#WHY R U CALLING ME A TERRORIST
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creatures united incorrect quotes/things my friends and i have said pt seven
etie: i was unable to seduce the Lord of evil the first time, ill get him when I meet him again
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simon: oh yeah man i’m sorry for sleeping so late
gray: it’s not that late ??
simon: wdym it’s 9pm
gray: dude..
simon: WHAT??
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indigo: babygrill if ur so obsessed w me just say so and stop dickriding me /neg on the internet 🥰🤭
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helen: ALL GINGER CATS ARE TERRORISTS.
joseph: IT’S JUST HOW THEY ARE
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indigo: porpl
etie: u r so purple
indigo: in a good way or covered in dye way?
etie: yes.
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bex: it’s okay, my dad is more delulu therefore you have a chance
helen: he’s 33 years old
bex: .. time travel is less delulu
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indigo: why can a fictional man i write love me more than my father does
seph: GO AHEAD AND CRYITTLE GIRLCLLL
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etie: my toxic trait is that I think that I could look at a bear and we would form an instant bond of love and friendship and he would let me snuggle him
helen: ME
carter: all of us fr
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simon: why is this character enhancing my daddy issues
seph: because you don’t have a dad
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indigo, sending a picture of a 33 yr old man: he wants me
etie: it’s true
etie: I’m his beauty mark
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helen: deciding whether to scream, cry, or buy brownies
simon: i’d say all three tbh
simon: scream turns into crying and then u buy the brownies
helen: ur so right
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simon: i just got jumpscared by ur dead name but thank you
bex: HEPP
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joseph: call him muffincakes when you breakup with him
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simon: i need someone to look at me the way JD looks at veronica
gray: dw bbg, i’ll just 👁️👁️
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indigo: SEPH SAID I LOOK LIKE A MALEWIFE BOYKISSER
etie: YOU ARE
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seph: would you guys still love me if i committed a murder
gray: yes
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bex: i would suck dick for more pineapple
indigo: i would suck dick for fun but penis’s scare me and i have a bad gag reflex
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seph: the price of my sins is accidentally eating a Reese's cup with the paper on
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bex: GOODNESS GRACIOUS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE I JUST FORTUITOUSLY PULLED MY BATTERY CHARGER CABLE OUT OF MY ENCLOSURE
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simon: i’m fatherless??
joseph: i killed ur dad
simon: cool!!
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indigo: this entire book is him curing my daddy issues
etie: or making them worse
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seph: HEY FAGGOTTT!!
seph: .. THATS NOT BEX, THATS NOT BEX.
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indigo: I’m still so upset i’m trying to cope by being hot
indigo: .. and watching mermaids
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an au I made up and never wrote: (okay listen i've written one story set in there but it only pays basic lip service to the idea and basically nothing else. trust me. it counts its fine)
okay! this is "humanformers", but actually it's androids in disguise featuring "everyone is a pretender now" and "we only transform a little bit". i'm debating adding a magical girl element where they jump and spin and out come GIANT FUCKOFF CANNONS and MAGIC ARMOR. (all my beloved friends and followers who know more about magical girl anime than me can boo and hiss as they see fit about that but you can't tell me Megatron jumping into the air and getting a chainmail armor cape and metal stompy boots and his giant gun and a scale armor skirt wouldn't go hard. i do not believe you it would be very cool and also sexy)
We start out from the POV of our FAVORITE HUMAN SIDEKICK (FHS for short, because they don't have a name), meeting a very weird stranger. This stranger is SOUNDWAVE, walking computer bank and wireless hacking donglebrain extraordinaire. He is also Extraordinarily Fucking Weird.
Soundwave: Hello. Take me to your satellite dish array.
FSH, just a random person: ??????? bro r u lost?????? what the fuck
Soundwave: [pulls out a gun] Hello. Take me to your satellite dish array.
FSH: ?????????????????????
Soundwave: Hurry Up.
FSH: i don't Have a satellite dish array. I don't even have cable.
Soundwave, faceblind: So you mean you are not Secretary Of Defense of the United States Namey Namename?
FSH, trying to activate "emergency call" inside their coat pocket because they're pretty sure (correctly) Soundwave is a domestic terrorist: Uh. No. I work at a Target.
Emergency services: "This is 911, what is your emergency?"
Soundwave, hearing of a bat: Stranger. Hang up immediately.
FSH, not hanging up immediately: uhuh yup hanging up immediately. please don't shoot me. did you hear that, i said you have a gun, please do not shoot me, i am hanging up the phone now, aren't we lucky that they can't trace a call to a location, ha, ha, ha, ha
Soundwave: why are you speaking so loudly
FSH: idk sometimes people do that when they're stressed. please stop pointing a gun at me unless you're going to mug me or something
Soundwave: Why should I want to mug you.
FSH: ........for money? I mean, not that I-
Soundwave: Rest assured that if I wanted to have more money there are more efficient ways for me to get it than taking the wallets of strangers.
FSH: ....that is actually strangely reassuring but you are still pointing the gun at me. can i go home.
Soundwave: you are Certain that you are not Namey Namename of the Department of Defense. Give me your ID.
FSH: IS this a mugging?
Soundwave: no. now give me your wallet.
anyway after this happens Soundwave eventually is frightened off by the sirens, FSH speaks to the Authorities, and one Authority Cop Pig is like. hm. i am going to take you for further questioning off the record
and FSH goes OH SHIT WHERES MY LAWYER
and Pig Rude Officer Why-are-you-doing-this Loser (shortened PROWL) is like "you do not need a lawyer, this is off the record". FSH who knows their rights is like "NO NO NO i DEFINITELY need a lawyer wtf is this shit" and Prowl is like. Um. Please do not involve any more outsiders this is a domestic terrorism thing. FSH goes "I AM NOT A TERRORIST" loud enough to attract the attention of Bad Asshole Rude R-... fuck it i cant do this again. Barricade. Who is also there. Prowl and Barricade are both aware there's someone from either team in the building but they do not know who it is. You don't either. You're like "HEY. HELLO. HI. I NEED A LAWYER"
barricade, who barely believes in due process and thinks lawyers are for losers who dont believe in police brutality, makes eye contact with Prowl and pointedly walks away.
asshole.
Prowl eventually finally gets FSH to chill out by offering to bring in an attorney. He calls Jazz, who is not at all an attorney. FSH is convinced by his fake business card and is like "yeah this weird guy pointed a gun at me on the street and wanted to know if i was Namelike Namesomething from the Department of Homeland Security or something like that, i don't know."
"You mean Namey Namename?" says Prowl, who knows everyone in the entire upper government and has files on all of them. "You do look remarkably similar." He is also faceblind as fuck because i think it's funny to make all the data analysis people struggle to differentiate between faces irl.
Jazz, about 2.5 seconds to look them up later: Prowl bro what the fuck are you talking about no they do not
FSH, a genius: ....your.... name is Prowl? What kind of name is that?
Prowl: Nickname.
Jazz: Nickname.
FSH: weird nickname. what are you, like, supposed to be batman or something?
Prowl: ......I like cats. What did Soundwave want?
FSH: ???soundwave???
Prowl: .....code...name. codename.
FSH: is that the guy i ran into???
Prowl: yes obviously keep up.
FSH: uh. a sattellite array? or something
Prowl and Jazz, in unison: OH NO, NOT THE SATELLITE ARRAY!!!
now we never see FSH again because their role in the story is OVER AND DONE. instead we have Prowl and Jazz fuck off out of the station really fast. Barricade, whomst we all know is a decepticon, is like "hm. suspicious behavior. better call my boss" and he calls Soundwave. He sends Soundwave their pictures. Soundwave, faceblind, is like "these resemble every single autobot and also everyone at your job. let me send them off to buzzsaw for analysis"
buzzsaw has wings. no one questions this because buzzsaw also has the emo fringe haircut and wears a silly looking jacket and as such looks at all times like he's trying to cosplay an anime character. he does this on purpose because it entertains him. buzzsaw is also really good at recognizing faces
"oh shit" says buzzsaw "thems autobots"
ANYWAY i havent got much past that but essentially the bots and cons are on earth, HAVE been on earth, and are in a race to the bottom for magical crystals (energon. legit just energon) that they use to power themselves and their augmentations. They're in a secret shadow war, and the government is not aware they exist but constantly trying to catch them because it's obvious something is up, they're just incompetents. multiple characters have removable boobs. drag strip cannot buy groceries without committing murder (written here, the only thing ive ever actually done in this au outside of draw vortex irritating motormaster on purpose once). thank you for listening to my ted talk now i need to turn off my computer and turn it back on again lmao
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seeing ppl RUNat union station (this place is like a train airport) is so scary . I HOPE U CATCH THAT!!!!!!!! I know it’s serious like EJSKHDKS THEY LIVE MILES AWAY PROLLY thankfully for me the express train to the airport takes me closer to home in 7 minutes than a usual 30+ minute commute w the toronto terrorist commission. Ppl call it the TTC HERE THOSE PEOPLE R PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURERSJSJDKSBF ....why is the PUBLIC transport . Semi privatized. BITCH?
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bit obsessed with ur mercedes girl driver drawings. first of all because they r pretty. second of all because they r for sure the most interesting changed dynamics. lewis being one of the most accomplished drivers of ALL TIME and being a black woman?? from the 2000s - 2020s??? i dont even want to imagine the press attention. and girl!george is just delicious. terrorist/women-can't-drive jokes off the charts. would 100000% be called boring in the specific way that serious women are. pls give me ur thoughts. that is my fave girl drivers art mwah.
hi!! thank u so much!!!! first of all so very very happy u like my art!! ive rly been loving the new rule63 trend - if i were cockier id say maybe i had smth to do w it but the truth is i genuinely believe a lot of us woke up simultaneously and thought 'i NEED to draw or write girl drivers'
so then re: the story aspect of it. a fun fact i havent rly talked abt on here is that my girl driver series is actually inspired by an au of mine - thing is tho that my au is actually a sex swap, rather than 'always been a girl' the way ur suggesting. so like u bring so many good points and im sooooo eating devouring ur thoughts on what fem!lewis and fem!george would look like in the greater f1 circus narrative, at the same time that rly wasn't what i was thinking of in the first place? in my au uh. half the grid r accidentally cursed bc of a helmut marko interview in which hes asked whether a gender equality initiative like extreme e where the grid would b 50% female would work in f1 and he says 'in my opinion half of them are already women as it is' - hence the sex swap curse for 10 of the drivers. so while there IS a sort of attempt to engage w the patriarchy in my au too (the loose idea is that the drivers who r swapped r the ones marko believes to b girls / pussies etc, with max being one of them, and then the rbr inner conflict fully explodes bc it would) i didn't actually write it (& later on draw it) with actual female drivers in mind, especially not the way their history would b different if their gender was different
but yeah, that's pretty much what the context was - but bc the fic was too ambitious for me (at the time and to this day still tbh) i needed to channel that creativity somewhere else and started drawing a bunch of them instead. hence the series. which is why im loving that u guys r taking it to ur own creative destinations!!! so anon ik u came looking for answers but id love it for YOU to come back to my askbox (or ur own posts or fics!!) w ur own ideas abt fem!merc
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Chapter02: "betrayed me to become a monster"
Riley flashback of how he was tortured by he so called "FRIENDS"
Kiana : I can't believe I trusted you *kicks him*
Riley:GAH! *spitts blood*
Mei: u betrayed us all! *slashes his back*
Riley: gah! P-pls let me explain!
Selee: explain what!? *punches him in the face*
30 mins and 1 hour of beat up
Riley:*bleeding almost to death* .....
Futa hua: what is going on here!?
Kiana: we just teaching the traitor a lesson
Futa hua: wdym!? Captain is with me , bronya and aponia the whole time!
Rozaliya: then....the picture!? He was with otto
Futa hua: what photo?
Liliya : *shows her the photo* you idiots this was just a photoshop! This is fake!
Everyone: what.....
Bronya : what us all the yelling? *sees Riley beaten and tied up* kanchou!? What did you do to him!?
Futa hua: they beat him up for just a fake photo
Bronya: .....kanchou....
Selee: bronya ....Im so-
Bronya: *slaps her*
Selee: *shocked* !?.....
Bronya: you....I thought I trusted you!.... You were a little sister to me! But this! .....why!?
Selee: I...I...
Bronya: because u believe a damn fake photo than let captain explain!?
Aponia: *comes in* what is all this? *sees captain and drops all the groceries* r..Riley? *runs to him* Riley!? Pls wake up!?
Riley: *weakly tries to speak* ...ap..aponia?
Aponia: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE *looking at them angry*
Futa hua: *explain*
Aponia:.....
Kiana: aponia ...i
Aponia: *glares at her* save it! I don't want to hear it
Kiana: .....
After they bring Riley to Möbius
Riley: *wakes up*.....
Möbius: oh your awake? Kanchou
Riley: *says it in deep* what happened?
Möbius: you were unconcius a several minutes. I heard what happen and I am very disappointed at what they've done to you , aponia and others are here they carry you here.....
Möbius: kanchou?
Riley: ....after ive done everything to them , this is was my repay....
Möbius: ....I am sorry
Riley: .......its not your fault , mobius
Möbius: thank you, I shall call the others that your awake
Riley: .....*nods*
Mobius: *goes out to the clinic*
Riley: .....*remembers all the beating and punches the wall hard*
Riley: *starting to consume hate , madness and dark mist starts to come around his body*
Riley: *his eyes becomes bright red and use the black mist to get out fro the window making his escape*
Mobius: *comes in* were back , kanch- ?
The believes: *sees that he is not here*
Futa hua: Möbius you said he was awake, were is he now
Möbius: but! He was here! His legs are broken he can't be move!
Bronya: *sees the wall and eyes widen* .....Mrs. Futa hua....I think u should see this...
Futa hua , Möbius and aponia: *eyes widen seeing the crater to the wall*
Futa hua: ....who done this?
Möbius: I don't know....
Bronya: *sees a blackblood like mist* the bronya has found blood
Futa hua: *sees it and use a sryinge and looks closely* this isn't some ordinary blood ....I'm going check this on my room *leaves the office*
Aponia: *still looking at the wall*
Meanwhile
Riley: *gets on the alleyway* ...... *remembers what they done to him and starts consuming hate* why.....WHY DID I DESERVE THIS!? AFTER EVERYTHING I DID , THIS WHAT MY REPAY IS!?
WHAT DID I DO TO THEM!? .....they took everything from me.....they betrayed me ....to become a monster......
???- your right....they did turn you one
Riley: ....*looks at the stranger*
???- they did took everything from you...
Riley: who the hell are you?
???- oh...were are my manners my name is...
Mr. Wesker: I am julian wesker , I am the CEO of the Nemesis
Riley: nemesis? You mean the most powerful terrorist?
Mr.Wesker : oh...that's not the point , you see we are not terrorist , we are mercenary's , and nemesis was just a military name , you see those soldiers are from VALLHALLA PROGRAM.
Riley: VALLHALLA?
Mr.Wesker: yes, we work into the shadows we were vigilantes that murders crimes and beast , mechs....
Riley: what is your deal?
Mr.Wesker : you see after what they did to you....I saw hate and darkness , growing around you....
Riley: .....and what do you want
Mr.Wesker: I want you to join nemesis
Riley: why?
Mr.Wesker : to change the world. I want this world were we can find peace....
Riley: .....I see , then were do I start
Mr.Wesker : right now
So after I join nemesis I was made my own armor
I was giving every mission of my target who I'm going to kill and slay....after I gave myself a code
NOBLE-2987
Name: Riley james
Born: May 26, 2003
Age: 35
Sex: Male
Rank: Mercenary (Specialist)
Code name: the Blood Orchid , Reaper
And that's were I hired my team called Apex predators
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#i dont look paki#im v white#white passing#my sister doesnt necessarily look paki but she def looks ethnic or poc (for lack of a better word sksjsksjsksj)#when we go on our daily walks this girl#WILL BE RLY LOUD AND BE LIKE WHY R U CALLING ME A PAKI#WHY R U CALLING ME A TERRORIST#ALSDKJAKDLAK;SD PLSSSS#mehrtalks
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can we please stop being anti-annabeth solely for not being a cliched female love interest i am so tired of people painting her as manipulative, harmful, toxic, or anything of that nature solely because of some of her natures. annabeth chase is a character who
grew up in a household that made her feel constantly unwanted and a burden, so much so that she fleed
didn't know what a stable relationship looked like–arguably yes she could have seen silena and charlie but they were also teens who were new to it all. she had no one guiding her.
ran away from her home early on and found safety in two people–one of which sacrificed themselves for her and the other betrayed her
has a fatal flaw that causes her to fully believe she could always do everything better than anyone else
constantly seeked approval and praise from a mother who was never there
annabeth chase is all those things. now let me debunk what people believe she is:
"annabeth is toxic." — no, she is not. she is a survivor of a traumatic childhood and doesn't always know how to go about her emotions. camp half blood, for as friendly as it is, trains warriors. she wasn't raised with parent figures teaching her how to communicate her thoughts, in FACT, the only parental relationship she had was parents making her feel unwanted and dramatic (ie her stepmother telling her she's scaring her brothers), so as a result she doesn't KNOW how to talk. if she ever came off as rude or negative it was solely just her lack of being able to talk it out.
"annabeth is abusive." — once again, no. the judo flip scene came from her genuine irritation and the heaviness in her chest of being without percy for so long. it wasn't out of harm, they sparred together all the time, and he laughed it off. also remember annabeth didn't know percy lost his curse of achille's, so in her eyes she didn't think he would feel pain from that flip. so all she did was just tell him i'm so mad at you for being taken away from me and also let out her inner turmoil. she did not expect him to get hurt.
"annabeth shouldn't call him seaweed brain its harmful." – seaweed brain and wise girl are their childhood nicknames to one another. its not harmful–YOU GUYS implying that the nickname implies him being stupid or it hurting him is actually far more harmful. the nicknames hold nostalgia for the both of them: it holds the fact that despite everything they're best friends, that they've come so far from where they started and how even though they disliked one another they fell in love. it's not a harmful nickname, it just shows how much she loves him.
the annabeth/rachel dynamic – i'm sorry, but why the fuck are we crucifying a teenage girl for being jealous? i genuinely do not fucking understand why people r getting so angry at annabeth for being jealous of rachel when she was literally in love with percy and one of his only friends for THE LONGEST time before rachel came along. feelings and romance aside, as a friend (who has been abandoned in the past for others, like thalia did w the hunters) i would feel really jealous as well. the whole botl dynamic is just childhood pettiness and jealousy at its finest, and then in tlo annabeth admits she let percy have a summer with rachel DESPITE her wanting to be with him–how is that bad? she's a teenage girl in love with her best friend who's met a new girl, one who's mortal and comes with far less baggage and who he can just relax with–her feelings of jealousy were completely valid throughout the series, stop hating on her for them. and then as for the whole tartarus "keeping percy on his toes" thing–that was playful. and a joke. and annabeth and rachel are literally friends at this point. calm the fuck down.
while i am on this subject of annabeth chase slander, can we please k*ll the jokes that imply annabeth is a tr*mp supporter, a racist, or a homophobe? if ur a poc and u enjoy those jokes i won't gatekeep u from making them but please remember that a lot of those jokes have hella heavy implications and are very out of pocket. people hate on her because of that page in moa where she says she hates the fact that she's blonde, but i raise u this:
annabeth chase is highly insecure as a character. THE ONLY THING SHE IS SECURE IN IS HER BRAINS, SO OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE MAY THINK SHE'S INFERIOR OR DITZY BECAUSE OF HER HAIR COLOR WOULD MAKE HER FEEL INSECURE! it's VALID of her and y'all literally took it and turned her into a racist who'd spit on me and call me a terrorist and i just–i don't get it.
also just because i think annabeth slander should end doesn't mean i don't think y'all need to stop attacking other female characters as well specifically hazel and piper because y'all seem to just constantly attack these female characters and i am so tired of it.
thank u for coming to my ted talk 😁
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Black Lives Matter: A (By No Means Complete) Reading List
“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are a reflection. Books change your mind.” - Toni Morrison
It has always been, and always will be, vital to educate ourselves on the world around us. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, I hope that this blog can become a platform for sharing resources on black history and literature, in a conscious effort to educate both ourselves and those around us. It is our duty to continue to amplify the voices of people of colour, because it is through education that we can make lasting changes in the world.
Here you will find a list of books and essays by authors of colour, and which speak about the experiences of people of colour everywhere. By committing to read even one of these books, you are expanding your consciousness of the lives around you, and giving people of colour a voice.
(Please reblog with your own book recommendations - keep the chain going!)
Classic Fiction
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Another Country - James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin
The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
Kindred - Octavia E. Butler
The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon
Small Island - Andrew Levy
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Contemporary Fiction
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo
An Orchestra of Minorities - Chigozie Obioma
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams
A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James
Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
Sorry To Disrupt the Peace - Patty Yumi Cottrell
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead
The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
We Cast a Shadow - Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Washington Black - Esi Edugyan
The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta
Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Poetry, Theatre and Graphic Novels
A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine
Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong
I Am Alfonso Jones - Tony Medina, illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers - Ben Passmore
Say Her Name - Zetta Elliot, illustrated by Loveis Wise
Silencer - Marcus Wicker
Don’t Call Us Dead - Danez Smith
How ro Be Drawn - Terrence Hayes
The Black Unicorn - Audre Lorde
Coal - Audre Lorde
Passion - June Jordan
Children’s/YA Fiction
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor
Binti - Nnedi Okorafor
You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson
With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo
Refugee Boy - Benjamin Zephaniah
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X - Ilyasah Shabazz
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham
A Is for Activist - Innosanto Nagara
New Kid - Jerry Craft
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work - Tiffany Jewell
Non-Fiction and Autobiography
The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy - Lani Guiner
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World - Layla F Saad
Don’t Touch My Hair - Emma Dabiri
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch
The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (available for free on Yorsearch)
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander (available for free on Yorsearch)
Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo
Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women - Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement - Wesley Lowery
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Foreman Jr.
The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir - Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debby Irving
The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy - Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, & Felicia J. Wong
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race - Beverly Daniel Tatum
How to Be Anti-Racist - Ibrahim X. Kendi
#black lives matter#blm#books#booklr#bookblr#book#reading#reading list#education#justice#change#thespeedyreader#study#studyblr
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Everyday Splendor in Olympus Town: Season 2
Episode 2: Dionysus
Episode Index
Zeus: Ah, your wines truly are
special, Dionysus.
Dionysus: I know, right? It's
because I gave the grapes extra pets
and played them tooons of songs this
year.
Zeus: Pets..?
Zeus: I'm not sure what that means,
but I do appreciate all the hard
work you do for me.
Dionysus: Yay, a compliment.
I'm soooo happy.
Hercules: I've finally found you,
Dionysus! You're under arrest on
suspicion of lying!
Dionysus: Hmm, you're arresting
me again? I feel like that's all
you ever do, Herakles.
Hercules: It's H-E-R-C-U-L-E-S!
Get it right, or I'll add constantly mispronouncing
my name to your charges!
Zeus: Do you have to make so
much noise?
Zeus: Either be quiet, or begone.
Hercules: ...I didn't realize
you were also here, Master Zeus...
Hercules: Nevertheless, this man
is a suspect, and I must take him
into custody!
Zeus: Can't you see I'm giving my
patronage to his oden stand? I can't
have him disappear on me.
Zeus: Do not bother us any longer.
Hercules: ...Very well...
I'll hold off on the arrest until
you're finished dining.
Hercules: And you, don't even
think of running away!
Dionysus: Wow, thanks so much
for your patience. In the meantime,
you should have a drink too,
Hecurlies.
Hercules: ...I'll have sake.
Dionysus: Red wine, coming
right up.
Hercules: Huh? No, I said
I want sake.
Dionysus: Here's the red
wine you asked for.
Zeus: He doesn't serve anything
else, you know.
Hercules: You run an oden stand,
but don't serve sake..!? Why!?
Hercules: Hm? Wait a minute... Your
oden doesn't even have any ingredients
other than potato in it!
Hercules: I'd hardly call this
oden... So that's another thing I'm
adding to your charges.
Dionysus: What charges are those,
anyhow? I haven't been lying to people.
Dionysus: All the potatoes are due
to your dad here. I'm sure Master Zauss
can tell you all about it.
Zeus: Do you take issue with
potatoes, Hercules?
Zeus: Or are you trying to inflate
your arrest numbers so they'll be as
high as those of Odysseus?
Hercules: O-of course not...
Hercules: I'm not worried about
Odysseus. Not one bit...
Dionysus: Ahaha, yeah, right.
Since you're so cute, I'll let you have
the wine for free, Hercoolio.
Hercules: I don't need your
damn wine!
Hercules: And besides, the
charges are not false.
Hercules: They were brought on
by your nonsensical stories about
there being gold buried somewhere
in Olympus Town.
Zeus: Gold, you say..?
Hercules: My investigation points
to Dionysus as the source of the
rumors.
Dionysus: Oh, the gold thing.
I heard about that from one of my
customers.
Dionysus: Apparently, someone
very important from Olympus Town
buried gold to gift to their children.
Dionysus: And it wasn't just gold, I was
told. There were also books with crucial
knowledge written on them, such as how to
pick up girls, or the secret to becoming
the strongest warrior the world has
ever seen.
Zeus: Knowledge on how to pick
up girls, you say..!?
Hercules: The secret to becoming
the strongest warrior..!?
Zeus: If I got my hands on those
books, women the world over would
adore me...
Hercules: If I became the strongest
warrior ever, then I could finally defeat
Odysseus and become number one...
Zeus: So, where exactly is this
treasure?
Hercules: Tell us right now.
Dionysus: I didn't think you two
would be so interested.
Hercules: It must be investigated,
that's all. I still think you're
lying.
Dionysus: Hmm, but I don't
know where it's located...
Dionysus: I wanted to dig it up
and give it aaaall to Hestia, but I've
been having trouble finding it...
Dionysus: I digged and I digged, but
all I found was garbage. Where could
the gold be, I wonder?
Zeus: Were there any books
among the trash you found?
Dionysus: Hmm, were there?
Zeus: Any information you have
will help.
Dionysus: Oh, actually!
Hercules & Zeus: What..!?
Dionysus: There was a note with
Ateeny's name on it. It was inside a
chest, so I mistook it for treasure.
Hercules & Zeus: That can't be it...
Hercules: ...Wait. I was wondering who's
been digging holes in the ground, but it
was clearly you! Do you have any idea how
long it took me to fill those up!?
Dionysus: Oh, you filled them up for
me? That was so nice of you. Have some
more free wine, as thanks.
Zeus: I doubt going around digging
tiny little holes in the ground was
particularly helpful in finding the
treasure.
Zeus: We should evacuate the city,
and turn the entire soil inside out.
Dionysus: What!? You can do that!?
Wow, Master Zauss, you're amazing!
Hercules: Evacuate the city? Hmph,
it sounds like you need to be arrested
for making terrorist threats. That's
another one of my record.
Hercules: And since I'm apprehending
such a high-profile suspect, I'll be
the talk of the town.
Dionysus: You'll put Master Zauss in
jail? Even though he's your old man?
Hercules: Our personal relationship
has nothing to do with his wrongdoings.
Hercules: I'd worry about myself,
if I were you. Your arrest has only
been postponed, not cancelled.
Dionysus: You're such a scary
policeman. If I go to jail, I can't see
Hestia anymore. Or drink red wine.
Dionysus: Oh, I know! Since you're
arresting us both, how about you
put us in the same cell?
Dionysus: That way, Hestia can come
bring us treats, and we can probably
keep drinking wine all day long!
Hercules: Your laziness astounds
me...
Zeus: Hmph, a mere officer of the law
will not capture the almighty Zeus.
Dionysus: Whoooa! You're sooo cool!
A toast to Master Zauss!
Zeus: Hah hah hah. But of course.
Hercules: ...Ugh... It's pointless
to reason with these drunkards...
Dionysus: Heeey! Harculius, stop
standing around and drink with us.
Hercules: It's Hercules! ...Though
I suppose correcting you won't make
a difference...
Zeus: Who cares about names?
Have a sip of the greatest wine you'll
ever have the privilege to enjoy.
Hercules: Fine... I'll have one
glass with you, then.
Hercules: ........!? This actually
tastes quite good...
Dionysus: Doesn't it!? I think I've
managed to make something special
this year.
Hercules: You're under arrest for
making wine that tastes too good.
Dionysus: Hehehe, you sure do love
arresting people! I must say, I like
the sound of those charges.
Dionysus: Drink up, there's
plenty more great wine for both
of you to enjoy.
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notable moments from The Rundown Job
leverage 5.09
the HEART EYES in parker and eliot’s eyes as they watch hardison crack the code of the vault is my religion
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Hardison: Kiss for luck?
Parker: Who needs luck?
confident baby
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(Parker begins doing elaborate moves and turns to get through the lasers, quickly reaching the far wall)
Hardison: I never get tired of that
THE HANDSHAKE BETWEEN HARDISON AND ELIOT BC THEY LOVE THEIR BADASS GIRLFRIEND
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Parker (opens a case to reveal it is full of diamonds): Oh! Bup-bup.
(Eliot snaps at Parker to get her attention)
Hardison: Eight new schools. Okay, take care, sister Agnes. (hangs up)
(Parker closes the case and gives it to Eliot for mailing as Hardison dials the phone)
Hardison: Hey, Nate, we’re done in D.C. We’re flying back tomorrow. See you.
Parker: They’re so shiny. Couldn’t I have just kept one?
Hardison: Road to redemption, Parker. Just think how good it’s gonna feel when you get that Christmas card from those orphans. Hell, we may even get Eliot to smile.
parker deserves all the shiny things
“the road to redemption” THEY CHANGE TOGETHER
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Riley: Why’d you quit, anyway? (pushes button again)
Eliot: Started running with some different people...
(Riley pushes button again but it doesn’t seem to be working)
Eliot: Like a hacker...
(Hardison enters room and nods. Riley pulls a gun from his drawer and shoots toward Eliot, but the gun is empty)
Eliot: And a thief.
(Parker taps on Riley’s head. He turns. She is holding the clip and a bullet from his gun)
Parker: Click. (tosses clip and bullet on table)
eliot “I started running with some different people” spencer loves his partners and I adore that with my whole (whole) heart
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Eliot: Good night.
(Parker stuns Riley, who slumps on the desk)
I’m glad they’re enabling her tasering obsession
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Eliot (checks his watch): I’m gonna keep her alive. You guys find a way to get her out of here.
Hardison: With what? I…
Eliot (walks away): You stole a Michelangelo with tinfoil and chewing gum. Figure it out!
eliot is like bitch please you’re smarter than this
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the way the three of them back up to each other, covering their backs ,,,
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Hardison: This is a violation of my constitutional rights.
Vance: You’re Alec Hardison. You cracked the Pentagon servers when you were 12. N.S.A. has a file on you a mile long.
Hardison: Do they? What do they say about me? I hope they gave me a cool nickname.
Vance: Parker here... No file on you, which is...
(Parker appears to be sleeping)
Vance: Is she asleep?
Eliot: She bores easy. What do you got on us?
hardison probably does have a cool nickname
also I LOVE how they still have no clue about parker
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eliot being like “she bored easy” 🤷🏼♀️ the MARRIEDNESS
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Hardison: Y-you’re talking about stopping a terrorist attack in an afternoon. We’d need all your intel.
Vance: That truck back at the crime scene... It’s an N.S.A. Mobile response intelligence unit–
Hardison: With the Schneier cryptography system and the j-dam satellite uplink? That... I know nothing about, ‘cause that would be treason and wrong. (to Vance) Are you for real
hardison: I wouldn’t know anything about that because that wouLd Be TrEaSoN
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Vance: So, you grab the truck... (moves to sit by Eliot) Hell... Your girlfriend’s already out of her cuffs.
(Parker sits up holding the handcuffs and tosses them to Vance)
...they didn’t deny that parker was eliot’s girlfriend. they didn’t bother to correct him because it is, in fact, true that she is both their girlfriends. in this essay I will-
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Agent: No, I can’t let you in the truck.
Hardison: A gigabyte gone... your job, gone.
Agent: Security clearances.
Hardison: You’re not gonna let who...
Eliot: What are we, terrorists? Okay, that was my plan was to come here, show you a real badge that I somehow got, and then bring somebody crazy to break into a secure vehicle? We’re gonna move this down the block. He’s gonna spend about an hour doing spot-checks on databases. I showed you my badge. Man, here, take my badge. (tosses it to Agent) Call it in. I got to deal with this guy
it’s funny because it’s true
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Hardison: It’s got every database... N.S.A., CIA, FBI. It’s got hard backdoors into most commercial systems, live feeds into every security camera on the grid. Man, if this wasn’t such a gross violation of our civil liberties, I would be in love right now.
they never stop calling out the government and I’m Here For It™
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Parker: Where do we start?
Eliot: We start with getting you two on a plane out of here. You didn’t sign up for this. Trust me.
Hardison: And you? You’re going to handle this by yourself? Come on, she’s a lady, man. She needs the right touch. What you gonna do with your big punching hands... Punch the screens? No.
Parker: We agreed we all change. Better or worse, we change together.
Eliot (after a moment): What do they got on the gunman?
ELIOT JUST WANTS HIS PARTNERS SAFE
also,,, for better or worse, we change together??? BITCH THOSE ARE WEDDING VOWS
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Parker: Do you know why you bring a cooler full of ice to a robbery? No? I do. Everything we need to know is in that basement. I’ll drive.
Hardison: Hold on.
Eliot: Exactly.
Hardison: No, hold on. (holds on to table)
Eliot: Oh, you... oh, hell, man (sits down in chair across from Hardison. the van horn honks twice and eliot looks around, fumbling) No seat belts up in this thing- (looks at Hardison) d-do you got a seat belt?
Hardison: No, uh-uh, hold the wall (holds the wall)
eliot and hardison being exhausted boyfriends at parker’s reckless driving, I love this song
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Parker: How do you lose track of a whole laboratory?
Eliot: There’s over 200 tons of uranium missing from the United States nuclear storage.
Hardison: The air force lost a hydrogen bomb off the coast of Georgia.
Eliot: Countries are big things, Parker. A lot of secrets slip through the cracks.
wow I love knowing these things and having to live with it
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Hardison: The Spanish flu killed 50 million people during World War I, and now somebody’s got it. (opens door)
Parker: Look, we can do this. Just treat it like any another job.
Hardison: This isn’t just any other job.
Eliot: All right, all right. Stay focused.
Hardison: I focused! That bug in there killed 50 million people! 50! And that was when the population was lower.
Parker: Now?
Hardison: Now? 150 million people. 150 million dead. Hey, we’re thieves, man, and we’re good at what we do, but this is way, way out of our league. And you expect us to go catch some psycho with a city killer? A country killer?
Eliot: You scared?
Hardison: You’re damn right.
(Hardison turns to enter the truck but Eliot grabs his wrist, holding him back)
Eliot: I’m not. I got the best thief And the smartest guy I know chasing this guy.
(Hardison looks at Parker, but Eliot grabs his head and pulls him back)
Eliot: Hey, listen to me. You’re smartest man I’ve ever known, Hardison. I need that brain to get me to him. ‘Cause you know if I lay my hands on him, it’s done. Get me to him. (lets Hardison go)
tHe WaY hE gRaBs HaRdiSoN’S fACE
eliot knows hardison is spiraling but he also knows how to get him out of it because he knows hardison like the back of his hand and knows how to get through to him
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
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there are so many good ot3 shots in this episode it brings me so much joy
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parker climbs hardison like a T R E E to turn off that detonator as eliot provides counterbalance
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Eliot: Did it work?
Hardison: I... I don’t know. I’m trying to get the phone speaker.
Vance (on phone): Move, move, move! Get to cover! Pull everyone back to the perimeter!
Eliot: Ohh! My boy! (hugs Hardison) That is what I’m talking about!
tHe HuG, yOuR hOnOR
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they really be playing grand theft auto in this one
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(Udall fires toward the trio and they dive for cover. Eliot and Parker look at each other and nod. Parker looks at Hardison)
Parker: For luck.
(Parker kisses Hardison, then she and Eliot nod at each other. Parker grabs the briefcase and runs off the train while Eliot runs toward Udall. Hardison goes after Parker, and Udall shoots Eliot in the leg. Eliot reaches Udall and punches him, knocking him out. Hardison continues after Parker, who stops and opens the briefcase)
F O R L U C K
also high key the look parker and eliot share? it had the same vibes as “we do the things that they can’t, won’t”
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parker high key kissing hardison “for luck” but also kissing him because eliot can’t
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Hardison: Yeah. Yeah, that’ll do... that’ll do it. (he pulls her into his arms) Don’t do that to me. I can’t lose you. Do you understand? I can’t lose you. Don’t scare me like that.
Parker: Yeah.
Hardison: I can’t
he loves her so, so much
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Vance: Promise you’ll at least consider working with us again.
Eliot: I work with them now.
Vance: Honor among thieves?
Eliot: Something like that. (walks away)
something like that,,, HE LOVES THEM, YOUR HONOR
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Vance: World can always use some more good guys.
Parker: Yeah, well, too bad we’re the bad guys
smh, “sometimes the bad guys are the best good guys”
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Parker: You’re shot. You should go to the hospital.
Eliot: I don’t do hospitals. (drops crutch)
Hardison: I told you. He takes getting shot very lightly
he drops his crutch to lean on parker and hardison THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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after watching this episode, I agree with y’all wholeheartedly that this was an ot3 GOLDMINE
edit: also, notice how much is written in pink (the colorcode for ot3 notes and meta). like, more than half of it. because LITERALLY ALL OF THIS IS OT3 MATERIAL
#leverage#leverage 5.09#leverage 5x09#The Rundown Job#notable moments#mine#leverage season 5#season 5
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GUYS GUYS I CANNOT FUCKING BREATH
MY MOTHER MY FKN M O T H E R JUST SENT ME THIS U N I R O N I CA L L Y:
☹️🙈🤦🏻♂️😩🤨😥😰😩😭
8:00 am - I made a snowman.
8:10 am - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snowwoman.
8:15 am – So, I made a snowwoman.
8:17 am – My feminist neighbor complained about the snowwoman’s voluptuous chest, saying it objectified snowwomen everywhere.
8:20 am – The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snowmen, instead.
8:22 am – The transgender man…woman…person asked why I didn’t just make one snowperson with detachable parts.
8:25 am – The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and not to decorate snow figures with.
8:28 am – I was being called a racist because the snow couple was white.
8:30 am – I used food coloring to make one of the snow couple a different color and to be more racially inclusive.
8:37 am – I was accused of using a black face on the snowman…person.
8:39 am – The Middle Eastern gent across the road demanded that the snowwoman be covered up.
8:40 am – The police arrived saying someone had been offended.
8:42 am – The feminist neighbor complained, again, that the broomstick of the snowwoman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role.
8:43 am – The council equality officer arrived and threatened me with eviction.
8:45 am – TV news crews from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied, “Snowballs.” and am now called a sexist!
9:00 am – I was on the news as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobic, and sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during a difficult winter.
9:10 am – I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services.
9:30 am – Far-left protesters offended by everything marched down the street, demanding I be arrested.
9:45 am – The boss called and fired me because of all of the negative association with work that had been all over social media.
10:00 am – I cry into my drink because all I wanted to do was build a snowman.
Moral: There is no moral to this story. It is what this world has become, because of a bunch of snowflakes
#I CANNOT BREATHE#HELP#WHAT R REPUBLICANS/CONSERVATIVES OJ#ON**#THIS IS SO FUNNT#FUNNY#LMAO#republicans#gay#Lesbian#Trans#snowflakes
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
July 27, 2021
Heather Cox Richardson
This morning, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol began its hearings with testimony from two Capitol Police officers and two Metropolitan Police officers.
After Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) opened the hearing, Sergeant Aquilino Gonell and and Officer Harry Dunn of the Capitol Police, and Officer Michael Fanone and Officer Daniel Hodges of the Metropolitan Police, recounted hand-to-hand combat against rioters who were looking to stop the election of Democrat Joe Biden and kill elected officials whom they thought were standing in the way of Trump’s reelection. They gouged eyes, sprayed chemicals, shouted the n-word, and told the officers they were going to die. They said: “Trump sent us.”
Lawmakers questioning the officers had them walk the members through horrific video footage taken from the officers’ body cameras. The officers said that one of the hardest parts of the insurrection for them was hearing the very people whose lives they had defended deny the horror of that day. They called the rioters terrorists who were engaged in a coup attempt, and called the indifference of lawmakers to those who had protected them “disgraceful.” “I feel like I went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room,” Fanone said. “But too many are now telling me that hell doesn’t exist, or that hell wasn’t actually that bad.”
The officers indicated they thought that Trump was responsible for the riot. When asked if Trump was correct that it was “a loving crowd,” Gonell responded: “To me, it’s insulting, just demoralizing because of everything that we did to prevent everyone in the Capitol from getting hurt…. And what he was doing, instead of sending the military, instead of sending the support or telling his people, his supporters, to stop this nonsense, he begged them to continue fighting.” The officers asked the committee to make sure it did a thorough investigation. “There was an attack carried out on January 6, and a hit man sent them,” Dunn testified. “I want you to get to the bottom of that.”
The Republicans on the committee, Representatives Adam Kinzinger (IL) and Liz Cheney (WY) pushed back on Republican claims that the committee is partisan.
“Like most Americans, I’m frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the United States Capitol for several hours on live television, we still don’t know exactly what happened,” Kinzinger said. “Why? Because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. It’s toxic and it’s a disservice to the officers and their families, to the staff and the employees in the Capitol complex, to the American people who deserve the truth, and to those generations before us who went to war to defend self-governance.”
Kinzinger rejected the Republican argument that the committee should investigate the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020, saying that he had been concerned about those protests but they were entirely different from the events of January 6: they did not threaten democracy. “There is a difference between breaking the law and rejecting the rule of law,” Kinzinger observed. (Research shows that more than 96% of the BLM protests had no violence or property damage.)
The officers and lawmakers both spoke eloquently of their determination to defend democracy. Sergeant Gonell, a U.S. Army veteran of the Iraq War who emigrated from the Dominican Republic, said: "As an immigrant to the United States, I am especially proud to have defended the U.S. Constitution and our democracy on January 6.” Adam Schiff (D-CA) added: “If we’re no longer committed to a peaceful transfer of power after elections if our side doesn’t win, then God help us. If we deem elections illegitimate merely because they didn’t go our way rather than trying to do better the next time, then God help us.”
Cheney said: “Until January 6th, we were proof positive for the world that a nation conceived in liberty could long endure. But now, January 6th threatens our most sacred legacy. The question for every one of us who serves in Congress, for every elected official across this great nation, indeed, for every American is this: Will we adhere to the rule of law? Will we respect the rulings of our courts? Will we preserve the peaceful transition of power? Or will we be so blinded by partisanship that we throw away the miracle of America? Do we hate our political adversaries more than we love our country and revere our Constitution?”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) both said they had been too busy to watch the hearing. But the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, John Thune of South Dakota, called the officers heroes and said: “We should listen to what they have to say.”
Republicans are somewhat desperately trying to change the subject in such a way that it will hurt Democrats. Shortly before the hearing started, McCarthy House Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who was elected to that position after the conference tossed Liz Cheney for her refusal to support Trump after the insurrection; and Jim Banks (R-IN), whom McCarthy tried to put on the committee and who promised to undermine it, held a press conference. They tried to blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for the attack on the Capitol, a right-wing talking point, although she, in fact, has no control over the Capitol Police.
Shortly after the hearing ended, some of the House’s key Trump supporters—Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)—tried to hold a press conference in front of the Department of Justice, where they promised to complain about those arrested for their role in the January 6 insurrection, calling them “political prisoners.” The conference fell apart when protesters called Gaetz a pedophile (he is under investigation for sex trafficking a girl), and blew a whistle to drown the Republican lawmakers out.
This story is not going away, not only because the events of January 6 were a deadly attack on our democracy that almost succeeded and we want to know how and why that came to pass, but also because those testifying before the committee are under oath.
Since the 1950s, when Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) pioneered constructing a false narrative to attract voters, the Movement Conservative faction of the Republican Party focused not on fact-based arguments but on emotionally powerful fiction. There are no punishments for lying in front of television cameras in America, and from Ronald Reagan’s Welfare Queen to Rush Limbaugh’s “Feminazis” to the Fox News Channel personalities’ warnings about dangerous Democrats to Rudy Giuliani’s “witnesses” to “voter fraud” in the 2020 election, Republicans advanced fictions and howled about the “liberal media” when they were fact-checked. By the time of the impeachment hearings for former president Trump, Republican lawmakers like Jim Jordan (R-OH) didn’t even pretend to care about facts but instead yelled and badgered to get clips that could be arranged into a fictional narrative on right-wing media.
Now, though, the Movement Conservative narrative that “socialist” Democrats stole the 2020 election, a narrative embraced by leading Republican lawmakers, a story that sits at the heart of dozens of voter suppression laws and that led to one attempted coup and feeds another, a narrative that would, if it succeeds, create a one-party government, is coming up against public testimony under oath.
“The American people deserve the full and open testimony of every person with knowledge of the planning and preparation for January 6th,” Cheney said today. “We must also know what happened every minute of that day in the White House—every phone call, every conversation, every meeting leading up to, during, and after the attack.” She added: “We must issue and enforce subpoenas promptly.”
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Notes:
Manu Raju @mkrajuRep. Liz Cheney told me the Jan. 6 investigators should move rapidly to enforce subpoenas. She didn't specify who should be subpoenaed. "I think it is very important that we issue and enforce subpoenas, as the chairman has said, and we do that quickly," Cheney said1,091 Retweets5,401 Likes
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a37144429/capitol-police-officer-slam-table-michael-fanone/
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/five-takeaways-from-the-first-jan-6-committee-hearing
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-security/police-recount-calamity-of-u-s-capitol-attack-at-panel-hearing-idUSKBN2EX12Z
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/16/this-summers-black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelming-peaceful-our-research-finds/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/27/one-republicans-jan-6-committee-went-out-his-way-rebut-his-partys-whataboutism/
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/27/1021161550/this-is-how-im-going-to-die-police-sergeant-recalls-the-terror-of-jan-6
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/jan-6-inquiry.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/27/jan-6-commission-hearing-live-updates/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/27/liz-cheney-statement-jan-6-committee-probing-capitol-insurrection/5375885001/
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
#political#Letters From An American#Heather Cox Richardson#January 6 2021#capital insurrection#corrupt GOP#criminal GOP
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instead of writing thinkpieces about how "white passing =/= white" you could have saved us all time and said "I don't understand the difference between race and ethnicity" and "don't u dare call me white bc that aligns me w my oppressors >:(" rhetoric is harmful in a lebanese/arab context bc white arabs do often oppress brown and black arabs so what now
out of curiosity, why the hell r u coming to me with your lukewarm tik-tok-take, anon? u think as a mixed person of colour living in a predominately white western country idk the difference? you think as an indigenous person robbed of their culture by Europeans but benefiting from the colonial state because i happen to look like the people that massacred my family idk the difference?? u think as someone with a brown family in a white country who fled civil war to come here and be hate-crimed idk the difference? i do know the difference because i’ve lived my life as someone who was racialised AND white-passing because i was Arab in a country and people knew that. the people in my home town who crossed the street to avoid my dad, made fun of my big nose and “dirty” skin, refused to give me a job because of my brown name, broke my arm and called me a terrorist didn’t do that shit because i was “ethnically” Lebanese but because i was RACIALLY Lebanese. and yeah there are white people in Arab countries and yeah Arab cultures have a huge history of anti-Blackness and a racial hierarchy with Black peoples at the bottom and if you fucking think i’ve never acknowledged that as someone descended from Black people than u must be new. so what now u ask??? what now is u get ur assumptive juvenile mouth out of my ask and do what i and any other person should be doing and use your privilege and whatever morsel of empathy you can muster and stand in solidarity with as many people u can and educate yourself as you do. u want a good place to start?? start by learning that racialisation is different depending on contexts and racial contexts drastically shift with geography and that certain ethnicities are racialised because they are from peoples OF DIFFERENT RACES.
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no omg that zayn thing makes me so upset!! like every time the other boys r like well ✨I✨ liked being in one direction or like ya we just "lost touch" im like🧍🏻♀️um wtf no,,, like u CAN reach out to him u realize?? and they just seem so inconsiderate of his feelings u know? like they go out of their way to say they enjoyed it themselves and like try to invalidate him 🙄and it rlly bugs me cuz im so protective of zayn that man is deserving of the whole world and more😔
I think there's still a disconnect somewhere and they just don't GET why it was so difficult for him just because he was not white and was a Muslim. The hate he got was unbelievable and yeah it still makes me mad too especially when they say "maybe some people can't deal with it but it wasn't so bad for me". Like hello??? You were not being called a terrorist and a lot of other disgusting things by thousands of people. You didn't have to deal with that did you? Your basic identity was not something that people hated you for. Not one interviewer joked about you carrying guns in school. Sure you all faced the pressure of being in a world famous boyband. But your skin colour and religious identity protected you at every step. And it doesn't take much to say that "Maybe don't send Zayn all that hate on twitter. The way y'all are talking about a twenty year old is very wrong and frankly disturbing." But they never did that
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David Budd x OFC Fanfiction - Chapter One
First Chapter to this fanfiction, it comes with TW (family issues, Conservative / Tory piece of s-it, act of domestic terrorism)
Ever since she was old enough to understand what her father's occupation was, Millie Vaughn had despised it. She had wished her father to be a banker, or a doctor or even a farmer. Why not. Anything but a politician and moreover a Conservative one.
From the moment she could have taken her independence, she did unceremoniously. She had left her mother, her two brothers and her father and never came back. It was as though she had never belonged in this clan. Of her relatives, she only kept the contact with her oldest brother who, like her did not share their father's political opinions and tried to remain cordial with her mother.
She had come to London to start working on her own as a graphic designer, thus exiling from her native Plymouth. Her very first days in the capital had been an epiphany. In primary school, she never had much friends due to her shyness. In middle school, she was too busy getting good grades to please her parents. In high school, her classmates started understanding - like her - what a Tory was and that anyone related to them was condemned to mockery. No one wanted to be seen next to her but her best friend, Peter. Peter and Millie had always known each other and Peter, unlike others did not care about Millie's father for he knew that Millie was different from her patriarch.
Indeed, in high school, in order to make clear to anyone that she did not share her father's anti-immigration statements and internalized xenophobia, she led demonstrations to fight against student loans or against racism. In fact, the only perk of having a politician as a father was that from the experience, she drew radical political opinions for herself. She had become a student representative, which caused quite some fuss in her household and that her father had perceived as a mandatory teenage angst.
Ring from her phone. A text had landed.
Peter, 7.51 pm: How's London treating ya, princess?
Millie, 7.52 pm: It'd be better with you around, when r u coming?
Peter, 7.52 pm: Soon :))
Her longstanding pal always knew how to cheer her up, even from a long distance. They held a conversation through interposed mobile phones for a couple of hours before the tone changed from amicable to alarming.
Peter, 10.03 pm: Fuck, did u see the news?
Millie instead of texting back directly turned on the telly. As soon as the tube was on, it was everywhere, she could not have missed it. Images of panick flashing from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4. The news hit her as a hurricane would.
BREAKING NEWS: Tory MP D. McAllister Taken Into A&E After Poisoning
- MI5 and Scotland Yard Suspect Terrorist Act -
Peter, 10.08 pm: I'm calling u asap
Shaken to the core, Millie had not seen her friend's text and was thus surprised when he called what seemed an eternity to her but that was in fact five minutes.
Her voice quivered as she tried to make sense. Although she was not a massive fan of Tories in general and of her father in particular, such an act was surreal to her. Her mother had shown signs of worrying a few weeks before Millie left for London as she knew her husband was about to vote for a controversial law related to undocumented refugees.
Yes, I'm sure it's linked to that, Pete, Millie said through the device.
Do you want me to talk to your parents? I can visit them tomorrow if you want.
No, no, it's fine, I'll call my mom tonight, as well as Anthony, she replied mentioning her brother of two years her senior. I should leave you now to call them immediately. I'll let you know.
I hope so! Try to sleep tonight and we'll talk later!
Millie hung up and directly contacted her mother.
Oh, honey, I was about to call you. Your dad has made some calls and we have decided to place you, Ant and Bob under the protection of a bodyguard.
What? Isn't it a bit sudden?
Silence from the other end.
Mum?
Millie, there's something we kept from you and your brothers... Oh, we thought it was just a joke, really... But tonight... Well...
Mum? You're not making any sense!
Your dad received some death threats a few weeks ago... It stopped for a while but it started again yesterday...
The final straw. How could she possibly appreciate her father after that? He had ruined her life and even from a distance kept on making a hell out of her life.
Forget it! I'm not gonna be followed by a bodyguard everywhere I go, mum! I've got a life and a job!
Millie...
The latter hung up.
At the risk of being in danger, Millie chose to be free.
#richard madden#bodyguard#bbc#bbc tv show#bbc show#tv show#david budd#angst#tw#ofc#fanfiction#sophie rundle#ok bye
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Eddies in a box
or Flowers in a Box but it’s cyberpunk. anyway here u go
Chapter 1 – The Beginning
autors note: okay just so you know i dont like this game. well sorta, but not really. but my older sister really like it
though so i'm writing it for her as a present for her birthday.
:) i hope that she likes it!
dedcated to my sister, haley :)
-okay beginning now-
Vee walks into the flat megabuildign 10. he is wearing a scarf and has squinty eyes. then he sees johnny sitting on the chair in
the flat. the flat is pretty and has many BDs in it.
"hollo johnny" he says
"hello Vee" jonnhy says but bitchily.
"what are you on your period of something?" said ve also bitchily (but Johnny can sound way more bitchy because Koala Reeves plays him)
"you should knows i'm not a girl after you spend all night sucking my dick ;)" said johnny (johnny has the hots for v even if he has squinty eyes)
(i bet johnny has a squinty eyes fetish)
"what?' said ve e because he was smoking and not paying attention.
"oh nothing i guess that was a dream" said jonnhy sadly
"oh cool" said vee (hes kind a dumbazz lol) "anyways i came back from the store because rogue says we have a new case"
"oh really?" johnny said. He got up and walked over to eve.
"Wow that's cool :)"
"We should go" said vee. "rouge will be wondering
where we're going"
-some time later-
The crime scene was very bloody. It was at a muesum. everyone was there. even Takemura (everyones a bitch in this game and so is takemura). Takemura walked over to veee and there was some black chick by him (she kinda looks like the girl from
being human, lol i love that show you sould watch it)
"Hi freak-v” Takemura said. (hes a jerk but he gets alot of dick he's like a pimp lol)
"why don't you go fuck a dinosaur taekmura" said Eev. 'jerk and also your cheating on your Wife."
"WHAT" said tkaemura (even though he's pimp hes still lame :)) and then he run off (but he didn't fuck a dinosaur like frea-v said)
(i know i'm not that good but the story isn't that bad :D please review)
Then Rouge came by and that made stuff more interesting. (i like her shes cool).
"Hi vee" she said. "how is this case going"
"Good" said V. "I think I know the killer"
"wow vee you're so hot" Said Jhonny.
"what?" said v.
"I mean smart" said johnyn.
"i know right?" Ve says
"can you just tell me who the killer is?"
V looked down at the body and narrowed his already squnty eyes. then some white words (it happens in the game guys don't flame me) appeared in front of him.
"the killer is takemuar;" said Vee e. "because he is a
douche".
"Ok arrest him guys" said Rgoue. "Thanks vea for your help".
"no problem," said V.
"cool"
then they took away takemura, but someone was watching from the shadows. Someone who would want revenge.
-authors note: please r and r! i'll write more i have a great twist coming up :)-
Chapter 2 - The Skull
autors note: FCK H8TRS ! but for that 1 person who liked my fic thnx you 3 ! ! keep reviewin guyz! :)
-2 days earler-
takemura stempted through the doorway of the door. in side was a bunch of creepy stuff like spider web and a fish tank with deadly fish and a hammer head shark in it. and so was adam smasher.
(i hate yorinobu i like to call him Adam MASHER :))
Tkaemura sat down at the tabel across from smasher. "hello" he said.
"hello takemura why are u here" said smaher
"well yor i was wonderi ng if uo could fix somthing for me." said Taekmura. (get it cause in the game they say 'adam can u fix it for me? :O)
"wat?" said smaser
"well u see in the future this guy caled V-" said takemura
"oh i know him hes tawsome" said smashr
"ikr anyways he arrests me in the da future so i ned you to kill him." said taekmura
"how do u know the futre" masher saided
"well you see" said takemura
-FLASHBCAK-
Takemura is in the megabuild10 wen he touches Vees skull (not his REAL skull under his ksin lol his UNREAL 1 on the s helf)
then he (dun dun dun)… COULD SEE THE FURTE
-flashnack over-
"cool faslback" said smsher
"i know right"
"you no takemura you're really pimpin (well it's true real the first chatper of my sotry) so I think i will kill him for you"
"thnx then" said takemura.
"your welcome" said smashre
-back at the flat in the presnt time-
"i wonder what adam is doing now" sid vee
"yea me to," said johnny wisfuly "last time we saw him was at the hq. remember it blew up becasue u shot the bomb then the elevator began to explode. Yorinoub jumped away on his mototcyle-copter and smasher fired up his lazers into the smoke and climed up them. i pushed you in too the water beloe and (can you guys tell im trying to add more desription to make it god :)) saved us botg. then rouge came in and saved us. we never saw adma agan after that night.'
"yea johnyn …. i know i was there." Veee said.
johnyn did not like smasher much he liked to call him MASHRE haha (like me) because vee obvously liked him better. vee was a smart man who neded someone to kepe him intrestd johnny was simply a borin rockstar terrorist. he wold nevre me as good as adam..
he looked over at the skull which lay on the shelf… … . . and had an idea.
(okay guys do u like it? i added some more long bits and i tried to make it good and post some good scifi stuff in it :) :) :) please REA DAND REVIEW
Chapter 3 – The Kill
athorus note: thnx for all the revews guyz! I really aprciate it :) btw I found some bold font on my compter so now I;m going too bold some fstuff to mke it more dramatic ::)
-presetn time-
Vee and johnny were having dinner at a resuatrant. Mama welles was theyre (it's funny because JACKIe and yea) and they were eatin g gphagetti because thats what italina people eat (or maybe mama welles is spans hi cant remember) and she brouhgt over some candles and it was nice BUT THEN
a guy with a gun crahsede through the widow and shot vee dead and he fell to the floro dead and johnny said "OH NO" and held him in his arms
a single tear dripped donw his check add it was sad. every one of the cnadels in the restuarnt was blone out. it was sad.
"WHO" said johnyn. "WILL SOLVE THE CASE OF VEES MURDOR IF HES DEDA"
it was a sad day.
-back at the flat-
johnyn was stiging theye sad when all of a sudden the dore opend. in came a fmalr face- it was (dun dun dun) VEE.
"WOW SAID JOHNNY" "your mback!"
"i know" said eev "wait wat do yu o mean"
"you died"
"no i didnt" said v
"WHAT"
"yea i didnt why do u say i did."
"because you did!"
"hmmmph" said veee
"okay" said jhonny and then he went aoutside
then he saw misty (who is uhso tarot reder) and she said johnny i need "to talk to you"
"oka" he said
mitsy said "look eve died"
"yeah i know :(" sdia johnny
"but hers here"
"yea i know" said johnny
"see what happned is when vee touched the skull he sthins he saw the futue but realy his future self was swraped with his past self so his ptas self died and his futre self lived"
"oh" said johnny. "okay"
"lok smashre is trying to kill vee's fture slef you have to help him"
johnny thought about what would happen if vee wa s a striper "I DEDUCE THAT UOU ARE SEXY" he said
"what" said mistey
"nothing okat bye" said johnny going back
futurev was there and he said "hi johnny"
"hi Veea"
-1 day later-
"okay hi" said takemura "you said you killed him but hes skill alive"
"i know" said smashr. "because he touched the skull too"
"oh no"
"yes. which means that your past self has been aresttd and is in hail right now"
"good" said tkaemura
"no not good"
"i mean tnot good " said takemura
"godo said" adam "anways we need to kill the other vea too okay"
"okay" wait no
"pahy me"
"okay i'm a pimp so i have lot of mony"
"colz"
-1 day earlier-
vee touhec d the skull
-1 day later, at the flat-
John y touched the skull. (dun dun dun) (dun dun dan)
autors note: thnxs for reviwing guzy! keep it up 3! :):)
#pers#cyberpunk 2077#johnny silverhand#v#goro takemura#adam smasher#fanfiction#fanfic#cd projekt red#art#flowers in a box
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