KohnnieXoXo

when your bored out of your mind, and try to be kind but all you do is rhyme. Random shizzz

[flyandfamousblackgirls]

8 Year Old Rica Rountree murdered by father’s girlfriend

More than 50 injuries and marks – that’s what a doctor says he found on the body of 8-year-old Rica Rountree.

Cynthia Baker is in on trial in McLean County for the child’s murder. On the fourth day of the trial, the jury saw dozens of photos of Rountree’s body, revealing both internal and external injuries.

Baker, 42, of Normal, was arrested in April. She is accused of fatally kicking Rountree in the stomach, which led to massive internal injuries that eventually killed her.

Texts between the child’s father, Richard Rountree, and Baker were read in court Friday afternoon.

RR: “We going to treat her the way she treat us like we don’t exist.” Cynthia Baker: “I think it is time for her to leave.”

Cynthia Baker to Richard Rountree: “I’m not talking to that little girl. She don’t tell the truth unless you have a belt to her ass. I’m seriously tired of getting bruised up fighting with her.”

Richard Rountree: Would life be better without Rica? … before her you was happy and now you’re not really happy.“ Baker: “I could just continue to just beat her ass daily and go about my day, but I try to involve you.”

CB: “I told her to say she was playing in the dark and hit her eye that way she didn’t sound like a psycho.” RR: “Sounds good to me.”

Prosecutors also showed iCloud videos from Baker’s phone. In one, Rountree is seen crying and walking around a home. Baker tells her to go to her room, and when she does not, the camera gets closer to Rountree and audible slaps are heard as Rountree cries more. The video then ends.

In another video, Baker instructs Rountree to hold two cans straight out, and tells her not to test her. Baker leaves the room, while the camera rolls on the girl alone in the room holding the cans. She is seen struggling to keep the cans above her head, and Baker and Rountree’s father can be heard having a conversation and laughing in a different room.

Baker returns to the room and strikes Rica on the backside for not holding the cans up the way Baker wants. Baker wants the child to hold the cans out (like airplane wings), Rica was holding cans straight up (like reaching for sky). Baker leaves room again.

Another video depicted the 8-year-old again holding out cans, this time in a hallway. The camera was set up to monitor her. Baker can be seen walking into the frame and telling Rountree to keep her arms straight out. Meanwhile, Richard and other kids can be seen walking by Rountree in the hallway, while holding other conversations.

Normal Police Detective Joe Gossmeyer said investigators combed through “several thousand texts.”

Baker’s defense, however, said there were about four months in-between Rountree’s death and the last of the texts that were deemed “relevant” in the investigation.

Earlier in the day, McLean County chief forensic pathologist John Denton, who performed an autopsy, showed bruises and marks all over the child’s body, including her head, thighs, and backside. However, the doctor testified, that damaged intestines from blunt trauma to her lower abdomen killed the child.

Denton said it was no accident.

Additionally, one of Rountree’s classmates says the 8-year-old told her she was being abused before her death. The young child testified, telling jurors Rountree “hated” living with her dad because she always got injured.

When asked, ‘”Who did Rica say hurt her?”, she would respond “Her dad’s girlfriend.”

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

This is sad bc shit like this happens everyday and when kids say something about it to other ppl they act like it a normal thing.

And be like yea parents should spank there kids if there bad, like no bitch spanking isn’t what I’m talking about but u keep acting like that’s all that’s happening. Tbh this makes me hella said bc this could’ve been me if I didn’t just leave my household

[a-bookish-witch]

Why have a love triangle when you can have an OT3?

[mizgnomer]

Excerpts from the SyFy Wire & Film School Rejects interviews with Claire Anderson, the Emmy-nominated costume designer for Good Omens:

[ Film School Rejects - by Ciara Wardlow]  “I worked through it with gut reaction images. So, two guys. Two guys, kind of close, nearly in love, if you like,” she said. “I just went in and we had a really big, very open conversation about how you related to these people in the script and how we would make them real and plausible, but give them a fantasy element. Give them something otherworldly.”

While Anderson says that she ultimately took this approach with more or less all of the characters, mixing period and modern elements to give characters somewhat timeless, yet also somewhat fantastical “out of time” looks, in the early discussion stages it was all about Aziraphale and Crowley. For one thing, Sheen and Tennant were already cast, which was a major help in determining their looks. It took some time to settle on the duo’s main, contemporary looks, but once these were locked in they played a significant role in determining everything else they wore.

[…] Aziraphale maintains a look with significant nods to the late Victorian era. Crowley too, although he manages to put an edgier twist on things than his angelic contemporary. “We re-appropriate bits of period stuff so that it echoes. [Aziraphale and Crowley] echo one another in their visual identity with pieces from their past—where they’ve touched each other in the past perhaps, or bumped into each other.” Regarding how Crowley manages to keep more of a modern, cool vibe, Anderson gives David Tennant’s performance the lion’s share of the credit. “He’s a very nice man, but he’s very sexy. He brought all of that swagger, that rock star, snake-hipped sexiness, and we built on that.”

[ SyFy Wire - by Jennifer Vineyard] GARDEN OF EDEN, 4004 B.C. -  Anderson looked at everything from Pre-Raphaelite paintings to Al Pacino’s hippie clothes in Serpico to determine just the right flow for Aziraphale’s rough-hewn robe, which has gold embroidery on the shoulders and side. Aziraphale is also wearing a golden ring, which later becomes a signet ring stamped with wings in the Victorian era.

NOAH’S ARK, MESOPOTAMIA, 3004 B.C. - “As aged as I am, I wasn’t there,” Anderson says, laughing. “And there wasn’t any painting or documentation from this era. But what we do know is that tunics remained pretty simple, and the earlier shape would have served them well for many years.” Aziraphale’s robe becomes more streamlined, and he wears gold beads at the neck.

THE CRUCIFIXION, GOLGOTHA, 33 - By this time, both Aziraphale and Crawley — now Crowley — are wearing turbans and head wraps, which Anderson attributes to “a bit of vanity.” Plus the wrap helps Crowley conceal his snake-like eyes (it’s too soon for glasses). Aziraphale dons a soft leather coat over his tunic, while Crowley wears female attire of the region — an abaya.

ROME, 41 -  Switching from tunics to togas was difficult, since togas contain 6 to 12 meters of fabric, which is a lot to carry around on camera. Anderson reduced the size by cutting the togas to fit for the character’s movements, and she gave each actor a thematic decorative pin to hold their togas together — Crowley a serpent and staff, Aziraphale a pair of wings (both courtesy of George Easton at Danegeld Historic Jewellery). Although history might argue that it’s too soon for sunglasses, Crowley starts to shield his eyes with a very small, eye-shaped lens. “It’s suggestive, rather than historically accurate,” Anderson says. And as a sign that Crowley is adapting to the humans around him, he also wears a silver laurel wreath.

ARTHURIAN ENGLAND, THE KINGDOM OF WESSEX, 537 - Anderson sent character descriptions and visuals for Aziraphale and Crowley to armor specialist FBFX, which sent a van to London full of pieces that could work for angelic and demonic armor. Instead of focusing on historical accuracy, Anderson looked for shapes and fit that suggested an ethereal — or snakelike — quality, once the pieces had been painted black or silver. For Crowley, she found a helmet that had a smaller face that could suggest a snakehead, and for Aziraphale, shoulder pieces that were slightly wing-like. To add to the wing effect, Anderson added a white fur caplet to Aziraphale’s armor. “It was terribly grand, but not very practical,” she says. “And the poor guys, it was murderously uncomfortable to stand around in that armor.”

GLOBE THEATRE, LONDON, 1601 - Crowley and Aziraphale catch an early version of Hamlet, looking more period-appropriate than ever thanks to the Globe’s vast archive of costumes. Aziraphale’s wardrobe, which includes a neck ruff edged with gold thread, has a metallic look with a hint of iridescent blue, which opens up his color palette. Crowley, meanwhile, wears a cleaner neckline and leather on his doublet, as well as fabrics that provide sheen and luster to suggest his snaky origins.

REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, PARIS, 1793 - This is not a period to be dressed like an aristocrat, but Aziraphale couldn’t resist a lace collar, gold brocade and fitted jacket — which explains why he’s stuck in a prison cell (at least until Crowley intervenes). Crowley, more mindful of what revolutionaries would wear, dons a dark red jacket that’s almost as dark as his usual black. When Aziraphale miracle-changes his clothes, he wears the red cap of liberty. “It’s a soft beret that falls somewhere between a modern French beret and a pirate headdress,” Anderson notes.

ST. JAMES’ PARK, LONDON, 1862 - This is the time period with which Aziraphale gets most comfortable, fashion-wise, and settles into a Victorian look with tartan flair. Anderson also bestowed some heavenly nods to his angelic nature — a feathery velvet top hat, a stopwatch with angel’s wings on the chain, and the signet ring. Crowley, meanwhile, wears a pair of long, elegantly cut trousers that we will see again in the 1960s. “The trousers repeat, which is basically what fashion does anyway,” Anderson says. “And it’s what the story does. There are notes backward and forwards.”

THE BLITZ, LONDON, 1941 - Aziraphale’s tartan necktie becomes a bow tie, and his penchant for wide lapels, a nod to his wings, continues, this time with a spear-point collar. Crowley, who comes to save Aziraphale once again, is dressed more formally, in a full double-breasted wool suit that must have been hard for David Tennant to wear in the South African heat. “The rest of the crew were in flip-flops and T-shirts, and David was in the suit, hat, and those big boots,” Anderson says, recalling the shoot.  “He had to be very physically active in that scene, and yet David didn’t complain about the heat or anything. He’s amazing.”

SOHO, LONDON, 1967 - Crowley, as noted, continues to wear his Victorian trousers, which are right up to date, and which he pairs with a black paisley velvet jacket with contrasting lapels. His sunglasses now have more of a John Lennon vibe. Aziraphale, perhaps inadvertently, is also looking stylish with his Victorian topcoat, spear-point collar, and cravat (modified from his scarf in Victorian England). “You can’t avoid being affected by changing trends,” Anderson says. “However bookish you are, you still notice other people. And you would have had Rolling Stones and Beatles fans wearing that kind of thing. That was our argument for Aziraphale wearing his Victorian topcoat all the way through, and Michael Sheen loved it. He said it inspired him. And the cravat rang in the changes and helped us with the passage of time, rather than always having him wear a bow tie.

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[ghostscriesx]

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[skinyyismydream]

[perfectalexander]

[lovethythrall]

[pipis-envy]

Calling a canon bisexual woman a lesbian becuase she has a female love interest or is in a wlw relationship is bisexual erasure and biphobic!!!!

[pipis-envy]

Same thing goes for bisexual men and mlm relationships!!!!!

[pipis-envy]

REBLOG THIS VERSION TOO YOU COWARDS

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

Facts😭😭

[psychic-refugee]

Ben's an asshole. Did he really just sing the song he sang when he broke up with Audrey to propose to Mal...right in front of Audrey? This is worse than Bella inviting Jacob to her wedding with Edward.

[bottlesoffantasy-deactivated202]

NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IT.

HOLY SHIT

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

Facts 😂

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

YALL THERE IS 202 works for Harry Hook/Uma & 79 for Uma x Harry x Gil, I'm a be disappointed if it never hits the thousands.😭😭😭🙏🙏 please fanfic writiers

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

UM.. DID HARRY JUST CALL JAY GORGEOUS FACE 😭 I SEE A SHIP 🚢 FORMING

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

LIStEn UP FanFiction writers for the Descendants movies,

it's time.

[tatiannamaslany-blog]

[do-you-have-a-flag]

tomorrow

[thecatholicbadwolf-whowaited]

Always reblog NSYNC the day before May

[ackles-wants-snackles-with-cas]

Queueing this for next year

[mysticalstreamsalutations]

me, looking in the mirror: fuck there are literally mug shots less ugly than this

me, putting on some makeup: better decorate the trash can

[incorrectdan]

Reblog if you would care if I killed myself

My “friend” said nobody would care

[sloanethedrone]

Like for Lams, reblog for HamBurr, both for Jamilton

I want to do an experiment that shall create another war.

Update: *frantically screaming at how many notes this has*

[valtsv]

character in a fight scene: *restrains their opponent by pinning them against the wall by their wrists*

me:

[icantwritegood]

character in a fight scene: *pins their opponent down by straddling their waist and holding their wrists to the floor*

me:

[ladylike-foxes]

character in a fight scene: *lifting their disarmed opponent’s chin slightly with the business end of their weapon*

me:

[g3ncyho3]

character in fight scene: *pins down the opponent and leans in close to whisper in their ear*

me:

[skywalkerchick1138]

“Those poor boys”

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

[super-secret-bi-spy]

“Well she didn’t exactly say ‘no’..”

“Yea, but did you see what she was wearing?”

“Boys will be boys!”

“She should know better than to drink at a party…”

[minimalistfish-blog]

Cannot not reblog.

[captain-ak]

“She should have tried to enjoy–”

[thosekidswhohuntmonsters]

“She’s just saying something now for atten-“

[skreeee34982047]

boy am i glad this has so many notes

[fandom-is-my-middle-name]

“But he’s a dude. That’s not ra-”

  “He should’ve enjoyed it.”

“She must’ve lead him on.”

“But she orgasmed. That means she liked it - “

[winchester-cas]

“She’s slept with so many people! She’s a slut-“

[emeraldmercury]

“Get over it, at least you’re still a virgin”

“Women can’t rape because…”

“Be grateful it wasn’t a man!”

“I’m sorry she hurt you but don’t call what happened to you rape, it’s an insult to the REAL victims…”

“You weren’t raped, you’re just lesbophobic.”

[erynspencer2187]

“She shouldn’t have posted provocative photos!”

[erynspencer2187]

“She shouldn’t have been dressed like that … she was asking for it!”

[erynspencer2187]

“It’s the woman’s responsibility to not put herself in dangerous situations, she should have been more aware.”

[the-glitter-acetylcholine]

reblogging because it’s gotten even better since last time

[larissaloki]

I love this post!

[i-am-already-panicking]

“Well he paid for dinner, she kind of owed him.”

“She’s his wife, it’s her job to please him.”

“Oral isn’t rape.”

“Well he wasn’t armed, she could have walked away.”

“Guys can’t be raped, they love sex!”

“She didn’t fight back; it wasn’t rape.”

[narfoonthenet]

A good post

[ap-kinda-lit]

the day I do not reblog this is the day I’m buried six feet under

[yaoiqueenwithdepression]

I love this

[silvericeeyes]

reblog if you agree, this must S P R E A D

[mirandalightwood]

Please, like or reblog if you’re a girl and like superheroes or if you think a girl can enjoy superheroes

Trying to prove my grandma a point

[wierdoxx2]

Damn ryt