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life-unintended · 2 years

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Random leaks

Just playing around with some Jamie Windsor‘s Light leaks actions for Photoshop combined with Tiffany Roubert‘s 35mm Lightroom preset, I think this combination looks surprisingly believable! – Home, 17th of June, 2022

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#7artisans 25mm f1.8 #adobe lightroom #fake film #fuji #fujifilm #fujifilm x-e1 #fujixseries #jamie windsor #tiffany roubert

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simsim54 · 8 months

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-not teenage indian girls crushing madly after british men (both real and imaginary) after their ancestors spent two centuries trying to ditch the british hold on their country-

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ungoliantschilde · 6 months

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Excalibur, Vol. 1 # 27 Page 5 by Barry Windsor-Smith, with Inks by Bill Sienkiewicz, Colors by Glynis Wein, Letters by Tom Orzechowski, and a Script by Chris Claremont.

#Excalibur #Jamie Braddock #Barry Windsor-Smith #BWS #Bill Sienkiewicz #Glynis Oliver #Glynis Wein #Tom Orzechowski #Chris Claremont #Master Class #Comics #Art #Illustration #Process #Marvel Comics #Marvel

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z0mbieb0ybyersblog · 5 months

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request rules!

HOW TO REQUEST

— requests can be sent through my inbox! aka the button on my profile that says request

— state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and what you want with it

— do you have any specifics for the reader? male, female, blonde, poc, etc?

— PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOT ME TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT JUST SAYS "___ x reader (blank)" WITH NO FURTHER EXPLANATION! GIVE ME A PLOT IDEA! And if you want include a prompt you want in it!

WHAT I WILL WRITE:

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male, female, and gender neutral reader

or no reader, I do ships too!!

alternative universe: soulmates, coffee shop, roommates, royal, bookstore, fake relationship, coworkers, neighbors, flower shop, library, bodyguard, modern era, band/rockstar, celebrity, mermaid, pirate, teachers (you can also mix them in your request, like asking for bookstore and coffee shop au! if that makes sense)

Headcanons, one-shots, drabble, imagine, etc.

poly relationships, whether it be character x reader x character or character x character x character

angst

fluff

smut

WHAT I WONT WRITE:

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illegal ships (incest or underage)

dark or yandere

abuse

abortion

pregnancy

omega verse

someone having cancer

rape/sexual assault

canonically gay characters with fem identifying readers/characters, same thing with canonically lesbian characters with masc identifying readers/characters (platonically is fine, romantically isnt)

character list

bolded means they’re my favorite characters to write!

DOCTOR WHO

Nine, Ten, Eleventh, Thirteen, Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Jack Harkness, Donna Noble

RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE

Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry, June Claremont-Diaz, Nora Holleran, Bea

TED LASSO

Ted Lasso, Jamie Tartt, Roy Kent, Keeley Jones, Rebecca Welton

STRANGER THINGS

Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson

THE OUTSIDERS

Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Sodapop Curtis, Darry Curtis, Steve Randall, Twobit Matthews, Dallas Winston

MARVEL

Matt Murdock, Peter Parker (Tobey, Andrew, Tom), Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Loki, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff

[more to be added]

911 FOX

Evan Buckley, Eddie Diaz, Maddie Buckley, Howie Han

STAR WARS

Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Din Djarin (The Mandalorian)

[more to be added]

HARRY POTTER

— golden trio era

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Cedric Diggory, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Oliver Wood, Draco Malfoy

— marauders era

Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans, Pandora Lovegood, Regulus Black, Dorcas Meadows, Marlene McKinnon, Barty Crouch Jr, Evan Roiser, Alice Fortescue, Mary MacDonald, Narcissa Black

[If you want one of these characters, like Remus for example to be older like during the Harry Potter movies let me know!]

— legacy era

Sebastian Sallow, Amit Thakkar, Poppy Sweeting, Natsai Onai, Garreth Weasley, Ominis Gaunt

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happiness-of-the-pursuit · 4 months

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RHYS I JUST TRIED TO SEND YOU AN ASK AND ACCIDENTALLY UNFOLLOWED YOU FORGIVE ME FRIEND KJSHKDH

BUT I AM HERE TO BEG YOU FOR ANY AND EVERYTHING REGARDING SEAHORSE FIC <3333 (since I assume you can't say much about birthday fic hehehe)

I HOPE YOU'RE WELL! xx

hahahaha YOU ARE FORGIVEN!!!

Seahorse dad fic: this is going to be an AU, where Henry (who is trans in this) and Alex meet at a club and go home together and an accidental pregnancy comes out of it.

Some fun details:

Pez helps Henry hunt Alex down to tell him

We get a lot of protective/freaked out Dad-to-be Alex

Lots of Thoughts on body and dysphoria, but while it'll be really hard for Henry, who has so hard to get to a place where he loves his body, it's really going to be joy-centered

I shared more for @gayrootvegetable's ask, but here's another snippet of them talking before sex. We love communication!

“I mean, I’m bi, so I’m not a complete novice to sex that doesn’t involve two dicks. Or, like, traditional ones at least,” he says, pausing to correct himself before he finally makes eye contact with Henry again. “Look, I feel like I’m completely fucking this up, but my point is that I haven’t been with a trans person before, so please let me know what, like, works for you. Because I don’t want to keep putting my foot in my mouth here. You’re super fucking hot, and it would really suck if I fucked this up.”

Also, for the birthday fic a fun tidbit I can tell you: I think I've officially decided to chapter it instead of long one-shotting it :) It's projected at about 16,000 words right now if I keep up the same pace!

#rwrb fanfic #red white and royal blue #firstprince #rwrb #fanfiction #rwrb fandom #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #rwrb wips #WIP: seahorse dad henry #WIP: jamie birthday fic #happinessofthepursuit writes #asked and answered #ask game

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evilhorse · 1 year

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This isn’t funny, Jamie!

#excalibur #Jamie braddock #Nigel Frobisher #drag #changing reality #not fair #bad boy #mutants #chris claremont #barry windsor smith #bill sienkiewicz #marvel comics #comics #90s comics

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readingthefandoms · 2 years

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#THISMAN...THIS MAN IS THE FINEST MAN #I WOULD DIE FOR THIS MAN #Jamie Bower as Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor #RWaRB #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue

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casualoptimist · 6 months

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Book Covers of Note, October 2023

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nevver · 7 months

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Color shift, Jamie Windsor

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toasttt11 · 1 month

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introducing livia

Livia Drysdale the youngest of the Drysdale family and definitely the quietest one in the family.

Charlie her oldest brother was the outgoing and louder and Jamie her other older brother was the quiet and sweetest one.

Livia adored both of her brothers but it was easier for her to be closer to Jamie as she was very closer in age with him and they were a lot similar in personality that they understood each other a lot better.

Livia met Wyatt and Luke on the first day of kindergarten and Wyatt was this loud ball of sunshine, Luke more reserved but super sassy when he wanted to be and Livia was very shy and quiet but the three just clicked right away becoming each others best friend.

Livia, Wyatt and Luke played seven years on the same team before the Hughes family moved to Michigan and Luke joined the US Program and Livia and Wyatt joined the OHL

Livia and Wyatt have always played hockey together starting from their first ever team. They played for eight years with the Toronto Marlboros and they were both drafted to the Windsor Spitfires, they played a year on the Windsor before Covid happened and they didn’t play the next season.

The two were both drafted in the 2021 NHL Draft and both were drafted to the Dallas Stars, sadly for the first time ever they weren’t playing together as Wyatt was staying in the OHL and Livia was heading to the NHL, they played one season apart before Wyatt joined her in Dallas.

Luke obviously was away from his two best friends and the three didn’t get to see each other as often as they would like but the three were really exicted when they were all in the NHL because they would all have similar schedules and be abel to see each other more.

The Drysdale, Johnston and Hughes family all knew each other quite well as the three youngest was the best of friends. All three of the families lived closed by to each other as well and it was normal that most days the three youngest were always together.

Trevor was definitely shocked when he realized that his two best friends Jamie and Jack have known each other longer than they have known Trevor.

Trevor has always loved Livia sent he met her, he’s always thought it was very adorable that Jamie and Livia are so similar and he’s loves when Livia visits them or when he goes home with Jamie and he gets to see her, he’s adopted her as his second sister.

Livia has always been quite shy and the team taught it would be a good idea for her to live with a player on the team for her rookie year so she can get comfortable with the team, Roope offered his spare room especially when he found out she was quiet and then he met her and he couldn’t help but start to care for like a little sister.

Tyler and his wife Kate both quickly loved Livia and Kate always makes Tyler bring Livia home for dinner and Kate will bring Livia with her to go shopping or to get their nails done.

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aimeedaisies · 1 year

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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in March 2023

01/03 As Patron of the Royal Northern Agricultural Society, HRH visited The Royal Northern Spring Show in Inverurie, Scotland 🚜

02/03 As President of the National Equine Forum, HRH attended the 31st National Equine Forum in London 🐴

03/03 Held an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in the morning. As Royal Patron of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, later visited The Grange, Saunderton, on the occasion of their 40th Anniversary. In the evening as Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care, HRH attended their 80th Anniversary Concert at St David’s Hall, Cardiff 🎖️🐶🎤

07/03 Princess Anne accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence, attended the races at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, where she presented the trophy to the winners of a race named in memory of her grandmother, The Queen Mother. Later she held a reception for the races at Windsor Castle 🏇🏼

08/03 Held two investiture ceremonies, one in the morning and one in the afternoon at Windsor Castle🎖️

09/03 As Patron of Maritime UK, HRH attended the Annual Awards in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire ⚓️

10/03 In Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Princess Anne visited Special Quality Alloys Limited and ITM Power. Later, as Patron of the Vine trust she held a dinner at Holyrood House, Edinburgh ⚡️

12/03 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH attended the International Rugby Match between Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏉

13/03 King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. Later the King and The Queen, with the aforementioned members (minus Catherine) of the royal family hosted members of the diplomatic and Commonwealth communities at Buckingham Palace for the annual Commonwealth Day Reception ⛪️🥂

14/03 unofficial Princess Anne attended Champion Day (day one) of Cheltenham Festival. Peter Phillips, Zara and Mike Tindall also attended the races, Zara is the Director of Cheltenham Racecourse.🐴

15/03 As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, Princess Anne visited the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham and laid a wreath at the memorial for Intelligence Corps staff. Later on HRH opened Five Valleys Medical Centre in Stroud, in the evening HRH, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended the Gloucestershire and District Agricultural Valuers Association’s Centenary Dinner at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester 🩺🥂

16/03 unofficial Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended St Patrick’s Thursday (day three) of Cheltenham Festival. Zara and Mike Tindall also attended the races 🐴

17/03 Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended Gold Cup day (day 4) of Cheltenham Festival and crowned Paul Townend, jockey of Galopin Des Champs the champion racer of the year and presented him with the gold cup 🏆

18/03 As patron Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, HRH attended the Guinness Six Nations International Rugby Match between Scotland and Italy at Murrayfield Stadium and presented Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie with the Cuttitta Cup after beating Italy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🏉

20/03 As Patron of the Acid Attack Survivors Trust International, Princess Anne visited the set of Coronation Street at ITV studios in Salford. They are currently filming an acid attack storyline and HRH met with producers, script writers, the makeup department and actors and discussed how they have worked together to create and portray such a delicate storyline 📺

21/03 The Service of the Royal Victorian Order was held in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. King Charles, Sovereign of the Order, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Grand Master of the Order, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester were all present. Later King Charles held a reception at Windsor Castle for those who attended the service. 🏅🍾

22/03 As President of the Scotch Chef’s Club, Princess Anne visited Cowbag Farm in Kelso, where HRH was given a tour of the farm, met cows and sheep, unveiled a plaque and planted a gum tree. 🐮🐑

27/03 As Patron of the Butler Trust, HRH held the Annual Awards Ceremony at St James’s Palace. In the evening, as Patron of Save the Children UK, HRH accompanied by Sir Tim attended the International Financial Review Annual Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. 🥇🍾

28/03 Princess Anne carried out the following engagements in Suffolk;

As Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, visited Felixstowe Station and afterwards attended a Reception at Orwell Hotel, Felixstowe. ⛵️

Opened Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service’s new Combined Fire and Police Station, Ipswich. 🚒

As Patron of the Excelsior Trust, visited the restored Great Yarmouth Shrimper Horace and Hannah at Ipswich Waterfront. ⛴️

28/03 Princess Anne carried out the following engagements in Suffolk and Norfolk;

Visited Adnams Brewery, to mark its 150th Anniversary. 🍻

Opened the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science’s new Headquarters, Lowestoft. 🐟

As Patron of Friends of Happisburgh Lighthouse, visited Happisburgh Lighthouse. 💡

Visited Elm House Temporary Accommodation in Thetford. 🏠

30/03 As Patron of the Injured Jockeys Fund, Princess Anne opened their South West Hub at Taunton Rugby Club, Taunton. 🐎

31/03 As Vice Patron of the British Horse Society, HRH this visited Summerfield Stables in Birmingham. 🐴

Total official engagements for Anne in March: 51

2023 total so far: 142

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in March: 10

2023 total so far: 38

#most of the royals work hard but anne works harder 😎#hardest working royal 🫡#no choice but to stanne #this is based off the court circular #i haven’t included departing or arriving in a country in the count #monthly engagement post #march 2023 #and yes i’m doing a seperate count for tim too #because i’m rooting for…#operation working royal tim #charles i hope you’re listenanne #not all engagements are listed on this post #if you want a full list plz do me 💕#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #brf

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garadinervi · 8 months

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«Rampike», Vol. 21, No. 1, 'Poetics – Part 1', Edited by Karl Jirgens, Windsor, 2012 [UWindsor Institutional Repository, University of Windsor, Windsor]

Contributions by Andrew Topel, Jerome Rothenberg, Karl Jirgens, David Jhave Johnston, Rae Armantrout, Christopher Dewdney, Eugen & Nortrud Gomringer, W. Mark Sutherland, Anne Waldman, Fred Wah, Nicole Markotic, rob mclennan, Denise Desautels, Norman Cornett, Alan Davies, Amy Catanzano, tENTATIVELY a CONVENIENCE, Christine Herzer, Zeke Moores, Lucy Howe, Karen Mac Cormack, Steve McCaffery, Brian Henderson, Jamie Sharpe, Burt Kimmelman, Paisley Jura, derek beaulieu, Maria Damon, Brian Ang, Christopher Funkhouser, Brian Edwards, bzniditch, David Groulx, James Gray, Scott Bentley, Jamie Sharpe, Kemeny Babineau, Julian Gobert, Sean Braune, Andrejs Kulnieks, Carla Bertola, Pete Spence

Cover Art by Giovanni Pecoraro

#graphic design #typography #art #poetry #magazine #cover #magazine cover #rampike #karl jirgens #giovanni pecoraro #uwindsor institutional repository #2010s

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florrysgf · 1 year

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A KILLER IN LOVE! mickey altieri x fem!reader

SUMMARY: in which you are attacked by the psycho killer running around windsor college and your boyfriend, mickey rushes to your aid. unbeknownst to you, he was the one you should be afraid of

WARNINGS: description of violence, stabbing, blood, swearing,manipulation, paranoia, mention of painkillers

WORD COUNT: 1.4k +

You stared intently at the TV infront of you, whilst Halloween played on the screen. You were seconds away from the scene where Michael murdered Annie in her car, and you were surprised you’d even got that far. Horror wasn’t your genre. You were slightly ashamed to admit it, but you were just more of a rom-com sort of girl. You would much rather cuddle up and watch Patrick Swayze express his love for Jennifer Grey than watch Jamie Lee Curtis fight a masked killer.

When you first started dating Mickey and he found out you were a, so he called it, ‘horror virgin’, he knew he had to change that. This lead to you sprawled out on the couch in your dorm room beside and empty bowl of popcorn at 9:00pm, waiting for Mickey to come back from the library, where he was finishing his paper for film studies class.

Your face scrunched up at the sight of Michael gripping the knife and beginning to slit Annie’s throat, causing you to pull the blanket that was draped over you over your eyes.

RING! RING!

A small smile danced it’s way into your lips at the sound of the phone ringing. You quickly pulled the blanket down from your eyes, rushing to grab the phone and bringing it up to your ear. “Mickey!” You beamed, twirling the lead between your fingers, “You done at the library? I miss you.”

The line went silent for a moment, before the deep, emotionless voice spoke into your ear, “Hello, Y/N.”

The smirk on your face was quick to disappear, and a bundle of nervousness built up in your stomach. “Mickey?” Your tone was soft, careful, “Is that you?”

“Not Mickey, I’m afraid.” They told you, a sense of cockiness in their voice. “Do you like scary movies, Y/N?”

You suddenly felt the tiniest bit at ease. There was only one person who would even think of calling you and asking you a question like that. “Really, Randy?” You practically laughed down the phone, “You know me better than that.”

“You know, it’s rather ironic that you’re watching Halloween.”

Then. That was the exact moment you felt your heart sink inside your chest. You found yourself looking frantically around your dorm room. How the hell did they know what you were watching? “Randy, cut the crap. This isn’t funny.” You spoke, trying your best to hide the fact your voice was shaky. You were beginning to think it wasn’t your best friend on the other line, but for your own sanity you wanted to believe it was just some stupid prank.

“You wanna know why it’s ironic, Y/N?” The voice sneered. Though it was a question, you could tell they were going to tell you why whether you liked it or not.

You exhaled, “Go on… why?”

“Because I’m going to make sure you end up just like poor, defenceless Annie!”

Before you had time to process what you had just been told, the door your dorm room flung open with a loud crash. Your body pivoted around almost instantly, a piercing, full-throated scream falling from your lips. As the tall, ghostly figure came running at you with a 12in blade, you acted on instinct and grabbed the vase that was sat beside the phone on top of the dresser, and tossed it straight at him.

“Fuck, no!” You cursed yourself aloud, watching the vase completely miss him and smash into pieces against the wall. You had no other choice but to run for it, sprinting around the couch and heading for your bedroom.

Your fingers were just inches away from the doorknob when you felt his gloved hand wrap around your ankle. You yelled out in pain as he dragged you down, your body crashing to the floor with a thud. “Get off me, you bastard!” You screeched, trying your best to wriggle out of his grip, but it was no use. He had you pinned down to the floor, grabbing hold of your waist and turning you over so you were now lying on your back.

You felt physically sick to your stomach. You were just lying there, looking up at him as he hovered over you with a knife in hand, and you had no way out of it. Slowly, he lifted up the weapon, before bringing it back down, ready to plunge it right into your chest.

Suddenly, an opportunity presented itself, and you sure as hell weren’t going to ignore it. At the speed of light, you lifted up your leg and kneed Ghostface right in the crotch. He let out a pitched whine, falling to floor beside you. As he did so, the knife in his hand slashed your shoulder. You audibly gasped as you felt the cold, sharp edge of the blade make contact with your skin, your eyes bulging whilst you shrieked in agony.

Despite your, probably, broken ribs and the gaping wound in your shoulder, you knew you had to get out of there whilst the killer was still crying over the kick to his balls. So, you forced yourself up off the floor, wincing as you did so. Without looking back, you sprinted out of your dorm and ran straight down the hallway, ignoring the stares of the other students. You managed to make it out of the apartment building without getting caught. You stood at the bottom of the front steps, panting as you tried to catch your breath.

Almost as if by magic, you noticed a familiar figure strolling across the opposite side of the street with his backpack full of books hanging loosely over his shoulder, completely unaware to the state you were in. “Mickey!” It took everything you had left in you to scream out his name, your voice hoarse and scratchy.

“Fuck, Y/N!” The Altieri boy breathed as he gripped the handle of his bag, running over to you so fast, as if his life depended on it. The blood stains on your shirt were the first thing to catch his eye. His backpack was quickly tossed to the floor as his hands reached for your shoulders, trying his best to be mindful of the stab wound. His eyes scanned across it, moving up to your tear stained face. “Shit, you’re bleeding.” He exhaled, mostly to himself. “Baby, talk to me, what happened?”

You opened your mouth to speak, but no words came out. A wave of emotions washed over you, you were unable to form a proper sentence. Instead, you collapsed into your boyfriends chest. Mickey’s hands immediately wrapped around your shaking body, allowing you to sob into his shoulder. He didn’t utter a single word. You were obviously still in shock and he didn’t want to pressure you into anything, so he just held you, allowing you to let it all out. His sweater was probably soaked, but that was the least of his worries right now.

You inhaled his scent, the fragrant smell of his aftershave calming you down and bringing you back to reality. You took a deep breath as you finally felt able to tell him what happened. “The killer…” you whispered. Mickey’s body tensed up. “He was— he tried to—”

“It’s alright.” The brunette cooed, rubbing circles across your back. “I’m here, you’re safe now.”

More tears surfaced in your eyes, “I was so scared, Mickey.”

“I know, I know.” He sighed, releasing his grip on you and placing his right hand on your waist. “But we need to get you to the hospital. It’s okay, c’mon.” You obliged, swinging your other arm around his neck whilst his hand stayed placed firmly on your waist, helping you to walk.

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Mickey hated hospitals. He didn’t know why, it was just something about them. They were so dull, colourless, and they had that eerie aura about them. They just radiated discomfort and he didn’t like it.

There wasn’t a clock in your room, but he guessed it must’ve been around 12:00am. He sat in the armchair beside your bed, holding your hand as you slept. Your wounds had been cleaned and wrapped up, luckily the knife didn’t go deep enough for the need to operate. You’d been given some painkillers and now you were out like a light.

He muttered a quiet curse under his breath as he shifted in his seat, his groin was still sore. You certainly weren’t the easiest attack. He couldn’t get the image of you out of his head - lying on the floor of your dorm room, looking so helpless. He probably should have felt bad, any normal person would have, but he didn’t. He did what he had to do. His aim wasn’t to kill you, he didn’t want to kill you. Just to scare you, just to deflect the suspicion away from him for a while.

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adamwatchesmovies · 2 months

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Scream 2 (1997)

At one point, several of the characters in Scream 2 discuss sequels. Specifically how infrequently they measure up to the originals. If this were a bad movie, it would remind the audience of countless other - better - movies you could be watching instead but Scream 2 knows the ins and outs of sequels. It came into the arena prepared. This a great follow-up, combining elements of whodunit slasher, comedy and satire in a way that makes its intelligence clear.

Set some time after the events of the first movie, the tragedy of Woodsboro has been immortalized by Hollywood. When a copycat killer emerges, Sidney (Neve Campbell) - now studying at Windsor College - finds herself once again targeted by an unknown, masked slasher.

A unique aspect of the Scream series is that it cares about its characters. While there are a few exceptions, such as Nancy from Nightmare on Elm Street, most of the humans we see in the horror films that inspired Scream 2 are there to be slaughtered. Jason, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger and Chucky are the “heroes”; the ones who come back over and over. This movie is different. We know Officer Dewey (David Arquette), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) well by now. They may be side characters but we want them to live. Their stories continue from where they left off, with a romance developing between Dewey and Gale, the already-capable Sidney cutting the crank-callers she gets at the knees, and poor Randy still left on the sidelines while obsessing about film. Automatically, you’re invested in this story.

In a move I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, we see that within the universe of Scream, there is a movie based on the massacre in Woodsboro called Stab. We see a few scenes - re-enactments of some from Scream. We see a crowd cheering when Ghostface appears. For me, this was a moment to pause. This was the movie that Scream and its sequel could've been; sleazy, blood-dripped fun. It's what the audience within the movie is getting - until the killer strikes. Suddenly, they all get a dose of reality.

Come to think of it, we assume it’s the Ghostface we see stalking Maureen (Jada Pinkett) that eventually goes on to torment Sidney… but what if it wasn’t? What if some sicko just took a place where everyone would be wearing masks, screaming, and used it to get away with murder? What if more than one person was sick enough in the head to kill? This ambiguity is definitely intentional. A sub-theme of “Scream 2” is whether movies can influence people to commit violent crimes. The person (or persons, there were two in the first film after all) after Sidney have been inspired by Stu Macher and Billy Loomis - real people in their world. Without Stab, would the masks be as readily available? Would the crime be as publicized? Is Stab partially to blame? This idea comes back strongly towards the end but you know we can’t discuss that here. Although I will say that even if you know the ending, the movie has great re-watch value. It’s a lot of fun to see how all the puzzle pieces fit together and how the film follows some conventions but subverts others.

Writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven bring plenty of suspense along with the comedic scenes. It’s a nice balance that keeps you guessing. When you get comfortable, it pours on the gore to knock you off your feet. There are so many great scenes sprinkled throughout so let's list a few of them. There’s the one where Gail and Dewey are scouring the campus to track down who is calling Randy, the opener, Sarah Michelle Gellar's small part, Ghostface’s reveal (a blueprint for how to do one of those “I can’t believe I didn’t see it coming ending), the Stab scenes (a riot), that discussion in the film studies class, and a particularly effective moment in which Sidney is stalked by Ghostface in the middle of a play rehearsal (it might be the best scene in the movie). Oh, how could I forget Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary? He only had a cameo in the first movie and the way he plays into this follow-up is terrific.

There’s a lot to love in Scream 2. On the one hand, it’s a surprise lightning could strike twice but on the other, it’s only natural that a movie franchise that knows this much about movie franchises should be able to pull this off as well as it does. (On Blu-ray, January 23, 2022)

#Scream 2 #scream #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #wes craven #kevin williamson #David Arquette #Neve Campbell #Courteney Cox #Sarah Michelle Gellar #Jamie Kennedy #Laurie Metcalf #Jerry O'Connell #Jada Pinkett #Liev Screiber #1997 movies #1997 films

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indyerstraits · 1 year

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Alcohol and misdemeanors seemed to go hand in hand with Jamie. It was a rare day off which meant twelve hours of consecutive drinking. His wallet had been emptied hours ago, but locals at The Gallows had taken pity on him. Poor Jamie Dyer, what a shame he’d gotten into a car accident. Had he finally broken his brain? The teasing was in good fun, but Jamie couldn’t help but wonder if the impact had shaken something loose.

There was an indescribable anger that roared deep within his belly, unrelenting in its fury as it charred his ribs and seared his throat. Vile, caustic thoughts made homes in the cracks between responsibilities and mental accounting. It was sick and unbearable. Jamie usually knew better than to let it out, but the beer had whittled down any semblance of restraint he had left. Which was how he ended up at the Windsor residence with a can of spray paint for an encore of the last time he’d gotten arrested.

He shook the can before he released it along the side of the house in long streaks that were meant to be letters. The darkness leant no clarity to his drunken poetry, but at least he had conviction.

“That’s how it all starts, doesn’t it? A ski lodge here. A Starbucks there. Soon, you’ll be buying up all the houses on Elm street for double the price,” Jamie ranted aloud to no one as he vandalized the house with colourful insults and vulgar graffiti.

Jamie stumbled back to look over his artistry before deciding to go in again for finishing touches only to be met with a hiss. He shook the can and tried again before his patience dissolved in liquor.

“Take all my paint too, why don’t you, you piece of shit,” he barked at the house, pitching the can at a window in frustration. He swayed where he stood, staring up at the darkened glass.

“Why don’t you try spending our taxes on something worthwhile for once? Like trying to find the person who murdered Tommy Richter!”

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