#birthday fest 2020

[verlovestaylor13]

Dear Reader...

Hi @taylorswift and @taylornation. The twins are back to give you The Story of Us ... updated 2023 edition❤️✨

What a journey these 16 years have been with you. You don’t know me, but hi my name’s Veronica! I’m 28 (turning 29 on 8/11!) and my IDENTICAL twin Victoria (@viclovestaylor13) and I have loved you for years. Your music has quite literally been the soundtrack of our lives.

Vic and I haven’t had the easiest past, to sum it up. We wouldn’t be the people we are today If it wasn’t for your love, strength, music and radiating happiness. Although you don’t know it, we’ve grown up together and experienced impressive milestones with you being a constant along the way. I’m not good at this whole tumblr thing, let alone getting you to see my post amidst the millions I’m sure you’re exposed to. But hey, we can’t ever give up hope! So that’s what I’m doing, here’s to never giving up. And here’s to always hoping that my twin sister and I will one day have the chance to tell you EVERYTHING and most importantly, thank you for everything that you’ve truly done for us. Fun fact is that we’re from Rhode Island so all of our experiences at your tours have been at our favorite place….GILLETTE STADIUM!!!

✨✨Okay lets start from the first tour we were able to attend! As you scroll down you’ll see us through the years until we reach 2023 at the bottom ❤️

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🌈🌈🌈☂️Speak Now Tour  6/26/11  ✨

This was the first time we saw you!! Trust me when I say we wanted to see you MANY times before this but we were young and had no $$$. This show was a combination birthday and Christmas present.

Seeing you live for the first time changed us, to say it was magical is a complete understatement.

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🌹Red Tour 7/26/13 & 7/27/13  ✨

These shows were OF COURSE at Gillette Stadium! Vic and I saved up our money so that we could be at BOTH nights!! After the speak now tour we knew we never wanted to miss a single night. We picked up extra shifts at work and didn’t splurge on anything so that we could be there, buy merch and have the time of our lives. It was incredible and yes it did rain. We happily danced in ponchos.

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🎀1989 World Tour 7/24/15 & 7/25/15✨

Of course my sister Vic and I once again picked up extra shifts at work, ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and saved our money to be at both nights! I can still picture those nights as if it was yesterday…it’s crazy how much fun we had. This was during a tough year and having your shows to look forward to really helped us more than you could ever know.

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🐍REPUTATION TOUR 7/26/18, 7/27/18 & 7/28/18✨

As it has been with all your prior tours, my sister Vic and I saved up our money and gave up on certain things to afford to be there for ALL THREE (3) NIGHTS!! This time we were able to save enough money to afford our outfits! We dressed up and made friends with Gillette staff because of it!!! See the pics below 😇 The rep tour forever lives in our hearts and we’re constantly watching videos and crying lol.

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Lover Fest 🌈🌻💐🌸

Vic and I spent over TWELVE (12!!) hours to get tickets for lover fest east! Luckily between using our phones at work and carrying portable chargers, we secured dates to BOTH of the shows at gillette!

...March 2020

We know what this month and honestly the whole year brought into the world. Vic and I started as REGISTERED NURSES on March 2, 2020...and the federal shutdown in the United States quickly followed suit. Here we were, 2 brand new nurses working amidst a pandemic with no vaccine at the time and people passing away at an astronomical rate. Significant sacrifices were made this year and with that we know that Lover Fest was canceled. Being FRONTLINE WORKERS, Vic and I thought it was the best decision to cancel lover fest given the critical nature of the world. We were of course extremely sad, but it was the best for everyones safety. You continued to be our guidance while the nature of hospital systems turned into crisis scenarios. There were countless nights of physical as well as emotional breakdowns as we tried to navigate this unfamiliar world of nursing during a global pandemic. It was a long few months that turned into years - and now writing this in 2023 the pandemic is not over, but there is a newfound hope. We even wore the “I’m Feeling 2022″ headband to work our NYE night shift in 2021! That was until it had to be removed to go into covid isolation rooms, but it was still present! I attached the picture below.

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Fast forward to us now... and somehow it’s 2023?!

We have come out stronger than ever and now we are ready for The Eras Tour in our home aka Gillette Stadium!!! Like the tours in the past, we knew we had to be at ALL THREE (3) NIGHTS! We saved up and through all the rough shifts in the hospital, we knew a tour would be in the horizon as a reward. We couldn’t be more excited to be happy, free, confused and NOT lonely with the best people...Taylor Swift fans. 

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 ❤️ The Eras Tour 5/19/23, 5/20/23, 5/21/23 ✨

Let’s do this!!!!!

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Here’s where you can find us having the best days💃🏻

🪩FRIDAY MAY 19: Section A5, row 1, seats 11&12

🌟 SATURDAY MAY 20: Section A9, row 3, seats 3&4

💎SUNDAY MAY 21: Section A12, row 19, seats 7&8

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And then later in 2023...

Vic is getting MARRIED👰❤️ this October!!! I’m hosting her Bridal Shower on July 9th 2023 (I think we all know the significance of that date!) I’m also throwing her a LOVER THEMED BACHELORETTE in August! There will be references to the other eras as well just for fun! Then of course we have lyrics from your songs referenced EVERYWHERE for Vic’s wedding. Beautiful and meaningful lyrics selected to help tell Vic’s love story with Brandon. See the pictures I attached below! 

Also, let us know if you guys  @taylornation​ @taylorswift​ want to come because “...at every table, I’ll save you a seat” 🦋

There’s a standing invite to any and all festivities, always❤️

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It has always been and will always be you, @taylorswift. Thank you for every. single. thing. We owe a lot of our success to you and one day we hope to tell you all about it✨❤️

 Until then, thank you for being you and being a constant all these years. Your Rhode Island twin nurses love you more than can ever be explained. Eternally grateful.

Long live🦋❤️🐱

- Veronica (Twitter: @va13x) & Victoria (Twitter: @viclynn24)

@taylorswift @taylornation

[bridenore]

Recs masterlist part three : past fests

I’ve been doing drarry recs posts every week for a while and it’s getting harder and harder to navigate through all theses posts. So here is a masterlist of all the posts I made so far.

Note : the masterlist is now split into three parts. I have apparently reached the maximum number of links you can include in a single post. Part one is here Favorites, authors, themes and length and part two is here Ongoing fests.

Last updated : March 25th 2024 (Added since last update)

Previous update : September 25th 2023

Past Fests (the last edition was held before 2022)

Big Bangs : Harry Big Bang 2015, HD Big Bang 2011, Draco Big Bang 2010, Big Bang Baby 2008, Big Bang Baby 2007, Big Bang Baby 2005

Consent fest : 2019, 2018

Daily Deviant : Banging Birthday 2020

Harry submits : 2012

HD Canon fest : 2011

HD Collab : 2019

HD Eight Year : 2015

HD Glompfest : 2019, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

HD Holidays : 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 winter, 2007 summer, 2006

HD Hurtfest : 2020 , 2016, 2015, 2014

HD Inspired : Animagus, Back to school, Mpreg

HP Creature fest : 2016

HD Remix : 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 , 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006

HD Smoochfest : 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

HD Tropes : 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013

HD World Cup : 2009, 2008

HP Animagus Fest : 2021

HP Creature Fest : 2016

HP Kinkfest : 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Special events :  Lock Down fest 2020

[choicesmonthlychallenge]

There are so many great resources for Choices content creators, but it can be hard to keep track of all the different things. So here is my attempt to compile a list. Please message me here or @lovealexhunt​ if you know of something else. I’ll keep this updated as new things open too.

⟢Monthly Challenges⟢

September — @choicescommunityevents [Prompts]

Upcoming:

October — @choicesmonthlychallenge [Prompts]

November — Tentatively Taken

December — Open

Prompts for the monthly challenges usually post around the 20th of the month prior. If a host drops out, I note it here. Please be patient as we all have lives outside of Choices. 

⟢Celebration + Themed Events⟢

September: Smutember: @choicesprompts [Prompts]

September 25-29: Hayden Young Appreciation Week: @haydenyoungappreciationweek [Prompts]

October: Horror Fest: @choiceshorrorfest [Prompts]

October 9-15: Aiden Zhou Appreciation Week: @aidenzhouappreciationweek [Prompts]

October 25: Nadia Park Appreciation Day: @nadiaparkappreciationweek

November 15-19: King Liam Appreciation Week: @kingliamappreciationweek

Know of any celebration weeks? Send me a message!

⟢Other Events & Things⟢

Non-Canon Secret Pal Exchange @choicescommunityevents

Fall Choices Book Reading Challenge @choicescommunityevents

@choicesficwriterscreations: Fic/Art of the week, WIP, Throwback, and other special events

@choicesprompts

@choicesholidays

Fandom Birthdays​ 🥳  [list here]

​Choices Book Club : @choicesbookclub​ [Event Info]

⟢Not Currently Active⟢

@moodmusicmonday​ (Monday music prompts)

@choicesflashfics (weekly dialogue prompts)

⟢ Past Monthly Challenges ⟢

2024 Monthly Challenges

2023 Monthly Challenges

2022 Monthly Challenges

2021 Monthly Challenges

2020 Monthly Challenges

[jackattack20writes]

FanFic Recommendations for Feedback Fest 2024

Since the 15th of Feb is apparently fanworks day I’m doing an early list of Fic recs to celebrate in no particular order from various fandoms that’ve taken root in my mind at some point or another.

Fatumonagatari By ScyllaAlter

Fandom: Fate/Stay Night | Rating: T+ | Ship: A mix of everyone in Fate/Stay Night but with an emphasis on Shirou/Saber

Shirou Emiya becomes the center of several conflicts, each surrounding a different girl.

(This is an entire Monogatari au)

Forever and Ever By DreamyMarry

Fandom: Bleach | Rating: T+ | Ship: IchiRuki

Rukia talks to the most important women in her life, makes plans and gets herself a fianceé. Ichigo just wouldn't argue it was quite in that order.

In Vino Cogitatio Bona By Strypgia

Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion | Rating: T+ | Ship: AsuShin

December 4th, 2015. Everyone is at NERV HQ trying to get the Third Child out of Unit-01. No one cares Asuka is alone and feeling miserable on her birthday. So she decides it's time Misato's forest of bottles does her a favor. After all, Misato thinks liquor is the solution to everything, right? Asuka's turn. And of course, this leads to Good Ideas...

Trains That Lead Me Back To You By Skylin3

Fandom: Persona 5 | Rating: General | Ship: ShuMako

Makoto simply has too much to deal with right now. She just wants to go back and focus on what really matters to her; her education. Maybe someone will be there to cheer her up.

Makoto Niijima Week Day 6 - Train

Gradually By Croeses

Fandom: Persona 3 | Rating: T+ | Ship: ShuYuka

Makoto, Yukari and moments throughout the year.

A Battle Of Love and Piracy By SonnieCelanna

Fandom: My Hero Academia | Rating: T+ | Ship: IzuMomo

Izuku and Momo have been friends for years despite their wildly different stations, and their favourite game to play together was always "Pirates and Solidiers.", in fact Izuku would claim Momo was obessed with pirates. So what will she do when he gets kidnapped by them in an attack on their village?

Seeing Red By SpellCleaver

Fandom: Star Wars | Rating: General | Ship: LuMara

Luke and Mara visit Vader on Mustafar to break the news of their engagement.

The Future We Build Together By Tren

Fandom: Fate/Stay Night | Rating: General | Ship: Sunny Days Trio (Saber/Shirou/Rin)

Rin did not expect her day to be interrupted by the need to help her boyfriend (not-exactly-legal mage) and her girlfriend (Actual King Arthur), but some things can't be helped.

Especially, when you love them very much.

Crossroads of Fate By PumpkinTeacup

Fandom: Bleach & Doctor Who | Rating: T+ | Ship: IchiRuki

It was Ichigo’s birthday, and Rukia was not going to visit.

But fate was a funny thing. While some events were fixed into the flow of reality as if carved into stone, others only needed a slight nudge into place for destiny to unfold as it should. Even in the form of a simple meal with her time-traveling friend.

For Ichiruki Month 2020, AU week, Day 20: Romeo and Juliet

Flash Fire Photography By AriadneKurosaki

Fandom: Bleach | Rating: T+ | Ship IchiRuki

The annual Eighth District Firefighter Calendar is always a big hit, raising millions of yen for charity and causing more than a few fires of the metaphorical kind. When her boss gets sick at the last minute, photographer Kuchiki Rukia steps in to make sure the project stays on schedule. It's just a photo shoot, and she's a professional. It can't be that hard to take pictures of a bunch of firefighters for a good cause, even if they're posing shirtless.

She didn't really count on one particular firefighter being hotter than the fires he's supposed to put out...

[foxes-that-run]

2020 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

21 January - Andrea treated for brain tumor and chemo

29 January - Harry shoots the watermelon sugar MV in Malibu. The director later says “The production process was fast! We shot in a location in Malibu. It was a private beach at this amazing house. Harry actually owns a watermelon farm in a secret location that we can’t disclose. So the day before the shoot we went with our whole crew, make-up artists, set decorators, focus pullers you name it! We all rolled up our sleeves, got stuck in and did the biggest harvest anyone in the USA has ever seen!”

31 January - Miss Americana documentary released.

2 February - Harry at Glenne Christiaansen's (Jeff's GF) birthday in Los Angeles. Huge whale cake that gets on his face.

3 February - Harry arrives London

14 February - Harry played Two Ghosts on Radio 2, the only time since 2018, anniversary of Style MV release. He also covered Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi.  Taylor also in London for NME awards, Joe goes with her. She says hello to every one there including Matty Healy. Harry is robbed at knifepoint.

18 February - Harry at Brit awards, went to same after party as Kendall

23 February - Harry's Tiny Desk Concert recorded in LA, the Lover CD Is in the background. Taylor was there in October.

24 February - Taylor and Joe in London for his birthday, arrived under umbrellas carrying a dictionary, Ed laughing.

26 February - Harry on today show in colour block cardigan. Xander watches with Jeff rumour he then visited Xander Ritz in phlli.

28 February - Harry's Sirius XM Secret Session for Fine Line. Harry tells a story about wawa with Xander. Seen with Xander in ny

1 March - Harry SNL after party

2 March - Harry's last pre-pandemic show is at the Bowery Ballroom. Replaces the Beachwood cafe with Bowery ballroom in falling.

5 March - When Howard Stern asked Harry about marriage his response was "People’s relationships are different now, everyone’s open 👀 and people have different things."

13 March - US Travel ban (except UK), California Shelter in place orders. 17 March UK Travel ban. 16 March Taylor posts asking fans to cancel plans and stay home, shares photo so Meredith

17 March UK travel ban

18 March - Harry driving in La with Xander

25 March - Announced HSLOT rescheduled to 2021

27 March - Harry releases “at home with Harry styles” pandemic playlist with Zane Lowe. ‘This will be our year’ is #13, 27 songs. Includes blue nile, later mentioned on TTPD

March - June Taylor and Harry stuck in LA for 3 months. Harry told Zane Lowe he was in LA, stayed home for 6 weeks then booked and went to Shangri-la studio to record. LNT, Daylight, keep driving and Sushi. (24 Mins)

2 April - Harry seen riding a motorcycle beside Kendall Jenner and Fai Khadra.

5 April Harry seen in la and again

11 April - Harry drives his mercedes convertible in Beverly Hills same as Taylor had in Begin Again

17 April - 2020 Lover Fest tour postponed to 2021, later cancelled. Told Zane Folklore started then. Joe IG photo of Benjamin

18 April - Taylor soon you'll get better

29 April - Joe instagram photos

19 May Taylor releases City of Lover

21 May - Harry rode electric bike LA

25 May - date Too Much Sauce leak recorded. Still in LA

31 May - Taylor records video in Long Pond about home studio. Joe school thing

22 June - rumours Harry messaging Daisy Lowe.

29 June - Harry seen in London

9 July - Harry Styles Sleep story

18 July - Harry back in uk, drove to Italy and back with Tomo Campbell, he talks about this in the Zane interview. Driving moustache photo in HH CD

Over the summer Styles took a road trip with his artist friend Tomo Campbell through France and Italy, setting off at four in the morning and spending the night in Geneva, where they jumped in the lake “to wake ourselves up.” At the end of the trip Styles drove home alone, accompanied by an upbeat playlist that included “Aretha Franklin, Parliament, and a lot of Stevie Wonder. It was really fun for me,” he says. “I don’t travel like that a lot. I’m usually in such a rush, but there was a stillness to it. I love the feeling of nobody knowing where I am, that kind of escape…and freedom.” Harry for Vogue

20 July folklore announced 17 hours before its release. William Bowery is credited for Exile and Betty. Released on 1D's 10 year anniversary. In the Zane interview, Taylor says they continued working on Evermore.

31 July - Harry with a fan in Italy in an outfit in his later post about making Harry’s House. Also driving a tractor in Italy.

13 August - Harry followed Yan Yan on IG and liked some posts

17 August Harry in Studio in Bath. Recorded Daylight, Sushi, Keep Driving and Late night talking in this period.

3 September - Taylor posts about iHeartAwards from home

? September - Long Pond was recorded with Joe as WB and Tis the Damn Season written, Doretha already written.

6 September - Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudekis at beach in Malibu with Nanny and kids. In the 2022 Nanny tell all the Nanny said they were happy then but Olivia told Harry it had been over for a while when it had not been.

11 September, Olivia Wilde met and cast Harry in Don't worry Darling, filming began October.

16 September - Taylor performed Betty in person at ACM awards in Nashville.

18 September Harry in London

22 September - Harry driving car and boat in Italy filming golden

27 September Harry in LA

6 October - Harry dinner with mystery girl

25 October - OW carrying Bode bag later thought about Harry

26 October - DWD starts filming

28 October - Harry signs a record and a fan posts a letter than his car broke down and he fed their fish. Deux moi said it was a cover because his friend with benefits was house sitting. The friend with benefits is thought to be Nicole branch.

5 November - DWD halts production due to COVID on set. In tell all the Nanny said Olivia moved out down the street 'that is how she left us' because of COVID on set which was true. Jason Sudukis also later says to GQ they broke up in November

11 November - Harry films Valiant Roar scene in DWD, which includes Dita Von Teese who later repeats the Scene in the Bejeweled Music Video. Also described in Rolling Stone article with OW and possibly referred to in loml as valiant roar. Date odly specified in DWD BTS, also dinner party scene, OW wears Harry's pink beanie in the BTS during dinner party scene.

12 November Deux Moi posts that a “one direction heartthrob” and “a list singer” used the same private chef

13 November - Harry on cover of Vogue, after this the Peace ring only appeared occasionally

25 November long pond sessions on Disney + Joe announced as William Bowery

26 November Harry returns to la to film DWD, California maybe written here

3 December - DWD filming palm springs. Fan says they served Harry and OW at Apple Pan

11 December evermore released, taylor’s zane lowe interview, at 49:34 she pauses a lot and struggles to talk about Joe being William Bowery.

19 December Harry jingle ball seems flat

30 December - 7 photos of Joe and Taylor thought to be taken 31 December 2016 hack/leak. Only 7 photos?? She is wearing a pink wig while he shaves. OW wearing necklace she later says was a gift from Harry.

Continue to 2021

[heliotropeforyou]

if anyone wants to know how much beef I have with when the last time which characters got R/SR/SSR cards and how many of each cards they have, here's some info based off Japan server (note: for SSR I do not count any dorm/birthdays/clubwear as the latest cards as those are eventuals for every character)

additional note: this info is taken from looking at twistedwonderland.wiki.gg and does not look at reruns

p.s.: the total amount of cards does count pe/school for R as in TWO cases those are the only R cards they have 🫠 and 4th birthday/clubwear for SSR for characters that already have it (characters that have 4th birthday or clubwear will be mentioned in the total count)

p.p.s.: wanted to mention firelit sky 2 is the same event as firelit sky but since Vil's banner was only released with the rerun the years are different

Cater - R Beans Camo (2020), SR Playful Land (2023), SSR Halloween1 (2020)

Total: 3 R, 7 SR, 6 SSR (with clubwear)

Trey - R Playful Land (2023), SR Halloween2 (2021), SSR Outdoor Wear (2022)

Total: 5 R, 4 SR, 7 SSR (with 4th birthday and clubwear)

Riddle - R Glorious Masquerade (2022), SR Stitch (2023), SSR Tsum1 (2022)

Total: 3 R, 5 SR, 6 SSR

Deuce - R Tsum2 (2023), SR Glorious Masquerade (2022), SSR Rabbit (2023)

Total: 4 R, 5 SR, 6 SSR

Ace - R School/PE (2020), SR Stitch (2023), SSR Playful Land (2023)

Total: 2 R, 6 SR, 8 SSR (with 4th birthday and clubwear)

Leona - R Outdoor (2021), SR Playful Land (2023), SSR Tamashina Mina (2023)

Total: 3 R, 5 SR, 7 SSR

Ruggie - R Glorious Masquerade (2022), SR Port Fest (2022), SSR New Year's 2(2023)

Total: 4 R, 5 SR, 6 SSR

Jack - R Playful Land (2023), SR Halloween1 (2020), SSR Port Fest (2022)

Total: 6 R, 4 SR, 7 SSR (with 4th birthday and clubwear)

Azul - R Stitch (2023), SR Halloween1 (2020), Glorious Masquerade (2022)

Total: 4 R, 3 SR, 7 SSR

Jade - R Playful Land (2023), SR Outdoor (2022), SSR Halloween1 (2020)

Total: 5 R, 5 SR, 5 SSR

Floyd - R Port Fest (2022), SR Playful Land (2023), SSR Stitch (2023)

Total: 4 R, 6 SR, 7 SSR (with clubwear)

Kalim: R Halloween1 (2020), SR Tamashina Mina (2023), SSR Playful Land (2023)

Total: 3 R, 5 SR, 8 SSR (with clubwear)

Jamil: R Halloween2 (2021), SR Glorious Masquerade (2022), SSR Firelit Sky (2021)

Total: 4 R, 5 SR, 7 SSR (with 4th birthday and clubwear)

Vil: R Tamashina Mina (2023), SR Playful Land (2023), SSR Firelit Sky 2 (2023)

Total: 3 R, 6 SR, 6 SSR

Rook: R Glorious Masquerade (2022), SR Tsum2 (2023), SSR Halloween2 (2021)

Total: 4 R, 6 SR, 6 SSR (with clubwear)

Epel: R Tsum1 (2022), SR Apprentice Chef (2023), SSR Harveston (2022)

Total: 4 R, 6 SR, 5 SSR

Idia: R Halloween1 (2020), SR Apprentice Chef (2023), SSR Glorious Masquerade (2022)

Total: 3 R, 5 SR, 6 SSR

Ortho: R Ignihyde (2022), SR Rabbit (2023, SSR Playful Land (2023)

Total: 4 R, 5 SR, 7 SSR

Lilia: R Playful Land (2023), SR Tamashina Mina (2023), SSR Stitch (2023)

Total: 4 R, 6 SR, 7 SSR (with clubwear)

Malleus: R School/PE (2020), SR Apprentice Chef (2022), SSR Glorious Masquerade (2022)

Total: 2 R, 5 SR, 5 SSR

Silver: R Rabbit (2023), SR Fairy Gala2 (2022), SSR Halloween (2021)

Total: 4 R, 4 SR, 5 SSR

Sebek: R Tsum1 (2022), SR Apprentice Chef (2023), SSR New Year's 2 (2023)

Total: 4 R, 6 SR, 5 SSR

[scumbag-monthly]

The Young Ones Were: A Final Word from Scumbag Monthly’s Editor 🖕💚

I was going to post this on 7th March – the birthday of the pan global phenomenon himself – but I think the emotion will be stronger tonight. Either way, I’ve chosen this post to say my last farewells to Scumbag Monthly and thank the people who helped make it what it was.

It was my decision as editor to end SM at Issue #25 and it was a difficult one to make. Although SM has come with both pros and cons, it’s something I’ve enjoyed creating and is something I’m very proud of. In a way, it would have been easier to carry on – sticking with the familiar is always easier – but I didn’t want our fanzine to drift off into nothingness. I thought twenty-five was a good number to end it at. Three years; twenty-five issues; three Rik specials; a zine for the fortieth anniversary – I think we’ve done alright, all things considered. More than alright! I’m so happy that we were able to add to the fandom in some small way.

I have a head for dates, so I can tell you with 99% certainty that I took on the reins of editorship at SM on 14th May 2020. It’s weird that that time feels both close and far away – international pandemics will do that to you. I’ve seen engagement and interest in this zine ebb and flow over the years. We’ve never really received enough submissions to keep us afloat long term. I used to ask my mutuals if I could add old art of theirs to zines to keep the Drawing Room full, and the amount of my fic that made its way into SM was not the result of an overinflated ego (I promise!), more the result of fic submissions falling even lower than art submissions. We’re a small fandom; that’s always been a problem for SM. While I’ve continually emphasised the importance of submissions to SM – how else would SM involve those not working behind the scenes? – the truth is that the end products simply wouldn’t have arrived on our website be it not for the so-called scumbag staff who dedicated their free time to making pages and content.

With a small fandom and ergo a small team, SM’s ambitions had to be realistic. We would all have loved to bring new segments out in every issue but, with a lot to do and limited time to get it done each time, this often wasn’t possible. I never wanted SM to become a burden to the people who made pages for it, as we all lead offline lives and SM was simply a passion project – we made this because we wanted to, because it was fun.

I won’t deny there have been points where SM burnt me out a tad. I think it was easy to lose sight of things during the lockdowns, or simply fall completely into one project. There are some zines where well over twenty of the pages were made by me because they had to be, and I’ve often feared that The People’s Poetry suffered because of this. I’m very pleased and grateful to point out that the page share became slightly less exaggerated after we found different people for each character, but (and I’m afraid I am going to have to be egotistical now XD) I’d be lying if I denied every zine since Issue #4 isn’t drenched in my blood, sweat, and improvised version of graphic design (not actually my passion, me being primarily a writer and all XD).

I hope this isn’t sounding too negative because SM really does mean a lot to me. I think it’s just that a mixed relationship is guaranteed with anything you give a lot of yourself to and I want to be honest here, at the end. It’s going to feel weird for me for a little while: no more new documents to set up, no more new pages to make, no more themes to discuss, no more Google Forms to collect. I will miss SM, but thanks to the internet it’ll actually still be here. We’ll be keeping the website up as an archive and the same with our Tumblr blog and Instagram (scumbag_monthly). For future runs of the Rik and Ade Fest, another blog has been set up (@rikandadefest). SM has also had a Redbubble on the down low for some time now and we’re planning on adding our designs of the lads there soon, if any of you fancy owning something with those on.

I realise this whole post comes at the risk of sounding pretentious and melodramatic… but sod it, you know? Here are the people I’d like to thank individually, on behalf of our fanzine.

@theevilesteviled -

First of all, the creator of SM: the reason you’re even reading this right now. During the period in which SM got going – that calm before the utter shitstorm of 2020 – we spoke nearly every day… though, living on different sides of the globe did limit our talk time to early mornings and late evenings. Ed is the reason SM ever launched. She did almost everything for the first few zines, often at the cost of her own sanity, and she inspired a passion for this fanzine within me.

In May 2020, when I found myself in lockdown limbo between college and university, Ed was struggling with the brunt of SM plus the new hell of online classes. When I took charge of Issue #4, I don’t think I realised the extent of what I was taking on – I certainly didn’t expect to still be editor nearly three years later! Even so, without Ed SM wouldn’t have gotten as far as Issue #4. I’ll admit when she initially proposed the idea for a The Young Ones fanzine, I didn’t assume it would ever actually happen. I agreed to take on Rick’s page, but never allowed myself to imagine we’d end up with a project that’d last three years. Surely, it was only other people who could pull off that kind of thing, right? Surely, a group of introverted young adults online weren’t really going to get anywhere with this, were we?

I’m not trying to make SM sound bigger than it is – I’m well aware how niche we are, have always been – but the point I’m trying to make is: thanks to Ed spearheading SM in the early days, I had the profound realisation that I can actually be creative and try new things and they’re not destined to fall completely flat on their faces. I think everyone involved with SM, be it through making pages or submitting their work, has experienced a version of this same realisation with the publication of each zine.

That’s thanks to Ed, so I’d like to formally express my gratitude. Thank you, ya bastard.

@xgardensinspace -

The lovely Deya! Deya has always been a big part of SM, right from the beginning. The portraits of Vyvyan, Rick, Neil, Mike, Balowski, and P that appeared regularly in our zines were drawn by them, as well as the ten portraits of our staff on our website. That’s not even mentioning the five exemplary covers they’ve whizzed up for SM!

Not only is Deya an exceptionally talented artist, they’re also an enthusiastic team player. From Issue #11 onwards, they’ve been our resident Mike. As most of us agree, Mike is the most difficult young one to characterise – Deya rose to the challenge with full commitment. Alongside taking on Mike’s Moments, for a period of time in late 2021 Deya posted as Mike to SM’s Instagram every Thursday, providing all of us with funny insights into Mike’s sense of fashion. There have also been times when my SM workload proved too much and they stepped up to write Comic Strip reviews for our Strip Tease – in fact, one of my favourite reviews is the one of Five Go Mad on Mescalin we wrote together for Issue #18.

Deya has always been passionate about SM, even when it seemed there were only a few of us who were. They’ve been incredibly supportive and understanding, often one of the first to volunteer to make art or write pieces for specials. To put it lightly, SM would be left severely lacking without their endless contributions and help and for that reason I’m incredibly thankful to them.

Last spring, I was lucky enough to finally meet Deya, when they visited the UK on holiday, and they were just as lovely in person as they are online. Thank you ever so much for your work on SM, you really are a cool person.

@drinkysketch -

I felt it only right to single out Julia here. Fandom spaces are ever changing and the individuals who’ve contributed to SM are no different. Despite this, Julia has been a constant cover artist for SM – not only did she create our first ever cover art back when SM was completely unknown, she’s since provided us with five more pieces for our covers. As the clever trousers among you will have worked out, that’s six in total. Almost a quarter of our regular zines!

There’s something instantly likeable about Julia’s art style: the shapes, the bright colours, the insistence on always giving Vyvyan one eye bigger than the other. The cover of Issue #1 especially is representative of SM – it’s the establishing shot – and I couldn’t imagine a better piece of art than the one Julia provided us with. I’d like to thank her for always being so eager to make art for us, even as the world’s gotten crazier and crazier. True scumbag style!

@codrington-road -

It was April 2020 when Haley first emailed SM with a fanfic submission and an offer to make pages for Neil. These were the early days of SM – Ed and I were just about keeping up with the zine’s Rick and Vyv content but were seriously struggling where Mike and Neil were concerned. It’s thanks to Haley that Neil is the only young one I’ve never had to make a page for… well, aside from that time we switched characters for April Fool’s in Issue #14… and she’s been a constant, reliable presence at SM since Issue #4.

There probably aren’t many people who could come up again and again with hilarious horoscopes on purpose, and I don’t know for exactly how many Wednesdays Haley manned Neil’s entries to our Instagram stories, but it was a lot. 9th June 2021 fell on a Wednesday – a little daunting for anyone. Yet, I think it’s that entry from ‘Neil’, a touching piece about missing people who are no longer here while still carrying the warmth they gave us within us, that sticks out to me the most.

Haley has always brought the exact right levels of surrealism, humour, and bloody hippie moping to Neil. She is probably secretly Nigel Planer. She’s helped keep the excitement for SM alive in me when I’ve been at my wit’s end with it and is in fact the main reason this fanzine didn’t fold after Issue #19. Honestly, she’s great. Have you read the fanfic she’s submitted? Pure brilliance. Her reviews of Rik Mayall's Bedside Tales and GLC were sublime.

Thank you, Haley, for encouraging not just me but everyone behind the scenes of SM and for being our resident Neil for so long. I know you’re a girlie, but I hope the seed of your loin is fruitful in the belly of your woman. Ta very much!

@martian-martian-martian -

Part of SM since Issue #18, Wisely is a person who truly deserves so much love. I first spoke to Wisely on Tumblr when they signed up to write about Rick and Kevin in our second Rik zine, in 2021. Needless to say, the results of their endeavours were some of the most memorable pieces in that zine. Rick still hasn’t recovered.

After that, Wisely only became more and more involved in SM, until they’d taken on the enigmatic fifth housemate, that scumbag named Petyr, as a regular in our zine. They did this despite the graphic design element being out of their comfort zone and even came up with a whole new page idea to spearhead. Cliff ‘sHits – as well as having a perfectly Young Ones-esq name – is exactly the kind of thing I always hoped would start happening with SM: that staff would strike out with new page ideas when they had the time. Wisely has a talent for twisting well known verses to fit the scumbag agenda and we thank them for it.

A keen promoter of SM – they could frequently be found suggesting submitting to our fanzine in the comments of TYO fanart on Tumblr – they’ve even written fanfic to keep zines full of content. I’d like to thank them for joining the team and enhancing the zine in the process. SM is all the better for having them.

@the-tardis-in-221b-baker-street -

Zoe already has a name for herself in Rik Mayall circles outside the scumbags; what fan wouldn’t go absolutely crazy at the sheer time and dedication she puts into her many cosplays? Zoe has a knack for morphing into the bastards she portrays… physically, at least. I’ve always found her to be as friendly as Alan B’Stard is devious. XD

It was during SM’s hiatus, when the spot of resident Vyvyan fell vacant, that Zoe immediately jumped at the chance to help SM out. Since Issue #20, she’s provided the voice of the beloved punk as well as producing a page of her own design, Top of the Plops. Zoe has also been quick to help out where reviews of Filthy, Rich and Catflap and of the music in The Young Ones are concerned, for which I am very grateful. Despite being the newest staff member at SM, she’s thrown herself fully into it and offered much needed reassurance and submissions whenever necessary. Zoe has been an optimistic voice at the fanzine: always up for new ideas and competitions, always there with schemes to boost engagement. Her DnD stats for the lads in Issue #24 were incredible.

We’ve had many scumbags writing for Vyvyan at SM over the years – more than we’ve had for any other character – and I’m thrilled we got Zoe in for our final run. She even made the cover art for our last issue. Thank you!

@aspinecone -

Aspen is someone I’ve shared online fandom spaces with since 2017. We’re both fans of Red Dwarf, but it was our shared enjoyment of The Young Ones that finally got us talking to one another. Last autumn, we finally met in person when we went to see Ade in A Christmas Carol - a brilliant day with a great friend that I'll always remember.

Aspen has had a presence behind the scenes of SM since the beginning, often submitting fanart and the odd piece of fanfic, until they took on the role of resident Balowski at SM from Issue #16 onwards. Creating content for the character most out of the loop with the others isn’t as easy as you might think, but Aspen has always produced insane, amusing pages for him. Aspen was also the original cover artist pencilled in for Issue #21, but graciously stood aside when they realised offline commitments were going to need more of their time.

During SM’s run, I’ve sometimes had hairbrained schemes such as making the badges several scumbags will be receiving very, very soon. I’m no design whiz – Ed and I always made SM out of Word Documents – and Aspen helpfully volunteered to remove the backgrounds from designs and clean them up. Like I’ve always said, producing SM has been a team effort. I’d like to thank Aspen for always being in my corner.

@cloubdustings -

Ava, the mad meme machine! If I recall correctly, Ava first popped up in scumbag circles in late 2020. She surprised SM with cover art for Issue #10 and kindly took on the role of resident Vyvyan from that same issue until Issue #19. 2021 was not a fun year – in fact, I’d argue it was worse than 2020 in some respects – so having Ava on the SM team to handle all Vyvyan content was a great help.

Ava has a very distinct sense of humour and you can usually tell which British comedian she’s most recently become obsessed with by checking her Instagram. XD Even with changing tastes, she’s still making content about Mr Mayall and her brand of whackiness is most definitely beloved by the fandom. Thank you for sharing it with SM!

@lumivarjo -

Lumi was around at the very beginning of SM and is actually responsible for the piece of grey tape bearing the zine’s name that became our logo. He was our original resident P, producing pages for us during the autumn of 2020. Lumi has always been more behind the scenes than at the forefront of SM, but has nonetheless also always been supportive. Being an artistic sod, Lumi is to thank for many of the key headers SM used, which were all vital pieces of the SM brand… if we want to get really pretentious. Thank you for being there for the zine!

@serenpop -

Pol was also around when Ed was proposing this insane new idea of a fanzine for The Young Ones and was our first resident Neil. Offline commitments saw them have to drop the role, but they reappeared again to help us out when we needed cover art at a pinch for Issue #9. A lot of SM’s Drawing Rooms have featured art from Pol, so I’d like to thank them for brightening up our pages!

Additionally, I'd like to thank the other scumbags who’ve made cover art for us: @frankenbolt (who made three(!) beautifully chaotic covers, including everybody’s favourite Modern AU); @whatacompletebastard (for the fab Breakfast Club parody that’s always been popular with the scumbags); @heinzpilsnerbloody (another talented artist who drew me a whole bunch of cool stuff in an exchange and kindly helped SM out); @colourshot-draws (our first anniversary zine cover artist and a genuinely lovely person); @postpunkpontypandyphantomthief (a massive Rik Mayall fan and integral part of the fandom); thedinodoodles (for being ahead of the curve and bringing us pirates before the Tumblr obsession); @rikhead (for the sheer dedication to detail on her cover and for her legendary skills in Rik Pic Hunting™); and @smashingblouses (for providing us with the brilliant TYO 40th anniversary zine cover art). I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: SM couldn’t have functioned without its cover artists. Thank you all. Big respec.

There are a few final scumbags I wish to mention and thank - SM's cheerleaders, if you will. These people have brightened up my day on various occasions and their enthusiasm helped make the zine what it was: @anglophobias, @my-blood-is-maple-syrup, @friedhofcreative, @shotsofnovacaine, @5gogh2, @mariigoldmayall, and @fourstarsandahamster.

Finally, of course, I’d like to say a quick thank you to the people who inspired this fanzine in the first place. Without the canon, there would be no fanon. They’re never going to read this thank Cliff but without the brilliance of Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexei Sayle, Ben Elton, Lise Mayer, and all the recurring comic guest stars of The Young Ones, SM would have quite literally never existed.

We need comedy in hard times – to call out the shits in power, to keep us grounded, to simply make us laugh. I count myself incredibly lucky to have stumbled across fans of this anarchic ‘80s sitcom on Tumblr. Despite the time gone by between 1982 and 2023 and the changes in society and sensibilities, I think it’s an incredibly good thing that this comedy still connects with us. Most of the people I’ve spoken to on here, like me, weren’t alive during TYO’s initial run. It’s often assumed by certain bastards who shall remain nameless that the youth are trying to kill comedy, that we take offence too easily, that comedy classics are a thing of the past. To them I say: UP YOURS, UGLY! As long as there are people, there will be laughter; and among those of us laughing, there will be the young ones.

So thank you, scumbag reader, for downloading our zines and supporting our bastardly endeavours.

Signing off from Scumbag Monthly for the last time,

- R / @neil-neil-orange-peel <3

"This is it! It's really happening! Who needs qualifications? Who cares about Thatcher and unemployment?! We can do just exactly whatever we want to do! And you know why? Because we're Young Ones. Bachelor boys! Crazy, mad, wild-eyed, big-bottomed anarchists!!" - The People's Poet, 1984

[mammameesh]

2023 writing round up

@jesuisici33 and @a-noble-dragon wanted to know what I wrote this year...These are all Schit's Creek unless it says otherwise.

Jan:

Celebrating the MVP - smutty words inspired by some of @lizzie-bennetdarcy's amazing art

New Beginnings - Jan drabbles. I had so much fun I'm doing Jan (ficlits ths time) in 2024

Feb:

Five nights at Ray's (and one day away). -Early days of Patrick introspection mixed with smut.

March:

Pie Day - Headcanons for Ruth in fanfiction form

April:

You'll Scuff the floors -Sexy times in the stock room

Perfectly Fine - My Rare fest story

You're the cutest - Tumblr prompt for @ramonaflow

Sing for me? - Tumblr prompt for @heathermaru

May:

May the 4th be with you (Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston) 

In Sickness (9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020))

[Fan Art] Lightning Bolt Sweater (IDK If this counts but I'm counting it)

Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?  - My tribute to Tina Turner in fanfiction form.

I'll cover you (9-1-1 (TV)) 

June:

Black Onyx (Schitt's Creek) - A birthday gift for a friend @statueinthestone

July:

Sweet Dreams - Tumblr prompt for @jesuisici33

Tanabata- Fairytale retelling?

Baby kiss my hands  - tumblr prompt for @jettestar

Where it doesn't hurt  - Indiana Jones inspired ficlit.

Button (9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020))

Never Before - smut for @jesuisici33 birthday

This is your song (Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston) - Drabbles for RWRB

August:

Sand Castles - Summer word challenge for @mallpretzles

Strawberries and then something more - Stevie/Ruth's first kiss

September:

Lift me up, Hold me down - smut written for my friend @a-noble-dragon on My SC anniversary.

Stitch and Bitch - My contribution to Passions and Past times.

October:

Drabble Smith 

You'll have good luck. - very short ficlit for @apothecarose

Take my whole drabble too. (Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)) 

November:

Foliage - Stevie takes Ruth on her first Turkey Shoot

Leather and Lace  - Smutsgiving Drabble

December:

Without a 2nd thought - My long fic that was just supposed to be a summer thing

By the Seashore - My Autistic!David. This is my favorite universe to write in.

Frozen over Piece

I have already tagged some of my mutals. I would love to read everyone's SC work. It really is getting to be a cozy fandom.

[nezoid]

Happiest birthday Tatiana Maslany! 🥳🎂🎉♥️

Thanks for all these amazing experiences.

I hope you have the best day! ✨🎁✨

--"Pre-Existing Condition" - The Connelly Theatre (June 2024)

--"The George Lucas Talk Show" - Dynasty Typewriter (February 2024)

--"Grey House" - Lyceum Theatre (May 2023)

--She Hulk Premiere - El Capitan Theatre (September 2022)

--Women's March - Los Angeles (March 2020)

--"Network" - Belasco Theatre (May 2019)

--"Outside In" Q&A - Laemmle NoHo (April 2018)

--"Apart From Everything" - Outfest LA (July 2017)

--Wild Horses - UCB Theatre (July 2017)

--Orphan Black - Split Screens Fest (June 2017)

--This Show Is Not Funny - UCB Theatre (May 2017)

--Orphan Black - Paleyfest (March 2017)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.18

Holidays

Adult Autism Awareness Day

Anal Sex Day (Jim Jeffries)

Army Day (Iran)

Banyan Tree Birthday Party (Maui, Hawaii)

Battle of Dybbøl Day (Denmark)

Bilberry Day (French Republic)

Celebrate Ben Solo Day

Coggia’s Comet Day

Coma Patients’ Day (Poland)

Day of Historic and Cultural Monuments (Ukraine)

Day of Secretaries (Belgium, Netherlands)

89ers Day (Oklahoma)

Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day

Friend’s Day (Brazil)

I Love CSU Day (Colorado)

International Amateur Radio Day

International Day For Monuments and Sites (UNESCO)

International Erasure T-Shirt Day

International Juggler's Day

International No Declaw Day

Ianthe Asteroid Day

Invention Day (Japan)

Laundromat Day

National Columnists’ Day

National Exercise Day

National Financial Advisor Day

National Lineman Appreciation Day

National Lydia Day

National Poem in Your Pocket Day

National Send Nudes Day

National Sleep Apnea Awareness Day

National Transfer Money to Your Daughter’s Account Day

National Transgender HIV Testing Day

National Velociraptor Awareness Day

Newspaper Columnists' Day

Paul Revere Day

Pet Owners Independence Day (a.k.a. Pet Parents’ Day Off)

Piñata Day

Real People Day

Red Cross Society Day (Ukraine)

Respect Your Mother Day

Robanukah (Futurama)

Scouts’ Day (Armenia)

Sleep Apnea Awareness Day

Smile Big and Say Hi For No Particular Reason Day

Superman Day

Third World Day

Ushibuka Haiya Matsuri (Dance Festival; Japan)

Victory Over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice (Russia)

World Amateur Radio Day

World Artisan Day

World Heritage Day

World Trifle Day

Youth Homelessness Matters Day

Zhabdrung Kuchhoe (Bhutan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Animal Crackers Day

World Food Travel Day

3rd Thursday in April

Ask An Atheist Day [3rd Thursday; also 9.16]

Biomedical Research Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

College Student Grief Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

Get To Know Your Customers Day [3rd Thursday of each Quarter]

High Five Day [3rd Thursday]

International Pizza Cake Day [3rd Thursday]

National D.A.R.E. Day [3rd Thursday]

National High Five Day [3rd Thursday]

Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [1st Thursday after 4.18]

Throwback Thursday [3rd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 18 (3rd Week)

Cleaning for a Reason [thru 4.24]

Consumer Awareness Week [thru 4.23]

Health Information Professionals Week [thru 4.24]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week [thru 4.24]

Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives in the Line of Duty Week [thru 4.23]

Independence & Related Days

Earth’s Kingdom (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Pinang (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Republic of Eire (Formal Proclamation; 1949)

Zimbabwe (from UK, 1980)

New Year’s Days

Lao New Year Holiday (Laos)

Myanmar New Year Holidays (Myanmar)

Festivals Beginning April 18, 2024

Atlanta Wing Fest (Atlanta, Georgia)

Grape Day (Temecula, California)

Love the Burger Battle Contest (Luverne, Minnesota) [thru 5.25]

Roadburn Festival (Tilburg, Netherlands) [thru 4.20]

Taste of St. Croix (St. Croix, US Virgin Islands)

Feast Days

Agapitus (Christian; Saint)

Agia (Christian; Saint)

Apollonius the Apologist (Christian; Saint)

Bun-Bun Brothers’ Day (Muppetism)

Carista: Day of Peace in the Family (Pagan)

Corebus (Christian; Saint)

Cyril VI of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Eleutherius, Antia & His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Matsu (a.k.a. Mazu; Taoist Sea Goddess)

Festival of Rama-Navami (Hinduism; Everyday Wicca)

Fox Tail Burning Day (Ancient Rome)

Galdino della Sala (a.k.a. Galdin; Christian; Saint)

Gustave Moreau (Artology)

Idesbald (Christian; Saint)

Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet (Artology)

Lady Macbeth Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Laserian (a.k.a. Laisren or Molaisse; Christian; Saint)

Ludwig Meisner (Artology)

Make Faerie Rocks Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Laserim, Bishop of Laighlin, Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Max Weber (Artology)

Molaise of Leighlin (Christian; Saint)

Nihilism Day (Pastafarian)

Perfectus (Christian; Saint)

Plato of Sakkoudion (Christian; Saint)

Three Impossible Mixtures Day (Celtic Book of Days)

The Underlings (Muppetism)

Vitruvius (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [18 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [15 of 30]

Premieres

Absolute Beginners (Film; 1986)

Alice’s Circus Dance (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Apes of Wrath (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)

Baggage Buster (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Barnyard Olympics (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Beyond This Horizon, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1948)

Chess-Nuts (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Dog Trouble (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1942)

Fancy Free, by Leonard Bernstein (Ballet; 1944)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Film; 2008)

Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot (Poetry; 1943)

Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith (Novel; 1981)

Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (Disneyland Animatronic Exhibit; 1964)

Holes (Film; 2003)

Kongo-Roo (Phantasies Cartoon; 1946)

Legend (Film; 1986)

Little Johnny Jet (MGM Cartoon; 1953)

Mare of Easttown (TV Series; 2021)

Manifestoes of Surrealism, by André Breton (Book; 1924)

Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian (Novel; 1969)

Muscle Tussle (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

The Razor’s Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham (Novel; 1944)

The Saint in Trouble, by Graham Weaver (Short Stories; 1978) [Saint #47]

Sheikh of Araby, recorded by Sidney Bechet (Song; 1941)

The Simple Things (Disney Cartoon; 1953)

Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm (Animated Antics Cartoon; 1941)

Straight Shooters (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (WB Animated Film; 2017)

Three Little Wolves (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1936)

Uncle Joey (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

Winged Migration (Documentary Film; 2003)

Today’s Name Days

Werner, Wigbert (Austria)

Viktor, Viktoriya (Bulgaria)

Atanazija, Eusebije, Hermogen, Roman (Croatia)

Valérie (Czech Republic)

Eleutherius (Denmark)

Valdek, Valdeko, Valdemar, Valdo, Valdu, Valdur, Valmar, Valmer, Voldemar, Volli, Volmer (Estonia)

Valdemar, Valto (Finland)

Parfait (France)

Werner, Wigbert (Germany)

Eirene, Eirini, Irene, Irini, Nikolaos, Nikoleta, Nikos, Nicholas, Nicolas, Nick, Rafael, Rene, Rena, Renia, Rhenia (Greece)

Andrea, Ilma (Hungary)

Galdino (Italy)

Dana, Hildegarde, Jadviga, Laura, Nameisis (Latvia)

Apolonijus, Eitvilas, Girmantė, Undinė (Lithuania)

Eilen, Eilert (Norway)

Apoloniusz, Bogusław, Bogusława, Flawiusz, Gościsław (Poland)

Ioan (Romania)

Valér (Slovakia)

Perfecto (Spain)

Valdemar, Volmar (Sweden)

Anthea, Ayana, Ayanna, Warner, Werner (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 109 of 2024; 257 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 16 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 10 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 10 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 9 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 19 Cyan; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 5 April 2024

Moon: 76%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 25 Archimedes (4th Month) [Strabo]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 31 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 29 of 31)

[danpuff-ao3]

Self-Rec

By Year

2015 (MCU)

2016 (MCU + HP)

2019 (HP)

2020 (HP)

2021 (HP)

2022 (HP)

2023 (HP + meta)

By Event

Fests

Kinkuary & Kinktober

By Theme

Holiday Stories

Color Titles

Song Lyric Titles

Femslash

Love, Your Enemy (series)

Personal Favorites

Friends Rec Me!

Mutuals March 2022 - booktopus/Maddy

Birthday 2022 - makeitp1nk

Birthday 2022 - sugareey/Krissy

Mutuals March 2023 - Cindle

Miscellaneous

Podcasts

Playlists

Astrology: Taurus & Scorpio

[our-stars-graveside]

- MASTERLIST -

will include individual fandom lists when this one gets too long :)

fandoms on this list thus far (in no particular order): The Mentalist, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Lie to Me, BBC Merlin, Stargate: Atlantis, BBC Sherlock, Stargate SG1, Leverage

fic-by-fic (oldest to newest) ~

• A Kingdom Beyond the Horizon (ao3 wattpad or fanfiction.net only, wip) - 5k+ words, Merlin/Stargate: Atlantis | It was always only a matter of time before the King of Camelot went on another sorcery-expelling rampage, but no one saw this one coming. No one except for Merlin, the serving boy to the King's son, Prince Arthur.

Among those sorcerers Merlin warns is a woman by the name of Forridel, who lives in the Lower Town. Forridel spreads the message and takes with her a few fellow fugitives as she hastily escapes the kingdom.

If there was but one hideout in which the sorcerers should never have taken refuge, it was the cave in the outskirts of the nearby forest. But what other choice did they have?

• jenny on eternal vacay bc that’s how she is (wattpad only) - 1k+ words, Doctor Who | Jenny aka Generated Anomaly gets the spotlight. Also a Groske, and they’re in London.

- for Writing Workshop 2020

• Johnlock One-Shot* ao3 - 1k+ words, Sherlock | John writes a heartfelt letter to his flatmate, not that he’ll ever send it...

• A Very Jisbon Holiday* | link to post (ao3) - 5k+ words, The Mentalist | A holiday-themed Jisbon one-shot I made for randomfandomtrashblog (Tumblr) for Secret Santa 2022.

If you would like to mostly ignore Red John, then maybe this is for you.

• would you be my little quarantine?* | link to post (ao3) - 5k+ words, Supernatural | To celebrate Dean Winchester's 44th birthday, here is a fic in which Cas is a little sick, Dean ends up a lot sick, and they have difficulty actually communicating with each other. Blatantly Destiel.

#deansbirthdaybash (epilogue wip)

• Sad, sad demise of the Team: Sam and Destiel - about 800 words, Supernatural/Stargate SG1 | Sam and Destiel meet alternate Destiel, then get gate-napped. Can read with no Stargate knowledge.

#cursed27event

from challenges ~

• Lie to Me October Challenge (still wip because I had priorities. sorry)

• Merthur Glompfest 2023* ✨

• Febuwhump 2023 (mostly to be added, i’m editing) > Feb 5, Leverage

• Merlin Bingo 2023 ~ to be added

• Leverage Gift Exchange ~ to be added

• FTH | Stargate SG1 & Leverage ~ to be added

• (Merlin) Tournament of Champions ~ to be added

• Librarians Prompt Month ~ to be added

• Merlin Tarot Fest ~ to be added

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hopefully you found something to your liking & thanks for readin <3 feel free to message me about fandom anything :):)

* fic is only on ao3

[tomionesmutfest2024]

Reader Bingo Board 1: Right Column Bingo

For context, there were three full Bingo boards, then all three versions condensed to be 4x4 and finally all three versions condensed to be 3x3. Here is one way to score bingo on the first board.

Foot Fetish

(Wow, I could not find anything on this, but here is a story that mentions feet 4(!) times - it might not feel like a lot but I was scraping the bottom of the barrel here.)

Fortune In Spades by LittleMulattoKitten

Summary:

Hermione was supposed to be married or otherwise "contained" as a concubine by her twentieth birthday, like the rest of the female muggleborns and halfbloods in Britain. She was not supposed to teach herself magic in secret and hope that one muggleborn peasant was insignificant enough to go unnoticed. She never expected to end up escorted up to the castle to the King's study. Nor did she expect him to decide her fate personally. King Tom never expected to find his favorite kind of woman —clever, strongwilled, and powerful— in a muggleborn scullery maid who'd somehow mastered wandless casting without a tutor. Law-breaker or not, she didn't belong in the dungeons. She belonged at his feet. She belonged in his bed. She belonged to him. He just had to show her. Written for Weestarmeggie's Tomione Smut Fest 2018.

2. Tied Up

The Last Time by WildKitsune

Summary:

Tom and Hermione keep finding reasons to hook up even though they are broken up, and they both know they will never be right for each other. Each time it happens, they always swear it will be the last time. Prompt by weestarmeggie17 “Tomione have split up but keep ending up in bed together because they can't help themselves”

3. Swallowing

Sunlit Garden by januarywren

Summary:

“I want a hero: an uncommon want,” Tom murmured, his index finger tracing beneath the finely printed words. Lord Byron’s work was a favorite of his, and his wife’s, “when every year and month sends forth a new one, till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, the age discovers he is not the true one – “ His wife curled in his arms, warm and sated with his spend dripping from her thighs. She made for a decadent sight; her chignon askew and her cheeks flushed pink, while Tom held her closer to him. She was the only one he desired close, the only one he had never considered pushing away. Nor did he desire the afternoons they spent at the manor to end when they made love freely throughout every wing of the manor and every sunny place outside. The garden was well tended, while the apple orchard stretched throughout countless acres, ensuring they would never be caught en dishabille unless they wished it. It was their private paradise, or their ‘Eden,’ as they called it. One that others would never know of... For the Tomione 2020 Fic Gift Exchange! 🔥💖

4. Anal

Teaching Miss Granger by Anonymous

Summary:

Hermione never foresaw herself breaking the rules, let alone one. It all changed in her sixth year when a new professor challenged her. Reading from books had its limits, he told her. Professor Riddle dared her to step out of her comfort zone. What was the point if she never put her knowledge to use? Magic had a purpose. She needed to find hers. Her sixth year passed by quickly as she learned more than she ever could. But reading books was still one of her favourite hobbies. Nothing could ever replace it until she discovers another passion.

5. Violence at Foreplay

A Soul's Epilogue by TheSoulweaver

Summary:

Years and years of war would exhaust a soul, straining it and wringing it dry with no escape except death. However, Death had a different plan for Hermione Granger, the brightest witch of her age. Her soul was transferred to a girl who was supposed to be dead. A handsome dark wizard had made sure of that. Or so he thought. *** "I vow to dismantle you, Tom," she whispered against his skin, her hands wandering from his chest to his shoulders in barely perceptible caresses. Sensually, she licked over his flesh. "I will slowly unravel you, and then I will mould you anew." Before he could respond, she sank her teeth into his throat, just enough to cause a sting. His hips bucked into hers, rubbing deliciously over her bare pussy. "And if that fails," she whispered, "I'll end you myself."

[highwaysps]

MY IMAGINARY LIFE FOR SOMEONE - Trailer (Film Maudit 2.0 World Premiere - 2024) from Highways Performance Space on Vimeo.

An uncanny semi-mockumentary tour through a labyrinth of mysteriously linked Los Angeles McMansions circa Y2K provides a dreamlike glimpse into the lives of five unique women who live behind the front gates.

A kaleidoscope of fantasy and truth, My Imaginary Life For Someone envelops us into an abstracted Los Angeles, a dreamlike labyrinth of mysterious mansions where the residents embody this hyperreal city. One discovers an unexpected guest in her home as she celebrates her husband’s hundredth birthday. One has meticulously constructed the so-called “House That Infinity Built.” One proclaims herself to be the foremost collector of Princess Diana memorabilia in North America. One recovers from drastic cosmetic reconstruction while her surgeon attempts to pitch a show to her Hollywood executive husband. One listens to a tape of her own voice as she brings a plate of Bagel Bites out to the pool.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Molly Wurwand blurs the intersection of the dreamy and the deranged. They are inspired by performances of genders + plastic surgery + pseudo-celebrity + simulacrum + the hypnotic discomfort of being alive inside a body. dreamlandforever.com

Ryan McGlade is a writer, director, and editor. His films have screened at festivals worldwide including Palm Springs International ShortFest, Tacoma Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, and the Bushwick Film Festival, where his short "Hoss" was awarded the Programmer's Choice Award for Best Narrative Short in 2020. Additionally, his film "Buddymovie" was awarded Best U.S. Narrative at the 2022 Drunken Film Fest Oakland and Best Lo-Budget Film at the 2023 London Short Film Festival. His work has also been featured online on NoBudge, Filmmaker Magazine, Eternal Family, Talkhouse, The Film Stage, and Bloody Disgusting. ryanmcglade.com

[brookston]

Holidays 4.20

Holidays

Anniversary of Something That Happened So Long Ago Everyone Has Forgotten What It Was Day

Chinese Language Day (UN)

Columbine Anniversary Day

Cuckoo Day (Medieval Europe)

Daffodil King Day

Day of Shame (Elder Scrolls)

Deepwater Horizon Anniversary Day

Doge Day

Dushanbe Day (Tajikistan)s

Environment Day (Ukraine)

420 [April 20] (a.k.a. ... 

Cannabis Culture Day

Four-Twenty

International Cannabis Day

Global CRSwNP Awareness Day

Go Around Humming "You Light Up My Life" Until Everybody Screams Day

Grain Rains Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Indian Day (Brazil)

International Cli-Fi Day (a.k.a. Climate Fiction Day)

International Peter Tosh Day

Jose de Diego’s Birthday (Puerto Rico)

Justice Authorities Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Knife Day (French Republic)s

Look Alike Day

L. Ron Hubbard Exhibition Day (Scientology)

National Administrative Professional Day

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day

National Canadian Film Day (Canada)

National Consumer Day (Indonesia)

National Day of Action Against Gun Violence in Schools

National Death Doula Day

National Donor Day (Russia)

National Erection Day (South Africa)

National Foot Job Day

National Goal Buddies Day

National Oil Price Day

National Pot Smoking Day

National Seaweed Day

National Squat Day

National Stop Snoring Day

National Weed Day

Palindrome Day

Pastele Blajinilor (Memory/Parents’ Day; Moldova)

Post Office Day (Japan)

Radium Day

Robanukah begins (Futurama)

Rose Day (French Republic)

Sumardagurinn First (1st Day of Summer; Iceland)

Sylvester the Cat Day

Take a Break to Rest Your Mind Day

Volunteer Recognition Day

World Animal Vaccination Day

World Armwrestling Day

World Durood Day

World Orphans Day

Zipper Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Milk Tea Dumpling Day

Lima Bean Respect Day

National Cheddar Fries Day

National Cold Brew Day

National Cold IPA Day

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day

3rd Saturday in April

California Poppy Festival begins [3rd Saturday]

Hardware Freedom Day [3rd Saturday]

Husband Appreciation Day [3rd Saturday]

International Reconciliation Day [3rd Saturday]

National Auctioneers Day [3rd Saturday]

Record Store Day [3rd Saturday]

World Circus Day [3rd Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 20 (3rd Week)

International Wildlife Film Week [thru 4.25]

National Park Week [thru 4.28]

National Stop Snoring Week [thru 4.26]

Independence & Related Days

Arlandia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Arnerea (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Flammancia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Morland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Rome (Founded by Romulus & Remus; 735 BCE; 3961 Julian Period; 4th Year of 6th Olympiad)

West Korea (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

New Years Holidays (Myanmar)

Festivals Beginning April 20, 2024

Arkansas State Chili Championships (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)

BBQ & Blues Festival (Barnesville, Georgia)

Blacksburg Fork and Cork (Blacksburg, Virginia)

Blessing of Sonoita Vineyards (Elgin, Arizona)

Bluebird Music Festival (Boulder, Colorado)

Butter & Egg Days (Petaluma, California)

California Nut Festival (Chico, California)

Catersville BBQ & Brews Festival (Catersville, Georgia)

Columbus International Film & Animation Festival (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 4.21]

Connecticut Craft Beer Fest (Hartford, Connecticut)

Crawfish Cook-Off (Slidell, Louisiana)

Dessert Wars (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

East Coast She Crap Soup Classic (Virigina Beach, Virginia)

East Maui Taro Festival (Maui, Hawaii)

Ferguson Brewing 14th Anniversary Beer Festival (Ferguson, Missouri)

Fort Pierce Oyster Festival (Fort Pierce, Florida)

Glens Falls Briefest (Glens Falls, New York)

Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival (Wichita, Kansas) [thru 4.21]

High Water Festival (North Charleston, South Carolina) [thru 4.21]

Massachusetts Craft Brewers Festival (Boston, Massachusetts)

Mile High 420 Festival (Denver, Colorado)

Moors and Christians of Alcoy Festival (Alcoy, Spain) [thru 4.22]

Pennsylvania Maple Festival (Meyersdale, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.21 & 4.24-28]

Ramp Festival (Sherman, Connecticut)

Scallop Festival in Brittany (Paimpol, France) [thru 4.21]

Schram Haus’ Goast Fest (Chaska, Minnesota)

Shad Fest (New Hope/Lambertville, New Jersey)

Stuttgart Spring Festival (Stuttgart, Germany) [thru 5.12]

SweetWater 420 Fest (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 4.21]

Venice Art Biennale (Venice, Italy) [thru 11.24]

Weifang International Kite Festival (Weifang, China) [thru 4.22]

West End Beer Fest (Spokane, Washington)

Wine & Food Festival (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Wine Stroll (Westminster, Maryland)

World Class Crab Races & Crab Feed (Westport, Washington)

World’s Biggest Fish Fry (Paris, Tennessee)

Feast Days

Afanc Day (Giant Beaver; Celtic Book of Days)

Agnes of Monte Pulciano (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Anicetus, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Anniversary of Something That Happened So Long Ago Everyone Has Forgotten What It Was (Shamanism)

Beuno (Christian; Saint)

Blodeuedd Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Caedwalla of Wales (Christian; Saint)

Daniel Chester French (Artology)

Eastre (Teutonic Goddess of Spring)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Artology)

Frontinus (Positivist; Saint)

Gabriel of Bialystok (Orthodox Christian; Poland)

Hildegund (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Hugh of Anzy le Duc (Christian; Saint)

Intergalactic Alien Solidarity Day (Pastafarian)

James of Sclavonia (Christian; Saint)

Joan Miró (Artology)

Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran)

Marcellinus of Gaul (a.k.a. Embrun; Christian; Saint)

Marcian (a.k.a. Marian; Christian; Saint)

Oda of Brabant (Christian; Blessed)

Odilon Redon (Artology)

Peter S. Beagle (Writerism)

R. Bud Dwyer Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ridván begins (until May 2; Bahá'í)

Sebastian Faulks (Writerism)

Serf or Servanus of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Theotimos (Christian; Saint)

Tuktuki (Muppetism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat HaGadol [12 Nisan]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 8 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [8 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [16 of 53]

Historically Bad Day (Hitler born, Columbine massacre, Deepwater Horizon explosion & 7 other tragedies) [2 of 11]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Hitler's birthday. Plus, everyone's high.)

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [22 of 60]

Premieres

African Diary (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

Aggretsuko (Anime TV Series; 2018)

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Song; 1967)

American Idiot (Broadway Musical; 2010)

Annie Hall (Film; 1977)

The Barnyard Five (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1936)

Boyhood Daze (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Buccaneer Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Buddy in Africa (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Charming (Animated Film; 2018)

The Company of Women, by Mary Gordon (Novel; 1981)

Dawn of the Dead (Film; 1979)

The Diplomat (TV Series; 2023)

Disappointment, of the Force of Credulity, by Samuel Adler (Comic Ballad Opera; 1762) [1st American Opera; Performance canceled at last minute; wasn’t performed until 1976]

Duck Duck Goose (Animated Film; 2018)

Dummy (TV Series; 2020)

El Capitan, by John Philip Sousa (March; 1896)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, recorded by Judy Garland (Song; 1944)

Hot Fuzz (Film; 2007)

Jazz Samba, by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd (Album; 1962)

Jumping’ Jack Flash, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

Just a Clown (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)

The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (Novel; 1968)

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1611)

Make Mine Music (Animated Disney Film; 1946)

The Man Who Lived Underground, by Richard Wright (Novel; 1942)

Mexican Cat Dance (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)

Miami Blues (Film; 1990)

My Boy Jack (Film; 2007)

Panhandle Scandal (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1959)

Puppy Love, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1959)

A Rainy Day (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

Rising Sun, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1992)

The Robber Kitten (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1935)

Roman Punch (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1930)

Salem (TV Series; 2014)

The Spirit of St. Louis (Film; 1957)

Sunny South (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

Thrill of Fair (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1951)

The Velveteen Rabbit (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1985)

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South, recorded by Louis Armstrong (Song; 1931)

Today’s Name Days

Hildegund, Odetta, Wilhelm (Austria)

Berta, Loen, Marta (Croatia)

Marcela (Czech Republic)

Sulpicius (Denmark)

Orvi, Urbe, Urva, Urve, Urvi (Estonia)

Lauha, Neela, Nella (Finland)

Odette, Théotime (France)

Hildegund, Odetta (Germany)

Zakhaios (Greece)

Tivadar (Hungary)

Adalgisa (Italy)

Amula, Armands, Mirta, Ziedīte (Latvia)

Agnė, Eisvydė, Gostautas, Marcijonas (Lithuania)

Kjellaug, Kjellrun (Norway)

Agnieszka, Amalia, Czech, Czechasz, Czechoń, Czesław, Florencjusz, Florenty, Nawoj, Sulpicjusz, Szymon, Teodor (Poland)

Teotim (Romania)

Marcel (Slovakia)

Inés (Spain)

Amalia, Amelie (Sweden)

Svyatoslav, Svyatoslava (Ukraine)

Ramsey, Rosco, Roscoe, Ross (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 111 of 2024; 255 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 16 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 7 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 12 (Jia-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 11 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 21 Cyan; Sevenday [20 of 30]

Julian: 7 April 2024

Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 27 Archimedes (4th Month) [Plutarch]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 33 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 1 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Taurus (The Bull) begins [Zodiac Sign 2; thru 5.20]

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Most Debonier & Well Distinguished Black American Actor In Hollywood Of The 21st Century Is Born On This Day 👨🏿✊🏿🖤🤎

Ali was born in Oakland, California, on February 16, 1974, to Willicia Goines and Phillip Gilmore. He was raised as a Christian in nearby Hayward, California, by his mother, an ordained Baptist minister whose own mother, Evia Goines, was herself an ordained minister at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward. His father was an actor who appeared on Broadway. Maher-shalal-hash-baz is the name of the prophet Isaiah's second child (chapter 8, Book of Isaiah).

He is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.

After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series, and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama film Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020).

In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016), and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

PLEASE WISH THIS MOST DISTINGUISHED & ICONIC BLACK AMERICAN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR 👨🏿✊🏿🖤🤎 IN HOLLYWOOD,   A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HIM

YOU LOVE HIS CONFIDENCE & STYLISH SWAGGER 😎 IN ACTING

& ALL THE LADIES LOVE HIM.  ALL RIGHT NOW

THE 1 & ONLY

MR. MAHERSHALA ALI 👨🏿✊🏿🖤🤎 AKA BLADE 🧛🏿‍♂️🕶😎

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MR. ALI👨🏿✊🏿🖤🤎 & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#MahershalaAli #The4400 #Moonlight #LukeCage  #Cottonmouth #TrueDetective #Blade #MCU