#serena otto edit

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Was it the Otto's?

remake of an old edit because REASONS

I enjoy it when the Ottos are just chaos incarnate so HERE

@otto-troy

[otto-troy]

@buried-sixfeet-under here’s the blop blop i promised

Tryn Hotto Reincarnated

Here we go!

[sombrashe]

[otto-serena]

Revenge is a Family Business

[ftwd-the-real-deal]

Fear The Walking Dead: The Real Deal - Introduction

Note: This is a fan-based alternative universe or alternative ending to Fear The Walking Dead, nothing here truly happened but it definitely should've happened, also Serena is Laurel, and she's alive in this universe and yes, lots of things are different in here.

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Basic Information

Location: The Sanctuary (now called Haven)

Canon Characters Involved: Troy Otto, Tracy Otto, Russel, Dwight Campbell, Sherry Campbell, Frank Gottfried, Klaus Gottfried, Jake Otto (honorable mention), Nick Clark (honorable mention)

Original Characters Involved: Laurel Hall, Mia Gottfried, Jeremy Winstons (henchman), Tyler (honorable mention)

Universe Villains: Madison Clark, Victor Strand, Negan Smith (honorable mention), Trent, Jeremiah Otto (honorable mention)

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Story

Betrayed, that's how Troy ended up dying in front of his loved ones, his wife, his child, they all had to watch him being stabbed by the witch of the apocalypse, he fell to the ground, whimpering from the pain, the last thing he heard was Laurel's scream, the last thing he's seen was how no one gave two craps about what Madison did, again.

Laurel had taken Tracy and hidden behind the trees, away from everyone's prying eyes, worried for her safety, she waited until everyone was off on their own way and she ran towards her dying husband, the two of them dragged the barely alive Troy into a vehicle and drove away, stopping at an abandoned building in Virginia, only stopping every now and then to make sure Troy was still alive.

Once they reached the building, she started to use all of her medical training to save her husband, Tracy helped of course, Troy had taught all the children basic first-aid skills, she was mommy's little nurse, and the two of them managed to keep him alive, although severely wounded and feeling anguished.

After that is out of the way, Lyn signals for Troy's men to join them at the given location and they do, making it one of the most secure locations there is.

One day, while Lyn was attending to Troy's wound, she was signaled to go to the main gate, she did so, and when she did, she found the party of Dwight and Sherry, as well as the people from PADRE, although she was tempted to shoot them at the spot, but they negotiated their way with medicine, food and expertise, things that they lacked currently at The Sanctuary.

A friendship forms almost immediately between Dwight, Sherry and Tracy, which made it easier for Lyn to like them, however, Troy didn't share the same sentiments with his wife and daughter, he tried to get rid of the PADRE people multiple times, only for them to prove their worth, especially once he saw that they didn't kill Russel like they had him believe.

Eventually, MADRE and Troy's band of rascals live together in peace under his leadership, as he had proven himself the leader that no one wants but everyone needed, he ran the place like a tight ship and ensured everyone's survival, while Dwight began to admire the man and eventually a friendship formed between the two even though Troy would never admit it, and Dwight became one of his trustees.

When Dwight was on a run for supplies, he saw a car in the middle of the night with two males in it, when he went to investigate further, he learned that they were Frank and Klaus, Strand was nowhere to be found, he helped them back to the Sanctuary then learned that Strand had shown them his true color and therefore, the duo escaped as far as possible and their car broke down, Troy reluctantly accepted them as refugees as long as they pull their weight around.

Ever since then, the group resided in The Sanctuary, living a mundane life, whatever that meant in an apocalypse, and fought against different, unimaginable challenges to protect their home and peace.

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Tags

ask the haven - haven mundane - haven story - haven edits - haven memes - haven art - haven hcs - haven characters introduction

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Masterposts

Headcanons - Characters Introductions

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Started on: 25/4/2024

Last update: 27/4/2024

Creators: @muselesswriter & @all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone

[themuselesswriter]

The Haven Color Palette - Families Edition

The Ottos

The Gottfrieds

The Campbells

@ftwd-the-real-deal

The Ottos: Troy Otto, Tracy Otto, Laurel "Serena" Otto The Gottfrieds: Frank Gottfried, Klaus Gottfried, Mia Gottfried (✝) The Campbells: Dwight Campbell, Arthur Campbell, Sherry Campbell

PS: Mia is a semi-original character, she was mentioned in the show as Frank's wife. She's the biological mother of Klaus and Arthur, she wasn't close with Klaus at all, but she was with Arthur, after her death, Dwight and Sherry officially adopted Arthur as their son.

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PRESS RELEASE – NEW EBOOK

Science fiction

by Marco Passarello

Sci-Fi – Tales

When science fiction pursues science. Nine stories freely inspired by talks with researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology.

Sci-Fi is a compound word. What is the most important part, Fanta or Science? We think that the best stories come from a perfect balance between these two components, like a tree that must have its roots firmly planted in a solid scientific terrain, but whose stem must be able to expand without constraints in the free space of fantasy. For this anthology we have prepared the ground by asking eight leading researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology to tell us about the developments that will change the future in their field of specialization. Then we sowed it by asking eight science fiction writers (plus one) to let themselves be inspired by scientists’ descriptions. The result is nine stories ranging from robotics to genetics, from medicine to materials science, from nanotechnology to microscopy, from wearable technology to bio-inspired technology. Visions of the future that are surprising yet plausible, as true science fiction must be.

 Tales by Paolo Aresi, Serena Barbacetto, Franci Conforti, Alessandro Forlani, Lukha B. Kremo, Marco Passarello, Piero Schiavo Campo, Alessandro Vietti, Andrea Viscusi.

Preface by Roberto Cingolani.

The curator

Marco Passarello lives and works in Bolzano as editor of the tgr rai. He graduated in aeronautical engineering at the Milan Polytechnic with a thesis on wire satellites. He was editor of the computer magazines Computer Idea and ComputerBild, and has long collaborated with the scientific weekly Nòva 24 of Il Sole 24 Ore. He edited a science fiction column for the monthly XL, and worked on music and books for Rolling Stone and Repubblica Sera. He has long collaborated with the magazine Urania Mondadori. Together with his wife Silvia Castoldi he has translated several novels, including the series Virga by Karl Schroeder for the types of Zona 42. He has published numerous science fiction stories in magazines, fanzines and anthologies.

Edited by Silvio Sosio

Cover by Franco Brambilla

Pages (estimated): 283

Release date: 10/22/2019

Publisher: Delos Digital

Series: Digital Odyssey Fantascienza n. 78

Formats: Epub, Kindle

Price: Euro 3.99

All information: http://delos.digital/9788825410044/fanta-scienza

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COMUNICATO STAMPA – NOVITÀ EBOOK

Fanta-Scienza

di Marco Passarello

Fantascienza – Racconti

Quando la fantascienza insegue la scienza. Nove racconti liberamente ispirati da colloqui con ricercatori dell’Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.

Fantascienza è una parola composta. Qual è la parte più importante, Fanta o Scienza? Noi pensiamo che i migliori racconti nascano da un perfetto equilibrio tra queste due componenti, come un albero che per crescere bene deve avere le radici ben piantate in un solido terreno scientifico, ma il cui fusto deve potersi espandere senza costrizioni nel libero spazio della fantasia. Per questa antologia abbiamo preparato il terreno chiedendo a otto ricercatori di punta dell’Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia di raccontarci gli sviluppi che cambieranno il futuro nel loro campo di specializzazione. Poi lo abbiamo seminato chiedendo a otto scrittori di fantascienza (più uno) di lasciarsi ispirare dalle descrizioni degli scienziati. Il risultato sono nove racconti che spaziano dalla robotica alla genetica, dalla medicina alla scienza dei materiali, dalla nanotecnologia alla microscopia, dalla tecnologia indossabile a quella bioispirata. Visioni del futuro sorprendenti eppure plausibili, come deve essere la vera fantascienza.

Racconti di Paolo Aresi, Serena Barbacetto, Franci Conforti, Alessandro Forlani, Lukha B. Kremo, Marco Passarello, Piero Schiavo Campo, Alessandro Vietti, Andrea Viscusi.

Prefazione di Roberto Cingolani.

Il curatore

Marco Passarello vive e lavora a Bolzano come redattore della tgr rai. Si è laureato in ingegneria aeronautica al Politecnico di Milano con una tesi sui satelliti a filo. È stato redattore delle riviste di informatica Computer Idea e ComputerBild, e ha a lungo collaborato col settimanale scientifico Nòva 24 de Il Sole 24 Ore. Ha curato una rubrica di fantascienza per il mensile XL, e si è occupato di musica e libri per Rolling Stone e Repubblica Sera. Collabora da tempo con la rivista Urania Mondadori. Insieme alla moglie Silvia Castoldi ha tradotto diversi romanzi, tra cui la serie Virga di Karl Schroeder per i tipi di Zona 42. Ha pubblicato numerosi racconti di fantascienza su riviste, fanzine e antologie.

A cura di Silvio Sosio

Copertina di Franco Brambilla

Pagine (stimate): 283

Data di uscita: 22/10/2019

Editore: Delos Digital

Collana: Odissea Digital Fantascienza n. 78

Formati: Epub, Kindle

Prezzo: Euro 3.99

Tutte le informazioni: http://delos.digital/9788825410044/fanta-scienza

Su Amazon: http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=9788825410044&tag=fantascienzac-21

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UC 49.28-32, QF Mega-Blog

What better thing to do, when forced to stay at home during the outbreak of a global virus that threatens not only millions of peoples lives but the very fabric of society as we know it, than catch up on watching and writing about the quiz show whose previous four episodes you had missed for various reasons, all of which seem frivolous following the outbreak of a global virus that threatens not only millions of peoples lives but the very fabric of society as we know it. Also, I kept seeing that Twitter meme about Shakespeare having written King Lear during the plague quarantine and fancied getting involved.

Its also the only sport of any kind that can be found on TV for love nor money (apart from the Turkish Superlig, which for some reason thinks itself immune). Maybe the Premier League should try out pre-recording like the Challenge, for precisely this kind of situation. Just get Salah, De Bruyne and all the boys together for a few kick-abouts, film a few goals and slide tackles and all that, and keep the footage for a rainy day. Or send a camera round Serena Williams’ gaff, log a couple of serves and forehands, cut it together - BOOM, there’s your Wimbledon final if Greta decides tennis is too carbon-heavy.

All I’m saying is, you’ve never seen University Challenge postponed due to a  global virus that threatens not only millions of peoples lives but the very fabric of society as we know it (although, as I write this I’m realising that the recordings of next years show will probably be delayed. Shit)

Episode 28 - Courtauld vs Imperial

Whenever I’ve not written one of these for a while it takes me a while to figure out what the heck it is I’m doing. Like, what do I usually write about? How have I managed to put out 118 of these? Do you reckon Shakespeare felt the same way when he was between plays - would he sit down with his quill and parchment and wonder aloud, ‘What the fuck is an iambic pentameter and how do I find one?’ (If I 1: knew the answer to that question; and 2: could be bothered, then I would have written that question in iambic pentameter, but you should know by now you’re dealing with one lazy blogger).

Anyway, Imperial had blazed aside all before them in the opening two rounds, thanks in no small part to the efforts of mercurial star Brandon, whose laconic style has drawn unfair criticism as arrogance. Thats how it always goes with the social media juries though - if a contestant displays any level of confidence above the bare minimum then they’re too big for their boots. But then if they grin and seem really happy when they get an answer that’ll probably annoy some people too. Almost as if they can’t win and there’s no point playing this game to appease the kind of people who get annoyed at kids on quiz shows.

The Courtauld side fall into the grinning category. They all four of them seem genuinely delighted to be on the show, and even more delighted that they managed to win two matches and make it to the quarter finals - their second round defeat of Glasgow a particularly impressive performance.

Glasgow were a good side, but Imperial are a different gravy, and Courtauld, after a neg on the opening question, seem like rabbits in the headlights (when they should have been at home, the whole country’s on lockdown, dammit Peter!) as Brandon sycthes down question after question, fearful to fall further below zero in case they can’t make it back up again.

For a while it looked as though that might end up being the case, as Imperial pranced into a hundred point lead within six questions, but Haigh finally stopped the rot, and Courtauld would add some respectability over the rest of the episode. In truth, it was clear from that point onwards that the race had been run, and Brandon seemed to relax from thereon out, and his teammates picked up the slack, though that seems like doing them a disservice, as they all seem very accomplished in their own right.

Final Score: Courtauld 75 - 240 Imperial

Episode 29 - Trinity, Cam vs Corpus Christi, Cam

Right, on to the next, and for Ep 29 we had our first Cam-Cam slugfest of the series. There had already been plenty of Ox-Cam derbies of course, you can’t move for them half the time, but no inter-collegiate battles thus far. Whoever won would become the first side to reach the semi-finals, with Trinity having beaten Manchester and Corpus Wolfson in their respective opening quarter final clashes.

Stewart, who doesn’t look like he would be out of place in the Byzantine Empire, gets Corpus off the mark with ‘Byzantine’ (I have basically no idea what this comparison would actually mean, or if it is in fact a sick burn, but I feel like he has an old-timey medieval look about him and felt like this should not go unaddressed. Like, he wouldn’t look strange wearing a tunic, would he?).

Russell and Wang increased the lead before Hughes got Trinity into the game with what looked like a semi-guess on a maths-y starter. Paxman, who clearly enjoys toying with the Corpus captain, then gets Wang for the second match in a row with a double serving of Boomer sarcasm. When Wang rather dejectedly says, ‘Its not Isaac Asimov, is it? No’, the quizmaster further interrogates him as to whether he was giving a question or an answer, much in the way an irritating geography teacher would parrot ‘Of course you can go to the toilet, the question is whether or not you may’. He’s right though, and Corpus gobble up two more bonuses on sci-fi writers.

Another starter went to Stewart, and a first for Gunasekera. Corpus were starting to look comfortable, but a brief flurry from Trinity around the music round looks like it might bring them into contention. But that’s all it was, the briefest of flurries, like that random day in April or October where someone says ‘is it snowing?, and you all look out of the window, but before you can actually work out if it really was snowing or if it was some sort of white rain, its stopped.

Corpus stretch their legs now, and find themselves beyond two hundred points before Trinity turn themselves back on, which they eventually do, building up to a not-disgraceful 80 before the gong.

Final Score: Trinity 80 - 245 Corpus

Episode 30 - Manchester vs Wolfson, Ox

Because I do this on Tumblr, one of the most annoying things about doing this (and I know its dumb), and something that I think might subconsciously play into me not doing these more regularly, is that when I try and add the pictures of the teams to the post it quite often takes ages and sometimes causes the page to freeze so that I can’t save/post it. This problem is exacerbated when there are multiple episodes to get through, which makes it one of those snowballing problems that only gets worse the longer you leave it - like when you put off repying to an email until it becomes almost a monolithic entitiy in your mind. 

It only takes a few minutes to fix this - you copy and paste the text and then add the images in a different window (though there is another annoying thing where the hashtags don’t save anyway, so you have to retype the hashtags - and for some reason I always add loads of hashtags, including #JeremyPaxman - which also feels like it takes an epoch) - but its one of those few minute periods that feel like fifteen minutes. So basically, what I’m saying is that I can’t be assed adding the pictures to the post at this point. I might add them later, but for now you’re just getting words, so, so many rambling words. 

Manchester are back in the last eight for the first time in donkeys, but they stand on the precipice following a trouncing by Trinity in their QF-opener (I’ve already mentioned this in the last review, which normally wouldn’t matter, but since its directly above this one then it might seem a bit repetitive, but I don’t know if I can rely on your having remembered). Wolfson were likewise (likewise were? Are both okay) baeten by Corpus Christi (which is also referenced above, sorry) so this one was an ELIMINATOR!

Neither side seemed to realise this from the off though (I say though too much don’t I? If I had more time I’d probably edit a few down. But I’m doing a 5-episode mega-post so I don’t, though. Shit. Actually, that one was on purpose winky face) and sort of stumble through the first few questions with some atrocious work on the bonuses. 

Green thought he’d pulled a great answer out of the bag to kick start the match, but Fanny Burney Fanny Burnett is not, and Paxo decries the crowd for being amused at how close Green had come (they having let out a collective ‘oooh’, much in the same way their footballing equivalent may have done at a smashed crossbar). 

Even Jones, so electric in her previous appearances, was a bit slow off the mark tonight. On one occasion she even overruled her teammates conferred and agreed upon answer at the last moment, giving her own guess which they had dismissed, but fortunately for her they had both been wrong, so she did not look a fool.

Manchester were ahead, but couldn’t get far ahead. Wolfson were within touching distance, but couldn’t touch. Not until the very end that is. Caple took the final starter to draw them level and the gong sounded before th first bonus could be asked. DEADLOCK.

A #DEADLOCKELIMINATOR no less.

Paxman explains that a Neg on this question would hand victory to the other team without them lifting a buzzer-finger. He starts reading, no one buzzes. He continues to read. Everyone continues to not buzz. He carries on r- BUZZ. 

Manchester Rogers. Three words left on Paxo’s lips. He better be right. Kaiser Wilhelm. He isn’t. Otto Von Bismarck. An easy mistake to make, says Paxo. 

I reckon Wolfson would have picked up the drop anyway, but you can’t be sure.

My fellow UC blog, jacksonlinewritings, says that its the first time a neg has lost a tiebreak since 2002/03. 

Final Score: Manchester 125 - 130 Wolfson.

Episode 31 - Durham vs Imperial.

I don’t know if this is the first time I’ve written about the same team twice in one post before, but it may well be. Either way, you can (and probably already have) read everything I had to say about Imperial Brandon, my favourite contestant this series, further up this very page, so I don’t need to reiterate.

Durham’s Tams beats him to what I thought was a relatively easy starter on the Magna Carta (just spent a few minutes trying to come up with another word to rhyme with carta, thought it would be easy, but it was a bit harda). He gets the next one though (though) and his Captain Rich the third to give them the lead. Their opponents proved a tougher nut to crack than Courtauld though (though, and I’m not doing this on purpose. I’m just not removing them when I probably should be. They’re all coming up naturally. This is just how much I apparently use the word. If there are any others then please let me know) and cling on whenever Brandon threatens to zoom away.

Please forgive me for going on about Brandon, by the way. He’s just (I think ‘just’ is probably one, and probably ‘probably’ too) so captivating to watch. There were several times in this episode when I stopped watching the whole screen during a starter and focussed on him, expecting him to buzz in, which he duly did. Especially on the starters which are that bit more important, when Durham were (I need to do something about my tenses too, they’re all over the shop) threatening to make a comeback, you could feel certain that he was going to get it.

When the game has been won, he relaxes, so his personal scores haven’t been as high as those of others in past series, but he hasn’t needed to get more than he has done, so why would he bother? I expect if a team were to push Imperial close over a whole match then he’d easily post double figures.

Imperial join Corpus Christi in the semis. Durham live to fight another day.

Final Score: Durham 115 - 185 Imperial

Episode 32 - Jesus, Ox vs Courtauld

Phew! I’ve never written four in a night before. That was quite something. Wait, whats that, I have another one to go? Okay, lets do this - an advance warning, this one will probably (probably! Why do I feel the need to never be absolute about anything. I know for certain that this will be very short, so why must I try and placate some imaginary reader who might scold me for its being so?) be very short.

So, another ELIMINATOR. Courtauld were my favourite team of the series, but I harboured little hope for them, after such a crushing defeat by Imperial last time out, and Jesus were quick to crush what little I had left. Lucy Clarke, who absolutely relishes a buzz on the opening starter of a match, came in with an early buzz, as is her wont, and fortunately for the Oxonians she was right this time. She got the next one too, and Jesus were 45 up.

Three in a row for Courtauld captain Prance, who looks shocked every time he gets a starter correct, despite the fact that when he got the third of this hat-trick, he had quite clearly proved to himself that he knows how to answer starter questions by the fact that (the fact that Ducks, Newburyport) he had got the previous two. They were ahead now. Dare I dream?

No, I daren’t. Jesus quickly stole it back, and did not let it go. Courtauld stayed fairly close, but could never again broach the gap, struggling on the bonus questions whenever they got in. Perhaps on another night they might have stood a better chance (with a bonus set on collage art, which Paxman reckoned they would have knocked out of the park, going to Jesus), but tonight (its not tonight at all is it, not for me and not for you) was not their night.

And breathe...

Final Score: Jesus, Ox 135 - 90 Courtauld

If you’ve stuck with me through all of this, I’m frankly amazed. Thank you, and if you need something to do during self-isolation, there are like 6 whole series of the Challenge on YouTube. I haven’t reviewed them all, but thats probably for the best though.

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Blood Runs Thicker Than Water

Another Otto family edit because they deserved better and yes, I'm still pissed about how the show ended.

Leave Troy, Serena, Tracy and their happiness ALONE Tracy is her parent's daughter and you can't change my mind

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I'm obsessed with this quartet (Dwight, Serena, Sherry and Troy) and um so yeah

@otto-troy (im tagging cause you said i could 😘)

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Current ✨WIP✨

idk how this is gonna turn out but the idea had been in my head for awhile so

Moral of the story is they would storm heaven & hell for their child

[all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone]

Family Otto

[sombrashe]

[sombrashe]

[all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone]

Lyn after it snows: Come play in the snow with Tracy and I! Troy: Why? Lyn: Because it's fun! Troy: It's not fun, Doll. It's an element, it needs to survived, not played in. Lyn trying to shove Troy out the door: Go play in the snow.

Troy a 6'2 militia leader and built like a rock not moving at all as Lyn tries to shove him: Really?