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todays-xkcd · 11 months
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I don't understand why anyone would pay full price for a flatbed truck rental when you can buy 'DETOUR' signs online for like $10.
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one-time-i-dreamt · 2 years
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Famous British comedian Richard Ayoade stole my seat on the airplane and I was devastated.
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g4zdtechtv · 2 days
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​THE PILE PRESENTS: AOTS! - Screw the World Cup | 6/22/06
How much EverQuest does it take to kill a man?
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newsbites · 10 months
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News from NL, Canada, 9 June
The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure plans to meet with representatives of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Private and Professional Employees (NAPE) to address concerns about staffing levels among water bomber pilots.
NAPE claims that staffing levels are at an all-time low despite an increased demand for water bomber services due to mutual agreements with other jurisdictions.
The Minister states that recruitment efforts are ongoing and a new pilot has recently been hired.
2. A man was arrested and taken to the city lock-up after a theft at a business in downtown St. John's.
The man appeared before the judge on charges of theft and breaching release orders.
The joint funding announced yesterday aims to improve safety in the capital city's downtown.
3. A man is facing charges of endangering safety after being removed from a Delta Airlines flight in Stephenville.
The officers' actions in taking the man into custody are being investigated by SIRT.
The accused is facing charges related to interfering with the duty of the flight crew and lessening their ability to perform their duties.
4. A 19-year-old man from Stephenville Crossing has been arrested and charged in connection with two recent commercial break-ins in the area.
The accused is facing charges of break and enter, possession of break-in instruments, theft under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.
The subsequent investigation resulted in evidence linking the man to a break-in at Shea’s Pharmacy on Saturday.
5. A serious motor vehicle collision has occurred on a section of the Trans Canada Highway near George's Lake.
6. The RNC have located 14-year-old Melissa Morell, who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Thursday evening.
Three people are facing charges in relation to the abduction of a St. John's girl, with investigations ongoing.
7. The Downtown Safety Coalition is receiving joint funding from the Department of Justice and the city to address safety concerns in the downtown area.
The coalition aims to increase the reporting of crime in order to provide the RNC with a baseline to address the issue.
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andyboops · 6 months
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Showerthought: I'm in desperate need of a silly Bruce & Jason bodyswap fic
I need to see Jason-as-Bruce puking his guts out after pigging out at BatBurger and thinking he's got food poisoning, and Bruce just being like... no that's just my body reacting to excessive amounts of fast food
Jason: "But I've seen you chomp down on a BatBurger before!" Bruce: "I allow myself a bite, just one, now and again. But I never finish a whole burger for exactly this reason, Jason." Jason: "... clearly I've died again and I am in hell." *Bruce's eyes go wide* Bruce: "Wait... does this mean I can finish a BatBurger now?!?" *cue Bruce going on a junk food binge*
I need to see Jason realizing he can get some minor petty vengeance on Bruce by attending a charity gala and being a total buffoon, then getting frustrated when people don't see it as anything other than Brucie being a bit more Brucie than usual.
For whatever reason, it's important that both Batman and Red Hood are seen going about their normal vigilante business. Bruce is shocked at how the people of Park Row react to encountering him: - The gaggle of sex workers on a corner who wave him down to chat about their book club, which Jason is apparently part of as well. - Bruce starts following a guy he knows has a history of theft and burglary, but as soon as he steps out of the shadows, the guy's face lights up and he goes to shake Red Hood's hand. The guy profusely thanks him for getting him into rehab, and gives a little progress report on how he's turning his life around. - A small child sees Bruce on the street and immediately drops his mother's hand, makes a beeline for Red Hood, and attaches himself to Bruce's leg in a full-body hug. The kid doesn't say anything, just holds on tight for several minutes while the mom just watches and smiles, teary-eyed, and Bruce just goes with it because he has no idea how Jason knows these people or how he's supposed to react. Eventually the kid lets go, whispers a little "thank you," and goes back to his mom. The mom puts her arm around her kid, looks up at Bruce, and says "He still doesn't talk much, but it's been getting better. We haven't seen the bastard since... well, you know. Whatever you did... thank you." Bruce gives her a solemn nod, and the pair turns away, leaving Bruce confused but touched, and terribly curious.
I wanna see Jason snickering while he leaves a box of laxative-laced donuts next to the Bat Signal on the GCPD roof with a note that says "For the fine officers of the GCPD -❤,🦇"
I wanna see a very distressed and tired-looking Superman land on a rooftop a few steps away from Batman, wrapping him up in a hug (not noticing the surprise in Batman's body language) and saying Clark: "I know I should have called first, but I've spent the last 48 hours doing earthquake relief in [insert distant earthquake-prone location here] and it was bad, and I just... I need you-" Clark turns in to kiss him and Jason makes this very un-Batman-like bewildered little squeal and recoils away Jason: "Are you... are you fucking my dad?!?" Bruce, having heard Jason over comms: "Batman, what's going on?!? Report!" Clark, frozen in place: "... uhhhh...." Jason, to Bruce: "Either Superman has a concussion, or y'all have some explaining to do." Clark: "What. Is. Happening." Jason: "B, did you neglect to tell your boyfriend about the body-swap incident with your son? You know, after neglecting to tell anyone you're fucking Uncle Cla-" Clark: "EXCUSE ME, I THINK I HEAR AN AIRPLANE ABOUT TO CRASH INTO A TREE FULL OF KITTENS, GOTTA GO!"
~~ one hilariously uncomfortable conversation later~~ Bruce: "So... did I hear you right earlier? Did you call me dad?" 🥹
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fiona-my-love · 1 year
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I meant general relationship hcs! Can I request for hcs of what they’re like on a date when you're done with my request? Thanks!
What Stolas, Husk, Blitzo, and Alastor are like on dates
Of course! I’ll finish this first since it’s what I thought what you meant originally, so I already made some of it!!
Stolas
- Oh my! You want to go out with him? Well, then he might as well prepare an entire festival for you!!
- But in all seriousness, he’s quite over the top. But at the end of the day, he kind of prefers to stay indoors and just decorate.
- But it’s pretty 50/50, depends on his mood! He’ll either treat you to a fancy restaurant or just decorate his dining hall for you, and end the date off with you two heading to the bedroom. ifykyk
- Despite being a horny bastard, he’s quite the gentleman on dates!
- He’ll always be courteous to you, opening each door for you and paying the bill.
- He’s pretty good at giving compliments, you gotta admit. He knows just how to fluster you!
- But say anything back and he’s lovestruck, beet red, and turned on.
- He thinks you look absolutely ravishing, no matter what you wear! You’re his queen/king/royal, how could you not be stunning?
- Very good with small talk, but he can get burnt out if you don’t talk much. Just make sure to seem interested in him and you’ll have a great time!
Blitzo
- He’s.. quite creative, you have to admit!..
- His dates are rarely something as simple as getting lunch. Nono, he wants them to be memorable.
- So, what’s his idea of memorable? Hmm..
- Sneaking into a horse riding class on earth. Murder. Arson. Treason. Theft. Public indecency.
- So yeah.. have fun with that!
- But at the end of the day, one of his favorite things to do with you is just kick back, relax, order some food, and cuddle on the couch while watching shitty romcoms.
- He doesn’t really care what you guys do, honestly. You guys could literally be sky diving and he’d just be happy to be with you.
*LITERALLY FALLING FROM AN AIRPLANE THATS HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE SKY*
“OH SHI- Hey, have I ever told you how pretty your eyes are?”
- But at the same time, he likes it when dates mean something.
- For example, murdering your ex together!
- But seriously, he loves to just spend time with you in places you went to when you were still in the crushing phase.
Alastor
- Oh boy! He’s quite the gentleman, he’ll take you anywhere you want! It’s not like anyone can turn him down!
- Loves dancing with you, he’d absolutely adore to go on a date where you two just dance to his favorite songs!
- He’s always dressed to the nines! And by that, I mean dressed to the 1900s!
- Not particularly a fan of newer fashion. But hey, he’d be more than happy to fetch you some clothing from his time period if you so wish!
- He spoils you absolutely rotten! You are his one and only, after all!
- Oh, what’s that darling? You’d like some dinner? Why, of course! He’d say, before going on a killing spree, on the search for the perfect meat. Only the finest for his beloved!
- Would absolutely melt if you cooked for him.
- He actually enjoys cooking with you! He’s pretty good at cooking, and by that I mean he’s good at cooking people.
- All in all, he’s a classy guy who likes to show his darling the finer parts of this afterlife!
Husk
- Let’s get one thing straight. He’s just not really all that romantic of a guy.
- But hey, if you want to go out, then who is he to deny you?
- He’d be more than happy to spend some of his hard-earned gambling money to treat you to a lovely dinner at the local bar.
- He’s gotta admit, he loves the way you get so happy whenever you go out together.
- And my god does he love to see you dressed up all fancy, just for him. As much as he is a grump, he’s really fell for you!
- If you go shopping together, he’ll act annoyed when he has to help carry your bags, but if you offer to carry them all by yourself he’d act like you’re asking too much of him.
- He also acts reluctant to spend money on you out of embarrassment, but he refuses to let you pay for anything.
- He may be a bit of a gentleman with you, but that doesn’t mean he’s gotta be happy about it!
- He really likes going to bars with you. Shots on him, obviously.
- To give him the benefit of the doubt, he’s really trying to be a gentleman, but don’t expect him to last more that an hour without getting blackout drunk.
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resinfish · 10 months
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Okay, dollblr, I need your help
My friend's doll collection was stolen on May 19th by his shitty landlord. Charges have been filed, but the landlord and the moving company he used to transport the dolls and other stolen property have been uncooperative in giving the information needed to trace and recover the dolls.
I'm asking that this post be shared as far and wide as possible so he has some hope of getting his most beloved and distinctive dolls back.
If anyone sees a massive dump of Ringdolls and Dollfie Dreams on Mercari, eBay, or Facebook, especially in/around/from the Louisville, KY area, please contact me so I can let him know.
I will update as we assess the full extent of the loss, but the dolls we're asking people to keep an eye out for at the moment are
Ringdoll K fullset edition with attached hair, NS. No outfit. Distinctive features: One magnet fell out and was put back in back upside down, so his headcap doesn't stay closed.
DIM Minimee Ruki head, NS. Distinctive features: Vampire mod.
Custom House Mina (both Saint Mina and LE Sad Mina), NS
Ringdoll Quiz, GS, fullset
Bobobie Pixie. Distinctive features: sky blue skin that yellowed to a minty color. Probably wearing green pajamas with brown airplanes made by me.
ResinSoul Yao, WS. His first doll, probably yellowed a fair bit by now. Distinctive features: a small chip on one of her horns.
DIM Minimee heads of all Gazette and Dir En Grey members. If these turn up as a lot, contact us, it's probably them.
Soom Dain
Soom Dawn
2 60cm Sweetdolls, NS
HZ WangYe head
This ResinSoul Dai and 1st gen Bobobie Apollo, probably still in these outfits
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Any dolls that appear in a large group with these should be reported.
I will update tomorrow with more specifics on the missing Ringdolls and DD/DD mods when we've had a chance to sit down and assess the extent of the theft.
@okamikodomo @fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive @buffdolls @laptopcoffee @lupusdarkmoon @lordhigheverythingelse @nyxypixie @freakstylebjd @literally anyone and everyone we've ever met in this community
Thank y'all in advance for any help, he's gutted over this and I am on his behalf. Still in shock that there are people this vile in the world.
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ausetkmt · 8 months
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At President Trump's rally in Tampa last week, a familiar face made it back in the national news. Maurice Symonette, also known as Michael the Black Man, was front and center in a crowd hurling invective at CNN reporter Jim Acosta, waving a "Blacks for Trump" sign.
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Symonette has been a regular at Trump rallies all over Florida and as far away as Arizona. Just last month, he popped up at the U.S. border to appear in a video with disgraced sheriff-turned-pardoned-Senate-candidate Joe Arpaio.
All that national exposure raises an obvious question: Who is paying the bills for Symonette, a former member of Miami's murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult, to represent "Blacks for Trump" at Trump rallies? 
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Since Blacks for Trump isn't a registered political organization with the Florida Division of Elections or the Federal Election Commission, there are no public records of any donations funding the group's operations.
It seems unlikely Symonette is fronting the cash for his travel himself because he filed for bankruptcy this past May. In federal court records, he reports that he's unemployed, generates no income, and has $0 in the bank. He also says four banks have staked claims on $2.9 million worth of property around Dade County. 
So how is he getting to Arizona and Tampa to stand behind Trump on national TV?  Reached on his cell phone, Symonette declined to discuss his group's financing. "You guys are horrible racists," he said. "You are lawbreakers and you're mean... God is going to punish you horribly."
Throughout the '80s, Symonette — then known as Maurice Woodside — was a devoted follower of Yahweh ben Yahweh, a charismatic preacher who wore white robes and called himself the Messiah.
Federal prosecutors later accused Yahweh, whose real name was Hulon Mitchell Jr., of ordering his followers to murder at least 14 people, including random white vagrants who were massacred as an initiation rite.
Symonette was charged in federal court along with Mitchell and 15 other followers in 1990; while the cult's leader was later convicted of 14 charges of murder conspiracy and served nearly two decades in prison, Symonette and six other cult members were acquitted.
In the decades since, Symonette has been charged with crimes including grand theft auto, carrying a weapon onto an airplane, and threatening a police officer, but has never been convicted. (He does have a pending case on a municipal ordinance charge in Hollywood after police showed up to a really loud party he threw.)
Since Trump's election, Symonette has carved out an unlikely new niche as one of President Trump's most visible African-American supporters. He has a knack for getting prime placement directly behind Trump and has handed out hundreds of his "Blacks for Trump" signs.
They advertise his website, which is full of conspiracy theories about Cherokees running the U.S. banking system. (Really.)
Symonette was even featured at a Miami Trump rally that prosecutors later alleged had been funded by Russian nationals looking to disrupt the election.
Symonette filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 16, listing Washington Mutual, Homecomings Financial, HSBC Bank, and Indymac Bank as his creditors; each institution laid claim to one of four houses. Three are in North Miami-Dade County, and one is near Kendall.
In court docs, his only listed assets are clothing, watches, various household items, and a pool table. He does say that his live-in girlfriend, whom he doesn't identify by name, provides him with $2,000 per month.
Could that money from his significant other cover Blacks for Trump's various trips around the country to support the president on TV? Symonette wouldn't discuss that with a New Times reporter. 
Instead, he spoke at length about his belief that the banking system is corrupt. He added that "Trump being the president is the greatest blessing we have ever had."
In his bankruptcy case, he's repeated those allegations about the banking system being crooked to Judge Laurel M. Isicoff. He's also repeatedly sought to change hearings that overlapped with Trump events. Symonette suggested the scheduling conflicts are a sinister plot to keep him away from the spotlight at Trump rallies.
"Creditors know that I have a rally in Arizona on July 25 and deliberately set the hearing on that date to cause me and my musical band to miss the performance and the rally with the bus we rented," he wrote in a motion filed the same morning as the Phoenix rally. "The creditors overheard that at the house we are disputing... and set that hearing on the same date just to harm me."
That motion was denied, as was another he filed on July 30, just before Trump's Tampa rally. "As founder of Blacks for Trump, (I) have rented vans to go to Trump's rally. We need to make the country aware how the banks (FOREIGNERS FROM THE EAST) are illegally taking WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE'S houses away."
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Maurice Symonette's story is baffling, to put it mildly. Symonette, who also goes by the name Michael the Black Man, somehow went from being part of the murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult to getting acquitted of murder charges himself to being a staple at Donald Trump's presidential rallies all over the country. Even among the rogue's gallery of rodeo clowns and Bond villains who make up Trump's core cadre of supporters, Symonette might legitimately be the weirdest person hovering around Trumpworld
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After Michael the Black Man turned up at a Tampa-area Trump rally last week and led anti-press chants, it's worth taking note of all the bizarre places he's materialized since becoming a prominent Trump supporter:
1. At the original October 2016 Trump rally where he first popped up on TV:
Conservative Twitter is abuzz this afternoon with a trending hashtag: #BlacksForTrump. The spark is clear: Thousands have retweeted photos from Trump's rally in Lakeland, Florida, this afternoon showing a small group standing directly behind the Donald while enthusiastically waving "Blacks for Trump" signs. "Blacks are for Trump and the left can't stand it," writes @LawlessPirate, with another pic of the sign-waving man wearing a shirt reading "Trump & Republicans Are Not Racist." So who is this new face of Trump's elusive black support? He's none other than Michael the Black Man, also known as Maurice Woodside or Michael Symonette, who has made waves in Miami in recent years with protests against the Democratic Party and rallies for the GOP. He's also a former member of the murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult, which was led by the charismatic preacher Hulon Mitchell Jr., who was charged by the feds in 1990 with conspiracy in killings that included a gruesome beheading in the Everglades. Michael, along with 15 other Yahweh followers, was charged for allegedly conspiring in two murders; his brother, who was also in the cult, told jurors that Michael had helped beat one man who was later killed and stuck a sharpened stick into another man's eyeball. But jurors found Michael (and six other Yahweh followers) innocent. They sent Mitchell away for 20 years in the federal pen. In the years that followed, Michael changed his last name to Symonette, made a career as a musician, started a radio station in Miami, and then reinvented himself as Michael the Black Man, an anti-gay, anti-liberal preacher with a golden instinct for getting on TV at GOP events. He's planned events with Rick Santorum and gotten cable news play for bashing Obama. Since 1997, he's been charged with grand theft auto, carrying a weapon onto an airplane and threatening a police officer, but never convicted in any of those cases. 
2. At a Trump rally in Bayfront Park in Miami just before the election: 3. At a rally allegedly organized with the help of Russian agents:
A federal grand jury filed charges against 13 Russian nationals [in February 2018] for allegedly stealing identities, wiring money overseas, and staging a small series of flash mobs to help tip the 2016 election in Donald Trump's favor. It's unclear whether the social media campaign had any actual impact on voting, but the FBI alleges Russian money indeed affected one small group of Miamians who unknowingly used Russian cash to pay for supplies for an unnamed rally the September before the presidential election. There still seem to be online traces of that Moscow-funded rally. Only one publicized, pro-Trump rally appears to have taken place in the Miami area — #LatinosConTrump in Doral at 1 p.m. September 11, 2016. The event was pitched as an "anti-media" protest outside the town's Univision offices. The national group Latinos With Trump created flyers for the rally and noted that virtually all of Miami's most prominent pro-Trump groups — Cubans 4 Trump, Hispanas for Trump, Latinas for Trump, and the official Miami Trump Volunteers — would attend.
4. At a 2017 Trump rally in Phoenix, per the Washington Post:
And so it was Tuesday night before a crowd of Trump supporters in Phoenix who had come to watch another show. There was the president, whipping up the wildly cheering crowd, and then there was Michael the Black Man, chanting just beyond Trump’s right shoulder in that trademark T-shirt. The presence of Michael — variously known as Michael Symonette, Maurice Woodside and Mikael Israel — has inspired not only trending Twitter hashtags but a great deal of curiosity and Google searches. Internet sleuths find the man’s bizarre URL, an easily accessible gateway to his strange and checkered past. The radical fringe activist from Miami once belonged to a violent black supremacist religious cult, and he runs a handful of amateur, unintelligible conspiracy websites. He has called Barack Obama “The Beast” and Hillary Clinton a Ku Klux Klan member. Oprah Winfrey, he says, is the devil. Most curiously, in the 1990s, he was charged, then acquitted, with conspiracy to commit two murders.
5. With noted racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the U.S.-Mexico border just last week:
Via our sister paper Phoenix New Times:
Former sheriff Joe Arpaio filmed a video at the U.S.-Mexico border with a former Florida cult member who goes by the name Michael the Black Man. In the video posted on Thursday, Michael has his arm around Arpaio as the ousted former sheriff promotes his improbable race for Arizona's open Senate seat during a visit to the border fence in Naco, Arizona. Michael was a follower of the Yahweh ben Yahweh cult, a black-supremacist religious sect in Florida. In 1990, the feds charged Michael and over a dozen fellow cult members with conspiracy related to brutal murders in Florida. Alongside Arpaio and Michael in the video is an independent Senate candidate in Massachusetts, Shiva Ayyadurai, who shared the live video on Twitter. Born in India, Ayyadurai is a scientist and MIT graduate who claims that he invented email. He began his Senate campaign as a Republican before switching to run as an independent. Ayyadurai’s campaign uses the slogan, “Defeat #FakeIndian Elizabeth Warren,” as a derogatory jab at his Democratic opponent. “First of all, I’m from Massachusetts, so of course I’m supporting this great guy,” Arpaio says of Ayyadurai in the video. “He’s gonna win.” Michael says, “We’re at the border right here, between Arizona and Mexico.” He turns to Arpaio to ask if he has anything to say to the camera. The aging former sheriff brings up his law enforcement background. “It’s great to see the border again; I haven’t seen it in a while,” Arpaio says. 
If you've got any info on who's paying Symonette's travel bills to Trump rallies, email [email protected] or [email protected]
For a second, Donald Trump seemed to be backing off his vitriolic attacks on the free press. After five journalists were massacred at the Annapolis Capital Gazette, Trump briefly toned down his slurs. He even invited New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzburger to the White House to clear the air. But it didn't last.
Trump quickly returned to his Stalinist, enemies-of-the-people label for journalists and then lied about his meeting with Sulzburger to insist that truthful reporting is "fake news." Those insults have a real effect, and that fact was never frighteningly clearer than at Trump's rally last night in Tampa, where an unhinged-looking mob screamed insults and waved middle fingers at journalists, particularly CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta.
The scene left many political watchers deeply shaken, including Acosta:
Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy. pic.twitter.com/IhSRw5Ui3R— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
But most national press watchers didn't notice who was right at the center of that mob hurling invective at Acosta and his colleagues: Yep, it was Michael the Black Man, AKA Maurice Symonette, a former member of Miami's murderous Yahweh ben Yawheh cult who once faced charges of conspiring in the group's murders.
That's him with his instantly recognizable "Blacks for Trump" sign:
.@Acosta is trying to do a stand-up at #trumptampa and the crowd is booing and chanting “CNN sucks” behind him. pic.twitter.com/XiULajB1Li— Emily L. Mahoney (@mahoneysthename) July 31, 2018
Symonette has been a mainstay at Florida Trump rallies and over the past year has popped up at other Trump-linked events around the nation. Just last week, he flew to Arizona to film a video at the border with disgraced former sheriff Joe Arpaio. Trump's staff regularly gives Symonette front-and-center seats where he waves his black-and-white sign on national television.
Here's some background on Symonette from New Times' earlier reporting on him:
He's also a former member of the murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult, which was led by the charismatic preacher Hulon Mitchell Jr., who was charged by the feds in 1990 with conspiracy in killings that included a gruesome beheading in the Everglades. Michael, along with 15 other Yahweh followers, was charged for allegedly conspiring in two murders; his brother, who was also in the cult, told jurors that Michael had helped beat one man who was later killed and stuck a sharpened stick into another man's eyeball. But jurors found Michael (and six other Yahweh followers) innocent. They sent Mitchell away for 20 years in the federal pen. In the years that followed, he changed his last name to Symonette, made a career as a musician, started a radio station in Miami and then re-invented himself as Michael the Black Man, an anti-gay, anti-liberal preacher with a golden instinct for getting on TV at GOP events. He's planned events with Rick Santorum and gotten cable news play for bashing Obama. Since 1997, he's been charged with grand theft auto, carrying a weapon onto an airplane and threatening a police officer, but never convicted in any of those cases. 
In other words, he's exactly the kind of guy you might not want to drive into a blind rage at journalists who are just trying to do their jobs. Yet there he was in Tampa, right in the middle of the crowd screaming at Acosta — who, incidentally, took time to talk to the crowds who were so angry with him:
After each live shot, @Acosta would walk down and politely talk to the people who just heckled him. He talked to one group for at least 15 minutes. pic.twitter.com/J26nlxfD6k— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) August 1, 2018
There are two safe bets on this topic going forward: Trump won't stop throwing insults at the media, and wherever the president is whipping up that anger, Michael the Black Man will probably be there with his signs, happily taking the bait.
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simnopke · 1 year
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Extended Newspaper Autonomy
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This mod makes Sims from a currently played household able to perform autonomously additional two newspaper interactions:
Do Crossword – it's more attractive for enthusiasts of games (provided you have FreeTime installed),
Make Airplane – only when a newspaper is old, and a Sim has at least 3 playfulness points and at least 5 interest points in toys.
This mod may occasionally cause unexpected bad mood dialogs to appear when a Sim tries to autonomously solve a crossword puzzle. In order to avoid such situations, I highly recommend using it with No Auto Bad Mood Dialogs. I also recommend using Toilet Newspaper Theft Fix.
Choosing the right version
If you have Ultimate Collection, Apartment Life, or Mansion and Garden Stuff installed – choose EP8. If not, go to 2.
If you have FreeTime installed – choose EP7. If not, go to 3.
If you have Super Collection, Seasons, or Bon Voyage installed – choose EP5. If not, go to 4.
If you have Pets installed – choose EP4. If not, go to 5.
If you have Nightlife, Open for Business, or any stuff pack (except of M&G) installed – choose EP2. If not, choose base.
Conflicts
Do not use this mod with:
Newspaper Hack by wintermuteai1,
More Options For Newspaper by TheNinthWave,
any other mods which add new newspaper interactions.
This mod must load after Teen Move Out by Sari. Note that my mod will prevent newspaper interactions Find Own Place and Search For Roommate from appearing for teens.
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Ciastko jfade (The Compressorizer!) Tvickiesims Creators of SimPe
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steve-smackdown · 8 months
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THE MATCHUPS HAVE ARRIVED!!!
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There are six brackets of 16, meaning that there are 96 participants in total. Brackets 1 and 2 will come out tomorrow, with brackets 3 and 4 Friday and brackets 5 and 6 on Saturday. Here are the matchups, under the cut:
Bracket 1:
Steve the Chameleon (Phineas and Ferb) VS. The Steve Convention (Phineas and Ferb)
Stephanie Meanswell (LazyTown) VS. Stefan Karl Stefansson (Real Life)
Steve Jobs (Real Life) VS. Steve Cobs (Inanimate Insanity)
Steve “Patch” Johnson (Days of Our Lives) VS. Stefano DiMera (Days of Our Lives)
Steve Rogers (Marvel) VS. Steven Grant (Marvel)
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin (WWE) VS. Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man)
Steve (Wii Sports) VS. Steven (Wii Sports Club)
Steph (Wii Sports) VS. Stéphanie (Wii Sports Resort)
Bracket 2
Steve McQueen (House MD) VS. Steve the Monkey (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
Steve the Vehicon (Transformers) VS. Steve from Accounting (Transformers: Botbots)
Steven Stevenson (Dayshift at Freddy’s) VS. Steve Stevens (Even Stevens)
Uncle Steve (Regular Show) VS. Pizza Steve (Uncle Grandpa)
Steven Moffat (Real Life) VS. Steven Taylor (Doctor Who)
Steve (You, Me, and Steve by Garfunkel and Oats) VS. Steve (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Steve Palchuk (Tales of Arcadia) VS. Steven Universe (Steven Universe)
Steve Trevor (Wonder Woman) VS. Stephanie Brown (DC Comics)
Bracket 3:
Steve Burnsides (Resident Evil) VS. Stefano Valentini (Evil Within 2)
Steve Urkel (Family Matters) VS. Steven Keaton (Family Ties)
Steven the Bus Stop (Milo Murphy’s Law) VS. Steel Vengeance [aka SteVe] (Cedar Point)
Steven (Papa Louie) VS. Steve Smith (American Dad)
Eh! Steve! (Homestar Runner) VS. Steve (Tankman)
Steve the Hedge (Over the Hedge) VS. Steve the Red Pikmin (Chuggaconroy)
Stefan Domaschke (Die Wilden Hühner) VS. Steven von Namtzen (Lord John)
Steve Hardy (General Hospital) VS. Stephen Strange (Marvel)
Bracket 4:
The Steve Army (Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series) VS. Steven Steel (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
Stevie Nichols (Wizards of Waverly Place) VS. Stevie Nicks (Real Life)
Steve Haines (Grand Theft Auto 5) VS. Steve Hale (Full House)
Ninja Steve (WarioWare: Gold) VS. Steve (NES Open Tournament Golf)
Stephen King (Real Life) VS. Steve (Book Scavenger)
Stevens (Emma: A Victorian Romance) VS. Steeve (Deep Rock Galactic)
Steve McCroskey (Airplane!) VS. Steve McGarrett (Hawaii 5-O)
Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) VS. Stefan (Fire Emblem)
Bracket 5:
Steve (The Owl House) VS. Steve (Bigtop Burger)
Steve (Minecraft) VS. Steve Carlsberg (Welcome to Night Vale)
Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) VS. Steve (She Kills Monsters)
Steven Carter (Torchwood) VS. Stefan Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
Steve (Blue’s Clues) VS. Steven Spielberg (Real Life)
Steven Franklin (Babylon 5) VS. Steve Jinks (Warehouse 13)
Stephen Bonnet (Outlander) VS. Steve Randle (The Outsiders)
Steve (hi, i’m steve) VS. Stefon Meyers (Saturday Night Live)
Bracket 6:
Steve Stronghold (Sky High) VS. Steven Stone (Pokémon)
Steve (Cucumber Quest) VS. Steve Irwin (Real Life)
Stephen Hawking (Real Life) VS. Steve Harvey (Real Life)
Stevie Wonder (Real Life) VS. Steve Taylor (Coupling)
Stephano (The Tempest) VS. Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)
Stephen Gevanni (Death Note) VS. Steven Crain (The Haunting of Hill House)
Stephen Stills (Scott Pilgrim) VS. Stephen Sondheim (The Unsleeping City)
Steph (Pride) VS. Steve (Dark Cloud)
quick side note: every matchup from round 4 to round 6 was randomly decided, as i had ran out of connections to make. no matchups were created with the intention to get rid of a character.
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louis-sj · 11 months
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Happy Inmates
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My first airplane flight!
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Not really a prisoner.
LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Team XL members helped the Val Verde County Sherriff's Department by volunteering in a prison exercise on Nov. 14 at the county jail. The prison exercise consisted of 19 off-duty volunteers from Team XL dressed up in prison uniforms and assigned a number of medical issues to test the prison guards and medical staff. The live exercise was designed to give the guards and medical staff hands-on training as if a real incident had occurred.
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Christopher Darden, of Benton, accepted a guilty plea of a 30 year prison sentence to the charges of attempted capital murder, aggravated robbery, theft of property, and theft by receiving. A maximum sentence of 100 years was possible for all charges.
From: http://www.monticellolive.com/attempted-capital-murder-armed-robbery-charges-lead-to-30-year-prison-sentence-for-last-of-manhunt-suspects/
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chimielie · 2 years
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in my time
summary: Iwaizumi x Reader. a surprise visit to your boyfriend’s school doesn’t go as planned
word count: 1.5k
cw: slight injury (but not really), extremely mild angst with a heavy dose of fluff
a/n: i will never write a fic with good or normal formatting. this is my promise. (PDT is iwaizumi texting reader, JST is reader texting oikawa, who is GMT-3. i did so much math trying to figure out the timing if there is a mistake please tell me. or don’t)
7:01 AM, Pacific Daylight Time: morning!! and goodnight, you’d better fucking be asleep by now
[rewind]
6:04 PM, Japan Standard Time: tooru help i don’t know how to airplane
6:04 AM, Greenwich Mean Time - 3: well the good news is that you don’t have to fly it.
6:04 PM, JST: why are you always so unhelpful
6:05 PM, JST: what if they catch me for committing identity fraud and i get arrested and miss my flight
6:05 AM, GMT-3: that would only happen if you were committing fraud, which you’re not, because you’re boring
6:05 PM, JST: but what if i am and i don’t know it
6:05 PM, JST: what if i’m carrying firearms and i don’t know it!!!
6:06 AM, GMT-3: you should not be allowed to fly alone
6:06 AM, GMT-3: they should assign you a guardian and put a sign around your neck that says “big baby”
6:12 AM, GMT-3: sorry was that mean :( i was jokingg
6:13 AM, GMT-3: did you actually get arrested for identity theft?? does iwa-chan need to fly over and bail you out?
6:15 PM, JST: sorry i was in the line doing the thing
6:15 AM, GMT-3: why did it take so long
6:16 PM, JST: ...i forgot my own birthday
6:17 AM, GMT-3: LOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
6:17 PM, JST: shut up!!! shut up
6:17 PM, JST: why would you send haji to bail me out anyway? wouldn’t that ruin the whole point of a surprise visit
[skip]
7:03 AM, PDT: good.
[skip]
6:24 AM, JST: guess who survived the flight!!!!
6:32 PM, GMT-3: glad you made it :P give iwa-chan a kiss for me!!
6:32 PM, GMT-3: with a disgusting amount of tongue pls
[rewind]
11:45 PM, PDT: hey, is everything okay?
“Within the program, you must...”
Every word out of the lecturer’s mouth blows on the breeze right over Hajime’s head. Ordinarily, he can fight through the most boring lessons and come out with a semblance of studyable notes without succumbing to the desire to sleep, but today, his head is bent over his lap, his activity becoming less and less discreet every time he pulls out his phone from beneath his leg and checks it.
Still nothing.
He blows out a breath and looks ahead, tapping his pen against his lips. He can’t quantify the growing anxiety inside him, unsure where it came from or why it won’t go away. Surely he’s not so high-maintenance that a couple days without word from you is fully freaking him out?
He checks his phone again, the screen disappointingly blank. Apparently, he is so high-maintenance.
Honestly, he knew what he was getting into when he reassured you that your relationship would survive long-distance. He knows a couple missed calls isn’t the end of it all. He knows you’re probably just busy with your own studies.
But too busy for him?
He shakes off the thought as he exits the classroom, gaze still focused on his phone as he expertly navigates the hallways to the outside world. It’s probably not even a matter of priority. Maybe you’d dropped your phone in the sink and were having trouble replacing it, maybe the cell tower near you had taken a hit during a storm, maybe you had been kidnapped and that was why your location had been off and his messages not delivering since before bed yesterday...
Hajime’s eyebrows draw together and he clicks his phone off with more force than necessary, shoving it into his pocket with the resolve to stop thinking about it. Even you blocking him would be a more likely scenario than the last.
...Ouuuuugggghhh.
His phone buzzes and he jumps violently, yanking his phone out and flipping it around in his hands before checking the screen.
Volleyball practice - intramural reads the calendar notification. He tries valiantly to pretend that the chagrin washing him is nonexistent, and shuts the device in his locker, closing the door as gently as possible.
“Hey, you okay?” One of his teammates touches his shoulder, concern evident on his face. “You seem kinda off, like... you’re still the fucking best, don’t get me wrong, you’re just not really on today.”
“Yeah,” sighs Hajime, scrubbing his hands over his face. “I was actually thinking I’d stay behind, hit a few more balls. I’ll take care of cleanup and all of that, too.”
“Really? Sweet,” his teammate grins. “Hope it helps you work through your shit!”
Alone in the gym, Hajime can hit as hard as he wants, wherever he wants. He grunts as his palm slams the ball dead on, the sound punched out of him by the force of his hit. When he comes back to the ground, a jolt traveling up from the hard floor through his bones, he feels the ache of satisfaction spread through his body.
As many balls as he hits, though, as many frustrated noises he lets out, he doesn’t feel himself working through his frustration so much as feeding it. Stress tightens his muscles, constricts him around the throat- when he misses his mark, he growls and scrubs the back of his hand over his eyes, turning to grab another ball from the bin to deflate.
Behind him, he hears the familiar thud of the ball hitting something hard, and then- a squeak - a thump - oh, fuck, there’s someone lying facedown in the gym entrance, the stray ball bouncing around behind them.
The wall of panic that hits Hajime is all-consuming. He almost can’t see for his tunneling vision as he runs over, dropping the ball he was holding, stammering out an apology in Japanese.
English, he thinks frantically, I need English, what’s- how do you say-
“ARE YOU SORRY?” He bellows at the prone figure, his voice loud enough to raise the dead.
It’s somewhat effective.
You raise your head, making a whining noise in the back of your throat, and then plant your face back into the gym floor, cheek smushed against the hardwood.
“Oh,” Hajime calls your name from distantly above you, “Holy shit. Holy shit.”
This is - a lot to process. He decides to join you, lying down on his back next to you, contemplating the life decisions that led to his concussing you after you traveled who knew how many hours and miles to surprise him and then promptly yelling at you for it.
“Aren’t you supposed to check me for internal damage?” You croak after a moment. “What are they even teaching you in this school?”
“Shit, sorry,” he says, sitting up. “Oh, God, are you okay?”
“Yeah, Haji, I’m fine,” you grace him with a smile. “You don’t hit that hard.”
He gives you a look, then rolls you onto your back, hovering over you and checking almost every inch to make sure you’re truly unharmed. You consider swatting him away, but it’s been so long since you had his undivided attention you just sit back and giggle as he inspects you.
“Am I cured, Dr. Iwaizumi?” You ask when he sits back on his heels, a satisfied look on his face as he takes you in.
“You have pretty eyes,” he answers noncommittally, having just concluded his vision test. “The prettiest.”
“You’re so,” you start to complain, but he cuts you off, three fingers under your chin as he holds your face with one hand, kissing you like he’s dying of thirst in the desert, like he never wants to be parted from you. It says everything he struggles to share.
You share a stillness when you separate, tangled in each other and listening to the exclusive sound of your synchronized breaths. Where one ends, the other begins, the borders between you barely distinguishable.
“I’m sorry I almost killed you,” he says, the sound of his laughter-infused voice a warm balm over you.
“Were you trying to apologize afterward? Or do you just really hate your schoolmates?” You want to know, one hand moving slowly against his back, creating friction that stimulates his heart.
“I tried to say ‘are you okay’ and ‘I’m so sorry’ at the same time,” he tells you. “The result was...”
“Are you sorry?” You mimic, yelling right in his ear. He frowns at you and digs his fingers into your ribs, until you’re squirming and barely able to demand that he lets you go because all your air is wasted on laughter.
“No,” Hajime says petulantly, even as he ceases tickling you. “Stay.”
You tuck your head into the crook of his neck, press a soft kiss to the underside of his jaw. The message reads loud and clear: Welcome home.
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eightdoctor · 5 months
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please elaborate on the Paul films you think are good (I’m assuming Withnail is one of them lol)
hello thank you for the ask!! i always love getting them :3 but yeah upon looking at pauls filmography ive realized ive seen wayyy more of his tv stuff than his films (most of which are kinda just really bad but made good by the fact i get to look at him) and i think his tv stuff is usually way better than his movies so im just gonna go through all the movies ive seen. with him
i should note im literally mostly ranking these on how paul llooks in them. because i watched these during quarantine and its all a blur
withnail and i <- literally my favorite film of all time i can quote the whole thing. i watch it in my head when im bored. it changed me irrevocably. i love it and also paul is justsuch a wet sopping pathetic sexy beast in it
paper mask <- ok i did like this one. it's kind of insane and an entertaining watch and it's one of his movies that ive actually seen multiple times. paul plays the banjo and sings in it a bit and he's also really cute in his little outfits while committing medical malpractice and identity theft
the doctor who movie <- you already fucking know what i think of this one baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the biographer <- oohhhh he's wearing glasses...... and a cute sweater.........i found this one interesting enough. i think
hotel! <- blantant fucking airplane! ripoff but still kind of really funny in my opinion if you like that sort of humor. peter capaldi is also in here
the rainbow <- isn't good but you get to see his bare ass and watch him run naked in a field so that has to count for something i suppose. i also think it has his first ever sex scene in it so it's funny to watch
dealers: this one is about the stock market and i dont remember shit from it but i sure did watch it !!!!!!! but hes a little business boy in a little business suit and even wears a turtleneck
catherine the great: this one is only for the most skilled paul mcgann watchers as his brothers are in it and literally i can't tell them the fuck apart. and i dont remember anything in it except paul has a scar (hot)
lesbian vampire killers <- this fucking sucks. james corden is in it. it's supposed to be a comedy but none of it is funny except for the parts with paul :)
the monk: not good in the slightest but he has a tonsure which is hilarious. to me
downtime: it's fine i think. im putting it last because i cant even remember what he looked like in it
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angelasscribbles · 1 year
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A Fervid Fixation Chapter 7: Smolder
Series: A Fervid Fixation
Fandom: The Royal Romance
Pairings: Riley x Drake
Rating: MA
Warnings for this chapter: Language
Word Count: 4,304
My other stuff: Master List.
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“Fuck that was insane!” Riley laughed as she peered out the front window of the plane. She’d never sat in the cockpit before, but life with Drake was proving to be one adventure after the other.
“I’m just so fucking grateful you didn’t fall for his bullshit!” Drake let out a sigh of relief as Cordonia faded behind them.
Riley regarded him thoughtfully as she pondered rather or not to tell him that she still wasn’t one hundred percent sure about his innocence. She was fairly certain they had both been lying about parts of it.
She just preferred his lies to Liam’s.
She decided to change the subject instead, “Remember when you asked me if Liam had proposed on coronation night if I would have said yes?”
“I remember…”
“I would have said yes.”
His eyes slide sideways to take her in before returning to the instrument panel, “Why are you telling me this right now?”
“I would have said yes, and I would have married him. But only so I could have stayed in Cordonia, near you!”
He missed the switch he had been about to toggle as his eyes darted to her and had to make a second run at it, “What?”
“I didn’t understand why you were acting the way you were toward me, but I wasn’t giving up.”
“Not giving up? Riley, you acted like you hated me half of the time!”
“Look who’s talking,” she said wryly.
A short laugh broke out of him, “Okay, point taken!”
“But despite everything, here we are.” She reached across to rub his shoulder.
“Here we are,” he agreed.
“You’ve proven that you’ll never give up on me and I want you to know that I’ll never give up on you, either. We’re a team now!”
“Wait!” Drake’s head snapped toward her, “are we…are we talking about a relationship now? All I had to do was hijack an airplane and fight a battalion of King’s Guards to get you to discuss the future with me?”
“Hahaha,” she moved her hand back to her own lap, “But yes. I needed to know that you weren’t going to ice me out again before I let myself fully trust you. I think you’ve just proven your commitment to this relationship.”
Despite the fact that he had just committed felony theft of government property and possibly treason, Drake felt his heart soar and he convinced himself that everything was going to work out. “You just said we’re in a relationship.”
“Shut up and fly the plane, Walker.”
“Don’t change the subject! We’re a couple now! You have to start slipping love notes into my lunch bag or something.”
“Absolutely not!”
“Why not? Isn’t that a thing that couples do?”
“It’s not a thing that I do! Have you ever known anyone that actually did shit like that?”
“My mom used to do it.”
“Give you love notes in your lunch bag?”
“No, not me. But my dad worked late a lot, so we had dinner without him pretty regularly. My mom always saved him a plate and if we were going to bed before he was going to be home, she’d wrap the plate in saran wrap and leave a note under it for him.”
“Ah, that’s sweet.”
“Yeah, it was kind of a joke between them. She was really bad at other forms of communication. Never answered the phone, didn’t respond to letters-“
“Probably because she was busy with you and your sister. I bet you were a real hellion.”
“You make a solid point. My point is that even though she didn’t do any of that other stuff, she always left that note under his plate when he was late.”
“Sounds like she loved him very much.”
“She did,” he agreed, “You wouldn’t do that for me?”
“No.”
“No?” he cried in mock indignation.
“Okay,” she laughed, “I’ll make a deal with you. If I’m ever preparing a meal for you that we’re not going to eat together, which by the way, is never going to happen because I don’t like to cook. Why the hell would I cook if we’re not even going to eat it together? If you have to work late, take out is a thing that exists. But if I did….then okay, I’ll leave you a damn note. Happy?”
“You make me happy,” He told her, “Note or no note.”
“Good! Because if you want love notes in your lunch, you have to start changing my oil and shit, right? Isn’t that a thing that couples do?”
“Do you have a car?”
“No, but that’s not the point. I want to know that if I had a car, you would change the oil for me!”
“Tell you what. I’ll buy you a car and then I’ll change the oil in it. How’s that?”
They continued their discussion about what people in relationships were supposed to do until they were circling an abandoned airstrip in Auvernall a scant forty-five minutes later. “We’re going to land here, off everyone’s radar. I have a friend who left a jeep nearby that we’ll use for transportation. I’ll keep in touch with my contacts back in Cordonia and if the airport isn’t safe, we’ll cross the border into Greece by train or on foot.”
“Sounds like you’ve thought this all through.”
His jaw clenched, “Yes, but not because I was planning to have to get you out of the country all along as Liam implied. I’ve always had an escape plan just in case.”
“Have things with Liam been that bad?”
He shook his head, “Never. We’ve always been close. But as I said, I’ve seen what happens to others who cross him and it’s always wise to have an exit strategy, even if you never need it.”
“Okay then.”
He put the plane down on the runway and brought it to a stop just outside the empty terminal. He glanced at his watch, “It’s almost nine p.m. local time, late enough for the darkness to give us some cover, early enough that it’s not suspicious to be out on the roads.”
Riley gazed at the distance between the plane and the runway, “How are we getting out?”
“Gravity,” he smirked at her.
“What about our luggage?” she asked as he opened the door.
“We’ll toss it down,” he told her since there was no landing ramp, “Then I’ll jump down after it, then you’ll jump, and I’ll catch you!”
The suitcases went first, followed by Drake. He landed on his feet, made a visual sweep of the area then looked back up and held his arms out, “Okay, it’s your turn!”
She took a deep breath and then leapt out of the plane, completely trusting in his ability to catch her.
She thudded into his arms, knocking him back, but he kept his feet under him as he caught her then lowered her to the ground, “Told you I’d catch you.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
He let himself get distracted by that kiss. He should have heard them sooner, but he was lost in the sweet ocean of bliss that was Riley Brooks.
The sound of boots on pavement penetrated his consciousness and he pulled his head away while tugging her body closer to him as he assessed the danger.
Auvernese soldiers melted out of the night and descended upon them, pulling them apart.
They reached for each other but to no avail.
Riley was pulled out of Drake’s grasp as she twisted her body around, trying to keep him in her sight.
“Riley! Riley!” He broke free and scrambled toward her, making it only a few feet before he was intercepted and wrestled to the ground. They zip-tied his hands behind his back as he struggled to get back up. A rifle butt struck him in the back of his head. Riley screaming his name was the last thing he heard before waking up in a jail cell.
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“But….we don’t have an extradition treaty with Auvernall,” Drake sat in an eight by eight cell holding his aching head in his hands.
“We do now,” Liam said cooly as he adjusted his cufflinks without a care in the world. As if he hadn’t just imprisoned his lifelong best friend in a jail cell.
“How?” Auvernall and Cordonia had been trying unsuccessfully to come to terms for years.
“I signed a betrothal agreement with Auvernall. My firstborn child will marry one of the Achilles twins.”
“You don’t have a firstborn child!”
“Not yet,” Liam gave him a victorious grin, “But I’m confident Riley can help me with that.”
“No!” Drake yelled as Liam turned and exited the cellblock, “No!”
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“Riley, come on love. Please. You have to eat something!” Liam pleaded. He was perplexed by her behavior. It had been two weeks and she was still being truculent and unreasonable.
“I don’t want anything to eat, Liam,” she glared at him from her seat by the window, her food untouched on the small table across the room, “and I want out of this fucking place!”
“The palace?” he asked in surprise, “is something not to your liking? I can have the kitchen make whatever you want. Or is it the room? Would you like a bigger one? Just tell me what you need!”
“It may be a palace, but it’s a fucking prison for me, isn’t it?”
“Of course not!”
“So, I can leave? Call a car around and go to the airport right now?”
“Riley, it’s not safe yet! I’m still investigating-“
“Right.” She turned away from him to stare out across the palace grounds.
Liam sat down behind her, his hand brushing the hair from her neck, “Please tell me what I can do to make you happy.”
“I want to see Drake.”
Liam sighed, “Why, Riley? What purpose would it serve?”
“I need to make sure he’s all right!”
“He’s fine,” Liam dropped his hands away from her body and stood up, “You still believe in his innocence?”
“Yes.”
“I have something to show you.”
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Liam knocked softly on Riley’s door. It was late and he hoped he wasn’t waking her.
“Come in,” she called.
It had been a month since her little escapade with Drake and he was sure she was starting to come around. “Have you given any more thought to my proposal?”
“I have,” Riley sat at her dressing table, brushing her hair.
“And?”
He had broken his engagement with Madeleine. Tariq had publicly cleared her name. His father was dead, and all his objections to this union with him. All the obstacles between them had been removed.
All but one.
She laid the brush carefully on the table in front of her and turned to face him, “I want to say yes, Liam, but I have conditions.”
“Name them!” He bent down and grasped her hands in his, bringing them to his mouth to drop kisses along the backs of them.
“I want to see Drake-“
Liam dropped her hands and jolted back, “Why? I thought we had put this to rest! He-“
Riley stood up and placed her hands on his shoulders, “If you’ll listen!”
“Okay….”
“I want to tell him about the engagement personally.”
Liam watched her face, looking for traces of deception. He was hesitant to grant her request but eager to put a ring on her finger. “If you go, I’m coming with you!”
“That’s fine,” she replied serenely as she retook her seat and picked up the hairbrush, “Set it up. Once the visit is accomplished, we can make an official announcement to the world.”
“I’ll arrange a visit for tomorrow morning!” He promised.
“Thank you,” she resumed brushing her hair, “Please close the door on your way out.”
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“Hey! Wake up!” The guard banged on the bars of his cell.
Drake lifted his head and looked around, “Riley!” He was on his feet in an instant.
She smiled at him, and he was sure he was dreaming. She was even more beautiful than he remembered and for a moment he forgot to breathe.
Then Liam stepped up next to her and his heart plummeted. But what had he expected? Liam was never going to let her wander down to the cells alone.
He was lucky he hadn’t been summarily convicted and executed and he knew it. Liam had probably been too busy working overtime to sway Riley back to his side to fast-track his murder trial.
“What do you want?” He stepped away from the bars, pretending that the sight of her didn’t set his heart on fire.
“We’re here to inform you of our engagement,” Liam wrapped an arm around Riley and pulled her closer to his body.
Drake’s eyes were guarded as they flicked from one to the other, “So?”
“So, I’ve shown her the security footage from the airport office. She knows what you did.”
“Videos can be faked,” Drake said with a shrug. His eyes locked on Riley’s, “and Liam has access to the best cyber experts. It’s called a deep fake, look it up.”
“She’s not buying your lies anymore. Right, love?”
Riley finally spoke, “Drake, do you remember in the plane I told you that if Liam had proposed to me at the coronation, I would have said yes?”
His eyes dropped to the floor in defeat, “I remember.”
“Do you remember everything I said after that?”
His head snapped up and his eyes locked on hers again, hope that he didn’t dare show surging through him, “Yes.”
She smiled at him again and his heart nearly exploded. Her voice betrayed no emotion as she said, “Then you understand.”
“Come on love, let’s go.” Liam guided her away from the cell.
She glanced back one last time, “And Drake?”
“Yes?”
“I’ll see about getting you some correspondence in here. I remember you saying how much you liked your mother’s notes.”
“Thank you, Your Grace. I’ll be looking for them.”
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“Turn it off!” The prisoner yelled as he hurled the book he’d been reading across the room to smack into the TV screen.
The guard on duty glanced up at the screen where the king was announcing his engagement, “It’s just a press conference. What’s your problem?”
“His problem is he’s the psycho who kidnapped her and tried to smuggle her out of the country!” the second guard answered, “why do you think he’s in here?”
“I heard he murdered one of you!” one of the other prisoners in the dayroom interjected with a maniacal laugh.
“Shut your pie hole, Trotter!” The first guard admonished, “Or you’ll go back to your cell!”
“Okay, fine!” Trotter threw his hands up in the air, “I was just saying. He also beat the crap out of that duke over her!” He jabbed his finger in the air toward the flat screen hanging on the wall.
“I know that guy claimed he was totally at fault,” the second guard said, “Unwanted advance or whatever, but I heard he was coerced by the king to lie.”
“Why would the king do that?” the first guard asked.
“Have you seen her?” the second guard leered, “And I heard she’s a real wildcat in the sack!”
Drake launched himself at the guard, tackling him to the ground before he had a chance to react. All the rage he had been unable to unleash since finding himself locked up combined with the helplessness he’d felt watching her with Liam during their visit the day before boiled over as he attacked the guard with ruthless vigor.
“Shit!” the first guard yelled as he fumbled with his walkie-talkie to summon backup before attempting to pull the prisoner off his compatriot. Something he wasn’t able to accomplish until backup arrived.
“Goddamn it, Walker!” the first guard panted as he finally got the cuffs on him, “What the fuck was that?”
“Don’t fucking talk about her like that!”
“Okay, okay,” the guard chuckled as he pulled the prisoner to his feet, “you must have a burning desire to see the inside of solitary confinement. Let’s go!”
Drake smiled back at the guard that was being helped to his feet. He’d spend a day or two in solitary for the assault but he didn’t care. It had been worth it.
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“What are you up to today, my love?” Liam greeted her with a kiss before sitting down to breakfast.
“Exploring the palace!” she replied enthusiastically.
“Really?” he was pleased with the turn her disposition had taken. She was happy again. The spring was back in her step and the sparkle was back in her eyes. She was once again the girl he had fallen in love with.
She was finally over Drake; he was sure of it.
“Are you sure? I could have the driver take you into town if you wanted.”
“No thank you,” she smiled at him, “I discovered a second library yesterday! It’s a little dusty, but there are hardcover first editions in there of some of my favorite authors!”
Liam smiled as she prattled on about books. Offering to let her go into town had been a test and she had passed. She no longer wished to leave the palace. Drake had failed to poison her against him.
After breakfast, Liam headed to his office while Riley spent a few hours in the small forgotten library in the east wing, pouring over old palace blueprints. There were so many secret passageways. She wondered if Liam was aware of them all.
Just before lunch, she wandered into the kitchen. Plucking a grape from a bowl of fruit on a marble countertop, she sauntered over to where an attractive younger woman was preparing food.
“Hey, Siobhan,” Riley greeted her.
“Hello, Your Grace,” Siobhan blushed at the attention.
“I told you, call me Riley!”
“Yes, Your-Riley.” Siobhan’s flush deepened from pink to crimson under the queen in waiting’s gaze.
“Working on lunch for the prisoners again?”
“Yes, but you don’t have to-“
“Nonsense! I have nothing better to do and I enjoy food preparation. It reminds me of summers with my grandmother,” Riley told her as she started measuring out the pasta into containers, checking the names on the trays against any food allergies as Siobhan had taught her on one of her previous visits.
“Okay, then, I do enjoy the company,” the younger woman gave Riley a shy smile as she turned to stir the sauce.
The two women chatted amicably as they worked. The rest of the kitchen staff had grown accustomed to the queen in waiting’s presence during the hour before lunch was served and they no longer paid any attention to it, focusing on their own work instead.
Siobhan sighed as she watched Riley slip discreetly out a side entrance. She quite enjoyed her company and was still a bit astounded that someone in her position would hang around to help with food preparation. Especially for prisoners.
Of course, she never stayed long. She was always gone before the guard came to collect the food trays.
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“Hey, Bruno,” Riley looked up from the book she’d been reading when the older guard popped in to check on her.
The closer it crept to the wedding, the more cautious Liam became with her safety. That’s how it was worded to the guards anyway.
“Yes, Your Grace?”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Of course.”
“Do you know a Lt. Jason Toussaint?”
“The guy in cyber security? I don’t really know him. Why?”
“No reason,” she kept her voice neutral as she dropped her eyes back to the pages of her book.
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Jason Toussaint was alone in his room when a sealed envelope slid under his door. He opened the door and looked up and down the hallway but whoever had left it was gone.
He closed the door and opened the envelope.
“Meet me in the hedge maze at midnight.”
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“So, you do exist,” she greeted the blonde soldier that stood in front of her.
“I exist.” He eyed her suspiciously. She was the reason his friend was sitting in a jail cell.
“How far are you willing to go to help Drake? Because I have an idea…”
“I’m listening…”
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A sealed envelope was slipped under her door at the prearranged time. Liam was tied up in meetings all day.
She was alone but she locked herself in her bathroom as a precaution as she rifled through the contents.
In her hands was proof that Constantine was in fact behind the setup and Liam knew. Emails, payoffs, and orders to redact statements and seal documents.
She couldn’t use any of it. She couldn’t expose Jason, who had only held onto his job after she had spoken his name to Liam because he had not done anything other than answer a superior officer’s questions about his employment status.
Not that any of it mattered. So, what if the previous king had set her up? He was dead and the scandal had been resolved in her favor. No one would care and Liam was above the law even if he had broken one, which he hadn’t.
She couldn’t get caught with it either. That would derail everything.
She had just wanted to be sure.
She peeked out to make sure no one was in her room before making her way to the fireplace and tossing the contents into the flames.
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“Liam, are all these guards really necessary?”
“Yes, my love. They’re here to protect you.”
“From what?”
“Anything. Everything! I have enemies. Being a public figure puts you automatically at risk. There are crazy people in the world, Riley. You should know that. You’ve already been kidnapped once.”
“Indeed, I have…” she mused as she looked at him, “When you put it that way, I’m not sure I feel safe even in the palace!”
“That’s what the guards are for.”
“I’d feel better if I had something to protect myself with…just in case.”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know…pepper spray, a stun gun, something!”
“All right,” he acquiesced, “if it will make you feel better, I’ll get you a stun gun and Mara can teach you some self-defense moves if you’d like.”
She rewarded him with a brilliant smile, “Yes, I’d like that very much. Thank you!”
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“Hey, I haven’t seen you before. Where’s Fred?” the guard called to the unfamiliar janitor waiting to be buzzed in to clean the dayroom.
“He called in sick,” the man replied, “They sent me to fill in.”
The guard eyed him up and down. He had on the coveralls of the janitorial staff and the proper ID badge hanging from his pocket. His eyes took in the name and photo then went back to the man’s face. Everything checked out. “All right. Go on in. But be quick!”
“Yes, sir!” The janitor shook his head vigorously to indicate understanding.
“What the fuck is this?” the guard manning the security feed asked as he thumped the panel.
“What is what?”
“The feed just flickered off and back on.”
The guard that had buzzed the janitor in peered at the screen. The guy was mopping the floor. He decided to go check on him just in case.
He opened the door and scanned the room.
The janitor looked up, “Everything okay?”
“Everything’s fine. Just hurry up! You’ve got ten minutes! You have to be out of here before we bring the prisoners in for their TV time.”
“Okay, boss!”
Ten minutes later he had completed his task and was standing next to the guard station as the prisoners were escorted, single file, into the day room.
The guards buzzed him through the door. He glanced back over his shoulder just before it closed behind him.
Drake looked up at the sound of the door buzzing just in time to see a man step through and glance back. His eyes locked on Jason Toussaint dressed as a janitor for a brief instant before the guard shoved him through the dayroom door.
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The notes had started arriving taped to the bottom of his plate. They were small scraps of paper, with short messages. The first one had simply said, “Not safe to respond. Working on a plan.”
Subsequent notes ranged from “I love you” to “keep your head up” and then pieces of a plan began to arrive, one scrap of paper at a time. Until one day a keycard showed up with a note that simply read, “tonight.”
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“Have you enjoyed your visit, Lady Hana?”
“Yes, Your Majesty, I have! It’s been so good catching up with you and Riley both!” Hana threw her arms around Liam and hugged him.
He chuckled as he hugged her back, “Are you sure you can’t stay a little longer?”
“As much as I’d love that, my mother’s birthday is next week and I have to get home and oversee the party preparations. But I’ll be back for the wedding!”
“Very well. You know you’re welcome here anytime.” It wasn’t that he had an overriding fondness for his former suitor, it was more that she made his fiancée happy, and keeping Riley happy was crucial to getting her down the aisle.
Once the marriage was accomplished, he would be able to relax. She was going to love the private island he’d picked for their honeymoon and with any luck, she’d come back pregnant.
She had been keeping him at arm’s length citing traditional American wedding customs, apparently, abstinence in the weeks before the wedding made the wedding night itself more intense and promoted marital bonding or something.
He was getting impatient. If not for Cordonian customs and council requirements, he would have dispensed with all the pageantry and eloped with her.  
The wedding was two weeks away.
Everything was going to be fine.
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RAPID FIRE.
Faceclaim: Barry Keoghan.
Name: Atlas Nolas.
Pronouns & Gender: He/Him, Cis Man.
Birthday: 05/30/1995.
Occupation: Attendant @ Starship Arcade.
Neighborhood: Celestial Drive
How long have they been in Starlight Oaks? 9 years.
Three positive traits: Free-spirited, loyal, spontaneous.
Three negative traits: Aimless, distractible, envious.
tw drugs, child neglect
OVERVIEW.
-- First born child to a mother who probably should never have been a mother, something Nina Nolan would admit herself if she could ever be tied down long enough for an honest conversation on that.
-- Atlas had to practically raise himself and his sister from a young age. Though their mother was technically present, she had spells of going missing for days on and leaving them alone in various motel rooms in Orlando that they called him until having to move on to the next one.
-- Despite the nurturing skills she lacked, his mother was the type who loved a party and was always one of the last ones left shutting the bar down, something that's rubbed off on Atlas.
-- It was an expectation that both he and his sister had to pitch in whenever they could to keep a roof over their heads (and their mother's bad habits funded) which is how Atlas started to shoplift at a young age. Small things at first because he was scared of getting caught, but he gradually grew bolder and bolder about the things he would lift.
-- He has numerous arrests and past charges as a minor and as an adult for theft.
-- Education was never made much of a priority, and it was rare for him to actually attend a full month of school consecutively. Due to this, Atlas never finished high school. After ending up in the system as a pre-teen once child services intervened after another of Nina's vanishing acts, the constant moves heightened the disinterest he had already had about learning as a kid and by sixteen he had dropped out altogether.
-- He made a pact with his sister before they were separated and placed in different homes that when they both turned eighteen they would meet up in Washington and reunite.
-- He first first landed in a trailer park outside of town when he arrived to Starlight Oaks, staying in a trailer there before eventually being able to move into a house on Celestial Drive that's needed the same set of repairs since he first moved in seven years ago (they're still to be done).
-- He's worked various jobs to keep himself afloat, a lot of which have ended up in him being fired for poor attendance or bad behaviour.
-- Loves to throw loud and raucous house parties at his, which has gotten him into trouble with some of his neighbors over the years.
-- Currently, he's passing his time as an attendant at the Arcade. It's his longest steady employment to date (8 months as of Jan. 2024)
SORTA FUN FACTS.
His desire to move to Washington was due to a postcard he received as a child from his 'dad'. It depicted Washington on the front and on the back it just said 'I'm proud of you son - Dad'. He received it when he was six after it was slipped under the door of the motel he was staying in in Orlando. He has no idea currently that the postcard wasn't from his father but rather the motel's caretaker, Jack, who felt bad for how often the young boy would talk about the dad he had never met.
For the longest time he thought At Last by Etta James was actually a song called Atlas. To this day, if it plays on the radio he still sings Atlas instead.
His karaoke song of choice is Gloria by Laura Branigan. It's his mom's favorite song and one of the few he knows all the words to.
Has various tattoos on his body, half of which are from when he was drunk and let someone draw on him at one of his house parties before getting it yatted permanently.
Is wary of wealthy people.
He's never been on an airplane in his life.
Has never been to Disney World despite spending the first 11 years of his life in close proximity to it.
CURRENT CONNECTIONS.
close friend / other half of a whole moron of @sunbcthe
constantly shot down by @sasikamatthews
arcade idiots / friend of @kaiisms
one time air-hockey nemesis turned unlikely besties with @miikcs
getting to know / will be positively influenced by @cosmicallyhadlee
party aquaintances with @rosesraleigh
SPECIFIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.
ppl who attend his messy houseparties KJHGSH doesn't have to be just celestial drive residents! pretty much an open door policy at casa del nolan.
co-workers at the arcade!!
wealthy ppl who kill time there that he can side-eye 👀
friends / ride or dies
frenemies/friends who only fuck with each other when they're drunk and/or partying but on a normal day its like nah fuck you KJSHGH
neighbors from celestial drive (can be positive or negative!)
someone he's in a toxic situationship with (always fighting and falling out then rekindling and can never figure out what they are so its just a messy cycle) plotting required!
connects he knows through his sister
former co-workers / former bosses (he's def bounced around a ton of minimum wage jobs while in SO so timeline is fluid and can be figured out!)
people who he's shoplifted stuff for (if he thinks he can get it and get away with it, he'll lift something by request and sell it to the person for half the price)
people he's gotten into fights with (he can be hotheaded and doesn't think things through when he's drinking)
ppl he gets high with (pretty game for anything but rarely goes harder than coke)
someone with their life together who can take him under their wing a little and help him figure out a path that isn't just him spinning out day in and day out
hookups, fwb, usual jazz.
GENERIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.
connections wise he’s pretty much an open book right now, but some baseline ideas that can be springboarded off are:
friendly.
a best friend / ride or dies / close friends / childhood friends from florida / pseudo-siblings / friends / drunk friends / positive influences / new friends / people who were also in care in florida / former co-workers.
romantic
flirtationship / friends with benefits / one time hook ups / tinder matches / unrequited crush (can be either way) / exes on good terms.
antagonistic.
enemies / former (best) friends / exes on bad terms / frenemies / rivals / negative influence / people who don’t fuck with him.
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(Mostly) Lost, but Not Forgotten: A Thief in Paradise (1925)
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Direction: George Fitzmaurice
Scenario: Frances Marion (learn more at the Women Film Pioneers Project)
Original Novel: Leonard Merrick’s “The Worldlings”
Camera: Arthur C. Miller
Set Design: Anton Grote
Studio: Goldwyn (production) & First National (distribution)
Performers: Doris Kenyon, Ronald Colman, Aileen Pringle, Claude Gillingwater, Alec B. Francis, John Patrick, Charles Youree, Etta Lee, Lon Poff
Polo Players: Nita Cavalier, Virginia Jolly, Martha Wing
Premiere: 25 January 1925 at the Strand, New York
Status: presumed lost, save for a trailer
Length: 7, 231-7,251 feet, or roughly 71 minutes. (8 reels)
Synopsis (synthesized from magazine summaries of the plot):
While pearl diving off the coast of a remote South Seas island, Philip Jardine (Youree) and Maurice Blake (Colman) have a vicious fight underwater over the possession of a valuable pearl. In the struggle, Jardine is cut and subsequently attacked by a shark and killed. Blake manages to escape to shore.
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Aileen Pringle & Ronald Colman in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
Rosa Carmino (Pringle), Jardine’s common-law wife, reveals to Blake that Jardine came from a wealthy family back in the United States. A letter and money has arrived to carry Jardine back home to San Francisco to reunite with his long-estranged father (Gillingwater). Carmino convinces Blake to assume Jardine’s identity. Blake Has doubts, but the promise of a fresh start leads him to accept the proposition. Blake and Carmino travel together to California.
The deception is successful and Blake begins running in high society where he meets Helen Saville (Kenyon). Saville is the daughter of a Bishop (Francis), who happens to be the elder Jardine’s best friend. The old men are keen on the relationship, but Blake is held back by guilt over his deception. Additionally, as part of the identity theft scheme, Blake is bankrolling Carmino’s luxurious bohemian lifestyle.
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Top: Bathing Beauties in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925 | Bottom: Bathing Beauties in A Thief in Paradise from Screenland, February 1925
On the grounds of the Jardine estate, a bevy of bathing beauties decide to put on a polo match—blondes vs. brunettes. Saville is also spending the day riding, and her horse gets startled and bolts headlong toward a cliff. Blake springs into action and manages to save Saville at the last moment. Overwhelmed by the situation, Blake confesses his love for Saville. The exchange is overheard by Jardine and the Bishop.
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Alec Francis, Claude Gillingwater, Doris Kenyon, & Ronald Colman in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
Jardine throws an extravagant party where he announces the youngsters’ engagement. Unfortunately, Carmino is one of the entertainers hired for the party. Carmino performs a dramatic under-the-sea dance number that creatively retells the story of Blake and Jardine’s underwater battle. As it turns out, Carmino is in love with Blake and she is unpleasantly surprised with the engagement announcement. Carmino threatens to expose Blake. Blake attempts to pay her off.
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Under-the-water dance sequence in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
Blake and Saville are married and head off via airplane to Del Monte Beach for their honeymoon. Blake is overwhelmed with guilt and is working up the courage to make a full confession to Saville. Unbeknownst to Blake, Carmino has followed the couple. Carmino goes straight to Saville, but rather than revealing the deception, she claims that she is Blake’s mistress and that he has been keeping her. Carmino uses the pay-off check Blake gave her as evidence. Saville is heartbroken and immediately returns home.
Blake follows Saville back to San Francisco, where he confesses to both the elder Jardine and Saville. The old man’s heart is also broken as he has accepted Blake as his son and loved him as such. Blake is despondent and shoots himself.
Miraculously, Blake survives and Saville has chosen to stand by him and nurse him back to health. Jardine has accepted Blake as his true son, forgiving the deception. Carmino returns home.
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Miscellaneous stills from A Thief in Paradise from Motion Picture News, 26 December 1925 [L to R: John Patrick, Aileen Pringle, Ronald Colman, Pringle, Pringle, Etta Lee, Colman, Doris Kenyon, Kenyon, Colman, Pringle]
Additional sequences featured in the film (but I’m not sure where they fit in the continuity):
Another dance sequence by Pringle as Carmino staged in her studio apartment
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Aileen Pringle in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
The Bishop Saville and Jardine play chess and the Bishops cheats, is caught by Jardine
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Claude Gillingwater & Alec Francis in A Thief in Paradise from Motion Picture Magazine, March 1925
Four old men are left to care for a baby and are at a loss
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Four old men (Alec B. Francis & Claude Gillingwater to right) in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
A snafu regarding a taxicab losing its wheel, driver is upset
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Taxicab snafu in A Thief in Paradise from Exhibitors Trade Review, 10 January 1925
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Points of Interest:
Contemporary blurb that describes the under-the-sea dance sequence in more detail:
“By a combination of photography and set design, gigantic fish swim about among the coral trees and huge sea shells. Even the human participants in the under-sea dance make their entrance as divers swimming down from the surface to the immense shell on the ocean’s floor which serves as the hiding place of the stellar feminine dancer who is clad in a symbolic costume of pearls.  “In order to enhance the brilliancy of the picture, the entire set, including coral, shells and floor of the sea, was finished in bright silver and the costumes of the dancers were made entirely of especially constructed luminous silver and gold cloth. Even the natural flicker of light and shadow which characterizes scenes actually filmed under water was reproduced by the technicians.  “The marine dance tableau constitutes a play within a play in “A Thief in Paradise.” It is the entertainment provided by the host at a lavish engagement party given in honor of two of the principals and also has an important dramatic value in developing one of the many dramatic moments of the story.” - Moving Picture World, 10 January 1925
Based on some of the stills, I think it’s possible that Aileen Pringle may have had a double for this dance sequence, but no other dancers are credited. There is also no credit I could find for a choreographer.
The amount of pure spectacle packed into a mere seventy-one minutes is astounding to me! Knowing how skilled Frances Marion was as a scenarist, I don’t doubt that A Thief in Paradise managed to deliver plot just as well as it (according to contemporary reviews) delivered the spectacle. Film historians have been working for years to restore Marion’s rightful place as a crucial figure in American film history, so examples of her work being lost sting just that much more. 
Despite the fact that A Thief in Paradise was a huge success and a top box-office draw of 1925, comparatively little digitized material exists online. Most notably absent are stills from the South Seas portion of the film.
This Ronald Colman fan website has some screenshots from the extant trailer as well as a digitized copy of a program from ATiP’s German release.
Hawaiian actress Etta Lee also appears in this film as Carmino’s maid. I ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole reading about Lee and will probably end up doing a spin-off of this post about her career. You may recognize Lee from her roles in The Untameable (1923), The Toll of the Sea (1922), or The Thief of Baghdad (1924)
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