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𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 | 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 | 𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙨 : 𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 || 𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴

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✦ 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣 ‘𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙚’ 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚

001. — 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 — ♥︎ [ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳. ]

✦ 𝘽𝙅 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙩

𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯…

✦ 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 ‘𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧’ 𝙈𝙘𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙚

𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯…

[vibingwhilewriting]

M*A*S*H Walter Radar O’Reilly x Reader Coffee Shop AU

Hello, everyone! For this valentines, I will be attempting to write something. How is this going to work out for me when I have no rizz? I don't know. Enjoy the ficlet, belated birthday present and valentines gift @multifandomlover01!!!

I never watched m*a*s*h so forgive me for grasping for straws.

“Welcome to the Coffee Corner!”

The greeting resounded through the shop just as the bell hanging from the door did. I adjusted my satchel as I stepped into the cozy coffee house. Smiling, I walked toward the counter, admiring the decor. The infectious atmosphere was entrancing.  “Good morning! Can I get a-”

“Raspberry hot chocolate?”

“Ye-yeah, how did you know?”

“Just intuition.”

“Yeah, I would like a Raspberry hot chocolate,” I said with an awkward smile. I looked at his name tag. Radar it says and I look back at his face again. 

“That’ll be $7.35.”

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It was always corners and libraries that gave the most comfort. If it was learned comfort from being in them or just a psychological, you don’t know, but it didn’t bother you. You were glad that there was a quiet gem of a coffee shop that had an attached library.

Pulling the satchel off your shoulders, you collapse onto the surprisingly comfortable wooden chair and prepare for your latest study session. Taking off your beanie and scarf, you start pulling out the materials needed to take notes and succeed in the first aid examination.

“Ma’am, your drink is ready.”

You flinch in surprise and look up. “Oh, thank you!”

“You’re welcome.”

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As you return to the shop for more drinks and study sessions, you gradually get to know Radar and his coworkers better. Laughter fills the shop as relentless teases are thrown and all awkwardness and stiffness went away. Small talk and banter between you and Radar became more common. Comfortable silence Radar, tangents and Radar’s coworkers teasing his little quirks is a slice of life that you didn’t expect to receive when you entered university, but you wouldn’t have it any other way. 

You don’t know if it was his naivete, his warm personality, how cute he is or a mixture of those that did you in, but you just knew.

“Hey, Radar?”

“Yeah?”

“Would ya go on a date with me?”

“...”

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“Hey, Radar! You’re usually 15 minutes early! Did something happen,” Hawkeye called out as Radar walked behind the tills to the changing rooms.

“Hold up Hawkeye. Radar, your skin is clearing up!”

“You’re right, Trapper! You’ve been getting into more self-care lately?”

Both Trapper and Hawkeye followed Radar to the back, “Well, I got this friend.”

“Well, who is she?”

“Look, he’s blushing!”

“I am not! My cheeks are just red!”

“Aw, Radar, come on! You can tell Uncle Trapper.”

“And Aunt Hawkeye.”

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Hope that you enjoyed it! Sorry that there's little to no plot here. I wish I could given you more for Valentine's day but school has been bitch slapping me lately

[stillwaitin76]

M*A*S*H Characters as LPS (because I’m mentally ill) Part 1:

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (S1-5): #817 (V2)

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (S6-11): #184

Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly: #2105

Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan: #91

“Trapper” John McIntyre: #1210

BJ Hunnicutt (S4-6): #25

BJ Hunnicutt (S7-11): #368 (yes I know it’s a different breed and eye color, but he needs the mustache!)

[mashhistorian]

Happy birthday, Gary Burghoff, M*A*S*H’s Corporal Walter “Radar” O’Reilly!

[number1iowan]

Miss Piggy, the classic diva of the Muppets, hails from Keystone, Iowa, where she depended on beauty contest winnings to stay afloat after the death of her father. Miss Piggy is an actress, an author, a feminist icon, a fashion maven, and so much more.

Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O’Reilly was a stand out character on the TV show M*A*S*H, which was famous for running much longer than the war it was supposed to be about. Radar's nickname came from his ability to apparently sense when he was needed by a superior officer, as well as his extra sensitive hearing, which allowed him to note that helicopters were coming long before anyone else noticed. He strikes me as being very much like Soundwave, to be honest.

[boonesfarmsangria]

Mike Farrell Reflects on Captain B.J. Hunnicutt’s Ahead of ‘M*A*S*H’ TV Special

Scott Fishman, TV Insider Dec 21, 2023 Updated Dec 22, 2023 0

Mike Farrell knew he had a lot to live up to when he joined the 4077th Medical Corps and cast of M*A*S*H as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt. The well-versed actor already had an impressive career including a stint on Days of Our Lives. However, this was a completely different kind of pressure coming into season 4 of a highly successful series after the exit of Wayne Rogers, who played Captain “Trapper” John McIntyre.

He was up to the challenge with viewers connecting with the devoted family man and what would be a long-time bond with Alan Alda’s Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce. Viewers will ever forget the shot during the historic series finale where B.J. yells out that he left a note for Hawkeye. As he flies away in the helicopter, he soon notices that his good friend spelled out the word “Goodbye” with rocks on the ground.

It’s these types of iconic moments and characters that are celebrated during FOX’s upcoming M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television. Executive-produced by John Scheinfeld and Andy Kaplan, this two-special delves into the Emmy-winning run over 11 seasons through the perspective of the cast and visionaries behind the scenes.

Joining Farrell and Alda on the doc is Gary Burghoff (Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly), and Loretta Swit (Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan) to name a few, as well as series executive producers Gene Reynolds and Burt Metcalfe. Those who have since passed, including show creator Larry Gelbart, Rogers, Larry Linville (Maj. Frank Burns), Harry Morgan (Col. Sherman T. Potter), and McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col. Henry Blake) are spotlighted through archival photos and footage.

Here Farrell opens up about his emotional reaction to the special. The 84-year-old also describes what it’s like to see the beloved sitcom still resonate more than 40 years after it ended.

Michael Farrell

How often do you go back and watch the episodes back?

Mike Farrell: The popularity of the show continues to astonish me and thrill me, frankly. I get constant emails, and mail, calls to keep it fresh in my mind, and its extraordinary impact. I don’t make a point of looking for it on television, but sometimes it’s there. And when it’s there, I can’t stop looking at it and watching those people I love so much and care about. To see and remember who they were and what we did together. It’s something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I’m so thrilled to be a part of it that it’s hard to put into words.

I remember seeing Alan Alda share a photo of you two toasting to the 50th anniversary of the show’s premiere. How is it for you to still have these close connections after all these years?

For us, it’s a family situation. We enjoyed working together and having this kind of bond that continues to this day. We talk about how much we love each other and stay in touch regularly. It has been something that brings an ongoing extraordinary rush of gratitude and appreciation for all of us here…Then you see David Ogden Stiers, Harry Morgan, Larry Linville, and others on the special. There is that sense of longing for somebody who you knew, loved, and enjoyed working with. It’s piercing at the heart when you see that sometimes. For me, I’m overwhelmed with the warmth that comes back from seeing Harry, remembering the relationship we had not only during the show but afterward. Watching Alan and his incredible wit and hijinks. Some of those things stay with me today. When I tell stories, I can’t help but get misty about those memories. It’s an everlasting love affair for me.

It’s fun to think about what would have happened if social media had been around during M*A*S*H’s original run. For example, B.J.’s mustache would be a hot topic of conversation.

People often ask me, “What do you think of the mustache?” I will say my mother hated the mustache. The mustache was a fun thing. Alan called me at the beginning of one season and said, “They think we are too much alike. What do you think about growing a mustache?” I thought it was a great idea. We made a lot out of it, which was fun to do. I wore what started as a red long shirt. Through many washes, it came out pink. I thought it was hilarious to be wearing a pink shirt in the middle of all that. I get many comments from people in the gay community who tell me they loved my pink shirt and ask if that was a signal. I tell them no, but that I’m glad they noticed it.

One of the topics that gets tackled in the special is B.J.’s character and moment of infidelity with a nurse divorcee. After all this time, I even saw a Reddit thread asking if B.J. cheated on his wife Peg.

I remember when I first met with the guys and they were talking about the possibility of Wayne leaving. I told them the one thing I didn’t want to do as an actor was come in and step in the boots of “Trapper.” They understood. They had in mind a fellow who was married, not a womanizer like “Hawkeye” or “Trapper,” who had a child at home. And he is going to be true to his wife and family. You’re talking about modeling fidelity on television, I didn’t mind that at all. We laughed. It stayed that way. One year we did a show where Blythe Danner played the guest star. She and “Hawkeye had been having a love affair in medical school, and she was temporarily assigned to our station. She was married, but the affair popped up again.

There is a scene where “Hawkeye” asks B.J. if he has ever been unfaithful. I said never. He said, “You ever tempted?” I said, “Tempted is a different question.” He said, “So, you have been tempted?” I said, “No, it was a different question.” It was a good gag. Larry Gelbart, who wrote the scene was ont eh stage when we finished that shot. I said, “Larry, that was wonderful, but let me suggest the idea. The fact B.J. is a faithful husband is great by me, but to suggest a man was not tempted goes too far. I don’t think we need to paint in that pristine manner.” He said that was a good thought. A year later Gene remembers that conversation with Larry. He asked, “What do you feel about B.J. falling off the fidelity wagon?” I said, “It depends on how you resolve it.”

How do you feel it came out?

I loved the whole process that they cared enough to hear me out, and decided it was worth dealing with that question. I thought they resolved it in a classy way. B.J. was upset about what he had done. It was brief and a misstep. He was miserable about it. “Hawkeye” gave him hell because he was going to write home and tell Peg. He said, “Don’t do that to her. If you must confess for whatever the transgression, wait until you get home where you can be with her and talk to her. I thought it was great that they were willing to explore the kind of experience people are put through in these circumstances.

It was almost like it didn’t matter how far they went, but didn’t matter. He would feel the same way.

Exactly. But the idea of them spending the night together in a bed, under those circumstances, and didn’t go far sounds a little stretch to me.

When was the moment you felt how big a show M*A*S*H was?

I was in Southeast Asia during one of our breaks. After my second or third year there on the show when I went around, I was astonished at the no matter what part of the world, the show meant something to the.m. This one man said, “Your show constantly underscores for me the meaning of peace and the need for peace in this world.” I came back to set and Alan and I were sitting together during the first day of the season back. I said, “Are you hearing what I’m hearing out there?” He said, “Yeah, we need to be aware of the way the show is affecting people.

We decided on a regular meeting as a cast and talked through the issues of the day. Alan and I both made it a point that this show is having an impact that is beyond just being a popular television show. We need to be seriously committed to making sure we do the best work we can do. Everyone got it and agreed and rededicated ourselves to commit to doing meaningful work because of the audience’s respect and appreciation for the show.

What are your overall thoughts on the FOX special while screening it? 

I watched it with tears streaming down my face while laughter burst from my mouth. It was an extraordinary tribute. Not only to the show and people involved but the people involved behind the scenes. I’m glad they included the clip of Gene, Larry, and in particular Burt Metcalfe, the casting genius who brought many of the characters to the show; me included. He was a powerful force in maintaining the integrity of the show. It was deeply touching and I think the audience will love it. It shows the significance and the work of the characters and the way the show was built and what it became. I was thrilled when I saw it. 

How do you think the show would do in today’s TV landscape? 

I think it would remain a touchstone for people I can’t tell you how many veterans have contacted me. Even children of veterans. They would say. “My dad would never talk about his experience in the war until he saw your show. Then he would say, ‘That’s the way it was.”…That it has stayed relevant and meaningful to people for generations speaks volumes about the show. 

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television premiere, January 1, 8/7c, FOX

@stroyent 🤝

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 18, 2024

Neural circuit mechanisms for transforming learned olfactory valences into wind-oriented movement. Aso, Y., Yamada, D., Bushey, D., Hibbard, K. L., Sammons, M., Otsuna, H., … Hige, T. (2023). eLife, 12, e85756.

Stimulus-Specific Prediction Error Neurons in Mouse Auditory Cortex. Audette, N. J., & Schneider, D. M. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(43), 7119–7129.

Guinea baboons are strategic cooperators. Formaux, A., Sperber, D., Fagot, J., & Claidière, N. (2023). Science Advances, 9(43).

Perceptual learning across saccades: Feature but not location specific. Grzeczkowski, L., Shi, Z., Rolfs, M., & Deubel, H. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(43), e2303763120.

Continuous multiplexed population representations of task context in the mouse primary visual cortex. Hajnal, M. A., Tran, D., Einstein, M., Martelo, M. V., Safaryan, K., Polack, P.-O., … Orbán, G. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 6687.

Mood fluctuations shift cost–benefit tradeoffs in economic decisions. Heerema, R., Carrillo, P., Daunizeau, J., Vinckier, F., & Pessiglione, M. (2023). Scientific Reports, 13, 18173.

Reliable retrieval is intrinsically rewarding: Recency, item difficulty, study session memory, and subjective confidence predict satisfaction in word-pair recall. Holm, L., & Wells, M. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0292866.

Curiosity evolves as information unfolds. Hsiung, A., Poh, J.-H., Huettel, S. A., & Adcock, R. A. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(43), e2301974120.

Human perception of spatial frequency varies with stimulus orientation and location in the visual field. Kirsch, W., & Kunde, W. (2023). Scientific Reports, 13, 17656.

Dynamic neural representations of memory and space during human ambulatory navigation. Maoz, S. L. L., Stangl, M., Topalovic, U., Batista, D., Hiller, S., Aghajan, Z. M., … Suthana, N. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 6643.

Visual event boundaries restrict anchoring effects in decision-making. Ongchoco, J. D. K., Walter-Terrill, R., & Scholl, B. J. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(44), e2303883120.

A thalamic-hippocampal CA1 signal for contextual fear memory suppression, extinction, and discrimination. Ratigan, H. C., Krishnan, S., Smith, S., & Sheffield, M. E. J. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 6758.

A quantitative model of ensemble perception as summed activation in feature space. Robinson, M. M., & Brady, T. F. (2023). Nature Human Behaviour, 7(10), 1638–1651.

Quantifying decision-making in dynamic, continuously evolving environments. Ruesseler, M., Weber, L. A., Marshall, T. R., O’Reilly, J., & Hunt, L. T. (2023). eLife, 12, e82823.

Predictions and rewards affect decision-making but not subjective experience. Sánchez-Fuenzalida, N., van Gaal, S., Fleming, S. M., Haaf, J. M., & Fahrenfort, J. J. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(44), e2220749120.

Lateral orbitofrontal cortex integrates predictive information across multiple cues to guide behavior. Tegelbeckers, J., Porter, D. B., Voss, J. L., Schoenbaum, G., & Kahnt, T. (2023). Current Biology, 33(20), 4496-4504.e5.

Cross-modal representation of identity in the primate hippocampus. Tyree, T. J., Metke, M., & Miller, C. T. (2023). Science, 382(6669), 417–423.

Optogenetic activation of visual thalamus generates artificial visual percepts. Wang, J., Azimi, H., Zhao, Y., Kaeser, M., Vaca Sánchez, P., Vazquez-Guardado, A., … Rainer, G. (2023). eLife, 12, e90431.

Parietal-driven visual working memory representation in occipito-temporal cortex. Xu, Y. (2023). Current Biology, 33(20), 4516-4523.e5.

Neuronal Population Activity in Macaque Visual Cortices Dynamically Changes through Repeated Fixations in Active Free Viewing. Yamane, Y., Ito, J., Joana, C., Fujita, I., Tamura, H., Maldonado, P. E., … Grün, S. (2023). ENeuro, 10(10).

[wellntruly]

Alright as promised, it's: Time, for my

KOREAN WAR F*CKING TIMELINE

This is something I've been working on off & on while watching M*A*S*H these past months. It began as just notes taken from the Wikipedia page "Korean War," then briefly served as a log for all the incongruous mentions of dates or time passage on the show, before I cheerfully abandoned that for something that interested me far more: the M*A*S*H AU where it's set in the Korean War [laugh track].

This is my vision:

June 25, 1950: The conflict known in the U.S. as The Korean War breaks out. First major U.S. troop engagement is in early July. By August, North Korea has taken Seoul, and South Korea and their allied United Nations forces have been pushed south and east nearly into the sea, holding just a small area being called the Pusan Perimeter.

Ten months before the first episode of M*A*S*H, in September, 1950, Army fanboy Frank Burns and draftee surgeon Benjamin Franklin Pierce, both stated to have been there “since almost the beginning” and dealing with each other “forever,” are dispatched to a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to provide medical aid during the push back out of the Pusan Perimeter, under greatly increased tank and air support. They are under the command of a military doctor we don’t know, but definitely regular Army. It is basically a perpetual bug out: U.S. forces keep advancing north, north, north, take Seoul back and keep going on into North Korea, making it almost to the Yalu River bordering China. Then, on October 19th: China joins the war, and promptly starts bludgeoning them right back south again.

In mid-November, 1950, facing this transformed situation with the Chinese Army’s involvement, the previous CO is taken off to another unit, and I Corps sets up civilian doctor Henry Blake in charge of the floating MASH 4077 unit still being tossed around on the shores of the war, inheriting two very differently rattled surgeons, and packed by the Army in his carry-on luggage, a young clerk fresh out of high school named Walter O’Reilly. That December sees very heavy fighting. It’s a hard winter. On January 4th, 1951, Chinese & North Korean forces re-capture Seoul.

In the first few months of the new year, the 4077 is still mostly just trying to stay above water as the line swings back and forth, but are starting to settle somewhat, geographically, near the 38th parallel. I Corps starts further filling out the unit; in early February, 1951, Margaret Houlihan and Francis Mulcahy arrive together, as she mentions, a career Army head nurse and a volunteer chaplain. On March 14th, the South Korean allies re-take Seoul again, for the final time. In their joy, Margaret and Frank, instantly smitten, officially make it unofficial.

April, 1951: President Truman relieves General MacArthur, and John McIntyre and Maxwell Klinger arrive, with the wildflowers. After the long winter, Henry looks at Hawkeye's shadowed eyes brightening as he and Trapper grin worryingly at each other, and actually breathes a sigh of relief. The fighting is very active that spring, but the casualties are mostly on the North Korean side.

July, 1951, start of the two-year ‘stalemate’ period, in which both armies just kept shooting at each other on a line that hardly moved, and the beginning of the television show M*A*S*H.

Nine months later, another April, 1952: both Henry and Trapper are taken. Henry had been in Korea just under a year and a half; Trapper, as Hawkeye says, lived with him for a year. New (very new) doctor BJ Hunnicutt and two-war veteran CO Sherman T. Potter arrive on their heels. When baby BJ meets a bedraggled Hawkeye Pierce at the Kimpo airfield, he has been a surgeon in the 4077 for 19 months.

Three months later it’s July, 1952, and for Frank Burns, it’s finally the end of the line. He was there two months shy of two years. In the heat of the summer, Charles Emerson Winchester arrives to replace him, for the second half of the two-year period the show covers, and the final year of the war. Mapped onto this timeline, Margaret’s entire relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott lasts about two and a half months. I’m proud of many things in this timeline, but this might be funniest and most true.

The Korean War will end by the time we reach the next July. Halfway through, in January, 1953, Radar goes home. Corporal O’Reilly ran this MASH for 2 years and 2 months, and when he goes, it’s immediately clear he took half its heart with him. Klinger dons fatigues and takes on the role of company clerk for the 6 months that remain.

Armistice is signed on July 27, 1953. Charles would have been there one year, BJ and Potter 16 months, Klinger 2 years and 4 months, Margaret 2 years and 6, and Hawkeye: 2 years and 10.

[girlballs]

boys go to jupiter to get more stupiter

girls go to iowa to meet walter “radar” o’reilly

[majorbaby]

Sorry if someone sent this in already, but Trapper goes to Illinois?

sorry i didn't see this come in last night!

i really need to finish this one because i like the concept. it's trapper visiting lorraine blake in bloomington when he gets home, after he's visited by radar who tells him he should go. rated G, excerpt under the cut

Trapper has to rub his eyes when he answers the door of his Boston brownstone one foggy morning, to find the 4077th’s company clerk on his doorstep. 

“Hello, sir.”

Trapper looks at him blankly. “You’re a long way from Iowa. S’pose the least I can do is invite you in.”

Radar seems unaffected by this lukewarm greeting, he shuffles past Trapper before he’s even had a chance to clear the doorway. 

His wife’s voice echoes through the house, “Who is it, dear?”

Trapper and Radar look at each other. They’d never quite been friends, but at the same time ‘colleague’ didn’t seem right either.

“War buddy of mine.” Trapper says, and Radar seems pleased at that description because he breaks out in a grin.

“Oliver?! You should’ve told me he was coming by!” Louise rushes into the hallway. Trapper catches how Radar’s eyes still widen and how his skin still reddens at the sight of a pretty lady. Trapper feels smug, Louise isn’t a model but she takes care of herself and even in the dim light of the hallway, her eyes sparkle. 

“Oh,” she says, her large grin shrinking into a sweeter smile that’s more appropriate for a stranger. “Sorry. You’re not Oliver.”

“No I’m not, ma’am,” Radar stands up straight, “But if it’s Oliver Jones you mean, well, I knew him.”

“This is Radar,” Trapper says.

“Oh–” 

“Um, Walter O’Reilly, ma’am. You can call me Walter.” 

Louise sets them up in the living room. She lays out an impressive spread of sandwiches and juice. But before she makes herself scarce, she hands her husband a beer from over his shoulder, giving him a knowing look. “I’ll be in the kitchen if you need anything.”

Radar’s been surveying the family photos on the fireplace as Louise laid out the refreshments, but he’s drawn to the food.

Jeez, Trapper thinks as he watches Radar load up a plate.

“Do you have any pets?” Radar asks, looking like a chipmunk with food stuffed into both cheeks.

Trapper again looks at him blankly. “My girls are after me for a dog.”

“Dogs are good.”

What is happening? Trapper thinks as he watches Radar, Radar from the 4077th, eating sandwiches made by his wife, and grapes Trapper had picked up at the grocery store, here in his home, one year after he’d left Korea. 

“So,” says Trapper, “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

“What?”

“... any particular reason for your visit? Beyond taking in the sights of Boston.”

[bracketsoffear]

Well, I'm a user of my words. Here goes

The flame is the soul’s breath 

The black smoke is the soul’s release 

Ashes thou wert and art 

Professor Henry Jarod, House of Wax, 2005-2023

Dabi, My Hero Academia, 2014-2023

Cecil L'Ively, X-Files, 1993-2023

Penelope Spectra, Danny Phantom, 2004-2023

The Artificer, Rain World, 2017-2023

The White-Clad, Fire Force, 2015-2023

Junko Enoshima, Danganronpa, 2010-2023

Marcella Riggins, Vengeful, 2018-2023

Firelord Ozai, Avatar, 2005-2023

Regina George, Mean Girls, 2004-2023

Mapleshade, Warrior Cats, 2003-2023

Lord Dominator, Wander Over Yonder, 2013-2023

Arihnda Pryce, Star Wars, -2023

Pyro, Team Fortress 2, 2007-2023

Charlene “Charlie” McGee, Firestarter, 1980-2023

Walter H. White, Breaking Bad, 2008-2023

Mr. Eaten, Fallen London, 2009-2023

Esme Squalor, A Series of Unfortunate Events, 1999-2023

Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights, 1847-2023

Shabriri, Elden Ring, 2022-2023

Jason Dean, Heathers, 1989-2023

Roy Mustang, Fullmetal Alchemist, 2001-2023

Mayhem, Allstate Insurance, 2010-2023

Carrie White, Carrie, 1974-2023

Smaug, Lord of the Ring, 1937-2023

Edward and Lydia, The Adventure Vogue, 2014-2023

The Master (Dhwan), Doctor Who (Season 12), 2020-2023

Arthur Lester, Malevolent, 2020-2023

Ashes O’Reilly, The Mechanisms (Tales to be Told, Vol. II), 2018-2023

Tyler Durden, Fight Club, 1999-2023

The Creature/Frankenstein’s Monster, Frankenstein, 1818-2023

May thy soul return to the great flame of fire 

Látom

I adlibbed the names part, but I think it just fits in well

Impressive!

[of-twilight-and-moonshadow]

Warnings: Mentions of Body image Issues, Severe weight loss, past mental health issues

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Meet the OC - Emery

Name: Emery Annbeth Weston From: Denver, CO Born: 9th November, 1993 Siblings: 1 younger brother

Hair color: brown Eye Color: brown Height: 5’6 Weight: 124 lbs

     When she was 12, she developed an eating disorder, due to bullying that occurred from school. Despite being a perfect weight for her age, people called her names (fat, ugly) so she stopped eating almost completely. It got to an extreme, when she was 15 and barely weighed 71 pounds.

               For her 16th birthday, her family took her to a nearby WWE Smackdown show, where she was able to meet some of her favorites (Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston, Beth Phoenix). The one that stood out the most to her, that took time to really talk to her, was Kofi Kingston. Just seeing how thin she was worried Kofi, and he made a deal with her—Get to a healthy weight, and when she becomes a star, he’ll team with her and they’ll win the (to be created) intergender tag team championships.

               Emery was filled with emotions after their talk, and while it took quite some time, she eventually got to a healthy weight and even began getting some muscle mass.

Favorite Wrestlers growing up: Jeff Hardy, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Lita

Debuts in Wrestling: October 2013 – Ring of Honor March 2015 – New Japan Pro Wrestling Officially joined Bullet Club in June 2015 May 2019 – All Elite Wrestling

Wrestling Style: Arial, slight risk taker (look at who her favorites were, after all)

Paired With: Kenny Omega, Hangman Adam Page, Riley/El Phantasmo, Damian Priest, Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Wardlow, Jay White (Potentially: Jey Uso, Trent Seven, Chuck Taylor)

Best Friends with: Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Hangman Adam Page, Jay White, Kyle O’Reilly

Friends with: Austin Creed, Kofi Kingston, Marko Stunt, El Phantasmo, Chuck Taylor, Brandon Cutler

Who is like Family to her? Kyle O'Reilly: She's rather protective over; make sure he's keeping an eye on his sugar levels and always has a snack on hand for him if need be

Matt and Nick: They met her early in her career and took her in under their wings, helping to train her when they were in the area. They're rather protective over her, love to tease her on occasion, and they wouldn't trade her for the world.

Who would she like to meet in the Business? Finn Balor Damian Priest Pete Dunne (birthday twins~ ) Imperium (4 members, Walter, Fabian, Marcel and Thatcher) Seth Rollins

First Crush: Jeff Hardy

Hobbies: Playing Video Games, photography, travel and drawing

If she couldn’t wrestle anymore she would: Either just be a streamer or become a professional artist/start own business        

Secret of hers: She mayyyy, (or may not 😒 ) have a thing for older guys. 8-13 years older than her.

Languages known: Japanese (10%) Italian (78%) English Spanish (9%) French (24%)

Phobias: Snakes, drowning

Number of Tattoos: 5

Number of Piercings: 2 (normal ear ones – though during her Bullet Club Dark Angel days, she did consider getting a lip and tongue piercing)

Any History of broken bones? When she was 6, she fractured a bone in her arm. Luckily, it didn’t require surgery.

Any injuries from wrestling? In early 2014, after starting in ROH, she got knocked off a ladder and landed awkwardly. No concussions or breaks/fractures, but she sprained her ankle. Mid 2014, she was on the receiving end of a face-plant type maneuver and her nose got broken. They were able to reset it and it healed fine.

Behind the Story of ‘Dark Angel’ persona For the beginning of her career, Emery was a baby face. She didn’t want to be booed; she didn’t want to be a ‘bad guy’. She liked being a baby face. A lot of people suggested she try though, to see if she liked it or not, and if not then it could always be switched back.

She wasn’t convinced though.

When she made the trip to Japan, it was only meant to be temporary, for a few months at most. She got to hang out with her ROH friends like the Bucks—who in turn, introduced her to Kenny.

That was the moment all plans went out the window. The two of them hit it off and became almost inseparable. Gaming, arcades, cat cafes—they bonded over everything it seemed like. She got a good look at his Heel persona, the Cleaner, and wondered… perhaps it wouldn’t be too terrible?

With a little nudge from Kenny and some artistic input, they worked together in just mere months to create the Dark Angel version. Short blue hair, almost all black, punk-style clothing, and a badass attitude At first, she only wore more moderate clothing. Things that covered her-- issues stemming from her weight issues as a teen. However, after many conversations with not only Kenny, but Jay, Ibushi, Matt, Nick, and both Adams, she risked it all and wore slightly more revealing clothing, short shorts, skirts and cut-off shirts. And she began to love her body.

She’d cost people matches, interfere, attack people – even people twice her size—and she done it all with a smile and laughing maniacally.

Some people compared her to Harley Quinn or even the Joker.

Over the course of the next year, Emery got better at conniving and being devious, calculating and began to show disregard for Bullet Club enemies.

In 2017, she went with Kenny and got her first tattoo. A full-size pair of Angel wings on her back. After getting it, she no longer needed to wear the wing prop she had worn in previous years.

She figured, if she played an Angel, she might as well have wings. This is the moment that brought upon Kenny nicknaming her his ‘Angel’

[formerlibrarian]

Back when I was a Librarian, we lived and breathed by the Publisher's Weekly Bestseller List. It was my responsibility to print or photocopy the list every week and update our bestseller's display. (Also to purchase extra copies of particularly popular bestsellers.)

I haven't looked at the list in YEARS. Some of these surprise me:

A new translation of The Iliad made the list?!

Ken Follett is still alive?? (I looked him up, he's only 74.)

Danielle Steel is still alive?? ( I just looked her up, she's only 76 and has been married five(!) times. To be fair, I also looked up Ken Follett, he's only been married twice.)

I see some Christmas-themed books on the list!

I see a Disney manga! (“The Battle for Pumpkin King”)

PUBLISHER WEEKLY’S BESTSELLERS LIST: October 5, 2023

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

2. “The Running Grave” by Robert Galbraith (Muholland)

3. “The Armor of Light” by Ken Follett (Viking)

4. “Holly” by Stephen King (Scribner)

5. “12 Months to Live” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)

6. “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett (Harper)

7. “The Fragile Threads of Power” by V.E. Schwab (Tor)

8. “Bright Lights, Big Christmas” by Mary Kay Andrews (St Martin’s Press)

9. “The Iliad” by Homer/Wilson (Norton)

10. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper)

11. “Vince Flynn: Code Red” by Kyle Mills (Atria)

12. “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese (Grove)

13. “The Last Devil to Die” by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman)

14. “Tom Clancy: Weapons Grade” by Don Bentley (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

15. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride (Riverhead)

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HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

1. “Enough” by Cassidy Hutchinson (Simon &Schuster)

2. “Killing the Witches” by O’Reilly/Dugard (St. Martin’s Press)

3. “The Democrat Party Hates America” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold)

4. “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)

5. “Democracy Awakening” by Heather Cox Richardson (Viking)

6. “Government Gangsters” by Kash Pramod Patel (Post Hill)

7. “Failure Is Not as Option” by Patrick Hinds (BenBella Books)

8. “Thicker Than Water” by Kerry Washington (Little, Brown Spark)

9. “Astor” by Cooper/Howe (Harper)

10. “Build the Life You Want” by Brooks/Winfrey (Portfolio)

11. “Skinnytaste Simple” by Homolka/Jones (Clarkson Potter)

12. “Counting the Cost” by Jill Duggar (Gallery)

13. “The Creative Act” by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press)

14. “Outlive” by Peter Attia (Harmony)

15. “Fast Like a Girl” by Mindy Pelz (Hay House)

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MASS MARKET BESTSELLERS

1. “Undercover Operation” by Maggie K. Black (Love Inspired Suspense)

2. “Bad Luck Vampire” by Lynsay Sands (Avon)

3. “Seeking Justice” by Sharee Stover (Love Inspired Suspense)

4. “The Teacher’s Christmas Secret” by Emma Miller (Love Inspired)

5. “Rescuing the Stolen Child” by Connie Queen (Love Inspired Suspense)

6. “Tracked Through the Woods” by Laura Scott (Love Inspired Suspense)

7. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Vintage)

8. “Christmas Murder Cover-Up” by Shannon Redmon (Love Inspired Suspense)

9. “Pursuit at Panther Point” by Cindi Myers (Harlequin Intrigue)

10. “The Whittiers” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

11. “Trusting Her Amish Rival” by Jackie Stef (Love Inspired)

12. “Texas Scandal” by Barb Han (Harlequin Intrigue)

13. “Marked for Revenge” by Delores Fossen (Harlequin Intrigue)

14. “Hunted at Christmas” by Dana R. Lynn (Love Inspired Suspense)

15. “A Companion for Christmas” by Lee Tobin McClain (Love Inspired)

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TRADE PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS

1. “House of Sky and Breath” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)

2. “Things We Left Behind” by Lucy Score (Bloom)

3. “The Shadow Work Journal” by Keila Shaheen (Keila Shaheen)

4. “The Battle for Pumpkin King” by Dan Conner et al. (Disney Manga)

5. “Icebreaker” by Hannah Grace (Atria)

6. “Too Late” by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing)

7. “23 1/2 Lies” by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)

8. “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria)

9. “Mad Honey” by Picoult/Boylan (Ballantine)

10. “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang (Bloom)

11. “Assistant to the Villain” by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Red Tower)

12. “The Housemaid’s Secret” by Freida McFadden (Mobius)

13. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (Penguin Books)

14. “The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Vol. 3” by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (Seven Seas)

15. “Dreamland” by Nicholas Sparks (Bantam Dell)

[number1iowan]

Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O’Reilly was a stand out character on the TV show M*A*S*H, which was famous for running much longer than the war it was supposed to be about. Radar's nickname came from his ability to apparently sense when he was needed by a superior officer, as well as his extra sensitive hearing, which allowed him to note that helicopters were coming long before anyone else noticed. He strikes me as being very much like Soundwave, to be honest.

Bill the Cat is an iconic comic strip character, originally appearing in Bloom County but going on to appear in many other pieces of media. Bill was conceived as a parody of Garfield, and was at one point revealed to be Garfield's illegitimate son. Bill is known for engaging in rather extreme antics, battling with drug addiction, sustaining permanent brain damage in a car accident, and running for president in 1984 and 1988.

[ulkaralakbarova]

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Dr. Heywood Floyd: Roy Scheider Dr. Walter Curnow: John Lithgow Tanya Kirbuk: Helen Mirren Dr. R. Chandra: Bob Balaban Dr. David Bowman: Keir Dullea HAL 9000 (voice): Douglas Rain Caroline Floyd: Madolyn Smith Osborne Dr. Vladimir Rudenko: Savely Kramarov Christopher Floyd: Taliesin Jaffe Victor Milson: James McEachin Betty Fernandez: Mary Jo Deschanel Maxim Brailovsky: Elya Baskin Dimitri Moisevitch: Dana Elcar Dr. Vasili Orlov: Oleg Rudnik Irina Yakunina: Natasha Shneider Yuri Svetlanov: Vladimir Skomarovsky Nikolaj Ternovsky: Victor Steinbach SAL 9000: Candice Bergen Commercial Announcer: Gene McGarr Jessie Bowman: Herta Ware Film Crew: Director of Photography: Peter Hyams Production Design: Albert Brenner Costume Design: Patricia Norris Novel: Arthur C. Clarke Set Decoration: Rick Simpson Original Music Composer: David Shire Costume Supervisor: Bruce Walkup Editor: Mia Goldman Costume Supervisor: Nancy McArdle Casting: Penny Perry Editor: James Mitchell Visual Effects Supervisor: Gregory L. McMurry Set Designer: Greg Papalia Sound Designer: Dale Strumpell Stunt Coordinator: M. James Arnett Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ray O’Reilly Camera Operator: Ralph Gerling Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael J. Kohut Transportation Coordinator: Randy Peters Supervising Sound Editor: Richard L. Anderson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Aaron Rochin Music Editor: William Saracino Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom Location Manager: Mario Iscovich Set Designer: Gregory Pickrell Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Carlos Delarios Conceptual Design: Paul Huston Property Master: Marty Wunderlich Makeup Supervisor: Michael Westmore Chief Lighting Technician: John Baron Hairstylist: Vivian McAteer Script Supervisor: Marshall Schlom First Assistant Director: William S. Beasley Stunts: John C. Meier Stunts: Mic Rodgers Movie Reviews: Wuchak: _**Another trip to Jupiter to find answers**_ After the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) resigned his position as head of the National Council for Astronautics. Several years later, the Soviets send the spacecraft Leonov & crew to Jupiter along with three Americans, including Floyd, to help investigate Discovery and the malfunction of the vessel’s sentient computer, HAL 9000. Keir Dullea returns as the missing astronaut David Bowman while Helen Mirren plays the captain of the Leonov. Bob Balaban and John Lithgow also appear as the other two American astronauts. “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984) is realistic science-fiction that’s less artsy and more dramatically compelling compared to its predecessor, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). That doesn’t make it better, of course, just different. “2001” raised questions while this one provides answers, which some people inevitably won’t like. The questions include: Why did HAL malfunction? What was the real reason for Discovery’s original mission, unknown to Floyd? What happened to Bowman? What is the purpose of the colossal monolith orbiting Jupiter? Both films compliment and counterbalance each other. This one’s more of a straightforward space adventure in the near future. Unlike Star Wars, which is space fantasy, “2010” is space-oriented adult science-fiction. Star Trek is too, but “2010” is far more realistic, which I appreciate. In other words, don’t expect any Klingons or spacecraft dogfights. This is more along the lines of “Mission to Mars” (2000) and “The Martian” (2015). The film runs 1 hours, 56 minutes. GRADE: B r96sk: A much more standard affair compared to its predecessor. Given that’s the case, I honestly enjoyed this more than ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ – if only because it’s more closer to what I’d personally want from a film than what that 1968 ...

[zooterchet]

Targets Dispatched (Teamsters International)

Christophe Stevens.

Matthew Lennox.

Alice Charlebois.

Sean Fraser.

Will Morgan.

Ted Blanchard.

Carlin Sarkesian.

Allison Haimes.

Steven Charlebois.

Mike Huckabee.

Phil Enfield.

John Kerry.

George W. Bush.

Nicholas Maynard.

Jenna Williamson.

Ivan Tomasic.

Justin Walsh.

Christopher Sweeney.

Ryan Cunningham.

Daniel Cheeseman.

Joshua Moen.

Travis Long.

John Washburne.

Gwenn Pratt.

Duane Chapman.

George Soros.

Glenn Beck.

John McCain.

Alan Colmes.

Christine Warren.

Jair Bonosorno.

Barack Obama.

Joanne Rivers.

Harvey Weinstein.

Hillary Clinton.

Brian Monaghan.

Ivan Tomasic.

Keith Valesquez.

Dr. Joshua Golden.

Bernice Lamb.

Bill O’Reilly.

Mitt Romney.

Jeffrey Lange.

Donald Trump.

Cassie Leigh Stock.

Joseph Biden.

Walter Kaufmann.

Norman McLean.

Scott Burrill.