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gatheringbones · 1 year

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[“In 1970, the President’s Commission on Obscenity and Pornography recommended the repeal of all laws prohibiting the distribution of sexually explicit materials to consenting adults. The floodgates opened as feminist articles and books started breaking down traditional notions of female sexuality that had been formulated by male researchers. The first article to inspire me to action was “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” written by Anne Koedt. I was so impressed that I made an appointment to see her and get reprints of her article to pass out to all the women in my CR group.

In 1971, my art and sexual views appeared in an interview in Evergreen, an avant-garde magazine published by Grove Press. The article was accompanied by a large sampling of my sex drawings, along with positive statements about the importance of masturbation to women’s sexual liberation. That led to an editor from the recently formed Ms. magazine requesting an article from me on masturbation. When I submitted seventeen pages titled “Liberating Masturbation,” the editors feared my views would cause women to cancel their subscriptions. They said they might publish the article at a later date, when they felt the time was right. Infuriated to think feminists had censored me, I published several thousand copies and began distributing the information myself.

While many feminists struggled with my ideas about women’s sexual liberation, sex professionals were interested; Ed Brecher, a noted author and sex researcher, was extremely supportive. He agreed that most women could learn to have orgasms through masturbation, and then use that knowledge to become orgasmic with a partner. Wardell Pomeroy, who worked with Alfred Kinsey, and Albert Ellis, who has written hundreds of books on sex, also supported my views on the importance of female masturbation.

Alex Comfort was heartbroken when I didn’t do the line illustrations for The Joy of Sex. However, I did illustrate Helen Kaplan’s The New Sex Therapy. At the time, Dr. Kaplan headed the sex therapy program at the Payne Whitney Clinic of New York Hospital. Kaplan came to my studio the day I’d hired a photographer to shoot the sex positions we had discussed. While Grant and I took the poses naked, Helen directed us to do this and that. After showing her my favorite right-angle position, where I did my own clitoral simulation during intercourse, I gave an impassioned plea for her to include a drawing of it in her book. The drawing appeared, but a disclaimer went with it saying a woman stimulates herself to a point just prior to orgasm and stops. She then has her climax from his penis “thrusting vigorously,” thereby having a “coital orgasm.” Kaplan said a woman who needed clitoral stimulation all the way to orgasm during intercourse didn’t necessarily represent a treatment failure, but her bias was crystal clear.”]

betty dodson, from orgasms for two: the joy of partnersex, 2003

#betty dodson #bi literature #history stuff #currently reading

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dysfunctional-family-fight · 9 months

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Round Two

The Fey family (Ace Attorney) VS the Lehnsherr-Maximoff+ Family (Marvel)

The Fey family

Members: Mia Fey, Maya Fey, Misty Fey, Pearl Fey, Morgan Fey, Dahlia Hawthorne, Iris Hawthorne

Propaganda:

"The Feys are spirit mediums and leadership is hereditary; Maya is next in line and Morgan has tried to Get Rid of her twice (once by framing her for murder and another by actually murdering her), in order to make Pearl the new leader instead. Pearl is 8. Misty disappeared almost twenty years ago and left behind two kids, she was assumed dead but was actually living a fine life and awkwardly spying on her kids, one of whom did not recognize her when they came face to face for once. Mia abandoned the family in search of Misty and was murdered before ever finding her. Dahlia and Iris are Morgan’s kids from another marriage, and Dahlia was part of Morgan’s plans to murder Maya, while Iris… tried to prevent it but in a very ineffective way that ultimately ended with Misty getting murdered instead. It’s noteworthy that near the end of these games Maya says she wants absolutely nothing to do with the Fey clan anymore" More propaganda here

Lehnsherr-Maximoff+ Family

Members: Erik lehnsherr, Magda lehnsherr, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Tommy Sheppard, Billy Kaplan, Vision, Max Eisenhardt, Crystal, Luna Maximoff, Lorna Dane, Teddy Altman

Propaganda:

"wanda married a robot and changed reality and invented two children (tommy and billy) who then died(?) and their souls were transferred into two random pregnant womens unborn childrens bodies(??). most people in this family have killed multiple people and - except for luna - theyve all been labeled criminals at some point. wandas dad (who she didnt know was her dad until he revealed it to her darth-vader style), max/erik/magnus/magneto, is an international terrorist and is wanted by every government in the country. wandas twin brother, pietro is bad at parenting (but not as bad as magnets). also wandas half sister lorna is there and she tried to kill pietro once. magneto also tried to kill pietro. actually lots of people have tried to kill pietro. he is hated by many. anyway those two children, tommy and billy? they had a sort of normal life until they met and realised, as near-identical twins, they looked the exact same and then they realised wanda was their mum which was Bad because this was after wanda had killed lots of people and was a murderer. billys boyfriend teddy is just there. he doesnt really know whats going on but is afraid of every single maximoff." More propaganda here

#polls #fey family #ace attorney #Lehnsherr-Maximoff+ Family #marvel #round two

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thefastestaround · 10 months

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DOSSIER CHEAT SHEET

LEGAL NAME: Pietro Django Maximoff NICKNAME[S]: Quicksilver, Petey (I hate you, Thomas), Tro, Pie. DATE OF BIRTH: Sometimes in the 50's, the Second day of spring. Wanda was born a few minutes before him on the first day of spring. GENDER: Male PLACE OF BIRTH: Vinnytsia, Ukraine CURRENTLY LIVING: A not-very-good 2-bedroom apartment in NYC SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Too many to list, over two dozen (and counting) EDUCATION: No traditional streets and experiences HAIR COLOR: White or silver, depending on the light EYE COLOR: Icy blue HEIGHT: 6'0", 175 lbs (79.38 kg)

FAMILY INFORMATION

SIBLING[S]: Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane, Anya Eisenhardt (Deceased) PARENT[S]: Max Eisenhardt, Magda Eisenhardt (presumed deceased). Django Maximoff (adopted father, deceased), Marya Maximoff (Adopted Mother, deceased) RELATIVE[S]: Thomas Shepherd (favorite nephew), William Kaplan (nephew). Estranged inhumans from failed marriage CHILDREN: Luna Maximoff PET[S]: Mister Dibbles

RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single and divorced(most verses), Maybe a throple (Main) SINCE WHEN: Since Crystal

tagged: @fatummortem, stole from @hraunwyf tagging: @emmatriarchy(JM), @deborahmorgna, @dementedspeedster, @futurespeedster, @hexsreality, anyone else idfk

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inhumanmadman · 8 months

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[ I had one of those cinematic dreams again. Strap in. It's a wild ride.

So...Something was happening. It didn't make a whole lot of sense, but I will try my hand at explaining it. The sentinels were attacking the mutant nation of Genosha.

(Yes, I know. "But that doesn't exist anymore! Why would Maximus even be there?" It's not like my brain was obeying any version of canon, and Maximus wasn't there. Maximus will appear later. Give me a minute.)

Genosha crumpled like a paper bag under a tank. Everyone was wiped out, except one William Lehnsherr, my own alternate Billy Kaplan. He sat in stunned silence over the corpses of his beloved twin and grandfather, a sentinel looming overhead. Death was imminent. Until he had the typical Scarlet Witch moment. An epic scream. White light. Bodies around him gasped in the breath of life. Buildings reformed. And the sentinels evaporated into a fine sparkling dust. Billy then collapsed into unconsciousness. I don't blame him. Bringing people back to life has to be hard on a teenager.

Magneto jumped into action at that point, despite his shock. "Thomas, carry your brother inside. I have some calls to make."

The first call was to Namor, who was none the wiser about the slaughter. Magneto informed him, and Namor was not happy. I can only imagine what emotions that would have stirred in someone who had witnessed the actions of the Nazis. When asked if he would shelter some of the Genoshan population, he agreed, but only so many. His kingdom didn't have the oxygen to spare too many sets of lungs. Magneto agreed.

He then contacted Attilan. Medusa claimed to have seen the slaughter. (I...don't know how. We'll assume Magneto was having it broadcasted so the planet could see how mutants were being slaughtered like pests. You know, to gain sympathizers.) She was happy to hear they had all somehow survived. Attilan agreed to take the remaining Genoshan population.

Magneto ordered Tommy to take Billy with the group to Atlantis because, "There is no king more dangerous than Namor when his people are under siege. Make certain our people are in the heart of Atlantis, and he will protect them."

(That didn't make a lot of sense. Tommy is useless inside a submarine, while Magneto is perfectly able to use his powers inside of a submarine. He basically sent his grandchildren down in a sealed prison while giant robots were after them. Meanwhile, he was off to, what, cower behind Black Bolt?)

Genosha had a teleporter type...thing. The people just walked through to Attilan, which welcomed them with blankets, water, and food. Black Bolt greeted Magneto with a nod, before they both ascended to the highest flat point of the city, where they waited. While waiting, Magneto contacted Tommy.

"We're fine. I should be there, though. Billy is out cold. I feel like I'm babysitting him," he griped. He was told he had to be his brother's protector, before a rush of water spun the submarine around. There were no windows, only monitors, so Tommy looked up at the monitors to see Namor taking no chances. He saw a sentinel hot on the submarine's tail, so he was crushing it between his hands like an empty can of soda. After the chaos, Tommy responded to his grandfather's worried calls. "Yeah, we're fine. I have a fear boner now, though. Namor is intense."

There was a loud laugh on Magneto's side; Maximus had joined the two of them, along with Medusa and Crystal. "The others wanted to hear what was happening..."

"Shit--I mean--Sorry!" Tommy stammered.

Medusa sighed. "You're allowed one social faux pas after almost dying."

"Thank you, Medusa...ma'am...Uh, Queen Medusa I mean."

That was when Iron Man arrived. Underwater. Not his best decision, but he seemed to care about the boys. "How are you boys holding up?" he asked, hacked into their comms. He was greeted by the other voices, then apologized for being late. "Too late...I'm sorry. I saw everything from my satellite." His sorrowful words were interrupted by another sentinel attack, which they were warned about by SHIELD.

"Heads up, boys. We got another one coming in hot towards Atlantis." It was Samuel L. Jackson Fury in his own underwater craft following behind said sentinel.

Iron Man, Antonio (which makes two 1610 characters for some reason), was nigh useless, but he was distracting enough to enable Namor to do what he had to do.

When Fury's craft arrived on scene, a comm was ejected out of it to Namor, who clipped it to his ear. "Better late to the party than absent. We're tracking the trajectories of the robots. Does anyone have any info on them?"

"They are not built for this depth. I hear them creaking under the pressure," Namor told them.

Fury hummed. "Makes sense. They're only targeting mutants, and you're the only mutant who lives this far underwater. It doesn't make sense to prepare them all to kill just one mutant." Commotion on the line signaled a sentinel attack in Attilan. Then, a sound made anyone listening either cover their ears or pull the device away from their head. Black Bolt's voice. When it calmed down, Fury asked, "Is everything alright over there? I have some agents en route."

"All is well," Magneto told him, a little breathless. He hadn't fought, but Black Bolt's voice could be staggering. Behind him, Maximus was leaning over the edge of the building to see where the pieces of the sentinel had landed. Crystal had to pull him back by his coat so he wouldn't tumble over.

Some more commotion erupted over the comms, screams, then nothing. Fury cursed. "Well, I guess that plan didn't pan out...Keep an eye out for an incoming agent-killer. I'll send another team over if they come up with another plan."

Black Bolt positioned himself for another scream, but, just as he was about to unleash his power, Maximus placed a device in front of his mouth, which narrowed his attack area. It focused the damage into the chest of the sentinel. The head and body were separated, the head landing on the roof they were standing on. Maximus wiggled his fingers. "Oh, goodie~."

Namor sneered. "Is that Maximus?"

Magneto sighed. "I'm afraid so."

"Let him have his fun, as long as it helps," Antonio interjected.

Namor simply shook his head. His mood turned hostile, though, when he heard the approach of another sentinel. But, then, there was something else. Seeing a red glow, he was poised to attack when--

Antonio called out, "Wait wait! Stand down! It's dangerous, but it's not a robot. Everyone make way for Mama Bear. She needs through to her cubs."

Wanda moved through the water in an orb of magic before teleporting into the submarine. There, she sat by Tommy, who was cradling Billy's upper body, and touched both of their cheeks. She ensured the two of them were alright, before she finally asked how they were alive. She'd felt the emptiness of losing them. Tommy explained that Billy tapped into the Life Force, something he only seemed to be able to do when he needed...well, the force of life. Wanda sighed, both relieved and worried about her unconscious son.

There was a long stretched of time after the last attack, but everyone remained vigilant. Tommy was frustrated by his inability to help. "It feels like I'm gonna explode if I don't do something!"

"That's the adrenaline, Thomas. Embrace it. You don't want to be without it when you need it." The wise words of his far calmer grandfather.

Finally, Maximus broke the tense quiet. "I've got it! Take a listen!" On the line, there was a faint beeping, barely discernible from the static of wind to the average person.

Antonio smiled. "Oh yeah, baby, talk binary to me. Namor, if I die, tell Steve I died with a new man crush."

Maximus only laughed. Namor rolled his eyes.

Medusa asked what everyone was thinking. "What is it?"

Antonio told her, "Incoming instructions. Manual. Friday, are you getting this?"

"Every instruction," the computer confirmed.

"And that means--?" Tommy asked.

"It means someone is directing them to one of us as we speak. Whenever the sentinel arrives, we can follow the instructions in reverse back to their origin," Maximus explained.

"How did you tap into them? I've been trying to find their feed since I got here." Antonio was clearly impressed.

"I have one of their heads."

"Are you elbow deep in it right now?"

"Wrist deep at the moment."

"Dig deeper. Give me all the dirty details." He was definitely flirting. (This is not a ship I usually ship, so I have no idea where it came from.)

"Stark, we talked about you inviting crazy into your bed. He's not just certifiably insane, he's certified," Fury warned him.

"And no one wants to hear nerd flirting."

Namor smirked at Tommy's comment. Teenagers were amusing sometimes, even to the king of Atlantis.

Time ticked by, everyone listening to each beep and holding their breath. Which one of them was going to be attacked?

Just as a sentinel came into view, it exploded, leaving a cloud of smoke and a badass backdrop for a craft and some flying backup on the horizon. Landing on the rooftop in Attilan, the mutants of Krakoa (Look, I don't know. I--There's two mutant factions in this world, I guess.) surrounded Magneto. Charles embraced him. "I came as soon as I heard. I'm sorry I'm so late, my friend..."

"I'm just glad to see you're unhurt," Erik told him.

They discussed their plans of action, settling on following the signal back to their origin with a team fit for destroying a small army of sentinels. Medusa and Namor both protested. What if it was a trap? They'd be down some of their key fighters. "If it isn't a trap, we can't risk throwing away what could be our only opportunity to destroy them," Charles explained.

So a team consisting of many mutants, including Charles Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, Quicksilver, and Wanda (not currently the Scarlet Witch for whatever reason) flew in the Krakoan craft to the location of where the sentinels were coming from. There was an anxiety-inducing battle, where many close calls were had. Magneto slapped a device onto one of the sentinels at one point, and it began to attack the other sentinels. He exclaimed what was happening like a 60's comic. "I placed the device on the robot, and, now, it's acting as our ally!"

Maximus cackled over the comms. "Its programming was overridden by my own!"

Iron Man arrived on scene. He couldn't miss out on the epic climax. "Oooh, you and I have got to get together sometime."

"You can duplicate it easily, Stark. It's universal~."

Stark groaned as he copied the device's code and relayed it to the other sentinels. At that point, the mutants barely had to fight. The fight was won. When they found the person responsible for it all, he was dead by his own hand. Antonio didn't care, though. He tapped into his console. "I'm in."

"Are you?" Maximus teased.

"I'm in, and I have every dirty detail. Wanna hear it?" Antonio teased back.

"Tell me."

"They copy mutant powers."

Maximus gasped. "Impossible. Tell me more~."

"By [insert my brain's nonsense here]."

"Through what?"

"[Again, of course I wouldn't have an actual answer for it.]."

Maximus literally moaned, which Medusa scolded him for. "Genius. I utilized [blank] to counter the Fantastic Four, but that, that wasn't nearly as creative."

Antonio was smirking inside his suit. "I guess he was kinkier than you."

"I wish I'd met him."

"Well, maybe I should keep some of these details to myself, and you can hear them over...dinner on Friday?"

"Stark, no!" Fury yelled over the communicator. Stark cut him out.

"Stealing a man's techniques for a date. Shameless, Stark. Time and place?"

"Maximus, absolutely not!" Medusa interjected, but she was simply ignored.

"My California mansion. 1800 Pacific."

"I will be there. Whether my family approves or not."

Now, there was more. It involved kinky sex that left bruises on Maximus, the death of Antonio Stark, and a clash between SHIELD, the Avengers, and the Inhumans, but I'm now too tired to type it out. :|

Fin. ]

#i can ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ the minds of lesser men. ‖ ooc

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mccoppinscrapyard · 1 year

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Books Read/Listened To in 2023

* = owned

The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite (audiobook) : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Girls that Never Die by Safia Elhillo- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (audiobook)- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

And Yet by Kate Baer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ana María and the Fox by Liana de la Rosa * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Black Roses by Harold Green III- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Patience and Esther by S.W. Searle- ⭐️⭐️⭐️

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maus by Art Spiegelman * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jewdrowski (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Cheer Up! Love & Pompoms by Crystal Frazier * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love Charade by Allie McDermid * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Yazidi! by Aurelien DuCoudray and Mini Ludvin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Private Charter by N. R. Walker (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Island Wisdom by Annie Daly & Kainoa Daines - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay by Julian Aguon (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Astot (eARC) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fall Into You by Georgina Kiersten - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She Was Made for Me by Jen Morris - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck * - DID NOT FINISH

The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gender is Really Strange by Teddy G. Goetz (eARC) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Well Matched by Jen DeLuca (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love Flushed by Evie Mitchell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Skip! by Sarah Burgess (eARC)- ⭐️⭐️.5

The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (audiobook) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw * - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Her Night With the Duke by Diana Quincy (audiobook) - currently reading

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata- currently reading

You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky - currently reading

#read in 2023 #books #reading list #reading goals #personal

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sash-au · 11 months

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Clara Maximoff

Full Name: Clara Petra Maximoff

Aliases: Clare, Crimson Curse

Affiliation and Relationships

Team: A-Force

Relatives: Wanda Maximoff (Mom), Pietro Maximoff (Uncle; Deceased), Karoline Maximoff (Aunt; Deceased), Billy Kaplan-Altman (Half Brother), Teddy Kaplan-Altman (Brother In Law), Tommy Shepherd (Half Brother), David Alleyne (Brother In Law), Zoey Maximoff (Cousin/Adoptive Sister)

S/O: n/a (Future: Danny Richardson)

Close Friends: Zoey Maximoff

Pets: Jack Russell Terrier (Sparky Jr; Family's)

Characteristics

Age: 18

Birthday: October 20

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Straight

Height: 5'10"

Eyes: Green

Hair: Orange

Mental Illnesses/Disorders/Etc: Anxiety

Species: Human

Unusual Features: Dyed Dark Red Hair, Freckles, Septum Piercing

Powers and Origin

Powers: Chaos Magic

Origin: Inherited from Mom

Place of Origin: New Jersey

Personal Information

Citizenship: American

Occupation: n/a

Education: High School

Language(s): English, Sokovian

Personality Type: ESTP

School Information

Starting Year: 6

Starting Class: 2A

Notes and Trivia

She has a very witchy/alt style

She's very into astrology, tarot, crystals, etc

She's Jewish

Her mom taught her how to play guitar

#sash au character info #clara maximoff

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weathernamed · 15 days

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drabble: the tunnels

Spence was an asshole. There was no getting around that. Whether he wanted to play pretend go-getter husband or not, she knew the real persona behind that facade. He was selfish. Arrogant and snotty. A real prick. Her hand hurt like a bitch to top off the shit sundae. The blood was already weeping through the already soaked piece of gauze.

And then a T-Virus former employee had ripped their teeth into her wrist as well. So she had two bites to deal with. Fan-fucking-tastic. After threatening Parks, a horde of rotting hands shot out from the grate and they could no longer keep it in place. Rain was already out of ammo before they even hit the utility tunnel's nasty ass wet floor. She had a few left in her pistol, but not many.

The MP5K had been thrown down on the surface having its mag expended all because of the fiasco in the supposed Dining Hall B. Figures. Either Kaplan didn't read his shit right, or the Umbrella Corporation was jerking their chains. She knew it had to be the second one, even if there was partial blame on him for not figuring out the goddamn security code.

And of course J.D. had to swoop in all suave and turn his back to the elevator of hungry dead things. She had lost him. She had loved him and then lost him. What a terrible morning. It was clear that the organization was keeping more than a few secrets down there, and it was crystal clear that her frail body could not handle the infection. Lorraine Ocampo was about to become a disgruntled martyr for a shitty company.

Nothing new, honestly. There was barely any feeling in her entire arm. Her legs felt like they were becoming jelly, but managed to force herself to stay rigid. An uncompromising resilient little soldier. It was now however, that her sight became blurry. Dark brown eyes shifted their gaze left to right in order to clear the haze that had begun to form in her already dying body.

Sloshing around in the muck below as the Latina had lost her handgun. By the time she was up and onto her feet, a reanimated J.D. was there to greet her. A pause. Shock. The color drained in her face, disbelieving. The ensign froze. "J.D.?" her voice rasped. He stared at her with those crazed blue eyes and then went in for the kill.

Teeth gnashed and ripped into her throat, creating a nice gash on the side of her neck. "Agh!" the brunette grunted, her greasy and damp bangs hung in her eyes and curved sharply around her jaw. It was a husky scream that had followed the grunt of agony that went up in several pitches.

He hissed again, opening his mouth wide. With one last look. With one last agonizing depressing stare, the trigger was pulled.

BANG.

Goodbye from Bonnie to her Clyde.

@shotherfivetimes

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I think you're the only RP blog I follow that has unique character tags for every character in reblogs lol. How do you remember them all?

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Idk, I just think it's fun haha. And the thing is, I... don't remember them. I mostly rely on Tumblr to suggest the tag when I start typing a character's name.

I mean, look how many I can get to pop up :P

{glad to see you're still kicking} Alice Abernathy

{you look way too familiar} Alicia Marcus

{what's your problem, man?} Albert Wesker

{alf? shut it} Alfonso Warner

{we're gonna get you outta here} Angela Ashford

{what's your goal?} Ada Wong

{nice work} Abigail

{he was twice the man you are} Bad Carlos

{you don't deserve the same respect as him} Bad One

{bastard} Bennett

{thanks... yeah, yeah, I'll be more careful} Betty Grier

{you've gotta let me see that gun, dude} Barry Burton

{we'll keep you safe, kid} Becky

{can I bum a smoke offa you?} Carlos Oliveria

{I'll leave all that tech shit to you} Chad Kaplan

{I respect you, redfield} Claire Redfield

{I'm always down to talk guns} Chase McAvoy

{that's gotta be a stage name} Crystal Waters

{I like your gunwork} Cobalt

{what's your whole deal?} Chris Redfield

{would rather not see that} Dead Rain

{god... again?} Doc

{sir?} James Shade

{I'll never forget you, man} J.D. Salinas

{you're with s.t.a.r.s., right?} Jill Valentine

{we don't got time for you to get cold feet} Kim Yong

{I like you, kid} K-Mart

{my brother was a fan of you} Luther West

{matt's sister, huh?} Lisa Addison

{the platin' on those deagles is nice} L.J. Wade

{I'm gonna deck you} Leon S. Kennedy

{sorry for slapping you around back at the mansion} Matthew Addison

{you kinda remind me of someone} Mikey

{I'm all good... appreciate it} Olga Danilova

{infected, huh?} Peyton Wells

{who let this asshole have my face?} Rain Melendez

{your aim needs work, hippie} Rain Ocampo

{homicidal bitch} Red Queen

{what're you wearin'?} Suburban Alice

{you're a real asshole} Spence Parks

{get that camera outta my face} Terri Morales

{he ain't a talker} Vance Drew

{your sister killed my team} White Queen

#[good lord I have way more these than I thought I did lmao]#[this is a GOOD chunk of the movie characters]#[I have no memory of some of these]#{outta ammo!} ooc #🚬

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antonio-velardo · 3 months

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Antonio Velardo shares: Crystal Hefner ya no solo cuenta las ‘cosas buenas’ de la Mansión Playboy by Ilana Kaplan

By Ilana Kaplan En una autobiografía reveladora, Crystal Hefner relata sus días pasados como modelo de Playboy y tercera (y última) esposa de Hugh Hefner. Published: January 21, 2024 at 08:00AM from NYT En español https://ift.tt/xY9g42Z via IFTTT

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Science experienced many first-of-a-kind feats this year. These are the groundbreaking achievements that grabbed our attention. Cosmic web shake-up Glowing threads of gas, galaxies and dark matter provided the first tangible evidence that shock waves permeate the cosmic web, the large-scale structure of the universe (SN: 3/25/23, p. 14). Simulations had predicted that colliding threads generate shock waves, which catapult charged particles into the web’s magnetic fields and create a faint glow. That aura appeared in data from radio telescopes, confirming the shock waves exist. The glow also provides the first (if indirect) peek at the cosmic web’s magnetic fields. Hats off After more than 50 years of searching, mathematicians finally found an einstein tile (ein Stein is German for “one stone”). The shape, dubbed “the hat,” fits with its mirror image to create an infinite pattern that never repeats (SN: 4/22/23, p. 7). Soon after, researchers discovered a “vampire” einstein, a shape that doesn’t require its mirror image to create an infinite nonrepeating pattern (SN: 7/1/23, p. 9). Einstein tiles and their unique balance between order and disorder could spur new discoveries in materials science. In March, a group of mathematicians reported the first true “einstein,” a shape that can cover an infinite surface in a pattern that never repeats. The 13-sided shape was nicknamed “the hat” (left). Another milestone came in May: the first “vampire einstein,” a shape that makes a never-repeating pattern without using its mirror image (right).BOTH: D. SMITH, J.S. MYERS, C.S. KAPLAN AND C. GOODMAN-STRAUSS (CC BY 4.0) Fleeting debut The first appearance of oxygen-28, a superheavy form of the element that physicists created in a particle accelerator, was much briefer than researchers had expected (SN: 10/7/23 & 10/21/23, p. 4). The isotope decayed almost immediately after forming, despite its atomic nucleus having full outer shells of protons and neutrons — a property that is typically linked with extra stability. Oxygen-28’s instability hints that something may be wrong with our understanding of the strong nuclear force, which binds protons and neutrons. Scientists had predicted that oxygen-28 would hang around for a while before decaying. But when they finally managed to create the elusive isotope in a particle accelerator, it fell apart almost immediately — shedding four neutrons (illustrated blue) and turning into oxygen-24.Andy Sproles/Oak Ridge National Laboratory RNA retrieval Scientists isolated and decoded RNA from an extinct creature for the first time. The fragile molecules, which help ensure that cells follow their DNA instruction manuals, were extracted from a preserved Tasmanian tiger held in a museum (SN: 11/4/23, p. 10). Researchers hope that the feat will aid efforts to bring back the wolflike marsupial, which is named after its homeland and died out in 1936. The Tasmanian tiger (one shown in captivity in 1930) went extinct after the last one died in a zoo in 1936. Researchers have now extracted RNA from one museum specimen.Topical Press Agency/Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Surviving a deep freeze Adult corals can be safely flash-frozen and revived, researchers demonstrated, raising hopes that cryopreservation could be useful in coral conservation (SN: 9/23/23, p. 11). The key to preventing ice crystals from forming and damaging tissues is to bathe corals in a rigid metal container filled with a dehydrating solution before plunging them in liquid nitrogen. Whatever water remains in the tissues solidifies so quickly that it cannot crystallize and expand. Porites compressa, a finger coral, gets its name for its blunt branches. Mature chunks of it collected off the coast of Hawaii have successfully been frozen and revived, offering hope that the world’s corals could be preserved as the oceans warm and acidify.Claire Lager, Smithsonian Neutrino cartography A new map of the Milky Way is the first made without using light. Instead, cosmic cartographers used data from a detector in Antarctica and AI to chart nearly massless particles called neutrinos onto the galaxy’s plane. The resulting image (third image below; optical and gamma-ray versions shown for comparison) offered a rough idea of where the first known high-energy neutrinos to originate in the Milky Way were born (SN: 8/12/23, p. 13). With some refinement, the approach could pinpoint their birthplace and those of other amped-up ghostly particles. IceCube Collaboration/Science 2023IceCube Collaboration/Science 2023 Every letter counts This year marked the completion of the pangenome, an effort to catalog every single letter, or building block, in humankind’s genetic instruction manual (SN: 6/3/23, p. 6). The undertaking involved compiling and comparing nearly all the DNA of 47 people to get the most comprehensive snapshot yet of human genetic diversity. A few months later, researchers added the final piece: the Y chromosome (SN: 10/7/23 & 10/21/23, p. 7). The pangenome could shed light on the molecular foundations of fertility, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and more. New efforts to sequence the human Y chromosome (illustrated right; X chromosome shown left) may shed light on its role in fertility and the risk of developing cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.NATHAN DEVERY/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS Star eats planet Astronomers have long suspected that stars swallow up planets, but no one had ever caught a star in the act until this year (SN: 6/3/23, p. 8). About 10,000 light-years from Earth, the sunlike star engulfed an orbiting planet that was about 10 times as massive as Jupiter. Over several days, the star grew noticeably brighter and burped a bunch of gas, suggesting it engulfed a companion star. But the relatively small amount of energy released tipped off researchers that the star had actually eaten a planet. Dust blasts into space as a star (illustrated) swallows a planet about 10 times the mass of Jupiter.K. Miller and R. Hurt/IPAC/Caltech

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