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Does 'Clown in a Cornfield' Amuse Me?

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Run Rabbit Run (2023)

Directed by Daina Reid

Cinematography by Bonnie Elliott

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Clown in a Cornfield". Hilariously entertaining black-comedy slasher flick. 3.5/5.

[film-book]

Film Review: CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (2025): This Entertaining Horror Film is Clever, but Nothing You Haven't Seen Before

https://film-book.com/film-review-clown-in-a-cornfield-2025-this-entertaining-horror-film-is-clever-but-nothing-you-havent-seen-before/?fsp_sid=33566

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You know what I would do if I were going to make a Jack & the Beanstalk movie based off this poster?

I’d make Jack a Flik-from-Bug’s-Life type of dreamer who is highly ambitious. Instead of being an inventor like Flik, Jack is just sort of entangled in his own imagination. He’s always coming up with hare-brained schemes to win himself fame and his family glory, and he’s an easy mark for con men because he’s always jumping at the next chance to grow up and away from his little impoverished town.

But I’d make the little giantess around 10 years old. She’s the princess of the giant kingdom, and she's the most important thing in the world to the Queen Giantess. Her name is "Cynnie" which is short for "Cyneburg."

Princess Cynnie wants to explore the world because that's what her father the King Giant does—he's always going out hunting or conquering. But her mother is bound and determined to keep Cynnie at home. She gives her everything she could ever want, lots of toys and distractions, and whenever Cynnie becomes disobedient, throws a tantrum, or tries to run away, the Queen Giant calms her with a special treat: a song from a rare captive human singer. The singer's name is Daina, but the giants keep her locked up to do their bidding and refer to their slave only as "the golden harp."

Jack climbs the beanstalk and discovers the giant kingdom, and wants the gold there to prove what he's found and make his family rich. But he's discovered by Princess Cynnie during a welcome-home banquet for the King Giant. She hides him from her ever-hungry father, and he tries to make friends with her as soon as they're alone.

This sort of backfires, because Princess Cynnie is so excited that there's a way to get down to the human world that she immediately wants to escape with Jack. She's caught but keeps Jack a secret, and out comes the Queen Giant's "golden harp" singer. Jack learns two things. 1) That the song has a weirdly powerful affect on Princess Cynnie, and 2) the golden harp is a very pretty young woman of his own age who is trapped against her will.

Jack befriends the isolated Princess Cynnie to keep himself alive and learn more information about where Daina is kept, but has to tread carefully because the spoiled princess loses her temper often and is only mollified when he lets her treat the much smaller human like a toy.

Jack comes to empathize with Cynnie and trust her enough to bring her in on the plan to free Daina. However, just as she begins seeing him as more than a toy, she also fears losing her one friend and gets jealous of Daina. Meanwhile, Daina explains that her song calms Cynnie because she's an enchantress. The Giant Queen uses her magic singing to keep the child from getting wild ideas and leaving home. Jack has to convince Daina to stop enchanting Cynnie, and use her song to try and trick the Queen instead, even though it jeopardizes her own life.

Something like that. And the idea is, people aren't toys. You can't trick and manipulate and hair-brained-scheme them into behaving how you want them to behave, even if you are bigger and louder and convinced that your way is right.

But they cancelled the movie so we'll never know now

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Witches in Latvian Mythology, Legend, and Culture: Guardians of the Wild and Whisperers of the Old Faith

Personal Fact: In my grandparents' time in Latvia, 1910-1920. Village Raganas (Witches) were still around. They were both respected as midwives, folk healers, and herbalists and feared as they practiced the magical arts and supernatural openly.

In the rich and forest-laced soul of Latvian mythology, the witch—or ragana—is far more than the broom-riding caricature of Western folklore. She is a liminal figure, one foot planted in the earthly village and the other in the shadowed realms of the unseen. Revered, feared, and respected in equal measure, the ragana stands as both healer and hexer, midwife and death-bringer, priestess of nature and wielder of hidden knowledge. Her presence in Latvian legend and cultural memory is inseparable from the deep animistic roots of Baltic paganism, the rhythms of agrarian life, and the quiet endurance of an indigenous worldview that venerates nature as sacred.

The Mythic Roots: Ragana as Nature’s Priestess The Latvian ragana emerges not as a servant of evil, but as a mediator of cosmic balance. The word ragana is etymologically tied to notions of seeing, knowing, and prophecy—echoing terms such as ragēt (to foresee or divine). Unlike the Christian concept of witches as consorts of the devil, the Latvian ragana belongs to a much older tradition where she is not wicked but powerful—dangerous only in the way that thunderstorms, wolves, or sacred groves are dangerous: they command reverence.

Latvian mythology is deeply animistic. Every stream, forest, stone, and field has its own spirit (dvēsele), and the ragana was often considered the one who could commune with these spirits. She was the guardian of folk medicine, moon-cycles, fertility rites, and weather lore—often blamed for storms or droughts, but also petitioned to lift such afflictions. In this way, she mirrors the archetype of the shaman or cunning woman found in other Indo-European traditions, occupying the role of one who travels between worlds.

Folk Tales and Oral Traditions Latvian folk tales and dainas—the ancient poetic songs passed orally through generations—are rich with references to witches, both benevolent and malevolent. In some stories, raganas shapeshift into animals, especially birds or wolves, symbolic of their connection to untamed nature and the otherworld. Others depict them as old women living alone in the woods, consulted in times of illness or misfortune, and respected for their wisdom and herb-lore.

It is important to note that in these stories, raganas are rarely described as inherently evil. Rather, they are complex figures who enforce natural law. They may curse those who violate sacred customs, neglect ancestors, or harm the land. Conversely, they are generous to the respectful, the humble, and the wise. In this moral framework, the ragana acts as an enforcer of an older, earth-centered ethics—an emissary of the divine feminine in her chthonic form.

Ragana in Seasonal and Fertility Rites The ragana played an especially prominent role in the seasonal festivals that marked the turning points of the agrarian year. During Jāņi (Summer Solstice), Latvians still gather herbs believed to have magical properties, light fires on hilltops, and sing songs through the night to honor the sun and fertility. In older times, such rituals were often presided over or guided by raganas, either openly or through inherited folk customs.

These rites were not just celebrations but acts of spiritual attunement with the natural cycles—times when the veil between the worlds was thin and the ragana, as a liminal figure, could harness the energies of midsummer or midwinter for healing, love, prophecy, or protection. Fertility rites, particularly in pre-Christian Latvia, were understood not as licentious acts but as sacred reenactments of life’s regenerative forces—of sowing, harvest, and rebirth—and the ragana was keeper of this ancient sexual-spiritual power.

Christianization and Persecution With the Christianization of Latvia in the 13th century, brought violently by the crusading Sword Brothers and later the Teutonic Knights, the role of the ragana was demonized. Pagan rituals were outlawed, sacred groves were destroyed, and the once-respected wise women were branded as witches in the pejorative Christian sense.

Though Latvia was spared the worst excesses of the witch trials that devastated Western Europe, suspicions, accusations, and occasional executions did occur. Still, in rural regions, particularly in Latgale and the deeply forested countryside, the ragana never vanished. She survived through folk medicine, whispered charms, and customs too deeply woven into the fabric of daily life to be eradicated. In this way, the ragana became a symbol of cultural resistance—a keeper of the Old Faith under layers of imposed doctrine.

Modern Revival and Cultural Significance Today, the ragana is undergoing a quiet renaissance in Latvia. As interest in folk traditions, Baltic neopaganism (Dievturība), and eco-spirituality grows, so too does the reverence for the witch—not as a villain, but as an archetype of female power, ancestral memory, and nature’s voice.

Contemporary Latvians may smile wryly when referring to an eccentric herbalist or a solitary woman in the woods as a ragana, but there is often a note of respect beneath the jest. The image of the ragana—wild-haired, herb-scented, moon-wise—is resurfacing as a symbol of feminine autonomy and connection to the land. In a world that often feels fragmented and disenchanted, the ragana offers a reminder that wisdom can still be found in the whisper of leaves, the flight of birds, and the silent pull of the moon across the pine-touched skies.

Conclusion: The Witch as Living Memory The Latvian ragana is not merely a figure of legend—she is a cultural echo of a time when human beings saw themselves as part of, not apart from, the natural world. As healer, oracle, guardian, and sometimes avenger, she reflects the soul of a people whose identity has long been rooted in the forest, the field, and the song.

Far from fading into obscurity, the ragana persists—reborn in poetry, honored in ritual, and remembered in every village tale whispered around the fire. She is the living memory of the earth-bound sacred, and in Latvia, her shadow stretches long across the moss-covered stones and the star-strewn night.

Latvian Female Folkmusic group Tautumeitas

Song: Raganu Nakts (Translation: Witches Night / Witches Sabbath) (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsgO5OTUsRU

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2024 olympics Ireland roster

Athletics

Mark English (Letterkenny)

Andrew Coscoran (Balbriggan)

Cathal Doyle (Bettystown)

Luke McCann (Dublin)

Brian Fay (Dublin)

Thomas Barr (Waterford)

Christopher O'Donnell (Loughborough, U.K.)

Eric Favors (Haverstraw, New York)

Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport)

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght)

Sophie Becker (Ballykelly)

Ciara Mageean (Portaferry)

Sophie Bideau-O'Sullivan (Melbourne, Australia)

Sarah Healey (Monkstown)

Jodie McCann (Dublin)

Sarah Lavin (Lisnagry)

Fionnuala McCormick (Wicklow)

Philippa Healy (Ballineen)

Kelly McGrory (Laghy)

Nicola Tuthill (Kilbrittain)

Kate O'Connor (Dundalk)

Badminton

Nguyen Nhat (Dublin)

Rachael Darragh (Letterkenny)

Boxing

Jude Gallagher (Newton Stewart, U.K.)

Dean Clancy (Sligo)

Aidan Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Jack Marley (Dublin)

Daina Moorehouse (Dublin)

Jenny Lehane (Ashbourne)

Michaela Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Kellie Harrington (Dublin)

Gráinne Walsh (Tullamore)

Aoife O'Rourke (Castlerea)

Canoeing

Liam Jegou (Huningue, France)

Noel Hendrick (Dunadea)

Michaela Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Madison Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Cycling

Ben Healy (Kingswinford, U.K.)

Ryan Mullen (Colwyn Bay, U.K.)

Megan Armitage (Tullamore)

Erin Creighton (Belfast, U.K.)

Mia Griffin (Glenmore)

Alice Sharpe (Cambridge, U.K.)

Kelly Murphy (London, U.K.)

Lara Gillespie (Dublin)

Diving

Jake Passmore (Leeds, U.K.)

Ciara McGing (London, U.K.)

Equestrian

Austin O'Connor (Mallow)

Cian O'Connor (Dublin)

Shane Sweetnam (Cork)

Daniel Coyle (Ardmore, U.K.)

Abigail Lyle (Bangor, U.K.)

Susie Berry (Dromore)

Sarah Ennis (Howth)

Aoife Clark (Dublin)

Field hockey

Kyle Marshall (Markethill)

Peter McKibbin (Belfast, U.K.)

Jonny Lynch (Lisburn)

Peter Brown (Banbridge)

Nick Page (London, U.K.)

David Harte (Ballinspittle)

Tim Cross (Melbourne, Australia)

John McKee (Banbridge, U.K.)

Matthew Nelson (Belfast, U.K.)

Daragh Walsh (Dublin)

Shane O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Sean Murray (Lisburn, U.K.)

Jeremy Duncan (Kilkenny)

Michael Robson (Belfast, U.K.)

Ben Walker (Glenageary)

Lee Cole (Shankill)

Ben Johnson (Waterford)

Golf

Rory McIlroy (Jupiter, Florida)

Shane Lowry (Dublin)

Stephanie Kallan (Phoenix, Arizona)

Leona Maguire (Cavan)

Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan (Dublin)

Rowing

Daire Lynch (Clonmel)

Philip Doyle (Banbridge, U.K.)

Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen)

Paul O'Donovan (Lisheen)

Ross Corrigan (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Nathan Timoney (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Holly Davis (Bollincollig)

Alison Bergin (Cork)

Zoe Hyde (Killorglin)

Margaret Cremen (Rochestown)

Aofie Casey (Skibbereen)

Aifric Keogh (Furbo)

Fiona Murtagh (Galway)

Emily Hegarty (Skibbereen)

Natalie Long (Cobh)

Eimear Lambe (Dublin)

Imogen Magner (Ely, U.K.)

Rugby

Jack Kelly (Dublin)

Andrew Smith (Dublin)

Harry McNulty (Cashel)

Mark Roche (Glenageary)

Zac Ward (Downpatrick)

Chay Mullins (Bristol, U.K.)

Jordan Conroy (Tullamore)

Hugo Keenan (Dublin)

Hugo Lennox (Skerries)

Terry Kennedy (Dublin)

Gavin Mullin (Blackrock)

Niall Comerford (Dublin)

Sean Cribbin (Dublin)

Bryan Mollen (Glasthule)

Kathy Baker (Navan)

Megan Burns (Tullamore)

Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Dublin)

Alanna Fitzpatrick (Portarlington)

Stacey Flood (Dublin)

Eve Higgins (Kilcock)

Erin King (Wicklow)

Vicky Elmes-Kinlan (Rathnew)

Emily Lane (Cork)

Ashleigh Orchard (Belfast, U.K.)

Beibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe)

Lucy Mulhall (Wicklow)

Sailing

Finn Lynch (Bennekerry)

Robert Dickson (Sutton)

Sean Waddilove (Howth)

Eve McMahon (Howth)

Swimming

Max McCusker (Harlow, U.K.)

Thomas Fannon (Torquay, U.K.)

Shane Ryan (Haverford Township, Pennsylvania)

Daniel Wiffen (Magheralin, U.K.)

Darragh Greene (Longford)

Conor Ferguson (Belfast, U.K.)

Grace Davison (Bangor, U.K.)

Victoria Catterson (Belfast, U.K.)

Erin Riordan (Whitegate)

Danielle Hill (Newtonabbey, U.K.)

Mona McSharry (Grange)

Ellen Walshe (Dublin)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Dublin)

[zackprincebooks]

I'm stuck on my first chapter of The Siren and her Godking. Would anyone like to take a peek at it and offer me some feedback?

"Land ho!"

Those two words are enough to rouse excitement on the small ship, and footsteps thunder up and down the stairs as the passengers rush to the deck. The blinding sun greets them, and several cry out in shock while others grumble their dissent as they are forced to shield their eyes.

But the sight is worth it: ahead of the ship, the island of Padena rises from the emerald sea into the sapphire sky. Ships bob and sway in the harbor as fishers unload and count their catch. The city of Viaserta awaits them, long stretches of white stone and pale wooden beams. A market is visible, with colorful awnings to protect vendors and patrons alike from the hot sun as they haggle for figs, olives, and pomegranates.

This is the destination of the boat's passengers: the traveling opera company known as Euphony. They departed from the coastal town of Thessatraki four days ago with all their belongings squished into traveling trunks alongside their costumes, props, and musical instruments. This was not a spur-of-the moment trip, nor was it another stop on Euphony’s opera circuit.

No—the island of Padena will be Euphony’s new, permanent home.

After the initial commotion, silence reigns among the travelers. They watch with wide eyes as with each bob and sway of the ship, they grow closer to their new home. The air is filled with the sounds of splashing water, calling gulls, and the distant murmur of three-hundred thousand souls.

It is the prima donna, Sirene, who breaks the silence with a soft whisper of, “it’s incredible.”

Immediately the rest of Euphony erupts into cheering and praise. Daina, their director, is openly weeping in joy, comforted by her husband Akylas; Ursula is trying to climb the railing while Leila and Sandor are trying to pull her down and push her up respectively; and the rest of their celebration is marked by a chorus of screaming and singing.

Three years ago, the Viaserta Opera House caught fire after a smoke effect malfunctioned. Thankfully, no one perished in the flames--but the opera house was gutted by the disaster. Seeing the destruction as a bad omen, the previous opera company left for greener pastures; abandoning both the opera house and the accompanying actor's apartments, which were left untouched by the fire. Without an opera company willing to make it their home, the Viaserta Opera House sat abandoned. Other than reinforcing the structure to prevent its total collapse, no construction had been completed in those three years despite the Godking of Padena offering a grant to any enterprising opera company who wanted to move in.

In all honesty, Euphony did not expect to earn the grant. Their status as a touring opera company didn't give them an appearance of reliability. They hadn't even been to Padena for a prior performance, and surely the Godking wanted to give preference to opera companies from Padena. When Daina sent off the application, she warned everyone that they were probably fighting with a dozen opera companies with better shots for the grant.

And then—they got it.

Sirene remembered the day they got the grant. They had been in Logorda for a month; not wanting to unpack their trunks and settle down in case they got the letter.

The mail was delivered to their temporary lodgings with little fanfare; packages and presents from admirers lumped in with their restaurant tabs and bills from the tailors. But the wax seal on the lip of the envelope set this letter apart from the rest of the bills and trinkets. Daina could barely read the acceptance letter and needed to pass it around the rest of the opera company for everyone to read a line or two before they became emotionally overwhelmed.

It was Sirene who, through a shaking voice and tears streaming down her face, eventually read the announcement:

“Please find the included documents: the deed of gift to the Viaserta Opera House and its accompanying actor’s apartments; the check for repairs, props, and salaries; travel documents, and itemized list of repairs needed to pass the building inspection for the Viaserta Opera House.”

The minute that Sirene finished reading the Godking's titles, Euphonia swept into a tornado of activity as they packed trunks, paid bills, settled the tab of their lodgings, and made their travel arrangements for Padena.

It almost felt surreal to finally be here.

When the ship finally docks, Euphony stands on the ship's deck with all of their luggage; clustered together like baby birds afraid to flee the nest. What if they fall? What if they step on the dock and it de-materializes, revealing this all to be a shared dream?

One hand on her luggage and her eyes squeezed shut, Sirene extends a singular foot until she feels something solid beneath the sole of her foot and hears the creaking of old, sea salt-battered wood.

Her eyes open.

The dock is still there.

The rest of Euphony stumbles off the dock.

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ガラル地方の超一流企業マクロコスモスに戦闘部隊の一員として勤めていた女兵士。愛称は「セラ」。 鍛え抜かれた身体能力と武器の扱いに加え、膨大なガラル粒子で起動するロストテクノロジーの巨兵『DAINA Mark』の正式なパイロットとして任命されたエース級の実力を持つ。 しかし幼い頃に訓練所に入れられた当初から離反を目的にしており、企業のトップが海外から招いた令嬢の暗殺を企てていることを知り、兵士としての情報網を利用して暗殺実行時に令嬢のマカロンを救出、自身も逃亡を図る『脱走兵』となった。 たまたま目前にいたリベラックが車を持っていたため銃を突き付けてマカロンと共に同乗させ逃走。そのまま3人で暗殺を企てた黒幕を暴き出し、マカロンを無事に祖国へ帰すため、隠れ蓑として立ち上げた代行企業『SUGAR HIVE』の名でジムチャレンジをしながら地方を巡ることになる。 常に堂々としている勝気な性格で、柔らかい言葉で話し余裕を見せる。 企業から脱出するために子供の頃から目に入る限りのあらゆる知識や技術を身に付けており、戦闘はもちろん機械の扱いや交渉術にも長けている。目的の達成や状況を有利にするためなら、恐喝や襲撃、人質を取ることも強行する。兵士時代は「セイヴル」という偽名を名乗っていた。 『SUGAR HIVE』で稼いだ資金や行く先々で敵地からくすねた部品と燃料を利用し、リベラックのキャンピングカーを段階的に改造していった結果、水陸両用のみならず飛行形態までついた飛行艇まがいの乗り物に変貌させてしまった。 元々はまどろみの森の川の向こうにある小さな集落で両親と共に暮らしており、古くから言い伝えられている「盾王様（じゅんおうさま）」ことイルギスのいる遺跡に行っては彼に遊んでもらっていた。 ある事件を機に互いに森を出た十数年後、奇跡的にイルギスと再会し、企業によって突然変異させられた『変異体』の人々を保護している彼に企業の目を盗んで協力するようになる。 最終的に保護した人々を故郷の森に移住させ、今では忘れ去られた「剣王と盾王の伝説」を蘇らせイルギスの尊厳を取り戻すため、リベラック達『SUGAR HIVE』の仲間と共に企業の黒幕の打倒を目指す。 イルギスに対して、子供の頃の無邪気な憧れを残しながらもその感情は恋慕に変わりつつあるが、セランザ本人にいまだ自覚はない。

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■武器：ブレード（近距離） / アサルトライフル（遠距離） 剣と銃両用のギミックが施されたガンブレードを使用。鋼鉄の大剣で敵を斬り付けて深い傷を負わせ、アサルトライフルから硬度の高い黒鉄の弾丸を数発連射する。幼少期の『するどいめ』を生かして培った狙撃能力でいかなる距離からも狙った的へ確実に撃ち抜く。ライフルで撃った弾丸をブレードから放った斬撃で加速させ威力を増してトドメを刺すことも可能。 ■ダイマックス：巨兵【DAINA Mark-INDIGO】 マクロコスモスが起動を成功させ現代技術で改良を加えた巨兵。飛行用戦闘機のような形態をしている。 他の巨兵よりも全長が小さいものの、強靭なウィングによって素早さと小回りに特化した飛行が可能。硬く鋭いボディとウィングでの直接攻撃や、ウィングに取り付けられているライフルで上空から射撃する。 真巨兵【DAINA Mark改-SABLE】 セランザのダイマックスエネルギーと鋼闘の盾王イルギスの加護が結実し、Mrak-INDIGOの残骸が姿を変えた真巨兵。人型の形になり、背中には赤いラインが走った漆黒の大きな翼を広げる。 イルギスから授けられた『てっていこうせん』の力によって超弩級の鋼エネルギーを放射する。さらに翼がファンネルとなって分離するほか、鋼鉄の装甲で相手の攻撃のエネルギーを跳ね返す『ミラーアーマー』を搭載している。 ただし『てっていこうせん』を放った直後はセランザの体力を大幅に消耗し、一定時間機動力が低下する。

Personal relations

【宿敵】 グレイム / オーロンゲ♂→グレイム 脱走するまで所属していた大企業マクロコスモスの社長。彼の命令によって故郷が襲われた際に企業に拐われて兵士として育てられ、秘密裏に私兵を集めた特殊部隊に入れられる。変異体の研究やマカロンの暗殺などの全ての黒幕であると知り、必ず己の手で倒すと誓う。 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 【相棒】 リベラック / エースバーン♂→リベラック 通りがかりを銃で脅し、マカロンの救出と変異体の保護に巻き込んだ。文句を垂れながらも力を貸してくれる彼のことを強く信頼しており、互いに秘匿にしてきた本名や人生を打ち明け合って最後まで共に戦い抜くことを誓い合った、確固たる絆を築く。 【戦友→両片想い】 イルギス / ザマセンタ→イルギス 生まれ故郷での信仰対象にして変異体を保護するために活動を共にしてきた戦友。対等どころか尻に敷く勢いで強気に接しているが、子供の頃は伝説の存在ながら遊び相手になってくれた彼を心から慕い、苦楽を共にし身を案じ合ううちにそれは恋慕へと変わっていく。 【庇護】 マカロン / ★ワタッコ♀→マカ 爆破テロで暗殺されかけた所を救出し匿うことになった他国のご令嬢。彼女を生還させることを第一に護衛兼相談相手となって不安を取り除く。互いに行動的な性格ですぐ意気投合し、一人の女性としての過ごし方を教えてくれる彼女を大事に思い姉妹のような仲になる。 彼女の帰還が目前となった時、故郷の森に咲く花の種と共に「あなたの祖国でも咲くことができれば、私達が外の世界��も生きていける希望になる」という言葉を託した。 【保護】 レーズン / エレズン♂→レジー 事務所で面倒を見ている『変異体』の赤ん坊。デリケートかつ自由奔放な彼の世話に悪戦苦闘しており、今まで縁がなかった家庭的知識を身に付けることになる。強引に捕まえる自分よりも、優しく見守るイルギスの方に懐いていることにムキになっている。

[heartfullofleeches]

Daina but the only reason she survives is because she was flirting with a killer reader who is very easily flustered. They haven't even had their first kiss yet and so when Daina says "I can fix that for you, if you want <3", they drop their weapon and start stuttering while backing away and covering their face

"You don't know what it's like. Everyone turned their backs on me. I've never been truly loved... I haven't even had my first kiss!"

"That's an easy fix, if you'd like~"

The woman's lips curl into a devilish grin; her offer followed by a puckering her lips. She was backed against a wall; stocking torn and knee scuffed from when she fell during your chase. You were so slow, she had to give herself a handicap somewhere.

Daina let you here to end the little game you played; the first room you took one of her friend's life in - their blood spilt on the cushions of the couch. The possibility of her death on the table; she had not a single fear in her being. If she really was going to died, she was just glad she'd be done in by you. The only path that lead down to this conversation was her asking why she had to be the last one. A bit more romantic sure, and you seemed to misunderstand her, but she was waiting for so long.

"W...what?" You would have dropped your knife had it not been for your muscles tightening up. A tingly sensation shot up your spin and through your upper body. You shutter, pointing your weapon and shaking hands at her face.

"D-don't distract me! I know you'd only do that because you want to get out of this alive."

"Well you're wrong there, gorgeous. I've been waiting for you to come for me for a while now. Even tripped over nothing for ya."Daina lifts up her leg, showing you her bruised knee.

"I was so patient and it tool so long for you to get me. You really knew how to play with a girl's heart, but I don’t mind."

Daina pushes the knife out of the way and kisses your cheek; making sure to leave her mark in the form of a lipstick smear across your skin. You drop your blade by that point; it clattering to the ground as your hand creeps up the side of your face. You touch the stain, your fingers stained with a color akin to the blood that covered your clothes.

You lose your composure; walking backwards with your hands covering your burning face until your legs hit the coffee table. Get it together, Y/n? How could you get the revenge you wanted if you got flustered so easily? You already had a few kills under your belt, but this is what did you in?

"O.. ok.." You stutter out. "you won. you can leave. Just leave me alone."

Daina slowly approaching; throwing her arms over you. "Mmm, nope. I want my reward to be you, sweetheart."

She smooches your other cheek; finding it difficult to keep her own self control in tact. She whispers in your ear as you sputter.

"How about this? You give me the list of the rest of your targets, and if I get them all out of the picture I get to take that first sweet kiss."

[gatheringbones]

["One event from the fall of 1983 presaged my own later redirection.

I was at the Savannah River Plant in lower South Carolina, which produced most of the plutonium for nuclear weapons, at a peace camp planning a civil disobedience action with activists from around the South. I had come with War Resisters League Southeast, and I camped with lesbian friends in the "Women's Camp," one of the two camps pitched in the South Carolina woods during deer season. The other camp we disparagingly called the "boys camp," although it was both men and women. Women's Campers had strung a rope around pine trees to mark off "women's space," no men allowed. Mandy Carter, who had recently joined Daina at the War Resisters League, objected. "It's like nationalism, one of the forces that causes wars," I overheard her say to the rope. But the boundary stayed.

Representatives from the Women's Camp and the "boys camp" met tensely several times to work out strategies for the next day's civil disobedience. We were to block the road around the perimeter of the plant. The boys camp delegation explained plans for their people to move out into their intersection in waves, lying in the road so that the police would have to carry them off on stretchers. Our camp came up with a much less militaristic, patriarchal strategy. We would begin in a circle near the highway, humming. Then those who chose civil disobedience would spiral out into the intersection to disrupt the traffic. We chose the spiral as a mystical, feminine form. That night, plans laid, the Women's Camp went to sleep with no guards, while Vietnam vets patrolled the perimeters of the boys' camp. Neither strategy made me feel very safe.

The next morning, the Women's Camp contingent clustered before dawn in a circle near our intersection, huddled against the cold blasts of air that came from the huge trucks that kept whizzing past on the highway. Humming anxiously to myself, I realized that nobody had checked out the intersection. We all stood there— humming— for a very long time, before the women peeled off into the street. The police arrested them immediately. Our protest lasted from 7:00 to 7:05 a.m. The "boys" stopped traffic for a full hour.

I resolved then and there that, spirituality notwithstanding, I wanted to be more grounded in the material reality of the intersection."]

Mab Segrest, Memoir Of A Race Traitor: Fighting Racism In The American South

[comicbooksaregood]

Firestar

Volume: 1

Issue: 2

Mark of the Mutant

Writers: Tom DeFalco

Pencils: Mary Wilshire

Inks: Bob Wiacek

Colorist: Daina Graziunas

Covers: Mary Wilshire, Bob Wiacek

Marvel

[sukirainbow]

First akatsuki 'adopted' characters

Lil bits of lore for these characters I named and redrew

Chisumu

In charge of logistics in the group. He was originally from Kyousuke's gang. -------

Daibutsu

Canonically uses water release and a bo. Taijutsu expert. He's the tallest of the group Has a protective big brother aura. Joined at the same time as Kie.

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Daina

Film nerd. She collects niche and rare movies to show at her place to her friends and discuss. Sumi and her are a non exclusive couple.

She's in charge of the archives and communications at the main Ame base.

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Harazan

Butch trans lesbian. Involved with Sumi, Daina and Suko. She learned medical ninjutsu with Naka (Suko's mom) and is one of the front line medic, being trained to heal people during missions. She prefers to be on the field anyway so she's less often assigned to the med bay. She uses senbon and has wind chakra. She underestimates he own skills in ninjutsu.

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Kanemoro

Ex Hanzo man, uses a scythe to fight along with water techniques. Was convinced by Yahiko's convictions and deserted for the Akatsuki.

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Kie

Has the same cultural origins as Kyousuke and some of his gang members hence the purple markings. Lost an eye in a skirmish with Hanzo's men. Tried his hand at medical ninjutsu with Naka (Suko's mom) but isn't very good at it. He learned regular medicine along with it and so works at the medbay along with Suko. -------

Kiyotaka

Was part of Kyousuke's gang and so joined with him. He uses a large sword and is part of the fighters of the group.

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Kutaro

He's part of Kyousuke's group and became a med nin with Naka's training, he and Suko are the two main medic of the Medbay.

He has salamander summons (small ones) which have poisonous skin that he uses to create poisons that many Ame shinobi comes to him to buy.

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Kyousuke

Trans guy. Was originally leading a group of thief who pillaged villages to survive but joined the Akatsuki after meeting the Ame Orphans. His gang and him are generally well regarded in the group as they are the firsts who joined the group of the founders. Took very well to being rejected by Konan and kept a good relationship with her. Later on when Konan started opening up to dating she asked him if he was still interested and of course he was. He fights with a sword and possess fire and earth chakra which let him use lava release. He's part of the group's fighters as well as being part of the logistic branch.

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Masahiko

Trans guy too. He was also part of Kyousuke's gang, they are transition buddies. He uses the traditional Amegakure senbon umbrella and water techniques.

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Nobushin

He's part of a clan that has cousin origins to the Inuzukas but in Ame. His main ninken is Moppumaru. Together they use water and earth techniques as well as mud release.

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Sato

Used to be part of Kyousuke's gang. Is mostly in charge of supplies and logistic, as well as a fighter. His strong suit is genjutsu.

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Sumi

Daina's girlfriend and Akatsuki's 2nd butch She use kenjutsu and earth release, mostly has fighter and defense role.

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Yoki

Nonbinary and part of Kyousuke's crew. Their family originally came from Kumo.

They can use lightning techniques and use twin blades.

[phytophiliac]

Sarracenia x Dainas (or Dana's) Delight is an unofficial Sarracenia cultivar. Daina's Delight was developed by Mark Edwards in the 1990s, and is named after his daughter Daina. The use of the name Dana, derived from a misspelling on labels from the tissue culture lab. It is a complex hybrid of ((S. psittacina x purpurea) x (purpurea x (flava x purpurea)) x leucophylla. #Sarracenia #Daina'sDelight #Dana'sDelight #carnivorousplant #insectivorousplant #pitcherplant #CUgreenhouse (at CU Greenhouse)

[marvelman901]

Firestar vol 1 1 (1986) . Mark of the Mutant . Written by Tom DeFalco Penciled by Mary Wilshire Inked by Steve Leialoha Colors by Daina Graziunas Lettered by Tom Orzechowski and Lois Buhalis Edited by Ann Nocenti . Introducing Firestar! . Angelica Jones had a rough time in school and having lost her grandmother. Of course, it didn't help that her Mutant powers started to kick in as well. Emma Frost and Professor X learned that she was a Mutant, but Frost came there first and recruited Jones to her school... . #firestar #newwarriors #newmutants #emmafrost #professorx #nightcrawler #kittypryde #shadowcat #80s #school #xmen #hellfireclub #wolfsbane #sunspot #cannonball #mirage (på/i New York City, N.Y.) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciy2d5VqyrP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[snailg0th]

here’s my giant leftist to-read list for the next few years!!!

if a little (done!) it written next to the book, it means i’ve finished it! i’m gonna try to update this as i read but no promises on remembering haha

Economics/Politics

Property by Karl Marx

Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx (done!)

Wages, Price, and Profit by Karl Marx (done!)

Wage-Labor and Capital by Karl Marx (done!)

Capital Volume I by Karl Marx

The 1844 Manuscripts by Karl Marx

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Fredrich Engles

Synopsis of Capital by Fredrich Engels

The Principles of Communism by Fredrich Engles

Imperialism, The Highest Stage Of Capitalism by Vladmir Lenin

The State And Revolution by Vladmir Lenin

The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky

Fascism: What is it and How to Fight it by Leon Trotsky

In Defense Of Marxism by Leon Trotsky

The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemborg

Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

Profit over People by Noam Chomsky

An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory by Ernest Mandel

The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith

The Postmodern Condition by Jean François Lyotard

Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

The Socialist Reconstruction of Society by Daniel De Leon

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

Socialism Made Easy by James Connolly

Race

Biased: Uncover in the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

Blindspot by Mahzarin R. Banaji

Racism Without Racists: Color-blind Racism And The Persistence Of Racial Inequality In America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy And The Racial Divide by Crystal M. Flemming

This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How To Wake Up, Take Action, And Do The Work by Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism For The Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

Tell Me Who You Are by Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesymn Ward

Class, Race, and Marxism by David R. Roediger

America for Americans: A History Of Xenophobia In The United States by Erica Lee

The Politics Of The Veil by Joan Wallach Scott

A Different Mirror A History Of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki

A People’s History Of The United States by Howard Zinn

Black Theory

The Wretched Of The World by Frantz Fanon

Black Marxism by Cedric J Robinson

Malcolm X Speaks by Malcolm X

Women, Culture, and Politics by Angela Davis

Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis (done!)

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis (done!)

The Meaning of Freedom by Angela Davis

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Ain’t I A Woman? by Bell Hooks

Yearning by Bell Hooks

Dora Santana’s Works

An End To The Neglect Of The Problems Of The Negro Women by Claudia Jones

I Am Your Sister by Audre Lorde

Women’s Liberation And The African Freedom Struggle by Thomas Sankara

W.E.B. DuBois Essay Collection

Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. DuBois

Lynch Law by Ida B. Wells

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Sula by Toni Morrison

Song Of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Paradise by Toni Morrison

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe Moraga

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Black Skins, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Killing of the Black Body

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P Newton

Settlers; The myth of the White Proletariat

Fearing The Black Body; The Racial Origins of Fatphobia

Freedom Dreams; The Black Radical Imagination

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

An Argument For Black Women’s Liberation As a Revolutionary Force by Mary Anne Weathers

Voices of Feminism Oral History Project by Frances Beal

Ghosts In The Schoolyard: Racism And School Closings On Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon To White America by Michael Eric Dyson

Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, Big Business, Re-create Race In The 21st Century by Dorothy Roberts

We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race & Resegregation by Jeff Chang

They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era In America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery

The Common Wind by Julius S. Scott

Black Is The Body: Stories From My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, And Mine by Emily Bernard

We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy

Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affects Us and What We Can Do

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life Of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies

Black Studies Manifesto by Darlene Clark

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Souls Of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

Darkwater by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Education Of Blacks In The South, 1860-1935 by James D. Anderson

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery And The Making Of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

The Color Of Money: Black Banks And The Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

A Black Women’s History Of The United States by Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross

The Price For Their Pound Of Flesh: The Value Of The Enslaved, From Womb to Grave, In The Building Of A Nation by Daina Ramey Berry

North Of Slavery: The Negro In The Free States, 1780-1869 by Leon F. Litwack

Black Stats: African Americans By The Numbers In The Twenty-First Century by Monique M. Morris

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique M. Morris

40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, And Redemption of The Black Athlete by William C. Rhoden

From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

A More Beautiful And Terrible History: The Uses And Misuses Of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History Of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times To The Present by Harriet A. Washington

Working At The Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework” by Moya Bailey

Theory by Dionne Brand

Black Women, Writing, And Identity by Carole Boyce Davies

Slavery By Another Name: The Re-enslavement Of Black Americans From The Civil War To World War II by Douglass A. Blackmon

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Some Of Us Are Very Hungry Now by Andre Perry

The Origins Of The Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality In Postwar Detroit by Thomas Surgue

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

Beyond Containment: Autobiographical Reflections, Essays and Poems by Claudia Jones

The Black Woman: An Anthology by Toni McCade

Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female by Frances Beal

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Indigenous Theory

Colonize This! by Daisy Hernandez and Bushra Rehman

As We Have Always Done

Braiding Sweetgrass

Spaces Between Us

The Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn Allen

Native: Identity, Belonging, And Rediscovering God by Kaitlin Curtice

An Indigenous People’s History Of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, And The Pursuit Of Justice For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

The Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez

Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga

All Our Relations: Indigenous Trauma In The Shadow Of Colonialism by Tanya Talaga

All Our Relations: Finding The Path Forward by Tanya Talaga

Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians But Were Afraid To Ask by Anton Treuer

Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer

Latine Theory

Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of Pillage of A Continent by Eduardo Galeano

Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gomez

De Colores Means All Of Us by Elizabeth Martinez

Middle Eastern And Muslim Theory

How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? Being Young And Arab In America by Moustafa Bayoumi

We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer

Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alzayat

API Theory

Orientalism by Edward Said

The Making Of Asian America by Erika Lee

On Gold Mountain by Lisa See

Strangers From A Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki

They Called Us Enemy (Graphic Novel) by George Takei

Yellow Peril!: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear by Edited by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats

Yellow: Race In America Beyond Black And White by Frank H. Wu

Alien Nation: Chinese Migration In The Americas From The Coolie Era Through World War II by Elliott Young

The Good Immigrants: How The Yellow Peril Became The Model Minorities by Madeline H. Ysu

Asian American Dreams: The Emergence Of An American People by Helen Zia

The Myth Of The Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalind S. Chou & Joe R. Feagin

Two Faces Of Exclusion: The Untold Story Of Anti-Asian Racism In The United States by Lon Kurashige

Whiteness

White Fragility by Robin Di Angelo (done!)

White Kids: Growing Up With Privilege In A Racially Divided America by Margaret A. Hagerman

Waking Up White by Deby Irving

The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

White Like Me: Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son by Tim Wise

White Rage by Carol Anderson

What Does It Mean To Be White: Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

The Invention of The White Race: Volume 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control by Theodore W. Allen

The Invention of The White Race: Volume 2: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Theodore W. Allen

Immigration

Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftir

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work by Edwidge Danticat

My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

Voter Suppression

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

Give Us The Vote: The Modern Struggle For Voting Rights In America by Ari Berman

Prison Abolition And Police Violence

Abolition Democracy by Angela Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis

The Prison Industrial Complex by Angela Davis

Political Prisoners, Prisons, And Black Liberation by Angela Davis

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (done!)

The End Of Policing by Alex S Vitale

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie

Choke Hold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler

From The War On Poverty To The War On Crime: The Making Of Mass Incarceration In America by Elizabeth Hinton

Feminist Theory

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

7 Feminist And Gender Theories

Race, Gender, And Class by Margaret L. Anderson

African Gender Studies by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

The Invention Of Women by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

What Gender Is Motherhood? by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty

I Am Malala by Malala Youssef

LGBT Theory

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

Performative Acts and Gender Constitution by Judith Butler

Imitation and Gender Insubordination by Judith Butler

Bodies That Matter by Judith Butler

Excitable Speech by Judith Butler

Undoing Gender by Judith Butler

The Roots Of Lesbian And Gay Opression: A Marxist View by Bob McCubbin

Compulsory Heterosexuality And Lesbian Existence by Adrienne Rich

Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101 by B. Binohan

Gay.Inc: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics by Merl Beam

Pronouns Good or Bad: Attitudes and Relationships with Gendered Pronouns

Transgender Warriors

Whipping Girl; A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

Stone Butch Blues by Lesie Feinberg (done!)

The Stonewall Reader by Edmund White

Sissy by Jacob Tobia

Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein

Butch Queens Up In Pumps by Marlon M. Bailey

Black On Both Sides: A Racial History Of Trans Identities by C Riley Snorton

Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Ezili’s Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley

Lavender and Red by Emily K. Hobson