#and not take into account the statements that disturb you

[astraystayyh]

Israel doesn't want to repopulate Gaza, you loveable dummy

Seriously, find one Israeli on this site who'll say otherwise. And no, quoting Ben Gvir doesn't count (assuming you even know who that is) anymore than quoting, say, Rudy Giuliani would count for anything, even though he supposedly spoke for the president of the USA for a time.

Hamas has 136 hostages. Including women, and actual literal babies, assuming they're still alive, that is. This could all have ended weeks ago if they'd fucking returned them. Israeli society would physically march on Benjamin Netanyahu's home and remove him in a coup if the hostages were returned tonight. But as long as they have Israeli people, and are unwilling to negotiate their return, that's an ongoing war crime. Is Israel evil for being a bull in a China shop trying to get back a "mere" 136 innocent civilians? Maybe. But Hamas started this and they can end it, they just don't want to. Please, justify that.

Hello, since you asked for one Israeli, here, I'll give you multiple statements:

Hundreds of activists at an Ashdod gathering in late November called for the reestablishing of Jewish settlements. “Let it be known that you support the appeal to renew Jewish settlement throughout all of the Gaza Strip. The nation is waiting for you”— Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council.

Israel “should fully occupy the Gaza Strip”— Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.

An Israeli real estate firm pushes to build settlements for Israelis in Gaza. “Wake up, a beach house is not a dream” reads the ad.

Israeli Knesset member Limor Son Har Melech posted a video of herself in a boat with other settlers off the coast of Gaza. “Settlement in every part of the Gaza Strip … A large, extensive settlement without fear, without hesitation, without humiliation. This land is the land that the creator of the world gave to us.”

Israeli Settler, Daniella Weiss says Palestinians who live in Gaza, have no right to stay in Gaza.

An Israeli soldier saying that Israelis should start “investing” in Khan Younis.

Also why would the words of Ben Gvir not count? He is an elected minister, his words hold weight and they expose Israel’s clear intent to make Gaza inhabitable for Palestinians so that Israelis could settle in there— by destroying the infrastructures, making the health system collapse entirely, bombing entire residential neighborhood, Israel is trying to ensure that Palestinians wouldn't be able to return back to their land, because there is nothing livable left there.

And I'm glad you bring up all of this ending if the hostages were returned— Hamas tried to strike up a deal for the return of ALL the hostages, in exchange of the release of all Palestinian prisoners. Israel refused. You know why? Because this has never been about hostages and their safety for Israel.

There is a reason why Israel shot its own hostages when it mistook them for Palestinian civilians, waving a white cloth. There is a reason why the IDF called to shoot indiscriminately on Oct. 7, knowing that it could kill some of the hostages too. Because Israel wants to kill Palestinians, to "thin out its population" (or maybe we shouldn't take into account the says and actions of Netanyahu too ://). This is why it targets schools and mosques and hospitals and ambulances and refugee camps. Israel knows that if it does get all its hostages back, then there would be nothing to “justify” its genocide in Gaza (although, as UN Secretary-General said : "Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond words")

Israel is the only reason why the hostages aren't fred yet. THEY are unwilling to negotiate the return because they don't want to stop this genocide. What good is a five days ceasefire only for the bombings to return? Do you even realize how psychologically traumatizing it is to have a countdown of when your massacre would resume? The only acceptable deal is for Israel to establish a permanent ceasefire, something that it refuses to do. The only one to blame is Israel.

And you say Israelis would instigate a coup to oust Netanyahu, that's nice, then what? Will you return the land to its rightful people? Will you give back Palestinians their rights unequivocally? Will you call for the dismantlement of Israel that was built on massacres? The reason why Israelis are angry at Netanyahu is rooted in the unresolved hostage situation. Just because you don't support Netanyahu doesn't mean that you aren't a zionist who finds the murder of more than twenty thousands Palestinians justifiable. A young girl had her leg amputated with no anesthesia on the kitchen counter of her home and you talk about “Israel being a bull in a China shop”? You consider the targeted attacks on civilians as careless actions by Israel? It actually astonishes me how inhumane some of you can be.

And here is what Dr. Refaat, who was targeted and murdered by the IDF btw, had to say about this matter:

Whether it's Netanyahu or someone else, it does not matter because Israel as a whole is an occupation, one built on the bloodshed of palestinians.

And it is funny how you choose to distort history whichever way you like it, to regard October 7th as an isolated instance that happened out of the blue. Hamas didn't start anything, Hamas was created in response to the indiscriminate and careless shooting of palestinian civilians in the first Intifada, that was decades ago. October 7th was a resistance to an ongoing colonization, Israel started this when it displaced and murdered palestinians on 1948. None of this would've happened if Israel did not colonize Palestine. It has been 100 days of this ongoing genocide, wake up and stop deluding yourself into a reality where Israel is the victim.

#dismissing Ben Gvir's statements #(yes i know who it is thank you for your concern) #then diluting this genocide into a mere matter of “hamas should return the hostages” #it must feel nice to change up the narrative so you'd be able to sleep nicely at night #and not take into account the statements that disturb you #but thanks for thinking im loveable! you are right on that point #maybe there is still hope left for you then #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza

[tongue-like-a-razor]

AHHHH CONGRATS ON 5K- YOU DESERVE ALL OF THEM AND SO SO MUCH MORE (I’m absolutely obsessed with your account it makes me so happy)

If you’re still taking requests could I have a bbf!Jake one where they’re at a bar again and this time someone really creepy is hitting on baby Bradshaw and even though she’s trying to get away from him, he won’t leave her alone. Cue super Jake to the rescue (and he’s pissed)

I hope this is okay and if not, don’t worry about it :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY <333

OOOH I LOVE ME SOME PROTECTIVE JAKE! And thank you sm for your kind words, lovely <3

I'm gonna say this drabble is an extension of Part 4 of BBF but really can probably be read on its own. Here we go!

5k Weekend Bash Drabbles

Brother's Best Friend - N-O Spells No

Jake Seresin x Reader

“C’mon, sweetheart, let me buy you a drink,” says the man with the slicked-back hair and smarmy leer for a third time, taking a seat at your table on the patio.

His friends at a neighboring table guffaw, apparently finding their friend’s persistent approach hilarious. You find it extremely disrespectful. “No, thanks,” you respond, again.

The man’s grin broadens as though your rejection spurs him on. He slides his chair in closer and leans in to whisper something in your ear. But, before he has a chance to speak, you decide that you’ve had enough and rise from your seat. You’d rather forfeit your table than put up with any more of this bullshit.

You start for the door to go into the bar, but the man leaps up to follow you. He catches up with you just as you’re about to enter and takes you by the arm, spinning you around to face him. “You don’t know what you’re missing, honey,” he mutters and his voice makes your skin crawl.

Out of the corner of your eye, you catch a glimpse of Jake as he’s about to place his drink order at the counter. The disturbance near the front door has made him glance in your direction and his expression darkens when he sees you. He immediately steps away from the bar, forgetting all about the drinks he just paid for, and marches determinedly toward the door.

Before you could tell the creep to watch out, Jake is outside, curling his arm around your waist to relocate you so that he could turn back and grab a hold of the man’s shirt, ramming him into the wall, back first. “Who the fuck are you?” he growls at the – now cowering – man.

“I’m a friend, I’m a friend!” the man exclaims in alarm, his hands shooting up to show that he’s not looking for a fight.

You give the man a disgusted scowl when he looks over at you pleadingly, hoping that you’ll corroborate his statement. Jake glances over his shoulder at you too. “This true?” he asks. “You know him?”

You’re silent for a moment, wondering what Jake would do if you told him the truth. You really don’t want him getting banned from the Hard Deck for starting a fight on your behalf.

But Jake takes your lack of a response as a no and pulls on the man’s collar just to slam him back into the wall again. The man, to your great satisfaction, looks like he’s about to cry. “She didn’t tell me she had a boyfriend!” the man cries.

Jake grimaces aggressively. “Did she tell you to fuck off?” he asks dangerously.

The man gulps anxiously. “If she’d just told me she was with somebody” –

“What the fuck does that matter?” Jake shoves the man into the wall for a third time and the latter whimpers pathetically. “No is a full fucking sentence.”

“Okay, Jake, that’s enough,” you say, putting your hand on his arm. “I think he got the idea.”

Jake glances down at you with a heavy sigh and then back at the snivelling man. Then, he lowers his head and mutters in a low, intimidating voice, “You come near her again, I’m not gonna be this nice.”

The man nods vehemently and, the moment Jake lets go of him, he slips away, ditching his friends – who, admittedly, hadn’t even come to his aid – as they scramble to collect their things before following him out.

Jake turns to look at you worriedly. “Are you okay?” he asks, taking a step toward you.

You nod. “Yeah, thanks for coming to my rescue,” you reply. “Although, I totally could’ve taken him.”

Jake draws his lips together to keep from smiling; he’s not ready to find the humor in the situation quite yet. “You shouldn’t have had to,” he remarks.

You shrug and meet his gaze. “I’m glad you were here.”

Jake nods and then takes your shoulder and pulls you into an embrace. “Me too,” he says.

You close your eyes, allowing yourself a moment to enjoy the hug because there isn’t often an excuse to lean in while Jake Seresin just holds you. In fact, you can’t think if a single time in recent history when this type of scenario has taken place. Suddenly, you’re not too mad about the creep that almost ruined your day.

“Where’s my brother?” you ask once the two of you separate.

Jake sighs with a grin and shakes his head. “He took off.”

“What? With that chick he just met?”

Jake nods sheepishly, as though he’s somehow to blame for Bradley’s promiscuity. You grin at him. “Perfect,” you say. “Now, we have plenty of time to talk about the thing.”

Jake cringes and lets out a defeated groan.

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[caw4brandon]

TMA: Horror By Sound

A long while ago, I discussed about the interesting values of Audio content. Heck, I even talked about it in a [Video Here] Audio content, despite being considered as old media is emerging from the corners of the internet in the modern era.

With how things are moving at such a fast pace. A quick and secondary type of medium is bound to rise in popularity. Let's discuss;

- Statement Begins -

< The Magnus Archives > is an audio podcast/drama following an archivist at the Magnus Institute, London. The recordings follow Jonathan Sims who recently took over the position of Head Archivist after his predecessor, Gertrude Robinson mysteriously passed away.

What started out as a typical job of filing documents and old cases spiraled into an unusual turn where Jon and his Archival Assistants; Martin, Tim and Sasha are haunted by a grotesque monster as written in the statements.

As of now, the show has a total of 5 seasons and as the seasons progress. The monsters become more aggressive and frightening against the character's lives and their psyche.

- What's Your Greatest Fear? -

The series has the characters deal with entities that feed on the fears of the victims. From the typical fear of the dark to specific fears such as, spiders, filth, heights, closed spaces, and eventually, death itself. Each fear manifested itself onto the victims in various ways that feels personal.

At the end of the statements, Jon or the others will provide their thoughts on the case and report their findings in reality. Often dead end trials where either the victims have long died or went missing.

The series as a whole, has an ecosystem of connections to the manifestations. From the cursed books of Jurgen Leitner to a cast of active creatures hunting for prey to feed upon and tear into madness.

Aside from the main cast, there are also reoccurring characters that joined the show as well. There's former Paranormal Investigator; Melanie, former officers; Daisy and Basira and a few others.

The show takes a slow burn approach, learning the truth as Jon improves. Having the unknown beings creep deeper into his life inch by inch till he is no longer himself.

We get to see him get exhausted, frustrated at his lack and the comical failure of his preparation against the monsters knocking at his door with the conspiracy that he is but a pawn at the bigger game of these Abominations.

The show also shows a number of audio manipulation, adding to the creep factor. Such is when the creature; The Stranger appears by distorting sound and echoes when they speak.

- Statement Ends -

In a disturbing way. The show seems to suggest that we, the listeners are the very monsters that is affecting the characters. Our constant need for more brings the characters descend further and there is nothing we can do about it but listen.

I've talked in the past about how [ASMR is Sound for the Soul] with the ability to simulate soothing tingles and tell a story with one sided conversations. What TMA does is to do the secondary.

Telling a story by second hand accounts. The way how some of the statements feels can get under your skin. The use of words and the annunciation of the statements feels like something is pulling the statements closer to the audience. Simulating a different kind of tingle.

It sometimes feels like we are prying into closed conversations. Listening to the deepest and darkest parts of humanity without the characters noticing.

As of now, I caught up till Season 3 but it seems like Jon will be getting involved more and more to the beings at the threshold.

What I think TMA does really well is not making horror out of typical fears. It relies on those fears and amplifies its ability to make one cripplingly terrified at things we have yet to understand. Reaching out of the tape recorder and into our world in an unpleasant way. Yet, you can't help but click to the next episode.

Recording Ends

#the magnus archives #rusty quill #jonathan sims #tim stoker #martin blackwood #sasha james #melanie king #basira hussain #alice tonner #daisy #elias bouchard #hp lovecraft #the eye #cosmic horror #eldrich horror #monsters #fear #statement begins

[ox1-lovesick]

ᥫ᭡ 투바투 ── reaction to idol!s/o liking their posts

𖤣 . . . pairing. idol!txt x gn!idol reader genre. fluff, angst warnings. hate speech, mentions of d3ath t4r3ts in hyuka's, swearing (?) wc. 100-200 for each member

𖤣 . . . synopsis. in an alternate universe where each txt member has their own instagram you accidentally like one of their posts on your public account

𖤣 . . . a/n. another reaction because reading my own writing makes me want to regurgitate my intestines aswell as everything i've ever eaten since i was 6. another self indulgent one too because i am simultaneously praying for and dreading the day kang taehyun gets his own instagram account because it will be both the best thing to happen to this world as well as my death day because his beauty is unfathomable 😟

𖧵ֹ໋݊ YEONJUN

i once refreshed my Instagram feed 5 times a second to see how long it would take for yeonjun's post to get 1M likes

newsflash: it was 7 minutes 💀

and taking into consideration he had a good 400k beforehand i can see you liking his post completely slipping past him

he's blissfully unaware until around three days later when he wants to post his weekly mc selfies to twitter and notices both of your names trending

cue the panik

starts worrying his icloud got hacked and you're both turning into jennie and taehyung 💀

thankfully it was not that, but you accidentally liking his post on your main account with millions of followers isn't great either

is genuinely disturbed by how quickly they got screenshots because you unliked his post a millisecond after

Immediately calls you to make sure that you or your family haven't been doxxed yet because we all know how these delulu fans are 💀

thankfully both you and your family are fine and no one was harmed

although now you both have to brainstorm an excuse or dispatch (and your company's) will be up your ass and that doesn't sound very pleasant 😟

a few days later you go onto vlive and pass it off as you trying to like one or member's (or company's if you'd prefer to be a soloist) posts and accidentally refreshing and liking his

and they all lived happily ever after 👍

𖧵ֹ໋݊ SOOBIN

he's so worried for you 💀

especially because it was his first post, that he posted 2 minutes ago, and you have a history of getting a little too excited when someone mentions his name or he comes up on screen

like he knew you were anticipating his insta and everything but damn

he unfortunately knows what's about to come due to previous rumours and wants to curl up into a ball and die

he really wants to protect you from the nasty people on the internet but he knows that would do more harm than good to the both of you (also hybe will beat his ass)

you can lie and say it was a mistake or that you got hacked but no one will believe you 💀

so both of you, are unfortunately fucked

so as to not cause any more problems you decide to quickly unlike his post and move on like it never happened

although the universe is not on your side because dispatch releases a post about the both of you 'revealing' your relationship

their proof being that you both visited Ansan recently

although it's complete nonsense soobin still loses his mind and goes into panic mode

but him acting so paranoid whenever he hears something even remotely related to you or your group raises even more suspicion

eventually bighit decides (with neither of your knowledge) that enough is enough and comes out with an extremely paradoxical statement that leaves both of you and the entire world confused

atleast it stopped the rumours ig

𖧵ֹ໋݊ BEOMGYU

takes a screenshot and posts it to txt's weverse

"omg y/n liked my post 😻😻"

will talk about it everyday

if moa's or txt bullies him he'll say stupid shit "you're just jealous y/n liked my post and not yours"

which ironically, ends up being a smart move because everyone just brushes it off as beomgyu being a fanboy

and considering he knows every single one of your songs, is very open about how much he admires you, cheers for you at every stage and overall acts like an absolute simp when it comes to you—that's not really a far fetched thought

he's a little dissapointed because he was actually trying to start drama but oh well 💀

another day ig

gets upset when you or the others tease him about it 😭

"remember that time you were simping over y-" "SHUT UP SOOBIN"

genuinely livid he didn't get the y/ngyu ship edits 😟

he wanted to build a collection and rate them out of 10 with you the next time you both hung out together

atleast you didn't get cancelled ig

𖧵ֹ໋݊ TAEHYUN

goes to your page and likes one of your posts

he DOES NOT CARE

will even comment about how beautiful you are on one of your posts with all the love hearts and everything

THIS MAN

incase the internet hasn't shattered to pieces already he'll go to different post and comment something cheesy like "my love is so cute 💘💖💗" and all the replies are like "your WHAT NOW sir ??🤨" 💀

he is aware of the fact that he is a man, and therefore has male privilege and will not be hated on like you will—even if you're a man too he knows he'll be given the benefit of the doubt given that txt is more popular than your group

but, to make up for it he will personally combat every hater that breathes 🫵

will make 60 alternate accounts if he has to, he will clap back with no mercy

even on txt's official account, he'll defend you with his life and his sarcastic sassy remarks

definitely gets scolded and has his social media privileges taken away from him for a while but for you it was 100% worth it

𖧵ֹ໋݊ HUENINGKAI

bro's just as scared as you are

genuinely shitting his pants

he's traumatized from the wonyoung yuna love triangle 💀💀💀

his initial plan is to boycott all social media platforms until it dies down

but his curiosity get's the better of him and decided to check twitter 💀

nearly breaks down crying when he sees you getting hate he's so sad

genuinely shocked that people could get this upset over a like 😟 do y'all not have lives 😟

eventually though, he comes across the more rogue comments *cough* d3at4 thr3at$ *cough* from supposed "fans" who seem to think that kai is a 4 year old child who cannot make decisions for himself and does not know what he's doing and has no life experience whatsoever therefore he must be 'protected' even though he's a 21 year old man 🙂—

(i see all you weirdos that infantilize him on this app 💀🫵)

rant over though, it leaves him fuming

how? could they say such things?? about you??? the sweetest most beautiful most caring most talented most skilled most amazing person on this earth????

so against his better judgement, the leo in him decides to make a very, very lengthy post on weverse cursing at the haters, telling them how these things should never be said to anyone whether they stole your pencil in grade 2 or ran over your dog 🤨 (slayningkai speaking facts as always)

and although he never directly mentions you, anyone could see that this was about you

which leaves a lot of people shocked because who would've thought sweet ol' hueningkai could reach his breaking point and berate these nasty hoes 😟

also gets his social media accounts taken away from him for a while cause of that but he doesn't care, not when they were being so harsh on you ☹️

the comments die down a lot after that but he still feels really bad about the whole situation so he's determined to make you feel better 🤨

goes over to your dorm with an army of plushies he knows you wanted to make you feel better 😔💔

will 100% let you cry on him if you need to

although he's livid all over again because those goblins made you cry he'll hold it in for you 😟

will do pokémon impressions to make you laugh

as long as he gets to see you smile again he's happy <3

© ox1-lovesick ── all rights reserved. do not copy, translate, alter, or repost my work without my explicit permission.

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[goldenwoods]

I don't want to beat the dead horse of 'Harry Potter's depiction of enslaved house elves is disgusting' but...I simply can't help myself. It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and I made this account to rant, after all.

So, I knew that Harry Potter never solved systemic slavery, nor even condemned it as a system. Treating house elves badly was a big no, but enslaving them in general? Debatable to say the least, says the narrative. But a recent conversation with a friend made me remember some details about just how bad it was.

First of all, though the freeing of elves via socks is a repeated element, information regarding how house elves are enslaved (or indeed, how they are born) are never shown. It's some nebulous 'bound by magic' thing and George said they come with old manors (huh?). The narrative deliberately presents all of them in an already enslaved state. Enslavement is, in the Harry Potter universe, the natural state of elves while freedom on the other hand is something that requires an external 'act', something unnatural. Elves are not shown to naturally possess autonomy which is thereafter systematically deprived, rather, they are born as part of a wizard family's property. This is pretty disturbing and sets the foundation for the narrative's whole "slavery is okay because house elves like it!' thing.

The second problem is Harry Potter himself. Harry is infuriatingly passive in front of disgusting acts of slavery. And it's not because he's a shy or apathetic character. Harry will stand up for people, is quite rash about it in fact, and even at his calmest will issue an appropriately scathing remark. But when Winky, someone who's whole kind has been enslaved and abused for who knows how long, sprouts of stuff she's been conditioned to believe like 'we're not paid, and Dobby wanting to be is unbecoming', or 'we're not supposed to have fun' or 'we do what we're told', Harry doesn't tell her 'No? You are entitled to individual autonomy, enslaving you is wrong.' but he's just like 'eh.....Dobby's cool, let him live his life.' and when Hermione complained about their oppression, the book states, literally, "Harry shook his head and applied himself to his scrambled eggs." and "True, both [Harry and Ron] had paid two Sickles for a S.P.E.W. badge, but they had only done it to keep her quiet." and regarding a professor using house elves to test for poison, Harry simply thought 'welp, guess Hermione's gonna be pissed about that, better not mention it'. (???) What the hell is going on with the good guys here, Rowling? Is this the approved attitude towards slavery?

Thirdly, of course, is the whole 'house elves love being enslaved' thing. Which...silly me for thinking Rowling was trying to critique systemic oppression...and not trying to shove it under the rug after using one poor oppressed elf to characterise bad guy Lucius. I mean, Hagrid's reasoning as to why we shouldn't free elves is absurd, he explains that it's 'in their nature to look after humans, that's what they like', they'd be unhappy to have their work taken away, and they'd be insulted if they got paid. Which is, first of all, a demonstrably untrue statement, because Dobby loved being paid. ('in their nature' generalisations proven to be inaccurate? What a shock!) But even putting that aside, how does this translate to slavery? You could...I don't know, free them and let them voluntarily be cooks, cleaners, servants, whatever, instead of keeping them under a 'magical bound' that makes coerced self-harm possible. They can...take care of you and be your servants if they really want to without being your property. What the hell.

Last but not least is how the only time the narrative made Ron Weasley ('good guy' who's exasperated by Hermione's house elves movement) openly consider the well-beings of house elves is when they wanted to set up Ron and Hermione's big romantic kiss. There's something so gross about Rowling trying to finalise her haphazardly-written romance with her poorly-written slaves, a group that she had, in the last few books, already mercilessly exploited for "comedy" via Hermione's unsuccessful activism. And it's...not even that significant. Ron: 'Hey, don't you think we shouldn't trap enslaved elves in a sieged castle that's about to become a death pit?' Hermione, and the narrative by extension: 'You're amazing, Ron! For showing them basic decency!' *aggressive kissing ensues*

And then Rowling made a whole crowd of house elves (along with a bunch of other systemically oppressed races that she couldn't bother writing properly) rush into battle on Harry/Hogwarts' behalf because wow, isn't he benevolent towards the enslaved? They love him! Like...no, Rowling, you didn't earn the 'all races unite' moment, rather you screwed it over so badly that your feel-good climax presents a picture of slaves rushing to defend their masters, who, I might add, just kind of forgot about them and decided that establishing nuclear families with a bunch of kids and no evil baddie anymore means 'all is well', systemic issues be damned.

#anti harry potter #harry potter critical #anti jkr

[sonic-gallery]

Another World Ogiri January 2023 [What are Shadow and Infinite doing...? ]

"It seems like the more talented one is the main vocalist." "...That's the way you are."

The popular “Kabegami Ogiri” has been powered up! The new corner “Isekai Ogiri” has started!

Two characters appear every month in surprising outfits and situations! Let's enjoy Ogiri together with illustrations that will make your imagination run wild!

This time, two people who had a connection in "Sonic Forces" appear as musicians! ?

Infinite wants to take away Mike and the initiative from Shadow, and Shadow is at his own pace and doesn't care about him. Is the disturbing sense of distance between them still the same...?

What kind of lines or narration would you use?

You can set it up with the two's usual atmosphere and worldview, or you can go bold with it... Feel free to enjoy it and tweet it with the tag #KabegamiOgiri on Twitter ♪

We will introduce the good ones in a reply from Sonic's official Twitter account.

We are looking forward to your fun Ogiri posts!

Act1: “Ultimate and Infinite”

Shining spotlights... endless cheers.

The dream-like moment filled with the singing voices and aura of the two artists ended with great success.

A "live house" was there before I knew it. The performers, let alone the audience, don't really remember why they're here. Still, everyone enjoyed the moment... except for one person.

"Don't get in my way. You're a hindrance."

After the concert, Shadow coldly declares this to his partner. His bad attitude toward the audience, his sloppy performance... his stage performance with him was far from the perfection Shadow expected.

However, being pursued, Infinite laughs blatantly and slowly approaches Shadow.

"That's enough for all the trash who can't understand authenticity. I don't have the hobby to keep up with your self-satisfaction of pretending to be perfect."

"You admitted yourself as a fake? You know it, right?"

The atmosphere in the dressing room changes to a hostile atmosphere.

"I'm shocked to hear of 'perfection', which I've never achieved... Before you make such big statements, why don't you learn business from me?"

"I have a purpose. No more interference... Wait. 'Purpose'...?"

Infinite chuckles while looking at Shadow, who can't remember something. Shadow, who had been avoiding eye contact for a long time, blurted out when he came into view for a moment.

"I don't know why. I get irritated when I see your face."

"......what?"

The moment Infinite looked up,

<<Gashaan! >>

Shadow's roundhouse kick was accompanied by a loud sound. Infinite is blown away along with the dressing room door. Before he could make a sound, Shadow was thrown into the darkness of the night and continued without even following Infinite as he disappeared from sight.

"Don't show me that loser side again."

Shadow leaves saying that the duo has been dissolved. All that was left was a microphone without an owner.

"After the party..."

This phenomenon seems to be happening all over the world.

This place used to be Eggman's base, but now it's a live house.

It seems that the memories of the Shadows who performed live here have been completely replaced by their memories as musicians. Although their personalities and relationships didn't seem to have changed...

What the hell happened? what were they trying to do here?

The mystery only deepens...

(to be continued)

#Sonic #Otherworld Comedy #Shadow The Hedgehog #Infinite The Jackal #Sonic Channel

[veeluvss]

My Girl, Lily Prentiss (3)

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"I knew you'd still be here," Rossi sighed, stepping into Emily's office. "Hi Dave," Emily sighed, putting some hair behind her ear. "How are you doing?" "How would anyone be doing right now?" she snapped but then felt bad. "Sorry, I just," she took a deep breath. "How about you head home? Get some rest so you can think clearly," Rossi suggested. "I can't do that," she said, holding up her file. "Work to do." "Have you eaten?" "No, I'm not hungry," Emily replied. "Emily," Rossi said gently, he came around her desk and closed her laptop softly. He sat one leg on the desk, lifting himself up and turned to the raven-haired girl. "This is going to be so much harder if you don't look after yourself," Rossi told her. "I'm fine." "Don't bullshit me," Rossi said, so calmly. Emily couldn't help but laugh. She leaned back in her chair and turned to him. "I know it hurts. I know it's hard. You need a clear head to get the quickest and best result in finding her. Go home and rest." Emily groaned and nodded. "I can't believe I let this happen. If I'd known they were treating her like-" Rossi stopped her with his hand. "I know. That's why you need to protect her now."

That night, Emily slept heavily, the stress of the day exhausting her. She dreamt of Lily, now. Being her own. She dreamt of waking up to her brunette baby beside her in bed after a nightmare, holding her close, and smelling her hair. She dreamt of taking her girl out to the park, on a walk or out to dinner to treat her. She dreamt of her girl's laugh, her cry, her smile. She dreamt of her having Lily back, as her own.

"Right, if I'm Lily, where would I go?" Morgan asked, standing around the table.

The team had concluded that Lily had originally run away from home however, the lack of contact had been disturbing. The last she was seen was getting in a black SUV outside a gas station, 20 miles from her home. There were two people in the front of the car and Garcia, for the life of her, couldn't trace them or the vehicle. "I'd find someone to love me," Tara said, honestly. "Skyla told me that Lily regularly told Tori she didn't feel loved." "Is that not what she was trying to do online?" Morgan asked, writing it on the board nonetheless. "A young girl reaching out for validation on her body is very different to finding someone to love her," JJ explained. "Perhaps she had a boyfriend." "All of her chats I could find were all her deals, none of them even slightly resemble a relationship," Garcia shrugged, tapping on her laptop. "Could she have had a boyfriend in person?" "Her teachers doubt it, she spoke to no one. When she was in school that is." "What about out of school?" "Again. Everyone agrees they've never seen her with other people." The group went silent, all deep in thought. "Has anyone spoken to her biological parents?" Reid asked, suddenly thinking. JJ nodded, "Prentiss is there now."

Keeping her hands at her side, Emily walked through the prison. She waited for the guard to push open the door then clenched her jaw. Harold Addams. The sight of the man in front of her made her unbelievably angry. He destroyed her life. "Prentiss, Prentiss, Prentiss," he sniggered, folding his arms across his chest. "Long time no see." "Addams," she said sternly, sitting in the chair opposite him. "What did I do to deserve such a pretty reward hm?" He asked. Emily felt sick. "Where's your daughter?" "Lily? Well, shouldn't you know that?" "She's been missing for three days. Where is she?" Prentiss wasn't playing around. "How would I know? I'm locked up." He was answering questions with questions. "Have you been having any correspondence outside these walls?" "Only with you beautiful lady," he glistened, leaning forwards. Emily scoffed, "usless."

Garcia sat in her tech cave, searching through every bit of this girls life. She'd unsealed records, she'd logged into all her accounts, read her messages, her emails, her bank statements. Lily was loaded with sugar daddies and in a normal instance, Penelope would be jealous. She hummed as she tapped away on her computer, trying to find even a trace of some sort of dodgy deals behind the scenes. She groaned, picking up her laptop and heading to the round table. Reid was there with JJ, scoring through the printed documents.

"Doesn't it make you wonder why Emily was so connected to her?" Reid asked, as Garcia sat down. "It was a failed undercover mission, Em was trapped in there with Lily as her only mental escape," JJ explained, shrugging. "She was only seven, she didn't understand," Reid siad, frowning. "That's the point," Garcia said. "It's like me looking at all these baby animal pictures," she smiled and sent them to the screen. She cooed at the fluffy baby cows with flowers in their mouths. "Yeah, her break, her way to realise there was still innocence there," JJ explained.

"Why do you think they used the little girl though?" Tara asked, coming into the room also. "People show a more vulnerable side with kids," Spencer said. "Statistically, 68% of abductions are more successful if a child is involved to lure them in." "So they used Lily as a way to get women to them?" "Yes. That's what they did." Emily confirmed, coming in the room. "They would look after her, bathe her, treat her like a princess and then if she did the slightest thing wrong, her dad would rip them away - rape them so she could hear them and then hand them back all bloody and bruised. If the women did something wrong, he'd beat Lily in front of them." "Jesus," Rossi groaned, taking a seat. "Emily, what role did the brothers have? These cases keep-" "That's it! The brothers!" Spencer said suddenly, standing up. Everyone looked at him. "Richard Addams and Thomas Addams. Look here," Spencer said, grabbing a piece of paper he discarded. It was chats between LILLIL, URB0YISR1CH and TOMCATDADDYRAT. It looked like normal texts to the naked eye but now with an idea on the names, Spencer began circling certain parts of the conversation: 'Gas', 'Law and order', 'back' , 'love', 'daddy's girl'. Every second word made a sentence on it's own. The boys were giving her a meeting place.

"Guys..." Reid said. "They were telling Lily to be at the gas station at 3am in order to avoid the cops and they could stay hidden. They want her to feel the love, the one her daddy gave her." He read out, like a robot.

"What does that mean?" "That means they're just as bad as their father." Emily spat out. "Find who these boys are Garcia," she added, walking away. "Now!"

Emily paced up and down her office. This wasn't possible. Richard was dead. Emily had killed him. She had no idea how it was possible. She remembered hearing Lily's screams and Richard's groans in pains. She could hear Thomas screaming for his brother to move. He begged him to move, to breath. Thomas was praying his brother wouldn't die - not like this. Lily scrambled into Prentiss' lap, assessing her brother with the agent. "Richy," the small girl whimpered, touching the blood pouring from the boys chest. "Get her out Prentiss!" Emily heard one of her team members say and she nodded. She grabbed the girl's weak body. Lily clung to her, hiding her face in her neck as Emily shielded her from the gunfire. They ran through the warehouse, Emily trying her hardest to remember the way out.

Eventually, she escaped into the sunlight and dropped to her knees, cradling the crying girl in her arms. "It's okay sweetheart," she whispered, brushing Lily's bloody hair from her face. Her blonde hair, now splattered in red. "Emmy's got you."

Emily had shot Rich in the chest, they both watched him bleed out. It wasn't possible he was alive now. There was a knock on her office door and she just opened it. JJ stood there, wringing her hands together. Emily let her in, closing the door behind her without saying a word. "We've spoken to Thomas's foster parents, since he turned eighteen, they haven't seem him at all," JJ told Emily. "Okay." "Garcia is running their information, trying to find out anything she can on the boys." "Okay." "Em," "He's meant to be dead." Emily said, staring out of the window. "I killed Richard Addams and now he has come and taken my baby away," she whispered. Her hand rested on her chest and she felt the pain.. "We'll find her Em, and the boys too. They won't get away with this," JJ said, she rested her hand on Emily's shoulder, offering support. "Damn right they won't," Emily said. She turned abruptly and walked out the door, leaving JJ behind in her office.

Tara and Morgan were back at Lily's house, looking for any sort of sign she knew her brothers. They'd searched everywhere they could think of until Morgan got a call from Garcia. "Please tell me you have good news Baby Girl," "She keeps talking about a cabinet." Garcia said. "'I keep special pictures locked in the cabinet for you,'" Reid quoted through the phone. "Okay, what does that mean pretty boy?" "I think the pictures might be some sort of coy. Maybe its information, is there any sort of cabinet there?" Reid asked. Morgan looked around her room, phone at his ear. "Not an obvious one." "What about anywhere else in the house? The Bathroom?" "Why would she keep secret things in the family bathroom?" Derek asked but walked towards it nonetheless. "Nobody will think to look there," Garcia added. Morgan shrugged and investigated the cabinet. Then he saw it, the pill bottle with writing on both sides of the label. Instantly he peeled off the sticker, looking on the back. It was an address. Tara was over his shoulder.

"Let's go." They said together.

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#criminal minds #criminal minds evolution #jennifer jareau #emily prentiss #jennifer jareau head canons #emily prentiss head canons #jennifer jareau x reader #emily prentiss x reader #jennifer jareau imagine #emily #lily prentiss #my girl lily prentiss #emily prentiss x daughter

[tsykku]

Well, the statement is out and it has been confirmed by Wilbur himself that he was the one that Shelby was talking about.

The statement that he put out did align with what I was thinking that he would say. It has been no secret that he has been a dark mental state for the past year and a half and that he has been working on himself so that this was mentioned came to no surprise.

And while I am glad that he did admit that it was him and that he did not stay silent or deny everything, he is not taking full accountability for how he hurt a person so badly. By not daring to say that his actions were abusive, he is downplaying the situation which leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The statement was not an apology, it was a PR statement to state his side of view of things which he should be able to share and which I do think was the best move for him. I believe that the only apology he needs to make is to the people that he hurt and manipulated so that the statement was not an apology to his fans etc is not the issue. It is not uncommon that a person with issues and bad mental health does not realise that their actions are abusive in the moment, so that he alludes to that also does not surprise me. I can even believe it to an extent and I am glad that he is working on this with therapy. But, it is way too early to say that he has made great strides as a person.

Especially, the last sentence of his statement of wanting to be held to high standards that he wished to attain and maintain, left me feeling physically sick. The language is so manipulative and he is missing the complete point of why he needs to address this whole situation in the first place.

The biggest issue with the statement and him in general is the lack of accountability and downplaying the situation. The reactions of fellow creators such as Aimsey and Ranboo clearly demonstrate this. Reframing the biting issues, leaving out other harmful actions and only taking taking account for his "slobbish, disrespectful and selfish" state during the time he was dating Shubble.

I think if he had taken full responsibility for his actions and promised to keep working on himself and addressing these issues in the (long) time that he is away, he could have made a comeback eventually with a smaller audience. But coming back from this will be difficult and rightfully so.

At the end of the day, I believe that he is a highly disturbed person with lots of issues. This is not a surprise, as I think many fans of him knew about his mental struggles and how this translated to his music and story telling. It is why a lot of us found comfort in him in the first place. I just never imagined that he would turn that emotional and mental instability to others.

You are not responsible for what you feel but you are responsible for what you do with those emotions. It is never an excuse to harm others. Something that Wilbur clearly has not learned nor has he learned to take full accountability. Please note that this situation is therefore also not an excuse to doxx or send death threats to him or any other creator involved.

Like I have mentioned when the situation came out, I will no longer support him and I will step away from him. Whether you want to do the same is up to you. If you want to stop watching his content, stop supporting/listening to Lovejoy and to what extend or stop watching his close friends and cc's, that is your choice to make. Nobody can accept Wilbur's apology except the people harmed by his actions, and that will certainly not happen any time soon.

If you are going through a hard time, please talk with others about it and my dm's are open.

Send your love to Shelby and support victims. Please take care of yourself.

#wilbur soot #discourse #wilbur situation

[usedtobecooler]

I've said it once and I'll say it a million times. No one knows what your friendly neighborhood smut writer is doing behind the scenes in real life!! Just because some people don't want to mix their fandom space with the horrific goings on in the world doesn't mean they are bad people that don't care about the genocide. I'm fully aware that it's a privilege for me to even be able to say that. To even have a fun fandom space while innocent people are dying. But wanting to have my small escape from the horrors does not make me a bad person. These people have no idea who we are and what kind of advocacy we do behind the scenes. I'm lucky to be smaller here, so people don't give a shit what I think for the most part. But I'm so sick of seeing bigger blogs be harassed to 'make a statement' or 'use their platform' to spread awareness. You Candy are obviously okay with mixing the two and I think that's fantastic for you and I'm so glad you could come back at that anon with receipts since they pretty much just wanted to bitch at you and didn't event take a second to scroll your blog. But I don't think you should be expected to and it makes me so angry to see people trying to come at you about it like there isn't already enough unnecessary hate in the world.

i think you’ve articulated this message beautifully. like you said, we are very privileged and in this situation we are incredibly lucky. i understand people wanting to protect their mental health and keep things away from what is considered a comfort zone, at the end of the day the atrocities we’re seeing following us into our fandom space can only act as a deterrent and make us no longer feel comfortable with logging on. and that is a privileged thing to say, and we are lucky to even have the option to turn off from it, but the way people feel is valid. like i said, this isn’t about me, but my mental health has dipped dramatically during my activism in this genocide, and not everybody is equipped to deal with that. for people to blindly dismiss that is truly awful.

at the same time, my blog is primarily a smut and fanfiction space. i do not feel comfortable with reading and writing about sex, then immediately reblogging pictures and videos of dead civilians and other atrocities. i believe there’s a time and a place where it’s better put, hence why i used the blackout to reblog on this account, and use my own personal accounts to post as much as i can. i find it distasteful to talk about dead children and in the next breath talk about having sex with fictional men, this is my own personal opinion.

i feel like this needs to be a reminder to people that they’re actively creating a parasocial relationship with strangers, where they think because they see us post once or twice a day they suddenly know everything about us and where we stand. at the end of the day we are all strangers who know nothing about others real lives, and it’s disturbing and frankly disappointing how quickly people will blanket others with a narrative to suit them. everybody needs to do better.

#anon ask

[mariacallous]

In January, the CEOs of X, TikTok, Meta, Snap, and Discord testified in front of a congressional committee about child exploitation on their platforms. “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don’t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands,” Senator Lindsey Graham said at the time.

Despite confrontational questioning from Graham and others about how many underage users were on their platforms, and what safeguards protected them, Zuckerberg and other executives weren’t questioned about the concerning practices of some parents who manage social media accounts on behalf of their young children. A New York Times investigation the month after the hearing found that some parents, mostly of girls, were amassing tens of thousands of followers for their children by posting suggestive images that can attract predators.

Now, Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan is demanding that tech companies account for the untold thousands of accounts that place girls as risk of exploitation on their platforms, through the actions of adult account-holders.

“These corporations must answer for how they are allowing young women and girls to be exploited on their platforms and what steps they will take in response,” Senator Hassan, who represents New Hampshire, told WIRED. “Young women should be able to express themselves online in safe environments that do not facilitate the monetization of potentially exploitative content.”

The Times investigation found that parents can readily bypass the age restrictions of social platforms that bar children under 13 from having accounts. Some parents use the accounts they set up for their children to essentially monetize their daughters by putting them to work as influencers, garnering discounts and sponsorship deals or pulling in advertising revenue.

More sinisterly, some of these accounts brought in money from people seeking sexual or suggestive material about young girls, some of whom were convicted sex offenders. Some of these followers are willing to pay for extra photos beyond those shared on a girl’s social media account, or for private chats or used clothing. Times reporters examined some 5,000 accounts of young girls run by their parents.

While the Times found that some of the parents also operated TikTok accounts, the phenomenon was most prevalent on Meta's Instagram. (X was not mentioned in the Times investigation, and the company claims that its underage user base constitutes less than 1 percent of its usership. WIRED has previously reported that the platform may not have the age verification systems needed to accurately make such a claim.)

“After the disturbing revelations about predators interacting with the posts of minors and even buying their worn clothing, it continues to be clear that social media companies are failing to keep our children safe,” says Senator Hassan.

Meta, TikTok, and X did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In a statement to the Times about its earlier reporting, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that the company prevents “accounts exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior from using our monetization tools, and we plan to limit such accounts from accessing subscription content,” but that parents were ultimately responsible for the accounts.

In the letters sent to TikTok, X, and Meta, Hassan is asking companies to disclose whether they were aware of parents circumventing their age requirements, whether accounts of young girls are monetized—or have ads placed on them—by the platforms, and what active measures the companies have in place to detect these kinds of accounts.

The platforms have until April 8 to offer their responses.

[a-very-tired-jew]

1961 Article About Israel/Palestine Conflict

Due to the war going on I've been reading articles by journalists who traveled to the region after Israel's War for Independence. This particular article titled The Arabs of Palestine was written by Martha Gellhorn in 1961 and is about her travels to various Palestinian refugee camps in the surrounding region, to Gaza itself, and to Israel. In each place she interviewed the camp leaders, various refugees, and people who stayed behind and continued living in Israel.

What ensues in her 20 something pages is rather eye opening regarding the feelings of people who lived through WWII, the War for Independence, and prior to the 1967 war. However, certain excerpts stand out as they provide an insight into a mindset that has persisted all these years, and that Jewish people have tried to explain to little avail.

Throughout the article there are certain points where Gellhorn is blatantly being lied to by the people she is interviewing and a third party has to clarify to her in a different language that this is the case. In one instance a camp leader says no one is working and the population is just lounging about, but the UNRWA (yes, that UNRWA) official present blatantly tells her this is not the case and 80% of the people are not only working but the majority do not want to return.

An Israeli Jew who accompanies her at one point is excited to take her around the country to various villages for her to conduct her interviews. This person becomes disturbed when he hears children in the street yelling insults at him for being a Jew. His perception was that people were happy considering all that has been done since the war, that they retained their homes, and things were modernizing (there is a big tone of modernization as a benefit to the entire article fyi).

One of the people Gellhorn interviews is a school teacher in Israel that did not leave during the 1948 war. This teacher was a Christian Arab who became an Israeli citizen, taught at the local school, and by all accounts was doing better than he ever had before. However, he openly believed in Jewish conspiracies and the following interaction occurred.

Fig. 1-3. Interview with a school teacher in Israel by Martha Gellhorn. This sentiment is what makes a lot of Jews wary of the current activist movements as we see it in all the statements and slogans. A naive activist, whom is outside of the two groups, might think that a certain slogan or saying is simply calling for peace, but even in the 60s the mentality was "if the shoe was on the other foot they'd all be dead".

However this is not always the case and she notes that there is a difference in thinking in various age brackets. The teenagers who went to school in the UNRWA camps (they had vocational training and better schools than their host countries) often talked about leaving the region and becoming doctors or teachers. The elderly talked about how they wanted their grandchildren to become educated and have successful careers, to leave the area and see the world, and to have futures. It was the middle aged persons who festered who pined for things that didn't exist (a lot of talk resembles Boomers referring to "better times" that didn't exist) and would openly talk about teaching their young children to hate Jews. These persons, she writes, were obsessed with Revenge and Return. Another important thing to note is the ahistorical accounts or the stories that have no verification she is told throughout her visits. One person tells her that the Jews collaborated with H*tler, and are in fact worse than him, to kill their own people and thereby force them to emigrate to Palestine, thereby displacing and killing the Palestinians. Other instances are "the Jews killed all these people" to which "how do you know? Can I talk to the surviving family?" is brushed aside and more antisemitism or stories are told. In one instance someone even says the Jews were doing bombing runs and Gellhorn let's us know that the didn't have planes capable of doing that at the time. There's a lot to the article and it is accessible through the Atlantic's historic archives (if you can access those). This is not something that is common reading for most people and this write up covers only some of the content therein, while addressing the main themes. The purpose of this is to highlight that many of the things Jews are speaking out about have long been part of the conflict. The hate that we see in certain slogans and actions, and the intent behind them is something that has been openly talked about for decades. Yet we would have the current batch of activists gaslight us about all of this and tell us we're either just being paranoid or we're genocidal monsters, rarely do they engage and admit that just maybe there's a kernel of truth to our fears. Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1961/10/the-arabs-of-palestine/304203/

#jew #leftist antisemitism #antisemitism #israel #activism #Holocaust inversion #blood libel #examples of antisemitism

[drdemonprince]

(Not the original anon, just responding with some thoughts, I hope that’s okay and that my tone comes across as respectful.)

I think it’s disingenuous to pretend that the only difference between Vyvanse and heroin could be a moral one. It’s precisely because I don’t see any difference in the moral value of those two groups of drug users that I want both of those groups to live full lives, not die early deaths due to drug use. In my country heroin is the main hard drug associated with extreme poverty, I don’t think it’s right to equate it to even the most controversial & harmful of prescription psychiatric drugs.

It sounds like you and I have values that are pretty much aligned -- except that your final statement seems to imply that a medication being prescribed somehow imbues it with a quality that makes it inherently less risky or damaging than a non-prescription drug.

Given the number of lives claimed by the opioid epidemic and the number of people who become chemically dependent upon other pharmaceuticals, do you really believe that to be the case? Doctors used to push hard-core barbiturates on bored housewives and to this day they still force psychiatric patients to take incredibly strong anti-psychotics that can cause heart attacks if a single dose is missed. Fetanyl is famously deadly, and it's also a prescription painkiller. Marijuana is approved for medical use in many states in America, but it's highly illegal in the UK. And one of the reasons that heroin is so dangerous to take is because it can only be accessed through a shadow economy where there is no accountability for contaminated doses, and use is so highly illegal and stigmatized that users are forced to quietly overdose in dingy bathrooms rather than controlled access sites.

Do you see the point I'm getting at? You and I might have certain emotions about certain drugs and we might not want people to die or to suffer and that's all well and good -- but that's not an objective reflection of what using a drug has to look like, or what it would look like, in a world where certain drug users weren't oppressed. There are actually a lot of really disturbing side effects and habit-forming qualities associated with many ADHD stimulant treatments, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't have access to them or should be demonized for using them. I simply also believe the same thing about heroin and weed and caffeine and cocaine. This doesn't mean I'm waving my hand around and saying all substances are equally safe -- the reality is that all these substances come with risks, and people use them for a variety of reasons, and that we should accept that reality and work around it rather than trying to make it not be the case.

#and yes anon your tone is very polite and i take this question in good faith

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A freshman Republican lawmaker received bipartisan condemnation after he allegedly yelled at a group of high- school-age Senate pages for “defiling” the Capitol on Wednesday. New details shared with NBC News paint an even more disturbing picture of what took place that night.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., told the teenagers to “get the fuck out” of the rotunda, according to one source who witnessed the interaction and spoke on condition of anonymity. The source described Van Orden's demeanor as “physically aggressive” toward the pages.

The lawmaker was “screaming inches from the pages’ faces” and “shooed” at them with his hands several times, said the source, who described previously unreported details of Van Orden’s behavior.

The summer pages are part of a prestigious Senate tradition that dates back to 1829, and were enjoying their last week on the job. After completing a long shift, a group of them decided to take advantage of a typically empty rotunda at that time of night to take in the Capitol sights.

Van Orden approached the group. He had been hosting a beer and cheese event with constituents as he often does, a spokesperson said, and a photo posted to Twitter by a reporter for Punchbowl News showed empty alcohol bottles and trash in his office.

The pages were lying on the rotunda floor and taking photos of the exquisite dome 470 feet above them, a Senate page tradition, according to former pages, when Van Orden, who was leading a large tour group, approached them.

He called the pages “jackasses” and “pieces of shit,” according to a transcript written issued by a page minutes after the incident and first reported by The Hill.

“Wake the fuck up you little shits. What the fuck are you all doing? Get the fuck out of here. You are defiling the place,” the former Navy Seal shouted at the group.

The source told NBC News that Van Orden, 53, also said, “I don’t give a fuck who you are. I’m a congressman. My name is Derrick Van Orden, and I represent the 3rd District of Wisconsin,” and he called the group “pieces of shit” multiple times.

The pages, who were 16 and 17 years old, were “visibly shaken,” according to the source.

Reached for comment regarding the source's allegations, Van Orden's office shared a statement that it gave to some reporters previously but did not dispute the account.

“The Capitol Rotunda served as a field hospital where countless Union soldiers died fighting to free men in the Civil War. I have long said our nation’s Capitol is a symbol of the sacrifice our servicemen and women have made for this country and should never be treated like a frat house common room. Threatening a congressman with bad press to excuse poor behavior is a reminder of everything that’s wrong with Washington," the statement read.

The U.S. Senate Page Program offers high school students from all 50 states the opportunity to work on the Senate floor, assisting lawmakers and staff with administrative tasks.

“They come here bright-eyed, ready to learn about America … and serve the Senate, which they do,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said at a news conference Thursday evening. “They’re really invaluable to us.”

Several other senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., expressed their support for the pages and condemned Van Orden’s behavior. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., called on Van Orden to apologize in a tweet Saturday.

“This is inexcusable and embarrassing behavior for a member of Congress or any adult for that matter. The Congressman should do the right thing and apologize,” said Tillis, who regularly sponsors pages from North Carolina.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., defended Van Orden, telling reporters on Friday that it wasn’t “the norm” of the congressman. “I guess the interns have some ritual of laying down or something like that. I think it’s a misunderstanding of all sides,” said McCarthy, adding that he had spoken to Schumer about the incident and plans to speak to Van Orden as well.

Other lawmakers have poked fun at Van Orden.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, himself a former member of the Senate, tweeted a photo from the floor of the rotunda, writing: “TGIF after a rough week, Senate Pages? I got a great photo, how about you?”

#us politics #news #nbc news #2023 #republicans #conservatives #us senate #Rep. Derrick Van Orden #us house of representatives #Punchbowl News #capitol rotunda #Wisconsin #U.S. Senate Page Program #sen. thom tillis #rep. kevin mccarthy #rep. chip roy

[karimwillia]

Part 10

Disclaimer: Riri in this has some social anxiety which causes her to run in certain situations. But she is growing.

Warnings: Plot

Days turn to a week having gone by and Riri is a wreck. She has chosen to keep her distance to try and clear her mind but it has gotten worse. Everyday her ig feed is a blaze with people saying how they were right and that Shuri just played her to have sex. All fake, all lies and if she has to deal with one more fake page hitting her up with “tea” she may scream.

MJ, Sharon and Mrs Williams have all talked to her and want to understand. The truth is Riri was not prepared for this part of it all even though she knows Shuri did not lie the stress of the bad attention was too much at once. She has to make a choice soon because she misses Shuri so much. They even spoke more as just friends than this. Fear has her stuck..

“Ri!” MJ runs up and taps her. Carrying a bouquet of her favorite flowers courtesy of an apologizing Shuri. She gets that and Starbucks everyday on top of her favorite lunch. Shuri just has to show her she still cares. But the talking and actually seeing her Riri refuses to do until she can pull herself together. “Thanks MJ they are gorgeous.” Taking the flowers she continues to class.

“Rihanna Robin Williams, when are you going to forgive this girl.” Riri smells one of the flowers. “MJ it’s not her it’s me. I thought I was confident but at the first sign of something I believed it. That’s not fair. How can I call myself dating her and I can’t handle everything that comes with it?”

MJ pulls her arm gently, stopping them in front of Shuri’s banner. “Ri you are a human being. No one is mad at you for reacting. The way you reacted did hurt. But all you have to do is apologize.” “MJ you’re right and she deserves one big time.” “Then what is stopping you?” “I'm embarrassed, overwhelmed and unsure. Why are they interested in me?.” “There is no answer to why you. The internet is full of people who just like to tear others down. It’s sad but it’s true. Everything else you have got to stop running when things get tough.” Riri pouts with a huff.

Just then a PA announcement comes through. “Attention Benedict High School Students and Staff, can you all report to the auditorium. Thank you.” The emergency assembly was out of place but all students and staff started to file into the auditorium. Principle Maverick is now at the front podium with his daughter Elena and Shuri sitting behind him.

“Good Morning Benedict it is with deep regret that I must address you this morning with a matter that disturbs me a great deal. A week ago it was brought to my attention that we are dealing with an issue of cyberbullying within the student body here at Benedict. Not only have there been slanderous and sexually suggestive content being posted about some of our most stellar students. There has been harassment of said student with a but not limited to a fake account created in my own daughter’s likeness. An investigation into the matter has been launched and any involved students will face disciplinary action. Here at Benedict the emotional and mental well-being of our students is of the utmost importance so this behavior will not be tolerated. At this time I have one of the targeted students who would like to make a statement.”

Shuri stands and graciously thanks Principle Maverick for his introduction. “Good Morning All. I want to first show my gratitude for the support of not only Principle Maverick but to Elena who is not even a student here for her support in this matter. This disheartening turn of events may have been targeted to me but it overall affected someone whom I care for deeply more severely. To that person I want you to know that I would do anything to ensure your safety and comfort as well as others. That is why my first endeavor with my new Name Image and Likeness deal I will be the face of Why Bully Me? A social and emotional wellness organization started by a powerful young 9 year old in Ohio to promote safe and bully free environments in schools and online across the nation starting right here at Benedict. Thank you all for your time.”

The assembly was dismissed and all Riri could see around her people scrambling for their phones to delete and disable the accounts and posts.

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[mademoiselle-red]

TC chapter 7 reread thoughts

“A few more minutes cross-examination had involved him in factual accounts of Alec’s wife, Ralph’s girl friend, and his own partner […] Suddenly, for some reason, Reg dropped the subject in mid-air.” 🤣🤣🤣 Laurie, you are so bad at lying. Reg is like: ‘yup, definitely gay. No need to hear more about his made-up girls.’

When Laurie meets up with Andrew, he notices that Andrew is standing in “the same spot where Ralph had stopped the car last night”. Awwwww, I love how Laurie still has Ralph on his mind. And later, when Ralph calls, “Laurie was out of bed already, reaching for his dressing-gown. Although he hasn’t expected it before tomorrow, still the anticipation has subtly colored, and faintly disturbed the day.” Laurie’s been thinking about Ralph for the entire day 🥰, hoping, anticipating, eagerly waiting for him to call 😭😭😭

“Dimly he was aware that it wasn’t the loose talk at the party which was making him careless now; it was the dark confessional of the car on the empty road. […] Laurie was saying to himself that it would soon cease to seem so important, this discovery he had made that instead of accepting concealment as a permanent condition of his life, he had merely been enduring it.”

With Ralph, he has gotten a taste of what it’s like to simply he himself. And he is starting to realize that the relationship he has with Andrew is unsatisfying. Instead of complacently accepting that a chaste platonic relationship is the only acceptable form of love he can have, Laurie has realized that he can and do want more.

“It must be a bad time for him. A little sad, I expect, to meet someone who’d only known him in the days of his glory.” Laurie tried to keep before him the intrinsic kindness of this; but he was even more deeply aware than he wished to be of its unconscious cruelty. He said quickly, “[…] I’d found out that he saved my life.”

“How lucky you found out in time.” There was a helpless and painful silence.

First off, WHAT INTRINSIC KINDNESS???? It was an unkind, insensitive, and rude thing to say about a friend of your friend 😡

I’m glad Laurie immediately and instinctively responded to Andrew’s cruelty by telling him how Ralph saved his life 😤

But then Andrew guilts Laurie into feeling bad about the fact that Ralph saved his life. As if Ralph saving his life is somehow an affront to Andrew. Once again, like earlier with his mother’s marriage, Laurie is confiding in Andrew about someone important to him, and Andrew makes it all about himself and his own moral crisis over pacifism 🤦

And Laurie chooses to suppress his own feelings as to not upset Andrew: “We’ve had all this in principle. Let’s be sensible when something concrete turns up.” This pretty much sums up Laurie’s ostrich in the sand attitude towards Andrew. He keeps trying to dismiss the concrete evidence of their incompatibility and the concrete relationship he has built with Ralph in favor of the “principle” he is trying to follow with Andrew.

“It’s alright. About the only time you ever get to be alone is when you’re with me. I take it as a compliment.” Such a telling statement! Being with Andrew is the same as being alone! Poor Laurie 😢

“It hasn’t occurred to Laurie to have any conversation ready; one always imagined Ralph taking charge. Now, sensing at the other end a tentativeness at least equal to his own, he felt suddenly afraid of drying up. The thought of Ralph ringing off after a few perfunctory commonplaces came to him with a terrible sense of flatness, disappointment and failure. He hasn’t anticipated any of this. However, it was all right after all, and in the end they talked for nearly ten minutes.”

A few fan discussions I’ve read attribute the better quality of Ralph/Laurie phone conversations (and the success of their relationship in general) to Ralph’s skill. But what skill? Where is the skill? He’s just as awkward as Laurie here! Like I said in my post on the previous chapter, they manage to have a good time because Laurie makes an effort. He doesn’t just give up and wave a white flag across the distance like he does when on the phone with Andrew 😤

I think Laurie does not give himself enough credit, and has a tendency to attribute everything that goes well in their relationship to Ralph’s “skill”, and then resents Ralph for it. But so much of this “skill” is the result of them both making an effort to make each other comfortable.

“When he got back Reg said, “You look better, Spud. Coming in just now you looked properly cheesed.”

“I think a nice girl ring for you, Spoddi”

He was dismayed to feel that he had blushed violently.

You know, Laurie has been going on all these idyllic “dates” with Andrew all this time in the hospital, but he apparently has never walked in from one of those looking like he does now after a 10 minute phone call with Ralph, with such obvious love and happiness written all over his face that Reg and Charlot immediately take notice and think a girl called him up 😏. I love how Laurie is so incapable of hiding his love for Ralph 😍😍😍

“Suddenly, as if memory had been kept in storage especially for this, he saw […] Ralph’s face against the background of the dismantled study. Ralph had been nineteen. He would have had a good laugh, Laurie thought, […] at the thought of a grown man in wartime making such heavy weather of so little. And, for that matter, what would he think of it now?”

It’s very significant that the memory of Ralph’s courage and the desire to become a person Ralph would respect gives Laurie the courage to act on his feelings for Andrew. And it is then pretty unsurprising that in chapter 15, without this faith in Ralph to support him, Laurie losses the courage to meet Andrew in London.

“Earlier today, during one of the current invasion rumors, Laurie had pictured an English Thermopylae behind the Home Guard road-blocks; amid the last-ditch grimness of this vision there had intruded a vague exhilaration, and he realized that he had imagined Ralph beside him. So, but much more so, it was now, and with this sudden comfort he found he had got to the door.”

I find it very touching and poignant that in Laurie’s daydreams and fantasies, Ralph is the person he imagines beside him. I’m reminded of the observation from chapter 15 that in the days and nights he spent with Ralph in Bridstow, Laurie lived each day as if the world would end tomorrow. He may not have made up his mind to live with Ralph, but he is willing and ready to die with him. Being joined together in death is the easy part (as Romeo and Juliet discovered). Living is harder.

I love how in this chapter, Andrew has become an interlude, as we the readers (and Laurie) eagerly await and anticipate the next meeting with Ralph, and the further development of their relationship

#the charioteer

[arcturusreads]

A Number of Proposals

pairing: anne shirley cuthbert x gilbert blythe word count: 1062 words request: yes/no prompt/summary: Gilbert never knew how many proposals Anne had actually received until now. Set after Gilbert's second and most successful proposal in Anne of the Island. a/n: crossposted on my ao3 account: saiwriteswords

“I must be honest with you, Gil, your proposal was by far the best.” Anne had a dreamy smile on her face.

There were two weeks left before Anne and Gilbert would be separated until Christmas. She would be off to Summerside school and Gilbert would be off to Kingsport. The two of them were trying to fit in as much time as they could before their separation. Marilla had been incredibly lenient with Anne and her chores, knowing that the newly engaged pair wanted some time together and Anne couldn’t have been more thankful.

They’d decided to spend this particular afternoon in a quiet, shaded part of the field that was part of the Blythe’s land. They knew that they wouldn’t be disturbed here. Gilbert had sat leaning against an old tree that had been there for as long as he could remember, with Anne’s head in his lap. He couldn’t help but run his fingers through her red locks. He’d paused after her statement though and chuckled.

“The best? How many other proposals have you had, Anne-girl?”

Gilbert had been aware of the proposal from Roy, but he’d thought that had been it.

Realising her faux pas, Anne sat up and faced Gilbert, taking one of his hands in hers. She hadn’t exactly told him about her other interesting encounters. “Oh, they were so silly, Gil. I don’t even think they were serious.”

Gilbert just laughed, pulling Anne closer to him and kissed her. “Anne-girl, I don’t care if you had a million proposals before me. I’m just glad that I’m the only one you said yes to.”

“I was hardheaded the first time you asked, Gil. I thought you’d given up on me, you have no idea how happy I was when you proposed again.”

“Not half as happy as you made me, Anne. I’ll never forget that day for as long as I live.” He pulled her in for another kiss, his thumb stroking her cheek. “But you’ve made me curious, what exactly were these other proposals like and who were they from?” There was a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Anne’s cheeks nearly flamed as red as her hair, “Oh, Gil. That really isn’t important.” To say that she was embarrassed by her history of proposals was an understatement. They weren’t remotely what she had imagined proposals to be and now, being engaged to Gilbert Blythe. Her Gilbert. None of them mattered to her anymore.

“Oh, come on, Anne. You can’t give a man half a story!”

“You must promise not to laugh, Gil. They were all so embarrassing, even more so now when I look back at them.”

“I solemnly swear to you, Anne-girl, not a hint of a smile will pass my lips.” But Gilbert had a feeling that it was going to be difficult to keep that promise.

“Well, there was Charlie Sloane…”

Gilbert spluttered; he’d always known that Charlie’d had a soft spot for Anne, but he hadn’t realised that there had been a proposal.

“It was whilst we were at Redmond, and it was terribly dull and not at all romantic. He asked if I could ever be Mrs Charlie Sloane.” Anne shook her head at the memory. “He seemed to think it was a given that I would say yes to him and after that, well, you must have noticed he didn’t seem to be quite as eager to talk to me.”

Gilbert had realised that there’d be more of a frosty air between the two of them during their time at Redmond, but he hadn’t though too much about it. Inwardly, he was just happy that Charlie had backed off.  

“And then there was Billy…”  That was one proposal that Anne did have a giggle at when she thought about it.

“Andrews!?” Gilbert was slightly shocked. He hadn’t even known that Billy Andrews was interested in Anne. He had never shown interest in her before.

Anne tried to bite back a laugh when she saw the incredulous look on Gilbert’s face, it mirrored her own at the time. “Yes. I had Jane around one night when we were back from Redmond, and she told me that Billy had asked her to ask me if I would marry him.”

Try as he might, Gilbert couldn’t help the laugh that escaped him. It was a hearty, deep chuckle coming from his chest and Anne hoped that she would be able to hear it for the rest of her life.

“I’m sorry, Anne, but are you telling me that Billy Andrews got his sister to propose to you?” He couldn’t stop laughing.

Anne covered her face with her hands and giggled with him. “It was the most peculiar proposal, Gil. And Jane wasn’t at all impressed with me when I said no.”

“I should think not, she obviously was very invested in this relationship.” Gilbert grinned at her. “Were those all of them, apart from Roy and myself?”

“Oh, there was one more.”

“My my, Anne Shirley, it’s a wonder I ever stood a chance with all of these suitors.”

Anne just rolled her eyes and playfully slapped his chest. “It was whilst I was doing some supply work over Summer. I’d only spoken to the man a handful of times when he comes up to me one afternoon and asks if I’d like to marry him. He told me he was going to have a house soon and that he thought I would make a good wife. It was rather peculiar.”

“It doesn’t take much to fall in love with you, Anne.”

“Oh, I don’t think any of those men were in love with me, Gil. Silly infatuations maybe or they just took pity on me. I think I would have made a horrible wife to all of them.”

“And what about me?”

“To you? I don’t think I’ll be a horrible wife, Gil but I’m afraid to say that I probably won’t be the perfect wife you’d expected.”

“Anne Shirley-Cuthbert, you’re my perfect wife because you’re you. There is no one else I would rather spend the rest of my life with. But you have to make me a promise.”

“Of course, Gil. What is it?”

“You have to promise to write to me if you have any more proposals at Summerside. A man needs a good laugh whilst he’s studying.”

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