#melissa little hope

[marigoidz]

I feel like this is how I talk about the Ms

[kindheartedgummybears]

I'm trying to make homophobic memes and in the process I realized Megan's wallpaper is horse themed🥹🥹

[108garys]

two years before the little hope prologue Megan was taken under the mentorship of Carson, two years before the witch trials Mary lost her mother in the massacre(she was enslaved and it was obviously a much bigger event than its effects on the Milton family), so it stands to reason that something big happened in Melissa's life in 2018

[tatjana-fantasy]

Day 30: Home

Melissa is probably the biggest mystery in Little Hope and that's saying something. Anyway, here is my theory/headcanon for her :)

30 – Home (Melissa)

They were nearly there.

Melissa had spend her entire night commanding their attention, and she still didn’t know why. “Lead them to the house,” the Curator had said, “but make sure they also visit other places in Little Hope.” That was it. He hadn’t said anything else, just assured that she would understand once they were there. Until then, Melissa’s own actions were a mystery to her, which was something she disliked very much. She didn’t need a purpose, but an explanation. But of course, the Curator stayed quiet about everything that might be important for the story he wanted to tell.

Just like he always did.

Melissa sighed, but it wasn’t like she had a choice. She wanted to go home, wanted to be with her family again. The Curator had asked her why, since she didn’t even remember anything about her past, but she had simply told him: “Because I want to.” She had felt the urge ever since she woke up in the Curator’s repository, and he had given her the opportunity to do so.

Lead them to the house.

He hadn’t told her its significance to the group, but Melissa suspected that it was the home of someone they lost. It was completely burned down, so it seemed like a likely theory. Maybe they needed to face their past in order to live their future, just like Melissa had to.

Hopefully, she would help them to get home – and find her own one in the process.

[blueprxde]

⠀Dwampyverse + famous art

[susiephone]

one thing i'm loving about this season of abbott is how janine's being a bit snarkier towards barbara and is more willing to stand up to her. part of learning from somebody is accepting that they're imperfect and you can't always please them, and learning when, although you love and respect them and they're full of great advice, in this specific instance they're kind of full of shit

[notsosecretlyalesbian]

"Janine, how many times is tattling gonna bite you in the culo before you quit being a narc?"

Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti in Abbott Elementary | 01×11: Desking

+bonus:

[probablygayattorneys]

I suppose this is it.

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Obsessed with the idea of the rda not having the fancy machine and so restorting to old fashioned torture IMAGINE LO'AK'S AND JAKES FACE WHEN SPIDER COMES BACK WITH 3 FINGERS ON EACH HAND!

Oh my god, a lot of dark Spider anons!

That would be so awful. Not only was he tortured but HES STILL GOT THE WRONG AMOUNT OF FINGERS, NOW IT'S JSUT THE OTEHR WAY?? Just heartbreaking. I think he'd be really defensive about it, refuse to share any information above the bare minimum. I think Jake would be suuuper overprotective and guilty, just trying to overcompensate. Lo'ak would be furious. He strikes me as someone who feels things almost too much for his own good, and can't figure out where to focus his emotions because they're just too big for him. I think he'd struggle to face Spider for a while because he wouldn't know what to do.

[lesbiansforboromir]

Maybe I was being overdramatic, Tolkien academia can’t be THAT bad (reads one (1) more paper about Eowyn) Tom Shippey should be put to the torch along with every single person who uncritically cites him. 

[metagalacticx]

So build your house//On my back man it's cool//I'll be the one//To make your steps up quick and smooth

scott mccall

[marigoidz]

Notes for LH + TDIM AU/crossover thing I've been thinking about

- Modern incarnations are real

- Focus is on Melissa (Megan/Mary double)

- She goes by Lissy just bc I think it's cute

- Her adoptive parents ignore her in favor of their younger bio son

- She has violent tendencies as a result of being bullied

- She often pretends to live in a fantasy world as a means of mental escape (Little Hope is like her oversized playground)

- She ends up meeting Kate..somehow. I don't have an excuse for that yet lmao

- Basically Kate wants to help Lissy get her anger under control before she ends up offing someone

[cryptids-lobelia-garden]

I managed to pull this together in the middle of an Absolutely Horrible work day! Yay! (Writing this is probably part of what got me out of a stress and caffeine induced panic attack) Unfortunately I didn’t get it edited on time to post on time, but Hey! It Exists :D Anyway, people should write more characters having autism shutdowns. It’s very frustrating being barely able/unable to talk (I am autism btw)

Anyway, this one’s very environmental. I feel like the timespace distortions in PLA could have been a LOT more horrifying, and I’m here to deliver! Warnings: animal attack (again), uuuuhh what do you call this.. time and space are being bent and torn around him and it is some sort of cosmic horror or something idk what that term means exactly I just know it’s what comes to mind, but uuuh yeah this one’s kinda tame actually.

All of mine so far have been pretty tame, let’s be honest. I promise I can write other stuff we just haven’t gotten to the Good Stuff I Have Planned yet

Day 5: Reckless

Takes place some time after the battle atop Mount Coronet. (After day 4 of this event, far before day 3, which happened before days 1 and 2)

~~~~~

Volo should have known this would happen when a strange energy started to fill the air. He should’ve known this would happen when sparks started to fly.

He thought he had more time before it did, thought he could pick a few more berries from this tree and run.

He should’ve known better than to test his fate, especially in a distortion that he had indirectly caused. Arceus has a sense of humor, after all, and Volo is no stranger to the cruelty that fate seems to love to bring him.

Scents from past and future flow into the air, and he can hardly breathe, stumbling as the ground morphs and shifts under him. One moment, he’s standing on the grassy hill, and the next, a structure he doesn’t understand appears out of nowhere, trapping him inside.

He scrambles his way out a window and brings his fingers to his mouth, whistling as loud as he can.

But Toge doesn’t come. She can’t hear him in the storm.

I could die here.

The realization sends chills down his spine.

He’s been confronted by his own mortality plenty of times in his life. It’d be a surprise to hear someone hasn’t, really, in a world as dangerous, as cruel as this one. Wild Pokémon attacks that aren’t immediately deadly can still be incredibly dangerous later, after all, and there’s a myriad of other dangers in this world.

Volo happens to be particularly good at getting himself into bad situations, and fate has always seemed to be especially cruel to him. He’s faced death plenty of times.

But it’s never felt so close.

He could run from murderers and wild Pokémon. He managed to strike a deal with Giratina when they met, he learned everything he could forage so he would never starve, he had even escaped the wrath of a particularly powerful zoroark, which is an impressive feat, considering the fact that even the normal zoro put plenty of people on the death toll.

But he can’t run from this. Not when he can’t breathe and the ground itself doesn’t seem to work as it should, flickering in and out of existence at the drop of a hat.

He curses himself for his stupidity as a terrified steelix shrieks, a sound like boulders tumbling down a mountain. It’s moving too quickly to see where it’s going, barreling straight towards Volo.

He just manages to dodge out of the way, ducking and rolling behind a tree- but an electric attack hits him, and he shrieks as his whole body jolts from it, falling to his knees.

It’s hard to move, he’s shaking, his muscles are spasming.

He can’t run.

Paralyzed.

I’m going to die here.

Something falls into his hands, a strange device. Some sort of bracelet, with a thick, flat face.

It lights up as he touches it.

He frantically presses back against the tree as an alpha raichu steps forward, holding the strange device up.

He’s about to move to throw it in desperation-

And then something he touches on it creates a shield of pink and blue energy, surrounding him just as the raichu tries to hit him with a Thunder.

He can breathe.

Volo scrambles to his feet, catching his breath. “Is this- some sort of shield..?” It moves with him as he walks- no? It’s moving with the device.

He scoops it off the ground, shaking his limbs out to try to get the rest of the electric attack out of his system, and he sprints towards the outside of the distortion, carrying the device with him. The ground materializes beneath his feet, holding steady even as it breaks around him, and he thanks fate for finally giving him something good.

Some attack hits the shield, and he yelps as he’s thrown, but he isn’t hurt by anything except his own bad landing. Scrambling back to his feet, he runs the rest of the way out, jumping through to the outside of the bubble of distorted land just as the timespace storm starts to swirl.

Terrified pokemon shriek as they’re swept into it. Volo nearly throws up as he sees human remains inside, swirling with the rest.

And, in a flash, all of it is gone, leaving no sign of what just happened but specks of shimmering pink dust, floating softly to the ground.

He’s in a cold sweat, shaking as he stares at where he was almost swept away. The trio would RUN INTO these. For FUN, to collect the things inside.

What the HELL is wrong with them!?

He takes a few shaky breaths, collapsing to his hands and knees. The device makes a clicking sound as it wraps around his hand, but he pays it no mind for now.

Okay.

Okay, I’m okay. I’m alive. I’m okay.

..I have nobody to blame for that except myself. I shouldn’t have stayed when the storm started to gather. And for what, a few handfuls more of berries? That wasn’t worth the risk!

He stares at the strange device, which has moved to his wrist. There’s numbers on the front, though he’s not sure what they’re for.

It’s a miracle I made it out. And it’s because of this wondrous device..

It’s locked itself around his wrist somehow. He can’t see the locking mechanism- it looks like a clean band, aside from the face. The only sign as to its origin is some strange lettering on the side, though he doesn’t really recognize the characters. He knows he’s seen them somewhere before, though.

With some experimentation, he figures out he can move the device up and down his arm, but he can’t take it off. It’s comfortable no matter where it is, fitting perfectly to his skin, but it won’t go over his hand, despite obviously having the capability of doing so.

Fascinating..

Okay, he’ll deal with that later. He stands, making his way back to the little camp he’s set up.

He’s still feeling a little stiff with the after effects of a fairly mild electric attack paralysis, but he’s not too hurt- he must’ve not been hit too bad, thankfully.

Volo sits at camp, dumping out his bag and counting the supplies he’s managed to gather.

If he finds a way to preserve the food, what he has gathered today will be enough for a few days. So the progress towards what he and his Pokémon need to survive the winter is slow, but it is progressing.

The extra berries he grabbed are enough for two extra meals for Toge, so there’s that, at least.

Was it worth the risk? No, not in the slightest. Not when he can easily gather that safely.

But does it make him feel a little better about it?

Absolutely.

He looks up as a shadow falls over him, quickly moving to catch Toge as she flies into his chest. “Hey!”

She squeaks happily, shaking her bag- and that’s the sound of a bunch of apricorns. He can also see the leaves of a few different edible plants and medicinal herbs sticking out.

Volo smiles, cuddling her close. “Thank you, sweetheart,” he murmurs, burying his face in her feathers with a quiet sigh. “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

~~~

PARADOX DETECTED

A young woman leans over to look at the alert, brushing curly red hair out of her eyes. “Oh! Well, that explains where he got his watch.. That is a dangerous paradox, wow. Very lucky it didn’t break anything. Dialga must have helped..” She sighs, tapping a few buttons on her watch and sending a quick message to Management. “..Dragons. I need to figure out how Eclipse got it off so I can update the security systems.. What a bother.”

[108garys]

Possession

For prompt 11 I'm a little tired and although it's a little vague and I'm not sure how much it fits I've put megan/mary/melissa in this smoky, inky cloud

Wish I could better explain but I hope it's hitting about the vibe I was going for anyhow

@kassiekolchek22 @delurkr @tatjana-fantasy @blubary

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

PotO Gifsets Masterpost Vol. II

Brad Little & Lisa Vroman (US Tour)

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Act II Unmasking

Final Lair Kiss

Howard McGillin & Elizabeth Loyacano (Broadway, 2008)

The First Lair

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Point of No Return: Part III

Final Lair Kiss

Scott Davies & Meredith Braun (West End, 2000)

The First Lair

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

Akutagawa Eiji & Hanaoka Hisako (Sapporo, 1994)

The First Lair

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Act II Unmasking

Final Lair Kiss

Ted Keegan & Elizabeth Welch (Broadway, 2023)

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

Ethan Freeman & Anna Görner w. Nikolaj Alexander Brucker (Essen, 2006)

Little Lotte

The Mirror

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night: Part I

Music of the Night: Part II

I Remember...

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

The Rooftop: Part I

The Rooftop: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part I

All I Ask of You: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part III

Masquerade: Part I

Masquerade: Part II

Why So Silent?

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Point of No Return: Part III

Point of No Return: Part IV

Act II Unmasking

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

The Final Lair: Part III

The Final Lair: Part IV

Greg Mills & Mary Michael Patterson (Broadway, 2014)

The Mirror

The Phantom of the Opera

I Have Brought You

Music of the Night

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Act II Unmasking

Down Once More

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

Laird Mackintosh & Julia Udine (Broadway, 2016)

The Mirror

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

I Remember...

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

Henk Poort & Joke de Kruijf w. Peter de Smet (Amsterdam, 1993)

The Mirror/Title Song

Music of the Night

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Final Lair Kiss

Gary Mauer & Jennifer Hope Wills w. Jason Mills (Broadway, 2007)

Little Lotte (w. Jason Mills)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Act II Unmasking

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

Howard McGillin & Rebecca Pitcher (Broadway, 2006)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Point of No Return: Part III

Act II Unmasking

The Final Lair

Howard McGillin & Sandra Joseph (Broadway)

Music of the Night

Paul Stanley & Melissa Dye w. Laird Mackintosh (Toronto, 1999)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

[reasonsforhope]

"In an open-air courtroom set up in a nature reserve in Western NSW, a four-nation clan has secured one of the largest native title claims in the region's history. 

Far from the four walls and formalities of a federal courtroom, Justice Melissa Perry delivered her determination at Newey Reserve in Cobar on Wednesday, recognising the native title rights of the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan peoples.

The decision marks the successful end of a 12-year legal battle that began in 2012.

The claim covers more than 95,000 square kilometres of land and water from the Barwon River in the north, to the Lachlan River in the south, the Castlereagh River in the east and Ivanhoe to the west. 

It recognises native title rights including the right to hunt, fish and gather resources, the right to access and camp on land and right to protect places of cultural and spiritual importance.

A legacy for future custodians 

Aunty Elaine Ohlsen, a Ngiyampaa Elder from Cobar and one of the original applicants, said the decision brought her "mixed emotions".

"I just persevered," she said.

"We've been through a lot of trials and tribulations to get here, but I'm someone who won't give up fighting for our people."

"These sorts of things need to happen all the time, because we need to know who we are and where we come from and where we are in this country."

Aunty Elaine hopes the determination will inspire future generations to continue their ancestors' legacy.

"Hopefully, this will encourage them to stay connected to their country, heritage, and culture, and to carry on the hard work we've done," she said.

Vision for the future

Wangaaypuwan man and claim applicant John Shipp recently camped on country with four generations of his family.

He said the recognition of native title meant they could continue to do so without fear of being moved on.

"It's just those little things that give us our connection back to our land, our heritage, our culture," he said.

The native title holders have now formed the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan Wayilwan Aboriginal Corporation (NNWW Corporation) to manage their rights.

As a director of the NNWW Corporation, Mr Shipp sees the determination as the beginning of a new chapter...

As for Mr Shipp's message to other Indigenous groups fighting for recognition?

"Keep going — it's getting better, it's getting shorter, it's happening, just keep going," he said."

-via ABC News Australia, August 14, 2024