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"Burnt Offerings" (1976) - Dan Curtis

Films I've watched in 2022 (164/210)

Full movie:

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Burnt Offerings (1976)

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Now watching:

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The boys are back in town! It’s a rare Dallas and Colin episode today, because Demi called in sick and Gaby’s still sobbing over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Is the new Guardians movie as good (and depressing) as everyone says? Why are Schmigadoon’s seasons so short? And is Dune a masterpiece, a sleep aid, or a bit of both? Join us as we head to space (and Schmicago) and dive into all of this!

You can also find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

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Happy Pride! Kate recommends celebrating with these excellent nonfiction reads. (Descriptions provided by the publishers)

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman

American LGBTQ+ history leading up to the Stonewall Riots, the Riots themselves, and the aftermath, including interviews of people involved or witnesses. Profusely illustrated with contemporary photos and newspaper clippings. (Note: Written for young readers, but a good intro for anyone just learning about Stonewall!)

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual Written and Illustrated by Rebecca Burgess

Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual identity and mental health in a world obsessed with sex. From school to work to relationships, this book offers an unparalleled insight into asexuality.

Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson

(TW: attempted suicide) At nineteen, Hutchinson was convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future, and attempted suicide. In his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better.

Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance and Being You by Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne

An all-inclusive, uncensored guide for teens who are transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, or gender-fluid. The authors cover mental health, physical health and reproduction; transitioning, relationships, sex, and life as a trans or nonbinary individual.

See more of Kate's recs

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KAMAD Throwback Thursdays 1975: The Day of the Locust

Throwback Thursday #TBT Throwback Thursday on the KAMAD site will be a regular occurrence in the next year. As a motivational project, to make sure I am working on something, even in a week where I don’t see a new film in a theater, I am going to post on movies from 1975. Along with 1984, this is one of my favorite years for movies and it is full of bittersweet memories as well. 1975 was my…

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Currently Watching [Horrorfest 2022 Edition]

BURNT OFFERINGSDan Curtis USA, 1976

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W A T C H I N G

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Queer Books November 2023

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck 🧡 Heading North by Holly M. Wendt 💛 The Wisdom of Bug by Alyson Root 💚 Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse 💙 A Holly Jolly Christmas by Emily Wright 💜 Outdrawn by Deanna Grey ❤️ Yours Celestially by Al Hess 🧡 The Christmas Memory by Barbara Winkes 💛 Violet Moon by Mel E. Lemon 💙 The Santa Pageant by Lillian Barry 💜 Only for the Holidays by Shannon O’Connor 🌈 Homestead for the Holidays by Wren Taylor

❤️ You Can Count on Me by Fae Quin 🧡 No One Left But You by Tash McAdam 💛 The Worst Thing of All is the Light by José Luis Serrano, Lawrence Schimel 💚 Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed 💙 Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt 💜 Emmett by L. C. Rosen ❤️ Finding My Elf by David Valdes 🧡 Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams 💛 Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng 💙 Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 💜 A Power Unbound by Freya Marske 🌈 We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull

❤️ The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle 🧡 You Owe Me One, Universe by Chad Lucas 💛 Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James 💚 Skip!: A Graphic Novel by Rebecca Burgess 💙 Something About Her by Clementine Taylor 💜 Touching the Art by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore ❤️ A Nearby Country Called Love by Salar Abdoh 🧡 Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us by Karen Tongson 💛 Sir Callie and the Dragon’s Roost by Esme Symes-Smith 💙 The Order of the Banshee by Robyn Singer 💜 Once Upon My Dads’ Divorce by Seamus Kirst, Noémie Gionet Landry 🌈 Forsooth by Jimmy Matejek-Morris

❤️ A Common Bond by T.M. Kuta 🧡 Risk the Fall by Riley Hart 💛 Just a Little Snack by Yah-Yah Scholfield 💚 Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak 💙 NeurodiVeRse by MJ James 💜 Dark Heir (Dark Rise #2) by C.S. Pacat ❤️ sub/Dom by Rab Green 🧡 Bitten by the Bond by Elaine White 💛 Heir to Frost and Storm by Ben Alderson 💙 The Sea of Stars by Gwenhyver 💜 Bad Beat by L.M. Bennett 🌈 Idol Moves by K.T. Salvo

❤️ Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa 🧡 In the Pines by Mariah Stillbrook 💛 The Crimson Fortress (The Ivory Key #2) by Akshaya Raman 💚 Only She Came Back by Margot Harrison 💙 Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 4 by Mitsuru Si 💜 Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr. ❤️ Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid 🧡 An Atlas to Forever by Krystina Rivers 💛 Come Find Me in the Midnight Sun by Bailey Bridgewater 💙 Bait and Witch by Clifford Mae Henderson 💜 Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans 🌈 Day by Michael Cunningham

❤️ Livingston Girls by Briana Morgan 🧡 Delay of the Game by Ari Baran 💛 The Nanny with the Nice List by K. Sterling 💚 A Talent Ignited by Suzanne Lenoir 💙 A Kiss of the Siren’s Song by E.A.M. Trofimenkoff 💜 Rivals for Love by Ali Vali ❤️ Whiskey & Wine by Kelly Fireside, Tana Fireside 🧡 Buried Secrets by Sheri Lewis Wohl 💛 Ride with Me by Jenna Jarvis 💙 Living for You by Jenny Frame 💜 Death on the Water by CJ Birch 🌈 Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles

❤️ Vicarious by Chloe Spencer 🧡 Sapling’s Depths by Spencer Rose 💛 That French Summer by Sienna Waters 💚 System Overload by Saxon James 💙 King of Death by Lily Mayne 💜 Warts and All by Ashley Bennett ❤️ Principle Decisions by Thea Belmont 🧡 The Best Mistake by Emily O’Beirne 💛 Sugar and Ice by Eule Grey 💙 Until The Blood Runs Dry by MC Johnson 💜 Splinter : A Diverse Sleepy Hollow Retelling by Jasper Hyde 🌈 The Mischievous Letters of the Marquise de Q by Felicia Davin

❤️ The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls 🧡 Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black 💛 Leverage by E.J. Noyes 💚 Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 💙 Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon 💜 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher ❤️ To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn 🧡 Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 💛 For Never & Always by Helena Greer 💙 A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sally Hawley 💜 Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 8 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 🌈 A Carol for Karol by Ann Roberts

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List of accepted characters:

This will be updated as I review submissions.

Lord El Melloi II/Waver Velvet from the Fate series

Ranpo Edogawa from Bungo Stray Dogs

Atsushi Nakajima from Bungo Stray Dogs

Osamu Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs

Doppo Kunikida from Bungo Stray Dogs

Kenji Miyazawa from Bungo Stray Dogs

Junichiro Tanizaki from Bungo Stray Dogs

Kyoka Izumi from Bungo Stray Dogs

Akiko Yosano from Bungo Stray Dogs

Yukito Ayatsuji from Bungo Stray Dogs: Another Story

Ryuu Amakusa from Tantei Gakuen Q

Kyuu Renjo from Tantei Gakuen Q

Megumi Minami from Tantei Gakuen Q

Kintarou Tooyama from Tantei Gakuen Q

Kazuma Narusawa from Tantei Gakuen Q

Lady Love Dies from Paradise Killer

Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan

Shenanigan Swift from The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Phenomena Swift from The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Erf from The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Tsukauchi Naomasa from Boku no Hero Academia

Carlton Lassiter from Psych

Juliet O'Hara from Psych

Damien Darkblood from Invincible (The TV adaptation)

Shawn Spencer from Psych

Nick Valentine from Fallout 4

Will Graham from Hannibal

Goro Akechi from Persona 5

Neal Caffrey from White Collar

Erin Lindsay from Chicago PD

Aniq Adjaye from The Afterparty

Detective Danner from The Afterparty

Hank Voight from Chicago PD

Antonio Dawson from Chicago PD

Bruce Wayne/Batman from DC Comics

Tim Drake from DC Comics

Julia Argent from Carmen Sandiego

Alvin Olinsky from Chicago PD

Chase Devineaux from Carmen Sandiego

Shikanoin Heizou from Genshin Impact

Beverly Katz from Hannibal

Sam Vimes from Discworld

Herlock Sholmes from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Columbo from Columbo

Hercule Poirot from the Hercule Poirot series

Dick Gumshoe from Ace Attorney

Jay Halstead from Chicago PD

Kim Burgess from Chicago PD

Kevin Atwater from Chicago PD

Adam Ruzek from Chicago PD

Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg from the Commissaire Adamsberg series

Sean Roman from Chicago PD

Llewellyn Watts from Murdoch Mysteries

Sheldon Jin from Chicago PD

Parker Pyne from Parker Pyne Investigates

Karen Vick from Psych

Keith Mars from Veronica Mars

Harley Quin from The Mysterious Mr. Quinn

Ariadne Oliver from the works of Agatha Christie

Burton Guster from Psych

James Gordon from DC Comics

Veronica Mars from Veronica Mars

Nancy Drew from Nancy Drew

Henry Spencer from Psych

Vinnie Van Lowe from Veronica Mars

Chloe Decker from Lucifer

Dan Espinoza from Lucifer

Peter Burke from White Collar

Clinton Jones from White Collar

Reese Hughes from White Collar

Verges from Much Ado About Nothing

Auguste Dupin from the Dark Tales series

Blue from Blue’s Clues

Françoise Dupont from Fantômette

Renee Montoya from DC Comics

Kostas Charitos from the Kostas Charitos Series

Gertrude Loveday from the Ryder and Loveday series

Phryne Fisher from Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Raquel Murillo from Money Heist

Miss Jane Marple from the works of Agatha Christie

Javert from Les Misérables

Inspector Gadget from Inspector Gadget

Patrick Jane from Mentalist

Daisy Day from Anansi Boys

Joss Carter from Person of Interest

Arthur Lester from Malevolent

Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes

Juno Steel from the Penumbral Podcast

Lilly Rush from Cold Case

Sherlock Holmes from the Beekeeper’s Picnic

Koichi Zenigata from Lupin III

Loki from Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok

Hildibrand Manderville from Final Fantasy XIV

Shotaro Hidari from Kamen Rider W

Terezi Pyrope from Homestuck

Hershel Layton from the Professor Layton series

Shuichi Saihara from Danganronpa

Miles "Tails" Prower from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa

Adrian Monk from Monk

Nightbeat from Transformers

L from Death Note

Dale Vandermeer from the Rusty Lake series

Yuma Kokohead from Master Detective Archives: Raincode

Vivia Twilight from Master Detective Archives: Raincode

Saguru Hakuba from Magic Kaito

Benoit Blanc from the Knives Out series

Inspector Cabanela from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney

Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa

Looker from Pokemon

Kaname Date from AI: The Somnium Files

Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa

Heiji Hattori from Detective Conan

Masumi Sera from Detective Conan

Little Red Riding Hood from Once Upon a Crime

Enola Holmes from Enola Holmes

Detective Pikachu from Detective Pikachu

Tom Barnaby from Midsomer Murders

Riz Gukgak from Fantasy High

Seiji Nanatsuki from Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit

Shiori Ichinose from Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit

Makoto Date from Yakuza

Richard Castle from Castle

Nick Burkhardt from Grimm

Dr Temperance Brennan from Bones

Catherine Chandler from Beauty and the Beast

Sokka from Avatar: the Last Airbender

Yagami Takayuki from Judgement

Workaholic Detective from Process of Elimination

Stone from City of Angels

Angus McDonald from The Adventure Zone

Gina Lestrade from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Bobby Bronson from Roar

Cellbit from QSMP

Hunch Curios from Mentopolis

Hazel Wong from Murder Most Unladylike

Frog Detective from the Frog Detective Series

Victorique de Blois from Gosick

Gabriel Utterson from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sherlock Holmes from BBC Sherlock

Jacques Clouseau from Pink Panther

Olivia Dunham from Fringe

Joseph Rouletabille from the Rouletabille series

Daisy Wells from Murder Most Unladylike

Pippa Fitz-Amobi from A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series

Lisbeth Salander from the Millennium series

Wato Hojo from Process of Elimination

Ideal Detective from Process of Elimination

Renegade Detective from Process of Elimination

Techie Detective from Process of Elimination

Bookworm Detective from Process of Elimination

Posh Detective from Process of Elimination

Doleful Detective from Process of Elimination

Gourmet Detective from Process of Elimination

Rowdy Detective from Process of Elimination

Mystic Detective from Process of Elimination

Downtown Detective from Process of Elimination

Armor Detective from Process of Elimination

Halara Nightmare from Master Detective Archives: Raincode

Mashita Satoru from Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Dogberry from Much Ado About Nothing

Shi Qiang from The Three Body Problem

Azuma Tsuyuri from Clock Over Orquesta

Cherry Ames from the Cherry Ames series

Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown from the Encyclopedia Brown series

Lobster Cop from the Frog Detective Series

Sandra the Fairytale Detective from Sandra the Fairytale Detective

Geronimo Stilton from the Geronimo Stilton series

Paul Prospero from The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Elijah Baley from the Robot series

Dirk Gently from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Suiri from Pop'n Music Lapistoria

Joan Watson from Elementary

Roquier from Puyo Puyo Quest

Holly Short from Artemis Fowl

Jo Martinez from Forever

Alex Parrish from Quantico

Cristóbal Cuevas from Cable Girls

Oskar Rheinhart from Vienna Blood

Emily Prentiss from Criminal Minds

Jane Doe from Blindspot

Dick Grayson from DC Comics

Ziva David from NCIS

Nell Jones from NCIS: Los Angeles

Lou Ransone from 9-1-1

Megan Hunt from Body of Proof

Cal Lightman from Lie to Me

Carrie Wells from Unforgettable

Spy Rise from Skylanders: SWAP Force

Flavia de Luce from the Flavia de Luce series

Camille Bordey from Death in Paradise

Florence Cassel from Death in Paradise

Jessica Jones from Jessica Jones

Charlie Eppes from Numb3rs

Elizabeth Keen from The Blacklist

James Hathaway from Lewis

Vern Loomis from Why Women Kill

Erika Furudo from Umineko

Sissel from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Lafcadio Boone from The Sexy Brutale

Lynne from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Mabel Mora from Only Murders in the Building

Oliver Putnam from Only Murders in the Building

Charles Haden Savage from Only Murders in the Building

Jowd from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Scooby Doo from Scooby Doo

Daphne from Scooby Doo

Fred from Scooby Doo

Velma from Scooby Doo

Shaggy from Scooby Doo

Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4

Fenton Hardy from the Hardy Boys

Ema Skye from Ace Attorney

Natsuko Aki from Re: Cutie Honey

Naomi Misora from Death Note

Sakurako Kujou from Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-

MaoMao from the Apothecary Diaries

Vic Sage/The Question from DC Comics

Detective Chimp from DC Comics

Madame Vastra from Doctor Who

Terry from Rune Factory 5

Cecil from Rune Factory 5

Chromedome from Transformers

Xie Lian from Heaven Official’s Blessing

Phosphophyllite from Houseki no Kuni

Sam Spud from Between the Lions

Dana Scully from the X-Files

Fox Mulder from the X-Files

Sherlock Holmes from Elementary

Barbie from the Detective Barbie series

Bill Stork from Hoodwinked

Nicky Flippers from Hoodwinked

Hercule Poirot from Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

Ross Sylibus from Armitage III

Kansuke Yamato from Detective Conan

Kirill Vrubel from Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Spencer Reed from Criminal Minds

Harrier Du Bois from Disco Elysium

Mário Fofoca from Elas Por Elas

Roxy Hunter from the Roxy Hunter series

Dr. Thomas Silkstone from the Dr. Thomas Silkstone series

Endeavour Morse from the Endeavor series

Vera Stanhope from Vera

Kristin Sims from the Brokenwood Mysteries

Brenda Johnson from The Closer

Rex from Hudson and Rex

Alec Hardy from Broadchurch

Billie Webber from Unit 42

Hannah Zeiler from Murder by the Lake

Sherlock Holmes from Moriarty the Patriot

Helena Wayne from DC Comics

Angel from Angel: The Series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Nick Knight from Forever Knight

Navia from Genshin Impact

Luo Wenzhou from Mo Du

Brother Cadfael from the Brother Cadfael Chronicles

Miss Maud Silver from the Miss Silver series

Fei Du from Mo Du

Mitsuko Hoshino from My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files

Saku Yoshida from My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files

Jake Peralta from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Steven Stone from Pokémon

Anthony Lockwood from Lockwood and Co.

Thea Stilton from the Thea Stilton series

Saito Yakumo from Psychic Detective Yakumo

Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls

Pennington from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Jessica Fletcher from Murder She Wrote

Tetsuo Tsutsumi from Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Jun Erio from Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Richter Kai from Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Abe Lincoln from Who Killed Markiplier?

Steve Carella from the 87th Precinct Series

C. Auguste Dupin from the works of Edgar Allen Poe

Gesicht from Pluto

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The chained hand of Archer Alexander, who was the last slave captured under the fugitive slave law, is depicted in a statue commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. A bill to study reparations for slavery advanced through a House committee this year but hasn't gotten a floor vote.

Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

Seven months ago, a House committee advanced a bill to study reparations for slavery, after more than three decades of efforts to build support for the idea.

But the bill has not been taken up for consideration by the full House of Representatives even though it has the backing of some of the country's most prominent Democrats.

"Since April there has been very little movement on the bill by the leadership in Congress," said Kamm Howard, a national co-chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America.

Advocates for reparations are frustrated despite the fact that the proposal faces steep odds of fully passing the closely divided Congress even if the House did take it up.

The bill is H.R. 40, and it gets its name from the unmet promise that former slaves would be given "40 acres and a mule" as the Civil War drew to a close. It would establish a 13-person commission to study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination in the United States, from before the country's finding to present day.

The commission would hold hearings, submit its findings to Congress and recommend "appropriate remedies." It would also consider a "national apology" for the harm caused by slavery.

The bill's original sponsor, the late Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, first proposed the bill in 1989, and did so year after year for nearly three decades, until he retired in 2017. After that, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas began sponsoring the bill.

"I don't think anyone could argue against the fact that the trajectory of slavery has gone through the centuries, the decades and is in the DNA of descendants of enslaved Africans," Jackson Lee, a Democrat, said in an interview with NPR. "America would do well to try to bring healing and repair, in this time and in this century."

The bill finally gained political traction among Democrats as the country grappled with race and systemic racism and protests sparked by the killings of Black Americans by police flowed through the streets of U.S. cities large and small over the last two years.

Republicans oppose reparations. Democrats say even studying them has value

The bill has nearly 200 co-sponsors in the House, including members of House Democratic leadership. But it is widely opposed by Republicans and was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee in April with only Democratic votes.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee's top Republican, argued that because the committee's members would be appointed by the president, the House speaker and the Senate pro tempore, who are currently all Democrats, the commission would obviously come to a conclusion in support of reparations.

"Spend $20 million for a commission that's already decided to take money from people who were never involved in the evil of slavery and give it to people who were never subject to the evil of slavery," Jordan said during the hearing on the bill. "That's what Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are doing."

Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah, one of two Black Republicans currently serving in the House, said that the concept of reparations is "divisive."

"Reparation where you take people's money that they've earned — it's punishment, it's theft, it's judgement," he said in the hearing. "It's saying that because of your skin color, you owe me. That is not the American way. We're not racist people. This American country is based on meritocracy."

Jackson Lee says arguments like this miss the point. The bill does not prescribe what form reparations should take, a question that is a point of debate among supporters of reparations for slavery.

"It is not the study of getting a check. It is not giving you a check. It is not the bill on a check," Jackson Lee said. "It is to study slavery and develop reparations proposals, which would create, first of all, the platform for understanding."

Rep. Jamaal Bowman talked about reparations frequently when he campaigned for his New York congressional seat.

"We haven't taken a moment to stop and pause and reflect and look ourselves in the mirror as a country and really be honest with ourselves about how those harms continue to persist," Bowman said.

A group of advocates has been pushing Democrats to bring the bill up for a vote, arguing that it is deeply popular.

"We are working diligently to basically get them all in a room with us and tell us directly how we can move this bill forward," said Nicole Austin-Hillery of Human Rights Watch, one of the advocates calling for a meeting with House leaders. "They have the power to do it, and we're imploring them to do so."

Some argue that House leadership has yet to bring the bill up for a vote because they fear a backlash among voters. Democrats are coming off of a series of bruising off-year elections that featured fresh Republican attacks on race and culture. In next year's midterms, Democrats will be defending incredibly slim majorities.

"The Democratic leaders are saying that they are scared if they move this legislation today, that it will hurt their chances of keeping control of the Congress," said Howard.

Advocates are urging Biden to act without Congress

A senior Democratic aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the status of pending legislation, said that conversations about the legislation are ongoing, and that Democratic leadership and the White House are working together on the path forward. The aide said that equity is a central priority of the party.

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a co-sponsor of the bill, told reporters earlier this year that he hopes that President Biden considers establishing a commission similar to the one called for in H.R. 40 using executive authority, noting that the chances of the bill passing the Senate "are pretty dim." In the evenly divided Senate, legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. A Senate companion bill, sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, has just 22 co-sponsors, with no Republicans.

The idea of Biden establishing a commission on his own has also won the support of some activists, including the Rev. Mark Thompson.

"What sets H.R. 40 apart from all of those other pieces of legislation that 'Manchinema' are blocking, is this" he said — using a compound reference to moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. "H.R 40 is the only one ... that Biden can sign and enact by executive order."

The White House hasn't said whether Biden would consider creating a commission on his own.

"He supports a number of components of the bill, including the funding and the proposal for a study, which he feels would be the next important step forward and something that he feels would be absolutely correct in addressing ... these moments in history," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in June.

Jackson Lee said she's focused on the legislative process and still hopes to get a "successful result" in the House, but said that there's a "great deal of power in the White House and in the presidency."

"I think there is certainly a sufficient body of people that would give President Biden a standing ovation if that was the direction that we needed to take," she said.

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lizfgarbus: Oops, they did it again! “Qui”- the episode I directed on Yellowjackets- drops today and I couldn’t be more excited for the world to see. Spoilers below!!! @sophie__nelisse had a heavy fucking lift this episode and you will be blown away by the depths she reaches and the multitudes she communicates. And she was so beautifully supported by her cast mates with their bravery and generosity in really going THERE - again! @msmelanielynskey gives a monologue so layered and human making it seem so simple but man is it a masterclass on delivering a gorgeous arc for a complex roller coaster of emotions. Written by the incredible Ameni Rozsa and Karen Joseph Adcock (#wgastrong!) divinely photographed by the badass wonder @shastaspahn with our partner in crime @littletimingwizard, whose spirit and positivity sets the tone for working on the show - the YJ team is just the best. With the support of superstars @ryanpurcell12 @corey.robson @byrdjeff. the most ridiculously talented ensemble cast @riccigrams @tawnycypress #laurenambrose @simonekessell @juliettelewis @jasminsavoy @soapy.t @sammihanratty @courtneyeaton @liv.hewson @stevenakrueger @sarahdesjardins @warrenkole @john_p_reynolds @nia_sondaya and so many more - This show is a goddamn embarrassment of riches thanks to the visionaries @ashlyle33 #bartnickerson #jonathanlisco and #drewcomins and of course nothing would be possible without @showtime @amydisrael @eone_tv and their collective genius in getting behind this show! Thanks to @cbazdekis @cookieshane @hesterthehelpful for being in my corner. Spoilers sure to come@below - but can you spot the Easter eggs in the episode that give you hints about what is “real”? A lucky amulet necklace for whomever spots the signs… 🐝🐝💛 📷 @kaileyschwerman @showtime

Alexa Barajas, Courtney Eaton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jenna Burgess, Kevin Alves, Liv Hewson, Mya Lowe, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger and Sophie Thatcher via lizfgarbus Instagram, 05/05/2023.

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My master list

One Chicago:

Chicago fire:

Kelly severide

Stella kidd

Sylvie Brett

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Blake gallo

Ritter

Cruz

Casey

Herrman

Mouch(platonic)

Otis

Leslie

Gabby

Chicago PD:

Jay Halstead

Erin Lindsay

Kim burgess

Adam Ruzek

Kevin Atwater

Hank voight

Hailey Upton

Chicago Med:

Connor

Ava

Natalie

April

Robin

Hannah

Will

Sarah

Maggie

Denise

Cloverfield:

Rob

Jason

Beth

Lily

Marlena

Hud

10 Cloverfield lane:

Emmett

Michelle

(No frank that bitch is disgusting)

Cloverfield Paradox:

Ava Hamilton

Mina Jensen

Ernst Schmidt

Life (2017)

David

Miranda

Hugh

Sho

Kat

9-1-1:

Buck

Hen

Karen

Bobby

Eddie

Chim

Maddie

Josh

Athena

May

Albert

Lena

9-1-1 Lone star:

Owen

Marjan

Paul

Nancy

Mateo

Judd

Grace

TK( Male!Reader or GN!Reader, he's gay people)

Carlos(Male!Reader or GN!Reader)

Tommy

Michelle

Station 19:

Jack

Andy

Vic

Travis

Demon slayer:

Tanjiro

Nezuko

Zenitsu

Inosuke

Kanao

Genya

Uzui

Shinobu

Mitsuri

Obanai

Rengoku

Gyomei

Muichiro(Platonic)

Sanemi

Aoi

Naho(platonic)

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TENTATIVE ANALYSES: THE SANDMAN

ISSUE 1: SLEEP OF THE JUST

In 1988, Neil Gaiman proposed a project for the revival of the 70's DC series The Sandman, about a vigilante that put criminals to sleep with anesthetic gas. DC editor Karen Berger accepted the pitch, but clarified that they wanted a new Sandman. The name could stay, but Gaiman could go off with the rest however he wanted. He definitely complied.

This first issue I'll try to analyze was published on November 29, 1988; as you'll see, a vigilante with sleeping gas appears for all of two panels. The story is by Neil Gaiman, the drawings by Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg; the letters are by Todd Klein and the colors by Daniel Vozzo.

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

While the protagonist of the Sandman comic is Morpheus, the true protagonist of this chapter, the one whose story we follow, is Alex Burgess. After all, while the chapter shows the seventy years Morpheus spent in his prison, forty pages of nothing but someone stuck under a glass dome would be pretty boring.

In regards to Alex, the narrative structure is an outright tragic one, which I'll use the Freytag Pyramid model to illustrate.

1. Introduction: the presentation of the setting of the story, its characters, what they want, and the Inciting Incident that changes the status quo. In this case, we see Alex as a child, witnessing the plans of his father Roderick to control death. The story opens with Roderick Burgess obtaining the final element for his ritual, enacting it with his circle of ominous hooded figures, and ... failing. Or rather, ending up summoning and imprisoning someone else: Dream.

2. Rise: showing what the stakes are. In this phase, the old man Burgess is still trying to exploit Dream, taking away the tools of his power and trying to get immortality, knowledge and power out of this extraordinary being. But he only gets silence. There are the first cracks in his organization: his mistress elopes with his assistant, taking with her Morpheus' tools; the man is eventually found and punished, but this means that these powerful tokens are lost. Meanwhile, we get more exposition: the prisoner is explicitly identified as Dream, one of the Endless; through it's not explained who or what they are, we get the first mentions of Death, Destiny and Desire. We are also shown the importance of Dream to the natural order of things by following the stories of several victims of a 'sleep sickness' that manifests either with the unability to sleep or the unability to wake up.

3. Climax: in this model, it's not a grand confrontation, but rather a 'point of no return', after which the situation for the protagonist can only be a downward spiral. Roderick Burgess, the man who believed himself important enough to bend Death or Dream tl his wishes, who had disposed with arcane powers of countless human beings, dies pathetically, bitching that he shouldn't have had to grow old and die. His son, Alex, inherits the reins of the organization, but he doesn't do much; far from the Order of Ancient Mysteries at the start of the chapter, he has to try and explain to his skeptical lover Paul that no, really, the magic is real, it isn't just a scam. Paul at least takes some notice of the mysterious prisoner, asking if it wouldn't be better to just release him. Alex refuses, in fear of a retribution, and hopes that if Dream ever gets free, it will be many lifetimes from now. In doing so, he shoots down his one chance at redemption.

4. Fall: at this point, the plot speeds forward towards the inevitable disaster. Alex Burgess lives out his life; he has his loyal Paul always by his side, but his life is otherwise pretty squalid. We don't see anything of the ominous occult circle led by his father, just a resurgence of in the Sixties with some hippies seeking enlightment outside British culture, to whom Alex teaches 'nothing important', looking more like a con artist than a guru or even cult leader. Eventually, they all leave by the turn of the decade. All that remains are some thugs hired to control at sight Morpheus' prison. Ultimately, Alex is reduced like his father was: a pathetic old man, whining empty threats at a silent figure behind a glass dome. Only, he commits the littlest disattention: one day, his wheelchair disrupts the magic circle, and opens a way for Morpheus to escape.

5. Catastrophe: Morpheus latches onto a dream of one of his guardians, and manages to neutralize them. From here, it's all an hectic climax towards Alex's disaster: once he finds some food and clothes, the first thing Dream wants to do is get his vengeance. Alex finds himself confronting him in a dream, and all he can do is babble excuses and hear the sentence: Eternal Waking. You know when you have those dreams within a dream? That. Only, Alex's gets just nightmares, and he can't ever wake up for real. His story for the moment is concluded, his future is an horrifying damnation. Now, we'll follow Dream as he returns to his former power.

NARRATIVE DEVICES

This first chapter exposes the Inciting Incident that will drive the rest of the volume: the ritual that imprisons Dream. The chapter tells his wait for the right occasion to escape and eventual success; the next chapters of Preludes and Nocturnes will show his work to reinstate himself to his former position.

From there, we are exposed to a slow-building climax, a feeling of expectation marked by Morpheus' monosyllabic thoughts, which reaches its peak in the last pages of the chapter, when Morpheus actually frees himself and proceeds to enact a nightmarish punishment on Alex Burgess.

Speaking of Morpheus, there is an interesting subversion of the trope of 'Time moving faster for immortals'. Seventy years should be nothing in comparison to how much this guy has lived, should feel like nothing, and instead it's revealed that the Endless' perception of time is no different than a human. He felt all of seventy years spent doing nothing under that glass prison. Ouch.

Lastly, this chapter is a little gem of 'Show, don't tell'. The characters don't stand around stating their emotions, rather they may even try to dissimulate them (the two Burgesses as they grow old and frustrated, threatening Morpheus to hide how powerless they feel), but they always emerge clearly from their words and actions. The narration itself helps: it acts more as a factual report of the events without dwelling on the causes, leaving the reader to figure them out for themselves. See how this panels shows Alex's emotions regarding his father:

In the previous vignettes, we have seen Roderick going from approving to verbally abusive towards his son, we have seen him swinging from the powerful leader of an occult society, master of lethal dark magic, to some old guy bitching about how it wasn't fair that he had to grow old and die like everybody else. In any case, Alex has always been shown as a submissive figure, assisting his father while having little word in edgewise. So here: a loyal son dutifully writes a memorarum on what a great man his father was, and then his frustrations boil over and he destroys his image with a knife.

Which, considering how he's starting to conclude his life just like he did, might be a reference to the Picture of Dorian Gray?

Lastly, I've noticed something brilliant in the use of Morpheus' perspective. In this analysis, I repeatedly call both Burgesses 'pathetic'. But here's the thing: for the most of their scenes, they look like powerful masters of the occult, rich and with successful lives, with sway over people - especially Roderick. When is that they look at their weakest? When they're seen through the eyes of Morpheus. He is Dream of the Endless, the very concept of dreams, stories, and fantasies, and these are two randos who come bitching at him that they wanted to be immortal and all-powerfuls. When the Burgesses come to complain and make empty threats, their most pitiful behaviour, their features appear tearful, a bit exaggerated exaggerated, in contrast with their normally elegant and well-kept selves. That glass dome represents Morpheus' prisony, but also his privileged eye on Roderick and Alex's weaknesses.

CHARACTERS

The most relevant characters in this episode are the two Burgesses and Morpheus. The first two play in the archetype of the Magician, especially its more corrupt version, with Roderick Burgess being the more straightforward example. He dwells into arcane magic, is at the center of scandals in which the police can't exactly pin the blame on him, disposes of people like they're nothing but tools, imprisons entities from beyond this world. But he deconstructs that archetype in that he's ultimately just an human being, and a fairly pathetic one at that: he's afraid of growing old and die, and that was all the core of his actions. Alex is even more of a deconstruction: he is almost always seen as his father's lackey, never surrounded by followers like he was; all he gets are some New Age enthusiast whom he mostly exploits, and eventually dump him. He grows old, never escaping the shadow of his father, and eventually turns into a copy of him at his most pathetic, with the constant presence of Paul as the only source of solace that we can see.

And then there's Morpheus. He has relatively little 'screentime' in his own debut, but what we see is sufficient to give a quite strong idea of him. He is immensly powerful, prideful - he never concedes or even acknowledges Burgess' demands - and vengeful: Roderick is out of his reach, having been long dead, but Alex, who had made himself responsible by not freeing him when he had the chance, is condemned to an eternity of nightmares.

Morpheus is also shown to be incredibly patient and good with long term planning: see when he faked collapsing to get the guards to open his dome? They mention he had never even shifted position before. He spent all of seventy years sitting like that only to be able to pull that particular trick. We'll see how all of these characteristics will play out in the story to follow.

The other characters are all quite minor: Paul is noticeable only for his skepticism and devotion to Alex, an hint of better sides to that man than those we have seen; other figures only appear with short interludes to show the effects of the sleep sickness, with Unity Kincaid as the only one to have some relevance in the future story.

THEMES

Dream, Death, and by contrast wake and life are center stage in this volume. In this chapter, the theme of life and death is explored by the Burgesses: they believe themselves above other humans and thus above the 'duty of dying', attempt to imprison Death to get immortality, and miserably fail. In doing so, they also fail to live: they both waste their lives in empty exercises of power and influence, and as they grow old, they don't accept that their life is at the end, they have nothing to look back at with fondness, they can only complain uselessly. The epitaph of Roderick's grave is basically an ode to denial.

But even if it wasn't the one they meant, their action still had an impact on another realm: that of dreams and waking. And it's entirely disruptive: as a consequence of Morpheus' disappearence, people are either unable to wake up, and spend whole lifetimes as comatose bodies disposed of by others, or unable to sleep - and the stress of constant wake drives them to an early grave - or spend their life in a limbo that is neither, avoided by 'normal' people and unable to interact with them. The moral here is a nice old 'try fucking with the laws of nature, and you will only be screwed worse, with added collateral damage'.

There is also the thematic of 'personal responsibility' in Alex's arc: while he was a mere witness to the ritual that imprisoned Morpheus, and moreover just a child at the time, he actively decided to do nothing when he got the power of freeing him. He didn't trust that the prisoner wouldn't have taken vengeance, and tried to let him there for as long as he could, forsaking doing the right, compassionate thing over an hope to live out his life untroubled. As a result, when his plans went awry and Morpheus freed himself anyway, he was recognized as just as guilty as his father and punished accordingly. Per quanto voi vi crediate assolti siete lo stesso coinvolti.

SYMBOLISM

• The Name: in the incantation that binds Morpheus, the phrase 'I give you a name, and the name is Lost' is said. While there is a lot of folklore and mythology regarding the fact that knowing something/one's 'true name' gives you some kind of power above the thing/person ( Isis creating an elaborate trap to force Ra to reveal his, Lilith turning into a demon after pronouncing God's name, the advice of not revealing your name when dealing with the fair folk) but here they use a variant: they don't care about the True Name of the entity, who is the wrong one by the way, but they're the ones who give it a new way to be called. This concept also recalls one in the Bible, the way God creates the world by calling things into existence and later gives Adam the power over all other lifeforms by allowing him to name them. In the case we have seen in this chapter, it looks like a more malignant way of exerting power: instead of showing it by knowledge of the entity's True Name, or true essence and identity, they overimpose it with something of their choice; namely 'Lost', a word that defines the victim as someone separated from familiar places and people, and thus in the power of their captors.

• The Helmet, the Ruby and the Sand: they show up briefly in this chapter, as the tools of Morpheus' powers. By taking them away, the cultists further exert their power over the prisoner, even if they don't know how to use them; they are reduced to random 'powerful objects' that magicians quarrel over and steal from each other, and are ultimately scattered and lost.

• The Black Cat: right before his confrontation with Alex in the latter's dream, Morpheus takes the shape of a black cat. These animals (besides being nocturnal, so a nice imagery for Dream) have a long story of being associated to the supernatural, either as good or bad omens; particularly, a black cat walking away from you, like the one Alex sees and tries to follow, was considered a sign of bad luck in early times, particularly fitting with what's about to happen to Alex.

REFERENCES

• The mansion where the chapter takes place is located in Wych Cross, a place that on early documents is spelled also as 'Wytch Cross' or 'Witch Cross'. Even if the etymology probably doesn't come from there, it's a nice nod to the supernatural activities that take place there.

• Near the start of the chapter, Roderick mentions an 'Aleister' that keeps making fun of him. This is a reference to Aleister Crowley, who at the time of the story was living in the New Hampshire.

• During the ritual that binds Morpheus, Roderick Burgess invokes several 'old gods':

1. Namtar comes from Mesopotamian religion, and depending on the context he was regarded as either a minor deity, the attendant of the Goddess of the Underworld Ereshkigal, or a demon of disease.

2. Allatu is another Mesopotamian deity, one associated with the underworld; in a later time she was identified with the aforementioned Ereshkigal.

3. Morax is a Great Earl and President of Hell mentioned in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the Goetia; he teaches Astronomy and liberal arts.

4. Naberius is a Marquis of Hell, and he can make men proficient at all arts, especially rethoric.

5. Klesh might be referring to the Kleshas, which according to Buddhism are mental states that cloud the mind and result in unwholesome actions.

6. Vepar is a Grand Duke of Hell mentioned in Ars Goetia, who helds domain over the sea.

7. Maymon is a prince of Hell mentioned in the Goetia. He requires that his summoner stands upright with cap or headdress removed as a sign of respect, and in fact, Burgess is the only one of the circle to have the hood down.

8. Ashema-Deva ('wrath demon') is believed to be where the name Asmodeus comes from, but the thing is heavily discussed. Asmodeus, besides still figuring in the Ars Goetia, is the main antagonist in the Book of Tobit, where he persecutes a young woman by killing everyone who marries her during the first night.

9. Maborym is possibly derived from Haborym, Great Duke of Hell that causes fires in forests and castles; because I doubt Gaiman is referring to the first search result I got, about the demon Aborym in an Italian movie where a werewolf goes against the camorra. Se qualcuno è interessato, si chiama 'La Croce delle Sette Pietre', è stato proiettato in due soli cinema in Sicilia, e le recensioni dicono che fa cagare.

10. Horvendile is the odd one out, likely named after a character in the book 'The Cream of the Jest' by James Branch Cabell, who is aware that he lives in a work of fiction. Might be fitting with Sandman being 'a story about stories'. Especially since this scene is set in 1916, and Cabell's book came out in 1917.

Burgess' second in command in named Ruthven Sykes: the first name is probably a reference to Lord Ruthven, the titular character of Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. His secret name, Ararita, is the acronym of the Hebrew phrase 'Achad Rosh Achdotho Rosh Ichudo Temu rahzo Achad', which should mean 'One is His Beginning, One is His individuality, His Permutation is One'.

Honor mention to Wesley Dodds: he was the first of the DCU characters to bear the name of Sandman, the one this series should have been a reboot of. His story, larged abandoned after the Silver Age, had a revival due to the fame of Gaiman's Sandman.

So! This was all for my first Tentative Analysis.

Thanks to anyone who read until the end. If you liked my analysis, could you please consider sending me a ko-fi?

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Desolation Row:

by TheLightdancer

"The Endless," spoke her brother in his white suit, fingers running through his white hair, "aren't real, Persephone. They never were. It's a story, a myth. Like the idea of Chronos and Nyx in Greek myth. We know the Olympians and the Titans and all that exist, in a way. Paradise Island, after all, says that much. The Endless are just a just-so story."

"No," Death said, as she held up her hands. "I know they're real."

Daniel Hall shook his head. "Persephone, you've had this belief for a long time." His stare was a hooded one. "None of it is real. You do have your powers, but after the scenes in Metropolis I'd think that would reinforce what you really need."

He leaned forward slightly and for a moment she caught a faint glimpse of white hair that seemed blond in the right angle and a horridly familiar smile.

"That's one thing that's good about this city. They're good with metahuman patients. They'll teach you that control."

Words: 4796, Chapters: 1/40, Language: English

Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Supergirl (TV 2015)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/F, M/M

Characters: Death of the Endless, Clark Kent, Kara Zor-El, Karen Starr, Zatanna Zatara, Dream of the Endless | Daniel, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Desire of the Endless, Despair of the Endless, Destiny of the Endless, Delirium of the Endless, Destruction of the Endless, Justice League (DCU), Emil Hamilton, Alexander Burgess, Paul McGuire (The Sandman), Modern Johanna Constantine (The Sandman TV), John Constantine, Rose Walker, Unity Kincaid

Relationships: Death of the Endless & Dream of the Endless, Death of the Endless & Dream of the Endless|Daniel, Dream of the Endless & Desire of the Endless, Death of the Endless & Desire of the Endless, Desire of the Endless & Delirium of the Endless, Death of the Endless & Delirium of the Endless, Desire of the Endless & Despair of the Endless, Death of the Endless & Despair of the Endless, Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Death of the Endless/Karen Starr, Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Alexander Burgess/Paul McGuire (The Sandman)

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