#kevin draper

[quotesfrommyreading]

For all of China’s efforts to carry on the Winter Games with a festive spirit, Beijing 2022 unfolded as a joyless spectacle: constricted by a global health disaster, fraught with geopolitical tensions, tainted once again by accusations of doping and overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine.

As athletes marched into the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing on Sunday night to close the most contentious Olympics in years, China could celebrate pulling off the Games on schedule, despite everything. It is a success, however, as measured by the low bar of avoiding total disaster.

The most indelible memory of these Winter Olympics — beside images of Olympic workers and volunteers enrobed in hazmat gear — will very likely be that of a 15-year-old Russian skater falling on the ice after being allowed to compete despite a test showing traces of a banned heart medicine.

The skater, Kamila Valieva, broke into tears after her dismal performance, only to be berated by her coach, leaving organizers and observers alike to ponder how much they demand of athletes who are, after all, still children.

The International Olympic Committee, which spent years fending off doubts about choosing an authoritarian nation as host, spent much of the past two weeks dodging controversy after controversy in Beijing.

In addition to troubling issues raised by the Valieva episode, it faced questions about the conditions for athletes who isolated after testing positive for Covid; about the fate of Peng Shuai, the tennis player and former Olympian who accused a senior Chinese official of sexual assault; about the inevitable injection of politics into an event meant to rise above them.

“What can one say, except to heave a sigh,” said Orville Schell, the director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York. “Such an august occasion, designed to promote openness, good sportsmanship and transnational solidarity, ended up being a heavily policed, brittle, Potemkin-like simulacrum of the Olympic ideal.”

  —  With Olympics Closing Ceremony, China Celebrates a Joyless Triumph

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Wonder Woman #6 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere and Belen Ortega. Cover by Sampere. Variant covers by (2) Julian Totino Tedesco, (3) Jeff Spokes, (4) Nikolas Draper-Ivey and (5) Kevin Wada. Out in February 2024.

"Wonder Woman against her greatest foes! After thwarting each threat that the Sovereign has thrown at her, he decides to bring in the biggest guns the DCU has to offer. Let the battle royale begin! Plus, the Super Sons’ bedtime story goes wrong!"

[revolutionaryjackelving]

NOTES on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

I saw Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (should really be “Kingdom of the Apes” but whatever) and I surprisingly liked it a lot. I also found a lot of reviews of the film missing the mark of the film. So I’m going to explore it a bit here. SPOILERS. So about Planet of the Apes… Short answer, I’ve never been a fan of the franchise and the reason has everything to do with prejudice. I just don’t…

[annienonmouse]

The Tortured Poets Department songs as couples or characters from some of my favorite fandoms:

Florida!!! - Kim Wexler and Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul

The Tortured Poets Department - Dan Humphrey and Serena Van Der Woodsen, Gossip Girl

Fortnight - Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - Adriana Le Cerva and Christopher Moltisanti, The Sopranos

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Fleabag and The Priest, Fleabag

The Prophecy - Oswald Cobblepot (The Penguin) and Edward Nygma (The Riddler), Gotham

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Don Draper and Betty Draper/Megan Draper/ Rachel Menken/Ect.

Loml - Carrie Bradshaw and "Mr. Big" , Sex and The City

Guilty as Sin? - Ian Gallagher and Mickey Milkovich, Shameless

The Bolter - Allison McRoberts and Kevin McRoberts, Kevin Can F*** Himself

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me - Ed Nygma (The Riddler), Gotham

I'm at my GIF limit 😭

[spankymerve]

My Favourite Albums of 2022

My Favourite Albums of 2022

I listened to a lot of music in 2022. Too much music. 231 new LPs, to be exact, plus a slew of EPs, compilation albums, and live releases. That didn’t give me much opportunity to revisit the albums I did like, so when it came time to rank what I’d listen to, I wasn’t confident. My rankings kept shifting around as the year progressed. As a result, I’m not sure my top 20 is really my top 20. But…

[kevin-winfield]

Kevin Day - Themes of Tragedy EC, Nora Sakavic// The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner, Edwin Henry Landseer//EC//Heather Havrilesky//The Orphan: a memory of Auvergne, August Friedrich Schenck// EC// Fallen Angel, Roberto Ferri// The Lament for Icarus, Herbert Draper// All for the Game, Nora Sakavic//EC

[necropurgen]

[INTRO POST!1]

☣ mika/misha ☣ she/her ☣ 16yo ☣ no DNI, discord:kmfdmaniacc

INTERESTS;;

LIKEZ; true crime, horror movies, weapons, history, shooter games, 4chan, criminology, urban exploration, internet culture, encyclopedia dramatica, leafyishere, pyrocynical, psychology, programming, ARGs

FAV CASES; andrew blaze, elliot rodger, eric harris and dylan klebold, vladislav roslyakov, dylann roof, ricky kasso, adam lanza, richard ramirez, ted kaczynski, alyssa bustamante, james gamble, anders behring breivik, academy maniacs, salvador ramos, barry loukaitis, the zodiac killer, seung-hui cho, artem iskhakov, brian draper and torey adamcik, pekka eric auvinen, jodi arias, kipland kinkel, brenton tarrant, payton gendron, dnepropetrovsk maniacs

MUSIC; deftones, linkin park, KMFDM, MDFMK, slipknot, purgen, cannibal corpse, злые гномы, radiohead, system of a down, nirvana, the cure, type o negative, basement, weezer, cigarettes after sex, misfits, crystal castles, lil peep, negative XP, tv girl, rob zombie, korn, my chemical romance, bladee, pierce the veil, rammstein, sematary, limp bizkit, mayhem, buckshot, mindless self indulgence, duster, NIN

MOVIES; donnie darko, elephant, american psycho, we need to talk about kevin, zero day, black swan, taxi driver, fight club, natural born killers, duck! the carbine high massacre, saw, house of 1000 corpses

[batbabydamian]

DC February 2024 Solicitations - Comics Featuring Damian! 🦇

BATMAN AND ROBIN #6

2/13/24

Written by Joshua Williamson

Art by Nikola ��ižmešija

Cover by Simone Di Meo

Variant Covers: Kael Ngu, Yasmine Putri, Dustin Nguyen (1:25), Nikola Čižmešija (1:50)

The dynamic duo has proven they can work as Batman and Robin countless times, but now they must work together as Bruce and Damian to stop a deadly killer...on a soccer field?! The mystery of who is Shush and what they are doing in Gotham continues to grow, but Damian is confronted with a blast from his past that wants him to leave his father and Gotham!

WONDER WOMAN #6

2/20/24

Written by Tom King

Art and Cover by Daniel Sampere

Variant Covers: Nikolas Draper-Ivey (Black History Month Variant), Jeff Spokes, Julian Totino, Kevin Wada (1:25), Daniel Sampere (1:50)

Wonder Woman against her greatest foes! After thwarting each threat that the Sovereign has thrown at her, he decides to bring in the biggest guns the DCU has to offer. Let the battle royale begin! Plus, the Super Sons' bedtime story goes wrong!

SINISTER SONS #1

Written by Peter J. Tomasi

Art by David Lafuente

(No Damian mention, but significant Variant cover feature by Dan Mora)

They're bad to the bone, ready to brawl, and the sons of two of the deadliest villains in the galaxy: they're the Sinister Sons and the DC Universe will never be the same! When the son of General Zod was cast off of his adopted homeworld of New Kandor, Lor-Zod runs afoul of a kid on a mission: Sinson is out to prove he's got what it takes to live up to the family name of Sinestro! But all is not as it seems, and the sons' journeys will take them into the heart of darkness in this sensational first issue! Superstar Super Sons scribe Peter I. Tomasi returns to the world of DC youth once again-joined by fan-favorite artist David Lafuente-to craft one of the most dynamic debuts of a duo in DCU historv!

[digitalkaijustudios]

Move over Don Draper! It’s all about the OG ad guy on Episode 4 of Gorilla Whale—Mr. Tako. He’s well dressed, ambitious, and he’s gonna exploit these creatures for tons of money! On this week’s episode Kevin and Kayla take on King Kong vs Godzilla (1962). OG Godzilla director, Ishiro Honda is back—and by God if the studios are gonna milk this cash kaiju he’s gonna be there to make some art about it.

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1z0wjfCVffD7Y2OteSUUuA?si=086b81134ed647c2

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/AHfKmSzcTfA

KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/digitalkaijustudios

In celebration of King Kong’s first appearance in the Godzilla franchise, we have a bonus episode for our Ko-Fi supporters where we discuss King Kong (1933). Check out the Ko-Fi for that and more monster movie discussions!

Next week, on Friday August 2nd we talk Mothra vs Godzilla (1964). This is not to be confused with Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992). You can legally find this for free on services like Tubi, Crackle, Amazon Freevee, and Pluto TV. Ko-Fi Titan subscribers can check out our Mothra (1961) bonus episode now!

This is a clip from episode 4 of Gorilla Whale: A Godzilla Watch-Along, Podcast by Digital Kaiju Studios. This podcast is hosted and produced by Kevin Carpenter and Kayla Knutson. Art by Ashlee Hart.

[tibatibaffaan]

Faceclaim Recommendations

A little heads up : you can check prohibited faceclaims here. If you found some recommendations in the list below are included as prohibited faceclaims, you may confim us through DMs.

➡️ MALE ⬅️

— NBA

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Jordan Poole

Jayson Tatum

Shai Gilgeous Alexander

Ja Morant

Luka Doncic

Klay Thompson

Nikola Jokic

— NHL

Hughes Brothers (Jack, Luke, Quinn)

Mat Barzal

Andrei Svechnikov

Mitch Marner

Sidney Crosby

Cale Makar

David Pastrnak

Jeremy Swayman

Roope Hintz

Brady Skjei

Auston Matthews

— Football

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Dominik Szoboszlai

Brahim Diaz

Fede Valverde

Aurelien Tchouameni

Phil Foden

Jack Grealish

Marcus Rashford

Declan Rice

Darwin Nunez

Alejandro Garnacho

— Tennis

Carlos Alcaraz

Andrey Rublev

Taylor Fritz

Jannik Sinner

Jack Draper

Ben Shelton

Casper Ruud

Alex De Minaur

Daniil Medvedev

— Formula One

Daniel Ricciardo

Carlos Sainz Jr.

Lance Stroll

Oscar Piastri

Charles Leclerc

Alex Albon

George Russell

Lando Norris

Fernando Alonso

— Actors

Michael B Jordan

Keith Powers

Dylan Minnette

Dylan O’Brien

Tom Hardy

Jacob Elordi

Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Robert Pattinson

Nicholas Galitzine

Drew Starkey

Paul Mescal

Logan Lerman

Theo James

Callum Turner

— Musician

Calum Hood

Matt Champion

Dominic Fike

Blake Richardson

Reece Bibby

George Smith

A$AP Rocky

Luke Hemmings

Ruel

Zayn Malik

Kevin Abstract

Jaden Smith

Boy Pablo

➡️ FEMALE ⬅️

— Athletes

Elena Rybakina

Paula Badosa

Aryna Sabalenka

Katie Boulter

Camila Giorgi

Zehra Gunes

Alexandra Bøjeg

Lily Muni He

Emma Raducanu

Caroline Garcia

Iga Swiatiek

— Actress

Zendaya

Margot Robbie

Lola Tung

Ayo Edebiri

Sydney Sweeney

Alexandra Daddario

Alexa Demie

Hunter Schafer

Jenna Ortega

Anne Heathaway

Florence Pugh

Jennifer Lawrence

Angelina Jollie

Ana de armas

Halle Bailey

Elle Fanning

Emma Stone

Lily Rose-Depp

Camila Mendes

— Musician

Gracie Abrams

Tyla

Dua Lipa

Clairo

Beabadoobee

SZA

Suki Waterhouse

Phoebe Bridgers

Ariana Grande

Billie Eilish

Lauren Jauregui

Lorde

Rihanna

Laufey

Pink Pantheress

Olivia Rodrigo

Willow Smith

Tate McRae

H.E.R

Danna Paola

Jorja Smith

Reneé Rapp

Kali Uchis

[thejugheadparadox]

kevin keller is the don draper of gay boyfriends if u think about it

[nerdygaymormon]

My trip to Utah, Oct 2022

I recently took a trip to Utah for 5 days and it was terrific. I’ll post in more details later about several of these things. Here’s the highlights:

Wednesday, Oct 5 - Arrived in Utah. Who thought having a 1/2 mile walk at the airport to get to baggage claim is a good idea...especially at that elevation? I live at sea level, that walk had me huffing and puffing. 

I drove down to Provo and met a friend who took me to see the Roots of Knowledge stained glass display at UVU. I enjoyed that. He also took me for my first Swig experience. What’s up with all these drive-thru soda places in Utah?

Had dinner with a BYU student who had contacted me and wanted to meet

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Thursday, Oct 6 - Had lunch with Allison Dayton who co-founded Lift+Love, brought my friend @loveerran​ along. It was a great conversation. 

Erran and I then went to the Salt Lake City library, which is an amazing building, and met a friend we’ve known from Tumblr & the Queerward Discord. That was a good get together.

That evening was a BBQ social at Encircle House in Salt Lake City. I was surprised by several folks from the Queerward Discord being there, that was fun to meet y’all. One of them said, “Look at all the older queer people, guess we aren’t the pioneers we thought we were.” My response was, “it’s rare to see older queer people like this outside of LDS adjacent spaces. It’s sad that something which saved them also caused them so much pain. And we weren’t out at your ages, you are definitely still pioneers!” 

My friend Ghost, who used to live in Florida, was at the Encircle BBQ. Had friends who are husband-and-wife who came to show support and I enjoyed introducing them as my “straight friends.” Having so many friends there made me feel like the Belle of the Ball. 

And OMG, Adam from the It Gets Better at BYU video was at the SLC Encircle House, he interns there. He’s cuter than ever. I am so glad to see him thriving.

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Friday, Oct 7 - I had some appointments with General Authorities. I met with Elder Kevin Hamilton for 90 minutes, then had lunch with Elder & Sister Renlund for an hour. We had some great conversations which I’ll post about. They were all very generous with their time.

Friday evening, the Affirmation conference began with dinner & speakers. David Hayward, aka the Naked Pastor spoke, and he made a cartoon specifically for Affirmation! Sue Robbins spoke, she is a trans activist in Utah, and Michael Todd, a gay country singer from Utah, sang for us. 

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Saturday, Oct 8 - I met early this morning with my friend Claudio Costa, an emeritus Seventy. He updated me on his life and newest calling as a missionary working with the Tabernacle Choir. I updated him on my life and he says, “David, you’re more LDS than most LDS.” It’s often that way, queer people who are trying to make church work often embrace their church and its culture very tightly, kind of becoming Super Mormon. Claudio also chides me for not contacting him months earlier about my health crisis with blood clots and says he can pray for me & put my name on the temple, and anytime I need to talk or vent that I should call him. And the cutest thing is he talks about me often enough that his wife will now say, “My friend David,” when she mentions me, she feels she knows me.

Affirmation conference began this morning with Roni Jo Draper speaking in the plenary session. Loved her remarks. She spoke about community and likened it to dancing at her tribe’s reservation. Everybody dances, don’t say you don’t dance and sit out life. Everybody has issues, don’t say you’re too chubby to dance, instead put your weight into it. Don’t get along with someone else, dance it out. She also said don’t go around complaining you’re out of shape, we can all see that, instead do what you can and others will do what they can.

The great thing about going to a conference like this is the new friends we make, finding people who understand and get us in a way few others truly do.

After the plenary session, I was on a panel and parents with LGBTQ children could ask us questions. I think it went well. We spent the first half of the session talking about trans people and transitioning, which meant I learned a lot but didn’t have much to say. When the moderator had us move on, the next question was aimed directly to me, how do you stay an active member and make that work? 

After lunch, I recorded a podcast episode with Latter Gay Stories. I was initially reluctant to do so as I’m not their typical guest, often they’ve recently been part of a high profile activity, or they have books out, and many of them have left the church. Also, I was first asked at Thursday’s Encircle BBQ to be on the podcast, and therefore didn’t have time to prepare (as someone with social anxiety, I usually way over prepare for things, so going in with no prep was a little unsettling). In addition to an audio podcast, they also release it as video, which meant I was filmed. I have a lot of body issues related to my weight, and being on camera for everyone to see was hard for me. Additionally, this wasn’t in their usual studio, but a makeshift space at the conference, and their portable lights made such a glare on my glasses that I had to take them off, which meant I couldn’t clearly see the facial expression of the host. Latter Gay Stories recorded several episodes over the conference, so I don’t know when my episode will be released

This day was full of hard things for someone with social anxiety, but I was brave and did all the things. 

I had dinner with a friend of mine, we spent 5 hours catching up, laughing, and having heart-to-heart conversations. We stayed at the City Creek Mall until they turned out the lights out on us. 

There was a dance at the Affirmation Conference that I considered going to, dancing is the #1 trigger of my social anxiety and I thought about going to the dance as a form of exposure therapy, but instead decided why ruin an amazing day with a bout of anxiety (and likely tears and going back to my hotel room to hide for the rest of the night), and instead stayed in the moment with my friend with whom I was having a delightful time.

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Sunday, Oct 9 - Final day of the Affirmation Conference. Heard Paul Cardall play piano live!!!! Love him. His music moves me. Just as his music brings me peace, his words also settled well on me as he spoke of interactions with Ty Herndon, Glenn Tyler, David Archuleta, and a music producer whose name I can’t remember, all of whom are gay.

I was nominated for the Mortensen Award, which is the big award given each year by Affirmation. The bio they read about me had me simultaneously wanting to hide (thanks social anxiety), and also very proud.

After conference, I gave Nathan Mclaughlin, who is recently returned from his mission in Georgia, a ride over to Richard Ostler’s home so they could record an episode of Richard’s podcast Listen, Learn & Love. I got to sit in as they recorded the podcast, it was incredible to be there and witness that. For those who don’t know, Nathan organized Pride demonstrations at BYU-I in response to the reversal of the Honor Code change in 2020, and is the first missionary to come out publicly via social media, which he did with a Facebook post.

The day ended with me and several queer friends having dinner at the home of a family who are close to me. There is a wonderful story I want to share in more detail of a queer youth who came out to their ward that Sunday, and was invited to come over for dessert with me and my queer LDS friends. It shows that our Heavenly Parents love their children, all of them, and organized a special queer welcoming committee for this wonderful trans daughter.

The night ended when it was time for me to head to the airport and catch a midnight flight to Florida.

[bad0gs]

⠀⠀⠀ ◜   ♱   :    ₕₑₗₚ    𝐌𝐄,    i've    got    𝖓𝖔    𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑    to    sell.    my ǝloɥʍ    existence    𝙸𝚂    𝙵𝙻𝙰𝚆𝙴𝙳

sony   wm-d3   and   headphones   blasting   on   the   subway   to   work   /   weary   from   the   sleepless   night   before,   the   cacophony   of   new   york   screaming   echoes   outside   a   barren   apartment   you   now   call   home   —   yet   the   feeling   of   displacement   atrophies   at   the   nape,   the   scent   of   silk   cuts   and   davidoff   cool   water,   the   inexplicable   comfort   of   pretending   to   be   someone   else,   reputation   to   uphold   and   boy   aren’t   you   a   bloody   disappointment!

◜   ♱   :    𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗘𝗥.

full name.   dante   theodore   valmont. meaning.   enduring   \   a   gift   from   god   \   hill   of   the   vale. nickname.   dan   or   danny   (   absolutely   despises.   )   any   sort   of   reference   to   the   divine   comedy   (   also   hates.   ) agent tenent. age.   thirty3. dob.   october   twenty   -   sixth,   making   him   a   scorpio. pob.   croydon,   london. pronouns.   he   /   him, cis male. residence.   previously   mayfair,   london   now   resides   in   manhattan   (   upper   east   ),   new   york.      education.  bachelor of law   at   oxford, later completed a phd in political science.    occupation.   previous agent for mi5, current undercover agent for the fbi,   being   a   sneaky cunt.    religion.   hardcore atheist, family was all that he had to believe in and there's barely of that left. actively denies that a 'higher being' exists. orientation. bisexual, biromantic. hardly gives a shit.

◜   ♱   :    𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡.

height.   six   foot,   two   inches. clothing.   relaxed   tailored   slacks   and   handcrafted   sweaters.   wool   coats   and   the   occasional   washed   levi's   501s   with   black   loafers. well crafted suits with his father's leather watch and signet ring. scent.   ​​​​​​​davidoff's   cool   ​​​​​​​water,   ​​​​​​​mixed   ​​​​​​​with   ​​​​​​​the   asectic   ​​​​​​​bite   ​​​​​​​of   lingering   ​​​​​​​silk   ​​​​​​​cuts.   ​​​​​​​ noticable   features.   dimples   ​​​​​​​around   ​​​​​​​the   ​​​​​​​smile   when   ​​​​​​​he's   ​​​​​​​about   ​​​​​​​to   ​​​​​​​lie   ​​​​​​​through   ​​​​​​​his   ​​​​​​​teeth,   ​​​​​​​small   circular   ​​​​​​​burn   ​​​​​​​marks   ​​​​​​​around   ​​​​​​​his   hands   from   younger,   navy   blue   eyes   inherited   from   his   father.    akin   to.   napoleon   usher   (   tfothof   ),   kendall   roy   &   nate   sofrelli   (   succession   ),   sebastian   (   cruel   intentions   ),   don   draper   (   madmen   ),   kevin   lomax   (   devil's   advoate   )

◜   ♱   :    𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧.

you    only    live    twice,    or    so    you've    been    told.    a    young    blighter    in    middle    class    england,    another    product    of    a    single    mother    and    absent    father    fate.    hardly    destined    for    much    when    the    world    couldn't    give    less    than    a    supersilious    shit    about    you.    backed    into    a    corner    by    playground    bullies    far    taller,    you    get    mean    when    you    become    nervous.    come    home    from    school    with    sickly    purple    and    green    blossoming    around    the    eye,    a    prideful    grin    on    the    lips.    find    a    man    tailored    in    dark    green    waiting    in    the    kitchen,    bumming    a    burning    cigarette    with    your    mother    (    eyes    hardly    met,    why    aren't    they    met    ?    )    you're    told    to    pack    whatever's    necessary,    get    prepared    and    say    goodbye, dad's    here    to    take    you    home    with    an    opportunity    of    a    lifetime.   

the    first    of    four.    old    habits    don't    die    with    the    old    man,    they    fucking    repeat.    seen    as    revenues    before    bloodline,    his    hand    settles    above    your    bruised    eye    before    reshaping    you    entirely    and    it's    the    closest    thing    you'll    call    familial    affection.    leashed    with    a    ralph    lauren    tie    and    sent    off    to    the    best    school    bloodied    money    could    buy.    to    be    a    valmont    was    to    learn    how    to    kill;    not    with    a    fist    but    with    a    smile    ⎯    deceive    to    slip    the    knife    in    their    back    before    realisation    pours    out.     

history    told    before,    you    follow    in    your    father’s    footsteps.    step    past    silver    gates    of    mi5    and    begin    vigorous    training,    like    childhood    muscle    memory.    icarian    how    you    impress    mentors    and    surpass    peers,    (    THIS    IS    WHAT    YOU'RE    MEANT    FOR:    know    deep    down,    somewhere    under    cold,    reticent    gaze,    he    is    proud    of    you.    right    ?    )    pressure    throbs    at    the    fingertips,    the    golden    boy    wings    itch    at    your    back.    you've    learned    to    survive    on    this    hunger    for    so    long,    callously,    the    mind    reaches    for    something-    anything.    it's    a    fine    line    you    oscillate    on,    reveal    sharpened    canines    to    flashing    cameras    as    if    blood    and    coke    hadn't    soaked    in    earlier.    the    thrum    remains,    a    lingering    constant    that    gnaws    at    the    bloodline.    your    mother's    very    hues    staring    back    from    the    broken    mirror,    nothing    but    pity    that    falls    upon    the    burning    icarus.    that    is,    until    the    fiery    source    dies    out. 

for    a    deity    so    distant,    the    absence    is    felt.   four    raven    black    umbrellas    stand    and    watches    the    fall    of    a    king.    lowered    into    the    ground    six    feet    under,    the    final    curtain    call    of    vincent    valmont    and    all    it    took    was    a    heart    attack.    (    mundane,    ordinary,    bleak:    everything    he    rescued    his    children    from.    )    london    haunts    the    periphery    and    you    can’t    call    it    home    no    longer.    desk    packed    and    find    yourself    doing    an    impersonation    of    someone    well    strung    -    as    if    grief    isn’t    etched    into    sinew    and    marrow.    find    call    it    good    old    english    cynicism,    wrecked    by    the    relief    of    being    unknown.    how    instincts    lead    with    grey    lies    and    charming    white    smile    through    the    interview,    so    what    if    ego    inflated    a    few    stories    ?    and    christ,    despite    it all; your    father    was a    magniliant    figure,    and whatever    was    in    him,    by    god    you    hope    its    in    you.           

[the-french-eurobitch]

~DAY #1: RUSTY (yipeeeee)

Favorite Actors: Kevin Kohler, Greg Mowry, Ray Shell, Sean McDermott, & Max Rizzo!

Favorite Songs/Scenes: Indefinitely Engine of Love.

Favorite Costumes: errrr…i’ve re-evaluated my insight on certian costumes. and now my favorite would probably be the new sparkly chest-box that Post-2018 Rusty has in “I Am The Starlight”. 

because boy oh boy, do we really need to have this distinctly special relationship involving him and the starlight more clear. :))

Favorite Ships:

Rusted Brakes

Steam Press

Headcanons:

He hates scary movies...

He’s a book nerd :)) He loves to get philosophical over everything he reads. (non-derogatory)

I view him to be well-versed in astrology for a long time, but also laden with some trust issues with whom he feels comfortable bringing that side of himself amongst. So he’s more comfortable bringing up anything oriented to astrology with Poppa, Momma, Belle, Pearl, Dinah, & Dustin.

Unpopular Opinions: 

I feel that the post-2018 staging of “I Am The Starlight” could have been re-thought, and re-hashed a bit more.

Some of you are free to correct me if I am wrong. BUT, time and time again, I have seen how Kevin Kohler is the only actor that never gets burnout over playing Rusty multiple times. We all have our own preferences over StEx actors we enjoy seeing. But even when it comes to Rusty actors, when was the last time we ever came across a young, 20-something, or 30-something, never getting tired of playing a character multiple times? 

I am 100% fuming over the fact that there is no video, or audio boot, of Ben Draper covering for Rusty….that’s it. :))

[r-rook-studio]

#City23 Update - End of January: Nottingham and Cape Crescent

Crossposted to Cohost

I've written about my #City23 projects here and on Cohost. You can check out my last post.

I took a weeklong break due to a death in the family, so this is the my end-of-January post.

Nottingham

My previous posts introduced the Three-Foxes Inn, which I later decided was near the Bar Gate and Chapel Bar area. The gate heads toward Derby and the forests and hills to the Northwest. The Three Foxes is owned by Madame Jarry and two of her three sons. I added an alewife who makes the inn's brews, couple of other residents: Colman who murders strangers in order sustain his wife's life, Ruhl the Baker who does favors for the sheriff in order to protect his daughter (a sheriff's hostage), and the informal mendicants Earnmund and Mindred, clairvoyants and necromancers who exchange prophecies for money and live on the estate of a local priory.

I started last week by adding a Gruffin's Candle Shop to the Chapel Bar area, adding three NPCs who work there: - Gruffin of Clun, sometimes called "Old Clun," the owner, an apparently immortal wax magician who makes candles, spell candles, and magical waxen masks and figures. - Vel, his oldest apprentice, a young man who rarely speaks, but can be heard singing at night as he practices his magic. - Yvaine, his younger apprentice, an escaped aristocrat who disdains the notion of gender and has a talent for burglary.

I've also gone back to the Three Foxes and added a few details: - A random list of customers, including a shy trans tough, an outgoing trans harper, a prostitute, a farmer who's having prophetic dreams, a former Templar, and a German scholar-turned-Nottingham-pastrymaker. - An aristocrat living secretly as Azela's apprentice alewife.

Finally, I've added Godfrey Draper (secretly an agent of the sheriff): a brutish lout of a guard who's playing the fool to lure people into becoming careless about their support of their forest outlaw heroes.

Cape Crescent

This week in Cape Crescent, I've focused on the Lunar Lounge, a queer nightclub near the shore, popular with locals and tourists alike. - Drag Duo and owners Trent Keith (Pearl Dyver in drag) and Sylvia Herrera (Manor Bourne in drag) are also member of a local wolf pack who are concerned about the designer drugs that the Ghost Bay Foundation seems to be introducing to the town's nightlife. - Immortal bartender Griffin Declan who shifts his identity (and sometimes his face) every decades or two. - Go-go dancer Chance Reyes who has an innate (and unwanted) talent for necromancy. - Barback Kevin Phillips, who ran away from home and found a strange book that contains the spirit of Tarlton Caine's own runaway claivoyant son (who doesn't want his dad). - Several customers you might meet on the dance floor, including Dr. Jenna Caine (Tarlton Caine's oldest child and mentee), an out-of-work actor, a new resident who caught their ex-husband cheating and came to Cape Crescent for a new life, a Ghost Bay Foundation tech writer, the managing editor of the local paper, and a drug-dealer.

Reading

This week I also started working my way through some classic city-focused adventures and supplements from games of yore. Right now, it's Flying Buffalo's CityBook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker.

Coming Up

In Nottingham, I think it's time to shift and get into the sprawl of Nottingham Castle. Over in Cape Crescent, I'll figure out whether the best thing to start next is exploring Tarlton Caine's organization or the Ghost Bay Foundation's off-shore HQ.

[crazyintheeast]

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I tagged 1,001 of my posts in 2022

#warrior nun - 189 posts

#avatrice - 171 posts

#scylla ramshorn - 37 posts

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#congratulations. it took you nearly ten years to see what anyone with common sense could see from the start

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

1,072 notes - Posted November 5, 2022

#4

Imagine Ava proposing to Beatrice with an engagement ring that has a divinuim stone in it so it glows every time Ava is near. Both Beatrice and Ava think it's super romantic and nobody has the heart to tell them that to people not familiar with divnium this looks as if Ava put a cheap LED light on a ring. And then one day Beatrice's mother sees it and for the first time in her life she finds something even more offensive then her daughter's homosexuality. Tacky jewelry!?!? Completely unacceptable

1,306 notes - Posted November 12, 2022

#3

So here is the idea. A Xena reboot but there is a twist. The pilot starts and it's Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor having a cute lunch date in present time. Suddenly they start reminiscing about the good old days and bham. The entire first episode of Xena starts airing. And that's the entire concept of the the reboot. Every episode opens up with an immortal married Xena and Gabrielle in present time doing cute couple things for two minutes as an excuse to remember something and we just go straight to airing an old Xena episode. Completely unchanged except for one thing. Kevin Sorbo is digitally removed from all episodes and replaced with Charlize Theron

2,735 notes - Posted June 9, 2022

#2

I feel like we don't talk enough about just how amazing Ava and Beatrice story line has been. Ava is a deeply deeply traumatized person. She has spent her whole life being essentially a prisoner who suffered daily abuse. She had no agency, no freedom just a vile old woman telling her all the time how she is broken, how she is a burden. The only friend she had was a child himself. The squatters she had were nice but that's just what they were nice. And the boy was hot but it was blatantly obvious that as far as Ava was concerned it was just about sex and adventure But then came Beatrice and the first thing she did was call Ava out in her bullshit but it was not done in a malicious way and I feel that Ava could feel the enormous difference between Beatrice calling her out and the vile nun who abused her her entire life. And then this fucking scene, Ava was having a full on breakdown and instantly sought comfort and Beatrice was there. Quite likely the only person who has hugged Ava and offered her real comfort for more then a decade. And then it just got more and more intense as Beatrice just kept caring, kept supporting Ava. And also kept her calling her out which I think is something Ava really appreciates because she can she that Beatrice is doing it because she believes in Ava not because she wants to hurt her But the effect is not just one sided. Look at Beatrice reaction in this gif. How stunned she is that someone is seeking comfort in her. We don't know much about her past but we know enough to form a reasonable theory. Look at the very first episode and how Mary treated Beatrice, generally how Beatrice acts with her Sister Nuns. She is friendly but you can feel the distance and based on her breakdown it's clear that her parents were deeply homophobic and knowing how cruel kids can be it's quite likely that she was shunned not only at home but in school as well making her closed, always keeping her distance so she won't get hurt again. And then comes this adorable idiot who pretty much burst through her walls, who sees her for what she is and still calls her beautiful instead of shunning her How could they not fall for each other?

3,379 notes - Posted November 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Supergirl writers: A surprising amount of people ship Kara and Lena . I suppose we could give them some more scenes together. Strictly friendship of course but still enough to keep those shippers on the hook

Pitch Perfect writers : A crazy amount of people ship Beca and Chloe . Let’s put a few comedic scenes of them to keep them on the hook

Warrior Nun writers : A lot of people ship Ava and Beatrice so we are thinking … let’s go hard for it in season 2 . I am thinking …. . Ava and Beatrice are roommates working in a bar together . We will start with them pining for each other and being insanely jealous whenever they see someone else speaking with them . Also of course we will have them just be happy and dancing together and being so lost in each other’s eyes you could clearly see the unspoken love . Now for episode two …..

3,817 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

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