#yes i know it is 2024 not 2023 but let's all just ignore that fact shall we

[moistvonlipwig]

the most recent evidence seems to favor the sea gulls

Your name is Kara Danvers, and one day the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen asks who you are, exactly. Do you tell her? 17k+, Supercorp, a choose-your-own-adventure journey through both the canon universe and alternate paths. For the @yearoftheotpevent’s October 2023 prompt “identity shenanigans.”

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[cheriladycl01]

Ghost - Oscar Piastri x UnknownDriver! Reader Part 5

Plot: Reader is the first female F1 driver of the century, however no-one knows that as you are a ghost on the grid. You started in 2022, coming in P12 in the championship. You get moved to Red Bull Racing in 2023 with the off year for Sergio Perez.

Staring the 2024 season was nerve wracking. You’d only come to Red Bull on a 2 year deal of 2023 and 2024 until Sergio was supposed to come back.

So at the start of the season, this could have been your final year racing full stop.

The only people who had confirmed contracts past 2024 were Max (till 2028), Lando (till 2025), Oscar (till 2026) Valtteri (till 2025), Lewis (till 2025) and Lance because everyone knew that he’d keep his seat all the time his dad is bank-rolling Aston Martin.

Some people, like Logan weren’t confirmed to be driving in 2024 until the very last minute. Everyone was stressed.

Fast forward after the winter break and you’d had no talks with Christian about your seat.

Then the new on the 25th of January came.

Charles Leclerc Extends Ferrari Contract

And then again on the 26th of January …

Lando Norris Extends McLaren Contract.

But the worst, the one that caused you the most panic was the 1st of February.

Lewis Hamilton to Leave Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton to Join Ferrari in 2025.

And now you were panicking big time, with all these contract renewals, of team principles desperately trying to keep their drivers.

And yes, there was now a Mercedes seat free, but Lewis left for a reason and Lewis is the most loyal person let alone driver that you know. So there must have been a reason as to why he left. You just didn’t know what it was yet.

It also meant that a great driver like Carlos Sainz was now gunning for a seat … maybe even your seat.

And you couldn’t help but think that’s why Christian was holding out on renewing your contract.

But with the allegations against Christian, and everything else going on, there were no conversations being held on your behalf.

Nobody was reaching out to you, so you’d have to show the whose boss. You were going to prove that you could be the number 1 driver and you were going to prove you deserve your seat.

Testing came around and you were fast, faster than Max. You also had learnt after last season better tyre management. So your tyres were holding up well. And everyone could tell you were a better driver now than you were last season.

But again, you couldn’t tell right no who was and wasn’t pushing themselves while you were sandbagging and starting to doubt yourself as a driver. You ended up throwing yourself into training, and it was basically all you did. Sim Racing, Working Out, Diet planning. You hadn’t gone out with friends or family in months nervous for your first race in Bahrain.

All of your friends, specifically the ones on the grid were worried about you, knowing the pressures that came with their sport.

Lando Mando

Hey Y/N, haven’t heard from you in a while. Hoping you’re all okay! <3

Dutch Lion 🦁

Hey, what’s going on. You were quiet at testing :(?

AlbonO

Lily said you seemed of the other day … I agreed with her. You okay? 🫶🏼

No text from Oscar…

Bahrain came around far to quickly. And you were quiet. Thankful you weren’t on the media panel, you were just being asked by the Red Bull Social Media staff to do track walks, but they could all tell that you weren’t off highest spirits, and tired more with Max who had stopped pestering you.

Everyone was more worried at the fact you hadn’t replied but you were in fact at the races and actively on your phone.

They couldn’t help but think you were ignoring them, but little did they know, the ball of anxiety that sat in your chest and stomach got a little bit worse every-time you even thought if replying.

So you ignored them.

FP1 came and you were overthinking everything. You didn’t have to be insanely quick here, you just had to see how the car felt in Bahrain, and get comfortable with the track again. You hadn’t raced here in nearly a year now.

You ended it on P12.

The Sky Sports commentators assumed you were still sandbagging, which you and Max both had been in Pre Season Testing.

FP2 was later that day and you gained two places, feeling better when the guy in P2 in FP1 (Lando) was now all the way down in P20. That’s was the thing with Free Practices you could be anywhere on the board and I didn’t really until FP3 prove anything.

“Y/N can we have a minute of your time please!” An interviewer smiles kindly and you just nod, no words.

“How is the car feeling after today?” She asks and you nod.

“Good” you say.

“Yeah? Thats unsurprising with the year Red Bull had last year with not only a fantastic car but fantastic drivers. Do you feel as though that hardcore dominance you guys had last year is tightening up this year? ” she smiles and you nod.

“Yeah, I think it’s obvious who the top constructors are right now, and I think there will be teams out there to give us a run for our money” you admit with a shrug and the interviewer tenses a little at your blunt and very forefront replies.

“And is there any talks of any contract negotiations with you and any team on the grid” she asks and you freeze up a little before looking up at her.

“No there isn’t, thank you for your time” you say before walking away and back to the Red Bull Motorhome.

You slept awfully on the Thursday night, going into the Friday. FP3 came and again you improved coming in P8, however you could see Horners shake of ‘disapproval’ and you couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

Qualifying, which is as later in on the day came and with Max setting pole, you’d hoped to be quicker. And you weren’t, you ended up starting in P5.

Which in hindsight wasn't bad, but you were starting behind George and Carlos with Fernando next to you and Lando and Oscar behind you. You could see HIM in when you were getting into the car and in your rear view mirror as you did the formation lap.

"Now, before this race starts. It's important to note that today is very very important for so many drivers!" David says as the helicopter camera follows the cars on the formation lap.

"Mmmm yeah and why's that Crofty?" Ted asks.

"Well Ted, with that Mercedes seat open... and with so many contracts ending everyone, and I mean everyone will be looking to prove themselves in this race" David advises as they watch them come round one of the last corners.

"Yeah, particularly Y/N and Carlos. Obviously there's been no confirmation of either of there seats its just a waiting game really" he nods and then they wait for the lights to go out.

You have an insanely good get away, coming up right behind George and overtaking Carlos on the straight, getting onto the right side of turn 1, meaning you kept P4.

Over halfway through the race, you were now up to P2, having kept your tyres longer than most, and being able to keep up with softs for the end laps of the race.

You kept a steady flow behind Max with a small time gap. You were on fresher tyres and you were on the softs meaning you were statistically driving quicker than Max.

"Overtake?" you asked into the radio, you were basically riding Max's bumper at the point and you could tell that the tyres were starting to degrade more than they should have been.

"Horner doesn't want to loose a 1-2, he needs you to defend for Max. Plan C" he says and you huff. You understoof the team orders. If you overtook now, you were risking Charles taking over Max and splitting a 1-2. You fell back away from Max, attempting to create a DRS train behind you to give Max some lee-way ahead.

"You know, Y/N is such a fantastic driver. Team orders, basically make it so that she isn't going to get this win to help Max, but she knows it's helping the team in the long run. She's honestly one of the most loyal drivers I've ever seen. She's never fought against team orders..." one of the commentators admits as they watch Charles not be able to get round you and Carlos pulling up behind him going down the grid.

You ended up on the podium, next to Max and Charles on the otherside of him as you each lifted up your trophies and sprayed champagne at each other.

For people viewing it was the first time you looked genuinely happy since the start of the season laughing and messing with Charles and Max.

You hoped it was a feeling that would last throughout the rest of the season, especially if it was your last.

Oscar was there, at the podium despite coming P8. He watched as he was genuinely concerned for you after reports from his friends suggesting that you might not be okay.

He wanted to see, and despite everyone seeing that you were happy messing around, there was a moment when most eyes were probably on Charles and Max goofing around where you looked down wiping the champagne of your face and your eyes went back to the dull and unhappy look.

He was hurt by what you did, but he also hurt you back as a stupid and petty way of revenge and he didn't know how to fix that.

He needed to enlist the help of his closest confidents.

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[spnexploration]

A Christmas Case

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Warnings: None

Summary: Dean drags you out of bed to go to a case, ruining your Christmas plans. But does he have a plan to make up for it?

Words: 1.1k

This is my submission for @spnfanficpond Secret Santa 2023 (ignore the fact it was posted in Jan 2024...) and is a gift for @apocalypseornaw ❤ Sorry for the delay!

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“Come on, we’ve got a case,” Dean said, shaking you awake.

“Fu’ offfff,” you grumbled at him. “You’re not allowed in my room.” What you’d really like was Dean to stay in your room permanently, maybe some ravishing… But that was never going to happen.

He chuckled, “Just channel that energy to the monster. We leave in twenty.”

---

You sulked in the backseat. It was December 23rd, why the hell were you off on a case? You’d put in a little bit of effort at the bunker, getting a tree and some dollar shop baubles. That was all for naught, now.

Dean caught sight of you in the rear-view mirror. “What’s up with you, princess? We interrupt your beauty sleep?” You didn’t appreciate his teasing.

“I don’t see why monsters couldn’t give us the bloody holidays off.”

“It’s just another day in our line of work, don’t know why you got your hopes up.”

You glared at him. “Yes, how could I, when known Scrooge, Dean Winchester, was going to be trawling for cases at 6am on Christmas Eve Eve.” It was his own damn fault he wouldn’t be getting the present you’d spent a lot of time choosing for him.

“Hey! I didn’t even find it!”

You turned your glare to Sam, “Got anything to say, Second Scrooge Winchester?”

“I just have some google alerts set up, sorry.”

You crossed your arms.

“You might have been expecting a bit too much from a Christmas at the Bunker anyway,” Dean said in a tone of voice as if he was trying to make you feel better. “We’re not very good at Christmases.”

You rolled your eyes and looked out the window. The boys decided to let you be.

---

You decided to keep a tally of how many people said something about the FBI making you work so close to Christmas: you were already up to 4 and it was only mid-afternoon on the first day. Happily the drive hadn’t been too long from the bunker to the crappy town where the case was, so you’d been able to get started straight away.

There was a giant Christmas tree in the main street of town. You felt like it was mocking you.

You dragged your feet as you followed the boys into the library, conveniently still open. You wondered if Dean even realised everything was going to be closed on Christmas Day. Serve him right if he couldn’t get pie that day.

You half-heartedly trawled some books, not really contributing to the research effort.

“Sorry,” Sam said quietly as he came to sit by you. “I didn’t mean to ruin your holidays.”

“It’s alright,” you said, not really feeling it but not wanting to sound petty, either.

“I can tell you’re upset. Hell, even Dean can tell you’re upset.”

“You know, Dean’s better at reading people than people give him credit for,” you said, always quick to defend inappropriate criticism of Dean.

“Ok, you’re right, that was a low blow. But you’re still upset, and I’m sorry.”

“Yeah, well, solve the case fast enough and maybe we can do Christmas on Boxing Day at least.”

He gave your arm a friendly squeeze before standing up again and heading back to the shelves.

“I think I found it!” Dean called from somewhere. You stood to go find him.

---

It turned out to be a very quick case, over by late evening Christmas Eve. It was late enough that ordinarily you’d all head back to the motel room and go home early the next morning, but Dean suggested something different. “How about we head back to the bunker tonight, I’ll drive.”

“It’s pretty late,” Sam said, nursing a couple of injuries.

“You can sleep in the backseat until we get there. Won’t it be better to get to sleep in your own bed?”

“If you’re doing this for me, you don’t have to,” you said. “It’s fine, it’s just a stupid day. You don’t have to kill yourself driving late at night just for me.”

“No, come on, it’ll be nice to be back home.” He gave you that beautiful smile and you couldn’t help but melt.

You nodded, not trusting yourself to speak. Sam mumbled agreement and so you all piled into the Impala, Sam stretched out on the backseat. He was asleep almost instantly, and you weren’t too far behind.

---

“Hey, hey,” you woke to Dean whispering your name and gently shaking your shoulder. “Wake up.”

You looked around blearily, this wasn’t the bunker. It looked like the middle of nowhere. You started to ask Dean, but he held up his hand.

“Shh, don’t wake Sam,” he said, still whispering. “Come out of the car for a sec, I’ll explain it all.”

You looked at him quizzically but followed, closing the door as quietly as you could behind yourself. Dean took your hand and pulled you around to the front of the car. Your heart was racing; this was different…

“I’m sorry Sam and I ruined the Christmas you had planned,” he said, standing very close to you. You looked up into his stunningly gorgeous face wanting nothing more than to kiss him, but knowing that he saw you like a little sister. “But I thought we could look for Santa delivering presents,” he said, gesturing to the huge expanse of the night sky you could see.

You laughed, “What am I, 7?”

“Well, ok, it doesn’t have to be Santa. But it’s a nice night for stargazing, and I wanted to make it up to you.” He reached up and brushed his thumb over your cheek. This was definitely new. You nodded in agreement and he took your hand again, pulling you up on to the top of the bonnet.

He scooted very close to you. You could feel his body heat, which was good in the freezing night air. You felt a wave of goosebumps break out over your skin, but you weren’t entirely sure if they were because of the cold or the proximity of Dean.

He reached behind him and grabbed a blanket you hadn’t seen was there, then put his arms around you and draped it across your shoulders. He was so close, so beautifully close. And yet, always so far.

He didn’t put his arms back down, like you were expecting.

He put a hand on your shoulder. What was he doing? He put his other hand on your cheek. So warm, so close. So... intimate.

You looked up into his big, green eyes.

He leaned in close.

Oh. Oh! This was happening!

His soft, Adonis-like lips were suddenly on yours. You closed your eyes and leant into the moment.

He pulled away, “Merry Christmas. Hope this makes up for having to be on the road.”

“Oh, this definitely makes up for it,” you said before capturing his lips again.

The stars looked down from above, forgotten.

.

.

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[digitalgate02]

The UPDATED (OG) Adventure universe’s Partnership double year math count

Updated Digimon Adventure OG Timeline’s Partnership Math Count List 

Not particularly spoilers from the movie, just stuff stated by the official timeline from the pre-release stream for the movie in Japan (Oct 26)

Early 80s - Oikawa Yukio & Hida Hiroki make the first contact with the Digital World, befriend Pipimon (no partnerships)

1995 - Hikari and Taichi find a Koromon egg* (no partnerships)

1996 - 2 (Rui; someone else gets a digimon later in that year*)

1997 - 4 (Menoa)

1998 - 8 (Possibly the previous 5 mentioned from Adv’99 anime/novels)

1999 - 16 (Adv Eight, Meiko*)

2000 - 32 (Ken*)

2001 - 64 (Michael)

2002 - 128 (Daisuke, Miyako, Iori)

2003 - 256

2004 - 512

2005 - 1,024

2006 - 2,048

2007 - 4,096

2008 - 8,192

2009 - 16,384

2010 - 32,768

2011 - 65,536

2012 - 131,072

2013 - 262,144

2014 - 524,288

2015 - 1.048,576

2016 - 2.097,152

2017 - 4.194,304

2018 - 8.388,608

2019 - 16.777,216

2020 - 33.554,432

2021 - 67.108,864

2022 - 134.217,728

2023 - 268.435,456

2024 - 536.870,912

2025 - 1.073.741,824

2026 - 2.147.483,648

2027 -  4.294.967,296

2028 (02 Epilogue) - 8.589.934,592

↓ Original notes + "Why there's still no retcon of the lore" below ↓

First, the OG notes from the outdated post:

→ This count is not about “which was the very first digimon-human contact”, and yes about people with a digivice. Because if we were going to count who was the first human to have contact with a digimon, it’s actually two and they’re Oikawa Yukio and Iori’s dad, Hida Hiroki.

→ I’m ignoring all the inconsistencies with other material (WS & ▽) because they seem to not match well with the original count. So, in this case, Ken’s statement in the anime (Aug 2000) is the one to be accounted for here. I don’t know if Ryo counts as Chosen (possibly yes, judging by 02 flashbacks) but I’m not sure where to place him here.

→ I’m only adding Michael to the count, even if he’s not a main character and yes a side character, because 02 ep 14 had this statement regarding him. And I like Michael too so, let me have him there :V

→ Menoa states in the movie she met Morphomon when she was nine, and according to the Dash X novel version, she’s the same age as Taichi. Which means she became a Chosen in 1997.

→ I couldn’t think of how to include Maki & Daigo’s group in this because ▽ contradicts with the original lore’s math – The fact the Pt4 book released with the movie on Japanese theaters state them being in Elementary School the time they went to their adventure in the DW, and later the confession scene means they’re in University/College makes them possibly been Chosen Children way before 1995, and I’d take it granted that they were chosen by someone else IF weren’t for the Homeostasis being involved in the scene and the digivice being way too modern for that time (it was basically Taichi group’s model. If you look at Rui’s digivice in the leaked footage from DigiFes2022, his model seems to be different and an older version)

→ That said, Meiko is the only character in ▽ that does not fall into contradiction with the math count. Because in 1999 there was not only Taichi’s group, but also other 8 non-featured Chosen according to Kakudou’s notes. So we can consider Meiko one of those other 8 children.

→ When it comes to Wallace, I prefer to think he is game in the original math – Taichi and Hikari met that Koromon in 95, but they had no digivice until 1999. Which means it can be possible that Wallace had encountered Gummy-Choco’s egg before 1995 and only became an official Chosen Child later.

Now, the new notes:

→ To avoid spoiling any detail about the movie itself, I’ll make sure to tell you they might have changed how the math works only. It’s not like, “everyone gets a digimon at the same time” but rather… “A X number of people get partnered with a digimon in different periods of a year” – Which means yes, you can still count Rui and Ukkomon as the origins of the Digimon partnership, but that later in the same year someone else (or, say, Wallace in the main timeline) got a partner months later.

→ That said, I’m opting to update this list and work within the idea that various sources of partnership (Homeostasis, Holy Beasts, etc) can be counted in the math. Remember – Homeostasis (not referred to as this in the OG series but yes in the novels) had selected Taichi & co., but the Holy Beasts chose Dai-Miya-Iori. And some other entity probably chose Ken in August 2000. This could explain why there’s a higher number of partnerships happening at the same time in Adv’99 and 02.

→ As I mentioned before, and indirectly supported by the staff (check the official timeline at the top of the list), ▽ has violated the lore to the point it goes in direct conflict with the new 02 movie and the entire timeline. So I guess it’s better to consider ▽ as its own timeline/Alternate universe than forcing it into the main timeline.

→ That said, and since Meiko does exist in Kizuna/main timeline, I suppose Maki and Daigo also do exist, and maybe they got their “ages” retconned and down to something suitable to the universe’s math count. They can still be part of the previous five kids mentioned in Adv’99 anime/novels, but they are probably around their teen years, or even early 20s instead, not fully adults working for the government I suppose. Or alternatively, just not Chosen yet. Pick your favorite route, Maki/Daigo fans!!

→ Yes, the Koromon from the very first movie IS NOT THE SAME PARTNERED WITH TAICHI. This never was confirmed, and was just fandom's theory. Considering how ▽ also made this mistake and possibly was one of the lore's violation, I prefer to believe this means it's not the same Koromon/Agumon partnered with Taichi in Adv'99.

[literaticat]

[I know this isn't a question you can actually answer for *all literary agents* but I'm just really struggling with this] Why do literary agents ghost on fulls? It's genuinely killing me waiting for a response that by now (a year and one *unresponded* nudge later) I should know is never going to come... :( I guess on a more actionable note, if a lit agent ghosts should I dnq in future with future work? should I tell other writers I was ghosted on a full?

I have literally never ghosted a full on purpose, or as a way to "decline without declining" -- I promise you that it is MUCH easier to just say "not for me, but thanks for the look!" than it would be to ignore nudges and guilt, etc.

The only reason I would [seem to] "ghost" on a full is if I just literally haven't read it yet, OR if it somehow got lost in the shuffle. Sometimes it does take a really long time! A year IS a long time, yes, but I hate to tell you, not unheard of; I have certainly gotten both declines and offers from publishers after more than a year.

Also, we have a LOT to read! Sometimes things do get lost in the shuffle! I am one person and a very part-time assistant dealing with an absolutely ABSURD amount of email and queries, and while QM is an immense help, it's still not PERFECT, and things can get inadvertently moved to weird places or accidentally archived or whatever, one click in the wrong place and then forgotten.

Personally, if I were you I would have nudged more than once in a twelvemonth, but hey, we can't turn back time. Why don't you nudge one last time and say something like: "Hey, it's been a year, so I'm looking to close this out and move on. If you ARE still considering, please do let me know; if I don't hear from you by the end of the month, I'm assuming it's a pass." [or similar]

That way at least you've given them ample opportunity, you've reminded them, etc, and you can close this out and move on. If they pop out of the woodwork at some point, great, otherwise, no worries, you aren't even thinking about it anymore because you have already moved on.

As to whether you should DNQ with future work? IDK. I mean, it's nice that they saw something promising and wanted to request a full in the first place, which bodes well for them liking your future work, but also, do you want an agent who doesn't respond ever? Probably not! So if they DO respond and apologize, so sorry, it's been forever, you are quite right, this looks great and I was on the fence about it but I do have to decline -- then by all means try again with another work. If they just NEVER respond, I wouldn't bother.

As to whether you should spread tales of your querying experience: I don't think you should go out of your way to like, BLAST THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA or anything, as that has real potential to blow up or blow back on you*** -- but if an author friend asks you about it, you can certainly speak your truth. On QM where people post dates and results of queries, you could certainly say "query (10-2023), full request (11/2023) -- no response on full for a year, closed out (12-2024)" or whatever. Hey, it's facts, if they don't like it, they should have fixed it or done better!

--

*** I say that social media yapping has the potential for bad results -- not because an agent would, like, "blackball you" in the industry or anything remotely like that -- but just because social media is unpredictable and wild and once you let some drama out of the bag, you do not have control over how it mutates and grows. Your simple post about being ghosted COULD turn in to a real dogpile on the agent and it turns out they had simply *not seen the email* or they were having a personal crisis when you nudged or whatever, and suddenly somebody is sending them death threats and harassing their clients. OR, your simple post could be perceived as "sour grapes" and turn into people doing a forensic analysis of everything YOU have ever done and said online, and suddenly somebody is sending YOU death threats and harassing your family. Either way, very much not great and not worth the stress, honestly. Just move on.

[butchdarling]

[Transcript: As Israel prepares to invade Rafah, violate Joe Biden's red line, and kill who knows how many more thousands of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza, we need to talk about the elephant in the room. We need to talk about the hostages. Because the Israelis say this is all about the hostages. They say we don't talk about the hostages enough. So let's do that. Let's talk today about the hostages, because there are three very important things they don't tell you about the hostages.

First, for everyone who believes that Benjamin Netanyahu and his government of far-right fascists and racists are fighting their war in Gaza in order to rescue the hostages. How do they explain the fact that Netanyahu had a chance to bring all of the civilian hostages home right at the very beginning? Those aren't my words. That's not my opinion. It's the view of Haim Rubinstein, who until very recently was a spokesman for the families of the Israeli hostages and who said last week, quote, "We learned that Hamas offered on October 9th or 10th to release all captive civilians in its hands if the IDF did not enter the Gaza Strip, but the government rejected the offer."

(whenever an article is mentioned its headline appears on screen with the section just quoted. This article is from זמןשראל The Times Of Israel April 29, 2024 There is no doubt that Netanyahu is preventing a deal to release the abductees)

In fact, the Washington Post reported on a similar proposal at the end of October, saying "Hamas was proposing to release all foreign civilian hostages in exchange for a five-day cease-fire. Israeli civilian hostages would be released if additional demands were met," he said. "Including the release of Palestinian women and children in Israeli prisons and the opening of the Rafah border crossing."

(Article: The Washington Post Oct. 26, 2023 Israel Raids Gaza with tanks; U.N. says 'nowhere is safe' for civilians by Miriam Berger, Kareem Fahim, Sarah Dadouch, Claire Parker, and Karen DeYoung)

Second, for everyone who pops up on my Twitter feed to still tell me, "Well, Hamas could end this war if they just released all the hostages." Have they paid any attention to anything the Israeli government has actually said on this subject? Israeli officials have said time and again that the war won't end until Hamas is destroyed, regardless of whether the hostages are released. Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's finance minister, made clear this week he was opposed to any hostage release deal that stopped Israel from going into Rafah.

(Onscreen Tweet by חדשות @/kann_news on April 30, 2024: "Minister Smotrich announced that he would not support the current deal for the release of hostages: 'The head and the truth say that this deal must be opposed. I am ready to pay a heavy personal price to prevent this danger.' @/diklaaharon")

Now, you might say that's just Smotrich he's not in charge. Well, Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said this week that he would invade Rafah with or without a deal on the hostages. His words, not mine.

(Article: AP April 30, 2024 Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue By Tia Goldenberg and Matthew Lee)

And third, something that keeps being left out of the mainstream media, ignored by all those who claim to care about hostages, is that the hostages at the core of this conflict, at the heart of this current round of killing and violence, aren't just Israelis. They're Palestinians too. Yes, Palestinians too. Because while we're all aware of the fact that around 250 hostages were taken from Israel by Hamas and other armed groups on October the 7th, including shamefully children, and around 130 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza, we don't really mention the hundreds, thousands of Palestinians who've been rounded up, detained, held without trial, tortured, sexually abused, without any charges, let alone convictions in Israeli prisons. And I'm not even talking about just since October the 7th, I'm talking about before October the 7th. According to the Israeli human rights group at Salem, on the eve of the October 7th attacks at the end of September 2023, Israel was holding over 1,300 Palestinians as hostages in what they conveniently call administrative detention.

(Article: בצלם B'Tselem بتسيلم November 20, 2023 Statistics on administrative detention in the Occupied Territories

"At the end of September 2023, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) was holding 1,310 Palestinians in administrative detention.")

Around half of them for a year or more, and 23 of them, shamefully, children held without trial, without charge. The reality is that under international law, hostage-taking is a war crime whether Palestinians or Israelis do it. Just as intentionally targeting and killing civilians is a war crime whether Palestinians or Israelis do it.

So to summarize then, the Netanyahu government chose not to do a deal to release the Israeli hostages according to the spokesman for their family members. Even if Hamas were to release the hostages tomorrow morning, Israel has no plans to end its assault on Gaza. And the biggest issue of all, the hostages aren't just on the Israeli side. They're on the Palestinian side, too. Those are the facts. The objective, demonstrable, undeniable facts.

And look. This is a human tragedy. Many innocent Israelis are wrongly being held hostage in Gaza, and many Israeli families are waiting for a father, a brother, a loved one to come home. And to them, I say, I stand in solidarity in humanity with you. I say, free the hostages, Israeli and Palestinian. But, and there is a but, as the Israeli military prepares to wipe out Rafah and kill thousands more people, remember this when the bad faith apologists for Israel pop up on TV or online to justify that violence and to robotically and cynically repeat "What about the hostages?" Ignoring all of the three things that I just pointed out to you. Treat that dishonest refrain with the contempt it deserves.

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For everyone who keeps saying “wHaT aBoUt ThE hOsTaGeS?!?! ReLeAsE tHe HoStAgEs!!1!”

[lionews]

What i dont get is the fact that a rl is just a lion?. Sure it passes new traits but those new traits will be rma'd or put onto another rl later. Its not a big deal.

People are so entitled to think they want a certain lion they do not have. Grow up. Its a game. You cant get everything you want in life. People in lioden are so self centered on their own goals and feelings it makes them selfish to the others around them. Grown adults revert to acting like 10 year olds because they can not have a "special" lion. That someone won.

Think of it as the lottery. You know why most people want to keep their lottery winnings to themselves or private?. Because entitled people are ignorant and also feel like they are deserving of that money because they tried to enter and lost.

You try to recreate a 2023-2024 lion because you want that special lion right now. Think about others feelings for once besides yourself. And i do not mind recreating private lines IF the original lion is dead or has been inactive more than 2 years. Same goes for inactive RLs. Because you cant get this one lion it doesnt mean its going to kill you and its not the end of the world.

Sure there's no fucking "rules" BUT its common fucking sense not to hound, harass or MAKE someone uncomfortable for wanting to keep a line private! And guess what you all say you dont do it but i have seen what happens here. Its fucking disgusting. I dont care if its the "culture" of lioden that makes people think they are okay to act like it. But its not. Have you grown up without any manners? Was common sense and morality not beaten into you?

Just because you can do something. Doesnt mean you should. Tired of your shit. Let rl winners do what they want. And have respect . I bet you all would cry if someone killed a rl out of spite for your actions. And someone will still try to recreate it out of spite.

Sincerely, fuck you

Also i swear to god if one sentence of this post gets taken out of context. Fuck you to whoever does that i will piss in your cereal and take all the marshmallows out of your lucky charms and replace it with those nasty ass sugar cookies.

Yes someone pissed in my own cerial this morning.

Thank you.

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[itsbackwoodsbby]

Backwoodss’ Diary

TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH (A BIT OF POLICE TALK TOO), A BIT OF WEED TALK

Sunday, September 29th, 2024

So, my dad died September 15th, 2023. Today will be 2 weeks without my dad. I hadn’t seen before all this since August 5th, 2021, two days before my 18th birthday. Three years I hadn’t seen him and the first time I see him… he’s in a casket. (honestly, looking the freshest he’s ever been y’all … my dad was a wild man.) The last time I saw him, he was in that casket with a hole in the ground as his final resting spot.

Honestly… I’m fucked up… I didn’t have the best relationship with my dad. He wasn’t there. I always knew he loved me, but I let the anger and jealousy just eat me up. I wanted to heal before I had a relationship with him. He was trying and I was ignoring him. Now he’s gone. I’m filled with so much anger, regret, sadness. I have been beating myself up. The first thing I did when I saw his body was say “I’m sorry.”

My dad was killed by police. He wasn’t doing anything. Just walking home. Really close to his house. Police just hit him with his unmarked truck. I don’t know much about it other than he was died on impact and he had head and torso trauma. Even if I did know anything, I couldn’t say much. In words of Cardi B, “Bitch, I still got cases opened, keep your mouth shut tomorrow” but if anyone is curious, I can put the news article on here.

Anyways, my dad left me with two amazing sisters and some amazing family members, like his dad (with his crazy ass but i love grandpa fr) and his auntie (whom is an amazing woman and y’all she can cook like a motherfucker. I got two cooks in my family. My mom’s brother and my dad’s auntie) and her kids and some new cousins. He also left me with some weird ass family. And I ain’t gonna say who did it… but someone stole some money from my dad’s gofundme for his funeral. No bad blood but I ain’t fucking with that shit.

My message to you: Love your folks. Forgive them for whatever they did. Hug them, cherish them. You never know what shit they fighting through. For me, I knew my dad’s relationship with his mom wasn’t the best (to the point, me and my sisters thought she was dead … but she’s quite literally alive and apart of the weird family members), but I never knew the severity of it and how deep it impacted him. And it doesn’t excuse the fact he wasn’t there, but it makes sense of why he wasn’t there. It’s like he told me when he was still here, “How do you be there for someone when you never had that guidance or that kind of love before?”

I just want to say keep my sisters and me in your thoughts and prayers honestly. We all are fucked up. It was so much shit going on that we didn’t get to grieve until the day of his viewing and then the next day (yesterday) was his funeral. Literally afterwards, we had to smoke. We all just hit milestones in our life. I just turned 21 a month ago, my older sister turned 21 in April (yes … me and my sister are 4 months apart and yes all of us have different moms). My little sister graduated high school just turned 18 and now … we just lost our dad. Crazy fucking work. Dad just had to be dramatic and one up us all. Classic Stanley shit (lmao … I love him so much y’all.)

Also, justice for my dad please. There’s nothing really out there for anyone to know. Bullshit answers, bullshit excuses, bullshit rumors, bullshit, bullshit, BULLSHIT. So until we get answers, always scream JUSTICE FOR STAN.

Long Live Stan The Man aka My Dad 🕊️💔

[capoteera]

So just thinking about a few little things many seem to forget when they are congratulating themselves.

Ryan asked Chris 2yrs ago to be in the Deadpool movie before the so called ‘shitshow’ took off, rumors started circulating in late 2022 Chris was in Deadpool as Human Touch, more in early 2023 and then he filmed his part round June 2023 and rumors got louder. So are certain persons trying to tell us that back then Ryan/Marvel knew all about what’s was going to happen so had the hindsight to say hey let’s give Chris a cameo to save his ass in 2024 because he’s going to need it.

I will never forget a certain someone screaming CAA owned the VT house when it went on the market when true fans had known for months it was Chris’s.

Then there is the oh look he has new management when a movie announcement came out as it listed a law firm but when it was discussed on other blogs how it was the law firm he had always used just his main lawyer wasn’t name on some articles it was ‘oh that means he now has access to all the lawyers’🤦🏻��♀️

Now as for the houses the fandom has long said Chris needs to sell his houses before certain blogs suddenly appeared and when he brought a new bigger place which he totally renovated anyone with half a brain would know the Concord one was going to be sold. The guy doesn’t need two 5 bedroom plus houses. So once the newer was finished, yes it is finished and totally livable and he moved it was only a matter of time before Concord went up for sale.

As for using Dodger - fancy doing promotional for a dog food company you are an investor in and do commercials for. Guess the fact that they were promoting supporting the USO dog support program got lost or ignored by some and funny the interviews were done after the supposed contract end date so not sure why he mentioned his wife if it was all finished🤔

Then there are a couple of other things they have claimed which I won’t go into that if they really had sources that close to the family they would know are not true.

They’re just crazy people

[tempesttz]

not so hot take: what sophie, i know you're usually very open for debate/criticism, which is why i am going to bother to debate you on this one. this isn't gonna be formatted great i like just woke up and am infected with the "chronically unserious" that i am occasionally stricken with but lets talk about this first off did we watch the same debate because that man looked like he was on another planet, he fumbled so many times on such easy talking points that it was genuinely concerning for most people watching. second off, biden has had a history of his mental decline being commented on (may 2023 article) (and here's another for the sake of it (nov 2022 article) ). the issue is that both parties are too old to be doing this. putting them on that podium frankly felt like watching elder abuse to me. as someone who has first-hand witnessed dementia and the effects it has on a person, i can safely say i am terrified for what will happen if joe biden is voted into office. if i had to guess, i would say his decline will only get worse exponentially from here, especially if he's put in a place like the president of the united states. i give him a year of general clarity from here, tops, but this paragraph is mostly personal opinion and anecdote so feel free to ignore it. third off, are we forgetting about the fact he denies there being a genocide going on in gaza? not to mention sending literal billions of dollars to funding that genocide? people don't call him genocide joe for no reason, sophie. the only fathomable reason joe biden would ever look competent is because he's put next to donald trump, one of the literal most incompetent, awful individuals in the known universe. to go over some of your points - he's willing to fight for human rights: see him funding a genocide. he's also done fuckall about... well, anything honestly. (other than "beating medicare," i guess /sarc) the decline in lgbtq rights, especially trans rights, is noticeable. you can check out the anti-trans bill tracker to see just how many have been proposed, passed and denied in 2024 alone. they do one every year. i recommend looking into it. - he's well-informed: trump lied on the podium multiple times. biden said nothing. - speaking as someone with autism, this has nothing to do with autism. joe biden is (likely) not autistic. he is likely not neurodivergent in any meaningful, noticable way because if he was he likely never would have been brought up that far to the podium in the first place. - the issue was not that he is "not the best speaker," the issue is that it is obvious he has noticeably declined to startling degrees during the entirety of his term which just proves that it will only get worse from here. not to mention, having joe biden up there at this point is causing more people to consider voting for trump. that's not a good thing. is trump godawful? yes. do i think, if not given other options, people should still vote for biden as the lesser of two evils? also yes. am i distraught that we're in a position as a country where we have to vote for the lesser of two evils to run our country? also also yes. am i sure a lot of people are hoping for joe biden's untimely passing so that harris will hopefully, hopefully do anything of value in the next four years? surely. if this keeps up, maybe we should just vote for the icp in 2024.... maybe homestuck was right after all please do more research before posting, sophie.

can we please have a presidential candidate that doesn't belong in a geriatric ward 2024

Hot take: Joe Biden made way more rational arguments than his opponent in the debate, citing actual facts to combat the fascist's lies, but everyone decided he "lost" because his voice was hoarse and he tripped over his words or lost track of what he was saying in a couple places.

What the debate response really shows is America's ableism. Because what I saw is someone who is well-informed and willing to fight for human rights and stand for a better America. And he's been torn apart because he wasn't the best speaker given a time limit of a minute to spit out a response.

Speaking as someone with autism, who so often struggles articulating my own thoughts, I relate to that.

If this causes Biden to lose to a man who is making up lies about invaders pouring over the border from insane asylums, has threatened to bring back mental institutions and lock up homeless people in them, and used his position as President to cyberbully an autistic teen... well, it will show what America really thinks of its neurodivergent population.

Biden 2024!