#travis hoffman

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[evilvvithin]

top 9 characters i loved in 2023

tagged by @hellboys (TYSM leo ♡)

hectic year full of fav game characters and pathetic villain boys, these are the ones that came to my mind instantly. I might've been obsessed with other characters more but clearly they didn't leave such mark on me to remember them now ☺

no pressure tags: @josephseedismyfather @xenobites @xellnikov @crumb @the-slasher-files @lucifers-horror-harem @shimichoko & anyone wanting to do this

[hansatorium]

There is a lot going on here.

[summersnow82]

So, here’s a question for y’all: what is your favorite Ted role?

I know some of y’all discovered him in “The Quarry”, while others have loved him since “SeaQuest” and “Xena.”

So tell me, Tedites, which role is your favorite?

(This is my favorite gif of him in my favorite role. 😊)

[driptape]

# - dante x monet , cleo x thiago , holland x travis , zane x lavender

[teamhawkeye]

Highlights from the Ted Raimi Q&A from GalaxyCon

first off, he commandeered the mic from the panel moderator and went off script for like 15 minutes

he asked how much everyone had to pay for tickets and was AGHAST at hearing the price. he was also asking about how much food and other expenses added onto that and took a poll to see who would be broke after the end of the weekend

he also mentioned that this was the first time he'd ever had fried chicken at breakfast, and his first ever time trying grits! he really enjoyed grits but was confused whether they should be sweet or savory, since he thinks he had them served sweet and most everyone agrees they should be savory instead

because he had the last panel of the last day, he felt that all of us there that came to hear him talk were the "weirdos" of the convention, in the most affectionate way possible

as for actual questions he answered:

across his whole career, he said he thinks The Quarry is the best thing he's ever done,

when asked for some of his favorite endings of The Quarry, he said that Laura and Max reuniting is high up there since those were the characters/actors he spent the most time interacting with and being entrenched in their story. he also said he'd heard of an ending where most of the Hacketts survived and no one else did, and with Travis being a Hackett, he supposed that one was one he could get behind

he mentioned that the prop gun that Travis had during mocap was a rubber band gun, and that he used it to fire rubber bands at Skyler, who in turn would sling them back at him

he got asked about a favorite moment he got to be a part of in the Spider-Man trilogy and said it's from Spider-Man 3, where J. Jonah Jameson is saying "you want a staff job, you want a staff job. doesn't anybody care what I want?" and Hoffman pops his head in to say "I do!" and gets met with "shut up. get out"

he also said that JK Simmons was amazing to work with and that he brought such great energy to set and their scenes

there were a few questions about Xena. he was asked for a favorite episode and he admitted he can't really remember what scenes he filmed went with what episodes and didn't have an answer for that.

he was asked what kind of dog he thought Joxer would be and his first answer was "a kicked one". he then tried to come up with a breed that would essentially be loyal and energetic but dumb as a bag of rocks

he got asked if he still knew the words to Joxer the Mighty (yes) and if he'd be willing to sing it (no)

he was similarly asked if he had a favorite episode of SeaQuest and he likewise answered that he couldn't remember which scenes matched with what episodes, it had been too long for him to keep them straight

he did say that everyone remaining in the SeaQuest cast have remained great friends in the years since it aired, which he stressed was a rarity. they're planning on having a reunion dinner sometime next year out in Cali where they'll all get together to party and celebrate

on top of saying what great people all the surviving cast members are, he made sure to mention just how much he enjoyed filming with Michael Ironside in the final season and what a privilege it was to act alongside him

it was somewhere between Xena and SeaQuest questions that a fan had trouble with getting the microphone adjusted to ask her question and Ted leapt off stage to come adjust it for her before returning back to his seat on stage

when asked about the role of Henrietta and returning to that suit and makeup in Ash vs. Evil Dead, he said that the process was still pretty exhausting and gross as it was 30 years earlier

he got asked a pretty silly question about Robocop (being set in Detroit) and he mentioned having worked with Peter Weller on Odyssey 5 and what a unique experience that was and how he enjoyed filming it

one of the most profound things he said was in regards to a question about the film industry as a whole and its evolution. he mentioned how the best thing that had changed in the film industry since he started was the treatment of women in it, how it's changed for the better, and as it rightfully should have. he also said that he feels like very recently, he'd finally reached a point in his life where he felt he'd hit his stride. that there were years and stretches of time where he was just taking roles to keep his lights on and pay his rent, that there were hard times he had to get through. but that now, in his 50s, he'd felt content with where he was with his career and in his life. and he made sure to stress that sometimes people find their purpose in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, or even later - that there is no right or wrong time to reach that point, that it comes about on its own and that it's never "too late"

i'm very obviously paraphrasing some of this, because at the time i didn't know we'd be allow to record or take photos, so this is all just from memory! i hope that it was taped and ends up available for viewing sometime soon!

[brokehorrorfan]

The Getaway has been released on Blu-ray exclusively from Shout Factory. Limited to 2,010, the 1994 action thriller is available for $29.98.

Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, Species) directs from a script by Walter Hill (The Warriors) and Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal), based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Farnsworth, James Woods, and Philip Seymour Hoffman star.

The Getaway is presented unrated in high definition. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film critic Travis Woods (new)

Interviews with composer Mark Isham and film historian C. Courtney Joyner (new)

Behind-the-scenes featurette

Interview with actor Alec Baldwin

Interview with actress Kim Basinger

Theatrical trailer

Escaping with the loot from a robbery, Doc and Carol McCoy (Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger) find themselves on the run from both the law and the deadly hit squad of crime boss Jack Benyon (James Woods). When Doc discovers that Carol struck a deal with Benyon to buy his freedom, the boundaries of love, lust, and greed are put to the ultimate test.

[mariacallous]

“They’re Fresh and They’re More Interesting”

After Barack Obama finished his prime-time DNC address Tuesday night, influencers and content creators streamed their way into what was expected to be one of the week’s largest convention after-parties.

Hundreds of guests were greeted by bright neon lights that read “Hotties for Harris,” before entering what honestly felt like the Museum of Ice Cream but for liberals living out their 2008 fantasy with a 2024 twist. Content creation opportunities abounded: There was a couch that took a jab at JD Vance, a “wall of weirdos” with portraits of Republican leaders, a wall of Dem “Hotties” that include Kamala Harris and Travis Kelce, a dance floor, an arcade room featuring “abortion access Skee-Ball,” and a feminist mini golf course.

For hours, creators danced and mingled in front of a stage flashing the faces of Harris and Tim Walz with Charli XCX and Taylor Swift songs ringing out from the DJ booth. There were also two signature cocktails called the “Madam President’s Spicy ‘Rita” and “A Walz on the Beach,” for “folks who can’t handle the spice.”

I watched as Claudia Conway, daughter of former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, tried to snag a plushie from a “grab them by the pussy”–themed claw game while other attendees filmed themselves breakdancing in the arcade. Some of the older creators, like Pearlmania500, spent a lot of time outside the venue chatting up people they’ve met this week.

“This wouldn’t have happened with Joe Biden as the nominee,” Emma Mont, an admin of the OrganizerMemes X account, said about the palpable excitement at the Hotties for Harris party.

The night was hosted by a handful of creators and funded by Investing in US, an investment firm funded by LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, with the goal of encouraging difficult-to-reach audiences and young people to vote.

The DNC marks the first time that creators were credentialed to cover the convention as part of the Democratic Party’s overall strategy for reaching young voters. Two hundred creators received credentials, and the Hotties for Harris event was only one of the many happy hours and after-parties set up for creators to hang out, and most importantly, make content.

“This is the future. It's not just the future because this is how you reach a lot of young voters. It's the future because they're fresh and they're more interesting, and they don't just want to talk about the horse race, and they don't just want to talk about who insulted who,” says Representative Ro Khanna, who spoke to me about his interviews with creators. “They want to talk about actual issues and actual vision.”

Khanna is all in on the creators. On Tuesday afternoon, I followed the congressman around as he spoke with some of them. At first, Khanna went up to “Video 24” the broadcast studio, similar to the ones belonging to CNN or Fox News, dedicated to creators. He was greeted there by Phillip DeFranco, an OG news YouTuber, who was filming videos and interviews that would run on his channel later this week. He then spoke with Hasan Piker, both in the studio and during a “walk and talk” as the congressman made his way to the convention floor.

After the interview, I spoke with Piker about his experience covering the convention thus far. Though I reported earlier this week on how some journalists were upset over the access and amenities provided to creators, some influencers also faced their own logistical challenges at the beginning of the week.

“They were very accommodating after I was able to communicate to them what I'm trying to do. This morning, we had to literally pull a direct line of Ethernet cables into the creator lounge upstairs,” says Piker. “I basically took over. I'm occupying the creator lounge right now and doing like an eight- to 10-hour livestream from there.”

But while a handful of creators are scoring interviews with political leaders, some members of the press fear they’re being replaced, especially as Harris critics call her out for not yet sitting down for a full media interview.

“I think you need to have both. I think there's very smart, responsible journalism on television and in print that have deep knowledge and challenge people,” says Khanna. “That's important. And I think that there are people on podcasts and content creators who also challenge people in different ways, and that's important.”

For now, though, as the Harris campaign takes its DNC-fueled victory lap around Chicago, it’s obvious that while this was only the first creator-focused convention, it likely won’t be the last.

[jackienautism]

briefly talked abt this w/ my friend (hiii @kilowattsons) (dont read this if you dont want too many spoilers) after i FINALLY watched saw (2004) w/ them but i just. i jsut. ii..

throwing my SMG followers a bone rn. but hear me out hear me out. laura and travis + amanda and john parallels. esp in fanon context

I JUST. to preface this i KNOW that amanda canonically refers to john as her father, but that ddef doesnt make the relationship any better fdgkfng butOKAY OKAY. HEAR ME OUT

it pisses me OFF how (outside of that dumbass batch of ppl that ship them ...) fans REALLY tried to make travis out to be some sort of uncle figure for laura and thats just ..... not how things work? kdfgnf no matter HOW you spin it, their relationship will NEVER be healthy, unless you wanna have something so DEVOID of canon, which is just annoying. like. at that point just make up your own characters DSFKGNFDGK LIKE. travis and laura will not and can NEVER have a relationship where things arent icky or bad. and if you say otherwise youre just too indulged in fanon and i recommend playinmg the fucking game again

but the same goes for amanda and john yk... it jjust. their relationship is MEANT ot be one of toxicity and whatnot. its not MEANT to be healthy. but (and i see this a LOT) ppl love to paint a picture that shows them in this normal and loving relationship and to me its jsut ???? dont get me wrong i ENJOY seeing these characters in happy and normal contexts, but sometimes its just.. it becomes so far from canon that it becomes almost .... ignorant? like youre purposely avoiding the canon material and making things that only YOU wanna see? if that makes sense? which, once again, there is no problem with. i of course indulge in stuff like this from time to time as well but its just .... this is fucking saw we're talking abt. its not meant to be happy or w/e

the only reason WHY this relationship exists is bc of the saw world and the in world contexts. outside of it (if everyone and everything were cookie cutter and happy and not Bad) there wouldnt be a need for john to have amanda and for amanda to have john. bc in a "happy" case, john woudlnt have lost his child. and amanda woudlnt have a shitty relationship w/ her father. the NEED for them both wouldnt exist if everythign were ideal

i hjavent rly looked for it much but the whole "jigsquad" thing is just sooo ..... like. i dont want to be mean ! and i get ppl can do whatever they want w/ the media they consume ! but ! it annoys me kdfngfg bc realistically nothing in this world is healthy and its sort of annoying when ppl make it out to BE healthy. like. thats the whole appeal of these characters and their relationships. theyre MEANT to be bad for each other. theyre MEANT to be toxic. theyre NOT meant ot have a normal relationship! and writing it as such defeats its original purpose!

ok back to travis and laura . like. first things first travis being a cop and locking her and max up for 2 months already deters them from having a good and meaningful and normal relationship lmao . but at the end of chapter 9? he manipulates himself and his situation to get laura to help him in his family bullshit. aka . killing a person she knows absolutely nothing about. shes not a shitty person, so of COURSE shes goingn to say "sure" to the person tthats practically begging for her help. and in this line of events, she can even be killed! like! and travis should fucking know this! hes willing to use this girl hes traumatized for his own gain! to solve HIS problems! its fucked up

and do i even need to say how john used a girl hes traumatized for his own gain? its written all over the movies brother. and in canon, he DOES end up killing her! he leads her to her demise! yes i kn ow hoffman's note is essentially what lead amanda to her demise but. john is the one who put this all in motion and who wanted to test her again despite beating her test in the original movie. and for making it through the bullshit of saw ii

but yeah. long story short. ppl making it seem like that these 2 duos have good familial relationships is so just errrghhhh . in laura and travis' case, this is NOT the answer to being a normal person and not shipping them. they shouldnt have a relationship at all realistically lmao. and the same goes for john and amanda, even if amanda canonically relies on and sees john as a ffather figure. if it werent for their pasts, they wouldnt need each other

basically what im saying is that. travis and john traumatize these girls then eventually uses them to further their own agendas, which get them (or can get them) killed. and yet fandom LOOOVES to see them as this normal healthy familial dynamic and it pisses me off and and and

[travispilledmartinezcel]

Rules, Guidelines, and My Short List of Fandom(s) I Refuse to Acknowledge

I'll do fics+headcanons for any of the following:

YELLOWJACKETS; Shauna Shipman, Travis Martinez SAW; John Kramer, Amanda Young, Mark Hoffman RESIDENT EVIL; Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine HALLOWEEN (H20&2018 unless specified); Laurie Strode Know any other fandoms I'm in but haven't listed? ASK! I'll write any horror villain/monster from movies I've seen if your prompt is "I am hunted for sport." It is the bread and butter of horror and I support your endeavor wholeheartedly. Getting murdered/almost murdered is a personal affair, so please tell me any boundaries beforehand, and be specific. I cannot read minds. If you want to get saw trapped, please help me with a general vibe (type of trap+why+who is saw trapping you).

What don't I write?;

I will write just about anything within my own personal boundaries, which means anything goes except for smut or graphic details pertaining to sexual assault and rape. If I come across anything else I am uncomfortable with, I will delete asks without comment and update here at a later time if necessary.

General guidelines:

I do not like halloween (dir. rob zombie). I do not acknowledge that movie or michael myers's freakishly tall, freakishly blonde form If interacting with my blog, please be 16+! If asking to be murdered or similar, 18+. PROMPTS ARE GOOD AND I LIKE THEM. I will write faster with prompts. Reader is gender neutral by default, unless specified. I will even add shoe size if told to (why, though?) Have a character you like but don't see from a fandom I've listed? Submit anyways! The above characters are ones I will write for, but I might take a crack at any unlisted ones. No guarantees, though.

[veone]

🍃snap shots of life

[killingsboys]

new septembers readathon book recs

i like making lists so i thought it would be fun to make a list of recommendations that fit at least one prompt in case people were struggling to find books!! every book on this list, i have either already read & enjoyed, or it's on my tbr:) books i have not read yet will be marked by an asterisk! and if you're not joining the readathon, this can still help you find some good books to read this autumn :)

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (a book about witches)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna* (a book about witches, a cozy fantasy)

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Weyward by Emilia Hart* (a book about witches)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (a gothic novel, an autumnal classic)

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (a creepy/horror book, a september 2023 release)

Wild Is the Witch by Rachel Griffin* (a book about witches)

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (a creepy/horror book)

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston* (an autumnal romance)

Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow* (a book about witches)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldree* (a cozy fantasy, an autumnal romance)

Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle, and more (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas* (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book)

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake* (dark academia)

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (a creepy/horror book, a book with a red cover)

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining, a gothic novel)

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with an orange cover)

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel, a september 2023 release)

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a retelling/reimagining)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher* (a gothic novel, a creepy/horror book)

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (a book with an orange cover)

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson* (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book)

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (dark academia, an autumnal classic)

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo* (a graphic novel, a book about witches, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz (a murder mystery, a september 2023 release)

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a book with a red cover, an autumnal classic)

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (a book with a red cover, a september 2023 release)

Coven by Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton* (a graphic novel, a book about witches)

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book, a book with an orange cover)

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes* (a book with a yellow cover)

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman* (a book with an orange cover)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson* (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (autumnal romance, a book with a red cover)

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran* (a creepy/horror book)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic)

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (a creepy/horror book)

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick* (a book with a yellow cover, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book)

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Tori Bovalino (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (an autumnal romance, an autumnal classic, a book with a red cover)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (a creepy/horror book)

Dracula by Bram Stoker (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson (a murder mystery)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (an autumnal classic)

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (a retelling/reimagining, a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (an autumnal classic)

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (a murdery mystery)

If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun* (a book with an orange cover, an autumnal romance, september 2023 release)

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (short story collection, creepy/horror book)

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (a book with a yellow cover, a book that takes place at a boarding/private school)

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book)

Crooked House by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book that (partially) takes place in september, a book with a red cover)

Ace of Spades by Fariday Àbíké-Íyímídé (dark academia)

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (retelling/reimagining)

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (a cozy fantasy)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (an autumnal classic, a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house, a book with an orange cover)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (an autumnal classic)

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (an autumnal classic)

Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist* (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)

[sunshinerapmonster]

The Saregeant's Daughter - Chapter 9 Jay

"you like your job don't you?"

Chicago PD S7 EP15: Burden of Truth

"Yes, Will I will join you at Molly's with the rest," I said walking into the station.

He continued talking as I nodded at Platt she gave a fake smile before going back to order around some other officers.

"Yeah yeah I won't be late," I said before hanging up the phone.

"Morning," Kevin said from his desk.

"Where's Hank, Adam, and Kevin?" I asked as I sat down at my desk.

"Roman"

"Kim ex-partner?"

"Yeah, his sister is missing and they went to the scene of the fire," Antonio said walking out of the lounge.

"His sister is missing for how long?"

"We weren't told how long yet, you and Upton head down to med and talk with the victims that were found shot at the scene"

I stood up from my seat and followed Hailey to my car.

-

"We've been treating at least three ODs an hour, like stopping running water," the nurse said as we followed the nurse.

"This kid who set the fire?" Hailey asked.

"Yeah, Travis Butler. Paramedics brought him in 15 minutes ago, GSW to the stomach smoke inhalation. He's still in surgery, but—this place is too busy" she said.

"Then you see my daughter first"

"No, but my son's in worse condition than your daughter"

There were groups of parents surrounding Sylvie and Emily along with a nurse.

"Hey, what's going on?" I asked Sylvie.

"Victims from the fire were brought here, and so was Travis" Sylvia said.

Then two of the fathers started fighting by pushing each other.

"Police!"

"Hey, police!"

I got in between them to separate them from fighting in the middle of the hospital.

"Get off of me!"

"Hey! Police!" Hailey yelled as she grabbed one of the fathers and pushed him up against the wall.

"Police! You need to calm down!"

"Calm down. Calm down" I said turning to the father I had against the wall with my right arm against his chest while I pointed at him with my left finger.

"My sons are in worse condition"

"Calm down," Hailey said as she still had him against the wall.

"Okay"

-

I walked towards Hailey after talking with the other victims. I leaned into Hailey, "No witnesses saw Logan flee"

"Mr.Butler?"

"Yeah?"

"Surgery went well, Travis is stable," a doctor said walking towards us.

"Can I see him?"

"Mm-hmm" he before he walked back to the entrance he came out off.

We followed Mr.Butler to see his son so we could talk to him.

"No, I didn't see where Logan went," Travis said as he looked at us.

He hooked was up to loads of machines to keep track of his vitals and breathing.

"He, uh, he shot me, I saw him leave the room, but that's all"

"How well do you know Logan? You know where he might run to?" I asked him.

"I don't know him at all. A friend of mine told me where to find him. Told me he killed my girlfriend"

"He dealt to her?" Hailey said with her arms crossing against her chest.

"She was happy, she was perfect. Then he started selling to her. He's responsible for this. I was just trying to make it right. I'm going to jail aren't I" he said sighing.

-

"Ann Hoffman, 15. Clarke Preston, 17. Two more ODs were pronounced at Med in the last 24 hours. And their tic report matches our original DOA, Brandi. Mass amounts of fentanyl in their systems" Kevin said pointing his pen at the board.

"Same compound product our dealer Logan Peters is pushing. The kids got a few priors for possession, theft, and a statutory rape charge. He was 23, his girlfriend, 15. The charge was dismissed" Vanessa said pointing at his picture.

"All right, and the pills?" Hank asked.

"Thinking Mexican oxy, Looks feels, tastes like regular oxy, but it's fake. Made with fentanyl, instead" Hailey said.

"Comes directly from cartels, and is dealt to Hispanic gangs in the city," Antonio said looking at a file.

"I got something," Roman said which caused us all to look at him, "Latin players said Logan wasn't getting the product from them. Southside hustlers were granting him asylum"

"Well, begs the question where's he getting his product?" Kim said.

"Witness popped. The guy across the street from the fire says he saw Logan running toward the L. I pulled the footage, he got off at Wilson" Adam said.

"All right, so run all Logan Peters's known associations near that stop. I mean, the guys hiding somewhere, right? We find him, flip him for his supplier, get this product off the street before that board grows" Hank said walking to his Office with Trudy behind him.

-

"DNA found under Sarah's fingernails popped into the system. It was Logan's" Adam said throwing the file onto Hailey's desk.

"All right, somebody tells me we got something on this prick," Hank said.

"We ran the pill we found at the lake house through ISP. They did confirm that it matches our ODS, but it ain't Mexican oxy" Kevin said from his desk.

"That pull is way too sloppy for the cartels, ISP believes it's homemade," Antonio said.

"Might have something, we ran Logan's GPS stats. The tower pings up against known south-side hustler hot spots" Vanessa said walking towards Kim with the file.

"One hit an old stash house leases to a Leon Miller, guys a bit of a heavy known for leasing dope corners. It's a long shot, but that stretch of the city is dead man's land. There ain't nothing there"

"I mean, it's a damn good place to hide out," Adam said.

"Yeah, let's roll on it, Nice work Rojas" Hank said looking at the file that Kim had given him after looking at it.

-

"All right we will take front," Adam said but was cut off by gunshots coming from the warehouse.

We all got down and took shelter in our cars.

"5021 Frank, we got shots fired coming from inside a warehouse at 1600 West Racine. Get us some cars over here"

"Copy that"

"Ruz, you good?" I asked him as I saw him kneel to check the pulse of a body.

"Yeah, I'm good. We got Logan Peters. DOA looks like gunshot wounds to the chest" he said.

We then heard something moving which caused us all to look up to where the sound was coming from.

I followed Kim up with our guns out in front of us, I opened the door and Kim walked in first then I followed behind.

I checked behind her to cover her when we heard something crash.

"Hey. We got a possibility side of of the building" I said into my radio.

"Copy that"

I saw someone walking behind some storage stands, "Chicago PD! Don't move!" I yelled out.

He was then tackled by Kim.

"Don't move, where is the gun? You got the gun" I said as I kept my gun on the subject.

"No, I don't see him," Kim said as she flipped the suspect onto his back.

"Buddy, where's the gun?" She asked him again.

"He's foaming at the mouth"

"What is he, an OD?" I asked.

"I don't know you got Narcan?" She said shaking him.

"No"

"Oh god"' she said flipping him onto his side.

"5021 George, emergency. roll an ambo to 1600 West Racine, we got an OD victim. Nonresponsive. Advice responding to set up a four-block perimeter, we still might have a shooter here" I said into my radio.

"Copy that"

-

"GSR on the junkie is negative," Vanessa said putting the phone down.

"Dude ain't no killer, just a stone-cold addict," Kevin said running up the steps.

"All right, so what do we get on Leon Miller?"

"Confirmed he's the one that's paying rent on the warehouse. It's bad paper, but the money traces back to him. Narcotics says that he's well-established, smart, and strategic" Hailey said sitting on her desk as I looked at her from my desk.

"Hmm"

"He's a good fit for Logan's supplier," I said from my desk.

"All right, so dig into it. See if we can put him or one of his associates at the scene" Hank said.

"Sarge?" Kim said

"Yes?"

"Okay if I updated Roman?"

"Yeah"

-

"Yeah, I'm not sure—"

"Jay?"

"Yeah, whatsup," I said walking down the steps with Vanessa and file in hand.

"Any new leads?"

"No, we can prove that they knew each other from texts and social media, but there's no tower pings, there's no footage, nothing that puts Miller or anyone associated with him near Logan's murder," I said as we walked into the main room of the station.

"Guys," Hailey said walking towards us with Trudy.

"Who was that?" I asked as the man left the station.

"He's a potential witness. He says he was near the crime scene, saw a black Ranger Rover speed away a minute after hearing two gunshots" Hailey said.

"That's the lead we've been waiting for. Miller drives a black ranger rover" Vanessa said.

"Yeah. He also got a partial plate. Time to move"

-

We all pulled to the building and got out of our car with our guns out and wearing our bulletproof vest.

Kevin broke down the door and I rushed in first with Kim and Hailey behind me.

"Police! Gun!" I said as a suspect came out of a room with his gun, he shot at us but I returned fire killing him.

"I got you. Move up" I said to the girls.

"Shots fired at the police" I heard over the radio Kevin.

"Gun!" Hailey said before she returned fire to the suspect and killed him as well.

"Go, Burgess, go, Burgess, I got you," Kevin said.

"Sarge, I got a runner! He heading straight towards you" I said into my radio.

I heard a door be kicked down and the suspect fell to the ground with a loud thump and dropped his gun.

"Don't shoot" he said laying on the ground with his hands up while Hank had his gun pointed at him.

-

"We got Miller on tape eating at Frank's Grill over on Marquette from 12:31 to 2:18. Son of a bitch was telling the truth," Kim said.

"Well, maybe he didn't pull the trigger himself, doesn't mean he didn't order the hit," Hank said looking at Kim's computer screen.

"Hey. We finally caught a break with a bus cam" Adam said walking up the stairs with Antonio behind him.

"He was passing Racine, two blocks out, three minutes after the gunshots," Antonio said.

"Caught this blue Nissan sedan driving westbound. Unfortunately, because of the glare on the windows, you can't make out the driver"

"And the black Ranger rover?" Hank asked

"No? It's just the blue Nissan, no plates" Antonio said looking at Hank.

"Okay, so we start looking for owners of blue Nissans, Hey Kim"

"Yeah?"

"Talk to that witness again, maybe he saw a blue Nissan too," Hank said.

"Copy You"

-

"Where we at? We find any blue Nissan owners with a connection to Leon Miller or the DOA?" Hank asked as he walked out of his office.

"So we went through all of Millers' known associations. Nobody drives a blue Nissan" I said turning away from my screen to look at Hank.

"So, other than the car, the only piece of evidence we got is this witness, Christian Lewis. Who popped out of nowhere and luckily saw a black Range Rover speed from the scene"

"Maybe Miller let one of his associates drive the Ranger Rover to do the hit," Kim said playing with her pend as she looked at Hank.

"It's possible, but Miller seems smarter than that. So that leaves you—"

"the killer drives the same car as Miller with similar plates"

"Or the witness is lying his ass off," Kevin said.

I saw Kim shift on her chair as Kevin said that, she started to play with her fingers and sweating slightly the room wasn't even hot at all.

"Mm-hmm, all right, Kim, you talked to the witness yesterday. Her seem credible to you?"Hank said.

"Um, you know, I-I couldn't tell that he was lying," Kim said lying to Hank.

I let out a small chuckle that only Hailey managed to catch, she gave me that look with her eyes to cut it off.

"but his story did have some holes in it"

"Bring him in," Hank said.

-

We all sat at the church for Roman sister's funeral, everyone in Firehouse 51 where here to mourn the loss of a member's family even though we never met her.

The sound of the church door being opened caused me to turn around, Hank was walking in with familiar women next to his side. Once they got closer to us I was able to make the face it was Madeline.

She was dressed in all black and a long gray sweater she greeted the girls from 51 and took a seat next to them.

I didn't realize how long I was looking at her till Hailey nudged my shoulder.

"Staring is rude" she whispered as she looked at me.

I shook my head, "remember the girl I told you about?"

"Yeah"

"She walked in with Hank next to her," I said turning to face the front.

Antonio nudged my shoulder, "You like your job don't you?" He said.

"Yeah, I do why?" I asked confused.

"Then stay away from his niece," he said smirking at me.

I let out a cough Hailey started patting my back while Antonio let out a small chuckle but covered it up with a cough.

Everyone stood up to talk with each other or talk with the Roman family.

I looked at Madeline was talking comfortably with everyone from 51 and she looked close to Severide.

He greeted her with a kiss on her cheek and a giant hug.

"I never seen her, you know who that is?" Adam asked me as he stood next to me looking at me.

"Voight's niece," I said turning to face him.

"Voight has a silbing?!" He said shocked and confused.

"Antonio just told me I was star stark when I saw her walk in, I know her through my brother," I said turning away and making my way towards Hailey.

I then saw Madelinerun out of the church with her phone by her ear talking almost yelling.

"Duty calls," Antonio said looking at her.

-

I exited the elevator and walked towards my apartment lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice the man in front of me.

"Sorry man," I said

"It's cool," he said blowing before walking towards the elevator.

I couldn't stop thinking about how Madeline was Voight's niece, I couldn't see that many of the same features she didn't even look like him, maybe she knew Erin and grew up with her. I haven't said her name since she left three years ago would it be weird if we ended up dating does she even know about me or even us? Did Erin ever mention this to her?

I poured myself some whiskey into a cup before chugging the whole cup as that thought kept playing in my head with so many different answers.

Jay Master List

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What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

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relationships part one

[agayprince]

Mid-Year Recap 2024

Read 39 Books

The Book of (More) Delights: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The City of Brass: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Killers of a Certain Age:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Wicked Bargain: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jay's Gay Agenda: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Cruel Prince ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Girl Who Fell From The Sky ⭐⭐⭐

Fake Dates and Mooncakes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Stone Blind ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Daughter of the Moon Goddess ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Master of One ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Deadly Education ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bloom ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Last Canto of the Dead ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Café con Lychee ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fury of the Dragon Goddess ⭐⭐⭐

Heartstopper: Volume 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Infinity Alchemist ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Legacy of Yangchen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Project Nought ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Skandar and the Phantom Rider ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Teach the Torches to Burn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dark Age DNF

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I by Nagabe ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg ⭐

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Prince of Lust by Lucien Burr ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Skandar and The Chaos Trial ⭐⭐⭐

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Prospects by K. T. Hoffman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Favorite Books:

The Book of (More) Delights:

Killers of a Certain Age:

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea:

Fake Dates and Mooncakes

Master of One

Heartstopper: Volume 5

Deadly Education

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Infinity Alchemist

Skandar and the Phantom Rider

Teach the Torches to Burn

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

The Prospects by K. T. Hoffman

Least Favorite Books:

The Girl Who Fell From The Sky

Fury of the Dragon Goddess

Dark Age

The Glass Magician