#people who think that John didn't care about George just need to look at his overreaction to 'I me mine'

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

[m1ssunderstanding]

Get Back Rewatch 55 Years On: Day 20

I literally got second-hand anxiety hearing, “How many numbers do you think you’ll have by tomorrow?”. I was like. TOMORROW? They are Not ready. The only reason the rooftop works out is because they’re the fucking Beatles. No one else would pull that out of their butts so well. 

If only John could’ve listened to Glyn about Klein. smh

Classic Paul. Starts out saying “us” ends up just talking about John. “The best bit of us always has been, and always will be, is when we’re backs against the wall and we’ve been rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing. And he knows it’s a take on the dub. And he does it great.” It’s okay, Paul. We all know you like to get him up against a wall. No but seriously, Paul is not okay about John. 

Takes every opportunity to flirt, doesn’t he?

“I can’t wait to work here, you know . . . I mean, here in our life, it’s like home.” It’s the gentleness, yeah. But it’s the focus, too. Most people (I know I would) would be so done with him and his anxiety spirals and his neuroses and over-thinking on and on and on by this point. John probably is, but he shows no sign of that fatigue at all. He is zeroed in on working him through this. He’s done it a million times before, and he’s ready to do it as many more times as Paul needs. Ugh, they make me into such a sap!

“Yeah, well that’s why I’m talking to John, not you.” If Paul can talk like that to George Martin, one of the most respected men in his life, when he’s in the middle of a thing with John, imagine how he must’ve bullied other people that tried to worm their way in. 

That smile he gives George though! That’s how he got away with all his shit, isn’t it? So fucking cute.

“I agree with you, I think it’s disappointing, but all right, we only got to seven. Let’s do seven.” The tone of voice, man. So. Fucking. Gentle. No wonder Paul can't stand the projected "acerbic, tough Lennon" shit. If that was how someone treated you and took care of you? And then everyone acts like that part of them just didn't exist, and emphasizes the parts of them that they themselves hated and actively worked against? Yeah I'd be pretty pissed too.

Glyn reassuring Paul that there’s no reason they can’t come back and do a TV show later. Yeah, fifty years later. 

John’s eyes constantly flicking back to Paul as George is talking . . . 

George really does take so much better care of himself than the other three at this time. Pictured here, silently begging viewers like you to chip in just ninety-eight cents toward his freedom.

I actually think, though, that if Ringo had said he didn’t want to go on the roof either at that moment, that they wouldn’t have done it. I think they look to him for common sense in their decision-making, and Ringo saying he didn’t want to do it really might’ve broken the whole thing.

George’s reaction to Ringo voting for the roof VS John. It’s giving tragic heroine VS villain origin story

Honestly heartbroken at the “I love you, blue”. How many times did John just straight up say those words to Paul only for Paul to be completely unresponsive? That genuinely hurt to watch.

The tiny little looks they give each other. “Okay. We got this.”

“Fuck all that. I’m just gonna do me for a bit.” Good for you, baby. 

“I had a good dream last night, you’re black or you’re white, you want equal rights.” I know some people say it’s hypocritical or preachy or whatever, but I ADORE this John. Look how fucking happy he’s making Billy right now and then talk to me about how John’s political side is meaningless. I think it’s beautiful.

I think it’s actually too embarrassing for them at this point to sing Two of Us without being insane.

“We’re all sleeping at Georgie’s tonight. Get in the mood.” Oh how I wish they actually had. I mean, maybe they did. Someone write the fic!

Oh, the “who knows, Yoko,” moment. It’s so embarrassing. The fact that there was just no response whatsoever. Yeesh. 

So many nerves when I saw the camera zooming into that circled date with “Rooftop Concert” written on it. What is wrong with me?

[icarusbetide]

some of my group chat's obscure and inaccurate amrev (hamilton centric) fancasts part 1

the result of five students procrastinating and commenting "hey this guy could play hamilton". not very accurate and based on vibes. we are not scouting agents for good reason.

Alexander Hamilton

We know from people's descriptions and portraits that he most likely: had very red hair, was 5 ft 7-ish, and was slender with a "fine figure". Fun fact, some historians say that people calling him 'small' was more in regards to his slimness than his height, which was more or less average at that time period. Need to find a source for that.

From paintings we do see that he had a prominent nose...and perhaps more of a pointed chin with a slim face, as a young man? It seemed to have broadened out with age. Portraits of him seem wildly inconsistent, and the one Betsey said was very like him was later in life. Damn you Charles Wilson Peale, you never got his face right! tbh I didn't see much of Hamilton's face (especially young Hamilton) in amc Turn's Sean Haggerty who had too much of a round face, and I think he was casted based off of the peale painting lmao.

And of course, who can forget his beautiful beautiful anime blue-violet eyes. Abigail Adams saw the devil in them, Fisher Ames seems to have spent way too much time staring into them. Both accounts can be seen as complimentary.

I've yet to find an actor that really captures an older Hamilton well, so I'm not even going to go there. Honestly, i've yet to find a really spot-on young Hamilton either, so I have no fan-cast. But my friend has one she advocates for a lot:

Tom Blyth based on these specific paintings (and a de-aged one with dark hair). Her words: "he has really piercing blue eyes and we know he can pull off lighter hair from the hunger games movie! he's also very slender which would work well, even though he's pretty tall. we can do perspective work with height it's okay."

And apparently Hamilton's son (William? it's not Philip right) looked quite a bit like him. And in the sketch below I think we can see Blyth's face there!

Not too bad, I think. Especially since his face seems to have filled out more. Main concern is if the hypothetical project would characterize Hamilton well, and if he'd deliver that complicated energy lol. He is charismatic so a point in his favor?

Valentijn Dijkman is another one of my friend's fancasts so I don't know much about him besides the screenshots they shared. Apparently he is a model and tiktoker, and he certainly checks the ginger + blue eyes requirements! A bit of a yassified Hamilton, I think, but some contemporaries called him almost feminine and some descriptions of him are wild so that might be okay.

Elizabeth Hamilton

Now, we know that Betsey was very petite and had lovely dark curls and eyes that Hamilton and even Tilghman, I believe, commented on. It seems like she had a slim face and a strong T-zone. Even in the portraits we see her dark eyes. Portraits of her when she was younger:

My personal fav fan cast is actually Meg Tilly, specifically Meg Tilly in Valmont 1983. She has the dark hair and dark eyes and her facial structure itself is also similar enough to me.

There's also something in her performance here that would serve well for Elizabeth - a sweetness and patient quality plus a hidden playful streak.

John Laurens

We are all stumped for him lmao. We don't have a lot of paintings of him and the main one is a Charles Peale and I don't trust him 100%. We do know he was most likely blonde, taller than Hamilton, and was very handsome.

Coward's way out. Seth Numrich is a popular one and I wouldn't be angry about it!

George Washington

It ain't accurate but I loved Ian Kahn's Washington so much that I don't care. He's way too hot to be Washington but let's just pretend it's that hero-worship coming through.

And to round it all out, Turn Lafayette was also suprisingly accurate in face shape I think. You can see we ran out of steam at the end.

[okwritingandpain]

Penny Lane's Getting Better (The Beatles x Reader)

Chapter 7: Two of Us

John's legs ached by the time he made it back to Pete's. He brushes his hair out of his face, the sweat on his forehead not helping him any bit. He bangs on the door, swearing he'll get a splinter from the rough wood.

Pete opens the door, looking confused.

"John?"

He brushes past Pete into the house. Pete's parents jolt off the couch, startled. He glances at them, but continues to the basement door, quickly descending the stairs.

"John!" Pete calls out again, but no answer is returned. John reaches the bottom step, grabbing some of his lyric sheets and his guitar. He had left his aunt alone on the sidewalk in his haste. He hopes she doesn't wait for him because he needed some time to himself...to think.

Pete made it down the stairs with worry.

"Sorry," is all John is able to mutter before he pushes past him back up the stairs. Pete just blinks and watches him go.

"Pete! What is your friend doing?" Pete's mother calls.

"Sorry, Mrs. Best," John says loudly. The front door stayed open as he ran through it. He didn't look back as his legs carried him down the street. This was important, more important than anything else in the entire world currently.

John didn't care about who got in the way as long as he was able to get to Paul...to get to you. It was time to explain everything, time to stop pushing you away.

Acceptance.

"Hey John," the barber calls from his shop.

"Can't talk, but hi!" he shouts back. The lyric sheets were glued to his chest by his arm. The guitar case creaked and screeched as he ran. People stopped and stared, watching him go by with mild disgust.

"Oh, get a life!" He called at some of his classmates. The girls gasped and the boys looked embarrassed. John didn't care.

He ran past his house, past your house...

Your sister was playing out front and she waves at him. He waves back with a kind smile which was quickly replaced by a scowl once he saw his aunt.

"John!" she yells.

"Nope!" he shouts, continuing his sprint to the hospital. Cars avoided him as he crossed the streets, his heartbeat rapidly against his chest.

Finally, the hospital came into view, he let out a breath of relief. He ran to the front doors, nearly hitting a couple.

"Where is Paul McCartney?" he says, breathlessly to the front desk worker.

"Who are you?" the lady asks.

"John, John Lennon," he replies, wiping away some more sweat.

"I don't know if I can let you in-"

"He's with me," a voice calls down the hallway. He looks up to see you at the end of the hallway. You look tired and the scowl on your face didn't make it any better.

"Y/N," he says, practically running to meet you. You glare at him, but he immediately goes in for a hug which catches you off guard.

"I don't think Paul wants to see you,"

"Yeah, well he'll have to," John pushes you away, slightly running into the hospital room. George and Ringo stand up from their seats, surprised by his presence. Paul sits in his hospital bed surrounded by his family. He stares at John for a moment before sitting up slightly.

"John?" he whispers.

"Paul." He rushes over to his bedside. He wanted so badly to hug him and just spill his guts about everything. His words still sat in his mouth while he reached out for Paul's hand.

"Thank you for being here," Paul says. John shakes his head.

"I'm sorry, for everything. I really messed up, Paul," John mutters.

"John..."

"They need to know Paul, I need to tell them," he stammers.

"I need to tell them," Paul says firmly. John pauses, but nods to him. Everyone gathered around Paul's bed, including you who finds yourself at the end of his bed. He looks up at you and then to John.

A year earlier

Paul sat on the brick wall guarding Strawberry Fields. His legs dangled over the edge as he looked out at the rising sun. School was due to start soon, but he always loved watching the sun rise in the morning.

"There you are," a familiar voice says. Paul looks behind him to see John walking towards the wall. His hands grasp the edge and Paul helps him get up.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Paul says, enamored by the morning light. John nods slightly as the birds sing their joyful tune.

"You're always out here,"

"Where else would I want to be?"

"I don't know everything about you, Paul," John chuckles. There was a slight breeze in the air as John's cap almost came off. He removes the cap, whisking his hair back. He gives Paul a smirk before placing the cap on Paul's head.

Paul blushes slightly and then laugh. They sit in silence for a few moments, watching the trees dance with the wind.

"John?" Paul asks, his hands clasped in his lap.

"Yeah?"

"I wrote a song," Paul jumps off the wall for a moment to grab his guitar. John waits expectantly of what Paul has created. Paul takes a deep breath before sitting down in the dirt. He softly starts to play.

"The two of us riding nowhere..." he softly sings. John smiles at the softness of the song. It felt personal and important to their relationship. Paul kept singing, his face becoming a little flushed as he went along.

"You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead...." That line felt super special. John wanted to keep making memories with Paul and for them to continue the friendship they had built together.

The band was special. That was no lie, everyone in the group loved playing music and sharing that music with the world. They just needed to love each other for it all to come true.

"That's it," Paul stops suddenly. He blushes slightly once he is done.

"That was amazing!" John cheered. He got off the wall and approached Paul with a smile.

"Thank you and John I..." Paul trails off, unsure if he wants to say what he is thinking.

"Come on, Paul, go ahead," John eggs him on.

"I like you John," Paul whispers. John raises an eyebrow.

"Everybody likes me, is that so hard to say?" John laughs.

"No, I mean I like you, John," Paul reiterates. John stops for a second to think to himself.

"What? You can't be serious," he plays it off as a joke.

"I am though,"

"No," John says, turning around, heading back towards the wall.

"John-"

"I can't believe you right now."

"Just listen to me!" Paul snaps, grabbing John's arm. His hand gripped his arm tightly, not wanting to let go, not even for a moment. John turns back to look at him with a scowl.

"I don't want to listen to you." John hisses. Paul let go of his arm, his face painted in frustration.

"You're not worth my time anyway," he mutters, storming past him to get over the wall.

"Paul," John calls.

"Class starts in 10 minutes, you best get a move on," Paul shouts back. Then he went over the wall. John stood there for a moment, wanting to put distance between him and his friend as best as possible. This changed a lot of things, more things than he wanted to admit it did.

Present.

Paul's parents looked the most surprised. You simply stared at the two of them, feeling that finally some answers were stored upon you. This whole time now made a lot more sense: why they fought, why they fought about you. You thought Paul liked you, but now you see it was part of something a lot bigger than that between Paul and John.

George and Ringo shared an expression of "I knew it" which almost made you laugh. John turns to everyone else in the room and then to you.

"I'm sorry," he whispers to you, "I should have told you; we should have told George and Ringo too. Instead, we probably drove you crazy with our fighting."

"You can say that again," you reply, "I had no idea..." Paul smiles, looking relieved to have this all off his chest.

"I'm sorry too, for not explaining it sooner, it drove a divide between John and I," Paul says, "we should have worked it out sooner especially since you've come into our lives."

“It’s alright, really. It’s hard to accept these things sometimes, and this is something that truly is between you two, depending on how you feel about one another,” you explain.

Everyone is silent for a few moments. The air is heavy with emotion, Paul's family mutters to him. All of them seem to be in shock from what he has told them. George and Ringo listen with amused expressions.

John leads you to the other side of the room. His hand grips your arm firmly, but not painfully.

"Listen, Y/N," he begins with a whisper, "I really am sorry that I hid this from you and how I acted towards Paul. I didn't know how to take his feelings, so I just...didn't face them." You rest your hand on his cheek and smile up at him. His eyes trace over your face and admire your beauty.

"It's alright, John. Just make sure to tell Paul what you just told me,” You explain, "you two need to rebuild your relationship, you know?" John nods with a little chuckle. He grabs his guitar case and sits down in one of the chairs near the bed. Everyone's chatter stops so they can watch what he does next.

"I'm working on a song, it's not quite ready and sounds better on piano honestly, but I have something else to play first," John says. His hands begin strumming the familiar chords that Paul remembers writing himself. The music drifted through the room, carrying the drab feeling of the hospital away.

"Two of us riding nowhere..." John sings.

"Spending someone's hard earned pay," Paul continues with a smile. They sing the song together, with Paul taking the lead on some parts.

"You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead," he burst with joy filled lyrics. The two really seem like friends again as they laugh. Ringo and George whoop and holler along with the music.

You glance at Paul's family who all look like they witnessed a beheading of some kind. You couldn't help but laugh yourself.

Paul and John were interesting fellows, who deserved a chance to really explore the relationship that they have. Whether that be their friendship...or something else of that kind.

You can't help but feel grateful for getting to know the people that lived on Penny Lane and everything that they did for you.

You wonder, of course, what the future holds for the band and for yourself. You see great things to come from the future and you can't wait to be by their sides as you grow older.

Who knows what the future may bring, of course. 

Should I end it here? I have one more chapter planned, but this also feels like an ending too lol. I don't know, but I would love some feedback.

@sabrielka-133

[innitmarvellous]

@flashfictionfridayofficial

I feel like I kind of missed the point of the story, but I had to think about a certain quote when I thought about what I could write for the prompt, so, uh... I hope it's still alright. ^^

Fandom: The Beatles

Words: 881

Fic under the cut!

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As usual they went out onto the stage, welcomed by frantic screams from thousands of throats. It was deafening, and sometimes it forced them to rely on their other senses instead, mostly their eyes.

The one who couldn't really do that was John. Partly due to his own vanity and partly due to a request of their manager Brian he had never once dared to wear his glasses on stage. Glasses he urgently needed in everyday life...but a singer in a band that was popular with girls, wearing glasses? It seemed like an contradiction in itself.

That was why all John could see as he emerged from the catacombs of the stadion and went up to the stage was bright light and a sea of motion. Waving hands and jumping girls, most likely. He couldn't make out what it was, and he didn't care.

But fortunately there were other senses a human could use. Well, smell and taste wouldn't help him much here, but touch...that was a different matter.

Because one thing he could clearly feel was the sensations of fingers resting on his arm. Of course they belonged to Paul. He was always next to him and navigated him towards the stage. John had always meant to tell Paul that he could easily find that short way himself, but if it meant that this light, careful touch of slender fingers would be a thing of the past...well, being honest wasn't always the best policy.

By now they had reached the stage, welcomed the audience and started playing their first song. And that was when John's world, despite these thousands of screaming girls all around and the vast open sky above them, suddenly became very small.

And frankly, he didn't want it any other way.

As they were singing into the same microphone John's face was extremely close to Paul's. The face of his band mate was all he could see. No girls, no George, no Ringo...no one but the two of them. Apart from the singing he could fully concentrate on taking in the details right in front of his eyes.

So many people said that Paul was the prettiest Beatle, and in John's opinion they had a point. Of course he knew that Paul was a human just like everyone else. He made mistakes and he could be rude, cruel, unfair...no, he wasn't always perfect, but John wasn't going to fault him for it. However, anyone would forget about his sins for a moment if they looked into that face that could be almost called angelic.

It was a familiar sight, and yet John always took it in all over again, as if he saw him for the first time. There was his profile, the cheekbones, the nose...all the features that, put together, created a handsome face. Such a handsome face that made John torn between the need to envy the man and the wish to state his admiration for this abundant prettiness.

His eyes wandered to Paul's eyes. He could clearly see the long, well-formed eyelashes. Girls would kill to look like him, he thought. But instead they love him. Isn't that weird? No, he decided. After all he could relate to their feelings.

Then, as he lowered his gaze a little bit more he fixed his eyes on the part he liked the most of all the features of that pretty face.

The lips.

Even as Paul was singing it wasn't hard to admire them. Using them to sing wasn't the worst way to use that mouth, but there were other options, right?

He had often thought about how he could easily kiss Paul, if he wanted to do so. They were so close, and he wondered if these lips really were as soft as they looked if he'd just-

No. Here he had to stop himself. Thankfully they were done with one song and Paul turned away to announce the next one. Which meant the tantalising sight was gone, at least for the moment.

Not that it helped much. It wasn't just seeing him, really. John could also feel Paul's presence. Even if he closed his eyes, he still knew that the other man was right there, beside him. His presence was the one fixture among the often chaotic scenes around them.

He could hear his voice, even over the cacophony of other voices. He could smell a mixture of aftershave and sweat, as Paul was always completely exhausting himself on stage. Sometimes he felt that fleeting touch of fingers again, as Paul lightly patted his arm to bring something to his attention.

About ten songs and half an hour later they had finished another concert. John thought that it was a shame. Another occasion to be so extraordinarily close to Paul was over.

And one thing was pretty sure: thinking back later he most likely wouldn't be able to remember their setlist or their stage banter or whether the girls had screamed especially loud. But he would remember the gentle curve of Paul's long eyelashes and the sight of his soft lips moving to form the words he was singing.

It was odd, but at some point he had realised that these small things mattered more than everything else.

[the-firebird69]

And John Reed alert was locked into it with Tommy f and he's losing power rapidly so he doesn't have a way to manipulate or control the ships and the ships were working and Tommy F had to ride his bunkers and stashes and Cassius in order for his ship to work more and he says oh s*** and he had to ride the pseudo empire and the empire and he went well there's a few things going on in town they noticed that this guy Tommy F says I can just move him over there and they're trying to see if it's real and it looks it because he wants to know minority more luck to do something and minorities. And he is cheap and he's a scoundrel and he's too stupid for the job but basically he's a greedy moron he said he can't move without money and you're stupid because you can't figure it out now you're going to be stuck here with everybody beating you up just like Trump you moron yes go away God damn it you're so stupid you're like she was like 70. He was saying out loud to Tommy F partly I don't want to be a mental patient I don't want to be carded around as a mental patient and I don't want you to say I'm a mental patient and he said it too I'm worth something in this country is going to hell nobody gives a s*** and all stupid they meant him too and the guy is a f****** s***say how do you think you can tell who the enemy is tommy f you're holding me here like a piece of s*** so you're a f****** dead man not only the enemy and you're marked up as an 8 by mine and we're pure military for society of you. They got really mad cuz he started blabbing about his plan he doesn't need any of this and stuff like that I know some saying I need any of it cuz it's my plan it's not yours I'm not running yours okay who you say you are you put me on a ship with a bunch of idiots you're not running my f****** plan and that's who's running it and I'm not telling you my plan you a****** these people haven't closer than you do by far and you're ruining everything of theirs I need some of it it'll be much preferable to the max we're going to have to take over cuz you're lazy ass. Listen to what I'm saying I don't f****** care about your God damn ship in your suits it's my plan not yours you're an underlying or you're nobody and none of you f****** listen but that's what it is a lot of these people are listening and then s*** comes by and s**** on it cuz you're the boss and you can be the boss and I don't have a boss except for her nobody is my boss of mine it's been that way since I was born your s*** out of luck moron and no more it's like you are going to chase this mountain around who gives a f*** for you retards. What's going on too and they noticed that you didn't think George was your boss or even your mom and dad and they said this guy does not think that they're over him or even Mac that was a Max and these s*** has a plan to do that and we're screwed he's done it his whole life so they keep putting me down and putting me down and they're trying to explain it to me and I can see the f****** here and when they can change into imagine how awful this is for me to watch this s*** and have to go through it but then trying to convince me that I'm nobody when I still have to be somebody. We're going to print because that last line is what it is

Thor Freya

Olympus

[heathersdesk]

Funny story.

So before the integrated system for temple ordinance requests existed on FamilySearch, the process for requesting ordinances was very different. It involved different computer systems that evolved over time. I was there for the transition from Personal Ancestral File to New.FamilySearch.org. I was in college when they really started pushing people to use it. My friends who were born and raised in the Church used to play with it, looking up various people and seeing how far back their lines went and how much nonsense was in it.

My friend who is now a pharmacist saw in his that he was supposed to be related to John Smith and Pocahontas.

My closest friend discovered that someone in her family was sealed to George Q. Cannon for some reason. It didn't seem like a polygamy thing because they didn't have any children. The correct information was in there and intact, so she didn't do anything about it and we both eventually forgot about it.

Years later, I called her and told her I had discovered why.

I was reading something on the Internet about President Wilford Woodruff (I couldn't tell you what it was now) as the one who transitioned sealings into familial lineage as they are now. Because before that, people were sealing themselves to random prophets and apostles, trying to coattail themselves into heaven. It was a reflection of early attitudes regarding temple sealings, both through the living and the dead—where the goal is to connect yourself with the "highest" leader of the Church you have access to.

Wilford Woodruff had to tell them that what they were doing made no sense, that this isn't an easy way to get a free ticket into heaven. The idea that an apostle, who is a stranger to you, is better equipped to get you into heaven over your own family was ludicrous. I think we can agree there are many problems with this particular form of patriarchy, and it's best left in the past.

What we need instead is the expansion that we've seen in society of what it means to be someone's guardian. Temple sealings only respect adoption inasmuch as you're dealing with people who aren't born and raised in the covenant.

I've had multiple families offer to adopt me, both as a teenager and as an adult, because of how much everyone who looked at my family situation would say "oh hell no" and try to pull me out of it. I gathered surrogate parents everywhere I went. A system that respects my birth parents, but not the love and labor any of these other people have given to care for me, seems incomplete.

And apart from adult adoptions, legally undergoing the expense and effort to reconstruct a family on paper that didn't exist through blood, is the only way I could see the Church honoring such bonds. And that seems deeply unfair.

Because I'm not sealed to my parents, who aren't members, I get a choice here. People who are born in the covenant don't get that chance, from what I understand. I've never heard or seen any examples of living people who were born in the covenant being sealed to different parents. And that needs to be addressed through more than "God won't enforce it in the afterlife if you don't want him to." Especially when it's not about replacing one set of parents with different ones, as much as it is honoring all the guardians someone has had throughout their lives.

All this to say: this is only weird and hard because we're making it weird and hard. Let it be easy. Guardianship temple sealings should be a thing. Let's make them a thing, and not limit them only to fathers and mothers, and not use that language for them. Treat them as equally binding as parental and spousal sealings and stop telling people they aren't going all the way into heaven because they don't have anyone to be sealed to.

Why? Because that's the messaging I was given when I came into the Church. It's harmful and made me really weird for a very long time about the prospect of my own death. To do this to people is a choice. So let's just stop doing it.

I just wish we could really embrace what the doctrine of eternal families means in the church. We can't be exalted without each other, and we are all members of the family of god. We're all related, every human being alive. I love that the early church practiced lateral sealings of friends and unconventional family members. Narrowing the idea of the eternal family down to nuclear families of one particular configuration just seems like such a bastardization of such a beautiful and inclusive doctrine, that we need each other, that we owe each other everything, that love is what exalts us together as a community. I've always struggled with this doctrine as it's taught in the church because I think it's being done fundamentally wrong. Follow the logic to it's natural conclusion: we are all family.

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Unpopular opinions about George Harrison! I feel like he is overly hate and looked down upon on Beatles reddit, but I do not see many spicy takes about him on Beatles Tumblr. Perhaps thats just a needed overcorrection to how he is treated in Beatles discourse?

Yeah, people on reddit have a hateboner for him and it's cringe to watch them say the same things about him over and over and act like they're being edgy.

Okay so George:

I think he somewhat exaggerated his closeness with John in 65-66 period. "Couldn't relate to the others [Paul, Ringo] on ANY level"?? This just doesn't track with anything we know about John and Paul from that period. They certainly weren't At Their Best but on ANY LEVEL??? (Reminder that a good handful of songs on Rubber Soul are said to be co-written!) That's not to say that John and George didn't bond a lot during that period, I just think George presented it in a slightly over the top way. I also remember watching an interview with George from after John had died wherein George seemed to be speaking for John re:John's thoughts on the afterlife in a way that seemed to me to not be… Something he could have Really known? John was famously fickle about his beliefs and George was quite open about how he didn't see much of a John at all in his last years so… Yeah.

While John and Paul quite objectively mistreated George and disrespected his work he did also contribute to the vicious circle those three found themselves caught in. He straight up says in the Davies bio that the Beatle thing is just his "job" and not his passion. Can you fully blame the other two for being a bit confused when he shows up a year later wanting to do more songs again, when he could barely fill his quota in 67. (Not saying that the way JP + the studio treated his songs pre-67 didn't contribute to this attitude. Just saying it's Complicated.)

On that note, I am really not sure George comprehended that he was surrounded by immensely traumatized individuals and like… How lucky he was to have a mother who was both a) around all the time and b) fully 100% absolutely supported his musical ambitions as well as a dad who fiercely defended him from teachers who hit him rather than not care and occasionally hit him himself. Again, not to say that excuses the others' behaviour towards him but HONESTLY sometimes when I think of While My Guitar Gently Weeps or the India conversation I'm like EASY FOR YOU TO SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All Things Must Pass is great but also overrated lol. It's too samey-samey IDK.

[johns-prince]

John also had a lovely mix of masculine and feminine physical traits, though this wouldn't become obvious until 1968. When he was on the skinny side (which I loved, sue me) you could tell how beautifully delicate and dainty his bone structure was, way more than Paul's imo. He had those gorgeous long legs and graceful narrow hips that you most commonly find in fashion models. And I love that until at least 1975, he showcased his body beautifully, especially those legs.

Ironically I feel as if people didn't embrace John's femme beauty as well as they did with Paul. I don't know why. Most people seem to prefer him with the more masculine look of 1966. Which was great as well, he was gorgeous but I am a big fan of the 1968 to 1974 run. Btw, note to fanfic writers: please, show John's body some love, I know Paul is stunning but it's kind of exhausting reading 10 pages about how pretty he is and when it comes to my boy John he barely gets a paragraph 😂

Alright, I feel like I’m probably gonna rub a lot of people in this fandom the wrong way with what I’m going to say but this is my blog and you did send this to my inbox so here we go; At the end of the days these are my thoughts and feelings and I might not articulate them very well or I often ramble till I do!

I have my issues, and a complicated relationship with 1968-70s John Lennon. I love John, and thought him healthy and just right in his body type, basically up until 1968, and it’s spotty onward throughout the 70s. To me, John was naturally masculine looking, there’s not exactly an era or year that I could give you like you gave me [Specifically 1966? What about his teddy boy days? All of the early 60s? Hell even throughout the 70s, to me John still was masculine looking to me] He was a bit awkward in his teenhood, but all the boys were, and gradually grew into his adult body. Boy was built and sturdy, naturally thick and strong. 

So we’re probably split on this, because while you see the positives in 1968-1974/70s John, I only really see the negatives. You say skinny, I say malnourished and/or sickly. Depressed druggie who was pushing everyone and everything he loved away, and becoming pathetically dependent on an individual like Yoko [and the other vultures during that time who were terrible influences] 

George was skinny, John was not well and either starving himself or simply using drugs and alcohol as the basis for his diet. And diets.. don’t even get me started on that, the diets he was on, the unhealthy lifestyle that his wife only seemed to enable and help him get on. 

When I look at George, sometimes I get the need to feed him, like an old Mexican mother. When I look at John, who’d lost an unhealthy amount of weight for what it looked like for his body type, I don’t see delicate and dainty bone structure. I see a man who just, he’s not well, something’s wrong.

I’ll give it to you that 1974 New York photoshoot looked very nice, he had muscle again in his arms, though he was still relatively skinny, he didn’t look sickly, or depressed. So I can give you that period during the 70s, I will give you that [hey he was away from Yoko during this no fucking wonder he looked pretty good here] and that shoot was definitely a model moment, wasn’t it? [Not like he didn’t have many of those moments throughout his life] 

So there moments in the seventies where I think John doesn’t look half bad? Even relatively fine? Certainly, I’m devastatingly attracted to this man, dear God almighty have mercy on my soul yes I am. So I’ll agree that yeah, there were periods during the 70s in which John seemed to hold himself fairly well, I’d still climb it.

But I’m at least willing to admit that when John started his spiraling, in 1968, that he was Not Okay. And I personally believe he wasn’t all that okay throughout most of the 70s too... Maybe my issue isn’t with him being ‘skinny’ as it is I don’t like the underweight/severely underweight look on John, I just don’t. The incredibly unhealthy way he went about losing weight... Physically frail doesn’t fit him, and it only upsets me whenever I see photos of him that show how thin his legs became or how you can see his ribs, just how wasted away he’d look at times throughout the 70s, up until the last days of his life. 

You want a “skinny” or ''skinnier'' John Lennon? A healthy, ‘’skinny/skinnier’’ John Lennon for his body type, is ‘66 and ‘67 in my eyes, and even then it wasn’t a radical change in weight loss; John still looked like John.

And speaking of 1968-1969, or the White Album era; don’t think it isn’t lost on me when I see people making light of John’s unhygienic appearance during the making of the White Album. Boy was depressed and hurting for whatever reason, again, spiraling, and getting lost in Yoko and heroin as a means of escapism and someone to tell him ‘it’s alright it isn’t your fault it’s everyone else’s fault’. Of course he didn’t care much for his personal appearance or hygiene... I will say I appreciate your appreciation for him during that period, instead of getting the whole ‘stinky/smelly rat man.’ Maybe I’m too much of a ‘’stan’’ but I don’t find it very amusing or endearing. 

Don’t find me mocking or ‘’teasing’’ Paul’s depressed ass and his appearance during the breakup period/white album era-- but I suppose it’s because Paul actually tried and wasn’t on hard drugs, and had a good wife, so he was able to wear his depression and struggle with alcoholism a bit better, hmm? I don’t like Paul’s beard simply because I know it was the result of his lack of energy, depression, and falling into the drink-- he simply didn’t feel the need nor had the energy to care for himself, so that’s why he let it grow out. I don’t like it because of that, but that’s as much as you’ll get from me. 

Anyway... Maybe I just don’t see John as characteristically feminine/effeminate as Paul, although he has his moments of acting and wearing clothes that are campy and elegant or give off a softer appearance, specifically around 1968 and throughout the 70s. But otherwise, I can’t agree, John didn’t have the same mixture, or balance of masculine and feminine traits as Paul-- and if it’s only made obvious during the downfall turning point of The Beatles and John (1968), then I don’t think that really counts as a ‘’lovely’’ mix of masculine and feminine traits for the reasons I mentioned. So I’ve got to disagree. John's always come off as much more masculine, or naturally masculine, both physically and characteristically, to me.

You know maybe it’s just the blogs I interact with, but I feel like it’s the other way around. I know I can sometimes come off as aggressive but at the end of the day I don’t necessarily care what one person thinks or believes, since it’s all relatively subjective to our own ideas of things and biases, etc... I have my thoughts and beliefs and theories and whether people agree or disagree with them on tumblr dot com... Well, what’re you gonna do? Nothing, it’s not my problem. 

What I 100% agree on you with is about showing Johnny’s body a bit more love and attention to detail when it comes to writing about him in fanfiction! 

There’s his auburn red hair, a darker ginger, which was thick and fun to watch as it lit up like fire when sunlight hit him, and could easily go wavy and curl when left unkempt and natural. The splattered and scattered galaxies of light freckles up and down his arms, his shoulders, his back, even a couple on his face. His aquiline nose, a relatively square jawline and facial structure, thick, heavy eyebrows which really intensify expressions of rage and hurt, almond shaped eyes which are the color of honey-amber when the light hits them just right and outlined with thick, long lashes, blind as a bat without his glasses but can give a mean squint which either helps scare off trouble, or brings it right to him, especially when he’s got thin bitten lips that could pull off a devilishly cheeky smirk or a no-good, charming grin to showcase teeth with the upper front turned slightly in towards each other, gives that imperfection which truly just perfects it-- a face like that of a tragic hero in a Greek Romance, distinctive and handsome. How he just oozed filthy sex and genuine trouble, sweaty leather and smoky dancehalls and rock & roll that crawls up your spine like an orgasm. Hips that could roll like Elvis and strong legs, thick thighs which would make a lovely place to sit. Broad shoulders, strong arms that could easily manage to lift you up and manhandle you in any way he’d like. Big hands, almost like shovels-- beautiful hands, with fingernails usually bitten short and occasionally had black ink or charcoal under them from when he’d be working on art, and rough, callused fingertips from playing guitar till they split and bleed, add a lovely roughness to any gentle touching he might do. A naturally thick midsection, a normal, healthy layer of fat which covers the sinewy just beneath. Any hair is light, light and lightly colored, on his arms and legs and chest. Cute tush, nice butt, a nice boy butt, slightly muscular bubble butt. 

Fun facts; he had the largest feet out of all four Beatles. John isn’t circumcised. John and George share the same height. John has a surprisingly long tongue. John’s skin tone may be light, but for comparison, he’s much tanner compared to Paul-- he’s a bit more olive or wheat to his skin tone, and tanned very, very well. John’s cheeks could become easily red though. John liked the scent of citrus to wear--  he was also self conscious about the fact he could easily sweat and so usually wore such colognes or scents, didn’t want to smell bad. He started smelling of witch hazel when with Yoko. Despite his issue with sweating, he didn’t smell bad naturally. John was a true romantic, being an artist outside of being a musician/rock and roller-- he just didn’t like to show it, and growing up in his time, you couldn’t. John’s a swimmer, he loved to swim and loved the ocean. 

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Debris 1x13 "Celestial Body": rewatch Reaction'd, questions and comments

So if all those people are experiencing emotional convergence, who are they converging from? Who's sending the emotional signal that the debris is channeling, or is it the debris manifesting it's "consciousness" in a way that we can understand it by way of human conduits?

Maddox is clearly trading debris pieces with Irina (perhaps the piece that he took out of storage off the books), and Irina is on the phone with presumably her handler/ boss to negotiate this trade. She gives him lateral (which I assume means latitudinal) readings and then he asks for longitudinal readings which we don't get to hear. They are: Lateral 105, 112, 115, 120, 113, 110, 109

What's the significance of these measures? Latitude goes from 0° to 90° from the equator, so that doesn't track unless the scene is cut wrong and they're meant to be longitudinal (E/W) readings, which go to 180° relative to the prime meridian. That would make more sense, because after Irina is done with the first set of readings, the unknown caller on the phone says "drop to level two for vertical" and latitudes are North/South.

If we're talking Western longitudes, notable landmarks include: Denver, Salt Lake City UT / Phoenix AZ / nearly Sedona AZ - aka where the telesphere went, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe/ Nevada border, Great Salt Lake, Alberta-Saskatchewan border, and the Utah-Arizona border.

Or perhaps they're not part of terrestrial measurement at all. The act of "lateral reading" could just mean verifying your sources/accuracy as you go, where as vertical reading is reading for content first to see if something is worth evaluating for sources.

However, if they are part of coordinates, then is the fragment that Maddox is trading with Irina a legitimate "mapmaker" piece like George previously said Influx was seeking? Ya know, when he lied to his daughter. Can a mapmaker piece track moving/animate debris akin to the telesphere? Are those black dust cloud beings George is running from made up of animate debris?

Bryan: After becoming a parent you're in a heightened emotional state, emotionally raw.

George: Higher highs, lower lows, the joy of having a child, the postpartum depression, and the fear of getting it wrong.

Me: Are we in a pensive, self-reflective mood, George? Are you practicing your pub trivia Bryan, delivering exposition, or are you speaking from personal character experience? Seriously, how would you know?!

John Noble as Otto, man why does he always make such a good villain?

What is with the cryptic vagueness when Maddox tells Irina, "You know I can't let you leave with that case right? I mean you know that. There's another door for you Irina, one that only you can go through." They seemed almost on good terms in a previous episode, like friends or something more in a past life "nice car, i almost left / no you didn't", he wouldn't kill her, would he? Or is it more like a code between them, a sort of "I'm being watched, take the back exit"?

Hey, so why is it that sometimes George's eye seems opaque and damaged from the debris implant, but then when he's talking to Finola after he distracts Bryan while being Debris whisperer, his eye seems fine? PS: I googled Tyrone Benskin just to see what he looks like when he's not playing George Jones and I didn't know he's a former member of Canadian Parliament. Don't trust the government, eh?

George: "You're such a compassionate person, you always have been. So much of your mother in you." That's the second time that Finola's mother has been mentioned in the series, back from the pilot. Is it a coincidence that the first piece of debris that chose to interact with Finola resonated her mom? More than just Finola's desire being reflected by the debris, but the debris emoting it's first impression of her as someone compassionate that it can trust?

It also raises my heckles that George repeats, almost word for word, something that Finola said in episode 3. "If we can't help people, we do not deserve this debris / if we don't use this debris on these people, we are not worthy to have it." Are father and daughter that ideologically similar, or has he been spying on her progress this whole time, or both?

George: "I took my life to allow myself a rebirth, I paid the price. I want you to know that not one day goes by that I don't think of you and your sister. I want you to know this." This coincides with my initial impression that George staged his death to get away from Orbital after he assessed how his research was being used/abused.

George: "You never wanted to go into the pool, I had to throw you in, and you kicked and screamed, but you always did better that way." Immabout to throw you George, just keep talking!!!! I'm sorry, this charicature of absentee father reminiscing about the good old days really ticks me off from personal experience.

Also, as a person with a disability, I am not particularly pleased with the use of Dario as a plot device instead of a thoughtful character with a backstory at this point in the show for 13 whole episodes now. Pretty pissed off actually, so they better do something phenomenal and pivotal with Christian Rose (Dario) in season 2 [maybe have his character interact with debris in a similar way to Caroline]. But that's another rant about ableism in screenwriting for another angry day....

George: "A telesphere was born yesterday. It came from a pocket dimension inside Orbital. I think it's birth may have triggered the debris." This is perhaps the one-ish episode that I find George remotely interesting and also infuriating, particularly because of the way he speaks, like he's finally taken off the guise of the old, well-meaning eccentric and turned into a sharp, cunning, and at times calculatingly ruthless individual. I find it peculiar that he says a telesphere is born. Makes me think that the debris is not just part of a spacecraft, but a hybrid of the beings piloting that craft.

I get tremendous satisfaction from Finola head-butting people. This should continue.

I'm not familiar with all of the work of JH Wyman to know if this is a running theme or an ongoing joke. But does he keep his writing staff in a constant state of starvation? Is that why pieces of debris are called "Nachos", and why Influx has "Beans" to shield them from debris side effects, and why Bryan is always eating junk food? Should I be worried about the writer's room and start sending them healthy snacks?!? Just give me an SOS in the credit roll.

Speaking of: is the "Bean" that Finola ingested a piece of debris? Similar to the pieces of debris that fused with Anson Ash? Will it impart some physical benefits to her moving forward?

"I won't lose you again...you belong with me." What are you talking about George Jones, you made the conscious decision to leave your family. You didn't lose Finola, she lost you. In this version of reality at least. Or (unscripted backstory) did Jones and his wife separate prior to her death / was Finola brought up mostly by her mother? That doesn't seem the case if she was buying her father birthday presents and took it upon herself to settle his affairs after his death.

Why do the Influx Operatives Otto and Anson have tattoos on their hands, but not Loeb? Is he like the low end of the totem pole FNG who hasn't earned his stripes, hence why Otto gives him s***: aka "Careful you cretin. All the finesse of a butcher."

What is the hierarchy of Influx anyway? Despite being an anti-government "for the people/ elevate the human consciousness" organization they do still seem to have a governing hierarchy and Otto and George seem to be on the same level, pretty high in rank / they talk with confidence to each other like they go back a while.

What is that weird thing that Otto does with his hands to Bryan's head? What are all the weird things Otto does, including his massacre at the petrol station? Ick.

Why is it that Leob and George are freaked out by the black smoke (debris particle?) man, but Anson and Otto aren't? They seem to see them(?), but don't overtly react.

Bryan: "It seems like we're entering some kind of new phase." Gee where have I heard that one before? Oh yeah, the story of "Blackwater grandfather" and the black wind that they're still teasing endlessly while refusing to tether it into some kind of world building lore. Agggghh!

Lololol, Bryan and Finola's dynamic even in the midst of a very serious episode makes me laugh. "Devon Reese / two e's? / Two e's!" "This one smells like baby diapers. Almost as bad as the tech section of the plane/ You mean your section of the plane. / Almost." That zinger 👍

Paraphrasing Bryan: "[recapping, recap, and did I mention recap]...something about George doesn't feel right." Personal pet peeve: I HATE IT when episodes have intentional explanatory lines like this to point out the fact that we as audience are privy to information that the main characters aren't. Not only does it make the main characters seem less intelligent, it breaks the fourth wall a little bit and gives the impression that the audience, which is ahead of the plot, is not as intelligent and needs a reminder that we're ahead. Lackadaisical writing drives me nuts!!! I can't outright say that it's "bad" dialogue, but it's not a choice I would make if I wanted uninterrupted viewer immersion.

Finola: "My instincts are good" Me: You are an emotionally intelligent decision maker with gaping personal blind spots.

George: You belong with me, your father.

Finola: My father died six months ago, and you are not him.

Me: Chef's kiss 👏👏👏

Otto: "It would never have worked out with that girl [Finola], not in any iteration." Definitely makes me lean towards the fan theory that the alt!Finola in (presumably) suspensia in Sedona Arizona got plucked from another reality.

Surprisingly, the ending credit roll has no voiceover as all the previous episodes of the season have. Disappointed that there's no potential teaser to a season 2 if the show gets renewed. But I find it curious that the extras who were demonstrating emotional convergence were credited as: chess board persons. Not sure if that's relevant, but I definitely feel like this show is playing games with me and my emotions.

[macaron-n-cheese]

My little special interest topics! (Finally got to writing this)

Ulysses S. Grant: I actually don't know where to start. He's just my #1 guy. Every new thing I learn about Grant is so fascinating. I think what I like best about him is just that he is such a normal and genuinely caring person who rose to power through honesty and sincere effort. Grant is unlike other historical figures who usually dominate the spotlight like the founding fathers who had advantages in life, something that makes him so extraordinary. I like him because he is a good person who, although he definitely made mistakes, tried his very best to pursue justice no matter what other people thought. Grant also admitted his mistakes, something that so many historical figures and just people in general who have a good reputation seem afraid to do. Grant makes me happy and I smile about him. Absolutely awesome dude :). I'm so glad he was president but am sad that people forget about him mostly in part due to Lost Cause propaganda slandering him.

The Complexities and Confusion of Thomas Jefferson: My #1 problematic fav. Thomas Jefferson never fails to be interesting. I've always had a fascination with him. Something that makes him so fun to study in my opinion is his personal life rather than the actions he took that made an impact on the world. Jefferson is personally very mysterious though his actions are well known. I constantly wonder what his thought process was that caused him to be so hypocritical, racist, and willingly blind to his own actions. There is the added complexity of Jefferson most likely being autistic, and I personally wonder how he coped with this. From what I recognize so far, he became unmasked later in life (but also gave into his intrusive thoughts) likely due to the fact that he had garnered so much power that he didn't need to worry about it anymore. The death of Martha Wayles Skeleton Jefferson (yes full name I didn't want it to get confused with Patsy) completely altered his life and how he approached it.

My Favorite Historical Content: This is basically a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. Historical media and film is SO engaging and entertaining so that I get to enjoy history as well as enjoying historical fiction to hyperfixate on. In addition, my autism has me bound to contract that I have to get REALLY into the media and make sure to fact check it and everything, which endears it to me even more! What I like about history is the people, something that is so much more of a focus than other approaches to history. Film and such brings these people to life. Because there is so much of a focus on these people, I think that historical accuracy of them has a different nature than the accuracy of events or dates. If done incorrectly, a person and what they portray is inaccurate (think King George III in Hamilton being entirely like his actual self to amplify the stakes and add entertainment). When done correctly, it can amplify actual things about a person that cannot be done so easily through writing (like Hancock in HBO John Adams being rich and smug or Thomas Jefferson in 1776 being obsessed with his wife). Also Hornblower <33333 this series is so awesome I love it. Horatio and Grant are my justice-pursuing, babygirl, ass-kicking (and kicked) blorbos.

Genshin Impact: .My dirty little secret is that I like Genshin Impact and have been playing it since version 1.4 I think >:). I like collecting characters and looking at the aesthetically pleasing landscapes and character designs in the game. The story is fun and I enjoy how different cultures are adapted to fit into such a fun game! Well written characters are all very likable in their own ways. I do have to say that many of them fall into a trope or are cringe in some way, but a lot of them are also actually likable. Overall I like talking about characters and being able to interact with them through character builds. It also has such a large player base that much more people can relate to it in some way than my other interests.

My dogs: I LOVE MY DOGS!!!! They are something I can always talk about to anyone. They are my safe topic when I cannot think of anything to say. My dogs are also adorable. Our first dog is Rosie, an 11 year old black labrador retriver. She is friendly but has anxiety and is slowing down as she ages, but she is a sweet girl. Poor girl probably has a psychological condition that's undiagnosed since she can't talk. On the other hand, Mac, our 3 year old yellow labrador retriever is a stereotypical dog who is playful and silly. Mac always makes me laugh and he is very open about loving us all. He is very good at relieving my anxiety because of his playful nature being able to put me in a good mood. Mac is also a crybaby and whines when he doesn't get what he wants but it is pretty funny.

Mac...

And Rosie!

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Also ghosts and ghost stories tehe, fashion, art, and architectual history, Disney animation (particularly older films and the history of the studio), pin collecting, niche music and sea shanties, appreciating rural nature and landscapes, traveling to historical sites, musical theater, classic literature (especially Jane Austen), more that I am forgetting at the moment.

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With Malice Toward None: a Musical of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. I’ve been developing this musical since summer 2020. With Malice Toward None focuses on exploring the mental health struggles that Lincoln experienced during his presidency. The musical is narrated by Robert Todd Lincoln, who recalls the storyline’s events with complete omniscience while at the 1922 Lincoln Memorial dedication. Relevant themes for the show include mental health, public history, teams that become brotherhoods, compassion, the stages of grief, leadership, and a bunch of other concepts that I’ll probably end up yapping about on here at some point. Orchestrally, the show can be described as “if Les Misérables, Hello Dolly, and Evita decided to have a threesome in my brain”.

all of my original characters. seriously. I have SO MANY OF THEM that I’ve developed over the years, mostly for historical fiction. 😭 the ones that are living rent free in my head the most right now are Anastasia Andrews-Ismay (the human personification of the Titanic), Lieutenant General Ethan Clay, and Dr. Constance Pierpont Morgan. Honorable mention goes to my Star Wars OC Shi’al Valorum 💅 if any of these muses seem familiar to you then we’ve probably either been in a discord server together or you’ve somehow stumbled across one of my roleplay blogs.

the rms titanic. literally EVERYTHING about this ship and her sinking is my Roman Empire. I’m particularly fond of yapping about Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews, Wallace Hartley, William Pirrie, J.P. Morgan, or any of the officers — but if you get me talking about the vilification of Bruce Ismay by the sensationalist yellow press in the aftermath of the sinking, then I WILL NEVER SHUT UP.

star wars. my first exposure to the Star Wars franchise was when I was a sophomore in high school and I got to see a screening of A New Hope where the soundtrack was played by a live orchestra. suffice to say, this altered my brain chemistry and I’ve never been the same since. I’m a Prequels girlie and Jedi apologist to my CORE; my favorite characters are probably Yoda, Dooku, Mace Windu, and Bail Organa.

film and tv soundtracks. …the fact that I once did a TWENTY FIVE MINUTE LONG presentation on the film score for Titanic (1997) should tell you everything that you need to know about this silly fixation of mine.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: ghost hunting, tarot cards, classical music, Taylor Swift, creative liberties taken by Lin Manuel Miranda for Hamilton, historical fiction as a genre in an era where media literacy is on the decline, Antebellum America, the Great Triumvirate (Henry Clay, John Calhoun, Daniel Webster), the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, and public history.

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Lost One- John Lennon

A/N: yeah we're starting with an A/N first. I just wanted to say that I know how a loss of a loved one can affect people, it's affected me more than once and I'm here for you if you need help. Also, I'm not the one to romanticize these type of things since they shouldn't be romanticized. It's just a person helping another in a time of need. This was based on some info on John's Wikipedia and it's not really that accurate.

Words: >900

Warning: mentions of drinking and death but that's about it

(Also yes I'm using a gif from Nowhere Boy even though I still need to see it)

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You watched as John screamed out for his mom, a blood chilling scream as her body laid lifeless in the road. You quickly ran over to him, almost having the same fate as his mom since you didn't watch for traffic. John was shaking and trembling as you held onto him, trying to stop him from going onto the road.

"Let me go!" He cried out as he tried to push you away from him. "Let go of me!"

You tightened your grip on him, making sure that he wouldn't have the same fate as her. By this time, people have crowded around the body, an ambulance screaming a sad melody in the distance. You tried to stay strong for him, but you couldn't help but to let tears fall into his leather jacket. He finally let himself go limp as he cried for his mother. She left him, then came back, just for her to leave him again.

As the months passed, John was getting more reckless. You would be there to help him: either from the terrible hangover he had, or his drunken state the night before, or the patch him up after a fight from either getting to hot-headed or from the alcohol.

"John, you have to be more careful, you're gonna get yourself killed," you whispered to him as you put a wet towel against his forehead since he was bleeding.

"What do you know?" He muttered, the smell of beer and whiskey on his breath. If your parents found out that you brought a drunken, beat up John Lennon home they'd be pissed. "I could've saved her, y'know, but you-you wouldn't let me go, you held me there, stopped me."

"I was protecting you. I was saving you from more pain and misery and making sure that you wouldn't end up getting hit by a car like Julia."

"It's your fault she's dead!" John yelled, making you flinch away from him. It wasn't the first time he's done this, and it wasn't the last. You breathed out a sigh and went towards him again.

"No, get away! I can take care of myself!" He growled at you before leaving your bedroom. And he was gone.

~

"(Y/N)?" A voice asked over the phone.

"Yeah, who is this?" You asked as you propped yourself against the wall.

"It's Paul, we're at the Cavern Club and-" There was a yell and something breaking in the background "-we need you down here as soon as you can."

"Is it John?" You sighed while pinching the bridge of your nose.

There was the sound of glass shattering, confirming your answer. "Yeah," Paul whispered almost embarrassingly.

"I'll be over as soon as I can," you told him before hanging up the phone. You grabbed a jacket and headed down the street to the little club the boys always performed at. It was raining softly and you knew it was going to end miserably. You tried to help John, but you knew that he was hurting. He was distracting himself from the loss of his mother and you really couldn't blame him for that but taking it this far isn't going to help him. 

You walked into the Cavern and caught a sight of John holding someone by the neck collar.

"John!" You yelled out, making him look and dropping their collar.

"(Y/N)?" He whispered. He looked scared and confused as to why you would come to a club like this one for something else besides one of their performances.

"I'm here to take you home," you said softly. "Come on, Johnny, let's go."

He was hesitant to walk over to you, but when he did he held onto you. You heard John sniffle and you knew that you had to get him out of there so his teddy boy image wouldn't be ruined.

You waved at the three boys standing in the corner as you left, all wearing the same outfits as John. You knew these were Paul, George, and Stuart. You took John out to the alley beside the tavern and held onto him as he sobbed into your shoulder.

"She's gone, (Y/N)!" He wailed as you rubbed his back. "She's dead!"

"It's gonna be ok, you gotta trust me on this one."

He let out a choked sob as he clung onto you, finally letting out what he was hiding behind the alcohol and the violence. A boy who just lost his mom and a piece of him with her. "I'm gonna take you to Mimi's and see if I can stay the night, ok? I just don't think that it's safe for you to be at the Cavern."

He looked different under the streetlight. You saw a little boy instead of a teenager. The same five year old boy who just learned that he had to live with his aunt since his mom had to go away. A lost little boy was all he was, going nowhere. He nodded at you as he quickly wiped his tears away, making sure that nobody saw him.

You took his hand and began walking to Mimi's. While you two were walking John would occasionally look at you and he would get almost embarrassed. He stopped walking which made you stop and turn to him. "John?"

He looked at you like he wanted to say something, but he couldn't find the right words. "Thank you," he stated and you knew what he was trying to say. He wasn't much to apologize but you knew that he was trying to apologize for the way he was acting.

You nodded at him with a smile and you both went on your way to Mimi's.

[m1ssunderstanding]

Understanding Lennon McCartney Rewatch Part 4.2

Having Paul talking about following his artistic muse and deciding not to care what other people think paired with the insanity of McCartney 2 is fantastic. 

I sincerely hope those 20K words that Paul wrote for his posterity about his time in jail are published some day. 

He looks so pretty in this interview!

John and Sean are so cute! 

“Nobody Knows” is about secretly hooking up with John, obviously. But “that includes you, honey!” Is that at Linda?? Don't do that to your mother, Paul. 

The only scenario in which I  support a hypothetical JP sexual/romantic relationship in the 70s is that hypothetically no wives were harmed in the making of this hypothetical. 

Not the cut from “Coming Up” to “Probably the thing that John and I will do . . .” to John's self interview about bisexuality and Paul and life begins at forty back to Coming Up interspersed with footage of happy JP to John getting out a guitar to record a demo! 

And the demo is (Just Like) Starting Over. Just bury me already. 

Another lyrical reference I didn't catch in the demo version: “it's easy.” Sung very similarly to how he sang it in All You Need is Love. 

John comparing them to brothers (Everly) and a marriage (Goffin and King) in the same sentence. And he's right, too.

I love the interviewer being so skeptical of John and how dismissive he is of Paul in this interview and how he can't get his story straight on when the last time he'd seen Paul was. More women should've interviewed him.

How I imagine it went. Interviewer: hi John are you ready to -- John: did you know I never think about Paul anymore unless somebody brings him up? Interviewer: but I didn't – John: yeah he used to show up at my door with a guitar and I told him to go away. Interviewer: ooookaaay? 

Cutie! I love John so much.

“If I was dead, they wouldn't be angry with me. If I'd conveniently died in the mid seventies after Rock and Roll album or Walls and Bridges (((everybody loves you when you're six feet in the ground))), they'd all be writing this worshipful stuff about what a great guy.” It hurts to hear and it hurts that he was exactly right. 

I don't care what John and Yoko say, manifesting is just another capitalist lie to keep the proletariat complacent. 

“The only one who can control me is me and that's just barely possible.” It's one of those John quotes that's so silly and cute and also entirely relatable. He really had a way of capturing the human condition. 

“Nobody ever said anything about Paul having a spell over me when I was with him for a long time! Or me having a spell over Paul! They didn't think that was abnormal, two guys together.” Yeah, John, they definitely did and they made fun of it and tried to poke holes in it, or have you forgotten?

“Or four guys together.” Yeah. George and Ringo were in the Beatles too.

“In those days? Why didn't anybody ever say ‘How come those guys don't split up?” You're joking, right John? 

The video/audio pairing here though! You mean ‘what's going on under the table?’

Love John getting pissed that nobody asked him, “What is that Paul and John business?” RIP John, you would've loved Beatles Tumblr.

[revchainsaw]

Bumblebee (2018)

Good Evening worshippers, and welcome! Today the Cult of Cult goes a little more mainstream than usual. It's been a while since i've tackled a big Hollywood superhero film. But I do believe that these sorts of films will be remembered fondly my small groups of people in the future, especially the smaller films that are being overshadowed by the big bad MCU, films like 2018s Bumblebee.

The Messsage

Bumblebee was originally released as a prequel to the Transformers franchise that had started all the way back in 2007. However, reboots had really hit the market as a way to breath new life into struggling franchises, and the Transformers series had already gone to just about every absurd extreme you could imagine. No changes were made to the movie as it was released, but with it's more childish and heartfelt tone, and a new aesthetic that was softer, smoother, and all around just generally more pleasing to the eye, I think it was a wise choice to rebrand Bumblebee as a new beginning.

Our story is of two friends from two very different worlds and how they came together. Our first character is Bumblebee, then known as B- number sign/it doesn't really matter. Not yet Bumblebee is a soldier set with securing a safe location for the Autobots to regroup and make their home as they suffer a pretty serious defeat on cybertron at the hands of the tyrannical Decepticons. Optimus Prime, here again voiced by Peter Cullen and looking so much more like himself, assigns this task to Bumblebee promising him that they will meet him there when the time comes. Then Optimus fucks off for the rest of the run time making way for our little hero.

Bumblebee lands on Earth and is immediately set upon by John Cena and his military goon squad. It probably would have been wise for Bumblebee to avoid John Cena but in his defense, he couldn't see him. Hardy har har. In his attempt to flee his voice box is damaged, he seeks sanctuary by taking the form of a run down little VW bug, and suffers from amnesia.

Then we have Charlie. Charlie is not like other girls. She likes cars, all the retro music, which wasn't retro when the movie takes place, so I'm supposed to just think she's a rocker but it kinda seems like she'll listen to just about anything. I think in 2018 liking Motorhead and The Smiths (who are used ad nauseum in this movie) is perfectly common, but I feel like in the 80s that was a much different and much older attitude to take.

Anyway Charlie's poor family lives in a super fucking nice house and are poor because the dialogue keeps insisting they are so it must be true despite all the shit they have that actually poor people would sell blood and teeth to attain, but hell, this is Hollywood and Hollywood poor is like regular people upper middle class. Charlies family is so poor that instead of giving her a one time graduation/birthday present to buy a part for a car she already has, they just give her a moped, She also spends all her time at a pull apart where the manager (who might be her uncle that wasn't super clear) is willing to just give her a Volkswagen so I don't understand why she didn't already have the project car up and running. Whatever, it's a plot contrivance. All you need to know is that Charlie is tenacious and hard around the edges cuz her dad is dead and she's not yet mature enough to process that in a healthy way. Maybe her character arch will teach her to let others in, we'll have to find out.

There's also a wacky nerd named Memo, and some bad guys, and John Cena. They are all also pretty archetypal and contrived and don't really do anything of note that isn't just filling a beat that this kind of movie needs to walk. Charlie starts Bumblebee up, discovers he's a robot and the two begin to bond. Charlie learns to make a friend, and bumblebee is learning about himself. They get into hijinks and get revenge on a bully girl who makes Regina George look like a saint, she pretty much only picks on Charlie exclusively for having a dead dad.

The moment Bumblebee is woken back up, some technology goof em up that both he and Charlie are unaware of brings two Decepticon baddies into the picture. I don't remember their names, but since I love The Venture Brothers let's say they can be "Jet Boy and Jet Girl". Jet Boy and Jet Girl are sometimes cars, sometimes various flying military vehicles, and they make friends with the deep state and plan to get all the adrenochrome from all the orphans, or just to go find Bumblebee and beat his ass good cuz their bad guys. Let me tell y'all though, Jet Boy and Jet Girl are so bad that they don't even care that the government is listening when they reveal that they are planning on bringing a Decepticon Invasion and after they rough up Bumblebee real good they are going to destroy all life on this planet. So they start by killing a military scientist.

John Cena is after Bumblebee and he's homies with Jet Boy and Jet Girl until the military scientist butt dials him and he hears the evil plan. John Cena goes from heel to face and helps Bumblebee and Charlie save the day. It's a giant CG clusterfuck climax a la any superhero film in the last 10 years and I basically stopped watching. BumbleBee pulls a Hellraiser on Jet Boy, and then he hits Jet Girl with a freaking boat. Charlie uses her diving skills do dive down and save him, but he's a Giant Robot and he was okay and it was literally pointless for her to to except as a way to show that her character has completed her arch by doing the thing that was representative of her connection with her lost father.

Bumblebee turns into the Camaro from the first movie, meets up with Optimus prime, and the stage is set for this prequel to squeeze more prequels out. So it wasn't very creative, but was it bad? Let's find out.

Please Stand to receive the Benediction.

Best Aspect: Transform the Franchise

Bumblebee was directed by Travis Knight of Laika fame and it shows. This movie marks a stylistic change in the transformers franchise, as in it doesn't look like utter dog shit, but it also represents in many ways a tonal shift. It does hold on to a lot of gross sleaze that has unfortunately been forcibly jammed into the DNA of the franchise but it also attempts to be a more heartfelt entry. The characters of Bumblebee might all be sort of a waste of time, but at least they are doing something with emotions, even if the emotions of the characters are only explored as deeply as a children's cartoon I'm glad they are there. In the previous installments the only thing the characters did between running from action piece to seizure inducing action piece was drool over underage girls like a bunch of chimpanzees at the facility where they test experimental E.D. meds. It was nice to see that at least somewhat tampered. This transformers movie feels more like it's for kids and young teenagers, and strangely that more friendly tone makes for a much less juvenile product.

Worst Aspect: Remember I Love the 80s from the 2000s

I hope you really like Stranger Things. I do, but because Stranger Things was so successful it' s going to be everywhere. Not true Stranger Things just 80s nostalgia porn. This 80s nostalgia is going to be forced on you whether you like it or not, and it's not going to be fun. It's gonna be in your shows, in your music, in your Sunday like Bacon in 2010. It's that or Marvel Franchise Brand Whedonisms. Bumblebee is that brave movie that says, "Why not both?" It would seem fitting that a property as quintessentially 80s as Transformers should feel completely comfortable doing a period piece set in the 80's but it's so fucking half hearted it's depressing. It wasn't done to appreciate the roots of the IP, it was done to cash in on a trend and it feels it. All they did was throw up a date and insufferably force an 80s soundtrack down your throat as if that was enough to convince you that this movie needed to be set during this time. Other than that you could have told me this film was set in 2007 and I couldn't tell you any different.

Best Character: Charlie's an Angel

I liked Charlie. Sure her Arc is predictable, her taste is dumb, and she isn't exactly a master of her own destiny to any degree. But at least she is a woman in a transformers movie who's got something going on. Sure she's defined entirely by grief, but that sure is better than pretending that being able to work on cars is a feminist character trait instead of a weird fetish thing. They certainly do that thing with Charlie, but at least it's not the only thing they throw at the wall. Bumblebee is by no means out of the woods in this department, but it garners a lot of goodwill for trying. Like a racist uncle who just started his journey out of ignorance, but hasn't yet realized he has to stop asking mortifying questions to the barista at Starbucks. Okay, maybe that's an extreme metaphor. I'm saying that perhaps Charlie is not a great character but she's a great character for a Transfomers movie.

Worst Character: It's JOOOOHHHNNNN CEEEENA!!!!

Why is John Cena in this movie? I don't hate the guy, but his character seems pointless. You could remove him from the movie completely and replace him with any one of the random military goons at any point and it changes nothing. What was with that dumb salute at the end? It seems like they put him in this movie in post and it was just to pump up cast list. I wish he was given anything to work with. I can't remember his characters name, and it's not like John Cena did a bad job, I was just annoyed every time they kept giving him hero shots. I felt like I was watching a trailer for a different movie.

Best Actor: Optimal Primo!

Every time Peter Cullen speaks I want to listen. There's a reason they haven't had Chris Pratt or somebody with a bigger name come in and take over the role at this point. He's why the audience keep coming back. Peter Cullen IS Optimus Prime, and there's no changing that. He also wins twice. He's the best actor in the movie AND he's barely in the movie. Good call Peter.

Worst Actor: Mean Girls 2, Meaner and Girlier

I don't want to be cruel so I'm not going to go into to much detail, but there's an actress in this film who's performance is so mustache twirlingly evil and stupid that it ruined my suspension of disbelief when i knew going in that i was about to endure a 2 hour toy commercial about robots that turn into cars. Beldar Conehead was a more convincing human being than Tina.

Best Effect: Goo Be Gone

I really appreciated when the bad guys shot the government nerd into a blast of snot. That was pretty fun for me. Best part of the movie hands down.

Worst Effect: Live Action?

Bumblebee is a cartoon. It's a great looking cartoon but it doesn't sell itself that way. If we were doing a Roger Rabbit thing I'd have no gripes. However, I think CG is just getting worse. I'm criticizing this and it's still lightyears better than the previous entry's on the franchise. No transformation or fight sequence in Bumble Bee had me straining to make sense of what I was looking at. I think it was a great idea to start using some basic shapes and outlines to these characters, and return somewhat to their 80s designs. But at certain points, especially when there were no humans in the shot, i was pretty convinced I was watching Clone Wars. There may not be anyway around this, as the Transformers concept might not be able to be pulled off in any more effective manner. It's a minor gripe, but I just didn't think it looked like anything other than a very expensive cartoon, and in this franchise that's a compliment, because it least it looked like SOMETHING!

Best Scene: Space Opera

I am not a Transformers fan. I missed the boat on the cartoon as a kid. I would sometimes catch it at friends houses but I was more into Batman, Star Wars, and Ninja Turtles. By the time I came onto the scene the world had moved on to Beast Wars. I did one day arbitrarily decide that my favorite Transformer was Sound Wave. He looked great in this. I am a big fan of the return to form with a lot of the character designs in this. They really did keep the things that worked from the other adaptations, and they are steadily removing the things that didn't. For this reason, the scenes on Cybertron, particularly the battle with Soundwave (i prefer for personal reasons) looked great and were exciting to watch. I remember thinking Cybertron used to look like a Marilyn Manson shot a music video from inside to dumpster. This is so much better.

Worst Scene: Blocking the Box

There's a scene in Bumblebee where Charlie's family decides the best way to save their daughter was to cause a pile up of vehicles in an intersection, and it's pure contrived writing that saved any character in that sequence from being killed in a horrific traffic accident. It was stupid, played for laughs, and it wasn't exciting as much as it was anxiety inducing. I also thought that there was no reason the covert military group covering up extraterrestrial life wouldn't just disappear this family of fucking morons in their little piece of shit car. The logic of the scene was just so childish like, "No they won't hit me, I'm a good person."

Summary

Bumblebee may be remembered fondly in a decade. I think especially if the Transformers franchise were to end here. It didn't get the publicity of the other films, and that really is a shame. For my money, this was the best Transformers movie so far. I was very tempted to give Bumblebee a C, it does just enough to right what was wrong from the other movies to make me appreciate all that work. This movie has heart, and if you are at all into Transformers then l think you should see it. It's still pretty stupid, and pretty basic. It's not offering anything new to the genre, and it feels like a commercial for more movies. I really wish we could just get movies that want to tell a story. I thought it over and decided that it wasn't fair not to grade Bumblebee on it's own merits. Bumblebee is substantially better than the films that preceded it, but that's not saying a lot, when the films that preceded it are joyless exercises in self abuse.

Overall Grade: D

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Inside Jokes and References in the Full Bios

Mainly for @spacelizardtrashboys and @kuruumiya

Also: Any time strikethrough text is used it's because it's meant to be secret information, for example on the small bios any time 'Lucifarian' truly isn't their last name their is strikethrough test after saying that it's not their real name. This is to say that no matter what is written or if it's strikethrough text or not, it is there for a reason.

Damien - Bio In-Jokes and References:

The Quote for him refers back to his 'King of Hell' gimmick, as does his middle name, Rex means king.

He's protective, like a dad, but also way too overprotective over the gimmicks for the girls. He's an old, old school guy so he enjoys card games with the boys.

He's supposed to sound like a young Hugh Laurie, mainly because if I heard a young Hugh Laurie say Damien's bio quote I wouldn't be able to take him seriously.

His main finisher (Seventh Circle) refers back to (a) him being the king of hell and (b) the seventh circle is for violence, and well, he's a wrestler, that's a pretty violent job.

He calls fans both 'peasants' and his 'loyal subjects' because he's like an asshole-ish king who'd quickly be dethroned if they rebelled.

Vickie - Bio In-Jokes and References:

The Quote for her refers back to her gimmick along with the old saying 'pride comes before the fall'.

She's called 'Victoria' because of both (a) it meaning victory and (b) the fact that Queen Victoria ruled back when Britain had an empire, then the empire fell (as in pride [Vickie] before a fall)

Both Her and Damien are born in August and are the only two to share a birth month as they are Father and Daughter (non-kayfabe, as in they share DNA)

She's raised Christian as back when she was growing up England was a lot more Christian than when she became an adult so she got lax in her beliefs

Her personality is supposed to make her come across as a vain, rich, arse of a person, yet deep down she's still redeemable, she's got a long way to go before she actually redeems herself though

She's the type of person who makes sure EVERY little detail of her matches and promos are PERFECT to the point that she will control what other people do or say, down to the moment it's said/done and the way it's said/done

She only likes the other D.O.D (Daughters of Darkness) members because she has only made enemies in the short while they've been in the company, she especially dislikes George 'The Animal' Steele because of his very messy style going against her 'everything should be perfect' views

She's the leader, the brain and the mouth because of her control over the group, if she let them have more control, there might be less arguments about her amount of control

Her named moves are also references to both her gimmick and other things. Beheader is named because of the Tudor monarchs of England having kind of a thing for killing people in this way (ex. Henry VIII).

Lineage Ender is named that because if she ever botches that one specific move (it'll make sense in context/ she does it during a training scene) it could end either her own Lineage or the person she's doing it to.

Lion's den is called that because she traps them in a near-inescapable crucifix pin, and normally if someone goes into a den of Lions, they aren't escaping in one piece.

Family Pride is named that because not only is her gimmick the sin of pride, but she's got pride in her family and she's her dad's 'pride and joy' because she's his only child.

Wish for this (her main finishing move) is called that because it's an inside joke of "you're gonna 'wish for this' to be over soon"

As she's Damien's blood daughter, a 'prodigal son' joke seemed somewhat appropriate.

Billie - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is a reference to the Guerreros and the whole 'Latin lover' trope

She was born in February because of Valentine's day, hence why her birthday is two days before the 14th

She's 1/2 Cuban (just in general - both Mexican and Cuban culture is interesting to me) But she's 1/2 Cuban in case I ever need to write for Razor Ramon, I can get away with making the joke of 'my Cuban accent's better than yours'.

Her casual style is 'Suggestive' because how else is Lust supposed to dress.

She dislikes Hulk Hogan because she finds him incredibly annoying and she dislikes Jesse Ventura because she dislikes his fashion choices.

I imagine her uncle Hugo looks like Luis Guzman and her dad's like Raul Julia. Try to imagine those two wrestling as a luchador tag team.

Her mother was basically a valet to her dad, which was usually Billie's role before she was part of the D.O.D.

Her move name references are all song references: Love me Tender - Elvis' song of the same name, Personal Aphrodite - a reference to / joke on 'Personal Jesus', Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye's song of the same name.

Also, I hope to eventually use the joke 'The Babe, the babe with the power,' 'What power?' 'Power of voodoo' 'Who do?' 'You do' 'Do what?' 'Remind me of the babe' because of one of her commentary nicknames being 'The Babe'

P.G - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is in reference to her being greed and (right at the start of the story) her thoughts on money actually being able to buy her happiness

her surname 'Voronin' means crow, and well, crows like shiny things, like money

she wears 'fancy but simple' clothing because if she bought designer clothes she'd be in debt, but she still wants to look like she has more money than everyone else

she's cowardly in a Jimmy Hart way, she'll piss someone off during a promo and run away once she feels like she's in danger

she's a showman because she's more show than work, meaning she works exceptionally quick matches.

Her moves are basically jokes on the fact that she is greed, such as Gold-digger and Diamond Ring. However, Money Maker is also a joke on the fact that it's a facebuster and usually an actor's face is called their 'money maker'

She hates Hulk Hogan and Sgt slaughter because of how patriotic they are

Kirby - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is a reference to (a) the fact that she's Gluttony, (b) her being the only one who wears a mask constantly and (c) her basically being the group's scare tactic against people who think they can push them around.

I am planning on eventually making her a part of the machines, maybe as a valet, maybe as a wrestler, not 100% sure as of right now

Her mother is the Norwegian-Scottish one and her father is the Irish-Welsh one

She is the tallest (not the heaviest, that's Damien) but she's still 9 inches shorter than André.

She's willing to bleed hardway, but hates blading

She hates Big John Studd because of his disrespect, she hates Hulk Hogan because she thinks he's obnoxiously 'American', she dislikes Lord Alfred Hayes and Dynamite Kid because they are so insistent on calling her '1/4 Icelandic' whenever she talks about being 1/4 Norwegian. She hates Brutus Beefcake because he's just 'so, so much' energy-wise.

She's always been tall, always shorter than André though, she was 5'6" when she was 12, which is still taller than Sam, P.G and Eli.

Kirby's the best at using folk tales and mythology references in her promos and still keeping them dark and scary.

Her speaking voice is Jessica Hynes, but I imagine her singing voice (which will be important later) to be that of Deee-lite's Lady Miss Kier. On that note, I will be putting up a post on this part of the fic's canon.

Feeding Frenzy is meant to look similar to Roddy's wild punches, hence the 'frenzy' part of the name.

Organ grinder is named because it's meant to look really hard (like she's putting all her force and weight into it) as if she's grinding her opponents organs

Hungry for Blood is an in-joke of during her toughest matches she seems hungry to give the fans the sight of blood

Consummation is a joke of 'the match will soon be over, the match will soon be concluded, or consummated' not the sex-based meaning of that word.

Number of the beast, which is 666, is a reference to the 619, and is a modified 619 basically.

Vampire's Bite is a reference to her sitout jawbreaker looking like she could possibly bite someone's neck, like a vampire, as she performs the move

I didn't want to call her chops, chops, so I made a joke of 'oh it's chopping, like a butcher's knife'

Overfeeding is another basic gluttony reference. Cheshire Grin is a facelock-based joke. Let Them Eat Cake is a butt=cake joke

The ogress is a thinly-veiled way of the commentary team calling her ugly, because why else would she be the only one in a mask

Holly - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is written that way because I always wanted her to sound like she comes from New Jersey

She's very cuddly towards the rest of the D.O.D and thus gets called a teddy bear by the others

She's Pansexual because she doesn't care what your gender is, she loves people just being themselves

She's the only ginger because I've never seen a ginger wrestler from New Jersey

She was raised Catholic but lost her faith upon realising how bad gay people are treated by the church (Holly literally just goes "Y'all it is 1984, how are y'all gonna reject people based on who they love?")

Holly's very much the person who'll ask permission to cut a promo on someone but won't tell them how harsh she's going to be

She's the group's mom friend (mum friend?)

Before she started travelling with another member of the group (Holly travels with Sam a lot) she would accidentally no-show events

She does accidentally give incredibly stiff shots

Holly likes Gorilla Monsoon because their friendship is very much a weird pseudo-dad-daughter friendship, so basically, she's using him as her new dad

Her voice is Angie Harmon because I think Harmon sounds like a badass from New Jersey

Naptime, Dirt Nap and Lullaby are jokes of 'I'm gonna knock you out'

Eli - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is a joke of 'this is why she doesn't do a lot of promos'

She's the most likely to be on one of those 'too hot for TV' blooper reels from her promos

Both she and Sam hate people taller than them

Sam - Bio In-Jokes and References:

Her quote is a reference to the fact that her tattoos are her 'masterpiece'

she dresses athletically because she's always ready for a fight, especially because she's usually the one picking fights

She likes Lou because he's like a crazy uncle to her and she likes George Steele because, unlike Vickie, she likes the wild man side of his gimmick

She's voiced by Melissa Etheridge because she's still feminine but is the most masculine sounding

[the-firebird69]

And what have you smacked him in China and he has had you hit quite a bit mike two. Walks around the corner of the house and it kept getting hit he has a few suspects. My son says this they're all doing it to you cuz I kept telling him about the story so I can't hitting you in the face cuz you're a stupid mother f***** and the Chinese are killing your people and your clan for what you did I try to impersonate them and you're just like these retards you think you it works you didn't check that's what exactly happened. I'm putting a hit on you Mike too added to my people and it's a bounty it's a good number I want my sons and daughters to release it to goo and oh yeah and for stuff they need they're going to play your brains out back too bye-bye you too mack if you defend him.

-there's a huge number of people who are bothering our son and these assholes are causing it to happen mostly and they're bothering his mom this morning and they're bothering her to do stupid s*** when she was younger or he was it's like 90% of it and the rest was kind of mild and she wasn't really into it so what can you do Mom it keeps happening you can't do anything obviously I didn't say they do stuff and day to day stuff is doing stuff cuz you have to do stuff after but most of you not proactive. And Biden is doing stuff but he gets it now and we dropped him on Max and Tommy F and they're fighting and the McDonald's will be out pretty soon and it's because of the bases they're going to get attacked by the morlock who want the bases. And our son says that song simple Man comes to mind and it's kind of about the way it is and George would just grab his gun.

-and there's a couple other things one of them is said they're very rude people and they don't care for their game so they don't have one it's ridiculous and they're the way of everything is this pile of s*** McDonald's and retards and the max did sometimes but they're going to figure out they need cars and trucks I guess who's a real stupid people okay on your side satanists

-we also have a lot of stuff happening here and there are bases here too in Florida the max occupy actually all of them and their son can't move if you did you might get in trouble but didn't figure that now Tommy f is a direct opponent and most likely the one who's making the message easy to post

-there is this a huge amount of epitaphs from Tommy f and Mac and they're saying we're doing it so why don't you guys go into a restaurant together and see who's doing it set throwing your food around you morons so they get it probably not it's going to make them get it

-we're going to use this stuff on them them saying we don't know what a cloak is and her son invented and it keeps on telling me to shut his mouth cuz it's so freaking dumb it's Tommy f going to make you pay for a time yeah it's going to rip your arms off and jam them up your ass it's your f** and really nice baby you had it's Jason it's like this teeny teeny teeny guy.

-couple things in Charlotte county the sheriff is looking for John remillard and it's for a warrant there are 10 warrants on him and his character and 10 warrants on the one next door and 20 warrants on another character as a matter of fact each of his characters has at least 10 warrants and around 10 characters and they're looking for him today and that would be the max well the McDonald's they're trying to arrest you for some reason and then after Dan who has five warrants and each character and they're trying to arrest him. So our son says we should burn westborough to the ground sometimes I agree it's psychological and these people feel invincible I don't know why they didn't get shot for years so they feel invincible. Or we should move it it's a good idea he says you take a house with people that died and you move it and it will make the rest of them die.

-so the county has a couple more things going on but really you people should understand you're so f****** annoying nobody wants you around at all all over the world are saying it just get rid of this dog s*** here they've got no act at all and they're proud of it just like any poor person who can't do it and they're trying to get you out of here tons of them are pretty soon you'll be out with no power no money and you'll feel how our son did and you won't last long at all minutes maybe some of you days some of you weeks and that's it you'll be dead

-is another reason why this is all happening and it's because the max are pushing for it and they're getting clobbered too and people are infiltrating and hitting them for crimes over the many millennia and it's going on now where they are a lot of it is because they will not shut their stupid mouths they're on TV talking meaning they're talking to each other and planning and their weaklings and their array is getting taken over by us and there's other people infiltrating and it's not going to be long they're going to be underneath too and they've been taking losses recently they lost the whole McDonald thing had three it's almost out and they're losing three more clans, one of which will be out this week the other two probably two weeks later when is Bob Marsh and his plan they're getting decimated for what he was saying and by a whole bunch of people. The other one is Ben Arnold oddly enough he's running around saying stupid s*** about warlock right in front of them and he got hit by the clothes went after and then them and they're pretty big both of those plans were about two or three percent roughly totally 5% of the max and they're down 4%, and leaving only 1% and it's 50/50 but that's bad and that brings a total to you about 16% Max of the population and they lost a couple plans on the way they really at 14% And they're getting hit pretty bad over the next couple weeks they are going to be pummeled in the Carolinas in Virginia and other areas where they are and the first step to do it on the max who wants to want their stuff there and they're building arms and it's conventional now it's heavy stuff for ships and McDonald's is trying to take it and there's three states as thoroughly industrialized below and above and he's got military bases and he's prepping and he's got about 300 aircraft carrier offshore was space Jets and all the armament and everything practically that everyone took he's taking from the imbeciles and he took a bunch of spaceships his fleet is like 1.2 billion and the max is about 10.8 billion and they're pretty big and Max is trying for stans stuff today. And he's upset crying a little oh. And b******* gets up stress harassing us it keeps it gets beat up by the Max and can't figure out the cycle with his returns doing and we mean the retarded man McDonald's clan. And they're going after him surreptitiously and they have collected about 300 million out of 700 billion ships they have also taking about 15% of his big stuff and they're going for a big bite today to fight and the empire is starting to take a notice so yeah he would have now 1.9 billion and is a contender and pretty big but he's going to attack the max at some point in his planning to and he's got big bases in Virginia he has three that are 10x10 North Carolina for 10x10 it has a big area South Carolina five by five Georgia three 4x5. And he's got a whole bunch all over but really those are the ones he's going to be launching an attack from and down below this huge bunkers that are much larger than topside got like 260s in each and a full and the max are up and they're going to after him today

I'm going to publish this is vastly important

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