#tim skipper

[nerds-yearbook]

Around Christmas time in 1997, Special Agent Dana Scully had received a phone call from a little girl calling for help. Scully began to suspect that the child could somehow be an unknown daughter to her dead sister Melissa. On December 25th, she learned the child was her's and not her sister's. ("Christmas Carol" X-Files, TV, Event)

[lgspears]

If a Gilligan's Island movie was made in the 90s, I pick Matthew Lillard as Gilligan, John Goodman as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby, Tim Matheson as Thurston Howell III, Cheryl Ladd as Eunice "Lovey" Howell, Famke Janssen as Ginger Grant, Jason Priestley as Professor Roy Hinkley and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Mary Ann Summers.

[chaotic-toasters]

Boomerang

Alanna Kennedy x Teen! R

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You don't know why you didn't say anything. You don't know why you didn't tell your mum that you were running out of your ADHD meds, but now you didn't have any more and you'd have to go to training without them.

"Y/N?" She called from the kitchen, voice echoing around the house. "We've gotta go, kiddo."

"I'm comin', I'm comin'," you grumbled. "Hold your horses, mother."

The defender flicked your ear teasingly. "Grumpy today, are we?"

You couldn't help but smile at the goofy grin on her face. "Only when you start yellin' for me even though we're not gonna be late."

The two of you slipped into the car, listening to the radio in an unusual silence.

"You alright there, baby?" your mum asked, glancing over at you where your hands were shaking in your hoodie pocket. "You're quiet today."

"Yeah, I'm good," you dismissed her concerns, twiddling your thumbs under the cover of your comfortable top. "When do you leave for the next Matildas camp?"

The question caught her off guard, making her forget about her previous statement. "In two weeks. You're on the roster, silly."

"Oh," you giggled sheepishly. "I forgot."

The rest of the drive was uneventful, though your mum did take offense to you jumping out of the car before she finished parking once you arrived at training. "Oi! Where you goin'?!"

"To find Hempo!" You yelled back, sprinting into the building to find your best mate at Man City. "She's fun!"

You could practically feel the offense radiating off your mum. "And I'm not?!"

"Eh."

"You cheeky little—"

"Hiii, Hempo!" You jumped on the older girl's back in excitement as she made her way to the changing room, a shit-eating grin on your face as she grunted from the sudden weight.

"Hiii, Y/N," the forward mocked, pushing the door open and carrying you into the room where some of the girls were already gathered. "How are you?"

"I'm good!" You chirped, jumping off of Lauren's back and somersaulting on the floor.

Your teammates paid you no mind, simply thinking you had a bit of extra energy. But as the day went on, you became more hyper and more restless.

"RAHHH!" you screeched, sprinting at Laia. "TIM TAMS!"

A hand snatched the back of your jersey, causing you to jerk back.

"Y/N," Steph scolded. "Calm down."

You grunted, hiding your ever-twitching fingers behind your back. "You and Mum are so boring."

"Her fingers are wiggling." Leila deadpanned.

You spun around, annoyed. "Shut up, Leila!"

Steph tutted disapprovingly. "I think someone didn't take their meds this morning."

Luckily, the whistle blew as the trainers called for a scrimmage, saving you from any further investigation.

Steph opened her mouth to say more, but you ran off to your position and clapped for the game to start. The skipper just shook her head, amused. She'd bring it up to your mum later.

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It hadn't even been ten minutes. To Steph's defense, you had been much calmer before the scrimmage, but you and Hempo were on opposite teams and your will to beat her only fueled your uncontainable energy.

"WAAAAAHAAAHA!" you yelled, sprinting down the field. "I'M A GONNA WIN!"

"Woahhh, slow down, Waluigi," Chloe reached out to grab you, but you just dodged her hold and continued your charge towards the ball. "Alex! Grab the kid!"

The Brit tried in vain to snatch you by the collar, but you only shook free and shrieked, "SHE'S A RUNNER SHE'S A TRACKSTAAAAR!"

Lauren screamed as you chased after her, leaving the ball abandoned in a futile attempt to shake you off. "WHERE'S ALANNA?! WHERE'S ALANNA?!"

"Seeing the physio," Demi said. "For her ankle."

Lauren screamed again, running like her life depended on it (it did). "GO GET HER! GO GET HER!"

"ARARARARARARARARARUFF!" you barked, your ADHD taking total control of your limbs and vocal cords. "AIAIAIAIAIAIAIAAIAIAIAI!"

Lauren jumped onto Sandy's back, scrambling away from you in a panic. "HELP ME YOU SHITS!"

"Hey, hey, hey," your mum rushed towards you before you could react, arms wrapping around you and holding you in place. "What's the matter, baby? What's going on?"

Your head whipped to the side. "Boomerang!"

She smiled at you worriedly, waddling off to the sidelines with you trapped firmly in her hold. "Yeah, kiddo. You're exactly like a boomerang, flying all over the place."

Steph jogged over as you babbled nonsensically, eyes meeting your mum's. "She didn't take her meds this morning. She was acting like this earlier, and she hasn't had any sugar."

"Aww, kiddo," your mum ran her fingers through your hair, trying to calm you down. "Why didn't take your meds? You know they're important."

Something in your brain briefly turned off the hyperactivity long enough for you to hear the slight disappointment in her voice. "I- I ran out."

"You've gotta tell me before that happens, sweetheart," she murmured, rubbing your temples. "You scared the hell out of Hempo today."

You buried your face into your shoulder, suddenly tired from your rampage. "'m sorry, mum."

"It's okay, kiddo," she assured, suddenly smirking. "It was hilarious."

[umgeorge]

F1 Drivers Want Answers From FIA Over "Who Is Getting Fired Next"

GPDA director George Russell says the FIA should offer greater clarity over what is happening in wake of latest dismissals

George Russell has suggested that the FIA needs to give Formula 1 drivers some clarity on "who is getting fired next" after the latest shock departures from the governing body. As reported by Motorsport.com, there has been fresh turmoil at the FIA ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix following the dismissal of two key figures. F2 race director Janette Tan was sacked shortly before she was due to take control of the final two rounds of the series, which means current F1 race director Rui Marques has expanded duties for now. Furthermore, senior steward Tim Mayer has been dropped from the roster following what is understood to have been a disagreement with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem over matters relating to the track invasion at the United States Grand Prix. The latest changes, just a few weeks on from the surprise dismissal of F1 race director Niels Wittich, have prompted further concern from drivers at a time when they are desperate for more consistency from the FIA. Russell, who is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, thinks that the feeding of information from the FIA to competitors needs to be improved – revealing he only found out about Tan's departure through the media. "I mean, just when we've asked for, let's say, a bit of transparency and consistency, we're getting rid of two highly important people in the governing body," said Russell about the latest departures. "So it's kind of gone in a full 360. We still don't have any reasoning for Niels' removal. I don't think anybody was informed about Tim leaving, and the first I heard about the new race director doing Formula 2 this weekend as well was through the media."

Russell said that a big rotation of staff was far from ideal for any organisation, but he felt it essential that the FIA offered some explanations about what was happening, and especially what was planned for the future. "Naturally, in any organisation if you've got people leaving or a change of personnel, it is never going to be a stable environment, and people have to learn the new rules," he said. "That's very challenging for any team, and it must be super challenging for everyone within the FIA right now. We'd love to get a little bit of clarity and understanding of what's going on and, you know, who's getting fired next." While the exits of Tan and Mayer are concerns of their own, they come against the backdrop of an avalanche of departures from the FIA in recent months. In October it parted ways with its director of communications, Luke Skipper, and secretary general of mobility Jacob Bangsgaard. Late last year, both sporting director Steve Nielsen and single-seater technical director Tim Goss resigned, while Deborah Mayer, head of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, also left. The FIA's first CEO Natalie Robyn also quit the organisation in May after less than two years in the role. At a time when F1 is going from strength to strength under Liberty Media, Russell hopes what was going on within the FIA would not have wider consequences. "Definitely, when it comes to the FIA, so much is changing. Too much is changing and too quickly," added the Mercedes driver. "I think everybody has faith in Liberty and faith in Stefano [Domenicali]. You know, he was a racer and he's got racing in his blood, so he's doing everything he can to get the sport in the best place possible. I think the only concern for all of us is that the sport is in such a great place. Everyone's trying their best for the teams, and Liberty and Stefano have done such a great job. We just need to make sure that the sport stays in this position or continues to grow. And the only thing with all of this change, I hope it's not going to have a negative impact."

[kwebtv]

TV Guide -  May 30 - June 5, 1964

Ernest Borgnine (/ˈbɔːrɡnaɪn/; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012)  Film, stage and television actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows.

Borgnine made his TV debut as a character actor in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, beginning in 1951. These two episodes led to countless other television roles that Borgnine would gain in Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Frontier Justice, Laramie, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Run for Your Life, Little House on the Prairie (a two-part episode entitled "The Lord is My Shepherd"), The Love Boat, Magnum, P.I., Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, Walker, Texas Ranger, Home Improvement, Touched by an Angel, the final episodes of ER, the first episode of Wagon Train, and many others.

In 1962, Borgnine signed a contract with Universal Studios for the lead role as the gruff but lovable skipper, Quinton McHale, in what began as a serious one-hour 1962 episode called "Seven Against the Sea" for Alcoa Premiere, and later reworked to a comedy called McHale's Navy, a World War II sitcom, which also co-starred unfamiliar comedians Joe Flynn as Capt. Wally Binghamton and Tim Conway as Ens. Charles Parker. The insubordinate crew of PT-73 helped the show become an overnight success during its first season, landing in the top 30 in 1963. (Wikipedia)

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019) Film and television actor, comedian, writer, and director. From 1966 to 2012 he appeared in more than 100 TV shows, TV series and films. Among his more notable roles, he portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the 1960s World War II TV situation comedy McHale's Navy, was a regular cast member (1975–1978) on the TV comedy The Carol Burnett Show where he portrayed his recurrent iconic characters Mister Tudball, the Oldest Man and the Dumb Private, co-starred with Don Knotts in several films (1975–80), was the title character in the Dorf series of eight sports comedy direct-to-video films (1987–1996), and provided the voice of Barnacle Boy in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2012). Twice, in 1970 and in 1980–1981, he had his own TV series.  (Wikipedia)

Joseph Anthony Flynn III (November 8, 1924 – July 19, 1974) Film and television character actor. He was best known for his role as Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy McHale's Navy. He was also a frequent guest star on 1960s TV shows, such as Batman, and appeared in several Walt Disney film comedies. (Wikipedia)

[thissying]

leaving/fired by the FIA since end of last year:

racing director Niels Wittich

sporting director Steve Nielsen

single-seater technical director Tim Goss

director of communications Luke Skipper

secretary general of mobility Jacob Bangsgaard

women in motorsport commission Deborah Mayer

governance and regulatory director Pierre Ketterer

head of commercial legal affairs Edward Floydd

first CEO Natalie Robyn

[illuminopseudonymous]

Every single Brawl Stars character as songs

So, I was unhappy with my prior posts on this topic, both because of the song choices I made and because I didn't properly credit the musicians behind them. Ergo, I'm going to compile all of the brawlers into a single list below the cut, and then update and reblog this post each time a new brawler is released.

Feedback regarding song choices is encouraged if you think you have a better fit for a character.

8-Bit: "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner & Garcia

Amber: "Burnin' Up" by A Flock of Seagulls

Angelo: "There! Right There!" from Legally Blonde: The Musical (written by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe)

Ash: "Trash Day" by "Weird" Al Yankovic

Barley: "Bottle Action" by Ms. B'Havin

Bea: "Lord of the Hornets" by Robert Calvert

Belle: "Disciple of Lightning" by DJ the S

Berry: "Skipper Dan" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Bibi: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Albert von Tilzer and Jack Norworth

Bo: "The Wild West is Where I Want to Be" by Tom Lehrer

Bonnie: "Human Cannonball" by Webb Wilder

Brock: "Rocket Jump Waltz" from Team Fortress 2 (by Valve Studio Orchestra)

Bull: "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen

Buster: "Rock-And-Roll Nerd" by Tim Minchin

Buzz: "Run This Town" by JAY-Z featuring Rhianna and Kanye West

Byron: "A Little Heart-To-Heart" from Team Fortress 2 (by Valve Studio Orchestra)

Carl: "Diggy Diggy Hole" by The Yogscast

Charlie: "Spider-Man (1967) Theme" by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris

Chester: "I Remember Larry" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Chuck: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach

Clancy: "Crab Rave" by Noisestorm

Colette: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

Colt: "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC

Cordelius: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane

Crow: "Young Dumb and Ugly" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic

Darryl: "He's a Pirate" from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Composed by Klaus Badelt)

Doug: "Surf Wax America" by Weezer

Draco: "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce

Dynamike: "T.N.T." by AC/DC

Edgar: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

El Primo: "Mexican Wrestler" by Jill Sobule

Emz: "Respectless" from Hazbin Hotel (Composed by Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg, Andrew Alderete, Gooseworx, and Parry Gripp)

Eve: "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors (Composed by Alan Menken)

Fang: "Kung-Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas

Frank: "Fireflies" by Owl City

Gale: "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" by Garth Brooks

Gene: "Arabian Nights" from Aladdin (Performed by Robin Williams)

Gray: "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod

Griff: "Big Boss Man" by Jimmy Reed

Grom: "Main Theme" from Bomberman (Composed by Jun Chikuma)

Gus: "Turn the Lights Off" by Tally Hall

Hank: "Send the Marines" by Tom Lehrer

Jacky: "Poundcake" by Van Halen

Janet: "Death from Above" by Turbonegro

Jessie: "More Gun" from Team Fortress 2 (by Valve Studio Orchestra)

Juju: "Friends on the Other Side" from The Princess and the Frog (performed by Keith David)

Kenji: "Title Theme" from Fruit Ninja (Luke Muscat)

Kit: "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!"/ "Nyan Cat Theme" by daniwell featuring Hatsune Miku

Larry & Lawrie: "Back to Back" by Pretty Maids

Leon: "Right Behind You" from Team Fortress 2 (by Valve Studio Orchestra)

Lily: "Return of the Giant Hogweed" by Genesis

Lola: "Big Shot" by Billy Joel

Lou: "Sky-High Sundae" from Mario Kart Tour (composer unknown)

Maisie: "What's Up Danger" from Into the Spider-Verse (by Blackway & Black Caviar)

Mandy: "Cookie Land" from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Composed by Shinobu Tanaka and Kenta Nagata)

Max: "Caffeine" by Psychostick

Meg: "Peach-ball Launches! Robobot Armor" from Kirby: Planet Robobot (Composed by Hirozaku Ando and Jun Ishikawa)

Melodie: "Miku" by Anamanguchi featuring Hatsune Miku

Mico: "Beverly Hills" by Weezer

Moe: "Cripple's Shield Wall" by The Knight in Leslie Fish

Mortis: "Hate the Day" by Behind the Scenes

Mr. P: "Hotel California" by The Eagles

Nani: "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce

Nita: "Wild Child" by The Doors

Otis: "Graffiti Crimes" by Mi-Sex

Pam: "You Will Be Okay" from Helluva Boss (Composed by Sam Haft and Andrew Underburg, performed by Bryce Pinkham)

Pearl: "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy" by Spike Jones

Penny: "You Are a Pirate" from LazyTown (by Stefan Karl Steffanson and composed by Máni Svavarsson)

Piper: "A Spoonful of Sugar" from Mary Poppins (Composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman)

Poco: "Spooky Scary Skeletons" by Andrew Gold

R-T: "Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project

Rico: "Pinball Wizard" by The Who

Rosa: "Garden Song" by David Mallett

Ruffs: "Send the Marines" by Tom Lehrer

Sam: "Super Macho Man" from Punch-Out!! Wii (Composed by Mike Peacock, Darren Radtke, and Chad York)

Sandy: "Enter Sandman" by Metallica

Shade: to be released

Shelly: "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet" from Team Fortress 2 (By Valve Studio Orchestra)

Spike: "Super Mario Bros. Desert Theme" from Super Mario Maker 2 (Composed by Koji Kondo)

Sprout: "Trees" by Tom Lehrer

Squeak: "Slime Creatures from Outer Space" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Stu: "Drive Fast (The Stuntman)" by Bruce Springsteen

Surge: "Rules of Nature" from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Composed by Jamie Christopherson)

Tara: "Hot Rails to Hell" by Blue Oyster Cult

Tick: "Drop Da Bomb" by Doctor Steel

Willow: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" by H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society

[siblingshowdown]

Sibling Showdown!!!

This showdown consists of 64 sibling sets facing off against each other, as well as a few one-off polls of sets who didn’t make the actual bracket but who I wanted to include in some capacity.  Polls will last a week.  Round One of section A will go live on April 16, with section B going live the day after, section C the day after that, and section D the day after that.

Propaganda is allowed!  I just ask that it be kept positive.  Argue for your faves instead of against someone else’s.  Every sibling set who made it in the showdown is there because someone wanted them to be, so keep it kind.

Will the winners be the siblings that love each other the most?  That are most capable of killing other sibling groups with their bare hands?  That have the most sibling swag?  It’s up to you to decide!  You get to choose the manner and parameters you judge each sibling set for.

Section A:

Edward and Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Seiko and Ryuunosuke Tanaka (Haikyuu!!)

Wirt and Greg (Over the Garden Wall) vs.  Han Yoojin and Han Yoohyun (The S-Classes That I Raised)

Shigeo and Ritsu Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs.  Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Sans and Papyrus (Undertale) vs. Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Jiang Yanli, Wei Wuxian, and Jiang Cheng (Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed) vs. Hikaru and Kaoru (Ouran High School Host Club)

Vi and Jinx (Arcane) vs. Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara (Naruto)

Sokka and Katara (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs. Maya and Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Vash the Stampede and Millions Knives (Trigun) vs.  Lucas and Claus (Mother 3)

Section B:

Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles)

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner (The Animaniacs) vs. Jazz and Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Ducktales) vs. Sitka, Denahi, and Kenai (Brother Bear)

Dion, Frazie, Razputin, Mirtala, and Queepie Aquato (Psychonauts) vs. Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, and Private (Madagascar)

Eda and Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House) vs. Snap, Crackle, and Pop (Rice Krispies)

Bonnie and Clemont (Pokemon X and Y) vs. Annika and Brietta (Barbie: Magic of Pegasus)

Candace, Phineas, and Ferb (Phineas and Ferb) vs. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls)

Nani and Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) vs. Kai and Nya (Lego Ninjago)

Section C:

Maddie and Buck Buckley (911) vs. Steven, Shirley, Theo, Luke, and Nell Crain (The Haunting of HIll House)

David and Alexis Rose (Schitt’s Creek) vs. Dennis and Dee Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Jonathan Byers, Will Byers, and El Hopper (Stranger Things) vs.  Prue, Piper, and Phoebe (Charmed)

Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Five, Ben, Viktor Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy tv) vs. Mary, Billy, Freddy, Pedro, Eugene, and Darla (Shazam! movies)

Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain-Wayne, and Duke Thomas (DC comics) vs. Simon and River Tam (Firefly)

Elliot and Darlene Alderson (Mr. Robot) vs. Kara and Alex Danvers (Supergirl TV)

Connor, Kendall, Siobhan, and Roman Roy (Succession) vs. Sharpay and Ryan Evans (High School Musical)

Thor and Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe) vs. Sarah and Felix (Orphan Black)

Section D:

Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, and Amras (The Silmarillion) vs. Antigone, Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene (Greek Mythology/Sophocles’s Theban plays)

Coronabeth and Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb) vs. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Nico and Bianca Di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) vs. Declan, Ronan, and Matthew Lynch (The Raven Cycle/The Dreamer Trilogy)

Alec, Isabelle, Max Lightwood, and Jace Herondale-Lightwood (Shadowhunters) vs. Lark and Sparrow Oak (Dungeons and Daddies)

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs. Linus and Lucy Van Pelt (Peanuts)

Boromir and Faramir (The Lord of the Rings) vs. Bellamy and Octavia Blake (The 100)

Katniss and Primrose Everdeen (The Hunger Games) vs. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March (Little Women)

Kiryu Kazuma and Nishikiyama Akira (Yakuza) vs. Cain and Abel (the Torah/the Bible)

[lostonehero]

What comes next

Mechs agnst! Mechs agnst! Mechs agnst!

Jonny groaned and woke up to familair ticking in his chest. Why did he wake up? Why does he still have this damn heart? The room held a soft scent of something sweet, and it reminded him of when he was a boy. He sat up, letting an old tapestry blanket fall to his lap. It's funny that looked like the same one he had as a kid.

He hopped down from his bed, confused. The room was too familiar, like a replica of his childhood bedroom. That was impossible. After he turned 18 doing dirty work, his father burned the damn place down. He was 25 when Carmillia put this heart in his chest. So why did he feel so small? He knew he was short, and they never bothered him, but this was different.

He looked down at himself with another layer of confusion. He hasn't worn this type of clothes since he was in New Texas. His tail twitched as he went to the dressor. All of the clothes had a hem open for his tail. They were also all handmade. He made his own clothes, yes, but these were... he rubbed his thumb over the stitching. Something wet dripped from his face before he realized he was crying. His mother used this type of stitching he could never emulate it and settled on his own style, which his mother loved.

He shouldn't have a mechanical heart. He shouldn't be back here. He's supposed to be dead.

A loud slam against his door makes Jonny jump out of his thoughts. A male voice slurred on the other side. "Get your fucking ass out of your room you lazy fuck. Your mother is outside. Make yourself useful."

Jonny could feel a chill down his spine. This was hell, the one Tim talked about. It had to be. It's not like he didn't deserve this, but his father, really? He throws on something quickly and rushes out of his room, barely glimpsing his father with a bottle in hand. He stumbles and nearly falls on his face before someone catches him from tumbling into the sand.

"My little sand skipper, you know better than to rush out even with your father in a mood." The woman, Jonny's mother, was blurry until his eyes adjusted.

Jonny could feel tears prick the corners of his eyes, and he reached out and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Hey, sand skipper." Jonny's mother pauses and pulls Jonny away to crouch down. "Hey, I know growing up is hard, but I didn't think you would be crying. This isn't your first hunt."

"N-no." Jonny freezes at high pitched his voice sounded as he placed a hand on his throat. "This isn't... it can't be right." He began to shake. "I'm supposed to be dead in hell, not..... not... you aren't supposed to be here."

"Jonny." Jonny's mother cups his face. "Jonny, what are you talking about? Did you have a bad dream?"

"Valerie you cunt you're making him soft." Jonny's father growled.

Valerie scowls and picks up Jonny. "Oh, shut up. Come on, Sand Skipper." She shoots in the air with her free hand a bird like creature falls to the ground. "Eat that you fucking cunt."

Jonny's father growls but knows better than to argue.

.....

Valerie sighs as she places her son down on a rock by a few cactuses far enough away from their home. "Jonny, what happened?"

Jonny immediately jumps back into her arms. "You have to promise that this is real. I'm supposed to be dead. My heart shouldn't be a machine when I'm this young. The ticking w-wont stops."

Valerie places her ear against her son's chest and pauses, and a metronome tick is heard. She takes a breath and sighs, sitting down and putting Jonny in her lap. "There's this doctor edge of town."

"No! No! NO!" Jonny whimpers as he clings tighter to his mother.

Valerie hugs her son from behind. "Jonny, breathe for me." She pauses and sighs. "I need you to trust me. I won't let her take you. I will protect you till my final breath."

Jonny started to cry again, muffled by his mother's clothes.

Valerie waits for her son to stop before talking again. "Jonny, when did this doctor first appear?"

"I was... I..." Jonny whips his head up. "I'm... no, it's too early." He leans his head against his mother's chest and hears something that isn't possible.

Valerie leans back against the rock. "Jonny, I was her first victim. I may have been enjoying watching you grow up again, but I knew it would be a matter of time when you would return. The promise of a final death is just out of reach."

"You... did you..." Jonny frowns. "Did you try to find me?"

Valerie chuckles. "Oh, I tracked you to every seedy bar, planet, and whatever you managed to get into. I was always a step behind, though. Ran into an inspector who claims to know you guys, and I collected all of your music. Even kept your wanted posters."

"You... you..." Jonny sniffs. "Can we pretend some more?"

"No, but I would happily spend as long as you want here, but if you don't kill him, I will." Valerie chuckles as Jonny smiles. She hands him a gun. "Come on, it's time to grab food for the day."

Jonny nods and wipes his eyes. "Of course. Thank you mom."

.......

Tim woke to high-pitched screaming, which could only come from children. He made it a point to stay away from children after the war and join the mechs. He woke up, which again was weirder than the screaming. He went out in a blaze of glory, destroyed another moon, and crashed and suffocated. Why was he alive? He still had the mechanical eyes if the sharp vision and whirling noise were to go by anything. He stared through the ceiling to blue sky's with clouds, which confused him greater.

Tim gave a heavy sigh and rubbed his face and froze, where the fuck was his beard? There wasn't even any stubble it was smooth. He sat up, and the screaming got louder as the sound of footsteps ran away. His metal eyes were still here he could feel them. Where did they drop him off? The bed was soft, and the blankets had little cartoon... he knew this cartoon he had the same bedding when he was growing up until his sister spilled her nail polish all over it. Did Raphaella locl him in his memories? No, then he wouldn't have these mechanical eyes. This room looked identical to his childhood bedroom, even the two other beds for his brothers.

Tim sighed as he pushed himself out of bed and ran his hands through his.... did they fucking cut his hair too? He's going to skin Jonny when he sees him. The sound of feet and a deep yawn caught his attention as the door swung open.

"See! Someone stole Timmy's eyes!" A young boy pointed at him.

The other older boy pointed as well. "They replaced them! I told you."

The tired older man rubbed his eyes and looked at Tim, and he froze now wide awake. "Boys, wake your mother and get your sisters now." He stayed incredibly calm as boys nodded and ran off. "Hey Tim, are you ok?"

This couldn't be real his father died in an air raid before he signed up with Bertie. He was 21. 24, and nearly 25, when that doctor mechanized him. He stared down at his hands, which were way too small. Everything was so much bigger, like he shrunk. His brothers looked 13 and 12, which meant he was.... oh fuck no. He shook his head, feeling the oil drip from his eyes. His breath quickened, and that's the last thing he can remember before passing out.

......

"These machines have completely replaced his biological eyes. This technology is way more advanced than we have ever seen for a protestic." A hushed voice spoke over Tim.

"But how? We put him to bed, and he was fine. His brothers tried to wake him up as they always do, and then they just started to scream." A woman's voice spoke next. "Who would do this to a child he's 6 for God's sake."

"Ma'am I know you're scared, but we can't rule anything out. We have to wait for him to wake up to see if he's in pain." The male voice was soft.

Tim's eyes whirled as they let in light, and he saw a doctor and his mother. He looked down to see an iv in his arm and other wires connected to him. He huffed, making the two aware that he was awake. "Take them off!" He wanted to shout, but it came out as a whine. He hated how childish he sounded even though he was back being 6.

"Timothy! Are you ok? Does anything hurt? Did someone hurt you?" His mother fired off questions grabbing his hand.

Tim froze, anger melted away. That's his mother, a strong woman who went to his father's funeral and didn't shed a tear. She didn't even cry when his oldest brother came back in a box from the moon. She was his anchor, even in the worst of times. He hoped she got his letters while he was on the moon. He swallows. "I'm ok. Why would I be hurt?"

The woman relaxed and smiled. "That's good. You're being very brave. I know you don't like the doctors."

Tim reached out to grab her hand. "I missed you, mom. I missed you so much."

"Baby boy." Tim's mom smiles softly. "I promise I won't let anyone else hurt you."

........

"Why's your freak brother following you like a shadow?" A older kid scoffs. "Told you to leave the freak baby out of this."

Andrew huffs. "Mom won't let me go anywhere without the brat since his eyes. It's been a month the whole shock is over yaknow."

Tim sighs. He was only following them because he knew his brother stole his father's lighter, and he really wanted to set something on fire. Fuck he sounded like Ashes.

An older teen approached them. He wasn't human, obviously. His hair was moving on its own accord, his clothes were baggy, and his long tail twitched behind him. His ears were pointed, and so were his teeth. He has claws on his one hand. The other was metal. He had a faintly sickly sweet smell to him.

Tim gasps. He knows him by his arm alone, but before he can go his brother grabs him.

"Timmy, you can't just run to random strangers, let alone an alien. They have their own neighborhoods for a reason." Andrew frowns.

"Yeah the fuck you doing on this side of the street?" The other teen grabbed a rock.

Tim remembered something important. The common folk hated the non-human citizens. This was taught from a young age and unlearned when the war began. It didn't stop him from trying to tug himself away. "Let me go!"

"You should let him go." The older teen frowns. He hissed as the other kid threw a rock at him.

"So what you can eat him? Leave us alone you freak." The kid picked up more rocks.

Tim stopped and bit down on his brothers arm, making him let go, and he ran to the older teens' side. "Marius!" He grabs his metal arm.

Marius chuckles. "Hey, I didn't think you would be so small."

"First off fuck you." Tim huffs but smiles. "Second why is your hair pink?"

"I haven't reached adulthood where my hair picks a color to stay at. I have forgotten how moody it used to be. Anyway, Nastya found me and Ashes. We'll she found Aurora first and begged for them to take her back, but then she picked up Ashes and then they found me by accident. They were looking for Jonny testing out different time periods, but they were on my home planet, not his, which is weird they thought it was mine since it's neither an asteroid nor a dessert planet."

"H-hey, leave my brother alone!" Andrew shouts.

"I'm ok!" Tim huffs. "Where did they go?"

"Oh, they left me here and went looking for Ivy since Ashes just became an adult for their species, and Nastya was an adult. They didn't want me to be causing problems being a teenager, so they left me here to find you since Nastya doesn't know you." Marius pauses, and his hair seems to stiffen. "Fuck I hope Lyf doesn't find me like this. My body is changing a lot, and it's very weird."

Tim looks over to his brother and sighs, running over. "Meet my friend."

"Timmy, that's a dangerous alien." Andrew frowns.

Tim shakes his head and turns his little kid cuteness up to 11. "But he's nice, and he's gonna be a doctor. Come on, say hi!" He tugs on his older brothers arm who groans.

"Moms going to kill me." Andrew sighs his so-called friend already ran off. He walked over to Marius. "Hey, I'm Andrew, and apparently my brother likes you. Look, we don't want any trou- " He freezes as Marius holds out his metallic hand.

"I'm Marius it's a pleasure to meet you." Marius shakes Andrew's hand. "It's nice to meet Tim's family. I was worried he was just wandering about alone. He's too small for that."

Tim scoffs

Andrew smiles. "Yeah, he knows how to get into trouble. I'm stuck with babysitting duty because our sister is off at school, and dad took our other sister and brother for some grocery shopping."

"Yeah, I know my siblings can get overprotective. Just because either lost part of my arm doesn't mean I'm always getting into trouble." Marius sighs. "Like I can take care of myself. I know how to be on my own."

Andrew nods along. "You're right." He smiles. "You don't seem awful for an alien, and I guess Timmy likes you. Do you wanna play with my lighter?"

Marius's eyes sparkle. "Oh, that does sound like fun. You gotta teach me about earth stuff."

"Tell me about your planet, and it's a deal." Andrew smiles.

Marius nods and uses his tail to pick up Tim. "Come on, I got him so he won't slow us down."

"Oh, that's awesome." Andrew laughs as Tim pouts. "You have to show me what else you can do."

.......

"Andrew, you didn't tell me your new friend was... um..." Tim's mother was trying to find a polite way to state this. Her son's have been hanging out with this mysterious Marius for a few months now, and she finally got to meet him and his parent.

"What do you mean? My son's what?" The person who wasn't human and also couldn't tell if they were male or female. They were definitely a different species from Marius.

"I mean not to cause any offense, but I just didn't realize that he was um not human." Tim's mom sighs.

"So what if we aren't? Your boys seem fine with it." They roll their two pairs of eyes.

Marius shrugs, crouching down by Tim. "I didn't think you were that serious about the racism."

"I didn't know you were serious about being adopted. Is that why you don't know what your species is?" Tim hums as Marius nods. "Weird. Anyway, wanna leave before things get worse."

Marius nods and holds out his tail for Tim to grab. "It's nice to meet you, Miss. Stoker, we're going to go play. Hey Andrew! Are you coming?!"

Andrew rushed out past his mom. "Of course you even got little Timmy all set to go. See ya later, mom." The two teens run off while Tim is being carried.

They blink and look at Miss. Stoker. "I believe our boys decided for us."

Miss Stoker chuckles. "I suppose I can't argue if they're that happy."

"I have to ask." They pauses. "Is your little boy different? I mean the metal eyes. He's like my boy Marius, just woke up one day with a replaced part, and his personality changed like he was acting like a kid and not being a kid."

Miss Stoker frowns. "How about we discuss this over tea? Timothy did say he was a part of this group, the mechanisms, and that he shouldn't be alive. I assume from that look he wasn't making it up."

"He was not." They sigh.

........

"But your brother on the phone."

Andrew huffed and gave Tim the phone.

"Yes, mom." Tim steps back.

"Are you going to be honest with me?" Her tone didn't leave room for argument.

"I mean, I've already told you the truth." Tim sighs. "I can tell you how dad dies, and Andrew dies. Dunno about everyone else never returned after I blew up the moon."

"You were serious?"

"I mean, what would I gain from lying?" Tim sighs. "Mom, I love you guys, but I'm really shit at acting, and I haven't been a kid in a very long time. It's just that I wanted to enjoy having my family back for however long, that is."

"You sound so tired."

"I am." Tim frowns. "Mom, I love you, I love my family, but I don't think you'll like the man I become. I am."

"Timothy, I will love you regardless of what you've done." She sounded sincere.

Tim sniffs, getting close to crying. "M-mom."

"I love you, my baby boy." She pauses. "Please stay as long as you can."

"I'll try, I promise."

"And I want to meet all of your friends that you made family."

"Are you sure?" Tim smiles and wipes his face. "They can be a bit much."

"Yes, and I heard you git a husband."

Tim huffs. "I dunno how he views it, but I like to think we are. His name's Jonny. He is probably stuck on his planet asteroid."

"I can't wait to meet him. Be safe my baby boy and you better be home before sundown."

"Yes, mom. I love you." Tim hangs up.

Marius tilts his head. "Good talk?"

"Yeah, i feel better. The truth is out there." Tim smiles. "Come on, let's keep playing."

.......

Jonny walked through the metal halls. His mother's ship found them, and he found out his aunts controlled the ship. Well, they were dead but uploaded to the ship. They were nice, and he wasn't used to having family who was related to him and loved him like his mom. It was nice, and he knew where they were going first. He wanted to find Tim. Might as well introduce him to his family first, and maybe propose again. Granted, he just had to grow up again. Thanks to talking to Carmillia, he would stop aging when he was first mechanized. His mom then took care of her so she couldn't follow them.

"Little Jonny." Audrey huns appearing in front of him. She was the oldest looking out of his aunts.

"Hello, Auntie Audrey." Jonny smiles. "What's wrong?"

"There seems to be one inspector hailing our ship. Are you ok if your mother lets him on?"

Jonny nods. "Yeah, Lyf has the right to know what's going on. Besides, Marius would be heartbroken if he didn't know what he was getting into."

Jun appears next. She was missing her tail, and her skin was a bit darker. "Lyf is coming aboard. Shall I help you to him?"

"Juniper, Jonny is capable of exploring the ship himself." Audrey huffs. "We don't need to hold his hand."

Nina appears and just holds her hand out. Her horns are spotted. Jonny nods and follows her.

.....

Lyf jumps, spotting the boy who is supposedly Jonny. "What the fuck!"

"Inspector." Jonny narrows his gaze, maybe slightly embarrassed his voice hasn't dropped yet.

"What the fuck happened to you guys? You just vanished after DTTM, and your ship was just floating until a blue skinned woman appeared. She was really rude." Lyf pauses. "Seriously, what happened? Why are you tiny?"

Jonny huffs and crosses his arms. "Because I'm 13 first off secondly I have to age normally and I'll stop when I am the age I'm mechanized at. My heart is still a machine if you were curious."

Lyf frowns. "Wait, did this happen to all of you guys?"

Jonny shrugs. "We're on our way to earth to find Tim. You can join us if you're so inclined. Dunno, where your lover boy went, he doesn't recall much about his original planet."

"Is it possible to dock my ship in here?" Lyf turns to Valerie.

Valerie nods. "Nina, that's your thing. Have at it."

"Ooo, of course." Nina vanishes.

......

"Fuck I thought that was Aurora." Marius crosses his arms.

Tim raised his brow. "The ship is literally purple and way smaller than Aurora."

"Well, I'm sorry I haven't developed my ability to see colors yet." Marius rolls his eyes. "Also, I don't have your magic eyes."

"Seriously, man, what the hell are you?" Tim shakes his head and walks back to the picnic table. "It's not that far... ok, it is, but still."

Andrew raised a brow. "What are you doing your adult talk?"

"No, Tim just forgets his eyes can focus on objects impossibly far away and others can't." Marius snickers.

Tim huffs. "I can not wait till I tower over you, prick." He smiles softly now that the secret is out and his family accepts everything he feels comfortable. He can talk with his parents with ease and his sisters and hell he warned them about the future war and how to be safe.

"Yeah, pipsqueak, I don't buy that." Andrew ruffles Tim's short hair.

"And I can't wait till I can grow my hair back out." Tim crosses his arms and pouts.

"Um..." Samantha, Tim's eldest sister blinks and points. "That spaceship is getting too close."

Marius stares up. "They'll park in the empty field, not on us."

"They better." Tim's eyes whirl like he was rolling his eyes.

"Are these your friends?" Tim's father leans over.

Tim shakes his head. "Aurora isn't purple. They're silver also not that small."

"Could one of your friends have stolen a ship?" Marius's parent motions to the now parked craft.

"I wouldn't put it past them." Tim raised his brow. "You sure nobody answered the communicator?"

Marius holds it up. "Only Nastya and Ashes have them because they are still trying to find Ivy, and they only found Raphaella, who has locked herself in her lab."

"You have weird friends." Kenny raised his brow.

"Being normal is overrated." Tim chuckles.

"Oh Jolly Good!" A familiar voice interrupted the light banter between friends and family.

Andrew stares. "That's terrifying."

"Is that a living mannequin?" Samantha picked up Tim and hid him behind her.

Tim huffs. "That's just Toy Solider."

Marius already made his way closer. "Hello TS!"

"You Shrunk Like Jonny." TS continues to smile.

"I did not shrink." Jonny hops out. "I am merely in a younger body."

Marius chuckles. "You sound so weird."

"Fuck off." Jonny huffs rolling his eyes.

Tim wiggles out of his sister's hold. He runs as fast as his small legs can take him. "Jonny!"

Jonny stops taking one look at Tim before manically laughing. "Fuck me look at how tiny you are!" He continues to laugh before Tim punches him in the crotch and he goes down.

Tim scoffs. "To think I actually missed you asshole."

Valerie chuckles from the top of the stairs to the ship. "Jonny, I warned you to be nice."

"No, that was him being nice." Lyf pokes his head out.

"Inspector!" Marius waves frantically. "Inspector, it's yours truly."

Lyf pauses. "You're right. This is weird. Why is your hair blue?"

"Becauss it hasn't settled on a color yet." Marius smiles, and his hair waves.

"I don't know why I keep forgetting your hair is alive." Lyf pinches his brow. "I don't envy any of you."

"Don't say anything. You'll give your god ideas." Jonny chuckles getting up.

Lyf's eyes glow, and he shrinks to the same age as Tim as a rainbow light flashes around Jonny and Marius, and they also shrink down to age 6. He stares at his hands. "Jonny, I'm going to kill you."

Marius looks confused as he stares at himself. His hears seem massive for his small frame, his tail is being held like a security blanket, and his eyes seem to be a dazzling purple as if to warn he's poisonous. His hair is much longer, and silver is ready to attack. His teeth seem to be dripping a substance that was sickly sweet. He has talon scaled feet and a clawed right hand still with his mechanical arm just smaller. He tries to move towards Lyf, but he trips on his pants and falls on his face.

Jonny had little nubs of horns poking out from his forehead. His tail was keeping him upright. His ears were massive on his small frame and seemed to twitch at every noise. His teeth were small and razor sharp. The padding on his feet and hands seemed thicker than his adult self. He grabbed his tail like a security blanket and looked close to tears. "I... I....."

Tim hugs Jonny, and Valerie comes over and scoops the two up.

"This is why we don't tease the gods that exist." Valerie sighs and grabs Marius and Lyf as well and heads to the table.

........

Reborn Mechs chat

Marius Von Raum has added Jonny D'ville, Gunpowder Tim, Toy Solider, Lyfrassir Edda, and Valerie D'ville.

Jonny D'ville changed their name to Jonny

Gunpowder Tim changed their name to Tim

Lyfrassir Edda changed their name to Lyf

Toy Solider changed their name to TS

Valerie D'ville changed their name to Valerie

Marius Von Raum changed their name to Marius

Nastya: How the fuck did you find all of them? We left you on earth.

Ashes: Who the fuck is Valerie did you get hitched?

Jonny: that's fucking disgusting

Valerie: I'm Jonny's mother, the first mechanism, if you run into Carmillia tell her to fuck off she used our asteroid as a playground to make the mechanisms

Jonny: anyone has a problem they go through me

Nastya: that makes a lot of sense actually

Nastya: welcome

Valerie: thank you

Ashes: damn we have a mom now

Raphealla: I demand to do a genetic test when we reunite.

Marius: I can confirm they do look alike

Marius: you can meet my parent

Lyf: No, they are not the same species. Marius was adopted, and has adopted siblings which are also not the same species. Apparently he's from a refugee planet so yeah that's still a mystery

Nastya: huh

Raphealla: that's actually frustrating

Marius: I'm sorry I can't remember

Lyf: at this point I need to know for safety concerns

Marius: my hair likes you! You don't have to be scared

Valerie: I'm keeping an eye on everyone.

TS: I Am Helping. Miss Valerie Is A Great New Friend

.......

Valerie smiles softly, tucking her son in next to Tim, Marius and Lyf are on the next bed dead to the world.She walks out of the room and heads to a crowded kitchen. "The boys are asleep, don't worry about them."

"Thank you, Valerie." Nexus smiles softly. "I know Marius can be a bit much in regards to sleep. I honestly don't know if his species is known to sleep long."

"Nonsense all children need sleep." Abby sips her tea. "I don't care how old they are mentally they are still our babies. How did you handle the sudden mechanical part anyhow?"

Valerie sighs. "It helps that I already had a mechanical heart myself due to being the first victim of that crazed doctor. My poor boy was terrified I was going to give him away. I would never."

Roger comes in and sits next to his wife and frowns. "Poor Timothy was terrified we would hate him. Good or bad, he's our son, and we'll still love him."

"I'm glad we're in agreement." Valerie sighs, taking a mug offered to her. "I do have their music recorded on my ship."

"Oh, why didn't you say something? I would love to hear some." Nexus smiles. "The way Marius talks about it got me interested."

"I suppose it wouldn't be wrong to listen while they sleep." Roger hums. "Although I heard it's not excatly family friendly."

"Oh, it's not." Valerie sighs. "None of them have a happy ending."

Abby frowns. "None of them? Why?"

"My boy takes stuff that has already happened, and the outcome isn't always the best. They tell the stories of societies or nations that are long gone. Comes with immortality, and they will out live any empire. I've seen my fair share of civilization rise and fall." Valerie takes a small sip of her tea. "I guess we'll just have to teach them to not always look on the bad side."

The four adults share glances and nod.

.......

"Why are we even going to school?" Jonny tugged at his uniform. "And this is ridiculous."

"You've never been to school first off." Valerie ruffles Jonny's hair. "You're lucky I got them to accept that you can't wear shoes."

"I have a doctorate in theoretical physics." Jonny huffs.

"He's also got a degree in literacy tragedies." Tim hums, tugging at his tie, which his mother already fixed six times.

"Timothy, stop playing with your tie." Abby sighs.

"Marius has like eight doctorates." Jonny rolls his eyes.

"And you won't acknowledge any of them." Marius puffs out his cheeks.

"Eight?!" Lyf stares at Marius.

"Well, it's actually 24, but like the ones where the graduation ceremony was destroyed doesn't count." Marius smiles.

"That's not... that's not how it works." Nexus picks up Marius.

"But I don't have the degrees, so yeah, it is." Marius grins when Nexus picks up Lyf next. "I've never been to a human school before."

"Neither have I." Lyf smiles back softly. "Also, he's right it's a ruke on the Aurora. No graduation, no doctorate."

"I still don't know why you memorized that." Jonny sighs as Valerie picks him up. "Do we really have to? If someone ends up dead I warned you."

"Jonny." Valerie narrows her gaze.

"I'll behave." Jonny huffs.

Tim is scooped up by his mom. "I can walk!"

"And I can hold you." Abby hums as Tim pouts. "Try not to scare the teachers, and remember you'll be in a different class from the others because you're human."

Tim continues to pout.

"You mean I'll be stuck with the space cop? Fuck." Jonny begins to pout as well.

"I literally cannot be a cop anymore, Jonny." Lyf pinches his brow.

"You're still a space cop." Marius chuckles.

"Yog Sogoth just fucking kill me." Lyf groans.

.......

Tim sat in the sandbox bored. The other kids avoided him because of his eyes, and the teachers kept whispering about him. He's still human, yet they treat him like he's a freak. He's physically a child, and they still treat him like this. He knows his family is different, and they got over this, but he can't expect that from everyone.

The alien school wasn't even close to this one, so there wasn't a point on escaping. He's fucking 6 it's not like he can get far. He laid back in the sand and stared up at the blue sky. He focused his eyes and stared at the moon. It was quite odd being able to see it with people living on the surface and not war torn dusty and lifeless.

Tim refocused his eyes as he got up and sighed. He dusted himself off of the sand and headed inside as the bell rang. He wanted to be back in Aurora's armory and lose himself to fixing the weapons. He just wants to be anywhere but here.

More whispers from kids and teachers alike, and it made Tim feel even worse. He couldn't even do anything. He hid himself in the corner of the classroom and kept to himself.

A soft metal creak pulled Tim from his thoughts as a boy with silverish, goldish skin pulls a chair next to him. He had a winter hat on his head, and his clothes were way too big.

Tim paused as his eyes focused and saw a familair heart. "Brian?"

The boy nods. "Carmillia found me after.... I don't know how I ended up here, but she turned my metal into a biometal substance, and it's weird. I don't know why I'm a child either." He pulls down his hat more, and Tim could spot a fox like tail flick back and forth. "She's pretending to be my mom and strong armed her way to make me go here. I don't like it."

"Well, I'm stuck too." Tim frowns and pushes his crayons over. "You never had a tail before."

"I've always had a tail, I think before um... this." Brian grabs a yellow one. "I don't think I enjoy earth."

Tim nods. "I don't, either."

"Can you take me with you when we leave? I don't want to go back to Carmillia." Brian pleads. "She keeps using me for experiments. I don't want to go back to being metal."

Tim smiles. "Mmh yeah, you can come with me."

......

Brian braced for Carmillia to appear, and he held onto Tim's hand tightly. "Do you see her?"

Tim is scanning the pick-up area. He didn't see any signs of the doctor, but he stood on guard. "I don't, but if she grabs you, she has to take me too. I won't let you go alone."

"Oi Timmy, who's that?" Andrew stood over both of them.

Tim tugs on Brian's hand. "One of the mechs, this is Drumbot Brian. The doctor is here! Don't let her get us, please!" He grabbed his brothers hand with his free hand. "Please, Andrew you can't." He sounded close to a panic attack.

Andrew grabbed both boys' hands. "Dad pulled his car up. You both will run with me, and we'll head straight home."

Roger nearly spit out his drink when the three boys rushed into his already packed car. "What's wrong? Who's your new friend?"

"That bad doctor is here!" Andrew pulled both boys close to him as the door shut.

"I-I don't want to go back." Brian clung to Tim.

Roger peels out of the parking lot. "Well, get all of you home safe, and you'll hide in the basement."

The ride home was silent, save for Brian's mumbling and Tim's panicked breathing. Both boys shot off like a rocket as soon as the door opened, and they rushed inside. Abby barely got a word out when the boys ran inside.

"Roger, what the bloody hell?" Abby watches her older children run in and get their makeshift weapons. "Samantha put that knife away."

"So you know how Tim told us about that doctor." Roger frowns. "She's here somewhere, and the Tim nearly had a panic attack. His new friend is a part of his crew."

"His name is Drumbot Brian!" Alex runs by them. He's on the heavier side, but he's 12 and will grow into it. "Andrew told me. Timmy looked super scared."

Abby takes a breath and smiles. "Kids relax. We can handle this. Samantha, go down to the basement and keep an eye on the boys.

Samantha nods. She was the oldest at 17. "Of course, bring the other kids down when they come back from school."

Abby nods. "Now everyone else, you're going to help me with dinner. Roger, you will head over to the other school, and I form everyone else and help them get back safely."

Roger gives a thumbs up and runs out to his van.

.......

"Hey, are you two ok?" Samantha crouched down by the two boys hidden in a corner of the basement. "I'm Sam, I'm Tim's older sister."

Brian looks up at her. "I'm Brian." Tim has buried his face in his chest, shaking tell tale signs he's having a panic attack but even more afraid to make noise. "I didn't know Tim had siblings."

Sam takes off his hat and two fluffy fox ears spring up amoung curly hair. She sits next to the two. "I guess Timmy didn't talk about us."

"W-we never pushed." Brian, let's her take Tim from him who clings to her, getting black oil like tears all over her clothes.

"Well, that sounds nice of you guys. So why did they call you Drumbot?" Sam smiles softly, watching Brian's pupils shrink as he relaxes.

"I was... I was all metal except my heart. The doctor experimented on me here when she found me. I think it's some sort of bio metal now. It's weird. I can eat again, though, and I'm starting to get my parts back from before I was mechanized. I remember, too." Brian yawns coming down from his fear. "I don't like being a kid again. It's much harder to keep my thoughts in order, and emotions are all..." He yawns again. "Everything and hard to control. I'm tired."

Sam ruffles Brian's hair and scratches behind his ears, which makes him purr. Tim had already passed out in her lap. "How about you lean on my and rest your eyes?"

"Ok." Brian moves closer to her. "You're very good at this."

"Yes, I am. I want to go to school for this stuff."

"Really?"

"Yes I do."

.......

Jonny was humming an old song as he waited next to Marius and Lyf. "I wonder why we get out later than the humans."

"Racism, most likely." Lyf shrugs.

Marius tilts his head. "Valerie, why are you covered in blood?"

Jonny snapped his head to his mother. "Mom?"

"I'm fine, it ain't my blood." Valerie takes out her cigar and puffs out smoke. "Apparently, we were followed by that fucked doctor."

"Carmillia?" Lyf looks between him as both Marius and Jonny paled.

"Mmh, I tied her up and threw her in the back of Nexus's truck. She's gagged as well she doesn't know when to stop talking." Valerie rolls her eyes. "You guys are safe."

Marius tugs on her leg. "Are you sure?"

Jonny nods. "Are we safe?"

"I won't let anyone harm you. Any of you." Valerie pauses as the sound of someone running stops in front of them.

"Good, I caught you." It was Roger.

"Is this about the doctor?" Valerie raised her brow.

"Oh, you're covered in blood." Roger blinks and pales.

"I've got her tied up and gagged. Don't worry. How do you know?" Valerie frowns.

"There's another kid, another mechanism. Drumbot Brian. That doctor has been experimenting on him since she found him." Roger looks disgusted. "I don't care how old he actually is. The boy looked six and was scared out of his mind."

"Brian?" Jonny frowns. "Take us there, please."

Marius nods, and his tail wraps around Lyf. "He's our pilot! He is the best of us."

"I think they will enjoy watching her tied up and gagged." Valerie smirks. "Roger, take them with you I'll prepare the doctor."

Roger nods.

.......

Jonny rushed down the stairs, followed by Marius and Lyf. "TIM! BRIAN!"

Brian woke up confused. "W-what?"

Samantha chuckles as Tim wakes up his face, a mess with black streaks.

Tim rubs his face, making the mess worse. He gets up and is pushed by Jonny back to the carpeted floor.

"You're ok!" Jonny hugs Tim tight before spotting Brian and tackling him next. "You're back too!"

"When did you get a tail?" Marius smiles and waves.

"What happened to the metal?" Lyf raised a brow.

Brian, let's out a little giggle. "Jonny! Let go!"

Jonny giggles and sits back. "You've got weird bio metal now."

Tim nods. "Yeah, he can eat now and sleep. You were sleeping right?"

"I think so." Brian frowns. "No, I was. Did... is she here?"

"My mom took care of it." Jonny smiles wide. "She's the best."

"Your mom?" Brian looked confused.

"Miss Valerie Is A Hunter!" TS waves from the top of the stairs. "Doctor Carmillia Is Tied To A Tree Outside, Hanging From A Sturdy Branch. Miss Valerie Is Being Hosed Off."

Brian blinks stunned. "She's been captured?"

"I'm still shocked she never caught you guys when she was tracking the Aurora." Lyf sighs.

"I still don't believe that was true." Marius frowns.

Tim nudges Brian. "Jonny's mother was the first of us since Carmillia was using New Texas as her personal playground."

Brian frowns. "That is horrible."

Jonny huffs. "Come on! We might as well see what the good doctor wants."

The kids exchange looks as Sam is too slow to stop any of them rushing to the stairs.

.......

"You were not this small when you left New Texas." Carmillia stares blankly at the children looking at her hanging from the tree.

"That's actually probably my fault." Lyf sighs. "Fucking Yog Sogoth."

"What are you even doing here?" Jonny huffs.

Carmillia smiles and begins to explain in detail how she wants Valerie in every way possible.

"I love Marius, and even he is tame compared to that." Lyf shudders.

Jonny is pale. "I'm.... That's my fucking mother." He starts to dry heave

Tim shudders. "I need a fucking shower."

Brian blinks. "I would literally rather be left on a sun again than know any of that."

Marius was pulling at his ears. "I'm just I'm going to...." He joins Jonny in dry heaving

"Do you enjoy traumatizing them?" Valerie rolls her eyes. "You don't get any better with age."

"I enjoy your company." Carmillia winks.

"I need a fucking drink." Valerie groans

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

ROUND 2

So I’m back! Bracket time!

Reminder the time zone being used is CET

APPLE BRACKET

Aka Cartoons, Anime, and games associated with such (fire emblem and ace attorney)

Day 1 22/4, finished

Part 1: 5pm

Reigen Arakata (mob psycho 100) vs Corazon (one piece), finished

Lord Garmadon (Lego ninjago) vs Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb), finished

Iroh (avatar: the last airbender) vs Bob Blecher (bob’s burgers), finished

Iruka Umino (naruto) vs Darkwing Duck (darkwing Duck), finished

Part 2: 8pm

Hakoda (avatar; the last airbender) vs Ice King (adventure time), finished

Greg Universe (Steven universe, he won an extra battle because I forgot him at first) vs Splinter (teenage mutant ninja turtles), finished

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo’s bizarre adventure) vs Greil (fire emblem: path or radiance), finished

Professor Kukui (Pokémon) vs Phoenix Wright (ace attorney), finished

Day 2: 24/4, finished

Part 1: 5pm

David Evans (Inazuma 11) vs Loid Forger (spy x family), finished

Tim Lockwood (cloudy with a chance of meatballs) vs Oscar Proud (the proud family), finished

Shouta Aizawa (my hero academia) vs Donald Duck (ducktales), finished

Sailor Uranus (sailor moon) vs Skipper (penguins of Madagascar), finished

Part 2: 8pm

Sully (monsters ink) vs Kouhei Inuzuka (sweetness and lighting), finished

Alibert (wakfu) vs Meta Knight (Kirby), finsihed

Gru (despicable me) vs Zenkichi Hasegawa (persona), finished

Kanan Jarrus (Star Wars: rebels) vs Mr Ping (kung fu panda), finished

BAPELSIN BRACKET

Aka live action media, books, and video games & graphic novels not associated with anime (so no light novels or tie ins)

Day 1: 26/4 5pm, finished

Bobby Nash (9 1 1 on fox) vs Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek, deep Space 9), finished

Subject Delta (bioshock) vs Atticus Finch (how to kill a mockingbird), finished

Paul Blofis (Percy Jackson) vs Gomez Addams (the Addams family), finished

Lee Everett (telltale’s the walking dead) vs Waymond Wang (everywhere everything all at once), finished

Part 2: 8pm

Joel Miller (the last of us) vs Calvin’s dad (Calvin and Hobbes), finished

Pyrrha Dve (the locked tomb) vs Common Wubbox (my singing monsters), finished

Doc Louis (punch out!!) vs Riki (xenoblade), finished

Bob Cratchit (a Christmas carol) vs Mo Folchart (inkheart), finished

Day 2, 28/4

Part 1: 5pm

Alfred Pennyworth (Batman) vs Asgore Dreemurr (undertale), finished

Dave Seville (Alvin and the chipmunks) vs Chimney Han (9 1 1), finished

Glamrock Freddy (fnaf: security breach) vs Bail Organa (Star wars) , finished

Kim Dokja (omniscient Reader’s viewpoint) vs Hal Wilkerson (Malcom in the middle), finished

Part 2: 8pm

Lee Scoresby (his dark materials) vs Dream (sandman) , finished

Thrushpelt (warrior cats) vs Barret Wallace (final fantasy 7), finished

Domingo Montoya (the princess bride) vs Terry Jeffords (Brooklyn 99), finished

Rupert Giles (Buffy) vs Pollination Tech 9 Smith (the sims 2: strangetown), finished

QUICK QUESTIONS

WHY THIS PAIR UP? I’m a bringer if chaos, also it was random

What time zone? CET!

How do I do propaganda? Well first you reblog with a text post, don’t put the propaganda in the tags. Or send me an ask! I will make sure to reblog it with the right tags

Hey I saw you made a mistake, what should i do? First, don’t use anon asks to correct my spelling and if I misuse slang. Just tell me directly. If it is 2 hours after a poll has launched, I will redo it immediately. But I will write down the mistakes I make and correct them later on

CODE OF CONDUCT

Previous battles

Main Rounds

ROUND 1

Second chance/dad mansion break in

ROUND 1

The only way to show how the battles (second chance) will happen cuz it’s random AN EXTRA NON DAD BATTTLE?!?!?!?!?!?

[kiwi-adventures]

Poor Knight Islands - Der Schnorcheltag

Heute geht's aufs Boot. Dieses Jahr hat Tim von Nadine einen Schnorchelausflug zum Geburtstag geschenkt bekommen. Bisher waren wir uns unsicher wann der beste Zeitpunkt ist um gutes Wetter hierfür zu haben. Kurzgesagt: Wir haben Glück und das Wetter sieht heute hervorragend aus. Wir kommen etwas früher an und setzen uns noch für einen Kaffee und einen Snack in ein schönes Café in der Bucht. 

Gegen 10:30 Uhr betreten wir dann das Boot und werden direkt mit passender Schnorchelausrüstung und einem Neoprenanzug ausgestattet. An der Küste ist das Wasser angenehm warm, an den Poor Knight Islands die weit außerhalb liegen ist das Wasser aber deutlich tiefer und auch kälter. Die Insel ist schon lange ein geschütztes Gebiet und darf von niemandem mehr betreten werden. Hier hat sich in dieser Zeit die Natur anders entwickelt als auf dem Festland. Beispielsweise ist die Insel zum großen Teil mit Pohutukawa Bäumen bewachsen, die hier aber einen Monat früher als üblich blühen und dann die Insel in ein rotes Blütenkleid hüllen. Außerdem gibt es hier Heuschrecken so groß wie ein Kopf und Raupen die einen halben Meter lang sind. Für uns ist heute aber vorerst die Welt unter Wasser relevant. Auch das Gewässer ist mit dem höchsten Schutzstandart versehen, den es in Neuseeland gibt. Unser Boot ankert nach etwa einer Stunde Fahrt an einer geschützten Stelle vor der Insel.

Wir ziehen den Bauch ein und quetschen uns in die Neoprenanzüge. Als wir den Kopf unter Wasser stecken, sehen wir sofort wie überall etwas umher schwimmt. Wir bewegen uns langsam entlang der Steilwand der Insel und steuern auf einen Steinbogen zu. Immer wieder tauchen wir dabei zum Grund ab und schauen uns die Fische aus der Nähe an. Es gibt Fischschwärme mit vielen kleinen Fischen, große Snapper und bunt gestreifte Fische. Immer wieder entdecken wir was neues und machen uns durch antippen darauf aufmerksam. An dem Steinbogen angekommen staunen wir auch nicht schlecht. Beim Druntertauchen sehen wir extrem viele Fische, die sich hier vor Räubern aus der Luft schützen. Immer wieder tauchen wir ab und durch die Schwärme durch. Beeindruckend. Irgendwann werden unsere Finger dann doch langsam kalt und wir schwimmen zurück zum Boot. Dort wärmen wir uns mit einem heißen Getränk und bedienen uns am Buffet. Nach einer warmen Dusche sind wir dann bereit für Runde zwei und tauchen wieder ab. Zwischen den Felsen und den Pflanzen gibt es immer wieder was neues zu entdecken und wir sind im Wasser, bis der Skipper vorbeigefahren kommt und uns Bescheid gibt, dass es bald weiter geht.

Wieder an Bord ist die Tour aber noch nicht zu Ende. Wir fahren mit unserem Boot in die (nach Volumen gemessene) größte Meereshöhle der südlichen Hemisphäre. Das Licht das auf der Wasseroberfläche reflektiert sorgt dafür das Moos und kleinere Pflanzen an der Decke wachsen können. Außerdem ist die Akustik super interessant. Rufe oder ein kurzes Hupen durch das Boot hallen gefühlt ewig durch die Steinkuppel. 

Im Anschluss steuern wir noch einige große Steinbögen an. Leider können wir diese nicht durchfahren, da der Wellengang auf dieser Seite der Insel ziemlich stark ist. Wundern braucht man sich da nicht, hier ist nämlich bis Chile nur noch offener Ozean. 

Um einen besseren Winkel zu dem starken Wellengang zu haben beschließt der Kapitän vor dem Weg zur Küste die Pinnacles anzusteuern. Das ist eine weitere kleinere Inselgruppe. Dort sehen wir wie die Graumantel-Sturmtaucher brüten. Jährlich kommen etwa 2,5 Millionen dieser Vögel hier her, da das der einzige Platz ist an dem diese brüten.

Hier mal noch eine kurze Faktensektion zum Graumantel-Sturmtaucher, da diese echt ein hartes Leben haben:

Die Nester sind auf der Klippe gebaut von der die Jungvögel entweder von selbst springen oder irgendwann runtergestoßen werden. Schaffen sie es dabei zu fliegen leben sie. Wenn sie in das Wasser fallen können sie aufgrund des Flaumes unter ihren Federn nicht mehr abheben und gehen letztendlich unter. Ihr Leben verbringen die Vögel dann mit Jagd auf Fische im ganzen Pazifik. Dafür stürzen sie aus der Luft mit großer Geschwindigkeit ins Wasser und spießen das Opfer mit dem Schnabel auf. Der Nachteil dieser Jagdmethode ist, dass die Vögel durch den Aufprall mit der Zeit erblinden. Alte Vögel passen sich deshalb dem Verhalten der Jungvögel an und beginnen ihren Sturzflug einfach sobald es die anderen tun. Die Jungen sind aber alles andere als kooperativ wenn sie das merken. Sie lenken den Schwarm in Richtung einer Felswand und ziehen in letzter Sekunde nach oben. Die Blinden fliegen geradeaus weiter. Ganz schön brutal diese Sturmtaucher...

Zurück zu uns. Nach dem Schnorchelausflug fahren wir zurück nach Whangarei und treffen uns noch einmal mit Tori. Wir schauen uns zuerst das Segelboot ihrer Eltern an, danach finden wir ein Lokal an der Hafenpromenade. Zur Vorspeise teilen wir uns ein Tuhnfischtatar und wählen dann für die Hauptspeise Fishtacos aus. Beides schmeckt uns sehr gut. Nach einem gemütlichen Nachmittag mit Tori geht es für uns weiter Richtung Campingplatz. Hier finden wir einen auf dem Weg Richtung Whangarei Heads wo wir morgen wandern wollen und schlagen als einzige dort unser Zelt auf.

Hier nochmal ein großes Danke an Nadine für das tolle Geburtstagsgeschenk!

[47burlm]

ASecond World War-era US Navy submarine has been found almost 80 years after its sinking at the hands of Japanese forces, researchers have announced.

The wreck of the USS Harder, a nearly 100-metre-long sub, was found off the Philippines' northern island of Luzon using data from Tim Taylor, an ocean explorer and founder of the Lost 52 Project, a mission to research the 52 US Navy submarines lost in World War Two.

The Harder had been sunk by a depth charge attack in August 1944 while fighting Japanese ships in Dasol Bay in the Philippines - which claimed the lives of all 79 crewmen on board.

American forces had formally declared the sub lost in January 1945, but now, the US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the vessel's final resting place.

The NHHC the submarine was "resting at a depth of more than 3,000 feet", adding that it "sits upright on her keel relatively intact except for the depth-charge damage aft of the conning tower".

It praised the Project for its findings, saying: "Submarines by their very design can be a challenge to identify, but the excellent state of preservation of the site and the quality of the data collected by Lost 52 allowed for NHHC to confirm the identity of the wreck as Harder."

Its director, Samuel Cox, said: "Harder was lost in the course of victory, and victory has a price, as does freedom - and we must not forget.

"We are grateful that Tim Taylor and his Lost 52 team have given us the opportunity to once again honor the valor of the crew of 'Hit 'em HARDER', the submarine that sank the most Japanese warships in particularly audacious attacks under her legendary skipper, Commander Sam Dealey."

[breadedsinner]

See now I'm wondering if I could do a Mass Effect version of Tether where I recount the events of the game with personal touches and a few adjustments to canon. Because I very much like the idea of the VS, especially Ashley, being on the Tuchunka mission.

I think Raphael would insist she recover but I think it's fully in character for Ashley to push herself.

*

Raphael: I need you at your best.

Ashley: Skipper, look at me. This IS my best. I can't be cooped up in this hospital any longer while people die.

Raphael: But if something happened...

Ashley: Something already happened. I'll get up as many times as I need to. Whatever it takes. You wouldn't expect anything less from any other soldier.

Raphael: ...No. No, I wouldn't.

*

Of course that would change the whole Citadel Coup level, which as I understand is heavily criticized. I think people were unhappy with Cerberus as a whole in 3, it was strange that had a huge army when they were noted as a small but elite private operation.

I don't know how I would change that though... maybe Reaper troops are on the Citadel, TIM is trying to take advantage of the chaos. Ashley as Spectre wants to protect the Council, so she and Raph split into teams? is that anything?

[chicagofanfictionfan]

Sailing | Part 40

‘Ziva, are we going to die too?’

Tim’s question shoots Ziva in the heart – for a few moments she’s speechless – the hardest thing she’d ever have to do in her life was telling the Gibbs children that their father had died.

She was wrong. Ziva thought. Breaking the news about Gibbs to them – that he didn’t make it through that first night – was even harder now with him gone.

Without him – they’d been burned beet red by the sun; their food and water supply was beginning to run low – almost as low as their own spirits. Including the sadness of losing their skipper, father and friend has taken them from overwhelming despair to something even worse now – that they all might be next.

They’d all been staying close as possible to where The Family Gibbs went; there’s been no rescue boat or helicopter. The only planes that flew overhead are like little ants in the sky, tiny mere specks – probably wouldn’t normally see at all if not for their vapour trails – lost somewhere in tropical waters and don’t know exactly where.

She’d stared through narrowed eyes at their sunburned bodies – their cuts and bruises – the sea salt desperately clinging to their scabs. Looking between - their chapped lips - dishevelled heads of hair. Ziva stared deep into their eyes.

‘No, Tim,’ she answered. ‘We’re not going to die too.’

[lazydoodlesandfanfic]

Buff Batmom Octavia is getting everyone funny/gag costumes for Halloween, Barbie, and her sisters costumes. The family not getting that they are joke costumes and thinking that she put thought and love into picking them out and taking these costumes to the next level with props, makeup, and everything. Even wearing them to (idk) Justice League and Team parties! Lol

Bruce: Milo Thatch, from Atlantis: the lost empire. It's set in 1914. The character is a dorky scholar who wears large harry potter style glasses and falls in love with Princess Kida of Atlantis (and both saves and is saved by her)

Octavia: Princess Kida of Atlantis (enough said)

Jason: Barbie. Complete with heels, full face of makeup, a 1000% bright pink frilly sparkly dress, and saying things like "Well golly!" Or "Oh, that darn schlonpuffa!" (Reference to Barbie life in the Dreamhouse) and everyone being scared and confused when he GIGGLES after that!

Damian: The youngest sister Chelsea, acts sweet but is really chaotic. Only, he is in all pink, and it looks like a 5 year old's dress up chest threw up on him before a unicorn explosion happened.

Dick: Skipper, who is the punk skater girl of the early 2000s on Disney Channel. Dick commits to it and even uses phrases such as: "like, talk to the hand" and other stuff like that.

Tim: Stacie, who is a planner but is also a girly girl, Tim has to skip and smile and act like a 10 year old girl (Stacie is 10-11 yo)

The family see the work and planning she's put into the costumes, and can't say no to dressing up for her, and proceed to be stubborn and defensive of the outfits by anyone making fun of it because of how happy it makes her. They're especially defensive and willing to go along with it if they've learnt about her own childhood and see this as her making up for lost time

[kwebtv]

TV Guide -  February 9 - 15, 1963

Ernest Borgnine (/ˈbɔːrɡnaɪn/; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012)  Film, stage and television actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows.  

Borgnine made his TV debut as a character actor in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, beginning in 1951. These two episodes led to countless other television roles that Borgnine would gain in Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Frontier Justice, Laramie, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Run for Your Life, Little House on the Prairie (a two-part episode entitled "The Lord is My Shepherd"), The Love Boat, Magnum, P.I., Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, Walker, Texas Ranger, Home Improvement, Touched by an Angel, the final episodes of ER, the first episode of Wagon Train, and many others.  

In 1962, Borgnine signed a contract with Universal Studios for the lead role as the gruff but lovable skipper, Quinton McHale, in what began as a serious one-hour 1962 episode called "Seven Against the Sea" for Alcoa Premiere, and later reworked to a comedy called McHale's Navy, a World War II sitcom, which also co-starred unfamiliar comedians Joe Flynn as Capt. Wally Binghamton and Tim Conway as Ens. Charles Parker. The insubordinate crew of PT-73 helped the show become an overnight success during its first season, landing in the top 30 in 1963. (Wikipedia)