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fancyfade · 6 months

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Wonder Woman 1987 runs ranked

Greg Rucka's Run (#195-226) - This is my absolute favorite run on WW1987. Rucka's got a good handle on Diana's character, and is very good at creating plots with lots of threads that are interesting to read. I think the way that Greek Gods are re-imagined (except for Hera and Zeus) reflects well in other DC-universe stuff at this time with regards to magic, which is the idea that old gods change with humanity to survive.

Eric Luke's (#139-159) - creator of devastation, my all time favorite wonder woman villain!!!!! So much good just for that! And we also have Artemis training cassie, what is not to love?

George Perez's run (#1-62) and Messner-Loeb's (#63-100) - these two both have bits I really like and bits I really don't. they're this high, because the fact that they each ran for so many issues means that the good parts outweigh the bad parts, and it's easier to forget about those. George Perez does very strong worldbuilding for the Amazon's and Diana's initial cast of supporting characters, Messner-Loebs introduces some very fun plots and characters (like Space Era Diana, Donna Milton, and Artemis).

Philip Jimenez's (#164-188) - Jimenez's run I feel bad putting down here, though I did like it. It started very strong, and I loved the way he retconned the worst bits of Messner-Loeb's Hippolyte. With Hippolyte's actions in the contest no longer being tied to Messner-Loebs trying to make her partially responsible for what Heracles did, and almost vicitm blaming her, it made it feel much less just 'pile on hippolyte' to see the next part of what he addressed, which is the way that the amazons of bana mighdall were treated as second class citizens. the de-establishing of the monarchy was great. in general, my only complaint about jimenez's run is i feel like a lot of the plotlines are rushed, and we don't really have a lot of time to see the cool worldbuilding stuff he was setting up. And Villainy Inc was boring and wasted time we otherwise could have spent on the interesting worldbuilding stuff.

John Bryne's (#101-136) - reading this run was like pulling teeth. It was so boring. the only positive part is that he created Cassie. For that he ges one (1) right.

I did genuinely enjoy all of these runs except for Bryne's, it's just a ranking of which one I remember enjoying more.

#wonder woman 1987 #the real tag #wonder woman 1986 #the thing i accidentally tagged everything on this run in on my tumblr and am too lazy to retag #dc comics #wonder woman #new earth #comic review

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quietsharpeheart · 3 years

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So what you’re telling me is that Wonder Woman is Diana who is named after Diana Trevor, Steve Trevor’s mother, and Steve Trevor is Etta Candy’s guy while Trevor Barnes is Diana’s guy. Then we’ve got Donna Troy who is Diana’s sister, not to be confused with Donna Milton, the name Circe used when disguised as a mortal and who has a daughter Lyta whose name sake is Hippolyta, Diana’s mother, who also has the mantle of Wonder Woman…

#an old draft #confusing things like this are why it took me so long to get into comics!#was this jimenez or perez i forget #i did a lot of reading during quarantine #and retained maybe 5% lol

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fuckyeahwarriorwomen · 4 years

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An interview from 2019; of interest are Jimenez’s comments regarding his run on Wonder Woman, reposted below:

Not long after that you took over Wonder Woman and you said that making Tempest, you were left alone to do your thing, and I feel like Wonder Woman was the opposite. Which may be unfair.

It is not unfair. From the very first issue, it was a fight. It was a fight with the same person who I was fighting with on Team Titans. [laughs] It reads that way in the pages, but looking back, there’s enough stuff in there that makes me go, that’s pretty good, but the struggle I was having with the company was clear from the first few pages.

In those couple years there’s a lot of crossovers and she’s neck deep in continuity and stories keep getting disrupted.

Part of that was that at the time, she was not considered an A-list character. She was more of a burden than anything else. Nobody could figure out how to get her sales up. When I came in, I pitched a 12 issue maxi-series. I didn’t want to be on the regular book. I’d had success with Tempest and I knew the story I wanted to tell and I wanted to be isolated a little bit, but then they put me on the regular book. On some level that’s why I got into comics – to write and draw Wonder Woman – so this was a dream come true. I’d just turned 30, I think. Of course it was a nightmare from page one. The funny thing is, I kept thinking, this is never going to happen again, so do what you can to make the best of it. There was an enormous amount of conflict and crossover and I had to truncate stories and elongate stories and kill off a supporting character and 9/11 happened. I look back on it and there was a lot of shell shock.

My original pitch would have been so simple. Twelve issues and four stories and each one did a different thing. I’m always amazed at how difficult we make it on ourselves – partly me, partly the publisher – because again, we’re a reactive industry. You hired me so let’s do this. I’m not here to sabotage your company. I will give you something that is good. But again – and I’ve told this story so many times – I had to kill off her mother and her mother was a major part of my 12 issues so I had to truncate all these stories because I was losing a character halfway in. Then they weren’t going to let me kill her off. She was going to die in a Superman event and it would happen in Superman. What was amazing was that all of the Superman creators were fighting for me saying, shouldn’t her only supporting character die in her own book? The Editor in Chief finally conceded, not happy about it at all, and it ended up being one of my most successful issues. It’s funny because I still look back on it and don’t understand the fight we had about that. Or the fact that we fought about every issue. I don’t know what was happening above him or around him, but boy was that a constant struggle. That having been said, I did get some good material out of it. I read an issue and I was making some smart observations back then about stuff I still believe in and somehow I got it in print. It’s kind of messy and paced strangely, but it’s there. Clearly it touched certain people in the way that I hoped it would. So in that weird way it was successful.

Were those four stories you had about different aspects of who she is?

I just read an academic essay about how the tenor of Wonder Woman had been changing. Post-George Perez, DC wanted something almost anti-Perez. They were very clear, don’t do what he did. They wanted her integrated into the DC Universe more. They wanted less mythology. She wasn’t seen as a particularly valuable asset and they were highly Superman and Batman focused, so I think she was the ugly stepsister – and treated as such. Editorial at the time didn’t have a point of view about the character. So I came on with a distinct point of view. I said, she forgot what her mission was. I wanted to remind her who her villains were. One story was about her relationship with her mother, which is such a crazy relationship. I forget what the fourth idea was. It was very specifically to get the character realigned so people would stop asking, who is she? Because every creator who came on that book took her in a different direction. Often in an attempt to either explore the political nature of the character or eschew it entirely. I think Mark Waid is on record as saying when you strip the character of her politics, she’s really boring. She’s most interesting when she’s most political. She changes radically decade to decade because ideologies about what she stands for change. Creators try to figure out how they feel about it, but still make her a salable property for Warner Brothers. I think that remains the longstanding conflict with that character.

So often she’s portrayed as a warrior first and foremost.

I think that’s because it’s a very commercially viable iteration. Dudes like chicks with swords and shields and metal bikinis fighting monsters. I say that not to disparage. I think there’s truth to that. There are certainly some women who find empowerment in that idea and that imagery. That imagery is something that is familiar and easy to digest. It’s not a challenging iteration. It’s the default.

Default is a good way to describe it. And what was so interesting about Perez trying to incorporate mythology is that in the myths characters had so many facets. Athena wasn’t just the goddess of war but of wisdom and handicrafts.

She’s also the goddess of cities and politics. Part of the thing people forget – again because of imagery – is that very early in his run, the Amazons gave up their armor. They melted it down because the only reason they had it was to protect the Gates of Tartarus and keep the monsters from escaping. Once they were defeated, the Amazons had no reason to be warriors and so they melted down their swords and shields and said, now we can live in paradise. They did for years until War of the Gods. Then they all disappeared when Bill Messner-Loebs wrote the book because he didn’t want to write them. What’s interesting to me is that everyone seems to forget that for several years of Perez’s run, the Amazons did not use armor or swords or shields. They were not warriors. And they were happy about it! There’s that famous image of Wonder Woman in the gatefold cover and that’s the image that many people associate with that run, but for most of that run, there is no armor. There’s very little weaponry. And the Amazons are good with that.

One of my favorite things that ever happened to me was I reinvented Paradise Island during my run and it became a sort of cosmic United Nations and a school. George Perez called me and said, I have to tell you, that is the perfect culmination of everything that I wanted to do with the Amazons. That it was now this peaceful place. He was raving about this decision I made which was inspired by the roots he’d laid down in his run. I was just using what he’d established and building what made sense to me. He and I have less militarized versions of those characters in our heads, which again, is not always commercial and a different take from most people’s. Most people think to make them soldiers – not even warriors, but soldiers.

#warrior women #wonder woman #interview #phil jimenez #dc comics

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sadmmann · 5 years

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Life lost in the club Pulse

Today and every day we remember 49 innocent victims lost 3 years ago in Orlando, June 12, 2016. part 2

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32

Christopher attended Pulse on Saturday with his boyfriend, Juan Guerrero, who also died in the shooting. “Drew was the best person I’ve ever met. He was a film buff, enjoyed meeting new people, and always put others before himself,” said Leinonen’s friend Joshua. “His boyfriend Juan made him so happy, and they deserved to enjoy that happiness instead of having it taken away from them in a senseless act of violence. Love never goes away and so we will never forget them or how much better they made our lives.”

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Ayala was a Biologics Assistant at OneBlood, a local blood bank. He lived in Kissimmee, Florida. “He liked to joke with his staff and play pranks. Just an overall wonderful person.” "He had a unique style. He could rock a bow tie. He was famous for the bow tie. He wore very vibrant colors. Suspenders. A full hawk one day and the following day blond hair.” “He had an infectious smile. If u were having a bad day he would come in the room with his smile and he would brighten up the whole room. He was just a warm-hearted person. He had so much charisma.”

Luis Daniel Conde, 39

Conde was with his husband and partner of 13 years, Juan P. Rivera, celebrating a friend’s birthday at Pulse. “Juan and Luis were the kind of guys that made you feel welcomed without knowing you, Juan and Luis were always happy. I can’t recall seeing them upset or in an angry state.”

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Fernandez loved performing, on stage or off. Fernandez went by the name Leroy Valentin at work, and the name Indara onstage.

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19

Originally from Haiti, Josaphat was an aspiring photographer who was hedging his bets by studying nursing at Valencia Community College in Orlando, his father, Jackson, tells.

Frank Hernandez, 27

Hernandez worked at a Calvin Klein store in Orlando and had lived in the city for three years.

Akyra Murray, 18

Murray, an honors student, had recently graduated third in her class from the school. She scored 1,000 points for West Catholic Prep’s basketball team and had signed a letter of intent to play at Mercyhurst College.

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26

Flores and fellow victim Amanda Alvear were best friends, Alvear’s cousin, Lizbeth, tells. “Mercedez and Amanda were the same. They had the same character. They basically were Bonnie and Clyde.” The pair had a 12-year friendship, and had traveled together to places like New York and Puerto Rico.тьShe studied literature at Valencia College, and was an avid music fan, the Sentinel reported. “She really did live her life the way she wanted to,” Flores’ niece Jennifer told the paper.

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25

Menendez had an associates degree as a pulmonary tech and then went to cosmetology school. He wanted to become a nurse and was going back to school in September.He was born in Manati, Puerto Rico, and moved to Orlando, where he lived with his mother and grandmother.

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31

The store manager at a local McDonald’s, Fernandez, “loved listening to music, eating, watching cars and he loved buying watches.”

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26

Oscar was a very sweet guy. Very sweet to everybody,” Acarena-Montero’s cousin Yamilka Pimentel told the Sentinel. “Every time he met somebody they would like him a lot. He was the type of guy who goes along with anybody.” Pimentel said that Acarena-Montero had been on vacation just one day before the attacks, returning from New York on Saturday.

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25

Rios was in Orlando for a friend’s birthday party and had planned to return to New York City in time for Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. He wanted “to kick back and have a good time,” Oliveras says. “This was supposed to be his vacation. I wish he never went.”

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30

Honorato was a married father of three boys, aged 15, 2, and 1. The manager of his family’s restaurant, Tortilleria #2, Honorato was a hard worker and a dog lover who enjoyed spending time with his extended family and friends. A Mexico native, Honorato loved traveling, and had been in the United States as a teenager.

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37

Rivera, another Puerto Rico native, was the owner of Alta Peluqueria D’magazine hair salon in Kissimmee.

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25

A native of Hidalgo, Mexico, Chavez-Martinez came to the Orlando area to visit with family members and “to have fun,” his cousin Margarita Perez tells. He had been in Florida for roughly a year when he was killed.

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

Crosby was voted West Iredell High’s “unsung hero” when he graduated from the North Carolina school in 2010, reported the Charlotte Observer. The designation meant that while Crosby wasn’t “the strongest academically,” he showed “integrity and determination,” his former English teacher Jacqueline Scott said. “I remember his smile, his love of life. … I want people to know the laughter and the joy he spread,” she said, noting that he was “doing well for himself.” Living in Michigan, Crosby was a business owner was only visiting Orlando on Sunday.

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

Tampa’s Gaither High School who worked at JP Morgan Chase, Fox 13 News reported.

Paul Terrell Henry, 41

Jaymie Glaspie, who said he was Henry’s best friend, tells, “He was an outgoing and fun-loving guy. He was very nurturing, very caring.” Glaspie says Henry had a son. “He was a really great dad. It’s so sad,” he tells.

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32

Paniagua’s cousin Jose tells that the last he heard from the 32-year-old was that he was texting with a friend. “At a certain point, he stopped responding,” Luis says. Paniagua didn’t go to the club very much but liked Pulse because it was so inclusive: “There were men and women there. Anybody could go.”

Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27

Rodriguez, was remembered by family and friends as a kind man and a hard worker. Nieves Rodriguez, originally from Puerto Rico, had worked as manager of a McDonald's and a check-cashing store and bought his first house a month and a half ago, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24

Solivan was a married mother of two sons. “She was the most loving and caring person you could ever meet, her smile lit up the room and her laughter brought a smile to your heart!” wrote her sister Natalia Canlan.

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Originally from Puerto Rico, Candelario-Padro moved to the Chicago to attend optometry school. He was about to join the Florida Retina Institute in Lake Mary, Florida, as an ophthalmic technician on June 20, according to Martinez. As a side gig, Candelario-Padro worked as a Zumba teacher. “He could dance up a storm,” his friend adds.

Antonio Davon Brown, 29

Brown, a native of Cocoa Beach, Florida, was a 2008 graduate from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University where he majored in criminal justice and was part of the ROTC program. He was a very positive person with a very good sense of humor.

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25

Ortiz-Jimemez was in school for acting. A resident of Carolina in Puerto Rico, he was Dominican by birth.

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21

Martinez relocated to Florida just one year ago from Cuba, a friend of the 21-year-old told the the Sentinel. Always with a smile on his face, Martinez was “the type of person who would see you in a parking lot and he’d have a whole conversation with you.”

#club Pulse #victims #Shooting #orlando #orlando shooting #memory

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hernandopride · 5 years

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Three years ago today on June 12th, 2016, we watched in horror, as the news broke of the horrific tragedy in Orlando, at a gay nightclub, that had been hosting Latin night that evening.

The body count kept rising. We heard about the cellphones ringing in the pockets of those who would never answer them again.

The Facebook status that Pulse Orlando posted during the massacre still gives me the chills : "Everyone get out of pulse and keep running"

49 people were killed (technically 50, if we include the shooter, which #sorrynotsorry, I don't) and 53 were wounded at the Pulse Nightclub.

Since then countless mass shootings have taken place. I wish I could say we’ve done the victims justice by changing our laws and having more gun regulations, but that simply isn’t true. As a society we’ve become so numb to tragedy. It’s not always a conscious decision to become numb, it’s only human to try and protect yourself from tragedy and chaos. You can however, make the decision to pay attention and care.

49 people will never tell their friends and family how much they love them again, 49 people will never get to celebrate another holiday, 49 people will never be able to go to a gay club and dance again. It’s hard to imagine just how big the impact of something like the Pulse shooting has, but without a doubt it has changed thousands of peoples lives.

These victims deserve so much more. When we take a stand and make our voice heard, we are standing up for these 49 and the countless others who have tragically joined them in the past three years.

They deserve to be remembered:

Stanley Almodovar III, age 23

Amanda Alvear, 25

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21

Martin Benitez Torres, 33

Antonio D. Brown, 30

Darryl R. Burt II, 29

Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Simon A. Carrillo Fernandez, 31

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25

Luis D. Conde, 39

Cory J. Connell, 21

Tevin E. Crosby, 25

Franky J. Dejesus Velazquez, 50

Deonka D. Drayton, 32

Mercedez M. Flores, 26

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22

Juan R. Guerrero, 22

Paul T. Henry, 41

Frank Hernandez, 27

Miguel A. Honorato, 30

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40

Jason B. Josaphat, 19

Eddie J. Justice, 30

Anthony L. Laureano Disla, 25

Christopher A. Leinonen, 32

Brenda L. Marquez McCool, 49

Jean C. Mendez Perez, 35

Akyra Monet Murray, 18

Kimberly Morris, 37

Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27

Luis O. Ocasio-Capo, 20

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32

Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24

Christopher J. Sanfeliz, 24

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34

Shane E. Tomlinson, 33

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Luis S. Vielma, 22

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37

Jerald A. Wright, 31

As we remember those taken from us, take the time to reflect on how the inaction from our elected officials has led to the tragedies we have seen all too often. Reflect on the truth that black lives matter, that shootings in schools, and other places have got to stop, and how a lack of love for each other can lead to a tragedy that stains our communities deeply with that expressed hate.

It's been three years since the Pulse shooting. Since then, gun violence and violence against LGBTQ+ folks has only escalated. In this time of remembrance and grieving we must reach out to each other and show love and compassion.

Do not forget this

Don't let this take away pride from you

Don't let this scare you into hiding

Be careful and be safe

But don't stop existing

Dont stop vocalizing

Defy this shit and the people who spread hatred by being who you are

They cant silence us!

Art by RefiTheNudibranch

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the-t-boy-king · 6 years

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On June 12th, 2016, 49 innocent people were in a nightclub named Pulse just because they were apart of the LGBT community. Even though two years has passed it still hurts. I want to say something beautiful but I don't have anything I could say that hasn't been said before. All I have to say is that they will be forever missed and that we must never forget their names.

Rest in peace:

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old

Amanda L. Alvear, 25 years old

Oscar A. Aracena Montero, 26 years old

Rodolfo Ayala Ayala, 33 years old

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old

Angel Candelario-Padro, 28 years old

Juan Chavez Martinez, 25 years old

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old

Cory James Connell, 21 years old

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old

Simón Adrian Carrillo Fernández, 31 years old

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old

Peter Ommy Gonzalez Cruz, 22 years old

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old

Javier Jorge Reyes, 40 years old

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old

Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25 years old

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old

Brenda Marquez McCool, 49 years old

Gilberto R. Silva Menendez, 25 years old

Kimberly Jean Morris, 37 years old

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old

Luis Omar Ocasio Capo, 20 years old

Geraldo A. Ortiz Jimenez, 25 years old

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old

Jean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez, 27 years old

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano-Rosado, 35 years old

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old

Yilmary Rodríguez Solivan, 24 years old

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old

Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 years old

Juan Pablo Rivera Velázquez, 37 years old

Luis Sergio Vielma, 22 years old

Franky Jimmy DeJesus Velázquez, 50 years old

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old

We will never forget you.

#liz talks #tw shooting #pulse nightclub #rest in peace #never forget

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587wolfpred · 5 years

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Orlando was my second home. I loved that city enough to have this tattoo of her skyline. Running through her is the Rainbow Pulse. Never forget our brothers and sisters we lost on June 11, 2016 to a horrible act of domestic terrorism. It's history like this that reminds us why we need to celebrate our diversity and our pride in who we are. Don't hide it. This is why we still fight to be ourselves and who we were born to be. We have lost many over the years to various threats, attacks, and oppression. Today we remember those lost to the Pulse Nightclub Shooting of June 12, 2016. - Stanley Almodovar III, 23 - Amanda Alvear, 25 - Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26 - Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 - Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 - Martin Benitez Torres, 33 - Antonio D. Brown, 30 - Darryl R. Burt II, 29 - Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 - Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 - Simon A. Carrillo Fernandez, 31 - Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 - Luis D. Conde, 39 - Cory J. Connell, 21 - Tevin E. Crosby, 25 - Franky J. Dejesus Velazquez, 50 - Deonka D. Drayton, 32 - Mercedez M. Flores, 26 - Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 - Juan R. Guerrero, 22 - Paul T. Henry, 41 - Frank Hernandez, 27 - Miguel A. Honorato, 30 - Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 - Jason B. Josaphat, 19 - Eddie J. Justice, 30 - Anthony L. Laureano Disla, 25 - Christopher A. Leinonen, 32 - Brenda L. Marquez McCool, 49 - Jean C. Mendez Perez, 35 - Akyra Monet Murray, 18 - Kimberly Morris, 37 - Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27 - Luis O. Ocasio-Capo, 20 - Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 - Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 - Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 - Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25 - Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 - Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 - Christopher J. Sanfeliz, 24 - Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 - Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 - Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 - Shane E. Tomlinson, 33 - Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 - Luis S. Vielma, 22 - Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 - Jerald A. Wright, 31

#Gay #LGBT #Lesbian #Queer #Bi #LGBTQ #Orlando #Pulse #Pulse Orlando #Pulse Nightclub #Pride #Pride Month #Rights #Equal #Remember #Trans #Transgender #Rainbow #Rainbow Pulse #NoH8 #Gay Pride

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talesofabyss-blog · 4 years

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A BITTERSWEET BREAK

A 10- MINUTE PLAY

D. M. Escoto

C.A. Feltis

J. Intal

R. G. Ocampo

R. T. Policarpio

Grade 12- Jehoshaphat

CHARACTERS

Atty. Riguel Aleje Fontanilla – 25 year-old

- Attorney at Happy Firm

Atty. Veronica Perez - 24 year-old

- Public attorney at CA Department

Anika Jimenez – 24 year-old

- Investigator

- Friend of Veronica

Sec. Anna Cruz – 20 year-old

- Secretary of Veronica

TIME

The time is in the year 2050

PLACE

California

(Scene 1)

RIGUEL

(Answers the phone immediately)

Hello? Yes, this is Atty. Fontanilla from Happy Firm. How may I help you? Okay, Just text to me the address and I’ll go there right away.

RIGUEL fixes his things quickly before leaving the coffee shop then suddenly RIGUEL bumps on VERONICA. Veronica’s coffee spilled on her dress.

VERONICA

(in a yelling tone)

Excuse me?! Are you blind?!

RIGUEL

(Leaving the place in a hurry)

I’m sorry, miss!

VERONICA

(Staring at him badly)

How rude!

(Scene 2)

Afternoon. At the Crime Scene. In a condo unit. POLICEMEN are all around. The cadaver on the floor. RIGUEL goes straight to the INVESTIGATOR to tell him that he is assigned to investigate the crime.

Subsequently, VERONICA comes in. RIGUEL leaves.

VERONICA

(whispering)

What is he doing here?

ANIKA

(In confusion)

Why? Do you know him?

VERONICA

(In a pissed tone)

No, but all I know is that he’s an annoying guy who ruined my day just couple of minutes ago.

ANIKA

But that guy happened to be your opponent. He is Attorney Fontanilla, the lawyer of the accused.

VERONICA

(In shock)

What?! He’s a lawyer? He didn’t even say sorry properly earlier and now he’s acting like a hero here? Fighting for justice? Hah! Let me show him what a real lawyer is.

ANIKA

Veronica Perez Garcia, what are you planning to do?

VERONICA

(Smirks)

Nothing. Let’s just go and start looking for evidences we can use against that Fontanilla-annoying-guy.

(Scene 3)

VERONICA goes outside the CA Department

A STRANGER suddenly holds her hand.

STRANGER

(Begs)

Ms. Garcia, please help me, my son is innocent.

VERONICA

(Talks softly)

Sir---wait, please stop grabbing my hand. Sir, please let go. There’s nothing I can do anymore.

STANGER

(Begging)

No, I need you to listen. My son is innocent but now he’s in the prison.

RIGUEL parks his car. Hears a COMMOTION. Goes to the scene. Sees VERONICA being harassed.

RIGUEL

Sir, let go of her hand. If you refused to, we could file a case against you.

STRANGER

(softly)

Ms. Garcia, please reconsider. I really need your help.

RIGUEL

(In a concerned tone)

Are you alright, Miss? What does he need from you?

VERONICA

(Raging)

None of your business!

RIGUEL

(In a confused tone)

Wait, why are you shouting at me instead of saying thank you? What did I do?

VERONICA

(Sarcastic)

Well, as far as I remember, we bumped at each other yesterday in the coffee shop and you threw my coffee but wait there’s more, you also ruined my dress!

RIGUEL

(Apologetic)

Oh right, I am so sorry. I didn’t mean it, it’s just that I’m in a hurry. If you want, I could replace that coffee today, if you are free.

VERONICA

(shrugs off)

Fine. Let’s go for a coffee, just meet me on the same coffee shop.

(Scene 4)

VERONICA and RIGUEL walks into a coffee shop. Buys a coffee. THEY decide to go home.

VERONICA

Thanks for the coffee, Mr. Fontanilla.

RIGUEL

Welcome, I owe you one. By the way, just call me Riguel, Mr. Fontanilla is too formal.

VERONICA goes inside her car, but it won’t start.

VERONICA

(pissed tone)

This car is just fine earlier!

RIGUEL

(Concerned)

What happened?

VERONICA

I don’t know. It just won’t start.

RIGUEL tries to fix VERONICA’S car but in the end, RIGUEL also gave up.

RIGUEL

I’ll just give you a ride if it’s okay with you.

VERONICA

(Shy and hesitant)

No, it’s fine. I’ll just take a cab.

RIGUEL

(insisting tone)

Again, I insist. It’s getting late and what if that man is still following you?

By the way, where do you live?

VERONICA

Hillsborough Park but if you’re out of the way, I’ll just take a cab.

RIGUEL

(Surprised)

What? You mean, we live in the same neighborhood?

VERONICA

(Astonishes)

Really? What a coincidence.

RIGUEL

Yes, so there’s no way you’re taking a cab.

THEY leave the coffee shop. Goes straight to VERONICA’s house. THEY arrive. RIGUEL opens the door for VERONICA.

VERONICA

Thank you for today.

RIGUEL

(Apologetic)

No problem. I’m sorry for making a bad impression yesterday.

VERONICA

(Goodbye tone)

Forget it. You should go home, it’s already late. Thank you for the coffee and ride.

(Scene 5)

Next morning, RIGUEL sees VERONICA walking while on his way to work. He beeps his car.

VERONICA

(surprised)

Oh my God!

RIGUEL

(laughs)

What’s making you frown so early in the morning?

VERONICA

(irritated tone)

You almost gave me a heart attack! I’m just pissed off because my car is not working.

RIGUEL

Still not? Come on, hop in.

VERONICA

(agreeing tone)

What? No! I don’t want to be a burden and besides, it looks like you have a work?

RIGUEL

Yeah, but I still have hours before my work.

VERONICA

Fine, whatever.

RIGUEL starts the engine and drive to her office.

VERONICA

So, what’s your work?

RIGUEL

(mocking tone)

Getting to know each other stage, huh?

VERONICA

(reacts with disbelief)

Stop assuming please, I’m just curious.

RIGUEL

(cleared his throat and started to be serious)

I am a lawyer and I work for Happy Firm. How about you? I saw you yesterday in CA Department of Justice Riverside.

VERONICA

Technically, I work there, I run errands for them.

VERONICA’s stomach grumbles.

VERONICA

(Surprised and laughs)

Oh my God, that’s definitely not my tummy!

RIGUEL

(embarrassed tone)

Fine, it’s mine! But let me explain, I usually don’t eat my breakfast because, first, I’m always early for work and second, no one cooks for me so I don’t really have time for it.

VERONICA

(concerned face)

Do you want to eat first? We can drive thru from the fast food nearby our office.

RIGUEL

No, it’s fine. I’m used to it. Besides, you’ll be late.

VERONICA

Okay, if you say so.

They arrive in their offices and bid goodbye. RIGUEL sees VERONICA walking again outside their subdivision and asks her to hop in his car.

RIGUEL

(asks Veronica with a jolly face)

Hey Veronica! Hop in, I’ll drive you into your office.

What’s that? Why do you have an excess bag?

VERONICA

(joyfully handed the paper bag to Riguel)

Oh, this for you! Since, you’re driving me to my work and even driving me to home. I’ll cook for you in exchange.

RIGUEL

(surprised)

Wow, thank you. I really appreciate it.

VERONICA

No problem, I’ll just leave it here later. So, how’s work?

RIGUEL

(frowns)

It’s fine but a bit stressful. I’m handling a murder case. I’m fighting for the accused, I don’t know but they kept on blaming him even though the evidences are not pointing him. Something’s wrong.

VERONICA

(inquisitive)

What makes you think that he is not the killer?

RIGUEL

(confident)

I just know and after all, he’s my client.

Months had passed, it's been a routine for them to come to work and eat breakfast together. One day…

RIGUEL patiently waits for VERONICA outside her house. Eventually RIGUEL decides to go.

(Scene 6)

RIGUEL enters the court and sees VERONICA standing on the other side with the family of the victim. Upon seeing VERONICA, RIGUEL has realizations until the hearing ends that leads for veronica to win the case and he concluded that she used him to win her case.

JUDGE

Members of the jury, attorneys, and court personnel, thank you for the respect that you have given the law. However, as you leave the court, remember that you have a duty to uphold the oath of confidentiality concerning these proceedings. I hereby declare the trial adjourned.

The JUDGE bangs the gavel. RIGUEL walks out from the court. VERONICA chases him.

VERONICA

(teary eye)

Riguel, wait, let me explain!

VERONICA chases RIGUEL.

RIGUEL

(disappointed)

Go ahead, explain how you fooled me all this time.

VERONICA

Fooled? I never did that! It was never my intention to make you feel this way. I’m sorry, please believe me.

RIGUEL

(sarcasm and mockery)

You’re really a good actress, huh. You even cooked for me and all but then all of those were front act? To spy on me and win this case then congratulations because you succeed!

VERONICA

(gently)

Okay, at first, I saw you at the crime scene of this case then that time, I was mad at you. I was so determined to show you that I am better than you but believe me, I never planned for this to happen. I never planned to spy on you or what. I am not that shallow!

RIGUEL

(shouts)

Do you think I’ll believe on you? After everything you’ve done? After showing up here out of nowhere?

VERONICA

(teary eyes)

I am sorry.

RIGUEL

(shouting)

I asked you, right? I asked you about your work and you told me you’ll just run errands for the office but just a few minutes ago, you stood up there, accusing someone!

VERONICA

(cracking voice)

Yes, but that’s because I still don’t know you enough that time. That’s why I didn’t tell you about my job. I’m sorry. I promise, I won’t lie to you again.

RIGUEL

I’m sorry but you missed your chance. I won’t let you lie to me again.

VERONICA

(tears started to fall down)

I love you. I really do. Please, believe me.

RIGUEL

(frustrated and disappointed)

You didn’t love me. You used me. For God sake, I am not an object! But you treated me like one. But you know what’s more painful? After everything you’ve done, after you0 lied to me, I still love you but I can’t stand being with you knowing that you succeed by ruining someone else’s life. Congratulations, Veronica!

VERONICA

(shouting and crying heavily)

Riguel!

(Scene 7)

After three months, Veronica is promoted and sent to another place because of the case she won against Riguel.

EMPLOYEE

Good morning Ms. Veronica!

VERONICA smells the EMPLOYEE’S PERFUME. VERONICA thinks about RIGUEL

EMPLOYEE

(concerned tone)

Ms. Veronica, are you alright?

VERONICA

(jolted tone)

I’m sorry, I just remembered someone.

The EMPLOYEE exits. VERONICA goes to Backyard Brew, the coffee shop where VERONICA and RIGUEL first met.

VERONICA orders a COFFEE and spills accidentally to RIGUEL

VERONICA

Oh my God, I’m sorry, sir.

RIGUEL

(cold voice)

It’s fine.

VERONICA looks at the guy (RIGUEL) as she hears RIGUEL’S voice.

VERONICA

(In shock)

Riguel? Oh my God, it’s me, Veronica. How have you been?

RIGUEL

(in frustration)

I have to go, I’m sorry.

VERONICA

(sobbing)

Wait, Riguel, I have to take this chance because if I didn’t, I might regret again not only for three months but for the rest of my life. Riguel, I still love you.

RIGUEL

(emotionless)

Veronica, when I told you I love you, I really do and after we fought, I just wanted space to think but you, you chose to walk away. I even waited for you, but I realized something, waiting for you was like waiting for the stars to go down, it’s useless and disappointing.

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amostexcellentblog · 7 years

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homonum replied to your post: What do you think of the Bana-Mighdall?

What all have you read ww wise?

It’s hard for me to keep track because I mostly read a few issues from different writers to get a taste and then sort of lose interest. WMM’s run was my introduction to the character, I’ve read all of his WW and Comic Cavalcade issues and a good chunk of his Sensation Comics work. Read Perez and Simone all the way through. And then it gets harder to keep track, there’s all the digital Sensation series, at least 1/3 of the digital Legend of WW series, some Rucka, some Jimenez, some Kanigher, some assorted Bronze Age issues. Soule’s New 52 SM/WW run, a little of Azzarello, Morrison’s Earth-1 GN. I feel like I’m forgetting some but that’s all I can think of now.

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noa-avis-modelling · 7 years

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This is late but I won't forget

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 Amanda L. Alvear, 25 Oscar A. Aracena Montero, 26 Rodolfo Ayala Ayala, 33 Antonio Davon Brown, 29 Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 Angel Candelario-Padro, 28 Juan Chavez Martinez, 25 Luis Daniel Conde, 39 Cory James Connell, 21 Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 Simón Adrian Carrillo Fernández, 31 Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 Peter Ommy Gonzalez Cruz, 22 Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 Paul Terrell Henry, 41 Frank Hernandez, 27 Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 Javier Jorge Reyes, 40 Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25 Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 Brenda Marquez McCool, 49 Gilberto R. Silva Menendez, 25 Kimberly Jean Morris, 37 Akyra Monet Murray, 18 Luis Omar Ocasio Capo, 20 Geraldo A. Ortiz Jimenez, 25 Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 Jean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez, 27 Xavier Emmanuel Serrano-Rosado, 35 Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 Yilmary Rodríguez Solivan, 24 Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 Martin Benitez Torres, 33 Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24 Juan Pablo Rivera Velázquez, 37 Luis Sergio Vielma, 22 Franky Jimmy DeJesus Velázquez, 50 Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

#pride month #pride #pulse #pulse nightclub #remember their names

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smileyrayserious · 7 years

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June 12, 2016 #Orlando

Today, I am thinking about the beautiful angels we lost last year during Pulse’s shooting in Orlando. It was the deadliest mass shooting in America, and it saddens me that people look at it as something that was deserving based on whom they choose to love or whom they respect and support. It saddens me to think of the people who choose to ignore the issue because they don’t see it belonging to them or affecting them. It hurts when people use this conversation to further fuel hate and discrimination amongst our Muslim and Arab brothers and sisters. And when I consistently see the erasure of people of color who were there that night, I fight to hold back tears.

Targeted on Latin night. Killed not in a gay club, but a sanctuary where expression isn’t limited to societal norms. I can’t forget.

I want to remember the spirit of the 49 victims at Pulse. Who are in my heart today, and everyday.

Akyra M. Murray, 18 Alejandro B. Martinez, 21 Amanda Alvear and Mercedez M. Flores, 25 and 26 Angel L. Candelario - Padro, 28 Anthony L. Laureano, 25 Antonio Devon Brown, 29 Brenda Lee Marquez, 49 Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 Cory James Eonell, 21 Darryl “DJ” Roman Burt, 29 Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 32 Edward Sotomayor Jr, 34 Enrique L. Rios Jr, 25 Eric Ivan Ortiz Rivera, 36 Frank Hernandez, 27 Franky Jimmy D. Velasquez, 50 Geraldo A. “Drake” Ortiz Jimenez, 25 Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 Javier Jorge Reyes, 40 Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27 Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 Joel Rayon Paniague, 32 Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 Juan Chevez - Martinez, 25 Juan Pablo Rivera Velazquez, 37 Juan Ramon Guerrero and Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 22 and 32 Kimberly Morris, 37 Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 Luis Daniel Conde, 39 Luis Daniel Wilson Leon, 37 Luis Omar Ocasio - Capo, 20 Luis S. Vielma, 22 Martin Benitez Torres, 33 Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 Oscar A. Aracena-Montero and Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 26 and 31 Paul Terrell Henry , 41 Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 Stanley Almodovar III, 23 Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24

#pulse #orlando #queer poc #LGBTQIA #lgbtq #intersectionality #latin night #pride

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