#truly a postwar friendship with these two is giving me LIFE!!!

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@mercurygray your little fic today with Hoosier and Edie has made me 100% ON BOARD with a post-war friendship with those two and now it’s all i am currently thinking about 🤣

Bill ’Hoosier’ Smith in The Pacific Part One: Guadalcanal/Leckie

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Theo “Hibachi” Easton → Lucien Laviscount → Rat

→ Basic Information

Age: 72

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Born or Made: Made

Birthday: September 9th

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Religion: Deism

→ His Personality Like most rats, Theo is a great observer, always taking mental notes and noting subtle changes around him. A key note of Theo’s personality is that he is always the same person whether people are looking or not. He doesn’t change who he is behind closed doors, out in public, in front of important company or while attending major events. He is very resourceful and street smart. Theo is self-motivated, independent, hard-working, slightly obsessive, and extremely passionate about what he does. When there is a conflict or a time of uncertainty he makes smart grabs; never fighting for credit,  just delivering his best. He is especially skilled in knowing when to leap and when to stand down. If Theo thinks someone is wrong, he will tell them, and they’d better be prepared for a solid argument for why.

→ His Personal Facts Occupation: Full Time Head of LMAO Scars: None Tattoos: Semicolon on right wrist Two Likes: Hibachi and AFI's 100 Years… 100 Movies Two Dislikes: Quick Judgement and Spoilers Two Fears: Being Silenced and Lobotomies Two Hobbies: Writing Fanfiction and Role Playing Three Positive Traits: Adaptable, Outspoken and Assertive Three Negative Traits: Unabashed, Abrasive and Snide

→ His Connections

Parent Names:

Toby Easton (Father): After Theo was bit, he was able to convince Nick to allow him to tell his parents and siblings what happened to him. He remained a strong part of their family until his parents died. He and his father loved watching movies together and would do it often after Toby retired.  

Tabea Easton (Mother): Theo has always taken after his mother. Her individuality and ability to adapt to whatever she needed to be in that moment. When he was helping clean out his mother's belongings after she died, he found books upon books of handwritten poetry. Theo took these home and they’ve become prized possessions. He vowed that he would, at some point before he died, publicly share his writing as a tribute to his mom.

Sibling Names:

Timothy “Timo”  Easton (Brother): Timo and Theo always had a hard time understanding each other when they were younger. Theo marched to the beat of his own drum, and Timo was concerned with getting ahead and having a community around him. It was until Timo hit his 30s that they actually began to have a relationship. Theo was one of the groomsmen at his wedding, and they still get together for dinner when Timo has a business trip to Chicago.

Tina Easton Meyers (Sister): His sister Tina died about 5 years back from breast cancer. It was a very hard moment for him to come to terms with, especially having to acknowledge for the first time Timo and Tonya wouldn’t be around forever either. Her funeral was the first time Theo was able to see his whole family in about 2 decades, and was his reintroduction as cousin Theo.

Tabitha Easton (Sister): Tabitha is the only person Theo has ever changed. She’d been hit badly in a car accident and it wasn’t likely she’d make it. She was only 28 when it happened and he was desperate to save her. He begged Nick, and was reluctantly granted permission. It took a long time and a cross country move for Tabitha to forgive Theo. She lives in San Francisco with a local pack, and the four remaining siblings met up for a weekend recently.

Tonya Easton Knowles (Sister): Theo and Tonya still get together for lunch every other weekend. They still wrote and spoke on the phone to each other when he had to disappear for a while due to his aging, and since he has been reintroduced as a cousin, Tonya has made sure he’s been at every family event. She’s recently retired and just recently became engaged and hopes to have him walk her down the aisle.

Children Names:

None

Romantic Connections:

Lexi Jones (Ex-Girlfriend): Theo met Lexi at Wizard World Comic Con about 3 years ago. They dated for about a year, and ended things amicably. Keeping secrets from people he cares about is generally too difficult for Theo and it put a strain on their relationship.

Ella James (Ex-Love): When he was changed, he had to give her up, but she always remained a huge what-if in his mind. He was able to be there for the last few weeks of her life, the explanation of his unchanged face offered by Ella’s dementia.

Platonic Connections:

Hanna Moore (Beta Reader): Hanna acts as Theo’s editor for his fanfic, and she’s the only person who has read any of his original work. She’s been encouraging him to try and get his own stuff published.

Helo Adama (Friend): Helo and Hibachi could easily be described as being your typical nerd buddies. Helo was there to help Theo when he needed his Tumblr page set up, and Theo was one of the very small numbers that knew about Helo dating Hannah first. Their friendship is an easy one, where both are simply comfortable being themselves around the other.

Louis Martin-Rovet (Old Friend): Theo and Louis go way back. Both had been the youngest team leaders at some point and had to earn the respect from the old guard. There’s a deep bond there that has stood the test of time.

Jalissa Toll (Inspiration): Jalissa was the one who finally got him to start writing. She pushed him to go to college, went with him to check out campuses, and read the first thing he ever wrote of his own.

Luke Bowick (Mark): Theo met Luke while he was on a mission for LMAO and the two actually hit it off really well. Despite his at time sociopathic vibes, he is one of the Hyenas that Theo gets along with best and the two enjoy hanging out together.

Hostile Connections:

Judson Clerigh (Dislike): Judson comes and crashes most of GOLD’s practice role plays. He’ll start fucking with the wild animals, and some of GOLD’s members say they’ve felt like they weren’t in control of their bodies. They can’t be positive it’s him, however. 

Pets:

None

→ History Theo grew up being told to live life to the fullest. The middle child of 5, in the postwar baby boom of Canada, Theo had simultaneously always known about the war, but never truly understood what it did to people. Whenever he tried to ask, he’d get the same answer over and over again, “It taught me what life really meant” or “Don’t waste the precious time you have here being told you can’t do something, do it anyway.” Not especially helpful to a 5 year old, but it was a lasting impression on Theo. In Sherbrooke, nature was always a step away. A fact Theo and his siblings always took advantage of. They would play in the woods and the streams for hours at a time, hide and seek, tag, capture the flag, and king of the mountain. It was during one of the scenes that Theo saw a glimpse of his future life. During a game of hide and seek, Theo peeked out from his hiding spot to see a massive black bear prowling. For a moment he imagined his horrible death, until the bear started to change. It morphed and twisted until it finally gained the form of a man. Then he saw the man dress and walk away, like he hadn’t just done the impossible. From here Theo’s passion and need for writing took off. He created a fantasy world where humans could switch between two forms at will, a world where nothing was much like it seemed. The farther into his writing he got, the more he began to feel as though he was going crazy. Neighbors and friend’s eyes would switch color and he swore he began to see animals that didn’t really make sense going in and out of the forests. Up into his 20s, Theo swore up and down that there was something odd in the town, that his books weren’t just made up. The rest of his family brushed him off and encouraged him to get a local job and start a life outside of his books.

Walking home from his job, Theo heard deep rumbling in the woods. Through the trees he saw humans morphing and turning into deer and bears. He followed them and found them in the midst of a battle, but the small cries to the side was what drew his attention. A small group of rats were huddled near a tree. Three of them had been stomped on and another seemed to have been tossed harshly against the tree during the battle. There was only one thing that came to mind… Grab the rats and get out of there as quickly as possible. He hid the animals away from his family and watched after them closely. One morning they disappeared, and when Theo came home that night, Nick Hamelin was sitting in their spot waiting for him. He’d read the books Theo had been writing and offered to change him in order to keep him quiet. Being actually a part of this world had always been a dream, but the idea of giving up his family didn’t sit right. Nick promised he could write, but not tell them what happened. Only after a decade or so, did Nick give him the ok to tell them in a letter. He still only saw his parents two or three times after and before they passed. However, after his parents passed away, Theo made it his duty to stay in contact with his siblings and their family. They can rest assured knowing Theo will be there looking after kids, grandkids and every generation after.

→ The Present

Theo is the head of LMAO and has been looking into the mass of changes that happened during the process of the Hyenas finding a new alpha. Losing Venus was a heavy blow for the hyenas and Theo and the rest of LMAO have been working to cover for the hyenas while they get themselves settled with a new leader. 

Aside from his work with LMAO, Theo has been writing somewhat diligently on his fanfiction while picking at his original work when the inspiration hits him. He has also been aiding GOLD team lead, Louis, with better practice strategies when it comes to the witches and warlocks. Himself, Helo and Louis created a LARP program that allows GOLD members to put in information about specific witches and warlocks, and play out certain situations. While LARPing, they’ll try and find weakness, strategize escape plans and find out how new powers work against them.

→ Available Gif Hunts (we do not own these)

Lucien Laviscount (Theo Easton)  [1][2][3][4]

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WASHINGTON | The Latest: Services and other events set for McCain

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WASHINGTON | The Latest: Services and other events set for McCain

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the death of Sen. John McCain (all times local): 5:15 p.m.

Plans are coming together for services and other events to honor the late Sen. John McCain over the next week.

Those involved in planning McCain’s farewell say the Arizona Republican will lie in state in the Arizona State Capitol on Wednesday. A funeral is scheduled for Thursday at North Phoenix Baptist Church.

In Washington, McCain will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Friday. A funeral will take place Saturday at Washington National Cathedral.

A private memorial service is planned next Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland. Burial will be in the academy cemetery. ___ 1:15 p.m.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, which is his birthday. In a tweet, Ducey described the event as a “rare and distinct occurrence for a truly special man.”

He adds: “John McCain is Arizona, and we will honor his life every way we can.”

The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran died Saturday of brain cancer at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. ___

12:40 p.m. Congressional leaders say Republican Sen. John McCain will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

Republican and Democratic leaders did not give a date for the event, saying Sunday that more details would be released later.

McCain died Saturday at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran had an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Events are expected to begin in his home state and move to Washington before his burial at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are expected to speak at McCain’s service in Washington. ___

12:15 p.m. A candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona has suggested that a statement that Sen. John McCain was ending medical treatment was designed to hurt her campaign.

Kelli Ward made the comment on Facebook hours before McCain died Saturday. Ward had unsuccessfully challenged McCain in the 2016 GOP primary and is now running for a seat being vacated by Sen. Jeff Flake.

A post from a Ward campaign aide questions whether the Friday announcement was timed to distract from a bus tour that Ward had launched that day.

Ward commented: “I think they wanted to have a particular narrative that is negative to me.”

After her comment was publicized, Ward deleted it and wrote “the media loves a narrative” and said she “feels compassion” for McCain’s family. ___

12 p.m. The governor of Arizona does not plan to announce whom he will appoint to replace John McCain in the U.S. Senate until after McCain’s burial.

The Arizona Republican’s death on Saturday of brain cancer leaves a vacancy in the Senate for the state. State law requires the governor to name an appointee of the same political party who will serve until the next general election in 2020.

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s spokesman Daniel Ruiz II said in a statement Sunday that the governor will not be making any announcements until after McCain is buried.

The statement says, “Now is a time for remembering and honoring a consequential life.” ___

10:25 a.m. Retired Gen. David Petraeus is honoring Sen. John McCain as a distinguished veteran who always “had the backs” of military service members.

Petraeus, a former CIA director who previously oversaw coalition forces in Iraq, tells ABC’s “This Week” that McCain was committed to ensuring that those who fought the wars after Sept. 11 “had what was needed to prevail.”

He says McCain was also very forthright in standing up against torture, working to limit the enhanced interrogation of detainees.

Petraeus notes that an extraordinary moment of McCain’s military career was when he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam and was offered freedom by his captors, but “he would not break faith with his fellow prisoners.”

The 81-year-old McCain died Saturday of brain cancer at his ranch in Arizona. ___

9:55 a.m. Sen. Susan Collins is remembering John McCain’s momentous vote against their party’s effort to repeal the Obama-era health law.

The Maine Republican tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that she and GOP colleague Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — both repeal opponents — spoke to McCain before the July 2017 vote because they knew he was struggling with the decision.

Collins says he pointed to them and said, “You two are right!” Collins says Vice President Mike Pence was waiting to speak to McCain next, but she knew McCain’s “no” decision would hold. She says, “Once John McCain made up his mind about something, there was no shaking him.”

McCain later dramatically held up his hand and flicked his thumb down, killing the measure.

The 81-year-old Arizona Republican died Saturday of brain cancer. ___

8:45 a.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is paying tribute to Sen. John McCain as “one of the great political personalities of our time.” The 81-year-old Republican senator died at his ranch in Arizona on Saturday after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. Merkel offered her condolences in a statement tweeted Sunday by her spokesman, Steffen Seibert.

She says that McCain was “a tireless fighter for a strong trans-Atlantic alliance; his significance went well beyond his own country.”

Merkel says, “John McCain was led by the firm conviction that the sense of all political work lies in service to freedom, democracy and the rule of law. His death is a loss to all those who share this conviction.” ___

7:25 a.m. People in Vietnam are remembering Sen. John McCain as having played an important role in normalizing relations between their country and the United States.

McCain was captured in 1967 when he parachuted into Hanoi’s Truc Bach Lake after his Navy aircraft was shot down during a bombing mission. He spent over five years in the prison known as the “Hanoi Hilton.”

On Sunday, a memorial was held at the lake, with residents leaving flowers to remember McCain, who died Saturday at the age of 81. One resident, Nguyen Van Trung, says McCain “fought for peace in many countries, including Vietnam.”

Another resident, Hoang Thi Trang, says that to the Vietnamese people, McCain “was not only a companion in resolving postwar issues, but also a friend.” ___

6:40 a.m. French President Emmanuel Macron (eh-mahn-yoo-EHL’ mah-KROHN’) is paying tribute to the late John McCain and says the senator’s voice will be missed.

Macron has tweeted in English that McCain “was a true American hero. He devoted his entire life to his country.” McCain died Saturday at age 81. ___

5:45 a.m. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has expressed her condolences over the death of Sen. John McCain, saying she will remember him as a friend and a fighter.

Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said Sunday that Tsai thanked McCain for endorsing bills in Congress that supported Taiwan and for defending democracy around the world.

Tsai said his death marked the “great loss of an important friend of Taiwan” in the U.S.

Under Tsai’s leadership, the self-governed island democracy has come under increasing pressure from Beijing, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory and has sought to isolate it on the global stage. Tsai said in a Tweet: “He never backed down from his beliefs & forever strived for a more peaceful & prosperous world.” ___

5:40 a.m. Germany’s foreign minister says Sen. John McCain stood for an America that is a “reliable” partner.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas paid tribute to the Republican senator in a statement issued in Berlin on Sunday. McCain died at his ranch in Arizona on Saturday after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

Maas said that “he stood for an America that is a reliable and close partner. An America that takes responsibility for others out of strength, and stands by its values and principles even in difficult moments — and bases its claim to leadership on that.”

He added that “we will remember his voice.” ___

5:40 a.m. Pakistan has offered its condolences over the death of U.S. Sen. John McCain, saying he will be “greatly missed.”

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a statement Sunday that McCain had “always stood for strong Pakistan-U.S. relations and a cooperative approach for promoting peace and building stability in the region.”

As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, McCain made many visits to the region. In a visit to Pakistan last year, he said there could be no peace in neighboring Afghanistan without Pakistan’s cooperation.

Pakistani officials say McCain often worked to ease tensions between Pakistan and the United States. The U.S. has repeatedly urged Pakistan to do more to crack down on Islamic militants operating along the porous Afghan border. ___ 4 a.m. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country salutes Sen. John McCain as a “great American patriot and a great supporter of Israel.”

Netanyahu says Sunday he is deeply saddened by McCain’s passing at the age of 81 and will always treasure his friendship.

McCain was a frequent visitor to Israel who backed it in the Senate and strongly opposed the nuclear ambitions and militancy of its archrival Iran.

Netanyahu says McCain’s “support for Israel never wavered. It sprang from his belief in democracy and freedom.”

Other tributes poured in from across the Israeli political spectrum. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman called McCain one of Israel’s greatest friends. Yair Lapid, head of the opposition Yesh Atid Party, lauded McCain as “a soldier with integrity in a world of politicians.” ___

3 a.m. Arizona residents are paying respects to the late Sen. John McCain. Some drove their cars and parked along Interstate 17 on Saturday night as a hearse traveled from McCain’s home near Sedona down to Phoenix.

Molly Anderson and her 12-year-old daughter Ava Burden met up with the procession after it arrived at a mortuary in Phoenix where dozens had gathered. They brought candles to place outside the facility.

Anderson, who is an unaffiliated voter, says she respected how McCain stood up for his own ideas.

“The word that pops into my head the most with him is ‘integrity,’ ” she said.

McCain is expected to be honored in Arizona and in Washington before being laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. ___

2 a.m. A former Vietnamese ambassador to Washington, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, says Sen. John McCain played an important role in normalizing relations between the U.S. and the communist country, where he was held prisoner of war for more than five years.

Coung wrote on his Facebook page that McCain was very proud of the monument erected by Vietnam at the Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi where his fighter jet was shot down and he was taken prisoner. He also recalled that McCain asked the Vietnamese to correct the inscription that identified him as an Air Force instead of a Navy pilot. Coung wrote, “Each time during his visit to Vietnam, he often took other senators and friends to the monument.”

Coung says there were times when McCain expressed concern that after he and Sen. John Kerry were gone, a new generation of American lawmakers would not fully understand the care with which to promote Vietnam-U.S. relations, and so he made a point to bring young senators with him on his visits to the Southeast Asian nation. ___

12:40 a.m. Sen. John McCain is being remembered for his service in war and in Congress by presidents and lawmakers. The longtime Arizona Republican died Saturday after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. President Donald Trump has offered his “deepest sympathies and respect” to McCain’s family.

The man who defeated McCain for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama, says they shared a fidelity to American ideals. McCain’s opponent for the GOP nomination in 2000, George W. Bush, calls his former political rival a “man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.”

McCain is expected to be honored in Arizona and Washington before being buried, likely this coming week, at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. Bush is among those expected to speak at McCain’s funeral.

By Associated Press