#not pictured: Jasons account gets suspended

[normal-nightmare]

Jaydick Twitter au part 2

[kirisaki-daichi-scenarios]

How'd you think kiridai, haizaki, imayoshi, nash and jason would use insta? (I know it isn't popular in Japan but still)

Hanamiya Makoto

his account used to be public but he made it private after getting fed up of having to delete comments like “you scumbag you broke my friend’s ribs rot in hell” from his posts which were just cute pictures of the kiridai cat (yes i’m bringing this ancient headcanon back) 

so now he only allows follows from people he knows and trusts which means literally just the kiridai team, imayoshi, maybe a couple classmates, and his mum 

and then within that circle, he has the other kiridai boys on his close friends list and they’re the ones who see the stories that ‘reveal his true nature’ 

like hanamiya sees that someone who played against him has made a post about their journey going through shoulder rehab (no guessing who gave them their shoulder issues), so he reposts that post to his close friends story with the caption “time for a round two?”

meanwhile the posts his mum sees are just pictures of the kiridai cat or pages from some books he’s been reading recently

(n.b. hanamiya’s mum very rarely uses instagram. she only uses the account to keep up with family members, and only made it in the first place because hanamiya had just made his and she wanted to make sure he didn’t get cyberbullied. 

meanwhile her son is the one who has been repeatedly suspended from instagram for bullying.)

Hara Kazuya

has a lot of accounts and if not for the fact that he has basketball and other hobbies he would be chronically online

so there’s one main account which has just a couple photos that make him look cool (a photo of him dunking, or him drumming with good lighting) and occasionally he’ll post a picture on his stories of the city under a dawn sky and a note of the time so everyone knows he’s out grinding streetball at stupid o’clock. 

the main account is his only public account and he only really has it so that, if anyone (family friends, basketball players from other schools) search him up, those curated posts are all they’ll see. he only posts that occasional story in order to see if anyone’s been stalking him.

then there’s the finsta which is what he’s most active on. he posts several times a week on this account and the posts are all either 1) shitposts and memes that make little to no sense, 2) pictures of fellow kiridai members at very bad angles, or 3) photos from matches that he wants to mock, like a picture of kiyoshi’s face in agony as his knee got broken with the caption “tfw tanaka-sensei sets a pop quiz.”

and finally hara has his assortment of troll accounts, most of which he uses to pretend to be a high school girl living in the general Tokyo area so that he can catfish classmates when he’s bored. 

hara has so many of these accounts that he’s created a cinematic universe of his own with elaborate storylines about the tumultuous friendships between these non-existent girls. they’ve become kiridai’s answer to d&d whenever the boys are bored.

plus these catfish accounts have now become strategic. several of the ‘girls’ are in talking stages, and even online relationships with, basketball players from other schools. this means that a) hara can get intel from the players and b) as soon as any important match comes around, he breaks up with/ghosts the guy, in the hope that it’ll make them place worse.

it goes without saying that it was hanamiya who invented this innovative technique of psychological warfare but hara’s the one who puts the hours in - to the point where it would be a little suspicious how well he can pretend to be a teen girl in love if not for the shit-eating grin on his face whenever he goes through his collection of screenshots of messages begging “her” to take them back 

(sidenote - can you imagine how well okamura would fall for this?) 

(i’m thinking of a yandere!okamura x catfish!hara fic…)

Furuhashi Kojiro 

has two Instagram accounts

account number one is the one his teammates/family/friends follow. it’s a private account that he doesn’t use very much apart from liking friends’ posts. he has a few photos on there, but mostly photos of scenery from holidays

account number two is public, with around 10k followers. it’s completely anonymous and no one irl knows he has it. this account posts quite regularly and every post is an aesthetic picture either of his plants or what he’s baked recently. and when i say aesthetic, i mean aesthetic: the perfect warm lighting and usually some berries or something framing the centrepiece of the photo. 

the captions are usually quite short and wholesome: “making melonpan can be difficult but i find the challenge refreshing” “when the days become stressful, i turn to these larch bonsai to remind myself to stand tall” “i am trying a new macaroon recipe. may it bring great riches.”

he’s also started posting some reels on this account, mostly timelapses of bread rising or plants growing etc

furu uses very few hashtags but somehow still gets super high engagement. his followers adore him and have collectively assumed he’s a fem lesbian living in the countryside somewhere with her beloved girlfriend. (furuhashi naturally never corrects anyone because he wants to keep it anonymous.) the comments are all “cottagecore queen” “i owe all my mental health to you” “the only unproblematic account on Instagram” 

so yeah, on instagram, furu is considered an angel

Jason Silver

this man has not posted a single photo where he is not shirtless

and his stories are like 30% videos from streetball practice and 70% thirst traps which he pretends he’s posting to show his gains... but everyone knows he’s just posting them to try attract the three women who followed him back

his following is around 50% ‘baddies’, 45% nba players, and 5% friends and a few streetballers that he’s played against before

(he follows very few streetballers because he thinks it’s beneath him to follow losers and see how they’re improving. he’s so good at basketball he has no need for that, duh.)

(in reality he has no need to stalk prospective opponents because nash does it for him.)

also actually headcanon that most of jason’s posts are videos of him breaking the hoop while dunking or just generally basketball action shots, because jason can’t pose in front of a camera to save his life

you can’t blame him really - that’s a lot of man to fit in one small lens

Haizaki Shougo

no profile photo, no posts: 100% anonymous account. man just uses his Instagram account to get material to jerk off too - pretty much every single account he follows is of an onlyfans model. (he would still be following some female classmates and kise’s ex girlfriend if not for the fact that they’ve all blocked him.)

in the end, haizaki has no friends to interact with and no aesthetic life he can post about, so why would be bother having a more social instagram

added bonus of the anonymous account is that he can use it to stalk others - and he does like his stalking. 

sometimes he stalks the gom’s accounts, and he tells himself it’s just to make fun of them being desperate for likes or looking pretentious, but really he gets a “what could have been” feeling from scrolling through all the photos (and it hurts -- especially seeing videos of them playing together like back in middle school.)

and sometimes haizaki stalks his fukuda sogo teammates. again, he tells himself it’s just to mock them, and he’ll see photos of them hanging out together and be like “what fucking losers who would want to be seen with them.” but there’s a little pang of loneliness in his heart all the same.

Yamazaki Hiroshi

has had the same instagram account since he was 10 and he never deletes or archives any posts so if you scroll far down enough, you’ll find videos of pre-pubescent him and hara doing ‘parkour’ (literally just jumping over benches and off swings) or those chain posts like “share this with five friends or you’ll be haunted forever.)

zaki’s is a private account with a couple hundred followers - his teammates obviously but also family, cousins, some classmates, some of hara’s catfish accounts, and even a couple fellow high school basketballers from distant enough teams that they somehow haven’t realised that zaki is a member of the infamous kiridai. 

he posts semi-regularly and mostly just very normal, mundane posts - photos from family holidays, a tasty udon noodle bowl he had the other day and maybe the occasional streetball photo (typically with one of the kiridai boys in the frame instead of zaki – zaki’s not a huge fan of photos of himself)

zaki’s feed is mostly hara’s shitposts and also streaming clips from his various video games, and if you do ever see his account in the ‘wild’, it will be him backing up hara’s finsta after hara made a particularly outrageous comment somewhere

because a real friendship takes two people: Person 1 who just stirs shit up, and Person 2 who defends Person 2’s shit-stirring by cursing out every commenter who criticises them

[cairoscene]

fic writer ask game 15 and 17!!

hewwo

15. What’s your favorite AU that you’ve written?

i'm really fond and proud of my ghostbat timetravel pwp au tho it's almost entirely canon just with the addition of khoa travels back in time to pop bruce's cherry. i have another fic on my forbidden ao3 account that's a fantasy space elf au that i really really enjoyed writing and tbh if i have a chance to put something in pseudo space i will

17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?

i doubt i'd be the only one to appreciate it but i really would love a robin-era jason fic about jason and musical theatre. i say this like i haven't already bothered fer & others incessantly but the au is this: jason is robin, and he's a good robin, and he goes to school and gets perfect grades, and he's on the football team (as a reserve) (just to have a plausible reason to explain away any visible bruises he gets while robining). but one day jason gets suspended for getting in a fight with the other team members over something justified, and through talking to the coach and the teachers, bruce discovers that....jason doesn't have a lot of friends at school. in fact he doesn't have a lot of extracurricular activities, he's pouring all of himself into robin and his schoolwork, and bruce realizes he doesn't want this for jason. (for dick it was different. dick made friends eventually, dick was a mathlete, dick signed up for school trips, and dick had the titans. bruce never needed to think about dick in that way).

so. bruce tries to talk to him about it, asks if jason even likes football. it doesn't go well--jason sees everything through the lens of what makes being robin easier rather than what's right for him. and then one day the manor gets a call from a teacher at the school--turns out that when jason had detention cleaning the gym, the drama teacher overheard him singing to himself as he worked, and she wants him to try out for the autumn musical (they're doing les mis). this goes in conjunction with a self-indulgent headcanon i have that jason's mom used to sing to him a lot and loved watching musicals. jason grew up singing sound of music and 42nd street and chicago and joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. and when his mom died so did the music. but you know who in the wayne house enthusiastically supports the theatre? alfred pennyworth. bruce and alfred have both overheard jason singing to himself once or twice and they know he has a good voice, but he never does it when anyone can hear. so alfred gets very excited about it and very encouraging, and jason agrees to at least audition, which he does (and he sings somewhere over the rainbow, which his mom used to sing for him). and then to his shock he gets cast as marius (secretly he wanted enjolras).

anyway. i literally could never shut up about it. i just want jason running lines with alfred and bruce picking jason up late from rehersals, i want jason discovering his bisexuality when he practice-kisses the girl who plays cosette (and then kisses-kisses the boy who plays enjolras at the cast party), i want dick coming up from bloodhaven on opening night with a bouquet of flowers and wolfwhistling from the audience when jason comes on stage, i want everyone tearing up when jason sings empty tables empty chairs, i want alfred posing proudly with jason for pictures after, i want jason grinning and happy and slowly opening up and then throwing his whole being into it and singing for his mom. wheeze if someone could write all that i'd be grateful

fic writer ask game

[chriscdcase95]

Wonder Woman WLW prompts

Alright, so you know how the DCEU incarnation Diana is popularly shipped with a multitude of female characters in both DC and Marvel media ?

Considering she has been walking the Earth for literal decades, I’m wondering where is that one fic of her many WLW romances over the decades are ?

Or possible poly groups she’d be involved in.

Just think of the potential (I say in my mad scientist voice).

Note: The following combines the DCEU, Arrowverse, and MCU into the same world. I don’t now how this would work, so let’s suspend our disbelief a bit. Originally this was just going to be a Superwondercorp post, but my ideas got the better of me.

MCU: 40′s era: Peggy (and Angie) are introduced to Diana temp housemate who would be staying with at Howard Stark’s estates as a guest. Heck, you want to go all the way with the Aunt Peggy headcanons for Kid!Tony, just imagine Aunt Diana!

DCEU: 80′s: You’ve got Diana pairing up with Barbara. I’ve seen plenty of those prompts already, although I am yet to see WW1984.

MCU: 90′s era: Carol Danvers, during one of her on and off stays on Earth happens across Diana while the two happened to be looking into rumor's of alien activity on Earth. Unlike what you’d expect they don’t come to blows, but have more of a rivals to lovers thing. Depending on Carol and Maria’s relationship at this point, we’d get more Aunt Diana.

Although given WandaVison, I’d figure at most Carol would be on and off with Maria, but her heart always leads her back to Maria.

Present Day: Okay this might be a little difficult, because I don’t know which one to settle on.

I’d like to  humor the idea of a Diana x Harley enemies to lovers thing, but taking their DCEU characters into account. I just find them too different and problematic to make it work; I would think that at the very least Diana’s friendship with Bruce, and Harley’s involvement with Jason Todd’s murder would be a point of contention between them, but that’s just me.

Then you got other MCU girls, and to be honest I’m kind of leaning to Natasha Romanov for this one, I just don’t know what version to go with so the following is something I did off the top of my head. 

Warning, it’s gonna be bittersweet because Endgame is a thing. I advise you to skip down to the Superwondercorp bit.

After the events of the Thanos snap, and during the five year time skip, Diana is among those unaffected by the snap. However the Justice League is fractured, brought about by their failure to aid in the fight with Thanos along with the Avengers. When Carol returns to Earth, Diana reunites with her, and with Tony whom she hasn’t seen since her days with Peggy. 

Initially, Diana would serve as another aunt figure to Morgan Stark, and over time however, she ends up bonding with Natasha with the latter holding down the fort with S.H.I.E.LD, with the weight of the world on each others shoulders, with the two working together in that department. The end result is Natasha becoming a “primary” girlfriend to Diana, while the two try to hold eachother together.

Diana doesn’t join in on the time travel heist, but she, and the Justice League, join in on the final battle with Thanos’ army. And when she learns of Natasha’s sacrifice...we see Diana in such a stage of superpowered rage we haven’t seen since her battle with Ares.

When the dust finally settles, and after Tony’s funeral service (which may include DC allies for this AU), Diana takes to mourning in private. She sets up a shrine to the lost loved ones she had over the decades, both lovers and those she considers family. We see Steve (Trevor), Peggy, Tony, Natasha among those she pays tribute too, and those she will always keep in her heart. She is approached by Clint who tells her that Tony isn’t the only one they are mourning that day; during Tony’s hologram speech to his family, we also get a montage of Nathasa’s friend and family (pretty much everyone who wasn’t in the Stark’s living room during the “I Love you 3000″ scene) passing Diana’s shrine to her, each leaving a rose under a picture of Natasha.....

Superwondercorp: Set also corresponding with an alternate version of Supergirl, season five. Set several months after this verse’s version of Endgame.

With the Justice League and Avengers readjusted into the world, Diana decides to take a small break after carrying the world for so long. She is slowly going back into her civilian life, and attending art galleries'. At one such gallary, she meets Lena Luthor, whom she is initially cautious with, but quickly the two grow on each other. 

For the sake of transparency, Diana reveals herself as Wonder Woman, figuring that Lena - as a Luthor - would already know considering this world Lex would already know their identities. As one gag, while Diana and Lena are drinking at Lena’s place, Diana reveals that Bruce Wayne is Batman, to which Lena is genuinely at a loss for words when she finds out.

Anyways, Diana notices and hears about Lena and Kara falling out, and takes it upon herself to fix their relationship. While she’s a freelance superhero, Diana still works with Kara and the two bond over that. We get no more William Dey in this AU; Diana shoots that down before it even starts and is the one who calls out his Nice Guy attitude.

Diana herself isn’t looking for a relationship, as she’s still raw over Natasha’s passing, and it usually takes her years, even decades to get into a new relationship. Despite this, the romantic tensions she feels for Lena and Kara is so thick, that Excalibur itself would break trying to cut it. In addition to the struggles Kara and Lena canonically go through, Diana’s struggle is trying not to fall in love so soon after Natasha. Not that it stops Diana from accidentally sleeping with both of them on two respective occasions.

Since season five technically didn’t get a proper ending, things would still be up in the air for now, but I figure that when Kara and Lena reconcile in the seasons “finale”, they both kiss a surprised Diana on the mouth. They then agree to talk things over after Lex is dealt with...

[tory-ben-hi-shelton]

my favourite quotes from code

"Okay, pal." Ben gripped our captive at both ends. "Count your blessings that my friend here is a total softy."

It'd been nice fishing alone with Ben. The two of us didn't spend much one-on-one time together, and he often went mute when Hi and Shelton were around. Probably because those two never let anyone get a word in edgewise.

"Don't be such a baby." I teased. "They're practically lap dogs."

"Lap dogs won't rip your face off. Or eat you."

"All in all," Shelton said, "this is a tremendously dumb game."

"You're a dumb game." Hi shot back.

More dramatic moans, but the boys stopped what they were doing.

"Fine." Hi.

"Whatever." Shelton.

"One time." Ben held up a single finger. "One."

"This game is popular?" Ben was sitting on his tackle box in the shade of a large Elm. "Sounds pretty nerdtastic to me."

"We can't all practice birdcalls like you."

"Honey, in my day a young lady didn't speak to her elders like that. We were taught manners." I was about to further reduce her opinion of my upbringing when the shade to Kit's office rose.

Kit once said I terrify him. He meant it in a good way. I think. Pretty sure.

"Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!"

"Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a diet coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat."

"Tory!!!"

"Later." Jason tossed a head nod to Hi and Shelton as he passed them. The Two Stooges clumsily returned the gesture.

Shelton drifted back to my side wearing a sly grin. "That was smooth, player."

"Shut it."

"I know." I signed, turned. Ben often knew what I was thinking.

Shelton rapped a short sting of characters just above the signature: Hemxvivobz

"That's useful." Hi said. "Sounds like a sex position."

"Like everything you do is cool," Hi snorted. "Still have that ninja costume you wore to my twelfth birthday party?"

"Ben, that's brilliant."

Suddenly, the boy was all blushes.

"No big deal. Easy, really."

"We have got to work on our decision making process." Shelton was shaking his head. "Right now we just follow Tory over every cliff."

"Oh, boohoo." I mocked. "Get moving."

Already handsome, flaring took his attractiveness to a whole new level. His coppery skin practically glowed in the evening light. I turned quickly, surprised by the colour rising to my cheeks.

Ben took a breathe, seemed to realize how hard he was clutching me. His hand dropped as if burned.

"Come on Shel-Dogg," Hi stuck out a fist. "After everything we've done, the dark shouldn't scare you anymore."

"And yet, it does." A moment passed, then Shelton reluctantly bumped Hi's fist.

Terrified, I lunged towards my wolf dog. An arm circled my wait and dragged me to the ground.

"Just follow my lead." Code for: I have no idea.

"Very nice," I said. "I wasn't aware break dancing was back in style."

"Now you are." Hi popped open a bag of Bugles. "I also do a killer mime."

Ben smiled for the first time all afternoon. It was nice to see. When he deigned to flash his pearly whites, Ben went from sullen boy to charming young man. I much preferred the latter.

"What happened?"

"A crazy female line backer pummeled my chest." Hi grumbled. "She's still pinning me to the ground. And she isn't as light as she might think."

Their Cinderella run had made Shelton and Hi popular with the older kids. The two were joking and talking trash, seemingly holding their own. For some reason, this made me proud. What an odd thought.

Without thinking, I launched myself at Ben, catching him off guard. The weight of my body knocked him over backward. Never hesitating, I jumped on his chest and started slapping his face.

Ben was slouched in the copilots chair, too dizzy to stand.

"He's no good for you," Ben said abruptly. "Doesn't deserve you."

"Just be quiet." Soft. "We're almost home."

Ben's eyes were slits. "That guy, he's..." His hand rose, fell. "Dime a dozen. Doesn't know anything. About you. The real you."

Mercifully, Ben trailed off. In moments, he was snoring.

Hi and I headed for the lot. I hoped Wimpy and Vomitasaurus and gotten their acts together.

"Off-limits." Shelton muttered. I chose not to hear.

"I could kiss you, Tory."

"Some other time."

"Choir practice?" Ben rolled his eyes. "Perhaps your worst cover story ever."

Hi grabbed Shelton by the cheeks. "You, sir, are a genius." He leaned forward to kiss eachother one.

"I try." Shelton flailed as Hi his first sloppy smacker. "Man, get off me!"

"Problem? Why?"

Hi looked at me strangely. "We're a little busy Friday night."

"Busy? Doing what?"

The boys exchanged a look. Hi snorted.

"I don't know about you," Shelton said, "but I'm escorting my friend Victoria to her debutante ball."

"Fine! I won't go anywhere else alone. Ever again. Scouts honour."

"You're not a scout," Hi pointed out. "No loopholes, Miss Brennan."

I nearly ground my teeth. "On my honour as a lady, Hiram."

"Excellent! I accept."

Hi lifted the heavy cream envelope penned with my name. "What's this?"

"Oh, that." Could anything matter less right now? "You guys are gonna love it."

I passed along our invitation to the Claybourne Manor. Their groans drew every eye in the room.

"Ben, stop the boat."

He looked at me funny. "We're in the middle of the ocean, Victoria."

"Jason's my friend," I said quietly, "but he's not a Viral. He's not part of my pack. He'll never mean as much to me as you do."

Ben's eyes snapped to meet mine. He stared at me intently. I felt my cheeks burn.

"And Hi and Shelton, of course." I added quickly.

"Of course."

"We're always one step behind. Running straight into whatever direction the Gamemaster points. He's owning us right now. Scripting our every freaking move!"

Abruptly Ben was beside me, his hand finding mine. "Later, Tor."

Voices intruded from far away.

"Oh man, she really did it this time!"

"Should we call a nurse?" Panicky. "An ambulance?"

"And say what, exactly?" hissed a third. "That our friend passed out after some bad telepathy?"

I considered running away. Joining a travelling circus. I had a savings account, and a tiny trust fund courtesy of Aunt Tempe. I could probably get as far as Singapore before anyone noticed. I'm very resourceful.

Hi, naturally, had opted for flair. His tux was crushed purple velvet with tails, accented by all white silk—tie, vest, gloves and suspenders. He completed the outfit with a freaking top hat and cane. Whitney had nearly fainted on seeing him.

Ben lurched forward to catch my elbow. "Jason will escort her."

Unable to speak, I thanked him with my eyes. "You'll do great," Ben whispered, patting my hand. "Just picture them all in their underwear." I gave a decidedly unladylike snort.

"Don't choke, Boat Girl."

I almost laughed. "Step off, bitch."

"Oh, we're, um playing a pretty serious game of Dungeons and Dragons," Hi stammered. "I'm, like, the head ... unicorn master, and Tory has to find my magic... beans. Seeds."

Hi cracked the door. "Ladies first."

"Why, thank you, sir."

For the hell of it, I dropped into another formal curtesy. The boys snickered. Then, straightening their soiled garments as best they could, gave me a polite round of applause.

"You okay, Tor?" Shelton had a sandbag on one shoulder, hauled up from the beach. "We don't have time for an ER run."

"We could amputate," Hi suggested. "Shelton, get the whiskey."

"Comedians, both of you."

"I dreamed it."

"Aha! You dreamed it." Hi yawned and rubbed both his eyes. "I think it's time we get you medicated."

"Good thing we're Virals," Ben said.

Our eyes met. He actually smiled.

"I'm with Tory," Ben said firmly. "To the end."

"Thank you." I felt a rush of affection. When it really matters, I can always count on Ben.

I stared at Ben, aghast, incapable of speech. My friend. My confidant. Trusted above all others on earth.

[addicted-to-dc]

Red Hood’s Little Monster (Part 6)- Red Hood/Jason Todd X Gender fluid!Reader

Welp, I’m actually posting something! Hopefully you all will enjoy this VERY long fic. Also, I currently do not have my tag list on me, so I cannot tag anyone for a while, not until I can find my list.

Warnings: Anger issues? Flirting?

"Come on, man, you gotta help me out," you begged, barely suppressing the urge to roll your eyes at your own words. "I just need one identity, I don't care who, but I need one now."

Norm shook his head, pacing around the room while biting his nail, "You know that I can't do it in less than a day! I need at least a week in advance to do it, to make sure it is prepared properly and won't get any red flags! You know if you get caught while using a passport and documents from me, that could damage my reputation!"

"Oh come on! You gave me one in three days," you spat, trying to keep your emotions in control, "and I'm offering double the pay that I gave you that time! I don't give a shit what gender, race, hell, I don't care what age, just give me a goddamn passport and a picture of the poor bastard. You know that I can handle situations like these, can you?"

He pointed at you, shaking his hand as he muttered a few curses. Wiping his face, he scratched his beard as he thought up for some type of solution, something that could save him from being killed by you. As soon as he thought of something, he ran into the back room and dug through his things, searching for the one type of person that would guarantee her a way to escape. Grasping onto the documents, he walked back into the room and handed you what you requested.

Looking over the documents, you scanned over the man in the photo. He had a handsome face, but his face would definitely blend in. His dark skin glowed in the sunlight of the photo, making his dark brown eyes look like honey.

"What happened to him?" you asked Norm, pocketing the documents.

"Disappeared without a trace," he replied solemnly. "He had no family, friends, or next of kin, so you will not deal with any unwanted attention."

"Did you know him?" you questioned, watching his eyes shift to the floor. "If this is too personal I will not take-"

"No, take it," Norm stated, waving you off. "He was a... a good guy, a loving one, too, but his kindness got him killed. It's somewhat comforting that a little bit of him will be back, y' know?"

You nodded, "Thank you, Norm. The money will be transferred to you tomorrow, I just need to get a head start before drawing attention to your bank account."

"I know the drill by now," he chuckled, patting you on the shoulder. "Stay safe out there."

"You, too," you replied, adjusting your jacket before leaving the building.

Stepping out into the sun, you pulled your sunglasses onto your face and continued forward, determined to slink back into the shadows like you always did. You had the upper hand now, but for how long? They had more resources than you by far, but it would take time for them to get everything. Your father's quarrel with Bruce Wayne would spark arguments if he requested help from him, but there was the possibility that his familial instincts will suspend the fighting.

Huffing, you moved forward on your path, heading to the nearest alley to shift. It wasn't the most inconspicuous, but it was better than going into a populated area and having questions arise. Leaning against the wall, you breathed heavily as you looked at the picture of the man, absorbing his image into your head as your body started to burn. Gritting your teeth, you felt as your muscles, bones, and other insides shift and grow, creating an exact copy of him. The shift was oddly less painful than your last ones, but you couldn't focus on that now. Pulling your hood up, you stretched out before walking out the other end of the alley, quickly getting used to the height difference of this body.

Opening your wallet, you pulled out the ID of your previous form, folding it in half and snapping it before throwing it into the nearest dumpster. Digging into your pocket, you slid the new one in, staring and memorizing all of the information. He had a California license, had a height of 5'11" and weighed 194 pounds. His birth date was August 20th, 1995, and his address was Norm's. You would read the documents containing more information on the way to your destination, but now you needed to sell the look of someone traveling. Looks like you were going to blow a lot of cash.

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Walking through the airport, you pulled your cheap carry on suitcase, which was filled with clothes and other useless items, as you continued forward. You made sure not to look at the cameras, knowing that it would draw attention to you. Sighing, you glanced around and rubbed your eye, your exhaustion getting the better of you. Your contact had assured you that you wouldn't have to deal with security, especially when you still had your suit on. As advanced as it was, it wouldn't make it past the metal detectors that nearly all were required to pass through.

Clutching the handle, you looked around for your contact, searching for her obnoxious bright red hair. Before you could notice someone running behind you, you felt an impact against your back. It nearly made you throw a punch, but you were able to see her head notched into your neck before you made the mistake. Smiling, you laughed and turned around, hugging her to keep the act going. Her honey-colored eyes stared into yours as the both of you pulled away, but kept close physical contact.

"It's been a while since we've seen each other," she smiled, wrapping an arm around your waist, "and I must add that's one delicious form you've taken."

You chuckled at the redhead, remembering how much you hated her personality, "Might I remind you that I am a minor."

"A minor that can shapeshift into a very scrumptious adult," she smirked, removing her hand from your waist, "but I know my boundaries."

She led you through a corridor away from the TSA infested area of the airport. The sound of your footsteps reverberated through the hall, making you scan the area cautiously. From what you memorized of the blueprints of the airport, you were heading back to the loading dock, and your plan did not include going there.

"Is there a bathroom somewhere I can go before we leave?" you asked, looking around. "The coffee is kicking in."

"Don't worry, assassin, they think you're taking a private jet in the opposite direction," she stated, continuing forward. "Your plan worked, but we needed to take a more subtle route to our flight."

You didn't like the change in your plans, but even you knew that she was telling the truth. The Mya you knew wouldn't sell a customer out, especially if the customer could snap her neck before she could realize it, but that didn't mean that this was Mya.

"How's your brother and sister?" you asked, remaining behind her.

"They're okay, Gram is still in college and Grace dropped out, she's focusing on the family business currently," she replied, turning around. "Why the sudden curiosity?"

You shrugged, glaring down at her, "Because Grace is dead, you were the one who asked me to kill her, remember?"

Before she could react, you had her pinned against the wall, using your weight to keep her there. One hand held her own down while the other had her neck in its grip, squeezing just enough to make sure she wouldn't try anything.

"Who's helping my father, telepath?" you questioned her, squeezing tighter.

She dropped her disguise, revealing herself to be Miss Martian and telling you everything you needed. Without hesitation, you released her and let her fall to the ground. You ran a hand through your hair, frustrated beyond belief.

"How did they find me?" you asked yourself pacing around, completely ignoring the incapacitated Martian beneath you. "This chase needs to end right now, I can't stand this frustrating goose chase."

Rubbing your face, you sighed and glanced at the Martian, examining her while she tried to recover her breath. She was a white Martian, which was rather odd all things considering. You couldn't remember if they were outcasts of Mars or something else, but you didn't care at the moment.

"Are they waiting for me at the exit?" you asked, watching as she nodded 'yes'. "Well, I better go greet them."

Continuing down the corridor, you tried to mentally prepare yourself for what was about to occur. There had to be more than one hero helping them out, there definitely had to be. You had to admit you were slightly surprised that heroes would help the Outlaws, but who were you to judge the heroes' choices. They're always going off about 'discovering your better self' and 'forgiveness is always an option if you mean it' or however it's phrased.

You didn't believe in that crap, and you knew that if someone was trying to kill you, you wouldn't be given those options. You were too dangerous to be kept alive, too dangerous to be around potential loved ones when all you had to hear was a few code words to make you lose control and kill those around you. You couldn't risk that, especially when Talia al-Ghul has a thing for your father's family, your adoptive grandfather if you can even call him that.

You resisted the urge to pull out your weapon as you got closer the exit, making it more difficult to keep your nerves on edge. As soon as you rounded the corner, the three Outlaws could be clearly seen blocking the doorway.

"Unpleasant to see you three again," you stated calmly, examining your surroundings. "Where are the other junior heroes?"

"Somewhere around," your father replied coolly. "Now, are you going to come with us consciously or unconsciously?"

"I was expecting to explain everything before you'd make that decision for me," you answered, remaining vigilant. "If I come with you, death will follow. The League of Assassins will see it as an opportunity to weaken its enemies, and I will not be able to stop them from doing so. So, if you value your lives and the ones around you, I suggest you let me disappear and let go whatever semblance of fatherly instinct you developed. I'm not yours, I wasn't raised by you, I wasn't taught to love or look up to you, we just share a genetic code."

You waited for a response, some sort of reaction from your father, but you couldn't identify anything from his body language. His red helmet obscured his face, which gave him the upper hand in this current situation.

Pinching the bridge of your nose, your frustration grew exponentially as his silence continued, "Are you going to just stand there, or actually respond to me?"

He stepped forward, making your hand instinctively go for your weapon, "The League can't touch you, (Y/N), we'll make sure of it."

"You can't be serious," you said, nearly laughing at his statement. "They are everywhere, no matter how secure it is. If they aren't affiliated with them, they are being blackmailed or have their families on a watch. They know how to break anyone, hell, they broke the great Batman many times."

"I am not Batman," he nearly growled, "and the League will have to go through me to get to you."

"This is exactly what they want," you sighed, knowing what would transpire in the future if you went with them.

Arsenal stepped forward, patting your father on the shoulder before looking in your direction, "Listen, kid, we'll make some precautions if that will ease your conscience. Even if it happens, we'll be able to deal with it."

Gritting your teeth, you punched the wall beside you, punching through to the next room. You retracted your hand and sighed, your anger contained for the moment. Thinking about your other options, you could escape them once again, but they would find you again and again. Dusting off your hand, you stomped toward the three adults and walked past them.

"Let's go before I change my mind," you huffed, hoping that you would not regret your decision in the future.

[pavspatch]

Tigers fans hoping Beckford will pep up goals tally

Non-league Football Preview

⚫️ COVID-19: If you’re at a game tomorrow please adhere to all social-distancing guidelines. For more information, including admission, visit  individual club websites. Use the NHS covid-19 app and look for the NHS QR posters — specific to each club — which offer a simple and secure way for everyone aged 16 and over to register their attendance. This will help NHS Test-and-Trace identify people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The app is available on Android and iOS at: https://covid19.nhs.uk/help-downloading.html

NEW signing Ethan Beckford comes into the reckoning tomorrow (Saturday) when HYDE UNITED face Pitching In south/east division side Frickley Athletic at Ewen Fields in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy. While the Tigers have a respectable goals tally, they have occasionally looked a little blunt  up front and manager Dave McGurk must be hoping Beckford is the man to sharpen things up. He could enter the side in place of Louis Myers who misses out with a damaged knee. Beckford, who is the son of former Mossley boss Jason and nephew of 1980s Manchester City forward Darren, has played most of his football in North America with Toronto and Pennsylvania State University. He made one appearance for Curzon Ashton last season. Wide-man Chinedu Uche is fit to play after a sore back forced him to be substituted in Tuesday's 1-0 defeat at Mickleover — Hyde's first game after an enforced two-week covid lay-off. So far this season, GLOSSOP NORTH END have found themselves facing the top clubs from their division week after week. It gets no easier tomorrow when their opponents at the Amdec Forklifts Stadium are unbeaten first division north/west leaders Workington. Midfielder Harry Freedman joins the squad from Stalybridge Celtic on a gentleman's agreement similar to the one that applied to Kyle Hawley who was recalled to Bower Fold ten days ago. A former Halifax Town player, Harry is the son of Scotland and Crystal Palace manager Dougie. Devon Matthews, who has impressed with strong and effective displays in central defence, is available after coming off last week. Lee Wilshaw, Ali Sheriff and Yves Zama have all suffered minor setbacks to their recoveries. The return of Mike Brewster, Tom Bentham and goalkeeper Greg Hartley, offers some hope to ASHTON UNITED who welcome Clitheroe from the first division north/west, but the list of absences remains a long one Sam Sheridan is sidelined with a possible broken bone in his foot and is awaiting scan results. Stavros Tsperes (ankle) and Sam Baird (groin) are also out. Mike Raynes and Chris Dagnall are suspended. Former Stafford Rangers defender Connor Taylor has been signed on a month's loan from Stoke City. STALYBRIDGE CELTIC travel to in-form Marine in confident mood after their morale-boosting first league win of the season against Morpeth on Tuesday. Injuries deprive manager Simon Haworth of Damani  Holmes and Ben Woods while left-back James Ellison is unavailable as he is on loan from Marine and not allowed to play against his parent club. Keano Deacon is 50/50 to return from a damaged hamstring that has kept him out for a month. Each winning club in the FA Trophy receives £3,750. The losers get £1,000. MOSSLEY boss Dave Fish is likely to name a similar line-up to the one that drew at Kendal for the visit to Widnes. Ben Richardson (injury) and Andy Keogh (illness) are both ruled out. Steve Cunningham is asking people not to take the National League North table into account as his CURZON ASHTON side prepare to meet Darlington at the Tameside Stadium. Although the Quakers are in 20th place without a win, they have only played two matches. "The table presents a false picture. Darlington have done very well in the FA Cup and when I watched them play Cambridge City they showed a great attacking threat," said the Nash manager. "They've also boosted their squad with a few signings and got a couple of injured players back. It's not going to be easy." Midfielder Robbie Evans returns after an enforced covid-related break but in what Cunningham describes as a bit of a blow, defender Marcus Poscha remains sidelined with a back complaint. He added: "We only have a small squad and some players are feeling the strain of playing  90 minutes three times a week. I'll never use injuries as an excuse but we will be bringing some people in over the next ten days to give us a bit of competition, a bit more depth, and to let us give some lads a rest. "But there's no rush. They have to be right for the club and for what we're trying to achieve here." Darlington boss Alun Armstrong is looking forward to visiting the Tameside Stadium. He explained: "The pitch its the best in the league and it should suit us. But anything can happen on the day, so we’ve got to make sure we’re at it, concentrate on ourselves and get the job done. We’re in a decent place but we need three points. “Curzon have strengthened a lot better than some expected. They’ve brought in players who would get in any National League North team, so it’s going to be a tough game. They usually bring in young lads on loan and have a go." Armstrong remains without the injured Will Hatfield and Dave Atkinson but Portuguese-born attacking midfielder Erico Sousa, signed from Tadcaster Albion, is in line to make his debut.

[tessatechaitea]

Batman #440

Look at this beautiful cover! I don't know why I even read modern comics.

But don't worry! He's The Batman! He doesn't know what the word "mortal" means!

Some kid on a bike stood off in the distance taking pictures of Batman battling Ravager. At least I'm assuming it's a kid simply because he rode their on his BMX. He might also be a DUI. Whatever, the kid slash drunk with a suspended license rides seems to know Batman is actually Bruce Wayne and that Dick Grayson is Robin and/or Nightwing. Hopefully he captured the moment Batman kicked Ravager off of the dam and into the churning water below so that when The Ravager's body turns up, Batman can finally be exposed for the fraud he almost certainly is! Nobody fights crime for years, beating the shit out of everybody he meets, without killing a couple of criminals! Batman just can't admit that he's killed anybody at this point because Superman would have a field day lording it over him.

Oh! I wonder if the little girl spelled the name of my blog?! Good for her!

How is a conservative supposed to enjoy this Batman comic book after Wolman takes that shot at George Bush?! Ha ha! That was a rhetorical question. I don't really care if a conservative can't enjoy this comic book now. Get fucked, snowflakes! Some guy's radio convinces him to kill Batman. Again, I guess, since it looks like he's the one who sent Ravager after Batman. Is he also the guy on the bike? I don't know! It's possible I'm supposed to have figured out who this guy is six pages in but I'd hate to truly believe that because then I'd have to admit I'm stupid. And there's one thing a stupid person will never admit to being is stupid! Just try it! Call somebody you know is stupid stupid and see how quickly they retort, "I am not! I'm smart!" Then call a smart person stupid and watch how they just smugly laugh in your face and go about their business. It's the easiest intelligence test in the world! By the way, I'm not stupid! Batman crawls back to Wayne Manor where Alfred is ready to give him a good doctoring.

Oh, did I say "doctoring"? I meant "buggering".

Look, I said I wasn't stupid! I know Alfred isn't really fucking Batman in the ass in that picture. It's actually just Batman vomiting up the bed sheets he ate earlier. Alfred looks on at Bruce sleeping after the "doctoring" and thinks, "He looks so tired. He has since Jason passed away." "Passed away"?! Jason was brutally murdered by The Joker! Stop being so passive in your language! I mean, you even say "he looks so tired" instead of admitting the man is fucking exhausted! Fuck, why do I expect anything but passivity from the man who allowed a traumatized child to turn into a violent, obsessive, death-wish holding, bat-cosplaying maniac?! Send that kid to counseling, you idiot! My version of DC's Zero Hour would have led to a Batman had counseling as a child and became more noble and non-violent than even Superman. A man who used his money to help his community to actually get better rather than reliving the pain and trauma of his youth night after night. And Superman would been found by the Kents who wouldn't have taken him illegally into their family. They would have run him through the system where he would have become a bitter and cynical child of the American foster program. He'd be even grimmer than Return of the Dark Knight Batman! Wonder Woman would still be Wonder Woman but instead of using the invisible technology for her jet, she'd have used it for her costume. Oh! I just realized the stupid kid on the bike is Tim Drake! I think I remember him getting his Robin series with the fancy covers during my first year of college. I probably would have remembered this earlier if it hadn't been thirty years since I read this comic book and also I was better at retaining DC history!

This was the clue that made me remember Tim Drake!

If I scan all of the panels where Dick Grayson's first name is used innocently in a way that makes me laugh, I won't have time for any inciteful commentary! And yes I spelled it that way on purpose. I've been doing this gig for eight years and I'm fairly certain I can take credit for five different riots.

Sometimes?! SOMETIMES you wonder?! You should be kissing Alfred's ass every fucking morning you wake up alive, you ingrate!

Alfred lectures Batman about how careless he's become since Jason's death. Instead of responding by saying, "No, you're right, Alfred. I've been a wreck," or "It might be twenty years too late but maybe I should look into therapy," or even, "Alfred, I know you care. But somebody has to protect the people of Gotham," he doesn't say a thing. He just sits there grinding his teeth angrily pouting. Alfred must not have perfected his tough love approach pre-Zero Hour. Alfred's words have an effect on Batman. He slows down the next night and thinks with his head instead of whatever he was thinking with before. He said that, not me! He was looking at his fists when he said it but you know what his head was thinking about. Using the detective part of his repertoire, Batman finally realizes that Two-Face is behind the attempts on his life. He curses himself because it should have been obvious. But it's only obvious after you realize Two-Face is behind it! I mean, I almost figured it out on the second (2nd!) page when Batman thought, "The Ravager, in the past two weeks he had killed as many policemen." If only I had gone on the rant I was going to go on about that only being two cops (which, obviously, is two too many! Whew! Good thing I said that before the Blue Lives Matters bullies descended upon me!). Maybe I would have been all, "Only 2 cops! Over 2 weeks! And this clue on the 2nd page. OH MY GOD! Two-Face!" Tim Drake decides to hunt down Nightwing because he knows how much Batman needs Dick. But he doesn't find him at Titans Tower nor at his apartment which he shares with Starfire. Although Tim does remain on stakeout watching Kory through his binoculars until after she's showered. I think Tim Drake just discovered a dick he hadn't been looking for! Is that inappropriate? He's like twelve or something right? I think making a boner joke about a twelve year old is okay. I just thought, for a second, he might be eight or nine. That would be crossing some kind of imaginary line that I can't see but everybody else seems to notice for me all of the time, judging by all of their judging. Batman #440 Rating: A. Yeah, I know, right?! I gave a comic book written by Marv Wolfman an A! But it was co-plotted by George Perez who probably had all the good ideas, like the Alfred lecture and the Two-Face reveal and keeping Tim Drake's identity a mystery by having the reader look through his eyes and avoiding putting him in rooms with a mirror. Not that anybody would recognize him! I mean, they might. I think he was introduced a few issues prior to this. But who pays that close attention to comic books?! Fucking nerds, that's who! I'm using the term "nerd" in the 80s sense where it's a devastating insult that means your head is about to be shoved into a toilet bowl hopefully devoid of urine or feces and not the modern use of the word nerd where people use it as some kind of cutesy brag that they're into nerd culture. "Oh, I'm such a nerd! Tee hee!" Man, I wish every ticket to Avengers End Game came with a surprise swirly on the way to the theater! Just for the, you know, authenticity! People should have to remember the actual consequences nerds had to once deal with!

[djdobrikk-blog]

Life’s a Circus

David was driving, his fingers tapping the wheel to the rhythm of the music playing in the background of his conversation. Trish was seated in the back, busily scrolling through her phone. Jason sat in the passenger seat, as usual. The three were tossing back and forth ideas for David’s next prank.

“I think the best way to go about it would obviously be getting someone we don’t know.” Jason continued their conversation.

“Obviously,” David responded absentmindedly, his eyes lingering on the road, his mind clearly busy. “I want them to flip. It doesn’t have to be some big elaborate thing, it just needs to have... shock factor! It has to be good,” his hand subconsciously gripped his chin in thought.

Jason nodded thoughtfully, unlocking his phone, searching his mind for ideas.

“I can see it already,” David continued with a breathy chuckle. “‘CRAZY STALKER FAN BREAKS INTO MY HOUSE?! (FREAKOUT)’” He recites, punctuating the title with the waving of his hand. Smirking, he glanced at Jason, tongue between his teeth.

Jason wheezed his classic laugh, “You’re wild, David.” Jason acknowledges, his eyebrows raised concernedly but the raised corners of his mouth tell a different story.

David chuckled. “I just don’t know how to pull it off. I can’t think of anybody convenient that won’t get immediately recognized.”

Trisha perks up in the backseat. “Oh my god oh my god! I can’t believe I just remembered. There’s this girl I have connections with through my dancing lessons. I don’t think anyone would know her and she’s super funny and chill.”

“Yes Trish! Well let’s see her then.” Jason chimes in victory, raising his fist excitedly as he turns to address her in the back seat.

Trisha eagerly types away at her phone and an instagram account immediately pops up. David flips the Tesla on autopilot and swivels to take a look. “Her name is Y/N. She’s the sweeeetest girl you’ll ever meet.” Trisha describes as she turns the phone to display to the boys. Jason holds the phone, scrolling through her feed. David’s mouth parted slightly, his fingers resting on his lips as he analyzed her profile.

[DAVID’S POV]

She was stunning. Not in the “cookie-cutter instagram model fashionista” way. She was something different... something special. The first thing i noticed was her smile; her eyes sparkled and her nose crinkled in the most charming way, her mouth stretching across her flawless complexion. Her instagram feed matched her smile perfectly, consisting of bright, giddy pictures, most seeming to have been taken candidly. I noticed a lot of athletic clothing and settings, including what appeared to be a leotard and silk you would typically see in a circus. “Is she some sort of athlete?” I asked, tapping on one of the pictures of her dangling daintily from a circle suspended in the air.

Trisha smiles and nods enthusiastically. “Oh my god David you won’t believe this.” I smiled and looked up from the phone screen at Trish, anticipating. She continued, “She was literally raised in a circus! isn’t that crazy? And now she’s a professional gymnast and she does stunts for movies and crazy shit like that. Its kind of unbelievable how talented she is. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

My eyes lit up, a spark igniting in my brain. “Did you say stunts?” I smirked, my mind already whirling with ideas.

Trisha giggled mischievously. “Uh oh, I think I gave David an ideaa.” She sang. Jason chuckled.

“This might just be perfect.” Jason said as he continued to scroll through her feed. “She’s not following any of us and none of us follow her. She’s a complete stranger!”

Trisha was clasping her hands excitedly. “Oooohoohoohoo yess!” She laughed. Suddenly her eyes lit up, “Did I mention she has a motorcycle?!”

My eyes widened with excitement. “You’ve got a deal.” I said laughing, turning around and placing my hands back on the steering wheel. This was going to be perfect.

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Hi guys! Sooooo this is my second piece. Im not sure how i feel about it yet... idk. please give me feedback aaaah. I want to be more consistent with my writing. i’m kind of rusty. I hope this is satisfactory for the time being. i’m hoping to maybe make this into a series??? if all turns out well?? please please let me know what you think it’d be sooooo helpful! thanks for reading I hope you all enjoy and have a nice day!! also i’m taking recommendations on the title... i’m horrible lol. also also, I started writing this before all the trish drama, so pls just ignore and pretend lollllll...

[orpheusahulani-blog]

-- behind the curtain.

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Orpheus Ahulani. PRONUNCIATION: /ˈɔːfɪəs/ MEANING: Perhaps related to Greek ορφνη meaning ‘the darkness of night’. In Greek mythology Orpheus was a poet and musician who went to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife Eurydice. NICKNAME(S): None officially, although they whisper diavolo in his wake. PREFERRED NAME(S): Orpheus. BIRTH DATE: 19th November 1977. AGE: 39. ZODIAC: Scorpio. GENDER: Masculine. PRONOUNS: He/him. SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual. NATIONALITY: Italian. ETHNICITY: Half Native Hawaiian, half a mixture of German, Irish and Native American. CURRENT LOCATION: Verona. Italy. TITLE(S): The INSTIGATOR of Verona; Verona’s Robin Hood; Il Diavolo di Verona; variously.

BACKGROUND

BIRTHPLACE: Verona, Italy. HOMETOWN: Verona, Italy. SOCIAL CLASS: Lower class. EDUCATION LEVEL: No formal education, his parents didn’t believe it to be of any use. Everything he knows, he learned on the streets. FATHER: Joseph Ahulani [deceased]. MOTHER: Katherine Ahulani (née O’Leary) [deceased]. SIBLING(S): Hermes Ahulani [deceased]. BIRTH ORDER: Eldest. CHILDREN: None. PET(S): None. OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: None, every member of his family is deceased. He is the last Ahulani. PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: He doesn’t have relationships, not in the conventional sense, but there is a string of bodies in his wake. The most notable previous/current/future relationship he has is with Theodora Moreau. ARRESTS?: None, he’s too careful (and too good). PRISON TIME?: No.

OCCUPATION & INCOME

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: Crime. Whether it’s petty crime or organised crime, Orpheus’ web is wide-ranging and many-stranded, and his empire works like a well-oiled machine. SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: Measure by Measure, his fight club. He runs bets, he offers prize money, and sources cash through various other legal and illegal channels. TERTIARY SOURCE(S) OF INCOME: A bar he owns called the Grifone. APPROXIMATE AMOUNT PER YEAR: It’s hard to say exactly how much his legions bring in daily, but it’s enough to keep him more than comfortable and to feed and clothe the poor of Verona, to keep their loyalty unwavering. No-one really knows, other than him, and it’s not something he’d ever disclose. CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: He’s content, for now, to play the Capulet game, but eventually he plans to flip the table and sever his chains. PAST JOB(S): None, he’s always walked the path of criminality. SPENDING HABITS: He spends little, his only indulgences are good whisky, good cigars, and books. MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION: A rare first edition of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, his favourite novel. He used it to teach himself Russian when he decided it would be a useful skill to have, and what better version of the book than the very original?

SKILLS & ABILITIES

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Extremely powerful, both due to height and physical size. OFFENCE: His best attack is simply his bulk, his strength. A single well-placed punch is often enough to settle most disputes. DEFENCE: Defence isn’t normally necessary when he chooses to fight, but perhaps his best defence is his high pain tolerance, which enables him to carry on even after sustaining injury. SPEED: He is necessarily quick, as often his job will require evasive action, particularly if a con does not go according to plan, but he is not especially fast, relying more on endurance than out-and-out speed to outlast and loseany pursuers. INTELLIGENCE: He has no formal education, but as with all proficient con-men, has acquired knowledge and skills that will enable him to hold conversation in any social milieu he chooses. He has a fair head for calculations, necessary due to his lack of trust in anyone other than himself to keep track of his accounts, and reasonable emotional intelligence, or at least perceptiveness. ACCURACY: Accurate shot; precise in hand-to-hand combat (when he wants to be); incisive mind. AGILITY: Greater than expected for someone of his stature, a necessary by-product of his operations as a thief. STAMINA: High endurance, both mental and physical, and high pain tolerance. TEAMWORK: He is not one for collaboration or cooperation, preferring to do things himself and trusting himself above all others. He will work with others when absolutely necessary, but has no qualms about jumping ship at the first sign of failure. A notable exception to this is Theodora, with whom, in his own opinion, he works spectacularly. TALENTS: Extensive range of criminal talents: picking pockets; picking locks; cracking safes; confidence tricks. Decent singer and guitar player. Extremely capable fighter. His ability to charm, when he wants to, and his eloquence. SHORTCOMINGS: Cruelty; arrogance; dishonesty; short temper; emotionlessness. LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: Italian, English, Hawaiian, moderate Russian, some French and Spanish. DRIVE?: Yes. JUMP-STAR A CAR?: Yes. CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: Yes. RIDE A BICYCLE?: Yes. SWIM?: Yes. PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: Yes, the guitar.. PLAY CHESS?: Yes. BRAID HAIR?: Yes. He often keeps at least one braid tucked away somewhere inside his mane of hair, often secured with a metal ring. TIE A TIE?: Yes. PICK A LOCK?: Yes, and crack a safe also.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

FACE CLAIM: Jason Momoa. EYE COLOUR: Green, flecked with brown and gold. HAIR COLOUR: Dark brown at the roots, bleached lighter at the tips by years of keeping it long and exposing it to sunlight. HAIR TYPE/STYLE: Long to the collar-bone and wavy. GLASSES/CONTACTS?: No. DOMINANT HAND: Right, but taught himself to write with both and shoot with both. HEIGHT: 6′ 5″. WEIGHT: 230 lbs. BUILD: Muscular. EXERCISE HABITS: He exercises regularly, sometimes lifting weights and running, sometimes simply by fighting. SKIN TONE: Typical to that of a Pacific Islander. TATTOOS: A tribal cuff around his left forearm; a skull on his right hand. PIERCINGS: None currently. He’s had various ear piercings over the years, but grew tired of them once he was out of his twenties. MARKS/SCARS: Various: a long, jagged scar down his left side, from a knife, sustained in a brawl years ago; a scar that cuts through his eyebrow, from a shard of glass; various other scars on his hands, inevitable consequences of the life he leads - grazes, burns, scratches, e.t.c. Small oval birthmark on the back of his left knee. NOTABLE FEATURES: Height; wild, untamable hair; burning, intense eyes that never rest. USUAL EXPRESSION: Ever-shifting, one moment amused, the next contemptuous, the next emotionless, the next terrible. He is impossible to pin down, deliberately inscrutable. CLOTHING STYLE: Eclectic, carelessly casual but somehow convincingly put-together. He most often wears white, black, or grey, and never, ever wears bright colours. The only injections of shades that aren’t monochrome into his wardrobe are dark, rich, sensuous colours like burgundy, deep emerald and copper. He knows precisely what looks good in him, wears his clothes as part of his armour, uses them to reinforce his status as king. He’s a fan of some more daring things, too; pinstripes and suspenders and hats that should look ridiculous on him but somehow fit seamlessly into the picture, suit trousers with combat boots, scarves and waistcoats. He owns some leather items, a rare luxury he afforded himself and paid for out of his own pocket, but generally his rule is never to spend more than thirty euros on a piece of clothing, and, if there’s something expensive that his heart truly desires, to steal it from an unsuspecting rich brat who can afford to have his pockets lightened. JEWELLERY: He is partial to jewellery, and more often than not his fingers are stacked with rings of various shapes, sizes and materials, trinkets pulled from the fingers of the victims of his cons, his neck similarly draped with countless necklaces, his wrists bound with golden chains and leather ropes alike. ALLERGIES: None. PHYSICAL AILMENTS: None.

PSYCHOLOGY

JUNG TYPE: ESFP. ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Eight.  MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil. TEMPERAMENT: Choleric. ELEMENT: Fire. DEADLY SIN: Wrath. HEAVENLY VIRTUE: Diligence. PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE TYPE: Interpersonal/Logical. MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: None. SOCIABILITY: This depends on the circumstance. If he wants something, extremely sociable. If he wants to be alone, extremely withdrawn, to the point of abrasiveness. If he is spending time with people that are worth testing his patience, then he is noticeably present and paying attention. If the social situation is one he dislikes, then he is noticeably absent and drifts, preferring to observe and compile information than engage. EMOTIONAL STABILITY: Prone to outbursts of violence and rage, but all other emotions that might cause him strife (grief, pain, loss) are buried so deep that there is little chance of them resurfacing. OBSESSION(S): None. COMPULSION(S): He has a compulsion to smother all the light he sees, to spread his darkness further and further, would have it cover half the world and more, and a compulsion to cruelty, if such a thing exists. PHOBIA(S): None. ADDICTION(S): Smoking. DRUG USE: Not often. He makes exceptions for Theodora’s faerie blood, but generally does not enjoy the uncontrollable daze that narcotics incite. ALCOHOL USE: Moderate to heavy, but never enough to completely lose control. His tolerance is high. PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: Yes, always.

MANNERISMS

SPEECH STYLE: It’s as though every word is selected deliberately, weighted precisely, to imbue it with exactly the right feeling, charge it with exactly the right energy, to sharpen or soften its point just enough to provoke the right reaction, to get what he wants. He chooses words fluidly, eloquently. ACCENT: Italian. QUIRKS: Playing with one of his many rings; occasionally twirling strands of his hair. HOBBIES: Thievery; fighting; in private, reading and music. HABITS: Smoking and drinking, so much a part of his life that they have become habitual, almost daily activities. DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: Hunger: for power; for a greater empire; for inspiring the fear he thinks he deserves; for blood; for legacy. FEARS: Hah. POSITIVE TRAITS: + Charming + Driven + Eloquent + Generous + Quick-witted NEGATIVE TRAITS: - Arrogant - Cruel - Dishonest - Scheming - Vengeful SENSE OF HUMOUR: Dark, warped, and often cruel. Not one for conventional jokes or puns. DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: Yes. CATCHPHRASE(S): None. The sight of him is memorable enough, without needing a phrase for people to recall him by.

FAVOURITES

ACTIVITY: A perfectly-planned, well-executed long con. ANIMAL: Wolf. BEVERAGE: Whiskey. BOOK: Crime and Punishment, or The Aeneid. COLOUR: Black. DESIGNER: He’s partial to Gucci and Prada, although he’d never pay for a designer garment, preferring to find... alternate means of acquiring such luxuries FOOD: Steak. FLOWER: Poppy. GEM: Ruby. HOLIDAY:  QUOTE/SAYING: “flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.” // “If I cannot bend Heaven, I will raise Hell.” -- Virgil, The Aeneid. SCENERY: The Castelvecchio beneath a clear night sky and moonlight; pine forests. SCENT: Woodsmoke and leather. WEATHER: Hazy sunlight. VACATION DESTINATION: He’s never been anywhere that isn’t Italy, but the islander in him yearns, sometimes, for the beaches of Hawaii.

ATTITUDES

GREATEST DREAM: To one day rule over his own empire, free of control or influence, to grind the existing hierarchies that govern Verona into the dust and build his kingdom atop their bones. GREATEST FEAR: Fear resides in the heart, and how can you have fear when you have no heart? He fears nothing, no one. He is feared, not fearful. MOST AT EASE WHEN: Lying, cheating, stealing, generally wreaking havoc and leaving a trail of chaos behind him. LEAST AT EASE WHEN: Asked about his family, although he’s fielded the question enough that it never shows. WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: Currently, losing Theodora, the one soul alive today to whom he feels a true kinship. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: The following he built for himself, the dominion he raised up out of nothing, the loyalty he’s managed to inspire in people that so many had branded ungovernable, untameable. BIGGEST REGRET: That he wasn’t quick enough to save his brother that day. BIGGEST SECRET: The death of his family, and the terrible vengeance he wrought to avenge them.

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Twitter Is All Set to Relaunch Account Verifications Next Year

After holding back the account verification process for more than three years now, every social media lover’s favorite app to express their takes publicly, Twitter is now ready to relaunch public verifications early next year.

The popular social network has announced that they are officially planning to bring back the account verifications program in early 2021; however, the relaunch will be accompanied by a significant revamp to the process.

Taking a trip down memory lane, Twitter had set the platform on fire after it verified the account of Jason Kessler, who was one of the organizers of the Charlottesville rally, back in 2017. It received instant backlash from the infuriated users. Later Twitter Support account sent out a tweet clarifying that their action of verifying the account was in no way meant to support its tweets. But some users seem to have taken it the wrong way, while the blue verified badge is just meant to portray the authenticity of an account of public interest. The company acknowledged their contribution to creating this confusion and decided to suspend all their account verifications until they resolve this.

Well, we guess now they are ready to do so. The company intends to reintroduce the program early next year, which provides them with ample time to collect feedback from users about how they should handle the public verification process in order to update their new policy. Twitter has stated this clearly in their recent official announcement.

The platform has also presented the very first draft of their new account verifications policy before the users, identifying the six types of accounts that are eligible to be verified on Twitter.

Types of Accounts That Qualify for Verification

Here are the six types of user accounts that qualify for verification:

Government

Companies, Brands, and Organizations (including Non-Profit Organizations)

News

Entertainment

Sports

Activists, Organizers, and other influential individuals

The criteria for getting verified and receiving a blue badge on Twitter is pretty simple – your account should be notable and active, as the company mentions in its new policy’s initial draft. While falling into one of these aforementioned account categories defines your notability, being active on the platform means your account should fulfill these criteria:

It should be complete, which means it must have your profile name, bio, and profile and cover picture.

You must have logged in to your Twitter account at least once in the last six months.

It should have your confirmed email address or phone number.

It should not have been found in violation of Twitter rules or received a 12 hours or 7 days lockout in the last six months duration for the same. However, successful appeals are an exception in this case.

Types of Accounts That Don’t Qualify for Verification

Twitter has also made it clear that what types of accounts won’t qualify to get verified. Any account that meets any one or more of these criteria will be considered ineligible for verification:

Parody, commentary, newsfeed, and fan accounts

Representing a pet or fictional character (unless the account is associated with a verified entertainment production house or recognized brand, company, or organization)

Engagement of the account in severe contraventions of Twitter’s Platform Manipulation and Spam policy (for example, sale or purchase of followers)

Accounts representing groups or individuals affiliated with coordinated harmful activities or hateful content

Accounts That Might Lose Their Verification Status

Last but not least, Twitter holds the authority to cancel an account’s verification status and remove their blue verified badge at any time without even giving notice if they are found to be doing any one of these:

If the account changes their Twitter handle or becomes incomplete or inactive

The individual no longer holds the position for which they were initially verified or no longer meets the platform’s verification criteria

The account is impersonating or misleading people on purpose by changing their bio or display name

If the account is found to committing serious contraventions that lead to immediate account suspension

The account is repeatedly posting tweets that violate Twitter guidelines

However, the policy also clarifies that the cancellation of the verified status won’t be made automatically; instead, it will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Conclusion

This is only the initial draft of Twitter’s new verification policy, and the company has shared it to receive feedback from the public. Therefore, the policies and rules mentioned in this post might change before the platform publishes the final copy.

Anyone can submit their feedback by either participating in their official survey or simply tweeting their feedback using the hashtag #VerificationFeedback. The company said they would be closely monitoring this hashtag to see what their audience thinks about this new policy. The public feedback period will last for about two weeks before the company reviews all the feedback and introduces the final policy. Users will be able to apply for their account verification from the next year.

So go ahead and share your thoughts on this with Twitter!

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The Economic Shock of COVID-19 May Hit Private School and Contract Teachers Hardest

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The Economic Shock of COVID-19 May Hit Private School and Contract Teachers Hardest

This post is part of CGD’s education finance series, where we are examining some of the ways the pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis may impact resources to fund education. In the second post of the series, we looked at teacher labor markets and teacher salaries. Now we’re zooming in on part of the education workforce that seems to be disproportionately at risk following the pandemic: contract and private school teachers. While regular public school teachers may be relatively safe from significant wage reductions following COVID-19 in many parts of the world, the structure of the teacher labor market will likely play an important role in the impact of the shock on the education system as a whole. In an analysis of public versus private school teacher job loss through recessions over time, Jason Kopelman and Harvey Rosen find that during both recessionary and non-recessionary periods, private school teachers in the United States have a higher probability of losing their jobs than public school teachers and find that this gap was largest during the Global Financial Crisis. Based on recent trends, it seems this is likely to be true in many low- and middle-income countries during the current crisis as well. With teachers making up a substantial portion of the formal sector labor market—and a projected need of an additional 70 million teachers needed to reach SDG 4—it’s important to consider and protect the entire teacher labour market and education workforce, not just the civil servant teachers in public schools. Our analysis of teacher labor markets shows that countries often freeze or slow hiring, as opposed to reducing salaries, following shocks. This could result in an even more severe teacher shortage and is likely to disproportionately impact non-civil service teachers—who are more likely to be women and to be located in remote locations in many places—who may not get their jobs back following school closures. Here’s what we know so far about private school and contract teachers.

Non-civil service teachers make up a substantial part of the education workforce in many low- and middle-income countries

Private schools and contract teachers (i.e, teachers who work on fixed—often short-term—contracts in government schools) play an important role in the education workforce in many developing countries and face disproportionate risks of job loss and salary reductions following the pandemic. Contract teachers are non-civil service teachers who are often hired locally and have fixed-term contracts. This form of employment is a prevalent feature of many developing country teacher labor markets that may not be captured in previous analyses of the impact of past recessions on education systems. Accurate data on the reliance of education systems on contract teachers is difficult to come by. However, figure 1 shows the wide variation in the prevalence of contract teachers across a sample of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Other estimates suggest that contract teachers are even more prevalent including making up more than 70 percent of the basic education teaching force in Niger and more than 80 percent in Burkina Faso. Contract or incentive teachers (teachers who are only paid a small “incentive” wage) are also common in fragile states and situations of displacement, particularly where refugee teachers may not have the formal right to work or schooling options may be organized informally. In non-crisis times, contract teachers are often paid less and have fewer benefits than their civil service colleagues. By definition, fixed terms contracts offer less job security than permanent civil servant contracts. Findings from analyses in India and Francophone West Africa also suggest that contract teachers in developing countries are more likely to be women and to be concentrated at lower grades. A prolonged crisis is likely to make the jobs of contract teachers even more uncertain in the short-run and could contribute to greater teacher shortages—particularly for female teachers—in the long-run in places where contract teachers are prevalent, including the most remote areas and in humanitarian contexts. A disproportionate shortage of teachers in already disadvantaged areas could hinder recovery efforts and could have lasting consequences for the most marginalized groups and educational equity more broadly. Figure 1. Prevalence of contract teachers

Source: Evans, Yuan, and Filmer (2020). Data represent estimates of the prevalence of contract teachers.

In many developing countries, private schools constitute a large share of the education market. In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, more than 40 percent of students are enrolled in private schools and in Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, and Liberia, a majority of students go to private schools. Private schools are far less prevalent in many high-income countries. This could be due in part to concerns over the quality of public options in low-income countries as well as the prevalence of low-fee private schools available to middle-class families in some countries. Figure 2. Average percentage of enrolment in private institutions across regions and levels of education

Source: UIS data. Latest available data

In some contexts, private schools employ substantial portions of the education workforce. Figure 3 shows estimates of the proportion of teachers employed in private schools. In the Gambia, Uganda, Pakistan, and Liberia at least one third of the entire teacher workforce are employed in private schools.

Figure 3. Proportion of teachers employed in private schools

Source: Evans, Yuan, and Filmer (2020). Data represent estimates of the prevalence of contract teachers. See Table 2.

The impact of recessions on private school participation varies across contexts

When recessions impact household income, families are forced to make choices about spending. While data are not yet available on re-enrolment in private schools, reports suggest that mass closures are likely. While there are reports of wealthier families in high-income countries moving their children from public to private schools to avoid COVID restrictions and closures in public schools, this trend may not hold in lower-income countries. Figure 4 shows that while trends in private school participation remained relatively consistent in Europe and Central Asia following the global financial crisis, participation in Latin America and Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa slowed or dropped following the crisis, particularly at the secondary level. Figure 4. Private school enrollment over time

Source: UIS data

The proprietors of private schools—usually independent entrepreneurs—have had a tough time during the closure period. This will have a knock-on effect on employment.

The Kenya Private Schools Association claimed that the majority of private school teachers were put on unpaid leave when schools were closed. A survey of private schools in India suggested that 50 percent of teachers did not receive their salary in March, when schools had just closed. If the private education market does not recover, we may see further strains on public education as a result. Several countries including Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Pakistan, and Panama have explicitly excluded private schools from additional education funds made available to help schools respond to COVID. In Morocco, education unions successfully lobbied to stop government support to private schools as part of COVID-19 responses. We have identified reports of private school teachers losing their jobs or having their salaries cut in at least 25 countries. In South Africa, teacher pay in some mid-range private schools was cut by 20-50 percent in June. Private school teacher salaries were also cut by 25 percent in Mozambique and 50 percent in Zambia. In Jordan, private school teachers, a majority of whom are women, reported not being paid their full salaries while schools were closed despite continuing to teach online. This has led to calls for updated legislation related to gender discrimination at work. Accounts of private school teachers not being paid or losing their contracts while schools were closed were also reported in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, and Senegal. A joint UN-World Bank survey suggests that contract teachers in many countries including Burkina Faso, Guinea, Kenya, Niger, Togo, and Uganda have missed salary payments and/or had their contracts suspended following school closures. This trend may get worse if parents are unable to afford private school tuition as schools reopen. 

Acknowledging that contract and private school teachers face greater risks of job and salary loss, some countries have offered support

While the overall picture is alarming, not all countries are neglecting non-civil servant teachers. Senegal, for example, set up a fund called “Force COVID” which guarantees wages for both civil servants and contract workers in public schools until schools are able to reopen. In Nigeria, the federal government launched a stimulus package to pay private school teacher salaries. In Côte d’Ivore the government agreed to pay more than 10,000 contract teachers who had missed salaries for three months. In Honduras and Togo, teacher unions have called for support for contract and private school teachers. In some humanitarian contexts including Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, and Mozambique, UNHCR has ensured that incentive teachers still receive pay while schools are closed. Australia and Comoros have also offered financial support to private schools and teachers.

If education systems are to recover, the whole workforce needs to be protected

While there are ongoing debates and conflicting evidence related to whether the level of teacher salaries make a difference for education outcomes, we should try to  avoid a situation in which public education systems face even more severe teacher shortages and/or overcrowding following the pandemic particularly in the areas which already faced disproportionate risks and teacher shortages (especially of female teachers) at the start of the crisis. For example, an analysis by UNHCR identified continuing incentive teacher pay during the crisis as critical to protecting the education workforce and refugee livelihoods. Teachers and the broader education workforce will continue to play a critical role in the continuity of learning during the crisis and will be crucial in the recovery process.

What happens to the education workforce will likely have ripple effects across the formal labor market in many developing countries

In addition to protecting the broader education workforce for the sake of the education sector, it’s also worth remembering that education constitutes a large section of the formal labor market in many developing countries. Substantial job loss in the education sector could have repercussions for the wider labor market and broader economic stability. Ensuring that teacher salaries and jobs are protected through the crisis may be an efficient means through which to provide an employment insurance of sorts to large portions of the formal sector in many developing countries. The complex trends and dynamics observed in teacher salary protection following shocks indicate that this is an important space to watch as governments consider tradeoffs.  The choices they make will almost surely require a delicate balancing act between the political and economic need to protect public wage bills, while also protecting the larger teacher labor market and other critical components of education sector budgets. We are grateful to Ana Luiza Minardi and Christelle Saintis for research assistance.

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Tuesday, December 24

2019

12AM

I’m laying in bed next to Athena and Charlotte while she reads on Facebook about how her mom got knocked out. She doesn’t like her mom, she’s very manipulative and will always cry to try and get Charlotte to stay over at her house. It’s awful.

Now we’re both looking at pictures of fishler (fish Hitler) and laughing because of a Reddit post I saw

4AM

Woke up and i’m gonna charge my phone... really tired

5AM

Couldn’t get back to sleep so i’m listening to 99 Red Balloons over and over again because dam that’s a good song... i’m thinking of making an animation for it but my tablets back in America right now.

I just checked Instagram to see that my dAD found my acCOUNt and liked my posts

11AM

I was finally able to get to sleep last night

1PM

Im excited for Christmas tomorrow! I love England but i’m also really excited to go back home to America. We don’t leave for another two weeks.

I’m excited to give my friends their presents. My friend Amy got me these really cute pink suspenders that i’m really happy about, so i’m getting her a jumper/sweater from England! I got my friend Eliana a headband and some cute bracelets, but between us i’m keeping one of the bracelets for myself because it’s got pearls and I like pearls. I didn’t get my friend Jason anything because I don’t really know what he likes, though. I want to get him somthing soon. There’s a boy in my art class, Ben, and i’m getting him a 3D printed necklace charm with his name on it. that also has the communism symbol (inside joke) I have a huge crush on him but I don’t want to let him know because i’m friends with his girlfriend and sister, who is also friends with his girlfriend.

5PM

Me, Shannon, my mom, and Tony all went out shopping today. They were getting groceries and I was getting some poster board I could use as a green screen. For some reason, none of the stores there had any. I’m more upset than I should be but I feel like i’m gonna cry. Now I have to wait several days to get it. It was only for a silly video but I wanted it uploaded on Christmas.

7PM

I’m over it

8PM

I’ve gotten really good at singing “Ruby Rider” from Steven Universe but i’m still really bad at “It’s over, isn’t it?” because it’s a very difficult song.

9PM

I’m going to bed early because i’m tired so hopefully this is my last update until tomorrow

10PM

Yeah nobody would let me sleep but whatever. We had some fruitcake which was super nasty and hung out in the kitchen. They have a small kitchen.

11PM

Okay now i’m off to sleep.

Thinking about Ben. Really wish I could see him.

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NFL Football Followers In South Africa

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The death row inmates Arkansas is rushing to execute

(CNN)The state of Arkansas will resume efforts this week to execute death row inmates before its supply of sedatives used in lethal injection expires.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled eight executions in 11 days, the most in the shortest amount of time since capital punishment returned to the United States in the 1970s, creating a race against the clock and a tangled web of legal challenges.

Hutchinson said it was necessary to follow the law and bring closure to victims’ families. But with one week left the state is behind schedule. Just one execution has been carried out, three are scheduled this week and four are on hold as inmates exhaust their final appeals.

This is where the remaining cases stand:

The legal wranglings

Once an execution is scheduled, new legal issues arise, such as clemency appeals and claims of mental illness, impairment or ineffective counsel, among others.

In addition to arguments from their own cases, the Arkansas eight said in a lawsuit the state’s clemency board did not have enough time to sufficiently hear their cases. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal, and only one received a clemency recommendation.

As more pharmaceutical companies refuse to make drugs available for capital punishment, inmates have brought cruel and unusual punishment claims stemming from revised execution methods. The Arkansas eight filed such a claim, arguing that midazolam — the drug used to render inmates unconscious in botched executions in other states — does not reliably prevent a painful death. The Arkansas Supreme Court denied the claim, though an appeal from one inmate remains up for consideration by the Supreme Court.

Drug makers attempted to intervene. McKesson Corp. tried to get the Arkansas Department of Correction to return a supply of vecuronium bromide, the drug used to paralyze inmates, arguing that it’s only supposed to be used for medical purposes. Its lawsuit temporarily suspended executions until the Arkansas Supreme Court overruled a lower court decision that prevented the drug from being used. Two other drug companies, Fresenius Kabi USA and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, filed a brief in the inmates’ lawsuit arguing contracts prohibit their products from being used in executions.

Marcel Wayne Williams: Monday

Williams’ execution is scheduled for April 24.

He was convicted in 1997 of murdering Stacy Errickson in November 1994. Williams forced Errickson into her car at gunpoint and made her withdraw money at several ATMs in transactions caught on camera. Her body was found about two weeks later.

Williams has been transferred to Arkansas’ Cummins Unit, where executions are carried out. After the district court denied him relief, he appealed his claims related to lethal injection protocol and ineffective counsel to the 8th Circuit.

Jack Harold Jones: Monday

Jones’ execution is scheduled for April 24.

He was convicted in 1996 of rape and murder for the death of Mary Phillips. He abducted Phillips and her 11-year-old daughter from an accounting office in 1995 and robbed them at gunpoint. He raped and killed Phillips and beat her daughter, leaving her for dead. She regained consciousness as police photographers took pictures of the crime scene.

Jones was transferred to Cummins. Like Williams, his appeal is pending in the 8th Circuit after a judge denied his request for a stay in his challenge of the clemency process.

Kenneth Dewayne Williams: Thursday

Williams’ execution is scheduled for April 27.

He was convicted of capital murder in 2000 for the death of Cecil Boren, whom he killed after escaping prison while serving a life sentence for the 1998 killing of Dominique Hurd, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff cheerleader.

His lawyers filed a writ for habeas corpus on Friday claiming he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for execution. The circuit court has yet to respond.

Jason Farrell McGehee: On hold

McGehee was scheduled for execution on Thursday, April 27, until the parole board recommended 6-1 to commute his sentence to life without parole.

He was convicted in 1997 of murdering 15-year-old John Melbourne. After Melbourne was caught stealing shoes on McGehee’s behalf with a stolen check, the teenager told police about more stolen checks and property at McGehee’s home. McGehee and his friends tricked Melbourne into coming back to the house, where they beat him to death “to teach him not to ‘snitch.'”

A federal district court granted a preliminary injunction staying the execution until Arkansas Parole Board gives 30 days for public comment before sending a final recommendation to the governor, who has final say. Because the 30-day period will expire after his execution date, the governor will have to sign a new death warrant setting a new date.

Bruce Earl Ward: On hold

Ward’s April 17 execution was halted to allow litigation on a claim that he’s mentally incompetent.

Ward was convicted in 1990 of murdering Rebecca Doss, whose body was found in the men’s restroom at the convenience store where she worked in Little Rock. Ward was seen in the store’s parking lot. He told police he had shared a cup of hot chocolate with Doss and that she gave him the key to the restroom.

Separate from the mental incompetency claim, the Arkansas Supreme Court granted a stay of Ward’s execution pending a Supreme Court decision in another case, McWilliams v. Dunn. The case centers on defendants’ access to independent mental health experts, a key issue in Ward’s case, his lawyers claim. Arguments are scheduled for Monday.

Don William Davis: On hold

Like Ward, Davis’ April 17 execution was halted pending a Supreme Court decision in McWilliams v. Dunn, based on similar arguments.

Davis was convicted in 1992 of murdering Jane Daniel during a home invasion and burglary in 1990. Daniel’s husband found his wife shot to death in a storeroom.

Ward and Davis share the same lawyer. Scott Braden said his clients were “denied access to independent mental health experts, even though they clearly demonstrated that mental health issues would be significant factors at their trials.”

Stacey Eugene Johnson: On hold

Johnson’s April 20 execution was stayed after the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a hearing on DNA evidence.

Johnson was convicted in 1994 of murdering Carol Heath, who was beaten, strangled and stabbed in her kitchen while her two children hid in another room.

Lawyers with the Innocence Project say new methods of DNA testing could prove he’s innocent.

Ledell Lee: Executed

Lee was executed on April 21, making him the first person to be put to death in Arkansas since 2005. He was convicted in 1995 of murdering Debra Reese, who was strangled and beaten in her home with a tire thumper her husband gave her for protection. Reese’s neighbors saw Lee near the house and identified him to police.

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The death row inmates Arkansas is rushing to execute

(CNN)The state of Arkansas will resume efforts this week to execute death row inmates before its supply of sedatives used in lethal injection expires.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled eight executions in 11 days, the most in the shortest amount of time since capital punishment returned to the United States in the 1970s, creating a race against the clock and a tangled web of legal challenges.

Hutchinson said it was necessary to follow the law and bring closure to victims’ families. But with one week left the state is behind schedule. Just one execution has been carried out, three are scheduled this week and four are on hold as inmates exhaust their final appeals.

This is where the remaining cases stand:

The legal wranglings

Once an execution is scheduled, new legal issues arise, such as clemency appeals and claims of mental illness, impairment or ineffective counsel, among others.

In addition to arguments from their own cases, the Arkansas eight said in a lawsuit the state’s clemency board did not have enough time to sufficiently hear their cases. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal, and only one received a clemency recommendation.

As more pharmaceutical companies refuse to make drugs available for capital punishment, inmates have brought cruel and unusual punishment claims stemming from revised execution methods. The Arkansas eight filed such a claim, arguing that midazolam — the drug used to render inmates unconscious in botched executions in other states — does not reliably prevent a painful death. The Arkansas Supreme Court denied the claim, though an appeal from one inmate remains up for consideration by the Supreme Court.

Drug makers attempted to intervene. McKesson Corp. tried to get the Arkansas Department of Correction to return a supply of vecuronium bromide, the drug used to paralyze inmates, arguing that it’s only supposed to be used for medical purposes. Its lawsuit temporarily suspended executions until the Arkansas Supreme Court overruled a lower court decision that prevented the drug from being used. Two other drug companies, Fresenius Kabi USA and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, filed a brief in the inmates’ lawsuit arguing contracts prohibit their products from being used in executions.

Marcel Wayne Williams: Monday

Williams’ execution is scheduled for April 24.

He was convicted in 1997 of murdering Stacy Errickson in November 1994. Williams forced Errickson into her car at gunpoint and made her withdraw money at several ATMs in transactions caught on camera. Her body was found about two weeks later.

Williams has been transferred to Arkansas’ Cummins Unit, where executions are carried out. After the district court denied him relief, he appealed his claims related to lethal injection protocol and ineffective counsel to the 8th Circuit.

Jack Harold Jones: Monday

Jones’ execution is scheduled for April 24.

He was convicted in 1996 of rape and murder for the death of Mary Phillips. He abducted Phillips and her 11-year-old daughter from an accounting office in 1995 and robbed them at gunpoint. He raped and killed Phillips and beat her daughter, leaving her for dead. She regained consciousness as police photographers took pictures of the crime scene.

Jones was transferred to Cummins. Like Williams, his appeal is pending in the 8th Circuit after a judge denied his request for a stay in his challenge of the clemency process.

Kenneth Dewayne Williams: Thursday

Williams’ execution is scheduled for April 27.

He was convicted of capital murder in 2000 for the death of Cecil Boren, whom he killed after escaping prison while serving a life sentence for the 1998 killing of Dominique Hurd, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff cheerleader.

His lawyers filed a writ for habeas corpus on Friday claiming he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for execution. The circuit court has yet to respond.

Jason Farrell McGehee: On hold

McGehee was scheduled for execution on Thursday, April 27, until the parole board recommended 6-1 to commute his sentence to life without parole.

He was convicted in 1997 of murdering 15-year-old John Melbourne. After Melbourne was caught stealing shoes on McGehee’s behalf with a stolen check, the teenager told police about more stolen checks and property at McGehee’s home. McGehee and his friends tricked Melbourne into coming back to the house, where they beat him to death “to teach him not to ‘snitch.'”

A federal district court granted a preliminary injunction staying the execution until Arkansas Parole Board gives 30 days for public comment before sending a final recommendation to the governor, who has final say. Because the 30-day period will expire after his execution date, the governor will have to sign a new death warrant setting a new date.

Bruce Earl Ward: On hold

Ward’s April 17 execution was halted to allow litigation on a claim that he’s mentally incompetent.

Ward was convicted in 1990 of murdering Rebecca Doss, whose body was found in the men’s restroom at the convenience store where she worked in Little Rock. Ward was seen in the store’s parking lot. He told police he had shared a cup of hot chocolate with Doss and that she gave him the key to the restroom.

Separate from the mental incompetency claim, the Arkansas Supreme Court granted a stay of Ward’s execution pending a Supreme Court decision in another case, McWilliams v. Dunn. The case centers on defendants’ access to independent mental health experts, a key issue in Ward’s case, his lawyers claim. Arguments are scheduled for Monday.

Don William Davis: On hold

Like Ward, Davis’ April 17 execution was halted pending a Supreme Court decision in McWilliams v. Dunn, based on similar arguments.

Davis was convicted in 1992 of murdering Jane Daniel during a home invasion and burglary in 1990. Daniel’s husband found his wife shot to death in a storeroom.

Ward and Davis share the same lawyer. Scott Braden said his clients were “denied access to independent mental health experts, even though they clearly demonstrated that mental health issues would be significant factors at their trials.”

Stacey Eugene Johnson: On hold

Johnson’s April 20 execution was stayed after the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a hearing on DNA evidence.

Johnson was convicted in 1994 of murdering Carol Heath, who was beaten, strangled and stabbed in her kitchen while her two children hid in another room.

Lawyers with the Innocence Project say new methods of DNA testing could prove he’s innocent.

Ledell Lee: Executed

Lee was executed on April 21, making him the first person to be put to death in Arkansas since 2005. He was convicted in 1995 of murdering Debra Reese, who was strangled and beaten in her home with a tire thumper her husband gave her for protection. Reese’s neighbors saw Lee near the house and identified him to police.

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