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[brxvxsoul]

⤷ muse: noah wright, twenty-three, waiter, bisexual ⤷ open to: f/m/nb - mutuals or non-mutuals  ⤷ based on: you keep trying to sway Noah into being your plus one at a certain event and he absolutely hates the idea. Any connection is welcomed ! 

❛ Ha ! F U N N Y ! … You know, I almost believed you for a second there ❜ he laughed, walking past his friend with a couple plates in his hands before settling them down on the table of his favorite customers, turning on his heels only to be faced with the serious expression plastered on the other’s face.  ❛ — Wait…you’re actually serious? Oh no, no way I’m going there. You’re on your own ❜

[noahwright]

“ dont— don’t fucking touch that, the fuck?! ” they shouted and— okay, probably batting a stranger’s hands away from a bush wasn’t the best course of action here, not with everyone so on edge, so ready to jump at everybody’s throats, but the think is … they have never been very inclined to think before acting. “ unless, you know— ” noah shrugged, natural desinterest prompting the gesture now that danger has been avoided. “ —you want a very pretty rush that stings like a motherfucker for, like, four hours. ” they declared, eyes getting comically wide to add drama to their words.

[the-institute-rpg]

EVENT : summer slave raffle

Have you enjoyed the parties, islanders? Masters, have you spotted some pretty little things you’ve got your eye on? We hope so. And now, with the parties concluded, it’s time to announce your prizes.

The Summer Slave Raffle Event is now concluded. No new open event starters should be posted, but you may feel free to plot and post closed starters from any of the parties.

RAFFLE PRIZES:

1. RAFFLE RENTALS

The following masters have won a week long rental with the slave indicated after their name. Slaves will be delivered to their master’s on the morning of June 12, and returned to the cells on the morning of June 19. 

Raffle Rentals will be subject to the following rules; masters may give the slave additional rules.

Slaves will obey all orders given by their rental masters.

Slaves will sleep, eat, dress, and work according to their masters’ wishes.

Slaves will treat masters they encounter outside of their rentals with respect.

Slaves will have no sexual interaction outside of their master unless expressly permitted to do so.

WINNERS:

Wilder Hayes - Finn Carlyle

Dakota Winters - Tilly Beaumont

Fayeth Araven - Dominik Ruthingham

Ava Montgomery - Sunshine Bunny

Sawyer Chambers - Aspen Gerringer

Qhuinn Fontenot - Rowan Aubri

Margeaux Adkins - Charlotte Taylor

Thomas Chandler - Judith Gilmore-Green

Matt Clarke - Aiden Wentworth

Ale Bolivar Vicente Sanchez - Malakai Nolan

Milo Cole - Genevieve Wranmyer

Teddy Wilson - Dylan Altomare

Lily Lynch - Owen Jackson

Keith Crane - Isabel Hai Phan

Jody Linnel - Atticus Carmine

Wade Jensen - Felix Martin

Jude Rigby - Kylie Danvers

Leslie Stedeman - Elise Nyland

Lucas Drake - Katell Brightwood

Leo Weatherington - Avery Fellhaven

Grace Carleton - Sasha Bell

Arthur Augustus - Nova Walker

Leib Edelman - Scarlett McKnight

Damien Black - Orion Campbell

Ciaran O’Bryan - Persephone Clay

Evelyn Stratford - Xavier Lennon

Clementine Astoria - Malon Savaris

Clara Woodhouse - Thalia Moore

Gulana Alim - Tessa Fuchs

2. CLAIMED SLAVE RENTALS

The following masters have won the right to rent a claimed slave of their choice for up to 5 days. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize. 

WINNERS:

Magnus Kusihamar

Markus Christiansen

Kane Whelan

Park Jae-Min

3. HAPPY OBEDIENCE

The following masters have won a rental with a slave of their choice, during which the administration will place the slave under a spell which will ensure they are cheerful and eager to please. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize. 

WINNERS:

Winter DuBois

Ivy Lawson

Alfie Norris

4. UNHAPPY OBEDIENCE

The following masters have won a rental with a slave of their choice, during which the administration will place the slave under a spell which will compel them to obey all orders given by their master, regardless of whether or not they want to. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize.

WINNERS:

Lilim Morrigan

Cassie Hayes

Wat Fletcher

5. LUST SPELL

The following masters have won a rental with a slave of their choice, during which the administration will place the slave under a lust spell, which will leave them desperate and wanting, and only their master will be able to sate them. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize.

WINNERS:

Hunter Morrigan / Carmella D’Amico

Noah Wright

Ace Kiran

6. NO RESTRICTIONS RENTAL

The following masters have won a rental with a slave of their choice, during which they will not be held to the usual restrictions surrounding permanent harm. Slaves must be returned to the cells alive at the end of their rental; aside from that, masters are permitted to do as they please. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize.

WINNERS:

Emmanuel Reyes

Uriel Zeriah

Steele

7. MASTER’S FEAST

The following masters have won a feast, served to them by--or off of, if they wish--the slave of their choice. The meal will be provided by The Institute; masters may request a theme or specific dishes if they like, and will also have a say in what, if anything, their chosen slave wears to serve it.

WINNERS:

Dougal McLeod

Alexander Black

8. THREE SLAVE RENTAL

The following masters have won the right to rent three slaves at one time. Simply indicate on your rental form--you may submit one form for all three--that you are using your raffle prize.

WINNERS:

James Donovan

Donnie Miller

9. DARK DESIRES FANTASY

The following masters have won a rental, during which they and their slave will be transported to a fantasy scenario of their choosing, courtesy of Dark Desires Nightclub & Lounge. Simply indicate on your rental form that you are using your raffle prize, and report with your slave to one of Dark Desires’ wish rooms, and the djinn there will transport you to any fantasy the master requests.

WINNERS:

Grayson Stratford

Raven Powers

[deeptrashwitch]

Nicholas "Clover" Fowlett

Name: Nicholas Fowlett

Nacionality: American🇺🇲

Age: 26

Date of birth: 15th august 1996 - Lebanon (U.S.A)

Residence: Killeen, Texas, USA

Afilliation: U.S Air Force/ 75th Ranger Regiment Specters

Rank: Airman First Class

Callsign: Clover (Current)/ Charlie 3-2

Occupation: Communication specialist

Height: 1.70 m/ 5'6" ft

Weight: 75 kg

Blood type: B+

Pronouns: He/him

Sexuality: Straight

Languages: English (Native), Arabic, Hebrew, French, Russian (learning)

AFILLIATIONS

Specters members:

-Captain Alicia Marchant (alive)

-Lieutenant Luke Michaelis (alive)

-Sergeant Jackson Blackwell (alive)

-Sergeant Edward Jackson (alive)

-Corporal Noah García (alive)

-Corporal Elijah Wilson (alive)

-Private Marcus Lombardi (alive)

-Private Elliot Stevens (alive)

-Private Alexander Christensen (alive)

-Private Francis Scott (alive)

CIA:

-Chief Station Dominique Wright (alive)

Underworld:

-Liù Xiao Chen (alive)

FAMILY

-??? (Father) (no register)

-??? (Mother) (no register)

PERSONALITY

-He is, sometimes, animated but also get nervous with ease. Normally he keeps quiet during his free time and is not talkative.

-During the conjoined missions he stays inside the comms tent, and is assigned to stay inside the plane while the infantry group is on land. He just do what he has to do, not really interacting with the others comms expert.

-When he's with the team usually still being quiet, but also is a bit more childish. And with Edward is like an annoying little brother, but Eager cannot be pissed with him, he just smile and ruffle his hair.

-He always get scared when he hears the Lieutenant and the Captain talking about transfering someone. Usually it refers to a recruit transfered to the secondary teams, but on his mind they are always talking about him. It doesn't matter how much the whole team talk to him and reassure him that he's part of them. Nicholas continues thinking that one day they'll want to get rid of him.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Lebanon, Kansas, and all he knows is the orphanage. He has no memory of a family, just that the place he grew up at was cold and lonely. He thinks that is the reason he became a quiet and shy kid, just surrounded by the silence of some rooms and the static of some old radios.

Since he was little, he loved to work or repair any kind of communication system just with books as a guide, the orphanage care takers always said he was some kind of gifted kid. He enlisted to the Air Force once he left that place, and the time flew by during the basic training, then he started as a technician. Even though he isn't part of special forces per se, he's really talented and outstanding on the physical exams.

His first team was one where he could work good, but he still felt left out, never fitting in. Soon they sent him to another team, and there it wasn't the best environment, but it was somehow decent. He started to work with the same efficiency as always, but disgracefully once again he was just left out, everyone gave him the cold shoulder.

And one day he met Captain Marchant and Lieutenant Michaelis, and was surprised to see the comparison between his actual Commander and those two, they were by far more professional. When he heard the proposal of the new team, for some reason he was excited! Maybe finally he could find people he could fit in with.

There was some resistance from his superior, but at last he was assigned to Black Tomb, and it was a shock to say the least. Everyone there was amazing, the morning training showed him how good they were on their field of expertise, and the missions once they were complete showed him a coordination so perfect...

But the biggest shock and confusion was when he was preparing everything to a reunion that Wraith had that day, Corporal García and Sergeant Blackwell knocked and got in, not because they needed something, just to have a chat. It was surprising, he thought it would be like with everyone else, no talking and just moving between the lines. So when they asked him if he wanted to go and eat with everyone, he was confused, but accepted a bit nervous.

From then on the Team has become the family he never had, and he connected amazingly with Edward, so most of their holidays are on New Orleans.

SKILLS

-Specialized on every kind of system they need to use on the mission.

-Quick on the translation of codes and encrypted archives, tries to keep a record of them in case he's not avaliable and the team need a decodification urgently.

-Not really part of the infantry, nor especially interested. He's a more technical soldier, and prefers stay out of the front line.

COMBAT

His combat is basic, mostly learned to defend himself in an emergency situation. The first choice weapon is also a Bowie knife. Right now he's trying to learn the Raiders combat style, under the Captain, Alexander and Marcus teaching.

TRIVIA

-His ways to distract himself are fixing old radios and he even has a military radio tucked on his room, he made work somehow. He keeps a guide near it with all the codes to use it and has been teaching the rest about them.

-Edward is his brotherly figure, the pilot is his role model, a dear friend and the person he admires the most. Unconsciously he asimilates some of his behaviours and gestures, which everyone finds amusing some days.

-He has no car but a motorcycle, it's nothing expensive or anything. Is something bought second hand, but he loves it and is happy riding it down the streets.

-During his free time, he's learning how to play bass under Marcus tutoring and Elijah is teaching him Russian and he practice talking with the Captain. He isn't making that much of a progress, but it's funny to hear himself speaking and writing on that new language.

-To be honest he can't recall how he got his callsign, just that one day someone started to call him "Clover" and it just stayed until now.

-His favorite drink is wine, an amazing old bottle of wine. And his favorite food is pasta and bread, if it was his choice, he would eat it every day.

Song

Moodboard

[dcyswclking]

#DCYSWCLKING is an independent, slow & selective, canon divergent role play blog for CANON CHARACTERS & CANON BASED OCS from amc's FEAR THE WALKING DEAD. original character & crossover friendly. please FOLLOW WITH CAUTION as the verses and au's present and may contain topics and content that some find uncomfortable and / or triggering. PERSONAL BLOGS & MINORS PLEASE DO NOT INTERACT. 21+ ONLY. beloved by nini 28+, she/her, CET. beta editor user. ~ medium activity ~ SIDEBLOG TO: @neverfittedin

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muses overview ( under cut )

canon divergent:

alicia clark, 18-28+, bisexual, portrayed by alycia debnam-carey / heavily headcanon based after season 3 final

mike trimbol, 23-30+, pansexual (preference for men), portrayed by chris wood / heavily headcanon based (actually an oc)

jake otto, 25-30+, heterosexual, portrayed by luke mitchell/ sam underwood (as soon as I made resources) / heavily headcanon based

kiara carrera, 18-21+, undefined (still figuring it out) / heavily headcanon based and only platonic jiara; taken from her main universe and implemented into the the walking dead universe

original characters:

nabi kim, 25-28+, pansexual, portrayed by go min-si

evan wright, 21-25+, pansexual, portrayed by rudy pankow / exclusive for apocalyptic verses only

thea elay moore, 21-25+, bisexual, portrayed by chloe bennet / exclusive for apocalyptic verses only

noah phoenix kane-christensen, 23-25+, pansexual, portrayed by maxence danet-fauvel / exclusive for apocalyptic verses only

victoria rojas, 21-23+, bisexual, portrayed by ester expósito / exclusive for apocalyptic verses only

verse info: welcome to the new age ( evan, thea, noah & victoria )

[confidenceinraiin]

LEVI ✉ NOAH

Levi: So does answer #9 mean we're not friends or you're trying to have sex with me?

[blaineandersontds]

@subnoahwrightscks​ commented:

That looks amazing, Blainers! Steal me a slice! Where can I get one?

Lorelai has a ton of them down at the festival, I think! We could swing by together and go grab a piece? 

[bisexual-maelstrom12]

Ranking the Lovelink Matches (a completely subjective list by moi)

22. Clementine Hill / Grace Kim

I already wasn’t into her because she’s a privileged rich girl who uses literary quotes to seem smart (but really it’s just obnoxious). But then she tells us she’s thinking about dumping us for her creepy old professor?? Girl needs an actual job so she can stop relying on her parents and a therapist for her daddy issues. 

21. Dominic Wright / Adam Johnson

I’m still pretty early on in the storyline here but so far I’m just bored. A “love” photography theme? Big yawn.

20. Liam Park / Min-Jae Lee

How Is Dating A K-Pop Star This BORING

19. Jake Gonzales / Zayn Kassab

The sexting is fun but honestly his film project sounds terrible and he needs to cool his feelings down like 200%. 

18. Angel Reed / Emmalyn Roberts

Look she’s amazing and gorgeous and the animals are ADORABLE but honestly I find her pretty boring compared to the other matches SORRY DON’T HATE ME

17. Antoine Dawson / Noah Cruz

He comes on too strong a lot but I dig the puppies and the sexual tension. I would absolutely enter a FWB relationship with him but nothing more. 

16. Albert Bishop / Jonathan Hayes

This ranking is subject to change bc tbh I swiped left on these boys at first (#fuckamericanimperialism). But then other matches finished up and I needed more content and y’know what? Albert’s pretty okay. I like his backstory so far and he’s sweet and sexy. Should def get out of the military tho. 

15. Stefan Silver / Oliver Black

I appreciate that he’s a more consent-friendly version of Christian Gray and I like the “defrosting ice king” trope. But I would much rather be using the riding crop on him than vice versa. >:)

14. Jamie Grant / Seth Evans

Jamie is kind of a weird match in that I LOVE his storyline but also the flirting is pretty weak?? Like, I literally would have had to pay gems for the first “date”. I’m not feeling much of a sexual connection here, but I’m all aboard the hacker kidnapping storyline. 

13. Austin Russo / Damien Jones

He’s rough around the edges but the character growth is pretty spectacular. Gotta save my boo from death row. 

12. Sam Knight / Michael Evans

Never thought I’d be into a jock frat boy but here we are. I like how I snarked at him constantly for a week and he still fell for me. Ghosting us after we call him out on his daddy issues is pretty weak tho. 

11. Samantha Clark / Aesha Nora

Okay she isn’t the greatest person or partner but cute gamer gf?? Yes please. And she can cook and bench press me too! *swoon* Also Fiction needs to be real asap. 

10. Sage Foster / Vitoria Voznesenky

Sage was one of my first matches and was my favorite for a while. Who doesn’t want a hot goth gf? But then she PUNCTURED MY LIP (does that even heal??) and almost ate me and I’m just not about that. Hopefully she can go give Baba Yaga a talking to and get that curse removed.

9. Skylar Quinn / Jaden Bower

So making us commit a crime and then ditching us on the first date wasn’t cool, and I’m not much for a “rebel without a cause,” but then Skylar hit me with his tragic backstory and, well, I’m weak y’all. Also he’s so smart and snarky and sexy and I want him to achieve his dreams.

8. Eve Rockwood / Alice Martin

Look I’m still pissed at Eve for ditching us in Ibiza. But also I would absolutely drop everything to follow a hot girl to Japan. 

7. William Crome / Julien Alexandre

I was never really into the whole dating a vampire thing but William just does it for me. I think it’s the hair and the old timey fashion. And he told off his mom for me, which is more than I can say about SOME of these matches.

6. Hugo Hornsby / Marco Bottazzi

Hugo is lowkey a garbage human who absolutely emotionally cheated on his long-term fiance with us. So why do I love him so much?? Idk, could be my trash taste in men, could be my love of geeks, could be the delicious drama of his plotline. Hugo pls come back from ur convo with ur fiance and d*ck us down already. 

5. Kayla Summers / Jasmin Medina

Kayla/Jasmin is objectively the most badass match in Lovelink. She’s hot, ambitious, and didn’t ghost me for a dumb reason. She can kill it in heels AND kill actual killers! Get you a girl who can do both!

4. Raphael Becker / Wyatt Moore

The creepy cult plot is fascinating and Raph is the perfect combination of sweet/romantic and hott. That dream date was amazing. Pls Lovelink, when will my husband* come back from the war**?

* musician boyfriend

** creepy cult village

3. Ryan Byrne

Ryan is lowkey my perfect guy--sweet, nerdy, and SO SEXY OMG. I need his sex scene so bad pls. Also he might have caused the zombie apocalypse and that’s very interesting of him. I’m hooked on his story and I want his **** hooked in my *****. 

2. Milena Sarafian / Ana Samarine (also maybe the same route as Ruby Thomas and Julia Greene?? Idk I’m pretty confused by this whole situation)

Apparently my ideal type is an adorable yet sexy computer who discovers love and how to be human through interacting with me. I should probably go watch that Her movie.

1. Cpt. Muffin

CAT. SHY BOY. <3.

[thedearidiot]

Aaron Rodgers - Climax

“Life is a collective impossibility.”

There were so many languages. Aramaic, Phoenician, Etruscan, Tamil, Moabite, Umbrian. Too many languages. From where did they all come? It was a puzzlement, especially if you believed—and if you were authoring the Pentateuch you no doubt did—that all these speakers were branches of a single family tree. Why would Noah’s descendants, leaving the Ark to replenish the Earth, differ so greatly from one another? You needed an etiology, you did. If you were Greek, you might blame Hermes. If you were Bantu, you might blame a famine-induced madness. But if you were writing the Book of Genesis, you might blame, well, God.

The story of the Tower of Babel from Genesis 11 is short—very short. You’ve probably heard it, or at least something like its broadest outlines. In only nine verses no longer than your average nursery rhyme, the postdiluvian people (speaking but one language) decide in their arrogance to build a tower to reach the heavens; the Lord sees it and is displeased; and so the Lord confuses their language and scatters them about the globe. Short, sweet, and to the point: Pride goeth before the globe-scattering fall.

Or at least that is the traditional interpretation. And it’s not an unreasonable one—what few dots there are seem to connect in a pretty straight line, and old-timey Yahweh was quite prone to smiting, having just exited his “drown them all” Great Flood phase. Like so many ancient stories, it easily calcifies into something abstract and removed from the specifics of the story itself. But actually reading the nine relevant verses is quite a time—especially when read from the perspective of an acolyte of God fashioning an explanation for the world’s diversity of languages. For the Lord did not just punish the people for their hubris; he did so out of fear that their unity of language and of purpose would make them his rivals (“and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do”). And the Lord did not choose just any punishment; he chose exactly the thing that the people most feared (“and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth” / “and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth”). Taken together, it paints an astonishingly bleak picture—humanity, its highest goals easily scuttled by outside forces, overseen by a vengeful, jealous God more interested in chaos and the psychological scars of a self-fulfilling prophecy than in peace or understanding. (And all this from Moses, one of God’s chief troubadours! Imagine the story a naysayer might have told.)

It’s hard not to think of the Tower of Babel in the wake of Climax, Gaspar Noé’s latest boundary-pushing entry in his own foreboding corner of the cinéma du corps/New French Extremity. Noé is not shy about citing his idols and reference points generally, from Godard to Kubrick to Lynch, nor has he been subtle about the influences on Climax—in addition to referencing the Tower of Babel, Shivers, and The Towering Inferno (among others) in interviews, Noé has helpfully laid out a wealth of data points surrounding the monitor on which he displays his dance troupe’s introductory interviews. Among the citations: Argento’s Suspiria; Fassbinder’s Querelle; Żuławski’s Possession; Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom; and Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou, not to mention various books like Taxi Driver and How to Succeed at Suicide. The ways in which these influences play out are sometimes obvious (e.g., Selva’s (Sofia Boutella) agonized, writhing convulsion in the hallway explicitly recalls Isabelle Adjani’s subway paroxysm in Possession), sometimes less so (e.g., Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis, which—according to Noé, the little stinker—appears because “I like the title and I like the book...because it’s so cruel”). There is no Holy Bible propped up against Noé’s mid-1990s tube TV, but the idea of a vengeful and jealous overseer disrupting an attempt at something greater is central to Climax. As he did in Irréversible, Noé realizes that hell, unbearable as it can be, is only made more hellish by the possibility of heaven.

Climax begins (like Irréversible) with the ending. Lou (Souheila Yacoub), covered in blood, is seen from overhead stumbling through the snow before collapsing. Something terrible has obviously happened to her (this is Noé, after all), but unlike Irréversible, which unfurls a fully backward chronology, this prologue is only a brief flash-forward. After the credits play, Climax introduces us to its large cast via the aforementioned interviews, quickly sketching its players’ backgrounds, interests, and fears as the dancers—applying to be part of some sort of international touring group—discuss sex and drugs and other points of interest to the bohemian twentysomething circa 1996. From there, Climax moves to an abandoned school on the outskirts of Paris where the group is rehearsing, and it is at this point that Noé provides his greatest shock of all: joy. As the dancers krump and vogue and contort in what can only be called harmonious dissonance, Noé’s unbroken take evokes the bygone MGM musical of Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, celebrating the amazing things a body in motion can do not by simulating that motion through quick-hitting edits but through the camera’s unblinking gaze.

Of course, Climax’s version of the cinematic dance number has a decidedly modern bent not incidental to its overarching themes. The participants in manager Emmanuelle’s (Claude Gajan Maull) group are not performing in the classical Astaire-and-Rogers style, nor do they look like the cast of Singin’ in the Rain. Instead, they are diverse in almost every way—nationally, ethnically, sexually, socioeconomically. What they have in common—in addition to youth—is an affinity for creative movement and a desire/belief (perhaps born of naïveté) that through their collective efforts they can make the world a better place. Climax early on declares that it is a French film and proud of it and a large sequined French flag hangs behind the dancers, framing their efforts. For a time, it seems as though these young performers, accepting of all comers and overflowing with joie de vivre, might represent a new, aspirational future for France, free of the petty jealousies and insecurities and bigotries that define (and mar) life as we know it.

But Noé is not one for uplift, and as the prophetic prologue cautions, this jubilant beginning must come to an end. After their astonishing first dance—several of the most infectious minutes one is likely to see onscreen—the performers become revelers, celebrating their upcoming tour with food and merriment and sangria. That sangria happens to be laced with LSD—something neither the dancers nor we yet know, though some pointed shots of the punch bowl and the too-frequent mentions of its contents suggest trouble—and will soon cause this utopian mini-society to erupt into death and madness. But the eruption is that of a festering boil. Cleverly, Noé follows the initial dance with a series of conversations among the participants, mostly broken off in pairs. While further fleshing out their characters and deepening certain audience connections (and introducing Tito (Vince Galliot Cumant), Emmanuelle’s young son who, being a child in a Noé film, cannot possibly meet a good end), these interactions also reveal the lie behind the seeming idyll we have just witnessed. Sexual gamesmanship, misogyny, mutual distrust, power dynamics, a general unease—even before the drugged wine has taken hold, no amount of common bond or feel-good sentiments can fully inoculate against the crassness and misanthropy of the human condition. Vive la France—unless that French flag plays less than wholesomely to some of the carousers whose skin color may have left them disadvantaged under its auspices. God is with us—unless God, wary of his waning primacy and unwilling to go down without a fight, has been against us all along.

From there, Noé gifts us one additional extended dance sequence—this time shot from above, like a devilish cousin to Busby Berkeley’s showstoppers—but the additional knowledge we have gained makes the number play very differently than its predecessor. It is still exuberant, still exciting, still full of technical and physical marvels, but there is a sense of disquiet coursing through it, of tenuous allegiances and bids for attention. The playful back-and-forth of the first dance feels slightly more strained; the seemingly effortless flow of before is supplemented with an element of jockeying and competition. All these workers building a tower, but unsure about one another’s methods or their mutual destination.

Being a Noé film, it is no surprise that from there Climax descends into recriminations and mutilation, child endangerment and incest, and ultimately into a crimson-lit nightmare resulting in death. Noé’s superb camerawork—always a hallmark—not only complements the dancing beautifully (one truly wishes that he, along with Edgar Wright, would make an out-and-out musical, though for Noé that would almost certainly have to be Sweeney Todd), it also brings to life the increasingly fragile (and ultimately disintegrated) mental states of his crew of revelers. While Selva is probably the closest thing Climax has to a protagonist as the camera follows her back and forth from the common space to the dorm rooms the group has been occupying, no one seems fully safe/sane—not Selva, as she comes undone in front of some nature-backdrop wallpaper; not Lou or Omar (Adrien Sissoko), who abstain from the sangria for personal reasons that end up visiting upon them violence (whether Western culture dislikes a Muslim or a sexually active woman more is a question Climax does not definitively resolve); not even Daddy (Kiddy Smile), as he good-naturedly DJs the proceedings. That Climax employs so much improvisation is nothing short of miraculous, given how intricately some of Noé’s long takes appear to be choreographed. But beyond mere showmanship (of his own or his performers), these extended sequences give Climax the disorienting effect of feeling both dreamlike (or, perhaps more accurately, nightmarish) and realistic. Real life does not employ the careful and selective cutting of a movie, unfolding as its own long take, yet the memories thereof are fragmented in a subconscious act of self-editing, making Noé’s aesthetic appropriately both distancing and suffocating.

This visual evocation of an unyielding descent into hell is complemented perfectly by Noé and Ken Yasumoto’s sound design. The music that previously served as an enthusiastic soundscape turns menacing and relentless, with the percussive beats and throbbing bass driving the drug-addled action perpetually forward, stymieing any possible reflective moment. Yet that merciless music is preferable to the screams and groans it sometimes drowns out—cries that are themselves preferable, in the case of Tito, to a sudden silence that is deafening in its horrific implications. Even the comparatively hospitable environs of the sleeping quarters see Dom (Mounia Nassangar) attacking Lou and Taylor (Taylor Kastle) taking advantage of his sister, Gazelle (Giselle Palmer). As the sangria brings out the group’s (somewhat) latent paranoia and aggression and worst impulses, a downward spiral is inevitable; once gravity takes hold, escape velocity becomes nearly impossible to achieve.

Unlike Irréversible, Noé does not end Climax on a tragic but perversely bittersweet note; instead, he ends it with a possible explanation for the madness that disquietingly suggests that the madness was unavoidable. The perpetrator’s outsider status implies the doomed nature of group activity. The lies told in the instigator’s interview speak to the inefficacy of preparatory efforts. Most upsettingly, the culprit’s name, drawn from Greek mythology and literally meaning “breath of life,” points back to God and the Tower of Babel. The people banded together in an attempt to do something great, something just within reach. But God wouldn’t have it. So he scrambled the synapses a bit—a different language here, a chemically disrupted neuro-receptor there—and voilà, his supremacy was re-established. But to what end? “Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair,” said a king of kings, until nothing beside remained. Pride goeth before the fall; when the proud one is divine, the fall leads all the way to hell.

[cordonianqueenie]

My LoveLink Matches Ranked (so far!)

1. Stefan Silver

I know, I know. And as previously stated this makes me feel very basic but the heart wants what the heart wants. And the heart apparently wants a pixilated man with severe family trauma and an inability to trust people who gave me the hands down hottest date that lasted ALL NIGHT 🔥.

2. Austin Russo

So damn sweet. He takes time to warm up to you but when he does he is the loveliest. Also this storyline brings the Drama which I love. Only downfall is the lack of a proper date. I wanna wistfully lock eyes with my man through the bulletproof glass as we talk through those little phone things. 😆 🤣

3. William Crome

I never thought that single handedly tearing apart a pack of vampires to protect our love and then delaying our date so he could dispose of the bodies and clean up was what did it for me but it seems it is. I was initially worried we were getting Twilight vibes but no definitely more of a All Souls Trilogy vibe going on. And you know that picture where he's wearing the shirt with the lace up front and giving a little half smile? Love.It.

4. Albert Bishop

Albert is really nice, maybe too nice? I like him best when he's being flirty. I think the only thing holding him back on this list is my personal awful experience if military guys. Sorry Albert 😘.

5. Jamie Grant

Cute hacker who said he loves how I get flirty in dangerous situation. Which is good because its literally my only move. Hes a bit a a dummy for not realising who OZO was cos I felt it was pretty obvious but I will let him get away with it cos I do have a weakness for computer nerds.

6 Daniel Anderson

Love the slow build zombie storyline. Love that he names his lab rats after famous scientists. Love the hot chat about wearing labcoats and nothing underneath. I'm sad that when we went on our date I didnt want to spend any gems so I let him down with a rubbish date about cooking eggs. And he sent me this picture when our relationship status went up and I kinda wish my 'never leaves the lab' virologist didn't have quite just chiselled abs.

7. Jaden Bower

When he abandoned me in a pool after forgetting to mention we were breaking and entering i went for all the negative interaction options. I got so angry with him and like I still think the sad little rich boy who turns to petty crime is not the most attractive thing but he won me over with his passion for engineering and whats turning into a pretty interesting storyline. So definitely midtable.

8. Capt. Muffin

Also midtable because we haven't got very far into the story but I do like the idea of the guy with social anxiety so bad that he talks to his matches through his cat rather than just be himself until he feels comfortable with them. That is just all kinds of adorable.

9. Dominic Wright

He's super cute but his story is so dry and dull. Like dude crazy ex girlfriend? That's what we are going with here? Are you aware that other people on this app are fighting for their lives on death row or turning me into a vampire? Step your game up!!

10. Hugo Hornsby

Oh Hugo. I feel like they wanted it both ways. They wanted you to be a nice guy but they also wanted a forbidden love element. The result is just really messy where you come across as weak and ineffectual but also a guy willingly carry on an emotional affair behind the back of your fiancée of seven years. Pick a lane you can't be the nice guy and be creeping.

11. Rafael Becker

Rafael was actually my first match and I really got into the sci-fi cultist village stuff but it just started to fall a little flat for me after a while and I lost the romance. And the dream date was just too weird.

12. Noah Cruz

Cute dog really not much else of note in this story so far for me. I feel like we might be getting into it now I'm in Alaska but yet to be seen. Also not choosing diamond options turned me into this weak willed loser who couldn't commit to boarding a plane. Which pissed me right off.

13. Zayn Kassab

OK so this is going to make me sound awful but he is just way too nice. I literally walked off his set after agreeing to be the tree spirit and he didn't even get mad about it. So I frequently find myself forgetting about him.

14. Sam Knight

Too young and I feel like he's coming across as a bit of a narcissist and I'm really not here for that.

So that's my list. Sorry I've only been matching with guys so Ive got no opinions on the girl matches.

[noahwright]

* @jvstmyluck ⸺ closed interaction .

the bushes to this side of their camp were thicker, the leaves hanging from the trees bigger, and the humidity so strong noah felt it hugging them like a heavy, suffocating wool coat. yet they kept going, they'd been wanting to explore this part of the island for a long time now, and they weren't backing out just because of a little bit of annoying dampness, much less now that they had a willing companionship for the first time.    “ okay, this way ”    they pointed to their left after being able to pull away a dense wall of leaves from a gigantic sort of willow tree with the stick they were holding in their hand. and then, seemingly out of nowhere, right after they passed the barrier and as if taken from a fantasy world that only lived in those books their brother back home loved so much, both of them were received by a small glowing field that made noah’s jaw go slack.     “ what the f— ”    the curse word emerged in a slow whisper and was interrupted by the lack of breath the impression provoked.    “ mate, look at this, what in the heck ... are those— are those mushrooms?! ”    they looked like it, but they'd never seen or heard of mushrooms glowing outside of the dark, a fact that made all of this just ... as exhilarating as really fucking weird.

[crimsoncityhq]

Depending on where you are in the hotel, you’ve either had a night of quickly mounting tension or a night of … relative relaxation. The blizzard still mourns outside, howling through the blanketed streets and hurling its flurries at the hotel which sways beneath your feet if you stand still for long enough. The patrons locked in their quarters can do nothing but let the rocking lull them to sleep in hopes they’ll find their ways home by daybreak. Of course, there are still plenty of winter hours to get through before the sun can peel away the darkness, and just as sleep filters in through your lashes, you hear a ‘ click. ’ Everyone around you hears it, too, and for once there’s unity in the room as the group decides as a unit to investigate. Well, save for one, who is well aware of what that click means. It comes from the bathroom, so you all venture in, and the locked door stationed by the sink swings open. Standing on the other side of the threshold—and looking just as befuddled—are your neighbors, those five in the adjacent room who look just as cold and hungry as you do. It’s a good and bad thing; you’ll have more company, more snacks to go around courtesy of the minibar and, with any luck, more friends than enemies in one place, though you still find a few idle pairs of steely eyes narrowing on you. 

In short, there’s a bright side and a not-so-bright side: each room has opened up via the bathroom to allow a bigger expanse for you and your fellow patrons to explore, though the possibility of it all leading to even more tension is too high for comfort. Still, it’s better to cozy up with nine other bodies than only four … right ? 

PART II of the Lights Out event has begun ! This part will conclude on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH at 9 P.M. EST. For this part of the event, your characters’ rooms have opened, allowing muses to move between the room they’ve been assigned to and the adjacent one. 

EX: Room 1 and Room 2 are now conjoined, and any character in Room 1 can interact with any character in Room 2 and vice versa. 

As a reminder, your groups are under the cut. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Admin J or Admin Amy for clarification ! ( And don’t be afraid to get some good plots cookin’—now is the time for drama ! )

ROOM #1 & ROOM #2: Arlo Flores, Fletcher Hargrave, Ira Evans, Jesse Valencia, Theodore “Teddy” Cohen, Anastasia Sahin, Billie Washington, Josephine “Josie” Leon, Mathias Attano, Taron Lynch

ROOM #3 & ROOM #4: Andrea “Andy” Perez, Asli Demir, Blythe Sweetwine, Braden Kahale, Margeaux Saint Claire, Alejandra Ruiz, Armande Ivashkov, Harlow Dumas,Jackson Marston, Lev Vasile

ROOM #5 & ROOM #6: Gwen Arnolds, Hana Faust,Jean-Jacques Baptiste De Romanet, Jessika Delmonica, Oisin Donnelly, David Sharpe, Juno Song, Layla Jiminez, Nadia James, Nicola Faust, Peyton Bridges

ROOM #7 & ROOM #8: Callan Quinn, Effie Faust, Igor Vasile, Letitia “Tia” Valentine, Rosalie Halliday, Sutton James, Addison Mckinley, Anton Volkov, Aries “Rhys” Rigsby, Cecilia Cavendish, Esmeray Demir, Lucian Faust

ROOM #9 & ROOM #10: Aslyn Walsh, Catriona O'Shea, Oliver Faust, Tulsa Jane Honey, Genevieve Bisset, Lee Malkovich, Levi Bohan, Maisie Kane, Saskia Vasile, Allison Lynch-Demir

ROOM #11 & ROOM #12: Amara Ricci, Auron Wright, Christine Li, Holden Mercer, Sloan Washington, Stefano Vitorri, Edith Cohen, Ellis Rowe, Lavrenti “Lav” Vasile, Lincoln Dawson, Silas Hale

ROOM #13 & ROOM #14: Fabian Drake Kalashnyk, Carrigan Connolly, Cassidy Faust, Monika Adler, Nicholas Krieger, Erin Cerci, Lada Antonovna, Leonid “Leo” Vasile, Rahi Kumar, Zoe Washington

ROOM #15 & ROOM #16: Abel Washington, Dominika Romanov, Faith Williams, Olivia Madden, Rosalia Leon, Cassandra Conally, Atticus Mercer, Diamond Washington, Killian Walsh, Lorelai Faust, Oakley Butler

ROOM #17 & ROOM #18: Audric Noire, Mikhail Morosov, Noah Etkin, Nova Deveraux, Viktoriya Vasile, Anatalya Vasile, Darren Murphy, Julia Faust, Konstantin Vasile, Violet Madden

ROOM #19 & ROOM #20: Davut Demir, Katarina Vasile, Veronica Pierce, Vincent St James, Zane Washington, Beauregard “Beau” Griveaud, Blair Faust, Caoilainn “Callie” Walsh, Milo Arrington, Zedekiah Vasile

ROOM #21 & ROOM #22: Dante “Sebastian” Faust, Liam Walsh, Marissa Atkinson Orion Anderson, Vitomir Kipriyanov, Andrew “Drew” Whittmore, Callum James, Ivy Ivashkov, Marie-Anne Beaulieu,  Nikolai Volkov

ROOM #23 & ROOM #24: Audrey Rousseau, Barnaby Eaton, Constansia Fournier, Edie James, Birdie Mendoza, Eleanor “Elle” Eaton, Joanna “Joey” O'Shea, Katya Ivanova, Wyatt Leon, Amelia Wolfe

[the-institute-rpg]

EVENT : spring punishment

You didn’t really think it was that simple, did you? A day in chains, just enduring a little pain? No, for such egregious disrespect, there must be real consequences. And how can anyone learn their lesson without truly participating in the fallout?

Each member of Group A has been secretly matched with three members of Group B, and vice versa. Throughout the day, people from each group will be magically silenced--no apologies or clues as to their identity here--and forced, through magic or compulsion, to participate in the punishment of the three people they have been matched with. And there will be no weepy apologies and regaining of trust afterwards. All those punished will be enchanted so that they are unable to tell anyone the identities of the people they tortured. Your pathetic guilt will be your own cross to bear, as will the mystery of who tortured you.

OOC INFO:

On Saturday, each person from Group B will be magically gagged so they cannot make any sound, and brought to the quad, where they will be compelled to use, hurt, and punish three members of Group A. On Sunday, this process will be reversed, with every member of Group A being forced to use, hurt, and punish three members of Group B. Each participant will thus be tortured by three people, and torture three people. Participants will not be aware of this twist until they are made to punish someone. 

Participants will be enchanted or compelled--depending on their species’ susceptibility to compulsion--to torture each other, but will remain aware of their actions and know that they are acting against their will. No particular method of torture is enforced; you may decide for yourself what they are compelled to do. Guards will have whips, paddles, floggers and the like available, and you may headcanon any other implements.

Those being tortured will remain blindfolded and deafened while the unwilling participants are present. Those torturing will be magically unable to speak or make a sound, but will otherwise have the use of their mouths.

All participants will be enchanted so that they are unable to tell anyone the identities of the people they tortured. This includes confirming the identity if someone asks or guesses.

The admins have randomly assigned one character for each participant to torture, for a total of two random assignments each--one random person to torture, and one random person to be tortured by.

For the other two out of three, you may plot with anyone from the opposite group, so go ahead and force your character to torture their friends, lovers, or whatever your twisted little heart desires.

If you do not wish to thread or plot all six interactions, you may choose to headcanon that any number of them occurred with NPCs. As long as you headcanon that your character tortured three people, and was tortured by three mystery people, only the randomly matched pairs are required. 

Random pairs can be found under the cut, sorted by group. Find your character’s name on each list, as punisher and punishee.

Group A

These punishments occur on Sunday, when Group B is in the quad

Alexander Black must punish Scarlett McKnight

Alfie Norris must punish Daisy Lynch

Angelina Andrews must punish Elise Nyland 

Atticus Carmine must punish Noah Wright

Ava Montgomery must punish Elliot Raws

Ciaran O’Bryan must punish Malon Savaris

Elijah Scott must punish Nova Walker

Evander Kasyade must punish Layla DuBois

Evelyn Stratford must punish Tae Lee 

Fayeth Araven must punish Theodore Stott

Frankie Vanderbilt must punish Dominik Ruthingham 

Genevieve Wranmyer must punish Damien Black

Gulana Alim must punish Freya Lund

Jude Rigby must punish Tessa Fuchs

Katell Brightwood must punish Dylan Altomare 

Kylie Danvers must punish Dhanial Lyman

Leo Weatherington must punish Edmund Elofsen

Levi Matthews must punish Wilder Hayes 

Lily Lynch must punish Finn Carlyle

Malakai Nolan must punish Avery Fellhaven 

Margeaux Adkins must punish Grace Carleton 

Orion Campbell must punish Tilly Beaumont 

Owen Jackson must punish Dougal McLeod 

Persephone Clay must punish Leib Edelman

Qhuinn Fontenot must punish Felix Martin

Rowan Aubri must punish Aiden Wentworth 

Sabrina Christiansen must punish Chase Walker

Sasha Bell must punish Ash Romero

Stephen White must punish Magnus Kusihamar 

Sunshine Bunny must punish James Donovan

Thalia Moore must punish Skyler Campbell 

Thomas Chandler must punish Isabel Hai Phan 

Tommy Heavyshield must punish Xavier Lennon 

Violet Lynch must punish Judith Gilmore-Green 

Group B

These punishments occur on Saturday, when Group A is in the quad

Aiden Wentworth must punish Sunshine Bunny 

Ash Romero must punish Elijah Scott 

Avery Fellhaven must punish Genevieve Wranmyer 

Chase Walker must punish Alexander Black 

Daisy Lynch must punish Persephone Clay 

Damien Black must punish Evelyn Stratford 

Dhanial Lyman must punish Stephen White 

Dominik Ruthingham must punish Qhuinn Fontenot 

Dougal McLeod must punish Frankie Vanderbilt 

Dylan Altomare must punish Gulana Alim 

Edmund Elofsen must punish Leo Weatherington 

Elise Nyland must punish Sasha Bell 

Elliot Raws must punish Rowan Aubri 

Felix Martin must punish Malakai Nolan 

Finn Carlyle must punish Thalia Moore 

Freya Lund must punish Sabrina Christiansen 

Grace Carleton must punish Violet Lynch 

Isabel Hai Phan must punish Kylie Danvers

James Donovan must punish Katell Brightwood 

Judith Gilmore-Green must punish Fayeth Araven

Layla DuBois must punish Angelina Andrews 

Leib Edelman must punish Levi Matthews 

Magnus Kusihamar must punish Thomas Chandler 

Malon Savaris must punish Lily Lynch 

Noah Wright must punish Alfie Norris 

Nova Walker must punish Jude Rigby

Scarlett McKnight must punish  Owen Jackson 

Skyler Campbell must punish Atticus Carmine 

Tae Lee must punish Margeaux Adkins 

Tessa Fuchs must punish Orion Campbell 

Theodore Stott must punish Ciaran O’Bryan 

Tilly Beaumont must punish Ava Montgomery 

Wilder Hayes must punish Tommy Heavyshield

Xavier Lennon must punish Evander Kasyade 

[14883205]

Week 2

McCarthy and Wright demonstrate how technology – namely user experience design—has always been accommodative of communication and interaction—two innately human needs. In their essay, we are given glimpses of everyday interactions with technology. The library staff finds joy in receiving a short message from a long-distance friend.  The nurse is frustrated by the reductiveness of technology, as her patients emerge as mere bits of information in the system. The last anecdote has a neutral slant, where we see a father make use of the technology at home to facilitate his daily routine. Rather than demonise technology for diluting the essence of communication and social interaction, McCarthy and Wright detail how we are evolving technology to be synchronous to our emotional needs.

Like any other Generation Z kid, I find myself getting most of my emotional and communication needs fulfilled through technology. Even before the pandemic, my friends and I preferred texting and video calls to meeting up, as it saved us time and money. As McCarthy and Wright brought up, text messaging does not really diminish the quality nor ability to communicate.

Most of the online services I use, paid and unpaid, attempts to appeal to my emotional and intellectual sensibilities as well. Through algorithms, Youtube, Netflix, and even my iPhone’s Gallery curate and streamline content to my personal preferences. The ethics of these algorithms are still up for debate, but it is difficult to deny that they tend to align with our human needs and wants. Youtube recommends similar paranormal-related channels after I binge on Buzzfeed Unsolved. Netflix tells me I might enjoy another corny romantic comedy after I finish a whole round of Noah Centineo movies. And after reading this essay, I realise that these features are not just exclusive to streaming services. iPhone Gallery periodically reminds me of things that happened exactly a year ago, putting together a video montage every month to show me everyday snapshots of my life. Often, these photos are long-forgotten and unremarkable in the moment. A candid shot of my finished dinner at a sushi place, a blurry image of a friend doing something silly. The iPhone Gallery manages to condense fleeting moments into a short clip, reminding me of how the dullest moments have their own shine as well. This resonates with McCarthy and Wright’s statement on how technology has evolved to capture the emotional needs of a human.

[confidenceinraiin]

LEVI ✉ NOAH

Levi: Hey.

Levi: That's dumb, I didn't send that, it was an alien. How are you?

Levi: That was dumb too, another alien. Okay.

Levi: Good morning. Did you sleep well? I'll be in the dance studio today, if you need me.

[jammyjess]

Hey friends!

I found King Falls AM at a time in my life where I felt scared, hopeless and alone. I didn’t want to be here at all, and I thought for the most part I’d never be happy again. I’m still most of those things, but every day in King Falls makes that a little easier to be okay with. I thought long and hard about what I could manage for this, but most of all, I just wanted to say thank you. So. Here goes.

Thank you for Sammy Stevens, who is my favourite kind of character. He’s sassy and pretty and humble and full of love.Thank you for his cynicism and snark, but also for his ability to push aside his own beliefs and ideas and wants when it matters. Also, for letting him Suplex Grisham, because that was pretty neat! Thank you for the way he relates to the people around him, but especially to Lily. For a character who makes mistakes and actually tries to learn from them - he doesn’t always get it right, but he tries, and that’s so important. He’s made me laugh, he’s made me cry, he’s made me want to scream. I adore his backstory, it means more to me than I can say, but also thank you for the way you handled the events around 75. It was so meaningful. I love him with everything I have, which is why it hurts me to thank you for his pain, which is so unbelievably relatable to my own. For my own hurt that comes out of his mouth. The kind of hurt that transcends circumstances. I was in a dark place before this show, and parts of me are still there, but watching Sammy grow, and change and heal has meant everything to me. It gives me hope for better days. For Sammy, and for me too. Thank you for giving him the courage to stick around, and for giving him hope. Thank you for Benny Arnold. Who I can’t write about coherently without bursting into tears. He’s messy and flawed and just absolutely gorgeous. Seeing him grow through the years has been an absolute joy, but most of all, I love his ability to remain untainted by the horrors he’s been through. He’s still got the same heart, and it’s the best heart there is. I love his passion, his hope, his resilience. His belief in everybody around him. He remains unapologetically himself through everything, and I adore him. He is The Good, and I’m so glad we have him. Noah brings such complexity to him too, and I can listen a thousand times to a single episode and continue to feel all the things. 

Thank you for Emily. For making a strong, intelligent, badass women who’s also soft and desirable and loving. For letting her write her own story and for letting her be more than a prize to be won. She’s so good natured and considerate and thoughtful, and even in her worst moments she never loses that. Every moment she appears is wonderful and Jess KILLS IT every time! I’ve especially enjoyed phase two Emily, as her relationships with other characters become more integral to the story. Thank you for speaking out against the Frickards of the world through her, because it hurts and it’s hard but it’s so important. Using your audience for good means so much. Thank you for the thoughtfulness and care with which you consistently apply to sensitive subjects. For day-to-day happiness, for happy places and for months of quiet kindness without ever being asked. 

Thank you for Jack Wright. For the reminder to choose love (even when it’s hard. Maybe especially when it’s hard.) For the reminder that we’re all worthy of love, in all its forms. The affirmation that nobody corners the market on sadness, but also that we don’t always have to go it alone. That grief is universal, and that’s not always a bad thing. For quiet moments of humanity in the midst of absolute tragedy. For vulnerability, for heartbreak and moving forward together. For forgiveness and acceptance, and humility. 

Thank you for Dwayne Libbydale, who’s a special kind of chaos. I am again lost for words, but I love him, I love him, I love him. 

Thank you for Pete Escobar Ed Edwards Yardboy Myers and his funyuns and disdain and snark (even if me saying I love him means he’ll never listen to this show again.) Thank you for PHENOMENAL journalist Lily Wright, who is an absolute delight! She feels like the personification of grief, loss and trauma, but at the same time so, so real. Her reluctant acceptance of King Falls as home is beautiful, and I hope she gets ALL THE HUGS really soon. She’s not afraid to speak her mind, even if it means alienating the people she loves. Her shaky vulnerability with Sammy, Ben and Emily is so good, and I’m so excited to see where the future of Lily Wright lays. King Falls Chronicles was some KILLER story telling, and Candace was the icing on the cake. The acting chemistry she has with everybody is absolutely on point. I’m so glad we get to keep Lily. That she’s found home. Thank you for #DeputyDead. His unwavering optimism and willingness to see the good in everything and everybody is absolutely wonderful. 

Thank you for Debbie and RoboTim, who I still believe in, despite all evidence pointing to ‘don’t do that.’ Thank you for Maggie Masterson, an Actual Icon. And for our Man’s Man’s Man and his lil Kingsie Bab. For Regan who is a sweetheart and Chet who I hate to love.

Thank you for villains that fill me with white hot rage. Who’s actions are explained, but never excused. For Frickards and Gundersons and ShadowFUCKS and HFB3’s and Leland Hills and Ernies and Grishams. They’re different levels of despicable, and I adore hate them all. 

Thank you for ridiculous caricatures ; the Gwendolyns and the Cynthias and the Jacob Williams. Thank you for SPORTSBALL (CHOP. DAT. WOOD.) and WALL CRABS and GARBAGE BEARS and DANGER NOODLES  and every other ridiculous Benism. 

Thank you for Teareal and serendipity and redrum roses and for the inability to see the word ‘ghost’ and not correcting it to APPARITION. Thank you for Dan & Larry and boy band battles and Doyle’s Conspiracy Cavern and Devon Hamptonframptonshire. For Golden Owl, Finn and Gator Jack and Alvin and every other ridiculously loveable character you’ve created. Some of them barely last longer than an episode, but their chaos will fuel me for a lifetime. 

Thank you for Mary Jensen, who is the mom I wish I had. All moms are champs, but Mary is perfect. Thank you for Betty and Nancy and Loretta and Marigold. All who I expect deserve the praise they’re given. 

Thank you for Herschel and Cecil, who are cranky old bastards and who probably shouldn’t fit together, but they do so effortlessly. The care and compassion they have for each other is inspiring, and I too hope to have a friend like that someday. Trent is wickedly skilled, and I’m sure he hears it so often but!!!! 

Thank you for BE WELL BUDDIES and silly puns in the titles, and short jokes and RoboTim mixups and Science Institute break-ins with vigilante superheroes and mysterious callers. Thank you for love through overnight oats and moustache talk and non-binary pals. For a willingness to grow and change and learn and laugh. For the electrolocaust and my favourite threesome and for sammiversarys. For Ben posting Sammy’s bail, and heart-to-hearts in jail cells. For stupid bets and bensplosions and the fucking kickball story. For creepy dreams and technical terms, for badly timed BEEPS for awkward flirting and on-air confessions. For idiots who can’t keep secrets, let alone not talk about them on air for more than five minutes. For missing hikers and weird shadow tornados and notebooks and shooting down UFOs and death by damnation. For the SECOND BEST small town in American Celebration, for Christmas Gifts for Ben’s Mom and Jupiter Jaundice. For Ben’s monopoly tactics and Sammy’s audible eye rolls, for prophecies and ‘legend-has-it’s and for love and love and love.

Thank you for the mysteries, and for the constant need for MORE. You do cliffhangers so wonderfully, and I feel like I’ve never anticipated anything so keenly in my life. Tim Jensen, The Dark, Merv, Death by Damnation, The Rainbow Lights, The Zombies. 

Thank you for Cameron Chambers??? How does he do it?? I have no idea, but I hope he keeps doing it. Especially all them Christmas BOPS. Legendary. Jazz-Hands worthy! 

Thank you for making Zombies the F- plot. 

Thank you for the Eagle Screech in the DALE’S DOLLAR TREE ad. And all the other ads too, I guess. I don’t understand The Fucky List, but thanks for that too! Thank you for JACK IN THE BOX JESUS which has caused my internet to constantly recommend me eat at Jack in the Box, despite the closest one being literal continents away.

Thank you for continuing to choose this. For being open to sharing so much of yourselves with us. Thank you for fan interactions and live listens, Q&As and twitter replies and twitch streams and retweets and Beyond the Falls. Thank you for the love and care you show us all, which above all feels genuine. 

Thank you for being the catalyst for a community where I finally feel like I belong. Like I’m important. Like I matter. Thank you for being the reason for hours and days and weeks and months of in-jokes and teasing and theories and head canons and screaming and food talk and love. For so much kindness. And acceptance. For a space to be myself without fear. For people I feel like I’ve known lifetimes, and for whom I hope I can love for lifetimes more. For people to cheer on, and cry with, and poke fun at. For stupid nickname changes, and memes and words in reactions. For making me feel like i’m part of something much bigger than me. For a place to be passionate without judgement. For a place to just be. For friends. For family.

Thank you for the push I’ve needed to create again. And for all the others you’ve inspired too. 

Every moment inside King Falls have been an absolute blessing, but the impact it’s had on my life outside of it is absolutely everything.

Congratulations on (almost) 100 episodes. What an adventure it’s been. I’m so excited for everything the future of King Falls holds, but most of all; Thank you for making this fuckin’ mean something.