#Donald Dunbar

[mariocki]

The Man Upstairs (1958)

"Miss Grey! You keep saying that you're to blame, that you want to help! Well now's your chance, do you want to help or don't you?"

"Yes, of course I want -"

"Well, then tell them the story yourself, it will help them to understand better."

[tomdonaldmusic]

All The Way

  Last September Mitzi and I took off on a two-month, round-the-world sojourn. Twelve cities, eight countries, old friends, new sights and sounds, ups and downs. But we made it, all the way. Here’s our story, in video. All The Way

[radio-flora-tm]

The most comprehensive birthday list.

[ellswritings]

Masterlist ;)

*= smut

The Hunger Games

Imagines

Finnick Odair

Wasting All These Tears On You

Peeta Mellark

They Don't Know About Us

Katniss Everdeen

Johanna Mason

Haymitch Abernathy

Cato Hadley

Marvel Sanford

Clove Kent

Coriolanus Snow

Sejanus Plinth

Series

none yet :(

Teen Wolf

Imagines

Scott McCall

Stiles Stilinski

Derek Hale

Jealousy, Jealousy

Peter Hale

Chris Argent

Lydia Martin

Issac Lahey

Allison Argent

Malia Hale/Tate

Liam Dunbar

Kira Yukimara

Series

Lupus Nox- S1 Cast, Prologue, S1 E1, S1 E2,

The Maze Runner

Imagines

Thomas

Newt

Minho

Gally

Aris

Brenda

Sonya

Harriet

Series

none yet :(

Marvel

Imagines

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Bucky Barnes

Loki Laufeyson

Natasha Romanoff

Clint Barton

Logan Howlett

Peter Quill

Gamora Ben Titan

Peter Parker

Peter Parker (TASM)

Thor Odinson

Michelle Jones-Watson

Wanda Maximoff

Pietro Maximoff

Series

none yet :(

Once Upon A Time

Imagines

Regina Mills

Emma Swan

Killian Jones

David Nolan/Prince Charming

Peter Pan

Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy/Baelfire

Series

none yet :(

Bridgerton

Imagines

Anthony Bridgerton

How To Be A Heartbreaker

Colin Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

King George

Simon Bassett

Eloise Bridgerton

Series

none yet :(

Harry Potter

Imagines

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Hermoine Granger

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Remus Lupin

Sirius Black

James Potter

Draco Malfoy

Lucius Malfoy

Tom Riddle

Luna Lovegood

Bellatrix Lestrange

Series

none yet :(

Glee

Imagines

Finn Hudson

Sam Evans

Jesse St. James

Quinn Fabray

Santana Lopez

Brittany S. Pierce

Rachel Berry

Mercedes Jones

Mike Chang

Noah Puckerman

Series

none yet :(

Criminal Minds

Imagines

Aaron Hotchner

Spencer Reid

Derek Morgan

Emily Prentiss

Jennifer Jareau

Matthew Simmons

Luke Alves

Kate Callahan

Series

none yet :(

9-1-1

Imagines

Evan 'Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Bobby Nash

Athena Grant

Howard 'Chimney' Han

Maddie Buckley

Series

none yet :(

Gossip Girl

Imagines

Chuck Bass

Nate Archibald

Dan Humphrey

Serena Van Der Woodsen

Blair Waldorf

Carter Baizen

Series

none yet :(

Pitch Perfect

Imagines

Jesse Swanson

Beca Mitchell

Chloe Beale

Bumper Allen

Cynthia Rose

Benji Applebaum

Donald Walsh

Fat Amy/Patricia Hobart

Series

none yet :(

[blankspacefanfics]

Okay to ask for: age regression, adhd, autism, ocd, anxiety, depression, self harm, smut, fluff, angst, poly relationships, canonxcanon, canonxreader

Do not ask: dubcon, rape, animal abuse and other forms of abuse

TV SHOWS

BONES - Temperance Brennan, Seeley Booth, Zack Addy, Jack Hodgins, Camille Saroyan, James Aurbey, Lance Sweets, Wendell Bray, Finn Abernathy

CRIMINAL MINDS - Aaron Hotchner, Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan, Jennifer Jareau, David Rossi, Jason Gideon, Emily Prentiss, Penelope Garcia, Elle Greenaway

NCIS - Anthony DiNozzo, Ziva David, Abigail Sciuto, Donald Mallard, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, James Palmer, Timothy McGee, Jennifer Shepard, Tobias Fornell, Mike Franks

SUPERNATURAL - Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Crowley, Castiel, Bobby Singer

TEEN WOLF - Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Peter Hale, Malia Tate, Allison Argent, Lydia Martin, Theo Raeken, Liam Dunbar, Jackson Whittmore, Kira Yukimura, Isaac Lahey, Melissa McCall, Noah Stilinski, Chris Argent, Jordan Parrish. Bobby Finstock, Alan Deaton, Erica Reyes

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY - Five, Diego Hargreeves, Allison Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves, Luther Hargreeves, Ben Hargreeves, Viktor Hargreeves

Z NATION - Addison Carver, Steven Beck ‘Doc’, Thomas ‘10k, Roberta Warren, Alvin Murphy, Cassandra, Kaya, Simon Cruller

MOVIES

FAST AND FURIOUS - Han Lue, Dominic Toretto, Leticia Ortiz, Deckard Shaw, Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, Giselle Yashar, Suki, Hattie Shaw, Dante Reyes, Mia Toretto, Jakob Toretto, Lucas Hobbs, Megan Ramsey

HARRY POTTER - Harry Potter, Ronald Weasely, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Sirius Black, James Potter, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Rubeus Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Ginerva Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Molly Weasley, Cedric Diggory, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Lily Evans, Tom Riddle

MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE - Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova, Steve Rogers, James Barnes, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Loki Laufeyson, Thor Odinson, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Clint Barton, Steven Strange, Carol Danvers, Vision, Gamora, Sam Wilson, Jessica Jones

ANIMATION

TOKYO GHOUL - Kaneki Ken, Rize Kamishiro, Koutarou Amon, Juuzou Suzuya, Nishio Nishiki, Hideyoshi Nagachika, Seidou Takizawa, Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, Yoshimura, Haise Sasaki

[qqueenofhades]

I know you've probably gotten this question a lot, but what books do you recommend as an entry to American politics? I just turned 18 (a week after the midterms 😭) and I've tried to keep up with politics but quite frankly I was homeschooled and my mom is super conservative/conspiracy theorist, so I've never had any political influence besides Far-right and Chronically Online Leftist. I want to be able to make informed decisions but there's so much out there I don't even know where to start. Any book recommendations you have about politics, conspiracies, social issues, or otherwise related would be helpful!! (P.s. if you've already made this list and I missed it, feel free to just link back to that! I know you're busy)

Marginalized History and Narratives

A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz

An African American and Latinx History of the United States, by Paul Ortiz

How To Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, by Daniel Immerwahr

American Military and Imperialism

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, by Rachel Maddow

Blowout, by Rachel Maddow

Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico, by Ed Morales

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein

What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It, by Trish Woods and Bobby Muller

American Racism & White Supremacy Past and Present

Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution, by Elie Mystal

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, by Robert P. Jones

A Field Guide to White Supremacy, ed. Kathleen Belew and Ramon A. Gutierrez

Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity, by Donald Yacovone

Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, and Climate Change

They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, by Sarah Kendzior

Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power, by Anna Merlan

Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America, by Christopher Leonard

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves, by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change, by Geoff Dembicki

[scotianostra]

On July 20th 1332 Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray and Regent of Scotland, died at Musselburgh.

I love stories that you can relate to, to this day and the death of Thomas Randolph is certainly one, he ties in with a lot of other stories during the era but will leave the wee bit I mean till the end.

Randolph was a nephew to Robert the Bruce. His father was Sir Thomas Randolph of Stichill, Roxburghshire, and his mother was a half-sister to Robert the Bruce, being a daughter of Marjory, Countess of Carrick and her first husband Adam of Kilconquhar. Marjory was the mother of Robert by her second marriage.

He had a very active military life, being present at many battles such as Methven, Line Water and Bannockburn. At the battle of Methven in 1306 he was captured by the English forces and changed his allegiance to Edward I, perhaps to save his own life. He was then captured by the Scottish at Line Water in 1308 and apparently argued with his uncle Robert the Bruce, but all was well between them by 1314 when Randolph helped with the siege of Edinburgh castle.

At Bannockburn he played a crucial role for the Scottish side. He was in charge of the Central Division or Vanguard and there is a place known as “Randolph’s Field” after his men formed a circle with spears outwards at that place.

In the 1320s he played an important role in negotiations with both France and the Papacy and remained one of the King’s most trusted advisors for the rest of Robert’s reign.

When Robert the Bruce died in 1329 Randolph was made the Guardian or Regent for David II. The poet Barbour describes him as “Middle height, broad face, pleasant and fair”.

He married Isabella Stewart, the daughter of Sir John Stewart, who died at Falkirk and Margaret de Bonkyl,they had at least four children, Thomas, Agnes, Isabel and John. Agnes, “The Black Agnes”, of the siege fame, when the castle of Dunbar was being attacked by the English.

Anyway apart from all that Randolph had been ill for a time in Musselburgh and the townsfolk are meant to have been very diligent in attending to him and taking care of his remains when he passed away, that the next Regent Donald, Earl of Mar bestowed on the Burgh the origin of its name “The Honest Toun” as a "toun of honest fowk” for their care of the dying Regent, so when you’re next passing through Musselburgh and see the sign, you can remember the story to tell everyone!

[papermoonloveslucy]

THE FACULTY!

Teachers, Instructors and Coaches of the Lucyverse

Here’s a tribute to all the teachers at the Lucyverse University! 

Jean Valjean Raymond (Apache Dancing) played by Shepard Menken in “The Adagio” (1951). Ethel suggests the recently-arrived cousin of someone at the French laundry to teach Lucy how to dance the Apache. He turns out to be more interested in amore than apache! 

Percy Livermore (English / Grammar / Elocution) played by Hans Conried in “Lucy Hires an English Tutor” (1952). Naturally, tutor Livermore has show business aspirations. Conried also played various teachers and instructors on Ball’s radio sitcom “My Favorite Husband.” 

Madame LeMond (Ballet) played by Mary Wickes. LeMond was the premiere ballerina of the French Ballet. She puts Lucy through her paces at the barre. 

Arthur ‘King Cat’ Walsh (Jitterbug) played by Arthur Walsh in “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined” (1953). In real life, Walsh was one of Hollywood’s most popular Jitterbug dancers / actors. His first film role was as a Jitterbugging soldier in Stage Door Canteen (1935). 

Robert Dubois (French) played by Alberto Morin in “The French Revue” (1953). A waiter moonlighting by giving French lessons, DuBois is really in show business and wants to audition for Ricky at the Tropicana. In reality, Morin was not French, but born in Puerto Rico! 

Kitty Winslow (Dance) played by Lucille Ball in “K.O. Kitty” (1958), an episode of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. The dance instructor turns boxing coach when she ‘inherits’ a prize fighter. Lucy Carmichael also coached a prize fighter (played by Don Rickles) in a 1967 episode of “The Lucy Show.” 

Henry Taylor (Math) played by William Windom in “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (1962). Although Jerry calls him ‘Old Man Taylor’, he is a new young bachelor recently relocated to Danfield from San Francisco. He replaced teacher Mr. Lucas (a character we never see). In various episodes of “The Lucy Show” Jerry also talks about teachers named Mrs. Lopus and Miss Clementine. 

Vito (Fencing Instructor) played by Vito Scotti, also in “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (1962). He gives lessons at the new Danfield YMCA. 

Professor Dr. Gitterman (Singing and Acting) played by Hans Conried in “Lucy’s Barbershop Quartet” (1963) and “Lucy Plays Cleopatra” (1963). The roles are reversed when Lucy uses his breath control techniques in “Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing” (1964). 

Dr. Adrian Vance (Chemistry) played by Lou Krugman in “Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry” (1963). Vance teaches night school at Danfield High. 

Mr. Sheldon (Judo) played by James Seay in “Lucy and Viv Learn Judo” (1964). Sheldon runs a Judo and Karate studio in Danfield. During the lesson he is assisted by his prize students, Louis Coppola and Ed Parker, who were real-life martial arts experts hired for the episode. 

Professor Guzman (Art) played by John Carradine in “Lucy Goes To Art Class” (1964). Guzman teaches Beginning Art Class at Harold’s Stationery and Art Store in Danfield.    

Mickey Rooney (Acting) in “Lucy Meets Mickey Rooney”. The school Mickey Rooney wants to open is called The Players Showcase. 

When “Lucy Gets Her Diploma” (1967) she attends Wilshire High School. There she has several teachers (top left to bottom right):

Larry Wilcock plays the Math teacher

Barbara Babcock plays the English teacher

Olive Dunbar plays the Biology teacher

Donald Randolph plays the History teacher

Ken Jones (Dance) played by Ken Berry in “Lucy Helps Ken Berry” (1968).  Jones teaches a course of tap and soft shoe for $25. 

Sister Mary Alice (Grade School Teacher) played by Mary Gregory in the film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). Sister teaches Lucy’s son Philip and objects to him using his adopted name Beardsley, insisting he is still legally a North. 

Buddy Rich (Drums) coaches Craig in “Lucy and the Drum Contest” (1970).

Mike Howden plays a Ski Instructor in “Someone’s On the Ski Lift with Dinah” (1971). 

Freddy Martin coaches Lucy Carter in the saxophone in “Lucy and Her All-Nun Band” (1971). Martin was a saxophonist and band leader who first gained national attention in 1940 and continued on through the 1970s.

Professor Dietrich and Professor John Kleindorf played by Murray Matheson and John Davidson in “Lucy and the Professor” (1973). Kleindorf is the head of the music department of the college Kim attends. Dietrich is the author of the best-selling book Sex and the College Girl.

Jack Scott (Auto Mechanics) played by Robert Rockwell in “The Not-So-Popular Mechanics” (1973). Scott teaches night courses at Valley Trade School. Rockwell is probably best remembered as biology teacher Mr. Boynton on “Our Miss Brooks” (1952-56) opposite Gale Gordon and Mary Jane Croft, a series filmed at Desilu Studios. 

Mr. Tweed (Pottery) played by Roger Twedt in “Lucy and Uncle Harry’s Pot” (1973). Twedt was a real-life art teacher from Palm Springs, California. He also  was Lucille Ball’s adviser for using the pottery wheel.

[ao3feed-peterstiles]

Prompt Stiles Rostova Reddington Grimm of Beacon HIlls

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/44071465

by Klaus16

Stiles Rostova Reddington Beacon Hills Grimm

Words: 1194, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), American Assassin (2017), Grimm (TV), The Blacklist (US TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, F/F

Characters: Chris Argent, Peter Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Sheriff Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Allison Argent, Derek Hale, Cora Hale, Isaac Lahey, Vernon Boyd, Erica Reyes, Jackson Whittemore, Liam Dunbar, Malia Tate, Mason Hewitt, Kira Yukimura, Noshiko Yukimura, Nogitsune (Teen Wolf), Nick Burkhardt, Adalind Schade, Monroe (Grimm), Juliette Silverton | Eve (Grimm), Raymond Reddington, Elizabeth Keen, Dembe Zuma, Donald Ressler, Aram Mojtabai, Harold Cooper, Mitch Rapp, Theresa Rubel

Relationships: Chris Argent/Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Chris Argent/Stiles Stilinski, Nick Burkhardt/Adalind Schade

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/44071465

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 1.10

Beer Birthdays

William Copeland (1834)

Nancy Johnson (1961)

Todd Alstrom (1969)

Eric Salazar (1973)

Frances Michelle (1987)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Pat Benatar; rock singer (1953)

Jim Croce; pop singer (1943)

Donald Fagen; musician (1948)

Bernard Lee; actor, "M" (1908)

Max Roach; jazz musician, drummer (1925)

Famous Birthdays

John Acton; English historian (1834)

Stephen Ambrose; historian, writer (1936)

Earl Bakken; inventor (1924)

Sune Bergström; Swedish biochemist (1916)

Katherine Blodgett; inventor, scientist (1898)

Ray Bolger; actor (1904)

Francis X. Bushman; actor, director, and screenwriter (1883)

Jared Carter; poet and author (1939)

Shawn Colvin; singer (1956)

Eldzier Cortor; painter (1916)

Roy E. Disney; businessman, Disney CEO (1930)

Dean Dixon; American-Swiss conductor (1915)

Aynsley Dunbar; English drummer and songwriter (1946)

George Foreman; boxer (1939)

Cynthia Freeman; author (1915)

Al Goldstein; pornographer (1936)

Evan Handler; actor (1961)

Ronnie Hawkins; rockabilly singer (1935)

Paul Henried; actor (1908)

Barbara Hepworth; sculptor (1903)

Rosella Hightower; ballerina (1920)

Walter Hill; film director (1942)

David Horowitz; activist and author (1939)

Frank James; outlaw (1843)

Robinson Jeffers; poet, writer (1887)

Janet Jones; actor (1961)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones; comics and fantasy artist (1944)

Donald Knuth; mathematician, computer scientist (1938)

Philip Levine; poet (1928)

Martin Lichtenstein; German physician and explorer (1780)

Linda Lovelace; pornstar (1939)

Willie McCovey; San Francisco Giants 1B (1938)

J.P. McEvoy; writer (1897)

Sal Mineo; actor (1939)

Cyril Neville; musician (1948)

Milton Parker; businessman, co-founder of the Carnegie Deli (1919)

Johnnie Ray; singer-songwriter and pianist (1927)

Charles G. D. Roberts; Canadian poet and author (1860)

John Root; architect (1850)

Michael Schenker; German guitarist and songwriter (1955)

Tony Soper; English ornithologist (1929)

Rod Stewart; pop singer (1945)

Scott Thurston; American guitarist and songwriter (1952)

Bill Toomey; Olympic gold medalist for Decathlon (1939)

Robert Woodrow Wilson; physicist and astronomer (1936)

Johannes Zick; German painter (1702)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg; German composer (1760)

[docrotten]

NIGHTWING (1979) – Episode 222 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“I’ve decided to end the world. They all have to go.” Well, you can forget about cleaning the house, then. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out some Indigenous American culture infused with apocalyptic horror in Nightwing (1979).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 222 – Nightwing (1979)

Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine

Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of the podcast and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.

Directed by: Arthur Hiller

Writing Credits: Steve Shagan & Bud Shrake & Martin Cruz Smith; (1977 novel by) Martin Cruz Smith

Music by: Henry Mancini

Cinematography by: Charles Rosher Jr. (director of photography) (as Charles Rosher)

Visual Effects by: Carlo Rambaldi (special visual effects)

Selected Cast:

Nick Mancuso as Youngman Duran

David Warner as Phillip Payne

Kathryn Harrold as Anne Dillon

Stephen Macht as Walker Chee

Strother Martin as Selwyn

George Clutesi as Abner Tasupi

Ben Piazza as Roger Piggott

Donald Hotton as John Franklin

Charles Hallahan as Henry

Judith Novgrod as Judy

Alice Hirson as Claire Franklin

Pat Corley as Vet

Charlie L. Bird as Beejay (as Charlie bird)

Danny Zapien as Joe Mamoa

Peter Prouse as Doctor

José Toledo as Harold Masito (as Jose Toledo)

Richard Romancito as Ben Mamoa

Flavio Martinez as Isla Laloma (as Flavio Martinez III)

Lena Carr as Pregnant Woman

Virginia P. Maney as Old Squaw

Wade Stevens as Ambulance Attendant

Robert Dunbar as Helicopter Pilot

John R. Leonard Sr. as Helicopter Pilot

When a shaman decides the world must end and all must die, he performs a ritual that releases a very large and murderous Desmodus rotundus colony, commonly known as a guano-load of vampire bats! Nightwing (1979) is the only venture into horror for director Arthur Hiller and writer Martin Cruz Smith. Even so, the 70s Grue-Crew are bat-guano-crazy over their movie. Between the story, the bats, and the cast (Strother Martin’s in the house!), there is plenty of fuel for their talkabout!

At the time of this writing, Nightwing (1979) is available to stream from YouTube and PPV from Prime and AppleTV. The film is available on Blu-ray formatted physical media as part of a double-feature with Shadow of the Hawk (1976) from Mill Creek Entertainment. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Jeff, will be Craze (1974), directed by Freddie Francis and sporting a bunch of Oscar winners. It’s got to be great, right? Right? Why are you laughing?

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

Check out this episode!

[sinistercity]

Here is the current running list of taken face claims in our discord role-play server.

Admins hold more face claims to help drive key plot points in the role-play. We encourage players to take on only as many characters as they feel comfortable managing, with a recommended maximum of 5.

For every one caucasian/white face claim, one POC is required for diversity.

Zzy’s Faceclaims (admin)

Tom Holland - Douglas Folkvar [Born Werewolf]

Lupita Nyong'o - Asha Dubhan [Original Witch]

Nicholas Galitzine - Theodore (Theo) Black [Vampire]

Auli'i Cravaho - Frankie (Francesca) Keli'i [Witch]

Pete Davidson - Leo [Familiar]

Donald Glover - Elias Kane [Human]

Howl's Faceclaims (admin)

Hugh Dancy - Arthur Folkvar [Werewolf]

Idris Elba - Ambrose Myrrdin [Original Witch]

Keanu Reeves - Victor Lynch [Hunter]

Ricky Whittle - Quinn Eldritch [Witch]

Coulson Baker - Jamie Reed [Druid/Werewolf]

Simu Liu - Reagan Longwei [Human]

Josh Brolin - Matthew McLaughlin [Werewolf]

Alan Ritchson - Jack McLaughlin [Werewolf]

Alberto Rosende - James Caradawc [Vampire]

Ben Barnes - Lance Darling [Vampire]

JD Pardo - Mateo Garcia [Werewolf]

Brittany’s Faceclaims

Michele Morrone - Desi Zucchero [Born Werewolf]

Luke Evans - Everett Wentworth [Original Vampire]

Henry Golding - Xiaolin Zhao [Hellhound]

Ed Quinn - Carrick "Vegas" Vaughan [Original Hellhound]

Dicki’s Faceclaims

Tomer Capone - Kerry Mor [Familiar]

Pedro Pascal - Joaquin Araya [Hunter (Former)]

Benicio del Toro - Alejandro Ximénez [Born Werewolf]

Hale Appleman - Cecil Destry [Unicorn]

Val's Faceclaims

Matthew Daddario - Damien Ardeleanu [Original Vampire]

Brittany O'Grady - Sabine Dunbar [Familiar]

Florence Pugh - Alecto Sterling [Human]

Ranger’s Faceclaims

Jack O’Connell - Eric de Lucca [Bitten Werewolf]

Boyd Holbrook - Riley Strickland [Eidolon]

Alex Meraz - Santiago Osório [Born Werewolf]

G’s Faceclaims

Casey Deidrick - Connor Evans [Hellhound]

Harry Shum Jr. - Maddox Zhu [Witch]

Chess's Faceclaims

Aaron Taylor Johnson - Myls "Scarlet" Taylor [Hunter]

Norman Reedus - Jean Luc "Luke" Lamotte [Hunter (Retired)]

Storm Reid - Nimh Dorlan [Original Familiar]

Red's Faceclaims

Drew Ray Tanner - Franco Del Rio [Human]

Beetle's Faceclaims

Tati Gabrielle - Verena Hortensia [Hellhound]

Cas' Faceclaims

Steven Ogg - Henry Lyons [Turned Werewolf]

Casey's Faceclaims

Maya Hawke - Cameron White [Human]

Elena's Faceclaims

Elizabeth Olsen - Gia Woods [Witch]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Hunter Wills [Hellhound]

Ally's Faceclaims

Taylor Zakhar Perez - Jorah Najjar Sanz [Familiar]

Bee’s Faceclaims

Nolan Funk - Alec Hargrove [Witch]

[xsophie2x]

“Liam, I brought the…” Theo paused, stopping in the doorway, the bags with Chinese take-out that was still warm and Liam loved so much hanging from his hands. He stood still, puzzled, a frown clouding his face as he looked around. “What are you doing?”

“Ssshh!” Liam hissed, waving his arm in Theo’s general direction in a way that wasn’t at all suspicious.  Theo narrowed his eyes, placing the bags down on the table with plates thankfully already on it, like he’d asked, and stepped closer.

It took him a second to register what he was looking at, exactly. But when he did, his head snapped over to Liam, beside him, like he couldn’t quite believe that he’d really ended up dating this boy. “What the hell is that?” His voice came out dry.

“Sssh, Donald just wanted to go for a swim!” Liam exclaimed excitedly, his eyes shining bright as he looked over at Theo, slapping him and pushing his shoulder in anticipation before going right back and pulling him closer again.

“Donald?” Theo didn’t know whether to laugh or to roll his eyes exaggeratedly at him. A snort slipped past his lips.

“It’s a duck, he’s white, it’s a male duck! How else are we supposed to call him!?” Liam called, the two of them looking down simultaneously at the sink where the duck was currently swimming in the water that was filled up in it.

“Alright, fine!” Theo called over him, cutting him off, grumbling as he finally gave in with Liam’s silliness. He still couldn’t believe this was the boy he’d chose to spend his days with. “But realize I don’t withhold much here, alright? You want a pet duck, fine. You want to name him Donald, fine. But did he really have to go in there?”

Liam pouted. “In a bucket with water he would splash the whole floor wet.”

“I think you overestimate how wild ducks are.”

Liam said nothing, and Theo followed his lead, staying silent for a few moments. They looked back down at Donald, and Theo felt as though the little animal was proving his point exactly; swimming in circles and quaking happily and in pleasant-filled delight. Something about it touched something inside Theo and warmed his chest; looking over at Liam, his eyes shining and twinkling for the duck, only made that grow.

“Have you tried a bath towel or mat?”

Liam tore his gaze away from Donald, meeting Theo’s eyes, something dazed in his gaze, as if he needed a moment to turn back to reality. “What?”

A flutter swirled through Theo’s stomach, shivering, eyes locking on Liam’s burning blue ones, always so full of feeling, so alive, and something shuddered in him. “A mat. So Donald can swim somewhere more pleasant, he doesn’t have to be stuck in this old sink and we can keep an eye on him. We can feed Donald from there as well.”

Theo witnessed the exact moment Liam pulled back from the tense moment between them, palpable in the air in the room, his eyes lighting up and brightly twinkling. A smile pulled at Theo’s lips. “That’s not a bad idea!”

Theo grinned. “See? I do not only have bad ideas,” and he leaned down to get the bucket from the cupboard underneath the sink, making himself miss the warm way Liam smiled down at him, looking at him.

Carefully, when Theo stood back up, they reached out to grab the small duck. It involved a lot of splashing, reaching and trying again, the duck quaking distressed a few times, but when they finally had him and lowered him in the bucket, Donald squealed in delight. Waving his wings a few times, back and forth, effectively splashing Liam and Theo wet.

Theo stared down, the damp stain on his shirt. Unimpressed.

“He’s happy!” Liam exclaimed excitedly, once they looked at Donald after they put the bucket down on a bath towel in the living room, a little bowl with bread crumbs on the towel next to the bucket, and yes, Theo had to admit with warmth, that he did look quite happy, and a pet made it feel more like home.

“Okay, come on, now we can go eat. While it’s still warm,” he said, wrapping his arm around Liam’s waist, leading him over to the table where the food was indeed still warm. From the bright look Liam shot him from beside him, sending a flutter through Theo’s stomach, he could tell that the younger wolf was hungry too, and would do no more suggestions about Donald with a childlike and excited wonder that Theo secretly actually didn’t mind at all.

He appreciated every single one of Liam’s passionate ramblings, usually in combination with breathless broken sentences, but luckily, because it was Liam, he never had to wait long for the next rambling.

“Donald should get his own towel. And then, all we have to do is get a Daisy!”

Theo thought he might choke on his eggroll, as the meaning of the sentence hit him, sliding into a coughing fit.

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Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn cover) by John Coltrane from the compilation In a Sentimental Mood and Greatest Hits

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Today’s installment in the understanding white nationalism video series comes from the @empirefiles. Abby Martin discusses the interrelation of gun rights, mass shootings, and white nationalism in American history with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.