#it is very important for gregory and mikes relationship

[puhpandas]

fleshing out tttb chap 16 more (its about mike and gregory a LOT) and man. it fits so perfectly with the next arc. i think i fixed the pacing issues i was worried about. lets go dude. i was alwyas worried about how i was gonna do their relationship but i think i got something im happy with

[sugarywishes]

Could you go a bit more into your plans and the role of Elizabeth & Even in the future of your AU? I'm curious to learn a bit more about how their respective roles change things, as well as how it will end up playing out with Micheal & William also involved on the whole...

Of course! Answers below as usual.

So I'm trying really hard to not fully expose every detail of the Security Breach portion of this rewrite, but the gist of it is Glitchtrap/William, and the Afton kids return for a grand finale! And unfortunately Gregory, Vanessa, and GlamFred have to be in the middle of it all. (Which means HW 2, Secret of the Mimic or whatever games they'll be making in the future will likely not be added to this thing, unless I really like it but it's likely I won't lmao) (RUIN-ED is in a complicated situation in this rewrite, it's technically now an AU spinoff, that's not canon to the security breach section but is still related to it, but I'm over complicating things here, I'll explain it in other post!)

And as some of you know in this section of the rewrite/AU, Glitchtrap will use Gregory as a replacement body for Evan to inhabit to come back to Earth, and boy are they BOTH upset about this! (My Security Breach portion will include Gregory's family, the Casas, and they'll get a chance to interact with Evan a lot too, since they don't know that Gregory's kind of being possessed rn)

Speaking of the Casas, EVERYONE in that family serves as a 'mirror' to the Aftons (that does not mean they share the same personalities or anything, they're just the counterparts for story telling purposes, and I mean VERY important story telling purposes!) Julian is the 'William', Rebecca is the 'Clara', Gregory is the 'Evan', and Monica is the 'Michael'. You may notice that Elizabeth wasn't included in the line up (originally, before RUIN-ED came out, there were many theories that Cassie could be Gregory's twin sister and I was ALL for it because then I could finally have Lizzie have her own Casas counterpart, and then turns out she wasn't related to him, so I had to rewrite things unfortunately 😔) So now, VANESSA is the Elizabeth counterpart.

Going back to Evan, he HATED coming back, when he did originally wake up in Gregory's body, he had a full blown panic attack and was horrified by his surroundings, cause yk he was freaked out by Glitchtrap, an 8 foot tall gay ass bear, a white woman and a teenage girl who looked too similar to his brother whom he only remembers MURDERED HIM, that can really overwhelm someone! (Btw, Mike had been fully anticipating his father's return, but he didn't think Evan and Elizabeth would come back because he thought they moved on, they definitely did not!)

After a whole rescue operation (and losing someone during it, not a death though.) Gregory/Evan will go through a lot of trials and tribulations through family matters and trauma. Again, I'm trying not to spoil a lot about this section since it's pretty crazy, but they do become friends! They will be each other's first ever friends, actually, since Cassie won't be in this rewrite. SORRY ☹️ she will be important in the RUIN-ED AU/spinoff though! (Yk the one with the stupid ass kids/ocs)

For Elizabeth, she will end up attempting to possess Vanessa (although it was not part of William's original plan, and who knows? It could work.) I really want to say more details but I must restrain myself from doing so. She will be an antagonist along with Will, she's gonna cause some evil shit, and she'll get a redemption arc because it's what she deserves! (Yk after she learns her lesson) And there is actually a reason why she and Evan even have relationships with the MCI/KCI kids, even if Liz didn't actually meet them when she was still Baby. Let's just say, the afterlife prison for her was not cool! Thank goodness she managed to escape too.

And yeah, tons of Afton family drama is relevant in this too, it intertwines with the Casas family own trauma.

I'd really like to discuss more about what exactly will happen, believe me. But I'm saving all that for when I get to it! (And also because, I'm still working on it!)

[edgy-ella]

I’m not sure if anyone’s noticed this before, but the etymology in Fnaf is actually kind of amazing? For the human characters, anyways.

Me and a friend of mine are considering doing a Fnaf project, and for it, I need to give names to some of the still unnamed characters. Phone Guy, the original owner of Fredbear’s, so on and so forth. So, I looked into how the series names its characters for inspiration—a name like “William Afton” seems too specific to be made randomly.

“William” is an English name (fitting for a bri’ish character) that means either “strong-willed warrior” or “resolute protector.” Meanwhile, Afton is a Scottish name meaning evening or afternoon.

A resolute protector of the evening.

A NIGHT GUARD.

Remember in Fnaf 2, when the only thing we knew about Purple Guy was that he was almost certainly the former night guard of Freddy’s?

Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if Scott came up with this name around the time of Fnaf 2 or 3 and just sat on it until he needed it for The Silver Eyes. That, or it was intended to be a bit of foreshadowing of “Dave Miller’s” true identity. 

After having that revelation, I decided to look into the names of some of the other characters to see if I could find any other interesting naming quirks. This is what I found.

Henry Emily: “Henry” means “home” and “powerful ruler” while Emily can mean either “rival” or “persuasive.” His status a persuasive rival should need no explanation to anyone who has played Pizzeria Simulator, and him being a “powerful ruler of home” can allude to his status as one of the original owners of Freddy’s.

Charlotte Emily: “Charlotte” means either “free man” or “petite.” I don’t see that much of a connection to the “free man” definition of the name (in fact, her being the last of William’s victims to be set free and the Puppet’s constant restraint by the music box would imply the opposite), but the “petite” part may allude to her dying as a child. The “rival” aspect of her surname can apply to Charlie as well, as she has stood against William as the Puppet since the beginning.

Michael Afton/Mike Schmidt: Pretty sure these two are the same character, so I’m looping them together. Afton is obviously a carryover from his father’s name, and I don’t think it applies as much to Mike as it does William. “Michael” is a Biblical name with a lot of different meanings, but the most common one is “Who is like God?” Meanwhile, “Schmidt” is a German name derived from the word for blacksmith. Who is like God? The blacksmith. This could allude to Michael’s relationship to William, the creator of the animatronics, as the two are father and son. However, I honestly doubt Scott had planned that as early as Fnaf 1. The “blacksmith” aspect of the name may be in reference to him “tampering with the animatronics,” though.

Jeremy Fitzgerald: “Jeremy” means “God will uplift” and “Fitzgerald” means “son of Gerald.” Who is Gerald, then? “Gerald” means “bright spear.” God will uplift the son of the bright spear. I could be reading too much into this, but this may be in reference to how you need to use your flashlight to ward off the animatronics in Fnaf 2.

Vanessa/Vanny: “Vanessa” means “butterfly.” Could tie into the “butterfly effect” of how Glitchtrap taking control of her in Fnaf VR influenced the series going forward, but that’s honestly a stretch.

Gregory: “Gregory” means either “watchful” or “alert.” And yeah, I assume you would need to be in order to dodge all of the animatronics in the Pizzaplex.

I know that overanalyzing simple names like this feels like a “the curtains are blue” moment, but as a writer who is very picky about my character names, I think it’s important to respect how a character’s name can tie into their personality and role in the story. Creating a memorable and fitting name isn’t as easy as you may think it is, so when they have meaning like this (even if it’s unintentional), we should give credit where credits is due.

[soniccrazygal]

Ok! First, Michael

Michael's character sheet

Character Chart

Character’s full name: Michael Afton

Character’s nickname: Mike, Eggs Benedict, Masked Man, Fire Starter, Mikey, Micah

Birth date: June 21st, 1969

Nationality: British-Mexican

Weapons: dagger (doesn't really like to use weapons, but still keeps his dagger on himself at all times for emergencies)

Powers: purple fire, teleportation, ???

Physical appearance

Age: ???

How old does he appear: 22

Weight: 77.6 Kg

Height: 6’2’’

Body build: lanky

Eye colour: purple with blue speckles

Glasses or contacts: wears golden rimmed glasses when he reads (his vision is still not the best after everything)

Skin tone: almond

Distinguishing marks: purple patches of rotten skin that look like vitiligo, freckles, scar on the bridge of his nose

Hair colour: brown fading to light purple

Type of hair: curly

Hairstyle: long and usually tied up

Usual fashion of dress: comfy yet stylish

Favourite outfit: purple hoodie/sweater, long jeans, tall boots, fingerless gloves

Jewellery or accessories: belt, multiple earrings, pouch attached to his belt

Personality

Alignment: neutral good (does good but doesn't care about rules when needed)

Good personality traits: patient, level-headed, clever (street smarts more than academic smarts), kind,

Bad personality traits: too forgiving, sometimes a bit lazy, selfless, a bit shy, slightly untidy

Mood character is most often in: calm

Sense of humour: dark humour (mainly jokes about the Fazbear’s franchise and his own situation), sarcasm

What would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil: being in front of the Scooper, losing his loved ones, going back to UCN

Character is most at ease when: when he’s with family and friends (mainly Terrence, his kids and his best friends)

Most ill at ease when: underground and near the animatronics

Enraged when: somebody he loves is in danger, in William's presence

Depressed or sad when: thinking about the past

Priorities: protecting his loved ones, taking care of the Souls that are sent to him

Character’s soft spot: kids

Is this soft spot obvious to others: yes

Greatest strength: robotics and programming

Greatest vulnerability or weakness: his loved ones

Biggest regret: killing Evan, not stopping any of the deaths

Minor regret: dying

Biggest accomplishment: freeing the Souls

Minor accomplishment: becoming a Soul Guardian

Character’s darkest secret: none

Does anyone else know: ///

Past

Hometown: Hurricane

Type of childhood: bad

Pets: none

Childhood hero: Henry

Dream job: artist (mainly comics)

Education: normal

Religion: Christian (never really cared tho-)

Finances: very good

Present

Current location: Spirit Limbo

Currently living with: all the Souls that had become William's victims

Pets: black kitten named Luna, his kids (jokingly)

Religion: none

Occupation: Soul Guardian

Finances: none

Family

Mother: Daniela

Relationship with her: very good

Stepmother: Claire

Relationship with her: good

Father: William

Relationship with him: horrible

Adoptive father: Henry

Relationship with him: very good

sister: Elizabeth

Relationship with her: normal

Brother: Evan

Relationship with them: good

Adoptive sister: Charlie

Relationship with them: good

“Twin”: Terrence

Relationship with them: extremely good

Spouse: none

Relationship with them: ///

Children: Gregory and Cassie

Relationship with them: very good

Other important family members: none, but has very good friends (Scott/Phone Guy, Fritz Smith, the former Tormentors and the Missing Children)

Favorites

Colour: purple, red, black, blue

Least favourite colour: pink

Music: punk, metal and rock

Food: mexican cuisine

Literature: fantasy

Form of entertainment: watching soap operas

Mode of transportation: teleportation (he's not really skilled at it), walking

Most prized possession: his garden

Habits

Hobbies: thinkering

Plays a musical instrument: no

Plays a sport: no

How he would spend a rainy day: watching soap operas or building/programming shit

Smokes: used to

Drinks: no

Other drugs: none

What does he do too much of: worry

What does he do too little of: taking care of himself

Extremely skilled at: mechanics and drawing

Extremely unskilled at: music

Nervous tics: biting his nails

Usual body posture: a bit slouched over

Traits

Optimist or pessimist: realist

Introvert or extrovert: ambivert

Daredevil or cautious: slightly daredevil

Logical or emotional: both, but tend to be logical

Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat: messy

Prefers working or relaxing: work

Confident or unsure of himself: a bit unsure and self-conscious

Animal lover: yes

Self-perception

How he feels about himself: sees himself as undeserving of good things

One word the character would use to describe self: messy

What would the character most like to change about himself: his past

Relationships with others

Opinion of other people in general: neutral

Does the character hide his true opinions and emotions from others: yes

Person character most hates: William

Best friend(s): Fritz Smith, Phone Guy/Scott, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Mark, Simon, Fredrick

Love interest(s): none

Person character goes to for advice: Terrence, OMC and Henry

Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: all the Souls

Person character feels shy or awkward around: the MC's parents

Person character openly admires: Terrence and OMC

Person character secretly admires: Vanessa

♪Lullaby_⁜_Anon♪

You weren’t kidding about it being long. XD

[destinyschaosdreamer]

In regards to SB: Infraction So, next chapter will be up shortly. I just wanted to pop in here with a few fairly important notes to clear some things up since some of this will be probably wildly confusing esp after going over the next couple chapters. I like doing big reveals but it's gonna take a while to get to all of them so here's so basics to note. There's also quite a bit of hint dropping throughout. This is a wild ride of emotions. There's a lot of humor but also drama, horror, and suspense. I don't plan to make it nearly as dark or violent as some of my other works but there's a least one chapter in the next part that gets really really deep and violent but can be skipped if needed. You'll probably guess what it is if you haven't already.

This series will be a set of 3 in the following order:

1) First/current is like a set-up teaser mini movie setting up the series. This series is told from mostly Cassie's POV, who as you can tell is WILDLY confused atm. So you get to share the ride with her. That means a lot of things will probably make no sense including characters not introduced or even revealed. (Like what exactly is MXES? How and why are there ghosts running around the closed down pizza plex?) Some will be mentioned and never appear. This will probably be fairly short chapter wise. In fact depending on what they entail and how much detail I want to go into, it's only a few more to go. Don't worry, we're getting into some suspense and action in the next one or two.

2) This is the heart of my story. It's likely going to the prequel told as a story. It's already mapped out just needs written. This is from GGY Era up until sometime before RUIN. It's detailed and includes a lot, including the all staff meeting (which is going to be a doozy). Spoiler: that event is what kicks off my version of SB. This is kinda like a main movie. And most (if not all) questions revealed.

3) Followup after the main story is told will be like a tv series. No set plans but revolves around dealing with the fallout of the main "movie" and Cassie's involvement, especially with her dad.

There are a lot of characters involved but all have reasons and most won't appear or be revealed until the second part. As of now I have no plans for romantic relationships. Mostly just really good close friends. That is subject to change and feel free to share your thoughts. As of now I kinda view them more as acting like siblings with poor Freddy Daddy and Momma Roxy trying their best to manage their large rowdy brood. (And keep them from killing each other.)

Cassie's dad will play a decent role (if you couldn't already tell) and is named Jeremiah Fitzgerald. He is the "Bonnie bully" and Mike's best childhood friend. He is also "Jeremy" of all FNAF incidents except MCI. His brother is the jeremy from MCI, and long story short, Mike isn't the only one jumping place to place with pseudonyms to bring the place down. He's not dead (at least up until SB) or crazy old for....reasons.

Glitchtrap and Burntrap are both the Mimic. He uses Afton's corpse as physical body and has his memories/thoughts/etc, but is NOT him. Will Afton show up? Well, we'll see ^_^ The Mimic endo was sealed away before RUIN. So like 2 parts of a whole. There are also different branches/minions of the Mimic that are used in AI such as Helpy, video games/characters and more. Each of them have their own controlled programs and endos. This will be more relevant in the third work. They also aren't the only big bads though as I'm going on a twist with evil corporations idea. But it all ties in together I swear.

Gregory is a menace. This isn't the the cutesy innocent little victim story. He's a victim but under different circumstances and he and Mike basically HATE each other. Maybe Cassidy also. He's also very protective of ppl he cares about (esp Cassie, Vanessa, and Freddy) and has jealousy/possessiveness issues and sees outsiders as threats. He's not evil or villian by heart but he's not an innocent sweet kid either. He was basically an influenced/possessed "apprentice" while Vanessa was the controlled assistant very aware of everything going on unless she was "locked away". Dr Rabbit/Rab is an entire personality while Vanny was basically a costume. But Gregory himself is an absolute blast to write!

Anyways feel free to ask any questions. ^_^ And here's a few snippets from our favorite crew:

Mike: This is all because of that damn little heathen I'm telling you.

Roxy: Yes. That menace.

Freddy: Michael, please watch your language. I assure you, Gregory is merely trying to-

Gregory: Yeah? Well I'm not the one who had to go fu-

Freddy: GREGORY!

Gregory: -shrugs- It's true. Nessa, go tell your stupid boyfriend how he messed up this time.

Nessa:  Ugh, he's not my boyfriend. Why do you keep saying that?

Gregory: Because you're the one he always talks to.

Mike: Exactly. Cause you're just a little whiny brat no one has time or patience to deal with.

Gregory: Interloper. No one ever wanted you here.

Mike: Little shithead.

Nessa: MICHAEL!

Cassidy: Can I just say I could really use my sword back?

Nessa/Mike/Gregory/MXES: NO!

Cassidy: -pouts- No one ever lets me have any fun anymore....

Cassie: I love these guys.

[zilodak]

Man, i am falling in love with your Vanessa desing the more i see it😭🤚

But honestly, just saw the post talking about your au and Gregory in general, plus the tags to it. When i first read the part of Vanessa being Jeremy's niece a while back i honestly loved that

On one of my own aus, i make so that Vanessa has that type of uncle and niece relationship cuz tbh, i totally see it and i love it (wont say which one bc i know some folks who follow me sees your posts and i aint giving spoilers to any of them)

And seeing someone actually do it makes me...sorta happy tbh. And the reason for her to even be involved in all of this, makes me even more interested :>

And i really like the cyborg idea for Gregory, it feels like an in-between option for the war of "he's a robot! No he's a human!" I like it XD

Plus, i feel like at this point in time it would be a thing, especially with how the animatronics feel so advanced ya know? Not too far ahead from the current future, but not to close either, it's fun and makes sense

I do wonder how it'll go from here tho, especially in whether you will choose between one of the endings from the game with your own spin, or make a completely new one. All in all, I'd love to see more of it!

I'm a sucker for found family coming together from trying to find the mystery of their past/lost family. It has a nice bittersweet tone to it, and it seems to lead that way here (ofc if it isn't, i'll still enjoy the au bc the idea itself is really cool)

Oh and i saw the part of Elisabeth, love it, its nice ro have more of her bc your Elizabeth has become my all time favourite😭💞💞.

And I love all the afton siblings tbh, and Michael and Evan have been my favourite sibling duo, but you somehow made me love Lizzy and Mike so much more-

Anyways, i kinda rambled here- i just really liked the au and wanted to share my thoughts 😅

AHHH THANK YOUUU!!

As for my Help Wanted and Security Breach au, its actually a continuation of my fnaf au in general.

After Michael's suicide with Henry and the burning of the Pizzeria, Jeremy leaves as a broken man now in the possession of Glamrock Freddy and the Glamrock blueprints Michael left behind. The trauma and the survivor's guilt has made him barely the person he used to be, and he sells the Glamrocks to a man. He doesn't want anything to do with them. Cut to Vanessa though, and he loves her very much, she brings light to his life once again and all seems to be well.

He's approached by Fazbears entertainment years later. They tell him, that as a survivor of those events, they want him to test their "educational" game (Help Wanted). Ignoring the fact that the game is a complete mockery of what he's been through, he focuses more on the anomaly he spots.

He disappears not long after and this is when Vanessa comes in. The officers put his investigation on hold and Vanessa take matter in her own hands. She finds out about the game, collects the tapes, gets possessed by Malhare etc...

This is where the au falls apart a bit because anything after that moment is just little snippets of lore and scenes.

Malhare's role is very important though. To the whole thing.

Malhare isn't William. He's this projection of Will, born out of spite and that's meant to store his memories. His only purpose is to help resurrect Burntrap (aka the actual William) which he will then perish if successful. He's not supposed to be sentient, or make his own choices. He can only calculate outcomes and steer the person or thing he's possessing into doing things that will be beneficial for his goal. Malhare, just like any virus, spreads. There's no one version of him. However Vanessa's version of Malhare somehow manages to become sentient. Sentient enough that he realizes that he will die if he succeeds in his mission. Sentient enough that he has emotions. And sentient enough that he can make his own decisions. So when the time comes and Gregory enters the bottom of the Pizzaplex, he has a change of heart because in typically William or William adjacent fashion, he's scared of death. So he saves Gregory from the other versions of Malhare and corrupted systems that roam the Pizzaplex.

Now I should also preface that Vanessa and Malhare share their body, but anytime Malhare takes front, her eyes glow purple and she develops incredible agility and more physical strength (this is Vanny). Malhare can't front for long though.

Anyways, Vanny saves Gregory and they flee the Pizzaplex with Glamrock Freddy. They go to Luis' apartment for shelter for the day and Vanessa finally opens up about her situation. Now Vanessa is a wanted woman with a bounty on her hear, Malhare is cast away from his own kind, Luis can't return bc he helped Vanessa, everybody is after Gregory and Freddy is tagging along to protect Gregory.

Next step is to find Jeremy.

[modgirlyreposts-revamped]

Ok time for Security Breach AU lore. Always on that grind

TW for child neglect, abuse, death, and abandonment, divorce, attempted murder, manipulation, trauma in general, and breakups.

Security Breach is basically an entire new chapter of the story, so we're no longer focused on the Aftons, and the main characters are almost totally unrelated, save for Glitchtrap and Glamrock Freddy. Caleb is no longer much of an important character as he's basically trying to heal and progress his life but God I can't stop thinking about Caleb meeting Michael as Freddy again and. Fnhshfhdhf-

Anyways, main characters we're looking at here are Vanny, Vanessa, Gregory, Mike, and a few more minor OCs- Raha Salib, Anna Kwento, Nora... something? I forgor, and Mark whose last name I also forgor. Raha and Nora are technicians, Anna is a manager, and Mark just does the bare minimum to not get fired. Anna and Nora are very gay and Mark has a crush on Raha but he respects that she doesn't like him back. Ok they're all rlly minor actually I just love them.

Basically this story starts back in 1997, when Vanessa (Vanny) and Vanessa (not Vanny) are born- Vanessa is born to Joanne and Richard ("Bill") Alexander, and Vanny to Angela and Clayton Torres.

From the start neither of them has a great home life, and when Vanessa is ten her parents divorce, and Richard basically manipulates and scares Vanessa into lying about Joanne in court to win custody of her.

Three years later, Vanny's little brother Gregory is born, and after that, Clayton leaves the family entirely, already not wanting to care for one child, let alone two. This leaves infant Gregory in the hands of Angela and Vanny. He's raised by Angela with Vanny's help, until- when Vanny is 20 and Gregory 7- she leaves as well, and Gregory is brought into the foster system. Three years later, Vanny becomes a beta tester for Help Wanted, where she meets Glitchtrap who begins taking over her brain and psychologically torturing her to wear her down until she begins to obey. To be... completely honest, despite the tapes implying the Ness in the emails to be the security guard Vanessa, it's still just Vanny in my AU.

Also worth noting is Vanny and Vanessa's relationship, which started in high school and ended not too long after Angela left, which ended because it sent Vanny into a state of major distress that upended their relationship despite Vanessa doing her best to be there for her.

Vanessa was working for Fazbear Entertainment at the time, as was Vanny- though not in the tech department like Vanny was. Using Vanny, Glitchtrap tried to extend his reach to Vanessa by manipulating her, which she actively tried to resist like Jeremy did before Vanny. She took a job as a security guard to try and stop Vanny, but they simply utilized her position for their goals, making Vanessa an accessory to Vanny's crimes.

Around this time, Gregory runs away after Vanny tracks him down and attempts to kill him. Devastated and with no reason to return now that his only family has betrayed and abandoned him, he just runs, and hides from those searching for him. Especially Vanny.

He had actually been to the Pizzaplex before, knew Freddy, and suspected something was.. up with him that made him safer than anyone else, so he went back there to see Freddy, and hopefully find his sister and investigate what had changed about her.

Michael, through Freddy, desperately wanted to just protect a kid for once, not scramble to atone for the aftermath of his failure. So he allied with Gregory to protect him, recognizing aand empathizing with Gregory's want to save his sister.

In comes Vanessa, who's just tired and fucking burnt out and does NOT want Vanny dicking around in the mall, but also doesn't want Gregory and Freddy doing so either and thus stands as an antagonist to them for a.. little while? I have an idea for how she would ally with Gregory in particular but that'd need to be another ask.

Anyway I'm kinda not sure how this shit ends or anything I just wanted to talk about Them

I know you said that he's really minor, but Mark doing the bare minimum is a total mood lmao-

And can't really blame Vanessa, if my ex was being manipulated by a virus and running around a mall commiting crimes the last thing I'd want is a kid running around that same mall after hours, and a sentient animatronic bear helping him

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“Here we go again…”

Welcome back to Mixedverse!

The previous server ended awhile back, but due to prolonged interest in the AU and people wanting to do more for it, we’ve rebooted it! It’s a bit different now, though.

When we began the last server, most people didn’t really understand how things worked or exactly what was happening. Our biggest misunderstanding was assuming that MV (Mirrorverse) characters were being brought into the NV (Normalverse) world, rather then them both being merged into a middle ground.

Although that is still our official lore for this AU, we decided for the RP server we would go along with it! So…

For our AU, it’s the opposite of that.

The characters from the NV world have been sucked into the MV world, while going about their business. All you have to do to get there is blink.

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The most important changes have been to the application and muse receiving processes.

Applications for the most part have stayed the same, however there’s a new concept called muse lock that we’re using.

There are short periods where muses are unlocked. You may claim characters, trade characters with other people, and whatever else you wish to do with them during this time. However..

When you are muse locked you may not claim any new characters or obtain new characters in anyway. The only thing that you can still do is drop muses, however they may not be replaced with a new one until the next time that muses are unlocked.

Well, what are the times that muses are unlocked? What does that mean for joining?

Sadly, another thing that we’re going to be including is that you can only join while muses are unlocked. However, we will be accepting applications at any time! They’ll just only be approved once new muses can be taken. This also gives us time to look over everything and make sure that everyone has a fair shot at getting the muses that they want.

We are currently accepting applications!

The next time muses will be unlocked: July 1st - 4th 2019 ---------------------------

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“Two verses merge, they’re similar but the people that reside in them are.. very different. And no one knows who’s who.”

Welcome to the Mixedverse AU! It’s a Mirrorverse AU where MV characters and normal characters (Normalverse) have been introduced to a similar, middle-ground verse.

At first, they might not notice anything at first. Maybe they only run into people from the same verse at first- But then, they notice that one of their friends is actually COMPLETELY abnormal. Slowly but surely they’ll eventually realize that something is wrong.

This is a good opportunity to explore different types of relationships! As well as have a slightly over-arching plot over the entire story.

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Mirrorverse is an AU that was inspired by the Spookyfish episode of South Park, where a mirrored version of Stan, Kyle, and Cartman came into the world. It’s most commonly known where it was represented in a Kyman fanfic, as well as artwork from sleepyeule. You do not need to have read this fic.

The basic premise is that the characters are.. well, mirrored. That doesn’t mean they’re complete opposites, but some of their most important traits are removed. The best example of this is with Cartman. Mirrorverse Cartman has his general horrible and selfishness removed- Which leaves him kind, empathetic, but he’s still pretty gullible and manipulative like he is normally.

[Note; if anyone is shying away from taking an MV character because they either don’t know how a character would act or haven’t done it before- I suggest taking a muse you normally wouldn’t do since they’re going to be mirrored. As well as, ask for help if you’re having trouble at all.]

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Normalverse is a weird thing to call it, but it’s basically just the canon world! The characters are just as you know them, and there’s nothing too big to note.

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Rules

Rules for the Discord group!

1. Have common decency. I’d prefer not to have multiple rules just telling you to be a chill person and respect people. No harassment, bullying, shaming people, etc. Just be reasonable, you don’t have to get along with everyone or be completely unconditionally nice, obviously, but be civil!

2. If you’re uncomfortable, tell someone. This goes hand in hand with the first thing, but if you have drama going on with someone, if you’re being harassed, or if you have a problem with someone, tell a mod or the owner. They’re there for a reason: to help you!

3. Stay in character. Keep in character, there will be a bit more lee-way for Mirrorverse characters than for Normalverse characters since they’re up to interpretation. There will still be standards for them, though, and expectations for how they should act in a mirrored sense. Relationships shouldn’t be changed entirely and characters shouldn’t have sporadic personality changes.

4. Whatever’s in the show is okay. South Park uses slurs constantly, is generally inappropriate and gross, and if you’ve watched the show then you should expect this. I’m completely up for helping people feel more comfortable if they do have things that really upset them, but I’d like to make it clear that I want people to be comfortable using what’s been aired on public television.

5. Minors are allowed. We’re more selective when it comes to people that are underage, but we do allow them! There’s no NSFW allowed, and be aware that some of the people you might interact with could be under 18.

6. Roleplay etiquette. Basically, follow the basic, more well-known roleplaying rules. No god-modding, auto-hitting, mary sues, self-inserts, match post length, try to keep from really small posts if you’re doing literate RP.

7. IC =/= OOC. If a character says something mean to a character in a roleplay, that’s from a character to another character. It’s not to you personally, and those things should be entirely independent of each other.

8. Please be active. If you know you have issues with activity, which is perfectly fine, please inform someone and try to take a role that’s not going to require you to be there constantly. IE, someone playing Stan and only being here once a week could be a problem, but someone playing a character like Pip or a kinder would be completely acceptable.

9. No ship drama. Please, don’t force-ship, don’t shame people for certain ships, for liking things, for not liking things. Shipping is really subjective and some people are different. However, on that note, pedophilic and incestuous ships aren’t accepted in this server in any respect.

10. Characters can die. Muses can be seriously injured and even killed! If a muse is killed, they will never be brought back.

11. Joining? To join the Discord server, submit an application to this Tumblr using the application. If you know someone that’s already in the server, it’s generally easier to get in.

We are accepting applications at all times!

We will be approving applications and letting people join the server through July 1st - 4th 2019.

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Masterpost

A list of all characters, available and unavailable.

[There are separate lists for Mirrorverse and Normalverse, scroll past the Normalverse list for the Mirrorverse one.]

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Main boys:

Eric Cartman

Kyle Broflovski

Stan Marsh

Kenny McCormick

Butters Stotch

Craig’s group:

Craig Tucker

Clyde Donovan

Jimmy Valmer

Token Black

Tweek Tweak

Girls:

Annie Knitts

Bebe Stevens

Charlotte

Esther

Ferrari (Raisins Girl)

Heidi Turner

Jenny Simon

Jessica Rodriguez

Leslie Meyers

Lexus Martin (Raisins Girl)

Lisa Berger

Lola

Mercedes (Raisins Girl)

Millie Larsen

Monica Ryland

Nichole

Patty Nelson

Porsche (Raisins Girl)

Rebecca Cotswolds

Red

Sally Darson

Tammy Warner

Wendy Testaburger

Goths:

Firkle

Henrietta Biggle

Michael

Pete Thelman

Vamp Kids:

Allison Mertz

Annie Bartlett

Larry

Katie “Bloodrayne” Gelson

Mike “Vampir” Makowski

Ryan Ellis

Vladimir

Kindergardeners:

Carlos/Billy

Conner Davis

Dave Harrison

Filmore Anderson

Flora

Ike Broflovski

Jenny

Quaid

Sally Bands

Other kids:

Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem

Bill Allen

Blanket Jefferson

Bradley (Cartman Sucks)

Bradley Biggle

Bridon Gueermo

Chris Donnely

Christophe Delorne

Corey Lanskin

Damien Thorn

David Rodriguez

Dogpoo Petuski

Douchebag (Stick of Truth)

Dougie (General Disarray)

Douglas

Estella Havisham

Fosse McDonald

Gary Harrison

Gregory of Yardale

Herbert Pocket

Jessica Pinkerton

Josh Myers (TP Kid)

Karen McCormick

Kelly (Rainforest Schmainforest)

Kevin McCormick

Kevin Stoley

Kip Drordy

Kyle Schwartz

Larry Feegan

Loogie

Mark Cotswolds

Nathan

Pip Pirrup

Romper Stomper

Scott Malkinson

Scott Tenorman

Shelly Marsh

Terrance Mephesto

Thad Jarvis

Thomas (Le Petit Tourette)

Timmy Burch

Trent Boyett

Tricia “Ruby” Tucker

Yao

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Main boys:

Eric Cartman

Kyle Broflovski

Stan Marsh

Kenny McCormick

Butters Stotch

Craig’s group:

Craig Tucker

Clyde Donovan

Jimmy Valmer

Token Black

Tweek Tweak

Girls:

Annie Knitts

Bebe Stevens

Charlotte

Esther

Ferrari (Raisins Girl)

Heidi Turner

Jenny Simon

Jessica Rodriguez

Leslie Meyers

Lexus Martin (Raisins Girl)

Lisa Berger

Lola

Mercedes (Raisins Girl)

Millie Larsen

Monica Ryland

Nichole

Patty Nelson

Porsche (Raisins Girl)

Rebecca Cotswolds

Red

Sally Darson

Tammy Warner

Wendy Testaburger

Goths:

Firkle

Henrietta Biggle

Michael

Pete Thelman

Vamp Kids:

Allison Mertz

Annie Bartlett

Larry

Katie “Bloodrayne” Gelson

Mike “Vampir” Makowski

Ryan Ellis

Vladimir

Kindergarteners:

Carlos/Billy

Conner Davis

Dave Harrison

Filmore Anderson

Flora

Ike Broflovski

Jenny

Quaid

Sally Bands

Other kids:

Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem

Bill Allen

Blanket Jefferson

Bradley (Cartman Sucks)

Bradley Biggle

Bridon Gueermo

Chris Donnely

Christophe Delorne

Corey Lanskin

Damien Thorn

David Rodriguez

Dogpoo Petuski

Douchebag (Stick of Truth)

Dougie (General Disarray)

Douglas

Estella Havisham

Fosse McDonald

Gary Harrison

Gregory of Yardale

Herbert Pocket

Jessica Pinkerton

Josh Myers (TP Kid)

Karen McCormick

Kelly (Rainforest Schmainforest)

Kevin McCormick

Kevin Stoley

Kip Drordy

Kyle Schwartz

Larry Feegan

Loogie

Mark Cotswolds

Nathan

Pip Pirrup

Romper Stomper

Scott Malkinson

Scott Tenorman

Shelly Marsh

Terrance Mephesto

Thad Jarvis

Thomas (Le Petit Tourette)

Timmy Burch

Trent Boyett

Tricia “Ruby” Tucker

Yao

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Oscars 2018

I can’t believe it has been a whole year since La La Land was best picture for a whole two minutes. Yes, it’s that time again, oscar season. Although I am most excited to see Tom Holland in a suit, I am also eager to see who takes home the golden statues. Every year I try my best to watch the oscar nominated films and this year was no different. Before I get into my picks for the oscars, a little reminder that these are my own personal opinions. I do not claim to be a film expert or anything, this is just who I think should win for each category!

Writing

Adapted Screenplay

“Call Me By Your Name” James Ivory

“The Disaster Artists” Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber

“Logan” Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green

“Molly’s Game” Aaron Sorkin

“Mudbound” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

As much as I LOVED Logan and think it is without a doubt the best wolverine film we have seen, Call Me By Your Name is my pick here. The story addresses a romantic relationship between an unlikely pair, a 30 year old man and a 17 year old boy. As we live in a time where a racist and misogynistic male is president of the free world, this film offers us an escape to remember that love is important. Elio’s father’s speech as he explains that he accepts that Elio is gay, is a moving and inspiring monologue. The story provides a beautiful representation of homosexuality and reminds the world of the importance of love, especially in a time of struggle and pain.

Original Screenplay

“The Big Sick” Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani

“Get Out” Jordan Peele

“Lady Bird” Greta Gerwig

“The Shape of Water” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Martin McDonagh

Get Out offers a surprisingly unique storyline that successfully combines elements of psychological horror with dark humour. I have never been a huge horror film fan, however I really enjoyed this film and was constantly engaged. The film had me hooked right until the end. It addresses a particular side of racism as it is set in the post-obama era. It connects historical themes of slavery with the contemporary nature of white people being envious of black people. The story line is captivating and innovative and hence why I think it should win best original screenplay.

Technical

Cinematography

“Blade Runner 2049” Roger Deakins

“Darkest Hour” Bruno Delbonnel

“Dunkirk” Hoyte van Hoytema

“Mudbound” Rachel Morrison

“The Shape of Water” Dan Laustsen

Without a doubt. Every single frame in Blade Runner 2049 is a piece of art. The cinematography in Dunkirk of course is spectacular and captivating and don’t even get me started on the lighting in The Shape of Water, however Blade Runner 2049 is so visually stunning that the light almost feels alive. Roger Deakins paints a picture almost frighteningly realistic as the audience faces the realities of human nature. The cinematography highlights the importance of the visual in science fiction films and is a refreshingly unique and powerful aspect that makes Blade Runner 2049 so incredible.

Visual Effects

“Blade Runner 2049” John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover and Gerd Nefzer

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick

“Kong: Skull Island” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, ScottBenza and Mike Meinardus

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould and Neal Scanlan

“War for the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Joel Whist

Even though I am obsessed with the visuals in Blade Runner 2049, I think it is about time that Planet of the Apes is recognised for the stunning visual effects. Weta Digital has once again proved themselves to be one of the best in the business as they bring these apes to life. Their performance capture technology is so innovative that it captures the smallest details of Andy Serkis’s facial expressions and manages to translate it onto the ever realistic ape. The first two Planet of the Apes films were snubbed by the academy and I really believe that it should win this year.

Production Design

“Beauty and the Beast” Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

“Blade Runner 2049” Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola

“Darkest Hour” Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

“Dunkirk” Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis

“The Shape of Water” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau

Austerberry, Melvin and Vieau successfully manage to create an entire world in The Shape of Water. The sets, props and lighting all come together to create a magical film. Elisa’s theatre apartment is so beautifully detailed that it took almost 3500 colour samples to create. Each of the sets are inspired and shaped by water from the rusted down walls to the pipes in the lab. So much thought and detail has been put into the design of this film and that is why it is one of the most beautiful films.

Film Editing

“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss

“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith

“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel

“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory

It doesn’t take an expert to recognise the amazing editing skills being portrayed in Baby Driver. The entire film is cut to musical cues, which meant that it had to be edited on set. The editing successfully falls to the beat of the music without the audience even realising. The editing is thorough and naturally allows the film to flow the way it does. The pacing and editing of the film is what makes it so unique so I really hope it takes home the oscar on Sunday.

Makeup and Hairstyling

“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten

Gary Oldman is completely unrecognisable as Winston Churchill in the Darkest Hour. The transformation is shocking and although Oldman’s performance definitely contributes to the amazing portrayal of Churchill, the makeup and hairstyling is what makes it oscar worthy.

Costume Design

“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran

“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran

“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges

“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira

“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle

As the film is a story about a fashion designer in the 1950s Couture World of London, it is no surprise that the costumes in the film are stunning. Each piece is so detailed and intrinsic, it is easy to see the hard work that went into making them. Although I feel like any one of these films could take home the oscar as this was a relatively hard category to pick one favourite. Phantom Thread however has become known for its costume design and this could be what edges it out slightly from the other nominees.

Sound

Original Score

“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer

“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood

“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell

Although personally Call Me By Your Name should win best original score, The Shape of Water is a very close second. The delicate, beautiful piano pieces add to the stunning elements of the film. The score transports us to this other world as we follow Elisa’s story. The music is what successfully balances the science fiction side of the film with the sad story of Elisa wanting to be heard for once. Because Elisa is mute I often feel that the music in the film speaks for her as it reflects how she feels. I believe that the sound is one of the most important elements of filmmaking and if you have a successful score then you will have a successful film, and this is definitely the case with The Shape of Water.

Original Song

“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige

“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens

“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren and Common

“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

This is a particular tough category as “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name is a gorgeous piano piece that makes me feel like I am in Italy during the summer and “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman brought tears to my eyes. However “Remember Me” from Coco is an emotional and inspiring piece of music that represents the entire film. Pixar is not often recognised for the music in their films and think that should change this year with this song.

Sound Editing

“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater

“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini and Theo Green

“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King

“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce and Matthew Wood

The difference between sound editing and sound mixing is that sound editing is about what you hear, sound mixing is about how you hear it. Screw the 70mm screen, I think Dunkirk should win best sound editing because it is the sound that makes the war film so immersive. The sound editing in Dunkirk is so precise and captivating that the audience has no idea they are being manipulated. The constant ticking, the ocean waves and the ascending pitch creates an increasing intensity that unites the three different storylines. The war film that shows no blood is still so intense and captivating because of the sound editing.

Sound Mixing

“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater and Tim Cavagin

“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hephill

“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo

“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker and Michael Semanick

Sound mixing however deserves to go to Baby Driver. The entire film is choreographed to the sound yet it does not feel anything like a musical. This is because the sound mixers successfully managed to have the action cut to the sound while still allowing the film to not feel so choreographed. The diegetic and non-diegetic sound perfectly mix together to make a film based around music, to not be anything close to a musical. Every sound from the placement of a cup to the chewing of gum is synched in time with the music. So much work went into this film to ensure that the sound would drive the story and that is exactly what it does. 

Acting

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”

Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”

Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”

Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

SAM ROCKWELL 100% !!!!! I was absolutely blown away by his performance in Three Billboards. Rockwell plays a problematic character of a racist cop who’s only answer is violence. While there is criticism of the film trying to get the audience to sympathise for his character at the end, there is no doubt that Rockwell’s performance is inspiring. Dixon is such a complicated character with so many different sides and we see Rockwell successfully show us all of them in this film. Everyone is always talking about Frances in this film but I believe that the best acting performance came from Rockwell.

Best Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”

Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”

Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”

Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”

Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

Although Allison Janney is picked to be the favourite and I did admire her performance, Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird is the winner for me. Metcalf has a way with words that really brings out her performance. She understands the importance of a mother’s role in her daughter’s life as she delivers an inspiring performance.

Best Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”

Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”

Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”

Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

Another tough pick as Daniel Kaluuya delivered an amazing performance in Get Out, Daniel Day-Lewis and Denzel Washington were as incredible as ever and Gary Oldman in the Darkest Hour is possibly his best performance yet, however Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name is my favourite performance of all. This was the first time I had seen Chalamet in a film, and he blew me away. He is so young yet his performance is so inspiring, it is what makes the relationship between his character and Armie Hammer’s character work so well. Although I think Gary Oldman will probably win on the night, I think Chalamet deserves it the most.

Best Lead Actress

Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”

Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”

Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”

Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Every single one of these lovely ladies deserves best lead actress however if I had to choose one it would have to be Frances McDormand. Her performance represents the pain and suffering of a world where so much sexual harassment is happening and nothing is being done about it. The audience is moved to tears as we follow her struggle of finding justice for her daughter. Frances truly leads the film to success and this is what a lead actress does. Her passionate monologues are just as empowering as to what she doesn’t say and this is why she deserves best lead actress.

Best Director and Best Picture

Best Director

“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan

“Get Out,” Jordan Peele

“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig

“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson

“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro

Is it possible to have all five directors win? Because that would be my pick. Jordan Peele delivers what has been called ‘the film of the year’ with Get Out. Greta Gerwig is the only female to be nominated and hence I think she should win solely for that reason, also because Lady Bird is the stunning, coming of age film that we have all been waiting for. Paul Thomas Anderson somehow manages to make emotions visual with his lovely film Phantom Thread and Guillermo del Toro who is an extremely close second delivers my favourite picture The Shape of Water. However I think it is about time that Nolan finally received the oscar for best director. There is no doubt that Christopher Nolan is a mastermind when it comes to filmmaking. Each and every one of his films are incredible pieces of work. Dunkirk however is the unconventional war film that I never thought I needed. There is no blood and guts in this film and the simple long takes and minimal dialogue makes it seem rather minimalistic. However the film still has so much depth and impact. Nolan chose to strip the film down and focus on what is important, the framing and the sound to create an immersive epic film. His choices in the film reflect his genius mind and clearly show that he is indeed the best director.

Best Picture

“Call Me by Your Name” Luca Guadagnino

“Darkest Hour” Joe Wright

“Dunkirk” Christopher Nolan

“Get Out” Jordan Peele

“Lady Bird” Greta Gerwig

“Phantom Thread” Paul Thomas Anderson

“The Post” Steven Spielberg

“The Shape of Water” Guillermo del Toro

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Michael McDonagh

I think this is the hardest year ever to pick a film for best picture. There have been so many amazing films this year. I chose The Shape of Water however because it is the only film that exceeds in all areas of filmmaking. The score as I have already explained drives the narrative of the film and contributes to the beautiful aesthetic. The production design transports us to another world. The cinematography and in particular the lighting is so beautiful it perfectly reflects the nature of being underwater. The story is unique and innovative as we are able to look past the weirdness of a woman sleeping with a fish to realise the true meaning of a mute girl wanting to be heard. Sally Hawkins plays a difficult part in making this story focus on the beautiful hidden meaning rather than on the science fiction aspect, and she does this very successfully. Guillermo del Toro manages to bring all these elements together to create a unique and stunning film that has everyone talking. I never thought a film about a romance between a girl and a fish could be so beautiful and that is why it is my pick for best picture.

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Danball Senki Wars - Four Hearts United as One (Prince Animage 2013)

Full scans can be found here.

Notes: I love DanSen Wars so much... I’m so glad Muraku’s name was said a lot! Anzai-san and Ryouta-san bickering is so funny... Hikaru looks like a girl, but his voice actress looks like a very beautiful boy. And Maeno-san is so mean to Rikuya! This interview was the most fun one I’ve ever translated. I LOVE MURAKU DANSEN WARS!

-Interview with Osaka Ryota (Arata), Ishizuka Sayori (Hikaru), Maeno Tomoaki (Haruki) and Anzai Chika (Sakuya)-

Sena Arata

He was instantly able to adjust to using his new LBX Dot Blastrizer, but his Overload ability seems to be uncontrollable? Arata seems to still have untapped potential.

Questions for Ryouta-san!

Favorite character?

Mito-sensei. Because she called me by my name (laughs). Not ‘Sena Arata’; just ‘Arata’. I was really happy~ I’ve said since episode 1 that I like Mito-sensei. But I was surprised she’s actually 29. An adult!

Favorite LBX?

Of course I like my own, but appearance-wise I like Phantom. I really like that when it opens its arms, it gives the impression of wings.

↑ Arata’s regular clothes (rough draft)

Hoshihara Hikaru

In order to cope with his WTSD, he took kendo classes. His kendo uniform really suited him.

Questions for Ishizuka-san!

Favorite character?

Appearance-wise, I like Tadashi. He’s cool. And I like Bunta too. While everyone was watching the First Platoon’s battle strategy and laughing, he shouted ‘Stop laughing!’ and it made me think that he’s a really good kid.

Favorite LBX?

Kyouji-kun’s Gruxeon. I like that it gives off a bad-guy vibe!

↑ Hikaru’s regular clothes, 3-year-old Hikaru, and Hikaru with his hair loose (rough drafts)

↓ Haruki’s regular clothes (rough draft)

Questions for Maeno-san!

Favorite character?

I like Gendou. In episode 26, Haruki was paired up with Gendou and Hikaru was with Kaito, and Gendou gave Haruki some words of support. Since Kaito didn’t say anything to Hikaru, that contrast was very impressionable.

Favorite LBX?

Gruxeon. Its spear-shaped weapon is cool.

Hosono Sakuya

His top priority during battles is to support Arata and the others, but he also makes them amazing new battle armor and LBX.

Questions for Anzai-san!

Favorite character?

From the start I’ve always liked Hikaru. I think it’s wonderful when he unties his hair while he sleeps! But I like Haruki too. He and Sakuya’s feelings are linked together. And Arata - well, I like his personality. (laughs) So I love the First Platoon.

Favorite LBX?

Siren. I like that it feels like a female ninja! Everyone in the Fourth Platoon uses a different colored one so they match. But now that Yuno’s using Arata’s old Dot Phaser it’s no longer an All Siren team…

Let’s Fight! Together We are the First Platoon!

Following up from our October issue, the cast of the First Platoon have come to talk with us. To begin, please tell us about the most memorable episode to you so far.

Ryouta: The one that got me the most fired up while we were recording - the battle in Death Forest with Muraku.

Arata went back alone to rescue Muraku.

Ryota: That was really intense - there story took a dramatic turn. In the end, Sakuya and the others came to help too - it was a victory achieved by everyone together! And on top of that, new fighting gear was made for us!

It felt like the distance between Muraku and Arata’s hearts has shrunk.

Ryota: It did. Muraku’s not really the type to talk a lot or explain things in detail, but he waited patiently for that idiot Arata to understand (laughs). I think Arata reminded Muraku about how you could ‘enjoy LBX battles’ instead of just fighting. So one day I’d love to see those two battle with each other - not during War Time - just enjoy normal, fun LBX battle.

Ishizuka: In Hikaru’s case, the story about his relationship with his father in episode 13 makes you think a lot about him, but also the episode before that - the scene in episode 12 where he screams at Arata. When I read the script I felt like, the time has finally come! Hikaru vented his feelings of frustration and his endless worries to Arata for the first time. I realised that this was a very important scene. In contrast to those scenes, I also like episode 16 - the episode where Takeru appears - when everyone is chuckling at Arata.

Anzai: Oh, when Arata was asked for his autograph!

Ishizuki: Yeah! Even Haruki laughed along with everyone else - the First Platoon are different now. So I really like the episodes continuing on from episode 13. I could feel the First Platoon’s bond getting stronger.

Maeno: About Haruki, since he’s always overlooking their strategies as a whole, the scene where he had to stop Arata and Hikaru from rushing onto the battlefield was very memorable. Arata’s so reckless that I’ve said ‘Stop it, Arata!’ too many times to count.

*All laugh*

Maeno: I actually said it during today’s recording too!

Ryota: But Haruki is unexpectedly okay with getting on board with Arata’s battle strategies~

Maeno: He is (laughs). Like their Formation Attack.

Ryouta: And the drift ice battle strategy.

There was also the strategy where they made the water tower fall over. Arata’s an idea man.

Ryouta: That had a high probability of working out! Fair play to the First Platoon for going along with Arata’s crazy strategies! (laughs)

Maeno: Arata sometimes says things that make sense. Although it can be difficult to get his ideas to work out in real life!

Anzai: For Sakuya it was episode 10. I was so happy when he was the person who won the most silver credits. Mechanics are recognised for their achievements too. I thought ‘I’m glad you got by on your budget up until today, Sakuya!’. And episode 10 was also a little bit romantic - he was nervous about meeting Rinko. Hyo-chan who plays Rinko was also nervous while she was standing in front of the mike, so the moment we finished recording and our eyes met we breathed a huge sigh of relief, phew! (laughs)

Rinko doesn’t think about Sakuya in that way.

Anzai: I don’t think she does. Thanks to Arata getting carried away Sakuya got the wrong idea…

Ryouta: Hey, don’t blame me~!

Anzai: But it’s true! You said things like, she’s going to confess her love to you!

Ryouta: But Sakuya’s the one who got carried away with that, wasn’t he?

Anzai: What were you doing looking at my phone anyway?!

Ryouta: You looked busy with your work so I was doing you a favor by reading the message to you!

When Arata picked up Sakuya’s CCM, the message was already on-screen. (laughs)

Anzai: Hikaru from episode 13 was also very memorable to me. Hikaru pushed himself to the limit, and Arata and Haruki were like, what’s going on? But Sakuya was quietly whispering his name, Hikaru… But in the second half of the battle when he saw Hikaru wasn’t really acting like himself, Sakuya said that to him. ‘This isn’t like you!’ Then he said something like, ‘It’s BECAUSE all four of us have our own roles that we can win!’

Ryouta: I thought so too! Sakuya’s words pierced Hikaru’s heart. When Hikaru was told ‘All four of us together are the First Platoon!’ he snapped out of it. I cried.

Anzai: Sayori-san’s Hikaru is just wonderful; I really feel for him. I tried my best to give it my all in that scene too. Everything that’s happened up until now, how Sakuya looks out for everyone and how everyone is watching over them - the conversation during that scene was full of that.

Ishizuka: Sakuya’s a really good kid. He has a lot of friends too.

Anzai: He’s good at communicating, so he can get along with a lot of people. There was a scene where Haruki hadn’t eaten anything so he gave him some bread too. (laughs)

Maeno: Oh, there was! (laughs)

Anzai: Since the First Platoon used to be just Haruki and Sakuya for a while, I think those two can read each other very well. When Haruki gets mad at Arata, Sakuya can calm him down. I really think the First Platoon is like a family.

We’d like to ask about characters outside of the First Platoon. If all of you could join a different platoon, which would you pick?

Maeno: Anywhere is good, as long as it’s not the Third Platoon.

*All laugh*

Ryouta: No way are we gonna be on the same team as the Ally Killer! (laughs) Maybe Gendou’s team? Gendou’s really cool!

Anzai: Gendou is the Dad of Jenock! I think I’d maybe pick Gregory from Rossius’ team? He has his own background music (laughs) - that looks fun.

Ishizuka: I wanna join the Girls Only team - the Fourth Platoon. Since I think Hikaru wouldn’t get involved in romantic relationships, he could just chat away with the girls.

Hikaru doesn’t seem to have much interest in girls. (Translator’s Notes: Hikaru confirmed gay)

Ishizuka: Right? He really doesn’t interact with the girls at all. To the point where Yuno asked him, ‘Hikaru, are you okay?’.

Next, if your character could make their own personal dream team, what members would they pick?

Anzai: I want Sakuya to be with the other mechanic kids. I wanna make a Super Mechanic Team!

Ryouta: But then you can’t attack!

*All laugh*

Anzai: Yeah, we’d probably die straight away. (bitter laugh) That’s fine - our purpose is to help support the players! The four mechanics are really good friends, so I think they could read L Tech together while chatting!

Ryouta: So basically they just pat each other on the back?

Anzai: Hey! They also help everyone use their LBX!

Ryouta: They watch over everyone from above (laughs).

Anzai: I’ll work hard together with Takeru, Rinko and Kageto~

Ishizuka: You won’t include Bunta? Even though he’s such good friends with Sakuya (laughs).

Anzai: I picked all the cute kids (laughs).

Ryouta: Okay, then I’m going to make a player only team, and replace Sakuya with Muraku. Since I don’t want to take out Hikaru or Haruki.

Anzai: Ouch, that hurt!

Ryouta: Well, that’s my dream team.

*All laugh*

If you do that, there will be two leader-types in the group.

Ryouta: I think instead of giving others orders, Muraku’s the type to make his own movements. So when they start to attack, Muraku can be third. Like - Arata, Hikaru, Muraku and then Haruki.

Anzai: Afterwards, all that’s left will be the fragments of LOST LBX after their fight against the Devil’s Platoon. (laughs)

Ryouta: It’s alright! Arata only destroyed everything once.

Maeno: For Haruki, I think a team of all the platoon leaders would be good. Catherine, Gendou and Kaito. I won’t include Rikuya.

*All laugh*

Please be nicer to Rikuya!

Maeno: But he would be a burden! (laughs) We’d have to just protect him all the time.

Ryouta: I think anyone would feel safe with those four people. Gendou-san seems like he’ll unite the team together.

Ishizuka: I wonder who Hikaru would pick? He’s a kid who doesn’t talk much, so Hikaru and Tadashi, with Muraku as their platoon leader and Kyoka as their mechanic. A bunch of silent people would make an interesting team. But I think they’d fight well together!

Finally, please leave a message for the fans about what you’d like to see happen in the story next.

Maeno: How about an episode where the spotlight is on Haruki?

Anzai: Speaking of which, where is Haruki living at the moment?

Maeno: Haruki’s room hasn’t appeared in the anime yet at all. Even though Sakuya’s room frequently appears.

Perhaps his roommate’s bed is still empty from when his former teammates became lost?

Maeno: That could be it. Since Haruki’s room might appear soon I’ll look forward to it.

Ishizuka: I’d love to see a school festival. Everyone could sing in a chorus or something.

Anzai: I wanna see that!! And I want to know more about what happens in the shopping street. The test of courage was fun too, but I want to see a normal battle with the D Cube.

Ishizuka: Then, a trip or something? I want to see an episode away from the battles. Episode 24 was about Catherine, but it’s a shame Hikaru wasn’t aware of it or participate in it. I want to see Hikaru enjoy himself doing something fun.

Anzai: That would be great. And the world tournament Artemis is still ongoing, isn’t it?

It’s still ongoing, but it hasn’t appeared in the anime.

Maeno: If they get expelled they can leave the island. If they all become LOST?

Anzai: NO WAY! Oh, I want Sakuya to one day shout a hissatsu function. And I’d like to see more about the countries outside of Jenock. Like Rossius or Porton.

Ryouta: Yeah. It seems like the spotlight is being given to a lot of different characters, so I think I too would like to know more about everyone. And since we all have new LBX now, I think there are a lot of intense battles in store, so please look forward to them!

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Annotated Bibliography

DeWitt, David. “How Does Text Neck Cause Pain?” Spine-health, 26 Oct. 2018, www.spine-health.com/conditions/neck-pain/how-does-text-neck-cause-pain.

Dr. David DeWitt writes this article explaining what “text neck” is, how it manifests in the body and the negative consequences technology such as smartphones is having on our collective health. DeWitt stresses that the major cause of this neck injury is due to the weight of the head being tilted down at an unnatural angle.  This angle “places about 50 to 60 pounds of force on the neck” which the body, particularly the neck and the back, is not designed for.  Dr. DeWitt stresses that we have yet to see the long term effects that smartphones will have on our bodies and suggest limiting screen time as well as holding devices at a more natural eye level.  This source is helpful to my paper as it highlights the new complications brought on by humanity’s perpetually intertwining relationship with technology and shows how health can be negatively affected.

“GOP Rep on Trump Jr.-Ocasio-Cortez Twitter Feud: 'Social Media Is Making Us All Stupid.’” Fox News, 10 Dec. 2018, www.insider.foxnews.com/2018/12/10/donald-trump-jr-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-spar-social-media-outnumbered-reacts.

In Fox News’ segment “Outnumbered,” co-hosts ask republican Wisconsin Representative Mike Gallagher his thoughts on a Twitter feud between Donald Trump Jr. and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Rep. Gallagher response is that social media is corrupting our collective intelligence.  This source is important because it is from a right-leaning site, Fox News, and shares the viewpoint of social media from an actively serving Republican official.  As a member of the GOP, Gallagher’s opinion depicts a growing distaste for social media that crosses all political lines. This provides supporting evidence that the majority of people see social media as dangerous while also highlighting the hypocritical nature of criticizing social media yet still engaging in it.

Hains, Tim. “Former Facebook Exec: Social Media Is Ripping Our Social Fabric Apart.” RealClearPolitics, 11 Dec. 2017, www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/12/11/fmr_facebook_exec_social_media_is_ripping_our_social_fabric_apart.html.

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya does not hold back during an interview at Stanford University.  Palihapitiya gives a comprehensive view of Facebook’s inner workings as well as a cryptic warning about engaging with the platform.  He urges current society to shun away from social media and to wake up and fight back before companies like Facebook become too large and powerful for anyone to stop.  He discusses the cognitive mechanisms that Facebook interface designers use to exploit and create addiction in its users.  This source was the original catalyst for choosing the topic for this paper and offers the strongest evidence from a first-hand source.

Jantz, Gregory. “Screen Time-Down Time.” The Huffington Post, 24 Nov. 2017, www.huffpost.com/entry/screen-time-down-time_b_5a1841b5e4b068a3ca6df799.

Dr. Gregory Jantz investigates the relationship modern teenagers experience with technology and social media.  Jantz concludes there is a need to worry as teenagers are becoming increasingly more isolated.  This isolation leads to a lack of face-to-face experience, something that Jantz thinks is crucial to a functioning society.  The article includes data from The Association of Psychological Science and the Journal of the American Medical Association and appears fairly unbiased.  This source plays an important role in the paper because it provides insight into American youth which helps picture what the future may look like.  An interview with an eleven-year-old girl is included and sheds light on the “new normal” of teenage society.  

“Most Popular Social Networks Worldwide as of April 2019, Ranked by Number of Active Users.”Statistic, www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users. Accessed 25 April 2019.

Statista is an online “provider of market and consumer data” that offers statistics on a wide array of concepts.  While most sets of statistical data need to be bought and paid for, some of the more common sets, like this one about social media users, are free.  Statista is an important source to include in this paper because it offers cold hard facts that are hard to refute.  These facts help give context and understanding of how large these social media companies have become and how many of us are using them. The data from this site is impactful because it is somewhat surprising.

Petter, Olivia. “Prince Harry Wants Fortnite to Be Banned.” The Independent, 4 April 2019, www.independent.co.uk/life-style/prince-harry-meghan-markle-social-media-royal-baby-instagram-a8854041.html.

Olivia Petter writes an article covering a recent public discussion Prince Harry conducted on children’s mental health.  Prince Harry is an important public figure for Britain and he fears video games, social media, and technology, in general, is dangerous for his country’s youth.  He points to the addictive nature of these platforms while adding that they are more dangerous than drugs and alcohol because they are normalized in society. This source yet again shows how most people, even those in different countries, agree that social media is dangerous.  It also again highlights the hypocritical nature also shown by Rep. Mike Gallagher. In the same week that Prince Harry warns of social media and the danger of how normalized it has become, a verified Instagram account was made on his behalf.  

“Trump: I Doubt I'd Be Here Without Social Media.” Fox News, 22 Oct. 2017, www.insider.foxnews.com/2017/10/22/trump-i-wouldnt-be-here-without-social-media.

This Fox News source examines Donald Trump and the successful use of social media in his campaign to become President.  Trump himself doubts that he would have been elected had it not been for social media. This source is impactful because it shows just how powerful these platforms can be.  It is interesting to include because of the current political atmosphere.  Trump has been a very polarizing figure and many are starting to call for his impeachment over Russian involvement through technology.  This proves claims that technology should be used responsibly by showing that its negative consequences can affect our everyday lives.  

University of Pennsylvania. "Social Media Use Increases Depression and Loneliness, Study Finds."ScienceDaily, 8 November 2018, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108164316.htm.

The University of Pennsylvania has released some of the first official results from experiments about the relation of technology to human well-being.  This source is very important because it is science and unlike opinions, science is not biased.  Due to the relative newness of social media, not enough experiments have been completed and the long-term outcomes have all been theories.  This experiment, however, supports all previous claims that social media is detrimental to society’s well-being by showing that a link exists between decreased social media use and decreased feelings of depression and isolation. Its inclusion is helpful is showing that all the fuss being made about social media is just.  

Vedantem, Shankar. “Why Social Media Isn’t Always Very Social.” National Public Radio, 2 May 2017, www.npr.org/2017/05/02/526514168/why-social-media-isnt-always-very-social.

Shankar Vedantem conducts comprehensive interviews concerning social media for the “Morning Edition” segment on National Public Radio.  He speaks with a normal, everyday woman that we all can relate to her experience with Facebook.  Vedantem points out that the more she used it, the more isolated and depressed she became. For the segment, Vedantem also interviews Ohad Barzilay and Barbara Kahn, both established professors of technology and marketing, respectively.  They provide valuable insight into the comparative nature of social media and how this comparison makes one feel bad about themselves.  The whole interview is fairly unbiased as it is mostly just people and professionals sharing their own experiences and findings.  

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Consumer Guide / No.82 / Roy Of The Rovers & Tiger group editor Barrie Tomlinson with Mark Watkins.

MW : Where do you live and what do you enjoy doing in the area?

BT : We moved to Yorkshire at the end of 2018. It’s my wife’s county and I’m really enjoying it here. I like walking but I can only manage short distances these days. I like eating out and there’s a great selection of pubs and restaurants in this area.

MW : How did you get started in the world of comics?

BT : I saw an advertisement saying ‘Beginners wanted for children’s comics’. I was seeking a job in journalism and this seemed a good opportunity. I found I fitted in to the world of comics and the rest, as they say, is history. 

I started as a sub-editor on Lion, then moved to Tiger. I eventually became editor of Tiger, then launched Roy of the Rovers as a separate title and became group editor of the sport and adventure department at IPC Magazines.

I launched the new Eagle, Scream, Speed, Wildcat, Mask, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and worked on lots of annuals and specials. 

A comic editor’s job is to decide on the format of a title and the sort of stories to be included. Then the editor has to choose his team of writers and artists. I was very lucky that I had the use of a very successful and experienced team of contributors and it was the editor’s task to select the team and then work closely with them on story developments and what happens next. In my case, I liked to include events which would get us good publicity in the media. That was a very important and I had a particularly good relationship with newspapers, radio and television.

MW : Explain IPC and Fleetway…

BT : When I first joined the comics in 1961 it was at Fleetway Publications. This later became part of IPC Magazines but the Fleetway name was retained. IPC standing for International Publishing Corporation.

MW : Roy Race first appeared in Tiger in the 1950's. How did you and others pull of his ageless effect and over several decades?

BT : The great joy of being a hero in a comic is that the hero doesn’t have to age. (Unlike comic editors!). But Roy did age a bit at first, starting as a lad straight from school, then growing up and getting into the first team. When I decided that Roy would have a life off the football pitch, as well as on it, he became the first boys’ comic hero to get married and became a dad. - that aged him a bit!

MW : How did the name "Melchester Rovers" come about?

BT : I don’t know the answer to that. In 1954, Tiger editor Derek Birnage and Roy writer Frank Pepper would have thought that up, before my time on comics. I do know that the name 'Roy of the Rovers' was first suggested by Lion editor Bernard Smith.

MW : Name your favourite Melchester Rovers team…

BT : That’s a bit impossible. All the players were my favourites but I guess the side would have to include Roy, Blackie Gray and Tubby Morton, as well as the real life players I signed: Emlyn Hughes, Bob Wilson, Steve Norman and Martin Kemp.

MW : Tell me about some of your star writers...

BT : When England goalie Gordon Banks won the Tiger sports Star of the Year competition, I presented him with the trophy and asked if he’d like to write for Tiger. He quickly agreed and I introduced the idea of top sports stars writing for Tiger. Jackie Charlton, Mike Channon, Malcolm Macdonald and Trevor Francis were some of the other footballers who wrote for Tiger over the years.

In fact, “Trev's” contributions to Tiger were always popular. I visited him and his wife in the USA when he was playing for Detroit Express and got some memorable Tiger photos. 

MW : Did they write their own columns? 

BT :  The sports stars provided their own copy.  Most times, I left the choice of subject to them but on special occasions I would suggest a theme for a special article.  That worked  very well. Fortunately, all the stars who wrote for us were enthusiastic fans of Tiger, which helped a lot.

MW : Tiger covered a range of sports, including cricket with columns from  Tony Greig and Geoffrey Boycott..

BT : Yes, Geoffrey Boycott was the first cricket star to write for Tiger and we had a long, happy association with him.  He eventually became Chairman of Melchester Rovers and I edited The Geoff Boycott annual for Fleetway. 

Other big cricket names who became Tiger writers included Tony Greig, Ian Botham, David Gower and Dickie Bird. 

Talking of cricket in Tiger, I’m rather proud that it was my idea for Billy Dane, star of the brilliant Billy’s Boots story, to start playing cricket in the summer!

MW : Tell me about the time when two pop stars signed for Roy's team...

BT : Spandau Ballet was a massively popular band at the time and the Roy circulation was just starting to be in line with the general trend of falling circulations in the comics world. I thought the extra publicity we got by signing Steve Norman and Martin Kemp was well worth it. And remember, of course, they were actually very good footballers!

MW : Tell me about Mike Read’s involvement with The Eagle...

BT : Listening to Mike Read on the radio, I knew he was a big fan of comics so when I launched the new Eagle, he was a natural to write for us. I felt this was a good move as it not only gave us a popular writer but it meant we would get the occasional mention on Mike’s radio show. It was always my policy to involve star names in my titles and it’s something I did on Eagle until I was told by management that I was too starstruck and told to remove all the big names who wrote for us. I was not a happy group editor!

MW : How did you usually plan the content for your comics? 

BT : It was my job as editor to work out the format of each title. How much feature material and how many picture-strips. With new titles I quite often thought up each story and sometimes wrote the first instalments myself. I was given great freedom to do what I wanted. For PR events or major developments I would always consult the editorial director and usually got great support from him. 

When I produced Scream from my group that all changed and the editorial contents were challenged by management, which made it a very difficult title to edit. Previously all my titles had been safe family buys but Scream was a bit different. Despite having a short life, I think we produced a good title which is still well remembered.

MW : Did any celebrities on the covers at Christmas become your friends?

BT : Yes. Ernie Wise was a good friend and he always attended Tiger functions. Geoffrey Boycott is also a good friend and we still keep in touch. Big Daddy the wrestler was also a mate and I worked closely with him on The Big Daddy Annual. Travelling around with him, it was clear to see how much the public loved him. I once gave him a lift in my car and the front seat was never the same again!

MW : Were Shoot! rivals?

BT : When Tiger editor David Gregory became editor of Shoot!, he recommended that I took over Tiger. Shoot was much more of a feature title so it wasn’t really a rival. But I was delighted when we beat them to get the scoop of first printing colour photos of Gordon Banks’ amazing save from Pele, in the 1970 World Cup.

MW : Tell me about (Shoot!) cartoonist Styx...

BT : Styx was another very good friend of mine. I first met Leslie Harding when I finished my national service. He taught me a lot about humour and I was delighted when he started drawing cartoons for my titles. He went on to Shoot! and worked as their regular cartoonist.

MW : Were Fleetway annuals mostly new material created for the Christmas market, or utilising leftover features from the year?

BT : The annuals were mostly new material. With regular contributors busy working on the weekly titles, it was a good chance to try out new contributors in the annuals. 

We had to plan the annuals well in advance and it was sometimes difficult to include topical items, as the annuals would go to press many months in advance of their publication date. 

I enjoyed editing the star names feature annuals, such as The Geoff Boycott Annual, The Big Daddy Annual and The Suzie Dando Annual. They were a bit different from the things I normally worked on.

MW : Tell me about your new books on sale now…

BT : There are two books on sale now: ‘Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff’ tells how I made Roy a star. There are lots of photographs and it’s the real, true story of all the big events in Roy’s career. 

‘Comic Book Hero’ is about all the other titles I edited. Again, that’s full of photos and ideal for anyone who read my titles as a youngster. I’m working on my third book which will be life story, including another big section on comics.

MW : What are your other interests? 

BT : I should do more reading! I still enjoy listening to the old big band music and Ruby Murray songs (always my favourite). Of today’s stars, I like listening to Eliza, Bruce Springsteen (my wife insisted I included him) and radio shows like Mike Read’s on United DJs Radio.

https://www.uniteddj.com/

https://twitter.com/MikeReadUK

I’ve taken up painting and we have joined a local group. I find painting very relaxing but I’ve got a lot to learn! I still enjoy writing. 

I also like keeping in touch with people on Twitter. It’s good to chat to people who were readers of my comics. 

 https://twitter.com/BarrieEditor1

MW : BBC 5 Live or Talksport?

BT : BBC 5 Live, because that’s the station which wakes me up in the morning and I sort of stay with that.

MW : If Roy Race was on Desert Island Discs, what would be his book, record and luxury item choices?

BT : I’m talking about the old Roy here. His book would certainly be 'Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff' by Barrie Tomlinson! His record would probably be something by Mariah Carey. Luxury item would be a radio, so he could listen to commentary on Melchester Rovers matches.

MW : What are your greatest achievements?

BT : Making Roy the most famous footballer in Britain! Persuading the Duke of Edinburgh to write an article for the first issue of Roy of the Rovers. Persuading Sir Alf Ramsey to take over as manager of Melchester Rovers after Roy was shot. Achieving my ambition of relaunching Eagle and seeing it last 11 years. Taking Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles comic to over 700,000 copies per issue, at a time when most circulations were struggling.

MW : What did you do after working on comics?

BT : I was very lucky that just as the comics were being taken away from me, I was asked by the Daily Mirror to produce a football strip for them. ‘Scorer’ was the title of the strip and it featured the adventures of footballer Dave Story and his many girlfriends. The strip was a combination of football and glamour and it proved very popular, starting as a single strip, then a double strip, then a treble. It appeared six days a week for 22 years. That’s over 6,000 instalments. I wrote and produced every episode of the strip, selling it to the Mirror as a finished job. I worked with contributors I knew from the world of comics, including artists John Gillatt, David Sque and David Pugh.

© Mark Watkins / April 2019

[southhighsucks]

F.A.Q., Roleplaying, and Other Information:

Basics:

I am a 20-something year old procrastinator who has finally found some time in my God-damn day to start blogging and roleplaying again.

I work in a copy center and nothing is fine.

Life is exciting because I go to college purely for Creative Writing.

I live in Florida and it is really just as bad as the Memes say.

I will update this casually as I remember important things I’ve left out.

Fandoms

South park is and always will be my main fandom. That being said, we can always bullshit about other things. I like Cartoons, I like Anime, I like Video games, like, I’m sure we’ve got something else in common. My most frequent other fandoms are: Haikyuu!! Hetalia Undertale Five Nights at Freddy’s Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Ships

Since this blog is a South Park blog, I’m going to gear this towards that. Don’t be afraid to ask about other fandoms though!

I’ll ship just about anything.

I like a lot of ships in South Park, I like to play around with psychology, AU’s, Timelines, and just see what works how. If you don’t see a ship here, don’t be discouraged! It just means I either blanked out and didn’t put it, or I’ve just never thought about it. I don’t really have any Notp’s or anything like that.

Also if some of these ship names sound ridiculous I’m sorry I’m just mushin’ peoples names together at this point.

Eric: /Kyle, /Butters, /Heidi, /Wendy  Kyle: /Cartman, /David, /Christophe, /Token, /Tweek   [I do appreciate Style and K2 as well though!!] Stan: /Kenny, /Craig, /Wendy, /Gary, /Gregory, /Henrietta, /Michael  Kenny: /Stan, /Butters, /Craig, /Tweek, /Bebe, /Clyde, Kenny x every living thing tbh. Damien, Ike, Firk, he’ll do ‘em all.  Butters: /Kenny, /Cartman, /Bradley, /Clyde, /Token

Craig: /Tweek, /Stan, /Kenny, /Wendy, /Clyde Tweek: /Craig, /Kenny, /Kyle, /Pete, /Wendy, /Gregory Clyde: /Butters, /Bebe, /Kevin Stoley, /Craig, /Token, /Kenny Token: /Wendy, /Kyle, /Clyde, /Pete Other Ships: Dip, Gregstophe, Mike/Pete, Michael/Pete, Pete/Firkle, Ike/Firkle, Michael/Henrietta, Stoley/Karen, Damien/Christophe, Pip/Christophe, Like I said, I’ll ship anything, this list is endless

Roleplay

My Main Boys: Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Leopold Stotch [Butters]. Followed by: Craig Tucker, Tweek Tweek, Phillip Pirrup [Pip] and Damien. I Also fucking Love Gregory, the Goths/Vamps, and the younger generation. Ike, Firkle, Pete, Michael, Fuck me up with any of those roles, I’d love to use them more!.

I roleplay Lit/Paragraph style, meaning a lot of details, a lot of actions, and a lot of storylining. I like having a basic idea of what we’re doing, not the whole damn RP, but chunks. Like, Oh, We’ll start here and have /this/ happen as an event catalyst. Things like that.

I’m an adult. I deal with adult topics. Drugs. Alcohol. Sex. Mental Illness. Gender. Sexuality. Suicide. Death. Abuse. Etc. I pride myself in deep world and character development and i rarely leave any stone unturned.

That being said, RPing is fun! I love that side of it, but if that isn’t your forte, please don’t let that discourage you from chatting me up or dropping in to talk about RPing! Everyone starts out somewhere and I want to be able to be receptive to all levels! Like I said, it’s fun! I really do love developing long plotlines and relationships as a forewarning, so it won’t be a one two three and go sort of RP most likely!  

I genuinely prefer to use Discord for RP’s or email if Discord is an inconvenience to someone. I don’t rp on tumblr or social media anymore [I miss the era of fake facebook accounts and RPing like that so badly though!!]. I’m very wary of groups just because I feel if you miss a day you have more catching up to do than possible, and it’s kind of hard to fit in and mesh well. That being said, I’d still give it a shot perhaps.

Cosplay

I have cosplayed Craig Tucker since I fell in love with South Park way back in middle school. Unfortunately, since then, my Guinea Pig has passed away ;-; 

I just revamped my Craig Cosplay, and I am currently working on Kyle. I will /hopefully/ Be doing quite a few in the future, even if they’re just casual/for musical.ly’s. 

All pictures of my cosplays are under the tag My Ugly Ass Self

HeadCanons

The Headcanons I post on here are personal ones I’ve accumulated from RPs, Fanfictions, Fanart, conversations at 2 in the morning with friends over Discord, watching the show, and just about anywhere else. They are what I personally accept as true/canon. That doesn’t mean they’re right or wrong, and that doesn’t mean you need to bitch at me if they don’t match up with yours. Don’t be a child. I don’t want to hear it if I’m not the first person to post the headcanon, because I’m sure hundreds of South Park fans out there share similar thoughts and feelings, or have read and seen the same things. I don’t want to hear it if my head canons don’t line up with yours. Thank you and good day.

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Son Quotes

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• A father and two sons run Adelphia. It’s a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people – three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? ‘Let’s send the monkey to Mars, Dad!’ – Lewis Black • A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. – Frank A. Clark • A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians’ union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. – Levon Helm • A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich • A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It’s actually the opposite of that. It’s realizing that we’re all humans, and that’s why God sent his Son to this earth – to save people. – Billy Ray Cyrus • A man who says that no patriot should attack the Boer War until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton • A man’s desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. – Helen Rowland • A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo Machiavelli • Affliction’s sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! – Robert Burns • Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. – Brendan Behan • All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. – Nas • All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from. – George Foreman • All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings. – Martin Gore • Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison • Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. – Princess Diana • Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons. – Salman Rushdie • As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‘I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.’ I just think my son is too lazy. – Jackie Chan • As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family. – Chanakya • As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of ‘what is real’ and ‘what is not real’ are very blurrily vivid to me. – Mike Mills • As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they’re going there. – Howard Dean • As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.- Lord Chesterfield • As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference to the inhumanity of people. There were questions that I did not know how to ask but could, in my young, unsophisticated way, articulate a series of answers. – John Henrik Clarke • As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would give them freedom from the domestic grind. Now it seems work is a form of slavery, undertaken out of apparent compulsion rather than choice. – Tom Hodgkinson • As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed. – Saint Basil • Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup – Jodi Picoult

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[clickbank-storefront-bestselling] • Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money. – Gene Tierney • Children make the best measurements of time. It is only when I see the son or daughter of a friend or relative over periods of time, do I realize how much time has passed based on how much they’ve grown. – Suzy Kassem • Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough. – Robert Downey, Jr. • Don’t hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them. – Evelyn Waugh • Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college. – Bill Vaughan • Every man is the son of his own works. – Miguel de Cervantes • Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. – Martin Andersen Nexø • Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We’re creating a pilot program at my son’s school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children. – Cat Cora • Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm. – David Rockefeller • Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. – Friedrich Nietzsche • Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He’s an illustrator of children’s books. – Walter Dean Myers • Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. – Euripides • Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. – Francis Ford Coppola • Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn’t get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish… You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself. – Viggo Mortensen • From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God! – Pope John Paul II • From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages. – Lady Gregory • Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. – John Dryden • Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons’ outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference. – Ezra Taft Benson • God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. – Saint Augustine • God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent – it extends through all space, with all other matter. – Orson Pratt • Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. – Louisa May Alcott • How can my son not be straight after all I’ve said and done for him? – Rod Stewart • I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he’s pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen. – Jennifer Lopez • I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be. – Jean-Paul Sartre • I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis. – Phil Collins • I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast. – Liz Phair • I burn a lot of stuff. My son, bless his heart, eats it anyway. But he makes a face! – Sherri Shepherd • I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That’s what I want for my son. – Charlize Theron • I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road… all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them. – Amin Maalouf • I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-‘Falcon Crest’ sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out. – Ryan Reynolds • I didn’t see my son the entire time I did ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day – 40 to 50 hours a week. – Sherri Shepherd • I don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, although I’m inclined to think he might have been a great prophet. – Damian Lewis • I don’t want to force anything on anyone. I’m not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this record or this song or whatever. I’m presenting it to you so you can take it in. You know, it’s like trying to force a kid to eat broccoli. If I present it as trees that make your muscles grow, my son is like, ‘I’m down with getting muscles.’ – Jill Scott • I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I’ve had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. – Rick Riordan • I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the ‘Sports Illustrated’ swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape. – Kim Alexis • I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift. – Susan Orlean • I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when they’re also trying to make headway in mainstream of film. – Diablo Cody • I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works. – Suzanne Somers • I have hair that I audition with, my sitcom hair which is a curly wig. I have my long chic hair that I wear to my son’s school so they know I’m not playing around. I always tell people that my husband gets a different woman every night when I come home from ‘The View.’ Hair makes you feel a certain way, like putting a power suit on. – Sherri Shepherd • I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you. – Barbra Streisand • I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I’ll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn’t wait for the day I’d be able to make music with my son. I don’t know what more I could ask for. – Eddie Van Halen • I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I’ve had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn’t been dull; I’ve been the Hiroshima of love. – Sylvester Stallone • I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don’t always know what’s going on or how they fit in, and if someone walks up to them and says, ‘Hey, kid: If you listen to me I’ll give you power and a sense of purpose,’ it can hold tremendous appeal. – Christian Picciolini • I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son’s school tuition in Los Angeles. – Diablo Cody • I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren’t there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism? – Jenny McCarthy • I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn’t want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don’t answer. – Arsenio Hall • I know what God did for me. I know that He is my way out and my way in. He’s my way out of all this havoc and my way into paradise. He suffered for me and for everybody listening. God loves us so much. He tried a lot of things to get our attention. He tried a lot of things to get us back to Him. So He said, “I’ll tell you what. I’m going to make it real simple for you. I’m going to send my Son. He’s going to take on all your iniquities and all your sins. He’s gonna die in your place so you can have everlasting life. All you’ve got to do is accept that. – Smokey Robinson • I listen to music every day and that is a fact. My son pointed out the other day that there’s not a day that goes by without him listening to music in our house. I’m still an avid punter when it comes to either checking out bands or buying new music. – Jazzie B • I look and there’s our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they’re brothers and sisters, man. They’re brothers and sisters and it’s a sight for elation. – Brad Pitt • I look at my sons’ little faces, and I want to be their superhero. I don’t want them to have to look outside to a third party for a hero, for someone to look up to and admire. I want that to be ME. I want that person to be MOMMY for them. – Lashinda Demus • I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it’s kind of weird, it’s such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it’s a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport • I love my son and am proud of my son. – Robert H. Schuller • I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. – Harrison Ford • I loved it, it’s such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it. – Robert Downey, Jr. • I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. – John Adams • I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he’s going to be a lot better than I was. – James Brown • I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I’ll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads. – James Caan • I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that they learn about it from my wife and me, in a deliberate and safe way. But it’s hard to imagine ever feeling ready to broach the subject without some impetus. – Jonathan Safran Foer • I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He’s only two but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza. – Jill Scott • I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid. – Kim Alexis • I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there. – Sarah Jessica Parker • I saw this film Moon, it’s directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie’s son. Sam Rockwell plays this astronaut that is stuck in a space station on the moon. You just have to see it. It’s easy to do something really cheesy with sci-fi, and to do something that’s already been done, but I think the story was something I hadn’t heard before, so it was really great. – Kelcey Ayer • I take some pride in… representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. – Robert Downey, Jr. • I think if you’re the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it’s a double pressure. More is expected of you. – Liam Neeson • I think I’m lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, ’cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know? – Tom Hanks • I think it’s irresponsible when celebrities imply they’re doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He’s really full-on. I couldn’t do it any other way. – Alanis Morissette • I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they’d ‘never met one’ were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open. – Janis Ian • I took my son’s name. I didn’t take my husband’s name. – Elizabeth Edwards • I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They’re there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I’m definitely not a single parent. – Jill Scott • I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn’t do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you’re done, don’t make your hobby your job. – Eric Bana • I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up – blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff. – John Tesh • I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. – Harold MacMillan • I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life. – Georg Solti • I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. I was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. But I do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so I always try to face it and not be afraid. – Diane von Furstenberg • I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys. – Susan Orlean • I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. – Andrew Carnegie • I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields. – Ariel Sharon • I’d been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed. – Britt Ekland • I’d just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead. – Moby • If my kids came to me and said, ‘I’m gay,’ I’d say, ‘Son, I love you.’ That’s never at stake. Never, never, never at stake. – Kirk Cameron • If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James A. Baldwin • If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son. – Rudyard Kipling • If you’re feeling alone, and your weariness has grown, look up above, and thank God for His love. There’s nothing you can do, to change His love for you; hold on friend, it’s not the end. Something beautiful will come, the clouds will part for the sun, the skies will break for the Son, and the Father will say ‘Well done.’ But until then, until then, you’re not alone. He can make bread from stone. Hold on to Him, and He’ll hold on to you. Take one day at a time, pray for faith and be kind, and when forgetful becomes your mind, remember what He said, ‘You are mine.’ – Nick Vujicic • If you’re going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you’re tearing down someone else’s hero. You’re tearing down somebody else’s son. You might have to face her one day. – Kevin Costner • I’m a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He’s surrounded by love. – Christina Aguilera • I’m a strange mixture of my mother’s curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother’s father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. – Rupert Murdoch • I’m convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. – Redd Foxx • I’m just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm’s way. – Sarah Palin • I’m not an analyzer. I’ve got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don’t analyze people. – Billy Graham • I’m so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family. – Celine Dion • In Korea, it’s a tradition to inherit your father’s business. Unfortunately, I’m the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much. – PSY • In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin. – Danny DeVito • It has never made any sense to argue that, unique among the people of the world, Arabs are more concerned on a day-to-day basis about the treatment of people they don’t know than they are about how they’re going to put food on their own tables, or whether their sons will ever find a job. – John Podhoretz • It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. – Gertrude Stein • It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden, would make a great United States senator – just as I believe he has been a great attorney general. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own. – Joe Biden • It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Friedrich Schiller • It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great deeds and not be making much talk about them, was of the Sons of the Gael; and that every skilled man that had music and that did enchantments secretly, was of the Tuatha de Danaan. – Lady Gregory • It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death. – Lady Gregory • It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’ – Sam Levenson • It’s hard to kill that father-son bond. – Adam Driver • It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself. – George H. W. Bush • It’s particularly important as parents in our conversations with our daughters and our sons to consider ideas intimate justice when we talk about and set them going on their early formative experience. – Peggy Orenstein • I’ve been very, very lucky in my career, in my life – from day one. When aspiring directors say, ‘what’s your advice?’ first I say, ‘be born the son of a famous director. It’s invaluable.’ – Jason Reitman • I’ve lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point. – Liz Phair • I’ve started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman. – Craig Ferguson • I’ve taken salsa classes. I love dancing and I love to karaoke. So I bought a microphone with some tapes and my son and I karaoke. I know the entire ‘Dora the Explorer’ soundtrack. – Sherri Shepherd • Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don’t know about categorising them in terms of class; I’m a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder. – Tom Hiddleston • Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. – Napoleon Bonaparte • Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world. We in Iraq have not descended from another planet. Just as people in many other countries have gotten over the tragedy of war, Iraq will get over its ordeal. I’m talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time. – Hassan Blasim • Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie’s up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women. – Kid Rock • Mom put a note in my lunch again, I see… Dear son, I hope you will study hard in summer school… Do not look upon it as a punishment, but rather as a privilege… We are very proud of you, and want you to have a good education. This note will self-destruct in five seconds. – Charles M. Schulz • Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son. – Chris Christie • More than anything, it’s my son’s smile and love that makes me light up! – Amber Valletta • Most people define themselves by what they do – ‘I’m a musician.’ Then one day it occurred to me that I’m only a musician when I’m playing music – or writing music, or talking about music. I don’t do that 24 hours a day. I’m also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen – I mean, when I go to vote, I’m not thinking of myself as ‘a musician.’ – Herbie Hancock • Mumford & Sons’ music appeals to a lot of America. I’m really proud of them. – Ellie Goulding • My affection for Taiwan… is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese. – Jackie Chan • My book ‘Trust Your Heart’, which is the story of my life, will be followed by ‘Singing Lessons’, a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy. – Judy Collins • My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. – Andrew Cuomo • My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America’s strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. – Ernest Istook • ‘My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes. – Eric Clapton • My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin – Binyamin – the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there’s been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. – Benjamin Netanyahu • My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. – Mikhail Baryshnikov • My NFL pension can barely pay my son’s tuition. You know, it’s very little money. – O. J. Simpson • My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son. – Farrah Fawcett • My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they’re not one of them. – Sherri Shepherd • My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I’ve had all four of his kids on the show. – Dick Van Dyke • My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first! – Henny Youngman • My son doesn’t know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that’s so incredible to be around. – Sarah Jessica Parker • My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. – George Strait • My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname for a child. We named our son Beckett so we could call him Beck – we reverse engineered. And then after he was born and I saw the name on the birth certificate I realized Beckett was a really pretentious name, way too literary. Luckily he’s grown into it. We nearly named my second son Dashiell. Can you imagine? Beckett and Dashiell. It would have been a disaster of pretentiousness. – Lauren Groff • My son is healthy and happy, so that’s all that matters to me. – Christina Aguilera • My son is so fortunate, you know. He’s always going to have food. Yes, my children are going to be privileged, but that’s why it’s so important for them to see different realities and to travel, and they do already. – Gisele Bundchen • My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she’s at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn’t think it would be fair; plus, they didn’t have any interest anyway. – Howard Schultz • My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France. – Diane von Furstenberg • My son was diagnosed with autism. He’s OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn’t talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you how much it costs. – Steve Earle • My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? – Barbara Bush • My son, Jett, is two, and when I was pregnant my nose got bigger, so I got a new one. Everything was bigger for a while after having Jet, but I knew I needed to be able to walk up my stairs without being winded. It took me two years to lose 60 lbs – lots of walking, bike-riding, kick-boxing and performing. – Jill Scott • My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass. – Eddie Van Halen

• My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He’s inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination – but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field. – Snoop Dogg • Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle. – Soren Kierkegaard • Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. – George Bernard Shaw • No love is greater than that of a father for His son. – Dan Brown • No matter where I go or what title I may achieve, I will always be the son of exiles. – Marco Rubio • No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. – Ronald Reagan • Oh, there’s all these rumors that I’m a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel’s son, Reba McEntire’s stepson. – Kelly Clarkson • One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert • One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding? – James Caan • Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! – Honore de Balzac • Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it’s been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father’s mistakes. At least if you’re making mistakes, make different mistakes. – Salman Rushdie • ‘Project Runway’ was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing. – Debra Messing • Racism isn’t born, folks, it’s taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. – Denis Leary • Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His infinite love; thou hast vexed His gracious Spirit; thou hast defied His power; thou hast despised His grace; and in the body and blood of Jesus, as if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden under foot His matchless mercy. Surely, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that abominable thing which we also hate. – Thomas Guthrie • Since the beginning, a woman’s first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven. – Ezra Taft Benson • Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. – Victor Hugo • Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant. – Casey Stengel • Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley • Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God. – Henri Nouwen • That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples – where I’m pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. At a time when nobody thought we’d ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. – Mitt Romney • That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in. – Lauryn Hill • The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. – Bob Uecker • The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching ‘The Simpsons,’ so they know exactly what buttons to push. They know how Bart irritates Homer, and they use these lines against me to tell me that I’m not funny anymore. – Matt Groening • The coolest gift I’ve ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General Wade Hampton, who my oldest son is named after. It’s a collector’s item and came with a case and a stand and everything. – Josh Turner • The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat. – Robert Frost • The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them. – Confucius • The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. – Voltaire • The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies • The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. – Abdallah II • The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures. – Stewart Udall • The only man who has stolen my heart is my son. – Sandra Bullock • The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus. – Luke Ford • The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. – George Eliot • The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. – John Dryden • The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son – Kin Hubbard • There’s no political point worth my son’s life. – Joe Biden • Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor’s son to marry. – Elizabeth I • To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we’re elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House. – Sarah Palin • Today, Arizona’s sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. – Jane D. Hull • We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors. – Saint Basil • We often don’t think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had. – Tony Curtis • We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. – Alexander Pope • Well the beauty of ‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ is that men are in every show. To our surprise, some of the deepest healing demonstrations have been with the men – the sons, the fathers, the husbands – because they agree to participate with the wife or the daughter or whatever it is we are looking at, and it is there. – Iyanla Vanzant • We’re all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat each other that way. – Gordon B. Hinckley • We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. – Gloria Steinem • What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. – Anne Rice • What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I’ve written some other books that I really would like people to notice. There’s The Man Who Folded Himself, there’s The Martian Child, which is about my son and the adoption. There’s The War Against The Chtorr, which is my magnum opus, my great epic story. – David Gerrold • What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – Friedrich Nietzsche • What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure. – Aldous Huxley • When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. – William Shakespeare • When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said ‘Are you sure you’re Ellis’s son?’ – Wynton Marsalis • When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me. – Joel Osteen • When I started, with films like ‘The Bay Boy’ and ‘Stand by Me’, I look back on those interviews and I’m amazed; there’s no mention of my father; it’s not even ‘son of Donald Sutherland.’ I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me. – Kiefer Sutherland • When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing. – Barbra Streisand • When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn’t the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror. – Susan Orlean • When we adopt—and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communities—we’re picturing something that’s true about our God. We, like Jesus, see what our Father is doing and do likewise (John 5:19). And what our Father is doing, it turns out, is fighting for orphans, making them sons and daughters. – Russell D. Moore • When you become an instrument in God’s hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person’s eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow. – Charles Stanley • With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy. – Pietro Aretino • With sons and fathers, there’s an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you. – Brad Pitt • Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I’ve ever met. Son of Sam is a close second. – Geezer Butler • Women and LBGT people have the advantage that they are everybody’s son, daughter, cousin, nephew, aunt, uncle. They are in a position to change hearts, and you saw it happen actually. African-Americans, not so much. They are separated from the white oppressive population by geography, housing, segregation, centuries of slavery. There is a tremendous wall between black America and white. I would say you open the door with the force of law, and then you can start to change hearts. – Linda Hirshman • You can love someone like your son, even if he’s not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he’s not your biological father. – Oliver Hudson • You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes. – Wally Schirra • You know what has made me the happiest I’ve ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing. – Gil Scott-Heron • You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen. – Jean-Paul Sartre • Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday. – Khalil Gibran • Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. – Khalil Gibran • Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up. – Hasdai ibn Shaprut • Your sons weren’t made to like you. That’s what grandchildren are for. – Jane Smiley

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• A father and two sons run Adelphia. It’s a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people – three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? ‘Let’s send the monkey to Mars, Dad!’ – Lewis Black • A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. – Frank A. Clark • A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians’ union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. – Levon Helm • A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich • A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It’s actually the opposite of that. It’s realizing that we’re all humans, and that’s why God sent his Son to this earth – to save people. – Billy Ray Cyrus • A man who says that no patriot should attack the Boer War until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton • A man’s desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. – Helen Rowland • A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo Machiavelli • Affliction’s sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! – Robert Burns • Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. – Brendan Behan • All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. – Nas • All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from. – George Foreman • All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings. – Martin Gore • Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison • Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. – Princess Diana • Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons. – Salman Rushdie • As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‘I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.’ I just think my son is too lazy. – Jackie Chan • As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family. – Chanakya • As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of ‘what is real’ and ‘what is not real’ are very blurrily vivid to me. – Mike Mills • As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they’re going there. – Howard Dean • As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.- Lord Chesterfield • As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference to the inhumanity of people. There were questions that I did not know how to ask but could, in my young, unsophisticated way, articulate a series of answers. – John Henrik Clarke • As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would give them freedom from the domestic grind. Now it seems work is a form of slavery, undertaken out of apparent compulsion rather than choice. – Tom Hodgkinson • As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed. – Saint Basil • Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup – Jodi Picoult

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[clickbank-storefront-bestselling] • Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money. – Gene Tierney • Children make the best measurements of time. It is only when I see the son or daughter of a friend or relative over periods of time, do I realize how much time has passed based on how much they’ve grown. – Suzy Kassem • Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough. – Robert Downey, Jr. • Don’t hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them. – Evelyn Waugh • Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college. – Bill Vaughan • Every man is the son of his own works. – Miguel de Cervantes • Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. – Martin Andersen Nexø • Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We’re creating a pilot program at my son’s school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children. – Cat Cora • Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm. – David Rockefeller • Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. – Friedrich Nietzsche • Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He’s an illustrator of children’s books. – Walter Dean Myers • Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. – Euripides • Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. – Francis Ford Coppola • Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn’t get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish… You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself. – Viggo Mortensen • From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God! – Pope John Paul II • From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages. – Lady Gregory • Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. – John Dryden • Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons’ outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference. – Ezra Taft Benson • God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. – Saint Augustine • God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent – it extends through all space, with all other matter. – Orson Pratt • Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. – Louisa May Alcott • How can my son not be straight after all I’ve said and done for him? – Rod Stewart • I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he’s pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen. – Jennifer Lopez • I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be. – Jean-Paul Sartre • I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis. – Phil Collins • I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast. – Liz Phair • I burn a lot of stuff. My son, bless his heart, eats it anyway. But he makes a face! – Sherri Shepherd • I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That’s what I want for my son. – Charlize Theron • I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road… all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them. – Amin Maalouf • I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-‘Falcon Crest’ sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out. – Ryan Reynolds • I didn’t see my son the entire time I did ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day – 40 to 50 hours a week. – Sherri Shepherd • I don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, although I’m inclined to think he might have been a great prophet. – Damian Lewis • I don’t want to force anything on anyone. I’m not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this record or this song or whatever. I’m presenting it to you so you can take it in. You know, it’s like trying to force a kid to eat broccoli. If I present it as trees that make your muscles grow, my son is like, ‘I’m down with getting muscles.’ – Jill Scott • I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I’ve had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. – Rick Riordan • I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the ‘Sports Illustrated’ swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape. – Kim Alexis • I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift. – Susan Orlean • I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when they’re also trying to make headway in mainstream of film. – Diablo Cody • I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works. – Suzanne Somers • I have hair that I audition with, my sitcom hair which is a curly wig. I have my long chic hair that I wear to my son’s school so they know I’m not playing around. I always tell people that my husband gets a different woman every night when I come home from ‘The View.’ Hair makes you feel a certain way, like putting a power suit on. – Sherri Shepherd • I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you. – Barbra Streisand • I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I’ll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn’t wait for the day I’d be able to make music with my son. I don’t know what more I could ask for. – Eddie Van Halen • I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I’ve had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn’t been dull; I’ve been the Hiroshima of love. – Sylvester Stallone • I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don’t always know what’s going on or how they fit in, and if someone walks up to them and says, ‘Hey, kid: If you listen to me I’ll give you power and a sense of purpose,’ it can hold tremendous appeal. – Christian Picciolini • I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son’s school tuition in Los Angeles. – Diablo Cody • I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren’t there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism? – Jenny McCarthy • I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn’t want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don’t answer. – Arsenio Hall • I know what God did for me. I know that He is my way out and my way in. He’s my way out of all this havoc and my way into paradise. He suffered for me and for everybody listening. God loves us so much. He tried a lot of things to get our attention. He tried a lot of things to get us back to Him. So He said, “I’ll tell you what. I’m going to make it real simple for you. I’m going to send my Son. He’s going to take on all your iniquities and all your sins. He’s gonna die in your place so you can have everlasting life. All you’ve got to do is accept that. – Smokey Robinson • I listen to music every day and that is a fact. My son pointed out the other day that there’s not a day that goes by without him listening to music in our house. I’m still an avid punter when it comes to either checking out bands or buying new music. – Jazzie B • I look and there’s our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they’re brothers and sisters, man. They’re brothers and sisters and it’s a sight for elation. – Brad Pitt • I look at my sons’ little faces, and I want to be their superhero. I don’t want them to have to look outside to a third party for a hero, for someone to look up to and admire. I want that to be ME. I want that person to be MOMMY for them. – Lashinda Demus • I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it’s kind of weird, it’s such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it’s a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport • I love my son and am proud of my son. – Robert H. Schuller • I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. – Harrison Ford • I loved it, it’s such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it. – Robert Downey, Jr. • I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. – John Adams • I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he’s going to be a lot better than I was. – James Brown • I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I’ll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads. – James Caan • I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that they learn about it from my wife and me, in a deliberate and safe way. But it’s hard to imagine ever feeling ready to broach the subject without some impetus. – Jonathan Safran Foer • I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He’s only two but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza. – Jill Scott • I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid. – Kim Alexis • I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there. – Sarah Jessica Parker • I saw this film Moon, it’s directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie’s son. Sam Rockwell plays this astronaut that is stuck in a space station on the moon. You just have to see it. It’s easy to do something really cheesy with sci-fi, and to do something that’s already been done, but I think the story was something I hadn’t heard before, so it was really great. – Kelcey Ayer • I take some pride in… representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. – Robert Downey, Jr. • I think if you’re the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it’s a double pressure. More is expected of you. – Liam Neeson • I think I’m lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, ’cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know? – Tom Hanks • I think it’s irresponsible when celebrities imply they’re doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He’s really full-on. I couldn’t do it any other way. – Alanis Morissette • I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they’d ‘never met one’ were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open. – Janis Ian • I took my son’s name. I didn’t take my husband’s name. – Elizabeth Edwards • I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They’re there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I’m definitely not a single parent. – Jill Scott • I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn’t do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you’re done, don’t make your hobby your job. – Eric Bana • I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up – blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff. – John Tesh • I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. – Harold MacMillan • I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life. – Georg Solti • I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. I was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. But I do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so I always try to face it and not be afraid. – Diane von Furstenberg • I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys. – Susan Orlean • I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. – Andrew Carnegie • I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields. – Ariel Sharon • I’d been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed. – Britt Ekland • I’d just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead. – Moby • If my kids came to me and said, ‘I’m gay,’ I’d say, ‘Son, I love you.’ That’s never at stake. Never, never, never at stake. – Kirk Cameron • If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James A. Baldwin • If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son. – Rudyard Kipling • If you’re feeling alone, and your weariness has grown, look up above, and thank God for His love. There’s nothing you can do, to change His love for you; hold on friend, it’s not the end. Something beautiful will come, the clouds will part for the sun, the skies will break for the Son, and the Father will say ‘Well done.’ But until then, until then, you’re not alone. He can make bread from stone. Hold on to Him, and He’ll hold on to you. Take one day at a time, pray for faith and be kind, and when forgetful becomes your mind, remember what He said, ‘You are mine.’ – Nick Vujicic • If you’re going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you’re tearing down someone else’s hero. You’re tearing down somebody else’s son. You might have to face her one day. – Kevin Costner • I’m a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He’s surrounded by love. – Christina Aguilera • I’m a strange mixture of my mother’s curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother’s father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. – Rupert Murdoch • I’m convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. – Redd Foxx • I’m just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm’s way. – Sarah Palin • I’m not an analyzer. I’ve got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don’t analyze people. – Billy Graham • I’m so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family. – Celine Dion • In Korea, it’s a tradition to inherit your father’s business. Unfortunately, I’m the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much. – PSY • In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin. – Danny DeVito • It has never made any sense to argue that, unique among the people of the world, Arabs are more concerned on a day-to-day basis about the treatment of people they don’t know than they are about how they’re going to put food on their own tables, or whether their sons will ever find a job. – John Podhoretz • It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. – Gertrude Stein • It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden, would make a great United States senator – just as I believe he has been a great attorney general. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own. – Joe Biden • It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Friedrich Schiller • It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great deeds and not be making much talk about them, was of the Sons of the Gael; and that every skilled man that had music and that did enchantments secretly, was of the Tuatha de Danaan. – Lady Gregory • It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death. – Lady Gregory • It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’ – Sam Levenson • It’s hard to kill that father-son bond. – Adam Driver • It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself. – George H. W. Bush • It’s particularly important as parents in our conversations with our daughters and our sons to consider ideas intimate justice when we talk about and set them going on their early formative experience. – Peggy Orenstein • I’ve been very, very lucky in my career, in my life – from day one. When aspiring directors say, ‘what’s your advice?’ first I say, ‘be born the son of a famous director. It’s invaluable.’ – Jason Reitman • I’ve lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point. – Liz Phair • I’ve started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman. – Craig Ferguson • I’ve taken salsa classes. I love dancing and I love to karaoke. So I bought a microphone with some tapes and my son and I karaoke. I know the entire ‘Dora the Explorer’ soundtrack. – Sherri Shepherd • Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don’t know about categorising them in terms of class; I’m a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder. – Tom Hiddleston • Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. – Napoleon Bonaparte • Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world. We in Iraq have not descended from another planet. Just as people in many other countries have gotten over the tragedy of war, Iraq will get over its ordeal. I’m talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time. – Hassan Blasim • Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie’s up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women. – Kid Rock • Mom put a note in my lunch again, I see… Dear son, I hope you will study hard in summer school… Do not look upon it as a punishment, but rather as a privilege… We are very proud of you, and want you to have a good education. This note will self-destruct in five seconds. – Charles M. Schulz • Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son. – Chris Christie • More than anything, it’s my son’s smile and love that makes me light up! – Amber Valletta • Most people define themselves by what they do – ‘I’m a musician.’ Then one day it occurred to me that I’m only a musician when I’m playing music – or writing music, or talking about music. I don’t do that 24 hours a day. I’m also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen – I mean, when I go to vote, I’m not thinking of myself as ‘a musician.’ – Herbie Hancock • Mumford & Sons’ music appeals to a lot of America. I’m really proud of them. – Ellie Goulding • My affection for Taiwan… is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese. – Jackie Chan • My book ‘Trust Your Heart’, which is the story of my life, will be followed by ‘Singing Lessons’, a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy. – Judy Collins • My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. – Andrew Cuomo • My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America’s strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. – Ernest Istook • ‘My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes. – Eric Clapton • My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin – Binyamin – the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there’s been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. – Benjamin Netanyahu • My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. – Mikhail Baryshnikov • My NFL pension can barely pay my son’s tuition. You know, it’s very little money. – O. J. Simpson • My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son. – Farrah Fawcett • My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they’re not one of them. – Sherri Shepherd • My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I’ve had all four of his kids on the show. – Dick Van Dyke • My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first! – Henny Youngman • My son doesn’t know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that’s so incredible to be around. – Sarah Jessica Parker • My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. – George Strait • My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname for a child. We named our son Beckett so we could call him Beck – we reverse engineered. And then after he was born and I saw the name on the birth certificate I realized Beckett was a really pretentious name, way too literary. Luckily he’s grown into it. We nearly named my second son Dashiell. Can you imagine? Beckett and Dashiell. It would have been a disaster of pretentiousness. – Lauren Groff • My son is healthy and happy, so that’s all that matters to me. – Christina Aguilera • My son is so fortunate, you know. He’s always going to have food. Yes, my children are going to be privileged, but that’s why it’s so important for them to see different realities and to travel, and they do already. – Gisele Bundchen • My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she’s at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn’t think it would be fair; plus, they didn’t have any interest anyway. – Howard Schultz • My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France. – Diane von Furstenberg • My son was diagnosed with autism. He’s OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn’t talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you how much it costs. – Steve Earle • My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? – Barbara Bush • My son, Jett, is two, and when I was pregnant my nose got bigger, so I got a new one. Everything was bigger for a while after having Jet, but I knew I needed to be able to walk up my stairs without being winded. It took me two years to lose 60 lbs – lots of walking, bike-riding, kick-boxing and performing. – Jill Scott • My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass. – Eddie Van Halen

• My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He’s inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination – but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field. – Snoop Dogg • Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle. – Soren Kierkegaard • Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. – George Bernard Shaw • No love is greater than that of a father for His son. – Dan Brown • No matter where I go or what title I may achieve, I will always be the son of exiles. – Marco Rubio • No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. – Ronald Reagan • Oh, there’s all these rumors that I’m a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel’s son, Reba McEntire’s stepson. – Kelly Clarkson • One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert • One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding? – James Caan • Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! – Honore de Balzac • Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it’s been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father’s mistakes. At least if you’re making mistakes, make different mistakes. – Salman Rushdie • ‘Project Runway’ was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing. – Debra Messing • Racism isn’t born, folks, it’s taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. – Denis Leary • Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His infinite love; thou hast vexed His gracious Spirit; thou hast defied His power; thou hast despised His grace; and in the body and blood of Jesus, as if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden under foot His matchless mercy. Surely, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that abominable thing which we also hate. – Thomas Guthrie • Since the beginning, a woman’s first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven. – Ezra Taft Benson • Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. – Victor Hugo • Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant. – Casey Stengel • Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley • Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God. – Henri Nouwen • That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples – where I’m pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. At a time when nobody thought we’d ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. – Mitt Romney • That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in. – Lauryn Hill • The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. – Bob Uecker • The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching ‘The Simpsons,’ so they know exactly what buttons to push. They know how Bart irritates Homer, and they use these lines against me to tell me that I’m not funny anymore. – Matt Groening • The coolest gift I’ve ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General Wade Hampton, who my oldest son is named after. It’s a collector’s item and came with a case and a stand and everything. – Josh Turner • The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat. – Robert Frost • The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them. – Confucius • The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. – Voltaire • The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies • The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. – Abdallah II • The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures. – Stewart Udall • The only man who has stolen my heart is my son. – Sandra Bullock • The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus. – Luke Ford • The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. – George Eliot • The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. – John Dryden • The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son – Kin Hubbard • There’s no political point worth my son’s life. – Joe Biden • Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor’s son to marry. – Elizabeth I • To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we’re elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House. – Sarah Palin • Today, Arizona’s sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. – Jane D. Hull • We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors. – Saint Basil • We often don’t think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had. – Tony Curtis • We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. – Alexander Pope • Well the beauty of ‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ is that men are in every show. To our surprise, some of the deepest healing demonstrations have been with the men – the sons, the fathers, the husbands – because they agree to participate with the wife or the daughter or whatever it is we are looking at, and it is there. – Iyanla Vanzant • We’re all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat each other that way. – Gordon B. Hinckley • We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. – Gloria Steinem • What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. – Anne Rice • What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I’ve written some other books that I really would like people to notice. There’s The Man Who Folded Himself, there’s The Martian Child, which is about my son and the adoption. There’s The War Against The Chtorr, which is my magnum opus, my great epic story. – David Gerrold • What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – Friedrich Nietzsche • What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes – ah, they have all the necessary leisure. – Aldous Huxley • When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. – William Shakespeare • When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said ‘Are you sure you’re Ellis’s son?’ – Wynton Marsalis • When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me. – Joel Osteen • When I started, with films like ‘The Bay Boy’ and ‘Stand by Me’, I look back on those interviews and I’m amazed; there’s no mention of my father; it’s not even ‘son of Donald Sutherland.’ I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me. – Kiefer Sutherland • When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing. – Barbra Streisand • When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn’t the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror. – Susan Orlean • When we adopt—and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communities—we’re picturing something that’s true about our God. We, like Jesus, see what our Father is doing and do likewise (John 5:19). And what our Father is doing, it turns out, is fighting for orphans, making them sons and daughters. – Russell D. Moore • When you become an instrument in God’s hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person’s eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow. – Charles Stanley • With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy. – Pietro Aretino • With sons and fathers, there’s an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you. – Brad Pitt • Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I’ve ever met. Son of Sam is a close second. – Geezer Butler • Women and LBGT people have the advantage that they are everybody’s son, daughter, cousin, nephew, aunt, uncle. They are in a position to change hearts, and you saw it happen actually. African-Americans, not so much. They are separated from the white oppressive population by geography, housing, segregation, centuries of slavery. There is a tremendous wall between black America and white. I would say you open the door with the force of law, and then you can start to change hearts. – Linda Hirshman • You can love someone like your son, even if he’s not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he’s not your biological father. – Oliver Hudson • You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes. – Wally Schirra • You know what has made me the happiest I’ve ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing. – Gil Scott-Heron • You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen. – Jean-Paul Sartre • Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday. – Khalil Gibran • Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. – Khalil Gibran • Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up. – Hasdai ibn Shaprut • Your sons weren’t made to like you. That’s what grandchildren are for. – Jane Smiley

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Her Own Story: A Nora Ephron Appreciation

This review was originally published on March 28, 2016 and is being republished for Women Writers Week.

Nora Ephron has been portrayed on screen by Diane Keaton, Sandra Dee, Meryl Streep, and Streep’s daughter, Grace Gummer. And that’s just the characters based on her life; her wit and insight are reflected in dozens of other characters she created as well.  

Nora’s writer mother Phoebe taught her that “everything is copy.” Even as she was dying, she ordered Nora to take notes. All four Ephron daughters became writers, but Nora, named for the door-slamming heroine of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, most of all mined her own life and those around her for material. She is best remembered as the writer and/or director of four of the most successful romantic comedies of all time: “When Harry Met Sally...” (1989), “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), “You’ve Got Mail” (1998), and “Julie and Julia" (2009). The glossy charm of those films, and, let’s face it, their marginalization as “chick flicks,” makes it easy to overlook just how smart they are. For decades, no other romantic comedies have come close in quality or influence, despite the best efforts of various adorkable Jessicas and Jennifers confronting cutely contrived misunderstandings with Judy Greer as the quirky best friend. 

Nora was the oldest daughter of screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron (their story is told in Henry’s memoir, We Thought We Could Do Anything). They were New York City playwrights lured west to adapt established works like “Carousel” and “Daddy Long Legs” for Hollywood. Their four daughters grew up in Beverly Hills while the Ephrons worked on films like “Desk Set,” starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” with Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe and “Captain Newman, M.D.,” with Gregory Peck and Tony Curtis. Phoebe wrote to Nora at camp describing the scene outside her office on the studio lot: a special effects crew creating the parting of the Red Sea for “The Ten Commandments,” using blue Jell-O. 

The Ephrons often entertained their friends, mostly other New York writers, and Nora grew up listening to complicated, challenging, witty—sometimes relentlessly witty—people. She remembered Dorothy Parker playing word games at her parents’ parties.  Nora dreamed of being the Parker-esque queen of a new Algonquin Roundtable: “The only lady at the table. The woman who made her living by her wit.”

The Ephrons did not hesitate to use each other's lives as material. Even Nora’s son, Jacob Bernstein, produced a superb documentary about his mother, which is of course titled "Everything is Copy." It tells the story of Nora’s sister Delia putting her head through the bannister rails in their house, so that the fire department had to come and get her out. The Ephrons made that into an incident in a James Stewart film they wrote called “The Jackpot.” “My parents just took it and recycled it, just like that,” Nora says in the film. Later, Nora’s letters home from college inspired her parents to write a successful play called “Take Her, She’s Mine,” which became a movie starring Sandra Dee as a free-spirited (for 1963) daughter and James Stewart as the lawyer father who tries to keep her out of trouble.

Phoebe and Henry were not the kind of parents who came to their children’s school events or comforted them reassuringly. Phoebe would respond to her daughters’ stories of heartbreak or disappointment by telling them it was all material for them to write about. She had a biting humor, sometimes at her daughters’ expense. But the Ephrons taught their daughters how to tell stories, especially their own stories. 

After college, Nora went to New York to work as a “mail girl” for Time magazine. News magazines of that era did not allow women to write bylined articles; the most they could expect was to be researchers for the male journalists. The fictionalized but fact-based Amazon series “Good Girls Revolt” depicts the experiences of the women who fought this system, and it includes a character named Nora Ephron, played by Grace Gummer. 

Nora was in the right time and place when two great upheavals came together in the 1970’s: the feminist movement and the arrival of “new journalism”—vital, opinionated, very personal writing that powered popular and influential magazines like Clay Felker’s New York Magazine. This was the perfect place for her distinctive, confiding voice. Her essays were deceptively self-deprecatory—her first collection was called Wallflower at the Orgy and one of her best-known pieces describes her insecurity about having small breasts. But Nora’s columns, especially the series about women collected in Crazy Salad and the series about media in Scribble Scribble, are fierce, confident, devastating takedowns of those she found pretentious, hypocritical, or smug, including her former boss at the New York Post and the President’s daughter, whom she described as “a chocolate-covered spider.”  

By 1976, Nora had already divorced the first of her three writer husbands and it was around this time she fell in love with another media superstar, Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein. In “Everything is Copy,” he described the night they met: “We had this amazing conversation.” They got married and she moved to Washington.  

When she was pregnant with their second child, she discovered he was unfaithful. She packed up and moved back to New York. As director Mike Nichols says in “Everything is Copy,” she cried for six months before taking her mother’s advice and writing a thinly disguised novel about it, the scathingly funny Heartburn. “In writing it funny, she won,” says Nichols, who then directed the 1986 movie version, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Streep called the book Nora’s “central act of resilience.”  

“She wrote herself out of trouble,” says her agent, Bryan Lourd. That was economic trouble as well as heartache. Although she had never intended to become a screenwriter like her parents, she found that it provided more flexibility for a single mother than being a journalist. So she adapted Heartburn for the screen and co-wrote 1983's “Silkwood,” also starring Streep as the Kerr-McGee employee turned activist.

Those who dismiss Nora’s work as lightweight because it is often light-hearted overlook its singularly radical and unapologetically female point of view. The moment in "Everything is Copy" that best illuminates her significance as a filmmaker is when Streep recalls Nichols asking Nora to provide more perspective on the husband’s point of view. But Streep understood that “this is about the person who got hit by the bus. It’s not about the bus.” Nora was saying that we have already seen a lot of movies from the perspective of the man; this one is the woman’s story. Indeed, it is the ability to control the point of view that was most important to Nora as a writer and director. In the novel version of Heartburn, she anticipated and answered questions about why she would tell the world something so personal and humiliating.

Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.

Nora loved the control of being a director and paid attention to the smallest of details.  For “Sleepless in Seattle,” she had a door flown across country so that the characters who had not yet met would be literally opening the same door, sending the audience a subliminal signal about their rightness for each other. She said that directing a movie meant that all day people asked her to decide things—she found it very satisfying to give them answers.

"Everything is Copy" shows a Newsday headline for a story about Nora: “She tells the world things that maybe she shouldn’t, but aren’t you glad she did?” Nora was her own best copy, and it is a treat to see topics and opinions from her personal essays show up in her films. In "When Harry Met Sally...," Sally’s “high maintenance” style of ordering in a restaurant is based on Nora, and the sexual fantasy she confides to Harry as they walk through Central Park in autumn is one Nora discussed for its possible anti-feminist implications in Crazy Salad. In “Sleepless in Seattle,” Nora pays loving tribute to a movie she saw with her mother, “An Affair to Remember.” (After they saw the movie, Phoebe introduced Nora to its star, Cary Grant.) In “Julie and Julia,” the loving, devoted relationship between Julia Child and her husband Paul is based in part on Nora’s very happy third marriage.

One of Nora’s most underrated films is perhaps her most personal, 1992's “This Is My Life,” based on the book by Meg Wolitzer, with Julie Kavner as a single mother trying to make it as a stand-up comic. Lena Dunham told the New Yorker that this film, Nora's directorial debut, made her want to be a filmmaker.  

On each viewing, a new joke or angle revealed itself to me and its world became richer. I loved Samantha Mathis’ surly teen, Gaby Hoffmann’s quippy innocent, and especially Julie Kavner’s Dot, their single mother, a standup comedian hellbent on self-actualizing despite, or maybe because of, these daughters. But what I really loved was the person orchestrating the whole thing. The costumes, perfectly low-rent polka-dotted blazers and grungy winter hats. The music, a mixture of vaudevillian bounce and Carly Simon’s voice that somehow made the city seem more real than if car horns scored the film. The camerawork, a single gliding shot that followed each family member into her bedroom as she settled into a new apartment in a less than desirable Manhattan neighborhood. I loved whoever was making these actresses comfortable enough to express the minutiae of being a human woman onscreen.

At first, the conflict in the story comes from the character’s struggles to support her children. But then, as she becomes successful, the conflicts are central to Nora both as Phoebe’s daughter and as her sons’ mother: How can a mother pursue her passion and talent, knowing she may neglect the needs of her children? And should her children’s confidences and problems be copy for her stand-up routine?  

In one scene, Kavner’s character Dottie talks to her agent:

Dottie Ingels: I spend 16 years doing nothing but thinking about them and now I spend three months thinking about myself and I feel like I’ve murdered them. Arnold Moss: You had to travel. It’s part of your work. Kids are happy when their mother’s happy. Dottie Ingels: No they’re not. Everyone says that, but it’s not true. Kids are happy if you’re there. You give kids a choice: your mother in the next room on the verge of suicide versus your mother in Hawaii in ecstasy, they choose suicide in the next room. Believe me.

2000's “Hanging Up” is based on Delia Ephron’s 1995 book about her father’s death. Delia and Nora wrote the script, and Delia speaks frankly in "Everything is Copy" about the arguments they had while they were working together. The movie is a mess, of more interest for what it reveals about Ephron family dynamics than for its quality. The character based on Nora is played by Diane Keaton, who also directed. In his review, Roger Ebert wrote: “It is so blond and brittle, so pumped up with cheerful chatter and quality time, so relentless in the way it wants to be bright about sisterhood and death, that you want to stick a star on its forehead and send it home with a fever.” Tellingly, the Keaton/Nora character in the film is accused by her sister of appropriating her emotions for public display.  

My favorite “everything is copy” example in Nora’s films is from her most overlooked movie, the very charming and funny “My Blue Heaven" (1990). It stars Steve Martin as a former mobster in the witness protection program and Rick Moranis as the FBI agent assigned to take care of him as he prepares to testify against the head of the crime syndicate. The single mom prosecutor played by Joan Cusack reflects some of Nora’s experiences. But it isn’t the Ephrons who are copy here. By this time, Nora was very happily married to her third husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi, whose book about former mobster Henry Hill was the basis for the brilliant Martin Scorsese crime drama “Goodfellas.” Clearly, as her husband was writing about Hill, Nora was thinking that putting a goodfella into witness protection could be a funny story.  

Nora’s sons are now writers, too, both reporters, telling other people’s stories. But in writing about her death for the New York Times and telling Nora’s story in “Everything is Copy,” Jacob Bernstein tells his own as well. We see him talking to his father about the divorce and the many-year fight that followed, which included a negotiation for joint custody in exchange for allowing Nora to make the movie “Heartburn.” The agreement filed with the court even included a clause ensuring that Bernstein would be portrayed as a good father in the film, so the film did not just reflect her life; it was shaped by it. In "Everything is Copy," as Jacob mulls his grandmother’s famous phrase, and the private illness of his usually open-book mother, another generation of family writers expresses how their personal experiences can be illuminating for us, too. 

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