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DNDAD Ship Names and Stuff

Season 1 Dads KidDads ATMOD The Teens Other Fandoms! TMA Spice Frontier HEADCANONS

DNDADS

Keeping it clean. These are all of them!

To those who are new to shipping: & = platonic and / = romantic.

Disclaimers! Auto Correct: @andy-rogynous Deux ex Machina: @snufboob Dine & Dash: Discord Friend Frick: Discord Mod Kelsony: @siogosho Love Sick: Guppie_Puppie360 on TikTok Peachycule: @methcheese Polybowl: Patreon Member Polyville: @dungeons-and-depravity Silvaworth: @siogosho Soda Straws: @thedndgoblinwholivesinyourwalls Schadenfreude: Discord Friend Wet Dreams: @sneakypete-astralprojection

Giving credit where it's due! :D

Balony (Blake/Tony): Screwdriver Blasey (Blake & Kelsey): Pomme de Terre Blake & Britannica: Info Dump [Girl Dad Blake your honour] Briann (Brian/Dr. Mann): Silent Treatment Bricker (Tucker/Brian): two assholes in a pod Britannica & Francis: Inside Scoop [they're siblings your honour]

EdWan (Ed/Kamonwan): Astral Connection Francis & Milton: Spot Hidden [they're cousins your honour] Franhilde (Brunhilde & Francis): Schadenfreude Franly (Francis/Carly): Soda Straws Frick (Francis/Sticky Rick): Run n Gun Gramkett (Kelsey Grammar/Penny Pickett): Cheat Sheets Grively (Blake Lively /John Grammar): Headspace Kelog (Kelsey Grammar/Dr. Sally Dog): Teacher's Pet Kelian (Brian/Kelsey): Bad Apple Manout (Dr. Mann/Tucker): Doctor's Orders Miltannica/MilBeebs (BB/Milton): Sneak Peek Relish Whett/Sneaky Pete: Wet Dreams Shancis (Francis/Shane): Bite the Bullet Trusey (Kelsey/Trudy): Auto Correct TruMoth (Trudy/Mothman): Deux ex Machina Tonann (Tony/Dr. Mann): Love Sick Tyrony (Tony/Tyrus): Dine & Dash ZhouKel (Zhouzel/Kelsey): Forbidden Knowledge

Kelsey, Tony & Trudy = Polybowl Carlanecis (Carly/Shane Jr./Francis) = Triple Soda Straws Trulasey (Blake/Kelsey/Trudy) = Peachycule Francis, BB & Milton: Dream Team Kamanned (Kamonwan/Ed/Dr. Mann): Fever Dream Blake/Kelsey/Tony/Trudy: Polyville

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It has come up as of late, yet again, regarding the use of the term phantom limbs while referring to the experiences some alterhumans have where they feel traits on their bodies that are not physically there.  

While I could go into the long, long history of the term being used in the alterhuman communities going back into the 1990s, as this debate’s key sticking point is in regard to phantom limb being a medical term specific to the experiences of amputees or instead a general term that can be used for non-amputees as well, I’m going to strictly be pulling from academic sources below.   

To put it succinctly, the use of the term phantom limbs for alterhuman experiences has been recognized by multiple researchers and in other academic settings over the years. Ergo, no it isn’t a term specific to amputees that doesn't apply to alterhuman experiences. - Academic references below cut-

Examples:

The research done by a multidisciplinary team of researchers focusing on the study of the furry fandom called the International Anthropomorphic Research Project, uses the term phantom limb while referring the experiences of therians and otherkin. In their book, FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project, which is a summary of five years of continuous research into the furry fandom, a section simply named “Phantom Limb,” touches on the topic of phantom limbs among furries, therians, and otherkin. [1] They go into the presence of “phantom limbs” among furries, therians, and otherkin again in their piece “Furries, Therians, and Otherkin, Oh My! What Do All Those Words Mean, Anyway?” which was part of the book, Furries Among Us 2: More Essays on Furries by Furries. Further, in 2019, the team published an academic article which shared their results where they used the previously mentioned Rubber Hand Illusion experiment on furries and therians. Once again, when bringing up the existence of experiences among therians and otherkin, the researchers use the term “phantom limbs.” [2] 

Devin Proctor’s 2019 dissertation, On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space includes, along with dozens of mentions of the term throughout the work, a section on Phantom Shifting and in which he uses the term “phantom limbs.” [3]

For yet another example, the article, “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community” also goes into quite some detail regarding the experience of “phantom limbs” among therians. [4]

A final example includes Nat Bricker’s 2016 thesis, Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model. [5]

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This is NOT an exhaustive list in the slightest, but I think I’ve made my point clear enough (and I have other things I need to do today other than keep searching through my archive...).

TL;DR - Researchers who have studied therians and otherkin ALSO use the term phantom limbs to describe our experiences. This isn’t appropriation or otherwise misuse of medical terminology. This is using a word for what it means.   Citations:

[1] Plante, Courtney N., Stephen Reysen, Sharon E. Roberts, & Kathleen C. Gerbasi. FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project. Waterloo, Ontario: FurScience, 2016. https://furscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FurScience-Final-pdf-for-Website_2017_10_18.pdf, page 116.

[2] Kranjec, Alexander, Louis Lamanna, Erick Guzman, Courtney N. Plante, Stephen Reysen, Kathy Gerbasi, Sharon Roberts and Elizabeth Fein. “Illusory Body Perception and Experience in Furries.” CogSci (July 2019): Page 596-602.

[3] Proctor, Devin. On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space. The George Washington University. May 2019. pages 172, 203-209, & 255.

[4] Grivell, Timothy, Helen Clegg & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community.” Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Volume 14, Number 2 (May 2014): pages 119-120, 124, 128-129.

[5] Bricker, Nat. Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model, Lake Forest College, April 2016, pages. 10, 14-15, 39-41, 60.

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Doctor Odyssey: The Love Boat Rip Off

The ABC pilot for Doctor Odyssey may simply be attempting a homage to the 1970’s/80’s show The Love Boat. If so, this rip off imposter is almost impossibly bad. It is literally like this odd love letter to the old CBS original has been written from Doc’s point of view. *Good old Bernie Kopell as Dr Bricker with his eternal good humour and vague double entendres.* Or worse: AI. This contrived…

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S3, E9:

The Crawleys visit Duneagle. Tom remains in Downton with his daughter. The staff go to the country fair, where Jimmy is nearly robbed bu saved by Thomas, who is robbed and beaten instead. Dr Clarkson comes very close to proposing to Isobel. Mrs Patmore has an admirer. Mary gives birth and Matthew dies shortly after.

S5, E6:

Violet visits Prince Kuragin. Edith learns Michael was killed, and she inherits his publishing compagny. The police interview Miss Baxter about Green's murder. Bates finds Mary's condoms in Anna's stuff and accuses her of not wanting his child. Thomas admits he was attempting to "cure" his homosexuality. Cora and Robert reconcile after the Bricker fiasco. Carson asks Mrs Hughes if she would want to invest with him.

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Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Hunter Conrad: Haley Bennett Richie Conrad: Austin Stowell Katherine Conrad: Elizabeth Marvel Michael Conrad: David Rasche Erwin William: Denis O’Hare Lucy: Luna Lauren Velez Alice: Zabryna Guevara Luay: Laith Nakli Aaron: Babak Tafti Bev: Nicole Kang Nurse: Myra Lucretia Taylor Dr. Santos: Maya Days Jill: Alyssa Bresnahan Nim: Olivia Perez Lillian: Kristi Kirk Dr. Reyes: Elise Santora Film Crew: Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis Editor: Joe Murphy Director of Photography: Katelin Arizmendi Assistant Location Manager: Lauren Andrade Associate Producer: Gregory Horoupian Producer: Mynette Louie Producer: Frédéric Fiore Co-Executive Producer: Katy Drake Bettner Associate Producer: Adam Kersh Background Casting Director: Olivia Crist Producer: Mollye Asher Producer: Carole Baraton Assistant Editor: Henry Butash Original Music Composer: Nathan Halpern Colorist: Sam Daley Visual Effects Supervisor: Alex Noble Foley Artist: Leslie Bloome Foley Mixer: Ryan Collison Foley Artist: Joanna Fang Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Kurihara First Assistant Director: Jake Martin Makeup Department Head: Kai Stamps Hair Department Head: Meagan Coyle Costume Design: Liene Dobrāja Production Design: Erin Magill Executive Producer: Haley Bennett Executive Producer: Joe Wright Executive Producer: Constantin Briest Executive Producer: Yohann Comte Executive Producer: Pierre Mazars Executive Producer: Eric Tavitian Executive Producer: Sam Bisbee Co-Executive Producer: David Boies III Co-Executive Producer: David Stone Co-Executive Producer: Julie Parker Benello Casting: Allison Twardziak Music Supervisor: Joe Rudge Line Producer: Javier Gonzalez Second Assistant Director: Brian Johanson Still Photographer: Anna Kooris Gaffer: Lorenzo Pace Leadman: Jake Harms Set Decoration: Frank Baran Property Master: Luke Carr Script Supervisor: Jodi Domanic Special Effects Supervisor: Pete Gerner First Assistant Camera: Vincent Weiler Second Assistant Camera: Emma Penrose Digital Imaging Technician: Jake Westphal Production Sound Mixer: Dan Bricker Boom Operator: Finn Pfeffer Additional Production Sound Mixer: Viktor Weiszhaupt Assistant Costume Designer: Celeste Montalvo Best Boy Electric: Anna Cocuzzo Key Grip: Alexander Prokos Best Boy Grip: Nick Neary Hairstylist: Kristin Nawrocki Location Manager: Lauren B. Taylor Casting Associate: Juliet Axon Production Manager: Maggie Ambrose Production Accountant: Jay Britton Production Accountant: Margret P. Dunlap Assistant Editor: Susannah Kalb ADR Recordist: Chris White Foley Editor: Nick Seaman Foley Editor: Laura Heinzinger Music Coordinator: Blake Jessee Additional Music Supervisor: Laura Katz Compositing Artist: Dulany Foster IV Set Dresser: Linnea Crabtree Art Department Assistant: Tommy Mitchell Art Department Assistant: Dan Normile Art Department Assistant: Bruno Vernaschi-Berman Art Department Assistant: Michael Allegro Script Supervisor: Abe Kemmis Costumer: Kelsey Sasportas Makeup Artist: Rosie Sklar Makeup Artist: Tracey Hussey Makeup & Hair: Lia Parks Second Second Assistant Director: Mike Moran Craft Service: Zola Zimmerman Craft Service: Mauricio Villalobos Craft Service: Joe Facey Post Production Supervisor: Javian Ashton Le Additional Music: Chris Ruggiero Thanks: Stewart Thorndike Movie Reviews: liena: I sadly missed the chance to watch Swallow on the theatre when it hit a film festival in İstanbul while I was there, but I’ve been keeping an eye on this movie since it wrapped and I talked non-stop about how much I wanted to be able to see it. Now that I finally saw it on VOD, I heard there is a possibility for it to re-run in cinemas in Turkey soon and I will certainly go see it again. This film made me sick, I hated every scene while it rolled but at the same time I fell in love with it. So well acted, extremely pretty to...

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HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945) – Episode 158 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“I find it difficult to believe that a human being can change himself into a bat, or that by feeding upon the blood of the living he can obtain eternal life. But what has this discussion to do with us, Baron Latos?” Watch and learn, grasshopper. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they travel to a house that’s a bit crowded … with monsters! Yes, they’re in Universal’s House of Dracula (1945)!

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 158 – House of Dracula (1945)

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The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor’s nurse. And don’t forget Frankenstein’s monster stuck in a cave below.

  Director: Erle C. Kenton

Writers: Edward T. Lowe Jr. (original screenplay) (as Edward T. Lowe); Dwight V. Babcock (story) (uncredited), George Bricker (story) (uncredited)

Makeup Department: Jack P. Pierce (makeup artist), Carmen Dirigo (hair stylist)

Selected Cast:

Lon Chaney Jr. as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (as Lon Chaney)

John Carradine as Dracula / Baron Latos

Martha O’Driscoll as Miliza Morelle

Lionel Atwill as Police Inspector Holtz

Onslow Stevens as Dr. Franz Edlemann

Jane Adams as Nina

Ludwig Stössel as Siegfried (as Ludwig Stossel)

Glenn Strange as The Frankenstein Monster

Skelton Knaggs as Steinmuhl

Ah, the Universal Monsters! Who doesn’t want to sit down with the classic Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man on any given Saturday afternoon? Many Monster Kids consider this episode’s film, House of Dracula (1945), the canonical end of the famous monsters’ original cinematic run; however, others will continue to include Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948) into the mix, happily! Either way, director Erle C. Kenton’s third film featuring the Monster of Frankenstein is a fun, enjoyable romp regardless of how silly and overly convenient the plot remains. Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and Glenn Strange all return as the Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and Frankenstein’s Monster respectively, each providing the best performances possible given the circumstances. Onslow Stevens, along with co-stars Martha O’Driscoll and Jane Adams, wonderfully provide the strands that hold the storylines together. Throw in Lionel Atwill for good measure and it’s a tried-and-true Universal Monster “house” feature. Grab your popcorn and large soda and join the Grue-Crew as they catch up with the shenanigans. 

At the time of this writing, House of Dracula is available to stream from the Classic Sci-Fi Movie Channel, the Classic Horror Movie Channel, and the Wicked Horror TV Channel, as well as a variety of PPV sites. In terms of physical media, the film is available in Blu-ray format as part of Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection, Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection, The Wolf Man: Complete Legacy Collection, and Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection.

For more Universal Horror, check out these Decades of Horror: The Classic Era episodes:

DRACULA (1931) – Episode 20 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) – Episode 100 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) – Episode 50 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) – Episode 14 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) – Episode 121 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE WOLF MAN (1941) – Episode 39 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

SON OF DRACULA (1943) – Episode 132 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) – Episode 44 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Jeff, is The Manster (1959), an American production, filmed in Japan, that answers the age-old question: are two heads better than one?

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

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doc my beloved

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The doctor from The Love Boat thinks you're interesting.

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To each their own but if your strangefrost fanfiction doesn't have Loki and strange bricking and being at each other throat 24/7 with Loki being his annoying self and strange being annoyed with him the entire time then I don't want it.

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Criminal Minds Reiding List

This is a list of 31 books mentioned by Dr. Reid in the show Criminal Minds.

I found this list on theslantedbookshelf.com

I don’t have the seasons or episodes that these are mentioned in.

I also don’t think that this is ALL the books ever mentioned.

The Narrative of John Smith by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Miles

The Maid of the White Hands by Rosalind Miles

The Lady of the Sea by Rosalind Miles

Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas Merton

Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

Empty Planet by Darrel Bricker

The Alchemist by Paulo Coello

Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Synchronicity by Jung

The illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

The Collector by John Fowles

One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Harry Potter: Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling

In Search of Lost Times: Swan’s Way by Marcel Proust

Inferno by Dante Alighieri

The Parliament of Fowles by Geoffery Chaucer

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Arthurian Legends by Richard Barber

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

The Fisher King by Leanore Flescher

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

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Gavin MacLeod (born Allan George See; February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021) Film and television actor, Christian activist, and author whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk, variety, and religious programs.

MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on The Walter Winchell File at the age of 26.  He was soon noticed by Blake Edwards, who in 1958 cast him in the pilot episode of his NBC series Peter Gunn, two guest roles on the Edwards CBS series Mr. Lucky in 1959,

Between 1957 and 1961, MacLeod made several television appearances. He was cast as the devious Dandy Martin in the 1960 episode, "Yankee Confederate", of the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews and starring alongside Tod Andrews and Elaine Devry.

In December 1961, he landed a guest role on The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mel's cousin Maxwell Cooley, a wholesale jeweler. This was his first time working with Mary Tyler Moore. MacLeod had three guest appearances on Perry Mason: in 1961 he played Lawrence Comminger in "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather", and in 1965 he played Mortimer Hershey in "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla", and Dan Platte in "The Case of the Runaway Racer". He played the role of a drug pusher, "Big Chicken", in two episodes of the first season of Hawaii Five-O. His other guest roles included ones on The Untouchables, Dr. Kildare, Rawhide, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Man from U.N.C.L.E., My Favorite Martian, Hogan's Heroes, Combat!, The Big Valley, The Andy Griffith Show, It Takes a Thief, The Flying Nun, The King of Queens, and That '70s Show.

His first regular television role began in 1962 as Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy; Between the years of 1965 and 1969, MacLeod appeared in many weekly episodes in multiple roles on the television series Hogan's Heroes including Major Zolle (season 1, episode 19), General Metzger (season 3, episode 27) Major Kiegel (season 4, episode 1), and General von Rauscher (season 4, episode 23). Each role was usually a stern and discerning officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Luftwaffe or Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) which are vastly different in nature from the lovable characters he portrayed in his subsequent TV roles.

MacLeod's breakout role as Murray Slaughter on CBS' The Mary Tyler Moore Show won him lasting fame and two Golden Globe nominations. His starring role as Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, his next TV series was broadcast in 90 countries worldwide, between 1977 and 1986 (9 seasons). His work on that show earned him three Golden Globe nominations. Co-starring with him was a familiar actor and best friend Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker and  Ted Lange as bartender Isaac Washington. (Wikipedia)

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The next Peachyville ship!

omg another one while Nark is happening? I'm cheating guys :p

Btw some people have suggestions for Nark so I might do a part 2 if they'd like me to add theirs!

Some Petitions:

Kelsey/Blake: Pomme de Terre Blake/Trudy/Kelsey: Peachycule Ed/Kamonwan: Astral Connection Nark: Fighting Talk

hehehehe im so sneaky

please suggest ideas!! :D

i have a strong feeling Oakster has one

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We’re Expecting You...To Boldly Go [part 2]

In my last post, I expounded on the similarities in the general premise and structure of The Love Boat and Star Trek: The Next Generation, two shows that on the surface seem not to have much in common but on closer examination have some unexpected similarities. In my follow-up post on this theme, I will be drawing parallels between the main/regular characters of both shows. The crew lineup on each ship can be broken down into six character functions/profiles: The Captain, The Captain’s Confidant, The Big Brother, The Two Buds, The Chick, and The Kid.

The Captain

Star Trek TNG: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

The Love Boat: Captain Merrill Stubing

“The Captain” is...the captain! Beyond his role as the primary authority figure, he can be characterized in the following ways. Being the one to whom the rest of the crew reports, he is a bit socially removed from the rest of the main characters. While they can pal around with each other, they still treat him with a bit more deference even as he comes to be just as integral a part of their found family as the rest of them. The Captain can be rather intimidating at times—especially in the early days, when he had a tendency to be overly gruff with his crew. Part of that gruffness is the fact that he has very high standards for the people who serve under him. At the same time, however, he cares deeply for those people and is willing to put himself on the line for them, even bending the rules a bit in order to help them out of a difficult spot. He’s full of thoughtful advice should one of his crew ask for it, and is the most likely of the crew to give speeches about moral responsibility. He also has a playful streak, which he keeps under wraps but uses to mess with his crew from time to time. In terms of appearance, he’s older than the rest of the cast and he is bald(ing). He’s played by the best actor of the cast—Patrick Stewart is, of course, Patrick Stewart, I don’t think I really need to say more there, and Gavin MacLeod was a veteran actor (probably best known at that point for his role as Murray on The Mary Tyler Moore Show), able to handle both the comic and the dramatic whenever needed.

The Captain’s Confidant

Star Trek TNG: Dr. Beverly Crusher

The Love Boat: Dr. Adam “Doc” Bricker

I could have called this character profile “The Doctor,” following the same pattern as “The Captain,” but there was another aspect to Beverly and Doc that I wanted to draw attention to, beyond their being the respective healers of their crews. Both Beverly and Doc have a slightly different relationship with the Captain than the other members of the crew. They are a bit closer to the Captain, able to address him easily as a friend instead of as a superior officer if the situation calls for it. Notice that when working, Beverly will address Picard as “Captain” and “sir,” but when it’s just the two of them chatting in a more intimate setting she calls him “Jean-Luc.” Beverly is also one of the few people on board that Picard is comfortable with opening up to regarding his own insecurities or worries, while he takes more care to maintain his “self-assured captain” persona with everyone else. The same dynamic plays out between Stubing and Doc: there are several instances of Doc addressing his friend as “Merrill”—which none of the other members of the crew would even consider doing—and the power difference between the two is not as pronounced as it is between the captain and the other crew members. Whenever Captain Stubing has a personal problem, he goes to Doc for advice, and vice versa. Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard have a history, having been friends long before he took command of the Enterprise. In the same vein, Doc seems to know Captain Stubing’s past more intimately than the rest of the crew, as there are a few episodes in which the two of them discuss Captain Stubing’s alcohol addiction and current status as a teetotaler as if this is something Doc has always known about Merrill.

The Big Brother

Star Trek TNG: William Riker

The Love Boat: Adam “Doc” Bricker

So this is cheating a bit because I already have Doc listed under a character profile above, but TNG’s main cast has more people than that of TLB, so a one-to-one mapping wasn’t going to happen anyway. Doc’s “Captain’s Confidant” role deals with his relationship with the captain, and his “Big Brother” role deals with his relationship with the rest of the regulars. The fact that Doc is a bit older than Julie, Isaac, and Gopher means that even though he, like the rest of them, is under the supervision of the captain, he has a slight position of seniority over the other three. He balances the by-turns mischievous and responsible aspects of an older brother figure—he’ll tease Julie about her latest infatuation, and set up elaborate pranks to mess with Gopher, yet whenever Gopher and Isaac get swept up in some not-well-thought-out scheme, he’s the level-headed one who tries to point out that they’ve gotten carried away—or sometimes refuses to get involved altogether. William Riker is, of course, first officer of the Enterprise, and therefore has the same seniority-among-underlings position (in a more official chain of command capacity than Doc does). His big-brother-ness manifests as the poker-playing, jazz-loving guy who will do things like give Worf’s son music recordings that he knows Worf will hate one day but get actively upset and almost personally offended at the idea of Data getting hurt the next.

Not necessarily related to the “Big Brother” role, but another little parallel between Doc and Riker that I would like to point out—they are each the designated ladies’ man of their ships, yet both are able to completely switch to focusing solely on their job responsibilities the moment it is called for. (Honestly, Doc always struck me as going beyond “ladies’ man” and skirting dangerously close to “creep” territory at times, but I did appreciate how he would always drop everything the instant there was any sort of medical issue on the Princess.)

The Two Buds

Star Trek TNG: Geordi La Forge and Data

The Love Boat: Isaac Washington and Burl “Gopher” Smith

Although both the TNG and TLB crews form a group of close friends, The Two Buds are best friends. They are the two most likely people to hang out together in their down time, the two who understand each other the best, the two most sympathetic to each other’s problems and most likely to indulge the other long after everyone else would have put their foot down. When Gopher gets some conspiracy theory into his head about a passenger, Isaac will hear him out and sometimes even help him investigate. When Data wants to do some questionable experimentation on his positronic net, Geordi is there with a tricorder making sure the whole thing doesn’t go completely haywire. Data once said that he didn’t know what a friend was until he met Geordi, and Isaac once told Gopher that he (Gopher) is the only one Isaac would resign in solidarity for. All four men/androids have a tendency to get a little too wrapped up in their obsession of the week—see Isaac’s novel-writing attempts, Geordi’s holographic Leah Brahms, Gopher’s conspiracy theories, and about half of anything Data does.

Each pair also consists of one white guy and one Black guy. (Obviously, Data is an android and therefore is not technically any human race or ethnicity, but he’s played by a white guy and his artificial skin is paler than anyone else’s skin on the senior staff.) The white guy representatives, Gopher and Data, are almost polar opposites—Data is calm and logical, and Captain Picard trusts him implicitly, while Gopher is a goof who freaks out easily and who is often upset with the way Captain Stubing dismisses him (those dismissals are especially prominent in the first few seasons—Gopher does mellow out later on). But they do have some similarities, one of the most striking being that they both struggle with appropriate social behavior as well as their own emotions. This is more readily apparent with Data, of course, who is literally not human and is trying his best to understand the nuances of things like humor and love, constantly asking his friends to explain behaviors they take for granted. Gopher’s struggles are more understated—he has a tendency to make comments and observations that the rest of the crew find slightly tasteless, he goes into several anxious tailspins over the course of the show, and he at one point believes his emotional attachments to his friends compromise his ability to fulfill his job duties. Both Data and Gopher use their respective best friends—each of whom are the more level-headed of the pair—as a steadying force.

Now for the characteristics shared by those respective best friends. The Black guy’s job responsibilities root him in a specific place and often set him slightly apart from the main action. While Geordi can and does go up to the bridge on several occasions, as Chief of Engineering he spends most of his time hanging around the warp core, communicating with the bridge over the com system. Meanwhile, Isaac can be seen wandering hallways and so forth, but he spends most of his time behind the bar, whether that’s in the Acapulco Lounge, on the Lido Deck, or in Pirate’s Cove. The rest of the crew, despite having nominal work stations like the Enterprise bridge or the Pacific Princess purser’s lobby, are seen to roam more extensively. (I’m pretty sure we never see Julie’s office.) Isaac is busy serving drinks in pretty much every episode while Doc and Gopher are chatting and dancing with passengers on the dance floor of the Acapulco Lounge. The Black guy also gets the short end of the stick in the romance department. When you see a Black guest actor on the opening credits of The Love Boat, it’s a good bet that Isaac will be involved in their storyline. If it’s just one Black woman, there’s a 99% chance that Isaac will be involved in her story, and his involvement will be as her love interest. I remember one particularly glaring example of the show going to extreme lengths to avoid even hinting that Isaac could potentially do something vaguely romantic or sexual with a white woman—Julie’s hosting her high school reunion on the ship, and there are a few scenes where everyone is discoing in the Acapulco Lounge. Isaac gets out on the dance floor, and conveniently some random Black woman appears out of nowhere as his dance partner. This woman is not named or acknowledged at any other point in the episode. Over on the Enterprise, Geordi isn’t restricted along race lines like Isaac, but I find it highly suspicious that the one Black guy is the least successful in romance out of everyone on the senior staff. Geordi struggles to even start up a conversation with women he’s attracted to, let alone flirt with them. Data has a better romance track record than Geordi does, and Data usually ends up in a romantic entanglement by accident! It’s as if the show was afraid to let Geordi enjoy those kinds of relationships to the same degree as the rest of the crew, which is a different kind of restriction than Isaac’s, but still a restriction nonetheless.

The Chick

Star Trek TNG: Deanna Troi

The Love Boat: Julie McCoy

The standard lineup for both TNG and The Love Boat consisted two female main characters, thus allowing the ladies to gossip about “girly” things in keeping with gender stereotypes, but Vicki was a preteen/teenager and Beverly had a sort of matron vibe going on, which left Julie and Troi to be the respective sex appeal characters out of the main cast. The Chick has non-standard dress that sets her apart from the others and their status as officers. While Doc, Gopher, and Captain Stubing wore nautical stripes and white uniforms (and Isaac usually had a variation on this outfit, wearing a red or blue jacket), with very little in the way of costume changes whether they were greeting boarding passengers, chatting on the Lido deck, or dancing in the Acapulco Lounge, Julie had no stripes to speak of. She would wear a (feminine) uniform at boarding, switch to a casual outfit during the rest of the day, and was always wearing a gown of some sort in the evenings. Deanna Troi for her part cycled through purple jumpsuits and asymmetrical dresses, her Starfleet badge precariously pinned to her neckline. We didn’t even get to see the pips indicating her rank until she was finally given (in story, ordered into) a normal uniform in season six.

The Chick gets saddled with way too many romance plots, some creepier than others. Giving Troi something substantial to do in an episode usually consisted of making her the love interest of whoever happened to be boarding the Enterprise that week, like the ambassador with the telepathic interpreters or the quarter-Betazoid interplanetary negotiator. Deanna also got her mind invaded by a man who was interested in her, prematurely aged by a man who took advantage of her, and kidnapped by Ferengi (who have a disturbing species-wide infatuation with non-Ferengi women). I’m not as upset about Julie having several romance-related plots, as romance was the name of the game on The Love Boat and the men on the crew had their own share of romantic entanglements—but I do find issue with the fact that when Julie was in love she always seemed on the verge of getting married and leaving the ship, which was a vibe we didn’t really get from, say, Doc or Gopher when their love lives turned particularly intense. In terms of creepiness, Julie had to deal with fending off the extremely aggressive advances of Captain Stubing’s uncle, a computer programmer who rigged his dating algorithm to ensure he matched with her, and a college acquaintance of Gopher who actually came to her door to badger her as she was getting dressed.

The Kid

Star Trek TNG: Wesley Crusher

The Love Boat: Vicki Stubing

For some reason, both of these shows thought it necessary to have a preteen/teenager in the cast whose character has way more responsibility than is realistic for either a cruise ship or a pseudomilitary starship. Instead of Vicki wearing a uniform and checking in guests on the Pacific Princess, we really should have seen Julie’s or Gopher’s staff fulfilling check-in duty (Doc and Isaac were also too often seen checking in passengers, which I will say again is a duty that on a real cruise ship would definitely not fall to either the ship’s doctor or chief bartender, but we’re talking about Vicki at the moment). Wesley, meanwhile, was made Acting Ensign on the Enterprise, saving the ship way more than he should have and probably earning the ire of all the official ensigns who actually went to Starfleet Academy and were losing precious time at the conn due to Picard’s favoritism.

Speaking of Picard, The Captain has a paternal relationship with The Kid—literally in Vicki Stubing’s case, emotionally in Wesley Crusher’s. He is very concerned with imbuing The Kid with strong morals, and has a vested interest in The Kid’s upbringing and making sure The Kid has a bright future. Meanwhile, the rest of the main crew are like an assortment of aunts and uncles, being the cool, approachable sources of advice when The Captain’s not around. In fact, The Kid hardly seems to have any friends their own age. Instead, they hang out with the adult crew members and get involved in their social drama, which may or may not have always been appropriate.

Isn’t there someone you forgot?

The TNG fans among you may now be thinking to yourselves, “What about Worf?” Alas, there seems to be no satisfactory Worf counterpart on The Love Boat. After all, there isn’t really any need for a tactical officer on a cruise ship, so a warrior-type personality is not represented on the Pacific Princess crew. Other Worf characteristics would be that of an outsider, or one who is occasionally not sure if they truly belong on the ship, but everyone on the Princess seems pretty happy to be there. I guess in a pinch I could say Ace, the late-addition ship’s photographer, might serve as Worf’s counterpart, but other than the fact that Ace’s family is rich and it is established that he doesn’t really need a job on the ship to get by, I’m not sure there’s much of an “outsider” status brought to the table here. I also haven’t watched enough Ace episodes to have a really good read on his character.

 Thus ends my Love Boat/TNG comparison! It was nice to finally get this analysis out of my head and onto the page.

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Institutional Infestations

It’s not only small homes and businesses that play host to ghostly occupants. Larger buildings like schools and theaters also rank high on the hot list of haunted habitats. While such places are usually just temporary sojourns for us, the living, they seem to be particularly attractive to spirits as permanent residences. 

Big Ghosts on Campus

Ohio State University

Ohio State University (OSU) is by far Ohio’s largest college, and it is second in the nation only to the University of Texas in terms of size. The main campus in Columbus is an immense, sprawling behemoth of a place, replete with a cutting-edge hospital complex, a satellite communications center, public television and radio stations, an airport, a super-computer, a polar research center, a wildlife preserve, and a functioning farm. It also features a well-known network of steam tunnels that the administration always worries about people exploring. And like any college that’s been around since 1870s, it has its share of ghost stories. The legends here have been gathered from a wide variety of sources, including students, staff, and faculty. But the best known are regularly listed in the Halloween edition of The Lantern. 

Pomerene Hall-Mirror Lake

Dr. Clark, a professor in the early 1900s, grew depressed about a failed mining investment and committed suicide. His body was found where Pomerene Hall now stands. The devoted Mrs. Clark swore never to leave him. When she died in the ‘20s, her ghost, wearing a pink dress, began to haunt Mirror Lake, standing at the edge of the water or floating across it. Dr. Clark haunts Pomerene, where he slams doors and engages in other ghostly activities. 

Bricker Hall

When Herbert Atkinson, a member of the university’s boarder of trustees, died in the 1950s, his ashes were placed in a wall behind a plaque in Bricker Hall. Since then, lights have flashed and the man himself has been seen drinking punch in the lobby. Bricker is on the Oval at Seventeenth Avenue, a few buildings west of Hopkins Hall. 

Orton Hall

Built in 1893, Orton Hall is one of the oldest buildings on OSU’s campus. It was named for Edward Orton, who served as the university’s first president, from 1873 through 1881. Orton was also a professor of geology, which is why the building that was named for him houses much of the geology departments as well as OSU’s own geological museum. In addition to the skeletons of prehistoric turtles, ice-age sloths, and mastodons, visitors to this building are watched by a wide assortment of creepy archaeological gargoyles-plaster representations of the various types of prehistoric life found in Ohio. The ones around the bell tower are prehistoric monsters, extinct reptilian creatures that once populated the primordial sea. 

Orton was built with geology in mind, using the heavy rocks native to Ohio. This makes for a gloomy Romanesque castle of a building, spooky even at the busiest time of day-which is fitting, because Orton Hall probably the best-known haunted place on campus. 

As you might have guessed, Edward Orton himself haunts the building. He apparently spent a lot of time reading by lamplight in the top of the bell tower. Today, you can see scorch marks left by his oil lamp on the inside ceiling of the tower room. Legend says that at night you can see light flicking through the vertical slots that surround the turret. His ghost is still reading in his favorite spot, despite the fact that fourteen huge bells now occupy the space. During the day, he is reputed to chill the air and make noises in an attempt to get unruly students to behave. 

Orton’s other ghost is said to be that of a man with a “humped back, thick hair, and protruding forehead” who slams doors, bangs on things, and makes noises because he can’t speak. The ghost of a football player? Or something to do with the geological museum? 

Canfield Hall Hosts Ghosts

“When I went to OSU, I lived in Canfield Hall. It really is a pretty sort of Gothic building and one of the oldest. We lived at the end of the hall on the top floor, and though our room was unusually dark and creepy, I didn’t mind it at first. There was a large mirror across from my bed, so if you rolled over in the middle of the night, you would see your face staring back as well as strange shadows. All of our friends said the mirror was creepy, and some people wouldn’t even look at it. I hung a sheet over my bed, canopy-style, and I was fine. As the school year progressed, things started happening in the room that were a little odd. My roommate’s bible kept being hidden somewhere in the room, and she would blame me for it-of course, I didn’t do it!

There was a large steam pipe that went along the heads of our beds, and at night, there would be scratching inside of it. We thought it was mice and tolerated it for maybe two hours before I ran down and got the resident adviser, and of course, as soon as she stepped inside the room, it stopped. This continued for months, then eventually it just stopped on its own. 

Well, to me all of this wasn’t scary, just the weirdness of an old dormitory. But one night, I was on the computer until way late, and as I went into the hallway, I could tell that the other girls were asleep because it was dark under their doors. I left my door wide open, and when I returned from the bathroom, I prepared for bed-closing the big, heavy curtains on the window and turning off the light. The room was so small, it was sort of smothering darkness, and the curtain dampened the sound so I could tell the distance of all the noises from my bed-the clock’s ticking, the heater’s rumbling. I remember all of this so well. I was almost falling asleep-the type of tired where you are aware of everything but your body is absolutely still-when I heard the distinct and unmistakable sound of three shuffled footsteps on the carpet stopping at my bed near my face! 

I had the canopy, so I couldn’t see on the other side (and I’m thankful for this). I lay paralyzed and panicked for nearly ten minutes when I finally burst through the canopy and turned on the lights. There was nothing there. The carpet was entirely free of even a pair of socks. But the sound was unmistakable-I can still hear it as I recount this story. I explained to myself that it was a plastic bag shifting in my closet. Of course, in the morning when I checked, there was nothing in the closet that could have fallen. I wrote it off to my imagination or some blood pumping in one ear. 

A couple months later, we had some friends visit from out of town, and one girl needed to change her clothes in my room. I left her alone, but it took only two minutes before she came out with her face pale, and she wouldn’t look anyone in the eye. She just said, ‘I can’t go in that room. It’s evil.’ I was offended, assuming she was talking about how messy it was. About fifteen minutes later, another girl went into the bathroom and came out without going. She told us, ‘I saw a ghost in the bathroom!’ She couldn’t describe anything about it, only that a shadow passed behind her as she looked in the mirror. Both girls were entirely freaked out and wouldn’t even set foot in my room because of its ‘presence.’ I wrote this off as crazy Wiccan punk girl stuff and/or snobbery at my messy room. But definitely, there was something sinister about that room-even our phone number spelled out an upside-down cross, and we would get a crazy prank phone calls at all hours of the day and night.” -Anonymous

Alpha Delta Pi

This sorority house on East Fifteenth Avenue is one of Columbus’s most notorious haunted places. It is said to still be the home of a girl who killed herself before the sorority moved in. Today, she is spotted roaming the halls and looking out windows and in mirrors. Chandeliers have been known to move for no apparent reason. 

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National Examiner, August 3

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Cover: Casablanca shocker -- Humphrey Bogart’s bitter feud with Ingrid Bergman 

Page 2: Real drama behind Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean 

Page 4: Heavenly Metal -- celebs shine in polished looks -- Suzanne Somers, Lynn Whitfield, Blake Lively, Anna Faris 

Page 5: Barbara Corcoran, Glenn Close, Sofia Vergara, Lady Gaga 

Page 6: An Illinois couple has been married for 64 years and have 12 children, 55 grandchildren, 64 great-granchildren and four great-great-grandchildren for a total of 123 grandkids 

Page 7: Mister Rogers’ old racism lesson gains new power, some couples cooped up in quarantine together drive each other crazy but for Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick there’s no drama at all -- it’s just another day for these down-to-earth stars who have been wed for 32 years, Popeye lied to baby boomers about spinach -- it isn’t as filled with iron as scientists first thought 

Page 8: How spices can lose their kick, smart ways to reuse straws

Page 9: Disney World’s $1.4 billion COVID crisis -- Florida park reopens to long lines and empty rides as coronavirus cases soar 

Page 10: A very considerate North Carolina surgeon braided his patient’s hair on the operating table to avoid having to shave her head and leave her bald 

Page 11: Your Health -- beat summer allergies naturally, yellow skin and eyes are a red flag for liver danger 

Page 12: Star Treatment: Top 10 TV Doctors -- Dr. John (J.D.) Dorian of Scrubs, Dr. Doogie Howser, Dr. Marl Sloan of Diagnosis Murder, Dr. Adam Bricker of The Love Boat, Dr. Philip Chandler of St. Elsewhere 

Page 13: Dr. Frasier Crane, Dr. Derek Shepherd (Dr. McDreamy) of Grey’s Anatomy, Dr. Michaela Quinn of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Dr. Doug Ross of ER, Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce of M*A*S*H 

Page 14: Dear Tony -- Angels are working overtime to comfort us, Tony predicts the new NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor will do very well

Page 15: Here’s a piece of unexpected good news that has come out of the pandemic lockdown -- all those stay-at-home dads are feeling closer to their children 

Page 16: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s future is all in the numbers -- expert reveals challenges they’ll face in new life 

Page 18: A Nebraska nurse was all dressed to walk her daughter down the aisle but first she needed to stop along the highway to save someone’s life 

Page 19: August the dog is in the December of her very long life -- this amazing canine just became the oldest living golden retriever ever at age 20 

Page 20: Cover Story -- Casablanca was no love fest for Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman -- what really caused their bitter feud on the romantic classic 

Page 22: Grover the blue monster on Sesame Street just revealed his secret crush on Nicole Kidman 

Page 24: A six-foot-nine Chicago woman whose legs are among the longest in the world has fashion advice for other tall women -- wear short shorts 

Page 25: Peyton Manker’s prom was canceled because of the pandemic but that didn’t stop her from making her own dress out of duct tape 

Page 26: The Good Doctor -- get in shape for gardening 

Page 27: When your adenoids need attention

Page 28: They’re So Vain -- these stars are their own number one fan -- Robert Downey Jr., Lindsay Lohan, Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf, Mariah Carey 

Page 29: Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Faye Dunaway, Adam Levine 

Page 30: Alex Trebek: Man of the Half Hour -- at 80 Jeopardy! host has played it all 

Page 44: Eyes on the Stars -- Brooke Burke on a swan pool float (picture), Camilla Duchess of Cornwall poses with produce (picture), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shows off his bartending skills (picture), Lisa Marie Presley devastated by suicide of son Benjamin Keough at age 27, Helen Mirren faced off against a bear at her vacation home near Lake Tahoe and managed to chase it off, Ringo Star celebrated his 80th birthday with wife Barbara Bach and a charity concert, pregnant Katy Perry has tapped longtime pal Jennifer Aniston to be her daughter’s godmother, Reese Witherspoon is singing the praises of her son Deacon Phillippe who dropped his first single Long Run with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt

Page 45: Stars bid musical farewell to fiddle master Charlie Daniels, John Travolta honors wife Kelly Preston’s brave cancer fight 

Page 46: Firefighters who beat COVID now save lives with their blood 

Page 47: They’ve done Princess Diana proud -- Kristen Stewart is just the latest actress to portray the princess 

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“Dr. Robert H. Bahmer; Vice President Richard Nixon, Sen. John W. Bricker, James Gear, and Mr. William Mosler viewing the Charters at the Shrine during the presentation of the Shrine and vault model to the National Archives,” 6/29/1954

Series: Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel, 1935 - 1975. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789 - ca. 2007.