#pd.2004

[mookquartetarchive]

Chris Marquette, director Luke Greenfield, and Paul Dano arrive at the premiere of The Girl Next Door on March 4 2004, at the Grauman Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California | By Kevin Winter

[st4nhi3ght-f1lmz]

Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hi I'm Adam i like horror films, photography and gore. theres probably going to be alot of saw related things becuse i actually really enjoy my source. theres also going to be mentions and possible sh photos there will most likely be mentions of ED. and a ton of vents and dark thoughts. anyway i dont really know what else to add here so uh yeh. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - late note; i am also autistic an my main fixation is gore, horror films, photography and cannibalism

[3rdeyeblaque]

On August 30th we venerate Young King Brother Fred Hampton on his 75th birthday 🎉

Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton was the one of THE greatest orators, leaders, and visionaries to join the Black Panther Party Of Self-Defense 🖤✊🏾

Fred Hampton was born & raised in the Chicago suburbs of Illinois. Civil liberties, rights, and laws were always of great interest to him. After graduating high school, he enrolled in a pre-law program at Triton Junior College in River Grove, Illinois. He joined his local NAACP branch to get involved in the civil rights movement. He rose to the position of Youth Council President for his strong leadership and organization skills. In this position, Brother Hampton mobilized a racially diverse group of 500 young men/women who successfully lobbied city officials to create better academic services and recreational facilities for Black American youth.

In 1968, he joined the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense, headquartered in Oakland, CA. Shortly thereafter, he was selected to head the Chicago Chapter. Here, he created strong personal and political ties with his mentor & chaplain, Father George Clements at the [then] Holy Angels Catholic Church; which served as a safe haven for the Panthers targeted for police surveillance or harassment.

Brother Hampton accomplished a great many things as a young, prolific leader of the BPP Chicago Chapter. He successfully negotiated a gang truce on live television.One of his greatest successes was an unprecedentedly integrated approach to sociopolitical unity; he formed a “Rainbow Coalition”, which included: the Students for a Democratic Society, the Blackstone Rangers, a street gang and the National Young Lords, a local Puerto Rican organization. He was the first leading Panther to achieve this. This alliance is what truly struck the cord of fear in the Chicago P.D. & the FBI. In an effort to neutralize the Chicago Chapter of the BPP, the Black Panthers were placed under heavy surveillance & were subjected to several harassment campaigns.

By 1969, several Black Panthers and Chicago cops either suffered injury or were killed in shootouts across the city, which resulted in the arrest of over 100 members. On Dec 4th of that same year, under the FBI's initiative, the County PD & Chicago PD conducted heinous, unlawful, and unnecessary raid on the Black Panther Party's HQ in the early morning hours while Brother Hampton, leader Mark Clark, and other Panthers slept. They fired over 100 rounds into the apartment without warning. Twelve officers executed Brother Hampton as he slept, drugged by a sedative slipped into his drink by "Panther"/FBI informant O'Neal. Naturally, in Jan 1970, the County Coroner's office ruled the Black Panther leaders' deaths as "justifiable homicide".

Over 5,000 souls attended Brother Hampton’s funeral. Many civil rights activates eulogized him, including his good friend and mentor Father George, who also held a Requem Mass for him at his church.

After many years of coverups, internal investigations, lawsuits, raids, and conspiracies confirmed, the FBI, County PD, & Chicago PD finally admitted to the wrongful deaths of Brother Hampton and Mark Clark. In 1990, and again in 2004, the Chicago City Council passed resolutions commemorating December 4th as Fred Hampton Day. Today, Brother Hampton rests at the Bethel Cemetery in Haynesville, LA where his parents are from - which continues to endure violent desecration from White Supremacist vigilantes/supporters.

" You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution. People have to be armed to have power" - Young King Fred Hampton

We pour libations & give him💐 today as we celebrate him for his love of our people, his relentless dedication to the BPP cause, and his young yet wise spirit that lives on. May be the find restful peace in spirit that he was/is denied in the physical.

Offering suggestions: flower offerings at his grave, libations of water, prayers and frankincense toward his elevation

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

[blackterrae]

Ideas for Black!Reader Fic

I am going to try my hand again at writing. And I wanted to share some people and fandoms that I love. If you don’t know these shows/actors/franchises/movies/streamers I’m putting you on! For the following:

Johnny Depp- All his characters

Cameron Monaghan- I know that there are fics out there but it’s only always his Jerome/Jeremiah roles never just him or Cal Kestis

Anthony Carrigan- I loved Anothy as Victor Zsasz

Paul Dano- There are Riddler fics but not as many for his other roles

The Entire Cast of Hawaii Five-0 (2010) - Don’t even get me started on how good this show is! And the cast looks amazing!

Chicago Med/Fire/PD- These shows have so much potential for fanfic storylines!

The Game (2006)- Has great potential for slow burns and fluffs.

Star Wars franchise (1977-present) - I know I said Cal Kestis but there are also other characters like Anakin, Luke, Obi Wan,Boba Fett (etc.)

NCIS franchise- I honestly love this franchise and it’s characters!

Hamilton

Any/All Sports Men- Jude Bellingham,Lewis Hamilton,LaMelo Ball,Allen Iverson(etc.)

Berleezy - He’s handsome and he’s funny!

Coryxkenshin- I literally love him and his videos!

Albert Aretz (Flamingo)- Look … he may be the epitome of mediocre white man but I like what I like!

AMP- Duke Dennis, Kai Cenat, Agent 00, ChrisNxtDoor,Davis, and Fanum ( all I gotta say is love a black man from infinity to infinity🗣️)

Beta Squad- A British YouTube/ streamer group!

SOMEBROS- Berleezy, Rico, ,PG, Joe (etc.)

WWE- come on now, do I even need to explain!!!

Four Brothers- All the cast but Garrett Hedland in particular!

Peacemaker - Don’t get me wrong I love Adrian Chase but I want to see just as much Peacemaker x black!reader fics because 2 words… JOHN CENA

MAWS- New animated Superman show! Love!

Smallville - The entire cast is hot! Tbh I fell hard for Tom Welling when I was younger when he was in Cheaper By The Dozen. Plus they literally whitewashed Vixen. COME ON! Vixen is a black female hero btw. She was also with Jon (Green Lantern) at one point.

Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001 and 2004)- I mean I literally can’t find any Jon Stewart x black!reader fics and he was with a BLACK WOMAN!

Warner Bros Franchise (minus the looney tunes & space jam)- There are lots of popular franchises that this company has from Fast & Furious to The Matrix!

Peaky Blinders- Saw a Tommy shelby x arms dealer black!female reader fic on my previous account but even then I couldn’t find it again on that account. So it’s gone with the wind. And the cast (i.e the actors and other characters they’ve portrayed). Example: Cillian Murphy as Johnathan Crane.

The Bear

FBI (All)

Vinnie Hacker

Tiktokers

Blue Bloods

Will Poulter- I haven’t really seen any Adam Warlock fics

Slashers

Stranger Things

Cruel Intentions

Burnt

Dave Lizewski

Eddie Redmayne

Macgyver (2016)

Fresh Prince of Belair

Guardians of the galaxy- Explanation? Do I really need one?

On My Block

Descendants (characters will be the actors age in real life.duh)- Love Boo-boo Stewart & Mitchell Hope!

Matt Rife

Joey Bragg (Liv &Maddie) - What can I say I love dorks!

The Boys- Haven’t seen that many fics about the characters and a black reader

Once Upon A Time- I love dark fairytales sometimes because they remind me that not every story has a happy ending and you have to learn from them. But this series is good for any theme really.

Walker Texas Ranger (1993)

Top Gun

Nicolas Galitzine

Magcon: Whether you saw their vines on YouTube or vine, you know who they are

Dolan Twins

Mission Impossible

Euphoria- Entire show has great storylines with the potential of drama in fics

Shameless- Especially Carl Gallagher and Lip Gallagher

Creed- Michael B Jordan need I say more

Keanu Reeves- There are very few fics about Keanu but I’ve seen a few of his John Wick x black!reader fics (chef’s kiss) but never see any of The Matrix Fics!Also Ted (Bill & Ted)

River Phoenix

Batman Beyond

Rider Strong

Danny Gonzalez

Timothée Chalamet

New York Undercover

Past-Present Singers & Rappers/ Groups -Bow Wow, Tupac, Lil Baby, Nelly, Omarion, Prince, Michael Jackson, Jon B,Usher, Central Cee, Måneskin, New Edition, BTS, James, PRETTYMUCH Bay(etc.)

Anime(Any kind!)- Would love to see other shows, I know hunterxhunter,aot,one piece (etc.)

Bridgerton- There is very little Bridgerton stories catered around a black reader.

Marvel- Now that’s not to say that there aren’t any in fact there are many but I never see (Tobey Maguire Spider-Man stories and it seems like everyone tends to focus on the famous Marvel characters like The Avengers but not on other aspects like X-men or better yet, heroes that haven’t even gotten their own movie but are just as amazing like Squadron Supreme , it’s equivalent to DCU’s Justice League.

Secret Invasion- Not gonna lie , I’m feening for Gravik.😳

DCEU- Another franchise that pushes its other characters to the side. For example, Hush (Thomas Elliot) is literally the epitome of Bruce Wayne gone bad!

Ross Lynch- There are so many roles that Ross did so well in Like Teen Beach Movie or Sabrina.

Highschool Musical Franchise (2006- present ) I’m not just talking about HSMTS (2019), I mean even further back than that. I don’t see any Troy Bolton x black!reader and that’s crazy. I also can’t find any Zac Efron x black!reader

Interview with a Vampire (1994) and (2022)

Austin Butler- He did well in his role as Elvis!

Vikings - There are a good amount but still!

Transformers

Suits

Saved By The Bell

The Goldbergs

Parks & Recreation

Leverage

The Outsiders

Heart of Stone

New York Undercover (1994)

Addams Family

Victorious

Matpat

ICarly

The Real Bros of Simi Valley (2017)

Think Like A Man (2012)

One on One (2001)

Scorpion (2014)

The King of Queens (1998)

G.I. Joe Franchise

Terminator

Beware the Batman (2013)

Any and all Asian Idols/Actors

Seal Team

Mortal Combat

Bill and Ted

Barbie

Detroit: Become Human

Will Trent

Tokyo Vice

Growing Pains

Graceful Family (Kdrama)[Any Asian Drama shows or movies would be great as well]

The Regime

Batman: The animated series

The Sympathizer

The Invitation

Jawbreaker

If anyone needs ideas for these franchises/movies/shows/actors , then holla at me! I got you!

Also add more to the list if anything that you would like to see comes to mind.

Also tag black writers who you want to see this!

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The RE4 Remake and Luis Serra Navarro

I have a gazillion thoughts about the new RE4 remake, and a dozen different aspects I kind of want to talk about. But you’ve got to start somewhere, so let’s talk Luis.

I doubt it’d be controversial to call Luis “easily the most interesting new character introduced in this game.” We’ve got complex and questionable motivations, a bunch of plot-relevant backstory, and a bonus-serve of extra random details about his childhood – much of which is very easy to miss, and rewards you for paying attention. By the end of this game, I’m pretty sure I know more about Luis than I do about Leon, and I still have questions. He’s not just one of my favourite parts of this new game, he’s a perfectly little microcosm of all the ways the remake has reworked awkward aspects of the original – mostly for the better, but not without creating new problems in the process.

But to get into all that, let’s start back with the original Luis from 2004.

So, for context, I haven’t actually played the original RE4. Since getting into the franchise, I’ve been consuming past canon instalments mostly by the lazy strategy of watching cutscene compilations on youtube. I am fully aware of the important place RE4 has in gaming history, the way it defined 3rd-person-shooter over-the-shoulder-gaming (or, to use my preferred term, lookit-the-booty-shooty). I have watched Jacob Geller wax rhapsodic about multiple different versions of this game.

But for all that people remember about the original RE4, the plot rarely seems to be more than a footnote. And for my own money, all I can tell you is that either this is just not a gaming experience well-served being experienced through the youtube-only medium (hardly the stuff of serious critique), or me and the original RE4 just aren’t clicking somewhere. I’m all for campy horror (see everything I’ve ever written about the Hammer films just to begin with), but RE4’s sense of humour largely leaves me cold. And Luis is – again – a pretty good demonstration of the kind of record-scratch moments that made it so hard to get into.

You can find a compilation of all Luis' cutscenes here, for reference. Like the remake, Leon first finds Luis tied up and gagged in a village house – apparently the only un-infected person in the vicinity. His first act on being un-gagged is to ask for a cigarette – a decent little character-moment. Luis claims to be a former cop from Madrid, who quit because he felt his work went unappreciated. Given Luis’ general demeanour, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn he was actually let go for taking bribes or something, but that’s more of a vibe. When Leon admits he was a cop back in Raccoon City, Luis claims he ‘might have seen a sample of the virus in a lab at the department’, and… hang on, Madrid PD has T-Virus samples lying around? The hell? Where’s this going?

But we don’t find out, because the conversation is interrupted, and Luis makes a break for it.

As in the remake, Luis’ next scene is to show up for the cabin siege scene, where he backs up Leon with a handgun. Cool, that tracks with the whole ‘former cop’ backstory.

Luis gets two further appearances, though the first mostly consists of him running up to say “I’ve got something for you guys! What… oh, shit, I must have dropped it,” and going away again, and it’s exactly as awkward as it sounds. But he does at least establish that the ‘something’ is a plagas-suppressant, as he knows Leon and Ashley are infected, and wants to help.

His final scene has him return with the suppressant, only to be stabbed in the back and killed by Saddler. As he lies dying, he admits he was really a researcher working for the Los Illuminados all along, only lately turned traitor – and we’ve officially hit our record-scratch moment.

So what was all that stuff about being a cop? Luis has good reason to lie about being a researcher, but ‘unemployed former cop’ is a heckuva cover story for a scientist, and what was that about Madrid PD having T-Virus samples? Luis-the-researcher might well have seen the virus somewhere, but why bring it up at all?

More than anything, these feel like leftover artifacts of a character who’s been substantially reworked somewhere in development, just without actually rewriting the start of the script to match. Luis’ story, like so much of this game, feels badly in need of a second draft.

Luis goes on to get something of an afterlife in collectable documents, and another scene in Ada’s DLC campaign. He’s still trying to get a plaga sample to her in this version, and he’s still responsible for the lab that cures Leon and Ashley of their infections. Ada's commentary on his character is interesting, and documents suggest he had a grandfather who used to hunt in the region, but he doesn’t get much more backstory.

Regardless, nearly 20 years later, Luis has finally got his second draft, and there’s a lot here that’s improved. (Have a new cutscene compilation link for reference.)

To begin with, any talk about being a cop is gone (an easy win). We find out he’s a researcher much earlier too – Leon is a lot less trusting of Luis this time, and calls in for a background check. He’s informed Luis used to work for Umbrella, and reacts as you’d expect. The cabin siege scene still goes off in similar fashion (though this time, Luis doesn’t feel it necessary to comment on Ashley’s tits the moment he meets her – another definite improvement).

This time though, Ashley starts coughing up blood immediately after they escape, and Luis’ offer to help remove the parasites happens right after the cabin siege, rather than being left for some awkward whoops-I-dropped-it moment later. The new scene actually finishes with the very same exchange (“Why are you helping us?”/ “It just makes me feel better”) – but this version, similarly, feels so much better. A+ revision work so far.

The remake also spells out Luis’ deal with Ada sooner too – her first proper scene in this version is her first contact with Luis. Again, Luis’ story ends in the castle with a stab in the back, and the stolen sample he was carrying being reclaimed by one of the villains (Krauser, this time, since Saddler apparently likes to delegate more in this version). But in between, things get a little odd.

Having already offered to help them, Luis contacts Leon by radio a couple of times during the castle chapters – firstly to say he’s waiting for Leon and Ashley in the courtyard. But Luis isn’t in the courtyard. His next message claims that he ran into trouble, and he’s had to retreat to the ballroom. But he’s not in the ballroom either. No further calls happen, nor does Leon react to his absence in either location.

Leon finally runs into him, apparently by chance, after being thrown down a hole and wandering for some time through tunnels deep under the castle. How did Luis end up down there too? No idea.

I’m glad he does though, because the following chapter you spend with Luis as your cabin-siege-style partner is a very good time. Though Leon is still distrustful and Luis still evasive, they exchange some great banter and generally make a good team. We encounter Luis’ love for Don Quixote, he admits he was working for Los Illuminados… and then Krauser stabs him, and Leon lights one last cigarette for him before he dies. It’s touching and very well done (not to mention dense with slashy subtext, if you want to take it that way).

Exploring Luis’ lab during the game’s final chapter adds some nice details too – equipment pilfered from Umbrella, an old photo with his colleagues, and naturally, text documents everywhere. But it’s his email logs with “A.W.” (Ada, obviously) that will most reward anyone paying attention – particularly the line you still remember the code phrase?

In this version, ‘got a smoke?’ is still almost the first thing Luis says to Leon. But you might notice it’s also the first thing he says to Ada. And this time, we’ve got a whole new explanation as to why.

Admittedly, the execution is still a bit lacking. Luis calls Ada by her first name just a few lines after using his ‘code phrase’, and seems to know her well enough not to need a code phrase, so what's going on here? If Luis knew Ada herself was going to meet him, why try his code phrase out on Leon? Alternately, if he suspected Ada might have sent someone like Leon instead of coming in person, how did he know it was her when they met? Maybe we could still have used another draft. But it’s a otherwise a fun little easter egg to recontextualise something from the original in a creative way.

Much more has been added to Luis’ backstory hidden in documents from the village. You can find photos of 'a boy with his grandfather', an old diary left behind by said grandfather – and if you’re paying really close attention, a label on another copy of that photo naming the pair ‘Navarro’ – Luis’ last name. You might also notice that the boy in the story has Luis’ fixation on Don Quixote (another character trait added by the remake).

But young Luis’ story ends in tragedy, the conclusion picked up elsewhere in the village elder’s records: the grandfather is bitten by a wolf, begins experiencing what seem to be known symptoms, and tells the village elder "you know what to do." The old man is killed, and his cabin and everything in it burned to the ground so the infection can’t spread.

Now, the idea the village has been quietly dealing with plaga-infected wolves for generations despite the fact that the plaga were supposedly sealed under the castle until recently has problems of its own, but that’s a bit beyond scope. The more relevant problem is the idea that Luis comes from the same village where all the action takes place – why? What does this add to the story? With Luis’ new Umbrella-Europe-backstory, making the village his birthplace seems like little more than meaningless coincidence, thrown in without anyone thinking it through.

But there is one intriguing possibility buried in the subtext of Luis’ story, and it’s an angle I’d love to see explored.

The village records end with the scene of a young Luis watching in silence as his childhood home burns to the ground, his only family still inside, then walking away, never to be seen again. Now, suppose that’s the very moment that inspired him to go into medical research, driven to understand infectious agents like the one that took his grandfather’s life, that the people he grew up with only knew to treat with medieval superstition. Suppose that’s what made him seek out shady employers like Umbrella, the only outfits with the interest and funding to delve into that area. The drive to find cures, to find proof that what happened to his grandfather didn’t have to be treated like a ritual witch-burning could’ve fuelled a lot of denial in Luis about where the funding was coming from. And after Umbrella’s collapse, you can only imagine how he might jump at the chance to work on the same parasites that had infected that wolf from so long ago.

If that was the intent, though (and damn do I want it to be), I honestly think it’s a little too buried in layers of subtext to carry. I can only hope maybe we’ll be seeing more of Luis in DLC to come – in Ada’s Separate Ways, if not his own – that might expand on those parts of his history a little more explicitly. Or at least cover what he was actually up to all that time he keeps messaging Leon from different parts of the castle (did he genuinely run into trouble? Was Ada pushing him to keep Leon moving for her own purposes? How did he wind up down in the mines?)

The notion of Luis as a village native still has its problems though. The house you find him in seems to be the same one he grew up in – it’s a cabin by the lake, his grandfather’s diary and photo is there, etc. Only those old village records spell out very clearly that that cabin burned to the ground as part of a major character moment. Which is it, game? You can’t have it both ways.

Even if we ignore that awkward ‘burned to the ground’ detail, are we to take it the ganados caught Luis in his old house and left him tied him up in his own cellar? Wouldn’t they move a prisoner like him? Speaking of which, was that one guy banging on the floor supposed to be hammering the hatch shut? Why? Was Luis being left down there to die? Don’t they still need to question him about that sample he stole? This stuff does not stand up to scrutiny.

And the idea of Luis as a native still doesn’t completely work for me, because shouldn’t there have been some clue in the way he talks about the place? Chief Mendez is a man Luis knew from his childhood – when Luis sees him coming in a cutscene, his reaction betrays no more familiarity than ‘not this guy’. In that cabin siege scene, surely there must be faces in that crowd he’s firing on that he recognises. And fuck, how do you come back to the place you grew up, find its residents reduced to zombie slaves, and think, “sure, I could work for these people…”?

I do realise expecting this level of humanity out of characters in a Resident Evil game might be a little much, but this stuff throws me. It builds the impression the Luis who grew up in the village is a character that exists only in text files, largely independent from the cutscene-Luis of the rest of the game. When you expect your audience to notice minor details like a surname on a photo in order to put together a main character’s backstory, you’re demanding they pay close attention. And once you’ve demanded that much investment, it’s worth keeping track of whether the cabin by the lake was supposed to be burned down or not, why Luis should be able to call Ada by name but treat Mendez like a stranger, and other such confusing detail. And Luis’ story is still positively logical and consistent compared to that of Chief Mendez himself, or anything much else in the game’s lore.

Luis is genuinely one of my favourite parts of the remake – he’s complicated, interesting, and fun. But trying to make sense of him could be a more rewarding experience. Many things are improved from the original, but for my money, they could still have stood to go for a third draft.

[cogcltrcorn]

started watching the batman (2004). I get why this show isn't talked about that much. like the writing is Not on par with previous dc animated shows (at least so far, I am only a few eps in), but also, it feels unfair to compare it to like? btas? bc it feels unfair to compare Anything to btas.

anyway. the designs are Extremely good. like I am not gonna lie I am eating them. the fact that batman has little kitty cat claws? the fact that bruce at any given point has the fucking Autism Stare (tm)? the joker design in general (also I love the fact that he is constantly making elaborate puns that usually fall flat. this is the core of the character to me)? the fact that gotham pd has like, diezel punk uniforms, and gotham in general exists in a weird balance between the years 1910, 2004 and 2050? the fact that the sky is RED? this show is STYLISH. it's cookie and weird and I love it

also the not very good writing makes both bruce and alfred Exceptionally autistic. like they really love to deadpan jokes at each other without any further reaction. love them

[yessoupy]

"your top 15 favourite tv shows can say a lot about your personality!"

i've been tagged by @plavoptice and @aimmyarrowshigh and boy are y'all in for a ride. in no particular order:

diagnosis: murder -- first live action non-soap that was appointment television for me. it ran from 1993-2001 on cbs and i've seen every episode. dick van dyke plays a doctor who helps his son (played by his actual son barry) solve crimes.

the simpsons -- my dad loved this show while we were growing up and we watched every episode until i was in high school.

the young and the restless and all my children -- abovementioned soaps. these are the soaps my mom watched. she would record them on the vcr (they ran back to back on different stations) so she could watch them later without commercials. i have been watching shemar moore since i was 7 years old.

survivor -- for DECADES i watched every episode. i was in 8th grade when season 1 aired. the last 4 or so seasons i haven't bothered watching, though. when people who hadn't been alive when the first season aired started being cast i just couldn't. :|

band of brothers -- since i met a couple of the surviving members of easy company in 2004, bob has held a special place in my heart. it took like 14 years for me to latch onto the show in a fandom capacity. between 2004 and 2018 i would most often view it as i napped on the couch while it ran on spike tv or something as a marathon over memorial weekend, the fourth of july, or veterans' day.

grey's anatomy -- watched a bunch of this in college because some girls on my hall freshman year were superfans. <3 please note i began college during season 1.

the walking dead -- i found the first 3 episodes online in fall of 2010 after a friend on livejournal had tagged it as potentially interesting due to the casting of norman reedus. i didn't know who he was. i don't regret starting the show, but i do regret staying on past season 6, even though there were 2 episodes in season 10 that were like ... exquisite.

deadliest catch!!! -- i fly southwest mostly and there's always a couple of episodes available to watch for free. i just ... idk, it's cold and wet and super dangerous and the captains are so fucking catty with each other. i just like it (still).

law and order: svu -- my comfort show. i have probably seen every episode.

pitch -- we got one season, and were robbed.

chicago fire -- while i watched med first, and i'm currently flying through pd, fire is ... well, it's something.

rescue me -- speaking of fire ....

big love -- i've re-watched just once, it might be time for another.

the wire -- my first watch was later than it should have been.

lost -- of course. the first couple of seasons were amazing, and then i learned that the creators didn't have an end in mind and uh... by the end of season 3 that was very, very clear. i still don't understand the finale.

i'm taking the cheap way out and tagging anyone who wants to. please tag me if you choose to complete this!!

[davidmariottecomics]

To Enter the Public Domain!

Hey friends! 

I touched on this last week with public domain day (the first of the year) and obviously I've talked at length about copyright here in the past, but I wanted to expand on things a bit in light of a recent conversation on Bluesky. 

Kara Huset, a super talented artist you might recognize from her original work or from a couple of Godzilla gigs, mentioned something about the original Blue Beetles and Captain Marvel being public domain. Which if I was a fact rating website, I'd call "kind of true." So, today, we're going to talk about why it's kind of true, why certain things are definitively in the public domain and some are way less clear, why Superman entering the PD in a decade is both exciting and daunting, and why sometimes the PD isn't as exciting as it could be. 

So, Are Those Guys Public Domain? 

For the sake of all arguments... no. Not really. There's a slightly more complicated answer, particularly for the original Blue Beetle, but the simple and short one is, no. 

Let's very briefly talk about public domain in light of copyright law in the US. There are 3 major years/events to focus on for modern copyright law. First, the Copyright Act of 1976 was the first big change to modern copyright. This was a major codification and extension of US copyright law. It covered everything from new technology like television and comics (both of which were new relative to the last major update) to defining fair use to extending the terms of copyright to adding termination rights for work that's licensed after a certain period of time. It's extensive and still the backbone of how we understand copyright now, especially in terms of defining work for hire and rights held by corporate entities as opposed to those held by individual authors. 

But one really key thing here is it removed one of the big old hurdles of U.S. copyright, initial registration and renewals. As has been said before, if you want to make sure you're *really* protected, you should still register your copyrights so there's a clearer track record if you ever have to go to court. One of the benefits is it gives a very clear date of when something was published in a copyrightable fashion and can be referred back to easily, which matters when we are talking about rights going public and other possible expirations. But as part of that, many works were also caught in an interesting place. 

All works prior to 1977 that were published in the US without a copyright notice entered the public domain. Keep that in mind because it's the crux of the coming argument. 

The law was updated in 1998 with the Copyright Term Extension Act which, like the name says, lengthened the terms of copyright in the US. And, for 20 years, pretty much killed the public domain! Literally, it just extended copyright 20 more years, so stuff that was supposed to go public 20 years earlier suddenly couldn't anymore. We were actually supposed to get Steamboat Willie in 2004! This also added another complication to copyright terms. As of 1998, to my understanding, what's in the PD today is everything prior to 1929 (meaning, stuff from 1928 and earlier, but not including 1929), anything from 1929-1977 that was published without notice or was only published with initial notice and not renewed after 28 years, and anything from 1978-1989 that was published without notice or registration within the first 5 years from publication. Which is both a lot and not all that much at all, especially when you consider that in another world where things weren't delayed 20 years, we'd be up to everything prior to 1949 now. 

The last important year, of course, is 2019 which was the first year after the 1998 extension in which things started to be public domain again. That's less important to this specific thing, but I wanted to call it out. 

Okay, with that all in mind, let's circle back to the "works prior to 1977 published without notice" thing. Many older comics, particularly from the smaller publishers, were published without copyright notice because that wasn't codified the same prior to 1976 and--equally importantly--a lot of those smaller publishers were already gone by 1976. For some of those books, even if could've filed and protected things, those companies had folded and were gone and there was no one to make sure things were properly protected. And the argument contends that this includes some of the old Fawcett and Charlton comics stuff. So, if Captain Marvel Adventures was published from 1941-1953 and wasn't properly filed, fair game (fair use), right? 

Let's break this into these specific characters, because this is what makes it so complicated. 

Captain Marvel in Brief(s) 

Captain Marvel AKA Shazam was a Fawcett Comics creation. Again, assuming that you've got the proper archival material of the old comics to prove that they're public domain on the basis of a lack of notice that can be cross referenced with a lack of notice at the copyright office, sure, theoretically public domain! 

EXCEPT, unfortunately for the Big Red Cheese, he's already been the subject of so much trademark and copyright dispute! The very short version of the story is: after Superman debuted, there were a crop of rip-off comics. DC sued one of these rip-offs (Fox's Wonderman, all one word)... and won. The character was in violation of copyright! Bolstered by this win, they did it again, to another Superman copycat... Captain Marvel! Both the Wonderman and appeal of the Captain Marvel cases fell into careful Hands... cousins Judge Augustus Noble Hand and (the even better named and more quoted) Judge Learned Hand. And both cases, at one point, found that the rip-off was indeed, legally, that. But Fawcett had an extra trick up their sleeve--they argued that Superman had been abandoned and was basically public domain anyway because, you guessed it, there was a problem with Superman newspaper strips having been published without copyright notice. 

The case was argued into 1951 with various findings of "yeah, Captain Marvel is a rip-off" and "No, of course Superman's copyright hadn't been abandoned" and "yeah, we'll settle out of court because uhh... it's the early 1950s and superheroes are on the outs." Part of the settlement is Fawcett still owns Captain Marvel, but they can't publish the comics anymore which, again, they're kinda fine with because they thought the superhero bubble had burst. Like 20 years later, DC takes a wild left turn and licenses Captain Marvel from Fawcett, so they're publishing the CM comics (and in the 1990s, they outright buy CM and all related characters because at this point, DC's been publishing him longer than Fawcett ever did). But between those two points, Marvel Comics starts publishing their own Captain Marvel book and Captain Marvel character(s) and trademarks the name, Captain Marvel. Which is why DC's Captain Marvel no longer uses that name (though he did for a long time, even if his series did not). 

But the long and short of it is, if any of that stuff's public domain, it comes from somewhere in that would-be notice/renewal cycle, something not getting filed properly. I don't have direct evidence that that's the case, but assuming it is correct, you'd likely have to face DC's lawyers to try to reprint any of it and knowing how these things go, they'd likely argue something to the effect of "we own these stories because we acquired them in our purchase of Captain Marvel/Shazam and related characters and the names and looks and whatever other elements of the Fawcett comics that we maintain are covered by our copyright and trademarks of these characters/stories/logos/etc" and "if we don't own these stories, in all prior instances, they've been found to be in violation of our copyright on Superman, so we'll sue ya with that existing standing." 

There's no winning with that. 

My Favorite Guy and Also Alan Moore

If you didn't know, the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, is my favorite superhero. There are other heroes I love a whole lot--G'nort, the entire cast of the David/Nauck run of Young Justice, Spider-Man, etc--but Ted's my #1 guy. I also fully don't think he's in the public domain. So, same argument as earlier, if any of his stories are, that's a result of a lack of filing or misfiling or whatever, right? It also, kinda, has to do with Charlton Comics, where he's from. 

So, in the 1960s, some guy named Steve Ditko is doing a lot of work at Charlton and he and a few other creators have got this group of action heroes that you might've heard of. Most of them are just regular folks with talents and brains and brawn and then one real superpowered freak. The likes of Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, the Question, Nightshade, Peacemaker, Peter Cannon... Thunderbolt, Judomaster, etc. As time marches on and, once again, comics are dying and the industry has burst and nobody likes superheroes anymore (haha, it happens so very much) and in 1983, as a gift for former Charlton editor Dick Giordano, Paul Levitz has DC buy the Action Heroes characters for $5K a pop. 

This is the first argument for why Blue Beetle isn't public domain--the assumption of that sale is that these characters have applicable copyright that can have the ownership transferred. The second relies on another famous work of DC's that's at the center of copyright disputes, Watchmen! For as much as all of these characters have changed over the years, if there was any question at the time as to the legal status of the Charlton characters and the specifics of their copyrightable story details and trademarkable looks and titles and stuff, there wouldn't have been a reason not to let them just be the stars of Watchmen. If there was any indication they were or could be public domain anyway, why not let 'em? But they weren't and aren't (even if the technical letter of the law might disagree) and so to keep those characters true to themselves and to allow Moore and Gibbons to tell their story, they just made a bunch of knock-off Charlton characters that could no longer be sued over because DC had bought those rights. 

The reason I think there's a lot of confusion over this is that there are a lot of Charlton characters that did end up in a weird limbo. Basically, as much as possible, when Charlton saw the writing on the wall, they tried to sell things off. Some, like the Action Heros, went to competitors. A lot went back to original creators when possible. But some things just didn't sell for one reason or another and if they were created within those weird public domain windows, are public domain. But a lot of the big guys and big stories are not that, or even if they may technically be, folks have decided not to risk the potential of a suit over. 

"Big Blue" 

The first Blue Beetle actually has been featured as a public domain character!!! Kinda!!! Sorta!! Ehnnn! 

Okay, so a few years back, Dynamite and Alex Ross did this big thing called Project Superpowers that was a team-up book of all the superheroes that had accidentally fallen in the public domain over the laws we've already talked about. There are a ton of them! Black Terror! The original Daredevil (renamed there to the Death Defying 'Devil)! Miss Masque (renamed Masquerade)! Etc. And one of those heroes is Big Blue, AKA the original Blue Beetle!

Now, his story's a bit more of a mess. He passed through a number of hands: Created at Fox, published at Holyoke for part of the original run, sold to Charlton (but there's debate on if a sale actually happened or if Charlton just kinda... took him), ultimately landing at DC kind of more-or-less as a related character to his own derivative character, Ted Kord Blue Beetle, who had definitely been sold to DC. But the general understanding is that this Blue Beetle, Dan Garret (1 T, that's hugely important, Dan Garrett is distinctly the DC version), is in the public domain. That's why he shows up in Project Superpowers. But, because DC's got their claim pretty solid with the other Blue Beetles, for trademark purposes, you can't just call him that if there's any way he could be confused for the DC version. 

I've never read Project Superpowers. I actually don't know how involved he is as a character. But if you want to use him, he's probably the most viable of the three, just as long as you're doing your diligence not to impede on anything that is strictly DC's. 

Why Superman Entering the Public Domain Matters More, Maybe

Superman's one of the next big public domain milestones. Debuting in 1938, we're still 10 years out from him (which, as we've learned, means if there hadn't been the '98 extension, we'd already be well familiar with PD Superman). There are plenty of notable works entering inbetween then and now: The Shadow's early stories; Flash Gordon's early strips; The Phantom's early strips; the first Disney feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the early Popeye-era of Thimble Theatre, the Nancy-years of Fritzi Ritz, etc, but for comics in particular, Superman towers over them all. 

The reason Superman looms so large over comics should be obvious, he's Superman! He's universally recognized and liked in a way that few comics characters are. It's cool that we're living in a world where there have been multiple theatrical Shazam films and a Blue Beetle movie, but public consciousness of these characters is still far narrower than it is for Superman. In so many people's minds, Superman is The Superhero and everyone else in some ways stands as derivative of him. It's exciting having this major icon getting close to the public domain window for what you can do with the idea of the character generally, for the reprinting of those old stories, and for the act of him going PD as a signifier that the floodgates are about to open. 

Within 5 years of Superman entering the PD (so 15 years from now), we'll also have Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the original Flash, the original Green Lantern, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, The Joker, The Cat, the original Justice Society, Captain America, The Sub-Mariner, the original Human Torch, Bucky, Red Skull, and a ton of other folks and early stories (including, definitively, the early Captain Marvels and Dan Garret Blue Beetles). That's a pretty major chunk of comics pop culture all dropping in quick succession. 

Simultaneously...we've got a decade to sort of see how things shake out with the entrance of still active licenses into the public domain. Part of what's so complicated about the works of the public domain is that the case has been successfully made that works enter on the basis of their publication, not as a collective. It's why though Winnie-the-Pooh went PD last year, Tigger only joined this year and people've been really stressing that it's only 3 Mickey shorts that're PD this year. For the most part, the companies and individuals that control these properties nowadays have not been terribly friendly towards their works entering the public domain. If you look at, say, Sherlock Holmes (a character that's benefitted from being treated as public domain well before he actually was because it got people to read the old Doyle stories), you'll see a legacy of fighting for control of every last piece of Holmes media--like the short lived suit against Netflix for Enola Holmes featuring a "warmer, caring" Sherlock. 

In my big copyright explainer from last year, I talked a bit about the differences between copyright and trademark. As a very quick refresher, copyright applies as proof of ownership of specific works of art as published--Action Comics #1's story and art is copyrighted. All Superman stories are copyrighted. And the characters within are copyrighted. Eventually, the copyright will expire (95 years in corporate ownership). Trademark applies to the distinctions and recognizability of brands. When Superman's copyright expires, he'll enter the public domain. However, the Superman logo, the S Shield, and other visual elements of what Superman is will still be under trademark because trademark doesn't expire after a set period, trademark expires after a period of disuse and non-registration. 

Basically, it isn't super clear at this exact moment what all will actually be usable when these things enter the PD. What *should* be happening is that it should be really good for archival work. Anyone should be able to copy the original work and--transformation and modification aside--have the ability to share, reproduce, and distribute it, basically making it far more available and hopefully adding to the everlasting preservation of the work. You also should be able to transform, modify, and do all the other things to the work, including creating new derivative works, but that's where the treasure trove of material still under copyright and trademark might make things difficult. 

By the same token, there's a lot of stuff that you can already do under fair use and I think it's worth it to ask to what extent is what you want to do not already covered? If you have ideas for earnest stories that'd compete with DC, yeah, you're not going to have a lot of leeway until we've got a clearer idea of what the landscape looks like. But if you want to do something to stick it to the man--Superman erotic material or over-the-top drugs and ultraviolence or recreating and recontextualizing Superman material in a new way as political art--you're probably fine already. Heck, if you just give the earnest stories a new name and look, DC doesn't really sue people over infringement on Superman's character anymore (plus, as I've mentioned before, comics has long had some additional flexibility for fan art). 

In the meantime, if you're feeling interested and want to dig into it, there are tons of comics that have far more clearly fallen into the public domain already that you could mine for revival characters or, like some folks do, cool archival projects reprinting old comics for new audiences. 

Next week, I *think* I'll be able to talk about my new job! 

What I enjoyed this week: Nancy (Comic), Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Links (Video Game), Baldur's Gate III (Video Game), Blank Check (Podcast), How to Read Nancy (Book), Ted Lasso (TV show), Blade Runner (Movie), The Rehersal (TV show), the pilot of The Sopranos (TV show), my new big Taschen Ads of the 80s book, actually having some fun in my last week of not working, talking to a friend about putting together some original projects soon, prepping for Becca's next show. What I didn't enjoy this week was my phone dying! That's been real fun. 

New Releases this week (1/10/2024): None

New Releases next week (1/17/2024): Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter #1 (Editor)

Announcements: Becca's first show of the year is today, 1/13, at Alesmith! It's a mini-con with BizBaz! They've got lots of cool deals and new stuff for the new year, including a new version of our Anti AI zine, so come out and see them if you're anywhere near San Diego today! If you can't make it, you can always find their webshop and portfolio here! 

The Cartoonist Cooperative is still doing E-Sim cards for Gaza. You can donate a digital sim card so that residents can get access to the internet and have more functional phones and, in exchange, get some comics or a drawing or whatever else is available from the many participating artists. It's a nice little thing for you if you want it, but ultimately, man, giving an E-Sim could literally save a life. 

You can also give more directly with your money or your time. You can call or fax or email or show up at the offices (or yell at the White House of) of your representatives to demand a ceasefire or to protest their inaction so far or to throw eggs at the president for participating in and encouraging a genocide. You should keep aware of actions, demonstrations, protests, movements, and celebrations in your community too. Given the nature of the things, they often come together fairly quickly, so do exercise your due diligence. Also, of course, being informed and just giving your time to Palestinian journalists and writers is incredibly valuable. I don't tend to be a big TikTok fan, but it has proven to be one of the most reliable resources for firsthand accounts of what's happening on the ground from folks who can get access to E-Sims. 

Finally, check out my Patreon where you can access this blog as well as a ton of cool other stuff and this year, it'll be one of the first places you can see some of my new comics work, as well as my webstore (final stock on basically everything there except Jimmy Squarefoot), my Kofi (I'll get the updated Anti-AI Zine up there soon), and my eBay account as I am between paychecks for a while and those are other ways you can support me!

Pic of the Week: My phone died and in it's last days, I did try to reset it with a factory reset. Prior to that, I *thought* all my data had properly synced, but apparently my photos didn't, so I lost a ton of them--anything I didn't have uploaded elsewhere already, and I haven't been taking new pictures. So, uhh... here's the front of our holiday card from last year. It's Garfield! 

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I mean Lee Seunggi went through shit with Hook for 18 years and no one outside the industry had any idea until dispatch’s exposé, so BigHit or Hybe being shady wouldn’t be a surprise…

I think they’ll re-sign because BigHit have enough shit on all of them to sink them, the only reason it might be dragging a little now is because some of the guys probably also have something up their sleeves. I’m no company hater, but it’s basic stuff, if it were all roses and sunshine, there wouldn’t be so many “we hope” statements being thrown around, especially by Bang himself, who doesn’t prevaricate.

This is not the same situation...

Lee Seunggi, signed with Hook in 2004 when slave contracts were prolific, but his dispute with Hook was mostly about money not mistreatment, despite what he says in his own statement...

For years it appears that Hook misled him about how much profit he was earning and had hung his idol training debt over his head.

BTS and BigHit it different, BigHit didn't pass on any debt to BTS when they debuted and when BigHit started to be profitable BTS started receiving royalties.

Most Entertainment companies in Korea are private companies who can hide profits and do dodgy things. Whilst big companies who are publicly traded can also be dodgy, they are bound my market regulations, we know this because just this week the regulator will be closely looking at Kakao and SM's recent dealings. If anything is untoward no merger.

HYBE has investors who need to be kept happy and what keeps them happy is high stock price and big profits. BTS is crucial for that to continue at HYBE, so in order for HYBE to flourish it needs BTS. So why would HYBE fuck up their relationship with an Artist by threatening them, because I don't think these boys would tolerate that. Remember these were the same boys who almost disbanded back in 2018.

No BH isn't blackmailing the boys to sign and nothing they've done so far comes off as shady. People presume shady shit because of issues with other companies. Plus, would a company led by Bang PD shit on the boys, you know the same Bang PD who supported Jo Kwon the queer K-idol of 2AM, by also giving them their first pair of high heels.

I do think you're partially right, though, that the boys (all of BTS) are being tough with negotiations, but I think it's because they want a good deal that benefits them.

I still think by 2025/26, when the boys return we'll get an announcement of contract extensions.

And... @nonalisa @lullaby-of-taekook @taekookgotjamz This is my partial thoughts on contracts, I'm still composing a more thorough post.

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The Real Wikis: Michael Kelso, circa 2004 (just including the pictures before he got fat)

Top (l-r): Kelso on That 70s Show, 1977, Kelso and Brooke, 1979, a picture of the new house, 1981

Bottom (l-r): Kelso drunkenly singing "It's The End of the World as We Know It" by REM, 1989, Kelso and Brooke in their not so tiny love shack, 1990, his brother Jay's dog Skip jumping after him in Lake Eerie, 1991

Born: Michael Christopher Kelso

Birthday: August 28, 1959 (age 45)

Also known as: Mike (at work), Michael (by Jackie and Brooke), Dad, Daddy

Occupation(s): Security guard at the Chicago Playboy mansion (January 1980), police officer for the Chicago PD (February 1980-present)

Family (new, plus Betsy):

Elizabeth "Betsy" Victoria Kelso (daughter, with Brooke, born January 15, 1979)

Hannah Michaela Kelso (daughter, with Brooke, born November 23, 1984)

Matthew "Matt" Casey Kelso (nephew, via Casey, born March 5, 1985)

William "Bill" Robert Rockwell (father in-law, born April 20, 1929)

Carolyn Elizabeth Brooks (formerly Rockwell) (mother in-law, born November 8, 1930)

Bruce William Rockwell (brother in-law, born February 3, 1955)

Linda Jo Carter (formerly Rockwell) (former sister in-law, born April 14, 1955)

Lauren Elizabeth Rockwell (niece, via Bruce, born February 3, 1986)

Relationships:

Brooke Leslie Rockwell (wife, October 1981-present)

Friends (beyond the family): Fez, Jackie Hyde, Steven Hyde, Eric Forman, Donna Pinciotti-Forman, Rhonda Tate, Thomas "Tom" Fitzpatrick, Darryl and Dennis (the first two stooges)

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Chris Marquette and Paul Dano arrive at the premiere of The Girl Next Door on March 4 2004 at the Grauman Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California | By Kevin Winter

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@fictionalbullshitter Okay and now we'll move onto @bendingthelaws parts of this. Have your snack and drink? I'm not sure if this one will be as long. *peeks over at my blorbos and wip* Yeah, probably still a good idea.

The main influences of Bending the Law would be a mix of several TV Shows. Law & Order, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, City Confidential, The FBI Files, CSI, Forensic Files, Cold Case, and other shows along the same line. You may recognize a character from one here and another there because there are influences pulled from many places, but there are no direct dupes in my blorbos. They are an amalgamation of my love of true crime and law shows, as well as fictional ones. Not to mention my love of Nora Robert's nom de plume J. D. Robb's "In Death" series of books. There is also some of the show Bones here and Kathy Reich's books that the show are based off of.

If I were to try to list out the number of podcasts I listen to that I've drawn from to place here, I would be typing till my fingers were little bloody sumps with nails loosely attached to bones. You should see the looks on coworkers when they open the door to my office to hear some podcaster giving autopsy information in details that are a bit more in depth that most could stomach. Even worse when I'm eating.

I also will binge seasons of Dr. G Medical Examiner, which is about what it sounds like. I was married to a Funeral Director for a Decade...4 of those years in Louisiana where there is no refrigeration at most Funeral Homes...you can't gross me out. So...I draw on experience for much of Serena's experience...although I do try to spare the reader. Not everyone can eat noodles while listening, let alone watching, something about disemboweling and stomach contents.

Serena is based off of Dr. G, Dr. Jan Garavaglia. She was a Medical Examiner in Florida from 2004 until her retirement in 2015. Kathy Reichs is also an inspiration for Serena, but not as much as Dr. G. Both women are actually women I greatly admire.

Some of the characters in this story draw more upon those I have known in my real life than my other two main WIP's. Part of that has to do with the people I know and their lines of work. Part of that has to do with my interests and my post-secondary education. I am, at my heart, one huge ass nerd.

Okay...POTTY BREAK again...this one wasn't as bad

@bombsbodyguardsbroken will come when I can take a break after this meeting I have to have.

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[hauntedselves]

Depressive / Melancholic Personality Disorder (De/MePD)

Note: You cannot be diagnosed with this disorder, as it's not in any diagnostic manual; you would be diagnosed with Other Specified Personality Disorder instead.

Criteria from the DSM-IV-TR (2000):

A pervasive pattern of depressive cognitions and behaviors beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

usual mood is dominated by dejection, gloominess, cheerlessness, joylessness, unhappiness

self-concept centers around beliefs of inadequacy, worthlessness, and low self-esteem

is critical, blaming, and derogatory toward self

is brooding and given to worry

is negativistic, critical, and judgmental toward others

is pessimistic

is prone to feeling guilty or remorseful

Millon's subtypes:

(Millon, ed.).

About De/MePD

De/MePD is similar to avoidant, schizoid, masochistic / self-defeating, negativistic / passive-aggressive and borderline PDs. It's part of what Millon & Bloom term the "Reserved Personality Patterns", along with AvPD & SzPD.

Differential diagnoses include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and somatic disorders.

The most common PD comorbidities with De/MePD are AvPD (19.53%), AsPD (14.06%), & Negativistic / Passive-Aggressive PD (13.02%). The least common was HPD (1.82%). Less than 6 percent (5.34%) had only ("pure") De/MePD [much higher than people with pure Ne/PAPD or SaPD] (Millon & Bloom).

Millon defines it on a spectrum from pessimistic -> depressive (melancholic) (Millon Personality Group); or alternatively from dejected [personality type] -> forlorn [style] -> depressive [disorder] (Millon).

"The depressive and masochistic are so similar that some authors view them as a single constellation" (Millon, ed.).

In the DSM-IV-TR it was described as being “characterized by a pervasive pattern of depressive cognitions and behaviors, low self-esteem, brooding, and pessimism." (Coolidge & Segal).

"Always in a dejected and gloomy mood, they see themselves as inadequate and worthless. They submerge themselves in criticism for even minor shortcomings and tend to blame themselves when things go wrong. A pervasive pessimism leads them to anticipate the worst - to expect that life will always go wrong and never improve. Their days are spent brooding and worrying, ignoring the good and dwelling on the bad. Saturated with guilt, they wish that life could be different, but instead of taking the initiative, they berate themselves for missed opportunities and feel powerless to change their destiny. Such individuals may indeed be depressed, but their depression emerges from a way of thinking, feeling, and perceiving - a depressive personality" (Millon, ed.).

De/MePD only ever appeared in the appendix of the DSM-IV & IV-TR, and it was dropped because it was "controversial whether the distinction between depressive personality disorder and Dysthymic [Persistent] Disorder [was] useful" (DSM-IV-TR).

However, "many dysthymics did not meet criteria for depressive personality. [...] In fact, the proportion of those with depressive personality disorder who had never met criteria for dysthymia was high", indicating that De/MePD is likely a separate disorder from persistent & major depressive disorders (Millon, ed.).

References

Coolidge, Frederick L., & Segal, Daniel L., ‘Evolution of Personality Disorder Diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’, Clinical Psychology Review, 1998, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 585-599.

Millon, Theodore, & Bloom, Caryl, The Millon Inventories, 2008.

Millon, Theodore, Disorders of Personality, 2011.

Millon, Theodore, ed., Personality Disorders in Modern Life, 2004.

'Pessimistic / Melancholic Personality', Millon Personality Group, 2015, https://www.millonpersonality.com/theory/diagnostic-taxonomy/melancholic.htm.

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Social Gaming: How toxic is it?

Gaming is the act of playing video games while allowing people (or gamers) to connect with each other. Most people make good friends through the gaming community. And of course, playing games is often associated with releasing stress. Many benefits come with being a part of the gaming community. These communities are also linked to providing toxic environments for some, such as women, LGBT communities and ethnic minorities. These groups are often targeted by younger male players. All because of the high levels of emotional reactivity, impulsivity and anonymity (Ratan 2021). These are considered the cultural norm of gaming. Women are most often subjected to sexism in the gaming community. They even go as far as changing their avatar or keeping their gender a secret to avoid being harassed by the toxic gaming community, which is mostly comprised of male gamers.  

Anonymity plays a part in the gaming community. People are choosing to be anonymous while gaming to avoid being a subject of harassment or to avoid getting into trouble for harassing other gamers.  

Gamers who face harassment in the gaming community are reported to have suicidal and depressive thoughts. The toxicity of the gaming community makes those who are harassed while gaming does not want to play again. Not to mention that victimisation in gaming results to lower self-esteem and anxiety.

The toxic behaviour presented by gamers is often linked to sadism (Buckets et al. 2014). Some people just like messing with others, well, because they simply want to. And on top of that, they don’t feel bad about it. Lucas and Sherry (2004) stated that it is very likely that women are often being subjected to sexism in the gaming community because of the idea that games are a ‘boy’s toy’.

Despite the initiatives made by many famous gamers, people still continue to be toxic in the gaming community. If you find yourself to be a subject of harassment or verbal abuse while gaming, you should always stand up for yourself. Let the abusers know that you are only there to game. Could there be a way to stop these toxic behaviours? Yes, of course, but only those who are being toxic can stop it. 

References:

Ratan, R 2021, Faculty voice: gaming and toxicity, MSUToday | Michigan State University, 22 January, 22 January, viewed 12 November 2022, <https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/faculty-voice-gaming-and-toxicity>.

Lucas, K & Sherry, JL 2004, ‘Sex differences in video game play:: A Communication-Based Explanation’, Communication Research, vol. 31, no. 5, SAGE Publications Inc, pp. 499–523.

Buckels, EE, Trapnell, PD & Paulhus, DL 2014, ‘Trolls just want to have fun’, Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 67, pp. 97–102.

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Zed’s birthday is October 27, 2004 (Scorpio) and Addison’s middle name is Rosalind the fanfic babes are thriving this premiere.

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The way zed looked at Addison when she had her alien transformation. The way it was the way he looked at her when she first took off her wig. The way he loves her in all forms no matter what.

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“does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes?”

Zoey and Zed Necrodpolis, Zombies (2018) | Zombies 3 (2022)

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9 Maggio 2024 15:00 Secondo il consigliere regionale del Pd Massimiliano Valeriani la proposta di condono edilizio presentata dal centrodestra permetterà di sanare abusi edilizi di hotel e ristoranti in zone di pregio della città di Roma. “Mobilitiamoci contro questo vergognoso saccheggio del territorio del Lazio, che dobbiamo impedire in tutti i modi”. Il condono edilizio presentato dal centrodestra nel Lazio, ha denunciato a Fanpage.it il consigliere regionale del Pd ed ex assessore Massimiliano Valeriani, a Roma riguarda neanche mille pratiche bloccate all'ufficio condoni. E, soprattutto, non si riferiscono a lavori eseguiti dai cittadini nelle loro abitazioni, ma quasi esclusivamente ad attività commerciali. Come un hotel e ristorante nel parco dell'Appia Antica che ha chiuso abusivamente portici e verande, oppure alcuni circoli sportivi lungo il Tevere che hanno ricavato e riconvertito spazi in strutture ricettive e sale ristoranti, oppure ancora alberghi che hanno chiuso terrazze per realizzare camere aggiuntive o roof garden nel centro storico. La proposta di condono edilizio, come abbiamo scritto, è stata presentata dalla consigliera di Fratelli d'Italia, Laura Corrotti, con l'obiettivo di modificare la legge regionale del 2004 che recepiva il condono presentato e approvato dall'allora governo Berlusconi. Valeriani ha annunciato a Fanpage.it che sta preparando un appuntamento per fine mese a cui parteciperanno associazioni ambientaliste ed esponenti politici per una "mobilitazione contro questa strategia della destra" che l'esponente dem definisce "di saccheggio urbanistico e ambientale del territorio della Regione Lazio". Consigliere Valeriani, come stanno le cose secondo lei? Servirà a qualcosa questo condono? Dopo le sconclusionate proposte di legge per trasformare garage e cantine in case o negozi e le stalle, gli ovili, i porcili in altrettante abitazioni, arriva anche questa proposta di sanatoria. Nasconde però un vero e proprio imbroglio: questa norma che si vuole modificare fu introdotta per evitare che nelle zone di particolare pregio sottoposte a vincoli si potessero sanare abusi particolarmente gravi. Si continua a dire che con questa norma si risponde a tutti i piccoli abusi dei cittadini, ma non è vero. Già oggi i piccoli abusi, finestre o piccoli locali in più, per esempio, si possono sanare con procedure regolari. Con questo condono, invece, si vorrebbero sanare tutte le nuove edificazioni realizzate in aree di assoluto pregio e sottoposte a vincolo, cioè nelle zone archeologiche, nei parchi naturali, nei centri storici… Quindi questa operazione dà soltanto risponde ai grandi abusi e non certo ai cittadini. Quindi questo condono, di fatto, favorirebbe hotel e ristoranti, soprattutto? Questo provvedimento serve a liberalizzare ciò che oggi non è condonabile. Hai fatto un centro sportivo, un albergo o un ristorante in aree dove non era possibile farlo? E nel frattempo in questi anni nessuno ha avuto la forza di abbattere questi abusi edilizi? Ebbene, con la norma proposta dalla destra si potranno legalizzare e legittimare questi abusi. Ripeto, realizzati in aree di assoluto pregio e sottoposte a vincolo. In concreto cosa riguarda il condono? Che tipo di strutture? Un ristorante che ha fatto un pergolato che poi ha chiuso, per esempio nella zona dell'Appia antica. Oppure una struttura realizzata su un lungomare di pregio del litorale romano, oppure ancora nei centri storici, che sono pieni di dehors, realizzati sulle terrazze

di hotel e ristoranti, che non sono mai stati abbattuti in questi anni, pur essendo abusivi perché realizzati in aree di pregio, dov'è proibito realizzare nuove volumetrie ex novo. In questo caso verrebbe tutto sanato. Secondo la consigliera Corrotti questa norma, con il conseguente sblocco delle pratiche, porterà molti soldi nelle casse dei comuni e della Regione Lazio. È così? Non è assolutamente vero. Si confondono le pratiche non ancora evase, giacenti all'ufficio condoni, circa 180mila pratiche in tutto, con quelle ricadenti in queste aree di pregio e sottoposte a vincolo, che non sono presenti in tutto il territorio regionale. Quindi, ripeto, si confonde l'abuso edilizio in generale con gli abusi fatti in queste aree sottoposte a vincoli. Un conto, tanto per fare un esempio, è un abuso effettuato nell'area dell'Appia Antica e un altro conto è parlare di un abuso edilizio nell'agro pontino. Si confondono i numeri generali con i numeri che riguardano nello specifico il condono proposto da Corrotti. Il centrodestra parla apertamente di condono edilizio. Qual è la strategia politica della maggioranza? Con queste proposte, che ricordo non arrivano dalla giunta Rocca ma da singoli consiglieri, tutto ciò che riguarda la tutela e la salvaguardia del nostro territorio viene messo in discussione. Se da una cantina posso ricavare un'abitazione, oppure se da una rimessa degli attrezzi di un casolare in campagna possiamo ricavare un ristorante o un albergo, stiamo parlando di un vero e proprio tana libera tutti. Se addirittura rendiamo sanabile, come nella proposta di cui stiamo parlando, ciò che è stato realizzato ex novo in zone di pregio stiamo parlando di una strategia che mette a serio repentaglio l'integrità del nostro territorio. Per questo mi rivolgo a tutte le associazioni civiche e a tutti i soggetti politico istituzionali per iniziare una mobilitazione contro questo vergognoso saccheggio del territorio del Lazio, che dobbiamo impedire in tutti i modi.