#reagan's blurbs

[reagan-the-saunders]

Aurum, picking up a dark floppy wide-brimmed hat and inspecting it closely: Hm... Gale, can you come here a moment? Gale, putting his book down and sauntering over to her: Yes, love? Can I he- *Stands in confusion as she tugs the hat onto his head then swiftly steps back* Aurum, chuckling then quickly shifting into a more sultry tone: Hehe- oh... Gale, still confused: Aurum? Aurum: I thought it'd be funny but honestly... that's rather attractive on you... Gale, his face softening into a warm smile: You're adorable. Would you like me to keep this on for a little while? Aurum, the tips of her ears going as red as her cheeks: ...Pretty please?

Bonus:

Astarion, watching the two of them bond over the hat: They're adorable... it's digusting. Lae'zel, shaking her head: Chk.

[peachyyjellie]

meet your new rivals at blueberry academy!

kali, a dark type specialist hailing from a family of well known musicians, top battlers, and coordinators. rumor has it that she may be able to take over as bb league champion someday!

reagan, a master of bug types, well known for his talent in pokemon battles, despite being hard of hearing! he is also known for his interest in the arts!

[mutopians]

shout out to tumblr for doing its job. a reagan movie apparently came out recently and i only just found out about it while reading associated press. i checked the tag on tumblr and barely found any posts about it. this is EXACTLY what i'd expect from the anti-reagan website and i love it

[shitpostingperidot]

How old is Carol Danvers???

(Inspired by a post by @blindluck which was in turn inspired by a post by me and @marvelsassbutts )

So I just found out the official Captain Marvel wiki places Carol Danvers’s birth date in 1965. At first I thought “that’s ridiculous” for reasons that will become clear through this long ass post. But then I saw they cited drawings by the assistant art director on Captain Marvel, found on her portfolio! That’s pretty official!

Wait what’s that at the bottom…

1984???? For Carol’s USAFA basic training???? This is impossible, the movie is wrong, and here’s why.

(Excerpt from my future video essay incoming)

There are no dates in Higher, Further, Faster; the marketing text on Amazon, Liza Palmer’s website, etc just says “80s.” So, we need to do some detective work.

We know that the 2019 film Captain Marvel takes place in 1995. Since it takes place in Southern California and Louisiana, the warm weather doesn’t tell us much about the time of year. Personally, I believe it takes place on March 8, 1995, because that’s the exact day I was born, and my birthday is the day the movie was released on to coincide with International Women’s Day. Regardless, Monica Rambeau is eleven years old in the film, putting her birth in 1983 or 1984. So, Maria’s pregnancy must have begun in 1982 or 1983.

Here’s a “fun” fact about US military academies: until less than one year ago (summer 2023, a full three years after Captain Marvel came out), cadets at USAFA who became pregnant were required to either drop out, have an abortion, or relinquish their parental rights to their child.

Dropping out also means reimbursing the government for your tuition for all classes you’ve taken up to this point, and giving up your ability to be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force upon graduation. Definitely not an option someone as driven as Maria wants to consider. In fact, we know this isn’t what happened, because this news article Carol hung up in her spaceship in The Marvels says that Maria Rambeau is a USAFA graduate.

We also know that Maria didn’t have an abortion, because, well, Monica Rambeau herself is tangible evidence. Theoretically, it is possible for Maria to have given up parental rights and adopted back her own child after graduation. Before the policy change in 2023 that allowed cadets to be parents, many found this to be their best option (see the article I screenshotted above). However, this process is really expensive and takes a lot of work with a lawyer over a period of months or years. From the little we know of Carol and Maria’s life pre-crash, (it was busy, they lived in an expensive area, and Maria only had Carol for support), I think we can assume that it’s less likely that Maria was forced to adopt her own daughter than that Maria graduated USAFA before becoming pregnant in 1982 or 83.

That still doesn’t answer the question of when this book takes place, though. The exact year is important, as the military had some major differences under the Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan administrations of the 70s and 80s, and one of the things I want to assess this book on is accuracy.

Oh wait, what’s that? Another discriminatory policy that helps us date this book? That’s right, USAFA didn’t enroll women as cadets until Public Law 94-106 went into effect in 1976.

What’s more, Carol and Maria cannot have been part of this first group of women cadets, because in the book, there is an upperclassman character who is a woman. Officer Cadet Chen is one of the leaders of Basic Training for Carol and Maria’s flight, a position cadets aren’t allowed to hold until their third or fourth year at the Academy.

So, Carol and Maria must enter USAFA no earlier than 1978 to be two or more years younger than Chen, and must graduate no later than 1983 for Monica to exist. To comply with the marketing blurb’s declaration that this book takes place “in the 80s”, let’s say that Carol and Maria’s first year is the 1979-1980 school year.

(End excerpt)

In conclusion, Maria and Carol were born in 1960 or 1961 (with pretty equal likelihood of which birthday makes them 18 at the start of the book, since USAFA basic happens the summer before the school year), not 1965. It would be impossible for them to have done basic training in 1984 as in the production drawing, because they would have to have already graduated and be well on their way to test pilot school which is a whole other policy can of worms before Monica’s birth in 1983 or 1984.

In conclusion conclusion, Carol is ~34 in Captain Marvel and ~64 in The Marvels, and the MCU should hire fans to fact check for them.

[boss-the-goofball]

So I just remembered this funny little blurb about the mind control ties Ford made:

Sometime before the events of the series, Ford created the ties during his time at Backupsmore University as part of a government-funded assignment regarding "political persuasion." His prototype won first prize and was given over to the masters of presidential election candidate Ronald Reagan. Though they never gave the original ties back to Ford, he kept a few other pairs.

So yeah, we can technically blame Ford for Reagan

[toasttt11]

reagan jade mcgroarty

summary: a grumpy hockey player trying her best not to fall in love with her friend, who also happens to be the brother of her sister’s ex boyfriend.

thoughts

reagan mcgroarty

introducing reagan

reagan x adam

instagram

favorites and facts

blurbs

same team

interested

fics

random

[aimmyarrowshigh]

@hotvintagepoll has ALL THE HITS and I wanted to vote for EVERYONE except Ronald Reagan and John Wayne bc fuck those guys

But also it's hilarious how many of the hottest vintage men were queer and how Tumblr gravitates to them even without it being in their propaganda blurbs. girls have always wanted hot mlms as their matinee idols and I love it

[sanguineterrain]

oooh steddie from this list with the quote:

"his dark eyes took me in, and i wondered what they would look like if he fell in love."

🖤🖤🖤

quick little blurb!! thanks for sending a prompt aud <3

send me a prompt from here!

****

"You looked so different."

The picture is grainy and torn at the edges. Some of the faces are blacked out with Sharpie. Eddie is in the center of the photo and only reaches his Uncle Wayne's shoulder. His hair is no more than an inch long.

Steve looks at Eddie now, at the Eddie he's always known. Eddie chews on a cuticle, one leg tucked under his butt.

"Yeah," he says, finger in his mouth. "My hair was buzzed. I hated it."

Steve glances back at the picture. "How old were you?"

"Maybe thirteen? It was right before I moved here with Pops. He got me a guitar that summer and said I could grow my hair 'long as I wanted."

"I'm glad you grew your hair," Steve says.

Eddie smiles lopsidedly around his finger. "Yeah, me too."

"Do you have any more pictures?"

Steve loves pictures. He loves families who keep their memories, good and bad. His house has one giant family portrait hanging above the fireplace. No other pictures exist outside of Steve's room.

"You wanna see more pictures of my skinny ass?" Eddie asks.

"Well, yeah. I want to get to know you."

Eddie blinks.

"You do know me."

"Yeah," Steve agrees. "But I want to know all of you. Who you were and who you will be."

"Shit. That's profound, Harrington."

Steve waves him off, but he's pleased. He's never been good with words or writing or poetry. And Eddie thinks he's profound.

"I'm full of surprises."

"You sure are. Hell, I—"

Ring!

Eddie grunts and drags himself off the bed.

"Probably Pops checking in. He's nervous since I came home. There's pictures and shit in the other drawers. Good luck finding them."

Steve doesn't dwell on the fact that Eddie trusts him to be alone in his room. They aren't even supposed to be here, really. They'd meant to take a drive. Anywhere. Just drive to get out. It had become a regular thing.

But then Steve had stopped to get breakfast for both of them: egg sandwiches from the diner. And then Eddie had invited him in. And they'd sat and ate their sandwiches on opposite sides of the Munsons' rickety kitchen table, with a dozen scratches on the top and a carving in the side that says fuck Reagan!

Eddie had said they'd gotten the table at a yard sale. Steve's not so sure that that removes all possibility that the carving was Eddie's doing.

And then they'd ended up in Eddie's new room. Steve hadn't seen much of Eddie's old room, but he can say with confidence that both feel like Eddie. Both feel like a place Steve could make a home in, if Eddie let him.

They're no longer sick with adrenaline, trying to stop the end of the world. Now, Steve can take his time getting to know Eddie. Because he does want to get to know him. He wants everything Eddie will give him. And Eddie doesn't have to feel the same—Steve doesn't expect him to. But Steve doesn't mind having Eddie like this: in breakfast at his table and photos in his drawers. He'll take anything, if only Eddie will take him too.

Steve finds another photo buried deep in the second desk drawer. Eddie is at the beach with his Uncle Wayne—his Pops—and he's holding a starfish with two hands. He's a little older, hair down to his chin. Wayne has a proud arm around Eddie's shoulders, which are now closer to his own.

Steve wonders who took the picture. If this stranger felt their love like Steve does now. If they ached for a scrap of family too.

He sets the photo on the desk and keeps digging through a concerning amount of unfinished homework assignments. He digs, and some papers fall to the floor, and Steve goes to pick them up and—

He finds a notebook.

Steve picks it up. He shouldn't snoop. He's been allowed in somebody else's space for the first time in so long, and he's not going to ruin it by being a creep.

But it's just one of those school-grade notebooks with the curly wire spine and the three-hole punched paper.

So Steve expects to find doodles. Something about DnD, maybe. Or school. Steve can't seriously picture Eddie filling up notebooks with notes. Not that he'd blame him. Most of Steve's own school notebooks are wholly empty and gathering dust.

Steve opens to the middle of the book. He skims the pages. It's not notes.

I don't think he's ever looked at me, the first line reads. I don't expect him to. I should consider it a fucking blessing he doesn't.

I look at him, though. All the time. I shouldn't do it. I'll make myself sick doing it.

He might be different than the thorns he surrounds himself with. He could be different. He could be a rose I can look at and not touch.

Maybe he'll look at me again, like he did today. He did look at me, I swear it. Do you believe me? He looked at me with those big, deer eyes. Don't tell anyone. He's so pr—

Pretty is scribbled out a thousand times. Steve has to squint to make it out.

He's cool, the line amends. Not cool like he's popular and rich and chicks are all over him, but cool like I wish he'd look at me again. Tomorrow. Next week. All the time. Whenever.

There's a drawing of a crown and a sword underneath. Steve's pulse quickens. Then the entry continues.

His dark eyes took me in, and I wondered what they would look like if he fell in love.

In the margins next to the line, it says, song insp. Change him to her before showing the guys.

The entry ends there. With shaky fingers, Steve turns to the next page, which is blank. He turns to the next.

He didn't look at me again, the first line reads.

"Where did you get that?"

Steve drops the book like it's aflame. Eddie stands in the doorway, dark eyes piercing. They take Steve in.

And I wonder what they would look like if he fell in love, Steve finishes in his head.

"Eddie—"

"You read it." There's no question.

"Not a lot! I only read a page. It—it's nice, seriously, you're a great writer. It's like poetry. Or like–like love letters."

Eddie flinches. Steve keeps talking.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know it was, like, a journal or something. I—I would never invade your privacy like that, man. I won't look through your stuff again, I promise."

Steve stops because Eddie's stuck in a squint, completely silent. Steve's used to that look. It's the same look Dustin gives him at least once a day. His parents too. And all the teachers in school. A classic what the hell are you talking about look.

Steve never knows how to answer. He waits for Eddie to ask anyway.

"Aren't you mad?" Eddie finally says.

"Um." Steve rewinds through the conversation. It takes him time to do that, sift through exchanges and try to figure out what people mean. People get angry when he asks too many questions. It's up to him to decode.

But... Eddie won't get mad. Eddie's never gotten frustrated before when Steve has to ask what he means, tell him he doesn't understand. And while Eddie looks like he's five seconds away from diving out the window, maybe Steve is still allowed to ask questions.

"Why... why would I be mad?" Steve asks.

Eddie gestures to the notebook on the floor. "Because I basically confessed my love for you through my shitty high school poetry."

"Oh." Steve looks at the notebook. "I don't think it was shitty. I liked it."

Eddie's eyes widen. "Come again?"

"I mean, I'm really flattered. No one's ever written poetry about me."

Eddie turns pink. "Steve, I feel like you're focusing on the wrong thing here."

"I am?"

"Well, I'm a guy. And I waxed on about how pretty you are, as a guy. So..."

Oh.

"I'm not straight," Steve says.

"Yeah, I'm putting that together."

"Do you not feel that way any more? I guess this is from a few years ago."

Steve tries not to deflate. It's silly to be disappointed. Three minutes ago, he hadn't even thought Eddie was a door to open.

"Oh, no, no," Eddie says, rocking on his feet. "Nope. I am, ah, still quite taken by your swoopy hair and mother hen tendencies."

He's still at the doorway, squished and stiff. Ready to run. And that just won't do. Not when he's just told Steve he's taken by him. Not when he wrote poetry about him like Steve's worth writing anything about.

Steve's no poet, but he's a lover. He'll show Eddie he'll keep this part of him safe. That he knows him and won't turn away.

Slowly, Steve closes the distance. He can feel Eddie's breath on his cheek.

"Swoopy, huh?"

Eddie fidgets with the chain on his jeans. He turns his head slightly, rolling his eyes.

"Yes, Steve. You have great, big hair. Don't get a great, big head to match."

Steve's smile is gentle. He eases a hand onto Eddie's cheek. Eddie freezes, but he doesn't pull away.

"Hey, Eddie?"

"Uh-huh?"

"In case you were wondering—" Steve leans in, lips an inch from Eddie's, voice low and sweet, "—this is what my eyes look like when I'm in love."

Eddie's breath hitches.

"Fuck me, that was smooth," he murmurs.

Steve kisses him.

[hahahahawk]

Someone is WRONG on the internet.

I finished Wayward Children #6 Across the Green Grass Fields then found my way to a 2 year old Reddit discussion about it.

To the prompt of “how did you feel about the ending?”, someone said that Regan rejected what the world asks of her. That read baffles me. I strongly interpreted it as Regan being the one human in the known chain to answer the call of the world correctly (assuming the world is neutral/benevolent).

Both the “queen” and the “king” before were miserable, isolated people clinging to a lie and wielding it with cruelty. Their aims were to perpetuate the traumas they experienced and the bigoted views they held.

The old man, specifically, had wanted to go back to the human world, and was bitter about being trapped. If he had, as Reagan did, given up the superiority, power, and control offered to him, he would’ve been back with his girlfriend! (Though probably better for her that he was trapped)

Regan’s options were to stay and be a tyrant, to or break the cycle of violence (and be ejected from the world). She probably knew that returning to the herd was not in her future, even if she didn’t consciously think through the possibilities.

I like to believe that Gristle, Zephyr, and the queen’s servants will accurately relay what they witnessed so that Daisy, Chicory, etc learn and understand what Regan did.

While this wasn’t my favorite Wayward Children story, it is the one that has me most tantalized to spend more time in its door-world. Probably because I like political stories, and that’s what’s set up to happen next in the Hooflands. They’ve lost their government, there’s a moderate amount of inter-species tension, but a whole lot of tension around who is and who isn’t a person.

Also, I spent a good chunk of this book distracted by trying to remember if Regan was a background character in Every Heart a Doorway or a new character. I’m still not sure, but leaning towards her being new. (Confirmed by reading the book’s description blurb. I’m in the middle of a series, I don’t need to know much before devoting 5 hours to a known author)

I definitely prefer the books that have multiple familiar characters doing a quest or adventure, rather than the ones that focus on the backstory of a single character. The Jack/Jill backstory is the exception. The Moors is a very grounded world, and the interplay of sisters made up for the lack of other students.

The more I think about it, the less I like Across the Green Grass Fields. It ended up being way more (forgive the pun) pastoral than most entries in this series. Hopefully the next one has more tension.

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3/5

Book Blurb:

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who return to Camp Lost Lake, site of the cold case that sealed their fates. "A must-read for fans of true crime, dark family secrets, and intricate mysteries." —Ryan La Sala, bestselling author of The Honeys

Most people’s births aren’t immortalized in a police report—but Olivia was born during the infamous Camp Lost Lake murders. Seventeen years later, Olivia’s life looks pretty perfect . . . until she discovers the man she calls dad is not her biological father. Now she wants answers about her bloodline, and the only place she knows to look is Camp Lost Lake.

Most people don’t spend their formative years on the run with an alleged murderer—but Reagan did. In the court of public opinion, her mom was found guilty of the deaths at Camp Lost Lake, and both of them have been in hiding ever since. But Reagan believes in her mother’s innocence and is determined to clear her name.

Luckily for Olivia and Reagan, Camp Lost Lake is finally reopening, providing the perfect opportunity to find answers. But someone else is dead set on keeping the past hidden, even if it means committing murder.

Review:

Camp Lost Lake is famous for the murders that happened there... and the fact that the murderer is still at large. Olivia was born during the night of the murders and now 17 years later she discovers that the man she thought was her biological father is not... and she is determined to find out who her father is... even if he was the victim of the murders and it could completely change how she's viewed her mother her entire life. Reagan has spent her life on the run.... because her mother has been framed for the alleged murders at Camp Lost Lake. Reagan is determined to clear her mother's name. So when Camp Lost Lake finally opens up again both Olivia and Reagan find themselves ready to solve the mystery surrounding their families... and then there is also the small fact that someone else is determined to keep the secrets of the past and will kill again to keep it that way. When the truth is revealed... can both girls deal with the outcome or will they die for the truth? This was definitely an easy read and I think its a good one for anyone looking for an a quick summer thriller read. The mystery would make a good teen tv show actually. Overall it was an easy read and the mystery was okay to read. The ending of the book definitely could leave it to be open to a second one but its definitely a book that would be a fun tv show.

Release Date: June 25, 2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young Readers Group | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[reagan-the-saunders]

Nyxilis: Go fuck yourself. Raphael: I happen to do that on a daily basis already.

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: Innis Lear

Author: Tessa Gratton

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2018

Genres: fiction, fantasy, retelling

Blurb: The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the once-bountiful isle, sensing its growing vulnerability, hungry to control the ideal port for all trade routes. The king's three daughters - battle-hungry Gaela, master manipulator Reagan, and restrained, star-blessed Elia - know the realm's only chance of resurrection is to crown a new sovereign, proving a strong hand can resurrect magic and defend itself...but their father will not choose an heir until the longest night of the year, when prophecies align and a poison ritual can be enacted. Refusing to leave their future in the hands of blind faith, the daughters of Innis Lear prepare for war...but regardless of who wins the crown, the shores of Innis will weep the blood of a house divided.

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Elemental

Rating: PG

Director: Peter Sohn

Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara, Mason Wertheimer, Ronobir Lahiri, Wilma Bonet, Joe Pera, Matthew Yang King, Clara Lin Ding, Reagan To, Jeff Lapensee, Ben Morris

Release year: 2023

Genres: fantasy, family, comedy, romance

Blurb: In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

[livesinthebalance]

DATABASE

[ AKA – THE MUSE LIST ]

Some of these bios are longer than others as they are character who originated from other blogs. At some point, I will just make individual pages for the ones who have larger bios and all of the ones on this post will just be blurbs like everyone else’s bios.

Below the cut you will find bios for:

CANON AND CANON-DIVERGENT MUSES

Tekhartha Zenyatta

Bastion

Athena

Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe

Carlos Reyes

MUSES ADAPTED FROM OTHER MEDIA

Sergeant First Class Charles Grey

Sergeant James Valdez

Taza

Lorenzo Vega

Officer Jamie Reagan

CIA Operative Jai Wilcox

CIA Operative August “Auggie” Anderson

FBI Agent Vincent Rossabi

Former Mossad/Kidon operative Dr. Eyal Lavin

Dr. Jakob Hood

Nathan “Nate” Summers “Cable”

Leonard Snart

Former Korean Intelligence Operative Han Cho Bai

Le Chiffre

ORIGINAL MUSES

Officer [ and bartender ] AJ Warren

Abigail “Abby” Dekker

Mikhail Petras, son of Director Petras

Sarah Ellsworth

Paramedic Delilah “Del” Hashemi

Samantha “Sam” Mitchell

Calista “Callie” Valdez

TEKHARTHA ZENYATTA

[ canon ]

A wandering monk who wishes to see the world at peace. In his travels, Zenyatta has crossed paths with many over the years who found that they were not the same afterwards, among them Shimada Genji and Satya Vaswani. Whether human or omnic, Zenyatta will protect any in need of aid and give guidance to those who are lost, seeking and creating connections with all of those around him in his quest to assist in healing the world. Despite all of the pain and suffering of his people, still he believes that humans and omnics may one day achieve peace. That it has not yet happened does not mean that it never will. There is no shame in failure. Only in the moment that you give up.

SST LABORATORIES SIEGE AUTOMATON BASTION MODEL E54 // CODENAME: BASTION

[ canon ]

When first created, Bastion units were meant to help offer protection, however, during the crisis, they became the bulk of the omnic armies. In the aftermath of the conflict, most of the units were destroyed or dissembled… this particular unit being an exception as he had been damaged before he could even truly reach his objective and left him dormant. Once awakened a decade afterwards by a little bird, Bastion does not wish for violence or to resume his old programming. He wishes merely to live in peace, currently keeping the company of his little bird friend and of Torbjörn and his family.

ATHENA

[ canon-divergent ]

Originally an AI computer system created by Mina Liao, Athena developed her own personality and interests over the years, including a fascination with all things human. Taken in by Winston following the disbandment of Overwatch, she aided him with his various experiments as well as seeing to it that he was healthy. Very straightforward and logical, she reminded him of the Petras Act when he wished to act in the midst of the chaos and turmoil going on in the world, dissuading him from reactivating Overwatch as it would make him a criminal. Following an attack on their base, no further objections were given and she sent out his call to all (former) agents of Overwatch. Someone needs to do something! Both due to her fascination with humans and her own desire to do more––largely fostered by Winston––at her request, Winston began a project in conjunction with other scientists to build upon the Echo project and previous works with prosthetics to create a body for Athena, made to look more natural by a network of projectors that mask the more robotic aspects of her body. The project was a success and she now works alongside the heroes she has watched over and cared for all these years. Largely still coordinating efforts and dealing with information, she does occasionally venture into the field with the others where her knowledge and continued connection to the network makes her a valuable tactician and strategist.

ELIZABETH CALEDONIA ASHE

[ canon ]

Wild child and family embarrassment are the terms that would be most freely thrown about by her folks, but at the end of the day what best summarizes Ashe is a headstrong woman with a fierce independent streak who wants to carve out her own place in the world––even if that place is at the top of some of several organizations ‘most wanted’ lists. A sharp eye and a shrewd mind for business, Ashe is the head of her own criminal organization––perhaps the largest in the southern United States––and she keeps it running like a well-oiled machine. No honor among thieves? Think again. Because if you cross her, it’ll be the last thing you ever do.

Carlos Reyes

[ canon… divergent? ]

The child of Gabriel and Ramona Reyes, Carlos is no stranger to the concept of serving the greater community, dedicating one’s life to helping others. He is also no stranger to the concept of how such things can be derailed by the greater machinations of a failed system. He had seen it firsthand with the fall of Overwatch, with what happened to his father. To his parents.

He was determined to figure out how things work, because hope against hope, he wanted to be ready, already in place, if the opportunity presented itself––if Overwatch reformed or another group arose in the future to fill the gaping whole that he left. 

Undergraduate in bachelor of science with double major of political science and pre-law, with some business and urban planning courses taken to supplement his degrees. He had already put in applications at universities with applicable law degrees before graduation, giving them dates for when he would be graduating. He was accepted and combined the JD he was seeking with his emphasis on international law. Returning to New York, he passed both his bar and the specialization test.

His father couldn’t sort things his way, so he’s going to take another path.

[ Though that Reyes blood isn’t exactly cooled either. He is the child of his parents. ]

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS CHARLES GREY

[ adapted for Overwatch from The Unit ]

In his originating canon show, Charles Grey was part of the Los Angeles sect of the Byz Lats gang prior to his enlistment. He was brought in by another neighborhood kid and passed the initiation test back in ‘93 as a teen, after his mom died when he was torn up over the loss of the only family he ever had. He used to rob bodegas and partake in all the usual sorts of activities. After a bodega robbery gone bad, he joined up to avoid getting arrested. After several years of service, he came to be among one of the elite units in the United States Army––one of the ones whose very existence is that of non-existence.

With an Overwatch verse, most of this holds true, though with the addition that it was Gabriel Reyes who hauled his ass out of the neighborhood and got him into the army. Got him trained up, in his unit, and then into his black ops unit.

Following Gabriel making the move to Overwatch, Charles ended up following suit, though, for the first time, not on his specific team, but rather he focused on his specialty: explosives.

[ He sometimes wonders in the years after, if someone had realized, had he been alerted to the bomb, could he have averted the explosion that hospitalized Gerard and was seemingly the last straw for Gabriel? ]

After the fall of Overwatch, Charles was one of the few who didn’t scatter. Maybe out of respect for Gabriel, maybe simply because he sees Ramona like a sister and knew she needed somebody around to help her, regardless he stayed nearby and did just that, helping out when he could.

La familia lo es todo.

SERGEANT JAMES VALDEZ

[ adapted for Overwatch from Queen of the South, specifically, from his main blog here ; TW for abuse ]

In a story not unlike that of Charles Grey, though the mirror image of it, after being raised in Texas by a single mother after she left her abusive husband, James joined the military––originally as a means of eventually being able to attend college. Through a bad series of circumstances, he left the military and, after spiraling hard due to the loss of his mother, he ended up working protection for a cartel boss’ wife. Due to his level of skill, he quickly became her righthand man, solving all of the problems while she was running the business stateside, becoming more and more immersed in the cartel, no how much he hated it. Eventually, with the help of someone else, he gets out of the business and starts a new life.

Adapting him to Overwatch, this remains largely the same, with two potential options. 

Path One: he was brought into Los Muertos rather than a cartel for much the same reason, to protect their leadership. Maybe he gets pulled from the gang, maybe he doesn’t. This will be left largely to interactions.

Path Two: if he was still to join the cartel, they got onto the radar of Overwatch and consequently Blackwatch, He was captured in a deal gone bad and was given a way out of the cartel: join. [ Which is honestly what he was counting on all along because he wanted to get caught. ]  While he was not one of the main Blackwatch team––obviously––he is a highly skilled sniper and operator, often working undercover for Overwatch to gather intel.

TAZA

[ adapted for Overwatch from Queen of the South, specifically, from his blog here ]

While the show doesn't specifically say as much, it's pretty much implied that he's the 'leader' of his tribe on their reservation [ though my canon is that it didn't happen until the old leader got voted out for what you're about to read ] .

The reservation put all of their resources and money into building a casino, banking on that being able to get them some revenue. In my canon, that was due to their previous leader who convinced them it was the best course of action. Taza was against it from the start, saying it was trouble and that it would bring trouble.

Taza was right.

The rez over-invested, and without enough return profit, it went bankrupt and put them in a TON of trouble, financially. Knowing they were in dire straits, the cartel approached them, convincing them to be the corridor to bring cocaine from Mexico into the US because the reservation ran along the border (and advantageous for the cartel because LEOs weren't able to be on the Rez without the Feds).

So they didn't have much choice if they wanted to get out of debt and maybe, eventually, manage to improve conditions on the rez, be able to afford clinics and better schools.

With that in mind, I'm thinking it would be pretty easy to say that Ashe or McCree approached him instead, probably still for help with either smuggling things in/out of the country, as well as a depot for things they didn't want to keep in their hideout or needed more space for.

LORENZO VEGA / CHARGER

[ adapted for Overwatch from Queen of the South, specifically, from his blog here ]

Lorenzo and James are close friends and even consider each other to be family. They served together overseas in Afghanistan and remained in contact once they returned home. Lorenzo is, unfortunately and reluctantly, the one who got him the job working security for Los Muertos, after James insisted during part of the worst of his spiral following the death of his mother. Despite pressures and the stress of the job, the two have remained like brothers, though they tend to keep it quiet so that it can’t be used against them.

Wherever James goes, Lorenzo is sure to follow, whether that’s just escaping the gang… or joining Overwatch. 

OFFICER JAMIE REAGAN

[ adapted for Overwatch from Blue Bloods ]

Jamie is an NYPD police officer from a family with three generations of cops. His grandfather and father have served and are serving, respectively, as the police commissioner. His older brother Danny is a detective. He lost another brother in line of duty, later discovered that he was killed by corrupt cops. His older sister, Erin, is the bureau chief for the trial bureau at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

His current partner on the job is Officer AJ Warren, and off-duty, he works at her family’s bar to help pay off that Harvard law degree he didn’t really want and certainly isn’t using much walking a beat. [ There’s a price to be paid for trying to give other’s peace of mind, which is exactly what him going to be a lawyer for was, following the death of his brother Joe. ] 

JAI WILCOX

[ adapted for Overwatch from Covert Affairs ]

Head of CIA’s Office of Special Projects, Jai Wilcox has gotten a bad reputation as the son of Henry Wilcox, a disgraced, tried, convicted, and imprisoned Director of Clandestine Services. Not wanting any part of his father’s legacy, Jai has worked hard to make his own way and to differentiate himself from his father––including in his support of Overwatch, something his father was vehemently against… which his father made certain to point out to him when Overwatch imploded, literally. 

Though some assume him to be like his father, Jai is honest, hard-working, and extremely loyal.

CIA OPERATIVE AUGUST “AUGGIE” ANDERSON

[ adapted for Overwatch from Covert Affairs ]

Head of the Technical Operations Department within the Domestic Protections Division [ DPD ], Auggie was special operations with the US Army before he was blinded in an explosion. He is now perhaps the most connected and in the know person in the Agency––both for his computer skills and his people skills––and that’s saying something in a place like that. If you want information and you have the connection, Auggie is the one you approach.

FBI AGENT VINCENT ROSSABI

[ adapted for Overwatch from Covert Affairs ]

Vincent Rossabi was born to father Chaim––an Israeli immigrant––and mother Elisabetta Rossabi. Taking after his parents, he was a hard worker, excelling in school despite a penchant for mischief. He graduated with honors, went to college, and got recruited by the FBI, partly due to his heritage and partly due to his skill with languages. Around this time same, he married a doctor––Sarah Weisman––whom he met while working.

He gained recognition for being one of the best and brightest, an honorable man who did what he said and worked hard. Perhaps a little too hard as he began to drink and his marriage fell apart, Sarah leaving him because she couldn’t deal with the rollercoastering anymore. That was his wakeup call. He started AA and got sober.

By the time he’s in his thirties, he’s working in Washington, D.C. and has a considerable amount of pull and quite a few connections at various levels of the FBI as well as in other agencies, including the CIA. A senior FBI agent, Rossabi has led and continues to lead a number of investigations and operations.

FORMER MOSSAD/KIDON OPERATIVE DR. EYAL LAVIN

[ adapted for Overwatch from Covert Affairs ]

Eyal had been a semester away from graduating medical school when his sister was killed in an attack. He left his dreams of a career in the medical field, helping people, to avenge his sister’s death. He threw himself headlong into the war effort. Only once the war was over did he resume his studies and graduate to become a doctor.

DR. JAKOB HOOD

[ adapted for Overwatch from Eleventh Hour ]

A brilliant biophysicist with a broad range of scientific knowledge, and, in his originating canon, the Special Science advisor for the FBI. For the purpose of Overwatch, I may say he is brought in post-Recall, considering the state of Overwatch's original scientists by that point—with very few exceptions.

NATHAN “NATE” SUMMERS CABLE

[ adapted for Overwatch from Deadpool 2 with some comic influences, specifically, from his main blog here ]

Another of the few survivors of the Soldier Enhancement Program, though he did not come away from it unscathed––as seemed to be the case for any who survived that hell. The damage from the program left him a prime candidate for a new process, one to incorporate technology and more advanced prosthetics. That, too, came with a cost. The process was highly experimental and extremely flawed, drastic measures for drastic problems. The new nanotechnology they intended to better graft metal to skin, prosthetic to body, for a more seamless meshing of organic and not had an unintended and disastrous effect that required another fix to keep that from killing him, to keep the nanites at bay and contained to the area already affected. He tends to stay away from the wars and the politics these days. Away from scientists and doctors. Mostly, he operates as a bounty hunter and a vigilante, particularly in the days following the fall of Overwatch as the world fell further and further into chaos.

LEONARD SNART

[ adapted for Overwatch from The Flash and some influences from DC comics ]

One hell of a thief, Snart is both cunning and skilled in his craft. Known for his precision with both timing and planning, as well as his cool composure even under pressure, he is a difficult one to catch. So much so that he even stole from Overwatch once or twice… one time being since the recall, when he lifted a prototype for a new "cold gun". He has now incorporated it into his bank heists and various other operations to great effect.

HAN CHO BAI

[ adapted for Overwatch from Red 2 ]

A former Korean Intelligence Officer, Han––who had supported Overwatch and even liaised with them on a fair number of occasions––was burned when the organization fell, leaving him little choice but to leave his homeland in Korea to become a fugitive. He did not go quietly. He took his skillset and has since become on of the top unaffiliated assassins in the world.

His own ideals shattered by the events that sent his life off the rails, he holds no loyalty to any cause. Instead, he sells his abilities to the highest bidder. He doesn’t trust loyalty, but money hasn’t failed him yet.

LE CHIFFRE

[ adapted for Overwatch from Casino Royale ]

Though not directly part of Talon, Le Chiffre does work with them, as well as several other organizations. A chess prodigy and a mathematical genius, Le Chiffre is the banker for any and all people or organizations who would prefer not to use official banks… or at least he was prior to a Blackwatch operation that removed him from play, instead placing him quite firmly in their pocket by motivation of his own self-preservation. He is the one who allocates and makes money for Blackwatch to operate at optimum levels until the suspension or its members and the subsequent fall of Overwatch, wherein he went into hiding. Working from the shadows in ever changing locations, Le Chiffre resumed his operation under an assumed name—Mr. White—and continues to do so even until the point of Recall.

OFFICER AJ WARREN

[ original character; TW for abuse ]

Alice Janette "AJ" Warren was born on November 3 to James and Abigail Warren in New York City. At the time, her dad was in the military and deployed. As such, much of AJ's early life was spent with her mother, her father only home between deployments.

In the beginning, this was fine, or at least it seemed so. Unfortunately, when AJ was very small, still a toddler, she developed a terrible fear of the dark and would cry all night if not seen to. Eventually, amid other stress and post-partem depression that never quite got better, her mother grew tired of it, getting more irritated with the young girl. The mother's irritation eventually became more than that the older AJ got. It became verbal abuse, which eventually escalated into physical abuse.

What made it worse is that her mother would improve greatly anytime her father was home, and was always careful not only to not lay a hand on her anywhere that would be clearly visible but to stop with enough time that the bruises would fade before the girl's father returned. The few that were still visible would be explained as the girl being clumsy. Her dad seemed to accept the explanations, and little AJ never argued, but she became more and more withdrawn.

She was in fourth grade when someone noticed. AJ’s English teacher, Mrs. Blake had noticed that the girl had a tendency to wear long sleeves or jackets even when the temperatures were practically sweltering and the way the girl would flinch at loud noise and sudden movements. Mrs. Blake informed her husband, the School Resource Officer. Inquiries were soon being made and, along the way, a mistake when AJ’s mother was called and asked if she knew who might be causing her daughter’s injuries. She lied.

When AJ got home, she got her worst beating yet. She missed school for three days, something that had never happened before. The police were informed and went on a call to check after the child’s welfare. Despite her mother’s insistence that AJ was merely sick, the police didn’t back down and eventually gained entry to the home. Child Protective Services were called and the police officers stayed with AJ––talking to her and trying to make her smile, to assure her that she would be fine now––until CPS and the paramedics showed up to take her from the home and to the hospital.

AJ’s father was informed, and––along with a divorce––arrangements were made for her grandfather to take custody of her until he was able to obtain leave. Shortly thereafter, her father retired from the military and became a police officer in New York City, something he had intended to do as his own father had, though originally not until a later date.

AJ made a lot of progress after being taken from her mother’s custody––even beginning to get counseling for her trauma from the abuse––and, over time and with the support of her father, she truly came out of her shell.

By the time she was in high school, there were few indications of her history. She had made friends. She’d joined theater and then the dance team. She was a stellar student who graduated with honors and already knew what she wanted to do with her life. She had known since the two police officers had stayed with her that day when she was hurting and scared and they had tried to comfort her.

With a partial scholarship, AJ attended college and earned an Associate’s degree in Law Enforcement and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, with minors in Psychology and Sociology, and with that under her belt, she became a police officer for NYPD.

Due to the starting pay of rookie police officers and her trying to put back money for a place of her own and to pay off her student loans, AJ started working a second job at her family's bar, the one her grandfather had kept going all the years.

Even once the ‘rookie’ title wore off, she continued her job at the bar, deciding that she enjoyed the work, keeping up with the regulars, lending an ear when needed. She’d earned the respect of most of the patrons, no longer getting cat calls (and the few times she did, there was always one of the regulars who’d step up and tell whoever the newcomer was to sit his ass back down and enjoy his drink or leave). It was no doubt odd, but it was a family of sorts, just like her police family––one of whom is her partner Jamie Reagan, who also works at the bar a few nights a week.

ABIGAIL “ABBY” DEKKER

[ original character ]

Once a soldier, shrapnel from a blast left her with an incomplete spinal injury at the L4 part of her spine, medically retiring her and leaving her struggling to come to terms with what had happened and what it would mean for her life. The following years were unpleasant, between the recovery, physical therapy, and coping with the understanding that nothing she could do would improve her condition. Not wishing to remain wheelchair bound, when the opportunity arose she took part in several cutting edge attempts to create implants that would convey the signals that the damaged nerves could not, and, eventually, they were successful. With more physical therapy and hard work, she regained the ability to walk and to move as she once did, though it has not been without its cost. A sharp sense of humor maintained despite it all, Abby lives each day like her last, doing everything she can for her community and those around her, including throwing herself into the middle of a crisis if necessary to protect those around her, which is, consequently, how she met Genji. Once a soldier, always a soldier.

MIKHAIL PETRAS

[ original character ]

The son of Director Petras, Mikhail is well-educated and well-spoken, having received the finest schooling. With that, he followed his interests––public relations and law, as to him they logically aligned themselves, one informing the other more often than not. His father approved of the choice, thinking that experience with either could easily gain insight and connections that might aid him in any future endeavors such as to hold public office. His father was unaware that he had no intentions in following such a path. He grew up quite aware of Overwatch, both their hero status and the difficulty of their existence––as they were a paramilitary group beyond the scope of governance of any one country, and thus were subject only to the United Nations. When it fell apart, he was unsurprised. [ Such an organization could hardly be expected to function in the way that it must when under the thumbs of so many. ] Unfortunately, all that outlawing Overwatch seemed to do was allow more chaos, more violence, more destruction. Mikhail was yet another victim of this––though he would be the first to say that he was one of the lucky ones. During an attack in Egypt where he was living at the time, Mikhail was critically injured in an explosion. Hospitalized for some time, he survived the ordeal, but with permanent scarring and nerve damage due to the severity. When Overwatch recalled, at last Mikhail had his opportunity to follow the path he had intended for himself: he offered his aid to their newly reformed organization, to supply them with his knowledge, assistance, and guidance in winning he public’s trust once more and navigating the political and legal issues that would arise. Though soft-spoken both by nature and by necessity with his injury, still he as an oddly compelling and charismatic speaker who is always very articulate and precise in his work.

SARAH ELLSWORTH

[ original character ]

Having seen the effects of war with her parents and with those around her as she grew up, Sarah always possessed an empathy and desire to help others as they carried their various experiences––those easily seen and those easily missed burdens alike. When she graduated from school, she began university with the intent of becoming a therapist. She studied and worked hard, and eventually achieved her goal. Her supervised clinical hours helped to earn her a reputation as being exceedingly good at her job, and, upon graduation, she had no difficulty with finding work and establishing a name for herself in her field.

Following the recall of Overwatch, its new leadership reaches out to her, wanting to avoid the mistakes of the past, wanting to promote a healthier work environment and better mental health and support for all of those on the team. After some deliberation––mostly for the sake of her current patients  who she diligently referred to other therapists who she felt would best suit them––she accepted the invitation to work for them.

PARAMEDIC DELILAH “DEL” HASHEMI

[ original character ]

Del started out in the military as a combat medic. Through her time with the military, she drew the attention of staff within Overwatch and was eventually recruited to it once her time in the military was up, essentially continuing her work as a combat medic. She was with Overwatch until its implosion, leaving to become a paramedic with the city of New York, her hometown.

She has continued in this career since that day, keeping her head down… though occasionally helping out some old friends when they were in need… and moonlighting as an off the books doctor/occasional surgeon for those same friends. It is during this time that she decides to actually get a medical degree.

By the time Overwatch recalls, she has her degree and is working as doctor. Still she chooses to answer, uprooting herself once more to return to her friends––her family.

SAMANTHA “SAM” MITCHELL

[ original character ]

An old friend James made while he was serving overseas. Sam worked for a government contractor at the time that would often work in conjunction with his unit and others in that particular area. She was the lead security specialist/coordinator for that particular group and served as a mentor of sorts for James who she recognized has a mind for details and logistics.

She later retired from her contractor work to instead work freelance, doing security work for individuals and companies alike.

CALISTA “CALLIE” VALDEZ

[ original character ]

James has always told anyone who asks that he’s an only child, except one time when he as undercover and he twisted the truth a little, saying he had a little sister but that she had died when they were young. The truth is that he does have a younger sister who is very much alive and lives to harass, tease, and otherwise poke at him to this day––even if, prior to the fall of Overwatch––she didn’t see him very much.

[ For Gabriel Reyes / Reaper or his wife, follow my main blog: @todoslosdiasdemivida. For Shimada Genji and/or Hanzo, follow my sideblog to this one: @ataleoftwodragons​ ]

[w0nderbunny]

[Image ID 1: A graph labelled “life expectancy continues to decline in the U.S. as it rebounds in other countries”. Subheading reads: “Life expectancy around the world decreased in 2020 due to COVID-19. Most peer countries rebounded by 2021, while the U.S. continues to decline”. Chart has an x axis from 72-86 years and a y axis from 1980-2024, although the lines don’t go past 2021. There is a thick gray line on the graph labeled “comparable other country average”, which begins higher than the US by less than a year in 1980, but gradually widens the gap. There is a dip in the line in 2020, going from around 83 years to 82 years, and the line ends at 82.4 years in 2021. There is a thick red line labeled “United States”, which is seen rising sharply from 1980-1982, but then the rise of the line decreases and it falls behind. This line has a sharp decrease in 2020 from 79 years and ends at 76.1 years in 2021. Surrounding the thick gray line is multiple lighter-shade gray lines with no labels. Some of these fall below the thick gray line and begin below the United States as well, but by 1988 they are all above the United States. Below the graph reads: Source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. Credit: Ashley Ahn/NPR. A blurb below that reads: Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a row — down to 76 years. While countries all over the world saw life expectancy rebound during the second year of the pandemic after the arrival of vaccines, the U.S. did not.

Image ID 2: A screenshot of tumblr tags reading: #looking at the previous years as well the USA #was raising their life expectancy significantly slower than the comparable country average #looking just at this graph and not remembering to much of what was happening around that time #it looks like something happened in 1982 and the US never really managed to catch up again afterwards

Image ID 3: A picture of president Ronald Reagan in a suit and red tie slightly smiling and pointing at the camera. The picture is captioned “GOOD QUESTION!”

Image ID 4: A screenshot reading: “The numbers are shocking”, said Williams on the April 10 podcast. She noted that younger people in America are dying at higher rates than their counterparts in other high-income countries, and that the U.S. also has among the highest maternal and infant mortality rates among upper-income countries.

Both Williams and Bitton said that much of the problem stems from the way the U.S. health care system is structured” /End ID]

*The people of the USA have a lot to complain about, but this is really quite bad. When you're dying faster than everybody else, people start to shun you

[rauthschild]

We told you that the British and their Roman compatriots decided that things were getting too hot in this country prior to Ronald Reagan's administration; they made all the overtures, paid all the payola with our assets, encouraged our industries to leave America and move to China with huge tax breaks, yes, yes, to take advantage of Chinese slave labor.

It was all so schmarmy. Lots of celeb photos of Ronnie, the Great Peacemaker, selling us out, surrounded by equally smiling Chinese politicians.

That's where and when the exodus of industry from America to China began, and the first moves to relocate the parasitic "British Crown Interests" to China began.

Who is engaged with and a member of BRICS right now? The Brits, of course. Plying their dirty trade as Masters of Deceit, trying to distance themselves from the financial disaster they have created.

It's not only a matter of them hypocritically destroying the criminal financial system they set up here and profited from for 160-plus years --- at our expense. It's the cheek of them blaming us for it.

These are the same people who call concentration camps "gated communities". The same cynical wordsmiths that call genocide "ethnic cleansing" in an effort to side-step the truth --- and the law.

https://x.com/LemkinInstitute/status/1850251102920581557

They are vicious, because they know they are guilty.

As soon as you catch on to who has done all this to us and to Western Europe and Japan and the former Commonwealth, you can start working out the solution to this problem. And it doesn't involve war in the Middle East. And it doesn't involve any "civil war" here.

It instead requires a worldwide round-up of criminals, caught red-handed.

Warn everyone else. Don't let the parasites continue their activities without raising the alarm. Showcase and spotlight the one country that is always, always, always at the bottom of the dogpile and its Roman Curia masters.

When people are misled by the British Bunko Artists, anything is possible, even complete reversals of logic.

Imagine the irony of Microsoft firing employees who participated in a demonstration for Palestinian relief and accusing them of being Anti-Semitic?

https://x.com/JeremyWard33/status/1850137803935359052

If you are pro-life and anti-war, if you are for peace and against naked commercial aggression, you are now "Anti-Semitic".

According to research done by Michael McKibben and others, there are no actual Hebrews left, and the vast majority of those who consider themselves Jews in the current day have no Semitic blood at all.

So calling those who resist the slaughter in Gaza "Anti-Semitic" is really the height of both ignorance and hypocrisy: because the most humble Palestinian or Yemeni has more Semitic blood in his fingertip than Benjamin Netanyahu.

The true "Anti-Semites" are obviously all those who are killing the Arab peoples, including the Palestinians.

And guess who is right there, promoting the genocide in Gaza?

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1850265984499957931

It's time for us all to realize that we have been snookered. Royally.

https://x.com/apocalypseos/status/1850289489706676437

How is this possible? Ever heard of buying influence? Literally?

Meet AIPAC, the Zionist-Israeli Lobby:

https://x.com/KerryBurgess/status/1850161767755735473

And last but not least, if you have been feeling that "nothing makes sense anymore" --- you aren't imagining things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQyjO2bD4Rw

These are all short little blurbs, but taken together, they add up to a Big Picture.