#Beatrice Whaley

[avtvmnalvibes]

I was influenced by the blog of @knowltonsrangers and read the webcomic The Dreamer in a frenzy over the span of 24 hours, and while I have a LOT of opinions about it, one thing I have to say is that Alan’s letter to Beatrice in issue #13 was GORGEOUS. I literally haven’t stopped thinking of it for the past several days. I have extreme empathy for Beatrice falling in love with Alan now, because I too would have folded like a lawn chair. The last page of that issue will haunt me until I DIE

[wanderingwolpertinger]

Webcomics I think you should read in 2023

The Silver Eye by Laura Hollingsworth (@ thesilvereye on tumblr)

“The Silver Eye began in 2009. It is an action-adventure webcomic of the Fantasy persuasion, written from a Christian worldview. Two rival royal families are always at odds. The conflict reaches a point where one child king, Apen, sacrifices himself and his country to prevent another war. This leads to some disastrous consequences. The story follows his journey to try to set things right, and if he’s going to do so, he has to work alongside members of his rival family.” (Description from the website)

TSE is my personal favorite, as anyone who’s stuck around my blog has probably already figured out lol. It updates on Fridays. (PG to occasional PG-13)

The Legend of Ruach by Paige Coffer (@ paigecofferillustration on tumblr)

It’s a fantasy/adventure story that’s been running since 2020, updates weekly. I think it’s PG so far, may be soft PG-13 in the future.

Stand Still, Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg (Completed, 2013-2022) (tumblr @ hummingfluff)

"Stand Still. Stay Silent" is a post apocalyptic webcomic with elements from Nordic mythology, set 90 years in the future. It's a story about friendship and exploring a forgotten world, with some horror, monsters and magic on the side. 

It’s a really neat comic to read as an American because of all the Nordic languages and cultural elements present throughout. Warnings for horror elements/violence, maybe some language (I can’t remember for sure, it’s been awhile since I read it, could be blurred out or something) The author also has talked about her return to her faith/and her next comic is going to be overtly Christian (Journey Upstream) It started recently (Jan 2023)

(More comics under the cut)

Lost in the Vale by Crystal Curtis (tumblr @ lostinthevale)

The Outrunners are traveling peacekeepers tasked with assisting the citizens of the Vale. Their top priority: find the missing Prince of Andalusia. For Delica, it's not just her mission - it's her obsession. As she and her teammates travel the kingdom, they will discover more dangers (and mysteries) than they ever imagined.

I started reading this one really recently and quite like it so far, the art style is excellent. Updates Tuesdays, PG-13

Jade Torch by Anne Marie Wells

It’s a book turned webcomic turned soon to be released illustrated novel (if I have that right lol)

“Lunerata “Lune” Bridth, heir to the Havanellan throne, is sent to the court of a rival kingdom, the homeland of her deceased mother, to help negotiate a long-awaited peace treaty. But once there, she finds that things are not as simple as she’d been lead to believe. In this foreign land, there are enemies, allies, traitors, secrets, and a plot that could destroy Lune’s world as she knows it and plunge both kingdoms into war. Join Lune and her friends as they set out on an adventure filled with dragons, assassins, mysteries, magic, and the strange ties of family.“ The Dreamer by Lora Innes

Beatrice “Bea” Whaley seems to have it all; the seventeen year old high school senior is beautiful, wealthy and the star performer of the drama club. And with her uncle’s connections to Broadway theater, the future looks bright ahead of her. Little does she know that her future might actually be brighter behind her.

Bea begins having vivid dreams about a brave and handsome soldier named Alan Warren–a member of an elite group known as Knowlton’s Rangers that served during the Revolutionary War. Prone to keeping her head in the clouds, Bea welcomes her nightly adventures in 1776; filled with danger and romance they give her much to muse about the next day. But it is not long before Beatrice questions whether her dreams are simply dreams or something more. Each night they pick up exactly where the last one ended. And the senses–the smell of musket shots and cannons, the screams of soldiers in agony, and that kiss–are all far more real than any dream she can remember.

Completed, PG-13

Haven’t had a chance to finish this one yet, but it was great as far as I read.

[knowltonsrangers]

I finally found some variants of The Dreamer comic! I just recently completed Cover A’s run, and I was never able to find any of the Cover B’s.! Just missing 1B,3B,&4B now :)

[centeris2]

Takes part in the same sort of universe as The Dreams of a Farmer. Originally started as a prompt for a cross over of The Notebook and The Dreamer.

Beatrice confronts Alan about all the letters she sent him, demanding to know why he never wrote to her.

Read it here:

“So, I wrote you a bunch of letters one summer?” Alan wasn’t entirely sure what Beatrice’s question was, or even what had started that train of thought in her for her to ask.

“You wrote me many letters.” Given she wasn’t terribly specific he decided to go with a safe response until he understood what she was after.

“I mean the summer I wrote about Milly Weaver. I only had a chance to read the one letter, but it seemed like I had written to you often.” Alan found it endearing that Beatrice was trying to remain collected and nonchalant, although the fingering of her jean pockets indicated she was not asking this out of idle curiosity.

“Yes, you did.” She glared up at him with a pout. The odd style of adding colored powder and liquid to the face in the future made her look a bit strange to him, but no less beautiful. And she was downright adorable when she was grumpy at him over trivial things. She had no yet reached her terrifying level of anger.

“And you kept one of them?”

“I kept all of them that I could.” He knew a few had gotten lost along the way just from traveling and moving trunks and bags, but he was sure he knew where the majority of the letters were.

“Why didn’t you write me back? I understand if you were busy but it seemed like you were ignoring me for months.” He was surprised by how hurt she looked, even though she had no memories of the event. But her dejected look and her downward gaze away from him made him bow his head in shamed embarrassment.

“I… I was.”

“Why?” She didn’t look at him, but merely mumbled the question.

“It was for your own good!” That was what he had told himself, but he said it out loud much more forcefully than he meant to. She jumped a bit and looked at him, her frustration coming back.

“If you didn’t want me writing letters why didn’t you just tell me to stop writing to you?”

“I didn’t have the heart to.” She did not appreciate his red face and look away from her.

“But you had the heart to break mine?” That demand made him look back and he remembered just how frustrating the love of his life could be.

“I don’t mean it like that!”

“Then how did you mean it?”

“I’m a farmer, Bea, I don’t belong in high society or the royal circle of Boston. That’s the world your family is in, and I’m not from it.” She stared at him for a moment, her mouth slightly open in shock but her eyebrows knit together as no doubt angry thoughts rushed through her head

‘Wait, you stopped writing to me because you didn’t feel good enough to be with me? Where did you get an idiotic idea like that! It was clear in the one letter that I preferred being with you on your farm with your family than I did spending a summer at high society parties!”

“Your parents were quite clear that I was not cut of the same cloth. Them being Tories and me being a patriot didn’t help either.” He muttered sourly, although that was no longer an issue. When Alan had promised to rescue Bea from General Howe he had also swore to her father that he was going to marry her. Not surprisingly, her father had no objections. Bea, meanwhile, was pinching the bridge of her nose while she took a deep breath and processed what to say next.

“So, what? Break my heart by ignoring me? Keep me waiting and hoping for a letter from you every day? That was your plan?”

“Yes. No. I… I didn’t know what to do,” he muttered sheepishly, first meeting her gaze and then looking away as he lost conviction in his words.

“Did you think I would go away?”

“I hoped you would move past me and get on with your life.”

“You pretty clearly were my life! If you wanted me to forget about you, why didn’t you tell me to stop writing and that you didn’t love me!”

“Because I couldn’t do that!” The mere suggestion of lying to her, especially to break her heart and his own, was still painful.

“Oh, right, you ‘didn’t have the heart’ to do it! Thought it’d be more merciful to drown me in silence?”

“I didn’t have the heart to do that to myself! Or you! I wasn’t strong enough! I couldn’t lie to you when I wanted nothing more than to be with you!” With that finally out in the open he thought her anger with him would dissipate. Instead it took an entirely unexpected direction.

“This is the exact type of thing that gets so frustrating in movies!”

“Movies?”

“Right, of course John hasn’t shown you any movies or anything. Point is you’re an idiot!” She jabbed him with a finger for emphasis.

“I was doing it for you!” At this point it was his only defense that he had.

“You were being selfish! You saw how much I loved you and missed you, but instead of facing the problem and your fears of inadequacy you ignored it like a coward and hoped it would go away!” He wasn’t sure if he was more insulted about being called a coward or the implication that he might be inadequate.

“I am no coward!” The coward insult hurt more.

“What else would you call it? A tactical retreat away from the love of your life in the hopes she’ll stop chasing you because you didn’t just tell her what you were feeling and afraid of?” She raised an eyebrow, staring him down as he opened his mouth, thought, closed his mouth again, and then pouted.

“Well when you put it like that…”

“Okay I don’t care if it breaks the past somehow, we are watching The Notebook and if you still don’t get why you are an idiot-“ Alan sighed and cut her off, still not understanding what she was really talking about when it came to The Notebook.

“I’m a fool. I know that now, Bea. I learned that when I found out you had been taken by Howe, when you told us about the powder. But I am also terrified of you getting hurt, so naturally you decided to run headlong into danger.” He grumbled the last part, damning her own stubbornness and lack of self-preservation in his thoughts.

“Only because it would help you, Mr. Warren. You were in the fray, and I wanted to stay at your side.” At this she became soft once more, leaning into him again from their seat on the porch as if to add emphasis by literally being at his side.

“You’re a fool, putting yourself in danger.”

“Then we’re both fools.” She teased, not looking up at him as she grinned.

“So, what’s The Notebook? A moving picture about a book?” He tried to change the subject as he once more placed his arm around her, happy to once more be cuddling.

“Oh my god I’m going to make you cry. But promise me, if we’re ever separated like that again and I have to write letters to keep in touch, don’t be a jerk and write me back! I don’t want to hear that you’re alive from women talking about your dance skills!” He nodded to promise but couldn’t resist the chance to tease Bea just a bit more.

“For someone with no memory of her, you are very hung up on Milly Weaver.”

“Who is she!?” Bea shouted, pounding on Alan with balled up fists in a mock tantrum as he laughed but refused to answer.

[katieswinforddiaries]

So I finally finished my Beatrice Whaley dress from @lorainnes @thedreamercomic. I am so proud of this dress. I love it so much.

[wutbju]

So all the students -- 124, btw, not 88 -- who were at Bob Jones College in that first year are as follows:

Perry Bestor Allen from Crichton, Alabama

Ella Louise Buckner from Headland, Alabama

Henry Seymour Blocker from Sandusky, Ohio

Mary Evelyn Brannon from Headland, Alabama

I. D. Barton from Andalusia, Alabama

Olin Comer Cleveland from Hartwell, Georgia

John Andrew Cherry from Dothan, Alabama

Hilary Herbert Clements from Pinckard, Alabama

Henry Mallory Chandler from Grady, Alabama

Dorothy Maxine Ceruti from Millville, Florida

Virgil Miller Culpepper from Ensley, Alabama

Asa Lee Carter from Ramer, Alabama

Leonidas Littlebury Colley from Brundidge, Alabama

Nollie  Dykes from Ariton, Alabama

LeGare  Day from Abbeville, Alabama

Dorothy  Dowling from Enterprise, Alabama

Leonard LeRoy Dunlap from Meridian, Mississippi

Cecil Marvett Ellisor from Andalusia, Alabama

Bessie Ruby Enfinger from Skipperville, Alabama

Rawdon Lee Gallman from Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Samuel Willard Gates from Carrollton, Alabama

Johnnie  Goare from Slocomb, Alabama

Joseph Leon Goodin from Opp, Alabama

Henry Edward Grube from Mobile, Alabama

Ariana  Haymaker from Winona Lake, Indiana

Nellie Pauline Hallford from Slocomb, Alabama

Dorothy Vivian Harris from Valdosta, Georgia

John William Hightower from Brundidge, Alabama

Russell Clifford Hobbs from Lynn Haven , Florida

William Jennings Hughes from Brewton, Alabama

James Ottis Hays from Red Level, Alabama

Ottawa Grace Hall from Blountstown, Florida

Fannie Mae Holmes from Fort Deposit, Alabama

Bonclie  Howell from Hartford, Alabama

Evenly  Howell from Hartford, Alabama

Lonnie Coleman Henley from Ramer, Alabama

James Welborne Johnston from Panama City, Florida

Anna Louise Johnson from Lynn Haven , Florida

Frank Milner Jones from Daleville, Alabama

Isaac Godfrey King from Sneads, Florida

John Clifford Lewis from Red Level, Alabama

Marvin M. Larrimore from Dickinson, Alabama

Bertha Eloise Long from Clio, Alabama

Lillia V. Long from Clio, Alabama

Ruth  Mowbray from St. Andrews, Florida

Margaret  Massey from Luverne, Alabama

Kate  McMillan from Wausau, Florida

Minnie Eunice Monk from Lynn Haven , Florida

Matha Virginia Monk from Clio, Alabama

Ruth Doris Mahan from Montgomery, Alabama

Ruth Ellen Miller from Vernon, Florida

Frances Eudora Moseley from Sylacauga, Alabama

Homer  Napier from Dothan, Alabama

Laura Frances Porter from Sylacauga, Alabama

Frank Norris Pitts from Montgomery, Alabama

Graff  Parish from Dozier, Alabama

Jesse Lamar Price from Eufala, Alabama

Jesse Lee Riley from Enterprise, Alabama

Eugene Clower Smith from Port St. Joe, Florida

Randolph Aenon Sparks from Aucilla, Florida

Miriam Burnett Sellers from Slocomb, Alabama

Eva May Silent from Slocomb, Alabama

Robert Paul Stough from Dothan, Alabama

James Monroe Strickland from Dothan, Alabama

Illah May Smith from Olustee, Florida

Gladys Alma Trawick from Skipperville, Alabama

Bowers Shipp Sandusky from Marianna, Florida

Evelyn Avery Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama

Virginia  Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama

Alvine Herman Vanlandingham from Hartford, Alabama

Walter Bowden Venters from Chipley, Florida

Florrie Love Williams from Panama City, Florida

Ruby  Woodham from Slocomb, Alabama

Lynwood Henry Wilson from Crewe, Virginia

Hugh Emmette Wilson from Sweetwater, Alabama

John Wesley Wilson from Goodwater, Alabama

Daniel Cleveland Whitsett from Abbeville, Alabama

Anthony Hamilton Warner from Montgomery, Alabama

Paul Jennings Ward from Geneva, Alabama

Marguerite  Ward from Panama City, Florida

Bessie Lou Ward from Slocomb, Alabama

Alvin Lewis Walden from DeFuniak Springs, Florida

George J. Leslie Amos from Andalusia, Alabama

Olin B. Brooks from Birmingham, Alabama

Selden Temple Bristow from Lynn Haven , Florida

James Carl Bowden from Tennille, Alabama

I. Z. Bowden from Tennille, Alabama

Minnie Pearl Canterbury from Montgomery, Alabama

Oma Leonteen Cain from Panama City, Florida

Lucy Belle Canterbury from Panama City, Florida

Dora Lee Canterbury from Panama City, Florida

J. C. Dean from Ponce De Leon, Florida

Morrison Mosley Davis from McClenny, Florida

Charlie Herns Edenfield from Altha, Florida

Mildred  Edwards from Dothan, Alabama

Maries  Edwards from Dothan, Alabama

Annalee  Folks from Panama City, Florida

Pat  Hall from Thomasville, Alabama

Frances Catherine Glover from Panama City, Florida

James Lafayette Houston from Comer, Alabama

Steadman Eugene Hobbs from Panama City, Florida

Mrs. W. J. Hughes from Hartford, Alabama

Max Darby Jones from Port St. Joe, Florida

Bob Jr. Jones from College Point, Florida

James Walter Kelly from Slocomb, Alabama

Annie Louise Lee from Panama City, Florida

Lenna Elizabeth Leonard from Lynn Haven , Florida

Andrew Paul McKenzie from Panama City, Florida

Minnie Lois Mayers from Panama City, Florida

William Leonard Peters from St. Petersburg, Florida

William Hubbard Reynolds from Montgomery, Alabama

Gaston  Robinson from Clanton, Alabama

Helen Kathryn Sims from Panama City, Florida

Howard William Sapp from Panama City, Florida

Martha Jane Surber from St. Andrews, Florida

Rea  Steele from Panama City, Florida

Herbert Patton Sapp from Panama City, Florida

Minnie Beatrice Seay from Bartow, Florida

Mabel  Thompson from St. Andrews, Florida

Graves Sim Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama

Marion Kenneth Vickery from Flomaton, Alabama

Mike Litton Whaley from Ozark, Alabama

Edward Meredith Wilson from Goldwater, Alabama

Alcus Addis Walden from DeFuniak Springs, Florida

[political-fluffle]

Connor Betts, the shooter behind the massacre in Dayton, Ohio, reportedly killed his 22-year-old sister Megan during the attack.

Police have identified 24-year-old Connor Betts as the gunman behind the massacre in downtown Dayton, Ohio, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. Betts had opened fire outside of the bar Ned Peppers, killing nine people and injuring 27. Among those slain was his younger sister, 22-year-old Megan Betts. The Dayton Daily News reports that Megan was a student at Wright State University and had been planning to graduate next year.

The other victims include three women and five men, who ranged in age from 25 to 57. According to CNN, they have been identified as Lois L. Oglesby, Saeed Saleh, Derrick R. Fudge, Logan M. Turner, Nicholas P. Cumer, Thomas J. McNichols, Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, and Monica E. Brickhouse.

Betts had been wearing body armor when he carried out the attack, firing with an assault rifle for less than a minute before police shot and killed him. “I really want to — think about that minute. The shooter was able to kill nine people and injure 26 in less than a minute,” Mayor Nan Whaley said.

CNN reports that during a search of Betts home where he lived with his family, police found writings that showed he had an interest in killing people, but a motive for Saturday’s massacre currently remains unclear. (...)

[msculper]

💌 I love you and you remind me of Beatrice Whaley and you’re gonna kick ass this semester!

I 👏 love 👏 you 👏 with 👏 my 👏 whole 👏 heart 👏

[kansascityhappenings]

Vigil honors victims as authorities eye Ohio shooter’s life

DAYTON, Ohio — Nineteen hours after a masked gunman opened fire on revelers enjoying summer nightlife, the blood had been scrubbed from the sidewalk and the crime-scene tape torn down as a somber crowd of hundreds stood in the same street Sunday evening to honor the nine victims killed and 27 left injured in Dayton, Ohio.

They released doves, repeated the names of the dead and sang “Amazing Grace,” but directed an angrier chorus at Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, interrupting his speech at the vigil with chants of “Make a change” and “Do something!”

Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, said there will be time later for dealing with the policy issues. She implored the crowd to honor the victims of the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours, for which no motive has been explained.

Connor Betts, 24, was armed with a .223-caliber rifle with magazines capable of holding at least 100 rounds of ammunition when he fired off dozens of shots in a popular entertainment district, Police Chief Richard Biehl said.

Betts was gunned down within 30 seconds of the start of his rampage, police said. Surveillance video they shared shows officers shot Betts at the doorstep of further destruction, just stopping him from entering a bar where some people took cover when the chaos broke out around 1 a.m. Sunday in the historic Oregon District.

Had he gotten inside Ned Peppers Bar, the result would have been “catastrophic,” Biehl said.

Bullet holes remained visible in the window there as people left flower bouquets in memorial in front of Ned Peppers and other bars. At one store, a few purple flowers were tucked into a bullet hole.

Betts’ 22-year-old sister Megan was the youngest of the victims. Police identified the others as Monica Brickhouse, 39; Nicholas Cumer, 25; Derrick Fudge, 57; Thomas McNichols, 25; Lois Oglesby, 27; Saeed Saleh, 38; Logan Turner, 30; and Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, 36.

The gunman was white and six of the nine killed were black, police said. Although they’ll investigate the possibility of a hate crime, they said the quickness of the rampage made any discrimination in the shooting seem unlikely.

Officials said 27 more people were treated for gunshots or other injuries suffered while fleeing, and at least 15 of those have been released. Several more were in serious or critical condition, hospital officials said.

Nikita Papillon, 23, was across the street at Newcom’s Tavern when the shooting started. She said she saw a girl she had talked to earlier lying outside Ned Peppers, a bar she described as the kind of place “where you don’t have to worry about someone shooting up the place.”

“People my age, we don’t think something like this is going to happen,” Papillon said. “And when it happens, words can’t describe it.”

President Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting and praised law enforcement’s speedy response in a tweet Sunday. The FBI is assisting with the investigation as authorities put Betts’ life under the microscope in search of answers.

Two former high school classmates told The Associated Press that Betts repeatedly threatened other students and was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.

Police have said there was nothing in his background to prevent him from buying the firearm he used.

The classmates, a man and a woman who are both now 24, spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern they might face harassment if their names were disclosed.

Bellbrook Police Chief Doug Doherty said he and his officers weren’t aware of any history of violence by Betts, including during high school, and had no previous contact with him.

Another former classmate, Brad Howard, said he knew Betts for two decades and described him as “a nice kid.”

Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools confirmed Betts graduated in 2013 but wouldn’t immediately release information about his records or answer questions about the classmates’ allegations.

More recently, Betts was taking college classes and working at an eatery. Sinclair Community College confirmed he attended there and studied psychology but wasn’t enrolled this summer. Chipotle confirmed he worked at one of its restaurants but released no other details.

Betts also was a familiar face at Romer’s Bar & Grill in Bellbrook, where he was known as an ever-friendly, happy guy who sometimes came in for a beer or two and never made trouble.

Bartender Andy Baker said Betts was at the bar last Monday and seemed fine. Baker said when he saw Betts identified as the shooter, he thought: There is no way that’s the guy.

Fellow customer Mike Kern said he sometimes played trivia at Romer’s with Betts, who was good for answers about current events and pop culture and was “the kind of kid you’d want as a son.”

“I never heard him talk about violence, say a racist word, or anything like that,” Kern said.

The Ohio shooting came hours after a young man opened fire in a crowded El Paso, Texas, shopping area, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured. Just days before, on July 28, a 19-year-old shot and killed three people, including two children, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California.

Sunday’s shooting in Dayton is the 22nd mass killing of 2019 in the U.S., according to the AP/USA Today/Northeastern University mass murder database that tracks homicides where four or more people were killed — not including the offender. The 20 mass killings in the U.S. in 2019 that preceded this weekend claimed 96 lives.

The shooting in Dayton comes after the area was heavily damaged when tornadoes swept through western Ohio in late May.

“Dayton has been through a lot already this year, and I continue to be amazed by the grit and resiliency of our community,” Whaley said.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/08/04/vigil-honors-victims-as-authorities-eye-ohio-shooters-life/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/vigil-honors-victims-as-authorities-eye-ohio-shooters-life/

[celebritylive]

In the early morning hours on Sunday, the Oregon District in downtown Dayton, Ohio, was bustling with life as usual: The historic neighborhood is lined with bars and nightclubs, and has the reputation as being very safe.

But at 1:05 a.m. on the 400 block of East 5th Street, the unimaginable occurred when a man carrying a rifle and wearing body armor began shooting. His spree lasted for just 30 seconds before he was shot dead by police, but it left nine innocent people dead and 27 injured.

Adding to the horror was that the shooting occurred less than 24 hours after a gunman opened fire inside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 people and wounding 26.

While mourning the loss of life, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley praised the quick police response, saying that “hundreds of people in the Oregon District could be dead today” had authorities not acted fast.

Below is a list of the victims of the Dayton attack. This post will be updated as more information becomes available.

Logan Turner, 30

On Sunday, the Turners planned to celebrate Logan’s 30th birthday — his grandmother had baked his favorite German Chocolate cake for the occasion.

A former high school varsity football player, Turner loved fixing cars and worked as a machinist, his family members said. On the night he died, he was out with a friend he has known since Kindergarten, who got shot in the arm.

RELATED: 9 Killed, 27 Injured in Mass Shooting in Dayton, Ohio, Less Than 24 Hours After El Paso Attack

His aunt, Susan Scherbauer, described him as a “wonderful, caring person,” and said through tears that the cake his grandmother baked is still on the counter “waiting for him.”

“He had a good job. He had his own home. He had just met a girl he was so happy about. You could just see it on his face.”

Thomas McNichols, 25

The Dayton Daily News reports McNichols was a beloved father of four who was known as a “gentle giant,” his aunt Donna Johnson said.

“Everybody loved him. He was like a big kid,” Johnson said, reports WHIO. “When all of the movies come out – Batman, Black Panther – he would get all his nephews and take them to the movies.”

Cousin Jevin Lamar told The New York Times that McNichols was “a great father, a great brother — he was a protector.”

Lamar said McNichols was known as Teejay, and that he played kickball at family functions.

Nicholas Cumer, 25

Cumer was a graduate student at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania in the Master of Cancer Care program, according to a press release from the school.

He was in Dayton as part of his internship program with the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance. Last week, Maple Tree offered him a full-time position to run one of their new offices, according to Maple Tree’s Facebook page.

“Nick is remembered for his hard work and dedication to Maple Tree,” the post says. “He loved his patients and served them well, with a loving and caring spirit. He continuously went above and beyond our expectations and worked with a high level of excellence. He was well liked and respected by everyone on our team, and we all will miss him very much.”

RELATED: 20 Killed and 26 Injured in Mass Shooting Inside Walmart in El Paso, Texas

The Saint Francis release says Cumer “was dedicated to caring for others. He was recognized at the 2019 Community Engagement Awards among students who had completed 100+ hours of service. In addition he was a graduate assistant with the university marching band.”

Lois Oglesby, 27

Oglesby was a mother of two who had just had her second baby last month, her uncle, Joe Oglesby, told The Washington Post.

Her friend Derasha Merrett told the Dayton Daily News that she received a horrific phone call at 3 a.m. from a mutual friend telling her Lois was dead.

“We grew up in the same church, on the same drill team. She works at my kids’ daycare,” Merrett said. “We all grew up in this little town. We’re all family.”

Megan Betts, 22

Betts was a student at Wright State University studying earth and environmental sciences, according to her student profile.

According to her LinkedIn page, she had spent time recently as a tour guide at the Missoula Smokejumper Visitor Center in Montana, which is dedicated to forest preservation and fire prevention.

Daniel Cottrell, her former supervisor at the center, described Betts to The Washington Post as a “very positive person” who was well-liked by her peers.

“We really enjoyed the time that she spent working here for us. She was full of life and really passionate,” Cottrell said. “She was a very caring individual.”

Derrick Fudge, 57

Fudge’s niece, Asia Fudge, told NPR that he was a resident of Springfield, Ohio, who was visiting the Oregon District with his niece.

“He had a dog … that he loved dearly. … He was fun, happy,” Asia Fudge said.

Twyla Southall told the Dayton Daily News that her family members were out that night with Fudge. Southall said Fudge loved his family as well as his dog.

Monica Brickhouse, 39

Brickhouse lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and traveled with friend Beatrice Warren Curtis to Ohio. Warren Curtis was also killed in the attack.

She ran a design, event planning and catering company called Two Good Girls, according to her Facebook page. According to her Linkedin account, she was a Recovery Specialist with Anthem in Norfolk, Virginia.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Brittany Hart, a friend of Brickhouse’s, wrote on Facebook, “This just can’t be real,” and described Brickhouse as “like another aunt to me.”

“To lose a loved one to senseless violence is just unfair, especially since it could be preventable!!” Hart wrote. “I am so sorry this has happened to you all!”

Beatrice Warren Curtis, 36

Sayid Saleh, 38

from PEOPLE.com https://ift.tt/2YI4hKS

[flareonfury]

"Beatrice “Bea” Whaley seems to have it all; the seventeen year old high school senior is beautiful, wealthy and the star performer of the drama club. And with her uncle’s connections to Broadway theater, the future looks bright ahead of her. Little does she know that her future might actually be brighter behind her. Bea begins having vivid dreams about a brave and handsome soldier named Alan Warren–a member of an elite group known as Knowlton’s Rangers that served during the Revolutionary War.

Prone to keeping her head in the clouds, Bea welcomes her nightly adventures in 1776; filled with danger and romance they give her much to muse about the next day. But it is not long before Beatrice questions whether her dreams are simply dreams or something more. Each night they pick up exactly where the last one ended. And the senses–the smell of musket shots and cannons, the screams of soldiers in agony, and that kiss–are all far more real than any dream she can remember."

[centeris2]

Major Alan Warren, turned spy due to his own insistence on keeping Beatrice Whaley safe, finds himself in New York. But that's not where he wakes up.

(Written as a long overdue gift for a friend and thus terrible title and it may also receive additional chapters without notice)

You can read the first chapter here:

The last thing Major Alan Warren was aware of before drifting off to sleep was fading sensations: the taste of flip still lingering on his tongue, the humidity of the city air, a pounding headache that was no doubt the result of stress and not the amount of booze he had consumed before collapsing in his bed.

The first thing he was aware of when he came out of his sleep was a foreign noise: a harsh chirping unlike any bird he knew. It startled him so thoroughly that he jerked from his sleep, frantically searching for first the noise and second something familiar. The scratchy wool sheets had turned soft like silk a high society woman would wear, and the room was unfamiliar to him. There were strange noises and things and clothes strewn about that made no sense to him. This wasn’t New York, where was he?

Footsteps and a familiar voice made him stumble about the room, realizing he was horribly naked except for some very small trousers. Where were his clothes? Who was here? It sounded like his cousin, but what would Jack be doing here?

“Cuz!” The voice was undeniably his cousin John, and Alan flung the door open before John could even knock.

“Up bri-HEY!” John protested to being snatched and pulled into the room, door slammed shut behind.

“John, what are you doing here? Where are we?” Alan whispered, frantic and staring at his brother, gripping him for good measure just to make sure John was really there.

“Al, what the hell?” John raised an eye brow and clearly did not understand the importance given the monotone and unamused voice.

“I was in New York, with Beatrice, why are you here? Where are we? You should be with the army!”

John continued to stare at Alan in total bewilderment before mumbling, “we did not drink nearly enough last night for this.”

“What is going on?” Alan begged before John took hold of Alan’s hands and pulled them off his shoulders.

“Alan, what do you remember about last night?” John pinched the bridge of his nose and Alan felt his stomach churn in fear.

“Miss Whaley and I reached New York yesterday to stay with her uncle, Hercules Mulligan. He is currently being held by the British, but his family provided us with dinner and rooms,” Alan explained, disheartened by John’s continued confusion.

“Who is Miss Whaley?”

“Jack, stop joking!”

“No, you stop joking! Last night you and I had a good night of drinking together before we passed out. There were no girls with us! Don’t you remember?” John’s critical and annoyed expression remained for several moments before he blinked, face going blank as he thought before stating: “You don’t remember.”

“No,” it was a breath from Alan. He could feel himself go pale as he poorly restrained his panic.

“What’s your name?” John asked in a voice Alan recognized as the voice he would use addressing his patients.

“Alan Warren. And you are John Warren, my cousin.”

“At least you remember our names. How old are you?”

“27.”

“And when were you born?”

“In the year of our Lord, 1749.”

There was a period of stunned silence before John muttered, “what the fuck.”

[katieswinforddiaries]

To my dearest and beautiful, beloved Beatrice. You begged me often for letters the summer we were apart and now that a more enduring separation is upon us I find myself wanting to leave you with a few lines that will see you through what will inevitably be, my vanity aside, a painful time of loss and grief for you. Reread these lines over and over again until you've come to memorize them and they've comforted you sufficiently. And I hope that you cry big, sloppy tears for me, but then, after the initial sting wears off and you start to forget things, like the smile I reserved for my aunt's apple pie or the laugh you teased me for that only Ebenezer could elicit or the way I smelled after I'd just had a pipe or the look in my eye that let you know that the only thing I'd thought of for days was you. When these things fade and I become something you know that you've lost but can't remember exactly what it was that you lost when that day comes I hope that this letter will remind you that there was a man named Alan Warren who loved you desperately when you were a child. And don't feel guilty if you can't remember my voice the lines of my face or even what it was that we talked about or why you loved me. Know that we had a past, and it was difficult, but it was beautiful and with no regrets, live out your days full of love and happiness in the arms of someone else. I should hate it if both of us would die today. Turmoil entered my life the moment that you did. Suddenly I was torn between the greatest delight I had ever known and the gnawing reality that one day, you would realize you would want more than I could give you. And yet... that day never came. And the more time went on, the more your attachment to me deepened until my simple life seemed not only endearing to you but actually preferential to the cold comforts you knew at home. By the time I realized that possibly, maybe, you might actually be mine dark days were upon us. History in the making kept us apart. Alas, I see the hand of providence in this. A flickering flame is more easily extinguished than the raging fire a passionate marriage would have been. Make me in your memory into whatever form of fallen hero brings you the most comfort for that idol, too, will fade after it has served its purpose. Beatrice Whaley, I love the way your eyebrows raise and your nose curls up when you think you know something no one else does. I love the color your skin turns when I've exasperated you with relentless teasing that you took to be true. I love the way your hair is always messy even when pulled up and it falls in curls on the back of your neck. I love the way you blunder through the missteps that your usually candid nature puts you in. I love the way you shout at me when you're jealous which only makes me love you more and in turn makes you angrier. I love that your relentless questions and opposing opinions tempered my patriotism and zeal. And I love the way that when you sleep your lips part you smile sweetly and your eyelids flutter as you dream. Beatrice Whaley when you asked me on your seventeenth birthday if I loved you I said nothing because I assumed surely you must know that I am Forever & Always, Eternally Yours, Major A. Warren.

The beautifully heartbreaking letter from Alan Warren to Beatrice Whaley in @lorainnes webcomic The Dreamer. I was rereading my print copies of the comic today getting myself psyched up for going to the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse in New London tomorrow and I felt the need to share this part. I remember reading this the first time through and thinking this is the kind of writer I aspire to be one day. I want to write something this beautiful and heartbreaking one day. And as a romance writer to tell a story so true and well written that people would cry and feel as much for my characters as I did for Bea and Alan when I read this. I really highly advise any fellow history nerds to read this comic because Lora really does such an amazing job with it. There are nearly 1500 of you loves who follow me here and I know at least some of you will enjoy this story.

[teableeds]

I’m not crying I’ve just got emotions stabbing my soul

[caitlin-makena]

So I have no idea how to make those really beautiful gifsets and such BUT I am in love with the webcomic called The Dreamer (seriously guys go check it out) and I wanted to share my fancast for it!

Emilia Clarke as Beatrice Whaley 

Joe Anderson as Alan Warren

[kansascityhappenings]

Police say Ohio gunman who killed 9 was stopped in 30 seconds

DAYTON, Ohio — A masked gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounding dozens before he was quickly slain by police, officials said.

Connor Betts, 24, was armed with a .223-caliber rifle with magazines capable of holding at least 100 rounds of ammunition and was gunned down about 30 seconds after his rampage began about 1 a.m. in the historic Oregon District, said Police Chief Richard Biehl.

After squeezing off dozens of shots, he was killed at an entrance to a bar where people were taking cover, Biehl said, adding that had Betts gotten inside, the result would have been “catastrophic.”

Police have not identified a motive in what was the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours.

Betts’ 22-year-old sister Megan was the youngest of the dead — all killed in a nightlife spot of bars, restaurants and theaters that is considered a safe area downtown, police said.

The gunman was white and six of the nine killed were black, police said. Although they’ll investigate the possibility of a hate crime, they said the quickness of the rampage made any discrimination in the shooting seem unlikely.

They identified the other dead as Monica Brickhouse, 39; Nicholas Cumer, 25; Derrick Fudge, 57; Thomas McNichols, 25; Lois Oglesby, 27; Saeed Saleh, 38; Logan Turner, 30; and Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, 36.

Mayor Nan Whaley said at least 27 more people were treated for injuries, and at least 15 of those have been released. Several more were in serious or critical condition, hospital officials said at a news conference Sunday morning. Some suffered multiple gunshot wounds and others were injured as they fled, the officials said.

Betts was from Bellbrook, southeast of Dayton. Bellbrook Police Chief Doug Doherty said he and his officers weren’t aware of any history of violence by Betts, including during high school.

Brad Howard said he went to school with Betts and had known him for two decades.

“The Connor Betts that I knew was a nice kid,” Howard said. “The Connor Betts that I talked to I always got along with well.”

Police blocked access in Betts’ neighborhood, where neighbor Stephen Cournoyer said he often saw Betts mowing the lawn or walking the dog.

“He seemed like a good kid,” Cournoyer said. “He wasn’t a speed demon, didn’t do anything crazy. But that’s not to say, I mean, obviously he had an issue.”

Nikita Papillon, 23, was across the street at Newcom’s Tavern when the shooting started. She said she saw a girl she had talked to earlier lying outside Ned Peppers bar, where Betts was slain at the entrance.

“She had told me she liked my outfit and thought I was cute, and I told her I liked her outfit and I thought she was cute,” Papillon said. She herself had been to Ned Peppers the night before, describing it as the kind of place “where you don’t have to worry about someone shooting up the place.”

“People my age, we don’t think something like this is going to happen,” she said. “And when it happens, words can’t describe it.”

Tianycia Leonard, 28, was in the back, smoking, at Newcom’s. She heard “loud thumps” that she initially thought was someone pounding on a dumpster.

“It was so noisy, but then you could tell it was gunshots and there was a lot of rounds,” Leonard said.

Staff of an Oregon District bar called Ned Peppers said in a Facebook post that they were left shaken and confused by the shooting. The bar said a bouncer was treated for shrapnel wounds.

A message seeking further comment was left with staff.

President Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting and praised law enforcement’s speedy response in a tweet Sunday. The FBI is assisting with the investigation.

Gov. Mike DeWine visited the scene after earlier ordering that flags in Ohio remain at half-staff.

DeWine, a Republican, said policymakers must now consider: “Is there anything we can do in the future to make sure something like this does not happen?”

Both of Ohio’s two U.S. senators visited the scene of the mass shooting. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown said responding with thoughts and prayers wasn’t enough and stronger gun safety laws are needed. Republican Sen. Rob Portman said the discussion must include not just policy changes, but issues such as mental health supports.

Whaley said more than 50 other mayors also have reached out to her.

A family assistance center was set up at the Dayton Convention Center, where people seeking information on victims arrived in a steady trickle throughout the morning, many in their Sunday best, others looking bedraggled from a sleepless night. Some local pastors were on hand to offer support, as were comfort dogs.

The Ohio shooting came hours after a young man opened fire in a crowded El Paso, Texas, shopping area, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured. Just days before, on July 28, a 19-year-old shot and killed three people, including two children, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California.

Sunday’s shooting in Dayton is the 22nd mass killing of 2019 in the U.S., according to the AP/USA Today/Northeastern University mass murder database that tracks homicides where four or more people were killed — not including the offender. The 20 mass killings in the U.S. in 2019 that preceded this weekend claimed 96 lives.

Whaley said the Oregon District has reopened, and a vigil is planned Sunday evening. The minor league Dayton Dragons who play in nearby Fifth Third Field postponed their Sunday afternoon game against the Lake County Captains “due to this morning’s tragic event.”

The shooting in Dayton comes after the area was heavily damaged when tornadoes swept through western Ohio in late May, destroying or damaging hundreds of homes and businesses.

“Dayton has been through a lot already this year, and I continue to be amazed by the grit and resiliency of our community,” Whaley said.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/08/04/police-say-ohio-gunman-who-killed-9-was-stopped-in-30-seconds/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/08/04/police-say-ohio-gunman-who-killed-9-was-stopped-in-30-seconds/