#jimmy and Cindy to a t

[weirdlookindog]

Cindy Weintraub in Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

[hannahwatcheshorror]

THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976)

A movie based on a true story about assaults and killings that happened in Texarkana. It is pretty well done, the acting is okay for the time and the narration does its job. The movie doesn’t stand out other than it being based on a true story but it was pretty thrilling!

⭐⭐⭐

Trigger Warning Racism

We find ourselves in Texarkana (which is a town that straddles Texas and Arkansas) just after WWII in the 1940’s and people are feeling optimistic about the future. That is all about to change though because big trouble is coming to Texarkana and the surrounding areas! Two young adults are assaulted up at Lover's Lane and they come out badly hurt not really knowing who did it to them. Only saying it was a man in a mask which isn’t very helpful. The cops are on the case now and are going to try to stop this killer by all means (they bring in a helpful Captain from another place) but they have very little to go on other than he chewed on his female victim (wack). The second attack is much worse because he actually kills his victims this time. The Sheriff is so close to capturing the killer but he just gets away. The entire town goes into a frenzy of buying up guns and locks. They all come to the police with tips and random criminals say they are the killer when that isn’t true.

Our Sheriff notices the killer is working on a 21 day cycle and believes that he will strike again, accordingly they set up a bunch of police officers at lover’s lanes to try and catch the bastard. There is a school dance that night though and one of the attending couples thinks it is a good idea to go out to their make-out spot afterwards, oh no! Not while there is a literal killer going to make-out spots you dumb teens! Also the dance was so wonderfully awkward, no one looked like they were actually having a good time, everyone looked like they were dancing to different songs, it was a bit wacky. We have our third attack though and it is even more brutal because this time we see it. Our love birds almost escaped in time but The Phantom (as the locals like to call the killer) hung onto the car door and wouldn’t let them leave! First he incapacitated the guy, then the girl, then he killed the guy in front of the girl, and then he killed the girl with her own trombone which was majorly rude. 

If people wanted this freak captured before they REALLY want him in custody now. They have a reward for catching him and everything. The Sheriff and his team think they are tracking down a man who claims to be the killer but it turns out he is just a liar. Our fourth attack broke the pattern. The Phantom broke into a home, killed the husband, shot the wife but she survived and crawled through a cornfield to her neighbors house (amazing, girlboss). She survives though her recovery is a tough one for sure. After this the Sheriff and Captain are able to narrow down their search when they find the killer's car. They chase him down but are only able to injure him in the end. The Phantom gets away and while most of the folks who tried hunting him down spend the rest of their lives attempting to find him, they never do. It is assumed he either died, got arrested for another crime, or still lives in Texarkana today! Spooky!

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[s10127470]

The Nicktoons' Looks

As I'm sure some of you know, my newest fanfiction, SpongeBob SquarePants in Nicktoon Mysteries, will be premiering sometime this month.

And with it's premiere so close, I figured I'd take the time to share what the Nicktoon gang will look like!

SpongeBob SquarePants:

SpongeBob would be wearing an outfit quite similar to Archie in Archie's Weird Mysteries.

But with a white T-shirt underneath the jacket, black pants, his usual shoes, and a red ascot, as an homage to Fred from Scooby-Doo.

Gary would look exactly the same as he usually does.

Patrick would still be wearing swim trunks, but with a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses now.

Also, his outfit would have the same color scheme as his fit in The Patrick Star Show.

Squidward would wearing the same outfit done by SpongeDrew250.

And Sandy would be wearing the same outfit also done by SpongeDrew250.

Danny Phantom:

Danny would the wearing the same outfit done by bad13 (both normal and ghost forms).

Sam, Tucker and Jazz would be wearing the same outfits done by luxuki-x (with the same shoes from the original show).

Valerie and Dash would be wearing the same outfits done by jadeyarts.

And Dani would be wearing a similar outfit to Danny, but with the shirt being a hoodie, her jeans being black and her shoes often being untiedd.

Her ghost outfit will also look like Danny's, but with the same color placement her original.

(Also she's gonna 14 here like Danny).

Avatar: The Last Airbender:

Team Avatar will be wearing their outfits from the comics taking place after the events of the series.

Tak and the Power of Juju:

Tak, Lok and Flora look pretty much the same as they did in the games.

Jeera and Keeko however, would be drastically different, sporting their original looks from the lost pilot.

Invader Zim:

Dib and Gaz are still sporting their looks from Enter the Florpus.

All Grown Up!:

The group would be wearing the same outfits from the All Growed Up special and the promotional material for the show.

My Life as a Teenage Robot:

Jenny, Brad, Tuck and Sheldon will be wearing the same outfits done by fitzsanchez.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius:

Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, Libby and Nick will be wearing the same outfits done by kianamai.

The Fairly OddParents:

Cosmo and Wanda would be wearing the same outfits from A New Wish.

While Timmy, Chester and AJ would be wearing the same outfits done by CyberEmma2099.

Well that's all I have for now.

Let me know what you guys think about the new looks of the Nicktoons!

[annieandro]

Happy Birthday Nickelodeon

Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Dinky Duck, Heckle, Jeckle, Tom Terrific, Mighty Manfred, the wonder dog, Deputy Dawg, Sourpuss, Gandy Goose, Strong man, Tornado man, Cuckoo man, Rope man, Diaper man, Foofle, Sidney the elephant, Flebus, Farmer Alfalfa, Scrappy Mouse,Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Master Splinter, April o'Neil, Shredder, Krang, The big beast quintet, The Barbershop singers, The dog and the parrot, Stick Stickly, Doug Funnie, Porkchop, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Phil Deville, Lil Deville, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael, Spike, Didi Pickles, Stu Pickles, Drew Pickles, Charlotte Pickles, Dil Pickles, Grandpa Lou Pickles, Chas Finster, Kira Watanabe-Finster, Kimi Finster, Betty DeVille, Howard DeVille, Randy Carmichael, Lucy Carmichael, Reptar,Ren Hoek, Stimpy, Sven Hoek, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast man, Walrus, Rocko Rama, Heffer Wolfe, Filburt Turtle, Spunky, Ed Bighead, Bev Bighead, Rachel Bighead, Dr. Paula Hutchinson,Ickis, Oblina, Krumm, The Gromble, Arnold Shortman,Gerald Johanssen, Helga Pataki, Phoebe Heyerdahl, Eugene Horowitz,Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Harold Berman, Mr. Simmons, Grandpa Phil,Grandma Gertie, Abner, Henry, June, Sniz, Fondue, Betty Anne, Bongo, Cat, Dog, Winslow T. Oddfellow, Cliff,Lube, Shriek, Rancid Rabbit, Eliza Thornberry, Nigel Thornberry, Marianne Thornberry, Donnie Thornberry, Debbie Thornberry, Darwin Thornberry, Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles,Sandy Cheeks, Mr. Krabs, Pearl Krabs, Gary the snail,Sheldon J. Plankton, Karen Plankton Spot,Mrs. Puff, Larry the lobster, Bubble Bass, Squilliam Fancyson, Perch Perkins, Bubble Buddy, Junior,Old Man Jenkins, Nosferatu, Slappy Laszlo,Painty the pirate, Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina. "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez,Sam "Squid" Dullard, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket,Tito Makani, Pelswick, Ginger Foutley Deidre "Dodie" Hortense Bishop, Macie Lightfoot, Darren Patterson, Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda, Poof "Peri", Chester McBadBat, A.J. Trixie Tang, Chip Skylark, Jorgen von Strangle, Remy Buxaplenty, Juandissimo Magnifico, Vicky, Denzel Crocker, Crimson Chin, Crash Nebula, Ani, Zim, GIR, Dib Membrane, Gaz Membrane, Jimmy Neutron, Goddard, Carl Wheezer, Sheen Estevez, Cindy Vortex, Libby Folfax, Nick Dean, Hugh Neutron, Judy Neutron, King Goobot V,Ooblar, Professor Calamitous, Rudy Tabootie, Snap, Penny Sanchez, Yakkity Yak, Jenny Wakeman/XJ9, Brad Carbunkle, Tuck Carbunkle, Sheldon Lee, Professor Nora Wakeman, XJ1, XJ2, XJ3, XJ4, XJ5, XJ6, XJ7, XJ8, Vexus, Britt Crust, Tiff Crust, Danny Fenton, Sam Manson,Tucker Foley, Jazz Fenton, Vlad Plasmius, Ember McLain, The Box Ghost, Youngblood, Dani, King Neptune, Princess Mindy, Dennis,Todd, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph Beifong, Appa, Momo, Zuko, Iroh, Azula, Mai, Ty Lee,

Mr. Blik, Waffle, Gordon, Hovis, Kimberly, Katilda, Gomez, Mr. X, Trudy X, Truman X, Tuesday X, Mikey, Josh Redgrove, Parker Dinkleman, Otis, Pip, Abby, Bessy, Pig, Freddy, Peck, Duke, Manny Rivera,Frida Suarez, Tak, Bessie Higgenbottom,Happy Higgenbottom, Ben Higgenbottom, Penny Lefkowitz, Charlotte,Vendetta, Skipper, Private, Kowalski and Rico, Fanboy, Chum Chum,Kyle the Conjurer, Yo, Mr. Mufflin, Boog, Lenny,Dudley Puppy, Kitty Katswell, Keswick,Chief,Tammy,Daisy, Snaptrap, Birdbrain, Chameleon, Korra,Asami Sato, Mako, Bolin, Amon, Sanjay Patel,Craig Slithers, Robot, Monster, SwaySway, Buhdeuce,Harvey Beaks, Fee, Foo, Miriam Beaks, Irving Beaks, Michelle Beaks, Claire, Dade, Kratz, Piri Piri, Princess Roberts, Doctor Roberts, Jeremy, Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket, Bubbles, The seagull crew, Lincoln Loud, Lori Loud, Leni Loud, Luna Loud, Luan Loud, Lynn Loud Jr., Lucy Loud, Lola Loud, Lana Loud, Lisa Loud, Lily Loud, Rita Loud, Lynn Loud Sr., Charles, Cliff, Geo, Walt, Watterson, Clyde McBride, Rusty Spokes, Zach Gurdle, Liam Hunnicutt, Stella Zhau, Mr. Grouse, Warren Rabbit, LaSombra, Pibbles, Zeus, Bunsen the beast, Mikey Munroe, Ansi Molina, Olly Timbers,Saraline Timbers, Felicity, Miguel, Yana and Athena, Ronnie Anne Santiago, Bobby Santiago, Maria Santiago, Arturo Santiago, Hector Casagrande,Rosa Casagrande, Frida Puga Casagrande,Carlos Casagrande, Carl Casagrande, CJ Casagrande,Carlota Casagrande, Carlitos Casagrande, Sergio Casagrande, Lalo, Sid Chang, Adelaide Chang, Stanley Chang, Becca Chang, Mama Lupe, Paco,Pinky Malinky, Lampo, Milady, Pilou and Meatball, Miko Kubota, Hector "hi-five" Nieves, Santiago Montes, Tomás Montes, Lorelai, Annie Brambley, Pony, Parker J. Cloud, Angus Shackleton, Russell, Narlene Narwhal, Nobby Narwhal, Squidina Star,Bunny Star, Cecil Star, Grandpat Star, Brendar,Evan, Horus Scrum, Stacey Owl, Axe, Morag, Angus,Sharkdog, Sammy Gupta, Raj Gupta, Zokie Sparkleby, Ruby Studebaker, Handsome Steve, Derek, Windy,Stumpy, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hazel Wells, Max, Annette "Nan" Artifice and Clarion Wellspring, B.O.B, The Missing Link, Dr.Cockroach and Rabbid.

[sminny-wew]

Jimmy Neutron reboot where Cindy initially thinks Betty Quinlan is her rival for Jimmy's affections b/c of his crush on her only for things to escalate to such a cartoonish degree that Betty has to pull her aside and be like "Chill out I'm a lesbian" and then proceeds to make out with Nick who is also a t-girl lesbian here b/c I'm in love with Kiana Mai's Jimmy Neutron redesigns

[joethetoonfanandoutcast]

This is the complete list of characters I would have cameo at a Universal Animation assemblage similar to Once Upon a Studio.

Felix the Cat: Felix the Cat

Woody Woodpecker: Woody Woodpecker, Winnie Woodpecker

An American Tail: Fievel Mousekewitz, Tanya Mousekewitz, Papa Mousekewitz, Mama Mousekewitz, Yasha Mousekewitz, Tiger, Henri le pigeon, female pigeons, Tony Toponi, Bridget, Honest John, Gussie Mausheimer, Warren T. Cat, Digit, Maus Street Maulers, Cat R. Waul, TR Chula, the Cactus Cat Gang, Miss Kitty, Wylie Burp

Land Before Time: Littlefoot, Cera, Petrie, Ducky, Spike, Littlefoot's grandparents, Chomper

Opus 'n Bill: Opus, Bill the Cat, the ducks

We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story: Rex, Elsa, Woog, Dweeb, Louie, Cecilia, Vorb, Stubbs, Captain Neweyes, Dr. Bleeb

Casper: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Stretch, Fatso, Stinky

Babe: Babe, Fly, Rex, Ferdinand, the mice

Balto: Balto, Jenna, Boris, Steele, Muk, Luk, Nikki, Kaltag, Star, Dixie, Sylvie, Rosy

Rocky & Bullwinkle: Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose (in their 2D/CG 2000 looks), Fearless Leader, Boris Badenov, Natasha Femme-Fatale (in their 2D 2000 looks)

Curious George: Curious George, Ted the Man in the Yellow Hat, Maggie Dunlop

The Tale of Desperaux: Desperaux, his parents, Chiaroscuro "Roscuro", Chef Andre, Boldo

Despicable Me: Felonious Gru, Lucy Wilde, the Minions, Dr. Nefario, Margo, Agnes, Edith, Kyle, Vector, Mr. Perkins, Silas Ramsbottom, Eduardo Perez/El Macho, Antonio Perez, Scarlett Overkill, Herb Overkill, the Nelsons, Balthazar Bratt, Dru Gru, Marlena Gru, Fritz, Clive the Robot, the Vicious Six, Master Chow, Wild Knuckles' henchmen

Hop: EB, Easter Bunny, the Pink Berets, Carlos, Phil, bunnies, chicks

The Lorax: the Lorax, the Once-ler, Ted, Audrey, Mrs. Wiggins, Granny Norma, Aloysius O'Hare, O'Hare's bodyguards, Sy the Delivery Guy, the Hummingfish, the Swommee-Swans, the Barbaloots

The Secret Life of Pets: Max, Katie, Duke, Gidget, Snowball, Mel, Buddy, Pops, Tiberius, Rooster, Chuck, Liam, Daisy, Hu, Sergei, wolves

Sing: Buster Moon, Miss Crawley, Herman, Rosita, Norman, their piglets, Gunther, Johnny, Marcus, Stan, Barry, Ash, Lance, Becky, Eddie Noodleman, Nana Noodleman, Mr. and Mrs. Noodleman, Hobbes, Meena, her mother and grandparents, Mike, Nancy, Suki Lane, Porsha Crystal, Jimmy Crystal, Jerry, Nooshy, Darius, Klaus Kickenklober, Clay Calloway, the Q-Teez

The Grinch: the Grinch, Max, Fred, his mate and calf, Donna Who, Cindy-Lou Who, Bean, Buster, Bricklebaum, Mabel, Groopert, Axl, Izzy, Ozzy

Super Mario Bros.: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Bowser Koopa, Donkey Kong, Cranky Kong, Kamek, penguins, Giuseppe

Migration: the duck family, Delroy, Pigeon, Erin

Characters I'm unsure would make the assemblage:

The Veggies of VeggieTales

The Jetsons, Mr. Spacely and anyone involved in Jetsons the Movie

And for real-life people:

Steven Spielberg, David Kirschner, George Miller, and Chris Meledandri as themselves.

What do you think?

[5conspiracy-rule]

PFUI TEUFEL

#MossadIsland

● Hillary Clinton

● Bill Clinton

● George Nader (Geschäftsmann)

● Huma Aberdin

● Laura Silsby

● Rachel Chandler

● Jeffrey Epstein

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● John Podesta

● Michael Podesta

● James Alefantis

● Anthony Wiener

● Leslie Wexner (limited Inc-Vorsitzender)

● Herbert Strauss

● Isidor Strauss

● Martin A. Nowak

● Steven Spielberg

● Edgar Bronfman Sr. (Seagram-Vorsitzender)

● Charles Bronfman (Seagram Co)

● Michael Steinhardt (ehemaliger Hedgefonds-Manager)

● Sara Bronfman

● Clare Bronfman

● Niles Lehman (Professor an der Portland State University)

● Seth Roger

● Ruth Ginsberg

● Alison Mack

● Robert Maxwell

● Wendi Murdoch

● Jonathan Tscheban

● Naomi Campbell

● Maxime Chow

● Val Kilmer

● Marina Abramovic

LISTE DER HOLLYWOOD PEDO-NAMEN:

● Steven Spielberg

● Kevin Spacey

● Alison Mac

● Marc Collins-Rector (Gründer von Den)

● Chad Shackley

● Brock Pierce

● David Geffen

● Tom Hanks

● Dustin Hoffman

● Andrew Kreisberg (US-amerikanischer Fernsehschreiber, Produzent)

● Bryan Singer

● Harvey Weinstein

● Bob Weinstein

● Roman Polanski

● Ruma Hazard

● Charlie Sheen

● Madonna

● Kate Perry

● Miley Cyrus

● Errol Flynn

● Billy Graham

● Walt Disney

● Michael Laney (ehemaliger Walt Disney Vizepräsident)

● James Gunn (Disney)

LISTE DER NAMEN VON CELEBS, DIE MIT DEEPSTATE, CIA & MOSSAD verbunden sind:

● Heidi Fleiss

● Jeffrey Epstein

LISTE DER NAMEN, DIE MIT SATANISCHE KULTEN VERBUNDEN:

● Alison Mack

● Stormy Daniels

● Rachel Chandler

● Ghislaine Maxwell

LISTE DER NAMEN DER BESUCHER AUF DER EPSTEIN INSEL:

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● Chris Tucker

● Larry Summer

● Lisa Summer

● Bill Murray

● Bill Hammond

● Ehud Barak

● Andrés Pastrana (ehemaliger Präsident Kolumbien 1998-2002)

● Jean Luc Brunel

● Doug Band

● Ron Burkle

● Woody Allen

● Sarah Kellen

● Ray Barzanna

● Sandy Burger

● Andrea Mitrovitch

● Peter Marino

● Shelley Lewis

● Paul Hala (t) (d) a

● Richardo Legoretta

● Tom Pritzker

● Kelly Spamm

● Tiffany Gramza

● Claire Hazel

● Paula Epstein

● Mark Epstein

● Ralph Elison

● Sophie Biddle

● Audrey Raimbault

● Shelley Harrison

● Melinda Luntz

● Gwendolyn Beck

● Albert Pinto

● Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba

● Gary Roxburgh

● Mandy Elison

● Jean Michelle Gathy

● Virginia Roberts

● Kristy Rodgers (Kristina Real Rodgers)

● Greg Holbert

● Alyssa Rodgers

● Juliette Bryant

● Heather Mann

● Ed Tuttle

● Glen Dubin

● Ellen Spencer

● Chris Wagner

● Casey Wasserman

● Laura Wasserman

● Paul Mellon

● Oliver Sachs

● Henry Rosovsky

● Lynn Forster (de Rothschild)

● Joe Pagano

● Naomi Campbell

● Nicole Junkermann

● Rodney Slater

● Magali Blachon (Deperrier)

● Svetlana Griaznova

● Emmy Tayler

● Larry Visoski

● Carrie Davies

● Johannes (Paul) Molyneux

● Freya Willemoes Wissing

● Adam Perry Lang

● Fleur Perry Lang

● Caren Casey

● Hank Coller

● Cindy Lopez

● Mark Lloyd

● Alan Dershowitz

● Seth Green

● James Gunn

● Steven Spielberg

● Tom Hanks

● Steven Colbert

● Jimmy Kimmel

● Barack Obama

● Kevin Spacey

● Kathy Griffin

● Oprah Winfrey

● Shawn Carter

● Beyoncé Knowles

● Anthony Kiedis

● John Legend

● Chrissy Tiegen

● Jim Carrey

● Steven Tyler

● Ben Affleck

● Stephen Collins

● Will Ferrell

● ALIAUNE DAMALA BADARA THIAM (Akon)

● Marshall Counts

● Jeffrey Jones

● Victor Safe

● Mark Collins Rector

● Charlie Sheen

● Tyler Grasham

● Madonna Ciccone

● Katheryn Hudson

● Gwen Stefani

● Stefani Germanotta

● James Franco

● Will Smith

● Justin Roland

● John Cusack

● Anderson Cooper

● Demi Moore

● Brian Affleck

● Meryl Streep

● Wanda Sykes

● Chelsea-Handler

● Michelle Wolf

● David Jarovesky

● Pharrell Williams

● Quentin Tarantino

● Courtney Love

● Alec Baldwin

● Robert Downey Jr.

● Disney Corporation (Biete Kinder "Tauchen" Reisen, auf die Insel Epstein)

LISTE DER NAMEN, DIE MIT DEN STANDARD HOTELS VERBUNDEN

● Andre Balazs (Besitzer der Standard Hotels und mit den Rockefellers verbunden)

● Jay Z

● Beyoncé Knowles

● John Belushi

● Britney Spears

● Errol Flynn

● Dennis Hopper

● Helmut Newton

● Jim Morrison

● James Dean

● Billy Idol

● Victoria Beckham

● Heath Ledger

● Sienna Miller

● Balthazar Getty

● Scarlet Johansen

INDIVIDUALE DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Elon Musk

● Mark Zuckrberg

● Lawrence M. Krauss

● Steven Pinker

● Mick Jagger

● Courtney Love

● Joan Rivers (verstorben)

● Kevin Spacey

● Chris Rock

● Eli Weisel (Nobelpreis gewinnt Holocaust-Profiteur)

● Lauren Hutton (Top-Mode-Modell)

● Herzog & Herzogin von York

● Earl Spencer (der Bruder von verstorbenen Diana)

● Richard Bronson (englischer Geschäftsmann)

● Tony Blair (ehemaliger britischer Premierminister)

● David Koch (1/2 eines Bruders-Teams)

● David Rockefeller

● Evelyn de Rothschild

● Eduouard de Rothschild

JOURNALISTEN DIREKT MIT JAMES ALEFANTIS, COMET PING PONG & Mice FISCHERING, WASHINGTON DC:

● Jake Tapper (CNN)

● Jennifer Tapper (Frau von Jake Tapper)

● Ahorn Inc

JOURNALISTEN DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Barbara Walters

● Mort Zuckerman

● Eric Margolis

● Rupert Murdock

● Conrad & Barbara Black; Baron Black von Cross Harbour

POLITITIKER DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Bill Clinton (ehemaliger Präsident von Amerika)

● Jon & Mary Kaye Huntsman

● Gouverneur Charles Turnbull (US-Jungferninseln)

● Henry Kissinger

● Ethel Kennedy

● Bobby & Mary Kennedy

● Senator Edward Kennedy (verstorben)

● Ted Kennedy Jr.

● Andrew & Kerry Kennedy Cuomo

● Maria Shriver (Kennedy-Verwandte / Schwarznegger Ex)

DIE DTLA STANDARD HOTEL :

(Freie 1992-2002)

● Keck Family (Standard-Öl / Gründer des Standard Hotels)

● Perry Mason

● Bank of California

● JP Morgan - Standard Oil

● Jeffrey Epstein

● Bear Stearns Group

● Standard companies

● Colombia Developement

[ggitty]

(JN anon) And having a good CPU and lots of RAM is a must. (Depending on what kind of games you're going for.)

I'm not one to go for "same game, but hard-mode" mods, but playing with textures looks like a lot of fun.

I remember in Negatron there's one random scene in the Egyptian level where you can just, have Jimmy go to the restrooms. You don't get anything like your stats being replenished for it, it's just there for no reason. (Also, didn't the Jet Fusion game have outtakes?)

Or know a good archiving place~

Hehe, yeaaah, that too. xD Though, there are some gold nuggets in the growing mountain of licensed shovelware. (And that sounds about right, games based on movies tend to release around the release date. Often by the holidays.)

Can you believe some early stuff had Sheen with eyebrows? Or that he had a model with an orange shirt at one point.

Then we kinda crash-landed with Globs of Doom. (Slime Speedway had a good attempt too, but Jimmy's mouth animations feel a little wide at times and his hair seems like it's affected by wind even outside of races. Not sure how I feel about Cindy's, she feels kinda disproportionate somehow)

Hmm, I remember a few years ago that THQ; who did most of the titles, was interested in remaking [or re-releasing] some of the old Nick games. So far, it's mainly just been Spongebob. But what if though, right? (I think only the Twonkies game stands the best chance of being remade.)

My minecraft world with a crazy mod build that my PC can't handle says “hi” to you lol

Mods are much more than that! You can find everything from new characters to entire custom quests, plots, etc., and mods for some games you can say create a completely new game inside! I seriously recommended checking it if you are interested!

For some reason I'm sure someone put it in as a joke in the game lol And yes, it actually did! Kinda is funny little thing! (and they had some problem with Jimmy's blinking in one of them and we got the eyelids stretching down through his modeling twice in one scene hahmfd)

And I randomly discovered that my child of divorce, Nummy Jetron, was used in the Gameboy Adventure version of Negatron game lol

Okay, not only will I believe it, but I saw Sheen in an orange t-shirt just last night lol I randomly got this video with an old flash game? on youtube and there he was, an orange t-shirt Sheen! (this world loves to jumpscare me with random JN staff at least 2 times a week)

Globes of Doom… This model was definitely something.. And I definitely agree about Slime Speedway! Like, they're not bad, but there's something about them that doesn't sit right with me. And Cindy really looks disproportionate, like they tweaked with some proportions a little too much and it gave a very strange effect on her

It would be nice if they made a small remake for at least one of these games! And yes, Twonkies clearly have the best chance in this matter lol

[ulkaralakbarova]

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Rose Morgan: Barbra Streisand Gregory Larkin: Jeff Bridges Hannah Morgan: Lauren Bacall Henry Fine: George Segal Claire: Mimi Rogers Alex: Pierce Brosnan Doris: Brenda Vaccaro Barry: Austin Pendleton Candy: Elle Macpherson First Girl Student: Ali Marsh Sara Myers: Leslie Stefanson Female Professor: Taina Elg Felicia: Lucy Avery Brooks Felicia (Video): Amber Smith Claire’s Masseur: David Kinzie Rabbi: Howard S. Herman Reverend: Thomas Hartman Trevor: Trevor Ristow Mike (Student): Brian Schwary Randy (Student): Randy Pearlstein Stacie (Student): Stacie Sumter Taxi Stealer: Cindy Guyer Taxi Driver: Thomas Saccio Waiter: Andrew Parks Jimmy the Waiter: Jimmy Baio Henry’s First Date: Emma Fann Henry’s Second Date: Laura Bailey Justice of the Peace: Mike Hodge Gloria: Anne O’Sullivan Female Student: Sandi Schroeder Female Student: Kiyoko M. Hairston Male Student: Ben Weber Male Student: Christopher Keyes Female Aerobic Instructor: Lisa Wheeler Male Aerobic Instructor: Kirk Moore Make-Up Artist: Regina Viotto Hair Colorist: Paul LaBreque Waiter: Rudy Ruggiero Mr. Jenkins: William Cain Doorman: Adam LeFevre Irate Woman: JoAn Mollison Opera Man: Carlo Scibelli Male Student: Eli Roth Girl in Commercial (uncredited): Milla Jovovich Film Crew: Theme Song Performance: Barbra Streisand Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese Casting: Todd M. Thaler Production Design: Tom H. John Executive Producer: Cis Corman Casting: Bonnie Finnegan Editor: Jeff Werner Original Music Composer: Marvin Hamlisch Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Original Story: Gérard Oury Co-Executive Producer: Ronald L. Schwary Location Manager: Declan Baldwin First Assistant Director: Amy Sayres Director of Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Producer: Arnon Milchan Production Accountant: Tamara Bally Original Story: André Cayatte Hairstylist: Susan Germaine Makeup Artist: Randy Houston Mercer Chief Lighting Technician: William Ward Rigging Gaffer: James Malone Production Coordinator: Lori Johnson Camera Operator: Dick Mingalone Casting Assistant: Gayle Keller Sound Editor: Mark Larry Sound Editor: Steven Ticknor Sound Editor: John M. Colwell Assistant Costume Designer: Kevin Brainerd Actor’s Assistant: Renata Buser Sound Editor: Chuck Neely Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark Steadicam Operator: Gregory Lundsgaard Makeup Artist: Edouard F. Henriques Production Supervisor: Ray Quinlan Camera Operator: Patrick Capone Theme Song Performance: Bryan Adams Set Decoration: Alan Hicks Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell Assistant Sound Editor: Jerry Edemann Assistant Editor: Marilyn Madderom Stunt Coordinator: Vince Deadrick Jr. Art Direction: Teresa Carriker-Thayer Script Supervisor: Karen Kelsall Production Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Craft Service: Roger Poirier Supervising ADR Editor: Gail Clark Burch Assistant Property Master: Travis Wright Second Unit Director of Photography: Richard Quinlan Orchestrator: Jack Hayes Unit Publicist: Stanley Brossette Property Master: Thomas Saccio Transportation Co-Captain: Dennis Radesky Assistant Sound Editor: Keith Edemann Additional Editing: Alan Heim Foley: Alicia Stevenson Supervising Music Editor: Charles Martin Inouye Orchestrator: Torrie Zito Boom Operator: Daniel Rosenblum ADR Editor: Laura Graham Chief Lighting Technician: Jay Fortune Rigging Grip: Matthew Miller Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell Sound Editor: Ronald Eng Sound Editor: Harry Cheney Sound Editor: Richard C. Franklin Hairstylist: John Quaglia Sound Editor: Leonard T. Geschke Scenic Artist: Leslie Salter Camera Operator: Gary Jay First Assistant Camera: Steve Adcock Sound Editor: John H. Arrufat Foley: Marko Costanzo Still Photographer: David James Music Supervisor: Jay Landers Assistant Sound E...

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it turns out when youre gently tipsy, "we gave jimmy rapturous enjoyment of mustard, lets give cindy whistling" becomes the funniest joke known to man

[manilafm]

mw animated characters from cartoon shows on disney channel and nickelodeon?

I don't think we'll be able to get through everyone, so if there are any characters from cartoon shows that are on Disney Channel and/or on Nickelodeon that aren't included in this post, please send us an ask with the name of the fandom, and thank you for your ask !! We would absolutely love to see Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Willow Park, Boscha, Lilith Clawthorne, Emira 'Em' Blight, Eda Clawthorne, Gus Porter, King Clawthorne, and Hunter / The Golden Guard from The Owl House ; Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste, Nino Lahiffe, Alya Césaire, Kagami Tsurugi, Jessica ‘Jess’ Keynes, Tikki, Plagg, Alix Kubdel, Chloé Bourgeois, Luka Couffaine, Lila Rossi, Rose Lavillant, Gabriel Agreste, Audrey Bourgeois, Nathalie Sancoeur, Mireille Caquet, Aurore Beauréal, and Pollen from Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir ; Star Butterfly, Tom Lucitor, Marco Diaz, Jackie Lynn Thomas, Janna Ordonia, Princess Pony Head, Kelly, Brittney Wong, Ludo, and Toffee from Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil ; Kim Possible, Shego, Ron Stoppable, Monique, Wade, and Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible ; Mason 'Dipper' Pines, Stanley Pines, Stanford Pines, Bill Cipher, Wendy Corduroy, Grenda Grendinator, Tambry, and Pacifica Northwest from Gravity Falls ; Phineas Flynn, Candace Flynn, Isabella García-Shapiro, Stacy Hirano, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, Linda Flynn-Fletcher, Ferb Fletcher, Ginger Hirano, and Perry from Phineas And Ferb ; Ashley Quinlan / Ashley Q., Ashley Tomassian / Ashley T., Ashley 'Spinelli' Spinelli, Gretchen Grundler, Ashley Boulet / Ashley B., and Ashley A. from Recess ; and then from Nickelodeon cartoon shows, we would love to see SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward Tentacles, Patrick Star, Sandra 'Sandy' Cheeks, Karen, Sheldon J. Plankton, Pearl Krabs, and Eugene Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants ; Sheen Estévez, Liberty 'Libby' Folfax, Cynthia 'Cindy' Vortex, Betty Quinlan, James 'Jimmy' Neutron, Nick Dean, Brittany Tenelli, Carl Wheezer, Hugh Neutron, and Judy Neutron from The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius ; Wanda Fairywinkle-Cosma, Cosmo Cosma, Poof Fairywinkle-Cosma, Foop, Sparky, Anti-Cosmo, Anti-Wanda, Mark Chang, Chester McBadBat, Trixie Tang, Veronica, Nicky (Tootie's and Vicky's mother), Remy Buxaplenty, Timothy ‘Timmy’ Tiberius Turner, Denzel Crocker, Tootie, Connie Carmichael, Blonda Fairywinkle, Francis, Imaginary Gary, Chip Skylark, Britney Britney, A.J., Tad, Chad, Vicky, Chloe Carmichael, Ricky, Timmy Turner's unnamed father, and Timmy Turner's unnamed mother from The Fairly OddParents ; Luan Loud, Lincoln Loud, Lynn, Jr., Loud, Lucy Loud, Lola Loud, Lana Loud, Lisa Loud, Lily Loud, Rita Loud, Lynn, Sr., Loud, Katherine Mulligan, Kate Bernardo, Clyde McBride, Ronnie Anne Santiago, Adelaide Chang, Stella Zhau, Sid Chang, Morag, and Chandler McCann from The Loud House / The Casagrandes / and etc. ; Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Dylan ‘Dil’ Pickles, Phillip 'Phil’ DeVille, Lillian ‘Lil’ DeVille, Kimiko ‘Kimi’ Watanabe-Finster, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael, Didi Pickles, Stu Pickles, Chas Finster, Drew Pickles, Charlotte Pickles, Lulu Pickles, Lou Pickles, Miriam Pickles, Dr. Lucy Carmichael, Randy Carmichael, Betty DeVille, Howard DeVille, Melinda Finster, Alisa Carmichael, Buster Carmichael, Edwin Carmichael, and Savannah Shane from All Grown Up! / Rugrats !! But if you have any other fandoms / characters in mind, please send us another ask with the name of the fandom !!

[hopeaterart]

RWBY HPTR AU: Mercury talks to Ozpin about fighting

Context for the AU: It’s target audience is me, hence why it's named after me (Hopeater -> HPTR). One of the main things is that most villains are now studying at Beacon alongside team RWBY. If you want anymore info on it, you can ask me. Context for the scene: Mercury is dealing with some shit, and finds Ozpin training his son, which stirs some... memories.

Also, trigger warning: Mercury dealing with stuff from his physicallt abusive childhood. Nothing graphic happens here, though.

"Being a Hunter of Grimm is more than simply being a warrior. It's also about bringing safety, protection and joy to the people we protect, bringing a sense of wonder to Remnant that it most definitely needs. It's why we dress as colorfully as possible, or wear emblems we made for ourselves, or-" Mercury groaned, putting his head on his desk and momentarily blocking out what Professor Liseran was saying.

What a load of bullshit. In theory, he understood why Personal Artistry class was mandatory. Great War where art was at stake, self-expression is important, blah-blah-blah. If he was being honest, he actually got quite a kick out of having his emblem emblazoned on his pant leg. A winged shoe, a sentimentality that Marcus would've spit at him for buying into, and that's what made it so good.

But the truth was: he didn't need any of this shit. He just needed to be good at fighting, and have functioning weapons he knew how to use, and an outfit that was practical, and-

"Oh my god, you guys cannot be serious." Emerald snorted as she and their other two teammates- Torchwick and Neopolitan- chatted with Cinder, the other girl and her scorpion faunus partner- Tyrian Callows- laughed alongside her. "What if you and your guys get caught?"

"Don't worry about it, Em." Cinder reassured her. "A night on the town having fun never hurt anyone. Besides, if Tyrian didn't oversell his boyfriend's skill-"

"-we're not an item like that Cindy, and overselling Arthur's skillset with modern technology is nearly impossible-" Callows interjected.

"- Then they won't figure out who ordered all these... novelty t-shirts for every Beacon student in Jimmy Vanille's name."

Torchwick laughed at that, Neopolitan giggling silently next to him. "Damn, Greenie, you didn't tell us you were friends with such a bad bitch!" Neo made some quick gestures with her hands, Roman starring before turning back toward Cinder. "She's asking if you went to Lady Browning's girl school, and if it's why you're so sneaky."

She waved her hand dismissively. "Just because I like looking classy doesn't mean I hold Remnant's elite in high esteem."

- and he needed a team that was actually focused on getting shit done.

"Guys, shut up." Mercury hissed at them in a low voice. Emerald looked at him, caught off-guard but not mad, nodding and turning toward the teacher.

Torchwick seemed to have something else in mind as he glared at Mercury. "What's the problem, leader? Too far up your own ass to have fun with your team? Gods, one would think you're completely separated from us..."

"Torchwick I said SHUT UP!" Mercury screamed, before immediately covering his mouth. He breathed heavily behind his hands, forcing himself to calm down, before a voice calling him caught his attention. He turned toward the source.

Professor Liseran was starring at him, unimpressed. "Very well. Why don't you tell us about your weapon, Mr...?"

"Mercury."

"Mr. Mercury."

Mercury blinked. "They're greaves with guns built into them. I like using Air Dust rounds."

"The artistic side of your weapon, Mr Mercury." Liseran clarified.

He groaned. "Uh... they're named Talaria?"

They nodded. "Good. Is there a story behind the name you picked for them?"

"Do I have to tell it?"

"You yelled 'shut up' while I was in the middle of explaining how one can express themselves through their weapon. Yes, you do." Liseran hissed, Mercury groaning again.

"I... named them after magic sandals from a myth." He admitted. "They allow their user to fly in the myth."

Liseran nodded again. "Did you add any artistic touches to the weapons themselves? Like a coat of paint, or maybe a little artistic detail?"

"No."

"Well then, think about it." The bell ringed. "And that will be all for today. Class dismissed."

Mercury bolted out of his seat, grabbing his bag and all but running out of the room. He leaned against a wall, sighing. "Merc?" He turned toward the voice, frown softening when he saw Emerald, Cinder a step behind her and ready to intervene if necessary.

"Yeah, what is it, Em?"

"Is everything alright?" She asked, her head tilting in worry. "You don't normally snap like that."

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit frustrated with the team." Emerald frowned at that.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" She asked. Mercury scoffed.

"Actually focusing in class would be a good start." Emerald looked taken aback, but Mercury held on strong. Some lessons need to hurt to stick, he justified to himself.

"Look, if this is about us talking in class, then don't give her shit for it." Cinder started, taking a step closer. "I just wanted to tell her how last night went."

"Yeah, no. It's more then that." Mercury informed Cinder, the girl narrowing her eyes. "It's about how Em is doing fuck-all in class with you encouraging her."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!?" Emerald asked, frowning and putting her hands on her hips.

"It means that the two of you dragged me into your dreams of becoming Grimm Hunters, but for some reason I'm the only one who's gonna get his licence because neither of you were fucked enough to do the work-"

"Hey." Cinder snapped, getting Mercury's attention. "Don't talk to her like- either of us! Alright?"

Mercury should've apologized for snapping like he had. He knew that. It was unfair to the both of them to be such a hard-ass about it. Instead... "You know what? Fuck that! I don't have to deal with this!" He then turned around and ran.

"Merc!? Mercury, come back here!" Emerald called out to no effect, Mercury turning a corner and disappearing in the corridors. He ran past faceless masses and classes until the stumps of his legs ached and the people around him had faded away. He raised his head, the label above a cracked open door saying 'Ballroom'. The sound of someone shouting combat cries in it caught his attention. Mercury walked to it's doorway, staying hidden as he looked inside.

In the middle of the room, there was professor Ozpin, poised and ready to strike with his cane, usual green coat absent. What looked to be his sparring partner was a young boy much too young to be at Beacon, with brown freckled skin and messy black hair. He was holding a training spear and was in a defensive position. "Alright Oscar, ready for an actual spar?"

"Yeah." Mercury watched as the principal leapt at the boy, Oscar, cane raised high above him as his opponent blocked the strike, raising the spear. The two traded blows like this, Ozpin making grand sweeping gestures that took too much time, and Oscar leaving openings that Marcus would've kicked the shit out of him for.

The boy left an opening as he was taking a step back, and the professor was actually going for the strike on this one- "NO!" Mercury screamed, jumping out of his hiding spot to try and stop the hit from landing.

But the hit never landed. Ozpin had stopped the strike a second before Mercury had jumped out, and the both of them were now starring at him. "Uuuh... hi?" Oscar tried, lowering his spear.

"Is there a way I can help you, Mr... Black?" Ozpin asked as he took his own step back, a small pause between the last two words as he raked his brain to remember this student.

Mercury winced at that. 'Mr Black' was how people who went to their house called his old man. "Uh... just Mercury is fine." He shook his head. Why was he the one being guilty there!? "What the fuck are you doing?" He asked the principal, putting himself between the two.

Ozpin blinked in confusion. "Sparring with my son?"

Oh, this just kept getting worse. "And have you thought that maybe your son didn't want to train with you!?" Mercury snapped.

"Yeah, I keep trying to tell him that!" Oscar started. Ah-ah! "I'd be fine with just going to a normal combat school, but he keeps insisting that whatever they teach over there, he can teach me better! You don't have to teach me personally, dad!"

... Wait, what? "Oscar, we've already had this discussion." Ozpin started, putting his cane back down and leaning on it as Oscar got out from behind Mercury to pout at his father. "I have enemies who aren't above using hostages to try and get to me. And you're both the most previous person I have in my life, and the most defenseless. I don't want to send you somewhere far away."

"Pharos is in Vale's downtown." Oscar deadpanned. "Airship ride included, it's like two hours away."

"And it's two hours too far away!" Ozpin exclaimed. "I don't want to have to do two hours of transport each morning and evening when there's a better alternative that includes knowing you're safe at all times!"

"Wha- then don't accompany me! I'm old enough to take public transportation by myself!"

"Not safe enough."

Oscar starred at his father in disbelief. "Beacon students do it all the time! You launch new students off of a cliff each year because you think it's funny!"

"Beacon students are also adults trained in combat with semi-efficient landing strategies." Ozpin noted. "You're twelve."

Oscar fixed his father with a blank look. "I'm turning thirteen tomorrow. I'm also pretty sure my horns are going to start growing soon, so there."

"We're not in the Dark Ages anymore, peanut. Your antlers growing are simply a sign that you've hit puberty." Ozpin gently told his son, Oscar crossing his arm. The boy relaxed slightly when his father carded a hand through his hair, gently massaging where the beginnings of horns where. He doubted that horns growing in would be painless, and the scalp around the buttons being unusually soft confirmed his suspicions. "And you shouldn't base your arguments on that myth, anyway."

"I know, Mr. Oobleck already told me a while ago." Oscar muttered, leaning into the touch. "It was started by bigots to-"

"Wait, wait." Mercury interrupted, the father-son duo stopping their discussion to look at him. "So you weren't using training as an excuse to hit him?"

Oscar looked shaken at that, and Ozpin's face scrunched up in distaste. "What- of course not! How can you- why would I even- what kind of sick monster would-" He took a deep breath, and then looked at Mercury's face. He calmed down as he saw pure, genuine confusion painted all over the student's face. "Oscar? I know you don't like when I cut our lessons short, but can you please leave me to deal with my student? I promise we'll catch up during the week-end."

"Alright, papa. Love you." The two exchanged quick cheek kisses, and Oscar then ran off, leaving Ozpin and Mercury alone.

"... have you ever heard of a little coping mechanism called 'projection', Mercury?" Ozpin asked, catching Mercury off-guard. His face softened further. "Let's talk."

"I'm not projecting." Mercury muttered.

"So you seeing me training my son in fighting and believing that I was using that as an excuse to hurt him came out of nowhere?" Ozpin asked. "I'm not an idiot, Mercury. I know who you are."

"Tch. No you don't."

"An infamous assassin that is very obviously related to you in some way tried to kill me last year, and you visibly resent your last name."

"That could mean anything. I don't know my family members." Mercury muttered as Ozpin sighed in exasperation. The older man walked to a chair not far away, where his usual ample green coat was resting.

"Projection," Ozpin started, putting his coat back on "is one of multitude of coping mechanism subconsciously created to protect one's self against panic. It involves taking qualities that one does not like about themselves, and thinking that it applies to others. Whatever you thought was happening during our sparing session, it must've triggered a rather painful memory of yours." He explained. "I see that you don't want to talk about matters of your blood relatives, so I won't push the subject. Just... let me ask you this: if we forget the sparing session, would whoever raised you have done the things I've done with Oscar today?"

Mercury frowned at the question. The truth is, not even the sparring session would've been something Marcus have done. There was no intent to hurt in Ozpin's stance. And that wasn't counting what happened after. Ozpin's protectiveness, the complete lack of fear in Oscar's demeanor, the comfortable- if slightly frustrated on Oscar's part- bantering, the freely given affection, that fucking peanut nickname-

Mercury shook his head. "Nah. If anything, you're his anti-thesis as a parent."

Ozpin nodded, satisfied. "May I ask you what your reason for fighting is, Mercury?"

"Uuuh... to kill Grimm?" He weakly offered, and winced at his own lie. Emerald and Cinder would have laughed at him if they were there.

Ozpin shook his head. "No, no. Not that weak excuse you call a lie that you were probably planning on trying to feed to the guidance counselor three years from now- which is also me, by the way." He informed Mercury, who nodded. "Your reason for fighting." There was a longer pause as the two went to sit at a table. "It's fine if you don't have an answer, yet."

"No, I have one!" Mercury protested. "It's just... not very good." He then shamefully admitted.

"I don't care." Ozpin informed him sincerely. "I want to hear it anyway."

"... It's so I can get strong." He admitted. "I don't want to be hurt ever again, and people can't hurt you when you're strong."

Ozpin nodded. "That's actually a fairly common reason to have." He informed Mercury. "Most Hunters of Grimm don't become Hunters of Grimm because they've had a rosy life. They do so because they know how unfair life can be, and start using their strength ."

"Yeah, because Schnee, Arc and Nikos' lives are totally hard." Mercury muttered under his breath. Ozpin raised an eyebrow at that, before sighing in exasperation.

"I swear, some of you need to learn how to look further than yourselves." He muttered, rubbing the bridge of his nose and frowning. "First of all, I said that it was a common reason, not a universal one. After that, have you thought that maybe there was a reason for Ms. Schnee to be studying here, far away from the life she's used to, instead of Atlas?" Ozpin asked, catching Mercury off-guard. "Or maybe that Mr. Arc is aware of his weaknesses and trying his hardest to be stronger now? As for Ms. Nikos, she's been a famous, professional fighter since she was thirteen. She's been groomed for this role."

"I... I- I hadn't thought of that, no." Mercury admitted. The way Ozpin had put it... Uh. He might be more similar to her than he thought. "So, what's your reason for fighting?" Ozpin took a deep breath. "Sir?"

"I... cannot rest until I know everyone I care for is safe." Ozpin started. "I'm not afraid of being hurt. That comes with the territory of my existence. It's generally miserable, if you're wondering." Mercury snorted at the joke (?) despite himself. "But... I lost a very dear friend, when I was younger. And it's..." Ozpin took a shaky breath, rubbing the corners of his eyes. "... and it was horrible, and I don't want it to happen again. I fight out of worry for others, if you will."

Mercury nodded, even if he didn't fully get it. He was used to being alone. The only people he could picture being worried about were Cinder and Emerald, and both knew how to handle themselves. "That's cool. I'll try to keep it in mind."

"Is there anything else you need help with?" Ozpin asked. "Generally, first year students who've been appointed to leader of their team wonder why it's them I chose."

Mercury shook his head. "Nah, I've got a pretty good idea why. It's because I'm pragmatic, right?"

"No. If being a leader was about being pragmatic, then I would've appointed Torchwick to the role." Ozpin deadpanned. "If you want to be purely logical, then how you helped Mr. Watts formulate a plan back during the initiation played a certain role in my decision. But the main reason is how you helped your Ms. Sustrai calm down." He informed Mercury, catching the teenager off-guard. "With how she was panicking, she would've attracted Grimm to her location if you hadn't intervened."

Mercury groaned. "Do you have an explanation in simple words I can just tell Torchwick so he leaves me alone about having a stick up my ass?"

Ozpin laughed. "I'm afraid you'll have to figure that one out by yourself with what I've given you." Mercury groaned again. "What I can do is suggest that you try to relax a bit. Beacon is safe, and I won't let anyone bring harm to either the students, or staff. And maybe start treating your teammates beside Ms. Sustrai less... coldly? Mr. Torchwick does have a first name."

Mercury nodded. Relax, and try to at least get along with the other two. Yeah, that made sense... "What about Neopolitan?"

"I have no idea. Her file just listed, well, Neopolitan as her first name, and I have no interest in looking into her family history if she was so adamant about it." Ozpin leaned toward him "And you shouldn't either unless she wants to talk to you about it. Now, back to class with you."

"Copy that."

-

Mercury entered the team's room, stretching his arms above his head. "Hey asshole, you're back." He looked at Torchwick, the redhead lying on his bed with his Scroll in his face. Neopolitan was also there, sitting on Torchwick's bed and doing homework. He thinks. Emerald herself was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Em?" He asked, going to sit at his desk and pulling out the toolbox from under, rolling his pants up to the mid-thigh. Time for leg maintenance.

Torchwick shrugged. "Hanging out with her friend, the one with the fire power. Said something about a 'girl's night out'?" Hanging out with Cinder and doing girl stuff. Cool, cool, totally cool, she had known Cinder longer than she's known him. He could apologize about being an ass later.

"Alright. Sorry for earlier. Didn't mean to yell." Torchwick hummed in answer. There was a pause as he tightened a screw. "Say, uh, Torchwick?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"You and Neo are from Vale, right?" The two former delinquents turned toward Mercury, vexed looks on their face. The two exchanged a look, before turning toward Mercury.

"First: Until she's cool with you, that's 'Neopolitan' for you." Torchwick told him coldly, Neopolitan nodding in agreement. "Second: why do you need to know?"

"I talked to the man-in-charge today, and it got me thinkin' about how ways I could make our team work better." Mercury started. "And one of those ways is... maybe we could try hanging out together? Like, all four of us?"

"Uh." Roman said, before turning toward his friend. "What do you think, Neo?" The girl smiled, doing some quick gestures with her hands as Roman slowly nodded. He then turned back toward Mercury. "We know a good café. How about we go this weekend? Will also allow us to see the kind of people coming in for the Vytal Festival."

Mercury smiled at that, waving his screwdriver in Torchwick's general direction. "Now you're speaking my language." A pause. "Hey, can one of you send a message to Emerald? See if she's okay with that" Neo gave him a thumbs up, quickly typing on her Scroll. The 'ping' of a message sent soon followed, accompanied by a grin in his direction. "Thank you, Neopolitan."

She made a few hand gestures, the grin softening into a genuine smile. Roman cackled. "It's cool, dude. She's cool with you."

[voguingtodanzig]

THE CELESTIAL JUKEBOX, PRESENT TENSE - 250 SONGS

Again, some of this is personal and sentimental, linked to time and place and experience.

50 Cent, “Many Men (Wish Death)”

100 gecs, “800db cloud”

10,000 Maniacs, “Candy Everybody Wants”

Bryan Adams, “Everything I Do”

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, “Spanish Flea”

America, “Sister Golden Hair”

Julie Andrews, “My ​​Favorite Things”

Animal Collective, “Brother Sport”

Aphex Twin, “Tha”

Fiona Apple, “Extraordinary Machine”

Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World”

Ash, “Shining Light”

Atlantic Starr, “Always”

Atlas Sound, “Washington School”

Autechre, “Vose In”

The B-52s, “Deadbeat Club”

Bananarama, “Cruel Summer”

The Beatles, “All My Loving”

Beck, “Girl”

Belle & Sebastian, “Seymour Stein”

Benoit & Sergio, “Boy Trouble”

Beyoncé, “Countdown”

Bikini Kill, “Alien She”

Bilal, “West Side Girl”

Bjork, “It’s Oh So Quiet”

Black Dice, “Pigs”

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, “Stop”

The Black-Eyed Peas, “Imma Be”

Blast Off Country Style, “Cutie Pie”

Blondie, “Heart of Glass”

The Bloodhound Gang, “Your Only Friends Are Make-Believe”

The Box Tops, “The Letter”

Brainiac, “I Am A Cracked Machine”

Michelle Branch, “Everywhere”

Laura Branigan, “Gloria”

The Breeders, “Off You”

Danny Brown, “Gremlins”

James Brown, “Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine”

Jackson Browne, “Somebody’s Baby”

Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”

Harry Chapin, “Cat’s in the Cradle”

Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”

The Carpenters, “Yesterday Once More”

Julian Casablancas and the Voidz, “Human Sadness”

The Chemical Brothers, “Free Yourself”

Chixdiggit!, “My Restaurant”

Cibo Matto, “Sunday, Pt. 1”

Ciara feat. Missy Elliott, “One, Two Step”

Clipse, “Dirty Money”

Jim Croce, “Operator”

Crosby, Stills, and Nash, “You Don’t Have To Cry”

Christopher Cross, “Ride Like the Wind”

Cryptacize, “Mythomania”

Crystal Castles, “Air War”

Culture Club, “Karma Chameleon”

Terrence Trent D’Arby, “Sign Your Name”

Daft Punk, “Around the World”

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, “Hold Tight”

Dead Kennedys, “Kill the Poor”

DeBarge, “The Rhythm of the Night”

Deerhoof, “+81”

Deerhunter, “Octet”

Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

Dial, “Helium”

The Diplomats, “Dipset Anthem”

DMX, “Stop Being Greedy”

The Doobie Brothers, “Black Water”

Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, “Nuthin’ But a G Thang”

The-Dream, “Love King”

Duran Duran, “Hungry Like The Wolf”

Bob Dylan, “Positively 4th Street”

The Eagles, “Lyin’ Eyes”

Eat Skull, “Cooking a Way to be Happy”

Elastica, “Connection”

The Everly Brothers, “All I Have to Do is Dream”

The Ben Folds Five, “The Battle of Who Could Care Less”

Eleanor Friedberger, “Stare at the Sun”

Eminem feat. Dido, “Stan”

Brian Eno, “Cindy Tells Me”

Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”

Extreme, “More Than Words”

The Fall, “Glam-Racket”

Roberta Flack, “Killing Me Softly With His Song”

Flipper, “Ha Ha Ha”

Dan Fogelberg, “Longer”

The Free Design, “The Proper Ornaments”

Fur, “Devil to the Lamb”

Garbage, “Only Happy When It Rains”

Judy Garland, “Over the Rainbow”

Kevin Gates, “Paper Chasers”

Ghostface Killah, “Shakey Dog”

Freddie Gibbs, “20 Karat Jesus”

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, “The Dead Flag Blues”

Gorillaz feat. De La Soul, “Feel Good Inc.”

Go Sailor, “I’m Still Crying”

Granddaddy, “A.M. 180”

Colleen Green, “I Want to Grow Up”

Green Day, “Basket Case”

Grimes, “REALITi”

Gucci Mane, “Break Ya Self (Brrrussia version)”

Guided By Voices, “Teenage FBI”

Harvey Danger, “Flagpole Sitta”

Helium, “XXX”

Keri Hilson, “Pretty Girl Rock”

Hole, “Malibu”

The Hollies, “All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe”

Michael Jackson, “Rock With You”

Jay-Z, “Hard Knock Life”

Henry Jacobs, “Guitar Lesson”

Jawbreaker, “Fireman”

Jeremih, “Oui”

Jewel, “Standing Still”

Jimmy Eat World, “Sweetness”

Billy Joel, “Uptown Girl”

Scott Joplin, “The Entertainer”

Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin’”

Juelz Santana, “Mixin’ up the Medicine”

R. Kelly feat. T.I. & T-Pain, “I’m a Flirt (Remix)”

Kool and the Gang, “Celebration”

Lana Del Rey, “Off to the Races”

Lagwagon, “May 16”

The Libertines, “Horror Show”

Limp Bizkit, “Re-Arranged”

Lindstrom, “Where You Go I Go Too”

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, “Lost in Emotion”

Lit, “My Own Worst Enemy”

The Lonely Island feat. T-Pain, “I’m on a Boat”

Lotus Plaza, “What Grows?”

Lower Dens, “Candy”

Courtney Love, “I’ll Do Anything”

Love As Laughter, “Idol Worship”

M.I.A, “Bamboo Banga”

Madonna, “Hung Up”

Madlib, “Mystic Bounce”

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, “Ramp of Death”

The Mamas and the Papas, “California Dreamin’”

John Mayer, “New Light”

Meek Mill, “Dreams and Nightmares Intro”

Men at Work, “Safety Dance”

George Michael, “Faith”

The Modern Lovers, “I’m Straight”

Modest Mouse, “Heart Cooks Brain”

The Moldy Peaches, “Nothing Came Out”

Chris Montez, “The More I See You”

Alanis Morissette, “Head Over Feet”

Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”

MXPX, “Party, My House, Be There”

My Bloody Valentine, “You Never Should”

Nas, “The World Is Yours”

Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”

Neu!, “Hallogallo”

New Order, “Subculture”

New Pornographers, “The Laws Have Changed”

Wayne Newton, “Danke Schoen”

Harry Nilsson, “Jump into the Fire”

Nine Inch Nails, “Wish”

Nirvana, “About a Girl”

The Notorious B.I.G., “Warning”

Maura O’Connell, “Summerfly”

The Orb, “Little Fluffy Clouds”

Panda Bear, “Mr Noah”

Pavement, “Harness Your Hopes (BBC Evening Session)”

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”

Liz Phair, “Shane”

Pinhead Gunpowder, “I Am An Elephant”

The Platters, “Only You (And You Alone)”

The Pointer Sisters, “Jump”

Michael Praetorius, “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”

Elvis Presley, “A Little Less Conversation”

Primal Scream, “Keep Your Dreams”

The Prodigy, “Breathe”

Propaghandi, “Anti-Manifesto”

Brian Protheroe, “Pinball”

Psychic Graveyard, “No”

Public Enemy, “Fight The Power”

Aileen Quinn, “Tomorrow”

Radiohead, “A Wolf at the Door”

Gerry Rafferty, “Right Down the Line”

Bonnie Raitt, “Something to Talk About”

The Ramones, “Chain Saw”

Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “In Motion”

Lou Reed and Metallica, “Junior Dad”

Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, “Umbrella”

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, “Islands in the Stream”

The Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil”

Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, “Somewhere Out There”

Rosemary Krust, “Private Amber”

Diana Ross, “Theme From Mahogany”

Roxy Music, “More Than This”

A Savage, “Eyeballs”

The Shangri-Las, “Leader of the Pack”

Shanice, “I Love Your Smile”

Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”

Sightings, “Yellow”

The Silver Jews, “Blue Arrangements”

Alan Silvestri, “The Back to the Future theme”

Paul Simon, “Kodachrome”

Ashlee Simpson, “Pieces of Me”

Slade, “Cum On Feel the Noize”

The Smashing Pumpkins, “Here’s to the Atom Bomb (New Wave version)”

The Soft Pink Truth, “Do They Owe Us A Living?”

Sonic Youth, “Jams Run Free”

Jordan Sparks and Chris Brown, “No Air”

Spoon, “The Mystery Zone”

Starving Weirdos, “Land Lines”

Stereolab, “Plastic Mile”

The Strokes, “12:51”

Swell Maps, “Let’s Build A Car”

Taylor Swift, “Style”

Stylophonic, “R U Experienced”

Jazmine Sullivan, “Mascara”

Suicidal Tendencies, “Institutionalized”

Taco, “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

James Taylor, “You’ve Got a Friend”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”

Throwing Muses, “Not Too Soon”

TLC, “Baby-Baby-Baby”

Tortoise, “Djed”

The Toys, “A Lover’s Concerto”

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, “Summer Nights”

A Tribe Called Quest, “Can I Kick It?”

UB40, “Red Red Wine”

Joe Walsh, “Life’s Been Good”

Scott Weiland, “Paralysis”

Steely Dan, “Do It Again”

Stiff Little Fingers, “Suspect Device”

Stylophonic, “RU Experienced?”

T.I., “What You Know”

Mary Timony, “Blood Tree”

that dog., “I’m Gonna See You”

The Tymes, “So Much In Love”

Ultimate Painting, “Out in the Cold”

The Unicorns, “Child Star”

The Velvet Underground, “The Gift”

Waka Flocka Flame, “Hard in da Paint”

Ween, “Even If You Don’t”

Weezer, “Endless Bummer”

Kanye West, “Devil in a New Dress (G.O.O.D. Fridays version)”

WHAM!, “Wake Me Up (Before You Go-Go)”

White Hassle, “Oh, What a Feeling”

Matthew Wilder, “Break My Stride”

Bill Withers, “Lean on Me”

Wolf Eyes, “Human Animal”

Stevie Wonder, “My Cherie Amour”

Wye Oak, “Siamese”

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Maps”

Yo La Tengo, “My Heart’s Reflection”

Zaimph, “Removing Bits of History”

The Zombies, “Time of the Season”

[broodingmuscle]

Lil Bro Muscles Up, Finale added

Eighteen year old Jimmy looked in the mirror. Damn he looked good, he thought. Broad shoulders, nice muscles, damn handsome, if he said so himself. “Those Boston College girls won’t know what hit ‘em,” he growled. His beat up Corolla was all packed, all that was left to do was say goodbye to his lil bro, Roy. He felt a bit guilty leaving town for college. Nerdy Roy, only fifteen but going into his junior year since he skipped Grade Four, couldn’t count on the protection of his big bro anymore. He felt worse about leaving Roy to fend for himself than he felt about leaving Cindy, his girlfriend. She was hot, but he was going to be playing the field with college girls, he couldn’t stay attached to a high school senior.

“RoyBoy!” he yelled at his little bro as he stood at the front door. “Gonna miss you, bro! You gonna be okay?”

“Don’t worry about me, Jimmy,” his lil bro smiled. “I’m gonna use your weights in the basement to get big and strong, like you!”

Jimmy looked at the scrawny limbs of his shrimpy lil bro. He grabbed his upper arm, which was so thin, Jimmy’s fingers touched when he closed his hand. Those little dumbbells in the basement might not be up to the task. “Alright, RoyBoy, I wanna feel some muscle here when I come back for Columbus Day weekend.”

Roy winced. “You know they’re calling it Indigenous People’s Day on college campuses now, right, bro? Maybe it’s me that needs to worry about you, dummy!”

Jimmy laughed and picked his lil bro up and threw him over his shoulder, then spun in place like a helicopter. Roy giggled and yelled. “Put me down you big goof!”

Jimmy dumped him on floor and towered over him, flexing his biceps. “That’ll teach you to call your big bro a dummy.” Roy grinned and stood up, losing his balance. Jimmy righted him by putting his hand on his skinny shoulder. So thin, he thought.

“Okay, RoyBoy, I’m outta here. You do your workouts and make sure Mom feeds your skinny ass.”

He stuck out his hand to his bro, and Roy looked at it funny, but then shook it. They’d never shook hands before, and Jimmy noted that weirdly, his hand was only slightly bigger than Roy’s.

“You hear me?” Jimmy warned with a grin.

Roy squeezed Jimmy’s hand and cocked an eyebrow. “I’ll make you proud, big bro.”

Jimmy pulled up into the driveway at 11 PM after a five hour drive had turned into an eight hour drive due to an accident on the interstate. He was irritable that he missed dinner with the fam. He’d been more homesick than he expected going to college. He was looking forward to hanging out with his lil bro and folks, and maybe even calling up Cindy. With his good looks, he’d scored a lot of sex in his first month on campus at BC, but it all felt kind of empty. He realized that he’d had more of a connection with his high school girlfriend than he thought. He hadn’t texted her though, he thought they should talk in person.

Jimmy opened the front door with his key and all was dark and quiet inside. He walked into the kitchen where his mother had left a plate of food and a note:

“Welcome home honey! Too tired to wait up. Reheat this 2 min on high. Guest bedroom all made up for you. Sleep well and see you in the morning! xoxo”

Jimmy put the plate of food in the microwave and then looked at the note again. Guest bedroom? Is that what they were calling his bedroom now? Geez, he’d only been gone six weeks. The microwave dinged and he tested the food but it was only lukewarm, so he put it in another two minutes and then picked up his duffel bag and went upstairs to drop it in his room.

As he opened the door he practically gagged at the smell. The room reeked. Jimmy covered his mouth and nose with his hand. He looked around and saw that the furniture and posters on the walls were those of his lil bro Roy. “What the hell?” he thought.

There were dirty clothes strewn everywhere, as well as wadded up balls of tissue paper. Gross! He picked his way across the cluttered room to open the window. At least now there was some flow of air.

“Jimmy, you’re home!”

He turned to see his lil bro Roy at the door. Before he could say anything Roy had crossed the room in an instant and hugged his big bro tight.

“RoyBoy! It’s good to see you!”

Roy’s hug was so touching, Jimmy couldn’t be mad at him for taking his old room. Roy’s head was plastered against Jimmy’s t-shirt and his sweaty arms wrapped around his chest.

“But, man, lil bro. You stink!”

Roy let go of his tight hug and looked up into his big bro’s eyes. His face was sweaty and his brown hair was soaked.

“Ugh, I know, sorry Jimmy. I just ran all the way from Cindy’s.”

Cindy’s place was at least six miles from here. “What were you doing there?”

“We’re doing a school project together.”

Jimmy frowned. “But she’s a senior.”

“Oh yeah, I guess you wouldn’t have heard. I’m skipping Grade 11. That shit was just too easy for me.”

“Language, RoyBoy!” Jimmy was amazed and proud of his lil bro’s news, but he’d never known him to swear.

“Haha Jimmy you’re funny. You look good, big bro, you still working out?”

Jimmy laughed. “Of course, kiddo, it’s a lifestyle y’know.”

“Show me, big bro!” Roy gripped Jimmy’s right upper arm and squeezed.

“Oww, quit it!”

“Sorry big bro, did that hurt?”

Jimmy pulled his arm way. “Of course not, smelly! I just wasn’t flexing.” Jimmy put his hand around his lil bro’s arm. He could still make his fingers touch. “And I thought you were going to put on some muscle yourself while I was gone. You slacking, lil bro?”

“As if, big bro. It’s just that...”

In a flash, Roy pulled off his red t-shirt.

“...I wasn’t flexing!”

Jimmy stepped back and looked at his lil bro. He still looked skinny, but it almost looked like he had abs now. Then Roy flexed his arms and the muscles popped out.

Jimmy smiled. “Good for you, bro, you got little biceps!”

Roy grinned. He relaxed his arms and then flexed his right biceps right in Jimmy’s face. Was it Jimmy’s imagination or did it peak a little higher? “Feel it bro.” Roy said, excited.

Jimmy hesitated. The stench from Roy’s armpit, which had a tangle of dark hair in it now, was overpowering. “Nah, man.”

Roy suddenly looked angry. “I said feel it!” His voice this time was deeper, and insistent.

Jimmy immediately put his hand to his lil bro’s arm.

“What the fuck.”

Roy smirked. “Language, Jimmy.”

“Dude that is solid as a rock.” Jimmy couldn’t believe what he was feeling. Though it was small, Roy’s arm was all hard muscle. He couldn’t so much as dent the peak of the little biceps with his fingers.

Roy raised at eyebrow at Jimmy’s efforts. “Try both your hands.”

“Smartass!” Jimmy brought his other hand up, and pushed both his thumbs into the top of the muscle, while gripping the rest of his arm with his fingers. But Roy didn’t cry out as Jimmy expected. He just grunted and flexed harder, his face reddening. Jimmy started to sweat from the effort of trying to crush his lil bro’s muscle with both hands. Finally he felt a cramp in his hand and stopped.

Roy beamed while Jimmy shook out his hand. “I told you I was gonna make you proud, big bro!”

“That’s pretty great, bro.“ Jimmy said weakly. “You know, I’m beat after that long drive, let’s catch up more in the morning.”

Roy’s face broke out into a grin. “Sure thing, Jimmy! Let me take your bag to the guest room.” Roy dropped his t-shirt amid the smelly detritus on the floor and picked up Jimmy’s big duffel bag with one arm. He hauled it over his shoulder, and turned back to his brother. Now Jimmy could see he had triceps and well as biceps, and his dark pit hair was shiny with sweat from his six mile run. From my ex’s place. Jimmy remembered.

Jimmy gulped. “Thanks bro.”

Roy crossed the hall and opened the door to his old room, which their mother had done up as the guest room. Jimmy stepped in and frowned. The whole bedroom was pink. “Are we getting a little sister, or something, bro?”

Roy laughed. “Naw big bro, Mom just went a little overboard with the re-decorating.” He tossed Jimmy’s duffel bag on the taffeta bedspread. “See you in the morning big bro, sweet dreams.”

“Thanks bro, it’s good to be home.”

The door closed and Jimmy looked around the utterly unfamiliar room.

He took off his t-shirt and sniffed at the pits. Despite eight hours sweating in the car all he could smell was his deodorant. Then he put his nose lower down the side of the shirt where Roy had hugged him with his sweaty arms.  The stench was awful.

Jimmy looked up and and said out loud:

“What the fuck is happening?”

Jimmy insisted to his family that he was “too busy” to make it home for his lil bro Roy’s sixteen birthday, and made the same excuses for Thanksgiving. It was only on the long drive home for Christmas break that he really thought about the Columbus Day weekend visit and what it meant to him. He had always been the Golden Child in the family. First born, a good-looking athletic blond kid who grew up to be a handsome leader and Prom King in high school. Then to find coming home after only six weeks away to see his lil bro had taken over his old bedroom, and was spending time with his ex-girlfriend. Even if it was just for a school project, that seemed awkward, and Cindy had completely brushed him off when he’d tried to contact her. Admittedly, Jimmy had dumped her, so he had no right to expect she come running when he called. But, Jimmy had never begged a girl for sex in his life; he had sex thrown at him almost daily by horny undergraduates.

And then there was that weird thing with Roy’s hard little biceps. Jimmy had gone around to all his gym buddies after he got back to campus and made bets that he could crush their biceps. Most of them he could make cry out in pain with just one hand, let alone two hands, and none of their muscle felt as diamond hard as Roy’s had felt. The whole thing still weirded him out two months after the fact.

As he pulled into his suburban neighborhood, off the main road, his car died. Damn, Jimmy thought, this visit is off to a great start. After the long drive, he didn’t want to have to deal with tow-trucks and mechanics tonight. He phoned his Dad and asked him to come down the road and help him push the car the half-mile or so to the driveway.

“I’ll send Roy,” his Dad said.

“Well, I don’t think Roy’s going to be able...” Jimmy started to reply, but his Dad had already hung up.

Jimmy sat in the car as the temperature within started to drop, with no heater to keep the cold at bay. He began to shiver. Tired, he closed his eyes briefly as he thought. What’s taking him so long?

He was woken up by a rap on the window. Jimmy rolled the window down and his lil bro Roy’s face appeared, with a big smile. Wearing a Santa hat and a ski jacket, he leaned his arms onto the window sill.

“Merry Christmas, Jimmy! What’s up bro? Car trouble?”

“RoyBoy! It’s so good to see you!” Jimmy felt his irritation melting away as he stared at his lil bro. His smile seemed to light up the inside of the car, and Jimmy realized that he’d missed him despite all the weirdness of the last visit. “Yeah, this damn Corolla is on its last legs.”

“What a coincidence, today is leg day!” Roy said, and Jimmy looked puzzled. “Put her in neutral.” Jimmy did so and then reached for the door handle. But Roy put his hand on the sill. “No need, I got this.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, it’ll take the two of us to push.”

“But there’s a turn before we get home, you’ll have to steer.”

“Well then you get in and steer.” Jimmy said, he pulled on the door handle, but the door didn’t budge.

Roy stared at him, smirking. “Bro, I said I got this.”

Jimmy figured the door must be frozen shut. He sat back. “Okay,” he said, “I’ll steer, lil bro.”

Roy went to the rear of the car and Jimmy rolled up the window. He could tell that Roy had grown a little taller since he last saw him, and his face was leaner and more handsome. But even if he’d been working out (”Leg day” he’d said.) he’d never be able to push the car on his own. What was he thinking? Jimmy pulled out his phone to call his Dad again, but stopped dialing when the car started to move.

“I’ll be damned.” he said.

At first the car moved quite slowly, but it began to pick up speed. Jimmy looked behind him but all he could see was the red of the Santa hat. What a goofball, Jimmy smiled. He looked back to the front just in time to see the first turn coming up. He cranked hard on the steering wheel. With no power steering, it took some muscle. Took some muscle, he thought, mentally comparing the task of turning a steering wheel with his brother pushing a ton of steel and glass down a snowy road.

The snowy road. Oh shit. Jimmy realized, there was a stop sign coming up, and there were no power ABS brakes. Roy had got the car going at a good clip, and the brakes would no doubt lock. He tried the brakes, pushing down hard on the pedal, and that was exactly what happened.  Jimmy panicked as the stop sign approached fast, and he saw a speeding truck coming from the left. If they couldn’t stop they’d be t-boned. Jimmy threw himself into the back seat and pounded on the rear windshield to get Roy’s attention. He saw Roy’s face pop up under the Santa hat and then suddenly disappear. In what he thought were his last moments alive, Jimmy was glad that Roy had saved himself.

Then the car stopped dead and the truck roared past.

Jimmy looked out the front windshield and gasped. He opened the car door and jumped out, not sure what he was seeing. Roy was at the front of the car, arms outstretched, hands on the hood, legs bent. He stood up, breathing hard. Jimmy realized with a shock that they were now the same height.

“That was close, huh? Good thing I wore my good boots.” Roy grinned.

Jimmy was stunned speechless. Roy had- had run to the front of the car and stopped it with his bare hands with a truck bearing down on them?  How was that possible?

Roy guided Jimmy back into the front seat. “You’re in shock. Just get in, bro, I’ll take it from here.”  Jimmy sat dumbly in the front seat as Roy pushed the car the rest of the way. When they got to their house, Roy opened the door. “Home sweet home, bro. Does your garage opener still work?” Jimmy nodded silently. Roy reached in his arm and pressed the device clipped to Jimmy’s sunvisor. Jimmy felt like he was sitting in a room in the back in his head and observing what was happening on a TV screen. Roy’s right arm turned the steering wheel and Jimmy was sure he could see the muscles of his arm working under the padding of the ski jacket, but he didn’t see how that was possible. Roy guided the car into the garage of the family home and then offered a hand to his brother.

Jimmy got out and stood in one spot looking around the garage. There was barely room for his car because the rest of the garage was filled with gym equipment. A weight bench, a squat rack, barbells and dumbbells, and lots and lots of iron plates. Roy closed the door and saw his brothers look. “Pretty sweet, huh, bro? Can’t wait until we can get a workout in together.” He slapped his brother on the back and guffawed. “Hey I guess we just did, right bro? I’m sweating like a pig.”

Jimmy huffed his breath, which formed a small cloud in the sub-zero chill. He started to feel a rush of blood to his ears as his brother zipped open his ski jacket and shrugged it off. He was shirtless beneath, and was so perfectly proportioned and shredded that Jimmy didn’t know where to look first. At his broad shoulders with their rounded delts? His pecs, two slabs of muscle like armour plating that were dusted with black chest hair. At his abs, which looked carved from steel?

Then, Jimmy saw it... The sweat from Roy’s exertion pushing the care was evaporating off his astonishing physique, visible in the chilly air of the garage. 

His lil bro was so hot, he was literally steaming.

Roy stood there smiling for a minute until he saw Jimmy’s face, then he reached toward him. “You okay bro?” The motion caused his pectoral muscles to bounce.

“Oh God...” Jimmy said. Then everything went black and he fainted.

Jimmy had reached that point; he had brought his personal trainer Orlando to tears.

 “I don’t know what you want! I’ve trained you for four months and there’s only so much I can do!”

 “It’s not enough! It won’t be enough; I can feel it!” Jimmy raged.

 “You’re more jacked than me! You’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever met! I jack myself raw every night thinking about your golden perfection! What do you want? The angels to weep in envy?”

 Jimmy spat in Orlando’s face and walked away. “Waste of my fucking time and money.”

 But as Jimmy rode in the cab from the airport, he wondered. He felt up the heft of his pecs and the hard roundness of his delts. Would it be enough? He had certainly sacrificed enough. He’d focused so much on working out he’d failed his courses. With all his extra dough gone to supplements and Orlando’s useless personal training fees, he couldn’t afford to re-take his year and had to transfer to the state university and move back home. Meanwhile his brother Roy, and his ex Cindy, had gotten into MIT. He laughed bitterly. Guess I’ll get my room back.

 As the cab pulled up to the family home, Jimmy got out, pulling out his bags. The garage door was open, and he stepped up to edge, but couldn’t bring himself to enter. The man in the garage was repping the bench press with one and a half times Jimmy’s personal best on the squat. Plus there were heavy link chains added to each side of the bar that clinked in the spring air. Jimmy allowed himself to wonder, for a tantalizing few seconds, whether this was a new bodybuilding neighbor, maybe his Mom’s new lover, anybody but the man he knew it exactly to be. Man. Jesus fuck he’s only 16! He watched those pecs, covered in black hair, inflate from thick plates into rounded boulders at the top of the rep. He observed those deep armpits, each with more hair in them than he had on his chest. Yes, a man.

 He turned away from the garage and went in the front door. He dropped his bags, keeping only his laptop bag and went up to the emasculating pink guest room, ignoring his mother’s question: “Jimmy is that you?”

 He opened his laptop and logged into the wifi. He needed answers. Why? He suddenly remembered Abigail, that British chick who constantly talked about literature, and called out his name as she rode his cock. What was it she had said that time after they’d fucked? Something about names? “Names tell you all. Your name it your destiny.” Huh.

 He typed into Google: “Meaning of name Jimmy”

 He squinted at the answer: “Diminutive of James.”

 He typed into Wiktionary: “Diminutive”

Answer: “Extremely small, tiny.” Fuck.

 He typed again: “Meaning of name James”

 “English version of Hebrew Jacob. Examples from history: James the Lesser.”

 He stared blankly at the screen. Eventually he typed:

 “Meaning of name Hebrew Jacob.”

 Answer: “Envious of hairy brother. Heel grabber.”

 Jimmy nodded feeling a sense of relief. He felt his hands tremble as he typed, finally:

 “Meaning of name Roy.”

 ***

 Jimmy stepped into the garage. He stood calmly while his brother Roy rose from the bench. His body unfurled itself in its majesty until he was several inches taller, a foot wider and utterly superior in every possible way. Roy raised his arm to rub his neck as he greeted his bro, now clearly the “lil bro”.

 “Hey bro.”

 Jimmy leaned in slightly and sniffed, absorbing some of his brother’s testosterone funk.

 Then he bent the knee.

 “My king.”

 The End.

[Inspired by @theobromic​‘s amazing commission!]

[annieandro]

Mighty Mouse, Pearl Pureheart, Dinky Duck, Heckle, Jeckle, Tom Terrific, Mighty Manfred, the wonder dog, Deputy Dawg, Sourpuss, Gandy Goose, Strong man, Tornado man, Cuckoo man, Rope man, Diaper man, Foofle, Sidney the elephant, Flebus, Farmer Alfalfa, Scrappy Mouse,Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Master Splinter, April o'Neil, Shredder, Krang, The big beast quintet, The Barbershop singers, The dog and the parrot, Stick Stickly, Doug Funnie, Porkchop, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Phil Deville, Lil Deville, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael, Spike, Didi Pickles, Stu Pickles, Drew Pickles, Charlotte Pickles, Dil Pickles, Grandpa Lou Pickles, Chas Finster, Kira Watanabe-Finster, Kimi Finster, Betty DeVille, Howard DeVille, Randy Carmichael, Lucy Carmichael, Reptar,Ren Hoek, Stimpy, Sven Hoek, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast man, Walrus, Rocko Rama, Heffer Wolfe, Filburt Turtle, Spunky, Ed Bighead, Bev Bighead, Rachel Bighead, Dr. Paula Hutchinson,Ickis, Oblina, Krumm, The Gromble, Arnold Shortman,Gerald Johanssen, Helga Pataki, Phoebe Heyerdahl, Eugene Horowitz,Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Harold Berman, Mr. Simmons, Grandpa Phil,Grandma Gertie, Abner, Henry, June, Sniz, Fondue, Betty Anne, Bongo,Cat, Dog, Winslow T. Oddfellow, Cliff,Lube, Shriek, Rancid Rabbit, Eliza Thornberry, Nigel Thornberry, Marianne Thornberry, Donnie Thornberry, Debbie Thornberry, Darwin Thornberry, Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles,Sandy Cheeks, Mr. Krabs, Pearl Krabs, Gary the snail,Sheldon J. Plankton, Karen Plankton Spot,Mrs. Puff, Larry the lobster, Bubble Bass, Squilliam Fancyson, Perch Perkins, Bubble Buddy, Junior,Old Man Jenkins, Nosferatu, Slappy Laszlo, Painty the pirate, Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina. "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez,Sam "Squid" Dullard, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket,Tito Makani, Pelswick, Ginger Foutley Deidre "Dodie" Hortense Bishop, Macie Lightfoot, Darren Patterson, Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda, Poof "Peri", Chester McBadBat, A.J. Trixie Tang, Chip Skylark, Jorgen von Strangle, Remy Buxaplenty, Juandissimo Magnifico, Vicky, Denzel Crocker, Crimson Chin, Crash Nebula, Ani, Zim, GIR, Dib Membrane, Gaz Membrane, Jimmy Neutron, Goddard, Carl Wheezer, Sheen Estevez, Cindy Vortex, Libby Folfax, Nick Dean, Hugh Neutron, Judy Neutron, King Goobot V,Ooblar, Professor Calamitous,

[soulmusicsongs]

Soul Duets in 20 tracks

20 of the best duets in soul music Listen to 20 of the best soul duets of all time. Enjoy the company of two voices and collaborations. The blending of two voices is a magical thing, whether singing in harmony, unison or as call and response. What is it about duet songs that make them so appealing? Just listen and you will find out.

20 Soul Duets

Ain´t Nothing Wrong With That (Part 1) - Clarence Coulter and Angela Davis (Ain´t Nothing Wrong With That (Part 1) / Ain´t Nothing Wrong With That (Part 2), 197?)

Blame Me (Don’t Blame My Heart) - James and Bobby Purify (James and Bobby Purify, 1967)

Can’t Find Love - Betty and Charles (Can’t Find Love / Somebody’s Foolin’ (Where We’ve Been Roostin’), 1970)

Come To Me - The Patterson Twins (Back In Love Again / Come To Me, 1973) 

Easy Way Out - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (I Hope We Get To Love In Time, 1976)

Have You Ever Tried It - Ashford and Simpson (Gimme Something Real, 1973)

I Didn’t Wanna Do It, But I Did  - Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore (I Didn’t Wanna Do It, But I Did / Day Tripper, 1968).

I Feel Like Cryin' - Sam And Bill ‎(I Feel Like Cryin' / I'll Try, 1967)

I Want To Give You My Everything - Newby and Johnson ‎(I Want To Give You My Everything / Sweet Happiness, 1970)

If This Ain’t Really Love - Bobby and Cindy (If This Ain’t Really Love / I’ll Keep Coming Back, 1975)

Keep the Faith - Mel and Tim (Mel and Tim, 1973)

Let´s Fall In Love - Peaches and Herb (Let´s Fall In Love, 1967)

Mockingbird - Inez and Charlie Foxx (Mockingbird, 1963)

Shame Shame Shame - Shirley and Company (Shame Shame Shame, 1975)

Tell Me You Love Me - Norma Jean and Ray J. (Raising Hell, 1974)

Tramp - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas (King and Queen, 1967)

Trust Your Child, Part I - Patrizia and Jimmy (Trust Your Child, Part I / Trust Your Child, Part II, 1974)

You Don’t Have To Worry - Doris and Kelley (You Don’t Have To Worry / Groove Me With Your Lovin’, 1967)

You’re A Special Part Of Me - Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye (Diana and Marvin, 1973)

Where Is the Love -  Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, 1972)

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