#steve stringer

[sonicpanels]

Sonic the Comic #124: "The Lump"

Writer: Lew Stringer Pencils/Inks: Carl Flint Colors: Steve White Letters: Gordon Robson

Editor: Deborah Tate Managing Editor: Steve McManus

[augustusaugustus]

Steve is so complicated, which is why I always enjoy him as a character even if I don’t necessarily like him. He freely uses homophobic slurs, but then he treats the gay gunman with real compassion. And it’s Barry who’s the nice guy, but he just treats the first call as a domestic, wanting to stay out of it, while Steve wants to dig further, like he would if it had been a woman who had made the call.

LOXTON: I don’t like it when people pull their phone sockets out. Makes me think they’ve got something to hide.

And look! It's Ray Steele playing a-cop-who-isn't-Ray-Steele!

GUNMAN: I know what blokes like you think about us. LOXTON: Live and let live, that’s my motto. GUNMAN: Oh yeah, as long as it’s not in public, eh? LOXTON: I’m no judge, David. GUNMAN: Oh no? LOXTON: You just see the uniform. GUNMAN: So? LOXTON: So to you I’m just another pig. GUNMAN: And what am I to you? LOXTON: To me, you’re just another bloke.

And I think that’s it, in a way. Steve doesn’t really think much of anyone, but he has a strong protective instinct for those he sees as needing it: children, dogs—even June, much to her dislike. The moment he sees that the gunman was the one who had needed protection in the relationship, that he’s been beaten by his partner, Steve’s whole demeanour changes. Because he has a strong sense of justice, but unfortunately it’s coloured by his (straight, white, male, ex-army) background, so sometimes he’s sexist or racist or homophobic because he needs everyone to live up to a warped set of standards that he can’t even meet himself.

LOVER: Would it help if I said sorry? GUNMAN: That’s easy to say. LOXTON: Not so easy to forgive.

He gives the gun to Steve and then goes to him for comfort. For Steve, that’s just an “it’s all right”, but he doesn’t shy away from the gay man crying on his shoulder. The issue is the emotion, not the sexuality. As I said: complicated.

STRINGER: Steve, that was really great work there today. LOXTON: You still owe me for the ice cream.

[yarrayora]

Hey there I'm uh reading arago now. 85 chapters seems like a lot but at least it's finished. Even though I'm only at chapter 26, I'm really enjoying the story. Arago's relationship with Ewan is so beautifully tragic, like so much of the conflict could have been avoided if they tried to talk things out, but they can't because of who they are as people. Same thing applies to Arago and Rio. Joe clearly sees a lot of himself in Arago, with some parts of his old partner as well, so he cares about Arago but not in a way that makes it clear. Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong.

There's a lot of nice potential pairings, though the brainrot is leaning towards arajoe for some reason, either cuz they seem to have nice chemistry or cuz Joe keeps groping Arago's ass (I know he's only done it twice by this point, but it's enough for me apparently).

Also with the way Larry acts towards Arago, I'm thoroughly convinced he and Ewan had a thing that the CID somehow saw as a rivalry. They definitely had sex in the printer room. Since Ewan died soon after looking for Arago, Larry's convinced Arago caused Ewan's death and is only recruited to replace him.

GOT ANOTHER ONE BOYS

go check @aragomanga for fanarts and fics including mine that got deleted when i remade my blog

my favorite ship is undoubtedly araseth because i headcanon steve leonard from cirque du freak (which arai takahiro was in charge of manga adaptation of!) as arago's son and that they share the same taste in men

i also ship aralarrywan for Obvious Reasons

[downthetubes]

In Memoriam: Cartoonist Tony Husband

We’re very sorry to report the death of the brilliant, award-winning cartoonist, lyricist, poet and writer Tony Husband, creator of “Yobs” for Private Eye, co-creator of Oink! comic, and author of "Take Care, Son".

[corrodedcoughin]

Excuse me @xstevex-world coming in hot with the ‘yes and’

Steddie college au where Eddie is shot gunning energy drinks as Steve tries to keg stand coffee with Robin in time for Monday morning lectures

[apazmackpie]

Happy birthday, Martin Freeman!! 🥳

53 years old, 53 characters he played.

I finished on time!! But sadly it's not as detailed as i wanted at first. :(

Anyway, if you wanna know who is who, i'll let you all the names under the cut.

From left to right and top to bottom:

Ricky, "Casualty" (1998)

Frank, "I just want to kiss you" (1998)

Jaap, "Lock, stock" (2000)

Jamie, "Men only" (2001)

Ricky-C, "Ali G indahouse" (2002)

D. S. Stringer, "Margery and Gladys" (2003)

John/Jack, "Love, actually" (2003)

Tim Canterbury, "The Office" (2001-2003)

Mike, "Hardware" (2003-2004)

Declan, "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)

Kevin, "Call register" (2004) and "Rubbish" (2007)

Vila, "Blake's Junction 7" (2005)

Arthur Dent, "Hittchiker's guide to the galaxy" (2005)

Ed Robinson, "The Robinsons" (2005)

Matt, "Confetti" (2005)

Sandy, "Breaking and Entering" (2006)

Jeremy, "Dedication" (2007

Gary Shaller, "The good night" (2007)

Sergeant, "Hot Fuzz" (2007)

Pig, "Lonely hearts" (2007)

Chris Ashworth, "The all together" (2007)

Rembrandt van Rijn, "Nightwatching" (2007)

Mr. Codlin, "The old curiosity shop" (2007)

Danny Reed, "Boy meets Girl" (2009)

Chris Curry, "Micro Men" (2009)

Paul Maddens, "Nativity!" (2009)

Hector Dixon, "Wild target" (2010)

John Watson, "Sherlock" (2010-2017)

Clive Buckle, "The girl is mime" (2010)

Alvin Finkel, "Swinging with the Finkels" (2011)

Simon Forrester, "What's your number?" (2011)

Dr. Williams, "The Voorman problem" (2011)

Pirate with a scarf/Number Two, "Pirates!" (2012)

Albert, "Animals" (2012)

Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit trilogy" (2012-2014)

Don, "Svengali" (Movie from 2013 and series from 2009)

Oliver Chamberlain, "The world's end" (2013)

Lester Nygaard, "Fargo" (2014)

Milton Frutchman, "The Eichmann show" (2015)

Steve Marriot, "Midnight of my life" (2015)

Iain MacKelpie, "Whiskey tango foxtrot" (2016)

Everett Ross, "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Black Panther" (2018), "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2022), "Secret Invasion" (2023)

Phil Rask, "StartUp" (2016-2017)

Michael Priddle, "Ghost Stories" (2017)

Andy Rose, "Cargo" (2017)

Thomas, "The operative" (2019)

Charlie Green, "Ode to joy" (2019)

Stephen Fulcher, "A confession" (2019)

Paul Worsley, "Breeders" (2020-2023)

Harold Wallach, "Angelyne" (2022)

Chris Carson, "The responder" (2022-2024)

Jonathan Miller, "Miller's Girl" (2024)

Richard III, from the theather play with the same name. (2014)

[fatfables]

Selection of Weight Gain Stories

Camp Shawn (Part One)

Shawn is a lazy overweight teen with a bad jerking habit and terrible attitude. When his parents decide to send him off to a fat camp in Indianna to lose weight and learn some discipline he is horrified, but it's his Mum and Dad who are in for a shock.

This is the first part of 'Camp Shawn' my full length weight gain novel. 25,000 words. Contains; stuffing, bloating, gaining, farting and competitive eating, and more.

Big Ben

Set in London in the early 90's, Big Ben, tells the story of an overweight unemployed alcoholic who meets his dream boyfriend. His feelings of guilt soon start to get the better of him when he starts to feed up his much younger lover. Is Ben the sinful old pervert that he believes himself to be?

5,000 words. Contains; stuffing, feeding, drinking, smoking, death feederism, and more.

Gainfully Unemployed

Kyle California is one of the hottest young gainers online. His videos get tens of thousands of hits and his OnlyFans is blowing up as quickly as he is. He loves the attention and money that he gets from his subscribers as his belly and income continues to swell. But is all of this attention good for him?

2,000 words. Contains; gaining and stuffing.

Long Island Liberals

Dr Steve Stringer meets Benji a friend of his son's who cruises the public toilets at Jones Beach State Park. Benji is tall and broad and big bellied. The pair soon develop an infatuation that put's Dr Stringer at odds with his personal and professional beliefs about public health and the U.S. obesity epidemic.

1,500 words. Contains; gaining and stuffing.

[summerlycoris]

The facts about Vanessa’s history prior to Security Breach. (And a summary of the different companies involved in AR and HW.)

I won’t lie, this (hopefully!) effortpost was prompted by watching Dual Processes latest video about Vanessa, where they state that ‘In AR, Vanessa pretends to be an IT Rep to trick Silver Parasol Games into giving her full access to the game.’ Which was… interesting, to me. Because it showed Vanessa’s email to Steve Wilson, who works for Anna Kwemto, who works for…

We don’t actually know the company she, or her underlings, work for.

Anyway, this isn’t made to target any specific people- Dual Processes’s video about Vanessa is brilliant (no spoilers- go watch it!) despite my quibbles at the very start. And the corporate chains in HW and AR, are confusing and easily mistaken- to the point the fnaf wikia has a lot of errors I needed to shift through while researching this topic…

I’ll lay all my chips on the table straight up- I had to find out a lot of Vanessa's backstory just before Ruin released, because I wasn’t really following fnaf until after Ruin was announced. I’d dipped around the HW days.

But I’d noticed a fair bit that, because few people played AR, and even those who did play AR likely didn’t see all the emails, that there are a lot of assumptions about who works for who, and who does what. False info that led me into believing a lot of misleading information about Vanessa before I looked into it more.

This misinfo even goes as far back as HW- do you think Vanessa works for Silver Parasol Games in HW? It’s a common belief- but I think it’s a misconception. And I’ve brought proof to the table.

Anyway, the point of this is to lay out anything about who works for who, and where they work. Because corporate chains are complicated, in a series that is already complicated enough!

First things first, what companies are we dealing with?

Well, there’s Silver Parasol Games. Which gets shut down and brought out during HW’s development. (Tape Girls Tapes- 1, 10, 15) I’m not gonna try to put years of operation because… no. But I do need to make it clear it shuts down prior to Vanessa beta testing the game.

People working at this company named in HW include Dale, Jeremy, and Tape Girl. If you go off the scrapped fake website for Silver Parasol Games, then the company also includes Gabriella, Tonya, and Aiden. (One of the two girls is likely Tape Girl.)

There is also Another Potential Development Studio, which is unnamed but suggested to be buying out Silver Parasol Games. (Tapes 10, 15). We don’t know much about this company other than Vanessa must work here during HW. [She never mentions a boss, or coworkers with this company.]

For AR, there is Anna Kwemto’s company, which is a subcontractor working for Fazbear Entertainment. It goes unnamed in AR.

The people working at this company include Anna Kwemto, Daniel Rocha, Raha Salib, Steve Wilson, and Mark Cho.

DLZ Shipping Solutions- a company that shipped animatronics parts to… they don’t say which company. But we at least know which person- Lisa Jameson (regional director of logistics for an unknown company.)

Their employees include Jimmy Hauss, (before getting fired) and James Strand.

Fazbear Entertainment- has a variety of teams and job positions. I’ll try to list them all here, though not in order of operation sorry. Kayla Stringer- Legal. Vanessa A- Security. Luis Cabrera- IT. Shonda Ford- legal. Greg Abernathy- IT. Dan Ximenez- IT. Jerome Khan- Accounting. James Campbell- IT. Todd C- Office Staff. Aiden Jackson- IT. Ivan Gagarin- Accounting. Diannah Larimore- Marketing (laid off). Maria A- Marketing (laid off.). Cheryl M- Office Staff. Anand G- Legal.

All from here on out have unknown job roles- Kenneth Freeman, Christie Buckley, Ben Pulley, Karen Soto, Brenda Tanaka, Stanley Howser, Jack Sims, Jay Murphy, Charles Ramirez. Jim Campbell.

There are also basic login details from some unknown people, from another unnamed company in ‘Security Incident Log- September.’ They are J_B and A_L.

There are also more workers who don’t have a specific company they’re tied to- but are working with the Funtime Service. These include Nora- R&D. Tristan- Compliance. Charles- QA. Isolde- Customer Service.

Okay. So that’s the raw data. Kowalski- analysis!

Jim and James Campbell are… interesting. They could be brothers. They could just have the same last name. They could just be a mistake- someone misspelling a name and accidentally making two characters where there should be one.

Honestly, I’m assuming it’s a mistake. AR was being made in that timeframe where Scott was pretty hands off about the story, and barely communicating with Steel Wool about SB. This is likely just a mistake that no one cared enough about enough to notice or correct. Like Luis being in IT in AR, then in Marketing in SB. Without any foreshadowing that he was transferring.

I wish they’d clarified which company Lisa Jameson, Nora, Tristan, Charles and Isolde worked for- or if they worked together, even. It sounds like they all work with the funtime service, based on the emails. But I can’t be sure of it, because none of the Nora/Tristan/Isolde/Charles emails reference Lisa, and vise versa.

*sighs*

It’d be useful to know if they work for Anna Kwemto’s company, Fazbear Entertainment, or somewhere else entirely. Because that’s the key to figuring out whether Anna Kwemto’s lot were scanning circuit boards for game development (unlikely for the timeline- but as said in the Jim and James rant- Scott wasn’t communicating with his teams. And its unlikely Steel Wool was communicating with Illumix either.) Or whether they were scanning circuit boards to recreate animatronics for the funtime service.

If Lisa was working for Anna- then it’s fairly cut and dry. They’re working in a warehouse storing animatronics, with an office attached for more hands-off staff.

If Lisa was working for Fazbear Entertainment in-house, then that leaves the possibility that Anna Kwemto’s lot weren’t running the Funtime Service. (Since Lisa’s emails imply her warehouse has ‘active animatronics’ too- including Bonnie eating a cat… which… I could’ve done without knowing thanks game.) And the Nora/etc emails explicitely talks about the new animatronics being sent out with the Funtime Service.

Also, sucks not knowing for sure who and where from J_B and A_L are. I’m assuming that they’re unnamed people from Fazbear Entertainment’s IT department- considering when Vanessa hijacks herself an IT email address, it has the same layout (V_A). But it’s not confirmed and no one with these initials is written as working for Fazbear. (Unless I missed something- please let me know!)

With Anna Kwemto’s company- it scans circuit boards of animatronics, which is why people might confuse them with Silver Parasol Games. However, they are never stated to be involved in game development. And by the time Vanessa has left Another Potential Development Studio to join Fazbear Entertainment, Silver Parasol Games should no longer exist as a separate entity. (Considering it was going to be bought out by Another Potential Development Studio while Vanessa was working there.) Timeline-wise, Anna Kwemto being the head of Silver Parasol Games doesn’t add up. And circuit boards could be scanned for a variety of reasons- say, if you’re making replicas of old animatronics for the funtime service.

(But that’s getting into speculation- while it’s implied they’re a subcontractor running the Funtime Service for Fazbear in the emails, there’s no explicit proof. Only the email from Raha Salib to the rest of the crew talking about an unknown user giving commands to all ‘active animatronics’ really gives us a hint to them running the Funtime Service. And that doesn’t neccesarily mean active animatronics are from the Funtime Service.)

‘Where are you getting a timeline from Summerly?’ from the games.

Vanessa gets infected by Glitchtrap, because circuit boards are sent to Silver Parasol Games and scanned into the Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience. (The in universe VR game Vanessa’s working on) Vanessa can’t start being possessed by Vanny and acting weird around Luis before she get’s possessed- so HW must happen before the storyline events of AR.

During the story of AR, Vanessa (most likely Vanny puppeting her) locks out all of Anna’s workers, including Anna, after they scan some circuit boards and got a virus. Because they’ve been locked out, all ‘active animatronics’ become impossible to control. Around this time, either Vanny or GGY sends out a data package using a new account- ‘_pizzaplex’ that presumably 1. Targets the pizzaplex currently in the process of either being built or operating, and 2. Infects the animatronics there.

(Again- Scott was hands off during this time. I know this contradicts The Storyteller.)

If it was any other way around, Vanessa wouldn’t be infected with Glitchtrap during AR. She’d just be… being extremely weird for no good reason. Doesn’t make sense storywise.

Ultimately, these random companies and workers aren’t important except for acting as reference points- who works where and whos coworkers with who?

The important part is Vanessa. And this post does have something to say about Vanessa. Mainly, what I’ve already included- no, she did not work for Silver Parasol Games. But also something I had falsely believed prior to doing this research- she didn’t work at Fazbear Entertainment before working as a security guard there during AR, either. Or at least, that’s never proven. She works for the company that buys out Silver Parasol Games. Then probably job hops between games, to get into a position that is more useful for Glitchtrap. A position at Fazbear Entertainment.

It’s never explicitly stated that Vanessa (or Vanny) is sending the tutorial emails to customers of the funtime service. But considering the focus on collecting remnant, the sender being ‘FAZ//...AR ENT##AIN_!MENT’, and the repetitions of ‘funFUNFUNfun’ and similar throughout those emails… It’s likely Vanny is sending out those emails after hijacking the funtime service animatronics. (Which would explain why she wanted to work at FazEnt, and why she locked out Anna Kwemto’s lot if they were running the Funtime Service animatronics for FazEnt.) Basically, in order to control the animatronics, she needed to control the subcontractor (s) and have a position in FazEnt to exploit.

Why did she want to control the animatronics? Remnant, probably. The modified emails sent from ‘FAZ//...AR ENT##AIN_!MENT talk about collecting remnant. And some of the animatronics sent out through the Funtime Service emulate the Funtime Animatronics… like Funtime Freddy and Circus Baby. Who would have stomach hatches, if whoever replicated them didn’t think too hard about what they were building.

Basically, Vanny needed remnant. Possibly for rebuilding Afton. Possibly for fixing the Mimic. She could risk herself getting remnant personally… or she could get some machines to do it for her. These machines would also be useful for, say, disposing of some meddling therapists at a later date.

This may even explain what the scooper's there for in Ruin. Vanny may have been using the scooper on the Funtime Service rentals to receive their remnant after they killed someone.

Anyway, that’s all I got for now.

[ironworked]

60 Sec Rec: Roswell New Mexico

"After a decade away from home, Liz Ortecho returns to her native Roswell to care for her ailing father. When she arrives, she reconnects with her high school crush Max Evans, who is now a police officer. Their chemistry is electric, but Liz soon learns something shocking: Max and his siblings are aliens who have kept their abilities secret their entire lives." [Rotten Tomatoes]

This is a show where too many things happen all the time and everyone is always in peril or trying to save someone else, very scifi soap-opera. It also starts with the love story between Max and Liz, but it's much more than that.

The strength of this show is in its cast/characters. It's an ensemble, they all have chemistry together and different types of relationships. There's couples, there's exes, there's unrequited loves, there's best friends, new friends, siblings... yes, some characters have more weight and screentime than others, and not everything is very well though out but ultimately, it works more often than not and the relationships develop instead of stagnate.

You see them together and you see why they're friends, or why they like each other, or why they have problems.

This is a show where a gay character says 'I'm gay', and shockingly, the bisexual character also says the word bisexual. More than once, even! There's also another not-straight character who, if I remember correctly, remains unlabeled but it makes sense for them (and they discover it in their late twenties too).

It's entertaining; it's dramatic but not unkind. It's not without issues, but it's fun. And it has a pretty good ending, with decent to good farewells for every character, even though it got cancelled. Also recommended here by @bugboybuck if you want a second opinion.

Developed by Carina Adly Mackenzie. Written by CAD (The Originals, The Flash), Eva McKenna (The Originals), Steve Stringer (Tell Me a Story), Leah Longoria (Jane The Virgin)... Directed by Lance Anderson (The Vampire Diaries), Jeffrey G. Hunt (Gotham Knights), Tim Andrew (Teen Wolf, NCIS)... Starring Jeanine Mason, Nathan Dean, Michael Vlamis, Lily Cowles, Tyler Blackburn, Heather Hemmens, Michael Trevino, Trevor St. John, Karan Oberoi, Amber Midthunder,...

60 sec rec: Deadloch - Dead Boy Detectives - The Tick - This Close - Kung Fu - Nancy Drew - Kevin Can Fuck Himself - Silo - The Flight Attendant - Severance - Hacks - Hit The Floor - Black Sails - 12 Monkeys - T@gged - The Diplomat - The Mick - Timeless - UnReal - Kings - All Rise - Barry - Halt and Catch Fire - Resident Alien - Santa Clarita Diet - Claws

New shows: Brilliant Minds

[dear-indies]

hiya! 🧡 could i please get some help in finding some fc's of color who have resources playing a vampire? (who aren't from interview with the vampire, bc its gonna be an iwtc-centered oc) if not, just fc's you think would be great vampires! a woc is who i'm leaning towards, but im down for anyone of any age! thank you so much 🫶🏼

Angela Bassett (Vampire in Brooklyn) African-American.

Jacob Batalon (Reginald the Vampire) Filipino.

Kim Ji Woong (The Blood) Korean.

Michael Malarkey (The Vampire Diaries) part Palestinian.

Sisi Stringer (Vampire Academy) African Australian.

Rutina Wesley (True Blood) African-American.

Ami Tomite (Tokyo Vampire Hotel) Japanese.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Day Shift) Chinese / White.

and then:

Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952) Iranian.

D. B. Woodside (1969) African-American.

Gina Torres (1969) Afro-Cuban.

Hu Bing (1971) Korean.

Mahershala Ali (1974) African-American.

Daniel Wu (1974) Hongkonger.

Florence Kasumba (1976) Ugandan.

Omar Sy (1978) Mauritanian / Fula Senegalese.

Nonso Anozie (1979) Nigeiran - isn't a vampire in this but has the vibe in Dracula.

Maggie Q (1979) Vietnamese / White.

T'Nia Miller (1980) Afro Jamaican - is a lesbian.

Angelica Ross (1980) African-American - is trans.

Rami Malek (1981) Egyptian 12.5% Greek.

Fawad Khan (1981) Pashtun and Punjabi Pakistani.

Miyavi (1981) Japanese / Korean.

Riz Ahmed (1982) Pakistani.

Mahesh Jadu (1982) Bihari, Gorakhpuri and Kashmiri Indo-Mauritian.

Dichen Lachman (1982) Tibetan / German.

Kim Jae Wook (1983) Korean.

Cara Gee (1983) Ojibwe.

Florence Faivre (1983) Thai / French.

Nathalie Kelley (1985) Argentinian, Peruvian [Quechua, possibly other].

Amar Chadha-Patel (1986) Punjabi and Gujarati Indian.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986) African-American.

Jodie Turner-Smith (1986) Afro Jamaican.

Michaela Coel (1987) Ghanaian - is aromantic.

Lewis Tan (1987) Singaporean Chinese / White.

Desmond Chiam (1987) Chinese Singaporean.

Jim Sarbh (1987) Parsi Indian.

Anna Diop (1988) Senegalese.

Aiysha Hart (1988) Saudi Arabian / White.

Gregg Chillin (1988) Armenian and White.

Christina Chong (1989) Hongkonger / White.

Katy M. O'Brian (1989) African-American and White - is a lesbian.

Hannah John-Kamen (1989) Nigerian / Norwegian.

Steve Noh (1990) Korean.

Kim Yong Ji (1991) Korean.

Jennifer Cheon Garcia (1992) Korean / Mexican.

Jenny Zeng (1993) Chinese.

Song Kang (1994) Korean.

Jaz Sinclair (1994) African-American / White.

Ryan Destiny (1995) African-American.

Yumi Nu (1996) Japanese / White.

Wang Zi Yi (1996) Chinese.

Havana Rose Liu (1997) Chinese / White - is pansexual.

Lauren Tsai (1998) Taiwanese / White.

Here you go! Please let me know if you want something more specific.

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14

Ayes: 111 (95.5% Con, 4.5% DUP) Noes: 362 (97.0% Lab, 2.5% Ind, 0.6% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-9-3

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (106 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

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Independent (9 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Imran Hussain Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

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Sonic the Comic #32: "The Unbeatable Foe"

Writer: Lew Stringer Art: Jose Casanovas Letters: Ellie de Ville

Editor: Richard Burton Assistant Editor: Deborah Tate Managing Editor: Steve McManus

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9.57 Punch Drunk

STRINGER: ‘Ere, Sarge, is this true about Sergeant Roach? BOYDEN: Depends what you heard, Barry. STRINGER: Well, that he beat up a punter over some plonk. BOYDEN: *telling look* STRINGER: Blimey.

BURNSIDE: Look, I’ll do what I can. But you’re in it up to your neck this time, in case you hadn’t noticed. I mean, drinking on duty, telling porkies to the DCI, bringing the service into disrepute, etcetera, etcetera. And that’s just if Leonard doesn’t decide to press charges, for GBH or assault, or whatever. In which case, you’re looking at MS15. Possible suspension. The big house, maybe. And if you’re convicted. Well. Goodbye DS Roach. ROACH: Oh, and that won’t look so good for you, will it, Frank? Failure to supervise, and all that. BURNSIDE: Now, wait a minute. You lied about where you were going. ROACH: If only MS15 saw things that clearly. BURNSIDE: Don’t start playing that game with me, Ted. You’ll lose.

MONROE: Stamp and Quinnan have got the details of the other witnesses. If you want to talk to them. BURNSIDE: Do we? MONROE: I think that rather depends on what Mr Leonard says when he regains consciousness, don’t you? If he wants to press charges, Frank, there’s nothing I can do. BURNSIDE: Yeah, well, the less encouragement he gets the better, eh? MONROE: Look, I didn’t ask Ted to try to knock his brains out. If he wants to behave like that, it’s his lookout. BURNSIDE: Meaning you don’t care whether he gets his legs done or not. MONROE: Meaning, I’ll do what I can. Like there’s nothing on paper. So far.

MONROE: Look, so far I’ve bent over backwards for you. You’ve not been reported, you’ve not been arrested, and there’s nothing on paper. So do me a favour, sergeant, and act like a grown-up for once. ROACH: I always thought it was little boys who needed uniforms with shiny buttons to make them feel big, Inspector. MONROE: Really gets you, doesn’t it. Stuck at sergeant, forever. ROACH: I want to leave. MONROE: Tough. ROACH: Stop me. MONROE: You really are pathetic.

ROACH: Oh, by the way. Don’t bother with a party.

Fitting that Ted should go out with a bang—or, yanno, a pub brawl and a sucker punch. It would’ve been great if there had been a bit more in the lead-up, but it was inevitable that one day he’d hit the self-destruct button with no coming back. He can’t see that everyone’s trying to help him—won’t see, in Andrew’s case. If he’d let them, things would’ve been okay, but could he have lived with knowing that Andrew Monroe, of all people, had bent the rules for him? He’d still have imploded in the end.

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My Tags - part 2

Part 1 (FOR NEWBIES, THEY’RE NOT STRAIGHT, THEY’RE CLOSETED, BEARDING, LARRY IS REAL)

Part 3 (BABYGATE, FIGHTING BACK, LARRY TOGETHER, HARRY’S MUSIC/PERFORMANCES/VIDEOS)

Part 4 (HARRY STYLES LIVE ON TOUR 2017/2018)

Part 5 (LOVE ON TOUR 2021/2022)

Part 6 (LOVE ON TOUR 2022/2023, CONCERT MOMENTS)

Part 7 (ACTOR HARRY,, CHARTS, LOUIS’ PERFORMANCES)

Part 8 (LOUIS’ PERFORMANCES CONTINUED, LOUIS’ MUSIC/SONG ANALYSIS/MUSIC VIDEOS)

The Bears

RBB AND SBB • RBB AND SBB MASTERPOST • WHO RUNS THE BEARS?

Tattoos

TATTOO TIMELINE • LARRY TATTOOS • HARRY’S TATTOO MEANINGS • PAPILLON • STAG TATTOO • HARRY’S TATTOOS • LOUIS’ TATTOOS • FAR AWAY TATTOO • DAGGER TATTOO • PAPER AIRPLANE TATTOO • HANDSHAKE TATTOO • LOUIS’ BIRD TATTOO • PENGUIN TATTOO • LAUREL TATTOOS • TRIANGLE TATTOO • ROSE TATTOO • ROPE TATTOO • MERMAID TATTOO • LIGHTHOUSE TATTOO •

People around Harry and Louis

ANNE TWIST • GEMMA STYLES • ROBIN TWIST • DES STYLES • JAY DEAKIN • LOTTIE TOMLINSON • FIZZY TOMLINSON • MARK TOMLINSON • LOU TEASDALE • HARRY’S BAND • LOUIS’ BAND • HARRY’S TEAM • LOUIS’ TEAM • JEFF AZOFF • IRVING AZOFF • NICK GRIMSHAW • XANDER RITZ • PAULI LOVEJOY • NYOH • SARAH JONES • MITCH ROWLAND • HARRY LAMBERT • ALESSANDRO MICHELE • MOLLY HAWKINS • TOMMY BRUCE • TOM SKOGLUND • KID HARPOON • TYLER JOHNSON • BRAD GOULD • JAMES CORDEN • BEN WINSTON • OLI WRIGHT • ROB STRINGER • HARRY WITH FAMILY • HARRY AND NICK • HARRY’S FRIENDS • HARRY AND GEMMA • HARRY AND MITCH • HARRY AND ALESSANDRO • STEVE AOKI

Miscellaneous

BEST FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO MARRIED • BODY LANGUAGE • HOW DOES HARRY EVEN SURVIVE? • HOW DOES LOUIS EVEN SURVIVE? • LOUIS AND CHARITY • HARRY AND CHARITY • HARRY WITH FANS • LOUIS WITH FANS • HARRY WITH KIDS • LOUIS WITH KIDS • BABY HARRY DIDN’T STAND A CHANCE • BABY LOUIS DIDN’T STAND A CHANCE • HARRY LOVES HIS FANS • HARRY ON 1D • LIAM ON HARRY • LIAM ON LOUIS • LIAM ON 1D • LOUIS ON HARRY • LOUIS ON 1D • NIALL ON HARRY • NIALL ON LOUIS • NIALL ON 1D • EVERYONE LOVES HARRY • EVERYONE LOVES LOUIS • LOUIS WAS ALWAYS THE BOSS • MUSIC MOGUL LOUIS • SUPPORTIVE HARRY

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Crowdfunding Spotlight Roundup: Angel Eyes, Peter Hogan’s Black Forests, LOLZ, and more

There are a lot of terrific comic crowdfunding projects from UK-based creators out there right now - primarily, as ever, on Kickstarter, although Zoop is proving increasingly popular. Here are some highlights...

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The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

The latest release from the rock veterans, and first album of original material since 2005, includes guest appearances from Elton John, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Bill Wyman

7/13

The release of a new album by a storied band used to be considered a major event, one that was highly anticipated and greeted with excitement, enthusiasm, and all the other additives that generally accompany any momentous occasion.

That doesn’t seem to be the situation anymore. With the advent of streams, digital releases, and the other byproducts of the so-called cyber world, the physical album has become a vanishing breed. Singles and single tracks herald the arrival of new work, often negating the importance of an album and relegating it to little more than a collection of selected songs that preceded its arrival. 

If any band could defy that trend, it’s naturally the Rolling Stones. The fact that it’s the band’s first new album since their 2016 Grammy-winning blues covers album Blue & Lonesome, and more, significantly, their first studio album of original material since the 2005 A Bigger Bang, Hackney Diamonds is a milestone to be reckoned with.  It provides proof that even with the tremendous loss of drummer Charlie Watts and the fact that Mick Jagger is an octogenarian and Richards is on the verge of becoming one himself, they and “new boy” Ronnie Wood remain as undeterred as ever, rocking on without regard to age, expectation or,  for that matter, any additional consideration.

Happily then, Hackney Diamonds justifies that attitude entirely. Built on a series of reliable riffs, it’s classic Stones, somewhat perfunctory perhaps, formula-fitting and comfortably comforting to a signature sound. Anyone speculating about what the album would have to offer can probably guess without hearing even a single strain of music. “Angry,” “Driving Me Too Hard” and “Get Close” are singularly Stones, built around ready refrains, angular guitar riffs, and Jagger’s signature snarl. They’re “Start Me Up” and “Jumping Jack Flash” reimagined with contemporary credence. “Dreamy Skies,” on the other hand, recalls the bottle-neck acoustic blues of “No Expectations” and Beggars Banquet. Likewise, a ballad titled “Tell Me Straight” gives Keef the prerequisite lead vocal. “Rolling Stones Blues,” is, as the name implies,” an opportunity to get back to basics. In general, it’s easy to imagine the band taking their cues from some roughshod jams, adding lyrics, and letting things fly. The pointed titles tell it all. Clearly, too, each of these songs is easily finessed to become standards in their live sets.

Ironically, the edge and intensity find the Stones more or less harkening back to an earlier era. Certain songs—“Bite My Head Off,” featuring a sturdy bass line from Paul McCartney, and “Whole Wide World” and “Mess It Up,” one of two tracks recorded with Watts, along with echoes of ‘70s punk and new wave through a combination of melody and menace, shared with defiance and determination. “Live By the Sword,” the other effort featuring Watts, also marks the temporary return of bassist Bill Wyman, a reunion of sorts of the Stones’ essential ‘70s and ‘80s line-up. 

Nevertheless, the band buttresses its ranks with any number of special guests. Besides McCartney, Hackney Diamonds features cameos by Lady Gaga sharing a high-pitched lead vocal on the weary yet emotive ballad “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” (with Gaga filling the longstanding role of Jagger’s female foil), Elton John playing piano on the rollicking “Get Close and “Live By the Sword,” Stevie Wonder providing keyboards on the aforementioned “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” and Don Was and Benmont Tench adding their touches as well. Steve Jordan takes on the bulk of the drumming duties while Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt serves as a stringer, playing pretty much everything else that’s needed, including bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, strings, mixing, and production.

Consequently, Hackney Diamonds is quintessential Stones, a fine comeback by any measure. Some 60 years on, the Stones are rolling as effortlessly as ever. Welcome back, boys.