#mary buckland

[nazrigar]

Women's History Month 2024 - Mary Buckland and Megalosaurus

It's International Women's Day! Featuring Mary Buckland, the OG Paleoartist, AKA the lady who drew the iconic Megalosaurus jaw described by her husband William in 1824!

Coincidentally, Megalosaurus' first scientific description turned 200 years old earlier this year!

[facebook-stabber]

My music taste needs to be studied under a microscope

[strawbunnyfriends]

STRAWBUNNY & FRIENDS SUMMER NIGHTS Q&As (Part 1) OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️

Get excited for a special event...🥁

Four of our sweet and incredible cast members on Strawbunny & Friends animated series will participate in fun live Q&A sessions throughout the Summer, with special privileges for Patreon members!

Featuring Chanisha Somatilaka, Daisy Barajas, Maganda Marie, and Kira Buckland! 🌈🍓 ♡ ALL DETAILS, IMPORTANT LINKS, AND Q&A SCHEDULE BELOW! ♡

Each live Q&A session will run approximately 30 mins long. Live Q&A sessions with the cast will be available for everyone to watch via YouTube Live on our channel. However, only Patreon subscribers (any tier) may ask questions to the cast during the event.

Q&A sessions will be done individually, with each cast member having their own dedicated Q&A session. Please make sure to check the schedule for each of the four sessions below:

Chanisha Somatilaka (Tangerabbit): July 14th 2023 at 8:30PM EST

Daisy Barajas (Cubby): July 21st 2023 at 7PM EST

Maganda Marie (Sandy): August 1st 2023 at 6PM EST

Kira Buckland (Chip): August 26th 2023 at 6PM EST

Only Patreon subscribers under any tier will be able to participate directly in the Q&A by asking questions for the cast.

~ Strawbunny & Friends mini series Patreon link ~

~ Our main YouTube Channel, as well as the YouTube Channel where the Q&As will be shown from here! ~ https://www.youtube.com/@strawbunnyfriends

(If the schedule changes at all, we will be sure to make an announcement about that ASAP.)

[animusphere-goddess-of-chaldea]

Yooooooo! I saw this recently popped up. Excited. Dub of her voice! Yes!!!!

[shinigami-striker]

July 2023 Birthdays | Saturday, 07.01.2023

Here are the upcoming birthdays for the month of July 2023:

Monday, 7/3 - Jill Harris | Sarah Wiedenheft

Wednesday, 7/5 - Chris Rager

Thursday, 7/6 - Erik Scott Kimerer

Saturday, 7/8 - Rachael Lillis | Xander Mobus

Sunday, 7/9 - Kira Vincent-Davis | Tyler Walker

Tuesday, 7/11 - Cristina Valenzuela | Jason Liebrecht

Wednesday, 7/12 - Christine Marie Cabanos

Thursday, 7/13 - Kari Wahlgren | Sandy Fox

Friday, 7/14 - Mike McFarland

Sunday, 7/16 - Kira Buckland

Wednesday, 7/19 - Cherami Leigh | Jeannie Tirado | Reuben Langdon

Friday, 7/21 - Allison Sumrall

Saturday, 7/22 - James Arnold Taylor

Sunday, 7/23 - Blake Shepard | Dani Chambers | David Kaufman

Tuesday, 7/25 - Dave B. Mitchell

Thursday, 7/27 - Felecia Angelle

Saturday, 7/29 - Emily Neves

Sunday, 7/30 - Jerry Jewell

[strawbunnycakes]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!

A SLICE OF LIFE WITH STRAWBUNNY & FRIENDS

Welcome to your friendly and relaxed time with Strawbunny and his pals! 🌳❤️

YouTube animated series premiere: April 2023!

CAST: Jason Hall as Strawbunny, Chanisha Somatilaka as Tangerabbit, Daisy Barajas as Cubby, Kira Buckland as Chip, Maganda Marie as Sandy, Sarah Anne Williams as Honeybun!

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

[iknowdino]

#OnThisDay in 1829, William Buckland coined the term “coprolites” (a.k.a. fossilized poop)

One of the greatest fossil hunters Mary Anning (who, among other fossils, found the first complete skeleton of a Plesiosaurus) provided him with fossilized poop she found in Lyme Regis, England. Some of them had fish bones, scales, and other bones inside. 

The word coprolite means “dung stone” and Buckland liked these fossils so much he had a table made with inlaid coprolites

[thrashkink-coven]

Hi all,

Welcome to the last part of my 2024 altar tour! 4/4

What a year it has been! I have learned so much and made so many new friends! My altar has always been a reflection of my psyche, seeing it’s beauty reminds me of the beauty that exists within me. :)

So this is my final little work space where I do pendulum magick and tarot readings. There is a devotional mug to Lord Lucifer which I use for our morning coffee chats. There is also Lucifer’s devotional dragon statue, as well as the dual scrying mirror for him and Faviel.

There is a normal mirror and a statue of a pharaoh’s tomb. The board which the flowers and offerings are placed on dawns Faviel’s sigil and candle. To Faviel I have offered a palm stone, flowers, an acorn, smoky quartz, some black earrings, and some grubs.

Beside him is my pendulum in a selenite charging bowl along with my pendulum mat.

The black and white image you see was a piece of art I made for Archangel Jophiel after he gifted me a vision a year or so ago. I use it whenever I’m reaching out to him.

Beneath my altar is some space for storage where I keep my larger cauldron, mortar and pestle, larger candles, etc. There is also my stand where I keep my broom, fire poker, and shovel. My witch broom is wrapped in a protective seal. I use it to sweep ash from my prayer mat.

And finally, here are a few of the books I have in my collection that have greatly greatly aided me in my craft. Remember to do your research my dears!

The Arbatel of Magick- First English edition 1633, new edition 2013, edited by Earl Marwick

Healing with Form, Energy, and Light- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Gods and Goddesses- Hallam, Elizabeth

The Lesser Key of Solomon- S.L MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley

The Dictionary of Alchemy- Diana Fernando

The Art of Angels- Howard Loxton

Backland’s Book of Spirit Communications- Raymond Buckland

Transcendental Magick- Éliphas Lévi

The Greater Key of Solomon- S.L MacGregor Mathers

A History of God- Karen Armstrong

A Dictionary of Angels, Including Fallen Angels- Gustav Davidson

Making Talismans- Nick Farrell

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses- Johann Scheibel

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim- Scott Alan Roberts

Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft- Raymond Buckland

Candle Burning Rituals- Raymond Buckland

The Complete Book of Black Magick and Witchcraft

Green Witchcraft, Folk Magick, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft- Ann Moura

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge, Black Magick, Superstition, Charms and Divination- First Edition 1910s Johnson Smith & co. New Edition 2016 edited by Earl Marwick

Three Books of Occult Philosophy- Henry Cornelius Agrippa

and of course, The Holy Bible- New Living Translation.

I have many other books in my collection on tarot and astrology in my living room, but these are the books that have had the greatest impact on my craft. Here are a few of those other ones:

Love Potions- Tatania Hardie

The Book of Destinies- Jane Struthers

The Crystal Bible 2- Judy Hall

The Tarot Bible- Sarah Barlett

The Wicca Bible- Ann Marie Gallagher

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs- Scott Cunningham

Magic and Medicine of Plants- Reader’s Digest

The Power of Birthdays Stars and Numbers- Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan

The Witches’ Goddess- Janet and Stewart Farrar

The Witches’ God- Janet and Stewart Farrar

•••

I wanted to end this tour off with my reading material because I want to emphasize how important it is to understand that “magick” is not just “stuff”.

I really enjoy all of my magical tools and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having and wanting pretty things or an aesthetically pleasing altar. In fact I believe aesthetic and care are acts of love in themselves. Don’t ever let someone shame you for wanting to decorate and indulge in the aesthetics of your craft.

But please do remember that our greatest magical tool is our minds, our senses, and our experiences- our brains. Remember to read read read lots of material from many different sources. Contemplate honestly on everything you read, hear and experience. Do not take everything you believe today as a fact, do not box yourself in to anything. (Maybe that’s the Luciferian in me speaking lol)

Learn how to do magick alone, without any tools. My magick is not my stuff, although my stuff greatly aids me in my magick. Does that make sense?

Thank you so much for reading! I look forward to growing and learning so much more this year! :)

Blessed be!

[frodothefair]

Listening to Mr. Brightside by The Killers and thinking about the Frodo-Mari-Merry love triangle over my lunch break.

Too bad, Merry. You thought your father would not let you marry a Gamgee and that Mari would not move to Buckland? You thought very wrong. Not only did she go to Buckland, but she left the Shire when it was needed. I suppose it’s time to chain smoke the pain away.

Also, imagine BOTH Sam and Merry trying and failing to sleep in the hobbit house in Minas Tirith after Frodo and Marigold are reunited post quest.

[perxywonderland]

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 💛

You hesitate ? I already told you I didn’t mind dying between the hands of such a mysterious and magnificent being, right? If you want my heart, take it. But I know in your golden heart of yours, you prefer me alive, right? Deep breaths. You are so much more than a starving monster, Willow.

So willow, will you eat Leander or what? 🤔 Pucas are human flesh eaters, like many faeries, they are omnivores, but the most nutrients come from humans.

Willow is a ‘vegetarian’, she doesn’t eat meat anymore since she left the Senobium. And this, right here, happen during the Senobium, and Leander is still safe and sound, congrats, Leander, you survived your -hungry- fae goth gf! 👌 speaking of Leander, fae lovers are called “man of the shee”, by loving a faerie, they are doomed. Loving a supernatural being is deadly 🤷 fun fact: faeries need human milk to grow.

Details + Inspiration songs under the cut

[scotianostra]

14th September 1797 saw the birth of Charles Lyell at Kinnordy, Angus.

Lyell was an important Scottish geologist, in his seminal work, Principles of Geology, he challenged the dominant thinking of the time which was based on the biblical viewpoint. He grew up in the New Forest in Hampshire where, encouraged by his father, he developed a keen interest in natural history. In 1816, Charles went to Oxford University to study classics but also attended geology lectures by William Buckland.

Building on the ideas of James Hutton, by careful observation he concluded that the Earth's physical features and its inhabitants were the result of continuous physical and chemical processes occurring gradually over long periods of geological time. Lyell's theory was revolutionary and infuriated the devout majority.

He later supported Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution. He was a patron of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Lyell was known chiefly for his influential book, the three-volume Principles of Geology. He even married a geologist: Mary Horner, the well-educated daughter of Leonard Horner (who founded Heriot-Watt University). Their honeymoon in 1832 was a geological tour of Switzerland and Italy.

Charles had been made the first Professor of Geology at King’s College, London, but he resigned in 1833 in the face of criticism that his lectures contradicted Biblical chronology, even to this day there are bible thumpers who try to discredit the work of Lyell, Hutton and the likes!

Charles Lyell died on 22nd February 1875 aged 77 at his home in Harley Street, London, he is buried at Westminster Abbey.

Lyell’s name lives on in Mount Lyell in Yosemite National Park. California; Lyell craters on the Moon and Mars; the Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University; and the jawless fossil fish, Cephalaspis lyelli.

[princessmeepa]

I am going to pick the voice actors for my gods, RS’ dream cast for her LO live action is just for points and not even there to play the roles and she only picks her celebrity crush Mads to be Christian blue I know. So I am going to pick the voice actors who can fit my characters perfectly and here they are. So let’s start with the goddesses. Ok let’s gooo!

Note: some of the characters have the same voice actresses and who voiced their characters from the same anime, because I want to fit some of the voices, who can fit my characters.

Alecto: Avalon Penrose, who voiced Megaera from Hades.

Aglaea: Reba Buhr, who voiced Aphrodite from Record of Ragnarok.

Amphitrite: Michelle Rojas, who voiced Wendy from Show by Rock.

Aphrodite: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who voiced Komi Shuuko from Komi can’t communicate.

Athena: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa (the game).

Ardane: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Katherine McBride from Catherine.

Artemis: Carli Mosier, who voiced Saeko Tanaka from Haikyū!!

Atropos: Mara Junot, who voiced Lisa from Genshin Impact.

Calliope: Natalie Hoover, who voiced Tsukino from Show by Rock.

Calypso: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voices Swim from One Punch Man

Chloris: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rin from Catherine: Full Body

Cleo: Lauren Landa, who voiced Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaioh from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars.

Clotho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Runa Yomozuki from Kakegurui.

Daphne: Ashly Burch, who voiced Sasha Braus from Attack on Titan.

Demeter: Heather Masters, who voiced Circus Baby from FNAF.

Echo: Stephanie Sheh, who voiced Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon or Luci Christian who voiced Duck/Princess Tutu from Princess Tutu.

Eos: Krystal LePort, who voiced Brooke from HuniePop 2.

Eris: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Kirari Momobami from Kakegurui.

Eurydice: Erica Mendez, who voiced Retsuko from Aggretsuko.

Gaia: Same thing with Demeter, but with a cute and girly Greek accent.

Hebe: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Goll from Record of Ragnarok.

Hecate: Alexis Tipton, who voiced Chuchu from Show by Rock.

Hedone: Laura Bailey, who voiced Catherine from Catherine.

Hera: Erin Fitzgerald, who voiced Eudial from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.

Hestia: Jamie Marchi, who voiced Panty from Panty and Stocking.

Iris: Brittney Karbowski, who voiced Ryou Fujibayashi from Clannad.

Lachesis: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Sayaka Igarashi in Kakegurui.

Leto: Casey Mongillo, who voiced Nene Onemine from Komi Can't Communicate.

Leuce: Dorothy Fahn, who voiced Sumika Warakubami / Kawaru Natari from Kakegurui

Libya: Kira Buckland, who voiced Princess Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste in Sleepy Princess from the Demon Castle.

Maia: Cherami Leigh, who voiced Kaede Otori from Komi Can't Communicate.

Marakria: Monica Rial, who voiced Moa in Show from Rock (if that’s possible)

Medea: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rumia Uru from Kakegurui.

Megaera: Emi Lo, who voiced Suma in Demon Slayer.

Melinoe: Kira Buckland, who voiced Mary Saotome from Kakegurui Twin and Kakegurui.

Metis: Laura Post, who voiced Brunhilde in Record of Ragnarok.

The other 6 Muses: Bryn Apprill.

Nyx: Hellena Taylor, who voiced Bayonetta from the Bayonetta games, but with sexy a Greek accent.

Pasithea: Bridget Hoffman, who voiced Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann.

Peitho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Emilia in Re:ZERO.

Persephone: Maggie Flecknoe, who voiced Yui Komori in Diabolik Lovers.

Perse: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voice Rem in Re:ZERO

Psyche: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui

Rhea: Elizabeth Maxwell, who voiced Rosaria from Genshin Impact.

Selene: Shannon Chan, who voiced Misa Amane from Death Note.

Semele: Brenna Larsen, who voiced Navia from Genshin Impact.

Thetis: Kate Higgins, who voiced Sailor Mercury/ Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon.

Tisiphone: Sarah Williams, who voiced Midari Ikishima from Kakegurui

Urania: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Hinatsuru in Demon Slayer.

And for the Mortal women:

Andromeda: Bryn Apprill, who voiced Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss from Attack on Titan.

Cassandra: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Daki from Demon Slayer.

Helen of Troy: Cristina Vee, who voiced Sailor Mars / Rei Hino.

Phaedra: Juliet Simmons, who voiced Inaho Yamato from Kakegurui

Penelope: Abby Trott, who voiced Inui from Aggretsuko.

What do you guys think?

[ljaesch]

Crunchyroll Is Now Streaming the English Dub of the Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga- Anime

Crunchyroll has announced that it is now streaming the English Dub of the Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga- anime. The English cast includes: David Vincent is Angel Alejandro Saab is Gedoin Kira Buckland is Izumo Mona Marshall is Konekomaru Sean Chiplock is Lightning Griffin Puatu is Lucifer Sam Riegel is Mephisto Bryce Papenbrook is Rin Christine Marie Cabanos is Shiemi Brian Beacock is…

[strawbunnyfriends]

Have you met the incredible cast of 'Strawbunny & Friends' yet? 🌈

☀️ VOICE TALENT CAST! 🖍 Strawbunny - Jason Hall Tangerabbit - Chanisha Somatilaka Honeybun - Sarah Anne Williams Sandy - Maganda Marie Chip - Kira Buckland Cubby - Daisy Barajas

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

[wtficedance]

When ice dance competition results are discussed online there is always a loud contingent that attributes success of certain teams to politics and the strength of their federation (or conversely, the failure of certain teams to medal to the small size or weakness of their federation). Is this a lazy critique, or a real factor in ice dance results?

Q #194:

Hi anon,

Great question, it’s a frustrating one to answer because frankly federation size and investment in politicking is one of the defining critiques of ice dance. It is very hard as a fan because teams rising due to remarkable talent are more the exception than the rule. There’s a reason why Denkova/Stavitski have been the last true non-large federation champions in the last two decades. Unlike pairs skating or men’s, where politics is a factor but it’s still far more reliant on making fewer dramatic mistakes or falls, ice dance is significantly more nuanced. Team A might hop every single turn in their step sequence but if they don’t physically bobble on a twizzle, Team B who had a sublime step sequence but visible losses of sync or balance on their twizzles might end up placing second almost entirely based on the focus of the technical panel and judge bias.

For instance, take Fear/Gibson and their scoring evolution the past 6 years. Thanks to SkatingScores.com for this amazing chart. That improvement in scores is far more tied to the retirement of Coomes/Buckland, the abolition of the Style A step sequence, and increased financial investment in British ice dance than it is a product of their technical improvement. You can see a much flatter line for the Italians, who also benefitted from the retirement of Capellini/Lanotte in becoming top dogs, but have not had this very drastic increase. Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen have had some of the best basic skating in the game for 8 years but needed to switch from Denmark—an essential non-factor in skating—to Canada to see any scores that reflected their abilities.

This Grand Prix Final IMO is almost entirely going to be decided by the composition of the judging panel and whether they fall more in the Gadbois or Carol camp. Realistically, I think you can see basically any combination of teams on the podium dependent on a few factors: (1) USFSA either dramatically supporting Chock/Bates to make up for their very clear technical errors and instability on the GP circuit or dropping that artificial support to assist Hawayek/Baker who’ve looked significantly more stable. (2) Skate Canada either letting their top 2 teams of G/P and FB/S go at it and splitting support, or with the door that C/B have left open with their poor performance this season solely setting G/P up to take the worlds title. (3) Technical panel composition, the Italians need a stringent tech panel to punish other teams for mistakes in order to claim a top 2 finish, Barbara has less judging pull than other feds or coaches. (4) Marie France and Gadbois have a lot of teams splitting their focus, Fear/Gibson have benefitted most from focused politicking when their main opponents have been G/P and G/F, we have not seen their scores head to head with C/B and FB/S so where MF’s focus lies in the Gadbois hierarchy is going to play a massive role. I hope this answers your questions!