#kai proctor

[redchikittymeow]

#banshee #lucas hood #kai proctor #Clay Burton #antony starr #Ulrich Thomsen #Matthew Rauch #I hit my 30 photo limit omg #my screenshots

[toppuppy]

@storyofwhoiam​

          The first thing Kai always did when he woke up was make a beeline straight for his Mama and little sister, if they hadn’t been the ones to wake him up. As soon as his eyes opened, the boy sprung out of bed with an impossibly large and bright grin and shoved on his glasses before running out of his room to find his Mama. Technically, he wasn’t supposed to be running in the house, but he needed to see his sister and tell her good morning!

          Like most mornings, Kaz was in the kitchen making breakfast and as soon as he was close enough, Kai’s hands grabbed at her shirt, tugging on it to get her to turn around. Once Kaz had turned around enough, the boy placed a kiss to her bump and pressed his fingers into where the baby’s feet usually were. “Good morning, baby!”

          Kai grinned up at his Mama. “Morning, Mama!”

#// I needed some nice moments between him and his sister before the badness lol #storyofwhoiam. #closed starters. #muse. kai bullock #character. kaz proctor #verse. tbd #queue. #pregnancy tw #// I don't know if anyone needs that tagged but I'd rather be safe

[insufferableprotagonistpoll]

Please note that a character currently needs at least 3 submissions to make it into the poll

That said:

Has 3 Submissions or more:

Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars

Batman - DC

Bella Swan - Twilight

Bloom Peters - Fate: The Winx Saga

Bojack Horseman - Bojack Horseman

Brambleclaw - Warrior Cats

Clary Fray/Fairchild - Shadowhunters

Coriolanus Snow - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Elsa - Frozen

Evan Hansen - Dear Evan Hansen

Frank Reagan - Blue Bloods

Gregory - FNaF Security Breach

Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files

Harry DuBois - Disco Elysium

Heywood Floyd - Space Odyssey

Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye

Kazuya Kinoshita - Rent-a-Girlfriend

Kiris - On the Emperor's Lap

Mal - Descendants

Peter Pan - Peter Pan

Rand al'Thor - Wheel of Time

Rintaro Okabe - Steins;Gate

Scott McCall - Teen Wolf

Stolas - Helluva Boss

Ted Mosby - How I Met Your Mother

Tim Jackson Drake - DC

Tony Stark - MCU

Walter White - Breaking Bad

Wanda Maximoff - MCU

Xander Harris - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Zoey Redbird - The House of Night

Has 2 Submissions:

Ash Ketchum - Pokemon

Bloom Peters - Winx Club

Claire - Ship It

Dawson Leery - Dawson’s Creek

Duck Dodgers - Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 century

Dr Gregory House - House MD

Elizabeth - Bioshock Burial at Sea

Ezra Bridger - Star Wars Rebels

Ferris Bueller - Ferris Bueller's Day off

Feyre Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Harry Potter - Harry Potter

James Bond - James Bond

Jaune Arc - RWBY

Kyouya Sata - Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

Netsa Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Odysseus - The Odyssey

Owen Grady - Jurassic World

Piper - Orange is the new Black

Pucca - Pucca

Quentin Coldwater - The Magicians (books)

Rey - Star Wars

Richard Rahl - Seeker of Truth/Legend of the Seeker

Riley Matthews - Girl Meets World

Robin - Teen Titans Go

Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan) - Scum Villain’s Self Saving System

Tom Paris - Star Trek: vVyager

Velma - Velma

Wade Watts - Ready Player One

Has 1 Submission

Achilles - The Iliad

Akiyama Shun - Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza

Alexander Hamilton - Hamilton

Animal Crossing New Horizons' Player Character - Animal Crossing New Horizons

Aquamarin Hoshino - Oshi No Ko

Aragorn - Lord of the Rings

Arek - So This Is Ever After

Artemis Fowl - Artemis Fowl

Arthur Pendragon - BBC Merlin

Ataru Moroboshi - Urusei Yatsura

August Landry - One Last Stop

Ayin - Lobotomy Corporation

Bakugou Katsuki - My Hero Academia

Betty Cooper - Riverdale

Billy Buddy/Dr. Horrible - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along

Blake - Pokemon Adventures Black 2 and White 2

Blitzo - Helluva Boss

Bubsy - Bubsy 3D

Charley Pollard - Doctor Who

Charlie Morningstar - Hazbin Hotel

Choromatsu Matsuno - Osomatsu-san

Colin Bridgerton - Bridgerton

Corrin - Fire Emblem Fates

Cory Matthews - Boy Meets World

Dal - Star Trek Prodigy

Damian Wayne - DC

Daphne Bridgerton - Bridgerton

Data - Star Trek The Next Generation

Dr. Hanna Heath - People of the Book

Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way - My Immortal

Ellison Oswalt - Sinister

Elric of Melniborne - The Elric Saga

Emma Nelson - Degrassi: The Next Generation

Equality 7-2521 - Anthem

Eren Jaegar - Shingeki no Kyojin

Faust - Goethes Faust

Frasier Crane - Frasier

Galadriel Higgins - The Scholomance Trilogy

Geralt of Rivia - The Last Wish, The Witcher books

Go Siwon - A Guy Like You

Gray Wing - Warrior Cats

Haruyuki Arita - Accel World

Homer Simpson - The Simpson

Howard Roark - The Fountainhead

Jaypaw - Warrior Cats

Jean-Luc Picard - Star Trek The Next Generation

Jeff Winger - Community

Jim Hopper - Stranger Things

JJ - Cocomelon

Joaquin Monegro - Abel Sánchez

John Proctor - The Crucible

Jughead Jones - Riverdale

Kai - The Witch King

Kang Jinha - A Guy Like You

Katara - Avatar the Last Airbender

Katnis - Hunger Games

Khai - Theory of Love - Thai BL Show

King Arthur - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Korra - Avatar: Legend of Korra

Koyomi Araragi - The Monogatari series

Kun-chan - Mirai

Kvothe - The Kingkiller Chronicles

Lelouch Lamperouge - Code Geass

Leroy Jethro Gibbs - NCIS

Lionblaze - Warriors (Power of Three and Omen of the Stars)

Luna - Retro

Luffy - One Piece

Lyn - Fire Emblem

Makoto Naegi - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Mal - Firefly

Manaow - Love Senior

Mark Watney - The Martian

Mary Poppins - Walt Disney's Mary Poppins

Meliodas - Seven Deadly Sins

Merlin - BBC Merlin

Mia - La La Land

Mike Wheeler - Stranger Things

Miyo Sasaki - A Whisker Away

Mordecai - Regular Show

Nick Carraway - The Great Gatsby

Nightheart - Warrior Cats

North Italy - Hetalia

Okajima ""Rock"" Rokuro - Black Lagoon (Anime)

Oscar - Shark Tale

Otis Milburn - Sex Education

Patrick Bateman - American Psycho

Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig

Piper McLean - Heroes of Olympus

Pippa Fitz-Amobi - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Rebecca Bunch - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV show)

Robert Langdon - The Da Vinci Code

Rodion Raskolnikov - Crime and Punishment

Rorschach - Watchmen

Ruby - Max & Ruby

Ryo Saeba - City Hunter

Sabrina Spellman - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Satou Kazuma - Konosuba

Shiori - Six Crimson Cranes

Shiro Emiya - Fate/Stay Night

Shrek - Shrek

Skullduggery Pleasant - Skullduggery Pleasant

Snow Villiers - Final Fantasy 13

Star Butterfly - Star vs The Forces of Evil

Stiles Stilinski - Teen Wolf

Sydney Atherton - The Beetle

Tai Kamiya - Digimon Adventure

Takao - Garden of Words

Tara Webster - Dance Academy

Tarl Cabot - The Gor Chronicles

Violetta - Disney's Violetta

William Afton - FNaF Ultimate Custom Night

Yu/Ai - Final Fantasy Unlimited

Yuri Zhivago - Doctor Zhivago

Yuusaku Godai - Maison Ikkoku

Zack Morris - Saved by the Bell

Available for Resubmission (needs at least 1 resubmission to participate)

Atsuko Kagiri/Akko - Little Witch Academia

Beca Mitchell - Pitch Perfect

Elena Gilbert - Vampire Diaries

Izuku (Deku) Midoriya - Boku no Hero Academia

Katarina Claes - My Next Life as a Villainess

Scott Pilgrim - Scott Pilgrim

Sophie Foster - Keeper of the Lost Cities

The Tenth Doctor - Doctor Who

Wei (Ying) Wuxian - Mo Dao Zu Shi

Currently unavailable for a new Round:

Aelin Ashryver Galathynius/Celaena Sardothien - Throne of Glass

Alex Eagleston - YIIK

Caillou - Caillou

Dean Winchester - Supernatural

Eragon - Eragon/Inheritance Cycle

Erika Shinohara - Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

Kirito - Sword Art Online

Light Yagami - Death Note

Marinette Dupain-Cheng - Miraculous Ladybug

Naofumi Iwatani - The Rising of the Shield Hero

Peter Griffin - Family guy

Rachel Berry - Glee

Ross Geller - Friends

Tori Vega - Victorious

Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus

Y/N - Fanfiction

#insufferable protagonist tournament #insufferable protagonist poll

[banned-for-horny]

the following is an INCOMPLETE drabble of a genshin smut one shot (a smutshot, if you will) idea i have that i dont feel like throwing to the void but also was too lazy to make another note so i'm just throwing it here

[As part of his training as a Fatuus, Lyney has to undergo days of torture. He's already managed to get through most of the gauntlet. All he has left to deal with is the final stage: sexual torture under the hands of the Black Widow.

And from the way his dick jumps the second you stroll into the torture chamber, Lyney doesn't feel all that confident in his chances.]

Lyney is still tied to the chair when the door opens. He doesn't have the strength to lift his head, most of it being channeled into ignoring the pain of multiple hairline fractures in his shins, but when his chin is lifted by a single finger, he finds just enough energy to swallow.

"Morning," you chirp, smile the first warm thing he's seen since last week. "You still with the living?"

And that's the first thing he's heard that hasn't been an explicit threat on his life. Lyney swallows around the blood clogging his throat and nods, which only makes your smile grow.

"Good." You reach up to brush his sweat-soaked hair away from his brow. "I'll patch you up real quick, then we'll get started on the next stage, 'kay?"

Lyney...doesn't know what to say. "You're...going to heal me?" he manages when he catches a glimpse of your Hydro Vision.

"Mhm." With a practiced flick of your wrist, you bury a polearm formed by water between the legs of his metal chair. Elemental energy begins to seep through his skin, and Lyney lets out an exhausted gasp when the full-body ache began to fade. "Not the biggest fan of playing with broken toys, unfortunately."

Toys? Hydro Polearm? Soft, pleasant smile that makes every nerve in Lyney's already-fried system tingle? "You're the Black Widow?" he croaks.

Your smile lifts, both fluttering his stomach and sending it into the floor. "My reputation preceeds me!" With a little flourish, you bow at the waist. "That I am, Monsieur Snezhevich. Worry not, though-" You lift your head and wink. The front of your shirt falls open well enough for Lyney to see the full expanse of your chest and stomach. "-I don't bite."

The polearm bursts, splashing Lyney's legs with water. Whatever raw energy is stored in the hydro-formed weapon seals the gashes in his skin. Another sigh escapes him, only to choke halfway when you use his knees to support your crouch. You're not wearing gloves, unlike the rest of the proctors. It's almost too warm.

"These guys are too rough sometimes, I swear," you mutter, eyeing the bruising along his inner thigh from where a proctor decided to aim his heel. You peer through your lashes as you squeeze his knee in reassurance. "Can't heal you all the way," you say apologetically, "but I do have some salves just for you. Want it?"

Lyney nods, then bristles. Wait, wait-

"Oh, I recognize that look," you huff. Your nail skims the flesh of his thigh, creeping dangerously close to what little scrap Lyney has left covering his penis. "You're allowed to talk, you know. I like it when they're loud."

Lyney grits his teeth as your fingers creep closer to his groin. He can't afford to get distracted, he reminds himself. You won't kill him, obviously, but the whole point of this training was to find his weaknesses if he was ever captured and interrogated, and any crack in a dam will only lead to the entire thing bursting. He just has to outlast you.

The proud smile you flash at him definitely doesn't help. The way your voice drips with excitement when you say "Good boy" does not help either. You rise from your crouch, palm soothing his thigh-

"Fuck!" Lyney hisses when you palm his crotch, shuddering as you grind the heel of your palm down his clothed shaft. For a Hydro Wielder, your touch feels electric, pinpricks stabbing at his spine until he's stiff on both ends. It's not like he hasn't touched himself before, but there's a difference between getting himself off just to get rid of morning wood and someone else groping him.

"Are you a virgin?" you ask as give his shaft a gentle squeeze. Lyney's lips curl, channeling the influx of heat into a glare that only makes you squeeze harder. "I'll take that as a yes."

You release his erection, giving Lyney just enough time to exhale until you retrieve a small jar from your side pocket. The aroma of Sumer spices stings his nose. When you scoop a generous glop and massage it into his bruised thighs, the cool touch of your Hydro begins to simmer under his skin. Everywhere you spread the salve, you leave behind a burgeoning warmth that tickles his throat and escapes in a strangled whimper.

"Feels good, right?" you coo as his skin begins to flush. "This is my own concoction. Makes the body extra sensitive."

Yes, Lyney wants to say when you poke the tip of his nose. He can tell.

By the time you finish massaging the cream into his skin, Lyney's entire body feels like it's been left in the sun to burn. With the coarse fabric scratching his hardening nipples every time he breathes, he's starting to regret allowing his last proctor to redress him. Never mind the little jolts of pleasure bursting from his cockhead when he tries to sit up.

"There," you say, sealing the jar. You bend over to smile and poke at his jaw. "How do you feel?"

Burning. Dying.

Your little laugh chimes in his ears. "Good, that means we can start properly."

Lyney's brows furrow. Oh, right. He has a dossier he memorized, like, a month ago. You and the rest of the proctors received the same dossier and are trying to pry it out of him. He's heard plenty of stories about the Black Widow portion of the exam, in equal parts embarrassment and anger. Not everyone receives the same treatment, sure, but almost everyone Lyney has talked to had to go through the entire gauntlet twice because of you. He risks a glance around the room while you're busy circling him. You didn't bring in any tools or anything. What could you possibly have pla-

"Ah!" Lyney gasps when your arms snake around his neck. You waste no time planting a hand against his stomach, slipping down to stop just below his navel.

"Let's start slow," you murmur in his ear. "Be a good boy and answer my questions and I'll make this quick, okay?"

'Quick.' Hah. Lyney inhales deeply in hopes of calming himself. All it does is flood his nose with your scent.

You seem to take that as his assent, though, because you trace a finger over the tent in his shorts and say, "Who hired you?"

Silence. Obviously.

"Are you part of any organization?"

Silence. Easy.

"Did you have a partner?"

Too easy. Lyney's starting to wonder if everyone lied in an attempt to psych himself out.

"Who's Lynette?"

"Wha-ah!" Lyney chokes on his gasp when you squeeze his erection. His knee jerks in its chains, stomach curling in some attempt at protecting himself, but you keep one hand burried in his roots and yank his entire body back with a single pull. It should've been painful. He still moans. Your other hand pumps faster this time, tightening the coil deep in his gut. Already, he can feel himself creeping towards climax. There's a virgin joke somewhere in there, he thinks, but his hips are already lifting in time with your touch.

Until you pull away.

Lyney catches the moan before it escapes him, planting his ass against the chair to stop from chasing your hand.

"She your partner?" you ask.

"Reacted to that one," you note, pressing your thumb right under the head of his cock. His jaw tightens. From the way you nudge his jawline, he doesn't doubt that you can tell. "Your partner in crime?" Heat sputters in Lyney's chest, a horrible concoction of rage and arousal as you massage his cock. There's a wet patch starting to bloom at the head. He shouldn't be surprised you know Lynette, he thinks. In fact, he's amazed she's only being brought up now. He and Lynette don't exactly hide themselves from the crowd.

"Let's see.

#genshin impact #banned writing #i WILL write a lyney smut fic i SWEAR #i need to get better at this i wanna WRITE

[findyourrp]

    hello! my names lucifer (nineteen & any pronouns) and i am currently looking for a roleplay partner - it’s been a good long while since i’ve been on the scene, but i’ve always loved writing with another person more than writing by myself. i believe i’m considered a semi-lit to lit writer, i always strive to match my partners length, however my average is at least three paragraphs. my timezone is aest (australian eastern standard time) and while i’m active during the day, i usually reply during the night. i have no real triggers/squicks to mention and i do not roleplay with minors. i don’t have very much experience doubling up, but i am willing to do so. i love going all out on headcanons and plotting ahead, i would love a partner who matches that energy.

    as for what i’m looking for, i am open to any gender pairings, however i am only able to write nsfw between male characters. i prefer fade-to-black scenarios for other instances and am open to that if you are uncomfortable with nsfw themes as well. important to note is that most of the time, i don’t bother with forms for original characters - i like making it up as i go, so if you’re not into that sort of more casual approach, an original character roleplay with me may not be for you. i’m fine with any sort of plot and au’s are dependent on the fandom and type of au. moving right along, i’m currently interested in the following fandoms:

— banshee

    - up to: season one and counting.

    - open to: original x original, original x canon.

    - love interests: lucas hood (m/f or m), kai proctor (m/f or m) or your original character (any).

    - note: i am dying to roleplay this rn, absolutely hmu if you’ve seen it!

— the boys

    - up to: season three. haven’t seen gen v.

    - open to: original x original, original x canon.

    - love interests: the homelander (m/f or m), soldier boy (m/nb or f) or your original character (m/any).

— you

    - up to: season three.

    - open to: original x original, original x canon, canon x canon.

    - ships: forty quinn x joe goldberg.

    - love interests: forty quinn (m/f) or your original character (any/f).

— (tentatively) open to fandomless

    - p.s, if you’re relatively new to marvel stuff and are looking to try out your original character/s like i am, do hmu as well.

    please shoot me a dm here on tumblr if you’re interested and we can work out the details. thank you! ✨

.

#rp finder #18+ rp #fandom rp #fandom roleplay #you rp #the boys rp #banshee rp

[monstersinthecosmos]

if you earnestly had to write a VC crossover with one other franchise what would it be and how would you do it 🙇🏼‍♀️

I feel like so much of the stuff I really adore is sort of diametrically opposed either like, tonally or because it's such a different genre or something, so it's really hard to see VC fitting neatly into other universes! It's not something I tend to consider!

But I will tell you the first thing I thought of LOL is like, MY FAVORITE SHOW BANSHEE sdaghjkdl like. I think I could write a lil Banshee homage more than a full blown crossover. I was thinking about Marius having sketchy dealings with fellow Creepy Old White Guy Kai Proctor. They just seem like they'd make incredible business associates.

God put them in different franchises because we simply wouldn't be able to survive so much blonde daddy in one place, we'd simply perish. Especially with the way Hood's Daddy Issues around Proctor cause so many problems in the show!!! 🥵

On a sillier note, Armand would possibly also have sketchy dealings with Hood since he's an art thief.

JOB IS OF COURSE EQUIPPED TO HELP VAMPIRES WITH ALL THEIR LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND FAKE IDS LMAO

I think it would all be in Easter Egg capacity but tbh Banshee makes its way into everything I write anyway, so it's probably not far off 😂😂😂

[nyssabong]

“Are media representations of fans as ‘weird’ and ‘overly emotional’ fair? What is your own experience of fandom?”

A fan is somebody who is obsessed with a particular star, celebrity, film, TV programme, band, and they participate in communal activities (Hills 2002). Most of us are fans of something, as long as we are interested in something. There are many types of fans represented in media and the public, such as normal fans, weird fans, and overly emotional fans. Although there are also some normal fans in the media, I still agree that media representations of fans as ‘weird’ and ‘overly emotional’ are fair. In this blog, we are going to see how the fans are ‘weird’ and ‘overly emotional’ on media, and my own experience of fandom.

One Direction’s crazy fans

According to the research (Chin 2023), the study of fans isn’t new, and it is not just about K-pop or K-dramas. One hardly needs reminding that fan audiences have historically been viewed as ‘obsessive, freakish, hysterical, infantile and regressive social subjects’ (Proctor n.d.). The Channel Four documentary ‘Crazy About One Direction’ (CAOD), begins with the narrator, Julia David, explaining that Directioners are ‘simply crazy’ about the band and that the fan culture is nothing less than a ‘new breed of fan’ who use social media to ‘worship their idols’, and ‘go to extreme lengths to get noticed by the boys’ (Proctor n.d.). They are loyal to their idols and become crazy and weird. According to Proctor (n.d.), those crazy Directioners perform their fandom by tweeting the band and often begging them to ‘follow them’ on social media. From One Direction’s crazy fans research, we can see how ‘weird’ they are.

Sasaeng Fans in Korea

Sasaeng are fans of music groups, who have taken their obsession to extremes because nothing says ‘fan’ better than a bloody letter (Iwicka 2018). Sasaeng fans are people who infringe on the private lives of artists, and they are also ‘weird’ and ‘overly emotional’ in media. In Korea, fans usually give artists gifts like soft toys, or flowers during performances. According to my own experience, I have ever heard some of the weird fans put a micro camera in the gifts, to peep at that artist. Besides, they also get celebrity’s phone numbers from some sources or follow celebrities to their hotel room and keep on disturbing them.

On 21 May 2019, EXO member Kai was broadcasting live on Instagram when he was gym. When he wants to leave, there were two sasaeng fan who are stalking him, and waiting for Kai near the gym of his car (Philippines Star 2019). Not only Kai from EXO, but also a lot of South Korean celebrities met sasaeng fans. During 2021, Blackpink member Kim Jennie was the target of a US$30,000 billboard advertisement set up by Filipino socia media influencer, Christian Albert Gaza, who is a self-proclaimed No 1 Jennie fan (Chung 2021). Sasaeng fans are mostly weird and overly emotional, they not only want to stalk their private lives, but also date the celebrities.

✨My Experience of fandom✨

First and foremost, I used to be a fan of EXO member Luhan while I was in primary school. On October 8, 2017, Luhan made an official announcement on Weibo of his relationship with Guan Xiaotong, which was one of my most memorable experiences. On that day, Luhan's Weibo followers dropped by about half and the social media service was down for a few hours. This research demonstrates that Luhan's fans are typically extremely emotional, since they always consider themselves to be Luhan's girlfriend. Some fans will call themselves as 'girlfriend fans' or'mother fans' on social media platforms. According to my fandom experience, 'girlfriend fans' are more weird and overly emotional. If the celebrities they like suddenly expose their relationship, most of them would either hate the celebrity's girlfriend/boyfriend on social media or begin to condemn the celebrity's girlfriend/boyfriend.

Conclusion

Based on my research and experience in fandom, I believe that media representations of fans as 'weird' and 'overly emotional' are fair. They are strange and extremely emotional, yet they like celebrities. If the celebrities do something that the toxic fans are uncomfortable with of, they begin to hate and destroy them. However, despite their weird and extremely emotional behaviour, it is all because of they like the celebrities, but in the wrong way.

References

Chin, B 2023, ‘MDA20009 Week 9 Fandom’, MDA20009 Digital Communities, Learning materials via Canvas, Swinburne Univerity of Technology, 6 October, viewed 8 November 2023.

Chung, JW 2021, From stalking to date requests: 5 times diehard K-pop fans went too far, South China Morning Post, viewed 11 November 2023, <https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3155816/5-k-pop-idols-who-were-victims-sasaeng-fans-blackpinks>.

Hills, M 2022, Fan cultures, Routledge, London.

Iwicka, R 2018, ‘Every Breath You Take: Sasaeng Fans’, At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, vol. 99, pp. 125–147, viewed 10 November 2023, <https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=b28b24e8-2373-3530-8d04-7355f54fe6c2>.

Philippines Star (Manila, Philippines) 2019, ‘EXO’s Kai exposes alleged “sasaeng” fans’, 21 May, viewed 11 November 2023, <https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=8adcf75c-6a0a-3b75-a957-1370b7abae6d>.

Proctor, W n.d., Chapter 6 A New Breed of Fan?: Regimes of Truth, One Direction Fans and Representations of Enfreakment, viewed 10 November 2023, <https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/83943346.pdf >.

#mda20009 #week 9 #blogging #practice #fandom #sasaeng fans #weird and overly emotional #exo kai #exo luhan #guan xiaotong #blackpink jennie #one direction #Youtube

[mischa-auer]

Hollywood Magazine, April 1940: How To Be An Easter Egg by Kay Proctor

Women’s dresses are influenced by the movies. Mischa Auer thinks it is a crime and a shame that his clothes can’t be influenced, too.

Transcript of article:

“Are we men or are we sheep?” Mischa Auer roared in violent anger. “That’s what I want to know!”

“Bah, bah black sheep, have you any wool? Yessir, yessir, three bags full.” said Master Tony, aged five.

“Sheep, dear,” said Norma, his wife, in the placating tone frequently heard in our best asylums. “I thought we had settled that.”

“Da!” he spat out. Da, I gathered, is Russian for yes, okay, or you’re damned tootin’. “Sheep! Bah!”

“Tony, dear, I think you had better run upstairs and play with your nice new toys,” Norma interrupted the recitation. “Your father is in no mood for poetry today.” Tony took one look at father glaring at the brightly burning logs in the fireplace and beat a retreat.

“Sheep!” Father hissed again after a moody silence. “Da, sheep!”

“I wouldn’t want to intrude on anything personal, of course,” I said pleasantly, “but what’s this all about?”

“Men’s fashions,” Norma said, as if that made everything entirely clear. “In a way, I suppose, you might say the whole thing started yesterday when I brought my new Easter outfit home. It’s a lamb of a creation in teal blue and dusty pink with a lot of Scarlett O’Hara touches. You know, the Gone With the Wind influence which is so good this spring.”

“Perhaps,” he said darkly. “Who knows? A man must do his duty as he sees it.”

I know there are times when I’m slow on the up-take but for the life of me I couldn’t see what that had to do with men’s fashions and Mischa’s bitter denunciation of his fellow men as sheep. However, I rarely hesitate to ask about things I don’t understand, so I asked for a diagram. Norma hummed and hawed for a few moments.

“Why beat around the bush?” Mischa demanded. “The plain truth is, I’m jealous! I, too, want to strut in Easter finery. I, too, want to be influenced by the movies! But alas, like other men, I have sold my soul sartorial slavery. Bond Street speaks, and, like dogs under a whip, we cower and submit to its dictates. But mark you this: a revolution is coming. Some day we shall be free!”

Perhaps, I suggested, he would be the enlightened Moses who would lead men to new tailored glory?

In case he is called to head the crusade, Mischa has his slogan on file in the Copyright Bureau. Three little words, he said, tell the whole story. Nature Knows Best! 

“Modern manhood has been flying in the face of it,” he contended. “Which birds have the more brilliant plumage? The males. Which animals wear the brightest coats? The males. Which fish have the finest scales? The males. Why, then, should the genus homo accept less? The answer is tyranny. From the day he is pinned into his first diaper until finally somebody wraps him up in a shroud, man wears exactly what somebody tells him to wear, no more, no less. Who tells him? First his mother, then his father, and then his tailor. Who tells the tailor? More tailors!”

Take the matter of color, for instance. Day after day a man uncomplainingly permits his very soul to be smothered in dull browns, drab grays, dark blues and depressing black, Mischa said, when every instinct in him cries out for good strong stuff like purple or red. Why? Because he’s a sheep, that’s why. Because the tailor rolls out a few bolts of brown, gray, blue or black and says “What’ll it be?” Because he knows darned well they’d lock him up in a booby hatch if he showed up home in a nifty double-breasted number in lipstick red.

“Comes the revolution and all that will be changed,” Mischa promised. “Man for the first time will be allowed to express the beautiful things within him. Man will be an individual, not a carbon copy of every other dope on the street.”

He has given color considerable thought, Mischa said, even going so far as to work out a color chart as a guide to moods and emotions. Mauve, for example, is an excellent stimulant when you feel a binge coming on. Red is suggested for the jealous mood; green when you feel a touch of the dastard in your heart; yellow when you’re chipper; blue when the world looks sour; purple when a mother-in-law is due; dubonnet when you’re set for a quiet evening at home; ashes of roses when the outlook is pensive; and spotless white when the world’s your oyster.

“Black has its place in my scheme,” he went on. “I advise it for breakfast wear, since the breakfast hour is a horrible one at best. Shell pink, I think, does a lot for you when you are christening your children. And for the ballet, nothing can approach the oomph lift of a silver lame! Personally, I favor it made up in a Prince Albert model; you can use so much more of it!”

Comes the revolution and the ungainly and uncomfortable lines of men’s fashions will be changed, too, Mischa vowed. There will be no more of this carrying two pounds of padding on each shoulder in emulation of football giants. Stiff collars designed to choke and chafe will be outlawed entirely. The 18-pocket-in-a-suit routine, which turns a man into a gibbering beast every time he tries to find a theatre ticket or a parking check, will be a thing of the past. Ditto for tight fitting pants which must be pressed every time they get comfortable, matching vests which can never be found, and coats which look like the devil when they are not buttoned and feel like the devil when they are. Amen, brother!

As a matter of fact, Mischa already has done some advance work on the campaign. All his trousers have but two pockets instead of the conventional five. His tailor has ten fits every time he whips up a new Auer suit, and mutters naughty things behind the Auer back; but, by the great hornspoon, he leaves off the watch and two back pockets!

“It was a great fight!” Mischa chortled, “I wore him down with sheer logic. As I pointed out, why should I have a watch pocket when I wear a wrist watch? Why should I have back pockets when I never carry a wallet and use my breast pocket handkerchief as a blower as well as a show-er?”

With the dawning of the Auer Age in men’s fashions you’ll see some nifty innovations along the fabric line, Mischa promised. And high time! Too long, he said, have men been slaves to the deadly monotony of wool which scratches, is too hot, and stinks when it burns or gets wet; and to linen which gets messy when you take forty winks on a handy couch. Soon, he hopes, you’ll find them strutting in silk, satin, velvet and brocaded glory as befits their tender sensibilities. Soon, too, they’ll shatter the monopoly women have been exercising in use of fur and will boast topcoats, sport jackets, and evening capes in silver fox, beaver, mink, sable and ermine according to the good or bad news of the balance on the hand at the bank.

What men’s fashions today lack most seriously, however, are the gay touches known as the movie influence, Mischa said. That is what he really covets and that is the ultimate goal of the revolutionary 24-Auer-Plan for the modern male and his clothes.

“Imagine the pure joy and lofty inspiration a gent could get each day by trailing to the shower in a bathrobe of Alice blue velvet lined with virgin ermine!” he glowed. “Imagine the infinite delight one could achieve by sending his agent a military cape made up in skunk!”

Da, I had to admit, he had something there.

“Women got their wimples from Robin Hood and their snoods from The Old Maid,” he pointed out. “They got their full-skirted evening dresses from the Ginger Rogers dancing epics and their Letty Lynton frocks from the Joan Crawford picture of the same name. They got their boas from The Blue Angel and their bustles from Alexander Graham Bell. They got their toga capes from Cafe Metropole  and their visor hats from Beau Geste. Garbo was responsible  for the pillbox hat in The Painted Veil and the basque bodice came from Little Women.”

Why, then, shouldn’t men filch a sartorial tip or two from the movies? he asked. Turn-about always has been considered cricket. Even forgetting the fashion slant on the thing, the practical side of it commands respect, he insisted. 

“Take pants, for example.” he suggested cheerily, “there is magnificent opportunity for movie influence in that most essential of male garments. Since Gone With The Wind currently is high fashion in pictures, the first trouser trend might be taken from the Gable pantaloons. A distinct advantage would accrue from an adaption of the narrow band which slipped under the instep and held the trouser legs snugly over the ankles. In the first place, it would eliminate the use of garters, thus cutting down on wardrobe expense. In the second place, one could wear mismatched sox in perfect confidence that the social faux pas would go entirely undetected. Bing Crosby, for one, would find this a tremendous boon. And finally, it discourages the vulgar habit of removing the shoes in public since the pants, perforce, must come off first. Most men, you will admit, would be reluctant to go that far.”

Elizabeth and Essex gave him another idea along the pants line- the substitution of tights for trousers.

“Think of the savings it would mean in cleaning and pressing bills!” he enthused. “All the well-groomed gentlemen would have to do would be to rinse them out lightly every night and hang them to dry alongside of his wife’s silk hose in the bathroom. That’s a cosy, home-y touch in itself.

“Think of the advantages tights would have on the golf course! Supposing your ball lands in a tree? If you were wearing a snappy form-fit number you could shinny up the branches, retrieve the spheroid, and slide back to terra firm quicker than scat and with considerable grace and ease. Supposing you found yourself in the rough? If you were wearing the latest in knits you could blend yourself with the landscape and thus get away nicely with the furtive little lick which would give your ball a much better lie. And think how your opponent could be thrown off his game if you happened to have knobby knees or bow-legs! But magnificently!”

Finally, Mischa said, it really would mean something when someone spoke of you as a “fine figure of a man.”

“Too long have the weak brothers among us been permitted to cloak their inadequate shanks beneath a few miserable yards of worsted,” he complained. “Tights would put an end to that! Tights would establish a man beyond any doubt as Grade A, fair to middlin’ or just plain counterfeit.”

Although he admits a few hidebound males might consider it a bit on the flashy side, Mischa said he had figured out the perfect costume for hot weather wear, particularly in non-airconditioned offices. In a way it is his masterpiece because it combines four separate and distinct movie influences. First comes the pith helmet (The Sun Never Sets); next the loose-sleeved, open-throat silk blouse (Anthony Adverse); after that a cotton loin cloth (Tarzan); and finally, open-toed grass sandals (Gunga Din).

Male headgear especially needs the revitalizing touch of the movie influence, Mischa continued. The way things are now, a man’s hat has about as much individuality as a guinea pig in a research laboratory. In proof, watch a man pick up his hat in a restaurant or any other public place. He has to look in the band for his initials before he’s sure it belongs to him! If he breaks away from the conventional block of felt with a dented crown, he’s courting trouble. Berets brand him a sissy, caps make him look silly, and silk hats always fall off when he’s getting out of a cab, completely ruining whatever poise or dignity he may have.

“I’d like to see something done with turbans,” he said. “Glamour boys could copy the snazzy numbers Ty Power wore in The Rains Came while less exalted gents could get along with the simpler models from Suez. Aside from providing a handy cache for nimble shoplifters, turbans would prove a godsend to those rugged individualists who resent the custom of removing hats in elevators or tipping them to ladies on the street.”

By far the greatest advantage turbans offer, exclusive, of course, of the dazzling fashion opportunities in color, materials, and jewels, is the abolition of the checking menace and a resultant saving of some $1000 per turban. Mathematics, Mischa claims, prove it. To illustrate: the average man checks the average hat three times a day to the tune of $.75. (Checking. $.10; tip, $.15) Multiply 75 by 365 days per year and you have $273.75. Multiply that by 3 years (the average life of a hat) and you get $821.25. Add the normal expectancy in the way of cleaning, blocking and new ribbons and there you are- a neat $1000. Since turbans never are removed except at bedtime and in the bath, all the checking expenses automatically are eliminated.

The postillion influence  from Swiss Family Robinson undoubtedly would prove popular with fashion-conscious gentlemen under 6ft., Mischa continued, since postillion bonnets create the illusion of height. Gay plumes from Flash Gordon would add excitement to the chapeaux for gala occasions and also would prove useful for dusting off the car after a rain. 

He also saw great possibilities for an adaption of the iron topper from The Tower of London, he added. Such a hat never would require cleaning or blocking. Its color could be changed to harmonize with different outfits by the simple expedient of painting it with finger nail polish. And finally, its value upon returning home late on a lodge night is too clear to need further explanation.

“Ah, yes,” he sighed, “some day men will cast off their haberdashery shackles and be free! Some day their fashions, too, will be influenced by the movies! I can hear the radio announcer describing the Easter parade of tomorrow. There’s Clark Gable in a Marie Antoinette creation in champagne flat crepe with sophisticated highlights of gold thread. Here comes Errol Flynn in a crushed raspberry duvetyn piped Capistrano blue; with it he is wearing an Intermezzo tam with a Baby Sandy safety pin in rhine- stones and rubies. There’s Bob Taylor in a chic Algiers cardigan in the new golden green with a daffodil blouse in pin-tucked batiste. And here’s everybody’s favorite, Mischa Auer, with his wife Norma. She’s wearing a Gone With The Wind in teal blue and he is the essence of high fashion in a House of Seven Gables casual in infra-red.”

I said that I, for one, could hardly wait! All this and heaven too when comes the revolution?

“Da!” he said happily.

#mischa auer #hollywood magazine #1940s hollywood #1940s #40s movies #1940s fashion

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season 2 eps 3

#banshee #lucas hood #kai proctor #siobhan kelly #antony starr #trieste kelly dunn #ulrich thomsen #Chayton Littlestone #Geno Segers #Clay Burton #Matthew Rauch #i hit my 30 photo limit omg #my screenshots

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Catherine "Kay" L. Smith

Catherine”Kay” L. Smith, 92, of Swoyersville passed away peacefully on March 27, 2024. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth (Perugino) Umbra. Kay and her loving husband of late, Charley, enjoyed 67 years of marriage.

Following her graduation from Edwardsville High school, she declined several opportunities to extend her education and accompanied her older sisters in accepting a position within the local garment industry. Throughout 45 years of employment, she served in numerous supervisory and leadership positions. In addition, Kay maintained a successful monogramming business. An accomplished seamstress, she enjoyed monitoring current fashions and designing clothing for her three daughters, specializing in dresses and formal gowns and attire. Upon her retirement, Kay became a co-founder with her husband of Kay’s T-tags, a state-certified agency for notary work and title transfers. A woman of many interests and talents, Kay also enjoyed baking an assortment of delicious cookies, cakes and pastries, often preparing decorative presentations as gifts to family and friends. Along with her husband Charley, she volunteered and entertained at various local nursing homes and served as a volunteer usher at the F. M. Kirby Center. A devout Catholic, Kay nurtured her family in the traditions of our faith. She was an active member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Holy Trinity) parish, the Christian Mothers and volunteered on various parish committees, dedicating numerous hours of service to her parish. Kay’s love of family was unconditional and passionate. She cherished spending time at family gatherings, and especially enjoyed visits from her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Kay would never miss the chance to dance with her favorite partner and loving husband of 67 years, Charley. Kay was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Charley, four brothers, Joseph, Patrick, WIlliam, and James Umbra and her sisters, Isabelle Spisak, Mary Schwartz, and Rose (Coury) Bellas. She is survived by her three children, Dr. Deborah Smith Mileski and husband, James of Hanover Township and Naples, FL, Dr. Sharon Smith Hudacek and husband Stephen, Harveys Lake and Naples, FL, and Kim Smith Proctor and husband, Mark of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL and Harvey’s Lake; grandchildren Brynn and husband Brian Lewis of Arlington, VA., Matthew and wife Dr. Kelsey Mileski of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Stephen Hudacek and wife Maria of Philadelphia and Harveys Lake, Charles and wife Dr. Jaclyn Hudacek of Dallas, PA, Joshua Pucha and fiancee Stacey of Jacksonville, FL, Paige and Tate Prucha of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.; and great grandchildren, Miles, Charley Grace, Reese, Madelyn, Henry, Drew, and Annie.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 116 Hughes St. Swoyersville. Family and friends may visit from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the Mass. Interment will be at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Swoyersville. Funeral services are entrusted to Hugh B. Hughes and Son, Inc.

Kay’s family wishes to extend sincere appreciation to her assisted living care staff at Highland Park Senior Living, in particular, Carol, Jim, Paula and Chrissy for their countless hours of comforting assistance and personal support, as well as to the staff of Erwine Home Health and Hospice, in particular, Mary, Joyce, Sue and JuJu for their ongoing compassionate care.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Catherine and Charles Smith Memorial Scholarship fund for nursing students in need via Misericordia University, 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612.

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@storyofwhoiam

          “Did my sister die in your tummy? I don’t want her to die...” Kai was laid against Kaz in the hospital bed, lips pulled down into a frown as he gently poked at his Mama’s belly like he always did when he played with his sister but she didn’t kick him back. He poked even more at his little sister, hoping to get some sort of response, but he still didn’t. The boy scrubbed at his teary eyes. 

          He knew his Mama was sad and he was sad too now that his sister wasn’t playing with him, but also because he had heard the doctor talking about her. How they ‘lost’ the baby and there wasn’t a heartbeat. He knew what that meant. His Mummy had talked about how people she cared about had died and he knew that Kaz had almost died when he was little. She still had a scar because of it. He was old enough now to understand more and he was pretty sure losing a baby meant that they had died. Besides, his little sister would still be playing with him if she wasn’t dead, right?

          “I really wanted to meet her...” He’d always wanted a little sister and it had finally happened after almost eight years, but now he couldn’t be a big brother, not really. "I’m really sad, Mama.” He knew it was okay to be sad. Sometimes sad things happened and you were allowed to be sad about them.

#storyofwhoiam. #closed starters. #muse. kai bullock #character. kaz proctor #verse. tbd #queue. #pregnancy loss tw #child loss tw #sibling death tw #// defo add Allie and/or some pals!

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it's time for the annual holiday show! tune into no love for ned on wlur from 8pm until midnight for four hours of festive holiday tunes. if you can't tune in live you can stream the 2022 holiday show at your convenience (and i'm guessing this link will work for tonight's 2023 holiday show by tomorrow!)

while we're on the topic of holiday music, i'd be remiss if i didn't mention that my friend over at christmas underground has asked me to chime in with some posts.we're calling it ned's holiday dustbin- a name jim suggested that seemed immediately too clever yet too appropriate.

last week's show is listed below and is also up on mixcloud for you to stream at your convenience!

no love for ned on wlur – december 15th, 2023 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label oasis // champagne supernova // (what's the story) morning glory? // creation mope city // eejit cycles // population: four // tenth court king louie bankston // coke-a-cola cowboy // harahan fats // goner the vovos // hanahaki disease // lilla gubben // blossom rot life coach // monday morning revelations // scottish cringe cassette // gold mold cold beat // broken lines // into the air // crime on the moon current rage // waikiki // seven songs ep (expanded) // propeller sound kissing party // graceless // graceless // (self-released) cut piece // life goes dark // cut piece 7" ep // dirt cult wet dip // black friday // smell of money // feel it the judges // bad blues // judgement day // total punk the american analog set // camp don't count // for forever // hometown fantasy niecy blues // u care // exit simulation // kranky julia holter // sun girl // something in the room she moves // domino william hooker // my blood // flesh and bones // org music matana roberts // unbeknownst // coin coin chapter five: in the garden... // constellation jake long // crescent (city swamp dub) // transmissions from total refreshment centre compilation // blue note joe zawinul // in a silent way // zawinul // atlantic elzhi and oh no featuring blu and phez roc // smoke // heavy vibrato // nature sounds domo genesis and graymatter featuring remy banks // this 2 shall pass // what you don’t get?! // things happen kay young featuring ego ella may // woe is me // we meet at last ep // play it again sam boogie down productions // my philosophy // by all means necessary // jive titanic // cielo falso // vidrio // unheard of hope the garment district // bell, book and candle // if you take your magic slow // night people the proctors // wish your days away // summer lane 1993-1997 // sunday red pants // see you at the turnstile // not quite there yet // meritorio the clientele // lady grey // i am not there anymore // merge

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Jaseem Jazi കേട്ടറിഞ്ഞതിനേക്കാൾ ഭയങ്കരമാണ് 'ബാൻഷീ' എന്ന സീരീസ്. അത് ഞാൻ മനസ്സിലാക്കിയത് വൈകിയാണെന്ന് മാത്രം. നിങ്ങളിനിയും വൈകിക്കൂടാ. ഇതൊരല്പം നീണ്ട പോസ്റ്റാണെങ്കിലും നിങ്ങളിത് വായിക്കണം. ഇത്രയൊക്കെ ഹൈപ്പ് കിട്ടിയിട്ടും ഈ സീരീസ് കാണാൻ മടിച്ചു നിൽക്കുന്ന നിങ്ങളെ, ബാൻഷീ ടൗണിലേക്കും അതിന്റെ നിഗൂഢതകളിലേക്കും തള്ളിയിടാൻ ഈ പോസ്റ്റിനു കഴിയുമെന്നാണ് എന്റെ വിശ്വാസം. https://youtu.be/amoA9g-IC-w ത്രില്ലർ യോണറിൽ സീരീസുകളിൽ വല്ലപ്പോഴും മാത്രം സംഭവിക്കുന്ന അത്ഭുതമാണ് ബാൻഷീ. നാല് സീസണുകളിലായി 38 എപ്പിസോഡുകളുള്ള സീരീസിലെ ഓരോ എപ്പിസോഡിന്റെയും ഓരോ ഇഞ്ചുകളും ആവേശവും ത്രില്ലും അനുഭവപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന രീതിയിൽ വൻ എൻഗേജിങ്ങാണ്. സ്റ്റോറിയുടെ ക്വാളിറ്റിയും ഡീറ്റൈലിങ്ങും കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടെ ഡീപ്പ്നെസ്സും നിലനിർത്തിക്കൊണ്ട് അതിലൊന്നും യാതൊരു കോംപ്രമൈസും ചെയ്യാതെ തന്നെ ഇതുപോലെ ത്രൂഔട്ട് സീരീസിനെ എൻഗേജിങ്ങാക്കി നിർത്തുക എന്നത് ചില്ലറ കാര്യമല്ല. Banshee അക്കാര്യത്തിൽ 100% വിജയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന് നിസംശയം പറയാം. അതൊരു അത്ഭുതം തന്നെയാണ്.!   ലൂക്കാസ് ഹുഡ് എന്ന ക്യാരക്ടർ ബാൻഷീ പട്ടണത്തിൽ പുതിയ ഷെറിഫ് ആയി ചാർജെടുക്കുന്നതും, പിന്നീട് അവിടെ നടക്കുന്ന സംഭവവികാസങ്ങളും ആണ് സീരീസിന്റെ വൺലൈൻ. വളരെ ഫാസ്റ്റ്പേസിഡ് നരേഷനാണ് സീരിസിന്റേത്. ഒരു തരി ലാഗ് എവിടെയും അനുഭവപ്പെടില്ല. മാസ്സ് ആക്ഷൻ സീനുകളും, പഞ്ച് ഡയലോഗുകളും, എക്സ്ട്രീം വയലൻസും.. എല്ലാമായി സീരീസ് ഫുൾടൈം ബിസിയാണ്. ഒരു 'ഹൈ' സ്റ്റാർട്ടാണ് സീരീസിന്റേത്. ആദ്യ എപ്പിസോഡിലെ തുടക്ക രംഗങ്ങളിൽ തന്നെ നിങ്ങളിതിൽ ഹൂക്ഡ് ആവും. അവസാന എപ്പിസോഡ് വരെ ആ പേസും ട്രീറ്റ്മെന്റ് ക്വാളിറ്റിയും സീരീസ് കീപ് ചെയ്യും. ഒരു മാസ്സ് മസാല എന്റർടൈനറിലെ നായകനിൽ നിന്ന് നിങ്ങളാഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന എല്ലാ ഗുണങ്ങളും ഇതിലെ നായകനുണ്ട്. നാലല്ല നാല്പതു പേര് വന്നാലും മുന്നോട്ടു വച്ച കാല് പിന്നോട്ട് ചലിപ്പിക്കാത്ത ആരെയും ഒന്നിനെയും ഭയപ്പെടാത്ത, വരും വരായികകളെക്കുറിച്ച് ചിന്തിക്കാതെ അപകട മദ്ധ്യത്തിലേക്ക് സ്വയം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കുന്ന നല്ല അഡാറ് നായകൻ. ഒരു നായകനുണ്ടേൽ അതിനൊത്തൊരു വില്ലൻ വേണം. അതൊരു പ്രകൃതി നിയമമാണ്. കൊന്നും കൊലവിളിച്ചും ചോര കണ്ട് അറപ്പ് മാറിയ നല്ല ഒന്നാന്തരം വില്ലൻ.! തന്റെ ക്രൂരകൃത്യങ്ങൾ നടപ്പിലാക്കാൻ അയാൾക്ക് ഇരുളിന്റെ മറ വേണമെന്നില്ല. പകൽ വെളിച്ചത്തിലും അയാൾ ഭീകരനാണ്. പ്രവർത്തികളിൽ ഭീകരനാണെങ്കിലും കാഴ്ചയിൽ അയാൾ ശാന്തനും സൗമ്യനുമാണ്. പക്ഷേ ആ ശാന്തതയാണ് അയാളുടെ ആയുധം. അയാളുടെ ചെറിയൊരു നോട്ടത്തിന് പോലും കത്തിയുടെ മൂർച്ചയുണ്ട്, കാണുന്നവന്റെ നെഞ്ചിലേക്കത് കുത്തിയിറങ്ങും, എതിരാളികളെ ഭീതിയുടെ മുൾമുനയിൽ നിർത്തും. നിയമവും നിയമപാലകരുമെല്ലാം അയാൾക്ക് മുന്നിൽ വെറും നോക്കുകുത്തികളാണ്. അയാൾ കെട്ടിപ്പടുത്ത സാമ്രാജ്യമാണത്. അവിടെ രാജാവും മന്ത്രിയും, പോലീസും കോടതിയും അയാൾ തന്നെ. അങ്ങനൊരു വില്ലൻ എതിരെ നിന്നാൽ ഏത് മൂത്ത നായകനായാലും കുറച്ച് വിയർപ്പൊഴുക്കേണ്ടി വരും. Kai Proctor ഇത്തരത്തിൽ എന്ത് ചിന്തിക്കുന്നുവെന്നോ എങ്ങനെ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുമെന്നോ പ്രെഡിക്റ്റ് ചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയാത്ത.. ഒരു പെർഫെക്ട് വില്ലന്റെ എല്ലാ ചേരുവകളും ഒത്തു ചേർന്നൊരു മാരക ക്യാരക്റ്ററാണ്. അങ്ങേർക്ക് കൂട്ടിനായി 'കൊന്നു വരാൻ പറഞ്ഞാൽ തിന്നുവരുന്നൊരു' അസിസ്റ്റന്റും. അങ്ങേരെ കൂടാതെ.. സൈക്കോ വില്ലൻ, ശാന്തനായ വില്ലൻ, കലിപ്പ് വില്ലൻ, ആജാനബാഹുവായ വില്ലൻ.. അങ്ങനെ തുടങ്ങി.. അണ്ടർവേൾഡ് കിങ് തൊട്ട് തെരുവ് വില്ലൻമ്മാർ അടക്കം വിവിധങ്ങളായ വില്ലന്മാരുടെ ഒരു സംഘം തന്നെയുണ്ട് ബാൻഷീയിലെ പോരാട്ടവീഥികളെ കൊഴുപ്പിക്കാൻ. ഈ നായക വില്ലന്മാരിൽ ആരാണ് ശരിക്കും സ്റ്റോറിയുടെ ഡ്രൈവിംഗ് ഫോഴ്സ് എന്ന ചോദ്യത്തിന് ഉറപ്പിച്ചൊരു ഉത്തരം പറയാൻ പ്രയാസമാണ്. കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളാണ് ബാൻഷീയുടെ ശക്തികേന്ദ്രം. ഇതിലെ ഓരോ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളും ചുമ്മാ സ്‌ക്രീനിൽ വന്ന് പോകുന്നവരല്ല. ഓരോരുത്തർക്കും വ്യക്തമായ ഐഡന്റിറ്റിയുണ്ട്. കഥാഗതിയെ നിയത്രിക്കുന്നതിൽ നിർണ്ണായക സ്വാധീനം ചെലുത്തുന്നവരാണ് മിക്ക കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളും. വളരെ ഡെപ്തിയായ.. ഇമോഷണൽ ബാഗ്രൗണ്ട് ഉള്ള.. സ്ട്രൈക്കിംഗ് ബാക്ക്‌സ്റ്റോറിയുള്ള ഒരു പിടി മികച്ച കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ. Lucas Hood, Emmett Yawners, Siobhan Kelly, Rebecca, Carrie Hopewell, Deva Hopewell, Brock Lotus, Sugar Bates, Mr. Rabbit, Job.. അങ്ങനെ നീണ്ടുപോകുന്നു ആ നിര. ഓരോ എപ്പിസോഡിലും ഒന്നിലധികം ആക്ഷൻ സീനുകൾ, മാസ്സ് സീനുകൾ, സെക്സ് സീനുകൾ എന്ന രീതിയിലാണ് സീരിസിന്റെ ചേരുവകൾ. അതെല്ലാം നിങ്ങളെ Engaging ആക്കി നിർത്താൻ വേണ്ടി ചുമ്മാ Forced ആയി തള്ളിക്കയറ്റുന്നതല്ല. കഥയിൽ ഒഴുക്കിൽ സ്വാഭാവികമായി വന്ന് ചേരുന്നതാണ്. കഥയുടെ അടുത്ത ഘട്ടത്തിലേക്കുള്ള പ്രോഗ്രസ്സിന് വേണ്ടിയുള്ളതാവാം അങ്ങനെയുള്ള മിക്ക സെഗ്മെന്റുകളും. സീരീസിലെ ചില എപ്പിസോഡുകളൊക്കെ ത്രില്ലിന്റെ എവറസ്റ്റ് കേറ്റുന്നവയാണ്.

ബോക്സിങ് റിങ്ങിലെ ഇടിവെട്ട് ഫൈറ്റ് സീൻ എപ്പിസോഡ്, കൈതി സിനിമയുടെ എക്സ്ട്രീം വേർഷനായ പോലീസ് സ്റ്റേഷൻ അറ്റാക്കിങ് എപ്പിസോഡ്.. എന്നിവയെല്ലാം അവയിൽ ചിലതു മാത്രം. അതൊക്കെ വിസ്‌തരിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞ് നിങ്ങളുടെ ആകാംഷ കെടുത്തുന്നില്ല. എന്റർടൈമെന്റ് എന്ന Base ൽ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് ആക്ഷനും വയലൻസിനും പ്രാധാന്യം നൽകി നിർമ്മിച്ച സീരീസാണെങ്കിലും.. കഥയുടെ ഇന്നർ ലയേഴ്‌സിൽ റെലവന്റെ ആയ ചില വിഷയങ്ങളും സീരീസ് സംസാരിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. മത അന്ധവിശ്വാസങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും അവയുടെ അപകടങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും, അതുപോലെ വർണ്ണ, വർഗ്ഗ വിവേചനങ്ങളുടെ ഭീകര വശങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും ശക്തമായി തന്നെ സീരീസ് പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്നു. Exaggerate ചെയ്ത് ഒരു വാക്കുപോലും ഞാനിതിൽ എഴുതി പിടിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടി��്ല. എല്ലാം എന്റെ വ്യക്തിപരമായ അനുഭവങ്ങളും അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളും ആണ്. ഒരുപാട് പോസിറ്റീവ് പോസ്റ്റുകൾ ഈ സീരീസിനെ കുറിച്ച് എത്രയോ തവണ ഞാൻ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്. പക്ഷേ അവയൊന്നും ഈ സീരീസ് കണ്ടു തുടങ്ങാൻ എന്നെ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതായിരുന്നില്ല. നിങ്ങളിലും ഒരുപാട് പേർ അതുപോലെ മടിച്ചു നിൽക്കുന്നവരുണ്ട്. അവരെയൊന്ന് ബൂസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യുക എന്നതാണീ പോസ്റ്റിന്റെ ലക്ഷ്യം. ഈ പോസ്റ്റ് നൽകുന്ന ഹൈപ്പും നിങ്ങൾക്ക് മതിയാവുന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ, പിന്നെ ഇതിലും മികച്ച ഹൈപ്പ് പോസ്റ്റ്‌ വരുന്നത് വരെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക

[soul26dit]

LEGO Ninjago war the team had argue over proctor the city wu said stop because what willl do is make chaos jay said maybe we should stop care about city because every day we fight villains NYA said I am leaving the group because I have no power kai said don’t leave she said we have lots villan coming after us including overlord he is back we need your help jay said leave we need force proctor are city suddenly they was exposed ninjago was over darkiland

[robertaramayo]

My family's been here for 160 years. I've lived here my entire life. I am this town. I helped build it and I bled for it. Have you ever loved anything like that?

Ulrich Thomsen as Kai Proctor in Banshee (2013-2016)

#bansheeedit #banshee #kai proctor #ulrich thomsen #m:gifs #but i love him your honor #it scares me how much i love him #your baddies only wish they could be on the same level as proctor