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[mlmshipbracket]

Fourth MLM Ship Bracket Propaganda Submissions

Below you will find all of the submitted and approved ships for the Fourth MLM Ship Bracket Tournament along with the form to submit further propaganda at the bottom

This is another opportunity to submit propaganda for your favorite ships. Wether you were unable to submit propaganda for them in the initial form or you spot your favorite ship who has no propaganda submitted. Ships with a strikethrough have propaganda submitted, I will continue to update this post as propaganda is submitted. I will accept further propaganda for ships with already submitted propaganda but please prioritize those with out.

The goal is to have propaganda for all ships but I understand that may not be possible. Therefore I will be leaving the form open for a few weeks to see if we receive propaganda for at least half the ships.

Note: Please reach out to me if you spot any mistakes in character or fandom names, even if it is only formatting or spelling issues.

Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

Kyojuro Rengoku/Akaza (Demon Slayer)

Mikhail”Misha” [Heavy]/Dr. Ludwig [Medic] (Team Fortress 2)

Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)

Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng (Guardian, 2018)

Oliver Marks/James Farrow (If We Were Villains)

David Starsky/Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson (Starsky & Hutch)

Tinn/Gun (My School President)

Loki Odinson/Mobius M. Mobius (Loki)

Jaime Reyes/Bart Allen (DC Comics)

Levi Schmitt/Nico Kim (Grey's Anatomy)

Ren Amamiya or Akira Kurusu/Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

Wallace Price/ Hugo Freeman (Under the Whispering Door)

Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons)

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (Guardian, 2018)

Isak Valtersen/Even Bech Næsheim (SKAM)

Henry "Monty" Montague/Percy Newton (Montague Siblings)

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)

Argos/Mr. Plant (The World of Mr. Plant)

Richard St Vier/Alec Campion (Swordspoint Universe)

Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz (The Umbrella Academy)

Woody/Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

Victor Lawson/Hap (In the Lives of Puppets

Charlie/Babe (Pit Babe The Series)

Fred/Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch (Carry On)

Gaius Octavius/Jedediah Smith (Night at the Museum)

Sound/Win (My School President)

Pat/Pran (Bad Buddy)

Mike Wazowski/James "Sulley" P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.)

Nicholas “Nick” Bell/ Seth Gray (The Extraordinaries)

Evan 'Buck' Buckley/Edmundo 'Eddie' Diaz (9-1-1)

Sean/White (Not Me: The Series)

Vegas Theerapanyakun/Pete Saengtham (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Runaan/Ethari (The Dragon Prince)

Larry Daley/Ahkmenrah (Night at the Museum)

Tintin/Captain Archibald Haddock (Tintin comics)

Bai Lang/Jin Xun An (My Tooth Your Love)

Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E)

Wario/Waluigi (Mario franchise)

Peter Parker/Miguel O'Hará (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Steve Rogers/Anthony "Tony" Stark (Marvel Comics)

Dave Miller/Jack "Old sport" Kennedy (Dayshift at Freddy's)

Boston/Nick (Only Friends)

Kinn Theerapanyakun/Porsche Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Satoru Gojo/Suguru Geto (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Craig Cuttlefish/Octavio Takowasa (Splatoon)

Tulio/Miguel (The Road to El Dorado)

Sun Wukong/Neptune Vasilias (RWBY)

Zachary Ezra Rawlins/Dorian (The Starless Sea)

Fox Mulder/Alex Krycek (The X-Files)

Thomas/Newt (The Maze Runner)

Fulgrim/Ferrus Manus (Warhammer 40k)

Kim Theerapanyakun/Porchay Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane (The Mortal Instruments)

Tan/Bun (Manner of Death)

Qrow Branwen/Clover Ebi (RWBY)

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery (Shades of Magic)

Yashiro Isana/Kuroh Yatogami (K Project)

Jaskier/Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Dustfinger/Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Inkworld series)

Brandon/Sky (Winx Club)

Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum/Phillip Carlyle (The Greatest Showman)

Alfred Hillinghead/Henry Ashe (Bodies TV Show)

Baal/Inanna (The Wicked + the Divine)

Timothy "Tim" Drake/Bernard Dowd (DC Comics)

Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun Stampede)

Anthony Lockwood/Quill Kipps (Lockwood and Co)

Henry Winter/Francis Abernathy (The Secret History)

Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Dainix/Falst (Aurora Comic)

Prince Rupert/Prince Amir (The Two Princes)

Finn/Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

Jean Luc Picard/Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Will Stronghold/Warren Peace (Sky High)

Heart/Li Ming (Moonlight Chicken)

Wallace Wells/Todd Ingram (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

Sunai/Veyadi Lut (The Archive Undying)

Linus Baker/Arthur Parnassus (The House in the Cerulean Sea)

Aaron Slaughter/Jace Boucher (House of Slaughter)

Hercule Poirot/Captain Arthur Hastings (Hercule Poirot)

Phaya/Tharn (The Sign)

Hercules/Iolaus (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)

Todd/Black (Not Me: The Series)

Julio "Rictor" Esteban Richter/Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)

Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor)

Siffrin/Isabeau (In Stars and time)

Kendall Knight/Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush TV Show)

Yuichiro Hiyakuya/Mikaela Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End)

Palm/Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Khatha/Dome (Midnight Museum)

Asterix/Obelix (Asterix Comics)

Bowser/Luigi (Mario Franchise)

Lucien "Luc" O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood (London Calling)

Kazuki Kurusu/Rei Suwa (Buddy Daddies)

Benjamin “Ben” Tennyson/Kevin Ethan Levin (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Lumière/Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)

Damian Wayne/Jon Kent (DC Comics)

Spy/Dell Conagher [Engineer] (Team Fortress 2)

Shanks/Buggy (One Piece)

Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Ecks (Six of Crows)

Harold Finch/John Reese (Person of Interest)

Ulrich Stern/Odd Della Robbia (Code Lyoko)

Vincent Freeman/Jerome Morrow (Gattaca)

Eustass Kid/Killer (One Piece)

Christopher Hitchcock/Jalil Sherman (Everworld)

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)

[fvriva]

tried to keep the genders pretty even here. propaganda under the cut!

Iskandar is extremely tall, buff, and generally logical and stoic with a bit of a temper. She's still coming to grips with her sexuality and struggles with vulnerability, but once you can get her in a mood she really melts like butter. Covered in extremely hot multicolored scars that glow. Prophetically destined to become a milf

Bikkri is a curt but highly intelligent Asura scientist currently adapting to a demon core in their chest, which gives them some monstrous qualities. Has a tendency to push themself too far. Extremely thoughtful and will remember everything you tell them about yourself and your interests, acting on it when you least expect it.

Newt is a bit of a plain-jane everyman, but he has a heart of gold. He believes in you. You've got this. He's your dad now!

Sibyl has experienced a lot of sorrow throughout her two lives, but maintains a degree of warm serenity despite the horrors. Broods like a hen. Was a freak back in her prime.

Alrich honestly never really knows what's going on but is just happy to be here at any given point. They're living life out of chronological order after spending their formative years, similarly achronologically, in a time loop. They're easygoing as it comes, and playful, but not naive.

Razza is grizzled, irreverent, keen, and hardheaded. One of my three commanders in my Triumvirate, she's also the representative for the Whispers and chief spearhead on all things Elder Dragons. A little bit clingy but hates admitting it.

V'rylla was a hero from the previous age, an enchantress wed to the Chosen One that took advantage of the war in heaven to join their ranks as an angel herself. She's conniving, adaptable, duplicitous, a temptress, and intoxicating. She's got a kid, somewhere. She can do freaky body horror shit.

Baraquathor is chronically fatigued, seems a hapless fool, and has a short attention span for an elf, but he plays up a lot of his weaknesses in order to disguise the fact that he's in charge of every situation. He's really, really convincing about it.

Fvriva is power hungry and craves eldritch knowledge beyond what is capable of being understood and comprehended to an unhealthy degree. As such, she tends to gravitate towards positions of cosmic power, and tends to step over whoever she has to in order to taste the most forbidden of fruits. Highly variable in a relationship, but it does tend to bring out the best and most brilliant in her.

Baphy is sweet but plagued by melancholy all her life. She's very quiet and likes to paint in her free time. Works as a fabric merchant. Recently had a miscarriage; wants kids still.

[art-by-moosie]

And the final installment of the marine life series is done! And is also a joke because moose are known to swim between islands in places like Alaska, the Salish Sea, and Puget Sound.

Winsor-Newton cotman watercolors on Daley Rowney The Langton watercolor paper.

art tags: @ilovedainironfoot @estethell

[cantsayidont]

November 1979. It's hard to know where to start listing the many flaws of the 2018 SOLO movie, but one of the big ones was the casting of the perennially lifeless Emilia Clarke as Han Solo's dull childhood girlfriend Qi'ra, who, aside from being bland as porridge, is also an awful lot whiter than many of Han's past girlfriends in the STAR WARS books and comics.

The earliest example of Han's exes of color, at least in terms of publication history, is Fiolla of Lorrd (shown above and below), the costar of HAN SOLO'S REVENGE, the second Brian Daley Han Solo novel, first released in late 1979. Fiolla (whose full name is Hart-and-Parn Gorra-Fiolla of Lorrd) is a Corporate Sector Authority auditor who crosses paths with Han. Deplorably, fan art of Fiolla, and some more recent book jacket cover art, has tried to make her look white, or at least much lighter-skinned than the text describes her. These illustrations by Mike Vilardi from the 1993 HAN SOLO AND THE CORPORATE SECTOR SOURCEBOOK attempt to follow Daley's description, but only the one below is as dark as Daley says Fiolla is:

Appearing on newsstands just weeks after HAN SOLO'S REVENGE was the first Marvel STAR WARS ANNUAL, written by Chris Claremont, which introduces another of Han's old flames: his former smuggling shipmate Katya M'Buele:

Katya unfortunately meets a bad end at the hands of the old enemy to whom their conversation in the panels above alludes. (Chris Claremont's tendency to introduce Black women into his stories and then use them as punching bags is a whole other conversation.)

While Fiolla would probably regard Han as a dubious flirtation that would never have worked out anyway, and the Claremont story leaves some ambiguity about whether Han and Katya were lovers or just good friends, Salla Zend, introduced by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy in the 1992 DARK EMPIRE miniseries, is unequivocally Han's former girlfriend:

More recently, the 2015 STAR WARS series introduced Sana Starros, who actually introduces herself to Leia (in a story set between STAR WARS and EMPIRE) as Han's wife:

Their marriage is subsequently revealed to have been part of a scam, and Sana's later appearances indicate that she prefers women (meaning that Han has the dubious honor of sharing an ex with everyone's favorite unscrupulous disaster lesbian, Chelli Lona Aphra).

However, all this means that Han's checkered relationship history includes at least four Black women. I'm well aware that the likelihood of this being reflected in a big-budget STAR WARS movie was very low, and the racism of the studio and of fandom would have almost certainly made life hellish for any Black woman cast in the role of Han Solo's first girlfriend. Given how dismissively SOLO kills off the Val character (played by Thandiwe Newton) — a death Newton says originally wasn't supposed to be final — the misogynoir was already pronounced. However, the above prose and comics stories were all approved by Lucasfilm and are, or at least were, as close to canonical as any STAR WARS tie-in ever is.

[cinalilli]

[cinalilli]

thank you so much bones!!! i always really love your edits :'›

| NEWTON DALEY (oc)

a birthday gift for @cinalilli!

[professorpski]

Vogue Knitting, Winter 2022/2023

This is a colorful and playful issue. The cover features Parker, an oversized, boxy, bottom-up sweater with short rows at the back and an cowl collar by Deborah Newton. It is an advanced project a 4 out of 4 on the scale of difficulty made from Manos Del Uruguay Maxima which is a wool worsted weight yarn. Newton also writes an article on making choices for changing the color along with 5 other versions of the yoke. It will get you thinking about colorwork and eager to do some test swatches.

Another advanced colorwork project is the Jekyll cardigan with a shawl collar by Paul Haesemeyer. Notice the i-cord trimming all around the edges. It closes with a single button at the bottom of the collar. It has a boxy shape and is made in pieces from the bottom up out of Istex Lettilopi which is another worsted weight wool. Again, you can imagine a different color schema.

The pretty mittens in blue and white birds-eye stitch pattern are called Cesar. Designed by Kristin Ornolfsdottir, they are made of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca and a feature shows the pattern done up in swatches of 4 other color and yarn combinations. They care a 3 out of 4 for difficulty

A number of playful single-color patterns show up too. Including Petite Darjeeling which you see here in lilac designed by Chloe Elizabeth Birch who also created a woman’s size.

More likely to have universal appeal is the long scarf Rushmore by Norah Gaughan in 3 versions in 3 colors of Cascade 220 Grande Superwash, a bulky yarn. As Gaughan explains, it is a two-sided cable pattern and thus difficult to read as a chart, although you can find the charts on the Vogue Knitting website. Since it is only an 8-row pattern with a repeat within, it may be that the written instructions are enough?  The large yarn size may help too with this 3 out of 4 for difficulty pattern

There are a total of 19 patterns, including several sporty pullovers, a good, a vest, a shawl and another pair of mittens. Meg Swansen’s column ponders mittens, a report on a knitting trip through Norway is included, plus interviews with Tom Daley, a knitter and Olympic diver, and designer Stephen West, as well as some gifts and books sections.

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[duskholland]

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY RANDOM CELEBRITIES IN THIS??

watching the fifth sharknado film. this feels like blasphemy

[neetsartblog]

The final days of Inktober 2019. I was totally late but eventually got to finish them all. The whole thing was trial and error but I do think I got the hang of inking with brushes and JoJo poses are awesome XD 

I own the art and most of the characters but Day 27 belongs to another artist. Coloured with Windsor and Newton Gouache paints, Daley Rowney Acrylic inks, Stampin Write markers, Touch markers, Brilliant Watercolours and Ecoline waercolours   

[fvriva]

🐖 for Newt & Cy!! What do they look like now??

holy moly, a double whammy! heads up, a lot's different, and the art is a little outdated.

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

Newt: Newt's name was intended to be as generic and boring as possible. Kind of ho-hum. Newton Daley feels pretty successful at it.

Cy: Honestly Cy is a huge placeholder name that kind of stuck. First and foremost it just sounds cool, but it's technically short for Cyclops, because when I first drew them, they had their face obscured by shadow save for their grin and one anime eye. This is the kind of thing that could honestly be revised, haha.

🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range)

Newt: Originally in the story he was the same age as everyone else (15-16) but I'm toying with the concept of having him be a teacher instead because I liked him so much in the prophecy au! Additionally it feels like the cast is like of desperate for positive adult role models so he can kind of step up here. This puts him in his late-40s.

Cy: Cy was created from a scrap of Vernon's husk during the events of the story, making them throughout it only a few weeks to a few months old, as the whole thing takes place over the course of a year.

🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?

Newt: Nope! He's ace. When he was a student earlier in development he had a platonic-sort-of thing for Cy but as he is now it's purely just fatherly.

Cy: Not currently. In the prophecy au they had a thing for Amanita but we'll just have to see what happens to them in development.

🍕 - What is their favorite food?

Newt: He's been eating bran and prunes and plain oatmeal gleefully since he was a wee tyke.

Cy: They've never had the pleasure of eating food where they are in development but they would enjoy the process of eating. It's fun and an excuse to be messy, even if they don't get anything out of it nutritionally or taste-wise. They'd be super into those styrofoam blocks that hold machined parts in place during transit.

💼 - What do they do for a living?

Newt: He's basically the magic school equivalent of a kindly gym teacher. Specifically focuses on swords. In a modern au coaches girl's volleyball.

Cy: Currently their job is assassin. Their dream job is unemployed.

🎹 - Do they have any hobbies?

Newt: Newt likes to keep busy so he has a lot of homesteading kinds of hobbies. Some textile work, some wood, lots of gardening and animal husbandry (especially beekeeping).

Cy: Not yet in canon, but after the story they hang out a lot with Newt and figure out what they like. They'd probably like camping honestly. Something about being out in nature, dissociating between spirit and body surrounded by life.

🎯 -What do they do best?

Newt: Genuinely, he doesn't especially excel in one particular area, but he is a reasonably talented swordsman to the point that they put him in change of training in that area. He's also incredibly kind.

Cy: They don't have any particular skills. Even as an assassin, which they're trained for, most of what they can do is because of cheap tricks and magical items they've been given. But so far, theoretically, it's murder.

🥊 -What do they love to do? What do they hate to do?

Newt: He hates having to yell. Nobody likes it when he does either, because he's not even brooding beforehand or afterwards, so it always just takes people completely by surprise every time. As for things he loves to do, he gets a lot of joy from tutoring someone one-on-one.

Cy: Cy hates people telling them what to do, which is basically their entire existence so far. It'll only get worse as it goes on because they value their freedom so much. Consequently their favorite thing to do is the opposite of what they're told... even if that's what you wanted all along. They're not smart enough to know what reverse psychology is yet.

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

Newt: He's lived a pretty full life with a lot of happy memories. It's hard to pick just one, but it's probably one where he's teaching.

Cy: Later on in the story, Newt chooses to spare their life at great personal cost (he partially turns to gold). It's the first time someone treated them as valuable and worthy of grace despite the circumstances, and they hold this memory in high regard.

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

Newt: There was a disaster that happened at his sister's workplace and she was missing for a long time. This is a plot thread that kind of goes nowhere but he was up all night worried out of his mind for her.

Cy: Like Vernon, they're subject to the nightmares that come as a result of their amalgam nature, though due to their dissociative abilities with As Above/So Below they can avoid a lot of these thoughts, but at some point when they're whole and merged they need to rest, and they hate it every time.

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

Newt: Not even a little bit. Newt's initial gimmick was that he was supposed to be an incidentally faceless character, then his face changed to be modeled after Jon Duckdotcom, then I made him a dilf, and now we're here.

Cy: Yes and no. I'm in the process of redesigning them to follow more of a rogue clone kind of arc, but haven't put this to paper yet. As for the design in most of the art I have of them, it's basically identical to the first drawing I made of them all those years ago.

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

Newt: The Boy Scouts of America.

Cy: Damien Wayne. And one of the prompts during Inktober.

🌂 - What genre do they belong in?

Newt: Honestly? He started as joke pastiche character riffing on a certain kind of non-threataning blandman that exists a lot as a buffer in the cast. He still is kind of a buffer, but now I think he'd be perfect in a comedy.

Cy: They're peak sci-fi honestly. Love an evil clone with sick swords and an edgy hood.

💚 - What is your OC’s gender identity and sexuality?

Newt: Cis male aroace

Cy: Agender, still figuring the rest out.

🙌 - How many sibling does your OC have?

Newt: Several. He's the oldest of 6. Most of them aren't super important but had established dynamics when he was a teen character that just don't fit well now. They're all named after Earth scientists, canonically wizards of antiquity from humanity's distant past. The most important one is Rosalind Daley, investigative journalist. She's the one that went missing. Pascal, Joules, Darwin are the rest of the kids.

Cy: Technically Vernon is like a brother to them, and probably the closest time they have to a sibling. But there's also all the failed clones that are basically just mindless blobs of matter. If they count.

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

Newt: They're long dead at this point but good! They challenged him and were generally very supportive and proud of all their kids.

Cy: They were brought into this world by Ozymandias and hated him so much they joined the party trying to kill him. And turned the tide, allowing them to succeed. So bad.

🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

Newt: Newt surprises me because I didn't expect his character to touch on something genuine and heartfelt in the planning phase. Hopefully it follows us to the page as well.

Cy: Cy has a special place in my heart because of how fucked up their given circumstances were, but how much they tried to do something about it. Not gonna lie they really do kind of suck as a person even by the end of the story because they're only just starting to grow and change, but you hopefully get kind of a sense that it's not the end for them. And hopefully they're fun to watch despite it all.

✏️ - How often do you draw/write about the OC?

Newt: Not often these days though technically his art is newer because of his prophecy au cameo. In it, he had fancy prosthetic arms and served as a plot hook for the party finding the engineer that made them.

Cy: I haven't drawn them in a hot minute but I used to love doodling them. However I have written them a bit in the prophecy au. Unfortunately because I needed an antagonist for Yule's arc and I was operating under the assumption that this was an alternate timeline where they didn't get the kind of help when they needed it and things were very different for them, so I ended up kind of character assassinating them in front of the squad. Even now this is their impression of Cy which is a crying shame :/

💎 - Do you ever see yourself killing off the OC?

Newt: I could see it but it wouldn't make sense within the scope of Animus Vitrum really. However he will die at some point of old age.

Cy: I think a good death would probably fix them. Or make them worse. I dunno. Regardless they're also sticking around, being a menace, ect.

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

Newt: Nope!

Cy: That they know of.

🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?

Newt: He's much too normal to have one of these.

Cy: Their "brother" Vernon. And Olivia Hart (self declared)

🎓 - How long have you had the OC?

Newt: I think I must've made him in late 2018-early 2019. So about 5-6 years.

Cy: I made them in October of 2018 I think? So 5 years.

🍥 - What age were you when you created the OC?

Newt: 18-19. Though the refresh occurred in like 2021, when I was 20.

Cy: 18.

send me an oc + an emoji (or order the WHOLE HOG)

[worldexpresstvshow]

World Express - Les candidats

Saison 01

Gal Gadot Actrice ayant interprété “Wonder Woman” 

Meghan McCain Présentatrice télé, journaliste et fille de John McCain

Venus Williams Championne de tennis

Katey Sagal Actrice de “Mariés, deux enfants” et “Sons of anarchy”

Annie Lennox Chanteuse

Patrick Schwarzenegger Acteur et mannequin

Aaron Paul Acteur de “Breaking Bad”

Luke Perry Acteur de “Beverly Hills”

Mike Posner Chanteur

Willie Nelson Chanteur country

Saison 02

Neve Campbell Actrice de la saga “Scream”

Jane Kaczmarek Actrice de “Malcolm”

Olivia Newton-John Chanteuse et actrice

Carly Rae Jepsen Chanteuse

Megan Rapinoe Double championne du monde de football

Dominic Purcell Acteur de “Prison Break”

Avan Jogia Acteur de “Victorious”

Brendan Fraser Acteur de “La Momie” et de “George de la Jungle”

Dustin Lynch Chanteur country

Phil McGraw Docteur, présentateur télé

Saison 03

Selma Blair Actrice

Naomi Scott Actrice de “Aladdin”

Marie-Louise Parker Actrice de “Weeds”

Dua Lipa Chanteuse et mannequin

Gretchen Carlson Journaliste et auteur

Matthew Fox Acteur de “Lost”

Ray Liotta Acteur

Shawn Mendes Chanteur

Andre Agassi Joueur de tennis professionel

Bear Grylls Aventurier, présentateur télé et écrivain

Saison 04

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Humoriste et actrice de “Seinfield” et de “Veep

Portia de Rossi Actrice et compagne d’Ellen DeGeneres

Zara Larsson Chanteuse

Chaka Khan Chanteuse

Paula Faris Journaliste et présentatrice de journal télé

Kiefer Sutherland Acteur de “24″

Matt Dillon Acteur

Cody Simpson Chanteur

Jeff Probst Animateur télé

Carl Lewis Champion Olympique d’athlétisme

Saison 05

Hilary Duff Actrice et chanteuse

Sarah Michelle Gellar Actrice

Alfre Woodard Actrice

Amy Lee Chanteuse membre du groupe Evanescence

Joan Lunden Journaliste et présentatrice télé

Darren Criss Acteur et chanteur

Sam Worthington Acteur de “Avatar”

Jonathan Banks Acteur de “Breaking Bad”

Steve Harvey Humoriste, animateur télé et radio

Nick Youngquest Ancien joueur du rugby et mannequin

Saison 06

Robin Wright Actrice récompensée aux Golden Globe 

Claire Danes Actrice récompensée aux Golden Globe

Sally Field Actrice récompensée aux Golden Globe

Rita Ora Chanteuse

Serena Williams Championne de tennis 

Dolph Lundgren Acteur

Jason Biggs Acteur de “American Pie”

Jared Padalecki Acteur de “Supernatural” et “Gossip Girls”

Brad Paisley Chanteur de country

Tom Brokaw Journaliste, présentateur de journaux et auteur

Saison 07

Dianna Agron Actrice de “Glee”

Kyra Sedgwick Actrice de “The Closer”

Cyndi Lauper Chanteuse

Ciara Chanteuse, danseuse, mannequin et actrice

Stella McCartney Styliste

Henry Cavill Acteur ayant interprété “Superman”

Norman Reedus Acteur de “The Walking Dead”

George Ezra Chanteur

Tom Daley Champion du monde de natation

Matt Lauer Journaliste et présentateur télé 

Saison 08

Marcia Cross Actrice de “Desperate Housewives”

Emilia Clarke Actrice de “Games of Thrones”

Joely Richardson Actrice de “nip/tuck”

Alanis Morissette Chanteuse

Chelsea Clinton Secrétaire d'État, sénatrice et fille de Bill et Hillary Clinton

Josh Brolin Acteur

Alexander Ludwig Acteur de “Vikings”

Maluma Chanteur

Kevin Bacon Acteur

Shaquille O'Neal Joueur de basketball

Saison 09

Sarah Paulson Actrice de “American Horror Story”

Rita Wilson Actrice et chanteuse

Kelly Rowland Chanteuse récompensées aux Grammy Awards, ex-membre des "Destiny's Childs”

Lorde Chanteuse

Tonya Harding Ancienne patineuse artistique

Jaeden Martell Acteur

Ross Lynch Acteur et chanteur

Jason Momoa Acteur

Blake Shelton Chanteur

Tom Bergeron Présentateur de “Danse avec les stars”

Saison 10

Brooke Shield Actrice

Ellen Pompeo Actrice de “Grey’s Anatomy”

Kim Wilde Chanteuse

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Femme politique, élue au Congrès américain

Maria Sharapova Joueuse de tennis professionelle

Nico Tortorella Acteur de “Younger”

Scott Adkins Acteur et ex-cascadeur

Giancarlo Esposito Acteur de “Breaking Bad”

Alesso D.J

Howie Mandel Présentateur télé

Saison spéciale Avenger 01

Gal Gadot Actrice ayant interprété “Wonder Woman” (Finaliste - Saison 01)

Olivia Newton-John Chanteuse et actrice (Finaliste - Saison 02)

Naomi Scott Actrice de “Aladdin” (Finaliste - Saison 03)

Hilary Duff Actrice et chanteuse (Finaliste - Saison 05)

Ciara Chanteuse, danseuse, mannequin et actrice (Finaliste - Saison 07)

Cody Simpson Chanteur (Finaliste - Saison 04) 

Dolph Lundgren Acteur (Finaliste - Saison 06) 

Alexander Ludwig Acteur de “Vikings” (Finaliste - Saison 08)

Jaeden Martell Acteur (Finaliste - Saison 09) 

Giancarlo Esposito Acteur de “Breaking Bad” (Finaliste - Saison 10)

Saison 11

Emma Roberts Actrice et nièce de Julia Roberts

Felicity Huffman Actrice de “Desperate Housewives”

Danai Gurira Actrice de “The Walking Dead” et “Black Pather”

Shania Twain Chanteuse récompensée de 187 awards

Martha MacCallum Présentatrice du journal télévisé

Kit Harrington Acteur de “Game of Thrones”

Gary Sinise Acteur

Austin Mahone Chanteur récompensé aux MTV Awards

Chris Isaak Chanteur

LeBron James Champion de Basket Ball

Saison 12

Sofia Vergara Actrice de “Modern Family” et mannequin

Marg Helgenberger Actrice de “Les experts”

Zendaya Actrice Disney, chanteuse, mannequin et danseuse

Gloria Gaynor Chanteuse

Bianna Golodryga Journaliste et présentatrice télé

Chuck Norris Acteur ayant intérprété “Walker, Texas Ranger”

Mena Massoud Acteur ayant intérprété “Aladdin”

Andrew Garfield Acteur ayant intérprété “Spiderman”

Dierks Bentley Chanteur country

Lance Amstrong Champion du monde de course cycliste

Saison 13

Tina Fey Humoriste membre du “Saturday Night Live” et actrice

Blake Lively Actrice de “Gossip Girls”

Évangéline Lilly Actrice de “Lost”

Ava Max Chanteuse

Malia Obama Fille de Barack et Michelle Obama

Joe Manganiello Acteur

David Duchovny Acteur de “X-Files”

Anthony Kiedis Chanteur, membre des “Red Hot Chili Peppers”

Peyton Manning Joueur de football americain

Terry Crews Présentateur télé et acteur

Saison 14

Zoe Saldana Actrice

Evan Rachel Wood Actrice de “Westworld”

Dido Chanteuse

Jorja Smith Chanteuse

Amal Alamuddin-Clooney Avocate, activiste et épouse de George Clooney

Dean Norris Acteur de “Breaking Bad”

Richard Madden Acteur de “Game of Thrones” et “Bodyguard”

Gregg Sulkin Acteur Disney

Lester Holt Journaliste et présentateur télé

Evander Holyfield Champion du monde de boxe

Saison 15

Helen Hunt Actrice récompensée aux Emmy Awards et aux Golden Globe

Gillian Anderson Actrice de “X-Files”

Bella Thorne Actrice Disney

Corinne Bailey Rae Chanteuse

Anastacia Chanteuse récompensée de 42 awards

Frank Grillo Acteur

Stanley Tucci Acteur récompensé aux Emmy Awards et aux Golden Globe

Ziggy Marley Chanteur et fils de Bob Marley

Jerry Springer Présentateur télé

Kobe Bryant Joueur de Basketball

Saison 16

Winona Ryder Actrice

Angela Bassett Actrice de “American Horror Story”

Sheryl Crow Chanteuse récompensée au Grammy Awards

Natalie Imbruglia Chanteuse récompensée de 18 awards

Kate Upton Mannequin et actrice

Liam Hemsworth Acteur

James Marsden Acteur de “Westworld”

Cole Sprouse Acteur Disney et de “Riverdale”

Robin Thicke Chanteur

Anderson Cooper Journaliste et animateur de télévision

Saison 17

Katherine Langford Actrice de “13 reasons why”

Angie Harmon Actrice de “Rizzoli and Isles” et “New York, police judiciaire”

Nelly Furtado Chanteuse

Dana Perino Ex porte-parole de la Maison-Blanche et journaliste

Dita Von Teese Danseuse, mannequin, couturière et actrice

Jamie Bell Acteur de “Billy Elliot”

Simon Baker Acteur de “Mentalist”

Zachary Quinto Acteur

Ryan Seacrest Présentateur de “American Idol” et animateur radio

Mike Tyson Boxeur

Saison 18

Mariska Hargitay Actrice de “New York, unité spéciale”

Alexis Bledel Actrice de “Gilmore Girls” et “The Handmaid's Tale”

Norah Jones Chanteuse récompensée aux Grammy Awards

Diana Ross Chanteuse

Anna Kournikova Joueuse de tennis professionnelle

Charlie Hunnam Acteur de “Sons of Anarchy”

Patrick Dempsey Acteur de “Grey’s Anatomy”

Adam Lambert Chanteur

John Walsh Animateur de “America's Most Wanted”, détective et avocat

Ronan Farrow Journaliste, militant des droits de l'homme, ancien conseiller du gouvernement américain

Saison 19

Lucy Hale Actrice de “Pretty Little Liars” et chanteuse

Julianna Margulies Actrice de “Urgence” et “The Good Wife”

Liv Tyler Actrice

Queen Latifah Animatrice de télévision, chanteuse, rappeuse et actrice

Elle Macpherson Mannequin 

Bob Odenkirk Acteur de “Breaking Bad” et de “Better Call Saul”

Josh Holloway Acteur de “Lost”

Shemar Moore Acteur de “Criminal Minds”

Hozier Chanteur

Michael Phelps Nageur, sportif le plus médaillé de l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques

Saison 20

Diane Lane Actrice

Kaley Cuoco Actrice de “The Big Bang Theory”

Marisa Berenson Actrice

Camila Cabello Chanteuse récompensée de 60 awards

Sarah Palin Femme politique et gouverneur de l'Alaska

Michael C. Hall Acteur de “Dexter”

Nick Robinson Acteur

Jason Priestley Acteur de “Beverlly Hills”

Trevor Noha Animateur de talk-show et humoriste

Gareth Bale Footballeur

Saison spéciale Avenger 02

Felicity Huffman (Finaliste saison 11) Actrice de “Desperate Housewives”

Évangéline Lilly (Finaliste saison 13) Actrice de “Lost”

Zoe Saldana (Finaliste saison 14) Actrice

Winona Ryder (Finaliste saison 16) Actrice

Queen Latifah (Finaliste saison 19) Animatrice de télévision, chanteuse, rappeuse et actrice

Chuck Norris (Finaliste saison 12) Acteur ayant intérprété “Walker, Texas Ranger”

Stanley Tucci (Finaliste saison 15) Acteur récompensé aux Emmy Awards et aux Golden Globe

Jamie Bell (Finaliste saison 17) Acteur de “Billy Elliot”

Ronan Farrow (Finaliste saison 18) Journaliste, militant des droits de l'homme, ancien conseiller du gouvernement américain

Trevor Noha (Finaliste saison 20) Animateur de talk-show et humoriste

Saison 21

Kate Walsh Actrice

Anna Kendrick Actrice

Lauren Cohan Actrice de “The Walking Dead”

Bella Hadid Mannequin

Elizabeth Warren Sénatrice Americaine

Tom Ellis Acteur de “Lucifer”

Alan Ritchson Acteur

Corey Fogelmanis Acteur

James Belushi Acteur

David Muir Journaliste et présentateur télé

Saison 22

Dakota Johnson Actrice et mannequin

Kristin Scott Thomas Actrice

Anne Heche Actrice

Natasha Bedingfield Chanteuse

Kamala Harris Sénatrice et procureur

Luke Hemsworth Acteur

Joshua Jackson Acteur de “Dawson”

Tony Shalhoub Acteur de “Monk”

David Suchet Acteur de “Hercule Poirot”

Shaggy Chanteur

Saison 23

Tom Welling Acteur de “Smallville”

Val Kilmer Acteur

Zayn Malik Chanteur, ex-membre des One Direction

Olly Murs Chanteur

Tony Hawk Champion du monde de skateboard

Lily Tomlin Actrice

Tea Leoni Actrice

Bar Refaeli Mannequin

Mary J. Blige Chanteuse récompensée de 90 awards

Fergie Chanteuse récompensée de 61 awards

Saison 24

Michelle Yeoh Actrice, ex-James Bond girls

Paris Berelc Actrice

Anna Torv Actrice de “Fringes”

Missy Elliott Rappeuse

Danielle Steel Ecrivain

Ron Perlman Acteur

Bob Saget Acteur et présentateur télé

Justin Chambers Acteur de “Grey’s Anatomy”

Charlie Puth Chanteur

Tim McGraw Chanteur Country

Saison 25

Uma Thurman Actrice de “Pulp Fiction” et “Kill Bill”

Sandra Oh Actrice de “Grey’s Anatomy”

Rose Byrne Actrice

Meghan Trainor Chanteuse

Joy-Ann Reid Journaliste et animatrice télé

Ioan Gruffudd Acteur

Nathan Filion Acteur de “Castle”

J.K. Simmons Acteur

Brian Williams Journaliste et animateur télé

Mike Pence Ex-Vice Président des Etats-Unis

Saison 26

Jon Bernthal Acteur de “The Punisher”

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Acteur de “Game of Thrones”

Mandy Patinkin Acteur

Kygo D.J

George Stephanopoulos Journaliste

Jodelle Ferland Actrice

Krysten Ritter Actrice de “Breaking Bad”

Morena Baccarin Actrice

Dana Bash Journaliste

Amanda Gorman Poète

Saison 27

Scott Caan Acteur

George Eads Acteur de “Les experts”

Daniel Sharman Acteur de “Teen Wolf”

Michael Cimino Acteur

Hamish Bowles Chroniqueur mode

Melissa McCarthy Actrice

Gina Carano Actrice

Sophie Turner Actrice de “Games of Thrones”

Laurie Holden Actrice de “The Walking Dead”

Condoleezza Rice Ex-conseillère à la Sécurité nationale

Saison 28

Tom Hiddleston Acteur de “Avengers”

Rodrigo Santoro Acteur

Toby Macguire Acteur

Jon Kortajarena Mannequin

Chris Paul Basketeur

Vanessa Kirby Actrice

Elizabeth Olsen Actrice de “Avengers”

Millie Bobby Brown Actrice de “Stranger things”

Iggy Azalea Chanteuse

Tracy Chapman Chanteuse

[roleplaytipsandadvice]

You must be so sick of Glee questions so I apologize now. What could be some alternative FC's for Finn/Ryder?

I love Glee questions. It depends what age you are looking for but:

Finn Hudson

Timothée Chalamet

Tanner Buchanan

Josh Hutcherson

George MacKay

Taron Egerton

Brian J. Smith

Dylan O’Brien

Jack Falahee

Tom Holland

Casey Cott

Tom Daley

Zac Efron

Ryder Lynn (Blake Jenner is half cuban)

Harvey Newton-Haydon

Brandon Larracuente

David Lee Gallagher

Christian Navarro

Jencarlos Canela

Alberto Rosende

Xolo Maridueña

Gabriel Conte

Jake T. Austin

David Alvarez

Tyler Alvarez

Rome Flynn

[cinalilli]

i kinda went OFF on my refs this past week (click for full res!)

[corellianangel]

Fan Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story

May contain minor/some spoilers after the cut.

I suspect that Solo: A Star Wars Story might be a bit like its title character. A bit rough at the start, maybe shady, pretty good-looking, and definitely out to get your money. But, as it goes on, it becomes more and more apparent how good and truly nostalgic and lovable it is.

This is a film that “nobody wanted.” Which means...what? I wanted it. When I saw Star Wars ANH, I wanted to know all about that cool Solo guy. And finally, 41 years later, I got my wish. And yeah… I’m mostly happy. After Last Jedi, I was pretty much done with the franchise, so it’s not like I went in with high hopes.

Solo is a relatively low stakes reprieve from the “we must save the world/galaxy/universe” all-or-nothing epic trope that has plagued us for the last few years. This is an adventure, a coming of age, and a western heist. Stakes are high, but only for the characters you are relating with onscreen, making it a curious addition to this year’s blockbusters.

Make no mistake; This is a love-letter to original trilogy Star Wars fans. It’s Han Solo in an Indiana Jones style adventure ( and what could be more fun than that).

4 out of 5 stars.

The first minute of Solo is exactly how a movie about the titular character should begin. But then it immediately lags, then even more so under ill-paced exposition. As soon Han goes solo though, it gains momentum. Then a short few minutes later as Woody Harrelson appears, things get rolling outright.

Alden Ehrenreich takes a bit of time to slide into Han’s scuffed boots, both onscreen and in our fan hearts. But when he does, it works wonderfully. He’s not the sexy gruff cynic Harrison Ford portrayed. No, he’s a “Kid,” who's got dreams. He’s a romantic. He’s wide-eyed, immature, and even petulant at times. But like Harrison’s portrayal, he’s arrogant, talented, goofy, jealous, easily embarrassed and will gladly spin a terrible lie. And oh yes… he can turn it on. Not at first, no… that’s really awkward ( more on that with Emilia). He’s not Harrison Ford by a long shot, but when given the chance later in the film, he makes a scene his own, and it’s HOT.

Unfortunately though, Alden is easily five inches shorter than 6’ 1” Harrison. And it’s glaringly obvious (especially to me, as I am quite a tall person). Sadly, Alden’s 1” platform 2”+ heel boots can only add so much. Otherwise, I’m satisfied with his portrayal. Alden’s a great actor, he had huge boots to fill, and I think he’s really been treated unfairly by the fans. Give the kid a chance, he might win you over.

Donald Glover IS Lando Calrissian though.  He’s sexy, sauve and even a bit silly ( in all the right ways… make no mistake).  I daresay Mr.Glover has taken Billy Dee William’s place in my heart as the epitome of Lando. Whether he’s coming on to Han, or Qi’ra or some unspecified alien species, he’s a pansexual on the level of Oberyn Martell from Game of Thrones. An arrogant playboy badass, who loves all the finest things. He is willing to enjoy everything life has to offer, and why not? It’s hard not to love him as a result. Lando movie, anyone?

Tobias Beckett is everything Han wants to be. Beckett is also in love with fellow crook Val, and his attachment to her is cemented firmly in a couple of scenes, which unlike the Han/Qi’ra scenes–have great chemistry. And Woody Harrelson’s portrayal of yet another grizzled mentor is stunning. I found him much more appealing than Harrelson’s equivalent character from Hunger Games. Though the mantel is starting to wear. Don’t get me wrong. I adore Woody Harrelson. His being in this film gave me a reason to think I might just like it. I’m just not sure I want to see him as yet another badass mentor after this.

When Thandie Newton appeared in Beloved back in 1998, I was an instant fan. I’d seen her before in a few other flicks, but she blew that one out of the water as the title character. Since then she had worked steadily in a number of critically acclaimed roles. I was absolutely thrilled to see her in this as Val. And utterly heartbroken that she was totally underused. When Val is onscreen, she overshadows everyone else, even Beckett. It’s a shame we don’t see more of her than we do. Boo!

Emilia Clarke as Qi’ra…Hmm.  She’s cute, charming, and tries her hand at swordplay here. But honestly, the Queen of Dragons is a poor fit. The original casting call was for anything other than yet another white brunette. And with amazing ladies like Tessa Thompson in the running, why oh why did we end up with Emilia? If not racism (God, I hope not); Ang’s answer: Think $$$, from Game of Thrones fans in theatre seats. I can think of no other reason. Her chemistry with Alden is tepid at best ( and any of that comes much, much later). I feel bad for Emilia here. I think she was miscast, and that tarnish will always stay with the fans. ( P.s. : the three adult heterosexual males I watched the movie with, were over-the-moon smitten with her. To each his own. I guess…)

On to the non-humans...

Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca is physically brilliant. He’s stolen my heart as Chewie from the lovely Peter Mayhew (sorry Pete) over the last three movies. But honestly, we discover nothing new about Chewbacca in this. Zero. It’s rather unfortunate. I wish I could say more. But we learn more about Chewie in episode three than this. A missed opportunity. Sorry Chewie. For some reason Disney put your character in the doghouse here.

L3-37 is another definite weak spot in Solo. We have a snarky female droid (yay!) as a droid-rights advocate (cool!).  But it’s so completely overwrought. Only Lando’s constant eye rolls save this character from being as ridiculous as Jar Jar Binks. Which is another shame, because I felt she fills in the current canon equivalent of Lando’s copilot droid Vuffi Raa, from the EU/Legends novels from waaay back in the 1980’s, (interestingly they are both pilots, are both self-aware droids and have vaguely parallel fates) Some editing issues arise as far as L3′s character is concerned too. She’ll be leaning, casually watching,  while droids are being slaughtered in front of her, but only interferes with other robots later in the same scene? Why?? Were the first dead droids not good enough for her to save? It’s inconsistent, poor editing; and that really hurts the character. Sorry Phoebe Waller-Bridge, you did great job with what you had. I’m not sure that the script/editing was as good as you deserved.

The spaceship the Millennium Falcon is 100% a full character in this too. Without giving too much away, she represents her pilots as they sit at the helm. She’s treated with more respect - reverence even -  in this, than any other film. And I can say this is her movie as much as it is Han’s. Millennium Falcon fans, you are in for a treat!

And the bad guys...or one guy anyways....

Paul Bettany is chilling and utterly convincing as the gangster Dryden Vos. He also has much better chemistry with Qi’ra than Han.  I’m fairly certain this is mainly due to Paul’s astonishing acting ability.  He first came to my attention as the title character in the darkly funny UK crime film Gangster No.1. I was floored by him then and he’s still blowing me away, even as the rather challenging character Vision in the MCU. Bettany does not disappoint in Solo either. He took over this role with zero preparation, with the weight of replacing another respected actor at the last minute in an extremely troubled production. And the optics of having a white European actor taking over from an African-american are...ermm...not the best. He pulls it off, though. But I can’t help but wonder what Michael K Williams would have brought to the role. Vos is a soulless psychopath under Bettany, not unlike his character in Gangster No.1.  Would Williams have brought the tragic–almost romantic deep spirit and inner strength he brought to his gangster Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire to Vos instead? It’s rather sad we will never know.

I don’t think I can say much else about the other antagonist(s) without spoiling a bunch. But let’s just say...wow! Well done! Surprises and fan service all around!

There is something missing here too. We never see Han as an imperial pilot. Nor the promised Shakespeare-inspired comedic comic book characters that Ron Howard teased last fall.  These gems may be reserved for DVD releases, but I feel Han’s missing academy stint is definitely a gap in this story. And the movie lacks because of it.

Importantly, I do recommend seeing this in IMAX 2D as it is a very dark and muted film.

The usual amazing, special effects, costumes and sets we’ve come to expect from the Star Wars film franchise are all present here.  The styling is different from the previous films, as it takes place about halfway between Episode Three and Rogue One.  It’s neat to see the evolution of the Empire’s gear. 

And the easter eggs are everywhere; prequels, Rebels, Clone Wars, Star Tours ( the Disney Park ride), the comic books from the 1970′s and 80′s, the EU/Legends Han Solo novels by Brian Daley, the Lando Calrissian novels from the same era are especially referenced numerous times. Even the Indiana Jones franchise gets a significantly placed nod.

To say the least, the fan-service is strong with this one.

But not the Force. Not at all. None of that simple tricks and nonsense here at all.

Because I’m a pretty hard-core fan, I pre-bought two showings on initial release. The first time I saw Solo, I was unsure if I actually liked it, but it seemed to be a decent film.  The second viewing ( the same night) was an absolute joy. Times three and four were with different groups of adults, and they all had a blast. Five was with a group of 13 year old girls, and they all enjoyed it too.

So let’s call my rating of Solo then, 4 out of 5 stars. 

Honestly I don’t get the backlash against it.  Don’t take your Last Jedi hate out on this. It’s a fun ride with decent jokes and no space-boob-milk monsters—honest!

And if you think Solo offers nothing different, new, or imaginative. You are 99% correct...Remember, we got that full package of “different and innovative” in Last Jedi. If that’s your schtick, watch that one instead then.

Oh, and one more thing- that 1%?... two words:

Shower scene.

[aion-rsa]

Judas and the Black Messiah Remembers Fred Hampton Was a Man of His Words

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This article contains Judas and the Black Messiah spoilers.

Early on in Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) meets with a Chicago gang called the Crowns–they’re an amalgamation of several community action groups who rose from the turf battles of the street to become protectors in their neighborhoods. In that pivotal scene, a man named Steel (Khris Davis), an obviously charismatic leader of the South Side’s urban militia, says Hampton is “the great orator of the West Side.” And while Hampton’s “million-dollar words” don’t coalesce into a merger that day, both sides appreciate what they hear.

This moment, which perhaps plays against expectation for some audiences and the FBI spying in, is a reminder that active listening is one of the greatest tools of acting. It is both a talent and a skill. Kaluuya is so gifted at this, it would not be surprising to find out he could hear the sounds of an enraptured, viewing public while the movie was still in production. His Hampton can captivate a room, a city, and a country.

But even as the movie’s Hampton speaks, he takes in all the ambient noise in the hall; and he translates the atmosphere into sonic attacks and subtle invitations to the listener. The real Hampton did this all his life. He was a great activist because he actively heard the needs of everyone he encountered. “Power anywhere where there’s people,” Hampton said in his 1969 speech at Olivet Church.

Hampton was far from tone deaf and always had the perfect pitch. Hence a similar scene where he walks into what looks like a white nationalist meeting, with Confederate flags front and center, and confronts them with echoes of their own complaints. Hampton really did hear everyone. He heard every word, and articulated many more which begged expression. It’s how he brought people together, like when he and the Black Panthers stood in solidarity in 1969 with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Young Lords, a former Puerto Rican street gang transformed into a human rights organization. The coalition convened over Vietnam War concerns, the railroading of the eight people accused of conspiracy to cause a riot during the Democratic National Convention (later known as the Chicago Seven), and independence for Puerto Rico.

As Hampton’s future fiancée Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback), says in the film, Hampton was a poet, albeit one she was surprised to discover was “shy.” But there was nothing shy about his demand for more than small gestures from the establishment. 

“We’re gonna have to do more than talk,” Hampton can be heard saying in the 1971 documentary film, The Murder of Fred Hampton. “We’re gonna have to do more than listen. We’re gonna have to do more than learn.” Every proclamation in Hampton’s speeches also asks a question, every call-and-response line begs further examination. The first time Hampton declares “I am a revolutionary,” we take him at his word. As it continues, we are forced to deal with how, why, and what it means to be a revolutionary. Ultimately, it all comes back to just who is this revolutionary?

“If you walk through life and don’t help anybody, you haven’t had much of a life.”

Frederick Allen Hampton was born on Aug. 30, 1948. According to most sources, he was born in Chicago, or its suburb Argo, Illinois. Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party, by Curtis J. Austin, says he was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Hampton family was friendly with the family of Emmett Till, who was 14 years old when he was savagely beaten and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Till had been accused of offending a white woman four days earlier.

Hampton’s family moved to the suburb of Maywood when Hampton was 10. “I was born in a bourgeois community and had some of the better things in life,” Hampton says in The Murder of Fred Hampton. “But I found that there were more people starving than there were people eating, more people that didn’t have clothes than did have clothes, and I just happened to be one of the few. So I decided that I wouldn’t stop doing what I’m doing until all those people are free.”

Before graduating with honors in 1966, Hampton led the Interracial Committee at Proviso East High School. He protested and changed the school’s policy of nominating only white girls for homecoming queen. He also earned three varsity letters, running cross country and track. Though his dream may have been playing baseball for the New York Yankees, Hampton enrolled as a pre-law student at Triton Junior College. He also attended Crane Junior College, a short time after it was renamed Malcolm X College. While attending the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Hampton led the Youth Council of the NAACP’s West Suburban chapter. Membership swelled by 500 during his time. In 1967, Hampton was arrested for demonstrating for a community pool in Maywood.

“We’re not metaphysicians, we’re not idealists, we’re dialectical materialists.”

Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California in October 1966 to protect local communities from police brutality and racism. The Party ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. Along with members Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Bobby Hutton, and Eldridge Cleaver, the Black Panthers developed into a Marxist revolutionary group. They first publicized its original Ten-Point program on May 15, 1967.

Hampton helped found the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party in November 1968. At the time, Chicago was a segregated city. It was still recovering from the violence of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Rioting had also followed the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had led the Chicago Freedom Movement, which protested racist housing practices. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley ordered police to shoot to kill suspected arsonists.

As chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Hampton’s first order of business was to establish a community service program, known as “Survival Programs.” These included the Free Breakfast for Children program and a medical clinic that did not charge patients for treatment. The People’s Medical Care Center in North Lawndale was the first area clinic to offer testing for sickle cell anemia. Hampton also taught political education classes.

Some viewers may find some of the Marxist rhetoric in Judas and the Black Messiah excessive, but the screenplay by King and co-writer Will Berson actually toned it down. Hampton’s speeches are explicitly anti-capitalist. His title was “chairman” and he quoted Mao Tse-tung. “All power to the people” was not just a slogan, it was a calling.

“I am the people, I’m not the pig,” Hampton said. “You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs.”

Hampton also instigated projects to help the community contain overzealous policing. The Black Panther Party also recognized the necessity of firearms and trained with a military discipline.

“People have to be armed to have power, you see,” Hampton explained in speeches. The cops and the Panthers ultimately engaged in eight gun battles nationally, four in Chicago, including a November 1969 shootout that left 19-year-old Party member Spurgeon “Jake” Winters and two police officers dead. Shortly after, under the headline “No quarter for wild beasts,” the Chicago Tribune wrote the Black Panthers “have declared war on society” and “forfeited the right considerations ordinary violators of the law might claim.” The Black Panther Party headquarters on West Monroe Street was raided three times, and over 100 members were arrested in 1969.

“You don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.”

The founding members of the Black Panthers began building the movement multiracially through the Peace and Freedom Party. Billy “Che” Brooks, the Deputy Minister of Education for the Illinois Black Panther Party, credits Hampton with brokering an unprecedented partnership between poor urban dwellers and blue-collar workers from the countryside. In May 1969, Hampton held a press conference where he announced a nonaggression pact between Chicago gangs and the formation of what he called a “rainbow coalition.”

Also called the “poor people’s army,” the collaboration began in February 1969 when Hampton visited Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to meet José “Cha-Cha” Jimenez, the leader of the Young Lords. The Young Lords began as a Puerto Rican street gang in 1960, but declared themselves a civil rights organization in 1968. They had shut themselves in the 18th District police station to protest the ongoing police harassment of Latin residents. The city’s police commander and the media were also locked in during the protest.

Building on the work of Chicago militant youth organization Rising Up Angry, Hampton also reached out to the Young Patriots. Led by William “Preacherman” Fesperman, it was a street organization of white youths whose parents and grandparents migrated from Appalachia looking for work and settled into their own slum. Hampton brought the leather jacketed, beret-wearing Black Panthers together with young nationalists who wore Confederate Flags on their jean jackets. It’s no wonder FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, played by Martin Sheen in Judas and the Black Messiah, was afraid that the “rise of a messiah that would unify and electrify the militant nationalist movement.”

Believing the Black Panther Party was “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country,” according to Curt Gentry’s book J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and His Secrets, Hoover formed the Bureau’s counterintelligence program, known as COINTELPRO. Its aim was to discredit and undermine radical groups, with a particular emphasis on Black leaders. Hampton’s name was added to the FBI’s Agitator Index two weeks before his death.

Local law enforcement also pursued Hampton. Judas and the Black Messiah highlights Hampton’s conviction for stealing $71 worth of ice cream, which he allegedly gave away to local children. Hampton was sentenced to two to five years in prison. The conviction was eventually overturned, but police harassment continued. The arrest wasn’t the first. In January 1969, Hampton was arrested on an old traffic warrant while appearing on television.

“You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.”

By late 1969, many top Black Panther Party members had been killed, jailed, or left the U.S. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale faced criminal charges, Hampton was elevated to national spokesman for the party. “You might run a liberator like Eldridge Cleaver out of the country,” Hampton said in a press conference during the Chicago 7 trial. “But you can’t run liberation out of the country. You might murder a freedom fighter like Bobby Hutton, but you can’t murder freedom fighting.”

The “Massacre on Monroe,” as the raid on Hampton’s apartment was labeled by the Panthers, began at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 4, 1969 when about a dozen police officers executed a search warrant for illegal weapons inside the West Side apartment Hampton shared with several fellow Black Panthers. A layout of Hampton’s apartment had been provided by William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield in the movie), an informant who had been groomed by the FBI to infiltrate the Panthers after a teenage career in petty crime. Played by Stanfield, he is the “Judas” in the movie’s title. Rising to the upper echelons of the Chicago faction’s inner circle, O’Neal had also allegedly dosed Hampton with barbiturates.

According to the Jeffrey Haas’ book, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, Hampton’s fiancée, who is now named Akua Njeri, recalled Hampton had been working late into the night and drifted off to sleep while talking on the phone in bed. When the raid began, Mark Clark, who organized a Peoria chapter of the Party, was on security duty at the front door of the apartment. He was shot in the heart as the cops stormed the room. As his body fell, he fired once from the shotgun on his lap. Njeri, who was then pregnant with Hampton’s son, had been sleeping in bed next to Hampton when the police began shooting into the apartment. Njeri said Panthers tried to wake Hampton, but he remained unconscious amidst the smell of gunpowder and the five-minute barrage of bullets.

The cops headed to Hampton’s bedroom and fired at the bed, striking Hampton but missing Njeri. The shooting broke when a Panther yelled that Njeri was nine months pregnant. She was thrown into the kitchen, as officers entered the bedroom. Njeri later stated she heard one officer ask, “Is he still alive?” before hearing two gunshots fired. “When it stopped another voice unfamiliar to me said, ‘He’s good and dead now,’” she recalled, according to The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther.

The police found no illegal weapons during the raid. The seven Panthers who survived, four of them wounded, were arrested for aggravated assault and attempted murder. The deaths of Hampton and Clark were ruled justifiable homicides. Police said the killings were in self-defense, the Black Panthers fired the first shots, and they had been responding to gunfire. Njeri, who would give birth to Fred Hampton Jr. weeks later, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault along with other Panthers, and held on $100,000 bond.

Illinois Black Panthers Defense Minister Bobby Rush went underground after the raid. After learning the cops were looking for him, he found refuge at a Catholic church on the South Side and in an apartment attic in the Gold Coast section of the city. He turned himself over to the authorities at a church service presided over by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. Today, Rush is a Democratic congressman from Chicago.

The raid was directed by Cook County state’s attorney Edward Hanrahan. “The immediate, violent, criminal reaction of the occupants in shooting at announced police officers emphasizes the extreme viciousness of the Black Panther Party,” Hanrahan said in a statement after the shooting. Hanrahan told the Chicago Tribune he and his officers had no idea Hampton or Clark were in the apartment. The paper ran exclusive photos which purported to show holes from bullets fired by Black Panther members.

The Chicago Daily News countered the police reports on Dec. 10, reporting “Without warning, the detectives began firing toward mattresses near the southeast corner of the living room of the apartment, the eyewitnesses said. Clark was killed in the volley.” Hampton was shot “while still in his bed.” The Sun-Times hit Page One with news that the photos released by Hanrahan’s office were nail heads.

Police staged a filmed reenactment of the raid, which was broadcast on WBBM-TV. The apartment where the shooting happened was not sealed off by officials, and the Black Panthers conducted tours to show evidence that police did most of the shooting. Columnist Mike Royko of The Daily News reported that, after inspecting the apartment “more than once,” the claim that police were fired on by the Black Panthers “doesn’t mesh with the condition of the place.”

Charges against the Black Panthers who’d survived the raid were dismissed in 1970 after Hanrahan conceded ballistic tests and forensic issues undermined the state’s case. A federal grand jury investigation found police fired 82 to 99 times. Only one shot was fired from someone inside the apartment: Clark, who fired off a shot from his lap after being shot in the heart. Hanrahan was indicted along with 13 others on charges that they attempted to prevent the prosecution of police officers for their role in the raid. Hanrahan and the others were acquitted by a Cook County judge in late October. Hanrahan was voted out of office in 1972.

“They talked us into buying candy bars and throwing the candy away and eating the wrapper.”

The Hampton and Clark families were represented by Flint Taylor of the People’s Law Office. The $47 million lawsuit was the longest civil rights trial in federal court at the time. After 13 years of litigation, the legal team helped expose the FBI’s secret COINTELPRO program. The People’s Law Office filed numerous motions with Judge Parry requesting all FBI files relating to the Illinois Panthers and COINTELPRO.

While most attempts were blocked, the few documents which were made available showed the drawing of the floor plan of Hampton’s apartment made by O’Neal. This exposed him as a paid informant because the FBI gave him a special bonus to thank him for providing the diagram. A separate document outlined a deal between the FBI and U.S. deputy attorney general Richard Kleindienst to conceal the existence of COINTELPRO, according to “The Black Panthers and the Assassination of Fred Hampton,” by Hans Bennett.  Another document showed the FBI made a deal with deputy attorney general Jerris Leonard, who led the 1970 federal grand jury investigation.

In 1975, a U.S. Senate Committee chaired by Senator Frank Church found the COINTELPRO Program was bent on destroying the Black Panther Party and its leadership. In 1983, the same year Harold Washington was elected the first Black mayor of Chicago, a settlement was reached for the city of Chicago, Cook County and the federal government to pay $1.85 million to survivors of the raid and to Hampton’s and Clark’s families. The ruling stated the government conspired against the Black Panther Party and violated the civil rights of the plaintiffs.

More than 5,000 people attended Hampton’s funeral at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park on Dec. 9, 1969. Reverend Jesse Jackson, who would resurrect the Rainbow Coalition, delivered one of the eulogies. The Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party dubbed Dec. 9 “International Revolutionary Day.” They hold a vigil at the site of the police raid, 2337 W. Monroe St., “ground zero” for the struggle for black liberation, to memorialize the anniversary of the deaths. The apartment is not the same. The building where police killed Hampton and Clark has been torn down.

The Legacy of Fred Hampton

“I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do,” Hampton is quoted as saying in Judas and the Black Messiah. “I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.” Hampton died three months after his 21st birthday, his fiancée was only eighteen. Fred Hampton Jr., the son of the martyred Black Panther leader, continues his father’s works by serving the community and people through the Black Panther Party Cubs, an international organization.

The original 10 points of The Black Panthers’ “What We Want Now!” demands included land, bread, decent housing, education, full employment, clothing, justice and peace. The desire for “the power to determine the destiny of the Black Community” was declared radical at the time. The call for “an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people” is still stifled by the choke hold of reactionary resistance.

Hampton heard that call long before he became a statistic of it. Those cries continue into the 21st century from Willie Ray Banks through Eric Garner and George Floyd. The death of Sandra Bland resulted in a Day of Rage in 2015. Chicago underwent three “Days of Rage” in October 1969 over similar abuses.

Fred Hampton’s words inflicted deeper wounds than the  bullets used to silence him. In his life, he was a regular voice on news broadcasts. He brought revolutionary socialist policies to national TV. Pro-police groups consistently resist community efforts to portray Hampton as a martyr because they regard the Black Panthers as a militant organization that killed police. Following in the footsteps of Malcolm X, Black Panthers equated self-defense with common sense, acting as if Black lives mattered.

Hampton was a man of his words, actively listening to the needs of the people and delivering on the promises he could keep. His actions were loud, and still reverberate on the streets, classrooms, clinics and the halls of justice. His example continues to inspire the fight against the excesses of the police, but Hampton might see himself as an amplifier.

He gave volume to sounds society was deaf to. He gave them voice and his words were ammunition. He took the silencers off the weapons of self-determination.  “When I leave, you’ll remember I said, with the last words on my lips, that I am a revolutionary,” Hampton said. “And you’re going to have to keep on saying that. You’re going to have to say that I am a proletariat, I am the people.”

We hear you. 

Judas and the Black Messiah opens in theaters and premieres on HBO Max on Feb. 12.

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