#c. alf

[soweirdondisney]

Disney Plus has made the first five Air Bud movies available to stream.

Air Bud (1997)

Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)

Air Bud: World Pup (2000)

Air Budd: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)

Air Bud: Spike Back (2003)

This is the first time ever the movies are available to watch on the platform at the same time.

Kevin Zegers was Josh Framm in the Air Bud franchise before being a guest in So Weird's "Second Generation" episode as Ryan Ollman.

He returned to the Air Bud franchise after the episode.

Zegers was in the first four Air Bud movies with another So Weird guest, Jay Brazeau (Mr. Cox in "Detention"), who has probably the most iconic line of the film.

Neither of the men are in the fifth Air Bud movie, Spikes Back, but C. Ernst Harth ("Boo" and "Troll") and Alf Humphreys ("Angel") are.

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Whumptober Day 22 - Alfie Solomons

Alfie Solomons x gn!reader

Prompt: Chronic Pain

Trigger Warnings: Swearing

Summary: Getting Alfie to take a day off when his sciatica is bothering him is a full time job.

You woke to the sound of your husbands grumbling as he puttered around you bedroom, getting ready for the day. While it wasn't unusual for you to wake around this time, and watch the few peaceful moments he would have during the day, you could tell that something was off.

Propping yourself up on one elbow, you watched as he leaned heavily against the dresser, muttering a curse you couldn't make out. You recognized the odd shift in his stance in an instant.

"Are you alright love?"

Alfie startled at the sound of your voice, looking up and across the room at you, "Hm? What? I'm fine, treacle, you just go back to bed now, right?"

You sat up properly now, raising your eyebrows and crossing your arms, "Alfie..."

"'s just me sciatica, love, nothin' to worry about."

You let out a judgmental hum, and thinking that was the end of it, he went back to digging around in one of the drawers for whatever shirt he was looking for. Finally finding whichever one he was looking for, he straightened up, moving across the room stiffly, and muttering to himself, "Now where the bloody hell did I put..."

Without a word you slipped out of bed quietly, darting through the silent house to retrieve his cane from where he had left it in the study the night before.

When you returned, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, running his hand over his beard.

"You ought to stop leaving this around." You said, handing the cane over.

He sighed but took it gratefully, "Thank you, treacle."

You sat down beside him on the edge of the bed, nudging his shoulder with yours, "Maybe you should stay home today. I know you don't have any important meetings."

"Maybe not any meetings, but inventory is coming up, and I need to go over the adding before my next meeting with that fuckin Shelby wanker," He rubbed a hand over his beard once more, "And it really ain't that bad."

You tried to hold back a scoff, nodding seriously, "Oh yes, of course. And none of that could ever be held off till tomorrow."

"Well-"

You cut him off, pressing a kiss to his temple and standing up, "Right. I'm going to go make some breakfast."

A few minutes later, you were halfway through scrambling some eggs when Alfie lumbered into the kitchen, leaning heavily on his cane. You pursed your lips, but said nothing, turning to the stove top.

Out of the corner of your eye, you could see Alfie reluctantly taking the pain medication he'd been prescribed for particularly bad days.

"Are you sure you can't just stay home, Alf? If it's bothering you that much-"

"Don't you go trying to tell me what to do-" He pointed a finger at you, "I am a grown man, I can take care of myself thank you very fucking much."

"That doesn't mean you should have to," You moved your pan off the burner, moving to wrap your arms around his waist, "Let me take care of you, darling."

Almost automatically, his arms were wrapping around you in return, but he kept up his grumbling, "I've got things, treacle, right, that I need to do, and I'm fine anyway. Just making a big fuss over nothin."

"Mhhhm. What if I just go call Ollie myself and tell him not to let you into your office, hm? What then?" You asked, pulling away enough to look at him.

He wagged his finger at you again, "Ah, but Ollie's to scared of me to keep me out all day."

"He might be scared of you threatening him, but I think he'd be more scared of disappointing me." You said gravley.

Alfie locked eye with you for a long moment, and a battle of wills commenced. You would keep this up all day, even if it meant following him all the way to the bakery, sitting in his office all day, and not letting him get one ounce of work done, for your begging him to take a load off.

You knew that, and he knew that. It took a few long moments before he finally looked away, conceding.

"Right, fine. Since you put it that way."

You beamed, pressing a kiss to his whiskery cheek, "Wonderful. Now, you sit right down there, and after breakfast I will run you a nice, hot bath."

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[aphcoolalters]

Were already somewhat aware of how Labby acts towards Alfred, but how does he interact and/or act around other alters? Is there any he's acquainted with? Some he just straight up hates?

P: Okay, okay, you win, we'll tell you about the son of a bitch, I'll go first

P: Labby and I have been friends from the beginning, we even teamed up to play a little prank on Alfred, unfortunately, Alfred returned to the playhouse and Labby, like the big idiot that he is, stayed with him

I like to see what he does with Alfred, it's like watching a show within another show haha ​​gays, Anyway, now it's Alfem's turn

A: WAIT WHAT?! I told you I didn't want to talk about him!

P: I don't care princess, just do it

A: Ah... fine

A: When he saw that I was angry with him, he started acting cuter to me than usual, he even gave me a gift, but I don't think a real heart covered in blood is a gift you would give to your girlfriend, anyway he and I We are no longer boyfriends, I cannot love someone who abandoned me

P: damn why are you so dramatic?

A: I'm not dramatic, I'm just telling the truth.

D: well bitch, more for me

P: ooh dominatrix! Come, tell us what you think of Labby

D: Fuck, Labby is so hot, but for some reason he doesn't want to have me around, I mean, I'm a horny whore who wants to be with him, why is he leaving? I don't understand why he wants to keep trying to make Alfem love him again when he has ME in his clutches

P: stupid bitch... Hey, and where is Chist? I'd love to hear what that moron has to say

C: here I am, I'm everywhere, you know

P: uuuhg, Yes Christ, I know, you say it more than 20 times a day-

C: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

okay that's better

I don't know Labby very well but I think he and Alfred have a great relationship, it's obvious that they love each other a lot, if they got married I would definitely be the-

L: Step aside! I WANT TO TELL SOMETHING

L: I only interacted with Labby once in my life, a while ago I thought it would be a good idea to go out while Labby and Alfred were… AHAM! doing THAT

I thought Labby probably wouldn't notice, but he did and I looked like an idiot when he did it

P: lucifer literally no one asked you

S.Alf: Yes, and not only that day did you look stupid, actually you look stupid every day

Alf.P: you make me sick dude…

L: ALRIGHT! If you think you're so smart, try it yourself

S. Alf: I honestly never had the courage to talk to him

Alf. P: Me neither, he just spends his time sitting on the couch and watching TV

S. Alf: He doesn't seem threatening, just weird, I don't understand why he's still here, he has no affection for Alfred and it bothers me how toxic he is

P: faggots, he's just a fat guy addicted to weed, he's not going to bite you or something like that

L: the egocentric is right

P: Lucifer My God, just close your fucking mouth

[hjaopanses]

hello everypony

okay ignore the random signoffs and messy stuff like we said this gets edited a lawt and different peeples come by and change it at different times-🏙️

finally we have a uh. pinned post yeha.

we are the birdhouse system!! anyways you can call us hjaopanses if you dont know whos fronting//present atm.,,, (also. we dont know what we even are so we're putting that off to the side 🤧)

you might know us from the free bird au, our art, our old murder drones content, or pinterest!

fandom time. currently in the osc, mainly hfjone, (and cfmot) and slight omori with a sprinkle of the darly boxman show?? mhm. also if you cant tell we're obsessed with birds and reptiles. mainly birds because they're consuming our brain ☹️☹️ literally its not even funnyh

fandoms we used to be in//know very well lorewise: ddlc, murder drones, countryballs, fpe, countryhumans, dave and bambi, elain gets adopted, hazbin hotel, helluva boss (planning to rewatch because our friend wants us to haha) harry potter, spooky month, tadc, aaand fnf. we probably left out a lot but ogay

meee. you can call me wren, and i go by she/he/they.., also a panromantic objectum gender-fluid😁😁 by the way i dont use a signoff so thats how you know its me and not the peeples speakingf.

heres me lookie look yeha im the black crowned night heron

OKAY so heres the peeples. (not in order really) let me list them all *inhales* so theres...

amelia, she/they 🏙️ -- evil amelia, she/they 🌆

barley, they/them 🌾

basil, he/she 🌿

sunny, they/them, 🌻

kamaboko, they/any, 🍥

unnamed goose guy, he/him 🪿

brody, he/any 🌱🐦

erin, [???] 🪶

avery, she/her 🕰️🦅

harvey, [???] 🍄‍🟫🐦‍⬛

ruve, they/any 🕊️

chickpea, she/her 🐥

unnamed raven guy, he/him 🐦‍⬛

crazy tv, they/it 📟

candy bar, he/it 🍫🥩 (uses a little writing icon to replicate how it communicates in real life. this thang ->📝)

batpack/liam, he/him 🎒🦇

liam, he/him 🎒

airy, he/they 📼💡

ciel, they/them 🖇️🚐

opposition airy, [???] 📡🔌

expunged, 💥⌨️

[???] she/her -🧃

eco, she/they 🦦

noah, [???]🐤🏚️

boris, he/him 🐓

words with friends tile (wwft), he/him ✴️

hi! clock, any ⏰

cooper, he/him [???]

exclamation mark//mark, they/any ❕

animatic, any, 🩻

cheez-it, he/him🧀🟧

ava, he/she/they 🎥

free bird liam (fb liam), he/him (?) 🎒🪽

archie, [???] 🦜 iwec.

taco, she/her, 🌮

[???] he/she, 🍭

(other) liam, he/him 🎒🌉

toby liam, he/him 🎒🏹

airline food // alf // alfie, he/they 🍱

richard, he/him 📞

kratcy/kodiak, he/him -Й-

okay done yeahhgg. had to spend an entire 30 minutes trying to remember everyone. if i forgor anyone then oh well shrug. note that some of these guys dont even bother going on here to say hi so sorry noah, fb liam, erin, and boris i do have to tell them that you exist soooo. another thing. we do forget to add guys on here even if they've been here the whole time but never made an appearance on this place. so like. if you see others popping up, theyre most likely peeples who've stuck around.

also heres the dni. racists, homophobes, transphobes, pedophiles, nsfw (non jokingly), people who invalidate others, zoophiles, etc. also note that we're bodily a minor so please for the love of all that watches above, don't be weird,,,,

random stuff time that has to do with our beloveds because im not leaving that out giggles

we'll miss you dearly, taquito...

cleooo...

minerva, stormy, oliver, and crowe 💞💞

updating thgis. the peeples have sometjing going on too including meeeeee

so like. we got my pookaronis... charlotte [🍞], circle [⚪️], contact lens [☣️]... funni how they all start with c. giggle okay off topic

then theres iunno. gayety gay gay candy bar. let me put a little quote that i think he might say to his oh so dear lanternyh. [☄️] "hello beautiful, i like you would you like to go on a date? i will pay then i will tickle you in the bed? yes? please i love you!"

and next we got kamaboko, marek [🎒🪶], and batpack/liam [🎒🦇]. iunno what to say here theyre just liek a happy little family. yeahg

and the rest of thgem are single pringles. including wren if you exclude their object partners. also who in the fudge fries would wanna date someone like us. last few relationships were either fake or a disaster 🥀🥀🥀 but guess what. i dont care!!!!!!!!!! i love objects so ha

extra thingies. so uhhh liam [🎒] and marek [🎒🪶] are bros. throws confetti look its a sibling reunion

we're wren's roomies slash half jay 😸😸

urm.. if yoyre wonderinf why archie has an 'iwec' instead of just 'iwc' its because hes baddd! for no reason it seems. dont even wanna mention what hes done so guys be careful when talking to him.

i love the funkadelix themesong so much every time i listen to it i want to kiss the wall 😻

last thing. guess what. cheeken butt 😁😁😁 -🏙️

last updated on like uh. june 22

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do you think John had BPD?

Hi anon!

I wasn't sure about answering this one because of the ethical difficulties but I think it's okay if I make it extremely clear that I am not a professional, I do not have training in this area, I do not know the individual personally and anything I say after this point can only be taken as speculation and opinion, not as a certainty. A lot of conditions have significant overlap with each other (C-PTSD and NPD immediately come to mind in John's case) which is why John would have needed to be assessed in a clinical setting. We also don't have any way to see if he had any abnormalities in his brain structure, particularly in the the amygdala, the hippocampus and the orbitofrontal cortex that are associated with BPD.

All that out of the way, for long complicated reasons I am familiar with BPD and in my view, yes John Lennon had BPD; to the point I think of him as almost a poster child for the condition. The reasons I think this are exhaustive, but I will break them down using the symptom criteria for BPD as set out in the DSM-5 as well as looking at an overview for the risk factors involved in developing BPD.

Risk factors:

Risk factors for BPD are both environmental and genetic. For genetic it is hard to know as we don't have full details on John's parents but Julia's own instability suggests that there may have been some genetic factor at play.

Environmental - environmental risks factors for BPD include:

Being victim to emotional, sexual and verbal abuse - we know John suffered from at least one of these. On the emotional front you had his biological parents force him to choose between them, his aunt Mimi being incredibly controlling and giving him the silent treatment as a regular punishment as well as getting rid of his dog as a manipulation tactic. I have no doubt as well that Aunt Mimi could give him a verbal tongue lashing when the mood suited her.

In terms of sexual abuse, it's not something I've brought up before as it's too dark and I don't have enough to back it up but there's something very murky when it comes to John and sexual boundaries with relatives. The repeated allusion to abnormal sexual relationships between family members in Skywriting bothers me. It could be John just being a wind up but it's always lain at the back of my mind as something potentially not right there. His poor sexual boundaries with his mother as expressed in his audio diaries is a hard one as she didn't play a traditional role in his life and it's actually quite normal for developing boys to sometimes get those urges as their hormones are going nutso. The only reason I raise it here though is that John shared a bed with his mum and her boyfriend until the age of five. Considering Julia was not the most responsible, I wonder if John witnessed some things in that situation he shouldn't have. Its deeply speculative but it's just a point that my brain can't drop.

Being exposed to long-term fear or distress as a child - John was distressed and confused about his unusual living situation and apparent abandonment by his mother. The death of his uncle was also a massive strain.

Being neglected by 1 or both parents - whilst the situation was complicated, Julia did leave John alone for long stretches of time whilst she worked in a bar and Alf was mostly absent apart from the Blackpool incident where John was forced to choose between his mother and father. I know aunt Mimi stepped in and did not physically neglect him (emotionally...) but these formative years are crucial.

Growing up with another family member who had a serious mental health condition, such as bipolar disorder or a drink or drug misuse problem - John doesen't seem to have had this save potentially what was going on with Julia.

Again from my own complicated history with the disorder, I know one of the risk factors is the individual growing up in and environment where affection and attention is inconsistent and feelings are not recognised . To my mind John experienced the physical inconsistency of his mother and the emotional inconsistency of Mimi.

So going through the list, John had nearly all the environmental risk factors for BPD and potentially some genetic factors.

Now let's look at the symptom criteria.

DSM criteria:

1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment - reported repeatedly by classmates and friends. I can't find it right now but one school friend talked about John was extremely anxious about people leaving and would ask exactly when his friend would be back to spend time with him. If the account of the diaries are to be believed he was preoccupied that Sean and Yoko were going to leave him. One can see his entire break-up behaviour as one big desperate attempt to avoid being abandoned by his friends by leaving them first.

2. A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation - treatment of Stu, Paul, Yoko and Sean is just textbook. His relationship with Paul is particularly illuminating: one minute he's god, the next a fallen idol. Elliot Mintz talks about John's view of Paul changing 'minute to minute'. Yoko too was his life, his world, the air he breathed but then he would scream at her and test her. He had no measured conceptualisation of close relationships, they had to be absolutely everything, otherwise they were fake/phony.

3. Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self - See dependence on others for identity, and continuously moving to new personas or fads as a source of stability. The Mirror, Mirror Dakota demo is essentially a song describing this sensation.

4. Impulsivity in at least two potentially self-damaging areas (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) -all the ones listed John partook in.

5. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures or threats, or self-mutilating behavior- don't know about this one. Not reported but doesen't mean it didn't happen.

6. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and rarely more than a few days). - John's mood swings are infamous.

7. Chronic feelings of emptiness - doesen't speak to it overtly I believe (could be wrong) but his constant attempts to find a new thing to 'save' him as well as his chronic swings of depression I think suggest this may well have been true.

8. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights) - again, infamous for his wild temper.

9. Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms - we joke about John's paranoia for a reason. For dissociation he potentially talks about it in Hunter Davies:

''If I am on my own for three days, doing nothing, I almost completely leave myself. I’m at the back of my head. I can see my hands and realize they’re moving, but it’s like a robot who’s doing it. I have to see the others to see myself. Then I realize there is someone like me so it’s reassuring.''

He also talks about seeing the world almost as if its a hallucination or a surreal fantasy which could be dissociation or the hallucinations that can happen with BPD.

You need five of these symptoms to meet the criteria for BPD. On my count John has at least seven and likely eight of the symptoms. BPD would explain his difficulties in his relationships, mood swings, constant seeking for the next big 'thing' and 'wild behaviour'. John also had narcissistic tendencies which would also make sense as Cluster-B personalities tend to have comorbidities or traits from other cluster B disorders.

I want to again stress that whilst there are clinicians that agree with me, I am not in any way qualified to make any diagnostic judgements, this is purely fan speculation. Nor does matching symptom criteria necessarily mean that John had the disorder or that his behaviour can't be explained by other mental illness'. For example, if you put John's behaviour up against a checklist for narcissistic personality disorder, he would match eight of the nine criteria. I personally believe that BPD fits John better than NPD as John was capable of (diminished) empathy and still capable of loving people past their use-by date, despite his desire to banish those feelings. But still the possibility of alternative explanations is there and I'm in no position to dismiss it.

That being said, I still believe the evidence is there and I wish it had been feasible for John to get a diagnosis to better understand himself and his responses. In that way he could have understood that he wasn't wrong or evil, he was just traumatised and his brain and behaviour had developed in a way to cope with the trauma. John was an immensely talented, funny, charming, generous, kind person who was adored by those close to him. At the same time due to what I believe to be his condition, he struggled to maintain these relationships and was liable to lash out despite his best efforts to improve. John didn't want to be angry, he tried to seek help, he just looked for it in the wrong places. Who knows, in another time and in another place with better access to care, life may have looked a lot different and a lot happier for John Lennon. And that to me, regardless of exact diagnosis, is one of the biggest tragedies in this whole situation.

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Accidents Happen

(Reader x TNMN Neighbours)

Summary: You survive a doppelgänger attack, and all of your neighbours visit you! <3

It was a rare occasion, to see a human actually survive a doppel attack. Like you, you were one of the rare ones to survive. In return, you had scratches all over your face and body, your nose was bleeding badly, and a few patches of skin was ripped off, mainly on your arms and legs. After your neighbours had heard the miracle, they instantly rushed to the hospital of where you were held to be healed.

As you wake up, slowly but surely, you can feel and see the blinding white of your hospital room, surrounding you completely. It was then followed by a massive headache, probably due to the loss of blood. But you can also hear a few, distance voices outside of your hospital room. It was muffled, but you could almost tell that some of those voices belonged to your neighbours. Relief washed over you quickly, relaxing, as you know that atleast, a few people that you care about, they also care about you.

You swore you heard a nurse say, “You can come in, they’re awake.”

After that, a few, familiar faces had entered the room. It was just a few, like about 4 or 5 people had entered. But you finally recognised the faces, as they were Angus, Steven, Lois, Roman, and Nacha. They had seemingly, a worried expression in their eyes, that was quickly removed as soon as they saw you awake. Roman and Angus took of their hats in relief, as Steven places his sunglasses over his head, a warm light in his eyes, and a soft smile plastered over his face.

“[Reader], You are finally awake!” He exclaims happily, as the other 4 frantically nod.

“We’ve heard the news… and we can’t believe that you, somehow, survived that terrible attack..” He watches you closely, as he frowns after, crossing his arms, and moving a little closer to the side of your bed.

“We were so worried!” Lois added, as she grows closer to you, holding your hand gently in her gloved hand. “We didn’t think you’d make it.. after all of those traumatic injuries.. Oh Gosh.. [Reader]…” She smiles, you imagined her eyes also smiling behind those bangs of hers. After a while, 5 more people came in. They were Afton, Mia, Izaack, Robertsky, and Albertsky. All with the same worries look as the other 5.

“[Reader]!” Mia happily exclaims, as she runs up to you, and hugs you tightly, burying her head into your neck, as Afton follows her behind, with a relieved smile on his face, as well as Mia’s.

“You are actually alive! Thank God..” Albert sighs under his breath, walking over to your bed, and sitting down on the edge. Robert did the same, on the opposite side of where Albert had sat, with the same exact sigh too.

“If you would have died, we wouldn’t know what to do next…” Izaack barges in the conversation, as he clasps his hands together, looking at you with the same, iconic, and cheery smile. You were lost for a bit, before you finally realised that you’ve been attacked by a doppel. Now, you were seeing 10 of your neighbours all in the same room. You were wondering if the other half would come too. And maybe, that would be fulfilled, as another group of people had came in. They were Francis, Alf, Rafttellyn, Mclooy, and Margarette.

“Fella, you are awake now!” Mclooy exclaims with a cheeky grin, as he removes his cigar from his mouth, blowing a small ring of smoke into the air.

“Mmm… morning.. [Reader]…” Francis quietly states, as he removes his hat from his hand, and places it against his chest. He almost had.. tears in his eyes? Along with a soothing smile plastered on his tired face. And finally, the last 5 neighbours come in. And those were? Elenois, Selenne, Gloria, Anastacha and Arnold… Elenois and Selenne loudly cheer, as they both go up to you, hugging you tightly, with tears in their eyes.

“[R-Reader!]” Elenois first replies, as she holds onto your neck tightly.

“We never thought we’d ever see your beautiful face again!” Selenne cries out, as she sobs into your cheek. Even Anastacha seemed relieved, which was rare…

Tick.. tick.. the clock went, as you can hear the faint buzzing of the lights above you, and the faint smell of… flowers.?

Suddenly, a bouquet was placed into your arms, from Nacha.

“Something to show our appreciation!” She softly smiled at you, as she gestured for you to open the card which was attached to the stems.

In the card, was a bunch of ‘get well’ and ‘we’ll miss you’ etc. inside the card, from all 20 residents. With their unique handwriting.. and just them.

But just as you placed the flowers tenderly onto one of the nightstands, everyone suddenly hugged you!

“We love you, [Reader]!” Everybody replied, as they all giggled happily, as nuzzled up against each other.

Now, it’s been weeks since the attack, and you were slowly healing from it. Many noticeable scars and marks were left on your skin, but you ignored them, as you peacefully slept in the white sheets of your hospital bed.

Everybody had left a gift for you.

A few poems regarding their love, by the Stilnskys.

A few baked treats from the Peachman brothers.

A few writing equipment from Angus.

A nice dress from the Sverchzt twins.

A few short stories from the Schmichts.

Small gifts from Izaack.

A soft cloth from Margarette.

And a few baked goods from Nacha, as well as a drawing from Anasatcha.

Books from Afton and Mia.

Milk from Francis.

A few toy planes from the Rudboys.

And finally, even more baked treats from the cappuccin!

“We wish you a well-deserved rest, [Reader]….”

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My AL Inktober week.

TW blood & gore.

Day 1 - Homicide X by Maddeleine_is_Here (two variants).

Day 2 - Unicodal Lore OCs by arab17 (certifiedidiot17).

Day 3 - Zombie F & C, X and P corpses.

Day 4 - Chemical Elements by cyrillic.unytital. Sodium and Chlorine compound into Salt.

Day 5 - ALF Past Gen Gods by diamonddragon2003.

Day 6 - fankids. Enya's (my new OC based on AF, same fanchild) conversation with Isaak (OC by dabaconnoobexe) about their dads.

Day 7 - Pirates. Ftain encountered mythical pirates, who, although not without defects, are able to take form of those they encounter.

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[tayley]

So do we think that T is…

a) in NYC with H

b) in LA with Z

c) in Nashville with Alf

d) none of the above

prob c??? idk

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Another early internet meme that keeps being very distracting for me is Longcat. Not because the cat is so long, although it is.

That is in fact literally what she's known for, according to Wikipedia.

No, what keeps sending me on tangents is the poster in the background. The one with the race cars.

See, because I know that race car. I've seen it race. I've hated it. I've seen it up close.

Well, not quite the same one. This is number 8, Ellen Lohr's car, and the one in the poster is number 1 of Bernd Schneider. I took those pictures in 2017 (wait, that long ago!?) at the Essen Motor show, when it was already a very historic car.

For context that nobody needs but that I can't stop myself from sharing: This is a Mercedes Benz C-Class, type 202, the first car that got the name "C-Class" after the previous 190 E. But not any C-Class, this is the DTM version.

DTM is basically but also not at all German NASCAR. It's historically the racing series for the crowds, with cars that look like the ones you drive home from the race track. None of that weirdness with ovals and love for dirt tracks or anything, just normal racing with cars that look like normal family cars. It's had major ups and downs, but it was almost on par with Formula 1 at times, and it seems to be in a solid if weird spot these days. It was historically the playground of the big German car manufacturers, and it was very popular in the 1980s and very early 1990s.

In 1993, they introduced a new rule set for cars. Other similar series around that time adopted the class 2 or "Super 2000" rule set that was used across the world. It was very successful and very competitive and started a golden age for touring car sport in e.g. Britain or Italy. But Germany, rich and recently reunified, decided that wasn't good enough. They wanted the fastest, most amazing touring cars ever. The resulting specification was known as "Class 1". Incredible technical freedom, with computer-controlled suspension, traction control, all-wheel drive, engines similarly complex as Formula 1 at the time, carbon fibre bodyworks, everything you could think of.

It was loud. It was fast. It was glorious. It was a complete and utter commercial disaster. BMW pulled out almost immediately, Audi completed one prototype before pulling out as well, leaving only Mercedes-Benz, a very hesitant Opel, and new entrant Alfa Romeo from Italy.

My family drove an Alfa 33 at the time, and so I was an Alfa Romeo fan. Still am, actually.

Look at this! The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI looks amazing, sounds amazing, it's red, it's unique rather than a race version of a car you see on every street corner. What's not to love!? Alfa 155 for the win.

Anyway, Alfa won the 1993 season, in part because Mercedes's C-Class (and Opel's Calibra) weren't done yet, and so Mercedes was still running the old 190 E race version, which is considered a legend in its own right. 1994 was still a successful year. Mercedes-Benz won back then, and I visited my first race, at the Avus! One of the last times that race track was used. Which makes sense, it's objectively a bad track. The DTM race that I watched from the grandstands was very much proof of that, ending in two successive massive start accidents. But still, I get a bit wistful when I see the old bleachers whenever I'm in the area to take pictures of new trains.

Anyway, in 1994 the trouble was already apparent: The series was just way, way too expensive for anyone. What to do?

Go international! In 1995, the series got split into two: The classic DTM in Germany, and the new International Touring Car Championship or ITC that ran elsewhere, with the hopes of attracting more fans and more manufacturers. In 1996, the series would only run as the ITC (even though everybody still called it the DTM).

In the end going international didn't save it; the class 1 specification was just way too expensive. If anything, going international doomed the series, because traveling to Brazil or Japan, countries where Alfa and Opel didn't even sell that many cars or at all, was expensive. Both of them pulled out at the end of 1996, and with only Mercedes-Benz, there was no point anymore, so the series ended.

It got revived in 2000, but without Alfa Romeo, so who cares. Originally they went with a simpler, cheaper solution, but over time they developed it more and more, until they developed the most ambitious spec yet, called "class 1", which was too expensive. They tried to offset this by going international, but that failed, so the series almost ended again in 2020. Who could have foreseen this?

Today it runs with GT3 cars, which are almost mass-produced race versions of expensive luxury cars that are designed to be easy to drive and all basically equally fast no matter which one you pick. That means the cars are no longer the visual equivalents of family saloons at all; last year, Mirko Bortolotti won in a Lamborghini, the first Italian brand to claim the title since Alfa Romeo in 1993.

Anyway, the weird combined DTM/ITC season of 1995 is long forgotten. Clearly not even the DTM officials remember it anymore, given that they repeated the exact same thing that sunk the series back then in 2020. And it's not like that's such a huge loss. Let's be real, car racing is difficult to justify at the best of times, and given global warming of today, we're absolutely not at the best of times. For me this is literally a throwback to the days when I was six, seven, eight years old or so, but it's not like you need to share this interest of mine.

But the memory of this weird time in the weird field of German touring car motorsports lives on, visible for all those in the know to see, in the background of a picture of a Japanese cat that became an internet meme. I don't know why that poster is there, it's a bit of an oddity especially since we know the picture was taken in Japan. The ITC did go to Suzuka there, but only in 1996, after the season this poster refers to. Who knows.

More people have seen the words DTM/ITC in the background of this cat picture (well, TM/ITC, the D is cut off) than have ever known what the race series was supposed to be. And that's kind of amazing to me, and me personally. Thanks longcat!

[this-game-has-themes]

nsfw grab bag

(ft. howler, lola, lenny/alf petplay, bonus abe peril)

ft. characters (c) @lair-of-the-white-worm

[denokeller1964-blog]

Made by DojoAceFox aka vix for my side of a trade of Gordon "ALF" Shumway wearing a chef apron with hello kitty's dead face and holding an knife and fork chasing Hello Kitty and her grandma, Margaret White (furry tale theater) looking shocked and scared. Hello Kitty, Margaret White (C) Sanrio, DiC. Gordon "ALF" Shumway (C) Alien Productions, NBC, Sabin, DiC