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ljf613 · 4 years ago

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So could you please explain Sessrin to me? I'm not in the fandom nor have I watched the show but from what little I've been told the antis (as usual) have completely mischaracterized the whole thing.

P. S. Can we please ban grooming from the fandom lexicon? It lacks semantic meaning other than age gap bad.

Well, it’s been a while since I last saw/read Inuyasha, and I’m super-behind on Yashahime, but I do love SessRin and am pretty bummed about the amount of hate this ship has been getting lately, so I’m going to do my best to share why I love these two so much.

First off, anyone who uses the word ‘grooming’ either doesn’t know what that word means, or was not seeing the same story I was. The definition of grooming is “befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse.” This never happened. Sesshomaru did not look at this traumatiized child and go “hmm, how I can I best get her to trust me so that I can convince her to sleep with me” or whatever-- in fact, a large part of their dynamic is Rin choosing, over and over, to stand by him even as he is actively trying to push her away. (And considering that I suspect many of these antis are also Sesshomaru fans, the fact that they’re so quick to launch such a serious and out-of-character accusation at him is rather strange.)

Here’s their story in a nutshell (and, again, I may be slightly misremembering details, it’s been a while): Rin, whose entire family was slaughtered by human bandits, comes across Sesshomaru in the woods and is initially terrified because, you know, demon. However, despite her fear, she realizes that he’s been injured and incapacitated, and does her best to try and help him (cleaning his wounds, getting him food and water, etc). Sesshomaru, who, up until this point, has been a fairly typical demonic antagonist with your standard mindset of, “humans are stupid, selfish, and weak,” is understandably bewildered by this, and tries to scare her off. It doesn’t really work. This goes on for some time. (Several days? Weeks? IDEK.) One day, after Rin returns to her village, a tribe of demons arrives and kills everyone. Rin tries to run back to the woods and escape, but the demons eventually catch and kill her. Sesshomaru finds her body, and, for some reason even he doesn’t understand, decides to use his magic sword that brings people back from the dead (yes he has one of those) to revive her. (This is significant because up until this point he has never even used the sword, as he hated the fact that he’d gotten the stupid healing sword while his little brother got the cool, killing sword.) And Rin, who has no one left and no home to go back to, decides to travel with him. (One of the interesting things here is that, despite the fact that she was killed by demons, Rin is actually more afraid of humans, because they’re the ones who murdered her family.)

Their relationship throughout the course of the story is fascinating. At first glance, it might seem like Sesshomaru is always the one saving her, but she saves him too. Rin forced him to acknowledge that the world wasn’t black-and-white, that humans were complex, that just because he didn’t like someone or something didn’t mean it didn’t have a right to exist. Sesshomaru’s arc is subtle, but by the end of the story, he’s fighting side by side with the heroes-- something that would never have happened if he hadn’t met Rin.

Now, the thing here is that, for most of the story Rin is eight years old. Their relationship is never, ever shown as sexual, but there’s clearly love there, and the implication the story ends with is that they will likely get together once Rin is older. I’ve heard antis say that they read the relationship as being more along the lines of “Sesshomaru ‘adopts’ Rin,” which explains a lot. However, I personally never saw it that way. They were partners-- just because Rin didn’t take out a sword and fight off anyone who tried to hurt Sesshomaru doesn’t mean she she was primarily on the receiving end of the relationship. (In a story about battling evil, where nearly all of the characters are these awesome fighters, it’s pretty cool to see a character who is not a warrior, who just gives and loves and trusts and cares, and is never treated as lesser by either the characters or the narrative because of this. I really love Rin.) I think it’s a cultural thing-- people are used to the narrative of ‘coldhearted bachelor meets and adopts lovable scamp who reminds him how to love again’ and are primed to see it even in a story from an entirely different culture set five hundred years in the past.

(Part of it is also about shipping wars-- many of the antis ship Sesshomaru with other characters, particularly Kagura, and would rather make the argument about morality versus just saying that they would prefer something a little different.)

Here’s where I admit it gets a little bit sticky: How much of this is Rin just imprinting on Sesshomaru and using him as an excuse to avoid her trauma surrounding other humans? And the narrative did a great job of resolving this dilemma. Near the end of the story, Rin leaves Sesshomaru. She goes to live among humans, to learn how to be human again, so that once she’s an adult, she has the agency to make an informed decision about what she really wants.

There happens to be an audio-drama CD that was released in Japan sometime after the show ended, which is set just after the original story ends (when Rin is eleven). In it, Sesshomaru says something to Rin which is referred to by one of the other characters as a ‘proposal.’ Now, I don’t follow anti discourse, so I’m not sure if they know about it, but I can imagine they’d have a field day with that one. “Omigoodness, he proposed to an eleven year old, that’s so creepy.” However, there’s some context involved. The word ‘proposal’ is used by one of the other characters-- who happens to have time-travelled from five hundred years later (that is, the present day). The whole plot of the CD starts when she complains to her husband/lover/whatever-their-relationship-status-is-supposed-to-be that he never actually proposed to her, and since he doesn’t know what a proposal is (because, again, culture gap), he thinks it’s some sort of monster she wants him to go fight for her before they can actually be married, and hilaraity ensues. She calls Sesshomaru’s words to Rin a proposal as in “see, that’s what a proposal is supposed to look like.” It has very little to do with SessRin in and of themselves.

For reference, here’s what Sesshomaru actually said in this so-called ‘proposal’ (thanks to @inu-drama for the translation):

“Rin, have you grown accustomed to life in the village? No one is bullying you or anything? Did you make a kimono out of the cloth I gave you the other day? When you are troubled, or anxious, or sad, or any other time, feel free to call on me. I will come to you immediately. Even if we are far apart, if you call my name I will absolutely come flying to you. If you cannot speak, you can whistle. Whistle through your fingers, if you like. Distance is no object. Our hearts are tied together. With the power of trust, there is nothing to fear. Simply having that feeling should be enough to fill your heart. That is why it is fine for things to remain as they are for now. We have plenty of time. You can examine your heart at your own pace. Until then, take care of yourself.”

(Is there something inherently creepy or predatory about that?)

To me, SessRin is about love, in its purest form. It’s about believing in someone when the rest of the world is against them. It’s about choosing the person who chooses you. It’s about learning and growing and changing together.

What’s that quote-- I think it was from Dawson’s Creek or something? “What's a soulmate?” “It's uh... Well, it's like a best friend but more. It's the one person in the world that knows you better than anyone else. It's someone who makes you a better person. Actually, they don't make you a better person, you do that yourself - because they inspire you. A soulmate is someone who you carry with you forever. It's the one person who knew you and accepted you and believed in you before anyone else did, or when no one else would. And no matter what happens, you will always love them. Nothing can ever change that.” Yeah, that one. That’s what SessRin is about.

#inuyasha #thoughts #sessxrin #sesshomaru #rin #anti anti #love is a choice #otp: nothing was worth losing her

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outweek30 · 6 years ago

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The trouble is that this nutshell account doesn't square with our picture of the thing[. ...] When people talk about Stonewall, they speak of drag queens "leading the charge" — conjuring a bizarre variation on the image of Liberty Leading the People. Trash cans were set afire, apparently, and there was some localized window-smashing. (Vito Russo told me he remembers seeing a couple of people breaking the glass of a little toy store next to the bar.) In a hilariously overstated account that appears in a recent issue of Workers' World, the Stonewall Rebellion is portrayed as an organized "pitched battle" in which hundreds of lesbians and gay men rampage through the streets of the Village, gleefully tossing Molotov cocktails at the forces of oppression. And even in Doric Wilson's much more sober and highly ironic — though no less mythologizing — Street Theater, the "revolting fags" (and dykes, and fellow travelers) who coalesce during the play's final moments arrange themselves into a grouping meant, I guess, to evoke the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima and like images of valorous triumph. The difficulty is that the facts — "stupid things," as Ronald Reagan reminded us in a speech last year — concerning what happened that night display a definite absence of sandbags, semi-automatic weapons, and all such paraphernalia. The facts even show a distressing want of self-consciously political motivation on the part of the rioters. Craig Robwell, proprietor of the even-then-in-operation Oscar Wilde Bookshop, was quoted in 1971 as saying that, when he happened onto the scene of the already-in-progress disturbance that night, he joined the crowd and began chanting "Gay Power," but that very few of those surrounding him bothered to join in.

Anger there certainly was, and a good measure of plain old fed-upness. That summer, young as it was, had already been marked by a wave of police harassment of bars that, as the Times would have put it back then, "allegedly catered to a homosexual clientele." And reports have it that one evening several weeks before the Stonewall a dozen or more paddy wagons pulled up to the cruising grounds near the docks on West Street and carted people off wholesale. Nor did the harassment end with Stonewall: a few weeks later, an after-hours club called the Snake Pit, on Tenth, was subjected to a vicious raid (one of those arrested that night died in police custody). I've been thinking, lately, how fortuitous it is that the riot we honor occurred in front of a place as felicitously named as the Stonewall. Consider how much more difficult it would be to persuade the city fathers (or ourselves, for that matter) to commemorate an event taking its name from an establishment called the Snake Pit, or the Tele-Star, or, God forbid, the Sewer — which were the other bars raided that summer.

But, come to think of it, it's somewhat peculiar that we celebrate — that is, beatify as a symbol of freedom — the Stonewall Inn. Freedom — despite the not unimportant fact that the Stonewall was one of the few places where transvestites were tolerated by the management — had precious little to do with the Stonewall's modus operandi, given that it was in all probability mob-operated (as were most illegal establishments of the time) and that the building's fabric was so far below code that entering the joint was only infinitesimally safer than descending into a West Virginia coal mine. In fact, some of the outcry raised during the week following the riot was directed against the Stonewall itself. An interesting leaflet issued by an organization called the Homophile Youth Movement decried the "hell-hole atmosphere of places typified by the Stonewall."

— James Waller, “It’s a Wonderful Strife: The Story of Stonewall,” OutWeek Magazine No. 1, June 26, 1989, p. 39.

#outweek #issue 1 #lgbt history #stonewall #james waller #vito russo #craig rodwell #homophile youth movement

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lilsherlockian1975 · 5 years ago

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This is just for me. I have to put it somewhere and, unfortunately, this is where it landed.

This week has been hell. Mom is basically gone, mentally, that is. Mornings used to be pretty good; evenings utter torment (when the sun goes down, the claws come out. Sundowners is no joke, folks. It's real and sleeping in my study) a few days ago (I can't even tell you what day at this point, I'm too sleep deprived to remember) she walked her happy ass out of her room without so much as a by your leave. Never said my name once. Mr Lil and I were still drinking coffee in the dining room, shooting the morning shit when, like a baby chick, she pushed open the pocket doors and stumbled out, completely convinced that it was the thing to do-that she HADN'T been in a wheelchair for the last 7 years. Fucking Miracle or have I been a fool to wheel her about like some grumpy (and way too old) candy striper all this time?

The next morning (omg! I'm just realizing that the "next morning" was yesterday...feels like 65 years or so), I'm on the pooper so Mr Lil goes to her room when she calls. He comes to the bathroom (yes, the magic is indeed gone but that might have happened when he had to wipe my arse after the birth of our first child) and says, "mom says I can't get her out of bed". Hmm...what fresh hell is this, I wonder. I go in there to find her *naked*, her diaper off, she, her bedding and bed soaked in piss. She has no explanation as to why she did a striptease in her room in the middle of the night. So, it's a bath, laundry and a scrub for her room, top to bottom.

I'm supposed to work bingo at P's school later that night and knowing how bad she's been lately, I had arranged for my sister to come sit with her. Sis couldn't come until 'after' she finished her Christmas shopping because (and I quote) "I know I'm being selfish, but I want it done so I don't have to leave my house Saturday. I'm just so tired," says the childless, woman who DOESN'T take care of our mother 24/7. But okay, beggars and choosers and all that. It's a 10 minute drive to the school, as I pull us, my phone rings. It's my oldest son in a full blown panic. "Can you ask Mamaw to stop screaming at me?" he asks, then gives me the lowdown. Apparently, there was an incident over her water. She unscrewed the lid to the cup (we use adult type sippy cups, so she doesn't spill them, but she saw P unscrew it and realized it could be done) and spilt it. H tried to take it from her to put the lid back on and she flipped, grabbing him bodily, saying, "I'm not a baby, I'm 83 years old and I'm in charge." She's not, obviously. When H & P are home with her, H - he's 15 going on 47 - is in charge. Hell, P, the 10 year old is more than capable of keeping an eye on her for short periods (me running to the store and whatnot, he's actually pretty responsible and always watches her closely). When I talk to Mom, she is screaming "I won't be told what to do! I won't be bossed around by a child!" This child is 6'7", mind you and refused to leave the room when I told him to just get away from her, to leave her to her own devices. He was too afraid she'd try to get up and hurt herself. I go into the school and talk to my team lead. She's so sweet, hugged me and made me cry, told me to go home and deal with my mom and babies. H was in tears when I got home. This won't mean anything to anyone else, but I have literally never seen my son so upset. We often laugh that he's soulless and incapable of crying. He also doesn't hug, almost refuses. He rushed me, throwing his arms around me and burying his face in my shoulder and sobbed. She had been screaming at him since before he phoned me, nonstop. Me? I'm used to this, it's my childhood in a nutshell, but my kids don't get screamed at. He had sent his little brother to his room, my smart boy! But STILL refused to leave the living room, incase she tried to get up by herself.

Thing is, after she slapped me in the face a good one and yelled at me for 2 minutes or so, she calmed right down. All she wanted was... me. She does this when I don't give her enough attention. She oscillated between apologizing over and over a dozen times and restarting the fight, or trying to, for the rest of the night.

My sister came over and took P for the night, offered to take H as well, but he refused to leave me alone with Mom. I pur her to bed at 8.30. I went to my room at 11 when Mr Lil got home from work. Fell asleep at 1am. She woke me at 2.

She'd gotten up...again. This time I found her in the middle of the living room floor with no idea why she'd gotten up. But I was so angry. I put her back in bed...again, gave her some melatonin and I'm sleeping on the sofa, just in case.

Now, why isn't she in care, you ask. Great question! I direct you to my eldest sister who pawned my parent's home to the state by putting Dad into a Medicaid long term facility before he died, swearing that nothing would come of it and if it did she would handle it. Well she didn't and when we started making inquiries, we found out that the money is still owed, a LOT of it, and until it is handled, no one will take Mom. We're selling the house now, but it's taking time.

My sister, who has helped me ONE TIME in 7 years, effed me and hard.

I don't have an "end date" and my nerves are gone. My kids are anxious and unhappy and their last memories of their grandmother will be very unpleasant. Also, I can't leave my home. I feel like a prisoner most of the time.

#personal #family #parental care #dementia

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godwinn-blog1 · 6 years ago

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hello friends! my name is hayley (she/her) and i’m super excited to be here and v. much ready to get into all this drama! i’m from the uk, but have that gmt+1 timezone as i’m doing a year abroad in the netherlands. but enough about me, let me introduce you to my kid with a god complex, riley. give this a like and i’ll come to you for plots and all that good stuff!

nick robinson, cismale, he/him. — you know riley godwin, don’t you? he’s the twenty year old sophomore who’s studying biology and living in thayer hall. they used to be addie’s confidant, but now they regret not trying to find her when she left the party.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, riley is a fairly new character of mine so pls bear with me while i get to grips with him! i have this lil pinterest board i made for a bit of an overview

everyone’s maine squeeze (i would say that’s the last of my horrible jokes, but it’s not... i am sorry). riley is from camden, maine!! he’s the son of two b&b owners, astrid and nicholas godwin, and is the second youngest of five children.

he had a pretty normal upbringing. apart from squabbles with his siblings, he was pretty much the golden boy in his parents' eyes, having graduated from high school as valedictorian.

riley is pretty close with both of his parents. they’re both incredibly supportive of him and have given him free rein for most of his life. despite this, he still feels want to make them proud one day.

he was always more into sciences than he was into any other subject at school. in p. the most selfless (but also selfish because $$$) decision he’s made, he decided to study biology at uni with the hope of eventually becoming a general practitioner; he does genuinely want to help people in the future.

he’s the first in his family to go to university. riley really aspires to go on to med school after graduation, so he’s pushing himself extremely hard in terms of studying until then

this does not mean he’s not going to have a good time though! he definitely parties a lot

although riley is very outgoing, he’s definitely someone who won’t willingly come forth with much information about themselves, but rather try to learn more about you. this is what made his friendship with addie so important to him, as they’d share things with one another comfortably.

whether riley wants to learn more about people out of genuine intrigue or for some kind of ammunition in case the relationship sours really remains to be seen? he’s pretty paranoid honestly and doesn’t trust all that easily. it doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll use it against anyone... but let’s just say he’s the person with allllll the receipts at his fingertips when things go wrong sdkfhdskfh

in terms of personality, riley is hardworking, gregarious, protective of those he’s close to, and organised. but as said before he’s also paranoid, judgmental and quite hubristic? like... for anyone who has watched death note (the tv show; i haven’t seen the netflix adaptation so idk if it’s the same jhrehf) essentially like light yagami before he got the notebook

he just really likes feeling like he’s in control of every aspect of his life

*adore delano voice* he’s a fucking libra.

that ‘rule number one, never be number two’ quote is him in a nutshell.

UMMM that’s it for now! i’ll probably add to this over time so!!!

wanted connections

best friend. probably the only other person outside of his family and addie that riley has allowed properly into his life. they could either be a friend from home or just someone he has become very close with since being at uni!

party friends. riley and your character may never even speak on a day to day basis, but they both know to rely on another if they’re looking for a good time.

the opposite. riley really likes to see himself as a realist. this would be someone who is a bit on the dreamier/idyllic side of things and they can either be unlikely friends or just butt heads whenever they interact.

the online friend. idk i’d just love someone who got to know riley before university somehow online. they might have shared a lot about themselves and i’d love to explore what happens when that anonymity they had online has disappeared idk

the friend gone hook-up. bring me ur male muses for this one as this would have been how riley realised he’s bi. these two got close in riley’s first few weeks at uni and then one night one thing led to another...

freshman year hook-ups. legit applicable to anyone

the buyers. UMMM so one of riley’s secrets is that he sold test answers in his freshman year to help pay for school. so in short, these would have been people he sold to (mostly science students i’m assuming but hey. boy is smart he could probably get you an a- in something else). they could totally be trying to continue buying~ that could be interesting to explore!

the frenemy. riley is shady in his dislike of people and is never up front with it. this would essentially be a relationship filled with it on both sides; they could have been good friends and something happened or maybe they’ve always had this going on!

that’s all off the top of my head but i’m always here to stir the pot with whatever

#daringooc #daringintro #me? writing a long intro?? it's more likely than u think #i'm gonna give you all love now!!

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poems-she-wrote · 7 years ago

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I was driving to her house, my knuckles turned white, her mother rang me telling me I had to be here, that it was now or never. I walked up to her house, but before I could go in her mother came out with sad, broken eyes. she told me that she tried to commit suicide…I was shocked, she said I was the only one who can cheer her up, well she hoped. I walked into the room to see her laying in her bed, with her lifeless eyes looking at the roof I wondered what she was thinking of, I sat down at her desk she didn’t even look at me, I started to talk to her but I got no reply. her cat was right beside her on the bed, her mother said she hadn’t left her side since she got home. I saw her arms all wrapped up from where she took a razor to her wrists, trying to end it all. I was there for half a day just talking to her with no reply, I also just looked around her room, it was amazing. there was maps everywhere, I could tell she took pride in it and I could tell she wanted to travel, then I start to question myself, how did it come to this? I look at her desk, it was tidy but the book on it wasn’t. the writings she spilled on those pages, they were scary, they were sad, realistic, they were her in a nutshell. I loved reading her quotes but these ones I didn’t like so much… they were deep, so ruined….I could finally see what I couldn't before. she needed someone badly…she said she needed me and I just brushed it off. as I looked around I continued to talk to her, so she knew I was here and I wasn’t leaving. her mother bought in some food for us, the look in her eyes when she saw her baby girl laying lifeless on the bed with only her chest moving up and down to indicate she was still breathing tore me to pieces. her mother, her eyes…. they were so broken at the sight before her, I began to wonder how they looked when they first found her, I shivered, it would of been a nightmare. her dad won’t even come into her room anymore, he drowns himself with work instead. he can't see her like this, I can’t blame him, his little girl is just laying there with no hope left inside her. I asked if she wanted to eat some food, she didn’t reply like always, I have gotten use to that. but at one rare moment she slowly moved to one side of her bed, she made eyes contact with me for a split second, if I wasn’t looking at her I would of missed it, she looked at her bed then her dull eyes dazed back up at the roof. I slowly made my way towards her bed, I was unsure so I stood there until she nodded her head. I then lowered myself next to her. She placed out her hand, even though she didn’t say a word I knew she wanted me to hold it, so I did, I held onto her hand so tightly, my mind seemed to think that if I held onto her hand tightly she won’t leave. I squeezed her hand, it was silent….. then suddenly as if the hour glass come to it’s end and shattered, she broken down crying, I just held her, that was all I could do. as I was holding her it was at that moment I saw how truly broken she was and I didn’t know… I couldn’t do anything about it. she mumbled sorry over and over again, I said nothing, she looked at me with those broken dull eyes, tears flowing out of them like a river, the pain shined clearly in them…. all she said was “I didn’t mean to" then closed her eyes and cried. I stayed there holding her, I knew what she meant by that… I knew she meant it to. she didn’t want to do this, she just… she didn’t know what to do, she didn’t have anyone to help her. I held her for what seemed like hours, hoping she’ll stop crying. I couldn’t changed this, I can’t fix this, but I will be here for her, now on and forever.

p.s.w / my imagination // excerpt from a book i’ll never write #30

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bliphany · 6 years ago

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For the character meme: Kara and/or John from POI

Thanks Ara :))) Sorry for this belated reply. I’ll answer John’s later (hopefully within this week lol. Here’s Kara’s!

Kara

How I feel about this character

I fear her, but she’s also very enjoyable to watch. She’s manipulative with a firm belief that she’s right, and sometimes for a moment we’d believe that maybe she is. I think Kara is an excellent villain material. In some other stories, maybe those told from the CIA or similar group’s pov, whose premises are it’s okay to kill one to save a million, she’d be the hero in those stories, just a bit reckless.

I also think she’s the kind of character who knows what she’s doing. She has some of the best-written power playing scenes/lines in the show imo. The whole scene of her first meeting with John is so good I can imagine how she plans all that the moment she knows she’s appointed with a new partner. Each line she gives has a purpose behind it. She’s that collected and needy in control. Same with the revealing of she walking out of the closet in the hotel, the whole sequence plus the music and John’s quote “The problem with trying to be the bad guy is there’s always someone worse” is A++++, Kara in a nutshell.

But at the same time, she isn’t manic or just hurting people for hurt’s sake imo. She does care about her partner or whoever works with her when they’re working for the same aim. Of course, if there’s an order, she’ll kill whoever even once her partner without a second thought, but she’s also the one who says “We understand,” when they’re given the Ordos mission and John being disobedient to Mark. I know it can be interpreted as she dismisses John’s wish, but at then she doesn’t know why John wants to refuse the mission. And idk why I have such a soft spot for her in that scene, my first instinct is that she tries to soften the situation because there’s no way Mark’ll allow John a leave and to her John’s being “stupid” again for giving Mark an excuse to pick on him/them later. Weirdly, it’s her way to look after a partner in her team, before someone tells her the partner is compromised and now a threat to the country, of course.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Jessica

Yeah, you might already know. It’s such a rare pair, but I’ve gone too far to go back lol.

Apart from Jessica, I think conceptually Kara/Mark has potential, too. Especially considering the sceneriao where Mark has been Kara’s handler for a while before Kara has John as a partner. And Mark sees all the act Kara does to try to control John including the sex (yeah to be the whole part between Kara and John in Paris is all about control and later, control and pressure release if their sexual relationship continues) And then the government wants Kara and John dead, so Mark gives the order because it’s his job and also because of his jealousy, and then, well, she doesn’t die, and she’s back to average whoever does this to her. So angst and fucked-up but yeah… I think there’s potential. :p

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I have no idea actually. Not sure if it counts as non-romantic OTP but I do always hope in some life her relationship with John can develop into a better partnership, not perfect of course, but not that fucked-up, either.

My unpopular opinion about this character

Kara is reckless, but she’s not crazy or a pure sadist. The reason why she’s reckless, imo, is that she doesn’t care about which mean she applies to reach her aim, so if torturing a guy to almost death can reach the aim she’ll do it. She might enjoy the torture process when she’s doing her job, but it’s like a side benefit and not the primary purpose. And her “setting” is to do whatever things to get the primary purpose done, so at least to me, some behaviors of her that shows she enjoying hurting people too much that it gets in the way for her to finish the job doesn’t make sense to me. Also, as I say, I feel she’s a very collected person. So personally, it looks more like she as a character takes all the shadows to be a mirror opposite to the CIA!John, which is a good way of writing in a sense because it can show how John’s CIA career might be like without darkening the main character too much for our liking, but I’m just not convinced Kara can survive her career this long if she always acts that crazy.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon.

That she didn’t die, probably. I really think she’s a good villain material. Also, although I never believe she’ll want to work for someone like Greer, I can be convinced that she works for Greer shortly to get the name. After that, she might work for SAM, since SAM shares the “kill this bad guy, so the world is safer who needs trial anyway we have ASI” value similar to the CIA. There could be a great parallel between her loyalty lies in distrust in individual and John’s lies in trusting a good man after years of being mistreated by people claiming his trust, too. BUT I’M AT CONFLICT! I’m still a bit disappointed about how Peter Collier’s character and his motivation are taken over and cheapened by the writing choice that Greer’s the one main boss behind it. Maybe it’s still better for Kara to die in the car bomb instead of the ending where it turns out she’s just a puppet, and she does all the thing for SAM just because Greer is too good at manipulating.

#asked meme #kara stanton #person of interest #aragarna #long post

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Equus Interview with Alfie Allen from March 18, 2008

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Alfie Allen

What's Alfie all about?!

Katy Lewis

The brother of Lily and son of Keith, Alfie Allen tells us about his first big stage role ahead of his arrival in Milton Keynes.

Equus

Milton Keynes Theatre

17-22 March 2008

Mon – Sat: 7.30pm Wed & Sat: 2.30pm

Starring Simon Callow, Alfie Allen, Linda Thorson and Laura O’Toole.

Psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Simon Callow) is brought the most challenging case of his career by magistrate Hester Saloman. Alan Strang (Alfie Allen) seems like a normal 17-year-old. His life is routine and his family loving. However, Alan’s passion for horses and his first experience with a girl, stable-hand Jill has led him to behave in the most devastating way. Only Dysart seems able to grasp the answer to this psychological puzzle.

With actor father Keith, music star sister Lily and film producer mother Alison Owen (Shaun of the Dead), it may have been inevitable that Alfie Allen would pursue a career in the spotlight.

He is undoubtedly the latest rising star of the Allen family, having appeared alongside Keira Knightley in the blockbuster film Atonement and who can also be seen at the moment on the big screen in The Other Boleyn Girl.

Alongside that, he has just turned his attention to the stage and can currently be seen in his first major role, alongside Simon Callow in Peter Shaffer’s award winning play Equus, where he plays troubled teen Alan Strang, the role which also brought Daniel Radcliffe critical acclaim in the West End last year.

But Alfie first came to public attention when his sister wrote a song about him - "Derek". OK, it's "Alfie", where the lyrics included the lines:

Ooooo deary me My little brother's in his bedroom smoking weed I tell him he should get up cos it's nearly half past three He can't be bothered cos he's high on THC I ask him very nicely if he'd like a cup of tea I can't even see him cos the room is so smoky

And since then, his various expulsions from school in a turbulent early life have been well-documented. So, what’s Alfie really all about? Well, as it turns out, he seems to be a rather thoughtful young actor who is thoroughly enjoying his new role on the stage. I spoke to him during the Equus tour where he told me more.

How would you describe Equus?

Alfie: It’s a play about a boy’s love for horses and the problems that arise during it – and that’s it in a nutshell, a really short way of putting it. It kind of questions what is normality and who’s got the right to say what is sane and what is insane and why is this boy’s passion for horses so wrong. That’s kind of what Simon Callow’s part, Martin Dysart does. He questions it and gets pulled into it. He’s supposed to be analysing this boy’s behaviour but starts admiring it.

So Alan Strang, your character, has got a kind of condition, and Simon Callow’s role is to look at it and while he’s looking at it, he begins to question whether what Alan is doing is actually normal and everybody else is wrong?

Alfie: That’s completely what it’s a about, yes.

Alfie Allen in Equus

This is a subject that’s always interested me – who has got the right to say what’s normal or not?

Alfie: Completely! That’s what Peter (Shaffer – the playwright) said to me when I had a meeting with him. He said that what made him write the play was that he started thinking about things like, why do some men like blonde girls, what makes us like these things, what makes us who we are? It’s just a very interesting play that raises a lot of issues.

Alan Strang is described as a horse-crazed anguished creative, yet disturbed, teen. Is that how you’d describe him?

Alfie: Yes. In the play there’s a couple of lines where the mother says he’s a very gentle sensitive young boy, which he is, yet he still does these terrible, terrible crimes, which is what it’s kind of all about really.

And he’s under a psychiatrist, but the play is questioning what’s normal and what’s not, so in a sense, is the play having a pop at psychiatry as a profession?

Alfie: Maybe it was when it was written in 1973, but I think that now, the methods of psychiatry have changed so much that I don’t think it’s having a pop at psychiatry, I think it’s almost just having a pop at authority really. I say that, but it’s so broad really, and that’s why I think people should just come and see it because everyone will have their own opinion of it. It really covers so many issues. It’s a very interesting play and I think whoever comes to see it, whatever age they are, or sex they are, they can bring something different away from it.

It’s well known that Daniel Radcliffe played this part in the West End and there was a big hoo hah about him being naked. Obviously you are doing that too – how do you prepare for something like that?

Alfie: You just do it really. I went to the gym a lot to keep myself in shape, not really to make myself look good but to keep healthy because it’s such a demanding part. But in terms of the nudity, funnily enough, it was harder doing it in the rehearsal rooms than on the stage for the first time. Because when you’re doing it in front of 900 people you don’t know, it’s easier than doing it in front of 20 people that you do know. But the first time you do it, you just do it.

You’ve done quite a few films recently but this is your first stage role, was that daunting?

Alfie: It was at first but I’ve learnt so much going along. I thought theatre would be a little but more difficult, but to be honest I don’t think you can even compare the two, I think they’re so different. Obviously in theatre you work chronologically so you kind of know where your emotions are supposed to be and you’re always on top of things, and as an actor you always know what’s coming next.

I haven’t played a huge role like this in TV and film but I think I can basically take what I’ve learned in doing theatre and apply it to TV and film. In those, I could be doing my most important scene on the first day of filming and then go back to the beginning the next day, so you need to know where your emotions are.

Theatre seemed more difficult at first, but once I got into it, you kind of go into autopilot on the stage, and always know where you are supposed to be.

As you say, it’s a very demanding role. Have you found it quite easy to relate to the character?

Alfie: Yes, but I think any actor of my age would find something in this play to relate to. I think that’s how any actor would make their performance convincing, by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

You can say to actors that you’ve got to be the character and really get into it but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.

I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it’s liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer, and are trying to pull something out of your answer. So, in terms of that I knew what it was like to see a psychiatrist, but in terms of the love for horses it was kind of hard to relate to.

During rehearsals I went to a stable up in Wimbledon, and I got to groom horses – and there’s a very important part in the play where I have to groom a horse – and I definitely saw the sensual side of it. It was strange being up close and personal to horses like that but I could kind of see what Peter was thinking when he wrote the play, and about why Alan was like this. I could see where his love for horses came from.

I read a quote from you that said you were born angry! Do say if you didn’t say it, but it’s been well-documented that you’ve been expelled from various schools so are you an anguished creative too?

Alfie: Well, I’m just like any person really, if you are pushed too far you can crack, and get angry but I don’t think I said I was born angry!

Alfie Allen in Equus

It’s also well-known that you come from a family of performers, so was it inevitable that you would act? Were you encouraged or discouraged from performing?

Alfie: Neither, I always wanted to do it. Obviously I saw dad, but I didn’t see him in a film or something and say ‘oh wow that’s what dad does, I want to do that’. It was more seeing him with his friends and with other people and seeing how he made people laugh and suddenly just create a character out of thin air. I think that’s what made me want to be an actor.

It took me a while to realise that’s what dad does for a living, but even at school I was a bit of a class clown, and did impersonations of people and was good at drama – I did GCSE. I always knew I wanted to be an actor, it wasn’t like mum or dad encouraged or discouraged me. To be honest my dad told me when I started acting that 95 per cent of it was about rejection and I soon discovered that by going to auditions and not getting jobs for about three or four years, that was kind of my drama school really. I was going to auditions and being turned away the whole time, but then it started to go well for me.

Harry Enfield was also a kind of step-father to you. Did he have an influence on you do you think?

Alfie: Probably yes. He was a very, very nice person and a very funny guy. Me and my friend went out to dinner with him recently and my friend said he can see a lot of his humour in me so he must have had an influence in some way. As a child I think that any kind of male living in the house would have an influence on you.

The media have put you and your sister in a sort of new cool Britannia set of young up and coming stars – how do you feel about that? Do you think you are?!

Alfie: Well – if people want to call me that great! [laughs] But I don’t really pay attention to all that to be honest, I just get on with the job that I’m doing. I just live in the present I guess and don’t really read the papers.

Obviously you do get press attention – how do you deal with that?

Alfie: I just ignore it! Some friends call me up now and again and say ‘have you seen what they read about you in the paper’ and I say ‘no I didn’t see it and I don’t want to see it’! I just get on with it. I’m an actor - I act - I don’t want to be a celebrity.

Have you read really ridiculous things about yourself that just aren’t true?

Alfie: No – I don’t read much of it but some people tell me some funny things. I know that after my first night in Equus someone put the heading ‘Willy Allen’, which I thought was hilarious! But other than that I don’t really pay attention to it.

What’s next for you? Or do you just play it by ear?

Alfie: I have an idea of what I’m doing after this but at the moment I just want to concentrate on this and see what happens. I really do live by the motto that I just want to live in the present. I don’t really like to plan things too much. I’m quite un-organised to be honest so I just take things as they come.

Do you want to do more stage work?

Alfie: Definitely more stage work! I would love to do more stage, it’s very stimulating, and it’s exhilarating. But people have asked me what would you rather do, film, TV or theatre but I don’t think you can compare them. Film and TV are probably quite similar but theatre is just a thing on its own. It’s a complete learning curve which is fantastic, I’m enjoying every second of it.

Did you like the song that Lily wrote about you?

Alfie: I loved it!

Was it true?

Alfie: At a point it was yes! That was when I was much younger so I’ve grown out of it now!

last updated: 18/03/2008 at 10:25 created: 18/03/2008

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2008/03/18/alfie_allen_equus_feature.shtml

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mittensmorgul · 7 years ago

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Azazel's "how about adding a little spice to all that sugar" line to Dean about Cas just always gets me lol? Idk it's just one of my favorites and is really sweet even though it's coming from Azazel:P Cause I can't help but have the immediate thought of "so Cas is Dean's sugar? Awwww!!!

Yeah, he’s a sweetie, but also pretty much all the spice Dean could ever ask for:

Sorry Cas, everything is already complicated. :P

But the very best thing about “Azazel’s” line you quoted there? IT WASN’T AZAZEL.

IT WAS DEAN’S DJINN VENOM INDUCED HALLUCINATION. DEAN’S OWN MIND WROTE THAT LINE FOR HIM.

(for reference, this was in 6.01, after Dean had been hallucinating all sorts of stuff, and hadn’t yet realized that he’d been poisoned by the djinn. His own mind conjured up that hallucination of Azazel, and when Dean tells “Azazel” that he can’t be real because he’s dead, “Azazel” replies:

Azazel: Yeah, kiddo. The big daddy brought your pal Cas back, right? So why not me? Add a little spice to all that – that sugar.

WHICH IS AWFUL. Dean hasn’t seen Cas for a year at this point. And yet this is the first thing Dean’s own subconscious dredges up to torment him with. The fact that God resurrected Cas, so why couldn’t he also resurrect Azazel? If God could bring back “good things” (i.e. sugar, sweet things Dean wanted), and yet STILL Dean was left alone while Cas flapped off to play sheriff in Heaven as if Dean didn’t matter at all anymore… why not throw all the horrible things (like Azazel) back at him instead?

And really, isn’t that s6 in a nutshell from Dean’s pov?

#Anonymous #spn 6.01 #the scheherazade of supernatural #we don't talk about season six #someday I will be able to type the word 'thing' without it coming out 'think' or vice versa but today is not that day >.>

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dasha-nova · 7 years ago

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David Wong ‘John Dies at the End’ Quotes – P. I

“Hello?” “Dave? This is John. Your pimp says bring the heroin shipment tonight, or he’ll be forced to stick you. Meet him where we buried the Korean whore. The one without the goatee.” That was code. It meant “Come to my place as soon as you can, it’s important.” Code, you know, in case the phone was bugged. “John, it’s three in the—” “Oh, and don’t forget, tomorrow is the day we kill the president.” Click. He was gone. That last part was code for, “Stop and pick me up some cigarettes on the way.” Actually, the phone probably was bugged, but I was confident the people doing it could just as easily do some kind of remote intercept of our brain waves if they wanted, so it was moot.

Shelly lived in a simple two-story farmhouse, black shutters on white siding. It sat on an island of turf in a sea of harvest-flattened cornfields. We walked past a mailbox shaped like a cow and saw a hand-painted sign on the front door that read THE MORRISON’S—ESTABLISHED 1962. John and I had a long debate at the door about whether or not that apostrophe belonged there.

“You see, because John and I have this thing where we’re both seeing completely different versions of you. Now, John has eyesight problems because of his constant masturbation, but I don’t think—” She burst into snakes.

I heard Molly plop down on the floor below. I reached down to pet her and she licked my hand the way dogs do. I wondered why in the world they felt the need to do that. I’ve often thought about trying it the next time somebody got their fingers close to my mouth, like at the dentist. John came back twenty minutes later, wearing what must have been the smallest towel he could find.

The man-shaped arrangement of meat rose up, as if functioning as one body. It pushed itself up on two arms made of game hens and country bacon, planting two hands with sausage-link fingers on the floor. The phrase “sodomized by a bratwurst poltergeist” suddenly flew through my mind. Finally it stood fully upright, looking like the mascot for a butcher shop whose profits went entirely to support the owner’s acid habit.

Molly came by just then, trotting along like everything was just A-OK in Dogland. Then she noticed some meat standing nearby and started happily chewing on a six-inch-wide tube of bologna serving as the thing’s ankle.

They say Los Angeles is like The Wizard of Oz. One minute it’s small-town monochrome neighborhoods and then boom—all of a sudden you’re in a sprawling Technicolor freak show, dense with midgets. Unfortunately, this story does not take place in Los Angeles. The place I was sitting was a small city in the Midwest which will remain undisclosed for reasons that will become obvious later. I was at a restaurant called “They China Food!” which was owned by a couple of brothers from the Czech Republic who, as far as I could tell, didn’t know a whole lot about China or food.

“Hey,” I mumbled. “Are you Arnie?” “Yeah. Did you doze off there?” He shook my hand. “Uh, no. I was just tryin’ to rub somethin’ off the back of my eyelid. I’m David Wong. Good to meet ya”.

He said, “Okay. Your family live around here?” Getting right to it, then. “I was adopted. Never knew my real dad. You could be my dad, for all I know. Are you my dad?” “Eh, I don’t think so."

It squatted and peed on the grass, ran over to another spot and peed there, too. Marking this whole new world as its territory. It came toward me at a trot, the chain hissing through the grass behind it. It sniffed around my shoes, decided I was dead, I guess, and began snuffling around my pockets to see if I had died with any beef jerky on me.

A brass tag, on its collar. Etched with a message. I’M MOLLY. PLEASE RETURN ME TO . . . . . . with an address in Undisclosed listed below. At least seven miles from home. I wondered how long it had taken the animal to etch that tag.

The Jamaican turned his gaze on me, trying to pull off the piercing stare of the exotic voodoo priest. It was an expression that was supposed to make me hear theremin music in my head. “You gotta love the skeptic, mon,” the guy said in a rubber accent that was part Jamaican, part Irish and part pirate.

His gaze froze on me. I had a familiar, nervous sensation, one that goes all the way back to elementary school. It’s the simultaneous realization that I may have talked my way into another fistfight, and that I had not spent any time learning to fight since the last one.

“Do you dream, mon? I interpret dreams for beer.” That’s the town of Undisclosed in a nutshell. This run-down half city with more weirdos per capita than you’ll find anywhere outside of San Francisco. We should have that printed on the green population sign coming into town: WELCOME TO [UNDISCLOSED]. DREAMS INTERPRETED FOR BEER.

I almost launched myself at the guy. But, once again a probable trip to the hospital was avoided by physical cowardice. This guy could probably kick my ass even without magical powers. I was so wired at this point I had the insane urge to punch one of those girls instead. Probably lose that fight, too.

“You know what, mon, why don’t you take your fake Jamaican accent and get back on the boat to Fake Jamaica,” is another thing it would have been cool to say, had I thought of it. Instead I sort of mumbled and made a dismissive motion with my hand as I stumbled into the crowd, acting like the conversation failed to hold my interest.

“You like so few people, Dave. He’s cool. He bet me a beer he could guess my weight. Got it on the first try. Amazing stuff.” “Do you even know how much you weigh?” “Not exactly. But he couldn’t have been off by more than a few pounds.”

TELLING THE STORY now, I’m tempted to say something like, “Who would have thought that John would help bring about the end of the world?” I won’t say that, though, because most of us who grew up with John thought he would help end the world somehow.

But I told him if he ever got into that kind of trouble again without telling me I would not only kick his ass, but would in fact beat him until he died, then pursue him into the afterlife and beat his eternal soul. So John being spaced out on crank or crack or skank tonight wasn’t reason to declare a national holiday, but at least he came to me this time.

From day one it was like society was this violent, complicated dance and everybody had taken lessons but me. Knocked to the floor again and again, climbing to my feet each time, bloody and humiliated. Always met with disapproving faces, waiting for me to leave so I’d stop fucking up the party. They wanted to push me outside, where the freaks huddled in the cold. Out there with the misfits, the broken, glazed-eye types who can only watch as the normals enjoy their shiny new cars and careers and marriages and vacations with the kids. The freaks spend their lives shambling around, wondering how they got left out, mumbling about conspiracy theories and Bigfoot sightings. Their encounters with the world are marked by awkward conversations and stifled laughter, hidden smirks and rolled eyes. And worst of all, pity. Sitting there on that night in April, I pictured myself getting shoved out there with them, the sound of doors locking behind me. Welcome to freakdom, Dave. It’ll be time to start a Web site soon, where you’ll type out everything in one huge paragraph. It was like dying.

“Woof!” “Shut up!” “WOOF!” “Hey! I said shut up! Get your feet off my car!” “WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!” “Shut up! Shut up! Shut! Up!” This went on for longer than I care to admit, and it ended with me getting out and leaning my seat forward so Molly could jump into the back. Yes, the entire spiraling trajectory my life took since that night was because I lost a debate with a dog.

John was always bitching about “Wally” and how greedy “Wally” was and how he should have given me a raise by now. He didn’t realize that there was no person named “Wally” in the Wally’s organization. That was the name of the DVD-shaped mascot on the store’s sign. I never had the heart to tell him.

“That bratwurst was three bucks? Holy crap. Okay. Give me a second. All right. Check between the sausage and the bun. You’ll find a hundred dollar bill folded up in there.” Encouraged that maybe all this black magic could actually produce something positive, I fingered around under the sausage for a few seconds. “Nothing here, John.” “Okay. I guess I can’t do that. Do you have your ATM card?"

A round, frosty lump the size of a coffee can tumbled out of the freezer, fell to the floor, rolled to a stop two feet away from me. I stared at it, stared into the open, empty freezer. I steeled my courage— —then turned and ran my ass off.

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I rear ended this woman at only 20 miles an hour, she had absolutely nothing on her, not even a scratch . I have no insurance so she didn't call the police. Then she called this weekend she said her mechanic said it would cost over $500 because her air bags needed to be replaces due to this accident. Is she just trying to play me and did I have anything to do with those air bags? I decided she was lying to me, and decided not to pay. She then calls and says she's calling the police and reporting it as a hit and run, and calling a lawyer.""

Can you be arrested for not having proof of insurance?

A friend of mine recently was pulled over for window tint being too dark in kansas. The only windows showing were extended cab part. Front drivers and passengers windows were rolled down. When asked for proof of insurance, he looked in glove box. Did not find most recent card but did find the previous one. The officer proceeded to arrest him for no proof of insurance. The officer also stated that it was a city law for that particular town. Can each city pass their own laws? Can they arrest you for no proof of insurance? Even if that certain town had this law, can they arrest you for that law even if you do not reside in that town/county?""

I'm pregnant. Can I use my boyfriends insurance?

I am only 6 weeks pregnant and we aren't married yet. I was wondering if there was a way I can use my boyfriends insurance (Kaiser) for doctor visits and child birth. I have heard that we may have to add me on his as a domestic partner, is this right? And does Kaiser add domestic partners on a members plan? Any advice would help.""

Car Insurance Rates By City?

Where can I find statistics that show the average car insurance rates for that city or town. I am looking to invest in some property, not far from Metropolitan New York, and became interested in knowing. Currently where I live and at my age, 20, insurance for me is in the proximity of $5,000. Which I do not intend on paying. Thanks, and information or suggestions are welcome""

Should I report my small fender bender to my insurance?

so I hit a motorcycle and broke one tail light off of it. The guy took my insurance info but said if I pay out of pocket he won't report it. the thing is... there was really no fender damage to the paint but he said he needs to paint it. I went to an autobody shop and to fix the light it will be about maybe $200. but if he is gonna want to paint his fender, should I report it to my insurance. I have pictures but not close ups of the paint. how much will my premium go up. I have no deductible and I have mercury insurance in California. Is it worth going through insurance... how can he prove that the paint job is caused by me? Thanks! Any advice on what to do would be great! I don't want my insurance to go up and don't mind paying out of pocket, but am scared he will eff me over with the paint job and go to my insurance.""

What is an insurance quote?

how do I check what insurance is the best?

Car insurance payments?

i am 17 years old and i'm on a plan with my parents right now. i drive a 1993 cavalier, and am looking into buying a 2005 impala. how much (roughly) will my insurance payments be a year, or per month. (please no websites. i tried them and they are too long and don't give me enough info)""

""Can you get cheaper insurance, if you are driving on behalf of a disabled family member?

i am currently 19 and just passed my test - my friends of same age - pay 500-700 a year on car insurance and they say they get cheaper because they are acting as carer driver (e.g of grandfather or disabled brother)- basically you say to insurance companies that i am caring for them and need me - my dad just had a eye operation - just got blue badge and had heart attack 3 times - and yeh he gets mobility allowance - (because he had some other problems - not surely no what) - do you think i can use him to act a carer of him - he is driving at the moment so do you think he needs to give up driving is this possble or they mis-understood

Camper van Insurance for 17 year old?

How much would this be, on average for a second hand camper?""

Do landlords usually have homeowner insurance?

Do landlord usually have homeowner insurance? Also is it true that most homeowner insurance have liability coverage? And if they took out a mortgage does the mortgage company require them to have some kind of homeowner insurance?

Cheaper insurance? bmw 3 series or volkswagen jetta?

Car insurance question???

i have just had my car stolen and was wandering if it was worth claiming on. It is insured for 2500 and they are willing to right it off and pay up but I have a new car that I need to get insurance for. My cheapest qoute is 450. Anyone have a rough idea how much my insurance would go up if I claimed for my old car?? Basically... should i just accept my losses on the old car or claim. cheers

""New, young, girl drivers. How much are you paying for car insurance? Thinking about looking into NFU?""

I turned 17 last month and I have started my driving lessons. I am looking to buy a car, paying monthly over a 48 month-ish period. I want a car that's around 2500, but as expected, I can't seem to find a reasonable insurance quote anywhere. Just wondering whether anyone's had any joy? Both my parents (who would be on the insurance) haven't got any claims etc, I live in a registered D area according to the insurance area bands, I can keep my mileage below 3000 and keep my car on my driveway. Just wondering whether people gone with NFU, and basically good companies who could do a reasonable quote.""

How much is insurance for a 2004 Nissan Maxima?

I'm 16 and this is my first car. I'm going to get liability and was wondering how much it's going to cost every month ? Thanks

How many people work in the health insurance industry?

* I need statistics & numbers doing a paper on health insurance

Health Insurance in RI?

Im 25, married, with a 1 year old baby.Im trying to find a family health insurance plan for my family.The company that I work for offers health insurance but the rates are very high, I can not afford what they offer, however it is hard to find Health Insurance elsewhere because my employer does offer it.What are my options?(I live in RI.)""

Is there california medi-cal type state insurance in the state of Oregan?

Was thinking of moving my family up to portland area,I have insurance here in california though my employer for my family,I will be seeking employment in portland area or close to,but until I get though the probation period of 90 days ,lord willing I find a good job right away .I need to make sure my two young kids will be covered medically incase something were to happen,one of my children is special needs so we get help though the state of california with phyical and learning theropy.Really would love to get my family out of los angeles as soon as we save up some start up money,Any helpful info about low cost or free state insurance ,childrens services ,family help would be great.""

Has anyone heard of American Family Insurance? Are they a good company?

How much per month would insurance be at 18y.o.?

I'll be in the military soon, so I'll need a car and transportation (in the instance that I'm not shipped to the sandbox). I've tried looking up quotes on progessive and a few other instant quote people online. But the confusing part is they all seem incredibly high. I put in the car as a 2010 mazda 3(which I hope to have), and age at 18, and all the other info. It had me at 800/mo with no collateral or collision coverage. What the f? I tried all different car combinations but they all were high or in the general extreme area. Can someone let me know what I'm doing wrong?""

How much would the cost of my father's car insurance increase if I became a young named driver?

I'm currently 19, approaching 20 and haven't started my lessons yet. It has been arranged that if and when I pass I will be put on as a additional named driver on his insurance. He must have a significant no claims bonus and the car is about 6 years old. The car would not be considered sporty/powerful. I know you can't give me an exact number but if anyone has gone through this how much did your premiums increase by? And/or on a percentage scale how much this would likely increase.""

Moving in 1.5 months and getting a car - Should i buy before or after for car insurance?

I'm planning to buy a car but I'm moving to a new place in 1.5-2 months. Question is, should I buy the car while i'm still at my current address, or wait til I move to the ...show more""

How much does baby life insurance cost on average?

I am doing an anatomy project and we are supposed to research the cost of a baby for the first six months. If you could just give an estimate that is fine too.

Why is my insurance going up?

It is 189 a month now, but in January it's going up to over 400. Is this part of the affordable care act?""

Where can I purchase affordable dental insurance that is effective immediately?

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Motorbike insurance for a 17 year old?

hey so i was wandering i havent got a full liscence uet but am planning on doing it soon and was just wandering how much insurance would be for a Kawasaki ninja 250R i no there are other factors but just on average for someone of my age or if my dad who has a full bike liscence for a long time was to insure it and have me as named rider?

Car insurance - My car is totalled - what now?

my car is totaled according to the insurace company. It is the other person at fault so their insurance is dealing with it. I feel as if I'm getting the runaround a bit. How will they determine a fair value of the car and what if I don't agree with what they offer? They have also given me a rental which they tell me I must return once the agreement is made and I will be out of town and cannot return it for a week. They said I have to pay for the rental of the days I am gone!!!!!! Do I have to agree to their terms or how do I go about handling this situation? HELP i don't like dealing with this stuff but I don't want to be screwed over Thanks

Do I need to have insurance to drive a car across country?

The car is registered in California under a family member's name. I'm 18 living in Pennsylvania. I want to be able to drive this car from California to Pennsylvania. So do I need to register for insurance before i start driving the vehicle across country?

Who has the cheapest car insurance in maryland?

What is the average price of teen insurance?

Divorced Parent's Car Insurance?

I'm under my mothers car insurance policy, so does that mean if i drive my fathers truck and I get into an accident, Were not covered? and does someone in your immediate family need car insurance when driving it if you are the registered owner""

Where can I get affordable group health insurance?

I am a college student who has alot of anxiety right now due to the recent divorce of my parents. I would greatly benefit from having psychological treatment right now but I have no insurance & it is expensive. Does anybody know of an insurance that would cover this?

Health insurance for green card holders?

My father in law is a green card holder for 3 years and just turned 65. I don't think he's eligible for Medicaid but would he be eligible for medi-Cal benefits (he's a california resident)? Any recommendations on where to get reasonable insurance policy?

How much is SR22 insurance?

i have 18 pts within 18 months and i have to take an ADI course and get SR22 insurance, how much will it run on average each month?""

Buy life Insurance gauranteed acceptance?

How much would insurance be for a 2003 Acura RSX?

I am a male, 22 years old, clean record, live in Whitby Ontario. I also went took driving lessons (people say that will help lower insurance) and i am a class G driver (full license) I know coupes are usually more expensive for insurance. Can anyone give me an estimate of how much insurance would cost per month or for the year? I know i can call and get a quote but I want to see what the average is. Thanks!""

Car Insurance???

Can anyone advice me what is 1st, 2nd and 3rd party insurance? and what is the different between the 3 of it.""

Cheaper insurance? bmw 3 series or volkswagen jetta?

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