#1st Fighter Wing

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”Raptors Over Virginia”

[the-nomadicone]

Lightning II // United States Marine Corps

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Legendary Pilot Bob Pardo, Who Pushed A Damaged F-4 With His F-4 Over Vietnam, Has Died

December 20, 2023 Military Aviation

Bob Pardo

Bob Pardo in a 2017 photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan. In the background, Pardo's Push in an artwork by S.W. Ferguson.

Bob Pardo passed away earlier this month at the age of 89. With his Phantom, he pushed a crippled F-4 outside the enemy airspace in one of the most heroic missions in the history of military aviation, known as “Pardo’s Push”.

“Pardo’s Push” is the name of an incredible maneuver carried out during the Air War over North Vietnam that, over the years, has become the symbol of heroism and a demonstration of courage and contempt for danger.

March 10, 1967.

Captain Bob Pardo is flying in an F-4C with Weapon Systems Officer 1st Lt Steve Wayne. Their wingman is the F-4C flown by Captain Earl Aman with Weapon Systems Officer 1st Lt Robert Houghton. The two Phantoms of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, are assigned the task to attack a steel mill in North Vietnam north of the capital Hanoi.

During the approach to the target, both F-4 is hit multiple times by enemy’s anti-aircraft fire. The North Vietnamese flak causes significant damage to Capt. Aman’s aircraft whose fuel tank begins to leak fuel forcing the crew to abort the mission. While hit too, Pardo’s F-4 is able to continue its mission.

On their egress route, at 20,000 feet, Aman and Houghton determine that they do not have enough fuel to reach a tanker or Laos, where they could eject and avoid capture. Although his F-4 is still efficient and has enough fuel to reach a tanker, Pardo decides to remain with his wingman.

At a certain point, while still inside North Vietnamese airspace, Aman’s Phantom flames out. To save Aman and Houghton, Pardo decides to do something he believes no one has ever done before: he attempts to push the other F-4 to Laos.

Initially, Pardo tries to push the other F-4 by gently making contact with the drag chute compartment. However, turbulence interferes with the maneuver and after several failed attempts, Pardo opts for an extreme solution: he instructs Aman to lower his tailhook, then he positions his F-4 behind the other Phantom leaning his windscreen against the tailhook. The contact is made but the “solution” is quite unstable and, as a consequence of turbulence, Pardo needs to reposition his F-4 every 15 to 30 seconds. Nevertheless, the push works and rate of descent of Aman’s Phantom is considerably reduced.

As if the situation was not complicate enough, Pardo’s F-4 suffers an engine fire, forcing him to shut it down.

Try for a second to visualize the situation: a flame-out F-4 is somehow pushed by means of its tailhook by another F-4 powered by a single engine. In enemy airspace. Incredible.

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Pardo pushes Aman’s F-4 for another 10 minutes until his Phantom runs out of fuel too. With both planes safely inside Laotian airspace, at an altitude of about 6,000 feet, the aircrews of both F-4s ejects (they will be rescued by SAR helicopters and evade capture).

Although he saved another aircrew, Pardo was initially reprimanded for not saving his own F-4. Until 1989, when the episode was re-examinated and both Pardo and Wayne were awarded the Silver Star.

Retired Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Bob Pardo poses in front of a static display model of an F-4 Phantom II, one of the many fighter aircraft he has flown, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

Pardo and Aman both continued serving and retired from the U.S. Air Force in the rank of lieutenant colonel. Years later, after learning that Aman had lost his voice and mobility because of Lou Gehrig’s disease, created the Earl Aman Foundation that raised enough money to buy Aman a voice synthesizer, a motorized wheelchair, and a computer. The foundation later contributed to raise funds to pay for a van, which Aman used for transportation until his death. In other words, Pardo never left his wingman behind, not even after retiring.

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Noteworthy, as told by John L. Frisbee in his 1996 article for Air Force Magazine, Pardo’s push was not the first time a U.S. pilot pushed another jet out of enemy airspace: in 1952, during the Korean War, fighter ace Robbie Risner pushed his wingman out of North Korea in an F-86. However, pilots were ordered to refrain from attempting the hazardous maneuver again, and the episode had faded from memory and was almost completely unknown within the Air Force by the time Pardo and Wayne pushed Aman and Houghton outside of North Vietnam’s airspace.

Bob Pardo passed away aged 89, on Dec. 5, 2023. His courage and ingenuity, along with the legendary “Pardo’s Push“, will be remembered forever.

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

@Aviationist via X

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If you’re wanting to watch Band of Brothers/The Pacific/Masters of the Air in chronological order with BoB 1st Currahee episode split up in the dates on screen I made a list

(Updated: April 12, 2014 7:58pm pst)

July, 10 1942 Easy Company Trains in Camp Tocca (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee 2001) August 7, 1942, Allied forces land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 1 Guadalcanal/Leckie 2010) September 18, 1942, 7th Marines Land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 2 Basilone 2010) December 1942 The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved (The Pacific Ep. 3 Melbourne 2010) *June 23, 1943, Easy Company Trains in Camp Mackall N.C. (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee) * June 25, 1943, 100th Bomb Group flew its first 8th Air Force combat mission (Master of the Air Ep. 1 2024)

July 16, 1943 the 100th Bomb Group bombed U-Boats in Tronbhdim (Masters of the Air Ep.2 2024) August 17, 1943 the 4th Bomb Wing of the 100th Bomb Group bombed Regenberg (Masters of the Air Ep. 3 2024) *September 6, 1943, Easy Company Boards transport ship in Brooklyn Naval Yard (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* September 16, 1943, William Quinn and Charles Bailey leave Belgium (Masters of the Air Ep.4 2024) September 18, 1943 -*East Company trains in Aldbourne, England (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* -John 'Bucky' Egan returns from leave to join the mission to bomb Munster (Master of the Air Ep.5 2024) October 14, 1943, John ‘Bucky’ Egan interrogated at Dulag Lut, Frankfurt Germany (Masters of the Air Ep. 6 2024) December 26, 1943, 1st Marine Division lands on Cape Gloucester (The Pacific Ep. 4 Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika 2010) March 7, 1944, Stalag Luft III Sagan, Germany, Germans find the concealed radio Bucky was using to learn news of the War (Master of the Air Ep.7 2024) *June 4, 1944, D-Day Invasion postponed (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* *June 5, 1944 Easy Company Boards air transport planes bound for Normandy (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* June 6, 1944, 00:48 & 01:40 First airborne troops begin to land on Normandy (Band of Brothers Ep. 2 Day of Days 2001)

June, 7 1944 Easy Company Takes Carentan (Band of Brothers 3x10 Carentan)

August 12, 1944, The 332nd Fighter Group attack Radar stations in Southern France (Masters of the Air Ep.8 2024)

September 15, 1944 U.S. Marines landed on Peleliu at 08:32, on September 15, 1944 (the Pacific Part Five: Peleliu Landing)

September 16, 1944 Marines take Peleliu airfield (the Pacific Part Six: Airfield)

September, 17 1944 Operation Market Garden -(Band of Brothers 4x10 Replacements)

October 22/23, 1944, 2100 – 0200 Operation Pegasus (Band of Brothers 5x10 Crossroads)

October, 1944 Battle of Peleliu continues (the Pacific Part Seven: Peleliu Hills)

December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge (Band of Brothers 6x10 Bastogne)


January, 1945 Battle of Foy (Band of Brothers 7x10 The Breaking Point)


February 14, 1945 David Webb rejoins the 506th in Haguenau (Band of Brothers 8x10 The Last Patrol)

April 5, 1945 506th Finds abandoned Concentration Camp
(Band of Brothers 9x10 Why We Fight 2001)

April 1-June 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa (The Pacific Part Nine: Okinawa)


May 7, 1945, Germany Surrenders V-E Day - (Master of the Air Ep. 9 2024) - (Band of Brothers 10x10 Points 2001)

August 15 The Empire of Japan surrenders end of the War (The Pacific Part Ten: Home)

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HAZBIN MASTERLIST

Disclaimer; let it be known that I do not enjoy Viv as a person. However I cannot deny that as the show stands, without taking any of the creators in it into consideration, I do enjoy it. I find that it may be better for me mentally to just let the brainrot happen rather than suppress it. With that said, let's get to the Masterlist!

Like the other lists, you can find all the appropriate links here! Remember to check my bio for status updates on requests

If any of the links are incorrect let me know!

As of April 1st 2024 this list is complete

CHARLIE:

Platonic charlie x sleepy!fallen angel!reader

Trope 1 w/ charlie

B c d with charlie

ANGEL DUST:

Angel Dust x fallen seraphim!reader

J K X w/ Angel

VAGGIE:

Vaggie x anxious!reader

HUSK:

Valentines w/ Husk

Husk x entertainer!reader

Platonic husk w/ reader seeing him as a father figure

Prompts 2 and 9 for husk

Husk resting his head on your lap

Husk trying to talk the reader out of asking out alastor

SIR PENTIOUS:

Snuggling w/ a warm reader

Valentine's w/ Sir Pentious

General fluff hcs

Sir Pentious x Gardener!reader

Sir Pentious x inventor!reader

Sir pentious x powerful but uninterested!reader

Sir pentious defending the reader

Trope 3 w/ Sir pentious

Prompt 1 w/ pentious

Sir pentious x flirty!reader

Platonic sir pentious x demon kid reader

C k p with sir pentious

Redeemed pentious x angel reader

Pentious x anxious reader

Q-Z + bonus prompt with pentious

Tropes 1-4 with sir pentious

A-P with sir pentious

Pentious x slasher fan!reader

Pentious x oc (raffle winner)

Pentious bring comforted by oc (raffle winner)

Pentious x dancer!reader

ALASTOR:

Valentines w/ Alastor

Alastor x high energy!fighter!reader

Resting your head on Alastors lap

Alastor and the reader dancing

Alastor x reader like rosie

Prompts 5 and 7 w/ alastor

Prompts 8 and 12 w/ alastor

K c p with alastor

A J I with alastor

Alastor x reader who loves touch

Platonic alastor x quiet child!reader

36 38 40 with alastor

LUCIFER:

Platonic father figure!lucifer x reader

Platonic Lucifer x fallen angel!reader

Baking apple cookies for Lucifer

Z with Lucifer

I R Y with Lucifer

W with Lucifer

ADAM:

Y J I for adam

A and c for adam

Adam x male!giant!seraphim!teader

♡ and T for Adam

Z for adam

N and P for Adam

Reader finding out about the exterminations

Adam reacting to Lucifer flirting with the reader

Adam x reader w/ chronic hanahaki

Adam x feminine trans male reader

Prompts 32 and 38 with Adam

Platonic adam x angel!kid!reader who is missing a wing

LUTE:

3 11 36 with Adam

L for adam

C I J for Lute

Y U Z with lute

C E I for lute but its post season 1 finale

A L T with lute

Lute x cupid!reader

Prompt 38 with Lute

Prompts 6 and 10 with lute

VOX:

Valentine's w/ vox

Platonic vox x kid!hyperactive!reader

Vox x influencer!reader

A l q with vox

Platonic father figure vox x AFAB!reader

Vox x reader who watches kids cartoons

CHERRI BOMB:

C K X for cherri bomb

Cherri x autistic!reader

ROSIE:

A L R w/ Rosie

36 38 40 with rosie

MULTI:

Adam x reader x lute but lute is jealous

Adam and Lute x kind!angel!reader

Charlie vaggie and angel celebrating valentines

Platonic adam and rosie x hyper!kid!reader

Making heart shaped cookies for the cast 1/?

Hugging the cast 1/?

Heart shaped cookies part 2/?

Hugging the cast part 2/?

Adam and Lucifer x reader who likes watching kids shows

Platonic Charlie, vaggie, and angel dust x new sinner!reader

Verosika, vox, chaz, barbie, lute and striker being called pookie bear by their partner

Various HH characters x autistic reader

Angel, husk, alastor, and pentious x kind sinner!reader

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Luftwaffe ground crew swap out the engine on a Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 fighter-bomber of Zerstörergeschwader 1 (ZG 1 - 1st Destroyer Wing). Eastern Front, Summer 1942.

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Officers of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, pose around a P-40 at Lilibari, India, March 1943.

Front row kneeling; Captain William W. Moore, Lieutenant Horace C. Adkins, and Lieutenant John J. Harrington (Chaplain).

Next row standing; 1st Lieutenant John J. Ferguson, Lieutenant John F. Coonan, 1st Lieutenant Arthur L. Gregg, Lieutenant Virgil O. Burge, 1st Lieutenant Alfred Wipf, and Lieutenant R. William Rogers.

On wing; Lieutenant Leonard C. Hicks, 1st Lieutenant Larry D. Howie, and 1st Lieutenant Charles D. Evans.

[todaysdocument]

Black Sheep Squadron (VMF-214) – WWII Boyington

Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine CorpsSeries: Photographic Reference FileFile Unit: General – Black Sheep Squadron (VMF-214) – WWII Boyington

This black and white photograph shows three Marine pilots posing with baseball bats over the wing of a military plane.  They are holding the bats as though they were guns.  All three wear St. Louis Cardinals’ caps.  Palm trees are in the background.

Transcription of text from the reverse of the photo:

WEARING CARDINAL CAPS: These Leather- neck fighter pilots in the South Pacific hope to catch more Japanese airmen off base. The baseball motif was inspired by 20 caps sent Major Gregory Boyington's Squadron by the St. Louis Cardinals. The ball caps were worn traditionally by Marine pilots when not actually flying. Left to right: On a Corsair fighter Wing, 1st Lieutenant Robert W. McClurg, 3 Zeros; 1st Lieutenant Paul A. Mullen, 3 Zeros; 1st Lieutenant Edwin L. Olander, 3 Zeros.

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1918 04 Remember me - Russell Smith

Remember Me? depicts a hypothetical but plausible encounter between and Bristol F2.b of 48th Squadron, RAF and a Fokker Dr.1 triplane piloted by Leutnant d. R. Friedrich "Fritz" Kempf of Jasta 2 (Boelcke). The scene depicts Kempf zooming up and past the Bristol, catching the crew by surprise. The client was fairly specific about the attitudes and positions of the aircraft, but he left the overall composition and the choice of Bristol markings up to me.The Bristol Fighter was a maneuverable, heavily armed two-seater biplane, and one of the most successful fighters of the war. It got off to a poor start during "Bloody April" when it was introduced to the Western Front by the inexperienced pilots. Believing that the aircraft was structurally weak, pilots avoided violent maneuvers during combat. It was soon realized, however, that the Bristol fighter was actually a very sturdy aircraft that could be maneuvered as if it were a single seat fighter with rear protection. Bristol crews met with great success by using their aircraft in that capacity. By the end of the war over 240 pilots and gunners achieved ace status in the type. My choice of markings for this particular Bristol was personal. Growing up in SC I often attended the Shawfest airshow at Shaw Air Force Base located in Sumter. In my 20’s, as a budding aviation artist, I donated a painting to the 20th Fighter Wing which was based at Shaw AFB at the time. For those reasons I have had long felt a familiar connection to Shaw AFB. A few years back, though that connection became very personal. While doing some research on Ancestry I found that I had a great great grandfather who was a Shaw and who was born in Sumter, SC. I knew immediately there had to be a connection to Shaw AFB. After further research I came to find that Shaw AFB was named after 1st Lt. Ervin David “Molly” Shaw, the first Sumterite killed in the WWI & the only Sumter Aviator to die in combat. Shaw served with the 48th Squadron, RAF, British Expeditionary Force. In combat, he is credited with shooting down two enemy aircraft. On July 9, 1918, well behind enemy lines on a scouting mission, he and his British observer were greatly outnumbered by enemy scout planes and they perished in battle. They were flying Bristol F2b B-1113 at the time. As it turns out, 1st Lt. Ervin David Shaw, after whom Shaw AFB is named, was my great-grandmother’s cousin!Frederich "Fritz" Kempf was born in May 1894 in Freiburg in the town of Breisgau in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg. At age 19, he joined infantry in October 1913 and by August of the following year was promoted to Unteroffizier . After being wounded in battle and a lengthy hospital stay he applied for a transfer to the Luftstreitkraefte. Once accepted he arrived at FEA 3 in Gotha on May 6, 1915. He was then sent back to Freiburg to complete training and then on to FEA 9 at Darmstadt at the end of November 1915. In March 1917, after serving with various aviation units, he received the Iron Cross 1st Class and joined Jasta 2 "Boelcke". He scored his first victory on 29 April - a BE2c near Le Pave. His second was a Sopwith Pup on 5 June at Masnieres, then the 3rd was a Camel on 20 Oct. at Gravenstafel.He was sent to Jasta-Schule I as an instructor , returning to Jasta Boelcke in January 1918. On 8 May he scored his fourth victory, a Camel west of Steenwerke. He returned to Jasta-Schule I in August 1918 where he served until the end of the war. Although he only had 4 victories to his credit at war’s end, Kempf was none the less a respected and valued member of Jasta Boelcke. He died in August 1966.Of the aircraft that Fritz Kempf flew during his wartime career, perhaps the most recognizable were a pair of Fokker Dr.1 triplanes which carried similar

[toriafiction]

Lightning in his Eyes and Thunder in his Wings

Author's Note chapter 4

Introducing

Dick "I need to fry some bastards" Grayson

And

Jason "I'll break you if you touch him" Todd

I'm excited about having gotten this far. I personally feel like this is where things really start in a way. Chapters 1 and 2 are backstory, and chapter 3 is the transition, but chapter 4 is the start of what I think of as current time.

You might notice a change in pacing from here on. There won't be any big time skips, just brife mentions of a few weeks passing between point A and point B here and there, but nothing substantial. While the passage of time will be slower, events will pick up.

Years have passed between the events in Titans Tower in chapter 2 and the beginning of chapter 4, and in that time Dick had created a new normal for himself, something that he believed was sustainable. Now, as promised in the story summary, Jason is back and, by merely existing in his space, has awakened something that is going to flip Dick’s world upside down.

Dick isn't human, and he has gotten to complacent with that fact.

This chapter introduces Jason into the story as an interactive character that we are finally getting to see, and I wanted him to come in with a big entrance that felt genuine to the story. This led me to writing my first ever fight scene. This was both easier and harder than I thought it would be. Dick’s sole fight was easy. I wanted to showcase how he used his abilities in a fight and him just being a badass fighter in general, so I just let him kick ass. No problem.

I had a problem after I brought Jason in. I really wanted to have them fighting together, not just in the sense of fighting back to back but actually playing off each other. Such as where Dick rolls across Jason’s back to defend him. I wanted to have more things like that, but I couldn't come up with anything. I even tried looking up fighting videos, and that was a huge bust. I hope I still got the point and the feelings across.

The next problem I had was even worse.

Talking.

I had no idea how to have them interact or what to have them say to each other. I knew the emotions and what the ultimate outcome of the interaction was supposed to be, but I agonized over this tiny little part for weeks. I even wrote around it until I hit the exact same problem with the next chapter.

I was stuck, and at that point, I stepped away from this work for quite a while, and it sat collecting dust in my docs for some time. When I came back, I still didn't know how to write the scene, but I wanted to keep my focus on this story, so this is the point that I started naming chapters. I also changed the name of the fic at this point. I was using a temporary name of "Lightning Strikes Twice." I knew that it wasn't a title I wanted to keep, and while I sometimes worry that my current title may be too long, I am much happier with it.

I finally got over my writer's block with this section while I was at work one day. I was hit with the idea of Dick’s line about Jason being snake bitten, and it seemed to shake everything loose. During my break, I made a rough outline of the scene and jotted down a few ideas for the next, and finally, I was able to move forward again. Yay!

Previous notes- 1st, 2nd, 3rd,

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Cinderstar

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Cinderstar is an ancient River Colony leader. He's a long-furred tom with dark gray fur, darker gray flecks on his back, and a silver chest. He has light blue eyes. He has a scar on his left eye, scar on his throat, a scar on his shoulder, a scar on his back, and a scar on his upper leg. He was the 3rd leader of River Colony.

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CURRENT: Star Colony

PREVIOUS: River Colony

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AGE: Approx. 108 moons old at death (9 years old)

CAUSE OF DEATH: Drowning

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CANON NAME: Emberstar

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SEXUALITY: Heterosexual

GENDER: Cisgender

PRONOUNS: He/Him/His/Himself

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NAMES:

KIT: Cinderkit

APPRENTICE: Cinderpaw

WARRIOR: Cinder Tooth

DEPUTY: Cinder Tooth

LEADER: Cinderstar

STAR COLONY RESIDENT: Cinderstar

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KIN:

MATE: Leopard Whisper

DAUGHTERS: Dark Berry, Silt Fur

SON: Crane Gleam

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EDUCATION:

MENTOR: Night(star)

APPRENTICE(S): Wren Wing, Rose Song

TEMPORARY APPRENTICE: Badger Runner

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DEPUTY SUCCESSIONS:

PRECEDED BY: Drizzle

SUCCEEDED BY: Web Wind

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LEADER SUCCESSIONS:

PRECEDED BY: Nightstar

SUCCEEDED BY: Toadstar

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SCARS:

Throat scar caused by Stone Tail during a battle before Code of the Colonies.

Shoulder scar caused by a heron who got too close to camp.

Eye scar caused by Sycamorestar during a battle before Code of the Colonies.

Back scar caused by Dark Berry during a sparring session, accident.

Upper leg scar caused by Stone Tail during a battle before Code of the Colonies.

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KILLED VICTIMS:

Sycamorestar (9th life)

Stonestar (1st and 4th life)

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APPRENTICE CEREMONY:

Riverstar: "Cinderkit, I believe it is time for you to start your apprenticeship. Until you have earned your warrior name, you shall be known as Cinderpaw and your mentor will be Night. I hope that you train well and help make River Colony stronger."

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WARRIOR CEREMONY:

Riverstar: "Cinderpaw, Leopardpaw, please step forward. I have spoken with your mentors and they believe that you are ready to be made warriors, as do I."

Night: "Cinderpaw is a very skilled fighter and catches onto things quickly."

Spider Paw: "Leopardpaw is a wonderful hunter!"

Riverstar: "I, Riverstar, leader of River Colony call upon our warrior ancestors to look down upon these skilled apprentices. They've trained hard to learn everything there is about being a loyal Colony cat, and will be made warriors as a result. I hope that you accept them. Leopardpaw, Cinderpaw, do you promise to serve and protect your Colony even at the cost of your life?"

Leopardpaw: "Yes! Yes!"

Cinderpaw: "I do."

Riverstar: "Then by the powers of our ancestors, I shall grant you your warrior names. Cinderpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Cinder Tooth, known for your bravery and selflessness. Leopardpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Leopard Whisper, known for your spirit and willingness to help. River Colony welcomes you as full warriors."

"Cinder Tooth! Leopard Whisper!"

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DEPUTY CEREMONY:

Nightstar: "I say these words before the body of my former deputy, so that she may hear and approve of my decision. Cinder Tooth will be the new deputy of River Colony."

[the-nomadicone]

Eagle // United States Air Forces

[usafphantom2]

Brigadier General Larry New, 325th Fighter Wing CC, leads a formation of four F-15C Eagles from the 1ST, 2nd, and 95th Fighter Squadron's and one F/A-22 Raptor from the 43rd FS, each flown by their respective Squadron Commander, photo made by MSGT Michael Ammons July 2004.

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[shinigami-striker]

Top 40 Games from [Capcom] | Thursday, 12.28.2023

As of 2023, these are the top 40 best-selling Capcom games of all time:

any Capcom game that shipped or sold at least 1 million copies worldwide will appear on this list

the list down below won't count any compilations, any ports nor remakes/remasters such as Resident Evil 2 (2019) or Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011) as primary examples

1st - Monster Hunter: World (2018 / 19.10 million copies) | PC, PS4, Xbox One

2nd - Monster Hunter: Rise (2019 / 13.60 million copies) | PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S

3rd - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017 / 12.70 million copies) | PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S

4th - Resident Evil 6 (2012 / 8.90 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

5th - Resident Evil Village (2021 / 8.70 million copies) | PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S

6th - Devil May Cry 5 (2019 / 7.40 million copies) | PC, PS4, Xbox One

7th - Street Fighter 5 (2016 / 7.40 million copies) | PC, PS4

8th - Street Fighter II (1992 / 6.30 million copies) | SNES

9th - Resident Evil 2 (1998 / 4.96 million copies) | PS1

10th - Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Japan only) (2010 / 4.90 million copies) | PSP

11th - Monster Hunter Generations (Japan only) (2015 / 4.30 million copies) | 3DS

12th - Monster Hunter 4 (Japan only) (2013 / 4.10 million copies) | 3DS

13th - Street Fighter IV (2009 / 3.50 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

14th - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999 / 3.50 million copies) | PS1

15th - Dead Rising 3 (2013 / 3.40 million copies) | Xbox One

16th - Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015 / 3.30 million copies) | PC, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

17th - Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (2013 / 3.20 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

18th - Dead Rising 2 (2010 / 3.20 million copies) | PC, PS3, Xbox 360

19th - Devil May Cry 4 (2008 / 3.00 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

20th - Dmc: Devil May Cry (2013 / 3.00 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

21st - Resident Evil (1996 / 2.75 million copies) | PS1

22nd - Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012 / 2.70 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

23rd - Resident Evil: Revelations (2013 / 2.50 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

24th - Street Fighter 6 (2023 / 2.40 million copies) | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X | S

25th - Dino Crisis (1999 / 2.40 million copies) | PS1

26th - Resident Evil 4 (2005 / 2.30 million copies) | PS2

27th - Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011 / 2.20 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

28th - Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2017 / 2.20 million copies) | PC, PS4, Xbox One

29th - Devil May Cry (2001 / 2.16 million copies) | PS2

30th - Lost Planet 2 (2010 / 2.10 million copies) | Blackberry, PC, PS3, Xbox 360

31st - Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (2002 / 2.10 million copies) | PS2

32nd - Onimusha: Warlords (2001 / 2.02 million copies) | PS2

33rd - Monster Hunter Tri (2009 / 1.90 million copies) | Wii

34th - Street Fighter X Tekken (2012 / 1.90 million copies) | PS3, Xbox 360

35th - Dead Rising (2006 / 1.80 million copies) | Xbox 360

36th - Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (2021 / 1.80 million copies) | PC, Switch

37th - Mega Man 11 (2018 / 1.80 million copies) | PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One

38th - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (2006 / 1.70 million copies) | Xbox 360

39th - Devil May Cry 2 (2003 / 1.70 million copies) | PS2

40th - Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2004 / 1.52 million copies) | PS2

That's pretty much it. In case I missed a few things, I'll update the list whenever I can.

Happy 40th anniversary, @official-capcom (Capcom)!

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a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

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150 follower celebration ✩

welcome to jane’s intergalactic adventure! before we start our journey through the stars, there’s a few things we should go over…

fandoms: star wars, marauders, marvel, dead poets society, criminal minds, little women, the last of us, and the hunger games.

this will be running from april 23rd to may 1st!

firstly, weapon of choice:

⭑ lightsaber- tumblr games (fmk, cym, would you rather etc etc)

⭑ blaster- tell me a bit about yourself + your favorite character from any fandom and i’ll recommend a song

⭑ disrupter- send me your favorite poem + a fandom and i’ll tell you what character it reminds me of

⭑ slugthrower- give me a specific scenario and a character and i’ll write a drabble

now that that’s out of the way, what ship should be take?

⭑ millennium falcon- send me one of your fics and i’ll read it and tell you my favorite part

⭑ TIE fighter- send me your current top 5 artists, a fandom, + gender preference and i’ll ship you with someone

⭑ x wing- give me a pairing between two characters (platonic or romantic) and i’ll tell you my thoughts + write a short headcannon

⭑ star destroyer- send me this and i’ll tell you which constellation you remind me of (moots only)

alright, now we’re off! where do you want to go first?

⭑ naboo- au’s! send me a character and an au (ex: royal!james, roomate!peter parker) and i’ll write a drabble

⭑ coruscant- send me this one and i’ll make you a moodboard of things that remind me of you (moots only)

⭑ tatooine- blog recs! send me a fandom and i’ll tag some of my favorite blogs that post about them

⭑ jakku- talk to me! anything you want: questions, rants, ideas that pop in to your head- whatever! (just be respectful)

please send in as many as you want but try to limit one per ask so it’s easier to organize!

tagging some moots <3

@bealovesmarauders @nutellani @goodoldfashionedluvergirl @spaceagebachelormann @mah33n @madison-rebel @doyouknowwhoyouare13 @loving-and-dreaming @sw34terw34ther @loverliner @diorgirl444 @unadulterated-syd @sincerelyyoursg @meredarling @berriesworlds @bluerossea @withastrangerheart @notevenanna @ilylipgloss @zvdvdlvr @scarleart

if i forgot someone or don’t want to be tagged just lmk <3

[birdantlers]

10 for the ask game

10. The Dragon Ball series isn’t exactly known for being consistent with its story, its characters, and various other things. Which inconsistency irritates you the most?

Omg . This question.

Okay, there are a hundred million things I would change abt dragon ball if I could, but the thing that pisses me off the most is definitely inconsistency with Gohan's characterization. Namely,

[deep breath]

Gohan should have stayed/become the main character after Cell Saga what the hell.

I'm really tired rn so I can't elaborate as much as I want to but holy shit Buu saga really dropped the ball on this and it's one of the reasons I don't like that arc much. For a while before I knew what the arc was actually about, I got duped into thinking it would be largely Gohan-centric. Focusing on his relationship with humanity and his peers when he attends school / his old trauma/fears/idk.. anything negative or introspective?? Resurfacing when his dad comes back and shit inevitably hits the fan again.

(mandatory "thank for for existing, the Red Boy fic" statement. Look it up it's great I got derailed while reading the last chapter and I feel bad abt not getting back to it yet h)

But instead..... No? Gohan frustratingly gets yanked off center stage halfway through Buu saga, thanks to Toriyama's unfortunate authorship situation at the time. And after that he just....... Stays there. In the wings of Goku and Vegeta's story instead of taking the mantle of MC. It's really disappointing to me, and it's one of the reasons I still haven't watched Super lmao.

Ik I talk about piccolo for 172783736 hours at a time but Gohan's character arc is really the one that carries Z for me up to Buu saga. I consider Cell saga to be an infinitely superior end to his character arc, and I think the way it sticks the landing there is another reason why Buu saga gets on my nerves so much.

I've talked abt this with friends, but current Gohan also feels largely void of the gamut of emotions he was shown to have while younger, and that bugs the hell out of me. Obviously he's matured, but the fear and insecurity and loss he struggled with pre-buu arc feels strangely muted. Like he isn't allowed to cry now that he's an adult or something (though Goku got hit with this same problem, sigh). This doesn't help his already bad sidelining.

In Buu saga and Super, his repeated cycle of "BAMF fight where he comes out on top as strongest Z fighter→ peacetime→ complacency and domestic life→ uh oh he's weak now→ gets admonished for it and wins the day again" could be SUCH a good foundation for a compelling character arc, but they just. Don't do it! So it comes off as redundant and uncharacteristically negligent on Gohan's part. For as much as I love it, Super Hero drops the ball with this too.

I'm just gonna port my messages from discord and let y'all glean the gist

Basically Gohan feels kinda McGuffin-ized at this point and it makes me sad. He literally had a CELL clone in front of him and had no visible reaction or even an acknowledgement. He's verbally passionate about things like the saiyaman gig or entomology or his family, but the plot and writing don't allow him to actually struggle with the obligation his power gives him.

Like. He might on the surface, sure, but ultimately he just rolls over whenever someone goads him into fighting again (I have seen that part(s) of super don't @ me). I just can't help but see wasted potential and a character with somewhat weak writing. It really is like they just don't know what to do with him now. And that's a real shame because he still is my 1st/2nd favorite character and I am still interested in his arc. Way more so than Goku or Vegeta's. I just wish they would DO something with it 😭

Anyway. Can you believe this isn't even all my thoughts on the matter hdhdhdkdjdj