#Kamikaze Taxi

[shihlun]

There were a lot of Japanese films featuring Koji Yakusho at the front seat of the car, and Wenders' "Perfect Days" doesn't even rank in the top ten in my mind.

Masato Harada

- Kamikaze Taxi

1995

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- Cure

1997

Yoshimitsu Morita

- Lost Paradise

1997

Shohei Imamura

- The Eel

1997

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- License to Live

1999

Shinji Aoyama

- Eureka

2000

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- Doppelganger

2003

Shinji Aoyama

- Lakeside Murder Case

2004

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- Tokyo Sonata

2008

Jun Ichikawa

- Tadon and Chikuwa

1998

[cinemaronin]

Kamikaze Taxi (1995)

Kamikaze Taxi (1995)  directed by Masato Harada cinematography by Yoshitaka Sakamoto

[usafphantom2]

B-52 bombers arrive in the Pacific to provide strategic deterrence

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 02/05/2024 - 19:39in Military

A B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 23º Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, taxis on the flight line at Andersen Air Base, Guam, on January 30, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman 1st Class Alyssa Bankston)

Four B-52 Stratofortress bombers designated for the 5ª Bomber Wing of Minot Air Base, North Dakota, landed at Andersen Air Base, Guam, in late January, as part of a Bomber Task Force (BTF) to support strategic deterrent missions aimed at strengthening international order rules based on the Indo-Pacific region.

While deployed in Guam, B-52 operations and support personnel are assigned to the 23º Expeditionary Bomber Squadron. The 23º EBS will integrate alongside the Allies and partners to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to security and stability throughout the region.

Designed to show the U.S. ability to deter, deny and dominate, BTF missions aim to influence and deter the aggression of opponents or competitors.

While in Guam, the bombers will also support the largest multilateral exercise of the Pacific Air Forces, the Cope North. The exercise, scheduled from February 5 to 23, will be co-led by the Australian Royal Air Force (RAAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

Cope North 24 kicks off with ?? ?? integration#CopeNorth24 enhances US relationships & interoperability w/Allies & partners by providing the opportunity to exchange info & improve shared tactics to better integrate multilateral defense capabilities. #CN24pic.twitter.com/99T0YKsspb

— PACAF (@PACAF) February 4, 2024

Reacting to the arrival of the aircraft, Captain Zachary "Smash" Holmes, arms officer of the 23º EBS, said it was great "finally to have some iron on the ground".

"It's great to finally receive our crews, so we're ready to leave and participate in the mission, as well as prepare our maintenance staff to support where necessary," Holmes said. "We are ready to go."

A B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 23º Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, taxis on the flight line at Andersen Air Base, Guam, on January 30, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman 1st Class Alyssa Bankston)

Air crews and support personnel are looking for every opportunity to train alongside our allies and partners to build interoperability and strengthen our collective capacity to support a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Tags: Military AviationBoeing B-52H StratofortressBTFUSAF - United States Air Force / U.S. Air Force

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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[seventeen02]

favorite movies !

say you love me

a moment of romance

in blow

scarface

life is beautiful

death in venice

purple noon

mr and mrs smith

hackers

leon

girl interrupted

in the mood for love

days being wild

fallen angel

the beautiful person

the apartment

fuyajo

the black swan

the godfather 2

my own private idaho

two lovers under one roof

the scent of green papaya

vertical ray of the sun

stealing beauty

teorema

call me by your name

bonnie and clyde

fight club

kill bill

city of the rising sun

wheels of ashes

fruit of paradise

floating clouds

ghosts

inception

x movie

ley lines

the brown bunny

american psycho

platonic sex

last night in soho

emma

pride and prejudice

red lights

the dreamers

the wind rises

closer

six in paris

mermaids

garden state

on the occasion of remembering the turning gate

the doom generation

the girl on the motorcycle

open house

the place without limits

ratatouille

twin peaks

before sunrise

malèna

possession

all about lily chou chou

bride for rip van winkle

the lover

amelie

rebels of the neon god

as tears go by

a moment to remember

the hot spot

less than zero

edward scissorhands

eyes wide shut

un homme et une femme

the story of adele h

the last mistress

billboard dad

metropolitan

the pillow book

singles

la la land

mirrored mind

fatal frame

and then we danced

dear ex

tune in for love

one fine spring day

reality bites

running on empty

millennium mambo

lost and found

who's the woman, who's the man

mulholland drive

Jess + Moss

swallowtail butterfly

dorian gray

durian durian

hana & alice

40 days and 40 nights

l'amour braque

picnic

to each is own

guilty of romance

vagabond

city of madness

three times

mary is happy mary is happy

comet

sleepless town

like someone in love

hausu

house

46 okunen no koi

2046

l'enfer

cloud atlas

old boy

mystery train

the odd one dies

kedi

l'amour l'apres-midi

fire on the black hand side

le bonheur

fantastic planet

mirror

belladonna of sadness

daisies

lost highway

sweet movie

pearl

heathers

moulin rouge

suspiria

the rich man's wife

requiem for a dream

the others

return of the living dead

dracula

interview with the vampire

wir kinder vom bahnof zoo

le mepris

chi-n-pi-ra

chungking express

ashes and snow

shuttering island

the grand budapest hotel

the young girls of rochefort

the florida project

the edge of love

irreversible

crash

gone girl

bullet ballet

of love and shadows

minari

galaxy express 999

audition

lan yu

silsila

belle de jour

taal

dead or alive

videodrama

lost in translation

washington square

soulmate

summer lovers

barbarella

snake of june

a woman under the influence

mysterious skin

red eye

happy together

the walk

brick

l.a. confidental

love & pop

linda linda linda

swing girls

nana

the lover

hirugao

helter sketler

suzhou river

kaili blues

kamikaze girls

valerie and her week of wonders

comrades, almost a love story

naked lunch

endless love

whiplash

taxi driver

vivre sa vie

la collectionneuse

dog day afternoon

night in paradise

my mister

my name

better days

himizu

first love, letter on the breeze

split of the spirit

one million yen girl

juncchi mori

la belle

ITSAY

mermaid legend

blue spring

badlands

marie antoinette

aftersun

brokeback mountain

portrait of lady on fire

nostos: the return

shiki-jitsu

farewell my concubine

constantine

never let me go

bones and all

paris is burning

trouble everyday

memories of matsuko

pierrot le feu

taipei story

blue velvet

a woman is a woman

buffalo 66

the love witch

valley of dolls

the rocky horror picture show

[b-oovies]

FILMES ASIÁTICOS 🍜🍥

todos os filmes estão em ordem alfabética.

observação: se algum link não estiver funcionando, por favor, avise na ask, que iremos mudar o link.

2046 - Os Segredos do Amor

2LDK

3-Iron

A Bruxa: Parte 1 - A Subversão

A Bruxa: Parte 2 - A Outra

A Câmera de Claire

A Criada

A Despedida

A Garota de 1 Milhão de Ienes

A Ligação

A Man

A Moment of Romance

A Moment to Remember

A Mulher que Fugiu

A Tale of Two Sisters

A Taxi Driver

A Vilã

A Violent Prosecutor

Adeus, Minha Concubina

After My Death

Aloners

Amor à Flor da Pele

Amores Expressos

As The Gods Will

Assunto de Família

Audition

Battle Royale

Better Days

Blue Spring

Borboleta Púrpura

Born To Fly

BTS - Burn The Stage

Burning

Buscando...

Carter

Casa de Beija-Flor

Céu e Inferno

Character

Christmas in August

Close Knit

Cinzas do Passado Redux

Confession

Conflito Mortal

Crow Zero

Cure

Decibel

Decisão de Partir

Dias Selvagens

Die Tomorrow

Ditto

Dolls

Drive My Car

Drowning Love

Egoist

Eros

Eu Sou um Cyborg, E Daí?

Fantasy of the Girls

Fallen Angels

Felizes Juntos

Garota do Século 20

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

Grass

Hana e Alice

Hanagatami

Harakiri

Haru

Helter Skelter

Hidden Blade

Honey

Honey and Clover

Hope

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

Hotel by the River

House

Hunt

Iris: O Filme

I Am Hero

I Saw The Devil

Ichi the Killer

Invasão Zumbi

j-hope IN THE BOX

Jung_E

Just Friends?

Kamikaze Girls

Kill Boksoon

Koizora

Lady Vingança

Lanternas Vermelhas

Linda Linda Linda

Liverleaf

Longa Jornada Noite Adentro

Lust, Caution

Marcas da Maldição

Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy

Memórias de um Assassinato

Meus Dias Chuvosos

Midnight

Midnight Runners

Millennium Mambo

Minari: Em Busca da Felicidade

Moonlit Winter

More Than Family

Mother

Mr. Vingança

Mulan

My Broken Mariko

Nana

Na Praia à Noite Sozinha

Nobody Knows

O Amante

O Caminho para Casa

O Gângster, o Policial e o Diabo

O Grito

O Mundo de Kanako

Oldboy

One Day, You Will Reach the Sea

Os Setes Samurais

Our Love Story

Pais e Filhos

Parasita

Parasite in Love

Phantom

Pipeline

Podres de Ricos

Project Wolf Hunting

Rastros de um Sequestro

Recalled

Remember

Return To Seoul

Room No.7

Sede de Sangue

Sintonizada em Você

Shang-Chi e a Lenda dos Dez Anéis

Soulmate, 2016

Soulmate, 2023

Sweet & Sour

Swing Kids

Take Care of My Cat

The Beauty Inside

The Box - No Ritmo do Coração

The Cat

The Closet

The Divine Fury

The Last 10 Years

The Mimic

The Negotiation

The Novelist’s Film

The Outlaws

The Silenced

Three Times

Três Gerações, Um Destino

Tudo em Todo Lugar ao Mesmo Tempo

Tudo Sobre Lily

Um Dia Quente de Verão

Uma Noiva Para Rip Van Winkle

Unlocked

V.I.P

Yojimbo - O Guarda-Costas

Young Adult Matters

Your Eyes Tell

[haltandcatchfiretothemax]

[CN: food mentions!]

Headcanon that when Cameron finds herself struggling with coders’ block at the end of the summer, Donna convinces her to go on an impromptu weekend trip

Cameron is back from her ‘sabbatical.’ she’s fully settled in at Donna’s, she’s supposed to be working on a new game, her plan is to finish and release the game (‘get ready to suck on that, Atari!’) and then work full-time on Phoenix dot net. But during the summer, she suddenly finds herself unable to focus or make any useful decisions about the game. She not coincidentally starts learning more about baking and old, pre-war methods of cleaning, disinfecting, and canning.

When Donna comes home from work one evening to find the house half rearranged and Cameron in the kitchen, her old hachimaki with the Japanese sun and ‘kamikaze’ kanji tied around her forehead, surrounded by cooling jars of soon to be out of season strawberries and raspberries and pantry items that are waiting to be sorted and reorganized, she realizes that it’s time to intervene. When Cameron doesn’t even say hi, and instead says, “I promise it’s not as bad as it looks!” Donna says, “Okay! How can I help?” Cameron looks around, and then says, “…um, by ordering some takeout for dinner?”

One hour, several cartons of fried rice, egg rolls, and tofu and broccoli, and a quick panic attack later, Donna leans across the little out door dinner table that they’ve set up by the pool, and says, “Okay. So, I have an idea.” When Cameron squints skeptically at her, Donna says, “…a different idea.” Taking a sip of homemade lemonade, Cameron says, “So not staying in California, making a palm pilot together, and falling in love?” With a rueful grin, Donna says, “I just keep on walking right into that one, huh?” Cameron grins back at her. “I’m just teasing, Boss. You know that I think it was the best idea.” This makes Donna blush happily.

Then she sets down her drink, and says firmly, “What I was going to suggest is, what if we go somewhere this weekend? I have Friday off, no real plans, let’s just get out of here!” “What, like, Sonoma?” Cameron guesses. “No, although it’s very nice there, more like, really go somewhere, that we haven’t been. Like, I say we just pack some small bags on Thursday night, and then we get up early on Friday, and we just go to the airport” — “Absolutely not,” Cameron interjects — “Or,” Donna continues undeterred, “the Greyhound stati— “ (she doesn’t bother to finish saying the words after Cameron looks at her in horrified bewilderment) “or okay, I know, the train station! We can go the train station and just look up at the departures board, and we pick out a place that’s an hour or two away, and just have the best adventure we can.” Cameron purses her lips anxiously, and Donna leans forward again, and says, “Cameron, you did the work. You did the research, and the thinking deeply, and the planning. So now, it’s just time to walk away from it for a day or two, and let the next stroke of genius come to you.” Grinning tentatively, Cameron says, sounding very young, “I do really like trains.”

Which is how they end up in Davis for the weekend. (They consider Reno, but decide to save it for ‘next time’ when they realize it’s 7 hours away.) Their train departs mid-morning, and they chat and eat their cheesy egg sandwiches and drink their coffees and gaze at the passing scenery and all of the stations they stop at. Cameron seems relaxed, and Donna has to resist the temptation to tell her, “See? It’s already working, and we’re not even there yet!”

They arrive at the Davis station in the early afternoon, where Donna scours a rack of pamphlets and brochures, grabbing every one that looks interesting. They take a taxi to a nearby hotel, check into their room, and rest for a little while before heading the state school’s campus to tour the grounds and admire some architecture.

On Saturday Donna convinces Cameron to visit the raptor rehabilitation center at the state university’s school of veterinary medicine and she agrees after realizing that raptors are birds and not velociraptors. (“Like is it really necessary to call a living species by that name?! Just call them birds of prey, it isn’t that hard!”) Cameron unexpectedly gets emotional during the rehab center’s presentation, hearing story after story about how the resident birds are in the center’s care because, essentially, they’re disabled: they have eye and wing injuries (often caused by humans) that prevent them from hunting. But volunteers look after them, providing the best quality of life they can.

(The volunteers also have resident ‘ambassador birds’ who participate in the presentations perched on their outstretched gloved forearms. When one of the volunteers says that they refer to this as ‘sitting on the fist’ Donna laughs out loud, and Cameron hisses at her, “Would you get your mind out of the gutter for once? You are mortifying me!”)

Donna grabs more brochures and picks out some souvenirs from the gift shop as an apology, and Cameron, suddenly inspired, picks out guides on bird watching and raptor care and the history of falconry. Cameron finds herself reluctant to leave, but goes with Donna to the museum that’s next on their list. When they get there, Donna jokes, “I really hope that you’ll discuss it with me before you decide to take in a pet kestrel,” but Cameron says, “Hey, can you hang on a minute?” She sits down on a bench in the museum lobby and pulls a notebook and pen out of her backpack. “I just thought of something, I need to get it down….” Donna grins at her, “Take your time, I’ll be checking out the exhibits. You’re welcome!”

The next morning they tour some of Davis’s many public gardens before going to the train station for the ride back to Mountain View. The trip goes quickly, Donna gazing out the window again, and Cameron scribbling in her notebook and looking through her new books and brochures. She’s surprised to realize that she’s sad that their adventure is over, but is happy to get back to work the next day. 

‘A trip to Davis’ becomes Cameron and Donna’s shorthand for ‘I need a productive work break,’ and, naturally, Donna makes as many jokes about ‘sitting on a fist’* as she possibly can; Cameron pretends to be annoyed by it, and looks forward to their next trip, dreams about owls, and looks up local wildlife rehab centers to see if they need volunteers.

*I’m not making this up

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil House committee approves 'desperation bill' and biofuel subsidies

On Thursday afternoon, a House special committee approved a bill declaring a state of emergency until the end of the year and granting the Brazilian government the right to spend an extra BRL 41 billion (USD 7.6 billion) on social policies and stimulus programs.

The 36-1 majority in the committee reflects the overwhelming support the bill obtained in the Senate last week. All but one senator voted in favor of the constitutional amendment proposal — despite the glaring fiscal risks it brings to the budget. Previously reportedly nicknamed the “kamikaze bill” by the Economy Ministry, the proposal is now being called the “desperation bill” by opponents, and the “benefits bill” by its backers.

Over 60 percent of the extra spending will be used to pay for a 50-percent increase in payments of the Auxílio Brasil cash-transfer program, President Jair Bolsonaro’s flagship social policy. The bill also includes a stimulus package for truckers, taxi drivers, and senior citizens.

Continue reading.

[tofufactorynightschool]

安居乐业; Getting Settled

I'm finally here!

But freeze frame, and rewind about 24 hours, getting on my first flight, to San Francisco, at 6AM. During the layover, I met about 5 people from the program, who were all super friendly (and who might all be way better than me at Chinese...so probably won't be seeing much of them in class at least). And I realized that my place, with just under a 20 minute walk to campus, was one of the closer options. It's in the Da'an district (hence the name of this post).

Then came the 13, maybe 14 hour flight. Agony. At one point my legs got so stiff I thought something was medically wrong with them.

During the combined flights, I finished four films (as well as quite a few episodes of a sappy J-Drama). Brief reviews are as below:

Funny Girl (1968) - What it says on the tin: Barbra sure is a funny girl! (And what a voice.) I was surprised by the complexity of the second half, and of the ending -- her performance of "My Man" was gorgeous, and am I totally missing the point or stating the obvious to say that I enjoyed how the "man" in the song could be either Mr. Arnstein or the stage?

Hidden Letters (2022) - I started this documentary with my family but we didn't finish. The subject-- 女书, a script created by and for women in Hunan--is fascinating but I wish that the documentary had focused a little more (or at all) on its actual history, or the specifics of the writing system. The ending song was really nice; I'll have to look for it some time.

Kamikaze Girls (2004) - The sleeper hit and the star of the show; it actually rocked. Hyper-stylization done right! The main characters were very femme/butch. A good line: "It's not wrong to feel good; that's what Rococo taught me."

Death Becomes Her (1992) - Following with the campy theme; great makeup, kooky effects. Yes, it's not revolutionizing gender roles; yes, the social commentary is sledgehammer-subtle; and yes, it's pitting women against each other -- but it's so fun! (Said with a mildly facetious tone

The meals were pretty decent: 1) dinner (butter chicken on a bed of rice with a roll and butter, some kind of grain-vinegar salad, and a chocolate pretzel crumb cake from Milk), 2) "light snack" (small turkey sandwich roll), and 3) breakfast (scrambled eggs with potato hash and chicken sausage, a packaged croissant and butter, and fruit). Nothing was gastronomically spectacular, but I wasn't let down, either.

Still, it's hard to conceive of how long being on the plane for 14+ hours is, and how much it sucks; it's been a long time since I was on a flight that long. I was in the same row as someone else in the program, but a middle-aged man was in the seat between us. I slept a bit, but atrociously. At one point I got so bored (even with all the movies available), I pulled up the digital map on the plane screen and just toggled around Taiwan, studying the cities. I even took out some paper and drew Taiwan and the 11 cities it showed. I still remember them, working counter clockwise from the top: Keelung, Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Nantou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taitung, Hualian, & Yilan. Round and around, up and down, side to side I went, pinching at the map.

When we landed, though, I found that someone had sent a video of the apartment to our LINE groupchat--and it looked amazing! The wait to get the keys and everything was a little long, but I met one of my housemates there, Lillian, and we took the taxi over together; she seems super sweet (should I refer to people by name? or is that too revealing? Maybe I'll edit these posts later.) The whole time we talked about how excited we were for the summer. When we arrived, the apartment was just as good as it had looked (also very close to some cute shops, cafes, and a 7/11), and we met another housemate who had been locked out: Fin.

Fin might be one of the coolest girls I've ever met. We first saw her sitting perched on her moped, wearing a white mesh longsleeve under a lime green gingham tank top with a paneled denim skirt, about knee length. She offered us mangos and pudding, and then to play a song for us on her robin's-egg-blue electric guitar, which we eagerly accepted. She strummed and sang Lana Del Rey's "Happiness is a butterfly;" she has a beautiful voice, smooth and light. Lillian and I sang along a little but mainly enjoyed. Then Fin shared some cool Taiwanese indie music that she liked with us; she offered to take us to a concert some time (which I will happily take her up on). Another housemate, Amber, came in; Amber studies, performs, and choreographs contemporary circus (thus also putting her in the running for one of the coolest girls I've ever met). Amber joined in the concert talk and mentioned a free outdoor show happening next week! I hope we can all go. Fin and I talked about Mitski and she played one of her songs on guitar. It was a lovely, shimmering kind of introduction to the whole place.

There are quite a few more housemates but more on the morrow, because I have to get up bright and early for orientation! I'm settled in my room, which is in the 'basement' (very spacious--so far I like it). Already I can tell my Chinese is in a dire state. Hopefully I'm ready; I guess it's (almost) time to find out. More later!

安居乐业 (ān jū lè yè) - to live and work in peace

[smelloftraveling]

14. Oktober 2022

Bye bye sanur & hello Nusa Lembogan

Sanur war der Start unserer Reise & der perfekte Ausgangspunkt um erstmal in Ruhe auf Bali anzukommen. Die Strapazen vom Flug sind schon längst vergessen & es fühlt sich an als wären wir schon viel länger hier. Nach einem leckeren Frühstück im Balinischen Warung mit Pancake’s, frischen Früchten & Orangensaft wurden wir anschließend von unserem Taxi Fahrer abgeholt und zum Hafen gebracht. Zum Glück hatten wir unser Fährticket schon online vor gebucht, denn ansonsten hätten wir sicher ein paar Stunden Wartezeit einplanen können. Es ist verrückt wie anders es hier auf dem anderen Ende der Welt abläuft. Der Hafen ist direkt am Strand, das Gepäck wird auf’n Kopf durchs Wasser zum Boot getragen & auch wir stiegen mitten am Strand auf die Fähre. Das Wasser war glücklicherweise sehr ruhig, sodass das Speedboot Vollgas Richtung Nusa nehmen konnte…. Eine Fahrt mit Ängsten, viel Adrenalin & große Freude beim verlassen des Bootes.

Dieses flog quasi über das Wasser & jeder Aufprall hörte sich an wie ein Schiffsbruch bzw. wie der letzte Aufprall.. wer vorher keine Bandscheiben Probleme hatte, hat diese sicher nach dieser Bootsfahrt.

Angekommen am Mushroom Beach erwartete uns Türkises Wasser & ein feiner Sandstrand. Die Kamikaze Bootstour hat sich mehr als ausgezahlt. Auf der Ladefläche eines Pickups ging es dann mit Vollgas durch den Dschungel zu unserer nächsten Unterkunft. Diese ist gelegen in den Bergen von Nusa mit Blick aufs Meer. Wir genossen unsere Ankunft am Infitypool mit Cocktails und einem mega Ausblick auf die Mangroven, das Meer und die bekannte Yellow Bridge, welche Nusa Lembogan & Nusa Cenigan verbindet.

Nachdem wir uns ein wenig erholt hatten waren wir bereit für unsere erste Rollertour. Zum Glück ist hier weniger Verkehr als auf Bali direkt, aber die Straßen sind ein großes Abenteuer. Dieses haben wir aber gut gemeistert & sind am wunderschönen Jungutbatu Strand angekommen. Dort genossen wir das herrlich warme, Türkises Wasser & unser Abendbrot. Am Abend genossen wir die Dämmerung mit Flughunden am Pool und sind voller Vorfreude: denn morgen umrunden wir die Insel(n) und gehen auf Entdeckungstour.

[lecoque]

******* INFO-POÉTIC *******

******* PHRANCOPHONÉC *******

******* T A Y T A Y *******

-------------- L AGNIO & LE LOUP --------------

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"Si Les loup s est des loup de l argent pour quoi pas qu on deviens des chiens pour de l argent"

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, LE COSUE NAPPO

S est notre argent qui cherches non pas nous meme mais il cherches encore si il aurent de l argent par nous et avec nous ou de nous meme

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, L AMIRAL NAPPO D I.C.I/ SAC

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Et bain il ne faut j amais crie le loup

Car le loup il est toujour avec nous

Non seluit sui marche a quatre pat exico

Mais séluit qui te guette toujour derire vous

Il n est pas la forêt il est devant toi debout

Il te suis la ou tu va dans tout les sens par tout

il devien tant onbre et il te cole dans la peaut

Pour qui il assure sa proie il devien tant jumaux

Il a calculer déjà sont gibier combien ta de soux

Ou combien il va on avoir de toi comme cadeau

Ou combien il peut on avoir de toi on traveaux

Pratic tactic de T etuliser au service generaux

il prend tout tes gain toi tu prend que des mot

Dans tout les domaines tant manadjere buteaux

Tu devien sont image peint par sont painceaut

Et plus vendue au anchere comme un tableaut

Ou comme un taxi qui fait des courses au gallo

Mais s est lui qui prend tes taxe et tes crino

comme une put qui se prostetue lui tan proxo

Toi tu fait ses client lui il prend ta recette dorro

Ou comme une ouvrière dans des maisent clos

dans le bordel passe passe avesc des puseaut

Ou derrière un bar tu sere des verres de borbo

dans un cabaret tu streptism pour ses gigollo

comme une artist ou une star dans ses studio

dramatique ou comic fontastic ou hard porno

Au chantier tu T ocupe de ses fadamanteaux

Ou ouvriere dant sont usine des livre ou jornaux

dans une ferme de cochon des vache et toro

Ou dans un poulayer des œuf ou des oiseaux

Ou dans un jardin de legum d oignon et poireau

Ou des arbres de fruit orong pome et abricot

Sur les rue tu vend des mouchoir par morseaut

Ou sur les trottoir tu vent des jouet et du gateau

dans des fabrication de jud ou limonade gazeu

port à port tu vent des objet de machines electo

vend tant song et organes d appareil geneteaux

Il te vend complet esclave sexuel comme pydo

Ou il te vend détacher par contrat et par seaut

Ou il prend des crédit toi sont gadget creonseu

par toi il fait des pret tu renbourse ces tribunau

Ou par toi il fait des dettes toi tu paye ces impot

Tant qu il profite de toi lui le loup toi sont agnio

Sa fait rien qu on t exloit mais tu fait tes surseau

Il faut que tu diserete tu saut le mur s il est haut

Et il faut que tu te révolt sous le masque de zoro

Et il faut tu fait tes compt tu cache tes riseaux

Et il faut que tu te rebelle contre tes propre boro

Comme super man ou spider man tous des hero

j ai éviter ses piège comme sa je suis le NAPPO

Et je me bat contre ces gent la je suis leur faux

Et j aid tout résistent anonymos oui s est le jeux

Du contre jeux par nos contre ataque par le dos

On vien j amais on face de ses truont s est fou

On lutte on retraite piano à froid ou à chaud

Ou on kamikaze on s explose dans ses corbeaut

il s arete pas de nuir même dans leur tonbeau

Par se que s'est leur NATUR malades monteau

De caractère prédateur des traîtres et des salo

La vendetta ou la vent l etat humain mirit le feu

D une balle bien précie sans bruit d un silencieu

Ni vue ni connu bouche cousue ni timoin ni eco

pour sa les chien fant comme les loup des coup

le chien doit se camoufler sous leur monteau

Ils leur prend leur biens comme butain ou pruno

il fait comme eux et il ramasse sur le chameaux

Il sont fou de leur charete leur mule ou chevaux

ou il sont il sera il récolte l avigne on vain bordo

Tout est permie avec les ennemie rien ni beaut

sont ou il ya personne dans la poubelle des chio

Et du chat comme les rat des parasites sado

La récupération des restes des jeter des fardo

Marcher noir ou paralelle ou punerie ou maso

Tout les produit contaminer de vente apret topo

Contre façon contre NATUR contre la loi ommo

Les loup s est tous des traficant s est leur bolo

Et Ilégitime ilégal tout kidnaping de bébe vitro

On lache rien au loup guerre pour dolar ou l euro

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better luck next time to fans of rayman spyro crash bandicoot dante doomguy master chief kratos hatsune miku professor layton phoenix wright nagito komaeda joseph desaulnier waluigi agumon any yokai that isnt jibanyan team fortress 2 shantae shadow sonic.exe goku tetris block 2b parappa the rapper not geno hollow knight wonder red beat kiryu the dude from crazy taxi dylan merchant jowee hat kid someone from puyo puyo idk aiai monokuma not bandana waddle dee frisk sans kris chara mettaton touhou matsudoki ib the dude from chrono trigger ezio the dragonborn dio brando whirlm nights spore homer simpson samba de amigo scorpion garfield vault boy jet also from monkey ball stupid piece of shit blizzard bullshit a tamagotchi i guess alex the lion cookie run billy hatcher boozoo dr coyle the dude from angels of death poison raymond corpse party imposter the fall guy batman call of duty marx monika bath geralt im not saying fnaf leon kennedy pyramid head 999 borderlands ape escape bomberman lara croft gordon freeman chell rufus from deponia that big dog from the last guardian rhythm heaven cuphead bendy conker travis klonoa blinx gex aero the acro-bat awesome possum rocky rodent titus cool spot croc glover wild woody lucky zero the kamikaze squirrel ristar vibri bubsy radical rex pulseman gimmick ardy lightfoot sly cooper jak and daxter ratchet & clank alex kidd putt putt goemon earthworm jim jack frost amaterasu the binding of isaac solaire zagreus frogger battletoads qbert viewtiful joe and grand theft auto

[shihlun]

Masato Harada

- Kamikaze Taxi

1995

[longgae]

11 celebrities who've been called out for homophobic comments

This is gonna be interesting...

1. In 2020, Twitter users accused J.K. Rowling of transphobia after comments she made on Twitter. Rowling tweeted, "'People who menstruate.' I'm sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?" Fans on social media quickly told the writer she was not being inclusive to the transgender community. Rowling backed up her statement by tweeting, "I respect every trans person's right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I'd march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it's hateful to say so." She also said, "I want trans women to be safe. At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he's a woman – and, as I've said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones – then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth."

2. Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the Academy Awards after his old homophobic comments surfaced, saying, "I am evolving and want to continue to do so."

Between 2009 and 2010, Kevin Hart made insensitive jokes on Twitter and in his standup specials. For example, in one tweet, the comedian said he would break a dollhouse over his son's head if it turned out he was gay. In his 2010 special, "Seriously Funny," he reiterated the point that he would act abusively if his son was gay. "I wouldn't tell that joke today, because when I said it, the times weren't as sensitive as they are now," Hart later told Rolling Stone. "I think we love to make big deals out of things that aren't necessarily big deals, because we can. These things become public spectacles. So why set yourself up for failure?" When it was announced that Hart was going to be the host of the Oscars in 2018, his past jokes resurfaced. After backlash from the public, Hart stepped down as host. "I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's....this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists," he wrote in a tweet. "I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past … I am evolving and want to continue to do so. My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart."

3. After Paris Hilton was caught criticizing the gay community in an audio recording, she apologized, saying, "Gay people are the strongest and most inspiring people I know." In 2012, an audio recording of Paris Hilton in a taxi cab was leaked. According to reports, she was in the car with a gay man who was showing her the gay dating app, Grindr. In the audio, you can hear Hilton say, "Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They're disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS. ... I would be so scared if I were a gay guy. You'll like, die of AIDS." Her publicist confirmed that the recording was in fact Hilton but emphasized the socialite was not homophobic. (Are they sure about this? God...) In an apology statement, Hilton said, "I am so sorry and so upset that I caused pain to my gay friends, fans, and their families. Gay people are the strongest and most inspiring people I know."

4. After a member of the audience called out Tracy Morgan for his homophobic remarks during a standup set, the comedian apologized. In 2011, a man chronicled Tracy Morgan's standup set in Nashville on Facebook. In the post, the man said Morgan said being gay is a choice because "God makes no mistakes." The comedian also allegedly said he would stab his son if he came out as gay. (Kevin Hart, you here?) After backlash and a half-hearted apology on "Late Show with David Letterman," Morgan issued an official apology. "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville," he said. "I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this clearly went too far and was not funny in any context." (Good sir. There is more to LGBTQ+ then just gays and lesbians)

5. Sarah Silverman used a gay slur in a 2010 tweet. When asked about it in 2018, she said, "I'm certainly creative enough to think of other words besides that that don't hurt people." In 2010, Sarah Silverman tweeted, "I don't mean this in a hateful way but the new bachelorette's a f-----." Although the tweet went relatively unnoticed at the time, it picked up momentum again in 2018 when people pointed out that it was unfair for Kevin Hart to step down from hosting the Oscars for doing something similar. "Yea, I'm done with that," Silverman told TMZ when she was asked about it in 2018. "I think I can find other ways to be funny. I used to say 'gay' all the time like, 'That's so gay!' Because we're from Boston. We'd go, 'That's what you say in Boston. I have gay friends. I just say gay.' Then I heard myself, and I realized I was like the guy who'd say, 'What? I say colored. I have colored friends.' I realized it's stupid, and I'm certainly creative enough to think of other words besides that that don't hurt people. But I fuck up all the time."

6. Eminem has been criticized for using gay slurs in his songs, but he insists he isn't homophobic. In 2018, Eminem released his album, "Kamikaze." In one song titled "The Fall," he focuses on fellow rapper Tyler, The Creator. In the song, Eminem raps," "Tyler create nothin', I see why you called yourself a f----t, bitch." This wasn't the first time rapper had been criticized for using a gay slut. Throughout his career, he has used similar words in his songs and received a lot of criticism for it. Eminem, however, insists he is not homophobic. "The honest-to-God truth is that none of that matters to me: I have no issue with someone's sexuality, religion, race, none of that," the rapper told Vulture. "Anyone who's followed my music knows I'm against bullies — that's why I hate that f---ing bully Trump — and I hate the idea that a kid who's gay might get s--- for it."

7. Mel Gibson mocked how gay men act in the early '90s. While doing an interview in 2001 for Spanish newspaper El Pais, Gibson said, "With this look, who's going to think I'm gay? I don't lend myself to that type of confusion. Do I look like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?" Throughout the '90s, GLAAD protested Gibson's films, but the actor refused to apologize. "I'll apologize when hell freeze over," he said. "They can f--- off."

8. Alec Baldwin went on a homophobic Twitter rant against a reporter he did not agree with. He later said his remarks were "in no way was the result of homophobia." In 2013, Daily Mail reporter George Stark wrote a story accusing Alec Baldwin's wife, Hilaria, of tweeting at James Gandolfini's funeral. Baldwin took to Twitter to express his anger at Stark, calling the reporter a "toxic little queen," among other comments. In an interview with the Gothamist after the incident, Baldwin stood by his decision to call the reporter a "queen." "The idea of me calling this guy a 'queen' and that being something that people thought is homophobic … a queen to me has a different meaning. It's somebody who's just above," he told the publication. "It doesn't have any necessarily sexual connotations," Baldwin said. "To me a queen ... I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny. It doesn't have to be a definite sexual connotation or a homophobic connotation." He later issued an official apology, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "My anger was directed at Mr. Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libelous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend's funeral service. As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologize," Baldwin said. "I would not advocate violence against someone for being gay, and I hope that my friends at GLAAD and the gay community understand that my attack on Mr. Stark in no way was the result of homophobia."

9. Chris Brown also used homophobic language (no shockers there) when talking about another rapper, but he later said, "I love all my gay fans." In 2010, rapper Raz provoked Chris Brown when he tweeted about Brown's past assault on Rihanna. Brown responded by attacking Raz on Twitter, referencing the fact that Raz was molested by another man as a child and calling him a "#homothug." "I'm not homophobic! He's just disrespectful," Brown tweeted later. "BTW…I love all my gay fans and this immature act is not targeted at you!!!! Love."

10. Azealia Banks has a long history of problematic comments, but she has since said she will no longer use gay slurs. In 2015, singer Azealia Banks was caught on camera yelling at a flight attendant after getting into a fight with a fellow passenger. In the video, you can hear Banks call the flight attendant a gay slur, according to HuffPost.She later tweeted about the incident, writing, "I don't care. I've said it before and I'll say it again."Banks' history with the word doesn't stop there. In 2016, she used the word to attack fellow singer Zayn Malik on Twitter, leading to the deactivation of her account. She has also called the LGBTQ community "the gay white KKK. Get some pink hoods and unicorns and rally down rodeo drive."In 2016, however, she announced she is never using the gay slur again. "The amount of people that get hurt when I use the word vs. the amount of people I've said it to are just not worth it," she wrote on Facebook. "Honestly... This isn't a cop-out, it's just me realizing that words hurt. and while I may be immune to every word and be thicker skinned than most, it doesn't mean that I get to go around treating people with the same toughness that made my skin so thick."

11. Drake Bell received backlash after posting a transphobic tweet. He later called the remarks "thoughtless." When Caitlin Jenner came out as transgender in 2015, Nickelodeon actor and singer Drake Bell tweeted, "Sorry...still calling you Bruce." After receiving backlash, he deleted the tweet and then posted another, misgendering Jenner. "I'm not dissing him! I just don't want to forget his legacy! He is the greatest athlete of all time," Bell tweeted. "Chill out!" After that, he tweeted out an apology. "I sincerely apologize for my thoughtless insensitive remarks," Bell wrote. "I in no way meant to hurt or demean those going through a similar journey. Although my comments were made in innocence, I deeply regret the negative effect they've had on so many."

Here are some tweets that were mentioned earlier (I couldn't find all of them)

So... yeah

[usafphantom2]

Ukraine will arm its Bayraktar TB2 with air-to-air missiles to face Russian kamikaze drones

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 11/01/2022 - 14:00 in Military, UAV - UAV, War Zones

The Bayraktar TB2 combat drones in service with the Ukrainian armed forces will be equipped with air-to-air missiles to be able to shoot down Russian Kamikaze UAVs.

“Soon our Bayraktar TB2 and Akincis will have air-to-air missiles; not only to engage drones, but other enemy aircraft... we are conducting our tests,” said Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar, according to the German newspaper Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) during the SAHA Expo defense fair in Istanbul.

Missile Sungur.

A contract was signed between Roketsan and drone manufacturer Baykar for the integration of the Sungur air defense missile to combat UAVs.

Murat Ikinci, Roketsan's general manager, said at the fair that Sungur is effective in knocking down mobile targets, such as helicopters and drones.

The integration of these missiles into the Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci combat drones can lead to the creation of a low-cost air patrol concept to eliminate threats such as attack helicopters and enemy drones, including kamikaze drones, instead of using high-cost air-to-air missiles.

Russia has used Iranian kamikaz drones “Shahed-136” to destroy Ukrainian targets. The kamikazes are slow, noisy and implanted at low altitudes, making them "easible target".

The Turkish manufacturer Baykar is also establishing a drone manufacturing facility in Ukraine. This unit will be responsible for the manufacture of the jet drone "Kizilelma" (Red Apple) that will be launched soon, Bayraktar told the dpa news agency.

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[avengerscompound]

Mixology - Midtown

Mixology - A Captain America Fanfic

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Buy me a ☕ Character Pairing:  Steve Rogers x Reader

Word Count:  2204

Series Warnings:  Angst, Character death, Breaking up and making up, past trauma, pregnancy, talk of abortion, smut (vaginal sex, fingering, other things)

Synopsis:   Steve Rogers comes into your bar and after a night of flirting you take him home.  When he leaves the next day you never expect to see him again.

A/N:  This fic was written pre-Infinity War.  So while it follows canon for a while, it then veers off wildly at the end.

Midtown

It’s late.  Or maybe early was a better description.  Two in the morning and your shift at the hipster bar in Midtown has finally ended.  You’ve been flirting with a guy over the night.  Even though he’d suggested fucking you in the restroom because he didn’t want to wait for your shift to end, you’ve still decided to go home with him.  You hadn’t got laid in months now.  Months and months.  Not since Steve and that was back in DC.  It was time to end the dry spell.  

You follow the guy outside.  What was his name again?  Gary? Jareth … no, he’s not the Goblin King, shit.  Uh … Gerald.  Gerald went to flag down a cab while you stand, waiting on the sidewalk.

“Y/N?”  A deep familiar voice says.

You looked around to see who could possibly know you in New York that would be up at two in the morning and you see him.  Steve Rogers is standing in the middle of the sidewalk hands in the pockets of his tan, leather jacket and staring at you.

“Steve?”  You say, startled.  “What are you doing here?”

“I live here.”  He says.  “Uh, there.”  He points at the eyesore that’s the Avengers Tower.  

You laugh.  “Shit, of course, you do.  Why are you out so late?”

“What are you doing?  Are you coming?”  Gerald calls.  He’s standing at a taxi, holding the door open.

“Sorry, Gerry, you’re out of luck tonight.  I’ve wasted your time.”  You shoot back.

He storms over to you.  “What did you fucking say, bitch?”  He yells raising his hand.  You close your eyes and hold your arms up over your head.  A broken wrist is better than a concussion.  You know that from experience.  

You hear the sound of a fist hitting flesh, but you don’t feel anything.  You wonder for a second if you’ve disconnected or something.  When you open your eyes Gerald is clambering to his feet and Steve is standing in front of you.

“Back off, you fucker.  She’s coming home with me.”  Gerald snarls.

Steve just calmly stands there blocking you from Gerald.  “Son, just don’t.”  He says.

Gerald looks for a moment like he might actually pick a fight with Captain America.  He quickly comes to his senses though and scrambles into the back of the cab leaving you alone with Steve.

“Thank you.  I am way worse at picking decent guys than I thought.”  You say.  “Sorry, you had to …”  

Steve waves his hands like it’s no big deal.  “Are you okay?  Did he hurt you?”  He asks.

“Yeah, I’m fine.  I just feel like an idiot.”  You shake your head and laugh feebly.  “This is why I don’t date.”

Steve looks at you sadly.  “Still?”

You shrug.  “Sorry.”

Steve offers you his elbow.  “Wanna walk with me?”  

You hook your arms through his and the two of you start walking through the city.

“Why are you walking around at two in the morning, Steve?”  You ask.

Steve shakes his head like he’s trying to clear it.  “I haven’t been sleeping.  Honestly, since they pulled me out of the ice, the only decent night’s sleep I’ve had was that one I spent with you.  Since what happened in Washington I’ve barely been sleeping at all.  Did you hear about Washington?”

“Those helicarriers and SHIELD falling apart?  Sure.  Who hasn’t?”  You answer.  “There were rumors that you’d died for a little while, and then it was all your fault.  Then you moved here.  Was it that bad?”  

Steve shrugs and doesn’t say anything.  You decide not to press it.  “Are you liking New York?”  He asks.

“Yes and no.  I like the city.  I hate my job and it doesn’t pay enough for me to actually save any money to move on. It’s mostly tourists and tourists tip like shit.” You answer.  “I should try and find something closer to where I live.  I guess the bright lights drew me in.”

“Where are you living?”  He asks.

“Way out in Queens.  Getting home is fun in the middle of the night, I can tell you.”  You laugh.  

He laughs with you and bumps you with his hip.  “You have a bigger death wish than I do.”

“Excuse me?  I never flew a plane into the ocean.”  You tease.

“I’d take kamikaze flight into the arctic circle over the F train at 2 in the morning.”  Steve shoots back.

You stop walking and he takes a few steps forward and turns to look at you confused.  

“Steve?”  You say and then shake your head. “No, never mind.  None of my business.”

“What is it?”  He presses.  

“Were you trying to kill yourself when you did that?”  You ask.

“Wow.  You don’t like small talk much.”  Steve says.  

“Yeah.  Don’t answer it. I’m an ass.”  You say.  You hook your arm back into his and you both begin walking again.  This time in silence

You pass a little hole in the wall style pizza place and Steve stops you. “You wanna get a slice?”  He asks.

You agree and the two of you head inside.  You sit at one of the plastic tables and wait for them to heat up the two slices of pizza.  You share a coke.  There was a meal deal and the cups were huge.

“How’s your friend?  The one that was still alive?”  You ask, searching for a topic of conversation.

“About the same.  They moved her to England to be closer to her family though, so I don’t get to see her as much.”  

You take his hand and squeeze it.  “I’m sorry, Steve. I know she meant a lot to you.”

Steve strokes his thumb down your palm.  “I went back to the bar you worked at in Washington.”  He says

“Really?  Why?” You ask.  He raises his eyebrow at you and you start laughing.  “Yeah, I moved on not long after we hooked up.  It was time.”

One of the guys working the counter brought the slices over and dropped them on the table on white paper plates.  You and Steve thank him and pick up your slices.  You’d ordered the Margherita and he ordered a pepperoni.  

You take a bite and moan.  “Why is pizza so good here?  It makes no fucking sense.”

“They say it’s the water,”  Steve says.

“Yeah, well that sounds fake.”  You reply.  Steve laughs.  

“How do you know it’s time to move?”  He asks.

You shrug.  “Depends.  Might be that I feel like I’ve seen what I want to see.  Might just be feeling like I don’t belong there anymore.  I didn’t feel like I belonged in DC anymore.”

“Do you remember me telling you about my friend when I was a kid?  Bucky? He died?”  Steve said. He stares at his hands avoiding eye contact with you.

“Yeah, you ditched school together.”  You say taking a sip of the coke.

“He’s still alive.”  

You almost choke on the drink.  That seems implausible at best.  But then you are sitting across from a man born in 1918 who was frozen for seventy years.  If it could happen once?  “That’s good though isn’t it?”

He shakes his head.  “He’s not him. They did something to him.”

“Who’s they?”  You ask.

“Doesn’t matter.  He tried to kill me, and then he saved me.  Why do you think he’d do that?”  Steve says.

You don’t know what to say, but then you’re not sure he wants an answer.  You’re just a sounding board to his hurt.  Someone who isn’t part of that world who he can talk to at this very moment in time.  “Maybe he is still him.  What are you going to do?”

“I’m trying to find him.”  He shakes his head like he’s trying to clear it again.  “You done?”

You nod your head and wipe your hand on a napkin.  You toss your trash in the can by the door and turn to Steve when you’re both on the sidewalk.  He offers you his elbow again and you link arms with him and begin walking.  

You walk a circuit that spirals in towards the Avengers’ tower.  

“I couldn’t get you out of my head,”  Steve says after a little while.  

You’d been daydreaming.  Daydreaming?  Is that the right word for it when it’s 3 AM?  You double take, not sure if you heard him right.  “Sorry, what?”

“That’s why I went back to the bar.  Not because I was hoping we could … well, you know?  Though I did hope that too.  I just wanted to see you again.”   He says.  

“Why?  I’m not anything special.”

Steve stops and turns you to face him.  He opens his mouth to say something and closes it again.  Instead, he leans in and kisses you.  He still tastes like pepperoni.  For a second you forget all about the fact you’ve sworn off relationships and you give yourself to it.  Your lips part and his tongue dips into your mouth.  You feel your breath catch and you pull away.

“Shit.”  You say, and start walking.  

Steve follows you.  “Y/N.  What are you doing?”

You don’t look back.  You don’t break your stride.  “I made a mistake.  I’m sorry.”

“Don’t tell me you never thought about that day,”  Steve said, easily keeping stride with you.

“Of course, I think about it.  Of course, I do.  Why do you think I moved?”  You cry.

“You said you saw me.”  He says stopping.  

You hesitate and turn back to face him.  “I do.  I do see you, Steve.  You aren’t the kind of person who ends up with me.  The people who end up with me are cruel and they treat me like shit and they hurt me.”  

He takes a step forward.  Not saying anything.  Like he’s trying to sneak up on a wild animal.  “I did.”

You try and make sense of the words.  They are completely out of context and you can’t make them match anything you just said.  “What?”

“I did try and kill myself when I crashed that plane.”  He says, his eyes are just full of pain.  “I told Peggy I had no choice.  Of course, I had a choice, but I wanted an out.  I’d done what I’d wanted to do and I was finished.  I couldn’t be Captain America anymore.  I knew there was no way I could stop though, so I crashed the plane.  Only I didn’t die.  I just lost everything.  Everyone who knew me. Everything I knew.  Everything.  Now I’m only Captain America.  I didn’t want to do this anymore.  Now it’s the only thing I have.”

“So I’m your answer?  Steve, I don’t even know who I am.”

He takes another step towards you.  “I just thought… I thought maybe we could see.  That’s all.  I could take you on a date.”

“You don’t even know me.”

He takes one more step.  He stands close to you, and you look up to him.  “I’d like to get to.”  

“Can I think about it?”  You ask.  

“Of course.”  He offers you his arm, and you link yours with it.

Your spiral has started to form tighter and tighter circles and the tower has begun to loom over you.  You have started to just talk about little things.  Where you each grew up.  What your favorite food is.  Where you first kissed another person.  It’s like neither of you wants to say the deep thing that might make you try and flee again.  

The sun starts to creep up.  The way it aligns itself with the grid made by the Manhattan streets makes the buildings look like they’re on fire.  

“If you don’t want to be with me anymore, you’ll just tell me?  Don’t cheat on me.”  You say.

“I couldn’t imagine ever cheating on anyone.   I don’t think I have it in me.”  Steve answers.  Of course, he could just be saying what you want to hear, but somehow you know that he’s not.

“Steve… Admitting this to myself is hard, so please don’t make fun of me.”  You say.

“Of course not.”  

You swallow hard, fighting with yourself to say the words.  “I’m fragile, okay.  The things that have happened to me.  I like to pretend they made me hard.  They didn’t they’ve made me easy to break and so I avoid letting people get close.  Please don’t hurt me.”

“I’ll do my best.  I think the same might be true for me.”  He says.  

Your hand slides down his forearm.  He’s nearly unbreakable in every way but the way that matters, you could tell that when you first met him.  “I know.”

His fingers link with yours.  

“Would you like to go out with me sometime?  Get dinner?  See a movie?”  Steve asks.

“I’d like that.”  You reply.

You reach the entrance to Avengers Tower and walk him to the large automatic doors.  He leans down and kisses you.  It’s soft and tender and far too brief.  “You look tired.” He says.  “Come inside.”

You nod.  He looks up at a security camera above the door and they slide open you follow him inside.  The doors close behind you.

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