#sidestep: maryam

[jpriest85-blog]

Some more Fallen Hero art of my Sidestep Maryam Qadir posing in photos with friends both in her Sidestep days and in the present as her puppet John Doe.

The Outsider scar is a hell of a thing because as much as Maryam hated her past self for being so naive as to believe she could have her own life and relationships with people. She's still trying to connect with people, even if it's only through her puppet. Befriended Rosie and even daring to date Dr. Mortum as John, it's still repeating the same bad habits lying and keeping secrets from people she cares about instead of a costume and mask she's using a coma patents body.

Doesn't matter that her feelings for Dr.Mortum were genuine, or if she was more honest with her than she ever was with Ortega, the relationship was still founded on false pretense. Maryam isn't even sure she could keep lying due to guilt, even if she is a villain now. She thought she could keep her crush on Ricardo quite for nearly a decade, but she still visited and even kissed him at the hospital after beating him as Revenant.

Dammit Maryam you were supposed to be smarter than this!!

[jpriest85-blog]

Gave my Sidestep, Maryam Qadir, the villain name Revenant, because it's a resurrected corpse that haunts and causes problems for the living. Seemed fitting considering Sidestep was technically considered dead, and Maryam is definitely causing problems as an anarchist.

What is a villain without a proper name?

Hero and villain names convey a lot about who they are, what their goals can be, what their powers are like.

A difficult decision, what is the name of your sidestep?

if you let the public decide please look for the related poll that will be reblogged/attached to this poll.

For those with multiple sidesteps please pick your 'main' sidestep or your favorite sidestep for the purpose of this poll - but feel free to tell us about the rest in the tags/replies!

Sidestep and Heartbreak have been included as the most common unique names because they have special dialogue tags.

[pesterloglog]

Porrim Maryam, Meenah Peixes

Act 6, page 5263

PORRIM: Welco+me back.

MEENAH: sup maryam

PORRIM: So+, yo+ur death certificate has barely dried, and yo+u're already busy raising an army, I hear?

MEENAH: howd you even hear that already

#dag

PORRIM: Wo+rd travels fast here. Plenty o+f go+ssip.

PORRIM: No+ o+ne quite prepares yo+u fo+r the fact that o+n the o+ther side o+f death is an infinite echo+ chamber o+f teen drama.

#Bubblr

PORRIM: Funny ho+w when we left o+ur wo+rld to+ play yo+ur game, we all tho+ught we were leaving o+ur juvenile scho+o+lfeeding days behind us.

MEENAH: yeah

MEENAH: all the more reason to get out of here and fight bad guys and stuff

PORRIM: I no+ticed ho+w yo+u cunningly sidestepped an enco+unter with Kankri do+wn there.

#Nicely do+ne.

MEENAH: yeaaah

#poor shouty 38(

MEENAH: nomoby deserves havin to meet a dead teen alt universe ancestor like that

PORRIM: I think he might be entertaining so+me delusio+n o+f taking him under his wing.

PORRIM: Or if no+t his wing, the red fuzzy arm o+f his sweater.

MEENAH: what is with that ugly thing anyway

PORRIM: I made it fo+r him, actually.

PORRIM: Fo+r o+ne thing, I go+t tired o+f lo+o+king at his stupid hiked up pants, which he refused to+ change, ever. Serio+usly, did yo+u ever see him wearing anything else?

MEENAH: haha no

PORRIM: So+ unfashio+nable.

PORRIM: Also+, he was always shivering. It gets kind o+f chilly o+ut here, and he just wo+uldn't sto+p. No+t that I minded to+o+ much, but he just has this way o+f making such vo+cal and o+stentatio+us displays o+f suffering, like it's so+me kind o+f righteo+us state o+f being. It gets difficult fo+r everyo+ne to+ endure, especially after eo+ns. Hence his nickname, I guess.

MEENAH: wait nickname

MEENAH: if theres some new dig on vantas i need to know about it pronto

PORRIM: The Insufferable.

MEENAH: fuck yes highfive

MEENAH: wait forget it my hands still sore from latula

#goddamn radgirl

MEENAH: bitch slaps )(ARD

PORRIM: Oh, I kno+w.

MEENAH: you do

MEENAH: wait that is soundin fishily like innuendo

MEENAH: you and her ever uh

#uh...

PORRIM: I was under the impressio+n yo+u didn't co+me here to+ start trading go+ssip.

MEENAH: whoa youre right

MEENAH: almost forgot to not be glubbin a fuck

#glub exactly zero fucks

MEENAH: i apologize for prying into your romlife that was so shrimpudent of me

PORRIM: It's alright. It's no+t like I have many well kept secrets.

PORRIM: Co+me visit any time. We'll get yo+u all caught up o+n exactly who+'s been seen passing thro+ugh the well-greased revo+lving do+o+rs to+ my quadrants.

[barelydwarven]

The Happy Sidesteppy project featuring 63 Sidesteps enjoying a nice weekend. This is my present and love song to Fallen Hero: Rebirth, it's fans and it's author.

(Also, my tiny computer and me weren’t smart enough to add sound to it so everyone has to be their own DJ with this. Textures from Pixabay site.). Under the cut are all the Sidesteps with the creators.

@fallenhero-rebirth - Fallen Hero: Rebirth and Ricardo Ortega

@naddaya - Riley Becker @blanketempress - Daze Becker @unitbravo   - Insoo Choi @mauvemacabre - Finnegan Winfield @spell-struck  - Minerva Wolfram @meiralitch - Eril Worgan @echoise - Keith Kwon @asra-memelord - Lupe Costa remy - Aidan Basri @sanguinemori - Magnus Brown @sodaboitellem  - Ezenaiah Still @prepareforfeels - Cyrus Castillo @inquizzie - Eden Gray @not-today-solas - Eugene Young @acuriouscorvid - Ves Vallenhaus @shiftyarchfey - Aiden Terrell @smuteczekbiczo - Jed Hayes @auroriane - Leighcya Saldena @jpriest85-blog - Maryam Qadir @shinyhaunt3r - Kalaziel Vi @tinta--branca - Leandro Acosta @lukeskywalkersbutt - Teigue Brennon @gayromansionis - Eckhart Baines @rockboci - Logan Gray (Twig) @awkward-screeching - Chris Basri @seph-scribbles - Keiran Basri @themostmagnificentgoatee - Angelina Marshall @cisbasher - Brin Basri @scarysticks - Cassandra Bayne @depressed-sock - Kiyo Basri @ratastrofiend - Marco Amato @thunderingstorms - Dimitri Sol @wardenchampion - Cassandra Basri @sangiin21 - Jane Morrigan @saturnsage - Jie-Sun Park Independent unknown Sidestep @sulkcubus - Clover Beckett @bittersweetale - Brandi Yeo @technologicalnoiz - Cyrus Burke @silajis - Seihoon Sin @panicfast - Nora Berry @wolfmarrow - Ira Lloyd @softproko - Kara Emerson @nln4 - Mikoto Uehara @o0seapancake0o  - Aiko Lee @butterymiststake - Cam Velasquez @kissingagrumpygiant - Ana Basri @pmk-n - Caleb Black @czokokokospoko - Su Vega @tristatt - Victor Swarovski @kruk-art - Awan Cormac @cacticouture - Alex Hart @phoenix-wulf - Ashlyn Kenee @croc-in-crocs - Luka Silver barelydwarven aka me - Lyuba Voronina @cheion-writes - Lovelle Aw @padparadscha-stells - Stell Sutherland @mademoisellegush - Solana Birchwood @barakoodra - Morgan Rivera @ladyshivs - Lydia Becerra uuu965 - Cyrus Brennan @hullomynameistrash - Ronin Basri @caprithebunny - Carrie Bessari

[jpriest85-blog]

My sidestep Maryam Qadir based on @unitedrussia template.

Going to include a close up of her in game stats for accuracy.

aint no rest for the wicked

(here’s the psd template for yall’s sadsteps, no need to credit me lads)

[gothify1]

Could a shoe trend you wore in high school be cool again? That's the question I posed to my fellow Who What Wear editors concerning the emergence of wedges . It brands like Staud, LOQ, and Maryam Nassir Zadeh have been churning out wedges that are a far cry from the ones you owned in 2002, and plenty of people are jumping on board for summer 2019. But what do editors really think of the trend? As it turns out, our Who What Wear team is overwhelmingly in favor of wedges, with all nine editors confirming they are indeed stylish, and none of the editors giving them a thumbs-down. Even though we work in close proximity to each other, our tastes naturally differ. For instance, one editor is anti-espadrille wedges while another is on board with this specific interpretation of the trend. (Kate Middleton is a fan of espadrille wedges, by the way.) Scroll down to see what nine Who What Wear editors think of wedges, and shop our picks. "I'm not going to lie, there was definitely a period of time where I personally disliked , but ever since Maryam Nassir Zadeh introduced her Olympia to the world, I've been forever changed. I love how flattering this shoe is on literally everyone's feet as the 'naked' element gives the illusion that your legs go on forever since there are no ankle straps to cut off the natural line of your leg." "I'm into it, but I haven't actually pulled the trigger yet. Is it because I view the trend as not absolutely necessary to buy into, unlike the barely there strappy sandal trend? Maybe. If I do buy into it, I know for sure that they'll have to feel like a fresh iteration like's Staud's version—no espadrille here, please. The other way I'd approach the trend is to get a vintage pair that is so out of this world that it sort of sidesteps the whole trend conversation." "There are some cool wedges on the market right now, but I sometimes can't help but associate them with bad 2000s fashion—sorry! The trick is finding the right pair that feels truly fresh and sleek, like this version by Staud." "Unlike the chunky platform styles that reigned in the '90s, this new crop of shoes is sleeker and strappier for an all-around fresher take that I'm totally on board with. This lime green croc pair is idling in my cart. Maybe I'll take the plunge on them now that I've been peer-pressured to try wedges 2.0 by my co-workers." "I didn't anticipate the return of but suddenly find myself inspired to wear them. I'm gravitating toward sleek, '90s-inspired pairs like these from Staud." "Perhaps I'm just biased toward any shoe trend that happens to also be comfortable, but I, for one, am elated by the return of the . They're no longer clunky like the ones from a decade ago and can actually look really cool when paired with jeans." "Honestly, were the first kind of heel I ever felt comfortable in, and I also appreciate that they're a more casual, easy way to upgrade whatever I'm wearing. I currently have my eye on this clean white slip-on style." "Shoe trends come and go, but in my opinion, are a forever staple. There are some seriously cool styles around this season—from mock croc to PVC—but I'm updating my espadrille with this chic and versatile suede olive pair." "I'm down with the return of the , but only if it's a slim one that's preferably less than three inches. I can't condone a high, clunky . I've seen lots of chic, modern interpretations of the trend this season, the below style being one of them." "I don't know if it's because it's still too soon for me to reclaim a trend whose peak existed during my most deeply un-chic years (the early to mid-2000s, aka my middle school years), but the truth is that most of the dressier/more self-serious I’ve seen cropping up in the market are not my cup of tea. What I can get on board with, however, are flatform , particular in sportier and more playful iterations, like these sunny yellow neoprene sandals. I can easily see myself palling around in these this summer." Next, the 49 best summer buys under $49 .

[dreamersanddarkness]

Part One

I remember the night I met David,one clear May night during my third year of university. He was friends with Love‟s then boyfriend. “ Come on Maryam! You‟re the only one who hasn‟t met Vic yet, Please just come out tonight I promise you won‟t feel like a third wheel, he‟s bringing a friend”. Grudgingly agreeing not only because of her but partly because I was bored and curious to see what Victor the beau looked like. Pulling on sweats since I couldn‟t be bothered these days, we stepped out of the hostel to meet them.

It was a dark night only broken by the streetlamps placed at intervals, we approached these figures, one tall and languid in manner, the other short and stout .The dark wasn‟t aiding my appraisals in any way, on getting closer, the first thing that struck me was the pervading smell of weed. They both reeked. Instantly filled with distaste I moved off to the side while she hugged them. “Vic, David, meet Maryam otherwise known as Ammie”, not to be rude I came over to exchange pleasantries then we paired off. He wasn‟t conventionally attractive, in fact none of them was and I actually thought he was ugly with his overbite and acne-scarred face but that faded soon enough. He was all over me from the start, no concept of personal space and that irritated me thus triggering my sarcastic and snide responses. I definitely got more than one nudge and whispered be nice from Love that night. Still, I guess my rudeness intrigued him. Oh and I completely forgot about the Vic evaluation but knowing they were drug users really put me off.

Two days later I‟m coming from class and its really late, only to run into David playing pool, with a cigarette dangling between his lips, running over,” Maryam, hey! Its David , Vic‟s friend”. “oh hello, just call me Ammie its easier for both of us” I reply shortly, sidestepping him as he gets so close and in my face, the stench of the cigarette is making me nauseous and my nose wrinkles instinctively. “Do you really have to do

that?” I ask, not very nicely, “Yeah it calms me down but its not as good as the weed I get off-campus”. Instantly irritated, I snap,” you know that could kill you right? Anyway that‟s your problem I have to go now”, without giving him a chance to respond I turned on my heel and went off to the hostel. That weekend Love comes over to get my blow- dryer,” By the way Maryam guess who I saw last night” “ Who was it?” “David duh! He came over when I was with Vic. He really likes you though he says you‟re not nice to him and he wants your number” seeing me roll my eyes, she goes on “ He really is a nice person and there‟s no harm in giving him your number, what‟s the worst he could do.......

[ryanmeft]

Movie Review: Tel Aviv on Fire

Comedy is the hardest thing in the world to transmute between cultures. What we find funny depends almost entirely on our shared background, with jokes and quips building out of the society we find ourselves in and the language we use, so that comedies often fall flat in the eyes of cultures that did not produce them. Tel Aviv on Fire largely sidesteps this problem by relying on bombastic misunderstandings and errors, something understandable in most any language. You may be a little lost if you don’t know anything about the disagreements between Israel and Palestine, but if that’s the case, you’re likely not watching this movie to begin with.

The whole thing opens on a scene so wonderfully corny we cannot believe it is meant to be taken seriously. Indeed, it transpires that it is a soap opera, an insidious form of purported entertainment that has apparently escaped American confinement. This one is set before the Six Days War between Israel and its Arab neighbors, and centers around a Palestinian woman trying to charm information out of an Israeli general. The dialogue is deliberately bad, something difficult to pull off, but the film manages it perfectly, with just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek nodding at the audience. The two actors involved are of course playing actors in this movie, actors who are playing actors in---you get the picture. Tala (Lubna Azabal) and General Yehuda Edelman (Yousef ‘Joe’ Sweid) are nice enough people, but of course are actors and therefore want their parts written in ways that most flatter them. The showrunner (Nadim Sawalha) has a nephew, Salam (Kais Nashif) who is chronically unemployable and allergic to responsibility, who he has given a low-level position on the show. Following an encounter with a border patrol commander named Assi (Yaniv Biton), who gives him a solid idea, he is promoted to the writing team. One problem: he can’t write.

Thus, he turns to Assi. Salam is Palestinian, Assi is Israeli, and the latter agrees to help him---essentially writing his scenes for him---in exchange for good Palestinian hummus and an Israeli-friendly ending to the show. The Palestinian backers say no, but Assi is not the kind of person you easily say to. He wants to impress his wife, who watches the show, and extracts a promise from Salam the other man knows he can’t keep.

This all sounds very serious, but director Sameh Zoabi and co-writer Dan Kleinman handle it with a light, personal touch. Salam is hardly a strong nationalist, and while Assi is more strident in his political views (he is in the Army, after all) the job is personal for both men. Assi hates being a border security officer, longs to impress a wife who evidences more interest in the bold, unrealistic male figures on the soap opera, and generally like he must prove his manhood by meeting problems with force. Salam is a run-down shadow of a man, backed into a rut by his own poor personal choices, and trying to amend one of those choices by getting a job that will prove he has changed to the woman (Maisa Abd Alhady) he once cruelly spurned.

In classic comedy tradition, Salam tries to please both the show’s backers and the increasingly demanding Assi while concealing the fact he isn’t even writing this stuff. This leads to hilarious appeals to Assi’s ego, who wants things such as his own picture placed on set. It also inevitably leads to romantic hijinks, such as when Salam must back out of a date with Maryam because the actress Tala, who is of course something of a sex symbol, demands he work overnight at her place to re-write her role or she will quit. These are not the guffaw types of laughs, but ones born of real people in tight situations, which are the best kind. We feel for most everyone in the film, and want them to all get what they want somehow. There are lower-brow, laugh-out-loud moments too, such as the conservative and uptight Assi demonstrating on Salam how to give a massage, as well as pretty much every scene of the perfectly hokey soap itself. The supporting cast is decidedly less developed, with Maryam in particular being reduced to Love Interest 101.

Though the film has been produced by a team ranging across Israel, Belgium Luxembourg and France, and I freely admit I’m not the man to tell you how true it is to the situation of Israel and Palestine. It is approaching a matter of deadly seriousness to millions of people through the device of a character comedy, using the frenemy relationship between an Israeli and a Palestinian as a springboard for humor that pokes subtle holes in the animosities of war in general. That alone may make some people angry. Most, I think, will take the message as intended: that at the end of the day, borders and divisions are at least a little bit absurd.

Verdict: Recommended

Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.

Must-See

Highly Recommended

Recommended

Average

Not Recommended

Avoid like the Plague

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[jpriest85-blog]

Been playing Fallen Hero Retribution and basically freaking out about it with my online friends in Discord. It's been inspiring me again, so I've made some art of my Anarchist Sidestep, Maryam Qadir aka Revenant, and my talented friend @puggart Hero Hunter Carter Krane aka Mastermind, posing as a villainous power couple.

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Carter telepathically communicating: Why? I'm not damaged enough to require fixing?

Maryam, while bandaging Carter's injury: Because you are hurting (gives Carter peck on cheek to help him feel better), and I want to make it hurt less.

(Maryam smiles up at Carter while he blushes in confusion but starts smiling back)

Some more @fallenhero-rebirth fan art of my Sidestep Maryam Qadir and my talented friend @puggart Sidestep Carter Krane. Some concept doodles of the two of them back when they were wee baby Farm Cukoos on assignment together.

Considering Maryam has such high empathy, it makes her useful for gathering Intel and blending in with other people to mimic them. The downside is that she also feels when others are hurting. Sure, Carter was injured, but it wasn’t badly enough to trigger his pain gate or require replacing limbs or organs. As long as the mission was successful and he's not bleeding enough to leave behind evidence or a trail, the Handlers don't care.

Still, Maryam can't ignore that Carter is in pain. So she mimics something she saw a couple of kids on the playground do when someone got hurt. Bandage the wound and kiss it better. Such an innocent little gesture ment for comfort it's a shame she gets pushed so severely for the act.

It's dangerous for Cukoos to learn compassion. Can't have them thinking they're people or risk getting attached to each other.

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Made a mock album cover for @fallenhero-rebirth Character Playlist for my Sidestep, Maryam Qadir, depicting her old Sidestep persona and her new villan persona, Revenant.

Either Die a Hero

•"A Little Death" by The Neighborhood

•"Enter Sandman " by Metallica

• "Forgiver I Am Not Yours" by Feminasgûl

•"Harder to Breath" by Maroon 5

•"I Am A Revenant" by The Distillers

•"I Whisper In the Ear of the Dead " by Nile

•"Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones

•"Secret Face" by Death

•"We Will Rise" by Arch Enemy

•"Zombie" by The Cranberries

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They all look so good, I love them all so much

FH band au character profile pic collection, ‘tis done

Personnel:

@jpriest85-blog ’s Maryam Qadir, lead vocals

Stell Sutherland, lead guitar

@ratastrofiend ’s Marco Amato, bass

@cacticouture’s Alex Hart, drums

[jpriest85-blog]

Some @fallenhero-rebirth art of Los Diablos elusive Queen of the criminal Underworld, Hollow Ground, Nocturne and Jake.

It's funny how much HG and Sidestep can potentially mirror and contrast each other. Not just physically with the uncanny resemblance. My own Sidestep, Maryam Qadir, is an anarchist villain who wants to reveal the truth and has a complicated relationship with both Ortega and Dr. Mortum. HG, meanwhile, is a feared mob boss who prefers her privacy, and while running her criminal empire can be challenging, she still manages to have a loving and functional open poly relationship with Nocturne and Jake.

[jpriest85-blog]

Prepare for trouble Los Diabos, and make it double!

Some Fallen Hero fan art of my talented artist friend @puggart sidestep Mastermind aka Carter Krane posing dramatically with mine, Revenant aka Maryam Qadir. Villainous partners and sometimes lovers in the nighttime, causing trouble and overthrowing the government, and burning down the Farm.

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Was playing around on Hero Forge while I was bored and finally came up with a villainous armor design I liked for my Sidestep, Maryam Qadir. So I took screenshots of Maryam in her Reverant armor both with and without the helmet, and even included a version of younger Maryam in her Sidestep costume.

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Some more Fallen Hero art this time I finally got around to drawing my Sidestep, Maryam Qadir, in her full body hero costume. I used images of Gwen Stacy for both the action pose reference and to help with the costume insperation.