#tim would be like ‘what is it with u and firefighters’

[lem0nademouth]

my unsolicited opinions on all the eurovision grand final songs

i promise i’ll shut up after this

🇦🇲 Jako by Ladaniva - fun! makes me wanna dance! love the Balkan folk elements in the instrumentals. v happy they made it to grand finals.

🇦🇹 We Will Rave by Kaleen - in my top five. would bet my bottom dollar every club in europe will be blasting this all summer.

🇭🇷 Rim Tim Tagi Dim by Baby Lasanga - its fine. not sure how it was the projected winner. like its not a bad song, its just not the best of the bunch.

🇨🇾 Liar by Silia Kapsis - cute and fun! will add to my rotation of “men ain’t shit” songs.

🇪🇪 (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi by 5miinust x Puuluup - not a huge fan but i see the appeal. also remind me to never learn Estonian.

🇫🇮 No Rules! by Windows95Man - didn’t stand out to me but it might be bc i know approximately 15 white boys who make music exactly like this (no shade i promise)

🇫🇷 Mon Amour by Slimane - gonna out myself as someone who had a French pop phase and say this is a solid B- by my standards. France, send Amir Haddad in 2025.

🇬🇪 Firefighter by Nutsa Buzaladze - another top five pick. powerful, defiant, infectious.

🇩🇪 Always On The Run by Isaak - i was shocked by how much i enjoyed this song. not in my top five, but its damn good and i’m gonna be listening to Isaak more in the future.

🇬🇷 ZARI by Marina Satti - had a v good time with this one. really love the blend of musical traditions that come through.

🇮🇪 Doomsday Blue by Bambie Thug - i wanted to like this song. i really did. but besides it not being my sound, it also just kind of falls flat technically? idk, its just. not that good.

🇮🇱 Hurricane by Eden Golan - powerful vocals, heart wrenching performance. regardless of the results, i desperately need a version with the original lyrics.

🇮🇹 La noia by Angelina Mango - the former classical music student in me loves a nice Italian bop. wasn’t blown away, but still enjoyed the song.

🇱🇻 Hollow by Dons - i like it! good job latvia!

🇱🇹 Luktelk by Silvester Belt - not my sound, not a fan, not gonna yuck ur yum if u like it tho.

🇱🇺 Fighter by Tali - makes! me! wanna! DANCE! wasn’t expecting French but u learn something new every day!

🇳🇱 Europapa by Joost Klein - no joke when i first heard this song i thought it was a bit. like i thought this was a literal joke. how the fuck did this qualify. *note: i hated this song before joost got disqualified*

🇳🇴 Ulveham by Gåte - what is going on in scandanavia w the dogshit eurovision entries

🇵🇹 Grito by iolanda - fuck me up on this. not a top five but still a banger

🇷🇸 Ramonda by Teya Dora - im pretty indifferent on this one

🇸🇮 Veronika by Raiven - again, indifferent. didnt love it didnt hate it

🇪🇸 ZORA by Nebulossa - fun party song but not much more than that

🇸🇪 Unforgettable by Marcus & Martinus - not my fave. send Omar Rudberg next year.

🇨🇭 The Code by Nemo - mazel tov on the win, but im gonna be so honest this was like a 6/10 for me. also why is y’alls flag not flag shaped.

🇺🇦 Teresa & Maria by alyona alyona + Jerry Heil - OH BABY. OH BABY. BANGER. BOP. JAM. CANNOT STOP LISTENING. I AM SO OBSESSED.

🇬🇧 Dizzy by Olly Alexander - i am begging the UK to 1. compete as separate countries and 2. stop fucking sending the most mid songs on the planet

final personal top ten

1. Ukraine 🇺🇦

2. Israel 🇮🇱

3. Austria 🇦🇹

4. Luxembourg 🇱🇺

5. Georgia 🇬🇪

6. Germany 🇩🇪

7. Italy 🇮🇹

8. Portugal 🇵🇹

9. Latvia 🇱🇻

10. Armenia 🇦🇲

[buckleysjareau]

so like i have this series that is going to be written every time inspiration hits for it called ‘buck makes friends outside of the 118’

one i already have up, it’s where buck and tk stay in touch after texas. they help each other out with shit that’s going on with the other, meanwhile buck ‘tries’ to guess what tk stands for.

you can read it hear, it’s definitely one of the favs of my own works!

next up, we have buck and bosko have a weekly rage room night and them being wholesome iconic wlw mlm content (spoiler alert: lena adopts a cat and names it buck, it’ll be great content)!! hopefully that’ll be up shortly because it’s been in the making for a while and i just haven’t had motivation or inspiration for it in a while, but today i am and i plan on finishing it,,,, but we’ll see :)

now here we go outside the 911 universe with two iconic women!!

next we’ve got evan “buck” buckley and jennifer “jj” jareau – my favorite blonde bisexuals from pennyslvania thank u– meeting bc (u know how jlh was a badass on criminal minds for one season) jj is just visiting her friend maddie from college!! and maddie invites buck over for poker night and this is great bc you jj is badass at poker and buck SUCKS and by the end of the night buck is just baffled and he’s like “U NEED TO TEACH ME” and basically they become the best of friends and talk from emily and eddie to starting a true crime podcast and maddies just like “i think my little brother just took my friend”!! i’m very excited about this one and hopefully i have some inspiration to start it after i finish the one buddie fic i wanted to write!! so if you rly are interested in this stupid series u can follow me and see when i update my master post 👀

okay finally my last dumbass idea that came to me while crying over chenford ..... lucy and buck meet at a bar that they both seem to not want to be at but hey lucy buys him a drink which turns into five and suddenly they’re both ranting about they’re stupid dumb loves of their lives and get the brilliant not so brilliant idea to fake date to make their not so significant others jealous... buck drives across town to meet her for lunch when they know tim’s gonna be around and lucy jumps at the opportunity to make it a double date between them and eddie and ana and in between they just become rly good friends and talk of trauma brings them closer and he likes to spend time with jackson and the others... mayhaps there will be the actual double date that matters between chenford and buddie but WHO KNOWS WELL SEE

ANYWAY, AFTER EVERYTHING I SAID, I RLY LIKE CROSSOVERS NOW FOR SOME REASON SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND IN SOME REQUESTS OF WHO ELSE BUCK SHOULD MAKE FRIENDS WITH OUTSIDE OF THE 118 PLS SEND EM IN IM EXCITED

[londonrih]

Please could u write a fic about #Chenfords first kiss in this current timeline/S4, it would be amazing to read! Love ur FanFics already!

Hi there love! You've asked, and you shall receive!

-

Today is Lucy's DOD anniversary, (12/09/21). Every time she wakes up and looks at the calendar she just wants to hop back in bed and ignore everyone in sight.

She walked into the precinct, all eyes were on her.

When she walked into the roll call room, all eyes were on her. Almost everywhere she went, all eyes were on her.

“I don’t understand why does everyone keep doing this? I know today is…my DOD anniversary but that doesn’t mean they should just stare at me,” Lucy complains.

Tim sucks his teeth, “Well everyone still feels bad about the entire situation, they don’t have the right words in mind.”

“I for one still feel bad about it til’ this day,” Tim muttered to himself, hoping that Lucy wouldn’t hear him.

She immediately glances at him. “Tim… I told you already, what happened wasn’t your fault. You didn’t know that Caleb turned out to be the way he was.”

He hates hearing the name ‘Caleb’, he always thinks about that night when Lucy went out with him, til’ this day, Tim wishes he could stop Lucy before it was too late.

“Alright, uh, focus up—“ Tim says, he was cut off by a random noise.

“What the hell was that?” Lucy muttered, looking left to right.

“7-Adam-15, plane is down!” Nyla calls in.

-

When Tim and Lucy arrived to the crash sight, there were firefighters and cops from different divisions everywhere.

“Hey, what do you have so far?” Tim asks, he looks around and sees ash all over the ground.

“As of right now, we’ve found three passengers dead, along with the two pilots,” Nyla says as she looks through the pictures.

Aaron briefly checks to see if anyone else was in the plane, he then heard a groan. “Hey! I need some help over here.”

Everyone rushed over to help Aaron.

“Sir what is your name?” Tim asks.

“My name…my name is Caleb. C-a-l-e-b”

Hearing that sentence from the victim made Lucy shudder a bit.

“Okay, Caleb. What’s your last name?”

Caleb starts panting a bit, “W…illiams.”

-

“Do you have any idea who could do this to you, Caleb?”

He sits up in his hospital bed, still a little shaken from what happened, every time he hears the monitor beep he jumps a bit, as if his mind thinks he’s still on plane.

“There’s a possibility… A months ago, I rescued my friend…she was abducted by this serial killer Rosalind Dyer…well that’s what the napper said, he never told me his name. Maybe she wanted some form of payback or something…I don’t know.”

“Wait…my friends, are they okay? The…the pilot?” Caleb’s a voice started to break.

Tim looks at Lucy, “Caleb, I’m afraid I cannot share that with you at the moment.”

Lucy immediately walks out of the room, as she starts to unbutton her shirt.

Tim notices that Lucy’s gone, “Detective Lopez will follow up with you, later. Get some rest.”

-

“Lucy,” Tim calls out.

She takes off her duty belt, and throws it in the shop, her buttoned up shirt lays right next to it, she’s only wearing her white shirt.

“Today was a mistake…” she starts panting.

“Lu— what’re you talking about?”

Her eyes start to fill with tears. “Today’s my DOD anniversary…the Caleb mentions…the Rosalind mentions…it’s like they’re haunting me, and I can’t escape it.”

Tim sighs, “Come here…” he says softly as he hugs her.

Lucy cries in his arms just like she did when he rescued her. “Don’t worry, Luce… I got you,” he whispered.

As they broke apart from the hug, he cups her face and wipes her tears. “It’s going to be okay, Luce…I’m right here next to you,” after that moment their lips met for the very first time.

Yes, not an ideal place to have your first kiss with someone outside of a hospital. But I’m that moment it was intimate, it was sweet.

“Thank you…for everything,” she whispered as she hugged him again.

“You’re welcome, Luce.”

-

Thank you so much for the love of my fics! I enjoy writing these!

[punksarahreese]

hi hello could i maybe get "I don’t wanna die this way" for lone star? please hurt me however u choose

Hello^^ you certainly can 😌🌸

Don’t want to (die) | Marjan Marwani

Canon; A call goes awry and no one was expecting this outcome

Prompt: “I don’t wanna die this way”

Word count: 1515

CW: mentions of dying and medical emergencies

Send me prompts from the Penelope Scott lyrics list

***

It’s not a call that Michelle was ever expecting to get, or maybe it was something she just prayed would never happen. No amount of manifesting would prevent this, though, and Owen’s frantic tone over the radio had her heart dropping.

“Ladder 126, EMS needed immediately at our position,” Michelle wasn’t prepared for the words that followed, “Code 26.”

Injured firefighter, EMS required.

That had Nancy rushing for their bags from the rig, throwing them on the gurney as quickly as she could. Michelle was already running ahead, calling back for Tim to stay there and look after their patients, her own bag bouncing against her thigh with every movement. She cursed under her breath as she stumbled, worry for her crew clouding her awareness. Code 26, not an uncommon code in this line of work but certainly not one she had heard for a while. The last time she did must have been when TK was shot, which had been a whole other kind of chaos.

“Who?” she didn’t have any time for panic as she tried to depersonalize from it all, a hand falling on Judd’s shoulder to get his attention. The man looked at her through his visor, worry etched into his face as he pointed to where most of the crew was crowding around. This was just supposed to be a normal fire response, a small apartment complex with a fire on the third floor, and she was sure everyone had evacuated on time. She was only gone from the main scene for ten minutes, helping parents find their children and checking people for smoke inhalation and minor burns. They hadn’t had a firefighter injury in a while, this was such a minor scene she wasn’t sure how it had even happened. Judd seemed to be questioning the same thing but she didn’t have the time to consider how much his memories were haunting him at that moment.

“Marjan…”

Nancy had caught up with her by then and she nudged her Captain forward, though when their eyes met Michelle could tell she was just as worried. She could feel the pit of anxiety gnawing away at her stomach, her friend’s life at risk here. Still, they had to be smart about this, Marjan needed them and they would have to wait to feel later.

“Captain,” Michelle bounded over to the others, “What happened?”

Owen turned to look at her, standing up properly from his previously crouched position. Mateo was on the ground, looking like anxiety incarnate, and beside him was Marjan. Laying on the sooty asphalt with her turnout coat nowhere to be found and she looked worse for wear. Instead, her long sleeve was exposed and Michelle could see blood seeping from somewhere and covering the white fabric in a nauseating amount. She was on the ground with them in seconds, leaning over Marjan before Owen had even managed to speak.

“The ceiling,” it was TK who spoke instead, “She went back to get a kid… the building was unstable.”

“Someone decided it was a brilliant idea to take off her coat and cover the kid with it,” Judd interjected, “The smoke was disorienting and we couldn’t get to her in time. The lobby ceiling fell.”

Michelle was nodding but all of her attention was on Marjan, shining her penlight in her eyes and sighing when her pupils reacted properly. The woman in question was watching her weakly, her breathing unsteady but she was still alert enough to know what was going on. There didn’t seem to be any head or facial trauma, which was a relief, but her main worry was her abdomen.

“BP is high and she’s tachy,” Nancy told her as she leaned over with a stethoscope to confirm, speaking gently to Marjan before she did anything. Michelle was glad Nancy was there, her caring nature always helping to soothe their patients.

“Marjan, let me know if this hurts, okay?” She didn’t lift her shirt for the sake of her privacy and instead palpated the injured area over the soaked fabric. The gentle pressure had her crying out almost immediately, arms jerking up to cover her stomach. It was very un-Marjan like in nature, since she was always fearless and hated to seem weak. Michelle apologized gently but her concern was only rising with that reaction.

“Abdominal guarding and tenderness,” she turned to TK, “What fell on her?”

“A chair from the upper hallway along with a large chunk of the ceiling.”

“Damn,” she looked to Nancy again, “Notify the nearest hospital that we have an incoming patient with blunt force abdominal trauma. Looks like a couple broken lower ribs and I’m worried about her spleen.”

“Alright.”

“Request a female trauma surgeon if possible,” she added before looking back down at Marjan, “You with me, Mar?”

Never one to appear weak even on death’s door, Marjan nodded as much as she could, “Mhm.”

“Anything else hurt right now?”

“How a-about eve-everything…” she let out a shaky laugh, which only made her wince as it jostled her ribcage. That only solidified Michelle’s assumption about fractured ribs, which usually caused a rupture of the spleen in cases like this. She hadn’t seen anything pressing during her secondary assessment but she was worried about other internal injuries or shock setting in too fast.

“We’re going to get you on the backboard then, okay?” she motioned for Mateo to stand and grabbed the board from on top of the gurney, passing it over to Paul so he could slide it under her from his side. She crouched by her shoulder, catching her attention again.

“We’re going to roll you onto your side, you know the drill.”

The transfer was painful for everyone, with Marjan unable to hide her agony at being moved in such a way. They hated seeing her like this, knowing they were only causing her more pain, but it was necessary. She cried out as they slid the board under her body, allowing Michelle a second to check for any injuries on her back. Getting her up onto the gurney was less of an event, though her stats had dropped enough in the move for Nancy to get worried.

“Captain Blake,” she said, “BP dropped and O2 stats in the 80’s.”

“Okay, we need to get going, I’ll run oxygen in the bus.”

With that they transferred her across the parking lot, back to the safe area that had been designated for the civilians to gather. Tim was waiting among them, rushing over to ask what had happened. Michelle was preoccupied with talking to Owen, trying to tell him as simply as she could how her prognosis looked.

“She’ll need a CT to confirm but I think there’s a good chance her spleen ruptured,” she told him, “I know you needed to move her from the building but I do hope you all didn’t jostle her too much.”

“We were as careful as possible but I couldn’t risk anyone getting trapped,” he rubbed a hand over his face, “Take care of our girl, Michelle.”

“We’ve got her,” with that she hoisted herself into the back of the ambulance, beside Nancy who was already getting the oxygen mask situated for Marjan. Tim checked from the front to make sure they were ready and then started the rig, lights and sirens on the second they pulled out of the parking lot.

Michelle busied herself with starting an IV in her arm, knowing she would need fluids if they wanted to keep her stats relatively stable. Her oxygenation had improved but her blood pressure was still worrying, not to mention how thready her pulse seemed when Michelle pressed her fingers to her wrist momentarily. That was never a good sign, especially with the way her eyes unfocused and her response to stimuli had decreased.

“Marjan,” she leaned a bit closer to meet her glassy eyes, “You stay awake for me.”

“T-trying…” she murmured, “Hurts.”

“I know,” looking at her crewmate she asked for a dose of morphine that would hopefully help until they got her to the ER. Nancy administered the painkiller as quickly as she could, reminding Marjan that she was doing well and they would get her help.

When the other woman leaned towards the front to ask Tim about their ETA, Marjan reached out weakly. She caught Michelle’s hand, making the EMT look at her with concern.

“I-” she took a shaky breath and tried to blink away the tears that clouded her vision, “I don’t w-wanna… die this way.”

“Hey, don’t say that,” Michelle told her firmly, “We’ve got you. You never let anything stop you before, Marjan, you can get through this.”

“M… Michelle?”

“I’m right here, Mar.”

“I-” her sentence never finished as the firefighter’s eyes rolled back slowly, unable to properly hear Michelle’s words of panic as she noticed what was happening. Marjan tried to stay alert, she really did, but the pain was too much. She felt like she was suffocating, the heavy weight in her abdomen slowly radiating up her body. She could feel hands on her, knew Michelle was with her, but she couldn’t focus. The only thing she was aware of was the aggressive beeping of the monitor that preceded her descent into unconsciousness.

[cloveroctobers]

• TALIA NASCIMENTO•

IG info/bio: @/callmetalia333 | 524k followers | Journalist | TALIA. but u may have formerly known me as user: brdf0rdsvasquiff—rip!!!1! so don’t even think about it 😌

(23) 25 going on (26) years of age

I’ve read a canon that her name is just Talia and not short for anything & I agree with that + she’s always quick to correct someone if they get it wrong too

Her hometown is Watford, England

but she was originally born in Maidenhead in the backseat of a car during a severe rainstorm

Nonetheless watford taught her all she needed to know when it came to music

She found her first love when she heard the sound of music soundtrack for the v first time as a young girl but is often nervous to admit that?

her father is Brazilian and is a firefighter

her mother is Bulgarian and works as a secretary in a elementary school

her mother is more traditional than her father when it comes to their cultures

I originally felt like she gave only child vibes but I can deff see her giving off big sis energy since she did mention she has a younger brother

V protective over her little brother

there’s a three year age difference

her parents have separated multiple times before which caused a riff in the family dynamic

The constant coming and going from her dad became quite irritating

And Talia was the most vocal by wanting them to figure it out and NOT get a divorce

Which led to talia’s commitment issues when it came to relationships herself

was born with blue eyes yet they shifted to brown once she grew

“Tom-boy” growing up & still is

netball was her sport and man was it something to see her play?! She was quick on her feet and can definitely shoot far-range with ease

Always down for contact sports too

She lost count how many bruises and scrapes she would come home with much to her mother’s horror but she would always brush it off—it was never that big of a deal to her

yet she takes time in healing her scars with homemade treatments or purchases from beauty stores when she wants to show her legs off

she didn’t get into “girly” wear until recently, she never thought too much of her body or when she started to get curves...she always hid that behind big tee’s, fitted jeans, and kicks—that’s what she was used to

she’s got broad shoulders and toned arms

had thick bushy brows that almost formed a uni brow growing up

her mother used to have her hair always plaited since she is very superstitious, believing that “the devil lives in the woman’s hair”

yet talia’s hair texture was much different than her mother’s, maybe due to the fact that her mother always had her hair up and out of the way? Talia’s hair is much bigger, heavier, and naturally curly

+ her mother used to say some harsh things in Bulgarian about her hair — that says a lot when you’re taught to hate your hair trust!!!

when she got a little older and able to manage her own hair + afford it, She learned how to love it herself and that’s all that mattered. Her hair became v important to her, it was her source of comfort

that’s the only thing she’s high maintenance about tbh

she spends a lot of money on her hair but devacurl can still piss off

diffusing is one of her fav things to do to her hair—besides washing it, and deep conditioning, after a night of letting her hair air-dry

loves rose jam

has a embroidery machine, along with a collection of her work but only one piece is showcased in her flat. She didn’t want her place to look completely like her bába’s (Bulgarian: grandmother)

her closet is filled with many Havaianas, they’re all piled up in a wicker basket and ready to tumble over on her top shelf... if she moves one of the ceramic pots her mother left in her flat for luck, that whole shelf might come crashing down

Swears drinking guaraná the next morning cures any hangover you may have

commonly sleeps in big t-shirts and panties or not or booty shorts depending on her time of the month—it’s freeing to her

Has torn her achilles due to whatever contact sport she decided to join in on during a beach vacation with her mates

has a touch of arthritis in her shoulder

this is where her love for massages came from due to injuries she’s faced

+ It’s always a good sign when you can make someone else feel better ya know?

She’s been told she’s great with her hands ;) it all takes practice

bi mami *cringe* but she likes what she likes, and feels what she feels

she kinda has a type but doesn’t want to admit that

her mother doesn’t understand this but her father easily accepted her preference/orientation

her little brother was the first she came out to, “alright!...you still suck”

always wants to fix situations WHEN it comes to HER friends but is oblivious when it’s come to her own issues whether its in relationships/friendships +

was called out by one of her friends who she often argues/butts heads with from time to time “you’re always sticking your nose in people’s business but can’t solve your own shit!”

maybe it’s the journalist in her? she’s not afraid to ask questions or look at things from a outside perspective

her group of friends are all from different ethnic backgrounds to Indian to Ethiopian

has been in and out of relationships...maybe had one stable relationship? Outside of mc but that relationship failed after a year and she feels it has something to do with her parents and how she watched their relationship unfold but won’t openly admit that

Doesn’t like to argue in relationships and often is a little undermining with how she responses to her partner’s feelings...she’s trying to be better at being understanding and listening, her mother is like this with her father

Aquarius girl + Scorpio moon + Taurus rising

loves the water + watching water sports rather than playing them since she almost drowned once by letting her confidence get the best of her

used to be a directioner and isn’t ashamed to admit that!

take me home album stan 100% bitch there’s no point in arguing!!! Buh bye!!!

She is ashamed however to admit that she used to write for them, mostly ziam fics with a touch of Harry thrown in the mix as well...take that how u will

has a few merch pieces as well, they’re mostly loungewear + that powdery perfume they dropped. YES she still has it, no she won’t sell it to u

still supports them on the low since you know, she’s a music journalist and reviewing songs is what she makes a living for so why the hell not? They will always hold a special place in her heart. She grew with those boys

she’s not in denial like Hannah that they’re get back together

If someone wants her to film a reaction vid to zayn’s new album or release a written review? She WILL. Her top 3? 1. When loves around ft Syd 2. Outside 3. Unfuckwitable

If someone wants to hear her thoughts on Harry’s mv’s + breaking down his lyrics, she’ll tell you what you NEED to know whether U agree or not she don’t give a damn lol

Can throw hands and stomp a bitch out if she needs too. Has gotten kicked out of clubs/bars for defending her friends mainly not because someone chatted shit to her, that’s whatever but once you cross her friends? It’s on

Allegra got lucky 🦶🏼☕️ and Lucy

remained super close with jake and tim as expected...Rohan’s cool too ofc! but she’s not here for their rapping shit sorry. She’ll hit them both with a quick side eye and snarl if they start or if jake wants to recite some poetry. She’s outta here

Talia hardly had issues making friends easily with the boys it was always harder with the girls :/

they hang out all the time!

she actually became close with sammi as well, which was nice to have another girl friend around even tho they weren’t together in the house long like the others. She’s spontaneous, cute, resourceful, and kind so talia had no issue reaching out to her first to see what she was about outside of the show

don’t even ask her about what she thinks of the new seasons, she’s not here to chat shit and have her words twisted like she’s watched many of the cast deal with. If you want to talk about the over kill use of pop as the soundtrack for each season, then yeah she’ll talk to you about that

doesn’t use social media much, she finds it funny how whenever she does pop back in people are begging her to post SOMETHING so that they know that she’s alive

Pretty private

she also can’t grasp why they want her to do the bussit challenge? Lmao like hey don’t get her wrong, some of them were pretty great but she’s barely got a bum to bounce and little booties matter ofc!!! but she can’t see herself doing it unless she’s drunk off her arse!!!

maybe mc can convince her...for the fans duh!!! “Give the ppl what they want! Talia! It’s not like you won’t be around music!” “I’ll think about it...nah.”

she’s been busier since the show, able to tour more and WRITE which is what she loves to do

Her secret pleasure is watching those nurse shows and firefighting shows in her free time and those singing shows you already know that’s a given

Wanted to be some form of a nurse growing up but knew she could help people in another way

*inserts* “music Is The best Medicine” overused but true quote here!!

I feel like she’s a r&b lover

listens to those hour long rain sounds on YouTube to help herself fall asleep

she‘s not the best cook but she’s a foodie and she’s down to try new food always

occasionally her and Tim are jake’s Guinea pigs when he’s whipping something up for his menu 

and hates eating the same things all the time unless it’s breakfast! There’s not too much more you can do with that

that’s also her specialty, making breakfast for u in bed

Morning afters with her are intimate but humorous. She’ll poke fun if you’re both looking crazy, always joking and in the best mood whether things got physical or not she’s just happy to have you here 🥲

I think her love language is quality time

if you’re playing her route and Lucy is the ex, and you’ve decided to fully commit to each other I deff see Lucy still trying to pull some shit outside of the show just because she feels like she can but once Talia see’s that it’s really starting to get to you despite how much you try to brush it off or snap at Lucy or even Talia!!! Talia is on Lucy’s ass in seconds! She doesn’t need a ex to ruin her possible future , “you’re not gonna fuck up this good thing I’ve got just cause you’re flimsy at relationships babe, so go be a cunt somewhere else or you’ll be sorry. I promise.”

anthem: Snow Tha Product — Shut up

[sirfrogsworth]

adriengriffon replied to your photo “Sometimes the hypocrisy that spews from r/the_donald and Trump...”

As far as I know, "cuck" was coined by the racist right, referring to a type of porn in which a black man has sex with a white woman, usually while her white husband watches. Implications of using it as an insult are racist at best.

It’s short for cuckold. The term has evolved over the years. In the beginning it just meant the husband of an adulteress. It did become a porn fetish at some point and they often used the trope of black men’s sexual prowess. So there is a racial component in the history, but in modern usage it is mostly a metaphor describing alpha and beta men. 

Trump supporters are obsessed with the alpha/beta distinction. A social philosophy called “The Red Pill” emerged from this obsession. The red pill community tries to teach men how to become the alpha in any situation. You can check out their glossary of terms and get a quick sense of what they’re all about. Unfortunately you may hurt your eyes from rolling them too much. 

To Trump supporters the president is the ultimate alpha male. They often call him GEOTUS. God Emperor of the United States. (Which doesn’t sound fascist at all.) He is the gold standard of alphas. The conventionally attractive wife, the porn star side chick, the exorbitant wealth, and the dickish “tell it like it is” attitude.

Any man they consider to be a beta is referred to as a cuck. All of their insults seem to revolve around male inferiority. If you don’t resemble this perceived hyper-masculine stereotype, you are to be shunned and shamed. You are a snowflake. Fragile and easily offended. A soy boy. Based on the erroneous myth that too much soy greatly increases estrogen. Estrogen is that lady hormone, after all. (Which all men have and need.) If you are effeminate, in their eyes, you are weak. 

The irony is... these men are not alpha males at all. They aren’t betas either. They are pseudo-alphas. They deny any qualities they consider weak and put up a masculine facade when presenting themselves to the world. Usually the only ones they fool are themselves. They try so hard to act tough, but when they are confronted with real consequences for their actions... their facade quickly crumbles. 

Check out this cool macho guy on his boat. Striking a manly pose.

His name is Timothy Dluhos. He is was a badass firefighter. He likes Hitler and thinks minorities are lame and stuff. His “most prized artifact” is a gold Nazi-era pin with a German U-boat and a swastika.

Let’s look at his super edgy tweets. 

"I'm going to give up racial insults for Lent.” 

"Jesus that didn't last too long. F--ken chinks can't drive."

Nice burn, Timothy! You’ve really earned those bitchin’ Oakley specs. And thanks for censoring “fucken” for any kids that may be reading. 

I bet he is super respectful to women though. A true gentleman. 

“I’m really a dirty pervert. I see a girl with tight pants on and my eyes immediately focus on her crotch to look for camel toe.”

Classy.

WAIT! What’s that? Reporters from the New York Post confronted Tim about his racist ramblings on twitter? 

I bet he told them to screw off. He can say what he wants! He’s a man, man! Free speech! You cucks need to listen to alternative viewpoints!

Oh no. 

Apparently he started sobbing. 

That’s a shame. 

It happens though. I’m sure he gained his composure and stayed true to his intolerant convictions. 

“My stepfather’s Jewish,” he wept. “I don’t hate anybody.”

Well, as long as you have a Jewish relative, that makes it all okay. 

"There has got to be a lot worse out there than me," he insisted.

"My life is ruined. Oh, my God," Dluhos wailed. "I'm so sorry."

Yikes. 

That’s a lot of crying for an alpha. Maybe he just ate too much soy. 

There aren’t any more pictures of him crying, are there? That would be mean if I posted another one. I really shouldn’t.

Wait, I forgot. He’s a nazi. 

Bonus plumber’s crack. Nice. 

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Russians Pressure U.S. Forces in Northeast Syria

WASHINGTON — Russia is intensifying a pressure campaign on U.S. military forces in northeastern Syria following the American withdrawal from much of that area ahead of a Turkish cross-border offensive last fall, American military and diplomatic officials say.

Russian military personnel have increasingly had run-ins with U.S. troops on highways in the region, breaking agreements between the two countries to steer clear of each other. Russian helicopters are flying closer to American troops. And on Wednesday, a U.S.-led convoy returned fire after it came under attack near a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who are backed by Russia.

American officials say these actions by Russian personnel and their Syrian allies are devised to present a constant set of challenges, probes and encroachments to slowly create new facts on the ground and make the U.S. military presence there — to protect oil fields and help fight the remnants of the Islamic State — more tenuous.

“These are not daily occurrences but they have been increasing in number, and thus is troubling,” James F. Jeffrey, the top American diplomat overseeing Syria issues, told reporters last week.

The confrontations risk escalating to a significant hostile encounter between Washington and Moscow in the country’s northeast, even as Russian-backed Syrian government troops have stepped up an offensive against rebel enclaves in Idlib in Syria’s northwest.

“We know they’re pressing,” Vice Adm. Tim Szymanski, a Navy SEAL who is deputy head of the military’s Special Operations Command, said in an interview. He echoed the assessment of other government and independent analysts who say the Russians will continue to seek an advantage in the northeast, even in areas patrolled by U.S. and Syrian Kurdish allies and where Russian personnel are not supposed to go.

On Wednesday, a convoy led by U.S. Army soldiers was stopped at a Syrian army checkpoint east of the city of Qamishli. Photographs and video from the scene circulating on social media, and later confirmed by the Pentagon, showed armored vehicles with U.S., Russian and Syrian flags next to one another. Some residents pelted the American vehicles with stones. Another resident dumped a bucket of dirt on the back of one vehicle. Another tried to light some of the vehicles on fire, according to a Defense Department official.

A brief firefight broke out, with one Syrian man killed. No Americans were killed, but one was slightly injured after receiving hand lacerations in the ensuing chaos, the official said.

“After coalition troops issued a series of warnings and de-escalation attempts, the patrol came under small-arms fire from unknown individuals,” said Col. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad that oversees operation in northeastern Syria. “In self-defense, coalition troops returned fire.”

A Russian defense ministry official said the arrival of Russian troops at the scene made it “possible to prevent further escalation of the conflict,” according to the Tass news agency, a claim that American officials later dismissed.

The encounter drew sharp criticism from Brett McGurk, President Trump’s former special envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State.

“We have American soldiers with an ill-defined mission in Syria (‘protect the oil’) after abandoning ¾ of once stable territory on Trump’s orders, now forced to navigate roads controlled by Russian and Syrian regime forces,” Mr. McGurk said on Twitter. “Too much to ask of our brave warriors.”

Last October, Mr. Trump abruptly ordered a complete withdrawal of the 1,000 American troops helping Syrian Kurdish forces combat pockets of Islamic State fighters, opening the way to a bloody Turkish cross-border offensive. Mr. Trump then, just as abruptly, reversed himself and allowed about 500 troops to remain in a much smaller operating zone to protect Syria’s coveted eastern oil fields from the Islamic State, as well as from the Syrian government and its Russian partners.

Ever since then, American military officials say, Russia and its Syrian allies have been pushing the boundaries of agreements that Russia and the United States reached on whose armies would patrol which territory. The two sides established special communications channels to avoid clashing with each other on the ground, a process the Pentagon calls deconfliction.

But Mr. Trump has signaled very clearly his skepticism about the Syria mission, and Moscow perceives that as an invaluable opportunity, analysts say.

“A full-on Russian confrontation with American troops would risk encouraging Trump to lash out and double-down, but if Russia and its local allies can sustain a constant, low-level campaign of challenges in which dynamics are manipulated and red lines blurred, then who knows what might happen,” said Charles R. Lister, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.

“A few random, unpredictable clashes or run-ins, like the one near Qamishli, could easily get onto Trump’s radar and pave a path towards a full American withdrawal,” Mr. Lister said.

American military officers and diplomats point to an array of troubling developments in recent weeks. The Russians have swamped the deconfliction channel with requests to operate in American-patrolled areas, and then ignored American objections and traveled there anyway. American patrols have then blockaded roads, forcing these Russian patrols to turn around. The Russians have also conducted ground patrols on their own when they were supposed to do joint Russian-Turkish patrols in areas Turkey controlled after its incursion.

The prevalence of Syrian and Russian forces is an issue not just on the ground, but also in the air, where the large number of reconnaissance drones and other aircraft has eroded American air superiority, one American defense official said.

American officials voice fears that these run-ins could escalate after the Idlib campaign is over, and Russia and Mr. Assad’s government turn their full attention to the northeast.

American officials had predicted these potentially dangerous standoffs with the Russians and their Syrian allies would escalate. In an interview last November, soon after the Turkish incursion, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the head of the military’s Central Command, said that protecting the oil fields might ultimately draw a larger challenge from Syrian Army troops than from the Islamic State.

“I’d expect at some point the regime will come forward to that ground,” General McKenzie said.

The last time pro-Syrian government forces and allied Russian mercenaries threatened American troops near the oil fields, in February 2018, the United States unleashed an artillery and aerial bombardment that left 200 to 300 of the attacking fighters dead.

After American and Russian commanders agreed in late 2017 to fly on opposite sides of a 45-mile stretch of the Euphrates to prevent accidents in eastern Syria’s increasingly congested skies, Russian warplanes violated that deal half a dozen times a day, American commanders said.

The Americans said it was an effort by Moscow to test the United States’ resolve, bait U.S. Air Force pilots into reacting rashly, and help the Syrian army solidify territorial gains ahead of any diplomatic talks aimed at resolving the country’s civil war.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff contributed reporting.

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Halo Infinite and what I expect from launch

I honestly can't wait to see what news would come out for Halo Infinite. Been playing since 3 but went back to play from C.E and 2 after 3 ODST. Those games were hella fun, then Reach dropped, boi did i have a blast for the last "HURRAH!" from Bungie when it came. My memories of the games were so amazing, my first achievement only was "Flying to close to the sun" I remember how I got it, it was a double kill on Sandtrap, I had a Spartan Lazer with half charge and an enemy Banshee came in close to kill my teammates in the narrow mashpit of the split and I lazered him out of the sky. Sadly I didn't or couldn't save one guy from dying from the debris XD rip teammate and enemy players.... I got taken down and hunted by that guy for the rest of the game. I want to relive those moments with friends and family in Halo Infinite.

343i should take as long as they need to finish development and polishing the game before it comes out to a new teaser or announcement. A game that is more in the Delta build is a good place to show off some new info maybe even further then that.

The things I'm looking forward to at launch is

1. NO bs hand holding invisible boundaries that binds a player to a linear path almost all of the game and rarely give an open world experience in the campaign/firefighte/warzone. Yes invisible boundaries are good, if and only if it is 4 to 5 Tim the size of the map or level you are in.

2. Good if not great cutscenes and choreography from the mondaine to action, no Michelle Bay style ones of style and no substance, it may look pretty but if it has nothing of value then it would be skipped and forgotten, the best cutscenes gave both style and substance. Style as in good or great choreography and not having characters just standing there and talking or doing absolutely nothing, it's bad and very noticeable.

3. Competent friendly A.Is. This is pretty much self explanatory but if I must, what u mean by competent friendly a.i is that they can do roughly everything the player can do (if it's a Spartan ai), a ODST and Marine ai should be just below that in having to use non player/Spartan ai specific weapons for campaign unless it's weapon variants like the knights blade M5 Assault Rifle or like a power weapon like the SPNKr Rocket Launcher that houses a splinter grenade unit, those are fine, but stuff like detached torrents or target locators are a nope, it should be a player or Spartan ai use only.

4. Creative boundaries. Good example of it would be Halo 3's Sandtrap and Snowbound. Both had auto kill systems if a player tried to leave the map. Sandtrap had the guardian landmines to prevent such a thing and Snowbound had the auto shade torrents. If you want a map with natural boundaries then put it it high altitude location, space or above/under water. Not all maps need to be box like or have high ass walls that prevents you from jumping or blown off of.

5. Maps that forces you to slow down, smaller maps designed for all abilities is fine but ones that with strict abilities such as sprint or clamber would be very interesting. Forcing players to play smarter and slower so it isn't just run and gun 24/7. Tactical play. Power play. (Power play means to get to tactical locations for better chances of winning a game, even picking up power weapons and using it to out smart and out play other players)

6. More creative Dev maps. I miss developer maps that aren't remixes of pre-existing ones. Two or three are fine with 4 or 5 Dev maps but not the other way around. And when I mean creative I mean it. Each map giving specific play styles for each, even some fantasy ones. Again Narrows and Highground even Blackout is one that comes to mind. And creative ways to get around the map without sprint or thrusters. Using different vehicle or man cannons (it's a launch unit that flings you or anything across the map a certain distance) or even teleporters, gravlifts or other things that the community haven't seen before.

7. Having Spartan abilities an option to turn on or off in custom games, in fact make it so the players can modify it to our hearts content. Making it a custom game option makes it so that you don't need to use many, many resources to do a, b, c for each area of the game and so the community has more options for the games.

8. 60 - 90% of all of Halo's collective gaming sandbox from all the titles under its belt if not all of it. From weapons and vehicles to armor customisation.

9. An improvement or mix of both Reach, 4 and 3's customisation. Reaches armor layouts and for all the variant types in them (which means make actual variants to the so called variants of Halo 5's armors not different patterns) was and is the best way for anyone to look at what they can get or have. Its in game credits was the greatest, no microtransaction or loot box bs, easy to earn credits and its emblem and tags are the best in Halo. Halo 4 armor length of customisation of each little armor was amazing and I want to see an improvement brought back in the future if it's not in the game. Now for colors I like 3's three colors choice. But let's add improvements and make by adding paint jobs and patterns to every armor, human and elite. All of these things for Spartans should go for every character chosen by the player. To play as human, an elite, a brute etc. Again in future titles if it isn't in the game.

10. A good set of game modes that are permanent for players to play. And that it isn't sweaty at every game mode. Casual party fun first and naturally the competitive side comes later. This also goes for weapons too.

11. A good fucking story that doesn't need outside content to be aware of the story and for it to have an actual focus on what story it needs or has to tell.

12. Split screen, 4 player split screen.

For now that is what I'm expecting from it or future Halo titles. I replayed Halo 4, 5 and Reach, the campaign. Halo 4 and 5 just felt so... narrow and limiting, I couldn't explore much or move to different places on the mission that I thought I would be able to. The invisible boundaries ruined it for me, the high walls and linear paths was to much for me. Reach, a the Halo games had them but each of them gave you room to fuck up and learn from your mistakes, to build up each scenario as you please. Like, do I let my Marine drive and hope to not fall off the cliff or not get shot down when going to this objective. Or even having it open for you choose which area you would like to go to first to continue the mission of how big and open the maps are for the characters and vehicles. I missed that in the campaigns. Halo always had beautiful and breath taking set pieces in anything. From C.E to Halo War 2 and the future Halo Infinite. That's one reason I'm not talking about it much. I hope they keep that up but have more substance to it too. The story up to Halo 5 was good if not great, from the big galactic life changing events to that of the personal, from the games. It always felt like I was watching and living a movie everytime I played them. A good movie, not a bad one.

[hsews]

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vehicle involved in a fatal crash in March was speeding on a highway with its driver-assistance feature engaged and had alerted the driver to put his hands on the steering wheel more than 15 minutes before the collision, U.S. safety investigators said Thursday.

The Model X electric, sport-utility vehicle accelerated in the final seconds to about 71 miles an hour before the March 23 crash in Mountain View, Calif., according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The report comes as auto makers and Silicon Valley are testing technologies that allow for varying levels of automation behind the wheel. Those include systems with driver-assist features as well as those that enable fully self-driving vehicles. Fatal crashes have fueled concerns about whether driverless technology is ready for the real world.

A Tesla spokeswoman pointed to a previous company blog post about the incident that touted the safety of its vehicles. “Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents—such a standard would be impossible—but it makes them much less likely to occur,” the March blog said. “It unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.”

Preliminary recorded data indicated the vehicle’s traffic-aware cruise control, one of Autpilot’s features, was set to 75 mph at the time of the crash. The speed limit on the relevant area of the roadway is 65 mph, the NTSB said.

The agency’s findings confirmed what Tesla had already said after the crash: The driver’s hands weren’t detected on the wheel six seconds before the crash.

The NTSB added new details, saying the driver’s hands were detected on the wheel three times spanning a minute before the collision, for a total of 34 seconds.

The vehicle’s Autopilot system was activated for about 19 minutes before the crash, the NTSB said. During that time, the system provided two visual and one auditory alert for the driver to put his hands back on the steering wheel, the agency said. Those occurred more than 15 minutes before the crash.

In the seconds leading up to the crash, the Model X was traveling 65 mph while following another vehicle, the agency said. The Tesla began steering left seven seconds before the crash, and after it no longer was following the other vehicle it began accelerating three seconds before the collision to almost 71 mph, before running into a highway barrier.

The Tesla made no attempt at braking or steering away from the collision, the NTSB said.

The lack of evasive efforts suggests inattentive behavior on the part of the driver, or that perhaps he was incapacitated, said Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies driver safety and vehicle automation. He believes semiautonomous vehicles need better tools to ensure drivers are using the systems properly.

The crash spurred an unusual feud between Tesla and the NTSB. In a rare move, the NTSB in April said it had tossed Tesla from the investigation, asserting the Silicon Valley auto maker violated a formal agreement to be a “party” to the probe by releasing detailed information about the crash before government officials had vetted it.

Tesla argued it had dropped out of the investigation, contending that restrictions on disclosures about the crash could jeopardize public safety by preventing the timely release of information about Autopilot to consumers. The NTSB said procedures allow for immediate recommendations if emergency safety fixes are required.

The morning crash in Mountain View on Highway 101 killed the driver, 38-year-old Walter Huang. The vehicle’s 400-volt lithium-ion high-voltage battery was breached in the crash, leading to a fire, investigators said. Bystanders removed Mr. Huang, who was found belted in the driver’s seat, from the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames, they said. He died from his injuries at a local hospital.

The vehicle was eventually transported to an impound lot. Five days after the crash, the vehicle’s battery reignited and firefighters extinguished the blaze, investigators said.

Write to Tim Higgins at Tim.Higgins@WSJ.com and Mike Spector at mike.spector@wsj.com

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