stoicmike · 7 months ago
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Somewhere, at this very moment, something is happening that had odds againsty it of a million to one. -- Michael Lipsey
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forensicated · 5 months ago
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01x04 - Long Odds
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Sean Bean guest stars as an armed robber at a petrol station. Whilst the robbers are distracted by the hostages the assistant manages to press the silent alarm bell. At the station, CID go through the (remarkably clear for the time despite the moaning Mike does about them) CCTV pictures. The robbers have hit several building societies, garages and off-licenses recently and Sun Hill want to catch them before someone gets hurt. Bob takes the pictures to show during the briefing for Uniform to keep their eyes out for them.
In said briefing, Bob tells the gathered uniform officers that they're to concentrate on the spate of muggings on the High Street, even if it is boring for them. "It's not boring on the television Sarge..." Taffy drawls (ha!). June and Viv are in civvies and placed at the south end of the street to try and attract the suspects to attempt to mug them. Dave claims that they're perhaps looking too hot to handle and not vulnerable enough. June is not amused...
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Dave thinks he's got an inning with CID as he recognises one of the armed robbery suspects, hoping that it'll count towards him getting out of uniform and into CID. Once Roy has the name - Desmond Holt - he calls Dave out for trying to score points and for not being loyal to Uniform. Having already gathered what Dave would want, Roy had arranged for Bob to pop upstairs. He's a slippery one, Roy! ❤
At the north end of the High Street, a lone female shopper is mugged for her handbag. When she doesn't instantly hand it over, the female half of the couple starts laying into her for not making it easy before the male drags her away.
Two officers, Kirk and Wheeler from CIB arrive to speak to Roy after a complaint was made against Ted Roach by Mrs Taylor, a neighbour who insists Ted purposely sets out to annoy her. They tell Roy that Taylor claims he called her "a nosey old cow" and to "piss off out of it." Roy plays it down as a serial complainer, however CIB insist on playing it by the book. Wheeler asks Roy if there's anything vindictive about Ted and he replies "I wouldn't say so. He gets moody from time to time but who doesn't in our line of work." Roy insists Ted is a bloody good detective and Kirk agrees that Ted's record speaks for itself. They tell Roy that they're going to speak to Mrs Taylor to make her feel like she's been listened to in the hope that it stops her from taking the complaint further. As he leaves, Wheeler brings up Ted's duty sheet showing him as knocking off late at 5pm- Roy quickly covers and says it was legitimate overtime. Roy isn't happy...!
Mike and Ted sit outside a local cafe known to be frequented by Holt and see if they can identify him from the CCTV pictures. Both complain that they find Dave too pushy to consider working alongside him. They continue keeping an eye on him until they have a positive ID. Roy suggests to Brownlow that Ted go in and arrest Holt because he is trained to work with firearms. Charles wants to wait until they're sure it's definitely him. The last thing he wants is a shootout in the middle of the street so he calls for a marksman from The Yard.
Bob heads to the High Street to catch up with Uniform about the mugging victim. Thankfully other than a bruised chest she isn't badly hurt and the couple only got away with £2.50 and her cheque book. Thankfully she had the card that would enable the thieves to use the cheque book in her pocket. Bob decides to keep the team where they are at the south end in the hope that they'll move down and get caught, telling them to return for refs soon after. June thinks they keep missing the boat and won't catch them. Bob takes Dave aside to address what happened that morning. He tells him he's aware - as are the others - that Dave can't wait to leave uniform and get into CID but going over their heads is not the way to do it. The MET rely on loyalty and teamwork and his attitude is only setting him apart from the others. Bob then leaves the room, handing Dave a letter containing the results of his test to join CID...
Nosy neighbour and serial Ted complainer, Mrs Taylor watches the officers approach her flat, having a full afternoon tea laid out for them in advance. She has two papers on the side - The Mirror and The Times. She leaves The Times on the arm of the chair and hides The Mirror behind the settee cushions before pulling the front of the TV cabinet out to hide it. She tells Kirk and Wheeler that she canceled her plans for the rest of the day to speak to them about "that sordid young man." She spoke to Ted at 3.50pm - and she's sure of the time because she rushed home from the local market to watch a televised tennis game - when she saw "that man and his trollop coming down the stairs." She says the disagreements started months ago over the communal garden. She's lived there for 15 years and always sits in the same shaded area to avoid 'getting a rash from the sun'. Wheeler tells her it's called prickly heat and Taylor is horrified, telling him that it's something quite different. Prickly heat is too common for her! She was furious to find Ted's "Trollop" sat in her chair when she went outside "You do realise, Chief Inspector, that they're not married?" Taylor claims she asked quite politely to have her chair back and that the 'Trollop' moved "but I could tell from the look in her eyes that she resented doing so" and ever since then she claims Ted has been nothing but rude to her. She complains that he comes home at all hours of the day and night and isn't pacified by Kirk explaining that being a DS in the MET means working shifts at all hours of the day and night. She then claims he uses the toilet at 3am in the noisiest way possible on purpose (by urinating right into the water) because he lives directly above her. Oh the humanity! She then returns to the day in question, claiming both were 'almost naked' (dressed for the heatwave). She says she asked him not to sit in 'her chair' and he called her dirty names like 'a silly cow' and swore at her. Kirk asks her why she asked him not to sit in her seat and Taylor explains that she wanted to use it herself. Kirk points out that she wouldn't be able to if she was going to watch the tennis match she had rushed home to see. She insists she intended to go down straight after the match. She isn't the type who will let it drop - but they can understand why Roach doesn't get on with her.
The marksman from The Yard is confirmed to arrive by 8.30am the next day. Ted and Roy both agree that it's a waste of time, especially as Ted is trained for firearms but Scotland Yard won't have it any other way after 'The Baker Street Cock Up' (which I can only imagine after a lot of googling is this). Roy tells him that they've been visited by the 'rubber heelers' and that Kirk is OK but Wheeler, is a head hunter and could be a problem.
After shift, Dave insists on buying the first round after his chat with Bob. He tells Jim he's celebrating good news after his CID exam results. Dave is baffled when Jim is genuinely pleased for him despite how Dave has treated him. Roy reminds Dave that there are still a few hurdles and invites him to join CID for a drink.
The next morning Bob takes the briefing. The focus is again the muggings on the High Street. Jim suggests a small alteration to the beats of 2 sets of officers to cover the north end of the High Street in the hope it would give them extra cover.
CID are preparing to arrest Holt at the relieving Reg and Extra!Pete who updates Ted that Holt hasn't been seen since he returned home with a rather well-endowed lady at almost 4am.
There's a potential first football mug sighting when Bob is asked to take CCTV pictures of the suspects of the armed robberies to the garage to see if the staff recognise them.
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As Ted and Mike watch Holt's house, Sean Bean Clark arrives. The Sgt from the yard arrives at Sun Hill but before Roy can take him to the scene, Brownlow asks for a word. Kirk and Wheeler are in Brownlow's office and tell Roy normally it would just be a wrist slap for Ted but there's a problem. Taylor is adamant she spoke to him at 3.50pm. Ted's duty rota, and Roy himself, said that Ted was at work until 5.13pm. Taylor's statement has signed witness statements from other neighbours who heard the argument and remember the time. Roy tries to say that he could have just nipped home for five minutes but they point out that he was supposed to be on the other side of Canley and had changed into shorts.
On the High Street, the mugging suspects are spotted by June who calls for assistance when they try to mug a woman. June and Viv manage to keep hold of the girl but the male gets away. Taffy runs after him with Dave and Jim with Dave getting injured by a trolley thrown back at him. Soon after the male suspect collides with a member of the public who Jim has to stay and help as she is hurt. Taffy continues running after him, right into a disused warehouse. The suspect continues running through the rooms, but the floor gives way under Taffy as he follows, causing him to fall through. The sudden shock of the collapse brings a wall down onto Taffy too, showering him in bricks with a shocked Yorkie arriving seconds after.
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The male suspect scales a gate and hurts his leg as he lands on the other side into the arms of Dave who is only too glad to arrest him, calling him scum as he slams him into the gate.
Ted and Mike see Holt and Carter leaving, following them to a Post Office whilst they wait for Roy and the armed officer from the yard. Bob tells Roy he hasn't had the chance to do the CCTV job he asked for because of Taffy's accident and that they don't know how he is yet as they're waiting for the fire brigade. Roy tells Bob he'll do it himself.
Tom tells the fire officer that Taffy is buried underneath a tonne of rubble and that he isn't responding to their calls.
With no contact from Roy, Ted tells Mike to contact the station and to let them know he's going in to try and prevent Carter and Holt from holding up the Post Office. Mike calls it in and goes running in to help Ted who is now being held at gunpoint. Mike's radio crackles when he appears behind Carter. Carter panics and goes for Mike with the hammer, taking him down with a blow to the arm, managing to get away. Holt and Ted fight with Ted getting the upper hand and knocking Holt out cold. He picks the gun up and checks it over, starting to laugh, "It's a toy!" he gasps for air, both men sitting on the floor and bleeding. "Are you alright?" Mike asks Ted gently, mid Ted's almost hysterical laughter. "Yeah... I wonder if they sell toilet paper?!."
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The fire officers have gotten down to the level where Taffy is and have found his radio. There's still no response from Taffy himself.
Ted sits in the back of Roy's car, shaking as he tends to his blooded nose and lip. The Sgt who was supposed to deal with the situation tells him "You've either got a lot of medals chum, or you're a headcase." Ted responds in typical Ted-esque. "Up yours!"
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"What was all that about?" Roy blinks. The Sgt tells him it's the best cure in the world for the shakes!
2 more hours in, there's still no sign or response from Taffy. Bob is about to send the others back to the station before the fire officers finally make a breakthrough.
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"... Anybody got a plaster?"
The next morning Ted is back at work being teased by uniform. Bob tells him he's a shoo-in for a commendation and Ted laughs and says he can hang it up with the other 2 alongside the divorce papers and the red letter from the mortgage company. The jovial nature doesn't last when Roy arrives to inform him that the Superintendent wants to see him and then he wants to see Bob too because the male mugger is claiming Dave roughed him up when arresting him.
Brownlow tells Ted that Roy has recommended him for a bravery commendation that he's going to endorse, however, in making out he stayed longer than he did on the duty report of the day he argued with Taylor, he has left himself open to a charge tantamount to stealing. For this he could be suspended and charged. Ted admits he lied but claims he was under great stress and counters that he's done overtime lots of times without logging it so it works out in the long run. It doesn't fly with Brownlow who tells him he was only saved by his outstanding record and that because of it, CIB have put the disciplinary option in Brownlow's hands. Charles says it was only because of what he did the day before that he's still there and that he'll let him know what disciplinary action he decides to take later.
Roy, Ted and Bob leave Brownlow's office and go to interview Holt, trying to get him to admit where Carter is. Their ... insinuation... of what will happen to Holt in prison if he has to take the rap alone is very of the time and very uncomfortable and unpleasant. Roy tells him he will have a word with the judge if he tells him where Carter could be hiding. Holt claims that he has nothing to say and Bob starts to lead him out. Yorkie tells Roy that Carter was picked up a few hours ago by Essex police. Holt pretends he's unbothered and points two fingers at Ted. 'Bang bang....' he mutters. Ted flies at him, having to be pulled away by Roy as Bob wrestles Holt out.
In the pub, Roy and Bob talk about what it would be like if they could tell the bosses were to stick their jobs with both breaking down into peals of drunken laughter at the thought.
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lunameimei · 3 months ago
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Some wise advice for you~ ✨
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and separately!
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 3 months ago
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Heh...Literally nothing personal, kid.
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odddogs · 8 days ago
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da link broke so enjoy, i saved him before he was lost to the internet
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lucabyte · 1 month ago
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Different standards
#didnt mean to do this one in quote unquote colour but it wasnt legible without it so. heres a treat i suppose#isat#isat spoilers#in stars and time#in stars and time fanart#isat fanart#isat loop#isat bonnie#lucabyteart#coughs up a lung. anyway. ramble time as per usual. this is what i was warming up for btw in case it wasnt obvious#besides being another entry in the 'letting bonnie read loop for filth on accident' series. this is mostly self indulgent musings on#headcanons (and i will just use that word here.) ive previously rambled about in other tags and posts#namely: in the scenario that loop integrates into the party as a New Person for quite a while before The Truth Come Out. i feel they have#a decent chance at really scoring a slam dunk in becoming a guardian figure for bonnie? loop's demeanor is already colder and a tiny#bit more level-headed than siffrin's in the way they seem to discuss bonnie with them. namely pointing out that bonnie#never really hated them. it seems to be one thing they're genuinely at peace with? they've seen by now the truth that bonnie#was just scared and upset. and likely now knows that what bonnie wants is to be treated with grown-up respect within reason. plus loop#already scores bonus points with bonnie since they didnt 1. fuck up bad like sif did in act 5 and 2. saved sif in the party's eyes#... but then when it turns out that this clean-slate relationship with a stranger was siffrin being deceitful? must have been odd.#bonnie seems to really dislike being lied to. the question is whether they'd see it that way? would they feel betrayed there?#anyway. this is set after all those emotions are at least settled some. loop able to be more physically affectionate... and yet#still not letting themselves be quite as close as they'd like perhaps. perhaps...#anyway translucent pyjamas because i dont care if you're comforting a crying child you've GOT to SERVE!!!#and also i feel like the party probably wouldn't let loop stay completely naked for that long. especially not post-reveal anyway
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naturesass · 1 month ago
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the universe is, and we are.
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chrliekclly · 4 months ago
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it’s been 6 years exactly nd i apologize for everything about this
[tw: implied csa]
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humming-fly · 7 months ago
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I know I've thought of a good shitpost when the premise is only funny to me and maybe three other people
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deepthought-1 · 21 days ago
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BE CAREFUL WITH HOW YOU REST IN THE MOJAVE
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supreme-leader-stoat · 8 months ago
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The sad thing about 'walkable city' discourse is that making cities more open to people who walk or use public transport is, in and of itself, actually pretty good. It's just that unfortunately there's a significant overlap between people (online at least) who seriously focus on that issue and people who have turned hating cars into a facet of their personality, and members of the later group are predictably some of the most out of touch and condescending people you will ever meet.
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dilfmobius · 2 months ago
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"Existence is chaos. Nothing makes any sense so we try to make some sense of it. And I'm just lucky the chaos I emerged into gave me all of this. My own glorious purpose." LOKI 1x02 - The Variant
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willowser · 7 months ago
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HMMMMMM interesting to think about arranged marriage with prince shouto...............
i think he wouldn't know. what to expect with you. i think he'd have an idea, as in, what his father, the king, has taught him; the duties of a wife, where your importance ranks in relation to his duties. what he's not meant to discuss with you, like politics and matters at court and foreign relations. how you will speak to him. what to buy in the event that you become...unhappy. a nuisance.
("and she will," enji had muttered, briefly glancing up from the parchment on his desk to fix shouto with a look he didn't understand. "they always do.")
you don't meet until the royal wedding, when you're coming down the long aisle of the grand cathedral, dressed up in a swathe of silk and lace. a thin, gossamer veil hides you from him, but he can feel the ardor in your eyes, the intensity burning through the material. it doesn't seem real until your bare face is only a breath from his own, until he has to see the earnestness in your stare, too.
your kiss is simple and chaste, nothing spectacular, something that leaves his mind as soon as it's over. ever a todoroki, a hundred other things enter his mind, all regarding his now iron-laid obligations: it's vital he meet with advisor keigo to reiterate the plan to establish his authority among the council; general aizawa is in attendance to the wedding, and shouto has not yet received word on his opinion of the new king's ideas to modernize their armed forces; midoriya is somewhere, no doubt wanting to go over state affairs again.
truthfully, shouto doesn't spend long "celebrating". there's already too much that's required of him, hardly enough time to even scarf down a few bites of the banquet laid out before he's being chartered off into discussions on foreign relations and infrastructure development. maybe once or twice does he look back to check on you, chatting pleasantly with his mother and sister at the front of the great hall, and that's satisfying enough.
it's not until much later that he sees you again; freshly bathed and wearing something sheer and long and white, atop his bed.
or his marriage bed, he must remind himself.
enji didn't spend long going over consummation, with him or either of his brothers—natsuo, red-faced and annoyed at the very subject, always storming off, and touya had seemed well-aware of the process, at the time (back before he'd been ex-communicated). it had sounded simple: strip off your dress, get his cock out and into you, and only retreat once he was sure his seed had been spilled.
—so he's not exactly sure what to do or think or how to feel, when you're laid bare and reaching up to hold his face.
it's so startling that he sits back on his knees, to frown where he's looming over you.
you stare at him quietly, like you're expecting him to say something, and he only has a moment to wonder if this is you becoming an unhappy nuisance—what had been the answer, to solve this, anyway?—before you let out a soft laugh.
"c'mere," you tell him, sitting up, too, when he keeps his distance. "i want you to kiss me."
"i already have."
"yes," you laugh again, amusement glowing in your eyes, like the warmth off the fireplace, as you reach for the ties on his trousers. "but you're meant to do it again."
and up until then, he'd felt confident in his achievements, his executions; he'd managed a lot today, in one evening, and he had a lifetime to manage more. it was a good a start as any, he'd thought, but now—
shouto almost can't get the words out when he feels your hands ghosting up the inside of his shirt, nails tickling over his ribs. "a-am i?"
you wrap your arms around his waist in what could be a hug, scooting forward to look up at him with your chin against his chest. "yes," you smile and—it's familiar in a way, how touya would whenever he was teasing. "you're my husband, you're meant to kiss me whenever i want."
that—was not something his father had ever said, he was sure, and it was a too-rare exchange between his own parents. now that he thinks about it—and he does, then, because he's faced with the reality that he doesn't know as much as he should—he's not sure the former king and queen even sleep in the same room, much less the same bed.
much less hug and touch and even smile, the way you do now.
there's no argument he can make against it, aside from finding keigo to find his father to verify the truth to such a statement, and he's only meant to retreat from this bed on one condition.
and if this is what it takes to meet that—then shouto supposes he'll have to do it, for now. he's a brand new king, after all, and it would seem he still has much to learn.
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basslinegrave · 10 months ago
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i did it. original reference under the cut:
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staff · 2 years ago
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tumblr tuesday: goblin appreciation post
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odddogs · 6 months ago
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this is mr jacob he looks like a substitute teacher
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