#annalise shepard

[guesswhattimeitis]

WIP Game

Oh my god I know you didn't you know what you were opening with this @kalevalakryze but I'm happy to oblige:

Wip Game Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

So. Uh I'll list them here, but just a warning some of these are not fanfic wips they're original works, or for other projects, and not all of them are longer than a couple sentences, but here you are!

Files:

New Moon

List of WIPs (this one is not complete but includes WIPs that aren't any place but my mind)

D&D Planning

Kaori Project

KH Story

Lancer Fic

Shep/Miranda

Snippets

Field Guide: House of Lanterns (lots of overlap here with Lancer Fic)

battlegroup

Cyberpunk Lich

Ttrpg deck building

Dnd/Spelljammer (overlap with D&D Planning)

Shatterstar

Scars Old and New

Princesses

Sidari doc

Streamer Caitlyn

Pixie Knight

Kae meets Annalise

Femme Knight

Star Wars WIP

Aethesium Notepad

Aethesium Eyes

Aethesium Start and Outline (these 3 are obviously related lol)

Eyeshine

Ilium Ball

Snippets/Close

At The Predetermined Time

Kurinth

Shepard's Bad Month

Nemesis

Welcome Home

Parallel

Cold Hearts

Poker Face

Promise

Shawson Outline

Armored Heart

Haircut

Liara Changed

A Careful Touch

Takeoff

Core Testing Initiative LaaC (a wip for someone else's au)

Claire de Lune LaaC

Android Glados WIP

Butterfly Brigade

First Day

A Little Secret

Haruka and Michiru Make a Mistake

3 Times

Forest story name to change

Forehead kisses

Smooth stone flagstones

And technically I have MORE if you can believe it, though many are either very old and I wouldn't continue or they have nothing actually written down yet and only exist in my head. (Some of these last ones are pretty old already)

I don't know 54 writers, on tumblr or otherwise. So um if you see this and want to do it go ahead, and tag me! And don't be afraid to send me an ask to see one of these!

@opossum-knight I want to see your wips list

[seigephoenix]

Original Character Compliation

Figured it was about time to condense and consolidate all my OCs into one post. Each has their own page dedicated to them. I'll also be making a ship post for all my fandoms too.

Dragon Age

Alissa Trevelyan Bronwen Lavellan Adelaide Trevelyan Nirya Cadash Roisin Lavellan

Garrett Hawke Marian Hawke

Serena Tabris Elaina Cousland Briar Amell Malcolm Cousland Maximillian Amell

Mass Effect

Cerise Ryder Colin Ryder Celeste Ryder Ryan Ryder

Marlowe Shepard Jack Shepard Amelia Shepard

Baldur's Gate 3

Jareth Elaina Elyssa Dandelion Gregoire Lysette

Cyberpunk

Violet "V" Remington Solar Bastien

Demon Slayer

Ayane Mochizuki

Stardew Valley

Juniper Melodie

Destiny 1 & 2

Siobhan Jareth Annalise Yvette Tevriks Alice

Dungeons & Dragons

Poppi Blackbriar Eleanor Montclaire Marius Eventide

Skyrim

Aurelia Tullius Roscar Bone-breaker Helena Nightshade Nyx Sylvana Valenwood

Fallout 4

Georgia Alyssa

[wildcardkurusu]

mass effect: earthborn shepard has no one at all. they grew up alone

me with my older brother and younger sister shepard growing up on earth: uh huh not my shepards though :)

[adrianomartelandsiblings]

Kaidan Alenko. He was actually alive. Adamina hasn’t said anything to me about it, but the we’ve been together long enough for me to know she is beyond mad. Kaidan saved our baby girl and for that I will be forever grateful. But, I am worried about what Kaidan’s reappearance means for my family and the other part is VERY concerned for Kaidan’s safety once Adamina loses her cool about the situation. And Julius’ safety for that matter.

Cassius heard a gruff voice behind him.

“Can we talk?”

That son of a bitch. I have spent the past 26 years mourning him and he was alive this whole time! Adriano and I have drank to his memory every year for 26 years and he’s fucking alive. The only reason we don’t start mourning his death for real is he saved my baby girl. Adriano hasn’t stopped watching the ass since he revealed himself. I don’t think he trusts him. But, I know my first love. His voice, his smell. The asshole. And I’m going to have some words with my little brother. And dad for that matter! How long have they known? And Liara! I need to calm down. Adriano is looking at me now. I must be glowing. Why is Kaidan talking to Cassius?

So, this has been some reunion. I wasn’t expecting to be found out, ever honestly. But, I had to make sure Anna and Elizabeth were recovering. I need to explain myself. But, to who? Not Mina. She may snap if I try to talk to her. Julius already knew about me and I don’t want us to be in the same area if Adamina does lose her cool. Adriano is giving me that look like I may not be who I say I am. He was always vigilant. Maybe Cassius. I don’t know him very well, but if Adamina trusted him enough to fall in love after I was gone, he must be a good guy.

[loveydoveypiperwright]

Team Kickass ready for action

[incognito-insomniac]

Someone pick an OC for me! My writing may be non-existant right now but it might be fun to do the 30 Day OC Challenge this October. List of my OCs in no particular order:

Captain Alysia - The Outer Worlds Annalise de Sardet - Greedfall Liam Harper - Dream Daddy Marguerite "Margot" Beauregard - Red Dead Redemption 2 Evera Hawke - Dragon Age 2 Nadezhda "Nadi" Trevelyan - Dragon Age Inquisition Erimenthan "Erim" Lavellan - Dragon Age Inquisition Osyen Trevelyan - Dragon Age Inquisition Anlanihal - Skyrim Calder Jacobson - Fallout 4 Bethanne Van Allen - Fallout 4 Alexis "Axle" Ryder - Mass Effect Andromeda Anthony Ryder - Mass Effect Andromeda Miranda Shepard - Mass Effect 1 - 3

[talizorra]

OC Introduction: Annalise Shepard

I was tagged by @rosenkow , thank you so much! i’m in a big mass effect mood so it’s only natural i speak about my girl, she’s my everything atm 

I’ll tag: @minthara @reyesvidals @reaperkiller @snowthroat​ and whoever else wants to yell about their OC’s 

Screenshot taken in the Citadel DLC apartment with a few mods

Fandom: Mass Effect

Role: Alliance Solider (Lieutenant Commander), Spectre, full-time Garrus girlfriend

Full Name: Annalise Shepard 

Nicknames: Anna, Lizzie 

Pronouns: She/Her

Occupation: Alliance Solider, Spectre 

Birthday: April 11, 2154

Age: ME1 - 29 ; ME2 - 31 ; ME3 - 31/32

Physical Description: She is 5′7″ (175cm). She’s got long black hair and black eyes. Despite being a solider she likes wearing her hair longer, sometimes tying it up in a ponytail if it gets in the way. She has a small scar on her face under her left eye, a reminder of what happened on Akuze and what could have happened to her. 

Clothing Style: When off-duty, Annalise likes dressing up to the point where she might go above and beyond for just casual outings. She likes putting the armours away when she’s not on active duty as it helps her separate the solider from the woman (or so she likes to think. Commander Shepard is still Commander Shepard even when she’s not on the battlefield). Her preferred style is probably smart-casual, though she won’t shy away from some comofortable clothing when she’s feeling particularly tired. 

Background: Annalise grew up on various ships as her parents were both in the Alliance. She had a good relationship with her parents, but being an only child of military parents always moving from one place to another, she grew up being quite lonely. She had a few friends from different schools, but they would eventually drift away from one another. When she turned 18 she enlisted into the military, which made her parents proud, especially her mother Hannah who couldn’t stop praising her left and right. At the same time, she craved that camaraderie spirit between soliders and she dreamed of having her own crew that she could trust with her own life, and vice-versa. 

Combat and Skills

Special Skills: Annalise followed the N7 program, making her the best of the best. She’s also a biotic and she won’t shy away from slapping people with singularities lmao 

Favourite weapon(s): Assault Rifle and Shotguns 

Relationships

Family: She keeps in regular contact with her mother

Love Interest: Garrus Vakarian

Best Friends: Tali, Liara, Wrex, Mordin, Miranda

Personality

Positive traits: A natural-born leader, she is understanding, charismatic, always willing to listen and help others. She can be quite optimistic, mostly hoping for the best outcome. She’s extremely loyal to those close to her and would do anything for them. She is outgoing and not afraid to say what’s on her mind. 

Negative traits: she cares so much about those around her that she worries about them constantly. She wants to be everyone’s support pillar, she often forgets to take care of herself. She never really speaks about her feelings or her emotions unless something is really bothering her. She has a tendency to bottle things up, and when things get too much to handle, she lashes out at anyone. Most of the time she needs other people to remind her that her feelings matter too and she doesn’t need to always put other above her. 

Likes: reading, painting, the silent of outer space, the ocean, going to the beach, cold showers, chocolate, coffee, target practice with Garrus, dressing up, going to fancy restaurants, hanging out with her crew, shopping, taking pictures

Dislikes: snow, wasting time, being idle, liars, anyone hurting her friends, empty promises, being vulnerable, rachni 

Fears: dying alone, leaving Garrus alone, losing the trust of her friends, being too vulnerable, feeling worthless, having a meaningless existence, losing track of her goals 

Guilty Pleasures: chocolate cheesecake, calling Garrus her ‘turian bad boy’, teasing Garrus with human jokes

Hobbies: reading, taking pictures, painting, target practice

[twoflipstwotwists]

2019 Pan Ams Games Contenders (8) USAG selection procedures

Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express Aleah Finnegan, Lee’s Summit, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics Shilese Jones, Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy Sunisa Lee, St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express

Full Roster by Age Division

Seniors (24) Shania Adams, Plain City, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays Jordan Chiles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express Aleah Finnegan, Lee's Summit, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express Jaylene Gilstrap, McKinney, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics Olivia Hollingsworth, Seabrook, Texas/World Champions Centre Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics Alexis Jeffrey, Warrensburg, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express Shilese Jones, Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy Emily Lee, Los Gatos, Calif./West Valley Gymnastics School Sunisa Lee, St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center Emma Malabuyo, Flower Mound, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite Victoria Nguyen, Sugar Land, Texas/Everest Gymnastics Gabby Perea, Geneva, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics Trinity Thomas, York, Pa./University of Florida Gymnastics Faith Torrez, Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Legacy Elite Gymnastics Abigael Vides, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express

Juniors (38) Olivia Ahern, Memphis, Tenn./River City Gymnastics Inc. Ciena Alipio, San Jose, Calif./West Valley Gymnastics School Sydney Barros, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics Skye Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics Charlotte Booth, Clermont, Fla./Brandy Johnson's Global Gymnastics Sophia Butler, Houston, Texas/Discover Gymnastics Inc. Kailin Chio, Henderson, Nev./Gymcats Gymnastics Kayla DiCello, Boyds, Md./Hill's Gymnastics Addison Fatta, Wrightsville, Pa./Prestige Gymnastics eMjae Frazier, Erial, N.J./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center Elizabeth Gantner, Indianapolis, Ind./Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center Karis German, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre Olivia Greaves, Staten Island, N.Y./MG Elite Mia Heather, San Francisco, Calif./San Mateo Gymnastics Julianne Huff, Hoover, Ala./JamJev Gymnastics Levi Jung-Ruivivar, Woodland Hills, Calif./Paramount Elite Gymnastics Lilly Lippeatt, Mason, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Lauren Little, Mooresville, N.C./Everest Gymnastics Amber Lowe, Huntersville, N.C./Everest Gymnastics Nola Matthews, Gilroy, Calif./Airborne Gymnastics Training Center Konnor McClain, Cross Lanes, W.Va./Revolution Gymnastics Zoe Miller, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre Kaylen Morgan, Huntersville, N.C./Everest Gymnastics  Sydney Morris, Bowie, Md./First State Gymnastics Annalise Newman-Achee, Brooklyn, N.Y./Chelsea Piers Gymnastics Sophie Parenti, Menlo Park, Calif./San Mateo Gymnastics Anya Pilgrim, Germantown, Md./Hill's Gymnastics Ariel Posen, Manalapan, N.J./MG Elite Joscelyn Roberson, Texarkana, Texas/North East Texas Elite Gymnastics Sienna Robinson, Las Vegas, Nev./Browns Gymnastics Las Vegas Katelyn Rosen, Boerne, Texas/Mavericks Gymnastics Lyden Saltness, Forest Lake, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center Jamison Sears, Yorktown, Va./World Class Gymnastics Chavala Shepard, Bentonville, Ark./Hopes and Dreams Gymnastics Ava Siegfeldt, Newport News, Va./World Class Gymnastics Eva Volpe, Pearland, Texas/Pearland Elite Jamie Wright, Toano, Va./World Class Gymnastics Ella Zirbes, Stillwater, Minn./Flips Gymnastics

[khaliasama]

loghainmactir

  i really want to talk about mass effect annie but...

KICKS DOWN YA DOOR WHATS UP W MASS EFFECT ANNIE WHO IS SHE!!!

HHHHHH

Annalise ‘Annie’ Paasal is a human raised by an asari that officially adopted her. she has no idea what happened to her birth parents, but they’re presumed dead. she’s got a turian for a brother named Atavian that has almost two whole feet on her.

Annie had sub par grades in school and is thought (unofficially) by a lot of people to be stupid compared to her brother who is pretty smart when it comes to tech. she isn’t particularly smart and has trouble using big fancy words, but Annie is pretty strong physically and is real good at taking things apart and putting them back together. she can’t tell you how the inner workings of an appliance work, but she can pull it apart and slap it back together with little instruction.

she desperately wanted an earth cat as a kid but obviously that was never going to happen so she and her brother worked together to build a robo cat from scratch that they named PEW-F13, shorthanded into ‘Pew.’

Annie and Atavian eventually leave home as adults, hopping from job to job. Atavian can usually land decent jobs working with computer’s and tech and helps his sister out by getting her a job in the same company, but typically as a lower end job such as a janitor. she’s frustrated by it, but knows well enough to keep her mouth shut. they eventually get bored with their mundane day jobs and start screwing around sifting through data they shouldn’t be nosing around with. Atavian does the majority of the legwork but Annie can usually get him and Pew around the building what with being a janitor and all. they typically don’t do anything with the stuff they find; it’s more about finding out what their limits are and also because they’re bored half the time. and eventually it gets them in trouble and leads them straight to Shepard.

[friedesgreatscythe]

I was tagged by @deangirlalways in a thing!

Three fandoms:

Silent Hill, Twin Peaks, Soulsborne.

First character I loved:

Heather Mason, because she's amazingly written and brave. Her internal dialogue was always a treat to hear/read, too.

Dale Cooper, the only good man to exist in this godforsaken world.

The church beggar in Bloodborne! He's so kind and nervous, and I really wish we could tell him we'll be friends ;;

Character I never expected to love so much:

Claudia. The older I get, the more I think her approach to getting God to be merciful is understandable and totally justified.

Leland Palmer, for obvious reasons.

Gwyndolin!! You'd think a boss and a member of the god family that fucked up Lordran wouldn't matter much to me, but Gwyndolin's such a heartbreaking example of a mistreated child eager for love, and expressing it through loyalty. Plus I love that he cares about Yorshka and Gwynevere as much as he does.

Most relatable character:

For me personally? Angela Orosco. In general? Henry Townshend. Just some poor shmuck who has no means of understanding all this crazy bullshit.

Personally: Laura Palmer. In general: Sheriff Truman. A good man in over his head who's doing his best to bring sense and justice to his town.

The Crestfallen Warrior in all the games lol. He just doesn't see the point of all this crazy shit and sits around giving advice to the brave idiots who pass through.

Character I would like to slap:

Dahlia Gillespie.

Catherine whatsherface.

GWYN. FUCK YOU, GWYN.

Three faves, in order:

Alessa Gillespie, Heather Mason, Alex Shepard.

Dale Cooper, Audrey Horne, MIKE.

Sister Friede, Shanalotte/The Emerald Herald, Lady Maria.

Character you used to like, but not anymore:

Not sure! I think I like all of them just fine.

No one? My opinions haven't really changed that much.

I used to be pretty ambivalent to Queen Annalise, but now I think she's really fascinating and strange.

Three OTPS:

Alex/Elle.

Cooper/Audrey.

LAURENTIUS/MY CHOSEN UNDEAD.

idk who to tag tbh.

[dryadalis]

Tell me about your OCs, I wanna hear about how they take their coffee and whether they like to be outside or prefer to stay in, and what sorts of books they like to read, if they like to read.

yaaaaaaaay~

Okay, so first off, Heather. Heather is my hunter darling, and secretly likes her coffee with a lot of milk and no sugar- although she doesn’t take her helmet off around other people unless she really really trusts them is alone, so no one really knows. And she likes being outside, although Nessus is now her favorite planet- lots of places to get lost in. Before that, it was Venus. Sadly, Heather doesn’t read much- she’s too busy with Vanguard missions to have a lot of free time. Whenever she does, it’s usually spent going over her inventory, although if she were the type to pick up a book, it would probably be post-apocalyptic themed, like the Hunger Games. She’d enjoy the irony.

Second is gonna be my mage Lorelai Lavellan. She’s the type to prefer tea over coffee- tea was easier for the Dalish to get a hold of and find. However, if she did, it would probably be with a little bit of sugar. She likes to taste the flavors of things, not hide them away. It drives Cullen crazy because she never seasons her food, and if she does cook she has to make two separate dishes so they’re both happy. Lorelai also prefers the outside, since it’s where she grew up. Get her high up in a tree somewhere and she’s as happy as a clam, willing to spend hours just cloud watching. Cassandra also got her addicted to terrible romance novels, although she isn’t as shy about it. Other than that she will read any history book or biographies she can get her hand on.

My third OC will be Kyra Shepard, my paragade daughter. She’s the type to take her coffee black since the military always stocks the terrible stuff, and her time at school made her not care about flavor so much as how much caffeine it contained. She’s also very much the stay at home type. Excess socialization wears her out, so she tends to stay in unless it’s necessary. She’s also not they type to read, and will instead catch up on television series or go to the Arena to shoot things. Post-war she would rather be in the backyard playing with her pet varren or talking to her crew through holovid when she isn’t curled up on the couch with Kaidan.

There are so many more I can talk about- Alanna, Elissa, Marion, Storm, Annalise, Anya, Corrine- but I’ll be here all night and no one has time for that.

ask me about my OC’s! (please)

[tabloidtoc]

Star, September 9

Cover: Denise Richards Finally Tells All 

Page 1: Angelina Jolie fights tears dropping son Maddox at college in South Korea 

Page 2: Contents, Mandy Moore and Isla Fisher 

Page 4: Demi Lovato getting back to work 

Page 5: David Beckham begs Victoria Beckham to stop boozing, Lindsay Lohan is virtually unrecognizable due to the insane amount of plastic surgery and filler work she’s had done

Page 6: Shamed Lori Loughlin abandoned by her kids, Princess Beatrice calls off the wedding to Edoardo Mozzi due to her father Prince Andrew’s link to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Star Spots the Stars -- Pitbull, Nick Carter and Howie Dorough, Madelaine Petsch and Travis Mills, Javier Bardem, Ryan Cabrera 

Page 8: Star Shots -- Gerard Butler and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jim Carrey, Justin Bieber 

Page 9: Kourtney Kardashian, Angela Kinsey and her cat Oreo 

Page 10: Lindsey Vonn, Natasha Lyonne and Awkwafina, Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan 

Page 11: Danielle Jonas and daughter Alena, Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth 

Page 12: Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Brooke Burke, Jamie Foxx and daughters Corinne and Annalise 

Page 14: Christina Milian, Lily Collins, Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg 

Page 15: Jerry O’Connell, Kirsten Dunst 

Page 16: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Adam Lambert and Queen guitarist Brian May, Busy Philipps 

Page 17: Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox and son Journey, Gavin Rossdale 

Page 18: Kate Bosworth, Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin 

Page 19: Samantha Mathis and Julianna Margulies and Carla Gugino, Chance the Rapper 

Page 20: Normal or Not? Elizabeth Banks, Bella Thorne and new boyfriend Benjamin Mascolo, Behati Prinsloo and daughter Gio Grace 

Page 21: Ciara and Russell Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Page 22: Fashion -- Best of the Week -- Ralph Lauren edition -- Sistine Stallone, Tessa Thompson 

Page 23: Sienna Miller, Jada Pinkett Smith 

Page 26: Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin’s wedding plans 

Page 27: Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker have been married for a decade and they’ve found the secret to making their relationship work, Gwen Stefani told Blake Shelton the only way he can lose weight is to get away from meat and bad carbs, Love Bites -- Kristen Wiig and Avi Rothman engaged, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lauren Hashian married, Erin Foster and Simon Tikhman engaged, Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard expecting their second child, Quentin Tarantino and wife Daniella are expecting their first child together 

Page 28: Drake pursuing Bella Hadid, Larry King’s divorce gets nasty, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill renewing their vows 

Page 29: Kristen Stewart left girlfriend Stella Maxwell behind in order to romance Dylan Meyer  

Page 30: Cover Story -- Denise Richards tells all 

Page 34: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in hot seat for private jet use -- the environmentalist royal couple are provoking ire by jetting off in private planes to Ibiza, Nice and Sicily 

Page 36: Liam Hemsworth’s revenge on Miley Cyrus -- he’s dating again and wants the Malibu property, their pets and her money 

Page 38: Biggest Diva Meltdowns -- Mariah Carey, Naomi Campbell 

Page 39: Kanye West, Patti Lupone 

Page 40: Courtney Love, Alec Baldwin 

Page 41: Faye Dunaway, Salma Hayek, Christian Bale, Madonna 

Page 42: Double Takes -- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley vs. Haley Lu Richardson 

Page 43: Andie MacDowell vs. Jessica Chastain 

Page 44: Style -- denim jackets -- Yara Shahidi 

Page 46: Beauty -- summer hair repair -- Eva Longoria 

Page 47: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Aniston 

Page 48: Entertainment 

Page 50: Q&A with Ian Ziering 

Page 51: Solving the mystery of Princess Diana’s death 

Page 60: Parting Shot -- Paula Abdul zip-lining over Las Vegas 

[rosemuto212]

For all souls! What's your fav food?!

Luke: I love pizza!!! Especially if it has sausage on it!!!

Jake: My favorite food is my mom’s homemade Lo mein noodles.

Nina: or her homemade dumplings!!!

Jake: oh yeah I forgot about those.

Isabelle: I really like any home cooked meal, but if I have to pick one it would strawberry cheesecake.

Annalise: My favorite type of food is anything cajin styled, but gumbo is the best!

Alex: I don’t really have a preference. Food is just a source of nutrients and energy that the body needs to continue to function. As long as it is edible and not....fish....I will most likely eat it.

Frisk: My favorite food? hm....OH! Hamburgers and fries!!!

Chara: I really enjoy Shepard’s pie. My grandma use to make them for me for my birthday....

[kuwaiti-kid]

Best TV Series For Law Enthusiasts

Looking for a new law series to binge that isn’t created by Dick Wolf? Have you already binged your way through Law & Order, SVU, and Criminal Intent? Good news, there are countless shows out there that are focused around legal roles. Maybe you’re a law student looking for something to watch while you study for the bar or maybe you’re a lawyer looking for a new show to mutter “That’s not how it’s done!” while you watch.

Whether you’re a fan or a professional, here are ten of the best shows for law enthusiasts that you can binge tonight. 

  Better Call Saul (2015 – )

5 Seasons, 51 Episodes on Amazon Prime [IMDb 8.7/10] Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando 

If you loved Breaking Bad, then you’ll love this spin-off series. Six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became the attorney of Walter White, he was a small-time attorney known as Jimmy McGill. He was a champion of low-income clients and an underdog among his peers. The series follows Jimmy as he works with the private eye Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Rake (2010 – 2018) 

5 Seasons, 45 Episodes on Amazon Prime [IMDb 8.6/10] Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Kate Box, Caroline Brazier

Set in Australia, this series revolves around the Sydney criminal-defense barrister Cleaver Greene (Richard Roxburgh). He works on cases that most barristers would never touch because his clients are typically guilty of the heinous crimes they are being tried for. The character is largely based on a real-life barrister and author, Charles Waterstreet. While the series focuses heavily on the legal cases he’s handling, it also focuses on his own self-destructive personality which includes addiction and a myriad of problems with the women in his life.

Suits (2011 – 2019) 

9 Seasons, 134 Episodes on Hulu [IMDb 8.5/10] Cast: Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle

Set at fictional New York City law firm the series follows Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a talented college dropout, as he begins work as a law associate for Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) despite never attending law school. While the show focuses on the cases that Harvey and Mike work on together, the series became best known for the interpersonal relationships between the characters. The series finale was hailed as one of the most satisfying series finales in television history. Which is pretty steep praise. 

Billions (2016 – )

5 Seasons, 51 Episodes on Showtime [IMDb 8.4/10] Cast: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Åkerman 

A “ripped from the headlines” series, Billions was inspired by the real-life investigations undertaken by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. The series focuses on hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) as he accumulates wealth and power in the financial world. His aggressive and illegal tactics lead the United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) to attempt to prosecute him. The series has a large ensemble cast, helping to interweave dynamic stories about law enforcement and private enterprise. 

The Good Wife (2009 – 2016) 

7 Seasons, 158 Episodes on Hulu [IMDb 8.3/10] Cast: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi

Alicia Florrick (Julianna Marguiles) has been a good wife to her husband (Chris Noth). When political corruption and a sex scandal lands her husband in jail, she returns to her career as a defense attorney, moving past the persona of a humiliated wife. The series has received critical acclaim for its storylines and was considered one of the best drama series on TV.

  Silk (2011 – 2014) 

3 Seasons, 18 Episodes on Amazon Prime and Hulu [IMDb 8/10] Cast: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke, Theo Barklem-Biggs

The series is set around a group of barristers from a set of criminal law chambers in London. The story mostly follows the rivalry between Martha Costello (Maxine Peake) and Clive Reader (Rupert Penry-Jones). While it was mostly a courtroom drama, the creator wanted to also focus on the human drama behind the scenes, inspired by his own experiences as a former barrister. 

American Crime Story (2016 – ) 

2 Seasons, 19 Episodes on Netflix [IMDb 8/10] Cast: Varies 

Created by American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy, the anthology series has so far covered two groundbreaking cases in American legal history. The first season covered the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, while the second covered the assassination of Gianni Versace. It’s a spectacular series filled with familiar faces. The upcoming season is set to cover the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. 

The Practice (1997– 2004) 

8 Seasons, 205 Episodes on Amazon Prime [IMDb 7.7/10] Cast: Steve Harris, Camryn Manheim, Michael Badalucco, Dylan McDermott

Bobby Donnell (Dylan McDermott) is a passionate lawyer and head of a struggling Boston law firm, whose instincts tell him that the most important cases aren’t about the money. The series revolves around Bobby, his receptionist Rebecca Washington (Lisa Gay Hamilton), and the junior attorneys with the law firm. This series led to the equally popular spin-off Boston Legal. 

Bull (2016 – )

4 Seasons, 87 Episodes on Hulu [IMDb 7/10] Cast: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr

The series follows the employees at Trial Analysis Corporation, a jury consulting firm headed by Dr. Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly), who is a psychologist and trial science expert. Bull uses his skills and those of his team not only to select the right jurors for his clients, but also to help his clients' lawyers decide which type of argument will win over jurors best. The series is inspired by television personality Dr. Phil who worked for a trial consulting firm. 

Ally McBeal (1997 – 2002) 

5 Seasons, 112 Episodes on Amazon Prime [IMDb 6.8/10] Cast: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Vonda Shepard

The series begins with Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) joining the firm co-owned by her law school classmate Richard Fish (Greg Germann) after leaving her previous job due to sexual harassment. Although the series is largely focused on the weekly court cases, the main plot of the first three seasons is centered around Ally working alongside her ex-boyfriend Billy Thomas (Gil Bellows) and his wife, and fellow lawyer, Georgia (Courtney Thorne-Smith). The series started off strong, but the last season, unfortunately, earned it a cancellation from Fox. 

If this list didn't help you find something to binge tonight,  at least Annalise Keating and her students are there for us. Did you see that series finale? 

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The Dig Initiative: Chapter 32

Today I Am

“Thomas?” It was an echo through a dream. It came down to him through pitch, again and again. “Thomas?” Someone familiar calling to him. He’d been sleeping in a cocoon of hands, of familiar friends who had gone silent after the fever. They were warm and soft and silent compared to the rest of the world. One of them pushed their fingers into his left eye. It hurt, bruised, but he didn’t brush it away. “Thomas?” Fingers were going down his throat too, jabbing at his gums. He didn’t want to fight it. Not really. He wanted to sleep some more. Maybe forever. But they were calling out to him. Crisp, bright sounds. He had to get up.

The place was dark, but busy. There were people chatting nearby, nothing hurried or urgent. Someone turned a light his way, blinding. He flinched and shielded his face before figures started taking shape. A blurry man to his right. A distant one down near his feet. Someone to his left, but they were still dark.

“Thomas?” That was Dr. Fletcher next to him. He had to turn his head to see her. It was almost like there was a dark film over his left eye. “Oh, I can’t tell you how good it is to see you awake.”

“I can’t see,” he said calmly.

“What was that?”

Thomas waved a hand in front of his left eye, staring wide-eyed, even going so far as to close his right eye just in case, but didn’t see anything. His arms flopped back down on his chest and he said, with a small sigh, “I can’t see.”

“You can’t…at all?” asked Harvey, bless that worry wort, who hovered closer. He didn’t have to open his eyes to find him. He shimmered like a flash of light through cobwebs and lace.

“No, I can.”

“You can or you can’t?”

“I can.” And he sat up, ignoring Dr. Fletcher who crowed at him to take his time, with her “Okay, okay. Easy now.” When he was propped up, he looked right at Harvey and covered his useless eye. “I can’t.”

“Oh.” Then it dawned on him. “Oh! Oh, okay. Ah. Really blind, huh?”

“Just the one, though.”

“Ah.”

“Mm.”

Thomas opened his arms just as Harvey barreled into him, and the two embraced, so damn happy that the other one was alive and well. They laughed, clapping each other on the back and gripping onto shoulders and arms, saying how good it was to see the other.

They gave him time to come together, get used to his eye. He joked about taking Warren’s, but the hard woman was somewhere else and not up for jokes just yet. He took in the dark surroundings, squinting up at a low square light in the ceiling that pulsed down UV like the solar substitutes. There were other lights too, more orange, more organic. The girl, Alice, was back. Her head was cool but there was something dull in her eyes. Thomas decided he would see to that later. His head hurt and he had to chew flour paste and cold beans around the pain in his mouth. The teeth were ruined, and they screamed whenever he managed to bite down on them. It was exhausting to give them attention, so he pushed that back too.

“What happened while I was asleep?” Thomas asked the small group eating off of aluminum foil and paper plates. “Do we have word from the city?”

“Oh, we have word,” Harvey said. He nodded and shoved some more food between his teeth, scraping his finger on the rough patch of beard that covered his skin. Still wouldn’t grow in full. Harvey didn’t like to be teased about it, but it was such an ugly thing.

“And?”

They were all silently trying to figure out how to line up their answers, who was going to say what. Melissa wouldn’t look at him but stayed close by to make sure nothing happened. Warren was busy with the kids telling stories. Jay and Annalise were off comforting Alice. The new kid, the recruit, crouched nearby.

Thomas turned to Harvey and pressed him, impatiently grabbing at any thought. He heard …been five days…and…full lock down. Ask about Subject 01.

“Who’s Subject 01?” Thomas asked.

“Joe Diggs,” Melissa said with a defeated sigh, her back still to him. “Said his name was Joe Diggs.”

“He was a patient of yours.”

“More a ward of Montemille.”

“But he was specifically your patient. What was he like?”

Her first reaction, of course, was to ask how he knew. She wanted to throw it at him like an accusation. Thomas held his hand over his blind eye, cupping it as he propped his elbow up on one knee. He wanted her to accuse. He wanted her to test him, but he was afraid of her anger and her fear and her scorn. He just wanted to be Thomas Carter. Back at the Center of Hope. Back with his mop and his watch and the quiet room with her photographs. He wanted to be Thomas Carter, that’s all. Instead of whatever this was.

“He was bullheaded, which is to be expected from a case like his. I preface this because he was textbook sociopath, and that doesn’t automatically make him evil or a bad person, no more than someone who is manic depressive or schizophrenic or autistic. All it meant was that he had no empathy towards others and he had learned to read someone like an open book and offer the emotion that would best suit the situation. A good trick, really. I could tell you how many CEOs…. Anyways. So, along with being a sociopath, he had delusions of grandeur. Pretty standard for people who claim what he claims.”

“What was that?”

“Oh, when they brought him in he claimed to be the Messiah. He was the fourth Jesus Christ I’d dealt with. The only reason he was at Montemille was because he had swindled dozens of families out of millions of dollars to support a church in his name. That was the reason for his arrest. This has happened before.”

“Yeah?’ asked Harvey with a laugh. “Got a lot of Gods running around?”

“We do,” said Dr. Fletcher matter-of-factly. “We have plenty of people around the United States who think they’re Jesus. There will be others.

“Joe was charming. He was. He was compliant to a point—he didn’t enjoy the meals and would arrange food strike protests until he eventually caused panic by suggesting that we were poisoning them and he was given a feeding tube for a stretch of time. That wasn’t my idea, but my advisor demanded it.”

Thomas wasn’t sure if he wanted to pry into that and discover Melissa was lying. Not that she had actively lied to him, of course, but she kept these secrets from him. It would be ugly to pry. He let her continue.  

“Joe was helpful to others in the program and offered to pray over them when they first started the injections. He had, I recall, a very sweet voice. Very convincing with that whole ‘I am the Shepard of my flock’ gimmick he liked to give.”

Melissa leaned back, the makeshift plate resting at a hazardous angle on her thigh. She closed her eyes and disappeared in there, recalling.

“When we got the first Westwood trial correct, he noticed that he was the only one who knew how to get through it. I’d been talking to him, reminding him of his humility, if there was any. He used to laugh and promise....” Melissa laughed and it was discordant and sad. “He promised me a place in heaven. I couldn’t get through to him, but the whole point was that we were re-developing the brain to overwrite these anomalies and correct disorders. I just told him I appreciated it and thanked him each time, because I thought it better to appease him then, right when he was fighting off the fever.”

“Now he thinks he’s a god,” Thomas said.

“He was the first successful patient. ‘Burned him clean’ is what he was always saying. He knew, I swear, that when he made it through he would be gifted with the unknown abilities attributed to the virus. I mean, we couldn’t detain him if we tried. I was gone before he broke out with his partner, the woman. I never learned her name, just that she was paired with him, this symbiotic nature that kept them both alive. Subject 47. Augmenter.”

“What do you think his connection is with the director? Lawrence DuVang?”

“I don’t know,” she answered with a helpless shrug. No eye contact. Maybe he appreciated that too, because he wasn’t sure what his blind eye saying. What his good eye was saying. “Working for him? Maybe he is Lawrence DuVang. I mean, it wouldn’t be hard to come up with a persona. Not for him.”

“But they’re going to do something with the CleanAire systems,” Harvey offered. He took Melissa’s plate, folding the tinfoil together into a tight ball and hooking it towards a large black plastic bag that they were using as a trash bin. “And, hey,” he added with pointed bitterness, “at least we have that Declan guy hacking away at them.”

“What?”

“Jay and Alice,” said Harvey. He rolled his eyes. “They have this guy in their band who says he can hack the towers and take them offline. I mean, Christ, if he can do it, we’re saved. For now. But that’s a pretty huge if, you know? He does it or not, we still have to act on this Diggs guy or this Lawrence guy or whoever, don’t we?”

“How’s she holding up?” asked Thomas.

“She’s….” Harvey rolled his shoulder, glancing back at Jay and Annalise who sat next to her, stroking her hand occasionally or joking about nothing. “Found out about Devon. Remember that guy we found? That was Jay’s cousin. Doorman Devon. Apparently he was a DJ and then a priest or something, I don’t know. She was in love with him. Really wrecked her to hear about it. That and. Well. I mean, I can only imagine, but she….”

“She lost the kid,” the recruit said. He’d been watching the trio too, with big soft sighs and slumped shoulders. “Fucking sucked, man.”

“Yeah,” Harvey answered. “Yeah. Sucks.”

“Fucking sucks,” the Recruit corrected.

“Okay, so, who asked you anyway?”

The recruit just shrugged and got up without saying anything. They watched him go. Harvey was vocal about his displeasure at having him at all, though he was not actually unkind to him. Just tired. There was nothing cruel to Harvey, nothing that would force the kid out and back up there with the rest of the Black Jackets. Thomas wasn’t sure what he would do if Harvey ever did become cruel.

Thomas got up to take a walk. He couldn’t have imagined what the underground place would look like. There were so many people. So many more than he remembered in the nest. They came out of little garbage tents and makeshift rooms and hidden coves. It reminded Thomas of his time with Ma Stuff, with the homeless people near the river, but everyone here was warm and slower and calmer.

Everyone came up to him, in groups or one at a time, and asked him questions from “How are you” to “When are we getting out of here” to “I had a dream and it scared me and I want to know if everything is going to be okay.” He loved them each and listened because he wanted to. He found Warren and hugged her, even if she bristled and turned over to Kay like it was the most embarrassing thing she could do. He found Harlow and Kate and their young children, the twins who had needed so much care. He wiggled their feet and made them laugh. He helped the three trouble makers—Ian, Mijar, and Avrich—find a string of lights with some of the underground people and told them all to go decorate one of the corners. He took his time so that they each felt appreciated and content and, for a moment, assuaged from the cruelty of everything. He made his way over to Alice and sat with her as Jay and Annalise went to talk to some of the other people. The subway people.

“Hey,” he said and pressed his back against the wall. She was sitting on his right, so he didn’t have to turn his head to see her out of the corner of his eye. “Did you get some food?”

She offered him a shrug in response. He had to ask if she wanted anything, to which she shrugged again.

“Yeah,” he said and sighed, letting his head fall back so he could look up at the ceiling. Or maybe try. It was too dark to see it. “I wonder how it’s going up there.”

They both looked up, trying to imagine the Heights spread out like a map. He had heard Harvey squawk about an extended curfew, something he would have to ask about. But, just then, he thought of the people in the city. Mothers and fathers inside their homes, old guys named Jerry rubbing grease off their knuckles with turpentine, artists named Vivian pushing big globs of acrylic around a five-foot canvas. He imagined children doing homework or pretending to do homework or just watching TV until someone called them out of their room. He imagined a young man with locks tied up in a thick bunch, pouring over a computer, poisoning himself with water laced with anti-anxiety medication.

“I’m glad I lost it,” Alice said quietly. She pulled her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. “For lots of reasons. I just didn’t think I could be a mother, you know.”

“I don’t think I could be one either,” Thomas said and smiled. “Sorry.”

“Sounds like something he would say,” she answered with a laugh, but it was gone just as it started. “I can’t believe he’s gone.”

Thomas didn’t know him. They never had a chance to meet, and the cold body they found didn’t have any spark rattling around inside to get a read off of. He could see flashes of him drifting from her, though. They were yellow lens flares over a drum kit. Blue smoke in a dark room. Red sprinkles of wandering fingertips. The colors spooled around him and he started to feel a deep pit grow in his stomach.

“It won’t help, I know. But, if I find the bastard who started this? And I take him down? It’s all I can offer.”

Alice snaked her hand towards his and entwined their fingers in a loose knot. She gave it a squeeze then. He would miss that warmth when he was back in the city, marching towards the end of the street with an army of black and white boiling around him. He tried to keep hold of her colorful memories. Maybe that would comfort him in the gray.

“Take his head and I’d call it square.”

“You want it delivered on a silver platter?”

“I like gold better,” she said, and there was that little smirk at the side of her face again.

“Golds harder to come by.”

“Hey. Steal one of those ceramic platters from like a grandmother’s pantry or something, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Thanksgiving dinner style,” she added, and laughed, short and simple, before she took her hand away.

Harvey had stowed away in the largest shed, the one where he had been sleeping. He enjoyed a kind of privilege there, but the man who governed the subway people was nearby, mending some clothes with a big ugly needle and a spool of fishing wire. Clause. Thomas would need to talk to him too. Harvey was busy with Melissa, distracting themselves with camping trips when they were younger, sharing recipes to make the right S’mores.

“I’ll be back,” said Thomas as he got back up. He was lying.

“Okay,” said Alice, her knees up by her chest. She knew.

Thomas left Harvey and Melissa, veering off instead towards Clause. The big man with his big white beard didn’t look up as Thomas approached.

“So you’re their guy,” said Clause, tugging the needle through the leather sleeve of his jacket. “The top dog.”

“Not by choice,” said Thomas. “Is this seat taken.”

“Taken in that it was stolen from up top? Yes. Taken as in occupied? No.” He motioned to the milk crate near him. “It’s yours.”

“Thanks.” Thomas sat on the milk crate, leaning on his knees to give the illusion that he was shorter than Clause. Even with the different heights in chairs, Thomas was right there at his eye-level. “How’s it going down here?”

“Well enough,” said Clause, still not looking up. “You got a lot of people with you.”

“So do you.”

“First come, first serve.”

“Do you think you can keep them a little longer for me?” Thomas asked, bracing himself on the milk crate.

“How long?”

“Only a little longer.”

“I need more than that,” said Clause and finished up his stitch in the sleeve. It was ragged and lumpy, but it would hold well. He admired his work by shaking the jacket and cutting the extra wire with a short knife from his belt. “How’s that?”

“Looks good,” said Thomas with a nod.

“Looks like shit.” Clause shook it out again, giving it a good once over, before he nodded and shrugged himself into it. It barely fit. He appeared to be very proud of it all the same. “Anyways, you going to give me a time and I’ll tell you yes or no, or we’re going to end this now.”

“And where would everyone go if we did?” Thomas asked, just because he felt up to a little challenge.

“I dunno. Not here.”

“Up there?”

They both looked up at the ceiling, imagining the empty streets above and the cold gray clouds above that. It was a dead world up there compared to the warm fires and Christmas lights in the subway tunnel.

“Up there with the Black Jackets?” Thomas continued.

Clause’s whole face scrunched up at the words “Black Jacket.” He huffed and started respooling the fishing wire. But he was firm in his beliefs and his need to protect not only his people, but what he perceived to be rightfully his, if anything could be belong to anyone in that dark little world of theirs.

“Two days,” Thomas said at last.

He got up before Clause said anything, dusting his hands on the side of his pants. It was good enough. Thomas knew the offer was valid and he’d make sure he kept his end of the bargain.

“But what’re you going to do?” Clause asked after him, still on his seat, still holding the needle and thread.

“I need to find Joe Diggs.” Before Clause could ask why, he continued, “I owe someone a head on a platter.”

“Well.” Clause wasn’t getting up. In fact, he sank further into the shadows. Someone came to them with a basket, leaning in towards Clause to share a few words. If he wanted, Thomas could listen in, but he didn’t. Clause nodded and turned back to say, “Give ‘im hell for us.”

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