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Mania across Marvel
#mania#andrea benton#andi benton#hobgoblin#roderick kingsley#mysterio#quentin beck#green goblin#norman osborn#shocker#herman schultz#shriek#frances barrison#nico minoru#storm#ororo munroe#toy photography#toy photoshoot#marvel#marvel legends#hasbro#marvel comics
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From Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #027
Art by Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer and Marcio Menyz
Written by Zeb Wells
#amazing spider-man#spider-man#peter parker#black cat#felicia hardy#shocker#herman schultz#queen goblin#ashley kafka#gold goblin#norman osborn#doctor octopus#otto octavius#j. jonah jameson#marvel#comics#marvel comics
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Essential Characters to Include in a Spider-Man Series
These are the most important characters if you want to make a full in-depth Spider-Man series:
Peter Parker AKA Spider-Man
Miles Morales AKA Spider-Man
Gwen Stacy AKA Ghost Spider/Spider-Gwen
Ben Reilly AKA The Scarlet Spider
Miguel O'Hara AKA Spider-Man 2099
Mary Jane Watson
Gwen Stacy (the civilian one)
Harry Osborn AKA The Green Goblin
Flash Thompson AKA Agent Venom
Liz Allan
J. Jonah Jameson
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
Betty Brant
Ned Leeds AKA The Hobgoblin
Ben Parker
May Parker
George Stacy
Jefferson Davis
Jessica Drew AKA Spider-Woman
Cassandra Webb AKA Madame Web
Ezekiel Sims
Norman Osborn AKA The Green Goblin
Roderick Kingsley AKA The Hobgoblin
Otto Octavius AKA Doctor Octopus
Adrian Toomes AKA The Vulture
Quentin Beck AKA Mysterio
Flint Marko AKA The Sandman
Max Dillon AKA Electro
Sergei Kravinoff AKA Kraven the Hunter
Mac Gargan AKA The Scorpion
Aleksey Sytsevich AKA The Rhino
Herman Schultz AKA Shocker
Dimitri Smerdyakov AKA Chameleon
Curt Connors AKA The Lizard
Felicia Hardy AKA Black Cat
Michael Morbius
Hobie Brown AKA The Prowler
Eddie Brock AKA Venom
Cletus Kasady AKA Carnage
Wilson Fisk AKA Kingpin
Miles Warren AKA The Jackal
The Sinister Six
Spencer Smythe
Alistair Smythe
The Spider-Slayers
Morlun
#spider man#miles morales#gwen stacy#mary jane watson#green goblin#doctor octopus#venom#sinister six
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The Linda Stirling Centennial
Born 100 years ago today, B movie star Linda Stirling (Louise Schultz, 1921-1997). Stirling wasm a Long Beach native who started out in amateur theatricals as a child, eventually studying with Ben Bard for two years, before going on to summer stock and modeling on the side. She did a stint as a show girl at Earl Carroll’s Theatre. She was one of the models in the Norman McLeod musical The Powers…
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Which dems voted for HR9495 in House?
I've seen misinformation, by some people not realizing many Dems flipped on the second vote.
Only 15 Dems voted for it on the Thursday vote
Here is the list of Democrat Representatives who still voted to pass
Allred, Colin; TX 32nd District Caraveo, Yadira; CO 8th District Case, Ed; HI 1st District Cuellar, Henry; TX 28th District Davis, Donald; NC 1st District Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie; WA 3rd District Golden, Jared; ME 2nd District Gonzalez, Vicente; TX 34th District Lee, Susie; NV 3rd District Moskowitz, Jared; FL 23rd District Panetta, Jimmy; CA 19th District Schneider, Brad; IL 10th District Suozzi, Thomas; NY 3rd District Torres, Norma; CA 35th District Wasserman Schultz, Debbie; FL 25th District
These Representatives who did not vote at all
Boyle, Brendan; PA 2nd District (D) Brownley, Julia; CA 26th District (D) Connolly, Gerald; VA 11th District (D) Evans, Dwight; PA 3rd District (D) Foushee, Valerie; NC 4th District (D) Frankel, Lois; FL 22nd District (D) Gallego, Ruben; AZ 3rd District (D) Gottheimer, Josh; NJ 5th District (D) Jackson, Jeffrey; NC 14th District (D) Phillips, Dean; MN 3rd District (D) Porter, Katie; CA 47th District (D) Scott, David; GA 13th District (D) Smith, Adam; WA 9th District (D) Torres, Ritchie; NY 15th District (D) Wexton, Jennifer; VA 10th District (D) Carter, Earl; GA 1st District (R) Chavez-DeRemer, Lori; OR 5th District (R) DesJarlais, Scott; TN 4th District (R) Duncan, Jeff; SC 3rd District (R) Ferguson, Drew; GA 3rd District (R) Garbarino, Andrew; NY 2nd District (R) Granger, Kay; TX 12th District (R) Greene, Marjorie; GA 14th District (R) Joyce, David; OH 14th District (R) Murphy, Gregory; NC 3rd District (R) Nehls, Troy; TX 22nd District (R) Newhouse, Dan; WA 4th District (R) Norman, Ralph; SC 5th District (R) Salazar, Maria; FL 27th District (R) Waltz, Michael; FL 6th District (R)
Contact your senators first as HR9495 then after that you can tell any of you representatives that dissapointed you you feel
HEre's agood post with more inforamtion
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Specialized Super Spectacular Squadron Spider-Man / SSSS Spider-Man
Decided to make a group of Sentai Spidersona Goofballs, It was pretty hard to adapt the eyes into a visor design. Also was pretty hard to find out who would make up the team and what colors they would be (So many of Spidey's villains wear green, probably because of contrasting colors schemes?). As for why I decided to genderbend Rhino?.... dunno, really just seemed natural at the time.
Here's a bit of backstory and characters, but I don't have alot. I'd appreciate suggestions from people more familiar with Spider-man.
Spider Protector V and Spi-D Machines - 5 alien warriors from Planet Spider use the sentient transformation devices called the "Spider Protector V" to tranform into the Spectacular Squadron "Spider-Man". Fighting evil using their special combat suits and weaponize giant vehicles called the "Spi-D Machines".
But while patrolling a far away Solar System in-search of the dangerous Iron Cross Army, they are ambushed and ended up landing near a prestigious stem school called "Osborn High". With four of the warriors out of commission with both their Spider Protectors and Spi-D Machines heavily damaged, And their leaders losing faith in his skills, they decide to accept help from the shady headmaster and billionaire, Norman Osborn.
The four machines and changers are repaired, and all five suits and machines are given a few Osborn™ improvements, and the Spider Protector V are sent out to find a new group of heroes to fight the Iron Cross Army and their leader, the evil Doctor Monster. Although while Osborn seems be helping them to prevent the Iron Cross Army from conquering the earth, he seems to be plotting something behind the scenes.
The Hero's backstory (This is what I've thought of for now);
Peter Parker - Chosen to be the "Spectacular Red/The Spectacular Spider" or simply Spider-Man. A promising young lad who got accepted into Osborn High after disabling a sabotaged machine that was being shown off by scouts. He lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. He's always been a huge nerd, but started going to the gym when he entered his first highschool in hopes of deterring bullies, although that hasn't seemed to be working thus far. (and because of encouragement by Uncle Ben). Surprisingly snarky and more confident than the average dweeb.
Otto Octavius - One of Parker's classmates and first friend in this new school. A genius inventor Peter met at Osborn High, they both get their suits on the same day, he transforms into "Spectacular Green/The Spectacular Ock" or just Doc Ock. Quite intelligent, But often victim to his own hubris.
Herman Schultz - Becomes "Spectacular Yellow/The Spectacular Shocker" or Shocker. A self-taught engineer, after having to drop out of his first high school because of his parents' financial situation, he tried using engineering and inventing prowess to rob crack safes. While in Juvie he was chosen by the Spider Bracelet, and because of this and Osborn being impressed by his inventing talents, he is out of Juvie in exchange for attending Osborn High (And fighting Dr Monster). Although he can be quite greedy, he's actually quite a kind and caring and pretty peppy dude. Just don't ask him to borrow a couple bucks.
Alex Sytsevich - She's "Spectacular Grey/The Spectacular Rhino" or Rhino, and Peter's second friend at Osborn High. A Russian American from a poor. She can seem dimwitted at practically everything else. Short-sighted and easily deceived, combined with her near inhuman stature and strength caused her to fall into the wrong crowd. She is enrolled into Osborn High after being chosen by the Spider Bracelet, where she learns she's surprisingly great at physics. Wants to make an honest living for her and her parents, but is afraid the crime life may be all she's truly good at. Appreciates Peter Parker's friendship and honesty, and has a slight crush on him.
Max Dillon - He's the final member, "Spectacular Blue/The Spectacular Electro". He's solely motivated by money, studied hard to make money, entered Osborn high to get a better job to make money, and when he gained his suit he used it as leverage to be paid when he fights against the Iron Cross Army. Some may think it's because he wants a good life for his sister, and maybe that's partially true, but spend any amount of time with him, and you'll find that he's generally just a money-hungry guy. He is easy to anger and pretty rude. It's unknown why the Spider Protector V chose him. Although he gets the job done well, probably the best fighter among them and the most adept at using his suits abilities, always getting vexed at when his teammates play around during battles. He wishes him and Schultz hero names weren't so similar and has been asking Herman to rename himself "Shockwaver" or something.
#across the spiderverse#tokusatsu#kamen rider#tokusatsu fanart#oc#fanart#superhero#ocs#goldenzx#tokusatsu oc#super sentai oc#super hero#super sentai#rhino#shocker#electro#doc ock#spider man#peter parker
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🍂 16-10-2024
Went to school
Draw a little bit
Listened to a podcast
Went for a walk and spent two hours sitting in front of the sea
🎧 Listened: Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana del Rey and Pure Heroine by Lorde
👣 Walked: 5km
📖 Read: finished Winter by Marissa Meyer!! Read two poems by Philip Schultz
📺 Watched: The perfect dinner (2022)
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Spider-Man 2: Long Nights in New York
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51073927 by Megapanda25 (MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN 2 VIDEO GAME) 6 months into a break from being Spider-Man, Peter and MJ have a blowout fight and finally break things off. In the aftermath, Peter is left hurt and hungering to get back into the field. As it turns out, he won't have to wait long, as a new threat soon arrives in New York along with the return of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Peter tries his best to navigate a sinister plot, the return of old flames and friends alike, and the ever growing question in the back of his mind; does New York still need him as a Spider-Man? Words: 2530, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, Multi Characters: Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Yuriko "Yuri" Watanabe, Felicia Hardy, Mary Jane Watson, Silver Sablinova, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Otto Octavius, Norman Osborn, Rhino (Marvel), Herman Schultz, Tony Masters (Marvel), Screwball (Spider-Man), Original Characters Relationships: Peter Parker/Yuriko "Yuri" Watanabe, Felicia Hardy/Peter Parker, Peter Parker/Silver Sablinova, Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson (Formerly), Miles Morales & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanov, Otto Octavius & Norman Osborn Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Friends to Lovers, Friends With Benefits, And then more, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Past Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson, Eventual Romance, Eventual Smut, Miles Morales is a Ray of Sunshine, Avengers finally get off their asses, Norman Osborn is Trying His Best, but is also kinda scummy, Protective Felicia Hardy, Mary Jane Watson Bashing read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51073927
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- Villians Roster -
This is exactly what it sounds like, now a companion post to the Allies Roster! Peter has faced a lot of villians across his years in the suit. So this is the line-up of guys, at least more commonly known ones(in my opinion) that both TASM and MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man has taken on. This is a combination of hinted and implied faceoffs, leaked information of what never happened, and personal opinion of who I personally think they're likely to have gone up against(so far). This will be updated as needed.
Any names on this list are free-game to refer to in threads.
Villians are listed by both name and allias.
TASM Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Dr. Curt Conners, "The Lizard"
Alexsie Sytsevich, "The Rhino"
Max Dillon, "Electro"
Harry Osborn, "Green Goblin"
Quentin Beck, "Mysterio"
Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock"
Dr. Adrian Toomes, "The Vulture"
Sergei Kravinoff, "Kraven the Hunter"
Flint Marco, "Sandman"
Eddie Brock, "Venom"
Cletus Kasady, "Carnage"
Wilson Fisk, "Kingpin"
Mac Gargan, "Scorpion"
Morbius
Joseph Martello, "Hammerhead"
more-antagonist-than-villian Felicia Hardy, "Black Cat"
Norman Osborn, "Green Goblin" (Raimi Version)
Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock" (Raimi Version)
Flint Marco, "Sandman" (Raimi Version)
MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Mac Gargan, "Scorpion"
Adrian Toomes, "The Vulture"
Herman Schultz, "Shocker"
Joseph Martello, "Hammerhead"
Quentin Beck, "Mysterio"
Dr. Curt Conners, "The Lizard" (Webb Version)
Max Dillon, "Electro" (Webb Version)
Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock" (Raimi Version)
Norman Osborn, "Green Goblin" (Raimi Version)
Flint Marco, "Sandman" (Raimi Version)
Wilson Fisk, "Kingpin"
Lonnie Lincon, "Tombstone"
Sergei Kravinoff, "Kraven the Hunter"
more-antagonist-than-villian Felicia Hardy, "Black Cat"
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Reacting to Spider-Trio Lives
by macyhufford Macy brings together Peter 2's (Tobey) Spider-Man, Peter 3's (Andrew) Spider-Man, and Peter 1's (Tom) Spider-Man, along with their loved ones, friends, and villains, to watch and reflect on the movies that made Peter Parker... well, Spiderman. As they see each other's triumphs, losses, and sacrifices, bonds are formed and grudges are challenged, and everyone gains a deeper understanding of what makes Peter Parker a true hero. This multiverse journey celebrates the resilience and responsibility that define Spider-Man. Words: 1119, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man (Movies - Raimi), The Amazing Spider-Man (Movies - Webb), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, Multi Characters: Peter-Three (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Peter-Two (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Peter-One (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn, Uncle Ben Parker (Marvel), Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Michelle Jones (Marvel), Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Norman Osborn, Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man), Ned Leeds, George Stacy, Eddie Brock, Liz Allan (Marvel), Adrian Toomes, Quentin Beck, Flint Marko, Rhino (Marvel), Betty Brant, Max Dillon, Herman Schultz, Phineas Mason, Tony Stark, Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Steve Rogers, Stephen Strange, Wong (Marvel), Matt Murdock, Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, T'Challa (Marvel), Scott Lang, Peter Quill, Gamora (Marvel), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot (Marvel), Nebula (Marvel), Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, Hope Van Dyne Relationships: Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man) via https://ift.tt/2UxLrMs
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Reacting to Spider-Trio Lives
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/waMkTQn by macyhufford Macy brings together Peter 2's (Tobey) Spider-Man, Peter 3's (Andrew) Spider-Man, and Peter 1's (Tom) Spider-Man, along with their loved ones, friends, and villains, to watch and reflect on the movies that made Peter Parker... well, Spiderman. As they see each other's triumphs, losses, and sacrifices, bonds are formed and grudges are challenged, and everyone gains a deeper understanding of what makes Peter Parker a true hero. This multiverse journey celebrates the resilience and responsibility that define Spider-Man. Words: 1119, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man (Movies - Raimi), The Amazing Spider-Man (Movies - Webb), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, Multi Characters: Peter-Three (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Peter-Two (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Peter-One (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn, Uncle Ben Parker (Marvel), Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Michelle Jones (Marvel), Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Norman Osborn, Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man), Ned Leeds, George Stacy, Eddie Brock, Liz Allan (Marvel), Adrian Toomes, Quentin Beck, Flint Marko, Rhino (Marvel), Betty Brant, Max Dillon, Herman Schultz, Phineas Mason, Tony Stark, Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Steve Rogers, Stephen Strange, Wong (Marvel), Matt Murdock, Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, T'Challa (Marvel), Scott Lang, Peter Quill, Gamora (Marvel), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot (Marvel), Nebula (Marvel), Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, Hope Van Dyne Relationships: Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man) read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/waMkTQn
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Being Spider-Man sure isn't easy when you've got to deal with mad doctors, aliens, clones, and goblins, among others.
#ben reilly#spider-man#peter parker#venom#eddie brock#carnage#cletus kasady#doctor doom#victor von doom#lizard#curt connors#mysterio#quentin beck#shocker#herman schultz#jackal#miles warren#scarlet spider#doctor octopus#doc ock#otto octavius#green goblin#norman osborn#marvel#marvel comics
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From Gold Goblin #004
Art by Lan Medina, Rafael Pimentel, Craig Yeung, John Livesay, Roberto Poggi and Antonio Fabela
Written by Christopher Cantwell
#gold goblin#norman osborn#peter parker#jack o'lantern#owen ward#doctor fromme#shocker#herman schultz#queen goblin#ashley kafka#marvel#comics#marvel comics
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Birthdays 8.6
Beer Birthdays
Timothy Taylor (1826)
Dave Suurballe (1949)
Don Erickson (1961)
Mark Cowley (1964)
Marc Rosenblum (1972)
Paul Sangster
Five Favorite Birthdays
Piers Anthony; English writer (1934)
Paul Bartel; film director, writer, actor (1938)
Richard Hofstadter; historian, writer (1916)
Allan Holdsworth; English guitarist (1946)
Robert Mitchum; actor (1917)
Famous Birthdays
Alfred, Lord Tennyson; English writer, poet (1809)
Lucille Ball; actor (1911)
Paul Bartel; actor, director, & screenwriter (1938)
Elisabeth Beresford; English journalist & author (1926)
Peter Bonerz; actor (1938)
Asia Carrera; porn actor (1973)
Paul Claudel; French writer (1868)
Jess Collins; artist (1923)
Barbara Cooney; author and illustrator (1917)
Kimberly Conrad; Playmate of the Year 1989 (1962)
Randy DeBarge; singer-songwriter & bassist (1958)
Vera Farmiga; actress (1973)
Alexander Fleming; bacteriologist (1881)
Charles Fort; author (1874)
Soleil Moon Frye; actress (1976)
Melissa George; actress (1976)
Hoot Gibson; actor (1892)
John Graves; author (1920)
Geri Halliwell; pop singer (1972)
Catherine Hicks; actress (1951)
Byard Lancaster; saxophonist and flutist (1942)
Richard C. Miller; photographer (1912)
Marisa Miller; model (1978)
Scott Nearing; sociologist, natural-food advocate (1883)
Leslie Odom Jr.; actor and singer (1981)
Jason O'Mar;, Irish actor (1972)
John Middleton Murry; English poet and author (1889)
Jon Postel; computer scientist (1943)
JonBenét Ramsey; child beauty queen & murder victim (1990)
Dutch Schultz; gangster (1901)
M. Night Shyamalan; film director (1970)
Elliott Smith; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1969)
Andy Warhol; artist (1928)
Norman Wexler; screenwriter (1926)
Michelle Yeoh; actress (1962)
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"Spent an hour today talking to Harry Beach, one of our three real, honest-to-goodness "desperate criminals." It served to reinforce my growing realization of how inadequate a characterization such a category as "desperate criminal" can be.
Most of the men in West Street [the federal New York Detention Headquarters] just now are of the "light-custody" variety. Either they have short sentences, orthey are types not given to violence: OPA violators, draft dodgers, confidence men, and so on. These three are a different breed of cat. Harry, for instance, is a bank robber serving a forty-eight year sentence. One of his companions, sporting the unhkely name of Norman de Britten, wears two bullet scars, was bodyguard to the notorious Dutch Schultz, and has twenty-nine years to do. The third, Richard Langford, is a quiet, scholarly looking hijacker waiting to be sent somewhere to begin a sixteen-year stretch.
These three are locked in one cell-block for twenty-three hours a day. The other hour they spend on the roof, under heavy guard, getting what exercise and fresh air they can. They eat all their meals in their cell, and the guards heave an almost perceptible sigh of relief when they lock them back in after the roof period. I got to know them through Bob Brooks, for whom Harry especially has a tremendous respect.
"Imagine that guy," he said to me. "A successful lawyer and he gives it all up and goes to prison just for his convictions! What a guy!"
Harry himself is quite a guy. About my age, he has already served eight years and has forty still to do, but he is as calm and unperturbed as anyone in here, with the possible exception of his two cellmates. They "build their time" easily, joking with each other and with guards and other inmates, wasting no time on worry or self-pity. That in itself is quite an accomplishment for men in their shoes, though not too surprising. Men who put their own lives on the line when they break the law, as these did, are likely to be strong characters, and one can only reflect with regret on what they could have been if they had started on another track.
Much more astonishing is the gentleness and kindness they all three exhibit, not occasionally, but consistently. They chat encouragingly with men who would drop dead on the spot with their sentences—like the little liquor dealer, Mr. Robin.
Poor Mr. Robin violated the OPA and got a sentence of fifteen days, and he is absolutely certain that he will not survive it. He wails and whines more than anyone else here, walking unhappily through the corridors between the cells literally wringing his hands.
Robin's greatest comfort comes from the three long-timers. He stands at their cell for hours at a time while they josh him gently about his "long stretch," assure him that the days will pass more swiftly than he thinks, and laugh at his fears that he will be socially ostracized when he gets out. All this from men who cannot even begin to hope for release before as many years pass as Mr. Robin has days!
But the most impressive example of this kindness came a few days ago. A young Jehovah's Witness, barely eighteen years old, was brought in with a three-year sentence for refusal to accept the draft. Just a boy, probably brought up in a kind, decent, middle-class home and totally unprepared for anything like this, the youngster simply could not take it. He shrinks from everyone, can hardly talk, and seems on the verge of complete mental collapse. With the instinctive cruelty of unhappy, frightened men who find someone in an even worse state than themselves, some of the inmates have tormented him pretty badly.
Newcomers usually spend at least the first night on the second floor, but the authorities assigned him directly to the third, apparently hoping that the relatively quieter atmosphere there would help. When it did not the lieutenant went to Harry and his cellmates for help. The result was that the young JW was moved in with the three desperadoes—an act that on the surface would seem completely irrational. But the lieutenant knew his men. The three desperate criminals could not be kinder to the boy if they were his brothers. They actually come close to hovering over him, and when they talk to him, as Harry does frequently, they are as compassionate as his own parents could be. Under their influence, and in the protection of the constantly locked cell, the boy is beginning to respond a little, and today I saw him smile briefly at one of Harry's sallies. It would be funny if it were not so touching. Any time I am tempted to categorize anyone as unrelievedly bad, I shall remember Harry and the young JW."
- Alfred Hassler, Diary of a Self-Made Convict. Foreword by Harry Elmer Barnes. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954 (written 1944-1945), p. 30-32.
#conscientious objectors#life inside#words from the inside#prisoner autobiography#world war ii#united states history#sentenced to prison#new york detention headquarters#research quote#reading 2024#american prison system#history of crime and punishment#new york#armed robbers#armed robbery#dangerous convicts#prison community#diary of a self made convict.
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