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Sometimes you hear a song and a fic pops into your head full formed. This is a trap. The fic may be fully formed in your brain, but you still Have to write it down. This is an important step that most people forget about.
Got Hardee’s and I forgot how expensive they are.
That’s why they are a treat. Plus, not being close by to get them a lot.
I just realized that the pack seems to have forgiven Nolan faster than they forgave Theo and both hurt the pack.
Both of them.
Why forgive Nolan faster than Theo though?
Especially when Nolan was trying to kill them, same as Theo.
They are very different cases of attempted murder.
Theo (my beloved) arrived at Beacon Hills with a clear goal in mind: Steal Scott's powers, break up his pack. Lying. Most of these he accomplished with flying colours. Still lying. The pack was destroyed, he almost got Scott's powers, but didnt. Put Lydia in a Coma. He got his own pack, killed them too. Aided the Dread Doctors, then sort of parted ways with them to cause his own issues, his own problems. He is a full on dangerous young man and there's no stopping him.
Verdict: Put him in the ground, your honor, this boy is out of control.
Nolan (my beloved) starts by witnessing The Beast murdering everybody it catches so hides out in the Library with everybody else and witnesses Scott McCall fighting with it. Has PTSD along with the anxiety and depression he already had (if you ever seen the interviews Froy did about Nolan, Nolan already had mental health issues). Gets groomed by his councillor to join humans taking out the Supernatural who he fears (see his fear response to Lydia just stopping him in the corridor) the Anuk-Ite was fueling 90% of the entire town's fear, it wasnt just Nolan. In the end he seeks out Liam to offer help, because he knows he's messed up by joining the humans. Even though he was with the humans, he never actually killed anybody and they were going to harm or kill him, because of his lack of killer instinct (as hinted at by Gabe) and do you think Gabe checked to see if Nolan was still alive after beating him up like that? Nolan was out cold for a while.
Verdict: Just a scared boy who picked the wrong side out of fear and manipulation, did the right thing in the end.
If Teen Wolf had went on past s6, we'd likely see the pack slowly accept Nolan, there's not really much to forgive him for. He was acting out of fear, as was most of the town. Theo on the other hand did much worse (as was his right) but they still forgive Theo in the end too.
Theo was groomed also. I mean just because we see him watching Tara drown doesn’t mean he and Tara weren’t groomed. One to die, one to take a (her) heart.
For all we know, The Doctors could have had Theo die and Tara be the big bad Chimera for them.
Theo wasn’t forgiven that much. They worked with him but that’s it. (Same as they do Peter and Chris and they go to Peter before going to Theo. Chris before both of them.) Nolan was given the co captain job just like that it seems. (Okay, it wasn’t just like that but it sure seems so.)
Also the town? Might have been scared but the adults and kids who killed families (because we know there were a lot of families killed) and just others needed to be held accountable and it seems as if they weren’t. Not even Nolan and he helped kill (even if we didn’t see him technically kill on screen). He might not have killed anyone on his own, like Gabe who I still say was in love with him, but he did kill, or help kill, and this was before his change of heart.
Theo was held more accountable than Nolan and the adults who didn’t join Monroe at the end.
My opinion still stands I believe.
Nolan was forgiven faster and easier than Theo and they both had done bad things. In different ways but still done bad things.
What the hell is this?
Who or what is ZETA?
Never mind. It’s an AI thing. Great. Not going to look at the article now. Or ever.
What the hell is this?
Who or what is ZETA?
Niche skill check
Slight correction to a lot of the comments--it's not "Baking guy plays piano too," it's "Piano guy bakes too"
Inspired by the entertainers of Bermuda’s “golden age”, composer and pianist Dylan Hollis is hard at work on what he does best — creating mu
I was trying to track down a non-soundcloud version of Chords of Humanity, the song he wrote that when he was 17 was used by Doctors Without Borders, and instead found that it was used in a Fallout New Vegas mod that he may also have made at 17?
A Large Expansive Quest Mod has the courier travelling across Post-Apocalyptic America. To reunite the Rockwell People with their Superstruc
which is a sequel to another mod that's also credited to a Dylan Hollis, which I'm not necessarily assuming is him. Could have been a different Dylan Hollis who happened to have found the song by searching his name--oh, wait, there's a video of game play (with the song as background), and there's a tiny bit of voice acting...yeah, that's him.
More people finding out his Fallout affinity thanks to this shirt
@uncle-beanbag-mojave
Such a lovely man
I was going over what I wrote on 4/22/26 for the 250th anniversary and I am trying to remember the word I wanted to write here:
When need be the United States of America would pull together and stand strong against every threat and every mstion.
I have no clue. I want to say it was mistake or mission but that doesn’t seem correct.
Negri appeared on the show as Handyman Negri for over 30 years
Joe Negri, who starred as Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, has died at age 99, days before he was set to turn 100.
Pittsburgh native Negri, whom many children grew up watching on television, died on Saturday, May 30, according to local outlet TribLIVE.
Negri's oldest daughter, Lisa Negri, told the news organization that her father, who was also a well-known jazz guitarist, died of natural causes. The family had been preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday on June 10.
Fred Rogers Productions said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Joe Negri, a beloved member of the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood family whose warmth, incredible musical talent, and gentle spirit brought endless joy to viewers for decades.”
“As Handyman Negri, Joe taught children that everyone’s contributions matter, and off-screen, his mastery of jazz and dedication to education inspired countless musicians,” the statement continued. “Our hearts go out to Joe's family, friends, and the generations of neighbors who loved him.”
Negri was a Pittsburgh native and had been a musician since he was a child, TribLIVE reported. He began playing guitar at age 8, and he was touring with swing bands across the country by age 16, per the outlet.
He spent his life in the state — minus a brief stint in New York City — working as an educator, TV performer and musician, the organization noted.
Negri starred in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, alongside Fred Rogers' titular character, as the fix-it man in the Land of Make-Believe for the show's entire run, per TribLIVE. Negri would also perform at his very own Negri's Music Shop on the show.
The first episode of the show aired in 1968, before the final episode was shown in 2001, around 33 years later.
Negri previously told KDKA-TV that he wasn't a handyman in real life, per CBS Pittsburgh. "I said, 'Fred, I'm not handy at all. I can't even hammer a nail.' And he said, 'Don't worry about a thing, it's going to be all pretend,' " he insisted.
"I'm glad he gave me the music shop because it gave me a really good opportunity to utilize my music," Negri told the station of running Negri's Music Shop on the show. He ended up performing alongside musicians including Johnny Costa, Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis, according to CBS Pittsburgh.
Negri recalled of nabbing the part, “In 1966 Fred called and asked if I wanted to be a handyman on his show. I said, ‘Me? A handyman? I'm about as handy as a…' ” adding, “But Fred told me I would be fine,” per the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood website.
As well as being a TV performer and a musician, Negri was also an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University for decades, teaching students how to play jazz guitar, TribLIVE reported.
He retired from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019, after nearly 50 years, but carried on working at Duquesne, where he founded the jazz guitar program, until 2022, according to the outlet.
David Newell — who played Mr. Rogers' delivery man, Mr. McFeely, on the beloved show — was among those paying tribute to the late musician, per CBS Pittsburgh.
"What I am feeling is a loss of a good friend that I've known over these many years," Newell said, per the outlet. "He was the kindest man. I think, comparing him to Fred Rogers, they were both so kind, and he had a good sense of humor."
"The Joe I knew was what you saw on television," Newell insisted, according to CBS Pittsburgh. He added of doing events with the late musician, "It was so much fun traveling with him.”
"This is helping me a lot, talking about Joe, because of the good memories I have with him. And that's one thing that you'll always have of someone: the memories that they can't take away from you. That's how I think I'm dealing with Joe's death,” Newell continued, according to the outlet.
People took a phenomenon that can happen - a popular "third place" such as a theater, event venue, bar, or restaurant can close and have effects on the community - and applied it across the board to claim that "third places are disappearing" and both adults and children might as well be at home on their phones all day because there's nowhere else to go.
But that's not true. Where on the planet are you where there isn't a park? Lol. But really. There is always a park. Yes, you can just be a random adult and take a book to the park and sit on a bench and exist in a place that is neither home nor work. Yes, kids can still go to parks where they can play basketball and run around screaming like banchees and climb on jungle gyms. Yesterday, there was hardly any room under the cherry trees in Central Park, so many families and groups were having picnics. Recently, I was struck by how many middle and high school-aged kids I saw at ice skating rinks over the winter, just hanging out in groups on a Friday night, often being very silly, but still, not just sitting at home communicating only in virtual space.
We also often confuse things like malls and movie theaters being past their peak with them disappearing entirely. They're still around, and you're still allowed to go lol.
Coffee shops are also thriving. And many of them serve as prime "third places." They're upbeat. They're comfortable. They're inviting. You can sit in them for two hours, talking or eavesdropping or reading or writing or drawing, and nobody will bother you. I'm not just thinking of one special place that I'm really lucky to have access to because most people will never get the chance to visit it, I could rattle off a list.
Bookstores are also increasingly becoming a "third place" - Barnes & Noble is particular good at this, with ample space to peruse books at your leisure and seating to hang out for a while, but it's certainly not just Barnes & Noble.
Another example of a very common third place I can think of is a farmers' market. This is somewhere you can meet new people, talk, and exchange ideas (or not), try new things, and be outside in the sunshine. And oh my goodness, spare me the excuses. I've shopped at a variety of farmers' markets in different parts of the country. I've seen people shopping with EBT at the farmers' market in the Bronx. There are Wednesday markets, Saturday markets, and Sunday markets. Before I had a car, I walked two miles to the farmers' market that was open in the summer and took the train to the farmers' market I liked that was open in the winter. Spending time at the farmers' market is a feasible solution for a lot of people who might be looking for a third place.
Tangentially related, I saw an article several weeks ago about the "disappearance of the Sunday drive." Meaning, you can't just go drive around the countryside for pleasure anymore. Well, er, you can. Case in point, I do it all the time. Its "disappearance" is a choice.
This could all be an excuse to sit at home and rot on your phone, but it could also be more significant; pushing this negative message about third places to the masses (which doesn't seem to be working too well yet given the hoardes of people I find in parks and coffee shops) leads people to spend more time in front of screens, making more money for tech companies and also getting them slowly more comfortable with the concept of cramming into smart cities and traveling via virtual reality.
In any event, the rhetoric about the so-called disappearance of third places is extremely counterproductive and it's not doing anything to improve anyone's life.
I mean the parks still exist sure, but that doesn't stop old people from calling the cops on kids who are congregating in any numbers over six.
I live in rural Pennsylvania, last year some kids organized a hide and seek tournament. Nothing spectacular just kids playing a game, rules stated that they had to stick to public places, had to keep their cellphone on in case of emergency. They stuck to the park and the adjacent library and courthouse grounds no one went inside the buildings.
The cops were called within the first hour to break up the gathering.
So while third places will always exist, I have fond memories of just fucking around with friends by the river, that doesn't mean anything when you're heavily incentivized not to make use of them vis police or legal intervention.
Personally I think the issue is that there's a hostility to people, especially young people, existing in general but especially having fun in public. The seeming lack of third places is only a symptom of the problem.
Aren't malls and brick-and-mortar bookstores LITERALLY disappearing?
If they are, it’s not where I am. Then again we had two malls close but Park City has adapted and seems to be thriving (at least when I go there). So maybe some malls are but others adapt.
(I also know that Books A Million closed and then reopened in Park City because people wanted it back. Probably other reasons also but that was one of them.)
My hometown had a bookstore just open up a year or two ago and our comic shop that was supposed to close was bought by a couple who own other successful stores in town just so we could still have our comic shop because it’s been around forever it seems.
I guess it really depends on the situations.
Have you gone to your native country’s capital city? (At least one of them if your country has multiple)
Have you gone to your native country’s capital city? (At least one of them if your country has multiple)
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I wanted to write a story focused on Theo but instead he has another sister and I have a lot of ideas but can’t write them.
Or so it seems…I am writing something but it’s taken me a week, five days but still, to even write more than I had started.
I’m also involving the Batfamily…again.
It is not my fault that Talia Al Ghul could have been Talia Hale at one point.
In my headcanon only but still not my fault that they could be the same person. It just makes sense.
And the fact that Jackson and Roy could be the same person or related. Colton did play both characters. Jackson’s also related to Tim through their mothers being Drake’s (whoever came up with Jack taking Janet’s surname I will love forever.).
Or that I like to headcanon Alicia and Boyd being related to Duke and Alicia being taken to Gotham where she is with her cousin/brother (it depends, I always change it up) after being saved. (She’s doted on by the whole family by the way, like Lian. As they should be.)
So many different ideas and every time I think of how to write the story, it changes.
This is what I have written so far, including today, by the way.
Finished.
Well, it really isn’t but I say it is.
At least for now.
I told a friend I was uncomfortable being touched like that and they told me that nobody would have a relationship with me if I wasn't fucking them and I just want to know how common this sentiment is in each age group.
would you have a relationship with someone if they were uncomfortable having sex and what is your age group
yes (18-29)
no (18-29)
yes (30-39)
no (30-39)
yes (40-49)
no (40-49)
yes (50-59)
no (50-59)
yes (60+)
no (60+)
vanilla extract//results
Sex isn’t a relationship.
A relationship takes work; you can have a relationship without having sexual one.
I told him some people would have a relationship without sex and he goes "no the fuck they won't".
really made me feel dirty. I used to have feelings for this guy.
si far in the poll there are some no votes but the majority is saying yes. that makes me feel a little better.
I’m so sorry.
It sucks that he’s an asshole and doesn’t realize the truth about relationships.
You are too good for him.
Everyone saying no doesn’t know the truth either. One day they will hopefully learn.
My dad has Eugene’s book and now his son’s also.
Totally reading them after he’s done.
Another book he got from our hometown bookstore and I’m stealing to read then.
These also I’m stealing.
I got to take Rock Force and will read that once I’m done with The Diary Of A Dead Man. (Which I’ll hopefully finish tonight.)
Not finishing it tonight. I’m getting tired so going to sleep.
Hopefully
Finished The Diary Of A Dead Man so onto Rock Force.
Fandom Problem #14,973:
You can love something, without tearing down other things.
I told a friend I was uncomfortable being touched like that and they told me that nobody would have a relationship with me if I wasn't fucking them and I just want to know how common this sentiment is in each age group.
would you have a relationship with someone if they were uncomfortable having sex and what is your age group
yes (18-29)
no (18-29)
yes (30-39)
no (30-39)
yes (40-49)
no (40-49)
yes (50-59)
no (50-59)
yes (60+)
no (60+)
vanilla extract//results
Sex isn’t a relationship.
A relationship takes work; you can have a relationship without having sexual one.