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What's Out This Week? 11/15

Upcoming events:

11/19 - Anti-Imperialist Collage Workshop!

11/20 - Scott Pilgrim Book Club & Netflix Watch Party!

Alien #1 - Declan Shalvey, Andrea Broccardo & Javier Fernandez

EVERYONE WILL HEAR YOU SCREAM! • In deep space spins a world infected by the universe's greatest killers. Most people - sane people - would construct a barrier thicker than the hulls of ten Nostromos and leave it to rot. • But where most people see a death trap, Weyland-Yutani sees the biggest payout in the history of civilization. And if it costs a few human lives to secure? Those come cheap here. • Corporate corruption, personal betrayals and extraordinary violence - Declan Shalvey and Andrea Broccardo's next and greatest Alien story starts here!

Catians #1 - Cortney Cameron & Luyi Bennett

Stray cat Felix leads a happy life skimming milk from his human friend Rose's convenient store, until the local protection racket turns violent. To save Rose's life, Felix breaks his vows and shares an ancient secret. Unfortunately, Rose uses her newfound knowledge to mix revenge and forbidden magic, unleashing a monstrous abomination that forces the mysterious Council of Cats to launch a global quest for the Relics of the divine Great Cat.

Deadpool: Seven Slaughters #1 - Rob Liefeld & Greg Capullo

Seven kills in seven days! Welcome to a week in the life of Wade Wilson, the best mercenary Marvel's ever had (just ask him)! From facing off with rival killers to top secret assassinations, DEADPOOL has a lot of work to do in this blood-soaked oversized issue full of fan-favorite creators past and future!

Dungeons & Dragons: Fortune Finder #1 - Jim Zub, Joe Jaro & Max Dunbar

In the city of Sigil, an amnesiac hero only known as "Finder" tries to uncover who they are and why they're being chased by planar beings intent on capturing them-or worse. But as their tumultuous journey unfolds, they discover that their fate is tied to grand forces that dictate reality itself throughout the planes! A shocking surprise lurks around every corner in FortuneFinder, a miniseries inspired by the new Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse.

Speed Force #1 (of 6) - Jarrett Williams & Daniele Di Nicuolo

Wallace West and Avery Ho: the young speedsters have been Teen Titans, Justice Leaguers, and above all, members of the Flash Family. As they become aware of mysterious changes happening to the Speed Force, they race to Keystone City, where they encounter old friends, new threats, and a chance to forge their own paths.

Geiger: Ground Zero #1 (of 2) - Geoff Johns & Gary Frank

The saga of THE UNNAMED continues! GEOFF JOHNS and GARY FRANK return to the apocalyptic world of GEIGER for a special explosive two-issue origin epic.

What happened to Tariq Geiger in the days after the nuclear bombs first dropped? How did mankind survive the UNKNOWN WAR? Who is the mysterious Russian scientist Dr. Molotov and why is he hunting Geiger? And how does this tie all the way back to the American Revolution? Get ready to put on your hazmat suit and find out!

GI Joe: A Real American Hero One-Shot - Bob Mcleod & Herb Trimpe

Celebrate the return of G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO with the definitive edition of its historic first issue! This issue restores Larry Hama's original, unedited dialogue, which has never before seen print!

Godzilla Rivals VS Mechagodzilla #1 - Mark Martinez

IS YOUR CITY BESIEGED BY KAIJU? DO YOU LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT ANXIOUSLY LISTENING FOR THE MONSTER SIRENS? HAVE YOU HAD ALL YOU CAN TAKE OF GIANT LIZARDS, MOTHS, PTERODACTYLS, AND SHRIMP? THEN CALL TRACER TECH TODAY! OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART ANTI-KAIJU TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED DOZENS OF CITIES AROUND THE WORLD TO FEND OFF THE THREAT OF MONSTER ATTACK.

San Palomar, California. It's a sleepy city with not much going on. That is, until Tracer Tech built their new corporate headquarters there, displacing lifelong citizens and forcing out local businesses. But what is the source of Tracer's amazing, almost alien technology, and why has it put San Palomar in Godzilla's sights? And what can a couple of local kids like Alex and Jaz do to protect their city when the King of the Monsters and its robot doppelgänger clash?

Lotus Land #1 (of 6) - Darcy Van Poelgeest, Caio Filipe & Alex Eckman-Lawn

In a Vancouver of the future painted with ultramodern decay, a groundbreaking advancement in technology promises an end to entropy itself.

But when an attack on this mysterious "Keeper Program" threatens the lives of everyone tied to it, retired Police Detective Bennie Strikman is called to investigate one last case.

The Ministry Of Compliance #1 - John Ridley & Stefano Raffaele

Thirty-seven years ago, Earth was secretly invaded by an alien force known as the Devolution, and they have been shaping the direction humanity has been going in ever since to prepare us to be assimilated into their empire.

The Devolution has thirteen ministries, each responsible for manipulating a different aspect of human life. The Ministry of Compliance, the most feared of all the ministries, led by the fierce Avigail Senna, makes sure all the ministries stay in line and remain focused on the Devolution's mission. As it appears the Ministry's mission is on the verge of being completed and Earth will be assimilated, things begin to go terribly wrong, and a conspiracy among the ministries breaks out that Avigail must deal with head-on.

Outsiders #1 (of 12) - Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly & Robert Carey

Never the End. A universe of secrets is about to come to light. Batman protects Gotham City from evil. Batman Inc. protects the rest of the known world. But what of the unknown world? What of the ancient evils in hidden tombs and forgotten tragedies from a magic-and-mad-science fueled super-heroic century? Using his fortune, Luke Fox launches a new organization dedicated to shining light into the world's darkest corners. His first recruit: Kate Kane, the Batwoman--who will re-embrace her military background to protect Luke's dream and encounter every bit of strangeness the DCU has to offer. And just wait until you meet the Third Man...or learn what universe-shattering secret they've discovered buried under Antarctica. Outsiders is the return of comic book archaeology, digging into all the forgotten corners of DC's history to preserve, record, and better understand the true nature of the DC Multiverse...and the forgotten stories that make up its fabric.

Red Light #1 (of 4) - Sarah Cho, Priscilla Petraites & Jeff Dekal

Lacy is an A.I. sex worker in a futuristic Red Light District. And Lacy knows exactly what her clients want - better than they know it themselves. Housed in a high-tech brothel under the watchful eye of the mysterious Mister, Lacy has little in her manufactured life besides work. All that changes when she befriends Natalie, an orphaned child who comes into her care. Now Lacy and Natalie are on a mission to escape the Red Light District, only to find themselves flung headlong into the mystery behind Lacy's creation.

Superior Spider-Man #1 - Dan Slott & Mark Bagley

A Superior Reckoning! SPIDER-MAN faces a NEW VILLAIN from his SUPERIOR past. As she fries New York with all the power of a living star, DOC OCK makes a life-changing discovery! MARK BAGLEY and DAN SLOTT continue their Spider-Man run with this 10th-ANNIVERSARY celebration of everything that made Spider-Man Superior.

Street Fighter 6 Evolution Special #1 - Capcom, Matt Moylan, Hanzo Steinbach, Tovio Rogers, Jeffrey Chamba Cruz & Genzoman

The new era of fighting games continues with three short-stories starring six World Warriors! Featuring Rashid, Cammy, Dee Jay, Luke, Jamie, and the debut of an all-new Street Fighter 6 character.... the deadly A.K.I.!

365 Days To The Wedding GN Vol 1 - Tamiki Wakaki

A sweet "fake engagement" romance about quiet coworkers by the creator of The World God Only Knows! The J.T.C. travel agency is looking for someone to manage its brand-new branch in Irkutsk. But for employees Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika, they'd rather just stay home in Tokyo! Thankfully, they've discovered a way out-their manager has narrowed down the recruits to bachelors, so what if they just... got married? The problem is they barely know each other at all! Can they convince their office they're engaged just long enough for the transfer to finish up?

Cat On The Hero's Lap GN Vol 1 - Kosuke Iijima & Shiori

In this hilarious fantasy adventure, will the hero triumph against the evil demon king, or face defeat... because he can't fight with a cat on his lap?! Our brave hero, Red, has embarked alongside his companions on a journey to defeat the great demon king. Or at least, that was the plan. But then a cat sat on Red's lap and fell asleep. There's no way he can fight monsters like this! As it turns out, Red's greatest enemy is right on top of him!

Curses GN - George Wylesol

"Sometimes I think I see things. Out of the corner of my eye, behind a door, I catch a glimpse of something. It's like a curtain caught in the wind, and then it's gone." From hospitals to hell to the wilderness, George Wylesol's short stories take place in liminal spaces where nothing is as it seems; the surreal becomes real; and something is lying in wait around every corner. As our main characters navigate through corridors, passageways, and highways, they sink deeper and deeper into everyday strangeness that slips into peculiarity, creating an internal journey from normalcy to the supernatural.

Dai Dark Box Set Vol 1 - Q. Hayashida

Introducing the first box set for this hilarious, gruesome, unforgettable tale where dark magic and space action collide! Zaha Sanko's body has great and terrible powers-they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn't about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search space for whomever put this curse on Sanko's bones... because killing them might end the madness. (And then Sanko can celebrate with his favorite spaghetti.) This beautiful box contains Vol. 1-4 of the manga and one double-sided poster.

The Dangerous Convenience Store GN Vol 1 - 945/gusao

This hit Boys' Love webtoon/manhwa (comic) is coming to print in English for the first time! Yeo Eui-joon needs cash, so he works part-time at a convenience store-where the clientele includes hoodlums and mobsters. He's tired of being yelled at while ringing up booze and trying to talk his way out of extortion, but he's not tired of seeing a certain good-looking gangster walk in the door. Gunwoo is huge, gruff, and intimidating at first... but he seems to care about Eui-joon's well-being, and is quick to knock aside anyone giving Eui-joon a hard time. After Eui-joon gets a peek at the enormous condom size Gunwoo buys, a little spark of attraction might just grow into a big, fiery love story!

Disturbed: Dark Messiah TP - Tim Seeley, Angel Hernandez, Esau Escorza & Ryan Christensen

In the not so distant future, firefighter Griffin DeSanto has found himself a man out of time, stumbling into a harsh world of poverty, automation, and subjugation. Technology rules and a tech empire built on suffering keeps the population in check through surveillance and mechanized policing. Though lost, Griffin is never alone, he was brought here for a reason, and The Vengeful One is his guide.

Gunhild GN Vol 1 - Fred Tornager

Her travels lead mainly to many foes, but a few enemies become friends, persuaded by Gunhild's unwavering determination and burning passion for her own cause. Being a tiny Jotun against a big, powerful world, Gunhild must fight smart and learn a trick or two from Loki to earn the title of godhood. Certainly, Gunhild will stop at nothing to forge her own fantastic path and make her dream come true.

The History Club HC Vol 1 - Bret Baier & Marvin Sianipar

From Bret Baier comes the first book in a thrilling new time-bending graphic novel series about kids who use their love of history to thwart an evil time traveler's scheme to change the past! Becca, Zack, Cam, and Thomas are best friends who may seem like an unlikely group on the surface but who have something very important in common: a love of history! Together, they make up their school's history club that has an all-important secret mission: stop the villainous History Twister's plot to destroy the past, forever altering the future. Knowledge of history is their superpower as they chase the Twister through time. After all, who knows what would have happened if Alexander Hamilton had lived and Aaron Burr had died in their infamous duel? It's up to the History Club to save the world from utter destruction!

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Beyond The Goblin City TP - Delilah S Dawson, Gustavo Duarte, Jeff Stokely, Ross Curry, Jonathan Case, Adam Smith, Lara Elena Donnelly, Sas Milledge, Daniel Bayliss, Pius Bak, French Carlomagno, Jeff Stokely, Kyla Vanderklugt, Samantha Dodge, Gustavo Duarte & Mike Allred

Featuring the secret history of Sir Didymus and the untold story of one of Jareth's Masquerade guests, in addition to stories featuring fan-favorite characters like Ludo, Hoggle, Sir Didymus, and the Goblin King himself.

This epic collection showcases imaginative tales from critically acclaimed writers and artists, including Jonathan Case (The New Deal), Delilah S. Dawson (Star Wars: Phasma), Gustavo Duarte (Bizarro), Roger Langridge (Snarked), Katie Cook (Star Wars: ABC-3PO), Jeff Stokely (The Ludocrats), S.M. Vidaurri (Labyrinth: Under the Spell), Sina Grace (Superman: Kal-El Returns), Michael Dialynas (Wynd), Sarah Webb (The Storyteller: Sirens), Boya Sun (5 Worlds), Lara Elena Donnelly (The Amberlough Dossier), French Carlomagno (The Dead Lucky), Pius Bak (Eat The Rich), Samantha Dodge (Catwoman: Soulstealer), and many more!

Collects Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Shortcuts and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Under the Spell.

No Touching At All GN - Kou Yoneda

On the first day of his new job, the shy and introverted Shima suddenly finds himself trapped in an elevator with an extremely hungover man, who turns out to be none other than his new boss, Togawa. Though Shima is initially put-off by Togawa's rude and shameless behavior, he can't help but be drawn in by the man's compassionate side, and he soon finds his thoughts are completely consumed by the charismatic man. Unfortunately, painful experiences from his past continue to haunt Shima, and ultimately prevent him from taking the first step. Even when Togawa makes his feelings for the young man blatantly clear, despite also having agonizing memories and an unpleasant past of his own, Shima still hesitates to open himself up to the man. How will things turn out when a love is so obvious that it can felt, but the individuals in question can't express it directly?

Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human GN - Osamu Dazai & Chika Ito

This manga version of novelist Osamu Dazai's masterpiece No Longer Human, the #2 bestselling novel of all time in Japan. Yozo Oba, a young man growing up in Japan in the immediate aftermath of World War II, is tormented by a failure to find any value in himself or in human relationships, despite being surrounded by women who love him. He creates the persona of a buffoon who mocks himself while entertaining others. But inside he is tortured, and as he moves from childhood to adulthood he becomes addicted to sex and alcohol. Largely autobiographical, No Longer Human explores Dazai's own sense of failure and alienation which drove him to self-destruct with alcohol and numerous suicide attempts.

Power Rangers Universe TP - Nicole Andelfinger, Simone Ragazzoni & Derrick Chew

WHAT IS THE TRUE ORIGIN OF THE PHANTOM RANGER?

On a journey across time and dimensional space, writer Nicole Andelfinger (Dragon Prince: Bloodmoon Huntress), artist Simone Ragazzoni (Odessa), and colorist Mattia Iacono answer the questions fans have been asking since the beginning!

A mysterious pod crashes to earth, while the Legendary Ranger Teens take on thrilling new forms, powerful against their foes and dangerous to themselves, and even contend with a corrupted former ally. Can they save their friend and protect the Morphin Grid from destruction?

Discover the truth behind the Phantom Ranger, the Morphin Masters, Power Rangers, and the Morphin Grid itself in the series that will unlock the secrets of the Power Rangers Universe!

Saigami GN - Seny

The girl known as Ayumi is a troubled European teenager who feels lost, like a stranger in her world. Her father left when she was little, while her mother's work means she is never around. A love of manga and books keeps her happy, while honest-to-goodness friends seem to be something only other people have. But this is not the case in the fantasy land known as Aesztrea. In this strange new world, there are dragons, creatures, and warriors who can wield power beyond our wildest imagination. When Ayumi arrives in Aesztrea, she learns that she may also be a Saigami. This warrior class of supernatural and superhuman abilities is one of the most honored and respected people in this new world. For the first time in her life, her potential is limitless, and she has seemingly found a place and a people where she can belong. But not all is right in Aesztrea, Ayumi will have to face her own demons to get to the bottom of this and determine who she wants to be.

Sakura Saku GN Vol 1 - Io Sakisaka

Saku Fujigaya would like to thank the boy who helped her, but all she has is a note signed "Ryosuke Sakura." She discovers that a boy at her high school, Haruki Sakura, has an older brother named Ryosuke. She asks Haruki to deliver her thank-you letter to Ryosuke, but why does he refuse?

Sheep Princess In Wolf's Clothing GN - Mito

In this beautifully illustrated yuri/Girls' Love fairy tale, a wolf-woman butler must tutor a sheep princess who's not as soft as she looks! Aki Rikujo, a Wolfa, works as a butler at the royal castle in the land of Sheepa. Her quiet and peaceful days get shaken up when she saves the life of Princess Momo Shiudafaris. The shy sheep princess immediately latches onto Aki who, before she knows it, becomes the princess's private tutor. Momo wants more than just math lessons from Aki, and even sneaks into the wolf-woman's bedroom to seduce her! Aki soon realizes that, under the timid woolly exterior, Momo is a wild animal!

The Star Seekers GN - HYBE & Tomorrow X Together

When assailants interrupt Star One's comeback stage, the boys spring into action...all except Eugene! Though he helps as best he can, his lack of magic limits what he can do. That is, until the strange stray cat he picked up appears in a flash of light and offers him power...

Whatcha snaggin' this week, Fantom Fam?

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helenazbmrskai · 3 years

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Jungkook Masterpost

Fuckboy Training Gym Club AU [23k]

↳There’s a fitness club at your University run by the seven most popular kids in school, girls usually come in long lines the unwritten rule is you can get free exercise after training if you know what I mean. *wink*

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

With Glass Between Us Merman AU [15k]

↳Pets are considered a man’s best friend. The middle class can only afford cats and dogs while rich people can get exotic species such as racoons or even lions. Your dad invests in a companion for you as well, don’t want his sweet daughter to feel lonely and comes home with a ..er merman?

part 1, part 2, part 3, drabble 4.

This Boy Is Not A Toy Bodyguard AU [17k]

↳You’re the problematic heiress of your father’s blooming crime den who’s getting her fifteenth bodyguard this month. Everyone warned Jeongguk that you’re crazy but he’s up for a good challenge.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.

Born This Way [ft. Jimin] Hybrid AU [11k]

↳You can’t contain your excitement when your hybrids arrive. They’re finally yours and you show them how happy you are at your first session with them.

part 1, part 2, part 3.

You’re My Tear Smau, 13 Reasons Why AU

↳After a weird number asks about what you regret the most not doing in your life somehow you find yourself back in your early teens. You’re 28 and you’re back in high school. Can you make all your wrongdoings right when you have to face Jeon Jeongguk, your biggest regret in life? Does age matter when you have to be the judge of the decisions you made back then?

┈1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9.5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

Seesaw House Helper AU [7k]

↳Jeongguk wants to show you something and you show him how much you appreciate him in return.

I Love You Slowwwww Much Hybrid AU [8k]

↳Your roommate’s hybrid always nags you about a playmate while your roommate complains about you being alone all the time in your room so you kill two birds with one stone and get a companion.

Garden Of Red Petals Alien AU [5k]

↳You couldn’t find a better flower to represent his burning passion than the red roses in his garden.

Dense Friends To Lovers [5k]

↳Some people just can’t get the hint no matter how obvious it is to anyone else around them. The name’s Jeon fucking Jeongguk. The word dense is next to his name as the accurate explanation inside the great English dictionary and you decided if after this spring break he didn’t catch the drift you’ll stop trying altogether. Funny how things need only a tiny push however to fall into place.

Partners Till The End Dystopian World AU [4k]

↳The world around you has gone to shit. In every corner, there’s danger trying to dip its claws into your flesh and separate you. Jungkook and you are on the run, fueled by the promises and the desire to keep each other safe. You promised, partners till the end.

Claws Of Prurient Matchmaking AU [2k]

↳Claws of prurient is a multinational firm targeting werewolves around the world. Offering their services for the supernatural specimen searching for their mates that could be everywhere around the world. Instead of leaving everything to the moon, your father, the previous ceo who built this business from scratch wanted to introduce a modern solution for a modern society.

Bad Omega, Sweet Omega Werewolf AU [10k]

↳This year Jeongguk’s heat leads to unexpected discoveries. You always thought that Jeongguk hates your guts even though his wolf liked to cuddle you. Until you find yourself in a sticky situation in the bathroom while the pack members try to break down the door.

Plan 101 Wedding AU [8k]

↳Not your typical ’please fake date me to my sister’s wedding so I don’t have to go with a guy my sister wants to set me up with’ with a magical touch to it and of course, there’s the ’there’s only one bed’ and ’cute coffee shop boy’ trope included for the ladies!

My Prince Is Charming Forbidden Relationship AU [6k]

↳Prince Jungkook overhears the stable boys talking about your pussy game and he wants to see it for himself.

©️helenazbmrskai

#jungkook fanfiction #jungkook smut

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National Enquirer, April 5

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Meghan Markle's secret psych analysis

Page 2: Heather Locklear has put on a lot of weight since she got out of rehab last fall -- she looks to be carrying 170 pounds on her five-foot-five frame and she looks to have gained 35 pounds

Page 3: Miranda Lambert has taken another swipe at ex Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani by dissing their upcoming nuptials -- Miranda has been urging mutual friends to skip the wedding and she's got everyone in Nashville and beyond all riled up and either you're Team Miranda or you're Team Blake, and if you're with him you can forget about being friends with her and she's forcing people to choose sides and she'll have no qualms cutting off anyone who attends Blake's wedding

Page 4: Alex Rodriguez struck out with fiancee Jennifer Lopez after she discovered his hot-and-heavy direct messages to a long string of women -- their four-year romance went foul after Southern Charm's Madison LeCroy publicly admitted she'd been in touch with A-Rod and Jennifer found out he'd reached out to other beauties through social media and Jennifer had had enough

* Concerned mom Jennifer Garner is struggling to cement her relationship with daughter Violet now that the 15-year-old is barreling through the turbulent teens -- Jennifer said the heartbreak is just that she's growing up at all and it's heartbreaking for the mom and for the teenager, needing to have that kind of severing of this baby-mama tie

Page 5: Chris Brown's spacey social media posts about aliens have close pals concerned about the R&B crooner, including his once-battered ex Rihanna -- Chris is obsessed with conspiracy theories and all things supernatural

Page 6: Disgraced Felicity Huffman is fuming about scuffling for plum parts while rumors swirl fellow felon Lori Loughlin has already been invited back into her old TV series and Felicity can't understand why she is being forced to go through the whole audition process while Lori seems to be welcomed back with open arms -- though she hates to do it, Felicity feels the only way she can get attention is to do a tell-all interview about her humiliating part in the scandal -- Felicity has scored a part in the ABC pilot Sacramento River Cats, though there is no guarantee the project will make it onto the air, but insiders and fans of the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart have all been filling the internet with talk of Lori's rumored return -- Felicity believes the only way to get public sympathy is to spill her guts, even though all she wants is put the scandal far behind her

Page 8: Stressed Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon has been packing on the pounds as his talk show continues to battle with Stephen Colbert's Late Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live in the late-night ratings and Jimmy has been partying and pigging out to find any comfort he can as Tonight continues to trail the field in total viewers and Jimmy is over 200 pounds for the first time in his life and it's because he's overindulging to compensate for the show's struggles and Jimmy and the gym do not mix even though he had a full fitness center installed at his New York apartment years ago

* Debilitated diva Liza Minnelli's 75th birthday party turned into a disaster when her frail physical condition alarmed friends -- celebrity pals also joined a virtual bash for the legend, even though Liza insisted she didn't want a big fuss and Liza's manager threw the small dinner party on her birthday and about eight people, including Joan Collins, attended in person and several other friends, including Barbra Streisand, recorded video messages and performances for Liza but before the party, Liza was in such bad shape she told friends that she didn't want to participate or be seen on camera -- in the end, Liza, who's undergone multiple surgeries and struggled with substance abuse for years, agreed to join the gathering at the L.A. home of her longtime protege Michael Feinstein and Liza sang but she didn't look well and her voice is shot to pieces and she was propped up in a chair and barely moved from it because she can't walk well anymore and during a live chat during the party the hashtag #FreeLiza started to pop up and not everyone meant it as a joke and there's a feeling certain people have taken over her life and longtime friends have been frozen out and they fear she'll never appear in public again and they won't see her again before she dies -- when friends saw the videos the next day they were upset and very worried, saying Liza really appears to have declined

Page 9: Angelina Jolie has fired a shocking new salvo against ex Brad Pitt over custody of their five youngest children and her latest court documents allege domestic violence and even worse, some of the nearly dozen papers Angie just filed offer up a few of the kids to testify against their dad and Angie is now claiming she can offer proof and authority of domestic violence but Brad's lawyers are expected to respond with a vehement denial -- with the newest court filings, all of which are sealed, Angie is determined to get full custody of the kids and Angelina has fought tooth and nail to get what she wants in this divorce and when it comes to her kids she won't back down

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Farrah Abraham in a bikini, 50 Cent chased away his thirst with a drink at an Atlanta eatery, Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll was on her game while playing chess on the NYC set, Selma Blair met up with a pal in Studio City, Reggie Bush showed he's still in fine form during a Mexican vacay

Page 11: Gwyneth Paltrow isn't above using a little goop to smooth out the age lines -- the lifestyle guru recently admitted to resorting to a teeny drop of Xeomin, which claims to be a uniquely purified choice for frown lines, to help her look less pissed off but she also admitted her history with fillers hasn't always been happy and she had a midlife crisis when she turned 40 and she went to see this doctor and it was a disaster and she was bruised and her forehead was completely frozen and she didn't look like herself at all -- she also admitted she believes there is still a lot of shame around surgery or injectables or fillers and it's like admitting a vulnerability -- she said she thinks aging is hard and when you see your face start to change, you don't necessarily feel your most beautiful, externally, but the irony is it's that time in your life when you actually really like yourself and love yourself

* Wendy Williams' handpicked hunk Mike Esterman has better buckle up because the daytime diva has already mapped out their future, and he's in for a wild ride -- Wendy boasted she chose her Maryland-based beau after receiving hundreds of submissions to her Date Wendy segment, but she's aiming to renovate the contractor and it's all about image, stylists and bodyguards for Wendy right now and she's already got a reality show in the works for them, a TV crew and photographers trailing them everywhere and his-and-her makeovers too -- she's gone from zero to 60 with this guy in a matter of days

Page 12: Straight Shuter gossip column -- Miley Cyrus is going country after her last two albums tanked -- Miley offended her core audience with her outrageous behavior and punk sound and she's signed with a new record label and the plan is to reintroduce her to the country audience that loved her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, and once loved her -- Miley's behavior has overshadowed her talent for years and her new team will guide Miley back to her roots in the world of country and finding the right sound should be easy but can Miley find the right behavior

* Gayle King owes her glow on CBS This Morning to a new makeup artist and after being tended to by a fill-in makeup artist and told she looked better than ever, Gayle quietly dismissed her longtime makeup man but there's an unspoken code of ethics in the pro makeup world that if you're asked to replace a longtime client's makeup person, the appropriate answer is no

* The Sex and the City reboot isn't all cosmos and roses -- Sarah Jessica Parker was the show's executive producer, giving her much more power than her co-stars, but Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will also executive produce the reboot and there's already tension -- sharing power is hard for anyone who's been the boss for years and it isn't one big happy family

* Rachel Brosnahan gets some puppy love on the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (picture)

Page 13: The knives are out for self-appointed queen bee of The Talk Sharon Osbourne after she was exposed as TV's meanest host -- the salty motormouth has been accused of a barrage of racist and anti-gay zingers, forcing the gabfest to go on hiatus while CBS investigates the claims -- former host Leah Remini claimed Sharon would frequently refer to then-co-host Julie Chen, who is Chinese American, as 'wonton' and 'slanty eyes' and Sharon also reportedly referred to her out lesbian co-host Sara Gilbert as 'p--sy licker' and 'fish eater' -- in a tweet, Holly Robinson Peete implied Sharon's racist comments led to her leaving the show -- Sharon also chased Marie Osmond on the show last fall and tried to take it over after Julie Chen quit in 2018 -- Sharon has denied all claims against her -- Sharon's big personality is central to The Talk, but some of these allegations, although none have yet been proven, are the kind of remarks that could be career-ending

Page 14: Crime

Page 16: Demi Lovato's shocking admission that she continues to puff pot and swill booze after multiple rehab stints and a near-fatal drug overdose has pals and addiction experts convinced the singer is courting disaster -- she dropped the bombshell in a recent interview and claimed indulging in those vices has helped her fend off more serious addictions and the chronic depression that has dogged her entire life -- Demi came very close to dying three years ago after she overdosed on opioids and it triggered three stokes and a heart attack, and a lot of people were terrified she would never recover and her friends are convinced she's put herself right back on the same self-destructive path -- Demi claimed she was sexually assaulted by her dealer on the day of her almost-fatal OD and when her assistant found her unconscious and surrounded by vomit following the wild binge, she was naked and she was blue and she was left for dead and she had unknowingly taken heroin that was laced with the powerful drug fentanyl

Page 17: Devastated Lisa Marie Presley is finding comfort in the arms of her first husband, Danny Keough, after their son Benjamin Keough's suicide -- Danny has given her a shoulder to cry on and he's the only one who can understand the despair she feels after losing Benjamin -- Lisa Marie has been inconsolable since Benjamin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and she's moved in with Danny in Woodland Hills, California and she's also struggled with substance abuse and the stress of an ongoing divorce battle from fourth husband Michael Lockwood -- although her marriage to Danny ended in 1994, he's remained close to the family, working as a driver and handyman for their actress daughter, Riley Keough and Riley couldn't be happier that her dad has been so helpful to her mother and it's taking a full team to keep Lisa Marie together and Danny was definitely proven he's still on her team

* The sudden death of Bobby Brown Jr. remains shrouded in mystery as the 28-year-old's autopsy report was placed on a security hold following a request from the LAPD -- the namesake son of Bobby Brown and his ex-girlfriend Kim Ward lived with his famous father in Encino, California, where the singer found him responsive -- Bobby Jr. has been doing drugs with pals and insiders suspected he was deliberately dosed with a fatal cocktail of booze, cocaine and painkillers

Page 18: American Life

Page 19: Tina Turner is using a new documentary about her life as a final farewell to fans after the R&B icon was rocked by a string of physical and mental health woes including the crippling effects of a 2013 stroke -- the eye-opening documentary Tina is a love letter to her millions of supporters and the punctuation mark to a life defined by startling professional success and heartbreaking personal catastrophes -- Tina admitted she's had an abusive life but at a certain stage forgiveness takes over -- in the documentary Tina confessed she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has frightening flashbacks of being savagely beaten throughout her hellish 16-year marriage to the late Ike Turner and Tina's current husband, German music producer Erwin Bach, even compared his spouse to a shell-shocked soldier -- more recently, Tina has been battered by health crises after suffering a stroke in 2013 and being diagnosed with intestinal cancer three years later, mere months before her kidneys failed and Erwin donated one of his own to save her life -- Tina knows the end is near and this film is truly her last encore

Page 20: Match Game -- a round up of male and female celebs who look astonishingly similar, despite their opposite genders -- Sophie Turner and Boy George, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, Timothee Chalamet and Natalia Dyer, Tom Cruise and Tig Notaro

Page 21: Melissa McCarthy and Ricky Gervais, Eva Marcille and Terrence Howard, Bret Michaels and Fergie, Josh Hartnett and Clea DuVall

Page 22: Katy Perry sparked rumors she had finally taken the plunge with longtime love Orlando Bloom after she was seen sporting a suspicious gold band on her left ring finger while vacationing in Hawaii

* Scott Disick has confessed baby mama Kourtney Kardashian is the reason his relationships fail -- the reality TV slacker revealed his now ex-girlfriend Sofia Richie felt neglected because he spent more time with Kourtney and their three kids, saying it's definitely not easy that they see each other, work together and are friends but he's always been clear that his priority has been his kids and he even put it out there that taking care of Kourtney is one of his priorities

Page 26: Reality star fixer-uppers Jonathan and Drew Scott are sweating bullets over a lawsuit filed against their Property Brothers show by unhappy clients and the stress over the scandal is wreaking havoc with their personal lives -- Las Vegas couple Mindy and Paul King filed suit against Cineflix, the company that producers Property Brothers, and Villa Construction, a local contracting company, alleging they did a shoddy job repairing their home after the couple forked over $193,000 for renovations -- though the twin brothers aren't named in the lawsuit, they were concerned it could smear their reputations and upset their ladyloves -- Jonathan is close to marriage with actress Zooey Deschanel and Drew is wed to Linda Phan, who is the creative director for their company, Scott Brothers Entertainment -- they're both mortified by these allegations and they don't know what to tell Zooey and Linda, other than they will be cleared when the truth comes out but they're terrified that the bad press could derail the show -- Paul and Mindy answered a 2018 casting call and said they were assured all the work would be HGTV quality but Paul said that the place looks good from afar, but it's far from good and the Kings griped to the Nevada State Contractors Board, citing more than 90 complaints with the work ranging from unmatched baseboards to potential hazards -- as the case plays out, the brothers have been rattled by the controversy and they are stressed that this very public case is calling their work into question and there's a fear more people will come forward with similar charges

Page 28: Cover Story -- a top-secret psychological profile of Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle paints the former actress as a mentally unstable ticking time bomb who couldn't cope with playing second fiddle to senior royals -- the explosive evaluation unmasks Meghan as a pathological liar and bipolar narcissist with histrionic personality disorder but the jaw-dropping findings about Meghan, who's pregnant with a sister for son Archie, don't surprise palace sources as Meghan's tears, tantrums and extreme mood swings had staffers terrified what she could do or say next and she was consumed with ambition and jealousy -- she married Harry expecting to be the royal superstar, but instead learned she'd always be second to his brother Prince William's wife, Duchess Kate and Meghan couldn't stand that she and Harry would always be in their shadow and wanted to destroy her in-laws but no one expected her to lob a nuclear grenade into her husband's family in a no-holds-barred TV special

Page 32: Health Watch

Page 34: Cara Delevingne confessed she used to be disgusted by same-sex relationships and was suicidal before coming to terms with her sexuality -- the model, who has dated actresses Michelle Rodriguez and Ashley Benson and singer St. Vincent, said she was trapped in a dark place and afraid before she publicly admitted to liking members of the same sex -- she said she grew up in an old-fashioned household and she didn't know anyone who was gay and she didn't know that was a thing and growing up she wasn't knowledgeable of the fact she was homophobic and she continued that the idea of being with same-sex partners, she was disgusted by that, in herself -- Cara, who identifies as pansexual, explained her sexual orientation is constantly changing and added she was so unhappy and she wasn't following her truth, that whole thing of having to fit into the box, she's an androgynous person

* Don McLean wants his decades-younger girlfriend to have the wedding of her dreams and he's set aside $1 million for the big day -- the American Pie singer has been dating model Paris Dylan for five years after an ugly divorce from second wife Patrisha Shnier -- Paris is totally unconcerned by the enormous age gap between the 75-year-old singer and 27-year-old model and wants to spend the rest of their lives together -- Don's going all out making sure she has the wedding that's fit for a princess and he's spending an absolute fortune, giving Paris the best of the best in terms of the venue and the food and the one-of-a-kind dress and Don's given her carte blanche to plan it however she wants, and people are expecting a seriously over-the-top affair

Page 36: Singer Andra Day turned to method acting to play jazz icon Billie Holiday, and it's paid off with an Oscar nomination -- Andra revealed she dropped 39 pounds and took up drinking and smoking to prep for the title role in the biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday -- Andra doesn't recommend smoking and drinking, but she did it because she was just desperate for her first role -- Andra, famed for writing and performing the song Rise Up, also sings in the movie as Holiday, and changed her singing voice to reflect the music legend's pain

* Hollywood Hookups -- MTV reality stars Jenna Compono and Zach Nichols secretly tied the knot and their first child is due in August, Larsa Pippen is dating Myles Kronman, Ashley Jacobs and Mike Appel engaged

Page 38: Cindy Crawford said posing for Playboy was a snap compared to acting in movies -- Cindy said she really regrets starring in the 1995 bomb Fair Game, where she played a lawyer fighting a former KGB spy -- she said she never wanted to be an actor, but a producer begged her and he kept upping the price until she thought she'd be an idiot to say no, but she should have said no, or prepared herself better -- the experience taught her she's very comfortable in front of a camera, but only when she's being herself

* Former American Idol judge Randy Jackson is half the man he used to be and he couldn't be happier about it -- Randy has dropped a whopping 130 pounds to head off potentially deadly effects of his type 2 diabetes and did it in the healthiest ways -- he wrote in his book Body with Soul, it's a curse to be saddled with a disease that's life-threatening, but it's a blessing to get that huge wake-up call -- Randy admitted to crushing the scale at 358 pounds before getting gastric bypass in 2003 but now exercises and eats right and he's ditched sugar and gluten and he wants to be an example for other obese folks and show them they can get healthy and stay that way

Page 40: Tom Brady did an end run around fuming wife Gisele Bundchen by signing a four-year contract extension with his new Tampa Bay Buccaneers team after winning the Super Bowl -- the 43-year-old quarterback promised Gisele he would hang up his cleats after the upcoming season since winning last year's championship but changed his mind after snagging his record seventh NFL title with the Bucs -- Gisele is both angry and astonished because they had spoken about him finally settling down to be a full-time father and husband, but he can't stop chasing glory on the field and Gisele was stunned by his decision to re-up for another four years while the two were discussing expanding their brood and they had planned to have another child after buying their dream house on Indian Creek Island in Miami and they were even drawing plans for a nursery, and now that Tom's done a complete turnaround, everything is up in the air; it's caused some serious tension in their marriage

Page 42: Red Carpet -- Grammy Awards -- Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Noah Cyrus, Lizzo, Taylor Swift

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13 Best Blumhouse Horror Movies Ranked

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Has any single person had a greater impact on horror this century than Jason Blum? The one-time Miramax executive struck out on his own in the 2000s when he founded Blumhouse Productions, a company where he remains the CEO. And in the ensuing years, Blum’s production label would define, and redefine again, the trends of horror movies and thrillers.

Operating on the philosophy that a horror film with a micro-budget will almost always turn a profit, Blum frequently allows directors broad freedom to make what they want within the genre, and in the process has kept multiplexes perpetually spooky. In 2009 Blumhouse helped reinvent the found footage horror aesthetic, and in the 2010s, the modern phenomenon of talent-focused horror gems began with Blumhouse’s gambles.

Working with filmmakers like James Wan, Scott Derrickson, Ethan Hawke, and Jordan Peele, Blumhouse Productions’ title card is now a promise of something different, if still eminently commercial and entertaining. It even paved the way for the controversial modern discourse around “elevated” horror, with Peele’s Get Out being the first chiller to win an Oscar for screenwriting since The Silence of the Lambs.

So with a new Blumhouse horror movie in theaters this Friday the 13th, we thought it a good time to count down the 13 best Blumhouse efforts that paid off with a bloody good time.

13. Hush

At the bottom of our top 13 is this taut thriller from Mike Flanagan, director The Haunting of series and Doctor Sleep fame. Flanagan and his co-writer and star (and also wife), Kate Siegel, wanted to make a horror movie with little to no dialogue. So they came up with this concept of a deaf-mute woman (Siegel) in a remote house, who is stalked by a killer with a crossbow. Hush is at its peak in the first 20 minutes as the masked man (10 Cloverfield Lane’s John Gallagher Jr.) realizes his quarry can’t actually hear him and begins to play games.

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The pair’s relationship with sound makes an interesting dynamic in this tense home invasion movie, though the cat and mouse chase does grow somewhat repetitive and generic as the film progresses. Still, a fine performance from Siegel and an indication of what Flanagan could do on a small budget make this very much worth checking out. – Rosie Fletcher

12. Happy Death Day

The Groundhog Day formula where an odious person is doomed to relive the same day countless times has proven remarkably flexible. And Happy Death Day is no exception with its horror-comedy blend of Punxsutawney hijinks and ‘80s slasher movie clichés. Starring a ridiculously game Jessica Rothe as Tree, the sorority girl who is constantly waking up with the hangover from hell, Happy Death Day follows the typical “Queen Bee” slasher archetype, and forces her to relive the same horror movie again and again. Until she can figure out who her masked killer is, and maybe how to be a better person, she’s condemned to die in increasingly preposterous ways. Worse still, she must also wake up in a dormitory afterward.

It’s derivative in a million different ways, but delightful in many more thanks to a cheeky atmosphere from director Christopher Landon and a very savvy, self-aware script by Scott Lobdell. Most of all though, it benefits from Rothe’s comedic talents on full display, as she backflips between initial verbal bitchiness and constant physical comedy. She even manages to find a little pathos, one stab wound at a time. – David Crow

11. The Visit

The Sixth Sense may remain M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece, but it was an oft-referenced moment from a different film that became key to Blumhouse pulling him back from the brink of irrelevance.

Having made four objectively terrible movies in a row, including the notoriously bad wind-smeller The Happening, Shyamalan seemingly decided to use what he’d learned from a very effective part of 2002’s Signs, where Joaquin Phoenix reacts to a tense home movie of an alien sighting, and took the next logical step: What if the director put together 90 minutes of unsettling home movie moments just like that?

Your mileage may vary with the handheld, mockumentary style of The Visit, but it’s hard to argue that this brisk, low-budget tale of two young siblings staying with some very, very odd grandparents they’ve never met before could play out more wildly than it does here. And Shyamalan certainly doesn’t pull many punches when it comes to putting those poor kids in peril during the film’s climax. – Kirsten Howard

10. Creep

No, not the one set on the subway, this Creep, directed by Patrick Brice, written by Brice and Mark Duplass, and also starring them both in a tense two-hander, is an altogether more unsettling affair. Brice plays Aaron, a videographer who answers an ad posted by Josef (Duplass), the latter saying he’s dying and wants a video diary made to leave to his son. But Josef’s behavior is weird – exactly how weird is too weird is the challenge faced by Aaron.

At just 77 mins long, this is a compact, unusual, often funny movie which picks at male relationships in the modern day, and how far kindness and politeness can override instinct. Duplass and Brice are incredibly natural in a film that’s extremely unusual, steeped in unease but not really like a traditional horror, with laughter and tension relief keeping you on your toes throughout. There’s a sequel which is good too, though if you can watch the first without spoilers it delivers a particular kind of dread that’s hard to replicate. – RF

9. Upgrade

A couple of decades ago, there were plenty of films around like Upgrade. You didn’t even have to move for fun sci-fi action movies, really! But the glory days of never having to wait for the next Equilibrium, Gattaca, Cypher, or even Jet Li’s The One are long behind us. It’s pretty tough to get a slick little concept movie made when you’re expected to compete with huge action tentpoles at the box office—unless you’re Leigh Whannell, one of Blumhouse’s integral puzzle pieces.

Whannell paid his dues at the production house for 15 years as both a writer and helmer before unleashing his sophomore directorial effort, Upgrade. The film, which follows ludicrously named technophobe Grey Trace after he loses his beloved wife in a violent mugging, sees a paralyzed hero get implanted with a chatty chip that allows him to regain the use of his whole body. Soon Trace become virtually superhuman—imagine an internal K.I.T.T.—but all is not as it seems.

It shouldn’t be as delightful as it is. Admittedly, the whole thing isn’t too far removed from an elevated episode of The Outer Limits. But if you miss old school sci-fi nonsense and feel nostalgic for a time when smart sci-fi projects didn’t end up as eight drawn out episodes on a major streaming service instead, Upgrade really scratches an itch.

Of course now might be a bad time to mention that an Upgrade TV series is in the works… – KH

8. Halloween

In resurrecting one of horror’s most enduring—yet stubbornly uneven—franchises, director David Gordon Green (working with screenwriters Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley) made the smartest move he could: He stripped away the ridiculously convoluted and nonsensical mythology the franchise had built up over decades. Instead he simply made a direct sequel to Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece.

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The result was easily the best Halloween movie since the original itself, bringing the characters and the story into the present while reverting Michael Myers back to the enigmatic, unstoppable, unknowable force that was so terrifying in the first film. Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak as three generations of Strode women bring healthy feminine empowerment to the proceedings while the intense violence and uneasy psychological underpinnings give this Halloween a resonance that has been lacking for so long. – Don Kaye

7. Split

As the movie that suggested M. Night Shyamalan’s renaissance was real, Split is still a surprising box office win for the eclectic filmmaker. With a grizzly premise about a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as split personality) kidnapping teen girls to hold in a zoo, this could be the stuff of ‘70s grindhouse sleaze. While there is a touch of that to Split, more critically the movie acts as a buoyant showcase for James McAvoy at his most unbound.

Playing a character with 24 different personalities, a shaved and beefy McAvoy is visibly giddy bouncing between multiple alters that include a deceptively sweet little boy, an OCD fashion designer, and a bestial final form. The commitment he shows to each also becomes its own special effect, causing you to swear his physical shape is changing with his expressions.

Similarly, scenes with theater legend Betty Buckley as his psychiatrist also rivet with the energy of a stage play, and suggest a sincere sympathy for mental illness. A rarity in horror. Nevertheless, the movie still comes down to his alters’ obsessions with their kidnapped prize (Anya Taylor-Joy), a young woman who hides demons of her own. When these true selves finally cross paths in a genuinely tense finale, Split is maniacally thrilling. – DC

6. Sinister

An unsettling entry in the horror subgenre of writers who destroy their families, Sinister marked director/co-writer Scott Derrickson’s (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) return to horror after he detoured with an ill-fated remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Thus Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill concocted a unique, if somewhat scattershot, mythology about a pagan deity that murders entire families in the ghastliest ways imaginable.

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True crime writer Ethan Hawke discovers the extent of those murders in a box of 8mm films left in the attic of his new home (where the last killings took place), and it’s the unspooling of those films—along with long sequences of Hawke moving through the shadows and silence of the house—that provide Sinister with its sickening core and palpable dread. Derrickson sustains the film’s foreboding mood for the entire running time, making the movie an authentically frightening experience. – DK

5. Oculus

The film that brought much of the world’s attention to Mike Flanagan, Oculus turned out to be a preview for the horror filmmaker’s interests. It also remains a truly unnerving ghost story. Not since the days of Dead of Night has a film so successfully made you scared of looking in a mirror.

Officially titled the Lasser Glass, the mirror in question is the apparent supernatural cause of hundreds of deaths, including the parents of Kaylie Russell (Karen Gillan) and her brother Tim (Brenton Thwaites). When they were children, their mother starved and mutilated herself before their father killed her. But now as an adult, Kaylie is convinced she can prove the antique glass is the true culprit, and she’ll document its evil power before destroying it. But the funny thing about evil mirrors is they have ways of protecting themselves, and wreaking havoc on a sense of time, place, and certainly self-image.

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With the movie’s near masterful blending of events occurring 11 years ago and in the present, Flanagan revealed a knack for dreamlike structure, and stories about the past damning the future. These are ideas he’s gone on to explore in richer detail with The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep, but Flanagan’s ability to juxtapose childhood trauma with a nightmarish present was never more potent, or tragic, than in Oculus’ refracted gaze. – DC

4. Paranormal Activity

It may take some mental gymnastics, but if you can take a step back and ignore all the sequels that followed in the wake of this surprise 2009 blockbuster, then you’d remember Paranormal Activity is a stone cold classic. It is also the movie that put Blumhouse on the map. Already mostly finished when Jason Blum saw a DVD screener of Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity, this $15,000-budgeted terror is arguably the most evocative use of found footage in all of horror.

While Peli is obviously influenced by 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, that earlier movie is as famous for its shaky disorientation as it is its scares. By contrast what occurs in Paranormal Activity is excruciatingly clear. Seriously, the camera barely moves! Instead we’re asked to sit back and watch in near slow motion as an unwise couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) meddle with forces that were better off left undisturbed.

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It begins when Micah brings a home video camera into their house to track apparent ghosts in the dark; it ends in a demonic rush of violence. Everything in between is tracked by a disinterested lens, which usually sits statically in a corner or on a tripod, capturing the tedium of everyday life in its everyday natural lighting. Only occasionally does the horned shadow on the wall manifest. But then Paranormal Activity is chilling in its isolation. – DC

3. Insidious

As the fourth feature film directed by Australian filmmaker James Wan, Insidious follows a couple named Josh and Renai Lambert (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne), whose son inexplicably falls into a coma and becomes a vessel for malevolent entities from a dimension called the Further. The family enlists a psychic named Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) in a battle involving astral projection and demonic possession.

Following an era of horror films that were more torture porn or police procedural (including Wan’s own Saw), Insidious was a return to the kind of horror filmmaking that was dependent on atmosphere, suspense, and what you don’t see lurking in the shadows. And Wan seemed to imbue that creepiness around the edges of every shot. Using actual adult characters and developing them (as opposed to the hipster teens that infested nearly every horror movie for at least 10 years previously) also set the film apart as a serious attempt at a genre that had been too often exploited in a tossed-off fashion.

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The world-building of Insidious left the door open for sequels, of course, and while the three produced so far have had their moments, none has matched the sheer invention and terrifying fun of the original. – DK

2. The Invisible Man

Leigh Whannell’s reimagining of the classic Universal Monster, the Invisible Man, was as much of a surprise when it hit screens earlier this year as the titular villain himself. As a smart social commentary on domestic abuse and gaslighting, while also being enormously effective as a straight up horror, this was a highly fresh take on an old standard.

At the core was the terrific performance of Elisabeth Moss as Cecilia, a woman stuck with her controlling boyfriend Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) in their high-tech, high security fortress of a home. When Cece finally manages to escape and Adrian appears to take his own life, she hopes her ordeal can finally be over. But in fact it’s just beginning.

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Playing on the true horror of not being believed, Whannell’s Invisible Man is as harrowing at times as it is thrilling. Yes, there are some extraordinarily shocking set pieces – the restaurant scene of course stands out – but it’s the increasing desperation of Cece, whose world is falling apart at the manipulative hands of a man who won’t let her go, which stays with you.

The Invisible Man is a thrilling horror, for sure, with a feel good ending (if you want to read it that way…), but it’s something altogether more exciting than that too: a fresh, relevant take on a classic, expertly directed and boasting star power delivered on a moderate budget, which flexes exactly what horror can do. – RF

1. Get Out

More impressive than any awards it won, Jordan Peele’s Get Out encapsulates the essential draw of horror: through entertaining “scares,” it unmasks truths folks might find too horrifying or uncomfortable to acknowledge. In the case of Get Out, it is the despair of Blackness and Black bodies still being commodified by a predatory American culture.

Wearing influences like Rosemary’s Baby and Stepford Wives on his sleeve, Peele pulls from classic horror conventions for his directorial debut, but gives them a startling 21st century sheen. His movie’s insidious conspiracy is neither an obvious coven of witches or the openly racist heavies of a period piece. Rather Peele sets his story about a Black man (Daniel Kaluuya) coming to meet his white girlfriend’s parents in a liberal conclave of wealthy suburbia. Written during the final days of the Obama years, Peele casts these parents (Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener) as genial and welcoming, shielding cries of racism behind fashionable political correctness.

Yet once Peele moves past that trendy veneer, he finds a potent allegory in which the ghosts of slavery are still alive and well, even in Upstate New York. Peele also packs anxieties about interracial relationships, culture clash, and childhood trauma into a film that is nevertheless gregariously funny. Ultimately though, its final effect is triggering in the best way. Get Out offers an opportunity to confront real dread, one uneasy laugh, and then sudden jump scare, at a time. – DC

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V.T. Green (Part Seven)

Title: V. T. Green

Author: Gumnut

15 – 20 Oct 2019

Fandom: Thunderbirds Are Go 2015/ Thunderbirds TOS

Rating: Teen

Summary: “Did you discover this, Brains?” He frowned. There was something familiar about this. Maybe they had discussed it recently.

“Oh, no, this is V. T. Green. The man is brilliant.”

Word count: 2801

Spoilers & warnings: None.

Timeline: Standalone

Author’s note: Extra thanks to @scribbles97 for the direction this took towards the end of this chapter. I thought this would be the last chapter, but there is just too much to put into one, so I’ve had to split it into two. One more chapter, partly written already. I’m getting to the end slowly. I hope you enjoy this :D

Many thanks to @scribbles97 , @vegetacide and @thunderstorm-bay for all their wonderful help with this.

Disclaimer: Mine? You’ve got to be kidding. Money? Don’t have any, don’t bother.

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He hit the stairs and almost collided with Alan.

They both froze for a moment, his younger brother staring at him with a mixture of emotion. It was the fear that froze Virgil. The subtle widening of his brother’s eyes, the step back...

Virgil’s frustration with John evaporated.

“Alan? What’s wrong?”

“Uh, hey, Virg.” And his brother attempted to push past and continue down the stairs.

Virgil caught his arm. “Alan?”

His brother stopped, hesitating as if he didn’t know what to do, but then a subtle shift in his stance and he slumped in defeat. “I’m sorry, Virgil.”

“What?” Virgil stared.

“I’ve been an ass.”

A blink. “Well, yeah, but what is the problem?” Okay, yes, Alan had been an ass, but that expression on his little brother’s face wasn’t one he enjoyed in the slightest. He turned on the stairs so he was facing Alan head on. “It happens. I’ll get over it. Not the first time.”

Alan slumped further before straightening in a more characteristic stubbornness that relieved Virgil more than he was willing to admit.

“You scared me, okay? Why is it that you have to put everything on the line every time I screw up?” He waved a hand towards Virgil’s shoulder. “And to top it all off, you got hurt. Because of me!”

“Alan, I-“

“It was a stupid move, Virgil. You shouldn’t have to get hurt because of me.”

Virgil found himself staring speechless again.

“Anyway, I’m sorry. Sorry you got hurt, sorry I didn’t listen, sorry it happened at all.” Blue eyes begged acceptance.

A bird flew over the pool outside and squawked at something unseen.

Virgil reached out and wrapped his good arm around his little brother and pulled him in for a hug. There may have been a kiss to his hair, making Alan squirm.

Muttered into blond strands. “I’m your big brother. Would do it again, and more.” He squeezed just a little.

“Aww, Virg, c’mon.” Alan wriggled loose, obviously embarrassed, but didn’t entirely let go. “It won’t happen again.”

“I didn’t think it would.” A small smile curved his lips. “My little brother is too smart for that.”

If Alan clung to him a bit at that comment, neither of them said anything.

“Are we good?”

The question took him by surprise. Sure, his brother had been pissed at him, but they were brothers. Came with the territory. “I wasn’t aware we were anything but.” Again with the smile. “It’s not like you drank the last of the coffee or anything.”

“Now that you mention it...” Alan was grinning at him.

Virgil raised a finger and pointed it at his brother. “Now that is not a joking matter. You leave my coffee alone.”

“Oh, so that’s your Achilles heel, is it? You have given me power, oh addict bro.”

“Watch it, brat.” That one good hand mussed his brother’s hair.

But Alan was laughing as he ducked out of reach, resuming his clamber down the stairs. Virgil’s eyes followed him and a weight lifted off his shoulders. His smile slipped to one of fondness and a little love for his little brother.

Now he was getting soppy.

But Alan’s apology meant a great deal, and as he resumed climbing the stairs, the smile stayed on his lips.

-o-o-o-

Despite his nap in the afternoon, Virgil crashed early that night. He stole food from the fridge and holed up in his room with an engineering journal. Grandma attempted to chase him up, but he pleaded injury. Of course, this only prompted an appearance at his door by his eldest brother, in mimicry of earlier in the day, pills in hand. Supervised while taking them, he did not spare his brother the required glare.

The concern in Scott’s eyes was reassured with a handful of words and Virgil was left to himself.

He didn’t mean to fall asleep while reading, but perhaps it was what he needed.

-o-o-o-

The world was blurry as Virgil let his head slide on his one good hand and stared out through the kitchen window.

He had no idea why he was awake. He had slept like the dead and woken on top of the covers still in his clothes, his tablet on the floor.

His throat was parched and his head full of cotton and his only thought had been coffee. Stumbling down from the residential levels, he somehow missed all the walls, bee-lining for the kitchen and his almighty coffee maker.

Of course, at this end of the day both his military brothers were up and about. Gordon, of course was in the pool, but Scott, just back from his run, stared at him for quite a moment, his blue gaze caught between a concern he was hallucinating and worry that Virgil might be near death for some undisclosed reason.

The result had been the reappearance of that bottle of pills and the mandatory glare until Virgil gulped them down. The fact he was so dopey almost led to him choking on the damn things, but the coffee in Scott’s other hand led him on like a carrot before a mule.

His brother had eventually let him have the coffee and left him to his own devices, so now he sat in his usual spot staring out at Mateo and trying to boot his brain.

“Good morning, Virgil.”

He blinked. “Oh, hey, John.” Was that a sea eagle circling above Mateo? He hadn’t checked out the cliffs recently. He wondered if they were nesting again. If so, those gulls wheeling about and making a ruckus had every right to be concerned.

“You awake there?”

“Huh?”

John was sitting across from him, smiling his soft smile as he nestled his own cup of coffee between his fingers. “Unusual to see you up this time of the day.”

“Went to bed early. Woke up early.” Coffee slid down his throat and, oh god, it was good.

“How’s your arm.”

“S’okay. Scott drugged me already.”

“Good.” There was silence for a moment. “Virgil, about yesterday, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.”

He turned to stare at his brother. He did not have the brain cells for this yet. “S’fine. Whatever. I’m you. You’re me. Forget it.”

“What?”

“Huh?”

“Drink your coffee, Virgil.”

Gordon wandered in, towelling his hair dry. The moment his eyes landed on Virgil, he froze. “Did we get a call out?”

John arched an eyebrow in the direction of his damp brother. “No, why?”

“Well, the walking dead is mobile and the sun is barely up. I had to think the worst.”

“Shut up, Gordon.”

“Yep, that’s him. That cancels out the alien bodysnatching theory.”

John stared at him. “What? A call out is worse than alien bodysnatching?”

Gordon shrugged. “Depends on the callout.”

Virgil growled at him.

“Hoo, and the level of grump we need to endure.”

Scott swooped in behind and cuffed him up the head. “Leave Virgil alone. He’s injured.”

“Heh, that just means he can’t whip my ass.”

“Don’t test me, fish food.” Gordon was particularly irritating first thing in the morning.

Of course, he only laughed.

“Can it, Gordon.” Kayo prowled into the room. ‘Prowl’ was the only word for it. His sister moved like a cat - silent and slinky.

Slinky? Oh god, more coffee. He upped the cup and stood to go in search of another one. Kayo smiled at him as she delved into the refrigerator. More coffee.

By the time his cup had refilled, Alan had wandered in and stolen his seat. “Hey!”

“Huh?”

Okay, Alan looked as bad as he felt. Virgil stumbled back to the table and sat beside him. “You okay?”

“Eh, bad dreams. I’ll be fine.”

Virgil put his coffee down and placed his hand on his brother’s back. “Wanna talk about it?”

“Not really.” A young blue gaze peered up at him. A sigh. “Ask me after breakfast. I might be awake by then.”

He ran his hand in a few circles across his little brother’s back before his own need for coffee overrode everything and he had to pull his one available hand back into service.

A glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal appeared in front of Alan courtesy of their eldest brother. Virgil smiled at Alan’s scowl, only to have a similar bowl land in front of him, complete with matching orange juice. “What?”

Scott smirked at him. “You missed dinner last night. You’re not missing breakfast.”

Goddamned smother hen. But Virgil grumbled and poked at the cornflakes. Kayo dumped a bowl of fruit on the table. Gordon found his own breakfast and planted himself next to John. “Oooh, a family breakfast. This doesn’t happen very often.”

Virgil and Alan in concert. “Shut up, Gordon.”

“Hmm, and now I see why.”

Scott pulled up a chair and grinned at his own breakfast.

Virgil couldn’t hold his spoon and his coffee at the same time and it was very annoying.

“No, no, no, no! Th-This can’t be r-right!” Brains stormed into the room, tablet in hand, Max wailing in behind him. He almost collided with Kayo who was making her way over to the table with her bowl and drink in hand. All that training shone through as she both managed to dodge the irate engineer and save her breakfast from the floor.

“Brains, you okay?” Scott rose from his chair.

“N-no, I-I’m not. V. T. Green d-deleted his blog and I can find no t-trace of him or his theories!”

Virgil choked on his cereal, coughing and spluttering until Alan whacked him gently on the back. Gordon and John both flicked glances in his direction, but busied themselves eating.

“He’s gone?” Scott’s voice could only be described as disappointed. “I thought you were tracking him down? Nothing is ever completely deleted. John, do you think you would be able to get a trace on this guy?”

“Um...”

“Why don’t you just ask Virgil?” Kayo swallowed a mouth of cereal.

“What?” Scott stared at her before darting a glance at his brother.

“Well, it was his blog, wasn’t it?”

The room fell silent and every eye landed on the man.

Virgil sculled his mug full of hot coffee.

It scorched all the way down.

“V-Virgil?” It was small and shocked and it came from Brains. “A-Are y-you V-V. T. G-Green?”

He turned to face his fellow engineer, fearful of what he would find. Brains’ expression was worried, stressed and possibly hurt. Shit. Damn. Virgil slumped where he sat for just a split second before forcing himself to face the music. A swallow. “I am. It’s...he is me.”

The room fell silent again, the tension in the air waiting for Brains’ reaction. The engineer’s stare didn’t leave Virgil for a moment. Wide-eyed he approached slowly.

Virgil had no idea what to do.

Then Brains was hugging him, babbling incoherently in his ear. His shoulder complained and he had to shift, but the slight engineer continued to cling, a number of jumbled equations spilling all over him in joyful excitement.

Oh god.

He must have winced one time too many because the next moment Scott was gently pulling Brains off him.

“You’re V.T. Green?” Scott’s quiet question made it over Brains’ jubilant mutterings as he held the man.

Virgil looked up at his brother. “Yeah.” His gaze darted back to his hands. Whispered. “Sorry.”

“Why didn’t you say something?”

Brains had fallen silent and once again, all the eyes in the room were on Virgil.

“Um...”

“You designed that self-healing polymer?” Alan’s eyes were wide behind him. “V.T Green is a genius...” Those eyes widened even further. “You’re a genius.”

Virgil couldn’t hold his gaze and turned back to staring at his hands. A shrug. “John’s the genius.”

“Virgil, why did you hide it from us?” The expression on Scott’s face could only be considered concerned.

“I didn’t!” And there was the kicker. “I thought you guys knew! It was pretty damned obvious.”

Kayo snorted. “You’d think a genius would pick a better pseudonym.”

He glared at her as she picked a strawberry out of the bowl of fruit, popped it in her mouth and smiled at him.

“I wasn’t trying to hide.”

“Then why didn’t you say something?” Scott was obviously determined.

“I didn’t know what to say!” A frown. “Kayo is right.” He swallowed. “It was obvious.” He stood up and shouldered past his eldest brother. He needed more coffee.

“Three cups? That’s a lot even for you.” Gordon piped up, but for once he wasn’t taking a dig at Virgil. There was genuine concern in his voice.

But, of course, that only prompted smother hen to step in and prevent him from reaching the coffeemaker.

“Scott...”

“This is what has been bothering you.”

“Bothering me? Of course, it has been bothering me! It was damned obvious and out of all the brothers I thought knew me well, only one worked it out!” He stared at his family. “You’re all smart, damned geniuses in your own right, but it never even occurred to most of you that V.T. Green was me. They are my initials! I’m an engineer. I’ve had that website for years, and only one of you worked it out. I’ve never tried to hide anything from you. You’ve worked with me for most of my life.” He turned to Brains. “You’ve worked with me as an engineer. We speak the same damned language and you didn’t work it out.” He turned back to Scott, glaring up at him. “So yeah, it did bother me. I’m sorry, it pissed me off. I thought you knew me better than that. Obviously, I was wrong.” And with that he turned and stormed up the stairs, ignoring his name being called behind him.

-o-o-o-

Gordon sighed as Scott darted up the stairs after Virgil. That was not going to end well.

He shoved the remainder of his breakfast away and stood.

“How did you know it was him?” Alan’s voice was quiet and worried.

Another sigh as he kicked his chair back under the table. “I didn’t at first. I was as slow on the uptake as the rest of you. It was only Virgil’s reaction when I mentioned the name to him that gave it away.”

“I feel h-horrible.” Brains couldn’t slump any further without falling over. “L-looking back, V-Virgil is right. It was o-obvious.”

“C’mon...he’s Virgil. Who could have known?”

“What is that supposed to mean?” Gordon rounded on Alan. “And I suppose you think I’m only good for a pair of swim trunks and the occasional prank.”

“Gordon, I...” But his eyes said everything.

“Well, isn’t that just dandy. Thanks for your confidence in both of us.”

“Gordon, he didn’t mean it that way.” John put a hand on his arm.

“Yes, he did. No wonder Virgil is so pissed.” He stepped away from the table and John let go. “You geniuses just have a think on that while I go commiserate with our vastly underestimated brother.”

With that he rounded the table and followed his two older brothers up the stairs.

As expected, those two brothers were having words at the elevator.

“Just leave it, Scott.”

“Virg, you know you have my confidence. We discussed this yesterday.”

“I know.” His second eldest brother straightened. His clothes were wrinkled as if he had slept in them. His sling was hanging crooked.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Scott’s voice was almost begging.

Gordon slumped where he stood. He thought Scott knew Virgil better than that.

And sure enough... “I shouldn’t have had to tell you, Scott. You, of all people, should have worked it out! Hell, I dropped clues all through that conversation.”

“And I asked you repeatedly what the hell was wrong and you refused to tell me!”

Okay, this was getting into yelling territory and whenever his two biggest brothers really let go, it was never good...for anyone.

Gordon stepped up to the two of them, placing his definitely unwanted-self right into the middle of the argument.

Sure enough, one blue and one brown glare landed directly between his eyeballs. “Hey, guys, what’s up?”

“Gordon...” Scott pinched the bridge of his nose.

Virgil took the opportunity to disappear into the elevator and vanish, his furious expression taken away by the closing doors.

“Damnit!” Scott was combusting on the spot.

Gordon dropped a hand on his shoulder. “Hey, I’ll take this one.”

“What?” His big brother spun, anger in his eyes.

“I’ll speak to Virgil.”

That blue gaze narrowed on him and he could see the calculations behind his brother’s eyes. Ever the strategist.

Gordon rolled his eyes. “I’ve got this.” And without a further word, he ignored the elevator and took the stairs two at a time.

-o-o-o-

End Part Seven

Part Eight

#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderbirds fanfiction #Virgil Tracy #Gordon Tracy

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Beware of the Nemphians (Horror Story)

My sister Justice is an animal science major and her 2 best friends were assisting her with her research on animal behavior. When they went to Olympic National Park to investigate why the animals around the area are migrating away from the park so quickly, they soon find the answer. This is all the information I was able to acquire from her journal.

“Hm. Do I want to wear my hair in a low pony, 2 buns, 2 buns at the top with the rest out, 1 bun, or maybe-“

“Oh my God, Justice. If you don’t decide already. You’re not even going anywhere today. Don’t you have to decide what you’re going to do your research on by tomorrow anyway?” Shayla rudely said as she laid on my bed scrolling through Instagram.

As I wet my hair with my spray bottle, applied gel to the front and brushed my hair into a low pony, I turned around from my mirror to face Shay and responded with, “Actually, I plan on taking selfies.”

Now that I think about it, I do need to get started on this research. It’s not really mandatory, but it sure would look good on my resume. Shay and Damion (my other best friend), wanted to tag along to gain experience, too.

“Okay, you’re right. I do need to think about where to go for this research. Now, I was thinking about going to Death Valley to see how the different wild life there interact with one another.”

“Well, for one, we live in D.C., and that’s too far, and secondly, it’s where Charles Manson was arrested. NO MA’AM. I don’t need none of those evil energies around me. NEXT.” Shay dramatically said as she made a shooing away gesture with both hands.

“Um, maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought he died.”

“He did. But I don’t want his spirit following me back to my dorm. NO MA’AM.”

“Oh, here you go with this supernatural bull. Please, not today, Shay. No more conspiracy theories, okay?” I responded getting a bit annoyed. I hate when people start talking like they have top secret information on things they never seen first hand. I love Shay to death, but sometimes I wonder what she do on her free time.

“Okay. Okay. Geez. No more. I promise. I didn’t mean to scare you.” Shay responded in a teasing tone.

“I’m not scared, you nincompoop. Why would I be scared of something that doesn’t exist? Anyway, I think I’m going to research why so many animals are migrating away so quickly from Olympic National Park. Some researchers say they’ve never seen anything like it.”

Shay stoop up and started pacing. She didn’t say a thing. I normally expect some insane response from her, but I’m honestly shoc-

Before I could finish my thought, the spirit of delusional inevitably possessed Shay’s tongue and she blurted out, “Ugh! Sorry! I can’t hold it any longer. Now I heard that-“

Oh dear God. I knew it was coming.

“Uh uh! Stop right there!” I said stopping her mid sentence.

“But-“

“Nope! Keep it in the forums! You don’t have to come, you know.”

“Yeah, there’s no way I’m leaving your gullible ass alone. Plus, I can tidy up my journalism skills.”

“Oh, I didn’t tell you? Damion was coming to be the camera man. You know, to “tidy up” his videography skills.” Dammit, self. Stop smiling like a school girl.

Shay started to smile like the Grinch and said, “Oooooh you sneaky little devil.”

“Yeah, I think it’s time for you to go. See you later, girl.” I said as I gently pushed her back toward the door.

“What did I sa-“

Before she could finish the question, I slammed the door in her face.

“You damn scaredy cat! He’s not going to wait forever you know!!” she yelled outside my door.

“Yeah. Yeah. Tell it to the “boogeyman” under your bed. See you tomorrow, big mouth”. I yelled back as I walked toward my cluttered desk. God, my life is a mess. When did I get this messy? Guess I’ll straighten up a bit.

After I organized the clutter, I texted Damion to tell him about the plan.

It was finally October 12th, 2018. I decided to blow dry my hair and just wear it in a pony so it won’t get in the way. I put on a basic olive green top, a blue jean jacket and jeans that’s the same color, and an old pair of white tennis shoes. After I packed my brown satchel with a small magnifying glass, a tape recorder, binoculars, pens and pencils, a travel sized water bottle, and a notebook, I went to the Starbucks around the corner to meet with Shay and Damion.

“Damn, how did y’all get here that fast?! AND y’all ordered without me?” I said in a slightly higher pitched tone.

Shay looked at me up and down and then looked back at her phone and responded with, “Look here, black NANCY DREW....you were supposed to be here 35 minutes ago.”

“Well, let’s not get technical.” I wittingly said.

After looking at their outfits, I seen that Shay had on her Howard Uni sweat shirt, blue jeans, and red vans. Damion had on a Howard Uni burgundy snap back, his black Howard Uni tee, a burgundy bomber jacket, black jeans, old pair of white Nike’s, and his Canon Vixia camera around his neck that I got him for Christmas last year. It’s not my fault I’m the only one with fashion sense in this group that don’t just wear school merch.

“Are y’all done yet? Cus I’m tryna get my detective on. I’m kind of excited!” Damion said while getting up to stretch.

Shay and I just shook our heads and headed toward the door.

“What? Y’all know I don’t have a life outside of football.” He said as he followed us. “And anime.” He quietly continued, as if people were listening.

After we hopped in my 2016 Jeep Wrangler, we were on our way to Olympic National Park.

We finally arrived and as soon as we got out of the car, we immediately smelled something that wasn’t quite right. It was the scent of death. That’s the only way I could put it. The smell of rotten flesh. I scoped the area with my binoculars to get an idea as to what can explain this god awful smell. Not an animal in sight. Only thing visible were the few stars and the full moon that illuminated the sky, and the branches of the 100ft maple tree. As I looked a little further, I noticed a black, tarry like substance that I haven’t seen before. Everything in me told me to turn back, but the science side of me told me to investigate.

As I started walking toward the track that the substance left behind, I heard Shay yell, “Justice, have you lost your damn mind?!”

I turned around and responded with, “What are you talking about!? I came here to see what’s been happening with these animals and this substance just might give me a clue.”

“Justice, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I agree with Shay. I mean, you don’t know if it’s airborne or what.” Damion said with a worried look on his face.

I shifted my gaze back and forth to Damion and Shay and told them, “Look, you guys. I understand if you don’t want to help, but I’m going. So, give me the camera and the extra notebook.”

As I began walking their direction to collect the items, Shay sighed and said, “No. No. We’ll help.”

“Oui? Shay, when did you start speaking French, because I’m sure you didn’t just say “we”. You know, the word that means more than one person is involved.”

“Damion!” Shay said as she hit him on his arm.

“What? I was just playing. Kinda. Sorta. Not really. But I’ll go. Just for 10 minutes, and I’m dragging both of y’all out.”

“You guys really don’t have to. I’ll go and be quic-“

“Girl, shut the hell up before I change my mind!” Shay exclaimed as she started walking ahead.

“Yeah, what she said”. Damion said as he began walking toward me. “And Shay. I need to tell you something after we get back. It’s been on my mind for a while.” He continued as he walked ahead of me.

Tell me something? What does that mean? Could it be that-. No, Justice. Get a hold of yourself. Worry about that later. Now, you need to focus on the agenda at hand.

“Damn! Can y’all slow asses move any slower?! COME ON!” Shay impatiently yelled out.

When Damion and I got to her, the three of us continued down the trail. “Damion, are you recording?” I asked as I turned around to kneel down to get a closer look at the substance.

“Yeah. I got you. Is your head getting bigger, or is it just the camera adding 15 pounds?” Damion said while he bust into laughter.

“This is not the time for jokes. What the hell is this?” I said in disgust as I poked it with my pencil. It was the black, tarry substance again. It’s not uncommon to find weird kind of colors in a place like this, but the texture of it is what got me perplexed. I pulled out my magnifying glass and noticed that it was something moving inside. Like tiny particles that I shouldn’t be able to detect with the naked eye. I’ve never seen anything like it. What the hell is going on?

“Shay, can you write this down? I’m a bit busy at the moment.” Silence. Pure silence. She normally would say something snarky, but it was just...silence. I rose up from my kneeled position and turned around. “Shay?!” I yelled as I noticed that she wasn’t there. Damion turned around and started yelling her name too. “Did you even see her walk anywhere?!” I asked as I began to panic. “No. No, I didn’t hear a thing!”

As we both continued to shout her name, I reached into my bag for my binoculars.

“I’m getting worried, Justice. It isn’t like her to wander off at a place like this alone.” Damion said as he paced back and forth. “I know! I know! I’m going to see if I can see her with these!” I frantically responded. As I was scoping the area, all I seen was the regular terrain. Trees, moss, and more trees. Then I looked up a bit further to my right in the direction where the full moon was, and saw something up in the tree. I immediately fell to my knees.

“Justice! What’s wrong? What happened?!” What did you see?!” I know Damion was talking, but it was as if the world around me simultaneously stopped at the same time, and the only thing I could see was my best friend, Shay, getting her head decapitated and her skin being ripped clean off her body by a demon-alien like creature. It looked kind of like that thing from Jeepers Creepers, but uglier without wings. About 7 feet tall. Its gnarled fingers were at least 20 inches and they were all the same size. The finger nails were razor sharp, narrow and were about 10 inches. The only thing I could hear was my accelerated heartbeat that sounded like it would combust any minute.

I tried to put the binoculars down, but I couldnt move a muscle. I used every fiber of my being to make any sort of movement. Couldn’t even move my tongue to speak. My breathing is getting shallower by the minute. It’s as if that thing is controlling me somehow. Or maybe it’s my body’s natural response to danger. There was another demon like alien behind the one that just mutilated my best friend. I’m not sure how I just thought that so nonchalantly. Is this what they call ‘shock’? The second creature spotted me and smiled while putting its finger against its lips in a shushing gesture. It then mouthed some words and touched its throat with the other hand. Within a blink of an eye, they both disappeared into some type of portal with Shay’s remains. In that moment I was able to get up on my feet.

“JUSTICE!! JUSTICE! JUSTICE!!” Damion shouted as I rose to my feet. “I’ve been shouting your name and shaking you for the past 3 or so minutes!!”

3 minutes. It’s been 3 minutes.

As I turned around to face him, I emotionlessly said, “She’s dead. It killed her. She’s gone.” When I started to walk pass him, I heard him say, “What Justice?! I can’t hear you! Why are you mouthing words?”

I stopped dead in my tracks. Mouthing words? What is he talking about? I turned around and yelled at him, “SHE’S DEAD. SHE’S GONE. THE CREATURE KILLED HER! I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT WE HAVE TO GO!!”

“Justice, what are you saying?!?! Stop playing around, and use your voice! We still have to find Shay!” Damion responded with seriousness in his voice.

Use my voice? Wait. That thing! I-I-It did something to my voice somehow! I know it did. God, I sound like one of the crazies off the internet, but I know what I saw! I’m not crazy. I’m not crazy. I’m not crazy. I’m not cra-

“Justice!” Damion exclaimed, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I immediately pulled out my notebook and wrote “She’s dead!! Shay!! This thing skinned her! And took her head!” I know it was damn near un-readable with the way I was shaking as I was writing, but I had to try. I showed it to Damion and he responded in confusion with, “What the hell are you talking about?! Why are you saying these things? How do you know she’s dead?”

As I was about to write my response, Damion eyes nearly bulged out his sockets, and he pushed me out the way as he seen the creature appear out of nowhere behind me. The 7 foot beast smiled from ear to ear and flashed its razor sharp teeth. It was at least a hundred. No. Hundreds. The thing then began to break out into a malicious laugh. It’s as if that abomination wanted that to happen. Within a blink of an eye, it took Damion into the portal.

“DAMION!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMIOOOOON!!!!!! YOU UGLY BASTARD. BRING HIM BACK!!!!!! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!!” As I yelled his name like a raging banshee over and over, I seen a portal open about 10 ft from me, and one of the creatures came out with Damion.

“Damion! You’re aliv-“

“JUSTICE RUN! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND DONT TURN BACK NO MATTER WHAT!!!!” Damion screamed as he coughed up blood.

“BUT-“

“JUST GO!”

As I reluctantly turned my back and began running, I heard Damion yell at the top of his lungs, “JUSTICE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YO-

My body wanted to run, but my heart told me to stop when I heard those words, and when I did, the only sound I was able to hear was my best friend, the man that I always loved, head fall onto the ground and the sound of his skin being ripped off.

I assume the sound of my voice fully came back when the 2 creatures went into the portal with Damion’s remains because the screams that I let out were so ear-piercing, that the few animals who were still in the area somewhere hiding started to run from fear. The only thing I was able to say was, “It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault” in a trance like state. I said that until I tired myself and the last thing I remember is me passing out.

That was the last thing my sister, Justice, wrote in her journal. Her unconscious body was found by a couple of joggers who were passing by and they immediately took her to the hospital. For the past day, she would randomly wake up and yell, “THEY KILLED THEM. THEY’RE GONE. THE CREATURES. THE ALIENS!” After being interrogated by police, they determined that she needed mental evaluation the more she talked about creatures, aliens, portals, and decapitated, skinless bodies. They searched the area, but wasn’t able to even find a trace of blood.

During my sister’s week stay at the mental hospital, she begged me to read the journal the last day I saw her. I knew she was working on something because every time I came to visit her, it was as if her fingers were moving at lightning speed. That’s all she would do. Write. I always told her to stop making up things like this if she ever wanted to get out of this hospital. But for some reason, on the last day I saw her, I decided to take the journal.

Later on that day, out of curiosity, I read a few pages and ended up reading the whole thing. I didn’t know what to think of it. It was all lies, right? The next day, I checked my mailbox and saw an envelope with no name on it. As soon as I read it, something in me told me to drive as fast as I can to the hospital.

When I arrived, one of the nurses told me they went to check on her, and they found her hanging lifeless like she’s been dead for days, even though they just seen her 30 minutes ago. The stench alone was enough to wake a mummy. The nurse told me she clutched the crucifix around her neck, and walked a little further in to grab the paper on the floor that was near the bed. It read:

“They’ll take your love

They’ll cause you pain

They’ll make sure that you’ll never sleep again

You’ll go insane

You’ll lose your mind

The ‘what if’s’ will keep you up at night

It doesn’t matter if youre not alone

They will still catch you and no one will know

No one will believe you

No one will care

All they will do is lock you up in here

You don’t know when you’ll be next

Or when a friend will end up dead

You just won’t know until.

But all you really need to know

Is that they’re real “

I let out a blood curdling scream and was escorted out from scaring the patients. I looked back at the mysterious letter that I received in my mailbox that read:

“This is all I know: They’re an ancient demon-alien hybrid that come from a planet 50 light years away called Nemphus. They’re a species known as Nemphians. It’s a certain ritual they have to do every 100 years to please their god, Zeranus. The ritual requires a full moon, blood from a hell hound being smeared around the area (the black substance), a group of 3, the head and skin of 2 human victims, and the battered, damaged soul of the other person (witness) in the group who were close to the victims. The witness always end up killing theirself due to the psychological torment and the isolation they endure from people not believing them. Once the witness kill their self, the Nemphian who killed the ones they loved, takes their soul, which rapidly age their corpse.

Having everything in the right place at the right time is tricky, so they keep track of full moons and look out for a group of 3 by themselves in an area outside. Preferably with a lot of trees. They track potential human victims through a form of mini portals called ‘The Looker’ that’s invisible to the naked eye.

Nemphian abilities: They can open portals from one place to another, ranging in size. Super strength. Can do certain spells and summonings. Can manipulate sound. “

The letter also had ancient copies of text and cases of missing people that goes back every 100 years. I then connected the dots and immediately knew what my sister meant. The journal. The poem. Now this mysterious letter. So, my sister was telling the truth. What is going on? All of this can’t be a coincidence. I think I’m actually starting to believe this stuff. If only I knew who sent the letter.

#mine #horror #horror story #halloween #scary #scary story #scary stories #fiction #reddit

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erinaceina · 4 years

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20 for 2020

Thanks to @notasapleasure for tagging me. :D

Tagging anyone who feels like it.

1. Do you make your bed? Most of the time, yes, except when I’m running late or there’s a cat in the middle of it.

2. What’s your favorite number? 7.

3. What’s your job? Oh, this is a bit complicated. Job #1 is reading academic articles about the Middle Ages, writing synopses of them and cataloguing them in a database that allows researchers, students etc to find articles relevant to their interests. Unfortunately, they don’t have enough money to employ me full-time, so I also have job #2: working for the civil service administering payments to farmers and landholders for doing environmentally useful stuff. Most of the money comes from the EU, so who knows what will happen after Brexit?

4. If you could, would you go back to school? Oh yes, especially with the same caveats @notasapleasure gave (full time, for the pleasure of learning, no financial worries). Think of all the dead languages out there! But, to be honest, I’m reaching the point where I’d even be glad to do a professional qualification because I need to learn something new.

5. Can you parallel park? Nope.

6. A job you had which would surprise people? McDonald’s? it was my first job and I smelt of burgers continually for an entire summer. It’s not really that surprising, though. The next summer, I worked a bunch of temp jobs including packing medical supplies, which was actually really fun.

7. Do you think aliens are real? Yes, in the sense that I think it’s highly likely that there’s other life (intelligent or otherwise) out there in the universe. I don’t, however, think that they’re wandering round cornfields in the middle of the night with a lawnmower making crop circles or interfering in the government. Humans are quite strange enough all by themselves.

8. Can you drive a manual car? No. I can’t drive any kind of car. I really need to learn, but other things keep getting in the way.

9. What’s your guilty pleasure? I’m trying to feel less guilty about stuff and I’m not going to apologise for reading romance novels or singing along to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack or any of my somewhat cheesy tastes in entertainment. I guess if I had to choose something... so-bad-it’s-good takeaway pizza. I like the fancy, authentically Italian kind with sophisticated toppings where you can taste the freshness of the tomatoes and the charring on the crust, but honestly on a Friday night, often what I most want is cheesy takeaway pizza with toppings that would send an Italian into a screaming rage (not pineapple though because that’s terrible).

10. Tattoos? 12, I think. On my legs, a jar of pansies, a mouse with some oak leaves and acorns, some fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) flowers and a sparrowhawk with lily of the valley (which is a symbol of hope renewed but also very poisonous, a combination that I find very satisfying, symbolically speaking). On my left arm, a star of David (something of a personal fuck-you to the far right after the Charlottesville shit storm), a strawberry and leaves, wildflowers (blackberries, foxgloves, poppies) and forget-me-nots. On my right arm, a traditional swallow, a bee, a wild strawberry plant and a bigger overgrown-garden-themed piece with a weasel, dog roses, hawthorn and a great tit. Basically, I’m turning myself into a wildwood, but I really want my next tattoo to be Lymond-themed.

11. Favorite color? Purple. I also really like colours like burgundy and dark petrol blue. I’m surprised to find that I like the ochre yellow that’s everywhere at the moment a lot because I usually hate yellow.

12. Things people do that drive you crazy? Listen to music out loud on public transport. It’s so rude and it makes me feel like someone’s peeled my head and is just poking my brain incessantly. Also, and I know this is weird and specific, people who feel the need to tell you continuously how much they hate cats when they know you’re a cat person. There was one woman in work who literally told me that she’d rather have a taxidermied cat than a living one. Great? Thanks? Because I don’t live in dread of coming home to find that one of my cats is ill or dead or anything. Thanks.

13. Any Phobias? Spiders. Why do they need so many legs and eyes? Why? I hate absolutely everything about them. Possibly a fear of heights, but that may just be vertigo and really poor sense of balance. I also have a phobia about death that has literally left me sitting up in bed screaming in terror in the middle of the night - and, because I tend to overthink things anyway, this extends not just to a fear of my own death and the death of my family/friends but literally to utter despair at the thought of the end of the universe in however many billion or trillion years. I read an article that said that most people have a sort of filter in their mind that stops them associating images of death with themselves and I guess my brain just doesn’t have that filter. So that’s always fun. On a lighter note, as a small kid I was terrified of chimneys.

14. Favorite childhood sport? Does swimming count? Because I loved swimming and still do, even though I don’t get the chance to go very often. If you mean team sports, I guess hockey. I have very poor spatial awareness (premature baby with a slightly miswired brain) and I’m not a natural team player, so most sports at school were an utter nightmare.

15. Do you talk to yourself? Pretty much continually, unless I’m talking to the cats.

16. What movie do you adore? The Lord of the Rings trilogy, obviously. Death of Stalin, although it’s much, much darker than my usual tastes. Pride (2014).

17. Do you like doing puzzles? I mainly like doing map puzzles, so I guess I just like fiddling round with maps. Otherwise, I’d rather sit in the same room as people doing the puzzle and read a book and occasionally move a piece around.

18. Favorite kind of music? All sorts, really (folk, classical, metal, cheesy pop especially). I’m enjoying @notasapleasure’s folk recs, particularly Offa Rex.

19. Tea or coffee? Mainly tea (English breakfast with milk) but I usually have a latte in the morning when I’m at work.

20. The first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up? An astronaut, I think.

#real life #meme

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doyoungdelrey · 4 years

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all 85 pls

1. describe yourself.

a loud and annoying clown

2. if you could go anywhere for a week all expenses paid where would it be?

Nova Scotia

3. do you have siblings?

Two younger sisters.

4. what is your favorite constellation, why?

Big Dipper b/c its the only one I know.

5. favorite color.

Red, blue or green

6. what kind of music do you listen to?

K-pop, indie and classic pop/rock

7. favorite flower. (you can name as many as you want cause flowers are awesome)

Daisy, carnation, roses

8. if you could do magic, what is the first spell you would learn?

A spell where I could redo the past.

9. favorite childhood memory.

When my youngest sister was born.

10. have you ever been cheated on?

yes. Too hard to explain.

11. if you could describe your perfect room, what would it be?

Filled with plants, painted a light grey and surrounded by photography with the sun coming through the window.

12. favorite animal.

Penguin and Cat

13. what was the last photo you took of?

A ceiling at the Frick.

14. do you believe in soul mates?

Yes, I live that there’s one for everyone.

15. do you hang toilet paper over or under?

Under?

16. your go to place to eat & your favorite thing to get there.

Shake shack and cheese fries.

17. do you believe everything happens for a reason?

Ever since I was a kid, my mother has instilled that belief on us, so yes I believe this.

18. guilty pressures?

I think y’all mean guilty pleasures, so I admit I still watch Arthur (the one with the aardvark). Also, I admit I listen to Taylor swift and Camilla Cabello in occasional times of existential crises.

19. favorite mythical creature, why?

dragons. Idk why though.

20. something most people don’t know about you.

I met Andrew Garfield as I was walking home from school.

21. where did you grow up, what was it like?

I lived in a well-to-do neighborhood with a lot of rich people even though we weren’t rich ourselves.

22. do you believe aliens exist?

No, now leave me alone.

23. what was your last google search?

Nova Scotia.

24. what did your last relationship teach you?

To not rush and trying not to be vulnerable.

25. would you relocate for love?

Yes.

26. do you hold grudges or forgive easy?

I’m 20 and I STILL hold grudges; I need to stop.

27. favorite book.

Little women.

28. do you consider yourself an extrovert or introvert?

I consider myself an introverted extrovert.

29. have you ever kept a journal, do you now?

I did in like third grade. I wish I still did :(

30. top 5 favorite movies.

Jules et Jim, Amelie, CMBYN, The Social Network, Before Sunrise

31. do you believe that everything happens for a reason?

Yes!

32. what is your greatest fear?

Dying and getting rejected.

33. favorite alcoholic beverage.

I don’t drink.

34. most embarrassing thing you’ve done.

Get my build a bears stolen and my parents yelling at me in the first grade for having them stolen.

35. do you believe in ghosts?

No???

36. what is the best and worst part of your personality?

I have the memory of an elephant but that means I’m clumsy AND I am lazy whilst holding grudges on people from three years ago.

37. should you split the dinner bill?

Yes.

38. are you a good liar?

39. what keeps you up at night?

My past and the future.

40. would you rather go without your phone or music?

Phone.

41. do you believe in god?

There is something up there, a spirit but not a being.

42. how do you relax when frustrated?

Listen to music and write mediocre poetry.

43. what’s something that offends you?

44. favorite food

45. if you were on a 10 hour flight and could sit and talk to any person the entire time, who would it be?

Suho and his translator. He seems like someone who has a lot to tell..

46. when do you feel the most confident?

In theater class.

47. what do you do on your free time?

Listen to music, go on Tumblr/ig, write, read, sleep, watch TV

48. is there anyone who has completely lost your respect

For someone who tends to hold grudges, no haha.

49. have you ever broken someone’s heart?

yes, I had a friend’s older brother who had a crush on me and I rejected him because I thought he was too awkward. I regret it now.

50. did/do you play sports in school?

nope.

51. when are you happiest?

When I heat good food and listen to good music.

52. coffee or tea?

both.

53. what is one possession you own you wouldn’t want to live without?

My phone. Or my chanyeol pin.

54. what is the first thing you notice about a person?

The way they dress.

55. what is your favorite season, why?

Fall because I was born before halloween. I also love the autumn breeze.

56. what makes you laugh?

Anything and everything. I have terrible sense of humor lmao.

57. are you a clean or messy person?

both.

58. what is important for a successful relationship?

Honesty and good communication.

59. what was your upcoming like?

I was raised partially by my grandmother. Once I was 5, I was raised by y mom. I was a troubled child, so she spent most of my childhood disciplining. Sometimes I want to tell berthings, but there are moments where I can’t say anything.

60. favorite holiday?

halloween. It is after my birthday.

61. what is the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery?

Put the money in a savings account, give some to charity then the rest to my parents and other family members (sisters, cousin who I think of as a younger sister)

62. what’s the best pizza topping combination?

Broccoli and Pepperoni. Or mushroom and sausage.

63. favorite outdoor activity.

Walking.

64. how are you? honestly.

I’m feeling good because I don’t have to worry about school for a week, but once I go back, I have to worry about finals, etc. I’m also worried about my future because IDK what to do after graduation.

65. would you rather go camping in the woods or stay at a beach resort?

Stay at a resort, duh?!?!?

66. what is the most beautiful thing in nature?

The mountains, specifically the Adirondacks.

67. favorite type of candy?

Snickers.

68. if your life was a book, what would be the title?

Confused and Thirsty Clown

69. what movie quotes do you use of a regular bases?

You talking to me???

70. what was cool when you were young but not cool now?

Build a Bears. They’re over-rated and over priced.

71. what’s the craziest conversation you have ever eves dropped on?

When a woman was telling her friend about her husband (the woman’s husband) cheating her while she was in the hospital for cancer treatment.

72. what’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched?

The ted bundy one on Netflix.

73. what’s the worst hairstyle you’ve had?

The bowl cut. Or my attempt of Wendy’s zimzalabim-era hair (minus the bangs. I still have this hair style)

74. what do you like to cook?

Roasted chicken and mashed potatoes.

75. what’s the coolest animal you’ve seen in the wild?

A lion, when I went to animal kingdom.

76. what’s the funniest tv show you’ve ever seen?

The office. Stanley was and will be my favorite character.

77. do you usually follow your heart or your head?

Heart

78. what is your favorite quote?

79. what’s the weirdest crush you have ever had?

On the kid who played saxophone and picked his nose in middle school. He admitted to having a crush on me in the 10th grade. He was so sweet, yet he weirded me out. I regret notating him though.

80. what’s your love language?

Food

81. do you ever feel alone?

Not gonna lie, I do. I have friends who have their soulmates, yet I don’t have mine. I also suck at making friends.

82. ever been bullied?

Yes. Too complicated to explain.

83. are you usually early or late?

Both

84. what kind of art do you enjoy most?

Like romantic/baroque art, or any paintings made after the 1300s. Mostly impressionism or dutch realism.

85. what do you wish you knew more about?

Ways to be more organized

SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY TAMARA!!!

#sagittariustigerfish #ask #answered

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darkershining · 5 years

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Just watched episode 15 of Star Twinkle Pretty Cure.

The episode begins with the Cures arriving on another planet to look for the Sagittarius Star Color Pen, as detected by Madoka’s pendant. Prunce begins warning the Cures about the planet, only to be distracted by the song of a space idol, Mao.

Lala explains how Mao suddenly rose to fame, and the Cures follow Madoka’s pendant to an auction house. Hikaru tries to go in, but the guards won’t let her past. A dragon-like alien called Dram shows up, explaining that only the famous like him are allowed inside, and that security is especially tight on this one because the famed space thief, Blue Cat, is rumored to be planning to show up.

Turns out Dram brought Mao along, and Prunce goes to meet her. Mao decides to invite the Cures along, and allows them to borrow some of her outfits for the auction. Before the auction begins, Mao performs her song, while Prunce tells Hikaru of how her song encouraged him during his search for the Cures the first time he heard it.

Once the song is over and the auction begins, the first item is a necklace from the Rainbow Planet, which Prunce and Lala explains was destroyed, with its inhabitants turning to stone for reasons unknown to them. As the auction goes on, Mr. Dram proceeds to buy most of the items offered, until only one is left, the Star Color Pen the Cures are looking for. Dram is initially uninterested, but once other aliens begin to bid for it, decides to bid, figuring he can at least use it to replace a broken lamp in his bathroom.

Trying to think of another solution, since the Cures have no way of affording the pen, Madoka comes up with the idea of offering the donuts that Prunce intended to give to Mao to show his admiration. Madoka presents the donuts as a delicacy from Earth, and with a frog-like alien who happens to be a food critique compliments them, she is able to offer them in the place of money. She gets into a bidding duel with Dram, eventually getting him to back down by remembering her father’s conduct when she accompanied him at an auction once. Impressed by Madoka’s smile and calmness during the bidding, Dram eventually backs down, allowing the Cures to have the pen.

However, before the Cures can receive it, Blue Cat snatches it while the audience is blinded by the bright fireworks. With Madoka’s pendant still glowing, the Cures try to track it before Blue Cat gets away. They come across Mao on the roof, and ask her if she saw the thief. Mao says she didn’t see anyone, but Elena becomes suspicious, since there’s no real reason for Mao to be on the roof in the first place, and Madoka’s pendant is still glowing.

At this point, Mao shows her true colors, revealing herself to be Blue Cat, much to everyone’s shock. Ayewan suddenly shows up, along with a Notrigger made from Dram, with her commenting that Bakenyan isn’t keeping an eye on her today, so she can use the Dark Pen all she wants. The girls transform, and while the other three focus on Ayewan and the Notrigger, Cure Selene tries to get the pen back from Blue Cat. Cure Selene keeps chasing after Blue Cat, who refuses to hand over the pen, until Ayewan catches up to them. Ayewan is confused when Blue Cat calls her by name, wondering why she knows of her. Blue Cat suddenly throws the Sagittarius Pen to Cure Selene, telling her she changed her plans and to use it to deal with Ayewan. Cure Selene uses a new variation of the Selene Arrow, stopping the Notrigger in its tracks and allowing the Cures to save Dram.

Blue Cat tells Cure Selene that she’ll let her hold on to the pen for the time being before leaving, and the Cures restore the Sagittarius Princess’ power. As they head back to Earth, Hikaru wonders how Blue Cat knew that they were the Pretty Cures, while Prunce vents his frustrations over his beloved idol turning out to be Blue Cat by binging on donuts.

Another good episode, introducing an interesting new character. So, we finally know who the mystery girl from the opening credits is, kind of. And the fact that she’s familiar with both the heroes and the villains brings even more mysteries to the table. I’m guessing she might also be our eventual fifth Cure, since I don’t think any other candidates for the position has been introduced. (I have accidentally spoiled myself on the fifth Cure’s name, but I don’t know anything else, so don’t spoil it if any other information has been leaked/revealed already.)

Anyways, I really like her designs. I also liked the little detail of how she seemed to change from Mao to Blue Cat via a perfume bottle, as a nod to the transformation trinkets used by the HeartCatch and Go Princess Cures.

The stuff they brought up about the Rainbow Planet also stood out to me, since I’m wondering if that’ll be related to the main plot, since we also know that Kappard at the very least has lost his planet. I’m certainly intrigued about where the story will go.

I’ll be looking forward to the next episode!

#pretty cure #star twinkle precure #star twinkle precure spoilers

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dr-gloom · 5 years

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The Makings of Greatness: Chapter 4

Fandom: Sanders’ Sides

Pairing: platonic logince, platonic moxiety, platonic anxeit, familial ThVi

Tags/Warnings (for this chapter): crazy architecture, lots of aliens, slight conflict, seafaring lingo

Ko-fi

AO3

Masterlist

Prologue Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 Ch 9 Ch 10 Ch 11 Ch 12 Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15 Ch 16 Ch 17

If Virgil thought his home at the Inn provided him a window to the galaxy, the space port was like blowing a giant hole in the wall. It was massive, nearly impossible to navigate. The entire thing existed as a hodge-podge of white buildings and layers of docks, lifts, catwalks and pathways all in the shape of a crescent just on the edge of Montressor’s orbit. From the planet’s surface, it looked like a moon permanently stuck in the crescent phase. The entire port glowed, giving off a faint light - just like a real moon - and ships of all sizes sailed to and fro overhead, either docking or taking off. Aliens from all corners of the galaxy milled through its pathways, the strangest of them all being Virgil, the only human in sight.

Virgil looked around in complete wonder as he got off the transport ship. Fellow passengers passed him by, giving him dirty looks. A heavy-set anthropomorphic frog woman with a small head and a strange furry pet in her arms, a man who almost looked human - if it weren’t for the anteater snout on his face or the leathery, bald skin covering his entire body - a man wielding some sort of stringed instrument over his shoulder with tendrils for hair, grey flesh, and the nose of an elephant seal all passed him by as they exited the ship. He wasn’t focused on them, though. He was looking at the space port. It was like a sci-fi M.C. Escher artwork; Virgil’s eyes were dazed trying to decipher where one catwalk met another, where that pulley system was anchored, how those people below him reached the top pathways. If he looked closely, he could see the gaps between the structures, and the brief thought of falling into empty space unnoticed brought him back to attention.

He didn’t want to have to explain to his dad that the entire trip got cancelled because Logan wasted his money recovering Virgil from his float through deep space.

“Virgil? Virgil!” Logan called behind him, finally making his way off the ship. While Virgil had elected to bring nothing - what could he bring? His entire home burned down - Logan had brought several bags of varying sizes containing…. God knows what. He’d said, ‘you never know what you might need when traversing uncharted territory into the realm of piracy’. Whatever that meant.

Virgil turned just as Logan got off the ship and had to laugh. Logan was wearing possibly the weirdest get-up he had ever seen in his life, and that’s saying something. He was wearing some sort of space suit; an imposing, bulbous thing in mustard yellow that clanked and shifted with every step, a few buttons resting below the rim of the helmet and a large red… thing on the stomach. Logan pressed a button that released the lock on the glass faceplate, giving Virgil a forced kind smile. “Well, if nothing else, this shall be an… opportunity to get to know each other, I suppose.”

Virgil rolls his eyes. “Look, let’s just find the ship. This place is a fucking maze.” He starts walking, Logan trailing after him silently. Virgil shrugs it off. He’s only being nice to me because of my dad… And because I have the map. He huffs and starts walking faster.

“Second berth on your right.” The robot calls down from the ladder he’s climbing.

“You can’t miss it.” comments the stout, red alien steadying the ladder.

Virgil gives a grateful smile. “Thanks.” He turns to descend the staircase, leaving Logan to catch up. Logan huffs and hurries down the stairs, hesitant to lose Virgil in the crowds.

“It’s the suit, isn’t it?” Virgil doesn’t answer. “I should’ve never listened to that two-headed sailsman. This one said it fit, that one said it was my color… I just get so flustered in those situations, I suppose. I’ve never been good with handling people.” Virgil stops, and Logan nearly runs into him. He stops just short of the teen and looks up. “Ah, yes, here we are. The I.M.G. Nation.”

It was a nice-looking ship, with a smooth cream-colored body and amber trimmings. Large solar sails rose high above them, held aloft by amber-and-gold-plated masts. Virgil climbed the catwalk up to the ship, grinning. “Whoa…”

Pulley systems delivered crates onto the deck, directed by crew and pulled into place before being released from their ropes. All around crew bustled about, maintaining the deck, managing supplies, and following directions to prepare to embark. Virgil stopped short as a crew member bustled by, taking extra precautions to make sure he wasn’t in anyone’s way.

“Stow those casks forward! Heave together, now!” A man called from the base of the main mast. His lean and fit form was made of stone, but not in the sense that his body was a collection of stones pressed together; it was as if his entire body was one large stone with chiseled edges, somehow granted the ability to move and flex and bend. He wore a couple medals pinned to the breast of his blue coat and a tricorn hat atop his head, completed with cream-colored pants and black boots.

Virgil turned in a circle, watching crew members move about the masts and use the ropes. “This is so cool…” He took a couple steps backwards, bumping right into someone. Virgil flinched, spinning around to apologize only to be met with what appeared to be a very angry… blob? Slug?

The blob alien had many… tentacles? Snouts? Along its pale body, holes cut into its vest to allow for them to rest freely. A few more protruded from its face where a mouth and nose would be. “S-sorry, I didn’t-” The alien let out what Virgil could only think of as farting noises from its…. okay, guess those are snouts? And raised its fists as if declaring a fight. Virgil took a step back, eyes widening. Not even on board for five minutes and he’s already gotten in trouble.

Logan walks up behind him. “Excuse me, ah…” Logan blew a few raspberries, filled his mouth with air and pushed his cheeks in to release it, and made a few armpit-fart sounds. The alien stared at him for a moment before letting out the farty equivalent of a laugh and flapping its hand in the universal “oh stop, you!” gesture, slithering away.

Virgil blinked. What just happened?

“I’m fluent in Flatula, Virgil. It is an incredibly complex language that takes years to master. I studied it in high school.” Logan informed the human with a smug grin before continuing to cross the deck.

“Flatula, huh?... Cool.” He grinned and followed after the astrophysicist.

Logan walked up to the stone man, extending his hand. “Good morning, captain. Is everything in order?”

The stone man took his hand with a soft smile. “Indeed, it is! But I’m not the captain. The captain’s aloft.” He gestures up to the masts, Virgil and Logan looking up.

A cat-like man swings from a rope effortlessly, landing along a supporting beam and running across it before grabbing another rope and using the momentum of the swing to jump to the deck, landing on his feet with an elated cry.

He was lithe, of average height, but everything about him was pure muscle and power. His jaw was angular, almost small, and he had a broad nose that ended with a pink, leathery tip and nostrils, much like a real cat. His ears were wide and pointed, set higher on his head than a human’s, his chestnut hair styled perfectly side-swept and voluminous, and he wore a red-and-gold jacket, cream colored pants, and white gloves. He crossed his arms, grinning at the newcomers before making his way over, speaking in a regal tone.

“Mr. Picani! I have checked this ship from stem to stern and-” His tone softens, “it’s spot-on, as usual. Can you get nothing wrong?” He grins at the stone man, his first mate.

Picani tips his hat. “You flatter me, captain!”

The captain moves on to Logan and Virgil, pausing as he takes in Logan’s suit. “Ah… Doctor Abbott, I presume?” He speaks louder, slower, as if he expects Logan to be of a lower intellect. “Excuse y-” The captain knocks on the glass plate, grinning. “Hello~! Can you hear me?” Logan scoffs and pushes the glass plate up from where it had fallen during his walk to the ship. “Yes, I can! Stop that; it’s highly fatuous.” The captain puts a hand to his chin, grinning as he watches Logan struggle to get the helmet off and fail.

“If I may, this suit works better when it’s turned to the right,” he grabs the red thing on the suit’s stomach, turning it to the right. A plug pops out, “and plugged in.” He grabs the plug and forcefully turns Logan around, plugging it into the bag attached to the suit’s back. “There you go! You’re welcome.”

The helmet comes off with a pop and Logan turns to glare at the captain. “I can manage my own equipment; your assistance was not necessary.” The captain takes his hand and shakes it, looking around almost as if he were bored, if it weren’t for the self-satisfied smirk on his lips.

“I’m captain Roman Amamoto, I’ve had a few run-ins with the Protean armada, but ah! I won’t bore you with my scars.” He winks and Logan huffs in annoyance. Roman moves to Mr. Picani, nudging him with his elbow. “You’ve met my first mate, Mr. Picani. Sterling, tough, dependable, honest, brave, and true.”

Mr. Picani laughs lightly. “Please, captain!”

“Oh shut it, Picani, you know I don’t mean a word of it.” From the grins the two share, that must be some inside joke of theirs. Logan clears his throat.

“While I’d hate to interrupt this… lovely banter, may I introduce Virgil Shae?” He wraps an arm around Virgil, drawing him closer to the adults and pulling his attention away from the hustle and bustle of the ship. “Virgil is the one who found the tre-”

Roman clamps a clawed hand over Logan’s mouth. “Doctor, please.” Two nearby crewman who were evidently listening in go back to working. Roman sighs. “I’d like a word.”

The door of the stateroom shuts, and Roman turns the lock, turning to regard the two men standing before his desk. “Doctor… to run your mouth about a treasure map in front of this crew shows a level of simple-mindedness that borders on the imbecilic. And I mean that in a very caring way.” He grins almost mockingly. Virgil has to stifle a laugh. Who knew someone would actually school Logan in something? Who knew there was someone out there who could make Logan look like an idiot?

“Imbecilic? That’s foolish, I’ve-”

“May I see the map, please?”

Logan looks at Virgil. Virgil shrugs helplessly. Logan sighs and gestures to Roman. Virgil grimaces slightly, taking the orb out of his pants pocket and tossing it to Roman. “Here.” Roman catches it effortlessly, turning it over in his claws to inspect it with interest. He grins. “Fascinating.” He levels a serious look at Virgil as he turns to lock the orb in a small chest, hidden in his armoire. “Mr. Shae, in the future you’ll either address me as Captain or Sir, is that clear?”

Virgil scoffs and rolls his eyes. Roman’s ears perk up. “Mr. Shae.”

Virgil ducks his head, glaring. “Yes, sir.”

“Good.” Roman locks the armoire and turns back to the others. “This is going to remain under lock and key unless in use. And, doctor, again.” He leans into Logan’s space, getting in his face. “With the greatest possible respect; zip your howling screamer.” Logan scoffs indignantly.

“Captain, I assure you, I-”

Roman sits at his desk, fiddling with a drafting compass. “Let me make this as simple as possible. I. Don’t much care. For this crew. You hired.” He points the compass at Logan accusingly and Logan crosses his arms, eyebrow raised. “They’re… How did I phrase it, Picani? I said something rather creative before coffee this morning…”

Emile’s eyes drift towards the ceiling as if the memory will surface on the wood. “‘A ludicrous parcel of driveling galoots’, sir.”

Virgil raises an eyebrow. Wow, what?

Roman grins. “There you go! Poetry.”

Logan purses his lips, gripping the table. “Now, see here-!”

Roman stands over Logan, smirking. “Doctor, I’d love to chat - tea, cake, the whole nine - but I’ve got a ship to launch, and you’ve,” He flicks Logan’s suit with a claw, “got an outfit to buff up.” He straightens back up and crosses his arms behind his back, all business once again. “Mr. Picani, please escort these two neophytes to the galley. Mr. Shae will be working for the cook, Mr. Moran.”

Virgil looks up from where he’d been messing with some swinging wall decoration, his hand dropping to his side. “Wait, what? The cook?”

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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22

Ah, yes, the fabled return that everyone has been longing for.

Probably gonna do a part a week, ‘cause I don’t... have a surplus, like I did when I first started writing, so... keep an eye out, I suppose.

Word Count: 2572

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You begged to be let in on the mission. You followed Director Fury, Deputy Director Hill, and Agent Coulson around for almost a full day, just listing all kinds of reasons that you should be allowed to go, most of which revolved around your position as the liaison between Stark Industries and Steve’s liaison to the 21st century. For the most part, the pleas were heard by deaf ears, but…

Eh, that had never stopped you before, especially when Steve had asked if you were coming along. What were you supposed to say, no?

Yes, you were, apparently.

“Oh.” Steve did not look happy with the response you had given him, which had been a resounding Of course I’m coming, are you kidding?

“What?” you asked, not really knowing if you wanted to hear his answer.

He shrugged, slightly, as he poked through his dresser, finding things to pack for the trip to wherever they were going, for however long. It was a mission, after all. There could never be a set time line.

“I don’t know,” he said, and he sounded genuine. “I mean, if it were anything else, I would definitely want you to come, but… this is all going to be super dangerous.”

“And you don’t think I can take care of myself?” You’d be lying if you said you weren’t offended by the implication. “I know you haven’t seen me fight yet, but let me assure you, I can.”

Steve smiled a little, glancing at you as he carried a few shirts to where he had a duffle bag sitting on his bed. “I’m not arguing with you,” he said. “Just… I’ll feel better, if you’re not there, I think. I’ll feel better knowing you’re here, relatively out of harm’s way.”

“That’s not it, though,” you concluded. You knew him well enough by this point to be able to tell when there was more to what he was saying. “What else is there, Rogers?”

Steve sighed, just loud enough for you to be able to hear it. “You might be a distraction,” he said. He sounded embarrassed, almost, and most definitely apologetic. “If you come along, I mean. I’m gonna need to focus all of my attention on doing whatever they need me to do, and if you’re there, my attention is going to be divided.”

You did not like being called a distraction, but you were touched that he felt as such. “I won’t be a distraction when I’m miles away?”

“No,” he said, turning around to face you after zipping the duffle bag closed. “You’ll be here, safe, like I said. That’s one less worry.”

“We don’t know for sure,” you reminded him. “SHIELD has no idea what Loki’s plan for the Tesseract is. What if New York ends up being in the line of an alien invasion? I won’t be “safe” then, will I?”

“Maybe not,” Steve replied, “but I’ll be here again, if that happens, and I’ll be able to protect you.” At your dry look, he smiled. “If necessary.”

You exhaled a breath, turning your gaze downwards. “Y/N?” Steve prompted. If you knew him well, he matched you on that same level.

“I guess you’re lucky, then,” you told him, quietly. “Director Fury said I don’t have clearance for this mission, that I’m supposed to stay here and keep an eye on things. I guess I’m the ground crew.”

You heard him cross the room to where you were standing, and he tilted your chin so that you were looking at him. His blue eyes were gentle with barely suppressed affection, but there was a hint of sadness in them, too.

“Somebody’s gotta stay, to keep an eye out for that invasion,” he said, smirking, and you laughed.

“Yeah, I guess if not me, who else?” You sobered up, again, and gazed at him. “Don’t… well, don’t do anything that you can’t do, and… come back safe.”

“I will,” he assured. “I’m not about to leave another girl behind.”

You stared at him, wondering if there were any last minute pieces of advice that you could give to him. He waited, patiently, like he expected something from you.

“Uh, Tony Stark’s kind of a dick,” you blurted, and the small grin on his face grew about tenfold. “I mean it. You’re not gonna agree with him a lot of the time, and it’s probably gonna make working together really difficult, but… you’ll be able to handle it. Just keep your head.” You paused. “And don’t insult his tower.”

“What tower?” Steve asked, amused.

“The Stark Tower.” You paused. “I guess it makes sense that you haven’t seen it. Hang on.” A quick search on your cell phone, and you had a picture of the tower up on the screen. You showed it to him. Immediately, he made a face.

“It’s… ugly.”

You laughed out loud, again, and you lowered your phone. “Yeah, see, don’t say that to him, ‘kay?” You slid your phone away into your pocket, again, and considered. “Uh… the helicarrier is nuts, so don’t be too freaked out by it.”

“I doubt I will be,” Steve commented. “It won’t be new territory by any means.”

“Hah,” you said, although without much infliction. He didn’t seem to notice. He was busy watching your face, as though trying to memorize it. You offered him a look complete with raised eyebrows, and he smiled again, softer this time.

“Sorry,” he said. “Just… taking it all in.”

You leaned up on your toes to kiss him. One of his arms wrapped around your waist, even as he picked up his bag. He held you close for several minutes, a couple of which were really not affordable, and then he let you go.

“I’ll, uh…” He pushed a strand of hair out of your eyes. “I’ll miss you.”

“Yeah, well, take care of it quick, and then you can come back,” you retorted lightly, tapping him on the chest. Seeing the expression on his face, you exhaled a breath. “I’ll miss you too, Rogers.”

There was a knock on his apartment door, and you both turned in that direction. “Captain?” That was Agent Coulson, there to escort him to a quinjet that would fly him to SHIELD’s specialized helicarrier. “Time to head out.”

Steve looked back at you, placed kiss on your forehead. “I’ll see you later,” he said, and then he was gone.

You stood in the middle of his bedroom, arms wrapped around your middle. You hated how empty the apartment suddenly felt, how empty you felt alongside it. You worried the inside of your lip for a moment, wishing that there was some way of getting rid of the uncomfortable sensation. You’d never felt empty before. You’d been heartbroken, obviously, when your father had died. You’d experienced extreme sadness, after your very first cat had to be put down. But emptiness? That was a new one, but you were positive that was the only description you could give to what you were feeling.

You inhaled, slowly, glancing around his bedroom for a moment. It was not good, probably, how attached you were. Even with a relationship having been established between the two of you, wasn’t it too soon? Why were you taking this separation so badly, already? You’d only just recently stopped separating yourself from him. How was this any different from that decision?

I was the one to separate us, that first time. That was on me, it was optional. This is a lot different from that, because neither of us can make the choice to end the separation. It just has to happen, one way or another.

You shivered, involuntarily, and decided that it was time to go back to your own apartment.

Before you left his, however, you searched through his closet for something of his that you could take with you, as a sort of comfort item. You decided on a soft sweatshirt that had Brooklyn, New York written on it. You’d never seen him wear it, but it smelled remarkably like he did, his cologne and the charcoal that he used to draw.

You pulled the sweatshirt on over your head, and left his apartment, hoping it wouldn’t be too long before he was asking to draw you, again. You hadn’t let him, not at first. You’d thought it was weird, but maybe that had been a thing, back in the 1900s, just casual drawing of one another between friends. Jack had drawn Rose in Titanic, after all, but that had been raunchy as hell. Something inside of you said that wasn’t what Steve had had in mind, but all the same, you’d said no.

But he’d been persistent, and after about a month of working with him, you’d given in, because you were curious about his skill level. So, for the better part of a two-hour period, you’d sat reading, like he’d asked you to, and waited patiently as he drew. The end result had been so good, that you’d taken it home and placed it on your fridge; you weren’t allowed to hang frames in your apartment. If you were, the drawing would have a place of honor on your wall.

You sighed to yourself as you settled down behind the steering wheel of your car, and you did something that you hadn’t since your father had died; you prayed.

Please, keep him safe, and keep everyone else involved safe, too.

Steve rubbed at his eyes as he sat in a chair at the conference table located near the helicarrier’s bridge. He was the only one still present in the room, after the conversation that the entire team had just had. It had ended in a disagreement, which seemed to be a pattern for them, already. They’d only just started working together, too. Things were not boding well for their future as a cooperative group of people.

At least they’d got the guy. Loki was a strange one, and obviously not the most friendly. He was a bully. Steve hated bullies. He was locked away deep within the recesses of the helicarrier, however, probably already trying to think of a way to escape. The fact that his brother had come along, Thor, that didn’t help matters much, especially since he seemed set on taking Loki back to their home world for trial there.

Under any other circumstances, Steve probably would have agreed with him. Anything to get Loki off of Earth. However, they still had no idea where the Tesseract was. Knowing Loki’s plan was useless when they did not know the location of the thing he hoped to pull it off with. Hopefully, Stark and Banner would get on that sooner rather than later. He supposed he could sit in on their work, keep an eye out, but he honestly would not be able to understand any of the scientific stuff that they’d be working with, and he’d only be a distraction.

Stark did not like him. Steve had no idea why, but thanks to Y/N’s warning, he’d been expecting an attitude similar to the one that Stark currently possessed. It did not make it any easier to deal with him, but at least he wasn’t able to catch Steve off guard. He’d have to thank Y/N for that later.

He did not appreciate how much he missed you already. It had been… what, two days? Maybe even less than that, he wasn’t sure. The trip to Germany had thrown him off. Whatever it was, it felt like it had been years, and he’d slept through seventy. His separation anxiety should not be going wild the way it currently was. He chalked it up to the fact that the world was not yet safe, and that meant you weren’t either.

He lowered his hand to the table top, gazed down at the glass for a moment. Work needed to be done. The world needed to be made safe. You needed to be safe.

He pushed himself up from the table, sticking his hands into the pockets of the pants he was wearing. The best place to get work done was the lab where the Tesseract was being tracked. After all, the sooner the Tesseract was back in SHIELD’s hands, the sooner he’d back back with Y/N.

“Can I talk to him?”

Fury sighed on the other end of the line. “No,” he said. “He needs to focus on what’s happening here.”

You scowled down at the floor, before lifting your gaze towards the sky, which you could see through a nearby window. Somewhere overhead, miles apart from you, was the helicarrier that currently carried Steve, and the rest of the Avengers. It also carried the body of Agent Phil Coulson. This call from Director Fury was to inform you of his death.

You’d miss Coulson. He’d been a friendly guy, always ready with a joke, when the situation called for it. He’d also been a huge fan of Steve, something he’d no doubt expressed to the man himself. You could sense Steve’s horror and regret over the loss of Coulson, which was desperately why you wanted to speak to him.

“Please, sir,” you said, calmly. “Just for two minutes.”

“Y/LN, a god has just escaped from our custody, after wreaking havoc on the helicarrier,” Fury replied. “The last thing that Captain Rogers needs is for you to distract him.”

“I’m not going to!” you said, firmly. “Director Fury, I’m making this one single request of you. Can’t you grant it to me, after not allowing me clearance on the mission itself? Think of it as me checking on him to see if he’s still handling the 21st century.”

There was silence on the other end of the line for a long moment. Finally, Fury cursed, under his breath, and then he said, “Two minutes.”

Relief blossomed in your chest, and you waited to hear Steve’s voice with anticipation.

“Y/N?”

God, he sounded so sad, but also relieved to know he was talking to you.

“Hey, Rogers,” you greeted, settling down on the edge of the bed in his apartment. You’d headed over there to clean, a little, since it had no doubt gotten dusty. “How’re you doing?”

“Could be better,” he admitted. “Losing a soldier is always hard.”

“I know. He’ll be missed.” You paused, suddenly not sure of what to say, when only three minutes prior, you’d had about eighty million things. “Uh… I miss you?”

He responded with a tired-sounding chuckle. “Yeah. I miss you too. Hopefully, we’ll be able to figure this out soon.” He paused. “And sign of an alien invasion?”

You smiled. “Not yet. Why, should I be expecting one?”

“Uh, maybe,” Steve said, and your smile faded. That had not sounded like a joke. “We’re working it out, as best we can.”

“Wait, so, aliens are an actual possibility?” You couldn’t believe it, didn’t want to believe it. Aliens? Really?

“Y/N -“ He stopped, and fell silent. You heard someone speak to him. His reply was muffled, and then he was speaking to you again. “Gotta go. I’ll see you soon, okay?”

There were other things to say, but no time. “Okay,” you sighed. “Be safe.”

You had no idea whether or not he heard you, because the call had ended. You lowered your phone, sighing to yourself.

Aliens. What the fuck?

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all-my-novels · 6 years

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BLOODY SUNDAY: Chapter 2

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Chapter Two: Devil in the Church

The following Sunday service began at the usual 9:15. Jethro woke up well before that time, groomed his fur and made sure everything was in place. He sat on the sink in one of the men’s bathrooms of the general store’s staff water closet carefully as he got cleaned up. Church was an important part of his life. He always wanted -- no, needed to look his best for every service. If he was going to be in the presence of God, he was damn well going to be well-groomed.

Jumping down from the creamy ceramic surface, Jethro padded out of the bathroom and into the dimly-lit store. Many of the stores in the small town chose to remain closed during the day of rest. The general store would open after church, when the sun reached the highest point in the sky. Clearing his thoughts with the shake of a head, Jethro sneezed and made his way toward the cat flap. Giving way to the pressure of his forehead, the plastic door creaked. He stilled at the sound of a voice.

"Hey Jethro, wait up."

Channary’s tail stuck straight up as she came from behind the service counter, bumping heads with her brother. A surprised meow sprang from his throat before his eyes lit up in recognition. Channary rarely came to church with him and when she did, it was never of her own doing. She even cringed during special occasions, when the entire town pressured her into making an appearance. Since she was up at such an early hour, it could only mean she planned on attending morning service with him.

"Coming with me today , little lady?" Jethro purred. His cheeky sister snorted in response.

"Oh, Jethro, we both know I'm no lady." She brushed past him, tail higher in the air. "Something compelled me last night to go to church this morning, so I’ve decided not to ignore it. Daisy's real big into following what your gut tells you -- it's apparently a witch thing."

"Well, whatever urged you to come with me must be a good thing." Jethro said,pushing his way through the cat flap and into the brisk morning air.

Fog loomed above the ground of the quaint seaside town. It rolled in off of the water and coated Newsworth in a thick, almost suffocating cloud. It did not bother the cats because they weren’t required to drive around in it. Cats could easily go anywhere get where they needed to on paw. The only time fog posed a bit of trouble was for the hunting feline, but nothing too serious. If Jethro needed to work a case, the dense, opaque mist could interrupt a crime scene. Sometimes it could get rid of important evidence like the scent of a killer. It would not pose a problem for a mundane task such as walking to church.

A perk of living in a small town was being in close proximity to most of the places they needed to get to. The church was less than half a mile from the general store. Jethro and Channary made their way across the short distance in no time. It did not appear as though any other cats had arrived yet. The Holy Church of Cats held service in close proximity to the human church in a small clearing, but it was shrouded in fog. Jethro figured they had roughly thirty minutes before the reverend and fellow church members showed up to start the lecture.

"Do you want to go inside the human church and see if we can catch any mice?" He asked, turning to Channary. His little sister nodded in excitement and the tip of her tail quivered. The two cats retraced their steps back to the front of the human church.

Jethro’s dark nose twitched. His thin, white whiskers flicked when he cautiously put a paw on the front step. The all-too familiar scent of fear, pain and suffering met his nose. A cat's coppery blood intertwined with the distinct scent of death. He froze and the fur along his muscled shoulders started to rise. Channary stilled beside him, tilted her head and leaned in towards her brother. Curiosity etched into her delicate features.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Can't you smell it?" Jethro's ears pressed against his skull in distress. His tail stayed low to the ground and lashed back and forth as he faced his sister. "That's cat's blood... something's not right."

"I can barely see or smell anything over this stupid fog," Channary complained, lifting her head and opening her mouth in an attempt to catch the elusive scent. "You should go check it out if you want. I'll stay down here but call me if you get into any trouble, okay?" Her tone was light, but her eyes glistened with worry.

Jethro did not have to be told twice. Bounding up the stairs, he stopped right in front of the heavy wooden doors marking the entrance of the church. The closer he got to the source of the smell, the easier it became to see who the blood belonged too.

Stretched out on the cement was a large, black tomcat with green eyes, opened wide with terror, claws outstretched. The blood that insulted Jethro’s sense of smell came from a shredded gash in the deceased cat’s throat. Based on the expertly shredded incision point, there was no doubt in his mind that an experienced killer did the job. The fairly clean site puzzled him. Jethro assumed the crime scene would be a bloody mess, what with the distinct scent of blood poisoning the air. A slaying of this type should have left a lot of blood.

The poor tom’s mouth was twisted in a snarl, evidence he likely went down fighting. Between his claws were tufts of black fur, and Jethro suspected it belonged to the perpetrator. The tabby leaned over, sniffing at the dead cat's mouth to see if he'd bitten his killer and gotten more of his scent. No such luck. He either hadn't bitten his attacker or the fog got rid of what little scent may have originally been there.

"Channary," Jethro called from the top of the steps. "We've got a middle-aged dead tom up here. Solid black and the throat's shredded."

"Want me to get the chief?" Channary asked. Jethro could barely see the silhouetted outline of her body against the fog.

"Help me move him, first," Jethro replied. "We need to get his body out of sight before the humans get here before some good Samaritan takes it upon himself to bury the body."

Channary bounded up the steps behind him. Jethro leaned over and grabbed the tom's scruff. He kept careful watch of his paws to make sure he didn’t disturb any evidence as he moved the body. Channary helped support the bottom half of the tom's body. With expert practice, the siblings moved in a series of coordinated steps, while they carried the deceased to some nearby bushes. The low branches would conceal the corpse from prying human eyes, until the medical examiner could retrieve evidence from the body. It was a shame they couldn’t preserve evidence at the scene of the crime but they had to work with what they had.

"I'll stay with the body, you go get the chief," Jethro told her. "I'm going to warn the reverend and everyone else. We should probably hold the service somewhere else this morning or hold it off for now. The smell of death is terrible around here." He still hadn't dropped his hackles. It felt as if danger was all around him, lingering like an oppressive cloud.

"Are you sure? You look pretty strung up," Channary chimed in cautiously.

"Just go-” Jethro said with narrowed his eyes. “-you're faster than me and I need to be here to warn everyone. What if the killer comes back, Chan?"

A lifetime of working carved well-defined muscles into Jethro. It would take a lot to bring him down. If he did have to fight, it would definitely draw a lot of attention from outside sources. The knowledge did not make him feel any safer. His whiskers continued to tremble with shock after coming across a body left in such a holy place.

As Channary disappeared into the fog, Jethro lowered his head to inspect the body further. He wanted to figure out who the mystery tom was before him. There was something oddly familiar about the dead cat but Jethro couldn’t put a name to the cat until he crouched down at eye level. Alarm filled him and familiarity struck him hard.

"Tom-Tom!" He cried aloud.

No wonder he'd somewhat recognized the victim. A distinguished member of the church, Tom-Tom had been an attending member since he was a kitten. Jethro saw him sing in the choir along with a handful of other cats every Sunday. The revelation caused Jethro's claws to sink into the leaves littering the ground underneath the bushes. Bile rose in his throat and he swallowed hard, abandoning the shelter of bushes. He desperately looked around for any sign of other cats.

Through the fog, Jethro saw the small form of Reverend Luke running across the church lawn with Polly close at his heels. It was her first time back to Sunday service since her kittens were born. Jethro hated to have to ruin their day with such horrible circumstances. Accompanying them were a few church choir members, chattering amongst each other. Jethro wondered if they were discussing Tom-Tom's absence. The cat made a point of being very punctual, arriving at the church right on time every morning. Technically, he'd been punctual that morning as well, but in a different way.

Before the other cats got too close to the body, Jethro sprung out of the bushes and raced over towards them. Luke looked a bit surprised to see him out of breath but greeted him with the usual warmth

"Jethro, it's so good to see you," he purred. "Have you been out running?"

"Yes, but I'm not the only one out of breath, Reverend," Jethro said, panting as he tried to catch his breath. "Something terrible has happened... Channary and I have found a body." There was a collective gasp from the assembled churchgoers. "I'm afraid it's one of our own."

"Who?" Luke asked, owl-like eyes growing even wider as he listened to his friend explain who and what he found. Jethro hung his head, halfway expecting one of the choir members to lash out at him for the answer.

"Tom-Tom." Another collective gasp met with a few desperate wails. Tom-Tom's mother was one of the choir singers. Jethro approached the small ginger tabby solemnly. "I'm terribly sorry you had to find out like this, Minerva. Channary and I only found him about fifteen minutes ago."

Unable to respond with her words, the elderly queen wailed out with misery. She turned to one of the other cats and buried her face in their shoulder. Turning back toward Luke, Jethro said, "I'm afraid we'll have to hold the service elsewhere. This will be considered a crime scene once Channary comes back with the chief. We have to keep it sectioned off to save evidence."

Luke nodded wearily. "I understand, Jethro. We will stay out of your way. May God bless you." He wrapped his tail around Polly, who looked distraught as she leaned against him. The couple took their time to make personal connections with each and every one of the church members. The death of Tom-Tom was hitting them hard. A murder so close to home upset Jethro as well, but he wanted to make the job easier on his favorite reverend.

"Listen, Luke -- you can use the general store for the service today if you'd like," Jethro said. "Cody doesn't mind us coming in and you know how he loves the animals. As long as you keep out of the humans' way, no one will bother you. I just want to make sure you're all safe." He stepped forward to give Luke a gentle lick on the ear in an attempt to show solidarity. "It's the least I can do."

"Thank you very much, that should be sufficient," Luke said with a sigh. "Can we wait at the front so all of the members may go together? I don't want to leave anyone out."

"Of course. If I find any stragglers I'll send them your way." A flick of the tail signaled Jethro's approval, and Luke nodded, murmuring a few words into Polly's ear before leading the rest of the group to the church's driveway. Sadly, Jethro noticed how low to the ground Tom-Tom's mother seemed to be as he watched them leave. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose a child. It was a reality all cats were forced to face and with a jolt, he realized Luke must be facing the same reality. Jethro flattened his ears and looked back in the direction of the bushes.

Whatever it took, Jethro silently promised he would find the bastard who committed such a horrible crime. This particular attack did not affect only Tom-Tom and his mother. It affected the entire church community and became personal to Jethro. The only question on his mind was if he would be able to find the killer before the killer found his next victim.

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lovelythesimmer · 6 years

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Seasons tag!

I was tagged by the awesome @sandisims to do this thank you!!! Answers under the cut.

1. which season are you gonna play with first?

Tbh I think Spring. Just because I imagine the Sims are already in this weird spring/summer mix and I wanna ease into the other seasons because I think that’s gonna make playing with them much more exciting =D

2. from what you’ve seen in the trailer, what are you most excited about?

Ooh the new florist career! Also having ice skating/rollerskating again because imagine the cute dates you could have there??? Also the HOLIDAYS.

3. what’s your favorite season irl?

Uhhh I’m weird because usually I say summer, but I actually like when it’s the end of summer but the beginning of fall, when it’s still warm but you can leave the windows open and enjoy the nice air without needing noisy air conditioners.

4. what’s your favorite flower / plant?

Roses!

5. are you going to create a new sim/family or are you gonna keep your current household?

I’m gonna keep my current household but I might make a new family to play a Legacy just without any rules.

6. what would you like to see in this new add-on that you haven’t seen yet?

More activities for the pool! Like slides or floaties or something.

7. how do you feel about not getting a new neighborhood with seasons?

It doesn’t bother me at all. I’m glad they focused more on things for our Sims to do instead of just having a new world. What’s more lots when you don’t have anything new to do in them??? Plus I haven’t even played in Brindleton Bay yet, I just bought Cats and Dogs recently.

8. snow, rain or sun?

Sun.

9. favorite refreshing summer drink?

Lemonade!

10. favorite hot drink in the winter?

Hot chocolate. I love drinking different flavored ones. Also my job has a Cinnabon cappuccino that’s really good too omg.

11. walk through the forest or by the beach?

Beach, though I’m not much a fan of either tbh.

12. swimming pools or the ocean?

Swimming pools! I’m not a great swimmer, I don’t go in deeper than like four feet lmao. Also I’m not a fan of fish or other things swimming around. They’re cute from far away though.

13. where would you like to travel if you could go somewhere right now?

This is a hard one omg I don’t even know tbh.

14. how is the weather today?

It was a lot warmer earlier but it’s cooling off now. It keeps clouding up, can’t tell if it’s gonna rain (which sucks because we were gonna grill burgers??? Man I hate rain.)

15. what new traits would you like to see in the new add-on?

I’m not even sure tbh, I just think some new ones would be cool in general.

16. do you like to play with supernatural creatures like vampires and aliens? and if so, would you like witches/faries/elves?

I used to in Sims 2 and 3, not so much in 4. I might eventually buy vampires, I’d love to have witches! (I wanna play a Harry Potter AU so bad.) My icon is an alien I made to play with eventually (a fake alien though, not the GTW ones. Haven’t played them either lmao.)

17. what is your favorite thing to do during winter?

Uhhh read I guess, I like winter but my seasonal depression doesn’t. Also watch the sunsets, I think they’re so pretty in cold weather?

18. … during spring?

Watch the flowers start to grow!!!

19. … during summer?

More flowers! Also taking my dogs for a walk/going on walks in general. And reading!

20. … during autumn?

More reading? Also watching the leaves change color.

21. have you pre-ordered seasons? and if you haven’t are you going to pre-order it or wait till it comes out?

Not yet. I’m gonna set some money aside but I might wait to read reviews first, just to see. Or wait and see if a sale happens after it’s released...

22. in which neighborhood are you gonna play in sims first?

Hmm... maybe Brindleton Bay or San Myshuno.

23. do you listen to music while playing? and if you so, what are you favorite songs to listen to?

I do! I keep the radio on though, so it’s always different songs. Usually pop/rock/alternative is what I play though.

24. What’s your favorite thing to do in the sims? creating sims, building, etc?

Creating Sims and just playing I guess. I wish I was better at building tbh.

25. what’s your favorite kit/pack/add-on?

City Living I think.

26. and finally, what add-on / pack would you like to see next?

University or witches! Also more stuff for teens or elders tbh.

(sorry if you already did this one when I tag you but) tagging: @atomicuh @toffeesimblr @kris-sims @koresims @catmily @lunacysims

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Devin’s “Try It All” Legacy Challenge for The Sims 4

Hi there! This is a legacy challenge I created to do/see/complete everything The Sims 4 has to offer at least once. It incorporates all traits at least once, most aspirations and careers, and all skills and collections. I apologize if the transitions aren’t all that (I randomized the generations and strung them together the best that I could), but I think this is a really neat idea and wanted to share it. However, please don’t post this elsewhere without giving credit. I spent many hours putting this together. I hope you enjoy! I’d love any feedback you have! If you’d like to post about your journey, you can use the #Try It All Legacy Challenge

Rules:

Don’t cheat. It’s no fun if you cheat your way to victory. The aim of the game is to do and complete everything the game offers at least once. If you cheat, you can’t boast about completing such a feat.

Traits, Aspirations, and Careers are chosen for you. Unless specifically stated, you can decide which branch of the career you’d like to do.

All Aspirations, Skills, and Collections listed must be completed before you move on to the next generation. Failure to complete one of the listed requirements (unless due to some game mechanic or something outside of your control) results in the loss of the challenge.

Obviously each generation needs to have at least once child (If you don’t then the legacy can’t continue!). It’s up to you whether you adopt or birth the heirs, and how the heir is chosen unless specifically stated (i.e., the heir can be whoever you want, unless as in Gen 21 when the heir needs to be a vampire).

Berry Sims aren’t a required part of the challenge, but I’ve added in colors that I think pertain to each generation nicely if you’d like to incorporate that as well.

Since there are so many generations, you can also make it an Alphabetacy!

What to Do:

Create your founder with the given Aspiration, and Traits (and Berry color if you’d like to incorporate that into the game).

DON’T CREATE ANY CHILDREN OR SPOUSES.

Choose a large lot to grow your family on. There aren’t any restrictions on staying on the same lot, but I personally think it’s neat to see the lot change over the course of the challenge.

Play through the challenge!

The Generations:

1. Super Parent (Light Blue)

You’ve always wanted to have a large, beautiful, and successful family. As the matriarch/patriarch, you want to see your children grow up well, and are determined to be a big part of that.

Traits: Family-Oriented, Ambitious, Neat

Job: Start Up Entrepreneur (Tech Guru)

Get married

Master Parenting Skill

Have one child gain all positive character traits (from the Parenthood Pack)

Host one of each of the following: Birthday Party, Weenie Roast, and Toddler Play Date.

2. Freelance Botanist (Forest Green)

You were your parents’ pride and joy. They want to see you become the best of the best, but you want to go a different route. Since you were young, you’ve had a special bond with plants. So special, in fact, that you prefer them over Sims! You long to have the biggest garden around.

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Loner, Gloomy

Job: Being a Botanist

Master Gardening Skill

Complete Gardening collection

3. Master Mixologist (Grey)

As a teen, you had a fascination with nectar, but not in a bad way! You thought it was interesting how there were so many combinations that produced such delicious drinks, kind of like a chemist! You have made it your life’s goal to learn all of those combinations.

Traits: Foodie, Outgoing, Insider

Job: Mixologist

Master Mixology Skill

Throw a party to show off your skills

4. Angling Ace (Salmon)

While the rest of your family was busy fussing over food and parties, you were outside enjoying the great world around you. Among your favorite parts were the fish, which you’re determined to catch all of and have a private collection.

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Glutton, Hot-Headed

Job: Food Critic

Master Fishing Skill

Complete Fish collection

Showcase at least 5 fish that you’ve caught.

5. Soulmate (Rose Pink)

One of your life’s dreams has always been to have a nice spouse and kids. But until that day, you’re dedicated to your office job. However, during a typical day at work, you stumble upon that special someone. It’s a regular old office romance! Let’s just hope you don’t let your jealousy get the best of you...

Traits: Romantic, Jealous, Family Oriented

Job: Public Relations

Have an office romance

Host a Wedding

Get Married

6. Musical Genius (Lavender)

Most of your childhood was spent perfecting your music, and as such, you are eager to be a famous musician. You intend to make all of your dreams come true, and spend many a day practicing.

Traits: Creative, Music Lover, Perfectionist

Job: Musician

Master Guitar Skill

Master Violin Skill

Master Pipe Organ Skill

Master Singing Skill

7. Outdoor Enthusiast (Mint)

Your childhood was filled with loud music as your parent practiced their instruments for hours on end. To get away from it all, you spent a lot of time outside, enjoying the great outdoors. Your biggest goal is to start a bug collection.

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Vegetarian, Clumsy

Job: Politician with a Save the Trees platform

Master Herbalism Skill

Complete Insects Collection

8. Archaeology Scholar (Light Yellow)

Instead of chasing insects, you focused on the objects you found on your family outings. Once, even, you found treasure worth 1,000 simoleons! That sparked your interest so much that you’ve decided to dedicate your life to being a treasure hunter, both at work and outside. You’d love to have your own private collection someday!

Traits: Active, Ambitious, Cheerful

Job: Investor

Master Archaeology Skill

Master Selvedoradian Culture Skill

Complete Jungle Adventures collections

9. Party Animal (Plum)

You always hated the family treasure hunts your parents made you go on, but what could you do? Well, at least when you visited Selvedorada you could dance with the locals! You adored those times, especially the parties! You want to spend every waking moment living life it’s 1999!

Traits: Dance Machine, Bro, Insider

Job: Internet Personality

Master DJ Skill

Master Dancing Skill

Throw an Incognito Costume Party, a Spooky Party, a House Party, and a Dance Party.

(Bonus points if you have a child that gains all negative character traits from the Parenthood Pack. If you do, this should be your heir!)

10. Public Enemy (Scarlet)

Your parent was too caught up in their partying to raise you well, so you raised yourself (quite unsuccessfully, you might add). You never truly learned to share, or not to take what isn’t yours. If we’re being honest, you’re the kind of Sim that just wants to watch the world burn. And if it does, then you’d probably just laugh! (*insert evil laugh here*)

Traits: Evil, Kleptomaniac, Insane

Job: Criminal

Have 5 enemies

Have a collection of stolen items

11. Computer Whiz (White)

You always thought your mother/father was insane, and it turns out you were right! Because of your not-so-great upbringing, you’re a bit of a loner. However, you were the brightest student in your school, and you long to be the brightest computer genius in the entire world.

Traits: Geek, Genius, Loner

Job: eSports Gamer

Master Programming Skill

Master Video Gaming Skill

Complete MySims Collection

12. Bodybuilder (Gold)

As a child, your parents were very occupied with their technology. You, on the other hand, spent most of your time on the jungle gym. Now, as an adult, you’re dedicated to your health and wellness. If only you would just clean up after yourself!

Traits: Active, Slob, Self-Assured

Job: Pro Athlete

Master Fitness Skill

Master Wellness Skill

Adopt a cat or dog as part of a self-help kick

13. Friend of the Animals (Purple)

One of the best decisions your mother/father ever made (next to having you of course) was getting your 4-legged friend. The two of you were best friends since the day you were born, and because of the special bond you had, you’ve decided to open a vet clinic.

Traits: Cat or Dog Lover (Based on your choice in the last generation), Good, Bookworm

Job: Running a Vet Clinic

Master Pet Training Skill

Master Veterinarian Skill

Complete Feathers collection

Have at least 1 cat and 1 dog

14. The Curator (Ruby Red)

Your parent’s vet clinic didn’t leave them much time for parenting, but you didn’t mind. You were too busy collecting the many things around you. You got so busy, in fact, that you long to start a museum!

Traits: Snob, Art Lover, Unflirty

Job: Art Critic

Complete Crystals, Elements, Fossils, Metals, and Microscope Prints collections

15. Painter Extraordinaire (Sky Blue)

Spending time in your museum of a house wasn’t very entertaining, but you made it work. All you had to do was break out a canvas and some paints and you were set for hours! Of course, not all of it was a waste. You did learn some very handy photography techniques to help you as an adult.

Traits: Creative, Art Lover, Snob

Job: Painter

Master Painting Skill

Master Photography Skill

Host Black and White Bash to showcase your art

16. Nerd Brain (Steel)

You’re not one for art (the gene seems to have skipped a generation with you), but you are a whiz with a wrench! You’ll do anything to leave this world, including build your own rocket ship out of here! Sixam, here you come!

Traits: Geek, Ambitious, Perfectionist

Job: Astronaut

Master Handiness Skill

Master Rocket Science Skill

Complete Aliens collection

Complete Space Rocks collection

Befriend an alien

17. Master Chef (Apricot)

Outer space was never really your thing, but it did give you some wonderful recipes! You’re perfectly fine spending the rest of your life on planet Earth, so long as you learn every recipe there is!

Traits: Foodie, Genius, Vegetarian

Job: Master Chef

Master Cooking Skill

Master Baking Skill

Master Gourmet Cooking Skill

Throw a dinner party

18. Chief of Mischief (Crimson)

Instead of helping your parent in the kitchen or licking the spoon, you preferred to break it. Your parent gave up on changing your ways rather quickly, so you became the mean-spirited Sim you are now. Rather than being a silly chef, you want to change the world in a bad way: by being the best super villain!

Traits: Mean, Lazy, Childish

Job: Villain

Master Mischief Skill

Win 5 fights

19. Renaissance Sim (Orange)

Your parent’s evil ways have rubbed off on you, at least somewhat. Instead of being an evildoer, though, you just want to be a mad scientist! You use frogs as your test subjects (but not for things that would hurt them! You’re not that bad), and occasionally enjoy a game of bowling.

Traits: Squeamish, Geek, Materialistic

Job: Scientist

Master Bowling Skill

Master Logic Skill

Complete Frog Collection

Complete Space Prints Collection

Reach at least level 5 of 2 other skills, but never commit enough to master them

20. Serial Romantic (Hot Pink)

You’ve never been one for committing, a trait taught to you by your mother/father. However, instead of not committing to a career or hobby, you can’t seem to commit to a single Sim! You spend much of your life bouncing from one Sim to another to sometimes several at once!! It doesn’t even matter if they’re fully human or not, either! At least you’re successful in your career...

Traits: Noncommittal, Romantic, Hates Children

Job: Doctor

Have 3 significant others at once

Never marry

Have only 1 child (must be with a vampire!!!)

21. Master Vampire (Blood Red)

Your parent was always too busy fooling around to spend time with you, so you’re quite the loner. It doesn’t help that you’re a vampire and they also didn’t know how to raise you. You figured the whole “drinking blood instead of food” thing out on your own, though. Of course, being immortal is depressing, so you don’t talk to many people, and you’re sad pretty often.

Traits: Loner, Gloomy, Snob

Job: Management

Master Vampire Lore Skill

Become a Master Vampire

Marry a human

22. Joke Star (Navy Blue)

When you were younger, you were very much the goofball in school, and you quickly decided you wanted to make it your life’s goal to make every Sim laugh. You are determined to be the most famous comedian in the world!

Traits: Goofball, Outgoing, Cheerful

Job: Comedian

Master Comedy Skill

Master Charisma Skill

23. Bestselling Author (Sepia)

As a class assignment one day, you researched your family tree and discovered all of your wacky ancestors and their antics. Using this as your inspiration, you’ve decided to be an author and write an entire book series about your family.

Traits: Creative, Bookworm, Self-Assured

Job: Author

Write 23 books (one for each heir), and a final autobiography.

Complete Postcards collection

#Sims 4 #Ts4 #Legacy Challenge #Legacy #Challenge #my challenge #I'm probably going to update this later on #I'm so sorry it's so long #But also it's really neat and the first of it's kind #so #I hope you enjoy #let me know what you think #Devin's Sims Blog #Try It All Legacy Challenge

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1. Paint a strip of every person on earths favorite color(exact color)

2. Draw a scene of every dream I’ve ever had even ones I’ve forgotten

3. Paint in all of the colors seen by cats

4. Create an origami piece the size of the sun

5. Create a map of everyone on Earths foot print path

6. Draw with the mind of my child mindfor 20 minutes

7. Paint a big wall while flying with no equipment

8. Become a cloud and paint the earth with colorful rain

9. Create a ribbon big enough to be seen from space on the earth and wrap it around earth like a present. Then take picture

10. Draw all of the different poses a hand can make

11. Completely accurately make sculptures of unborn babies grown up into adults

12. Make all of the oceans and rivers and lakes a deep purple and then write white messages in them

13. Take a star and stamp it onto a huge paper to make a star imprint

14. Have everyone dance to the Macarena at the same time...on Earth

15. Create an album with all my favorite moments in it from childhood

16. Draw all of my worst memories and when I burn the paper all of those memories disappear

17. Have each cloud be a different color for each person on the earth

18. Have lights big enough to light the entire sky and change the light each day

19. Create strings out of my aura and braid them into my hair

20. Walk on the sky and leave footprints in the shape of a heart

21. Build a house that sits on the point of its roof

22.rename all streets signs

23. Dance on the moon with no suit

24. Create a hair piece of the face of my unborn sibling

25. Create a hair piece that reaching space

26. Paint life after death

27. Paint life during death

28. Create a sculpture with just liquid water

29. Make a paper mache mask out of every assignment I’ve done

30. Create a drawing with permanent marker then erase it with a pencil eraser

31. Create a painting of my brother out of my heart and still live

32. Replace all grass with lush carpets

33. Make a drawing with my Aunt Merl

34. Make a dragon out of paper and have it come to life

35. Dance on pointe with no pointe shoes

36. Paint with an old dead artist

37. Create a ritual with a unicorn

38. Do a performance piece transforming myself into inanimate objects

38. Complete a fully functioning house made out of cotton candy

39. Live as the Halloween character I choose for a day

40. Give everyone on earth a small decorated card of random messages

41. Dance on the sun

42. Feel every feeling at once and make a painting of it(and not lose my mind)

43. Make an art piece in heaven

44. Run around in a performance set on fire without burning

45. Make a sculpture through my grandmas eyes

46. Make a sculpture through my dads eyes

47. Ride a whale and have it spray rainbow colors

48. Make my favorite sound into a real image

49. Put 5 volcanoes in a row and have them all erupt at the same time

50. Paint with hooves

51. Hold a paint brush with only my nose and make an oil painting

52. Cut as many colorful yarn pieces as the number of my hair strands and make a portrait w it

53. Get 100,000 green skittles only and melt them then make a giant skittle out of it

54.spend 100 days completely awake

55. Give 100,000 ppl play dough and have them all make a different variation of the same animal

56. Do a ritual performance and summon a god everyone can see

57. Paint with an invisible paintbrush but you can see the paint

58. Jump off a roof and land on the same roof

59. Sing a tune so high only dogs can hear and make them come to me

60. Wear a suit that turns me into an elf

61. Use magic to make 5 roses that breath air

62. Let three ppl read my mind and then write poems on what they heard/saw

63. Grow a magic bean stalk and the drop paint balloons from them and make a colorful circle around the beanstalk

64. Make a huge mold of the earth

65. Make a huge mold of the moon

66. Make a bracelet out of those molds connecting them with asteroids

67. Make a copy of myself out of newspaper that comes to life

68. Never say another word for the rest of my life

69. Have no one ever speak to me again

70. Have everyone on earth jump at the same time

71. Catch a snowflake and make an imprint of it on a paper

72. Get to the end of the rainbow and paint what I see

73. Ride on a flying broom and have the end covered in paint so it paints the floor

74. Knit a sweater that turns you into anything you want when you wear it

75. Make a pile of everyone in Georgia’s least favorite objec they own and burn it

76. Make a paper airplane that never stops flying

77. Make a VR set that allows you to lucidly play your dreams

78. Remember and draw every persons face you see in your dreams

79. Give a high five to everyone on earth

80. Meet an alien and compare trendy dances together

81. Make an art piece with Malcolm X

82. Make a floating heart

83. Make a person out of flower petals

84. Have my aura color shine from inside my chest

85. Make a rope out of my laugh

86. Grow horns and be able to dress as a real demon on Halloween

87. Give everyone in my city their favorite flower on their birthday

88. Have a magic wand that allows me any artistic ability I want

89.handmake seeds

90. Crochet a hat big enough to cover half the earth like an earth hat

91. Have no name for a year

92. Make a drawing with only my braids and a pencil

93. Draw my face perfectly with no mirror

94. Grow hair as long as a 15 ft tree

95. Braid that hair

96. Make boat out of the hair

.97 use the hair to make a trap for animals to have as pet

98.fly a paper plane all the way to Florida

99. Eat every food I’ve ever wanted to eat as a performance

100. Handmake a crystal

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