Rhysand - Pentathlon: if he can’t be the best at them all he isn’t the best at all.
Feyre - nothing: let’s be honest, you all thought I was going to put Archery but Feyre has been a little too preoccupied with Rhysand ever since they got mated to really hone her skills to that next level. Not to mention that she is freshly postpartum.
Nyx - baby: His parents take full advantage of the Olympic Village Nursery (thank you Allyson Felix and Pampers) for some playtime between sporting events. Favourite activity, carrier naps during every single one of his dad's events no matter how much Feyre tried to keep him awake. He only wakes up to watch Auntie Nesta, much to his parents dismay.
Elain - Artistic Gymnastics: On a team with Gywn, after all that’s what those “pliable bones” are for right SJM? Nuala, Cerridwen, and LoA round out their team of five. Elain’s best event is bar. Gwyn is beam. Nuala and Cerridwen are Vault and beam respectively. And LoA is the star of the show, winning All Around as well as Floor finals. Team FAAFO.
Cassian - Rugby: this man loves a good team sport and personally helped most of the other males who qualified for the team. First all Illyrian team to make the Olympics.
Nesta - Synchronized Swimming: Taking those dancing skills and eight point stars to the pool. All Valkyrie team. Wings and water, who knew it was such a good combo. She also qualified to be the female fencer for the Night Court due to the hours of practice put in being Azriel’s partner but declined in favor of participating in something that she could do with all of her friends. She recommended a Hewn City female , one of Mor’s younger cousins that she met during a Solstice Ball.
Azriel - Fencing: Being completely covered for his event only adds to the mystery of the Shadowsinger. His shadows like to do funny dance routines on his shoulder while he is in a match to distract his opponents. Truly he loves surfing but didn’t want to be in a different location than Eris for the duration of the Olympics. He caused quite the upset when he announced he would be competing under the Autumn Court his new place of residence and home of his mate.
Eris - Cycling Road: Of course he won both Road and Timed. This is coming straight off of his fresh Tour De France Bronze a month prior. (Please look up Remco Evenepoel, he actually did that this year.)
Lucien - High Jump: This boy is tall and gangly and inherited his daddy’s thighs. He plays on the Olympic Refugee team because every court was fighting over wanting him on their team.
Tamlin - Climbing: Boulder and Lead. If his claws pop out and help him get just a bit of a better grip no one is the wiser.
Helion - Weightlifting: It’s all in the thighs.
Thesan - cheerleader: For his lover who is the team captain for the Dawn Court Male volleyball team. Thesan always wears long layers, hat, and sunglasses in hopes of not being noticed but he can’t help but emitting a soft glow every time his lover encourages and hypes up the other players on his team.
Kallias - refuses to participate in Summer sports off of principle but is the biggest fan during Viviana’s event. As soon as she is done competing he whisks her away to see the sights and sounds of Paris.
Viviana - Beach Volleyball: on a duo with her sister. She prefers sand to snow and Kallias teases her relentless about it.
Mor - Equestrian: Her secret manor is actually a horse ranch. She is a horse girly at heart and despite the Night Court uniform being black and silver hers is obviously blood red. Everyone keeps mistaking her for Autumn Court in interviews which makes her unreasonably angry.
Tarquin - Swimmer: preferred stroke is breaststroke but he is the IM king. Think Summer McIntosh/Leon Marchand.
Cresseida - Swimming: long distance queen, world record holder in the 800 and 1500. Oh and she does open water swimming too. The stamina and determination, yep. The Katie Ledecky of Prythian.
Varian - Synchronized Diving: tried to get Cressedia to do synchronized diving with him and Amren eventually had to break it to him slowly that they don’t have mixed synchronized diving events. He cried for a week after that because he loves his cousin and didn’t want to go to the Olympics without her. Aodh, Vanserra brother, is now his partner in the 10m platform.
Amren: sits in the stand and cheers with Feyre. Refuses to hold Nyx. The only time she gets out of her chair to stand and cheer is during Varian and Aodh’s diving. Everyone assumes it is for Varian but really it’s for Aodh. If Amren were to ever admit she had a best friend Aodh would claim that title.
Jurian - Penathlon: Actually a professional boxer but decided to do the Penathlon just to bother Rhys. Obviously he wins gold.
Vassa - Rowing: Women’s Eight. Team leader for all of Koschie’s girls. Koschie lake is secretly the most elite training ground for rowers. Koschie is the encouraging dad coach.
Alis - Kite Sailing: Because she is literally cooler than anyone else. Never wins but she has the best time. Her nephews can be heard cheering even from all the way across the water.
Briar - Judo: Tamlin is her trainer and she beats him every time.
Bryaxis - tried joining the rugby team because he heard Cassian was the team leader. Really just wants to be BFF’s with Cassian but the general keeps running away and Bryaxis can’t figure out why. The Night Court loses their game when Cassian spots him in the stand during their final and is frozen in place for hours after their game until Nesta can come collect him after her and the Valkyries are done their event for the day.
Nuan - Hurdles: Girl is fast and she’s got the jumps. She and Lucien poke fun at each other during their training on the track.
Madja does not compete and is a medic for literally every event.
Mirrell and Clotho are the judges of gymnastics, diving, and synchronized swimming.
Kier and Breon were on Male’s Double Badminton team. They switched which court they would play for each Olympics. The only opposing team was the Bone Carver and the Weaver. Upon their deaths Badminton was been removed from the Olympic roaster and their “legacy” was wiped from the ledger.
My OC Vanserra Brothers
Aodh - Synchronized Diving: Emissary of the Autumn Court living in Summer and has temporary citizenship. Agreed to dive with Varian in hopes of catching the eye of a certain Summer Court fae. He really could not care less about the Olympics.
Caradoc - Shooting and Skateboarding: 10m Air pistol. He could outshoot Feyre with his eyes closed. His style of shoot is exactly the same as Yusuf Dikec from Turkey. Skateboarding is a skill he learned from a very special someone and is competing in their memory. Everyone is absolutely terrified of him except for Gwyn.
Matthan - Trampoline: The boy has springs in his feet and his head is permanently in the clouds.
*special note from game hosts - the inclusion for Breaking this year is in memory of Andras who bravely sacrificed himself so that Tamlin would have a chance of breaking the curse and set into motion the events that has shaped Pythian today. High Lord Tamlin was adamant about honoring his sacrifice as “we would all be dead if not for him.” Break dancing was one of Andras favourite hobbies. Who knew that breakdancing to the fiddle could be so fun?
To all those we have lost in the past four years we honor them.
I think I got everyone but let me know if I forgot anyone. Have your own roster? Please tag me!
🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry this month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed! ⤵
📺 Adaptations
💜 The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: limited series on HBO
💜 His & Hers - Alice Feeney: limited series for Netflix
💜 The God of the Woods and The Unseen World - Liz Moore: series for Sony
💜 My Lady Jane cancelled by Prime after one season
💜 Mark Hamill has joined the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk
💜 Court of Thorns and Roses series faces another setback - showrunner exits the production
💜 Trailer for Season 2 of Pachinko
💜 Britney Spears’ memoir is being made into a biopic
💜 Tom Blyth and Emily Bader starring in Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
💜 The Games of Thrones prequel promos are out
💜 Burn Book: A Tech Love Story - Kara Swisher optioned as a series
💜 Every Summer After - Carley Fortune - Amazon series
💜 Regretting You - Colleen Hoover - McKenna Grace to star ppposite Allison Williams
💜 Verity - Colleen Hoover - no casting yet
💜 Percy Jackson season 2 is currently filming, and Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho have joined the cast of the Disney+ series
💜 Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - Sally Field to star
💜 Bridgerton cast Yerin Ha as Sophie Beckett, Benedict’s love interest
💜 The Picture of Dorian Gray is getting a contemporary TV series adaptation
💜 Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel A Pale View of Hills is getting an adaptation
📕 Cover Reveals
💜 When We Were Real - Daryl Gregory
💜 Blood on Her Tongue - Johanna van Veen
💜 Frenemies with Benefits - Synithia Williams
💜 The ABCs of Democracy - Hakeem Jeffries
💜 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
💜 Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us - Jennifer Finney Boylan
💜 The Silent Emperor - Snorri Krsitjansson
💜 Nothing Bad Happens Here - Rachel Ekstrom Courage
💜 Open, Heaven - Seán Hewitt
💜 And, Too, the Fox - Ada Limón & Gaby D’Alessandro
💜 On Again, Awkward Again - Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia
💜 Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One - Kristen Arnett
💜 Stage Dance - Torrey Peters
💜 The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley
💜 Time After Time - Mikki Daughtry
💜 Pizza Witch - Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins
💜 A Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson Bennett
⏰ Upcoming Releases
💜 Young Sheldon actress Raegan Revord is publishing her debut young adult novel, Rules for Fake Girlfriends
💜 Liza Minnelli has announced a new tell-all memoir
💜 Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old - Brooke Shields
💜 Maureen Johnson has announced a new book which she describes as “a case file in book form,” with a sealed solution in the back of the book: You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder
💜 Olympic track star Allyson Felix has sold North American rights to a memoir, Fast and Slow, to the Dial Press
💜 Meghan Markle is allegedly planning on releasing a tell-all memoir
💜 House of Blight - Maxym M. Martineau
💜 Tor acquired Talia Hibbert’s romantasy debut The Last Thorn
🗞️ News
💜 Francine Pascal, author of the Sweet Valley High books, died at 92
💜 This year’s longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced
💜 Flatiron is debuting a new imprint, Pine and Cedar Books
💜 New GMA Book Club pick: The Seventh Veil of Salome - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
💜 Algerian boxer and gold medalist Imane Khelif has filed a cyber harassment lawsuit against Elon Musk and JK Rowling for their disparaging comments about the boxer’s gender during the Olympics
💜 Kristen Bell will be reuniting with her Frozen costar, Josh Gad, to narrate his upcoming children’s book PictureFace Lizzy
James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) Film and television actor, known for his roles in feature films and in six television series: Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, Longstreet, Doc Elliot, and Hunter.
His first major role was as Detective Jim Halloran in the half-hour version of ABC's Naked City. Franciscus guest starred on the CBS military comedy–drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper, and on the NBC drama about family conflicts in the American Civil War entitled The Americans. CBS soon cast him in the lead in the 13-week series The Investigators, which aired from October 5 to December 28, 1961. He played the insurance investigator Russ Andrews, with James Philbrook as a co-star. Franciscus was also cast in the role of Tom Grover in the 1961 episode "The Empty Heart" of the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He performed in many feature films and television programs throughout the 1960s and 1970s, preceded by a minor role in an episode of The Twilight Zone titled "Judgment Night" in 1959, and a major role in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Forty Detectives Later" in 1960, and "Summer Shade" in 1961. (Wikipedia)
Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) Film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
In the 1960s, Jagger increasingly worked on television appearing in The Twilight Zone ("Static"), Sunday Showcase, Our American Heritage, General Electric Theater, Dr. Kildare, The Christophers, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Jagger achieved success with the television series Mr. Novak (1963–1965), receiving Emmy Award nominations for his role in 1964 and 1965, as well as the California Teachers Association's Communications Award, along with star James Franciscus, in 1963 for his portrayal of high-school principal Albert Vane.
Jagger's appearances in the 1960s included episodes of The F.B.I. and The Fugitive, as well as the TV filmm The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), with Ford, and an episode of The Name of the Game.
He had a semiregular role on the series Matt Lincoln (1970) as the father of the title character, and parts in Vanishing Point (1971), Bonanza, and Incident in San Francisco (1971).
In 1971, Jagger appeared on The Partridge Family. He played a prospector named Charlie in the Christmas episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa".
In his later career Jagger was in The Glass House (1972), Columbo, Kung Fu (Jagger appeared as Caine's grandfather, who wants little to do with him, but starts Caine on his series-long search for his half-brother Danny), Alias Smith and Jones, Medical Center, The Stranger (1973), The Delphi Bureau, The Lie (1973), Shaft, I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973), Love Story, The Hanged Man (1974), The Great Lester Boggs (1974), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), Harry O, Hunter, The Waltons ahd Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
He won a Daytime Emmy award for a guest appearance in the religious series This Is the Life.
His last role was as Dr. David Domedion in the St. Elsewhere season-three finale "Cheers" in 1985. (Wikipedia)
Monday edit for missing kids and kids died from murder Kim Rae Doss, Tracy Anne King, Gina Dawn Brooks, Mikelle Diane Biggs, Joan Gay Croft, Teekah Latres Lewis, Moira McCall Anderson, Rachel Marie Anderson, Monica Arellano, Amber Nicole Crum, Victor Arellano, Anastacia Marie Argentova-Stevens, Allyson Kathleen Dalton, Athena Sheetz, Thanit Sheetz-Marti, Emily Maria Izykowski, Haleigh Breann Culwell, Bianca Elaine Lebron, Russell "Russie" John Mort, Alexis S. Patterson, Beverly Rose Potts, Jenna Ray Robbins, Rachael Marie Runyan, Eliška “Elsie” Paroubek, Harmony Renee Montgomery, Reachelle Marie Smith, Danyel Lou Sparpana, Brandi Jondell Summers& TIFFANI WISE, Omar Vargas, Darko Stančević, Linda Jane Stillwell, Kimberly Alizee Torres Rodriguez, Vivian Aileen Trout, Rebecca Elizabeth West, Sophia Anabel Larranaga, Fabricio Herman Barajas, Serina "Seri" Victoria Clark, Tammy Alexandra Flores, Diego Flores, Acacia Nicole Duvall,Jon "JP" Pierre Duvall, Sarah Arielle Skiba, Lisa Mae Zaharias,Christopher Zaharias, Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain, Tricia J. Kellett, Amy Burney, Diana Belinda Alvarez, Trudy Leann Appleby, Isabella Balajonda-Annibal, Lysbet Balmontez-Fernandez, Jersey Arnett, Carol May Big Tobacco, Karen Lynn Tompkins, Ricky Jean "Jeannie" Bryant, Lorie Lynn Lewis, Ann Marie Burr, Mary Louise Day, Patricia Louise "Patti Lou" Zentner, Athena Strand, Amber Hagerman, Christine Jessop, Debbie Randall, Jessica Gutierrez, Michaela Joy Garecht, Joan D’Alessandro, Cherish Perrywinkle, Audrii Cunningham, April Tinsley, Asifa Bano, JonBenét Ramsey, Elizabeth Shelley, Sharon Lee Gallegos, Sarah H. Foxwell, Opal Jo Dace Jennings,
The more I think about Halloween Ends making absolutely no sense, the more unfinished threads and unanswered questions I remember.
In no particular order: Laurie's friend that does tarot and tells Allyson that Death isn't necessarily a bad card. This character shows up consistently on the sidelines and the tarot cards and readings are never mentioned again. A grown-ass man (Fucking Corey) getting bullied by high school seniors. How fast Corey and Allyson fell in love/trusted each other/etc. The fact Corey could overpower Michael for his mask, idc that he's old he was still able to lift that one lady off of the fucking floor. The fact Michael would ever canonically take someone under his wing is so extremely out of character, who thought this was a good idea. Why is Michael living in the sewers. Rat king.
talia al ghul (basically headcanon-inspired bc canon is tragique)
lara croft (once im finished w the survivor trilogy!)
jack marston
charles smith
claire redfield
levi & dina from tlou2
stu macher
amber freeman (seems i have a thing for gay murderers)
amy elliot-dunne or nick dunne (this is my not-so-silent plea for someone to write either of them bc i dont think i'd want to interact w most other charas outside of each other - give me that Hand In Unlovable hand content PLEASE)
allyson strode-nelson (another not-so-silent plea for someone to write michael or for someone to write allyson w my michael lmao rip)
margot verger (my slightly book-inspired former drag king trans masc margot... why r bryan fuller n thomas harris such messes lmfao)
(femboy) charles lee ray (u already kno im trying to write chiffany so what's up)
what do we think... any1 have any suggestions or recs? even when it comes to movies/books... always looking for new content!
Halloween Ends brings some interesting, innovative ideas to the long-running franchise. If only it fully committed to them. At least we can credit writers Paul Brad Logan, Chris Bernier, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green (who also directs) for committing to the title; this is definitely the last chapter in this sequel trilogy.
In 2019, 21-year-old Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is babysitting when a prank goes fatally wrong. Three years later, the whole town of Haddonfield, Illinois harbors a grudge against him. Everyone, except Allyson Nelson (Andi Matichak) - Laurie Strode’s granddaughter. Since Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) vanished four years ago, Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been rebuilding her life but she senses a familiar evil within Corey.
I’m not sure whether to criticize this film for putting most of its focus on Corey and Allyson. This chapter seeks to create a Stephen King’s It vibe around Haddonfield. The idea is that Michael Myers’ rampages have corrupted the town. Even if he's gone, the evil remains. In the background we see billboards for missing women, Laurie is harassed by people who should sympathize with her, the local radio DJ Willy the Kid (Keraun Harris) is exploiting the tragedies his listeners have lived through and overall, there's this nastiness in the air. That's something new. The first downside is that it makes Halloween Ends feel like it belongs to a completely different franchise. At 111 minutes, you could probably edit out Myers entirely and still get a full movie. Second - and most crucially - is that in the end, director David Gordon Green doesn’t seem to be fully interested in Corey’s story. He eventually gets pushed aside so Michael can come back and have his final showdown with Laurie.
As a final chapter in the franchise, Halloween Ends ultimately disappoints. I’m not sure what I wanted to see. I prefer to believe there is something supernatural (but not Halloween III kind of supernatural) happening in these movies so I guess I wanted the film to acknowledge this without being too obvious about it. I thought it was going to when we hear Laurie say “Evil doesn’t go away, it changes shape.” With Corey taking on the mask and the spirit of Myers possessing him or something. Maybe even that would’ve disappointed because ultimately, it’s much scarier for the story NOT to end, for us to be left forever wondering if Michael is still out there, waiting for us to let our guard down.
I don’t want to seem too negative about the film. As a slasher movie, it gets a lot of things right. The opening scene is fantastic. Several kills will make you flinch. One that involves a blowtorch still makes my skin crawl. Whether we get enough of the characters we came to see or not, Halloween Ends is 2/3 of a great horror movie with interesting ideas and concepts that are either new or have never been adequately explored in this series. Unfortunately, the not-so-great final third is what we see before the credits roll.
In terms of gore and violence, Halloween Ends has enough shocking visuals to satisfy gore-hounds but they’re also the ones who will be most disappointed by the decision to go in a brand new direction. It’s an interesting experiment that doesn’t quite pay off. There's also a pretty cool thing after the credits, though if you skip it, you wouldn’t be missing out on too much, since it’s not really a scene. (October 31, 2022)