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drpepperbloodlinewrites · 19 days

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: A Twinge of Thyme .

O2. The “Hosts”/ Proxies

Synopsis: One step closer to heaven, but falling down to hell after tripping.

General Content Warning: cannibalism/ gore/ cults mentioned in EJ, and abuse /BRIEFLY/ hinted at in Toby's.

Notes: I GOT TO YAP ABOUT TOBY, TODAY IS A GREAT DAY PEOPLE... (I love this man so much)

One step on the moon, one leap for Tobias Erin Rogers, or whatever that guy said.

Kate is still a WIP because I need to replay Slender: The Arrival and check up on her story again to get a gist of her character, and Brian is a WIP because even though I watched Marble Hornets I was not paying attention whenever that man was on screen. (I'm just a girl who was trying to see Tim Sutton play a character who is NOT having a field day.)

I didn't add Kate because the only thing I have on her is "the third to join" 😭, I CAN'T LOOK LIKE A COOL AESTHETIC CREEPYPASTA BLOG IF I CAN'T EVEN WRITE A FULL SENTENCE ABOUT MY INTERPS !! 😡😡🤬. (I'll add her once I finally manage to get more of an idea of her character/ where she is in the story and manage to write a full sentence about her.)

The “Hosts” of The Operator consist of:

Jeff The Killer

Tim Wright/ Masky

Brian Thomas/ Hoodie, (WIP!)

Tobias Erin Rogers/ Toby

Kate The Chaser, (WIP!)

Eyeless Jack, (in the process of becoming a “host” is more heavily influenced than the others due to The Operator needing to rely on him more since he's the only one around with adequate medical experience to tend to wounds.)

Jeff The Killer

The fourth to join, after killing his family he fled to the woods in seek of refugee from the cops where he ended up abruptly being forced to succumb to “Operator Sickness” the longer he had to stay/live in the woods.

He is sadistic, cruel, apathetic, selfish, and quick to anger. He is /not/ kind or sympathetic to anyone or anything, He does not feel bad for life or taking it away, he kills for the adrenaline rush of it all to see somebody’s misery/ suffering as he takes life away and for the /joy/ of it all. If you try to plead a sob story with him or how much you “relate” to him he’ll just laugh in your face and play with your emotions before eventually killing you off.

He used to play with dead cats and would kill small animals in their yard when he was younger, but Liu and his family would just brush it off as Jeff being a weird little kid- even when he began to become weirdly obsessed with forensic science and the study of murder and even gave Liu a dead cat once, they just brushed it off.

He likes the attention of fangirls and finds them amusing, (and they give him a /major/ ego boost.) But doesn’t care for them enough to spare them at the end of the day. He’ll kill anyone he runs into contact with, and fangirls aren’t the exception. He’ll just toy with them and flatter them, making them feel as if they're worth something- as if he cares about them before mocking them /cruelly/ in the process of doing so before eventually killing them off. The only reason why Nina is still standing is because she had a good enough survival instinct to run away before he could end her, making him /hate/ her.

I HC that he struggles with Intermittent Rage Disorder, ASPD (Anti - Social Personality Disorder), and narcissism. So he is /extremely/ quick to anger, and his rage isn’t just a brooding teenager screaming at his mom to get out of his room- it’s a Molton, seeping, hot rage that genuinely kills/ threatens the lives and well-being of anyone in a general vicinity. He manipulates people who show interest in him to do his bidding before eventually cutting them off abruptly, dropping that he never cared for them in the first place. He’s selfish and only thinks about himself in every aspect of his life, including relationships and social interactions most of all.

If he approaches you, it’s because he sees something that /he/ can gain from the conversation- not because he wanted to just out of good will. He doesn’t care or spare other people’s feelings, only thinking about the joy/adrenaline rush /he’ll/ get out of something. He has a "bit" of a superiority complex of sorts, assuming he’s the most beautiful of them all. And that even if he carves into somebody to make them beautiful like /him/, he’s still the most stunning of them all.

Don’t even think about changing him, he doesn’t want to be changed- he knows what he’s doing is wrong, /he just doesn’t care./

He lives in abandoned cars in the woods, not really caring about settling down and finding a home- only on the run/ adrenaline rush that killing gives him.

He has nobody close to him, and he doesn’t care for relationships- only himself.

He hates The Operator and has fought against him countless times and will still do so, having not learned his lesson yet. He doesn’t like the feeling of somebody else having control over him, especially with how “powerful” he is, so even if the memories he brings back make him feel /hurt/ with an ache in his chest occasionally, he’ll continue to fight.

He’s generally around 28 in my au/interp, (to make him fit into Nina’s story. I originally was going to make him mid 30’s- but eh, fuck it we ball.)

Tim Wright/ Masky

The first to join, during the set of Marble Hornets he was practically struggling with the “Operator sickness” (the influence/disease caused by The Operator), and infected Brian in the process due to them being best friends and now also being forced to be around each other due to filming. His licensed schizophrenia not making it any better/ and making it easier for him to fall under the influence.

Masky is an alter ego in a sense, Tim is not conscious at all of whatever Masky does when he “fronts”/ takes over. He struggles with Dissociative Amnesia which means he completely forgets what happens in the time Masky “fronts”, he forgets the murder he committed and is left with the afterglow countless times- forced to look down at bloodied hands with shaky breathes and widened eyes.

Masky was made in a way to sort of cope with Tim being a “pushover” various times throughout his life/ when it came to Tim easily accepting his fate under The Operator. Tim didn’t bother to fight, he was scared and just let The Operator slowly take over him and form, thus making Masky form in a rebellious manner to “combat” against The Operator- just to be broken down psychologically and forced to work under The Operator.

Neither Tim nor Masky like The Operator or “obediently” work under him, they both loath/ hate him and just work under him in fear of what the being can do to them/ fear of completely losing a grip of themselves. They don’t like working for him, they just fear what would happen to them both if they didn’t and pulled themselves out.

Tim isn’t nice, he’s sympathetic to a /certain/ degree- but he doesn’t show it, /at all./ He’s socially awkward and keeps to himself in the internal fear of affecting anybody else to succumb to The Operator Sickness like he did to Brian, to /everyone/ on the set of Marble Hornets. He blames himself for what happened is practically filled with self-loathing, but hides it well by a rough exterior- barely even flinching at any gore as he lazily smokes on a Marlboro Red.

He’s cold, but awkward all the while- and cuts straight to the point, ending any conversation as fast as possible efficiently with a /severe/ resting bitch face. He can be snappy and quick to anger, not bothering to yell/ start an argument.

He doesn’t have anyone close to him, only co-workers and enemies, and he’d prefer to keep it that way.

Masky is /cruel/, sadistic, and apathetic. He doesn’t spare any sympathy and is cruel and teasing/mocking while doing so, he doesn’t shed tears with pleading victims- he only finds a profound /amusement/in their suffering. He’ll happily grin and laugh in your face if you’re pleading for a sense of sympathy or crying about your dead family.

His tactics are /brutal/, he’ll use anything he can get his hands on as a weapon- he’s self-sufficient in that manner and he won’t even bat an eye if some intestines come spilling out. He is /not/ the “host” you will be getting a sense of humanity from, he treats your suffering like a toy he finds great entertainment in and finds genuine satisfaction from hurting people.

He’s like a robot completing a mission, and /nothing/ will make him stop a mission once he picks it up.

Unlike Hoodie, he kills just to kill without meaning.

He lives in a busted-down Cabin that’s a part of the inner woods/ depths, as close to The Operator as humanly possible without him going insane so he can be at The Operator’s every beck and call- The Operator relying on him more considering he’s the first of the group that The Operator “influenced.” He doesn’t like it and complains about it, but can’t do anything to fix it.

He is not friends with Hoodie/ Brian, the duo after having a fallout after Tim pushed the man out of a building/ window/ nearing the end of Marble Hornets.

He’s in his mid-30s and has a beard growing from months of not shaving due to guilt/ depression.

Brian Thomas/ Hoodie (WIP!!)

I’m good at reading Hoodie’s character, but not so much of Brian’s yet. So unfortunately for the time being I’ll go more into depth on Hoodie’s part, I’m sorry for the inconvenience.

He’s second to join shortly after Tim, being quickly affected due to him being best friends with the man- especially since he spent so much time by the man while he was being affected.

Brian hates the idea of Tim/ even the mere topic of the man being brought up, and Hoodie is the same way and feels the exact same way about Tim/Masky. The memories are too bittersweet, he hates Tim for what he unknowingly caused and misses the life that they had before The Operator happened- but still misses the man. They were best friends, after all.

A sick part of him feels like Tim is the only one to understand where he’s coming from, and he might even try to make contact with Tim when he feels like this. But then pauses and remembers how much /damage/ Tim/Masky caused and stops himself and goes right back to hating him. It’s a miserable cycle he goes day by day, but he can’t find himself getting a clear grip on his emotions anytime soon.

Hoodie hates The Operator, and so does Brian and they both do anything in their way to rebel/ go against The Operator. Their only goal is to kill Masky or at the very least Tim.

Eventually, Hoodie was forced to give up after a particularly grueling fight that cost him his life and he was forced to begin working directly under The Operator. And although he is still plotting against The Operator, he isn’t as open about it.

Hoodie is /manipulative/, he doesn’t speak and is generally a selective mute. But if the situation calls for it he knows just exactly how to turn on that Southern charm that makes anyone /swoon/ into talking too much and giving him the information he needs. He isn’t empathetic, and although he is a /tad/ bit sympathetic- it isn’t generally enough to make him care about what happens to you at the end of the day.

He's an instigator, he gathers as much information on you as possible and follows you around to tip you on the edge of paranoia before handing out anything he gets on you to The Operator. He doesn't kill unless The Operator asks him to and is more so just there to push the victim further into The Operator Sickness/ just to let the victim know that they're being watched.

THAT’S ALL I GOT- I’M WORKING ON THEM STILL. I’M SO SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE!

Tobias Erin Rogers/ Toby

The last to join, he’s just 26, verging on 27 in the present day. He succumbed to the “Operator Sickness” during the weeks leading up to Lyra’s death, only to become easier to be influenced the longer the weeks stretched by after Lyra’s death. Eventually, when he snapped and killed his father- he was already too far gone and completely affected by the “Operator Sickness” and succumbed to being a “host” easily the second The Operator showed up to save him from the fire.

He isn’t kind, he’s /extremely/ hard to get along with. He’s not waffle-obsessed, “Hey Masky!” Childish idiot who somehow managed to become a “host”, he’s /brutal/, analytical, and is a genuine threat to anyone who comes across him.

When he was 17 and freshly joined the “Hosts”, he was naive, I’ll admit that. He genuinely believed that he could gather The Operator’s praise as long as he did what he wanted and thought that he could consider The Operator as a father figure. But upon working for him longer, he soon slowly begins to realize that The Operator doesn’t care for him at all and can easily replace him- slowly making him loathe and eventually form a hatred for The Operator.

He hates how dumb he was, he hates how The Operator stole away his past and he can’t remember anything about it. But when he /briefly/ remembers his past because The Operator /wanted/ him too, he hates it and just desperately wishes to forget it all again.

He doesn’t like working under The Operator, but he stays working under The Operator due to fear- fear that he’ll be forced to remember everything again, he /wants/ to remember, but he can’t ignore the array of emotions he feels when he finally does remember and he /hates/ that.

He hates feeling weak in general, after possible years of feeling weak- for once he wants to be the top dog, the brute that everybody fears.

In his teenage years, (17-19) he was childish, dumb, and playful- but as the reality of the situation began to dawn on him and he realized just exactly how The Operator couldn’t give a shit about him, he began to change. He began to become more cold, realizing now that he could die at any second and he could be easily replaced- the fear dawning on him as he began to harden and grow to be more /brutal./

He’s /crude/, sadistic, and playful- but being oh-so-/cruel/ while doing so. He treats it like a cat and mouse hunt, and the cat /always/ wins- he’ll tease you and play along about not your hiding place, already knowing he knows /exactly/ where you are. It’s just one big game to him.

His sense of humor is morbid and dark, he’s awfully sarcastic and sounds /mocking/ while doing so- he doesn’t care if he hurts your feelings or not and might even snicker like a little shit if he sees you shedding a tear as he continuously /mocks/ you for every single thing you do. Sure, he’s a /little/ bit more empathetic than the rest of the “Hosts”, but not by much. He might narrow his eyes with a twinge of his brow as frowns upon hearing you vent about your abusive relationship/ friendship and will seem generally sympathetic but he won’t do much to help save you and will still kill you at the end of the day.

He’s hard to get along with, and if you say something in even the slightly wrong tone he’s quick to start an argument. And it’s not a rebellious teen's anger- no, his anger can parallel Jeff’s from how /enraged/ he gets. It only gets worse if he feels like you’re teasing him for it, after all. He screams and yells until his voice cracks and his throat aches, he swings his hatchets around like a madman- bloodthirsty and maniac as he looks at you as if he wants you dead.

He does this because he doesn’t like feeling /weak, he doesn’t like the feeling of being picked on- he doesn’t like being seen as anything else other than a big dog. He wants to feel /worth/ something, so he does it by feeding into a power complex that he’s only worth something if he’s strong or a top dog in a big power ring.

So even if he doesn’t like lashing out like /somebody/ he can’t even remember and practically physically recoils at the memories, he can’t help himself from lashing out when so overwhelmed by the feeling/ emotion of being /weak/ he ends up getting lost in his emotions while doing so.

He’s generally a loner and prefers to stick with the friends he has and doesn’t care or need to make more. He likes the friends he has already and wouldn’t bother changing them. (Not to mention that he isn’t a fan of socializing either). He wants to be loved, and he yearns for it like nothing more- he just can’t get it because of his mindset of acting like a rabid dog to the hand who tries to help.

He already went through too much, and he can’t be changed because of it because it permanently altered his mind of thinking. He literally /can’t/ change because it’s all he’s been taught.

Even if he doesn’t remember his past, the damage is still there and done- and even if he can’t know or remember /why/ he exactly acts this way. But all he knows is that he /needs/ to act like it.

He has a cabin deeper into the woods of Rosewood Park that verges on the line of The Operator’s territory, but he usually just ends up crashing at Clockwork’s place anyway because it’s “nicer.”

He does NOT like having to live around The Operator 😭😭‼️

Sorry, I couldn’t help yapping about Toby- he’s my favorite, ugh.

Eyeless Jack

The fifth to join, he was originally just an “influenced”, but the more proxies The Operator started to gain, the more he realized he needed somebody in the medical field to tend to his proxies who just kept on getting hurt on missions. (Especially Jeff, despite the man /refusing/ any help- his ego too big to admit somebody great like /HIM/ needs to depend on anybody else.)

Eyeless Jack was the first for The Operator to rely on, the man having been majoring in human physiology and having adequate experience before the “incident.”

The more he hung out around The Operator and his “hosts”, the more he got affected by The Operator's sickness- eventually resulting in him where he is now, slowly but unknowingly turning into a “Host.” (He’s aware, he just decides to bury it down and not focus on it too hard in denial about the whole situation.)

He is controlled by the demon inside of him, not the other way around. I repeat, /he literally cannot control his own body./

I HC he’s possessed by the demon/ entity of a Wendigo, his hunger is literally /insatiable/ and he’s always hungry and greedy for more. He’s not one to be around, especially if you’re just a mortal because nine times out of ten he’ll eat you, or at the /very/ least get a nibble out of you or an organ to feast on later.

Even when he’s himself and isn’t /completely/ bloodthirsty, he needs to have an organ supply on him 24/7 (especially when tending to a “Host”) or else he will eat everyone in the room and even bits of himself if he can’t solve for his hunger quick enough.

At random times, he can become /very/ bloodthirsty and hostile seemingly for no reason at all. He can be hanging out with you, silent as usual before all of a sudden tackling you and ripping off your ear for just a /small/ nibble to tend to his insatiable hunger.

When he isn’t bloodthirsty though and is more so of “himself”, he’s a loner and tends to stick to himself. He’s quiet, calm, and collected- nonchalant and straight to the point and wants to get most social interactions done as quickly as possible. He can come off as monotone and bored without even trying it, and even if it isn’t his intention- it just sort of happens, not that he cares about it.

He doesn’t care for making friends and genuinely doesn’t want to, he finds solace in his life when it’s quiet- and although he does find himself lulling occasionally about how /nice/ it would be to have somebody there, to feel /human/ again, he knows internally that he can’t have it due to his hunger. So he avoids the topic completely or ignores it and buries it deep down.

He lives in a busted-down abandoned cabin somewhere along the North front of The Operator’s territory and is 28 years old.

He doesn't really have a sense of sight and it's all muddied/ thermal location, so he has to rely on hearing for the most part. He can see /slightly/ better at night, but it's still not good.

#ticci toby #toby erin rogers #tobias rogers #creepypasta #jeff the killer #tim wright #masky marble hornets #marble hornets #hoodie marble hornets #eyeless jack

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loveothislife · 8 months

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"The second night of TIFF was a busy one for Armie Hammer. He and fellow actors Dev Petel and Nazanin Boniadi are in town to premiere Hotel Mumbai, director Anthony Maras’s debut feature, which focuses on the Mumbai terrorist attacks that took place 10 years ago.

For Mr. Hammer and his wife, actor Elizabeth Chambers, this was one of three stops on last night’s social circuit: earlier in the evening at the pre-world premiere party given for director Tim Sutton’s new film Donnybrook at RBC House, the pair made an appearance in support of friend Frank Grillo, who alongside Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley star in the film. [...]

Night two culminated with the annual hot-ticket HUGO BOSS-hosted soiree, which this year, hosted alongside Amazon Studios, served as the world premiere celebration for Felix Van Groeningen’s greatly anticipated Beautiful Boy, staring young man of the moment Timothée Chalamet, Steve Carell and Amy Ryan. Mr. Chalamet, who wore a Haider Ackermann embroidered suit, breezed into the party and headed for the second floor of the club where he was later joined by party hopper Mr. Hammer, making for a Call Me By Your Name reunion of sorts."

#armie hammer #timothée chalamet #tiff #after-party #sept7 2018

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ghelgheli · 8 months

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The Stuff I Read in August 2023

Stuff I Extra Liked Is Bold

Books

Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee (2017)

Reconsidering Reparations, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (2022)

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women, trans. Dick Davis (2019)

The Origins of Unfairness, Cailin O'Connor (2019)

Short Fiction

the prisoner, ignatz

The Unwanted Guest, Tamsyn Muir

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Sakaomi Yuzaki

Still Sick, Akashi

Born Again Bunny, ignatz

A Museum of Dubious Splendors, Studio Oleomingus

In the Pause Between the Ringing, Studio Oleomingus

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place, Studio Oleomingus

Game Theory

The Bargaining Problem, John Nash (1950)

Two Person Cooperative Games, John Nash (1953)

Perfect Equilibrium in a Bargaining Model, Ariel Rubinstein (1982)

Marriage and household decision making: A bargaining analysis, Marilyn Manser and Murray Brown (1980)

Evolutionary Game Theory

The theory of games and the evolution of animal conflicts, John Maynard Smith (1974)

The Logic of Animal Conflict, John Maynard Smith and George R. Price (1973)

Why imitate, and if so, how? A boundedly rational approach to multi-armed bandits, Karl Schlag (1996)

On the Stability of Racial Capitalism, Liam Kofi Bright, Nathan Gabriel, Cailin O'Connor, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Fairness and Signaling in Bargaining Games, Mihaela Popa-Wyatt, Roland Mühlenbernd Jeremy L. Wyatt

Inequality and Inequity in the Emergence of Conventions, Calvin Cochran and Cailin O'Connor (2019)

Power by Association, Travis LaCrois and Cailin O'Connor (2020)

Why Natural Social Contracts are not Fair, Cailin O'Connor (2022)

How to Put the Cart Behind the Horse in the Cultural Evolution of Gender, Daniel Saunders (2022)

Division of Labor, Economic Specialization, and the Evolution of Social Stratification, Joseph Heinrich and Robert Boyd (2008)

On the emergence of minority disadvantage: testing the cultural Red King hypothesis, Aydin Mohseni, Cailin O'Connor, and Hannah Rubin (2021)

Philosophy (broadly construed)

"But What Are You, Really?" The Metaphysics of Race, Charles W. Mills (1998)

Heterosexualism and the Colonial/Modern Gender System, Maria Lugones

Extracted Speech, Rachel Ann McKinney (2016)

Nozick's Entitlement Theory of Justice, Kenneth J. Arrow (1978)

Nietzsche, the Chinese Worker's Friend, Ishay Landa (1999)

Measuring Conventionality, Cailin O'Connor (2020)

Other

Who Was Barbie? various @ nplusonemag

Lockhart's Lament, Paul Lockhart

Female Hunters of the Early Americas, Randall Haas et al.

We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI, anonymous

The Bitter Lesson, Rich Sutton

The Evolution of Individual and Cultural Variation in Social Learning, Alex Mesoudi et al.

Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women, Sahar Amer (2009)

"My son was castrated as a result of a medical error. Is it OK to raise him as a eunuch?" Thomas W. Johnson and Richard J. Wassersug (2021)

#reading prog #as you can tell most of the evo game theory is complete contemporary crap #everyone thinks they're a psychohistorian

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maddisondonovan · 4 months

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"You should find another guiding light, but I shine so bright."

full name. Maddison Grace Donovan

nickname(s). Maddie

age + birthdate. 34. February 14th, 1990

occupation. Owner of The Haven, Yoga Studio

currently living in. Downtown

gender + pronouns. Cisfemale ∘ She/Her

hometown. Covington, Georgia

full name. Maddison Grace Donovan

nickname(s). Maddie

age + birthdate. 34. February 14th, 1990

occupation. Owner of The Haven, Yoga Studio

currently living in. Downtown

gender + pronouns. Cisfemale ∘ She/Her

hometown. Covington, Georgia

character inspirations. Sutton Brady and Caroline Forbes

PINTEREST ╱ CONNECTIONS

personality .

zodiac chart: Aquarius sun, Libra moon, Aquarius rising

mbti personality: ENFJ-T

moral alignment: Neutral good

ennegram: type 9 (The Peacemaker)

hobbies / interests: Traveling, Yoga, Hiking

positive traits: Confident, Kind, Independent, Ambitious, Outgoing

negative traits: Controlling, Stubborn, Judgmental, Vain, Vulnerable

family .

parents: Andrea & Scott Donovan

siblings: Older Brother, Theo

children: None

pets: Golden Retriever, Bear

breakdown .

tw: cancer,

Born in Covington, GA - Maddie is the youngest child and the oldest daughter to Scott and Andrea Donovan. Her older brother is 5 years older than her.

She was a social butterfly in school. Friends with everyone, on the cheerleading team, captain of the soccer team, on the homecoming committee, and in the yearbook club.

She had always dreamed of leaving Georgia, and seeing the world - but got cold feet when it came time to pick a college, and ultimately, after a breakup she decided to take the leap and move to New York City, where she attended NYU.

She spent the next four years studying business management, before graduating with a business management degree.

After college, Maddison took a job at a local gym chain, working her way up to regional manager in the New York area - she kept her small studio on the upper east side, and during her off time she traveled the world, checking off her bucket list with each place she visited.

Six months ago however, Theo called her to give her the news that their mother had stage 3 Leukemia, and without a second thought - Maddison packed up her small studio apartment, and made the move back to Georgia.

Now, she has opened a Yoga Studio downtown and rented a two bedroom apartment close by.

In between the studio, and caring for her mother - Maddison is getting reacquainted with the small town she left behind so many years before.

headcanons .

Maddison never settled down, and never wanted kids - the idea kind of terrifies her, which is why she hasn't had a serious relationship since college.

Bear is five years old, and her best friend. That dog goes everywhere with Maddison.

Her mom is the parent she is super closest with, and her being sick has really affected Maddison more than she would like to admit.

Aside from owning the yoga studio, she often teaches classes. Usually in the early mornings - since she is a early riser.

#covingtonintro #abt maddie

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selectivechaos · 1 year

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history of names of situational mutism

in 1877 sm was first described by German physician Adolph Kussmaul (who was also the first to describe dyslexia, calling it ‘word blindness’. He called SM ‘aphasia voluntaria’ (voluntary/choice)

in 1980 Torey Hayden identified 4 subtypes of ‘elective mutism’, which are no longer recognised and are not part of diagnostic use. Only one subtype is still sometimes used: speech phobia, to descibe SM people with no clinical social anxiety. ‘elective’ suggests refusal to speak.

in 1980 the DSM-3 first identified ‘elective mutism’, listing predisposing factors like ‘excessive shyness’, trauma, maternal overprotection etc.

1987 it was revised (DSM-3-R) to specify that it’s not related to social phobia.

2000 due to Sue Newman of the Selective Mutism Foundation, the DSM-4-TR recognised it as ‘selective mutism’ not elective. ‘selective’ was intended to refer to the selective situations, but has been misinterpreted as a choice. Newman is also the reason the disorder is described as a ‘failure to speak’ not a refusal or choice.

in 2013 the DSM-5 moved SM from the childhood disorders category to the anxiety disorders category. The DSM-5 also drops the reference to trauma as a possible cause of SM, and indicates that SM has equal gender distribution, whereas the DSM-4-TR had indicated slightly more females than males.

People thought the DSM-5 would subsume SM into SAD, but this didn’t happen due to the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the two disorders. (high comorbidity, some argue SM is an extreme version of SAD; some argue SAD causes SM; others argue vice versa).

people with SM have since recognised it as ‘situational mutism’ to avoid the misunderstanding that sm is ‘selective’ or a choice not to speak; and they consider it an inability to speak in certain situations (people, places, settings). but this name is still not enough in my opinion, because it still focuses on what is considered the biggest problem for OTHER people, rather than for the person. sm is not just mutism (inability to speak); it affects all forms of communication. 🌹🌹

source: ‘Selective mutism in adults: an exploratory study’ by Carl Sutton. pp 18-19

#selective mutism #situational mutism #dsm 5 #mentalheathawareness #mentally ill

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lantern-hill · 2 years

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"The construction of screen time as the moral evil responsible for this fall figures screen time and offline time as two sharply distinct and yet internally homogeneous categories, bound in direct opposition to one another (screen time is passive and introverted; offline time is active and social).

The absence of analysis about what exactly we are doing online or offline — as well as the ways that screens and “real life” blur together — lend this discussion an almost magical quality:

It is as if the mere presence of a screen becomes a kind of radiation, triggering irreparable mutations that lessen our humanity.

Like earlier anti-television campaigns, within contemporary “digital detox” movements the toxicity of screen time and the detoxifying benefits of the offline are conceived in terms of both moral and physical health. Theodora Sutton — whose research looks at “Camp Grounded,” a digital detox retreat that takes place in the Mendocino forest — has written about the way such retreats invoke a parallel between technology and food.

“Consuming” digital content becomes equivalent to other forms of addictive, harmful consumption (alcohol, junk food) while the face-to-face encounters that take place in the “offline” are compared to a nutritious snack.

Before the internet, escaping to the wilderness was touted for the health benefits of clean air, clean water, an absence of chemicals and smog — qualities that, in restoring the body, would supposedly also restore the soul to its purest state. Now, the abstract category of technology — metonymically represented by the more tangible substances of screen light and digital noise — is frequently added to the list of bodily harms to which wilderness offers a remedy. This sets up the assumption that a healthy relationship with the digital (short of total disconnect) looks like retreat and re-immersion, or detox and retox; a pattern that has its origins in the idea of wilderness."

-The Great Offline - Lauren Collee

#commonplace book #lauren collee #real life mag

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amarahaunts · 1 year

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“Poltergeists, ghosts, spirits—they are our secret fears and unfulfilled dreams, each the echo of one who died. They are the audience for our secret pains and guilty pleasures.”

BASIC.

name: amara sutton

age: (endlessly) thirty

zodiac: aries

pronouns: she / her

sexuality: pansexual

occupation: bartender at filthy fenrir

faceclaim: phoebe tonkin

HISTORY.

amara sutton would have led a normal life had she not suffered her fate. she grew up in a fairly typical nuclear family. her father was a businessman and her mother was a housewife. while they never coddled her, she wasn't entirely left on her own. amara was taught the principles on how to be a kind person, how to be independent, and most of what she needed to survive, really. it wasn't too heartbreaking to lose them both in a fire by the time she was thirteen but had she known her destiny afterwards, she would have mourned more.

unbeknownst to her, amara had an uncle and he became her newly appointed guardian. he was a rather strange man, however -- always talking about the things that go bump in the night. he talked of monsters as if they were real and of the darkness that liked to feed. amara never saw what he did. maybe if she had, she'd be more prepared for when it engulfed her.

moving out was unceremonious save for the fact that her uncle warned her constantly to be careful. not really heeding his warning, she started living her life -- a normal one in which she focused on making something out of herself so that she would no longer need to rely on anyone else. she worked late nights as a waitress or a bartender and early mornings as a barista just to get herself through college and then post-grad when she finally obtained her undergraduate degree. she didn’t have much time to socialize but she’s made quite a few friends she was able to hold dear. the one that actually stuck around was liam. and through liam she met him.

he was liam’s room mate and he was the most interesting person amara’s ever met. even if he kept most of his past a secret, he was charming enough to seem intriguing. it wasn’t a surprise that she fell hard; fast; willing. their love flourished and as quickly as it burned, it soon turned into a raging inferno the moment eloise came into their lives. it was perfect. they were supposed to be happy. but one day he just left. no explanation. no reason. just gone.

liam stepped up because he’s just that type of person and amara adored him all the more for it. he definitely was the best friend she’s ever had. they were to be wed because they wanted eloise to grow up in a loving family but before they could start on their happily ever after, amara’s life was taken.

she still doesn’t know how or what happened but she knew it was a mistake. she couldn’t have died. she still had to raise her daughter. she still had to make liam her husband. it was all wrong. for a couple of years she stayed in the home she was supposed to move into with liam, a specter in limbo: one foot on either world. amara scared away anyone who tried to occupy the space since her fiance obviously didn’t want to use it anymore. those that told ghost stories dubbed her the forgotten bride.

once liam moved, she wanted to follow, but she’s anchored to this place. besides, eloise is here and she’d rather be where she is. amara found the midnight underground (or more like, it found her) and made it her home. her goal is to reverse this curse she’s put under, to right the wrongs and finally get her life back on track.

HEADCANON.

she was once featured in an amateur ghost hunting youtube video. she made the flashlight turn on and off for funsies.

amara is prone to her rage mainly because she’s in deep, deep denial.

DYNAMICS.

Chloe Li : her best customer but, really, more than that. despite amara’s better judgment, she’s formed a bond with her. not just because alcohol lets loose lips flow, but because chloe actually listened to her when amara felt like her voice couldn’t ever be heard again.

Colden Ó Braonáin : he’s so fucking annoying, he makes amara wants to tear him apart limb from limb but she would sooner cut hers off first before letting anyone else harm him. they’re the cool kids in the back of the bus listening to my chemical romance with the neon pink earbuds.

Connor Talbot : one of the reasons why amara hasn’t entirely lost it. the bridge between eloise and her. the update giver, the watchful eye. the only person -- outside of karlha, obvs -- who even knows about eloise and her connection to amara. she doesn’t know what she’d do without him, honestly.

Elias Hart : when amara moved back into her old apartment, she didn’t think she’d have a roommate. but if she’s being honest with herself, she knows that she wouldn’t have picked a better one. she likes the kid, really. is even a little protective of him. but don’t tell elias. amara wouldn’t want him to think she actually cared (she does).

Eun Yeong : they make her dead heart flutter and amara hates / loves it all the same. he spoils her in the best way possible and she is so fucking grateful for it. when everything was topsy tuvy, he turned it upright and gave her a rundown on what she had / has to deal with in this new home of hers.

Karlha Whitlock : because liam wasn’t eloise’s biological father, he wasn’t able to save her from being put in the system. he worked on the paperwork, even went to court, but it was a slow moving battle. luck turned its course, though, when eloise was then placed under karlha’s care somehow. at least this way amara knows exactly where her daughter is.

#pinned.

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Lucifarians: A Family Forged: Bios (1980) Sydney Maxwell / Syd Lucifarian

"My masterpiece of destruction isn't complete yet."

Name

Full Legal Name: Sydney Fawn Maxwell

First Name: Sydney

Meaning: Variant of the surname 'Sidney', originally derived from place names in England meaning 'Wide Island', from Old English 'Sid' 'Wide' and 'Eg' 'Island'.

Pronunciation: SID-nee

Origin: English

Middle Name: Fawn

Meaning: From the English word 'Fawn' for a young deer.

Pronunciation: FAWN

Origin: English

Surname: Maxwell

Meaning: From a place name meaning 'Mack's stream', from the name 'Mack' (A short Scandinavian name 'Magnus', a Late Latin name meaning 'Great'.) combined with Old English 'Wille' 'Well, Stream'.

Pronunciation: MAKS-wehl

Origin: Scottish

Ring Name: Syd Lucifarian, Wrath

Commentary Nickname: The Rebel

Nicknames: Syd, Short-Stack

Titles: Miss

Characteristics

Age: 20

Gender: Female. She/Her Pronouns

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: White

Birth Date: June 18th 1960

Sexuality: Straight

Religion: Atheist

Native Language: English

Known Languages: English, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Chinese

Relationship Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Entrance Music: 'Highway To Hell' - AC/DC (1980-)

Voice Claim: Ally Sheedy

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Current Location: Unknown

Hometown: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Appearance

Height: 5'0" / 152 cm

Weight: 100 lbs / 49 kg

Eye Colour: Heterochromatic Green & Gray

Hair Colour: Dark Auburn

Hair Dye: Mostly Dyed Bright Red

Body Hair: N/A

Facial Hair: N/A

Tattoos: (As of Jan 1980) 4

Piercings: Ear Lobes (Both, Triple), Helix (Both, Triple), Eyebrow (Both), Navel

Scars: Scars Over Her Back, Arms, Legs & Chest

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Smoker, Social Drinker

Illnesses/Disorders: None Diagnosed

Any Specific Diet: None

Relationships

Allies: Skull Lucifarian, Ven Lucifarian, Bel Lucifarian, Pat Lucifarian, Cas Lucifarian, Hel Lucifarian, Eve Lucifarian, Lou Albano, George Steele

Enemies: Moolah, Wendi Richter, Mr Fuji, Lord Alfred Hayes, Big John Studd, Don Muraco, Mike Rotundo, Iron Sheik

Closest Confidant: Sherry Maxwell

Mentor: Stephen Maxwell

Significant Other: None

Previous Partners: None of Note

Parents: Stephen Maxwell (56, Father), Sherry Maxwell (55, Mother, Née Steele)

Parents-In-Law: None

Siblings: Sutton Maxwell (35, Brother), Sunny Meadows (32, Sister, Née Maxwell), Sunday Maxwell (29, Brother), Storm Moss (26, Sister, Née Maxwell), Sparrow Maxwell (23, Brother), Sinclair Maxwell (17, Brother), Silver Maxwell (14, Sister), Shannon Maxwell (11, Brother)

Siblings-In-Law: Seven Maxwell (36, Sutton's Wife, Née Marsh), Sequoia Meadows (33, Sunny's Husband), Scout Maxwell (30, Sunday's Wife, Née Moore), Sawyer Moss (27, Storm's Husband), Salem Maxwell (24, Sparrow's Wife, Née Marlow)

Nieces & Nephews: Sage Maxwell (15, Nephew), Sloan Maxwell (12, Niece), Sidney Maxwell (9, Nephew), Shirley Maxwell (6, Niece), Sheridan Maxwell (3, Nephew), Shelley Meadows (12, Niece), Shelby Meadows (9, Nephew), Shaye Meadows (6, Niece), Shawn Meadows (3, Nephew), Selby Maxwell (9, Niece), Shanon Maxwell (6, Nephew), Sevyn Maxwell (3, Niece), Schuyler Moss (6, Nephew), Santana Moss (3, Niece), Shae Maxwell (3, Nephew)

Children: None

Children-In-Law: None

Grandkids: None

Wrestling

Billed From: Hellview

Trainer: Skull Lucifarian

Managers: Skull Lucifarian

Wrestlers Managed: None

Debut: 1978 (WWF Debut: 1980)

Retired: N/A

Wrestling Style: Street Fighter

Stables: Daughters of Darkness (1978-)

Teams:

Family Fighters (Skull & Syd)

Violet Offenders (Ven & Syd)

Twisted Steel & Sex Appeal (Bel & Syd)

The Wild Things (Pat & Syd)

Twisted Sisters (Cas & Syd)

The Phoenix & The Phantom (Hel & Syd)

The Valkyries (Eve & Syd)

Regular Moves: Kick to the Midsection, Diving Leg Drop, Forearm Smash, Diving Splash, Chair Shot, Jumping Knee Drop, Pump Handle Slam, Dropkick, Diving Back Elbow Drop, Berserker (Diving Knee Drop)

Finishers: Ripped Apart (Double Leg Slam), Son of Sam (Sitout Suplex Slam)

Refers To Fans As: The Wrathful, The Wrathful Ones

Heel or Face: (As of Jan 1980) Heel

#L.A.F.F #Lucifarians: A Family Forged #Lucifarians #Lucifarian #original character

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// Week 9: Gaming //

Exploring the Intersection of Gaming Communities, Live Streaming, and Parasocial Relationships

As a result of both technical developments and the increasing number of people who like to play games online, the online gaming industry is thriving in today's digital world. As a people, we live in what academics call a "gameful," "ludified" civilisation, where gaming cultures are essential manifestations of our culture (Walz & Deterding 2015; Sutton-Smith 2001).

Gaming has always been social, encouraging players to meet in person and share experiences, from the first days of arcades to the emergence of local area network (LAN) parties (Newman 2012; Jansz & Jansz 2005). It seemed, though, that the social component of gaming waned as the medium shifted towards being played more alone in people's living rooms. However, a new channel opened up with the introduction of video game streaming, reigniting the communal fibre of gaming culture.

According to Ritterfeld, Cody, and Vorderer (2009), pp. 67-82, video game (VG) communities have evolved into active online gathering places where people come together for common interests and form groups voluntarily, without any official oversight. These groups go beyond the internet and combine the virtual and physical environments to form what academics call "third spaces" for socialising (Handberg 2015; Bourgonjon & Soetaert 2013). The ideas of personal connection and shared information sharing are fundamental to this dynamic and help to characterise VG communities as places where people may come together to learn and socialise (Ritterfeld, Cody & Vorderer 2009, pp. 67-82). Participants not only discover common ground but also participate in instructional activities similar to those of learning communities within these online settings.

With live streaming at its core, this convergence is all about gamers broadcasting their games for others to watch and engage with in real time. By allowing streamers and watchers to form parasocial ties, this activity has brought back the social spectating aspect that is inherent to gaming. In this Tumblr post, we explore the complex dynamics of gaming communities, live streaming, and parasocial interactions. We look at how these phenomena impact gaming culture today and how they change the way people engage online. Come with me as we explore the intriguing junction of human connection, community, and technology. 🎮✨

The Emergence of Live Streaming: Gaming Communities and Interactive Media

With the massive influx of consumers to live-streamed gaming sites like Twitch in recent years, the online entertainment landscape has experienced a dramatic change. Reasons for this meteoric rise in popularity include people's insatiable need for interactive media experiences, the abundance of user-generated material, and technological developments (Sjblom & Hamari 2017). Twitch and similar services have had meteoric rises in popularity, with the number of users tripling annually and reaching over 100 million monthly. As of 2023 (according to Advanced Television), Twitch had a staggering 74% market share, demonstrating its continued dominance in the global streaming audience, even though the number of streamers has fluctuated.

The live broadcasting aspect of video game streaming facilitates a unique relationship between content providers and consumers, which is at the core of this phenomenon. In contrast to conventional modes of media consumption, live streaming provides a dynamic exchange platform wherein the conventional viewer assumes the responsibility of generating content while engaging in extensive dialogue (Cha et al. 2007).

Platforms such as Twitch, Mixer, and Afreeca TV have made live streaming more accessible, enabling users to share events and interactions in real time with audiences all over the world. There has been a meteoric rise in the number of people watching streamers, especially those who play video games live and engage with their viewers (Ferchaud et al. 2018).

The combination of high-fidelity audiovisual information delivery with low-fidelity text-based conversation is what makes live streaming so unique; it's a dynamic and engaging experience for everyone involved (Hamilton, Garretson & Kerne 2014). Live streaming, which was once only available for game content, is now a staple of contemporary gaming culture and has grown to include many other types of broadcasting (Li et al. 2018). Live streaming services, such as Twitch, encourage participation in communities where users share interests, learn from one another, and build relationships—a phenomenon that has led some to call these spaces virtual third places. A sense of authenticity and closeness is enhanced for numerous individuals through live broadcasting, which provides access to the unaltered lives of streamers (Tang, Venolia & Inkpen 2016).

Younger age groups, specifically, incorporate live streaming into their everyday schedules as a method of connecting with acquaintances and engaging in social interactions (Lottridge et al. 2017). People watch live streams for a variety of reasons, including enjoyment, socialising, learning new things, and satisfying social needs (Hilvert-Bruce et al. 2018).

The importance of parasocial relationships in livestream enjoyment is highlighted by Wulf, Schneider, and Beckert (2018). Elements like the anticipation of game results and participation in the chat function contribute to this satisfaction. As the analysis of parasocial relationships in live streaming progresses, the complex interaction between content creators and their audience becomes more apparent, significantly influencing the framework of online entertainment.

The Role of Parasocial Relationships in Live Streaming

One reason live streaming is so popular is that viewers have an inherent desire to learn new strategies for playing games by watching the shows and listening to the host's commentary. Conversely, individuals who watch televised sports and entertainment programmes have "an inherent desire to establish interpersonal relationships" (Hoffner & Buchanan 2009).

According to Dibble, Hartmann, and Rosaen (2015), a parasocial relationship (PSR) is an intimate and one-sided bond that develops between a media personality or celebrity and their audience as a result of their frequent interactions in mediated reality. The potential for audiences and media personalities to engage in parasocial interactions (PSI) is enhanced through the interactivity provided by online environments, which is facilitated by functional properties (Labrecque 2014).

Reinforcing PSR can also be achieved through cultivating mutual awareness. When a game streamer recognises and/or mentions viewers during broadcasting, it may increase the perceived mutual awareness, in contrast to passive entertainment consumption. The ability to converse with viewers in real-time gives live-streamers like YouTubers and others a leg up when compared to more conventional celebrities (Hou 2019). Therefore, compared to other forms of digital media, watching live-streamed games is more conducive to the development of PSR (Lim et al. 2020).

The Intersection of Digital Citizenship, Live Streaming, and Parasocial Relationships

Having fluidly moved on from the topic of parasocial relationships and game live streaming, we now explore the fascinating confluence of digital citizenship, live streaming, and parasocial relationships. This fusion effectively illustrates the manner in which digital platforms reshape our emotional experiences and redefine our social landscapes. Within the domains of online gaming groups and live-streaming platforms, there exists an intriguing concoction of virtual relationships and human emotions.

A fascinating focal point in the dynamic realm of digital citizenship is the phenomena of live streaming and the complex interplay it has with parasocial relationships. The multidimensional nature of gaming communities is shown by the fact that games can be enjoyed both actively and passively, as explained by Sjblom and Hamari (2017). Live streaming systems such as Twitch also adhere to this principle, allowing viewers to establish relationships with their favourite streamers even though the interaction is inherently biased.

Gong et al. (2019) emphasised that people traverse complicated social dynamics within these digital environments, developing tiny friendship groups and affiliating with virtual communities. A fundamental human need for association and camaraderie drives the desire for socialisation and group-referent behaviours (Tsai & Bagozzi 2014). People feel more connected to themselves and their communities when they spend more time there, and the social and informational factors they encounter there only serve to strengthen that feeling (Dholakia, Bagozzi & Pearo 2004).

In the following figure, we can see how users, small friendship groups, and virtual communities are connected:

The rise of live-streaming platforms has intensified parasocial ties, in which viewers create close bonds with streamers and frequently feel affection and camaraderie towards them (Bagozzi & Dholakia 2002). Even if they take place in a virtual setting, these connections still satisfy a basic human desire for social connection. Nevertheless, a darker subtext can be observed in the digital realm, as highlighted by the YouTuber "Glink": an all-encompassing feeling of isolation. Paradoxically, people are becoming even more isolated as they seek refuge in the fleeting connections provided by live streaming platforms, despite the internet's once-heralded role as a means of escaping reality.

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Conclusion

There are a lot of moving parts in this complex web of parasocial relationships, online citizenship, and live streaming. In light of our exploration of the internet, it is crucial to approach the consequences of our online engagements with a discerning eye, bearing in mind the precarious equilibrium that exists between interconnectedness and seclusion. At the end of the day, we can all benefit from healthier, more fulfilling online communities—not just gaming communities—by learning about and encouraging meaningful digital citizenship behaviours.

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Bagozzi, RP & Dholakia, UM 2002, ‘Intentional Social Action in Virtual Communities’, Journal of Interactive Marketing, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 2–21.

Bourgonjon, J & Soetaert, R 2013, ‘Video Games and Citizenship’, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 15, no. 3.

Cha, M, Kwak, H, Rodriguez, P, Ahn, Y-Y & Moon, S 2007, ‘I tube, You tube, Everybody tubes: Analyzing the world’s Largest User Generated Content Video System’, IMC ’07: Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCOMM Conference on Internet Measurement, Association for Computing Machinery, New York.

Dholakia, UM, Bagozzi, RP & Pearo, LK 2004, ‘A Social Influence Model of Consumer Participation in network- and small-group-based Virtual Communities’, International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 21, no. 3, Elsevier BV, pp. 241–263.

Dibble, JL, Hartmann, T & Rosaen, SF 2015, ‘Parasocial Interaction and Parasocial Relationship: Conceptual Clarification and a Critical Assessment of Measures’, Human Communication Research, vol. 42, no. 1, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 21–44.

Ferchaud, A, Grzeslo, J, Orme, S & LaGroue, J 2018, ‘Parasocial Attributes and YouTube personalities: Exploring Content Trends across the Most Subscribed YouTube Channels’, Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 80, Elsevier BV, pp. 88–96.

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Gong, X, Zhang, KZK, Cheung, CMK, Chen, C & Lee, MKO 2019, ‘Alone or together? Exploring the Role of Desire for Online Group Gaming in Players’ Social Game Addiction’, Information & Management, vol. 56, no. 6, Elsevier BV, pp. 103139–103139.

Hamilton, WA, Garretson, O & Kerne, A 2014, ‘Streaming on twitch: Fostering Participatory Communities of Play within Live Mixed Media’, CHI ’14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, pp. 1315–1324.

Handberg, K 2015, ‘No Time like the past? on the New Role of Vintage and Retro in the Magazines SCANDINAVIAN RETRO and RETRO GAMER’, NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, Amsterdam University Press, pp. 165–185.

Hilvert-Bruce, Z, Neill, JT, Sjöblom, M & Hamari, J 2018, ‘Social Motivations of live-streaming Viewer Engagement on Twitch’, Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 84, Elsevier BV, pp. 58–67.

Hoffner, C & Buchanan, M 2009, ‘Young Adults’ Wishful Identification with Television Characters: the Role of Perceived Similarity and Character Attributes’, Media Psychology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 325–351.

Hou, M 2019, ‘Social Media Celebrity and the Institutionalization of YouTube’, Convergence, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 534–553.

Jansz, J & Jansz, J 2005, ‘Gaming at a LAN event: the Social Context of Playing Video Games’, New Media & Society, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 333–355.

Labrecque, LI 2014, ‘Fostering Consumer–Brand Relationships in Social Media Environments: The Role of Parasocial Interaction’, Journal of Interactive Marketing, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 134–148.

Li, Y, Kou, Y, Lee, JS & Kobsa, A 2018, ‘Tell Me before You Stream Me: Managing Information Disclosure in Video Game Live Streaming’, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 1–18.

Lim, JS, Choe, M-J, Zhang, J & Noh, G-Y 2020, ‘The Role of Wishful identification, Emotional engagement, and Parasocial Relationships in Repeated Viewing of live-streaming games: a Social Cognitive Theory Perspective’, Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 108, Elsevier BV, p. 106327.

Lottridge, D, Bentley, F, Wheeler, M, Lee, J, Cheung, J, Ong, K & Rowley, C 2017, ‘Third-wave livestreaming: teens’ Long Form Selfie’, MobileHCI ’17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 1–12.

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Ritterfeld, U, Cody, M & Vorderer, P 2009, Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects, Routledge, pp. 67–82.

Sjblom, M & Hamari, J 2017, ‘Why Do People Watch Others Play Video games? an Empirical Study on the Motivations of Twitch Users’, Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 75, Elsevier BV, pp. 985–996.

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Tang, JC, Venolia, G & Inkpen, KM 2016, ‘Meerkat and Periscope: I Stream, You Stream, Apps Stream for Live Streams’, CHI ’16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 4770–4780.

Tsai, H-T & Bagozzi, RP 2014, ‘Contribution Behavior in Virtual Communities’, MIS Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 143–164.

Walz, SP & Deterding, S (eds) 2015, ‘The Gameful World’, The MIT Press eBooks, The MIT Press.

Wulf, T, Schneider, FM & Beckert, S 2018, ‘Watching Players: an Exploration of Media Enjoyment on Twitch’, Games and Culture, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 328–346.

#mda20009 #digital communities #gaming #video games #livestream #twitch #parasocial relationships #virtual community #game lover #Youtube #week 9

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The Doctors Criticize Annemarie!

It’s fair to say that Annemarie Wiley isn’t exactly the breakout star of the season. She wasn’t in this week’s episode, thank goodness.

But it turns out that the damage she has caused in just three episodes has been enough for the other medical housewives to give their opinions.

The way Annemarie interrogated Sutton Stracke at her event was so uncomfortable to watch.

She abused her medical knowledge to embarrass Sutton.

That was a giant red flag to me. And the other medical housewives have reacted to the scene as well.

Annemarie was questioning Sutton about her issues with her esophagus after Kyle Richards insinuated that she has an eating disorder.

And the only reason Annemarie chose to quiz Sutton about her esophagus was because she wanted to embarrass her.

There’s no other agenda for her interrogation.

And Dr. Tiffany Moon from RHOD took to social media to support Sutton:

“The whole scene was kind of cringey to me. I don’t know what made her go at Sutton so hard, especially when it was her party. I found that to be incredibly rude but, yeah, let’s not weaponize our medical knowledge to come at people, especially when you’re wrong.”

“Especially when you’re wrong.” But Annemarie was weaponizing her medical knowledge to embarrass other publicly.

But she also seems like the person who likes to talk a lot and claim that she’s right even if the world tells her that she’s wrong.

Dr. Nicole Martin from RHOM also gave her opinion on Annemarie’s poor behaviour too.

“It does not matter where you fall on the spectrum — all the way from being a tech to being a doctor. You joined the profession to be an advocate for patients, and as such, it is not our place to belittle, question or demean a patient’s symptoms or diagnosis.”

Annemarie tried to spread doubt about Sutton’s condition and was making comments about her mixing alcohol with her medicine too.

Was Annemarie set up by Kyle to go after Sutton’s health issues? A little bit.

But Annemarie, as a nurse, should know better. It was unethical.

#Real Housewives of Beverly Hills #RHOBH #Annemarie Wiley #Esophagate #Sutton Stracke #Kyle Richards #Tiffany Moon #RHOD #Nicole Martin #RHOM

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JUST ANNOUNCED 🎬 ! @2000sgossip published the official cast for twilight, the vampire diaries, gossip girl & the oc - everyone wonders if they will be just as good as the original. their publicist just needs to make sure they follow the hollywood 101 rules & if they launch their social media account within 24 hours, they will take over the trends.

evangaline "evie" sutton hannah dodd as esme cullen

aimee archer fivel stewart as georgina sparks

dinah clarke antonia gentry as alice cullen

sebastian "bash" guerra froy gutierrez as ryan atwood

charlie ahmadi yara shahidi as rebekah mikaelson

( hannah dodd, cis woman, she/her ) — 🎬 just announced, EVANGALINE “ EVIE “ SUTTON is casted as ESME CULLEN in upcoming TWILIGHT reboot. the twenty-eight year old is trending as people are debating if the pink cigarettes stashed in a louis vuitton purse, the downpour off a english coast’s shoreline, heart shaped sunglasses shielding a hungover gaze, placing roses wherever one goes that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them beguiling, but internet trolls think they’re more unsteady. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about coming back into the spotlight after a minor hiatus will let people to know them better. ( lis, 30, pst, she/her, gun violence )

( fivel stewart, cis woman, she/her ) — 🎬 just announced, aimee archer is casted as georgina sparks in upcoming gossip girl reboot. the twenty six year old is trending as people are debating if the baby blue french tips, interacting with fans like they're best friends, baking on instagram live at 2 am, never-ending supply of santal 33, selfies with no makeup on that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them congenial, but internet trolls think they’re more tactless. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about one of her many on-set blunders will let people to know them better. ( rie, 20, gmt+8, they/them, needles/lizards/vomit )

( antonia gentry, cis woman, she/her ) — 🎬 just announced, DINAH CLARKE is casted as ALICE CULLEN in upcoming TWILIGHT reboot. the twenty five year old is trending as people are debating if the lingering whiff of lavender following her everywhere she goes , shelves of methodically categorized books , long hair pulled into a braid , sipping mug after mug of coffee at all hours of the day that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them incorruptible, but internet trolls think they’re more harebrained. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about how she spents her free nights knitting sweaters for her three cats will let people to know them better. ( meg, twenty six, est, she / her, n/a + optional filming process of the show ! )

( froy gutierrez, cis man, he/him/his ) — 🎬 just announced, sebastian 'bash' guerra is casted as ryan atwood in the oc reboot. the twenty three year old is trending as people are debating if the family dinners around the table, being the knight in shining armor, picking sunflowers, movie scripts, and always having sunscreen that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them nurturing, but internet trolls think they’re more irresolute. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about how he rescued his dog will let people to know them better. ( ooc diana, 27, est., she/her/hers, drunk driving ! )

( yara shahidi, cis woman, she/her ) — 🎬 just announced, CHARLIE AHMADI is casted as REBEKAH MIKAELSON in upcoming THE VAMPIRE DIARIES reboot. the twenty-five year old is trending as people are debating if the adolescence spent under the burning lights of hollywood, dying flowers placed within braids on the crown of one’s head, sneaking out of a limo in the dead of night, sunset hues of pink and gold as a storm of turbulence approaches that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them vehement, but internet trolls think they’re more preoccupied. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about the yearning for more mature roles will let people to know them better. ( lis, 30, pst, she/her, gun violence ) *ziggy’s wc

#appless rp #oc rp #accepted #celeb rp #new rp #THESE ARE FANTASTIC AHHHHHHHH

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castle 6x13 limelight

the doppelganger vicarious mom episode liveblog

Love the music

hate parapazzi.

what's with her eyeliner? I mean I like it. "She had spinach in her teeth" More material to torture you with *rawr chomp chomp*

Pi lol but also oof 7am work I love pi Hi! Bye! Unless that's a murder XD Poor girl on call before 7am

"this isn't about me today" love esposito's scarf & becked's jacket

Oof manager first mother second. (she's more than the personal assistant she seems a little bit gay for mandy)

Talk to the security firm then

don't get drunk babes...

Oh four months...

construction my beloved

this kid is too bright eyed to be in construction

How old is this guy to be with a 22yo? Oh he's an artist.

Love lanie's scrubs over her long sleeve.

Oh wow claire samuels. WAIT CASTLE'S JACKET-- THAT'S THE ONE ETHAN SLAUGHTER GETS & also eckett's outfit is nice

Oof place is trashed!

Lol the blood wine "closing time?" girl you're at your hotel room!

Don't even know claire's name?

Good point. Mom: It wouldn’t make much sense to have a decoy if they’re going to be seen hanging out together.

she's not wrong but she's kinda bitchy. she's also hungover so yk.

"probably???"

"youve" worked hard

Ryan reminds me a lot of simon tam rn. kinda twinky looking in comparison to the ppl around them but when you actually look at them they have good shoulders

But I don't think I like his vest

Castle is so great making her a cup of good coffee

RC: How do you feel? Mandy sutton: Considering I’m supposed to be dead – (she gives him a wry look) – about right. .. On a much smaller scale

Alexis my beloved put down her phone on the table

Mandy smiling at that but then alexis turns around

Jim thinking caskett broke up I love it

Ok so I'm leaving for the week & this is it. I'll have one week after this to watch the rest of Castle. I have spent what like four months watching Castle? doing my liveblogging? My entire summer. & now... back to school. Kill me.

HEYY I'M BACK UWU

Claire Samuels

Lol stalkerazzi

RC: They may already have, which is why we can’t find her.

Closing time already? XD

Castle should make her a coffee

You know it makes sense for claire & mandy to not know each other

"socializing"

Did you upset anyone? Probably?

HOLD ON THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE-- I HAVE!

ok fastforward except Who DID take the photos?

Jim beckett <3 AUnt Theresa CD

Love ryan's fingers & physicality

Woah why r they busting in here all gunned up? lol beaded curtain

You ok? Yeah. *giant wall of Mandy*

This man is,, unwell

I like how he says "just the motorcycle" as in "No I didn't see anyone, except a motorcycle" or "yes but no more than a motorcycle"

Reminds me of that autiistic timepiece kid in murdoch

Esposito waving, jenkins by the door, ryan's voice so deep rn...

Alexis totally did this on purpose lol Yay bees yay kiss!

Alexis so awkward lol.

Ah alcoholism

In some way, not exactly how you feel bro

RC: It took me less time to write the last Derrick Storm novel and though both are works of fiction at least that one was believable. How’s the case coming?

Love how Ryan corrects the picture being sideways. (castle wearing the jacket he gives to slaughter, & it looks great with the green shirt)

lmao I love alexis talking & mandy is listenin gbut..?? I love this entire thing does alexis have any friends..?

no he THINKS you're alive MANDY NO

the advent of alexis' PI'ing

Speakerphone

Basic famous person disguise Yeah privacy pls & thx.

People gettin gthirsty over there!

DON'T GO CALLING PEOPLE! Well now that she's alive you totally could call her

with alexis lolol fire tatoo like the bike?

That's ale-- Alexis? What is she doing there?

HOLD ON THOSE PICTURES CASTLE HAS IN HIS PHONE ARE THE SAME ONES HE USED IN THE SCOTLAND YARD EPISODE

Why is alexis the one saying "let's go this way" if mandy is the one who knows the bar

*pulls a gun on them* I hope Alexis dialled her dad & left the line open.

"We thought it was you!" why do we only hear the sirens NOW? If they had the sirens on we would have heard them from far away

Listen, fool. Giffing ryan's nod

How dramatic

oOH THE MUSIC

If u'r gonna kill someone why not zack?

Castle so afraid that beckett would be mad at him

rysposito staring at caskett lol. clipping that if I have the fricking space

They TOTALLY should have gotten married a second time in the mars episode. someone write a fanfic for that

#castle 6x13 #castle 6x13 spoilers #castle 6x13 quote #the doppelganger vicarious mom episode

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