#or rather ''what would've happened to these guys on v-day and how would they have handled the fallout''

[snickerdoodlles]

im telling myself no new fics until i finish some of the wips burning a hole in my drive folders, but i can’t get this kinnporsche kingsman AU out of my head, so sneak peek at the start of it:

“Sir.”

Kinn looks up from his morning coffee to see Big holding out an envelope. He sighs into his cup discreetly—he can tell the envelope isn’t any of the usual business, it’s too short and they don’t code anything in blue—oh, excellent, they’ve found his enigma. Kinn sets his coffee down calmly and takes the envelope with lazy grace, dignity immediately ruined when he rips the envelope in his eagerness to open it. He ignores the way Big fidgets at his shoulder and reads the citizen’s profile greedily.

Name: Porsche Pachara Kittisawasd, 43 DOB: DD-MM-1996 Status: Unmarried Dependants: One …

Kinn skims through the file quickly. There isn’t much worth reading; the file is mostly information compiled prior to V-Day. In fact, Kinn bets the only updates this file has seen in the past seven years is the list of deceased and the Number. It’s frustratingly thin—Kinn would kill for a picture of his man, even if he can acknowledge printer tech still isn’t what it used to be and Arm sadly has more important requisitions he’s still waiting for—but at least the man exists as something more than the smell of smoke and fever bright memories, now.

Kinn flips back to the first page of the file. His fingertip lingers over the man’s name—Porsche, he thinks, rolling the sounds around in his mind—before he taps the section thoughtfully. “Who’s his dependent?”

“One younger brother.”

Kinn frowns in surprise. “Age?”

“Seventeen sir.”

Huh.

He taps the file again idly as he thinks. “This is all the information you’ve found on him?”

Big hesitates, and Kinn sighs silently. He, Papa, and Vegas had worked extensively after V-Day to rebuild the city’s administration, but his quick skim through Porsche’s schooling and employment sections show the signs of someone that had fallen through the cracks of society even before everyone tried to kill each other. The number of suicides in the first few months post V-Day alone made updating the city’s census nigh impossible, nevermind the nightmare of trying to find employees to do it in the two years following the event—it’s little surprise to discover Porsche has been close to lost ever since those cracks had turned to canyons.

“Sir,” Big says, hesitant and odd. Kinn frowns up at him, and Big squirms awkwardly under the attention before he steels himself, “Arm insists you read his notes on the last page.”

Kinn’s frown deepens—since when is Arm not direct? Or Big, for that matter. Big shifts uncomfortably again, and Kinn flips back to the last page, wary.

Arm’s notes aren’t long at all. Just a small note of, has never held a license, hastily scribbled in pen and smeared sideways by highlighter.

Kinn blinks. He flips back to the first page, eyebrows rising and fingertips lingering besides Porsche’s name. “He’s never owned a car?”

“No sir, never. It’s harder to say for certain, but Arm’s equally confident the man’s never owned any sort of firearm either.”

Kinn freezes, briefly, before he breathes out slowly and looks at the file in new light. He feels Big relax in the face of his surprise, and tries to feel bad for the poor man. Big’s easy to read as ever—his concern and wariness giving way to open relief as Kinn reads through Porsche’s file with more care—but Kinn has too much heart to warn him he’s more intrigued than worried over the revelation. Let the man have a few moments of peace before Kinn continues his pursuit. Big’s certainly earned it.

Kinn flips back to the first page and stares at the first line, willing it to crack open and spill its secrets.

Porsche Pachara Kittisawasd.

43.

How very, very curious indeed.

#cookie's writing #kinnporsche #mine: kinnporsche #kinnporsche kingsman au #this isnt like. kinnporsche cast as spies btws. its kinnporsche if it were set in the kingsman universe #or rather ''what would've happened to these guys on v-day and how would they have handled the fallout'' #bc i love worldbuilding and im forever fucking salty at the bullshit the series tries to claim on it lmao #not calling it a crossover bc none of the kingsman cast shows up in it ppl will be v disappointed if i do #the only one that was a spy in a suit is arm hes the only one shaped enough for it #ANYWAYS i rly love this wip jhvhjvh i wanna write it but also oh no my other wips TTwTT #help

[lightningblade1994-blog]

Sonic the Hedgehog: "Andrew's Empathy for Sonic" Scene (For KatarinaTheCat)

Andrew: Bluey!

Sonic: Oh. it's just you.

Andrew: Oh, thank goodness! I thought I've came in too late. I need to warn you.

Sonic: Warn me...about what, exactly?

Andrew: When I went back to Echidna Town to inform the Council of Ebon about my travels on earth instead of calling it "your world", they've lost their marbles, Earth is off limits, there is a secret military weapon hidden in your world.

Sonic: Oh, THAT.

Andrew:{stunned} W-what?! You actually knew?

Sonic: Yeah.

Andrew: I don't understand.

Sonic: Here, Have a seat. This may take a while.

{after many explanations later}

Andrew: So, you and Shadow are...related? but you don't EXACTLY look a like? And then you guys tried to save the ARK from falling into Earth but then Shadow managed to sacrifice himself for the greater good, then he just came back? Just like THAT? That's nuts, man.

Sonic: Uh-huh. As far as we can tell, Shadow just CAME BACK.

Andrew: THAT is super weird for an Arch-Nemesis. Enemies these days, they just don't give up. They're relentless. Lancelot already destroyed everything in the temple back at my world when Dean became High Priest. He took all those lives away rather than spare them.

Sonic:{Perks up with a sad look} Whoa, dude. I..I'm sorry.

Andrew: Don't be. If anything, I'm the one that should be apologizing. If I actually foresaw what was about to come, I would've saw for myself that your world had already been compromised for Militaristic Government takeover. I should've warned you.

Sonic: I've just gone to Cosmo back then. She told us her side of the story; about the Metarex, before she--{holding back tears} well, who knows what would happen?

Andrew: I can't even imagine what you children are going through. Literally, Like I've got no concept of it. With my whole family gone, I'd had to start things over with Haily Ranna just to keep the family name from facing extinction. {snickers nervously} Never even knew my grandparents.

Sonic: After the last few months, I'm speechless.

Andrew: The Resistance would want to hear your side of the story. a power struggle is brewing in the unknown parts of both our worlds.

Sonic: What kind of "power struggle"?

Andrew: The Resistance is trying to unite enough allies from different nations of the world to stop G.U.N. The thing is, nobody's even heard of the ultimate lifeform forsaking himself to save all of humanity. It's crazy. It just doesn't happen. THIS could be the advantage we're both looking for.

Sonic:{smiles softly} Sure. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

Andrew: I don't get WHY you're smiling.

Sonic: just thinking about everything that I've through after so many years, how HUGE it all feels. for the fact, it's just a small part of something much larger makes it all seem more...manageable. I don't know. But it helps.

Andrew: Sorry to rain on your parade-- That also happens on your world, right? Anyway, once they've found out that Project Shadow has been unleashed, the Guardian Units of Nations are gonna come for you guys. Believe me, when they've set their targets on the thing that they've kept locked up for 50 years, they don't give up without a fight.

Sonic: Don't worry. We'll be ready.

Andrew: I hope so. What's the plan in the meantime?

Sonic:{remains silent for a moment; starting thinking; then just smiles}...finish Highschool, I guess.

Andrew: Oh. Alright. good. Sounds good...What's "Highschool"?

Published: 06/16/22

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTpEOocm5c

(C) SEGA/Sonic Team

oc belongs to (C) KatarinaTheCat

#sonic the hedgehog #fan works #commission #sonic oc #juniper of ebon #sonic x #Sonic Adventure 2 #sonic forces

[literaila]

excuse you?? i will like all of them. give me all your favorite shoes and movies right now or else >:( nope, haven't watched that. i will soon. i'm watching squid game right now, actually. everybody keeps mentioning it, so. i'm curious.

haha! it's not egotistical at all. you must reaallyy like shatter me. i wanna read it soon now. i'm so close to finish twilight. all those quotes make no sense, i barely have any context.

mm? i do? it was fresh, which is why i told you everything. mostly. listen, okay. i was getting ready for school and all. and then i went to school. this dream happened a few years ago- i was in like 4th grade or something. so i was walking in the building and all, then. i was like, 'huh, i think i forgot my socks.' then i looked down. and guess what! no shoes. so i was panicking over that for a few minutes, then i woke up. i was very glad- would've been very embarrassing if it wasn't a dream. oo? tell me!

ohh. that doesn't sound too good. the tv? that feeling is the worst, darling. genuinely. hope you've been feeling in a non-crying mood lately.

oh. but it must happen eventually. i found eclipse or something like that in my teachers library. peaked a bit. ‘i love you, jacob’ or something along those lines at the end of the book. now i’m dying. i need to know. soup for breakfast? unique.

my humor is dark. so, no.

wow- hilarious. can you hear me wheezing? that’s practically the same thing! doesn’t count.

actually, i’ve been staying up!! fucking finally, horaay. (how do you spell that? horray?) also. did i tell you one of my teachers was back? she had to quarantine because she was exposed to corona and wasn’t fully vaccinated. they’re all back today, though. hmm. today was okay. my english teacher used she/her, accidental, obviously. but i’ll just quit. it’s school, doesn’t matter too much. also- she asked me how i was. “good..?” “you sure?” i swear.. she’s on my ass, huh? and this smart kid (joey) sitting next to me went, “she’s like that sometimes. always says she’s okay.” like damn?? why are you so invested in my life?? hmm.. what else. that’s about it, honestly. tomorrow i’ll bring an energy drink to school, i need it.

how are you ?? your day, my love? i’d apologize for such a late response, but doesn’t seem you like my apologies too much.

— 🐢

i’ve already told you pretty much all of them. i’m also watching the squid game! thought i would get it out of the way…

oh no, i adore shatter me. so so so much. the series is my only solace. they make perfect sense <3

sounds very very terrifying. imagine if your shoes just disappeared. for no reason. ha! it wouldn’t be too bad.. i feel like i’ve gone to school without shoes before but that also seems crazy. uhh basically i showed up in a tiny red car, spencer reid asked me some things— note two characters from greys anatomy were there, arguing —and then i decided to leave? and then i just dragged the car away. and i was married? not sure. it doesn’t make sense now.

ha! i cry at everything. literally. when i’m mad, sad, happy. it’s not too bad most of the time, crying is cathartic.

eclipse is the best— despite also being the worst. honestly just pages 400-560 of new moon are absolute perfection.

boooo. as we can see, i’m clearly more hilarious.

it’s not the same thing! you didn’t even know it was snowing in this hypothetical situation. exactly. genius. would you rather do a “why did the chicken cross the road..” joke?

yay! i believe it’s hooray. darling, i mean this with all the love in my heart: of course it matters! especially because she asked you to let her know. she would care if you felt uncomfortable, so if you do, you should tell her. school is a place you should feel safe. well are you lying? maybe you have a bad poker face. i think that’s interesting… we always seem more secretive to ourselves.

get some sleep!

today was fine. had a math test. had anxiety. had work. all that. favorite parts of the day: this lovely person (anna) sitting next to me in english and telling me i should be an english teacher cause “you write sentences!” as she points dramatically to the sentence i’ve written. uhh at work there was a nice guy who said he wanted a peach-pecan salad and then almost immediately after went “uhh let’s go ahead and do that without the pecans” and i thought it was funny.

miss you, darling, but i’ll never accept the apologizes.

-v

#ask #🐢

[tortuga-aak]

We may be about to witness the fall of a Wall Street god

Reuters / Shannon Stapleton

On Tuesday, shareholders will decide whether or not hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman gains three seats on the board of ADP.

Ackman is trying to shake up a company that's already doing well for investors though.

If he loses this contest, already worried investors will lose more faith in the embattled hedge fund manager and Ackman's post-financial crisis legend may fade away.

There is one god-like quality that matters on Wall Street. It is the ability to move markets with a word.

Bill Ackman, the billionaire founder of storied hedge fund Pershing Square, may be about to lose that ability. It all hinges on whether or not he wins a proxy battle for three seats on the board of ADP, the data processing company, on Tuesday. 

For those who've watched Ackman's career since the financial crisis, this is a stunning reversal of fortunes. The silver-haired (and tongued) stock picker made a name for himself after he bet against MBIA, a mortgage insurer, before the housing market went bust. That bet alone turned him into "one of the guys who got it right" in 2008 — it gave him kind of a mystical sheen in the post-crisis market. People believed in him. There is no replacement for that confidence.

But things fall apart. For Ackman, that all started in 2014. He had just given a 3-hour presentation on why his now infamous Herbalife short was going to zero, and the market insulted him by carrying the stock higher as he spoke. It was a clear sign that the man was losing his connection to myth, and this publication published a piece titled "What the heck happened to Bill Ackman."  In the following year, and in 2016, Pershing Square posted massive losses. 

The last two years have taken their toll on Ackman's investors. They're already pulling quite a lot of money from his funds when you consider restrictions on withdrawals, and — as Reuters reported Monday  — some are expecting to pull more if this vote doesn't go Ackman's way. It's easy to see why.

CNBC, screenshot

Everyone is bored now 

ADP shares were doing just fine before Ackman came along, hitting record highs over the summer, but he thinks they could do better if the company generated higher profits, streamlined its business and focused on new technology. It's all pretty dry stuff, even if the campaign itself has been very colorful. ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez has called Ackman a "spoiled brat", and claimed that the fund manager said he's "second only" to the President of the United States. There was a time when language like this from a CEO would've obsessed the business world for days, and claims to Internet fame would've raised a few eyebrows across Wall Street. 

But in a sign of changing times, Ackman's ADP Circus hasn't garnered nearly the attention that his disastrous battles over JC Penney, Herbalife, and Valeant Pharmaceuticals did. In all cases, he rolled out a massive plan, alerted the media, and made his case for all to see. 

Where, in the past, Ackman's proxy battles were nail biters. This time ADP shareholders are already leaking to CNBC that they plan to vote against Ackman's plan. Ackman reacted to that news on CNBC by railing against anonymous sources, insisting that proxy advising companies recommended that ADP vote him on to the board (they didn't), and attacking another billionaire investor that suggested he should've done all of this behind closed doors.

Pershing Square, Bloomberg dataThere's what, and then there's how 

What investors have learned with Ackman is that it's not always what you do, it's how you do it that introduces risk. In fact, that's essentially what Institutional Shareholders Services Inc. (ISS)  — the shareholder proxy adviser — was saying when it wrote its report on ADP v. Ackman.

(Ackman responded to the ISS report by accusing ISS and ADP of sharing inside information. That's certainly not a way to win friends and influence people.)

In its report, ISS said that Ackman may have some good ideas for the company, but he comes with a huge risk — himself. What Ackman would like to do quickly, ADP is already doing — just not in a way that's going to disrupt the company. 

"I wanted to make the company a technology company that provides services and compliance, rather than a services company that uses technology, which is what ADP’s DNA had been for a long time," Mr. Rodriguez said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.  Rodriguez isn't crazy to think that he should move more slowly than Ackman because the fund manager's impatience was a huge criticism of Ackman's investment in JC Penney. Under his direction the company ripped up stores, put in more expensive brands, and scared away its customer base. With Ackman on the board, it replaced its CEO — only to reverse course a few years later and hire him back to undo all the damage.  Ackman exited the investment shortly after.

He has promised to hold on to ADP win or lose. That's another Ackman flaw at play. As an investor, he has a hard time letting go. Valeant Pharmaceuticals comes to mind. After massive fraud at the company was revealed in October of 2015, Ackman rode the stock through its downward spiral until March 2017 — from a peak stock price of $257 to a trough of around $30. 

Valeant was a chaotic mess that ensnared a lot of hedge fund land, but few were as vociferous about the company's value as Ackman. In an industry where the only other currency of value besides money is being right, Ackman is in the hole. And, in a world full of fund managers who won the financial crisis but can't beat a rising market, Ackman perhaps represents a gotterdammerung: a twilight of the all-knowing, post-financial crisis Wall Street gods. 

We can't wait to meet the new ones, but before that happens, the old ones have to die first.

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