#I js think he needs more recognition

[cloversplace]

Character duos in the outsiders that I js love (not romantic unless specifically stated):

Johnny and Steve

Soda and Steve (romantic or platonic, whichever)

Pony and Steve

Curly, Angela, and Tim

Dally and Buck

Dally and Pony

bonus (my personal favorite):

Soda + unimaginable trauma, pain, and suffering

[da3h0lovr]

Mine.

Nsfw under the cut!!

MDNI

A/N: My bae Myung-gi needs some more recognition!!!! Soo.. here's a smut about him🤭

Pairing(s?): Lee Myung-gi x F!Reader

Genre: Smut

Warnings: Slight choking, reverse cowgirl, brief degrading, PiV unprotected (wrap ur willy!!!), Cumming inside, mentions of breeding, slightly public sex (js a guard outside), overstimulation, fingering, squirting.

WC: eh idk, it's kinda short

Myung-gi had a hand on your throat, the other on your waist, holding you still as he thrusted up into your tight heat.

"Fuuuck.." he moans out, his noises breathy. The squelching noises eliciting each time he re-entered you only made him closer to a release. "You think I'd let you just talk to Thanos like that? What are you, huh?" He growls into your ear, grunting in between a few words.

"Y-yours.. I'm yours" You whine, letting your head fall back against his shoulder. "That's fuckin' right. Mine." He says, breathing heavily and going even harder. "Now start acting like it." He says, letting out an almost animalistic noise as his cock twitches violently inside your pulsating heat.

His grip on your neck tightens slightly, and his thrusts slowly become sloppy. "Gonna let me cum in this little pussy, yeah?" He asks, knowing he's about to burst since his balls have tightened. "Yes,yes,yes,yes,yes" you babble, drool ever so slightly coming out of the corners of your mouth from how good he's giving it to you.

He thrusts up inside you a few more times before spilling his hot seed inside, letting out a loud groan, not caring that the guard has probably already caught on to what yall are doing. "God yes.. gonna breed you so well" he breathes out, his cock fully inside you, his hips slightly going up and down to fuck his cum inside you reaaaal good.

"So good.." You whimper, hands laid flat against the bathroom stall walls as you press hard. You had already came twice, unable to give him anymore, but he continues to overstimulate you. He slips his cock out of you, immediately shoving two fingers in.

He pumps his fingers inside you, and you can feel a liquid rush through your body. "Myun- angh.." you try to speak, but the mix of pain and pleasure is just too much. He knows exactly what's to come, so he doubles his efforts.

After he pumps his fingers a few more times, your juices come out at a harsh speed, squirting all over his fingers, getting some onto the floor. "There it is.." He says, pulling his fingers out with a sigh. He lifts his fingers to his mouth, sucking his fingers clean.

"Have you learned?" He asks, and you grow confused, your eyebrows furrow as you breath heavily, chest heaving from the intense pleasure you just endured. "Learned what..?" You ask, your voice shy and quiet. He stays silent for a moment, you can't see him, but you can feel his stare on you. "To not speak to any other man so flirtatiously." He says, and you wanted to argue, to say you never flirted. But you simply nod, wanting to just go back to the large dormitory and sleep.

"That's my good girl right there" he mutters in your ear, you can basically hear the smile in his voice. He slides you off of him, putting his clothes back on before helping you back into yours. He cleans up the small puddle on the floor before heading back to the dormitory, holding you in his arms to help you walk.

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Sorry for not posting yesterday T . T , I got so busy and had no time to write. I have alot of requests right now so pleaseeee bare with me! I'm trying my best🙁

[suugarbabe]

HI! i saw that your requests are open?

could i request fic where y/n is drunk at a party and mattheo(her enemy) is just silently watching over her? and then maybe she gets ontop of a table and starts dancing and like after a while mattheo js like “nope thags too much lets go” and drags her to his room and maybe things get a lil spicy with reader confessing and saying how much she hates him to the point hes the only person she can think about. maybe something like “i hate you so much i wish you weren’t so beautiful, because maybe then i wouldnt be inlove with you”??

you dont have to write this if youre not comfy with it🫶🏼🫶🏼

mwuah mwuah much love!

🦈

anon

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes thaaaaank you

it's a party, you're having fun, you don't give a fuck about anything or anyone else, and that has nothing to do with your sour mood from five hours earlier.

So you down your drinks like you've been walking through the desert, fire whiskey after fire whiskey until you feel nothing but the music around you and the taste of cinnamon on your throat.

Mattheo see's you get wobblier as the night goes on, every fire whiskey you grab he gets more and more angry with anyone that even looks at you, which he would never admit, because he hates you and you hate him.

But when he sees you climb up on one of the tables, your skirt riding up and leaving little to the imagination he pushes himself off the wall, long strides getting him to you in less than twenty seconds.

You're so drunk it takes you a second to notice that you've not only been pulled from the table but also thrown over somebody's shoulder. You pound on his back, shouting to let you down and that they're ruining your fun.

"You've had enough fun for everyone at the party, princesa."

The nickname helps with your recognition just in time for Mattheo to place you down in front of him before he sits on the edge of his bed.

You crossed your arms, swaying a little as you pout at him, "W-what exactly do you think you're doing, Riddle?" You tried your best not to slurr, but it was a losing game.

Mattheo leaned back on his hands, "I saved you from embarrassing yourself, you'll thank me in the morning." The smirk he was wearing made you roll your eyes.

Your drunken state made you walk closer to him, standing right between him legs. You grabbed on to one of his thighs for stability, using your hand to point at him, "I hate you Mattheo Riddle."

His face was unchanging and you felt the need to go on, "I hate you, you big beautiful dumb idiot boy." Matteo quirked an eyebrow, mouth slightly agape with his smirk now.

"What did you just say, love?" You grabbed on to his thigh again, this time Mattheo grabbed hold of your waist to help stabilize you. "I saaaiiiddd...I wiiish that you weren't so bloody beautiful."

Mattheo couldn't help but chuckle, "I'm beautiful huh? Well you're one to talk, princesa."

You shook your head. "N-no," you placed a finger over his lips and he couldn't contain the smile that spread across them as you continued, "don't look at me with your dreamy eyes, call me that special nickname and make me fall more in love with you."

If you were more sober you'd regret the confession you'd just made. But instead you just pouted, mad at Mattheo for making you feel the way you did. You fully anticipated him to laugh, to make fun of you for what you just said, but instead you saw a softness in his eyes.

"Say it again."

Your head titled in confusion at his words.

"Tell me what you just said again," he repeated himself with more clear instructions.

You stood there, no longer wobbly due to Matteo's hold, but definitely sobering up the longer you've been talking. Your cheeks were beat red, whether that was from the alcohol or your confession was unclear, but regardless you did your best to stand up taller, look him straight into his deep brown eyes.

"I'm in love with you."

His lips were on yours as soon as you finished your last word, hot and heavy and messy. You're clawing at his shirt and you climb onto his lap, his hands squeezing and grabbing at your ass. You trail your lips across his jaw, down his neck and bite and lick, marking him as yours and the thought of others seeing is driving him crazy.

You go to push him down on the bed but he stops you, holding your wrists against his chest, "What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?"

The pout of your bottom lip makes Mattheo weaker than he'd ever admit, "No, princesa, you did nothing wrong. But you're drunk, we can't go any further than this. I'm a dumb idiot boy but I'm not a scumbag."

He lifted you off his lap and on to the bed next to him. You watched him walk over to his wardrobe before stripping down to his boxers, grabbing one of his t-shirts and bringing it over to you.

"Put this on," you pulled your top off, Mattheo biting the inside of his cheek at your bare chest before you pulled his shirt on. As you shimmy your skirt off he pulled his duvet back, climbing into the bed next to you.

You sank deep into the covers, Mattheo wrapping an arm around your shoulders and pulling you close until your head is resting on his chest. Only then do you realize how tired you really are, how heavy your eyelids are and how thankful you are for the warmth of Mattheo's chest.

Your breathing steadied out as Mattheo's fingers trailed lightly up and down your arm. Mattheo kissed the top of your head, whispering softly to himself, "I'm in love with you too, princesa."

[sponfawn]

MTH meta - The Gifts That Keep on Giving (me feelings)

There has been a lot of gift giving in the past few chapters, between the Girls' birthday, Christmas, and the Boy's "birthday".

The gifts I want to touch on first are the shoes. When I realized that Blossom and Butch both received shoes in very different ways, I ttried to think about where else shoes might have been significant in the fic. With the publication of Modern Girl magazine, we are given a reminder about the shoe ad that didn't show the Girls' faces, just their bodies and shoes. Professor Utonium specifically says that he much preferred their (Brick's) magazine photographs over the shoe ads, because he could see their faces. The shoe ads are obviously an example of the physical objectification of the Girls, but it also reinforces the idea that they are a symbol and idols for Townsville (everyone immediately knows it's the Girls, even though their faces aren't visible. There are v few celebrities with that kind of recognition). To the point where Brick gets sick of seeing the ads all over, after seeing their promo. Many of the people of Townsville don't seem to see the Girls as full people with their own needs and wants, but as figures who exist for their safety and/or convenience (as seen when the Boys fill in for the Girls during the parade).

So how does this relate to Blossom and Butch? Brick gave Blossom shoes. This gift shows an appreciation for her talent and passion, beyond her looks - something she talks about after the photoshoot for MG. She's ok with people thinking she's pretty but she does all this other stuff. It is also a gift specifically for her, in contrast to Mrs. Morbucks' "gifts" (bribes) which involved money to Blossom's charity of choice and a scholarship in her name. Both of which target what she values but were a tool of manipulation, and played to Blossom's habit of putting others before herself. Brick has expressed that she also needs to think about her needs, because she is so quick to limit her opportunities for the (perceived) sake of Townsville. We know all the Girls got a lot of presents from the people of Townsville but I suspect that few if any were as personal and For Her as the shoes. Brick chose a gift that relates to her passion, to the activity that he begrudgingly started to admire her for, to the activity that they most often do together (the shoes are specific to ballroom), and that can't be interpreted as being for anyone but her. I'm sure she has also gotten gifts from close friends that were just for her. But given that Brick is adamant that she needs to recognize that her wants are important and that it's ok for her to want and have things for herself, I think this is significant.

Buttercup and the guys' gift to Butch is a practical group gift showing care and affection from his friends, but she signs the shoes last in a physically close and comfortable way. Did she actually procrastinate just to put it off? Did she just have a hard time figuring out what to write, as much as she has feelings for him while trying to deny it to herself? Did she want the last word to make it more special? She waited until he had the shoes on to write something, so I think it is at least partly the latter.

She and Butch are first and foremost friends, but they are undeniably special to each other compared to their other friends (whether they recognize/admit why or not). Buttercup's other gifts for him (pot popcorn balls) are undeniably for him as well, and that is significant for Butch who is so used to being overlooked in favor of Brick. We know that the other field agents at JS like the Boys. They helped them move in, no strings attached, and joked around with them. But it's unclear if they relate to the Boys individually or relate to them more as a unit. The shoes are for Butch only, from a group of people who care about him just for being their dumbass friend. And I think that's why he thinks "No one's ever done something like [that] for me before". Penny clearly cares about the Boys, but I think they all know there's a degree of obligation in it too. It's ultimately her job to take care of them, even though she likes them.

It doesn't have as direct a connection to the shoe ad like Brick's present does, and this is probably a stretch, but I think there's something to be said about how shoes are a symbol of genuine connection and care in these scenes - seeing the recipients of these gifts as whole people rather than simply objectified uncomplicated symbols of love and beauty vs fear and evil.

In Butch's case, he gave Buttercup the jacket partly out of feeling territorial, but it was also based on a prior vulnerable conversation. While I think jealousy was definitely a factor, he also knows how thinking about her relationship with Mitch makes her sad and uncomfortable, and Butch just wants to make her happy (even if it means getting his dick pierced to make her laugh). Penny knew that it was for Buttercup after their first meeting when she seems to measure Buttercup's shoulders with her eyes. Meaning it was likely procured by Penny but with specific instructions (more than just her shirt size would convey). The fact that it fit her so perfectly suggests Butch's intimate platonic knowledge of her body (platonic in terms of the fact that their physical contact has usually been "just friends being pals", not in terms of their feelings).

Mitch's jacket was important to Mitch, something he loved that was his dad's. It was sentimentally very important, but oversized on Buttercup. A bit like his desire for more PDA - it didn't fit her well despite their genuine love for each other and the fact that she liked wearing it. Butch's jacket is a perfect fit, perhaps even made just for her (much like Butch was literally made for her but in a different way). It isn't obvious on sight exactly who gave it to her. It's more discreet, which suits Buttercup's more private nature and is perhaps another way sbj shows Butch's ready interpretation of her wants and his eagerness to meet them.

Blossom's scarf required time and energy. It is practical but sentimental and thoughtful. Red is an obvious choice, but the gray is perhaps symbolic of his shifting priorities and/or her perception of him. Things aren't so black and white anymore. I love the little bit of pink at one end. It is a bit more forward than she has been in the past (except on their date), and I love it. I don't think it was her being territorial in the way that Butch and Boomer were with their presents, but more of a hope that when he wears it, it'll make him think of her. So a bit like Butch in a way, but not in an effort to replace or erase anyone else's connection, just to assert herself in a small way.

She describes it as "all she can give him", and it is a humble gift compared to other "gifts" he has gotten in the series (most of which were bribes or supplied for official events). This gift is all Blossom can give, and it is given with nothing expected in return. Just the hope that he'll wear it. It's a show of care for his physical well-being, something that I'm not sure anyone else has ever given him. The Boys have smoked with him when he was upset, but that's about as much as we've seen in terms of care. He's Brick. He's the leader of the RRBs, he was specifically made and brought back to put himself in physical danger with the hopes of defeating the Girls. Of all the Boys, he is seen as the most competent, the strongest, yet here Blossom is worrying about the fact that he doesn't have a scarf in the cold. There's something so tender in that.

In Boomer's case, the necklace was from a desire to give something unique from others, and a way to show that she is his. He was going to give it to her on her birthday and it was a symbol of his devotion and commitment to her, but he suddenly decided to wait to give it to her until he could confirm that none of her exes had given her a necklace. He is so desperate to be unique and special to her like she is to him, that his insecurities actively get in the way of expressing his love. It is a gift that can be worn all the time, regardless of occasion (as opposed to shoes or a leather jacket), in a heart shape that is more typically indicative of romance.

I sort of wonder if sbj was intending to show the lack of emotional intimacy or lack of Boomer's growth in their relationship. Lemme explain: all of the gifts in this post are wearable, but 3 of them needed to fit well. The 2 pairs of shoes and the jacket. All 3 fit perfectly, requiring the giver to be very attentive to the other party's size (especially considering it's unlikely that Brick has ever seen the inside of Blossom's shoes, the guys were unsure if the shoes would fit Butch, and Butch apparently gave pretty precise measurements/sizing to Penny. The 4th gift, Blossom's, doesn't need to fit well, but it required recognizing a need that Brick had and time and effort to make it. The necklace, while sweet and definitely something that Bubbles liked, didn't require that much thought or attention to her on Boomer's part. Which reflects how he relates to their relationship, I think. He focuses a lot on how she makes him feel, and while he's been trying to be "good" for her sake, his insecurities and jealousy have gotten in the way of their connection. He is so caught up in them, he doesn't realize that she is feeling uneasy because he's hiding things, and didn't really think about how it would make her feel when he decided not to give her the necklace initially.

The only person who hasn't given one of their counterparts a special wearable gift so far, is Bubbles. That could change in the future. But it is interesting. I might discuss this in a different post on other gifts that have been given.

[yayasvalveplay]

BAHHH YAYA IM SOBBING OVER THE IDEA OF BRAINSTORM AND REQUIEM BONDING IN THE AW STILL GOD 😭 💕

Okay OKAY LET ME CHILL FIRST

Since Requiem now exists as a clone in the au, I've decided to do a quick rundown intro on him, to flesh out what he would be like in an Autobot Authoritarian government then yknow a Decepticon Totalitarianism one :3 because while HE will eveny

Requiem is what you'd expect when you hear about a supposed 'perfect' Elite Gaurd Member. What an Autobot Trooper should aim to be.

He's quick to follow orders from Magnus; Requiem is swift and powerful. Requiem knows every Autobot law by the book and code; he knows the Autobot Code and had been in one of the top students during his time at Autobot Academy! He's what any loyal brainwashed cultist AutoBot should be!

However strong as he is and whatever potential he as; charm is something he lacks.

Unlike his DW! Counterpart; Requiem while only physically graceful with moves and actions with his bomber frame.

Requiem is as STIFF as a doorknob; if you thought DW! Requiem was awkward. AW! Requiem is even more awkward.

He only speaks when prompted because a scientist who joined in the clone project realized that they should PROBABLY have a program to prevent Requiem from using his outlier ability unless the situation is necessary.

Cuz yknow if you're going to make a clone and then GIVE said clone the ability from a famous torturer/cultist! 😬 You might wanna add some precautions incase the kid decides to be like dear old daddy!

While being raised by Sentinel and the Jettwins—Requiem was also under the watch of Perceptor, Magnus, and other Autobot scientists who were monitoring his abilities and growth since he's a clone.

Since Sentinel never meets Tarn at all AND Requiem was always surrounded by scientists. He doesn't have an interest in music in the beginning, after all; his wants and needs are already handed to him by the Autobots. Serve the Autobots and prevent Decepticon takeover!

Very similar to DW! Requiem unfortunately

Requiem's relationship with his caretakers, are iffy at best in his words. With Perceptor; their relationship obviously has no familial recognition— he's aware that Perceptor created him but that's it. For Sentinel; while he does provide the care Requiem needs— he's his youngest after having the Jettwins assigned to him. Sentinel wants him to be professional unlike the two mischievous bots, so he's usually separated from the twins who encourage him to have fun whenever they see each other.

The Jettwins genuinely do try to get along with him, despite they occasionally make fun of the younger member for well being an exact copy of Sentinel personality wise! A stick in the mud!

While Requiem does find them annoying at times since hes basically the younger brother for ONCE unlike his DW counterpart, he's capable of being fond with them.

When Requiem is finally older; he gets called forth by the Magnus with one simple task: to simply work with Sari

The little femme infront of him, the two as work partners within the Autobot Elite Gaurd.

Blue optics meet... it would be rather dull to compare Sari's optics to his own. For they were ethereal... they outshined his alone.

Perhaps he will enjoy this partnership.

ANWAYS BAHHH THIS JS WHAT I GOT FOR MY BOY IMMA ADD MORE SOON BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO MAKE THIS TOO LONG BUT LET ME KNOW WHAT YALL THINK DOES THIS MAKE SENSE AT ALL 😭 💕

AHHHHHHHH

He's trying.

But he's also less traumatized.

But him and Sari having an even more slow burn love then DW. AND IM HERE FOT IT

But ohh him looking at her optics and seeing the lights of the Allspark held in them. Ethereal. Beautiful. Something he get lost in whenever those eyes are on her.

Hmmmmmm Mion I'm going feral.

[simplyjake]

Enha hyungs with actor/ress reader!

Summary: Ur an actress or actor in some of the biggest movies(hunger games, little mermaid live action, barbie, mean girls)

a/n: im a chronic yapper. I tried my best to make this be gender nuteral, if i failed im sorry!!

Heeseung

He lives for any project your in

He's always on set during any of ur shoots I think

You gotta bribe him to make sure his mouth stays SHUT bc man he loves to run that mouth

Proud bf moment whenever the tv show or movie is on a billboard and ur on it

Makes u take a pic in front of it like a proud mom 

Tries to steal smthn from ur set😖

Ask him if he cares abt u having to kiss someone 

he doesn't care ‼️ he knows it's fake and u come home to him every night

He cares a little bit

But he's learned how to get over it bc like I said

Ur his at the end of the day anyways!!

Promotes ur movie/show to ANYONEEEE

Like dawg we get it we will watch the little mermaid live action bc ur lover is in it okay

Holy shit.

LEAVE US ALONE

he's always with you at red carpet events 

Stuck to ur side like someone put superglue on him bruh

But dw he let's u get ur solo shots

U guys r so cute stop

Jay

JAYYYYYY

You were in the newest hunger games

As whoever u want bby u decide 

This was ur first big movie!!!

It was actually ur breakthrough movie that got you a lot more attention

And ofc!! Ur man is LIVING for all of it

His bby is getting the recognition that they deserve!

He's been there with you when you first started auditioning

To you getting small roles in indie films and college student films

And now you're staring in the hunger games: the ballad of songbirds and snakes⁉️

He has taken everyone he knows to watch the movie with him bc ur in it

Bc of that he saw it like 15 times pr smthn goodness gracious Jay.

Everyone loves how supportive he is of u ☹️

“Get me someone who loves and supports y/n as much as Jay does”

“The way he posts them everywhere mom i love them”

Ur fans wish they were jay but they love how he treats u

Jake

Ummm ok did someone say BARBIE MOVIE🗣‼️

“did yk my s/o is in the newest barbie movie”

Yes jake.

We know honey.

The fact that ur in one of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time makes his heart swell with pride

Yk those promotional barbie posters? “This barbie is__” “this Ken is___”

He has like 5 of urs in his house

His friends r always concerned when they see his room w those posters

They wouldnt get it.

You BEST believe he's in all pink when he's with you for the premiere

AND U GUYS ARE MATCHING OUTFITS 

Ur fans think he's so cute☹️☹️☹️

Following you like a lost puppy on the red carpet

He somehow makes friends w ur cast members now ur confused on how he has Ryan Gosling on speed dial (if u imagined urself as Ken, think of another male on the set, or margot robbie!)

Buys barbie and Ken dolls (or js two Ken's) that look like you guys

They stay on his shelf with his other trinkets

I love jake

Sunghoon

Ur in the mean girls movie

I wish they casted cady better

anyway

I like to think he didn't know u can sing

You kept the fact that it was a musical a secret from him

So when the premiere came

Btw yall ate everyone UPPP with ur outfits and shit

Fans didn't know if they wanted to be you or be with you

Anyways back to the premiere 

When u came on screen with that VOICEEEE phew (if you imagined urself as aaron lets preted they kept his parts from the broadway play)

He was floored

Gets the soundtrack stuck in his head now

“We need to get u on Broadway NOW”

“NUH UH"

"YUH HUH"

The only time ur fans have seen sunghoon smile is when he is at red carpets with you

Standing behind you as you're getting interviewed 

“That's my s/o” look on his face yk what I mean?

#coupleoftheyear

[swanno-arts]

More limbus ramble notes while I was bedridden from The Blood tm

I am so sorry for all the JS spam he's in my mind like a plague I cannot stop him. he's my special peepaw

I like to think JS had developed his own kinda version of Gesellschaft like Faust, since he was used to experiment on mirror identity by N Corp. But, instead of giving him knowledge, they all just sit around to bicker and hate each other.

JS I'm sorry you have to deal with a whole headache of yous telling you you suck ass and wished all your clashes to be favorable at best.

Along with having two voices in your head at all times (Blank Slate and Carmen)

jesus fuck how many Things is going on with JS so far. why are you the most inflicted for reals. he cant say no to things due to N Crop propaganda, he took part in the war on the sidelines, he got experimented on, he got his entire name deleted, he has a whole other identity in him keeping the voice of distortion at bay, the identity allows the voice to try Once and then end up half distorting him, to which he ends up killing his daughter, "oops" "fucking hell", he ran away and killed himself, gets revived, Limbus Company, gets jumped by his kids and wife, gets stabbed by the golden bough by his wife, Canto V-F.

JS vc: REF DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!

hes holding his head while blank slate and carmen are playing some fucking mental chess or something

oh yeah abt that minor au/scenario thing. js' youngest and silent girl. "swanno?" yeah. i want to make a short animatic to it

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT HYMN TO A DECADENT LIFE PMV I WAS MAKING. SHIT. FUCK. UHM.

okay enough js theres other limbus ocs i wrote rambles abt HSDNJS

Fixed Yossarian's age to 35 to match the timeline between the Smoke War and the events of Limbus Company. Previously he was like 27, putting him at the age of 17 during the war. (Can someone even be a Captain at that age?)

Yossarian leads daily exercise routines for the Sinners - as much as everyone (read: Winston, Parker, and Charlie) hates it. He's the fittest in the Branch considering everything.

Yossarian has a Cobalt Scar EGO while Winston gets a Crimson Scar EGO - coincidentally fitting their associated colors. despite quail literally having martian crimson as her color

Winston is like. the Yi Sang to LCB-F. his voice claim is exactly his voice in the 1984 film.

I'm thinking of revamping O'Brien, but idk if I should keep his design or make him like Luda, so no CENSORED like Julia.

I really need to figure out Quail's voice claim. So far I have Don Quixote's voice as placeholder because it's the closest I have to her voice in my head

Yes, Quail does sometimes knock things over with her long hair. Thwack. Even some IDs have her twirling to hit with her hair/hair tie.

Quail and Crimson Guardian reminds me a lot of Needy Streamer Overload in a way. Are you seeing the imagery right now.

Crimson is like Ame-chan, someone who really wants recognition and fame to the point of obsession, he gets it as a Color Fixer, but falls after what he did that completely ruined his reputation and becomes hated and even unlisted and erased by the Hana Association. Quail is like KAngel, she's endearing but beloved by everyone with her childish and cute persona - it's everything that Crimson could've wanted, but ultimately it's not her real personality but one formed out of the forced memory implant and present time Quail is, ultimately, fake.

Yes, I have been listening to Cubibibibibism on repeat too.

If Parker has a Mili type song, I think something in the lines of Fukona Girl. ? I think.

Not canon, but Parker, Julia, and Latro should have a girls night for reals.

I really want to make the Sinking Town animation meme with Time Traveller and Weena....

And if Time Traveller has a Mili type final boss song, I think it's Typewrite Lesson. The male voice being TT and the female voice being Weena, the instructor voice implies T Corp Researchers.

The whole TT and Weena situation is. A Bit Complicated!

Time Traveller and Weena are the same person, but at the same time, not really. Weena is 100% dead from the fire that TT started in the future. Out of grief, when TT returned to the present, he demanded his creators to give him a body and memory similar to Weena unless he crashes out again. T Corp Researchers have no idea who Weena is so they dig into his memory, and recreates her into him based on his memory. Weena's incomplete personality and "memories" mixes with TT's, and makes TT Like That (curious, sometimes childish, and detached but also Very Violent Casual). TT thinks that his non-human existence is what's stopping him from fully manifesting as Weena, so his obsession with the Golden Bough began, hoping it would be the answer to becoming fully human. So, practically, Time Traveller is Weena, but Weena is not Time Traveller. Or, at least TT, to an extent, believes that he is Weena, but also recognizes that he is not fully Weena.

"What?" I don't know my head also hurts lol

What if TT pulls off a Whitenight in the end of his Canto, and HERE COMES CHARLIE WITH PENITENCE.

TT's Canto name "The Short Falling" refers to him being so close to being human, yet just Not Quite There.

Also the fact that Branch F consists only of 6 Sinners, half of a full clock. and all that thang with the number 6.

Okay Angela.

I know Base EGOs cannot corrode. But what if it can. Overwhelming Envy (TT), Overwhelming Wrath (Winston), Overwhelming Lust (Parker), Overwhelming Pride (Yossarian), Overwhelming Gluttony (Quail), Overwhelming Gloom (JS), Overwhelming Sloth (Charlie)

LCB Branch F: Hey, Branch (?), we had a rough encounter with Time Traveller as our final main Canto. How are you doing?

LCB Branch (?), fighting a literal Arbiter: send help he's nuking all our asses and all our clashes are hopeless

[lilmissasap]

Your argument is that he “fell off.” But considering he currently breaking records for a charting song proves other wise. Thats all I am saying.

tl;dr: i miss when jack harlow was on that dorky white-boy hip hop swag type shit, similar to mac miller, without being disrespectful

music brain rot because i'm teaching myself to learn how to produce music for college application purposes

okay yeah no i completely get that, he's doing really well music chart topping wise (is there an actual word for that idk), it just feels like the quality of music (from my standpoint, and i was also someone who could identify what pac and biggie sounded like before i knew wtf the alphabet was so i may full and well be biased) kinda declined. i feel like we watching a post malone type jawn all over again, like he kinda used the hip-hop sound to get recognition (?) and then kinda drifted into pop???? idk lovin on me is very shopping background music-y idk if that makes sense but that's just what it sounds like. like im saying mans occasionally drops something that has me like 'well... shit i guess white men CAN jump' (im sorry that was a bad joke but very much needed). like that whole luv is dro, already best friends, whats poppin era did him so good and i think that's an era that he needs to return to. like that specific sound did him so good like, he js has that dope-ass white boy swag that we ain't really seen since mac miller and boy do we need that back, and the sounds he was using (bass heavy type shit(i might be dragging it but yk what i mean), light synth kinda). and it could js be 100% that he was working a lot more w/ statik (hope he's doing better)

dont get me wrong i still stream the songs i like but he js isn't as appealing as he was w the records he's currently putting out. and its not to say that people shouldn't aim to express themselves artistically and experiment with who they are, its just (from my standpoint) that by going in the complete opposite direction rather than experimenting with different subgenres of hip hop (there's a lot, s/o my extra credit research paper) he lost a pretty big demographic of listeners

thats all :)

[georgiaprelawland]

Cryonics And Legal Quandary

By Chris Louis-Jacques, Kennesaw State University Class of 2021

September 2, 2020

A taste of immortality is no longer a thing of fiction. Scattered across the world rest hundreds of frozen brains and bodies who strive to be resuscitated at a future date; this peculiar process is completed through the staggering practice of Cryonics.Cryonics is the low temperature freezing and storage of a human body or severed head, with the hope that resurrection may be achievable in the future.To further clarify, they exist in a state of deep cooling called cryopreservation and have entered a frigid slumber after their hearts cease beating [4]. Before all of their cells die, the tissues of their brains were suspended using an ice-free process called vitrification [4]. Every patient is legally deceased, but if they could speak, they would likely argue that their remains do not constitute dead bodies at all. Rather, in a sense, it is a state of unconsciousness [4]. Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the conventional scientific community because of the unproven result of a resuscitated patient thus far. Moreover, criticism has also centered along the fact that once a patient is resuscitated, their past comprehension of reality will be a thing of fiction. Thus, the patient will have to consider how much time has passed, will they retain their possessions, and to what extent has their sociopolitical atmosphere changed into [4]. Although, as time passes, every Cryonic institution takes a step closer to this immortal potentiality and develop new strategies to accommodate for those cogent uncertainties.

A look into the Cryonic Institute’s (one of ten cryonic organizations) webpage reveals the monetary requirements that one must have to be cryogenically preserved. Annual Membership cost for Human Cryonic Suspension is $35,000. A Lifetime Member's cost is $28,000 [5].

The ubiquitous awareness of this phenomenon is slowly circulating into societies across the world. With slightly under 200 patients who have already commenced their prolonged drowse, and well over 1,500 members, Cryonic Institute is steadily growing their empire of immortality [6].

Thus, one’s scrutiny of the expenditure required would lead them to believe that this process is only an affair of the elite. Although, kindred Cryonic organization, Alcor, introduces an alternative route. In regard to the preservation of a whole body, Max More, CEO of the Scottsdale-based Alcor, declared the stipulation be, “a minimum of $200,000, which isn't as much as it sounds, because most people pay with life insurance"[2]. Therefore, various monetary plans can be administrated for the varying candidates. Elaine Walker, 47, is a single mother and part-time college instructor at Scottsdale Community College and she signed up to have her head frozen by Alcor following her demise. Walker, having just finished college, initially deduced that cryonics was too costly for her budget. Fortuitously for her, the company shifted to permit front-funding requirements with life insurance policies [2]. Wilson was then left with a measly monthly payment of $14 in life insurance and an annual $600 towards Alcor’s membership fees [2].  

Moreover, this new technological phenomenon has been met with legal quandary that rebukes this unprecedented process. The first legal case to grab national attention was when JS(name remains omitted by the wishes of the family), a terminally ill 14-year-old who desired and eventually acquired approval from the High Court to have her body cryopreserved following her demise, in aspiration that she will resuscitate and join humanity once again [1]. This unprecedented event gained attention because Cryonics is still a concept of mere theory until a patient is finally reanimated in the future. The conflict arose when her father condemned her wishes, but, as a response, JS launched a legal challenge that declared her mother should be allowed to decide what to do with her body following her demise [1].Furthermore, JS, being too ill to attend court, wrote a letter armed with a sincere rhetoric to properly inform the court members of her plight, “I am only 14 years old and I don't want to die, but I know I am going to die. I think being cryopreserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up — even in hundreds of years' time.I want to live and live longer, and I think that in the future they may find a cure for my cancer and wake me up” [1].Judge Peter Jackson presided over the case; he visited JS in the hospitaland ruled in her favor before she faced her demise in October [1].  This ruling was hitherto undreamt of in contemporary time, thus, the judge noted that the case raised issues about cryonic preservation that should construct regulations in the future [1].

Thus, the legality intertwined with Cryonics has certain loopholes that can grant families insurance of their dearly departed wishes. The vast majority of US states do not obey the demands of cryonics contracts [3]. Therefore,cryonicists maneuver this colossal rebuke by signing a Document of Gift, which essentially is a donor’s card that allows you to donate parts of your body [3]. This document is accepted in nearly all 50 states[3]. With stories such as JS’s and Elaine Walker’s, various payment options, and the widespread recognition of this technological marvel, legal regulations are inevitable to appear in the coming future.

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Chris Louis-Jacques is a senior at Kennesaw State University who is pursuing an English degree with a minor in Film Studies. After graduating in May 2021, Chris plans on attending law school. 

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[1] Adam, Karla. “A 14-Year-Old Won a Legal Battle to Be 'Frozen.' She Hopes to One Day Be Woken up.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 18 Nov. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/18/a-14-year-old-won-a-legal-battle-to-be-frozen-she-hopes-to-one-day-be-woken-up/.

[2] Guzman, Zack. “This Company Will Freeze Your Dead Body for $200,000.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 26 Apr. 2016, www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/company-will-freeze-your-dead-body-200-000-n562551.

[3] Istvan, Zoltan. “We Need Better Laws to Protect the Rights of Future Frozen Cryonicists.” Quartz, 21 Feb. 2019, qz.com/1555363/cryogenics-is-facing-legal-trouble-with-body-preservation/.

[4] Nuwer, Rachel. “If Cryonics Suddenly Worked, We'd Need to Face the Fallout.” BBC Future, BBC, 24 Apr. 2016, www.bbc.com/future/article/20160424-if-cryonics-suddenly-worked-wed-need-to-face-the-fallout.

[5]https://www.cryonics.org/membership/faq#:~:text=No%2C%20cryonics%20services%20are%20separate,Yearly%20Membership%20is%20higher%3A%20%2435%2C000.

[6] https://www.cryonics.org/ci-landing/member-statistics/

Photo(s) Credit: Cryonic Institute (www.cryonics.org)

[dickie-gayson]

Fun Young Justice Fact!!

I straight up c r i e d during the S1 episode Coldhearted but not for the reason yall think. I've seen MANY discussions and reactions but not ONCE have I seen any love or recognition given to my boi in Coldhearted

THIS IMPORTANT DOCTOR MAN RIGHT HERE. U SEE HIM?? Y'ALL REMEMBER HIM? UR GONNA GET A LESSON ABOUT THIS LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT DOCTOR RIGHT N O W

This doctor (he's the good one, not the goon) isn't named during the show iirc BUT his name is in the credits.

Pieter Cross.

Pieter Cross.

P I E T E R C R O S S

Y'all, Pieter Cross is another dc superhero - one of my favs.

This lovely accented doctor, Pieter Anton Cross, is none other than Doctor Mid-Nite (the second). here's some pics (the first is w his bffl/platonic life partner Michael Holt aka Mister Terrific)

Pieter graduated from Harvard Medical at 19. He's essentially the Hero Community's go-to doctor for everything.

"Doctor Mid-Nite is the world's most prominent superhero doctor. He is often called upon when an autopsy is needed, or when a hero needs major surgery."

Ye, he's had to autopsy his dead friends :( he also does casual checkups. Powergirl goes to him for her check ups and to keep an eye on her powers. He's done a bunch of life-saving surgeries on not only the heroes but ALSO their loved ones! He performed surgery on Lois Lane after she got shot. When Hush removed Catwoman's heart from her body, Doctor Mid-nite and Mister Terrific were able to successfully put it back in and save her.

You not only want him in ur corner when ur hurt, u need him. There's none better! Imagine the sheer amount of crazy powerful allies he has bcus he saves all sorts of heroes and their loved ones! U don't attack the healer unless u wanna get fucked up by the rest of the squad, right? U also don't piss the healer off unless u wanna suffer, right? Same energy, fam. It helps that he can perform surgery flawlessly in the fuckin pitch dark.

He's disabled! In fact, Doctor Mid-Nite is credited as the first disabled superhero in comics! They're talking about Charles McNider, his predecessor, but Pieter Cross is also disabled. He's blind. I won't go into his whole origin but suffice to say he was unwillingly drugged and it caused him to go totally blind except for in the absolute dark.

He can only see in the dark and/or with his specialized lenses iirc. He carries smoke grenades that cause absolute blackness (think vanta black bombs) bcus he can see just fine in it and others can't. Any attack that involves having to see the attack (think Medusa's gaze) doesn't work on him cus he's conventionally blind. HOWEVER when he can see, it's fuckin crazy. Eagles got nothing on how sharp his eyes are in the right setting. Like we're talking super vision.

Those funky lenses on his cowl? They're to let him see in the light. It's kinda like infrared goggles and can let him see ultrasonic as well. Without his tools, he can't see. He got his sight back once and hated it bcus he could no longer work the way he used to.

OTHER FUN FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT DOCTOR

Doctor Mid-Nite has his own website where he provides free medical advice to registered users.

He's Norwegian-born. (That's his accent in that YJ ep)

Him and Mister Terrific are the bestest of friends (I felt the need to reiterate bcus they're Besties for Life. Read 1 comic with them in it and you'll see what I mean)

HE HAS A PET OWL NAMED CHARLIE!! He named him Charlie after the first Doctor Mid-Nite, Charles McNider!! He's trained to aid Pieter in combat! Attack owl!!! Batman has his Robins, Mid-Nite has owl sidekicks!

Highly Skilled Escapologist

He briefly dated Black Canary

His general medical license has been revoked, not that it stops him from practicing and helping ppl. He gives zero fucks. He's here to help, not politick around when ppl are dying.

He never stopped being a doctor, even after becoming a superhero. HE'S A LOVELY, KIND, COMPASSIONATE MAN WHO JUST WANTS TO HELP PPL

He's vegetarian AND he does yoga (imma cry yall, he's so fuckin great)

S1 of Young Justice appears to take place before he gets his powers and becomes Doctor Mid-nite cus he's not wearing any type of glasses. Wally interacted w (imo) one of the greatest heroes and doesn't know it!

Mid-nite is the one everyone says Tim Drake copied with his one Red Robin uniform (it's true too. I wouldn't be surprised if Tim was a Mid-nite fan, they seem like they'd get along)

T H I C C T H I G H S!!! I know everyone talks about Jason's thighs but Pieter's thighs are next level!! I ain't playing! Look at these hams!!

When his mom was pregnant with him, she got attacked. The OG Doctor Mid-nite saved her. Then, when she went into labor, he delivered lil bby Pieter. What are the odds lmaoo

BDE through the roof, fight me. Massive Meat Energy and I won't apologize for saying it

Survived 'seeing' Johnny Sorrow's face even tho it kills legit anyone who looks bcus he's blind. Used the recording his goggles took of JS' face and played it back to Johnny and beat him lmaoo

As someone summarized nicely: 'Prior to him getting blind, Dr. Pieter was a very caring man.. He would take a walk in the evening every day and helps out poor people who live in the streets, especially to those who are addicted to drugs.. He would help out missionaries in donation to help the poor and the hungry.. A Poor People Savior you might say."

"Doctor Cross uses his medical expertise as a hand-to-hand weapon. Once, when challenged to arm wrestle, he won by triggering the proper nerves in his opponent's arm." Savage Nerd Alert. Can, has, and will continue to use his Galaxy Brain (and BDE) to beat ppl, dirty technique or not.

Geoff Johns on Doctor Mid-Nite: "Doctor Mid-Nite is a visionary, figuratively and literally. Blinded by an accident, he’s able to see on all spectrums through the filters on his goggles."

Here's some of him being the Super Doctor:

Helped Alan Scott to determine if he was composed of the Green flame of Starheart

Helped Power Girl to check and test her powers

Saved Hourman's life by performing an emergency surgery

Saved Oracle by removing the Brainiac virus which possessed her body

Saved Lois Lane's Life by removing a sniper bullet after she was shot

Helped Raven to drive the demonic possession that attacked her by using Hologram Tech

I love him and would die for more content about him

Srsly I'll cry if even one(1) person acknowledges him in a YJ fic (or any fic tbh)

APPRECIATE DOCTOR PIETER ANTON 'MID-NITE' CROSS OR P E R I S H

Also if ur writing a YJ fic and have need for a doctor, pls add him. He didn't graduate med school to be ignored, yall. Or add him in just bcus he's rad af. At least do it for Charlie the owl!!

[snicketstrange]

The dynamics of duble agents in VFD deduction

This is one more text to understand the basis of the text I call "A Brief History of VFD hypothesis"

VFD is a secret organization, and like most secret organizations, it has levels. As the person becomes more reliable, or reaches a certain age, the person advances at the levels of the organization. This is demonstrated by Jacques Snicket's letter to his brother. (Considering LSTUA does not present fruadulent documents). Jacques Snicket wrote: LSTUA chapter 6: "Under normal circumstances, new volunteers like ourselves would not receive disguise training until our years of apprenticeship wew finished, but we have not been under normal circumstances for quite some time." By this time Lemony was about to marry Beatrice, so he was no longer a child. By this time Lemony had already written a review of Olaf's play. Lemony had gone through all the theoretical training in VFD, and now we know that he had even gone to SBTS. Still, Jacques referred to himself and Lemony as new members, still in their apprenticeship years. Lemony received from his brother the disguises and instructions on how to use them. This seems to indicate that only trusted VFD members relay such information and equipment after many, many years of learning and observation. In fact, in File Under 13, we realize that there are secret evaluations of the performance of new members of the organization. This shows something interesting about Olaf: He had equipment and training in the disguise kit. Apparently, Olaf reached the level of trusted member in VFD, and completed the apprenticeship with praise. This is strange in many ways. From Olaf's description of TBL, apparently Olaf was from the same class as Lemony. If even Jacques, who was older, still considered himself to be in his apprenticeship years, it seems unlikely that Olaf would have become a trusted member of VFD anytime soon. Moreover, Olaf's attitude as described in TBL was very unpleasant from Lemony's point of view. Finally, Olaf's Schism showed that Olaf's attitude was more than an unfounded distrust of Lemony. In other words, I seriously suspect that inside fire extinguishing side of VFD there were undercover agents on the incendiary side. These undercover agents would have facilitated Olaf's assertion by VFD confidence levels. This suspicion is not just mine. In fact, LSTUA chapter 3 indicates that some members of VFD also suspected this. On page 45 we find the following sentence: "There is only one explanation for our secret location has been discovered, over and over again: a member of VFD - perhaps even someone in this very room - has betrayed us." This conclusion helps us understand other aspects involving the Daily Punctilio. You may recall that Lemony, Jacques, R and many other VFD members worked at the Daily Punctilio. In addition, while Lemony worked at the Daily Punctilio, he sent important messages to VFD members through the pages of the newspaper. We see this in Jacques's letter to Lemony on page 96 of LSTUA: "It will no longer be possible for you to communicate with us through The Daily Punctilio." In addition, while Jacques Snicket worked at The Daily Punctilio, he reported that the Royal Garden fires were criminals, and even reported the AA fire related events. Also, for VFD it was important to keep the Daily Punctilio articles, according to K's letter to the cheesemakers. So apparently for a long time the Daily Punctilio was a fire-fighting sidekick of VFD. But all that changed at the time of the Olaf Schism. The Daily Punctilio editor-in-chief showed her true colors, dismissing Lemony, and showing full support to Olaf. This seems to me to be coordinated action. At the same time, Olaf allied himself with the bearded but hairless man, as the report on page 131 in chapter 11 indicates. As the following report indicates, on page 118, police detectives helped conceal a murder. It all happened in a short time, according K's letter to Dear Deary in LSTUA. All of these seem to be evidence of an old plan being put in place, something involving infiltration of dormant agents into VFD. This deduction works to clarify some details. First, we come to understand when the VFD recognition code came to work. The code in which someone says, "I didn't realize it was a sad occasion," whose answer is "The world is quiet here," was created after Olaf's Schism. (ATWQ shows that there were no recognition codes in VFD at the time of the events narrated in ATWQ. Lemony explained that VFD members at that time needed to recognize each other through their attitudes. And there is a report in File under 13 in that a VFD member thinks he met another VFD member and he needs to ask "are you part of a secret organization?" because there were no recognition codes at the time of ATWQ. Quigley at TSS showed that this code was not just for waiters when he tried to use the same code with the Baudelaire siblings in the cave.) This code had to be explained to Lemony in Jacques's letter to Lemony when Lemony was already an adult. Jacques Snicket was instructed to teach this code to trusted members only after the Olaf Schism. Thus, people who have clearly supported Olaf's Schism do not know this code. And that is clear from LSTUA in chapter 8 on pages 134-137. Eleanora Poe does not know the VFD recognition code. Despite this, the waiter insistently says "I didn't realize it was a sad occasion". The Waiter is saying this because he thought Eleonora was a member of VFD. However, the waiter did not know that Eleonora had supported Olaf during the Olaf Schism. Another illuminating detail is the reason for Lemony's doubt about Hal's loyalty. Lemony said in THH chapter 4 that he spent investigating Hal for several months to make sure Hal was not a spy. Apparently Hal was a member of VFD, as almost all librarians are members of VFD. Lemony's investigation time may have been several months before the events in TPP. When Hal proved trustworthy, not an arson supporter, Hal was summoned by Dewey's friend to take part in the fragmented plan at Hotel D. Only then did Hal receive the information regarding the recognition code. Hal tried to use the code at the hotel. But Hal had a special mission in the fragmented plane. Hal needed to earn the trust of Olaf and Esme. Hal apparently had to bring false information to Olaf and Esme in order for Olaf to believe in the arrival of the sugar bowl through the crows, and to believe that the laundry room was where the sugar bowl would fall. Hal then became a fake double agent. In front of Olaf and Esme Olaf, Hal pretended to be someone who was supporting the incendiary side, but in fact he was supporting Lemony and JS's secret plan. Interestingly, Hal apparently met JS personally, which may be evidence that JS was the mysterious supporter of Dewey But the deductions don't stop here. When you understand the dynamics of sleeping double agents, you can think better of what probably happened between the managers of the Hotel D. Ernest and Frank are admittedly members of opposite sides of the Schism. The fire-extinguishing side knows that Ernest is on the incendiary side. But nothing indicates that the incendiary side knows that the fire-extinguishing side knows this. Moreover, during the many years Hotel D was in operation, Ernest did not act against his brothers. Understanding the dynamics of sleeping double agents, we have a couple of possibilities: 1) Ernest didn't act against his brothers because it would ruin the disguise he believed was still working. 2) The fire-extinguishing side (or Lemony and his supporters) discovered that Ernest was a sleeping double agent, and instead of spreading it to the winds, took advantage of this to allow Ernest to send false information to the incendiary side. 3) The fact that Ernest, Dewey, and Frankl looked the same would allow Dewey or Frank himself to impersonate Ernest and infiltrate the incendiary side. And of course there is a possibility, though remote, that Ernest had turned heartily to the fire extinguisher side, and was helping his brothers all the time by pretending to be on the incendiary side. But in any case, I want to show in this text that in the main story of ASOUE and LSTUA there is strong evidence that the dual agent dynamic was underway. Of course, in TBL there is also an indication of this in the letter LS to BB # 5. The Sebald Code Question: "Are you certain your Co-star is one of us?" It is evidence that there were members of VFD that Lemony suspected were not "one of us." But now think: If Ernest was infiltrated with VFD when he was still a child, were there no other children on the incendiary side infiltrated with VFD? Such children should gain the trust of other members, but actually be agents of evil. And you can watch the movie "Salt" with Angelina Jolie to understand more about sleeping agents.

[go-diane-winchester]

Why Misha chose destiel

One heller was very affronted that I was critical of Misha.  Now, on Tumblr there are many anti tags.  Jensen has one.  Jared has one.  Even little Jack Kline, poor baby, has one.  Only the Misha fans demand passionately, as to how we could possibly see anything wrong with this ''smol bean''.  They are very shocked with others for having an anti-Misha tag.  And they get angry with me for not using the anti-Misha tag and blasting his bad behavior in the public domain.  Why should there not be an anti-Misha tag?  And why must you go in there, read all the posts and then complain?  And why must you complain to me about not using the anti-tags?  Hellers are very confusing people.  Anywho, this one, who thinks Misha is ready for sainthood, sent me many messages about a post where I exposed another heller for going into the anti-tags and hijacking the post.  That post is called ''Looking for negativity in the anti-tags and screeching when you find it''.  You can read her drivel there.  This is one of the messages. 

Why is heller hate Misha's fault?

Misha has been on the show for ten years.  In those ten years, Jensen never told him about NJCon?  He never told Misha about Jaxcon?  He never told Misha about the incessant shipping questions that he deals with.  Misha never asked J2 why there is no shipping and sexuality questions allowed at cons?  Really?  I think he did.  And I think Misha said the same thing heller snowflakes say.  "But Jensen, if you don't go along they will call you a bigot."  And they do.  They kicked up such a fuss about it, and mass media became aware of it.  Universities are aware of it.  Jensen's reputation is in tatters.  So Jensen [Misha's best friend, apparently] never told him about the homophobia accusations.  What kind of a person lets his friend roast on a spit like that, but still saying things like this to incite his filthy goons ''Jensen and I don't write much destiel because we live it''.  Oh, it's so funny.  Misha is such a kidder, right? 

One weird thing I noticed about Misha is that he never distracts from destiel.  Even when he was asked about Megstiel, he said two things.  First ''Meg is the only one who ever flirted with Cas, well other than Dean'' [This is queer baiting]  and second ''Cas has eyes only for Dean''.  He actively killed the Megstiel idea despite the fact that it was his only legitimate canon ship, in favor of a non-canon ship.  What a stupid thing to do?  Why would you do that, if you don't have any agenda?  I have noticed he never pushes sastiel, his only other pairing, unless Jared is on stage with him, flirting with him, in good fun.  Because, with Jared right in front of him, he cant push any destiel and he cant ignore sastiel.  But when he is by himself, he doesn't like to push sastiel.  And I always wondered why.  I mean, Jared is sexually a little more brave than Jensen.  Jared is certainly more touchy-feely than Jensen.  Jared is more likely to kiss another guy on the mouth and not blush about it the way Jensen would.  If Misha had pushed sastiel and not destiel, I think Jared would be less shy in helping to make it canon.  Jensen is shy and no, that is not homophobia.

So why not push sastiel.  I think its because when Misha first came to the show.  J2 and wincest were the big pairings.  If he wanted to create a niche, he had to choose one J or the other.  Although,  he stumbled onto destiel first because that is what he said.  But then when you realize that there is another better ship available with a less shy co-star, why not take that one?  Why take the abrasive, difficult one who doesn't want to be touched?  Misha angers me but I would never call him stupid.  He is not stupid.  He was smart enough to intern at the white house.  So the guy is an idiot.  If he goes up against one J, he is essentially competing with the other.  Even though I protect both my boys equally, I am going to do something that the stans will hate.  I am going to pick up faults in the Js.  Just bear with me okay.  I have to do this.  Besides, no human being is flawless.  Jensen is extremely standoffish.  His personality is a litte cold with people he considers strangers.  However, between the two Js, he is the one that has the most recognition in his field.  Jensen has collected many nominations and awards during his acting career than Jared has.  Jared has equal footing with Misha.  Jared and Misha have the same amount of accolades attached to their acting careers. 

Dean is a louder, far more showier character than Sam is.  In fact, despite being of different ''species'', personality-wise Sam and Castiel are very similar.  Jared suffers from clinical depression, and as someone who suffers from a similar condition, I know something obscure about our types.  We are sometimes disheveled creatures.  Unlike Jensen who is healthier and always makes an appearance, with every strand of hair in place, Jared is sometimes completely untidy and wears a beanie.  Sometimes his clothing looks creased.  I can actually gauge how healthy he is during a panel, just by looking at his attire.  Misha is probably not aware of this.  And this is not a critique of his view on mental health.  Although I have receipts of his hellers mocking mental health.  Between the two Js, Jensen is the one who is difficult to compete with, because Misha is going to have to compete with his acting, his character and his looks.  Jared [and by extension Sam] is an easier option. 

Did they discuss destiel in private?

That is a good question.  Have anyone on staff ever discussed destiel.  Because the only one who seems enthusiastic about it, is Misha.  When Jensen was asked but the Dean Cas dynamic at a previous Jib panel, he said that there have not been that many Dean Cas scenes, which he enjoyed, because he felt the Dean Cas thing was getting out of proportion, and he knew he and Misha didn't play their characters like that.  When Misha was notified of this, he exclaimed ''that motherf*cker''.  So you tell me.  Why the discrepancy?  Why is Jensen saying one thing and when Misha is confronted with it, he reacts terribly.  Oh but he's just joking right? 

Misha was told that there was no need to entertain shipping questions.  He waves that rule during his panel and I have noticed at the recent Denvercon, that nobody asked him about destiel so he nonchalantly mentions Cockles.  Why would you do that, but when you are asked a destiel question, you call the shippers perverts?  You are the one encouraging them.  He doesn't respect the destiel shippers.  He uses them to keep him relevant.  What do the other people affiliated with Supernatural say?  Look at their tweets.  Jim Michaels, Guy Norman Bee, Adam Glass, Eric Kripke, Chad Kennedy, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles all say that there is no destiel.  The only one who says otherwise is Misha Collins.  When Samantha Smith was asked about destiel, she didn't acknowledge it and the fans attacked her on twitter.  Didn't she notify Misha of this?  She kept it to herself?  For what?  The only person who doesn't amend or dispute destiel [as far as I know] is Bob Singer, a slithering snake in the grass, and Sera Gamble's hugest headache whilst she was the show runner.

Does Misha enjoy any harassment that is caused by his meddling?

I have receipts of abusive tweets sent to Jared where he was also tagged.  Jared doesn't respond.  There may be two reasons.  Firstly, unlike Misha, Jared is a full time actor of Supernatural.  He simply doesn't have the time to look through thousands of tweets per day.  I have receipts of Misha reading his tweets and responding to them.  Another equally feasible reason might be that Jared [and I know my condition so I can vouch for this one] has no control over his mouth.  Even though he has the full right to call out bad customer services, there are other tweets that I acknowledge that he shouldn't have sent.  Jared is one of my babies.  But I can acknowledge when he has put himself in a difficult situation.  That is why he constantly says that Jensen tells him ''Dude, you are better than this''.  Jensen even said during a panel ''don't just acknowledge that you will do wrong.  Learn from your mistakes.''  I think Jensen sat Jared down and spoke to him about this.  I think Jared listened because apparently, Jared's online activity has dropped dramatically since.  Personally, I think people like Jared and me shouldn't be on twitter etc.  Its not good for us.  Studies show that SM actually exacerbates depression. 

Jared said, at a recent con, that he is aware that he cant please everyone, so he wont.  I am happy to hear that, because it means heller's online taunts are not messing him up the way they used to.  The biggest proof of Misha's awareness of the situation is William Shatner.  Shatner tweeted that Jared is aware of fans who want him off the show.  Shatner called them out as destiel shippers, and boy did the hellers converge on him for it.  Receipts are on other posts.  So Shatner is friends with Misha, he even participated in Gishwhes, and knows the truth which he blasted on a media outlet, and despite following Shatner and Jared, Misha still doesn't know any of this? Really?  Shatner never spoke to Misha about this?   

So Misha follows Jensen on Twitter, but didn't get an inkling of the filth being spewed at Jensen, only by Misha's fans, because Jensen said Destiel doesn't exist at Jaxcon?  So he read nothing?  And Jensen didn't tell him?  But they are supposed to be good friends, right?  Wouldn't you tell your best friend that you were being bullied by his fans?  What kind of friendship is that?  When Jensen broke down behind the scenes at Jibcon, when he met a fan [that is the officlal explanation] Misha witnessed it, so why would he bring up the same topic when Jensen is on stage, already emotionally fragile.  And then he sits there and watches Jensen fall apart.  It happened in front of his face, backstage.  Why would he pick up the topic again when he is onstage?  If you are such a loving, caring person [and destiel is cockle's fault apparently] why would you do something that heartless.  Fans, including myself, were angry that Daniela came on stage, and poured them brimming glasses of whisky.  She never did that before, to my knowledge.  They had always poured their own drinks and never so much. 

Some people guesstimate that Daniela shipped destiel too, which is why Jibcon was such a ''dance monkey dance'' type of environment.  Remember Misha's fake orgasm and the Hitch dialogue reading.  They didn't choose that.  Jibcon is planned the way it is.  That is probably why 6 months after Jaxcon, Jensen wasn't looking forward to the panel, and he fell apart as soon as it arrived.  Either Daniela poured them alcohol to make Jensen lose his inhibitions more, or she could see that he was tense and wanted him to loosen up.  We may never know because after so many years of Jibcon being seen as a destiel con [a perception she never corrected] after Jensen broke down on stage and Jared cut the panel short, suddenly Jibcon was never a destiel con.  Suddenly she banned shipping questions at Jibcon.  Suddenly the Cockles panel became the J2M panel.  I think Jared told her off after the last Cockles panel.  So suddenly she is neutral now.  And Misha saw none of this?  Really?  He must be the dumbest person ever to have all this happening around him, that he doesn't know.  So he doesn't follow Daniela online?  He didn't see the fighting?  Stop making excuses for him.

[davidsphysicsblog]

Why does it seem that my cellphone is spying on me?

In his seminal book, “The Singularity is Near – When Humans Transcend Biology,” Ray Kurzweil laments the fate of Artificial Intelligence (AI): “An underlying problem with artificial intelligence that I have personally experienced in my forty years of in the area is that as soon as an AI technique works, it is no longer considered AI and is spun off in its own field …” Kurzweil then goes on to give the example of speech recognition – although if you both listen and watch the closed captions to the nightly news, you might wonder how intelligent this recognition is. Still that point has stuck with me since I first read The Singularity is Near, when it first came out in 2005.

Well, friends there is no longer any denying the existence of AI in our lives. We have moved beyond what has been referred to as the “Dark Age of AI.”We’ve got everything from intelligent toaster ovens to self-driving automobiles. Recently, I saw, with a shutter, a news clip about self-driving eighteen wheelers. Yikes, I thought. But then I considered how many people have been wiped out by drowsy truck drivers. Which is better, which is worse?

Now, I am a great proponent of futurism. More importantly, I recognize that there is no denying technology, any more than there is denying climate change. There are good reasons to fear it, especially if your job is in jeopardy. Ultimately all our jobs are in jeopardy. But there is no stopping it. Technology always outruns its own ethical basis.  It has no morality. It just is. And the Luddites, who in the early nineteenth century rose up and destroyed textile machinery because they feared it would take away their means of employment are now reduced merely to a fancy word and a footnote. As I type this AI programs “spellcheck” me and “autocorrect” my grammar. Both of those words exist in the language only because of the AI revolution.  So, they are taking over our language as well.

There is also the nostalgia factor. My IPad and my Kindle do not feel or smell like a book. I so love these tactile and olfactory experiences. But the fact is that my whole library, which is voluminous, could easily fit in digital form on my computer devices, and I read at least three times faster electronically than on paper. Although one might ask, what the rush is? Ultimately, where this nostalgia is concerned we become like Edward Arlington Robinson’s “Minever Cheevy.”

“Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons;

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.

 Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds were prancing;

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.

 Miniver sighed for what was not,

And dreamed, and rested from his labors;

He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,

And Priam’s neighbors.

 Miniver mourned the ripe renown

That made so many a name so fragrant;

He mourned Romance, now on the town,

And Art, a vagrant.

 Miniver loved the Medici,

Albeit he had never seen one;

He would have sinned incessantly

Could he have been one.

 Miniver cursed the commonplace

And eyed a khaki suit with loathing;

He missed the mediæval grace

Of iron clothing.

 Miniver scorned the gold he sought,

But sore annoyed was he without it;

Miniver thought, and thought, and thought,

And thought about it.

 Miniver Cheevy, born too late,

Scratched his head and kept on thinking;

Miniver coughed, and called it fate,

And kept on drinking.”

 Isn’t it wonderful how all I needed to do was to type “Minever Cheevy” into my search engine, a form of AI and the whole text, which I first read on paper in high school pops up? This is but the first stage in the development of Kurzweil’s bionic man-machine.

And as I was typing the last, my cellphone dinged with the message from Bloomberg News that:

“Medical apps have made it easier than ever for doctors to treat people without ever seeing them in person.”

Is this getting just a bit spooky?

Which brings me to what I really wanted to discuss. I recently read Michael Chertoff’s “Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age.” This book describes the megadata on each of us, which seems merely a collection of useless facts. Where we were every minute of the day, what we bought, what we ate, what we spent, and on and on. It is not the individual facts that are significant, but the Gestalt, that ultimately presents the threat, not just to individual privacy an liberty, but to national and world security.

Allow me to quote the ninth amendment to the United States Constitution. Yes, Republican friends there is more than the second amendment, which protects the right of madmen to buy assault rifles. But the little ninth amendment says merely:

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

This is your right to privacy, people! The government does not belong in your workplace, in your home, or in your bedroom, for instance. And when we allow ourselves to be monitored 24-7, we give up that right, in part or in total.

And on the security side. Connect your home to the internet with devices such as smart electric meters for instance, where “the bad guys” have implanted administrative codes in the chips they made for us and we bought because they are cheap, and they can shut down our power grids.

In 2004, yes fifteen years ago, the Israeli military assassinated Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader and founder of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, by landing a smart missile in the lap of the wheelchair-bound Sheik Yassin. I am not suggesting that you have anything to fear from the fact that your own iPhone is tracking your whereabouts in real-time.

What has freaked me out was an IM session that I was having with a friend on my IPhone to set up a time to meet for coffee. When we had settled as to time and place, I went to add it to my calendar, hit the add button, and there it was Name of Person, Name of place, and time all neatly pre-entered for me. Starting with OS 10.0, we are now up to OS 12.2, the operating system has AI algorithms that search your texts and emails in this way. For convenience, right? I’m sorry it seems not so much as helpful as creepy and an invasion of privacy.

I am reminded of a second poem. This by W. H. Auden and called “To the Unknown Citizen.” Perhaps we might modernize the title to “To the Unknown Citizen and his Megadata.”

(To JS/07 M 378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State)

He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be

One against whom there was no official complaint,

And all the reports on his conduct agree

That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a

saint,

For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.

Except for the War till the day he retired

He worked in a factory and never got fired,

But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.

Yet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views,

For his Union reports that he paid his dues,

(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)

And our Social Psychology workers found

That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.

The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day

And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way.

Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,

And his Health-card shows he was A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

Our researchers into Public Opinion are content

That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;

When there was peace, he was for peace:  when there was war, he went.

He was married and once in hospital but left it cured.

Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare

He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan

And had everything necessary to the Modern Man,

added five children to the population,

Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his

generation.

And our teachers report that he never interfered with their

education.

Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: e heard.

I feel a need to return photographically to a simpler time, to turn back the clock to the Willoughby of Twilight Zone fame, to a more mechanical time. The time of carburetors, now replaced by AI chips called injection systems.

(c) DE Wolf 2019.

[insfiringyou]

GOD… THANK YOU for mentioning the “feel at home” with the each other thing, because I’ve spent a long time breaking my head trying to understand why YG and JS always felt more than love.

While I read the other boys fics I was always thinking “they clearly love each other” but I always thought “WHY THEY DON’T FEEL NEAR CLOSE TO WHAT YG AND JS HAVE???” and clearly YG loved his ex gf. despite them being honest, only in the begging coming from her, after I got back to re read I was like “god, it feels so empty somehow when it’s not with JS”

but now everything seems clearer lol kinda dumb that I didn’t realized this home thing before because to be honest it’s always in our faces how they don’t have idealized expectations with each other and therefore always makes them feel like they can always be their most authentic, raw, true and spontaneous selves.

At first I was thinking JS was a bit harsh for breaking up with him all of sudden and not trying to talk and solve things together, but how YG was feeling at that time it really felt like being separate was the right choice… I understand her now, he needed to be shown that he didn’t had to depend on her that badly.

I want to compliment how beautiful and well written your work is, truly is my favorite fanfiction of all time and helped me A LOT on understanding my own emotions and perceptions of life and love. Truly, thank you so much. You really deserve a lot of recognition for making things realistic and not epic at all, I love this kinds of stories, it makes it more reliable to apply the lessons we learn while reading in our own lives.

I don’t know if you ever heard of the tv show “normal people” (probably yes because is a British show, I just don’t know if you ever watched), but I felt the exact same thing with your writing that I felt with the show: it feels like I’m invading someone’s privacy, like I’m watching a person’s personal life in real time. Reading all the YG stories made me feel a lump in my throat because it felt like someone was writing what they truly watched happening in his life.

Just… beautiful, really you have so much talent and sensibility, I love it so much, your stories will always have a special place in my heart, I will carry with me forever.

Thank you. It was actually a reader of ours some time back that vocalised that they are each other's homes - so in a way we are stealing their words! But it also captured exactly what we felt when writing them all this time. What we love with all the storylines is how different the relationships feel so each other. Not that any are necessarily superior, just as in real life - people mean different things to each other. But Yoongi and Jeong-sun have always had a very special place for us because of how they interact together. There is a wit to their conversations we love - a quickness that has been there since they met in the closet, and it's always a pleasure to be with them again when writing.

I did actually watch 'normal people' when it came out (the pandemic I think) and I liked parts of it. I actually think some people said at the time it reminded them a bit of our fics, which I guess is a compliment because it was a really successful show. I will say that with Yoongi and Jeong-sun in particular, there is something about them that I could see working in a TV show. Like - I can imagine their interactions so vividly and I think it would work with British actors (of all the couples, with them our Britishness probably comes across the most, but also I think that's because we've always seen Yoongi's humour as being quite relatable to us, as we love dry humour).

Thank you so much - it means a lot when we see how our fics have impacted people especially because when we started writing we didn't think ANYBODY would read them and I was even reluctant to post them on the internet.

[twiddlebirdlet]

Whenever I recall harpy ‚complaining’ about his fame, I can’t help but laugh. Judging by what a fame whore she showed herself to be, I’m pretty Sure she was only bothered by it when people recognized him but not her or when girls tried to hit on him because they knew who he was lmao

More Anons:

“Jenny didn’t do a good job as HQ, and I’m not just saying that because of the mess with Chris. I find MR’s performance as HQ superior. She’s a better actress than JS and did get nominated for an Oscar. I think calling her overrated is unfair when she’s only now getting more recognition. If you want overrated, just look at Emma Stone, Scarjo, and Jennifer Lawrence (I like Jennifer, but I think she’s overexposed herself).”

“She didn’t have to be alone. Jon Hamm was there, too.< people and articles speak so much of Chris i forgot she “dated” with Hamm. I remember saw a video taken by someone in the public in january during the festival where they were after round 1, she followed him like a dog (expression in my country) didn’t know where to go or what to do. She hadn’t enough elements for troll for this rs with Hamm like she did with Evans.”

“I honestly think a lot of their tension was her marriage.  I still believe it was infidelity despite how their PR teams tried to spin it.  How do you trust someone who does that to their spouse?  And imagine her using the “I left my husband for you” guilt trip.  Tension from the get go.”

“Damn, there was a whole lot of something going on in that Janey instagram post, intermixed with her favorite topic, poop.”

“Her interview for Vulture was a smart and manipulative move. She made him having to talk about her or he would look like a douche. But I bet he was pretty aware she would do sth like that. I wonder what happened that made her keep her mouth shut the second time. NDA?”

“girl, why do you remind me of that? We talked a lot about that topic at that time! That nightmare ended! do not remind me 🙏 :) !! #Manuel ❤ “

“Was that weird Instagram post really about her being recast for the Lego movie? It didn’t make sense, lol. What does Nancy Meyers have to do with it? I know the film itself comes out Feb. 2019 “

“I’m starting to think that Chris didn’t told us why he broke up with her, because the real reason was that she apparently has  MAJOR ISSUES with her poop. I mean,  I know, it’s natural, but seriously Jenny, stop!”

Her Instagram is so disordered and confused to me. I think she’s trying to portray herself as needing to be loved and taken care of, but so much about her online presence makes me think she doesn’t need a man but instead she needs a caregiver.

[frontproofmedia]

DOLO FLICKS: REVIEW - The Kings: Part Three: The Will To Win

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Published: June 20, 2021

"What is right is for people to be sustained. Not by money. By things that make them feel valuable. Things that make them whole. That is the power of boxing when it is understood. No matter where you’ve come from. No matter who your parents are. No matter your race, your creed, your religion, you can get in that ring, and with all of that in your background, if you’re determined enough, if you've trained enough, if you care enough, a poor kid could become a rich kid. And on one given night, you can become champion of the world."  -- Teddy Atlas

In the third episode of Showtime’s four-part documentary series, “The Kings,” which focuses on the life and careers of legendary pugilists Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, and Thomas Hearns, themes of adversity and ambition loom large.

Each fighter goes through their own set of challenges that would push them to strive to become great. The “Four Kings” used boxing as a ladder to escape the chaos of their lives.

Leonard’s backstory is heavily focused on throughout the episode, including his past growing up in Palmer Park, Maryland, to his drug and alcohol addiction. For all intents and purposes, Leonard was the most well-known of the four fighters putting him in a position to gain the biggest paychecks, but also the most criticism.

Leonard’s notoriety and popularity were a source of motivation for the other three kings putting a proverbial target on his back.

“In a sense, it fueled the others,” Steve Farhood says in the episode. “Their desire to fight him. Their hatred for him. Proving to everybody that they were better. All they saw was this guy with a smile making millions of dollars doing commercials. So you know of the four kings, it’s good to be the number one king.”

The juxtaposition of former President Ronald Reagan and Leonard is continued in the episode as the Reagan era in the 1980s was all about individual accomplishment. If you can pull yourself up from nothing, then you are a winner, and if you can’t, then you are a loser, was the mentality.

“It began an era in which it was every woman or man for himself,” stated Author & Playwright Bonnie Greer in the episode. “And it became about making it off your own back. You can be self-made. In the ring, you are on your own. Boxing becomes the supreme expression of that individuality.

“Because it’s about being a winner. I help the people by being a winner. They look at me, and they help themselves. That’s the Ronald Reagan trope.”

For Hagler and Hearns, their backgrounds of living in poverty in Detroit and Newark are examined in the episode. Hagler’s desire and need to gain the recognition he felt he deserved were also explored.

Hagler, much like his future contemporary Bernard Hopkins was someone who at times was at odds with the boxing media. The political climate of that time may have contributed to any negativity that Hagler experienced, as speaking out about any issues you had was seen as taboo.

“Marvin Hagler cost himself a lot of purses by complaining about how the system was against him,” stated Professor of American Multicultural Studies Michael Ezra in the episode. "People during that time period want to hear about how you don’t need the systems help. In Reagan’s era, people don’t need a safety net.

“Marvin Hagler was just not that good at that game.”

The lack of acceptance and recognition from the boxing world and the general public bothered Hagler for years. Boxing is one of the most difficult and dangerous sports ever created, and for someone who has essentially given their life to the sport, not receiving the accolades you feel you have earned can weigh on your conscience.

“At the time when I was starting boxing, I was beating so many good fighters,” Hagler said on the Tom Cottle Show in the early 1980s. “They’re still trying to keep you down and keep putting other fighters in front of you that you know that you’re better than. I mean, it grows a bitterness in you. I used to wonder, ‘What do I have to do to get the recognition?’ Do I have to hurt someone really bad?”

The resentment and the feud between Leonard and Hagler were extensively explored throughout the series; however, in this episode, the moment where it may have become personal is highlighted.

Following Leonard’s victory over Hearns in 1981, he suffered a detached retina. In the 1980s, a detached retina was seen as a much more concerning injury than it would be in today’s sports world.

In November 1982, Leonard hosted a gala inviting some of the biggest names in the sport, including Howard Cosell, Muhammad Ali, and Hagler. The prevailing thought was that Leonard would be announcing a mega-fight with Hagler at the event. However, Leonard may be due to the demons he was facing in his personal life or the pressure from his family to retire decided to go in a more infamous direction.

“To Marvin Hagler, who I think is beauty also, because he had the same desire, the same want, the same belief. “A fight with this great man, this great champion, could be one of the greatest fights in the history of boxing. But unfortunately, it’ll never happen.” -Sugar Ray Leonard

While the struggle in Leonard’s personal life and Hagler’s desire for acceptance are essential pillars in the story of the ‘four kings,’ the fall and eventual redemption of Roberto Duran is the most inspiring.

The episode looks at Duran’s fights following the infamous ‘No Mas’ rematch with Leonard, where he looked mediocre and apathetic—losing fights to fighters that he could have easily defeated. The humiliation and regret of the second Leonard fight made Duran human, unconfident of his abilities. He looked like Duran, but something was missing on the inside.

“To be special, you go to feel special,” Teddy Atlas, noted in the episode. “He still had the same abilities, but he didn’t have the permission to feel like Duran again.”

One of the cornerstone moments of the entire series is Duran gaining vindication when he stepped in the ring against Davey Moore on June 16, 1983, on his birthday at Madison Square Garden.

Duran bludgeoned and eventually stopped Moore in the eighth round to win a title in his third weight class. The moment with Duran celebrating after the victory with the crowd singing him happy birthday is treated, with the grandeur it deserved.

The moment was epic and one of the most memorable events in the history of the sport.

Duran would continue his redemption by being the first of the kings to challenge Hagler. In losing a close fight, Duran gained a measure of victory. Nobody expected Duran to survive against Hagler, and the fact he was ahead on the judge's scorecards before the final two rounds only added to his legend.

“The fact that Duran was as competitive as he was against one of the greatest middleweights of all time, came as a total shock.” – Steve Farhood.

The documentary brings some levity when Duran describes his lack of preparation for his fight with Hearns in 1984. Duran tells a story about meeting some woman at a club in Miami, leading to an eventual threesome.

The Panamanian describes even thinking about the women when he was facing an all-out assault from Hearns, even smiling when getting hit. These are the type of stories that fans enjoy hearing, getting an inside look into the lifestyle of fighters that we often forget are human.

Hearns would score the most emphatic victory of all the fights between the four kings, scoring a deadly second-round knockout over Duran.

The episode also reveals that Duran finding his redemption in 1983 against Moore and Hagler inspired his greatest rival, Leonard, to return.

While Leonard scored a ninth-round stoppage in his 1984 return over the unheralded Kevin Howard, he was knocked down for the first time in his career and ultimately felt so out of place in the ring that he retired once again.

The climax of the third episode follows the same template as the previous two focusing on a major fight of the four kings. This time it was the most exciting of their encounters when Hagler faced Hearns.

With Leonard retired and both men having dispatched of Duran, Hagler-Hearns represented for both fighters an opportunity to establish this era as theirs and theirs alone.

“You have to be chasing something,” stated Teddy Atlas. “You have to be burning to become something that people, society told you couldn’t be. You have to be fighting for something, more than a freaking check.”

The legacy of Hagler-Hearns speaks for itself, and the episode does a fantastic job showcasing just how amazing the fight turned out to be.

The third episode of “The Kings” measures up to the first two episodes in the documentary series and arguably may be the best so far.

The episode ends with Hagler finally gaining the measure of respect and adulation that he has been searching for his entire career. And with Leonard looking on from the sidelines, imagining what could have been.