#unit members: nominations

[companion-showdown]

Who is the best member of UNIT? Nomination Day

the rules are:

must be a member of UNIT, a precursor to UNIT, or a succesor of UNIT

must be emplyed by the relevant organisation (eg Sarah-Jane doesn't count just because she's around UNIT a lot). Some exceptions may be made if for example the relevant organisation doesn't emply anyone, but the character must be as close to an official member as its possible to be

No nominees that are spoilers for series 14, meaning their working for UNIT must be pre-The Giggle

Please bare in mind when you are nominating that I am hoping to keep the number of nominations under 64 to run this as a mini-tournament. This is not a hard rule so if nominations do exceed 64 its not a big deal, just something I'd like everyone to bare in mind

Nominees

at the moment these are just the ones who'll obviously be nominated, nobody has actually nominated them except, I guess, me

The Brigadier

The Doctor

Sergeant Benton

Mike Yates

Liz Shaw

Jo Grant

Harry Sullivan

Martha Jones

Kate Stewart

Petronella Osgood

Mel Bush

actual nominations

Erisa Magambo

Malcolm Taylor

Abby McPhail

Joel

Anthony Sinclair

Ron Winters

Tony Clare

Other Petronella Osgood, + the other other one to replace the other one (zygon/human)

Jane Fonda!Iris Wildthyme

Captain Scarlet (SPECTRUM)

Captain Black (SPECTRUM)

Kathleen (UNISYC)

Adrienne Kramer

Winifred Bambera

Shirley Anne Bingham

Tom Osgood

Muriel Frost

Hamlet Macbeth

Sam Bishop

Josh Carter

Jacqui McGee

Ross Brimmicombe-Wood

The Vlinx

Corporal Bell

Chris Cwej

Roz Forrester

June Turner

Inspector Drake

Inspector Thorn

CCPC

Emily Chaudry

Robert Dalton

Nominations will be open for at least 24 hours (until 29/05, 20:00 BST (GMT/UTC+1))

[triple-tree-ranch]

Ken Blackwell 

Alex Wong is the individual who added Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat.

Alex Wong is Mike Walz' National Security Advisor.

According to Laura Loomer:

- Alex Wong, the Chinese Deputy National Security Advisor is married to U.S. Attorney Candice Chiu Wong, a Chinese Woman who was one of the key attorneys involved in PROSECUTING J6ers.

- Alex’s wife, Candice Chiu Wong, worked under the Obama admin and the Biden admin as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where she led the Violence Reduction and Trafficking Offenses Section for more than two years.

- She was involved in the prosecution of many J6ers during the Biden regime, under which she was nominated to become a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission. Additionally, Candice Chiu Wong served as a Law Clerk to Obama-appointed US Supreme Court Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor!

- Making matters worse, Alex Wong worked for Covington & Burling which is one of the law firms the President recently stripped of its security clearance and terminated all of their government contracts via Executive Order on February 25th, 2025. Trump accused CovingtonLLP of being involved in the weaponization of government.

- Given the Chinese connections, it really makes you wonder if Jeffrey Goldberg was added to the Trump Signal chat on purpose as part of a foreign opp to embarrass the Trump admin on behalf of China.

SIDE NOTE:

Jeffrey Goldberg said a “war plan” was released that contained “precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”.

THAT WAS A LIE.

What Goldberg actually released—something he could have shared from the start—is not a “war plan.” There are no names, no specific targets or locations, and no coordinates. It basically just says some F-18s will strike a terrorist somewhere today.

Alex Wong needs to be investigated and terminated.

[saywhat-politics]

To the editor: All Republicans on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — including members who are physicians — voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to regulate healthcare in the United States. His nomination for Health and Human Services secretary now goes to the Senate.

Kennedy is already responsible for disease and death due to his giving false warnings about vaccines. He is untrained in science and medicine. He invents his health advice apparently from his imagination. He has been debunked repeatedly.

But he has pledged to do what he is told by President Trump. That, apparently, is his qualification for the job.

[dostoyevsky-official]

this a view of someone who's ignored european developments since 2007, opting for a rosy, outdated view of european politics, i.e. the exact type of american committing the exact type of mistake i'm warning about.

to address this point by point: not only has inflation been a global issue, but the US has consistently enjoyed the lowest inflation of any developed economy. american CPI has remained below the british, polish, and eurozone average numbers. european economies have to deal with fallout from the russian invasion of ukraine that the us can ignore: notably, in energy prices, as the US became self-sufficient in energy (and never imported any from russia to begin with, something squeezing the german economy). america is also not hosting millions of ukrainian refugees.

when discussing european instutions—and "europe" in general—one has to be more specific. do you mean the overarching institutions of the EU, criticized for a democratic deficit that many have pinpointed as one source for euro-skepticism and the rise of the far right? the EU Council, widely ignored and headed by charles michel, an incompetent, blatant nepobaby appointment whom everyone grinds their teeth over? the EU parliament, recently filled with a fresh batch of far-right hooligans, which functions more or less as a rubber stamp for the commission? the EU commission itself, headed by VdL, the latest in a string of failed local politician commissioners (who remembers the alcoholic swindler juncker?) masquerading as technocrats? the ECB, which smothers the monetary (and through the maastricht criteria, the fiscal) policy of eurozone members, thereby fueling resentment, far-right movements, and economic disparity? and all of this held hostage by the veto of one orban or fico, —or the german supreme court, when it decides it's had enough with public investment. those institutions, which remain so opaque that even educated americans—and europeans—aren't entirely aware of their function?

or do we mean the institutions of individual countries, ranging from undemocratic autocracies like hungary to the fief of the jupiter king, who called elections in june, lost them, refused to nominate a prime minister from the winning coalition, didn't name any for over a month, and then appointed a rightwing politician from a party that scored dead last, sidestepping his own centrist party? the UK, where sir keir is handing out five years in jail time to climate protesters, raising tuition fees, relying on private investment companies, and through rachel reeves' plan to fix the alleged budget hole left by hunt before further investment, again enacting austerity? this is all front-page headline news from the last half year.

european countries indeed have cheaper healthcare costs, better pensions, and other public goods that the united states does not. when considering "quality of life," remember, however, that most european countries have unemployment rates considered astronomic in america, especially for under-35s:

to focus again and again on european social democracy is to ignore that it has been steadily eroded since the end of the cold war and especially since the great recession by neoliberal political forces that crush the left and open the door for the far right. in the most blatant example, beside's macron's legislative politricks, the IMF-ECB-EC troika cut off euro cash liquidity flow to greece when syriza was trying to undo austerity under varoufakis. the greek collapse consigned a generation to economic failure, killed seniors, and curtailed possibilities for the youth. this erosion happened even in the nordic model, long imagined by americans as nothing short of a utopia:

In part due to the scrapping of wealth and inheritance taxes and a lower corporate tax than both the U.S. and European averages, Sweden has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth in the world today: on a level with Bahrain and Oman, and worse than the United States. Perhaps most dispiriting for Sanders, Sweden also now hosts the highest proportion of billionaires per capita in the world. Many of the country’s trademark social services are now provided by private firms. Its private schools even benefit from the same level of state subsidy as public schools—a voucher system far more radical than anything in the United States and that Democratic politicians would be crucified for advocating. Both here and there, right-leaning commentators in 2020 decried Sanders’s portrait as little more than what Johan Norberg, Swedish author of The Capitalist Manifesto, has called a 1970s “pipedream.” On this, Swedish observers on the left gloomily agree: despite official rhetoric, the “Nordic welfare model” is now more nostalgic myth than reality. (x)

to problematize further, there's an unadressed first world perspective: who's getting the good quality of life, why are the main economies of the EU so wealthy, and how does the EU continue to enrich itself? there are certainly many living outdoors today, drowning in the mediterranean, or dying of exposure in białowieża. fortress europe is a crime against humanity—and it doesn't beat back the far right. it weakens civic and human rights, undermines legal oversight, and criminalizes humanitarian engagement, allowing an authoritarian creep.

you shouldn't understand the political and the historical as a snapshot in time, but as a moving train. this is the state of europe today. all of the above is necessarily a simplification and an abbreviation, but there's a trajectory you can begin to trace out: given all of the above, where do you think europe is headed?

[charlesoberonn]

Trump doesn't qualify to run for president in 2024 due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

I think it'd be hilarious if he won the Republican nomination only to be disqualified from running and not appear on the ballot in any state.

[gingerteawrites]

Beyond the limelight - Gojo Satoru

A/N: Wow thank you all so much for enjoying Limelight. As promised, here is a short epilogue to conclude the story. If you haven't already, read the main story here.

I will write more actor!Gojo x reader headcannons if requested, so do let me know!

Content: actor!Gojo x female reader, fluff.

Divider by @v6que

Glamor and glitz were the words of the night. Cameras flashing with blinding lights, and the carpet bearing witness to opulence that tethered the line of gaudiness.

Here it was, the culmintation of years of hard work. Of taking on seemingly insignificant roles and incessant practice. Years and years until Gojo finally made it into brightest spot of the limelight. The summum of any actor’s career. The academy awards.

After a rather exciting time on the red carpet, the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ cast and crew members took their place at their assigned table in the decorated theater. Distinct emotions tinged their light chatter; excitement, hope, and palpable nerves. The movie had done phenomenally in theatres, breaking box office records and earning nominations in multiple categories.

And with that came the hope of recognition. Awards were not everything, but they certainly were not nothing. You held the same hope in your heart, nestled between the cushions of your green couch and pillows, eyes fixed on the broadcast.

A series of fanciful montages and an eternity of product placements later, the hosts of the night finally climb the stage to announce the winner of the “best actor” category.

“And finally, the award for best actor goes to…” the lady’s voice draws out the suspense, directing an enigmatic smile at the camera. Your heart was thrumming in your chest, Gojo could hear his heartbeat vibrating in his ears.

A second passed, and you waited with bated breath. Separated by physical distance, but united in sentiments.

“Gojo Satoru! As Romeo,” the host all but shouted into the microphone, and the entire audience erupted in cheers.

You screamed in joy behind your TV, and being nudged out of a daze by the director, Gojo makes his way to the stage on unsteady feet. His hands are still trembling slightly when he is handed the award, but finally standing in front of the microphone, he steadies himself.

“Wow, is this what it feels like to be speechless?” The audience laughs faintly while he takes another moment to gather his thoughts. He breathes out, and leans in closer to the mic.

“I want to thank all of the production team for their efforts in this, everyone worked so, so hard,” he grinned towards his table, “thank you to all my fans who always support my projects, it really means the world,” a dazzling smile is directed into the camera.

He then looks down, his smile morphing into a more subdued one, a more earnest one. “But above all, thank you, my one and only love, watching at home,” he looks into the camera, and even though you are miles apart, you feel his gaze on you. Tears pool in your eyes. “For being my anchor when I felt like I was drifting away. For allowing me the room to grow and flourish. For letting me talk your ears off. I love you forever.”

And with that he stepped off the stage, waving at the assembly that presented a standing ovation.

It is needless to say that social media went into absolute madness after that speech. That bold declaration of love.

[OMG so he’s not dating Yuki?]

[It has to be a non-celeb then]

[So lucky bro]

[This was one hell of a hard launch]

Though you remained anonymous, Gojo honoring his commitment to you, he had still declared his love for you. Even in the brightest spot of the limelight, he belonged with you. And though you stood out of its blinding intensity, you too, belonged with him.

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[Hi love, just a heads up. I won’t be home when you get there, got that one work presentation I told you about] you typed quickly, phone in one hand and sandwich in another. After this lunch break, you were scheduled to present data on a project you were recently put in charge of, and your nerves were running high.

You knew a promotion hung on the line, a long anticipated one.

But Satoru had been there to encourage you all the way, listening to your rants about uncooperative co-workers and offering to help you practice. A smile graced your lips at the thought.

He was as busy as ever, now sought out by most of the major production companies. Gojo Satoru was beyond popular. He was a household name. But beyond the exhausting days and filled out schedules, time made for each other was all the more intentional. Honest conversations and comforting touches. You grew and you loved.

[Gotcha! And remember what I said, don’t stress bby. I know you’re going to kick it out of the park (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧] The reply elicited a chuckle from you.

[I’ll remember that. I love you]

[love you too bebe]

You cleaned your hands and returned to your desk, grabbed all the needed documents. You took in a deep breath and relaxed your shoulders. You got this.

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Click clack

You took your keys out of the hole and stepped in, door closing quietly behind you.

Your nose immediately caught whiff of the pleasant aroma that permeated your living room. You heard Satoru’s voice, belting along with Rihanna to umbrella, causing you to smile.

He pauses as soon as he catches a glimpse of you. ”Hey sweetheart!” He beams at you, turning the volume down.

“Hi Satoru,” you’re hanging your jacket, “What are you making?”

“Well, your favorite, of course!” He comes into full view, and you laugh at the sight of his flower-embroidered apron. “Now, cut the suspense. How did the meeting go?”

You look to the ground, sighing dejectedly as you finally manage to slip out of your shoes. Immediately the mood shifts, and Gojo steps closer, arms open.

“Oh I’m so sorry,” he is right about to engulf you in the most comforting hug ever when you look up with a bright smile.

“Sorry for what? I got the promotion!” You jump with joy, and he picks you up, twirling you around the small living room. Gleeful laughs fill the space as you secure your arms around his neck.

He finally sets you down, but still holds your waist, pulling you close for a kiss. Then another. “I’m so proud of you, Y/N. You’ve worked so hard for this,” The earnest words make a pout appear on your lips and tears threaten to fall from your eyes. He promptly kisses them away, dragging you into the kitchen. “And now time for the celebratory meal!”

You’re helping set the table when you notice something.

“Satoru why are there 2 cakes?” he dashes over to you as you open the box with a cake that reads ‘they suck anyway’

“Wrong one,” he swiftly pulls that one away, and opens the one that said ‘I always knew you could do it!’

You burst into laughter, taking in the view of your lover. You fight for each other in big and small ways. The man with whom you grow and learn. Your heart feels more full than your stomach after that dinner. Laid down on your couch, in each others’ embrace.

Reblogs and comments are much appreciated(❁´◡`❁)

[catboymoments]

More worldbuilding than character work So I know that the Automata Division that Kilda works for is a part of 'The Government' and that said government is shady as hell. But what's that government's deal?

Is it just the human government or some broader federation (with humans and the other alien governments mentioned in backstories being member states) and what else do they do other than automata division? Like, what's their nominal structure/vibe? Corrupt flawed democracy dominated by oligarchs? Brutal but efficient unelected repressive bureaucracy? Military Dictatorship?

What's the rest of their military and non military functions like and relationship with the people? (ie Space navy, space tax collectors, services on planets like healthcare, etc) What are their plans to use the Automata Division for? Matching against existing peer enemies? Imperialist expansion? Jackbootery against existing dissidents? Or something else ?

IVE THOUGHT OF THIS!!!! AND DREW SOME INFO SHEETS FOR THESE!!!! I’ll definitely be adding more aliens and humans that work under Kiida, but yes- Kiida is only the department head of her specific division of the United Nations Astro Corps- Earth’s space force.

UNAC exists to basically be humanity’s spot in the Interstellar Age- however, things fall through the cracks as we’ve seen with our main guys so far.

[mariacallous]

When U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, on Feb. 7, that he’d appointed “an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!” to the Kennedy Center, people responded with bafflement and jokes. When the president-cum-Kennedy Center chairman then appointed his loyalist follower Richard Grenell interim executive director and installed a MAGA-inspired board, the bafflement and gallows humor reached new highs.

But Trump’s takeover of a cultural institution should not just be a source of amusement, especially since the president has also promised to change the center’s programming. The moves put him in the company—historic and current—of tyrants, not auteurs.

Classical music is rarely front-page news, and the move took the Kennedy Center by complete surprise. The cultural center in Foggy Bottom, after all, hosts a leading symphony orchestra and a major opera company and is hardly a center of political fights.

The idea that Trump might be interested in its chairmanship had been on no one’s radar. In fact, so unexpected was the news that music aficionados on social media began asking which symphonies and operas the new chairman—noted for his love of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats—might decide should be performed there, and whether he might decide to conduct them himself.

The jokes swiftly faded when, a few days later, Trump appointed Grenell the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director. The jokes fell completely silent when, on Feb. 12, the Kennedy Center announced its new trustees, installed to replace trustees fired by Trump. Those now installed on the board of trustees include Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha; Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles; his deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino; White House Presidential Personnel Director Sergio Gor; and Allison Lutnick, the wife of Trump’s secretary of commerce nominee, Howard Lutnick.

To be sure, the Kennedy Center’s board has always included a bipartisan political element; Democrats and Republicans have traditionally nominated half the board each. But this is different. Now every board member belongs to the Trump camp. The reconstituted board. “President Donald J. Trump was just unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The President stated, ‘It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!’” he posted on Feb. 12.

This is a president who despises (or perhaps doesn’t know) high culture taking over a famed cultural center. And it’s not a silly game. In announcing his own appointment as chairman, Trump vowed the programming was going to change. He had heard about drag shows at the center. As a regular visitor there, I recall only countless opera performances and symphony concerts, as well as a lot of jazz and folk in the foyer, though the center has hosted the occasional drag event. Either way, Trump announced that “THIS WILL STOP. The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”

I’d hate to be alarmist, but the president of the United States is invoking the language of a certain German regime that, in the 1930s, banned what it labeled “Entartete Kunst,” degenerate art. The Nazis wanted German culture organized neatly under the government’s control. Soon after taking power, this regime made its preferences known to Germany’s myriad publicly funded theaters, opera houses, and concert halls. It also created the Reichskulturkammer (Reich Chamber of Culture), under which culture in Germany would operate; Joseph Goebbels was appointed the chamber’s president.

Soon German culture—for so long the envy of the world—became more and more constrained as practitioners and artistic products, especially books, were banned, while other practitioners, from conductors to painters, engaged in self-censorship or left the country. That’s how Thomas Mann ended up in Pacific Palisades. In his novel Mephisto, Klaus Mann—Thomas’s son—masterfully portrays the careerists who thrive in autocracies, while talent withers.

And the urge to control culture didn’t die with Goebbels and his ilk. Wanting to control culture is, in fact, the hallmark of authoritarian regimes. The Cold War was characterized by Eastern Bloc regimes’ attempts to govern all culture and, in the process, ensure that undesirable expressions of it were weeded out. Every novel Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote was at immediate risk of being banned, and the Russian author constantly faced the risk of imprisonment. In Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel was kept under constant surveillance and denied jobs worthy of his talent. The artists the regimes deemed acceptable, by contrast, were well-looked-after by the respective countries’ cultural organizations. Untold numbers of artists less known than Solzhenitsyn and Havel suffered the same fate.

Today, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continues this tradition. Until recently, countries around the world sought to emulate Venezuela’s El Sistema, a government-funded program that teaches scores of children to play instruments at a level previously thought unachievable. Not only have hundreds of Venezuelan children grown up to play in El Sistema’s many symphony orchestras, including the world-class National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra; many of the musicians have also been appointed to the world’s very best orchestras. The double-bass player Edicson Ruiz was hired by the Berlin Philharmonic, considered the world’s best symphony orchestra, while still in his teens. Listen to him here.

But Maduro couldn’t resist the urge to control the program. Now El Sistema is fraying, the inevitable result of political encroachment that has seen Maduro install his vice president and his son on El Sistema’s board and try to use El Sistema for propaganda purposes abroad. In 2017, after El Sistema’s most celebrated graduate, the conductor Gustavo Dudamel, wrote an op-ed voicing criticism against the regime’s brutal crackdown of pro-democracy protesters, Maduro canceled a planned U.S. tour by Dudamel and the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela. Many El Sistema musicians in their late teens or early 20s have now found conservatory places or jobs abroad or are trying to do so.

On the other side of the spectrum are the political leaders who are passionate about the arts but would never dream of politicizing them, precisely because they understand that the arts will languish if put under political control. Helmut Schmidt, West Germany’s chancellor in the late ’70s and early ’80s, was a concert-level pianist. (Hear him play Mozart here.) If he’d decided he wanted to become chairman of the Berlin Philharmonic, it would have made a lot of sense. But he didn’t, because he knew that arts thrive only when separated from politics.

Trump has never considered himself an arts lover; indeed, he recently told a reporter on board Air Force One that he’s never attended a performance at the Kennedy Center. Even so, for the purported sake of protecting the arts, he’s putting himself in the company of Maduro, the Soviets, the Czechoslovak rulers, and Goebbels.

[enchantedpumpkinfics]

Hello, little message just before this headcanon.

I thank @otomedomme and @munchychuusy who participated in the comments of this post, to this headcanon.(who is like the first layer of potential futur headcanons, like yours, if anyone wants to add elements in, I would love to read them.)

(I may write the love interest outside of their characters, I have not yet read all the information about each one of them. Nor all the interactions. And I do not have all the cards seen that I started love and deespace about two months ago.)

Oh and I haven’t written fanfiction for a long time, English is not my native language. If there is a problem in the writting, I am sorry, I will do my best to correct.

And this may be considered short. But I wrote it in one night. ^-^"

I have just made the correction, of the biggest misspell and errors.

I wish you all a good day/evening/night

MC x reader x Xavier/Zayne/Rafayel/Sylus/Caleb

Trigger warning: normally there is no trigger warning. Except for my writing. Maybe some spoil.

(F/m = familly member c/f = close friend)

General:

-Every accomplishment of his professional or private life. Y/n always the impression that something comes to disturb his life.

-That something is a person. MC, with her hair, her height, her voice, her laught, her habits. Anything Y/n might find normal, even beautiful or cute would become bad if it was associated with MC.

-Y/n always felt that whatever happens in hera life, MC appeared to destroy everything.

-Hep position with the Hunters. Y/n was to be normally nominated in the Alpha team, but was transferred to the Delta team. She was furious not understanding why, while she had the best scores she was placed in the Delta team.

-That’s when she heard one of the evaluators speak well of MC and compared her to Y/n.

-If Y/n thought she wouldn’t meet MC, she’s in for a real treat.

The love interest:

Xavier:

-Y/n met Xavier, by accident in the corridors of the association.

-Reentry from mission. He didn’t pay attention to Y/n.

-But Y/n noticed. Not even knowing if Xavier was in the unit she was helping. She started talking to him without having an answer from him.

-That doesn’t bother him at all. Y/n tried to get information on Xavier, starting with his name.

-After several weeks, Y/n succeeded by having some information, just the bare minimum, his name and being in the Alpha team. Which for some would have made them throw the towel.

-And Y/n was the most optimistic... until the day when...

-She saw MC and Xavier on the street. MC was talking to Xavier, a real conversation, and Xavier was smiling. Something Y/n never managed to do and see.

-Y/n didn’t understand how it was possible and thought she had hallucinated.

Zayne:

-Y/n met Zayne when she visited a family member/close friend.

-Not in his office or the hallways. But in the cafeteria.

-In a completely harmless way. In front of a coffee/tea/soda/water.

-A little conversation took place. She learned that Zayne was a cardiologist. He even asked her if she was a new patient, which she denied.

-It is smiling that she returned to the room of her family member/close friend.

-During the following days, Y/n met Zayne several times in the hospital, mainly in the cafeteria and a few times in the corridors.

-When she returned near f/m c/f. She was all smiling, but preferred to keep the secret of the little (not so small) crush that was born for a certain doctor.

-But her little crush took a turn she hoped not to take.

-A mission went wrong. Technically, she should not have been too close to the Wanderers and even less hit.

-When she got to the emergency room, she was trying to get up. "It’s okay, I’m fine." She had been saying it for several minutes now, but people wouldn’t listen to her, forcing her to stay in bed.

-"Zayne!..."

-Y/n was happy to see Zayne because even if she repeated that everything was fine, her wound started to hurt.

-Happy until the moment she see, a certain person.

-MC.

-Again her.

-Although Y/n have called Zayne, he did not move his head in her direction. His gaze fixed on MC, with some concern.

-Y/n suddenly felt too much, her breathing started to be faster.

-The doctors take care of her, seeing that she no longer struggles, they allowed her to be treated.

-During her entire stay in the hospital, Zayne did not visit her.

Rafayel:

-A friend of Y/n had invited her to a new exhibition in one of the most famous galleries in Linkon.

-Her friend wanted to change her mind and cheer her up, because two sentimental deceptions were beginning to weigh.

-Although the place was beautiful, the works were not really to Y/n’s taste.

-Y/n was bored until she meet a young man with purple hair.

-he spoke of the works, explaining that he did not like them much, preferring his own works.

-Y/n was going to ask him what kind of artwork, but was cut.

-"Ah Rafayel!"

-that voice... that voice made her jaw thight.

-MC was still there?!

-Turning to MC, Rafayel smiles to MC "Ah my body guard!"

-Y/n was lost, how does she be a body guard ?

-MC smiles at Y/n. "Please y/n, don’t tell the hunter association."

-Y/n didn’t know how to react, did she get upset? Send herself out for a walk?

-Seen that, her friend took Y/n out of the gallery.

Sylus:

-Why did the Onychinus's leader need to be that hot?

-the Hunters' Association had heard about Sylus. And after MC’s sudden disappearance and her change of behaviour towards N109 zone, however small. Reader had suspicions.

-This is how Y/n managed to enter the zone.

-Y/n was spying on MC.

-Until the moment she saw her alongside a man with silver hair.

-"Sylus."

-Y/n was shocking, this man with MC was the leader of Onychinus's????

-The crossing of a crow made move y/n.

-It was no longer uncovered and was discovered

-Y/n wondered for several days how she had escaped from the N109 without a scratch.

Caleb:

-Caleb was a mystery to Y/n.

-She had met him less often than Xavier and Zayne, but more often than Rafayel and Sylus together.

-She had talked to him every time, it was rare that he started conversations.

-Caleb was distant, but nice.

-When she offered him to do something together, he refused each time, explaining that he had to see his little sister.

-Y/n learned in a tragic way who was Caleb’s sister.

-Everyone in the association had heard of the death of MC’s grandmother and brother.

-Although Y/n did not carry MC in her heart. She was sad to hear the news, no one deserves to lose someone so dear.

-It was looking at the information in the file on the explosion that she recognized Caleb’s photo.

-How could she not be shocked when she saw him alive next to MC several months later ?

MC :

-Oh MC...

-If anyone could have hidden her crush the best way, it was her.

-Since she had laid eyes on Y/n, it was a massive crush.

-During the class to become a Hunter, she tried to talk with Y/n without success.

-Every time she saw Y/n talking to someone she wanted to participate.

-If MC could not understand something, it was how Xavier/Zayne/Rafayel/Sylus and even Caleb could not see Y/n as she saw her.

-MC could see how Y/n was barely seen by them.

-It became almost annoying, because SHE could see Y/n, why Y/n couldn’t see her?

-Mc didn’t want the eyes of men, she didn’t want to be one of those who collided with Y/n.

-When Y/n saw her with Sylus. MC managed to stop Sylus from hurting her.

-At the time Y/n saw that Caleb was alive. MC knew it was time for her to tell him the truth about her feelings.

[meetinginsamarra]

Fanfics I Really Liked in November 2024

So. Since I keep a list of what I´ve read anyway (there´s always a list), I will rec all the fics I´ve wholly enjoyed on a monthly basis. Old and new, canon or AU, big or small authors, long or short but nearly always Johnlock (-ish).

++++

Sine Nomine by SilentAuror @silentauroriamthereal

As Mycroft reviews the footage from Culverton Smith's morgue, he revisits his original question: whether John Watson would be the making of his brother, or make him worse than ever. He's come to a conclusion, but decides to give John one last chance. So he gives him a choice.

A suspenseful S4 fix-it with a fearsome Mycroft, John's redemption arc and some surprises. Happy ending, of course!

Shallow Grave by SilentAuror @silentauroriamthereal

Starts as Sherlock's plane is taking off at the end of His Last Vow. When he finds out that Moriarty is alive and that he's being recalled from his mission, Sherlock decides that he should have told John how he felt before he left. So he walks off the plane and kisses him.

HLV fix-it with lots of pining and misunderstandings and a happy ending!

My, She Was Yar by blueink3

YAR: adjective (nautical term, of a sailboat) agile, quick, easily manoeuvred

Or, the exact opposite of what Sherlock Holmes is when he stumbles into John Watson's cinema and turns his life upside down.

Lovely different first meeting with a bit of hurt/comfort!

The Skin Over My Heart by standbygo @blogstandbygo

Sherlock and John are still trying to adjust to Sherlock's return from his hiatus when John's friend Bill Murray brings them a case. Someone is targeting the LGBTQA+ members of Bill's unit. John and Sherlock go undercover at the unit, but when they end up having to flirt to flush out the suspect, Sherlock realizes he's in over his head.

Fake boyfriends for a case is always a good start for friends to lovers. LOL

Whispers of Highgate by standbygo @blogstandbygo

During his hiatus, Sherlock is chased into the Paris Catacombs, with unexpected consequences.

A little bit of spookyness and a twist at the end!

Christmas Lights by emma221b

It's tough being homeless, especially at Christmas. When Sherlock finds himself cold and alone on the streets of London, he can see no way back. What he needs now is one more miracle, and he might just be about to find it - even if it's not the one that he thinks that he wants.

I love this young Sherlock and the tragic backstory that made him go homeless. Mycroft is a good big brother. Hurt/comfort.

[contemplatingoutlander]

Seventy-seven Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging the US Senate to reject Robert F Kennedy Jr as Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary, arguing that he is unfit and would put American public health “in jeopardy”.

It is believed to be the first time in living memory that Nobel prize winners have united against a presidential cabinet pick, and comes against a backdrop of Kennedy’s public support for discredited theories, including a claim that childhood vaccines cause autism.

In their letter, prize winners in the fields of medicine, chemistry, physics and economics castigate Kennedy for a “lack of credentials” and point out that he has been “a belligerent critic” of some of the agencies that he would oversee, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [...] “In view of his record, placing Mr Kennedy in charge of DHSS would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in health sciences, in both public and commercial sectors.”

Signatories include Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, who won this year’s Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA. [...] In response, a spokesperson for Trump’s transition team said: “Americans are sick and tired of the elites telling them what to do and how to do it. Our healthcare system in this country is broken, Mr Kennedy will enact President Trump’s agenda to restore the integrity of our healthcare and Make America Healthy Again.”

In response, a spokesperson for Trump’s transition team said: “Americans are sick and tired of the elites telling them what to do and how to do it." [color emphasis added]

Trump's transition team apparently sees no irony in the above statement. They are apparently clueless that RFK, Jr. is about as "elite" as one can get, being a scion of the Kennedy clan.

And aren't Elon Musk and Trump himself members of the "elite" class, not to mention the other billionaires that will have roles in the incoming Trump administration, including: Vivek Ramaswamy, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Linda McMahon, Jacob Isaacman, Warren Stephens, Stephen Feinberg, Kelly Loeffler, and Charles Kushner.

How long will it be before the average American realizes that Trump is ONLY about building an America where far-right billionaires DICTATE to the rest of us how everything in the U.S. will be.

[companion-showdown]

can both osgoods be in the tournament or does that not make sense since we never actually knew which one was which?

uhmm, I think it works, they are different people, both separately employed by unit (or at least I would hope thet're both getting a salary

[truth-has-a-liberal-bias]

New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her 100th birthday.

The city council’s Committee on Civil and Human Rights voted earlier this month to declare November 30 Shirley Chisholm Day. The resolution was sponsored by council member Farah N. Louis, whose district includes part of Brooklyn, where Chisholm was born.

Chisholm was born Shirley Anita St. Hill on November 30, 1924, and is widely known for her pioneering decision to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. She was the first Black woman to do so. [...]

[saywhat-politics]

President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination for Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, to be ambassador to the United Nations. The move comes as Republicans fear that their razor-thin majority in the House is shrinking.

House Republican leadership is hanging on by a thread, struggling to maintain control as members either resign or accept positions in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. With their already slim majority dwindling, passing Trump’s top priorities is becoming increasingly challenging.

Right now, the GOP holds a razor-thin five-seat majority in the House—218 Republicans to 213 Democrats—with four vacancies, making every vote crucial. The situation has become so precarious that Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, has lost her nomination to Trump’s Cabinet.

CBS News reported Thursday that Stefanik’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was pulled following pressure from her party to decline the role. With margins this tight, Republicans are hesitant to lose another seat, leading party leaders to withdraw her nomination altogether.

[fablepaint]

Even if you are not in a swing state, you might be in a swing district (as I am now). You could have judges, school board members, and comptrollers up for election (all things that extremely impact your well being and community).

And if you want an Federal Trade Commission that is proactive at:

fighting tech bros

tech monopolies

breaking up Google

going after rental cartels

then vote Harris to protect Lina Khan

Lina is the head of the current FTC who has been spearheading these fights, and winning.

yes i am directly endorsing Harris.

I see her administration as the one who will do the most to bolster the CDC and prevent future pandemics, to embolden the FTC and keep big tech on its toes, and to nominate federal and Supreme Court judges who won't take us back to pre-Civil War society.

Not risking my fam and friends' health, esp my future niece, if RFK "brainworms told me vax cause autism" Jr becomes head of the CDC.

I want my sis-in-law to survive a scare, if it happens.

If I lose followers, fine. So long as you know my logic. My clout is less important than their safety.

come at me claiming I dont give a shit about dead babies or voting is stupid, Im blocking you. Im not an idiot, Im aware of world events and our collective culpability as Americans.

But Id rather do at least the MINIMUM to preserve our right to fight our worst excesses than not.

So Im going to vote.

[starstrider-productions]

Dr Flloyd Kennedy, Liverpool-based, Australian-born actress, director, voice artist, performance poet, singer-songwriter, voice/speech/accent/acting/clown coach and producer of audio fiction took part in the British folk revival in the 60s, performed street theatre, cabaret and fringe theatre in Scotland throughout the 1980s and 90s, and wrote her doctoral dissertation on “Shakespeare’s Voice: a theory of the voice in performance”. She has performed, directed and taught voice and acting skills at colleges and universities in the UK, US and Australia. Her solo show Yes, Because! toured to Brisbane, Melbourne, New York (UNITED Festival of Solo Performance), London, Edinburgh and Liverpool. She regularly appears in indie feature films and TVCs, and at spoken word events in Merseyside.

Flloyd writes, performs (with guest artists) and produces the audio fiction comedy Am I Old Yet?, nominated for an Independent Podcast Award 2024 (fiction category), which has now published 147 episodes and received over 50,000 downloads. She is a member of the Fable & Folly Network (“where fiction producers flourish”), and she is a proud member of British Actors Equity.

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