#welch legacy

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Officially heading off to Ravenwood!

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Hope paid a visit to her cousin Jax over the weekend and met Jade, Jax's girlfriend, who is pregnant! They are expecting a girl 🥺

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Florida!!! is so avery coded but you all aren't really for that

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girls from my decades save ♡

elizabeth welch - alma connelly - charlotte engels - mary crane

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The stars die too. But you never know, because there will always be newer stars, That shine even brighter And are closer

He wants to talk forever, let's talk about the legacy of gods

Who are worshipped no matter their flaws

Broken and beaten they still stand tall

Mighty and beautiful, they hold power over y'all

exquisite and divine as they are described, the same way I see you every time

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Uncle Skeeta: A Legacy of Love, Music, and Inspiration

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. Title: Uncle Skeeta: A Legacy of Love, Music, and Inspiration In life, we are often blessed with individuals whose presence and influence shape us in profound ways. For me, one such person is my uncle, whom we affectionately call Uncle Skeeta. Recently, I had the privilege of listening to an interview where Uncle Skeeta’s fame…

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Won us the World Cup

Alessia Russo x Williamson!Reader

summary~ Leah couldn’t attend the World Cup so you had to take the Williamson name to the tournament. When you arrive in Australia and get roomed with Russo you thought you were just unlucky. Rooming with the blonde wouldn’t be a problem if there were two beds instead of one.

!warnings! smut

Being Leah’s younger sister, you were destined to be a footballer. You wanted nothing more than to follow in your sisters footsteps, carrying the Williamson legacy further. Leah did her thing as a defender and the captain of England. You did your thing as a midfielder and Captain of the Under 23 of England.

You got scouted when you were about twelve when Arsenal found out that there were two Williamson’s. Arsenal had been your dream club, hearing Leah talk about the staff and team only made you want to work harder to get where she got.

When you finally got to play for the senior team you were so nervous. How could you ever meet the standards your sister set. Leah always said that you shouldn’t compare, her being a defender and you being a midfielder plus you were years younger.

It was an away game, Manchester United against Arsenal at Leigh Sports Village. Playing against United was always hard. Their defence was good and the Toone x Russo link-up was golden.

Jonas wanted to try something different, he was sure it would work since Beth, Viv and Kim were out for the season. He wanted Leah as a central midfielder. It wasn’t necessarily a bad decision, it was just a bit odd. Leah had always played as a defender but this was an attacking game.

You knew you couldn’t expect much. There was even a chance that you wouldn’t make your debut today but that was okay if it meant that you could get those three points.

The warming up went smoothly. You were doing passing exercises with Leah, who was talking you through the game. It helped with your nerves. It had always been like this, you didn’t really like to talk before games so you opted to listen to your sister and the tactics. Even when you were away for the England games you would call her before a game. She gave you a peptalk and ended with ‘i know you can do it y/n, you’re a Williamson, we thrive under pressure’ like she always did.

The game started and you had a bad feeling. Normally the stress and anxiety would fade away once the game had started but this time it kept blooming in your stomach.

It was the fifteenth minute when Leah fell onto the ground, screaming in pain and her clenched fist hit the ground. She was holding her leg with her other hand. The medics ran their way onto the field.

She wasn’t getting up and that’s when you knew it was bad, Leah always got up. Jonas was yelling at you to warm up and get ready to take Leah’s place.

This isn’t how you wanted to make your debut. You wanted to play with tour sister, not instead of.

Leah limped off the field with assistance of the medics. You could only stare at her with glassy eyes. She placed her hand on your shoulder and whispered “Go do you and impress everyone.”.

You jogged onto the field, taking the central midfielder place.

The game was rough and physical. They really wanted to win and you could feel that. There was a certain blonde striker who was making the game very difficult for you. In the extra time of the first half she even managed to score a goal for the home side.

The second half was even more physical than the first. The yellow cards were flying like the referee was Rebecca Welch, probably a Rebecca wanna be.

When the fulltime whistle blew you didn’t think of the loss, the only thought was Leah. Leah who was seriously injured. Leah who was crying when she limped off the field.

You ran towards the changing room but stopped when the United striker grabbed you by your shirt. You looked at her with a confused expression on your face, why wasn’t she saying anything. “What do you want? I need to get to Leah.” you told her, sounding a bit more annoyed than you intended to. “Uh yeah sorry, i just wanted to say that you played good.. Can you send my best wishes to Leah please?” she frowned.

You nodded and ran to find Leah. When you walked into the physio room she was laying on the bed. With puffy eyes and red cheeks she gave you one of her sad upside down smiles. You knew what it meant, you didn’t have to ask. You saw Beth and Viv do theirs, Leah had just tore her ACL.

You laid down beside her, your head resting on her shoulder. “Leah, they won. I’m sorry.” you whispered. She took a deep breath “I know.” she replied. The both of you stayed like that for a bit before the whole team came walking in.

A few days later the doctors confirmed what you all suspected, Leah had done her ACL and would miss the World Cup.

You tried not to focus on the World cup. Viv wouldn’t play, Beth wouldn’t play and Leah wouldn’t play. Leah tried to hype you up for the whole World Cup thing saying things like ‘Maybe you’ll even get to play, then there’ll atleast be one Williamson playing’ you shrugged her off, not wanting to think about it. If you even thought about this tiny chance your hopes would get crushed.

It was when you got a call from an anonymous phone number that you got a bit confused. You didn’t really read any of the emails you got from England since you’d probably be let down. Leah asked who was calling and you shrugged. “Y/n, pick up!” she yelled from the kitchen.

You did eventually pick up and were met with the voice of Sarina Wiegman. “Hey, i’m speaking with y/n Williamson. Right?” you were too stunned to speak and looked at your sister who was holding up her phone, filming like a proud mom. “.. uhh yeah, yeah this is y/n.” you finally spoke. “Well y/n, i’ve got good news. I’ve watched you play, for Arsenal and the England Under 23’s. You’ve had quite the season. So i just wanted to let you know that you’ve been selected for the World Cup squad.” she continued.

You looked at Leah with wide eyes, she was smiling at you and reminded you to reply. “T-thanks Mrs. Wiegman.” you thanked her. She wished you a good weekend and hung up.

Leah had always been the better one with words. She was the perfect captain, she could always say just the thing you needed to hear. And she did just that while you were stuck on the couch. “Fucking hell kid, you’re going to a World Cup. I know you’re gonna do the Williamson name proud.” she hugged you.

You hadn’t cried in a long time, not even when Leah had done her ACL. You didn’t really like to show anyone when you were hurt or just emotional. But now you couldn’t help but shed a tear. The Williamson’s are still going to the World Cup.

Lotte and you arrived at St. George’s park, apparently the first ones. You didn’t really know anyone that well so o it was relieving you didn’t have to walk into a full hall. You knew that you were the youngest with your twenty years but you were not aware of the height difference between you and the other girls.

Lotte was already tall but Millie Bright was a fucking wall. It soothed you a bit when mini Jordan Nobbs came walking in, not only did you know her but she was also just a bit shorter than you.

Just when you thought everyone had arrived two other girls came walking in. Ella Toone, who you knew from her goal in the Euros and that blonde striker, Alessia Russo. The one that wanted to talk to you after that horrible game.

You didn’t hate her. You quite admire her off the field. She seems like a sweet person but that goal and that loss really kept you from liking her. Alessia had followed you right after the game so you followed her back… a few days later, just because you’re too stubborn for your own sake.

You made eye contact but broke it almost immediately, walking over to little Jordan to bully her a bit more about her height.

It wasn’t long before Georgia and Keira had found you. G came over sprinting towards you screaming like she hadn’t seen you in years. “oh my god! You’re here! Tiny Williamson getting big!” she hugged you. Keira joined the grouphug and you couldn’t help but smile up at them. You knew that Leah not being there was hard for them so you wanted to do everything to make them feel a better.

The weeks before going to Australia were perfect. You could really prove yourself at the trainings and you got to bond with the group, most of the group. You played table tennis with Hempo, Niamh and Lucy. Made tiktoks with Millie, Rach and tiktok queen Mary ofcourse. Watched movies with G, Keira, Chlo and Tooney. You thought Toone and Russo were inseparable but everytime you were talking to Ella, Alessia was nowhere to be found.

It was when you got on your flight to Australia that you interacted with the blonde. You were seated next to eachother, you didn’t really mind since you got the window seat.

Alessia walked over to her seat and saw you. She said a quick hi and sat down, putting her headphones on immediately.

You were flying for about three hours when you felt something heavy on your shoulder. Alessia fell asleep on you. You couldn’t really move now, could you. She was quite cute when she was asleep, when she was awake too but nobody needed to know that you thought that.

It wasn’t much later that you fell asleep too, on Alessia.

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You woke up to a blushing Alessia looking at her phone. You wiped the sleep out of your eyes and peeked at her phonescreen. Fucking Tooney posted the two of you on her story.

Alessia didn’t want to make it awkward so she tried to make conversation. Everyone knew you weren’t really a talkative person, you liked listening and that’s what you’ve always done. But with Alessia it was different. Even though you mostly listened, the conversation was still two sided. She talked about her family, how she got into football and that game.

“I didn’t know what happened to Leah until i saw it on the news. I’m really sorry y/n but you’ll make her proud. You’re a really good player.” she told you and you just smiled at that. She was really sweet.

The rest of the twenty hours went by quickly. Alessia talked you through it and you let her listen to your music. She eventually convinced you to listen to her country music, it wasn’t for you but it made her happy so you’d listen to it with her.

When you arrived at the hotel where you’d stay for the tournament the rooms got divided. G got roomed with Kei, tiny Nobbs with big Bronze, brickwall Mills with Rach, Tooney with Mazza and you with Alessia.

You got quite on now so it wouldn’t be a problem right? The two of you carried your suitcases into your room only to realise there was only one fucking bed. Both you and the blonde stared at is for a while before one of you spoke up. “I can sleep on the couch.” you offered and tried looking for the non-existent couch. “Okay so.. there is no couch but i’ll take the floor.” you tried again.

Alessia looked at you and shook her head. “No, we’ll both be playing. Let’s just share the bed, no problem.” she told you.

Yeah, yeah.. no problem.

You got changed into your nightwear only to discover you didn’t pack your pyjamas. You didn’t think you’d need it since it was warm in Australia and at the Under 23’s you’d never had a roomie before.

So while Alessia was doing her skincare in the bathroom you got into bed, in your sportsbra and boxers.

The blue eyed women walked into the room with a silky pyjama set on. You read a book for a little while and Alessia was on her phone for a bit. She put her light out, signalling that she wanted to sleep so you did the same.

Hearing the little snores you knew she was asleep. Arms wrapped themselves around you. Alessia was a cuddly person, you knew that but you weren’t at all. You only hugged your sister from time to time and were forced into grouphugs from G, Kei and Leah.

You’d be lying if you said that you didn’t like it atleast a bit. It was comfortable, she was comfortable. When Alessia’s legs tangled into yours you were already gone, both of you sleeping peacefully.

Alessia woke up the next morning with her arms still around you and with one leg draped over your hip. She didn’t really want to move but she had to, it would be weird if you woke up to her holding you like that.

Alessia had had a little crush on you ever since that game. Tooney saw her looking at you with lovesick eyes and knew she had to help het bestie out. She followed you on Alessia’s phone when she saw her bestfriends stalking your instagram for the third time that day.

The tall women climed out of bed and started to get ready for breakfast. You woke up minutes after her, hearing the shower running and figuring out that your roomie was taking a shower.

Walking into the dinner room everyone was already seated. You looked at your options, there was a chair free next to Alessia and one next to Lucy. You walked over to Alessia and sat down. Tooney was telling everyone about her next YouTube video.

The next week flew by. You’d walked with Alessia, went out for a coffee with Alessia and shopped with …Alessia. You did pretty much everything with Alessia. You had asked her if Tooney minded that you were spending so much time with her but she said that Tooney had had enough time with her so it didn’t bother her.

It was the day before your first game. Alessia and you walked hand in and, wandering on the beach. You knew you weren’t going to play, Alessia was though. There was a hammock on the beach, one where the two of you would always sit after dinner and training. Both of you rested there for a bit, your head on her chest listening to her heartbeat.

“I quite like it like this, i don’t want to go back to rainy London.” you told her. You could feel and hear her laugh “I like Australia better too.”. You looked up at the blue eyed girl and spoke again “Alessia, you’re really nice you know… And quite comfortable too.”. She looked you in the eyes and kissed you on your lips.

Alessia didn’t know where all this confidence came from but she was happy she did because you kissed her back. When she took her lips off yours she whispered “Hmm, thank you baby.” you smiled up at her with lovesick eyes. She knew you could put up this though girl act around others but you secretly liked to be the little spoon and be called all those cheesy nicknames she gave you.

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The two of you went to sleep like you did every night ever since the first one, cuddled up close to eachother.

You woke up the next morning with Alessia by your side. You had breakfast, went on a little walk and drove to the stadium.

The game went alright, a 1-0 win over Haiti.

The second game had the same outcome, against Denmark.

The third game went a lot better, Alessia scored the first goal in the 4th minute. Even though you hadn’t won yet it certainly felt like it. Your gir- best- friend? had just scored her debut World Cup goal.

Alessia walked off the pitch at halftime and you sprung on her. “Lessi you scored! You scored!” you yelled and she let out one of her adorable giggles. You got off her back and she gave you one of her amazing hugs.

The whole team was staring but that didn’t really matter, right?

When you got to your hotel again you kissed her, hard. She was a bit surprised but leaned in to kiss you back. When it got hard to breath you pulled away. Alessia looked at you like she was starved and started pulling your top off.

She looked so hot. Her hair was wet and in a bun and she was stood before you in only a sports bra and shorts. “Hmm, like the view baby?” she teased.

You kissed her again and she started unclipping your bra. The blonde kissed down your neck and let your bra fall to the floor. You couldn’t hold your moans in anymore when she started biting down your neck, leaving bruises everywhere. “Fuck Lessi, more please.” you begged her.

“Yeah, tell me what you want pretty girl.” she ordered lifting you up by your ass, one leg on either side of her hips. “Want you please.” you whimpered.

Alessia laid you down on your shared bed and took your shorts and boxers down in one motion. She looked up at you, her eyes a little darker now. Kissing down your stomach she ended just above your pussy. She ran her finger through your pussy and smirked. “So wet for me hmm. Such a good girl.” she took her finger into her mouth and moaned at your taste.

“Fuck Alessia, please.” you cried. Taking her finger out of her mouth she started licking your pussy. You whined when she stoped for a bit and you could feel her smirk. She teased you a bit more before sliding a finger in. “Look at you, taking it like a champ baby” she praised you. If she didn’t already know you had a praise kink she definitely did now.

She climbed on top of you again, kissing you and biting down your lip. You gasped in surprise and she took that chance to slide her tongue in. She put another finger in your pussy “Baby, you’re so fucking tight for me.” she whispered against your lips.

She pumped her fingers harder and harder, you felt yourself nearing the edge. “Lessi- Lessi i’m gonna cum.” you screamed. “That’s not how you ask. You’re a good girl, try again.” she frowned. “Please- Alessia please make me cum” you corrected.

She smirked and watched as you came. You’ve never seen her look so arrogant in your life. With a smug smile she spoke again “You enjoyed that baby?”. You rolled you eyes at her and was about to kiss her again when someone knocked at the door.

“We’re about to bake some cookies, see you in ten love birds!” Tooney yelled. You couldn’t help but blush at that, love birds. You knew you were in love, but was she? You’ve just fucked, she just gave you the best orgasm of your life so are you just fuck buddies or…

You got in your head again and Alessia kissed you out of it. “Hmm what’re you thinkin’ about pretty girl?” she asked you. “I don’t know, just zooming out i guess.” you lied.

Alessia knew you lied but she also knew that pressuring you into telling her wouldn’t work so she let it be “ ‘kay you can tell me everything you know that right.”. You hugged her and went into the bathroom to change into something more comfortable and… more suitable. You fixed your hair and made sure no sign of sex could be seen.

You did a good job, you thought, until you walked into the big kitchen and went over to Georgia who looked at your neck and back to your eyes. “Y/n, is that a hickey!” she screamed. You pulled your hood up and shook your head no. “Georgia, why’d you have to yell that man” you scolded her. Keira came walking over and took your hood off. “Oh my god, who gave you this hick- all these hickeys.” they started to inspect your whole neck.

You looked around only to find Alessia giggling with Tooney and sending you an evil wink across the room.

After the duo was done inspecting the damage you walked over to Alessia. “Why didn’t you warn me!” you whisper yelled. “It’s more fun this way babe.” she argued. You rolled your eyes and she started tickling you.

The evening ended with some good cookies and you even managed to watch a marvel movie without Tooney asking questions every minute.

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Before you knew it England were in the World Cup Final. Lauren James and Ella Toone had both gotten a second yellow card in the game before so they couldn’t play the final. You knew how terrible Ella felt about it, Alessia told you how she felt like she disappointed everyone.

Even though this wasn’t good news it did mean that you had to start. You got to make your World Cup debut.

You were in the changing room when Leah called. “Leah i feel sick” you told her. “I’m gonna start Leah.” you said panicking. Leah had never heard you so stressed about a game. “Y/n, you’re gonna do good, just be yourself.” she told you.

“Listen, i just wanna tell you now okay. I’m dating Alessia, well i think we’re dating. I don’t actually know. She’s really nice and she’s beautiful and i think i love her. She even kissed me but i don’t know how to ask her.” you rambled to your sister. “Oh my god. Y/n this is really not the perfect timing. Tell her about how you feel after the game, i’m happy for you. I know you can do it y/n, you’re a Williamson, we thrive under pressure. Go on and bring it home.” she spoke. “I love you” you whispered and hung up.

The game was about to begin. There were a lot of Spain fans but even more England fans. This was it. This was the big final.

The whistle blew and the game started. The first half was intense. A few Spanish player had gotten a yellow. Mary had to really fight to keep a clean sheet but she did it.

The second half was pure pressure. There were dangerous tackles and unfair challenges but the referee didn’t give anyone an advantage.

It was the 88th minute when Keira made a good tackle and took the ball away from the opponent. She passed the ball onto Georgia who dribbled past two players on the left side of the field. You were free and Keira saw the opportunity to pass to you. The ball landed at your feet, you only had to get the ball to Alessia who had a perfect position in front of the goal. You gave her a through ball and she shot straight into the top bins.

You were fucking winning in the 90th minute of the World Cup final.

You looked around the field searching for someone to run to when you saw Alessia sprinting towards you. She picked you up “I fucking love you y/n!” she yelled. Before you could register what she had just confessed the whole team sprung on the both of you.

But the game wasn’t over yet. You still had to play five minutes of extra time. Spain made it hard, you had to foul a player in order to keep it 0-1.

When the final whistle blew you dropped to your knees. Alessia scored the winning goal and you assisted her. This couldn’t be real.

Alessia was searching for you. Tooney saw her looking around and hugged her “Go and get your girl Lessi.” she whispered and pointed towards you. Alessia gave her bestfriend a quick smile and made her way towards you.

“So pretty girl, made the winning assist huh.” you heard her say. You took you hands off you eyes and looked up at her. She was beaming down at you like you were the World Cup trophy yourself. Alessia took your hands in hers and pulled you in for a hug and a quick kiss on your cheek.

“Did you mean what you said?” you asked. Alessia didn’t answer. “I mean with the ‘i love you’ thing?” you clarified. You felt her chuckle “Yeah i meant it. I really love you babe, even more now that you’ve won us the World Cup.”. You knew that you hadn’t exactly won England the World Cup, the whole team did but it still felt special when she said it.

“I love you too Lessi.” you mumbled.

“Y/n.. i’m moving to Arsenal.” you heard her say. Speechless you hugged her harder. Both of you walked towards the stands, where your family was, where Leah was.

Alessia still had your hand in hers. You were looking for your sister when Alessia asked you something. “You wanna be my girlfriend?” she asked like it was the most normal question. “Uhh yeah Lessi, i’d love too actually yeah” you rambled.

You walked over to your sister who saw everything. “So, how’d it go?” Leah asked. “Well, don’t know if you’ve noticed but we won the World Cup.” you joked. Leah rolled her eyes “Yeah i can see that. I mean how did the Alessia thing go?”. You smiled from ear to ear “You mean my girlfriend who’s coming to Arsenal after the summer?”.

You spent the entire summer with Alessia by your side. You met her family and she met yours. It was quite perfect, she was perfect.

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post World Cup haze

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leahwilliamsonn little sis is getting big

↳ y/nwilliamson Leah i’m 20

ellatoone cheesy 🧀

alessiarusso my pretty girl

stanwaygeorgia got those hickeys from someone

↳ leahwilliamsonn what hickeys??!!

woso4evr wait who’s next to her on those pics?

lessitoone11 is that Alessia on the second photo

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won us the World Cup

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leahwilliamsonn i still need to have a talk with you

↳ keirawalsh me too

↳ stanwaygeorgia me three

↳ y/nwilliamson oh my god

ellatoone third wheeling

↳ alessiarusso99 i’ve been third wheeling with you and joe for a while now

ellieroebuck_ cute ❤️

williamsons88 THAT’S Y/N

When Arsenal had officially announced the signing of Alessia you were happy. You’d spoken to Alessia about moving in and decided that that was the best thing for the two of you right now. Alessia was excited but nervous about the reactions to her transfer but it didn’t really matter anymore because it was the best decision, being with you.

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she’s here and she’s a gunner.

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A/N i wrote this fic in like 4 hours straight so i don’t know what to think of it but it’s definitely my longest fic yet. Alessia is so so gorgeous in the first pic. Also if you have any music recs send them in because i’m getting tired of listening to my playlists for hours while writing.

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Raquel Welch 1940-2023. A legendary screen icon that I grew up in awe of, so you can imagine how nervous I was to play her butler/assistant in “The Ultimate Legacy.” I even did that il-advised selfie while in the driving scene. Heaven just got a little more gorgeous, God rest her soul.

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Dollar Bin at 150

Well, it happened again: you wasted more than a few perfectly good hours in my dumpster bin of a record collection. We've arrived at post #150 so let's recap the nonsense that's occurred since we hit 100 back in early summer:

There was some serious Shakey action. We spent six different posts on Neil Young's incomparable Zuma, ranging from the record's sonic relationship with my parents' antique vacuum, to its most bleak, altered, brutal, kaleidoscopic and yearning moments.

Young's Trans merited nearly as deep a dive. We started with an epic teenage tale before declaring it the best of all midlife crisis records. I took a pause to vent my fury regarding Neil's current doings and then went fairly deeply into the record's thematic implications for my own biography, and for Neil's.

What's more, I complained about everything on the Archives 3 sampler that does not sound like a demo by The Cure, identified Hitchhiker as a core part of Young's incredible legacy, cursed Stephen Stills yet again, waxed poetic and personal about Silver and Gold, recommended Prairie Wind for laxative adverts, voted against Cranky, Silly and Nasty's American Dream, got tipsy and blissful while listening to Tuscaloosa in paradise and demanded answers about my missing copy of Hawks and Doves.

And then my Cousin Kris died. I did what I could to celebrate his passing and his incomparable legacy by offering up my own essential songs list and through an appreciation of his best work with Rita.

(Now that Kris is heavenward, busy guffawing with Leonard Cohen, two perfectly reformed drunks in a heavenly choir, Prairewolf has vaulted to the pinnacle of my family's current musical achievement.)

While we're at it, here's a wonderful slice of Kris's second best work with Rita. Why isn't this song being covered by all our current divas from Adele to Chappell Roan as we speak?

Maybe it's because no one could ever sing anything like Kris and Rita...

(J.D. Souther's passing was noted as well. But comparing Souther to Kristofferson is like... well, it's not even worthy of a metaphor.)

What else happened on our way to 150?

I initiated yet to be consummated renassainces for Edie Brickell, Carly Simon, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ry Cooder and Michael Penn. Indeed, Carly Simon merited two posts. That's right, Carly Simon!

Also, the ladies' fierce penchant for Paul Simon merited wonder.

Linda Thompson was feted as well as Tom Waits' 70's persona. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' most obscure track was deemed equal to their latest weeper. Willie Nelson's 615th buddy record garnered praise, as did Lucinda William's Tom Petty tribute. Both records are good, but neither holds a candle to Dogs on the Run or the Woods Bands' long lost and churning pop nugget.

Sandy Denny remained a Dollar Bin fixation, of course. She sang the hell out of a few murder ballads, as well as her own greatest hit and a few Jackson C. Frank tunes, Plus she was way over my head in 1993 and put Led Zeppelin to shame.

What lies ahead, you ask? Well, for one thing, we've got to get serious and dedicate ourselves to a whole bunch more Joni Mitchell Mondays.

But before we begin the quest to 200 let's revel for a moment in my Dodgers' stirring pennant victory; Randy Newman sings everything, and this song most especially, ironically. But for the next week or so I'm just gonna act like everyone at Dodger Stadium and pretend that I don't know any better...

P.S. Stephen Stills Really Sucks.

P.P.S. Please vote! And if you can't vote for Kamala, write in Woody Guthrie.

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Black Veil Brides on Instagram, 24/04/2023.

UK tour 2012 Set list: New Religion Youth and Whiskey Rebel Yell All Your Hate Love Isn’t Always Fair Children Surrender God Bless You The Legacy Set The World On Fire Rebel Love Song Knives and Pens Fallen Angels Perfect Weapon Photos by Tracy Welch

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Die Disney Parent Challenge (Sims 4)

(English Version: See comment section.)

Die Mama von Tiana, der Papa von Belle - alle Eltern kennens: Sobald man Kinder hat, ist man hauptsächlich unter diesem Titel bekannt. Eigener Name und sonstige Individualität verschwinden erstmal. Aber auch die Heldinnen und Helden des Disney-Universums wären nicht die, die man kennt ohne den wichtigen Einfluss (oder die Zurückhaltung) ihrer Eltern. Daher soll sich diese Sims 4 Legacy-Challenge um diese wichtigen, aber in den Filmen nur stiefmütterlich behandelten Nebenfiguren drehen.

Die Challenge umfasst 9 3/4 Generationen (ja, hier schreibt eine Millenial, deren Herz nicht nur für Disney-Figuren, sondern auch das Harry Potter-Universum schlägt) und stellt Familiendynamiken und Erziehungsstile in den Fokus. Damit sind die Erweiterungen „Elternfreuden“ und „Zusammen wachsen“ eigentlich unabdingbar. Aber auch, wenn ihr diese nicht besitzt und Familiengameplay liebt, solltet ihr diese Challenge ausprobieren. Für alle weiteren genutzten Erweiterungen stelle ich Alternativen bereit.

Zu Beginn noch ein paar Grundregeln und Hinweise:

Gespielt wird mit normaler Altersspanne. Wer es richtig herausfordernd mag, probiert es mit der kurzen Altersspanne (denn „sie werden ja so schnell groß“ und so haben auch Simsfans, die im wahren Leben schon Eltern sind, eine Chance, eine ganze Legacy durchzuspielen). Aber: Alle Sims dürfen erst an ihrem Geburtstag gealtert werden (ja, auch die Säuglinge!).

Lasst die ungespielten Haushalte altern.

Solltet ihr das Accessoires-Pack „Waschtag“ besitzen, platziert in jedem gespielten Haushalt der Challenge einen Wäschekorb, eine Waschmaschine/Waschschüssel sowie Wäscheleine und/oder Trockner. Welche Geräte ihr genau platziert, könnt ihr passend zur jeweiligen Generation entscheiden. Es MUSS Wäsche anfallen :)

Zwingend einzuhalten sind die Merkmale in der angegebenen Reihenfolge, Jobs und Bestreben (die ihr aber nicht abschließen müsst) sowie natürlich die nicht-optionalen Ziele.

Ihr solltet euer bestes geben, um die genannten Familiendynamiken zu erreichen (ja, ich weiß, wie schwer das sein kann), nach dem vorgegebenen Stil zu erziehen und die Erziehungsmerkmale der Kinder zu erreichen. 

Zusätzlich dazu könnt ihr euch an die von mir vorgeschlagenen Lieblingsfarben (Kleidung, ggf. Einrichtung), Wohnorte und Kindernamenstile halten. 

Optionale Ziele sind deshalb nicht zwingend vorgeschrieben, weil sie eine bestimmte Erweiterung erfordern.

Für die Säuglings- und Kleinkindmerkmale sowie die Bestreben der Kinder gibt es keine Vorgaben, entscheidet hier selbst passend zur Generation.

In dieser Challenge wird es viele Töchter geben (da ich mich vordergründig an den Disney-Prinzessinnen orientiert habe). Mädchenschwangerschaften in Die Sims 4 sind bekanntermaßen durch den Genuss von Erdbeeren und das Hören des Pop-Radiosenders wahrscheinlicher. Ich beschreibe im Folgenden alle Geschlechtskonstellationen im Hinblick auf die Originalfilme. Dank der Einstellungen zu Schwangerschaften in Die Sims 4 könnt ihr aber natürlich auch mit den Geschlechtern eurer Wahl spielen.

Die erste Generation wird schon bald hier veröffentlicht. Also: Kommt bald wieder. Alle Videos findet ihr auf youtube.com/@ellinorblomsim.

[acidheaddd]

Raven and Stoker. 🧡🖤🧡

[itzpeppy87]

Lion-Dynasty-Legacy - A Sims-Story-Challenge GER

In dieser Legacy erlebst du den Aufstieg der Lion-Dynasty hautnah mit. Die Story wird in den Generationen vorgegeben, du hast jedoch einen Anteil an Freiheiten, die du nutzen kannst.

Spiele die Devianz-Bestreben und erschaffe ein Verbrecher-Imperium, welches im Laufe der Legacy zu wanken beginnt.

Habt Spaß dabei, gebt mir gern Feedback und verlinkt mich gern.

[uijayi]

In many parts of the world, there's a special time set aside to remember and honor our ancestors—the ones who came before us and paved the way for our existence. In India, this happens during the Pitr Paksha, or 'Ancestor Fortnight', a time when the veil between our world and the ancestral realm is believed to be at its thinnest, and our ability to contact them and influence them in a benevolent way the greatest. In 2023, this will happen between September 29 and October 14.

This is not a good time to start anything new in your life. Instead, this is a time to appreciate the old, a humbling reminder of the cyclical nature of life, and of the deep-rooted connections that tie generations together, transcending the barriers of time and space. The act of remembering our ancestors during this fortnight should not be limited to a mere ritualistic observance but should rather be a heartfelt communion. Engaging in a simple practice like tarpana allows us to acknowledge the sacrifices and challenges of our forebears as we request them to continue forward on their own paths of evolving further.

If you don’t know tarpana, you can worship in your own way, by lighting a candle, offering food, or simply setting aside a moment of silent reflection to link your awareness with that of your past. In doing so, we honor their memory and also nourish our souls by attempting to relieve them of some of their own residual cravings. As we connect with our departed ones, including both those who were our blood relations and those who became family during our lives, we're reminded that we, too, are a part of an enduring legacy—a story that will continue long after we've played our part.

Ever since Vimalananda first introduced me to tarpana nearly fifty years ago I have performed it annually during the Pitr Paksha. Probably the most dramatic of these observances transpired in 2010, when my dear friend and colleague Dr. Claudia Welch were teaching together in Prague and drove into Poland to pay a visit to Auschwitz. We performed tarpana together in the bed of the river into which the Nazis had dumped the ashes of hundreds of thousands of murdered individuals. It was a very solemn occasion, so powerful that immediately afterwards we both fell sick. But even while we were feeling bodily misery, we felt good that we had been able to do our bit to relieve a tiny portion of the immense trauma of the area. In reality, we humans are all, ultimately, kin.

Om namah sivaya!

Dr. Robert Svodova

[chaoticmvse]

#PhotoshopByCHAOTICMVSE; tutorials no one asked for. todays headache: easier way to edit gifs.

So, wie schon angekündigt, auch wenns niemanden interessiert, hier der erste Tipp wenn es darum geht, Gifs zu bearbeiten (wenn ihr noch andere Tipps habt, lemme know, man lernt immerhin nie aus).

Ein Gif an sich ist ein sich bewegendes Bild mit verschiedenen Frames (Rahmen). Damit Ihr das Gif richtig bearbeiten könnt, müsst Ihr die Zeitleiste offen haben (Fenster ⮕ runterscrollen bis Zeitleiste ⮕ auswählen). Das sieht in der Regel dann so aus:

Bei der Auswahl gibt es einmal "Frameanimation erstellen" und "Videozeitleiste erstellen", aber meistens öffnet PS automatisch die Frameanimation.

Wenn ihr ein Gif in PS hochladet, sieht es meist so aus:

Da habt ihr nun von dem Gif die verschiedenen Frames. Man beachte bei der Ebenenansicht (rechts), dass nicht jede Ebene angezeigt wird (die definierten Kästchen links neben den Ebenenbildern, die leer aussehen). Das heißt, wenn ihr jetzt etwas an der Ebene bearbeitet, ist das nur für die Ebene, die aktuell an ist. Welche das ist, erkennt ihr an dem Auge in dem Kästchen (hier Ebene 1). Damit es jedoch einheitlich in der Bearbeitung bleibt und wir nicht jede einzelne Ebene und Frame bearbeiten müssen, ändern wir die Ansicht:

Also, wir gehen auf diese drei Balken unten links und automatisch wird die Frameanimation in eine Videozeitleiste geändert. Man sieht auch, dass rechts bei den Ebenen dann alle Ebenen als aktuell angezeigt werden. Damit wir jedoch nicht so viele Ebenen auf einmal haben, wählen wir alle Ebenen rechts aus. Wenn alle Ebenen markiert sind, wird mittels Rechtsklick auf "In Smartobjekt konventieren" gedrückt und voilá, wir haben eine Ebene die wir bearbeiten können in der vollen Länge des Gifs. Prinzipiell sind wir dann mit dem ersten Schritt durch und ihr könnt das Gif bearbeiten wie ihr möchtet.

Der Vorteil dieser Bearbeitungsweise ist der, dass sämtliche Änderungen, die ihr vornehmt, sich auf das ganze Gif auswirkt. Bei der Arbeit mit einzelnen Frames und Ebenen besteht immer die Gefahr, dass Filter, Overlays, Korrekturen etc. nur auf einzelne Frames angewendet werden und nicht auf das ganze Gif.

Da ich mich aber am Anfang mit der Videozeitleiste schwer getan habe, hier noch einmal ein kleines step by step, wie man dann mit dem Videoausschnitt (das Gif) umgehen kann:

Wir haben jetzt ein Overlay hinzugefügt. Wenn ihr auf die Videoleiste achtet, seht ihr, dass die Ebene dort eingefügt wurde, wo der Zeitcurser (roter Strich mit blauem Dreieck auf Zeitachse) gerade stehen geblieben ist. Das heißt, wenn ihr jetzt das Gif von vorne abspielen würdet, dann würde der Effekt erst inmitten des Gifs auftauchen. Damit wir das verhindern, wird das Overlay natürlich an den Anfang geschoben. Dann sieht es so aus:

Wie man hier gut sehen kann, ist das Overlay länger als das Gif selber. Das heißt, wenn wir das jetzt so eingestellt lassen würden, wäre das Gif irgendwann zu Ende aber man würde die Punkte noch immer sehen. Das sähe dann gespeichert so aus:

Und das wollen wir ja nun mal wirklich nicht. Deswegen ist es wichtig die Zeitregler immer unmittelbar auf die Länge des Gifs einzustellen:

Wenn ihr das Gif schlussendlich dann richtig eingestellt habt, ggf. noch mit Farbtönen, Kontrasten, Helligkeiten etc. gespielt habt, müsst ihr es noch als Gif speichern. Hierzu geht ihr auf Datei ⮕ Exportieren ⮕ Für Web speichern (Legacy).

Die Sicherungsmaske sieht dann so aus. Wichtig ist, dass ihr darauf achtet, dass oben rechts auf Gif steht und unten rechts bei Animation auch "Unbegrenzt" angegeben ist, ansonsten endet das Gif womöglich nach einem Durchlauf. Solltet ihr euch nicht sicher sein, ob ihr alles richtig angepasst habt, dann könnt ihr unten rechts auf Play drücken und das Gif läuft noch in der Maske ab. Damit es etwas flüssiger läuft könnt ihr aber sonst unten links auf "Vorschau" klicken, dann wird euch das fertige Gif in einem Internetbrowser angezeigt. Und wenn wir dann fertig sind und einfach ein bisschen Dummheiten gemacht haben, sieht es so aus:

sooooo, das war jetzt ein kurzer exkurs in meine heutigen ps kopfschmerzen - wenn einer Fragen hat, dann lemme know, ansonsten hoffe ich, dass ich dem ein oder anderen von euch das Basteln erleichtern konnte. <3

[jackstanleyroberts]

The Extended Cut of Scream (2022) & Scream VI (2023) Part 1

What if there is an Extended Cut of both Scream (2022) & Scream VI (2023) with more & new additional characters & more content that can't be seen in theaters?

Here's the additional cast list for the Extended Cut of Scream (2022) & Scream VI (2023) who's playing the additional characters & the characters that related to the legacy characters & the new characters:

Jack Roberts (me) as Terrence William "Terry" Watkins

Chosen Jacobs as Lawrence James "Larry" Watkins

Meg Donnelly as Lexi Hicks

Olivia Scott Welch as Wendy Hicks

Jacob Bertrand as William "Will" Hicks

Jackson Brundage as Frederick "Fred" Hicks

Emily Rudd as Carrie Tatum Riley-Weathers

Isabelle Fuhrman as Rebecca "Becca" Bishop

Braeden Lemasters as Matthew Bishop

Deja Monique Cruz as Laura "Lori" Sanchez

Ysa Penarejo as Miranda Rodriguez

Joshua Bassett as Connor "Cash" Conway

Joey King as Yvonne Conway

Julia Rehwald as Katherine "Katie" Jones

Kathryn Newton as Kathleen "Kathy" Williamson

Ross Lynch as Ronald "Rory" Williams

Samantha Boscarino as Elaine Williams

India Eisley as Alivia Williams

Jade Pettyjohn as Graceland "Grace" Prescott

Emily Meade as Elena Connors

Sophia Lillis as Grace-Lynn "Gracie" Moore

Bailee Madison as Riley Johnson

Yvette Monreal as Lorraine "Lynn" Sanchez

Joe Kerry as Johnny Landry

Logan Lerman as Quentin Bailey

Judah Lewis as Derek Shepherd

Brec Bassinger as Lillian "Lilly" Davis

Michael Rainey Jr. as Anthony "Anton" Mercer

Jessica Stroup as Riley Davis

Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Susie Kayoko

Havana Rose Liu as Hannah Kayoko

Paige Hurd as Hayley McDaniel

Taylor Russell as Holly McDaniel

Kiernan Shipka as Danielle "Dani" Brackett

More new additional characters coming soon.