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tentacle-therapissed · 2 years

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Depp Defender Logic

Amber’s admittance to hitting Johnny in an audio recording means she’s clearly guilty! Case closed! Oh, but Johnny’s admittance to headbutting Amber in an audio recording doesn’t necessarily mean anything, and neither do the texts he and his personal assistant sent to Amber apologizing for him kicking her.

One of the worst things Amber did was cut off Johnny’s finger. This is definitely what happened despite the fact that Johnny said in multiple private conversations with close friends, doctors, and Amber herself that he cut his own finger off. His exact phrasing doesn’t matter because he clearly meant that she cut it off. Another piece of evidence that Amber’s lying is her accidentally admitting to using a bruise kit instead of a color correcting kit on the stand. There is absolutely no ambiguity in this phrasing and it’s completely unfeasible that she would have momentarily forgotten the exact name for a bruise covering kit and accidentally said ‘bruise kit’ before remembering that means something else already and immediately correcting herself.

She’s also called him cruel and horrible things like a fat old man and a baby. This is why she deserved to be called a ‘gold digging, low level, dime a dozen, mushy, pointless dangling overused flappy fish market’, a ‘waste of a cum guzzler’, a ‘50 cent stripper’ a ‘worthless hooker’, a ‘filthy whore’, and much more in verified texts sent by Johnny where he also said he would ‘smack the ugly cunt around’ ‘drown [and] burn her’ and ‘fuck her burnt corpse’.

All of Amber’s witnesses that testified to seeing bruises or witnessing Johnny hurting Amber must be getting paid by her. Johnny’s witnesses, on the other hand, are way more credible- the fact that they’re all on Johnny’s payroll doesn’t mean anything. Whitney Henriquez’s testimony doesn’t mean anything, because of course she’d defend her own sister!! Christie Dembrowski’s testimony, however, clearly shows what a good soul Johnny is.

Also, Amber and her witnesses were clearly lying because there were minor discrepancies in the details between their testimonies. The 80+ times Johnny lied on the stand, backtracked from previous testimonies, and tried to deny having said documented incriminating phrases doesn’t mean anything because he was probably just confused because he’s a poor traumatized little boy.

Dr. Dawn Hughes, the board certified psychologist who’s been treating Amber for years, is lying on the stand about everything because she looks mean and ugly. Instead, we should listen to Shannon Curry, the young and beautiful psychologist who diagnosed Amber with two personality disorders within a day of meeting her and claimed that real PTSD victims are unable to function in day-to-day life.

Camille Vasquez is such an icon for ripping Amber Heard to shreds, mocking her SA story, claiming that Johnny was the reason she got her role on Aquaman, trying to argue that Amber posted a video at Coachella with friends to send a message to Johnny, and using medical records that describe Heard as a ‘well nourished male’. Ben Rottenborn and Elaine Bredehoft, on the other hand, are terrible and unprepared lawyers who made mean spirited reaches in their cross-examinations.

Amber smiling a few times in court proves that she’s guilty and that she’s revelling in all of this. It’s honestly disgusting. Also, she’s way too emotional in her testimony. Also, she’s not emotional enough, which makes her look ingenuine. Anyway, isn’t it so funny and cute how Johnny kept smiling and smirking and making little quips during his testimony?

Clearly Amber’s guilty here since she was arrested for domestic violence in the past, even though her charges were dropped immediately after and the ex in question has come out saying it was a misunderstanding based in homophobia and misogyny. Meanwhile, all of Johnny’s exes have supported him, proving his innocence- except for Ellen Barkin, who is old, jealous, bitter, irrelevant, and clinging to the past. Oh, did you say something about Johnny Depp’s public image as the ‘bad boy of Hollywood’ who repeatedly abused drugs, trashed hotel rooms, and got in trouble with the police for being aggressive all the way back in the 90’s? I conveniently don’t recall any of that. All I know is that he visits kids in hospitals sometimes.

Also, he’s the good guy in the assault case he’ll go to court for next month, because he was just defending a homeless black woman from being called racial slurs. This behavior is very in character for Johnny, who has defended racism, dressed up in racist costumes multiple times, used plenty of racial slurs (or at the very least, offensive and derogatory terms) himself and once joked that he ‘shot a few ne****s in a club on Sunset Boulevard’.

Amber is a terrible actress and she’s putting on the performance of a lifetime to convince everyone of her innocence. Johnny Depp is an amazingly talented actor and you can just tell that he’s innocent and genuine by the way he’s behaving.

Amber is dragging this out when Johnny just wants to move on with his life. It’s her fault that he sued her repeatedly for an article that never directly mentioned him, thrusting them both into the public eye with overwhelmingly negative attention surrounding her and overwhelmingly positive attention surrounding him.

Seven un-sequestered jurors found Amber guilty of defaming Johnny Depp in her statement ‘I spoke up about sexual violence and faced our culture’s wrath’. This is a more accurate conclusion than the three other judges who found her allegations of Depp’s abuse to be substantially true.

#wonder what theyll have to argue about here #anti johnny depp #johnny depp is guilty #johnny depp is an abuser #johnny depp is a wife beater #amber heard is innocent #amber heard #i stand with amber heard #justice for amber heard #johnny depp vs amber heard #johnny depp #johnny darvo

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hi hello i hope this isn't weird but what do you love about The Great? I finally have hulu and im about to start watching it because of you fr like i dont go there but I WANNA GO THERE // @tickle-bugs

omg hi i love this question!! i'm gonna tell you my favorite and my least favorite aspects so u can make a genuinely informed decision lol!! i believe this is all vague enough to not give anything away but give you a genuine review of the show to help you decide to watch it!! i would LOVE if you watched it, i think if you wrote a fic for this in your gorgeous style, i would DIE bc...i just know you'd KILL IT but also 0 pressure, seriously.

my favorite things about the great are:

the characters are all incredibly well-written, well-rounded, and well-acted - especially elle fanning's portrayal of catherine

the humor is sort of dirty/low-hanging fruit but it genuinely always makes me laugh, every episode, someone will say/do something so absurd or hilarious that it cracks me up

the dynamics between all the characters are fascinating - it takes place in a country/time period where class/status, gender, etc. all are so important to your place in society, and yet, characters often have unlikely imbalances of power and different dynamics that you might not expect

the romance is so compelling, just about every romantic relationship has so many layers to it and plays into many different tropes: you have the doomed-by-the-narrative lovers, the childhood besties to star-crossed lovers, the enemies AND lovers simultaneously...just the romance and the sexual scenes are all so compelling and well-done, they clearly had a great intimacy coordinator on this or smth bc damn

THE COSTUMES ARE SO FUCKING STUNNING, like the costumes are indescribably beautiful and actually breath-taking. the dresses that all the main women wear are like actually perfect, i want to steal them all. elle fanning is so beautiful and they manage to make her look even more amazing, like her hair/makeup/outfits are just incredible, but everyone looks so good.

this show doesn't use "it was a different time period" to justify any lack of diversity - there are characters of all different races, multiple canonically queer characters, women are badass and well-written/represented, and while it does address issues like aspects of discrimination in russia during that time period, there is very little actual racism/homophobia in the show, like the characters who are black or queer do not suffer.

my least favorite things about the great are:

the historical inaccuracy is self-proclaimed, but gets a bit silly at times - catherine the great was so fascinating and well-documented in history, but they really just took a concept and ran with it without even trying to get anything right? there are little things like, the number/gender of siblings catherine had, but then the huge differences like how catherine rose to power and became empress. it makes a compelling story, but if you're a history buff, it can be frustrating!!

on that topic, it does gloss over a lot of the good that catherine the great did in real life as it gets caught up in the drama/comedy/romance of the show and forgets to show her as the genuinely accomplished woman she was.

this is a big one: it got cancelled. i haven't finished s3 yet, but i'm a few episodes in and i'm not confident that it is going to end on a fully satisfying note. if a show being cancelled is a turn-off for you, this one did just end and i'm still not sure if the ending is anti-climactic or not, lol.

lastly, this doesn't personally bother me, but it is extremely inappropiate. there is a lot of violence (not too much gore, everything is either very obviously fake, or not explicit), nudity/sex, and totally vulgar language. there is a lot of infidelity, implied/mentioned SA but no scenes that are violent or explicit, overuse of the word "cunt", etc. so just proceed with caution and consider looking up content warnings if you're wary!!

#ask #the great #tickle-bugs #tickle bugs

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cartograffiti · 4 months

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December '23 reading diary

I finished 4 books in December, which is always a month in which I read less. I'm also going to talk a bit about reading challenges!

All the Hidden Paths is the second Tithenai Chronicles book by Foz Meadows. Apparently this is now a finished duology, but I really thought it could have run for many books and I would have inhaled them all happily. Read A Strange and Stubborn Endurance first. They're not light books, but they're remarkably hopeful and uplifting, character arcs of healing from violence and homophobia set in a fantasy/romance/political drama plot. I wanted even more, but that's likely because they were written For Me. I love how Meadows writes culture, the emotional beats knock me flat, and they work in lots of tasty character depth.

I was not wildly impressed with the photography book Accidentally Wes Anderson compiled by Wally Koval. This features photos contributed by a large number of members of an internet group by the same name, and while the pictures are gorgeous, there's not quite enough variety in the subject types. The text is of highly variable quality, never stellar, and sometimes outright tedious.

I love Cat Sebastian's romance series The Cabots, and I thoroughly enjoyed the new novella Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue, though since no characters from the previous books appear, I'm not sure whether the connection is really justified. Never mind, it's fun and sweet. Luke and Billy are pro baseball players in the 1950s, and when one of them gets hit in the head with a ball, he decides what he really needs for his recovery is to travel to another state, where his crush is house-sitting during a family birth, and they spend the whole time poking at each other until they admit their massive crushes. Cute, and cute in part because they are both a bit annoying and bitchy and find that attractive about each other!

Dubious Documents is a faux-ephemera puzzle book by Nick Bantock which I wanted to buy my mother for a Christmas present, but when I sounded out her interest level I accidentally inspired her to buy it herself. Oh, well! We both solved it very easily, sometimes checking with each other, and had a great time. Every puzzle is a highly illustrated envelope attached to the spine, with a sheet within printed on both sides with collage art. The book has a "clues" page, but many simply cannot be solved without using them (and I don't mean because they're hard, I mean because there's no guidance what you're after just visually), so we both recommend reading them before you get stuck. The hardest one for me had to do with interpreting a sailor's personnel record, and the hardest for Mom required unscrambling letters to make the names of Japanese cities. Unique, pretty, very giftable (if only I'd been allowed to, Mom ;)). We're working on a harder book of his now, which I'll talk about next time.

Reading challenges talk: In the last couple of years, I've really enjoyed using challenges to help me prioritize my tbr (and push me to get off it). Book Riot's annual prompt list is great, I like their variety and difficulty level. Popsugar's is fun, but I have not been as impressed with their prompts, which sometimes feel to me like they were trying to promote a specific book, or do something winky appropriate to the year. StoryGraph's staff-designed annual challenges are very thoughtful, and I'm going to do both their genre challenge and read the world challenge again this year. The last of these has been the hardest to complete each time, by which I mean I haven't completed it, twice, so I'm really hoping this will be the year. It's short (10 books) compared to these others, but it takes more research, as books in translation are less available.

Personal missions for '24: There are quite a few series I'm working my way through, but I'm particularly planning to wrap up The Witcher books, which I stalled out on because another library patron in my area was reading them just ahead of me and kept keeping them out overdue. I'm also intending to get into the Lymond series this year, because I would like to scream and die with certain of my friends. :)

#A case for December: evergreen - frost - wood smoke - cinnamon.#reading diary #bookblr

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"Julia" star David Hyde Pierce calls gay icon Julia Child’s homophobia ‘confusing’ By Nicki Gostin March 30, 2022

David Hyde Pierce knew all about Julia Child’s homophobia going into HBO Max’s “Julia,” but he still calls it “confusing.”

The “Frasier” alum plays the world-famous cook’s deeply devoted husband, Paul Cushing Child, in the upcoming mini-series, which does not shy away from portraying the couple’s well-documented discriminatory attitudes.

“It’s confusing because in so many ways she’s an icon, or was an icon, to the gay community,” he tells Page Six in a new interview. “And it’s also important to note that, in my opinion, that is something that she was part of, the culture they both grew up in, in spite of their being also involved in artistic pursuits.”

That said, Pierce 62, notes that he is sure both Julia and Paul had “plenty of gay and lesbian people in their lives, both in Paris [where they lived for five years] and in the States,” adding, “So those instances are just, you know, a sort of unconscious prejudice.”

Pierce explains that he was not surprised by the Childs’ homophobia when he joined “Julia” because a “dear friend who is gay” worked with the late “French Chef” host and allegedly “experienced that” firsthand.

He also makes sure to stress that Julia changed her views during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and became a passionate activist after losing a close friend to the disease.

“The fact that she had the ability to change and see us as human beings is important,” the openly gay actor says, noting he does not know if Paul ever changed his views, too.

In one scene of the new show, Paul derisively refers to gay men as “fairies,” a line that Pierce says he felt “was very important” to be included.

“It’s important for me that hopefully people are watching and loving this relationship, and then that’s a speed bump because that’s what we’re all like,” he explains. “People all have these, you know, warts and bumps, and sometimes we change and sometimes we don’t. But if we were going to demand that people be accepting, we have to be accepting, and say, ‘OK, I understand that’s where you were coming from.'”

Julia was a beloved cooking teacher and television personality who is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her monumental cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” which she co-wrote with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.

She is firmly enmeshed in popular culture, with parodies on “Saturday Night Live,” impersonations on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the Meryl Streep-led 2009 movie “Julie & Julia” and now the HBO series, which explores the genesis of her long-running TV show, her marriage and the rise of feminism.

“Julia” also stars Bebe Neuwirth as devoted friend Avis DeVoto. Neuwirth, 63, previously played Dr. Lilith Sternin on “Frasier” and had a testy relationship with Pierce on screen.

When Page Six asks the reunited co-stars whether they bicker in real life, Neuwirth warns, “Don’t listen to a word he says,” while Pierce cheekily intones, “Shut up!”

“No, no, we’re not,” he clarifies. “In fact, I would say that about the most fun you can have performing is to be working with someone you love and then go, go at it, hammer and tongs because you trust each other and you know each other. And so I think that’s what we did.”

“Julia,” starring British actress Sarah Lancashire in the title role, premieres March 31 on HBO Max.

https://pagesix.com/2022/03/30/david-hyde-pierce-calls-julia-childs-homophobia-confusing/

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Whitney Houston was one of the most successful and iconic singers of the 20th century, but she was also involved in several controversies throughout her career and personal life. Here are 20 controversies involving Whitney Houston:

1. Drug Use: Whitney Houston struggled with drug addiction for many years, which impacted her personal life and career. She admitted to using drugs in interviews and was arrested several times for drug-related offenses.

2. Marriage to Bobby Brown: Whitney Houston's marriage to Bobby Brown was controversial due to their tumultuous relationship, which was often in the media spotlight. The couple had a daughter together, Bobbi Kristina Brown, who tragically died in 2015.

3. Divorce from Bobby Brown: Whitney Houston's divorce from Bobby Brown was also controversial, with rumors of infidelity and substance abuse on both sides.

4. The Bodyguard: Whitney Houston's role in the movie "The Bodyguard" was controversial due to her lack of acting experience and the risk of casting a black woman in a romantic lead role.

5. National Anthem Performance: Whitney Houston's rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl was controversial due to accusations of lip-syncing, but it is still considered one of the greatest performances of the song.

6. Vocal Ability: Whitney Houston's vocal ability was often the subject of controversy, with some critics accusing her of overusing melisma and others praising her as one of the greatest singers of all time.

7. Allegations of Homophobia: Whitney Houston was accused of making homophobic comments in interviews and refusing to work with certain artists who were openly gay.

8. The Star-Spangled Banner Controversy: Whitney Houston's controversial rendition of the national anthem at the 1990 NBA All-Star Game was criticized for its length and unconventional arrangement.

9. The Diane Sawyer Interview: Whitney Houston's interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002 was controversial due to her erratic behavior and comments about drug use.

10. The Oprah Winfrey Interview: Whitney Houston's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2009 was controversial due to her appearance and comments about drug use.

11. Denying Drug Use: Whitney Houston denied using drugs in interviews, which was controversial given her well-documented struggles with addiction.

12. Diva Behavior: Whitney Houston was accused of diva behavior on several occasions, including refusing to perform certain songs and demanding specific items in her dressing room.

13. Vocals on "I Will Always Love You": Whitney Houston's vocals on "I Will Always Love You" were controversial due to rumors that she used a vocal double for certain parts of the song.

14. Whitney Houston's Estate: Whitney Houston's estate was controversial after her death due to disputes over her will and the handling of her assets.

15. The "Crack is Whack" Interview: Whitney Houston's interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002, in which she famously said "crack is whack," was controversial due to her drug use at the time and the perceived trivialization of addiction.

16. Cancelled Concerts: Whitney Houston cancelled several concerts during her career, which was controversial given her status as a top-selling artist.

17. Relationship with Robyn Crawford: Whitney Houston's relationship with her longtime friend and assistant Robyn Crawford was controversial due to rumors that they were romantically involved.

18. The 2000 Arista Records Lawsuit: Whitney Houston sued her record label, Arista Records, in 2000, which was controversial given her close relationship with label head Clive Davis.

19. The "Crack is Wack" Mural: A mural of Whitney Houston in Newark, New Jersey that depicted her with the words "crack is wack" was controversial due to concerns about the message it sent to young people.

20. Whitney Houston's Death: Whitney Houston's death in 2012 was controversial due to speculation about the circumstances surrounding her death and the role of drugs in her passing.

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psychicexpertlover · 2 years

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hi i really hope this doesn’t come off as offensive at all because it’s not intended to be but it probably will anyway just by default but… if i may ask, why do you stand with amber heard? you’re under no obligation to answer this but i wanted to know what your perspective is since there is so much evidence of her being an abuser circulating in the media. do you only support her because you don’t believe men can be victims? again i apologize if any of this comes off as hostile or accusatory, i genuinely just want to know your opinion!! i hope you have a nice day

\\ TERFS DNI //

Hey anon! I'm going to try to take this ask in good faith, but please know that assuming things ("do you only believe her because you don't believe men can be victims?") is rude - and unnecessary considering the content on my blog easily disproves it. It's simple really:

I do believe men can be victims.

I don't believe Johnny Depp is a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Amber Heard.

You state that there is "so much evidence" to prove that she is abusive, but here's the kicker: there isn't. The piece that is most often cited as "evidence" is a heavily edited audio clip from Amber and Depp's marital therapy sessions, that was leaked by the Daily Mail. In this clip, Amber is heard saying that she slapped Depp (open palm) to which he argues that it was a closed-fist punch.

When the entirety of the recording was later released (don't remember to which site but I believe it was used in the most recent trial, which Depp lost) it was revealed that Depp headbutted Amber, making her nose bleed - she initially thought it was broken - and she struck him in self defense.

Now, another misconception is that Amber severed Depp's finger during a fight in which she threw a broken vodka bottle at him. This. Is. False. (Or at least very likely to be as I'll explain now). When the incident occured in 2017, Depp repeatedly stated that he cut his own finger. He said this unprompted, to several people, including ones who he would have no reason to lie to (e.g. his good friend Paul Bettany who has always harbored a strong dislike of Amber) and his personal doctor. The evidence (text messages, emails, etc) is currently being reviewed during the ongoing trial and can be found in the transcripts of Depp's witness testimonials as well as reputable news sites. (source used here being Insider)

Additionally, according to this excerpt from court documents, Depp's lawyer orchestrated a smear campaign to try to ruin Amber's reputation and credibility. Judging by the sheer amount of Depp supporters floating around the internet, it was successful.

There are also allegations that Amber abused her former partner, Tasya van Ree. However, Tasya herself has come forth and said these were entirely false, and were based in homophobia and misogyny. In the same statement, she went on to describe Amber as "brilliant, honest and beautiful woman and I [Tasya] have the utmost respect for her." (source)

Finally, most recently, makeup brand Milano accused Amber of lying of using their product to cover up her bruises. They stated, through a TikTok with questionable grammar, that the palette hadn't been released until 2017, a year after the allegations of DV. The ethics of the TikTok in question aside, it's... simply not true? Popular makeup magazine Glamour UK included the product in question in an article from June 3rd 2016. Plus, the brand of the palette used in court was never mentioned, and it was stated to be a prop, not the actual item Amber used.

So, now that we have cleared the rumors about Amber's supposed dishonesty, let's talk about the fact that Depp is a violent and abusive person - and has been proved, with evidence.

This article by the Irish Examiner goes in-depth about Depp's libel trial against the Sun (a tabloid that referred to him as a "wife-beater" which he contested). It examines the 14 cases of alleged violence - 12 of which were confirmed, and 2 of which were declared likely but lacking sufficient evidence to be confirmed. These date back to as early as 2013.

Let me say that again.

Johnny Depp beat and abused Amber Heard. This isn't "conjecture" or slander - a judge ruled him as a wife-beater based on actual evidence.

I would highly encourage everyone to read this article. It's horrifying and eye-opening.

Last but not least, please remember to take everything Depp's friends say with a whole ocean-full of salt. Case in point, Paul Bettany?

Yeah. That text exchange is from June fucking 2013.

I hope this was enough for you anon. You can also peruse the "amber heard" tag on my blog if you want to know more.

#i stand with amber heard #asks #long post #depp stans dni

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homobiwan · 3 years

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Okay so update on the Situation:

I have officially decided I am no longer living with my parents because of the transphobia and homophobia and emotional abuse, and this Sunday, if all goes well, I’m going to drive back and move my stuff out as well as obtain my legal documents.

My friend has offered to let me stay with her family over breaks, as have my aunt and uncle. I am going to figure something out with a phone plan and Medicaid, as well as going on T.

Do not worry about me being homeless or getting physically hurt. I am safe.

If you want to donate money to help me with bills, my ca$happ is catbirl and my ko-fi is bromeliadslove. If you want to donate through v3nmo or paypa1, dm me. Keep in mind that there are people who have it a lot worse, and if there is someone who has bigger needs, prioritize them.

Thanks for being so supportive during all this 💙 I love you guys.

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.... any succession fic recs? 👀

Yes!! I haven't read a lot for it yet, but some of the stuff I've read has been staggeringly good. I'm generally more into gen fic in this particular fandom, but have enjoyed some Stewy x Kendall, Gerri x Roman and Naomi x Tabitha too.

A few recs under the cut!

“I wanted to get out. From under all this. Take the money and run.”

Kendall tells Stewy even though he knows he’ll never get it, not like Naomi does. He’ll never understand the crush of it, the heart-stopping head-fucking fear of failing a tyrant. Kendall’s been ignoring the shape of it for a long time, putting pieces of it together in the back of his mind in total darkness like a blindfolded man. It doesn’t matter that one day his dad will die. It doesn’t matter about the money or the hostile takeover or the stolen files or any of it. There’s no running. Kendall’s Logan Roy lives inside his head.

Stewy laughs. Stewy laughs for a long time.

“There is no out, Ken, what the fuck are you talking about? You were born this and you’ll die this. You are what you are, and what you are is a fucking Roy.”

Kendall hates him, for a moment. Lightning-strike furious. What the fuck does he know about any of it, about his dad’s swinging dinner plate-sized hands, about getting 24% name recognition in reliable international polling, about puking every time you think about a car swerving off the road in the rain. About finding out that you can do something unthinkably, unimaginably terrible, and it doesn’t matter to anyone you know but you. There’s a scar on his arm that no one else who hasn’t already been told how it got there can ever know about, and he’s sick of it, and it’s not fair. He hates Stewy for a moment because Stewy’s right.

“I wanted to do the right thing, Stewy, for once in my fucking life.”

Stewy laughs again, more briefly, and the predator flash of his eyes in the neon of the motel sign is a torture all its own.

‘There is no right and wrong, Ken. How the fuck do you not know that yet? Not for people like you. Like us. There’s shit you get caught doing and there’s shit you don’t.”

“You don’t know what you’re talking about. You really, really fucking don’t,” says Ken, and fuck, there it is. The road less travelled, that only he has ever driven on. The path he’s down where Stewy can’t follow. That place beyond Stewy Hosseini where he never thought he could go.

“You’re not telling me something, and when I find out what that is, and I will find out what it is, Kendall, don’t you think I won’t, so I am warning you that when I do find out I am going to be righteously fucking pissed,” says Stewy, and if Kendall thought those were a predator’s eyes before—

“Yeah, you will,” says Kendall, because he knows exactly how perceptive Stewy is. Exactly how weak he is. Exactly, precisely what both of them are.

And treat this night like it’ll happen again by postcardmystery. 8k words. Kendall x Stewy. Post s2. (CW: internalised homophobia, some homophobic language)

I tried to pick a shorter excerpt, but I literally couldn’t, this fic is so. good. The voices are pitch perfect, and it’s got this incredible build to it overall that goes back and forth between time and point of views and just rips your heart out. The premise itself is pretty simple – after the press conference at the end of 2.10, Kendall calls Stewy, and they drive through rural America while Kendall has a breakdown, and it’s just - - unspeakably good. I love it so so so much, I have no words.

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AITA for accusing my father of multiple crimes on his own news station? By amleth 3k words. Gen fic. Post s2.

And now for something completely different – epistolary fic which is just reddit news threads of the Roy family drama. I love an epistolary fic and this is just totally charming, and made me laugh a lot out loud.

“You’re quiet,” she observes. “That’s a first.”

“Yeah, well, the Turks beat it out of me. Gave you a run for their money.” He waggles his eyebrows. “So what is this? Whips and chains? Are we doing the whole boat-sex thing? I heard Shiv and Tom are looking for a third —“

Gerri finds what she’s looking for: a black leather binder. She drops it on the bed and begins paging through it, and Roman cranes his neck enough to recognize that it’s just full of documents, not like, dick pics. “I’ve given some thought to what you proposed a few weeks ago, and I agree that we should make things official in some way,” she says, and he blinks.

“Uh,” he says. “Which — what part of it?”

“Take a look.”

Gerri closes the folio and hands it over. It’s deceptively heavy, and the print on these pages is way too fucking fine, he thinks, paging through it. “Is this some kind of, like, Fifty Shades of Roy sex contract? Because it’s not that I’m not into it, but I think there’s a strong argument for going paperless —”

“Strictly speaking, this isn’t legally binding,” Gerri says. “Just something I threw together with regard to our business arrangement going forward. But with no respect to the family — the past few weeks have really illustrated that no one should take anyone at their word right now. Give me a little more than your word.”

Evacuation strategies for a yacht on fire by devourthemoon. 11k words. Gerri x Roman. Post s2. Explicit.

After the events of s2, Roman and Gerri fake being married as a professional alliance, only, y’know, maybe it’s not so fake. This fic is just so, so much fun, and messy in the best possible way. The author nails all the character voices, and the sex scenes are just the right amount of hot and ridiculous, and I just love it all a lot too.

Kendall estimates it will take an hour for the first articles to go up. Some rapid-fire blog without oversight—the New York Post, maybe, or wherever those Vaulter hippies have skulked off to—will slap a catchy headline on it and report his words verbatim. Give or take a gif of his face when he switches to script number two. New York Times, Washington Post, AP, those fuckers take longer. They like to bleed the story like Middle Ages plague doctors for its marrow, fact-check and add context and analysis and as many backlinks as their servers can handle. Still, a couple of hours, and his face will be plastered on every major news outlet. His voice will play over the nightly talk shows. He’ll trend on Twitter. A few more days, and he’ll be the star of analysis segments, podcasts, weekly briefings. Maybe, fuck it, maybe he’ll trend on Twitter again.

It’s been years since Kendall read Shakespeare. But that shit sticks with you, gets under your skin and emerges when you least expect it, like eczema or Keynesian economics. He knows how the media will spin this. Kendall Roy Attacks CEO Logan for Years of Corruption. Prodigal Son Disrupts Family Legacy to Restore Credibility. That’s how Hamlet ends, right? And Macbeth, Lear, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, even Titus fucking Andronicus. The spilled blood sinks into the ground, the seedlings sprout forth from the soil, and a new castle is built on the bones. Order out of chaos, or at least close enough an approximation that the tabloids will buy it.

Legacy for profit by owlinaminor Post-2.10. Kendall Roy. Kendall through Shakespeare analogies – just - - ooooof. It's a beautiful, lyrical character study that weaves through Roy family history and teases at a future none of them are even sure they want. It's gorgeous writing.

For the next few days Shiv would have to keep the pressure on Kira like an open wound because there were other women, victims that Nate’s people were going to find one by one as soon as that phone call disconnected. Mo was her father’s friend, good friend, for a long, long time. Nate and Gil, Sandy and Stewy, too many sharks in the water and the share price probably dipped to a new low but she would never check a stock ticker. Her husband’s nerves fraying at the edges on national television. She had promised a woman she’d never met before that she would kill roughly one third of the top male executives of her family’s company. Her company.

The last look Rhea gave her before she shut the car door was concern close to fear—no longer the same woman who heard their pitch in the safe room, who laughed with her at Argestes. Rhea had only looked into the abyss; she got cold feet and she didn’t even know what it’s like to grow up in it.

Her family’s company is hers, will be hers. Even from a whale fall, new life would spring.

Feed his flesh to wayward daughters by reogulus. 2k words. Shiv Roy. Set during 2.09.

This entire fic is set around Shiv bribing Kira not to testify, and god, it is so good. It’s bleak and rough, and really hones in on the complex ground Shiv walks as a character. It's another brilliant study of what it takes to be a Roy, and the way they make the awful choices in order to fulfill this legacy that they don't even know they want.

Kendall sets down his fork. “So. Tell me. Is it everything you wanted? Is it what you thought it would be?”

Roman stills. He never does that. He’s constantly a menace in motion, slouching and fidgeting, worse even than Kendall at his amphetamine peak. “What? The view from the tippy-tippy-top?”

“His regard.” Kendall wipes his mouth with the edge of the white cloth napkin. It comes away pink from the steak. “Dad. He’s all yours now.”

Roman still hasn’t moved. Finally, he lurches, like corroded machinery come uncertainly to life. “Yeah, man. It’s fucking tight as hell. I love every beautiful daddy and me moment I was a good enough little boy to earn.” He snorts. “Fuck you.” His face goes curiously slack then, like something Kendall’s own face would do. An intermission in the performance, an energy cut. Something genuine finding its way to the surface. “Why don’t you tell me. When you got everything you wanted, how the fuck did that make you feel?”

Nauseous, is the first word that springs to mind. Sick. Scared. I’ve never had everything I wanted, there’s that. I’ve never once had a single fucking thing I wanted. There’s that, too.

Interim leadership by arbitrarily 2k words. Roman + Kendall. Post s2.

I love Roman and Kendall scenes generally, but this one which features Kendall and Roman meeting for the first time a few months after the press conference in 2.10 is just a bit magic. The push pull dynamic that's just inherent to them mixed with the genuine affection and brotherly love is really special, and arbitrarily embraces both in equal measure. It's a great little fic.

There are lots more of course, and I'd also recommend checking out other works by these authors, but I hope this is a good place to start! :-)

#hbo succession #succession fic #fic recs #welcome to my ama #kendall x stewy #gerri x roman

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silverstrike · 3 years

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Okay, so I promised a more comprehensive post on what is happening in Poland so let's go.

(CW: mentions of police brutality, violence towards protesters, homophobia and general bigotry):

- November 11th marked the Independence Day: fascist thug groups, proudly calling themselves "patriots" spilled into the streets. The protest was meant to be motorized, as per the organizers' declarations, however it turned into a full-blown march soon after.

I posted in the previous post, that these thugs at some point spotted a balcony of an appartment with a rainbow flag hanging out as well as banners supporting the recent pro abrotion movements hanging in the windows, and started throwing flares and fireworks at it.

They missed however two other appartments were hit, in one's case the flare managed to get inside and start a small fire. These thugs didn't do anything to call for help even crying out "Let that wh*re burn".

Thankfully nobody got harmed and the appartment in question (an art studio) only had its doors burnt. Later that day a group from one of the antifa collectives came to repair the door completely free of charge.

Aside from that there have been a shit ton of incidents happening during the march, mostly ending with lots of property damage and destruction.

A couple reporters got hurt by cops, inspite of them wearing the "Press" vests to identify them.

One of the reporters, a 74-year-old man, got shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a cop. Luckily he's safe now and was provided medical treatment.

Of course much of the right-wing government deemed the march a "success".

- The polish Prime Minister has declared that the government is planning to veto the proposed EU budget. Their reason is being in opposition to EUs terms in regards to countries needing to maintain their systems of justice intact and to ensure that everyone is equal in terms of law (of course the issue is far more complex than that but that's basically the rundown).

Of course the more batshit MPs from the governing party have pulled out their tired old boogeyman of "if we accept their terms we will lose all sovereignty, and we will be forced to *gasp* LET THE GAYS MARRY AND ADOPT CHILDREN!"

This may not seem like a minor thing but if these clowns reject the budget, we could lose millions of Euros, which is catastrophic considering our medical system is dying (representatives of the nurses' union have declared a strong possibility of their being a general strike of nurses in the whole country) and our economy is downward spiraling.

- As I mentioned in the previous posts the pro-choice protests are still happening on a consistent basis. The ruling of Constitutional Tribunal remains unpublished - meaning it essentially exists in limbo as far as it being part of the law.

The main strongest hypothesis is the government is either trying to wear down the protesting groups or is waiting to introduce the "National Quarantine" and make people stay home, and then publish the document.

Regardless, last night there was a march happening in Warsaw. Even tho the protest was peaceful, the protesters were attacked by cops, who sprayed pepper spray/tear gas on them.

Another group of cops in civvies attacked protesters with metal telescopic batons.

23 people got arrested, many of them suffered bruises while on their way to the police stations.

Couple of MPs from one of the opposing parties got assaulted by cops outside the building of the parliment. One of them got her parlimentary ID torn in half by a cop.

Photos of these incidents as well as videos are all online, but they are incredibly heartbreaking and distressing so I advise you not to look them up.

In many cases inhabitants of tennant houses located in the old part of the city, left ladders allowing young protesters to jump over the fences and take shelter in the buildings to avoid unjust arrests.

- Also yesterday, there has been an instance of cops harassing a 14 year old boy in the city of Krapkowice in Poland. The kid has been posting some information about protest marches on his FB page and since then the cops have been harassing him. First they came to his home and informed him that if he goes to that event, he'll be treated as one of the organizers and given a sentence of 8 years in prison (for someone his age it would mean 4 years in juvenile detention and 4 years in prison once he enters legal age).

The cops also went to his school and informed his head teacher about the whole situation.

So those are the four main events that have happened in Poland in the span of a week. Of course there is a lot more than that but these four, I think are the most essential.

Poland is honestly becoming too scary to live in...

#Poland

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aratilightwood · 4 years

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TLH siblings.

Headcanons.

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Cordelia and Alastair.

- When Cordelia couldn’t sleep, Alastair sat at the edge of the bed and stroked her hair. It was a comforting gesture that made her feel calm. But when he returned from the Academy, they grew distant and out of their old habits, which upset her.

- While living at Cirenworth Hall, Cordelia wondered out on dangerous paths to pick daisies. Once, she came close to the edge of a hill and nearly fell. After that, Sona insisted that Alastair always accompanied her and he did so begrudgingly.

- When they were out in public, Cordelia noticed people staring unkindly at their appearances. While Alastair turned his face down to avoid it, she held her head up and scowled at anyone who dared to look at them in a funny way.

- When Alastair played the piano, Cordelia stood next to him and turned the pages of a keyboard book. They fought over which song to play, but hummed to English and Farsi rhymes together. While Alastair enjoyed singing, he wasn’t much of a lyricist, so Cordelia helped him compose music.

- They listed all their favourite Farsi words on paper. But as years went by, Alastair spoke more English. This upset Cordelia who understood the importance of their heritage. She kept the paper inside her nightstand drawer with hope that one day, Alastair would find love for the language again.

James and Lucie.

- They bought a duck inside the Institute and kept it hidden for a week. They fed it scraps from the kitchen, which made Bridget suspicious and she eventually told their parents. James took the blame, while Will demanded that both his children be exorcised for pulling the stunt.

- When Lucie started walking, she often stole and hid James’s spoon. At first, she did it to annoy him, but she grew attached to it. One night, James had the opportunity to take it from her, but stopped when he saw her sleeping body curled up with the spoon in hand.

- The ‘cruel prince James’ stories derided from the fact that, James used to pull Lucie’s hair when it was in pigtails. While she got into trouble for kicking her brother in the shin, in retaliation, she decided to document all his misgivings on paper and left them on his pillow to read.

- Growing up, they were slightly jealous of each other. James because Lucie didn’t have to deal with the consequences of their heritage, like having inhuman eyes. Lucie because she always wanted something unique that set her apart from everyone else, such as, shapeshifting.

- It was James’s idea to buy Lucie a typewriter, even though Will paid for it. James and Lucie helped assemble it together, getting ink on their hands. It was a new piece of technology that the whole family adjusted to. The first thing Lucie composed on it was a letter to Cordelia.

Anna, Christopher and Alexander.

- Christopher’s love for lemon tarts began when he was five years old. He’d always be found sitting in hideaway places to eat as many as he could. Without getting caught, Anna often stole some from the kitchen in the middle of the night, so the two could have a secret feast in his bedroom.

- Before Alexander was born, Christopher helped his father build the crib and assisted Anna in painting the walls of the baby’s bedroom. When he was born, both of them raced down the hallway at odd hours, and argued over who stayed with the baby and put him back to sleep.

- When Anna moved out, Christopher missed her most. Their mother always told her to keep an eye on him, and while most siblings found that annoying, Christopher thought it was comforting. Whereas, Alexander noticed Anna’s absence as he grew older. When they visited her flat, he refused to leave.

- Once, in order to extinguish a fire, Christopher accidentally used Anna’s dress that was left in his bedroom after one of her wardrobe changes. She wasn’t bothered by this and found it amusing. But Cecily issued a ‘no experiments in bedrooms’ rule after.

- When Alexander started walking, Anna had fashionable clothes made for him. As Christopher did the most brotherly thing and offered his clothes to Anna during social situations, she dismissed it with a waving hand even when she was grateful.

Thomas, Barbara and Eugenia.

- Barbara and Eugenia patronised Thomas because of his height and weight. Whereas, he enjoyed running around and messing the hem of their dresses to annoy them. But he was quick enough to dart away, before they could catch up and scold him.

- Thomas liked watching his sisters needlepoint, especially if it was a stormy day and they had nothing better to do other than stay inside. He would sit between them as they worked on their stitches, while he fell asleep with his head leaning on one of their shoulders.

- One Christmas, after someone had to pick him up to put the angel at the top of the tree, Thomas demanded to be taken more seriously around the house. Although, everyone laughed it off while Eugenia promised that in the future he would grow tall and strong.

- Thomas considered Barbara as a mother figure because she was older. She retained this label by fussing about him more when he was sick. Whereas, Eugenia was more of a friend because she was closer to his age. They played games or shared an inside joke that their older sister didn’t understand.

- Barbara and Eugenia accompanied Thomas to the Academy. They fussed over him as usual, but he waved away their concern. Unknown to him, Barbara had stuffed his old teddy bear inside the luggage. When he opened it after they left, he felt embarrassed at first but warm inside.

Charles and Matthew.

- When they were young, Matthew took newspapers to his brother’s bedroom because Charles loved reading them. Charles often ruffled his hair and claimed there was no need because he could’ve fetched them himself. But Matthew had already developed a habit of it.

- Even though Charles had little interest in his father’s work, he used to watch over his brother while Matthew looked after Henry in the lab. As years went by and Matthew was able to take care of himself, Charles spent less time in the lab as he became immersed in his mother’s work instead.

- Charles wasn’t comfortable with his sexuality or the Bohemian lifestyle. So he actively disapproved of Matthew favouring Oscar Wilde and the aesthetic movement, as a result of his internalised homophobia. But Matthew dismissed this with a devil-may-care attitude.

- Once, Matthew left Oscar in Charles’s care while he went out on patrol with James. Charles was unable to care for the puppy by himself, as Oscar ran wild by destroying the curtains in the drawing room and chewing on Henry’s shoes. Charles blamed the dog, but Matthew blamed him.

- As children, to protect him from uneven paths, Charles held Matthew’s forearm as they walked together. Although, Matthew always spent the first few minutes pulling away because he wanted independence. But Charles held on nonetheless and kept a close eye on him.

Grace and Jesse.

- Jesse loved helping Grace make flower crowns, so much so, he ventured outside and picked them out himself. The flowers had to be small and Idris had a lot of them. He’d sit and watch Grace make them. It was a way for both of them to escape the misery of Blackthorn manor.

- Grace stayed by Jesse’s bed whenever he was ill. His bad health always put her in a foul mood, because she feared that one day she’d be left alone with Tatiana. As a distraction, she’d speak of good things and stories with happy endings to lighten the atmosphere.

- Grace was ecstatic when they first met because it meant that she had a companion, and she’d just lost her parents. Jesse was indifferent at first, but made effort after, because he hadn’t been close to his cousins or befriended a child his own age before.

- They shared a love for forests and the wilderness while growing up near Brocelind. It’s through their adventures, that Jesse was able to detect faerie traps. Even though he tried to shield Grace from these dangers, she learned how to successfully avoid them as well.

- Jesse collected pebbles, marbles and stones that he thought were pretty. He gave them to Grace. She used some of them as paper weights if they were heavy enough, placed them on a bedside table or left them on her windowsill as decorative pieces.

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Note: Post and documentation includes discussion and description of hate crimes

“On the morning of February 14, 1986, (William) Rooney was found – bloodied and with head injuries, but still alive – just off Crown Lane, Wollongong, at the rear of a shop. Rooney was 32 and Davis was a 31-year-old TAFE teacher.

Davis didn’t learn of the emergency until that evening. Bill had been out drinking the previous night and hadn’t come home. Davis had gone looking for him that day at their regular bars. He returned home with a couple of beers and sat down in front of the evening news. And there on the screen was Bill, no mistake. He was being taken away in an ambulance…

Davis went from the hospital to the police station, where as many as “eight plain-clothes police were squeezed like sardines into a small room. One of them asked, ‘Who is Bill’s girlfriend? Who is his wife?’ I explained he was gay, that I was his partner. Six of the police instantly filed out of the room, shaking their heads.”

Why? “You’ve got to realise that at the time the HIV/AIDS problem had really become quite serious. There were many people who thought you could catch AIDS by just being associated with a gay man.”

In Australia, during the decades from the 70’s through to the mid-90’s, Sydney- and New South Wales more broadly- went through a spate of murders colloquially dubbed the ‘gay hate murders’. Of the unsolved cases, 30 murders were initially linked to homophobic and transphobic violence; these cases have been narrowed down to 22 likely cases, with the remaining 8 not having sufficient evidence (from a legal perspective) to link them to hate crimes, though the possibility can’t be ruled out. A substantive journalistic investigation by the broadcaster SBS discussed the cases in depth (please note: apart from descriptions of the hate crimes, the linked site uses inappropriate language to describe an intersex woman, and includes the deadname of a trans woman- I have used her correct name below).

A commonality amongst these cases is the dismissive handling within the ‘criminal justice’ system. Prevailing homophobia and transphobia, much of it linked with violent hysteria related to AIDS, or perceptions of msm as sexual predators, as well as the presence of many of these victims at beats, cruising spots, or in gay/gay-friendly clubs, fed into a broader ambivalence towards victims. Defence strategies used by perpetrators included the invocation of the gay panic defence (from adult men) or claims of vigilante justice and/or sexual harassment (from teens). In terms of the latter, it is essential to note that the vast majority of teenagers acted as part of a group, and that their claims of ‘self defence’ were at times enabled by the existence of differing age of consent laws for sex between men (as they were ‘minors’ only in the context of sex between men, but would otherwise have been legally classed as adults). All of these issues created a scenario in which violence towards msm and trans women was tacitly regarded as justifiable or understandable.

In memory of:

Mark Spanswick, May 1976

Alan Edge, Oct. 1977

Paul Rath, June 1977

David Williams, 1979

Richard Slater, Dec. 1980

Walter Bedser, Dec. 1980

Gerald Cuthbert, Oct. 1981

Peter Sheil, April 1983

Wendy Brennan, April 1985

Gilles Mattaini, Sept. 1985

William Rooney, April 1986

Peter Simpson, Nov. 1986

Raymond Keam, Jan. 1987

Andrew Currie, Dec. 1988

Scott Johnson, Dec. 1988

William Allen, Dec. 1988

Russell Payne, Feb. 1989

Samantha Raye, March 1989

John Gordon Hughes, May 1989

Graham Paynter, Oct. 1989

John Russell, Nov. 1989

Ross Warren, July. 1989

Simon Blair Wark, Jan. 1990

Wayne Tonks, May 1990

Gary Webster, Aug. 1990

Richard Johnson, Oct. 1990

Michael Martin, Dec. 1990

Kritchikorn Rattanajurathaporn, 1990

Maurice McCarty, Apr. 1991

Noel Walsh, May 1991

Felipe Flores, Sept. 1991

William Dutfield, Nov. 1991

Robert Knox, Jan. 1992

Brian Walker, July 1992

Cyril Olsen, Aug. 1992

Robert MacLean, Sept. 1992

Sidney Hoare, Sept. 1992

Donald Gillies, May 1993

Kevin Marsh, June 1993

Gordon Tuckey, July 1993

John Milicevic, Aug. 1993

Tom Argaet, Oct. 1993

Berry Webster, Nov. 1993

Crispin Dye, Dec. 1993

Gordon Mills, Mar. 1994

Stephen Dempsey, Aug. 1994

Jim Meeks, Mar. 1995

Kenneth Brennan, June 1995

Craig Thomas, Aug. 1995

Carl Stockton, Nov. 1996

Scott Miller, Mar. 1997

David Rose, Dec. 1997

#gay history #lgbt+ history #queer history #trans history #australian history #20th century #hate crimes #homophobia #transphobia #long post

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