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mewhenladygaga · 1 month

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David Wallace SFW Alphabetical

(how does no one talk abt this pic of michael n david😭😭)

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

David is pretty affectionate. Whenever he can, he brings back your favorite flowers, chocolate, etc. Anything you want, he'll do everything just to get it. On other days, his way of showing affection is through kisses, hugs or leaving you random voicemails for you to listen while he's away.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

You started working at corporate or at Scranton, so when David does his annual visits for Michael or Jim or even Dwight, he manages to catch you and say a hello or ask you out to a "friendly" dinner date. If it were at corporate, then it would some constant staring throughout meetings. But not much that you think he's a creep. Once he finds his courage to talk to you, he asks you out.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

David likes cuddles, he isn't as used to them from the being of your relationship but after a while he gets used to it. He prefers it when your in his lap and your head is on his chest. David finds spooning acceptable too, but likes to be the big spoon. You'll really be the big spoon in cuddling when he gets let go by Sabre.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

I think we've all seen that David put marshmallow fluff on bread and drinks warm beer when in his hot tub. Otherwise, he likes to clean more than cook. He's at a medium level with cleaning, he does leave dust behind couches, beds, etc because he never notices it even tho he's wearing glasses...

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

David calls you beforehand while at work or from work he calls you to tell you that yall had to break up because he can't bring the courage of saying it in front of you. But he does say a final "I loved you" before hanging up and maybe even removing your number from his contacts (either way he has it memorized).

F = Fiancée (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

David waits about a year or two (3 perchance:33) to say he wants to marry you. He wants there to be a ring on your finger, so other people know you're taken. He feels it's the best way to show how much he loves you and that he'd rather spend the rest of his life with you.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

He's an EXTREMELY patient man, so he's like 100 percent gentle with whatever it is and if something really bad happens like mentally or physically then he gets a bit on your nerves. Overall he's a gentle man.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

David would probably plead for a hug at home, work, anywhere. He finds it comforting and way back to reality, his hugs are super tight so it'll probably hurt.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

The first time he'll say "I love you" is if he asks you out to dinner, you say yes, it happens and probably say it as David is asking you to be his girlfriend.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

Depends on the type of parties, gatherings (i think r the same??) or family reunions, if it's work related and he knows someone likes you or gets too comfortable around you, from far behind he'll see it and walk as fast as possible to tell them to just back off as his face his red from being mad. It'll maybe start an argument. If David sees you with a man (specifically ones he hates or finds creepy), then he'll go crazy but if it's a woman then that's fine.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

David will practically shove his lips onto yours whenever, more once he's CEO. If he had to choose where then possibly your shoulder, down your back and your stomach if he was laying there.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Calm and full on happiness, David is so bright and fun around kids and babies. Although he's quiet and gentle with newborns for an obvious reason.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

He hates having to wake up early, more so to drive like an hour to work and have to deal with some phone calls from Michael or a random or work calls. David will maybe stay in bed with you for an extra five minutes so he can properly wake up.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

He immediately falls asleep from how much he has to deal with being a CFO or CEO (depending on the season).

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Technically on the first date, some smalls bits of himself and his job but doesn't really specify what yet. If you worked at corporate then everything because you see him everyday.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

There's no need to explain the utter patience this man has.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

On the way home from a date, he'll memorize everything you said word by word. Then even write it down and then recite it until the next time you two see each other. If he forgot anything about you, he'd feel like shit to have to ask you again. But when you tell him it's okay and not like you'll just dump him like that, certainly gets rid of David's worries.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

Spending Valentine's Day together for the first time, he cherishes every second of it and makes it worth your while. David, being alone half of his life, this brightens up the little emptiness there in his heart.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you?)

David keeps you close to him no matter where you guys are, even at home where it is supposed to be safest place. He would place his hand anywhere for you to know he's still there. He'll do it during meetings too and doesn't care if someone's watching.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

The disgusting personality (jan).

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

David will put his whole 40 years into the effort of making you anything you wanted. He may be getting old but he's still an active man!!!111

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

None, at least I don't think so???👽

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Not much, I mean if I looked like Andy Buckley i would be so blessed. But a little insecurity on the greying in his hair, he isn't balding yet so🙏🙏

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

David feels lonely and quite literally empty without you next to him or on the phone. So yes he feels too incomplete without you.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

(i don't have 1😭😭🙏)

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

David can move a lot in his sleep, a heavy sleeper who moves his arms and legs. Sometimes at night he'll accidentally hit you with 1 of his limbs without realizing it until you told him. He could fall off the bed and not know, then it was your turn to pick him up and throw him back in.

#the office #david wallace #david wallace x reader

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a-4skyhawk · 9 months

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F-100 Super Sabres of the Thunderbirds

#f100 super sabre #thunderbirds #military aircraft

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dude the planes are fucking badass i'm hella jealous you got to go!!! what did you see???

oh dude lemme tell ya,,, we were hyping ourselves up for wings over houston for a whole month. but now you've activated my tism so let's see...

we walked to our seats in the middle of an astounding father-son duo doing aerobatics in 2 extra 330s;

another aerobatics performance in a plane i did not hear/didn't recognize, but it looked similar to the others;

static c-17 globemaster & kc-135;

a static navy p-8 poseidon (the military boeing 737-800);

static mq-1 predator aerial drone;

we caught glimpses of the mig-17 and mig-21 before they were sent home, so we didn't actually get to see them see them (we were distraught over this);

the eurocopter mh-65 dolphin (coast guard);

both a static f-35a & a demo by another f-35a (the a being the air force version) which was awesome! that girl thunders something fierce. we got lucky enough to hear it howl;

several t-6 texans, a boeing super stearman, the t-34 "mentor," the t-28 trojan, the bt-13 valiant (aka the "vibrator"), and several other smaller trainers;

the tora! tora! tora! demo group (t-6s dressed as the famed japanese a6m zero, a p-39 aircobra, a p-40 warhawk with flying tigers livery, and a b-25 in the place of a b-17);

the b-17g "yankee lady," which was a HUGE hit with me. they didn't even need to announce her. the fucking moment i saw her vertical stabilizer taxiing down the runway i whipped around to fucking pog at my friends;

two different b-25 mitchells (the j variant) & the pbj-1j "devil dog" (the marines version of the b-25);

the c-47 skytrain "that's all brother" (who i've seen twice before); this warbird has a fascinating story;

a p-51d mustang (who then did a heritage flight with the f-35a);

the me-262 schwalbe, aka, the first jet fighter ever put into service (germany);

an a-1h (ad-6) skyraider, which was basically one of the last propellor-based aircraft in the navy before the jet age;

the usaf thunderbirds in their f-16 fighting falcons, which were loud, screaming, gleaming, and amazing. i could never do those fucking close formations and passes they do! jesus...;

a static f-100 super sabre, which looks lovingly like a catfish and i love them a lot, the f-4 phantom ii, and an a-4 skyhawk;

some static displays from nasa: the b-57 canberra and t-38 talon

#callsign gremlin checking in #gremlin's things with wings

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usafphantom2 · 1 year

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352nd TFS North American F-100 Super Sabre by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: 1966/71 - A North American F-100C Super Sabre from 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. Photo by Kenneth W. Aylsworth

#352nd TFS #USAF #F-100 Super Sabre #flickr

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(via Artwork of the Vietnam War – CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website)

Super Sabre and F-8 Crusader escorting spray planes below

#F-8 Crusader #USN #USAF #F-100 Super Sabre #C-123 Provider #Ranch Hand #Agent Orange #Vietnam War

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dronescapesvideos · 1 year

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North american F-100 "The Hun' Super Sabre | Full Documentary

#youtube #F-100 #f100 #Super Sabre #SuperSabre #Supersonic #Jet #Jet Fighter #Army

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melonthesprigatito · 2 years

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A Really Long List of Headcanons About Rhyme's Home Planet and Her Early Childhood Before She Got Stranded on Earth

Content warning: A whooooole lotta death (this planet is not a fun place to live on) implied child neglect (Rhyme's parents are huge dicks) and interplanetary conflict. Also I kinda have this headcanon that Planet Lexicon isn't as squeaky clean heroic as Word Girl thinks they are, so already I've potentially pissed off a good portion of the fandom.

General Headcanons

First things first: the name of Rhyme's planet. Planet Cryogon is located in the Literatura Galaxy with Lexicon and Hexagon. It's name comes from "Cryo" which is a prefix that indicates low temperatures, ice and frost (cryogenic, cryokinesis ect) combined with the same "-on" suffix that Lexicon and Hexagon has. Miss Power's planet also almost ends with an "-on" suffix, but we'll get to that later.

Taking a page out of Jack Ferraiolo's other famous cartoon Amphibia, (did you know that this guy wrote for Word Girl AND Amphibia? Totally blew my mind when I found out) Cryogon is abso-f*cking-lutely a death world. Frequent snow storms and avalanches. The surface temperature of Cryogon averages to around -100°C so plant life is basically non existent. Everything gets their nutrients from eating other smaller things, and the more opportunistic or omnivorous creatures are able to eat the snow off the ground if they have to, since the snow on Cryogon is uniquely mineral filled.

The wildlife on Cryogon is basically Ice Age wildlife, but on steroids. So you got giant armoured mammoths, dire wolves and dire polar bears, terror birds, sabre tooth tigers that can bite through rocks, Megaloceros deer that are actually strong enough to hold up their antlers, giant sloths with razor sharp claws, Kairuku penguins with beaks that can impale you (basically an extinct giant penguin species, Google it, I love them) even small innocent things like mice have scorpion tails.

Because anything and everything on Cryogon can and will kill you, the locals are pretty desensitised to death. They'd still be sad if someone close to them died, but they'd be a lot more accepting of it. Cryogonians actually celebrate Deathdays on the anniversary of the day that someone died. They throw a party celebrating their life as a way of keeping their memory alive. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Birthdays are a solemn occasion where they reflect on how thankful they are to have survived another year.

There's a pretty popular headcanon that Word Girl, and by extension, Lexiconians in general are basically the apex predators of their side of the galaxy and thus have predatory instincts and adaptations. Well, I say, why don't I take this headcanon and push it somewhere else? I saw this fan art drawn by @mechidraws depicting Rhyme with sharp arctic fox teeth, so I just took that concept and freaking ran with it.

Cryogonians are basically a predatory pack hunting alien race. Kind of like if you crossed wolves/lions with a sports team. All of their superpowers are special adaptations to survive on such a hostile world. The whole "vibrate before activating super speed" is a natural disorientation/camouflage tactic. (It probably would be a good idea to make yourself blurry if you're trying to hide while in a snowstorm) Their hair colours, ranging from white, to grey, to blue are good for camouflage in the snow and ice. Super strength is for landing blows on tougher prey to break through their armour and freeze breath is for shaping the environment to set traps/create hiding spots or shelter. Rhyme unknowingly uses this skill when she uses her frost breath to create giant ice ramps so she can "fly" by using the momentum of running off of them at high speeds.

A typical Cryogonian hunt usually goes like this. Their hunting party is split into several Chasers and several Strikers. The Chasers will run after their prey with their super speed and will manipulate the path ahead with their frost breath to lure their target into an ambush. The Strikers will then lunge at the target and strike at them with spears or good old fisticuffs and will try to wear them down.

When all else fails, Cryogonians will use their sharp teeth and will go for the throat. After all, you can drop your weapon, but you can't drop your chompers. They absolutely cannot afford to let prey get away or else their families will starve.

Yet despite having freaking superpowers, Cryogonians are still on the middle end of the food chain. They fill in a similar ecological niche as wolves. Yes, they can be scarily effective at hunting, but something bigger and stronger could easily body them, especially if they're caught alone. Safety in numbers is THE biggest life lesson you can learn on Cryogon.

Similar to Lexiconians and their knowledge of language, and Hexagonians with their knowledge of mathematics, Cryogonians area of expertise is physical geography, namely meteorology (the weather), seismology (earthquakes) and glaciology (study of ice in the environment) It's best to know everything about the world around you and all of its dangers if you want to stay alive, after all.

Settlements on Cryogon are basically huge cities carved from ice (well, they have an abundance of it, so might as well use it), surrounded by a gigantic wall of ice with razor sharp icicles on the outside to keep dangerous creatures out. In case you were thinking "This sounds like Attack on Titan?" I was more inspired by the wall with the sharpened logs surrounding the village in Kong: Skull Island. Cryogonians are master ice carvers and can create huge constructs with their frost breath.

Every single person's name on Cryogon is snow/ice related in some way. Rhyme's birth name is Crysta (as in, snow crystal).

Unfortunately, Cryogonians are looked down upon and seen as inferior to Lexiconians. Lexiconians think that language is far superior to geography because geography is a useless subject compared with language and literature (as I've been told by my teachers 👀) and they're also very freaked out by the fact that "Cryogonians hunt and kill their own food instead of farming or owning livestock, you know like civilised people", as a snobby Lexiconian aristocrat would so very rudely put it. Cryogonians think that Lexiconians are a bunch of stuck up nerdy pansies. "They live on a warmer planet! They don't have to work as hard to survive! They would be dead in one day if they had to live here!" as a grumpy Cryogonian hunter just trying to provide for his family would so very bluntly put it. Basically we got an Athens Vs Sparta situation going on between Lexicon and Cryogon.

Rhyme is actually half Lexiconian, half Cryogonian so she has traits from both species. On her father's side, she got Cryogonian cold resistance, pale blue hair, and her superpowers. On her mother's side she got Lexiconian omnivorism (with normal, boring human-like teeth to match) and can survive in warmer temperatures than most other Cryogonians.

One time during the winter, the heating broke at a Villains Society meet up, so everyone showed up bundled up in several layers of clothing, thick winter clothes, hats, ear muffs, scarves and gloves etc because it was FREEZING, but Rhyme showed up in her ordinary outfit (no sleeve jacket, skirt) showing no signs of being uncomfortable and everyone was like "HOW ARE YOU NOT COLD?!" Reason, while not being biologically cold resistant, spent so much time around Rhyme and her ice powers that all he really needs to do is put on a jacket and he's fine.

On the other hand, Rhyme doesn't do well in hot weather. She gets extremely sluggish and tired when it's too sunny and her frost breath actually melts instantly when she tries to use it, so she's left with a pitiful water gun attack instead. The Butcher opened his door one day to see a panicked Reason with Rhyme slung over his shoulders, asking if he had a meat freezer he could throw her in. But at least she can actually set foot on Earth without having to wear a special suit to stop her from dying from overheating.

Lexonite has a... unique effect on Rhyme. She accidentally got exposed to some on a heist with Mr Big and Leslie and it made her superpowers 10 times stronger instead of removing them. Leslie theorises that it's because the Lexonite cancelled out her Lexiconian side, her Cryogonian side expanded to fill in the missing space. Rhyme asked how the hell does that work and Leslie just shrugged and said "I don't know, plot convenience?" The Narrator said "We live in a world where people can get superpowers from being struck by lightning from a question mark shaped cloud and fusing with a photocopier. You really want to question the logic of this show?" And Rhyme is like "Yeah, that makes sense."

Rhyme adores penguins purely because they are smaller, cuddlier, and non lethal versions of the Kairukus from Cryogon.

Reason had no idea that Rhyme's species is predatory until an incident when they got locked in a dungeon and left for dead by the evil Dr Murderdeath in one of the 28 cities they've been through. They were close to starving to death when a rat suddenly ran into their cell. Reason notices that all of a sudden, Rhyme has a feral look in her eye and her survival/predatory instincts kicked in and... yeaaaah. On the bright side, Rhyme's extremely sudden savage outburst scared the crap out of the guard, who dropped the remote controlling the power nullifier that was around her neck, which disabled it so Rhyme was able to bust them out and escape. Cue Rhyme giving Reason a well rehearsed explanation of what the fuck just happened (implying that she kinda expected this to happen at some point) followed by a LOT of reassurances that the only reason she lost control of herself was that they were about to die, which will probably never happen again SO DON'T PANIC.

Reason just has to live with the knowledge that his bestie can go feral in a life or death situation. He is surprisingly chill about it, much to Rhyme's relief because her worst fear is Reason being scared of her. Reason wonders if she has ever hunted anything on Earth but Rhyme's like "What no, I don't need to. If I'm hungry I can just get a Mc Donald's or go to the grocery store or something."

Cryogonians get the zoomies. It is a fun past time for them, made even better with super speed and ice ramps. Sometimes in the middle of a crime Rhyme suddenly goes "If I don't run back and forth right this second I will Literally Die ™ and then you would cry." Reason's like "Ok. Just get it out quick before Word Girl shows up."

Cryogon's relationship with other planets

There's a bit of political history between Lexicon, Cryogon and Izgone, (aka Miss Power's planet!) Basically, Izgone is located closest to the sun in the Literatura Galaxy, while Cryogon is the farthest away. Lexicon is in the middle. The temperature on Izgone is boiling hot, perfect for lizard people like Miss Power's people. Basically if an Izgonian set foot on Cryogon they would instantly freeze to death due to their cold blooded-ness. If a Cryogonian set foot on Izgone, they'd burst into flames/melt. But the extreme temperature difference didn't stop Cryogon from trying to offer shelter to the surviving Izgonians when "The Incident No One Shall Talk About" happened.

Izgone was nicknamed The Hostile Planet for a good reason. To generate enough negative emotions to feed the populace, the Izgonians basically trashed other planets and fed on the misery that they caused. Lexicon, fearing that they would be next, developed a planet destroying superweapon to fend off the Izgonians, should they attack. They never actually planned to use the weapon, mind you. That would break so many intergalactic laws and permanently destroy Lexicon's reputation as the ultimate good guys. Except some poor sucker sitting at the control panel accidentally set his coffee mug on the "Press here to blow up Izgone" button.

So Izgone is gone. Basically all life got scorched with this one giant solar ray, and the only survivors are the tens of thousands of people who were in caves at the time. Of course, Lexicon's officials were like "FUCK FUCK FUCK" and immediately created this cover up story. "Well, Izgone got obliterated because all of their supervolcanoes blew up at once! What a terrible tragedy!"

Meanwhile, the Cryogonian officials, you know, the geography experts, were like "Uh, hold up. That's not how supervolcanoes work? They can't just all go kaboom at once? The chance of that happening is so monumentally slim that it might as well be impossible! Also, how come you found out the reason why the planet got scorched so quickly? That's kind of suspicious?"

So Lexicon basically silences Cryogon to stop them from telling the rest of the galaxy that they accidentally blew up a planet. They quietly conquer Cryogon, telling the rest of the galaxy that they're just partnering with Cryogon so that we can exchange knowledge and promote better learning! Nothing suspicious going on here, nope! Cryogonians are not allowed to leave their own planet anymore without a Lexiconian escort. They try to offer refuge to the Izgonian survivors, but Lexicon forbids them from doing so.

The surviving Izgonians decided to form a truce with Cryogon and vowed never to attack them as thanks for Cryogon's attempts to expose the truth about what really happened to their planet. As for Lexicon, however, the young princess of Izgone who was only a child at the time, swore vengeance against Lexicon and spent the next 3-4 decades flying across the galaxy and conquering planets in an attempt to find a new and better home for her people. She later lands on Earth and attempts to manipulate Earth's sole Lexiconian into joining her so they can conquer Earth together, but has to retreat when the Lexiconian becomes immune to her insults. Yeah, take a guess who the Princess (now Queen) of Izgone is.

Speaking of Miss Power, because of the whole Izgone/Cryogon truce, Miss Power kinda doesn't want to go against the wishes of her people, so she when she meets Rhyme for the first time she's like "Aw shit, she's Cryogonian, I can't attack her. >:(" Too bad Miss Power attacked Reason first, so Rhyme goes completely apeshit and beats the ever loving crap out of her for daring to harm her best friend.

Rhyme, of course has no idea who this random, really mean superhero lady is so she doesn’t realise just how shocking it is that she managed to defeat her. And because Rhyme is under the assumption that Miss Power is just some random superhero, she doesn’t think that the incident is important enough to mention. Weeks later, at a Villain’s Society meeting, the topic of conversation is about who came closest to defeating Word Girl and Rhyme just casually says “This isn’t about Word Girl, but actually, a while back I absolutely destroyed this half lizard lady who wasn’t really nice. She hurt Reason, so I froze her under 50 layers of ice!” Cue the record scratch moment and all conversations coming to a screeching halt as everyone stares at Rhyme because she just admitted to kicking Miss Power’s ass like it was nothing.

Rhyme's Early Childhood (it's sad :( )

Following "The Incident No One Shall Talk About", now there's a Lexiconian colony on Cryogon. This is basically where Rhyme's life begins. Her father, a Cryogonian, married her mother, a Lexiconian in order to get ahead in life. When Rhyme was born, her parents were hoping father was hoping that they could forget about Rhyme's Cryogonian heritage and raise her as a super smart, Lexiconian daughter.

This caused a lot of conflict between Rhyme's parents, and her Uncle Blizz (blizzard) and Aunt Geli (gelisol) Uncle Blizz is this giant teddy bear of a man who's super boisterous and upbeat. Aunt Geli is sly and crafty, and just ever so slightly feral. But she loves her husband and her family, and will do whatever it takes to protect them, so that's what's important.

They thought that it wasn't healthy for Rhyme to not know anything about Cryogon at all, and that it would only cause problems for her later in life. Rhyme's parents were cold and distant, only really caring about her studies and her appearance. Rhyme was under constant stress to succeed, just to get her parent's attention and have them tell her they were proud of her. Most of the actual parenting was done by Blizz and Geli, who were far more loving than her parents ever were. They made it their mission to teach Rhyme as much about the Cryogonian lifestyle as they could. One time, when they were supposed to be babysitting her, they took her on one of their hunting trips. Was it super irresponsible and dangerous? Yes. Were they really proud of her when Rhyme managed to catch a snow mouse all by herself, even if her method was sloppy? Yes. Was it one of Rhyme's favourite memories of Cryogon? Yes. Years and years later, Rhyme still considers them more like her parents than her actual parents.

Rhyme was taught amongst full blooded Lexiconian children and her parents assumed that she would gain a full knowledge of vocabulary like any other Lexiconian and they could pretend that she wasn't half Cryogonian at all. Well, aside from the little hiccup of her gaining the trademark Cryogonian pale bluish white hair, they assumed that she'd pass as an ordinary Lexiconian.

But it became apparent that the Cryogonian genes were just more dominant than her Lexiconian ones. Unlike the other Lexiconian children, she was way behind on her vocabulary development. At age five she should have memorised the dictionary, but she was barely able to spell. She couldn't fly and she couldn't hear her teacher from across the playground either. Plus, she couldn't quite control her freeze breath or her superspeed yet, so she ended up freaking a lot of the other kids out.

Now's the part where I tell you that her parents weren't just arrogant and neglectful. They're were downright evil. They told her to her face that she must be broken and basically decided that they didn't want to raise a Cryogonian child, they wanted a Lexiconian one. So they stuck her on a spacecraft and sent her to the giant off to an orphanage planet in the middle of the galaxy. Unfortunately, on the way the spaceship encountered a meteor shower and Rhyme's sleeping capsule was ejected into deep space, where she later crashed down to Earth. Rhyme grew up on an orphanage on Earth, under the new name Amy White, where she later became best friends with Reason (real name, Darren Labine) and her life is so much better now.

Blizz and Geli were absolutely sickened and devastated when they found out what Rhyme's parents had done. They cut off contact with them and didn't even shed a tear for them when they got trampled to death by a Mega Mammoth that had gotten into the city boundaries. They stole a spaceship, left Cryogon and for the next two decades, they dedicated their lives to finding Crysta and bringing her home.

And eventually they did find Rhyme again. Their arrival on Earth accidentally caused a huge misunderstanding which led to the Villains Society and Word Girl thinking that they were about to have a Miss Power 2.0 situation on their hands. And while I would love to share that, this post has gone on long enough... and I haven't finished writing that part yet. Hope you enjoyed this because writing all this down took, like, a week and I am super drained from it. Thank you, and peace out.

#wordgirl rhyme #wordgirl reason #wordgirl headcanons #word girl #wordgirl mr big #wordgirl leslie #wordgirl miss power #worldbuilding #alien biology #alien ecosystems #alien predatory behaviour #angst with a happy ending #melon's ramblings

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casbooks · 1 year

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Books of 2023

Book 18 of 2023

Title: Meeting Steve Canyon: ...And Flying With the CIA in Laos Authors: Karl L. Polifka ISBN: 9781490979854 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly, AC-119K Stinger, AUS Australia, AUS RAAF No 35 Sqd - Wallaby, AUS RAAF Royal Australian Air Force, AUS Sydney, B-57 Canberra, Boeing 707, C-7 Caribou, CHN China, CHN Hong Kong, CHN Kowloon, EC-121 Warning Star, EC-130 Commando Solo, F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, FAC, Fast-FAC, FRA France, FRA SDECE GCMA Mixed Airborne Commando Group, FRA SDECE Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, HH-53 Jolly Greens, HKG Hong Kong, LAO Ban Ban Valley, LAO Ban Moung Ngan, LAO Boung Lam, LAO Fishes Mouth Region, LAO Forward Air Guide RAINBOW (Laotian Civil War), LAO Hmong Meo Tribesmen, LAO Houi Hok, LAO ICC Internationl Control Commission, LAO Khang Khai, LAO Lima Site 108 - Moung Soui (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 15 - Phong Saly (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 184 - Houei Tong Kho (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 198 - Houi Hok (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20 - Sam Thong (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20A - Long Tieng (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 236 - Ban Moung Ngan (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 32 - Boung Lam (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 36 - Na Khang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 46 - Seno (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 54 - Luang Prabang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Long Tieng, LAO Luang Prabang, LAO Moung Soi, LAO MR Military Region (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR2 (Laotian Civil War), LAO Na Khang, LAO Nong Het, LAO Operation About Face / Kou Kiet (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Barrel Roll (1964-1973) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Palace Dog (1966-1973) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Shining Brass / Prairie Fire / Phu Dong (1965-1975) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Snare Drum (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Stranglehold (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Phnom Nam Lyr, LAO Phong Saly, LAO Phu Na Kok, LAO Plain of Jars / Plaine des Jarres, LAO RLA General Vang Pao, LAO RLA RT Hotplate (Laotian Civil War), LAO RLA SGU Special Guerrilla Units, LAO RLAF Lt Colonel Lee Lue, LAO RLAF Royal Lao Air Force, LAO Route 13, LAO Route 4, LAO Route 7, LAO Sam Nuea, LAO Sam Thong, LAO Seno, LAO USAF Project 404 (Laotian Civil War), LAO USAF Steve Canyon Program - Ravens FAC (Laotian Civil War), LAO Vientiane, LAO Xieng Khoung, O-1 Bird Dog, O-2 Skymaster, PsyOps, SpecOps, T-28 Trojan, THA RTAFB Korat Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Nakon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Takhli Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, THA USAF ISC Infiltration Surveillance Center - Nakhon Phanom, THA USN NGSD Camp Ramasun Station, U-17 Skywagon, UK Force 136 (SOE), UK Special Operations Executive (SOE), US COA CASI Continental Air Services International, US COA Continental Airlines, US Father Lucien Bouchard (Catholic Priest), US PAA Pan American World Airlines, US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA Green Berets, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USAF 12th Air Commando Sqd - Hades, US USAF 12th Special Operations Sqd - Hades, US USAF 20th TASS - Covey, US USAF 21st TASS - Walt FAC, US USAF 22nd Special Operations Sqd - Zorro, US USAF 23rd TASS - NAIL, US USAF 34th TFS - Hatchet, US USAF 354th TFS - Newark, US USAF 355th TFW - Vegas, US USAF 388th TFW - Scuba, US USAF 388th TFW - Tiger, US USAF 416th TFW, US USAF 416th TFW - Det 1 - Misty, US USAF 432nd TRW - Laredo, US USAF 433rd TFS - Machete, US USAF 497th TFSq - Agile, US USAF 504th TASG, US USAF 505th Tactical Control Group, US USAF 555th TFS, US USAF 557th TFS - Sharkbait, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing - Det 1, US USAF 602nd Special Operations Sqd - Firefly, US USAF 609th Air Commando Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 609th Special Operations Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 612th TFS - Tide, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Alley Cat, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Cricket, US USAF 7th/13th Air Force, US USAF ANG Air National Guard, US USAF General George S. Brown, US USAF TACP Tactical Air Control party, US USN NSGD Naval Security Group Detachment, US USN United States Navy, VNM AUS RAAF RTFV Royal Transport Flight Vietnam - Wallaby (Vietnam War), VNM Ban Me Thout, VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM CIA Phung Hoang / Phoenix Program (1965-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Dak Lak, VNM DRV NVA 312th Division, VNM DRV NVA 316th Division, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Duc Lap, VNM Duc Xuyen, VNM Gia Nghia, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Montagnard, VNM Operation Banana Ditch (1969), VNM Operation Combat Skyspot (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Igloo White (1968-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang, VNM Pleiku, VNM Quang Duc Province, VNM Route 13, VNM Route 8, VNM RVN ARVN 22th ID, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN RVNP CSDB PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Units (Vietnam War), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force - Jackpot, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Camp Alpha (Vietnam War), VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Team 32 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG (1964-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NAF Naval Air Facility Cam Ranh (Vietnam War), VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War), VNM USAF DASC Direct Air Support Center (Vietnam War), VNM USAF II Corps DASC / 505th TCG - Carbon Outlaw (Vietnam War), VNM USAF TACC Tactical Air Control Center - BLUE CHIP (Vietnam War) Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.USAF.FAC, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War.Ravens

Description: A personal account of a USAF Forward Air Controller in a remote highland province in South Vietnam in 1969 and how he met "Steve Canyon" and transitioned to the "secret" war in Laos, living with the CIA and the Hmong clans and having near-complete control over the use of US airpower. This account has many illustrations of the grinding stress of intense combat in Laos, and the periodic clashes with the distant headquarters that had little knowledge of an extremely complex combat environment and was more focused on control rather than results.

Review: This book is one of the rare 5 stars for me. There were parts of the book that were absolutely incredible and make this book a must read! While it’s not a perfect book, those parts really showcase how this genre should be written. Instead of just saying “I flew here... I did this” ... he actually walks you through the mission, the steps, where he put his hands, how he got into the aircraft, what he saw, what he thought, what he felt. There is always more to the story than just what someone did... it’s important to make the tale multidimensional and also explain why in a big and small picture way. This author really did that well. At times the book slogs and gets more into the I flew 10 sorties that day, went to the bar, woke up the next day. He also talks a lot about the failures of the whole war and how it was run, which occupied too much space of the book. And yet, even with those criticisms, the book is really excellent!

You get to see a side of the vietnam war in II corps, as well as the Laotian civil war, and the command and control issues with both, and the success and failure in both.

Definitely a great read about a forward air controller during that time!

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