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Wyoming Governor DILFs











Clifford Hansen, David Freudenthal, Edgar Herschler, Mark Gordon, Joe Hickey, Frank A. Barrett, Nels H. Smith, Jack R. Gage, Mike Sullivan, Lester C. Hunt, Matt Mead, Stanley K. Hathaway, Milward Simpson, Jim Geringer
#Clifford Hansen#David Freudenthal#Edgar Herschler#Mark Gordon#Joe Hickey#Frank A. Barrett#Nels H. Smith#Jack R. Gage#Mike Sullivan#Lester C. Hunt#Matt Mead#Stanley K. Hathaway#Milward Simpson#Jim Geringer#GovernorDILFs
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663 words of Kayne taking a bite out of Arthur’s heart. I think I’m catching a fever.
“Okay.” Kayne said, the lightning in his throat fizzling out to a pin prick smoke. He turned away from his orchestra, every motion settling into too-silent too-still. “Catchy tune.”
His orchestra was silent. Still. They wouldn’t dare do anything he didn’t say. They had all learned their lesson.
Kayne found the silent-still he strived for to itch more and more every day. If he were a fool, he’d say he missed having various Arthurs fight back. He’d say missed their bite and the tremble in their voice.
But Kayne wasn’t a fool. Even though this still felt… unfinished. The thought made him laugh, staring at the pile of viscera on the ground. Unfinished? There was nothing left. You didn’t get much more finished than this.
Unless…
The smoke sting was leaving his throat, leaving room for a voice that had hidden itself deep within his lungs, hiding.
Unless. Now that was a delicious thought. Unless, unless, unless.
The gore at his feet was warm, still. Obviously. He nudged his toes into the softened dirt, his already stained feet brushing chunks of shattered bone. He was drenched head to toe with Arthur Lester’s blood, and he’d have it no other way.
If he were a fool, he would miss it.
Kayne was still holding the heart. It had gone silent-still as well. That was interesting, despite Kayne’s intimate knowledge of the human body. Of Arthur’s human body. Obviously if you tore a heart from its cage it would stop. Simply.
But was this truly Arthur’s heart anymore if it didn’t pitter-patter like a hunted rabbit, scampering from threats, making his pretty chest rise and fall and rise and fall over and over again.
Kayne buried his fingers into the divots, the last needle poke smoke leaving his throat in a soft gasp at the feeling of this so intimate of muscle forming easily around his fingers. He squeezed to mimic a beat, far too slow of a rhythm to be human. To be Arthur.
The orchestra was waiting for his signal, a command in their silence. He couldn’t offer any sound, for they had taken it all. He lifted his hand, and though he didn’t hear them go, he could tell the silent-still was no longer stifled by the faded copies of the heart in his hand.
The silence was almost unbearable, an empty divot in his throat where some sort of noise should be. A quick snap, a laugh that always made his boy flinch.
But what was sound without anybody to listen?
What was a heart without anybody to beat for?
Unless.
To fill the silence in his throat.
To finish the job.
Kayne lifted the muscle to his lips, the slippery blood and curve far smoother than he could have imagined. His teeth grazed the muscle, letting sound find him like the swell of a crescendo, a bass drum rolling in the pit of his stomach.
His teeth sank into the muscle, warm blood spilling from his mouth, like a pomegranate that would keep him hooked here, tethered to this taste for eternity.
If he were a fool, he wouldn’t complain.
He let the blood fill the empty place in his throat where a scream should be, eyes fluttering shut, pulling a chunk of flesh away. It crushed under his teeth and slid easily into his stomach.
The blood tasted like a hum, a pleasant warm middle C. It tasted like why did I wait so long? It tasted like there, now the job is finished.
If he were a fool, he would say it tasted like the divine.
Kayne lowered the heart, licking the blood from his lips. He opened his eyes and stared down at the chunks of viscera that were left.
He could allow himself to be a fool, at least until this mess was cleaned up.
The only one who would dare tell him no was making quite the home in his stomach.
#Loud coughing ENJOY#Arkayne#masked#that’s it#thanks all you get#There’s no hope for me#I just think biting is neat okay
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Here’s the actual senator who shot himself because McCarthy and Cohn ruined his gay son’s life and was about to ruin his.
It’s a lot more than just sexy actors rubbing their workouts against each other. Those closet queens did actual evil
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Leah's Normal Day
Chapter 7: Hide and Seek / Dinner time
(TW: GORE / LANGUAGE!!!)
“Man, Rj…I bet the female clown look kinda fine for that…” Theodore replies and still staring at the TV. “Are you trying to have a crush on her?” Rj ask if Theodore is having crush on Leah (leia). “No I mean the Ronald McDonald female, like switching the genders as like genderbends, you know?” Theodore tried to lied, and Rj could still really tell that he have crush on her. “Well I could tell you really have crush on her instead having crush with Ronald McDonald genderbend.” Rj said, and the both boys begin to yap at each other about Ronald McDonald over and over again. Leah (leia) really couldn’t help it, but she decided she have to leave to check on Sad ghost if everything is okay. “Oh- Where did she go?” Rj ask, and Theodore doesn’t know where they are. Visiting to Sad ghost’s room, Leah (leia) slowly open the door to check on him if everything seems to be alright until what she saw them was playing littlest pet shop toy with the old vintage dollhouse when the dollhouse had no destroyed, and only cleaned. “Oh uhh…Hey Sad! Who’s this?” Leah (leia) said and see the another clown playing littlest pet shop. “Oh…right…This is Billy…*Sniff* Billy…Meet Leah (leia)…” Sad begin to introduce Billy as Billy turns around and see Leah (leia) the blue female clown figure…he turned out into excitement… “*GASSSPPPPPPPP* Sad…Is that…A NEW FRIEENDDD?” Billy said in excitement. “Yeah, I mean you can tell her to join us since she haven’t play with us-“ “YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” Billy begin to scream in excitement before running towards her like crazy, sticking his tongue out. “NEWW FRIENNDDDD!!!” Billy scream in excitement, which he begins to hugged her and squeezed her so tight. “A-AGHHH B-BILLY….I-I CAN’T BREATHE, MAN…GET OFF OF ME…” She struggles to breathe from the tight hug until Billy quickly got off from her. “Oh, sorry, I-I was just excited about a new friend, but wanna play with us?” Billy ask in happy tone. “I mean yeah, I haven’t play with you guys for a while, maybe we could play red light green light, or hide and seek?” “OH OH OH, HIDE AND SEEK!” Billy jumps in excitement, and he decided he wanted to choose Hide and Seek games that it must be Leah’s favorite game when she used to be young girl. “Okay okay, maybe we could head outside and play hide and seek?” Leah (leia) said, and the both clowns haven’t been outside of the forest today.
“Can I invite Mortality?” Oh god…the way Billy is going to invite Mortality, She feels like he is going to find her like the predator are hunting prey…. “Umm…I don’t know if Mortality is gonna-“ “PLEASE?” Billy begs, and it’ll be tricky for Leah (leia) if Mortality can find the ways to track their footprints so he could uncover their hidden, just like Yakky used to do. “Alright alright…We could invite Mortality, and the other kids…” After asking all the proto warners, they finally successfully accepted that they haven’t play hide and seeks for days before they were heading outside of outworld, and Leah (leia) is waiting for line to head outside until when she looks back, she saw the portrait door of rabbit peeked little open and saw Jolly, Mortality, and Lester are having chat, and He told them there was the loud shot gun coming from distance miles away outside of the forest. The little lamb headed to the tall rabbit’s door and entering in to ask the tall rabbit if he can play with them about Hide and Seek. “Mort…Can you play hide and seek with us…? Billy just wanted to invite you to play with us…” The little lamb ask the tall rabbit, and the delightful sheep, and the anglerfish turn their head attention to her. “Leah, your mother and brother and I were having conversation, I know Billy wanted to invited me, but Im not going to play with you guys…You can invite Theodore and Rj to get them out from the screens…They should probably touch the grass…”
“Mort, all they wanted is to have fun during like nostalgic childhood and old games…you know you can let the boys have fun…” Leah (leia) said, and Mortality looks away from her, just not in case walking away or avoiding her. “Maybe so…Go on, Invite your new friends Theodore and Rj…I shall see you all children at Dinner tonight…” An Mortality’s last words, Leah (leia) begins to walk away and headed to Jolly’s room so they could invite them both and play outside .
Outside of the woods
“Alright, Who wants to be a seeker?” Lucis (Lucius) raised her hand while holding the mythology monsters creature cards, and all of the other begins to raise their own hand and wanted to be chosen one, but except for older ones, and it seemly were too older for wanting to be chosen because they were already older than the little critters. “Ughh…these children are very excited for wanted to get picked as a seeker in some kind of weird creatures…” Yakky rolled his eyes, and Leah (leia) hadn’t responded anything or thinking about Lester’s conversation about what happened in hours ago, but she cannot erase it in her mind until what she look at the sky was the crows flying towards down distances miles away in the woods. “What did you choose, Smakky?” Lucis (Lucius) ask while smakky is picking the cards until he picks as an ogre. “I got shrek!” Smakky said. “Umm…Yeah…you got Shrek the ogre…anyways, let the games begin! 3! 2! 1! Go!” They all begun ran off to hide before Smakky lean his head against the tree and counted 10 seconds. During his counting, Leah (leia) ran off miles away from the woods, looking back before she have to keep going and keep following the crows in the sky. “I gotta keep following the crows…” Leah (leia) said and keep following the crows were she is tracking them until Smakky yells it out loud after counting 10 seconds. “Ready or not, Shrek is coming!” “F*ck…!” She quickly hide behind the hill, so Smakky wouldn’t notice her, and she quickly crawl away sneakily. “I gotta get going…” She whispers, keep crawling down from Smakky so she can follow the crows were they are at in miles away of woods.
In a moment, Smakky is looking for everyone in this woods until he looks behind the tree and finally found Wakky. “Found you!” Smakky pointed, and Wakky begin to follow him while the rest of the others are still hiding in the woods. Leah (leia) keeps crawling down with little leaves noises, and she doesn’t care if she could make a leaves noises while keeping it down and crawling. “Where’s the crows located at…?” She whispers to herself until the twig tore of her skin and causes her become pain, but she will leave it on and try to look tough while the blood slowly trails down her skin. After Smakky found the rest of the others, They were cheering up and jumping. “Yeahhh! We did it!” Lucis (Lucius) cheered, but…something she realized she forgot something… “Wait…Where’s the another one…?” “What,? you mean Leah (leia)?” Sad Ghost asked, and they all realized Leah (leia) is gone missing in the woods outdoor, but its pretty hard to find her in the woods because it has so many trees, and some kind of prey animals, so they would have to call her out, and quickly try to find her. “Leah! Leah, Where are you!?” Dot shouted, and every others are kept finding her in the woods with kept calling her names, which there is no response in the woods. They check behind the trees, but she is not there. Yakky looks inside the log, but there is no sign of Leah. Wakky checks under the rock, but no sign of her too.
While everyone is keep looking after her and kept calling her name, Leah (leia) keeps crawling down on the dirt floor and not going show herself visible to others, because she is tracking the crows where the crows are might be in the woods as she kept breathing with still crawling down. Yakky seems like he is tracking her footprints and locating her far away in the woods, but Billy begins to follow him with dragging Sad Ghost’s hand. “Yakky! Yakky, where are you going?” Billy ask while keep holding Sad’s hand. “Oh you know, just trying to track her ass who is trying to cheat Lucis’ Hide and Seek games. We’re gonna have to report it to Father if she cheats the Hide and Seek games.” Yakky replies and keep tracking her footprints to locate her. “But remember, you better not to cheat…and do NOT cheat the game like her…” Yakky warns him, as Billy still smiles with nodding his head so aggressively. “Alright alright, that’s enough shaking your head, goofball.” Yakky said, and Billy is still nodding his head so aggressively. “Billy. Billy.” Yakky repeated his name. During Leah’s (leia) wandering, She can see the crows are arriving something down in the woods, and wondering if the crows were wondering where the foods are. She might think the crows haven’t eat yet, but no, maybe the crows are just taking rest from flying the sky and still relaxing on the tree. When she keep locating it, she can hear the crows noises closer… “*gasp* There they are…” She quickly got up from the ground before she decided she have to follow the crows noises as fast as she can, but when she arrived towards to see the crows, something she discovered was shocked … “Oh…my lord Jesus…”
In wandering, Yakky keeps finding Leah (leia) far distance miles away from the toyshop, and he has to keep looking for her because he thinks she is cheating on the Hide and Seek games, but maybe she is just having experience through the woods, right? “Hey blueberry clown! Blueberry Clown!” Yakky called out, and something he heard is the crows noises coming from far away. “Blueberry Clown?” He looks down the hill and noticed someone stood there, and It must be Leah (leia), isn’t it…? “Hey, are you cheating on the game?” Yakky called out, unfortunately, she had no response in this situation. She looked silences, and got spine shivered in fear… “Leah, *sniff* what are you holding at…?” Sad ghost noticed, apparently, she slowly turn her head back with her shadow face side…looking away from something… “You guys wont even like this for what I’ve saw…” She muttered in fear. “Is that something you found as like fossil or-“ When they came up right next to her…they saw something disturbing sight infront of them… There was the dead corpse of a Woman whose dress are maroon, and she has a shot gun on her hand that she must committed to shot herself in early today for what Lester told his parents. Her head were missing as headless, and there were several of broken brains spreading all over the floor and her bloodstains body, and It has more maggots devouring the corpse were the bloodstains is still all over the maggots. “M-…MOM!?” Billy said in shocked, and Leah (leia) is still looking at the photo of Billy’s Family which she didn’t know Billy have the family and saw the burn part in the corner is Billy’s Father. “I didn’t know he had family…she must’ve sacrifice herself…and she never moves…” Leah (leia) said in fearful eyes until… Billy let it out scream. “AHHHHHHHHHHH AHH AHHH AHHHHHHHHH” Everyone in the woods hear Billy’s screaming coming from distance miles away of woods before they have to follow his screams and wondering what was going on. “What’s going on!?” Lester shouted, but they all stopped and saw the dead corpse with the shot gun right next to her…
Leah (leia) slowly looks back and see Lester is coming towards behind her without her response. They had no idea why would Billy’s mom would sacrifice herself in this forest alone. “Leah! Where were you? We’ve been trying to look for you!” Lester said in worried as she look up to him before saying “I follow the crows where they going, a-and I discovered that there was the dead corpse of the women who is known as Billy’s mom…and I saw what happened…I just heard you and your adopted parents are having conversation…” Leah (leia) said in serious tone, but Lester has to report it to the parents because she is the first one who discovered the dead corpses in the woods and founded Billy’s mom death. Back inside in the void, Yakky explains to the witches for what happened to Leah (leia) during Lucis’s (Lucius) Hide and Seek games, and he told them that she is following the crows when she is located far away in the woods whenever everyone in rest was trying to look for her and calling for her. “Well, is that what happened when she find the dead corpse of Billy’s mother?” Cindy the witch ask while bathing Leah (leia), and Yakky begin to nodded. “Yeah, but however, Billy, Sad, and I were trying to track her footprints wherever she is located until we saw her stood there, and holding something as like photo.” Yakky explains, and Caden stops washing Leah’s (leia) hair before looking at Yakky. “Did she discover something about the object that she found the dead corpse?” Caden ask. “Yeah, there was the burnt one on the right of the corner to make faceless Billy father, Have a look.” When the witches take a look, they noticed that there was the photo of Billy’s parents when Yakky told them that Billy’s mom founded died when they were playing hide and seek games outside of woods as Cindy said “Oh my god…I remember this women when she dropped billy off when Sad and Billy are having the play date… she told me that her husband must be with another women…during the red flag…”
At Dinner table after a bathe
After getting dressed up into old vintage dress, Everyone in this Family are having Dinner table after playing Lucis’s Hide and Seek games in the forest. Everything had the old vintage dish that there are no rusty and dirty all over on old plates, cups of wine, forks and spoons, and other dish. Leah (Leia) just completely stared down at her own leftover food without response or eating her own food, apparently, her food had the cooked potato with onions flavored on it, and it had a delicious carrots and green beans, luckily it’ll be tasted like the chicken stir fry when she used to eat it at school. There was a delicious burnt chicken when it was a same recipe that her own mom made this for last months ago, probably a same taste, however, the best one was the burnt part of chicken whenever her mother told her there is the best part about the burnt part. The last one that she brought is the rice, but it’s really good, you know? Before Leah (leia) looks up at Mortality from her food, Mortality looked like he is staring at her soul which no one is really noticing at all. She’s staring back, just like Mortality does, such as Daughter like a Father vibe. “Thank you all for coming dinner tonight,” Cindy appreciates. “I really have the important announcement in this tonight, we all know that Leah (leia) has been adopted by Jolly after Jolly told me and my twin brother all about Leah’s family after Leah’s parents had neglected her and her little brother, although, all we wanted is to ask her so we can help her get her through.” Cindy turns her head towards Leah, looking at her eating her own food. “Well, little lamb, we should ask you a questions so we can get through it and help you at all. What happened to your parents?” Cindy ask her, and she slowly put the fork and knife down on a paper towel, looking up at Cindy’s and Caden’s eyes before clearing her own throat. “Umm…I feel like this is look like sh*t when I tell you this… *Sigh* What happened is when I was an age of like 11 while I was laying on my bunk bed , I heard my parents are fighting and destroying everything in the whole house, lots of crash noises and destroy on the walls, windows, and the shamans stuffs, my mom only accidentally threw it and destroy the shamans stuff some like made out of vase with rice and little sword, because they’re still fighting over and over again, then when I woke up in this next morning, I walk around the house and realized everything was the mess after my parents are fighting…”
“I remember I heard my dad said that he is talking to another woman named Lisa, because I remember my mom, and my siblings and Lisa and I were walking down at the minnehaha waterfalls which it was fun for last years ago…but…I feel like my dad has the red flagged…isn’t he…? When I was the next age of 12, My mom became the anger issues with sadistic and neglectful tone…she almost killed us because I notice she is holding the stick back scratcher, and it can be made out of wood, it can causes like have the splinter…she really wanted to kill me and my little siblings…we didn’t want to get hurt by my mom…I found out that my dad points the knife at my mom since I discovered my mom’s ipad on my mom’s photo, My mom said that he has cheating…and the next one when I were age of 13, My parents takes me and my little sister to the Asian restaurant while they were just driving. When my dad is still telling about the random story, my mom went shock and they begin to argue each other while driving…My little sister and I didn’t really know what’s going on, they’re still arguing each other over and over until mom got out the car, same usual as my dad…Im pretty sure they were fighting, but then my mom just left, and same thing as my dad when they both tell me to call out for them…after during ages, and this is about months ago on April… When I were having spring break from school, my parents argues each other more, yelling each other so loud that it was getting more worse and worse…I were staying up late from sleep when I can listening to them arguing. After My Dad left, My mom came in my room and said “Go say I love you to your siblings.” And I didn’t know why my mom is acting like this, but she snaps out of it and begin to yell at me, so I decided I have to stay in my older brother’s basement…Now that I moved out from my home…This new place…feels like new home…” When her explaining past had been ended, Everyone in this family felt very sad for her, how they can tell she is suffering when she got yelled by her own parents. Mortality really can’t help it, but he would have to keep her safe from her families, cruel humans, and the outworld. He would have to make sure she would be always safe with their sides.
“Any questions before we continue to eat? You all know the food is getting cold soon.” Leah (leia) replies, and Everyone realized the food is getting cold soon before shook their head. “Hmm…so little lamb…it seems you met Mortality before, Haven’t you?” Caden said. “Yeah, I did, but he also call me a daughter, like I feel like it’s pretty bizarre to me when he said that to me.” “Hmm…since he called you “daughter”, would you accept him as adopted daughter after your parents lefted you?” Caden ask, and she doesn’t know what to choose in her mind, but maybe she would have to accept it and not making it mistake. “I shall take it as yes, Caden…” Leah (leia) looks up. “In the case of her answer since she and her little brother had ended up lefted by their family, Little lambs, Mortality is your officially adopted father.” Mortality is now officially their Adopted Father, just like Jolly as Adopted Mother, Everyone begins to cheer up and finally got a new siblings for all of the critter, but Theodore and Rj are not their siblings, because they were Lester’s best friend when both boys could live with them like the roommates. Sad clapped his hands when Billy’s hands smack the table so hard, and screaming. “YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY”
After Dinner…
Everyone is getting ready for bed after having a family dinner. Leah (leia) decided she would have to head herself to Jolly’s room, but someone called out for her from Sad Ghosts room. “Leah! (Leia)” It was Billy’s voice who is calling her as Leah (leia) entered Sad ghosts, What does Billy need? Once she entered the room, She recognized Billy and Sad are getting ready for bedtime whenever Leah felt like she was in old vintage like the life of being responsible princess. “Yes, Billy?” “Can you sleep with us tonight…?” Sad ghost ask, but Leah (leia) doesn’t know if she could sleep with those both clowns, just like she is the blue clown figure after opening the violet box that turned her into clown in days ago. “Umm…Sorry, guys, Maybe I could sleep with Jolly.” “Oh…” It turns out Sad became disappointed after what Leah (leia) said, but Billy begins to went towards her. “Really, you just don’t sleep with tonight?” Billy said in defending tone. “Wait Billy, I don’t have much time to go to bed-“ Before Leah (leia) is trying to uses her sentence, Billy begins to walk towards her and wrapped his arms around her leg. “Just really…don’t wanna sleep with us tonight…? Billy said in glare tone. “Billy, please, you don’t have to-“ “And I say…BE OUR FLIPPING PILLOW.” Billy snaps. “Billy-“ “BE OUR-“ Billy with his breathing noises aggressively begins to dragged her down, and it seems Leah (leia) didn’t struggle if she wanted to struggle so bad, but she’ll know Billy is going to trapped her like the dragons are keeping the princess when the mighty knight will soon came to rescue the princess from Dragons. “Ahh that’s better…” Now that Billy brings her to the clowns cuddles, Sad’s arms are wrapping around them both like the snakes trapping, and Billy felt comfortable cuddling with the clowns. “Guys, can you get me ou-“ “SHHHH” Billy hushed her, and the both clowns went to asleep. “Goodnight everyone…” A Billy’s last words, Leah (leia) is staying up little late for 1 minutes before she fell asleep…Everyone is asleep…
To be continued…
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you know what? fuck it.
gta v bug endings.
cw: buhh mentions of cannibalism and drug addiction
ending a (bones and all) in this ending, bug would be totally fucking dead before trevor meets his brutal end. i envision this is the timeline where bug's frustrations with michael bubble over and she attempts to murder his ass. in a very intense fit of rage (which i promise i will write properly guys i sweaaaar) he barges into his house and they have a very intimate struggle with a hunting knife. she doesn't want to grace him with a quick death because he thinks michael is not good enough for it and something something about making him suffer as prolonging-ly as bug did. anyway bug dies in the struggle, thanks to trevor having some good (or bad..) timing and catching him in the act. the final incident of trevor choosing michael over her, definitively. being mr loyal dog he's probably fucked up about it but has to justify that it was for the sake of mikey's life which is ironic of course. he eats her body later i have decided. its what bug wouldve wanted!
ending b (what you wanted)
this one is maybe the most terrible. sometimes living sucks actually. even though michael is gone and that's like bugs one true wish come true, the relationship between bug and trevor that subsequently spawns is just a bit evil. its pure unadulterated misery. trevor is an angry weepy mess, bug is forced to cut off contact with franklin, both probably return to the thralls of drug addiction to cope. they are at their most co-dependent at this point, cutting out other motherfucker on the planet. even though that was the ideal scenario bug wanted for the past 20 years, its messier in practise. trevor has lingering paranoia that bug is gonna turn on him because of the incessant backstabbing in his life. bug wonders if every choice she made to that point was even worth it. there's no solid 'end' here because it's just bug being doomed to the cycle he has been trapped in forever but this time there's absolutely no way out of it.
ending c (stuck in the middle) alright alright bug lives in this one... at this point she's real close with lester and gets LOCKED INNN upon hearing the deathwish plan. putting her grudges against michael aside (temporarily!), embracing that franklin is maybe good at what he does instead of being a misguided kid, and well. still being attached to trevor in the weird way that they are. she's mostly doing it for him. and the thrill of shooting a bunch of dudes, of course. anyway bug gets very involved in helping out the trio pick off a bunch of loose ends. she was always work-from-afar type of individual so theres no direct involvement with pushing silly little devin off a cliff. after everything is said and done she is a bit less miserable. the situationship persists but this time bug has money so maybe it stings a little less. freedom to be hedonistic. return to the glory days? ehhh maybe! a not so picturesque 'where are they now' scenario but in comparison.... [cue stuck in the middle with you by stealers wheel]
ANYWAY which one is the canon ending who knows hahah... part of me wants to be evil and say ending a but i prefer it being open-ended. however you want to bug suffer! up to you!
#bug is in struggle city for most of these but what can you do really#its in his nature#maybe we should just all be glad bug dies before trevor is murdered because that outcome would be bad bad#like murdering michaels kids in a perceived act of totally justified revenge sort of bad#i digress!!!#bug#gta oc
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A hunter has died after a bear shot by his partner fell on him, Virginia wildlife officials said.The state's Department of Wildlife Resources said the incident took place in Lunenburg County, between Richmond and Danville. A group were following a bear they were hunting when it ran up a tree on 9 December, the Virginia government department added.As the hunting party backed away, one of the hunters shot the animal, causing it to fall on top of another member about 10 feet away from the tree. The man, named as 58-year-old Lester C. Harvey, was rushed to two different hospitals. He died from his injuries on Friday 13 December. An obituary - seen by the Associated Press - said the man was a married father-of-five with eight grandkids. It added he was a self-employed contractor.Read more from Sky News:Luigi Mangione charged with murder as terror actMystery drones spotted over New Jersey It's not the first time a hunter has been crushed by a bear: In 2018, a hunter was left fighting for his life after a bear he shot landed on top of him.William McCormick, 28, was hit by the animal as it tumbled down a slope while he was hunting above Carter Lake in Alaska, police said. virginia-man-dies-after-bear-shot-by-fellow-hunter-falls-on-top-of-him-from-tree-us-news
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Brownie's Gang Bounty Hunting Chapter 1: Introduction and Re-Killing Of Stretch
(Background Song: Sleepwalking by The Chain Gang Of 1974)
Brownie says "You sure we can trust this guy, Lester?"
Lester says "To be honest, this guy is a ghost so I hope this isn't an Evil Police Of The BU Setup."
Trevor says "What? Wheels!"
Micheal says "Dave Norton says the guy is trustworthy for us since we're gangsters."
Gold Luigi says "Because We're Gangsters? What does that mean?"
Jimmy says "Just look forward and you'll see."
Micheal De Santa says "You're our contact, Jimmy my son?"
Jimmy says "Yep. We are going to be doing Bounty Hunting."
Micheal Says "I thought you died around the BU."
Jimmy De Santa says "I faked my death like you did after The Prologue of GTA V so I can make a new life."
Micheal was Shocked.
Big Apple says "A new Life as what?"
"A Criminal who makes a living by Bounty Hunting Criminals that are hurt your Criminal Heroes name." Jimmy Says.
Brownie says "Got any jobs in for us now?"
"Yep, a Old Guy Father killed in Ending C." Jimmy says.
Trevor Phillips says "What? That guy Stretch was resurrected?"
"Yep by unknown forces. He is in the Ballas. The Writers want to know who resurrected him." Jimmy Says.
Franklin Clinton says "I think that is a job for the online character for us."
"Time to use my Double-Action Revolver on Stretch then after finding out who resurrected him." Skull-Thrash says.
Skull-Thrash Got in His Dark Steel Primary Red Secondary Duke O' Death and headed toward the area where Stretch is. He hid in the bushes next to where to listen in on him.
"Hey I know, The Brownie's Gang And Evil Police Of The BU Leaders need to die. I am working on it, Colress." Stretch says.
"You guys hear that name he said that is the grey angel who controlled the item beasts in year 10 of the tAll3Shyguy Timeline BU? The one who caused the war between Lights And Shadows?" Skull-Thrash says into the phone.
Jimmy says "Yeah but why is Stretch contacting her? Keep listening."
Stretch says "Yeah I also know that your boss and my resurrector, The Kid Icarus God Of Chaos, are wanting me to get rid of Big Smoke too. These things take time. ... I know We might not have a lot of time."
Skull-Thrash says "There it is: The Kid Icarus God Of Chaos resurrected him and now he reports to Colress."
Jimmy says "Confront him and See If He knows anything else about This Kid Icarus God Of Chaos because I don't bring up any info on him."
Skull-Thrash chuckles and says "I know exactly how to get it out of him thanks to Lamar."
Skull-Thrash exits the bushes and Stretch sees him.
"One Of Brownie's Gang Members Know I Live. How is That Possible?" Stretch says.
Skull Thrash chuckles and pulls out his Double-Action Revolver. He then says "Nevermind that. I challenge you to a Pistol-Duel-To-The-Death."
Franklin says "What? Is He nuts? Stretch was the best Pistol-Duel-To-The-Death Winner In San Andreas At My Time."
Stretch says "Ah I see. Brownie's Gang is doing Bounties for Jimmy."
"Yeah, What do you say to my challenge?" Skull-Thrash says.
Stretch says "I say you signed your death warrant by going against me, The Servant to The Grey Forces."
Suddenly We hear Colress on the other side of Stretch's Phone shout "You idiot!"
Stretch says "What?" He then pauses for a sec and realizes what he said making him say "Oh. Well then, May as say the Grey Forces are not the only things my resurrector Commands. He also commands The Chaos Forces which are in every Force on Every Planet Of The BU."
Colress shouts on the other side of Stretch's Phone "You better win, Stretch, and then immediately go after Jimmy and The Brownie's Gang."
Stretch says "Yeah Yeah I Will."
Skull-Thrash says "Don't Make Promises you can't keep."
Stretch shouts "What was that?"
A Referee appears and says "Duel Begin."
Stretch starts shooting at Skull-Thrash's Chest and Skull-Thrash just focuses on aiming.
Stretch says "Is All You gonna do is aim? And I bet you don't even have a girlfriend."
Skull-Thrash says "Don't Talk about my girlfriend and I was waiting for the perfect shot."
"Girlfriend? Ha she'll miss you then and what perfect sh-?" Stretch is unable to finish his question and a bullet is shot through his mouth directly through his skull.
Referee says "Headshot! The Winner is Skull-Thrash."
Skull-Thrash says "That perfect shot and, David The Writer, could you get my girlfriend into this universe?"
David The Writer says "I can try. I will have to earn some money on your maze bank account to get her the cheapest apartment before I create her looks."
Skull-Thrash Says "That is all I ask. I want her name to be Donabelle."
"Gotcha." David The Writer says.
Announcement says "Report Back to The Bounty Tavern."
Skull-Thrash runs back to his Duke O' Death and drives back to The Bounty Tavern. He then Enters The Bounty Tavern.
Jimmy says "You got the information The Writers Needed and Defeated Stretch. Good job. I wire 30k Rupees into Your Maze Bank Account."
Brownie says "Is there any other bounties to do?"
Jimmy says "Not Right Now. I'll Text you if one comes up."
Micheal says "Be careful, Jimmy."
Jimmy says "Don't Worry Dad, I will."
TBC...
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I voted yes, even in America, because the progess made in the culturally-acceptable sense can have history rewritten and the new generation conditioned to have different attitudes about every aspect of a culture. A mainstream rediscovery of Bare might happen at a time that the bastion of rainbow capitalism has mostly died so a revival doesn't have that corporatized sheen to it hello Bare the Musical how are you—but also when the more tragic side of gay history becomes trendy* to look into again. But I do think that the movie ought to be set between 1997 (when Intrabartolo first started hearing the "soundscapes" that would become Jason and Peter) and 1999 (when the show was first staged).
#I personally believe it could still be good. and done well. but maybe setting the story in a less white #maybe less American setting would help it’s *believability*
I'd love Alfonso Cuarón to adapt it, if he's not still burnt out from Y Tu Mamá También discourse.
It hits differently when this story is set somewhere that Catholicism is more broadly predominant, and/or established itself as a result of a violent history of colonialism—But, I can believe it being set in the United States, and the 1999 casting really was less white compared to later productions.
* footnote: I say "trendy" very cynically because of how I have witnessed The Discourse treat queer history and art; Anybody in the conversation repeating specific talking points might really mean it and feel that it's true, which I think makes it worse that the most persistent framing and ideas are limited/limiting and wrong—I'm thinking about for example how The Celluloid Closet 1995 documentary framed criticisms of Advise & Consent 1962 and Philadelphia 1993 without counterpoint. The deaths of queer men in those movies were "bad representation" conflated with the Hays Code legacy...but, like...A&C was partially based on the suicide of senator Lester Hunt, Sr. after his son and namesake was arrested for being gay, and Philadelphia had the AIDS epidemic as a prominent feature that real-life people were actually dying from in real life. The vibe of this conversation from the 1990's sounds to me like it was saying, "Don't show anything upsetting, even/especially if it's creatively-executed or true." Sarah Schulman criticized Angels in America for depicting the betrayal that gay men could inflict on each other at the time that the community most needs to be supportive, but like, Roy Cohn was a real-life person who actually happened and who actually did all that. He wasn't a fictional character invented solely to throw shade at gay men as a community. He became a fictionalized character because Tony Kushner had the cunt to serve an honest artistic conversation, instead of ignoring real life and repressing real emotions because oh dearie what will the (straight) neighbors think? Unlike what I sensed keeps on being demanded in Representation conversations. A scene in The Living End where a gay couple try to seek refuge with someone they met at a Pride parade but get turned away and ignored—that's the most painfully true depiction of community dynamics that I have ever watched, and I doubt real life queer people would stop doing that only because it isn't in movies anymore. It was in that movie in the first place, probably because the writer/director Gregg Araki knows that that happens and people do that. So all of this is one big example of the cultural climate that shuns or promotes or demands a specific type of fiction, and I'm not saying that Bare will get popular when the discourse is less wrong or otherwise better—My guess is only that it will get popular if it grabs the limelight at a moment that the trends in the pop-culture discourse will be favorable to it. That's why I'm so cynical: the trendiness and performativity will always matter more to the industry and to the discourse, than personal resonance or reparative interpretations.
While I definitely believe/know that religious groups are still not accepting of queerness, I wonder if mainstream (and most likely mostly queer) modern audiences will have the same reaction and relation to the characters and its story.
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Horror Villains And: Period Sex
oh that is the perfect gif I totally forgot all about it but oh boy. thanks billy for your service to this blog.
Warnings: Obviously, menstruation, blood, and smut. I’m dealing with a particularly uncomfortable period (for me at least) and just want some e m p a t h y about it.
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Who LOVES it:
Freddy Krueger: ABSO-MOTHER FUCKING-LUTELY. It’s a struggle to keep his hands off you (on a normal day) during your period. He can smell it.
Kieran Wilcox: yes please mommy, he’s waiting.
Luda Mae Hewitt: This is her secret kink.
Michael Myers: B l o o d p l a y? Any kind of bloodplay, Michael is into it. If you weren’t already bleeding, he would probably make you bleed, with his (Actual) knife.
Mickey Altieri: Bring it. Jesus christ, Mickey thinks its so hot. Getting his cock or his fingers coated in your slick and your blood (Seeing the string consistency between his fingers), seeing you in a total mess from your period and being fucked to oblivion? Oh yes.
Midnight Man: He just likes it. I dunno. I don’t have a logical reason, extension or explanation of my vibes here but I am getting them from him.
Patrick Bateman: Oh my god it is his favourite kind of sex. Yes yes yes. Please please please. He marks your cycle in his calendar, with special notes about flow and mood. Soon enough he’s figured out your whole period every week and knows exactly when the iron is hot enough to strike. Any w h e r e, any t i m e .
Both Pennywise’: Ooooh, watch their eyes glow and their hair get more luscious when you tell them. Their teeth get sharper and the whites of their eyes get whiter- they’re horny as fuck now. Be a good sport and give them a lil taste, won’t you? A smell at least? That, or have them trailing you like lost puppies for the rest of the week, and curling up to/around you as tightly as possible when you’re sleeping.
The Clown / Jeffrey Hawk / Kenneth Chase: Where else could he possibly go on this post, honestly.
The Man (Hush): Yep. He’s favourite time of month.
Who is like ‘a b s o l u t e l y n o t’:
Jerry Dandridge: Do I really need to comment? I mean, he can control himself being around you on your period, but you cannot let that blood smell hit the open air. Your controlled, classy vampire bf will disappear in an instant and will be replaced with… well, Evil.
Yeah no thanks:
Debbie Loomis: She’s not vehemently against it, but still… nah? Thanks for the offer tho. And it won’t happen when she’s on her period either, c e r t a I n l y not. Don’t even touch her when she’s on her period, jesus christ.
Jennifer Check: Yeah she just got a new manicure. Over her dead body will you stain her new French tips with your coochie blood. And if she puts her mouth down there, it might excited t o o much if you get what I mean and you will become a real snack.
Is indifferent towards it:
Bo Sinclair: You’re sure into him durin’ this time o’ month, aren’t you? Eh… whatever. Hop on. He’s happy to help his partner, especially if its in such a gratifying way! I mean he won’t buy you any fucking pads but he will do this and there’s Bo as a boyfriend for you.
Chucky / Charles Lee Ray: I mean sure? Blood doesn’t scare him and it is, in fact, a turn on for him of course so sure. Plus, you’re less likely to get pregnant at this time, which is great! Doesn’t see what the big deal is, here. (Although, weirdly, I see past Chucky from Curse to be very much in the next category)
Inkubus: It’s not even a big d e a l, man, its cool. He likes all kinds of sex. Go wild.
Jason Voorhees: Jason is basically ace in the way he conducts himself on a general basis but if it tuned out that he was interested in sex and/or was willing to do it with you, then some blood leaking out of your private parts because of some natural causes is not going to change his mind. Is this not normal??
Jedidiah Sawyer: ???Alright??? He wears a mask made of skin, your natural bodily functions are not going to scare him away. Besides, the knowledge that it could lessen menstrual pain for you is a nice bonus. He’s gotta take care of his family.
Roman Bridger: It’s really not a big deal to him. We’ll just put down a darker sheet, or some plastic. You both need this sometimes (Him for emotional support when he’s stressed, and you of course cuz you’re on your damn period) and a bit of blood is certainly not a deal breaker. Besides, he finds the easy thrusting to be nice and comfortable. Preferred sometimes, actually. Just some nice, lazy, relieving sex with your director boyfriend.
Sheriff Hoyt / Charlie Hewitt: A little bit a’ blood aint gonna turn me off, sugar. Don’t you worry bout that.
The Djinn: See Inkubus. Except, our dear Wishmaster is so much more of a tease about this.
Is enthusiastic when they learn that orgasms lessen period pain:
Bubba Sawyer: He doesn’t care about exposure to blood, obviously, and he doesn’t see it as gross at all but he was still concerned about whether that was safe during your… monthly thing… but once he found out that it could help you with cramps he got on board immediately! ^^
Lester Sinclair: Oh boy, well okay then, let’s give this a go then!!
Mayor Buckman: He knows the drill; Boone gets terrible cramps. Don’t worry, he’s got you.
Pamela Voorhees: Oh of course she’ll help you out when you’re hurting ^^
Stuart Lloyd: Well… don’t get him wrong, for sure there is the part where it helps you in a seriously uncomfortable time… but then there is also the fact that he is a lil bit of a secret freak and menstrual care is a good excuse for him. (So he also belongs in the first category ^^)
The Deathslinger / Caleb Quinn: Blood doesn’t bother him, and if it’ll give you a hand with yer monthly problem then you just need to ask him. You’ll be on the bench in the saloon with your thighs spread without a second thought, like asking for a glass of water. (Except of course Caleb’s a lot more hands on about the whole thing of course (; ) He’s happy to help.
The Huntress / Anna: Oh!! Really?? It’ll help? Okay, then, sunflower. Remove your pants. Let’s go !!
Vincent Sinclair: He’s just very supportive and helpful through all areas of your period. He doesn’t understand, but he can still be sympathetic and help the way you say would be good ^^
Is curious and will try:
Billy Loomis: Is really curious and excited to try it. I mean, he likes blood? He likes sex? And this is both those things?? Fun lubricant, yay.
Chop Top Sawyer: And when I say that he’ll try and I REALLY MEAN IT, MAN. Like, go big or go home. He’s going to eat you out at this time and he’ll end up really enjoying it. Buckle up babes, you’ve awoken something buried pretty damn s h a l l o w l y inside him.
Granny Boone: Similar to Chop Top except with him, you had to tell him you were on your period and all so it would be different and all, while with Boone she was the one sniffing it out and *cough* hunting you approaching you about trying it.
Jill Roberts: For the same reasons as Billy. Plus, she wants to be able to say ‘well I did it for you- you have to do it for me.’
Leslie Vernon: I mean, he’ll give anything a shot once. What’s the harm?
Piper Shaw: Same as Jill.
Stu Macher: Super enthusiastic to try!! XDD Just, like, dyed lube- right?
Is c a u t i o u s:
Carrie White: … periods have always been difficult for her… But she’s willing to give it a try as long as you’re willing to return the favour! ^^
Thomas Hewitt: Tell him, if whatever he does hurts you. He is very serious about this. He wants you to feel better, but he doesn’t really know this works and does not want you hurting in his vein attempt at making you feel better. So, please. Tell him how you’re feeling. He’ll get really good at making your cramps and discomfort go away.
They may take some convincing:
Drayton Sawyer: I mean, he’s of course not afraid of some blood but… uh… Well, I mean, he doesn’t really have a big, or even moderate sex drive in the first place so any sex of any kind takes some warming up to. Maybe if the stars aline and you catch him on a good day. Otherwise, he tells you to just suck it up.
#tw: blood#tw: periods#Slashers x Reader#Horror Villains x Reader#Horror Villains and Period Sex#Smut#Drayton Sawyer#Thomas Hewitt#Carrie White#Stu Macher#Piper Shaw#Leslie Vernon#Jill Roberts#Granny Boone#Chop Top Sawyer#Billy Loomis#Vincent Sinclair#Bo Sinclair#Lester Sinclair#Bubba Sawyer#Sheriff Hoyt#Charlie Hewitt#Luda Mae Hewitt#Chucky#Charles Lee Ray#Kieran Wilcox#Roman Bridger#Debbie Loomis#Mickey Altieri#Michael Myers
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hey I’ve been itching to fill some requests lately so here’s a tentative list of characters / things I’ll write (will add/change later)
Slashers
Billy Lenz (Black Christmas 1974)
Brahms Heelshire (The Boy 2016) what sequel
Bubba Sawyer (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & TCM 2)
Carrie White (Carrie) (AU where she doesn’t die)
Leslie Vernon (Behind the Mask)
Bo Sinclair (House of Wax 2006)
Angela Baker (Sleepaway Camp 2&3)
Vincent Sinclair (HoW 2006)
Lester Sinclair (HoW 2006)
Candyman (Candyman 1992)
Billy Loomis & Stu Macher / Polyam Ghostface (Scream)
Any of the slashers from Vicious Fun 2020 except Zachary. Carrie, Fritz, Hideo, Mike, Bob are all on the table!
And more! Just ask and I’ll see what I can do :D
Other horror / media
The Duke (Resident Evil 8)
Jimmy Hall / Hugo Punch (At Dead of Night)
Eddie Gluskin* (Outlast: Whistleblower) (*fair warning I’m not that knowledgeable about Outlast but I feel like I have a good grasp on Eddie’s character!)
My OCs
Sidney Jade Leong, a twenty something killer with darkness behind his eyes
Duane Griffith, a beloved pastry chef by day & cannibal by night
Emil Vuong, a hitman whose existence is a mystery to his victims as well as his loved ones
Gabby ???, a woman who may be secretly living in an attic near you!
Angel, an up coming slasher who wants to be part of something big. Ghostface meets Leslie Vernon, with the most gorgeous hazel eyes
Kevin Liu, known as the Groundskeeper. A shy college student by day, who hunts down people who’ve wronged him at night.
You may request
SFW - fluff, angst, dark topics
N / SFW - vanilla, BDSM, dub con / non con okay
Slasher X reader
Slasher X Reader X Slasher/another character
Slasher X Slasher
Slasher X specific reader (** please add specifics - rather than asking for “slasher x Chinese reader” I’d prefer more detail like “slasher x Chinese reader showing them dramas”)
Headcanons
Drabbles / short writing
I’ll write this if you pay me ? 👉👈
(I’ll take money via cashapp, maybe PayPal. I’m willing to take non money offers such as buying something from an external site or art/writing! Art trades okay)
Slashers X Your OC
Slashers X you / your self insert
Longer writing, fanfiction
I won’t write
Hate speech, bigotry, etc
Certain kinks/fetishes (piss, scat, anything I’m not comfortable with)
Incest pairings (or anything where reader is in a relationship or hooking up with two+ characters who are related, I’m not comfortable with that)
Not SFW content of Underage characters, or of animals
Other stuff - I’ll let you know on a case by case basis so we can figure out something we’ll both like C:
#noises from the attic#I should’ve done this a long while ago lmao#I would classify the ‘which slashers would like X’ as short writing#slasher x reader#requests open
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
August 27, 2021
Heather Cox Richardson
America is in a watershed moment. Since the 1980s, the country has focused on individualism: the idea that the expansion of the federal government after the Depression in the 1930s created a form of collectivism that we must destroy by cutting taxes and slashing regulation to leave individuals free to do as they wish.
Domestically, that ideology meant dismantling government regulation, social safety networks, and public infrastructure projects. Internationally, it meant a form of “cowboy diplomacy” in which the U.S. usually acted on its own to rebuild nations in our image.
Now, President Joe Biden appears to be trying to bring back a focus on the common good.
For all that Republicans today insist that individualism is the heart of Americanism, in fact the history of federal protection of the common good began in the 1860s with their own ancestors, led by Abraham Lincoln, who wrote: “The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves---in their separate, and individual capacities.”
The contrast between these two ideologies has been stark this week.
On the one hand are those who insist that the government cannot limit an individual’s rights by mandating either masks or vaccines, even in the face of the deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus that is, once again, taking more than 1000 American lives a day.
In New York, where Mayor Bill de Blasio has required teachers to be vaccinated, the city’s largest police union has said it will sue if a vaccine is mandated for its members.
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order prohibiting any government office or any private entity receiving government funds from requiring vaccines.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has also forbidden mask mandates, but today Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper ruled that DeSantis’s order is unconstitutional. Cooper pointed out that in 1914 and 1939, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that individual rights take a back seat to public safety: individuals can drink alcohol, for example, but not drive drunk. DeSantis was scathing of the opinion and has vowed to appeal. Meanwhile, NBC News reported this week that information about the coronavirus in Florida, as well as Georgia, is no longer easily available on government websites.
On the other hand, as predicted, the full approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration has prompted a flood of vaccine mandates.
The investigation into the events of January 6, when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, also showcases the tension between individualism and community.
Yesterday, after months in which Republicans, including former president Donald Trump, called for the release of the identity of the officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, Capitol Police officer Lieutenant Michael Byrd, the 28-year veteran of the force who shot Babbitt, gave an interview to Lester Holt of NBC News.
Right-wing activists have called Babbitt a martyr murdered by the government, but Byrd explained that he was responsible for protecting 60 to 80 members of the House and their staffers. As rioters smashed the glass doors leading into the House chamber, Byrd repeatedly called for them to get back. When Ashli Babbitt climbed through the broken door, he shot her in the shoulder. She later died from her injuries. Byrd said he was doing his job to protect our government. “I know that day I saved countless lives,” Byrd told Holt. “I know members of Congress, as well as my fellow officers and staff, were in jeopardy and in serious danger. And that’s my job.”
The conflict between individualism and society also became clear today as the House select committee looking into the attack asked social media giants to turn over “all reviews, studies, reports, data, analyses, and communications” they had gathered about disinformation distributed by both foreign and domestic actors, as well as information about “domestic violent extremists” who participated in the attack.
Representative Jim Banks (R-IN) immediately responded that “Congress has no general power to inquire into private affairs and to compel disclosure….” He urged telecommunications companies and Facebook not to hand over any materials, calling their effort an “authoritarian undertaking.” Banks told Fox News Channel personality Tucker Carlson that Republicans should punish every lawmaker investigating the January 6 insurrection if they retake control of Congress in 2022.
Biden’s new turn is especially obvious tonight in international affairs. The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a country we entered almost 20 years ago with a clear mission that became muddied almost immediately, has sparked Republican criticism for what many describe as a U.S. defeat.
Since he took office, Biden has insisted on shifting American foreign policy away from U.S. troops alone on the ground toward multilateral pressure using finances and technology.
After yesterday’s bombing in Kabul took the lives of 160 Afghans and 13 American military personnel, Biden warned ISIS-K: "We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
Tonight, a new warning from the State Department warning Americans at the gates of the Kabul airport to “leave immediately” came just before a spokesman for CENTCOM, the United States Central Command in the Defense Department overseeing the Middle East, announced: "U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties."
Biden’s strike on ISIS-K demonstrated the nation's over-the-horizon technologies that he hopes will replace troops. Even still, the administration continues to call for international cooperation. In a press conference today, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby responded to a question about U.S. control in Afghanistan by saying: “It’s not about U.S. control in the Indo-Pacific. It’s about protecting our country from threats and challenges that emanate from that part of the world. And it’s about revitalizing our network of alliances and partnerships to help our partners in the international community do the same.“
Meanwhile, this afternoon, news broke that the Taliban has asked the United States to keep a diplomatic presence in the country even after it ends its military mission. The Taliban continues to hope for international recognition, in part to claw back some of the aid that western countries—especially the U.S.—will no longer provide, as well as to try to get the country’s billions in assets unfrozen.
A continued diplomatic presence in Afghanistan would make it easier to continue to get allies and U.S. citizens out of the country, but State Department spokesman Ned Price said the idea is a nonstarter unless a future Afghan government protects the rights of its citizens, including its women, and refuses to harbor terrorists. Price also emphasized that the U.S. would not make this decision without consulting allies. “This is not just a discussion the United States will have to decide for itself.… We are coordinating with our international partners, again to share ideas, to ensure that we are sending the appropriate signals and messages to the Taliban,” he said.
Evacuations from Afghanistan continue. Since August 14, they have topped 110,000, with 12,500 people in the last 24 hours.
Perhaps the news story that best illustrates the tension today between individualism and using the government to help everyone is about a natural disaster. Hurricane Ida, which formed in the Caribbean yesterday, is barreling toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. When it hit western Cuba today, it was a Category 1 storm, but meteorologists expect it to pick up speed as it crosses the warm gulf, becoming a Category 4 storm by the time it hits the U.S. coastline. The area from Louisiana to Florida is in the storm’s path. New Orleans could see winds of up to 110 miles an hour and a storm surge of as much as 11 feet. Louisiana officials issued evacuation orders today.
The storm is expected to hit Sunday evening, exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina did. But this time, there is another complication: this is the very part of the country suffering terribly right now from coronavirus. Standing firm on individual rights, only about 40% of Louisiana’s population has been vaccinated, and hospitals are already stretched thin.
Today, President Biden declared an emergency in Louisiana, ordering federal assistance from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the region ahead of the storm, trying to head off a catastrophe. The federal government will also help to pay the costs of the emergency.
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Notes:
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pentagon-officials-hank-taylor-john-kirby-press-briefing-transcript-august-27-afghanistan-update
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/27/weather/tropical-storm-ida-friday/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/health-louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-1a2264b5a43033ed70fe9790c2e89437
NYPD story is from the New York Post, but a citation from them always stops the delivery of lots of letters, so I’m going to suggest people look for it themselves.
https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-39_prohibiting_vaccine_mandates_and_vaccine_passports_IMAGE_08-25-2021.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/27/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-louisiana-emergency-declaration-2/
://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/27/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live-updates/#link-KFQMWZKFSNH4DBBMK2VAJMAZF4
Meredith Lee @meredithlleeCENTCOM: "U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties."
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/08/27/afghanistan-live-updates-taliban-kabul-news/5611093001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1277715
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-education-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-1908088a0b5c5b02d89fd7e007822408
Ryan Struyk @ryanstruykThe United States is now reporting 1,194 new coronavirus deaths per day, the highest seven-day average since March 19, according to data from @CNN and Johns Hopkins University.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot-breaks-silence-n1277736
Jim Banks @RepJimBanksRead my letter to 1/6 Chair @BennieGThompson about his norm shattering decision to spy on his colleagues. @ATT @Verizon @TMobile @Facebook @Twitter @FCC
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https://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-jim-banks-republicans-195845753.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/27/politics/us-military-airstrike-isis-k-planner-afghanistan/index.html
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
#letters from an american#heather cox richardson#political#capital riots#Federal Government#US History
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Hide N’ Seek
Bo Sinclair X Reader
Warnings- whew ok I am nasty but unprotected sex, choking
Description- Bo gives you ten minutes to hide. Oh what will he do when he finds you?
10 minutes.
10 minutes, that was all Bo had given you to hide.
“A simple game of hide n’ seek darlin’, you can handle that, can’t you?”
You had darted out of the house, Bo’s smirk still in your mind as you ran out, the crisp air of the Louisiana night blowing through your hair. You made it down the hill which the Sinclair house stood on top of, and turned around.Bo stood outside, watching you. A cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and he leaned on the hood of his truck. You turned back around and bolted into town, arms pumping hard at your side. There were a number of places you could hide, but in the end, Bo knew Ambrose better than anyone, and inevitably would find you. You stood crouched behind a car while you brainstormed.
You considered running through the woods, hiding at Lester’s cabin, but the youngest Sinclair would surely rat you out to his brother, and the hell you would pay for that wouldn’t be worth it. The theater would be a good choice, if it weren’t for the fact that Vincent was in there, setting up the newest members of town, and disturbing the gentle giant wouldn’t be the best idea you’ve ever had.
The thunderous noise of the engine of Bo’s truck roaring to life ripped you out of your thoughts, and sent a pang of panic into your gut. You were out in the open, and he was after you. Quickly, and quietly, you snuck to the hardware store, and opened the door, ducking in, making sure the door shut behind you. You crept into the clothing rack, parting them enough so you could peak through. You could hear his truck getting closer, the loud, aggressive beats of his music filled the empty streets, it creeping closer. He stopped in the middle of town, the bed of his truck just barely in your line of sight. The trucks engine shut off, the music stopping. You could hear Bo get out of the truck, the door slamming behind him. It was clear he didn’t care that you could hear him, he wanted you to know that he was a predator, and you were his prey.
“Come on doll, come on out now.” He called out to you, his loud voice echoing through the otherwise quiet town. You stayed where you were, careful not to move from where you were, too nervous he would find you. He had walked to each of the cars, checking in and under each one of them for you, before he ended up in front of the very store you hid in. You had your hands over your mouth, attempting to cover the sound of your breathing.
Bo took a long drag from his cigarette, before he tossed it on the ground and stomped it out, before he moved to the door of the hardware store, close to pushing it open, when you made a choice. You shot up from the rack you were hiding in.Time seemingly slowed as he spotted you, making eye contact with you for a second, his shit eating smirk growing wide. The door flew open and he raced inside after you, yourself already sprinting towards the back of the store. You weaved in between the shelves and wax figures, hoping to lose the Sinclair boy that was chasing you.
“Come on Y/N! You can’t hide forever!” He shouted at you as you managed to get to the back door, opening it and going through. You turned and looked at him and smirked, and slammed it in his face. You could hear his fist hit the door and and him scoff, before he looked up, into the small window that faced the outside where you stood. His eyes were ablaze, the beautiful blue eyes seemingly glowing.
“Come n’ get me then.” With that you ran off, looping around behind the store and the theater. You were breathing hard, and drenched in sweat, but you kept running. Bo wanted a hunt, and you were gonna give him. You emerged from behind the theater, emerging next to the gas station, half expecting Bo to be there when you you did, but instead, you were met with nothing. Slowly. You continued to walk into the street, careful not to make noise. You constantly looked around, ready to run away if you spotted the Sinclair boy after you. Strangely though, the town was quiet. No hoots or hollers, or loud taunts, or the loud, chilling sound of Bo whistling, just silence. As you walked, you pulled Y/C/H into a ponytail and began to jog up the road, when you got a perfect idea- you were going to hide in the tunnels that ran below Ambrose. Stopping, you looked around, checking on last time for Bo before you practically flew towards the House of Wax. Slowly, you opened the heavy wax door and snuck in, not bothering to shut the door behind you. With a bit more speed and urgency, you walked through the wax kitchen, looking over your shoulder from time to time, paranoid Bo was right behind you, about to pounce on you.
You made it down the stairs and into Vincent’s workshop, where Jonesy slept on Vincent’s bed. She perked up when she spotted you, and trotted towards you, happy to see you.
“Hey girl. Don’t make a sound, ok?” You patted her on the head, and shushed her quickly as you passed through. You passed through the workshop and into the tunnels. You went deeper into it, before you stopped. You leaned against the tunnel wall and took a deep breath, with a triumphant smile on your face, thinking that you had lost Bo.
You were wrong.
You closed your eyes for only a moment, sighing, and he was on you. Your eyes shot open, a strangled cry slipping out of your mouth as his hand wrapped around your throat, pushing you harder against the tunnel wall. He must have lost his hat some time ago, because his curls hung in his face, clinging to his face. He had a predatory smile, nearly a snarl, on his face as he leaned closer to yours and spoke.
“Gottcha..” You tried to snap something out to him, but couldn’t, as Bo added more pressure to your throat. He let go of your neck, leaving you gasping, but didn’t give you much time to recover however, because as soon as he let go, ge surged forward, capturing your lips in his. The kiss was frantic and animalistic, whines and moans escaping both your mouths. His hands traveled all over you, grabbing at you, while your hands lands in his hair, tugging at it. He pulled back when you did that, removing his hands from you and wagging a finger at you, smirking.
“Oh no sugar, this ain’t how we’re doing this.” The look on his face was animalistic, just ready to eat you up.
“Oh? Show me how then, Sinclair.” You tease back, attempting to reach for him again, only for Bo to spin you around, pushing you against the wall of the tunnel. He grabbed both of your wrists in his massive hands, effectively pinning you to the wall. Using his free hand, he trailed down down to the front of your pants, dipping into your pants, teasing your hole, smirking when he could feel how wet you were. He plunged a finger into you causing moan loudly, pushing against him. He removed his finger from you and brought it to your mouth.
“Open.” He commands gruffly, and when your mouth opened, he slipped his finger into your mouth You licked and sucked on his finger, running your tongue all over it.
“Oh, baby doll, you gonna be the death of me.” He groaned, pulling his finger out of your mouth. With his one free hand, he pushed down your pants exposing yourself to him, and then pulling down pulling down his own pants, and freeing his cock, it hard, and ready for you.
“Now, you’re not gonna come, you hear me doll?” Bo groans into your ear, pushing into you with a strong thrust, and you whine in response, nodding
“Yes,GOD! I understand, just please Bo, fuck me!” You beg him, pushing back on him, trying to get some kind of movement. He smirked, and began to thrust into you, his movements hard and fast. His free hand found its way back to your throat and wrapped his around it, squeezing lightly. You moaned, it sounding a bit strangled from the hand on your throat. Bo’s thrusts became harder and quicker, his grunts gets louder.
“Bo please, I’m gonna cum!” You whimpered, and Bo growled, releasing your neck, only to pull you hair, pulling your hair, causing your head to fall back.
“Oh no doll, I told you, you ain’t coming til’ I say so.” He said into your ear, and letting go of your hair. Your head fell forward, resting on the wall in front of you as you moaned and panted, trying to obey the man drilling into you.
Soon, Bo’s thrust became sloppy and erratic, and he let go of your wrist, taking both hands and putting them on your hips.
“Y/N, I want you to cum with me, come on you can do that for me, can’t ya?” He urged you on, reaching down and rubbing your clit, and you came undone. With a loud moan, you came, you walls clenching around Bo, who finally stilled, spilling his seed deep inside you. For a moment, all was rather calm, the only noise being the faint sound of the massive generator that ran the town and the pants of you and Bo. Eventually, Bo slipped his cock out of you, causing you to whine at the loss and him to chuckle.
“See? Wasn’t so bad letting me catch you now was it Y/N?” He said, laughing when you turned around, an offended look on your face.
“Let you win? I ain’t let you do shit Bo!” He laughed at you again, this time leaning forward to scoop you into his arms. You almost considered making hard on him, but considering you had just ran all night, and he had just fucked your brains out, you decided against it. He began walking towards the houses entrance of the tunnel , you in his arms.
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Yeah, ok, I’m giving in. Vincent Sinclair is added to the list of characters I write for :p Since I’ve got six of them now, if an ask doesn’t specify which ones they want, I’ll just pick four to write for. And I’m going to limit the number of characters to four per ask, just so it’s easier to get through things. Only new asks will include Vincent, so if there is something already submitted, I’m writing it for the characters I did when it was sent.
So, like usual, here’s the NSFW and Fluff Alphabet asks below the cut!
NSFW HC
A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)
He’s just as worn out as you, so it’s mostly just laying together and catching your breath. He likes to spend a while just holding you and calming down, playing with your hair and humming into your ear quietly.
B = Body part (Their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)
If he absolutely had to make a choice, he wouldn’t be able to complete his work without his skilled hands.
It’s not really a body part, but he likes your smile best. It’s always been rare for anyone to show him any sort of positivity or affection, so he loves to see that sort of thing from you, especially if he’s the one to make you smile.
C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically… I’m a disgusting person)
He doesn’t really care himself, but he’s not pulling out once he gets going, so if that’s not what you want, you’re going to have to plan around it. This also means that you might want to get your hands on some sort of birth control, if that’s a concern.
D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)
He’s been spying on you from the moment you entered the house, and there are more than a few peepholes that look into your room. He isn’t all that subtle about it either, so you figure out really quickly what that strange noise is on the other side of the wall. He absolutely still uses them, even once you’re a couple, but at that point it’s usually just to check in without disturbing you, rather than trying to see something he shouldn’t.
E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?)
He’s definitely had the chance to look at and explore other bodies, but they weren’t exactly alive. So he knows the anatomy, but other than that all he knows are things he’s managed to pick up from his brother’s foul talk and whatever he can find in the books around the house. Overall, he knows enough to get by on instinct, but you’ll have to give him the details.
F = Favorite Position (This goes without saying. Will probably include a visual)
Anything where he’s behind you, preferably laying over you and pushing you into the pillows and mattress. also lets him comfortably remove the mask and not have to worry about you trying to peek while he’s distracted.
G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc)
He’ll follow your lead, but it’s usually a sort of mix between the two. He’s rougher than you would think, using his size to move you around or keep you from squirming too much, and will surprise you by taking charge and putting you in whatever position he wants you in.
H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)
He’s generally pretty clean, except for his hands and clothes, which will always have wax, paint or ink on them. But when he gets busy, he tends to ignore cleaning up, so he will go days at a time without a shower unless you push him to.
I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)
He’s not very confident but even Vincent is pretty sure that he’s got the romantic stuff down - he’s seen all the old movies and read quite a few harlequin novels, so he feels like he’s got a good grasp on that part of things. Unfortunately, he really, really does not have it down, and it comes off as more creepy than anything at first.
J = Jack Off (Masturbation head canon)
Usually he just tries to focus on something else and ignore it, but will ultimately give in. He’d rather not get caught, so the whole basement gets locked down. Once you’re an item, though, he’s not shy about approaching you rather than taking care of it himself. Make it clear that waking you up is a no-no, or he’ll be sneaking into bed and interrupting your sleep a few times a night.
K = Kink (One or more of their kinks)
Absolutely loves giving oral, but anything that requires him to take off the mask requires a lot of trust before he’ll actually do it. Has a thing for touching you while you’re sleeping, trying to see how far he can get before you wake up, then pretending to be asleep once you’re awake and wondering what you were dreaming about.
L = Location (Favorite places to do the do)
Privacy is the most important thing, so wherever it happens, he wants to be sure there’s not going to be anyone else around. Usually that means downstairs, but if the rest of the house happens to be empty, that’s not off limits. You’ve snuck out a few times to drive around, and there’s nowhere more private than the truck in the middle of nowhere.
M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)
He’s a little voyeuristic and likes secretly watching you, even if you’re not doing anything particularly exciting. Loves when you kiss or bite at his neck, especially if you leave marks - lay on top of him with your mouth on his throat, so he can grind against you while you mark him up. He can’t deal with the teasing his brothers give him for it, so he usually hides the marks afterwards.
N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)
Very much not into any kind of humiliation, degradation or anything negative, regardless of who it’s directed at. Things that are very rough or violent, like choking, biting or hard spanking, is a big, big no. He doesn’t want to leave any lasting marks, so anything that produces more than a small bruise isn’t going down.
O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)
It’s a long process when you’re the one giving, because he just can’t not push up into your mouth. He tries not to, but you end up choking a lot anyways, and it’s a lot of starting and stopping while you try to catch your breath. It will take a while before he’ll return the favor, but once he’s comfortable with it, it’s one of his favorite things and he’ll ignore his own needs if it keeps his head between your thighs.
P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? Etc.)
He’s surprisingly aggressive sometimes, but not necessarily rough, holding you down and rutting into you desperately. You do have to stop him from trying to go at it as fast as possible, but the only time he takes it slow naturally is when he’s sleepy or just waking up.
Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)
He’s fine with whatever he can get, and so long as you’re both satisfied at the end, he doesn’t really care much how long it took to get there.
R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)
As far as trying new things, he’ll try out almost anything you suggest. He’s less open to anything that might get you discovered, but you’ve been caught off guard more than once by a hand grabbing at you under the dinner table.
S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)
He’s never ready to stop, but despite that he still has to eventually. Even when he’s done and tired, he’ll keep working you with his hands unless you make him stop.
T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)
Not likely, unless you happen to sneak in a few purchases while you’re in the next town over. You wouldn’t dream of asking Bo, but you could probably convince Lester to go into some of the seedier stores for you, so long as you bribe him for it.
U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)
He doesn’t really have the confidence to tease you. No matter how many yes’s he gets, he’s always sure the next time it’s going to be a no, so he doesn’t want to push it. Teasing him just turns him into a flustered mess for the rest of the day, and he’ll be too embarrassed about it to seek you out, so you’ll have to go hunt him down.
V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make)
Louder than you would think, he makes a lot of noise for someone who rarely speaks. He curses under his breath, whispers to you, and only gets louder the closer he gets.
W = Wild Card (Get a random head canon for the character of your choice)
He’s good at just about any skill he tries, and not just the artsy ones. He’s just as good, if not better, than either of his brothers when it comes to cars and machinery, but he tends not to practice those skills because he knows Bo would be touchy about it. He’s also taught himself bits of other languages, but he’s not fluent in any of them.
X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive)
He’s never going to say no, so usually he just goes along with your preferences. You can always tell when there’s a slow down in work, because he’s practically attached to you 24/7 when he doesn’t have anything to do.
Z = ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)
It usually doesn’t take long, because once you get him comfortable he’s out almost immediately. But even if he is tired, there’s always something he has to tend to eventually, so if he does fall asleep, it isn’t for long. You can pry a few more minutes out of him if you’re stubborn enough, but he’ll have to deny you sooner or later, or risk letting something go wrong in the workroom.
Fluff HC
A = Attractive (What do they find attractive about the other?)
There’s something that draws his interest and keeps you alive in the first place, something that separates you from the others that he’s seen in the same position and not shown mercy to. Part of it is your physical appearance because he’s attracted to you from the beginning, but the other part of it could really be anything.
B = Baby (Do they want a family? Why/Why not?) Honestly, he’s not sure and would probably stay on the fence until you push him one way or the other. He doesn’t have a strong desire for a traditional family like his twin does, but he’d almost be scared of achieving that before Bo. He wouldn’t be unhappy at the opportunity, but he would be very unsure about it.
C = Cuddle (How do they cuddle?)
He’s very stiff at first, letting you climb all over and get comfortable, and making no move to do anything but let you. As he gets more used to it he will finally relax and put his arms around you without prompting, but he still starts out a little awkwardly each time. It’s easiest when he’s half asleep and too tired to be nervous about where or how he’s touching you.
D = Dates (What are dates with them like?)
There’s not a lot that can be done, being limited to the house, museum and basements. Anything in the house is likely to be interrupted by one brother, if not both, and you’ve seen the museum a hundred times. He isn’t supposed to leave the house, but he’ll sneak out with you for walks or short drives through the woods.
E = Everything (You are my ____ (e.g. my life, my world…))
You are just for him and only for him. It’s hard to tell at first, but he’s very jealous and possessive. Ideally, he’s the only person you would ever need or rely on, so he tries to manipulate things to turn it in that direction. At the same time, he knows that’s not realistic, but he’s always going to have a nagging feeling that you’re going to be taken away.
F = Feelings (When did they know they were in love?)
It hits him pretty early on, and he’s quickly at the edge of obsession. He’s almost passive-aggressive about it, sometimes following you around and desperate to get your attention, then spending two whole days ignoring you. He assumes there’s going to be no interest on your side, so he switches rapidly between giving up hope and being determined to try anyways. Unfortunately, he tends to go about flirting in rather unusual ways, so he comes off very creepy for the longest time. But you’re his, Bo said he could keep you, and as far as he’s concerned, this is already a committed relationship.
G = Gentle (Are they gentle? If so, how?)
Gentle is usually his default, especially with you. Mostly it comes from being unfamiliar with touch and used to being pushed away, so it’s more hesitation and insecurity than gentleness. He’s skittish when it comes to touching you, pulling at your sleeve to get your attention and ask permission first.
H = Hands (How do they like to hold hands?)
It’s one of the few physical touches he’s completely comfortable with, and he’s always happy to have you reach for his hand, so long as he’s not working. He’s more shy about reaching for yours, so he’ll keep getting close and then backing off until you take charge and just grab his hand.
I = Impression (What was their first impression?)
He’s very much a love at first sight kinda guy, so he’s pretty much wrapped around your little finger from the start. That comes in handy when you’re trying to keep from being made into a living sculpture, but he isn’t the one who gets to decide if you stay or not. You’ve got to charm both brothers if you want to keep living, so good luck with that.
J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous?)
Insanely jealous of just about everyone and everything. Victims, his brothers, that book you’re reading, the dog, anything that you give even the smallest amount of attention to burns him. He feels guilty about it, so he never really acts on it, but sometimes the realization hits him that you could so easily do without him, and he hates knowing that you aren’t as dependent on him as he is on you.
K = Kiss (How do they kiss? Who initiated the first kiss?)
You are going to go a long, long time before you get to kiss anything but the mask. But he definitely goes in for the first kiss, probably well before you’ve graduated from your starting role as a hostage, so the first one is rather tense. Once you’re happy with your place with him, you’re the one coming to him for kisses.
L = Love (Who says ‘I love you’ first?)
He can speak, although he doesn’t do it often. But he’s much more comfortable with telling you how he feels than showing it physically, so he is definitely going to be the one who says it first. It’s also probably very early into anything romantic, so before you’re even sure if you want to pursue anything, he’s already busting out the I love you’s.
M = Memory (What’s their favourite memory together?)
The first time you really smiled at him, and he doesn’t even really remember why you were smiling. It was nothing like the weak, shakey smiles with trembling lips and frightened eyes that you used to give him, and it was the first time he had seen anything warm or kind from you.
N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)
It’s rare to bring home anything that didn’t come from an unfortunate traveler, and Vincent never really leaves the house, but they’ve got a whole town full of junk and you can have first pick. He likes to go through everything first and try to find the best things before you do so that he can present them to you. He will try and get one of the brothers to bring something back from town every once in a while, but they don’t usually follow through.
O = Orange (What colour reminds them of their other half?)
Soft, dreamy colors, usually warm ones. You spend a lot of time downstairs with him, where the lighting is mostly orange and red hued from all the candles, and it’s how he pictures you in his mind.
P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)
He doesn’t really have any for you, at least none that he’s said to you before. Loves it when you use sweet names for him, though, and that’s the quickest way to get his attention if he’s not completely focused on what you’re saying. You can get just about anything from him if you use the right pet name.
Q = Quaint (What is their favourite non-modern thing?)
Most of what they own is non-modern, but ignoring the obvious things, he has a small collection of foreign coins that’s he’s found on travelers. They might not actually be old so much as strange, but he’s always sure to search through change in case there’s another oddly shaped coin to be found.
R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)
Rain doesn’t make much of a difference when you’re almost always inside. Sometimes the basement at the house floods, but other than that, he just goes about the day as usual. It does mean that everyone is stuck at home, though, and it can be a volatile atmosphere having the three of you cooped up together.
S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/others up?)
He doesn’t do much to help himself, he just sort of wallows in misery for a while until he has to get back to work. He’s busy enough that it doesn’t happen too often, but any moment of calm will usually lead to a few days of moping around.
He learned long ago that there isn’t much reason in trying to cheer up his brother, but he still tries. Most of the time it just makes the situation worse, but he can’t just leave it. He’s used to being rebuffed, so if he tries it on you he’s ready to be turned away, and it’s a nice surprise to have his attempts be appreciated for once.
T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)
His voice is quiet and raspy, and you’re almost sure that it causes him some amount of pain to speak, so you’re happy to play charades most of the time. You talk or read out loud as he works, and when you’re speaking together, he will sometimes provide short, one word sentences if he can’t properly get it across otherwise.
U = Unencumbered (What helps them relax?)
Just doing nothing. There is always more work to be done on something, so there is no end to the number of tasks he has waiting on him. Being able to just zone out, lay in bed and not have to get up is a luxury, but it’s the best way to get him to wind down. He likes to have you read to him when he gets the chance to do so, whatever book is closest, and fall asleep listening to you.
V = Vaunt (What do they like to show off? What are they proud of?)
The only thing he’s really proud of is the work he does, and it’s pretty much all he’s ever been complimented on before. He’s glad to show off his artistic skill, but if you happen to praise literally anything else - how nice his hair looked that day, what a good job he did helping with dinner - he will go out of his way to do it again, as often as possible, and soak up the positivity.
W = Wedding (When, how?)
Oddly enough, Bo is going to be the one pushing for a wedding before anyone else. He switches between being the proud brother to a jealous, angry mess, but it’s still going to come down to joining the family or the museum. You don’t get much of a say in terms of the actual ceremony, but Vincent is just happy to have his brothers approval. Obviously, a wedding made up of wax bodies with no priest or paperwork in sight isn’t going to be legal, but it’s the thought that counts.
X = Xylophone (What’s their song?)
Usually he only listens to music for the background noise when he’s working, just so it’s not completely silent. He really only likes music without vocals, otherwise it’s too distracting.
Y = Yes (Do they ever think of getting married/proposing?)
After a certain point, it’s on his mind constantly. It’s something he would never consider without the blessing of his twin, and the probability of getting a ‘yes’ out of him changes by the minute, so it takes a lot of time and effort. In the end, it’s only going to happen on Bo’s terms, and if that’s not the way you want it done, then you’re not getting a ring on your finger.
Z = Zebra (If they wanted a pet, what would they get?)
They’ve got one dog and that’s probably as much as Bo is going to allow. While Vincent likes animals, he wouldn’t go out of his way to get a pet on his own, and he’d be perfectly happy without one. He does prefer dogs to cats, mainly because he enjoys teaching them tricks.
#Slashers#Vincent Sinclair#Slasher x Reader#House of Wax#ok i am giving in wax boy is here#i just.... love him
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the show really said ‘ who cares abt the team’s mental health ? ’ & i said loudly that I DO & so here’s part two of surayra’s timeline during season 3
events of episode 6
christine johnson takes over the arc. as surayra is not a part of the team that has anything to do with the artifact , she is not impacted as the rest are. she spends most of the morning gathering files in order to brief her on the team. she also suffers her first panic attack within the walls of the arc , no one knows but dog. she & captain becker spend whatever free time they have trying to find a way to oust christine , sar offers to spy on her for him ; he nearly locks her in her office . she spends the rest of the day having impromptu sessions in the hallways with the rest of the staff , trying to help them adjust to the sudden change. when lester & the team return , she spends the rest of the evening with sarah discussing the day’s events. it isn’t for therapy , it’s a discussion between friends.
sometime during the following week , she gets a hand on a bottle of wine similar to the one they sacrificed to the terror birds. it gets a good laugh from the team, as a whole, she’s starting to be accepted.
events during & following episode 7
upon discovering rex for sale online , connor nearly breaks in sar’s door to confess to her what’s happened , appealing to the confidentiality between doctor & patient. it gets him a raised brow , but they bounce ideas off each other on how to get the little dino back. the alarm sounds , connor leaves. surayra makes a note to have a window installed in her office door so that people can see when she’s occupied or not.
in the midst of her session with lester , she receives a phone call - how should we talk to a knight displaced in time ? the idea fascinates her , & just as she’s gathering her notebooks , lester reminds her that she is not cleared for the field. the session becomes an hour long discussion as to why she should be allowed into the field , & how they can make it possible. neither side relents , but they come to the conclusion that any witness to an incursion is allowed to contact her should they need therapy. the non-disclosure agreements are rewritten , & she is allowed to leave business cards in the team’s vehicles to be passed out.
most of the team scoffs at the very idea , a few of the men ‘ lose ’ the cards ; sarah & connor are the two biggest supporters of the idea , & pass them to those who need it happily.
events of episode 8
upon the return of the team from their latest mission , sarah & surayra have an impromptu session to discuss bugs. they can both agree that they’re nasty , & worse when they’re bigger. surayra helps her with a few breathing exercises , everything goes back to normal. while the team is out, she has her normal sessions with the arc staff members . these can range anywhere from relationship advice , to dealing with night terrors involving dinosaurs.
when learning that the team has returned from a rescue mission, sar immediately heads to the scene, having hitched a ride with one becker’s men. though not quite yet cleared for field work , she desperately wants to offer her help to jack maitland. she arrives to find the team in the worst shape she’s seen them to date , but puts her focus to jack ( note : he is her first civilian patient , & they keep in touch especially in light of the final episodes ) .
she provides emotional triage among the physical triage , & it’s when lester is forced to admit that she can be of use in the field. upon her return to the arc she is given the proper clearance for field work , & dog gets an official ARC patch for his work vest.
at the end of the long day , having given a proper session for every member of the team that’s gone through the most recent anomaly , surayra helps danny with the bandages on his neck . somehow they spend a final night together. he’s gone before daybreak & out spying on christine johnson. surayra spends the entire morning in her office with the shades drawn tight, & a citrus candle burning. the only time she brings emotions into work.
events of episodes 9 & 10
at hearing about the most recent anomaly , & the location , sar is allowed to go with the team , but under strict orders not to get involved with any creatures. she follows orders perfectly, sitting with anyone who needs it , especially with one embarrassed bachelor. it is the first time she sees any sort of creature up close , & she develops a new appreciation for what the team actually does.
with the anomaly closed , she gets to work ensuring that the mental health of all those having been evacuated by men with guns is fine. it’s quick work for her , & when she returns to the arc , she is greeted with a hostage situation. it’s terrifying , she has no problems admitting. takes note of lester’s remarks, schedules a session for them later. has to keep her mind focused on anything aside from the many guns.
the crisis is averted , & the core team rushes off , surayra has no time to process what’s happened & the panic it brings up within herself, she immediately goes to those who were caught in the middle of it, & brings them to her office. the evening is spent holding a few crying researchers, & letting one or two men vent out their frustrations.
it is the last time she sees danny , connor & abby until the events of season four.
by the next morning , the team has already gone on the hunt for helen. surayra takes an hour to herself to be anxious in her office, it’s the first time she allows dog to comfort her . he climbs on her lap , & no one coming in for their sessions questions why he’s there. everyone knows , & shares the same fears, it is a stressful day within the arc as it is for those on the outside , & sar is there for each & every one of them. she sits in her office the whole day , awaiting for a phone call from sarah. when it does come , it only brings bad news. surayra calms her friend over the phone , & again helps her to breathe.
though surayra is not a member of the core team , when she can convince sarah to return ; she , sarah & becker all begin working at a plan to get them back. they keep working at it for as long as they can , surayra being the voice of reason to stop them when they need a break. she continues to be the voice of comfort for the staff & team through the entire ordeal.
#anyway this got long & f CK the last episodes honestly#surayra bukhari : hc // GONNA BE A GOOD GOOD LIFE . THAT'S WHAT MY THERAPIST SAYS .#th e last two are so hard ??? it's just I mmediate Action being taken how . how long d id it last . how long d id it take .#did they come back & regroup or did they just yeet themselves into the ne xt problem
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Batman TAS: Robin’s Reckoning (Part 2)
“There’s roaches in here! Roaches!”
Episode: 33 Robin: Yes Writer: Randy Rogel Director: Dick Sebast Animator: Dong Yang Airdate: February 14, 1993 Grade: C
You just can’t do this to me, episode, you can’t do this to me. Give me a great episode like part 1, and then take that, and throw it. Not, like, out the window or anything, but just a couple feet. Enough to damage it a little. Robin’s Reckoning went from an absolute classic, to just okay, all things considered. This story and this show have so much more potential than that, and I partially blame some episodes like this on the massively long library of Batman TAS season one. The crew must have been stretched to their absolute limit, and if less episodes were required by Fox, then some of the lesser ideas likely would have been thrown out. And also there’d be more time to refine episodes like Robin’s Reckoning.
I think this episode faces two main problems. The first one being the animation. The stuff at the very end during the climax was okay, when Robin snatched up Zucco in his fists and dragged him across the dock while on a motorcycle.
Other than that, I would have assumed that this was Akom’s work. Like, their lesser-tier crew. It was pretty shitty going from Spectrum to this, and Char and I both noticed the immediate down-grade. The recap of part 1 at the beginning makes it worse because it’s showing us footage of it as if to say, “Remember this? Well, here’s what Dong Yang crafted for this one…”
The studio usually does on-par work, though, and the episode list for this season was long. I forgive them. One bad-looking one out of the bunch isn’t the end of the world, even though we rarely facer problems like this today. I’m not sure which scene was rendered worse, though. The one where Dick Grayson is hunting down Zucco as a child, or the one where Zucco is freaking out about Batman being in the damn ceiling. Each’s most compelling argument or being the worst shot is Dick Grayson falling into the river, and Tony Zucco’s awful face. I caught on that he’s older now, and all of the stress of avoiding Batman for so long has aged him further. Yeah, that’s not how you draw that. He kinda reminds me of a melting plastic-figurine.
When Dick falls into the river, it looks sooo bad (even the story-boarding seems lousy), but we get a nice-looking shot of Batman’s old costume, which was hard to spot before. I really like the design, minus the gloves. I think Bruce Time liked the design too…
The episode’s second problem was that the emotional impact of the first half was not present. Yeah, we get a nice scene of Bruce and Dick at the beginning when they are fencing (I hope that’s the correct vocabulary), but then it’s kinda just Dick on his own, dressed unrecognizably, talking to people we don’t know, and walking around the city in silence. The moment where Batman showed Robin the Batcave could count, but it seemed to go by so quickly without much of a response from Dick. Shockingly, though, I think that Dick Grayson rescued a prostitute at one point. Char and I both realized that immediately. So I hope we’re on the mark, because if she’s not a prostitute I’m going to feel really stupid. Fox censors so many things, but not that? Huh. Interesting algorithm you guys got there. Anyway, even as the episode progresses and we see Robin and Batman together, it’s not any better except for Batman’s final speech. “It wasn’t that, Robin. It wasn’t that at all. Zucco’s taken so much. Caused you so much pain. I couldn’t stand the thought that he might take you too.” Isn’t that absolutely beautiful? It’s enough to get you teary-eyed, honestly. This whole time we totally believe that Batman is just trying to parent an adult-aged Robin, but no. He was afraid for his adopted son. And that’s what Robin is. Even if they both may not act like it. The other emotional bits went by way too fast. Robin went from zero to one hundred way too quickly. So when he starts leering and sneering at Zucco, it’s not believable. “Okay, Loren Lester, act super angsty and evil! Ready?” And then he gave that performance. “So was that bad enough to be worth fixing? We are running behind. I think we should just use it.” And just as quickly as Robin’s voice changes, he comes back down that fast. Robin is furious. They’ve found the guy who murdered his parents. And Batman won’t even let Robin at him. He finally has the guy, hanging him over a dock, where at least a handicap is waiting, if not a full-on death. Then all of a sudden, “Batman, I… I didn’t mean it. I’m sorry.” Getting to this point eventually would have been good. I just needed another minute or two in length to make it work in my head. Robin’s temper and possible slight-resentment to Batman are basically brought up for the first time in this episode, by the way. And as a lot of us know, this will be a plot-point that will grow the more we watch. I’ve gotta say, after watching Christmas With the Joker, I bet a lot of people didn’t expect Robin to have this side to him. Did you? Oh. You say you did? Okay. Is it fun being a liar?
That’s Dick.
Recently I talked about Robin’s first appearance in the Batman Adventures comic book, and I like the side of Robin that it and Robin’s Reckoning present. Robin is so human in this series. For the most part, he’s not as exaggerated as Batman. He has a dark-side and a bit of a temper, but he also has moments where he lives as a fun-lovin', ordinary, college-student. We’ve seen him goofy, we’ve seen him afraid, we’ve seen him serious, and we’ve seen him furious. And yet, we don’t really know what he does for fun. What he watches on TV (aside from It’s a Wonderful Life), what his secret-obsession is. We instead know about how his emotions function. We learn about what kinds of decisions he might make, or how he may react. It’s knowing a character beyond the surface-level, and that’s how you know your character is strong. Robin may have been a challenge to do right for the crew, but the DCAU-originals decided to work with what they had based on tradition, and mix in some of their own influence only to further improve. Loren Lester’s voice is also iconic as Dick. Although all of this makes me wonder why some people think that Teen Titans is in the DCAU. They’re both Dick Grayson, but they are certainly not the same universe’s Dick Grayson. It’s clear as day to me. While I haven’t seen Teen Titans that much, Loren Lester’s Robin is iconic to me. As iconic as Kevin Conroy is to Batman. Well, almost.
A couple more episodes, and we will be closing the split timeline! A bit ago I got behind on episodes, so I “split the timeline” and covered current episodes along with episodes I was behind on. But after, these next few, all of the posts will be coming out complete in-order again. Hallelujah.
Char’s grade: C Next time: The Laughing Fish
Full episode list here!
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Weekend Top Ten #375
Top Ten Games That Could be Films
Well. Sonic. That’s a thing, yeah? The last couple of weeks, when not consumed with Avengers-related news and emotions, have seen people on t’net talking about Sonic, and his weird human legs and nice set of teeth. It’s certainly an odd design, although I sympathise with the creatives involved, even the executives who (I’m presuming) were the driving force behind Sonic’s movie look, okaying what the artists and animators were producing and steering them towards something that, I’m sure, they thought would sell. It’s a tough business and, to paraphrase William Goldman, nobody really knows that much when you think about it.
Among the many think-pieces that have sprung up, however, there is one point I disagree with: that it’s pointless to adapt a game into a movie at all. Certainly there should be no attempt to “legitimise” a gaming property with a film adaptation; games are great and will always be great, as games. But there are games with an iconography, storyline, or set of characters that could translate into movies. As it happens, Sonic the Hedgehog is one such game. He’s instantly familiar both to old farts like myself who remember the nineties, and also to the young folk who will be the film’s target audience. As it happens, I think the rough plot of the film – Sonic and Robotnik enter the “real world” – is probably the best storyline to tell, rather than adapting the game’s plot; it gives us a recognisable world, allows for some A-list casting (Jim Carrey as Robotnik, James Marsden as Sonic’s human pal), and following on from the likes of Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Smurfs, Christopher Robin, et al, the notion of CGI characters interacting with humans is a familiar movie trope, so much so that it’s practically a sub-genre of kids’ films (and can end up getting lampooned in adult-oriented films such as Paul or Ted).
No, I think a much worse decision is to try to adapt a game’s plot; to straight-up cart it across from console to movie screen (or, if you’re watching it on DVD, from, er, Xbox to Xbox, I guess). The first generation of game adaptations were especially guilty of this, often trying to graft a more realistic plotline, with character motivations and whatnot, onto games where “story” should really be read as “objective”: Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros, Doom, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Whilst some of those films still retain a goofy charm (I will go to bat for Street Fighter being an absolute camp delight), they’re not good, not really. Far better, in my opinion, to take an existing world, one with deep and familiar iconography, and tell stories within it: sort of what the Sonic movie is doing, which we can almost assume is in continuity with the previous games. The best example of this, I think, is Halo; there have been a number of shorts and TV series based on the Halo games, set in the same world, often serving as prequels to the games themselves. And whilst they rarely go beyond a spot of pulpy fun, they do feel of a part with the games themselves. What they don’t do is re-tell the story of the games, and in that, they succeed where other game adaptations have fallen down.
There are examples of games with strong storylines that could be adapted, I think, but they would need care and attention, and should avoid being straight-up ports of the games. Use the storylines, if strong enough, but feel free to chop and change to make it work on film.
Another thing that some games have going for them, that makes them difficult to translate into movies, is that they’re really just film adaptations anyway. I think this is why the Doom and Tomb Raider movies have been less successful than perhaps you’d think; Doom is a sci-fi horror film, not too far away from Aliens (and especially quite close, even though it pre-dated it, to Event Horizon); Tomb Raider is basically Indiana Jones with a woman. The same is true for Red Dead Redemption, which I’m sure has Hollywood types arranging meetings as we speak; it’s a blockbuster, a game with instant name-recognition, a built-in audience, and strong iconography. The problem is that iconography is adapted from dozens of Westerns from The Searchers to Unforgiven to Deadwood to Bone Tomahawk. Quite frankly, we’ve seen that before.
Anyway: here are ten games (or game franchises, I suppose) that I think could stand to be adapted. Some of them are strong stories, some of them are great worlds. Hollywood, feel free to get in touch.
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990): despite banging on about adapting worlds not stories, Monkey Island has a story worth adapting. Sure, it needs adapting, but it has characters, a beginning, middle, and end, and a world that could be seen on the big screen. Pirates of the Caribbean probably stole a bit of its thunder, but that franchise looks like it’s sinking at the moment (no pun intended), so doing a much wackier, almost ZAZ-style take on the pirate movie could be really good fun. My advice would be to put Guybrush and Elaine together for much of the narrative and give them some screwball dialogue.
Command and Conquer (1995): hear me out… the C&C games have a seam of mythology richer than a source of Tiberium, and could lend themselves to a sci-fi war epic. There are characters in there worth adapting – well, Kane, at least – and whilst the risk of it turning into a GI JOE movie is great, if they keep their tongue slightly in their cheek it could be a really good, fun action movie that harks back to ‘80s genre classics. I mean, the C&C cut-scenes are famously hammy, and whilst I don’t think they should quite dial it up to eleven, maybe keeping it a good seven or eight would be good fun. Also: Red Alert, which arguably is funnier (and funner, if that’s a word), but at the moment “comedy Russian bad guys” isn’t quite so benign a concept.
The Legend of Zelda (1986): either as an animation or live-action, I could definitely see a Zelda movie working. For a start, every game is sort of a reboot, a brand new story but still set in the same world as tropes, characters, and events repeat themselves. That means you could tell a story right from the start, drawing on the best plot elements and pieces of iconography from across multiple Zelda games, but it could still be in-continuity with the game series itself. A sprawling fantasy epic but skewing younger than the likes of Lord of the Rings, it could be an absolute winner. Like Monkey Island, I’d keep Link and Zelda together for much of the narrative, however.
Mass Effect (2007): this one might be cheating a bit, because I think there actually is a film in the works (I mean, there’s probably a film in the works for half of these games…). Also it might be cheating a bit because in this case, I don’t think you’d adapt it into a film, but rather a TV series. I’d adapt the story, roughly, but give it a direct narrative thrust. I think if it was a film you’d have to cut too much; it’d feel too propulsive, and risk becoming just another sci-fi action movie. But a series – maybe a 12-episode Netflix affair or something, with a big budget – could allow room to linger, to have the odd episode go off on a tangent to explore the Geth or Rachni or whatever. I’d also look at both men and women for the lead, and cast whoever was best, in a nod to the gender choices of the game itself.
Fable (2004): this is one where I think it’s the world rather than the plot that’s worth adapting: a fun, almost Python-esque version of a fictional fairy-tale Britain. A new recruit to the Hero Academy who is trying to prove themselves whilst also battling Jack of Blades. I’d keep the humour and the bawdy tone, and add in characters from across the Fable series, making it much more of an ensemble. Arguably it’s the gameplay and the emergent storytelling that’s part of Fable’s charm, but I do really think there’s enough there to hang an adult comedy fantasy film on.
Duke Nukem 3D (1996): this is one that could go very badly, but I still think there’s potential. Duke Nukem as a character is a boor, an oaf, a misogynistic pig, a relic of a bygone age worth forgetting. Whilst I think exploring this character in a contemporary setting would be more interesting in a game (especially as you could explore the twenty-year-old gameplay differences, too), you could use Duke as an avatar of the ‘80s, almost, to critique action cinema of years gone by. A washed-up sexist dinosaur who has to be pulled out of retirement, I’d cast an older actor with some comedy chops but also a solid physical pedigree: maybe even Arnie?! You’d have to be careful that if you had a redemption arc for him you didn’t end up justifying the crassness of the original game, however.
Another World (1991): this is one where it’s the world and the style that’s the key, although there’s a vague enough story there to adapt. A scientist is transported to, literally, another world, and has to survive, ending up joining a slave rebellion. The game is all funky graphics and cool gameplay (by 1991 standards, at least), but with the right director you could transfer that brilliantly to the screen, and it allows enough room to explore the psychological effects on Lester Chaykin. One of the things I really like about the game, is that unlike other human-transported-to-alien-world storylines, Lester is way out of his depth; he’s not a superhero, not a revolutionary. He is battered by the elements, hunted by animals, imprisoned, beaten, and ultimately (spoiler alert) saved by one of the aliens. You’d have to keep this element of the game to avoid it feeling like too much of a cliché.
BioShock (2007): this one might be a bit more conventional, and risk being another Doom-style adaptation of a game, trying to follow a story that’s more about gameplay than literary flourish. But there is something there, I think; for one, there’s the steampunk aesthetic of a decaying underwater 1940s utopia, all art-deco and brass, the outside world rushing in and laying waste to such finery. There’s the philosophical discussion at the heart of BioShock, giving filmmakers something interesting to hang it all on. There’s the horror element: the creepy Little Sisters, the shock-horror Splicers, the terrifying Big Daddies. Finally, there’s the twist, which – I’m gonna be honest here – would not work anywhere near as well in a film, but all the same, it’s a twist. It is, perhaps, the most vanilla of the options I’ve laid out here, but I’d still like to see it.
Jet Set Willy (1984): there are quite a few relatively obscure (compared to, say, God of War) 1980s games that could make good films. The first Maniac Miner; Skool Daze; Dizzy. But I’ve plumped for the surrealism of Jet Set Willy. Picture it: cast someone who broke through in the ‘80s – Pierce Brosnan, Richard E. Grant, Adrian Edmondson – and get someone like Danny Boyle or Edgar Wright to direct. The tale of a drunken gone-to-seed former celebrity who starts out trying to clean himself up after one party too many – possibly in some vain attempt at a comeback – only for the film to just get crazier and crazier as he ventures deeper into his bizarre stately home, discovering hidden treasures, secret rooms, occult shenanigans, and much more. Is it “real”? Is he losing his mind? A freakish, twisty, deeply surreal black comedy ensues. It’d probably make no money but be a cult classic!
Worms (1995): most of these I’ve imagined as being live-action, often big-budget affairs; Hollywood blockbusters. But who’s to say we can’t adapt a game into a cartoon? Certainly, it’s been done before, and with degrees of success: obviously on TV, but there’s also the Angry Birds movie, which I’ve not seen and which doesn’t strike me as being overly impressive, but which was clearly a big enough deal to warrant a sequel. There’s an animated Mario movie in the works, animated Pokémon has been a staple for twenty years, and there are those who’d argue that animation was a better route for Sonic, too. So why not apply that logic to Worms, a great British success story? There could be different clans of Worms warring over a piece of land (perhaps a garden that, from their view, is an epic battlefield); that would allow the different Worm voices to come into play. But something means they have to unite for a common cause. Inject it with a dose of British humour, a splash of surrealism, and a some satirical social commentary, and you’re onto a winner.
There you are. Seemingly-obvious suggestions like Metal Gear, Gears of War, or Half-Life I have quietly shifted to one side, and other adventure games with good stories (Grim Fandango, Thimbleweed Park, Life is Strange) I sort of feel had their box ticked by Monkey Island. But somewhere in this list I’m convinced there’s at least one great, great film. In the meantime, I’m off to see Detective Pikachu. Who knows? Perhaps that will be the film that breaks videogaming’s cinematic duck (or at least Psyduck).
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