#signature move 2017

[celluloidrainbow]

SIGNATURE MOVE (2017) dir. Jennifer Reeder Zaynab, a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian in Chicago takes care of her TV-obsessed mother Parveen. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love and wrestling. (link in title)

#lgbt cinema #lesbian cinema #signature move #signature move 2017 #us cinema #lgbt #lesbian #usa #lgbt movie #lesbian movie #us movie #lgbt film #lesbian film #us film #lgbt media #lesbian media #queer cinema #north american cinema #jennifer reeder #Fawzia Mirza #Shabana Azmi #Sari Sanchez #2017 #2010s #2010s movies #2010s films #2010s cinema

[hexmurphy]

#signature move #signature move 2017 #fawzia mirza #sari sanchez #filmedit #i meant to gif more of this lol here we are

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“In the Midst of Wolves, Part 1,” Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2/2012), #13.

Writer: Christopher Yost; Penciler: Khoi Pham; Inkers: Tom Palmer and Terry Pallot; Colorists: Fabio D’Auria, Andres Mossa, and Antonia Fabela

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Scarlet Spider vol. 2 #Scarlet Spider 2012 #Scarlet Spider #Kaine #Kaine Parker #truly one of my FAVORITE moments from the entire series #it’s got Kaine’s signature dramatic entrance #vague allusions to Catholicism (?????) #further confirmation of my theory that a full grown man (or a bit over grown in Kaine’s case) with the proportionate #speed and flexibility of a spider would be TERRIFYING to witness in person #I just think of this issue or issue 310 of Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #imagine just being some mook #some hired gun #and something (supposedly???) human shaped but definitely doesn’t move like any human you’ve ever seen comes scuttling foward in the dark #first on the ground and then suddenly it’s on the ceiling and then suddenly you’re on the ground because it punched you in the face #I would give up Crime right then and there

[maxarchive]

MAX-IMUM ATTACK 2017 Season Photos and words by Darren Heath

Monday lunchtime, Heathrow Terminal 5. Standing next to the slowly revolving baggage carousel, a fresh-faced, slightly awkward-looking - just out of his teens - young man is awaiting the arrival of his chattels.

Dressed in bland black trainers, similarly hued skinny jeans and an oversized hoody, this Young Turk ain’t winning any style awards. iPhone in hand, he’s busy swiping the screen in that head-bowed social media style billions of us now ‘enjoy’.

Max Verstappen doesn’t really do flash. He couldn’t look more ‘normal’. Yet put him in a racing car and he’s just about the most special talent to arrive on motor racing’s top step for decades.

Schumacher-esque – Michael of course! – is a term increasingly heard up and down the F1 paddock, such is the impact the Netherlands’ premier sportsman is now making.

I can see it too.

The fresh-faced 16-year-old boy who was, upon his arrival, so ignorantly dismissed by many within the sport is rapidly becoming a man. It’s amazing how quickly young sportsmen living life in the public gaze assume adulthood. Just take a look at Sebastian Vettel. The gawky kid of 2009 became the handsome dude of 2010!

What sets the potentially great apart from the mediocre? What makes Max Verstappen so, so much more special than, say, Carlos Sainz?

I guess it’s the whole package: the look; the mien; the steely character honed to be a racer almost from before he could walk; the utterly uncompromising way he dismisses any questioning of his racecraft; the toys-out-of-the-pram reaction to harsh penalties; the fast straight-out-of-the-box attacking style; and the rapier-like overtaking ability, the like of which we haven’t seen for many a year. Such was Max’s impact on the art of passing and defending, the rules had to be rewritten!

The way the car looks through the turns, the application of throttle, steering and immensely late braking. Metronomic in his blisteringly fast lap time delivery, this boy has the lot. He IS the future of Formula 1.

In so, so many ways – but let’s hope not all – Max is the new MSC.

Racing in an aggressive and forceful style often results in on-track contretemps with some of his more seasoned rivals. No matter, Max takes no prisoners, batting away questions about the legality of some of his racing moves with a dismissive arrogance that’s strangely appealing in its delivery.

Up to speed now and surely making Dan Ricciardo question his team-leading abilities, Verstappen is unquestionably Red Bull’s main man.

Off-track too, Max is sorted. Guided by his F1-experienced father, the young Verstappen has an able and well-qualified navigator at the helm. Learning from his own ill-advised 1990s F1 driving career decisions, Jos pays absolute attention so as to ensure his son maximises the opportunities on offer.

With top-drawer drivers in short supply, Red Bull had better make damned sure their 2019-and-beyond engine supply is top-notch. The bidding war for Max’s signature is already in full swing. Ferrari and Mercedes are enviously eyeing the Dutchman’s abilities with covetous desire.

It’s easy to forget that Max is only 20 years old. Way ahead in racing driver maturity - a relative term! – than so many millions of a similar age, Max has appeared mentally developed beyond his years since first he appeared in the F1 paddock at Spa 2014. It struck me then how entirely capable this 16-year-old boy was dealing with multiple language questions and untold camera lenses. Listening to his interrogator politely before answering calmly and intelligently, Max appeared born to the role…

Fast forward to now and Verstappen is a multiple grand prix winner and 2018 title-chasing challenger. Part of the new breed of F1 racers, Max leads the pack. Publicly respectful of his rivals, although privately dismissive of many, he well knows his place among the potentially great.

Michael Schumacher once opined – in an interview I photographed – that his father had advised him to heed well the arrival on the scene of the next great talent. The one who’d challenge and quickly replace the dominant male. Well, Lewis, Sebastian and Fernando, that man has arrived.

You’d best heed Herr Schumacher’s words well…

#max verstappen #f1 #2017

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Why can't the owners sell this little house that Chip & Joanna Gaines restored for them in 2016? It was built in 1920, in Waco, Texas, of course, & the buyers, who got the home for free, paid $5K to move it from its original spot plus $31K for the lot where it currently sits. It has 1bd, 1ba,  was listed in 2017 for $950K, relisted in Oct. 2023 for the same price, & the current list price of $799,500 comes out to $761 per sq. ft. for the 1,050-sq. ft. home. Let's take a look.

The walls are pale putty, Joanna's signature color, and the pine floors were restored.

Plain black countertops were chosen for a less expensive chic look.

The small kitchen has a white subway tile backsplash, bar seating, and open shelving.

View of the main living area from the loft. The exhaust hood has a hole, so I guess it filters the air before it comes out into the house.

This is the only bedroom. It's a good size, but not huge. The floating shelves in place of night stands are too high. I wonder if there's a way to shut those lamps off, without standing up, after you're thru reading in bed.

The single bath has an industrial aesthetic with a double cement sink. There's no tub, which some buyers may want.

It has a washer/dryer, which is always great.

In the loft is a den, but it could be a 2nd bedroom. The ladder is awkward, though, b/c it's on a pulley system that raises it up to the ceiling when not in use, b/c space is at a premium in the small house.

There's a wide cement path and room for plants along the side.

Spacious yard has a brick patio with soil for planting around it. I think that the price is the problem. Waco isn't as expensive as other places and what you're getting is basically a little larger than a tiny house.

#small homes #joanna gaines house #houses #house tours #home tour

[lovingrosewho]

Grudges

So here we go again: many many years ago (around 2017), I wrote this Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader! fanfiction, I never published it ‘cause I was always making corrections and re-reading it, I tried to publish it around 2019 I think, but then I lost that tumblr account… anyways. After all these years, I bring it to you again, with no new corrections, just myself from 2017 speaking/writing. Hope you like it!

MULTICHAPTER

CHAPTER ONE

Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem!reader!

Rating: T

Word count: 4128

Summary: the BAU is investigating a series of murders in your hometown, and you’re right in the middle of it, but Dr. Spencer Reid takes a particular liking in you.

Warnings: usual tv series stuff (absent father, missing relative, murder and crime scene descriptions)

(set after season 8)

It was just another day at the BAU, Penelope had just called everyone into the conference room to explain the next case.

“Delaware. Three victims. First victim was killed two weeks ago, his name was Adrien Sanders, he was 57 years old, 5’7 feet tall; second victim was killed almost a week ago, Philip Moore, 56 years old, 5’9 feet tall; and third victim, Dennis Barnes, was killed yesterday, he was 59 years old, also 5’9 feet tall. All three were males, and as you can see, with similar physical features” she explains pointing with a laser to the pictures “Although, they were shot in different places; Sanders was shot in the stomach, Moore on the neck and the right leg, and Barnes was shot several times in… pretty much everywhere” García says, getting goosebumps from the images shown.

“He’s escalating, acting out of rage. Are there any connections besides the physical similarity between the victims?” Morgan asks.

“None, apparently. Sanders was a salesman, he was murdered in Pike Creek, getting out of a bar at night, Moore was a lawyer, killed in plain daylight, near his house in Glasgow, and Barnes was shot at his job, a car factory in Wilmington. No witnesses”.

“I believe we’ve got ourselves an unsub who uses his victims as surrogates for someone else due to the extreme resemblance they present. We’ll keep discussing it on the plane. Wheels up in 30” Hotch declares.

“There’s no evident pattern on the map, it just seems like the unsub picked… random locations” Reid says frowning while looking at the map, tracing lines on it.

“If he’s using his victims as surrogates, wouldn’t it be possible that these men are just victims of opportunity? Maybe the man who killed them is in some kind of delusion that they are who he really wants to kill, they cross paths with him, looking almost, or exactly like his target, and then… that’s it. They’re gone”. JJ says.

“Why are we assuming he’s a man?” Rossi questions.

“That’s a good point…” Spencer speaks “Nothing makes it look like it… this unsub… it doesn’t look like he had a special or knowing management of a gun given the places where he shot his victims, he didn’t use his hands, so there are no traces on the bodies, there’s no signature, no murder weapon, no sign that it was personal, there are no witnesses… there’s no way we can know if it’s a man or a woman”.

“Then we’re back at square one” Morgan concludes “We can’t move forward if we don’t even know if the killer is a male or a female ‘cause we’ve got nothing else, no signature, no nothing”.

“Of course we have something: victimology” Hotch points out “Try to stop looking for the unsub directly, start looking for the next victim, who fits the description and how could he be connected to the unsub. When we land, Reid and I will speak to Delaware authorities to find out what else they can tell us about the case, Rossi and Morgan, go to the last crime scene and let us know what you can tell about this last murder, JJ, go talk to the families of the victims, see what they can tell you about them, if they have any suspicions of someone who could’ve killed their relatives, and if they know of any connection at all with the other victims”.

“You got it” JJ assures.

“We’ll meet you again at Wilmington’s offices”.

While the BAU is busy trying to catch the killer in your town, you’re busy going to work riding your bicycle at the same time you brush your teeth.

You get to the flower shop almost half hour late and start giving Irene, the old lady you work for, explanations as to why you are late, she just looks at you all messed up and laughs, telling you it’s fine since it’s the first time you’re late and that it is no big deal.

You sigh, trying to calm your nerves. You stayed up pretty late last night, waiting for Connor’s text, letting you know he was okay. He’s been doing that for the past couple of weeks he’s been missing. At first you wondered if it was really him, he must’ve guessed that, because he sent you a voicenote, telling you not to worry, saying he needed to clear his mind, apologizing for his behavior… since then, he had been texting you everyday at the same hour every night, but last night, he didn’t text you until 4 a.m.

You figured it was normal, after meeting with your father again, who you hadn’t seen in your 25 years, until then.

You think about all of that while arranging all of the flowers on the counter and changing the signboard from “CLOSED” to “OPEN”, when you do that, you sigh again, sitting behind the counter, pulling a book out of your bag, waiting for the doorbell to ring, indicating you have a customer.

It takes less than 5 minutes for it to ring, which is weird. You frown without taking your eyes off of your book until you’re done reading that sentence. You look up with your best smile and ready to work, when you see your dad standing on the doorway. You roll your eyes and pinch your nose bridge on that precise instant, sensing an oncoming migraine.

“What do you want?” you ask, not raising your voice so Irene doesn’t get startled.

“I told you. I want to make peace with you. And your brother” he says, smiling. What a hypocrite.

“Sir. I’m gonna need to ask you to get out” you say, still not raising the volume.

“(Y/N)…”

“I told you that day at the coffee shop… neither me, or Connor, are going to make peace with you… you weren’t here… ever… the few things I know about you, are that you used to beat Connor and my mom up, and that you left the second I was born, how am I supposed to forgive you uh? Tell me” you rant.

“I told you, I am truly sorry”.

“No you’re not… and even if you are… it is not enough. Look, sir, I’m going to ask you to leave again, if you don’t, or if I see you again, I’m gonna call the police and accuse you of harassment, understood?” you state, voice firm and impassive. He looks at you, surprise in his eyes, but nods and turns around, opening the door.

“If you ever change your mind… I’m renting a small apartment here in Wilmington, in front of Stapler Park” he says before getting out and start walking.

“Screw you” you whisper, getting back to your book, when Irene comes to stand behind you.

“Your old man?” she inquires with her Alabamian accent.

“Nah” you say, not removing your eyes from the page you’re in “He’s not my anything”.

A couple of days went by, the team was at Wilmington's offices, discussing the case all over again after each of them had researched enough but came up clean.

"JJ what did you come up with?" Hotch interrogates her, frustrated about not getting anywhere near catching the unsub.

"Not much, I mean... I’m trying to make connections but... the three victims were pretty much... average Joe's... Adrien Sanders was out drinking with a couple of friends, nothing unusual according to his ex wife, Philip Moore was supposed to come home to his son and wife, he was only a couple of blocks away from his house, and Dennis Barnes was working on fixing some car engine, according to his coworkers. Nothing out of the ordinary, no leads..."

"Okay then, let's start thinking, if they're surrogates, who are they surrogates for?" Hotch follows up.

"Could be an ex husband?" Rossi suggests.

"Or perhaps it would be more likely to be an abusive relative?" Morgan thinks.

"Statistically yeah, 3.3 million American children are exposed to domestic violence in their homes each year, 45 to 70% of the same number of children who are exposed to domestic violence are also victims of physical abuse, because of the trauma, they have higher risks of alcohol/drug abuse and juvenile delinquency" Reid states, almost like quoting it from a book.

"The victims were 56, 57 and 59 years old, which means we're looking for someone between the ages of 25-30" Rossi says until Reid comes in again.

"Actually, I think we should consider 25-35 or more, statistics show that it is more likely to suffer from domestic violence when they come from an unwanted pregnancy, which means..."

"Teenage parents" JJ guesses.

"Exactly... we shouldn't even dismiss someone who is 40 years old" Reid assures.

"Okay then what are we looking for? Males or females who suffered from domestic violence, delusional, probably with a criminal record..." Hotch starts.

"Kids who suffer this, don't usually have social skills nor education" Rossi interrupts.

"I think it's time we give the profile" Hotch declares getting out of the conference room.

"We're looking for males or females between the ages of 25-40 years old, who suffered from domestic violence, they're more likely to have a criminal record, no social skills, and barely any or no education at all" Hotch says to the authorities who are present in the room.

"This unsub doesn't know how to manage his anger, he uses his victims as surrogates to what we think might be an abusive relative" Morgan informs.

"He or she might as well be delusional, he kills his victims because he thinks he saw his real target. The victims he's looking for are males from 55-60 years old, with a fair complexion, dark hair, and about 5"9 feet tall. When you relieve this information to the press, let them know the characteristics of the victimology, in case someone knows anyone who has this specific features. Thank you" Hotch concludes before getting back to the office with the rest of the team to call Garcia.

"Ready to act, sir" she answers.

"Garcia we need you to check reports from children who suffered from domestic violence in the estate of Delaware, more specifically in the cities of Pike Creek, Glasgow and Wilmington in the last 40 years" Hotch demands.

"Your wish is my command sir, and... oh... I've got 17,334 results..."

The team keeps trying to crosscheck results for a while, but none fit the profile.

"Maybe they weren't even born here" Rossi says, frankly exhausted.

The phone rings and JJ answers.

"Yeah... could you give me his name? Barry (Y/L/N)... okay, thank you, what about an address? That's okay, thank you ma'am" JJ hangs up and looks at the team "Someone fits the description of the victims".

"Garcia, could you look for a man named Barry (Y/L/N) please?" Hotch asks.

"Right... he is 57 years old, got married in Washington D.C... and... oh my god..."

"What is it babygirl?" Morgan questions, worry in his voice.

"It's just... there are... several anonymous reports of domestic violence... and... he has a daughter. (Y/N) (Y/L/N)".

"What can you tell us about her?" Hotch interrogates.

"She is 25 years old, lives here, on the city of Wilmington, she has no social media handles, but... something's not right".

"What do you mean?" JJ says.

"She doesn't fit the profile even though her father does fit the victimology. She went to kindergarten and the first year of elementary school at Washington D.C, then she continued studying but here in Delaware, graduated from college with honors from the University of Delaware, with a degree in fine arts."

"What about a criminal record?" Morgan inquires.

"None, she's... perfect..." Garcia says, giving up.

"Okay, thanks Garcia" Hotch says and hangs up, frustrated again "It doesn't matter that she doesn't fit the profile, we should still check her out, see what she can tell us about her father. Reid, I need you to take care of that, while the rest of us try to figure out if something went wrong with the profile".

"Why just me?" Spencer frowns.

"Because you're closer to her age, and given the facts Garcia gave us about her, she sounds pretty similar to you, maybe you can get her to tell you something relevant" Aaron tells him. Spencer doesn't look so comfortable going on his own but agrees at the end, when he's about to leave the conference room Morgan yells at him.

"Hey kid! Just wrap it up!" he says mocking him and starts laughing, the whole team starts giggling, except for Hotch who only looks at him and shrugs. Spencer's cheeks turn red and he rushes to get out of Wilmington's offices.

Meanwhile, you get home from the flower shop, still no sign from Connor.

You go to your room, dodging the canvas and cans of paint so you can change into something more comfortable when there's a knock at the door. You close your eyes and frown, waiting to hear Connor's voice.

"(Y/N) (Y/L/N)?" a man says through the door "I’m... Dr. Spencer Reid, I'm with the FBI, could you please open your door?".

Panic starts flooding you when the thought of Connor being in trouble pops up.

You walk slowly to the door and open it, revealing the most beautiful man you've seen in your entire life. Spencer is taken aback by your beauty as well, he looks at you in shock, as if he was expecting someone else.

"Are you...?" he starts.

"Yes" you interrupt “Uh... come in please".

When he enters the small house, the first thing he notices is a huge amount of books spread all over the place, you start picking them up and trying to pile them somewhere where they don't get in the way.

"I'm so sorry" you apologize "I wasn't planning on having any visits".

He giggles softly "It's okay" he says, helping you pick up the ones on the couch, leaving them on a table near it.

"Would you um...? Like some coffee? Or tea or water or... something?" you ramble.

"Coffee is fine, thank you".

You bring two mugs of coffee to the table in front of the couch, along with sugar and milk in case he’d like to pour some. You sit next to him, holding your cup between your both hands.

"So... how can I help you?" you finally ask.

"I'm with the BAU... the uh... the Behavioral Analysis Unit, we... profile the unsub... unsub stands for unknown subject... we-uh-we are investigating the recent murders that take place here in Delaware" he explains.

"Oh... okay" you say, still not understanding how can you help them.

"Do you... do you know this man?" he asks, showing you a picture of your father, you look at it, not even taking it to get a closer look.

"Yes, he's the son of a bitch who abandoned my family the day I was born" you whisper, holding your cup more forcefully than necessary.

He looks at you with a look you can't decipher.

"There are... several anonymous reports of domestic violence... I was wondering if... I could ask you a few questions about it, about your life in general" when he says this, it hits you.

"Are you considering me a suspect?" he scratches the back of his head, bowing it down.

"Your father... matches the victimology, and even though you don't fit the entire profile, we shouldn't dismiss any possibilities... I just... I want to know a bit more about you and your family, that's all, I'm not assuming anything".

"What do you want to know?" you murmur.

"What do you remember about your father?"

"Nothing. I told you. He left the day I was born, my mother died 6 years after that".

"What...? What do you mean? Who raised you then?" he looks surprised. You thought he would know that part of your life if he already knew who your father was.

"My brother of course".

He stays quiet for a couple of minutes, staring at you.

"I didn't know you had a brother" he confesses "What's his name?"

"Connor" you look down at your, now cold, cup of coffee, and take a sip.

"Can you tell me more about him?" he asks politely.

"Well... we were both born in Washington D.C... my mother had him when she was 18 and my father was 20, it was an unwanted pregnancy... for all I know, he used to beat my mother up, and Connor as well, when he tried to defend her. 12 years later, my mother got pregnant again… the day I was born, my father left, so my brother started working as a carpenter's assistant... after dating several guys, abusive, just like my dad, my mom got into a severe depression and died when I was 6 years old... by then my brother was already 18, and he had saved up enough for us to move here to Delaware... we've been living here ever since" you explain, the images of your mother, lying dead on her bed tormenting you again.

"So your brother... he worked and studied at the same time?" he questions.

"No... he... he couldn't afford to keep us both in school, he wasn't even able to finish elementary school but... he made sure I went to and finish college. He raised me... as if I was his own daughter" you say, feeling kind of guilty.

“What about his social life?” he asks, worry starting to show up on his face.

“Neither of us has what you would consider a social life… I’m always buried either on my books or my paintings, if not, I’m working on the flower shop, and he’s always buried on his work… we have each other, and that’s quite enough, when we come home we have dinner together, talk about our day, watch a movie or something… it’s… pretty much just the two of us against the world. It’s always been like that” you acknowledge, a single tear streaming down your cheek.

Spencer looks at you almost with pity and cleans the tear with his thumb mindlessly, even though he’s not too keen of physical contact, it just seems appropriate. The gesture sends butterflies to your stomach.

“(Y/N)… listen to me carefully… I need you to tell me where your brother is”.

“What?” you exclaim, fear coming out of your voice “You think he did this? No. Spencer… no, I’m sorry but that’s not possible. You don’t know him. He wouldn’t… no… the fact that the victims are similar to my father is just a coincidence, Connor is just… not capable of this… I mean…” you ramble with your voice cracking at the end.

“(Y/N)” he stares at you, looking directly into your eyes, it is as if he can see right through you “Where is he?”

“I don’t know!” you shout bursting into tears “He disappeared two weeks ago”.

“Why didn’t you report him missing?”

“’Cause he’s been sending me texts every night, letting me know he’s okay! I figured… we saw our father again… after 25 years without seeing him, he found us… I thought… I thought it was normal that he wanted some time alone…”

“What’s his phone number?” he asks, pulling out his own cellphone, dialing a number “Garcia, I need you to run a name for me and track a number”.

“Okie dokie” a woman says at the other end of the line “Shoot”.

“Connor (Y/L/N). He’s (Y/N)’s brother. I just sent you the number”.

“Alright, let me do my magic… mmmh… oh. Wow. This is weird. I’ve got nothing”.

“What do you mean you’ve got nothing?” Spencer says, raising his voice.

“He’s not registered. At all. Not even a birth certificate. And the cellphone’s off”.

“He was never registered” you inform “Our parents never considered it important, so...”

“Where does he work?” Spencer cuts you off in a desperate way, you give him the address of the truck company “(Y/N), I need to go with the team. Will you be okay on your own?”

You nod slightly “Just… call me when you find him… please” you plead, still sobbing.

“Yes. I promise. I will. Thank you” he says reaching for the doorknob “(Y/N)… please be careful. Connor is delusional… please, lock the doors and windows... and stay safe” after telling you this, he leaves in a hurry, leaving his cup of coffee intact on top of the table.

You sit on the couch, laying down slowly, you close your eyes. You fall asleep crying, wishing that when you wake up, everything going on around you is just a nightmare.

Spencer joins the team when they’re about to leave Wilmington’s offices to go to your brother’s workplace, the moment he hops onto the van, the whole team starts bombing him with questions.

“Reid, what did (Y/N) tell you?” Hotch inquires while driving.

“Her father left when she was born, her brother is 12 years older than her which means he’s 37, their father used to abuse Connor and her mother… the anonymous reports of domestic violence must’ve been done by him, but no one ever did anything. They saw their father two weeks ago”.

“That must’ve been the stressor” Rossi affirms.

When the team gets to Connor’s workplace, they don’t find him, but they do find his boss.

“Michael Turner?” Hotch asks a bald man approaching them, showing him his badge “I’m SSA Aaron Hotchner, this is my team, we’re with the FBI investigating the murders that take place here in Delaware”.

“How can I help you?” Mr. Turner asks unsurely.

“We’re looking for Connor (Y/L/N), I believe he works for you”, Michael laughs ironically.

“Not anymore” he says “That kid hasn’t come to work for days, the last time I saw him, he had to drop some packages in Pike Creek and Glasgow, when you find him, tell him he’s fired”.

“Mr. Turner, why did you hire Connor in the first place if he had no identifications?” Spencer interrogates.

“’Cause he was just a boy… just 18, having to take care of his 6 year old sister… I took him under my wing, how could I not? But for what I see, this is the payment I get” he exclaims angrily while turning around “Excuse me gentlemen, but I have work to do”.

“Thank for your time” Aaron says, turning back to the team “Where else could Connor be?”

“If he’s been looking for a specific target, that could be his endgame” JJ suggests.

“We need to know where his father lives currently, if he’s delusional about people who look like him, his father is his endgame” says Hotch.

“We need to be fast, he hasn’t killed anyone in days, that could mean he already knows where his father lives, I’ll call Garcia” Morgan decides and dials the number “Hey, talk to me babygirl”.

“My chocolate thunder, what can I do for you?” she answers.

“I need you to tell me where Barry (Y/L/N) currently lives”.

“Okay let me check, he… oh no. He just rented an apartment in front of Staple Park, here in Wilmington, I’m sending you the complete address right now”.

“Thanks Garcia, we’re on our way ” Hotch indicates, turning the siren on and starting the engine of the SUV.

When they arrive to Barry (Y/L/N)’s apartment, they discover he is just fine, watching TV on the livingroom.

“Can I help you?” he asks standing up, clearly mad about some stranger breaking into his house, his voice is hoarse from drinking.

“Mr. (Y/L/N), we’re with the FBI, have you seen your son Connor (Y/L/N)?” Hotch asks annoyed by the man in front of him.

“My son?” he chuckles “I don’t think my son will want to see me ever again”.

“He hasn’t talked to you? Threatened you?” Morgan inquires.

“No, but who did threat me, actually, was his sister” the team notices right away that he said ‘his sister’ instead of ‘my daughter’. Barry rolls his eyes “She said she’d accuse me of harassment if I came near her ever again”.

“She’s not our unsub” Reid claims abruptly.

“We know that, Reid” Hotch tells him, dismayed by his sudden behavior “Mr. (Y/L/N), please don’t hesitate on calling if something strange happens”.

“Stranger than a bunch of FBI agents breaking into my apartment?” he huffs “Yeah, okay, I will”.

The team gets out of the house, confused by the pattern Connor has been following.

“He hasn’t killed anyone else, that can just mean that he’s looking for his endgame, the one who made it imposible for him to live the life he wanted or deserved” Rossi intervenes.

“Unless…” JJ starts “Unless his father isn’t his endgame”.

“Who else could it be?” Morgan exclaims, raising his eyebrows.

“(Y/N)” Reid says, running towards the SUV, followed by the rest of the team.

Chapter 2

MASTERLIST

#spencer reid x reader #reid x reader #spencer reid fanfic #spencer reid fanfiction #spencer reid fic #bau team fanfiction #criminal minds fanfiction

[eretzyisrael]

By  Kassy Dillon

A petition created in October by an SAIC alumnus calling for Tosca’s dismissal received over 2,400 signatures.

In a tweet on October 10, Tosca accused Israel of “making money off of war.”

“Always has, always will,” Tosca added.

Mika Tosca accused Israel of making money off of war just days after Israel was attacked by Hamas.

Canary Mission claims Tosca retweeted an October 10 tweet that said: “how tidily should this have proceeded? this is ‘terrorism’ cos Hamas has targeted civilians. ok should they simply have declared war on their warden? would the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] have met them in formation on a field, beating drums, for a fair fight? I do not love violence but what is expected?”

Tosca’s Instagram account describes Tosca as a “radically optimistic transsexual climate scientist.”

Tosca previously worked at NASA’s renowned Jet Propulsion Laboratory before switching to SAIC. Tosca explained the 2017 career move as a way of helping scientists better communicate.

“I think artists and designers and other creatives have a really special and unique way of imagining and interpreting and analyzing our world in a way that scientists don’t always do,” Tosca told Chicago’s PBS station. “I wanted to think about new ways, or perhaps more effective ways, of ultimately getting the general public to buy into the science but also the solutions to climate change.”

#mika tosca #israel #hamas #gaza #saic #school of the art institute of chicago

[welcome-to-green-hills]

https://www.tumblr.com/greenyvertekins/735895121322754048?source=share

MYSTERY CAN YOU DO YOUR FANCY ANTHROPOLOGIST MAGIC TO TELL US IF SONIC IS RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED BY LOOKING WT HIS SIGNATURE?!🤩

Hahaha! Hi, Hon! Excellent question! I'm sorry if you were looking for a simple "yes" or "no" answer.❤️✨

I will be honest with you; this is a plausible theory. The problem here is that the science to support the claim is pretty vast. That, and it's not a topic that's explored often. If anything, we could call this a “working theory.” I say this because it requires a strong understanding in developmental and psychological science, graphology, and linguistic anthropology. My background is in archaeology. While I am required in my field to recognize and record historical writing, I don't have the level of experience analyzing writing in that fashion. I think that if you wanted a stronger answer for this, you'd have to consult either a forensic anthropologist, a graphologist, a linguistic anthropologist, or a psychologist. This is just my advice to you if you're interested in exploring this topic further.

The style of writing narrows down to the psychology and cognitive ability of how one learns to read, to write, and how they process the information so that they can share it in the future. I've talked a little bit about this concept when I was asked if Sonic Wachowski is left or right-handed (spoiler alert, he’s both)! As for game Sonic, I think that it's a little bit harder to determine.

When determining a dominant hand, we look at the way that the I's, E's, O's, T's, and H's are written. This gives us an idea of whether or not smudging occurred when the hand moved along the page, the amount of pressure applied to the writing instrument with lines, stroke movements, and slanted letters--these are usually diagonal for left-handed people (Sahu & Kujur, 2017). These are easier to tell if these are done with pen rather than pencil. Looking at the photos, I think that Sonic could be both. However, the resolution of the images with the sneakers are a bit hard to tell. Instead, I'll look at the handwriting with his full name on it for observation. This is the one that's obviously written in pen.

Right off the bat, we see that his name is slanted rather than standing upright. Here, we see that the formation of each word is in a straight line with the lettering slanted. This is very noticeable in the word "hedgehog." Next, we'll look at the way that the letters are formed. What we're looking for specifically is how the cross strokes and circular letters are formed. Left-handed individuals make their cross strokes from right-to-left, as well as clockwise rotations in circular letters (Hobden, 2019). Right-handed individuals do the exact opposite. These characteristics help me determine both the starting point and the finishing point of the letter formation. The best indicator of left-handed penmanship is in the letters "T" and "H." Both the "T" and the "H" have a slight curvature in their cross and hump formation, making the line strokes appear a bit round rather than straight lines.

The curvature in the "T" and the "H" are characteristics seen in left-handed individuals to help the writer see the words as they're writing in a line. Along with the cross strokes, the slanted letters help the writer see the full words after the hand moves forward. This is a hooked hand formation. Even the cross bars of both the "T" and "H" show that the starting point of the pen formed from the right and moved diagonally to the left.

For now, I'm leaning into the idea of Game!Sonic having a dominant left hand. This is all hypothetical rather than it being concrete theory. Throughout Sonic's gaming history, we've seen him skateboard, fight/parry, and control a sword with a right hook. When it comes to examining how he writes, it appears to be that he's left-handed dominant. I think, more than anything, Sonic is ambidextrous and has a preference in which hand he uses to fight and write.

I hope that this answers your question, my dear!❤️✨

#Before anyone asks... elongating specific letters in written words is emphasis on how the word sounds. #mystery anon #off topic #I am an anthropologist #I am an archaeologist #sonic the hedgehog #sonic wachowski

[betterbooktitles]

I do my best writing inside the Empire Toyota of Huntington Service Center waiting room. I am very diligent about maintenance and oil changes, so much so that a mechanic in Brooklyn once told me “this is the most well-preserved Camry I have ever worked on.” Within six months of living on Long Island, however, that superlative belongs to some other car.

“You got a rodent living in there.” the Huntington mechanic said. “Look.”

The hood was open on my silver 2017 Camry. I bought it used with 10,000 miles on it. My previous car was a 2006 Jetta (manual; thank you for your patience, Dad). When I began my search for the car, I typed “Jetta used near me” into Google. Google immediately sent me ads for Cadillacs. Excuse me. You know the other things I’ve been Googling, Google! No one who bought a Cadillac also recently searched “Megan Man X2 Boss Order?”

The mechanic had walked me through the garage, past several open hoods of healthier cars, to show me my car, hovering slightly off the gray epoxy floor, held up by a bright yellow two-post lift. It felt like I had been asked to identify a body in the morgue. The tires were removed and he pointed at the visible rings of rust.

Over the annoying anti-rhythm of impact wrenches whirring, he yelled: “that’s where the brakes meet the tires. Bad!”

The car had been shaking at stop lights both when I braked and when I began moving again. I had ignored it until now, hoping everything would be magically fixed at this garage in under an hour without my acknowledging the problem. No dice. I was going to be there most of the day. Thankfully, I don’t mind sitting in a room while NY1 plays in the background and I’m free to treat the time I’m required to wait like I’m in adult detention. Between waiting for a car to be serviced and waiting in that big room to potentially get called for jury duty, it’s tough to pick a better spot where I can simply think. I guess I could go to the library, but who has the time?

As a bonus, there is a Starbucks touchscreen coffee maker near the bathrooms of the Empire Toyota of Huntington Service Center. I think about this machine from the second I make my car’s service appointment. When I’m at home selecting a time to go in, I’m trying to sync it with a normal (for me) coffee break. When I’m driving to the service center, I’m thinking about that double cappuccino I’m going to get. When the Toyota rep whose job is to sit me down in a tiny office and calmly deliver the news that I’m about to get gouged fixing those tires, I’m thinking about the coffee. When I’m approving $850 worth of repairs with my signature, I’m wondering whether there will be more than one choice of bean on that day’s screen, whether I should add a Sugar In The Raw packet this time around.

And when I finally sit down to drink that coffee, free of any responsibility for 2–5 hours, I can get to work writing the next great novel or TV pilot. Or a shitload of texts and tweets.

Read the rest:

Medium

Substack

#funny #essays #joke writing #jokes #essay #writing #screens #screen time #movies #film #blog

[snailmusic]

@solariscress and i have created something beautiful

the ultimate ken polycule graph

featuring 100 kens, compiled by solariscress

kenlist under the cut

Original Ken (1961)

Bendable Legs Ken (1965)

Talking Ken (1969)

New Good Lookin’ Ken (1970)

Live Action Ken (1971)

Sunset Malibu Ken (1971)

Walk Lively Ken (1972)

Busy Ken (1972)

Mod Hair Ken (1973)

Sun Valley Ken (1974)

Gold Medal Skier Ken (1975)

Free Moving Ken (1975)

Now Look Ken (1976)

Superstar Ken (1977)

Hawaiian Ken (1978)

Sun Lovin Malibu Ken (1979)

Western Ken (1980)

Fashion Jeans Ken (1981)

Sunsational Malibu Ken (1982)

Sun Gold Malibu Ken (1983)

Hawaiian Ken (1983)

Dream Date Ken (1984)

Day to Night Ken (1984)

Dreamglow Ken (1985)

Tropical Ken (1985)

Hot Rockin’ Fun Ken (1986)

Perfume Giving Ken (1987)

Island Fun Ken (1987)

Jewel Secrets Ken (1987)

My First Ken (1988)

Ice Capades Ken (1989)

Wedding Day Ken (1990)

Rollerblade Ken (1991)

Totally Hair Ken (1992)

Earring Magic Ken (1992)

Hollywood Hair Ken (1992)

Secret Hearts Ken (1992)

Locket Surprise Ken (1993)

Vintage Camp Ken (1993)

Butterfly Princess Ken (1994)

Weight Liftin’ Fun Ken (1995)

Sparkle Beach Ken (1995)

Splash n’ Color (1996)

Pearl Beach Ken (1997)

Totally Cool Ken (1997)

Dr. Ken (1998)

Florida Vacation (1988)

Shave n’ Style Ken (1999)

Vintage Florida Ken (1999)

Harley Davidson Ken (1999)

Surf City Ken (2000)

Prince Eric Ken (2001)

Magic Jewel Ken (2001)

Prince Stefen Ken (2001)

Rio de Janeiro Ken (2002)

Ken Surf Boy (2002)

Skate Date Ken (2002)

Route 66 University Ken (2003)

Prince Daniel Ken (2003)

Cali Girl Ken (2003)

King Dominick Ken (2004)

Superman Returns Ken (2005)

Beach Fun Ken Rooted Hair (2005)

Beach Glam Ken (2006)

Dream Groom Ken (2006)

Prince Antonio Ken (2007)

Diamond Castle Twin Musician Ken (2008)

Camping Family Ken (2009)

A Fashion Fairytale Ken (2009)

Sugar Daddy Palm Beach Ken (2010)

She Said Yes Ken (2010)

Toy Story Ken (2010)

Fairy Secret Ken (2011)

Dreamhouse Ken (2012)

Princess and Popstar Ken (2012)

Fairy Tale Wedding Ken (2012)

Texas ATM Ken (2012)

On the Prowl Ken (2013)

Barbie in the Pink Shoes Ken (2013)

Spy Squad Inventor Ken (2015)

Ken Fashionista #13 (2016)

Moschino Ken (2016)

Super Stripes Ken (2017)

Mermaid Man Ken Dreamtopia (2018) 

Ken Fashionista #115 (2019)

60th Anniversary Ken (2020)

Adventure Prince Ken (2020)

Malibu Blond Ken (2020)

Ken Fashionista #183 (2021)

Signature Looks Ken #9 (2021)

Dia de Muertos Ken (2022)

Ryan Gosling Ken (2023)

Ncuti Gatwa Ken (2023)

Simu Liu Ken (2023)

Kinsley Ben-Adir Ken (2023)

Ramzan Miah Ken (2023)

Scott Evans Ken (2023)

John Cena Ken (2023)

Christ Taylor Ken (2023)

David Munmei Ken (2023)

this is definitely canon

#barbie #barbie 2023 #math #ken barbie #barbie movie

[overgrown-ruins]

Book Sale

I’ll be moving shorty and will need to find homes for the following list of books (under the cut).

If you are interested in any of these titles, or anything else I am planning to rehome (board games, dvds, stationary, home goods, etc.), either reply to this post or send me a message.

All items will be shipped from the UK.

Name your price! Minimum is the cost of shipping. Payment can be made via paypal.

Fiction, Classics

Une Vie - Guy de Maupassant [text in French; 1988, J’ai Lu ed.]

The Mabinogion – trans. by Gwyn Jones & Thomas Jones [1974, Everyman’s Library ed.]

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie [2001, Agatha Christie Signature ed.]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand [Penguin Modern Classics ed.; NEW]

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte [2009, Oxford World’s Classics; annotated]

Gothic Tales – Arthur Conan Doyle [2018, Oxford World’s Classics]

Fiction, Modern

The Vampire Lestat (1986 paperback) Anne Rice

The Lady in the Tower (2003 paperback) Jean Plaidy

The Fallen Blade (2011 paperback) Jon Courtenay Grimwood

The North Water (2016 paperback) Ian McGuire

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (2019 paperback) Andrew Miller [NEW]

The Midnight Library (2020 hardback) Matt Haig

Science

Chemistry3 2nd ed.  (2013) Burrows et al. [annotated]

The Periodic Table (2017) Tom Jackson

What’s that Bird? (2016) Rob Hume [UK bird pocket id guide]

Philosophy

The Problem of Knowledge (1988 reprint) A.J. Ayer

Language, Truth and Logic (1990 reprint) A.J. Ayer

New Age

Horoscopes: Your Daily Fate and Fortune (1987)

The Witch’s Shield (2010) Christopher Penczak [NEW; with CD]

The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology (2011) April Elliott Kent

The Kitchen Witch (2011) Soraya

Making Magic (2019) Briana Saussy [NEW]

Paganism in Depth (2019) John Beckett [NEW]

And breathe… (2020) Sarah Rudell Beach [NEW]

Misc. Non-Fiction

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (2007) Kate L. Turabian

Mug Cakes (2014) Mima Sinclair [NEW]

Learn to knit block by block (2018) Che Lam [NEW]

Find out What Your Cat is Really Thinking (2018) Trevor Warner [NEW]

Speak Welsh (2019 reprint) John Jones [NEW]

#book sale #books for sale #books #please reblog #moving sale

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 13, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

APR 14, 2024

There are really two major Republican political stories dominating the news these days. The more obvious of the two is the attempt by former president Donald Trump and his followers to destroy American democracy. The other story is older, the one that led to Trump but that stands at least a bit apart from him. It is the story of a national shift away from the supply-side ideology of Reagan Republicans toward an embrace of the idea that the government should hold the playing field among all Americans level.

While these two stories are related, they are not the same.

For forty years, between 1981, when Republican Ronald Reagan took office, and 2021, when Democrat Joe Biden did, the Republicans operated under the theory that the best way to run the country was for the government to stay out of the way of market forces. The idea was that if individuals could accumulate as much money as possible, they would invest more efficiently in the economy than they could if the government regulated business or levied taxes to invest in public infrastructure and public education. The growing economy would result in higher tax revenues, enabling Americans to have both low taxes and government services, and prosperity would spread to everyone. 

But the system never worked as promised. Instead, during that 40-year period, Republicans passed massive tax cuts under Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump, and slashed regulations. A new interpretation of antitrust laws articulated by Robert Bork in the 1980s permitted dramatic consolidation of corporations, while membership in labor unions declined. The result was that as much as $50 trillion moved upward from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. 

To keep voters on board the program that was hollowing out the middle class, Republicans emphasized culture wars, hitting hard on racism and sexism by claiming that taxes were designed by Democrats to give undeserving minorities and women government handouts and promising their evangelical voters they would overturn the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion. Those looking for tax cuts and business deregulation depended on culture warriors and white evangelicals to provide the votes to keep them in power.

But the election of Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 proved that Republican arguments were no longer effective enough to elect Republican presidents. So in 2010, with the Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission decision, the Supreme Court freed corporations to pour unlimited money into U.S. elections. That year, under Operation REDMAP, Republicans worked to dominate state legislatures so they could control redistricting under the 2010 census, yielding extreme partisan gerrymanders that gave Republicans disproportionate control. In 2013 the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision greenlighted the voter suppression Republicans had been working on since 1986.  

Even so, by 2016 it was not at all clear that the cultural threats, gerrymandering, and voter suppression would be enough to elect a Republican president. People forget it now because of all that has come since, but in 2016, Trump offered not only the racism and sexism Republicans had served up for decades, but also a more moderate economic program than any other Republican running that year. He called for closing the loopholes that permitted wealthy Americans to evade taxes, cheaper and better healthcare than the Democrats had provided with the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., and addressing the long backlog of necessary repairs to our roads and bridges through an infrastructure bill. 

But once in office, Trump threw economic populism overboard and resurrected the Republican emphasis on tax cuts and deregulation. His signature law was the 2017 tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy at a cost of at least $1.9 trillion over ten years. At the same time, Trump continued to feed his base with racism and sexism, and after the Unite the Right rally at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, he increasingly turned to his white nationalist base to shore up his power. On January 6, 2021, he used that base to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. 

Republican senators then declined to convict Trump of that attempt in his second impeachment trial, apparently hoping he would go away. Instead, their acquiescence in his behavior has enabled him to continue to push the Big Lie that he won the 2020 election. But to return to power, Trump has increasingly turned away from establishment Republicans and has instead turned the party over to its culture war and Christian nationalist foot soldiers. Now Trump has taken over the Republican National Committee itself, and his supporters threaten to turn the nation over to the culture warriors who care far more about their ideology than they do about tax cuts or deregulation.

The extremism of Trump’s base is hugely unpopular among general voters. Most significantly, Trump catered to his white evangelical base by appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, and in 2022, when the court did so, the dog caught the car. Americans overwhelmingly support reproductive freedoms, and Republicans are getting hammered over the extreme abortion bans now operative in Republican-dominated states. Now Trump and a number of Republicans have tried to back away from their antiabortion positions, infuriating antiabortion activists. 

It is hard to see how the Republican Party can appeal to both Trump’s base and general voters at the same time. 

That split dramatically weakens Trump politically while he is in an increasingly precarious position personally. He will, of course, go on trial on Monday, April 15, for alleged crimes committed as he interfered in the 2016 election. At the same time, the $175 million appeals bond he posted to cover the judgment in his business fraud trial has been questioned and must be justified by April 14. The court has scheduled a hearing on the bond for April 22. And his performance at rallies and private events has been unstable. 

He seems a shaky reed on which to hang a political party, especially as his MAGA Republicans have proven unable to manage the House of Representatives and are increasingly being called out as Russian puppets for their attacks on Ukraine aid.  

Regardless of Trump’s future, though, the Reagan Era is over. 

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have quite deliberately rejected the economic ideology that concentrated wealth among the 1%. On their watch, the federal government has worked to put money into the hands of ordinary Americans rather than the very wealthy. With Democrats and on occasion a few Republicans, they have passed legislation to support families, dedicate resources to making sure people with student debt are receiving the correct terms of their loans (thus relieving significant numbers of Americans), and invested in manufacturing, infrastructure, and addressing climate change. They have also supported unions and returned to an older definition of antitrust law, suing Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple and allowing the federal government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over drug prices.

Their system has worked. Under Biden and Harris the U.S. has had unemployment rates under 4% for 26 months, the longest streak since the 1960s. Wages for the bottom 80% of Americans have risen faster than inflation, chipping away at the huge disparity between the rich and the poor that the policies of the past 40 years have produced. 

Today, in an interview with Jamie Kitman of The Guardian, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, who negotiated landmark new union contracts with the country’s Big Three automakers, explained that the world has changed: “Workers have realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades, and they’re fed up.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#GOP #Letters From An American #Heather Cox Richardson #UAW #the economy #history #income inequality #culture wars #trickle down #supply side #deregulation #white nationalism #tax cuts

[giogio1998]

Fun facts about my art process:

Today I was making new JLI art and it got me thinking that I have the same ritual when it comes to drawing the JLI and some of them are very silly and fun so I wanted to share with you guys. Even if you don’t care, reading is important so just read the freaking post lol.

1- I hate drawing men !!! Seriously, drawing Martian and Batman is easy for me bc they have very easy features to draw like Batman’s mask and Martian’s nose. But every time I have to draw Ted, Booser and Guy it’s a struggle.

2- drawing Ted is the hardest, I think it’s bc I shipp Ted and Bea so I always try to draw Ted cuter than the other boys and that pressure makes it harder for me but drawing Ted is the bane of my existence.

3- idk why but Guy always ends up looking super hot. I swear it’s unintentional, but the man always looks so hot, sometimes I look at my drawings and I’m like “wtf Giovana why did u make him look so hot ? “

4- I like making Tora skin pinkish, mostly bc she has white hair so white hair and light skin would look very washed out but I like to think that her skin is like “ice burnt” (?). Idk if that’s a word, I’m Brazilian I’ve never felt cold in my life. All I know is sun burnt lol.

5- the opposite goes to Bea, I like to make her skin light bc, well she is in fact white Brazilian, but I like to make her hair color pop, that’s also why I give her black lipstick and eyebrows, it’s all about the hair.

6- Bea’s hair !!!! I always try to give her the best hair. I make it very voluminous, very wavy and very bright almost as if it’s on fire. I love her hair, also I’m trying to redeem her hair bc of the awful 80’s hair style that DC insists on giving her.

7- I listen to Hannah Montana while making my JLI arts … actually I love all the early 00s Disney channel music and I also listen to podcasts but I prefer listening to music while drawing.

8- if I don’t find a reference the drawing is not happening. Every artist struggles at something and my struggle is anatomy I can’t come up with poses, especially group poses so I’m always looking for references. Once I have my reference everything is fine but if I can’t visualize it I can’t draw it.

9- I love drawing booster’s suit, it’s just so shiny and easy to draw, Guy’s vest and Ted’s suit have too much detail so booster’s suit is just fun to draw.

10- I hate drawing booster’s hair tho I always think it looks stupid idk why I hate drawing short hair.

11- I love drawing skeets. I wish I would draw him more often tho. My reference for skeets is the justice league unlimited version.

12- speaking of references, when I draw Batman I almost always make his cape cover him completely bc I think he moves around like Dracula from hotel Transylvania LOL. Idk why but I treat him like the most unserious character ever.

13- I draw using photoshop, this isn’t a fun fact, that’s actually sad.

14- My laptop is an old Lenovo from 2017 and it crashes constantly. Usually I start and finish a drawing on the same day but sometimes my laptop decides otherwise.

15- my signature is my initials but one time someone commented that it’s looks like a “cursive B” and since then when I can’t get my signature just right I draw a cursive B instead and it works lol.

16- I always give Ted dimples, mainly bc dimples make him look even cuter but also bc I struggle with drawing men so I try to give them different characteristics to make them look unique.

17- I give every JLI member its own layer file while drawing and I always make it color coordinated. So Bea’s file is green, Ted’s is blue, Booster’s is yellow, etc.

18- I name all my layers and to keep my sanity I name them all with silly names like “bea’s million dollar hair”. “Boosters shiny ass suit”. “Tora’s blush she bought from MAC”.

19- I came up with Bea’s suit bc I always hated that she had normal looking clothes instead of a suit like everyone else so I came up with a new one and it was inspired by a pair of boots I saw on instagram once.

20- the JLI is my favorite thing to draw <3

That’s all I can come up with right now, hope this post encourages people to keep drawing bc most digital artists like to appear as if being good at drawing is a magical gift and they don’t struggle at anything. So this is my reality lol

Also the new JLI art will be coming out soon, stay tuned!!! Spoiler alert it’s a glee related post 🤫

#dc comics #fire #beatriz da costa #dc #justice league international #jli #ted kord #blue beetle #booster gold #tora olafsdotter #guy gardner #green lantern #batman #martian manhunter

[lunaneko14]

I gotta say, for the official illustration of the Narutop99 results that was drawn by Kishi, he knew exactly what he was doing, for three reasons.

(1) In Kishi's illustration, Hinata is using her signature move, the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists — the high-level secret Gentle Fist technique that she created and is unique-to-only-her — and wielding a katana both in her left hand. Now, remember that in Chapter 42 Page 2, when she offers her completed answers for the Chunin Exams written test to Naruto, Hinata is revealed to be right-handed.

Yet, Kishi is clearly showing us that Hinata is strong enough to use her signature Twin Lion Fists and wield a katana both in her left hand, a.k.a. her non-dominant hand, at the same time.

(2) In Kishi's illustration, in stark contrast to Hinata, Sakura has already activated the Byakugou Seal, yet she has to use both of her hands to wield an ax. You would think that someone who learned the technique from Tsunade (the world's strongest woman physically and the creator of said technique, as revealed in Chapter 169 Page 16) would be able to wield an ax with just one hand — since, according to Chapter 632 Page 16 and Page 17, utilizing the Seal allows the user to perform techniques without wasting energy and the power of their techniques are amplified.

Yet, Kishi is clearly showing us that, for any power that she gained from activating the Seal, for any techniques that she straight-up copied from Tsunade (as proven by Edo-Tobirama in Chapter 641 Page 3 and Chapter 644 Page 13), and for any hype that she gets simply for being Tsunade's protege, Seal-Sakura is NOT strong enough to wield an ax with just one hand; she HAS to use both of her hands.

(3) In Kishi's illustration, he reiterates to us yet again that NaruHina had been present in the manga after all and had been planned since the beginning, per his own words via official interviews such as NYCC 2015 and Jump Festa 2017. He also confirms — after both The Last and Naruto's image song released for The Last ("Itsu No Hi Ni Mo") all but stated it — that Naruto has been in love with Hinata since the Chunin Exams arc in Part 1 at the earliest (either Chapter 42 Page 7 or Chapter 77 Page 17). How so? Because Naruto is literally looking at only Hinata and no one else.

Sasuke and Sakura, his so-called alleged "precious teammates", are positioned above Naruto, yet he is NOT looking up towards them at all. Instead, he is looking to his direct upper-left corner at only Hinata.

Ahh, Luna, is this tea full of antis' bitter salty tears just delicious or what? 😏💁🏻‍♀️☕

#submission #masashi kishimoto #anti narusaku #anti sasunaru #anti narusasu #anti sns #anti sakura #anti sakura haruno #anti sakura uchiha #anti team 7 #naruhina #pro naruhina #nycc 2015 #jump festa 2017

[lesbianelvira]

signature move (2017) dir. jennifer reeder

#signature move #jennifer reeder #movies

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay Visuals: Little Mermaid Medley

I already knew right from the start that this was going to be a long post, but how am I only just now realizing that the video itself is like nearly 8 minutes long? Like I knew the Wicked Medley was one of Voiceplay's longer-length videos, but somehow I never realised that this video is in fact longer by 10 seconds! (I guess it's just so good that I never noticed!) God I hope I don't hit the picture limit on this one, because I have a lot to talk about, so let's begin!

Bit of a far cry from the Moana Medley 3 years prior, hey? (This was released in September 2020 btw). I may be wrong, but I believe this is called "we have a bigger budget now" 😂

Right, so Eli (already doing a subtle Eyebrow Raise, might I add), is dressed as Flounder, Rachel is of course Ariel, J is repping Sebastian, Layne is Chef Louis (I think that's his name), and Geoff went freaking all-out as Ursula (aka "Geoffsula"). The hair! The necklace! The airbrushing on the skin! (Seriously that ain't just a standard layer of face/body paint, there is shading going on there!)

(Also what's up with the green wristbands which I've never really acknowledged till now?)

J and Rachel echoing the "heave ho!" bit to each other (gonna try and limit my screencap-taking just a little bit, because I'll probably end up including a ton anyway)

Rachel slipped on that bracelet really smoothly, is it just me? Like girl how did you do that so easily?

Love the little detail of Rachel throwing up the fork (aka "dinglehopper") and it not coming down again. No clue how they did it

(Also that is a very pretty bracelet. And cute necklace!)

I wasn't exactly searching for this screencap, but I felt like I had to include it when I paused on it!

Layne "blowing bubbles" out his mouth!

I love J's little dance moves here 😄

Geoff on air bass again! (representing the line "the plaice play the bass")

Whose idea was this? 😂 (Layne was in charge of both the arrangement and the video, I'm guessing it was him?) And then Voiceplay stuck it on a shirt and made it into merch! (And also for J's farewell party, they got him a cake that had a picture of snail!J on it!)

We're about to get into my favourite part! (Also cool painting!)

Eli and J hamming it up as Flotsam and Jetsam 😝

J's face makes me laugh every time 😆

Purple flames in his eyes! (Voiceplay used a very similar effect last year, on Geoff again, during the Hellfire video)

Hang on what was that little move that J just did there?

"This one longing to be thinner, this one wants to get the girl, and do I help them?"

"Yes indeed"

(Also fun fact: the woman shown here is Rachel Evans, one third of the singing group The American Sirens, who collaborated with Geoff a year later on his cover of Mele Kalikimaka, and the man is her husband!)

"They come flocking to my cauldron crying SPELLS!" "Ursula please!"

(Also shoutout to Eli for the lighting design! He always does such a fantastic job!)

The colouration/tint of the lighting does really interesting things to Geoff's blueish skin colour in this video. In some shots the skin is a really vibrant colour (e.g. see a couple of the shots above), whereas in others, like this one ^ here, it almost looks close to regular skin tone.

This little moment greatly pleases my drama/theatre kid heart 😁

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Okay but the signature bit was very cool, and definitely feels like something Voiceplay would not have been able to do back in 2017

Pfft 😂

Also the lighting here is making Geoff's hair (which got coloured grey for this video) look almost blonde!

Cool smoke effects!

(Also the only reason I haven't done fanart of "Geoffsula" (other than the fact that I don't wanna keep drawing him in black outfits) is that I would not be able to do the skin colouration justice here. Shoutout to Rick Underwood for the makeup!)

"Sing" (sir you're not allowed to look that pretty while looking like that!)

Yeah nah yeah they really went off with the effects on this one

I am getting dangerously close to the image limit and I don't wanna have to split this into two posts, but Layne's whole Les Poissons bit is comedy gold and screencaps don't do it justice anyway

To quote Elizabeth Zharoff: "it takes a confident man to Seagull!" 😂

Love Rachel's awkward-yet-cute little wave at the start of Kiss The Girl (and her dancing a bit further into the song!

Confusion(tm) 🤣

Firstly, Rachel's acting is 100% on-point, and second of all, I love Geoff's evil smirk here, doubly confirming that Rachel is being Vanessa, aka Ursula in disguise!

And now that "Ariel" has got her voice back, everyone else is super happy/animated, while "Ursula" is very subdued. Visual storytelling!

Just managed to avoid the image limit, thank goodness! Also J pops a bubble right at the end 😁

It's hard for me to say whether this is one of Voiceplay's best medleys or not, because how can you compare it to the Boy Band Medley or Trapped or A Chance To Fly? But I will say it is very deserving of the 5.5 million views it currently sits at on YouTube. A lot of effort went into both the arrangement and the video (well done Layne!), and honestly when it comes to Disney stuff, Voiceplay never fails!

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