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[ultradisintegration]

2020 movies I’ve seen so far:

The Old Guard dir. Gina Price-Blythewood

[kereeachan]

The sixth episode of this cold case show, I can’t even.

Cop is found dead in his kitchen in ‘81. Wife thinks he had a heart attack and hit his head on the counter. He was shot in the head from outside with a shotgun. She missed the blood on the ceiling. And the pellets. The wife does no feature in the episode at all after this. Only a son and son in law get any time at all.

Detective assigned to the cop-killing case is a rookie. Multiple people note that yes, there WERE more senior detectives who could have been assigned.

Cop who was killed was in the middle of a major drug investigation, and was shot the day an article interviewing him about it ran. A couple days later a drug dealer is executed in their home the same way. Assumption is it’s connected.

Detective starts getting death threats. Other investigation complains about the tunnel vision from the drug connection. Drunk man confesses to crime, but no one buys it because he was really drunk. Detective getting the death threats quits the case by ‘83.

THIRTY ONE YEARS LATER (they cut right to the skip with this one)

New cold case unit made because new sheriff really wants this case solved. Have idea to get a State Special Agent involved for better resources. Special Agent tests shotgun shell from 33 years ago for touch DNA. None.

Cut to Ohio Attorney General talking about how “so many cases depend on old-fashioned police work.” Bucko we are in the wrong show for that.

We get a 3d image of the (now abandoned) house. Try to figure out where shooter was standing to lie in wait. Reenactment shows killer shooting the cop from the front while the bullet hole was in the back of his head in the hospital scenes. Oh, and we can confirm “military style combat boots” on the killer.

They’re shooting out comparable windows with various shotguns to see if it could have been a military style shotgun, which has a shorter barrel. No, wait, they’re shooting targets and ASSUMING the spread shows how much the window would shatter. Shoot real glass you cowards!

They decide it’s an 18 in barrel which is commonly carried by...law enforcement! DUN DUN DUN.

Suspect who’d been looked at earlier in the investigation was in fact brutalized by an officer on the force, who we’ll call Deputy. Cop who was shot was also involved in investigating the force complaint against Deputy filed by said suspect and fired Deputy. Deputy also fits the profile in all other ways. Deputy may or may not have been set off by his mistress talking about Cop having been at a local function. She literally heard him threaten Cop’s life.

Deputy has alibi--was at Pal’s house. Pal says they just hung out. Pal spills when offered witness protection--it was Pal’s shotgun. And car. Claims he thought Deputy was bluffing about wanting to kill someone. Still drove the getaway.

So either Pal or Mistress could have come forward at any time with this info. But since Deputy was never even looked at (disgruntled former employee? what’s THAT?) they stayed quiet.

Even tho they know this, now begins a weird search for The Gun. They really want to make sure they get The Gun that Killed An Officer. This really feels like padding. Turns out Deputy sold it to a friend. They get The Gun.

NOW we arrest.

So, to sum up: the killer was someone who obviously would have a grudge, but was not looked at because he was a former cop, and his former mistress and friend were both too scared of him to come forward without anyone looking at him. Oh, and Deputy was also a gun, ammo, and explosives stockpiler. *facepalm*

[thededleadragoria]

“Oh, you’re so clever.”

One of the problems with being clever, one of the problems with being smart, is the lack of pressure, the lack of a nudge. There’s no point if one is not pushed, no point if there is no shove. And if one can get through life successfully without, rewarded and praised for not trying at all, then why would one ever try?

One of the problems with being clever, is that one day one has to grow up. A child or youth can get by on raw intellect alone, but of an adult the same is not true. An adult must try, or be left behind, an adult must continue to grow. Which is all well and good for the ones who know how, but not of those who had no need to.

One of the problems with being clever, is how hard it is to learn. If you pick things up without effort in school, what need is there to grow? A child fed on compliments and praise without a touch of work, a child not pushed or rewarded for not trying will see no need to grow. 

One of the problems with being clever, is the adult who comes about. The adult who has become fat with praise and skills easily learned. The adult who stopped trying a decade before and no longer knows how to learn.

One of the problems with being clever is that it is an effortless thing. And if after years you then needed to learn, would you even know where to begin?

[moar-pixxls]

I dunno man but way too much time went into editing this considering [oldiepic]

[ketchuplaser]

[quaeroenigma]

Rate your muse’s traits 0-10!

Compassion: 9/10

Bitterness: 8/10

Happiness: 4/10

Politeness: 7/10

Chivalry: 2/10

Pride: 10/10

Honesty: 10/10

Bravery: 5/10

Recklessness: 6/10

Ambition: 10/10

Loyalty: 7/10

Love: 0/10

Sense of family: 8/10

Attractiveness: 5/10

Agility: 9/10

Sex drive: 5/10

Stolen from: @masquenoire

Tagging: Whoever wants to do it!

[lily-the-leopard]

Dishwasher: *grumble grumble*

Me: -sternly- you stop that, moms not home to fix you

Dishwasher: *grumbles quietly*