#antoine walker

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i 100% agree. once y’all realize that a man who sleeps around just simply doesn’t respect women or see them as human enough to get to know them but rather use them for their own pleasure then that says everything about how these footballers would treat you and look at women. you should look into studies done by princeton psychologists, they literally showed men women wearing revealing clothing and the part of their brain that identifies OBJECTS lit up 😳 i understand status is a big thing (besides good looks), but us women get attached unless we’ve engraved in our minds that it’s nothing more than a hook up (even then it doesn’t work sometimes). stop idealizing them, they’re men after all

Jose mourinho gets proven right everyday when he said dont idolize footballers they are all trash. These men are not always good people and we really should not put them on a pedestal.

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W A T C H I N G

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[somevagrantchild]

Favorite Random Lestat facts

I have insomnia and vampires on the brain, so here are some of my favorite random Lestat facts, in no particular order:

He stole decorating ideas for his chateau from Armand’s Trinity Gate

His fingernails were a little too long when he died, so he files them, though they regrow every night

He liked to spend hours polishing his own coffin as a meditative exercise

As a human, he never liked to masturbate, he’d just go out and find someone to have sex with

When he’s not with Louis, he always thinks Louis can’t possibly be as attractive as he’s remembering him, but then when he sees Louis again, he’s like, “Nope, he really is that hot”

Despite his vanity, he thinks he’s one of the most conventional and boring looking vampires you’ll ever see, and ordinary and uninteresting compared to the cooler vampires

He thinks his best feature is his expression

When he was human, he never had much beard and didn’t have to shave often

He’ll always mention when people are taller than him, so we know anyone whose height isn’t given must be less than six feet

He knows how to tap dance

The other vampires think of him as a poet

Most dogs instinctually hate him, and being rejected by a dog makes him sad every time

Except for with Akasha, he never killed a human that wasn’t a meal

Even as a baby vampire, he had the power to toss Louis across the room with a flick of his wrist, but would still let Louis hold him back and whale on him just to get his rage out

He absolutely adored Claudia and thought of her as his mini-me

In the decade he lived with Antoine (1860-1871), he never wanted to go out in public because he was ashamed of his burn scars

He likes to take naps

He’s a voracious reader

He only wears black socks

He’s a serial walker, not even going anywhere, just walks for hours

He performed a rock concert in a full Bela Lugosi Dracula costume and never took off his suit or cape even though he was sweating buckets. That’s commitment to the bit.

Even though he’s good at it, flying always frightens him on an existential level and fills him with despair

Despite his love of fine clothes, he’ll wear the same outfit for weeks or months until it becomes rags

His list of things that make existence worth it: the blazing warmth of fires and caresses, kisses and arguments, love and longing and blood (emphasis on the longing)

His love language is gift giving (but not receiving)

He never shows any skin in public other than his face (and soooometimes hands)

He doesn’t like how white his hair turned after repeated burnings, and wishes it was more yellow

He gets really angry at the thought of Louis being embarrassed or insulted by others

He is incapable of expressing big feelings out loud, so he writes them all down instead

He wants everyone to remember how scary he really is

He doesn’t like blood with alcohol in it because it makes him dizzy

His mom came up with his name by combining the first letters of his 6 older brothers' names, and it means absolutely nothing

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Daryl Dixon Rewatch S1E03 - Paris Sera Toujours Paris

this ep wasn't as good as the first 2, but we got to meet Fallou and Antoine, so they made up for what felt like another ep of Daryl absolutely done with everything while relentlessly looking for a radio or a boat.

i feel like Carol's "presence" has been a constant on this show, but in this ep more than ever. her name is not mentioned, but there's at least a couple of pieces of dialogue alluring to her existence, her importance in Daryl's life, and how she is the driving force behind Daryl's urgency to get back home. more after the jump....

so Nicotero got his walker orchestra, which was cool, but def not one of the reasons i watch the show. as Daryl said this was just a stupid detour and now we gonna start doing things his way!

it bothers me how these two warrior nuns are completely useless and helpless when they have to deal with a couple of walkers. in each case, Daryl had to "save" both Sylvie and Isabelle while they were stuck dumb looking at walkers dangerously approaching them. are they warriors/survivors or what?? writers do better!

Laurent spewing some philosophical bullshit about fortitude was top TWD gimmick - kids wise beyond their years are annoying to me! but if you know me, you know i legit dislike most kids written in apocalyptic shows. adding insult to injury, Laurent be like "Not to fret, Monsieur Daryl. You will not die in Paris." *eyeroll* legit. main character plot armor. thanks, captain obvious!

in the "make everything about Carol" segment, we got "La mort et le bucheron:" i think an analogy could be made about hope, and how when we are so close to losing it all is when we hang on tightly to something and finally feel the urge to live, but to do that we need to learn how to share our burden. and i think that applies to both Carol and Daryl, if they are to move on, evolve, take the next step, they must be willing to share, to talk openly, and share their burdens with each other- let the other carry a bit of their weight.

it will never not be hilarious to me how Fallou continuously ignores Daryl's request for a radio, until he introduces him to Antoine, the pigeon guy, and their only form of communication. Daryl is SOOOO done with y'alll.

most interesting lines in the whole ep are about pigeons, heck yas! "Maybe he has a girlfriend... yes? We all have a person who waits... who waits for us somewhere." Daryl's face screamed CAROL and her name has never even have been mentioned on this show YET!!!!!

Daryl and Isa have a moment when she says they are the same, "broken until the world ended." YEAH, NAHHH. not the same! sorry girl, but your bohemian lifestyle chosen by yourself got nothing to do with how Daryl was forced to grow up and survive even before the zpoc.

omg Daryl's idiot longing face looking at the water lilies, saying it reminds him of home... and all i can think about is when Daryl took Carol to watch those Cherokee roses blooming as an apology back in s2 of the original show. that's art!!!!!!

and once again, i am not disappointed Daryl is a true man of honor, and wouldn't let Isa and Laurent suffer the consequences for a shot at getting a boat to return home. it's a very Daryl thing to do, and Isa called him out on it.

AND FINALLY she tells us something we did not know.... Daryl made a promise to whom is not revealed to get back home, and that's all he cares about. he doesn't deny it!! HE CANNOT

Daryl is just so ready to leave AGAIN!!! but not without first telling Isa she's good at making things up (ouch!!), but she needs to tell Laurent the truth.

then Daryl becomes the most reasonable person ever to have ever existed. he says, "maybe he's just a regular kid, a regular kid that got lucky and lived. maybe that's your miracle." 👏👏👏 - that's Daryl being the most Daryl since ever, calling out the bullshit, and keeping shit real. i love this show for bringing him back!

Laurent runs, Codron arrives... "the reasons are everywhere." once again, right when Daryl was leaving again, something happens that stops him from doing so. the universe works in mysterious ways indeed cause what he doesn't know is that he needs to stay around so Carol can find him, and she's on her way there already!

See y'all next week for ep 4!!!

42 days left until the premiere of THE BOOK OF CAROL!!!!!

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BOOTLEG TRADING

Here’s my list!

&Juliet

AUDIOS

Toronto - June 22nd, 2022 (First Preview)

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 26th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Joe Moeller (u/s William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Brandon Antonio (u/s Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 30th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 17th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Nicholas Edwards (u/s Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - February 1st, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - April 19th, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - June 14th, 2023

CAST: Rachel Webb (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Joomin Hwang (u/s Francois DuBois)

Broadway - June 17th, 2023

CAST: Rachel Webb (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Nicholas Edwards (u/s Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Micheal Ivan Carrier (u/s Francois DuBois)

Broadway - August 2nd, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - August 6th, 2023

(Stark Sands Final Performance)

CAST: Veronica Otim (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Matt Raffy (u/s May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Brittany Nicholas (u/s Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

VIDEOS

West End - January 2020

CAST: Grace Mouat (u/s Juliet), Cassidy Janson (Anne Hathaway), Oliver Tompsett (William Shakespeare), Jordan Luke Gage (Romeo), Tim Mahendran (Francois), Arun Blair-Mangat (May), Melanie La Barrie (Nurse "Angelique"), Ivan de Freitas (u/s Lance), Jocasta Almgill (Lady Capulet/Nell), Christopher Parkinson (s/w Lord Capulet/Sly), Kirstie Skivington (Eleanor/Benvolio), Antoine Murray-Straughan (Augustine), Sophie Usher (s/w Gwynne), Alex Tranter (Henry), Rhian Duncan (Imogen), Kieran Lai (Kempe), Danielle Fiamanya (Lucy), Dillon Scott-Lewis (Richard), Kerri Norville (Susanna), Josh Baker (s/w Thomas)

West End - January 4th, 2022

Broadway - October 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 22nd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 22nd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (u/s Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 23rd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (u/s Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

AUDIOS

West End - Date Unknown

RENT

VIDEOS

Broadway OBC - Opening Night

BEETLEJUICE

VIDEO

Broadway OBC - Date Unknown

COME FROM AWAY

VIDEO

Broadway - March 10th, 2017

ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME

AUDIOS

Broadway - September 3rd, 2023

Cast: Briga Heelan (Cinderella), Justin Guarini (Prince Charming), Jennifer Simard (Stepmother), Adam Godley (Narrator), Brooke Dillman (O.F.G.), Aisha Jackson (Snow White), Ryann Redmond (Belinda), Tess Soltau (Betany), Mila Weir (Little Girl), Gabrielle Beckford (Rapunzel), Ashley Chiu (Sleeping Beauty), Nathan Levy (Clumsy/Prince Ebullient), Ryan Steele (Prince Erudite), Morgan Whitley (Princess Pea), Lauren Zakrin (Little Mermaid), Liv Battista (Belle), Pauline Casiño (Esmeralda), Selena Haro (Gretel), Joshua Daniel Johnson (Prince Brawny), **Amy Hillner Larsen (u/s Goldilocks)**, Justice Moore (Red Riding Hood), Kevin Trinio Perdido (Prince Mischievous), Mikey Ruiz (Prince Gregarious), Josh Tolle (Prince Suave), **Matt Allen (u/s Prince Affable)**

HADESTOWN

VIDEO

Broadway - July 30th Act 1 Only

Cast: Reeve Carney (Orpheus), Eva Noblezada (Eurydice), Tom Hewitt (Hades), Jewelle Blackman (Persephone), Lillias White (Hermes)

AUDIOS

Broadway - September 9th, 2023

CAST:

Lilas White (Hermes) Reece Carney (Orpheus) Grace Yoo (u/s Eurydice) Phillip Boykin (Hades) Betty Who (Persephone)

MOULIN ROUGE

AUDIO

Broadway - August 9th, 2023

CAST: Casey Cott (Christian), Courtney Reed (Satine), David Harris (The Duke), **Patrick Clanton (u/s Harold Zidler)**, Sophie-Carmen Jones (Nini), Ricky Rojas (Santiago), Andre Ward (Toulouse-Lautrec), Jacqueline B Arnold (La Chocolat), Tasia Jungbauer (Arabia), David Merino (Baby Doll), Patrick Clanton, Alexander Gil Cruz, Taurean Everett, Aaron C. Finley, E.J. Hamilton, Bahiyah Hibah, Heather Makalani, Nick Martinez, Kaitlin Mesh, Clay Rice-Thomson, Jenn Stafford, Alex Varcas, Cole Wachman

West End - August 10, 2023

CAST: Robson Broad (u/s Christian), Melissa James (Satine), Matt Rixon (Harold Zidler), Ian Carlyle (Toulouse-Lautrec), Jon Tsouras (s/b Santiago), Ben Richards (The Duke), Amy Thornton (Nini), Siobhan James (u/s La Chocolat), Melissa Nettleford (u/s Arabia), Tiago Dhondt Bamberger (Baby Doll)

VIDEO

Broadway - June 2022

CAST: Derek Klena (Christian), Ashley Loren (Satine), Eric Anderson (Harold Zidler), Sahr Ngaujah (Toulouse-Lautrec), Caleb Marshall-Villarreal (Santiago), Declan Bennett (The Duke), Kaitlin Mesh (Nini)

SWEENEY TODD

AUDIOS

Broadway - August 23rd, 2023

Cast: **Nicholas Christopher (s/b Sweeney Todd)**, **Jeanna De Waal (s/b Mrs. Lovett)**, **Nathan Salstone (u/s Anthony)**, Gaten Matarazzo (Tobias), Ruthie Ann Miles (Beggar Woman), Maria Bilbao (Johanna), Jamie Jackson (Judge Turpin), John Rapson (Beadle Bamford), **Daniel Torres (u/s Adolfo Pirelli)**, Galyana Castillo, Jonathan Christopher, Taeler Cyrus, **Hennessy Winkler (s/w Timothy Hughes's track)**, Paul-Jordan Jansen, Alicia Kaori, **Michael Kuhn (s/w Raymond J. Lee's track)**, Patricia Phillips, Samantha Pollino, Lexi Rabadi, **Dwayne Cooper (s/w Nathan Salstone's track)**, **Tug Watson (s/w Daniel Torres' track)**, Kristie Dale Sanders, Stephen Tewksbury, Felix Torrez-Ponce, **Megan Ort (s/w DeLaney Westfall's track)**

Broadway - September 13th, 2023

Cast: **Paul Jordan-Jansen (u/s Sweeney Todd)**, Annaleigh Ashford (Mrs. Lovett), Gaten Matarazzo (Tobias), Daniel Yearwood (Anthony), **Jeanna De Waal (s/b Beggar Woman)**, Maria Bilbao (Johanna), Jamie Jackson (Judge Turpin), John Rapson (Beadle Bamford), Nicholas Christopher (Pirelli), **Michael Kuhn (u/s Bird Seller)**, Patricia Phillips (Passerby), Stephen Tewksbury (Jonas Fogg), Galyana Castillo, **Kyrie Courter (s/w Taeler Elyse Cyrus's track)**, Timothy Hughes, **Dwayne Cooper (s/w Paul-Jordan Jansen's track)**, Alicia Kaori, Raymond J. Lee, Samantha Pollino, Lexi Rabadi, Nathan Salstone, Kristie Dale Sanders, Daniel Torres, Felix Torrez-Ponce, DeLaney Westfall

CABARET

AUDIOS

West End - August 31st 2023

CAST: Mason Alexander Park (Emcee), Sally Frith (u/s Sally Bowles), Nathan Ives-Mobia (Clifford Bradshaw), Beverley Klein (Fraulein Schneider), Teddy Kempner (Herr Shultz), Toby Turpin (u/s Ernst Ludwig), Michelle Bishop (Fraulein Kost/Fritzie), Ela Lisondra (s/w Frenchie), Matthew Gent (Hans), Hicaro Nicolai (Lulu), Charles Croysdill (Victor), Grant Neal (Max), Adam Taylor (Bobby), Laura Delaney (s/w Helga), Gabriela Benedetti (Texas), Sophie Maria Wojna (Rosie)

SOME LIKE IT HOT

AUDIOS

Broadway - August 26th, 2023

Cast: Christian Borle (Joe/Josephine), *DeMarius R. Copes (u/s Jerry/Daphne), Adrianna Hicks (Sugar), K. J. Hippensteel (u/s Osgood), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Sweet Sue), Adam Heller (Mulligan), Mark Lotito (Spats), Devon Hadsell (u/s Minnie), TyNina Rene Brandon, Julius Williams (s/w DeMarius R. Copes' track), Casey Garvin, Elizabeth Earley (s/w Devon Hadsell's track), Jenny Hill, Ian Campayno (s/w K. J. Hippensteel's track), Jarvis B. Manning, Brian Martin, Abby Matsusaka, Amber Owens, Dan Horn (s/w Charles South's track), Brendon Stimson, Raena White, Richard Riaz Yoder

KIMBERLY AKIMBO

AUDIOS

Broadway - September 16th, 2023

Cast: Colleen Fitzpatrick (s/b Kimberly), Justin Cooley (Seth), Jim Hogan (s/b Buddy), Alli Mauzey (Pattie), Bonnie Milligan (Debra), Olivia Elease Hardy (Delia), Alex Vinh (u/s Aaron), Fernell Hogan II (Martin), Skye Alyssa Friedman (u/s Teresa)

Looking For:

I’m open to pretty much anything but I love anything & Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Rent or Cabaret

If anything on this list interests you, feel free to DM me!! ♥︎

[football-and-fanfics]

GIF masterlist

Basically just what the title says: a masterlist of the GIF's / GIF sets I've made 😇. Clubs / players are listed in alphabetical order (players by first name).

A: Aaron Ramsdale Alisson Becker Andy Robertson Antoine Griezmann Arsenal FC

B: FC Barcelona Bart Verbruggen Ben Chilwell Bernd Leno

C: Caoimhin Kelleher César Azpilicueta Chelsea FC Christian Pulisic Cody Gakpo Conor Gallagher Curtis Jones

D: Darwin Nunez Declan Rice Dele Diogo Jota Dominik Szoboszlai

E: Ederson Moraes England NT Eric Dier Erling Haaland Euro 2024

F: Fabio Carvalho Frenkie de Jong

H: Harvey Elliott

J: Jack Grealish James Milner Joao Felix John Stones Jordan Henderson Jordan Pickford Jude Bellingham

K: Kai Havertz Kasper Schmeichel Kepa Arrizabalaga Kevin de Bruyne Kostas Tsimikas Kyle Walker

L: Liverpool FC

M: Manchester City Manuel Neuer Marc-Andre ter Stegen Marcel Sabitzer Martin Odegaard Mason Mount Mo Salah

N: Nathan Aké Netherlands NT

P: Phil Foden

R: Reece James Remko Pasveer Robert Lewandowski

S: Heung-min Son

T: Thiago Alcantara Timo Werner Tottenham Hotspur Trent Alexander-Arnold

V: Virgil van Dijk

W: Wout Weghorst

[magicaltear]

How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

As found in the original post I saw by @macrolit

My total: 43/100

[retropopcult]

1997 Antoine Walker rookie card

[lady-evelin]

13 books

What’s up readers?! How about a little show and tell? Answer these 13 questions, tag 13 lucky readers and if you’re feeling extra bookish add a shelfie! Let’s Go!

Thank you @starwalkertales for tagging me! ☺️

1) The Last book I read:

The last one I read was Lockwood Agency by Jonathan Stroud, it's very good if you like suspense and fear.

2) A book I recommend:

I recommend the Night Walkers trilogy by J. R. Johansson, Since you read the first book you want to know more and more and you don't expect the ending 😉

3) A book that I couldn’t put down:

Asylum by Madeleine Roux and all its sequels, I'm thinking of reading it again and making an adaptation to Obikin since I love it 💕

4) A book I’ve read twice (or more):

Lockwood Agency by Jonathan Stroud, It was the first book I read when I was a teenager and since then I knew that I love reading horror books, I read it whenever I'm bored, I even think I'll read it again 🤣

5) A book on my TBR:

At the moment I don't think I have one, I'd have to think about it carefully. 🧐

6) A book I’ve put down:

I think the romance ones, I haven't been able to read one on that topic that caught my attention.🤔

7) A book on my wish list:

Any Stephen King books, in my country physical books are expensive and even more so those by that author, but I hope to be able to buy them one day 😋

8) A favorite book from childhood:

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, I liked it a lot because when I read I like to imagine everything and that story made me imagine everything in a realistic way. 😻

9) A book you would give to a friend:

mm Dracula by Bram Stoker, my friend really liked dark stories and I decided to give it to her as a gift, she loved it ✨

10) A book of poetry or lyrics that you own:

I'm not a big fan of poetry, sorry 😔

11) A nonfiction book you own:

I have several books on mental illness and asylums 😘

12) What are you currently reading:

I haven't decided what to read yet, I'm looking for a book that will catch my attention but I need time to find it. 🤩

13) What are you planning on reading next?

The other Lockwood Agency sagas! I need to read the other books and see what happens.♥️

I'm a shy person, and I hardly talk to anyone, so I'll tag a few people, but if you want to answer these questions, please feel free to do so. 💕

@dioscouroi @full-galaxy @seiul1221 @elcaballerodragon @recluse-nat @justsuffilike

[cartoonrival]

Visiting Mobotropolis (JULIE-SU THE TENREC)

Masterpost

NOTE: Calix is Julie-Su's deadname. This takes place before she transitions, or has even considered that she's trans.

Calix had seen Robotropolis many times; it had served as the Doctor’s headquarters for years, which meant he was plenty familiar with footage of the sprawling concrete maze of towering buildings that buckled under their own weight, gray next to gray next to gray. In the footage, it was populated by sleek Combots, marching in perfect sync over the cracked and winding roads.

Now, it was empty, save for a smattering of Mobian figures that Calix assumed to be the Knothole Freedom Fighters. The footage he was familiar with did not nearly communicate the scale of the buildings, the claustrophobia of the rubble pressing in, and Great Walkers, the smoke. It hung in the air like a cloud, making his mouth sour.

As the little Legion ship skated into view of the streets, a chipmunk excitedly waved them down. After a nod of confirmation from Knuckles, Calix landed them next to who he now recognized as Sally Acorn, the princess of the Acorn Kingdom. Knuckles hopped from the ship to greet her, and Calix trailed behind him.

“Knuckles! I’m glad you could make it!” She grinned and gave Knuckles a friendly pat on his arm. Noticing Calix, she raised an eyebrow quizzically. “And who’s this?”

“This is Calix,” Knuckles explained. “We met not long ago. He was born into the Dark Legion, which is… well, I guess I’ve got a lot to talk about with you, Sal. It’s been time. Point is, he defected to join me and the Chaotix. Got off a bit on the wrong foot,” he continued, elbowing Calix in the ribs. He elbowed Knuckles back. “But we’re alright now.”

“That’s great! I’m really glad you’ve decided to join us in the fight against Robotnik, Calix. The war is long, but every person makes a difference.” Sally sounded like a pamphlet. “Well, Knuckles, there was actually something I’ve been meaning to speak about with you as well. Calix, why don’t you join Bunnie, Rotor, and Antoine? They’re going around to take stock of the state of the city so we can decide which parts need to be focused on first in the rebuilding process.”

Calix followed Sally’s hand to where Bunnie, Rotor, and Antoine stood. Bunnie, a rabbit with cybernetics not unlike his own, smiled cheerfully and waved. Antoine, a nervous looking coyote, waved as well, but his ears were pricked at attention and he kept his other hand on the hilt of his sword. Rotor, a walrus, gave him a one-fingered salute. “Sure, sounds good,” he replied, and walked to join the other three as Sally and Knuckles went in the other direction.

“So, I’m not sure how much you know about what the city originally looked like, but this area here used to be the town square,” Rotor explained as they started picking their way over the blown apart streets. “If you look just that way, you can see… well, you can see what used to be the Castle of Acorn. It… didn’t used to look like that, as I’m sure you can imagine.”

The building he gestured to did look like it might’ve been a castle, once, a long time ago, but had since been overtaken by industrial metal and heaving chimneys that Calix imagined were pumping fumes into the air not three days before. The windows on the central tower were red; they reminded him of spider eyes.

“What is the Dark Legion, anyhow?” Antoine leaned towards Calix as he asked it, like he was about to catch him in a lie before Calix had even opened his mouth.

“A branch of the Doctor’s organization. We – they – help with production, mostly,” He responded plainly. “There’s a military aspect of it, too, but the Doctor rarely sends us out. Prefers to have bots do his work. We still train to hell though.”

Antoine’s hand was tightening on his sword the more he spoke. “So you are working for the Eggman, non? Am I not mishearing?”

“Was.” Calix let a hint of a snarl sneak into his voice, and something in his chest twinged with glee when Antoine flinched. “You heard Knuckles. I’m with the Chaotix now.”

Rotor nudged Antione with a large hand. “And any friend of Knuckles is a friend of ours.”

Rotor continued the tour, and Antoine remained mostly quiet, jotting things down on a clipboard Rotor had handed him, probably to keep him occupied from ragging on Calix. 

On his other side, Calix could feel Bunnie’s gaze on him; it wasn’t confrontational or wary like Antoine, but something softer. Calix glanced back at Bunnie for a moment. “What,” he said, perhaps more rudely than he’d meant. Bunnie flushed a little, then smiled.

“Oh, I’m sorry for starin’, Sugar. I was just wonderin’... well you don’t gotta share nothin’ you don’t wanna share, but…” Her eyes trained across the cybernetics in Calix’s quills, his robotic arm. Although Bunnie’s two legs and one arm was further than most of the Legion would go, everyone there had some cybernetics, so Calix had never been subjected to anything like this. Bunnie’s gaze wasn’t critical, but rather a mix between apologetic and curious. Calix stood taller.

Bunnie continued. “I couldn’t help but notice that you’re also partially roboticized.” Bunnie held out her robotic arm as she spoke, running her organic hand over the metal. “I don’t find a lotta folks like me, an’ I’m bettin’ you don’t either.” She took Calix’s organic hand in her roboticized one. “Us roboticized folk gotta stick together, is all. If you ever need to talk with someone, I’m happy to be here.”

Calix’s brow furrowed, and he extracted his hand. “I like my cybernetics, actually. I got to choose where I wanted them. Just 'cause you’re scared of a little improvement doesn’t mean we all have to be.”

Bunnie’s fur bristled. She curled her now-empty hand into a fist and brought it back to her side. Her muzzle wrinkled as she replied scathingly, “Oh. I see. Well, my apologies if being forcibly roboticized makes me a little unkind to the practice, Mister Dark Legionnaire.”

Calix felt a growl rising in his throat. “I told you I –” The sharp intake of breath that preceded his retort was not his wisest move; the thick smoke of reclaimed Mobotropolis clouded in his lungs, and he broke into a coughing fit. Bunnie leaned back, hands on her wide hips.

“Huh. Not used to the air, Sugar? Figures, I’m sure Eggman keeps things real clean back at home for his little worker bees.”

Calix was just pulling himself together for a reply when Rotor piped up behind him, sounding a little relieved. “Oh hey! There’s Knuckles!” He waved broadly, and Calix turned to see Knuckles jogging up to meet them.

“Yo. Calix, I’ve been gone for like, 15 minutes and you already managed to start a fight with somebody?”

Bunnie scoffed. “Great friend you brought, Knuckles. Real darlin’.” Calix rolled his eyes.

Knuckles pinched the bridge of his snout. “Okay. Great. Glad everyone’s getting along. We’re good to head out and regroup with the rest of the Chaotix.” He looked between Bunnie, Antoine, and Rotor, looking slightly apologetic. “Good seeing you guys. Thanks for, uh, showing him the sights.”

“Sure. Nice meeting you, Calix,” Rotor agreed. Bunnie and Antoine didn’t follow suit, just watched Knuckles and Calix walk back to the square and the “stolen” Legion ship.

As Calix steered the ship out of the dark cloud that perpetually hung over Mobotropolis, he took in a deep breath. He didn’t live near the factory sectors; he was born into a military family, so he was trained for war, not for construction or invention. The air in his sector was clean enough; he wondered what it was like near the factories. Was it like this, the wasteland of Mobotropolis, unlivable and unbreathable?

“What happened over there?”

Calix made a tch sound through his teeth. “Don’t ask me. Ask her. What’s she so scared of her cybernetics for? Didn’t you say she can like, fly and shoot cannons now?”

Knuckles let out a breath through his nose. “I mean sure, but having it forced onto you isn’t the same as wanting it. You gotta think how the guys here see tech. It’s hard for them to look on the bright side of it when it’s been terrorizing them their whole lives.”

Calix didn’t reply, and they continued to fly in silence as he turned what Knuckles said over in his mind.

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How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Reblog this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa May Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

34 in completion, 47 if you count the ones I started and didn't finish

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Past‚ Present‚ & Future Character List

If the fandom or character does well, it will make a comeback and will be added to my permanent write list. More info here | Simple Version

* indicates a new fandom. | ☆ indicates a fandom I discontinued. | characters in bold are characters I discontinued. | no indicator is a current fandom I write for & have no intentions to discontinue.

* Ahiru No Sora - Chiaki, Fuwa, Kaname, Kenji, Momoharu, Shinichi, Tokina, Tokiwa, Yakuma, and Yukinara.

* Black Butler - Claude, Grelle, Sebastian, Undertaker, William (added to the list!)

Bleach - Äs Nödt, Byakuya Kuchiki, Gin Ichimaru, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Isshin Kurosaki, Izuru Kira, Jūshirō Ukitake, Kenpachi Zaraki, Kensei Muguruma, Kisuke Urahara, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Nnoitra Gilga, Renji Abarai, Shinji Hirako, Shūhei Hisagi, Shunsui Kyōraku, Sōsuke Aizen, Szayelaporro Granz, Ulquiorra Cifer, Uryu Ishida, Yasutora Sado, Yumichika Ayasegawa.

☆ Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Alejandro, Alex, John, Johnny, König, Phillip, Rodolfo, Simon. *Kyle

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Aki, Arrin, Asrif, Bale, Boar Clan Mage, Chelko, Dark, Detlan, Fin-Kedinn, Gaup, Hord, Iakim, Inuktiluk, Juksakai, Krukoslik, Kujai, Kyo, Maheegun, Narrander (The Walker), Orvo, Poi, Raut, Sialot, Tenris, Thiazzi, Thull, Tiu, Tseid, Yolun.

Devil May Cry - Dante, Nero, V, and Vergil.

Final Fantasy - Angeal Hewley, Cloud Strife, Genesis Rhapsodos, Gladiolus Amicitia, Ignis Scientia, Kadaj, Loz, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Reno Sinclair, Rufus Shinra, Sephiroth, Vincent Valentine, Yazoo, Zack Fair.

* Food Wars! - Akira Hayama, Eishi Tsukasa, Isami Aldini, Satoshi Isshiki, Takumi Aldini, Terunori Kuga.

Grand Theft Auto V - Ron Jakowski, Trevor Philips, and Wade Hebert.

Gone - Albert Hillsborough, Alex Mayle, Antoine, Caine Soren, Charles "Orc" Merriman, Drake Merwin, Edilio Escobar, Elwood Booker, Hunter Lefkowitz, Lance, Tony "Cookie" Gilder, Toto, Turk, Tyler "Bug", Paint, Panda, Quinn Gaither, Roger, Zil Sperry.

Haikyuu - Atsumu Miya, Daichi Sawamura, Eita Semi, Kei Tsukishima, Keiji Akaashi, Keishin Ukai, Kenma Kozume, Kōshi Sugawara, Kōtarō Bokuto, Lev Haiba, Osamu Miya, Rintarō Suna, Ryūnosuke Tanaka, Satori Tendō, Shinsuke Kita, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Tetsurō Kuroo, Tobio Kageyama, Tōru Oikawa, Wakatoshi Ushijima, Yū Nishinoya.

☆ Halloween 1978 - Michael Myers

Hellboy - Abraham Sapien and Nuada Silverlance.

Hetalia Axis Powers - America, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kugelmugel, Ladonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Molossia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Prussia, Romania, Russia, Seborga, South Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

House of Wax - Bo, Lester, and Vincent. 

* Hunger Games - Darrius, Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch

* Hunter x Hunter - Chrollo, Hisoka, Illumi

* Jujutsu Kaisen - Choso, Geto, Nanami Kento.

Kuroko No Basket - Atsushi Murasakibara, Chihiro Mayuzumi, Daiki Aomine, Kazunari Takao, Kiyoshi Miyaji, Makoto Hanamiya, Reo Mibuchi, Shinji Koganei, Shintarō Midorima, Shoichi Imayoshi, Taiga Kagami, Tatsuya Himuro, Teppei Kiyoshi, Wei Liu.

Mortal Kombat - Baraka, Bi-Han, Dairou, Erron Black, Fujin, Hanzo Hasashi, Havik, Hotaru, Hsu Hao, Jarek, Johnny Cage, Kabal, Kano, Kenshi, Kobra, Kuai Liang, Kung Lao, Kurtis Stryker, Mavado, Quan Chi, Rain, Reiko, Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Taven, Tomas Vrbada. Onaga, Reptile, Goro, Kintaro.

— All Mortal Kombat characters will be written from MK 11 and the past. I will not be writing for the new game. — Smut for animals is *not* allowed

My Hero Academia - Dabi, Denki Kaminari, Eijiro Kirishima, Fumikage Tokoyami, Hanta Sero, Hitoshi Shinso, Hizashi Yamada, Izuku Midoriya, Kai Chisaki, Katsuki Bakugo, Keigo Takami, Mashirao Ojiro, Mezo Shoji, Mirio Togata, Neito Monoma, Shota Aizawa, Shoto Todoroki, Tamaki Amajiki, Tenya Iida, Tomura Shigaraki.

Naruto - Asuma Sarutobi, Deidara, Gaara, Genma Shiranui, Hashirama Senju, Hidan, Iruka Umino, Itachi Uchiha, Jiraiya, Kabuto Yakushi, Kakashi Hatake, Kakuzu, Kankurō, Kisame Hoshigaki, Kushimaru Kuriarare, Madara Uchiha, Might Guy, Minato Namikaze, Nagato (Pain), Neji Hyūga, Obito Uchiha, Orochimaru, Rock Lee, Sai, Sasori, Shikamaru Nara, Tobi, Tobirama Senju, Yamato, Zetsu.

☆ Nightmare on Elm - Freddy Krueger

* Shatter Me - Brendan, Winston.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Alfredo Sawyer, Edward "Tex" Saywer, Robert "Chop Top" Sawyer, and Nubbins Sawyer.

☆ The Boy - Brahms Heelshire

Tokyo Ghoul - Kishou Arima, Nimura Furuta, Renji Yomo, Uta. 

Tokyo Revengers - Chifuyu Matsuno, Keisuke Baji, Ken "Draken' Ryuguji, Manjiro "Mikey" Sano, Mitsuya Takashi, Nahoya "Smiley" Kawata, Ran Haitani, Shuji Hanma, Souya "Angry" Kawata.

* Yuri On Ice - Chris, Otabek, Viktor, Yuri P.

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Daryl Dixon Rewatch S1E04 - La Dame de Fer

without a doubt the weakest ep of the season, it stars with Daryl having some sort of premonition dream, in which he sees Laurent surrounded by walkers passing right by him without even noticing he's there. all this supporting my theory the Nest people want to turn the kid into a walker so he can rise again as the new Messiah.

(exactly how i feel after the work week i just had!)

anyways more thoughts and ramblings after the jump...

Daryl strolling through Paris, listening to music, seeing old couple sharing precious time together while people watching through windows gives me the frenchest vibes ever. unfortunately, he cannot read a map to save his life.

i don't hate Genet, and i can even understand her pragmatism. i feel this will turn into a religion vs. science debate, in which both sides want to use to boy to "cure" humanity.

i will never ever forgive this show for killing Antoine the pigeon dude, who was legit one of the most likable characters in all of twdu with only a couple of mins of screentime. his dying wish was to free his pigeons. "The birds. Free. Let them free. The pigeons." - here we go, if he was the one making an analogy between Caryl and the pigeons always returning home to the one who waits for them in the last ep, this also seems an omen for caryl being set free of their responsibilities, trauma and guilt so they can finally fly freely together. and if so, then it's kinda poetic.

Daryl is usually a fighter not a hugger, but we need to care about his bonds with this random people, so Isa hugs him. how fun would it be if you were not left to wonder what will happen next. Daryl cares about people, it's just who he is. and guess what? he already knows where Laurent run off to.

"Paris kinda sucks." Daryl, YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT! but it makes up for it in beautiful cinematography.

oh look, now Isa knows how to kill walkers! poorly, but at least she ain't just acting like a deer in headlights.

the dude they take hostage is slut shaming the heck out of Isa, and Daryl be like *shrug* je ne comprends pas, bitch, but let me tell you a story about little Jimmy being forced to kill his piglet one day. the most random Christmas tale ever told, but despite Daryl saying he made up the whole story, i can't help but think it's his story. and that is heartbreaking!

ironically, Daryl who was wholly against torturing a whisperer back in s10, is now full on let's fuck this guy up for info right in front of a nun! of course, i can't help but think it makes total sense cause at the time, he was really just trying to protect Carol from that kind of violence when she was already on edge.

Isa needs to tell Daryl something, he be like NAH, i'm busy, i got a kid, your kid, to save, please schedule an appointment.

Sylvie is finding love for the first time ever, and she's wondering if Isa is harboring any romantic feelings for Daryl. he's the one, the messenger to deliver Laurent, so he is a means to an end. she already loved and lost a lot before the apocalypse. which probably means she is totally getting the feels for Daryl, she just doesn't know he's taken already. just wait till you meet his formidable wife!

Daryl learned some French already. he grunts "bon appétit," as he leaves piglet!dude to be eaten by walkers. SAVAGE!

Daryl fights Quinn, but let's him live cause he's Daryl - he wouldn't kill the kid's father right in front of him.

we have come full circle. Daryl returning a lost kid to his "mother" (*whisper yells* Sophia), and watches her make the ultimate sacrifice by going back to Quinn so she can give the kid a chance to leave the city. not before, she sorts of totally guilt trips him into taking Laurent to the nest. obviously, for some reason, Daryl is the only dude in the whole of France capable of taking the kid there. *rolls eyes loudly* remember, there's reasons everywhere. the universe keeps working to keep Daryl there, so Carol can find him (and together they will save Laurent - that's my theory!).

and it finally ends with Daryl looking at some Paris landmarks, and giving the most longing look at Lady Liberty. he is homesick!

see y'all next week for ep 5!!! it's gonna get interesting!

35 days left until the premiere of THE BOOK OF CAROL!!!!!