#Diana Webster

[justineportraits]

Dorothy Webster Hawksley Artemis

#dorothy webster hawksley #diana

[wornoutspines]

Second Chance (2016 TV Series) Season Review | Unrealized Potential

I re-watched #SecondChance, and the concept, storylines and performances still hold up. I totally recommend for all sci-fi and crime drama fans. #TVSeries #Lokinglass #ScienceFiction @adhirkalyan @DilshadVadsaria @RobertKazinsky

Rand Ravich (Creator)CASTRobert KazinskyDilshad VadsariaAdhir KalyanCiara BravoVanessa LengiesTim DeKay Review This short-lived science-fiction crime drama is a series that I’ve re-watched a few times. It’s a clever modernization of Mary Shelly‘s Frankenstein which follows the story of Jimmy Pritchard, a 75-year-old former disgraced sheriff, played by Philip Baker Hall, who is murdered during a…

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#Adam DiMarco #Adam Kane #Adan Canto #Adhir Kalyan #Allison Miller #Amanda Detmer #Based on a book #Based on a novel #Book adaptation #Book to TV #Brad Turner #Breckin Meyer #Carmen Moore #Ciara Bravo #Crime #Dan Buran #derek webster #Diana Bang #Dilshad Vadsaria #Donny Lucas #Drama #Far Shariat #Félix Enríquez Alcalá #Frankenstein #Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus #Gwendolyn M. Parker #Henri Lubatti #Howard Gordon #Jenna Romanin #Jennifer Lynch

[lifeinpoetry]

Free/Inexpensive/Small Press (Mostly Poetry) Books (2022/11/14)

Free Ebooks

From A to Z by Etel Adnan

A Spell for Living by Keisha-Gaye Anderson

This Body I Have Tried to Write by Ja’net Danielo

Criptiques, ed. Caitlin Wood

The Awful Truth by Diana Hamilton

Okay, Okay by Diana Hamilton

for the joy of it by anaïs peterson

Machete Moon by Arielle Cottingham

Dela Torre by Dani Putney

FeralScape by Michelle Detorie

Pay-What-You-Can Ebooks

Gay, Black, and Non-Binary Is by Prince Bush

sour milk by natali celeste tautou

Cisness or Pleasure by Alice Stoehr

What About the Rest of Your Life by Sung Yim

Prone to Separation by Mariel Fechik & Taylor Yocom

Inexpensive Ebooks

<personal fashion> by Sara Matson

Wikipedia Apocalyptica by Steven D. Schroeder

Seagull (Thinking of You) by Tina Satter

DEEP ELLUM by Brandon Hobson

Gravity by Ari Lohr

Agender Daydreams by Thokozani Mbwana

Drifting Bottles by Arden Hunter

PLACES by Charlie D’Aniello

From This Soil by Casey Bailey

DADDY ISSUES by Sal Kang

Stranger in the Pen by Mohamed Asem

The End, by Anna by A. Light Zachary

The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You're the Last one Around by Adrian Sobol

Is God Is by Aleshea Harris

Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8 by Agnes Borinsky

Borrow/Read Online

BEHIND TEETH by Emily Brandt

Small Press Ebooks (not on Amazon/Kobo/etc.)

Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist by Cecilia Gentili

gospel of regicide by Eunsong Kim

Beast Meridian by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

You Da One (2nd edition) by Jennif(f)er Tamayo

These Days of Candy by Manuel Paul López

Indictus by Natalie Eilbert

Transgressive Circulation: Essays on Translation by Johannes Göransson

GeNtry!fication: or the scene of the crime by Chaun Webster

Slim Confessions by Sarah Minor

[SQUELCH PROCEDURES] by MLA Chernoff

claus and the scorpion by Lara Dopazo Ruibal, tr. Laura Cesarco Eglin

Objects from April and May by Zena Agha

an identity polyptych by Tameca L Coleman

Free Audiobooks

preparatory school for the end of the world by nat raum

Small Press Audiobooks (not on Amazon/Kobo/etc.)

Porn Carnival: Paradise Edition by Rachel Rabbit White (also includes PDF)

#lifeinpoetry books #free books #poetry books #free poetry

[the-forest-library]

May 2023 Reads

Thief! - Megan Whalen Turner

The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner

A Conspiracy of Kings - Megan Whalen Turner

Thick As Thieves - Megan Whalen Turner

Painted Devils - Margaret Owen

The Other Merlin - Robyn Schneider

The Future King - Robyn Schneider

Happy Place - Emily Henry

The Fiancee Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur

Emma of 83rd Street - Audrey Bellezza & Emily Harding 

To Swoon and to Spar - Martha Waters

Evvie Drake Starts Over - Linda Holmes

Summer Reading - Jenn McKinlay

The Boyfriend Candidate - Ashley Winstead

Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli

Lying in the Deep - Diana Urban

This Book is My Best Friend - Robin Robinson

Quietly Hostile - Samantha Irby

Broken Horses - Brandi Carlile

Honey, Baby, Mine - Laura Darn & Diane Ladd

Live Wire - Kelly Ripa

Beautiful Trauma - Rebecca Fogg

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

Raw Dog - Jamie Loftus

Bootstrapped - Alissa Quart

How to Date Men When You Hate Men - Blythe Roberson

Excellent Advice for Living - Kevin Kelly

Hot and Bothered - Jancee Dunn

You Will Find Your People - Lane Moore

Betting on You - Laurie Ruettimann

I Saw You... - Julia Wertz

How to Die Alone - Mo Welch

CraftFail - Heather Mann

Random Illustrated Facts - Mike Lowery

This Book is For You - Worry Lines

Around the World Vegan Cookbook - Niki Webster

Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook - David Atherton

Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook Vegetarian - David Atherton

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

This month continued my Queen’s Thief obsession. Highly recommend this series - each book goes in a new and exciting direction. 

Also, Happy Place broke me and then built me up again. Painted Devils did not disappoint, and the Emry Merlin series was a nice surprise. 

Goodreads Goal: 174/400

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads|

2022 Reads | 2023 Reads

#2023 reads #book reviews #book recommendations #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile

[always-outlander]

Do you have any headcanons for the Outlander characters?

Hi Anon, thanks for this question! What a lovely thing I got to spend some time thinking and writing about. To quote Miriam Webster for those who may not know, a headcanon refers to something that a fan imagines to be true about a character or story even though no information supporting that belief is spelled out in the text.

So yes, definitely do! I mainly like to fill in the blank spaces or passages of time that the show does not cover fully. And because the show and source material span so much time, there are plenty of those. I love the drabbles people write for those reasons, but you asked me specifically for the characters, and my faves are Jamie and Claire so here we go.

Jamie:

Perhaps this is a more commonly discussed one, but my longstanding thoughts about his ghost that we see in the first episode. We know the ghost is Jamie at age 25 per Diana, which is about the time when Jamie fought in the battle of Culloden and had sent Claire back through the stones. We also know Jamie has "sight" and has been able to see his loved ones in the future through visions. Since Claire is from the future, I have always thought that as his sight increases, he likely could see Claire in her time and during her life before she went through the stones and met him.

He has also said countless times that his soul will find Claire's even in death, and that he would endure 200 years of purgatory in order for them to meet again. So I think that at the end of Jamie's life, he uses the knowledge of his 'sight' to send his soul and project himself to the place he knows Claire will be able to reunite with him, which is 1940's Inverness. I have always hoped that it is his appearance as a ghost that triggers the sequence of events in which Claire to goes to the stones, travels through time and meets him. So in my mind, in Jamie's death, he creates a never ending time loop that the two of them are in. (I hope that makes sense).

I also have thoughts pertaining to Jamie's childhood at Lallybroch and all of the adventures he found himself on with his older brother, Willie. They would climb the walls and venture to the furthest stretches of Lallybroch together, pretending to fight in battle or hunt. A five year age gap between the two likely meant that Jamie was often Willie's undesirable shadow, and the two undoubtably would fight.

I think the snake "Sawny" was carved by Willie as a token of respect and thanks following a scare on one of their escapades. The only snakes native to Scotland are venomous Adder snakes, and I bet Jamie saved Willie from being bit by one. To thank him, Willie carved him the snake with his nickname on the back. 'Sawny' is an abreviation or nickname of Alexander (Jamie's middle name). When Willie died of Smallpox in 1727 at age 11, Jamie was only 6. Two years later, Jamie lost his mother and younger brother Robert during the birth. It's no wonder this piece of his adolescence means so much to him and remained with him throughout his life. It was likely the fondest concrete memory he had, given to him when he had won the respect of his brother.

Claire:

I've ALWAYS wanted to have a storyline or a tidbit of information regarding Claire's parents. To me it's strange that Diana never wrote anything about them, or had Claire's character recall something substantial that her uncle might have said about them in the past. For background, Claire was born in London to Henry Beauchamp and Julia Moriston. We know from a small passage in Outlander that Claire looks like her mother, but I've long liked to imagine that Claire gets her fiery personality from her mother as well, who was only 32 when she died in 1923. Her mother's maiden name has Nordic/Scottish roots, while her father comes from French roots. In my head her father came from a more affluent or wealthy background, while her mother was more middle to low class.

Claire was born at the end of World War I in 1918 and I like to imagine that her parents met towards the beginning of the war (closer to 1914). At that time in England, women were beginning to fill the job positions left by men who had gone off to war, and there were countless strikes for equal pay taking place. In my mind Henry was a scholar like his brother who found himself perhaps a bit useless in his profession at the time of the war. Julia would have been in the middle of the women's rights movements and fighting for equal pay, perhaps working as bank teller or clerk. When Claire was born at the end of the war, I imagine she cut back on her hours but maintained some autonomy and retained her job she had spent so long fighting for.

I like to think the two met with a classic meet-cute, where Henry had lived a very privileged life filled with high profile connections forged through his parents and scholarly peers. Julia mistakenly finds herself among his social circle one day and completely knocks his socks off with her candor and forward ways of thinking. She challenged him, and treated him differently than any woman previous. Similar to how Jamie cannot help but adore Claire's outspoken nature, I picture Julia having that same fire and strength which Henry would and could not ignore. I'd read a book about them, I think!

These are just a few, I have PLENTY more but this would quickly become it's own novel :)

#anon #outlander #outlander headcanon #outlander imagine #outlander answers #outlander series #outlander books #outlander book #jamie x claire #claire beauchamp #jamie fraser #Claire fraser

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

The House of Representatives passed a bill to establish an Office of Food Security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, with 49 Republicans voting against the proposal.

The Food Security for All Veterans Act was passed by a 376-49 vote, sending the bill to the Senate for approval.

The legislation, introduced by Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, aims to establish a department to assist veterans facing food insecurity and lack of nutrition, such as providing them with information about food stamps and other programs.

Speaking on the House floor to advocate for what was her fist bill, Peltola said Alaska's high veteran population motivated her to push for the introduction of the department.

"There is nothing more important than ensuring our veterans and their families can enjoy a safe and healthy life after their service to our country," Peltola said.

The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support, with 49 Republicans being the only lawmakers who voted against the introduction of an Office of Food Security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, some of whom are military veterans themselves.

FULL LIST OF REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST OFFICE OF FOOD SECURITY FOR VETERANS

Rick Allen, GA

Jodey Arrington, TX

Jim Baird, IN

Dan Bishop, NC

Mo Brooks, AL

Ken Buck, CO

Tim Burchett, TN

Michael Cloud, TX

Andrew Clyde, GA

James Comer, KY

Dan Crenshaw, TX

Jeff Duncan, SC

Jake Ellzey, TX

Pat Fallon, TX

Drew Ferguson, GA

Scott Franklin, FL

Matt Gaetz, FL

Louie Gohmert, TX

Bob Good, VA

Lance Gooden, TX

Paul Gosar, AZ

Mark Green, TN

Marjorie Taylor Greene, GA

Morgan Griffith, VA

Glen Grothman, WI

Andy Harris, MD

Diana Harshbarger, TN

Kevin Hern, OK

Jody Hice, GA

Ronny Jackson, TX

Jim Jordan, OH

John Joyce, PA

Debbie Lesko, AZ

Barry Loudermilk, GA

Thomas Massie, KY

Mary Miller, IL

Barry Moore, AL

Ralph Norman, SC

Steven Palazzo, MS

Scott Perry, PA

Bill Posey, FL

Matt Rosendale, MT

Chip Roy, TX

Steve Scalise, LA

Greg Steube, FL

Van Taylor, TX

Tom Tiffany, WI

Daniel Webster, FL

Newsweek has contacted several GOP lawmakers who voted against the bill for comment.

#us politics #news #newsweek #2022 #Food Security for All Veterans Act #Department of Veterans Affairs #Office of Food Security #us house of representatives #Rep. Mary Peltola #Republicans #conservatives #gop #republican hypocrisy #veterans #veterans affairs #military veterans

[grey-sorcery]

Each author on this list either because either they, their work, or their practice is misleading, appropriative, harmful, biased, bigoted, misogynist, racist, etc. Each of these authors have published media that is harmful to our community, or were a part of organizations that are. Several practitioners still live and/or practice based off of a lot of these materials. Several of these authors are known for producing media that is intended for newer witches, which just propagates and sustains harmful narratives within our community. Many of these authors are Wiccan, but why that is an issue will be for another article. The names highlighted in red are either especially harmful or very prevalent.

A blacklist of authors is intended to highlight problematic individuals, and/or problematic publications. Unless otherwise stated, the authors in this list should be avoided until a level of discernment is acquired through experience and research. Personally, I’d recommend avoiding all Theosophy publications completely.

Adam Blackthorn: Misleading, appropriative, and misogynistic

Aleister Crowley: Literal horse shit, appropriative, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, overall very harmful

Alfred Percy Sinnett: Theosophy

Amethyst Raine: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Ambrosia Hawthorn: Misleading, appropriative, biased

Anastasia Greywolf: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Asenath Mason: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, super harmful (self harm, blood magic, etc.)

Athena Crowley: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Brittany Nightshade: Misleading, appropriative, neo-pagan, transphobic

Cassandra Eason: New Age, misleading, appropriative, transphobic

Catherine Yronwode: Misleading, appropriative, racist

Charles Webster Leadbeater: Theosophy

Christian Day: Mason: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, racist

Christopher Penczak: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, racist

Clara Codd: Theosophy

Damon Brand: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, racist, harmful (classism)

Dante Abiel: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, super harmful (self harm, blood magic, godphoning etc.)

Diana Paxson: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

DJ Conway: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, racist, neo-pagan

Donald Michael Kraig: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, new-age, racist

Doreen Virtue: Misleading, appropriative, biased, transphobic

EA Koetting: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Edain McCoy: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, racist, neo-pagan

Edred Thorsson: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Edward E. Beals: Theosophy

Erin Lale: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Frosts (Gavin & Yvonne): Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, new-age, racist

Galina Krasskova: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Gerald Gardner: Literal horse shit, appropriative, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, overall very harmful

Gordon Winterfield: Misleading, appropriative, and misogynistic

Greg Shetler: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Jasmuheen: Theosophy

Janet Farrar: Misleading, appropriative, and misogynistic, transphobic, neo-pagan

Jiddu Krishnamurti: Theosophy

Jose Silva: New Age, Misleading, appropriative, biased, racist, generally harmful

Kenny Klein: Misleading, appropriative, misogynistic, neo-pagan

Kerr Cuhulain: Misleading, appropriative, misogynistic, neo-pagan

Heather Garnder: Misleading, appropriative, misogynistic

Helena Blavatsky: Theosophy

Henry Agrippa: Biased, misogynistic

Henry Steel Olcott: Theosophy

Holly Zurich: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Lisa Chamberlain: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Lisa Lister: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic

Lisa Marie Basil: Misleading, appropriative, biased, racist

Luna Sidana: New-age, appropriative, misleading

Mabel Collins: Theosophy

Marian Singer: Misleading, appropriative, biased

Mark Puryear: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Magus Incognito: New-age, appropriative, antisemitic, racist, overall super harmful

Mandy Morris: New-age, appropriative

Margarita Alcantara: New-age, appropriative, misleading

Michael W. Ford: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, super harmful (self harm, blood magic, etc.)

Raven Kaldera: neo-pagan, transphobic, appropriative, racist

Raymond Buckland: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, racist

Rhonda Byrne: New-age, appropriative, misleading, ableist,

Scarlett Wright: Misleading, appropriative, biased

Scott Cunningham: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, racist, overall harmfull

Silver Ravenwolf: Misleading, appropriative, biased, misogynistic, racist, overall super harmful

Skye Alexander: Misleading, appropriative, biased

Sorceress Cagliastro: Misleading, appropriative, transphobic, overall terrible practices, super harmful (self harm, blood magic, etc.)

Stephen A. McNallen: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Stephen E. Flowers: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

Stewart Farrar: Misleading, appropriative, and misogynistic, transphobic, neo-pagan

Suzannah Lipscomb: racist

Swami Bhakta Vishita: Theosophy

Swami Panchadasi: Theosophy

Tamara L. Siuda: Misleading, appropriative, and misogynistic, transphobic, neo-pagan, cult mentality

Talbot Mundy: Theosophy

Terence McKenna: New Age, Misleading, appropriative, biased, racist, generally harmful

Theodore Sheldon: Theosophy, New Thought

Theron Q. Dumont: Literal bullshit, theosophy

Three Initiates: Literal bullshit, theosophy

Trish MacGregor: Misleading, appropriative, new-age

Varg Vikernes: Misleading, appropriative, xenophobe, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, neo-pagan, arsonist, murderer, literal nazi, avoid at all cost

William Walker Atkinson: Literal bullshit, theosophy

Yogi Ramacharaka: Theosophy

Zanna Blaise: Misleading, appropriative, new-age, racist, classist

#baby witch tips #baby witch #beginner witch tips #witchblr #witchcraft community #witchcraft blacklist #Gcc

[gatsby-system-folks]

if you live in Tennessee, here's some people you can call 🍉

I'm by no means an expert, and am always open to constructive criticism, especially at times like this, but this is who I'm calling to ask for support of Palestine. These are a list of representatives and senators from TN, and you can find which one specifically represents you here (also if you're not in TN you can find your rep on this website)

U. S. senate:

Marsha Blackburn- [phone]

Bill Hagerty- [phone]

representatives:

Diana Harshbarger- [phone]

Tim Burchett- [phone]

Charles Fleischmann- [phone]

Scott DesJarlais- [phone]

Andrew Ogles- [phone]

John W. Rose- (202)255- 4231

Mark E. Green- [phone]

David Kustoff- [phone]

Steve Cohen- [phone]

short v Hello, I'm calling to ask you to support the palestinian people, and condem Israel's atrocious actions against them on the gaza strip, which by providing weapons to israel, the U.S. is complicit in. if you don't support the palestinian people, i cannot support you in the next election. Thank you

long v Hello. I'm calling to ask you to support Palestinians, and stop the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, which the U.S. is complicit in. Israel is committing genocide according to the Merriam-Webster definition of the word. from CNN and Vox, the U.S. provides most of Israel's weapons, making the U.S. complicit to this horrific act. Israel has claimed that they are trying to eliminate Hamas, however according to imeu.org, Israel is breaking the Geneva convention with its actions in Gaza, and is holding the Gaza strip in Apartheid. Reporters such as Bisan Owda describe the horrific bombings happening all over the strip, killing thousands, including thousands of children. from NPR and the Washington post, Rafah was considered the last safe place for over a million Palestinian refugees, and now Israel is bombing it. At least 67 people are now dead in Rafah because of this bombing. I once again ask you to support the Palestinian people and condemn the horrific actions of Israel, I cannot support you in the next election if you don't. Thank you.

I included two incase somebody asks for elaboration, but as somebody else on here said, when calling a rep quantity over quality (when it's reasonable, still be polite and give accurate info etc). Also somebody else else on here said that calling is more effective than emails because emails are easier to ignore and a ringtone is audible, meaning anyone in the office can hear them not answering their phone.

Blackburn I know supports Israel. Cohen is the only Democrat among all of them afaik. Wish I had more insight to give here, I need to do more research.

Anyway free Palestine 🍉

#ill say it again please criticize me if ive got any info wrong or anything but please know i have good intentions and am not trying #to spread misinformation. i humbly request that you're gentle with me lol #also yes a lot of the letter is oversimplified because its meant to be read outloud in summary over the phone #listen to palestinian voices. journalists and others. the palestine tag on here has a lot of good information. #palestine #free palestine #gaza #tennessee #palestine tag #rafah #call your reps #call your senators

[myth-blossom]

Ten Random Lines Pt II

It’s been a long time since I’ve done some writing games and I miss talking with the fandom, so I thought I’d do a follow-up of this one!

Here are some more random lines that I enjoy from my Hitman fics. Feel free to share your own or tag someone who might be interested! 😊

Summer Wine (Songs and Silencers): Teen and Up

Diana secured her desk and turned out the light. As she returned to bed and closed her eyes, she hoped to fall asleep and dream a new kind of dream. That one night she would open the hidden panel in her desk to find the gun missing, a familiar shadow approaching her from behind. 47 returning to take back what was his. All that was his.

2. Lacrymosa: Explicit

Lips lingered as they drank each other deeply, emboldened with the knowledge that touch outmatched time in the swift healing of injured hearts. 

3. Under the Moonlight: Mature

He pressed his lips to hers without hesitation, hoping she could feel what he felt for her through such a simple action. It was an experience he had only known for a few months, but he found kissing Diana to be as natural as breathing. And that night, with the moonlight making Diana as radiant and divine as the goddess of her namesake, 47 felt like a fool if he didn’t take the opportunity to worship her.

4. Divine Revelations: Teen and Up

“Tomorrow is never guaranteed,” he said quietly. “You should tell him how you feel. The love you seek may not be returned, but the knowledge would hurt less than the pain of regret.”

5. Unwrapped: Explicit

Perhaps he would speak to her about the ache in his chest tomorrow. Tonight, he would fight the sleep in his eyes a little longer so he could enjoy this moment of Diana in his arms. It was his birthday, after all. He could indulge in a dream.

6. Five Minutes: Teen and Up

He seemed to fascinate her, and she caught his interest in return. Diana was the first person to see him as more than a number. She was the first person he felt he could trust.

7. Business and Pleasure: Explicit

“It’s dangerous to be distracted.” She could see a hint of hesitation on his face, his true concern for getting so lost in their memories that he ignored his objective in the present. His hesitation was short lived as she caressed his cheek and leaned in close, a mere breath away from his lips. “Danger never stopped us before,” she mused. “Why stop us now?”

8. Flight of the Sparrow: Mature

“Mr. Webster, you must not be familiar with the tales of sparrows.” Diana looked over to the pieces that remained of the ornate bird on the sofa. 47 readied his silencer. “Some say the sparrow is the harbinger of death. Should you capture one, you would be wise to kill it. Otherwise, your life will meet its end.”

9. Irresistible: Explicit

She gasped in a mixture of excitement and surprise as he tossed the lacy remains aside and sucked on her collar. “You’re going to pay for that,” Diana admonished, nipping his ear playfully.  “I’ve been paying for it all day,” 47 growled in desperation.

10. All Eyes On Us: Explicit

They embraced through the night as the lovers they were meant to be, comforted in the knowledge that while the Riepers’ honeymoon was at its end, their chapter was just beginning, and together they would always remain.

Tagging in case you’d like to share yours! ❤️ @diana-fortyseven @cajunandfire @cicaklah @postalninja

#ten random lines #hitman #hitman fandom #hitman fanfiction #agent 47 #diana burnwood #diana/47 #agent 47/diana burnwood

[deanwasalwaysbi]

23 Republican Senators & 124 Congressmen signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking for a 50 state ban on mifepristone, a drug safer than tylenol that is standard treatment for abortion & miscarriages, "due to safety concerns". The brief DARES to argue that banning the life saving drug would save women from 'reproductive control'. (x) These 147 people would rather have women die of sepsis than let women control their own bodies. If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.

United States Senate

Lead Senator: Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) John Barrasso (WY) Mike Braun (IN) Katie Britt (AL) Ted Budd (NC) Bill Cassidy (LA) Kevin Cramer (ND) Mike Crapo (ID) Ted Cruz (TX) Steve Daines (MT) Josh Hawley (MO) John Hoeven (ND) James Lankford (OK) Mike Lee (UT) Cynthia Lummis (WY) Roger Marshall (KS) Markwayne Mullin (OK) James Risch (ID) Marco Rubio (FL) Rich Scott (FL) John Thune (SD) Tommy Tuberville (AL) Roger Wicker (MS)

United States House of Representatives

Lead Representative: August Pfluger (TX–11) Robert Aderholt (AL–04) Mark Alford (MO–04) Rick Allen (GA–12) Jodey Arrington (TX–19) Brian Babin (TX–36) Troy Balderson (OH–12) Jim Banks (IN–03) Aaron Bean (FL–04) Cliff Bentz (OR–02) Jack Bergman (MI–01) Andy Biggs (AZ–05) Gus Bilirakis (FL–12) Dan Bishop (NC–08) Lauren Boebert (CO–03) Mike Bost (IL–12) Josh Brecheen (OK–02) Ken Buck (CO–04) Tim Burchett (TN–02) Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX–26) Eric Burlison (MO–07) Kat Cammack (FL–03) Mike Carey (OH–15) Jerry Carl (AL–01) Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA–01) John Carter (TX–31) Ben Cline (VA–06) Michael Cloud (TX–27) Andrew Clyde (GA–09) Mike Collins (GA–10) Elijah Crane (AZ–02) Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (AR–01) John Curtis (UT–03) Warren Davidson (OH–08) Monica De La Cruz (TX–15) Jeff Duncan (SC–03) Jake Ellzey (TX–06) Ron Estes (KS–04) Mike Ezell (MS–04) Pat Fallon (TX–04) Randy Feenstra (IA–04) Brad Finstad (MN–01) Michelle Fischbach (MN–07) Scott Fitzgerald (WI–05) Mike Flood (NE–01) Virginia Foxx (NC–05) Scott Franklin (FL–18) Russell Fry (SC–07) Russ Fulcher (ID–01) Tony Gonzales (TX–23) Bob Good (VA–05) Paul Gosar (AZ–09) Garret Graves (LA–06) Mark Green (TN–07) Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA–14) H. Morgan Griffith (VA–09) Glenn Grothman (WI–06) Michael Guest (MS–03) Harriet Hageman (WY) Andy Harris, M.D. (MD–01) Diana Harshbarger (TN–01) Kevin Hern (OK–01) Clay Higgins (LA–03) Ashley Hinson (IA–02) Erin Houchin (IN–02) Richard Hudson (NC–09) Bill Huizenga (MI–04) Bill Johnson (OH–06) Mike Johnson (LA–04) Jim Jordan (OH–04) Mike Kelly (PA–16) Trent Kelly (MS–01) Doug LaMalfa (CA–01) Doug Lamborn (CO–05) Nicholas Langworthy (NY–23) Jake LaTurner (KS–02) Debbie Lesko (AZ–08) Barry Loudermilk (GA–11) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO–03) Tracey Mann (KS–01) Lisa McClain (MI–09) Dr. Rich McCormick (GA–06) Patrick McHenry (NC–10) Carol Miller (WV–01) Mary Miller (IL–15) Max Miller (OH–07) Cory Mills (FL–07) John Moolenar (MI–02) Alex X. Mooney (WV–02) Barry Moore (AL–02) Blake Moore (UT–01) Gregory F. Murphy, M.D. (NC–03) Troy Nehls (TX–22) Ralph Norman (SC–05) Andy Ogles (TN–05) Gary Palmer (AL–06) Bill Posey (FL–08) Guy Reschenthaler (PA–14) Mike Rogers (AL–03) John Rose (TN–06) Matthew Rosendale, Sr. (MT–02) David Rouzer (NC–07) Steve Scalise (LA–01) Keith Self (TX–03) Pete Sessions (TX–17) Adrian Smith (NE–03) Christopher H. Smith (NJ–04) Lloyd Smucker (PA–11) Pete Stauber (MN–08) Elise Stefanik (NY–21) Dale Strong (AL–05) Claudia Tenney (NY–24) Glenn Thompson (PA–15) William Timmons, IV (SC–04) Beth Van Duyne (TX–24) Tim Walberg (MI–05) Michael Waltz (FL–05) Randy Weber, Sr. (TX–14) Daniel Webster (FL–11) Brad R. Wenstrup, D.P.M. (OH–02) Bruce Westerman (AR–04) Roger Williams (TX–25) Joe Wilson (SC–02) Rudy Yakym (IN–02)

If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.

Help to patients who have to cross state lines to get medical care by donating to your local abortion fund here. (x)

#scotus #abortionpill #state of the uterus #abortion rights are human rights #us politics #miscarriage #vote blue #nnaf #yellowhammer

[isfjmel-phleg]

Ten characters, ten fandoms, ten tags

Tagged by @lady-merian. Thank you!

Sandra Foster (Bellwether by Connie Willis)

Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones)

Greta Hayes (DC)

Tony Ingleford (Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery)

Kiro Velkhirin (An Illusion of Wings by scarvenartist)

Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers's series of the same name)

Pauline [can't remember her surname] (Pauline by Margaret Storey)

Marianne [surname unknown] (Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr)

Patty Wyatt (When Patty Went to College by Jean Webster)

R. D. Sheen (The White Feather by P. G. Wodehouse)

#tagged #lady-merian #trying to mostly avoid obvious or typical responses here #random personal stuff

[desolationtimstoker]

Every Literary Reference in The Magnus Archives (I think)

These are just the ones I noticed. If you caught references I didn't, feel free to add on! Since this'll be pretty long, it's all under the cut.

Character Namesakes:

(One or two of these may be a coincidence)

Algernon Blackwood - Martin Blackwood, Dr. Algernon Moss (mag 98)

Braham Stoker - Tim Stoker

Stephen King - Melanie King

M.R. James - Sasha James

Mary Shelley - Michael Shelley

Lucy Leitner - Jurgen Leitner, "Leitners"

Clive Barker - Georgie Barker

James Herbert - Trevor Herbert

Jaimie Delano - Eric Delano

Institute Names

"Count Magnus" by M.R. James - The Magnus Institute, Jonah Magnus

"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe - The Usher Foundation

Pu Songling - The Pu Songling Research Centre

Direct References in Statements

Wilfred Owen, "Exposure" by Wilfred Owen - mag 7 (Wilfred Owen features in this episode and the statement giver, who served with him, references "Exposure".)

Misery by Stephen King -mag 17 (A passing mention of this book being shelved at the library.)

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - mag 17, mag 70 (In mag 17, the statement giver finds The Boneturner's Tale which, though obviously modern, is kind of Canterbury Tales fanfiction, focusing on a character who is either traveling with or stalking Chaucer's pilgrims. In mag 70, a character can recognize Middle English due to having studied Chaucer in high school.)

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster - mag 31 (The statement giver references a line from the play to help describe an avatar of the Hunt.)

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - mag 38 (The statement giver's favorite book, a signed copy is among the objects stolen by the homophobic vase.)

Needful Things by Stephen King - mag 46 (The statement giver owns a small shop which he claims is often compared to the shop in Needful Things.)

"Antigonish" by William Hughes Mearns - mag 85 (The central figure of this poem, or something resembling it, gives a statement.)

Die Nachtstücke (The Night Pieces), "The Sandman" by E.T.A. Hoffman - mag 98 (The statement giver recalls having read "The Sandman" as a child and, in his adulthood, is haunted by something resembling Hoffman's Sandman.)

Five Go Down to the Sea by Enid Blyton - mag 147 (Referenced in passing as the only book Annabelle Cain took with her when she ran away from home as a child.)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - mag 147 (Referenced by Annabelle Cain as she waxes philosophic about free will.)

Leitners

(This list will, of course, only include real books referenced as Leitners. No Boneturner or Ex Altiora.)

The Dictionaire Infernal (Infernal Dictionary) by Jacques Collin de Plancy - mag 46

Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches) by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger - mag 46

The Tale of a Field Hospital by Sir Frederick Treves - mag 68

The Key of Solomon by Solomon the King (purportedly) - mag 65, mag 70

The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin - mag 80

Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe - mag 80, mag 91

Miscellaneous:

Dracula by Braham Stoker - mag 56 (The title of this episode, "Children of the Night" is taken from a line in Dracula, and is a pretty clever reference, if I do say so myself.)

Diana Wynn Jones - mag 81 (Referenced in passing as an author who Jon briefly liked as a child)

#the magnus archives #jon sims #jarchivist #martin blackwood #tim stoker #sasha james #melanie king #the library of jurgen leitner #michael shelley #annabelle cain #literary references #my post #long post

[ncisfranchise-source]

@kennedycasting - It’s good to be back, friends! Join us for the season 21 premiere of #NCIS tonight on CBS! You don’t want to miss what happens with Torres as his past comes back to haunt him in “Algún Día,” written by Brendan Fehily & David J. North and directed by Diana Valentine! Welcome back to Al Sapienza, Pilar Holland, Chris Petrovski, Michael Garza, J. Claude Deering, and Jeff Boehm! Plus Kim Matula, Vanessa Martinez, Matthew Godbey, Johanna Curé, Julian Rangel, Rita Angel Taylor, and Maurice Webster! Enjoy the show, and thanks for watching! @fehily2018 @davyjnorth @ladydidirects @alsapienza @pilarholland @cpetrovski @themichaelgarza @jclaudedeering @jmboehm33 @kimbpics @nessmtz @matthewgodbey @johicure @julianemmanuelrangel @ritaangeltaylor @rueso #CastingBy @kennedycasting #KrystiBaxter #MeredithGoble @ncisverse #ncis #ncisseason21 #casting #castingdirector @cbstv

#ncis

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

🔁 (for an updated version 😅🥺)

Under the cut bc it is absurdly long, also let's please ignore the fact that I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm rn!

(I'm sure I'm still missing a million and I left out the ones we've talked about for ages, but also for the ocs that already had sections, I italicized the new ones so they wouldn't get lost 🥺 but also there's so many ocs and crossovers that if I missed any, lmk!)

(RWRB is a completely new section, other new ocs include Juni, Rose, Andrew, Vance, and Hana, plus the descendants section has been added to so extensively that it feels like it's basically new?)

DC

Cassandra

Angelina Winters

Dani Merlyn

Diana Queen

Kelsey Doyle

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Fraya

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Gillien

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

Lorena Falcone

Gwen

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Lillian & Max

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Nia West

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Descendants

Andrew

Addie

Anissa Radcliffe (& all of her siblings there are 10 of them)

Roisin Sprigging

Winona Sykes

Aria

Chiara Potts

Chryseis

Finley Rider

Harmony Of Atlantis

Kate Turner

Keto Jones

Lani Of Atlantis

Mae

Fortune

Beatrice

Eliane

Evander Grimhilde

Finley Rider

Gloria Gothel

Hannah Westergaard

Harley Hook

Princess Isabelle

Raina Gold

Rosabelle Legume

Juni

Chessy

Chiara Potts

Elise Charming

Robin & Rylan Fitzherbert

Taryn Porter

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Mystery OC 

Blossom

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Rose

Addie

Beatrice

Blossom

Isabelle

Gilmore Girls

Addie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Brielle & Austin

Elle Hearst

Emmeline Forbes

Freya Morgan

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Callum

Kirsty & the dance squad

Willow & the squad

Sam Gleason

Holland Bass

Sage Hall

Daisy

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Ashley Nardini

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brady Mariano

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Kaylee Hayden

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore (ft the Willow Squad)

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

Preston Gilmore

Sam Gleason

Evie

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Sienna Elliot

Grace

Adalia Kim

Allie St James

Brady Mariano

Catie Gleason

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore & Natalie Lister (ft the entire Willow Squad)

Paige Huntzberger

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Vicki St James

The Band

Hana

Allie St James

Bex Harding

Cecilia Ackerman

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Jane Forester

Vicki St James

Imogen

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Emmeline Forbes

Jacqueline Grant

Kaylee Hayden

Lydia

Lexi Danes

Jocelyn Gilmore

Preston Gilmore

Mercy

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Sophie Dugray

Millie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller & Brooks Livingston

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Regina

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Nellie McCrae

Preston Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Richie

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Bex Harding

Blythe Langford (& Charles Gilmore & Kaito Lauder but also Blythe x Richie)

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Carlie Hayden

Catie Gleason

Chelsea Gellrr

Cosette Gerard

Dani Gilmore Danes

Eleanor Doose

Elle Hearst

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Harry Bechtel

Holland Bass

Hyacinth Nelson (???)

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Kaylee Hayden

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

McKenna Hayden

Natalie Lister (ft the whole willow gang)

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Preston Gilmore & Lexi Danes

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Sara Topaz (??)

Sienna Elliot

Vicki St James

Viviana Lozano

The Band

Vance

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Chelsea Geller

Emmeline Forbes

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Glee:

Andrew

Abbie Hudson

Betty Fabray

Bobby Seurat

Cece & Colton Cartwright

Charlie Sylvester

Dolly Corcoran

Hillary Holliday

Jo Berry

Josie St James

Joy Schuester

Roxie Flores

May Taylor & June Harris

Savannah Evans

Valeria Ramirez

Aro

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Brax

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Elliot

Betty Fabray

Dolly Corcoran

Jaci Jones

Johanna Berry

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Faith

Betty Fabray

Christina Hummel

Faye Anderson

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

May Taylor & June Harris

Mona

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Savannah Evans

Harry Potter

Castor

Ara Black

Adhara Black

Carina Goldberg

Danica Lestrange

Lyarra Vance

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Seraphini

Adhara Black

Ara Black

Carina Goldberg

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Misc

Ariana Pendragon

Elsine Pendragon

Allyria Pendragon

Lynette Starfall

Princess Aelia

Beatrix Shellstrop

Bridget Atkins

Tatum Shellstrop

Amber Cain

Beth Jasper

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Genesis

Isla George

Jude Winchester

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Bridget Bridgerton

Augusta Beauchamp

Dorothea Bridgerton

Eliza Huntington

Emmeline Bridgerton

Georgina Pemberton

Harriet Warwick

Clara Gale

Andrea Hagreeves

Andromeda Hargreeves

Audrey Hargreeves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Gemma Hargreeves

Helena Hargreeves

June McLaughlin

Lorelai Hargreeves

Max Carmichael

Sierra Nearing

Sunny Talbot

Tiffany Katz

Tori Hargreeves

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreeves

Genesis Jones

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Josie Spencer

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

PJO

Cordelia

Blake Castellan ( & Jasper Gabriel )

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elaine & Felicity Castellan

Liz Castellan

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Viola Di Angelo

Kendra

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

RWRB

Anneliese

Cate

Eileen

Margaret

Betsy

Abi

London

Lucy

Madi

Nina

Isabel

Madi

Whoverse

The Healer

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Matilda Fairbanks

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

#ask #answered #the witching ash #crossover ask

[thislovintime]

Photo featured in this video: Peter Tork and photographer Mike Barich’s girlfriend Vicki Peters in Minneapolis on August 4, 1967. Photo © Mike Barich, via twincitiesmusichighlights dot net.

On August 4, 1967, Peter was a guest DJ on KDWB. (You can find another portion of The Monkees’ takeover of the radio station here.)

However, it wasn’t Peter’s debut as a DJ:

“I was a DJ on KARL radio [at Carleton College].” - Peter Tork, MPR, 1987

“Photographer Mike Barich was there with his girlfriend Vicki Peters, shown above with Peter Tork in a photo taken by Barich. (Victoria Peters was from West St. Paul and was Miss October 1972.)  Barich remembers that they were listening to rival station WDGY over their transistor radios, a fact Mike picked up on and mentioned during the broadcast.” - twincitiesmusichighlights dot net

For those curious, here are the songs Peter spun on the air on this occasion:

“I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” — Elvis Presley

“Psychotic Reaction” — The Count Five

“Blue Suede Shoes” — Elvis Presley

“All Shook Up” — Elvis Presley

“Mr. Webster” — The Monkees

“Penny Lane” — The Beatles

“Going Down Slow” — Aretha Franklin

“Carrie Anne” — The Hollies

“Plastic Fantastic Lover” — Jefferson Airplane

“Fingertips (Pt. 2)” — Stevie Wonder

“Jailhouse Rock” — Elvis Presley

“Eleanor Rigby” — The Beatles [Peter had also played the song on the guitar during The Monkees' stay in London earlier that summer; read more here.]

“I Was Made To Love Her “— Stevie Wonder

“Bluebird” — Buffalo Springfield

“Always You” — The Sundowners

“Mr. Soul” — Buffalo Springfield

“Hi-Heel Sneakers” — Tommy Tucker

“(I’m A) Roadrunner” — Junior Walker & The Allstars

“Behave Yourself” — Booker T & The M.G.’s

“Reflections” — Diana Ross & The Supremes

“When The Saints Go Marching In” — Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers (aka The Beatles)

The songs on a Spotify playlist here.

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #60s Tork #The Monkees #Monkees #Tork videos #1960s #Vicki Peters #Mike Barich #Michael Nesmith #Davy Jones #et al #1967 Tork #also could listen to Peter play the banjo 24/7 #any instrument really #Tork audio #as with the VJ guest spot #this makes me wish Peter had had the chance to host his own show #he was so good at these kinds of things #<3 #so much respect for PT #Tork banjo #love his mind #1967 #KDWB Radio #can you queue it

[devilsgatewayhq]

Name: Cole Monroe Age: 38 Occupation: Mechanic Time living in Tonopah: 22 years Neighborhood: Webster Village Gang Affiliation: Sons of Silence - President Face Claim: Charlie Hunnam

Biography: (tw: death/murder )

Diana Monroe was a Tonopah Falls native who made her living working at the local gentlemen’s club. She was especially known for her Marilyn Monroe act, a show that quickly earned the attention of none other than Jeffrey Decker. It didn’t take long for them to engage in a sexual relationship behind his family’s back and well out of the public eye. About six months into their affair, a positive pregnancy test popped the picture-perfect bubble Diana thought she’d been living in. As expected, Jeffrey was furious and more concerned about his public image than the child she was carrying. Immediately, and without a second thought, he demanded that Diana get an abortion– even if he had to pay for it, but she refused. And so he made her go away.

Packing every bit of what she owned, which admittedly wasn’t very much, Diana left her home, her brother Michael, and everything she’d ever known just to keep Jeffrey’s threats at bay. She eventually settled in Knoxville, Tennessee, and soon fell into the same old habits she couldn’t outrun no matter how far she strayed from Tonopah Falls. Cole Michael Monroe was born on April 14, 1985– a month and a half early and tweaking on his mother’s cocaine. Not expected to survive, Cole spent the next several weeks in the NICU, undergoing a number of different surgeries and fighting for his life until he was healthy enough for discharge. He mostly raised himself. Diana was either too busy, too high, or too depressed to be the mother Cole needed her to be, but it did little to quell his love for her. Day after day, he cared for his mother and tended to her more than she ever did for him.

Cole stayed in and out of trouble all throughout his childhood and early teens. He often got kicked out of school, even had a couple stints in juvenile detention. But his world stopped on its axis when, at fifteen years old, he found his mother dead in their mobile home following a heroin overdose. After Diana’s death, Cole was directed to the next of kin– his uncle, Michael Monroe. Michael and his wife, Laura, willingly took Cole in and brought him back to Tonopah Falls to live with them. Michael, a founding member of the Sons of Silence and owner of Reaper Crew Auto, quickly indoctrinated Cole and the young teen fell in love with club life almost instantly.

He started out as a hangaround then began prospecting at eighteen. At nineteen years old, Cole patched in as a member of the Sons of Silence and never looked back. Cole got into some trouble at twenty-six years old. He was arrested for attempted murder and aggravated assault, and handed a ten year prison sentence after nearly beating to death the abusive ex-boyfriend of a close friend. Prison took a toll on Cole. Not only was his uncle killed in a driveby shooting during that time, but the injuries Cole sustained in prison and the amount of hours he spent in solitary confinement began to wear on him.

After five years inside, Cole was released on parole at thirty-one years old. He spent the better part of the next year trying to piece his life back together and pick up where he left off. A few years later, the SOS fell into turmoil, with their president colluding behind the club’s back with Los Santos to line his pockets with cash. Once discovered, the former president was immediately removed and dealt with, and the club was left at a crossroads. They turned to Cole for guidance with their future hanging in the balance. On the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, he was voted in as the new president of the Sons of Silence. Since then, he’s been working hard to put the club first and stay on top of the ever-present feud between the Sons and Los Santos.

Headcanons:

He struggles with sleep and will frequently end up at Stargazing Station just to pass the time and pick out various constellations. On that note, he wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up– obviously, that didn’t happen.

In his spare time, Cole is a boxer and will frequently fight at the local gym.

He loves peppermints and hates anything lemon flavored.

#affiliation: sons of silence. #tv character. #gender: man.