#especially kumar

[anonymocha]

suddenly seeing parallels between kumar and medicine pocket

#wonderful day to be a kaalaa baunaa x medicine pocket shipper #you know the difference between kumar and mp #kumar did the things she did out of vengeance — a cause — a purpose #and a desire to destroy others or oneself #mp does the insane shit they do because its FUN #because they have the capabilities to bear it #essentially because they can #considering their dialogue and hobby; they definitely hold life at a high value #perhaps careless #but honest #both defo insane and self-concerned #just in different flavors #hence why i think shipping kb x mp is either an angst abyss or healing journey #mp is smart and emotionally mature despite their mad kid behavior #but yes definitely a victim of impulse and chaotic practices #meanwhile kaalaa baunaa is a woman of method and routine #in research or in life #these two are kind of opposites... #mp shows a petty and nasty front but behind it lies a surprisingly mature and insightful self #kb maintains monumental composure and mysterious but friendly front #although inside i am sure many many things eat away at her #especially kumar #oh ESPECIALLY kumar #she probably acts all cool and level-headed saying things like “life goes on” #she starts to fail to follow her own philosophies and drown herself in work #because staying still will only make the memories of kumar manifest louder #she relies on her routines for comfort; whats always there and always will be #but shes tiring herself out because she cannot entirely confront the idea that kumar is gone #because kumar's presence IS a part of her routine — her methods — course — orbit #mp is like a replacement — better or worse? fuck around n find out

[she-is-ovarit]

Data spanning from 1995 to 2021 in India revealed a striking gender imbalance in organ transplants, with four men getting organ transplants for every woman. A total of 36,640 transplants took place in this period, out of which 29,000 were for men and 6,945 for women.

This substantial difference is attributed to a complex interplay of economic responsibilities, societal pressures, and deeply ingrained preferences. 

Dr Anil Kumar, director of the government-run National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) highlighted this significant aspect of the organ donation landscape.

While more men contribute as cadaver donors, a staggering 93 per cent of total organ donations in the country come from living donors, he told the Times of India newspaper. This hints at a trend: a majority of living organ donors are women.  Socio-economic factors a driving force for women donors? A study published in the Experimental and Clinical Transplantation Journal in 2021 delved into the intricacies of living organ transplantation in India. The findings showed that 80 per cent of living organ donors are women, predominantly wives or mothers. The socio-economic pressure on women to assume caregiving roles within the family emerges as a primary factor, compelling them to step forward as donors. Men's reluctance in surgery In many cases, men, often the primary breadwinners, hesitate to undergo surgery, contributing to the gender gap in organ recipients. The study highlights that when the recipient is a male breadwinner, family members, especially wives or parents, feel a heightened responsibility to donate organs. Emotional dynamics The emotional dynamics surrounding organ donation are intricate. Women recipients, in particular, may experience guilt when their family members, especially wives or mothers, become donors. This reluctance leads to a scenario where women recipients may find themselves on waiting lists.  Notably, Karnataka has topped the charts in organ donation in the past decade. The number of donations have risen from 102 in 2013 to 765 in the first 10 months of 2023. 

A user on Ovarit added this helpful context:

"Just a little more context to this: men produce male-specific proteins (on the Y chromosome) which often get rejected by women's bodies. Since males have an X chromosome, their bodies recognize proteins from female donors. This makes it more difficult for women to receive male tissue/organs, while still being acceptable candidates for donating to men. Even still, these ratios are very disproportionate".

"As women we absolutely need to be aware of our vulnerability of being used as spare parts in a man's world. Especially when we are being socialized into believing that we need to sacrifice our bodies and lives for others- and society has developed a sense of entitlement to this sacrifice, while downplaying the suffering of women."

#organ donation #marxist feminism #India #women's rights #feminism #global feminism #intersectional feminism #women's oppression #patriarchy #sex-based oppression #gender critical #gender critical feminism #radblr

[metamatar]

To counter what they view as a rising tide of prejudice, the HAF and other Hindu American groups have turned to American Jewish organizations, which they have long seen as “the gold standard in terms of political activism,” as Maryland State Delegate Kumar Barve said in 2003. Since the early 2000s, Indian Americans have modeled their congressional activism on that of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and AIPAC; Indian lobbyists have partnered with these groups to achieve shared defense goals, including arms deals between India and Israel and a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the US. Along the way, these Jewish groups have trained a generation of Hindu lobbyists and advocates, offering strategies at joint summits and providing a steady stream of informal advice. “We shared with them the Jewish approach to political activism,” Ann Schaffer, an AJC leader, told the Forward in 2002. “We want to give them the tools to further their political agenda.” Shukla told Jewish Currents that the HAF continues to work closely with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the AJC, whether by “being co-amici curiae on briefs to the US Supreme Court,” or by “lending our support to one another’s letters to Congress.”

[...] Faced with rising scrutiny over India’s worsening human rights record, Hindu groups have used “the same playbook and even sometimes the same terms” as Israel-advocacy groups, “copy-pasted from the Zionist context,” said Nikhil Mandalaparthy of the anti-Hindutva group Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR). Hindu groups have especially taken note of their Jewish counterparts’ recent efforts to codify a definition of antisemitism—the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition—that places much criticism of Israel out-of-bounds, asserting that claims like “the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” constitute examples of anti-Jewish bigotry.

[...] In 2003, Gary Ackerman—a Jewish former congressman who was awarded India’s third-highest civilian honor for helping to found the Congressional Caucus on India—told a gathering of AJC and AIPAC representatives and their Indian counterparts that “Israel [is] surrounded by 120 million Muslims,” while “India has 120 million [within].” Tom Lantos, another Jewish member of the caucus, likewise enjoined the two communities to collaborate: “We are drawn together by mindless, vicious, fanatic, Islamic terrorism.”

Driven by that sense of shared purpose, the AJC and AIPAC helped train new Indian American political groups—such as the Indian American Political Action Committee and the United States India Political Action Committee—to achieve their aims in Washington. The AJC hosted seminars on political activism in DC and New York; it also brought several delegations of Indian Americans to Israel to meet with members of the Israeli government and military. “We’re fighting the same extremist enemy,” the AJC’s capital region director Charles Brooks told the Forward in 2002.

#reason why any indian should bw interested in zionism as a modern political project #hindutva #zionism #hindutva zionism alliances

[love-fictional-ppl]

OH MY LORD PLEASE DO MORE ABOUT STONER BAKUSQUAD THAT WAS 'mwah' chefs kiss

xoxoxooxox thank you sm if you do xoxooxox

Omgg yesss I love stoner bakusquad. Tyy for the request loveeee

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Part 2 of this

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Summary: reader and quirkless au!Bakusquad are stoners

Pairings: platonic!katsuki bakugou x gn!bisexual!reader, platonic!Eijiro Kirishima x gn!bi!reader, platonic!pan!Denki Kaminari x gn!bi!reader, platonic!plug!hanta sero x gn!bi!reader, platonic!bi!mina ashido x gn!bi!reader, Eijiro Kirishima x bi!mina ashido, past!Hanta sero x bi!mina ashido, pan!Denki Kaminari x bi!plug!hitoshi Shinso

Warnings: language, Marijuana duh, vaping, alcohol, making out, shrooms, OF, masturbation, etc.

A/n: I was personally geeked writing part 1, so I forgot to actually include the vaping part lol. If you don’t know who Harold and kumar are, watch the movies.

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Ok so to start off, Sero’s day/night Job is deejaying. He’s actually really good at it. A lot of people would think this job would go to Denki but nope.

Speaking of Denki, he actually is a streamer. He reacts to people’s videos and plays horror games. He plays a lot of Roblox too.

Bakugou likes Sam & Colby. He’s liked them since trap boys. Honestly his favorite trap boy is Corey tho.

When Mina drinks she gets the spins really bad and throws up. Every single time. Without hesitation.

Denki cries sometimes when he’s drunk.

Kirishima greened out at the first smoke sesh.

Mina is seriously super horny when she messed up. She even convinced bakugou to make out with her while he was super stoned

Denki started vaping when you guys were in sophomore year, he eventually put u all on.

Bakugou had to bail Sero out of jail once, Sero was pulled over while he was making a delivery

Mina makes Kirishima take her to concerts, he trip sits her while she takes shrooms

Sero likes to watch cartoon network and adult swim when he’s stoned

Eventually, Shinso and Denki get together. You all excepted Shinso practically immediately, and invited him to the smoke seshs

Mina buys pink joint papers. The guys hate when she rolls up with them, except for Denki he loves them<3

Mina has an only fans. She isn’t embarrassed by it either. Denki has also watched her videos while jerking off

During smoke sesh’s you guys like to watch South Park. Sero likes to laugh and compare bakugou to cartman.

Sero has a unhealthy amount of bongs

Kirishima is the designated driver for after the hangouts. Whoever doesn’t just sleepover, he gives a ride.

Kirishima always makes a crap ton of snack when him and Mina host. Mina doesn’t like hosting tho.

Depending on how high bakugou is, he will let you play with his hair. It’s actually so soft.

Denki and Sero almost got kidnapped by Sero’s plug one time. It was Denki’s fault, he tried to still the guy’s knife.

Sero loves Shinso’s cat especially when he’s stoned he says he’s the group scooby doo. Shinso is forced to bring muffins(the cat) every time

Shinso also sells weed so Sero claims they’re competitors

Denki is so girly with his vapes it’s funny. Like this boy will kill for a minty Hyde. He also always has to tear apart his bed just to find the shit.

I think everybody agree and say bakugou and kirishima drink whiskey. Grown ahh ahh men💀

Bakugou literally will catnap when he is baked. He likes to sleep with his head on your thighs

Kirishima always brings blunt wraps since you and Denki always forgets to buy them. Baby boy kiri is a angel🥹😇

Reach in Sero’s couch cushions and you will find a kingdom of lighters

Denki says him and Sero are Harold And Kumar. Denki and you love those movies.

Sero’s kitchen is stocked on all your favorite foods and drinks.

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Not Proofread!

#my hero academia #katsuki bakugo mha #mha denki #mha x reader #kirishima eijiro x reader #bakusquad #stoner!bakusquad #mina ashido x reader #mina ashido #plug!hanta sero #sero hanta x reader #kirimina #shinkami #plug!hitoshi Shinso #denki kaminari #denki x reader #kirishima eijirou #sero hanta

[breadeads]

Reverse99 making me feel things

I'm the type of of player that gets bored easily especially with dialogues and long cut scenes but seriously, reverse 1999 is just chef's kiss.

I just finished playing the new event and I cried so much. Kumar may be the antagonist but my heart hurts so much for her. Shunned for being neither human nor arcanist. Not human enough to be accepted in the world and not arcanist enough for her family. She just wanted to look at stars man, and she's literally so smart and passionate about her work.

I wonder when she died, did the universe awknowledged her devotion for the stars. If the universe did, did they turn her broken pieces into glittering constellation of stars?

#reverse 1999 #The game is making me feel things #My hormones do be making me extra sad #Fuck kumar's parents btw #Fuck that university too

[magicaldragons]

'bade miyan chote miyan' is an insanely messy movie

(what to expect: no spoilers)

this movie has: 1. over the top hype 2. intensely cringe dialogue at points (and i have a high tolerance) 3. a storyline that compromises its character & narrative depth for plot complexity, and ends up falling a bit short on both. 4. a terrible of usage of what could have been strong female characters.

having said that though, this is a movie that gives us [in no particular order]:

✓ a movie that begins with a fight scene (feat. manushi chhillar)

✓ fervent glances? between two men (especially when the other isn't looking)

✓ intense eye contact between homebois

✓ banter? bickering like a married couple? (hello, enemies to lovers)

✓ two explicit declarations of love (this isn't even a joke)

✓ wonderfully choreographed fight sequences (though the camerawork sometimes prevents us from appreciating the details)

✓ a sonakshi sinha cameo

✓ a villain with a solid backstory, but SIMULTANEOUSLY psychopathic for no reason at all (which is a bit refreshing)

✓ excessive handholding (not exaggerating, at least eleven times)

✓ refusing to let go of said hand (even in dangerous situations)

✓ prithviraj with long hair

✓ a villain that does NOT monologue, other than giving us essential backstory (finally!)

✓ a cheek kiss?? (again, not kidding. yes, between the main characters.)

✓ telepathic understanding between our main bois

✓ prithviraj with long hair (if i hadn't mentioned already)

✓ a cohesive, fast-paced, fun story, with plenty of plot points and surprising moments (crazy amount of potential)

(what you are ALSO signing up for):

the overt sexualization of men. men being tiger shroff and akshay kumar. (did i mention tiger shroff?)

a genius character who is also a professional simp 86% of the time

MULTIPLE dialogues that make you want to gag 😃(but entertaining in it's own weird way)

a blatant reference to the RRR dance scene during a dance montage of tiger & akshay (goood times)

prithviraj giving his 124% to a character, as usual (in a movie that is incapable of being taken seriously at times)

witnessing the lost potential of three potential badass female characters

situations that should not be escapable (but surprise, they are)

situations that should not be survivable (again, surprise)

obvious references to multiple other movies and real life memes (choti bachi ho kya?)

#you win some you lose some i guess #bade miyan chote miyan #just realized how gay this movie is. #akshay kumar #tiger shroff #prithviraj sukumaran #sonakshi sinha #manushi chhillar

[typhlonectes]

A new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Central Western Ghats of India

SAMEER KUMAR PATI+ PARASHURAM PRABHU BAJANTRI+ GOPALKRISHNA DATTATRAYA HEGDE

Abstract

A new genus and new species of gecarcinucid freshwater crab, Aradhya placida gen. et sp. nov., is recognized from the northern part of the Central Western Ghats of India. The new genus is diagnosed, and the new species from the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, is described herein. The new genus most resembles Arcithelphusa Pati & Sudha Devi, 2015, Cylindrotelphusa Alcock, 1909, Rajathelphusa Raj, Kumar & Ng, 2021, and Pavizham Raj, Kumar & Ng, 2022, in having an ovate, relatively narrow and deep carapace, with the front narrow as compared to other Indian gecarcinucid genera.  Aradhya gen. nov. is nevertheless separated from those genera by the characters in the carapace, epigastric and postorbital cristae, external orbital angle, cervical grooves, third maxilliped, chelipeds, male thoracic sternites/sternopleonal cavity/pleon, male second gonopod, and especially by the elongated male telson and the stouter ultimate article of the male first gonopod.

Read the paper here:

A new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura:Gecarcinucidae) from the Central Western Ghats of India | Zootaxa (mapress.com)

#crab #freshwater #aquatic #animals #nature #asia #india #science

[orgasming-caterpillar]

DOYH: Music Taste

Ranveer Kashyap

classical music is life (both Hindustani and Carnatic)

Lata Mangeshkar, Muhammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar fanboy to the core

will occasionally turn on a qawwali (doesnt want to admit that he's obsessed)

is very picky in english songs, but likes Hozier, Sleeping At Last, and Frank Sinatra

Raghav Patil

knows how to play acoustic and electric guitar

had a rock/punk phase in high school (only with music tho) and still likes them

boy's got Arctic Monkeys and Mother Mother in his blood

fell in love with retro bollywood music after he plugged into one of ranveer's playlists

he is… SO DRAMATIC. Like,, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan level of dramatic. Played Zaroori Tha in his head while crying in chapter 17

Madhuri Gaikwad

oh she's THAT girl

has a beautiful voice, wants to be like her favorite (Asha Bhosle)

can recite every hindi item song by heart, especially old bollywood ones. Chikni chameli? Ek do teen? Badi mushkil? Chane ke khet mein? She knows them all.

surprisingly, she also knows a lot of aartiyaan and mantras, catch her singing Madhurashtakam at any time of the day.

Manorama Shankar

MARWADI SONGS

is lowkey embarrassed by them usually, but push her onto the dance floor in a rajasthani wedding, and she's killing it on every single beat.

has a gym playlist

has a whole playlist of bollywood loverboy songs for madhuri, sings them at random times to make her blush

Shrishti Kaur

HOZIER LESBIAN

mitski too

hates mainstream bollywood songs

likes hard vocals, more for practicing than for listening because she likes pushing her limits

#dancing on your heartstrings #www.doyh.com/rambles #ranveer kashyap #raghav patil #manorama shankar #madhuri gaikwad #shrishti kaur #oc talk #Doyh lore

[writerthreads]

Light/Dark Academia and "Old Money" Name Ideas

By Writerthreads on Instagram

Masculine:

Alexander

Felix

Roma

Hugo

Lawrence

Pak Hei (柏熙)

Andrew

Victor

Leonard

Huxley

Jun Wei (俊偉）

Fitzgerald

Charles

Masaharu (雅治)

Andrew

Khalid

Hao Ran

Edward

Cameron

Jun Xi (俊熙)

Harrison

Darius

James

Ahmed

Henry

Theodore

Sulaiman

Chadwick

William

Feminine:

Alice

Elizabeth

Victoria

Josephine

Akari (丹梨)

Magaret

Florence

Sophia

Ai Lin (愛玲）

Kennedy

Eleanor

Henriette

Adesina

Anya

Eloise

Lorraine

Wing Yan (詠欣)

Eliza

Ingrid

Hermione

Rashida

Catherine

Ichika (一千花)

Esmeralda

Eugenie

Seraphina

Maureen

Daphne

Penelope

Adeline

Surnames:

Reyes: Kings

Stentham: At the river banks

Yamamoto: (one who lives at) the base of the mountain(s)/ (one from) Yamamoto District

Hargreave: someone who is the first to think of or make something

Renaud: advice, rule

Kumar: prince, son, boy, or chaste

Alarie: All-powerful

Burton: fortified enclosure

Fujimura: wisteria village

Alviar

Brentwood: A town in Essex, England/burnt wood

Toussaint: All saints

Ho Tung（何東）

Charmant: attractive

Hunton-Blather

Kapoor

Dupont: of the bridge

Anworth

Alma: nourishing

Blackburn: black brook

Ashton: from the ash tree (town)

Khatri: member of the warrior class

Harvey: iron, blazing

Laurent: the bright one, shining one

Leighton: leek town (lol)

Minamoto: source, origin

Allard: brave, noble

Seymour: From St. Maur

Note: The Chinese names included aren't really "old money" because we don't really associate names with money or position. The younger generation of Asian people usually have English names as well Chinese ones (instead of a romanised Chinese name). All Chinese surnames can also be "old money" because lots of people have the same surname.

Side-note: quite a lot of "old-money" kids have joint surnames from both parents, so you could try doing that for your characters

I used Google for a lot of names from cultures I'm not familiar with so I could be very wrong! Please correct me if I’m wrong!!!

QOTD: What’s your main character’s name and why did you choose that name?

AOTD: Mine is Fletcher Cheung, I chose Fletcher because it felt very powerful, and not a lot of girls (especially Chinese girls) have that name so it was memorable.

#name #name suggestions #girl names #boy names #names #baby names #character names #name moodboard #random names

[anonymocha]

MY INSANITY AHEAD. TEXTWALL I MEAN.

KaalaaPocket thoughts because shipping a rarepair is madness unto myself. Reverse 1999 the game you are…. Send tweet.

Okay. So. I genuinely think they will NEVER work out. Especially with post-Kumar Kaalaa Baunaa. But that’s like also the point, at least to me. She sees Kumar in them. She wants to fix/save them AND OR indulge in that idea but at the same time they don’t want to be put in a path other than the one they forged themselves. Peak toxic yuri material that will not end well for both parties.

But… Unless……. I also brainrotted the following “good ending” with my partner last month:

The context of their meeting is KB starts working in Laplace in the astronomy field or general youth research design advisor (the route i prefer). But like. Also up to interpretation. These two may as well still be in the suitcase.

“What happens after she starts moving on and they make up.” Like fuck I know 😭 This can be interpreted romantically, platonically, or in a found family way so like. Up to interpretation I guess. I’m just here for the toxic yuri before that.

Godspeed to whoever read allat. Wait until you see my MedBlue textwall.

My partner has 0 idea about Reverse 1999 while reading allat they r the real one fr.

#mochats #today i will wear my white button down #being saved by Kaalaa Baunaa could fix me -my moot #is this propaganda #maybe #KaalaaPocket #MediBaunaa

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

In the last few days, I've made two long and rambling posts about Cowgate, a short incident from 2003 that haunts my nightmares. I think people should know that when I make posts like that - the ones that go way too long about something entirely niche - I am operating under the assumption that absolutely no one is reading this bullshit. Even the small handful of people who read this blog regularly, I assume you skip over those ones.

That's not just a hypothetical assumption, I make writing choices accordingly. I assume the only purpose of this post is to give me somewhere to put the hauntings besides my nightmares, and therefore, it doesn't matter if it's readable. I know that my whole blog is full of errors, but on posts like that, I get especially lax with things like editing. I go really deep on things where on a different post, I might think - okay, that's far enough. Because no one is reading this.

I have now been proven wrong several times about those couple of posts, which both mildly embarrasses and delights me. First of all, I got this great comment from @beastlyanachronism, which is now how I love to picture myself:

Then, the wonderful @lastweeksshirttonight proved that they'd read not only the posts but the comment, by immediately messaging me a corresponding picture. I replied that I love the image, I will definitely start my post with that image the next time a new Cowgate-based detail is found and I need to write about it. I didn't expect that to be soon, though. Breakthroughs are few and far between.

But then, I got another message, proving that at least three different people have read my post (actually four, if you count the very kind British man who read my post and then sent me a message to explain the nuances in the expression "bottle it"). And that last message is the reason for this post. Because, I can't believe I've been given cause to use this image so soon:

Further content behind the cut, because not everyone needs this content all over their feed.

This relates to the message I got last night, from the extremely helpful @linkeightvideo, who not only read my posts, but joined the cause and did his own research. And came up with this link:

The Metro cow is a thing!!! I knew the wording of that YouTube comment was weird (calling it "the Metro cow", rather than something like "a cow that said Metro on it"), suggesting that this was a specific and recognizable instillation. And I was right! But I cannot take credit for figuring that out, all credit goes to @linkeightvideo, who is the best.

The above link is to an archived version of an article from August 5, 2003, about three weeks before Cowgate occurred (which was August 26, 2003 - fun fact that has absolutely nothing to do with anything because to the best of my knowledge he wasn't there or anything, but that was also Nish Kumar's eighteenth birthday). The article is from the Edinburgh Fringe website. It's short enough so I'm just going to paste its text in full:

The Fringe was hit by a bunch of cotton-pickin', rootin-tootin' cattle ruslers in the early hours of Saturday night. The almost life-sized, bright blue and red Metro bull was stolen from outside the Metro Fringe Box Office. Metro newspapers are appealing for its safe return before the police are called and urge anyone with information to come forward. Metro Fringe Box Office Manager, Gillian O'Connor said: "We're distraught to have lost such a valuable member of the Box Office team! Please bring him back." The bull had just completed a secondment outside London's Victoria station, where he stood unmoved for a month. Yet after only a few days on duty with the Fringe he has gone missing leaving today's Festival Cavalcade a bull short of a procession.

That's it!!! That's the one! It was blue and red! I know it was blue and red, because Adam hills shouted "it's got red horns, it's all the rage". And it was almost life sized! And it said Metro on the side! Further research - also done by @linkeightvideo, he deserves all the credit in the world for this - finds that Metro sponsored the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year, and also directly sponsored the Gilded Balloon venue.

So, the company called Metro had a large cow that was used in advertisements, and for one month in the summer of 2003, it was in London, outside Victoria Station. Then it was brought to Edinburgh, because they were sponsoring the festival and running a box office. They put it outside that box office, and it got stolen within "a few days" (which makes sense, as August 5th is a few days into the festival). It was meant to be part of the Festival Cavalcade, but couldn't be due to thieves.

Then, three weeks later, it spends all night on stage during a late-night comedy show in an Edinburgh venue that Metro sponsors, where it gets taken apart. How do we get from one state of affairs to the other? I don't know, but I'm a hell of a lot closer to understanding than I was yesterday. If the cow was somehow recovered, it would make sense from them to move it indoors, where it can be guarded better (again, credit for this idea goes to @linkeightvideo, and I think it makes sense). I mean, it can be guarded from drunk thieves in the middle of the night. Apparently the stage of the Gilded Balloon is not a good place to guard it from (shockingly) sober comedians in the middle of the night.

This made me try searching again for the specific words "Metro cow", and I found this article from December 12, 2003. It's a list of people who are involved with whatever organization this is, I'm not really clear on that. But it includes this one guy named Stephen Auckland. He's from the North of England, and as of when this was written, he was listened as the managing director of Metro. The bottom of his profile says:

An able sidekick to Associated Newspaper's Mike Anderson, even when it came to keeping up appearances following the disappearance of Mootro, Metro's cow mascot, from the Edinburgh festival. Auckland offered to dress up as a pantomime version. Luckily, they found the cow.

Guys! Guys! It has a fucking name! The Cowgate cow has a name! It's named Mootro! Now that I think about it, I actually can't believe I've never named the thing, given that I named the event (Cowgate), and giving the cow a name is the sort of thing I'd do. But I don't have to, because apparently it's named Mootro.

And the story has an update. It was stolen by August 5, and then it was found at some unknown point, and by August 26 it was in the Gilded Balloon. And then it got taken apart on stage.

I think this brings up one obvious question, which is: if this thing was important enough for its theft to be reported on the Edinburgh Fringe website, how come they were allowed to destroy it? The obvious answer would be that it was specifically made for just that one Edinburgh Festival, and was meant to be destroyed at the end of it anyway. But why did it spend a month in London right before that, then? And why would they do that anyway? Surely it's not efficient to make something like that for only a month, you'd think they'd plan to have it last a while and move it around based on where they're sponsoring things.

I can't believe this. This is the biggest revelation since I figured out who the fuck Karen Koren was, the woman referenced in Adam Hills' song, after after ages of Googling comedians named "Erin Coren" (finally worked out that she was the venue owner, which seems obvious now but it hadn't occurred to me at the time, when I was expecting it to be a reference to another performer). Actually, this is a much bigger revelation than that one, which just explained a couple of Adam Hills' lyrics. This is the biggest revelation in all the Cowgate research yet. The two main questions at the heart of the Cowgate mystery are: "Why did you do it?" and "Where did you get the cow?" And now one of those questions has been answered! It has a fucking name!

That second article referred to it specifically as the Metro "mascot". I guess a company is going to make more than one version of a mascot. But still, I don't think you're allowed to just destroy a sponsor's mascot. Maybe that mascot was at the end of its life anyway? Maybe Daniel Kitson just doesn't give a fuck? Maybe Daniel Kitson stole the cow in the first place. There's a whole new question. Who stole the cow? How did they get it back? How did it get from there to its whereabouts on August 26?

I know it wasn't on the Gilded Balloon stage every night of the 2003 Edinburgh Festival, because there's no sign of it in this montage, from Late 'n' Live on August 19, 2003 (also a fun video and great snippets of Chocolate Milk Gang history, if you can get past the second-hand embarrassment of Kitson trying his rap battle thing with an actual musician, and the presence of an actual musician makes the whole thing seem less ironic and therefore harder to watch - but you do get to see David O'Doherty beat up Jason Byrne and that's hilarious, also it's very funny to watch Daniel Kitson do something as out of character as brag about "nearly" winning a Barry Award and having a girlfriend from Australia, especially given how the latter turned out):

So it wasn't there on that night. Also, it just couldn't have been there every night. The Gilded Balloon is a proper venue that has proper shows during most of its time, it couldn't just have a large cow on stage for all of those. Also, in the beginning of that montage video from August 26, you see Kitson talking to the audience about the cow, and it sounds like he considers its presence as much of a novelty as they do. I mean, he's making fun of them for thinking it's a novelty, but he doesn't seem familiar with it, it seems like something he has to address:

This is the main reason for my theory that they didn't plan it beforehand, the montage shows the audience giving Kitson challenges for easy things to do with the cow, he asks them for more difficult challenges and then the video cuts, but I think the audience then asked him to tear it apart. It's a theory that makes sense based on some circumstantial evidence, but it does open up other questions. The main one being whether you can get permission to destroy a company's mascot between the beginning and the end of a comedy show, especially a comedy show that takes place entirely in the middle of the night. It doesn't seem likely. It also opens up some smaller questions, like what they were planning as the end of the show - the finale of the last night of Late 'n' Live, so you'd think they'd have something - that got bumped for this.

This reminds me that I had some further thoughts on the other mystery, of what actually went down on the night of August 26. I was thinking of the somewhat blue sky theory of there being two previous. Evidence for this: Adam Hills referred to "three chances", they were able to pick up chisels off the ground that seemed to just be lying around (possibly having been discarded after previous attempts), and Kitson in that video does have their air of someone who's already watched this go wrong and is really determined to make sure they get it fucking right this time. Evidence against: I'm not sure that works from a show planning perspective. What if it had worked on the first try, then what would the finale have been? If they'd watched it fail twice, would they really have made it the finale, knowing it may well fail a third time and that would be a shit ending? Though this could possibly be explained by the presence of the pipe that someone runs on stage, significantly increasing their chances compared to any attempt where that pipe was not in play.

I thought of something else today: the cow was already down when they started that video. Earlier in the night, we see comedians sitting on the cow, it's standing up. But at the end, when those guys run out to try to take it apart, they don't have to knock it down first. It's already lying on its side. They could have knock it down just before starting the song, but why would they do that? Surely knocking it down would be a fun dramatic moment, so if this were the first time they'd messed with the cow, they'd leave the knocking down to be part of the process. Unless this weren't the first time, and they had dramatically knocked it down before starting to try taking it apart, but this one done at some earlier point that the video didn't catch.

Anyway. That's the revelation. Along with some further thoughts on theories, but the main thing is the revelation. Massive breakthrough, and I need to thank @linkeightvideo one more time for research that he was under absolutely no obligation to do, but he came through anyway. What a legend. Am I using the British expressions right? What a solid gold legend.

#Youtube

[sgstories123]

Rafiq’s School Trip 1 - Slutty Char

“Hey, Rafiq,” whispered Mr Tan. “”Take a look at Derrick and Denise. I am quite sure their hands are ‘auto-roaming’.”

Rafiq turned his head towards the the two students. Denise was seated at the window seat of the aeroplane and Derrick was seated next to her at the aisle seat. They shared a large blanket with Derrick’s body leaning close against Denise, his head burrowed deep within her long hair. Everyone in the polytechnic knew that they were a couple. They were always seen together. At their age, Rafiq would be surprised if they are not already having regular sex. He looked closely and he saw slight movement under the blanket near Denise’s breast. Derrick must be playing with them, he surmised. Denise seemed to be returning the favour as he saw movement near Derrick’s crotch. But both of them had their eyes closed and were pretending to be asleep. Rafiq was not fooled by these amateurs.

“Can’t see very well in the dim lights, Mr Tan. But they looked like they are asleep.” Rafiq lied. He did not want to cause a scene on the plane, especially when it was now 4 am Singapore time. He did not know why Mr Tan is not sleeping. He looked over him at Ms Low. She seemed to be sleeping soundly.

“Look! I think he just squeezed her breast.” Mr Tan whispered excitedly. Rafiq sighed inwardly. He always suspected Mr Tan was a pervert. He was always excited when he sees students behaving intimately. Mr Tan had alway stated outwardly that he was concerned about students’ welfare but Rafiq has not seen how this interest translated into anything actionable other than trying to find out more about the salacious details from the students. But as Mr Tan was his Head of Department, Rafiq could do little about it. He just try to avoid such topics with Mr Tan.

He would not have been on this school trip if he knew Mr Tan was coming along. Four of his students had been selected to attend a youth leadership workshop in Japan. Besides Derrick and Denise, the other students were Charmaine and Kumar. As they were all from his class, he had been assigned to chaperone them. Ms Low was also asked to join the group as it was only proper to have a female lecturer on the trip since there were two female students. However, at the last minute, the organisation invited Mr Tan to participate in a parallel session for managers from educational institutions. By then, it was too late for Rafiq to pull out. So now, all seven of them were on a night flight to Tokyo.

“I think we will be arriving soon. I should go brush my teeth and freshen up before everyone wakes up and rush to use the toilet.” Rafiq stood up, trying to evade the topic.

As he made his way to the end of the plane towards the toilets, he saw Mr Tan still staring fervently at the young couple. Ms Low seemed oblivious and was still sleeping, her head leaned backwards with her spectacles slightly skewed and her mouth slightly open. Rafiq had been surprised when he learned that Ms Low was still single. She was quite pretty and had an innocent school girl kind of look. She was simple and innocent in character too. Maybe men found her too childish to be wife material. But it also made her look like she was much younger than her actual age. Or perhaps it was because she teaches childhood psychology that she had acquired the simpleness and innocence of a child.

Rafiq himself teaches physical education. Too often, he heard people commenting that he is all brawn and no brains. Just because he has a six-pecs, large arms and broad chest, people assume that he must not be very smart. It became worse when the same people hear that he teaches physical education. They seem to think that not much learning is required to teach physical education.

The toilet door opened and Kumar’s head popped out of the toilet. He looked at Rafiq with a look of surprise but quickly turned to guilt.

“Oh, hello Mr Rafiq.” Kumar muttered. “The toilet is occupied. I think there is a vacant one on the other side of the plane.”

“What do you mean occupied? If you are done, come out and it won’t be occupied.” Rafiq could not understand his student. He was not making any sense.

“Er. I think I need to go again. Sorry, Cher.” Kumar replied, stepping back into the toilet and trying to draw the toilet door close.

“Ouch! You stepped on my toes, you idiot!” Rafiq heard a familiar voice whispered harshly behind Kumar.

“Is that you Charmaine?” Rafiq asked, mindful not to raise his voice to avoid causing a commotion. He could almost picture what had happened in the toilet. Kumar and Charmaine was trying to join the mile high club.

“Alright, Kumar, go back to your seat quietly.” Rafiq pulled his student out of the toilet and pushed him along the aisle back towards his seat. Charmaine was standing right inside the toilet, her jeans unbuckled, revealing just the top of her red lacy panties. Her matching lacy red bra was on top of the sink next to the toilet bowl.

Charmaine did a sexy pout, putting her fingers onto her lips like a Marilyn Monroe. Rafiq sighed. He had heard many stories about Charmaine and based on his observation of her, the stories are most probably true. Charmaine was a Caucasian with a French father and an Australian mother. With blonde hair and emerald eyes, she drew a lot of attention in school. But more than that, she had large breasts, much larger than the average Asian girl. She knew how to use her assets and it seems that she has slept with many of the male student population in exchange for lecture notes, help with assignments and many other favours. Her reputation was so bad that her nickname was Slutty Char. There were rumours that she had slept with some of the male lecturers as well but Rafiq had not been able to determine if the rumours were true. But at least he knows that Kumar is on the list of students who had sex with her.

“Come on out, Charmaine. You know what you did was wrong. Don’t give me that innocent look.” Rafiq whispered. “Don’t make me repeat myself. I don’t want to cause a commotion.”

“Then come in and talk. You don’t want the whole plan to hear about this, right.” Charmaine looked at Rafiq innocently. “We must not damage the reputation of the school. You told us this at Changi Airport, remember.”

“You come out.” Rafiq insisted, a little louder.

“Is anything the problem, sir?” An air stewardess whispered across the row of sleeping passengers, sensing that Rafiq seems to be having some problem. “Do you need help with the toilet? Just give me a moment and I will come around to you.”

“No worries. Everything is okay.” Rafiq smiled weakly.

“Cher. Better come in quickly.” Charmaine smiled wickedly. “Don’t want the stewardess to know what Kumar and I have been up to.”

Rafiq knew that he was caught in a bind. If he does not enter the toilet, the stewardess will come over thinking that there was something wrong. He did not want to explain the whole exploit to her. Without thinking, he entered the toilet and closed the door, motioning Charmaine to keep quiet. He thought maybe he would wait for the stewardess to move away before getting out of the toilet with Charmaine. But the toilet was really small and he found himself almost pressed against Charmaine. He tried to keep some distance between himself and his student but it was in vain. They touched constantly and Rafiq could feel his cock hardening. After all, Charmaine was young, pretty and sexy. She was breathing right into his face and he could smell her fragrance up close. He was also aware of the sex that had just happened in the confined space. All these conjured up images in his mind which made him even more horny.

“How did both you and Kumar fit into this space?” Rafiq tried to divert his thoughts away from sex.

“Well, I sat up here.” Charmaine lifted herself up on the sink.

“And what about Kumar?” Rafiq asked.

But Charmaine did not answer him. Instead, she pulled off her jeans and panties, putting them on the side of the sink.

“What are you doing?” Rafiq hissed angrily.

“You wanted to know what Kumar and I did. So I thought I would show you.” Charmaine lifted her legs up the sink, opening them up like a flower and exposing a shaven cunt to Rafiq.

“Are you crazy? Put on your pants.” Rafiq hissed.

“Is everything okay, sir?” The stewardess knocked on the door.

“Yes, everything is okay. Just need some time.” Rafiq tried to sound nonchalant.

“Alright, if you need anything, just shout. I will be outside.” The stewardess replied helpfully.

Rafiq put a finger to his lips, indicating to Charmaine that she should keep quiet. But he could not help but marvel at the sight in front of him. Charmaine had smooth white skin, almost glistening in the dim light. Charmaine had her fingers pry open her vagina, her slit seemingly inviting him in. Rafiq’s cock was straining hard against his pants.

Charmaine seemed to enjoy the show that she is putting up for her teacher. She inserted her finger into her vagina, and then slowly drawing it out again. This went on for several times until Rafiq could hold himself no longer. He pulled down his pants, revealing his hard cock. He took a step forward and pushed his cock into Charmaine.

It was just about the right height. He only need to manoeuvre slightly to get his cock deep into Charmaine. She was tight but wet. The sensation was so intense that Rafiq felt that he was about to cum soon.

Charmaine seemed to enjoy herself too. She started moaning softly and Rafiq closed her mouth with his own, drinking in her moans. He pushed himself deeply into her, thrusting quickly into the tight, warm hole. He could not hold back and ejaculated quickly, holding Charmaine tightly as his body rocked with pleasure.

They hugged without moving for several minutes. Rafiq’s cock had already softened and plopped out of Charmaine’s cunt. But Rafiq did not want to stop hugging her.

“Cher. You need to let go now. We need to clean up and leave the toilet soon before everyone wakes up and wants to use the toilet.” Charmaine whispered softly. “I promise we will fuck again so be a good boy, okay?”

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. Thank you for flying Singapore Airlines. We will be arriving in Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan in about an hour’s time…”

#Rafiq School Trip

[tiaramania]

Upcoming Tiaras for 2023

Of course the biggest tiara event of the year will be the British coronation but there are also a trio of Scandinavian celebrations and a bunch of weddings to look forward to.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom's Coronation

King Charles III's coronation will take place on May 6th. There won't be as many tiara events as the last one in 1953 but the coronation itself should still give us plenty of tiaras. There will be the extended British Royal Family of course but there will also be many foreign royals attending. Usually (with a few exceptions like Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga) other monarchs do not attend so expect to see the heir or their spouse wearing the biggest and most historical tiara they have access to. I have a lot of posts planned for the lead up to the big day but I'm going to wait until we're a bit closer to start actually posting them.

Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan & Rajwa Al Saif's Wedding

Crown Prince Hussein and the future Crown Princess Rajwa will be married on June 1st. I expect a decent royal turn out more in line with Prince Hamzah and Princess Noor Asem's wedding in 2004 than any of the other more low key weddings in the family. I'm hoping she will wear the Arabic Scroll Tiara but the bride's family is apparently very wealthy so I wouldn't be surprised if they gifted her a new tiara.

Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway's 50th Birthdays

Milestone birthdays in the Norway usually mean a gala event with foreign royals and tiaras but Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit sometimes do things a little differently. In July and August of 2013, their 40th birthdays were celebrated with a music festival at Skaugum where Haakon parachuted in, played with one of the bands, and they all slept in tents so who knows what we're going to see this time around. If they do have a gala event I think this would be the perfect opportunity for Crown Princess Mette Marit to debut Queen Maud's Diamond Tiara.

King Carl Gustav of Sweden's Golden Jubilee

King Carl Gustav is celebrating 50 years since he ascended the throne and there will be a lot of different events celebrating the jubilee throughout the year but the one we're expecting tiaras for is the gala dinner at Stockholm Palace on September 15th with foreign royals in attendance.

Prince Christian of Denmark's 18th Birthday

They haven't announced a date yet for the gala dinner celebrating Prince Christian's coming of age yet but his birthday is on October 15th so it should be around then. I'm especially excited for this event after seeing so many of the younger generation of royals turn out for Princess Ingrid Alexandra's birthday last year. The Danes go big for milestone birthdays so expect a lot of tiaras.

Some other possible tiaras

Wedding of Princess Azemah of Brunei & Prince Bahar Bolkiah

Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg & Nicolas Bagory

Wedding of Princess Iman of Jordan & Jameel Thermiotis

Wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece & Matthew Kumar

Wedding of Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal & Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins

18th birthday of Infanta Leonor of Spain, Princess of Asturias

Tin (10th) Jubilee of King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands

Tin (10th) Jubilee of King Philippe of Belgium

Which tiaras are you most excited about in 2023?

#Tiara Talk #tiara predictions #British Royal Family #Danish Royal Family #Jordanian Royal Family #Norwegian Royal Family #Swedish Royal Family #United Kingdom #Jordan #Sweden #Norway #Denmark #Queen Camilla #Crown Princess Mette Marit #Queen Silvia #Crown Princess Rajwa

[juliusthedressmaker]

Hey Julius! What do you think of Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki? You kind of remind me of her since most pink hair characters right now portrayed as scary characters-

I don't know what that is 👁️👄👁️

My tastes in media aaaaarrrreeee...Adam Sandler, my favorite movie is Little Nicky. I love The Scary Movie series and also the Harold and Kumar movies. Of course, I love horror movies and want Milos from ASF SO BAD. I also really loved the Joker movie....he understands, he gets it!!!! I love Disney princesses! The Office is a very funny TV show I like to watch. I don't read much...I'm not a nerd like Killian. OH but I love podcasts, especially The Joe Rogan Experience!!! Btw, have you ever tried DMT?!???

:)<3

#julius the dressmaker #//rp blog #creepypasta #julius doherty #creepypasta roleplay #creepypasta fandom #rp blog #Julius has confusing and very picky tastes

[yanderu-deredere]

the m in may stands for marriage

a/n: this ones a little sad and all over the place but i liked it so i hope you guys like it too

warning: gender neutral reader prompt: day twenty three ★ covering them with a blanket when they've fallen asleep on the couch

soren kumar ★ profile

Ever since he was young, Soren had known what he'd be when he grew up. He was surrounded by music all his childhood and he remembered the feeling of being on stage and he knew.

So, he built his empire from scratch; he preformed on the street, got scouted, formed his band, the works. All of it done with his sweat and his tears and his hard-work.

Before, it felt perfect. Now that he had you, it felt strange.

Suddenly, the trips around the world didn't feel as exciting, especially when he couldn't bring you with him. Being away from you for nights at a time was almost unbearable.

The empire he'd created was the very thing that kept him away from you.

The worst part was that you were understanding. You kept encouraging him to continue, kept telling him that he needed to keep going, to complete his dreams, to write the music in his heart.

You cheered him on better than anyone could.

As he entered the apartment as quietly as he could, Soren kept thinking about you and about how sorry he was that you were the spouse of someone like him.

Quietly, he dropped his things and removed his shoes before venturing deeper in. All he could really look forward to was changing his clothes and cuddling into your embrace.

Before he could do that, though, he was met with the sight of you sitting on the couch, your neck bent in a rather uncomfortable looking position, the TV casting a faint glow onto you.

Immediately, Soren's eyes watered. Gently, he laid you down to be a bit more comfortable before putting one of the blankets on the couch over your body.

Then, he knelt beside the couch, head resting in his arms as he observed your sleeping figure.

He really was lucky to have you. He just wished he could show you exactly how grateful he was.

#yandere oc x reader #yandere x reader #oc x reader #yandere #male yandere #male oc #drabbles #soren #maymarriage

[the-whispers-of-death]

Do They Have a No Food/No Gum Policy?

I was going to do the first chapter of the High School Teacher AU, but I'm wondering now if I should just scrap the whole Stone x Kali premise of the AU and just focus on writing the dynamics of everyone because there's just so many characters and most of them have never interacted with each other before. So for now, here is the policy about food and gum in their classrooms.

Here are the introduction to the characters in the AU.

Coach Williams- He purposefully ends his lessons ten minutes before the bell rings so students can snack and drink water. Personal fitness is tiring, so he makes sure to provide them with snacks and water so they don't feel so lethargic for the rest of the day.

Mr. Khatri- He doesn't care. While it is a science class, there's no labs being done, so there's nothing food can potentially contaminate. He also doesn't care about students chewing gum in his class, as long as they don't make those loud obnoxious bubbles or leave gum sticking on the undersides of the desks.

Mr. Garrick- Students can eat snacks if it's on the days where they're not developing films. There's chemicals in the developing mixture and it's best not to snack on those days in case students' hands aren't extremely clean of the mixture.

Mr. MacTavish- He snacks all the time personally, so he doesn't mind. He does caution against eating and drinking water/soda when drawing art projects that have to be turned in, simply because it'd be sad if a student accidentally ruined their artwork by spilling food or their drink on the paper. Same goes for gum.

Mr. Shah- It's a culinary class, he's not going to stop students from eating or drinking. As long as it's not too messy, he'll allow them to do so. He'll take it as an opportunity to tell them some very healthy snack brands.

Mr. Kumar- Eating food isn't the best thing when one has to handle music sheets. Most of the time, the students are singing, so there's really no time to eat. Only on the days when he decides to put a movie on can students eat in his classroom, and he provides them with the snacks too.

Mr. Price- If it's early in the day and a student hasn't had breakfast due to some reason or the other, he'll allow them to snack. Other than that, no eating in his classroom. He's also the type not to care about chewing gum, again as long as they don't make those loud obnoxious bubbles or leave gum sticking on the undersides of the desks.

Ms. Singh- Absolutely no food or drink allowed, though she does allow gum (if no one sticks it on the desk). This is because students are working with computers and food and drinks don't really mesh well with computer, drinks especially. The food thing is mostly because she doesn't want to spend so much time cleaning little bits of crumbs from the little spaces in the keyboard.

Dr. Greene- As long as it's not messy, he doesn't care. Don't ruin the worksheets he gives them and he's fine. Also fine with chewing gum in his classroom.

Coach Riley- This is the one thing Coach Williams and him agree on, and it's making sure students have snacks and water after a long lesson. So he too will provide his students with snacks and water.

Mr. Mishra- This man glares at students who bring in a can of soda into his class, even a plastic water bottle will make this man glare. He has a no food and no gum policy, all day every day. He doesn't have any faith in his students to not make a mess and he just hates hearing people chew gum. It is a true miracle students actually like his class.

Mr. Kohli-Petrov- He has a no food and no gum policy, but it's because he doesn't want anything to ruin the books he gets for his students. He has them read classics, spending his own money to get the books. So students don't really eat in his class, simply because they know the nice books will be taken away and substituted with books that look really ratty from students in previous years using them.

#simon ghost riley #kyle gaz garrick #john price #john soap mactavish #task force 141 oc: stone #task force 141 oc: ladder #shadow company oc: kali #shadow company oc: sarabi #shadow company oc: simba #shadow company oc: nala #call of duty oc: heartthrob #call of duty oc: hellstorm #high school teacher au #call of duty #cod #cod mw2 #cod mwii #call of duty modern warfare 2 #call of duty oc #cod oc #more about how they all are like as teachers #:)