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thekatebridgerton · 3 years

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You white “ fans” are so annoying. Just because your shitty Duke left, all of a sudden the idea of any other lead being a poc is suddenly a problem. Piss off

Wow 😳 everything you just said is wrong on so many levels.

First of all while I have no need to disclose what I consider personal information. Let's get this out of the way really fast.

1) I'm not white, I'm Latina/Hispanic.. Where I live, if you called me white you'd get laughed at

2) I live in a Caribbean island where the population of Caucasians is approx 10%. Most of them who are Latinos. I don't live in a place where the population is predominantly white or associate with predominantly white people. And it's weird to have that idea.

3) my mother is married to a black man. Who has been a great paternal figure I could hope for in my life and I respect him a lot. In fact 90% of the people I asociate with are either black or east Asian/Desi. For me POC representation IS a big deal. Doesn't mean I don't have white friends or asociate with them. It just means I had a multicultural upbringing.

4) what makes you think I liked the Duke of Hastings? I mean Rege was fine and as an actor he was 10 times better than Phoebe. Carried all their scenes on his back and everything. But Simon Basset has never been in my top 10 no matter who plays him. Fake dating has never been my thing, I've said it before, it's an incredible turn off. And also sexually objectifying Rege Jean Page makes me uncomfortable. I'm simply not attracted to him.

So yeah, what I said about not wanting Sophie to be a POC is really sincere. I've grown up around some wonderful black women who have wonderful very black very proud black daughters.

I want those little girls to be able to see themselves in media as more than the tragic character who must run away from a life of oppression. But if Sophie does end up being played by a POC more the reason to cheer her on because Sophie is an amazingly brave and generous heroine.

On a last note anon. As a person who can pass off as white living in a place where the population is predominantly Black you can't say silch to me about prefering white leads to POC. Because if you think black people don't discriminate when they are majority and feel entitled to, then you are dead wrong. Black people are just as capable of discrimination as white people. And just as proud too.

As a Latina, I've been discriminated by both white and black people, even by fellow Latinos. In fact if I had to name the ethnicity who I've been personally discriminated less by, it would have to be the East Asian/Desi/Indian. Who have definitely done it too.

And here's a secret about racism and discrimination: IT'S NEVER ABOUT RACE

Any kind of discrimination is about people who feel entitled to humiliate others and just need an excuse to do it. An asshole is an asshole, no matter their racial background, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation or nationality. They just use the previously listed things to justify their assholery to people they consider themselves superior to as if somehow that makes it okay.

I've grown up around black people who are incredibly kind, understanding and generous. I've also grown up around other black people who are terrible assholes. And guess what? They didn't develop those traits because they're black. it's just the kind of person they are. If I went around assuming all black people are assholes, I'd end up missing out on some amazing friendships and relationships.

Same applies to the Latinos I know, some are wonderful human beings, some are liars and cheats. And white people too, a lot of them won't even talk to a person who's a shade darker than them. And others would willingly get covid to help a POC friend.

This is why when I talk about the Penelope vs Marina situation. I never mention their race. To me, who has grown up in a certain kind of environment where I've been discriminated against by people from multiple racial backgrounds the idea feels so foreign. Since their race had nothing to do with it, the show never gives any indication that it does.

Marina was being an asshole! From almost the very first few episodes and that had nothing to do with being a woman of color. It had everything to do with the kind of person she was! Penelope retailiated by also being an asshole. It had nothing to do with Penelope being white, it had everything to do with her chosing to be an asshole.

And me liking Penelope better than Marina when both of them were assholes says absolutely nothing about me as a person. Sometimes I just like some assholes more than others.

But since you were rude first here's an advice, do us both a favor and get off your high horse anon. Being a POC or supporting POC doesn't make you better than anyone else. Being a good person does. Because speaking from experience here, no matter their racial background when an asshole has the opportunity to discriminate or oppress someone else, they do and when a good person has the opportunity to discriminate or oppress someone else, they Don't. They help. They support. They become actually better than people around them and have absolutely no need to advertise it, because it becomes self evident.

Try working on that and you'll see how media like Bridgerton becomes easier to consume

#the audacity #bridgerton #I'm not offended but REALLY??#that was incredibly off base

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imtherealsebastiansatan · 3 years

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daniel brühl blocked Lifeofsebbys on ig // It's interesting that Daniel Brühl AND Phoebe Dynevor blocked the disturbed stalker after just a few months of "research", but Seb tolerated her for years, after she leaked his address and disclosed private information about his family. Seb/his team is too tolerant with the psychos who claim to be "fans".

Agree.

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chaletfms · 4 years

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*can brandon send us a new job?

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★☆―❝ 〝ryan destiny. she/her. female. 〞dear ERIN SCOTT, upon reading your application we are pleased to inform you that your booking to be a GUEST at langdon lodge has been accepted. for only being 26, we believe that you do in fact resemble LAURYN HILL. your piece about being from ATLANTA, USA was very compelling and we’ll make sure to give TRIP a listen. honesty is the best policy so we appreciate you disclosing the fact that you are STRONG-WILLED but we think that balances out with the way that you are OUTGOING. let’s just hope that nobody finds out about REDACTED. see you soon ―【dani, cst, 18+】

#accepted.#tysm for applying & thanks for your patience <3

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hayatwellsource · 5 years

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NEWS UPDATE!

Mission: Impossible 7 Character Details Tease Hoult & Atwell’s Roles

New character details have surfaced for Mission: Impossible 7, providing a little more insight into the roles that actors Hayley Atwell and Nicholas Hoult will play in the upcoming film.

The information comes from The Illuminerdi, who reports that Atwell and Hoult’s characters will play important roles in Mission: Impossible 7 and 8. Atwell’s character goes by the name of Lambert and is reported to be the aid to the big bad, Rollin Hand. She is described as being “tenacious and a bit of a bruiser.”

Hoult was originally thought to be Rollin Hand, however, the report suggests that this is not the case. According to casting for Rollin Hand, the film was looking for a male actor in his 50’s to late 70’s. Shea Whigham, who appears closer in appearance to the description than Hoult, is rumored to fill this role. Based on casting information The Illuminerdi obtained, Hoult will still portray an antagonist in the upcoming film. His character will appear in both 7 and 8, but his villainous role is not yet fully disclosed.

Currently, the production of Mission: Impossible 7 has been halted due to the spread of the coronavirus in Venice, Italy, where the film was originally supposed to shoot for three weeks. It is currently uncertain how this delay will change production plans.

Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible 7 stars Tom Cruise, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham and Nicholas Hoult. The film arrives in theaters July 23, 2021.

Olivier Awards: James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Hayley Atwell Among Nominees

James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, Wendell Pierce and Toby Jones are going head-to-head for best actor in this year’s Olivier Awards, while Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hayley Atwell, Juliet Stevenson and Sharon D Clarke have been nominated for best actress.

New musical & Juliet has nabbed nine nominations, Trevor Nunn’s Fiddler on the Roof has secured eight and Dear Evan Hansen has scored seven.

The UK awards, which celebrates the best theatre in London, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on April 5.

[SOURCE]

#news #mission impossible #olivier awards #hayley atwell

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idexstuck · 5 years

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LBTW’s current outline under the cut. suffer with me

1.0 - the letterbomb initiative

1.1 - ceaseless flight (RnR)

1.1.1 - ruth awakens to find rich has gone missing, seemingly voluntarily. after going about his daily routine, he gets a dispatch from verne to kill mysthuntonium. after assuming that

1.1.2 - the party agrees to lay off accelerating for a while, so ruth spends a good deal of time looking around the dimension he accelerated into. while doing a solo search, he comes across a temple that's seemingly taken the place of where he and his boyfriend used to live. inside, he finds a scrap of paper with standard galactic on it.

1.1.3 - at solar edge, johanna and emerson have a surprisingly civil conversation (only because reese and ruth are there to keep johanna from getting charged with murder). emerson does ruth a favor, translating the SGA on the paper into english. it says 'NOCTURNE.'

1.1.4 - with this, ruth is determined to accelerate further. the party advises against it for his own health, but after insisting he's survived worse, ruth and reese accelerate while johanna says she'll tag along later. she has some choice words with emerson, but follows the party to their next destination. led only by the paper scrap, ruth returns to the site of the temple with reese and finds nothing. after consolidations, ruth's resolve to find his boyf is restored.

1.1.5 - in all of her wisdom, verne has done some extraneous scouting for ruth, and says that- in uncertain terms- rich is alive and well. ruth is relieved, but unsatisfied with the answer; verne says that this NOCTURNE is a threat that bears immediate neutralization. his goals slightly shifted, ruth asks emerson for more help. emerson makes it a 'date,' of course, but he does disclose that NOCTURNE isn't connected to the wireframe at all.

1.1.6 - armed with new information, ruth begins devising new severance patterns to break through the wireframe and neutralize NOCTURNE. johanna and reese say he's jumping the gun, and after hours of failed attempts, johanna invites him to deal with things her way. her methods are questionable, but ruth does relax a little, and promises to stop putting himself in jeopardy.

1.1.7 - it's been a week since accelerating into the current dimension, and despite it being the middle of october, the weather is strangely warm. johanna and emerson have an entirely UN-civil chat, and reality starts falling apart.

1.1.8 - entirely unaffected by the strange happenings, ruth damn-near works himself to death conducting tests on the wireframe with severance patterns. emerson pays him a visit, somehow, and his true colors start to show. instead of watching ruth scramble to destroy the wireframe, emerson gives ruth the pattern that leads to NOCTURNE- but just before things start going xiang-liu levels of haywire.

1.1.8.1 - rich, entrapped by the NOCTURNE, reminisces on his time alone.

1.1.9 - ruth falls into the space outside the wireframe. encompassed by a wintry landscape on all sides, he begins his trek, and is quickly interrupted by a catatonic rich and what he can assume is the NOCTURNE, who appears now as a specter instead of its real form. ruth severs rich from the nocturne- or, at least, repels the nocturne, and they have a very cute and tearful reunite. the outside destabilizes without the NOCTURNE at full power, and ruth and rich fall into the septenary gardens. ruth delivers his letter, and the two of them make their way back to the nearest dimension.

1.0.10 - normalcy has, for the most part, returned- ruth gets his pay, rich gets sick leave for almost dying, and johanna and reese treat the main party to drinks on the house (emerson uninvited). even verne shows up!

1.2 - gridley and the septenary gardens (ruth)

1.2.1 - gridley zimmerman, on the brink of death from NOCTURNE, makes a 'tether' with one of the seven fundamental rules of reality: the septenary clocktower of consciousness. through her extreme faith in the goddess, she's granted theodora von ennekern's personal blade, forged with the purpose of being able to cleave anything in twain. training montage!

1.2.2 - gridley is getting used to her new powers, and tries to create an illusion in which her home was never destroyed. it ends badly, and, consumed with rage, she accidentally cleaves an entire timeline apart.

1.2.3 - focused entirely on vengeance, gridley travels around a few dimensions- one still engulfed by the mirror war, one archaic (theo cameo!), and one close to the present.

1.2.4 - ruth gets a notification from verne that a new threat is on the loose. he nicknames it neptuniomega-237. meanwhile, gridley is pulled back into the septenary gardens after a choice incident with 209 (not shown). while at solar edge, she talks to ruth one-on-one, and says something to the effect of 'i know who you are, and i know what you do, but stay out of my way.' ruth figures this is his target.

1.2.5 -

- show off the clocktowers

- gridleys out to find nocturne right? but like shes mad so shes destroying everything in her path (she doesnt know emerson is doing the exact same thing lol)

1.1.x - within the collapsing sixth clocktower, gridley and ruth have their final confrontation

1.3 - miranda and phoebe (reese)

1.3.1 - while mulling over a drink he can't consume, reese is approached by miranda cassidy and phoebe francis with a deal: he can go back in time and get a do-over of the incident that nearly ended his life- no strings attached.

1.3.2 - at the discretion of even emerson, reese accepts M&P's deal- in his eyes, he's got nothing to lose but his life for the second time. he meets up with M&P at phoebe's bar, and after tasting some of phoebe's house mix (bad idea), miranda and phoebe send him back a week before the incident.

1.3.3 - reese, restored to his old organic form, quickly remembers how the week before the incident played out, and begins to retrace his steps at the dis-advisement of phoebe and miranda (acting as the devil and angel on his shoulder in a sense). on wednesday- the seventh day before the accident- he tampers with the strange purple section of the wireframe he encountered earlier.

1.3.4 - thurs

1.3.5 - fri

1.3.6 - sat

1.3.7 - sun

1.3.8 - mon

1.3.9 - tues

1.3.10 - wed

1.4 - emerson (johanna)

1.4.1 - emerson and reese go on a 'date,' and when reese gets back to solar edge, he's nearly killed by johanna. johanna finally admits why emerson makes her so mad, but in vague terms at best. reese, determined to know why, presses further, but she avoids the topic by getting hammered and refusing to answer any more questions.

1.4.2 - while trying to visit an old friend in gracetown's hospital, johanna is stopped by emerson, and, constrained by social order, they catch up with each other. emerson is as slippery as ever when it comes to goals and motives, but johanna makes it 100% clear that her next move is ending his life.

1.4.3 - johanna asks ruth to help her in severing things from the wireframe. we get a lesson on wireframe mechanics, and a nice bonding bit between johanna and ruth. johanna is surprisingly competent, and ruth is a surprisingly good teacher.

1.4.x - within the wireframe, the party confronts 210, johanna leading the charge. in a final attempt to eliminate the neutralizers, emerson consumes the prime material plane. through sheer force of will, johanna survives, and severs emerson's connection to the wireframe, essentially killing him. his body collapses, and johanna is thrown into a (all things considered) pretty normal version of gracetown.

1.4.x - johanna and emerson (somehow still alive), have a chat about morals and stuff.

1.5 - reverse actor (RnR)

2.0 - catch you on the flip-side

2.1 - unit 12 & mirror stuff (reese)

2.1.1 - through a hole in the septenary gardens, the party finds themself on the flip-side, a mirror dimension from which the mirrors originate. they meet johanna's flip-side variant, and begin to explore this weird version of the world.

2.1.2 - while coming back from a scouting dispatch by verne, ruth is stopped by a strange man named unit twelve, who claims to be something called an observant. he says that ruth has tipped the cosmic scale of good and evil too far in the "good" direction, and before ruth can ask why that's a bad thing, U12 makes it clear that he's out to eliminate the neutralizers for good.

Unit Twelve Healing Chapter where he learns how to bake and Heals

do it like in HCDND i beg of you- u12 is concoting some runic shit to contact the nocturne directly and gain its favor- like, backstory then, etc etc

2.2 - marcia (main three)

2.2.1 - the main party wakes up in a gaudy ballroom, golden and clean, but inhabited by nobody. they quickly meet marcia, who has been alive and well this whole time, albeit under the dominion of the NOCTURNE. while showing them about the place, NOCTURNE sees it as a chance to strike. the group splits up- ruth with marcia, johanna with gridley, and reese with rich.

2.2.2.1 - ruth, while hiding from the NOCTURNE, gets some answers from marcia about NOCTURNE and the flip-side.

2.2.2.2 - johanna and gridley have found some kind of supply closet to hide in, and they find out that they're more similar than they thought.

2.2.2.3 - reese and rich share relationship advice (and cooking skills).

2.2.2 -

2.3 - nocturne (main three)

2.3.1 - the party regroups after sneaking around the NOCTURNE's shadow, and finally shows itself in its true form- a body double of ruth. it lets itself be 'defeated' by the party, but not before ruth is shown an illusion in which he becomes one of NOCTURNE's lackeys. afterwards, the ballroom returns to normal, and marcia seems mildly disappointed at the outcome of the battle. she offers to treat them to dinner, but specifically reese refuses, and they head back to flip-side solar edge.

2.3.2 - ruth and rich commiserate about missing home.

2.3.3 - over dinner, the party discusses just how they plan on getting home. verne contacts them with a call and ensures that she can and will bring them home- but the hurdles won't stop after that.

3.0 - zero mercy; red string

3.1 - the helena effect & more on the red string theorem (mercy)

3.1.1 - verne leads ruth and rich on a duo mission towards a woman named mercy helena, who is trying to deduce whether or not soulmates exist. through extensive testing, the answer seems to be no- but in a final gambit, she tests her experiments on ruth and rich. as it turns out, testing for the red string means that she has to sift through the entire story of how they met.

3.1.2 - turns out, ruth and rich met at solar edge!

3.1.3 - ruth takes a dispatch mission from verne, and runs into rich along the way. ruth comes clean about his true occupation, but rich seems to not mind.

3.1.4 - while on break, rich and emerson share relationship advice.

3.1.5 - ruth and rich go out, officially, at a nearby restaurant.

3.1.6 - after a particularly dangerous dispatch, rich patches up ruth in the med-bay. this is our first look at rich's healing magic!

3.1.7 - after another stressful day of dispatches, ruth and rich go out at solar edge.

3.1.8 - a few weeks after moving in with rich, ruth notices his boyfriend is acting a little on-edge as of late. when he tries to ask what's wrong, rich clams up and refuses to answer.

3.1.9 - rich, unable to sleep, makes tea and observes late-night gracetown. ruth, also unable to sleep, plays some tunes on his ol' guitar (gin blossoms, of course). rich simply requests that ruth stays with him instead of trying to fix his problems. ruth insists that rich's problems are his own, but rich is having none of it. the next day, ruth finds that rich has voluntarily gone missing.

3.1.10 - after intense calculations, helena determines that rich and ruth are indeed soulmates- and the whole backstory thing was just a tiny part of what she needed. as it turns out, the two of them are tethered to the zeroth and most enigmatic clocktower- that of which helena theorizes is human bonds.

3.2 - xiao lei and the zero

3.2.1 - a psychic woman named xiao lei asks gridley for help on her own time, and not because of a verne dispatch. gridley agrees to help, but for some reason, xiao lei can't be mind-read like anyone else normally can. she introduces gridley to the idea of the zero- a place beyond any '-side' that exists- the very edge of unobservable reality.

3.3 - anti-freeze

3.3.1 - in a strange twist of fate, ruth is the one that goes missing this time. he awakens in a strange laboratory, accompanied by a woman who calls herself "five" and claims to be part of an "anti-freeze initiative." they chat, and as it turns out, five has never heard of the clocktowers, and comes from an awfully odd place.

3.4 - macy and valentine's day

3.5 - vivian

- theo's whole thing

- alter-egos (main three)

- 209 proper (main three)

- who is R.Z. (RnR)

- astraea (theo)

- vernes backstory (verne)

- angelica (rich)

- vivian and more about the outside (main three)

- em alter (johanna and em)

- diagammathetium

- Girls' Frontline Healing Chapter Except It's Letterbomb! A Whole Part of Fluff!

- phoebe gets in lots of trouble for fucking w cosmic waste

- septenary clocktowers except its mirror temple b-side from celeste

- cass (oldie)

#textpost #NOTHING HAPPENS WHAT THE FUCK

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bondoverby73-blog · 5 years

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lovelykat001 · 6 years

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Before We Go- Part 2

A/N: Still adding tags if anyone else would like to be tagged in this series

Warnings: Cursing, minor violence, talk of cheating

Word Count: 3,516

Part 1

Chapter 2

You looked everywhere in the section you were assigned to look for your purse. It was nowhere to be seen. You closed your eyes and took a deep breath before opening the door to go back into the bar. When you stepped inside Steve was waiting by the door.

“Anything?” He asked. You shook your head no. He chewed on his bottom lip briefly, “Alright, I’ve got an idea.”

He started walking toward the bar so you followed closely behind. You both took two seats at the bar while Steve chatted away with the bartender. Steve disclosed your situation and asked if he had any information.

The bartender responded while fixing your drinks. “It hasn’t turned up, sorry to say,” he wouldn’t meet your eyes, “but you never know.”

Steve gave a crooked smile. “Yeah, that’s what the police said.”

You turned to look at Steve. Neither of you had talked to the police. He was lying to try to scare the guy into thinking they already talked to the authorities. That was really smart. You took a second to admire him. Not just physically, even though he was quite remarkable, but for what he was doing for you. Nobody had ever gone to such measures to help you. And you were sure of that. Yet this stranger just abandons his plans for the night to help you? That was amazing.

The bartender scoffed, “Funny, they’re usually so helpful.”

Steve jumped in, “But then they told me about these guys that will lift purses out of certain places and then sometimes the bartender knows something.” Steve finally meets his eyes and stares at the man, surely trying to intimidate him and get him to talk.

“I guess saying shit is easier than doing actual police work,” He continues working behind the bar.

Steve’s eyes follow him, “Right, right that’s true. But, uh, there would be a pretty handsome gratuity in it if something popped into your brain.”

He pours another drink, still avoiding eye contact. He finally looks up to you, “Prada, you said?”

“Mm-hm. It does have sentimental value and I would pay a lot to get it back.”

Both you and Steve stare him down. He finally folds and throws his towel down. “Gimme a sec.” He heads toward the back and disappears into another room.

Steve turns to you, “sentimental value, nice touch.”

You rub your forehead to calm yourself, “It’s true. I appreciate you doing this. I know you weren’t planning on spending your night rummaging through filthy garbage bathroom trashcans.”

Steve tilts his head to the side. “Well… I didn’t plan not to.”

You smile at him. And for the first time in a while, it’s a genuine smile. “Well what about all the other things that you could be doing?”

“Well, you didn’t say trashcan treasure hunts were still on the menu,” Steve says still trying to lighten the mood. “So, while we have time to kill do you mind if I ask you what you do?”

“I’m an art consultant,” you say as you bring your drink to your lips. “I’m actually in the city buying a painting.”

Steve raises his eyebrows, impressed. “Oh, yeah? What’s the piece?”

You look at him inquisitively. “I don’t know if you’d know it.”

Steve gives one short laugh. “Well, that’s probably true. Um, who’s your favorite painter? Or would I not know him either?” He pokes fun at you.

You smile, “No, no. If I told you I’d lose all credibility.”

“Oh, come on! You gotta now!”

You close your eyes in embarrassment and laugh. “I couldn’t.”

The bartender emerges from the back but Steve still has his eyes trained on you. “Well, we may be in luck. Took a little persuasion. Had to call in a favor or two,” He starts writing something down on a piece of paper.

“So I just have to go to this address and…”

“-That’s a terrible neighborhood.” Steve cut you off.

“Yeah, what do you think guys on Wall Street were lifting purses?” He sasses.

Steve stands up so you follow suit. “Well… Thank you.”

The bartender looks between you two. “I hope I was helpful.”

Steve smirks innocently. “Extremely.”

You put a hand on his arm. “I think he wants some form of gratitude.”

Steve tries to play it off, “Group hug? Big kiss?”

The bartender gets impatient. “I believe the words were handsome gratuity.”

Steve nods once and pulls out his wallet. “Right.” He pays the man a few bills and he sighs.

You head out of the bar and on the sidewalk. You look down at the sheet of paper and then around the street. “Okay so it’s this way, right?” You point left.

Steve sighs behind you. “Alright, you talked me into it. I’m coming with you.”

“Thank you but really you had plans tonight-”

“It’s alright. It’s late, you’re going to a dangerous neighborhood, I’m not going to let you go alone.” Steve steps toward you and puts his hands in his pockets. “Besides, it’s this way.” He nods in the other direction.

You look at him once more. “Are you sure you don’t mind?”

He nods. “Positive. Come on.” He leads the way with you directly beside him.

You are the first to break the silence. “I’m sure my husband would greatly appreciate your helping me. It’s incredibly generous of you.”

Steve smiles coyly at the ground. “You didn’t have to do that.”

You look at him confused. “What?”

He looks at you, “The husband thing.”

“Well, I didn’t mean to distrust you. It’s just you’re being so nice.” You plead to him. You didn’t mean to insult him you just wanted him to understand that you weren’t going to sleep with him.

“Nice. Well… don’t mention it.” You walk in silence for another few moments.

Finally your curiosity got the better of you. “So what was this thing that you were heading to tonight?” You look at him out of the corner of your eye.

He glances down for a moment. “It’s, uh, a wedding.”

You stop walking. “Are you going to break up a wedding?”

He laughs and you keep walking. “No. No, it’s complicated there’s just someone that I wanted to see.”

“The bride?” You say in a sing-song voice

“Nope.” He says smiling.

You look at him, “The groom?” You both laugh.

“No. But what about you? I’m guessing the purse was a gift from your husband?” He wiggles his left ring finger and looks at you. “I think you might be missing some hardware.”

You look on in silence for a few seconds. “I have a ring. I’m just not wearing it right now because it’s being repaired back in Albany right now.”

“Okay. Whatever you say.” What was that supposed to mean? Did he not believe you?

“You don’t believe me?” you tried to keep your tone light even though you were clearly offended. Not that it mattered. I mean, you just met this guy so he has no loyalty and no obligation to believe you. Why should he believe you?

He looks forward. “It’s none of my business.”

You walk the rest of the way in silence. You look around at all the lights and signs of the city. It’s always nice to just walk the streets whenever you go places to really get a feel of them and what the lives of the people who live there are like.

“Alright, this is it,” Steve says staring up at the building. He looks at how shady the building is. “You know what? Let me do this. What did you say it was? A black Prada bag?”

“I think we should call the police.” You say trying to keep him out of the shady building as well.

Steve laughs. “Yeah, they’ll be right over. How’s next Thursday? Anything specific about the bag?”

Well that settled it. He’s going in. “Yeah, on the inside flap are the initials Y/I in kids handwriting.”

Steve draws his eyebrows closer together in confusion, “Why Y/I?”

“My stepson wrote it,” you tongue prods your cheek as a smile appears on your face, “My name is Y/n. Y/n Y/Ln.”

“Oh my God! Why did you tell me that it was Carrie?”

“The first thing I thought of was Sex and the City. It’s late, you’re a stranger- I froze. You’re lucky I didn’t go with my first instinct because as soon as I thought of fake names all that came to mind was Regina Phalange like Phoebe from Friends.”

He laughed and so did you. “Well when I get back we really gotta work on our communication, Y/n. Two blocks that way is a bar called Gaffney’s wait for me there, alright?”

“Wait! How much cash do you have?”

“I don’t know. That’s a personal question. Maybe 40 bucks.”

You cock your head and raise your eyebrows at him. “You’re going to do something crazy.”

He smiles a little bit. “Thank you for not saying stupid. That means a lot.”

“You’re going to grab it and run, aren’t you?”

“Uh, I don’t know. It’s exciting though, isn’t it? Go.” He points down the street and enters the building.

You smile and turn around. He sure is something.

Steve buzzes the button in front of him and waits for something to happen. A man comes to open the gated door.

“You the one that lost the purse?” The man looks Steve up and down.

“Yeah, and without it my whole outfit falls apart,” Steve quips. The man doesn’t enjoys his humor but lets him in regardless.

Meanwhile you are outside looking through your pockets to get some quarters to make a call at a payphone. You insert the quarters and dial the familiar number. There are three rings before it is picked up.

“Hello?”

You sigh, relieved. “Hey, baby.”

“Hey. What’s going on? You okay?”

You nod even though he can’t see you. “Yeah I’m okay I just couldn’t sleep. And I just wanted to tell you that I love you.”

“Oh, honey, I love you too. How’s Chicago? Did you make the buy?”

“Yeah I made the buy,” you smile into the phone, “for 225.” He lets out a low whistle. You laugh. “Yeah. It’s been going on so long I’m just glad it finally closed, you know?”

“Yeah, right, of course. Well, congratulations. Did you get my message?

“No, what message? My phone actually broke.”

“Oh shit. I was wondering why you were calling from whatever number this is. Well, there’s a little change of plans. And I’m going home a little early. I’m going to drive out first thing tomorrow.”

Your heart started to race. “That’s so early. It’s 2 AM. Don’t you just want to relax? I thought you had to be there for at least another day. And it’s snowing really bad, that’s why my flight got cancelled. You shouldn’t drive in that.”

“Nah, it’s alright. It’s fine to drive they just don’t want anybody flying in. Besides I like to drive and I don’t want to be here any longer than I have to.”

“Baby, you work so hard. Why don’t you just stay and relax and use that day as a relaxing day without work or driving and then when I get back we’ll go out for a nice meal.”

“I made up my mind. I made the arrangements. What’s going on? You okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m just tired.”

“Aw, poor baby. Well, let me let you go to sleep. And I’ll see you soon.”

You wiped away at a stray tear. “Okay.”

“I love you.” You hung up the phone. The air around you stung and it hurt to breath but you were too scared to even try. You were in such a state of panic that you just stood there motionless. Your mind was racing but everything was fuzzy.

You looked around you to try to ground yourself. You took a few deep breaths. Everything would be alright. Eventually. You just have to keep telling yourself that. Maybe soon you’ll actually believe it.

A siren chirped behind you so you whipped around to see a cop car with policemen right across the street. You had an idea.

Steve was taken into a room filled with purses. The man leading him spoke up. “All Prada. All tonight. Tyler said you knew the bag.”

Steve sighed looking around the large room. “Right. Well, the lady’s credit cards would make it more helpful.”

“We don’t do wallets, man.”

Steve checked a few purses for your initials. “Because that would be beneath you.” He found the purse with your initials on it. “Let’s go with this one.”

The man folded his arms. “Special today: 900.”

Steve looked up confused, “What do you mean?”

“That’s the number I gave Tyler.”

Steve nodded, “Yeah and I paid him,” He looked between the two men in the room, “What is this a shakedown?”

One man nods to the other and says, “Call him.”

Steve throws his hands up exasperated, “Oh, this is great! You call him, he says I didn’t pay you and I get screwed.”

Just then the buzzer rings and everyone looks to the screen that shows two policemen at the door. The man in front of Steve wastes no time throwing a punch and knocking Steve back a few steps. Steve of course threw a punch back and grabbed your purse and bolted out the back where everyone else was escaping from. He rounded the corner once he got outside to set himself apart from the pack when he saw you standing next to a payphone across from the cop car.

He immediately knew what happened, sighed, and walked over to you. “I thought we said no cops.”

You turned around at the sound of his voice. “We never said no cops, you just said they’d take forever. They were already here so I took advantage,” as he got closer you saw his nose. “Oh, God. Your nose is bleeding!”

“Yeah that happens sometimes when you get punched in the face.” Steve gestured vaguely to his face.

You stepped closer to him and put your left hand on his cheek and examined his face carefully. “I’m so sorry. I can’t believe I got you punched in the face.”

Steve shrugged, “It’s alright. I punched him back and I won because I got your purse,” he says as he holds up your purse.

You gasp in shock and grab the purse. “Oh thank God! At least now I can get a hotel room.” You look into his eyes and realize that you never took a step back after you looked at his face. You started rummaging through your purse trying to find your wallet. You looked in all the compartments. “Dammit! They took my wallet.” You just put your purse on your shoulder.

Steve looked even more angry. “They took your wallet? He told me they didn’t take wallets!” Steve let a hand run through his hair in frustration.

You put your hand on his arm. “Hey, it’s okay. The guy who initially stole my purse probably stole it and then gave it to those guys. Don’t worry about me right now, you’re the one with a bloody nose. Let’s go fix you up.”

Steve hangs his head in defeat but still follows you to a store where he cleans up in the bathroom and you ask the cashier if you could just take some ice in a bag. Soon your leaving the store with Steve holding a Walgreens bag full of ice on his nose.

“God, I feel so bad. You have your wedding and-”

Steve cuts in, “Well it’s not my wedding. And the actual wedding is tomorrow actually. Tonight is the rehearsal dinner slash everyone who’s going to be there is now in town so let’s party party.”

You can’t help but laugh. “Still, you had your thing and now you look all…”

“Homeless?”

You smile, “No…”

“Tough?” He sounds cheerful at the suggestion.

Chuckling, you respond, “No, let’s stick with homeless.”

Steve gets a little more serious and asks you, “Well, what now? You don’t have your wallet so…”

“It doesn’t matter. My life was over when I missed that plane.”

Steve looks at you for a moment. “What was over?”

You respond curtly and adjust your purse. “My marriage. I had to be home before him.”

He looks at the ground solemnly, “Oh. He doesn’t know you’re in Chicago.”

You turn to him to correct him, “No, it’s… it’s complicated.”

“Got it.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“Well, it’s not rocket science. You’re not wearing a wedding ring. You’re trying to get home before your husband does. He doesn’t know you’re in Chicago.”

You step in front of him and turn around to face him. “Are you accusing me of having an affair?”

Steve tries to lighten the serious tone in the air. “No, it’s just… I’m calling it like I see it. It’s not a problem. It’s okay. People are human, they make mistakes.”

“Okay, Einstein. If I was having an affair why wouldn’t I just call my boyfriend and have him come bail me out?”

Steve shrugs, “I don’t know. Maybe he doesn’t know you’re married.”

At that point you were angry. How dare he assume that you were cheating on your husband especially considering what’s really happening. You turned around and just started walking fast without Steve.

Steve, of course, ran after you. “Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!” He grabs you arm gently to get you to look at him.

You turn, “What? What do you want? Look, thank you for your help but it’s over. You can go back to whatever you were doing before I came along and ruined your night.” You started walking again but Steve just stopped you.

“Wait! Stop, stop. You didn’t ruin my night, alright. I was in the airport trying to get a ticket back home so I could avoid this…” Steve took a deep breath. “Look, my night was already ruined before you showed up and it’s still going to be ruined after you leave. But you? If I can put you up in a hotel for a night, hopefully I can get you on a plane tomorrow morning and you can still make it home before your husband. Especially since he’s gotta drive through all that snow and traffic. If I can do that then that would make me a hero. I’m not gonna pass that up am I? Look, I don’t mean to pry, but it seems to me the issue is you have to get home before him, right?”

You nod tentatively, “Yes.”

“Alright, let’s work this out. Where did you stay last night? They probably still have your credit card on record so you can just show them your I.D. to prove it’s you and extend your stay one night.”

“While that is a great idea that would probably work, I actually wasn’t here last night. This was supposed to be a one day trip. I just had to come buy a painting and then leave. That’s why I don’t have any luggage. I flew in this morning.” You licked your lips.

Steve sighed and kicked at the ground. “Well, I’m not going to lie, that is a problem. ‘d put you up in a room myself but I only carry cash and I only have 40 bucks on me and I still gotta get home myself.”

“Oh, no. I wouldn’t let you pay for my room anyway. That’s really sweet, though.”

Steve chewed on his bottom lip and looked around the street while he was thinking. He turned back to you quickly as he thought of something. “Man, am I an idiot!”

You looked at him curiously. “Why are you an idiot?”

“Because I have a room at the hotel that everybody else is staying at for the wedding. You’re absolutely welcome to sleep there tonight as long as you don’t mind sharing a room with me?”

You shook your head, “I don’t mind, but are you sure you don’t mind?” He shook his head. “Alright well then I guess we go there.”

Soon you two began to walk side by side again. You spoke up to ask him a question. “Can I ask you a question?”

“Shoot.”

You smirked at him. “How did you forget you had a hotel room?”

He chuckled and looked down, “Because I haven’t been to the hotel yet. I just got in this morning too, actually. I had my friend that met me at the airport grab my bag and take it with him since he was immediately going to the hotel but I wanted to wander around.”

You nodded in understanding. “Wait, you were trying to fly home without your luggage?”

He chuckled, “Yeah, I knew my friend would take care of it for me.”

“That’s a good friend right there.”

“Yeah, he is. Anyway, you’ll meet him once we get to the hotel.”

“Can’t wait.”

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The Daily Spacer is your one-stop independent source for all the topics that become hot in the belt and the outer system. What’s important today? Remember: you’ve seen it FIRST on The Daily Spacer Life / Music / Politics / People / Science / Classifieds Tensions between Earth and Mars are increasing following an event around the quarantined Eros Station The MCR embassy on Earth issued a formal complaint after UN vessel Sunnydale fired warning shots when an alleged MCR research vessel was attempting to dock with Eros and ignored requests from UN naval assets to withdraw. The MCR ship broke off its attempt and returned to a wide heliocentric orbit. While nobody was hurt in the incident, it marks a new low point in the Earth-Martian relations which had just thought to have improved slightly after a planetary conference on Luna. Several task forces from both navies are operating closer to Eros, a test of resilience was just a matter of time, defense analysts say. This could be only the beginning of several maneuvers to test the boundaries. The nature of the missions of the Martian ship was not disclosed by the MCR, it remains unclear what the situation on Eros Station itself is these days but UN seems very dedicated to enforcing its blockade against any incursions. Diplomatic channels which worked well during the blockage of Ceres are believed to have cooled after the destruction of Phoebe by an unknown Martian stealth frigate. The UN security council is in session. "We will assess the situation and make sure we have all the information necessary. Our operation goes on as planned and the provocation by the MCRN was met with measures according to interplanetary protocol." a UN spokesperson said. ------ What was the Martian ship trying to achieve on Eros? Will the next shots fire be the spark that could ignite a war between Earth and Mars? Let the Belt know in our FREE online forum! (all comments are expressions of private opinions and the company takes no liability)

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Direct Line Group acquires London-based insurance app Brolly

Brolly, the U.K. digital insurance app, has been acquired by incumbent Direct Line Group. The terms of the acquisition aren’t being disclosed, while the transaction is expected to formally close during the third quarter of 2020.

Originally founded by former Aviva underwriter and product manager Phoebe Hugh and former Skype and Microsoft engineering manager Mykhailo Loginov, after the pair met at company builder Entrepreneur First, Brolly launched as a personal insurance concierge. The app let you manage your existing insurance policies and then helped you spot potential gaps or duplication in coverage and search for a better deal.

That only appeared to get the insurtech so far, and in August last year, the startup launched “Brolly Contents” to plug what it saw as a gap in home contents insurance.

Designed to be fit for the digital age, the product promised “flexible” monthly cover for all or a subset of the items you own, delivered in a more convenient way via Brolly’s mobile app. Features of Brolly Contents included the ability to insure up to £40,000 worth of belongings, suitable for renters or property owners, and no fees for updates to your cover.

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In addition, there was a promised loyalty discount of up to 25% that increases each month you stay with Brolly and haven’t made a claim. As Brolly’s CEO Phoebe Hugh told TechCrunch at the time, that’s the antithesis to incumbent providers who offer large discounts for new customers, which are then clawed back the following years on the premise that you are too lazy or time poor to bother switching.

According to the joint announcement, post-transaction, the team behind Brolly are expected to join Direct Line Group to build on their work to date with the aim of “helping the Group to accelerate its transformation to becoming a leading digital player in insurance”.

Comments Hugh in a statement: “I started Brolly to reinvent personal insurance, and by listening and adapting to a new generation of consumers, we have made great progress so far. I’m thrilled to be taking the next step in this journey that will allow myself and my team to scale the technology and products to a much bigger audience. We are excited to continue to build beautiful and personalised products to simplify insurance within Direct Line Group, one of the UK’s most innovative large insurers”.

Notably, however, TechCrunch understands that existing Brolly app users have been informed that its “policy management platform” will be shutting down on 30th July, but with the option to export key data about current and expired policies. Brolly Contents is also be discontinued per an individual customer’s cover end date.

Finally, just for posterity, here is Hugh’s original EF pitch to investors:

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NegOr PCW honors outstanding woman, women’s group for 2020

#PHinfo: NegOr PCW honors outstanding woman, women’s group for 2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- The Provincial Commission on Women (PCW) in Negros Oriental recognized the outstanding women’s group and outstanding woman in the province to honor their contributions in community development and in promoting women’s welfare.

The PCW, together with the Provincial Gender and Development (GAD) Resource and Coordinating Center, named Evimei Acas-Reyes of Tayasan town and the Zamboaguita Women’s League as winners for this year’s search for Babayeng Garbo and Grupong Garbo sa Katilingban, respectively.

Evimei Acas-Reyes of Tayasan, Negros Oriental being interviewed by the media during the Babayeng Garbo and Grupong Garbo Awards held Dec. 10, 2020 at the Provincial Convention Center, Dumaguete City. (ral/PIA7-Negros Oriental)

The Garbo Awards is the province’s annual search for the most outstanding woman and women’s group, of which the awarding was held in December in time for the local observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW).

PCW Vice Chair Phoebe Tan explained that the winners underwent intensive screening procedures conducted by the provincial search committee, which is composed by a member of the Provincial GAD Council, PCW, and a representative from a non-government organization.

“Ang mananaog sa Babayeng Garbo makadawat ug P25,000 and then ang babayeng grupo makadawat ug P50,000 (The winner of Babayeng Garbo will receive P25,000 while the winning women’s group will receive P50,00),” Tan said.

Reyes, a businesswoman and a baker in Tayasan town, shared that she had initiated a “Share A Little” Program in her municipality.

The initiative, which started in 2014, brought feeding programs and gift-giving activities in every school in her town.

This is done in partnership with Tayasan Municipal Police Office.

“Moadto mi sa different schools sa Tayasan, sa bukid. Naa mi feeding program (ug) gift giving. Didto pod sa feeding (program) naa mi mga speaker nagstorya ug child and women’s rights (We go to different schools even in the hinterlands. We conduct feeding program and gift giving. During the activity, we also bring a resource person who will talk about child and women’s rights),” Reyes shared.

At the height of the pandemic, Reyes led a relief drive where she and her volunteers distributed rice and other basic necessities to 700 households in their town.

Another initiative she took during the pandemic period is the distribution of bread and water to all frontliners including police stations, rural health units, checkpoints, and hospitals from Manjuyod to Canlaon City in the northern part of the province.

Reyes added that Pilmico, a company involved in agriculture, also supplied flour for this endeavor.

The 2020 Babayeng Garbo winner shared that this drive to help others was borne out of a realization after the massive earthquake which struck the province in 2012.

“Time came atong paglinog na makaingon ka sa isa ka pamilok pwede ra mawala. Kung naa man gamay na kapin why not share? Kung naa ka gamay gitigom, naa ka gamay para inyoha naa kay gamay para i-share (After the earthquake, I realized everything can be gone in just a blink of an eye. If you have something to share then why not give it? If you were able to save up then why not set aside some amount and share it),” Reyes said.

On the other hand, the Zamboanguita Women’s League was recognized for its programs that empower women economically through the provision of livelihood trainings.

The group’s President and Founder Bella Enopia Ada disclosed that their first project was chorizo-making, and just recently, they ventured into rag-making.

Ada said their new venture is doing good. “Gamay ang among puhunan. Ang among naput-up kapin sa libo. Karon daghan na kaayo ang nakwarta. Naa nami P3,000 to P5,000 existing collectible money sa usa ka bulan (We started with a little capital which is a little over P1,000. Eventually, the venture prospered. Right now, we have an estimate of around P3,000 to P5,000 existing collectible every month),” Ada remarked.

Ada attributed this success to the members of the association who are working hard to earn better.

“Ako gipasigarbo ang akong grupo. Bisan pa tuod na bag-o pa lang kami na-intra aning rag-making apan sa desire sa akong mga miyembro nga init kaayo. Nakita nila adunay dako kaayuhan na nakatabang ug pangkinabuhian, especially kung magkugi sila maong rags (I am proud of our group. Even though we are new to this business, there is great desire and enthusiasm among our members. They know that this can bring improvement to their livelihood),” Ada said.

The group was established in 2018 and since then, its membership grew to 30.

Most of the members are also female vendors at the municipal public market.

Aside from conducting livelihood initiatives, the group also holds clean-up drives in the major streets in the municipality.

Meanwhile, other finalists in the provincial search for Babayeng Garbo are Liberty Rhodes of Dauin and Aurelia Quisel of Siaton town, while the other finalist for Grupong Garbo is Siit Pantawid General Merchandise. (ral/PIA7-Negros Oriental)

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References:

* Philippine Information Agency. "NegOr PCW honors outstanding woman, women’s group for 2020." Philippine Information Agency. https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1061819 (accessed December 15, 2020 at 09:05PM UTC+08).

* Philippine Infornation Agency. "NegOr PCW honors outstanding woman, women’s group for 2020." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1061819 (archived).

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