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i know im gay for sure

[lasttabris]

Eva file : Birth of Kaworu Nagisa

Tabris was born on September 13th 2000, the exact day of the second Impact and actually born from the experience that led to that. After finding Adam in Antartica, the investigation team destined to learn more about this being - under the control of Seele - proceed with the "Contact Experiment": fusing human DNA from an unknown donor with Adam. Second impact followed, as mentioned, and Adam awaken and tried to destroy humanity so Angels could take over, but the team used the Spear of Longinus on it and caused Adam to be thorn apart: its body returned to the state of embryo and its soul was placed inside a vessel by the name of Tabris, half human, half angel.

Tabris, the vessel, was named Kaworu Nagisa and kept by Seele in secret to later on grow to be the Fifth Child. They had a plan for him, but Kaworu's plan is his own; if it joined with seele's original plan or not, he didn’t particularly care, as we learn later on. We know nothing of Kaworu's past, but he seemed to know a lot regarding human nature and culture, which suggests he may have been studying them for a while.

We do know, however, Kaworu was cloned and his clones became the so called dummy plug system - a cloned being would be put inside an Evangelion and act as a real pilot. Evas need a soul in order to synchronize and work, and with the dummy system there would no longer be needed an actual pilot for this to happen. This way, Seele decided to start building several Evangelions, using Adam and Kaworu to build these cyborgs.

In order to keep Kaworu in place, Seele promised him that they'd help him to find Adam, the only wish he had for a soul cannot be without a body. Tabris must return to Adam.

Fifteen years later after the Second Impact, Gendo Ikari who controlled Nerv under Seele's observance finally broke his bound with the mysterious organization and went against them. Seele, however, had their own plans and were set on following them, so Gendo was a nuisance. In order to stop him and perhaps to get further ahead of him, Seele sent Kaworu to Tokyo-3 to become the fifth child that would pilot Evangelion Unit 02, which once belonged to Asuka (and was currently unfit to be a pilot).

Seele explained to Kaworu that Adam was fused to Gendo Ikari’s hand, who was trying to obtain the power of God, so he had to be stopped. Seele didn’t actually want to stop the creation of a God, they just wanted to stop Ikari because they had their own plans - to become gods themselves. Kaworu agreed, but only because that had been his reason from the start. He wished to meet Adam and didn’t truly care wfor hat Seele or Ikari were planning. All he wanted was Adam embryo and fuse with it, nothing more and nothing else. All the excuses Selee gave him were just that, excuses, so they would think they were on top of the situation. Kaworu had his own plans, though.

By joining with Adam, Kaworu would initialize the third impact, which would be achieved when an Angel reunited with Adam, being held in Tokyo-3. Unlike the various versions which different humans were trying to achieve, the Angel-version of "Third Impact" did not involve "Instrumentality" (trying to forcibly re-unite Adam and Lilith for humanity to achieve a new evolutionary level of existence). Angels wish to reunite with Adam, either because it's their instinct or because they want to wipe out the Lilim's - it's not exactly clear, however, Kaworu's motive to do so is much bigger than any other angel since he had Adam’s soul within him.

Like what happened during Second Impact where all life was erased in Antarctica, presumably, an Angel reuniting with Adam would result in Adam generating a world-wide Anti A.T. Field, eliminating all Lilith-based life on the planet, from bacteria to humans (heavily implied by Kaworu himself when he spoke to Shinji).

Kaworu infiltrated Nerv as the 5th children and first met Shinji Ikari. They met while the half angel was humming Ode to joy by Bethoven, sitting atop of a rock, and Shinji observed the destroyed city. From the start, he desired Shinji to be close to him, asking him to address Kaworu by his first name (instead of Nagisa). From there, this closeness grew.

During the tests with the Evangelions, he always had the best synchronization with the Eva 02, for he could decide on the ratio of the synchronization at his own will. This amazing ratio (which was actually impossible) raised suspicion among Nerv workers, however Nagisa didn't falter. Always with a smile, he ended up meeting Ayanami Rei who was like him (and who didn't seem to like him, though) and actually allowed Misato to follow him around for a bit. He didn't seem to care for either, for only Shinji mattered; after few days he came to admit to the boy he loved him, which brought Shinji something entirely new.

Though things seemed to go well, Kaworu wasn't able to control his instincts and so, when he believed it was time, the boy took the next step: to find Adam. For this, he took control of the Eva Unit 02 and made way towards the Terminal Dogma where he believed Adam rested. He also knew Shinji would be the one following him and that had been his plan from the start - he even waited for his beloved to come, for he had to stop him.

Fact is, somewhere along the way, Kaworu fell in love with Humanity - so little and in such permanent pain. Therefore he had to be stopped, for he has been destined to live forever even if humanity were to be annihilated as result and this he didn't want, because "all of them need a future". Kaworu didn't wish to kill the humans, he didn't wish to kill Shinji Ikari, but his instincts were too strong. The only way of stopping them was to kill him and that would be his true freedom.

A battle ensued, and Shinji feeling betrayed decided to charge against the enemy: Kaworu Nagisa, Tabris, the Last Angel. As Unit 02 kept Shinji occupied, Kaworu reached for Adam, but it was then when he realized it was Lilith instead and understood what Seele was trying to achieve. It was perhaps then when he finally decided to let himself be captured and thanked Shinji for stopping him.

While he tried to make Shinji see, the boy's emotional outbursts didn't allow him to understand. Kaworu, however, was always sympathetic, always smiled with a strange care and tried to explain it the way an Angel could. At the end, he asked Shinji to please kill him, because Shinji was the one who needed to live, and with that he said he was truly happy for having met him.

Timeline of evangelion: week by week breakdown by QMISATO.

[vypridae]

YESSS I DID A BIG BRAIN THING WFOR THIS WOOHOO !!! I MADE A THING MAKE SO MUCH SENSE (in reference to kirukiyo thing)

I DONT REMEMBER THAT ACTUALLY BUT OMG !!! YESSS HE DID !!! AAGBAHABAHB !!!! me when I have TWO (2) smart ideas

RIGHTTT !!! I also feel like him being ultimate survivor makes this make more sense because like !! he would NAWTTT die so quickly as the ultimate survivor, him getting to live could get the others some info about what we Actually have happen as the ending (stuff about say the ultimate hunt, he remembers more about that and tells people before he dies or wtvr)

yayaya itd be difficult to do it with the current cast unless we have some oc to do it with but !!! fakeout protags fun <3

THAT IS SO FUCKING VALID OF YOU TBH, i unfortunately lack the analyzation and media literacy skills to do things like that because im very simple minded when it comes to media 😞😞 so GHJKFSKD

OHHH YEAH OKAY OKAY WE CAN GET RID OF THE WHOLE "NOTHING WAS REAL FUCK YOU" IDEA !!! simulations are very fun and we could probably do something with THAT, esp if we have miu be the mastermind yk so !!! rah !!!

no its not too important rn, its entirely dependent on what we do for the actual killings yk so ERGHJKDHDF

EEBEHHEBEHB <3 <3 im so big brain dude, sometimes im a genius

EBHAEBASHGJKAHSF WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE HER BE THE BLACKENED IN LIKE A WAY LATER CHAPTER TOO (LIKE CHAPTER 4 OR 5?), SO YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR FOUND FAMILY SILLINESS AND ALSO THE ANGST !!! and also if we go with simulation stuff they could be happy found family anyway so :3 up to u tho !!

OK HI SODA HI HI HI I HAD IDEAS FOR THE V3 REWRITE THAT I WANT TO SHARE (IDK IF U WANTED TO SEE THE GENIUS IDEA FOR THE REWRITE WITH THE OC BUT ILL SEND THIS AND THEN IF U WANNA SEE JUS TELL ME) ANYWAY !!!

ok i dont acgtually have too much but!! but but but i do have some ideas right

as of rn ive got two survivors (korekiyo, kokichi), a potential mastermind (miu?), chapter 3's first victim (kirumi), chapter 3's second blackened (korekiyo), and chapter 5's victim (rantaro). idk if this is good or not biut like !!!! ebehebh !!!!

miu being the mastermind is something i had for my own rewrite like with my oc but also i really like the idea, we could also have her do something with kiibo at some point like install a virus on him or wtvr that would make him kill someone? because she operates on him in the game anyway so having her do so and then have that fall into place later but like not give him time to say somethingabout it is really fun to me

kirumi i dont really have a reason for her being the first victim other than im a sucker for kirukiyo and i think he'd be pretty distressed that she died (im being very self indulgent here but we can change this if u want to, idk ur opinions on kirukiyo so !!! its up to u), we could also do something where the murders happened at almost the exact same time so he could have saved her if he had just been somewhere instead of trying to kill someone for his sister to have another "friend" in the afterlife

kokichi i want to live because i love him. end of explanation

rantaro i wanted to die at some point but not at the start, in part bc i love him but also because i think itd be really interesting if he was killed in ch 5 instead of kokichi because he has a lot of importance too, right? so i think a killing with him could be just as good, he could have helped the killer because he wanted them to try to find out the mastermind during his trial or something idk. still in speculation but i think it would be cool

as for like, protagonists and stuff, i have zero idea, but !!!!!! i think it would be super mega awesome to have both kaede and shuichi survive but also that is like not possible because kaede's death made shuichi actually be able to be good and smart at things and not feel bad IDK WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT AT SOME POINT BUT HERES MY IDEAS SORRY THIS IS A LOT OF PARAGRAPHS

starting out i’m gonna be all over the place with this <33

first off: THE KIRUKIYO ISEA IS SO COOL THO honestly i never thought of that ship, and im not a huge shipper myself outside of bsd so im super neutral about most ships <33 so yeah!!!! we can ahve kirukiyo!!!! i like that!!!! :3 <- since you asked about my opinion on it

ALSO ARE YOU IN MY HEAD OR SOMETHING. MIU MASTERMIND!!! MIU MASTERMIND!!! or if not a mastermind, then in the very least a killer. i can’t tell you how many times i’ve ranted to my rl friends about how miu should’ve gotten to kill somebody. like ik in canon she was supposed to be the killer for 4 but that got swapped last minute but SHE SHOULDVE BEEN ALLOWED TO KILL SOMEBDIY and yes yes yes yes yes she should do something with kiibo that’d be very fun

YOURE SO CORRDCT ON RANTARO BTW his character generally suffers from the fact he was killed off way at the beginning, and ugshdh he could have done. so much. if he was left alive a little longer. i’ve said this before but that’s a common issue just in general with the type of game danganronpa is especially with the writers not adjusting the arcs for their allotted time which causes me PAIN. yeah leave him alive for longer for sure. and oooo i like rantaro, i think he could go either way being a killer or victim. especially if at the end of it all no matter how it goes down, hes wrong. whether he kills the wrong person, or if he’s caught in the middle of a planned murder and happens to be collateral damage/the mistaken victim while he’s trying to go after the mastermind and either way their only lead to the mastermind is now just gone

one of the things i do really like about v3 despite all my criticisms against it, is the fake-out protagonist. i’m not saying we have kaede die again or shuichi goes in her place, but i think it’d be cool to include something like that with one of the cast members? maybe kaito? idk im throwing things at the wall rn but basically im trying to figure out a way to have a character haunt the narrative like kaede did

yeah i ahev no clue about protags either yet, we can always just figure that out down the line sometime🎉🎉🎉

also side note but i propose to throw out the real fiction plotline or whatever it was called that v3 went down in the game, thoughts?

also also second unrelated side note: do we have to keep the 3 survivors? not like the literal characters, just the number. like obviously we wont have everyone survive, but idk let’s not confine ourselves to a number yet

for my input regarding cases: in no particular order/killer - ryoma -> victim/survivor ; himiko -> killer/victim [i think it’d be cool to have her as a killer but i’m not sure how she’d even go about it or even why] ; tenko -> victim ; tsumugi -> killer [i think her execution would be super interesting] aaaand i ahve yet to think about the rest

inout regarding survivors: idk i really want angie to survive and i am shooting you with shinounaga found family propaganda

anyways!!! give your opinion!!! sorry this took me forever to type!!!!!

[megadarkbouquettidalwavethings]

Florida shooting: FBI and teachers warned about Nikolas Cruz

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Image caption Nikolas Cruz was a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The FBI has launched a review about its handling of a warning about the teenager accused of carrying out Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, has appeared in court charged with murder. With 17 people killed, this is the deadliest US school shooting since 2012.

Mr Cruz, who had links with a white supremacist group, reportedly commented on YouTube last year that he would be a professional “school shooter.”

A user alerted authorities to the post.

Teachers were also warned about Mr Cruz, who was not allowed on campus with a backpack, US media report.

The FBI said it had investigated the YouTube comment but had been unable to fully identify the person who posted it.

Who are the victims?

How the school attack happened

The attack happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fourteen people were wounded, three of whom remain in a critical condition.

Expressing his condolences on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said he was “making plans to visit” Parkland.

What were the warnings?

After seeing a comment on a YouTube post last year by Mr Cruz, user Ben Bennight contacted the FBI and spoke to representatives for about 20 minutes.

Mr Bennight said the FBI contacted him again following the school shooting in Parkland.

The FBI confirmed on Thursday that they were made aware of the comment, adding that they had conducted “checks” but were unable to identify the person behind it.

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Media captionFootage posted on social media captures the moment Nikolas Cruz opened fire

Meanwhile maths teacher Jim Gard told the Miami Herald newspaper that school authorities had emailed teachers about Mr Cruz’s behaviour.

“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” Mr Gard told the Miami Herald.

“There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”

Updates as they happened

Is it time to arm teachers?

It is unclear why Mr Cruz was expelled from the school. Former schoolmate Joshua Charo said Mr Cruz had been found with bullets in his backpack.

“I can’t say I was shocked,” Mr Charo said after the shooting.

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Image caption Nikolas Cruz was arrested an hour after the attack

“He seemed like the kind of kid who would do something like this.”

Other students echoed that opinion. “Everyone predicted it,” one told local station WFOR.

But police said they had not been warned of a possible attack by Mr Cruz.

What else do we know about the suspect?

Mr Cruz was member of the Republic of Florida (ROF), a white supremacist group, US media reported.

The head of the ROF, Jordan Jereb, is quoted as saying Mr Cruz had once trained with them, but the group had not wanted or ordered him to carry out a school shooting.

What we know about the suspect

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Mr Cruz’s social media profiles were “very, very disturbing”.

Two separate Instagram accounts, now deleted, purport to show Mr Cruz posing with guns and knives.

Mr Cruz allegedly used an AR-15 rifle in the attack, which he had reportedly bought legally.

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Who were the victims?

Details of the 17 victims are emerging.

The school’s assistant football coach Aaron Feis was taken to hospital after jumping in front of students to shield them from bullets. His team tweeted that he had “died a hero”.

Skip Twitter post by @MSDEagles

It is with Great sadness that our Football Family has learned about the death of Aaron Feis. He was our Assistant Football Coach and security guard. He selflessly shielded students from the shooter when he was shot. He died a hero and he will forever be in our hearts and memories pic.twitter.com/O181FvuHl3

— MS Douglas Football (@MSDEagles) February 15, 2018

End of Twitter post by @MSDEagles

The family of student Jaime Guttenberg confirmed her death in a Facebook post on Thursday, referring to the 17-year-old as an “awesome young girl” and updating her page on the social media site to create a memorial for her.

Ms Guttenberg’s parents earlier said that her brother Jesse had escaped unharmed.

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Image caption The school’s 3,000 students were almost at the end of their day when the attack broke out

Another student, Alyssa Alhadeff, has been identified by her family as a victim of Wednesday’s shooting.

A fourth victim, Nicholas Dworet, was confirmed dead on social media by members of his swimming team.

Florida shooting: A survivor’s story

‘There may be no answer’

By Owen Amos, BBC News, in Parkland, Florida

On approaching Stoneman Douglas High, it is clear that nothing is normal about today.

The yellow school buses are parked up, going nowhere. The soccer fields are empty. TV trucks line the neat verges.

While the school is closed, the nearby elementary school is open. Parents hold their children’s hands tightly as they dodge cameramen.

Lanny James, 77, has a place five miles away in Margate. He comes here for the sun. He was playing golf when he heard the news. “This is supposed to be paradise,” he says.

Lanny has 10 guns and has hunted since the 1960s. “I just don’t know what the answer is,” he says. “And there may not be one.”

What’s the reaction been?

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump addressed “every parent, teacher and child who is hurting”, and said authorities would do “whatever we can to ease your pain”.

“I want you to know that you are never alone,” the president said, adding: “No child should be in danger in an American school.”

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He added: “We are committed to working with local leaders to tackle the difficult issue of mental health.”.

Mr Trump earlier said the shooting showed that people must report their concerns about others’ erratic behaviour.

Skip Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump

So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2018

End of Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump

Florida Senator Marco Rubio tweeted that the shooting was “designed and executed to maximize loss of life”.

But he said that it was too soon to debate whether tighter gun laws could have stopped it.

“You should know the facts of that incident before you run out and prescribe some law that you claim could have prevented it,” he told Fox News.

Call for policy change: ‘Prayers not enough’

Senators singled out over gun lobby funds

Florida Governor Rick Scott said the shooting was “pure evil”, but also refused to be drawn into a discussion about gun control.

Florida’s Democratic Senator Bill Nelson asked what it would take “for enough to be enough”.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy tweeted that it was time to debate gun violence, adding that political leaders needed to act to prevent “this slaughter”.

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Florida shooting: FBI and teachers 'warned' about Nikolas Cruz

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Image caption Nikolas Cruz was a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The FBI was warned about the teenager who allegedly carried out a mass shooting at his former school in Florida, the BBC understands.

Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, reportedly left a comment on a YouTube video last year stating: “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.”

A user alerted authorities to the post.

Teachers were also warned about Mr Cruz, who was not allowed on campus with a backpack, US media report.

Florida shooting: Live updates

Seventeen people were killed and many more were injured in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Several people are in a critical condition.

It is the deadliest shooting at a US school since 2012.

After seeing a comment on a YouTube post last year by Mr Cruz, 19, user Ben Bennight contacted the FBI with his concerns. He said he spoke to representatives there for about 20 minutes.

Mr Bennight said that the FBI had contacted him again following the school shooting in Parkland.

The FBI has not yet commented on the reports.

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Media captionStudents can be seen cowering from the attack

What was the warning to teachers?

Maths teacher Jim Gard told the Miami Herald that school authorities had emailed teachers about Mr Cruz’s behaviour.

“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” Mr Gard told the Miami Herald.

“There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”

Is it time to arm teachers?

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Image caption The school’s 3,000 students were almost at the end of their day when the attack broke out

School officials have not disclosed why Mr Cruz was expelled from the school, but student Victoria Olvera, 17, told the Associated Press it was because of a fight with his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend.

She also claimed he had been abusive towards the ex-girlfriend.

Former schoolmate Joshua Charo said Mr Cruz had been found with bullets in his backpack.

“I can’t say I was shocked,” Mr Charo said.

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Image caption Nikolas Cruz was arrested an hour after the attack

“He seemed like the kind of kid who would do something like this.”

Some other students echoed that opinion when interviewed.

“Everyone predicted it,” one told WFOR-TV.

But police said they were not warned of any possible attack by Mr Cruz.

Superintendent Robert Runcie told reporters: “We received no warnings.

“Potentially there could have been signs out there. But we didn’t have any warning or phone calls or threats that were made.”

According to reports Mr Cruz told the family he was staying with that he did not want to go to college because it was Valentine’s Day.

What happened at the school?

Reports suggest that a fire alarm at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was deliberately set off at 14:30 local time (19:30 GMT).

The alarm caused some students and staff to leave their classrooms.

Witnesses said that the gunman was deploying smoke grenades and wearing a gas mask.

Students told US media they hid under desks or in store cupboards or barricaded doors as loud shots rang out.

Florida shooting: A survivor’s story

How the school attack happened

‘There may be no answer’

By Owen Amos, BBC News

At first, it seems like a normal day in Parkland, Florida. The sky is blue. The palm trees are green. And the temperature is rising.

But, on approaching Stoneman Douglas High, it is clear that nothing is normal about today.

The yellow school buses are parked up, going nowhere. The soccer fields are empty. TV trucks line the neat verges.

While the high school is closed, the nearby elementary school is open. Parents hold their children’s hands tightly as they dodge cameramen.

Lanny James, 77, has a place five miles away in Margate. He comes here for the sun; today, the temperature was 25C by 09.30 local time.

He was playing golf when he heard the news. “I just love South Florida,” he says, adding: “This is supposed to be paradise.”

Lanny, a semi-retired broadcaster, has 10 guns and has hunted since the 1960s.

“I just don’t know what the answer is,” he says. “And there may not be one.”

A teacher told WSVN that she hid in a closet with 19 students for 40 minutes – and that the school underwent training for such a situation six weeks ago.

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Media captionStudents describe fleeing school as shots rang out

Caesar Figueroa, a parent, told CBS News his daughter was hiding in a closet when she called him.

He told the news outlet that he told her not to call him because he did not want the gunman to hear her voice.

“It’s the worst nightmare not hearing from my daughter for 20 minutes, it was the longest 20 minutes of my life,” Mr Figeuroa said.

Police and Swat team members swarmed the campus and began clearing students from the school, as parents and ambulances converged on the scene.

Harrowing accounts of school shooting

Mr Cruz apparently left the scene of the shooting by blending in with fleeing students, but was arrested several miles away and is now in police custody.

He was detained in the nearby town of Coral Springs. He was then treated in hospital and taken into police custody.

Who were the victims?

Details of the 17 victims are emerging as they are identified.

The school’s assistant football coach Aaron Feis was taken to hospital after jumping in front of students to shield them from bullets. His team tweeted that he had “died a hero”.

Skip Twitter post by @MSDEagles

It is with Great sadness that our Football Family has learned about the death of Aaron Feis. He was our Assistant Football Coach and security guard. He selflessly shielded students from the shooter when he was shot. He died a hero and he will forever be in our hearts and memories pic.twitter.com/O181FvuHl3

— MS Douglas Football (@MSDEagles) February 15, 2018

End of Twitter post by @MSDEagles

Coach Aaron Feis ‘died a hero’

What else do we know about the suspect?

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israeli said Mr Cruz’s social media profiles were “very, very disturbing”.

Two separate Instagram accounts, now deleted, purport to show Mr Cruz posing with guns and knives.

Mr Cruz had been staying with a local family in recent months, following his adopted mother’s death in November.

He allegedly used an AR-15 rifle in the attack, which he had bought legally and which he kept locked up in their house at their request.

The family’s lawyer, Jim Lewis, said: “They are heartbroken. The kid that lives here goes to that school and knows many of these kids. He is just as heartbroken and shocked as everyone else.”

What we know about Florida shooting suspect

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What’s the reaction been?

President Donald Trump said the shooting showed that people must report their concerns about others’ erratic behaviour.

Skip Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump

So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2018

End of Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump

Florida Senator Marco Rubio tweeted that the shooting was “designed and executed to maximize loss of life”.

But he said that it was too soon to debate whether tighter gun laws could have stopped it.

“You should know the facts of that incident before you run out and prescribe some law that you claim could have prevented it,” he told Fox News.

Call for policy change: ‘Prayers not enough’

Senators singled out over gun lobby funds

Florida Governor Rick Scott said the shooting was “pure evil”, but also refused to be drawn into a discussion about gun control.

“There’s a time to continue to have these conversations about how through law enforcement… we make sure people are safe,” he said.

Florida’s Democratic Senator Bill Nelson asked what it would take “for enough to be enough”.

“Sandy Hook, Pulse nightclub, [Fort] Lauderdale airport, Las Vegas and now Parkland, Florida – when is this going to stop?” he wrote on Twitter.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy tweeted that it was time to debate gun violence, adding that political leaders needed to act to prevent “this slaughter”.

Skip Twitter post by @ChrisMurphyCT

Don’t tell me tomorrow isn’t the appropriate time to debate gun violence. If you’re a political leader doing nothing about this slaughter, you’re an accomplice.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 15, 2018

End of Twitter post by @ChrisMurphyCT

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vanderpump rules, season five, episode twenty-one: most. boring. finale. ever.

We’ve reached the end.

Hello darkness, my old friend.

I feel like I’ve been hit by a tornado, and that tornado is the drunken mess that is Sexy Waiters, or Vanderpump Rules. And now the tornado has passed and what am I left with? An unhappy marriage and a bunch of shitty friends AND a mess. I shouldn’t be saying that about Katie and Tom’s wedding, it wasn’t a mess. Not as much of a mess as it could have been - at least Katie didn’t wear a crop top wedding dress like Scheana did.

The episode opens with the bridal procession, and Tom is already ready to cry when he realizes he’s not marrying Lisa Vanderpump, he’s getting married BY Lisa Vanderpump. His suit isn’t nearly as hideously green as I imagined. He does blend into the background a little too much. He dramatically decides not to read his written vows and then takes it back - LOL, CLASSIC TOM - and we heard that Tom was the one chasing Katie, not the other way around. Everyone’s crying. Even Lisa Vanderpump’s crying.

I’M NOT FUCKING CRYING, THOUGH. HUZZAAAAAAH.

Tom Sandoval can’t stop thinking about how much he loves Tom Schwartz. He uses their dog as a tissue. Katie speeds through her vows and I barely get them, but they’re perfectly generic, just like her. Katie and Tom are married. They did it!

They’re Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz.

I think we’re all shocked.

Stassi mentions that Katie and Tom are the glue that keeps the group together, and she’s right. And that’s the reason why Tom married her, because he would lose all his friends if he didn’t. Kristen’s got wedding fever, too, and she wants Carter (blargh) to put a ring on it so she can stop wearing her fake engagement ring. Are people just not happy with claddaugh rings anymore?

Lisa and Tom Sandoval sit and talk about how Tom Sandoval wants to marry Ariana, and Tom’s tentative. They’ve never talked about it. Of all the couples on this show, I actually want them to get married. I think their wedding could be incredible, and their life together would be incredible. Lisa brings up the possibility of Tom Sandoval becoming a partner in Lisa’s new bar, and Tom is shocked. I mean, I get it. But of all of these people - Tom is probably the best option.

We’re treated to obnoxious speeches from 2/3rds of The Triplets Schwartz, Tom Sandoval, and Stassi. Stassi swears, of course. THeir band is a weird B-52s wannabe who wears yacht hats. Again: this wedding is exactly the Pinterest Nightmare I imagined it would be. Lisa forces Peter to have Stassi deliver her dinner, so all the good stuff they had going on last week is going straight out the window, I suppose. Lisa always wants to assert herself in her rightful place1.

Jax takes Brittany aside and drops the bomb that he doesn’t things are going well for them anymore. He loves her wfor who she is, and WHAT KIND OF PERSON PRETENDS TO BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE AT A WEDDING? Instead, he reassures her that if and when he decides to get married, it’ll be to her. I mean, good? I’m glad a guy that’s so old he could have invented divorce decide that now is the time to get married, I guess. But still - shit or get off the pot, Jax.

Tom and Ariana sit alone, and Tom reveals that Lisa wants him to be a partner in her new venture. Ariana cries. Tom cries. I love them so much. Tom mentions the idea that yeah, he loves her, he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. When he asks if they could begin the discussions of getting possibly married sometime in the future, Ariana’s still like, “WELL...... I MEAN.....” She doesn’t like the idea of getting married, but doesn’t want to let Tom down. I’m on Team Ariana about this. There was a long period of my life where I was convinced I would never get married. But then you meet someone who introduces that entire thought process into your mind and... yeah.

It’s hard to say no when someone says they want to marry you and spend the rest of their life with you. It’s hard to say no to feeling wanted.

Tom and Katie cut the cake, and Tom puts a dollop of frosting on Katie’s nose and she responds by trying to throw a whole hunk of cake at him. Classic Katie. Forever overreacting.

Lisa takes Sandoval aside and discusses the possibility of Schwartz being brought on as a partner in the bar, as well, with Sandoval handling back of house and the bar program, and Schwartz representing the face of the brand. She wants to name it TomTom, because clearly Vanderpump doesn’t know that TomTom Club gave us one of the best, most sampled pieces of music in modern history. TOMTOM CLUB ALREADY EXISTS, AND THEY’RE BETTER THAN ANYTHING THESE FOOLS COULD COME UP WITH. Sandoval loves the name, and Schwartz is drunk. He comes over and rejects the entire notion of being the face of a restaurant. Tom, who has basically not worked for five years, is being handed a full-funded restaurant and he can’t handle the responsibility already. I mean, if I were Katie I would be pissed - I’ve been working for Lisa for how long and my husband, who can’t even shake a cocktail shaker without having anxiety, is getting a restaurant?! Lisa’s making sure that these people are still employed by her and that this show gets another season. I see your moves, Lisa.

Stassi interrupts Ariana while she’s taking snapchats and asks why she’s never in them. Ariana can’t even pretend and is like “oh, my phone died!!! Sorrrrrrrrryyyyy.” Stassi asks if Ariana thinks she’s annoying, and Ariana’s like, “dude, you’re setting me up to fail with these loaded questions.” Stassi really cannot handle the fact that someone doesn’t like her and is open about it. She comments about that when Ariana’s mean to her, it hurts her feelings - but she doesn’t ask for Ariana to stop being mean to her, she asks for Ariana to start liking her. There’s a big difference between the two of them. Ariana can stop being mean to her, but that doesn’t mean she likes her at all. Ariana admits that she’s got other things going on in her life and doesn’t have time to expell the emotional labor that Stassi requires in being her friend. Much like my father, Stassi’s too much of a narcissist to realize that not everyone has to like you. Ariana cries because she’s got a ton of stuff on her plate. They mutually decide they’re acquaintances who would really like to murder each other.

THEN TOM SANDOVAL PLAYS THE TRUMPET.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!2

Lisa Vanderpump signs the wedding certificate, Jax says he “accidentally” slept with Kristen three times, and Katie’s “reception dress” is just as hideous as her wedding dress. Katie and Tom are married. Lisa’s happy to go back to Los Angeles. This episode is dullsville.

THREE MONTHS LATER, THOUGH.

Of course, because the producers needed to get coverage of the Shay/Shay divorce, we get a shot of Scheana, on the verge of tears, driving over to Villa Rosa and leaving a voicemail. I hate to admit it because she’s clearly in an emotional state, but Scheana looks the best she’s looked all season. It’s mostly because she’s not covered in pounds and pounds of makeup, methinks, but she also just looks defeated. Scheana talks to Lisa about how he disappears for days at a time, they’re barely speaking, and he hasn’t stayed with her in two weeks because he’s been staying at his parents’. Lisa rightfully calls their relationship bullshit, because if my husband went missing for six days, I wouldn’t be home when he returned. Sorry. She found out he’s not sober - he’s been taking Adderall - and she woke up one morning and found out he took $7000 from her, leaving her with $32. She’s done. Their marriage is done.

Thank god, though. Back at the Shay/Shay apartment, Shay is high as hell. You can just see it in his eyes - he’s on something. I mean, for Christ’s sakes, he has his ears pierced and she had no idea. Shay missed Scheana the entire time he was gone, but also can acknowledge the inherent fuckedupness of having to disappear for six days in order to feel like you’re being seen by you wife. You can get away with that shit for a day or two, Shay, but really - call your fucking wife. That’s what being in a relationship is about.

They’re both on the losing side of this, unfortunately. Scheana is selfish, emotionally immature, and naive, and Shay is a drug addict who needs to be around sober people and only sober people and he can’t do that with her.3 He denies being on drugs, and he enjoys being in the studio more than being with her. He doesn’t like her friends, or how her family treats him.

But Scheana’s over it. She’s going to visit a lawyer, and they’re getting divorced. The next exchange actually left me gasping:

Scheana: “Nothing lasts forever.”

Shay (crying, pointing between the two of them): “This does.”

God damn it.

Scheana pretty much tells him his room is a mess and his clothes are in a pile, but he can go. The season ends on a sad fucking note.

Random Observations from the Desk of Amanda:

This is the weakest season finale this show’s ever had. Blah, blah, blah, boring. Remember when Kristen punched James?

Sorry, won’t cover the reunions. I hate them. For reunion coverage, head over to Brian Moylan at Vulture!

Apparently the Danish girl who told them to kiss Katie was on Mr. Robot! That’s the closest to prestige this show will come.

SEE YOU MAY 23 FOR THE BACHELORETTE <3

Again, the best con ever pulled was promising these people wealth and fame while still forcing them to work for Lisa. Stassi will always be under her thumb. ↩︎

Not even going to acknowledge the fact that Carter talked to Kristen about having sex that night and making a baby. That baby would be satanic. ↩︎

Also, Scheana’s nails when she’s crying - girl I thought she was going to put an eye out with those monstrosities. ↩︎