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October 2024 Books

Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott

Alcott's first published book. Rather didactic little fairy stories, but charming in their way.

Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott

A memoir of her time as a nurse during the Civil War. Not a very long book, but it showcases her skill in humor and pathos.

Foundling by D. M. Cornish

Very impressive world-building! Maps, illustrations, a glossary that adds another hundred or so to the page count. In the midst of all this, the story and characters got a bit lost for me, though, and I had a hard time keeping up with it.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Like the eponymous family, I went to Birmingham earlier this year and had a moving experience touring the 16th Street Baptist Church and the park across the street. So I went into this book expecting a historical fiction explorations of the events of 1963. And yes, it does deal with that; it's thematically important, but most of the book is about Watson family drama, particularly the narrator's relationship with his determinedly delinquent older brother, and it's quite some time before going to Birmingham even happens. The family dynamics are the heart of the story, and it accomplishes that well. It was just very different from my expectations (which is an observation, not a criticism).

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

This one hit home emotionally for me more than the previous title. I can see why it won the Newbery. The balance of Bud's tragic circumstances with humor throughout is effective.

The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox

A beautiful story that made me sad. It's looking for answers to issues of death, but tragically the worldview can't find them. It's a lovely friendship story, though.

The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin

Told from the perspective of a young ghost who doesn't realize she's dead and has some unfinished business to address before she can move on. Not my favorite of Griffin's works that I've read, but a poignant little story if you can look at it as an exploration of the role of the ghost in folklore.

Otto from Otherwhere by Peni R. Griffin

Very different from the previous title, about a boy from an alient planet who gets stuck on earth for a while and has to try to assimilate--which is difficult because he doesn't speak English and he doesn't entirely look human. Maybe not the most original premise, but an interesting story.

The Deadly Daylight by Ash Harrier

I spent a lot of this book waiting for the girl with the on-the-nose name and the potentially fatal sunlight allergy to find out that she instead has light-based superpowers that were being suppressed her whole life...but this is not that sort of story.

It's a mystery. A pretty striking one, with memorable characters. There was a content issue that I could have lived without, but on the whole an enjoyable book, and I would be interested in reading the rest of the series if they ever become available in the US.

Patricia's Secret by Ruth Daggett Leinhauser

I think I added this book to my tbr because it's about a girl living on an air force base in the 1950s, and as someone who grew up on base for most of my childhood, I was curious to see a fictional depiction of military family life from several decades before my time. There's some dated attitudes (toward girls, which is era-typical), but it's a cute story.

The Secret of Goldenrod by Jane O'Reilly

Girl makes friends with a talking/sentient doll she meets in the spooky abandoned old house that her father is fixing up, and actually maybe the biggest plot twist is that this is not a scenario for a horror story, the doll is not evil, and it's actually a whimsical fantasy interwoven with a more dramatic story about family dynamics and how a hostile town gets a change of heart.

The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

A Wodehouse-like scenario of deceptive/misunderstanding shenanigans, but told in a much blander style than Wodehouse's. The humor of the story would have shone more with some livelier prose.

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

A very charming story that took me by surprise sometimes! I think I could tell which chapters Mass must have written--something intangible that reminded me of her style in The Candymakers.

Rufus by Catherine Storr

A weird, weird story about a troubled boy who steals an artifict that somehow enables him to alternate between his own present and ancient times, which is a character development opportunity. Not my favorite of Storr's, and I'm not totally sure what I think of.

The If Game by Catherine Storr

A boy whose emotionally distant father is keeping important family secrets from him suddenly finds himself able to walk through doors that lead him into an alternate version of his life. The fantastical elements serve the main story, which is about the protagonist's complicated relationship with his father. It definitely intrigued me.

The Underground Conspiracy by Catherine Storr

I as an adult could tell exactly what the teenage protagonist is getting roped into, long before she realizes it, and it was worrying. Sort of a mystery or thriller? As ever, Storr writes interesting character dynamic.

The Mirror Image Ghost by Catherine Storr

Less of a ghost story and more of a time-slip story. There's family drama in the main storyline, connecting with the story of the grandfather, who managed to escape Germany during WWII although the rest of his family didn't. There's a lot to unpack in that background, and Storr isn't afraid to opt for the more complex and challenging options in the outcome of the narrative.

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Stroud's prose is as ever beautifully polished. I enjoyed Bartimaeus as a narrator, with all those footnotes. I just couldn't get into the story, so I don't think I'll be finishing this series.

The Necromancer's Apprentice by Beverly Twomey

A charming story exploring themes of grief, with a very creative approach to what a necromancer does in this fictional world.

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (reread)

I love Murderbot but I really struggle to adapt to the terminology of technical sci-fi, which presented some challenges when I first read this series. This time, I am deliberately taking it very slowly and carefully, without having to worry about due dates. I understood this one much better this time around! and enjoyed it.

The Locked Garden by Gloria Whelan

I am not immune to intriguing-looking middle-grade books with "Garden" in the title. This turned out to be interesting historical fiction set at a hospital for patients of mental illness around the turn of century, but the garden of the title is much less central to the narrative than its presence in the title would suggest. I appreciated that Whelan had every opportunity for a cliched outcome but does not take it.

Comics

Hilda and the Troll, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Hilda and the Bird Parade, Hilda and the Black Hound, Hilda and the Stone Forest, and Hilda and the Mountain King (reread)

I had a random hankering for this series. It's suitable for fall.

Justice Society of America 2007 Vol. 3-4

The overabundance of characters continues to be this book's primary flaw. There's never enough space to adequately develop character arcs for everyone. Grant (the reason I'm reading this) gets a moment in the spotlight when his severely scarred face is restored...by a villain, which results in Grant's joining this guy's cult and developing Acquired Situational Narcissism. Potentially interesting stuff, but it's not followed through on. By the end he's back to square one, except with a girlfriend now. No further exploration of the consequences of his destroying his father's house, for instance. Going to leave everything to nonexistent fic writers, I guess.

The Flash #750 (special edition)

I have no context for what was going on in the main story, but the various short pieces were fun, as was the reprint of Barry's first appearance in the 1950s.

JSA Vol. 10

Someday I'll get the full context for this series, but I bought this volume for its story involving flashbacks to the original JSA team, including Grant's father.

Justice Society of America, Vol. 1: The New Golden Age + issues #6-12

Twelve issues was not enough space to develop everything that was going on in this series, and honestly I was more interested in the Lost Children angle than I was the main plot about the daughter of Batman from an alternate world. (I love the batfamily, but they don't need to be in the JSA book, let alone half-taking it over.)

#random personal stuff #hi I once again have Opinions they may or may not be correct

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Warren is soooo scrunkly I love him. I would love to hear more about this story! Anything you want to tell ^^

Sure! Been wanting to write a quick Role Call of these folks

Matthew: Film major. Has been seeing unexplainable phenomena since childhood. Soft spot for musical theater. Unsure of what to do after college (23)

Patricia: Nickname ‘Patrick’. Physicist. Was a college athlete. Daniel’s cousin & roommate, but is more like a big sister. Passion for video games.(25)

Raleigh: Prahd resident. Species: Lemree. Stopped adventuring to run a shop left by her mother after she passed. Mother is from planet Ravaro (31)

Warren: “Watchdog” of Prahd. Keeps tabs on local affairs. Species: ???? Feels personally responsible for the group & wants to get the humans back home safely. Knew Raleigh & her mother since she was a baby. Says he’s 70 earth years old (<—lying)

-Bit of lore: there’s a quiet, unspoken dispute about who will control Prahd the most. It’s a struggle between the Galactic Embacy, a warring group of wolf-aliens, Queen of Blue Diamonds’ blood cult and the folks who actually live here. Oh and…one other person. ��

#Asks #Betmyfortune #Warden’s Ward #Warren #Patricia #Raleigh #Matthew

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hai i was wondering if u had any more songs to reccomend like computer boy and crush on a robot. i am having difficulty finding more songs about loving machines ;_;

I have a few that may fit what youre looking for! in no particular order:

Overflow by Een Glish Deep Blue by Ladytron 2 HAL 9000 by Lasah *Hello, Planet. by sasakure.UK Hibikase by Reol Adachi Rei by avogado6 Robot Writes A Love Song by PUP Manual for Being Human by Botnik Spiral Staircase by Patricia Taxxon Dance Robot Dance by NayutalieN

this playlist by my friend @/sugarflow is also relevant here i think

#ask #both platonic and romantic btw #one of these songs I have listened to FAR too often in the past few weeks for a project. youll know which one it is on the 29th

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dokonskit · 23 days ago

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Opinion about the game Detroit: Become Human

I can't believe the plot. They didn't explain to us what "deviation" or "deviant" is. Apparently, when Androids act of their own free will, they become deviants, but this doesn't mean that they should've human feelings, dreams and desires. According to this logic, it turns out that Connor is a deviant, since he plays with a coin, thereby showing will. Otherwise, why would an Android prescribe this action in the code?

Why did Simon give Connor the coordinates of Jericho in the archive? As if Marcus had forgotten about it himself?

Kara's storyline turns into Syberia 3 at some point.

Alice is also an Android — bullshit. It seems to me that it'd be easier for a living girl who is destined to be with Androids to sympathize. This partially devalues Kara's work. In the ending with Alice's death, again, it'd have been more dramatic if she'd been a human child who died for a dream. But since she is an Android, she didn't arouse strong emotions in me.

Okay, this eases a lot of problems with the law (due to child abduction), but what's the point of Android kids? The fun of children is that they grow up. People themselves don't understand how children think, what to say about Androids? Let's make more old Androids and disabled Androids. By the way, even on TV, it seems, there was an announcement about the missing Android and a GIRL. Alice also showed signs of illness. Then what is it?

We didn't see android children on the streets of Detroit at all. Are these such rare models? How does a bum like Todd have money for Alice and TWO Karas?!

Alice didn't know she was an Android. Was it possible?! Why did people have problems if they could just make Androids that don't know they're Androids? How was Alice bought? Turned off? Why doesn't she have a LED on her temple?

I thought until the last moment that Alice would die like Patricia Holman from "Three Comrades" with pneumonia. Alice lived out her days trying to find happiness.

For some reason, Kara doesn't know about the location tracker inside herself and believed Zlatko, although how does an Android have confidence? Even if you just think logically, why are the cops and Connor looking for Androids if they have a tracker inside them that fits this case? I think Kara should have analyzed all this by turning her head gears.

How did Marcus's hole become overgrown with skin after pulling out the LED? And why doesn't Alice have a LED? She was definitely not made to order, because in Jericho we saw exactly the same girl, but with a LED.

Marcus's storyline is nonsense. Why do they care about their slavery? What don't they like? I understand if they demanded a human attitude towards themselves, but not equality, because Androids don't get tired, don't get sick, don't die, fix themselves... Also, I don't think they consist of rapidly decomposing materials. If Androids get the same rights as humans, then the planet will come to an end. A lot of Androids will be produced, everyone must be provided with housing, and since they don't die, there will be no real estate move.

I don't understand why Marcus is imposing his worldview on other Androids. In fact, by freeing them from slavery, he enslaves them to himself. Towards the end of the game, all Androids are built into a huge systematic column. You can't put people like that. They really look like a herd.

Why can one Android talk to another through touch? What is the meaning of this function for people? Moreover, later we see that Kara and Luther are quietly communicating remotely. Like, in this case, you don't need to write dialogues? It's possible that this very deviation manifested itself in different ways for everyone, but we're never told exactly what it was.

How does Marcus know how to kill people if he's not a fighting Android? Do they have something like an Internet connection? Then, with its help, it'd be possible to spread your worldview many times faster.

Blunder: Marcus, having cut out the first glass in the TV tower, threw the cutter into the bag. After climbing to the top of the TV tower through the windows, he takes a cutter out of his pocket.

Where do Marcus and the team get new clothes from?

Marcus, after killing Leo (or Carl), decided to kill even more.

Is Marcus a robojesus? How did he "free" people with his eyes at the demonstration?

Blunder: When Connor found Marcus in Jericho, when choosing to "Convince", he would shoot Marcus under his feet. Has anyone heard the sound of a gunshot in a building crowded with Androids?

It's strange that the main characters can beat the special forces on their helmets and thus knock them out. I understand that having helmets solves problems with drawing new faces, but it's superfluous in gameplay.

Blunder: Hank didn't say anything about the window Connor broke.

I've seen a lot of ships on Tumblr of Connor with Marcus, Connor with North, Connor with Hank and more... And I understand that I can't ship with anyone at all, because I don't understand what Androids are, which is why I can't get into the characters.

I thought the theme of the game would be that Androids would show humanity more than humans. It showed well at the beginning of Kara's storyline, but I didn't think they would really become them.

Every Android has found happiness in their understanding. Marcus found happiness in giving freedom to others. Connor found happiness when he found himself. Kara found herself taking care of the girl, and her freedom was Canada.

I think the lore is poorly thought out. The game started well, but then she just started asking a bunch of questions that aren't easy to answer, too much food for thought. There's also no balance of responsibility in the game. She mercilessly forces you to make one choice after another, forcing you to bear responsibility for the consequences. Sometimes the game seems to punish you for showing humanity, even though it asks you to do so. It's very tiring.

Perhaps the game could use a separation of scenarios. Since the game touches on many topics and asks many questions about them, it is very difficult to understand everything in the porridge of scenarios.

I'm not saying the game is bad. No. There was a lot of good in it. I understand that this is a work of art and that everything in it could have happened the way it happened. What is the task of the artwork? Ask questions. The game copes with this task perfectly. Moreover, the questions are ambiguous. However, transferring the plot to reality, it is difficult for me to ignore the points described above.

#detroit become human #dbh #video games #видеоигры #русский

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coochiequeens · 8 months ago

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Planet Fitness sees $400MILLION wiped off its value in just five days after banning member who exposed 'trans woman' shaving in the female locker rooms

The valuation dropped from $5.3 billion on March 14 to $4.9 billion on March 19

It follows a week of backlash over the gym chain's decision to ban a member who shared a photo of a 'trans woman' using a female changing room

By ISABELLE STANLEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 18:51 EDT, 20 March 2024 | UPDATED: 21:08 EDT, 20 March 2024

Planet Fitness' valuation has plummeted $400 million in five days after they banned a member who shared a photo of a 'trans woman' using a female locker room.

The company's value dropped from $5.3 billion on March 14 to $4.9 billion on March 19, and its shares are down by 13.59 percent compared to a month ago.

The decline follows Planet Fitness' refusal to walk back its decision to ban a member who exposed a 'trans woman' shaving in a female locker room earlier this month.

Patricia Silva was barred from the gym in Alaska after she detailed an incident online - where she said she saw a transgender woman in her locker room.

Following backlash against the ban, the company said although some members may feel uncomfortable sharing facilities, 'this discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender member.'

The company's valuation plummeted from $5.3 billion on March 14 to $4.9 billion on Tuesday and only rallied slightly on Wednesday

Patricia Silva was banned from Planet Fitness after she shared a photo of 'a man with a penis' who was using the female locker room to shave

After her encounter, Silva took to Facebook to tell people about her experience and recounted her argument with the transgender individual- Planet Fitness would go on to ban Silva and file a police report against her

Planet Fitness' policy stated that 'discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender member.'

The company's stock fell by 7.8 percent on Tuesday, going from its opening price of $59.44 to a five-month low of $54.80, it then rebounded slightly.

Silva posted a video describing her experience at the gym on Facebook in early March.

She said she had just finished working out at Planet Fitness' Fairbanks location, when she saw the person, whom she called 'a man with a penis,' carrying out his routine in front of a 12-year-old girl.

Silva, who has previously run for Fairbanks Borough Assembly, told the 'trans woman' they should really be using the male locker room. The trans woman replied that they were 'LGB.'

Silva then took a picture of the person and shared it online and recounted her experience in a Facebook video: 'I just came out of Planet Fitness.

'There is a man shaving in the women's bathroom. I love him in Christ. He is a spiritual being having a human experience.

'He doesn't like his gender so he wants to be a woman, but I'm not comfortable with him shaving in my bathroom. I just thought I'd say it out loud.'

Silva - who has shared QAnon conspiracy theories on social media - also described the encounter in a written post online.

'I went to planet fitness… Walked in the bathroom, and there stands a MAN shaving… I looked at him, said 'hey' … he looked up… and I said, 'You are a man shaving in the women's bathroom, and I am not OK with that.'

'He replied… 'Well, I'm LGB…'

'Whatever that is… nevertheless, I told him 'You're a MAN and you're invading my space!'

'He wanted to argue to justify why he can be there… I walked away…

'I stepped out of the locker room and loudly asked the front desk, 'Are you aware that there is a MAN shaving in the women's bathroom… I'm not OK with that ⁉️' The two men standing at the desk, put their heads down, and their tails between their legs! As I was walking out the door…at my back, a woman shouts 'it's a girl'… I shouted back 'it's a man!''

'PF cancelled my membership and allowed the pedo to stay ‼️,' she stated.

Planet Fitness revoked Silva's membership and filed a police report against her, citing her violation of gym policy by taking photos and/or videos in the locker room.

Woman tells 'trans woman' to get out of the gym bathroom.

Former Planet Fitness gym goer Patricia Silva has defended her reaction in a series of Facebook postings

Her actions clashed with the gym's commitment to 'creating an inclusive and safe environment.'

Planet Fitness' statement shared by Libs of TikTok followed the same line. They doubled down on their decision.

In their statement, the gym said that the staff should 'work with members and employees to address this discomfort [sharing facilities with transgender members] and to foster a climate of understanding consistent with the Judgment Free character of Planet Fitness.'

The statement continued: 'Planet Fitness staff shall strive to address transgender members with names, titles, pronouns, and other terms consistent with their self-reported gender identity, if reasonably known to the Planet Fitness staff.'

The statement said that 'a transgender woman shall be referred to by her preferred name and female pronouns.'

And a 'transgender man shall be referred to by his preferred name and male pronouns.'

It concluded that the gym 'reserves the right to terminate a person's membership immediately for any violation of this policy.'

When DailyMail.com contacted Planet Fitness about their policy, they reiterated their statement issued after Silva went viral.

'As the home of the Judgement Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment. Our gender identity non-discrimination policy, states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity,' it read.

'The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos of individuals in the locker room, which resulted in their membership being terminated.'

Planet Fitness decision raised eyebrows and drew criticism and comment from Utah Congressman Phil Lyman and Tesla's Elon Musk.

Lyman wrote: 'transgender 'rights' supersede women's rights.'

Musk wryly responded to one of Silva's videos with an exclamation point.

Other users were far more blunt in their assessments of Planet Fitness' actions.

One person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: 'Planet fitness is not safe for women. Cancel your membership and get some free weights. Cheaper and less travel time.'

Another user said: 'Give Planet Fitness the Bud Light treatment, cancel your membership, and let them know why.'

Another person echoed this sentiment: 'Well Planet Fitness deserves the bud light treatment.'

Someone claimed that they had taken action, writing: I've cancelled my membership. #BoycottPlanetFitness.'

Another user penned: '"A transgender shall be referred to by her preferred name and female pronouns." This is what's known as forced speech and it's unconstitutional. If we had a real DOJ, they'd prosecute this assault on the First Amendment. #BoycottPlanetFitness.'

#Planet Fitness #Another company underestimating the publics growing outrage over biological males in women's spaces #Patricia Silva is a hero for speaking up #Just create a third sex locker room #The Bud Light treatment #BoycottPlanetFitness #Forced speech

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wainwrightjakobshammerlock · 3 months ago

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NOOO!! keep going! i would like 2 hear it

Okay so.

The subaltern is defined as the person who is colonized, and thus placed in a submissive position. For Pandora that should be its native population only, but...

Under the framework of Orientalism that Said describes, Bandits share a BUNCH of traits with the subaltern orientalized. They are:

the Other, the Evil, the Beyond. This one is self explanatory. Bandits are barbaric, savage, so on so forth.

massively homogenized - all the bandit clans look more or less the same, even in 3 when you're taken to different planets (this is only sort of remedied in the dlc but dlc bandits have different group names so ???) they only really differ by skin color and accessories and those things are unrelated to their possible clan affiliation

never allowed to speak for themselves, i.e. everything about bandits is filtered through non-bandits. You do meet bandits and they do "speak" by themselves, but you are unable to meet them on equal footing. Krieg and Nisha are the closest, but Krieg is explicitly "not like the others" (noble savage trope anyone?) and Nisha is just straight up evil with zero nuance anyways. And then there's Vaughn which is a non-bandit who "went native" and therefore speaks for the bandit not with it.

The one feature that does not fit is the... seemingly very arbitrary nature of being a bandit? Ellie, Zane and Moxxi despite being born to "bandits" are never actually called bandits. Krieg is a type of bandit, on paper, but he doesn't get called a bandit. Both Brick and Vaughn become bandits ("go native"), but only the latter is ever called a bandit - also in the former case, the bandit thing pretty much goes away at some point (Brick tells you straight up not to be worried about killing his own people, what the fuck dude), and in the latter it's treated like an (admittedly kinda funny) joke. Also, as, I said above Vaughn is literally a "nativized" colonizer WHOSE ENTIRE CLAN IS DEAD AT THE START OF THE GAME (BOTH IN FIGHT FOR SANCTUARY AND IN BL3), so he is quite literally speaking for the bandit for there is no bandit alive to speak for themselves.

Then there's Tyreen's line about how bandits are "human wreckage left behind by the Corporate Wars"... like okay that is clearly a disenfranchised group. These people need help and you are mowing them down in droves! It doesn't help bandit clans have a disproportionately large amount of xenohuman or mutant members, like holy shit please learn to be nicer! (But I already ranted on how Borderlands assumes human nature to be Not Nice, contrary to its critique of capitalism so w/e)

...I know that this is a video game that needs a subhuman enemy for the player to mow down. But the bandit isn't just subhuman, it's an orientalized depiction of what I can only describe as a massive galaxy-spanning criminal subculture.

Btw this is the video essay I mentioned in the tags but you cropped the mention of it out. This is the video that made me read Orientalism:

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Anyways Patricia Tannis may be the world's first banditist and I am unsure if that's good or not.

#fourth wall mail slot #borderlands #mohavegecko #video #jakobs manor metas

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dramoor · 1 year ago

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I want thank ALL of the lovely people for their kind birthday wishes for me today on my 60th birthday.

I am the luckiest man in the world. I have a wonderful partner in life, my beautiful wife Patricia and three lovely daughters; Elle, Miranda and Madeline.

Today, I am reminded of what Dr. M Scott Peck told me over 30 years ago: At 40, you feel like you can conquer the world and there’s a sense that nothing can stop you.

But at 60 you realize the very real fragility of life and temporariness of it all. A humbling knowledge that there is indeed a time limit for all things and that God’s design though perfect, is precious far beyond its brevity.

Today, I am also reminded of the Hindu story that my friend Bill from Lowell Arkansas told me about a man at his funeral. Looking at the man, “Would this man lying here ask for more riches and Gold from the world? Would this man ask to be more famous and well regarded by others? Would he ask to be taller or look more handsome? No. The only thing this man lying here today would ask for was much simpler…more time.”

If you are reading this now, then you too have time! Use it wisely, use it unwisely too! But USE it. Be IN it. Be aware that you are part of ALL of it and that the separateness you sometimes feel is an illusion. Just as your heart beats without being told, you are as integral to the Sun that fires and the planets that circle it as your heart is a part of you.

For the atheists, God loves you too. The mistake you make is to think the universe is a stupid thing that just bumps into things and expands ignorantly and without reason or intelligence. And that somehow we human beings, with our intelligence is just some kind of ‘freak’ universal accident. To you I say this, if there is such a thing as kindness, empathy, compassion and love…it is because you found it in other people.

And as my dear friend Norm Macdonald once said, “We are part of this universe, indeed a mere fraction of it, so if we have kindness and love, how much more the universe itself.” For if we are capable of love, it is because it is endemic to the universe itself.

To quote Alan Watts, “For we didn’t come ‘in’ to the world, we came ‘out’ of it. We are the universe evolving to the point of consciousness, so that the universe, us, can experience existence and life in all it’s wonder and beauty and glorious exuberance.”

Lastly, as I am a new convert to Catholicism, I offer my apology for my lack of Christ’s forgiveness to my fellow man. I was so angry at the people who shut down schools and indeed the world and who coerced others to do things against their will which hurt many people deeply. I offer my unconditional forgiveness and amnesty.

For how can I stay mad at the famous singer who would not let others in to his Broadway show unless they had an experiential jab. I will never forget how kind he was to me and my friends when he was the musical guest on SNL.

How can I continue to hold a grudge against the actor who shamed people like me but has been such a great example for other actors to never give up and keep fighting for their dreams.

How can I still be mad at the lovely actress that said she could no longer be friends with people like me who didn’t ‘get’ it, knowing how incredibly kind she is with every child she meets.

I am humbled by the example of my mother Pilar and how she was able to forgive the WW2 occupiers of her Philippines who killed both her brothers.

At last it is forgiveness itself that is the gift that we give ourselves because it frees us as The Christ intends for all of us to be free. For His gift of ultimate and unlimited forgiveness is indeed the gift for all humanity.

May God bless you and your families now and forever.

With all my “You can do it” love, Robbie Schneider

(X - twitter post Oct. 31, 2023)

#Rob Schneider #SNL alumnus #Comedian #Celebrity #Christian #Lord Jesus Christ #Catholic convert #Forgiveness #Dr. M. Scott Peck #Norm Macdonald #Twitter post #Freedom

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bookclub4m · 1 year ago

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30 Recent Poetry Collections by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This booklist features books from BIPOC poets published in the past three years.

Chrome Valley by Mahogany L. Browne

Feast by Ina Cariño

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen

Girls That Never Die: Poems by Safia Elhillo

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandes

Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry edited by Joy Harjo

Song of my Softening by Omotara James

Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead / Mamaht́wisiwin, Pakos̊yimow, Nikihci-́niskot́ṕn : Poems by Wanda John-Kehewin

Burning Like Her Own Planet by Vandana Khanna

Phantom Pain Wings by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee Choi

Bianca by Eugenia Leigh

Finna by Nate Marshall

Slam Coalkan Performance Poetry: The Condor and the Eagle Meet edited by Jennifer Murrin

God Themselves by Jae Nichelle

You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead by Morgan Harper Nichols

I’m Always So Serious by Karisma Price

Homie by Danez Smith

Blood Snow by dg nanouk okpik

Promises of Gold/Promesas de Oro by José Olivarez with translation by David Ruano

That Was Now, This is Then by Vijay Seshadri

it was never going to be okay by jaye simpson

Dark Testament by Crystal Simone Smith

Unshuttered: Poems by Patricia Smith

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Find Her. Keep Her. by Renaada Williams

Rupture Tense by Jenny Xie

From From by Monica Youn

#poetry #genres #booklists

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lovegiroke · 4 months ago

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New winplan au: Winplantasy (edited)

I constantly thought about what they would look like and act like if they were in a fantasy/action/ seinen au. So the au is basically the original but in a fantasy setting.

I might make a whole new blog based of this au since there’s so much I want to share about this

Wincel hasn’t really gave us antagonists other that Sols mother and brother. Which is kinda why I made the stars the villains

Many of the dynamics are the same, the main difference being everyone’s relationship with Sol, especially earth (still deciding on if their fling would happen and how it would’ve worked out, regardless, they would eventually hate each other) and Venus and Earths relationship with Pluto(complicated). Most of the ages are the same however all the stars (including sol) are like 150+ years for a curtain reason I won’t mention here. Also everyone dead in the canon universe will be dead in this au cough cough earth and moons parents

Finally a few of trigger warnings which are all things mentioned in the planet humans website as well as

depictions of blood and violence and can be described as graphic

Class discrimination, Corruption and segregation

most importantly character death (like lots of death)

Order of post

Alec✅

Luna✅

Sol✅

Marcos✅

Venus

Marshal

Pheobe and Deimon

Jules

Sammy

Yuri

Nephy (there’s a chance that Yuri and Nephy will be released simultaneously, but only time will tell)

Patricia

Cerus

Sage

MilkyWay (Sol and Sages Mom)

Stars (The Centari Sisters, Sirius and Stephenson and pistol star)

Extra characters

Beginning the story

#Winplan #wincelz #wincel #planet humans #planets #au #alternate universe #winplantasy #Winplantasy au #Seinen au #Fantasy au #action au #not my characters #not my character

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mudaship39 · 10 months ago

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Character bio of the Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid superhero main character part 7

Peer:

Superhero peers:

Roma Jonathan Ruslo, Talia Macar-Taylor, Alien Clarissa Patricia Chambers-Jones, Alien Kulax Kojir-Saani, Afro Asian Amelia Himmat Mishra, Afro Asian Maysa Nibala Uzun, Latine Native Valeria Nadia Torres Garcia, Afro Asian half dragon Chun Hei Kim, Karishma Patel, Keisuke Tanaka, Hector Vega, Seo-Jun Jeong, Lisa Nguyen, Hank Nguyen, Peter Rodriguez, Ulric Hayes, Vincent Tennyson, & Jessica Croft, .

Other Peers:

Isa Mru, an Afro Asian Pasifika who's a South Asian Bangladesh and Micronesian Chamorro Guahan Indigenous Pasifika woman of color. She was the lieutenant commander of a frigate and corvette spaceship. She was the commander of a destroyer and cruiser. Isa is a captain of a battlecruiser and battleship capital ship. She is later fleet admiral of a dreadnought and flagship.

Chanya Waukau. Afro Asian Native. She is Afro Caribbean. She’s Haitian. She is Southeast Asian Laotian. She is a Menominee Indigenous woc. She is trans. She is two spirit Indigenous third gender. She is nonbinary bi-gender. She is bisexual/pansexual. She is 5’9. She is 135 pounds. She has light based powers and force field powers. She controls light and can make hard light based constructs for defense and offense. She’s a base human bionic and cyborg with bionic enhancements and cybernetic implants. She is an ex of the Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character. They have kids together. She is a peer of his/her/them.

Later on The Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character waged a civil war against another leader of the alliance of bipoc and qtipoc superheroes. Probably intrigue machinations from a supervillain organization or faction. Trying to fan embers for war for profit or to wedge the heroes apart. The intergalactic war attracts humanoids organizations and factions across timelines, realms, realities, dimensions, and universes of their multiverse to fight. Supervillains, antiheroes, and superheroes from everywhere join with or without allegiance to either of them.

Enemies:

European demigod Lucas Bartholomew Chamberlain

Lucas Bartholomew Chamberlain. He is a cishet male. He is white and non-native. He is European. Lucas was an attempt to Americanize and Earth centric himself as a politician of the Terran political system. He is able bodied, allistic, & neurotypical. He is 5′11”. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has a crew cut hair style. He has a lean and athletic body type. He is 160 pounds. He is Roman Catholic.

He speaks Swedish, English, German, Arabic, Spanish, & French. He is conservative and alt right. He is upper class rich. He is an intergalactic scientist, inventor, & engineer. He has a masters in biomedical engineering and PHD in xeno biology. He went to college off planet to Ivy League University on the planet Titan. He played high school varsity baseball and men’s collegiate football. He comes from a super wealthy family that owns various iron and diamond mines and refineries across the galaxy. They mine asteroids and comets in space for space ore as well. The parents are still alive but both were only children. He is also an only child. He has holographic military tattoos of the Earth and Terran Dominion military as a Earth Space Marine Corps veteran. He has holographic military tattoos on his forearms.

He is a former super soldier. He was an officer in the Earth and Terran Dominion military. He was a colonel. He is a scientist, inventor, & engineer. He built weapons and tech for the Earth and Terran Confederation. A lot of the superweapons the Earth and Terran Dominion used for their war crimes were built by him. Like the Star Crusher a weapon that doomed the entire Regulus System to be vaporized by a supernova. To show the universe the might of the Earth and Terran Dominion military. It is why the Sol Vega and Polaris System all surrendered overnight. After seeing only a tear in the fabric of space was left. The screams of billions wiped out in an act of intergalactic genocide can still be heard across space and time. He is an intergalactic politician. He is a politician who is a remnant of the Earth government and Terran Confederation government as a former senator of the Earth High Command representing the United States.

He views humans as weak. He hates that he is half human. He joins the super soldier program for this reason. To get rid of what he deems as human weakness. It is why he marries Daphne, a superhuman with bionic enhancements and cybernetic implants. He is a former superhero. He has delusions of grandeur. He is a megalomaniac.

He is a supervillain, antihero, & anti-villain whichever serves him best. He has no allegiance to anyone or anything but himself. This personality was made worse when he found out that he is a demigod. He is a metahuman with superhuman: strength, speed, durability, & intelligence. The queer and trans Asian Pasifika and Latine Native superhero Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu is his archenemy and rival. He/she/they is his arch enemy as he/she/they and Joanna Jacobson exposed him for who he truly was.

Lucas Bartholomew Chamberlain is a former disgraced member of the superhero conglomerate Sentinels. He uses his background as a scientist, inventor, & engineer. He/she/they are a metamorph, changeling, & shapeshifter as an alien hybrid and a water elemental as a demigod.

He is a demigod child of a European goddess of death. He has power over fire and decaying things. Powers he used to his advantage when conquering planets for the settler colonizer regime. He also uses forbidden dark magic against him/her/them in their battles. When he uses the power of death his eyes blaze jade. When he uses the power of fire his hand burn crimson. He wears divine armor as a demigod. The divine armor has a long red gaudy and pretentious cape. His armor is red, black, & gold. He wears a black domino mask and green face mask. In his demigod form his short hair turns into a short dutch braid.

Lucas as a former politician was the mastermind behind many of the actions of the Earth and the Terran Confederation. He used his power, influence, control, & power to hurt people. So many of the cruel actions that Earth and the Terran Confederation did with their colonialism, imperialism, neocolonialism, & occupation was passed by him as a politician behind the scenes. Lucas as an inventor, scientist, & engineer in the shadows built many of the weapons that Earth and the Terran Confederation used to maintain their hegemony and dominion. He was one of the leaders of the Forces of Evil. He left them when they no longer served his goals.

American Caucasian alien hybrid Charlotte Anderson

Charlotte Anderson one of the rivals enemies and foils of the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu. Charlotte Anderson is a cishet female. She is an allistic neurotypical and able bodied. She is white non native and American Caucasian. She is a metahuman and superhuman. She is an alien hybrid. She is 6’3”. She has long and medium hairstyles of Dutch and French braids. She has hairstyles of medium and long ponytails. She has green eyes and a redhead. She is an atheist. She has older and younger siblings.

She is a democrat and white liberal. She speaks English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, & Arabic. She is old money. Her family comes from American, Earth, & Terran dominion and hegemony. She’s a former super soldier. She is a metahuman. She loves being an alien hybrid. She hates humans. She is distrusting of demigods. She went to the Ivy League in Mercury. She is a doctor and surgeon. She has bionic and cybernetic implants and enhancements.

She was the one who experimented on them as a metahuman and superhuman. She was the one who turned them into a super soldier. She was the one who ordered the metahuman and superhuman traffickers to take them as a demigod and alien hybrid child. She was the one who originally implanted the bionic and cybernetic implants into them. She is the one who created the first, second, third generation of super soldiers during WW3 with other doctors, inventors, scientists, & engineers for America, England, Canada, & Australia. She later created the 4, 5, 6 gen super soldiers for the Alien Human Contact War. She was the one who created the 7, 8, 9 generation super soldiers for the Earth Hegemony and Terran Empire and its colonies and territories several star systems and a few galaxies.

Mentors:

Pupil of a infamous demigod supervillain

Disciple of an acclaimed alien hybrid antihero

Apprentice of a well known Black superhero

Sidekick of a recognized indigenous superhero

Pupil of a significant Latine Native superhero

Mentee of a popular Asian Native superhero

Follower of a well known Black Native Freeman superhero

Protege of a well known non native Asian person of color antihero

Student of an established Afro Asian antihero

Trainee of an illustrious Afro Latine superhero

Rookie member of a exceptional black ops and spec ops paramilitary superhero team of bipoc heroes

Newcomer of a notorious black ops and spec ops paramilitary supervillain team

Protégés:

Kan-Xul Tamay a male 25 year old adult Maya Indigenous Central American

Brenda Tesarkee a female 22 year old adult Black Tsalagi Native Freedman

Nampeo a 21 year old adult native third gender Hopi indigenous person

Tatigat Arnatuk a male 18 year old young adult Inuit Indigenous Arctic Native

Naomi Merculief an Aleut Arctic Native and European Russian adult Indigenous woman

White Flare (Methoataske Harjo) 19 year old young adult female Shawnee and Muskogee Creek Indigenous woman.

Marca-Chimbo Huanca a 18 year old young adult Quechua Central American Indigenous woman

Eloxochitl Tenochtitlan a teenage Nahuatl Indigenous girl

Yesa Hau a third gender 17 year old teenage Melanesian Papuan Indigenous Pasifika

Kiri Matua a female 16 year old teenage Polynesian Māori Indigenous Pasifika

Langidrik Korok a 15 year old male teenage Micronesian Indigenous Pasifika

Clones:

The Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character because of the super soldier program, metahuman and superhuman experimentation, and bionic and cybernetic enhancement has several genetic clones.

Relatives:

Father: Asian Pasifika Akio Kato or Puleleiite Kaimana Latu. He is a mixed East Asian Chinese, East Asian Japanese, American Caucasian, & European British Asian person of color. He is a Polynesian Hawaiian, Tongan, Marquesan, & Samoan Indigenous Pasifika.

He is trans and afab. He is nonbinary bigender pansexual. He is polyamorous. He is mahu, fakaleiti, or fafafine indigenous pasifika third gender.

He has several other partners in his polyamorous relationship with his wife. He has relationships with people of color. He has relationship with indigenous people.

The demigod powers of the Asian demigod father are he has elemental powers. Specifically more powerful fusion elemental powers like electric/lightning fire/magma manipulation, ice/water lighting/electric manipulation, acid/poison fire manipulation, shadow ice manipulation, light darkness manipulation, ice fire manipulation, lightning earth manipulation, ice earth manipulation, and fire/magma ice/water manipulation.

This is in part to having more time to train his demigod powers. For the Asian Pasifika demigod dad the reason he knows fusion elemental powers is cuz he has a more personal relationship with the other gods, goddesses, and demigods of the oceanic pantheon from across Polynesian diaspora. Which is why the deities know about his child but are still training him/her/them. Unlike their father who is already done with training having been born in the 21st century or before as a New Age demigod now god.

Other than his Afro Latine Native alien hybrid wife. He is in a relationship with a Micronesian Pohnpeian Indigenous Pasifika woman named Lihen Etse. He is in a relationship with a Melanesian Papuan Indigenous Pasifika man named Yasa Kui. He is in a relationship with an Australian Aboriginal woman named Aleah Jurrah. He is in a relationship with an Arctic Native Inuit Indigenous woman named Anirniq Irqittuq. He is in a relationship with a Nahuatl Indigenous man named Ilhuitl Cuauhtli. He is in a relationship with Charlotte Akiwenzie, a Ojibwe French Métis woman. He is in a relationship with Tahlako Ashalintubbi an Afro Indigenous Choctaw Freedman Black Native man. He is in a relationship with Nikan Wesaw, a Potawatomi Anishinaabe Indigenous man.

Mother: Afro Latine Native Maria Lorena Garcia Ochoa, Marie Gabrielle Smith, or alien name Maaela Kayuth Adrjin.

She is an Afro Latine Native from South America and an alien hybrid. She is Afro Colombian, Bolivian, Argentine, & Chilean. She is South American Baniwha and Embera Indigenous of Colombia. She is Chorote Indigenous of Bolivia and Argentina.

She is polyamorous. She is trans nonbinary genderfluid pansexual. She is Indigenous third gender of South America.

She has several other partners in her polyamorous relationship with her husband. She has relationships with people of color. She has relationships with Indigenous people.

She as an alien hybrid mutant has the power of skin hardening or skin reinforcement that is capable of hardening their skin. Thereby increasing her innate defensive and/or offensive capabilities. Her skin that turns blue and metallic becomes harder than diamonds. She becomes fireproof and bulletproof.

She also has the power of organic purple metallic armor. She has the ability to grow purple organic metal skin. She has skin with organic cells that have metallic properties. She has organic bio metal that is nigh indestructible in this form. The user has a body with an organic metal skin that can resist almost any attack. She trades regular skin for organic metal skin so it is possible for her to obtain immortality.

She has the ability to have skin manipulation with elastic skin. There is a time limit of several minutes. Her skin while elastic turns green. It is for evasion purposes in emergency situations if the skin hardening or metal skin can’t handle what it’s fighting or negates or skin armor abilities.

Her true alien form has several eyes. So she has optic blasts like cyclops Superman or darkseid. Her optic blasts from her two primary eyes are blue or sapphire. Her optic blasts from her main two eyes she uses to see are one directional like Superman or Cyclops and are more concentrated and focused. Her optic blasts from her other eyes are omnidirectional like darkseid. These optic blasts are not as accurate. These optic blasts are red.

Her true alien form has several eyes. She uses two to see. The other two or three eyes are more supportive or extra sensory. Letting her see throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Like uv, x ray, or heat vision. Think of it like the eyes of a spider or any multi eyed organism.

His/her/their alien hybrid mother and alien hybrid aunts and uncles as mutants received their mutant powers through temporal, esoteric, spacial, chaos, quantum, dimensional, or reality mutations.

Other than her Asian Pasifika demigod husband. She is in a relationship with a Maya Indigenous man named Hun-Ahau Kuyoc. She is in a relationship with an Osage Indigenous woman named Asinka Mashunkashey. She is in a relationship with an Arctic Native Aleut Indigenous man named Hlakuchaa Merculief. She is in a relationship with Moerani Ioane a Southeast Asian Vietnamese, East Asian Chinese, a European French, Polynesian Tahitian and Marquesan Indigenous Pasifika Asian Pasifika woman. She is in a relationship with Hira Kaihau a Polynesian Maori Indigenous Pasifika man.

Aunts and Uncles:

Thirteen aunts and uncles

The Afro Latine Native alien hybrid mother is the oldest out of four siblings.

The Asian Pasifika demigod father is the middle child out of five siblings.

The siblings of the Afro Latine Native alien hybrid mother (the aunts and uncles of the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character) as alien hybrid mutants have phasing, teleporting, & force field powers.

Cousins: Twenty six

The maternal cousins of the main character have shadow, magnetic, & gravity powers as alien hybrid mutants.

Siblings:

Oldest out of six siblings

Younger Sister: Leilani Ailani Latu.

Younger Brother: Kekoa Maleko Latu.

Has half siblings

Their parents had children with their other partners as people who are queer trans, and, polyam

He/she/they/xer/zehir is the youngest out of the the half siblings

Children:

Biological Children:

He/she/they can get pregnant and can get others pregnant. This is how he/she/they have biological children with his/her/their spouses and partners. ‬

Sayeh Nadar daughter of Nijah Nadra Nadar and the Asian Pasifka and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Raúl Velasquez son of Sofia Velasquez and the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native main character.

Natalie Jacobson daughter of Joana Jacobson and the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native main character.

Eun-Ae Ae-Wei. Daughter of them and East Asian Korean Hae-Lin Ae-Wei.

Darren Rashid. Daughter of them and West Asian Safia Rashid.

Jabari Bello. Daughter of them and Black African Rashida Ashanti Bello.

Kingston Lewis. Son of them and Black American Michelle Lewis.

Alejandro Diaz. Son of them and Valeria Diaz.

Manuel Velasquez. Son of them and Sofia Valesquez

Nyra Mishra. Daughter of them and Afro European British and Afro Asian South Asian Desi Indian Sunita Mishra

Ali Uzun. Son of them and Afro West Asian Devrim Keyan Uzun

Iolani Keali’i Latu Daughter of Hokulani Kaimana Keali and Kanai Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu.

Amipa Tupou Latu Daughter of Polynesian Tongan Indigenous Pasifika woman Lekeleka Tupou and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Kahurangi Kohe Son of Polynesian Māori Indigenous Pasifika woman Olivia Kohe and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Ariihau Tran Latu Son of Dior Linh Heimana Tran and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Fiafia Leota. Daughter of Black Samoan indigenous pasifika woman of color Jazmine Leota and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character

Ma’afu Tagi Son of Melanesian Indo Fijian Vaulina Tagi and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Koina Kila Daughter of Melanesian Papuan Indigenous Pasifika woman Vavine Kila and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Cent Keju. Son of Micronesian Marshallese Indigenous Pasifika woman Runica Keju and Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu.

Hostino Alik. Son of Micronesian Kosraean Indigenous Pasifika woman Tulpe Alik and Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu.

Tana Akapito. Daughter of Micronesian Chuukese Indigenous Pasifika woman Achina Akapito and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Saplasr Apaisam. Son of Micronesian Pohnpeian indigenous pasifika man Eiken Apaisam and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Aki Fiija. Daughter of East Asian and Ryukyuan Indigenous Ukiyaka Fiija and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Apolaki Isip Juruna the son of the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character and Loretta Dawn Isip. He is the older sibling.

Mayari Isip Juruna the daughter of the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character and Asian Native Pasifika Loretta Dawn Isip.

Chula Harris-Juruna. Daughter of Afro Indigenous Chickasaw Freedman Native man of color Miko Harris and Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine native Ryuu/Haruka Kato

Nizhona Yazzie-Juruna. Daughter of Dine man Kai Jaan Yazzie and Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa

Chaton Teton-Juruna. Daughter of Francisco Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Maria Garcia Ochoa and Afro Latine Nakota Native Ana Zaghloul

Tsula Robinson-Juruna. Daughter of Black Tsalagi Native Freedman Angela Robinson and the Asian Pasifika and Afro latine native main character

Atohi Na-Juruna. Son of Asian Tsalagi Native Cheng Na and the Asian Pasifika and Afro latine native main character

‪Carolina Isabel Acosta-Ochoa. The daughter of Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu and his South American Afro Latine Native woc love interest Adrianna Stephanie Macias Acosta. She is cis female. She is pansexual. Carolina is the older sibling.

Josephine Gabriella Acosta Ochoa. The trans femme daughter of Ryuuu Kato/Haruka Kato and Adrianna Acosta. Josephine is nonbinary genderfluid bisexual.

Jonas Hakala-Juruna. Son of the main character and Sami indigenous Emma Hakala.

Hilda Hakala-Juruna. Daughter of the main character and Sami Indigenous Emma Hakala

Peter Lestenkof-Juruna. The son of the Asian Pasifika and Latine Native main character and white Arctic Native Aleut Mary Lestenkof.

Carlos Alejandro Veracruz Ochoa. The son of the Asian Pasifika and Latine Native main character and Central American Latine Native Veronica Dulce Gomez Veracruz.

Teresa Maria Perez Ochoa. The daughter of the Asian Pasifika and Latine Native main character and his Afro Latine Apache Native ex Kelly Andrea Perez or Gouyen Mescal.

Yej susen Sakagut Juruna. Biological child of the main character and Zapotec indigenous Nayeli Sakagut.

Teyacapan Acuca-Juruna. The daughter of the main character and Nahuatl Indigenous Coyotl Acuca.

Katsitsienhawi Murphy-Juruna. Daughter of Iroquois Mohawk Tekawitha Murphy and Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu

Maria Carmen Lopez-Ochoa daughter of Central American Latine Native Karla Gabriela Ortega Lopez-Ochoa and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character

Diego Luis Rodriguez-Ochoa son of Central American Latine Native Daniela Isabel Flores Rodriguez-Ochoa and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Awinita Castillo-Juruna daughter of Latine Native and Tsalagi Indigenous woman of color and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Dezba Tso-Juruna daughter of Dine Indigenous woman Hazhoni Tso-Latu and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Ojinjintka Maka-Juruna daughter of Black Native Lakota Indigenous Dyani Maka-Juruna and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Alawa Mitchell-Jurana child of Plains Cree Indigenous woman Aponi Mitchell and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Skenandoa Doxator-Juruna son of Tyonajanegan Doxator an Oneida Iroquois Indigenous woman and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Tahlako Homma-Juruna son of Nita Homma an Afro Native Choctaw Freedman woman of color and the Asian Pasifika Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character.

Adoptive Children:

Adoptive children of color:

Maria Garcia Morales. She is a young adult. Adopted child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett a Lac La Ronge Woodland Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman.

Jin Ae Kim. She is a now young adult. She is an East Asian Korean.

Nathaniel Xuan Nguyen. He is a teenager. Adopted child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett a Lac La Ronge Woodland Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman.

Takeda Sato. He is a preteen. Adopted child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett a Lac La Ronge Woodland Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman.

Mateo Lopez. He is a child. He is a Hispanic.

Huyen Ngo. She is now an adult. She is Buddhist. She is Southeast Asian Vietnamese.

Farah Ali. She is now an adult. She is Southwest Asian Iranian. She is Muslim. Adopted child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett a Lac La Ronge Woodland Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman.

Adopted indigenous children:

Young adult Wapun Aponi Barnett who is Woodland Cree and Plains Cree. Adoptive child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett.

Teenager Kitchi Barnett who is Woodland Cree and Eastern Cree. Adoptive child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett.

Preteen Ahanu Barnett who is Woodland Cree and Swampy Cree. Adoptive child of them and Inayat Aloomse Barnett.

Relationships:

Love Interests:

He/she/they is polyamorous and is in polyamorous non-monogamous and monogamous relationships.

He/she/they have many partners and spouses as someone considered to be a mahu (Hawaiian), fa’afaine (Samoan), fakaleiti (Tongan), or maohi (Tahitian) in the middle elder and healer.

He/she/they have many partners as someone polyamorous.

He/she/they have many spouses as a trans queer Indigenous Pasifika person of color high king/high queen or chieftain/warchief.

As someone with DID and schizophrenia in his/her/their psyche and mind he/she/they have several identities each with their own distinctive names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, & personalities since he/she/they are a plural system.

Such as Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor. Such as Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato. Such as Zana Saani. Such as Cauã/Ceci Juruna. Such as Francisco Alejandro Diego García Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa. Such as the alien hybrid Zana Saani. Such as Polynesian demigod Makoa Kalani/Kamalani Kalani. Each plural system is a system of the main system Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu.

This is to deal with the abuse and trauma that he/she/they have suffered as a former metahuman and superhuman child soldier.

The plural systems of Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato, Alexander Taylor/Alexandria Taylor, Cauã/Ceci Juruna, Zana Saani, & Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Maria Garcia Ochoa are all polyamorous like the main system Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu. Each system is dating different people that are different from the other plural systems.

Spouses and Partners:

Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu:

His/her/their Indigenous Pasifika spouses and partners of color are Asian Native (East Asian Chinese, American Caucasian, Polynesian Hawaiian and Samoan Pasifika) Hokulani Kaimana Keali’i-Latu or Zhao Ya-Latu, Asian Native (Southeast Asian Vietnamese, East Asian Chinese, Polynesian Tahitian, Polynesian Marquesan, European French, Melanesian Kanak Pasifika) Dior Linh Heimana Tran-Latu, Black Polynesian Samoan Pasifika Jazmine Kueni Leota, Polynesian Māori Olivia Hine Kohe, Asian Native (South Asian Indian and Melanesian Fijian Indo Fijian) Vaulina Jiya Tagi-Latu, Melanesian Papuan Koina Nouairi, Micronesian Chamorro Tana Naputi, Micronesian Pohnpeian Yoana Etse, Micronesian Yapese Falthin Figir, Micronesian Kosraean Hostino Livaie, Micronesian Palauan Oldak Ililau, Asian Native (East Asian Japanese and Micronesian Marshallese) Runica Hana Keju-Latu, & Asian Native (East Asian Japanese, East Asian Chinese, & Ryukyuan Indigenous) Ukiyaka Fiija-Kato or Rin Lan-Fen-Kato.

Francisco Alejandro Diego Ochoa/Francisca Maria Garcia Ochoa:

His/her/their Indigenous spouses and partners of color: are Central American Latine Native (Guatemalan, Salvadorean, & Costa Rican and Chorotega Indigenous of Costa Rica, Kekchi Indigenous of El Salvador, & Mopan Indigenous of Guatemala Latine Native of color) Veronica Dulce Gomez Veracruz-Ochoa, South American Afro Latine Native (Peruvian, Brazilian, & Venezuelan and Aguaruna Indigenous of Peru, Canela Indigenous of Brazil, & Maco Indigenous of Venezuela Afro Latine Native of color) Adriana Stephanie Macias Acosta-Ochoa, Latine Native (Bolivian, Ecuadoran, & Peruvian and Aymara Indigenous of Peru, Quechua of Ecuador, & Wichi Indigenous of Bolivia Latine Native of color) Daniela Isabel Flores Rodriguez-Ochoa, Latine Native (Central American Honduran, Panamanian, & Nicaraguan and Garifuna Indigenous of Honduras, Ngobe Bugle indigenous of Panama, & Mayangna Indigenous of Nicaragua Latine Native woman of color) Karla Gabriela Ortega Lopez-Ochoa,

Cauã/Ceci Juruna:

His/her/their Indigenous spouses and partners of color: Latine Mexican and Cherokee or Tsalagi Indigenous woman of color Tayanita Castillo-Juruna, Lac La Ronge Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman ‪Inayat Aloomse Barnett-Juruna, Hazhoni Tso-Juruna a Dine Indigenous woman, Black Native Hunkpapa Lakota Indigenous woman Dyani Maka-Juruna, Plains Cree Indigenous woman Aponi Mitchell, Tyonajanegen Doxtator-Juruna an Iroquois Oneida Indigenous woman, Nita Homma-Juruna a Afro Native Choctaw Freedman woman of color, & Asian Native Loretta Hope Dawn Isip-Juruna (Southeast Asian Filipino, Aeta Indigenous Pasifika, and Anishinaabe Ojibwe Indigenous).

Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato or Guang/Biyu Wei:

His/her/their non native spouses and partners of color are: Joanna Jacobson-Kato, East Asian Korean Hae-lin Ae-Wei, West Asian Safia Rashid, Afro Latine Cuban Valeria Diaz-Ochoa, Afro Caribbean Jamaican Karalana Robinson-Kato, North Asian Mongolian Magnai Tse-Wei, Black Central African Angolan and Congolese Rashida Ashanti Bello-Kato, Southeast Asian Cambodian Vannak Keo-Wei, West Asian Nijah Nadra Nadar-Wei, South Asian Sri Lankan Janaka De Silva-Ochoa, Black American Michelle Lewis-Kato, & Latine Sofia Velasquez-Ochoa.

Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor:

His/her/their non native white partners are Talia Macridis Macar-Taylor, Jessica Darby-Taylor, Empress or Captain Ashlynne Newbery (an infested human infested, assimilated, & evolved by a hive mind alien race similar to the Zerg, Xenomorph, or Tyranid), & Leslie Pearlman-Taylor.

Yunos:

His/her/their nonhuman alien lovers are aliens Scir'uil, Kir'els, Litux, Falder, & Ollas

Crel:

Their nonhuman humanoid spouses and partners are Greco Roman Amazonian Elolipe, Merfolk Hasi Kac (she is merfolk as a sea nymph, triton, & siren hybrid), Homo magi Charlotte Nightmore, angel Matariel, & demoness and devil lady hybrid Kylesh

Kalani Latu:

His/her/their nonhuman divine spouses and partners are Atlantean demigod Olle (who is the daughter of Amphitritea a goddess of the ocean), Mary O'Brien (Irish Celtic demigod child of the Morrigan), Fangying Shen (Chinese demigod child of Erlang Shen), Farah Kader (Black African West Asian Egyptian demigod child of Neith), Hiro Suzuki (Japanese Demigod child of Benzaiten), Josefine Yrsa Hansen (Norse demigod child of Freya), Siza-Ocllo Yacupaico (Quechua demigod child of Pachamama), Huemac Itzmoyotl (Náhuatl demigod child of Coyolxāuhqui), Meztli Dzal (Maya demigod child of Ixchel), Ylva Helga Olafsdottir (Aesir Asgardian and Vanir hybrid demigod child of Skadi), Legatus Legionis Carina Bellona Ragoria (daughter of Mars and Venus. Empress of the Roman Amazonians.) of the Roman Empire, & Supreme Commander Diona Artemis Megalos of the (daughter of Ares and Enyo and goddaughter of Athena. Magistrate of Corinth, Argos, Megara, Attica, Elis, Eretria, Thebes. Queen of Greco Amazonians) of the Greek Spartans.

Zana Saani Kayuth Adrjin:

His/her/their alien extraterrestrial spouses and partners are Kulax Kojir-Saani, Ohoi Nessars Saani, winged alien Breapru Adrjin, four armed alien R’hasiss Adrjin, Iesloria Saani, Melmih Saani, Loran Saani, Terris Adrjin, & Hleor Saani.

Super Soldiers:

As a super soldier he/she/they had relationships with fellow super soldiers from the Space Army, Space Navy, Space Force, & Space Marine Corps of the Earth military and Terran Hegemony Space Armed Forces: European English Space Ensign Carol Turner, European French Space Lieutenant Jocelyne Berthelot, European Dutch Lieutenant Junior Grade Laurien Poll Jonker, European German Lieutenant Commander Vicki Böttger, European Irish Commander Katelyn O'Dunn, European Scottish Captain Bella McDonald, European Greek Sergeant Lydia Zarelli, European Italian Staff Sergeant Corinna Santagata, European Belgian Gunnery Sergeant Lena Pollet, European Spanish Master Sergeant Maria Isabel Herrera, European Finnish Sergeant Major Second Lieutenant Henna Selänne, European Russian First Lieutenant Natalia (Natalka) Valerievna Pivovarova

Asian Chinese Second Lieutenant Xuefeng Hu, Asian Chinese Ensign Lingxin Cao, Asian Korean First Lieutenant Hye-Bin Ae, Asian Korean Lieutenant Junior Grade Ha-Eun Kyo, Asian Japanese Captain Akeno Yomaura, Asian Japanese Lieutenant Mizuki Otani, Asian Indian Major Arya Sinha, Asian Indian Lieutenant Commander Siddhi Nan, West Asian Iranian Lieutenant Colonel Zahra Nassirian, West Asian Iranian Commander Nasim Rezghi, Asian Vietnamese Colonel Hồng Lâm Nguyễn, Asian Vietnamese Captain Giáng Uyên Hoàng, Asian Nepalese Brigadier General Ajeeta Danuwar, Asian Nepalese Rear Admiral Surya Nakarmi

Polynesian Hawaiian Ka'iimamao Onakea, Polynesian Hawaiian 'Alepo'i Ipo, Polynesian Tahitian Piharii Tetuanui, Polynesian Tahitian Airotua Hauata, Polynesian Māori Rea Paraone, Polynesian Māori Areta Tamihana, Polynesian Samoan Leigalo Tuala, Polynesian Samoan Hana Lea'ai, Melanesian Fijian Iliana Ma’ilei, Melanesian Fijian Litiana Tuinabua, Melanesian Papuan Leila Gawi, Melanesian Papuan Carlie Maira

As super soldiers fighting for the Terran Empire or Hegemony they were known as Immortals after the warriors who fought for the Persian Empire. When they defected and joined the Space Rebel Army they were known as Ronin as mercenaries fighting without a lord or master or who severed all ties to their clans and families. When they joined the military of the Space Federation or Alliance military they were known as.

Exes:

His/her/their Indigenous exes: Afro Latine Apache Native Kelly Andrea Perez or Gouyen Mescal, Latine Native Yaqui Hoan Escalante Valencia Yocupicio, Asian Arctic Native Amaruq Ren Naitok, white Arctic Native Aleut Mary Lestenkof, Asian Tsalagi Native Cheng Na, Black Tsalagi Native Freedman Angela Robinson, Black Chickasaw Native Freedman Miko Harris, Latine Native Náhuatl Coyotl Acuca, Latine Native Zapotec Nayeli Sakagut, white Native Iroquois Mohawk Tekawitha Murphy, Sami Indigenous Emma Hakala, Nez Perce Kaya, Afro Latine Native Nakota Ana Anacaoana Ahura Lagunas Zaghoul or Tahcawin Teton, Black Native Lakota Tanaya Avery Johnson, white Native Blackfoot and Coastal Salish Hurit Ridley Clarke, Asian Native Dakota Chaske Kiren Tiwari, & Dine Jaan Kai Yazzie.

His/her/their Indigenous Pasifika exes: Polynesian Tongan Ahio Colin Moala, Polynesian Maori Taki Anaru, Black Pasifika Kanaka Maoli Leilani Brittney Kekoa, Asian Native (Asian Pasifika Filipino and Polynesian Hawaiian) Kalea Malea Ioane, Black Pasifika (Afro Caribbean Trinidadian and Melanesian Papuan Pasifika) Silatolu Kaina, Melanesian Fijian Makosoi Delai, Black Pasifika (Afro Caribbean and Melanesian Papuan) Nali Tamara Apa, Melanesian Fijian Hereva Tanimani, Melanesian Solomon Islander Agarobe Garae, Melanesian Papuan Vavine Kila, Melanesian Ni-Vanuatu Ailana Tari, Asian Native (East Asian Japanese and Micronesian Marshallese Pasifika) Runica Maiko Alik, Asian Pasifika (East Asian Japanese and Micronesian Pohnpeian) Eiken Hiro Apaisam, Micronesian Chamorro Isa Dela Cruz, Micronesian Chuukese Achina Akapito, and Micronesian Kosraean Tulpe Alik.

His/her/their ex partners of color: Roma Jonathan Kaven Ruslo, Lavanya Sunita Mishra, Devrim Keyan Uzun, Karishma Patel-York, Jayani Kumar-Patel, Raji Patel, Keisuke Tanaka, Seo-Jun Jeong, Lisa Nguyen-Jeong, Jason Fujimoto, Hank Nguyen, Yoon-Sook Lee-Tanaka, Ruro Suzuki, Jason Peter Rodriguez, Lola Macias, Raquel Marina Alonzo-Jones, Lorena Castillo, Ulric Hayes, Vincent Tennyson, Jasmine Harris, Taylor Davis, Hector Vega, Hasan Karim, Ashaki Kahn, & Tirsa Malik.

Non native white exes: Jessica Croft-Ruslo, Greek Phoebe Vlahos, Italian Regina Ventura, Irish Riley O’Brien, Russian Eva Ivanov, French Pauline Dumas, Hungarian Laura Kiss, German Hilda Braun, Finnish Hanna Lehto, Norwegian Sofia Hansen, British Daisy Tatton, Werecat (Were Tiger) Felicia Hawking, Kayla Kingston, Technician Odessa Jackstaft, Street Samurai Bryana Graydon, Xenia Hames, Digital Hacker Madelyn Dering, Hacker Lyssa McRaven, Corporate Allyson Lien, Data Broker Anya Carthen, Cyber Ninja Fiona Galven

Alien exes: Jeondr Kojir-Rodriguez, Moloit, Clarissa Patricia Chambers- or Cra’Zel, Bholkall, Thraknu, Luuzaits

Mythical exes: Amazon Ryydae, Amazonian Esteoesia, Atlantean Headra, Atlantean Shadren, Asgardian Heidrun, Vanir Embla, Jotunn Sú, Jotunn or Jotnar Algeiðau

Abusive exes:

His/her/their abusive exes are: Elizabeth Dunne, Chloe Wright, Stephan Meier, Claire Dumont, Claus Baasch, Eleonore Krämer, Quentin Dupont, Oliver Day, Esmeralda Bellrose, Jérôme Lévesque, Lily Shaw, Olivia Rose, Kenneth Wilkinson, Yvonne Labelle, Juliane Steinmann, Aleksandr Makarov, Yasha Nikitin, Felicia Wheatley, Carla Messer, Pelageya Koroleva, & Nataliya Osipova.

Four armed female alien Migua, Atlantean sorceress Hinesy, and anthropomorphic alien wasp empress Ziewei

Pets:

A King Cerberus three headed hellhound, a celestial dog, a cybernetic dog, an ice age dire wolf.

A German Shepard, a Alaskan malamute, a Shiba Inu

A giant tarantula spider

A firebird phoenix, a rainbird, & a storm bird

A giant fire salamander

A dragon turtle

A nine tailed demon fox kitsune

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My Journey (Fashion Design)

I'm obsessed with fashion, please let me know if there's a 101 class, blog or something else cause I want to know more! Keep learning...

So far what I've been doing it's:

* Learn how to draw (actually taking classes and I'm currently an art student)

* Reading books 📚 about the topic (if you all want me to come up with some titles I'll make it happen, just let me know in the comments) but here are some for now:

♡ The Sewing Bible by Ruth Singer

♡ Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

♡ Fashion Design: The Complete Guide by John Hopkins

♡ So you want to Work in Fashion?: How to Break into the World of Fashion and Design (Be What You Want) by Patricia Wooster

♡ Trash to Trend (a doctoral thesis, Estonian Academy of Arts)

♡ Patternmaking for Fashion Design

♡ Sewing for Fashion Designers by Annette Fischer

♡ Atlas of Fashion Designers by Laura Ecceiza.

(I have more of course, but the list is quite long.)

* Downloading some apps (Vogue Runway happened to be so interesting!)

* Learn how to draw online thanks to several YouTubers + downloading some drawing apps

I still suck, but I'll get better!

* Listening a lot of music

* Learn some psychology and color analysis

* Read books that have nothing to do with it such as novels, because that makes my heart flutter and my mind gets creative. Sometimes I even try to draw something that some of the characters might be wearing...

* Bought myself a sewing machine

* I'm trying to have enough patience to figure out how to use it (thanks again YouTubers, for making my life so easy 😭🤧)

* Acknowledging how fashion industry especially fast fashion is contaminating our planet (check out this blog!) and trying to figure out the way to start with sewing but I'm too intimidated by it rn 😭💀

* Studying how to re-do my portfolio, (because thank you internet for existing!)

* Studying make up on my own and learning some of the basics of cosmetology, because that's another passion of mine.

* Studying business and fashion marketing

* Realizing that technology is advancing so fast, nowadays there's even sprays that can create dresses or AI combining with holograms that will make our life as designers a bit more easy when choosing a fabric. But they can also put everything at risk if there's nothing to protect us as humans that create these beautiful clothes we use every day.

Keep in mind that I'm a self taught student. Sometimes I take classes to cover certain aspects but I don't think I am an expert at all in the field. If you have a recommendation, a comment or something you want to share to help me with my path I would really appreciate the feedback.

I'm currently looking for YouTubers that help me covering the basics of sewing and learning about fabrics, especially about fabrics! I'll keep y'all posted.<3

#fashion #fashion design #fashion design student #fashion designer #art student #annabourbon #fashion 101

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'OPPENHEIMER (2023) 94% #1 Critics Consensus: Oppenheimer marks another engrossing achievement from Christopher Nolan that benefits from Murphy's tour-de-force performance and stunning visuals. Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. Directed By: Christopher Nolan

A QUIET PLACE PART II (2021) 91% #2 Critics Consensus: A nerve-wracking continuation of its predecessor, A Quiet Place Part II expands the terrifying world of the franchise without losing track of its heart. Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world... Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Directed By: John Krasinski

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (2006) 90% #3 Critics Consensus: Bleak and uncompromising, but director Ken Loach brightens his film with gorgeous cinematography and tight pacing, and features a fine performance from Cillian Murphy. Synopsis: In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy) prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital.... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald Directed By: Ken Loach

INCEPTION (2010) 87% #4 Critics Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually. Synopsis: Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief with the rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from... Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy Directed By: Christopher Nolan

28 DAYS LATER (2002) 87% #5 Critics Consensus: Kinetically directed by Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later is both a terrifying zombie movie and a sharp political allegory. Synopsis: A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson Directed By: Danny Boyle

BATMAN BEGINS (2005) 84% #6 Critics Consensus: Brooding and dark, but also exciting and smart, Batman Begins is a film that understands the essence of one of the definitive superheroes. Synopsis: A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts... Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes Directed By: Christopher Nolan

THE PARTY (2017) 82% #7 Critics Consensus: Old-fashioned charm meets sharp wit and modern social satire in The Party, a biting comedy carried by a shining performance from Patricia Clarkson. Synopsis: A comedy of tragic proportions.... Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer Directed By: Sally Potter

RED EYE (2005) 79% #8 Critics Consensus: With solid performances and tight direction from Wes Craven, Red Eye is a brisk, economic thriller. Synopsis: In the wake of her grandmother's funeral, hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is waiting to fly back home when... Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays Directed By: Wes Craven

SUNSHINE (2007) 76% #9 Critics Consensus: Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action. Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, Earth's dying sun spells the end for humanity. In a last-ditch effort to save the planet... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh Directed By: Danny Boyle

PEAKY BLINDERS (2013) 93% #10 Synopsis: Britain is a mixture of despair and hedonism in 1919 in the aftermath of the Great War. Returning soldiers... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Natasha O'Keeffe, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle Directed By: Otto Bathurst, Anthony Byrne

INTERMISSION (2003) 74% #11 Critics Consensus: An edgy and energetic ensemble story. Synopsis: After Dublin resident John (Cillian Murphy) attempts a "trial" breakup with his girlfriend (Kelly Macdonald), she starts dating a middle-aged... Starring: Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Kelly Macdonald, Colm Meaney Directed By: John Crowley

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (2003) 73% #12 Critics Consensus: Visually arresting, but the story could be told with a bit more energy. Synopsis: When her father goes blind, Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must go to work as a maid for painter Johannes Vermeer... Starring: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt Directed By: Peter Webber

FREE FIRE (2016) 70% #13 Critics Consensus: Free Fire aims squarely for genre thrills, and hits its target repeatedly and with great gusto -- albeit with something less than pure cinematic grace. Synopsis: When a black-market arms deal goes outrageously wrong, Justine finds herself caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate through... Starring: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy Directed By: Ben Wheatley

THE DELINQUENT SEASON (2017) 67% #14 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Two couples in suburban Dublin appear to live in marital bliss until an altercation between one of the couples occurs,... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott, Eva Birthistle, Catherine Walker Directed By: Mark O'Rowe

ON THE EDGE (2001) 67% #15 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When a young man suffering from depression after the death of his father is committed to a mental institution... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Stephen Rea Directed By: John Carney

ANTHROPOID (2016) 67% #16 Critics Consensus: Anthropoid completes its mission rather unevenly but delivers a historically illuminating story with great performances to back it up. Synopsis: In December 1941, two Czech soldiers (Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan) parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerová Directed By: Sean Ellis

BROKEN (2012) 63% #17 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: A girl witnesses a violent attack committed by a neighbor in one of three interconnected stories in a British housing... Starring: Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear Directed By: Rufus Norris

RETREAT (2011) 62% #18 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: On an isolated island, a couple's attempt to recover from a personal tragedy is shattered when a stranger washes ashore... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandiwe Newton, Jimmy Yuill Directed By: Carl Tibbetts

BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (2005) 57% #19 Critics Consensus: Well-acted if monotonous drama about a transvestite prostitute in London during the 1970s. Synopsis: As a baby, Patrick (Cillian Murphy) is left by his mother on the steps of the rectory in their small... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson Directed By: Neil Jordan

WAVERIDERS (2008) 56% #20 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: The untold story of Irish big wave surfing.... Starring: Cillian Murphy Directed By: Joel Conroy

PERRIER'S BOUNTY (2009) 55% #21 Critics Consensus: It has interesting characters and a strong cast, but Perrier's Bounty ultimately fails to do anything original with them. Synopsis: A petty crook (Cillian Murphy), his ailing father (Jim Broadbent) and a pretty neighbor go on the run from an... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker Directed By: Ian Fitzgibbon

TRON: LEGACY (2010) 51% #22 Critics Consensus: Tron Legacy boasts dazzling visuals, but its human characters and story get lost amidst its state-of-the-art production design. Synopsis: Sam (Garrett Hedlund), the son of famous video-game developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has been haunted for a long time... Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner Directed By: Joseph Kosinski

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (2015) 42% #23 Critics Consensus: The admirably old-fashioned In the Heart of the Sea boasts thoughtful storytelling to match its visual panache, even if it can't claim the depth or epic sweep to which it so clearly aspires. Synopsis: In 1820, crewmen (Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy) aboard the New England vessel Essex face a harrowing battle for... Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson Directed By: Ron Howard

IN TIME (2011) 37% #24 Critics Consensus: In Time's intriguing premise and appealing cast are easily overpowered by the blunt, heavy-handed storytelling. Synopsis: In a future where time is money and the wealthy can live forever, Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a poor... Starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser Directed By: Andrew Niccol

THE EDGE OF LOVE (2008) 37% #25 Critics Consensus: Despite effective performances from Knightley and Miller, The Edge of Love lacks a coherent narrative. Synopsis: Two women (Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller) are best friends and rivals for the love of poet Dylan Thomas.... Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys Directed By: John Maybury

ANNA (2019) 33% #26 Critics Consensus: Anna finds writer-director Luc Besson squarely in his wheelhouse, but fans of this variety of stylized action have seen it all done before -- and better. Synopsis: Beneath a woman's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of... Starring: Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren Directed By: Luc Besson

RED LIGHTS (2012) 30% #27 Critics Consensus: Wasting the talents of an impressive cast on a predictable mystery, Red Lights lacks the clairvoyance to know what audiences want. Synopsis: Professional skeptics (Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver) try to prove that a famous psychic (Robert De Niro) is lying about his... Starring: Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Toby Jones Directed By: Rodrigo Cortés

DISCO PIGS (2001) 20% #28 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Pig (Cillian Murphy) and Runt (Elaine Cassidy) born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins... Starring: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Geraldine O'Rawe, Eleanor Methven Directed By: Kirsten Sheridan

TRANSCENDENCE (2014) 19% #29 Critics Consensus: In his directorial debut, ace cinematographer Wally Pfister remains a distinctive visual stylist, but Transcendence's thought-provoking themes exceed the movie's narrative grasp. Synopsis: Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), the world's foremost authority on artificial intelligence, is conducting highly controversial experiments to create... Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy Directed By: Wally Pfister

ALOFT (2014) 17% #30 Critics Consensus: Glacially paced and ineptly plotted, Aloft crushes the game efforts of a talented cast under a dreary viewing experience whose title proves sadly ironic. Synopsis: Accompanied by a documentary filmmaker, a falconer (Cillian Murphy) sets out across a frozen landscape to find his mother... Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, Oona Chaplin Directed By: Claudia Llosa'

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