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𝐎𝐂: 𝐀𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫
— “All time ever does is pass and all I ever do is remember.”
— “May Death be proud to take us! Let us live, since we must die! Die with memories, not dreams!”
— Aika is currently raging in a snowy valley in Demons Run, not knowing that two children will save her life.
— In Planting Camellias, Aika is caught off guard by this Time Mage she has been searching for decades.
Name: Aika (???) Tolliver
Alias(es): Ains, Sarkany, The Blade(she hates this one), The Forgotten, The Widow
Age(s): 34-35(in Planting Camellias), 36-37(in Demons Run)
Gender/Pronouns: Gender Fluid, she/her, he/him
Species: Half-Human, Half-Devil
Affinity: Time Magic, Necromancy
Birthday: October 15th
Zodiac: Libra
Height: 175 cm(woman), 190 cm(man)
Blood Type: AB
Family: Alicia † (Mother), Faven † (Father), Sordello † (Father), Thorfinn † (Brother), Evan/Ivan (Son), Holly (Daughter), Holly † (Ex-Wife), Arthur (Ex-Husband), Julius (Lover), Raymond (Uncle), Lydia (Aunt), Styrmir (Future Son), Anastasia (Future Daughter)
Other Relations: Morris (Ex-Lover), More To Be Revealed
— 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐬
Demons Run (NSFW)
Demons Run (SFW)
Planting Camellias
— 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Pale-skinned woman with long, black, wavy hair with undertones of violet. Her eyes are lavender and has a pert nose and pink lips. She often wears black leather gloves that limit her mana, a white blouse and black, high waisted pants, both with gold buttons. Some days she wears a crimson half-cloak with a steel pauldron. From the shoulder plate, hangs an upside down cross connected by a gold thread in reference to the martyrdom of Peter the Apostle. At her waist, hangs a long sword, once wielded by her father, Sordello.
In her teens, she had a strong desire to be a man so she would be respected more. A nearly unachievable desire turned to despair and she manifested transformation magic which allowed her to turn into a male version of herself. She called herself “Ains” in this form and used male pronouns. Ains was 6 feet 3 inches and had short curly hair and wide shoulders. Aika’s strength was much more visible in the form of muscles when she was Ains.
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— 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
She is kind and reserved with those who she respects and is close with, but cold and standoffish with most other people. She will put up masks for the sake of politeness but it’s rarely ever genuine. She lies very easily to get what she wants but she finds it difficult to lie to those she likes. In battle, she is often described as a maniac when faced against many. They say that as a battle drags on, she cannot hide the sadism on her face. Even when faced against an enemy stronger or smarter than her, she is relentless and persistent to the point of recklessness to overpower her opponent.
She is known for out of box thinking and her ability to use her vast knowledge in any given situation. Her greatest asset is her ability to spot potential. Due to this, she is often motherly to those she takes under her wing. This side of her helped her build a successful company/guild that she still runs to this day.
Her love is as deep as her hatred. No matter how many times love has hurt her, she never stopped even if it’s difficult to verbally express it. As of right now in Demons Run, Aika loves her two children Evan and Holly, and her lover, Julius.
— 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Aika was found by her two Fathers, Faven and Sordello in the giant demon skull in Hage, between the legs of her dead mother. She was born slightly premature from a coffin birth. They buried the woman and took her pocket watch as a keepsake for Aika to have. They named her “Aika” which means “time” because of the watch, and as a reminder that the passage of time has both ends and beginnings. They took her home to Alicia, their lover and Aika’s mom to be, and adopted her despite Alicia’s hesitation. She conducted a blood adoption ritual that made Aika their own daughter, changing her appearance from a brunette with pink eyes to dark hair with lavender eyes, her appearance taking after each of her three parents.
They raised her preciously like their own for three years and Alicia gave birth to Aika’s brother, Thorfinn. He had dark hair like her and bright blue eyes. Aika loved her brother to death. While she was barely showing signs of magic, Finn was spewing lightning magic since the day he was born, hence the reason why he was named after the god of thunder. When Finn was three and Aika was six, they were playing in the backyard and Finn accidentally struck Aika’s back with lightning. She died but was resuscitated again by a smaller zap of electricity. She has a scar on her back till this day and the only scar she hasn’t healed despite her ability to do so, as a reminder of her brother.
Throughout Aika’s childhood, everyone were confused as to what her magic was. When she was in a bad mood, plants and little animals around her died, and in a good mood, they flourished. Aika was terrified of her own magic sometimes when it killed fauna so she learned to withdraw her magic so much due an irrational fear to the point where she was slightly sick all the time because of the lack of mana coursing through her.
Instead of using magic, she focused on using her own strength and talents. Her father Sordello was a blacksmith and a swordsman. He taught her everything he knew. Her other father Faven, was an artist: a painter, musician and a writer. Her mother Alicia was the smart one. In Aika’s eyes, she seemed to know about everything. Aika wanted to be all of them and she was. They taught their children all that they needed in life and more.
Around the time when Aika was fifteen and didn’t have a grimoire yet, the whole Tolliver family was traveling through the neutral zone when a pack of bandits attacked them. Her fathers and her brother fought them but they were trapped. Alicia forced Aika to run away while they all withered away to dust by an Ash Magic User.
Aika despaired and manifested her grimoire and something else as she blacked out. When she woke up, everyone were seemingly gone. Aika assumed she somehow killed them. She gathered her family’s ashes and marched to Spade Kingdom. She couldn’t believe how life can be taken so easily, she was still in shock, so she went to the Spade Kingdom War College and proved her worth so she could study Necromancy and bring her family back.
She learned quickly that she couldn’t but she was too far into forbidden magic to stop so she didn’t. She paid her way through college by fighting in underground fighting rings using her freakish strength and studied medicine and forbidden magic. She also dated Morris, a blind boy from the Diamond Kingdom. In her final year of college, she begins to show interest in divinity so as her final project, she conducts a ritual called “Imago Dei.” Directly translated, it means “The Image of God.” In the ritual, Morris and Aika bear the Image of God. They find that God doesn’t appear in one vision, rather it’s a concept, a feeling, a reflection of oneself and everyone all at once.
They of course go insane after everything was said and done but they do recover mentally. Physically, Aika stayed blind for a year. During this time, she found out that Morris was just using her and leaves him. She went to the Heart Kingdom to study Mana Zone under the High Priestess of Undine because of her blindness. She later comes to discover that she has a weak form of clairvoyance as a residue from the ritual she performed.
After Aika recovers her sight, she leaves the Four Suits Continent Aika left the Spade kingdom after she graduated from Spade Nation War College at 21 years old and worked as a necromancer at a funeral home in a country past the Spade Kingdom! She used to help the dead move on peacefully, exorcise any poltergeists, conduct autopsies, keep company for any ghosts at the adjacent cemetery and comfort the living. It’s a job that comes with a lot of responsibilities and she certainly didn’t get paid enough for it.
She then moved on to another country to work as an independent mercenary then worked as a mercenary knight for the royal family of that country. Aika then met and fell in love with the crown princess but their love was forbidden because of the difference in status and obviously, for being homos. But they eloped because it wasn’t forbidden by law and they had a happy few months before the kingdom fell and she couldn’t protect the princess. She died. The princess’s name was Holly.
After the death of the princess, at 24 years old, Aika began to lust for power. She spent 3 years in peace, forgetting what suffering and helplessness was truly like. She couldn’t save her family because she couldn’t figure out what her magic was. And she couldn’t save the love of her life because she was complacent. Even if she was strong, someone will be stronger than her. So she raced for the peak, to be the strongest of the strong. And she also wanted to find someone who had Time Magic just like her.
She found Evan after the fall of the kingdom. Aika wasn’t sure of his species, but he had devil horns and showed signs of being experimented on so she used her own blood to stabilize his condition and took him under her wing as her adopted son. Evan Tolliver wasn’t only a protégé, but also the witness and the biographer of Aika’s life. He saw both her brutality and compassion. Her losses and victories. Life and Death. The Beginning and End of Worlds. He is definitely the person who knows and understands her the most and is content to stay in her shadow.
Because of Aika’s use and overuse of forbidden magic, she has curse where her mere presence causes people’s emotions to turn very negative, almost like insanity. Another curse of hers is that she cannot sleep. She has given up part of her humanity for better control and power of forbidden magic so while she can sleep, she will be stuck in a nightmare world for 8 hours so she simply doesn’t sleep. The only people that can be around her for long periods of time are other dark magic users, 100% non-humans and people who have affinity with her magic.
It’s implied so far in Demons Run but for the next 10 or so years of her life, she fought war after war for whomever that will take her. Revolutions and invasions. Reconnaissance and strategy. Amidst all the wars, she also grew a greater understanding of magic. She wrote a few books on her observations and discoveries.
Because people coveted Aika’s Time Magic, she made a deal with a Faerie named Arthur. In exchange for her first born, Aika’s magic would be erased from the world’s memory. Aika soon gave birth to Holly, a child between herself and Arthur while they were briefly married for contractural purposes, and the deal was sealed. Aika gets to see Holly few times a week but mostly on weekends.
Aika was infamous for her terrifying recklessness. She would continue fighting even after she had been brutalized. She fought with both her arms chopped off. She even fought after being decapitated. The enemy was too shocked at her for moving even after her head flew off so they were killed instantly at her hand. The reason why she is alive after all these fatal incidents is because her stats raise by 500% when she is near death. The perfect buff for a necromantic warrior.
While out there, she made a guild out of all the people who followed her. It was a company that dipped its toes in every industry and when she was settling into business rather than war, Aika slowly started coming back to Clover Kingdom.
There she met the Wizard King and he often commissioned her to help and advise him. Year or two later, they found that the Wizard King’s younger brother was Faven, Aika’s father. There, she had also came to find out that Julius’s magic was Time Magic. They were keeping it under wraps for tactical advantage but the Wizard King revealed it to her. From there, Julius and Aika’s story in Demons Run begins.
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THE WEST WING 1.02 – “Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc”
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The West Wing recast
Aldis Hodge as Morris Tolliver
“In the event of a military coup, sir, what makes you think the Secret Service is going to be on your side?”
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BLACK LIVES MATTER
A list with black artists who have a song in the Unknown Songs That Should Be Known-playlist
(Can be a black artist in a band or just solo-artist) (no specific genre)
Bull’s Eye - Blacknuss, Prince Prime - Funk
Aftershow - Joe Fox - Alternative Hip-hop
Strangers in the Night - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Soul
Explore - Mack Wilds - R&B
Something To Do - IGBO - Funk
Down With The Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks - Pop
Dans ta ville - Dub Inc. - Reggae
Dance or Die - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Funk
FACELESS - The PLAYlist, Glenn Lewis - R&B
Tell Me Father - Jeangu Macrooy - Soul
Southern Boy - John The Conquerer - Blues Hard Rock
Savannah Grass - Kes - Dancehall
Dr. Funk - The Main Squeeze - Funk
Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You - Lizz Wright - Jazz
Out of My Hands - TheColorGrey, Oddisee - Hip-Hop/Pop
Raised Up in Arkansas - Michael Burks - Blues
Black Times - Sean Kuti, Egypt 80, Carlos Santana - Afrobeat
Cornerstone - Benjamin Clementine - Indie
Shine On - R.I.O., Madcon - Electronic Pop
Bass On The Line - Bernie Worrell - Funk
When We Love - Jhené Aiko - R&B
Need Your Love - Curtis Harding - Soul
Too Dry to Cry - Willis Earl Beal - Folk
Your House - Steel Pulse - Reggae
Power - Moon Boots, Black Gatsby - Deep House
Vinyl Is My Bible - Brother Strut - Funk
Diamond - Izzy Biu - R&B
Elusive - blackwave., David Ngyah - Hip-hop
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Heritage Blues Orchestra - Blues
Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen - Psychedelic Rock
Disco To Go - Brides of Funkenstein - Funk/Soul
Circles - Durand Jones & The Indications - Retro Pop
Cheesin’ - Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, sophie meiers - R&B
Changes - Charles Bradley - Soul
The Sweetest Sin - RAEVE - House
Gyae Su - Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band - Funk
What Am I to Do - Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner - Hip-hop
Get Your Groove On - Cedric Burnside - Blues
Old Enough To Know Better - Steffen Morrisson - Soul
Wassiye - Habib Koité - Khassonke musique
Dance Floor - Zapp - Funk
Wake Up - Brass Against, Sophia Urista - Brass Hard-Rock
BIG LOVE - Black Eyed Peas - Pop
The Greatest - Raleigh Ritchie - R&B
DYSFUNCTIONAL - KAYTRANADA, VanJess - Soul
See You Leave - RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen - Hip-hop
Sing A Simple Song - Maceo Parker - Jazz/Funk
Have Mercy - Eryn Allen Kane - Soul
Homenage - Brownout - Latin Funk
Can’t Sleep - Gary Clark Jr. - Blues Rock
Toast - Koffee - Dancehall
Freedom - Ester Dean - R&B
Iskaba - Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Afropop
High Road - Anthony Riley - Alternative Christian
Sunny Days - Sabrina Starke - Soul
The Talking Fish - Ibibio Sound Machine - Funk
Paralyzed - KWAYE - Indie
Purple Heart Blvd - Sebastian Kole - Pop
WORSHIP - The Knocks, MNEK - Deep House
BMO - Ari Lennox - R&B
Promises - Myles Sanko - Soul
.img - Brother Theodore - Funk
Singing the Blues - Ruthie Foster, Meshell Ndegeocello - Blues
Nobody Like You - Amartey, SBMG, The Livingtons - Hip-hop
Starship - Afriquoi, Shabaka Hutchings, Moussa Dembele - Deep House
Lay My Troubles Down - Aaron Taylor - Funk
Bloodstream - Tokio Myers - Classic
Sticky - Ravyn Lenae - R&B
Why I Try - Jalen N’Gonda - Soul
Motivation - Benjamin Booker - Folk
quand c’est - Stromae - Pop
Let Me Down (Shy FX Remix) - Jorja Smith, Stormzy, SHY FX - Reggae
Funny - Gerald Levert - R&B
Salt in my Wounds - Shemekia Copeland - Blues
Our Love - Samm Henshaw - Soul
Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious - Jazz Hip-hop
Knock Me Out - Vintage Trouble - Funk
Take the Time - Ronald Bruner, Jr., Thundercat - Alternative
Thru The Night - Phonte, Eric Roberson - R&B
Keep Marchin’ - Raphael Saadiq - Soul
Shake Me In Your Arms - Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ - Blues
Meet Me In The Middle - Jodie Abascus - Pop
Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist, ChurchPpl - Gospel Pop
Mogoya - Oumou Sangaré - Wassoulou
Where’s Yesterday - Slakah The Beatchild - Hip-hop
Lose My Cool - Amber Mark - R&B
New Funk - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Funk
I Got Love - Nate Dogg - Hip-hop
Nothing’s Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson - Soul
Crazy Race - The RH Factor - Jazz
Spies Are Watching Me - Voilaaa, Sir Jean - Funk
The Leaders - Boka de Banjul - Afrobeat
Fast Lane - Rationale - House
Conundrum - Hak Baker - Folk
Don’t Make It Harder On Me - Chloe x Halle - R&B
Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito - Hardrock
Beyond - Leon Bridges - Pop
God Knows - Dornik - Soul
Soleil de volt - Baloji - Afrofunk
Do You Remember - Darryl Williams, Michael Lington - Jazz
Get Back - McClenney - Alternative
Three Words - Aaron Marcellus - Soul
Spotify playlist
In memory of:
Aaron Bailey
Adam
Addie Mae Collins
Ahmaud Arbery
Aiyana Stanley Jones
Akai Gurley
Alberta Odell Jones
Alexia Christian
Alfonso Ferguson
Alteria Woods
Alton Sterling
Amadou Diallo
Amos Miller
Anarcha Westcott
Anton de Kom
Anthony Hill
Antonio Martin
Antronie Scott
Antwon Rose Jr.
Arthur St. Clair
Atatiana Jefferson
Aubrey Pollard
Aura Rosser
Bennie Simons
Berry Washington
Bert Dennis
Bettie Jones
Betsey
Billy Ray Davis
Bobby Russ
Botham Jean
Brandon Jones
Breffu
Brendon Glenn
Breonna Taylor
Bud Johnson
Bussa
Calin Roquemore
Calvin McDowell
Calvin Mike and his family
Carl Cooper
Carlos Carson
Carlotta Lucumi
Carol Denise McNair
Carol Jenkins
Carole Robertson
Charles Curry
Charles Ferguson
Charles Lewis
Charles Wright
Charly Leundeu Keunang
Chime Riley
Christian Taylor
Christopher Sheels
Claude Neal
Clementa Pickney
Clifford Glover
Clifton Walker
Clinton Briggs
Clinton R. Allen
Cordella Stevenson
Corey Carter
Corey Jones
Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd
Cynthia Wesley
Daniel L. Simmons
Danny Bryant
Darius Randell Robinson
Darius Tarver
Darrien Hunt
Darrius Stewart
David Felix
David Joseph
David McAtee
David Walker and his family
Deandre Brunston
Deborah Danner
Delano Herman Middleton
Demarcus Semer
Demetrius DuBose
Depayne Middleton-Doctor
Dion Johnson
Dominique Clayton
Dontre Hamilton
Dred Scott
Edmund Scott
Ejaz Choudry
Elbert Williams
Eleanor Bumpurs
Elias Clayton
Elijah McClain
Eliza Woods
Elizabeth Lawrence
Elliot Brooks
Ellis Hudson
Elmer Jackson
Elmore Bolling
Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.
Emmett Till
Eric Garner
Eric Harris
Eric Reason
Ernest Lacy
Ernest Thomas
Ervin Jones
Eugene Rice
Eugene Williams
Ethel Lee Lance
Ezell Ford
Felix Kumi
Frank Livingston
Frank Morris
Frank Smart
Frazier B. Baker
Fred Hampton
Fred Rochelle
Fred Temple
Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.
George Floyd
George Grant
George Junius Stinney Jr.
George Meadows
George Waddell
George Washington Lee
Gregory Gunn
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore
Harry Tyson Moore
Hazel “Hayes” Turner
Henry Ezekial Smith
Henry Lowery
Henry Ruffin
Henry Scott
Hosea W. Allen
India Kager
Isaac McGhie
Isadore Banks
Italia Marie Kelly
Jack Turner
Jamar Clark
Jamel Floyd
James Byrd Jr.
James Craig Anderson
James Earl Chaney
James Powell
James Ramseur
James Tolliver
James T. Scott
Janet Wilson
Jason Harrison
Javier Ambler
J.C. Farmer
Jemel Roberson
Jerame Reid
Jesse Thornton
Jessie Jefferson
Jim Eastman
Joe Nathan Roberts
John Cecil Jones
John Crawford III
John J. Gilbert
John Ruffin
John Taylor
Johnny Robinson
Jonathan Ferrell
Jonathan Sanders
Jordan Edwards
Joseph Mann
Julia Baker
Julius Jones
July Perry
Junior Prosper
Kalief Browder
Karvas Gamble Jr.
Keith Childress, Jr.
Kelly Gist
Kelso Benjamin Cochrane
Kendrick Johnson
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Kenny Long
Kevin Hicks
Kevin Matthews
Kiwane Albert Carrington
Lacy Mitchell
Lamar Smith
Laquan McDonald
Laura Nelson
Laura Wood
L.B. Reed
L.D. Nelson
Lemuel Penn
Lemuel Walters
Leonard Deadwyler
Leroy Foley
Levi Harrington
Lila Bella Carter
Lloyd Clay
Louis Allen
Lucy
M.A. Santa Cruz
Maceo Snipes
Malcom X
Malice Green
Malissa Williams
Manuel Ellis
Marcus Deon Smith
Marcus Foster
Marielle Franco
Mark Clark
Maria
Martin Lee Anderson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Matthew Avery
Mary Dennis
Mary Turner
Matthew Ajibade
May Noyes
Mckenzie Adams
Medgar Wiley Evers
Michael Brown
Michael Donald
Michael Griffith
Michael Lee Marshall
Michael Lorenzo Dean
Michael Noel
Michael Sabbie
Michael Stewart
Michelle Cusseaux
Miles Hall
Moses Green
Mya Hall
Myra Thompson
Nathaniel Harris Pickett Jr.
Natasha McKenna
Nicey Brown
Nicholas Heyward Jr.
O’Day Short family
Orion Anderson
Oscar Grant III
Otis Newsom
Pamela Turner
Paterson Brown Jr.
Patrick Dorismond
Philando Castile
Phillip Pannell
Phillip White
Phinizee Summerour
Quaco
Ramarley Graham
Randy Nelson
Raymond Couser
Raymond Gunn
Regis Korchinski-Paquet
Rekia Boyd
Renisha McBride
Riah Milton
Robert Hicks
Robert Mallard
Robert Truett
Rodney King
Roe Nathan Roberts
Roger Malcolm and his wife
Roger Owensby Jr.
Ronell Foster
Roy Cyril Brooks
Rumain Brisbon
Ryan Matthew Smith
Sam Carter
Sam McFadden
Samuel DuBose
Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr.
Samuel Hammond Jr.
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.
Sandra Bland
Sean Bell
Shali Tilson
Sharonda Coleman-Singleton
Shukri Abdi
Simon Schuman
Slab Pitts
Stella Young
Stephon Clark
Susie Jackson
T.A. Allen
Tamir Rice
Tamla Horsford
Tanisha Anderson
Timothy Caughman
Timothy Hood
Timothy Russell
Timothy Stansbury Jr.
Timothy Thomas
Terrence Crutcher
Terrill Thomas
Tom Jones
Tom Moss
Tony McDade
Tony Terrell Robinson Jr.
Trayvon Martin
Troy Hodge
Troy Robinson
Tula
Tyler Gerth
Tyre King
Tywanza Sanders
Victor Duffy Jr.
Victor White III
Walter Lamar Scott
Wayne Arnold Jones
Wesley Thomas
Wilbert Cohen
Wilbur Bundley
Will Brown
Will Head
Will Stanley
Will Stewart
Will Thompson
Willie James Howard
Willie Johnson
Willie McCoy
Willie Palmer
Willie Turks
William Brooks
William Butler
William Daniels
William Fambro
William Green
William L. Chapman II
William Miller
William Pittman
Wyatt Outlaw
Yusef Kirriem Hawkins
The victims of LaLaurie (1830s)
The black victims of the Opelousas massacre (1868)
The black victims of the Thibodaux massacre (1887)
The black victims of the Wilmington insurrection (1898)
The black victims of the Johnson-Jeffries riots (1910)
The black victims of the Red summer (1919)
The black victims of the Elaine massacre (1919)
The black victims of the Ocoee massacre (1920)
The victims of the MOVE bombing (1985)
All the people who died during the Atlantic slave trade, be it due to abuse or disease.
All the unnamed victims of mass-incarceration, who were put into jail without the committing of a crime and died while in jail or died after due to mental illness.
All the unnamed victims of racial violence and discrimination.
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My apologies for all the people missing on this list. Feel free to add more names and stories.
Listen, learn and read about discrimination, racism and black history: (feel free to add more)
Documentaries:
13th (Netflix)
The Innocence Files (Netflix)
Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix)
I Am Not Your Negro
YouTube videos:
We Cannot Stay Silent about George Floyd
Waarom ook Nederlanders de straat op gaan tegen racisme (Dutch)
Wit is ook een kleur (Dutch) (documentaire)
Books:
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
White Fragility by Robin Deangelo
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Woman, Race and Class by Angela Davis
Websites:
https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsoflyn00nati/page/n11/mode/2up
https://lab.nos.nl/projects/slavernij/index-english.html
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://www.zinnedproject.org/
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POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Markieff Morris Brings Toughness Off the Bench
POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Markieff Morris Brings Toughness Off the Bench
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The Detroit Pistons have been without consistent contributions from the backup big men in recent years. There have been some solid, even exciting, bench bigs, such as Anthony Tolliver and Aron Baynes, who brought hustle, IQ, and leadership behind Tobias Harris and Andre Drummond. Once that duo no longer repped Detroit’s red, white, and blue, the team has…
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TWW REWATCH: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (1x02)
• mandy blaring her rock music while driving recklessly triggers me
• ngl I always hated the line “I drink from the keg of glory! bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land.” just being honest
• however I do like donna’s line “it’s going to be an unbearable day.” hey maybe I’ll paint that for my west wing quote I wanted to do. positive vibes only.
• the early theme song always throws me off
• “Sarcasm’s a disturbing thing coming from a woman your age.”
“And what age would that be Toby?”
“...late 20s.”
And then she denies him a cookie and gives one to Sam 😂
• oh my god I forgot about morris tolliver! 😢
• “you should stay here. we got amman, a woman, little kids.” dad joke
• “don’t you have a job approval rating of like 3% or something?”
morris is a savage. I love that he can joke around with Bartlet
• I forgot Bartlet had trouble with the joint chiefs not liking him
• “I’d prefer it if the two of you didn’t get drunk in the middle of the day.”
“No.”
• Daisy was here for one episode and then disappeared to
• “I remember you.”
“Ah more good news for Toby.” Lol
• Sam why would you tell them your real name that’s so dumb
• “I’ve known this girl my whole life.”
“How do you know Brittany?”
“Who’s Brittany?”
Sam 🤦🏽♀️
• I get happy everytime I see the scenes in DC. knowing my favorite show filmed close(ish) to me is so cool.
• also Sam really should’ve left Laurie alone, for both of their sakes.
• I’m so sad everytime morris dies. It’s even worse cause he was a new father 😔
• woah the end credits don’t have the annoying upbeat music? I mean it’s upbeat but it’s not overly loud and obnoxious like the original one they come to have
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Complete list of 2019 unrestricted free agents
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An updated look (Compiled by Sam Amico) at the NBA’s unrestricted free agents, and those who can opt out of their contracts and enter unrestricted free agency, heading into the 2019 offseason (with age in parentheses).’
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Dwight Howard (34) — $5,603,850 (Wizards)
*Howard has picked up his player option
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Nerlens Noel (25) — $1,988,119 (Thunder)
Jonas Valanciunas (27) — $17,617,976 (Grizzlies)
Hassan Whiteside (30) — $27,093,018 (Heat)
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Dwight Powell (28) — $10,259,375 (Mavericks)
Julius Randle (25) — $9,073,050 (Pelicans)
Marvin Williams (33) — $15,006,250 (Hornets)
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Harrison Barnes (27) — $25,102,512 (Kings)
Kent Bazemore (30) — $19,269,662 (Hawks)
Jimmy Butler (30) — $19,841,627 (Sixers)
James Ennis (29) — $1,845,301 (Sixers)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (26) — $13,000,000 (Hornets)
Kawhi Leonard (28) — $21,329,752 (Raptors)
Khris Middleton (28) — $13,000,000 (Bucks)
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Tyler Johnson (27) — $19,245,370 (Suns)
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Goran Dragic (33) — $19,217,900 (Heat)
Jeff Teague (31) — $19,000,000 (Timberwolves)
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Bubby Galloway Austin Tolliver Savannah Dexter Justin Champagne David Morris SMG Jimmy Seth Anthony Ky Rodgers Camo Brian Brandon Hartt or ????? (at Macon, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYMkco3O2NW/?utm_medium=tumblr
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i forgot how emo i was about morris tolliver
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Knowing what happens to Morris at the end of this ep makes me so sad.
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I will post an Aika x Morris one-shot after I introduce a concept in my fic😎 It’s abt blindness and denial. God, it’s so fucking heartbreaking.
For those of you who are confused, Aika and Morris were classmates/lovers when they were younger and studying forbidden magic.
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1.02 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Podcast:
• I never seemed to realize Lloyd Russell (the Senator Mandy goes to work for) was trying to challenge Bartlet
• unpopular opinion: I never thought the “I drink from the keg of glory!” quote was all that great/funny
• Josh was based on Rahm Immanuel, a staffer in the Clinton administration.
• so glad they changed the theme song later on. the original was...not that good lol
• oh yeah Daisy is never seen again. she was one and done. the first one to be mandyville’d.
• “When Leo asked him the names of his wife and new born daughter I thought ‘oh oh dear.’ and then when the President actually asks Morris his wife’s name and kid’s name, I was like ‘oh he’s clearly gonna die.’”
• “Isn’t one of his (Martin’s) arms shorter than the other?”
“I’ll tell you Hirishi I never measured, because that seem like a really personal thing to ask someone.”
Episode:
• oh god Mandy’s erratic driving and yelling CRINGE
• hey CJ mentioned the Wiffenpoofs!
• damn that look Toby gave CJ after making the flippy joke...LOVE.
• I love the scene with Bartlet and Morris Tolliver. So funny and heartwarming and then you feel sad knowing what’s gonna happen.
• I love Bartlet’s sense of humor. Classic dad jokes.
• “I don’t understand did you trip over something?” I love Toby.
• *Josh walks back into Leo’s office*
“She answers to me and she answers to Toby.”
*leaves*
• “I’ve known this girl my whole life.”
“How do you know Brittany?”
“Who’s Brittany?”
I can’t with Sam. He’s such an ass in this scene with this whole ‘saving’ Laurie crap. And then she goes home with him!
• Morris :’(((
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