could you explain the mclaren reputation era please I missed it
ok well i don't really understand it entirely so bear with me here as i fumble through this.
essentially yesterday mclaren archived (deleted?) every single one of their instagram posts (and there were Thousands) except for this kind of twist trap esque video of lando, oscar and their car with the tagline "whatever it takes" like the imagine dragons song, or perhaps a 15 year old boy posting selfies of himself in the gym.
this of course is exactly what taylor swift did however many years ago right before she dropped her reputation album, archived every single one of her instagram posts except for these three videos of a snake slithering around and i don't remember what the words were associated with it but it was foreshadowing her reputation album. this was the album that she released directly after she got a whole lot of shit for her 1989 tour, took basically 2 years off and came back with some s tier bangers about how basically she didnt really care what the media thought of her, but she was reinventing herself (remember the "im sorry, the old taylor can't come to the phone right now, why? oh! cause she's dead!" meme" but essentially, it was her comeback after awhile away.
mclaren, as we know, has not won a championship since 2008 with sir lewis hamilton. their driver line up, lando norris and oscar piastri, is the youngest pairing of drivers on the grid (lando is 24, oscar is 22) and while the 2023 season for them started off absolutely terribly (their car fucking sucked) they were able to do some major upgrades throughout the season and turned it around by the silverstone race (just under halfway through the year). from silverstone on (13 races total) mclaren finished in the top 3 nine times (with both oscar and lando on the podium at the qatar and japan races) and were consistently in the points. oscar also won the sprint race in qatar. and lando had i think 17 overtakes at the mexico race, starting 19 and ending 5th. which is kind of incredible. in a season of absolute red bull domination (lets remember that a red bull driver won ever race except for the singapore race, which carlos won with the help of lando) they were consistently challenging them and there was one time in texas (i think?) where lando almost was able to overtake max.
so yes, red bull is definitely the favored team at the moment and is coming off of quite possibly the best season they've ever had. however. mclaren have some distinct advantages going into the 2024 season:
they do not have to worry about silly season. as we know, 14 drivers have contracts ending at the end of 2024 which means the absolute mad rush to resign and offer contracts across basically every team. redbull is basically guaranteed to not resign checo and might even swap him for daniel ricciardo halfway through the season whereas lands contract with mclaren ends in 2025 and oscars ends in 2026. mclaren can spend all of their time worrying about the car and the drivers rather than who they are signing.
oscar piastri. oscar just finished his rookie season (and previously won the f2 and f3 championships and won rookie of the year this year). in terms of rookie years he had an outstanding one. people compared him to lewis hamilton's rookie year. as a refresher, lewis hamiltons rookie year was in 2007 (also at mclaren) and he won his first championship in 2008. oscar is the first rookie since lewis hamilton to get multiple podiums and win something in his rookie year. expectations are running high here.
lando norris's expiring contract. as we know lando has one more confirmed year with mclaren. cel of mclaren zak brown has announced that they want to extend landos contract with mclaren, but, hes starting to get really really good, which means that a top team like red bull or mercedes might also try to get him as a driver. this is the year for mclaren to prove to lando that they can give him what he wants (which is to win a race. in his 5 years of formula 1 he hasn't won anything. and once he starts winning then hes going to want to win a championship. but. there is max verstappen to contend with). so their absolute balls to the wall tactic could work pretty well for them here. pre season testing doesnt start for over another month and they are already clearly locked in to the 2024 season.
lando and oscar actually get along. sure, formula 1 is an individual sport, but there is the drivers championship (for the individual driver) and the constructors championship (for the team with the most points). so they do have to work together. drivers not working together in the past has led to some ... undesirable results for teams (the great brocedes civil war of nico rosberg and lewis hamilton that ultimately resulted in nico retiring after he won his first championship, whatever the hell was going with max and daniel for part of the 2018 season, the french civil war at alpine between pierre gasley and esteban ocon) they are also both very consistent drivers. neither are incredibly crash prone and seem quite willing to work together on the track to optimize results.
yes they do also have disadvantages. lando has never won a race, they only have one pole position between them (lando in russia in 2021) and they're not a red bull. clearly they're the underdog in the situation. but they did finish fourth in the constructors championship in 2023 ("best of the rest") (and after basically getting next to no points for the first several races on account of the fact that their car was shit) behind ferrari, mercedes, and red bull. they're coming for the top 3 and honestly it could be their season to lose.
if ferrari doesnt change their strategy approach then they could be out of a shot at top 3. also ferrari have to deal with the nightmare of resigning both of their drivers (or finding new ones). merc and red bull will both be giving it their all (lewis hamilton really really wants to win his 8th world championship before he retires and max is well. max.) but if mclaren has a competitive car from the start of the season and doesnt have to play catch up for the first several races, then they could easily finish in the top 3.
also they released their livery today? which really confuses me (is that different than the car unveiling? what is going on someone mansplain it to me please)
Arizona and New Mexico are always stuck between Texas and California which sucks for them
NM: Texas wants me to tell you to tell California that he thinks California is being a real two faced snake. Pero last night he listened to break up songs at 3am and this morning I found a pint of ice cream in the trash.
Arizona: Ay, no. Well California wanted me to tell you to tell Texas that his chili is shit but don’t actually do that because Texas will kill you. Also, California spent our entire agricultural meeting talking about Texas bulls, y no sé if he was talking about cattle or what.
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Inspired by Candeloro's depiction in A Different Story, @bluethepearldiver and I were brainstorming on the idea of how the mercs' warlocks would look like in human forms the other day. After messing around with loadout.tf, we're glad to bring you the manifestations of our blorbos' despair, traumas, and obsessions!
Full details and items used will be under the cut.
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Disclaimer; Spy's, Jane's, and Dell's warlocks were all made by Blue, including PG-1986's (Spy's warlock) loadout. The rest was made by me.
Bear in mind that I am still working on a good deal of them; the only one who is remotely finalized is Medic- and Tavish's and Mundy's are still nameless, for corn's sake. I tend to take my time with these buggers, so most of them are subject to change.
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Scout
Becquerel, the thunderstorm/disaster warlock, with a hubristic nature.
Voodoo-Cursed Scout Soul
Masked fiend
Biomech backpack
Orion's belt
Fuel Injector
Tomb wrapper
Flak Jack
Fortunate Son
Crook combatant
Searing plasma effect
Weapon: Boston Basher
Themes: Radiation (from all that Bonk! he's been drinking), speed, vermin, rabbits, natural disasters ("I'm a force of nature!"), lightning, war, his huge ego translating into his warlock being fucking huge, also humanity's hubris ending up biting them in the ass, victim of the apocalypse
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Pyro
Girra, the oracle of Tartarus, with an idealistic nature.
Blazing bull
Waxy wayfinder
Scrap pack
Hard-headed hardware
Lunatic's leathers
Charred chainmail
Burning flames effect
Weapon: Backburner
Themes: Hell itself, power metal music (ignore the fact that TF2 takes place in the 60's-70's), forged by fire, the uncanny valley, uncontrollable smiles and laughter, unawareness, accepting help from a burning hand.
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Spy
PG-1986, the cloaked warlock. His nature is futility.
Bedouin bandana
Puffy Provacateur
Doublecross-comm
Griffin’s gogs
Voodoo cursed spy
Backstabber’s boomslang
Weapon: L'Etranger
Themes: Post-apocalypse, civilians being the targets of these bloody conflicts, lone survival, loss of identity, regret, family curses, separation, tough measures, possible backstabbing, snakes, rabbits, hiding
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Soldier
Anthony Clement McAuliffe, the vermin warlock, with a patriotic nature.
Lieutenant bites the dust
Tin pot (Battered)
Chaser (grenades ver)
Lone survivor
Man in slacks
Grub grenades
Sharp chest pain
Weapon: Beggar's Bazooka
Themes: The reality that America is a pile of flashy garbage embedded on stolen land, pollution, propaganda hiding the truth by claiming it to be a land of the free, lead, vermin like raccoons and maggots, plastic, poverty
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Heavy
Pushkin, the guardian warlock, with a selfless nature.
Pocket medic
Spiral sallet
Big steel jaw of summer fun
Purity fist
Fortune hunter
Batter's bracers
Kapitan's kaftan
Cerebral discharge effect
Weapon: Brass Beast
Themes: Guarding, old tales being passed down through generations, the harsh winter, flames, defenses, steel, gentle strength- with a dash of bloodthirst ofc, leadership.
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Medic
Asclepius, the warlock of reconfiguration. His nature is wonder.
Voodoo cursed medic soul
Second Opinion
Blighted beak
Wings of Purity
Vicar's vestments
Main cast (critical)
Quadwrangler
Archimedes
Infernal Grip effect
Weapon: Vita-saw
Themes: I don't feel like copying and pasting every little detail from that megapost, folks. Here's him without the mask, tho!
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Engineer
Robert, the bell warlock, whose nature is bewilderment.
Texas ten gallon
Teufort tooth kicker
Fancy spellbook
Something special for someone special
Flared frontiersman
Iron fist
Underminer's overcoat (paint sweater)
Electric hat protector
Weapon: Southern Hospitality
Themes: Repentance, faith in a higher power, trust, regret, loss, holiness, sainthood, blueprints, transhumanism, mourning
I see a lot of critique for 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star that is either “this is so unrealistic” or “this happened in XYZ show” well I get to be the nerd that tells you a lot of what happens in the show is based on real life events and fictionalised (like a lot of shows). So the same storylines come up again and again.
This nerd is going to make a list because real life really is stranger than fiction.
Lonestar
Things that actually happened in real life plus their Lonestar episode:
(Some of these are on IMDB so I’m using the direct quotes)
01x01 - Pilot: A manure factory fire that kills the original 126
Real life: The opening incident at the agricultural-products facility is based on the real-life ammonium nitrate explosion at West Fertilizer Company in West, TX, on April 17, 2013. Fifteen people died in the fire and explosion, including ten firefighters from the West Fire Department. (IMDb)
01x02 - Yee Haw: a man poisons sandwiches with mercury.
Real life:
01x03 - Texas Proud: someone gets trapped in a grain silo, sucking them down.
Real life:
01x04 - Act Of God: tornados in Texas
Real life: The tornadoes are based on the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak that occurred on 27 May 1997 that resulted in 27 fatalities around Central Texas. (IMDb)
01x05 - Studs - fire in a bull semen factory
Real life: The explosion at the bull factory was inspired by a real-life event in Victoria, Australia. (IMDb)
01x 06 - Friends Like These - a dog alerts the 126 of its owners farm accident
Real life:
01 x 07 - Bum Steer - runaway bull causes havoc in a car dealership
Real life: (happened in Scotland lmao)
01 x08 - Monster Inside - a rattlesnake infestation in the basement of a house. The dementia storyline was too sad I’m not researching it. Son refuses to accept his mother has passed.
Real life: this one is self-explanatory and there was too many examples and now I’m getting adverts for anti snake traps. America you scare me. (Although I’m reading texas houses don’t have basements the more you know). The last one is a common motif in shows this Criminal Minds episode did it too and so did the film Psycho.
01 x 09 - Awakening - gender reveal party goes horribly wrong plus a caving disaster.
Real life: here is an article about gender reveal party accidents and here is the wiki about John Edward Jones’ tragic death in Nutty Putty Cave
01 x 10 - Austin, We Have A Problem - solar storm fries the electricals
Real life: In the year 1989 in Quebec, Canada, waves of energy called a coronal mass ejection or CME wreaked havoc on the power grid for 12 hours. These CME's are the result of an explosion on the surface of the sun which has released powerful bursts of electromagnetic energy into the solar system. (IMDb)
In ancient Akkadian mythology, the pantheon of gods lived in a magical and sacred cedar forest. This mystical place was protected by a mighty creature called Humbaba (Huwawa in the Babylonian version), who was appointed as the forest’s guardian by the deity Enlil. In modern interpretations, the creature is sometimes called an ogre or a demon.
Humbaba was thought to be undefeatable, for not only was he a physically powerful giant, he was also clad in 7 magical radiances (called ‘auras’ in some translations) that protected the fearsome creature. He was a giant, humanlike creature with a strange face that resembled the entrails of a slain animal (which, if I understand it correctly, was a reference to the Mesopotamian practice of ‘reading’ the guts of animals to find omens. In addition, if the entrails happened to resemble the pattern on Humbaba’s face, this was considered a specific omen). His hands ended in dangerous lion-like claws. When Humbaba spoke, his voice was like thunder and his breath was deadly. It was said that his speech was (like) fire, but I’m uncertain whether this was meant to be taken literally.
Georg Burckhardt’s translation of the Gilgamesh epic provides a more detailed physical description: the monster’s head was adorned with bull-like horns, his body was clad in scales, his feet ended in bird-like talons and his penis was a snake. Humbaba also had a tail, which also ended in a snake. To my great annoyance, I have not been able to acquire a copy of this translation so I had to contact someone who did own a copy and ask for the description.
But I’m digressing. As it turned out, even the mighty Humbaba proved no match for the eponymous hero of the Epic of Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh and Enkidu travelled to the sacred forest to find the creature, Humbaba appeared before them to deny the heroes entry to the sacred forest. He fought fiercely, but the god Shamash commanded the winds themselves to blind Humbaba (as Gilgamesh was favoured by the sun god Shamash). After a long and fierce clash, the monster was defeated. He pleaded and begged for his life, but was slain nonetheless. Gilgamesh and Enkidu then cut down some of the holy cedar trees to make a giant door, with which they adorned the temple of Enlil.
It is also worth noting that effigies/images of Humbaba were used to protect against evil. Also, Humbaba might originally have been derived from the Elamite deity Humban. To my knowledge, this theory remains unproven.
Sources:
George, A., 1999, The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, Penguin Books, Great Britain, 228 pp.
Burkhardt, G., 1922, Gilgamesh, Brandus, Berlin (secondhand description)
Black, J. and Green, A., 1992, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: an illustrated dictionary, University of Texas Press, 192 pp.
(image source 1: Citrushark on Twitter and Reddit. I had to cut the bottom part of the picture because someone said I shouldn’t post a penis snake. Here is the full image, in all its uncensored Mesopotamian glory)
(image 2: an idol representing the head of Humbaba. Image source: Osama Amin on worldhistory.org)
A/N: I've made the reader 5'2, because I thought it'd be cute if Egon was a full foot taller than her. Sorry if you aren't that height. Now you can imagine yourself a different size XD. Please comment, and tell me how I can improve. Everything's appreciated.
WARNING: Violence, blood, angry Y/N, Peter starts nicknaming people, angst, there's a major make out scene toward the end so if you don't like that skip it.
Y/N's POV:
"Y/N? Are you there?" His voice no longer had the soothing effect it used to. Now it reminded me of what I didn't have. Of what I had been longing for for my whole life.
Ever since I knew about romance, about love and marriage, I knew there was someone for me out there. For the past three years I knew it was him. I was wrong.
"W-Wh-" I tried to answer, being cut off by a growling noise. This wasn't on the other line. This was in my bedroom. Where was it coming from...? I tilted my head, gulping inaudibly as I saw eyes blinking. 'Please be another nightmare...'
The telephone slipped from my hands as the creature slowly approached. I couldn't see well in the dark, but I could tell it was animalistic. It was hunched over, grunting and groaning.
I could hear a popping noise, as if it's bones were slipping in and out of place as it got closer.
It had a strange aroma. Not horrible at first but quickly becoming overwhelming and progressively worse. Like skunk, x 500.
I tried not to gag, putting my hand over my mouth to steady my breathing. It finally reached the end of the bed. It began pulling the sheets down, causing the telephone to be dragged with it.
'This can't be the last time I talk to him. This can't be the last time I live.' I slowly reached for the bedside table. Egon had given me a fairly large makeshift taser before leaving. It was powered by the same thing that powered the proton packs, just a lot less powerful.
It would do enough damage to let me escape. I carefully slipped my hand into the drawer, feeling around for the weapon. "Y/N?" The phone crackled, drawing the beasts attention.
Just a little to the right... there! I pulled the taser back into my chest, looking down at it. 'It's gonna make noise when I turn it on...' I looked back up.
The bedside I was on, was around eightish feet from the door. If I could stun the beast, get downstairs, sound the alarm, get either Ray or Peter to wake up, hopefully both... 'I'm gonna die.' I let it sink in, nodding slowly to myself.
At least I'll go out fighting. Fighting for my life. 'I love you, Egon.' I flicked the switch, keeping a straight face as it made a noise.
It wasn't very loud, but in the silence, it couldn't be louder. The beasts head flicked toward you, growling intensifying.
It got closer… closer… Now. I pushed out of the bed, letting out a cry as I leapt toward it. It roared, rearing back it's head as I tackled the monster.
I let out another scream, as one of it's horns stabbed my side. "Y/N!" Egon shouted panic evident in his voice.
I could see it better now. It had bones jutting out of it's back, almost like the spines of a stegosaurus. It's teeth were a foul yellow, jutting out like that of an angler, claws like bear, tail like a snake, and it had the horns of a Texas Longhorn.
The closest description: a bull from hell.
I winced harder, ignoring the blood soaking my shirt as I dodged it yet again. It's horns seemed to be it's primary weapon, it's movements were slow, and two of it's "paws" seemed to have already been injured when it got into the bedroom.
I grabbed the hanging bed sheet, holding it out to the side of me. I figured I resembled a matador. "Come and get me, big boy." I huffed out, watching as it growled louder.
It charged me, planning to ram it's horns into my stomach. I leaped to the side at the last second, letting it run into the sheet instead. I quickly moved behind it as it got it's head tangled in the white material.
I tazed it's neck yet again, ignoring it's yelp as I used that brief pause to wrap the sheet around the horns more securely. I hiked a leg over it's back, making sure my legs were out of reach from the mouth, and grabbed onto the sheet more.
"I honestly think we'd be friends, if you just stopped trying to MURDER ME." I shouted in frustration, as the beast whipped from side to side.
"WE LOOK RIDICULOUS, STEVEN!" Call me crazy, but it made me feel better to name the stupid thing. It snorted, glaring up at me. 'Weird... it's eyes aren't scary at all.' They were dark blue, and slanted. With a shine to it, no demon could have. It looked.. alive.
It started shaking it's head to and fro, bucking up, trying to kick me off. The door kicked open, Peter standing in the frame.
"Y/N! Why are you riding the monster bull?!" "IT WAS THE SAFEST OPTION I HAD, PETER!" Ray stumbled into him, holding the gun. 'I feel woozy...'
--Two Days Later--
Blackness. A void. I've been engulfed in it for the past... how long have I been out? I don't remember Peter and Ray trapping Steven, but I do remember slipping off the creature after a couple minutes of wrestling with it.
Blood loss, I assume. That sucker stabbed me pretty good. I've been in and out of it since that night.
The night Egon officially broke me, the night I threw caution to the wind and actually tackled a monster. "How.....has........out?" What was that?
I felt a hand touch my knee, rubbing it a little. "Two……seems…healing." I don't think I'm hearing properly.
Suddenly a bright light pierced the void, causing me to blink rapidly. Oh. I woke up. The wind blew lightly, the window allowing the air in. It was a nice summer... afternoon. What day was it?
I looked around the room sleepily. Peter and Janine. "Oh look, Miss Matador is awake." Peter snickered, coming to stand by the bed I was in. Not my bedroom, I noted. Wait... I know this room.
I sat up, wincing as I gripped my torso. "Whoa, whoa, cowgirl!" "Be careful, darling, you got hurt pretty bad." Janine, sitting on the edge of the bed, gently pushed you back down.
"Why am I in here?" My voice croaked. "In where?" "D-Don't act stupid with me, Peter." "Ouch. You win one fight and you start pushing me around." "Why am I in Egon's room, of all rooms?"
I looked between the two, anger rising. Janine passed me a glass of water. I took a few gulps before putting it on the table next to me. I didn't want to deal with this. Not now. Preferably, not ever.
"Y/N..." Janine tried to start of gentle, Peter seemingly not noticing her tone. "Look, Vaquera. You've been out for two days." My eyes widened at that.
"Ray and I didn't come up because of the noise. We actually didn't hear it until we got outside your door. Egon called us, shouting very loudly, and honestly incoherently, before we realized you were in danger." I looked up at him, still confused.
"You were getting loopy on the back of that beast. Blood loss was making you loose conscience. It bucked you off, you hit your head on the wall, and it knocked you out. The proton packs worked on it, but the trap... didn't. We managed to knock it out, and currently it's caged in the lab."
"Wait, wait..." I sat up slowly this time, leaning back on the headrest. "Steven ain't paranormal?" Peter snickered. "Steven? You named your attacker?" "We got in a heated argument, I needed something to yell at him."
"You sound like a m-" "Back to the topic at hand. Steven ain't paranormal?" I repeated the question. "We're... not sure. We haven't taken any tests yet." I tilted my head, confused. "Why?"
Janine smiled, pityingly, as she rubbed my knee again. "Egon immediately got in the car after we hung up on him. He drove straight here, only stopping for gas. He got here yesterday... hasn't left your side since."
I snorted, shaking my head. 'Yeah, right, like he'd be that worried.' "He's gonna start working on the tests soon." "That's a twenty-two hour road trip." I stated, disbelievingly.
"Yep." Peter popped the 'p' smirking down at me. "Well... if he hasn't left my side, where is he now?"
"We finally got him to go take a shower." My eyes narrowed. 'Why does he have to be so confusing?' I looked to my right, noticing the disturbed sheets, the wrinkled pillow. "...Janine?"
"You heard Peter. He hasn't left your side. He's been right next to you for..." She checked her watch. "Fifteen hours." I let out a breath, sliding back into my laying position. "This is a lot..."
The door swung open before anyone could respond, a 6'2 dreamboat standing where it used to be. His hair was still wet, his eye bags dark and purple. He had a slight stubble, and the anxiety in his demeanor was clear.
His eyes were looking at the floor when he first came, they slowly flickered up. They widened in surprise, noticing I was awake.
"Y/N!" He smiled, rushing to the bed. He never smiled for anyone else... The memories came rushing back. Him saying he couldn't love you. Him saying he doesn't want to take care of you.
He reached out for me, aiming for my right hand. I recoiled a little from him, not wanting to increase the ache in my heart. His eyebrows furrowed, his own hand drawing back toward himself.
Something flashed in his eyes, before disappearing. Again. He always made it hard for me to read him. "We'll leave you two to talk..."
Janine patted my shoulder before dragging Peter out of the room, closing the door behind themselves. Egon stood awkwardly, next to where Janine had been sitting.
"Is it... feeling better?" I snorted, letting my eyes shut as I sat back up. "Is what feeling better?" I asked for clarification, eyes blinking back open as I stared back at him.
His eyebrows were still furrowed, still confused. 'Oh, you aren't gonna answer?' I glared into his coffee brown eyes, my own Y/E/C showing the flaming anger rising inside of me.
"I've sustained multiple injuries, Egon. Which are you asking about?" He responded then. He took a step closer, eyes raking up and down, looking me over.
I leaned away from him, not sure what he was gonna do. "It didn't just get your stomach? Where else did you get injured?" I didn't think I'd ever heard him be so worried. It almost made my wall waver.
I scoffed, whipping the sheets off me. I took a mental note of the clothes I was in. Tight leggings, and a very long plaid shirt. The sleeves rolled up. Egon's plaid shirt.
I slowly slid out of the bed, refusing his help. I took a small moment to gather my balance, before looking back up at his towering stature.
He stood a full foot taller than me, but I wasn't scared. I've gone up against worst. "You don't even realize you're doing it, do you?!" I rose my voice, stepping closer to him.
He took a small step back, surprised at my advances. "I want to! We've been playing some weird 4D chess, Y/N, and frankly I don't know what I did to make you so angry!"
His voice rose too, making the flame of my anger blaze hotter. "Oh, you don't?" I asked quietly, fists balling. I paced back and forth, running a hand through my hair. "Fine. Fine, I'll spell it out for you Spengler." "Thank you."
I glared at him, wanting to smack him upside the head. "Two years ago, I all but confess my love for you, and you say you 'can't'. What the hell does that mean?! You can't what?! Love me?! Am I that difficult to LOVE?!"
It turns into shouting as I poke his chest, finally letting everything out. He blinked rapidly, realization settling on his face as he back up farther. "Y/N, no, that's not what I mea-"
"I was on the verge of breaking, Spengler. But instead of you giving me space, letting me at least attempt to move on, you wedge yourself into my life even deeper. Making me dependent on you."
I took another step closer to him, nostrils flaring as I think of all the emotional turmoil he's put me through these past three years.
"I figured having you as a friend was better than nothing. But no, you didn't act like a friend. You acted as if we were a thing. You promised to take care of me."
Another step, closer and closer forcing him toward the wall. "And then you run off to Florida, which I understood. But you became my crutch. I couldn't sleep without you. The night I call you for your soothing voice, for comfort, for anything, you abandon me."
I spat the words out like venom. He flinched, eyes never leaving my own as I finally backed him to the wall.
"I come to you in my moment of need, and what did you say? 'I take back what I said two years ago'? You take back what, wanting to care for me? Wanting to protect me? Well congratulations, Spengler!"
I was less then a foot from him, voice finally lowering. "I'll no longer be your nuisance. You're free." I went to move away, and that seemed to snap whatever was holding him back from speaking.
"Y/N-" He grabbed my elbow, pulling me back to him. "Egon, I swear to God, if you don't let me-" He did the one thing I never expected him to do.
His lips smashed onto mine, hands moving from my elbows to my hips, pulling me toward him. My eyes widened as he whipped us around, caging me to the wall this time.
He continued kissing me, not giving me any room to pull away. Not that I would. His stubble scraped wonderfully against my own cheeks, causing my eyes to roll back.
He made me weak, my knees feeling like they were giving out, and making me grateful he was holding me to the wall.
I slowly kissed him back, opening my mouth when his tongue lightly swiped my bottom lip. We wrestled for dominance, him eventually winning.
It was magical, breathtaking, everything I had been dreaming of since I first saw him. 'Why is he doing this to me?' I questioned everything, but I knew this would be the one time I could do this.
I kissed back with everything I had, sucking his tongue into my mouth, hands cupping his jaw as I tried to pour all the love I felt into the kiss.
I moaned loudly into his mouth, causing him to grunt. It got more and more passionate, him grinding me up against the wall, my leg wrapping around one of his.
He slowly pulled back, looking down at the stream of saliva connecting our mouths. "What was that?" I ask breathlessly, hands still on his jaw, his still on my hips.
His grip tightened, pulling me even closer toward him. "Why can't you see?" He asked, eyebrows furrowing yet again. It made him look like a puppy.
'Damn it, why does he have to be so attractive?' "See what...?"
The pressure from his fingers were comforting, tugging me toward him.
"Why can't you see that I'm in love with you?"
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Sara Jones: Information (Inspired by Other Cyberpunk players I've Seen Do This)
Age: 30 in 2023 (Woke up in 2077 after being frozen)
Hair Color: Blue
Eye Color: Bright Lime Green
Likes: Any form of music, riding out of the city at night when it rains, hugging (cause she's afraid of losing people) dogs (even though she never had or seen one) snowy weather, snakes (used to have a pet rattlesnake, until it slithered away) bull riding, guitar playing, singing in the shower, dressing in ways to reveal her physique
Hates: Anyone with a massive ego, the color red (believes its bad luck) long hair (on herself) anyone who believes themselves to be higher than god and/or people who mock god (she wouldn't say it, but it would bother her a lot) women and men who don't respect boundaries or consent
Beliefs She Keeps Secret: Not all Corporate people are bad, Johnny is just as bad as the Corporation he goes against (but she knows it would piss him off if she said it) Adam Smasher is just doing his job (although very messy and cruelly)
Quotes: "I don't give a fuck if you have Johnny Silverhand in your head, he was a piece of shit anyway..." "I will die alone V, just like everyone I've known has." "God damnit Rogue! You were supposed to outlive me in this! Don't you dare die!" "When I look up at the sky V, all I see is an afterlife that doesn't want me, when all I crave, is it." "Okay, everybody shut the fuck UP! Where the hell is my guitar?" "Oh, so this was your gun? Shit, looks like something a rich prick would have to compensate for his tiny-" "Yeehaw V! This is the first time I've ever felt happy since I woke up!" "Where is god in all this?"
Career: Arasaka Assassin/Late Night Rocker
Past Career: Rodeo Cowgirl
Past Loves: Johnny Silverhand (After stealing his gun, they went out a few times, until Sara found out he was with Alt) Rogue Amendiares (Got with Rogue after Sara broke up with Johnny, then they broke up after Sara got annoyed with her constant nagging and bringing up of Johnny) Andy Leno (Dated when Sara got to Night City after leaving Texas, then she found him at her old Fixers place which resulted in the breakup)
Current Lovers And/Or Crushes: Kauri Stunzer, V's of all genders, Kerry Eurodyne, Blue Moon, Lizzy Wizzy, Rogue Amendiares (In 2077, her old age makes her hotter) Johnny Silverhand (After Alt's death, Sara started hitting it off with him a bit, until the bombing)
Backstory (Gonna keep it short): At the age of six years old in the middle of Dallas, Texas. Sara's birth parents had dropped her off in front of a private boys school, where at the time, 27 year old teacher Booker Jones was working. He was going home after finishing the day, when he saw her hiding in a cardboard box next to his classroom window. She was quiet, alone. most likely sick, and hugging a raggedy old teddy bear close. He took her home in a panic, scared she might die of hunger or thirst. Since then, Sara had attended the school, and called Booker her father, not once in her life had she cared to find the parents who left her. At the age of 18, Sara began to work with her father's brother in a rodeo arena, becoming a young and tough rodeo cowgirl. At the age of 25, Sara left Dallas after her father and his brother had died of the same terminal illness. She hoped maybe she could pursue her dreams of being a rockstar, but instead, she ran into Johnny Silverhand after stealing his gun for cash. Since that day, Sara had became a merc, although, not a very good one at the time.
Death: While fighting with V and Rogue to kill Adam Smasher, Sara had watched Adam kill Rogue, which sent her into a state of cyberpsychosis after the fight. Once V had left Night City, Sara had tried to forget the faces of her friends who have died along the way, and while bathing one night, she pulled the trigger on herself with the same gun that had got her here long ago.
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Color: Juniper #3a5311
Symbol: heart
Strife Specibus: shoekind
Handle: captivatedGrip
Animal: bull
Pronouns: they/them and it/its
Age: 33
Birthday: 110th day of the year
Sexuality: lesbian
Interests: creative writing and rock balancing
Dream Moon: dual dreamer
Classpect: Maid of Space
Land: Land of Lampposts and Bulbs, a comfortable place, with muddy Texas blind snake consorts. It is a place full of spider shaped ponds and sunshine. Atlas has a choice for the player to make.
Instrument: carillon
Japanese Wagyu A5 Vs A4: All Concerning The Beef Grading System
When cooked, the marbled fat melts into the muscle fibers inside the steak reduce, serving to it retain moisture and stay juicy. It seems that I really have been on a bit of a quest for the ultimate burger recently and I suppose that I may have discovered it. Last time I tried getting a nice top quality fatty ground beef and paying attention to the main points when getting ready and cooking the burgers. Although the burgers turned out great I had one other thought to attempt; wagyu beef.
However, with the arrival of recent strategies, there has been an emergence of revolutionary strategies to organize wagyu beef, offering a wider vary of artistic options. There's no denying the attract of real wagyu beef, with its luscious marbling and unparalleled tenderness. But while this exquisite meat is undoubtedly the star of any dish, it is necessary not to overlook the supporting cast - the facet dishes that round out the meal and elevate the general dining experience. While not available just wherever in the united states, a number of brick-and-mortar places do retail Wagyu beef, and there are a number of online. Snake River Farms of Idaho is one of many operations specializing in Wagyu, with numerous cuts and bulk provisions obtainable through their website.
There can additionally be a perception that the cattle receive a every day therapeutic massage to assist relieve stress and encourage higher blood circulation, additional contributing to the tender nature of the beef. Still, there's DNA in the Western Hemisphere for producers fascinated. In 1976, 4 bulls had been despatched from Japan to the outside world, and Colorado University obtained semen collections, which have been subsequently bought to Wagyu Breeders Inc. As there have been no Wagyu females in the united states at the time, the two Wagyu Black and two Wagyu Red bulls had been bred to Angus, Hereford, and Brangus cows out of Texas.
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He said his clients notably respect hearing the story of where the snow beef comes from. "When we came across the Holsteins [cross], it was really attention-grabbing. The strip loin is about twice the size of an Angus-Wagyu cross. It's very big, very lengthy and pretty unbelievable," Thauberger said. Snow beef is greater in unsaturated fat and decrease in saturated fat.
Breeders will usually muddy their bloodlines, cross-breeding Wagyu cattle with extra widespread varieties for hardiness and profitability. Inspired by Japanese craftsmanship and Canadian innovation, Bullus blended the two to create the subsidiary Wamame Foods to develop the world's best-tasting plant-based meat options. These groundbreaking merchandise, together with Waygu®, supply unprecedented meat-like texture, mouth really feel, flavour, and umami honouring great Japanese craftmanship whereas incorporating one of the best in Canadian innovation. Put simply, Kobe beef is Wagyu cattle that's specifically born, raised, and slaughtered in the Hyogo prefecture, of which Kobe is the capital and largest city. Collectively these 4 Japanese breeds of beef cattle are known as Wagyu, with the name Wagyu actually translating to ‘Japanese Cow’.
The rich marbling of fats and umami packed beef makes it an ideal topping for sushi. In addition, it can be frivolously blow torched, permitting that delciious fats to render and back even more delicious. Gyu tataki (or beef tataki) is a conventional raw Japanese by which the meat is shortly seared, marinated and then thinly sliced and served with dipping sauce. Unlike different dish, beef tataki brings out the delicious, contemporary and tender of the meat.
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Practicing in Coppell, Texas, Dr. Anne Georgulas treats a range of pediatric conditions. Among the issues Dr. Anne Georgulas handles are bites from snakes and spiders.
All spiders residing in the US are considered poisonous, but the majority have fangs that are too fragile or short to break through the skin. Even when they do puncture a child’s skin, most spider bites will only cause minor, localized reactions.
One species whose bite can have a serious effect is the brown recluse. This spider is about an inch long and has a mark similar to a violin on its head. Typically living in undisturbed areas such as under logs or in attics and basements, the brown recluse is not usually aggressive. However, if it feels trapped or threatened, it may bite.
Symptoms to be aware of if you suspect your child has been bitten include itching, rash, fever, nausea, and vomiting. There will also often be deep purple or blue discoloration around the bite. A whitish ring may appear around the discolored area, and this will be bounded by a red outer ring. The overall appearance is similar to a bull’s eye. Keep in mind that reactions to bites in kids are not always immediate. They may take several hours or even days to develop.
If you suspect your child has been bitten by a brown recluse, make sure to consult with a trusted physician and bring the child in for a physical examination. The positive news is that, though reactions may be severe, no deaths related to such bites have been reported in the United States.
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Finally got to continue this world building project of mine!
For this scenario, an American Bison challenges a Texas Longhorn bull in front of an abandoned Alamo.
I’ve been in a bit of a personal funk lately, so I tried to motivate myself to try out digital painting, and I’m certainly pleased with the results so far!
Bull Snake. AKA, the Drama Queen of the non-venomous snake world. I don't come across these nearly as often as I do Rat Snakes, or even Water Snakes, but we do see them from time to time. This one was better than four feet long. They are a lot grumpier than Rat Snakes, and are prone to big, noisy displays in order to try to scare people away. Lots of striking and hissing... but all for bluff :)