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allzelemonz · 1 year ago

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At His Lowest: Dutch Van der Linde X Micah Bell

Fictober Prompt: Day 19, Exhibitionism Pairing Type: M/M Rating: E/Smut Warnings: Exhibitionism, epilogue setting, power dynamics, dom/sub undertones, anal fingering, anal sex, bottom Micah/top Dutch, mentions of past grief, Dutch is not mentally healthy Summary: Now that Dutch has reunited with Micah, he has an opportunity he should have taken years ago.

Watching Micah be in charge of a gang is strange for Dutch. The sniveling little rat that used to follow him around with such a bootlicking demeanor walking around with his own authority doesn’t quite seem right. To top it off, his style of leading his gang reminds Dutch a little too much of Colm. Dutch always knew Micah wasn’t exactly the type of man that he is, not the type to surround himself with a family and instead only picking up people that are useful.

And it all kind of makes him regret his decisions.

But he is not the kind of man that would admit that. No, he digs a deeper hole. He is very much still Dutch Van der Linde, a ruthless outlaw and force to be reckoned with. But most of all, he likes to think himself a mentor. And Micah could damn well do with a lesson in leadership.

When he finds Micah lounging about, just like he used to with his guns keeping his hands busy, Dutch approaches slowly. He knows Micah can be the jumpy type, especially these days, so he eases into the other man’s space.

“Mister Bell, how are you?”

Micah looks up at him, putting his gun away to give Dutch his full attention. Still the little suck up he used to be. “Just fine, Dutchy… ya settlin’ in?”

When Micah had written to him, offering a plan to retrieve the money from all those years ago in Blackwater, Dutch had been skeptical but he accepted. In the time they’ve been scheming, Micah seems to be proud to show off his little gang to his old boss.

“I’m settled fine.” Dutch says, leaning against the table in front of Micah. “Though I have noticed a few things about you, Micah.”

Micah smirks up at him. “Aw, what’s that?”

Dutch leans down, close enough to whisper in Micah’s ear, and the other man doesn’t move, accepting the proximity. “You are a lousy leader, Mister Bell.”

Before the younger man can speak, Dutch knocks his hat off his head to get at his now short hair. He always thought Micah looked better with those long, greasy blond locks, something much easier to grab. Of course, Dutch would be a fool to think Micah hadn’t aged well. He’s still handsome in that degenerate way that actually made Dutch consider using him to get over losing Hosea. He never did of course, he hadn’t gone that crazy. But now, as he pulls at Micah’s graying hair to make him look up, he might have finally lost it completely.

“You want your men to follow you, it can’t be out a’ fear.” Dutch whispers, watching Micah’s admittedly pretty blue eyes search his face. “They have to have faith even when they’ve seen you at your lowest.”

“C-Course, boss.”

Micah hasn’t called him that in years. The title goes straight through his ears and down to his dick. Micah’s still a little suck up, eager to please as ever.

“I do mean your lowest, Micah.” Dutch smiles, his other hand brushing fingers over Micah’s beard. “Do as I say.”

Micah nods lightly, as much as Dutch’s hold allows him to. His eyes shine like they used to and Dutch is reminded of the time Micah stumbled out a compliment that made him blush as red as that shirt he used to wear. Perhaps Dutch should have done this all those years ago when Micah offered it to him, fucking the little weasel might’ve cleared his head enough to kill him.

Dutch pulls Micah up by his collar and in his guidance, Micah acts so small. It gives Dutch that power trip he usually enjoys from chasing those half his age, Micah manages it despite not being too much younger. With a hand on the small of his back, Dutch leads Micah closer to the busier part of camp. He stops him just in front of the campfire, his mind swimming with all the things he could do. There aren’t many of the gang around, just a few in the distance, but Dutch has no doubt they’ll see everything.

He winds his hand around Micah’s waist until he can palm at the man’s surprisingly hard dick. “Do you want this?”

Micah shudders under his hands, trying to laugh like the cocky bastard he usually is. “I do, Dutchy.”

“Put yourself over the log like a good boy.”

Micah all but scrambles, seemingly uncaring about the inevitability of his gang watching him getting fucked over a leg. Before Micah situates himself, Dutch tugs his pants off with his boots and leaves Micah exposed. At this point, Dutch can feel the eyes. Micah has slumped himself over the log, leaving his ass propped up a bit. Dutch wastes no time, sticking his fingers in his mouth for a moment before getting straight to work. He always thought Micah would be noisy given how much the man talks, he just never quite thought it would be whimpers that sound so sweet and pathetic.

Dutch holds Micah still by the hip as his fingers delve inside and stretch him open. The eyes on them practically burn into his skin, but that is the goal. Micah is far too guarded to let anyone see weakness without incentive and for a gang to be strong, they need to have true respect that can carry weakness. Really, he’s doing the little sycophant a favor in more ways than one.

He removes his hand and smirks at the way Micah’s hips try to chase as he whines in protest. Oh, what he could’ve done to the little shit when they were deep in those caves back where everything fell apart. Dutch pulls himself out, mostly hard from watching Micah being so pathetic, he gives himself a few strokes and slicking with spit before lining himself up and pushing deep inside in one move. Micah cries out, muttering Dutch’s name with heavy breaths. That gets them a lot of attention, enough that Dutch spots one of Micah’s precious little minions with his hand in his pants. He knows that one… Cleet. Dutch eyes him for the first thrust, watching the scrawny man turn red before he refocuses on Micah and leans down a bit to whisper.

“Whole gang’s here to watch their boss bent over and fucked, Mister Bell.” Dutch says, his hands gripping tight at Micah’s waist as he gets a fast pace. “The ones that respect ya are the ones that’ll stay.”

“Dutch…” Micah moans. “Ya feel damn good, boss…”

“I know.” Dutch smirks. “And I know how long you’ve wanted this, Micah.”

Micah shivers under him, his hips attempting to move but Dutch holds him still. With a gasp, Micah twitches in waves as he hits his high. Dutch continues to fuck him, a bit surprised that he’s managed to last so long at his age while Micah crumbles. The body beneath him slumps and Micah becomes almost nothing more than a tight, warm hole that whines on occasion. With the gang watching their boss’s pathetic display, Dutch continues to fuck him. He hears the occasional noise from the distance, sounds of outlaws’ pleasure, and it spurs him on until he releases deep into Micah and milks himself of every drop.

Micah won’t have a chance of playing this gang the way he has been now, and Dutch has some willing entertainment until he decides to finally snuff the little rat.

#red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #ship #ship fic #dutch van der linde #micah bell #dutch x micah #dutch van der linde x micah bell #fictober #kinktober

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jellycatchicken · 7 months ago

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whc2

definitely tin-hatting here but what if the reason why hong kyung, park jihoon and choi hyunwook hung out was because (not because they are casual friends who hang out no no no!!!!!! *bangs head against wall*) during the shooting of the whc2 season, there is either a new flashback of a memory of the three of them pre-bully Beomseok, or we get a look into their lives post-bully Beomseok.

focussing on the latter:

a positive outcome could be suho in physical therapy or a negative outcome could be him obviously still in a coma- which seems more realistic.

for beomseok... now hear me out... a negative outcome could be he is genuinely dead in the philippines like his father promised (yikes but also a bit lol) which is slightly far-fetched and could've just been said in a fit of rage, or the positive outcome is that he is studying in some international school in the philippines.

here we go. so. and this is definitely not a selfish idea that is unrealistic because i want to see wet he was forced to eat concrete when he was 6 meow meow rat-hamster hybrid beomseok happy. no! haha. ha.

his father HAS sent someone to get rid of him. but! obviously a murder can't just happen in plain sight and in addition his father is an abusive scumbag with a sadistic assistant. so. they plot an assassin his age to be enrolled in his school, and sent to not just kill him but ruin. his. life. i'm talking makima reze style. they will befriend him and then boom break his heart then kill him, destroying him further in every single way.

but obviously this assassin has a character too, and they could be so effing interesting. it could be a lesson for both characters in forgiveness and guilt and boundaries, learning that some things are just inexcusable but doom-dwelling on them only invites one to make the same mistake again but mutated, worse- so don't forget but do forgive.

along the way, the assassin character falls for beomseok and vice versa, and they help each other. because yay smart fleshed out romance who doesn't like it.

now. the positive outcome for this could be in the end the assassin breaks free from that lifestyle, think mai from atla "i love zuko more than i fear you" and all is right in the whc world. the negative side could be that a) the assassin never falls in love with him and has been lying or b) they still go through with it because that is their job and they don't know how to refuse. tragedy.

obviously this is far-fetched and would be a crazy sub-plot to work into a story that presented beomseok as an antagonist (the audience might not gaf about it, i mean, would rather see suho or someone else have the story), but i think it's just a cool idea that would definitely be gripping if a writer expanded on it since beomseok is such a complex and interesting character.

#weak hero #weak hero class #weak hero class 1 #weak hero class 2 #ahn suho #oh beomseok #yeon sieun #hong kyung #park jihoon #choi hyun wook

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starlightshadowsworld · 1 year ago

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Differences between season one of Bungou Stray dogs and the first 16 chapters of the Manga.

Thinks it's neat seeing whats changed and I really like making lists.

Spoilers for the first season of the Anime and first 16 chapters of the Manga.

For context I watched the Anime subbed and read the Manga in English.

In the Anime Atsushi's flashbacks are usually the same one but in the Manga we see different ones of his time at the Orphanage.

In the Anime the Orphanage has stain glass windows.

Akutagawa coughs a lot more in the Manga.

(Also Bones did him dirty.

And Yosano, her hair is so much better in the Manga. Chuuya looks okay but man he do be looking very gremlin like.)

The Azure Messenger stuff isn't in the Manga but is in the Anime. (I think it's taken from the light novel on Dazai's entrance exam.)

When Atsushi bumps into someone while shopping with Yosano who flips out at them and her when she apologises.

In the Anime the guy tries to guess what her job is, she says she's a doctor. And that he has one arm to many, before breaking the one in her grasp.

In the Manga he calls her a bitch, she breaks his hand and says "then shall I xxx your puny xxx by stepping on them like a proper bitch."

Which he brings up on the train later, blushing and asking did she really mean she'd do, whatever that was.

She's disgusted and bashes his head against the wall.

In the Manga while captured, Dazai calls Chuuya paranoid and tells him his hair will fall out of he frets so much.

Implies it already is and Chuuya takes his hat off to show he's not hiding a bald spot.

Also in his "you can fool Akutugawa but not me" bit.

In the Anime Chuuya calls himself Dazai's old partner and in the Manga calls himself Dazai's old friend.

When rescuing Atsushi on the boat, Kunikida in the Anime says no ones getting paid for this rescue.

And in the Manga says the entire agency is working to save you.

In the Manga Dazai puts on glasses and waves to a random Mafia member saying long time no see before going to archives.

In the Anime we than see Fitzgerald commenting on the bounty plan being a failure.

But in the Manga we see that he's talking about it to Agatha Christy.

Who's listed as, the commander of the order of the clock tower. With the ability "And than there were none."

Before seeing Fyodor Dostoyevsky, head of the underground organisation, "Rats in the house of the head"with his ability "Crime and Punishment."

(Which I think is written in Russian.)

After Fukuzawa agrees to take Kyouka in.

Minoura, the police guy who had to arrest his own subordinate in that case Ranpo took over, comes in. Says he had a case.

In the Anime that's where the scene ends.

But in the Manga it carries on, he spots Kyouka and mentions she looks like the orphan girl turned ruthless assassin who has a warrant for her arrest.

He asks about her parents, if she has any legal documents.

Atsushi cuts in saying he found her after receiving a request from the government to look for this child.

... Just as he was doing the cossack dance in a wheat field.

(Which is apparently also known as the Hopak, a Ukrainian folk dance.... Which, is quite the story Atsushi.)

Junichiro internally says that it's a great improvisation while Kunikida internally calls him a moron.

Fukuzuwa than interjects and says she's his grand-daughter and seeing them both eye him, Minoura is just like... They're cut from the cloth and apologises for his rudeness.

In the Anime Junichiro tells them the case for the car being stuck in a building.

In the Manga Kunikida asks for the present from the police and Kenji holds up a folder saying you mean work.

In the Anime Kunikida says it'll be good for Atsushi to shadow other agents and quickly learn the ropes.

In the Manga he tells Atsushi he can't keep being pampered (weird thing to say to a guy who was just kidnapped) and needs to start working with his fellow agents to get used to his job.

But Kunikida does pat Atsushi's shoulder and says he should be alright.

In the Manga we see Higuichi find Akutugawa in the sea.

In the Anime during her conversation with Mori about Akutugawa's condition, Elise is drawing with crayons on the floor. While in the Manga she's sat at Mori's side.

In the Manga while explaining the rules of Anne's game, Lucy says violence is prohibited in the room and they can't destroy anything in there.

In the Manga after Dazai returns and tries to get Atsushi to write his report, Kunikida ponders that Dazai is always messing with Atsushi.

But there's a note saying "and yet he doesn't stop him.”

#bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs manga #bsd manga spoilers #atsushi nakajima #kunikida doppo #dazai osamu #kyouka izumi #chuuya nakahara

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inposterumcumgaudio · 1 year ago

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penelope snug!

So officially, it seems Penelope Snug is supervisor of motilene infrastructure while Jim Watt is in charge of motilene acquisition. However, we have communications between Jim and the boys in the Barrow Holm hatch, who would seem to fall under Penelope's purview if that were true. (See my theory about early motilene distribution and why Barrow Holm has motilene at all). Jubilator operation and maintenance also seems to be run out of the Motilene Control HQ, even though you would think that would fall more under the Doctors' oversight since Jubilators were invented to relieve them of corpse collection duties. Very tangled system of duties and obligations.

Penelope also maintains an office in the Parade District Document Control, oddly enough. Perhaps this means her position is higher than implied, that she oversees broader civil engineering and not just motilene.

In her office, she has three bowler hats.

Imagine! A lady in a council worker's uniform topped off with a bowler hat. That's a look! I eagerly await the fanart concepts.

I think this is one of those things that evolved and got muddy over time, that Penelope might have been meant to be in charge of one thing and kept getting subbed in to others. Penelope also makes me think a lot of BioShock 2's "Big Kate" O'Malley, who is also a supervisor of civic works in Rapture and the first person you find an audio diary from in that game. Parallels are often drawn between We Happy Few and BioShock but I would almost think Penelope could have been an homage.

A thing I think is interesting in comparing the two though is that Rapture did not set out with a specific intent of gender equality but ended up with it by selectively choosing the best people in every field regardless of it. In Wellington Wells, however, that women are able to achieve such high positions in the town is due to its inability to choose from only men. The town suffers shortages in nearly every way, but this also presents opportunity for those who would otherwise be overlooked.

Her correspondence with Verloc shows that the two of them are on a first name basis (Anton, though, not Tony). He even invites her and her husband Richard (whose name he knows and remembers) to dinner, which tells us he can cook. I rather would have liked to think that anyway, since cooking is just chemistry in another room, but he wouldn't be inviting people over if he couldn't.

Funnily enough, the one note we have from Penelope to Victoria lacks both a greeting and a signature, but Penelope does know specifically that Prudence Holmes is on holiday. So it means either Penelope and Victoria are so friendly as to dispense with formalities in their coorespondance... or Penelope considers this to be an interdepartmental memo... to a subordinate. Which, if she's in charge of document control as well might make sense.

The government hierarchy tree in How to be Happy is actually more of an inbred circle so make what you want of that.

Lastly, Penelope's note to Thomas Horner gives us a bit of nuance as to how she runs her crew.

So Thomas is running Jubilator Jousting tournaments on the off hours, which is a misuse of city property that perhaps Penelope was overlooking (and participating in) because it's good for morale. There's a lot of other morale initiatives happening in the Motilene Control HQ so this would seemingly fall under her interests and as long as it's not hurting anyone or getting out and making her look bad...

The problem occurs when Peter Thump loses during the Grand Derby and won't settle his unpaid debts. And this is interesting because in this scene, you're supposed to sympathize with Peter, right? He's being chased by a maniac in a Jubilator, of course he's in the right. But with the knowledge that he's ratted Thomas out not because he owes him money, but because he's not being allowed to bet further until he pays up... It's such a small side story, but it's very indicative of my larger point I'm always trying to make here, that what you're told is never exactly as one side presents it.

Anyway, so Peter rats Thomas out to Penelope and now that there's notes about it, it has become a problem. So Penelope does the only face-saving thing to be done, which is promote Peter to shut him up and tell Thomas to quit with the tournaments.

So Peter has not only fucked Thomas out the money he already owed, but also out of further profits from the tournaments, and presumably a pay raise that would have come along with his missed promotion.

He is a rotten swot, honestly.

And this puts Penelope in an unfortunate situation too because she knows what the actual haps is probably, but this is the bind they are in now. Whether she wants to side with Thomas on this or not, her hands are tied. And what's funny too is, Peter is lying about not being involved with the jousting at all - it's "Other people's money, I mean. I never bet myself." - so Thomas can only lie about being completely innocent of hosting the tournaments in the first place. To which Penelope replies that "If you persist in proclaiming your innocence, then I suppose I don't owe you 10 quid for the Grand Derby, do I?"

Thomas also lets us in on a bit of the discussion had about this:

"Come on! Let's have a "conversation." I'm sorry, no, a constructive, let's have a "constructive conversation." Has my work been "slipping"? Oh no? It's just that I've "failed to improve as much as we would have hoped"? Who the hell is "we" anyways? Have you got an invisible friend, or are you now the Queen of the bloody Pipes?"

Penelope is at home placing wagers on the destruction of her work equipment along with her crewman, but is also fluent in euphemistic (if a bit anachronistically modern) corporate-speak.

I do think the record-keeping is the thing here. If not for Wellington Wells' dependence on written notes, Penelope might have gotten away with firing Peter or transferring him to another department due to "poor culture fit".

#we happy few #penelope snug #peter thump #thomas horner

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sleepingdeath-light · 2 years ago

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since this is still something of a debate…

re: silent readers, fan creators, motivation and interaction

Since I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about this lately, and have seen a fellow writer get hate for talking about it, I figured that it was about time to throw my hat into the metaphorical ring.

Interaction is a massive part of fandom as a whole because in the end we’re all just a bunch of nerds all obsessing over the same characters and media in our own little community. Like a nest of overly excited rats, or something equally strange. And interaction can come in many forms depending on which platform you’re using — and for this post I’ll be referring back to AO3 and Tumblr because that’s what I use.

On AO3 you have a few ways of interacting with an author whose content you enjoy — with some being anonymous and others being much more preferred and important to authors. Of course there are hits, which are encouraging of course but you have no way of knowing if someone clicked on and finished your fic or if they mis-clicked and immediately left; it’s completely ambiguous. Kudos and subscriptions are the other big ones and are a good form of encouragement for writers because they tell you who enjoyed your writing and give you an idea of who would want to return (even if subs are usually anonymous as well). Finally there are bookmarks and comments which are the best kinds of interactions to receive in terms of motivation because they can provide actual praise and feedback, telling a writer who enjoys your writing, what they enjoyed or where to improve.

I know that waking up to a flurry of comments makes my day more than checking on stats and seeing a couple more kudos — and it makes me more likely to continue writing for those fandoms.

And for posterity’s sake, here are my AO3 stats as of the 27th of February 2023 (for context I have 31 fics up at the moment):

22k of my word count came from fics posted over the last month that I got feedback for — which also account for 7 of my total comment threads.

Now let’s look at Tumblr — where your options for interactions are following a creator, leaving an ask, liking, reblogging or commenting on specific posts.

There isn’t a metric for tracking how many people have seen a post on Tumblr, obviously, so the closest thing we have are likes. And that is how I treat them — a track of who has and has not seen each thing I post — as opposed to a proper interaction. They’re nice, of course, but they’re sort of insignificant when you think about sharing content and such — especially when you get to bigger fandoms.

Asks are an amazing way to give feedback to a content creator as well as to send in requests if they accept them. That way even the more anxious of readers can participate and interact — which is great! But they tend to get clogged with demands, threats and hate if you leave anon on at the wrong moment — which I and other writers have experienced.

Reblogs and comments are probably the best way to motivate a writer — which I can absolutely corroborate. Even if you don’t think the post you liked will fit the theme of your blog, you’re welcome to create a sideblog just to reblog things you like. Nobody’s saying that it has to go on your main!

Now let’s look at all of that in real terms by comparing two of my side blogs: this one (@sleepingdeath-light) and my most recent (@sleepingdeath-bboys).

This blog (light) was started in 2021 and has 615 posts up as of now. I have 43,960 notes and write for 115 different fandoms. 2081 of you follow this blog and most of my interaction is through anonymous asks (over 200 right now) and likes with very few reblogs and even fewer that have any feedback with them (maybe 5 total off the top of my head).

My Baynton Boys blog was started at the end of January 2023 and has 49 posts up. i have 199 notes and write for 6 fandoms with a focus on characters played by a single actor (extremely niche). I still receive more likes than anything else but the margin is incredibly small as I also receive a large amount of tagged reblogs and requests from the other amazing writers in the fandom (@/jamiewintons and @/pink-booty-butts mainly, who you should defo follow if you’re interested in Mat Baynton content btw!).

I have written over 22k words and counting for the latter account because l feel so much more motivated and appreciated by the people I am writing for.

I have posted a few headcanon sets for this account in the same time period because I am massively lacking in the motivation to do anything else.

So in case you were ever up for debating it; interaction matters when it comes to any type of content creator. We’re not robots, we’re people giving you content for free — and it’s nice to know when people enjoy it. Like actually enjoyed it (especially if you were the one who requested it!).

#sleepingdeath #re: motivation and interaction #re: silent readers #bit of a rant so feel free to skip i guess

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notasapleasure · 2 years ago

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers, National Theatre (2015)

David Hare's adaptation of Katherine Boo's book about a Mumbai slum. It follows various people and their interconnected stories, and Joplin is one of those playing multiple characters in the play: Sub-Inspector Shankar, the Prosecutor, and an unnamed extra.

First off, just a warning for anyone who might need it, as Sub-Inspector Shankar is not above committing a little light torture to get the results he wants. The story is pretty heavy too - there's self-immolation, suicide and violence.

And yeah, I am just here taking my little screenshots, and I am not above saying a uniform can look good on the right body even when said body is wielding a stick or belt as an instrument of torture. But you all know that from these blog posts already... First watch was for going oof at the story, second watch was just for going mad taking screencaps.

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Oh HI Assad Zaman! He has a motorbike.

He.....oh dear. He had a very bad time as Deepak Rai, aka Kalu. Brutally murdered for breaking into the airport grounds to steal metal. (but he also turns up as a number of other characters)

Hmmmm hello Mr Officer Sir. That IS a moustache!! Sub-Inspector Shankar Yeram aka Fishlips 🙃 (I'm not making it up!)

He wants to keep the murder rates low! Get the certificates, look after his kids....just say the murder victim was suspected of having TB, the coroner will know what to do. Tell the other pickers he was murdered though, we wanna keep them scared!

Among the British actors putting on their Indian accents, he's at least doing a posher one but umm. If you know he's a Cockney you still know.

Holy SHIT did he just pick up Sunil the picker one-handed skdjdjjfjfjff 💀

The problem is I'm trying to have critical thoughts and then it's just 'HURRR. LOOK HOW BIG HE IS.'

Oh no, torturing a man for evidence is bad for his back :(

"Can you tell me what they've been charged with?"

"Yes, I can." 😐🤌

The tick of pulling the trousers up is splendid. The moustache is glorious. The bribery by tiffin is kind of charming. But the accent....bb it's not your best :') I guess it's a struggle to project and do this accent together?

Beginning of the second act (the rains have arrived - hence hat).

He sort of takes pity on the woman whose eldest son, husband and daughter have been jailed for beating a woman who then self-immolated (which they didn't do). I say sort of, because money and tiffins are very much involved, but he helps get Abdul a school certificate to ensure he'll go to juvie rather than adult prison.

As an aside, the second act hits SO much harder. The audience laughter is rarer, quieter, more nervous - in the first half it often made me uncomfortable, like the characters were grotesques to be laughed at. The themes come together too - younger generations who have seen either tenuous opportunity or brutal reprisal based on their parents' approach to getting on, asking themselves why they have to act 'dishonourably' or unjustly to improve their lot. And their parents standing by the hard work they've put in - whatever the cost - in order to improve things for their families.

Probably my least finest hour was trying to get a shot of Joplin's butt dancing in the background while Meena is in agony from the rat poison she's taken.

But if you do watch the play - and I really do recommend it - fair warning that Meena and Manju's interactions will wreck you, even if nothing else does (and there's plenty else that should).

THE MOUSTACHE IS GONE

He's now the lawyer for the prosecution (against the Husseins for Fatima's death).

LIES! DAMNATION AND LIES!

gosh isn't he big though.

I think the accent is better without the moustache?

They still have him hauling bits of stage around in his suit :') And once you're on the look out for him in the unnamed role in between scenes as the copper and the lawyer he's on stage quite a lot. But the cast is large and the story is dense, so if you do watch, be aware that focussing on Joplin will make the story near-incomprehensible and in focussing on the story you might miss a lot of his background appearances. Which is why I'm glad I watched twice :)

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Rating

Dead? Nope! Not one version!

Evil? Nearly everyone in the play is morally compromised and sees the bribes and the selfishness simply as the only way of surviving with the hand life has dealt them. It's worse from the professional classes because of the additional power they wield, as you'd expect, and though S-I Shankar does what he does for his children's education, one feels he does relish it somewhat, too.

Affects the plot? He does indeed!

It took a while to warm on me, but the second act really made it all come together, and re-watching with a better idea of the characters and themes was really satisfying. The performances all round are great. And on a thoroughly basic note, the uniform is hot, the suit is well-fitted, and yes there was that time he picked up a dude one-handed. 3/5. The speaking roles he has really aren't nice people, looks notwithstanding, and the accent...not his best.

There are shitloads more screencaps too, but I couldn't be bothered to knit them together tonight - when I've watched the last three plays I'll set up a fan blog and a google drive with all of them in for people to take and use as they want.

#adventures in joplin sibtain's imdb page #joplin sibtain #chook sibtain #behind the beautiful forevers #ntathome #national theatre #david hare #katherine boo

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a-z0-9-i-n-gram-completionist · 11 months ago

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1: 0 1 2 4 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 32/36 (26/26) (6/10)

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8: abdomina accentua actually ainfrogs allowing amplexus analogou angement answered apparent arkscher arrangem articula atarsals atherton bdominal biofibul brevicep burrower ccentuat ceedings centuate clusivel comprise connecti conseque consists continuo contribu culature cutaneou denboylo deposits describe disposes dominali edispose emplifie enboylou engystom enhnacin enoptera enormous entuated envelope envelops eresting errucosu ertebrat escribed especial etatarsa evicepti evidence exclusiv exemplif extendin extremel familiar formatio fossoria fraction glandula goldenbo gystomat hymenopt ibiofibu icularly idfishes ifestyle imilarly inclusio interest iofibula isoptera keletons landular ldenboyl lifestyl lusively majority marksche menopter metatars mplified muscular musculat mygolden nalogous nclusion nections ngystoma nhnacing nnection nopteran nostotic nsequenc nteresti ntinuous ntribute nusually nveloped oceeding oldenboy ological ominalis onnectio onsequen ontinuou ontribut oologica opterans ormation ossorial osterior ostotica otically oundness parently particul pecially position posterio pparentl predispo probably proceedi properly queaking question rainfrog rangemen redispos relative reversed reviceps revicept rkscherz rmations roceedin rounding roundnes rrangeme rroundin rrucosus rtebrate rticular sculatur sequence sidfishe similarl skeletal skeleton somewhat sopteran speciall squeakin stomatid stotical substanc surprise surround synostot tatarsal terestin termites tibiofib ticularl toticall ubstance unusuall urostyle urroundi urrowers usculatu utaneous verrucos vertebra vertical viceptid xclusive xemplifi xtending xtremely ygoldenb ymenopte ynostoti ystomati zoologic 189/2821109907456 (189/208827064576)

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Why are rain frogs so round? What's /inside/ of them around such an itty bitty skeleton?

So it turns out this is a really interesting question.

The first thing we must be aware of is that rainfrogs as we see them in videos of them squeaking are not quite the same shape as they are when at rest:

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But you are quite right, they are very round. This is exemplified by the skeletal photo you refer to:

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So what are we seeing?

Well, firstly, note that the body cavity in these frogs actually envelops the femurs, such that only the tibiofibula (fused in frogs) and the tarsals and metatarsals are outside the body. The arms are quite similarly enveloped, but a bit of the humerus does extend outside the body cavity too. This predisposes them to a rounder body shape.

Next, note the ilia - the U-shaped bone in the pelvic region. These in some breviceptid frogs are synostotically fused with the sacrum - that is to say, they are bound by bone-based connections to the bow-shaped vertebra at their tips. This whole joint seems to be quite smooth, and as a consequence, the back of the frog is quite smooth. The other thing we can see here is that the urostyle (i.e. the frog version of a coccyx) juts quite far beyond the ischium and pubis. This extends the body cavity beyond the hips. Note also that the pelvic girdle seems to be largely below the spine, rather than the typical position for frogs behind it and continuous with it. This makes the legs sit below the spine, rather than at its end, enhnacing the vertical roundness of the animal.

Next, let’s talk some soft tissue. Now, I’m not as familiar with soft-tissue in frogs as I am their skeletons, so you’ll have to bear with me a bit (rawr). Beddard (1908!!) studied the soft tissue of Breviceps verrucosus Rapp 1842. It seems that the majority of the body of these frogs is actually muscle. Beddard noted that muscles join the leg at the knee that extend into the body cavity, such that the inclusion of the thigh in the body cavity is further accentuated by musculature. The rectus abdominalis muscle is unusually large, extending from the lower abdomen up and around the sides of the body. Indeed, this large size appears to be the pattern with all of the major muscles, though in the throat the typical arrangement of large and small muscles is somewhat reversed. On the lateral side of the head, there is a substance that is not muscle, but appears to be loose tissue in which sits what is apparently the thymus gland.

There is a very large gap between the end of the urostyle and the anus (one fifth of the total length of the frog), in which there are almost no muscles, save for the one surrounding the lower cloaca. On either side of this area, between the posterior-most muscles of the thigh, lie two large ‘lymph-hearts’, as described by Beddard. These are between one quarter and one third of the total length of the frog. A further lypmh-sac sits between these lymph-hearts and the skin of the femoral region, and they are thus probably analogous to the femoral lymph-sacs of other frogs.

I find it interesting that Beddard (1908) did not mention any glandular formations in the dorsal region. As is evidence from many images (see below), these frogs are able to secrete a white, sticky, noxious substance from their skin (which they actually have to use during amplexus, as the male is too small relative to the female to mount her properly, and so he sticks himself to her with his glandular glue… kinky).

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These glands do not apparently take up a great deal of the cutaneous tissue, and so I suppose are of no consequence to the size of the frog, especially relative to its enormous muscles.

The diet of these frogs consists almost exclusively of hymenopterans and isopterans (ants and termites). Neither of these insect groups are particularly fatty, so it is little surprise that their bodies appear to contain no large fat deposits - fatty bodies extend from the gonads up to the lungs and heart, but these comprise only a tiny fraction of the frog’s mass, and don’t contribute to the round shape. Instead, their bodies are extremely muscular, allowing them to be adept burrowers, ideal for their fossorial lifestyle.

So TL;DR: rain frogs are little balls of muscle (maybe the largest muscle mass relative to body mass of any vertebrate? science just doesn’t know).

Ref:

Beddard, F.E. 1908. On the Musculature and other Points in the Anatomy of the Engystomatid Frog, Breviceps verrucosus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1908:11-41 [x]

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redrum

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Cai, a noite sobre o nosso amor

Cai, e agora só restou do amor

Uma palavra

Adeus

Mas tendo de ir embora (whoa, whoa, whoa)

Want it all, I won't leave a breadcrumb

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Thought a nigga said something

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Nigga, all we know is (redrum)

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Marathon, I really run the A (run the A)

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Hypnotize, they do what I say (what I say)

21, niggas don't play (don't play)

My Glock Gen5 said hey (said hey)

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Want it all, I won't leave a breadcrumb

Bitch, what? I thought a nigga said something

Thought a nigga said something

G Block, all we know is redrum

Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum

G Block, all we know is redrum

Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum

Nigga, all we know is (redrum)

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Catch 'em at the light, he get nailed

911, somebody help

Sub-tweeting bad for your health, pussy

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Big Draco come up out that scat, pussy

He stood on business, now, he layin' on his back, pussy

Ask around, I be rappin' nothin' but facts, pussy

We the reason all these niggas runnin' track, pussy (on God)

You ain't never stepped, you can't tell me a thing (21)

I got big kahunas, and I'm lettin' 'em hang (21)

Keep my mouth closed and that's never gonna change (21)

You get in the jam and go to pointin' and blame (21, 21)

I ain't let it slide, I was sharpenin' aim

Smokin' on my brothers, got his ass left slain

You know it's smoke, 'cause they ain't even take off his chain

Say it's up with me, your ass must do cocaine (21, 21)

Want it all, and I won't leave a breadcrumb

Bitch, what? I thought a nigga said something

Thought a nigga said something

G Block, all we know is redrum

Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum

G Block, all we know is redrum

Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum

Nigga, all we know is (redrum)

Little pigs

Little pigs, let me come in

Not by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin

Then, I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down

Here's Johnny

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Hello!! I hope this isn't too much of a bother to ask, but do you possibly know what happened to your fansubbing of the third Sgt. Frog movie? The links/post that you previously provided for parts 1 and 2 seem to be broken, and I can't seem to find them on Dailymotion, either.. Were they possibly deleted, or do you still have access to the subbed movie? I just wanted to ask since I've been interested in finding good fansubs of this movie in particular.. Thank you in advance!!

Old subs, new year, new link. :)

#Anonymous #keroro gunso #sgt. frog #rat hat subs

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brandonwayneb · 2 years ago

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white trash genocides

🇺🇸🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: America German England

🔵⚪️🟡: Blue, White, Yellow

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⚪️ White: 🦷🦴🐁🥼☠️ Germany

🟡 Yellow: 🍋🧀🌽⚠️🔕 England

🦠🐀🐖🐗🐄🐹🦆🐓🦢🦉🦟🦈🐬🐋🦠

List of white genocide primary catalysts

Summarized at “Goose”

illegal public genocides

“Goose Factory Resets”

“Goosebumps”

Bar Code Fist Pumps

Fat Plums, Stupid Bums

Cash Dumps, Breast Lumps

In Test Ten Tin

Silver Surf Ring Shoe Laces Speed Death Races Tin Foil Foul Goose Eggs 🪺

PodCast Post Cast Radio Radiation Cancer 📻

Micro Mouse 🐭 Rat Pellets

💊 Pill Pro Gram Bread 🍞 🥖 Basket 🧺

Bastard Kits, Sea 🌊 Turd 💩 Raft

Turtle 🐢 Dove 🕊️

Blended in a micro cow patty pie shit glove

🧤 🐮 💩 🥧

quadruple bypass

Quadruple Bypass Fire Hydrant 🧯💦

Circle ⭕️ Jerk Key 🔑

Sir Alpha Eat Old Goose Egg Shit

Alpha Troy 🥴🤮

Alpha Office Pet Desk Toy

Alpha white Roman 🍆🥀

Alpha Flat Tire 🧦🛞

Alpha Stupid Ass False Superiority

🚽 Racist toliet agendas

🚽 Prejudice toilet agendas

🚽 The Holy White Throne

The Toliet Commode

“White Racists WHITE ONLY World Agendas”

Ro MAN MANIA, 🤑🤑🤑🤑🥀🥀🥀🥀

RoMANIA and “JEW NET”

Romeo & Juliet

FACTORY: SENDING WAR RAFTS.

FACTORY: SENDING WAR SUB DRAFTS

🏭 GOOSE “FACTORY” RESET POX “RAFT”

🔂 GENOCIDE MICRO MEMORY BLEACH

🔂 BAKING SODA

🔂 TALCUM POWDER

🔂 PAC SEAL PARTICLE POWDER COMPANY

🔂 MICRO RED ROCKET CAR POX GAS PODS

🔂 MICRO SNOW GLOBE CRYSTAL BALLS

🔂 CAP HAY HAT TEA POTS SILVER SERVICE

🔂 SHAMPOO FOAM HEAD DOME G-KNOWN

🔂 MICRO VACCINE LIQUID METAL ICE

🔂 SHOWER, SHOW ROOM, SHOPPERS

🔂 COTTON PATCH HEAD MOP, EYE ASSAULT

“White Genocide Commonalities”

“GOOSE” summary

Current status, “world repeats blame about everything, until only white supremacy gimps, limps, and simps, everyone, except themselves

“Public Norms” stolen to saying NORTH WALL

“Public Ease” stolen to saying EAST WALL

Easygoing normal life!

Long as your white :) wink wink,

“screw a pink winky, and talk about Temple Wish”

“Holy Temples”

“Brain Temples”

Lovely white antics, LOVELY respects for privacy

LOVELY honors!

Absolutely ADORABLE “ace race” lol

whatever!

Say, NO THANKS GOOSE SHIT :)

Say, NO THANKS WHITE SHIT :)

Nothing else to say! Keep Healthy!

If anyone wants to assault you, slander you, or have you committed on medical or terrorism,

just sneeze 🤧 into white snot rags,

and dont accept “white false microphone assault programs.”

If anyone tries to insult you, or have you fight in “law bending” unlawful world practices,

than just realize, the ones doing such, ARE ONLY WHITE

or therefore of under “white influence”

or “white byproducts”

there is no other enemy in existence,

otherwise everyone does their own life

LIKE NORMAL LIFE DOES!

Zero white agendas

Zero white racism agendas

Zero white prejudice agendas

Doesn’t matter the amount of slanders.

Zero “white genocide crimes” from your own home, and your own personal space

Pray for all lives ProLife99.

and keep healthy regardless of the LOVELY assistance of the totally invisible “non existent white crimes”

Hah…. as if nobody has ever made any sense about that topic…

Anyways, REJECT “GOOSE POD CAST EGGS”

and dont accept “FACTORY RESET”

The word “Factory” is used for a covert RAFT

“Factory” “Genocide Paper Shops”

“Factory” is always ACT STORY

“Factory” is always FA FAT

“Factory” is always STOLEN FACTS STORY

“Factory” is always used by “white agenda” to send “REBOOT DRAFT WAR RAFTS”

FAT FAT :) Draft Raft

Fat Fat :) “Pleffa” “Plead for FFA”

“plead for FAT”

“plead for FA POOP FA”

“plead for a SHIT STAMP ON UR FOREHEAD”

“PLEAD TO BE SHOT BY HEBREW ROMAN DADDY”

“Pleffa Plethera Pet Fuck BEAR RUGS, Office Buddy BEAR HUGS.”

Awwww such a lovely white world retainer lol

Such an honor to be apart of ALL this worth!

Sooooo much honorable wealth!!

wow!! TONS OF MONEY!!

wow!!! SO MUCH AMAZING LIFE!

Lol white people… please quit ur jobs!

Give back the public positions to NON SECRET SADISTIC leaders please :)

Kk thanks!

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trashytoastboi · 4 years ago

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Hello.... Ummmm then can I request nsfw scenario Dom! Sadistic! Law x shy! fem! S/O? She's always good girl, listens good ye know. But suddenly Shy S/O has an idea, because reading of girls magazine of girls like to be punished. So (name) won't listen to Law (expect of course important things.) But she won't listen to small things like if Law wants salt and ask to her. She ignores. She doesn't a put a new WC roll. Like that small things. Law find it strange. Later he asks her what's going on. And then she says "I... I WANT TO BE PUNISHED! LIKE YE KNOW IF WE DO...*her head eyes pointing to the bed* Law was surprised and smirks, Oh, you want to be naughty girl? She became more embarrassed. But then he asks that she can just ask. So her wish come true. The punishment won't be extreme. So the punishment is she's not allowed to touch him, of course she can grab the pilow and/or the sheets. That's pretty easy. But he gives no kiss on her lips and face. But the rest of the body well. That's a bit sad but she wants to be punished. But there's more! Law says " Let's see how many times you can come. " That makes her bit nervous, of course he keep an eye if she's all right. Then she will be teased of you want to be naughty, or something like that. And that's it. I hope it's not similar like Law x Shy! Fem! S/O light bondage. There's no bondage, haha. 😅

Heyya! I'm so sorry for the long wait on this! I was supposed to post this two days ago and I thought I did! But here we are 😅😅😅 hope you enjoy🥺~ please enjoy this complimentary bottle of holy water. 🍶

(Female Pronouns)

NSFW Scenario: Sadistic Dom! Law x F! Shy Sub! S/O – In Need of Discipline

Warnings: NSFW (Dom, Sub, Power play dynamics, use of Dom title – Sir, Punishment, Fingering, Teasing, Oral, Begging, Overstimulation, Doggy, Reverse Cowgirl, Multiple orgasms)

Word count: 2, 508 words

Song that set the mood for this: Motionless in White – Rats

🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

🍄Trafalgar Law🍄

{Name} paged through her magazine, it was the usual mix of celebrity exploits, hottest pirate captain poll and Law ranked a very good 2nd place, seems the first place went to Cavendish who won by a landslide. She giggled seeing Law’s face in such a place, deciding not to show him in case it embarrasses him. While continuing to page she stumbles upon a page of ‘The intimate truth and pleasure of sexual punishment’, The title had her muttering “Oh my”, though curiosity intrigued her to read it, various accounts and experiences and she could not deny that she found it quite appealing. Although, she was something of a goody-two-shoes and knows Law would not punish her without cause, so {Name} began brainstorming ways to break her good girl behaviour and give him a reason to punish her. It started with small things, not listening to him, trying to find small ways to annoy him, like smacking his hat off randomly when he walked past her, hiding his things away and making him search for it. Or even ignoring him when he asked questions or asking her to pass the salt. One of the more daring ones was choosing to make a mess in their bedroom, knowing Law liked to keep the room orderly and having her mess up the freshly made bed and leave things scattered all over the floor would be a sure fire way to irritate him. This annoyed Law to no end, knowing that everything that had been happening recently was full well blatant and intentional on her part.

She was sitting alongside Penguin, laughing at something he said when Law stepped through the door, his face showed evident anger along with the throbbing vein that only ever occurred when he was teetering the line of full blown irritation. “{Name-ya} we need to talk. Now.” Law’s voice was low, dangerous even. Beyond shouting, it was this quiet, seething anger that truly terrified everyone, including {Name}. The whole room fell silent; she gulped and felt nervous at seeing him so angry. Standing up, she walked over and followed him to their room. His annoyance with her recent disobedience and defiant attitude has served to antagonise him, beyond his usual limitations. For {Name} he had a lot of patience, more than anyone in fact. So it took a lot to push him to this point. Opening the door to their room, she was greeted by the familiar state of it “Clean this up” Law mutters, the harshness of words leave {Name} immediately springing into action and cleaning up the mess, deciding it was not a wise choice to push him any further. Law takes a seat, making sure {Name} doesn’t run off and neglect her responsibility. He sighs, looking around and notices a magazine half sticking out from under the mattress on her side of the bed, and watching her clean might not be the most entertaining. Using Room, he switches it out with an item of clothing that was left on the floor. Law looks at the magazine and notices a bookmark in it. Curious as to what she bookmarked, he began reading, now understanding exactly why she was acting like that. During all of this, {Name} was so focused on cleaning that she had not seen Law reading her magazine, “Don’t forget to pick up your clothes.” Law mentions, not even looking up from the magazine, somehow knowing that she was planning to ignore or ‘forget’ them. “Make me…” she mumbled, barely audible and even so it still caught his attention, Law lifted his eyes from the magazine, “Would you like to repeat that {Name-ya?}” despite being nervous she spoke a bit louder “I said…m-make me.” Knowing her intentions behind her insubordination now only made a flurry of perverse imagery of everything he wanted to do to her come to mind. Truthfully, in that moment every fibre of his being wanted to punish {Name}, in the exact way she wanted.

“{Name-ya}, do you want to be punished?” Law stated, watching her reaction. {Name} was startled at hearing the words leave his mouth, not yet knowing that he had already known what she wanted, she assumed it would be a mediocre punishment, like taking over extra chores for a week or something along those lines. Even so, she wanted to take the chance “I want to be punished, in a different way. You know if we…” {Name} mumbles out, still keeping her back to Law unable to look at him, knowing he will comment on how much she is blushing. Law smirks, tossing the magazine aside, and stands before approaching her figure. “Your misbehaviour has not gone unnoticed, you’ve been a very bad girl.” he whispers, causing her to tremble slightly at his words. Law’s lips ghost over her neck “You know {Name-ya} if you wanted to be punished, you could have just asked. There was no need for such theatrics.” Her bashfulness surfaces in full force, rendering her speechless to say anything back to Law.

He takes a seat on their bed, gazing up at {Name} who was frozen stiff with nervousness. “Shall we start with an apology” he chuckles, hand calling for hers as she is guided to kneel between his legs. “Hands behind your back, and eyes up. Do you understand?” {Name} nods her head, watching a devious smile spread across Law’s lips, as his fingers unbutton his pants, waiting expectantly for her to continue. Growing flustered, her hands reach for the zipper, stopped by Law “Hands behind your back.” he reiterates his previous command, {Name} places her hands behind her back, catching on to what he wants as her teeth grip his zipper, pulling it down. Law couldn’t help himself; he just loves the visual of watching her use her mouth. Law drags his fingers over her neck, under her jaw and lifts {Name’s} face. “You’re not allowed to touch me {Name-ya}, nor will I be giving you any kisses.”

{Name} doesn’t entirely like the idea of not getting any kisses from Law, but agrees to her punishment none the less, though he wasn’t finished. She catches sight of his sadistic smile, his eyes radiating with something devious “I know you’re not a fan of pain my dear…so I’m going to punish you with pleasure instead and we’re going to see just how many times you times you can cum.” {Name} gulps at his words, growing aware of her body getting a bit hotter at the thought. “But, first that apology.” Law states, teasingly stroking his cock “Open up”

{Name} complies, looking up at Law who had a smirk on his lips that definitely suggested that he was proud of himself. Slowly her mouth slides down his length, trying to take in as much as she can, listening to Laws grunts and breaths. His tattooed hand entangled in her hair, setting his preferred rhythm and guiding her. "Use your tongue more {Name-ya}" he breathed out. Watching his reactions and seeing him bite his lip as her tongue dragged along, grazing his sensitive spots. Law’s hand lovingly strokes her head and calls for her attention.

Law leads her up, instructing her to take off her clothes, slowly. Watching as each item of clothing hits the floor, Law can see she is feeling nervous. The act of standing completely bare in front of Law still made her nervous, as if it were the first time all over again. She moves around restlessly, watching Law stand and take a few steps towards her. “No need to feel shy my love” he says gently, his hands caress her shoulders. “All fours, on the bed” {Name} does as he says, and despite his words she still feels even more aware of her embarrassment, since the position makes her feel exposed. She can hear Law walking around, feeling his gaze on her. It makes her feel as if he inspecting her. Law’s fingers suddenly touch {Name’s} back causing her to shiver. "So beautiful" he mumbles, just loud enough for her to hear. She blushes and smiles slightly at hearing his words, which settles her uneasiness a bit. Law sighs internally, he loves kissing {Name} as much as she loves being kissed, and alas it is punishment. His fingers graze down her sides, down her legs and up again. His hand rests on her back, as his fingers tease her entrance. {Name} holds her breath in anticipation, awaiting Law’s next movement, anything. Exhaling as his fingers push into her, leaving her purring at the feeling, listening to Law chuckle, a self satisfactory smirk resting on his lips “Do you enjoy my fingers that much?” {Name} nods, mewling her approval sweetly causing a further swell of pride in Law. His fingers push in deeper, beckoning a louder moan from his partner, Law leans in closer so much so she grows aware of his breath tickling her neck, he begins to whisper such erotic things to her, causing {Name} to grow increasingly more embarrassed and paired with the onslaught of his fingers, it becomes a bit too much for her. {Name’s} body trembles, quickly overcome with pleasure, she is left panting and trying to recover from the sudden shock. Law loves the sight of {Name} coming undone because of his fingers. “I know you can do more, after all I know your body well. Just once isn’t enough for a body this lascivious” he whispers while nibbling on her ear. His hand slides up her body sensually caressing her, before settling on her breast, giving it a squeeze and teasing her. Listening to {Name’s} lustful moans, Law begins moving his fingers again, her body rocks against his hand trying to get more in a desperate attempt to ease her aching desire. Law can feel her body building to another climax, causing him to speed up noticing how she tightens around his fingers before pushing her over the edge.

Law exhales, completely mesmerized by her. He situates himself behind her, hands gliding down her back and finding her body so luscious and inviting, the carnal hunger tugs at Law’s self control. Pressing his cock against her, {Name} bites her lip in anticipation and a slight hint of impatience as he inches deeper into her, he sighs and looks down to see her faintly trembling. A wicked grin on his lips, knowing what she is enjoying so much, she whines out as Law’s hips press against her own. Taking a leisurely pace to withdraw his hip and pushing back into her with a bit of force. Her hand instinctually reaches back for him, listening to Law tut in disapproval as he pins her hands down in front of her, keeping with his series of slow, hard thrusts. Groaning from the delectable feeling and savouring the pleasure. “Faster…please” {Name} whines, Law smiles, loving the way her body begs for more only to be denied by his control. “This is punishment my dear, I’ll indulge your desires when you learn to behave” Law replies, keeping the slow and steady pace, the same one that keeps her on edge. “Please…” she moans, “Don’t be greedy {Name-ya}, I could edge you instead” Law states firmly, his fingers trace down her spine causing her body to arch from the ticklish feeling. “Here I thought, relieving your ‘tension’ would encourage you to be obedient.” Law stops momentarily, resting his hands on {Name’s} hips and shifting for better positioning before thrusting hard into her, changing pace and watching her whole body shake as he grazes against every sensitive spot she has. Law growls softly, relentlessly hitting the same spot over and over again, driving her to another orgasm. Her hands desperately clutch at the sheets, her mind goes blank leaving {Name} only capable of focusing on what she is experiencing right now. Law admits that his actions might have been a bit self indulgent, but he loves seeing her like this, without a moments rest, he picks up the pace, putting his fingers to work while they roughly rub her clit. Forcing another climax from her, tears fill {Name’s} eyes from the sheer intensity of the overpowering pleasure paired with how sensitive she already is. “Please…I can’t, it’s too much” she weakly whines, Law can feel his own tension building and holds back, wanting to complete {Name’s} punishment.

His lips graze down her skin, teasing and hinting at a kiss as he pulls away “Would you like to continue my dear?” Law inquires, making sure that he isn’t pushing her too much. {Name} nods, feeling Law pull her back and into a straddling position. Her back rests against his chest, while his hands run along her thighs. Feeling impatience creeping up on him, without warning he thrusts hard into her, {Name} cries out from the suddenness. Attempting to grab onto his arms to ease her unsteadiness, “Try to touch me and I’ll have to restrain your wandering hands {Name-ya}” Law warns, pulling her to lean into him, not stopping his thrusts. Law groans, trying to hold back his own release which proves difficult when he can feel her tightening around him again. Law clenches his teeth, wanting to curse at how good it feels, working {Name} up closer to her edge before completely ceasing his movements. Smirking, at how she whines and writhes “Ask me nicely.” She struggles to form any coherent thoughts, much less any words. Law gives the occasional thrust to remind her just how badly she wants it. Law knowing her body as well as he does, he could easily keep edging and denying her for hours. “Please, please let me cum” she begs. “Please what?” Law states teasingly, wanting just a little something extra from her words “Please sir~” she purrs out, earning a grin from Law. “Good girl” he could not deny that was definitely a sweet way to ask, he thrusts into her. Law’s hands grip her hips harshly as he pushes further into her and growing strained with trying to control himself, his head rests on her shoulder as he thrusts into her. Listening to the symphony of {Name} moaning as she comes undone, Law curses with the overpowering feeling that takes him, reeling from the intense orgasm as he catches his breath. Leaning his head back and feeling {Name’s} body lazily resting against his.

Law lays {Name} on the bed, kissing her forehead. “You did very well my love” he murmurs, looking at {Name} who pouts slightly, Law shows a small smile, knowing what she wants and obliging by kissing her softly and brushing the hair out of her face. Looking at {Name}, he can see she is completely spent. Continuing his silent inspection to make sure she is alright. Her heavy eyelids and languid movements only prove the point of her being tired. “Have something to drink first then you can rest for a little bit” Law says, passing {Name} something to drink. Taking a seat alongside her, he covers {Name} with a blanket as she snuggles into his side.

#one piece #trafalgar d water law #trafalgar law #TrashyToastBoi #unholy toast #ns.fw #smut #lemon #one piece imagines #one piece scenarios #one piece scenario #trafalgardwaterlaw #trafalgar d. water law #trafalgar one piece #female pronouns #female reader #romance #touch of fluff #I need a pool of holy water please save my unholy toastness

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thermodynamiclawyer · 4 years ago

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yeah, this is gonna be a trainwreck. here’s @bandagegirl ‘s and my GHS headcanon masterpost. our goal was to have at least 3 per character, if not more. we kinda had to group the last few characters together in the end, though. it’ll be split up in categories between the characters in the Game, then Anime-Only, and then overall Worldbuilding at the end as for easier reading.

Game Characters

Gregory

the Lost World/Gregory House is Gregory’s own manifestation through loneliness and envy. (see Worldbuilding)

he’s WAY older than a grandfather of James. he’s more of a great-great-great-great grandfather, but it’s easier to just call him grandpa.

he’s been long dead in reality for years. always constantly dreaming and manifesting his Lost World and eventually never woke up.

there is almost 0 records of him from reality. because of this, there is no clear time period he originated in, unlike the guests.

he’s a collector. he loves historically significant antique items to put on a shelf and learn all about.

as taken from the manga, his favorite historical subject is War.

he suffered from frequent night terrors as a teenager, making it difficult to sleep before the manifestation of the Lost World.

while he usually tries to set up a weekly chore schedule for the residents in the hotel, he usually ends up doing everything himself (both because the guests throw in the towel very quickly and that Gregory wants to do everything right).

his magic abilities include teleportation and immortality, but he’s still very prone to injury.

Gregory Mama

she’s actually a manifestation within the Lost World that Gregory used to cope/punish himself with.

has the tendency to adopt new guests as family members only to eat them/their souls later. this also applies to Gregory attempting to manifest new family members in the past, to which he stopped after Gregory Mama has shown to steal their souls each time.

obviously, she’s not Gregory’s real mother, rather a personification of the abuse Gregory suffered in reality.

as young children usually don’t use their parents real name often, she doesn’t have a real name.

James

he’s a child who escaped reality after discovering a forgotten family member (Gregory) in very old family photos; having little to no relation to the rest of the family.

plus, hearing rumors of a hotel that only appeared during moonless nights only encourage him to take on a challenge.

since he’s related to Gregory (even if it’s very distant), his monster transformation was a lot faster, becoming a full rat in little under a month.

he LOVES horror movies, especially slasher films. he might be a little too influenced by them.

he owns a large range of weapons, from toy water guns to actual chainsaws. that doesn’t mean he’ll use them responsibly, though.

he’s a very smart kid, even to the point where he can be manipulative to both the kids and the adults. he’ll even convince other kids to take the blame for him whenever he starts problems.

his parents from reality miss him very much.

Catherine

in reality, Catherine was a German nurse in the 1940’s during WW2.

as a human, she was actually afraid of the sight of blood and would get lightheaded whenever she had to treat a soldier’s wounds. however, as a determined nurse, she tried her hardest to become tolerant of blood. tolerance became fondness and fondness became obsession to the point where she was hurting her patients just to see blood again.

she is attracted to both men and women, however she experiences internalized biphobia. due to this, she’s desperate to find true love with a man while specifically trying to avoid romantic relationships with women.

she knows how to take care of children.

she molts her skin during periods of time, you know, since she’s a lizard.

she didn’t gain magic powers along with her transformation, but instead gained physical strength.

Cactus Gunman and Cactus Girl

both originated in the Mexican revolution, especially around 1910.

Gunman had been shot in the chest a few times in his life and surprisingly survived each of them.

Gunman’s personality completely changed once he arrived in Gregory House with his sister, becoming a paranoid coward from the brave “hero” he made himself out to be.

they both grow seasonal flowers in the springtime. Gunman grows one large red flower on his head, which he hides with his hat in the spring time. he prefers to only show to his potential lover. Cactus Girl grows smaller white flowers in her hair.

Gunman is in dire need of glasses.

Gunman is quite fond of gardening, and loves to talk about flora. sometimes, Lost Doll will accompany him in the courtyard while he weeds.

they would die for each other, so don’t cross them.

Cactus Girl can shoot better than Gunman, but prefers her lasso and other melee weapons. she’s sworn off using guns after the revolution.

Cactus Girl has the ability to spawn in zones in smaller closed areas, such as turning her hotel room into Cactus Land; sort of like a pocket dimension. it’ll disappear as soon as she leaves the room.

sometimes, they both don’t need to eat due to the occasional Photosynthesis, and can go a long time without water.

Hell’s Chef

he worked as a highly regarded chef in Russia at a fancy restaurant, with mixed European family origins.

him and Mirror Man were coworkers of some sort.

he came from a long line of wrestlers, but broke family tradition to cook as a passion and career.

he died after the restaurant went up in flames.

his throat is still scratchy and rough from the incident, so he isn’t much of a talker. not to mention the language barrier and that he’s still attempting to learn the language everyone else speaks in Gregory House.

while the appearance of his meals look absolutely irredeemable, Chef’s cooking is actually very tasty; so much that you almost can’t taste the poison. he prefers making meals that are hearty and savory, rather than “looking good”.

he prefers to do all the food shopping and butchering. nobody knows the best ingredient selections like he does.

like Catherine, all of this “magic ability” went to his incredible strength.

most, if not all of his body is made out of wax, with vein like wick all throughout the body, giving him general bodily structure.

Neko Zombie

(see Worldbuilding)

Clock Master and My Son

My Son was a stillborn in reality; the death of him and his mother gave Clock Master an alcohol addiction and depression.

1960 is the year My Son and CM's wife died, making it when time stopped for CM. he’s sort of “stuck” in 1960 in a way, which is why the year is plastered on both of their foreheads.

My Son was technically "born" in Gregory House.

when Clock Master came to Gregory House, an infant My Son was already waiting in his room. Because the child died before getting a name, CM referred to him as My Son.

while CM's time abilities are getting worse with age, they never were great to begin with due to the Lost World's unusual flow of time.

My Son's time abilities on the other hand have the potential to be the most powerful ability out of everyone's when he gets older, being able to play multiple timelines at the same time and even rewriting reality. this is due to being born in the Lost World, so his ability has adapted to Gregory House’s “time” system.

Judgement Boy + Gold

instead of a singular character, Judgement Boys are classified as a “species” considering there are multiple of them, with more being produced in the Judgement Factory daily. there is not a singular JB.

the Judgement Factory in Gregory House is a sub-factory of a much bigger Core Factory, where it branches off into different zones and other manifestations. There are countless Judgement Factories in existence, all with numerous JBs being produced and trained.

Judgement Boy Gold is an individual one-of-a-kind model, however, there are more in the “Metal” series similar to him in different factories with a variety of training jobs.

JBs came into existence after a lawyer in the early 2000’s won a court case that suppressed the rights and safety of these assembly line workers in a Toy Factory, which caused hundreds of workers to be injured or even killed. realizing the consequences of his actions, he spiraled downwards into insanity and ended up in Gregory House, rarely leaving his hotel room and eventually manifesting the Factory.

most models or designs of a Judgement Boy are based off of toys; one of the very few things reflected from the lawyer’s fatal court case.

the standard JB’s appearance is a bastardized caricature of the original lawyer, only with added cages and robotic features. the lawyer began transforming into a red monster with sharp teeth and claws, but never saw the results as he disappeared into the Core Factory one day, never to be seen again.

see @ask-factory and the #extended factory tag for a more extensive story.

Mummy Family

Mummy Papa, Mummy Dog, and Mummy Mama originated somewhere in the 1980’s.

the reason they’re in Gregory House is an overlap of death and the fact that Mummy Papa was unintentionally poisoning the 3, leading to ending up in the hotel as a “punishment”.

they’re Bloodhounds.

Mummy Papa loves to collect weapons and owns a saber collection, especially older historically significant ones.

Mummy Dog enjoys morbid facts and likes to tell the other children about death.

Mummy Papa has Münchausen Syndrome by Proxy, which is triggered when the sword shifts in his head. because of this, he keeps himself and the rest of his family sicker with unclear motives, perhaps to have the ability brag about their ailments. (more details here)

Mummy Mama suffers from more immune-system based illnesses and anemia while the other two deal with physical and phantom pain, which they all pass off as colds.

the plant in Mummy Mama’s head is a parasite, and needs to be fed directly to continue living if Mummy Mama gets too weak. (the plant prefers blood)

TV-Fish

one of the few characters classified as a species.

TV Fish have a wide variety of fish or other sea creatures they can be. the TV Fish in Gregory House are much smaller.

some TV Fish don’t even have to be TVs. some can be other electronic appliances just as long as they’re combined with a fish skeleton.

they can be found across other Zones and places besides the Lost World, some with localized and native species differing from what we already seen.

TV Fish are an invasive species in the Lost World.

they’re attracted to people with better memory. a person more intact and in touch with their memories could attract an entire school of TV Fish!

Roulette Boy

practically a God, Roulette Boy has reality bending powers.

however, since he follows his own rules strictly, he sets limits on himself as to only use them for his games, and won’t apply them to himself since he’s the Game Master.

nobody knows what the “rules” he follow are, but he restrains himself on what he can do while hosting a game. though, once you’re in his game, it’s almost a free-for-all and he can change you to be whatever pawn he sees fit until the game is over.

while RB prefers traditional board games, nothing’s stopping him from hosting RPGs or other turn-based video games (as seen in Lost Qualia.) he also loves gacha games and gambling.

when not hosting a game, he likes to roleplay.

Angel/Devil Dog

she is not a guest in Gregory House, neither a manifestation of the Lost World. she is a messenger from an entire separate outside world/reality, and she’s always been Angel Dog.

her, Death, and Gregory have been around equally the longest.

her and Gregory have a long history of rivalry. she’s always meddling in the Lost World and trying to let souls out a backdoor. whether she’s doing it to free them, or just to piss off Gregory, depends on her mood.

Angel Dog has a solid grasp on reality, however, her reality is different from the guests. it’s why her and Neko Zombie get along.

she doesn’t have a split personality disorder, as she chooses to become Devil Dog whenever she feels like it. her decision making is very emotion-based.

she’s a Dachshund!

Devil Dog likes soccer, and Angel Dog likes american football.

Lost Doll

ever since coming to the Lost World, she has either stopped aging altogether or she ages very slowly, as most object-based guests do.

she’s a wooden marionette with the ability to change her size.

in reality, she belonged to a very poor family who could only afford a few outdated wooden toys, which is why Katie was so special to her.

she’s good friends with James, even if she’s usually the one falling victim to his pranks. sometimes, when Katie takes over, it can be the other way around.

she has poor volume control and tends to shout when she’s excited or provoked.

she’s the youngest guest.

Death

Death, like Gregory Mama, is a manifestation of a part of Gregory's life.

he was created from Gregory’s favorite comfort movie, The Seventh Seal.

Death used to work in Gregory House as a doorman, welcoming the guests and wishing them goodbye, but fleed when Gregory Mama appeared and got rid of all other "manifestations".

his goal is to free Gregory's soul and end the Lost World, which is only possible if Gregory is the only person left.

Anime Characters

Dr.Fritz

Dr.Fritz is also German like Catherine, but came a little later in time.

back in reality, his body slowly stop responding, so he illegally tried to build himself a new body. that new body wasn’t fully ready yet when he decided to transplant his own brain when he was wheelchair bound and starting to lose arm control, so it was a very long process.

because of his condition, doctors either didn’t treat him correctly or flat out ignored his problems, so he has a strong mistrust to other doctors, which is why he wanted to operate on himself. the other doctors said there was nothing they could do, but he had other plans in mind.

he was there for the Berlin wall falling, and still has a piece of it as a keepsake.

he falls apart easily and has to re-sew body parts or snap his neck back into place. Catherine helps put him back together (in return, Fritz helps her shed.)

Catherine calls him Fritzchen on occasion.

he documents the species of the patients he treats out of curiosity and hopes to help them better. his treatments may be considered “unethical” but he knows for certain that if it’s to cure or treat the patient, he’ll go great lengths to break any rule in the medical field.

Mono Eye Wizard + Frog Fortune Teller

both are canonically married to each other, i just wanted to make sure everyone knew :]

Mono Eye Wizard wears a helmet, and he’s also an amphibian with one eye underneath his robe.

both are very interested and knowledgeable in the Magical and Paranormal side of the Lost World.

both held onto their souls for longer than most people, but lost them in the end.

Wizard is normally very powerful, he just SUCKS at summonings. (plus, he’s a little bit of an idiot)

on the other hand, Frog Fortune Teller isn’t very powerful, but she is very smart (and stubborn). she’s almost always right, especially if it’s a bad thing she predicted.

Wizard, and other characters such as Musha Dokuro and Egypetit all worship the same Dark Lord.

the little horned skeletons in Wizard’s cult are also classified as a species. sometimes, he allows in other interested members.

Wizard is fluent in latin.

Second Guest

the Second Guest, as shown at the end of the season two, has the silhouette of a rat. that’s her actual form; a shadow.

her “job” is to eavesdrop on other guests to go and report to Gregory Mama.

she’s very fast, quiet, hard to catch, and a big snitch.

the others call her “Hello Sister” as a title, while Gregory Mama calls her “My Lovely Daughter.”

her cigarette embers still glow on the wall, which is one of the only signals she’s in the room, especially in a poorly lit one.

usually only Gregory, James, and Mama can “hear” what she’s saying.

Chef strongly dislikes her and Lost Doll avoids her like the plague.

Prompters

a pair of indistinguishable twins, escaping reality after being rejected of their dream to become famous theater actors. both young adults.

they work multiple part time jobs, including helping out in the Judgement Factory in the hotel and Kabuki's theater, along with Poor Conductor’s performances.

they share drinks at the bar. their favorite drink is a raspberry/strawberry milkshake with two cherries. don’t forget to give them two straws!

they’re both learning how to cook with Hell’s Chef. so far, they can dice onions very well. :]

Public Phone

he’s in the Lost World as a punishment for being a greedy thief in reality.

he can create fake alibis, passports, various cards in addition to faking voices.

he’s drinking pals with Clock Master.

he takes any currency, just nothing fake. only HE can be the swindle here.

he’s a perverted little bitch.

Various Species

Haniwa Salarymen are classified as species, created from overworked businessmen in reality. The occurrence of them are very common, and season 1 happens to focus on one of them.

Black Ducks are a species, specializing in working kiosks, amusement parks, and other booths. Speed Mouse is never seen without a team of Black Ducks. Street Vendors sometimes accompany them.

Musha Dokuro are an invasive species to the Lost World.

Trap Mice are a (rare) artificial species built in the Lost World.

Dead Bodies are also classified as a species. they are the result of Death freeing an individual’s soul, leaving a husk/empty body behind.

species like these show up in reality to those who are close to their visit in the Lost World, appearing in the background or the corner of their eye, replacing real people.

individuals in all of those species are not visible/noticable until you interact and get close with them. they’re like NPCs.

Others

Wooden Lizard was Captain Wood’s favorite keychain that came to life.

Fat Chicken is an omnivore. He can and will eat anything.

(see here for Pig Gentleman and Mirror Man.)

Mirror Man can summon his own pocket dimension.

Kinko and Inko know more than they lead on, and Kinko is definitely much more powerful, but he can’t be bothered to do anything about it. he’s lazy.

Inko smokes cigars, but hates cigarettes.

Earth Man (from Lost Qualia) is non-verbal. he’s also very eco friendly!

Hell’s Taxi is a manifestation of a false sense of hope to escape the Lost World. it can also manifest in Reality to pick up new guests.

Egypetit’s head is made up of Gold, a strong conductor of magic in the Lost World.

Poor Conductor was powerful enough to manifest his own room into the Lost World, rather than checking into the Hotel himself.

Unbaba is semi non-verbal and cannot remove his mask. he’s definitely powerful enough to make guests lose their souls.

Bonsai Kabuki needs to water his head frequently or else he’ll be drained of energy, and be unable to open his third eye.

The Rainbow Dragon fossils, which Bonehead is after, are cursed, and uses his wife’s voice to compel him into seeking after them to claim yet another victim.

Toilet Baby may not be as powerful, but he can still summon dangerous attacks related to pocket dimensions.

Sleepy Sheep is used as a vessel in his sleep for those who are powerful enough to enter dreams.

Worldbuilding

Gregory House was a real place back in Reality, and it originally belonged to Neko Zombie and his loving family.

However, years and years of built up envy and hatred from Gregory, a person who didn’t receive the same love and luxuries as Neko Zombie, manifested the Lost World as a way for him to cope with the things he didn’t have in Reality, bringing the house down with him.

The remains of the house in Reality is now a mere rumor in the town, but its influence spreads across many zones to this day.

Neko Zombie is the final remaining member of the original owners of the house.

Him and Gregory are LONG forgotten for generations in Reality.

Zones are a loose term in the Lost World, which could mean alternate realities, different dimensions, etc. The Lost World is a zone with its own manifestations.

Another Zone could have its own origins and realities. Reality is not a zone, if that makes sense.

A Zone itself can manifest as a single individual or object being the Core that keeps the zone existing. (See The Core Judgement Factory that branches off Sub-Factories into different Zones.)

The Lost World is a very large Zone that reaches and branches off into other Zones, pulling in individuals.

Because of Zonal shenanigans, time moves a lot differently in the Lost World.

awful hospital does a better job handling zones better than this, actually. we took a little bit of inspiration from it. see here and here for a better grasp on what i’m trying to say.

#ghs #gregory horror show #ghs headcanon #I CANT TAG ALL THE CHARACTERS ILL ACTUALLY RUN OUT OF SPACE #i didn’t include firebird bloody wheel or bell seal only cuz we didn’t have shit for them n they weren’t related to other characters #anyways holy SHIT please enjoy i’m gonna fuckin shower or some shit #oh yeah That Guy isn’t included either cuz he hardly exists

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 4 years ago

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World War Z was published in 2006, but takes place in 2009 at the earliest. Late in the book, astronaut Terry Knox states that the International Space Station took over 10 years to complete; it started construction in November 1998, and Chief of Staff Karl Rove Grover Carlson says that the Republican party barely eked back into power after a disastrous 2-termer who started a “brush fire war” in the Middle East (George W. Bush). He mentions an election year, but he doesn’t specify if it was the new president’s first or second term, so it’s either set right after 2008 or 2012. This was written before the Nintendo Wii was announced, but one chapter mentions that people brought their GameCubes with them as they fled their homes in search of safety in the frozen Canadian wilderness. This same chapter also mentions that they didn’t know how to pick survival gear; a park ranger finds a SpongeBob SquarePants sleeping bag frozen in the mud because its owner didn’t know the difference between a child’s indoor sleeping bag for slumber parties and a real insulated survival bag for camping.

The new president is never named, he’s just told be be pro-big business and anti-regulation, pushing a placebo zombie vaccine through the FDA to jumpstart the economy. When shit hits the fan, he is “sedated” and his vice president takes power; we’re never told what happened to the president, whether he was bitten or had a stroke, just that he was “sedated.” His Vice President is directly implied to be Colin Powell; he’s former military with family in Jamaica and black. He appoints Howard Dean to be his vice president to form a bipartisan coalition; he is never referred to by name, but it is clearly supposed to be Howard Dean. He was a rising star in the Democratic party from Vermont whose wife is a doctor and whose career imploded after he had a passionate outburst. In 2004, Howard Dean gave a speech where he started passinately screaming about how he was gonna start sweeping state primaries and ride a wave into the White House, punctuating his point by going “HHEEUEAHHGH!!” This was political suicide in 2004, and he was laughed out of the race. In the book, he is referred to only as “the Whacko” because of this. It is implied that he was Powell’s second choice for VP, his first being Barack Obama; the Whacko says that the Democrats wanted somebody else, somebody of the same skin color as the president, but that the country wasn’t ready for that. In 2004, Obama was a candidate for senate in Illinois, so popular and so well spoken that he gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention before he even won his seat; then and there, pundits already had him pegged as the first black president, they could see the writing on the walls. The Whacko becomes president when Powell dies of stress, but he is consistently referred to only as the wartime Vice President, out of respect for his boss.

Also, the Attorney General is implied to be Rudy Giuliani; all that is said about him was that he was the mayor of New York and once tried to give himself emergency powers to stay in office after his term. Giuliani did exactly that after 9/11.

Other real life figures mentioned in the book

Fidel Castro; a ton of Cuban Americans flee the continent and return to the island during the zombie war, and he jumpstarts the economy by putting them to work as cheap laborers and slowly integrating them back into Cuban society. He rehabilitates his image by stepping down as dictator and democratizing the country, voting himself out of office before the “nortecubanos” could hang him for decades of war crimes.

Nelson Mendela, referred to by his birth name Rolihlahla, the father of modern South Africa, he personally invites Paul Redekker, a former apartheid era political analyst, to solve the zombie problem; in the 80s, Redekker created a plan for the white minority government in case the black majority ever rose up against them. In real life, Mandela lowered the temperature when he was elected president, saying that revenge against the apartheid government would do more harm than good. In the story, Mandela uses this as justification to reuse the apartheid era plan to handle the zombie outbreak instead. Redekker is so overcome by his compassion and forgiveness that he has a mental episode and dissociates, believing himself to be a black South African.

Kim Jong-il, the dictator of North Korea, he withdraws all troops from the DMZ and shuts the entire country down. After months of radio silence, it is revealed that the entire country’s population has vanished; all satellite imagery shows a desolate wasteland, no zombies, but no humans either. He presumably moved everyone into subterranean bunker systems where he not only control their lives as on the surface, but now their access to food, water, and air. He presumably became the god emperor he always wanted to be; either that, or the entire tunnel complex has been overrun, turning every man woman and child in North Korea into zombies. The South Korean government refuses to send a expedition into the North to figure out what happened, lest they open up one of the tunnels and unleash millions of zombies onto the surface.

Martin Scorsese, mentioned in passing only as “Marty,” a friend of world famous film director Roy Elliot, who himself is a thinly veiled pastiche of Steven Spielberg. Interestingly enough, the audio book features Martin Scorsese doing the voice of the conartist who created the placebo vaccine

One chapter has a ton of vapid celebrities hole together in a fortified mansion on Long Island, and takes great care to show each of them getting torn apart not by zombies but by regular people who storm the facility because they were stupid enough to broadcast their location on reality television. A redneck with a “Get’er Done” hat (Larry the Cable Guy) and some bald guy with diamond earrings (Howie Mandel) blow themselves up with a grenade. Rival political commentators, an annoying guy who talks about feminization of western society and a leathery blonde (Bill Maher and Ann Coulter) have end-of-the-world viking sex as the facility burns to the ground. A dumb starlet (Paris Hilton) is killed by one of her handlers and her little rat dog escapes on foot. A radio shock jock (Howard Stern) actually survives the war and restarts his show.

Michael Stipe of REM joins the army to fight the zombies

Another war veteran mentions how his brother used to have a bunch of Mel Brooks’ old comedy skits on vinyl record, and how he and his squad acted out the “Boy meets Girl” puppet skit with some human skulls. Mel Brooks is author and narrator Max Brooks’ father.

Queen Elizabeth II, refuses to evacuate England when the island is overrun by zombies. She intends to remain in Buckingham Palace “for the duration,” mirroring the fact that her parents refused to evacuate to Canada during World War II.

Vladimir Putin declares himself Tsar of the Holy Russian Empire, an ultra-orthodox religious state that has armed priests execute political dissidents under the guise of mercy killing people who have been bitten by zombies.

Yang Liwei, the first “taikonaut” (Chinese astronaut) has a space station named after him

While the main conflict is about government responses to the zombie pandemic, we see glimpses of a greater war torn planet.

A major plot line involves a Chinese Civil War which sees the entire communist politburo nuked out of existence by a rebel sub commander, as well as an attempted “scorched space policy” where the government planned to blow up their space station with scuttling charges to cause a cascade of space debris to encircle the Earth and prevent any other countries from launching missions in the future (this is known as Kessler Syndrome in real life, and was featured as the inciting incident of the 2013 movie Gravity). The People’s Republic becomes the United Federation.

Iran and Pakistan destroy each other in nuclear war; everyone thought it would be India and Pakistan, but they had very close diplomatic infrastructure in place to prevent such a catastrophe; Pakistan helped Iran build a nuclear arsenal, but as millions of refugees fled from India through Pakistan to the east, Iran had to blow up some Pakistani bridges to stem the flow of zombies, which led to a border war and eventually total nuclear retaliation.

Floridians flee to Cuba, Wisconsinites flee to Canada, the federal government flees to Hawaii. Everything east of the Rockies is abandoned and ruled by warlords until the government sorts itself out and mounts an expedition to clear the continent of zombies by literally marching an unbroken line of soldiers stretching from Canada to Mexico across the wasteland to the Atlantic.

Israel withdraws from Gaza and the West Bank to become super isolationist, building a wall around the entire country to stop the zombies getting in (they were the first country to respond to the pandemic, and the most successful), but the religious right rebels against the secular left in a civil war that sees Jerusalem ceded to a unified Palestine.

It is an amazing, multifaceted story with so much going on that nobody recognizes. It was written as a response to the end of the Cold War and the start of the War on Terror. It’s about a geopolitical shift, a change in the status quo, a disaster from which the world never recovers; America before 9/11 was a very different place than American after 9/11. Iraq and Afghanistan changed everything, and we’re still feeling their effects to this day; the story uses the zombie apocalypse as the next big international disaster the world must adapt to. World War Z is World War III with zombies, and I think it would do a lot better if it were published today, now that we’ve had several decades to respond to the fall of the Soviet Union and the endless wars in the Middle East and a global pandemic.

#world war z #wwz #max brooks #book #novel

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reynie-muldoons · 3 years ago

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'The Dance of the Celestial Orb' liveblog!

for real this time lmfao

book and show spoilers below

I'm ✨nervous✨ please let our children be okay

0:10 this Sticky arc hurts me so kuch

1:35 this music is BUMPIN

2:22 I just wanna know how she got under there without the dude seeing her

2:47 "all systems go" for the Improvement.... yikes 😬😬😬

2:55 she didn't wait even 5 seconds after they left, the door was still closing when she popped up 😂 can you imagine if one of them doubled back right at that moment

3:18 they look like the dudes from that veggietales movie, I think it was Esther- the island of perpetual tickling?? Anyone??? 😂😂😂

4:00 Kate vented.......

4:51 "not a rat" yeah no shit

5:07 if not for the suspense, I would be jamming out lmaooo

6:10 Mr. Benedict is looking at the shoreline, is he about to watch Kate dive in???? Because I mean that's where she's gotta be going

6:20 "memory challenges"? Is Rhonda talking about Milligan's amnesia, or has short term memory been affected as well??

6:29 .....thank you for answering so efficiently 😂

6:42 "I buy it. I completely.... buy it." RHONDA THAT'S NOT HELPFUL AHSKSHDJKD

6:56 can you imagine seeing your friend go down in a sub then hours later seeing the sub float up in fucking PIECES

7:06 KATE! KATE! KATE! KATE!

7:06 please let it be reunion time

7:25 oh hello that's a drop

7:38 *to the tune of Bezos I* come on Katie u can do it pave the way put ur back into it

7:51 she craves that mineral

8:06 Sticky, my child

8:20 oh my gosh they went out and LOOKED FOR HER I care them 😭😭😭

8:23 SHE KNEW HIS DREAM SHE KNEW HIS DREAM TELEPATH TELEPATH TELEPATH

8:34 STICKY STOPPPP

8:40 "jumping to conclusions is a failure of character" wow that really is something Curtain would say

8:52 angry Reynie. He is in rare form

8:54 "and you helped put her there!" OOOOOOOH I SCREAMED

9:03 "I shouldn't have yelled" okay but you kinda should have Sticky needs a wake up call

9:06 "dont apologize. I like this side of you." IS THIS THE START OF REYNIE AND CONSTANCE HAVING THE BEST SIBLING RELATIONSHIP

9:22 "if you really cared about me, you'd want me to be happy instead of standing there telling me who I am" oh Sticky my dude I am NOT digging the manipulation

9:36 Reynie pulling out the BFF card!!! Also Reynie digging in his feet because he knows he's right!!!! That's great setup for his arc as a strategist later

9:48 "I'm telling you, Kate's fine." Narrator: Kate was not, in fact, fine.

10:03 "they'll notice." Sticky has made one (1) good point.

10:11 oh dear god are they fingerprinting this bitch

10:19 all this equipment, has no one walked up to the cliff and looked down???

10:23 HAHAHAHA WAIT THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T

10:27 "we've been out here all night" that means Kate has been clinging to a cliff by her fingers and toes ALL NIGHT????

11:04 babe I know it's been a long night but maybe wait a second for them to actually leave before you climb back up

11:15 BUCKET NO

11:22 she has to go get it. There's no way someone wouldn't find that shit, it's in plain view

11:37 "WAS"???? WHY ARE WE SAYING WAS????? NO PAST TENSE HERE MILLIGAN'S FINE

11:43 "I only wish we could've known him better" NOOOPE NONONO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS

11:47 Rhonda back at it as the voice of reason!!!!!

11:59 "I have never met a more competent swimmer" throwback to "the baaAAAYYYY"

12:10 MR. BENEDICT'S FACE HAHAHAHA HOLD ON LET ME TAKE A PICTURE IM DYING

12:11 NUMBER TWO, NOT HELPING

12:14 RHONDA'S FACE HAHENDJDKDN

12:33 "we will go rescue him" because of COURSE he would

12:36 Rhonda is his best wingwoman omfg she's so consistent

12:54 MISS PERUMAL??????

12:56 MISS PERUMAL!!!!!!

13:00 SHE KNOWS HE'S RIGHT GAKSHDBDHEKSNND

13:09 "how hard can it be? It's an island!" PFFFFT

13:16 oh SQ baby boy please get out of there

13:25 "I certainly have my own suspicions" he said, looking at SQ why are you looking at SQ like that

13:31 SQ GET OUT OF THERE PLEASE IS2G

13:36 here we fuckin go

13:43 the captions have the f in forest capitalized like it's this special place

13:43 new hc that the Forest is a magical place like pixie hollow

13:57 TWO THINGS: 1. YES stand up for yourself baby!!!! 2. Shepard Quaid? Interesting! I don't think we ever got SQ's full name in the books, I hope TLS made that decision!

14:08 your "father hat"??? Oh my gosh shut the fuck up right there don't even continue

14:16 oh yeah real fuckin cute put on your "steward of this institution hat" and call that a good reason to be a shit person

14:43 "No." GOOD FOR HIMMMM GOOD JOB SQ

15:03 Kate's struggling right by the shore where a certain someone would be returning after a very hard swim, it would be a great time for a meeting wouldn't you think

15:09 KATE THE GREAT

15:11 "THE TRAPESE GODDESS" I WILL REFER TO HER AS NOTHING ELSE

15:26 sorry but that green screen of her falling was kinda funny

15:28 soooooo is someone, a very certain someone, gonna catch her...??????

15:36 YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

15:43 IS THIS IT????@?@?!?

15:46 awww poor baby girl you can tell how tired she is

15:46 just putting this out there- they look so good in frame together

15:46 the actor who plays Milligan is fucking huge in stature so I wasn't sure how that would go but it looks so good

16:00 THE WAY HE'S LOOKING AT HER WITH HIS HAND ON HER SHOULDER I CANT DO THISSSSS

16:20 "keep going." 😭😭😭😭😭

16:23 "you dont understand." Ohhhh I think he does

16:25 "I think I do." What did I tell you, he's got your back babygirl

16:45 I'm so glad she's talking this out, and with Milligan of all people

17:01 it makes so much sense for Kate to feel alone in that situation, and when Kate feels anything less than positive she goes and does something, whatever that something is.

17:05 "So.. I...." "fell off a cliff and nearly died." Thanks for putting things into perspective Milligan

17:05 Milligan is such a good dad stop

17:19 "most of the way" is an understatement LMFAO

17:29 I'm so glad we know the intimate details of Milligan's illustrious swimming abilities 😂 out of all the new things wfrom the show that one wasnt on my radar

17:52 leave it to Milligan to come up with an escape plan off of an island with no water vessel with four kids in tow

18:08 THEYRE SO CUTE 😭😭😭😭

18:08 lowkey I'm super surprised they didnt take this opportunity to have Milligan's arduous swim force his memories out and have the father daughter bonding time they deserve. I hope they give that moment ample time to flesh out.

18:13 BUCKET!!!

18:13 wait that shot is so artsy hold up lmfao

18:13 this looks like someone's photography final hahahaha

18:26 THE TENDER MUSIC STOPPPP 😭😭😭

18:41 Sticky is still on that jumping to conclusions bs he got from Curtain

18:44 WETHERALL'S WIDGET 😭

19:31 "Kate... she's in danger..." NO SHIT SHERLOCK

19:36 "and it's all because of me." Not just because of you but love to see you taking responsibility

19:52 once again I am asking WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE OPEN

20:26 "Kate. She has changed." "Not really. She's always been who she is." "Her clothes. She changed clothes." PFFFT HAHHAHA they really took a moment of self-reflection and made it so much better

20:55 AYYYYY KATE'S DEPENDENCY ARC CONTINUESSSSS

21:35 yikes yikes yikes

22:16 I love that Mr. Benedict got closure in telling Miss Perumal that her words stuck with him

22:40 the way she just knows Reynie took the position of leader 😭😭

22:54 SHE WROTE HIM A LETTERRR

23:02 "Would it be possible to get this to him?" Ma'am what part of undercover spy don't you get

23:54 it's still really weird that we are now in a position where Reynie is the one who is not trusted and Sticky is the one in Curtain's favor

24:13 and here we see Curtain's thinly veiled anger issues shining through

24:21 "the little things matter. Every minor detail, it all matters!" CALLBACK TO MR. BENEDICT TELLING THE CHILDREN THAT THEY ALL MATTER

24:55 "I can tell with complete accuracy when a person is lying." first of all, no. second of all, I cannot wait for him to talk to Constance.

26:33 why is Mr. Benedict graphically explaining the children's potential trauma so funny to me

26:40 "you're catastrophizing." "Yes. I am. Quite severely. Thank you." WHY IS THIS FUNNY

26:58 MADGE!!!!

27:16 she's so prettyyyyy

27:33 GOOD JOB MADGE!!!!!

27:36 wait did she just take the LETTER??? she's delivering the LETTER?????

28:05 WHAT DOES "OKAY FINE" MEAN??? REYNIE??????

28:22 it's sad because it's true 🥺

28:24 "I miss my teacher from the orphanage" the best lies are the ones rooted in truth 🥺🥺🥺

28:48 roll credits

29:16 Reynie honey Orion's Belt isn't on the ceiling

29:29 the way he was so confident that he had it right 😑 Curtain Stop Being a Pretentious Fuck challenge

29:52 our babygirl is so smartttt

29:55 did Milligan plant his prints 😳 oh no OH NO

29:57 MARTINA???? WHATSUEJHDKD

29:57 is this the replacement for when they pin cheating on her????

30:03 THE KEY CARD!!!!

30:11 MADGEEEE

30:21 "one attacked me as a small child" honey you are a small child

30:24 "it did not win," she said, smiling menacingly

30:40 "so we dance again" WHY DID THE MUSIC REV UP WHEN SHE SAID THAT HAHAHAHA

31:01 ✨woodworking is a passion✨

31:58 "was it functional?" "Well I guess that depends on how you define functionality" RHONDA'S FACE IN THE BACKGROUND HAHAHAHA

32:10 OH HEY MARTINA

32:17 wait 🥺

32:22 that has to be SQ :)

32:28 hi sweet boy

32:34 please tell me they did that shot of the sandwich because Madge is about to take it

32:39 LMFAOOOOO

32:44 hi good girl!!! Enjoy your snackies

32:50 oh god oh no the LETTER

33:25 oh wow we're doing this NOW??

33:52 and here we see another example of Curtain's thinly veiled anger issues bubbling to the surface

34:10 hey what if you uhhh weren't such an asshole

34:33 that man's voice is buttery

34:52 REYNIE'S TRYING TO TELL SQ????

35:02 and they're talking about this right in front of the office door, WHY??

35:24 AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE DOOR, WHY????

35:55 he's letting him go 🥺🥺🥺🥺

36:14 why does that look like a body bag

36:17 oh my gosh it definitely is a body bag, hey Martina

36:25 yep, that's about what I expected

36:36 "whoever did this to me, they're gonna pay" oh girl do I have some bad news for you

37:12 ahhhh, so Martina is the burnt out gifted kid who keeps going out of spite and sheer force of will

37:12 everything makes much more sense now

37:30 ohhhhh my gosh feelings time

37:44 "I think it's awesome." "Yeah. I know you do." THE SHIPPERS ARE THRIVING

37:54 THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS AS PAINFUL AS POSSIBLE HUH

38:10 "it's the least I can do" that's an understatement 😬

38:14 AAWWWWW SHKSHSLSBDK

38:20 "I don't know what I'd do without you, Wetherall" STOPPPPP

38:30 HEY BUD UH MAYBE CLOSE YOUR DOOR???

38:38 he's been writing letters to her every night and now he finally gets one back 😭😭

39:34 so Miss Perumal wrote this letter with the intention of it being sent to him, right- why did she write it like that?? 😂

39:34 they've gone to such lengths to communicate in code but the letter kind of undermines that- it was written in such a way that an onlooker would know Reynie was a spy but wouldn't know what he was doing or why. No wonder SQ was pissed

39:41 KATE!!

40:10 BREAKING NEWS: local bastard man treats everyone like shit

40:15 ohhhhh SQ bud please be careful

40:30 "always have time for my son," he said in a clipped voice that implied that he does not have time for his son

40:35 ohhh he's getting RIGHT INTO IT HUH

40:41 you mean to tell me he's never asked about Mr. Curtain's work?? Ever???? Somehow that doesn't seem right to me

40:57 hey uh what if you didn't talk down to SQ at every opportunity

41:02 "would you care to reconsider that answer, son?" "No." DIG THOSE HEELS IN SQ!!!!

41:22 I'm really not digging that Curtain is using the guise of openly expressing his feelings to communicate his anger and his unasked question. Not cool bitch head

41:33 the fact that he didn't answer SQ's spoken question kind of also answers his unspoken question

41:45 "I knew there was something off about that girl. But espionage?" "How do you so convincingly fake a tetherball obsession?" I love that this entire conversation could be about Martina or Kate interchangeably

42:34 WELL THAT'S NOT GOOD

42:36 IF IT WAS THAT EASY TO FIND WITH BINOCULARS HOW HAD THEY NOT BEEN SPOTTED UP UNTIL THIS POINT?!!?#? HOW????

43:05 Kate advocating for Martina with the Society 🥺🥺 the interaction I didn't know I needed

43:58 "I definitely don't like to leave anything unfinished." "That's true, I've seen you eat." PFFFFT

44:05 YESS YOU GO STICKY USE YOUR ACCESS FOR PRIME INTEL

44:19 "well, you can't succeed without me, so..." baby girl you have no idea how right you are

44:28 please let that be Milligan PLEASE LET THAT BE MILLIGAN

44:32 YEAAAAAHHHHH

44:35 I simply adore him

44:45 "would you mind helping me down, please? I'm stuck." Your honor I would die for this man

44:54 oh shit, Martina's tryna sleuth it out herself.. this can't end well

45:04 is she about to find Kate's marbles or something?? Callback to the book?

45:26 the absolute MURDER in her eyes

45:31 FUCKIN YIKES

45:41 "the clothes of someone who had given up" ASEJDGEIDNDLFK

45:47 well that's not good

46:00 WELL THAT'S NOT GOOD

46:04 PLEASE let them be on their way already, please

46:14 THEY MADE A BLIMP????

46:17 Goodyear is QUAKING

46:35 why the fuck is Number Two in red, that's upsetting on principle

THEYRE JUST ENDING IT THERE???? goddamnit!!!!

How surreal is it that next week is the finale?? Idk if I'm ready for that????

#mbs disney+#mbs liveblog #the dance of the celestial orb #the mysterious benedict society #charity's talkies

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