#start with 1991 also. is incredibly important

[isabelopaque]

hi katie is kollok worth getting into ^-^ i heard good things about it like 4-5 years ago? and was interested but never got around to it . also imsaying this but just know that there’s a 95% chance i will not actuallyfinish it Sorry

HIII!!!!! i like it a Lot. Its more serious/horror focused and can seem kind of pretentious in comparison to jrwi but i think. Rightfullt so? Its really well written in a way a lot of trrpg shows arent. I compare it vaguely to taz:b as the plot twists in like s2 two years after the first episode theres a plot twist related to it that is planned out entirely in advance and hits hard. Theres also really good rep id say? One of the main 4 pcs from the first ep ends up being a wheelchair user and it doesnt get magicked away and shes still super badass. Also canon aro character! Blowsa kiss to the sky. I love you billy baker. It's prob my favorite ttrpg series of all time ever but its kind of hard t jump into initially. Hopefully this is somewhat helpful. This isnt saying its Never offensive but id say its. Leagues better than jrwi in terms of actual care into its characters

[thequiver]

Who is...Sam Guthrie | Cannonball? - A Reading Guide

Sam Guthrie is an X-Men and Avengers affiliated mutant from Marvel Comics. Sam is the oldest of the nine Guthrie children and is the definition of parentification having dropped out of high school to work in the coal mines that killed his father (in either a mine accident or through black lung depending on your preferred retcon). Sam's powers would manifest during a mining accident and allowed him to blast through the rock to safety. Sam would then join the team he's most associated with, the New Mutants. Sam's story is one of overcoming adversities, determination, and of healing. Some of Sam's earlier stories show him being groomed by Lila Cheney and the adults in charge of his safety enabling her.

Sam is also excellent Appalachian representation and is one of the first Appalachian main characters to not be ashamed of being Appalachian while simultaneously not being based on hillbilly humor.

You'll find a reading list under the cut! The list will need to be posted in multiple parts due to length, subsequent parts will be added as reblogs.

Part 1 below!

Introduction and New Mutants Era

Sam's first team immediately after introduction was the original New Mutants (1983). Throughout this period Sam develops the close bonds he's known for, particularly with teammates Roberto Da Costa (Sunspot), Dani Moonstar (Mirage), and Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). New Mutants was written by Chris Claremont and while wonderful, drops the ball in many places, one of which being the way that Sam's dialect is written and the sort of general understanding of Appalachia, as well as a refusal to acknowledge that Sam's relationship with Lila Cheney was based upon grooming. The issue that introduces Lila to Sam's story will have a red asterisk and a trigger warning next to it.

Marvel Graphic Novel (1981) #4 New Mutants (1983) #1-12 Marvel Team-Up (1972) # Annual 6 New Mutants (1983) #13-21 Rom (1982) #Annual 3 New Mutants (1983) # Annual 1 * (TW: Grooming) New Mutants (1983) #23-25 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #149 New Mutants (1983) #29 (Lila is in this issue) New Mutants (1983) #30-34 New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #201 (definitely not a necessary issue, but it's one that highlights that Sam IS smart, he's just really bad at technology) New Mutants (1983) #37 Firestar (1986) #2 New Mutants (1983) #38-40, 42-44, Annual 2, 45-51, Annual 3, 52 Fallen Angels (1987) #1 (this issue is a good look into Sam and Berto's relationship) New Mutants (1983) #53-66 Spellbound (1988) #4 (Lila's in this issue and you can see the way she almost treats Sam like an accessory) New Mutants (1983) #Annual 4A-B, 67-76, Annual 5A, 77-92, Annual 6A Wolverine: Rahne of Terra (not incredibly Sam focused and it's a bit..different, but what there is of Sam I like) New Mutants (1983) #93-100, Annual 7A

X-Force, X-Men, and X-Force Again

After the end of New Mutants, under the direction of Cable, Sam helped found the team, X-Force, and would be appointed Cable's second-in-command. While in New Mutants we got to see a Sam Guthrie who was coming into his powers, X-Force really gives us a glimpse of a Sam Guthrie who is starting to really apply those powers and who is starting to highlight why the character has come to be known as a powerhouse. During this period we see Sam go from a member of X-Force, to becoming a fully fledged X-Men, and then see him re-join X-Force until the team is disbanded. The change from X-Force to X-Men to X-Force are not represented in different sections as there is still overlap in Sam's character interactions and throughout his period on the X-Men, his former X-Force affiliation is an important factor that helps inform his choices and his outlook on situations, although I have tried to signify the changes with breaks in the text block.

New Warriors (1990) # Annual 1A Uncanny X-Men (1981) #Annual 15A X-Factor (1986) #Annual 6A X-Force (1991) #1-3 Spider-Man (1990) #16 X-Force (1991) #4-5 X-Factor (1986) #77 X-Force (1991) #Annual 1C, 6-15 X-Cutioner's Song Event (this links you to a reading list I made for the event) X-Men (1991) #17 New Warriors (1990) #31 X-Force (1991) #19-26, Annual 2, 27-29, 32-33 New Warriors (1990) #46 X-Force (1991) #34-37 Cable (1993) #15 X-Factor (1986) #106 X-Force (1991) #38 Excalibur (1988) #82 X-Force (1991) #39-45 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #323-325 Wolverine (1988) #93

Uncanny X-Men '95 (1995) #1 X-Men: Clan Destine (1996) #1 Wolverine (1998) #96 X-Force (1991) #48 X-Force and Cable '95 (1995) #1 X-Men vs. The Brood (1996) #1-2 X-Force (1991) #51 X-Men (1991) #48 Wolverine (1988) #99-100 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #332 Wolverine (1988) #101 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #334 X-Men (1991) #54 Onslaught: X-Men (1996) #1 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #335 Cable (1993) #36 Beast (1997) #1-3 X-Men (1991) #59 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #340 X-Men (1991) #60 Wolverine (1988) #111 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #341-342, Annual '97 The Incredible Hulk (1962) #455 X-Men (1991) #62-66 Wolverine (1988) #115-118 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #350 X-Men (1991) #70 New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) #1-3 X-Men (1991) #71-72, 75-76 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #355 Alpha Flight (1997) #9 X-Men (1991) #77-78 Uncanny X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Men (1991) #79

X-Force (1991) #83-84 X-Force/Champions Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Force (1991) #85-93 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #375 (Sam's only in the beginning of this one) X-Force (1991) # Annual '99, 94-98 Cable (1993) #73-75 X-Force (1991) #99-117

Part 2 to follow soon as I've hit the link limit!

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Happy Bisexual Visibility Month with this edit of my favorite/most important TV/MOVIES BISEXUAL PEOPLE♥

it's my 2nd edit, my 1st one here: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/701335471288205312/bi-bisexual-bisexuals-in-tv-with-the-song-that

/they mean EVERYTHING to me/

in the edit:

#ACD #AlexClaremontDiaz #NickNelson #JesperFahey #AvaSilva #MagnusBane #NoraHolleran #AnnaTaggaro #NinaZenik #AJCampos #HopeMikaelson #KittySongCovey #YasminaFadoula #VadaCavell #TimmyAndrews #GarLogan #LiShang #PeytonSawyer & #RachelGatina & #BrookeDavis (all 3 are bi to me) #JeremiahFisher #AkiMenzies #Brooklynn #KenjiKon #MichaelGuerin #AdrianIvashkov #RoseHathaway (last 3 have too much bi energy to ignore it)

+we NEED more bisexuality in media: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/746941244472786944/so-alright-here-are-the-moviesmedia-that-make

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bi ig highlight : https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18280848235083086/

also i recommend this podcast ‘A Little Queer Podcast’ by two incredible bisexual people Capri Campeau and Ashley Whitfield. episode linked here, ‘Debunking Bisexual Myths and Stereotypes’ :https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wcP8HBIY0IyVxROjpZPNg?si=TIHDv-eFQi-mdsCS6zKzNA (all covered here for real!) +also check ‘A Bit Fruity Podcast’ by Matt Bernstein (very educating one!!) + Bisexual Brunch Podcast (UK) by 3 bisexual people, 2 men and 1 woman! here:https://open.spotify.com/show/3tH2DAjYrk2cXdYRSqt5nS?si=2ae6bb60b1534366

let’s talk about biphobia/Kit Connor (Max Hovey TikTok) important video:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770851818143186944?source=share +Bisexuality has never excluded trans and non-binary people. Please stop spreading this lie. It actively harms trans/n-b bi people and bi people with trans/n-b partners. STOP BI ERASURE :https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770848612526735360?source=share + WHAT IS BISEXUAL ERASURE:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770848534830399488?source=share + ‘ANYTHING THAT MOVES’ ATM 90s Bisexual Magazine is Shockingly Relevant Today--- Despite the joy of reading this bi-centric work, however, it's telling how little has changed since 1991--The first several stanzas of "This Poem Can Be Put Off No Longer" by Susan Carlton, featured in the first issue of 'Anything That Moves.' Credit: Anything That Moves / The poem continues, but the point is clear from the start: Bisexual people aren't believed for who they are. They're belittled and told to "choose a side," that they're bisexual for attention. It's difficult to think that this poem is over 30 years old. The poem "truly could've been written yesterday... or 50 years ago," said Marshall. "How long do we have to keep screaming the same things to the world over and over until people stop pretending we're speaking another galaxy's language?" --- The solace of Anything That Moves, however, is that even though progress has been slow, fellow bisexual people can relate to the shared experience detailed in its pages.:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770848263124500480?source=share

BOOKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BISEXUAL HISTORY & ACTIVISM:https://www.tumblr.com/ruimtetijd/686000390089621504/list-of-books-about-bi-history-and-activism-from &https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/139102124?shelf=bi-bisexual-characters-done-well

The Bisexual Flag, its meaning and history!:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/762664140472008704?source=share + Lani Kaʻahumanu talking about how bisexuals have ALWAYS been around!:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/762663819491328000?source=share

.https://anythingthatmovesarchive.carrd.co/ &https://anythingthatmovesarchive.carrd.co/#scans &https://anythingthatmovesarchive.carrd.co/#about

THIS song (bi bi bi THIS IS OUR SONG!!) by Sub-Radio (the lead vocalist Adam Bradley is bisexual♥) :https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/765512527066087424?source=share &https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/765512891127480320?source=share + THIS BAND SINGING THE BLACK PARADE but make it ever more queer pride parade♥ :https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/765565710891155456?source=share &https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/765565917201612800?source=share (you’re scaring Ron you’re scaring Rooonn) + an awakening with HSM(?) :https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/765565797378719744/mndvx-subradioband-happy-pride-yal-anyone?source=share

(+IMPORTANT) (Nov,2023)-A Bit Fruity Podcast (created by Matt Bernstein (gay American Jewish man) Ep with Moe Dabbagh, a gay Palestinian American with family currently in Gaza. ‘Queers for Palestine & The Power of Pinkwashing’. Palestine has been occupied for more than 76 years now, since 1948 year. This ep gives you a LOT of information, especially if you are one of the people who can’t see right through the propaganda; or the ones who go ‘well if you’re gay then go to Gaza and see how that goes for you’. Queer Liberation is a liberation of Palestinian people. We can’t have one without the other. Free Palestine. Free all the people that are not yet free. This is where we start!! Ep on youtube :https://youtu.be/Xsgdk-DDSXc on spotify :https://open.spotify.com/episode/62WOjKJYih6lhuisP8tmZH?si=soRArGs1QeWqEzEaiSVlUg on iheartcom:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-a-bit-fruity-with-matt-ber-117844074/episode/queer-palestinians-the-power-of-129612460/(keep learning & keep showing up!)

!!.http://alqaws.org/siteEn/index & https://queersinpalestine.noblogs.org/ + https://www.instagram.com/queersinpalestine/

[aesthetictokinghost]

I know that this blog follows Cannon but do you the mun have headcannons about Albert if he knew/cared about Jake. Also any uncle William headcannons. Thank you for your time and have a great day.

From 1991-1996, Wesker was employed by both the United States Army and Umbrella

Jake was born in 1992, the same year that a project was announced to revitalize Raccoon City. This project included a new hospital, and as we know was sponsored by Umbrella The above two bullets are canon. The following are not

Just prior to Jake's birth, Wesker returned stateside. He did know that Ms Muller was with child, though she hid it from him

She was being protective due to starting to catch on that this man was more than just an army officer; there was something else, but when confronted, this was when he told her that he was leaving the country.

Contrary to Jake's belief, Wesker did send her funds on a recurring basis, though he never saw her again. She did not have a favorable opinion of him

This stopped in 1998. After the mansion incident and his rebirth, his priorities shifted.

He needed to be untraceable while pillaging the rubble of Umbrella, and he found himself no longer feeling responsibility for the child he left behind. After all, he had sent them an incredible amount of money already, and she hadn't even felt the need to tell him about the situation. There was much to do, and this task was no longer important to him

He did not know that Jake's mother had fallen ill. Her treatments required an exuberant cost just for her to remain alive, and her funds dwindled until they ran out. At this point, she was unable to continue working

Ms Muller died in the early 2000's, leaving Jake behind

Thanks for the great asks! I like to base things in canon, but tend to take many liberties when building around it. I will have Uncle William headcanons in a separate post soon

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Billboard Top Hits - 1979 1991 Disco / Soft Rock / New Wave / Pop / Soul

1979 was really the year that disco ended up hitting its zenith, folks. Acts like Blondie and Rod Stewart, who weren't known for making disco at all, both achieved big #1 hits with "Heart of Glass" and "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," respectively, and then Gloria Gaynor gave us "I Will Survive," Anita Ward recorded a song that was originally intended for an 11 year-old in "Ring My Bell," and The Village People unleashed "Y.M.C.A." too. A very momentous year for this genre, to say the least.

However, despite all those songs being integral pieces in disco's history, and with all but one of them appearing on this comp too—sorry Rod!—there is still someone who is very glaringly missing from this whole portrait of 1979: the one and only Donna Summer. And to give you all an idea of just how important Donna Summer was to this particular year, you have to understand that she was simply accomplishing things on a commercial level that no one else ever had in the history of American popular music prior. See, not only was Summer the first female to have five different songs reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 within the same year, but she was also the first female to have five different songs reach the *top five* on the Billboard Hot 100 within the same year too. And in addition to that, she was also the first female to ever have three different singles reach #1 on the Hot 100 within the same calendar year as well! But while all of those are undeniable Hall of Fame legend MVP GOAT numbers, she unfortunately does not actually appear on this comp itself 😮‍💨; and I think that's a pretty damn shame. Don't you?

But anyway, as you all know, along with a zenith also comes a downfall, and despite Summer achieving her own immense success all throughout 1979, in the latter half of the year, disco's popularity on the whole really started to flag. There was a huge backlash to its oversaturation of the airwaves, as well as its culture and aesthetics, and it ended up culminating in the folkloric Disco Demolition Night, in which throngs of people brought disco records to a baseball doubleheader in Chicago to watch them literally explode on the field between games (and the second game ended up being forfeited because the whole stunt got way too out of hand).

Now, although some people question the amount of impact that this specific event actually had on disco going forward, there is no question that the genre's overall popularity in the US noticeably waned soon after. And while the backlash had a bunch of racist, sexist, and homophobic overtones to it too, the main argument given by most anti-disco folks for ultimately wanting the genre's demise and displacement from prominence was that it was dumb. And I won't argue that broad swathes of disco weren't dumb, because they were, but one still has to find a deep and rich irony in the fact that the first song to really re-energize rock music in 1979 after Disco Demolition Night was none other than fucking "My Sharona" by The Knack, which, to my mind, is unapologetically one of the single-dumbest rock songs ever made. Catchy as hell, sure, but also incredibly stupid—both lyrically and musically—and very goofy too; and also on this comp.

M-m-m-m-m-m-m- my, my, my, my, my, my, wooo! M-m-m-my Sharona!

So, all in all, this album is definitely a fun, little cross-section of 1979, and you can experience a bunch of the biggest hits that enabled disco to have its last hurrah as America's #1 genre too; but to not have one of those be a Donna Summer song or, just like 1978, a Bee Gees one either, is simply crazy. You have to assume that Rhino Records just couldn't obtain licenses to any big hits from either one of these acts, but as a result, both this 1979 Billboard comp and its prior 1978 one feel pretty incomplete, despite them still being chock-full of memorable hits anyway.

Highlights:

Blondie - "Heart of Glass" The Knack - "My Sharona" Rupert Holmes - "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" The Village People - "Y.M.C.A" Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" The Charlie Daniels Band - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

[ncisfranchise-source]

The CBS fall 2024 season takes one of its most popular franchises back in time with NCIS: Origins. The NCIS prequel is set in 1991 and centers on a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) earlier in his career as a special agent at the fledging (NIS) Naval Investigation Service’s Camp Pendleton, which eventually becomes the iconic NCIS division we know today.

Gibbs joins a ragtag team led by Mike Franks, with Kyle Schmid stepping into the role originated in the flagship series by Muse Watson. The weight of taking on this legend is not lost on Schmid. It’s arguably the biggest gig to date for the Canadian who got his start on Disney Channel in the early ’00s and whose recent resume includes starring on the History military series Six and recurring on Syfy’s Being Human and ABC’s Big Sky.

Despite being fatally stabbed in Season 8 of NCIS, Mike Franks would appear from time to time to guide mentee Gibbs (Mark Harmon) as an almost guardian angel. Here, Schmid, who is expecting his first child with his wife Caity Lotz, gives us an early tease of what’s to expect from the flashback spinoff.

What does it mean for you to be part of the legacy of this NCIS franchise? What kind of resource has Mark Harmon been for this new cast? 

Kyle Schmid: I think it’s a great opportunity to be part of something grandfathered into the industry as a standard for procedural television. It has been running for what’s going to be seasons. Mark Harmon did it and put his stamp on it and kind of led the way for everybody. It has been a really neat experience because he has lent his expertise and advice and help to all of us through emails and calls. Just time spent piquing his brain has been really important.

At a stage of your life where you’ve gotten married, having a kid and you get to shoot at Paramount in Los Angeles. I feel like I’ve won the lottery. I can’t wait to continue to work with the cast that was put together. I’m a legitimate fan of everybody they put together for this show. Incredible wife, job, house, and a baby on the way. My life has just become very complete, so I’m very lucky.

Have you had much communication with Muse? 

He and I have become friends. We talk every couple of weeks and catch up on life. Having his blessing to play a younger version of a character he developed has been very cool.

How would you describe where we’ll be introduced to Mike at this point in his life and career? 

He had been part of NCIS for a while. In 2001, when you meet him he is a little older, a little more jaded. He has seen a lot that I think he wished he could have had more control over. So, we’re seeing him at a point in his life where he has paved his own way and earned the respect of the agency. Now he has the opportunity to build a team that he sees as being some of the most promising agents in NCIS. We get to meet those people and see those people grow. He is still at a point where he gets to mentor Gibbs. I think we’ll get to see why Gibbs was who the world fell in love with in the original NCIS and how he came to be that way. And Mike Franks is a big part of that.

With the show taking us back to the 1990s, what kind of vibe do you see us getting? I’m looking forward to feeling that nostalgia. 

The music is what excites me. I was born in the early 1980s, so I like Pearl Jam and Nirvana. Those are still on my daily playlist. I failed to mature with music and am stuck in the 1990s. We have incredible music. I think it’s fun to play with the dynamics of the male-female relationship in the workplace. We get to live in a world where things are a little backward compared to today. I think it’s going to be really interesting how David [J. North] and Gina [Lucita Monreal], who are our showrunners and are phenomenal, decide to tackle that.

We get to see how Mike Franks gets to play a 40-year-old in an industry in 1991 that we in present-day America have forgotten, and have tried to change. I think that will be really interesting for the show. I did a show with Tom Fontana a few years ago. He is one of the best writers I’ve ever worked with. He said to me that there are no black-and-white characters. There are only gray characters. The people who are the bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. They are just doing the best they know. I think 1991 in Los Angeles is a very poignant point in history with a lot that happened. We’re going to be able to explore all of that with phenomenal directing. I think with a younger and edgier cast, it will make for an edgier show in the process. This is super exciting because we have phenomenal actors who really get to dig into this stuff that I’m hoping will blow teh doors wide open.

You’re going into filming this show at a time when you’re becoming a dad. Just moved into a new house with Caity still working as well. How are you all preparing for all that? 

It’s a good question. Luckily, I have the best wife in the world. Caity’s mom is going to come to town. My dad’s coming to town. I love working. Working is something that gives me energy. I get to go to work, which I love, and then come home to a family I love. I’m absolutely burning the candle at both ends with this.

[jackoshadows]

Hi! I'm new to the asoiaf fandom (ik too late .. but better late than never right??) . So I'm a Tumblr girly and before even knowing about all the plot points, I knew too well about the fandom discourse - particularly sansa, Arya, Daenerys and Jon. And i wanna say why I get so many people are mad at hardcore sansa fans. Like only today I found out about the original leaked letter of grrm in 1991 and was fascinated about it, so I was reading everything related to it and finally ended up reading a discussion on asoiaf.westeros.org

Someone posted a long post about how grrm's original plot points have remained more or less the same and I was nodding along and i kid you not - the very next post was about how Arya will be a child at the end of series so many plot of hers will be Sansa's now given that she'll be a woman by westeros' standards. And I was like "weird but at least this person was polite and stayed within the topic of discussion" . Then not even TWO posts after that , there's a long post about how sansa and Jon are meant to be together (like quotes from books and their supposed interpretation - spoiler alert: totally wrong btw). Like the first quote is "poor Jon, he gets jealous because he's a bastard" and the poster is like " Poor Jon, he is jealous because he's a bastard and won't be marrying blushing redheads to make them queen of all the realm... but what if he isn't a bastard and is the crown prince?" (This is cp btw) . Like you just called your fav character a gold digger.

Jon is a bastard now so he will not be making anyone queen .. BUT when he is the prince? Lets make a PowerPoint of stupid connections that is clearly meant to be taken seriously as a proof of the never-will-happen-relationship. I may be new to this fandom but I've been in enough fandoms to know self insert ships. The Hunger Games for example, I've read crackpot theories of how Katniss should forgive Gale for playing a part in the plan that ended up killing Prim because she has killed people in the games too. For whatever reason they have the hots for Gale so they want Katniss to end up with him so they run loops trying to make that happen.

Like , I wanna read about things that matter - I was trying to read interpretations of the blocked paragraph. I want to read an absurd theory of how Tyrion will be the king at the end . I don't wanna see a ridiculously long post of a crackship in a place where nobody asked for it !! Why do they have this behaviour of promoting their ship everywhere? I mean literally everywhere ??

Like literally the entire basis for Jonsa is taking away everything GRRM has written for Arya - in terms of political arcs, importance in the North/House Stark/Winterfell, relationships with her siblings, with her parents etc. - and giving to Sansa because she's beautiful and fits into the tradfem standards of femininity. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's why anytime there is a discussion of Jonrya or Arya becoming Lady of Winterfell or a leader of the North, it starts pivoting to Sansa because they can only see her as leading the North because she's the right kind of girl - this in a region where Robb got his support after Greywind chewed off the GreatJon's fingers! The dissonance is real.

Also them using the leaked OG outline for Jonsa is so frigging hilarious and ridiculous. Worms for brains.

So yeah, it is annoying and frustrating but unfortunately that's fandom sexism for you. The ASoIAF/GOT fandom is incredibly sexist and bizarrely most of this nonsense is from women stanning a sexist character while holding her up as some kind of feminist icon and bullying other fans if they critique that character's sexism and bullying.

[greenerteacups]

i have two questions for you! the first is: could you tell us more about your decision making process with narcissa, and how you brainstorm and eventually write for her character? for context, she’s one of my favourite female characters, but very few books portray her as authentically and gut-wrenchingly painfully real as you do. my second question is i’d love for you to tell us about how you do your research when you write harry potter fics. you mentioned google sheets upon google sheets of research and i’d love to learn more. i think you’re incredible, and lionheart is one of the best, if not the most excellent, draco and hermione fics i have ever read. the way you ended volume i so poetically lives in my head rent free. i want it on my tombstone. ily so much!

Hello! Delighted to answer both. Talking about writing is my special treat to myself for actually doing it.

1. Narcissa: She's so complex! She's just a spiny mille-feuille of a creature, she's so complex. I wrote the prologue before I'd even outlined Book 1, so I had this idea of Narcissa, as a widow, attempting to somehow manage the legacy of these two enormous wizarding houses without allowing them to suffocate her son, whom she loves intensely and truly — her son, whom she loves enough to lie to the face of an immortal dictator just to know that he's alive. What's she like? And so I started picking through her backstory, like: what makes her tick? What does she believe, why did she marry Lucius, why is she the only Black of her generation that survives? And then, once I had the questions lined up, the answers started coming: she grows up sandwiched between Bellatrix and Andromeda, neither of whom are model pureblood daughters, so as a sort of reaction, she ends up becoming this Model Pureblood Gentlewoman, which is epitomized by her marriage into perhaps the only house as old or important as the Blacks. But she's still an heiress in her own right, which means she doesn't need Lucius either for his money or his connections — so theirs was probably a love marriage, or at least an arrangement she had some say in. And she's the last Black standing after two era-defining wars, despite the fact that she's in very close proximity to power in both of those conflicts, so she obviously has some serious survival skills and an intuitive grasp of how to manage people.

But she's also deeply damaged. She's lost her whole family. Bellatrix joined a cult and went off the deep end, Sirius and Andromeda ran away, and Regulus died. Narcissa is the only one who did exactly what she was supposed to do, and her reward was being abandoned by everyone she ever loved. She has baggage. Her life basically ended at the close of the First Wizarding War, and the only thing she has left to live for is Draco, who she knows that she's losing to influences outside of her control, but she doesn't have the power — or isn't willing to use the power she has — to stop him, because that's how she lost Sirius and Andromeda. Pushing too hard. She doesn't want to be Walburga Black. Her problem is that she remains a Black to her core, and for her, that will always mean certain rules and certain ideas. The possibility that Draco might be moving in the right direction — i.e., that her worldview might be outdated and profoundly misinformed — is incompatible with the fact that for years she has been sacrificing her own happiness on the altar of this Thing, this Idea, of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black. If 'pureblood' doesn't mean something, then Narcissa has ruined her life for nothing. She has lost her entire family for nothing. Reform? For what?

2. Research: God bless the fanwikis, because they are my best friend. If I need a date or a timeline check, the fanwiki is my first resource. I have a spreadsheet of important dates ranging from 1971-1991, just because the backstory with the Blacks and Snape and Lucius is somewhat involved (many irons in the fire!) and when I was writing Book 3, I realized that I needed to hash out what happened when and where all these people were at different points in each other's lives. (Like, did Sirius and Snape see each other during the war, or is Book 3 the first time they've crossed paths since the 1977? Surely not, right? But then... when?? And where the fuck has LUPIN been since 1981? That question took about an hour to hammer out.) I make these things sound like chores, but they're not: they're more like fun little writing side-quests that I get to do before coming back to the main story. A lot of it won't even end up in the actual fic, but knowing it helps me keep the text consistent, and it also informs how I write the characters.

I also keep a big list of "miscellaneous Information" at the bottom of my outline document. Yearly quidditch rosters go here; so does stuff like political factions, family trees, and (most recently) a full diagram of who works where in the Ministry of Magic, because I realized I'd invented a passel of bureaucrats and couldn't remember who was allowed to order whom around. I have short character profiles for people like Odin Davis and Prescott Parkinson, especially ones like Pansy's mom who barely appear, because I need to know who they are if I'm going to write Pansy consistently; I also have a reference sheet for hair/eye/skin color for everyone in the cast, because I don't want to get caught up and have to invent a reason that Theo's eyes are blue in one book and brown in the next. (E.g.: they're brown, have always been brown, will always be brown. #browneyedTheo truther.) Finally, I use sites like the HP Lexicon, the conceit of which is basically "odd lists of things you didn't realize you wanted." That link takes you to a list of Harry's Christmas presents for all seven years, which is bonkers helpful if you're trying to write a Christmas scene and you can't remember who gave who what and when.

I also make a point of keeping a copy of the books on-hand while I'm writing, because I want to make sure I'm not neglecting subplots (and, if I am, then I at least want to be neglecting them on purpose). Lionheart is canon divergent, but I want to minimize the divergences to things that I can attribute to a change I've made deliberately, not just because I forgot someone was there.

Finally, if I can't find an answer to something, I might consult Reddit or fan sites to see if someone's dug it out of the books. Names of odd second-cousins, really remote family trees, who's married to whom and why, stuff like that, I'll rely on word-of-mouth. Then, if I can't find something (or find it after a reasonable search) I'll just make something up. I console myself with the knowledge that most people will tolerate you getting Harry Potter's great-grandfather's goldfish's middle name wrong so long as it's in the service of a good story, which is what I hope I can offer.

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I want to hear your foxhound headcanons

GHHHHHHH okay this is rough bc idek where to start bc so much stuff in my head is built on other things so ig ill lay out some of em:

- snavid canonically is recruited into foxhound after the gulf war so some time after 1991. fox calls him a rookie in mg1 so i like to think he joined in '94 or '95 so any pre outer heaven foxhound event he's like.... 22 or 23. this isnt really that important but timelines are important to me bc i have problems.

- big boss is the boss at foxhound, venom snake is at outer heaven the whole time. that being said bb does go to africa a lot and loves skipping out on foxhound work but hes not the one running outer heaven day to day. on a similar note i just want to say that imo sniper wolf's "saladin" is venom snake.

- BB is in charge of foxhound but he's notoriously awful to work with. he plays hooky a lot and isnt the most friendly especially to high ranking members of other military branches. unfortunately foxhound brings good results and bb is bb so nobody really calls him on it. tensions within foxhound as well as between government organizations are incredibly tense.

- foxhound is a relatively small operation in terms of numbers. its really the elite of the elite yk so its not massive. BB Campbell Fox and Miller are thus the major players in terms of internal politics, with the power going in about that order. fox is essentially bb's direct right hand and does everything he wants. miller is the opposite trying to ruin bb from the inside and campbell's stuck between a rock and a hard place, he'll always defer to and inevitably agree with bb but a part of him does know something is wrong and he lives with that guilt for the rest of his life.

- kaz is a trans woman about 90% of the time when i refer to anything foxhound related. in some niche corners of my head she isnt but the vast majority of the time shes some sort of transfem wether it be more nonbinary or just a binary trans woman.

- in my weird delusion snavid's relationship with miller parallels bb's and the bosses. snavid looks up to miller and values her a lot, accepting her word above most others with maybe only the big boss hero worship exception. miller initially only wants to manipulate snavid(who keep in mind is a foster kid who never really had any stable relationships or guiding figures in his life) but she does end up genuinely caring about him which makes her feel incredibly guilty that she's manipulating him into committing patricide. not that the guilt stops her tho lol.

- on a similar note miller can sometimes be incredibly callous or cruel to david but this is largely in moments where snavid sounds too much like bb and its an almost involuntary violent response.

- in mg2 it was said that campbell also attained the title of fox alongside grey fox, going by chicken fox. this is retconned in mgs1 but i keep it in my hc.

- ocelot is a member of foxhound but i think he sticks a lot on the dl. putting things into order for bb as well as dealing with the recent collapse of the soviet union which is why hes not mentioned much here(i dont remember if the soviet union had collapsed at the same time as irl bc mg1 and 2 were released in the 80's but its implied to be the same when the solid games release so???)

- fox and snake are friendly towards eachother but not necessarily close, its the outer heaven incident that really solidifies their warrior bond or whatever. they are aware of eachother before that though and fox does have a passing interest in david even sparring with him a few times. however its one of those situations where they just miss eachother. sometimes tho i like to make them close anyways or make them meet in the gulf war first bc ily snox.... this one changes a lot depending on if i wanna adhere to canon or be rlly self indulgent.

- in terms of fox hound internal politics bb is bb. fox listens to bb and tolerates campbell. fox and miller do not get a long at all. miller does not get along with bb. and campbell and miller are kinda friends but in a co worker way.

- i think bb finds it incredibly funny to irritate kaz and make his life worse. kaz not liking bb is foxhounds worst kept secret and even recruits can kinda tell that kaz doesnt like bb. kaz for the most part is capable of keeping up appearances but bb enjoys antagonizing kaz so she'll get upset and then be publicly humiliated or seen as hysterical. its just a really awful work environment and the fact there's still sexual tension makes it even worse. foxhound desperately needs an hr department.

- i have some vagueeeee ocs in my head who are in training with snavid but they arent super concrete and mostly exist as background characters anyways

- i feel like grey fox is the type of guy to take his co workers lunch out of the fridge and eat it even if there is a note

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Standback comes from a place unknown even to me.

A hush surrounded it from the very beginning and a feeling that it had always been was there from the first. 'Standback' lives in it's own timespace.

It never belonged to me, it has always belonged to the world~and to Prince, who inspired the entire song.

~Stevie Nicks

Timespace Tourbook, 1991.

Stevie Nicks couldn't refuse her muse, even on the day she married now ex-husband Kim Anderson.

She heard Prince's "Little Red Corvette," the big hit at the time off of 1999, on the radio in 1983 as the couple drove out to Santa Barbara for their honeymoon. Nicks spent the rest of the night writing the song it inspired: "Stand Back," later released on The Wild Heart.

"It just gave me an incredible idea, so I spent many hours that night writing a song about some kind of crazy argument, and it was to become one of the most important of my songs," Nicks wrote in the liner notes for her greatest hits album Timespace in 1991. "I've been doing this song for years, Fleetwood Mac does it also, and I never get tired of it.

'Stand Back' has always been my favorite song onstage, because...when it starts, it has an energy that comes from somewhere unknown ... and it seems to have no time-space. I've never quite understood this sound ... but I have never questioned it."

The Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter technically wrote it, but she's long admitted the song "belongs" to Prince. His synthesizer work is even on the recording, but Prince never received a credit on the album.

She called him once it was written borrowing the "Little Red Corvette" melody, told him of her inspiration, and asked if he would meet her at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. Twenty minutes later, he was there.

"I didn't have to call and tell him that I kind of ripped off his song, but I did because I'm honest," Nicks told Billboard. She played the song for Prince and asked if he hated it.

"He said, 'No,' and walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about 25 minutes, and then left," she told Timothy White for his 1991 book Rock Lives.

"He was so uncanny, so wild. He spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly re-create — not even with two piano players — what Prince did all by his little self.

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The Evolution of Sony PlayStation: A Legacy of Gaming Innovation

The Sony PlayStation has come a long way since its debut in 1994. This iconic gaming console has revolutionized the video game industry, creating experiences that have shaped gaming culture across generations. From groundbreaking graphics to immersive gameplay, Sony has continuously raised the bar with each new PlayStation model. In this blog post, we’ll explore the evolution of Sony PlayStation and how it has become one of the most influential gaming platforms in history.

The Beginning of Sony PlayStation

The journey of Sony PlayStation began in the early 1990s. Sony, a company known for its electronics, teamed up with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). However, their collaboration didn’t last long, and in 1991, Sony decided to break away from Nintendo. This led to the creation of the original PlayStation.

Released in Japan on December 3, 1994, the PlayStation was a revolutionary product that featured 3D graphics capabilities, a powerful CD-ROM drive, and a robust library of games. Unlike previous gaming consoles that used cartridges, PlayStation used CDs, allowing for larger game worlds and more detailed graphics. This move set PlayStation apart from its competitors, such as Sega’s Saturn and Nintendo 64.

The PlayStation 2: The Best-Selling Console of All Time

In 2000, Sony released the PlayStation 2 (PS2), which became a game-changer in the world of gaming. With improved graphics, a built-in DVD player, and backward compatibility with PlayStation 1 games, the PS2 offered a superior gaming experience. Its launch was met with immense success, and it quickly became the best-selling console of all time, with over 155 million units sold worldwide.

The PS2 also introduced some of the most beloved video game franchises, including “Grand Theft Auto,” “Final Fantasy,” and “Metal Gear Solid.” Its extensive library of games, combined with its multimedia capabilities, solidified the PlayStation 2 as a household name. Many gamers still fondly remember the PS2 era for its unforgettable games and iconic hardware.

The PlayStation 3: Entering the High-Definition Era

Sony’s next big leap came in 2006 with the release of the PlayStation 3 (PS3). The PS3 was the company’s first entry into the high-definition gaming market, offering stunning 1080p resolution and advanced Blu-ray technology. This made it one of the most powerful consoles on the market at the time.

While the PS3 faced stiff competition from Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii, it still managed to thrive due to its exclusive games and multimedia capabilities. The console introduced online multiplayer gaming through the PlayStation Network (PSN), and its expansive game library included hit titles such as “The Last of Us,” “Uncharted,” and “God of War III.”

Despite a rough start with its high price point, the PS3 went on to sell over 87 million units worldwide. It was an important step forward for Sony, showcasing its commitment to pushing the boundaries of gaming technology.

The PlayStation 4: Dominating the Gaming Landscape

In 2013, Sony released the PlayStation 4 (PS4), a console that would go on to dominate the gaming market for much of the decade. With a focus on power, speed, and social connectivity, the PS4 quickly established itself as the go-to platform for gamers. It featured improved graphics, a faster processor, and a redesigned controller with a touchpad and built-in speaker.

The PS4’s success was largely driven by its incredible lineup of exclusive games, such as “Horizon Zero Dawn,” “Bloodborne,” and “Spider-Man.” These titles helped to cement the PlayStation 4’s place as the leading gaming console of its generation. Additionally, Sony introduced PlayStation Plus, a subscription service that offered free monthly games and exclusive discounts, further incentivizing players to choose the PS4 over its competitors.

By 2020, the PS4 had sold over 110 million units worldwide, making it one of the most successful consoles ever. It also set the stage for the release of the PlayStation 5.

The PlayStation 5: Next-Gen Gaming is Here

In November 2020, Sony launched the PlayStation 5 (PS5), ushering in the next generation of gaming. The PS5’s standout feature is its incredible performance. Equipped with a custom SSD, the PS5 is able to load games almost instantly, offering a seamless and immersive experience. This high-speed storage technology, paired with the console’s powerful GPU, allows for detailed graphics and smooth gameplay.

The PS5 also introduced the new DualSense controller, which features advanced haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. These features provide a more immersive and tactile gaming experience, allowing players to feel the action in their hands as they play.

In terms of game design, the PS5 has been home to some groundbreaking titles such as “Demon’s Souls,” “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart,” and “Returnal.” The PlayStation 5’s focus on ray tracing, 3D audio, and fast loading times has raised the bar for future games and set new standards for the gaming industry.

Despite being released during a global pandemic, the PS5 quickly became a hot commodity, with Sony struggling to keep up with demand. As of 2024, the PlayStation 5 continues to perform strongly in the market, thanks to its innovative features and incredible game library.

PlayStation’s Impact on Gaming Culture

Sony PlayStation has not only changed the way we experience games but also how we interact with them. Over the years, PlayStation has fostered a vibrant community of gamers through its online services, such as PlayStation Network, PlayStation Plus, and PlayStation Now. These services have allowed players to connect, compete, and collaborate with each other across the globe, building a sense of camaraderie and shared passion for gaming.

Furthermore, PlayStation has been a platform that embraces creative expression. Many indie game developers have found success on PlayStation consoles, thanks to the company’s support for smaller studios and its easy-to-use development tools. Games like “Journey,” “Hollow Knight,” and “Celeste” have flourished on PlayStation, proving that gaming is not just about big-budget productions but also about innovative ideas and unique experiences.

PlayStation also continues to lead in virtual reality (VR) gaming. With the release of PlayStation VR and its subsequent upgrades, Sony has created an accessible and affordable VR platform for console gamers. The PlayStation VR system has opened up new possibilities for immersion in gaming, allowing players to experience virtual worlds in a way that was previously only available on high-end PCs.

The Future of Sony PlayStation

Looking ahead, Sony PlayStation’s future is bright. With the continued success of the PlayStation 5 and upcoming releases, Sony is poised to maintain its position as a leader in the gaming industry. The company is also expected to continue developing new technologies, such as cloud gaming and AI-driven experiences, that will change the way we play games.

Furthermore, PlayStation has embraced subscription-based services, such as PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus Premium, allowing players to access a vast library of games for a monthly fee. This shift towards subscription services is expected to be a major part of the company’s strategy in the years to come.

As gaming continues to evolve, so too will the PlayStation brand. With its legacy of innovation, commitment to quality, and dedication to gamers, Sony PlayStation will undoubtedly remain at the forefront of the industry for many years to come.

Conclusion

The Sony PlayStation is not just a gaming console; it’s a cultural icon that has shaped the way we experience and enjoy video games. From its humble beginnings in the 1990s to its current status as the most advanced gaming platform in the world, PlayStation has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible in gaming. With each new iteration, Sony has continued to innovate and deliver experiences that captivate and inspire gamers worldwide. As we look to the future, the PlayStation legacy will continue to grow, shaping the next generation of gaming for years to come.

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Two Gay “Business Partners” Who Appeared on a ’90s Game Show Lit Up the Internet. Their Real-Life Story Is Wild. - Journal Important Web - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/two-gay-business-partners-who-appeared-on-a-90s-game-show-lit-up-the-internet-their-real-life-story-is-wild/?feed_id=151596&_unique_id=66abfe5e14f6c In 1991, Hermosa Beach, California, set painters Tim Leach and Mark Dammann landed a spot as contestants on the ’90s version of the syndicated game show Supermarket Sweep. When host David Ruprecht asked how the two knew each other, Mark answered, “We’re business partners.” Thirty-three years later, a Twitter user watching old episodes affectionately posted: “I’m like oh I’m sure.”As many people on the internet have discovered the past few days, those two contestants were business partners—but they were also very much a couple. In fact, they are still together, they live in Chicago, and things are going great. I called Tim and Mark on the phone to talk about their 1991 game-show experience, about coming out to their parents, and about the incredible path their families took afterward. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.Dan Kois: Did you audition for game shows a lot in those days?Tim Leach: Game shows were advertised in the Los Angeles Times classifieds. Every Sunday we would look at them and say, “Well, we should try out and see if we could make a few bucks.” We auditioned for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! but didn’t get on. Then we tried out for Supermarket Sweep.That’s a show like The Price Is Right where you get plucked out of the audience.Mark Dammann: Well, you know you’re a contestant.Tim: They tell you in advance that you’re going to be chosen, but they tape a bunch of episodes at once in this big studio in Studio City, and you don’t know which one you’ll be on.Have you watched your episode recently?Tim: We just watched it because of all this happening!Had you planned in advance for what you would say when the host asked you how you know each other?Tim: Well, there were some family members, grandparents and things, who still didn’t know.Mark: And my parents still didn’t know.Tim: I can’t honestly say what they would have done if we’d said we were together. Would they have asked us to rephrase it? Anyway, we just said we were business partners. Which has become a meme now, but in this case, it was true!Mark: We had just started our set-painting business, mostly for commercials and cruise ships.When you said that, was everyone on set like, “Oh, I’m sure”?Tim: Everyone knew! We were pretty open about it with the other contestants and the producers. We were out in our everyday lives. It was just on the air we kept it quiet.When the host asked you what the weirdest backdrop you’d ever painted was, you had a moment.Tim: We were both like, “Uhhh … This is a family, G-rated show—what can we say?”You answered, “Something for a rock group.” What’s the real answer?Mark: Probably it would be the same. We painted some backdrops for rock bands that were really something.Tim: We painted this one very buxom, bikini-clad woman. That’s what flashed through our minds at the time. This huge woman, and these two guys are painting her. The art director came in and said, “Her face looks kind of mannish.”Mark: We joked about that a lot. She was 20 feet tall.Mark, you really cleaned up in the opening word game. The idea that any of those other couples would know what tarragon was …Mark: Yes, maybe that was a giveaway.Tim: I can’t believe you knew what tarragon was!Mark: The biggest laugh I got from people who actually knew me was the clue for Sugar Daddies. Everyone was like, “Of course you knew that one.”Tim: When I buzzed in and the host said, “Tim, with his fast hands …” our friends laughed.Did you give the producers side-eye when they dressed you in those pink sweatshirts?Tim: They were red on the set! On camera they looked Pepto-Bismol pink. When I saw us on TV, I said, “Oh my God.”The whole thing really is kind of perfect camp.

The show was always so hetero-coded, with the wives who know groceries and the clueless husbands.Mark: Exactly!How did you prepare for the big sweep at the end?Tim: Once we knew we were going to audition for the show, we spent two weeks recording every episode on our old VCR. We drew out a map of the store. We were so sure we were gonna win.Tim, you did the running for the sweep. What do you remember about those 2 minutes and 30 seconds?Tim: The frozen meat cases where you grab the meat—it turns out that meat is frozen every night and then thrown back under those hot lights all day to thaw. It’s all sort of grayish-green. It’s frozen inside, but the surface was really gross.You ended up with a score total much lower than the other two couples. What happened?Tim: I was really surprised how low it was! I think it was just nerves. The cart was very difficult to control. One mistake was that I got the turkeys early on and they’re really heavy, and then the cart was really heavy. And you have a cameraman chasing you around the whole time, so you can’t turn around quickly.Mark: One of the other couples, the one who got second place, hit an aisle endcap and knocked all the stuff over. They had to stop us and set it all back up. They got a deduction—that’s why they didn’t win.Well, losing didn’t poison your relationship, because you’re still together. What happened when it aired?Tim: My side of the family all knew about us. My parents knew. But Mark’s parents didn’t know. His family lived in Houston, and my family lived in Galveston. Every Christmas we would come home and I would say hi to his parents at the airport and then we would go to separate houses for the holidays.Surely watching you on Supermarket Sweep must have been enough for your parents to figure it out, Mark.Mark: Nope!Tim: Nope!Mark: When we’d been dating 11 years, I still hadn’t told them, and my mom died. Tim’s dad died the same year.Tim: Mark came home and said, “I feel so much regret about never having that conversation with my mom. There’s a part of me she never knew.” I said, “Well, maybe you can bring yourself to tell your dad soon.”Mark: There was this radio show we listened to while were painting in the studio, these two psychologists, a married couple. I called in and really asked them, “How do I come out to my dad?” They said, “You’ve been together 11 years? He must know in his heart. You just have to say it.” So I just said it.And he knew, right?Mark: No, it was a total surprise.Really!Tim: Eleven years we’d been living together. He just thought, Well, they’re young, and L.A.’s expensive, and I guess you just have to have a roommate.Mark: Long story short, my dad ended up marrying Tim’s mom.What?!Tim: We introduced them to each other so they’d have somebody to go to the movies with. The next I know, I’m getting phone calls from my mom saying, “Guess who I ran into in Houston? Don!” I’d say, “You ran into him?” “Well, he said if I was up there I should give him a call.” Then we’re getting a call from my sister saying, “How well do you know this guy? Because Mom’s putting on lipstick.” I said, “He’s been basically my father-in-law for years!”Mark: We ended up becoming a conjoined family. They were married in 1994. Our parents became our biggest support system.That’s an incredible story.Tim: For a while, Lloyd Schwartz, a producer, the son of Sherwood Schwartz who created The Brady Bunch, was trying to sell it as a TV movie. It never panned out. Tim and Mark now. Courtesy of Tim Leach and Mark DammannI would’ve watched that.Tim: I guess now it would be a Hallmark movie.And you’re married now, too.Tim: We were married in 2008, the first day you could get married, June 17. Now we both work as flight attendants for Southwest.Mark: We were the first married same-sex couple to work there.Tim: Mark joined Southwest after me, and I went down to Dallas to see them pin on his wings, and everyone stood up and applauded for us. It’s always been a good place to work, but I still thought, That is not what would have happened 30 years ago.

When you rewatch your episode and you look back on those two guys, how do you feel? What would you tell your younger self?Tim: I’d just want to say that everything’s gonna be OK, and you can be yourself. Embrace who you are, whatever that means. Life has been pretty great.Mark: There’ll be some rough patches, but you’ll get through them. And as long as we have each other, you’ll make it. And it’s been 41 years, and we’ve made it. http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-3810792.jpeg #GLOBAL - BLOGGER In 1991, Hermosa Be... BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

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Two Gay “Business Partners” Who Appeared on a ’90s Game Show Lit Up the Internet. Their Real-Life Story Is Wild. - Journal Important Web https://www.merchant-business.com/two-gay-business-partners-who-appeared-on-a-90s-game-show-lit-up-the-internet-their-real-life-story-is-wild/?feed_id=151594&_unique_id=66abfd3d69f37 In 1991, Hermosa Be... BLOGGER - #GLOBAL In 1991, Hermosa Beach, California, set painters Tim Leach and Mark Dammann landed a spot as contestants on the ’90s version of the syndicated game show Supermarket Sweep. When host David Ruprecht asked how the two knew each other, Mark answered, “We’re business partners.” Thirty-three years later, a Twitter user watching old episodes affectionately posted: “I’m like oh I’m sure.”As many people on the internet have discovered the past few days, those two contestants were business partners—but they were also very much a couple. In fact, they are still together, they live in Chicago, and things are going great. I called Tim and Mark on the phone to talk about their 1991 game-show experience, about coming out to their parents, and about the incredible path their families took afterward. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.Dan Kois: Did you audition for game shows a lot in those days?Tim Leach: Game shows were advertised in the Los Angeles Times classifieds. Every Sunday we would look at them and say, “Well, we should try out and see if we could make a few bucks.” We auditioned for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! but didn’t get on. Then we tried out for Supermarket Sweep.That’s a show like The Price Is Right where you get plucked out of the audience.Mark Dammann: Well, you know you’re a contestant.Tim: They tell you in advance that you’re going to be chosen, but they tape a bunch of episodes at once in this big studio in Studio City, and you don’t know which one you’ll be on.Have you watched your episode recently?Tim: We just watched it because of all this happening!Had you planned in advance for what you would say when the host asked you how you know each other?Tim: Well, there were some family members, grandparents and things, who still didn’t know.Mark: And my parents still didn’t know.Tim: I can’t honestly say what they would have done if we’d said we were together. Would they have asked us to rephrase it? Anyway, we just said we were business partners. Which has become a meme now, but in this case, it was true!Mark: We had just started our set-painting business, mostly for commercials and cruise ships.When you said that, was everyone on set like, “Oh, I’m sure”?Tim: Everyone knew! We were pretty open about it with the other contestants and the producers. We were out in our everyday lives. It was just on the air we kept it quiet.When the host asked you what the weirdest backdrop you’d ever painted was, you had a moment.Tim: We were both like, “Uhhh … This is a family, G-rated show—what can we say?”You answered, “Something for a rock group.” What’s the real answer?Mark: Probably it would be the same. We painted some backdrops for rock bands that were really something.Tim: We painted this one very buxom, bikini-clad woman. That’s what flashed through our minds at the time. This huge woman, and these two guys are painting her. The art director came in and said, “Her face looks kind of mannish.”Mark: We joked about that a lot. She was 20 feet tall.Mark, you really cleaned up in the opening word game. The idea that any of those other couples would know what tarragon was …Mark: Yes, maybe that was a giveaway.Tim: I can’t believe you knew what tarragon was!Mark: The biggest laugh I got from people who actually knew me was the clue for Sugar Daddies. Everyone was like, “Of course you knew that one.”Tim: When I buzzed in and the host said, “Tim, with his fast hands …” our friends laughed.Did you give the producers side-eye when they dressed you in those pink sweatshirts?Tim: They were red on the set! On camera they looked Pepto-Bismol pink. When I saw us on TV, I said, “Oh my God.

”The whole thing really is kind of perfect camp. The show was always so hetero-coded, with the wives who know groceries and the clueless husbands.Mark: Exactly!How did you prepare for the big sweep at the end?Tim: Once we knew we were going to audition for the show, we spent two weeks recording every episode on our old VCR. We drew out a map of the store. We were so sure we were gonna win.Tim, you did the running for the sweep. What do you remember about those 2 minutes and 30 seconds?Tim: The frozen meat cases where you grab the meat—it turns out that meat is frozen every night and then thrown back under those hot lights all day to thaw. It’s all sort of grayish-green. It’s frozen inside, but the surface was really gross.You ended up with a score total much lower than the other two couples. What happened?Tim: I was really surprised how low it was! I think it was just nerves. The cart was very difficult to control. One mistake was that I got the turkeys early on and they’re really heavy, and then the cart was really heavy. And you have a cameraman chasing you around the whole time, so you can’t turn around quickly.Mark: One of the other couples, the one who got second place, hit an aisle endcap and knocked all the stuff over. They had to stop us and set it all back up. They got a deduction—that’s why they didn’t win.Well, losing didn’t poison your relationship, because you’re still together. What happened when it aired?Tim: My side of the family all knew about us. My parents knew. But Mark’s parents didn’t know. His family lived in Houston, and my family lived in Galveston. Every Christmas we would come home and I would say hi to his parents at the airport and then we would go to separate houses for the holidays.Surely watching you on Supermarket Sweep must have been enough for your parents to figure it out, Mark.Mark: Nope!Tim: Nope!Mark: When we’d been dating 11 years, I still hadn’t told them, and my mom died. Tim’s dad died the same year.Tim: Mark came home and said, “I feel so much regret about never having that conversation with my mom. There’s a part of me she never knew.” I said, “Well, maybe you can bring yourself to tell your dad soon.”Mark: There was this radio show we listened to while were painting in the studio, these two psychologists, a married couple. I called in and really asked them, “How do I come out to my dad?” They said, “You’ve been together 11 years? He must know in his heart. You just have to say it.” So I just said it.And he knew, right?Mark: No, it was a total surprise.Really!Tim: Eleven years we’d been living together. He just thought, Well, they’re young, and L.A.’s expensive, and I guess you just have to have a roommate.Mark: Long story short, my dad ended up marrying Tim’s mom.What?!Tim: We introduced them to each other so they’d have somebody to go to the movies with. The next I know, I’m getting phone calls from my mom saying, “Guess who I ran into in Houston? Don!” I’d say, “You ran into him?” “Well, he said if I was up there I should give him a call.” Then we’re getting a call from my sister saying, “How well do you know this guy? Because Mom’s putting on lipstick.” I said, “He’s been basically my father-in-law for years!”Mark: We ended up becoming a conjoined family. They were married in 1994. Our parents became our biggest support system.That’s an incredible story.Tim: For a while, Lloyd Schwartz, a producer, the son of Sherwood Schwartz who created The Brady Bunch, was trying to sell it as a TV movie. It never panned out. Tim and Mark now. Courtesy of Tim Leach and Mark DammannI would’ve watched that.Tim: I guess now it would be a Hallmark movie.And you’re married now, too.Tim: We were married in 2008, the first day you could get married, June 17. Now we both work as flight attendants for Southwest.Mark: We were the first married same-sex couple to work there.Tim: Mark joined Southwest after me, and I went down to Dallas to see them pin on his wings, and everyone stood up and applauded for us.

It’s always been a good place to work, but I still thought, That is not what would have happened 30 years ago.When you rewatch your episode and you look back on those two guys, how do you feel? What would you tell your younger self?Tim: I’d just want to say that everything’s gonna be OK, and you can be yourself. Embrace who you are, whatever that means. Life has been pretty great.Mark: There’ll be some rough patches, but you’ll get through them. And as long as we have each other, you’ll make it. And it’s been 41 years, and we’ve made it. http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-3810792.jpeg #GLOBAL - BLOGGER In 1991, Hermosa Beach, California, set painters Tim Leach and Mark Dammann landed a spot as contestants on the ’90s version of the syndicated game show Supermarket Sweep. When host David Ruprecht asked how the two knew each other, Mark answered, “We’re business partners.” Thirty-three years later, a Twitter user watching old episodes affectionately posted: … Read More

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i think i like to write, except when i’m with a man

In 2022, 82-year-old French writer Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory" [1]. Her art is based on her life experiences as seen through the sociological perspective.

For this incredible achievement, you would think that this woman has spent her entire life focusing solely on her career to be able to stand in such a position and receive such an award. Yet, in one of her most renounced work, Simple Passion (1991), it starts with

“From September last year, I did nothing else but wait for a man”

Many such cases.

As a child, all of us were conditioned to many beliefs ranging from religious to familial rules. Yet there is one particular thing that men are exempt from: the male validation curse. In which we live in a world designed for women to be performers rather than human beings. In 2023, we’d expect a lot of progress from this culture, as in theory it seems disgustingly outdated. Yet the dating coaches on TikTok labelling women as high or low value, or step-by-step instructions on how to bag a billionaire, or ‘make him obsessed with you!’ trends begs to differ.

The misuse of dating apps and the surge of men who cheats and women who willingly be homewreckers. If in the 1940s women feel the need to appear more beautiful or seductive in the eyes of men, now it has transcended to appearing more mysterious for men, more intelligent for men, more cooler, more niche. Whether you’re a longstanding feminist or just openly seeking male validation, hearing men comment that "you're just not like other girls" has become one of our guilty pleasures. We are so deeply conditioned into appeasing this other gender who, more often than not, are not required to look deeply enough within themselves to even begin to understand why we do the things we do.

It’s always so subtle. “My friend is a writer, I’ll ask her (instead of you, who’s also a writer)”, “Are you sure this art isn’t too controversial?”, “Life would be easier for you if you’re less sensitive, I’m telling you this out of kindness”, “As someone with a masters in finance I’m surprised you’re able to budget well”. Oh boy.

Women write in her bedroom yet extensively edits it after falling in love with a man who has a preconceived notion that she is not good enough to be a writer. Women paints with everything they have yet stores her work in the drawer because she doesn’t think her favourite male artist would find her messy art very appealing or sexy to her character. Women who are in positions of leadership often act in a way that favors men. Laugh to misogynistic jokes in the board room, side eye other women for wearing too much makeup, become less affectionate to their daughters because work is so important and saying, ‘Oh my daughter, I don’t like that you’re having these silly little crushes on boys!’

Again, I have to remind, it is not our fault. It is just the world that we are brought into. Women are smart, hence why these male pleasing techniques even exist, because we’re trying to get by. And that’s okay. Regardless of how deeply we have been taught something, there is still time to unlearn it. Find out and accept yourself for who you are, a complex character expected to be moulded into something digestible for men. You are not too emotional, you are not too hard to understand, you are you and you are learning and unlearning and observing and discovering.

Look beautiful, be mysterious, paint, sing, dance, hookup with handsome men every now and then, get married, cook for the people you love, have fun with the validation, we live in a joyous world where you can do whatever you please. But as a woman, I hope one day you’ll be able to do so without being haunted by the fear to perform.

As for me, I’m still unlearning from it as well. Because if Cillian Murphy thinks I’m ugly I’d probably kill myself.

thanks for reading xo

Reference

[1] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022". The Nobel Prize (Press release). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.