#seriously kohli was so close

[sudamaniparva]

not kohli being the biggest loser of the match today.

also congrats to a well-earned man of the match to shami.

[royalsunshinehotel]

may i request nsfw alphabet with napoleon usher?

Napoleon 'Leo' Usher (NSFW Alphabet, 18+)

A/N: I’m writing this after watching Episode Four with @hecuba-of-troy. It’s such a slay, and I love Rahul Kohli so much. This being said, Leo is the worst and I hate him, and I want him. Please enjoy this NSFW alphabet for the worst character ever. 

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex) It’s minimal, if not nonexistent. Leo, after coming in to the Usher family at age 18, was certified at the ‘fuck-and-run’ 

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

I don't think he likes to look close enough at his partners to have a favorite body part. For him, he likes his hands and his hair

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically) He hasn’t got a preference beyond: as much as possible, and everywhere. Cleaning up after is usually a multi-step process. 

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs) There was definitely a time in his life when he had a spreadsheet of everyone he’d done sexual activities with. Yes, it is now deleted because he’s become more confident in himself in his thirties. Is it always warranted? Who’s to say. Is the spreadsheet now deleted? Yeah, and he’ll deny it ever existed. 

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?) Oh he’s a certified slut. He knows what he needs to do to ‘maintain his reputation’, and he’s probably going to do it. 

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying) He’s a big fan of his partners either being on top, or being on all fours. He’s pretty tall, so whatever’s best for his upper back that day is usually what makes the choice. 

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.) I think he tries to keep it minimal, because goofiness can lead to Intimacy and he can't have that. If he cracks a joke, you’ll laugh and then what !!! chaos (See I) 

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.) I seriously think it matches his fuck ass haircut. Like short on the sides long on the middle. I don’t know hair growth patterns down there, but you get the idea. 

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect) I feel like he’s capable of it, but he’ll have to dump you immediately after. It’s something he actively has to tamp down in the name of getting off. 

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon) A whole lot. 3x daily I fear. 

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks) There's no way he’s having a fucking ass stupid ass haircut like that if you’re not the one pulling on it. Fucking fuck ass shaved sides fuckboy. Like I don’t know what that style is called, but it’s right there next to ‘fuck ass bob’. 

Next after that, I think he’s really into lite bondage. Just being tied up and used by you, which you’re happy to do. 

L = Location (favorite places to do the do) Typically at home, but if it’s been a to of family drama, he’ll fuck you in his car on the way to/from the family event. Next after that, the two of you get nasty in the shower, and then the bedroom. 

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going) A gust of air? Typically I feel like Leo gets a little bit stuck in his own head, typically in a negative train of thought. That usually does it, but he’ll never let it on. He’ll literally use you to feel Anything, but not That much. Sorry!! He needs therapy!!

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs) I feel like choking/ anything to do with pain really, it’s off the table. If there’s one thing about Leo, he would never hurt you on purpose. 

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.) Receiving. I’m not gonna say any more than that. 

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.) It depends on the mood honestly, fast and rough if he’s had a hard time with his family, but it’s slow and sensual and lazy most other times. 

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.) IDK why I feel this way, but I don’t think Leo is very into quickies, just because he doesn’t strike me as a man who is good at multitasking. Like if a partner were to initiate sex, it would suddenly be sex-time for sex havers. Whatever he was doing before, would have to be put on hold. 

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.) Oh he’s all about it, anything to feel something. I see a lot of fucking on his balcony, perhaps in the bathroom at a cool restaurant. 

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?) I think he’s been blessed with a whole lot of stamina, almost alarmingly so. Just picture his partner, exhausted, and Leo just cheesing like :D need a break? 

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?) I think he’s got a substantial collection, because he’s a lazy lover and if he can’t pawn the work off on his partner, he’ll pawn it off on a toy. 

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease) I think it’s up to his partners to tease. Leo is a bit of a glutton, so I can’t see him knowing how to tease, or tease well. 

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.) I know this man’s loud as hell. In canon, he’s a slut who hooks up with his instagram followers. I truly believe he doesn’t care who hears ever, and he’s probably smug and selfish, regardless of his minimal effort. 

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character) I feel like Leo has his hair like that by mistake. It looks kind of like a mistake, like he went on a bender, and woke up with his hair like that. This being the case, he’s big into wearing hats in the winter, because the sides of his head like that.  

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes) He’s a stallion, in his fucking prime. Thank you, god bless. 

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?) As we see on the show, it’s pretty darn high. The two of you are definitely NOT monogamous because I’m betting this man drowns his low self-esteem with a high sex drive. He picks up anything that moves and has sex with it. He’s very much the type to say “i don’t know” when you ask about people in his apartment. 

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards) 

I think regardless of him being on his “best behavior” he knocks out almost immediately after. He’s very much the type to just roll over and fall asleep, for better or worse.

[jsjssnsjjs]

Uncomfortable AF!

ok so I've been following ishman for a while now and I absolutely love both the players for what they represent. I also understand that obviously shubman has an edge over ishan in the field of cricket but I absolutely do not understand why the authorities are killing ishan's career ???

Shubman posted his safari pics today and he was enjoying and then there were moments where he was practicing with skipper Rohit sharma and obvo king kohli as well. He recently got featured in Forbes as well. I know, I know and i understand that it's not like it's his fault being good at things and being lucky but i feel so uncomfortable when i see him now.

With all that is happening to ishan i just i just don't know what to do. If he was unskilled and a bad player I would've understood it but that guy has potential as much as any of the playing 11 on the fields. It feels extremely sad seeing him not being able to enjoy these safaris, moments with the senior players and all of the other stuff.

Since their last post together I've seen shubman post and promote himself but ishan's profile stays empty whyyyyy??

What the flacka is up with these cricket policies anyways?? I really don't think so that if India has 2 young star players it's going to create a problem for the board but to deliberately ignore someone's efforts and hard work for no reason makes no sense for me. I know for a fact as everyone else that ishan's mental fatigue stems from not getting a chance in playing rather than the travelling. But what does it mean then?? They're gonna keep hanging him off the thread just like that?

Forget ishman and it's downward going slope but think if things keep on going like this are they even going to remain friends over the years? i seriously question it whether their relationship would be maintained. At some point or level being close to someone who keeps on getting one thing after the another is going to affect ishan as well just like it affects all of us. That man is a goddamn angel for the love of earth, but still he had to go through this shit.

I don't know guys I love ishman to death but this rift between them is kinda a tough one to carry along i don't know what the future will look like but honestly God give strength to both of these gentlemen maybe a little more to ishan for surviving through this tough time.

Also I hope cricket was like FOOTBALL FCs 😭😭 would've transferred ishan to the Kiwis I feel like he'd have fit perfectly for some reason.

Just wanted to vent 😭

[nicolemaiines]

looking to join a group with a connection or two in place? come join me over at @coloradohq!

vince gagliardi (milo ventimiglia)

VINCE GAGLIARDI is looking for THEIR SIBLINGS (3/5). they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of ANY FITTING FC 30-40, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (vince is the oldest of the six gagliardi kids. they grew up traveling the us with their parents who told fortunes at a traveling carnival. they were homeschooled as children and grew up very close to each other. as the eldest, vince helped raise his siblings. whether or not any of the siblings are psychic can be utp, but vince did inherit the abilities and worked in carnivals growing up and still works as a psychic now, owning his own shop in town. after getting married, he settled down in denver with his wife and they started a family, though she left him after their second son was born. after their divorce, he started dating again, and after a few months of dating a woman named stella, they found out they were pregnant. his daughter was born a year ago but due to complications from the birth, his girlfriend passed away. he’s been in town for about 13 years now. how long the siblings have been in denver  can be utp, feel free to run any ideas or questions by me too! ) 

zane neptune (cody christian)

ZANE NEPTUNE is looking for THEIR BOSS AT NIGHT AND DINE. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of LISA ANN WALTER, CARLA GUGINO, MARISA TOMEI, ANTHONY MACKIE, JASON SUDEKIS, DON LEE, ANY FC 40+, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (this person is zane’s boss at the diner, he started out as a busboy and worked his way up to being a line cook. he’s worked at the diner for quite some time and the boss has kind of taken him under their wing and is like a parental figure to him!)

angelo cortes estrada (miguel gomez)

ANGELO CORTES ESTRADA is looking for THEIR ONLINE DATE. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of NICO TORTORELLA, ASIA KATE DILLON, SACHA DHAWAN, RAHUL KOHLI, MONICA RAYMUND, JESSICA MATTEN, MAX THIERIOT, ANY FC 34+, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (angelo and wc have been talking through a dating app for a few weeks/couple of months now. he probably doesn’t have a profile pic or it’s something like his abs but somehow wc still wanted to keep talking to him. they have a bit of a connection but haven’t made the leap to meet in person yet, but that’s gonna change! this doesn’t have to end up anything super serious, we can play off of chemistry and see how things go.)

ANGELO CORTES ESTRADA is looking for THEIR AA SPONSOR. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of STERLING K BROWN, AMY ACKER, MATT CZUCHRY, WENTWORTH MILLER, SARAH PAULSON, LANA PARRILLA, EDGAR RAMIREZ, DAVID HARBOUR, ANY FC 40+, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (as part of his parole, angelo attends aa meets. he isn’t very good at attending them and isn’t really taking it too seriously (he’s still drinking) but this person would have confidence in him and support him, probably calling/texting to check up on him when he misses meetings, etc)

ANGELO CORTES ESTRADA is looking for THEIR ESTRANGED SIBLINGS (0/2). they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of ANY FITTING FC (MIGUEL GOMEZ IS COLOMBIAN SO THE WC FCS SHOULD BE EITHER COLUMBIAN OR HALF COLUMBIAN IF WE WANT TO DO HALF SIBLINGS. AGES SHOULD BE BETWEEN 27-31 AND 32-36 RESPECTIVELY. SOME SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE CARLOS VALDES, ALYSSA DIAZ, DIANE GUERRERO, ISABELLA GOMEZ), but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (a lot of this can be utp, but the basic information is the cortes’ grew up in los angeles. their family was very proper/well mannered but angelo wasn’t, which caused a lot of problems for them. angelo was the black sheep of the family and was kicked out when he was 18, which was when he moved to boulder. shortly after, he was involved in a drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of one person and he was sent to jail for a 20 year sentence. he was recently released and moved to denver. somehow the siblings managed to track him down and are now trying to rebuild a relationship with him.)

norah rajan (summer bishil)

NORAH RAJAN is looking for THEIR EX/BABY DADDY. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of KIOWA GORDON, HENRY GOLDING, DAVID CASTANEDA, REGE-JEAN PAGE, RAYMOND ABLACK, UTP (FCOC PREFERRED) AGED 34-36, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (wc was your typical bad boy/f*ckboy. he and norah met in high school, he was everything she wasn’t, and she fell hard for him. she gave birth to their son, omar, at age 15 and their daughter, anya, at age 18. their relationship has always been rocky, lots of fighting and all of that, and he’s basically unreliable/in and out of their lives. norah still loves him even though all he does is break her heart, so this could be really angsty if you want it to be!)

NORAH RAJAN is looking for THEIR BEST FRIEND. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of JESSE RATH, MARTIN SENSMEIER, LUDI LIN, MANNY JACINTO, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II, RAHUL KOHLI, SACHA DHAWAN, UTP (FCOC PREFERRED) AGED 33-37, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (wc and norah have been best friends since grade school. he’s always supported her and at some point moved in with her after high school (or college) to help her with the kids. he’s more of a father figure to them than their actual dad. if the chemistry is right, i’m all for a friends to lovers, it’s always been you sort of situation!)

esme loomis (mame-anna diop)

ESME LOOMIS is looking for THEIR DAUGHTER’S FATHER. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of MICHAEL TREVINO, RAYMOND ABLACK, ALEXANDER KOCH, AARON TVEIT, GREY DAMON, LUKE PASQUALINO, ANY FC 33+, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! (so to preface this, esme definitely has a habit of sleeping around, so she isn’t 100% of who the father of her daughter is, but for the sake of the connection, it’s going to be the wc! around ten years ago, the two slept together and esme ended up getting pregnant, though she didn’t find out until late in the pregnancy. I think it’d work best if wc is from denver (like esme) and they left for some reason and have just returned recently, the reason as to why and all that can be utp! their daughter, alicia, just turned ten years old and is pretty much the spitting image of him. )

ESME LOOMIS is looking for FWB. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of ANY FC 33+ FCOC PREFERRED, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! ( esme and wc have been fwb for on and off for some time. esme usually hits them up whenever she’s feeling lonely, etc. wc has developed feelings for her and wants more, but esme isn’t there/isn’t ready to admit that she might feel the same. this definitely has the potential for some fun feels/angst/drama, so bring it on! )

ESME LOOMIS is looking for THEIR CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND. they’d like the faceclaim to possibly be someone along the lines of DEV PATEL, KIOWA GORDON, HARVEY GUILLEN, JAY HAYDEN, ANDREW KOJI, ANY FC 33-38ISH, but you must reach out to DADIISM to find out more! ( honestly most of the character can be your creation/utp! esme was definitely “one of the guys”/a tomboy growing up, so wc would’ve been her best friend. wc should either be from denver or have moved there at some point during school aged years (before the age of 18). they’ve been close ever since they met and wc would be like an uncle to esme’s ten year old daughter, alicia.

[filthy-reckless-rp]

♛ Spotted on the Upper East Side…

Name: Mahesh Chopra Pronouns: He/Him Age: 30 years old Hometown: London, UK Occupation: Fire Investigator Social Status: Insider Faceclaim: Rahul Kohli

Who Is Mahesh?

“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof and clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.”

Welcome to the Upper East Side, Mr Chopra. Check your bags at the door and prepare for your world to be turned upside down. We haven’t really had the pleasure just yet but I’m sure I’ll get to know you soon enough. You seem to have built a good life for yourself here already with good friends, a good job and a reputation for having a good time. Back in your college days, you were well known for throwing an unforgettable party. You can make friends with just about anyone, easily fit into any crowd or clique which I’m sure made the move smoother. You’re charming, you’re easy to love and quite possibly impossible to hate. There’s very little that you take entirely seriously and you always do your best to bring a little humour to the situation. Well, with yours truly back in town, plenty of frowns are going to need turned upside down. You’ll be very busy, Mahesh. XOXO ---Gossip Girl

A Little Extra

When it comes to victory dances, terrible puns and being incredibly modest (duh), Mahesh Chopra excels. Even in the face of utter disaster, he finds a way to remain positive and lift the spirits of those around him. Described by his peers back home as ‘an absolute lad’, there’s really no one that Mahesh can’t get along with. He is just fundamentally likable. He’s very passionate about his favourite TV shows and will argue with you about who the coolest female superhero character is and why she deserves better. Growing up, he always knew he wanted to do something cool but also something that was meaningful. Something that helped other people. Plus, science is his jam. Becoming a Fire Investigator was a dream come true and ending up in New York was the cherry on top. Through his job, he met the best group of people at the firehouse he now considers a second home.

Mahesh has successfully melted the hearts and frowns (looking at you Chief) of his found family. They bring out the best in him and he always wants to make them proud. Mahesh also believes the best in people, he believes in second chances and is always happy to do a well-meaning favour. Of course, not everyone is as well-meaning as him and do tend to take advantage. Luckily for Mahesh, some of his nearest and dearest are looking out to crush any Upper East Side snakes that get too close. When Mahesh isn’t putting his feet up on the dash of life, picking out an excellent outfit for the weekend or working on his hair, he’s exploring the city. New York had a lot of hype to live up to and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Everyone around him just hopes that Mahesh’s goodhearted naivety doesn’t get him into trouble. After all, with our Upper East Siders, you give an inch, they’re sure to take a mile. Let’s hope the joke isn’t on Mahesh.

What Does Gossip Girl Have On Them?

What’s a Gossip Girl?

Connections

James King - the Chief of the firehouse. While James hasn’t admitted it yet, Mahesh knows that he is James’ favourite! Mahesh really looks up to them too- a real #hero.

Lili Mahdavi - Lili is- sorry, was- a firefighter that Mahesh worked with a lot. They formed a bond, opposites attracting their way to best friendom but ah, Lili quit. Mahesh is sure she’s going to come back any day now but... Well. Maybe he just misses her.

Priya Singh - do you ever meet someone who just makes your eyes turn to hearts and your legs turn to jelly? That’s Priya for Mahesh. A big crush!

Emmeline Fairchild - do you ever meet someone who makes your jaw drop because, wait, did they just say that!? That’s Emmeline for Mahesh. A lil crush!

[youngbloodbuzz]

Chapter 5! Basically halfway there! Also it's about to get a bit hot in here 😬

“'Pancakes,' Eddie mumbled. 'Want pancakes.'" Eddie is a pregnant woman.

Bless your heart Ed, your heart is in the right place. Someday, when you learn to listen, you will make a wonderful husband.

"Her hair was tied back with a bandana, and she wore a black tank top and sweatpants rolled up to her knees, a bright sheen to her skin as if she had just run a marathon." 😳🥴🥵

"-Mikey sliding into view on his socks, shredding an air guitar solo with those bright neon green glasses perched on his nose." I love Mickey. Poor kid. I'd die.

"Eventually, they pulled apart, clearing their throats." God they are exhausting

Carson's crush on Owen. Can't say I blame him. He's a fine looking man with a fine mustache. Seriously though Rahul Kohli is hot af. Excuse me while I go into a bisexual spiral.

You guys are gonna make Hannah and Owen get together, right? RIGHT!?

I love the influence that Jamie had on Carson.

Tchotchkes is such a good Yiddish word. Makes my little Jewish heart happy.

I like this scene when Mikey skips and she goes to Jamie's that Sunday. Some of Jamie's mask slips. She lets Dani in just a bit more than she has since she came back, and let herself lean on Dani and her advice.

". Not when she had her own secrets. Not when a single whisper and a pair of loose lips could play havoc so easily with her own life." // "Because Hannah wasn’t the only one in the room, and Hannah wasn’t the only one watching." God I feel that. I came from a very small village. Less than 1000 people. I kept my sexuality so close to me, it felt like it was a matter of life or death.

"Smiling, Dani pulled out a few slices. It was terrifyingly easy, falling back into a routine with Jamie. They moved around one another in the kitchen as though with a sixth sense for the other’s whereabouts at all times. Dani was hyper aware of Jamie’s location in a way she never was with anyone else. Around her mother it was a keen-eared alertness and walking on eggshells. Around Eddie it was shrinking, making herself smaller to accommodate the space he filled. Even around Judy, it was smiles and softness, forced eagerness and a desire to please engrained so deep she could feel the grooves in her face at the end of a day. Here and now, in Jamie’s warm and worn kitchen, Dani could reach for a pat of butter without airs. Surreal, somehow, that even so simple an act would normally require a measure of her due diligence. Waiting for the toaster to pop and fiddling with a blunt knife, secure in the knowledge — the absolute certainty — that she could simply exist." Just this whole thing. I couldn't shorten it down because I love it all so much

How old was Jamie when she went to prison? In this version of the story.

"'Gird your loins?' Dani offered." Dying

The flowers. Like: "Oh no big deal just from my totally platonic best friend." 🙄🙄 Dani girl. Dig deeper. It's right there.

"A friendly gesture like all their other friendly gestures. Sitting close enough on the couch so that their thighs pressed together. Grazing their fingertips while passing an item across the dining table. Hugging one another with every goodbye. Dani could do the same with anyone, and it would be no different." WANTING TO FUCK YOUR FRIEND TRULY IS SUCH A FRIENDLY GESTURE.

I love the Hill House references when talking about the houses in sentient ways.

"Sometimes I wish you’d choose me.” She always is Eddie, that's part of the problem. It's slowly killing her.

"'But you - you don’t have siblings.'

'I have you.'" Oooooop... there it is.

"'First year they put me down.'" // "'And the last'"

Jamie helping with the Birthday surprise // Jamie helping to book the gardens for the wedding // Jamie helping with the kids under the mistletoe. Jamie is always trying to make Dani happy, no matter the cost to herself.

"Dani couldn’t bear even the idea of it, of letting Jamie linger in its shadows, not when she was the antithesis to all of what it represented." Brilliant writing, bravo.

"Dani was silent for a moment, and then said, 'They really are an interesting shade of purple.'" Cheeky girl

Jamie kicking Mikey out of his spot so she can sit by Dani. Wish I knew Jamie in real life. I would tease her so hard. Also I wonder what's going on in Mikey's head. What he thinks about it all.

"She would have been just as happy sitting in silence with them, and she wondered how she might best memorize this moment, press it between two pages and preserve it for safe-keeping for when the inevitable end came." Fuck me up man. Both the imagery and the pessimism. It's amazing. It's so clear she's expecting Jamie to leave again or for this all have just been a painful dream. So sure it's all going to burst.

"Jamie paused, but it was such a minute thing that Dani might have imagined it." No bitch she just full on pictured you in her bed doing dirty things

"Jamie made a gesture with the pen. 'So, should I sign it?'" Jamie was definitely hyping herself up for this conversation all morning.

"-as if Dani had complete say over everything and anything." You do Dani

Jamie giving Dani the desk 😭

"'And here I thought you were a fan of delayed gratification,' Jamie said, chuckling softly." DIRTYY

"When he had only ever complained about how her work took up space. And now, here Jamie had done the opposite."

This chapter has really great Hill House references.

"Jamie’s hand drifted over and covered hers. 'I see you,' she murmured." Honestly this feels even more intimate than an "I love you" like the people around her love her, they do, but they don't see her, and that's what she needs. To be seen.

I also think this is the first time Jamie is seeing that Dani is actually unhappy. No just little looks about her that makes Jamie pause and think maybe something isn't right, but an actual conformation.

"'Teasing,' Hannah finished for her, gaze darting towards Dani. 'Yes, I could see that.'" Oh she knows

Jamie and Jackie fucked didn't they? Or Jackie had gay feels for Jamie. Something obviously happened... will we find out?

"For a single mad moment Dani imagined closing the distance between them and kissing her, and the image sent a jolt of heat down her spine that was so startling she lurched back, breathless." And there it is folks. It clicked.

"She couldn’t want this. She couldn’t want Jamie." Oh but darling.. you do.

My commentary is a bit blah this time, not because of the chapter, but because of, sigh, depression. But this is giving me great joy, and it helps that it's so wonderfully written that I can just lose myself in the story. So! Onward we plough.

“'Pancakes,' Eddie mumbled. 'Want pancakes.'" Eddie is a pregnant woman.

kjbaskdjbgaskdfs the way this TOOK ME OUT ONE SHOT ONE KILL lmfaoooo

love that you noticed jamie's influence on carson, she really was like his gay hero big sister lmao

iirc jamie was about 19/20 when she went to prison. spent just less than a year there and was released early for good behaviour.

god everything happens so much, so glad you enjoyed the chapter but also don't even worry about your commentary being so blah, depression is a real asskicker but i hope the stay at the hospital gets easier! happy to see that bhah is keeping good company too

@romanimp

[niffleheim]

JAMES T. KIRK - ━━ ◤ ( LONG EMPTY ROADS SURROUNDED BY CORN FIELDS, CLEAR NIGHT SKIES PUNCTUATED BY SHOOTING STARS, CAREFULLY MARKED STAR CHARTS, AND HONEY YELLOW ) welcome, JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK, HE/HIM. before you move in, tell us what you remember: SETTING OFF ON A FIVE YEAR MISSION AS CAPTAIN OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. excellent, now we are pleased to accept your offer to live OLD CREEK HISTORICAL DISTRICT, and your new job as ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE PROFESSOR at COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND ONLINE UNIVERSITY OF DECIMATION is waiting for you to begin. ( STAR TREK AND RAHUL KOHLI )

THE BASICS

NAME: james tiberius kirk

NICKNAMES: jim, captain, kirk

BIRTHDAY: march 22nd, 2233

AGE: 33

PRONOUNS: he/him

LAST KNOWN MEMORY: setting off on a five year mission as captain of the starship enterprise

ORIGINATION: star trek

FACECLAIM: rahul kohli

THE DETAILS

FAMILY: winona kirk ( mother ), george kirk ( father, deceased ), george kirk ( brother, deceased ), tiberius kirk ( grandfather, deceased ), james ( grandfather, deceased ), peter kirk ( nephew )

THREE FAVORITE THINGS: laying in the bed of his truck and gazing at the stars, drive in movies ( especially horror & romance ), motorcycle rides on seemingly endless roads

EDUCATION: star fleet academy ( real life ), phd in astronomy and astrophysics ( decimation )

SKILLS: unmatched leadership skills, flexibility and the ability and willingness to compromise for the best possible results, strong moral center, intelligence, hand to hand combat ( especially judo ), quick learner

HEADCANONS: jim’s history and personality will be taken from a combination of the original series and the kelvin timeline. some find jim to be an arrogant womanizer, and he doesn’t do much to change their minds. he’s never felt the need for validation from strangers; the only people that matter to him are those he’s closest to. he’s always had his eyes on the stars, and it was a surprise to no one when he pursued an education in astronomy and astrophysics. this obsession really came from his father, who gifted him a high-end telescope on jim’s fifth birthday. six months later, george kirk sr died suddenly, and the telescope was the easiest way for jim to feel close to him – though jim likely wouldn’t admit ( or even realize ) he ended up doing what he’s doing because of his father. he was a natural talent in school – he was a hard worker, and once he sets a goal, he’ll work himself into the grave to reach it. as smart as he is – and he is shockingly smart – he doesn’t exactly wear this quality, so to speak. he doesn’t feel the need to prove his intelligence to anyone, especially at the cost of the little joys in life. it’s not exactly his fault that people think a charming ladies’ man who enjoys a good laugh and a dive bar can’t have two phds, is it? jim’s most frustrating quality is the fact that he doesn’t believe in no-win scenarios. he never really considers himself in these things; if he has to die to save the rest of his crew, he considers that a success. he’s not anxious to put himself in dangerous positions, nor is he exactly... self-destructive, but those closest to him would likely agree that he should have a higher regard for the value of his life.

WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING TO DO IN DECIMATION: he was born and raised in the midwest, and ended up in decimation to teach at the local college. he’s one of those “fun professors”, which is to say he’s everything your high school teachers did not tell you about. he starts classes with memes, loves lively discussions about the possibility of alien life, and has seriously considered including a ten minute naptime during his three hour lab courses.

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16 Movies You Can Enjoy At Home During Lockdwown

16 Movies Or Series You Can Watch At Your Home During This COVID19 Lockdown

Whether videos of ping-pongs taken to the zoo or cats play games with their owners, the internet in these coronavirus holiday weeks can be an endless entertainment outlet as you ace social distancing.

Better Call Saul, Netflix 

This current one's a moderate burner made by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, and is a side project from the previous' massively effective Breaking Bad. 

A great part of the cast of Breaking Bad, spare the two lead characters, show up in this show. The hero of this wrongdoing dramatization is Jimmy McGill played by Bob Odenkirk. 

The show serves as an independent forerunner to Breaking Bad and outlines the moderate plummet of the adorable and road brilliant McGill into the universe of wrongdoing. 

McGill is an independent man who earned his law degree while working in the sorting room, who at that point turns into a seriously paid legal counselor who works out of the back of a nail salon. 

Despite the fringe criminal ways McGill completes things, the cards he has been managed nearly cause one to identify with his obscure character. 

Hunters, Amazon Prime Video 

Motivated by accounts of genuine 'Nazi trackers', the polarizing show follows a diverse gathering of individuals who have decided to unite as one to search out war crooks stowing away (generally) in America under new personalities. 

The show stars Al Pacino as Meyer Offerman, a Jewish altruist and Holocaust survivor who serves as the pioneer of the gathering secretively chasing Nazis in New York. 

While genuine trackers, similar to Simon Wiesenthal, took their discoveries to the police or the media, the show's characters volunteer to vindicate the Jews who endured because of Nazis. 

Also, it is this demeanor that makes their most youthful enlist, Jonah Heidelbaum (Logan Lerman) who assumes his late grandma's position in the gathering, questions everything that he has faith in. 

With components of a retaliation dream and sarcastic comic book-narrating, the show has issues yet there's some heavenly acting in here. 

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Disney Hotstar 

Changing the least complex stuff into heavenly workmanship takes an uncommon ability. What's more, Larry David, author, and co-maker of Seinfeld, who plays a fictionalized variant of himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm, is a past ace. 

To vent his wrath at flimsy tables and tepid espresso, he opens up a 'show disdain toward store', a café directly close to the café with the shaky tables and tepid espresso. 

Without either, obviously. The tenth and freshest period of this arrangement is as applicable to the occasions as could be expected under the circumstances, tossing in references to Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo development. 

There's additionally a scene where David circumvents town wearing a MAGA (Make America Great Again) cap after finding that the adornment promoted by Donald Trump has exactly the intended effect in warding individuals off (social separating before coronavirus).

Afsos, Amazon Prime Video 

This miniseries follows Nakul, an essayist so ineffective that he endeavors to end it all sequentially. He stays safe, yet the equivalent can't be said for the individuals who spare him. 

On the off chance that this plot wasn't sufficiently strange to warrant a watch, Nakul chooses to enroll the assistance of 'changed' contract-executioners who presently 'help' individuals needing to kick the bucket. 

While Nakul, played by Gulshan Devaiah, holds the story together, Heeba Shah as the fatal professional killer Upadhyay is a treat to look for her vacant promise to what she calls 'craftsmanship'. 

Toss in a lot of researchers chasing for an everlasting status mixture, and a sadhu following Nakul because he has all the earmarks of being unfading, and you have a story ready with unexpected developments. 

Coordinated by Anubhuti Kashyap, Afsos has a lot of things amiss with it, yet its chilled demeanor to horrible subjects like mortality and casualty makes it watchable. 

Kidding, Disney Hotstar 

This Jim Carrey starrer is currently gushing on the web and it is suggested in any event, for the individuals who have recently been put off via Carrey's over the top acting in droll works, for example, Ace Ventura. 

Carrey is viewed as Jeff Pickles, a cherished TV moderator who is venerated by kids and grown-ups the same, on account of his long-running manikin appear. 

Mr. Pickles is a fantasy-like individual who shows kids important life exercises. In any case, when he loses one of his twins, his melancholy leaves him distressed and all he needs to do is recognize that misfortune on the show and show his watchers (basically kids) about death, something the producers of his manikin show emphatically restrict. 

The impactful arrangement is a story of how Pickles manages the passing of a youngster, at the same time attempting to secure the multimillion-dollar brand domain that is based on his 'glad' picture. 

Self Made, Netflix 

This restricted arrangement sees Octavia Spencer as the chronicled figure of Sarah Breedlove, generally archived as America's first African-American specialist who proceeded to turn into a tycoon in the mid-1900s. 

The independent business visionary and humanitarian made a realm out of making makeup and hair care items for dark ladies. 

Spencer, commended for her job in the Academy Award-winning film The Help, convincingly plays Breedlove, directly from her long stretches of being a single parent who began by being a washerwoman to help her girl to build a business called the Madam C J Walker Manufacturing Company. 

Coordinated by Kasi Lemmons, the story has been fictionalized somewhat to rethink the battles of a lady conceived on a cotton ranch to an in the past oppressed family, yet the vibe great arrangement is to a great extent dependent on evident occasions. 

Am Not Okay With This, Netflix 

This story about growing up figures out how to viably radiate a feeling of relaxed fear. 

The show begins by revealing to us that the hero, Sydney Novak (Sophia Lillis), is managing each adolescent issue ever young person has ever had. 

But, when she gets extremely furious, the object of her annoyance feels like they've been hit by a concealed scoop. 

Among the most inconspicuous of these anger instigated periods is the point at which Novak's closest companion's beau, whom the hero loathes, begins seeping from his nose out of nowhere. 

Things just deteriorate from that point and Novak has no clue why her wrath can "get things going". 

In light of a comic book by Charles Forman, Novak helps us a little to remember Carrie, the hero of Stephen King's eponymous novel, just as Eleven from Stranger Things since both these little youngsters additionally have supernatural forces, yet the likenesses end there. 

Pushpavalli, Amazon Prime Video 

Season two of this dramatization sees humorist Sumukhi Suresh return as Pushpavalli, a young lady whose exceptionally flawed endeavors at charming a suitor, Nikhil (played by Manish Anand), left watchers alarmed. 

A Tamilian from Bhopal who follows Nikhil to Bengaluru, the in any case clever Pushpavalli keeps on keeping crowds snared with her shamelessly tangled endeavors to snare the man she had always wanted. 

In the wake of hijacking his pooch, paying off a chaiwallah to do her offering and getting her leg broken, Pushpavalli proceeds to discover inventive methods for escaping predicament, so imagine a scenario in which that requires getting connected with to another person, or releasing a reptile among clueless kids. 

Extraordinary notice must be made of Bengaluru-based on-screen character Shraddha in this all-around scripted show as Vasu, the nightie-wearing, hockey stick-using proprietor who runs Pushpavalli's paying visitor settlement. Vasu's character alone merits a show to itself.

Guilty, Netflix 

Enlivened by how those blamed for lewd behavior have gradually advanced go into society, this Karan Johar creation means to revive discussions around the #MeToo development. 

Coordinated by Ruchi Narain, the film stars Kiara Advani as Nanki, whose sweetheart Vijay 'V J' Pratap Singh (Gurfateh Singh Pirzada) is blamed for assaulting his school batchmate. 

A government official's child and an artist, V J is the most dateable person nearby, while the lady who blames him, Tanu (Akansha Ranjan Kapoor), is somebody despised profoundly for being uproarious, consideration chasing and uncaring. 

The film gives the advantage of the uncertainty to the two gatherings, making crowds question if Tanu is imagining everything for exposure (something she is prepared to do), just as throwing questions on V J's Teflon notoriety. 

As the specialists examine, Nanki embarks to discover reality for herself, at the same time doing combating her very own evil presence. 

Mentalhood,  ALT Balaji and zee5 

Karisma Kapoor makes her Web debut as Meira, a mother of three, in this account of how defective guardians attempt to bring up their children as most ideal as. 

A previous Miss Kanpur, Meira has as of late moved to Mumbai to raise a 'cutting edge family' with Sanjay Suri who stars as her obsessive worker spouse. 

The arrangement likewise includes a reliable star cast that incorporates Sandhya Mridul, Tillotama Shome, Shilpa Shukla, Shruti Seth and Dino Morea. 

Made by Ekta Kapoor and coordinated by Karishma Kohli, the show diagrams Meira's development into a blogger who composes on everything from nourishment to sex jobs with expectations of making a child-rearing aide. 

The show seems to be being motivated by the Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman-starred American dramatization Big Little Lies and, in contrast to the American arrangement, this sermonizing arrangement is probably going to be delighted in additional by watchers who have youngsters. 

Life of Speed, Netflix 

This new on-the-square narrative portrays the tale of Juan Manuel Fangio, an Argentinian race vehicle driver who pretty much overwhelmed the primary decade of Formula One by winning the World Drivers' Championship multiple times during the 1950s. 

This record stayed unbeaten till Michael Schumacher went along (as a major aspect of four distinctive hustling groups). 

Coordinated by Francisco Macri, this verifiable narrative plans to comprehend the brain of the hustling legend while looking at the lives of race vehicle drivers who routinely change their lives for the love of speed. 

The high-octane universe of hustling was maybe definitely more hazardous in Fangio's time than it is today considering there was no defensive rigging back then and wellbeing highlights were insignificant. 

Maska, Netflix 

This transitioning film sees Manisha Koirala as a Parsi mother doing combating to get her child associated with the privately-run company of running an Iranian bistro. 

'Nineteen years back when Rumi was conceived, his future had been chosen,' says Jaaved Jaaferi, Koirala's screen spouse. 

Rumi was to grow up and turn into 'a mask-waala' (one who applies spread) like his dad (Jaaferi) before him. 

In any case, he chooses to turn into a Bollywood entertainer. Prit Kamani plays Rumi, the befuddled youthful millennial who starts finding his Parsi legacy simply after separating himself from it. 

Maska is as much about Rumi's excursion as it is a festival of Mumbai's Irani bistros. 

With a reasonable sprinkling of youthful sentiment and family show, this is Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji author Neeraj Udhwani's first endeavor at the course.

Next in Fashion, Netflix 

As Netflix's first endeavor into configuration wars, this unscripted TV drama highlights 18 creators from over the world. 

The candidates are generally experts who have dressed famous people before and have worked with significant design houses, yet none is an easily recognized name, something they all seek to be. 

The show takes one through the way toward making a structure, directly from texture choice and preparing it to the time it's fit to be demonstrated. 

The show is facilitated by Tanveer Wasim France (of Queer Eye popularity) and creator, model and TV moderator Alexa Chung. 

The victor gets prize cash of $250,000, and the opportunity to turn into the following large thing in design. 

There's additional space for motivation for watchers as challengers configuration outfits deserving of the runway, formals for work, just as stylish streetwear. 

Special Ops, Disney Hotstar 

Coordinated by Neeraj Pandey of A Wednesday! what's more, Special 26 popularity and Shivam Nair, this is the most recent Indian spine chiller to be discharged on the web. 

It highlights Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, a senior knowledge official. The story exemplifies how Singh has been pursuing a hypothesis that the real driving force of the 2001 Parliament assault was somebody whose presence nobody thinks about. 

Singh has his operators in remote urban areas and has been spending lavishly on tasks to pursue this man down, and now he needs to legitimize the cash spent. 

Between flashbacks, watchers are up to speed with how Singh's group is attempting to discover this secret miscreant. 

The show helps us a little to remember Manoj Bajpayee's The Family Man, which is a superior show. 

Activity scenes and awful writing in the moderate parts let down an in any case not too bad story, be that as it may, for the stuck-at-home and nothing-to-do, it's something one could thoughtlessly watch. 

Miss Americana, Netflix 

Coordinated by Lana Wilson, whose past movies concentrated on suicide and late-term fetus removal, this venture follows the life of American vocalist lyricist Taylor Swift. 

It opens with Swift being encompassed by journals, markers of individual stories. This is critical since Swift has gotten by out of diverting emotions into melodies that have become graph toppers. 

She's at that point told that her most recent collection, Reputation (2018), has gotten no major Grammy assignments. Quick continues, practically aloof in her methodology. 

Wilson proceeds to show Swift tending to her 'decent young lady' picture that has commanded the last's music profession, and how Swift arrangements with the thought that 'pleasant young ladies don't cause a ripple effect'. 

The story graphs her ascent to distinction just as her longing to please fans, all of which have driven Swift to some dull spots. 

The film shows the private side of Swift, the VIP who despite her whiz status drives a real existence shadowed by forlornness. 

Westworld, Disney Hotstar 

The third period of Westworld is presently spilling on the web, and keeping in mind that it is being praised for getting cutting edge tech references right, we are as yet astonished by the splendid execution of the show's story. 

The story starts in Westworld, an anecdotal, Wild West-themed event congregation where guests can do anything they need, with no results whatever, because the 'individuals' in Westworld are life-like androids. 

These androids are so authentic as people that guests continually come back to the recreation center to play out their most out of control dreams, activities that would be inadmissible in the 'genuine'/world. 

Inconvenience starts when the android has at the recreation center increase awareness about what they truly are. 

This new season sees them escape into this present reality, our reality, after a bloodbath. 

In light of Michael Crichton's 1973 film by a similar name, the arrangement stars Even Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy, an insightful android.

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iZombie 5x06 “The Scratchmaker” Review

For the duration of the show, iZombie has primarily been from Liv Moore’s point of view. In earlier seasons, her voiceover was heavily used, but as storylines became more ambitious and formats got more playful, the show moved away from the narrative device. This week, however, we heard the voice of a new character — Blaine DeBeers. Disgraced and dejected, his kingdom is finally, finally crumbling down. His voiceover opens the episode, telling us that we “all know the drill” per the murder-of-the-week. This week, however, “This isn’t her story, it’s mine.” Despite his insistence, it’s another character that stands out this episode: Don E.

When we were first introduced to Don E in Season 2, he was a textbook minion. Never particularly smart or independent, he was a comic relief sidekick. Over the seasons, we’ve seen Don E grow into himself, starting to take more responsibility in Blaine’s businesses, and feeling ownership over the bar. A good chunk of this episode is devoted to showing how Blaine’s latest circus is finally the last straw, and Don E is finally ready to strike out on his own. Because of Al’s expose, Blaine is basically out of the picture. His assets are frozen, his “rainy day” funds are “running on fumes,” he’s lost public face, his estate has burned down, and Fillmore Graves is in emergency mode because of the loss of brains.

After raging out and killing Tanner for losing the last remaining cures, Don E is finished. He goes into cahoots with Stacy Boss. They have a somber conversation about cutting Blaine out of the middle, and we see a side of Don E that we’ve never seen before: he seems defeated, but there’s a new seriousness and maturity to him. “Would Blaine be as loyal to you?” Mr. Boss asks him. The answer is devastatingly clear. Frankly, it’s surprising to me that it’s taken this long for someone to steal Don E away from Blaine. There’s only so many seasons someone can go as a designated underling to a vicious mobster.

Mr. Boss is ready to take advantage of the dire brain situation (Major estimates they have 48 hours before they run out), and plans to jack up prices and run away with Blaine’s monopoly. Major forces their hand last minute by bringing in some new smuggling competition, a deal with a shipping company called “UFreightEze” to rebrand the brain business as legit. While Mr. Boss gets caught off guard, Don E doesn’t hesitate to take Major’s deal for a lower price. When Blaine finally can show his face again back at the bar, Don E tells him that his image is bad for business and to lay low. He uses the UFReightEze operation as a cover to tell Blaine that they were out of the brain business, instead of admitting that they are just cutting him out of the operation. While Don E has been making strides all episode, he does make one mistake — assuming Blaine will take his advice to lay low. Remembering the article that leaked, Blaine goes in search of a Freylich brain. He’s gone full Big Bad now — offering a half a million dollars to a young college student named Darcy. It turns out that Ravi’s concerns about an ethical extraction of a zombie cure were warranted, and Blaine is willing to go back to his old gig of child murder. His voiceover closes out the episode — “So if I’m a monster, maybe I am. But sometimes they don’t leave me any choice.” If the voiceover was meant to lend sympathy to Blaine and that he was somehow pushed to this edge…they are going to have to do a lot more to convince me of that.

I liked that the brain was kind of a fun add on top of the plot this week. Liv made a few coy comments to Major (“Matchmaker brain? Nailed it,” he smirks), and notices a sweet moment between Clive and Dale...and that’s about it. iZombie has always been committed to small character moments, whether it’s Liv, Major, and Ravi teasing each other in the living room, or Liv helping Clive move into the lieutenant’s office. Sometimes the brains are essential to the plot, sometimes multiple plots, and sometimes they seem extraneous in an overstuffed episode. This episode, the brain was like sprinkles on top of a cupcake, and I’m okay with that from time to time.

Meanwhile, a few crucial things did happen. Our blackmailed teacher friend Graham from a few episodes ago is back. For reasons unknown, he helps smuggle in a zombie named Riley to be one of Liv’s coyotes. To “prove” she’s human, they take a shot of ghost pepper, and she pretends to cough. (Anyone else feel like that was a strange detail? Also, I didn’t know that all of Liv’s coyotes had to be human.) Major goes toe to toe with Dolly, confronting her at her food truck. We find out that one of Major’s cadets, Murphy, is Dolly’s son. She’s disowned him over becoming a zombie. Murphy tells Major to be careful, because Dolly “really hates zombies.” Yeah, buddy, so we’ve heard. Dolly has spoken into every single microphone she can get her hands on, on every TV channel, multiple times a day. She’s got sneaky food order codes that have killed people. She knows what she’s doing. I’d be very curious to find out why, however. Her hatred seems to have existed even before her son became a zombie, so I do wonder what the root of it all is. Major had better find out a way to get through to her soon, something tells me that Dolly won’t wait much longer to strike again.

Stray thoughts:

Malcolm Goodwin directed the episode, is there anything he can’t do?

UFreightEze is a brilliant pun. Despite this show’s ups and downs, you can always count on it for grade A wordplay.

I’m dying to know who the matchmaker was going to set Don E up with! A love interest for him could be cute.

Dude, talk about a conflict of interest. What a twist that Al is Mr. Boss’ niece.

The US government has officially named Fillmore Graves a terrorist organization. Both parties have earned one Big Yike for that.

Don E admits that Dale scares him so he “steers clear.” I would pay good money for Dale to roast Don E.

“Oh, no you are not taking credit for me and Peyton.” Rahul Kohli’s delivery was perfect here.

Major’s little wink at Dolly ended me.

Beanpole? Davinci of Utopian? Are we talking about Shady Zombie Man?

Don E stage whispering “Tanner’s capable” is one of my favorite Don E lines this season.

Haley’s episode rating: 🐝🐝🐝.5

iZombie airs Thursdays at 9/8c on the CW.

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Armageddon Panels Round Up - Day 2 Thankfully the sun was out and the wind was gone as Kim Rhodes (Sheriff Jody) started off the day. I only knew her from her work on Supernatural. She has a BIG personality, (can only imagine how loud and riotous Fridays co-panel with DJ Qualls was - what a pairing!)  Loud, sweary, funny, smart and genuine. Anyone who wants kindness and better for the world is my type of person. I absolutely loved her :) This time I caught all The 100 panel with Christopher Larkin (Monty) and Chelsey Reist (Harper). Chelsey was loud and very talkative which worked well to keep things moving when there were fewer questions. Christopher was more laid back and quieter but their interaction was fun with lots of teasing especially regarding their onscreen romance. Very obvious signs of security being stepped up as Jeremy Renner was back and seemingly way more relaxed. Contractually he could not answer any Infinity Wars questions but spoke about his Marvel experience, a recent smaller film Wind River and again striving for the work/life balance with his daughter. We learned his favourite Avenger is Black Widow, The Town is a favourite role (a kid cutely told him he should have won the Oscar) and hes good enough with a bow to kill most of us. Plus a bonus Gollum impersonation when his precious coffee arrived mid panel. He said his highlight of The Avengers experience is the young fans and his interaction with the kids asking him questions was absolutely gold. He really took his time with them, took their questions seriously and got as close as the staging would allow to interact with them. On my way through the concourse to the next panel I spotted, being ignored by most of the crowd, Rahul Kohli doing an  interview at a gaming console. True geek in action! Up next was the other major draw of the expo, Harry Potter's Bonnie Wright (Ginny). She was very quiet and thoughtful with her answers. Particularly impressed with her discussion regarding her work with Greenpeace and that she knew about the NZ chapter's work and petitions in progress that were relevant to her audience. However, while I love HP I am not a Potterhead and most of the questions, understandably, were from young children and didn't hold my interest as much. So I left the panel early and went and caught most of Matt Ryan's (Constantine) second talk. This was on the much more intimate second stage and was again hugely enjoyable. He mentioned a few times he was unsure on the fate of Constantine as LOT had not yet been renewed. But that he will be a regular if it does and he is looking forward to John causing mayhem, flirting with everyone and coining ridiculous nicknames. The panel ended with him indulging in a very geeky lightsaber discussion and Star Wars discussion. Absolute favourite of the weekend. And that accent <3 (Overall a fun time. After the fiasco of last years stage collapse in the winter weather, the Expo was still outside but moved forward to April. Luckily no rain this year but the bitter wind that howled through the cake tin on day one was brutal with many comments from the guests. Frustrating to have the organisers say continuously (like last year) well it is Wellington after all what do you expect. Hmmm, I expect to maybe not pay for the pleasure of sitting in the elements. Since they moved the guests outside last year the panels have lost a lot of their atmosphere.There's too much space, the damn weather plus the guests who enjoy walking around the crowd now can't. Really not a fan of the way its heading. (Not my pics - Bonnie Wright by Aden Meser)

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roll call . . .  is the lothario here ?

this role is currently open for applications. this role is intended for a 30+ muse. suggested faceclaims include:  rahul kohli, shay mitchell, zion moreno, nico tortorella, lily collins, riz ahmed, robert pattinson, manny jacinto, ana de armas,  and shelley hennig.

so . . .  whats your deal ?

you’re the campus casanova ---- which isn’t exactly hard, considering who you’re up in the running against. you’ve always relied on using that as a currency: you’re charming and getting people to like you has always been effortless. but as you get older, you wonder if there’s more to life than pretty smiles and pick-up lines. you’re at greendale to prove that you’re more than just hot and cool and fun to hang out with on fridays ---- but it’s tricky when everyone on campus still just sees that, and you can’t really say no to a free drink. maybe after you get the degree you’ll start making everyone take you seriously...

sitting among peers . . .

the divorcee : the divorcee never got to meet the person their spouse cheated on them with. and they know it’s paranoid, they know it’s nearly baseless, they know it’s judgmental, but they’ve got an eye on the lothario. the lothario’s got a familiar face, from even before and they’re always saying vague things about how, in the past, they haven’t had problems breaking up couples before. whether or not they did it, the divorcee doesn’t take kindly to how lightly the lothario takes marriage and relationships.

the super, super senior :  the super, super senior is pretty sure they’re a kindred spirit with the lothario. the lothario’s pretty sure they’re off base though. the super, super senior fancies themselves someone who used to be hot shit on campus, and maybe they were, over a decade ago when they enrolled at greendale, but all that shimmers one day fades. they’re a little rusty, they’ve lost their game, and yet they still insist they have the same amount of game as the lothario. the lothario indulges them, for the most part, but when they start trying to play wingman and end up ruining the lothario’s date, it stops being so funny.

the fraud :  the lothario and the fraud both have very clear public personas. whether they feel that way behind closed doors or is another story, but in class, they present themselves as confident to a fault, sure in themselves and their place on campus. and it’s like they say: like attracts like. they haven’t mentioned it to the study group, because they seem to have a delicate balance they’re getting settled in, but they started hooking up after the snowflake soiree, right before winter break. neither’s too worried about it getting too serious, since they both have major commitment issues, so now, it’s just a matter of seeing who breaks first.

real quick . . . as the bell rings.

answered asks.

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A Series to Savour - Part I

I keep asking myself this question – Can I stay away from watching live sport? And I keep getting a resounding answer, NO! There are very few things in this world which give you the highest level of adrenaline rush that a live sport can give. And I have been experiencing this for almost 25 years now. But due to all that was happening across the globe, live sport went missing. Events got cancelled or postponed and work was also happening from home. I was desperately waiting for live sport action to kick-off and it did sooner than I thought. There was the US Open which Dominic Thiem won, it was an excellent tournament and had a fitting finale. There was the IPL – Mumbai Indians dominated the tournament in an almost never-seen-before manner. But 2 things which I was waiting for were Team India playing a full length cricket tour and Roger Federer playing a Grandslam. The 2nd one seems to be a little too far away right now (might not even happen at all, yikes!), but India playing a cricket tour was on the calendar – we would go on to tour Australia for ODIs, T20Is and Tests.

The ODIs and T20Is were played on batting paradises. No major contest between bat and ball. The team which batted better won. It was a very routine and bland stretch of 6 matches, except for some moments, here and there, involving Steve Smith, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya. 

When would the test matches start? When would the ebbs and flows play with our senses? Who will be the hero (or who will be the villain?). It is a possibility that the test series can go in a singular direction, and as has been the norm in the last few years, the home team dominates the away team! But the excitement is sky high because India now has the bowling to excel in overseas test matches. And competing against a world class Australian bowling attack – 3 of them are in the World’s Top 10 and the other is their best finger spinner ever – in their conditions is the mountain to climb for the Indian batsmen.

Chapter 1: Bruised and Battered

Alarm Time: Not required. It is a Day-Night test which follows the same schedule as a Day test in India.

Toss: These days, the all-important aspect in Test matches is the toss, especially in away tests. And India win the toss, and by default, choose to bat! Teams rarely choose to bat 4th in away Test Matches.

A good first day was on the cards with a very satisfactory feeling filling the heart, and suddenly Kohli is runout because of a mishap, and there is a shift in the feeling now, it is slowly sinking. It is more of a oh-what-an-opportunity-missed kind of a feeling. But India bowl their hearts out on the 2nd day and we grab a lead which could have been a lot more had the catches been taken but a lead is a lead, and that too in the 1st test of a long away series. India has the chance to stamp their authority here. No complicated thoughts here – just bat and bat and bat!

Dream: India bats out the whole of 3rd day to set Australia a daunting task on Day 4.

Dec 19th, I woke up lazily expecting to see our batsmen grind it out against a tough bowling attack, but I had to rub my eyes to reread the score. It was 23/6. I was not sure if I was watching the right game, I had to switch channels and media to see that this was correct. India were 23/6 and the lead was close to 80 runs. All the high experienced in the previous 2 days is at an all-time low now. The next 3 hours was a blur. India got bowled out, Shami was injured, Australia chased it down, match was done before the 2nd break. What could have been a superb weekend turned into a glum Saturday and an even more bizarre Sunday – with all thoughts around a whitewash (no kidding!). I wanted to put a brave face and say India would come back strong, and I did say that, but it was out of some mad optimism, out of unrealistic favoritism. Such comebacks were expected aplenty in the past decade or so, but none of them became a reality. Would there be a turn around? Come on, India!

Chapter 2: A Leader Rises!

Alarm Time(s): 4:58 AM, 5:00 AM, 5:02 AM. There is no way I am missing this test match. It is very important to see how India respond – there is no Kohli, no Shami. As many as 4 changes – Gill, Pant, Jadeja, Siraj. Uff!

Toss: Hey Rahane, win it please! Alas, we lose the toss and again, by default, Australia bat first and we have to bat last. It could not have started worse than this.

Around 5:30 AM, Burns, Australia’s weak link, goes early but it isn’t enough for us to go from half-asleep to paying-full-attention mode. Surprisingly, Ashwin is thrown the ball in the 1st hour itself. Rahane gets it spot on – Wade is gone, and we all sprang up from the sofa when Steve Smith was done in as well. Wow! What a morning! My brother came running down into the living room as soon as Smith was gone. Excitement is high again! We were all glued to the television. India bowl out Australia for less than 200. But, we are now going to bat with 36/9 at the back of our minds. Agarwal gone for 0 in the 1st over – and those six balls from Starc were like India could have been 0/6. Fierce, accurate and full of venom – one of the most extraordinary first overs I have seen.

Dream: India bats out the whole of 2nd day and get a handy lead!

Dec 27th, a week after the horrid Saturday, Ajinkya Rahane bats like he is unaware of where he is batting, against whom he is batting and what is happening at the other end. He just bats and he gets a boxing-day-test hundred and India bat out the whole day (YES!), thanks to support from Jadeja. India is already in the lead, not too high, but yes! After the 36/9 episode, we are leading Australia again. And we want to keep batting to be more secure. In 2014, we had a lead of close to 250 runs against New Zealand and then they scored close to 700 in the 3rd innings. Yes, I’ve been through that horror too! So, a big lead is necessary, it is an insurance. But, we add another 50-something runs and close shop. Now, is Australia going to bat like New Zealand of 2014?

NO! In fact, in no time, I was almost dreaming about an innings win! Seriously! 6 out of the top 7 Australian batsmen were out before the score read 100. This is INDIA! “The” INDIA which is strong on bowling than batting, especially when playing overseas. Without any major hiccups, and the usually irritating experiences – like the tail wagging (happens a lot with us!), India bowled out Australia on Day 4 and we had to chase a meagre 70 to post yet another boxing-day-test win in Australia. Again, a BUT! 36/9 is half of 70. Jitters! Shivers! Agarwal gone, Pujara gone. Heart is in the mouth. Thankfully, Gill and Rahane play positive cricket and who would have thought that we would be going into 2021 with the series level at 1-1. Come on, India!!!!

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Betty represents herself before the judge in the Broderick divorce court proceedings.

Spoilers

In Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story Season Two Episode Six “The Twelfth of Never,” directed by Shannon Kohli, we see what led directly to the murders of her ex-husband Dan Broderick and his fiancé Linda Kolkena. Betty decides to have Pro se legal representation to control her fate. Dan continues to use legal loopholes to gain the upper hand in the deciding of the terms of their divorce. Linda is the victim of the mental war that the two Broderick’s are waging against one another.

The most chilling moment in “The Twelfth of Never” is when Linda asks if she and Dan can add some security measures to their home to protect themselves from Betty who has continuously harassed the couple. She has recorded threatening derogatory voice messages on their voicemail machine, broken into their house, and destroyed their personal property. Within the episode, Betty calls Linda a whore or slut in front of everybody, including her children. The divorced wife has even told one of her lawyers that she would rather kill Dan than become a single mother. Betty once rammed a car into their home, knowing they were inside. Dan and Linda should take the threat to their lives and property seriously.

But, Dan Broderick decides against adding a security camera or sensors to his property. He doesn’t want Betty to know that she has gotten to him. Dan’s hubris led to the murders. If only they had some security in the home, then maybe Betty would have been caught before anything happened. My heart stalled when I saw Dan arrogantly brush off the real concerns of his fiancé Linda.

Instead, Dan continues to gaslight Betty in court. Dan and his new divorce lawyer first argue that they did not know about the Epstein Credits until the divorce proceedings even though we know from earlier episodes that he did. Epstein credits are where the courts will reimburse one spouse from the community account spent on the upkeep of the other. Second and most importantly to Betty, Dan downplays how much she both financially and emotionally supported him during Medical and Law School. He scoffs at the fact that family was on food stamps, not liking to appear weak in the Law community. Dan implies that any financial support she offered was for selfish reasons. Dan forgets the fact that both he and Betty aspired to wealth.

They both enjoy living the high life. Broderick argues that Betty is greedy because she spent more and more of his money as his law practice grew. Dan disregards that much of the money Betty spent went to the children, and even before they were wealthy, he would spend so much on himself they did not have money for food.

The only fair argument that Dan and his divorce lawyer make is that Betty is mentally imbalanced and should not gain full custody of their children. Throughout Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, Betty has threatened Dan and Linda in multiple ways, including stalking Linda by taking photos of her at their eldest daughter Kim’s graduation. She refuses to get professional help. During the trial, she keeps on bringing up questions about Linda even though the judge warns her that they are not pertinent since California is a no-fault divorce state. The fact that Betty spends all of Kim’s high school graduation seething at Linda’s presence, intimidating her instead of celebrating her daughter, makes it evident that she should not gain custody of her minor children.

When the judge rules that Betty will only have custody of the children every other weekend and 16,000 dollars per month, she loses all hope. At the start of the episode, Betty feels empowered after meeting with HALT, a group that helps people who feel crushed by the legal system. One of the leaders encourages her to keep on fighting. Betty meets with a reporter to tell her side of the story, but Dan shuts down the publishing of the full article by threatening to sue the reporter.  

During the trial, Betty believes that she has a chance of getting everything she wants. She spends a lot of time preparing for court every day. She goes through all of Dan’s paperwork that she has saved throughout their years together. Other than the questions about Linda, Betty does a great job interrogating Dan on the stand. She makes a moving closing statement about how Dan has dishonored their marriage and the sacrifices she made for their family. All Betty wants to be is a wife and mother. She already feels devastated because her parents refuse to come to support her. When Betty hears the verdict, she breaks from reality.

At home, Betty looks through the photos from Kim’s graduation, smiling away until she reaches the images that she took of Linda. She then stares up to a newspaper clipping, pinned to the wall, that she got in a mail announcing Dan and Linda’s engagement. The words, “You are a fat pig.” are scrawled across the clipping. While it is ambiguous who wrote the message, Betty believes that Linda sent the clipping. Her rage toward Linda and Dan lead her to seek revenge.

Amanda Peet does a brilliant job playing Betty Broderick at the gun store buying the murder weapon. She has a blank, confused look on her face as she purchases the gun, uttering some comments about how she used to be a marksman in high school. The scene has a voice-over of Betty talking about how she has a right to defend her family. She comments on how legally men can protect their property and family with violence, but women are not supposed to get mad. Society wants women to kill themselves instead of “bothering” anybody else.

I think Betty has a point; society privileges men over women. Especially in the 1980s, women are expected to stay passive and compliant with the men in their lives. Women should challenge how society tries to socialize us, but not by killing others. Dan takes advantage of Betty, but there is no excuse for cold-blooded murder.

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Out of Love Review: Hotstar Originals Have Had a Year to Forget

At the start of the year, Hotstar announced that it was expanding its presence in original content. Since then, it has delivered a series of misfires, which span the rich spectrum of mediocre, hagiographical, cringe-worthy, intolerable, and dumpster fire. Five TV shows and two movies in, Hotstar’s track record is abysmal to say the least. At this point, our expectations are now as low as the quality of writing on display. So when the Disney-owned streaming service revealed that it had tapped Rasika Dugal, one of the finest character actors around, to remake a female-led, largely-acclaimed British drama in Doctor Foster, all we could think of is how this is going to be a waste of time for those of Dugal’s talent. And boy, did Hotstar prove us right with Out of Love.

As a remake, it’s bad enough that Out of Love is a near carbon copy — scene by scene, and moment by moment — of the British original, created by Mike Bartlett. But it commits a much more grievous mistake, in that its makers have no grasp on what to copy, why they are doing it, or even how to go about it. Soorma co-writer Suyash Trivedi, and lyricist Abhiruchi Chand, who has written dialogues for Sanju and Calendar Girls, have scripted Out of Love. Directors Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar) and Aijaz Khan (Hamid) are at the helm. They display no understanding of pacing, momentum, shot angles, character play, or emotional beats, and have no idea of what notes they want their actors to hit. Out of Love manages to make Dugal look bad, and that’s a shame.

On top of all that, Out of Love betrays a lack of interest in moulding the events of Doctor Foster to an Indian context. (The only change is that the mother-in-law lives with the couple, instead of being in an old-age home as with Doctor Foster.) [Mild spoiler ahead.] Both shows involve a 40-year-old husband cheating on his wife with a twenty-something, who proudly boasts how she’s sleeping with a married man. Infidelity and the sex lives of young adults bear stigma even in 2019 India, a society that’s much more conservative than the English. Out of Love might claim to be progressive, but it just feels like it’s set in an alternate world. That would also explain why not a single character in the show speaks in Badaga or Tamil, the primary languages used by those in the Tamil Nadu town of Coonoor, where it’s set.

Late-thirty-something Dr. Meera Kapoor (Dugal) is at the centre of the new Hotstar series, who enjoys an idyllic life at their Coonoor home with her real estate developer husband Akarsh Kapoor (Purab Kohli), their young son, and her mother-in-law Mrs. Kapoor (Soni Razdan). But Meera’s happy state of mind comes crashing after she finds a strand of blonde hair on her husband’s scarf, which sends her mind into overdrive. As Meera begins to suspect that Akarsh might be having an affair, she starts to compromise on her professional ethics to dig into the secrets and lies that surround her. A subplot involves a Dr. Pradhan (Aanjjan Srivastav), who founded the Coonoor hospital Meera works at but has been suspended due to being an alcoholic.

Out of Love’s decision to stick with blonde hair on the scarf is especially curious, considering most Indians have black hair. The writers justify it by claiming that a lot of people have coloured highlights, but that still narrows down the pool of women Meera can suspect to a select few people of the younger generation, as people of her age aren’t likely to opt for highlights. By contrast, when Meera’s counterpart — Dr. Gemma Foster (Suranne Jones) — in Doctor Foster finds a blonde hair, it drives her crazy as she begins suspecting nearly every female acquaintance of her husband. That fear can’t be translated to Out of Love, since there’s no reason for Meera to doubt those who only have black hair, which in turn lessens the paranoia because suddenly it’s not Meera against the world.

From a director’s standpoint, Out of Love fails in building to most moments. To make audiences feel the full blow of Dr. Foster finding that blonde hair, the director and cinematographer of Doctor Foster worked together to create a sense of urgency, with a handheld camera always moving with the characters in combination with a lot of overlapping dialogue. And all that came to an abrupt stop just as her world comes crashing down. In stark contrast, Out of Love is slowly plotted and has none of that thrill of its BBC counterpart. Forget directorial flair, it’s almost as if they were directing in their sleep, given how scenes have no energy to them and fail to be rescued by background music, or actors are asked to play their characters in a way that doesn’t do the scene justice.

Tigmanshu Dhulia and Purab Kohli on the sets of Out of Love Photo Credit: Hotstar

Owing to poor direction, moments that are meant to be darkly comedic end up looking like sincere drama instead. The Out of Love directors also don’t have a clue how to bring Meera’s paranoia to the foreground. Where Doctor Foster made use of tight close-ups to focus on parts of Dr. Foster’s face or to showcase how she was noticing the tiny things that other women did around her husband, Out of Love is happy to stick to wide shots that look dull and convey nothing to the audience. And even when the directors do manage to copy such moments from Doctor Foster, they seem to possess no understanding of its importance, or fail to build up to it in a way that viewers see it for what it is. All these failures hack at the tension that’s necessary for a thriller drama.

Put that together with writing that unnecessarily gives away twists and departments failing in technical competence — there are jump cuts during scenes without any explanation, almost as if the makers forgot to film the stuff in between — and you’re left with a show that has nothing going for it. In blindly porting over the events of the British original to an Indian setting, uncaring of how much sense the events make in this context, it’s clear that the Out of Love writers and directors couldn’t be bothered. Hotstar has had a year to forget and it seriously needs to evaluate what it’s bringing to the originals space. That’s assuming if it cares, which is hard to tell when you’ve been on an eight-month streak of eight straight disappointments.

Or maybe the corporate overlords will (hopefully) intervene. After all, recent events have shown that Hotstar is clearly afraid of what Disney thinks of it.

Out of Love is now streaming on Hotstar.

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Australian cricket 'cheats' will face 'media storm'

The yearlong suspensions of Australian cricket’s former captain and vice-captain come to an end today, providing a line in the sand to formally end a deeply unpleasant episode.

Ever since March 24 2018, when opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper during a Test match against South Africa, Australian cricket has been stuck in navel-gazing mode, attempting to move forward while trying to forget the past.

Bancroft — announced last week as the new captain of Durham in England’s County Championship — was banned for nine months. Smith and Warner, christened as the “leadership group” whose team culture facilitated the actions, were hit with longer bans by Cricket Australia, preventing the pair from representing their country or playing domestically during their bans.

The good news, however, is that when they do eventually return, Australian cricketing great Shane Warne expects both men to “be on fire.”

“They love the game,” Warne told CNN. “To have that taken away from them for a year is pretty tough. I expect some huge things from them this year. I think with the year off, it will have freshened their minds up, they will be fit, raring to go.”

In a sense, neither Warner nor Smith have truly disappeared from the cricketing landscape; they have both played in Twenty20 competitions, a shortened format of the game, in Canada and Bangladesh since the incident. After being excluded from the 2018 Indian Premier League, both have made their comebacks this year, with Warner making 85 in his first game of the 2019 tournament.

‘Needed to be punished’

However, the official culmination of their bans — the lengths of which have proven as divisive a subject as the initial wrongdoing — remains a significant moment.

In effect, it is a date that marks the pair’s return as international cricketers ahead of a crucial year; Australia face the double challenge of a World Cup, as well as a subsequent Ashes series.

Warne speaks from a better place than most, given his own time out of the sport. Warne was banned from playing for a year in 2003 after testing positive for a banned diuretic.

READ: Cash, Kings and Kohli: Shane Warne on the IPL’s $2.5 billion juggernaut

While he doesn’t attempt to play down the seriousness of the ball-tampering incident, he questions — 12 months on — whether the punishment handed down by Cricket Australia matched the crime.

“One, I don’t condone what they did,” he explained. “Two, I don’t know how it got to that stage, where you can be taking sandpaper out onto the field. That’s the most disappointing thing for me — how it actually got to that, to make that decision.

“But, you compare the penalties they got — Smith and Warner — compared to everyone else that’s ball-tampered. Because you either ball-tamper or you don’t — you don’t say: ‘That ball-tampering is worse than that ball-tampering.’ You either do it or you don’t.

“Some people only got a bit of their match fee [taken away]. So, to have a 12-month ban probably equated to about $8 million,” adds Warne, referring to the potential financial hit the players have taken. “That’s a huge fine. But yes, they needed to be punished. I agree with that.

“I think, at the end of the day, these guys will be welcomed back by the Aussie public. I think they’re going to get a tough time over here in England. They will be nailed a little bit and sung songs about and all those sorts of things.”

‘Media storm’

In the opinion of former England captain Nasser Hussain, how the two stars are reintegrated into the national setup could be crucial to Australia’s chances in the World Cup — a competition it has dominated in recent times, winning four of the last five editions.

“How they cope and deal with all that is going to be important,” he told CNN. “It is going to be a media storm and it is going to be quite close to the tournament. It won’t be right on it, but it will be reasonably close.

“You don’t want the focus to be on two cricketers — it never has been with Australian cricket. It has always been about the team. They will be a force, especially if Warner and Smith come back in.”

READ: Will violence prevent India vs Pakistan World Cup showdown?

READ: Bangladesh cricket team ‘extremely lucky’ to avoid New Zealand mosque shootings

A Cricket Australia spokesman confirmed to CNN that “it will be business as usual” in terms of the handling of the pair as they make their international comebacks, despite the interest that the duo’s presence is likely to generate.

He added: “Much has changed in Australian cricket over the last 12 months on and off the field. We’re looking to the recent success of the men’s and women’s teams to continue in the World Cup and Ashes.”

Indeed, perhaps the most curious aspect of a scenario that many believed could alter the future of Australian cricket is of what happens next.

In the time since the pair’s bans were handed down last year, Cricket Australia’s landscape has, indeed, changed. Coach Darren Lehmann stepped down from his own role in the aftermath to be replaced by former opening batsman Justin Langer.

Chief executive James Sutherland also left his position after 17 years in the post, though denied that it was directly related to the scandal. Cricket Australia (CA) chairman David Peever then resigned in November in the wake of a damning review into the organization’s culture. Just days after the initial incident occurred, naming rights sponsor Magellan had ended its deal with the Australian Test team.

On the field, after a humiliating five-match one-day series defeat to England and Test losses against both Pakistan and India, Australia has shown signs of recovery. A one-day series win in India was lit up by the form of batsmen Usman Khawaja and Aaron Finch.

READ: How to solve cricket’s ball tampering problem?

READ: What is ball tampering?

For Warne, though, there remains no debate over Warner and Smith’s returns to the side.

“I mean, if you take [England’s] Jos Buttler and Joe Root out of the side and a couple of guys come in and do really well and then they become available, they just go straight back in,” he said. “Because they are the best, unfortunately.

“It’s a good thing to have, but some of the form players are going to miss out. But that means it’s strong. It’s a strong team. Smith and Warner walk straight back into that side because they are class. They have proven that over a long period of time. It’s great to have that backup.

“[They have] done their time, paid their penalty. They will be raring to go.”

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Justin Rose keeps in touch with US Open leader Gary Woodland

Is it possible to win a big golf tournament without really playing well? Justin Rose

It is a wonderfully daring experiment. Okay, define well. Point one: a score of 69 under pressure around Pebble Beach and after less than three rounds of the US Open it is not only good, it is also beautiful.

But in conventional terms, & # 39; good & # 39; straight from the tee, straight through the middle, green in regulation, short game perfectly measured, smart and accurate to finish.

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The Englishman is a shot at Pebble Beach, currently owned by Gary Woodland

Rose is in any case honoring that last part of the deal. When winning this competition in Merion, Pennsylvania, Rose had 26 individual putt finishes in 72 holes in 2013. He's 34 here with 18 holes left. His entire round can be described as an elegant scramble.

Every now and then I would break the monotony of this cord dancing with a beautiful iron or a beautifully executed par three; but he had a plan and he stuck to it. It was not someone who had seen before; certainly not from him.

That Rose could stay in contact with tournament leader Gary Woodland, as opposed to a 54-hole major after the major for the first time in his professional career, says a lot about his recovery powers. Woodland & # 39; s game was the opposite of his last three days.

Powerful, usually straight, when he made a bogey on the eighth, it was the first spot on his score card since the ninth hole of his opening round, Thursday. It was a large, blue version of a player who was considered Brooks Koepke now when he first toured. He was a serious hit man, he was strong, he was physically impressive.

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Gary Woodland is at 11 o'clock below par, with Justin Rose just behind and a few not far away "

Gary Woodland is 11 below par, with Justin Rose just behind and a few not far away

The difference is that Koepke has turned those benefits into big victories – and can once again sneak up on leaders like he was yesterday – while Woodland, despite his promise, has failed, this was the sixth time he was at the start of the first day led a tournament;

Seasoned observers could not contain their surprise, especially the most daring rescue of the day was his. odland could easily have surrendered the lead on the par three 12. He missed the green and his ball buried himself deep in the ground, on the ridge of a bunker.

Rose left herself nine feet for birdie, perhaps his shot of the day. Woodland, his ball almost unplayable in any traditional sense, slid it out, over the green, into the light rough at the edge. It was still his game. The rose imagined two, maybe three shot swings, while the forest pierced its chip. It could prove to be the shot of the championship if he wins. Rose made Birdie, without nerves.

In the meantime it played as a matchplay round, despite the massaging chase package and the mighty names in it. Matt Kuchar – who currently has the unenviable title of best player to never win a major; Koepke, looking for a third consecutive US Open title, the first since Willie Anderson in 1905; Rory McIlroy, who could still be the greatest threat if he could only unlock the key to the pair; Louis Oosthuizen, who won one major and finished second in all others and yesterday made three birdies on the turn in the slope between 3 and 5 p.m.

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Rory McIlroy is still in the hunting package, but has to unlock the key of the par 5s on the course

Also present, the usual US Open randoms of the PGA Tour, Chez Reavie and Chesson Handley; and some British and European peripheral raiders, Henrik Stenson and Jon Rahm, Danny Willett, who shot a brilliant four for that day, and Graeme McDowell, who certainly knows the course and distance after he last had the US Open visited Pebble Beach. I demonstrated that a lot by placing a monster put on 18 for eagle and four lower limits; just like Matt Wallace.

Still, Rose was the challenger; Rose the man who kept Woodland honest and sharp. From the fantastic save at 12, I moved to the 14th where his foot slipped on the tee and I went from trouble to suffering from irritation – and then sunk to 42 feet putt for couple. It is a testament for Rose, who had taken a route to the target in the same way, that he kept his guts and sunk in a well of a bit of the green for birdie. There were two shots then. No man could relax, no man could afford to slip. But when a championship is so tight, when the pressure is so great, the leaders often go from slip to slip, wiggle to wiggle, somehow keep their balance, somehow avoid the fall.

For Rose this week, it must now be second nature. He has beaten those who caricature him like a regular Eddie, without the flamboyance and charm of some contemporaries. If a Ballesteros-like figure had taken three laps, this would be praised as a magical ride. From Rose it was just a mystery. He placed the shorts in short irons, his ball often stranded on the apron of the green. It was a mystery, especially since this was the day the US Open arrived in all seriousness – the greens dried up and accelerated by the minute, balls bounced high upon arrival, tests of control on each hole. Rose, second on the leaderboard, was not in the top 60 for driving accuracy or green in regulation. A player with his numbers can sometimes have trouble making the cut in a parallel universe.

Graeme McDowell certainly knows the course and distance, is also in the pursuit package and distance, is also in the pursuit package "

Graeme McDowell definitely knows the course and distance, is also in the pursuit package

The game of the bunker and the well were sensational again, however, when Rose finally launched a treacherous descent of three feet per minute at 13, and when he missed a good birdie chance at 17, Lionel Messi looked like an averted goal or Virat Kohli hit the first ball: the approaching shots that failed, the drifts that found sand, and then more sand, and then rough – well, that was Rose & # 39; s unlikely shitick on Pebble Beach, he took over the green on the 18th but his approach was shot in a greenside bunker – of course he did, it was his 13th visit to the beach in three days – but walked n to his ball smiling with his caddy, broken down and made birdie. Woodland, playing what could be called conventionally good and measured golf, made par.

What the hell was going on? Koepke, who since 2017 locked his 22nd part 70th in majors and had no bogey on his card yesterday, must stare at the leaderboard overnight and wonder how he still follows the Englishman and now with three shots.

& # 39; I know I am turning gray, but now I know why, & # 39; Rose said effortlessly. & # 39; We're hanging out there, both of us, so the short game and scrambling will also have to take place tomorrow. But I read the greens well. The harder the hole and the photo, the better I seem to play. I know I have the game to win here, I'll have to find it tomorrow – and try to hit one or two fairways and greens.

That would be the standard way, yes. Yet there is a rose between these two American beefcakes. Still clambering, still fighting, refusing to leave, refusing to give in to the collapse that many consider to be inevitable, looking at his tournament statistics. He would be the oldest American champion of this century and the first British to win two US Open titles since Alex Smith in 1910. Some claim that the odds are not in his favor, but they have said that all week. And yet this is the case. A shot from the lead, ten substandard, from day four of a US Open. Imagine that he plays well.

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