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Master List of Black Creators, Owners, & Public Figures

DISCLAIMER: I am fucking whiter than white. I compiled this list to boost black creators and public figures, but if I am overstepping at all PLEASE let me know!

Also, I tried to research these in a timely manner. If anyone in these lists is problematic or should not be supported, let me know. :)

(Of course, this is only a TINY portion! Feel free to add more names, businesses, and creators!)

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Activists:

•Naomi Anderson

•Maya Angelou

•James Baldwin

•Lillie Mae Bradford

•Mari Copeny

•Frederick Douglass

•Ruth Ellis

•Erica Garner

•Alicia Garza

•Ernest Green

•Fannie Lou Hamer

•Frances Harper

•Langston Hughes

•Marsha P. Johnson

•Alberta Odell Jones

•Quincy Jones

•Martin Luther King Jr.

•Audre Lorde

•Bree Newsome

•Huey P. Newton

•Rosa Parks

-Bayard Rustin

•Sojourner Truth

•Harriet Tubman

•Madam C.J. Walker

•Ida B. Wells

•Malcolm X

Actors/Actresses & Directors:

•Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

•James Avery

•Angela Bassett

•Halle Berry

•John Boyega

•Levar Burton

•Nick Cannon

•Michael Clarke Duncan

•Zendaya Coleman

•Terry Crews

•Viola Davis

•Idris Elba

•Jamie Foxx

•Morgan Freeman

•Whoopi Goldberg

•Tiffany Haddish

•Skai Jackson

•William Jackson Harper

•Kevin Hart

•Steve Harvey

•Jennifer Hudson

•Ice Cube

•Spike Lee

•Phill Lewis

•Bernie Mac

•Eddie Murphy

•Keke Palmer

•James Pickens Jr.

•Chris Rock

•Will Smith

•Raven Symonè

•Denzel Washington

•Jesse Williams

•Chandra Wilson

•Oprah Winfrey

•John Witherspoon

Authors & Poets:

•Elizabeth Acevedo

•Tomi Adeyemi

•Kwame Alexander

•Maya Angelou

•Rena Barron

•Paula Chase

•Dhonielle Clayton

•Brandy Colbert

•Jay Coles

•Dana Davis

•Tanita S. Davis

•Sharon M. Draper

•Paul Laurence Dunbar

•Akwaeke Emezi

•Sharon G. Flake

•Kristina Forest

•L.R. Giles

•Whitney D. Grandison

•Nikki Grimes

•Justina Ireland

•Tiffany D. Jackson

•Kimberly Jones

•Claire Kann

•Kekla Magoon

•Janice Lynn Mather

•Tony Medina

•Candice Montgomery

•David Barclay Moore

•Britney Morris

•Bethany C. Morrow

•Greg Neri

•Nnedi Okorafor

•Tochi Onyebuchi

•Morgan Parker

•Junauda Petrus

•Ben Philippe

•Jason Reynolds

•Debbie Rigaud

•Ilyasah Shabazz

•Nic Stone

•Liara Tamani

•Mildred D. Taylor

•Angie Thomas

•Brian F. Walker

•Booker T. Washington

•Renée Watson

•Alicia Williams

•August Wilson

•C.E. Wilson

•Ashley Woodfolk

•Jacqueline Woodson

•Nicola Yoon

•Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Black-Owned Bookstores:

•Grassrootz Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)

•Eso Won Books (Los Angeles, CA)

•Malik Books (Los Angeles, CA)

•Marcus Books (Oakland, CA)

•Shades of Afrika (Long Beach, CA)

•Shop At Matter (Denver, CO)

•Pyramid Books (Boynton Beach, FL)

•For Keeps Books (Atlanta, GA)

•Bunnie Hillard (Decatur, GA)

•Challenges Games & Comics (Decatur, GA)

•Semicolon (Chicago, IL)

•Wild Fig Books (Lexington, KY)

•Frugal Bookstore (Boston, MA)

•Loyalty Books (Silver Springs, MD)

•Loving Me Books (Detroit, MI)

•Source Booksellers (Detroit, MI)

•Mind’s Eye Comics (Burnsville, MN)

•Eye See Me (St. Louis, MO)

•Source of Knowledge (Newark, NJ)

•The Lit Bar (The Bronx, NY)

•Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)

•Megabrain Comics (Rhinebeck, NY)

•The Schomburg Shop (Harlem, NY)

•Sister’s Uptown (New York, NY)

•Fulton Street Books (Tulsa, OK)

•Third Eye Bag (Portland, OR)

•Amalgam Comics (Philadelphia, PA)

•Harriett’s Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA)

•Uncle Bobbie’s (Philadelphia, PA)

•Turning Page Bookshop (Goose Creek, SC)

•Black Pearl Books (Austin, TX)

•The Dock (Fort Worth, TX)

•Loyalty Books (Washington DC)

•MahoganyBooks (Washington DC)

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•Black & Bookish

•Black Books Matter

•Bookaddict4real

•Brazen Babe Reviews

•Doddy About Books

•Fine Point Scribbles

•Kaybee’s Bookshelf, A Literary Blog

•Literally Black

•Ms. Shabria Gxo

•Sometimes Leelynn Reads

Models:

•Adwoa Aboah

•Adesuwa Aighewi

•J. Alexander

•Karen Alexander

•Leomie Anderson

•Alanna Arrington

•Yasmine Arrington

•Tyra Banks

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•Tyson Beckford

•Yasmin Benoit

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•Adonis Bosso

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•Naomi Campbell

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•Yaya DaCosta

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•Bruce Darnell

•Khoudia Diop

•Nadège du Bospertus

•Jourdan Dunn

•Selita Ebanks

•Paloma Elsesser

•Cora Emmanuel

•Staniel Ferreira

•Malaika Firth

•Diandra Forrest

•Imaan Hammam

•Winnie Harlow

•Beverley Heath-Hoyland

•Marsha A. Hunt

•Broderick Hunter

•Chanel Iman

•Beverly Johnson

•Toccara Jones

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•Sal Stowers

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•Veronica Webb

•Alek Wek

•Jessica White

•Slick Woods

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Musicians:

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•Akon

•Louis Armstrong

•Pearl Bailey

•Harry Belafonte

•Chuck Berry

•Beyoncé

•The Black Eyed Peas

•Blackstreet

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•Zendaya Coleman

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•Andra Day

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•CeeLo Green

•Billie Holiday

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nsula · 6 years ago

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Dean’s List Fall 2018

NATCHITOCHES – One thousand two hundred sixty students were named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Northwestern State University. Students on the list earned a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.99. Those named to the Dean’s List by hometown are as follows.

Aberdeen Proving Grd, Maryland -- Adrian Borel

Addis -- William Seaman

Alexandria – Iris Barrera, Marquita Benjamin, Morgan Bryant, Katylyn Cox, Ashley Day, Qurshea Decoste, Destiny Dotson, Selena Elmore, KelVina Ford, Daryn Freeman, Maeghan George, Khloe Jasper, Leslie Katz, Taylar Lee, Kelli Leone, ShaKiyla Lindsey, Jimmie Magee, Madalyn Mayer, Lauren McLeod, Olivia Mosley, Lashanda Moss, Kellie Pebbles, Ragan Richey, Imani Ricks, Sydney Roseman, Kaitlin Roshto, Caleb Ross, Shakera Shorts, Kizzy Slaughter, Avery Tharp, Alexander Trotter, Hailey Urena, Alysha Walker, Christopher Warren, William Welch, Aalyiah Williams;

Anacoco – Alan Cosio, Danielle Egan, Elizabeth Guy, Andrea Halladay, Madeleine Hensley, Karington Johnson, Kelen Kay, Jason Ortiz, Clarissa Owens, Brooke Phillips, Amanda Sorg, Erica Wade, Emily Williams;

Angers, France – Sophie Podevin;

Angola – Ursula Poarch;

Arlington, Texas -- Samantha Bell, Devin Gipson, Charles Rogers;

Arnaudville –Bailey Dautreuil;

Athens – Ryan Carroway;

Atlanta – Jonathan Friis, Alexis Hanson, Peyton Howell,

Aurora, Colorado – William McCullough;

Austin, Texas – Skylar Besch, Ysmina Smith;

Avondale – James Brown, Mikala Clark;

Ball – Stephen Carpenter, Lauren Nugent, Vanessa Toney;

Barksdale AFB – Victoria Charles, Jeanine Matthews;

Bastrop – Anna Akins, Alisha Bolton, Haleigh Irby, Chadwick Jones, Haleigh Vollmar;

Baton Rouge – Merodac Beraki, Randy Blackwell, Rosa Campbell, Joshua Cheatwood, Peyton Clark, Emmanuel Dunn, Bryn Edmonston, Maisyn Guillory, Kelly Guillot, Melvin Hudson Misterie Jarrell, DJacqulyn Johnson, Elizebeth Ledet, Bethany Lee, Sarah Lovern, Madalyn Mullins, Mary Pourciau, Colleen Reese, Ethan Smith, Reagan Smith, Haley Sylvester, Sarah Talbot, Jessica Joseph;

Bayside, Nova Scotia – April Trowbrige;

Baytown, Texas – Norma Trejo;

Belcher – Jessica Herbert;

Belle Chasse – Hayley Barbazon, Alexander Melcer, Jade Talazac, Natalie Wilson, Annie Wright;

Belle Rose – Thomas Daigle;

Belmont – Jayce Gentry;

Bentley – Stephanie Hayes;

Benton – Haley Crosby, Holly Crosby, Jessica Gates, Joshua Johnson, Kara Knippers, Abigail Lauterbach, Hannah Schott, Daniel Scott, Ted Scott, Jadyn Sepulvado, Torea Taylor, Audrey Trujillo, Kimberly Umphries, Jackson Mathews;

Berwick – Brittany Vidos;

Bossier City – Christian Baker, Clayton Brown, Amber Engel, Sydney Gootee, Sydney Shannon, Austin Averitt, Alexandra Borrmann, Courtney Brooks, Abigail Castillo, Emily Cheatham, Lacy Chism, Caitlin Cover, Ri’Kaela England, Kelly Flores, Matthew Flynn, Kelsey Gallman, Candace Guillory, Rebecca Hickson, Jodi Hill, Anqumesha Jeter, Elizabeth Jones, Abigail Kent, Tina Kile, Marci King, Rebecca Markle, Arielle Martignetti, Claire McMillan, Brittany Morris, Kennedy Parson, Brittani Phillips, Khayla Pugh, Litzy Rivera, Kassidy Robideaux, Andrew Robinson, Rheagan Rowland, Jeffrey Ruiz, Elisha Scott, Hope Spaw, Brittany Spence, Tori Spraggins, Terrence Stewart, Susan Stone, Savannah Swaim, Benjamin Tanner, Avery Tibbets, Kortney Toellner, Jirneicia Ward, Courtney Wilson, Dominique Wineglass, Jennifer Woods, Nour Zeidan, Andrea Holley, Ashley Bennett, Ashanti Hill, Brittney Malmay,

Boyce – Bo Bowers, Sarah Hill, Amanda Land, Hannah Miller, Wyatt Miller, Miranda Perry, Ashley Smith, Jessie Turner;

Breaux Bridge – Blythe Duvall, Shayla James, Ashtin Mouton, Tyler Thibodeaux;

Brookeland, Texas – Morgan Horn, Paige West;

Brusly – Emma Wallace;

Buda, Texas – Kathryn Wristen;

Bullard, Texas – Brandon Duecker;

Bunkie – Brett Baker, Izola Williams, Kearia Wilson;

Burleson, Texas – Eric Neeley;

Bush – Saige Tassin;

Callisburg, Texas – Maycy English;

Calvin – Chris Price;

Campti – Destiny Potts, Stoney Slaughter, Alexis Smith;

Canton – Tiffany Cayson;

Carencro – Malik Babin, Destiny Kennerson, Jasmin Thibodeaux;

Cartagena, Colombia – Edwin Castro Frias, Jose Colon-Marrugo, Valeria Correa Meza, Victor Lopez Ramos, Romulo Osorio Herrera, Cristian Paez Geney, Daniel Racero Rocha;

Cartagena Bolivar, Colombia – Alejandro Dager Carrasquilla, Luis Osorio Betancourt, Saily Romero Marrugo, Valeria Perez Espinosa, Veronica Perez Espinosa, Ramon Sarruf Monroyl

Carthage, Illinois – Nicole Clark;

Castor – Kaycee Collinsworth;

Center, Texas – Chelsea Henderson;

Central – Christian Chustz;

Chalmette – Dylan Fuselier, Sara Mendoza;

Cheneyville – Fontana Mitchell;

Clayton – Glendalyn Boothe, Ruben Smith;

Cleburne, Texas – Patrick Murr;

Clifton – Toni Smith;

Clinton, Mississippi – Adam Moncure;

Cloutierville – Alexia Gistarb;

Colfax – Camren Bell, Alison Churchman, Mikayla Richardson, Evan White;

College Station, Texas – Jasmyn Hunter;

Columbia – Tyler Duchesne, Jackson McCann;

Converse – Zachary Faircloth, Nicolas Farmer, Ashley Forgues Brock, Skyler Laroux, Elaina Richardson, Noah Sepulvado, Ashley Sims;

Coppell, Texas – Jada Freeman;

Cottonport – Rayne Canoe, Zachary Gauthier, Justin Tigner;

Coushatta – Kori Allen, La’Zaria Clark, Elizabeth Cummins, Dillon Foshee, Jason Gross, Ashley Guye, Tawanda Johnson, Sidney Jones, Emily King, Jeremy Lawson, William Lee, Aaron Murray, Allison Pearah, Jon Russell, Amey Sepulvado, Carmie Williams, Caroline Wren;

Covington – Kayla Keys, Andrea Mier, Cathleen Oviedo, Etienne Blanchat;

Crowley – Alyssa Huval;

Cumberland, Maryland – Rebekah Apple;

Cypress, Texas – Alexis Gomez;

Dallas, Texas – Nadia Carney, Natalie Robledo;

Darrow – Micheal Douglas;

DeKalb, Texas – Jaquan Jackson;

DeQuincy – Austin Nichols, Hayden Robertson;

DeRidder – Carson Brown, Maygin Chesson, Alphonse Engram Ashleigh Fedderman, Bambi Hardesty, Michael Keeper, Dustin Lauderback, Kyla Lockhart, Kimberly Nolen, Don Prater, Hayley Richard, Shynikia Roberson, Mikalyn Russell, Lauren Taylor, Ebony Terry;

Deer Park, Texas – Patrick McDonald, Blake Stephenson;

Denham Springs – Caitlyn Cutrer, Caitlin Griffin Halle Mahfouz, Jonathan Rodriguez, Stephanie Ryals, Amy Thomas, Emily Williams;

Denton, Texas – Ian Edwards;

Derry – Hannah Antee;

Des Allemands – Dilaney Deroche;

Destrehan – Patrick Juneau, Kiera Robinson;

Deville – Kealee Anderson, Hailey Bolton, Alexis Dennis, Kayla Dewilde, Candice Dryden, Amy Henderson, Karlee Littleton, Marlee Paulk, Vivian Vallery;

Dike, Texas – Brynn Offut;

Dodson – Kierstyn Cyrus, Nolan Griffin, Lydia McGaha, Brittany Walker;

Donaldsonville – Natalie Landry, Madeline Sotile;

Doyle – Mackensie Ulrich;

Dry Creek – Kayla Mandelin;

Dry Prong – Jacob Boydstun, Sarah Desselle, Christy Gough, Alisabeth Lockhart;

Duson – Autumn Ritter, Lane Royer;

Duvall, Washington – Jason Smigelski;

Effie – Jaydan Perkins;

Elizabeth – Clyde Hurst;

Elm Grove – Gabrielle Smith;

Elmer – Jerrica Beebe, Mikayla Deloach, Halston Rachal, Joseph Rachal;

Enon Valley, Pennsylvania – Jennifer Smiley;

Eros – Alecia Smith;

Ethel – Abby Guillory;

Eunice – Carli Esters, Tammy Richard, Emily Deshotel;

Evans – Lakin Smith;

Evergreen – Shelby Riche;

Farmerville – Jalissa Loyd;

Ferriday – Shanequa Tyler, Dalenesha Wimley;

Fisher – Hayden Courtney;

Flatwoods – Jasmine George;

Florien – Gabrielle Bryant, Ashley Carter, Travis Cook, Faith Hopkins, McKenzie Kuhlow, Megan Lampkin, Noah Parker, Emma Ray, Ashley Ross, Elizabeth Squillini, Shari Wilson;

Forest Hill – Andrianne Dore, Rachel Humphries, Claudia Marie, Charli Stanley;

Forest Park, Illinois – Kimberly Murray;

Forney, Texas – Kaymi Wheeler;

Fort Polk – Laura Cerqueira, Amanda Dhondt, Jasmine Dyer, Clarrissa Lancour, Jennifer Lara Hager, Andrea Marquez, Clare Masa, Blaise Nkengafac, Madison Popp, Lindsay Romero, Shiela May Tabonares, Whitney Tipton, Christian Wood;

Fort Riley, Kansas – Breanna Bryan;

Fort Sill, Oklahoma – Iryana Burrus;

Fort Worth, Texas – Charles Gregory Meade;

Franklin – Chaqaire Jenkins, Cheyenne Smith;

Franklinton – Brian Geragthy, Aron Stephens;

Freeland, Washington – Paul Aune;

Fresno, Texas – Terres Anderson;

Frierson – John Rachal, Valerie Smith;

Frisco, Texas – Adam Trupp;

Gardena, California – Cole Llorens;

Geismar – Kristi Contreary;

Georgetown – Laura White;

Gibsland – Tyler Sneed;

Glenmora – Kristopher Devore, Precious Goins, Abbie Johnson, Megan Johnson, Nellie Johnson, Savannah Thompson, Tiara Baker;

Gloster – Kylee Causey, Jennifer Simmons, Johnette Whorton;

Goldonna – Alexander Guillory;

Gonzales – Addison Adams, Ryan Gremillion, Victoria Gardner, Legand Lilly, Corey Payne, Jamien Sampson, Zoe Tapp, Jaci Templet, Trencia Washington;

Gorman, Texas – Kourtney Seaton;

Gramercy – Amber Theisges;

Grand Cane – Nathan Graham, Emily Miller, Matthew Raybon;

Gray – Cassie Becnel, Tevyn Johnson;

Greenwell Springs – Katherine Bryant, Katherine Langlois;

Gretna – Chloe Johnson, Jasmine Myles, Trinity Velazquez;

Gueydan – Hannah Sedatol;

Gulfport, Mississippi – Tamara Benton;

Gun Barrel City, Texas – Colton Banghart;

Hahnville – Catelyn Errington;

Hammond – Andrea Hidalgo, Kaylon Willoughby, William Woodworth;

Harlingen, Texas – Frances Knight;

Harvey – Tajalai Evans, Christiana Johnson, Alexis Taylor;

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Mary Mitchell;

Haughton – Matthew Bailey, Benny Broadway, Arneshia Brooks, Katelynn Edwards, Shelby Grubbs, Kobe Jackson, Kylee Jackson, Daniel Langen, Sarah Ledford, Nicklaus Lowery, Angie Nguyen, Jamie Phillips, Makenzie Rains, Licentra Randolph, Kaylee Swart, Valerie Taylor, Zoey Thomas, Logan Turner, Lomia Watkins, Larissa Wells, Hunter Woods;

Haynesville – Eriel Fields, Sabrina Sowell, Allyssa Dodds;

Heflin – Rachael Vickers;

Henderson, Texas – Andrew Blackmon, Christina Marie Colley;

Henderson – Asha Cormier;

Hessmer – Kaitlynn Burke, Laney Jeansonne;

Hineston – Richard Clark, Madison Morrison, Karlie Taylor;

Homer – Francene Ferguson, Shannon Rhodes;

Honolulu, Hawaii – Melissa Baker, Hans Andersen Tan;

Hornbeck – Sarah Ceballos, Jerry Hughes, Jr., Carrie Wilson;

Hosston – Alaysia Fredieu;

Houma – Kelsey Chauvin, Anna Gautreaux, Zoe Hebert, Dylan LeBlanc, Venessa McKinley, Sara Rebstock, Kyle Siddle;

Houston, Texas – Bruce Beth, Brittany Davis, Oai Lee Huynhl

Hutto, Texas – Tommi Long;

Ida – Madison Campbell;

Independence – Chloe Whiddon;

Iota – Morgan Gotte, Katie Latiola;

Iowa – Marvette Williams;

Jamestown – Kylie Knotts;

Jeanerette – Brandy Jackson;

Jefferson – Matthew Broekman, Codi Vernace, Amanda Wilburn;

Jena – Tiara Brown, Candace Decker, Jessi McNeely, Dena Ray;

Jennings – Emily Benoit, Destany Brown, Phillip Gotte, KaTierra Lewis;

Jonesboro – Natalee Gray, Tia Moore;

Jonesville – Rachel Eichmann, Kayla Robertson, Kameron Stevenson, James White;

Kalaupapa, Hawaii – Kamamalu Nishihira-Asuncion;

Keatchie – Brittany Miller, Amber Nash, Sarah Plaisance;

Keithville – McKenzie Knotts, Shleby Loftin, Cara Lorensen, Dominique Jackson, Jerry Parks, Deja White;

Kemp, Texas – Katelynn Messer

Kenner – Gennyfer Pena;

Kerens, Texas – Brandon Brumbelow, Diego Maldonado;

Killeen, Texas – William Hooper, Nathalohn Nanai;

Kinder – Teralyn Plumber, Stewart Wheeler;

Kingwood, Texas – Alexandria Bailey;

Konarskie, Poland – Elzbieta Iwaniuk;

Labadieville – Jacelynn LeBlanc, Logan Simoneaux;

Lacombe – Casey Casler;

Lafayette – Taylor Aucoin, Bailey Begnaud, Natalye Bradley, Javian Bush, Amari Carmouche, Joshua Delaughter, Shaniya Fuselier, Ashley Guidry, Adele Hebert, Bryce Hernandez, Julia Laperouse, Collin Monaghan, Joshua Monaghan, Sarah Palmintier, Christina Poole, Jordan Redd, Madison Weathers, Ireland Williams;

Lake Arthur – Nicole Andrews, Tuesdi Stipek, Hannah Worley;

Lake Charles – Rebekah Nicholas, Emily Roller, Isaiah Roy;

Lake Wales, Florida – LaRon James;

Lakeside, California – Amanda Lee;

LaPlace – Melvin Bates, Jalen Haydel, Jacob St. Pierre;

Larose – Nicholas Hebert;

Las Vegas, Nevada – Caitlin Schweighart;

Lavon, Texas – Berenice Bretado, Matthew Howeth;

League City, Texas – Kennedi Carter, Mary Gilbert, Emily Ornelas, Lacee Savage, Christopher Zirkle;

Leander – Karissa Boswell;

Leavenworth, Kansas – Anuhea Iyo;

Lecompte – Logan Cheek, Allison Williams;

Leesville – Dakota Abrams, Kimberly Alwell, Summer Atkins, Kaitlyn Bailey, Hannah Baker, Marilyn Brooks, Rachal Brown, Kaylee Busby, Victoria Carbaugh, Jessica Clare, Angie Culbert, Baylor Dillon, Raegan Dotson, Brandon Fredieu, Miranda Fulks, Ashley Garcia, Sean Grady, Morgan Hall, Britney Harvey, Kimberly Henley, Haley Hood, Kelly Kealaula, Zachary Keeton, Lane Koury, Samatha LaMonte, Daniella Lowry, Karl Marzahl, Kylie McAllister, Amy McKellar, Kelly Mitchell, Emily Moore, Taylor Newman, Joseph Orchi, Kaitlyn Pajinag, Victoria Perkins, Elizabeth Rios, Amber Rose, Chloe Rouleau, Destiny Sanders, David Santos, Erin Schwartz, Riley Shackelford, Brandy Sherman, Joseph Slaughter, Claire Smyth, Heather Snell, Alicia Stanford, Collin Strickland, Sydni Striedel, Matthew Ward, Marissa Weldon, Mikayla Zills;

Lena – Lashae’ Lucas, Courtland Smith;

Lettsworth – Meilyn Woods;

Lindale, Texas – Eden Cook;

Little Elm, Texas – Jasmine Ealy, Daniel Larin, Brian Lenox, Kaitlyn McCullogh;

Livingston – Chase Crane;

Logansport – Kendoyle Cox, Megan Holmes, Maci Martin, Charles McClintock;

Longview, Texas – Hannah Dunn;

Lonoke, Arkansas – Rachel Terry;

Loranger – Cambree Bailey, Jessi Dominique;

Luling – Macie Barrios, Nathan Roth;

Lumberton, Texas – Joshua Terry;

Mabank, Texas – Dustin Huffman;

Madisonville – Sarahjane Ladut, Bailey Perrilloux;

Magnolia, Texas – Kyle Moore;

Mamou – Melissa Soileau;

Mandeville – Maci Burt, Mya Holmes, Sheridan Smith, Jalen Willis;

Mansfield – Canessia Johnson, Samantha Powell;

Mansura – Beau Barbry, Magen Hegger;

Many – Chelsa Arthur, Victoria Barnhill, Rachel Bensinger, Toby Bruce, Maegan Burkett, Hannah Chanler, Patrick Colston, Sarah Cross, Timothy Early, Tiarra Frazier, Brittney Garcie, Emily Holcomb, Mayci Lewis, Jenifer Meadows, Athena Mitchell, Kasey Moore, Seth Ozsoy, Chelsea Parrie, Andrew Penfield, Heather Trichel, Krisha Williams, Tyler Colston, Sheridan Gowen;

Marble Falls, Texas – Sarah Lewis;

Maringouin – Laura Scronce;

Marksville – Olivia Johnson, Shelby Lemoine, Madeleine Morrow, Tanner Nugent, Mackenzie Stanley;

Marrero – Tara Brown, Jade Duthu, Dorothy Gioia;

Marshall, Missouri – KaNeeshia Gay;

Marshall, Texas – Sydney Swilley, Abigail Upton;

Marthaville – Dylan Daniels, Mallory Powell, Hannah Sattler, Frank Lester;

Maurice – Jenna-Clair Courville, Adele Vincent, Elise Vincent;

Meraux – Sophie Stechmann;

Merryville – Aric Johnson;

Metairie – Kathryn Bancroft, Anna Birbiglia, Taylor Crawford, Cameron Duhe, Mary Gaffney, Ellie Mandel, Andrew Pitari;

Midlothian, Texas – Rachel Fowler;

Midlothian, Illinois – Daniel Hlad;

Minden – Roxy Easley, Abby Greene, Peyton Gray, Fisher McLemore, Kirsten Sibley, Amber Slater, Asata Sylvas, Edoard Talamayan, Madison Tanner, Jordan Young;

Minneapolis, Minnesota – Jenna Carlson;

Missouri City, Texas – Cayla Jones;

Monroe – William Adcock, Allie Ellerbe, Jaronda Griffin, Parron Jones, Skylar Sorrell, Jarviar Wade, Brittany Wilson;

Montegut – Megan Pellegrin;

Montgomery – Morgan Bartlett, Morgan McManus, Erikk Sluss, Hannah Vercher, Michael Waxley;

Moreauville – Austin Dismer, Nicholas Jackson;

Morrow – Quaniqua Joseph;

Murcia, Colombia – Cristina Gonzalez Corchon;

Natchez – Jackson Carroll, Jacorrian Davis, Courtney Sarpy, Morgan Slaugher, Patricia Wise;

Natchez, Mississippi – Victoria Bradford;

Natchitoches – Adedayo Adeniji, Jordan Alex, Tyler Anderson, James Armstrong, Aaron Averett, Brock Barrios, Gracie Bennett, Gavin Bergeron, Ciara Blade, Keaton Booker, Charles Bouchie, Shenita Braxton, Taylor Burch, Deasia Burrell, Ladiamond Burrell, Morgan Burris, Ebone Burton, Kezia Butler, Savannah Bynog, John Byone, Maria Carmona-Ruiz, Kiondra Clark, Lane Clevenger, Kaia Collins, Leanna Coy, Whitney Crooks, Kenneth Darcy, Kara Davis, Kelsy Davis, Sean Day, Leah Deford, Trenton Downs, Ashley Dranguet, Peyton Ebarb, Virginia Falgoust, Daniela Forero Salcedo, Hannah Forsythe, Eric Fredieu, Katlynn French, Luis Gallo Quintero, Abbie Gandy, Jeffrey Goff, Samuel Greene, Julian Guerrero Acevedo, Laura Guzman Rodriguez, Brianca Hall, Valentina Herazo Alvarez, John Howell, Jared Hulsey, Emily Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Abagael Kinney, Lyndon Knueppel, Karlee Laurence, Carlomagno Leon Jimenez, Maya Levo, Alba Maloff, Brooklyn Martin, Paula Martinez Marrugo, LiZhang Matuschka, Tyler McCain, Michael McClung, Kristin McQuillin, Jasmine Milsap, Sarah Moody, Coy Morgan, Matthew Nelson, Jorgia Nevers, Kevin Nutt, Kiara Padilla, Griffiana Paige, Kenneth Penrod, Chaka Palm, Kevin Price, Shalondria Rainey, LaKendria Remo, Alejandro Restrepo Cardozo, Kierstin Richter, William Rogers, Maria Rushing, Chandler Sarpy, Gabrielle Scarborough, Natalle Sers, Anise Settle, Anna Sibley, Jonathan Simmons, Patrick Sprung, Josie Stamey, Nicholas Swank, Carosha Taylor, Samuel Taylor, Harrison Thomas, Enonedria Thompson, Margaret Thompson, Caitlyn Tobin, Austin Townsend, Ricardo Ventura, Eva Venzant, Lauren Vienne, Ryan Wade, Daniel Whatley, Thomas Wiggins, Sherri Williams, Rylee Wyer, Naoko Yoshida,

Navasota, Texas – Shelton Eppler;

New Braunfels, Texas – Charli Fouts;

New Iberia – Tara Bonvillain, Kyrsten Freyou, Jacob Gary, Jeannette Hardy, Nicole Moore, Madison Romero, Alexis Trosclair;

New Llano – Laura Cowell, Sylvia Milerski, Dennis Stein, Collar Wilson;

New Orleans – Faith Burke, RyShaneka Kirsh, Trevor Morgan, Gloria Smyly, Rishard Winford;

Noble – Savannah Anderson, Landen Funderburk, Joshua Ray;

Nolensville, Tennessee – Joseph Tappel;

Norfolk, Virginia – Samantha Broughton;

North Richland Hills, Texas – Cody Germany;

North York, Ontario – Alexander Comanita;

Oakdale – Clayton Ashworth, Staci Brown, Kirstin Richard;

Olla – Morgan Barbo, Cierra Evans, Tanner Terrell;

Opelousas – Jordan Brisco, Kenya Gradnigo, Amy Levier, Sheridan Mayo, Kayla Pitre;

Paincourtville – Hannah Brister;

Panama City, Florida – Adam Normand;

Paradis – Kaitlyn Dunn, Kallie Lutz;

Pearland, Texas – Clent Jones;

Pineville – Victoria Bordelon, Raegan Brocato, Kaitlyn Burns, Taylor Campbell, Caitlin Crawford, Deanna Daniel, Katlin Ernst, Victoria Gambino, Brooke Gongre, Kaitlyn Jackson, Landon King, Laura Lachney, Carlee Lake, Jeffery Lepage, Emily Litton, James Perry, Cinnamon Player, Hannah Pusateri, Diane Richey, Rachel Rudd, Amaria Sapp, Jordan Sensat, Micah St. Andre, Reygan Taylor, Jaclyn Whatley, Rodney Williams;

Plain Dealing – Nicholas Cason;

Plano, Texas – Asher Van Meter;

Plaucheville – Matthew Armand;

Pleasant Hill – Makenzi Patrick, Yasmine Maxie;

Pollock – Tanner Brazil, Erika Clark, Dalton Kopp, Samantha Wilber,

Pollok, Texas – Katelyn Boles;

Ponchatoula – Kaitlyn Hawkins;

Port Allen – Kennedy Cullen, Evan Daigle, Samantha Moses;

Port Barre – Lauren Deville, Skylar Guidroz, Kirsten Sonnier;

Prairieville – Donesha Blount, Lauren Breaux, Claire Credeur, Chloe Lambert, Kyle Munson, Ellise Vice, Derek Walle, Brady Wilson;

Princeton – Micah Larkins, Alyssia Mobley, Katelyn Nattin, Ariell Shield;

Provencal – Rachel Head, Christopher Jennings, Samantha Toro;

Puyallup, Washington – Aine Oh;

Quitman – Cassie Tucker;

Raceland – Paige Parks, DQuincy McGuire;

Rayne – Bailey Beard, Bishop Breaux;

Rayville – Emily Rawls, Terry Rogers, Leslie Sharbono;

Reno, Nevada – Olivia Marazzo, Sydney Oren;

Richardson, Texas – Riley Cantrell, Lauren-Ashley Clarke;

Ringgold – Joseph Hays, Terreny Langford, Lauren Nelson, Olivia Prado, Aileecia Tipton, Darrion Sims, Caleb Vining, Tyler Weathers;

River Ridge – Alexander Thibodeau, Taylor Young;

Robeline – Chad Berly, Jonathan Chism, Hunter DuBois, Alecia Eddleman, Kelsey Elkins, Hannah Hennigan, Richard McCollum, Morgan Neugent, Ember O’Bannon, Megan Palmer, Lillian Rachal, Tyler Tousek, Jeffrey Watley;

Rosepine – Emilee Johnson;

Rosharon, Texas – Whitney Washington;

Ruston – Irene Hild, Lara Schales, Jamesha Woods;

Saint Amant – Kylie Nix;

Saint Bernard – Emily Snyder;

Saint Francisville – Robert Burke, Claire Leming, Ryan Reed;

Saint Gervais la Foret, France – Marcelline Poitevin;

Saint Martinville – Chaselyn Lewis;

Saline – Isabella Jones, Malayna Poche;

San Antonio, Texas – Hayden Brown, Paris Finkbeiner, Kelli Gamble;

San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Colombia – Jose Bustillo Aguero, Cesia Corrales, Bella Trimino Gutierrez;

Saratoga, Arkansas – Christie Sain;

Scott – Hannah Durgin, Taylor Joseph;

Scurry, Texas – Rebecca Blackshear;

Shantow City, China – Zhixin Lin;

Shongaloo – Kayla Mouser;

Shreveport – DayJah Alexander, Maria Awwad, Shakendra Bailey, Erin Batts, Antanae Baylock, JiKeeriya-Jontay Bowden, Rakeisha Brown, Anquaneshia Burnham, Kaylan Campbell, Neeley Caudle, Kesherion Collins, Hannah Crnkovic, Kendall Crosby, April Daniels, Joslyn Davis, Destiny Deal, Kevin Denks, Kimberly Dennis, Kaitlyn Doyal, Chenara Dredden, Laura Mary-Katherine Duhon, Shalanda Duncan, Reagan Escude, Chloe Farrar, Jenna Fielder, Sterlin Foster, Jamie French, Tyler Gardner, JaSae Gatlin, Rayvin Gaudet, Evan Gibson, Karina Goodnight, Lauren Gore, Ashleigh Grace, Anna Green, Elaina Guerrero, Matthew Haltom, Jennifer Hardey, Regyne Hardy, Kelsey Harlow, Madison Harper, Kimberly Housley, Shleby Hunter, Madyson Istre, Jazzmine Jackson, Caitlin Johnson, Carly Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Jada Johnson, Zachary Johnson, William Mahoney, Caitlyn Malloy, LaTonya Martin, Aysia Mills, Acquiria Mitchell, Dylan Molenhour, Shanautica Montgomery, Kelly Moody, Kendall Murray, Aaron Navarre, Hannah Nicholls, Olivia Noonan, Annabelle Parker, Soleil Paterson, Mary Murray, Michael Phelps, Hayden Pilcher, Laura Pritchard, Bailey Rech, Nahjee Reid, Mallori Sanders, Kendall Sanford, Angelica Satcher, Yuriana Sauseda, Katherine Sawyer, Lawson Scott, Cynthia Shahriar, Shermaine Shorter, Mary Sibley, Ciara Sipes, Richard Sloan, Jessica Sowers, Lindsey Sullivan, Jordan Taylor, Joyce Taylor, Rodnisha Terry, Anne Tibbit, Chloe Vance, Kayla Waller, Lajayda Williams, Suzanne Williams, Kristy Wilson, Jonathan Zavalydriga;

Simmesport – Olivia Draper, Taylor Myers;

Simpson – David Marquis, Christina Snider;

Singer – Emily Smith;

Slidell – Rikki Ayers, Brittany Brooks, Jacqueline Coleman, Shakera Dixon, Jordan Garcia, Thomas Garner, Claire Harvey, William Jensen, Tristan Johnson, Allyssa Marshall, Isabel Melhado, Kha Nguyen, John Norvel, Theresa Sharp, Raina Woods;

Spain – Judit Castillo Gargallo;

Spring, Texas – Victoria Harris;

St. Francisville – Emeria Jones;

St. Martinville – Cassandra Zenon;

Starks – Sara Hyatt, Melina Royer;

Stonewall – Carolyn Davlin, Emmy Hinds, Tobert Mcallen, Hunter Tuck, Jonathan Perot, Hunter Tuck;

Sulphur – Andrina Ferguson, Madeline Fortenberry, Derek Henry, Helen-Lois Mancil, Trevor Molitor, Elisabeth Perez, Makenzie Simon, Justin Sittig, Andrew Stephens, Shelby Sullivan, Sonya Wren;

Sunset – Deandra Eaglin, Sonia Vidrine;

Talihina, Oklahoma – Heidi Couch;

Taylor, Texas – Jake English;

Texarkana, Texas – Sydney Cowgill, Cody Hambly, Jasmine Neal;

Texarkana, Arkansas – Monique Walker, Kenneth Williams;

Thibodaux – Beth Olin, Cierra Winch;

Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania – Brianna Morosco;

Trout – Harley Lisenby, Kalee McGuffee;

Tupelo, Mississippi – Bailey Griffin;

Vidalia – Charles Johnson, Brittany Kennedy;

Ville Platte – Regan Hazelton;

Vinton – Shae Cramer, Kelsie Rayon, Madison Zaunbrecher;

Vivian – Jaylon Berry, Hannah Campbell, Chase Lewis;

Warrenton, Virginia – Melissa Martinez;

Washington – Madelyn Dupont, Ambrieanna Lazard;

Waskom, Texas – Mary Alexander, Blakely Canfield;

Waynesboro, Mississippi – David Hodo;

Welsh – Edna Hofmann, Daniel Menard;

West, Texas – Nathan Nors;

West Monroe – Abigail Beck, Brandy Chapman, Alexandra Clack, Kirstin Elrod, Brianna Fife, Evelyn Maguire, Cassandra Phillips, Candyce Steele, Melissa Taylor, Syroi Webb, Christopher Wynn;

Westwego – Tja’h Edwards;

Wills Point, Texas – Rebekah Clark;

Winnfield – Jermesia Anderson, Taylor Burnett, Mia County, Ashlyn Duck, Rhonda Duff, Jourdan Fitzgerald, Hunter Johnson, Kayla Jones, Caitlyn Martin, Tenisha Phillips, Avonna Wilson;

Winnsboro – Samantha Browning, Hunter Cooper, Darrel Doyle, A’Lexus Johnson;

Winter Springs, Florida – Justin Garretson;

Youngsville – Blair Fontenot, Charli Fontenot, Brette Reaux, Isabelle Vivien;

Zachary – Lydia Johnson, Chasity Matthews, Demetriona Goudeau;

Zwolle – Kierstyn Cartinez, Hillary Charles, Michantwana Lacey, Courtney McDaniel, Holly Laroux, Konner Parrie, Treveon Perrty, Marcelina Remedies;

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A equipe principal das Aves de Rapina é formada por Oráculo, Canário Negro, Caçadora & Lady Falcão Negro, mas ao longo de suas histórias, elas sempre tiveram vários personagens recorrentes, tanto membros quanto aliados que as ajudavam em suas missões.

Abaixo, segue a lista de membros e aliados das Aves de Rapina:

Personagens Recorrentes:

Barda Grande (Barda Free):

Uma Nova Deusa do planeta Apokolips e ex-membro das Fúrias e mais tarde membro da Liga da Justiça. Seu marido é membro da Liga da Justiça Internacional, o Sr. Milagre (Scott Free). A personagem foi morta em A Morte dos Novos Deuses, e oficialmente reconhecida dentro desta série em Aves de Rapina #112. Mais tarde, ela foi revivida no final do crossover da Crise Final. Alice Sombria (Lori Zechlin): Uma anti-heroína magicamente motorizado que pode pegar emprestado temporariamente os poderes de outros usuários mágicos. Sugere-se em uma edição de Crise Final que ela poderia ser uma parente de sangue para a outra criação de Gail Simone, Marginal. Besouro Azul (Ted Kord): Um antigo integrante da Liga da Justiça, com uma paixão por Barbara. Ted Kord é assassinado em Contagem Regressiva Para a Crise Infinita, e os personagens principais visitam seu túmulo no cemitério de Valhalla em Aves de Rapina #96. Mulher-Gato (Selina Kyle): Uma anti-heroína de estilo felino, Selina cooperou com a equipe em várias operações, a mais notável das quais foi um papel de protagonista na minissérie Aves de Rapina: Manhunt. Cassandra Cain: A filha do assassino David Cain e de Lady Shiva, em na continuidade do Pré-Ponto de Ignição, Cassandra Cain foi a terceira combatente do crime a chamar-se "Batgirl". Condor (Benjamin Reyes): Um vigilante que se opôs às Aves de Rapina antes de se juntar à equipe em uma estória de 2012. Um ex-analista da Agência de Segurança Nacional, Benjamin Reyes manifestou posteriormente habilidades telecinéticas que ele aprendeu a usar para controlar um conjunto de asas mecânicas, através do qual ele operava como o vigilante independente Condor. Creote (Aleksandr Creote):

Um ex-agente da KGB, Creote é um servo dedicado e único amigo de Savant; em suas primeiras aparições, seu amor dedicado por seu mestre era um segredo. No entanto, em uma trama de 2010, Barbara fez com que Creote e seus sentimentos por Savant saíssem do armário, e os dois posteriormente se tornaram uma unidade. Columba (Dawn Granger): Uma jovem forte, mas calma, e o avatar da paz. Uma ex-membro dos Jovens Titãs, foi concedido a Columba, força sobre-humana, durabilidade e reflexos pelos Lordes do Caos e Ordem e os usou para lutar ao lado de Hank Hall. Após os eventos de crossover da Noite Mais Escura, Dawn foi convidada para se juntar às Aves de Rapina. Cigana (Cindy Reynolds): Uma vez membro da Liga da Justiça de Detroit, Cigana estreia como agente de Oráculo no final de Aves de Rapina #92. Ela é uma meta-humana, cujos poderes incluem criar ilusões, camuflando-se e outros perto dela, para se misturar em qualquer plano de fundo. Rapina (Hank Hall): Um jovem violento e conservador e o avatar físico da guerra. Concedido habilidades sobre-humanas pelos Senhores do Caos e Ordem, Hawk lutou contra o crime ao lado de seu irmão Don e depois Dawn antes de ser levado à loucura pelo mago Mordru e se tornar o vilão conhecido como Extant. Após seu assassinato nas mãos de Esmaga-Átomo, Hank foi ressuscitado durante os eventos da Noite Mais Escura. Durante a continuação do crossover do Dia Mais Claro, ele recebeu um convite para se juntar à equipe. Mulher-Gavião (Kendra Saunders): Oráculo solicita pela primeira vez sua ajuda na edição #104 ao lidar com o Sexteto Secreto, para o qual Oráculo a recompensa com um carro. Ao longo do arco russo, Mulher Gavião atua como um membro da equipe e desenvolve uma rivalidade com o membro do Sexteto Secreto, Escândalo. Gelo (Tora Olafsdotter): Uma meta-humana nórdica com habilidades relacionadas ao gelo e uma ex-membro da Liga da Justiça Internacional, que se acreditava estar morta até ser descoberta pela equipe na Rússia. Infinito: Uma nova personagem que apareceu perto do final do primeiro volume, Infinito estreou em Aves de Rapina #120, e foi descrito por Oráculo como uma "nova agente" na edição #121, embora esteja implícito que ela possa ter trabalhado para Oráculo no passado. também. Infinito tem a capacidade de tornar seu corpo intangível, mas não se sabe muito mais sobre ela. Na edição #125, Infinito revela a Caçadora que ela pode ler a memória residual de um cadáver enquanto seu cérebro estiver intacto e que ela tem que fazer contato físico para que o poder funcione. Caçadora perguntou onde sua habilidade de faseamento se originou e foi dito que era devido a uma maldição. Canário de Jade (Sandra Wu-San): A assassina mais comumente conhecida como Lady Shiva ficou no lugar de Dinah na equipe das Aves de Rapina em "One Year Later", chamando a si mesma de Canário de Jade. Depois que as condições por trás da troca que ela arranjou com Canário Negro foram atendidas, ela saiu da equipe. Em um ato final, ela adquiriu um novo aprendiz para treinar, na forma de Bethany Thorne, filha do Doutor do Crime. Josh: Um agente de aluguel de carros que negociava com Caçadora por informações em troca de uma data. Depois de concordar com relutância e dormir (surpreendentemente) com ele, Caçadora usou Josh como agente em algumas de suas tarefas mais fáceis contra a máfia. Judoca (Sonia Sato): Na edição #100, uma nova Judoca se junta às Aves de Rapina depois de ser convidada por Oráculo. Esse personagem seria expandido por escritores posteriores, começando com a exploração de Geoff Johns em Sociedade da Justiça da América. Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro): Uma experiente espadachim e artista marcial do Japão, que empunha uma lâmina encantada conhecida como "Tomadora de Almas". Ela inicialmente ajudou a equipe a resgatar Oráculo do senador Pullman, após o qual, Oráculo lhe deu um cartão e a promessa de um favor, se necessário. Depois que Oráculo retornou à identidade de Batgirl, ela sugeriu Katana como recruta em tempo integral. Justiceira (Kate Spencer): Na edição # 100, Justiceira se une às Aves de Rapina após ser convidada por, após a demissão de Canário Negro, ela ficou como membro principal. Kate Spencer é uma vigilante de um tipo mais violento do que seus companheiros de equipe. Em sua identidade civil, ela é uma procuradora federal que ficou enojada ao ver criminosos escaparem da punição por meio do sistema judicial. Usando armas roubadas, Justiceira decide caçar, e se necessário, matar os supervilões. Marginal (Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe): Uma adolescente órfã com poderes de teletransporte, suas aparições persistentes (primeiro como uma aspirante a Batgirl e depois como Marginal) são inicialmente um incômodo para Oráculo, embora a atitude de Barbara gradualmente amoleça. Depois que Barbara descobre sua falta de moradia e tragédia pessoal, ela formalmente a convida para se tornar um membro das Aves. A partir de Aves de Rapina Volume 2, edição #1, ela não é mais membro da equipe e agora mora com uma família adotiva. Asa Noturna (Dick Grayson): Um combatente do crime arrojado e o Robin original, Dick desfrutou de uma paixão mútua entre adolescentes por Barbara, que uma vez floresceu em um romance fumegante, mas desmoronou, apesar dos fortes sentimentos contínuos de ambos os lados. Recentemente, Barbara e Dick se reconciliaram. Quando o fizeram, Dick se ajoelhou e a pediu em casamento. Barbara chorosa disse: "Sim”. A partir de "One Year Later", o noivado foi colocado em espera. Hera Venenosa (Dra. Pamela Isley): Uma notável eco-terrorista e inimiga de Batman. Ela foi recrutada para a equipe por Canário Negro no início da série nos Novos 52, uma decisão que não se encaixava bem com os outros membros. Ela possui feromônios poderosos que tornam as pessoas suscetíveis ao controle da mente, bem como a capacidade de conjurar plantas sencientes que podem atacar e conter inimigos. Eventualmente, foi revelado que ela só se uniu à euipe para manipulá-las a cumprir sua próprio cronograma sombrio, e se deixou ser exposta e derrotada pelos outros membros. Poderosa (Karen Starr/Kara Zor-L): Poderosa foi a primeira operativa de Oráculo, antes de recrutar Canário Negro. Essa primeira parceria estava condenada, já que Poderosa não conseguiu salvar muitas pessoas. Ela tem trabalhado ocasionalmente com Oráculo em episódios subsequentes, mas as duas t��m um relacionamento muito ruim; ela foi convidada a retornar para a equipe na edição #100, mas afirmou que o faria "quando o inferno congelar", apesar de, a contragosto, aparecer antes e depois para ajudar Oráculo. A animosidade entre elas é o oposto da tradicional amizade entre Batgirl e Supergirl. Savant (Brian Durlin): O herdeiro mimado de uma enorme fortuna, Savant mudou-se para Gotham para se tornar um vigilante auto-intitulado. Depois de sequestrar e brutalmente torturar Canário Negro, ele foi derrotado pelas Aves de Rapina. Oráculo tomou a decisão questionável de reabilitá-lo, principalmente para manter seus arquivos de dados em centenas de vilões reais. Como o nome dele sugere, ele é um gênio; no entanto, devido a um desequilíbrio químico, ele exibe uma memória não linear. Savant também demonstrou sentimentos por Oráculo, provavelmente enraizados em sua inveja de suas habilidades no computador. Mais tarde, no entanto, ele é mostrado retribuindo os sentimentos românticos de Creote por ele também. Sexteto Secreto: Após sua aparição inicial, membros do Sexteto Secreto apareceram repetidamente em Aves de Rapina. A equipe composta por Homem-Gato, Pistoleiro, Boneco de Pano, Escândalo Savage, Nocaute e Arlequina atuaram como reveses para as Aves em uma missão compartilhada. Homem-Gato e Caçadora são potenciais interesses amorosos, Escândalo encontra uma inimiga na Mulher Gavião, e Barda e Nocaute têm uma rivalidade de longa data. Strix (Mary Turner): Originalmente conhecido como Mary Turner, Strix é uma ex-Garra - um membro do Tribunal de Corujas, uma ordem clandestina de assassinos reanimados com sede em Gotham - que apareceu pela primeira vez na série da Batgirl. Mortal, muda e cativante, Strix substituiu Batgirl na chefia da equipe em uma história de 2012. Mega-Espiã (Katarina Armstrong): Uma antiga rival universitária de Oráculo, Mega-Espiã possui um número significativo de conexões governamentais e de inteligência que ela usa para manipular Barbara. Tentando usurpar a equipe de Oráculo, as duas chegam ao confronto sobre o status das Aves de Rapina. Ela também é uma atiradora experiente. Starling (Ev Crawford): Uma vigilante espirituosa armada, apresentada no início do volume 2 das Aves de Rapina após a reinicialização da DC nos Novos 52 em 2011. Não se sabe muito sobre sua história, além de que ela é uma amiga íntima de Canário Negro e a primeira recruta adicionada à nova equipe. Mais tarde, ela trai a equipe para o Sr. Frio. Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe): Uma supermodelo internacional e ex-membro da Liga da Justiça e Esquadrão Suicida, Mari nasceu na África. Ela herdou o totem "Tantu" de sua família, um colar que concede ao usuário a capacidade de canalizar as habilidades de qualquer animal. Vixen tem sido uma agente de campo para Oráculo, acompanhando Caçadora para o noroeste do Pacífico para parar um culto de adoração meta-humano. Pantera (Ted Grant): Ex-boxeador profissional e atual membro da Sociedade da Justiça, Ted é mentor de Dinah e a ajudou em várias missões.

#aves de rapina #oráculo #barbara gordon #canário negro #dinah lance #caçadora #helena bertinelli #lady falcão negro #zinda blake #columba #dawn granger #rapina #hank hall #membros e aliados #dc comics #artista:#ed benes

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Confession

Case: 0113005

Name: Father Edwin Burroughs Subject: His claimed demonic possession Date: May 30th, 2011 Recorded by: Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London

Thank you for coming. I know that this can’t have been easy to arrange and I appreciate the opportunity to make my statement. The Prison Service probably didn’t make it easy for you. They’re understandably hesitant to give anyone extended access to me in case I get violent, but I’m very glad they made an exception for you. At least, assuming that you’re real. I hope you’re real but maybe it’s that hope that’s being used against me in a cruel joke. Or maybe the joke would be that I would let that doubt cost me my only chance to tell my story. Either way, I choose to make my statement and if you’re not real then hopefully no harm done.

We’ll get to the cannibalism, of course, but first I just want to provide some context. I don’t know how much you work with the Church in your Institute. You may be surprised that a man of the cloth such as myself, however far from grace I may have fallen, would enlist the aid of an organisation dedicated to studying the paranormal. Well, to be honest, it’s generally kept quiet, but the Catholic Church is not against belief in the supernatural outside of the official doctrine. Demons, ghosts, black magic... It’s generally up to the individual how much they believe in these things, and I believe that very much of what you research is real. Dangerous, but real. I’ve always seen the Devil’s work as a very tangible thing, and those priests who might speak of them as metaphor or symbol are, I fear, often placing themselves and their parishioners in a position of peril. Sorry, this is becoming a homily. It’s just been some time since I’ve had a chance to express myself like this; I almost don’t care if it is on one of Its phantasms.

So it was only natural, I suppose, that it was relatively early in my vocation as a priest that I trained as an exorcist. It’s not something all that special really, every diocese should have a trained exorcist available, or failing that a bishop can do it, but nine times out of ten the duties of an exorcist are to recommend a good psychiatrist, doctor or substance abuse program, and bishops don’t usually have time for that. I was an exorcist for the Diocese of Oxford when this all happened. I trained as a Jesuit, so I was used to moving about a lot, but I was at Oxford from about 2005 right through to my arrest in 2009. There were two exorcists in the diocese, myself and an old Augustinian by the name of Father Harrogate. I would ask as a favour that you not follow up with him; he plays no part in what happened to me and would, I think, be upset by any reminder of my actions.

In my time I have performed just over one hundred exorcisms, with varying degrees of success. It was relatively rare that it felt like much more than a blessing or a prayer. It still helped in most cases, but as one of the most common types of possession is not The Exorcist-style of speaking in a demonic tongue and floating off the bed, but rather that of an unnatural depression, it was often hard to be sure. It is difficult to say how many were devout believers who came to us with a very natural depression, and simply preferred to look to the Church than to counselling or medicine. Even those were helped to some degree, I believe, even if only as a placebo. On a few occasions, though I did encounter things that served to firm up my belief in the Devil and my faith in my Lo– my L– I’m sorry, It won’t let me say the words. It won’t let me pray either, but I hope I will not be judged too harshly for it on the final day.

As I was saying, there were times when I felt things pushing back. I was once cursed at in Sumerian by a young man who was utterly illiterate, and had the names of my childhood pets thrown at me by an old Jamaican man. I will admit that there were times that I have been very afraid of what I was trying to remove, but I always had faith in Je– I always had faith. None of it prepared me for what happened on Bullingdon Road, though. That was something else entirely.

I was doing some work at the Catholic chaplaincy in St Aldate’s, generally trying to help the spiritual well-being of the students who came to us, when Father Singh, one of the other priests working there, came to me. He said he had a student from St. Hughes asking after an exorcism, and wanted to refer her to me. I told him of course and he set up a meeting between us. The student’s name was Bethany O’Connor, and much of what she told me was under the seal of confession, something I will not break even now, so suffice it to say she believed that she was no longer in control of her own mind.

Even as we talked, she spent much of her time looking around or staring into my eyes with what I can only describe as pointed suspicion. Bethany told me that her will was still her own but she could no longer trust her senses, and had found herself doing much that she did not understand.

I remember one moment very clearly, in our second meeting I believe. We were taking a walk around the botanical gardens, as she said it calmed her when talking of her problem. She reached into her bag, took out what appeared to be a small slab of stone, slate, I think, and started to lift it to her mouth as if to eat it. I asked her what she was doing, and she stopped, looked at the rock she held in her hand, and threw it away before bursting into tears. She told me that it felt like something was in her head, changing what she saw and felt and thought. I asked when this had started, and she told me it was after she had moved out of her college halls and into a house on Bullingdon Road with her friends. I suggested that perhaps it had something to do with the stresses of entering second year, but she insisted it was something to do with the house. Finally, after several discussions, I agreed to look over the house and perform a small blessing in case there was anything wrong with the place, spiritually speaking.

It was a cold morning in December, near the end of Michaelmas term, when I visited 89 Bullingdon Road. It was an old house, though not so old as to be unusual in that part of Oxford, and had clearly once been a small family house, now partitioned by the lettings agency to house as many students as possible. Bethany told me that there were six of them living there at the time. I went around the house, looking for signs of anything amiss but found nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. Bethany kept asking me if I “felt any evil” in the house, and I tried to explain to her that priests unfortunately don’t have the power to simply sense the presence of evil. I didn’t realise how unfortunate that was, at least not until we got her room. It was on the first floor at the back of the house, and was a long, thin bedroom, easily the biggest. It was adorned in typical student fashion with movie posters and flat-pack bookshelves, but my attention was immediately taken by a large patch of wall where the wallpaper had been crudely hacked away to reveal the bare brickwork underneath. Written there, in faded blue paint, was a single word: Mentis.

I’d been out of seminary for some years at this point, and had never been one for the Latin Mass, but I still knew the word for ‘mind’. My immediate assumption was that Bethany had painted it in some sort of mania, but looking closer I saw that the paint was far too old to have been done since she moved in. It looked more as though it had been painted on the wall and then covered up with layers of wallpaper over the years, until finally being unearthed by stripping it away. What was slightly more concerning, was that watching Bethany pace around the room, following my gaze with some confusion, was that she didn’t seem able to see it. When I asked her what the word on the wall meant to her, she looked at me as though I was talking nonsense.

I didn’t seem like there was much more to be gained there at that point, so I performed a short blessing over the place, took some photographs and told Bethany that I would have to come back later once I’d looked into a few things. She seemed disappointed there wasn’t anything more immediate that I was doing, but didn’t try to argue. And so I left what would turn out to be my first visit to the house on Bullingdon Road, calling Father Singh to arrange a meeting the next day where we could discuss whether to attempt a full exorcism.

It was at that meeting that I got the call from the hospital. Bethany had been admitted with severe facial lacerations and was asking to see me immediately. I made my way to the John Radcliffe as soon as I was able and was surprised to see two police officers standing near her bed. I was met by Anne Willett, the nurse who Bethany had asked to call me. I knew Annie a bit already, as she’d attended the church where I ministered and I recognised her from the congregation. She explained to me that Bethany had apparently attempted to attack one of her housemates with a kitchen knife, and in the ensuing struggle ended up falling head first into a full-length mirror, cutting herself very badly.

I was, to put it mildly, somewhat taken aback. This was such an escalation from what Bethany had described before, and I was starting to fear that if I didn’t manage to do something the poor girl would most likely end up locked away somewhere. Annie was convinced that an exorcism was the only way, and so finally, I agreed to do so. I had already got permission from the Bishop, but that was before Bethany’s hospitalisation, and I would have preferred to discuss it with him. Still, it was clear she was getting worse and I decided to take a risk and try it anyway. It was a stupid risk to take. I was cocky and complacent, full of spiritual pride and an eagerness to test my faith against whatever was inside of Bethany’s soul, not even considering that I might be risking it. Still, I have paid dearly for my hubris.

We waited until the police had taken their statements and left, and then I set up and began the exorcism. It went... unusually. There was no resistance from Bethany, almost no reaction at all, and in many parts of the ceremony where in my experience there was usually a response either from the demon, or at least the victim, there was instead just... silence, as she stared at me with a look, almost seemed like pity. Annie just stood in the corner, watching and clearly eager to help, despite the fear I saw in her eyes. At last, Bethany locked eyes with me and slowly shook her head. “I’m so sorry,” she said, “It wants your faith.”

Without warning she began to convulse. Thrashing in obvious pain. I tried to continue the ritual, but the doctors pushed passed me, desperately trying to help Bethany as blood began to pour from her mouth where she had bitten into her tongue. In the end they couldn’t save her. Brain haemorrhage, they said, probably from the blow to head when she hit the mirror and they just hadn’t spotted it.

I was asked to leave in no uncertain terms, and the doctors made it very clear that I may not have been the one that hit her in the head, but they held me very much accountable for her death. I was also given a very thorough dressing down by my Bishop, who told me to take a step back and leave the exorcisms to Father Harrogate for some time. Annie almost got suspended over the matter, but in the end was spared further disciplinary action, as she had been simply passing on the wishes of the patient.

And for a couple of years that was it. I felt a great deal of guilt over my involvement with Bethany’s death, and I started to drink more than I had before. I was never, I think, in danger of becoming an alcoholic, as most of the priests I worked with had done work with substance abusers – not to mention the fact that priests are certainly not immune to alcoholism – and would have picked up on the warning signs. But they did express concern over the occasional disappearance of bottles of sacramental wine. At the time I was sure it wasn’t me. I preferred scotch and the Muscatel wine they bought had never really been to my taste, but looking back I can’t really be sure what I was drinking. I know it’s something of a jump from unwittingly stealing holy wine to my later crimes, but I’m trying my best to fit this into a relatively coherent narrative.

Apart from that, the years passed uneventfully, and I was starting to feel like I’d put the whole affair behind me. Until I got a call from Annie. She said that a gentleman had been admitted to the John Radcliffe after having something of a scare in a house up on Hill Top Road. I explained to her that I wasn’t performing exorcisms at the moment, and said she should talk to Father Harrogate. She assured me it wouldn’t need a full exorcism, and if I did we could bring him in, but she didn’t know or trust Father Harrogate, but just wanted my opinion. Finally, after a lot of pestering, I agreed to pay a visit to the house.

It was late when I got there, and starting to get very cold. The whole affair was starting to bring back some less than pleasant memories of my arrival at Bullingdon Road all those years ago. I was also a bit annoyed at Annie for not mentioning that the house was still under construction, not only making it unlikely to be the haunt of demons or spirits, but also meaning that the coat I had brought along would be somewhat inadequate against the chill in a house without windows. I knocked on the door and one of the builders opened it. I forget his name, I’m afraid, something Polish I think, or maybe Czech? He seemed confused at first as to why I was there, but I explained and it turned out he was the one that had been treated by Annie at the hospital. She had not mentioned the builder’s possible schizophrenia to me, but I began to fear that this may be a waste of time. Still, I had a look around and asked the builder questions about the place. He certainly did have an interesting story, but I was unsure of how much of it I believed.

Eventually, I decided that I’d seen enough and that there didn’t seem to be any malicious presence here. The builder was looking at me in such as way as to make me hesitant to tell him that, so I decided I would at least give the place a quick prayer or blessing. I asked him to wait outside, though. Something in his manner was a bit off-putting and I felt uncomfortable with him watching me like a hawk, as though I were about to vanish at any moment.

He headed into the back garden, and I was alone in the house. I moved into the hallway and began to pray, praying for protection and sprinkling holy water around from a flask I carry on me in these situations. As I spoke the words I felt something... alarming. I was starting to grow very hot, as though the room was heating up very rapidly. I looked around for the source of the heat, but the radiators hadn’t been installed yet and I couldn’t see anything else that might be warming the room. It continued, though, and soon I was sweating through my shirt. I began to cough, and I could smell smoke, even though I couldn’t see any or any fire, for that matter.

I fell to one knee and choked back a scream as I felt my skin began to crackle and burn. I began to pray again for protection, not for the place this time, but for me. As I did, I felt... something answer me. And yet, I cannot stress this enough: what answered was not G– God. It wasn’t Him. Something else answered my call for protection. I felt my lips move. They made no sound that I could hear, but I felt them form every syllable. “I am not for you. I am marked.”

The heat slowed in its increase but it did not stop. My mouth continued to speak for me, when I heard the sound of a car engine outside and a great crash. Instantly, the feeling was gone, as though it were never there, and looking out, I saw the builder had managed to uproot a tree from the back garden. I sat there for a while catching my breath, and when he came back inside, I told him I had completed the prayers and excused myself quickly. It was the first time I had experienced–

Archivist Notes:

Unfortunately, this statement as it stands is incomplete and stops at this point. It does not appear to be the actual end of the document, so I have hopes that the rest is simply misfiled somewhere else in the archives. If this is the case, I will record and add that part when it is found, either by myself or, given the scale of the Archive’s mismanagement, by my successor when I pass away from old age. With this in mind, all but the most preliminary of investigations into this statement are being put on hold until the rest is found. Most of the details do appear to be correct and match the statement given by Mr. Ivo Lensik in 2007. We did find Father Burroughs’ arrest record, though, and I am very curious to see how the events recounted here could have led to the incident in 2009, wherein he apparently murdered two first year university students following Sunday Mass, and then peeled off and ate most of their skin.

*statement continued in 0113005-B (MAG 20)

Source: Official Transcript and Podcast (MAG 19 Confession)

#the magnus archives #magnus archives #MAG #MAG19 #MAG 19 #Confession #The Spiral #The Distortion #The Desolation #Hill Top Road #Statement

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Patiently Waiting

The Path of Waiting Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany 12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound[a] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it[c] for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me. The Path of Waiting “Passion is a kind of waiting - waiting for what other people are going to do. Jesus went to Jerusalem to announce the good news to the people of that city. And Jesus knew that he was going to put a choice before them: Will you be my disciple, or will you be my executioner? There is no middle ground here. Jesus went to Jerusalem to put people in a situation where they had to say "Yes" or "No". That is the great drama of Jesus' passion: he had to wait for their response. What would they do? Betray him or follow him? In a way, his agony is not simply the agony of approaching death. It is also the agony of being out of control and of having to wait. It is the agony of a God who depends on us to decide how to live out the divine presence among us. It is the agony of the God who, in a very mysterious way, allows us to decide how God will be God. Here we glimpse the mystery of God's incarnation. God became human not only to act among us but also to be the recipient of our responses. And that is the mystery of Jesus' love. Jesus in his passion is the one who waits for our response. Precisely in that waiting the intensity of his love and God's is revealed to us”. Henri Nouwen Kafir wrote in fifteenth century: "Look what happens to the scale when love holds it. It stops working." Recently I sat with a minster friend and we discussed my ministry, it was one of the most insightful, and compassionate discussions in memory. She met with me to share my grief over Vicki's death, and the discussion became in the way my life is lived in ministry, I live it twenty four hours a day. It is a ministry in which the boundaries of the modern concepts of friendship are put aside, and I see everyone as my friend; friendship's are not a matter of age, race, social economic standing, religious back ground, none of this matters, it is one in which the views of people, the way they live their lives, be they different from mind, come down to loving them as a person, and does not distract me. Love holds the scale, as it did with Jesus in our story today. This is not a way of living that can be taught or that is easy, it is living it through the years, struggling each moment, to let go of our prejudices, hatreds, biases, and fears, and in so doing loving others without reservation. I was told that I have the gift of being an "emotional sponge", meaning that I am able to take in the emotional pain of others and hold it, keep it safe, so that they might have relief in the moment. Maybe it is a gift. I believe we are all called to be "emotional sponges", to hold the pain of others. I find myself keeping to myself much of my own pain because few people can hold it. They tell me find a therapist, and the reality is we all need to be able to share our pain, and in doing so free ourselves of much of that has isolated us in our society. It is not easy, today I am exhausted, as I am so many days, and I grieve, I am grieving hard Vicki's death, because she was my best friend, and I grieve every death of my kids, and I hold their pain, I need no words of sympathy, but what I hope to leave with my dying breath is that I have touched one life, made the difference in one life, and that the words of Corrie ten Boom have become more of a reality as a result of my living: "This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tenderloin Stations of the Cosmic Christ In Honor of the life of Vicki Yeley Good Friday/April 19, 2019 Noon-2:00 p.m. A Walk of Reflection on Homelessness We begin in front of City Hall-Polk Street Side Will Pray and Feed Anyone Who Is Hungry (two volunteers needed at 9:30 a.m. to prepare sandwiches) Sponsored by Temenos Catholic Worker Fr. River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S.T. P.O. Box 642656 San Francisco, CA 94164 415-305-2124 www.temenos.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big thank you to Carla Olaya, mother of two of my best friends for helping me serve the reception at St. Luke's this morning. You have no idea of the burden you took off of my shoul

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stayathomesim · 6 years ago

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NSBC: Gen 4, Pt 3

After the wedding Greyson and Noelle decide to have a third child. Hopefully a third, and not a third and fourth. They've had enough of that twins business. To their relief it's one perfect baby boy to round out their family. They name him Julian.

The girls have a nice little birthday party at the park and age up into children. Look at all the random strangers who came over to cheer them on, d’aww. Sophie is a good Sim, a social butterfly, with flowing auburn brown hair and dark brown eyes old ladies ooh over. Poor Pen is an awkward oddball, good at anything she tries, but doesn't seem to fit in anywhere.

Despite their differences they're as close as two sisters can be, and they love to play with their baby brother Julian too (the same day he aged up to an angelic toddler, can't beat that). For now they're all even sharing a bedroom, with Julian's toddler bed shoved into the corner by the door and his toys scattered about the upstairs.

Greyson was just promoted to career level 10: Hall of Famer. His fitness skill is maxed, his bodybuilder aspiration is complete, and more than ever he's been practicing his singing (currently level 8) in the bedroom. Maybe someday he'll have time to start hitting up the karaoke bars again and blow them all away with his mad skillz. His parenting skill, though, is only at level 5. He has plenty of time to instruct his kids on the ways of all the things and get that skill up.

That Sunday that the girls had aged up, the family holds their first ever movie night. They intend to make it a regular thing every Sunday evening. For the first one they've invited Noelle's side of the family: her brother Dan and his newly married partner, Kyle, as well as her sister, Bethany, with husband Axel and toddler daughter, Skye. They snack on salt & pepper shrimp cocktail and pre-mixed brownies that Noelle has set out while they laugh over The Khlumzee Sisters.

Meanwhile, in the basement...

Yvie died while repairing the shower in the bathroom she'd shared with her granddaughters.

“But... did I finish fixing it?! I can’t leave them with a broken shower!”

It's hard having Yvie's giant steampunk contraptions in the yard, and the neighbors had been talking about the eyesores for years. Greyson and Noelle decide to get rid of them, and they're not even going to start with trying to see what's in the basement. Now they can fix up the side yard for a more refined social gathering area.

Ooh, snazzy.

Julian ages up to child. He's a sensitive soul type. Artisitic and creative. And not impressed with his mom's butternut gnocchi, though big sister Pen seems to be. He also gets the small bedroom, now that his grandmother won't be needing it anymore.

#the sims 4 #not so berry challenge #dailysims

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centromarianweiss-blog · 7 years ago

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Top 10 Filmes com Heróis Amputados

Como Treinar o Seu Dragão Este filme de artes marciais chinesas conta a história de dois homens que são aleijados por um chefe de crime local. Um homem, Tau, tem ácido jogado nas pernas e o outro, Lee Ho, ambos os braços amputados. Eles são treinados por um Antigo Mestre e aprendem, juntos, a usar suas habilidades de luta para derrotar o inimigo e triunfar sobre o mal.

*“Em primeiro lugar, eu preciso reconhecer que não conhecia ou me esqueci de muitos dos filmes dessa lista. Agradeço a todos os leitores pela lembrança e novas sugestões.

Em segundo lugar, também preciso reconhecer a dificuldade em criar essa lista. Personagens amputados não são muito comuns, então não há muitos filmes para se escolher, e mais raro ainda é um personagem amputado interpretado por um ator amputado.

Enquanto atores deficientes como Christopher Thornton e Michael Patrick Thornton, e atrizes como Teal Sherer e, é claro, Marlee Matlin, estão trabalhando e mostrando ao mundo que são tão talentosos e tão bonitos como seus homólogos não deficientes, eles ainda são muito poucos e nem sempre estão presentes na mídia. Quando tratamos de atores amputados, o número é ainda menor, especialmente no cinema.

Entretanto, atores televisivos, como Jim Byrnes e Robert David Hall - ambos amputados - fizeram papéis memoráveis e tiveram seu reconhecimento em todo o mundo por papéis nas séries Highlander (Byrnes) e CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Hall), mostrando que nada impede atores deficientes de alcançarem um sucesso global. Infelizmente, a maioria dos personagens amputados em filmes costumam ser interpretados por não amputados, com o auxílio de efeitos especiais ou próteses falsas, cobrindo o membro real do ator.

Por conta disso, eu decidi incluir filmes com participação de amputados. Tentei também incluir o máximo possível de filmes em que amputados são os personagens principais, independente de ser em um cenário romântico ou não. Alguns são personagens-escada (não principais, mas essenciais para a história), mas em geral são personagens centrais e determinantes no filme.

Eu fiquei tão animado com essa lista que resolvi assistir novamente vários filmes, assim como assistir filmes totalmente desconhecidos para mim. E os escolhidos seguiram os seguintes critérios:

Se o ator é realmente amputado

Se é o personagem principal

A importância da deficiência do personagem (na história)

Se há algum romance envolvendo o personagem amputado

Caso haja esse romance, qual sua importância para o enredo

Na minha lista final de 10 melhores, encontrei seis com alguma romantização e quatro em que os atores são amputados. Os filmes que escolhi abrangem oito décadas de cinema e abrangem uma variedade de temas.

Nos últimos anos, imagens de amputados na mídia têm aumentado, incluindo:

Um personagem de apoio no recente filme de pós-guerra, Stop-Loss. O personagem principal do novo biopic, Soul Surfer, sobre o surfista Bethany Hamilton, que perdeu o braço em um ataque de tubarão. O personagem principal das 127 horas do biopic, sobre o alpinista Aron Ralston, que amputou seu próprio braço direito abaixo do cotovelo para libertar-se de uma rocha durante um acidente de escalada. Um comercial recente para refeições de Escolha Saudável com a própria Bethany Hamilton.

Um personagem-escada em “Stop Loss - A Lei da Guerra“

A personagem principal de “Soul Surfer - Coragem de Viver", sobre a história de Bethany Hamilton, que perdeu seu braço após um ataque de tubarão (interpretada por AnnaSophia Robb, não amputada)

O personagem principal de “127 Horas”, sobre o montanhista Aron Ralston, que amputou o próprio braço para sobreviver (interpretado por James Franco, não amputado)

Um comercial nos EUA estrelando a própria Bethany Hamilton

**O ainda não lançado “Stronger”, sobre a história do sobrevivente do ataque de Boston, Jeff Bauman. Estrelado por Jake Gyllenhaal (não amputado)

Esperamos que essa tendência continue, que mais talentosos atores e atrizes amputadas tenha a chance de provar seu valor e igualdade na tela, e que os diretores e produtores não tenham medo de mostrar pessoas com corpos diferentes na tela, incluindo como heróis e personagens principais.

Finalmente, preciso informar que nem todos os filmes que eu considerei chegaram ao Top 10, mas não pude deixá-los de fora, então os incluí como menção honrosa.”

10. ‘A Winner Never Quits’ (Sem título em português)

Esta biografia feita para TV, estrelada por Keith Carradine no papel principal, examina a vida do jogador s profissional de beisebol Pete Gray, que perdeu o braço direito aos seis anos de idade. O filme mostra a importância das mulheres em sua vida, como sua carreira no beisebol foi possível - por conta da escassez de jogadores durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial - e a reviravolta na carreira por conta do pós-guerra.

Por mais que o filme tenha sido feito para a TV e o ator não seja amputado, o filme consta na lista pela forma que a deficiência e influência de Gray é retratada. Seus sucessos, suas perdas e seu impulso básico para alcançar a vitória (não somente no esporte, mas na vida).

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, nesse filme Keith Carradine esconde seu braço por baixo de roupas largas.

O personagem é o principal? Sim. Esse filme trata-se de uma história real. Então merece pontos por retratar toda a vida de um amputado.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Toda. A deficiência e seu papel na vida de alguém é o tema do filme.

Há algum romance? Sim, em partes o filme retrata o relacionamento de Pete com sua esposa Annie.

Qual a importância do romance? Annie é a pessoa que mais apoia Pete, e o filme conta os altos e baixos em seu relacionamento e, mesmo sendo de extrema importância, não oculta o assunto principal, a deficiência.

2. Homens de Honra

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A segunda biografia da lista conta a história de Carl Brashear, o primeiro negro a se tornar mergulhador da Marinha Americana. Após um acidente, torna-se também o primeiro mergulhador amputado da história.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, Cuba Gooding Jr. não é amputado.

O personagem é o principal? Definitivamente. O filme conta a história de um dos maiores heróis dos EUA.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Torna-se a parte mais importante a partir da segunda metade do filme.

Há algum romance? Sim, com o romance sendo abordado, em especial, antes da amputação.

Qual a importância do romance? Há importância do seu relacionamento com a esposa Jo é grande, mas é mais abordada na primeira parte do filme.

3. A Força De Um Campeão

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Retrata a luta do canadense Terry Fox, que teve sua perna direita amputada em razão de um câncer. Determinado a levantar fundos para pesquisas sobre a doença, ele decide atravessar o país a pé e, assim, chamar a atenção das pessoas para o problema.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Sim. Eric Fryer, que interpreta Fox, também teve sua perna amputada em razão do câncer.

O personagem é o principal? Totalmente, o filme é a biografia de Terry Fox.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Do começo ao fim.

Há algum romance? Não há romance.

Qual a importância do romance? Não há romance.

7. 127 Horas

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Ao explorar um cânion remoto em Utah, o alpinista e aventureiro Aron Ralston fica preso em uma fenda quando uma pedra cai. Nos cinco dias seguintes, Ralston examina sua vida e considera suas opções, as quais o levam a uma situação angustiante. Aron então toma a atitude de cortar seu próprio braço e assim se libertar e escapar da montanha.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, James Franco não é amputado.

O personagem é o principal? Sim, é a história real de Aron Ralston.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Essa é a história de como ele perdeu sua mão, embora a decisão de cortar seu braço apareça no final do filme.

Há algum romance? Não, exceto nos flashbacks de sua vida antes do acidente.

Qual a importância do romance? Não, exceto nos flashbacks.

6. Forrest Gump

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Um filme que não precisa de introdução. Forrest Gump conta a história de um rapaz com QI abaixo da média e excelentes intenções. Por obra do acaso, ele participa de momentos cruciais, como a Guerra do Vietnã e Watergate, sem nunca esquecer seu amor de infância, Jenny Curran. Mas o que nos traz a esse filme não é Forrest, e sim seu amigo e tenente Dan Taylor, interpretado por Gary Sinise, que perde suas duas pernas em batalha. Nós vemos a luta do Tenente em decorrência dos ferimentos e sua ânsia por viver.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, Gary Sinise não é amputado, embora os efeitos especiais adicionem um grande elemento de realismo.

O personagem é o principal? Não é o principal, embora seja um dos quatro mais importantes da história e, a forte presença de Gary Sinise fez com que Tenente Dan ficasse para sempre em nossas memórias.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Não é o tema da história, mas tem grande importância e está presente em muitos momentos do filme.

Há algum romance? Mínimo. Enquanto na cadeira de rodas, o Tenente possui uma relação sexual com uma mulher que, ao tratar mal Forrest, é expulsa imediatamente por ele. Após a colocação das próteses, Tenente Dan aparece casado. Pontos por incluir a vida sexual e romântica do Tenente.

Qual a importância do romance? Para o Tenente Dan não é importante.

5. “Freaks” (Monstros)

Este controverso ‘cult clássico’ feito pelo cineasta Tod Browning apresenta vários homens e mulheres com amputações congênitas. Embora nenhum deles seja o personagem principal, eles são proeminentes personagens de apoio neste conto sobre uma trupe de carnaval itinerante.

O filme foi considerado controverso, em parte, porque muitos pensaram em se tratar de uma exploração de atores e atrizes deficientes e, também, porque ousou mostrar pessoas que realmente eram bastante diferentes da norma física considerada ‘padrão’. No entanto, considero que é exatamente o contrário. O filme retrata esses ‘monstros’ como heróis ou, talvez, anti-heróis, enquanto os atores não amputados são os vilões. Além disso, fez o que poucos filmes se atrevem a fazer até hoje, usou artistas reais com deficiência e corpos não padronizados em vez de simplesmente usar efeitos especiais para transformar um ator ou atriz em um personagem com deficiência (Como Gary Sinise em ‘Forrest Gump’ ou Anna-Sophia Robb em ‘Soul Surfer’).

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Sim e sim. Tanto Johnny Eck como Prince Randia possuem amputações congênitas.

O personagem é o principal? São atores secundários, embora de extrema importância na trama.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Suas deficiências em específico não são o tema principal do filme. No entanto, a deficiência em si e a fuga de padrões são elementos vitais do filme.

Há algum romance? Não. O romance principal do filme é mínimo e não envolve deficientes.

Qual a importância do romance? Não é aplicável aos personagens amputados.

4. The Crippled Masters

Este filme de artes marciais chinesas conta a história de dois homens que são feridos por um chefe de crime local. Um homem, Tau, tem ácido jogado nas pernas e o outro, Lee Ho, tem ambos os braços amputados. Os dois são treinados por um Antigo Mestre e aprendem, juntos, a usar suas habilidades de luta para derrotar o inimigo e triunfar sobre o mal.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Sim, Frankie Shum, que interpreta Lee Ho, é amputado congênito devido à talidomida, remédio tomado por sua mãe durante a gravidez. Jackie Conn, que interpreta Tau, nasceu com pernas subdesenvolvidas.

O personagem é o principal? Lee Ho é um dos dois personagens principais do filme. Ele é um dos ‘Crippled Masters’.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? Toda, do começo ao final.

Há algum romance? Não há romance.

Qual a importância do romance? Não há romance.

3. Ganz und Gar

Esse filme, que infelizmente não conta com versão em português, estrela David Rott como Torge, um jovem popular que perde a perna em um acidente e depois deve reconstruir sua vida e seus relacionamentos à medida que se recupera. Com isso, ele deve aprender novas maneiras de se relacionar com seus amigos, sua família e o ambiente ao seu redor, além de fazer mudanças em sua vida doméstica, em seu trabalho e em seu próprio conceito sobre si mesmo. Para quem entende alemão - ou mesmo pouco, como a quem aqui escreve - o filme é imperdível.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, David Rott não é amputado.

O personagem é o principal? Sim, Torge é o personagem principal.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? De toda a importância.

Há algum romance? Sim, Torge possue um romance após a amputação.

Qual a importância do romance? É um elemento chave na última parte do filme.

2. Dreaming Of Joseph Lees (1999)

Este filme britânico conta a história da jovem Eva, que sonha o tempo todo com Joseph, um parente distante e aventureiro, que é amputado. Quando ela aceita se casar com um fazendeiro, reencontra Joseph em uma festa, e suas fantasias voltam com força total.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Não, Rupert Graves não é amputado.

O personagem é o principal? Sim, além de ser o amor de Eva, dá o nome ao filme.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? De grande importância.

Há algum romance? Sim, há um triângulo amoroso na história.

Qual a importância do romance? É o tema central do filme.

1. Os Melhores Anos de Nossas Vidas (1946)

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O filme conta a história de três soldados que regressam para sua cidade natal após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, incluindo Homer Parrish, um jovem marinheiro que perdeu as duas mãos durante a guerra e volta para sua família e noiva com ganchos protéticos no lugar das mãos. O filme entrelaça a história de Homer com os veteranos Al Stephenson e Fred Derry, mostra suas habilidades com as novas próteses, sua fachada contra frustrações e medos sobre seu futuro, e sua relação com sua noiva Wilma.

Harold Russell, que interpretou Homer Parrish, ganhou não um, mas dois prêmios da Academia pelo seu papel neste filme: Oscar Honorário por ser uma inspiração para os veteranos e o Óscar de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante de 1946, tornando-se o único ator da história do Oscar a ganhar dois prêmios pelo mesmo papel.

Critérios:

O ator é amputado? Sim, Harold Russell perdeu suas mãos em um acidente durante um treinamento no serviço militar, em 1944.

O personagem é o principal? Sim, ele é um dos três personagens principais.

Qual a importância da deficiência na história? É o tema principal.

Há algum romance? Sim e é de extrema importância para o filme, produzindo uma das cenas mais memoráveis da trama.

Qual a importância do romance? Extremamente importante para Homer.

Menção Honrosa

Star Wars - O Império Contra-Ataca (1980)/ Retorno do Jedi (1983) Personagens: Darth Vader e Luke Skywalker

O Franco Atirador (1978) Personagem: Steven Pushkov

Efeito Borboleta (2004) Personagem: Evan Treborn

Feitiço da Lua (1987) Personagem: Ronny Cammareri

Neve Sobre os Cedros (1999) Personagem: Ishmael Chambers