#toby mitchell x you

[joshfutturman]

ੈ♡˳ beach day (wip) . toby mitchell x gn reader

all he’d been talking about was the beach for at least three weeks. you let him ramble, something about the waves centring his inner chakras and how he'd take the scenic route on his bike. nodding along, you agreed, how could you not? toby was adorable when he rambled like that.

apparently, today's weather was perfect. he told you so in a text at 8am this morning. well, four texts to be exact.

despite the text waking you from your deep and peaceful slumber, you can’t help but smile at his silly yet entirely toby like emoji usage. what you couldn’t see was toby impatiently pacing in his room waiting for you to text back. his fingers are crossed, he’s looking at his phone with a furrowed brow and whispering small ‘come on’s under his breath.

you reply a quick ‘yes x’ and lock your phone, sitting up in bed. no matter how hard you try, you can’t wipe the stupid smile from your face. toby was your best friend, sure, but there was always something more than that lingering just below the surface. most people saw the shallow side to him, the side obsessed with instagram and social media fame, he was just the ditzy, handsome guy who rode a motorbike.

to you? he was way more. of course he was just a little naive and to some it came across as being conceited, but you loved him all the same. he was just. . . toby mitchell.

thankfully, since he hadn’t shut up about it - you’d already prepared a beach bag filled with towels and some other beach accessories. he liked to surprise you often, spontaneously making plans. it was sweet. you were always the first person he thought to ask.

his countless past relationships had never bothered you, why should they? toby was known for his trail of broken hearts, you’d lectured him about it many a time despite knowing he never meant to hurt anyone. but as long as he was happy, that’s all that mattered to you. he promised to get better, to stop messing around so much - he’d been single for a couple of months now to your surprise. maybe he was actually listening for once.

a small rock taps at your window and you peek behind the curtains to find him in the road, giving a small wave. he leans against his bike in that familiar brown jacket and white shirt, wide smile on display. you note that he’s holding two helmets.

your heart gives a little 'thud thud'. you sigh at the sensation.

he was just too cute.

jhutch promptober day 5 - motorbike

[m4tthewmurd0ck]

THE MORNING SKY

── Coriolanus Snow x Fem!Reader

BONUS CHAPTER ── 2.5 [ MEET THE TRIBUTES! ]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

after mapping out most of the story, this is going to be a bit longer than i thought. although the games aren’t the sole focus of the story, i do want to show you the other tributes! i always appreciate when face claims are given to other characters because i like being able to put faces to names. note ~ not all will be extensively featured

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┊ ┊ ⋆˚    MEET

✧. ┊         THE

⋆ ★. TRIBUTES !

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DISTRICT ONE

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── LUXURY GOODS

GAVIN LEATHERWOOD AS ATLAS

FREYA ALLAN AS EMERALD

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DISTRICT TWO

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── MASONRY + WEAPONS

EWAN MITCHELL AS AEMOND

TOBY REGBO AS CASSIAN

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DISTRICT THREE

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── TECHNOLOGY

LORENZO ZURZOLO AS FELIX

MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN AS ANTONIA

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DISTRICT FOUR

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── FISHING

ALEXANDER DREYMON AS ROMAN

LEAH SAVA JEFFRIES AS ANNA

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DISTRICT FIVE

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── ELECTRICITY

CURRAN WALTERS AS LEDGER

MACKENZIE FOY AS AURORA

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DISTRICT SIX

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── TRANSPORTATION

KI HONG LEE AS EVERETT

KATELYN NACON AS FREYA

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DISTRICT SEVEN

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── LUMBER

JACOB LOFLAND AS ELLIS

JENNA ORTEGA AS DAHLIA

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DISTRICT EIGHT

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── TEXTILES

JONATHAN DAVISS AS CAIUS

EMMA MYERS AS MEADOW

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DISTRICT NINE

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── GRAIN PRODUCTION

ALEX LANGE AS DARIUS

EMILY CAREY AS POPPY

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DISTRICT TEN

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── LIVESTOCK / MEAT PRODUCTION

NICK ROBINSON AS ARTHUR

ISABELA MONER AS VERA

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DISTRICT ELEVEN

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── AGRICULTURE

DIMITRI ABOLD AS REAPER

MCKENNA GRACE AS SKYE

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DISTRICT TWELVE

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── COAL MINING

HARRY GILBY AS ARCHER

YOU AS CORYO’S SOULMATE 🤪

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[ultimate-good-dog]

Ultimate Good Dog Official Bracket

Preliminaries are closed!

The Bracket is done!

I did my best to seed the bracket but i'm p. new at it so like, i did my best

The matchups!

Side A

Cerberus (Greek Mythology) Vs Aralez (Armenian Mythology)

Cheedle (HunterxHunter) Vs Sam (Sam and Max)

Nina And Alexander (Fullmetal Alchemist) Vs The Husky (The Thing)

The Disreputable Dog Vs the Hound of Baskerville

Akamaru (Naruto) Vs Missile (Ghost Trick)

Mrs O'Leary (Percy Jackson) Vs Dog (Good Omens)

Ruff Ruffman (Fetch!) Vs Diogee (Milo Murphy's law)

This is Fine Dog (Gunshow) Vs Snoopy (Peanuts)

Terriermon (Digimon) Vs Growlithe (Pokemon)

Clifford (Clifford the big red dog) Vs Spot (Spot the dog)

Jake the Dog (adventure time) Vs Becquerel (Homestuck)

Bandit Heeler (bluey) Vs Bluey Heeler (bluey)

K-9 (looney Tunes) Vs K-9 (doctor Who)

Stitch Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) Vs Blue (Blue's clues)

Seymour Asses (Futurama) Vs Balto (Balto)

Naga (Legend of Korra) Vs Wishbone (Wishbone)

Side B

Polterpup (Luigi's Mansion) Vs Pugsley (Paranormal Park)

Courage (Courage the cowardly dog) Vs Annoying Dog (Undertale)

Miss Rosa (Night in the Woods) Vs Dr Doppler (Treasure Planet)

Slinky Dog (Toy Story) Vs Monchie Mitchel (the Mitchels Vs the Machines)

Cerberus (Hades) Vs Hayabusa (Okami)

Toby (Ace Attourney) Vs Isabelle (Animal Crossing)

Toto (Wizard of Oz) Vs Perrito (Puss n Boots: the last wish)

Dug (Up) Vs Pongo & Perdita (101 Dalmations)

Odie (Garfield) Vs Dogmatix (Asterix)

Daikichi & Dog Ninja (Ensemble Stars & Rhythm Heaven) Vs Sunkist (Half Life but the AI are self aware)

Cujo (Danny Phantom) Vs Waffles (moonglow Bay)

Bond (SpyxFamily) Vs Koromaru (Persona 3)

Scrappy Doo (Scooby doo where are you) Vs Scooby Doo (Scooby doo where are you)

Bear (Person of Interest) Vs Rex (Inspector Rex)

Puppycat (Bee and Puppycat) Vs Grommit (Wallace and Grommit)

Porthos (Star Trek: Enterprise) Vs Queequeg (X-files)

[icemavschild]

The Jock and The Rule Breaker» (1) The Rule Breaker Meets The Jock

Pairings: Icemav (Pete Mitchell x Tom Kazansky), Nick x Carole

Synopsis: Pete Mitchell was known for breaking rules and practically living in detention. This time round is no different, except for the Captain of the Football team.

Tom Kazansky is, well, Mr Popular. He’s not an asshole, but he’s not a goody-two-shoes. That’s evident considering he ends up in detention for punching some asshole for their bad mouth towards his best friend, Ron.

Warnings: none for this chapter.

A/N: Decided to start publishing! It’ll be routine so every Wednesday I’ll publish a new chapter!!

TOP GUN 1986 and TJATRB MASTERLIST

Top Gun Private School was known as one of the worlds most elite High Schools. It only took in those who had potential or were, in fact, the best of the best.

For Tom Kazansky, he was the best at Football. He played for the Top Gun Aviators since his arrival in Freshman year.

For Pete Mitchell, he was the best at physics. He competed against the State's brilliant Physicists-to-be annually since Freshman year. His closest friend, Nick Bradshaw, often said it was quite ironic he was a Physics kid—considering he seemed to defy the laws of that certain subject as a hobby.

There were many similarities between Pete and Tom. They shared classes such as English Literature, Economics and Trade and Chemistry.

There were also differences between Pete and Tom. Big differences. Differences such as the fact that Tom doesn't go out of his way to break the rules and Pete didn't go out of his way to clash heads with sweaty men.

Pete never used to be 'The Rule Breaker'. Once upon a Freshman year ago, he followed rules, he obeyed teachers, he tried getting good grades, he interacted with his Physics Club/Team. But then his father died and suddenly his mother was in ruins and his peers and teachers looked on with pity and sympathy.

So he changed those looks of pity to looks of disappointment. Anything was better than pity in his book.

Currently, Pete Mitchell was sat sulking sitting in detention a stack of lined paper in front of him and a pen behind his ear. By this point, Pete practically lived in detention. He knew the ins and outs of it, who was here and when. Today it was just him, he seemed to be the target for lonesome Saturday detention.

He was awoken by his daydreaming and his plans of escape when the door to the Library opened to reveal Mr Popular himself, Tom Kazansky.

"Captain!" Pete exclaimed sarcastically. "What brings you to the neighbourhood?" Kazansky rolled his eyes and sat at the front of the room, away, far far away, from Pete.

Pete made a groaning sound, almost like a whimper. Like he was hurt by the ignorance.

"You wound me, Captain, you wound me." He pouted and slammed his head on the desk a little harsher then he anticipated and let out a loud yelp. Tom laughing and turning around to face the delinquent.

"You wounded yourself, Mitchell." His voice was full of sass and snark. The fact that he even knew Pete's name shocked the Mitchell into silence. Not many people on the Football team knew Pete by name, the fact that the Captain did was a shocker.

"You know my name." He stated, rather than questioned. Tom rolling his eyes.

"You live next to my father." The Kazansky stated like it was obvious, "I visit every Saturday, dumbass."

"How was I supposed to know that?!" Pete exclaimed, throwing his arms up. "I spend my Saturdays here you numpty." The shorter boy grumbled. Tom frowning and coming to realise that he'd only seen Pete on a few occasional Saturdays.

"Why do you get in trouble so much?" The curious footballer asked, his brows quirking up in the slightest.

"Why are you here today?" Pete deflected, successfully changing the subject.

"I punched Toby McMillan in the face for calling Ron a fag." He answered honestly, Pete's eyes raising, he didn’t think the rumours were true.

"I didn't know that Kerner was—"

"He's not, Toby's just an asshole." Tom interrupted before Pete could continue his sentence.

Pete thought for a moment, his mind searching for reasons or evidence that Kazansky was lying. The more he racked his brain the more he realised that Ron Kerner wasn’t gay, despite what he’d heard.

Yes, Pete had heard the rumour that Kerner was gay. He’d never admit that he’d heard it or partake in the bullying, considering circumstances.

“True, McMillan is a fucking dickhead.” Pete laughed out; causing Tom to chuckle lightly. His smile showed his perfect teeth and it had Pete freezing with a light blush dusting his cheeks.

Tom, too, stared at Pete a little longer than he’d like to admit. Pete Mitchell had always been a mystery to him. He seemed to be one of the brightest minds this school had ever produced, yet he threw it all away for some deluded reason that Tom couldn’t figure out.

The few Saturdays he managed to catch a glimpse of the boy, he was always alone. His mother never seemed to be around, which suddenly stood out to Tom. He’d only ever seen Pete at home, alone.

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer.” Petes voice had Tom startling slightly. Jumping to the left and almost toppling off of his seat; Pete laughing hysterically at the moment he managed to see.

Pete enjoyed watching people struggle and fumble; call him a sadist, but it was funny.

Instead of answering, Tom stood up and walked toward the back of the room and sat down in front of Pete. A small smirk on his face.

“I answered your question.” Tom suddenly said, Pete’s eyes widening. He hoped that Tom would’ve forgotten about that.

“Yes, thanks for that.” Pete smiled widely, Tom taking notice of his slightly wonky two front teeth. He wondered if he was born with that—or maybe if he had surgery.

“C’mon Mitchell, why do you always get into trouble?” Tom urged, his eyes glinting with something that scared Pete. It made him feel vulnerable. Like maybe Tom knew why, like he knew everything.

Like maybe he knew about his mother, knew about his father, which was most likely, but maybe…the worst part, maybe he knew how Pete felt about himself. Maybe he could see the way that Pete’s mind scolded and scarred him.

“Because it’s fun.” He lied, smirking convincingly at Tom who seemed to take the bait considering he rolled his eyes.

“You’re so anno—”

“MAV!” A loud shriek of a name that Tom didn’t know was heard from one of the back windows.

“Well, that’s my queue.” Pete chuckled out, a repeat of the weird name was heard, but this time louder. “I’m coming, Goose!” Pete screamed.

Now, Tom knew that name. Goose. It was a name he called regularly on the field. Nick Bradshaw, or Goose Bradshaw, was on the Football team much like Tom was. The team often gave each other nicknames based on events, personalities or some stupid reason.

Tom was Iceman, not because he’s ‘Ice cold’ or has an ‘ice heart’. He got Iceman because he slipped on some Ice in the parking lot in Sophomore year. Goose, well that’s a funnier story, one for another time because as Tom was sat daydreaming and remembering his own nickname. Pete had almost left the building.

“Hey! Wait up.” Tom exclaimed, picking up his bag and running toward the direction Pete had disappeared to.

“Didn’t think you’d be the type to skip detention.” Pete remarked once Tom had caught up.

“I don’t always follow the rules, Mitchell.” Tom retorted, his ever present smirk making Pete smile warmly for a moment.

“Oh, hey Ice.” Goose said with some surprise. Looking between the two. “How’s the hand?”

Tom chuckled and looked down at his bruised knuckles.

“They’re fine.” He looked back up to meet the eyes of Carole Smith, Bradshaw’s girlfriend. “Hey, Carole.”

The girl beamed at Ice and then turned to Pete. “Hurry up, Pete.” Said boy scoffed and jumped out, Tom following. Tom watched as Pete rushed toward Carole and picked her up. The girl crying out with a loud laugh.

Pete ran toward a car, Carole screaming for him to put her down.

“You wanna come to get food, Ice?” Nick asked his fellow teammate.

“Sure, why not.”

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[dinklebat]

some creepypasta voice headcanons

brought to you by my minimal knowledge of celebrities and musicians other than the 10 songs i listen to on repeat!!

Jeff - Damien Wong (Set to Stun). Okay honestly I’m not a huge metalcore fan, but I really like Set to Stun’s music and honestly it sounds like the sorta thing I can see Jeff singing.

Ben - Len Kagamine. Not his voice actor but the literal vocaloid. I just feel like Ben would have a very childish, but slightly digital or unnerving voice.

Toby - Danny Gonzalez. In my AU he’s an adult, but I see him as having a higher, more childish voice honestly.

Rowan - Tom Holland. His actual voice though, not the American one (although that fits too).

Masky and Hoodie - they both have canon voices lmao

Jane - Mara Junot (Evelynn from LoL). Okay, probably don’t google this because a lot of her lines are NSFW and honestly that doesn’t really give me Jane area but just something about the sadism in her voice fits Jane pretty well.

X Virus - Zach Braff. I just started watching Scrubs and if I close my eyes I can totally see JD as X Virus

EJ - Keith Silverstein. My logic was that there’s a large overlap between people who simp for ej and people who simp for childe and zhongli. that’s it.

Doby - Zeno Robinson. It’s just perfect okay trust me

Nina - Jinx from LoL. Honestly leaning towards Ella Purnell rather than Sarah Williams but that might be regency bias (please watch Arcane)

Clockwork - Shay Mitchell. I HC Clocky as French-Canadian and the idea of her slipping and saying “sorry“ in her native accent is kind of cute.

Liu: Cavetown. I just see him as having a vary soft and sweet voice that can get super intense when stressed

[alittlesliceofcucumber]

Shoutout to the comfort characters of 2021!

(in sort of chronological order)

Vision (WandaVision)

RIP yet again king, please come back ASAP.

Launchpad McQuack (Ducktales)

HE DESERVED HIS BIG FINALE MOMENT I MISS HIM Also shoutouts to Gyro and Duckworth!

Joaquin Torres (TFATWS)

For such little screentime, he sure did manage to steal my heart.

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

Along with Gregory Edgeworth. Happy 20 years since DL-6. Stop updating that damn autopsy report.

Eric & Deborahbot 5000 (The Mitchells Vs The Machines)

Listen, you can’t give me funky little robot characters and expect me not to adore them. Do not separate them.

Papyrus (Undertale)

LET ME IN, TOBY.

...

and so the madness begins...

Satoru Hosonaga (The Great Ace Attorney)

MY BELOVED, I’M SORRY FOR EVER DOUBTING YOU, YOU SOLO EVERY OTHER ACE ATTORNEY CHARACTER. FEMINIST ICON. PLEASE GO TO A HOSPITAL.

Susato Mikotoba (The Great Ace Attorney)

High-key the most intelligent character in the game. She deserves the world. I love her with every fibre of my being. Just as she loves...

Herlock Sholmes (The Great Ace Attorney)

So he appears at last... No joke, this fictional character has taken over my life. Not just my life, but the lives of my friends too- his influence is that big lol. We mention him in every conversation. His theme song has become a meme. Herlock Sholmes. Did you know there was a time where I laughed everytime I read his name? That’s not the case anymore. Now, it’s weird to read “Sherlock Holmes”. This character carried the second half of 2021 almost exclusively on his shoulders for me, and made some very difficult moments a lot more bearable. I genuinely hope I never get tired of him and I’m dreading to finish The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles just because it means there will be no more Sholmes content.

right, let’s step away from the madness now:

The Captain (BBC Ghosts)

SIR WHAT IS YOUR NAME

Swatch (Deltarune)

I really like butler characters, ok.

The Forger Family (Spy x Family)

Surely you didn’t expect me to pick one! I’m really excited to see them animated and obliterating anyone who stands in their way!

Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

There might be a year where he doesn’t take over my brain. This was not that year.

Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

He’s just a really good lawyer, guys.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

You won’t hear this from the media, but we are 123 days into this year and have lost 119 law enforcement officers in the line of duty. There were also 3 Police K-9’s killed. Many in America don’t know their names.  

Here they are Liberals, SAY THEIR NAMES...

Sergeant Gordon William Best Sergeant Daniel Marcus Mobley Lieutenant Jeff Bain Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Howell Sergeant Randall Sims Deputy Sheriff Jonathan David Price Police Officer Jay Hughes Officer Brian David Sicknick Sergeant David G. Crumpler Lieutenant William Lyle Gardner Conservation Officer Steven Reighard Police Officer Arturo Villegas Master Corporal Brian Roy LaVigne Agent Luis A. Marrero-Díaz Agent Luis X. Salamán-Conde Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena Police Officer Melton "Fox" Gore Sergeant Frederick H. "Butch" Cameron Detective Sergeant Stephen R. Desfosses Chief of Police Tony M. Jordan Corporal Christine Peters Constable Sherry Kay Langford Lieutenant Treva Preston Corrections Officer IV Alfred Jimenez Police Officer Jerry Steven Hemphill Sergeant Edward John Marcurella, Jr. Lieutenant John Reynolds Corrections Officer Joseph A. Martini Deputy Sheriff Adam Gibson Police Officer Brandon M. Stalker Warrants Officer Toby Keiser Deputy Sheriff Jacinto R. Navarro, Jr. Officer Byron Don Shields Lieutenant Frank Arnold Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder Captain Michael D'Angelo Garigan Lieutenant Juan Rafael Rivera-Padua Auxiliary Sergeant Louis M. Livatino Director of Field Operations Beverly Good Sergeant Tommy W. Cudd Sergeant Jeffery Robert Smith Special Agent Robert Allan Mayer, Jr. Sergeant William Brautigam Correctional Officer Juan Llanes Sergeant Grace A. Bellamy Lieutenant Michael Boutte Special Agent Laura Ann Schwartzenberger Special Agent Daniel Alfin Detention Officer Robert Perez Agent Juan Rosado-López Patrolman Darian Jarrott Detective Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia Officer Cesar Dangaran Sibonga Deputy Sheriff Ross Dixon Corrections Officer IV Vicky James Investigator Eddie B. Hutchison, III Chief of Police Timothy John Sheehan Deputy Sheriff Donald Raymond Gilreath, III Police Officer Mitchell Penton Officer Genaro Guerrero Corrections Officer IV Tawiwo Obele Major Estaban "Stevie" Ramirez, III Deputy Constable Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa Sergeant Richard Paul Brown Deputy Sheriff Michael Magli Police Officer Horacio Dominguez Lieutenant Eugene Lasco Natural Resources Officer Jason Lagore Parole Officer Troy K. Morin Officer Carlos Mendoza Deputy Sheriff Thomas Albanese Reserve Deputy Constable Martinus Mitchum Police Officer Dominic Jared Winum Captain Justin Williams Bedwell Police Officer II Jose Anzora Corrections Officer III Tracey Adams Officer Crispin San Juan San Jose Officer Jesse Madsen Sergeant Barry Edwin Henderson Deputy Sheriff Stanley "Allen" Burdic Police Officer Gary Hibbs Border Patrol Agent Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos Police Officer Kevin Valencia Sergeant LaShonda Owens Police Officer Eric Talley Chief of Police Fred Alan Posavetz Correctional Officer Robert McFarland Senior Master Trooper Todd A. Hanneken Corporal Kyle Jeffrey Davis Trooper Joseph Gallagher Sergeant Shane Owens Reserve Deputy Sheriff James Driver Trooper Chad Walker Corrections Officer Luis Arturo Hernandez, Sr. Police Officer William Evans Lieutenant James Kouski Police Officer Brent Nelson Hall Deputy Sheriff Christopher Wilson Knight Sergeant James K. Smith Deputy Sheriff Thomas Patrick Barnes Deputy Sheriff Carlos Antonio Hernandez Border Patrol Agent Christopher Shane Simpkins Police Officer David Parde Constable Edward F. Ryan K9 Figo K9 Riley K9 Luna

[youngfcs]

Hey cib, can you please update the list of the crackships?

1.   Dominic Sherwood + Emilia Clarke – anonymous

2.   François Arnaud + Holland Roden - extraviada

3.   Francisco Lachowski + Emmy Rossum - anonymous

4.   Grant Gustin + Shay Mitchell - anonymous

5.   Cody Fern + Phoebe Tonkin - anonymous

6.   Douglas Booth + Sabrina Carpenter - lua-magica

7.   Jensen Ackles + Leighton Meester - anonymous

8.   Sam Claflin + Emeraude Toubia - anewchapterlove

9.   Chace Crawford + Katie Stevens – anonymous

10. Cole Sprouse + Elizabeth Gillies - anonymous

11. Stella Maxwell + Jordan Barrett + Elsa Hosk – anonymous

12. Lyrica Okano + Katherine Langford - anonymous

13. Paulina Singer + Camila Mendes - anonymous

14. Dominic Sherwood + Alberto Rosende - blue-anchor

15. Dylan O’Brien (thomas) + Marie Avgeropoulos (octavia) - anonymous

16. Maxence Danet Fauvel + Kristine Froseth - anonymous

17. Toby Regbo + Jamie Campbell Bower - anonymous

18. Bill Skarsgard + Liz Gillies - anonymous

19. Natalie Dormer (GOT) + Bruna Marquezine (Deus Salve o Rei) - anonymous

20. Gwilym Lee + Eiza Gonzalez - anonymous

21. Benjamin Wadsworth + Tom Holland - thebaudelairefiles

22. Olivia Holt + Lana Condor - thebaudelairefiles

23. Cody Christian + Madelaine Petsch - anonymous

24. Jesse Lee Soffer + Lucy Hale - anonymous

25. Zendaya + Elle Fanning - anonymous

26. Taron Egerton + Zoey Deutch - anonymous

27. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (O garoto de Liverpool) + Luca Hollestelle - anonymous

28. Dacre Montgomery + Zoey Deutch - anonymous

29. Alfie Enoch + Melissa Benoist (loira) - anonymous

30. Gina Rodriguez + Jesse Lee Soffer - anonymous

31. Will Tudor + Lili Reinhart – b-coopers

32. Shawn Mendes + Madison Beer - anonymous

33. Benjamin Wadsworth + Shelley Hennig - anonymous

34. Alicia Vikander + Brie Larson (como Capitã Marvel) - anonymous

35. Benedict Cumberbatch + Gemma Arterton  - anonymous

36. Jared Padalecki + Danielle Rose Russell - anonymous

37. Chris Evans + Cindy Kimberly (pode ser fotos) - anonymous

38. Harry Styles + Dane Dehaan  - anonymous

39. Benjamin Wadsworth + Madeleine Petsch - anonymous

40. Zayn Malik + Nam Joo-Hyuk - anonymous

41. Dustin Clare/ Gannicus from Spartacus: Gods of the Arena + Diana Agron wynonnaholliday 

42. Tom Holland + Shelley Hennig - anonymous

43. Paul Wesley + Becky G - anonymous

44. Elle Fanning + Nick Robinson- anonymous

45. Robert downey jr + Emeraude Toubia - anonymous

46. Douglas Booth + Alexia Fast – anonyymous

47. Matthew Daddario + Tarjei Sandvik Moe - kedileryadakediler 

48. Luke James +  Justine Skye – anonymous

49. gabriella wilde and michael malarkey in his role as The Oath – anonymous

50. Brandon Flynn + Lili Reinhart – Anonymous

51. Brandon Flynn + Stefanie Scott - moved-tocrylids

52. Tom Hiddleston + Gemma Chan - peraltajake

53. Zayn Malik + Marie Avgeropoulos – Anonymous

54. Bem Barnes + Zoey Deutch – anonymous

55. Jake Gyllenhaa + Emeraude Toubia – anonymous

56. Harry Styles + Cailin Russo - thgirla

57. tom hiddleston + jemima West - strippersoul 

58. Matthew Daddario + Alicia Vikander - anonymous

59. Charles Hunnam + Lily James - anonymous

60. Robert Downey Jr + Jennifer Garner – anonymous

61. Bob Morley + Caitlin Stacey– anonymous

62. Legolas + Kaya Scodelario (época)- anonymous

63. Joseph Morgan (como Klaus Mikaelson) e a Hande Erçel – anonymous

64. winona ryder and skeet ulrich  - anonymous

65. Rami Malek (Elliot) + Rachel Keller (Cassandra) – anonymous

66. Bruna Marquezine + Daenerys, Jon Snow, Sansa e Arya – Anonymous

67. Kriti Sanon x Daniel Sharman - bollycrackships

68. Emmy Rossum and Bill Hader  - anonymous

69. Timothée Chalamet x Nick Robinson – anonymous

70. Ana de Armas (de preferência morena) com a Tessa Thompson (de preferência como Valkyrie) – anonymous

71.  Lili Reinhart and Andrew Lees (Lucien Castle from The Originals) – anonymous

72.  Tessa Thompson and Alicia Vikander - anonymous

73. Froy Gutierrez x Kristine Froseth – Anonymous

74. Park Minhyuk and Danielle Rose Russell (as Hope from The Originals/Legacies) – anonymous

75.  Cheryl Blossom and Eliott Demaury (Skam France)? ♥ - Anonymous

76.  Blake Shelton+Taylor Swift – anonymous

77.  Matthew Goode and Lily James  as Richard Reed and Sue Storm – anonymous

78.  Jon Kortajarena & Matthew Daddario – anonymous

79.   Adelaide Kane + Chris Evans – anonymous

80.  Camila Mendes and Ryan Reynolds – anonymous

81.  naomi scott & crystal reed – anonymous

82.  Luma Grothe com o Sen Mitsuji – anonymous

83.   nicola peltz e bill skarsgard - Anonymous

84.  Adam Driver and Emeraude Toubia – anonymous

85.  lex meraz x nina dobrev or jackson rathbone x nina dobrev or charlie hunnam x emeraud toubia or victoria justice x dominic sherwood - decadentprincessbird 

That’s the list :( That’s why I closed the requests. Unfortunately I don’t have much time right now! But I’ll do later! 

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Tagged by @airyhoney omg hiii and thank you 💓

1. Zodiac sign- aries sun, cancer moon (like that one Joni Mitchell song) and gemini rising

2. Chinese Zodiac- Snake 😐

3. Coffee, tea, or soda- tea, oh especially green or fennel tea yum (but I do have a thing for coffee flavoured things in general)

4. Fave ice cream flavour- coffeee 🙈 and mint choc chip

5. Fave holiday- halloween! Pumpkin spice scented anything is so sexc and also the summer solstice

6. Fave animal- cats and rabbits. my grandad used to have loads hee hee

7. Fave show- hm probably over the garden wall, Hunter x Hunter, mindhunter and this british show called flowers

8. Fave sport- volleyball, tennis and swimming (even tho I can barely swim pfft)

9. Fave time of day- dusk 😌

10. Nostalgia cue- smells of the seasons changing if that makes sense lol, and certain polish foods and songs rlly made me feel some kinda way

11. Best smell- the smell of fresh cut grass can’t be beat don’t @ me

12. Fave carb or starch- PASTA

13. Artist you’re currently listening to- Fiona Apple and Phoebe Bridgers have been on repeat. oh and the music videos for aviation and everything that you’ve come to expect by the last show puppets have become a morning watch ritual

14. Fave fandom- fandom?? I don’t know the general film fandom I guess pfft

15. Hobbies- cooking, film watching 🤪, reading, am trying to get back into art and walking while taking random videos of flowers or bushes

16. Fave movie- suspiria (2018 obvs), phantom thread oh and Princess Mononoke always makes me tear up

17. Fave weather- thunderstorms are fun and it smells nice after but also sunny days that aren’t too hot are nice

18. Fave subject- like at school? History but also had a thing for religious studies (philosophy of religion and Buddhism rlly gave me that buzz)

19. Pets- a lil grey cat called Toby (had a few fish as well but they all died yikes)

20. Fun fact- I know all the words to that monarchs song from horrible histories,, I don’t know how coz I don’t remember learning it but here we are

Wow it’s actually difficult thinking about things coz I forget I’m a person,, but love screaming into the digital void 💜😌

I’ll tag jsut in case people are bored and wanna do this as a quarantine activity pfft: @a-sevensoldier @cluelesssuperwoman @pinkguyaesthetic @mintadoyle @briarprose @triphyllum @quiltedhoney

Byeeeee 😯🙂

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Fast cars & Freedom: who do you love? (11/?)

Ok.. it took me longer to get this done than I liked but here it is... A second paternity test, and the guys lay it on thr table. What will Ellie do now? Catch up HERE, also if you would like to be added to the tags, drop a line.

Pairings: Logan x Ellie, Colt x Ellie

Raiting: Mature. Ccontains nsfw situations.

“Seriously, you're fucking with me right?” Ellie snapped.  “I wish I was Ellie, but we have to retest.” Logan sighed. “Shit, my phone.  I need to go get my phone.” she shot up running for the door. Of course something like this would happen, that was just her luck. Her thoughts now on Colt, who she was sure was flipping out. She got to her purse grabbing her phone.  17 missed calls she thought, all from Colt, except 1 that was the Drs office. As if on cue her phone started buzzing in her hand. It was Colt.

E: Colt? Whats going on?

C: Where the hell have you been ellie? I've been calling you non stop.

E: we're at the track with Logan.

C: Did you get the call from the Dr? He says we can be re tested today but we have to be there by 4.

Ellie looks down at her phone

E: 4? Its 3:30 Colt. And  that's all the way across town in traffic.  How are we supposed to get there by then?

C: Looks like you or Logan are going to have to channel your criminal driving.  I'm on my way to the office, I'll see you there.

Logan and Stacie ran up, her dad, sally and Luca joining them. “Whats going on?” Logan questioned. “That was Colt. The Doctor said we can be re tested today, but we have to be there by 4.” Logans eyes went wide as he took note of the time.  “I can get us there.” Logan stated confidently “lets go.”

Ellie asked Stacie to take her car and meet them at the office, her dad and Sallie heading home.  Ellie hooked Lucas car seat in Logan's car quickly and they set out for the office. 20 minutes to go, the panic starting to set in.

Logan grabbed her hand, trying to calm her down.  “You ok back there Luca?” he shouted back checking on Luca.

“This is fun!” Luca squealed, Ellie shook her head, Logan just chuckled. She definitely had speed in her blood, that's for sure.

They pulled up to the office with five minutes to spare. Colt stood next to his bike. “I was afraid you weren't going to make it.” he gave Logan a cocky smirk.  “Come on Kaneko, you know better than that.”

Ellie grabbed Luca from her car seat, she immediately ran to Colt throwing her arms out. “Hey princess, I missed you.” he wrapped her in a hug as he lifted her off the ground.

They walked into the building, being taken right into the back. Logan and Colt going first. Colt held Luca while they swabbed her mouth. The doctor told them they would be sending it off for testing right away, the new lab turnaround was 2 to 4 weeks for dna testing,  however with the amount of labs that would be flooding in it could take longer.

They walked out of the office finding Stacie waiting for them with Ellies car. Luca was complaining she was hungry so they decided to get something to eat.  Colt had a customer picking up a car who had a custom job done that he had to be there for, so Ellie said she would catch up with him later that week. Ellie dropped stacie off at work and headed to meet Logan at the restaurant. He already had a table waiting for them when they arrived.

After ordering and finally eating, Luca was content playing on Ellies phone. “Ellie I need to talk to you about something important.” She could sense the seriousness in his tone.

“Ok, but quietly please.” she nodded towards Luca.

“Ellie, i'm pretty sure you know how I feel about you. You were the first and only girl I ever loved. But being with you and luca these past few weeks, well it made me realize that I want a family. I'm ready to settle down.” She took a deep breath, she wasn't expecting that. “Logan” She let out a long sigh. “I dont think thats a good idea right now.”

“I know, with the divorce and all. But really Ellie, I'm not getting any younger. I'm willing to wait, but.” He hesitated. Ellie reached out giving his hand a squeeze “I understand Logan. I do not want you to put your life on pause because I'm indecisive. If someone comes along that you think could lead somewhere, see how it goes.”

Logan sat there contemplating her words. “Thanks Ellie.” he finally spoke.

After they paid for their meal, Ellie took Luca home. She walked through the front door holding her sleeping child. Her dad and sally were sitting on the couch watching a movie, laughing and enjoying each other.  “Hey kiddo. Someone passed out huh?” Frank looked up from the tv screen. “Hey guys. Yep long day. I'm gonna put her in bed and crash myself. Back to work tomorrow.” She said goodnight, put Luca to bed and headed there herself.  

She put on her pajamas, and climbed into bed. She thought of her dad and Sally sitting on the couch, just enjoying being with each other. Her dad was happy, it was written all over his face and it made her happy for him. She thought about what Logan said at dinner, he was ready to settle down, but was she? She was divorcing Colt, was it fair to jump into something with Logan? Did she want to be with Logan or did she want Colt? She wasn't sure what she wanted that much was obvious, the thought of settling down, expanding her family and spending the rest of her life with someone who loved her and treated her well was all she ever dreamed of. She closed her eyes trying to escape her thoughts, after tossing and turning for a few hours she finally fell asleep.  

A a few days had gone by, she had just got off work when he phone rang, Darnells name flashed across the screen.

“Hello.” she answered. “Hey Ellie, its Darnell. I just wanted to let you know that Judge Mitchell scheduled a date for the hearing.” Ellies blood ran cold, it was one thing to file but another that it was actually happening. “oh, ok. Um when is it?

“The Thursday before labor day.” Ellie went silent, her heart pounding in her chest. “Thats. That's two weeks away.”

“Yes. She wanted to get it in before the holiday. It'll be done soon. Have a good weekend Ellie.”

“Yeah, you too Darrell.” Ellie hung up the phone, tears now falling. The Realization that Colt would be served soon hitting her like a ton of bricks. She calmed herself down enough to call her dad and make sure Luca was ok a little longer with him.

She started her car and made that all to familiar drive. She pulled up, trying her best to calm her nerves as she exited the car and walked through the open bay door.

“Were closed.” She heard a voice shout from under a car. “I'm not her for that.” she spoke, her voice carrying throughout the shop. Colt rolled out from under the car, standing up quickly.  “Hey. What are you doing her? Is Luca ok?” he wiped his greasy hands off, tossing the rag down on a nearby table.

“She fine. I came because I need to tell you something.” Colt arched his brow “Those words are never good.”

“Darnell called, the divorce has been scheduled.” she watched the expression on Colts face change to curiosity to a mixture  between hurt and anger. “When.” His tone colt and flat.

“Two weeks.” She looked to the floor. This was what she wanted, so why was it so damn hard to tell him?

“Two weeks?!” he shouted. He turned grabbing a tool and chucking it across the room. “Fuck!” He screamed, Ellie flinching. “I'm sorry Colt.” she squeaked out. His eyes widening as he turned to face her. “Oh you're sorry? You don't seem sorry to me Ellie. You didn't even give me a fucking chance. All I wanted was to be a family. You, me and Luca,” he ran his hands through his hair. “You just don't understand do you? I love you Ellie, I never stopped. Everything I did, was for you. The house, this garage, everything!”

“Colt I, I don't know what to say.” She was at a loss for words.

“I didn't want to be my dad. I wanted Luca to have both parents, together.  Now that will never happen.”

“Colt, we don't know that she's yours.” She regretted saying as soon as it left her mouth. It was like adding salt to the wound.

“Shes mine. I know in my heart she's mine, and even if she wasn't..” He shook his head. “You know what. You can have it all, everything. The house, the garage, all the money. All I want in this life is to be able to take care of you, and Luca. And if you won't let me do it at your side,  take everything.” he threw his hands up in the air, walking away.

“Colt.” she hollered after “Colt!” she followed him into to small apartment that used to be logan's loft.  “I can't see you right now Ellie. I think we probably should keep our distance until i cool down.” Colt had his back to her. Hands splayed out on the counter,  his breathing heavy. He was upset, very upset. “But the zoo, and Lucas first day of school.” She whimpered, holding back tears.

“I'll be there, I wouldn't miss that for her. I  will be cordial to you. But I won't be ok with it, I never will.”

Ellie hung her head in defeat, walking down the steps and then to her car. Colts words ringing in her ears. She grasped the steering wheel with a white knuckle grip, the tears streaming down her cheeks. She knew telling him was going to be rough, but she wasn't expecting the overload of emotions that came with it. She thought back to the day they took the brotherhood down.

****

She walked up to her house,  Colt had a loose end to tie up with Toby and ximena. The crew skipping town, laying low from the FBI. She crossed the front yard when Logan slid out of the shadows. “Logan? What are you doing here? I thought you left town.” her eyes darted around, assessing her surroundings. “I am, but I needed to see you first.” he came closer, closing the distance between them. “Look Ellie, I had every intention to apologize for dragging you into this. But now that I'm here, i'm not sorry.”

“You're not?” She looked at him confused.  

“No,” He shook his head. “If I didn't seek you out, I would have never met you. And though I may not have been the guy for you, I couldn't live in a world where I never knew you. You changed my life for the better Ellie.” he softly brushed the bruises on her face.

Ellie threw her arms around him, burying her face in his chest. “I don't want you to go, please don't go.” she sniffled. “Believe me Ellie, I don't want to, but I have to.  Go off to college, kick some ass. And remember I'll always be thinking of you.” She lifted her face, looking in his eyes. She pressed her lips against his, savoring the feeling one last time. “I hope this isn't goodbye forever. Promise me you'll stay safe.” she pulled back resting her head against his chest. “He pressed his lips to the top of her head. “I promise. Goodbye Ellie.” he took one last look at her before disappearing into the night.

She turned heading toward the house spotting colt standing there. “You kissed him.” He clenched his jaw. “You were spying on me? How long have you been standing there?”

“Long enough. And no, I wasn't spying on you. I finished what I needed to and came back for you.”

Ellie hesitated at the door. Could she really give up everything she had worked for? Could she really skip out on her dream school for a life on the run with Colt?

“Colt. I don't think we should do this. We rushed into this, its crazy. We. We need to get an annulment.”

Colt stumbled back. “What? Ellie come on, We love each other.”

“I know, and i do love you Colt. I do but.”

“Its Logan isn't it? You wanted to be with him, I was a mistake.” he retorted.  

“No. Colt that's not-”

“Save it Ellie. Go live your life, I'll get an annulment.” he climbed on his bike.

Ellie felt sick to her stomach, what did she do? She was scared, she didn't want to lose him. “colt.” she called after him, he put his helmet on kicking his bike to life. “Colt. Colt, come back. Please.” it was to late, she watched his tail lights fade out of view. She was alone, truly and completely alone.

*******

She pulled into the driveway of her house,  she pulled her compact from her purse attempting to cover the evidence of her crying. She walked into the house to hear laughter.  Frank, sally and Luca sat around the table eating ice cream, having a good time. “Hey guys.” She peaked her head into the room. “Hey kiddo. Everything ok.” She gave her dad a half hearted smile.  “Yeah, everything's fine.”

“Will you give me a bath mommy? I'm all sticky.” Luca held her ice cream covered hands up. “Sure thing sweetpea.”

After bathing and getting Luca to bed, Ellie walked over to a box that was left unpacked. She pulled out a medium sized shoe box, removing the lid she pulled a few items out. A ticket stub from the drive in, a small cactus, a bullet necklace, some photos of the crew and the last two. A picture of Logan and her, taken after the pool game, the other of her and Colt at Prom. She laid the two in front of her, her eyes burning into the paper. What was she going to do?

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The Velvet Hands - ‘Holiday In My Head’ 

Blistering with an unshakeable sense of claustrophobia, “Holiday In My Head” is the scorching new single from THE VELVET HANDS.

Arriving with a playful new video made by Callum Scott Dyson of CSD Videography, it sees animated imagery and blasts of fuzzy static nod to the band’s DIY sensibilities. Reminiscent of a cut-and-paste punk zine plucked straight from the 1970s, the video sees two floating heads and hand-drawn, cataclysmic visuals put to music as The Velvet Hands deliver a broiling barrage of live-ready rock riffs. Watch the official video here: https://youtu.be/qE5SQnvF2vE

A furious yet festival-ready anthem that swings from pent-up frustration to feel-good in a beat, of “Holiday In My Head” guitarist Dan explains:

“It’s based on our own experience of the doldrums of being skint, working your arse off to be able to afford a postage stamp sized flat, only to have to shave in the kitchen sink because the landlord won’t fix the one in the bathroom. Take that and then put it in lockdown, it felt like the walls were closing in  — very claustrophobic. You can’t escape to anywhere apart from your own daydreams. The song is an anthem of escapism in the modern era”.

With the track itself nodding to ‘70s new wave just as much as it does thunderous ‘00s indie, it’s a sizzling sampler of The Velvet Hands’ much anticipated second album, set to land later this year…

The Velvet Hands are Toby Mitchell, Dan Able, Louis Mitchell and Sam Hilder. Blending slacker story-telling with belting guitar riffs reminiscent of The Strokes or Parquet Courts with rousing punk choruses that recall The Clash, the band formed amidst Cornwall’s blistering garage-rock scene before relocating to London and making a name for themselves on the capital’s underground guitar circuit.

Praised as being “full of bolshy spirit” by NME, the band’s self-recorded debut album was Huw Stephens’ Album Of The Week on Radio 1 and gained the band airplay from Radio X, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing amongst others. Their early run of singles also caused a stir with a range of tastemaker blogs including Gigslutz and Fred Perry Subculture, with God Is In The TV praising them as “brash garage punk rabble-rousers somewhere between the attitude of early Cribs or Libertines with the death and glory of The Clash” and For The Love Of Bands dubbing the band as “the second coming of rock and roll.”

Having supported the likes of Fontaines D.C., VANT, Wallows and Paul Weller, the band have also played an Independent Venue Week show with Frank Turner, opened for Liam Gallagher at The Eden Project in 2019 and headlined stages at Isle of Wight and Y Not? festivals.

The pandemic saw The Velvet Hands hard at work writing new material before releasing “When This Is Over” to raise money for the Music Venue Trust. With their second album set to land later this year, “Holiday In My Head” arrives as a fiery first glimpse of what’s to come as the band blend their unashamed love for guitar music with searing rock-riffs and all-out chrouses.

Earlier this year The Velvet Hands played sold out shows in London and Falmouth, and the band have numerous festival shows lined up this summer including Boardmasters and the Pilton Party Auditions Final, where Michael Eavis will be choosing the support artists for this year’s Pilton Party. With a national tour in the Autumn and live dates for 2023 also in pipeline, for now you can catch the band as these upcoming fixtures as follows:

THE VELVET HANDS - 2022 LIVE DATES

JULY

29 - Pilton Party Auditions Final, Pilton Working Mens Club

AUGUST

12 - Boardmasters Festival, Cornwall

SEPTEMBER

3 - Sheb Fest, Devon

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21 series finale spoilers by Marlene King

1) Does Aria Have Multiple Personalities? Aria has definitely been traveling down a villainous path this season, and King revealed that was all thanks to Lucy Hale's off-screen requests. "[Lucy] has wanted to be bad for so long and it really took us a while to figure out how we could make Aria see her dark side," King said.

But Aria's dalliance with A.D., and her most recent spell of frantically talking to herself in the car, has many fans wondering if she could have a split personality. King was quick to squash those rumors, saying, "Aria does not have multiple personalities." King added that when Aria was talking to the dead body in her trunk, that was her way of "regulating herself" in a severely stressful situation.

2) Why Was the "He's Coming For You!" Scene a Dream? "I'll be super honest, when we were first shot it, we didn’t know who ['he'] was -- and that's a spoiler right there!" King confessed. "It was a last minute decision to add that scene to the script because we just wanted to give fans a sense of what that flash-forward was going to look like. And for a year and a half we have been pondering like, 'Who was it? Who was it?' We knew we were going to kill Archer, so it could be him, and then we just thought, 'You know what? Let's just really have fun with it in a Pretty Little Liars thriller sort of way and make it a nightmare.'"

3) Was the Chalkboard in Emily's Dream Hinting at an Emison Wedding? In Emily's dream-turned-nightmare, fans were quick to notice that Alison was writing out all of her various alias from the past seven seasons -- including "Alison DiLaurentis-Fields." Gasp! Was this a premonition for Emison's romantic future? "I mean it is a dream, but we love to drop easter eggs and hints, so maybe," King teased. "Tune in next week for sure you'll find out."

4) When Did the Cast Discover A.D.'s Identity? "A lot of people found out at the table read because we didn’t give the scripts out ahead of time because we didn’t want them to get out into the world," King revealed. "The person who is A.D. asked me not to tell anyone because that person didn’t want to affect certain scenes in certain ways."

While King was tight-lipped on who is playing A.D., the showrunner was open about when she spilled the shocking truth to the unnamed actor. "That was a separate conversation that I had with that person fairly early on when the decision was made that they would be A.D. because it affected a lot of that person's performances."

5) Where Are the Biggest A.D. Easter Eggs Hidden? King says there have been many A.D. clues sprinkled over the years in PLL, but these "last 10 episodes" hold the juiciest secrets. "We've dropped a lot of Easter eggs intentionally into them because we wanted fans to have a really good chance to figure this out and to be right," she said. "So the A.D. reveal is very important but then the understanding of [why] is equally as important. That's why [the finale] is two hours, so the fans and the Pretty Little Liars can all process it all at the same time."

6-9) Lay These Lingering Cece Rumors to Rest… Following last week's shocking reveal that Mona accidentally killed Charlotte, many fans still had lingering questions, such as…

- When did A.D. steal the game from Charlotte? "I want to make sure that fans understand that everybody is interwoven, but as one story ends another begins," King explained. "With the reveal of Mona, then it became the Charlotte story. And then with the reveal of Charlotte becomes this A.D. So this AD is separate in terms of playing the game from those other A 's - Who is the one who posed Cece's lifeless body at the bottom of the tower with the purple flowers? "Mona," King answered.

- Does that mean we can put the rumors about Melissa's suitcase handle being the murder weapon to rest? "Yes," she said. 

- Why did you ultimately decide to have Mona kill Charlotte? "She's the most loyal friend to Hanna, but she has poor judgment as well, and she can't not get caught up in these games," King said. "This idea that Charlotte was going to continue the game really put Hanna's life at risk. [Murdering Charlotte] wasn’t something that [Mona] intended to do, she really did just want to scare her."

10) Who Gave Alison a Bloody Lip Back in Season 3? Way back in season three, episode 23, Veronica Hastings recalled a flashback in which Alison stumbled into Spencer's house in the middle of the night sporting a bloody lip. Alison refused to reveal who assaulted her and weakly tried to blame the injury on a tree branch. So who hurt Ali? "It wasn't a tree, but during that episode in Ali's life she was really sort of taunting and torturing the girls about these older people that she was hanging out with," King explained. "I will tell you that in the writers room, we never said specifically who [exactly] it was [who bloodied Alison's lip,] but it was that group of people... college kids. The same group of kids who threw that poor girl down the stairs, and broke her leg."

11) What's the Deal With the NAT Club? For the longest time, Pretty Little Liars dangled lingering questions about Rosewood High's mysterious NAT club, and we're curious to know if we should still care. "They just sort of they grew up. It was a group of people who were peeping toms; they were spying on people for kicks," King explained. "As the tapes got out and as the secrets got out, that was what got people killed -- like Garrett." So will this topic return in the finale? "I feel like we sort of dealt with that in the season 5A finale," she concluded.

12) Who's Coming Back For the Finale? As we approach the two-hour series finale, many fan favorite characters will be returning to Rosewood for our last goodbye , but some -- like Jason DiLaurentis -- will be noticeably M.I.A. "[Jason] is not going to be in the finale. There are a couple of actors that we really tried to get but either they were booked on other shows and legally they can't come back to us and he's one of those," King admitted. "But somebody we tried all season to we get back who is in the finale and on another show is Melissa, Torrey Devitto, so we were really excited about that." And as for Paige? "I'm not going to say," she said cryptically.

13) How Did the Moms Get Out of the Basement? King confirmed that most of the Liars' moms who are "still alive" will also be making a grand return to Rosewood. To make matters even sweeter, the moms will also be addressing one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the series: How did the moms get out of the basement?! As you well remember, 'A' trapped the moms in Alison’s basement at the end of 6A, but we never saw them leave. "[Their escape from the basement] is discussed, King said. "It's not shown, but it's discussed -- maybe not completely in the way you want, but it is discussed."

14 – 19) Rapid-Fire Finale Questions… - Which couple has the most shocking moment in the finale? "Emison," King answered.

- Are there any masks involved? "There is at least one mask in the finale, maybe two," King promised. "I won't tell you whose mask it is, but they're very realistic looking masks."

- How many weddings will we witness in the finale? "If I tell you that it ruins the first hour of the finale for you, so I'm not going to tell you the answer to that one," King said coyly. 

- Which character has changed the most after the one-year time jump? "Toby," she teased. 

- Will there be a murder in the finale? "There's a shooting. I can tell you that," she said. "There's a shooting."

20) What Happens in Pretty Little Liars' Very Last Scene? We're absolutely dying to know how Pretty Little Liars very last scene will play out. Will it be a happy ending, a shocking reveal or a lingering cliffhanger? Although she couldn’t reveal specifics, King teased that the series will end with a "full circle moment."

"It's like a bonus," she added. "Although this show ends, this world continues. The mythology of this town will always go on. It's not going to end with Pretty Little Liars."

21) Could The Perfectionists Be a Pretty Little Liars Spinoff? We already grilled Sasha Pieterse and Shay Mitchell about the possibility of an Emison spinoff, and King reiterated that "anything is possible" when it comes to life after PLL. However, we're desperate to know if King's next project, The Perfectionists -- based on another best-selling Sarah Shepherd book series – would connect to the events in Pretty Little Liars. "It could. It could be in the same universe or it could feel like a similar universe," King teased. "I would love to be honest about everything, but it's still too early. I'm hoping in the next couple weeks we can talk more about that."

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[sharktalkswrestling]

Looking at NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #2 (26 June 2002)

Link to previous edition.

Guess who’s back with some more lukewarm takes on the lukewarm-est weekly wrestling show of the early 2000s! Let's crack into NWA-TNA PPV #2, which aired with tape delay on 26 June 2002.

Quality: 3/5. A lot of the show is still bad to mediocre, but I bumped it up from last week based on the wonderful main event X-Division Championship four-way between AJ Styles, Psicosis, Low Ki, and Jerry Lynn. The Scott Hall vs Jarrett match being pretty average earns it the distinction of second best match on the card. Most of the matches are just kind of there. Bad segments include the “Lingerie Battle Royal”, the only appearance of Cheex, and - of course - a Joel Gertner promo.

Significance: 4/5. I’m gonna give this show another “very significant” score because America’s Most Wanted join forces for the first time in TNA, an NWA Championship match is set up for the next show, and the first ever X-Division champion is crowned. Also the first (and only??) Miss TNA is crowned, I guess. Not quite “Holy cow, Ken Shamrock showed up and became NWA Champion” level important, but pretty close. For people making their way through early TNA, it’s kind of must watch, though you should feel free to skip parts.

My thoughts [Spoilers]:

The Scott Hall vs Jeff Jarrett match was fine enough, though the end had some outside interference from both K-Krush (R-Truth) and Toby Keith (yes that Toby Keith). But I must admit that I enjoyed Toby low-blowing Jarrett. This was the second best match of the show, which is kind of unfortunate.

Nobody tell Jawnny but I did not enjoy Cheex vs Frank Parker. :/

K-Krush vs Brian Christopher was fine, but also ended with the celebrity guests (two Nascar guys) doing a low blow spot on Krush to help Christopher win, just like the opening bout. Krush actually had the most heat of anyone on the show, presumably because of his anti-Nascar sentiments on last week’s show, which was earlier in the night for this Huntsville crowd.

The 9-woman “lingerie battle royal” really brought out the worst in Don West and Ed Ferrara. I assume there were nine women because TNA tried to find a tenth woman willing to submit herself to this public embarrassment and failed. The future Mickie James was actually in this match as Alexis Laree. By far the best part of this match was Francine whipping Ferrara with his own belt after he attempted to “console” her post-elimination. Taylor Vaughn won and was crowned “Miss TNA”.

Despite commentary saying that she’s earned an NWA contract, she’s only going to compete in a few more matches for the company.

You gotta love when the promo about acknowledging that some entertainers are gay and that it shouldn’t affect your enjoyment of their content is a heavily booed heel promo. I hate Joel Gertner. Crazy to think that the first match of America’s Most Wanted’s lengthy tenure in TNA was a bad throwaway match against the Rainbow Express.

It’s cool to see Shamrock as NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion. He cuts a fine promo before getting jumped by Malice (the Wall, brother). James Mitchell and his New Church seem interesting enough.

The X-Division Championship four-way match was really special, despite the slightly complicated double-elimination gauntlet format. It’s really cool to see how much of a prodigy AJ really was, but I think Jerry Lynn was even better, by a small bit. It brings me great joy that AJ wins the title at the first ever TNA tapings. To me, he’s still synonymous with the company and is the best homegrown talent they’ve ever had. This is the first really great match in TNA history and I hope the X-Division can keep up with this incredible start for the rest of the weekly PPV era. The only downside is the crowd seems pretty tired at this point, having sat through this and the previous PPV back-to-back.

That concludes this little review for NWA-TNA PPV #2! I really recommend the X-Division title match for anyone who hasn’t seen it before. Let me know what you think if you’ve watched the show!

[neoraven]

NWA TNA Episode 1, June 19th 2002

17 years ago NWA TNA started the weekly PPV experiment. I went to every single one. Now I'm going to watch them for the first time since I was there.

(this review brought courtesy of Toby Keith and the red white and blue)

In 2002, I was a teenager set adrift by 9/11 and the alienation from starting high school. For better or worse, every week I started going to National Wrestling Alliance - Total Nonstop Action shows on Wednesday night. I loved WCW and was bitter about the botched invasion going on, and here was a new WCW in my backyard.  It looks like there were 111 weekly PPVs, I'm not sure exactly how many taped ones / clip shows ended up happening, but I never missed one for injury, illness, or even vacation for the better part of two years. It was basically my ECW, for someone who was too young to follow ECW when it first aired.

I'm not really sure what the format of these is going to be. It's kind of a recap + live blog + review,  I'll give matches the standard 0-5 star ratings with 1/4*'s possible, so it's really a 20 point scale. I'm going to hopefully figure out a better way to get screen captures going forward. Also, these first couple were taped in Alabama, not at the TNA Asylum in Nashville. Hopefully if my memory holds up, I'll be able to give some live notes and memories from being there for some of these. I have an old hard drive of pictures taken that I hope I can recover. I won the "Best Fan of the Night" and "Best Sign" contests a couple times to get to go backstage, and I also generally hung out before the shows and after the shows to talk to the wrestlers coming and going like a groupie. Later on, I was even on the TNA "Street Team" helping to market TNA and hand out flyers/ads during Smackdown tapings.  I was also the moderator for the brief TNA Online Message Board, which I truly wish I had screencaps/archives somehow of all the…wildness there.

NWA TNA #1 June 19th 2002

Don West is the first person out of the gate, introducing Ed Ferrara after pyro and a brief introduction. Ed's all about TNA and introducing the girls dancing in cage as some sleazy music plays. Appropriately, he throws it to Mike Tenay, all business at ringside. TNA chants kick us off. Don West's hawaiian shirt is a thing of legend, and it's distracting me from Tenay's long explanation of the "Gauntlet For The Gold".

Jeremy Borash eventually is in ring announcing a parade of legends. Harley Race, Dory Funk, Jr, Jackie Fargo, Bullet Bob Armstrong, Corsica Joe & Sarah Lee, Bill Behrens, Ricky Steamboat. "All Our Base Are Belong To Us" shirt spotted in the stands. The Dragon compares the belt to every major championship in pro sports, the Stanley Cup, etc. He will special referee the finals of the match, and that brings out the one and only - Jeff Jarrett. His TNA theme "My World" is a lowkey banger that nevertheless completely haunted my life for 2 years. His big mouth earns him the first spot in the match. Ken Shamrock is here after that, and he joins Jarrett in burying the Battle Royal match. Finally, Scott Hall saunters through the crowd in a strip club(!!!) t-shirt as his awesome theme "Marvelous Me" plays. To round up, Ken Shamrock's theme wasn't great. "Hey Yo" sign spotted.

Goldylocks is backstage with Total Nonstop Action and the original midget killer "Puppet the Psycho Dwarf". Oh no. He's gonna spill some midget blood. Jeff Jarrett angrily kicks over a tiny music stand in the background hilariously. Then we go to the girls in cages and honest to goodness our first wrestling match -

6 Man Tag Team X Division Showcase AJ Styles, Low Ki, and Jerry Lynn vs The Flying Elvii (Sonny Siaki, Jimmy Yang, and Jorge Estrada)

An X Division showcase awaits. The legends surround a tiny monitor backstage. The generic faces' intro music is bland. The flying Elvii have a nice little knockoff theme at least. Siaki has Big The Rock Energy while the other two mug. The Elvii refuse handshakes and all hell breaks loose. Triple dropkicks and flying splashes to the outside. Styles reverses a back suplex into a phenomenal forearm, and I'm not going to attempt to catch every move. As an aside - Total Nonstop Action has taken a full 18 minutes on air before someone punched someone. Siaki and LowKi is a pretty appealing matchup. The former does a crisp Samoan Drop. Styles and Yang get in and have a very crisp, quick flurry of moves together. Jerry Lynn crushes a cradle Piledriver, and Siaki runs in and hits his neckbreaker finisher. LowKi accidentally brains AJ, and Yang capitalizes with the Yang Time for the pin. Considering who went on to hold the X Title, this is an odd result, but commentary was generally putting over how the mismatched team was going to compete in the X Title Round Robin coming up.

The Flying Elvii in 7 minutes, Yang Time pins AJ Styles **3/4

Midget Showcase Teo vs Hollywood

Hollywood starts it before the bell. From the promo, I thought this was a triple threat with Puppet. Hollywood kicks out of the "Tadpole Splash" from the top rope. Ed Ferrara says in response to Teo's claims to be a ladies' man - "He's the right height". Teo finishes Hollywood with an ugly swanton.

Teo in 3 minutes, Swanton?, 1/2*

Now West and Ferrara are in the ring hyping the Lingerie Battle Royal next week. The New Francine, Miss Joanie, Shannon (Daffney?), Alexis Laree (Mickie James!), The Incredible Sasha, Erin (Baltimore Cheerleader?), Elektra from ECW, Miss Taylor Vaughn, Darisa Da?? I didn't catch her name as Ed starts rambling about a kid in a candy store. Maybe I'll catch all the names if they're introduced with title cards next week. Francine grabs a mic and calls Ed "pudgy" and says none of the women compare to her. Elektra stands up to Francine and starts a catfight.

Goldylocks is in the back with Mortimer Plumtree. His character peaks with his name. He manages a tag team that bullied him in high school for reasons that are never explained. He leaves to walk "The Johnsons", Richard and Rod, to the ring.

Tag Team Match The Johnsons w/ Mortimer Plumtree vs Psychosis and James Storm

The latter is an odd pairing for a few reasons. I honestly didn't remember James Storm started off without Chris Harris and America' Most Wanted. He even has the prop guns firing blanks in the ring, which was always a nice touch. I feel like this is where I mention that the Johnsons are in full body suits and masks that make them look like walking penises. In other news, Psychosis is going without his trademark horned mask. Alicia from WCW is on the stage scouting the match. There's a fella in an XFL jersey in the stands. What year is it? "Buff your(sic) still the stuff" sign spotted. Ferrara "These Johnsons just look good". They hit simultaneous clutching suplexes to take control of the good guys, but Mortimer interferes to let one of the Johnsons hit their finisher on Cowboy. Post match, the ref pays off the lady watching the action.

The Johnsons in 4 minutes, Samoan Drop into Neckbreaker, *

Stan and Bo Dupp harass Goldylocks in the back until they run into the brothers' shared girlfriend in a quick nothing segment.

Borash introduces 1993 Rookie of the Year and Winston (yes, cigarettes) Cup Points Leader Sterling Martin. K-Krush is out to save us from the race car drivers. He's getting booed, but this would be a face promo anywhere other than Huntsville Alabama. K Krush "Damn you, and Damn Alabama" Brian Lawler is out to save the NASCAR dopes from the angry black man. He cuts an angry promo about "your kind" while the crowd howls in racist jeer. It's a pretty ugly segment considering "Grandmaster Sexay" Lawler is still clad in his Too Cool black rapper cosplay outfit.

Backstage, Jeff Jarrett is choking Jackie Fargo.

Tag Team Match Christian York & Joey Matthews vs The Dupps w/ Fluff Dupp

For better or worse, now I know their girlfriend/cousin's name now. After the crowd roared for the pasty white NASCAR duo, commentary is really going in on how these two wrestlers are completely fucking stupid and southern. The Dupps' intro is very boring twangy banjo crap, and they're not much better in the ring. Matthews hits a move called the Virginia Necktie that looks pretty nice. I think the non-Dupp team is working face, but it's hard to tell who the crowd is popping for. The Dupps win with some cheating and Fluff interference.

The Dupps in 4 minutes, Crotch shot, 1/2*

Before the Gauntlet For The Gold, we get a Toby Keith music video. He is singing "Angry American". Jeff Jarrett walks out and pushes Toby Keith off his little stupid stool and the crowd goes wild and honestly, I screamed in joy and Jeff Jarrett turned face for my money when he says "Nobody wants to hear that damn song, and take your Angry American Ass OUTTA HERE".

The Gauntlet For The Gold 20 Man Battle Royal for the NWA Heavyweight Championship Of The World

Buff Bagwell runs down for number 2 and the bell rings. Maybe it was for the main event finally starting but honestly the crowd goes pretty wild for Buff Bagwell laying hands on Double J. Buff hits a couple signature moves, but gets tossed before the next entrant. Ragin' Cajun Lash Laroux Is 3. He falls victim to The Stroke and is eliminated fast. "Somebody pissed in Jeff's Cheerio-s this morning!" Here comes Screamin' Norman Smiley at 4. The second largest pop of the night so far comes for the Big Wiggle. Jarrett tosses him anyways. Apolo comes down at 5, getting more offense than the previous entrants combined. K-Krush is 6. His signature axe kick gets tremendous boos, they hate him. Slash w/ James Mitchell is 7. Del Rios is 8. He is some kind of bodybuilder and it shows. Slash bites his way out of a belly to belly suplex as the announcers stress everything is legal. Justice is 9, I think this Is the future Abyss, but I can't swear to it. He hits a Black Hole Slam and now I'm 99% sure. Konnan is 10, yelling "Arriba La Raza" on his way to the ring. Abyss sells Konnan's facebuster a la HBK vs Hogan and I love it. 11 brings out Joel Gertner "I'm gonna be with 5 girls in Huntsville because I don't settle for less" He gives an X-rated introduction for the man they call Bruce of the Rainbow Express, led out by Lenny Lane. I'm not gonna bother listing all of the homophobic euphemisms the announce team runs through explaining who the Rainbow Express are. Rick Steiner is 12. He dumps Slash and Abyss with a couple impressive shows of strength. Malice is 13, dealing out chokeslams. Bruce, K-Krush, Del Rios,  Konnan, and Steiner go out quickly thereafter. Scott Hall is 14. Toby Keith? is 15. He suplexes and tosses Jarrett. Not that anyone cares, but Toby Keith leaves through the middle rope to chase Jarrett and is never officially eliminated. 16 brings Wildcat Chris Harris. Vampire Warrior, former Gangrel, runs down seemingly early as an entrant with no music? The on screen countdown timer disappeared during the Toby Keith situation. Dangerous Devin Storm, aka Crowbar, is probably 18. Steve Corino comes in at 19, the only former NWA Champ. Ken Shamrock is out at 20. "Hall was framed" sign spotted. Brian Christopher/Lawler is number 20 and I realize now that Toby Keith was not an official entrant. Brian clears out Chris Harris, Vampire Warrior, and Crowbar mostly by holding the top rope down when they ran by. He dumps Corino shortly after. Christopher and Apolo get dumped by Malice next. Then the cameraman somehow misses Malice back body dropping Scott Hall over the top, leaving Malice vs Ken Shamrock to go to a  pinfall or submission.

Malice vs Ken Shamrock, Special Referee Ricky The Dragon Steamboat

Malice gets some advice from Father James Mitchell at ringside.  After going back and forth, Shamrock gets an awesome cross arm breaker reversal of a choke slam. After a long tease of tapping, he gets the rope, maybe with James Mitchell pushing it a little toward his client. A big boot leads into the Ankle Lock and Shamrock refuses to break it on the ropes, after even a 7 count, leading to heated words with Steamboat. Shamrock wins with a Belly to Belly to a big pop despite his heel tactics. Cue pyro, and hoisting the tiny gold belt.

Ken Shamrock wins a 5 minute match following a 33 minute battle royal, Belly to Belly. **

The match was a little too long, even with Jarrett speeding up the beginning by tossing the opening entrants as fast as possible. Speaking of Double J, he fights with legends and security backstage before emerging with a microphone. He punches the legends after moaning about the battle royal until Toby Keith and Jackie Fargo come back out to book Scott Hall vs Jeff Jarrett next week, the show ends with them brawling up the ramp.

That wraps up episode 1! They have some marquee singles matches next week in addition to crowning the first X Division champ, I'll see you then to wrap up the two first Alabama shows before settling into The Asylum.

[hiddleshoneybunny]

Kong: Skull Island

Journey to the center of the Heart of Darkness.

SPOILERS! photo credit [X]

This film for me delivered on everything I expected it to, it had all the trappings of the good old fashion Saturday afternoon monsters flicks that I used to watch laying on the floor in front of the tv as a kid, it was also reminiscence of my favorite explorer team films such as Journey To The Center of the Earth and Jason and the Argonauts. It had all the prerequisite elements, the “mad scientist” with the hidden agenda, the jaded military commander, the conflicted and dashing hero, the feisty female who is the moral compass, the wise cracking side kicks and a motley crew of befuddle misfits tagging along because they are ordered to and of course the misunderstood creature,Jordan Vogt-Roberts didn’t miss a trope, but he did it all with what I thought was a clever and refreshing spin.

The Dawning Age of Aquarius.

The film begins with a montage during the opening credits that sets the stage for the atmosphere of the post WWII baby boomer generation of the late 60s and early 70s, having been conceived and growing up during these times in american culture,a lot of those images resonated with me. I had one Uncle who served in WWII and another Uncle who served in the Korean war some of my cousins were civil rights activist and conscientious objectors to the war in Vietnam.It was the waning years of the cold war and the dawn of the era of political and social upheaval that was beginning to challenge the male patriarchal status quo, we were beginning to become increasingly aware of the damage that was being done to our natural environment and women were branching out into areas that were traditionally held by men, all elements Jordan used through out this story.

One thing I keep hearing a lot about this film is the lack of character development and when I watch movies like this I wonder just how much effort should realistically be put into it. I can understand a tight ensemble film like Aliens where there was only a handful of people in a very claustrophobic setting in the middle of outer space, so character development was vital to driving the plot but in a film like this where you literally have about 20 plus people in the cast how much energy should you commit to that at the risk of losing the focus of the plot, which is basically going to an uncharted Island to find a giant ape? if you are going into this story looking for 3 dimensional character development, then I believe you may be expecting too much. I think just enough of an individual character’s back story to get you to understand what motivates them is sufficient and I think JVR did a pretty acceptable job of this.

You have Samuel L Jackson doing his classical “SJL” thing as Colonel Packard a man with an exemplary war record who is on the verge of being sent out to pasture, Captain Chapman (Toby Kebbell, trivia: he also did some face capture for Kong) a loyal and dutiful soldier who is anxious to get home to a secure job his wife and young son, battle weary men who were drafted into a war we had no business being a part of in the first place, who did their duty to their country and and are ready to go home, John Goodman as Bill Randa a war vet still haunted by his demons,Corey Hawkins as Houston Brooks the young idealistic Harvard grad still naive enough to think he can make a difference, Slivko “the kid” played by Thomas Mann, Brie Larson as the irrepressible Mason Weaver! a photo journalist who is looking for that Pulitzer prize winning photo and last but not least Tom as Captain James Conrad a lost soul trolling seedy bars and brothels still looking for a purpose to his meaningless life, all thrown together on that fateful “last mission” all with their individual reasons for going and for getting the hell out!

The Loki Syndrome

Another aspect of this film that I want to address is the mixed reviews and reactions to Tom’s portrayal of Captain Conrad one of the comments I’ve been seeing mostly here, in this fandom, is that his character’s been given “throw away” lines and offers no real “dramatic substance” to be fair this is a “monster munch” (Toms own words) ensemble piece.I believe we have been spoiled into expecting Tom to deliver some type of Shakespearean Henry V emoting that elevated Loki to a great 3 dimensional character, but not every role he is going to play is going to require that, and with that being said,Tom always shines no matter what he’s given and he did a damn good job at anchoring this cast as the Alpha Male Good Guy.

Another comment which seems to be made almost exclusively by male reviewers is Toms lack of believable “butchness” to pull off the role of an action hero (insert annoyed sigh) again we are in a genre which is still predominated by men, who’s idea of an action hero is a Call Of Duty video game cartoon, from my own… ehem, personal experience, men who become a part of the special forces are, need, to be extremely intelligent, they require a little more finesse than your average army grunt and if any one is doubting Toms virility and athletic prowess…my God, the scene where he runs to grab the gas mask and katana for the now famous ‘gas mask samurai’ ( and I have a feeling this scene is going to become iconic) sequence is orgasmic, the testosterone was blasting off that screen, I think only Tom could pull off that delicate balance of intelligence grace and masculinity.

As for his character’s “depth” there is a level of deepness there, that at first, is not very obvious it is only later on in the film about the 2nd act when we get a little more of Conrad’s back story that we truly understand his pain.We learn that his father was an RAF pilot in WWII who was shot down during a mission and was never recovered. Conrad is a tracker because he is trying to find and bring home his father, he is trying to live up to the legacy of a man he admired and his motivation on this mission is a last attempt to give his life some purpose.

Apocalypse right now!

Once the helicopters breach the treacherous weather barrier surrounding Skull Island the audience as well as the team are quickly entranced by its unspoiled and breath taking natural beauty,but Jordan wastes no time plunging everything into chaos the minute the research team gets” boots on the ground” it all goes “tits up” fast,and he does not hold back with a visceral and brutal depiction of Kong’s rage the audience gets to experience first hand the terror and confusion of combat the sequence was heart pounding, suddenly a scientific expedition years in the planning has within minutes been reduced to a fight for survival against “hostiles” the likes that none of them have ever encountered, and this is where the secondary cast of characters come to life. Cole (Shea Whigham) and Mills (Jason Mitchel) provide the classic war buddy comic relief but also an eerie sense of foreboding as you know one of them is not going to make it back.

There were so many great references to Apocalypse Now too many to go into detail here (and believe, I got a whole gif set coming based on that) but the one Jordan lovingly lifted from the film was that of the “lone surviving outsider usually a white male” trope in the character of Lieutenant Hank Marlow. but unlike the character of Colonel Walter E Kurzt in AN who reduced the Vietnamese inhabitants he embed himself among into slaves and concubines, Lt Marlow respected and deferred to the customs and wisdom of the indigenous people he lived with for 28 years, and it is his knowledge that becomes invaluable to helping the survivors navigate the dangers of Skull Island. This was a trope that could have been reduced to the cliche of the “great white god” but he avoided that disaster beautifully and John C Reilly is true to form, his performance is endearing and hilarious and he steals every scene he’s in! I’ve read somewhere in one of the many reviews that he is the heart and soul of this film and he truly is!

Yin and Yang

I don’t know if it was lost on some that this story takes place in Asia, a culture that is heavily influenced by the concept of Yin the feminine energy and Yang the masculine, and Weaver and Conrad’s relationship was a beautiful balance of this! Again Jordan avoided the traditional done to death trope of the damsel in distress, who has to be rescued by the hero. Instead we got something so much more compelling. Weaver is the embodiment of the feminine Yin energy that of compassion, spirituality, love and the higher consciousness she wants to show the world the horror of what is happening through her anti war photography this compassion and instinct of the earth mother nurturer protector are seen in the scenes where she interacts with the indigenous people,the trapped water buffalo and Kong.

Conrad is the masculine Yang energy that is physical protection, aggression the intellect, he goes beyond and above the call of duty to physically protect the women( Weaver) men and animals (Kong) under his care, Conrad continuously surrounds her with physical protection (Yang energy) so that she can be the moral compass (Yin energy) and it is Weaver’s spirituality that elevates Conrad’s intellect, which sets them both on a path together (balance) to save Kong.

Colonel Packard on the other hand is an example of the negative effects of Yang energy, he too cares for his men and wants to protect the world from the threat of a creature like Kong, but when the Yang energy goes unchecked as it inevitably does in a war without the balance of Yin energy it becomes destructive. Then there is Kong a symbol of the natural world that we have to strive to truly understand and respect. Kong too has been spared the cliche of the angry beast killing indiscriminately but is portrayed a creature who is living instinctively in balance with his environment, there is a scene where we see Kong sitting alone looking out into the stars  and we can see and sense his loneliness, this creature has a soul.

All’s well that ends well.

I think the film wrapped it all up nice and tidy! The hero and heroine make it off the Island alive and Kong lives to kick ass another day.I think Jordan accomplished his goal of keeping this beloved motion picture legend relevant,he very successfully side stepped all the outdated cliches and tropes while still staying true to some of the original films most iconic moments,one of the most memorable being the “girl in the palm of an ape” but instead of the heroine being some shiny blonde object that Kong wants to posses he instinctively understands that she is part of the natural order he is there to maintain as Lt. Marlow puts it: “Kong, he’s a pretty nice king” Jordan has given us a Kong franchise for the 21st century!

 We’ve all by now have read most of the reviews and heard the word of mouth raves. The film is visually stunning the special effects are superb the soundtrack is retro gold! it is fast paced and action packed, I saw this film twice (each time the theater was packed!) and both times the audience loved it! they cheered and laughed in all the right places and I am beside myself with joy for Tom and the cast he now has a bonafied Hollywood Blockbuster with his name as the head liner and is on his way to solidifying his status as “Leading Man!”

Do I have any valid complaints about this film?..honestly not really! But I will say this, leave all your preconceived expectations at the door grab a huge tube of popcorn kick back and willfully suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours and you’ll have a great time!

All photos and gifs used in this post were all found on google search. except where credited.

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[kosa12-blog]

Coachella 2017 All Access: Go Inside This Year's Star-Studded Music Festival

Bust out the flower crowns and inflatable swans: Coachella 2017 is finally here! Thousands upon thousands of music lovers are headed to Indio, Calif., to experience two weekends of nonstop tunes from a variety of artists. Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Future are just some of the famous faces performing live to a sea full of people. For those who are unable to head out and experience the fun in person, there's always the Coachella livesteam. In addition, E! News is hooking you up with all the surprise guests, A-list parties and star sightings. Take a look at our All-Access guide updating throughout both weekends below. Coachella 2017: Star Sightings Weekend 1, Day 3: Sunday, April 16, 2017  Louis Tomlinson and girlfriend Eleanor Calder were spotted hanging out at the Revolve Festival party at the Merv Griffin estate in Indio, Calif. An insider told us they sat at a cabana by the pool, pouring themselves a CIROC and Red Bull drink. The former One Direction singer donned green flannel pants and a black shirt, while his on-again, off-again girlfriend opted for a plaid black and white button down and denim shorts. Though the couple didn't show too much PDA, they did spend a bit of time chatting together by themselves. Sofia Richie, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, and DNCE also attended the event. Nick was spotted smoking a cigar and holding a goblet of Moët champagne in his private cabana beside Tomlinson. He donned a head-to-toe army fatigue outfit and a tan baseball cap. Joe and Sophie sipped on fruity drinks and chatted with friends. Kendall Jenner also just attended the Revolve Festival party, sitting in a private cabana with Hailey Baldwin and a group of friends. We're told they stayed for about an hour, eating popsicles and playing with the mini squirt guns at the table. Kendall dressed casual in a statement sleeve shirt with jean shorts and a hat. They stayed for Migos' performance before heading out. Katy Perry and her stylist Johnny Wujek hosted the Katy Perry Footwear Collection Easter Day "Recovery Brunch" on Sunday, which came complete with a fluid IV drip station, neck massages and a make-your-own Bloody Mary bar. The singer hosted this party to promote her new shoe line, which she designed with Wujek. Katy looked ethereal in a white mesh midi-dress and a white two-piece bathing suit underneath, rocking her bleached blonde pixie cut and accessorizing with a stuffed, white Easter bunny purse. A source told us she arrived to the party around 3 p.m. and was surprised by a "drunk" Easter bunny who was stumbling around the party holding a bottle of Jack Daniels. She spent a majority of the time mingling with guests and taking photos. Stars like DJ Khaled, Kehlani, G-Eazy and Lorde all performed before Kendrick Lamar took the stage late Sunday night. The rapper brought out Future as a surprise guest to perform their collaboration "Mask Off."  During the performance, many stars were spotted in the crowd jiving to the music. Selena Gomez and The Weeknd watched the show together in the front of the artist guest viewing section. The "Starboy" singer wore a mask around his mouth, likely to protect his vocal chords from the dust, but at one point an onlooker tells us he moved it down to give SelGo some kisses. They kept their arms around each other all night, staying "very affectionate" as they sang along to Kendrick's songs. Selena Gomez's Best Looks Lana Del Rey and G-Eazy—who spent the entire weekend together, a source told E! News—were also spotted in the same area as SelGo and The Weeknd during Kendrick's show. We're told they came in the same group, but stood a couple yards apart as the rapper performed. An onlooker explained how Del Rey "danced like no one was watching" and sang every one of Kendrick's songs. We're also told she would occasionally look back and smile at G-Eazy before turning her attention back to the stage. Aaron Paul and his wife Lauren Paul also attended the concert with friends, "slowly trudging" out of the festival grounds after it ended. It was, indeed, a long weekend! Earlier in the evening, Katy Perry attended Lorde's performance and sat in the artist guest section. She was spotted "going crazy" during the "Royal" singer's final song. Weekend 1, Day 2: Saturday, April 15, 2017 Lady Gaga debuted a new song, "The Cure," during her headlining set. Katy Perry arrived about 10 minutes before the show started, with two friends. The singer watched the show while standing on a railing and was seen singing and dancing to all the songs. Wiz Khalifa was also in the special artist guest section and had his arm around a woman. They attended the show with friends. Lady Gaga's One-of-a-Kind Street Style Arrow star Stephen Amell and his wife stopped by Rachel Zoe's Zoeasis party, where Casamigos Tequila was enjoyed by festival-goers. "They are super cute together and said this was their first music festival," a source shared with E! News. "He's so in love with her, it's cute."  Victoria Justice, Olivia Culpo, Yara Shahidi and more stars were spotted at POPSUGAR's CFDA brunch and cabana club pool party. Guests enjoyed a performance from Daya and swag provided by Nordstrom, Ulta Beauty and Three Olives Vodka.  Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Tobey Maguire and 50 of their closest friends arrived to the Revolve Festival party at the Merv Griffin Estate after 5:30 pm. The A-listers snuck in through the back, fooling the crowd of partygoers in the front. They were all smiles while sipping on CÎROC, Moet and Heineken with Russell Simmons at their private poolside cabana. Pac Sun and Chevy put on a Coachella party at the Bootsy Bellows Estate that featured Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin and Ryan Phillippe.Ariel Winter, who also stopped by H&M's Coachella party, and Levi Meaden were also in attendance and displayed plenty of PDA.  During Future's set, the rapper decided to surprise the audience by bringing Drake on to the stage. According to an eyewitness, Orlando was super excited with the surprise and couldn't stop dancing and hugging his guy friends.  Katy, Orlando's ex, also watched Future's performance but the two did not appear together, a source told E! News. Both Rihanna and Lana Del Rey were also seen near Katy Perry in the same artist guest viewing section. Wiz and the same woman were also present, as was his ex Amber Rose, who stood behind them with friends, E! News has learned. Chris Pine was spotted ordering a whole pizza at a VIP food area. Also spotted there: Josh Hutcherson and a guy friend. Musicians Performing Live on Stage Leonardo, Orlando, Toby, Drake, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, Amber Rose and French Montana were all spotted at the Neon Carnival party presented by Levi's Brand and Don Julio late Saturday night. Selena and The Weeknd walked hand-in-hand on their way to the portable toilets and he was extremely protective of her when a photographer tried to take a photo of them. The two were later spotted in a booth by the dance floor and left the bash around 4 a.m. Holding hands again, they made their way into an SUV, where The Weeknd helped Selena inside. Leonardo, who wore a baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, as well as a hoodie, hung out with Orlando, who sported sunglasses and a hoodie, and Toby at a VIP booth and danced with fellow guests. Both Leonardo and Orlando was also seen talking to blond women. Chantel Jeffries and Alessandra Ambrosio were also spotted in the area. James Francowas seen walking with a tall bleached blond woman to one of the carnival rides. They were also accompanied by a group of people. Drake arrived with an entourage of at least 15 people and partied until just before 4 a.m. Amber, who wore a colorful body suit, also attended the bash with a large group. According to a source, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kristen Stewart and Stella Maxwell (among others) hit up the Jeremy Scott Moschino party on Saturday night following the festival.   After the party, the bad gal headed to Neon Carnival where she avoided both Drake and Leonardo. Earlier in the day, also was spotted watching Gucci Mane in a special viewing section at the Sahara tent and dressed in a head-to-toe glittery Gucci bodysuit—so, yes, Rih wore Gucci to Gucci Mane (because she's that bad). Weekend 1, Day 1: Friday April 14, 2017 After traveling through private planes, Uber rides and even a helicopter (we see you Sofia Richie), dozens of celebrities kicked off a jam-packed weekend. Tyga partied separately from Kylie Jenner throughout the weekend. On Friday, he hit up one of the parties put on by Velocity Black x 1 OAK, which kicked off its annual Coachella soirees with an epic mega-day bash called the Up & Down Desert Beach Party featuring cocktails by Absolut Elyx, D'usse, Red Bull and Budweiser. Paris Hilton, Rita Ora, Chanel Iman and Shay Mitchell were just some of the "curated" crowd that was treated to Zeel App massages, beats spun by Odd Future's DJ Taco and food by Catch LA. Poppy Delevingne, Jordyn Woods, Brooklyn Beckham and Russell Simmons made sure to stop by the day party as well. Selena and The Weeknd couldn't seem to keep their hands off each other throughout the day. The two watched performances by The Head and The Heart and Travis Scott.  Nicole Richie was able to enjoy brunch early in the afternoon while also celebrating the House of Harlow 1960 X REVOVLE Spring 2017 collection. Instead of hanging out with Tyga, Kylie hit up the PrettyLittleThing x Paper Magazine's party sporting a neon green hairstyle.  Later that night, Kendall played part-time DJ with Daniel Chetrit when the duo spun a set as Pizza Boys at Velocity Black x 1 OAK's second bash, this one being a late-night party Supermodels Jourdan Dunn, Hailey Baldwin, Jasmine Tookes and Georgia Fowler danced it out under the stars. Muse's Matt Bellamy, Jayden Smith, Odell Beckham, Nav and French Montana were also treated to Kendall's DJ set. The vibe was so hot even exes Rihanna and Drake both attended. However, a party-goer tells E! News they did not run into each other. "Rihanna arrived a little after midnight with a few friends. She and Drake arrived about an hour or so apart and did not chat at all," the source said. The Weeknd and Selena continued their PDA-filled Day 1 at the jam-packed party, too. 10 Music Festival Items That Will Make Your Coachella Instagrams Pop Before the sun went down, Hailee Steinfeld performed three songs at the Republic Records Hyde Away party including a cover of Ed Sheeran's smash-hit single "Shape of You." An eyewitness told E! News that the singer's rumored boyfriend Cameron Smoller was standing up front the entire time and singing along during the show. After the sun set on the first night at the NYLON Midnight Garden Party, an inseparable Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner looked very affectionate and had their hands all over each other, according to an eyewitness. The happy couple stood by the bar for a while waiting for their drinks yet block the way while they held each other and talked closely, sneaking in kisses. Nick Jonas, Shay Mitchell, Richie and Amber also attended. More to come all weekend long!  For complete coverage of Coachella 2017, watch E! News Monday at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.  (Originally published Friday, April 14, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. PST)