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[eternally-sugary]

Anyways

Petition to blow this thing up.

Yes. Blow it up! — Stat

CC: 4llowed bec4use i7 would be so funny

[quitealotofsodapop]

Hilarious idea regarding the Tiger Monk au:

We don't know when exactly Azure managed to slip away from Manjusri after the "King of Wuji"-incident, but considering he was only acting under his bodhisattva's orders with that one (the king did drown what he thought was a harmless monk in a sewer), Azure probably only got a slap on the wrist for it. Manjusri is a typical cat-parent.

So our poor human-turned-into-a-tiger-demon monk could have a very determined admirer almost immediately after the Pilgrims "defeat" the false king!

(*The pilgrims are all sitting down at a rest stop. Wukong is helping his master comb out his fur*)

Wujing, does a headcount: "Did we gain another travel companion?"

Bajie, not paying attention: "Not since we fished you up. Why?"

Wujing: "The Lion-Lynx demon has been following us the last couple of miles."

All Pilgrims: (*turn heads to see Azure, observing them from a distance. He waves awkwardly at them*)

Bajie: "What's he want?"

Ao Lie: "Maybe he had a change of heart, like the Black Wind Bear spirit did, and wants to do good by us!"

Tripitaka: "It would certainly be nice to have someone more versed in the life of big cats aid me in this form."

Azure, overhearing: (*blushes excitedly! May have misunderstood the intent of the monk's words*)

Wukong, suspicious: "He can keep his distance, that's what!"

Azure manages to convey an apology to the Pilgrims for the trouble he caused them in Wuji, and that he hopes to host them whenever they find themselves at Camel Ridge. The gang are surprised by the pleasantry.

And each Pilgrim *except* Tripitaka notices that the lion's eyes are fixed firmly on the tiger monk the entire time.

Tripitaka himself is overjoyed to make a new ally after encountering so many murderous bandits and demons. He forgets his manners when he grasps Azure's hands in his own, glad to accept his friendship. Azure can't stop his tail from swaying like a tomcat ready to pounce.

Bajie and Wujing notice the bigger cat's reaction, and silently agree to make sure he and their master aren't left alone too long.

Wukong senses that something has changed in how Azure addresses him, chalking some of it to time lost in those 500 years. Perhaps guilt? Regret from being unable to free the Monkey King from punishment? But theres something else different...

In the coming months; Azure would happen upon the Pilgrims at different stops in their Journey - with the excuse that he hìmself was on his way home to Camel Ridge (Wukong 100% smells bs cus he knows Azure is a fast traveller like him, but he lets it cook). The Lion is quite cordial during his visits; exchanging knowledge of the world and friends that have changed in the last 500 years with his former Brother, and sharing what his own Master has taught him to the others.

Azure's focus still seems to gravitate towards Tripitaka, the shy monk unsure of how to react to such attention.

However, seemingly everytime they try speak alone, Tripitaka finds himself surrounded by four guard-diciples! And like with attack dogs, the smallest is the most vicious! XD

Tripitaka, holding back Wukong by the collar: "I'm so sorry, he's normally never like this!"

Azure, keeping safe distance: "Him yes, the other monkey however..."

Macaque: (*shakes head disapprovingly from the shadows*)

After a particularlly... close encounter shared between the two big cats, Wukong finds himself having to explain "The Demonic Birds and the Bees" to a frankly horrified Tripitaka. XD

[usafphantom2]

#TomcatTails

#TomcatTuesday

That Time I Bagged an F-16

I’ve written quite a bit about the challenges when flying the F-14A Tomcat against the F-16 Viper. It’s a very formidable Fighter, highly maneuverable, light weight, nearly 1 to 1 thrust ratio, fast roll rate, 9+ G capable, etc., etc. In contrast, the F-14A is much larger, heavier, .75 to 1 thrust ratio at best, slower roll rage, 7 G capable, etc., etc. It’s similar to two boxers, one with longer reach, more muscles, and better footwork; you know how it’s normally going to end. You’ve also heard me quote the Red Baron about the importance of “the man in the box”, vice the box itself. That will always be true but in reality, some boxes are REALLY good and can make even a mediocre pilot fairly formidable. At any rate, enough excuse making.

As one gets better in the air-to-air arena over time, you learn your own personal limitations but also discover a few of your own techniques that seem to work for you. The more time you spend on it, your BFM (Basic Fighter Maneuvers) get better and better and your skills improve, just like any endeavor (mental or physical or both). Wikipedia, for what it’s worth, has a pretty good section describing BFM in great detail and defines them as:

“The tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering (ACM, also called dogfighting), to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. BFM combines the fundamentals of aerodynamic flight and the geometry of pursuit, with the physics of managing the aircraft's energy-to-mass ratio, called its specific energy.”

OK, pretty good start. The advanced stuff comes with practice and experience and instruction by the highly qualified bogey drivers at the Aggressor squadrons and for the purposes of this #TomcatTail we’re talking about the VF-126 Bandits at Miramar, CA.

When you’re between cruises and deployments, Fighter Squadrons have time for Unit Level Training (ULT) that doesn’t require the rest of the air wing to support. This is great since the squadrons are pretty scattered (Tomcats/E-2s at Miramar, S-3s at North Island, Hornets in Lemoore, A-6/EA-6 at Whidbey Island). This is also the time you take on some new Nuggets and focus on the basic A/A and A/G skills. One way we did this as a community was an annual flight line wide contest known as “Fighter Derby”. While the specific rules escape me (it WAS 30 years ago, please), it’s essentially hosted/run by the Bandits and all squadrons field 3 or 4 sections to compete against the rest of the squadrons on the base.

As you may imagine, something like this got HIGHLY competitive. As such, so was Bombing Derby that measured your A/G skills with precise times on target, etc. There were a number of other flight line contests and awards to be won at Miramar that all factored into the annual competition to win either the coveted “Battle E” for excellence or the even MORE coveted “Mutha” trophy for the most shit hot, coolest squadron on the flight line. The Mutha story would take a book, so I’ll leave it to another time, but that was THE trophy to win.

Our squadron, the VF-24 Renegades, began to prepare for the contest by focusing strictly on ACM for a couple weeks. We assigned crews to their specific sections (two planes are a section, four planes are a division). Just my luck, I got paired up with our only former Bogey Driver from VF-126, “Space”. Space was one of those rare salty dudes that just seemed older than he should be and spent a long time as a Lieutenant, eventually got selected for Lieutenant Commander, but likely wasn’t going much beyond that. That’s not a dig by any means, he just managed to stay in the cockpit his entire career and didn’t get those “checks in the block” that put one on track for higher ranks.

He was a WIZARD with the Tomcat because, as you’ve heard me say often, them damn Bogey Drivers were just SO good at ACM in any platform they flew. He had F-16N Viper time, A-4M Skyhawk time, and F-5E Tiger II time. He could transform the often lumbering F-14A Tomcat into quite the nimble minx (mostly) and would routinely beat up anyone in the squadron. He knew when to control energy to keep the fight going, when to transition into a vertical looping fight or a slow flat-scissors fight, and when to sell the farm (knots) and take a lethal shot. All in all, that’s a GREAT guy to go into Fighter Derby with!!

The day comes for VF-24 to throw their sections at the Bandits and it’s (naturally) beautiful weather. As I recall the scenario, we’d meet in the Restricted Area 2301 West to the west of MCAS Yuma. That’s a huge training range with a TACTS range inside of it (tracked your aircraft) as well as a great target complex called “Cactus West”. A little Fighter lore; years ago the VF-2 Bounty Hunters (callsign “Bullet”) lost a jet out there due to a departure and flat spin. It impacted in a mountain pass in the Barry Goldwater Range and to this day, the site is called “Bullet Pass.” (aircraftarchaeology.com/f14goldwater.h…)

Space and I launch out of Miramar, as ready as we’ll ever be (me at least). After our transit to R-2301 we check in with Range Control and check in with the Bogeys. They were already on-site as they’re doing one engagement per section (you get one run) so they can cycle through 2 or 3 sections pretty easily before they have to RTB to Miramar. Today, a Viper and a Dog (A-4) are on the menu. Or is it going to be Tom Kitty for lunch? We’ll see.

The basics here are that you start with a 30-mile set to give both sections time to acclimate and maneuver as needed to provide the most advantageous merge. The overall score is determined by time-to-kill and if you lose anyone. Key to note is that this is a training evolution. The Bogeys are going to give you a HARD problem, but not an IMPOSSIBLE problem. They will fight you hard but they will not just spank the shit out of you. You’re being judged on how you engage, how you react to perceived bogey mistakes, if you make any mistakes, etc. Again, I will be a hard fight but you can both survive. The question is can you kill them faster than everyone else?

So the set up is ready and we call “Fights On”. Space is on the left (lead) and I’m on the right in 1 mile combat spread, stepped down about a thousand feet (don’t be co-altitude, too easy on the bogies). As we march in, we get radar on the Bogies. At this point we can see two, about a mile apart but don’t know which one is which, Viper or Dog. What you DON’T want to do here is let them “bracket” your section (where both pass outboard me and Space….kiss of death) and you don’t want to meet off center so either Space or I go down their middle; also not good. Best scenario is you bracket THEM, and Space on the left turns right to attack my guy with angles and me on the right, turn left to engage HIS guy with angles. Classic “switch”. Break the hands/pens out, take a minute and think that through…..I’ll wait.

Once you’re within 10 or 15 seconds of a merge, you’re not allowed to try and cross over someone’s nose to change the pass from left-to-left to right-to-right because you could screw it up and collide nose on. Not good (but frankly not painful as you’d never know it happened). As luck would have it, we face the Kobayashi Maru; we’re getting bracketed and can’t maneuver to change it. Wonderful. And I get the Viper……down my right side. Nuts.

As I’m merging with the Viper I take a peak at the Dog passing down Space’s left…..oooh, he’s going nose high right. Towards me but nose up. I have several options, mostly bad, but one that I think might work. Space follows him nose up near vertical to get separation, the Viper turns across my tail and starts pulling for Space, and I elect to roll right and pull OUT of the fight and away from the Dog. Strange, but it works out. You’ll see.

So I’m pulling for my life to get back in the fight, the Dog is struggling to catch up since I got such separation, and the Viper is chasing Space up hill and left. After a 180° I then pitch it pure nose low (straight down) and roll my lift vector to where I THINK Space and the Viper are going to be in about 20 seconds and pull….HARD. The lift vector is an imaginary plane coming out the top of my jet and it’s where you’re pulling to in space. Did I say I was pulling HARD?

After a few seconds, the gray-out starts to impact my vision. When you’re pulling that many G's and you’re body is fighting 7 times the force of gravity in sometimes awkward positions in the cockpit, it’s not hard to let the G get in front of you. You’re doing your “HOOK” maneuver, straining your stomach to keep blood in your head and your G-suit is full inflated, but sometimes it’s not enough. If you’re sitting there looking straight ahead, imagine your peripheral vision going gray at the far left and right and then slowly getting more gray toward the middle, and eventually it takes a circle shape where 80 or 90% of your view is now gray. That’s gray out. The harder you pull the smaller that circle gets. If you ease off, the circle gets bigger. You’re conscious, you talking to your RIO (in this case “Watts”) and you’re flying your jet, you just can’t see all that good.

The timing wasn’t quite right to ease the pull yet; that’s the instinctual part of ACM. You just KNOW how fast you’re turn rating across the sky and you just KNOW when you’ll be nose on the bogie based on where he was and what he’s was doing 30 seconds ago. You just KNOW. I can’t really explain it past that.

I keep the pull on and I’m mostly grayed out for a few more seconds. And then it’s time. Relax the pull and Voila!, I’m in a nose up position looking at beautiful blue sky. And wonder of wonders there’s a Viper in my windscreen and his left rear quarter is showing me some leg. He’s closing in on a shot on Space but my Sidewinder seeker head is already staring to growl. Quick finger fire to get the ‘Winder to lock and “Fox 2 the Viper in a left turn…….kill Viper.”

The Dog is still a bit behind me and not nose on and Space keeps his hard turn in and gets nose on the Dog pretty quick. I come hard left now to get the Dog to chase and he does. A few seconds later Space bags the Dog with a ‘Winder at about a mile. “Knock it off” and head home for a quick debrief and probably beers at the O’Club. That tended to be the default at Miramar.

We didn’t win Fighter Derby that year but our flight did reinforce a few key lessons:

1. I’d rather be lucky than good.

2. Even a blind squirrel finds a Viper once in a while.

@RSE_VB via X

[lordmaddie]

Pregaming the Masquerade

A mysterious letter, a cordial invitation for a guest rather than summons for the Prophet... Jespar, Calia, Tharaêl, and the Marksman meet up before heading to the Star Summer Night celebration. [~1200 words]

The Marksman prepared for the Masquerade the same way he prepared for a dangerous expedition - all his gear laid out, arranged, inspected.

Lacking anything better to occupy himself with, Tharaêl wandered into the kitchen to observe his friend’s preparations. Their house was sparsely furnished - neither of them had a taste for opulence - leaving the kitchen table one of the only flat surfaces, save the floor.

Upon the table lay his gear for Star Summer Night: special soap, forbidden for general use, apparently imported from Kilé. Perfume, purchased with Jespar’s assistance. A box containing the mask he’d ordered for the event. The outfit he intended to wear, smoothed out carefully to prevent wrinkles. The Marksman looked upon it all with the same concentration he employed when counting his arrows or checking his armour for damage.

Ridiculous, in Tharaêl’s opinion. He himself hadn’t bothered to remove his outfit or mask from whatever cupboard he’d thrown them into the day they arrived by courier (he’d ordered them in advance from a catalogue, as was his wont, saving himself the purgatorial hell of dealing with salesmen face-to-face). The Masquerade was at dusk! It was midmorning!

“Is all this really necessary?” He asked his friend, tone indicating that he was, in fact, suggesting it was not. “The letter said it would be grandiose.” The Marksman said, his accent tripping over the unfamiliar words. “That there would be the utmost elegance and grandeur. I have only a few hours to figure out how to be elegant and grand.” “Those are just fancy words to make you want to go. It’s just a party.” He flicked his eyes over to Tharaêl. “Have you ever been to a party?” He’d prefer not to answer that. “Have you?” “I saw one once, in Kilé. From the rooftop opposite.” Yes, no doubt as he leaned into his bow and aimed at someone enjoying the celebrations… Best not to speculate.

His friend sighed, concluding his inspection. “Would you get the fire going? I’ll fetch the water for a bath.”

-

Washed, dressed, and bemasked, Tharaêl and the Marksman idled in the living-room, watching the fire’s last embers burn down. Dusk was soon, and their friends were to meet at their house before they’d all head to the Ark Theatre together.

Sure enough, as if on cue: a rapping at the window. Jespar appeared, grinning and waving. “Door’s unlocked.” Tharaêl called, not getting up.

Jespar let himself in the front door and joined them. Playing the gracious host, the Marksman stood to allow him to sit - the living-room had only two armchairs.

“It amazes me that you’ve still managed to look like a vagrant.” Tharaêl told him. “Though one who's stolen some finery.” Jespar brushed an imaginary speck of dust off his fine clothes. “It astounds me, my friend, that you’ve divested yourself of your swords for the evening. Surely you’ll fall over without their weight at your hips and the confidence their presence brings?” “I’m weighed down by all the gold I’ll need to bring tonight - to pay off the guards when you inevitably cause a scene trying your luck with someone’s wife.” They smiled at each other, unkindly - no warmth, all teeth.

“I like your mask.” Jespar tapped his own. “A tomcat, very fitting.” It was a panther, and Tharaêl knew Jespar knew. “What are you?” The Marksman asked, finally joining in the sparring match. “A badger?” His tone contained only polite, genuine enquiry. “A wolverine,” Jespar graciously corrected, “known, I will add, for their ferocity and strength.” Tharaêl saw the Marksman’s lips quirk in a smile, the only flash of the oncoming blade in the dark: “Oh. Why’d you pick it for yourself, then?”

They laughed, and Jespar raised his hands in mock affront. “Bah! You damned impish creatures always gang up on me. Unfair, I say!”

He was rescued from further teasing by Calia’s arrival - Jespar had left the door ajar for her. “Hello!” She called, making her way inside.  Tharaêl stood to give her his chair.

“I like your dress.” He complimented her, moving round to lean his back against the wall by the fireplace. “Is it new?” “Oh, this? No, I bought it for the Masquerade a few years back.” She gave him a smile. “You're looking nice in your new clothes. Very dashing.”

Tharaêl looked away, quite unused to kind words - which is how he caught Jespar pulling out a metal flask from about his person.  “What's that?” He demanded, instantly suspicious. “Hm?” The mercenary was all innocence as he took a sip. “They always water down the drink at these functions. We’ll need a head start.” “We are not pregaming the Masquerade-” Tharaêl began, but too late: the Marksman had already taken the flask off Jespar and had a greedy swig. Calia accepted the drink as it was handed to her. “It'll help us loosen up a bit for the dancing. Besides, Jespar's right - they really do water down everything.” She drank, coughed slightly at whatever was in the flask, and proffered it to Tharaêl. Successfully peer-pressured, he took it reluctantly. It burned all the way down his throat. “By the fucking sun, you could strip paint with this! I'll kill you if this makes me go blind.” “You’ll have to catch me first.” Jespar grinned.

“I have a complaint for you, Jespar.” The Marksman began, locking the front door behind him as they set out. “That soap you recommended was not from Kilé.” “I had it on excellent authority that it was.” Jespar replied. “What was wrong with it?” “There is something wrong with the soap in this country! It won’t lather!” “You have no idea what you’re talking about.” Tharaêl snapped, having already put up with his complaints earlier in the day. “The soap lathers fine.” “No it does not. I never had this problem before coming to Enderal.” “My friend…” Jespar tried to ply his words gently. “Have you not heard of hard water?” “Ice? You think I’ve never heard of fucking ice?”

Jespar politely pretended to have a sudden interest in looking in the opposite direction, so the Marksman wouldn’t see his smile. Calia appeared to be trying to fit her whole fist in her mouth, shoulders shaking with repressed laughter. Tharaêl, not entirely parsing what was funny, kept his confusion to himself. 

The narrow cobble street along the river had just enough room to allow them to walk two abreast, but soon they could make no further progress - the roads were packed with people in all their finery waiting to be allowed entry into the Ark Theatre.

The queueing snaked across the bridge and blocked up the shops (which at this time were thankfully closed). Resigned guardsmen watched from the sidelines, having surrendered any hope of organising people into any semblance of efficiency. 

There was a festival excitement to the air, a lively hubbub as people talked and shifted about impatiently. Calia and Jespar struck up an animated conversation about the songs they hoped would be played this year, bemoaning the previous where their favourites had been skipped in favour of that season’s latest trend.

Tharaêl looked to the Marksman, who hadn’t joined in the discussion. His friend seemed to be the very picture of patient ease… Betrayed by his eyes, which flickered about the crowd that surrounded them. He opened his mouth to ask what was wrong, but a frisson of animation ran through the queue and people began moving eagerly forwards - the doors to the Theatre had opened.

Hastened by the gap in front and people pushing from behind, they allowed themselves to be swept into the Masquerade.

[captainventi]

Stars On Ice

From the screen to the ice: it's Movie Week on Stars on Ice! Our participants will bring to life iconic characters from beloved films and TV shows. Action, mystery, drama, even sci-fi — true creativity knows no bounds!

Pairing: celebrity!Zayne x figure skater!MC

Synopsis: Judge Zayne unexpectedly reveals his connection to the criminal world… of cats. And the tango, as practice shows, is suitable not only for expressing passion, but also for hiding it safely.

CW: figure skating!au, friendship and light banter, unresolved tension, emotional detachment, meow

Notes: this is the third episode of zayne's plotline, the previous ones, along with other plotlines, can be found here. mc is a retired olympic figure skater, zayne is a judge and a court show host who suddenly went viral for his looks and vibe. dividers by @/saradika-graphics

Episode 3. Por Una Cabeza (Scent of a Woman OST)

"So, how’s my blind man impression?" Zayne asks with that signature deadpan expression of his — the kind I could stare at for hours but also kind of want to wipe right off his face.

"Magnificent. Like you binge-watched that one movie scene ten times, then buried yourself in research till 5 AM," I say. He blinks at me, genuinely startled.

"How did you—"

"Deduction, Watson." I grin, fighting the urge to trace the shadows under his eyes with my fingers. My imagination helpfully supplies how he’d probably remove my hand with a firm but gentle "don’t."

The temptation wins anyway. When I’m sure no one’s looking, I drag a fingertip along his cheekbone. He doesn’t pull away — not immediately. Instead, his eyelids flutter shut, and for a heartbeat, he leans into my touch like it’s instinct.

Then he jerks back, eyes snapping open, and I feel the light tremor that races through him.

"It’s late. The rink’s closing soon," he mumbles, suddenly looking flustered in a way that’s almost dorky, and I mentally file this away as a personal victory.

"Walk me to the square, like usual?" I ask, overly casual, as if nothing just happened.

"Yeah. But let’s make a quick stop first." He glances away like he’s confessing to a felony. "Gotta feed… someone."

..Turns out, someone is indeed a felon. A battle-scarred ginger tomcat with a face like a thrice-folded origami of bad decisions glares at us, a plastic-wrapped sausage clamped in his jaws.

"And what’s this? Stolen goods?" Zayne adopts his best judge voice. "Theft is a criminal offense, you know? Oh, you know. I can see it in your eyes."

"Never thought I’d witness the Honorable Judge Zayne disciplining a cat," I say, crouching to inspect the furry delinquent. His murky teal eyes assess me like I’m either a threat or a potential accomplice.

"Discipline? Him?" Zayne snorts, wresting the sausage away. The cat yowls, but Zayne — ignoring the claws — peels off the plastic and hands it back. "It’s already unsalvageable. Might as well let Crookshanks eat it without the packaging. Last time, the plastic didn’t digest, and… I won't specify what happened next and who exactly had to handle the aftermath."

"Why did I imagine that?" I mutter, and Zayne’s mouth twitches. "Speaking of... Crookshanks is too perfect a name. Don’t tell me you’re a—"

"Potterhead? Guilty." His tone stays grave. "Why do you think I went into law? Wanted a fancy robe and a courtroom that looks like Hogwarts."

This time, I laugh outright. Seizing the moment, I plop my hand on his head like the Sorting Hat.

"Let me guess. Ravenclaw." I resist the urge to tangle my fingers in his stupidly soft black hair — that would be too much.

"Bingo." He removes my hand, then mimics the gesture, stopping a hair’s breadth from my scalp. "Gryffindor?"

"Nope. Proud Hufflepuff." I smirk, hyperaware of how close we’re standing. "Their common room is next to the kitchens. Just the pinnacle of my childhood dreams".

"So, as a kid, you just… dreamed about food?" he asks, and I shrug casually:

"Name one competitive figure skater who didn’t."

Something flickers in his eyes — concern. I usually avoid dwelling on the darker parts of my career, but some truths don’t need spelling out.

"Guess that means I’ll have to feed you properly too," he says, in a tone that brooks no argument, and I don't find anything better than to laugh bitterly:

"What am I for you, Crookshanks Jr.?"

...Judging by our performance tonight, that’s exactly what I am to him: another stray he’s decided to care for. Zayne’s meticulous, gallant, always putting my interests first — he suggested this tango because I’d never skated to one before. Gardel’s tango has always been my favorite, and he’d concluded the blind colonel act would mask the stiffness he hasn’t yet unlearned.

And he has improved. His movements are fluid now, his technique nearly impeccable for his current level. If he was as a skater instead of a judge, that discipline would’ve landed him on the national team. Even his avoidance of eye contact works — it’s totally in character, just what makes our routine unique.

But let’s be real: a tango should feel like a tango. Frank in Scent of a Woman might’ve been blind, but he devoured every second with that gorgeous woman in his arms. Zayne’s got the gallantry down — hell, he could play Mr. Darcy without changing a thing — but this isn’t Regency England. I’d bet my skates his love confessions are sprawling epistolary masterpieces stuffed with four-syllable words. But right now? That’s not what I need.

And yes, I’m greedy. Maybe it’s shameful. But I’m perfectly aware that I'm dancing tango on ice with a devastatingly handsome man — can you blame me for wanting a little heat?

My feelings stay locked in my throat. The judges praise our "artistry" and Zayne’s "dedication," and it seems that I'm the only one in the world for whom it wasn't enough. Back at the dressing rooms, we exchange our usual congratulations, and I flee to splash cold water on my face, as if that could scrub away the wanting.

Then I see it.

On the table: a bento box, neatly packed. And a note beside it — with my name.

[studio-sneebs]

CHARACTER LIST

Fine, I'm fine - Fifi He/him, 23, pansexual "talks like this" tagline is: "Everything's fine! [Fifi]" - 20XX - Mana He/him, 23, pansexual "talks like this" tagline is: "Slut for keychange! [Mana]" - NRFTW - Chon Wick He/him, 22, pansexual "talks like this"

tagline is: "YEEHAW MOTHERFXCKS! [Chon Wick]" - Count Eleven - Elve He/They, 24, unlabeled "talks like this"

tagline is: "One two eleven count! [Elve]" - TTDL - Linear He/they/it, 24, unlabeled "talks like this"

tagline is: "breath in and out [Linear]" - Aw/mT - Astronaut He/him, 22, pansexual "talks like this"

tagline is; "the universe keeps on going [Astronaut]" - TFFTT triplets - Birch, Woods, Asher Birch - he/him, 24, bisexual Woods - he/they, 24, unlabeled Asher - he/it, 24, panromantic Birch "talks like this" Woods "talks like this" Asher "talks like this"

taglines are: "TRIPLETS BORN, THE FOREST WAITS! [TFFTT triplets]" /ref "the trees have eyes [Birch]" "handprints are red for a reason buddy [Woods]" "let me burn them down [Asher]" - YSLLB - Louis He/They, 24, pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "Yes I look like Louis Burdette I am him! [Louis]" - The before - Atticus He/It, 22, unlabeled

"talks like this"

tagline is: "So many emotions so little time to process [Atticus]" - Covered in discontent - Moss He/Him, 22 - 23, pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "Legends I will tell and travel to [Moss]" - Mario is dead - Mari He/it, 22, unlabeled?

"talks like this"

tagline is: "MARIO IS DEAD!! [Mari]" - Heal - Medic He/they, 24, unlabeled

"talks like this"

tagline is: "the evil power draws nearby [Medic]" - THD.PH - Devil He/They, 23, pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "Shut up you're stupid [Devil]" - WW.PH triplets - Jouse/Jerry, Tomcat (Tom), Willard Jerry - he/it, 23, unlabeled Tomcat - he/it, 23, unlabeled Willard - he/him, 23, panromantic

Jerry "talks like this" Tomcat "talks like this" Willard "talks like this"

taglines are: "Were the MAIN CHARACTERS so you have to like us! [WWPH triplets]" "cheese is tasty! [Jerry]" "Milk is being craved right now... [Tomcat]" "... [Willard]" - Ego - Cage He/they, 23, pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "imperfection grew on me [Cage]" - CJ.PH - Mae He/him, 23 - 24, pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "lies in black and white [Mae]" - K.K cruisin' - Slider He/him, 23, unlabeled

"talks like this"

tagline is: "want some bubblegum? [Slider]" - GW,ORTLH - Announcer/Narrator/Mathias He/they/it, ??? (the oldest), no labeled (supposedly pansexual)

"talks like this"

tagline is: "let me tell you a story~ [Announcer/Narrator/Mathias] - CCCC quad - Mr. Helio, Mr. Lune, Mr. Patho, Mr. Harmonia Mr. Helio - he/it, 22, pansexual Mr. Lune - he/they, 22, pansexual Mr. Patho - he/they/it, 22, pansexual Mr. Harmonia - he/him, 23, pansexual

Helio "[talks like this]" Lune "(talks like this)" Patho "{talks like this}" Harmonia "talks like this"

taglines are: "We think we're playing in a band! [CCCC quad]" "My logic is the absolute. [Mr. Helio]" "Think of these thoughts as hackened. [Mr. Lune]" "Call me your host or call me insane! [Mr. Patho]" "The whole world and you! [Mr. Harmonia]" - Drum covers - Charles He/him, 21 (the youngest), pansexual

"talks like this"

tagline is: "Charlotte I wanna know you more! [Charles]" - The Ship of Theseus - Theseus He/him, 21 - 22, unlabeled

"talks like this"

tagline is: "build and build until it's different [Theseus]" - Original Character - Muse She/They/it, 23, uranic

"talks like this"

tagline is: "winter valentine love you all the time [Muse]" - BONUS CHARACTER - Clunk it/it's, no age, unlabeled

funky robot fella!

tagline is: "I am Clunk"

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BONUS CHARACTER 2 - Darrell/Daralle it/it's, no age, chicken

it's the hen!!

tagline is: "bawk bawk!" -

more will be added once there's more!

[quiverpaw]

How about a long lore backstory and rambling about rookpaw lore?

😁 ok 😁

uhh idk about tws. i guess arranged marriage? child abuse, internalized homophobia

basic info before u know

okay so basic tldr before everything. rookpaw's from a 1x1 with a friend called twoprinces. essentially there are two clans, cascadeclan and haarclan, Cc lives on the tundra by the sea and Hc lives in the taiga near the mountains. Both clans are monarchies instead of normal clan structures.

So like, the firstborn of the leader succeeds them except in cases where the firstborn dies, or whatever. It's normal for royal cats to have only one baby per litter typically although exceptions happen and usually they have more then one litter as "backup heirs". I also imagine nieces/nephews can also take over. Deputies are basically just a second-in-command, since the leader's mate is more like a third in most circumstances (both Rookpaw and Copperpaw's fathers are referred to as "kings", for nursery cats they're either "monarchs" or "queens"). maybe king is gender neutral? that'd be fun.

also these clans are a bit more complex and a bit more advanced- there's a secondary warrior role called a wright, who shears carcasses of pelts to make den beddings and more. they trade with kittypets and outsiders often for materials, and haarclan even can mine in the caverns they live in using bones and stones. they're also (slowly) starting to understand how to use fire.

basic characters

jackdawstar is ravenpaw, crowkit, and rookpaw's momma. she's kind of scary and very serious. a violent peacekeeper of sorts; her clan, haarclan, and cascadeclan had been at war for a lonnnng time ever since her grandfather jaystar started trying to eradicate Cc to keep his clan "safe". her idea of this was a union between her clan and Cc, and that her oldest daughter and heir, ravenpaw, could one day marry the Cc leader's (Clementinestar) only living son, Copperpaw.

Copperpaw is my friend's character, he's a pretty somali and he lost his older brother Reedstrike as well as his father Rowanstorm in a joint accident. He's also Rookpaw's romantic interest.

Prickletongue is jackdawstar's mate and the father of Crow, Rook, and Raven. He's kind of awful, mainly because he wasn't mainly interested in marrying Jackdawstar. The only reason the two were together because of a favor Jackdawstar's mother Stellerstar carried out for Prickletongue's father Bramblesnare. It's like, "hey, u earned this, welcome to the royal family lol." He's more interested in a clanmate named Bumblesnag, but that's an issue not yet canon. Prickletongue however DOES like the power involved with being king; however he has to balance two apprentices (Goldpaw and Rookpaw) because he hadn't expected to have two kits at once. In HC the royals mentor their own children except in special cases.

Rookpaw and Ravenpaw are in the same litter, although Ravenpaw was born first. Crowkit's from a later litter.

canon story inrp

the story starts off with both clans learning about the arrangement between ravenpaw and rookpaw at a gathering, which ravenpaw's unhappy about but allows to happen to not upset her mother. she is a closeted lesbian. this is an issue later

rookpaw however is furious, as is copperpaw, and rookpaw insults cascadeclan as a whole (he is a little xenophobic at the start, in a usual clan cat way) and copperpaw attacks him and shreds one of his ears, causing the moon to be covered.

later on after ravenpaw and copperpaw chat, and somewhat get along although cascadeclan deputy kindleblaze brings copperpaw home. day after jackdawstar takes her kits to publicly apologize at Cc camp, and copperpaw invites ravenpaw to something called "rendezvous", which he is a host of. ravenpaw is allowed to take rookpaw as a plus one.

essentially rendezvous are just coordinated highschool parties. big fan of catmint. copperpaw's brother reedstrike (then reedpaw) was the founder of them, but after he died copperpaw recruited a tomcat in his clan named honeysucklepaw, and Hc's healer apprentice ternpaw to help host.

they get to this party and it all goes alright, rookpaw eats a little bit too much catmint but copperpaw gives him some honeycomb to subside it and they get along for the first time.

we're also introduced to ploverpaw after the rendezvous, who is a shecat in rookpaw's clan who is very fond of him. ternpaw and ravenpaw start to become very close.

rookpaw's infatuated with the idea of "getting back" at copperpaw for shredding his ear through all of this. when the next rendezvous comes around (they happen every new moon), he attacks copperpaw during a party game, which earns him some nasty scoldings from ternpaw and copperpaw both.

a cat named kestrelpaw approaches rookpaw after all of this, asking him about his violent tendencies and they end up offering rookpaw a chance (more like, telling him) to meet his great-grandfather jaystar just out of curiosity. a few days later they meet, and rookpaw's a bit intrigued only because jaystar is far less scary then stories made him out to be. around this, jaystar and kestrelpaw are both keen on rookpaw improving his fighting to get back at copperpaw, but drop this once rook grows more fond of copperpaw. after some time he becomes a official df trainee.

copperpaw, ravenpaw, and ternpaw all spend some time together, establishing themselves as friends, and copperpaw gets to know a little more about rookpaw as a result. when they're all heading home, copper and rook accidentally meet on the border, and have a genuine conversation. rook learns about copperpaw's deceased brother, and how he at one point had this faded pink collar from a kittypet he'd been fond of. during this, rookpaw's like, wtf, he looks pretty, holy shit i have to get out of here, and bolts.

rookpaw decides he can try and make friends with copperpaw as amends, and he spends some time to retrieve this collar to deliver it to copperpaw at the next gathering. around this time rookpaw befriends a clanmate named crescentpaw, who advises him a lot and tells him he's probably not straight, which rookpaw's like "whatever" but is fully in denial about having any opinion on copperpaw besides "tense friends".

following this, for some funsies at the third rendezvous we get to have the cats reenact hamilton. they're all theatre nerds. it's fun.

"not really in-rp but canon or will be canon anyways"

i've got a lot of plans for rookpaw mainly involving his father, great-grandfather and his dark forest stuff. he hates prickletongue, the feeling's mutual, although eventually prickletongue is learned to be the father of bumblesnag's kits and he's "revoked" from his spot as king.

rookpaw ends up killing kestrelpaw during dark forest training and swears off of doing it afterwards. he becomes terrified of the idea of his grandfather not really being all kind like he thought, and that he might be like that eventually anyways. often he wonders if he "looks like" jaystar, as they're both colorpoints, but not really. they don't.

kestrelpaw's twin kitepaw (these two are relatives of ploverpaw, fun fact) ends up joining HC to investigate kestrelpaw's entire vanishing from CC, and ploverpaw helps, as well as ropes rookpaw into helping without the knowledge that he's the one who did it. I'm not sure where to go from there.

ravenpaw stuff

ravenpaw's arguably more important then rookyboy, i love her lots. her story is mainly focused on becoming herself and not just an heir- her mother's more conservative ideals have her ruin her closest relationship; when ternpaw confesses to her and ravenpaw freaks out at the idea of realizing she's gay.

i dabble with the idea of crowkit (crowpaw, in this scenario) patrolling with her kin and being attacked by a owl, or hawk, something bird of prey, and jackdawstar defends her but loses her last life in a terrible time, since ravenpaw will still be PAW and have to take over early. it'd mirror ternpaw, who's mentor maggotbreath dies of old and and has her require to become full healer and name herself 'ternflight'.

ravenpaw either will become 'ravenstar', and allow herself to just follow the cycle and have herself be unhappy, change the rules with her newfound power and shape her clan for the better, or leave entirely. in the latter situation rookpaw would either join her or have to take over as leader. we'll see!

[rabbitcruiser]

Top Gun Day

Host a watch party, with costumes and topical games, or simply gather your friends to watch the 1986 Tom Cruse classic Top Gun and its sequels.

In 1986, smack dab in the middle of the bodacious decade of neon, headbangers and The Brat Pack, the movie Top Gun roared into theaters like an F-14 Tomcat. It got a missile lock on the box office and shot down just over $356 million, making it what would eventually be the 11th highest grossing movie of Tom Cruise’s career. The movie centers on Maverick, a hot shot pilot, who is sent to the US Navy Fighter Weapons school, and all of the drama, pride and testosterone that scenario entails.

History of Top Gun Day

The actual Navy Fighter Weapons School was formed in 1969, during the time of the Viet Nam War, by the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral, Thomas Hinman Moorer, at the recommendation of Captain Frank Ault. The realization came that the Navy’s fighter pilots needed more training. 

During Operation Rolling Thunder, the United States lost nearly 1,000 aircraft over North Vietnamese skies. The USAF and Navy both sought the causes, but came to two different conclusions. The Air Force believed that the fault was mechanical: that MiG pilots caught American pilots in a rear blind spot. The Navy decided that the failure was in training. The Air Force responded by developing new technology, while the Navy started the Top Gun school, eventually paving the way for 110 minutes of heart pounding action, backed by a roaring theme song.

Top Gun Day Timeline

 1969

Top Gun school admits its first class 

The Navy Fighter Weapons School is opened for extra combat training at the height of the Viet Nam war.

 1981

Tom Cruise debuts on the big screen 

Playing a minor role in the film, Endless Love, Tom Cruise was beat out for the starring role (opposite Brooke Shields) by Martin Hewitt, an actor who would end up doing mostly random TV appearances afterward.

 1986

Top Gun is released 

Quickly earning a deep love from audiences, Top Gun becomes the highest grossing film of the year.

 1987

US Navy uses the film for recruiting 

In a “Join the Navy” commercial, songs from the movie are used along with shots that look like that came straight from Top Gun footage.

 2022

Top Gun 2 

After waiting more than 30 years, the world finally gets to see Tom Cruise in action again as “Maverick”.

How to Celebrate Top Gun Day

Top Gun Day celebrates the movie, but at its core is all about attitude. It teaches about the importance of teamwork…and shirtless volleyball. So how do you take the highway to the danger zone?

Get started with some of these ideas:

Reenact the best Top Gun Movie Scenes 

A good way to begin might be by reliving the adventures of Goose, Maverick and the Iceman. Go to a karaoke bar and sing “She’s Lost that Loving Feeling” and “Take My Breath Away.” Why not try to play a little volleyball with a group? Shirtlessness is optional, of course. Download some Kenny Loggins and blast “Danger Zone” out of those car windows as loud as is possible.

But maybe karaoke isn’t the thing and the weather isn’t good enough for sports. It is still possible to find other ways to enjoy the day!

Host a Top Gun Day Party

Get friends and family together for a cool party in honor of Top Gun Day. Invite people to dress up like their favorite characters. Entertain by playing Top Gun trivia games before settling in to watch the movie.

During the movie, don’t forget to grab a pair of dark aviator glasses and an old leather jacket. For an added challenge, try to find a pair of overalls to convert into a flight suit! It might even be fun to make it into a double feature with some other jet-fighter movies of the era, like the lesser known Iron Eagle, which actually came out a few months before Top Gun.

Snacks served at the party could include a variety of airplane and naval themed treats, such as patriotic m&ms in red, white and blue, cookies in the shapes of stars, airplanes or clouds, and even aviator glasses. Decorations can, of course, feature anything red, white and blue, stars & stripes, naval, airplanes, American flags or even quotes from the Top Gun movie.

Listen to the Top Gun Soundtrack

Of course, the music played at the Top Gun Day party is key. After all, the movie won more awards for its soundtrack and score than in any other category! It’s packed with quintessential 80s classic songs, like these:

Playing with the Boys by Kenny Loggins. Featuring in Tom Cruise’s shirtless beach volleyball scene, this song plays when Maverick (wearing full-length jeans) and Goose beat their adversaries. Of course, then Maverick bails because he has a date with his love interest, Charlie, played by Kelly McGillis. 

Take My Breath Away by Berlin. It must be good because this song plays in Top Gun no less than four times! Incidentally, the band named themselves Berlin in an attempt to make people think they were German, but they were really an American new wave band. 

Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Appearing in the movie three times, this is the ultimate fighter jet song. 

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by The Righteous Brothers. This one is a classic from 1964 that made a comeback more than 20 years later because of the Top Gun Movie. It plays in the movie when Maverick and the other naval officers lip sync it to Charlie in the bar while it plays on the jukebox. 

Show Off with Top Gun Quotes

The Top Gun movie offers a ton of quotable lines that can be used to make an impression. For instance, you can ask your friends for permission to buzz the tower. If they say no, do it anyway. If they ask YOU to buzz the tower, be sure to say “Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.” Just be prepared for them to buzz you anyway.

Or, even easier, simply tell everyone you see that you have the need, the need for speed. “You can be my wingman forever”, “Let’s turn and burn!” and “Remember boys, no points for second place” are also some other great lines from the film.

Learn Some Fun Facts About Top Gun

Even those who consider themselves to be pretty big fans of the movie might have something new to learn when it comes to Top Gun Day trivia! Here are some fun facts to impress friends and coworkers alike on the day:

Top Gun is set in San Diego, California and many of the sites for filming can still be visited, including Charlie’s little blue house and Kansas City Barbeque, which still features Goose’s piano.

Tom Cruise, at only 5’7”, wore lifts in his shoes to balance out the taller 5’10” Kelly McGillis as his love interest in the movie.

The movie didn’t originally have a love scene. That scene between Maverick and Charlie was added later, after test audiences said it needed one.

Bryan Adams was invited to sing on the Academy Award winning soundtrack, but he backed out because he thought the movie promoted war.

Play Top Gun Video Games

There are also two Top Gun video games currently available. The first is simply called Top Gun and was released for iOS devices by Freeverse Software. The second is called Top Gun: Hardlock. It comes from 505 Games, and is playable on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Talk to a Member of the Armed Forces

There are many ways one could enjoy and relieve the excitement of the movie, but perhaps one of the more meaningful things you could do is to find a member of the armed forces, particularly an aviator, and thank them for keeping the skies safe. Ultimately, without someone up there, we might not have the movie, or the day, down here.

However you choose to celebrate, be sure to raise a glass for Goose, Maverick, Iceman and the rest of Top Gun class of 1986. Let the world know that you haven’t lost that loving feeling, even after all this time.

Top Gun Day FAQs

How old is Tom Cruise in Top Gun?

Top Gun was released when Tom Cruise was just 23 years old, just three years after his break-through role in Risky Business.

Are Top Gun pilots real?

Yes! Top Gun was an actual pilot training school in San Diego, California, known as the Navy Fighter Weapons School, until it merged with another school and moved to Fallon, Nevada in 1996.

When was Top Gun made?

The original Top Gun movie was made in 1986.

What is the most famous song in Top Gun?

“Take My Breath Away” by Berlin won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Other popular songs from the film include “Danger Zone” and “Playing with the Boys”, both by Kenny Loggins.

Did Top Gun win any awards?

Top Gun won most of its awards for the music and sound, but other awards include a People’s Choice Award and an ASCAP Award.

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[eurovision-facts]

Hi! Love your posts !! Suggestion for a fact (if you take those): Eurocat. The 1990 Eurovision featured an animated purple cat in the postcards (?) named Eurocat and I’ve never seen anyone mention anything about his existence. I only learned about him bc I was researching old shows and saw him mentioned on the Wikipedia page. 10/10

Eurovision Fact #477:

Eurocat was the mascot created for the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb. He appeared at the beginning of each postcard in an animated short that featured a blue background with the name of the country repeating on a diagonal and some cultural representation of the country being showcased that Eurocat would interact with.

For example, on the postcard for Spain, Eurocat blew bubbles that formed the Olympic rings, calling to the fact that Spain would host the Summer Games in two years.

Eurocat was created by Joško Marušić, who is credited for his as a member of the directors of the per-production materials for the contest for animation.

While introducing Belgium, commentator Terry Wogan spoke a bit about the mascot saying, "Eurocat! A tomcat who's slightly neurotic, not too silly, and eminently lovable." He also later said while introducing Luxembourg that he was "trying to ignore this cat," adding "I don't think he's gonna go away though," under his breath.

[Sources]

Yugoslavia, Eurovision.tv.

Eurovision Song Contest 1990 (No commentary), 2:47:06, YouTube.com.

Eurovision mascot 1990 EuroCat compilation, YouTube.com.

Barcelona 1992, Olympics.com.

"I would love to share with you..." @rice-crackerz on Tumblr -- See reblogs and comments (esp by @mirai-desu, @elliemadeit, and @unibrowzz) for their knowledgeable comments :)

[deathmimedream]

Cardi’s Day Off

Just because he worked very hard, and often too much, didn’t mean that Copia never got a day off.

Usually he’d stay in his room, napping, feeding the wildlife outside, playing video games, or reading.

Not today.

Today, he wanted to spoil himself a little.

He’d showered, trading his cassock, soutane, trousers, button down shirt and suspenders for an oversized band tee shirt and sweats.

His face was scrubbed clean of makeup, mustache and sideburns neatly trimmed, the rest of his face freshly shaved.

He’d splashed on toner, a little hydrating serum and moisturizer, took time for a dab or two of cologne.

He paused on the way to his Kitchenette to lean down, petting along the back of one of the stray cats that wandered the Abby.

This one was a long-haired ragdoll that frequently appeared in his room, and shared his bed. He’d called him Puff, and had a sneaking suspicion Puff had adopted the cardinal.

He dodged around another big, fluffy, orange Tomcat, called Mojo, who he knew belonged to one of the sisters, as he dug for what he needed to make himself lunch.

Cats weren’t the only frequent animal visitors to his room, he’d even hosted a stray dog, a few wild mice he released safely outside, a raven that brought him bits of colored glass on the balcony, and multiple bats and songbirds.

The upper clergy teased him for his kindness and multitude of animal companions, calling him ‘little snow white’ but he paid it no mind.

He packed up a light lunch in a little handbasket, along with treats and snacks for his animal friends. He tucked in a good book, and a nice blanket to sit on outside.

He added in a bottle of il conte fini Pinot Grigio, and picking up the basket, and Puff, he headed outside for a relaxing afternoon in the gardens.

He stepped out to the terrace, putting Puff down to the tune of an indignant mew, and paused to pick up a chunk of cobalt seaglass from the raven’s feeder.

He left a few fat butternut squash ravioli for the sweet bird, tucking the glass away in his pocket as he moved to primo’s garden.

He spread the blanket under the oldest oak tree on ministry grounds, over a layer of thick, soft moss.

With a few groans he settled in, carefully unpacking his book, and the lunch he’d made himself.

Seeing Copia settled, Puff took it as an invitation to curl up next to the Cardinal’s hip, purring. He chuckled, taking a moment to scratch behind the cat’s ears, then opening the wine.

He took sips and nibbles of his lunch between turns of the pages, this current book a fantasy novel the same Sister who owned Mojo the cat had lent him.

Eve Forward’s ‘ Villains by necessity’. He was seven chapters in, and was finding it as enthralling as ‘the hobbit’.

Three hours later, lunch had been eaten, two glasses of wine drank, and Copia was napping with his back against the old tree, book opened under one gloved hand in his lap as he snored softly.

He made it to chapter twelve, barely.

Around him, an old dog and three cats curled up against him, one of Cardi’s hands on Puff’s back, while a dozen songbirds hopped around in the grass, and a Raven watched over everyone from a branch up the tree.

Snow White indeed.

[govindhtech]

AWS Amazon Inspector and How to use Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector secures active containers by linking Amazon ECR images.

What's Amazon Inspector?

AWS Amazon Inspector automatically detects software bugs and unintended network exposure in AWS workloads. It provides large-scale automated vulnerability management.

How to utilise Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector scans several AWS workloads, including:

Amazon EC2 instances, Lambda functions, ECR container images, and CI/CD technologies are examples.

It finds unintended network exposure and software bugs in these resources.

Container Security Enhancements:

Recent improvements to AWS Amazon Inspector boost container security. It adds two container image management capabilities:

Links Amazon ECR images to active containers: This method lets security teams rate vulnerabilities by whether your environment hosts Amazon ECR images. Amazon ECS and EKS containers can detect running images and their deployment locations. It also provides the cluster Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and the number of EKS pods or ECS tasks where an image is installed to aid in prioritisation by usage and severity.

Increase vulnerability scanning support: Amazon Inspector supports Scratch, distroless, and Chainguard basic base images for vulnerability scanning. Support for Puppeteer, WordPress (core, themes, and plugins), Amazon Corretto, Apache Tomcat, Apache httpd, Oracle JDK & JRE, and the Go toolchain is also added. It provides consistent vulnerability assessments for minimum base images and typical Linux distributions through a single service.

How Container Mapping Works:

Container mapping lets teams see which container images are operating in their environment. Container images are monitored regularly to do this.

This feature requires sophisticated scanning in the Amazon ECR console. In the AWS Amazon Inspector console, you may specify image re-scan mode by last pull or last in-use date. Last-used date is used by default. If images were shot within 14 days, you can pick how long Inspector will monitor them.

Container image lifetime aspects that can be monitored include:

Image push date (14, 30, 60, 90, 180, or lifetime).

Image capture date (14, 30, 60, 90, 180 days)

Instead of never, 14–180 days

Image state in container

Amazon EKS and ECS workloads default to 14 days for last in use, push, and pull for new clients. Businesses can alter their monitoring to reflect container image consumption rather than repository events.

Prioritising and Finding Details:

To aid cleanup, AWS Amazon Inspector now includes image runtime-aware data in every finding. The lastInUseAt date and the number of deployed EKS pods or ECS tasks using the image are included.

In the Details menu of the Inspector console, you can see the number of EKS pods or ECS tasks, last in-use, and pull dates for container images. The cluster ARN, latest use dates, and sort of each image are presented when the count is selected.

You can filter photographs by their last running date within 14, 30, 60, or 90 days or by the lastInUseAt field using rolling window or fixed range settings in findings reports. This helps prioritise cleanup by usage.

Visibility Between Accounts:

AWS Amazon Inspector supports security management for delegated administrator, cross-account, and single AWS accounts. It shares container image data inside the firm. All ARNs for Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS clusters with images are provided for complete visibility across multiple AWS accounts. Daily updates are made to deployed EKS pods and ECS tasks as accounts join or leave the enterprise.

Amazon Inspector benefits:

Find software bugs

Use Amazon EC2, Lambda functions, and container images in Amazon ECR and CI/CD technologies to find software bugs and inadvertent network exposure in real time.

Manage SBOM exports centrally

Manage SBOM exports for all monitored resources centrally and add security early in development.

Prioritise cleanup

Prioritise remediation using the AWS Amazon Inspector risk score to reduce MTTR.

Increase vulnerability evaluations' coverage

Easily switch between agent-based and agentless EC2 scanning.

Amazon Inspector Use Cases

Quickly find computational workload zero-day vulnerabilities

You can automate discovery, expedite vulnerability routing, and reduce MTTR using over 50 vulnerability intelligence sources.

Prioritise patch repair

To rank and fix vulnerable resources, contextual risk ratings use network accessibility and CVE data.

Meet compliance standards

AWS Amazon Inspector scans support NIST CSF, PCI DSS, and other regulatory compliance and best practices.

Early in development, change security

Export an aggregated SBOM for the observed resources and incorporate vulnerability scanning in developer tools.

Prices on Amazon Inspector

Container mapping is now available in all Amazon Inspector-accessible AWS regions. These new features are free. Amazon Inspector offers a 15-day free trial for new accounts. The Amazon Inspector pricing page lists regional availability and costs.

AWS Inspector is an automated vulnerability management tool that checks various AWS workloads. Container images in Amazon ECR, ECS, and EKS were added recently. Runtime awareness and cross-account visibility assist prioritise remediation.

[eternally-sugary]

Do you think (trojan) isolates himself out of guilt for everything. Like when Sarlet makes a host army do you think he is notably absent because he can't stand to be even close to people who are trying to save others? That he doesn't deserve anything close to a happy ending because he messed everything up for everyone and now no one is left to love him and he should never ever come back because every time he tries to get up he sees the genuine hurt in Tomcat's eyes when he pushed her away and he wants to rip his hair out over it.

Yeah i think all of that about him, i also think Trojan is wrong most of the time and probably the best way to fix things with everyone would be talking to them. But we both know he ain't coming to that conclution on his own - BIbi

[thatsrightice]

Yes but we need to acknowledge the real MVP of this image, former F-14 Tomcat RIO, author, and host of the F-14 Tomcast:

✨Dave “Bio” Baranek ✨

Mav sends variations on this to Ice every other week and the gag never gets old