan does team roping, she learned under Wymack but now helps him out with his “strays” (She has a paint that is technically Wymack’s but everyone knows that is her heart-horse named Whiskey. She thought it was funny bc her back story is still the same and Hennessy)

- Aaron is a vet student, he interns in town under Abby. Katelyn is the receptionist.

- Bee does equine therapy, she’s a retired barrel racer.

- Andrew worked as a jockey, made a decent amount of money in a lawsuit after an accident. He adopted a BLM mustang on a whim and gentled her himself with guidance from Bee. Her name is Firecracker.

- Nicky is a stable hand, he’s got an old draft horse cross named Bear. (Erik isn’t a horse guy, still German but he is working in the US on a land conservation/research thingy.)

- Renee is a trick rider. Neil makes a comment about her having a death wish.

- Matt was a bull rider? He got a nasty head injury but grew up around horses. He’s the biggest ranch help for Wymack. His horse is a retired Thoroughbred who also makes a good lesson pony.

- Neil never meets Seth, but his legacy is around the grounds. He died in a drunk driving accident on the rodeo grounds but Neil thinks there was more to it. (Seth was a bronc rider).

- Neil eventer in English when he was younger, he knows his way around horses.

- The story starts with him signing up to ride a bronc on a whim, he’s not a circuit cowboy, Wymack runs some searches and has no idea who the kid who just won the event is.

- Offers him a place to stay for the night, and some work if he needed it.

- I’m already tempted to write a TSC/Trojans spin off bc I need to give Jean Moreau a mustang that he can see himself in. He can’t be with Kevin (their story is slightly different but some aspects remain the same) but he can be with horses. Give him a mustang gelding that shies away from everything and who he has to learn to be gentle with as he learns to be gentle with himself. Also, Cowboy Jeremy. Team ropers Cat and Jeremy, barrel racing Laila. And bc Emma Swift is my Trojan I decided to project onto: she’s a ranch hand who works more with the cattle and less eventing.

Guys hear me out okay.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Okay!!! So I’ll give everyone a few hours to recover from all of that and wait until tomorrow (April 1st, sorry guys no prank here just a queer battle) to post the final round Gideon Nav vs Ianthe Tridentarius vs Eric Bittle

This will last one week so everyone has plenty of time to get their votes in for the final winner and then we’ll start the bonus polls which so far consist of: The Great Gideon Face Off (a battle for the ultimate Gideon since we had like three submitted to the tournament), The Simon Showdown (same thing but for Simons), Blonde Short King Queer Jock Battle (Andrew vs Bitty, no one asked for this I just think it would be fun so I’m doing it), The Ultimate Round Four Divorcee Loser (Ronan vs Harrow), and since it doesn’t seem they will do battle in the main tournament The Ultimate Round Four Divorcee Winner (Adam vs Gideon), Crow Divorce Challenge (Jesper vs Wylan), Fox Divorce Fight (Andrew vs Neil), Bone Girl Battle (Nina vs Harrow vs Nona), Carry On My Wayward Son (Kade vs Jack vs Nancy), International Incident (Henry vs Alex), Time Traveled To Legal Marriage and Divorce (Jane vs August), Into The McQuistonverse (all submitted Casey McQuiston characters throwing down), War of Hearts (Magnus vs Alec), Ari/Arati Third Try: Divorce Addition (Ari/Arati vs Anna), Divorce Is Buy One Get One (Kieran vs Mark vs Cristina), Shadow Hunter Show Down (Helen vs Aline), Magnet Clicking OUT Of Place (Kit vs Ty), Wake Me Up Inside (Jordan vs Hennessy)

I’m open to more ideas for bonus rounds but that’s what’s slotted in the meantime!

[traumatizedpomelo]

parallels in the teams

In reality, there are only three, because, well. Kevin Day went from number two in black to number two in orange.

1 - oh, the captains. Captain Wilds and Captain Moriyama.

Dan takes control of the team with hard-earned authority and the pragmatism of someone who went through the real world the hard way, someone who used to dance for a living. She didn't care for her aunt, so she made a family from her stage sisters and then the two other girls on the Foxes. She loses semifinals, and then claims her captainship from the coach of a broken team full of broken people.

Riko was given everything since birth: power, playthings, a captaincy - everything but the attention from his father he so desperately craved. Even his brother would have done, but Riko is the second son, and so he only meets Ichirou when he's caused too much trouble for the main branch to ignore. One last victory for the King. He leaves the meeting in a bodybag, a single bullet through his skull.

To both of them, exy matters more than nearly anything else in the world - for Dan, almost more than a bigger life. For Riko, almost more than being acknowledged by his family. But see - Dan knows where to stop. Riko's entire life, he's been unlimited in his freedom, whereas Dan's life can be defined as a series of limitations.

And then Riko dies, because of his lack of restraint. And Dan - Hennessy - one of the only female captains in NCAA exy - wins.

3 - the defenders of their castles. Knights, in their own right. I'm speaking, of course, of Jean Moreau and Andrew Minyard.

Andrew was, since birth, an unwanted child. His own mother left him to rot in the foster system while she took Aaron back - perhaps his was the first birth certificate in the drawer, perhaps something in her knew Andrew would be unmanageable. (The thing is, we don't know if he would have been unmanageable. The abuse and the pills and everything else killed him, you see). So when he's given a family, he latches onto it with a burning ferocity and drags them along with him. Everyone assumes they have to bully him into things, but the heartbreaking fact is - they don't. Neil knows this firsthand. But ask him anything nicely, and he will almost always say yes if it's not inconvenient. Such a sad habit of a man who always begged no growing up.

We know next to nothing about Jean. We know he is French, we know he grew up in Marseilles. We know he had a family, once, and he was heartbroken and furious when they sold him to the Moriyamas. When he comes out of the darkness, so many years later, he is almost unrecognizable. A broken spirit, a broken man. But he is still Jean Moreau. He is still the boy who taught Kevin French against Riko's wishes, he is still the boy who called Renee and asked for her help. But those years in the Nest also changed him, perhaps irreversibly. And he is too cowed to say no, ever, so he always says yes. Until Renee rescues him from Castle Evermore and takes him to the Trojans. Then he fights with a ferocity, something ingrained in him. And once again, he is promptly ignored.

Say yes, say yes, and usually they do. Both men unable to stop something, a trap set up by men more powerful than them. Drake. Riko. Proust. Every monster under Andrew's bed and Raven outside Jean's room - shadows that they could never quite shake. But then they're free. And neither of them knows quite what to do at first. So Jean self-destructs. But Andrew is determined to take everyone else out with him. They both end up living with boys who won't let them.

Jean and Andrew both make it out. And this is important.

4 - the backliners. Matt Boyd, and, however sickeningly, Nathaniel Wesninski.

Matt has tried so hard his entire life. He cares so much about everything, getting into drugs and drinking for his father, getting better for his mother. He cares enough to let Andrew dose him with speedball and "purge" him the way he did to Aaron. He fights for his teammates, for his captain, for the skittish new striker who's rooming with him. He defends his team - that's who he is. He is a protector, and he takes his role seriously. Remember when he offered to help Neil if Kevin became a problem?

Nathaniel Wesninski does not care. Now, underneath his skin is Neil Josten, starting striker, but he does not care about the Ravens. Quite the opposite. He fumbles shots on purpose, gets into fights with his teammates, mocks his captain. Anything to make the Ravens lose. He was put on the home half of court to protect Castle Evermore, but instead he lets in as many enemies as possible, even if they're only strikers on his team. He digs his heels in every step of the way, fighting Riko the entire time. "Make me," he says, and smiles when he knows Tetsuji will beat him. Just as long as he can make them lose.

Defenders, but only one does his job. Matt is all heart, standing up for everyone, even the so called Monsters. But Nathaniel - Nathaniel would verbally eviscerate Riko on TV. That is, if he could speak.

And then Nathaniel speaks. And he leaves the Nest. The same way Matt found it in himself to fight off speedball, the way he leaves the bathroom he'd been locked in. Once.

[thespineoftherighteous]

top 5 Dan Wilds moments, top 5 kandrew moments

EXCELLENT ask

Dan:

1. helping Neil figure out his schedule (with Matt) in tfc

2. when Neil shows the girls the tattoo while Allison is doing his makeup and Dan gets outraged and then just gets really sad and you can see how helpless she feels and how much she cares about him

3. when someone at the banquet was trying to give her shit for being Hennessy and she hit him in the balls with her stilettos before roasting him

4. telling the waitress Neil got his scars from falling into a tank of piranhas (she's literally babygirl do you even get it?)

5. it happens off screen but when she and Kevin finally talk on vacation about the coach/father reveal and it's mentioned that they both come back from it looking worn out and i imagine there's so much there went down there

6. genuinely every time she gives Neil a hug

7. ordering the stand for the trophy before they actually won championships

8. when she started a dogpile on Coach while being all sweaty from practice

kandrew:

1. that first night practice that Andrew joined Kevin and they had that whole sexually charged battle of wills

2. the night that Kevin got the queen tattooed and it's a Big Deal for Neil to see but that's not even comparable to what it's like for Andrew, who's been waiting for something like this since day one. and it kind of electrifies Andrew

3. their whole antagonistic, petty, clawing at each other's throats, pre-tfc relationship AND how the fact that what ended up making them so close after all that was Andrew seeing Kevin pick up his racquet again for the first time after the accident and how that was enough to get Andrew on the court himself

(that was like a million different moments, forgive me for cheating)

4. Andrew taking off Kevin's glove mid-game to check that it's good and reassure him + Kevin going straight to the goal after Andrew's first full-time game to catch him through withdrawal

5. Andrew giving Kevin his meds (!!!)

(+6. "i could drive your car, you know" "bitch over my dead body" .... see also: every "it's fun telling Kevin no" moment)

[squash1]

trc as michael dumontier & neil farber books:

the raven cycle (concept):

gansey:

ronan:

adam:

declan:

henry:

blue:

hennessy:

bluesy:

definitely didn’t cry while making this.

credit: michael dumontier & neil farber (m_d_n_f on insta)

[are-soul]

10 / 10 songs

New Slang - The Shins

White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes

If I Had a Gun - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Le Temps de L'amour - Francoise Hard

Booster Seat - Spacey Jane

Hennessy and Sailor Moon - Yung Lean

The Adults are Talking - The Strokes

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths

Sound & Vision - David Bowie

Electric Blue - Icehouse

Family Affair - Mart J. Blige

Summer Breeze - Seal & Crofts

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind - Vashti Bunyan

Midnight, The Stars and You - Deerhoof

Sinal - Liana Flores

Si Bien du Mal - Herve

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains

Lullaby - The Cure

Agnes - Glass Animals

You'll Be in My Heart - Phil Collins

Pale Blue Dot - Ross from Friends

[greenhouse-radio]

Torvill and Dean's Bolero 💜 + Invoking the narrative and Being ensnared by the narrative.

1: Passage from 'Fire on Ice', Neil Wilson (1994) / 2: Press Conference in a Pub?, (1983?) / 3 (+5): The Guardian, 'How we made Boléro' (2014) / 4: Bobby Thompson, 'The Story of Bolero with Torvill and Dean' (2009) / 6,7,8: Screencaps from 'Torvill & Dean', (2018) / 9: Promotional Still for biopic 'Torvill & Dean' (2018) / 10: Christopher Dean, 'The Story of Bolero with Torvill and Dean', (2009) / 11: Passage from 'Torvill and Dean: The Biography', John Hennessy, (1984) / 12: Google Suggestion for 'Torvill + Dean + Bolero' / 13,14: Holly Willoughby, 'The Story of Bolero with Torvill and Dean', (2009) / 15,16: Screencaps from fanvideo 'Torvill & Dean: Bolero Strikes Back', (2010) / 17: Passage from 'Torvill and Dean: The Biography', John Hennessy, (1984) / 18,19: Screencaps from 'Torvill & Dean', (2018) / 20: 'The Story of Bolero with Torvill and Dean', (2009) / 21,22: Bernie Ford, 'Theatre of Champions', (2001?) / 23,24: Screencaps from 'Torvill & Dean', (2018) / 25: DailyMail Online, (2014) / 26: Synopsis of the 1934 film 'Bolero', Wikipedia / 27: Betty Calloway, 'The Story of Bolero with Torvill and Dean', (2009) / 28: The Sun Online, (2017) / 29: Torvill and Dean perform to 'The Impossible Dream', Dancing on Ice, (2018) / 30: ~Torvill and Dean looking at ice between searches for a frozen lake; upon which they could perform Bolero.🤦~ Dancing on Thin Ice, (2021)

[jordanshenessy]

share ten different favorite characters from ten different pieces of media in no particular order, then send this to 10 people (anon or not, your choice) 🎥🎬📺

Hiii Diti🥰🥰💕

1. Neil Josten - AFTG

2. Andrew minyard - AFTG

3. Adam parrish - TRC

4. Jordan Hennessy - TDT

5. Tk strand - 911 lonestar

6. Carlos Reyes - 911 lonestar

7. Marjan Marwani - 911 lonestar

8. Percy Jackson - PJO

9. Annabeth chase - PJO

10. Like any of the Sanas from the SKAM universe

[movienized-com]

Accused

Accused (Serie 2023) #ShawnDoyle #NeilWhitely #WendellPierce #AbigailBreslin #RheaPerlman #RachelBilson Mehr auf:

SerieJahr: 2023- (Januar) Genre: Krimi / Drama Hauptrollen: Shawn Doyle, Neil Whitely, Wendell Pierce, Abigail Breslin, Rhea Perlman, Rachel Bilson, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Jill Hennessy, Jack Davenport, Whitney Cummings, Michael Chiklis, Oakes Fegley, Malcolm-Jamal Warner … Serienbeschreibung: Chroniken gewöhnlicher Menschen, die in außergewöhnliche Situationen geraten, wo ein Fehler…

[chanarchy]

Thanks to Barry, Chase, Matt, Neil Hennessy, and Neil Berthier for the first of two nights.

On 9:20pm

* Heart Tattoo * Derailed * Gotta Let It Go * Beach Community * Violent Inside * Ashtray Petting Zoo * Don't Try * Eighteen * Schley * Done Right Discount Flooring * Big Lie * NBTSA * Midnight Service at the Mutter Museum (The Murder City Devils cover) * Last You Heard of Me * Victoria * Falling in Love Again * House Warning Party * Christmas Card * Constant Headache * Leather Jacket * Five Beer Plan * Catalina Fight Song

Off 10:08pm

[galleryyuhself]

Galleryyuhself - PETER MINSHALL’s death - ABSOLUTE FAKE NEWS on a grand scale

and a reflection by Richard Burton on Facebook - Thank you Peter Minshall for still being hereHow come Neil Guisseppi knew that he needed call Peter Samuel to confirm that one of Trinidad and Tobago's greatest national treasures, Peter Minshall is still alive before he posted on his page? How come the folks at TV6 know that all rumors need to be verified as true before they are first reported to the public?It is one thing for some attention-seeking, idiot wannabe to start a rumor, but for legitimate news houses to run with it and report it on national television, and on their online platforms without first verifying both its source and veracity is lazy, sloppy, and irresponsible. This is not journalism, this is rumshop reporting.As I watched the "mas" today I kept reflecting on the magnificent presentations we received from Peter Minshall over the years. I remember as a child and even as a young man watching the pretty mas even when all we had was black and white TV. We used to watch the parade of the bands all day waiting patiently on Mr Minshall's band to cross the Savannah stage. The masqueraders in the other bands were dancing and having a time but Peter Minshall saw mas as more than just a party. Every year Minshall gave us street theatre. I could never forget the year he presented "Rats" and Paul Keen Douglas narrated the story behind each section.

"Callaloo" and "The River" were epic presentations. My proudest moment as a musician occurred in 1990 when my band Fireflight supplied road music along with Charlies Roots for Minshall's winning band Tantana. I got to see Tan Tan and Saga Boy up close. Such are the memories I have of Minshall's mas. So, for somebody with nothing better to do than start a rumor of his passing on Carnival Tuesday of all days, well that is as effed up as it gets. However, it is still not as bad as a TV station ruining the Carnival spirit by reporting on it without any hesitation, ironically close to the time of day when Minshall's band would traditionally be getting ready to hit the Savannah stage.Look, it was bad enough to have to endure those two women's lack lustre Carnival commentary all day, but to have them report on something this important that turned out to be not true is the proverbial icing on the cake. Holly B. or Maurice Brash, or Allison Hennessy would have checked first because they were real journalists.Trinis like to kill people too much, and they love to carry bad news even more. Those two women and the director at TTT who gave them the green light all need to be either suspended or fired. They also need to stay off Facebook while they are on the job.Thank you Peter Minshall for still being here. Here's hoping that we will one day see another Carnival presentation from you.

Peter Minshall (1941 - still with us) May you stay forever young.

[awolfinpeopleclothes]

Went to The War on Christmas over the weekend.

[senorboombastic]

Album Review: The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast

Album Review: The Lawrence Arms – Skeleton Coast

Words: Nate Holdren

Punk trio The Lawrence Arms started in the late 90s in Chicago, releasing five barn-burner full lengths and touring relentlessly over their first seven or so years. The band slowed to what I imagine is a more liveable schedule after their 2006 record ‘Oh, Calcutta!’ but continued making urgent and creatively daring punk music. Now they’re back with their newest full length, ‘S…

[theravenkin]

bruh y'all need to send me asks or smthn. i'm bored asf and wanna talk about my special interests >:(

[enchantedobject]

au where one of henessey’s copies fakes her own death and runs away to start a new life playing college exy in south carolina