#saskia plays da

[fenharel]

going to bed thinking about how sandals prophecy still hasnt come to pass smh. 'night

[fenharel-archived]

*eminem voice* guess who's back, back again?

[arendaes]

All right now that the afternoon eepies have been cured, I want to tell you a bit about her!

Saskia is technically my second Warden. The first time I played DAO I played as a Human Warrior because I was brainwashed by reading fandom posts into believing that was the Best One. I really hated it, and it culminated in Alistair sacrificing himself to defeat the Archdemon sooo...yeah, we don't talk about it. The character got scrapped and for my second playthrough I drew up an elven mage instead, like I originally wanted to before the fandom got its hooks in me. Also, just the record, I think Aeducan is the best origin, story-wise.

Background-wise, Saskia is originally from the Denerim alienage. Before she was born her mother worked as a maid in a noble's home, but was let go when they discovered she was pregnant. Saskia never knew her father; her mother had been engaged to a sailor, who promised he would marry her after his ship returned from its latest voyage. He never did, and Saskia's mom thoroughly believed he had abandoned her (he didn't - the ship was ransacked and sunk by pirates.) Her mother tried her best but struggled to raise her without a steady source of income, and often worked herself to the bone to be able to provide for them. This unfortunately led to her falling gravely ill, and one day a six-year-old Saskia came home from playing outside to find her mother's corpse on the floor of their cramped apartment. This was when her magic manifested itself - Saskia remembers her mother's lifeless eyes and burst of icy cold, and nothing else.

As I often refer to her (in my head), Saskia is the cocky little shit that predates Ariadne. I lean hard into a mage warden's established competence and confidence. Saskia is 18 years old when she undergoes her Harrowing, which looking around seems to be rather par the course for when it typically happens. She was very eager to get it over and done with, so she could start her studies in earnest. See, Saskia had a plan - she wanted to be Knight-Enchanter, and possibly even earn the right to live separate from the Circle. She excelled in all her lessons, and Irving himself was her mentor because of the promise she showed. The thing is…all that praise absolutely went to her head a little bit. Saskia has a very inflated opinion of herself and her abilities, and if she didn't enter the Fade for her Harrowing knowing what was happening, she might have been much easier for the Pride demon to fool.

Hi Saskia hiii

[upperaedirn]

tag drop 🤠

[yessoupy]

out lgbtq+ olympians!

this is my third attempt at this post. I am using the list compiled by outsports here. i highly encourage you to click through and read about each of these athletes.

below the cut is the list of the 182* out lgbtq+ athletes at the tokyo games. from the outsports list i have added some scheduling information -- if they've already competed, how they did, and if they are still competing/are yet to compete, when you can catch them. all times are US central daylight, because that's where I live.

representation in sport is SO important for lgbtq+ kids. allies, PLEASE make it a point to post about these athletes on your social media. making the olympic team is a HUGE accomplishment for anyone, and the social barriers that exist for most lgbtq+ athletes make it even MORE amazing.

Arranged by alphabetical order of sport. I have bolded the names of athletes who are still competing or will compete later in the Olympics. Athletes' names are italicized when they win a medal.

lgbtq+ medal count lol:

gold: 11 silver: 12 bronze: 9

3x3 Basketball

Stefanie Dolson (USA) - Team USA won GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Basketball

Julie Allemand (Belgium) - Belgium lost to Japan in the quarterfinals.

Marjorie Carpréaux (Belgium)

Kim Mestdagh (Belgium)

Ann Wauters (Belgium)

Sue Bird (USA) - Sue was a co-flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies, as voted upon by her fellow Olympic athletes. Team USA's won gold!

Chelsea Gray (USA)

Brittney Griner (USA)

Breanna Stewart (USA)

Diana Taurasi (USA)

Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rico finished group play 0-3 in Group C.

Dayshalee Salamán (Puerto Rico)

Leilani Mitchell (Australia) - Australia was defeated in the quarterfinals by Team USA.

Shaina Pellington (Canada) - Canada finished group play 1-2 in Group A.

BMX Freestyle - NB: You'll find BMX listed under "cycling" when looking at online scheduling.

Perris Benegas (USA) - Perris competes in BMX Freestyle and placed fourth.

Hannah Roberts (USA) - Hannah also competes in BMX Freestyle and won the silver medal!!

Chelsea Wolfe (USA, reserve)

Boxing

Rashida Ellis (USA) - Rashida competes in the women's lightweight event and was defeated in the Round of 16.

Kellie Harrington (Ireland) - Kellie, the flagbearer for Team Ireland, competed in the women's lightweight event and won gold!

Michaela Walsh (Ireland) - Michaela competed in the women's featherweight event. She lost in the Round of 16 to the Italian, Irma Testa, 0-5.

Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) - Nesthy competes in women's featherweight and won the silver medal!!

Irish Bagno (Philippines) - Irish competes in women's flyweight and was defeated in the Round of 16.

Canoe Slalom

Evy Leibfarth (USA) - Evy placed 20th in the K-1 slalom with a Run 1 score of 125.85 (lower scores are better). This put her into the semifinal where she placed 12th and missed qualifying for the final by two places. Evy placed 18th in the C-1 semifinal.

Florence Maheu (Canada) - Florence placed 13th in the K-1 slalom with a Run 1 score of 114.29. In the semifinals she placed 23rd.

Cycling

Georgia Simmerling (Canada) - Georgia competed in the women's team pursuit on the track. Team Canada placed 4th.

Valerie Demey (Belgium) - Valerie competed in the women's road race but did not finish.

Diving

Tom Daley (Britain) - This 4-time Olympian won his first gold medal in Tokyo on the 10m platform synchro with his diving partner Matty Lee. Tom won bronze in the 10m platform!

Anton Down-Jenkins (New Zealand) - Anton's event is the 3m springboard individual. Anton placed 8th in the final!

Equestrian

Cathrine Dufour (Denmark) - Cathrine competed in Team Dressage, in which her team placed 4th with a score of 7540.

Edward Gal (Netherlands) - Edward also competed in Team Dressage, finishing in 5th with a score of 7479.5.

Hans Peter Minderhoud (Netherlands) - Hans Peter is Edward's teammate.

Carl Hester (Britain) - Carl competed in Team Dressage, earning the bronze medal with a score of 7723!

Domien Michiels (Belgium) - Domien competed in the Team Dressage event, ranking 10th in the qualifying rounds with a score of 6702.5, missing the finals by 2 places.

Nick Wagman (USA, reserve)

Fencing

Astrid Guyart (France) - Astrid earned a silver medal in the women's team foil event!!

Field Hockey

Sarah Jones (Britain) - The British team won bronze!

Leah Wilkinson (Britain)

Susannah Townsend (Britain)

Grace O’Hanlon (New Zealand) - New Zealand was defeated by the Netherlands in the quarterfinal.

Anne Veenendaal (Netherlands) - The Dutch team won gold!

Golf

Mel Reid (Britain) - Mel ended the tournament in 55th.

Alena Sharp (Canada) - Alena ended the tournament in 49th.

Handball

Babi Arenhart (Brazil) - Brazil finished 1-1-3 in group play in the women's tournament.

Nathalie Hagman (Sweden) - Sweden finished the tournament in 4th.

Alexandra Lacrabère (France) - France won gold!

Amandine Leynaud (France)

Judo

Alice Bellandi (Italy) - Alice's quest for gold ended in the semifinals of the women's 70kg event.

Amandine Buchard (France) - Amandine competed in the women's 52kg event. She earned SILVER! The gold was earned by Uta Abe of Japan. She earned gold in the mixed team event!

Nina Cutro-Kelly (USA) - Nina competes in the women's +78kg event and she was defeated in the Round of 32.

Jasmin Grabowski (Germany) - Jasmin competes in the women's +78kg event. She was defeated in the Round of 32. In the mixed team event, she won bronze!

Natalie Powell (Britain) - Natalie competes in the women's 78kg event. She was defeated in the Round of 16 by South Korean Yoon Hyunji.

Tessie Savelkouls (Netherlands) - Tessa competes in the women's +78kg event and was defeated in the Round of 32.

Sanne van Dijke (Netherlands) - Sanne competed in the women's 70kg event and earned a BRONZE MEDAL!

Guusje Steenhuis (Netherlands) - Guusje competes in the women's -78kg. She was eliminated from the competition in the repechage contest after the quarterfinal.

Raz Hershko (Israel) - Raz competes in the women's +78kg event where she placed 9th. She won a bronze medal in the mixed team event!

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rut Castillo Galindo (Mexico) - Rut competed in the Individual All-Around, where she placed 22nd in qualifications with a combined score of 82.750.

Rowing

Saskia Budgett (Britain, reserve)

Kendall Chase (USA) - Kendall and her women's four teammates won Final B with a time of 6:33.65.

Gia Doonan (USA) - Gia was part of the women's eight, qualifying for Final A by winning their heat. Gia and her team placed 4th in Final A.

Meghan O’Leary (USA) - Meghan competes in women's quadruple sculls. She and her team, including Ellen Tomek, placed 4th in Final B.

Jessica Thoennes (USA) - Jessica is Gia's teammate in the women's eight and placed 4th in Final A.

Ellen Tomek (USA) - Ellen is Meghan's teammate in the women's quadruple sculls.

Emma Twigg (New Zealand) - Emma won gold in women's single sculls!!!!!!!!!!!

Julian Venonsky (USA) - Julian competes in the men's eight and placed 4th in Final A.

Maarten Hurkmans (Netherlands) - Maarten competes in the men's eight. His team qualified directly to Final A in the heats. Julian placed 5th in Final A.

Katarzyna Zillmann (Poland) - Katarzyna competes in women's quad sculls and won the silver medal with her team!!

Rugby

Elissa Alarie (Canada) - Canada placed 9th in the women's tournament.

Britt Benn (Canada)

Ghislaine Landry (Canada)

Kaili Lukan (Canada)

Kelly Brazier (New Zealand) - New Zealand won the gold medal, defeating France in the final!

Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)

Portia Woodman (New Zealand)

Ruby Tui (New Zealand)

Isadora Cerullo (Brazil) - Team Brazil placed 11th in the women's tournament.

Marina Fioravanti (Brazil)

Megan Jones (Britain) - Team GB placed 4th in the women's tournament, losing to Fiji in the bronze medal match.

Celia Quansah (Britain)

Alev Kelter (USA) - Team USA placed 6th in the women's tournament.

Kristen Thomas (USA)

Lauren Doyle (USA)

Sharni Williams (Australia) - Team Australia placed 5th in the women's tournament.

Sailing

Jolanta Ogar (Poland) - Jolanta's event is the women's 470, and she won the silver medal with her sailing partner Agnieszka Skrzypulec!

Cecilia Carranza Saroli (Argentina) - Cecilia's event is mixed Nacra 17 and she and her teammate placed 7th.

Shooting

Jolyn Beer (Germany) - Jolyn placed 17th in women's 10m air rifle. She placed 6th in the women's smallbore rifle, 3 positions.

Aleksandra Jarmolińska (Poland) - Aleksandra competes in women's skeet, where she placed 19th in the qualifying round with a shot average of 0.912.

Andri Eleftheriou (Cyprus) - Andri also competes in women's skeet, placing 7th in qualifying with a shot average of 0.952.

Katarina Kowplos (Australia) - Katarina competed in three events during the Olympics. She was ranked 45th in the women's 10m air rifle; 36th in women's 50m air rifle, 3 positions; and the Australian team placed 22nd in the mixed 10m air rifle.

Skateboarding

Margielyn Didal (Philippines) - Margielyn placed seventh in the women's street final.

Annie Guglia (Canada) - Annie placed 19th in the women's street final.

Poppy Starr Olsen (Australia) - Poppy competed in women's park, and placed 5th in the final!

Alexis Sablone (USA) - Alexis finished just out of the medal picture in women's street, placing 4th.

Alana Smith (USA) - Alana, nonbinary, placed 20th in women's street at this Games.

Soccer - way to represent!!!!

Yenny Acuña Berrios (Chile) - Team Chile finished 0-3 in Group E play

Christiane Endler (Chile)

Fernanda Pinilla (Chile)

Andressa Alves (Brazil, reserve)

Bárbara Barbosa (Brazil) - Team Brazil was defeated by Canada in the quarterfinals.

Marta da Silva (Brazil)

Formiga (Brazil)

Letícia Izidoro (Brazil)

Aline Reis (Brazil)

Kadeisha Buchanan (Canada) - Team Canada won the gold!

Stephanie Labbé (Canada)

Erin McLeod (Canada, reserve)

Quinn (Canada) - Quinn is a trans non-binary athlete!!!

Kailen Sheridan (Canada)

Rachel Daly (Britain) - Team GB was defeated by Australia in the quarterfinals.

Fran Kirby (Britain)

Jill Scott (Britain)

Demi Stokes (Britain)

Carly Telford (Britain)

Tierna Davidson (USA) - Team USA won bronze!

Adrianna Franch (USA)

Kelly O’Hara (USA)

Megan Rapinoe (USA)

Anouk Dekker (Netherlands, reserve)

Sisca Folkertsma (Netherlands) - Team Netherlands was defeated by Team USA in the quarterfinals.

Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands)

Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)

Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands)

Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands)

Stefanie Van Der Gragt (Netherlands)

Merel van Dongen (Netherlands)

Abby Erceg (New Zealand) - Team New Zealand finished 0-3 in Group G play.

Hannah Wilkinson (New Zealand)

Magda Eriksson (Sweden) - Team Sweden won silver!

Lina Hurtig (Sweden)

Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden)

Caroline Seger (Sweden)

Emily Gielnik (Australia) - Team Australia finished 4th in the tournament.

Sam Kerr (Australia)

Chloe Logarzo (Australia)

Teagan Micah (Australia)

Tameka Yallop (Australia)

Softball

Ally Carda (USA) - Team USA earned a silver medal!

Amanda Chidester (USA)

Taylor Edwards (USA, reserve)

Haylie McCleney (USA)

Larissa Franklin (Canada) - Team Canada earned a bronze medal!

Joey Lye (Canada)

Kaia Parnaby (Australia) - Team Australia ended group play with a 1-4 record.

Anissa Urtez (Mexico) - Team Mexico finished just out of the medals in 4th place.

Surfing

Silvana Lima (Brazil) - Silviana competed in women's shortboard, scoring an 8.3 against Carissa Moore, eventual gold medal winner, in Quarterfinal 3.

Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) - Sofia competed in women's shortboard, scoring 9.90 against Carissa Moore in Heat 5.

Swimming

Rachele Bruni (Italy) - Rachele competed in the women's 10km open water event and placed 14th.

Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) - Ana Marcela won gold in the women's 10km open water!

Amini Fonua (Tonga) - Amini qualified for the Olympics in the men's 100m breaststroke. In the heats he was disqualified. :/ I haven't seen what it was he did to be DQ'd, but my guess (I swam breaststroke in high school and college) is that he did not finish his breakout dolphin kick before beginning his stroke off the blocks/wall. Will update if I figure it out.

Mélanie Henique (France) - Mélanie placed 11th in the women's 50m freestyle with a time of 24.63. She tied with Simone Manuel of America.

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (Finland) - Ari-Pekka is a sprint freestyler. In the heats of the men's 100m freestyle, he placed 46th overall with a 50.48. Ari-Pekka placed 26th in the men's 50m freestyle heats.

Erica Sullivan (USA) - ERICA SULLIVAN WON SILVER IN THE 1500M FREESTYLE BEHIND KATIE LEDECKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Markus Thormeyer (Canada) - Markus is a backstroker who also competed in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, where Team Canada placed fourth. He placed 19th in the 100m backstroke and 16th in the 200m backstroke. Markus swam in the prelims and final of the men's 4x100m medley relay, placing 7th.

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Ireland) - Jack, who is bisexual, competed in the men's 58kg event. He lost to Lucas Guzman of Argentina in the Round of 16.

Tennis

Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) - Demi competes in women's doubles. She and her partner lost to the Russian Olympic Committee team in the second round in 3 sets.

Sam Stosur (Australia) - Sam and her tennis partner lost to the Swiss pair of Bencic/Golubic in the quarterfinal round of women's doubles.

Alison van Uytvanck (Belgium) - Alison competed in women's singles. She was eliminated from the tournament by Garbinye Muguruza of Spain in the third round.

Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) - Carla placed 17th in the women's singles tournament and 9th in women's doubles.

Track and Field

Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) - Michelle-Lee qualified 10th in the 100m and 8th in the semifinals, not earning a time or place qualification to the final. Her 4x100m relay team placed 15th in the heats of the relay.

Dutee Chand (India) - Dutee placed 45th in the 100m heats. She placed 38th in the 200m.

Ramsey Angela (Netherlands) - Ramsey won the silver medal in the men's 4x400m relay with his team! He also ran in the mixed 4x400m relay, where his team placed 4th.

Geisa Arcanjo (Brazil) - Geisa placed 30th in the qualification round for the women's shot put.

Raven Saunders (USA) - Raven won the silver in women's shot put!

Tom Bosworth (Britain) - Tom competed in the men's 20km race walk and placed 25th overall.

Erica Bougard (USA) - Erica placed 11th overall in the women's heptathlon.

Aoife Cooke (Ireland) - Aoife did not finish the marathon - it was very hot and humid!!

Izabela da Silva (Brazil) - Izabela placed 11th in the women's discus throw.

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Canada) - Gabriela placed 5th in the women's 1500m.

Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) - Yulimar placed 1st in qualifications for the women's triple jump. In the finals, she won gold AND set a world record!!!

Senni Salminen (Finland) - Senni just missed qualifying for the final in women's triple jump, placing 13th in qualifications.

Trampoline

Dominic Clarke (Australia) - Dominic placed 8th in men's trampoline after qualifying in 1st. It looks like he had a few misses in the final.

Volleyball

Ana Carolina da Silva (Brazil) - Team Brazil won the silver medal!

Carol Gattaz (Brazil)

Paola Egonu (Italy) - Team Italy is 3-2 in pool play. Italy was defeated by Serbia in the quarterfinals.

Douglas Souza (Brazil) - Team Brazil finished the tournament in 4th place.

Water Polo

Rowie Webster (Australia) - Team Australia ended the tournament in 5th place!

Weightlifting

Laurel Hubbard (New Zealand) - Laurel, a trans woman, will competed in the A final of the +87kg women's event and did not finish.

Wrestling

Kayla Miracle (USA) - Kayla will compete in the women's freestyle 62kg. Kalya lost her bout to Long Jia in the Round of 16.

Gymnastics

Caitlin Rooskrantz (South Africa) - In qualifying, Caitlin placed 61st individually.

BMX Racing

Elke Vanhoof (Belgium) - Elke competes in women's BMX Racing. She placed 6th in semifinals and did not advance.

Archery

Lucilla Boari (Italy) - Lucilla won a bronze medal in the women's individual event and placed 7th in the women's team.

Table Tennis

Caroline Kumahara (Brazil) - Caroline placed 9th in the women's team event.

Beach Volleyball

Ana Patricia Silva Ramos (Brazil) - Ana Patricia and her beach volleyball partner Rebecca Cavalcanti were eliminated by the Swiss pair in the quarterfinal round of the women's tournament.

Please let me know if you notice an error here! Send me an ask or a DM. Please be kind, this was a lot of work and I'm sure I made an error somewhere.

[humilemvatisa]

Do you have favourite threads? Do you have favourite ships?

Guilty As Charged- MUN EDITION

I will tell you I don’t play favorites, but I am merely human and thus subject to playing favorites constantly. I do have favorite threads, though they can come and go as threads tend to do. As for ships, I definitely have favorites. I just feel bad about naming them, sometimes, because I don’t want people to feel left out (also, they’re almost all m/m because I just don’t have enough women to work out a ship with organically).

A few of my favorites, right now, are:

Jaskier / Geralt

Jaskier / Tom Riddle

Jaskier / Valdo Marx

Jaskier / Saskia

Jaskier / Leonardo da Vinci

[lil-creatorwritings]

Masterlist

-> IKEMEN REVOLUTION <-

[[ R A Y * B L A C K W E L L ]] > 31 Day Challenge 2018 (only until 28) || fluff, hurt, smut || anastacia || collection of one-shots that uses words or phrases as themes    day 1: forehead touch || 181 words    day 2: kiss || 413 words    day 3: hug || 347 words    day 4: lazy morning || 209 words    day 5: snow || 408 words    day 6: bridal carry || 266 words    day 7: rain || 464 words    day 8: shirt || 479 words    day 9: sick || 315 words    day 10: outfit switch || 484 words    day 11: coffee shop || 1,916 words    day 12: date || 1,685 words    day 13: sleeping (ray) 355 words || (anastacia) 442 words    day 14: tandem bike || 476 words    day 15: starlight || 321 words    day 16: child || 979 words    day 17: growing pains || 663 words    day 18: under the table || smut || 928 words    day 19: home || 423 words    day 20: kay tagal kitang hinintay || 588 words    day 21: querencia || 861 words    day 22: sketch || 576 words    day 23: sound || 619 words    day 24: school uniform || 891 words    day 25: sky || 662 words    day 26: fire || 322 words    day 27: flowers || 379 words    day 28: with pets || 401 words > Give Me Love || hurt || anastacia || ray and his love for the girl from the moon || 640 words > Cuddle headcanons || fluff || some of my personal headcanons on ray and cuddling > Siesta || fluff || anastacia || word theme: siesta || 509 words > No Title || fluff || anastacia || sentence theme: “you’re so cute!” with belle || 307 words > Ray Appreciation Week 2019 || fluff, smut || anastacia || collection of one-shots in line with this post    day 1: trust || 1,003 words    day 2: campfire || 1,047 words    day 3: spellbound || smut || 642 words    day 4: collection || 728 words    day 5: teamwork || 805 words    day 6: dress up || 682 words    day 7: underwater || 865 words > Good Night || fluff || anastacia || when anastacia gets a nightmare, she runs to her safe place || 579 words > No Title || smut || anastacia || ray decides to have a snack in between work || 383 words 

[[ S I R I U S * O S W A L D ]] > No Title || smut || mc (alice) || it’s the black army halloween party and sirius has taken great notice of your costume || 1,225 words > Ice || smut || mc (alice) || sirius playing with ice || 908 words  > Skin || smut || mc (alice) || alice shamelessly gawking at a training sirius || 1,453 words > Play Time || fluff || mc (alice) || sirius playing with his little baby girl || 960 words > To Have And To Protect || smut || mc (alice) || first time with sirius || 1,573 words > Good Morning || smut || mc (alice) || sirius helps with her morning frustration || 1,144 words

[[ L U K A * C L E M E N C E ]] > Bath Time || fluff || reader (alissa) || luka pampering you after a tiring day || 930 words > Under the Mistletoe || fluff || reader || you and luka clean up last night’s christmas party || 593 words

[[ L A N C E L O T * K I N G S L E Y ]] > Summer Festival || smut || reader || modern au; you and lancelot go to your first summer festival as a couple || 1,303 words

[[ J O N A H * C L E M E N C E ]] > Jello Shots || smut || reader (saskia) || you escape a red army party with jonah and some alcoholic jello shots || 1,279 words

[[ E D G A R * B R I G H T ]] > No Title || fluff || ruka || edgar returns from a mission to a surprise in his room || 477 words > Dance || fluff || ruka || ruka waiting on edgar--he promised her a dance || 1,457 words > Astral || fluff || reader (sylvie) || word theme: astral || 808 words

[[ K Y L E * A S H ]] > No Title || fluff || reader || kiss prompt#4: accidental brush of lips, pause, before going back for another || 793 words > Lunch Break || smut || reader (brooke) || modern au; kyle taking a lunch break with you except that you’re his menu || 973 words > After Hours || smut || reader (brooke) || modern au, sequel to lunch break; kyle has one more order of business with you after work hours || 740 words > Taking A Break || fluff || brooke || kyle taking a break from work with his assistant || 763 words

[[ Z E R O ]] > Slow Dancing in a Burning Room || hurt || mc (alice) || zero learns to dance in a burning room || 940 words

[[ B L A N C * L A P I N ]] > Parting Gift || fluff || reader (claire) || the end of a date with blanc || 562 words

[[ H A R R * S I L V E R ]] > Peiskos || fluff || mc (alice) || word theme: fall || 765 words

[[ O L I V E R * K N I G H T ]] > Alcohol || smut || reader (ashley) || oliver finds you almost drunk at a party || 1,070 words > Intoxication || smut || reader (ashley) || sequel to alcohol; oliver gets back home with you from the party || 1,038 words > No Title || smut || mc (alice) || oliver takes alice out on an interesting date || 1,139 words > Your Pleasure || smut || reader (ashley) || modern au; oliver arrives in your apartment late at night || 1,016 words

[[ O T H E R S ]] > V Card HC || my personal crazy headcanons about the suitor’s v cards

-> MIDNIGHT CINDERELLA <-

[[ B Y R O N * W A G N E R ]] > First Snow || fluff || oc (syrila) || word theme: winter || 683 words

-> IKEMEN SENGOKU <-

[[ M A S A M U N E * D A T E ]] > Five || hurt and comfort || mc (mai) || masamune notices five signs from his lover || 709 words

[[ M I T S U H I D E * A K E C H I ]] > Phone Call trilogy || all of them are smut || natsuki || modern au; it all started one friday afternoon when mitsuhide picked up his lover’s call (can be read as individual one-shots)    - Phone Call || 1,842 words    - Turning Table || 1,916 words    - Payback || 1,922 words

-> IKEMEN VAMPIRE <-

[[ N A P O L E O N * B O N A P A R T E ]] > Napoleon Appreciation Week 2019 || fluff, hurt and comfort, angst || isabella || collection of one-shots in line with this post    day 1: nostalgia || 513 words    day 2: burnt || 669 words    day 3: war and peace || 581 words    day 4: handle with care || 928 words    day 5: gunshot || angst; tw: character death, suicide || 1,017 words > Napoleon Birthday Prompts 2020 || fluff, hurt and comfort || isabella || collection of one-shots in line with this post    day 1: afternoon nap || 1,030 words    day 2: sneak attack || 1,103 words    day 3: just deserts || 967 words    day 4: secret || 1,799 words

-> MIX <-

> Kinktober 2019 || smut || reader/oc/mc || collection of smut one-shots with various suitors in line with this post    day 1: body worship [nobunaga oda] || 570 words    day 2: orgasm denial [leonardo da vinci] || 780 words    day 3: sensory deprivation + licking [seth hyde] || 874 words    day 4: shower [mitsuhide akechi] || 928 words    day 5: collaring [mitsunari ishida] || 740 words    day 6: masturbation [fem!oliver knight] || 845 words    day 7: massage [masamune date] || 806 words    day 8: breast worship [wolfgang amadeus mozart] || 959 words    day 9: handjob [lancelot kingsley] || 959 words    day 10: impact play [fem!giles christophe] || 996 words    day 11: overstimulation [edgar bright] || 720 words    day 12: biting [alyn crawford] || 1,398 words    day 13: anal + sex toys [le comte] || 818 words    day 14: hair pulling [fem!fenrir godspeed] || 871 words

> Summer of Smut Challenge 2020 || smut || reader || collection of one-shots with various suitors in line with this post    day 1: favorite treat [seth hyde] || 1,255 words    day 2: pent up [leo crawford] || 1,352 words    day 3: jealousy [ieyasu tokugawa] || 2,211 words    day 4: evening pleasures [lancelot kingsley] || 1,519 words    day 5: bathtime teasings [mitsunari ishida] || 1,395 words    day 6: lovers [sid arnault] || 4,840 words    day 7: three’s company [leonardo da vinci, le comte] || 2,670 words    day 8: fever [hideyoshi toyotomi] || 1,350 words    day 9: stress relief [theodorus van gogh] || 2,405 words

[phantomphangphucker]

tagged by @q-gorgeous

Nickname: ice, black ice, end, tooth. in real life: ice, the great blue-eyed one, nosferatu, JJ, Mr. j, GM, our local eldritch monster. 

Zodiac: taurus

Height: 5′4″ 

Last movie I saw: How To Train Your Dragon 3 - stellar movie, go see it! 

Last thing that I googled: games where you date the devil 

Favorite musician: i have too many favs really so here's a few favs: eminem, voltaire, nightwish, avril, icp, corporate avenger, 10 years, green day, die antwoord, katatonia, limp bizkit, nicole dollanganger, OOMPH, otep, a pale horse named death, panic! at the disco, three days grace, christian death

Song stuck in my head: FNAF Dear Brother by DA Games

Other blogs: thetribalmoth, agothamothandaangelwalkintoabar, bookblossoms, aggressivelydeviantmoth.

Followers: 68

Following: 726

Amount of sleep: half an hour to 4 hours on average 

Lucky number: 3, 6, 9 and 13

Dream job: to not have one at all. but otherwise singer or forensic pathologist. 

What am I wearing: nothing, nada, jack shit, zippo, in da nude. (the shit I decided to wear once I did get dressed cause public nudity is not cool or allowed: target practice pvc pants, error 404: soul not found tank top, white fur shawl, teeth arm warmers, black platform boots with skull chains and goat horns) 

Favourite food: lamb, chocolate milk and pomegranate seeds

Language: english, a little german, a little french (though i hate the language) and a little japanese. 

Can I play an instrument: ocarina and piano

Favourite song: uhhhh so fucking many! so here’s a few favs: russian roulette - 10 years, breakaway - minipop kids vers, alligator blood - nicole dollanganger, beautiful and bad - nicole dollanganger, winter born - cruxshadows, i am two - brain leisure, amphibious trigonometry - gothsicles, hardcore generation - agrezior, don’t hold it against us - groundbreaking, our little horror story - aviators, wish i had an angel - nightwish, forsaker - katatonia, nephilim - katatonia, st. john - we are the fallen, swimming hoe - evanescence, the taxidermist - scarlet season, skellig - loreena mckennitt, two hearts - the birthday massacre, marry me - emilie autumn, battle hymn - faith and the muse, the headless waltz - voltaire, hot dog - limp bizkit, bazooka joey - icp, animal i have become - three days grace, be prepared - lion king, bad company - five finger death punch, monster - melt, hollow - melt, we are the ones - aesthetic perfection, i don’t care - apocalytpica, i am an asshole - dennis leary, let me fucking die - mantits, privately owned spiral galaxy - crywank, willow song - parkelt, 7 feathers - nahko & medicine for the people, were owl - s.j.tucker, inuyasha’s lullaby - saskia kusrahadianti, doll dagga buzz buzz ziggety zag - marilyn manosn, toy soldier - britteny spears, so much better - eminem, swimming pool - the front bottoms, wank - out of your mouth, insane - eminem, no love - simple plan,his theme - caleb hyles, timmy trumpet, the dancing demon, can’t be erased jt music, sherpherd of this flock - jt music, asgore - adriana figueroa, floweytale - groundbreaking, hard drive - griffinilla, undertale - maika, go! child - ruinous, god syndrome, secret garden, love’s in vein - drew seeley, dude is a vampire - littlest pet shop, whiskey hangover - godsmack, in ashes they shall reap - hatebreed, one finger and a fist - drowning pool, toy pianos - sharax, astral coal - melt, dumb ways to die warriors version, swing life away - rise against, between the bars - elliot smith, garden in my room - merril bainbridge. ok I’ll shut up now. 

Random fact: the health/medicine industry hates me, I don’t take any form of medicine, don’t even own soap, never sick, the only household cleaners i use is vinegar and baking soda, don't go to the doctors or dentist ever really, I suck blood off my open wounds........

Describe yourself in aesthetic things: eldritch monster with one too many crackers in its mouth, smiles that are just a little too wide and sharp, something flickers at the edge of your sight but disappears when you look at it, barbwire halos, black fluffy teacups filled with blood, hundreds of eyes that don’t blink quite in sync, dead deers in lavender flower crowns, high black point busies, pale hands growing mould, glowing white stag, jars full of teeth, parental guidance explicit content, binge-watching true crime while drinking sugar, eating mayo out of pudding cups to the sound of violins, floors covered in broken liquor bottles, bloody hands on my lips, a pair of glowing eyes that follow you in the dark. 

Tagging:  @ everyone really 

[briarfox13]

for the random asks: when did you first start playing mass effect, and why?

OOh thank you my dear

My ex first introduced me too it and let me make a character (Saskia is as best as I could get to that original character). But as it was on his account and he was determined to play what he wanted and not let me play stuff I never really got to play it again. 

After that ended (thankfully) I met my current bf who showed me DA Origins, and when I said I liked it showed me Bioware’s other Ip,  Mass Effect (a big mistake =P). I’d forgotten who good the game was and I became obsessed with the characters, story and just the feel of it. But what really kept me going was the creation of Saskia back in the first year of my Masters.l

I put everything into her, she holds a little bit of my soul. Saskia is everything I ever wanted to be: brave, strong, clever, beautiful, powerful, over 5ft =P And so much more. 

[blue-velvet-valentina]

Now I can't stop thinking of that scene in the Last Unicorn when the wizard turned her into a human.

hurting because solas never wanted a body and never wanted to fight "he never wanted a body but she asked him to come", "he wants to give wisdom not orders" but he did it anyway. "i pulled you from the fade you loved and sent you into war. i used your wisdom as a weapon… and it broke you." inquisition forced him to slow down and just be himself. "solas, bright and sad, observes and accepts. spirit self, seeing the soul, solas, but somehow sorrows." lavellan nourished that. seeked out his wisdom. his purpose in the world. never twisted him, loving him as he was. she craddled the part of himself he wants to be in her palms. the part that was beaten and bruised and abused a millennia ago.

[fenharel-archived]

gotta finish this evil bg3 playthrough real quick so I can replay dragon age

[alicejohnn9087]

Amazing Halloween Movies According To Rotten Tomatoes

Halloween is a fun festival for all age groups. It is that time of year when one has the chance to dress up as their favorite character; it can be scary or any other character. And one can watch their favorite movies and hang out with friends. Many horror movies are perfect for watching in the Halloween season. This article will try to list some best horror movies and rank them according to the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Loved Ones in 2012 (rating 98%)

The Loved Ones is an Australian horror movie directed and written by Sean Byrne. It stars Xavier Samuel, Victoria Thaine, Jessica McNamee, John Brumpton, Robin McLeavy, and Richard Wilson. The plot of the story starts with a high school boy, Brent, driving with his father. And suddenly, an injured man filled with blood appears in front of the car to avoid him; their car crashes into a tree causing his father’s death. The story grows, and it revolves around a teenager (played by Samuel), who is in the center of his classmate’s (played by McLeavy) party and declines her offer to go for a school dance with her in favor of his girlfriend for prom, the situation starts to take a wrong turn.

The Loved Ones is the first feature film of director Sean Byrne. The film is shot under the Ambience Entertainment production in Melbourne, Victoria. The Australian Classification Board gave it a rating of R18+ due to the sadistic aspect and impact of violence on the audience.

The Vanishing (Spoorloos) in 1988 (rating 98%)

The Vanishing is a Dutch thriller movie directed by George Sluizer. The story is an adaptation of the novel The Golden Egg in 1984, written by author Tim Krabbe. The plot starts with a young Dutch couple, Saskia and Rex, on their vacation in France. Saskia shared a dream of drifting through space in a golden egg, and she feels the collision of two eggs, which signify the end of something. They stop at a rest area as they are running out of petrol. Saskia goes to the petrol station to buy some drinks, but she does not return. The screenplay then further follows Rex obsessively searching for his girlfriend after the disappearance at a rest area. The Vanishing received an approval rate of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 46 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The movie is known for its unique film structure, which is interesting for filmmaking in general.

Eyes Without A Face in 1960 (rating 98%)

Eyes Without A Face is a French horror movie originally titled Les Yeux sans directed and co-written by Georges Franju. It stars Alida Valli and Pierre Brasseur. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by author Jean Redon. The movie revolves around a plastic surgeon named Brasseur, who performed a face transplant on his daughter. His daughter’s face was disfigured in an accident. The film received an American debut and dubbed form in 1962 under the title of The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus. Eyes Without A Face has not received positive reviews from critics. Although, according to modern critics, the film has a poetic nature that influences other filmmakers.

Let The Right One In in 2008 (rating 98%)

Let the Right One In is a Swedish romantic horror movie titled initially as Lat den Ratte directed by Tomas Alfredson. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by author John Ajvide Lindqvist, who is also the film’s screenplay writer, published in 2004. The screenplay plot follows a 12-year-old bullied boy who developed a friendship with a vampire child in Blackberg set in the early 1980s. Filmmaker Alfredson decided to tone down many elements and focuses more on the relationship between the two characters and explores humanity’s darker side.

Let the Right One In is critically acclaimed and has won several awards, including Best European Fantastic Feature Film in European Fantastic Film Festival Federation in 2008, Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature in Tribeca Film Festival, four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute and the Saturn Awards for Best International Film. The film got an approval rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.29/10. Additionally, the movie scored an average of 82 out of 100 based on 30 reviewers on Metacritic.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari) in 1920 (rating 100%)

The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari is a German silent horror movie titled initially, as Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, written by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz, and directed by Robert Wiene. The story is about an insane hypnotist played by Werner Krauss, who uses a somnambulist (sleepwalking) on a man played by Conrad Veidt to commit murders. The movie features a twisted and dark visual style, with oblique, curving lines and structure, landscapes that are twisted in unusual angles. It was widely received and accepted by critics and was a commercial hit. Modern film critics paused it as a revolutionary movie and tilted it as “the first true horror film.”

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari is a uniquely directed movie; it uses silence as the theme’s advantage and creates a groundwork for cult films and future horror movies.

These are some of the best horror movies to spend your Halloween with family and friends. I hope you enjoyed the article.

Source : https://gotrustblog.com/amazing-halloween-movies-according-to-rotten-tomatoes/

[argh15]

Elvis Opfer

Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7 PM - 11:59 PM

Amatol Quaaludes Dexedrine Percodan Biamphetamine Codeine Dilaudid Vitamins Herbs Laxatives Sedatives Testosterone Antihistamines Caffeine Blood-pressure pills (obviously) Valium Pentothal Cocaine Hydrochloride Peroxide Phenobarbital Ground Beef Pepsi Orange Drink Bacon Peanut Butter Mustard Banana Pudding Ice Cream Potatoes and Wieners. Installation, videos, drawings, embroidery, and a concert at 9pm works by Xander Marro | Christina Gay | Saskia Börß | Jasmine Demouy organized by Bridget Ferrill ~Xander Marro~ (Providence, RI USA) has been living the good life in the feminist sub-underground for too many years to count on her long bony fingers.  She spent 10 days near the border of Poland drawing pictures about: the gory but loving removal of misogyny from the body, fairy tales, reproduction, romance, road side America and the smoldering tire fire of an empire. On display for your viewing pleasure - one night only at ARGH! ~Christina Gay~ ist eine Malerin. Sie liebt das Badmingtonspiel. "Ich spiele wirklich gerne Badmington !" (Christina Gay, 2015, Buchmesse Leipzig ) Christina Gay is a painter. She loves the badmingtonplay. "I really like to play badmington !" ( Christina Gay ,2015, wax-museum London ) ~Saskia Börß~ born in 1976, feminist anarchist lesbian. Started playin in bands in 1990, mainly bass and keyboards. This time she`ll play stripped down versions of some elvis tunes with korg poly 61 and vocals. ~Jasmine Demouy~ (*1789), still works in Berlin as a craft-woman for trains, but is also secretly known as "La Douairière". Her latest embroideries reveal the neolithic truth right from heart of the fairy's cave. Soon she will move to Paris.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1564778490306952/

[tripstations]

Florence travel guide: Where to eat, stay and shop in Firenze

Florence is inarguably an exquisite medieval marvel housing genuine world wonders. It also runs an impressing sideline in high-end fashion boutiques, restaurants and bars to rival many full-blown capital cities. Yet, Firenze can also resemble an elaborate, ancient and empty shell, which suddenly fills with a tide of tourismo, only to empty just as swiftly. Depending on the season, these will display a predilection for cutoff denim shorts worn tight and selfie sticks wielded like light sabers, just not in an exciting way.

In marked contrast, men’s fashion seasons happen but twice a year, June and January, and the more sophisticated attendees’ objective is to steal through this marvellous city (and you really must walk everywhere) swerving the tourist hordes. Crossover is inevitable, but carefully chosen destinations and haunts will deliver a less denim clad-experience.

Where to stay

JK Place Firenze

JK Place is a modest-scale guest residence with grand ideas about luxury, comfort and style. Set on the edge of the restored Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, with a lavish terrace planted directly onto the pavement (complete with cashmere blankets they offer to night drinkers), inside it’s all sumptuous lounges, chic saloons and opulent nooks. JK is billed as contemporary style but this level of extravagant care hails from a previous age of being spoilt rotten. There’s even a private dining room with butler service, for heaven’s sake. But then the service is exemplary, as is all food and drink that goes with it. The decoration is wonderful and the immaculate white upholstered bar and sofas arranged by large fireplaces would make an ideal location for a vintage Agatha Christie novel/film. Each of the 20 rooms designed my Michael Bonan are different and the additional four master bedrooms have their own fireplaces and big baths affording even bigger views.

jkplace.com

Gallery Hotel Art

Having attended a few fashion presentations here I’ve become fond of this stylish four-star, conceived by a local architect and hidden neatly away with its own courtyard right near the Arno. It’s super clean, uncluttered and modern, offering comfortable style with some great views over the city and river. As the name suggests, the Gallery Hotel is proud of its own art and photographic library and updates its exhibits and collection regularly. It’s very reasonable considering how well thought-out and centrally located it is and for a few dinari more one can gain access to one of a couple of lovely balcony rooms.

lungarnocollection.com. To book your own escape to Florence and beyond, Luxury Tour Operator Black Tomato tailor-make trips to Italy starting from £3,000 per person. Trips include personally curated experiences, private transfers and guiding throughout and all accommodation. 0207 426 9888, enquiries@blacktomato.com

Where to eat

Cibreo

The devastatingly charming trio of Cibreo establishments are one of my favourite scenes in the whole of urban Italy. I love the restaurant, but the gorgeous café and trattoria are also in touching distance of the intersection at Via dei Macci and bang opposite Teatro de Sale. The elegance of the beautiful wood-panelled Cibreo restaurant is my fave though. The main event, along with the food, is the family and staff who work the place with hearty Tuscan joy. Cooking with the rhythm of the seasons is their thing, dedicated to working with the only current produce, from vibrantly painted artichoke salad master-classes to the savoury mousy-jelly small dishes that are house specialities. Oh, and dining outside here is one of the most glamorous, romantic things I’ve ever done.

cibreo.com

Caffè degli Artigiani

The adorable Caffè degli Artigiani, on the acutely angled corner of Via dello Sprone, is agonisingly Instagramable inside and out, but do try and resist as you’ll spoil its utterly authentic vibe. It’s a proper restaurant all day and night long, but it’s the breakfasts here that knock it out of the park for me: an A-list pastry and dolce scene with a killer good coffee roster. (Visit later and occasionally weird folky bands and singers turn up, so do google them up if you fancy a bit of turbo folk.)

Da Gherardo Factor in a pizza at this tiny spot, even if you’ve got limited time. Like the best places anywhere, you can barely spot it from the outside, but inside it’s as rustic, rugged and Tuscan as cutting meat up with a sword and putting it straight on a hot-loaf – which they don’t actually do. They do, however, serve thick, doughy pizzas with new combinations as well as old-school classics.

To book your own escape to Florence and beyond, Luxury Tour Operator Black Tomato tailor-make trips to Italy starting from £3,000 per person. 0207 426 9888, enquiries@blacktomato.com

Where to drink

Although it’s totes-clichéd, do check Harry’s Bar on the flank of the Arno overlooking the Pont de Vecchio. Giving it a quick whirl is fine, as is drinking a Bellini (Harry’s invented it) on the terrace. But for me a visit is more worthy for the pageant of coral (not actually peach) table cloths/napkins upstairs, than the sticky Bellini it serves. You’re better off heading for…

Il Santino

This wine bar on Via di Santo Spirito is actually an excellent restaurant, but it’s fine to rock up without a reservation. With a cool atmosphere and credible crowd, it also boasts singularly excellent wine.

ilsantobevitore.com

L’appartamento L’partmento is an arts and creative collective base a couple of floors up in an old apartment building not far from Duomo. A surprising large space oscillates between a sprawling cosy bohemian living room, a theatre stage or set for musical productions. These various elements are served by a great little kitchen and bar, with a rebel, niche, almost activist vibes. The place is only accessible through the residential front door, so scan online what is on and if the doors are open. The decidedly non-fashion crowd are an excellent foil to the style tribes for me, so please do not tell anyone about this venue as you will surely spoil it.

appartmentofirenze.org

Gurdulù

On Via delle Caldaie, near the Bobli gardens, this is a must-visit venue bar, specifically for cocktails, but the decor alone is so worth the walk. So tasteful and knowing, it brings a new accent to Florentine interior style, right down to the glassware. Cocktails are suitably cultured for this city, including my personal preferences, the Pisco Sour and Florence 66.

gurdulu.com. To book your own escape to Florence and beyond, Luxury Tour Operator Black Tomato tailor-make trips to Italy starting from £3,000 per person. 0207 426 9888, enquiries@blacktomato.com

Where to shop

Gucci Garden

Opened in 2017, this is an essential stop for Gucci devotees and even for those just peckish for some stylish heritage: a grand old building on the Piazza della Signoroa, it’s now a museum of vintage Gucci pieces, as well as a repository for current collections alongside unique items, curiosities, stationery and interiors, decoration and myriad other accessories. There’s a Michelin-starred osteria and frequently changing exhibitions and a devout tribe of old guard and trendy young Gucci acolytes to enjoy, so don’t miss.

gucci.com

Saskia Wittmer

In shoemaking terms, I rate Saskia’s artisan skills and her eye for a unique patina and hue particularly highly. Her vibrant whole-cut shoes and delicate chic penny loafer styles are a win, but for shoe fans Wittmer’s studio is well worth a visit for its creative, witty installations and mood alone. She makes all shoes entirely by hand and can be found working on almost avant-garde colour schemes, realised within graceful informed classic lines.

saskiascarpesumisura.com

Don’t miss

Teatro del Sale

While you’re at the Cibreo end of town, see if you can at least get a walk around the enchanting Teatro del Sale, on Via dei Macci. A cosy theatre with its own bar and living rooms, it regularly stages plays and concerts.

Alternatively, Florence’s city limits present fabulous terrain for runners and to stride out early morning, criss-crossing the postcard bridges, is blissful, offering awe-inspiring views along the wide, flat River Arno. The more intrepid can then veer upward toward the hills, seeking the sheer steps and views of the Basilica San Miniato and pagan-like cemetery or the preened chocolate-box Bobli gardens. The climb takes the edge off all that pasta and Barolo at least…

To book your own escape to Florence and beyond, Luxury Tour Operator Black Tomato tailor-make trips to Italy starting from £3,000 per person. 0207 426 9888, enquiries@blacktomato.com

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[thatsnotcanonpodcasts]

Valve Index, Masters of the Universe & Crew Dragon

The Nerds are back, proving that 107 episodes just isn't too much for the human body to handle.

This week, the Professor has a complaint about that saintly game developer, Valve. What's his problem with Gabe and the multi award winning game studio? They're sold out of VR headsets with only a month to go before the release of Half Life: Alyx.

The Masters of the Universe are coming back as well. The Professor has another complaint, this time about the casting of Skeletor. He thinks it's ridiculous to bring back Skeletor's original voice in a different role and cast a new actor for Skeletor. Even if that actor is the esteemed Mark Hamill. DJ thinks this sacrilege is 100% ok. The star studded cast list has the Nerds highly excited for this revival.

Now that Dragon has been human rated, SpaceX have moved the capsule to the launch pad, and the crew are a pair of former Shuttle pilots. This will be the first manned space mission from the US since the Shuttle program was shut down. America Can Into Space? Soon, hopefully.

Professor and DJ have some trouble pronouncing American Indian and Finnish words in the Remembrances and Shoutouts, and laugh at the Boomers who couldn't believe Bill and Ted actually speak like that.

Stay hydrated and come hang out with us again next week.

Valve Index all sold out…while Half Life : Alyx is a month away

-https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-index-sold-out-stock-check-2-13-2020/

Masters of the Universe:Revelations cast revealed….and its star studded

-https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/02/14/mark-hamill-lena-heady-sarah-michelle-gellar-part-of-all-star-voice-cast-for-netflixs-masters-of-the-universe-revelation-series/

Crew Dragon capsule now at the launch site…

-https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/15/spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-delivery/

Games Played

Professor

– Particle Fleet Emergence - https://store.steampowered.com/app/422900/Particle_Fleet_Emergence/

Rating – 4/5

DJ

- Warzone 2100 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/

Rating – 3.5/5

Other topics discussed

Magic smoke ((also factory smoke, blue smoke, angry pixies, or the genie) is a humorous name for the caustic smoke produced by severe electrical over-stress of electronic circuits or components, causing overheating and accompanying release of smoke.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke

Samsung Gear VR (The Samsung Gear VR is a virtual reality headset developed by Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Oculus VR, and manufactured by Samsung.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Gear_VR

Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR Headset Shipments Delayed As Industry Grapples With Coronavirus Complications

-https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/02/19/facebooks-oculus-quest-vr-headset-shipments-delayed-as-industry-grapples-with-coronavirus-complications/#51e1cb152c8d

Playstation VR ( (officially abbreviated as PS VR), known by the codename Project Morpheus during development, is a virtual reality headset developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, which was released in October 2016)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_VR

Virtual Boy (The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit table-top portable video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy

Warcraft III : Reforged (Warcraft III: Reforged is a remastered edition of the 2002real-time strategy video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion The Frozen Throne.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_III:_Reforged

Mossman (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer in the new Masters of the Universe series)

-https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/heman/images/5/58/Mossman_myp_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20111105161316

Justice league Action : Missing the Mark (When famous actor Mark Hamill is kidnapped by master villain The Joker it will take all his voice acting skills to escape.)

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-VHe_4GmE

He-Man singing What’s Going On by Four Non Blondes

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32FB-gYr49Y

SpaceX Rocket Engines (Since the founding of SpaceX in 2002, the company has developed four families of rocket engines — Merlin,Kestrel,Draco and SuperDraco — and is currently (since 2016) developing another rocket engine: Raptor.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_rocket_engines

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39

Space shuttle (The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system that was operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

Asteroids (Asteroids is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game designed by Lyle Rains, Ed Logg, and Dominic Walsh and released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. )

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)

Roundabout (Roundabout is an open-world indie driving video game developed and published by American indie studio No Goblin LLC)

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_(video_game)

Eiffel 65 - I'm Blue (da ba dee)

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yV3R0fj988

Christopher Eccleston reveals he was ‘very ill’ with anorexia while filming ‘Doctor Who’

-https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/doctor-who-christopher-eccleston-anorexia-depression-1203338303/

Epigraphy (TNC podcast)

-https://thatsnotcanon.com/epigraphypodcast

Shout Outs

16 February 2020 – Sonic the Hedgehog earns $100 million at the global box - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sonic-box-office-global-little-women-milestone-1203505417/

Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” dominated global box office charts after debuting to $100 million worldwide. “Sonic,” based on the popular Sega video game, pulled in $43 million when it launched in 43 international territories, representing 60% of its foreign footprint. Among overseas markets, Mexico saw the biggest start with $6.7 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $6.2 million, France with $4.3 million and Germany with $3.3 million. “Sonic” easily took the No. 1 spot on both international and domestic box office charts, knocking last weekend’s victor, Warner Bros.’ “Birds of Prey” to second place. The R-rated comic-book adventure — starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn — pocketed $23 million from 78 foreign markets, dipping 46% from its inaugural outing. To date, “Birds of Prey” has made $83 million abroad and $142 million worldwide.

17 February 2020 – Saskia Beer daughter of food icon Maggie beer dies unexpectedly – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-17/saskia-beer-daughter-of-maggie-beer-dies-suddenly-in-her-sleep/11970996

Saskia Beer, the daughter of South Australian cooking legend Maggie Beer has died "unexpectedly" yet "peacefully" in her sleep at the weekend. Saskia was the eldest daughter of Barossa Valley food icon Maggie Beer, who shared a statement on social media on Sunday saying her family had "broken hearts". "It is with broken hearts we need to let you all know that our beautiful, extraordinary daughter Saskia died unexpectedly yet peacefully in her sleep on Friday night," the post said. She died at the age of 46.

17 February 2020 – Holden is shutting down at the end of the year. - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-17/holden-car-brand-axed-after-160-years-in-australia/11972092

About 600 Holden employees will lose their jobs after parent company General Motors announced it would axe the iconic Australian car brand by the end of the year. GM said the brand was no longer competitive in the current market and would be "retired" from sales, design and engineering across Australia and New Zealand by 2021. The announcement coincides with GM's decision to withdraw Chevrolet from the domestic market in Thailand by the end of the year.

Remembrances

17 February 1909 – Geronimo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo

Prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands — the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi — to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. During Geronimo's final period of conflict from 1876 to 1886, he "surrendered" three times and accepted life on the Apache reservations in Arizona. Reservation life was confining to the free-moving Apache people, and they resented restrictions on their customary way of life. He was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large numbers of men beyond his own following. At any one time, he would be in command of about 30 to 50 Apaches. He died from pneumonia at the age of 79 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

17 February 2017 – Alan Aldridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Aldridge  

British artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He is best known for his psychedelic artwork made for books and record covers by The Beatles and The Who. He designed a series of science fiction book covers for Penguin Books. He made a big impression with his illustrations for The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics book. He also provided illustrations for The Penguin Book of Comics, a history of British and American comic art. His work was characterised by a flowing, cartoony style and soft airbrushing – very much in step with the psychedelic styles of the times. His work includes the 1971 anti-war poster entitled A great place for hamburgers but who'd want to live there! Aldridge also created the artwork for Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John in 1975. He also the creator of the Hard Rock Café logo. He died at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, California.

18 February 2019 – Toni Myers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Myers 

Canadian film editor, writer, director, and producer, best known for her 3D IMAX work. Ms. Myers’s half-century in filmmaking included credits as writer, producer, narrator and editor as well as director. Much of that work involved documentaries that made use of Imax technology, which, with a bigger screen and enhanced sound, creates a more vivid viewing experience than a conventional movie offers. Ms. Myers directed three feature-length Imax films: “Space Station 3D” (2002), about the construction and occupation of the International Space Station; “Hubble 3D” (2010), which documented a 2009 shuttle flight to repair the Hubble telescope; and “A Beautiful Planet” (2016), which concentrated on images of Earth shot from space. All had marquee narrators — Tom Cruise for the first, Leonardo DiCaprio for the second, Jennifer Lawrence for the last. She explained in a 2010 interview with The Gazette of Montreal, “The sun rises and sets every 90 minutes in space, which means there wasn’t much time to capture the shots we asked them to get,”. She also said “There was no time or room to say: ‘Could you move to the right? It would make a better shot,’”.  She died from cancer at the age of 76 in Toronto.

Famous Birthdays

16 February 1964 – Christopher Eccleston  – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston

English actor. The recipient of an Emmy Award and two BAFTA Award nominations, Eccleston is best known for his work on television and in film – in particular for his collaborations with directors Danny Boyle and Michael Winterbottom and writers Peter Flannery, Jimmy McGovern and Russell T. Davies. Eccleston garnered attention for his film roles as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It and David Stevens in Shallow Grave and for his television performances in Cracker and Hillsborough. His BAFTA-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBCminiseries Our Friends in the North (1996) established Eccleston as a household name in the UK; he followed the serial with film roles in Jude, eXistenZ, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and 28 Days Later and television roles including the drama series Clocking Off and a second BAFTA-nominated performance as Messianic figure Stephen Baxter in the ITV drama serial The Second Coming. Eccleston garnered widespread attention and acclaim for portraying the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the 2005 revival of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, becoming the first to play the role since 1996. He departed the role after a single series, winning a National Television Award and receiving Broadcasting Press Guild Award and BAFTA Cymru Award nominations for his performance. Eccleston has since appeared in the television series Heroes among other tv series and films including G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Thor: The Dark World and Legend. He won an International Emmy Award for his performance in an episode of the anthology series Accused. Onstage, Eccleston has played the title roles in productions of Hamlet and Macbeth as well as starring in productions of Miss Julie, A Doll's House and Antigone. He was born in Langworthy, Salford.

17 February 1864 – Banjo Paterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong,New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem. He was born in "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales.

17 February 1934 – Barry Humphries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries

Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter. Humphries' characters have brought him international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Dame Edna Everage has evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom – a gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally fêted Housewife "Gigastar".  He was born in Kew, Melbourne, Victoria.

Events of Interest

17 February 1864 – H.L Hunley sunk a ship

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_USS_Housatonic

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)#Attack_on_Housatonic 

H.L. Hunley or Hunley made her only attack against an enemy target on the night of February 17, 1864. The target was the USS Housatonic, a 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) wooden-hulled steam-powered sloop-of-war with 12 large cannons, which was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, about 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) offshore. Desperate to break the naval blockade of the city, Lieutenant George E. Dixon and a crew of seven volunteers successfully attacked Housatonic, ramming Hunley's only spar torpedo against the enemy's hull. The torpedo was detonated, sending Housatonic to the bottom in five minutes, along with five of her crewmen. Hunley did not survive the attack and sank, taking with her all eight members of her third crew, and was lost.  The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare. H.L. Hunley became renowned as the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy vessel in combat, and was the direct progenitor of what would eventually become international submarine warfare, although the victory was Pyrrhic and short-lived, since the submarine did not survive the attack and was lost with all eight Confederate crewmen.

17 February 1984 – Krull makes its way into theatres in Finland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull_(film)

The film was released under Krull ja näkymätön vihollinen or Krull and the invisible enemy. Directed by Peter Yates, the feature starred Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony, and here's the plot summary as provided by IMDB.com:  "A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet." Krull underwent a very expensive, harsh, and dangerous production process. The film's huge budget ballooned, mainly due to the designers having to make numerous alterations to the sets corresponding to the heavily evolving script. The film was a commercial failure upon release, and critical opinion has been mixed, both upon release and in retrospect. Numerous reviewers have highlighted its visual effects and soundtrack, while several critics have criticized its plot as being derivative and nonsensical. The film has gone on to achieve cult film status.

17 February 1989 – Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure came into theatres. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure#Release

The flick premiered on this day in 1989, and it still enjoys a cult audience today ... so much so that a third installment is said to be in-the-works. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure received generally positive reviews, and was a success at the box office, grossing $40.5 million against a $6.5 million budget. The picture had been planned for a 1988 release, and filming and production had completed on schedule. However, the original film distributor, DEG, fell into significant debt in late 1987, and by 1988 had filed for bankruptcy. At this point, the film was in post-production, and the director Stephen Henek attempted to show around the rough cut to other distributors. Henek said many of these companies were confused, asking him "Are there kids that really speak like this?" on seeing the film. However, the cut had an extremely popular reaction from a test audience of volunteers pulled from local malls, which led to a small bidding war from production companies to get the title.

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Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

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