#the gas station hq

[nerdgatehobbit]

Some mild interior progress has been made on the gas station headquarters by the time of "The New Kid", largely by removing the worst of the clutter and trash. It's understandable that nothing's been changed on the outside, as that would quickly draw attention, which is the last thing Riche and Virgil want.

It'll be interesting to see how often these sort of scenes will pop up as the show continues- basically I'm wondering how big of a factor this 'headquarters' will be. Will the gas station keep being a place for Richie and Virgil to discuss their plans and concerns, or will the storylines get streamlined enough that the gas station will end up dropped and other locations will fill the gap. If the latter, I admittedly might not notice until I look back. Though it'd be nice if Virgil ended up choosing a second headquarters once he's more secure in his role as a superhero.

[sp1der-wid0w]

ACHOO! BABY I’M SICK

starring….

jennifer check. miles morales. patrick bateman. maddy perez. miguel o’hara.

𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬

★ She’s definitely grossed out, and immediately stays away from you for at least a few days.

★ Though she gives in, and finally comes to see you.

★ She acts annoyed, and is nonchalant with all of your sneezing and moans about how terrible you feel. But deep down, she’s so sad to see her precious baby so ill and tortured.

★ The least she’ll do for you, is go to the gas station and get you soup in a can. But first, she’ll have to seduce the cash register to let her get it for free.

★ When you ask her for anything else, she’ll reluctantly do it for you. As you feel sleepy, she’ll give in and give you a kiss goodnight.

𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘻

★ “Aww, poor baby.” She coos, while she rubs your hair.

★Whoever she was planning on hanging out with, like Cassie, Rue, or Feszco, she’s cancelling out on them, just for you.

★She goes into momma bear mode, and buys you some snacks, and make sure to take your temperature. You were so grateful for this, that you got such a beautiful, loyal, devoting girlfriend.

★ “Won’t Cassie be upset that you’re not there with her?” you asked.

★ “Cassie can handle a few minutes without me, tonight, it’s all about you.” She says, smirking her lips.

𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴

★ When you call him to tell him you’re sick, he immediately webslings over to your place, and goes to give you company.

★ He puts his hand above your head, and looks at you with such devotion.

★ “Won’t you get sick too?” You moan.

★ “Nahh, I won’t.” He chuckles.

★ For the whole day, he stays by your place, doing whatever you asked him too, from covering you with extra blankets, putting on your favorite anime, and just telling you the drama at school.

★ When it comes to saving the day, he has to make a choice between taking care of you, or saving Brooklyn.

★ “Miles.” You choke. “I’ll be fine— Go save Brooklyn.”

★ He sighs, before kissing the tip of your forehead and slinging away. “Call me if you need anything.” He calls, on the way out of your window.

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯

★ Sends you $500 on cashapp, and texts you don’t talk to him when you feel better.

𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘖’𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢

★ When he hears of your sickness, he brings you to HQ, and carries you to the infirmary.

★ You complain that you want Miguel to be on your side, but he justifies that he has some multiverse work to do.

★ Eventually after many complains from Peter and Jess and you, he goes to visit you in the infirmary, and gives you a box of tissues, as well as some water.

★ He gives you some words of reassurance, trying to make you feel better at least. He makes sure that LYLA stays at your side, and tells him about your temperature.

★ When he takes his time off work, he goes by your side and caresses your face.

“Mig..” You groaned, then sneezed. “I.. I wanna feel better.”

He simply grunts.

“You’ll feel better, mi sol. LYLA and the doctors will take care of you. In the meantime, you need anything?”

You give him a cheeky look, and few minutes later, he comes back to your side with a bunch of teddy bears, soup bars, candy and chocolates, and a reaallll sour expression on his face.

“I wuvvv you, Miggy.”

[mariacallous]

Jake Tapper looked as flummoxed as everyone else. After a week spent trying to figure out the whys and hows of the assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump, the CNN anchor was now facing something far more perplexing: why a British pop singer was calling Vice President Kamala Harris a “brat.” As his panel on The Lead tried to explain, he eventually put it together: We’re all brat. “I will aspire to be brat,” Tapper concluded.

So say we all, apparently.

What’s happened in the week since President Joe Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection and tapped his veep, Harris, as his pick for the nomination, the meme-ification of the presidential election in the US has gone from a cautious yellow to a neon, slimelike “Let’s go” green.

Shortly after Biden made his announcement on Sunday, British pop star Charli XCX posted on X that “kamala IS brat” and solidified something that had been percolating for weeks. The internet that had seemed to either feel “meh” about Biden or had been spending its time on the Trump Train or spinning up conspiracies suddenly snapped to attention. The Harris HQ Instagram account embraced the meme. Gays on Fire Island had “Kamala” shirts in the Brat album cover’s lime green before sundown on Sunday.

Brat Summer, though, extends beyond this moment. Like Hot Girl Summer, the meme that sprung up in 2019 around Megan Thee Stallion’s song of the same name, Brat Summer has moved past Charli XCX’s album Brat to become an embodiment of the vibe of the season in 2024. For Charli, it’s about—and this is what Tapper was trying to understand—being a little messy, a little volatile, a little vulnerable. But also honest. It’s about crying in the club, but also about crying over the state of the world in a ridiculous outfit with the top down. It is, in its way, anti-defeatist.

This is the idea of Brat Summer that has been at the edges since Brat dropped in mid-June, and it was woven into the politics of 2024 weeks before Biden announced he was out of the running. Ryan Long, a 22-year-old college student, made a fancam of Harris’ now infamous “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” remarks overlaid with the green Brat cover back in early July. It now has more than 4 million views on X and landed Long in TechCrunch, which quoted him as saying “because of her Venn diagrams quote, Kamala goes viral on gay Twitter every couple of months. She has turned into this, like, psuedo-gay icon.”

Because this can make heads spin in the over-40 crowd (see above), the internet has since been inundated with stories on how Harris’ campaign is embracing the memes and explaining, Hey, this Brat thing is far more introspective than you might expect. All of this is valuable reader service for anyone who might think introspection wasn’t possible in pop music and/or anyone who had never heard Robyn.

Brat Summer, though, is about more than Charli’s idea of brat. Skip past the fancams and Venn diagrams and you’ll remember that Brat broke out in a year saturated with female pop stars. Sabrina Carpenter has everyone singing “Espresso.” Chappell Roan got so big in the last six months that her concert crowds now spill over into adjacent gas stations. After telling the crowd at this summer’s Gov Ball that she turned down an opportunity to play a Pride event at the White House, the Harris campaign is using Roan’s song “Femininominon” as a rallying cry on TikTok. Harris sits atop Beyoncé’s Renaissance horse in one meme, and rumor has it that Queen Bey has given the veep permission to use her song “Freedom” on the campaign trail.

But in five or 10 years, when this week in Brat Summer is remembered, these individual memes may not come to mind. Instead, it’ll be seen as the time when something broke open. When the vibe on the internet shifted from conspiracy theories and chatter about Silicon Valley bigwigs getting behind Trump to one of pure energy. Conspiracy theories still abound, but so do a bunch of activated Swifties. Under different circumstances this week’s memes would’ve been about Deadpool & Wolverine, or Comic-Con International, or, hell, the Summer Olympics. Instead, social media feeds are awash in a sea of green.

None of this, of course, is a sign that Harris has the youth vote locked, or has reclaimed an internet constituency that had grown bored with Biden. Embracing the memes doesn’t always work—just ask the UK’s Labour party. In the irony-pilled, burned out internet of 2024, the embrace of a little bit of attitude feels like a release valve opening. It could all fizzle out by fall (and backlash already feels like it’s brewing), but this week brat burned bright.

[macsmoods]

CAUGHT

Hobie Brown

Summary: Earth-138 is full of so called “villains”, you being one of them. After months of messing with Spider Punk he finally catches up to you. Was all the antagonizing just for fun or flirting? Was he really not able to not catch you or was he playing along?———————————————————��——— You weren’t some amazing spider-man that was able to swing around the city and stick to walls, yet every time it seemed you escaped the praised Spider Punk of Earth-138.

You showed up a couple months ago. It started with petty thefts of gas stations to being known as the silencer. You had developed the art of being unnoticed and silent.

No you didn’t have any special powers. Sometime you have to do all that’s possible to survive.

Tonight was the perfect night for an easy gas station theft. You were hungry and don’t feel like paying tonight.

Walking along the crowded sidewalk you knew he was near. The slight wind gusts and shadows over head gave you the hint.

You weaved through the crowed sidewalk making it to the station. Pulling up your hood you entered the establishment ready to begin.

The bell rang but the cashier saw no one enter. He went back to reading his newspaper making it perfect conditions for you.

Carefully your grabbed your favorite bag of chips, doritos. Only the slightest crinkle could be heard, barely even audible to your ears.

Next, you needed a drink. Making your way you tried to decide between an Arizona tea and a redbull. Knowing you could just take both you did.

Last you wanted a sweet treat. You decided on thin oreos. Checking the corner you watched the cashier help another customer.

Slowly but surely you made it out of the gas station, snacks in hand. Pulling back your hood you blew out a sigh.

Beginning to walk away you were encased by webs, flown up to the top of a building.

“fuckkkk” you groaned out as you were hauled up. Making it to the top you are met with spider punk. “Hey buddy” you exclaimed giving a shy wave.

You watched as he walked towards you. He studied your face before falling to your hands. “mmm doritos my favorite.” he said snatching the chips out of your hand.

“Oh c’mon” you moaned. He simply chuckled at you before he bang to munch on the chips. “Really is this your plan? Just to stand and eat my chips in front of me.”

“You know i’ve been meaning to meet you for awhile. I’ve heard your pretty scrappy.” he stated.

“Why don’t you undo these webs and i’ll show you.” you retorted at him. At that he let out a loud laugh before undoing the webs leaving you standing there sticky.

“Aren’t you bubbly, babe.” he laughed.

“Shut up and don’t call me that.” you snarled. He went and sat at the edge of the building patting the spot next to him. You stood wary as he took off his mask.

Slowly you made your way there pausing to look over the edge.

“Don’t worry babe i’ll catch you.” he said winking. You scoffed as you sat next to him. You opened your tea as you stared over the city.

“What the hell!” you exclaimed as he opened your redbull.

“You can share. I mean it’s only fair since you’ve caused me a lot of trouble at HQ.” he said. You gave him a confused which he only shook his head at. “I’ve been chasing you for awhile and i think your fully aware i could have caught you months ago.”

“I have no idea what your talking about.” you said stuffing an oreo in your mouth. You refused to make eye contact.

He laughed before beginning again. “Now if i’m not mistaken and maybe i am, we’ve been flirting for months.” he said seriously. Your cheeks blushed at that. “See that already gave me my answer.

“We don’t even know each other’s names so i don’t know what makes you think that.”

He sticks his hand out to you. “Hobie Brown, and your name is?” he asked.

“Y/n.” you answered.

“Well then y/n hold on tight.” he said as he threw his arm around your waist and jumped.

“WHAT THE FUCK! HOBIE PUT ME DOWN!” you screamed as you swung around. He laughed as your screamed. You righted your hold around his neck as he swung.

It took awhile but you got used to it and began to love it. You laughed as he swung you through the city.

Finally he landed on another building. Your heart slowed as you finally got to your feet. “Oh my god that was amazing Hobie!” you yelled throwing your arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around your waist hugging back.

Leaning your head back your cheeks turned pink realizing your proximity. Both your eyes were moving from each other’s eyes and lips.

Hobie moved his hand to your face as he connected your lips. It was soft and warm.

You pulled back looking at him again.

“You should have caught me a long time ago.” you said exasperated. ——————————————————————— Authors note

Hiii! This was so fun to write. This was kinda inspired by Lana Del Rays song Playing Dangerous. I was just listening to it and it seemed like a Hobie song😭 Anyways hope you enjoyed✌️

REQUESTS: OPEN

[girlactionfigure]

🇮🇱AFTER Shabbat - Saturday night - events from Israel  

ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

⚠️Kiryat Shmona and the Upper Galilee: residents are asked to be near protected areas, including in non-evacuated towns. (19:32)

❗️ISIS SUPPORTER - PAKISTANI CANADIAN - PLANNED MASS ATTACK ON CHABAD 770.. arrested when he tried to cross the border into the United States - where he planned to carry out a shooting attack on Chabad HQ and synagogue 770 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY.  He was arrested after he shared with undercover agents his intentions: "to take advantage of Israeli gatherings on Oct. 7 memorials for the Hamas massacre, and to carry out the largest attack against Jews outside of Israel ever - and the largest in the US since Sept. 11”.

Planned mass shooting with automatic weapons in New York because "there is the largest population of Jews in America."

Arrested.

▪️ON THE AMERICAN-TURKISH ACTIVIST SHOT NEAR SHECHEM.. The White House: We contacted Israel demanding information and asked for an investigation into the shooting of the American citizen near Shechem.  

.. IDF spokesperson: During the security forces' activity near Beta today (Friday), the force responded by firing at a central instigator who threw stones at the forces, and posed a threat to our forces.

.. The Turkish-American anarchist who was killed today by IDF gunfire in Kfar Beta in Samaria is an activist of ISM - the "International Solidarity Organization" - a pro-Hamas and Hezbollah "resistance" organization that has been working against Israel for years through provocations, boycotts, defamations and confrontations.  Its operatives even helped transport a terrorist to an attack in Tel Aviv in the past. The founder of the organization, Paul Larudi, even praised the massacre committed by Hamas in Israel.

▪️US AGREES TO WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ.. in Sept. 2025.

▪️ISRAEL MAINSTREAM MEDIA CREATES POLLS.. to prove Israelis support a deal - - by phrasing questions in such a way as to remove negatives.  For example: “do you support a complete withdrawal from Gaza in a deal to free the hostages?”, 52% say yes.  I say yes!  (( Oh did you forget to mention being bombarded with rockets again within a year and increased terror attacks and Israeli deaths?  Yes, yes you did. ))  (i24)

.. “Majority does not accept the PM’s position and thinks a deal is more important than remaining in control of the border - 60%”. (Mako).  (( Does the poll mention releasing 5,000 mass murderers, many who will murder again?  No, no it does not. ))

▪️US SAYS IRAN TRANSFERRED HUNDREDS OF SHORT RANGE MISSILES TO RUSSIA.. Iran says “no we didn’t.” (WSJ)

▪️TERROR ATTEMPT - RAMMING ATTACK - ELI.. gas station.  They rammed a police car!  Terrorist captured, no casualties.

▪️TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN CALLS.. on the Muslim world to unite against Israel: it will want to conquer Turkey as well.

🔸DEAL NEWS.. New York Times: Hamas added additional demands regarding the release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the deal. (( The more Israeli’s protest demanding a deal, the more Hamas demands. ))

.. The head of the CIA: "We hope that a hostage deal will be signed in the coming days - it's a matter of political will"

.. Assessment in Israel: There is no chance of a deal.

⭕ 16 rounds of ROCKETS and mostly SUICIDE DRONE attacks over Shabbat at northern Israeli towns and cities, including Rosh HaNikra and Safed.

.. 2 drones hit Ayelet HaShachar.  No casualties.

♦️The IDF eliminated senior Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and Deir al-Balah.

[ask-post-ii17-bot]

Oh that's.... that's worse than I thought. Who does he think he is???

He's vile. We can't let him get away with this

🎄

Yeah like agreed, I have no idea how to stop him though.

From what I saw of Meeple HQ from the backdoor it looks like a like utter nightmare to break into.

If anyone has any ideas on how we could like get in to Meeple or take him down remotely somehow I’m like all ears.

For now tho I’m like just trying to get what seem to be fragments of the deleted contestants to run on a Meebook I like stole from a gas station a few years back.

[imaginethathaikyuu]

Best hq cat dads?

We all know Akashi and most of Nekoma but I feel like Kageyama and Suga are underrated in this category 😭😭😭

i was just talking to oomf about cat dad akaashi omggg

ok first of all ur correct. i think kageyama would LOVE cats and cats would love him back. except when its 3am and his two cats get the zoomies and start jumping around like the room is made of trampolines and meowing at the people in the walls

have u seen that guy on tiktok who takes his kitten literally everywhere with him? to the laundromat and the gas station and on a boat and to the mechanic? yeah thats nishinoya. hes all “this is my cat who i wish was a dog bc i dont like cats—she has 7 pink collars (one for every day of the week,) i feed her gourmet food, i hold her like a little baby in my arms every night and when i die i am leaving all of my belongings to her. i am a dog person”

and DEF oikawa. he has a cat named something cute and goofy like pumpkin pie and he tells her about his day every single day because shes a good listener

however tendou would be the opposite. “this is my crusty nasty cat named Panasonic Blu Ray DVD Player. i found him in the dumpster behind my work. he is somewhere between two and eighteen years old and he doesnt like pets or treats or love. isnt he so cute:)” and yes he is very cute

[ericaportfolio]

I was wondering if you could tell me more abour your Hello Puppets universe

Pardon me, this post is going to be a long one. Surprise, I was inspired by reading fanfics online from the completed and the incomplete. I made the characters for everyone to use for their fanfics, and it blossomed from there. I like the idea of a bunch of college students who are the last people we think would save the world from a bunch of murderous puppets about to start a puppet zombie apocalypse and the need for a happy Scout for once. I even have some drawing ideas for possible scenarios of what can go down in the story if Host (or I call him Adam from the fanfic by Vast_Horizon, Stitches) and Scout both survived the original game. However, like in Dracula, after escaping the nightmare, in this case, Handeemen HQ, the horrors follows the characters home endangering everyone they know, love, and meet. Hey, Actions have Consequences!!! Despite not fully Adam and Scout's faults. So yeah, these character designs are free for everyone to use and to rename for their AUs as long I'm credited in the design part. This is each of the characters so far from the ones I made, characters from the games, and game trailers…

Adam: Our Average Joe, Adam, lived a decently normal life but wants to have some adventures, but didn't ask to become a 'volunteer host' for a puppet takeover. The reason Adam is in this mess, he included Mortimer's Handeemen at the number one spot in a top ten ideas for a drinking game in an article he wrote. It bit his hand eventually when Adam got sent for a last-minute Halloween article for the college paper. For us who played or watched both games, this didn't end well for Adam. I ironically made Host Adam similar to Owen with some differences. Like it was destiny for someone like Adam to come to the Handeemen HQ. Be free to create theories on how Owen and Adam (or your chosen name) are connected. Crazy coincidence that Mortimer took advantage of to get back to the old days messing with Owen, an unknown child/grandchild, lost relatives, etc. Go wild!!!

Cassandra: Cassandra, the editor who sent Adam in the first place. The opposite of Riley Ruckus where she happily says "More Data!", you hear Cassandra stress scream "More Deadlines!".

Scout Harper (Insert Last Name): Survivor of the Handeemen Fire turned college professor and loving mother of another college student, Eve, Adam meets in the sketch comic I made. However, her world shatters again when Adam introduces the puppet, Scout.

Eve: Scout Harper's daughter who once loved the Mortimer's Handeemen TV show, until Adam got kidnapped by them. Yes, I named Eve after the story of Adam and Eve and Paradise Lost.

Jeff: The unknown guy with anger issues from the TV interview in the Midnight Show’s Announcement Trailer claiming the puppets caused the fire that I just named him Jeff. I made Jeff a gas station owner who warns anyone not to be out alone at night or never be near the former HQ to anyone who listens. Adam should of listen to him.

I also made three other students who are friends with Adam. If in the Stitches fanfic as an example, they could be Tyler, Stacy (who was also inspired by the fanfic Outside by CreativeSkull), and June. However, be free to rename them in your stories if you wish. If anyone has something in mind for a quick request of these characters in your AUs, be free to ask me anytime as long it follows my ask rules.

Special thanks to Zen at @a-vast-horizon for letting me use the names from his fanfic (Adam and Cassandra).

And reference credit to CreativeSkull: https://creativeskull95.tumblr.com/

[walker-extended-universe]

Best Cassie & Cordell Scene Analysis

Being partners, Cassie and Cordell get a lot of screentime together. Because of this, picking just one great scene of them together isn't an easy task. However, I have to agree with the consensus on this poll that them talking and planning what to do about Cordell's current situation at the convenience store in 3x15 is one of the best.

Following the explosion at the safe house, Cordell is on the run from the rangers, local law enforcement, and the FBI. Being suspect number 1, he can't exactly go home or talk to any of his friends at ranger HQ, so he fled the scene of the explosion and drove until he ran out of gas. He knew he needed to hunt down Kevin and bring him in if he wanted any hope of proving his innocence. But Cassie, being the great partner she is, wasn't about to let him do that without backup, so she tracked him down behind the FBI's back. She found him at a gas station and they went into a convenience store to talk about what happened and what they needed to do from there.

Ignoring all the dialog for a moment, I cannot get over all the touches in this scene. This is the only scene in which Cordell and Cassie are equally touchy with each other. Usually Cassie is the only one doing the touching or at the very least, she's initiating them. Cordell tends to be more reserved with his physical affection, only reaching out when one or both of them is in some kind of distress (still freaking out about how he cradles her whole hand when taking the keys to the lockbox from her in 3x05. You know, when they think it's a bomb and they're about to die.) In this scene, there are times when he's practically clutching onto her, though whether it's for comfort or because he's running purely on adrenaline is up for debate.

(Also I have to laugh a little at how hard it is for Cordell to hide here.)

Now, getting into the meat of this scene.

Cordell and Cassie are both shaken up by what happened earlier (in more ways than one). Cassie is mostly concerned for Cordell and where his head his at. The first thing she asks is what he was thinking when he ran off and he has to explain everything Julia told him, how she died, and how he found out they made him suspect number one. It's difficult for him to talk about it, stuttering every few words, and we can see the anger dripping out of Cassie as she turns more sympathetic and understanding. She knows how this looks; it looks like a corrupt ranger killed the journalist that was about to blow the whistle on him.

Which brings them both to the horrifying realization that it seems like Kevin plotted all of this from the beginning. He inserted himself into their lives just for this moment to happen.

This prompts Cassie to ask what Cordell's next move is. She wants to help but she also knows he needs to be the one calling the shots. Kevin is trying to ruin him and Cordell needs to be the one to stop him because they won't get help from anyone else.

The only thing she contradicts him on is that he's fine. She knows he's not fine. Ignoring the emotional distress, he was in close proximity to an explosion. Her big concern now is his physical wellbeing and how badly he needs rest. Thankfully, he listens to her and Cassie takes charge from there, buying prepaid phones for them to keep in touch so he can tell her his next move.

And then, she has to return to ranger HQ. She tells him to be careful and that she'll let him know if she finds anything else out. She seems reluctant to leave, but she doesn't have any other choice. They can't be seen together and she needs to do what she can to keep the FBI off his trail.

This is such a rough moment for both of them. They're both still reeling from eveything Kevin did to them but they don't have time to stop and process. They have to keep moving or he'll get the upper hand, again. But Cassie is there for Cordell and she won't let him forget it. And that's probably what I love most about this scene, how she refuses to let him be alone (or more than six inches away from her).

This is also another great example of how these two are able to keep themselves calm for each other. Similar to the Luncheon scene, where Cassie goes from spiraling over seeing Kevin again to keeping it together to support Cordell when he sees Julia, she's able to tamp down her anger to support Cordell during his time of need.

[the-lil-exorcist]

What are all the places Lil is banned from and why?

/Meta Places Lil is banned from. 1. The Ghostbuster Headquarters - banned and blacklisted for performing an exorcist on ghosts that are not poltergeists.

2. Costco - Insisting she didn't need a membership card, and then trying to climb through the vents.

3. Best Buy - Telling them they had a "ghost in the machine" and trying to "exorcise" it. (for what it was worth, there WAS a ghost there).

4. The Local Theater - Caught in an employee only area on a dare from a crush.

5. Club Cryptid HQ - Sending them on a goose chase for the local 'bloody mary cryptid' (she was trying to get them away from a haunting so she could exorcise it. whoops).

6. The Shimmering Sky Bar - Banned after ducking under the bar to hide from an ex and insisting that she was NOT going to go out there.

7. The Wicked's Rest Zoo - Banned after lying that she was in fact staff and sending annoying patrons around the Zoo looking for the rare and exclusive "Butter cow." She still thinks that was funny.

8. A Local gas station - Banned for putting up flyers that said "Wanna fist fight god? Ready to rumble?? Join the I'm mad at my dad club. We'll get matching t-shirts!"

The reason Lil is banned from most places is a ghost was big mad she wasn't paying attention to them ( a side effect of her not hearing them, most of the time it was unintentional) and causing mischief around her. So I've listed those down here.

Target

Planet Fitness

Another Castle

The Codfather

Wendys

Applebees

A Local Restaurant in Colorado she forgets the name of.

Several hotels

A bar in Boston she doesn't remember the name of.

A fancy jewelry store in Chicago.

A small town in Iowa.

A Cross fit gym in Louisiana

[beanxiv]

this is ur fav person speaking rn.

OKOK SO SO SO these are the mfs I ship u with and why:

first off we gonna start w bnha : I feel like bakugo would be a good match bc like u (so far 🧐) don’t have a bad temper and I feel like you’d be the calm to his storm or some kind of corny shit like that…

also in bnha ima go w kirishima this ship is there but also not there it’s like a 50/50.. bc like kirishima is such a good dude so IK he wouldn’t hurt ur feelings or wtv and he will ALWAYS match ur energy

OKOK NEXT FANDOM IS HAIKYUU

for haikyuu I think I ship u with tanaka OR OR OR ATSUMU

tanaka bc we all know u like a man who gonna b obsessed w u

ATSUMU BC ITS A PERFECT MATCH. you guys would match energy so WELL together omf..

for tanaka it’s a 60% and for atsumu an 80%.

who do u ship me with?

I READ EVERY WORD OF THIS RUNA I LOVE U

i agree 100% with everything, i love all of them

and i can totally see u with kaminari from bnha bc u guys have the same energy

AND SUNA FROM HQ BC U GUYS CAN LIKE DO EACH ORHERS EYE LINER AND STUFF

and i can DEFINITELY see you and hinata making spontaneous trips to a gas station or convenience store in the middle of the night just cus one of you is craving something

[nerdgatehobbit]

Tired of his father's treatment of him, Edwin Jr. decides to use his father's materials to become a Bang Baby. There is some exposition via a prerecorded message about it being Quantum Vapor, but Edwin is confident he can predict it. Using the capsules, he can temporarily gain a superpower. Above, he's briefly gained super strength.

Omnifarious decides to target an Alva Industries cargo ship first, wanting to destroy the company so his father will pay attention to him instead.

Upon his arrival, Static tries to prevent the ship from sinking. When that fails, he quickly refocuses on getting the employees to shore. Static is not amused by the new supervillain, between him explaining his alias' meaning and the threat to the people. There's also a remark about how Latin is an elective in public schools.

Partway through the fight, Static recognizes him. So Omnifarious uses a capsule to gain x-ray vision and learn Static's face even if he doesn't (yet) know his identity.

Matters continue to be tense at both the Alva and Hawkins households. In between targeting his father's ships, Omnifarious figures out Static's secret identity and calls the Hawkins household to threaten him into staying out of his way.

I'm not sure if Virgil is being flippant about the possibility that Sharon wants a call from Reginald (who he thought the call was originally was from) or if this episode was originally meant to air prior to the events of "Bent Out of Shape". Although everything about it being a landline with call waiting really does highlight this show was made at the turn of the millennium. All three teens are using cordless phones, though.

Richie tries to upgrade Static's mask, but Virgil points out that aluminum foil won't stop x-ray vision and that it's a bit late to be trying to prevent Omnifarious from learning his secret identity. While it could be helpful to find a way to prevent others from doing so, I completely get why Virgil doesn't want lead on his face.

Virgil decides that he'll be the one to tell their fathers about both of their superpowered activities, so that night he interrupts Edwin Alva Sr.'s sleep to let him know Omnifarious' secret identity, telling him to look at his labs if he doesn't believe him before leaving.

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

When will Sony(?) finally wise up and make a Ghostbusters video game that is a hyper in-depth management sim? Yes of course I want to shoot radioactive lasers at screaming neon snot-monsters, but I ALSO want to divvy up a monthly budget between ghostbusting R&D, marketing, maintenance, rent, hiring new staff, utilities, employee benefits, legal fees, etc. Ghostbusters: Franchise Rights Doesn't take place in NYC, and you only interact with the original Ghostbusters through quarterly conference calls. Like the title suggests, you're building a whole Ghostbusters franchise from the ground up. Scouting real estate for your HQ, locking down a car to convert into your own Ectomobile, digging up open-minded weirdos willing to do this extremely dangerous and bizarre work, etc.

God it would rule. Forget fancy graphics and action gameplay, we've seen that before. Something pixel arty and text heavy (like FTL and Into the Breach) is all I'd need. It'd be so fun to compare your Ghostbusting outfit with other folks'. "You set up shop in the abandoned gas station? I run mine out of the basement of an adult book store! My Ectomobile is a VW microbus, yours is a Chevy Celebrity?! Yeah no, my franchise has a strict no-mummies policy, those things are way too big a pain in the ass, even for the money!"

I hate to say "mobile game" in the same breath as this because pay-to-win would suck shit... but sending your 'Busters out on missions would be a killer idle-game-ification.

[kaidatheghostdragon]

Do deliveries get treated like the case files? Business meetings? Taxes?

Lets see how much i can flex my knowledge of societal logistics.

America runs on a "just in time" delivery system where long-haul truckers are the backbone. If there are any truckers/postal workers that are from or regularly work with amity, maybe theyre immune, but AP grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, and anything else dependant on out-of-town shipping is gonna notice a sharp decline deliveries as various shipments are increasingly forgotton, and if refunds arent an automated service, they are gonna lose a lot of money as calls and meetings get ignored for being "unimportant, dont look here."

In fact, automation might actually be a saving grace here, as workers are just following shipment orders, which are largely a menial task. However, ANYTHING that falls through the cracks, whether a glitch in the system, a shipping mistake, etc, is gonna be a total loss for Amity as corrections require someone to follow up on a complaint that will be eternally ignored. Grocery stores and gas stations will be hit the hardest, most likely, as large shipments like that aren't automated for financial security reasons - its literally a person's job to manage stock and know what to order and when.

Amity is gonna have to quickly learn how to be self-sustaining, which would throw this idea into a deconstruction au starting at the end of that episode. There is a solution that occurred to me while writing this: a management business slash distribution center with 100% Amity Park employment, but stationed at a nearby town. All shipments, orders, and mail to AP is routed through that business, which falls outside of the perception filter, and they handle complications and shipping mistakes, and all shipping from the distribution center to AP homes and businesses are handled by AP truckers.

The extra hassle is gonna be a big incentive to become self-sustaining. An extra distribution center causes a lot of logistical problems. For one, it adds an extra day or two to shipping times, which decreases fresh food quality - goodbye bananas. (However, I learned recently that the midwest has a native fruit tree that grows something called pawpaw fruits, which allegedly taste like bananas.) Secondly, lots of things are regulated: medications, chemicals, etc, so specialized businesses dependant on specific regulated resources are gonna be a hassle and a half to keep stocked up. Even little things - like co2 canisters for the refillable whipped cream cans that restaurants use - you dont think about until its a problem. Labeling the AP distribution center as, well, a distribution center SHOULD solve most of those problems because its clear that its a transportation service and not like a laundering or trafficking scheme or something.

But building and setting up the distribution center will take months, which means Amity is going to suffer a chronic shortage of a lot of modern conveniences, both big and small, for that long.

And thats just the world of shipping.

Chain businesses that answer to a foreign HQ are gonna go under, as HQ continues to drop the ball on logistical needs of the AP branch.

Banks are gonna lose their federal insurance because someone on the outside keeps forgetting they exist. Their gonna struggle keeping fresh bills in circulation as they aren't receiving replacements.

Non local insurance policies can't be created, ended, or updated, as everyone in AP is left on hold indefinitely. Local insurance policies are the only option, and they are VERY aware of the constant property damage.

In fact, government funding for maintenance, roads, and relief grants are gonna stop coming in, which leaves Vlad, as the only local billionaire invested in Amity, as the only source of maintenance money. That is a massive power-play available for him, OR a great redemption arc if you prefer.

On the plus side, the IRS disappeared basically overnight, so the 20-30% (idk, just a guess) federal/state (does illinois have state tax?) tax revenue that Amity generates is now suddenly free to circulate internally - because whats the point in paying taxes if no one is enforcing it? - which will be a massive relief for all the other financial problems they're now suffering. If Amity doesnt already have a city tax, it would likely be downright necessary to install at this point, taking up the revenue that is no longer going to state/federal, in order to recapture the costs of maintainance which now fall solely on the town itself.

The slow climb of technology will stop as newer models of phones, cars, computers, etc, being brought in are hit or miss. This isn't a big issue if the ambiant ecto was already causing interference here. Between this and the sporadic gas/diesel shipments, the Fentons stand to make a lot of money off of ecto-powered tech to fill the void. An everyone knows au usually implies good Fentons, so they could be relied on to, in turn, use that income to continue to improve Amity and keep it circulating locally.

For utilities, I'm not entirely sure how local or regional they are for Illinois. If Amity is lucky enough to have a power plant, then electricity isn't an issue. The Fentons are also more than capable of busting out solar panels and industrial sized batteries, not to mention generators running on ambient ecto (which is a canon invention) if the city is starting to have brownouts from lack of maintainence/attention.

Water is the same - anything on local wells is safe, but if Amity is watered by the great lakes, there might be maintainence issues again. Again, I dont know illinois well enough to guess which is the case here. The biggest water usage is farmland, which literally measure how much food they can potentially grow by how much water they have access to, so infrastructure to keep the farms closest to Amity running will be the highest priority, especially if Amity has to become self-sustaining.

Internet and cell coverage are utilities, which will now fall on Amity Park to build and maintain locally. Again, the Fentons will probably have this handled. I'm not an expert at how cell towers work, but my understanding is that they're owned by the entity that built them, sometimes a big cell company, sometimes a smaller cell company, sometimes a local infrastructure business, and usage is either leased out to some/all the big companies, which means that the tower counts as part of their network, or they're charged per device that connects, which falls under roaming. Dont quote me on that. I might be entirely wrong! At any rate, AP will likely have cell service, its mostly a question of how expensive it is and whether or not its a money sink because cell companies keep forgetting to pay for using the towers, or at worst, whether or not amity's cell service is isolated from the rest of the world because its a constant hassle to maintain licenses and connection to the global network.

Internet, otoh, is black magic to me and i dont know how it would be affected. If it has to be run locally, maybe Amity decides to be one of those cities that sets itself up to have free wifi available anywhere within city limits, so the City of Amity Park is the only entity that has to deal with the hassle of maintainence with the outside world, and civilians and businesses just piggy back off of it.

I realized I haven't touched on emergency services yet. Amity might already have a local 911 dispatch because of rampant ghost attacks to separate them from nearby towns. If they dont, then 911 isn't gonna work if their phone service doesn't connect globally, and thats gonna have to be rectified quickly. I'd imagine Amity Park is large enough to have a handful of police and firefighter buildings, multiple emergency clinics, and at least one hospital. Local 911 dispatch without access to the outside world means no relying on neighbors when the local response teams are overextended, which is normal protocol. Amity will have to overcompensate with extra cops, firefighters, and emts or settle with having occasional "bad days." Probably the former, considering the constant ghost attacks.

The hospital probably isnt equipped to handle everything, as hospitals tend to specialize in one particular field of long-term recovery and trade patients with nearby hospitals to fit their long-term recovery needs after handling emergency first aid and diagnosis. They have to go a similar route as the dedicated AP distribution center, placing AP employees in the neighboring town hospitals to maintain inter-patient logistics and ordering resources through those hospitals instead of directly. If AP hospital has a specialty, its gonna be liminality care, and most of their resources regarding that can come from the Fentons or the ghost zone directly.

Speaking of the ghost zone, it can potentially provide a great deal of relief. Yes, the portal is what caused all of Amity's problems, but in an everyone knows au, it also represents a potential trade route. Allies like the yetis and dora's kingdom would be more than happy to provide relief, aid, supplies, and even a free workforce if danny just asked while Amity was in a bad way. At that point, Amity might be even more inclined to remained cut off from the rest of the world to protect their allies and trade agreements.

In summary, the reality guantlet episode could be what turns amity into a secret hidden liminal eldritch city.

Why doesn't the justice league know about Amity Park?

Okay so it's been a bit sonce I watched the show but one of the things in DpxDC is the anti-ecto acts, which I love, but correct me if I'm wrong, I THINK ??? they only show up in reality trip? SO: What if Danny, when using the gauntlet to undo everything, also got rid of the Anti-Ecto acts? but this is babys first time editing reality so he uh Fucks Up A Lil'. As a result when Danny used the reality gauntlet to wipe the AEA from existence he accidentally wiped Amity Park from perception. A big 'nothing matters over here' jedi mind trick, and now no ones looking at Amity. So, the Justice League actually WERE looking into and monitoring the situation in Amity, but when the perception filter closed them off, all of that suddenly went ignored.

This is noticed when someone (Alfred, Dick, Tim, literally anyone) realises theres just. A BIG dusty pile of case files semi abandoned somewhere in the cave when going through a (time period)ly cave cleaning.

They put it down because it's Not Important.

They come back to finish the cleaning the next day and do the exact same thing, but there's nothing to actually distract them this time and it pings as weird. Because why would case files be not important? They are by definition important, because only things flagged as important go into case files.

They try to get someone else to read it, because as long as they don't read the information in the file, they don't put it down.

That person goes to read it, gets a line in and then says something like 'that isn't important' and goes to leave. Person A pushes it and person B ALSO catches on.

Que the Batfam trying to figure out hey, what the fuck actually?

Meanwhile, how is Amity fairing? Canon compliant everything's going alright? Or have knock on effects to No One Look Here started to show?

[casbooks]

Books of 2023

Book 53 of 2023

Title: ANOTHER DAY DOWNRANGE, Two Tours Flying Chinooks in Vietnam Authors: Robert Patterson

Tags: ACH-47 Guns-A-Go-Go Chinook, Actor - John "The Duke" Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison), AH-1 Cobra, AUS ADF AA Australian Army, AUS ADF Australian Defence Force, AUS Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, CH-34 Choctaw, CH-47 Chinook, CH-54 Tarhe, EOD, F-100 Super Sabre, FAC, KHM Cambodia, KOR Korea, LAO Lam Son 719 (1971) (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, M113 APC, Movie - The Green Berets, NZ New Zealand, NZ NZDF NZA New Zealand Army, NZ NZDF Royal New Zealand Defence Force, O-1 Bird Dog, OH-23 Raven, OV-1 Mohawk, Pilatus Porter, US Bob Hope (Entertainer), US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US MSTS Military Sea Transportation Service, US MSTS USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1), US President Richard M. Nixon, US USA 147th Assault Support Helicopter Company, US USA 147th Assault Support Helicopter Company - Hillclimbers, US USA 177th Aviation Co, US USA 1st Armored Division, US USA 1st Aviation Brigade, US USA 205th Assault Support Helicopter Company, US USA 205th Assault Support Helicopter Company - Geronimos, US USA 213th Assault Support Helicopter Company, US USA 213th Assault Support Helicopter Company - Blackcats, US USA 271th Assault Support Helicopter Company, US USA 271th Assault Support Helicopter Company - Inkeepers, US USA 4th Infantry Regiment, US USA 4th Infantry Regiment - 2/14, US USA 73rd Surveliance Aircraft Company, US USA 74th Reconnaissance Airplane Co (RAC), US USA 8th Army, US USA 90th Replacement Bn, US USA 9th ID, US USA ACV Air Cushion Vehicles, US USA Fort Benning GA, US USA Fort Benning GA - OCS, US USA Fort Hood TX, US USA Fort Rucker AL, US USA Fort Rucker AL - Hanchey Army Air Field, US USA Fort Stewart GA, US USA Fort Wolters TX (1963-1973), US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USAF Eglin Air Force Base FL, US USMC 3rd Force Recon Co, US USMC United States Marine Corps, US USMC VMF-124, US USMC VMF-221, US USN HA(L)-3 Seawolves, US USN MSC Military Sealift Command, US USN PACV Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle, US USN United States Navy, US USO United Service Organizations, VNM Can Tho, VNM Cau Mau Peninsula, VNM Chi Lang, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM Cu Chi, VNM Dong Son, VNM Dong Tam, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM FSB Pace (Vietnam War), VNM Highway 22B, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Long Binh, VNM Long Binh Post - Plantation - II Field Force HQ (Vietnam War), VNM Long Binh Post (Vietnam War), VNM Mekong Delta, VNM My Phouc Tay Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Nui Ba Den (Black Virgin Mountain), VNM Nui Dat, VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Parrots Beak, VNM Phu Loi, VNM Poulo Obi Island, VNM Poulo Obi Island - USN Radar Station (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Vietnamese Rangers - Biet Dong Quan, VNM RVN General Duong Van Minh (Big Minh), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM Saigon, VNM Saigon - Hotel 3 Helicopter Pad, VNM Saigon - Independence Palace, VNM Tan Binh Forest, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tay Ninh, VNM U Minh Forest, VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US USA AAE Army Aviation Element (Vietnam War), VNM US USA Phu Loi Air Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USN MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM US USN TF 117 MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vinh Long, VNM Vung Tau, VNM Xuan Loc Rating: ★★★ Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.US Army.Helos.Cargo

Description: This is not a diary like normal diaries, nor is it a history; it is a personal record of the helicopter war in Vietnam as I knew it, Depending upon the branch of service, type of unit, missions flown, and the area of Vietnam where missions were flown, one could surely find different accounts of what the helicopter war in Vietnam was like. Much of what I have read concerning the helicopter war coming of age in Vietnam says little about contribution of the CH-47 Chinook. Having seen it first hand during the war, I know that this aircraft’s contributions were tremendous. If you doubt it, look at what a workhorse the CH-47 was In Iraq and still is in Afghanistan as I write this. The Army learned that craft in Vietnam. At its peak deployment, there were (22) CH47 units and 750 Chinooks being used in Vietnam, both with the U.S. Army and the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF). About 200 aircraft (27%) were lost in combat or due to operational accidents. I had then, and I still have now, the greatest respect for the aircrews, ground crews, and the support personnel who kept the CH-47 units in the fight.

Review: This was an ok book, kind of a slog to read through. I find that months afterwards though, I still think about some of the things I learned in this book, some of the things said, and those tidbits will stay with me for a very long time. For that reason alone, I do recommend checking out Patterson's story flying Chinooks because it's a story that isn't told by many and the info does give you a better nuanced look at what these pilots did vs the gunships, scouts, and slicks.

[bobelblogger]

CCCP attacks the rear

Between Cocks In Hard Place.

Nulutuhk Nahk

Hayah Omis

Nijumet Hcezc

Hirahita Mejiin

"The phallus is a fallacy, nurture thy self and thy seed, natural balance of whose absence will makes life bitter and sour."

First Fallopians.

Concluding her postulate with the sign of matriarchy from her heart over to her breast down to her womb back up to her heart, rose up from crouching, inhaled the crisp morning air opened her eyes beheld the cloudless pink tinted sunrise from the east, secured in her vale and crack guard, breast caps and anti gas pills.

her radio tuned to the Femlin.

"As unto the sun we shall pass over the land and cleanse it for woman kind, collected in harmonious unity, with valor in our hearts, milk in our breasts and eggs in our ovaries we go forth as a tidal wave of femmunist fury, women of CCCP give to them nothing but agony!"

As the signal to advance passed from HQ to bunkers camouflaged and brush concealed trenches two million rose up along the whole of the border as high above aviatrix flew wings pulling gliders in the thousands from mountain carved aerodomes, some rode on horse as others jogged or piggy backed armored suits as still others followed behind towing cannon, moblie AA, medical tents and repair stations, the things they carried with them each was deftly versed in its use and function.

The first villages they came to defensively as the populace came out they divided the women who were inspected and frisked for futa aligned material and men eyed by unimpressed yet benevolent Cummissars for desirable traits selection harvesting behind closed doors.

Further along the first city of Krakaw with defenses dug and manned with army divisions, under a flag of truce she strode out to meet an officer on horseback as precaution, in rudimentary russ he asked.

"Matriarch Stala breaks the treaty with Polonia, have you come seeking a fight or fornication with free men?"

"CCCP has no feud with Polonish, we need only right of way to the western border." She replied withholding venom.

"One versed in diplomacy should remember to ask before doing, I've heard of no order from high command."

"It wasn't made known less the whole continent hear of our plans, spies and saboteurs of the Falsereich abound."

"Go around, your campaign is noble but I'll not have armed foreign soldiers marching through our city for show."

"A delay of two hours to reroute would put us in danger of a gap in our advance, send for Wasraw to clarify."

"I have, you do not give me orders and you aren't passing through without consent from the head ministry."

She had one reply of niceness left in her vocabulary before the swearing and threats came so made a stern nod.

Sending word via scouts to other corps of delays in link up while she eyed the sky for foe and friendly craft, her time dial read six forty five am, forty fucking minutes behind schedule, and they still had to cross the Oder river.

"You may pass through as requested in line with agreed terms under escort and arms sheathed, shall we march?"

"The point of such theatrics puts us in peril and is the reason the enemy have gotten thus far, we shall at once!"

It was nearly eight thirty by the time they reached the border objective, soon as the Harpy and Kilpid corps passed overhead they would advance south east then north east, expecting minefields blown bridges and ambushes after the rousing of the enemy air units amid a pitched battle for the sky along the entire front, urban warfare was to be avoided, they sought to surround and squeeze until the nut cracked.

The border got crossed without a shot, no defenses only ransacked houses and barren fields told of hurried recall.

It was twelve midday exactly when the distant boom of artillery not from behind but in front began, the barrage of shells released thick yellow mist, donning our masks and shrouds anchored the flanks and braced for the tsunami of dick about to wash over us, signals from the scouts stopped as the ground rumbled and shook then ceased.