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(Descriptions of fictional crimes investigated by the story's main Character Max.)
Detective's Fate
It's august of 2008.....
Max is a detective living in Chicago He checks his pistol and puts on his police badge as he walks out his front door.
He has been searching for a serial killer known as the Caller for years and always been one step behind due to the red tape.....
More importantly the chief's lazy attitude towards getting search warrants and actions approved by the courts for raids. Twice Max had good intel on the suspect's locations and photo evidence showing him at the sites.
The department needs more vigilant, caring officers and leaders but no one steps up to do it, instead they just complain about the slow progress and officers. And hinder investigations.
Now Max has decided that it might be time to stop playing by the rules and catch this scumbag.... .... ....
Starting his car Max sets his GPS to the address that "The Caller" was last seen and pulls out of his driveway as the 50 miles of directions pop up.
The killer's nickname being for his signature of calling in as he is committing the crime.
As he drives he remembers his first case, five years ago now..... ..... .....
A woman, Joane Taylor, was found dead in an alleyway after going out for the night. She showed no signs of struggle leading the police to believe she had drank to much and expired from alcohol poisoning.... ...
The death was written off as a "party gone wrong".... That is until several more were found and the coroner decided on a whim to test for other substances.
Once it came out that the deaths were possible murders...
The calls started coming in, almost like the suspect wanted credit before revealing himself....
Then ways of the deaths began changing as the Serial Killer explored his twisted desires searching for his preferred method.
The last case being a young woman found stuffed in a dumpster after the killer apparently got scared off.... Max will never forget it.... .... ....
The GPS finishes and the car beeps its final direction, taking an exit off the highway. Ramps out here are always confusing... Which is funny since he has driven this one for five years now...
The chief says he should sit this one out but he can't... The latest victim 3 months ago.
Marie Spelner, a waitress out on her smoke break talking to her spouse on the phone.
Survived by her husband, no children or living relatives. ....
Max Spelner turns into the driveway of the house he was directed to... Stepping out of the car he walks up and knocks on the door. Looking at the house he knows the family must be doing well if they live here.... Raising his hand to knock again he hears a scream from inside....
A second later the door is answered by a middle aged butler holding a tray with wine glasses on it... "Hello Sir, I'm sorry but this house does not wish to partake in any offers at this time..."
Max calmly says. "I'm not selling anything."
The butler looks confused for a moment before his eyes dart over Max's shoulder seeing his unmarked cruiser and he nods.
Looking past the butler Max sees that a woman is cleaning up after their dog.
"Have you seen this man?" Says Max holds up a picture of the one suspected of being the killer.
The butler gives it a once over before replying. "I'm sorry sir, no I have not." His tone sounds like he is lying... ....
"Are you sure?" The detective asks.
"I would not lie about something like that, sir." He states, his eyes not meeting Max's.
The woman calls from inside "Fletcher, who are you talking too?"
"Some man asking about a killer" he calls back.
"The killer is an inside job!" The woman quickly states.
"What?!" Max says.
"The Killer, it's an inside job." She says again, louder this time. In the same Max also hears a child begin to cry in another room.
"We should start from the beginning, it will be easier to explain trust me." The woman says.
'She seems to know what is going on....
"How do I know your story holds water?" He asks out loud.
"Oh I wouldn't lie. I have been following the case myself and it seems like an inside job to me." She states, somehow sounding hurt.
"Is there anyone else in the house besides you two and the baby?" He asks noticing the baby isn't crying anymore.
"Just Fletcher and I live here, the baby is my cousins but he just stays the night sometimes." She replies.
Max draws his gun and enters the house upon reasonable suspicion of an emergency in progress or suspect on the premisses as the man seems to be deceiving.
While the woman still seems unconcerned that the child is now silent.
He pushes past the butler and rushes towards the area he heard the crying. passes the entryway, the dinning room, and a kitchen before finally finding a child in a playpen.
"There there..." He says in a sing song voice picking up the child. "I'm officer Max, do you know where your mommy is?"
The child just cries louder.
Then he sees the man from the photo walk out of the bathroom, upon seeing him he bolts for the door and Max sets the child down gently then gives chase.
He runs through the house, following the man as he can hear the woman screaming at him to stop but he doesn't."
"Stop or I'll shoot." The man doesn't even break stride.
Instead he runs out of the front door and jumps into his car.
Furious that the man might escape he fires at the car as it drives away.
The back window shatters and he hopes he got his tire, but he doesn't wait to find out as he runs to his car and initiates a pursuit....
He flips on his concealed lights in his cruiser as he reverses down the drive and into the street.
The suspects car is fast but he manages to keep up with it weaving in and out of traffic as people move over for the siren.
As they approach a red light there is heavy traffic in the intersection..... ....
The suspect slams on his brakes and Max's cruiser only just stops short of hitting it. Jumping out the Detective points his firearm at the vehicle running up beside seeing heavily tinted windows.
"Get out of the car and on the ground now!!" He shouts as he moves to the driver's side door.
After seeing no response....
Max throws open the door and the driver is gone with the passenger side open.
He quickly runs to the other side catching the man trying to sneak off tackling him to the ground and then takes his arms putting them behind his back.
Max grabs his radio and calls it in as the man cries.
As he is waiting he hears a noise that sounds like static.....
"Wrong guy moron.. Did you ever stop to think I wanted you close for this one. That I planned everything...Even framing the pothead..... I almost lost interest until you pulled in the driveway... The attic is kinda cramped tho... I think I'll go carve some meat. Maybe graduate to other things to. I'm not sure yet. Lets see if you can catch me before......" A familiar voice says over the radio then cuts off... ...
Max looks at the man on the ground. "Why did you run from me?" He asks.
"Cause I have like 19 grams of marijuana in my pocket." He replies...
"Do you know how stupid that is?! I don't care about that I'm looking for a killer."
Before he can answer Max hears the woman from the house screaming for her life and a child's cries on his radio.
Then from below Max. "He's in the house, he's in the house! My mom and the baby!" The man on the ground says crying.
Max uncuffs him and runs to his car heading back to the house as he lays down rubber on the road... ... ...
As he approaches and pulls into the driveway he notices the front door is open.
"Hold on I'm coming!" Max screams jumping out of his cruiser...
He runs into the house finding the woman's body arriving too late. Moving over to her he checks for a pulse but she is gone, a large gash in her neck.
As he stands up he slips in a fluid but gains his balance and tries not to think about what it is....
He rushes to the room the baby was in finding the play pen empty. He leaves the room searching the rest of the house and still doesn't find the child.
"Where are you!!!" He calls out....
"This is the Callers first kidnapping and the media would eat up the fact I failed to stop the man." He thinks as he blames himself.
Sirens begin to blare in the distance as backup is about to arrive... ... ...
"There's a woman dead and a baby missing! The woman is in the dinning room straight ahead of the front door, Hurry!" He yells into his radio...
Looking over at the mother seeing a piece of paper on the floor.
He walks over to it seeing writing.
"So close... Looks like I'm a kidnapper now.... Good luck finding me.... And... I so enjoyed killing that sweet wife of yours. Might do it that way again. Not to the kid tho....later Max. Ps. This game is so fun.." It says.
"He was here..." Is all he can muster as the team enters.
"He was right in this house and I missed it because her son freaked over weed and ran..." He says as another officer speaks to him gently.
"Don't beat yourself up Detective, it's not your fault. He must have hid before you got her and left after you arrived." The words do little to comfort him "First day back on the job and the killer escaped taking a child..." He says as he walks away.
The chief arrives in his new lexus with a screeching of rubber as he lurches to a halt.
He quickly exits and leaves his door hanging open as he rushes into Max's face....
"I told you to stay away from this case MAX!!!!....(takes a breath)...
"If I catch any flak from my superiors, I won't suspend you.... That'd be to easy. Desk duty and an entry level demotion. The new guy will have a higher rank than you if things go my way.... Now get outta my sight...". "(Sighs)...
"This job is gonna be the death of me..." He says walking away from Max and towards the Coroner's van..... ..... .....
On the way home the detective stops by the store close to his house which is unlike him because he usually follows the same routine.
He nears the front door and he hears a kitchen timer ding loudly from behind him as his car explodes throwing him through the storefront windows as they are blown out..... .....
Alarms around the lot and others nearby create a cacophony of noise. His head pounding as his body aches, Max pushes himself up and collapses as the store manager runs over to him telling him not to move as he dials 911.... .... ....
Waking in the hospital Max recalls the feeling of the Shockwave as he flinches in phantom pain.
"Who woulda thought its like holding a ringing metal bat that hurts your hands but all over and way more intense." He thinks.
He suddenly feels tired and falls asleep.... .... .... ....
The next time he wakes, he sees a breaking news story that Jane Saltani is reporting on....
"Young toddler Accidently Shoots Serial killekidnapper ending his life and Alerting residents in the Area." The news anchor says.
Sighing to himself Max thinks about how crazy that is and laughs.
Tho he really wanted to bring the guy in. He closes his eyes to get some much needed sleep as his door opens.
Max looks up to see a man with a silenced pistol pointed at him.
"Hm. Now they think I'm dead. Funny how they just assume they got the right guy. Just like.... You did Detect... ....." Max hears but then hears no more as his end comes at just over the speed of sound....
The Caller leaves the hair of another intelligent convicted murderer that he obtained in a spot that's believable and quickly leaves.....
He disables the surveillance system and sends a virus out to any device that has received video data from the hospital.
Erasing and corrupting the systems. Leaving a master hackers finger prints on a glass from his home....
"Sorry, no witnesses." He says to the security guard as he fires... ..... ..... .... ....
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(Descriptions of fictional crimes investigated by the story's main Character Max.)
Detective's Fate
It's august of 2008.....
Max is a detective living in Chicago He checks his pistol and puts on his police badge as he walks out his front door.
He has been searching for a serial killer known as the Caller for years and always been one step behind due to the red tape.....
More importantly the chief's lazy attitude towards getting search warrants and actions approved by the courts for raids. Twice Max had good intel on the suspect's locations and photo evidence showing him at the sites.
The department needs more vigilant, caring officers and leaders but no one steps up to do it, instead they just complain about the slow progress and officers. And hinder investigations.
Now Max has decided that it might be time to stop playing by the rules and catch this scumbag.... .... ....
Starting his car Max sets his GPS to the address that "The Caller" was last seen and pulls out of his driveway as the 50 miles of directions pop up.
The killer's nickname being for his signature of calling in as he is committing the crime.
As he drives he remembers his first case, five years ago now..... ..... .....
A woman, Joane Taylor, was found dead in an alleyway after going out for the night. She showed no signs of struggle leading the police to believe she had drank to much and expired from alcohol poisoning.... ...
The death was written off as a "party gone wrong".... That is until several more were found and the coroner decided on a whim to test for other substances.
Once it came out that the deaths were possible murders...
The calls started coming in, almost like the suspect wanted credit before revealing himself....
Then ways of the deaths began changing as the Serial Killer explored his twisted desires searching for his preferred method.
The last case being a young woman found stuffed in a dumpster after the killer apparently got scared off.... Max will never forget it.... .... ....
The GPS finishes and the car beeps its final direction, taking an exit off the highway. Ramps out here are always confusing... Which is funny since he has driven this one for five years now...
The chief says he should sit this one out but he can't... The latest victim 3 months ago.
Marie Spelner, a waitress out on her smoke break talking to her spouse on the phone.
Survived by her husband, no children or living relatives. ....
Max Spelner turns into the driveway of the house he was directed to... Stepping out of the car he walks up and knocks on the door. Looking at the house he knows the family must be doing well if they live here.... Raising his hand to knock again he hears a scream from inside....
A second later the door is answered by a middle aged butler holding a tray with wine glasses on it... "Hello Sir, I'm sorry but this house does not wish to partake in any offers at this time..."
Max calmly says. "I'm not selling anything."
The butler looks confused for a moment before his eyes dart over Max's shoulder seeing his unmarked cruiser and he nods.
Looking past the butler Max sees that a woman is cleaning up after their dog.
"Have you seen this man?" Says Max holds up a picture of the one suspected of being the killer.
The butler gives it a once over before replying. "I'm sorry sir, no I have not." His tone sounds like he is lying... ....
"Are you sure?" The detective asks.
"I would not lie about something like that, sir." He states, his eyes not meeting Max's.
The woman calls from inside "Fletcher, who are you talking too?"
"Some man asking about a killer" he calls back.
"The killer is an inside job!" The woman quickly states.
"What?!" Max says.
"The Killer, it's an inside job." She says again, louder this time. In the same Max also hears a child begin to cry in another room.
"We should start from the beginning, it will be easier to explain trust me." The woman says.
'She seems to know what is going on....
"How do I know your story holds water?" He asks out loud.
"Oh I wouldn't lie. I have been following the case myself and it seems like an inside job to me." She states, somehow sounding hurt.
"Is there anyone else in the house besides you two and the baby?" He asks noticing the baby isn't crying anymore.
"Just Fletcher and I live here, the baby is my cousins but he just stays the night sometimes." She replies.
Max draws his gun and enters the house upon reasonable suspicion of an emergency in progress or suspect on the premisses as the man seems to be deceiving.
While the woman still seems unconcerned that the child is now silent.
He pushes past the butler and rushes towards the area he heard the crying. passes the entryway, the dinning room, and a kitchen before finally finding a child in a playpen.
"There there..." He says in a sing song voice picking up the child. "I'm officer Max, do you know where your mommy is?"
The child just cries louder.
Then he sees the man from the photo walk out of the bathroom, upon seeing him he bolts for the door and Max sets the child down gently then gives chase.
He runs through the house, following the man as he can hear the woman screaming at him to stop but he doesn't."
"Stop or I'll shoot." The man doesn't even break stride.
Instead he runs out of the front door and jumps into his car.
Furious that the man might escape he fires at the car as it drives away.
The back window shatters and he hopes he got his tire, but he doesn't wait to find out as he runs to his car and initiates a pursuit....
He flips on his concealed lights in his cruiser as he reverses down the drive and into the street.
The suspects car is fast but he manages to keep up with it weaving in and out of traffic as people move over for the siren.
As they approach a red light there is heavy traffic in the intersection..... ....
The suspect slams on his brakes and Max's cruiser only just stops short of hitting it. Jumping out the Detective points his firearm at the vehicle running up beside seeing heavily tinted windows.
"Get out of the car and on the ground now!!" He shouts as he moves to the driver's side door.
After seeing no response....
Max throws open the door and the driver is gone with the passenger side open.
He quickly runs to the other side catching the man trying to sneak off tackling him to the ground and then takes his arms putting them behind his back.
Max grabs his radio and calls it in as the man cries.
As he is waiting he hears a noise that sounds like static.....
"Wrong guy moron.. Did you ever stop to think I wanted you close for this one. That I planned everything...Even framing the pothead..... I almost lost interest until you pulled in the driveway... The attic is kinda cramped tho... I think I'll go carve some meat. Maybe graduate to other things to. I'm not sure yet. Lets see if you can catch me before......" A familiar voice says over the radio then cuts off... ...
Max looks at the man on the ground. "Why did you run from me?" He asks.
"Cause I have like 19 grams of marijuana in my pocket." He replies...
"Do you know how stupid that is?! I don't care about that I'm looking for a killer."
Before he can answer Max hears the woman from the house screaming for her life and a child's cries on his radio.
Then from below Max. "He's in the house, he's in the house! My mom and the baby!" The man on the ground says crying.
Max uncuffs him and runs to his car heading back to the house as he lays down rubber on the road... ... ...
As he approaches and pulls into the driveway he notices the front door is open.
"Hold on I'm coming!" Max screams jumping out of his cruiser...
He runs into the house finding the woman's body arriving too late. Moving over to her he checks for a pulse but she is gone, a large gash in her neck.
As he stands up he slips in a fluid but gains his balance and tries not to think about what it is....
He rushes to the room the baby was in finding the play pen empty. He leaves the room searching the rest of the house and still doesn't find the child.
"Where are you!!!" He calls out....
"This is the Callers first kidnapping and the media would eat up the fact I failed to stop the man." He thinks as he blames himself.
Sirens begin to blare in the distance as backup is about to arrive... ... ...
"There's a woman dead and a baby missing! The woman is in the dinning room straight ahead of the front door, Hurry!" He yells into his radio...
Looking over at the mother seeing a piece of paper on the floor.
He walks over to it seeing writing.
"So close... Looks like I'm a kidnapper now.... Good luck finding me.... And... I so enjoyed killing that sweet wife of yours. Might do it that way again. Not to the kid tho....later Max. Ps. This game is so fun.." It says.
"He was here..." Is all he can muster as the team enters.
"He was right in this house and I missed it because her son freaked over weed and ran..." He says as another officer speaks to him gently.
"Don't beat yourself up Detective, it's not your fault. He must have hid before you got her and left after you arrived." The words do little to comfort him "First day back on the job and the killer escaped taking a child..." He says as he walks away.
The chief arrives in his new lexus with a screeching of rubber as he lurches to a halt.
He quickly exits and leaves his door hanging open as he rushes into Max's face....
"I told you to stay away from this case MAX!!!!....(takes a breath)...
"If I catch any flak from my superiors, I won't suspend you.... That'd be to easy. Desk duty and an entry level demotion. The new guy will have a higher rank than you if things go my way.... Now get outta my sight...". "(Sighs)...
"This job is gonna be the death of me..." He says walking away from Max and towards the Coroner's van..... ..... .....
On the way home the detective stops by the store close to his house which is unlike him because he usually follows the same routine.
He nears the front door and he hears a kitchen timer ding loudly from behind him as his car explodes throwing him through the storefront windows as they are blown out..... .....
Alarms around the lot and others nearby create a cacophony of noise. His head pounding as his body aches, Max pushes himself up and collapses as the store manager runs over to him telling him not to move as he dials 911.... .... ....
Waking in the hospital Max recalls the feeling of the Shockwave as he flinches in phantom pain.
"Who woulda thought its like holding a ringing metal bat that hurts your hands but all over and way more intense." He thinks.
He suddenly feels tired and falls asleep.... .... .... ....
The next time he wakes, he sees a breaking news story that Jane Saltani is reporting on....
"Young toddler Accidently Shoots Serial killekidnapper ending his life and Alerting residents in the Area." The news anchor says.
Sighing to himself Max thinks about how crazy that is and laughs.
Tho he really wanted to bring the guy in. He closes his eyes to get some much needed sleep as his door opens.
Max looks up to see a man with a silenced pistol pointed at him.
"Hm. Now they think I'm dead. Funny how they just assume they got the right guy. Just like.... You did Detect... ....." Max hears but then hears no more as his end comes at just over the speed of sound....
The Caller leaves the hair of another intelligent convicted murderer that he obtained in a spot that's believable and quickly leaves.....
He disables the surveillance system and sends a virus out to any device that has received video data from the hospital.
Erasing and corrupting the systems. Leaving a master hackers finger prints on a glass from his home....
"Sorry, no witnesses." He says to the security guard as he fires... ..... ..... .... ....
2023.06.10 19:46 redperson6233 My(m35) friend (f27) dropped our plans two times in a row without so much as a heads up, then told me I need to get over it and i'm actually the badguy for talking about it.
I could really use some advice because i'm honestly feeling gaslit. So I (m35) met this friend(f27) on a dating app around ten months ago. After our first date she displayed some behavior that made it very apparent that we were completely incompatible romantically. I still thought she was a cool person aside from that and wanted to be friends. While she was initially disappointed, we quickly became very close, even best friends. We talked a lot but honestly hung out only a few times total, because literally all of her free time was taken up by dating a bunch of different guys. I of course have no problem with her dating people. That would be weird to say the least. The problem ended up becoming apparent, in my opinion, as her inability to balance dating and friendship. This point of view only became clear to me after I went on a trip a few months ago.
A couple of weeks before the trip she invited me to a st patricks day event. I was going to return from my trip before st patricks day and she was aware of this. During the trip we kept in touch with her saying how she can't wait for me to get back. When I got back I was feeling mentally pretty crappy. It felt like the trip had pointed out things in my life I needed to change. Some sort of existential ennui. I messaged her on a messaging app letting her know I was back, we exchanged multiple messages back and forth in under two minutes in which she stated she was happy I was back “Although idk when ima see u but still.” st patricks day was in a few days. I was like “wait what?! I thought you invited me to your st patricks day thing?” she then set her status to invisible and did not reply for three hours, until I eventually texted her that I needed to talk to her. When we got in touch, she answered asking what was up, appearing completely oblivious to the situation. I was polite and asked how she was, as she acted as though she had no idea what I wanted to talk about. She sounded strange, very flat, in my opinion. Honestly she sounded like she had been caught or something. But maybe that was just in my head. After the awkward mechanical platitudes were exchanged, I inquired about the st patricks day thing. she then non-nonchalantly stated that is was actually last week and that she didn't go. She did mention that she had a date that weekend of course. If there was an apology it was so brief and emotionless I don't remember it. I was quite hurt by the entire situation, and it was clear in my voice. I ended the call. She then messaged me asking if I was ok. We ended up having another conversation soon after about how I was feeling but I only spoke about the problem of my ennui, but not my biggest problem at that moment, her behavior. Later that night after the call I decided to travel some more. The next day I spoke with her about her handling of the situation. I repeated myself multiple times in an effort to let her know that I was hurt by her actions and didn't think what she did was ok. After initial defensiveness she finally seemed to accept fault and and became apologetic. She then said “we are going to hang out when you come back, when are you coming back?” I gave her the date and after my reply she said “it's gonna be our weekend we're gonna do xyz fun things.” The convo went on longer after that. just regular friend stuff. This was two weeks from my return date.
After returning from my trip in the middle of the week I messaged her. At one point I brought up our plans for the weekend. she then said that she couldn't hang out. She had a date that weekend on the day I was expecting us to hang out. I was shocked. I asked her if it was a bad joke. She loled and replied no, the guy was cool and they had been talking for a while. This time I was pissed, but felt like there must be something I'm missing. She can't really be doing this. I called her the next day rather than that day, in an effort to talk in a better, calmer frame of mind.
Now according to what her online “friend” later told me, she had been telling him that she wanted to be with him romantically for quite some time. She had previously told me not to mention anything about her dating to him. I found that an odd dynamic between “friends” but not my business. Also, they met online I believe when she was 14 and he was 21. I don't know. maybe that's neither here nor there.
Anyways apparently, he had found out about her dating very recently. They had apparently had a fight over it the night before and he had said some cruel things. She believed their “friendship” was over. Shortly thereafter is when I got in touch with her, Unbeknownst to me.
When she picked up my call she sounded strangely flat again, and again acting completely unaware of any problem. Exactly like before in my opinion. I was deliberately non-accusatory, asking her about her understanding about the previous situation in an attempt to see what her thought process was that would lead her to do a very similar thing two times in a row to her “best friend.” She then said she didn't recall me saying much about her actions being a big problem. All she really remembered was my travel ennui. I tried to explain yet again how it wasn't cool then, and it was even less cool now - in the calmest least accusatory way possible, but her demeanor was unchanged, emotionless, and totally unapologetic. What was worse is she started getting defensive about the previous incident all over again. After a while I became angrier and began to mirror her disposition. She explained that apparently when we talked, she didn't mean that we were going to hang out the weekend when I returned. She meant at some unknown point in the future after I got back. A week from then, a year from then, who knows. After she told me it was ok if I was disappointed, I corrected in a calm tone that i was "pissed." She graciously said that that was ok. She gave me a very brief, very half-assed very emotionless, “sorry for the miscommunication.” I could practically hear a shrug in her voice. I was in disbelief of her coldness and lack of caring as we sat there in silence for a while before I ended the call. That is where the messages start (i did link them in an AITA post). The tldr of the conversation can be summarized by the first 5 exchanges
her:i know I was non-chalant but I just had a friend breakup I care about our friendship, me:then you should have told me that because I just wrote off our friendship, her:yeah i'm sorry he was really mean to me, me:i'd rather feel physical pain than emotional, I can't have you hurting me like this i'm trying not to cut you off emotionally right now, her: “I know and i share that shutting down. And thats why i feel like youre already trying to shut me out but OP thats not fair. Im going to make mistakes. Im human. What matters is owning it, you sharing with me openly the problem ive caused, and you have to forgive me because i would hope by now youd know i am NOT other people. I am not those people. I essentially mentally kill myself when i fuck up and i dont need you to add to it[...] I always feel very deeply when ive caused any issue for anyone or made a mistake big or small so you being really hard on me is unhealthy for me and very hurtful. I need you to express your issue which you have now done and let me take it and apologize and you forgive me because you know me better than that OP.” I can't accept someone saying sorry I care so much while simultaneously being defensive, telling me i'm in the wrong for saying anything, and telling me that I need to instantly get over it - as an apology. The conversation ended with me telling her to just get some sleep and we can talk about it later.
A day passed without communication. The day after that she messaged me if we were going to hang out the next weekend or not. Her intent was to ask me if I was over it, or if she needed to replace my presence with the guy she had not yet gone on a date with, and didn't even know if she liked (it was confirmed by her during our next call weeks later that this was the meaning behind her inquiry, with her admitting to it being “bitchy”). On the day of the first call I didn't want to exacerbate her stress. I wanted to give her time to recover from her emotional distress and have a proper conversation later, and hopefully a proper apology. The problem is she never changed her tune from that first day. The subsequent messages over the span of two months was the result of my efforts to properly address the situation. In my opinion it was nothing but her refusing to talk about it, minimizing all her actions as a “miscommunication,” telling me i'm really the one responsible for the ongoing conflict for needing to talk about it and that my feelings aren't valid, and her asking if I want to hang out like normal. When we finally did talk, it was like pulling teeth to get her to see how anything she did was wrong when it came to her handling of the situation. To get her to see everything as more than a simple miscommunication. Asking her how she would feel if I had done x,y, and z as she did. After I finally managed to get her to see some wrong, she explained that she too was “pissed.” Pissed at me from day one, and remained pissed at me the whole time. She was pissed at me - because I was angry with her about her actions and response when confronted about them. So in response to having to be dragged kicking and screaming into seeing/admitting some tiny modicum of fault, and giving me the most forced, single sentence, half-assed apology, she then asked if I could understand her point of view of her being pissed at me. I absolutely can not. is the way she handled this situation worthy of ending a friendship. or should I just “get over it” as she has been directly saying and implying ever since the beginning of the issue? how can i make her see my point of view?
TLDR, I feel like my friend was careless about my feelings and was willing to throw our friendship in the trash for every random guy in the city. After raising the issue, I feel the way she reacted with defensiveness, indifference, and passive aggression was pretty much as bad as it gets. Is this worthy of ending the friendship or should I just “get over it” like she says.
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A couple of weeks before the trip she invited me to a st patricks day event. I was going to return from my trip before st patricks day and she was aware of this. During the trip we kept in touch with her saying how she can't wait for me to get back. When I got back I was feeling mentally pretty crappy. It felt like the trip had pointed out things in my life I needed to change. Some sort of existential ennui. I messaged her on a messaging app letting her know I was back, we exchanged multiple messages back and forth in under two minutes in which she stated she was happy I was back “Although idk when ima see u but still.” st patricks day was in a few days. I was like “wait what?! I thought you invited me to your st patricks day thing?” she then set her status to invisible and did not reply for three hours, until I eventually texted her that I needed to talk to her. When we got in touch, she answered asking what was up, appearing completely oblivious to the situation. I was polite and asked how she was, as she acted as though she had no idea what I wanted to talk about. She sounded strange, very flat, in my opinion. Honestly she sounded like she had been caught or something. But maybe that was just in my head. After the awkward mechanical platitudes were exchanged, I inquired about the st patricks day thing. she then non-nonchalantly stated that is was actually last week and that she didn't go. She did mention that she had a date that weekend of course. If there was an apology it was so brief and emotionless I don't remember it. I was quite hurt by the entire situation, and it was clear in my voice. I ended the call. She then messaged me asking if I was ok. We ended up having another conversation soon after about how I was feeling but I only spoke about the problem of my ennui, but not my biggest problem at that moment, her behavior. Later that night after the call I decided to travel some more. The next day I spoke with her about her handling of the situation. I repeated myself multiple times in an effort to let her know that I was hurt by her actions and didn't think what she did was ok. After initial defensiveness she finally seemed to accept fault and and became apologetic. She then said “we are going to hang out when you come back, when are you coming back?” I gave her the date and after my reply she said “it's gonna be our weekend we're gonna do xyz fun things.” The convo went on longer after that. just regular friend stuff. This was two weeks from my return date.
After returning from my trip in the middle of the week I messaged her. At one point I brought up our plans for the weekend. she then said that she couldn't hang out. She had a date that weekend on the day I was expecting us to hang out. I was shocked. I asked her if it was a bad joke. She loled and replied no, the guy was cool and they had been talking for a while. This time I was pissed, but felt like there must be something I'm missing. She can't really be doing this. I called her the next day rather than that day, in an effort to talk in a better, calmer frame of mind.
Now according to what her online “friend” later told me, she had been telling him that she wanted to be with him romantically for quite some time. She had previously told me not to mention anything about her dating to him. I found that an odd dynamic between “friends” but not my business. Also, they met online I believe when she was 14 and he was 21. I don't know. maybe that's neither here nor there.
Anyways apparently, he had found out about her dating very recently. They had apparently had a fight over it the night before and he had said some cruel things. She believed their “friendship” was over. Shortly thereafter is when I got in touch with her, Unbeknownst to me.
When she picked up my call she sounded strangely flat again, and again acting completely unaware of any problem. Exactly like before in my opinion. I was deliberately non-accusatory, asking her about her understanding about the previous situation in an attempt to see what her thought process was that would lead her to do a very similar thing two times in a row to her “best friend.” She then said she didn't recall me saying much about her actions being a big problem. All she really remembered was my travel ennui. I tried to explain yet again how it wasn't cool then, and it was even less cool now - in the calmest least accusatory way possible, but her demeanor was unchanged, emotionless, and totally unapologetic. What was worse is she started getting defensive about the previous incident all over again. After a while I became angrier and began to mirror her disposition. She explained that apparently when we talked, she didn't mean that we were going to hang out the weekend when I returned. She meant at some unknown point in the future after I got back. A week from then, a year from then, who knows. After she told me it was ok if I was disappointed, I corrected in a calm tone that i was "pissed." She graciously said that that was ok. She gave me a very brief, very half-assed very emotionless, “sorry for the miscommunication.” I could practically hear a shrug in her voice. I was in disbelief of her coldness and lack of caring as we sat there in silence for a while before I ended the call. That is where the messages start (i did link them in an AITA post). The tldr of the conversation can be summarized by the first 5 exchanges
her:i know I was non-chalant but I just had a friend breakup I care about our friendship, me:then you should have told me that because I just wrote off our friendship, her:yeah i'm sorry he was really mean to me, me:i'd rather feel physical pain than emotional, I can't have you hurting me like this i'm trying not to cut you off emotionally right now, her: “I know and i share that shutting down. And thats why i feel like youre already trying to shut me out but OP thats not fair. Im going to make mistakes. Im human. What matters is owning it, you sharing with me openly the problem ive caused, and you have to forgive me because i would hope by now youd know i am NOT other people. I am not those people. I essentially mentally kill myself when i fuck up and i dont need you to add to it[...] I always feel very deeply when ive caused any issue for anyone or made a mistake big or small so you being really hard on me is unhealthy for me and very hurtful. I need you to express your issue which you have now done and let me take it and apologize and you forgive me because you know me better than that OP.” I can't accept someone saying sorry I care so much while simultaneously being defensive, telling me i'm in the wrong for saying anything, and telling me that I need to instantly get over it - as an apology. The conversation ended with me telling her to just get some sleep and we can talk about it later.
A day passed without communication. The day after that she messaged me if we were going to hang out the next weekend or not. Her intent was to ask me if I was over it, or if she needed to replace my presence with the guy she had not yet gone on a date with, and didn't even know if she liked (it was confirmed by her during our next call weeks later that this was the meaning behind her inquiry, with her admitting to it being “bitchy”). On the day of the first call I didn't want to exacerbate her stress. I wanted to give her time to recover from her emotional distress and have a proper conversation later, and hopefully a proper apology. The problem is she never changed her tune from that first day. The subsequent messages over the span of two months was the result of my efforts to properly address the situation. In my opinion it was nothing but her refusing to talk about it, minimizing all her actions as a “miscommunication,” telling me i'm really the one responsible for the ongoing conflict for needing to talk about it and that my feelings aren't valid, and her asking if I want to hang out like normal. When we finally did talk, it was like pulling teeth to get her to see how anything she did was wrong when it came to her handling of the situation. To get her to see everything as more than a simple miscommunication. Asking her how she would feel if I had done x,y, and z as she did. After I finally managed to get her to see some wrong, she explained that she too was “pissed.” Pissed at me from day one, and remained pissed at me the whole time. She was pissed at me - because I was angry with her about her actions and response when confronted about them. So in response to having to be dragged kicking and screaming into seeing/admitting some tiny modicum of fault, and giving me the most forced, single sentence, half-assed apology, she then asked if I could understand her point of view of her being pissed at me. I absolutely can not. is the way she handled this situation worthy of ending a friendship. or should I just “get over it” as she has been directly saying and implying ever since the beginning of the issue? how can i make her see my point of view?
TLDR, I feel like my friend was careless about my feelings and was willing to throw our friendship in the trash for every random guy in the city. After raising the issue, I feel the way she reacted with defensiveness, indifference, and passive aggression was pretty much as bad as it gets. Is this worthy of ending the friendship or should I just “get over it” like she says.
2023.06.10 19:46 Solid_Requirement250 My thoughts on the "Canadian kids stomping the pride flags" video
I'm only 17 but probably more politically motivated and involved than 90% of you. I know I might be naive and everything I say and believe might just be wrong but here's my thoughts and experience.
I've made hateful comments towards gay people. I was arguing against homosexuality on Facebook for a while. At age 13 or 14 I called a lesbian girl disgusting on Facebook comments for absolutely no reason except because her existence threatened my ego. I was met with with a large wave of disappointment and jokes from her friends but surprisingly no hate. Everyone was calm. Which made me feel safe. Safer than I feel when I'm listening to my elders say hateful stuff in their own conversations. So I started a discussion defending my side with a calm head because I thought I was the rational one and I could guide those misguided souls and get some social credits from Allah. The discussion slowly shifted to how hateful people are and how bad LGBTQ people have it, I wanted to deny it, I wanted to say they don't get hate, they get worshipped by the media but how could I? I was the source of hate. This opened my eyes and cracked my faith in Islam.
When I was around 10 my mom gave me "the talk" and a large part of that was how terrible it is to find the same gender attractive. Well here I am 17y/o athiest and an LGBTQ ally. My mom's one of those psychopathic Muslims and if she was into Tiktok I'm sure she'd make tiktoks of how she's raising me as anti LGBTQ, if she was into protesting and privileged enough to go outside on her will, I'm sure she'd take me with her to show the world what a good Muslim boy she's raising. Even if all of those things happened to me I'd still end up exactly where I'm at right now simply because of that Facebook comment section. I believe the kids in the video can change too.
My favourite Streamer Destiny said he only became a progressive when he made a descent amount of money and his life got much better. He's probably the most rational person I've ever seen. Yet he only changed his position once he found happiness. I think it's true for everyone. We only deceive ourselves by calling ourselves rational beings. WE'RE NOT. We're all slaves to our feelings.
I don't think people don't actually want to live with hate because It doesn't feel good. But in Abrahamic religions hate is mandatory. That's the biggest advantage we have against Abrahamic religions. So If we want to change people's minds all we have to do is make them feel safe and welcome like the people on the Facebook comments did. Make them realise our side is the kind one. If I was met with hate that day I probably wouldn't be here today.
So I guess the easiest path towards changing peoples minds from hate is to welcome them with kindness and compassion. I know it's an insane thing to ask from the LGBT Community as they are the direct victims of hate but I'd still ask you not to respond to hate with hate. It's probably much better if you respond with how the hate made you feel. As for the allies I think responding with hate is an absolute NO. It doesn't work, it doesn't help.
I have moved a few of my close friends from their anti lgbt sentiments just by making them aware of their hate and how they're hurting themselves from it. It was easy. So I know it works. I'm pretty sure I've planted the seed that will soon make them lose their faiths too 😈 I would love to hear your thoughts on everything I've written and the situation in general.
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I've made hateful comments towards gay people. I was arguing against homosexuality on Facebook for a while. At age 13 or 14 I called a lesbian girl disgusting on Facebook comments for absolutely no reason except because her existence threatened my ego. I was met with with a large wave of disappointment and jokes from her friends but surprisingly no hate. Everyone was calm. Which made me feel safe. Safer than I feel when I'm listening to my elders say hateful stuff in their own conversations. So I started a discussion defending my side with a calm head because I thought I was the rational one and I could guide those misguided souls and get some social credits from Allah. The discussion slowly shifted to how hateful people are and how bad LGBTQ people have it, I wanted to deny it, I wanted to say they don't get hate, they get worshipped by the media but how could I? I was the source of hate. This opened my eyes and cracked my faith in Islam.
When I was around 10 my mom gave me "the talk" and a large part of that was how terrible it is to find the same gender attractive. Well here I am 17y/o athiest and an LGBTQ ally. My mom's one of those psychopathic Muslims and if she was into Tiktok I'm sure she'd make tiktoks of how she's raising me as anti LGBTQ, if she was into protesting and privileged enough to go outside on her will, I'm sure she'd take me with her to show the world what a good Muslim boy she's raising. Even if all of those things happened to me I'd still end up exactly where I'm at right now simply because of that Facebook comment section. I believe the kids in the video can change too.
My favourite Streamer Destiny said he only became a progressive when he made a descent amount of money and his life got much better. He's probably the most rational person I've ever seen. Yet he only changed his position once he found happiness. I think it's true for everyone. We only deceive ourselves by calling ourselves rational beings. WE'RE NOT. We're all slaves to our feelings.
I don't think people don't actually want to live with hate because It doesn't feel good. But in Abrahamic religions hate is mandatory. That's the biggest advantage we have against Abrahamic religions. So If we want to change people's minds all we have to do is make them feel safe and welcome like the people on the Facebook comments did. Make them realise our side is the kind one. If I was met with hate that day I probably wouldn't be here today.
So I guess the easiest path towards changing peoples minds from hate is to welcome them with kindness and compassion. I know it's an insane thing to ask from the LGBT Community as they are the direct victims of hate but I'd still ask you not to respond to hate with hate. It's probably much better if you respond with how the hate made you feel. As for the allies I think responding with hate is an absolute NO. It doesn't work, it doesn't help.
I have moved a few of my close friends from their anti lgbt sentiments just by making them aware of their hate and how they're hurting themselves from it. It was easy. So I know it works. I'm pretty sure I've planted the seed that will soon make them lose their faiths too 😈 I would love to hear your thoughts on everything I've written and the situation in general.
2023.06.10 19:46 JoseLunaArts Cid Campeador was a mercenary. His bio could be easily turned into a mechwarrior biography.
After digging into literature, I found that the story of the legendary knight Cid Campeador, sounds to me like the story of a mercenary Mechwarrior, instead of the usual legend that shows him as a religious warrior. It does not take too much to export this story to Battletech universe, and indeed I plan to add a version of him to my Mechwarrior Destiny game at some point.
The following is a summary of "Historia Roderici" an old Spanish text that may likely be inaccessible to English speaking readers, not only because of language barrier, but also because of the ancient Spanish words that are difficult to understand even for modern Spanish speakers. You will discover that Cid Campeador was not a religious hero, but a merc.
I believe it could be used as source material to inspire a novel.
Sorry about the long read, but it still shorter than the original "Historia Roderici".
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Rodrigo "Ruy" Díaz de Vivar is also known as Cid Campeador, and some people believe he was a religious hero but others see him as a mercenary. The oldest biography is "Historia Roderici" in 1190 when the Castillan warrior had passed away 80 years ago. This biography was made popular via minstrels, and it incorporated many fictional episodes that composed "Cantar del Mio Cid" around the year 1200. For example, there is no evidence that Rodrigo had 2 swords called Tisona and Colada, and a horse called Babieca. He had 2 daughters but they were not named doña Sol and doña Elvira.
Spain was invaded in the year 711 from the south and only a small strip was left at the north where Christian kings would seek a safe haven. The invaders ruling lasted for 800 years but these years also were full of internal disputes, just like in the Inner Sphere.
The war in Spain was always portrayed as a holy war, like a Jihad. This was the time where the term "pariah" was born. The non Christian rulers paid tribute called pariah to Christian kings in exchange for protection. And that was the historical context of eternal war.
Rodrigo was born in the small town of Vivar, near Burgos. His father was a low rank noble, but his mother was from the elite of nobles, daughter of count of Oviedo. The last name Diaz indicated he was son of Diego. When he was 10, his father died, and he was sent to the court of Fernando I de León, to complete his education with the sons of the king. One of the sons, Sancho turned Rodrigo into his page and became close friends. He receives high education and learned to fight. He knew how to read and write, something very uncommon.
When Rodrigo was 15 he went with don Sancho to Zaragoza, a territory which was under the protection of Fernando I de León in exchange for pariah. Ramiro I de Aragón uncle of Fernando I de León wanted the land under protection, and this is how Sancho and his "mesnadas" (forces under command of a lord) went to help. Ramiro I not only was defeated, but also died.
When Fernando I (ruler of Galicia, León and Castilla) died, he distributed his kingdom among his 5 sons instead of having a linear succession, because Alfonso, his second son, was his favorite. Sancho ruled Castilla and had the right to collect the pariah of Zaragoza. Sancho did not like the distribution of land, as he felt he should have been the heir of the whole kingdom. He entered a conflict with his siblings. Rodrigo ended up being in charge of the army of Sancho. In his first one on one match defeated the Alferez of Navarra kingdom, Jimeno Arcés. This is where he earned the title of "campeador", which means he is a master of the battlefield.
After his mother died, Sancho started war against Alfonso. Rodrigo skill surfaced among all other warriors. Sancho won the battle, but Alfonoso escaped and did not surrender as agreed. Instead, Alfonso agreed to allow Sancho to conquer Galicia ruled by his younger brother García. García was defeated and was and outcast who escaped to the taifa of Sevilla. But that did not end the war with Alfonso. In the new battle, Rodrigo skill shined again. And Alfonso was defeated once again. Alfonso was an outcast too, and he went to the taifa of Toledo. The reunification war ended. But it would last a few months.
Zamora was ruled by his sister Urraca. Many nobles gathered there and they did not embrace Sanho as the king. Urraca supported them, and supported Alfonso. Sancho sieged Zamora for months, but it did cost Sancho's life at the hands of a Zamoran warrior, and not even Rodrigo could stop that. The killer pretended to defecte from Urraca city and earned Sancho's trust. The defector Bellido Dolfos was going to show him a weak spot in the walls of Zamora, and when Sanch went to the loo, the defector took Sancho's spear and killed him. Alfonso became king. García attempted to recover his kingdom but ended in prison where he died. Alfonso married Rodrigo with doña Jimena, relative of Alfonso and apparently Rodrigo was deeply in love with her.
Rodrigo was sent to collect Paria To Sevilla, and García Ordoñez, close friend of alfonso was sent to Granada. Granada ruler asked Ordoñez to attack Sevilla and that Rodrigo had to fight García Ordoñez and made him prisoner and set him free later. García Ordoñez accused Rodrigo of stealing a portion of the pariah of Sevilla, which are believed to be the gift of Sevilla ruler to Rodrigo for defending his land.
Alfonso went to Taifa of Toledo, and Rodrigo was sick at home. There was an attack on a castle and Rodrigo reacted without asking for permission, chased the attackers who entered Toledo territory and Rodrigo took a huge loot, Alfonso was so upset because that destroyed Alfonso's plans to own Toledo without a fight. García Ordoñez presented this to Alfonso as an attempt to make people from Toledo to kill Alfonso. So Rodrigo became an outcast, and he was exiled and had to make a living. Along the road, many men joined him. He went to Zaragoza to offer his services. Now Zaragoza should not have to pay pariah to different kingdoms for protection.
This contradicts the jihadist nature of Rodrigo as a religious warrior. After the ruler of Zaragoza died, his 2 sons also fought. Rodrigo stood in the side of Zaragoza, and the opponent sought help among the kings in the north. The enemy forces outnumbered Rodrigo's but he defeated them in the battle of Almenar.
An uncle of the ruler of Zaragoza, who was prisoner of Alfonso, earned the trust of the alcalde who controlled the prison, so the alcalde passed the message to Alfonso. The uncle offered him the castle of Zaragoza in exchange for paying the pariah to Alfonso. So Alfonso marched towards Zaragoza. But Alfonso this time was not ahead of the forces. He sent scouts who were killed. It seems that the uncle died while the expedition was on its way to Zaragoza, so the alcalde had the idea of becoming an ally of Zaragoza and tried to kill king Alfonso.
Later Alfonso met Rodrigo and Rodrigo told that he had no part in that betrayal, and Alfonso and Rodrigo went back to normal relations without hard feelings.
Alfonso managed to conquer Toledo and that meant a raise in the pariah for other taifas. But religious fundamentalist fanatics from northern Africa were asked to help and their fanatism made them fearsome. Alfonso had Zaragoza under siege, and Rodrigo did not want to fight Alfonso. But news came from the new invaders and the siege stopped. Then the battle of Sagrajas came, where Alfonso suffered a defeat. Alfonso had to escape to save his life. Rodrigo went to Toledo to offer his services to Alfonso.
Alfonso commissioned Rodrigo to take care of the invaders and conquer lands, and to collect the pariah from Zaragoza, which had Rodrigo working as a merc for 6 years.
But good relations did not last. During a campaign Rodrigo was supposed to reinforce Alfonso's forces, but Rodrigo did not arrive. Rodrigo was exiled for second time after García Ordoñez made the king feel betrayed. Alfonso took his property and made his family prisoner. Rodrigo begged and his family was set free. And he became a warlord in Valencia and fought against both sides.
Rodrigo suffered an attack and he took revenge against García Ordoñez and led an expedition to do exactly that and looted along his way. Alfonso gave away these lands and no one wanted to fight Rodrigo. Now the only enemies of Rodrigo were the invaders in the south who attacked Valencia and killed its ruler. Rodrigo sieged the city and help did not arrive so they surrendered, and Rodrigo self proclaimed himself prince.
The invader Almoraviles forces were obsessed with taking Valencia. And epic battles took place.
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The following is a summary of "Historia Roderici" an old Spanish text that may likely be inaccessible to English speaking readers, not only because of language barrier, but also because of the ancient Spanish words that are difficult to understand even for modern Spanish speakers. You will discover that Cid Campeador was not a religious hero, but a merc.
I believe it could be used as source material to inspire a novel.
Sorry about the long read, but it still shorter than the original "Historia Roderici".
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Rodrigo "Ruy" Díaz de Vivar is also known as Cid Campeador, and some people believe he was a religious hero but others see him as a mercenary. The oldest biography is "Historia Roderici" in 1190 when the Castillan warrior had passed away 80 years ago. This biography was made popular via minstrels, and it incorporated many fictional episodes that composed "Cantar del Mio Cid" around the year 1200. For example, there is no evidence that Rodrigo had 2 swords called Tisona and Colada, and a horse called Babieca. He had 2 daughters but they were not named doña Sol and doña Elvira.
Spain was invaded in the year 711 from the south and only a small strip was left at the north where Christian kings would seek a safe haven. The invaders ruling lasted for 800 years but these years also were full of internal disputes, just like in the Inner Sphere.
The war in Spain was always portrayed as a holy war, like a Jihad. This was the time where the term "pariah" was born. The non Christian rulers paid tribute called pariah to Christian kings in exchange for protection. And that was the historical context of eternal war.
Rodrigo was born in the small town of Vivar, near Burgos. His father was a low rank noble, but his mother was from the elite of nobles, daughter of count of Oviedo. The last name Diaz indicated he was son of Diego. When he was 10, his father died, and he was sent to the court of Fernando I de León, to complete his education with the sons of the king. One of the sons, Sancho turned Rodrigo into his page and became close friends. He receives high education and learned to fight. He knew how to read and write, something very uncommon.
When Rodrigo was 15 he went with don Sancho to Zaragoza, a territory which was under the protection of Fernando I de León in exchange for pariah. Ramiro I de Aragón uncle of Fernando I de León wanted the land under protection, and this is how Sancho and his "mesnadas" (forces under command of a lord) went to help. Ramiro I not only was defeated, but also died.
When Fernando I (ruler of Galicia, León and Castilla) died, he distributed his kingdom among his 5 sons instead of having a linear succession, because Alfonso, his second son, was his favorite. Sancho ruled Castilla and had the right to collect the pariah of Zaragoza. Sancho did not like the distribution of land, as he felt he should have been the heir of the whole kingdom. He entered a conflict with his siblings. Rodrigo ended up being in charge of the army of Sancho. In his first one on one match defeated the Alferez of Navarra kingdom, Jimeno Arcés. This is where he earned the title of "campeador", which means he is a master of the battlefield.
After his mother died, Sancho started war against Alfonso. Rodrigo skill surfaced among all other warriors. Sancho won the battle, but Alfonoso escaped and did not surrender as agreed. Instead, Alfonso agreed to allow Sancho to conquer Galicia ruled by his younger brother García. García was defeated and was and outcast who escaped to the taifa of Sevilla. But that did not end the war with Alfonso. In the new battle, Rodrigo skill shined again. And Alfonso was defeated once again. Alfonso was an outcast too, and he went to the taifa of Toledo. The reunification war ended. But it would last a few months.
Zamora was ruled by his sister Urraca. Many nobles gathered there and they did not embrace Sanho as the king. Urraca supported them, and supported Alfonso. Sancho sieged Zamora for months, but it did cost Sancho's life at the hands of a Zamoran warrior, and not even Rodrigo could stop that. The killer pretended to defecte from Urraca city and earned Sancho's trust. The defector Bellido Dolfos was going to show him a weak spot in the walls of Zamora, and when Sanch went to the loo, the defector took Sancho's spear and killed him. Alfonso became king. García attempted to recover his kingdom but ended in prison where he died. Alfonso married Rodrigo with doña Jimena, relative of Alfonso and apparently Rodrigo was deeply in love with her.
Rodrigo was sent to collect Paria To Sevilla, and García Ordoñez, close friend of alfonso was sent to Granada. Granada ruler asked Ordoñez to attack Sevilla and that Rodrigo had to fight García Ordoñez and made him prisoner and set him free later. García Ordoñez accused Rodrigo of stealing a portion of the pariah of Sevilla, which are believed to be the gift of Sevilla ruler to Rodrigo for defending his land.
Alfonso went to Taifa of Toledo, and Rodrigo was sick at home. There was an attack on a castle and Rodrigo reacted without asking for permission, chased the attackers who entered Toledo territory and Rodrigo took a huge loot, Alfonso was so upset because that destroyed Alfonso's plans to own Toledo without a fight. García Ordoñez presented this to Alfonso as an attempt to make people from Toledo to kill Alfonso. So Rodrigo became an outcast, and he was exiled and had to make a living. Along the road, many men joined him. He went to Zaragoza to offer his services. Now Zaragoza should not have to pay pariah to different kingdoms for protection.
This contradicts the jihadist nature of Rodrigo as a religious warrior. After the ruler of Zaragoza died, his 2 sons also fought. Rodrigo stood in the side of Zaragoza, and the opponent sought help among the kings in the north. The enemy forces outnumbered Rodrigo's but he defeated them in the battle of Almenar.
An uncle of the ruler of Zaragoza, who was prisoner of Alfonso, earned the trust of the alcalde who controlled the prison, so the alcalde passed the message to Alfonso. The uncle offered him the castle of Zaragoza in exchange for paying the pariah to Alfonso. So Alfonso marched towards Zaragoza. But Alfonso this time was not ahead of the forces. He sent scouts who were killed. It seems that the uncle died while the expedition was on its way to Zaragoza, so the alcalde had the idea of becoming an ally of Zaragoza and tried to kill king Alfonso.
Later Alfonso met Rodrigo and Rodrigo told that he had no part in that betrayal, and Alfonso and Rodrigo went back to normal relations without hard feelings.
Alfonso managed to conquer Toledo and that meant a raise in the pariah for other taifas. But religious fundamentalist fanatics from northern Africa were asked to help and their fanatism made them fearsome. Alfonso had Zaragoza under siege, and Rodrigo did not want to fight Alfonso. But news came from the new invaders and the siege stopped. Then the battle of Sagrajas came, where Alfonso suffered a defeat. Alfonso had to escape to save his life. Rodrigo went to Toledo to offer his services to Alfonso.
Alfonso commissioned Rodrigo to take care of the invaders and conquer lands, and to collect the pariah from Zaragoza, which had Rodrigo working as a merc for 6 years.
But good relations did not last. During a campaign Rodrigo was supposed to reinforce Alfonso's forces, but Rodrigo did not arrive. Rodrigo was exiled for second time after García Ordoñez made the king feel betrayed. Alfonso took his property and made his family prisoner. Rodrigo begged and his family was set free. And he became a warlord in Valencia and fought against both sides.
Rodrigo suffered an attack and he took revenge against García Ordoñez and led an expedition to do exactly that and looted along his way. Alfonso gave away these lands and no one wanted to fight Rodrigo. Now the only enemies of Rodrigo were the invaders in the south who attacked Valencia and killed its ruler. Rodrigo sieged the city and help did not arrive so they surrendered, and Rodrigo self proclaimed himself prince.
The invader Almoraviles forces were obsessed with taking Valencia. And epic battles took place.
2023.06.10 19:44 HeavyEvidence1147 BillionAir
Post: Hey fellow Redditors, I wanted to start a discussion about a fascinating topic that has been on my mind lately: billionaires and their impact on society. Specifically, I want to dive into the concept of "BillionAir" — a term used to describe an imaginary, highly influential group of individuals with extreme wealth. Are they the epitome of success, or do they pose a threat to our society? Let's explore both sides of the coin!
1. The Power of BillionAir:
On one hand, many argue that billionaires symbolize innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and the American Dream. They have the resources to fund groundbreaking research, create jobs, and contribute to the economy. By investing in startups and supporting philanthropic endeavors, they can drive societal progress and address pressing issues like poverty, education, and healthcare.
Moreover, some proponents of billionaires argue that their wealth is a natural byproduct of their success. They claim that the billionaires earned their fortunes through hard work, intelligence, and taking risks. In this view, their wealth is a testament to their skills and talents, and they deserve to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
2. The Dark Side of BillionAir:
On the other hand, critics argue that billionaires concentrate too much power in the hands of a few individuals. They contend that extreme wealth inequality perpetuates social disparities and stifles upward mobility. The immense influence wielded by billionaires can shape politics, policies, and public opinion, potentially distorting democratic processes.
Furthermore, concerns are raised about the impact of billionaires on economic systems. Some argue that their wealth accumulation perpetuates a cycle of inequality, as resources are not distributed equitably. This concentration of wealth, they claim, can hinder social progress and exacerbate societal divisions.
3. Striking a Balance:
As with any complex issue, finding a balance is crucial. Instead of demonizing billionaires or deifying them, we should strive for a system that allows wealth creation while addressing societal challenges. Here are a few questions to ponder:
Now that I've presented both sides of the BillionAir debate, I'd love to hear your perspectives. Do you think billionaires are a necessary part of a thriving society, or are they a threat to social and economic balance? How can we strike a balance between wealth creation and social responsibility? Let's engage in a respectful and thoughtful discussion.
submitted by HeavyEvidence1147 to u/HeavyEvidence1147 [link] [comments]
Post: Hey fellow Redditors, I wanted to start a discussion about a fascinating topic that has been on my mind lately: billionaires and their impact on society. Specifically, I want to dive into the concept of "BillionAir" — a term used to describe an imaginary, highly influential group of individuals with extreme wealth. Are they the epitome of success, or do they pose a threat to our society? Let's explore both sides of the coin!
1. The Power of BillionAir:
On one hand, many argue that billionaires symbolize innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and the American Dream. They have the resources to fund groundbreaking research, create jobs, and contribute to the economy. By investing in startups and supporting philanthropic endeavors, they can drive societal progress and address pressing issues like poverty, education, and healthcare.
Moreover, some proponents of billionaires argue that their wealth is a natural byproduct of their success. They claim that the billionaires earned their fortunes through hard work, intelligence, and taking risks. In this view, their wealth is a testament to their skills and talents, and they deserve to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
2. The Dark Side of BillionAir:
On the other hand, critics argue that billionaires concentrate too much power in the hands of a few individuals. They contend that extreme wealth inequality perpetuates social disparities and stifles upward mobility. The immense influence wielded by billionaires can shape politics, policies, and public opinion, potentially distorting democratic processes.
Furthermore, concerns are raised about the impact of billionaires on economic systems. Some argue that their wealth accumulation perpetuates a cycle of inequality, as resources are not distributed equitably. This concentration of wealth, they claim, can hinder social progress and exacerbate societal divisions.
3. Striking a Balance:
As with any complex issue, finding a balance is crucial. Instead of demonizing billionaires or deifying them, we should strive for a system that allows wealth creation while addressing societal challenges. Here are a few questions to ponder:
- How can we ensure that billionaires' influence is not disproportionate to their responsibilities?
- Should there be more robust taxation policies to redistribute wealth and promote a fairer society?
- How can billionaires effectively contribute to addressing pressing global issues without undue influence?
Now that I've presented both sides of the BillionAir debate, I'd love to hear your perspectives. Do you think billionaires are a necessary part of a thriving society, or are they a threat to social and economic balance? How can we strike a balance between wealth creation and social responsibility? Let's engage in a respectful and thoughtful discussion.
2023.06.10 19:44 jaxspider /r/Colorization is going restricted June 12th & 13th due to Reddit's recently changed API policies affecting 3rd Party Apps
What's going on?
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
What's the plan?
On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
What can you do?
- Complain. Message the mods of /reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
- Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /ModCoord.
- Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
- Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
https://www.reddit.com/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/
https://www.reddit.com/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
https://old.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
https://www.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/
https://www.reddit.com/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/jmolrhn/?context=3
2023.06.10 19:44 ScholarNeonBot Ye saale ko abhitak jail kyu nehi hui. Apna Govt. Ke liye koi chudi lao. Pehen ke nachenge 6ke.
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2023.06.10 19:44 Raja_parhi Ye saale ko abhitak jail kyu nehi hui. Apna Govt. Ke liye koi chudi lao. Pehen ke nachenge 6ke.
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2023.06.10 19:43 PlasmaBuffalo Helping grandparents sort through photos and found this one in a loose folder
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2023.06.10 19:42 doubles2210 Unable to install Fern/The crew
While trying to install Fern/TheCrew from the repository on Kodi - I keep on getting "could not connect to repository"
Below is link to Kodi log - can someone please help?
https://paste.kodi.tv/azunavivoc
I am trying to install it on One Plus Android TV.
Feel like the issue is the presence of // in log file(please look at log for details)
2023-06-07 08:34:13.467 T:20316 error: CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0x89de6cc0) Failed: Couldn't connect to server(7) 2023-06-07 08:34:13.467 T:20316 error : CCurlFile::Open - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thecrewwh/zips/maste/matrix/_zip/addons.xml.md5 Failed with code 0:
2023-06-07 08:34:13.467 T:20316 error: CRepository: failed read 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thecrewwh/zips/maste/matrix/_zip/addons.xml.md5' 2023-06-07 08:34:13.469 T:20314 error : CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0x89de7d00) Failed: Couldn't connect to server(7) 2023-06-07 08:34:13.469 T:20314 error : CCurlFile::Open - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tikipeterepository.tikipetemastezips/addons.xml.md5 Failed with code 0:
2023-06-07 08:34:13.469 T:20314 error: CRepository: failed read 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tikipeterepository.tikipetemastezips/addons.xml.md5' 2023-06-07 08:34:13.471 T:20315 debug : ADDONS: repository.xbmc.org - 1 addon(s) loaded 2023-06-07 08:34:13.471 T:20315 debug : CAddonMgr::FindInstallableById: addon script.xbmc.unpausejumpback is up-to-date or not installed. falling back to get latest version from all repos 2023-06-07 08:34:13.576 T:20316 debug : ZeroconfAndroid: identifier: servers.eventserver type: _xbmc-events._udp name:Kodi (192.168.0.125) port:9777 2023-06-07 08:34:13.607 T:20316 debug : ZeroconfAndroid: identifier: servers.jsonrpc-tpc type: _xbmc-jsonrpc._tcp name:Kodi (192.168.0.125) port:9090 2023-06-07 08:34:13.780 T:20315 debug : ADDONS: repository.xbmc.org - 1 addon(s) loaded
submitted by doubles2210 to Kodi_Helpers [link] [comments]
Below is link to Kodi log - can someone please help?
https://paste.kodi.tv/azunavivoc
I am trying to install it on One Plus Android TV.
Feel like the issue is the presence of // in log file(please look at log for details)
2023-06-07 08:34:13.467 T:20316 error
2023-06-07 08:34:13.467 T:20316 error
2023-06-07 08:34:13.469 T:20314 error
2023.06.10 19:42 pandabrrr0 I recently became a follower like give it all in to Christ and people tells me that I need to be in an equally yoked relationship.
Ive been lukewarm for ages and more than a month ago I want to give it all in to Jesus. And He revealed to me that He is not in the center of my 6 yr relationship and I agreed. There was no God in me at that time and it was my fault for not mentioning God in that relationship. So when God gave me a sign, he gave me a courage to break up with Him. I felt peace after.. but got emotionally wrecked later on asking did I made the right decision? Like having doubts.
This guy is like the man any girls could asked for. He has everything but there was so God in him. He knows God. He believes in God and raised to a bible school in England. But I did not see him pray, read the bible, go to church throughout the relationship. I mean I also werent reading the bible and everything.
We are long distance, visiting each other whenever we can and plan to move in together when its the right time! So covid events happened and he dont want to get vaccinated and that means he can’t come to USA as all travelers needed to be vaccinated to enter. So i can only visit him in his country even tho im unvaccinated.
So as you can guess i broke up with him over the phone.. it cruel.. but he couldn’t believe we are broken up. So he tried to go doctors and doctors to get an authorization to come here. They (4 doctors) kept rejecting it even tho he was going to pay them some money. So he felt hopeless… He walked down alone by the beach and sat and pray to God. “Lord, if we are meant to be, you’ll get me a doctor to authorize me to come to my girl”
Next day, he went to another doctor and the doctor grant him in seconds. He’s like what? Thats quick.. so yea he came back to my country finally.. and wanted me back. I could see his efforts that he wanted me back and this guy loves me so. I began telling him my journey with God and he’s listening. I began to pray, read bible with him and I see him willing and listening as I share God with him. So i said ill give you a chance… but after he left, weeks later, i broke up with Him again because i was leaning on the sign that God gave me. He came back again and said “i know you’ve hurt me so much but i have a feeling like something tells me to get you back” im heartbroken to see him hurting. So i said ok, ill give us a chance and im tired of hurting him and dont want to hurt him no more. I love him so much so Imma just give him to God. Im like “God, if whatever im doing is wrong, redirect me to the right path. If we are not meant to be together, remove him from my life. But if we are meant to be, may you guide us and may you be the center of our relationship and may you guide us to overcome the distance between us and grant us to live near each other soon. And i pray that you will come to his heart and show your love to him.”
submitted by pandabrrr0 to TrueChristian [link] [comments]
This guy is like the man any girls could asked for. He has everything but there was so God in him. He knows God. He believes in God and raised to a bible school in England. But I did not see him pray, read the bible, go to church throughout the relationship. I mean I also werent reading the bible and everything.
We are long distance, visiting each other whenever we can and plan to move in together when its the right time! So covid events happened and he dont want to get vaccinated and that means he can’t come to USA as all travelers needed to be vaccinated to enter. So i can only visit him in his country even tho im unvaccinated.
So as you can guess i broke up with him over the phone.. it cruel.. but he couldn’t believe we are broken up. So he tried to go doctors and doctors to get an authorization to come here. They (4 doctors) kept rejecting it even tho he was going to pay them some money. So he felt hopeless… He walked down alone by the beach and sat and pray to God. “Lord, if we are meant to be, you’ll get me a doctor to authorize me to come to my girl”
Next day, he went to another doctor and the doctor grant him in seconds. He’s like what? Thats quick.. so yea he came back to my country finally.. and wanted me back. I could see his efforts that he wanted me back and this guy loves me so. I began telling him my journey with God and he’s listening. I began to pray, read bible with him and I see him willing and listening as I share God with him. So i said ill give you a chance… but after he left, weeks later, i broke up with Him again because i was leaning on the sign that God gave me. He came back again and said “i know you’ve hurt me so much but i have a feeling like something tells me to get you back” im heartbroken to see him hurting. So i said ok, ill give us a chance and im tired of hurting him and dont want to hurt him no more. I love him so much so Imma just give him to God. Im like “God, if whatever im doing is wrong, redirect me to the right path. If we are not meant to be together, remove him from my life. But if we are meant to be, may you guide us and may you be the center of our relationship and may you guide us to overcome the distance between us and grant us to live near each other soon. And i pray that you will come to his heart and show your love to him.”
2023.06.10 19:41 majeed_isb My Trakt Lists.. (Updated) Enjoy!
My Pesonal Trakt Lists https://trakt.tv/users/majeed_pk/lists
1, Awards Season 2022-2023, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517805
2, YA Books Movie Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882009
3, Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583416
4, Foreign Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583955
6, Books-to-Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603107
7, History Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603888
8, British Detective TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21634756
9, Thriller movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21638849
10, Best Rom-Coms, https://trakt.tv/lists/21640025
11, Guide for the film fanatic, https://trakt.tv/lists/21653551
12, Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/21662813
13, Academy Award for Best Sound, https://trakt.tv/lists/21663171
14, BFI Film Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676442
15, Top Rated Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676562
16, Western Top 100 Movies - Rotten Tomatoes, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710514
17, Courtroom Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/21715794
18, Arthouse Films - List 1, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732518
19, Directory of World Cinema: Italy, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732605
20, AV Club: The best films of 2020, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732647
21, Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki - 45 Must Watch Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738371
22, Directory of World Cinema: Finland - 90 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738401
23, BBC Culture’s 100 Greatest Foreign-language Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738433
24, BFI Top 100, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738436
25, Martial Arts, https://trakt.tv/lists/21750038
26, War Movies - 240 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752655
27, Iranian Films: Film Magazine's Best 120 Iranian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752739
28, Visually Stunning, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752751
29, Best Philosophical Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759920
30, Wuxia Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759945
31, Music heavy movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759959
32, Spoof /Parody Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760015
33, BFI TV 100 - Year 2000 and earlier, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760044
34, Based on Real Life - Dramas Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21764919
35, Kids - Award Winning Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21777564
36, Old School Kung Fu, https://trakt.tv/lists/21778783
37, Existentialist Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793252
38, BAFTA - Best Film Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793519
39, Academy Award Winner: Foreign Language films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840222
40, Dark & Deeply Disturbing, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840300
42, Martial Arts - The Top 250 Greatest Movies of All-Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840363
44, History movies with religion focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/21846024
45, Cheating - Cuckold, https://trakt.tv/lists/21865661
46, The Best Prison Escape Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867825
47, National Film Archive of India 125 Great Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867893
48, Comedies - BBC's The 100 Greatest of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873191
49, Animated - BFI's 100 Animated Feature Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873206
50, BFI's Top 100 Documentary Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873222
51, BFI's Top 360 Classic Feature Films Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873231
52, Asian Cinema 100 - Busan Int'l Film Festival List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874143
53, 100 Spiritually Most Significant Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874225
54, Butler's Fantasy Cinema: Impossible Worlds on Screen, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874287
55, Best French Films - César Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874299
56, 100 Greatest Arab Films - DIFF, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874310
57, 100 Best Russian Films: Empire Russia's Readers' Choice, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874321
58, 100 Best Films of World Cinema - Empire Magazine, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874345
59, Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874353
60, Indian Feature Film - Golden Lotus Best Feature Film Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874367
61, Harvard University's Suggested Narrative Film Viewing List (350): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874384
62, Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List Non-Fiction Films - (120): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874399
63, Turkish Cinema - Hürriyet's The 100 Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874411
64, Russian Guild of Film Critics's Best 100 Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874449
65, The New York Times' Book of 1001 Movies (2019), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874472
66, Drama Movies _ The Essential List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21880940
67, Cheating and Affairs, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867871
68, Best and Worst Films Featuring Adultery, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867881
69, F-F Relationship - 857 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710433
70, World War II Films and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881822
71, WWII TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881839
72, World War II in chronological order, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881936
73, World War II British Films: 226 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882001
74, Movies filmed in Seattle, https://trakt.tv/lists/21888442
75, Biographies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899277
76, Biographical - Scientists and Inventors, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899297
77, Hollywood Golden Age Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899488
78, Golden Age of Indian Cinema - 35 Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899513
79, Twenty First Century Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899542
80, Anti-Fascist Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899588
81, Western - Spaghetti Westerns 500+ Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899611
82, Top Samurai Movies - 65 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899655
83, Hopeless Romantic Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899725
84, Hopeless Backlog Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899740
85, Top List of Wall Street and Finance Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21935124
86, The Lord of the Rings Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22000291
87, Controversial Religious (& around religious & anti, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001414
88, Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038626
89, The 100 Religious Films of All time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001421
90, Love Triangle - Sexual Tension - 3rd Party, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038785
91, Polyamorous Films/ TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038798
92, Mental Health Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096229
93, Top 200 Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096238
94, Political Thrillers, Conspiracy, Espionage, Terror, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096239
95, Top 100 - TV series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097576
96, Punjabi - Top 100 Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097577
97, Top 100 Gangster Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097599
98, Top 100 TV Comedy Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097600
99, Top 100 Prostitution Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097627
100, British TV Mini-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22098001
101, Painters Artists Writers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22101297
102, Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108939
103, Vintage British TV., https://trakt.tv/lists/22098084
104, Greatest Art Films in Indian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108940
105, Best Indian Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108945
106, Best Indian Feature Film - National Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108946
107, The Best Costume Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22120963
108, Most expensive movies by country, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139343
109, Yearly Most Expensive Films 1933-2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139344
110, 100 Most Expensive Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139345
111, Low Budget Movies That Paid Off Big, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139346
112, Most Expensive Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139347
113, Best Worldwide (18+ Adult Sex Erotic) Movies (2021), https://trakt.tv/lists/22146946
114, Films about Non-Traditional Religions, Sects, https://trakt.tv/lists/22152544
115, Directory of World Cinema_ Latin America, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190019
116, Directory of World Cinema_ Germany, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190020
117, Directory of World Cinema_ Japan, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190021
118, Directory of World Cinema_ India, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190143
119, Directory of World Cinema_ Scotland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190144
120, Directory of World Cinema_ Brazil, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190245
121, The Best of Non-English Language Movies (World Cinema), https://trakt.tv/lists/22190309
122, Sensual and Erotic, https://trakt.tv/lists/22197015
123, keepers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268098
124, Best Asian Erotic Movies (64), https://trakt.tv/lists/22197018
125, Documentários Históricos, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268099
126, History Epic Adventure Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268102
127, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Adapted Screenplay, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268106
128, Emmy TV 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268107
129, Action Movies (Top Rated From 1980 to Today), https://trakt.tv/lists/22351781
130, Directory of World Cinema_ Australia & New Zealand, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352451
131, Directory of World Cinema_ China, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352452
132, Directory of World Cinema_ Finland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352458
134, Dialogue Driven Dramas (Movies), https://trakt.tv/lists/22400697
135, Soundtrack focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/22400716
136, One Location Movies - 45, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420592
137, Nice, little independent (23) movies with nice little storyline, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420593
138, Movies About Business - 70, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420607
139, Berlinale 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22431191
140, Smart Movies for Smart People, https://trakt.tv/lists/22440316
141, Top 25 Satyajit Ray Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22507864
142, Period Dramas - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22526560
143, AFI Movie Club 2020+ - 529 titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534852
144, 35 Best Musical Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534860
145, Pakistani Films - 102 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534971
146, Pakistan - Movie about or of - 40 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535037
147, Pakistani Tv Serials - 39 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535048
148, Best MAFIA & Gangsters TV SHOWS, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578892
149, Kenneth Branagh, https://trakt.tv/lists/22579305
150, The Complete List of Mafia & Gangsters Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578893
151, Top Ancient Greece Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22591630
152, Chess Movies and Tv Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613435
153, Best Russian Movies. Thrillers and Science Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613447
154, South American or Hispanic Grindhouse Erotica, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613820
155, Best Kubrickian Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613821
156, Biopics of Writers, Poets and Playwright, https://trakt.tv/lists/22779783
157, Hollywood Movies with Telekinesis, Psychokinesis,, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613825
158, Stand-up Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/22780194
160, Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799342
161, British Film Institute BFI - 360 Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799371
162, Best Getaway Driver Movies. Movies like Drive, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613826
163, War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799482
164, Best Weird Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799660
165, 100 Best Brazilian films according to Abraccine, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799695
166, Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799761
167, Best Picture Oscar Nominees by Year - Academy Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799903
168, AFI 100 Years... All Films (complete), https://trakt.tv/lists/22799919
169, AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22800004
170, AMP's 30 Impressively Colored Movies from Asia, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802447
171, Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802614
172, Ariel Awards - Nominees for Best Mexican Picture, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802787
173, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613834
174, Arts and Faith's top 100 Spiritually Significant, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802796
175, The 20 best Romanian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802892
176, Movies like 2000 movie Malena., https://trakt.tv/lists/22613836
177, Best Belgian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802971
178, Best Movies Inspired by Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613839
179, Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear win, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803005
180, BFI 100 Best Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803128
181, Best Movies with Illuminati Elements, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613841
182, 100 Soundtracks (BFI Screen Guide), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803180
183, Bodil award for best danish film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803282
184, Cahiers du Cinema_ Top Ten Lists (1951-2020), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803307
185, Remake And The Original Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946656
186, Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803327
187, Top Watched Movies of The Week / >60, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946911
188, Top 100 Spy Fi Movies - Best Spy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613845
189, CineChile's 50 Best Chilean movies of all time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803382
190, Sibel Bayram's List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22948465
191, Unreliable Narrator in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613846
192, Best Shoot em Up, Gun Fight Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613925
193, Premios Cóndor de Plata 2021 - Argentina, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803395
194, Hitmen, Assassins, Killers for hire, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613985
195, David Thomson _Have You Seen..._, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803430
196, 65 Best Romantic Comedies - Vogue 2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883114
197, Period Drama Movies + TV 1000+, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957174
198, Oscar-winning American Musicals, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883179
199, The 21st Century's 100 greatest films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886149
200, Hist-Doc miniseries watchlist, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957175
201, Westerns set in Modern Times or Fantasy Setup, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614000
202, 22 Films to Watch in 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886182
203, History and Period Drama - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957178
204, Group of Strangers in a one room setting movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614001
205, Top 50 Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946416
206, Series to Watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957179
207, MINISERIES G to R, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957180
208, Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957181
209, Favorite Period Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957182
210, The Best AV Club Movies 2009-2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946648
211, 10 Haunting Documentaries That Are Stranger Than Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957652
212, British TV MDBList, https://trakt.tv/lists/22999807
213, Casey Affleck Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23010185
214, Ben Affleck Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011143
215, 80s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011501
216, 70s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011502
217, 60s TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011534
218, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011630
219, Bisexual, Triangle, Orgy, Group Sex Scene Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053550
220, Reality Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053551
221, War and Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23065983
222, War - Vietnam War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067520
223, War Drama WWII, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067521
224, War on Terror Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067522
225, American Revolution (1776-83), https://trakt.tv/lists/23067523
226, Top 18 Non-Violent, Non-Atrocity Wold War II Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067524
227, War Movies & Documentaries on German Luftwaffe, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067559
228, War - 1857 Indian Rebellion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067560
229, War - World War I Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067561
230, War - US Civil War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067564
231, War - Soviet Afghan War, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067565
232, Greatest Retro TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23151524
233, Classic TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23151537
234, Annecy 2021- Competition, https://trakt.tv/lists/23154386
235, New Russian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197248
236, My Favorite Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197476
237, Classic British Gothic Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197644
238, Classic British Comedy Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197645
239, Classic British Films., https://trakt.tv/lists/23197648
240, Keira Knightley Filmography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23198369
241, Top 100 Korean Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23216634
242, Neo-Noir - Voiceover Narration., https://trakt.tv/lists/23233113
243, Non-Narrative Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/23249003
244, Voiceover Narration Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23233121
245, Serial Killer movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23280878
246, 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/23285154
247, European Cinematography Awards (ECA), https://trakt.tv/lists/23354519
248, George Clooney, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354520
249, Dark Calm but Thrilling, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354521
250, Movies that will bring comfort, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354522
251, LMAO Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354523
252, World War II Background, https://trakt.tv/lists/23367623
253, Powerful Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23367790
254, A24 Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23368469
255, Bon appetit!, https://trakt.tv/lists/23370319
256, The 25 Best Neo-Westerns of the 21st Century (So Far), https://trakt.tv/lists/23386030
257, Best Romantic Movies Of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23429614
258, The best Charles Dickens adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436307
259, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Literature, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436308
260, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Stage Plays, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436309
261, A Christmas Carol Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436314
262, The best Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436315
263, Judi Dench Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438735
264, Benedict Cumberbatch Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438743
265, Tom Hanks Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438746
266, Arthouse Trilogies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438768
267, 100 Classic Martial Arts Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438773
268, Best Soviet - Russian Movies of All Times, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438778
269, The 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438792
270, The Top 5 Best Tony Leung Chiu-wai Performances, https://trakt.tv/lists/23454466
271, Best of Britcoms - British Comedy TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/23481955
272, Political TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/23493994
273, Best Political Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23493996
274, Sanjeev Kumar - Best Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517399
275, Terrific 'Dialogue-Heavy' Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517408
276, Smart Dialogue Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517409
277, Funny Dialogues, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517410
278, War Drama WWII - TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23537452
279, Directory of World Cinema: Germany - 120 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738394
280, 10 Best Film Scores Of 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782838
281, Films Based on Non-Fiction Books, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782839
282, Best Suspense Thriller Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782840
283, Realistic Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782841
284, Feelgood Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782842
285, no plot, just vibes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782844
286, Period Dramas - 1920-1930s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782845
287, Period Dramas - Medieval Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782846
288, Top 178 Psychosexual Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825035
289, Period Dramas for Children, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782847
290, Sigma female shi, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782851
291, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir - Hitchcockian, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825036
292, Psychosexual Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825037
293, Obsession for Perfection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825063
294, Erotic Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23854548
296, Loneliness and Isolation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23871940
297, The Best Panic and Anxiety Inducing Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881232
298, depression and anxiety, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881235
299, Documentary - Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881269
300, Films About Art, Design, & Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881274
301, Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881275
302, French New Wave, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881303
303, Top 100 Movies of the 1960s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23903060
304, Masterpiece PBS, https://trakt.tv/lists/23912357
305, Period Drama Miniseries (Mini TV Series), https://trakt.tv/lists/23912379
306, Lonely People In Neon Cities, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936836
307, Documentary- Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936856
308, Black Life On Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937010
309, 'Controversial' Lesbian Cinema Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937036
310, Dark, Deeply Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre, and Messed Up Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937323
311, Stephen Gillepsie's Anti Capitalist Anti Imperialist And Anti Fascist Canon, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937351
312, Documentaries For People Who Want To Watch More Documentaties, https://trakt.tv/lists/23949000
313, Movies Where There Are No Men, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954182
314, Movies Where There Are No Women, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954198
315, Tales For None, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954704
317, An Exploitation Independent List Of American Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954723
318, Comedies Ahead Of Their Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954728
319, Hidden Gems, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954743
320, Justine Smith's Top Films To Watch To Expand Your Horizons, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954762
321, Female Friendships By Female Directors, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954767
322, The Monstrous Feminine, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954787
323, Movies That You Initially Thought Were Okay But Hit Hard By the Time You End Them., https://trakt.tv/lists/23954800
324, Don't Try To Understand It Feel It, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954805
325, The Absolute Beauty In Everyday's Mundanity, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954816
326, Speak Soft Go Slow, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954817
327, Films That Hit Different At Night, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954818
328, Psychosexual Dramas, Nihilistic Fever Dreams And Surrealism With A Touch Of Humor, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954837
329, What A Difference A Day Makes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954844
330, East Asian Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954853
331, High Art Genre Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954860
332, Movies It Should Be Illegal To Watch Before 9PM, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954875
333, The Life Of The Mind, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954891
334, I'm Empty And Aching And Don't Know Why, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954906
335, The Cinephile Teen Starter Pack, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954909
336, Most Controversial Films On Letterboxd, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954912
337, Juliodogpit's Greatest Films Ranked As Objectively As Possible!, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990673
338, Movies That Have The Craziest Last 15 To 20 Minute, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990682
339, The Complete Criterion Collection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990705
340, "That Ending!!" Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990718
341, Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990745
342, All About The Dreamy Filmgaze, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991777
343, The Obsessed Artist, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991851
344, Melancholy As A Breathtaking Aesthetic Emotion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991893
345, Rule Britannia — The British Empire, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992112
346, Cold Iron Pictures, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992142
347, When The Girl from Ipanema Passes Everyone Goes Aah, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992220
348, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode To Joy, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992278
349, Top Stop-Motion Animated Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24023088
350, Best of Rajkumar Rao Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24025142
352, Befriending the Lyrical Loneliness, https://trakt.tv/lists/24073775
353, Best of Pankaj Tripathi, https://trakt.tv/lists/24081205
354, Best Break-Up Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24101771
355, Hibiscus' Favorite Japanese Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24102704
356, 300 Historical Movies in Chronological Order, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121284
357, Movies with Great Conversations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121298
358, Highest Rated HBO Miniseries, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140923
359, Indian Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140989
360, Films in Chapters, https://trakt.tv/lists/24153149
361, 35 Oldest Movies You Must See Before You Die, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211875
362, John Steinbeck — Writer, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211893
364, IMAX Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211940
365, Classical Music Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24291173
366, Little Places TV Series UK, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211948
367, Phobias, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337097
368, Movies Directed or Produced by Gollum, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211975
369, Makoto Shinkai — Writer and Director, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211994
370, Dark Academia, https://trakt.tv/lists/24349282
371, Movies involving Portrayals of Real Life Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24372294
372, Movies about Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337111
373, Family Friendly TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212062
374, Sundance Film Festival 2023, https://trakt.tv/lists/24379031
375, Lolita Complex in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212082
376, Oscar Nominated Claymation Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212087
377, Polyamorous, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212420
378, Polyamorous Films Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212433
379, Top Erotic Tv-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212780
380, Guillermo Del Toro's Twitter Film Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24253480
381, inspirational teacher, mentor, sensei, precocious gifted child prodigy movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526554
382, Friends to Lovers - Movies & TV shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498885
383, celtic folklore and mythology, pagan, druid, pictish movies and tv series. irish, scottish, welsh, scotland, ireland, wales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526608
384, Some of my Favorite Romantic Comedies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498909
385, Best Supernatural Horror Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526622
386, Eccentric, Nostalgia, "quirky" Aesthetic, avant garde, cinematic, visually striking art movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526643
387, Best Examples of Surrealism in Cinema!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498933
388, Surreal, Psychedelic & Mind-Bending films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498945
389, Thanksgiving, New England, New World, Puritan Movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526662
390, Abandoned Incomplete Book Adaptations after First Movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513862
391, Thanksgiving, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526671
392, You're Not The Same Person Once The Film Has Finished, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513884
393, Scandinavian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526685
394, Best Super Power TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526716
395, Ultimate Tearjerker Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526980
396, Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24601680
397, Time loop movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624463
398, Saturday Morning Cartoons, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624517
399, Best Fantasy Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624565
400, Fantasy (Comedy/ Romance), https://trakt.tv/lists/24624566
401, Romance-Comedy/ Romance-Fantasy/ Fantasy-Comedy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624570
402, 50 Best Romantic Fantasy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24625468
403, BFI Top 100 British films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651580
404, Visually Stunning Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651604
405, Cameo Appearances, https://trakt.tv/lists/24675961
406, warm hug cinematic universe, https://trakt.tv/lists/24715880
407, coming-of-age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716005
408, Gentle Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716008
409, Two people find comfort in each other, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716354
410, Slice of Life, https://trakt.tv/lists/24669572
411, Films That Are Kind, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716466
412, What Happened to My Sweet Girl?, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716598
413, Help I got too horny and now everything's bad, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716720
414, Movies to fall in love with if you loved Portrait of a Lady on Fire, https://trakt.tv/lists/24718925
415, Coming of Age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725459
416, When You Want to Feel Something, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725499
417, Magic Realism in the Top Movies, films, Cinema., https://trakt.tv/lists/24725613
418, In The Mood For Sensual Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796457
419, Letterboxd One Million Watched Club, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796536
420, Top 50 European Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24801846
421, ultimate revenge saga, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825595
422, Total Ultimate Revenge, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825596
423, Top 75 Indian Web - TV series to watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806448
424, 50 Best Revenge Films Of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825597
425, Amazon Prime Video India Original Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806453
426, Best Revenge & Vigilante Movies_The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825598
427, MUBI Movie List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24828153
428, Jane Austen movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880756
429, Best TV Movies - The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880792
430, Period Dramas - Victorian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881666
431, Period Dramas - Edwardian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881667
432, True Lovecraftian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934466
433, Plato's Allegory Of The Cave in Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934480
434, Max The Movie Guy's Guide To Adult Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934505
435, Explore The Expanded World of Feature Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934515
436, How the F*ck Is This a Debut Club!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934518
437, Films with a Good Heart, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934523
438, The Weirdo's Videostore, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934536
439, An Entry Level Guide to Art House Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934545
440, The Ultimate Guide to Surreal Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934552
441, The Best Survival Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24940094
442, High Art, https://trakt.tv/lists/24953885
443, Top 1000+ goriest and most gory, violent, disturbing and extreme movies of all time (ever!), https://trakt.tv/lists/24954157
444, GOREZONE - The Bloodiest & Goriest Movies Ever Made, https://trakt.tv/lists/24954163
445, Feelgood East Asian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24993586
446, England in the Thatcher-Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25038106
447, Badass Silent Guy Nobody Should Mess with!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25056649
448, Spy Movies - Non-Cold War Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25080997
449, Éric Rohmer - Contes des Quatre Saisons (Tales of the Four Seasons), https://trakt.tv/lists/25068737
450, Murder Mystery Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101690
451, Comedy action, comedy mystery movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101691
452, Dark Comedies with Pesky Corpses, Botched Kidnappings, Murderous Blunders and Accidental Deaths, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101692
453, Whodunnit Slapstick Spoof Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101744
454, British Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128786
455, French Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128799
456, European Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128808
457, 11 Great British Dark Comedies That Are Worth Your, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131094
458, Dark Comedy UK TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131095
459, The Last Frontier Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25281383
460, The great DARK COMEDY list!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131098
461, Movies - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283776
462, Dark Britian, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131099
463, Movies - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283777
464, Best Slow-Burn Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131148
465, Movies - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283778
466, 100 Greatest Hindi Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131151
467, TV - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283779
468, Christopher Doyle, https://trakt.tv/lists/25163346
469, TV - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283780
470, Wong Kar-Wai Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25178597
471, TV - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283781
472, Films Set in Prestigious Universities, https://trakt.tv/lists/25190076
473, Man and the Natural World, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298199
474, Cannes 2023 Lineup, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225066
475, Documentaries - Earth & Nature, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298200
476, THE 20 Best Songs From 1950's Films EVER..., https://trakt.tv/lists/25225121
477, Best BBC Wildlife and Nature Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298201
478, Best Use of Music in Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225122
479, BBC Natural History Unit Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298202
480, Iconic Use of Songs in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225126
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2, YA Books Movie Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882009
3, Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583416
4, Foreign Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583955
6, Books-to-Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603107
7, History Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603888
8, British Detective TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21634756
9, Thriller movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21638849
10, Best Rom-Coms, https://trakt.tv/lists/21640025
11, Guide for the film fanatic, https://trakt.tv/lists/21653551
12, Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/21662813
13, Academy Award for Best Sound, https://trakt.tv/lists/21663171
14, BFI Film Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676442
15, Top Rated Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676562
16, Western Top 100 Movies - Rotten Tomatoes, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710514
17, Courtroom Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/21715794
18, Arthouse Films - List 1, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732518
19, Directory of World Cinema: Italy, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732605
20, AV Club: The best films of 2020, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732647
21, Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki - 45 Must Watch Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738371
22, Directory of World Cinema: Finland - 90 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738401
23, BBC Culture’s 100 Greatest Foreign-language Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738433
24, BFI Top 100, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738436
25, Martial Arts, https://trakt.tv/lists/21750038
26, War Movies - 240 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752655
27, Iranian Films: Film Magazine's Best 120 Iranian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752739
28, Visually Stunning, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752751
29, Best Philosophical Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759920
30, Wuxia Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759945
31, Music heavy movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759959
32, Spoof /Parody Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760015
33, BFI TV 100 - Year 2000 and earlier, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760044
34, Based on Real Life - Dramas Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21764919
35, Kids - Award Winning Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21777564
36, Old School Kung Fu, https://trakt.tv/lists/21778783
37, Existentialist Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793252
38, BAFTA - Best Film Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793519
39, Academy Award Winner: Foreign Language films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840222
40, Dark & Deeply Disturbing, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840300
42, Martial Arts - The Top 250 Greatest Movies of All-Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840363
44, History movies with religion focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/21846024
45, Cheating - Cuckold, https://trakt.tv/lists/21865661
46, The Best Prison Escape Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867825
47, National Film Archive of India 125 Great Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867893
48, Comedies - BBC's The 100 Greatest of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873191
49, Animated - BFI's 100 Animated Feature Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873206
50, BFI's Top 100 Documentary Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873222
51, BFI's Top 360 Classic Feature Films Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873231
52, Asian Cinema 100 - Busan Int'l Film Festival List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874143
53, 100 Spiritually Most Significant Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874225
54, Butler's Fantasy Cinema: Impossible Worlds on Screen, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874287
55, Best French Films - César Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874299
56, 100 Greatest Arab Films - DIFF, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874310
57, 100 Best Russian Films: Empire Russia's Readers' Choice, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874321
58, 100 Best Films of World Cinema - Empire Magazine, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874345
59, Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874353
60, Indian Feature Film - Golden Lotus Best Feature Film Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874367
61, Harvard University's Suggested Narrative Film Viewing List (350): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874384
62, Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List Non-Fiction Films - (120): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874399
63, Turkish Cinema - Hürriyet's The 100 Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874411
64, Russian Guild of Film Critics's Best 100 Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874449
65, The New York Times' Book of 1001 Movies (2019), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874472
66, Drama Movies _ The Essential List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21880940
67, Cheating and Affairs, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867871
68, Best and Worst Films Featuring Adultery, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867881
69, F-F Relationship - 857 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710433
70, World War II Films and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881822
71, WWII TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881839
72, World War II in chronological order, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881936
73, World War II British Films: 226 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882001
74, Movies filmed in Seattle, https://trakt.tv/lists/21888442
75, Biographies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899277
76, Biographical - Scientists and Inventors, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899297
77, Hollywood Golden Age Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899488
78, Golden Age of Indian Cinema - 35 Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899513
79, Twenty First Century Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899542
80, Anti-Fascist Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899588
81, Western - Spaghetti Westerns 500+ Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899611
82, Top Samurai Movies - 65 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899655
83, Hopeless Romantic Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899725
84, Hopeless Backlog Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899740
85, Top List of Wall Street and Finance Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21935124
86, The Lord of the Rings Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22000291
87, Controversial Religious (& around religious & anti, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001414
88, Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038626
89, The 100 Religious Films of All time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001421
90, Love Triangle - Sexual Tension - 3rd Party, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038785
91, Polyamorous Films/ TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038798
92, Mental Health Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096229
93, Top 200 Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096238
94, Political Thrillers, Conspiracy, Espionage, Terror, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096239
95, Top 100 - TV series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097576
96, Punjabi - Top 100 Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097577
97, Top 100 Gangster Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097599
98, Top 100 TV Comedy Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097600
99, Top 100 Prostitution Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097627
100, British TV Mini-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22098001
101, Painters Artists Writers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22101297
102, Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108939
103, Vintage British TV., https://trakt.tv/lists/22098084
104, Greatest Art Films in Indian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108940
105, Best Indian Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108945
106, Best Indian Feature Film - National Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108946
107, The Best Costume Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22120963
108, Most expensive movies by country, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139343
109, Yearly Most Expensive Films 1933-2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139344
110, 100 Most Expensive Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139345
111, Low Budget Movies That Paid Off Big, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139346
112, Most Expensive Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139347
113, Best Worldwide (18+ Adult Sex Erotic) Movies (2021), https://trakt.tv/lists/22146946
114, Films about Non-Traditional Religions, Sects, https://trakt.tv/lists/22152544
115, Directory of World Cinema_ Latin America, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190019
116, Directory of World Cinema_ Germany, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190020
117, Directory of World Cinema_ Japan, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190021
118, Directory of World Cinema_ India, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190143
119, Directory of World Cinema_ Scotland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190144
120, Directory of World Cinema_ Brazil, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190245
121, The Best of Non-English Language Movies (World Cinema), https://trakt.tv/lists/22190309
122, Sensual and Erotic, https://trakt.tv/lists/22197015
123, keepers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268098
124, Best Asian Erotic Movies (64), https://trakt.tv/lists/22197018
125, Documentários Históricos, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268099
126, History Epic Adventure Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268102
127, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Adapted Screenplay, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268106
128, Emmy TV 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268107
129, Action Movies (Top Rated From 1980 to Today), https://trakt.tv/lists/22351781
130, Directory of World Cinema_ Australia & New Zealand, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352451
131, Directory of World Cinema_ China, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352452
132, Directory of World Cinema_ Finland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352458
134, Dialogue Driven Dramas (Movies), https://trakt.tv/lists/22400697
135, Soundtrack focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/22400716
136, One Location Movies - 45, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420592
137, Nice, little independent (23) movies with nice little storyline, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420593
138, Movies About Business - 70, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420607
139, Berlinale 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22431191
140, Smart Movies for Smart People, https://trakt.tv/lists/22440316
141, Top 25 Satyajit Ray Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22507864
142, Period Dramas - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22526560
143, AFI Movie Club 2020+ - 529 titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534852
144, 35 Best Musical Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534860
145, Pakistani Films - 102 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534971
146, Pakistan - Movie about or of - 40 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535037
147, Pakistani Tv Serials - 39 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535048
148, Best MAFIA & Gangsters TV SHOWS, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578892
149, Kenneth Branagh, https://trakt.tv/lists/22579305
150, The Complete List of Mafia & Gangsters Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578893
151, Top Ancient Greece Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22591630
152, Chess Movies and Tv Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613435
153, Best Russian Movies. Thrillers and Science Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613447
154, South American or Hispanic Grindhouse Erotica, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613820
155, Best Kubrickian Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613821
156, Biopics of Writers, Poets and Playwright, https://trakt.tv/lists/22779783
157, Hollywood Movies with Telekinesis, Psychokinesis,, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613825
158, Stand-up Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/22780194
160, Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799342
161, British Film Institute BFI - 360 Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799371
162, Best Getaway Driver Movies. Movies like Drive, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613826
163, War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799482
164, Best Weird Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799660
165, 100 Best Brazilian films according to Abraccine, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799695
166, Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799761
167, Best Picture Oscar Nominees by Year - Academy Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799903
168, AFI 100 Years... All Films (complete), https://trakt.tv/lists/22799919
169, AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22800004
170, AMP's 30 Impressively Colored Movies from Asia, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802447
171, Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802614
172, Ariel Awards - Nominees for Best Mexican Picture, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802787
173, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613834
174, Arts and Faith's top 100 Spiritually Significant, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802796
175, The 20 best Romanian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802892
176, Movies like 2000 movie Malena., https://trakt.tv/lists/22613836
177, Best Belgian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802971
178, Best Movies Inspired by Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613839
179, Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear win, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803005
180, BFI 100 Best Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803128
181, Best Movies with Illuminati Elements, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613841
182, 100 Soundtracks (BFI Screen Guide), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803180
183, Bodil award for best danish film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803282
184, Cahiers du Cinema_ Top Ten Lists (1951-2020), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803307
185, Remake And The Original Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946656
186, Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803327
187, Top Watched Movies of The Week / >60, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946911
188, Top 100 Spy Fi Movies - Best Spy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613845
189, CineChile's 50 Best Chilean movies of all time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803382
190, Sibel Bayram's List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22948465
191, Unreliable Narrator in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613846
192, Best Shoot em Up, Gun Fight Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613925
193, Premios Cóndor de Plata 2021 - Argentina, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803395
194, Hitmen, Assassins, Killers for hire, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613985
195, David Thomson _Have You Seen..._, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803430
196, 65 Best Romantic Comedies - Vogue 2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883114
197, Period Drama Movies + TV 1000+, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957174
198, Oscar-winning American Musicals, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883179
199, The 21st Century's 100 greatest films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886149
200, Hist-Doc miniseries watchlist, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957175
201, Westerns set in Modern Times or Fantasy Setup, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614000
202, 22 Films to Watch in 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886182
203, History and Period Drama - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957178
204, Group of Strangers in a one room setting movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614001
205, Top 50 Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946416
206, Series to Watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957179
207, MINISERIES G to R, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957180
208, Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957181
209, Favorite Period Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957182
210, The Best AV Club Movies 2009-2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946648
211, 10 Haunting Documentaries That Are Stranger Than Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957652
212, British TV MDBList, https://trakt.tv/lists/22999807
213, Casey Affleck Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23010185
214, Ben Affleck Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011143
215, 80s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011501
216, 70s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011502
217, 60s TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011534
218, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011630
219, Bisexual, Triangle, Orgy, Group Sex Scene Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053550
220, Reality Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053551
221, War and Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23065983
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223, War Drama WWII, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067521
224, War on Terror Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067522
225, American Revolution (1776-83), https://trakt.tv/lists/23067523
226, Top 18 Non-Violent, Non-Atrocity Wold War II Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067524
227, War Movies & Documentaries on German Luftwaffe, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067559
228, War - 1857 Indian Rebellion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067560
229, War - World War I Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067561
230, War - US Civil War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067564
231, War - Soviet Afghan War, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067565
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233, Classic TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23151537
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235, New Russian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197248
236, My Favorite Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197476
237, Classic British Gothic Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197644
238, Classic British Comedy Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197645
239, Classic British Films., https://trakt.tv/lists/23197648
240, Keira Knightley Filmography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23198369
241, Top 100 Korean Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23216634
242, Neo-Noir - Voiceover Narration., https://trakt.tv/lists/23233113
243, Non-Narrative Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/23249003
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246, 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/23285154
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250, Movies that will bring comfort, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354522
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254, A24 Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23368469
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259, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Literature, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436308
260, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Stage Plays, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436309
261, A Christmas Carol Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436314
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263, Judi Dench Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438735
264, Benedict Cumberbatch Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438743
265, Tom Hanks Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438746
266, Arthouse Trilogies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438768
267, 100 Classic Martial Arts Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438773
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273, Best Political Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23493996
274, Sanjeev Kumar - Best Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517399
275, Terrific 'Dialogue-Heavy' Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517408
276, Smart Dialogue Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517409
277, Funny Dialogues, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517410
278, War Drama WWII - TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23537452
279, Directory of World Cinema: Germany - 120 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738394
280, 10 Best Film Scores Of 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782838
281, Films Based on Non-Fiction Books, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782839
282, Best Suspense Thriller Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782840
283, Realistic Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782841
284, Feelgood Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782842
285, no plot, just vibes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782844
286, Period Dramas - 1920-1930s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782845
287, Period Dramas - Medieval Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782846
288, Top 178 Psychosexual Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825035
289, Period Dramas for Children, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782847
290, Sigma female shi, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782851
291, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir - Hitchcockian, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825036
292, Psychosexual Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825037
293, Obsession for Perfection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825063
294, Erotic Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23854548
296, Loneliness and Isolation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23871940
297, The Best Panic and Anxiety Inducing Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881232
298, depression and anxiety, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881235
299, Documentary - Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881269
300, Films About Art, Design, & Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881274
301, Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881275
302, French New Wave, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881303
303, Top 100 Movies of the 1960s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23903060
304, Masterpiece PBS, https://trakt.tv/lists/23912357
305, Period Drama Miniseries (Mini TV Series), https://trakt.tv/lists/23912379
306, Lonely People In Neon Cities, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936836
307, Documentary- Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936856
308, Black Life On Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937010
309, 'Controversial' Lesbian Cinema Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937036
310, Dark, Deeply Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre, and Messed Up Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937323
311, Stephen Gillepsie's Anti Capitalist Anti Imperialist And Anti Fascist Canon, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937351
312, Documentaries For People Who Want To Watch More Documentaties, https://trakt.tv/lists/23949000
313, Movies Where There Are No Men, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954182
314, Movies Where There Are No Women, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954198
315, Tales For None, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954704
317, An Exploitation Independent List Of American Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954723
318, Comedies Ahead Of Their Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954728
319, Hidden Gems, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954743
320, Justine Smith's Top Films To Watch To Expand Your Horizons, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954762
321, Female Friendships By Female Directors, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954767
322, The Monstrous Feminine, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954787
323, Movies That You Initially Thought Were Okay But Hit Hard By the Time You End Them., https://trakt.tv/lists/23954800
324, Don't Try To Understand It Feel It, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954805
325, The Absolute Beauty In Everyday's Mundanity, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954816
326, Speak Soft Go Slow, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954817
327, Films That Hit Different At Night, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954818
328, Psychosexual Dramas, Nihilistic Fever Dreams And Surrealism With A Touch Of Humor, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954837
329, What A Difference A Day Makes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954844
330, East Asian Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954853
331, High Art Genre Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954860
332, Movies It Should Be Illegal To Watch Before 9PM, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954875
333, The Life Of The Mind, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954891
334, I'm Empty And Aching And Don't Know Why, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954906
335, The Cinephile Teen Starter Pack, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954909
336, Most Controversial Films On Letterboxd, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954912
337, Juliodogpit's Greatest Films Ranked As Objectively As Possible!, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990673
338, Movies That Have The Craziest Last 15 To 20 Minute, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990682
339, The Complete Criterion Collection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990705
340, "That Ending!!" Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990718
341, Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990745
342, All About The Dreamy Filmgaze, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991777
343, The Obsessed Artist, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991851
344, Melancholy As A Breathtaking Aesthetic Emotion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991893
345, Rule Britannia — The British Empire, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992112
346, Cold Iron Pictures, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992142
347, When The Girl from Ipanema Passes Everyone Goes Aah, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992220
348, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode To Joy, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992278
349, Top Stop-Motion Animated Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24023088
350, Best of Rajkumar Rao Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24025142
352, Befriending the Lyrical Loneliness, https://trakt.tv/lists/24073775
353, Best of Pankaj Tripathi, https://trakt.tv/lists/24081205
354, Best Break-Up Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24101771
355, Hibiscus' Favorite Japanese Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24102704
356, 300 Historical Movies in Chronological Order, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121284
357, Movies with Great Conversations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121298
358, Highest Rated HBO Miniseries, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140923
359, Indian Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140989
360, Films in Chapters, https://trakt.tv/lists/24153149
361, 35 Oldest Movies You Must See Before You Die, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211875
362, John Steinbeck — Writer, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211893
364, IMAX Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211940
365, Classical Music Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24291173
366, Little Places TV Series UK, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211948
367, Phobias, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337097
368, Movies Directed or Produced by Gollum, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211975
369, Makoto Shinkai — Writer and Director, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211994
370, Dark Academia, https://trakt.tv/lists/24349282
371, Movies involving Portrayals of Real Life Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24372294
372, Movies about Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337111
373, Family Friendly TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212062
374, Sundance Film Festival 2023, https://trakt.tv/lists/24379031
375, Lolita Complex in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212082
376, Oscar Nominated Claymation Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212087
377, Polyamorous, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212420
378, Polyamorous Films Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212433
379, Top Erotic Tv-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212780
380, Guillermo Del Toro's Twitter Film Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24253480
381, inspirational teacher, mentor, sensei, precocious gifted child prodigy movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526554
382, Friends to Lovers - Movies & TV shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498885
383, celtic folklore and mythology, pagan, druid, pictish movies and tv series. irish, scottish, welsh, scotland, ireland, wales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526608
384, Some of my Favorite Romantic Comedies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498909
385, Best Supernatural Horror Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526622
386, Eccentric, Nostalgia, "quirky" Aesthetic, avant garde, cinematic, visually striking art movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526643
387, Best Examples of Surrealism in Cinema!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498933
388, Surreal, Psychedelic & Mind-Bending films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498945
389, Thanksgiving, New England, New World, Puritan Movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526662
390, Abandoned Incomplete Book Adaptations after First Movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513862
391, Thanksgiving, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526671
392, You're Not The Same Person Once The Film Has Finished, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513884
393, Scandinavian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526685
394, Best Super Power TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526716
395, Ultimate Tearjerker Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526980
396, Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24601680
397, Time loop movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624463
398, Saturday Morning Cartoons, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624517
399, Best Fantasy Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624565
400, Fantasy (Comedy/ Romance), https://trakt.tv/lists/24624566
401, Romance-Comedy/ Romance-Fantasy/ Fantasy-Comedy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624570
402, 50 Best Romantic Fantasy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24625468
403, BFI Top 100 British films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651580
404, Visually Stunning Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651604
405, Cameo Appearances, https://trakt.tv/lists/24675961
406, warm hug cinematic universe, https://trakt.tv/lists/24715880
407, coming-of-age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716005
408, Gentle Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716008
409, Two people find comfort in each other, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716354
410, Slice of Life, https://trakt.tv/lists/24669572
411, Films That Are Kind, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716466
412, What Happened to My Sweet Girl?, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716598
413, Help I got too horny and now everything's bad, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716720
414, Movies to fall in love with if you loved Portrait of a Lady on Fire, https://trakt.tv/lists/24718925
415, Coming of Age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725459
416, When You Want to Feel Something, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725499
417, Magic Realism in the Top Movies, films, Cinema., https://trakt.tv/lists/24725613
418, In The Mood For Sensual Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796457
419, Letterboxd One Million Watched Club, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796536
420, Top 50 European Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24801846
421, ultimate revenge saga, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825595
422, Total Ultimate Revenge, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825596
423, Top 75 Indian Web - TV series to watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806448
424, 50 Best Revenge Films Of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825597
425, Amazon Prime Video India Original Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806453
426, Best Revenge & Vigilante Movies_The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825598
427, MUBI Movie List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24828153
428, Jane Austen movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880756
429, Best TV Movies - The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880792
430, Period Dramas - Victorian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881666
431, Period Dramas - Edwardian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881667
432, True Lovecraftian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934466
433, Plato's Allegory Of The Cave in Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934480
434, Max The Movie Guy's Guide To Adult Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934505
435, Explore The Expanded World of Feature Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934515
436, How the F*ck Is This a Debut Club!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934518
437, Films with a Good Heart, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934523
438, The Weirdo's Videostore, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934536
439, An Entry Level Guide to Art House Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934545
440, The Ultimate Guide to Surreal Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934552
441, The Best Survival Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24940094
442, High Art, https://trakt.tv/lists/24953885
443, Top 1000+ goriest and most gory, violent, disturbing and extreme movies of all time (ever!), https://trakt.tv/lists/24954157
444, GOREZONE - The Bloodiest & Goriest Movies Ever Made, https://trakt.tv/lists/24954163
445, Feelgood East Asian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24993586
446, England in the Thatcher-Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25038106
447, Badass Silent Guy Nobody Should Mess with!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25056649
448, Spy Movies - Non-Cold War Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25080997
449, Éric Rohmer - Contes des Quatre Saisons (Tales of the Four Seasons), https://trakt.tv/lists/25068737
450, Murder Mystery Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101690
451, Comedy action, comedy mystery movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101691
452, Dark Comedies with Pesky Corpses, Botched Kidnappings, Murderous Blunders and Accidental Deaths, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101692
453, Whodunnit Slapstick Spoof Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101744
454, British Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128786
455, French Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128799
456, European Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128808
457, 11 Great British Dark Comedies That Are Worth Your, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131094
458, Dark Comedy UK TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131095
459, The Last Frontier Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25281383
460, The great DARK COMEDY list!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131098
461, Movies - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283776
462, Dark Britian, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131099
463, Movies - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283777
464, Best Slow-Burn Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131148
465, Movies - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283778
466, 100 Greatest Hindi Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131151
467, TV - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283779
468, Christopher Doyle, https://trakt.tv/lists/25163346
469, TV - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283780
470, Wong Kar-Wai Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25178597
471, TV - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283781
472, Films Set in Prestigious Universities, https://trakt.tv/lists/25190076
473, Man and the Natural World, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298199
474, Cannes 2023 Lineup, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225066
475, Documentaries - Earth & Nature, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298200
476, THE 20 Best Songs From 1950's Films EVER..., https://trakt.tv/lists/25225121
477, Best BBC Wildlife and Nature Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298201
478, Best Use of Music in Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225122
479, BBC Natural History Unit Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298202
480, Iconic Use of Songs in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225126
2023.06.10 19:38 Few-Plastic6360 Karnes/Carr Program Announcement 22/23
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2023.06.10 19:37 rath_564 Is she(my crush) giving hints ??
or genuinely nice to me ??
Little bit of context:-
So we both are from the same class and there was this culturals event held yesterday so our girls decided to dance in the event and a black shirt is a part of their costume. So my crush called 2 days before the event ( i.e Wednesday) and asked me if she can borrow my black shirt and ofc I agreed and she also asked which boys other than me had a black shirt and I mentioned a few ( They were a group of 8 members so I thought they'll wear what fits them well). So during the event I had given my name as a volunteer so yk I have to arrange chair, register contestant details etc... So their dance was around 11 AM and I was busy registering contestants' details so I didn't get to see it firsthand :(
Once the work was done, I just sat in chair and starter to rest ( by the time I sat to rest their performance was already over) so she came near me and said, "Did you notice whose shirt I am wearing ??? it's yours!!!!!"
So what does this mean ?? Does this mean she into me or something or she's just being nice
Also she always keeps pulling my leg when we are alone ( i.e During events time ) she never behaves this close in the classroom or when someone's around.
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Disclaimer:-
Long read aheadLittle bit of context:-
So we both are from the same class and there was this culturals event held yesterday so our girls decided to dance in the event and a black shirt is a part of their costume. So my crush called 2 days before the event ( i.e Wednesday) and asked me if she can borrow my black shirt and ofc I agreed and she also asked which boys other than me had a black shirt and I mentioned a few ( They were a group of 8 members so I thought they'll wear what fits them well). So during the event I had given my name as a volunteer so yk I have to arrange chair, register contestant details etc... So their dance was around 11 AM and I was busy registering contestants' details so I didn't get to see it firsthand :(
Once the work was done, I just sat in chair and starter to rest ( by the time I sat to rest their performance was already over) so she came near me and said, "Did you notice whose shirt I am wearing ??? it's yours!!!!!"
So what does this mean ?? Does this mean she into me or something or she's just being nice
Also she always keeps pulling my leg when we are alone ( i.e During events time ) she never behaves this close in the classroom or when someone's around.
2023.06.10 19:37 johnppd r/HBOMAX will go dark on June 12th in protest of Reddit's API changes that will kill 3rd party apps.
HBOMAX will be going dark in protest of upcoming Reddit changes (along with thousands of other subreddits). You will not be able to access the sub during this time.
What's going on?
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
In addition to providing a better user experience, these apps also help visually-disabled users to access the site through accessibility features not found in the official Reddit app. Third party apps are also used by many moderators of the site, including ones in this sub.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite.
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
What's the plan?
On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy, including this one. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
What can you do?
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What's going on?
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
In addition to providing a better user experience, these apps also help visually-disabled users to access the site through accessibility features not found in the official Reddit app. Third party apps are also used by many moderators of the site, including ones in this sub.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite.
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
What's the plan?
On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy, including this one. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
What can you do?
- Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
- Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join ModCoord - but please don’t pester mods you don’t know by simply spamming their modmail.
- Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit’s competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
- Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
2023.06.10 19:37 IStaredIntoTheAbyss Missing Primarchs Theories
PRIMARCH II
What we know about this one is that he was the third to be found, was around for nearly a century without issue, and was purged during the Rangdan Xenocides. From Fulgrim we learn that he was quiet and reserved, and from Fabius that he went to the Ymga Monolith early into the crusade for unknown reasons.We also know he probably didn't outright rebel against the imperium, and that he and XI nearly pulled something off that would have crippled the imperium for its numerous enemies to finish off (Chamber at the End of Memory)
From the incident with the original Soul Drinkers (confirmed not rogal dorn's geneseed), we can guess that either Primarch II or XI was a humanitarian that fought for the emperor's ideals rather than the imperium or the emperor himself.
Given that Emps made the primarchs to serve roles in pairs (Dorn and Perturabo, Lion and Alpharius, Lion and Horus, Lorgar and Sanguinius, etc) we have two roles that only single primarchs serve, being the apothecary (was supposed to be Angron) and anti-chaos weapon (Magnus)
I'm going to guess that II was the apothecary, for reasons I will explain in XI's section
PRIMARCH XI
What we know about this one is that his legion had extremely unstable geneseed, a potentially tainted recruitment world, and his legion was purged by the wolves and custodes.Argel Tal and a few other word bearers were given a vision of the emperor's gene-labs where the XI primarch is singled out as still being "pure and innocent" Since we know that he didn't rebel, and the vision being granted by a daemon means that he couldn't have turned towards chaos, I'm going to guess that XI was driven insane and sociopathic. This is supported by the Angel being a mix of all 20 primarchs, and that guy was uncontrollable and exterminated the population of planets for the crime of not being perfect enough, which even monsters like Perturabo and Konrad would hesitate to do.
We also know that the strongest anti-chaos legions the emperor had got the worst mutations, and the XI legion had mutations so bad that they were constantly short-staffed and failed the qualification for being a legion. This is why I say XI was a powerful psyker and counterpart to Magnus.
If we look for modern chapters with very strong anti-chaos behavior, we come up with the Destroyers and the Exorcists, but they have geneseed that's a lot more stable. Hmm...
WHAT HAPPENED
By the time the XI primarch was found, his legion had so few marines they had to stay with another legion, like the Emperor's Children stuck with Horus. The XI legion was deployed alongside the II during the Rangdan Xenocides. We also know that the lost primarchs were "separate tragedies"And an incident in some Alpha Legion files points to a place called Labryk Polaris, that points to attempts to replicate or even supercede the emperor's genecraft.
I'm going to guess that II, being an apothecary and partly responsible for the deteriorating XI legion, was attempting to stabilize the geneseed and make more marines. I'm also going to guess that he, in desperation, consorted with Xenos and either allowed his legion to be compromised or sold imperial secrets for their help.
He succeeded in somewhat stabilizing XI's geneseed but the situation was rapidly spiraling out of control and giving a lot of power to the Rangda, who were already capable of destroying the galaxy.
The first thing would have resulted in orders to cease, but the second thing necessitated that the II primarch was blammed, or at least removed from a role in the crusade.
The XI legion, now with stable geneseed, was a lot more able to pop exterminatus like candy in their hatred of chaos and aliens and their primarch was purged (or removed from crusading) for being completely uncontrollable and destructive.
Malcador and Emps then decided to commit damnatio memoraie and wipe them from records. Which is partly forgiving them, as their misdeeds were also forgotten.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
They may not be dead. Remember, the Angel was kept in a stasis coffin, not put through a shredder.There's no reason to just kill off your useful tools once you're done with them, especially not a powerful anti-chaos weapon and potential golden throne operator. XI may be being kept underneath the palace as "Subject XI" (Custodes codex 9E).
Their legions were taken in by the others, mostly the Ultramarines and Imperial Fists. If there's a modern chapter with suspicious behavior, it may belong to the Lost Primarchs. As previously mentioned, for II there's the original Soul Drinkers, and for XI there's the Exorcists and the Destroyers.
2023.06.10 19:36 bby-bae The poetry and greater meaning of who sent the catspaw (SPOILERS EXTENDED)
I originally wrote this as a response to a question about why Joffery would have sent the catspaw, but i found myself writing so much I am making my own post. I believe that Joffery sending the catspaw to kill Bran has meaningful and poetic weight, and that it is much more meaningful in the larger story than if it were something as direct as Cersei, for example, even though the "logic" for Cersei is more straightforward.
Joffery sending the catspaw after Bran has meaningful weight, because Joffery doesn’t have motive, it’s just his interpretation of what Robert wanted, because Robert, really, was so callous of a person that he would that way about the death of even his dear friend. It’s poetic because even though Joffery did the actual act of hiring the catspaw, it really was Robert’s doing — yet another way that a misunderstood idea in a terrible father-son relationship can turn into a conflict that ruins the realm, and yet another way in which the Westerosi culture of strength brings its own ruin.
Also, it has poetic importance to Jon’s fate, and why Ned had to hide Jon for so long. Joffery is just responding to Robert’s attitude, which is that killing a child might be the better thing to. We see this in regards to the Targaryens in the Ned/Robert conflict over killing the child Daenerys — which is really an analogue for Ned standing up for Jon’s right to live. However, even after the idea that Robert would gladly kill a child Targaryen heir, the counter-argument stands: “but Robert wouldn’t kill Jon, surely, now that he’s been raised as Ned’s own son all these years …” Well, the revelation about the catspaw proves otherwise — Robert was talking about how the death of Ned’s younger and actual child would be a greater good for the child, so imagine how unsympathetic he would be about a child that isn’t even Ned’s, and whose death might be a greater good for the whole realm?
As for the importance of it being Joffery — Joffery isn’t “just crazy”, like how the showruins him makes him look. Robert at least he has the understanding necessary to know that, even if he believes that Bran would be better off dead, it would be a terrible and a stupid thing to do, but Joffery simply doesn’t have that understanding. Joffery doesn’t end up the way he does from him being “crazy”, his personality results from him being raised by Cersei, who was raised by Tywin, and how Cersei wants to raise another Tywin without understanding what makes Tywin a powerful ruler. Note that Kevan and Jaime both fear that if Cersei got her hands on Tommen, now, he could end up like Joffery too — because it’s not his innate nature, it’s his upbringing. And this is not as clear on a first read, but once we get an insight into Cersei’s mind in AFFC, we see how one-dimensional her interpretation of power is, and it explains all of her behaviors, as well as Joffery’s.
The shadow of Tywin’s strength looms over the entire Lannister clan, but none of his children, each living in that shadow, learn how to emulate his successes. As one example, Tyrion comes close, learning how to make allies and talk his way into advantageous situations, but all of his successes in AGOT and ACOK are proven hollow by his fall in ASOS: all the times that Tyrion thought he was being a strategist, he was often just paying people off with money that was, really, Tywin’s. So we see the ultimate consequence of that empty power and inability to emulate Tywin’s actual strength when, on Tyrion’s fall, when he has no more money and influence and therefore no more allies, we get the entire scenario as sexual metaphor — all of Tyrion’s power was just borrowed from Tywin, and, in the end, that is stripped away: Tywin gets his due and sleeps with Shae, the symbol of Tyrion’s empty influence.
Cersei learns a different lesson from Tywin: that of fear and brute force. She spends the entirety of AFFC wondering why her brutality isn’t met with the appropriate fear. She creates increasingly brutal scenarios in her attempts to inspire fear, because she believes that Tywin’s strength was entirely through things like Castamere, and that the path to respect is fear. When she doesn’t get respect, she concludes that the issue is her lack of manhood, and so she tries to enact her brutal will through Jaime, who can operate in a man’s space, and who she sees as her duplicate — and, formerly, she had Joffery to do this with, as well, and Joffery to mold entirely to her intended image.
That’s not to say that I think Cersei had anything to do with the catspaw directly, I don’t think she told Joffery to do anything or even knew about it, but Joffery’s doing is the result of years of her passive influence that Joffery behaves the way he does. He’s been told for years by his mother that his success as king will depend on people fearing him, and through acts of violence. You see this play out repeatedly — through his abuse of Sansa, his punitive acts in situations like with Ser Dontos — and with his beheading of Ned, because Joffery has been raised to think that you need to kill to command respect. Cersei has at least the political acumen to not actually kill Bran, and she later chastises Jaime for even throwing him out the window, but consider the repeatedly warping that each generation experiences: we get to see how poorly Cersei interprets the qualities of Tywin, so imagine how twisted Joffery's understanding of these lessons is, a third generation down, already bent by his mother's misinterpretations. Of course, Tywin isn't the start, either — he perceived his own father's amiability as weakness, and has spent his whole life becoming violent and hard because of his own personal misinterpretations of what kinds of strength are valuable.
But here’s where it goes back to Robert: because it’s not just Cersei that sends Joffery the message that power comes through force, fear and killing. Force, and killing, may not be all Robert does anymore, but it’s all Robert thinks he’s good at. Moreover, it’s the entirety of Robert’s legacy: Robert did win his throne through killing Rhaegar at the Trident, and that specific legacy and image is what Robert is most remembered for. So, in this way, Joffery’s actions make perfect sense — he’s being told by history that killing wins power, he’s being told by his mother that killing wins power, and then here we have another instance where the great and powerful Robert — or, more personally, dad — suggests another killing. Because Joffery understands only that killing wins power, and lacks all the nuance of politics that Cersei lacks and more, it follows that when his father suggests it, he acts.
Of course, even this is part of a larger cultural issue, one that we see in Randyll Tarly, and Tywin, and the Cleganes, and the Ironborn, and countless others across Westeros and the world of ASOIAF — that the weak are doomed to die, while the strong (and male) prevail. It's reflected in Sansa's momentary disappointment in being betrothed to the lame Willas Tyrell over any other, even as it is her best escape out of King's Landing. Even Bran, without the use of his legs, cannot escape the shadow of this culture, as through his whole journey north he believes that at the end will be a wizard who will fix his legs and allow him to become a knight after all. So, ultimately, even Robert’s suggestion is just a product of this cultural failing, and it is a perfect irony that it is this exact cultural failing which begins the war that starts to destroy Westeros. Without the notion that a seven-year-old boy is expendable, and perhaps better off dead, the Catelyn would not have captured Tyrion and the war may yet have been put off (although not forever, because the Tywin’s murder of Elia’s children, a mirror of Robert’s willingness to murder children, is creates it own boiling problems).
Ultimately, it’s important that it’s Joffery because it’s yet another instance of ASOIAF’s fraught parent-child relationships, and because in that way, it’s really both Robert’s doing, and in a more abstract way, it is the entirety of Westerosi culture’s doing. Considering the comparisons to Tywin, it’s notable that Robert’s suggestion to kill Bran is, honestly, more direct than Tywin’s suggestion to kill Aegon V and Rhaenys — and Tywin’s hand in that is enough to earn the ire of Oberyn and the Martells for nearly two decades.
Really, I'm barely scratching the surface of all of the implications of this; I'm sure there is plenty more to be said about examining the numerous other parent-child legacies and misinterpretations of will throughout ASOIAF and how they mirror the influence of Cersei's and of Robert's will being interpreted by Joffery to kill Bran, but that's too much for even me to dive into here.
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Joffery sending the catspaw after Bran has meaningful weight, because Joffery doesn’t have motive, it’s just his interpretation of what Robert wanted, because Robert, really, was so callous of a person that he would that way about the death of even his dear friend. It’s poetic because even though Joffery did the actual act of hiring the catspaw, it really was Robert’s doing — yet another way that a misunderstood idea in a terrible father-son relationship can turn into a conflict that ruins the realm, and yet another way in which the Westerosi culture of strength brings its own ruin.
Also, it has poetic importance to Jon’s fate, and why Ned had to hide Jon for so long. Joffery is just responding to Robert’s attitude, which is that killing a child might be the better thing to. We see this in regards to the Targaryens in the Ned/Robert conflict over killing the child Daenerys — which is really an analogue for Ned standing up for Jon’s right to live. However, even after the idea that Robert would gladly kill a child Targaryen heir, the counter-argument stands: “but Robert wouldn’t kill Jon, surely, now that he’s been raised as Ned’s own son all these years …” Well, the revelation about the catspaw proves otherwise — Robert was talking about how the death of Ned’s younger and actual child would be a greater good for the child, so imagine how unsympathetic he would be about a child that isn’t even Ned’s, and whose death might be a greater good for the whole realm?
As for the importance of it being Joffery — Joffery isn’t “just crazy”, like how the show
The shadow of Tywin’s strength looms over the entire Lannister clan, but none of his children, each living in that shadow, learn how to emulate his successes. As one example, Tyrion comes close, learning how to make allies and talk his way into advantageous situations, but all of his successes in AGOT and ACOK are proven hollow by his fall in ASOS: all the times that Tyrion thought he was being a strategist, he was often just paying people off with money that was, really, Tywin’s. So we see the ultimate consequence of that empty power and inability to emulate Tywin’s actual strength when, on Tyrion’s fall, when he has no more money and influence and therefore no more allies, we get the entire scenario as sexual metaphor — all of Tyrion’s power was just borrowed from Tywin, and, in the end, that is stripped away: Tywin gets his due and sleeps with Shae, the symbol of Tyrion’s empty influence.
Cersei learns a different lesson from Tywin: that of fear and brute force. She spends the entirety of AFFC wondering why her brutality isn’t met with the appropriate fear. She creates increasingly brutal scenarios in her attempts to inspire fear, because she believes that Tywin’s strength was entirely through things like Castamere, and that the path to respect is fear. When she doesn’t get respect, she concludes that the issue is her lack of manhood, and so she tries to enact her brutal will through Jaime, who can operate in a man’s space, and who she sees as her duplicate — and, formerly, she had Joffery to do this with, as well, and Joffery to mold entirely to her intended image.
That’s not to say that I think Cersei had anything to do with the catspaw directly, I don’t think she told Joffery to do anything or even knew about it, but Joffery’s doing is the result of years of her passive influence that Joffery behaves the way he does. He’s been told for years by his mother that his success as king will depend on people fearing him, and through acts of violence. You see this play out repeatedly — through his abuse of Sansa, his punitive acts in situations like with Ser Dontos — and with his beheading of Ned, because Joffery has been raised to think that you need to kill to command respect. Cersei has at least the political acumen to not actually kill Bran, and she later chastises Jaime for even throwing him out the window, but consider the repeatedly warping that each generation experiences: we get to see how poorly Cersei interprets the qualities of Tywin, so imagine how twisted Joffery's understanding of these lessons is, a third generation down, already bent by his mother's misinterpretations. Of course, Tywin isn't the start, either — he perceived his own father's amiability as weakness, and has spent his whole life becoming violent and hard because of his own personal misinterpretations of what kinds of strength are valuable.
But here’s where it goes back to Robert: because it’s not just Cersei that sends Joffery the message that power comes through force, fear and killing. Force, and killing, may not be all Robert does anymore, but it’s all Robert thinks he’s good at. Moreover, it’s the entirety of Robert’s legacy: Robert did win his throne through killing Rhaegar at the Trident, and that specific legacy and image is what Robert is most remembered for. So, in this way, Joffery’s actions make perfect sense — he’s being told by history that killing wins power, he’s being told by his mother that killing wins power, and then here we have another instance where the great and powerful Robert — or, more personally, dad — suggests another killing. Because Joffery understands only that killing wins power, and lacks all the nuance of politics that Cersei lacks and more, it follows that when his father suggests it, he acts.
Of course, even this is part of a larger cultural issue, one that we see in Randyll Tarly, and Tywin, and the Cleganes, and the Ironborn, and countless others across Westeros and the world of ASOIAF — that the weak are doomed to die, while the strong (and male) prevail. It's reflected in Sansa's momentary disappointment in being betrothed to the lame Willas Tyrell over any other, even as it is her best escape out of King's Landing. Even Bran, without the use of his legs, cannot escape the shadow of this culture, as through his whole journey north he believes that at the end will be a wizard who will fix his legs and allow him to become a knight after all. So, ultimately, even Robert’s suggestion is just a product of this cultural failing, and it is a perfect irony that it is this exact cultural failing which begins the war that starts to destroy Westeros. Without the notion that a seven-year-old boy is expendable, and perhaps better off dead, the Catelyn would not have captured Tyrion and the war may yet have been put off (although not forever, because the Tywin’s murder of Elia’s children, a mirror of Robert’s willingness to murder children, is creates it own boiling problems).
Ultimately, it’s important that it’s Joffery because it’s yet another instance of ASOIAF’s fraught parent-child relationships, and because in that way, it’s really both Robert’s doing, and in a more abstract way, it is the entirety of Westerosi culture’s doing. Considering the comparisons to Tywin, it’s notable that Robert’s suggestion to kill Bran is, honestly, more direct than Tywin’s suggestion to kill Aegon V and Rhaenys — and Tywin’s hand in that is enough to earn the ire of Oberyn and the Martells for nearly two decades.
Really, I'm barely scratching the surface of all of the implications of this; I'm sure there is plenty more to be said about examining the numerous other parent-child legacies and misinterpretations of will throughout ASOIAF and how they mirror the influence of Cersei's and of Robert's will being interpreted by Joffery to kill Bran, but that's too much for even me to dive into here.
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: January 10th, 2137
Without the girls, life settles into a boring rut. I talk to them as much as I can on the pad, but they’re busy on Earth, hitting the ground running.
There’s been a lot of ground to cover before they’re caught up to where everyone else will be, particularly for Vilek. She’s often had to pull double-claws of studying, working her fluffy ass off to gain a baseline understanding of psychology in record time. Thiva’s classes on VP by contrast have prepared her well for humanity’s relatively simple technology.
That, and they’ve had to get used to Earth. Earth food, Earth culture, and a planet full of omnivores with forward-facing eyes. I’ve been doing what little I can to help coach and encourage them.
For my own part I’ve been restless. Given that I’m not able to look for a job yet, that physical therapy kicks my ass every other paw, and that I’ve got nothing to do other than look forward to a half-hour of chatting with my friends… I’ve started up on software again. It’s something I can do even while laying prone. Particularly since I have a way to write without using my hands.
What do I do with that, anyway? I can read minds. I can even use the raw data from a full brain scan to extract memories. There’s got to be something useful to do with this. It’s practically the only part of this entire debacle I haven’t bothered telling the UN about.
Honestly after what I’ve been through, I can’t imagine trusting them, or the Venlil government, with this. Bastards would be prosecuting thought-crime by the end of the week.
Jarkim’s opened his business a couple of weeks back. Without an actual office, since he plans to simply operate out of Slavik’s farm. As I understand they tolerate it as long as he also helps out in return for food and board. I hope the arrangement works out for the both of them.
I gave Jarkim some help with his online presence. He wasn’t initially sure about the black and white picture of him in a fedora and a tie, or about the business name “Jarkim Krakotl, Private Eye”. But as soon as humans heard about Venlil Prime’s only Krakotl detective they’ve ended up coming to him with their problems.
He sent me a picture of his first solved case, some runaway kid who got lost and reunited with her mother. He was still wearing the hat. No tie, though.
Today is my paw off from Chasa’s torments, and it coincides with the launch of another exciting new business venture. So I take the time to visit Mosun.
“Hey Martin! Hold on a minute!” I see the Yotul wrangling a bunch of foam mats around the large, empty room. And its wall-length mirror. Fittingly the place look like the midway point between a dance studio and a martial arts dojo, except for the soft and spongy floor. It’s meant to safeguard against falls.
I glance around the room while he huffs and plops the last few ones down. There’s perhaps thirty-five or forty foam mats scattered on the floor. “So are you being optimistic, or did you get a good reception?”
He looks at me, bouncing with excitement. Though his ears signal a bit of nervousness. “Five Yotul have signed up so far! That’s almost half the Yotul in the entire town! And almost twenty humans! Hanya’s bringing a couple of Gojid friends too, and we’ve got a few Venlil coming along with their humans… Oh, and an Iftali, that was a surprise. Honestly I may be a little in over my head here; I’ve never taught crowds before! I’m not even sure how much will translate across species!”
“So you’ll be learning on the job. I have complete faith in you. Are the Exterminators going to give you any trouble?”
He barks a laugh. “Hah! No, Jarkim had a talk with the magister. I got permission from Vaska’s office to teach the classes in the name of cultural preservation, so those motherfuckers can’t touch me!”
I laugh as well. “You might need to censor your language a bit as a teacher.”
“Combat Dancing is about honesty and expression, Martin. If I can’t live it, how am I supposed to teach it?”
Well, he got me there. “Anything I can do to help?”
He glances at me, his voice gets a little uncomfortable. “Um, I don’t know. Can you carry heavy stuff right now?”
I shrug. “Probably not, no.”
“Then I’ll be fine. You’re not interested in taking the class?”
“I think my dancing days are over, for the foreseeable future.” I wryly lift my cane and wave it as a small reminder. It’s wood, and I’m quite fond of it. Chasa found a Venlil craftsman who wanted to be the first to make one for a human, and he made it out of the wood of some kind of tree called Lampan. The color reminds me of mahogany.
His ears droop a bit. “Ah yeah. How permanent is that looking?”
I shrug. “Finger dexterity on the right hand’s likely never going to be the same, but I’ll be able to play video games. Left arm should recover enough for daily use. Leg should get a full range of motion, but I won’t be going jogging. Thankfully I look dignified with a cane.”
He wags his tail teasingly and cocks his head as he regards me. “Do you? …Must be a human thing.”
“Piss off. Mind if I sit in on the class?”
“Of course not!”
Turns out first class of Yotul Combat Dancing is a quick demonstration, and then Mosun talking to the quite large and varied crowd. He talks about the history and cultural significance of Combat Dances to the Yotul, the philosophical underpinnings of the artform, and the mentality to be cultivated in practitioners.
Everyone is listening with rapt attention, and a few of the humans are even taking notes. When he opens the floor for questions, a Venlil asks “Isn’t this an expression of Predator Disease?”
To which Mosun answers “No. Next question?”
Which is honestly as much of a response as that warrants.
I talk with Hanya briefly after the class. She says that she’s been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that human therapy is helping her out. She even talks excitedly about piloting shuttles again, someday soon. I’m glad for her.
Once I get back to the house, there’s a man in a suit waiting for me. He’s tall, bald, and has very dark skin. I don’t recognize him. He extends his hand toward me, and I shake it. He speaks English with an African accent, instead of letting the translator handle it. I’d guess western Africa, but I’m hardly an expert. “Bamidele Adeyemi.”
“Martin Russo. Can I help you?”
He indicates the door. “May I come in?”
“Sure. My Venlil hosts aren’t home right now.”
“Of course.”
Once he’s been let in, and I’ve given him something to drink, I wait patiently for him to explain his presence.
“I am the UN liason to the district magister’s office.”
I keep my tone neutral and politely curious. “What happened to Robert McGinley?”
He keeps his tone neutral too, but friendly. He smiles at me. “It was decided that he should be replaced.”
Oh no. Anyway. “Alright. But… No offense mister Adeyemi, but why are you here?”
He takes out a pad. “I have some documents that the UN and the District Magister would like you to sign.”
I sigh inwardly and make a quite heroic effort to not sigh outwardly. I look at the pad briefly anyway. As I expected, it’s about making myself legally liable should I speak up about what I’ve gone through. “I’m afraid you are wasting your time. McGinley told me to sign papers like this too, and I told him ‘no’.”
He nods, entirely unsurprised. “I understand you signed similar documents over a smaller… altercation with the Exterminators. Why the difference of response, if I may ask?”
“Because the first time he threatened to have me thrown out of the refugee center if I didn’t.”
Bamidele’s eyes widen briefly. “I see. That does explain why you told him to ‘fuck off’.”
“Yes.” I pause briefly. “…You’ve been polite enough that I don’t want to use the same language. But.”
He laughs briefly. “Haha, yes, I understand. Different circumstances, yes? My predecessor tried the stick. I am here to try the carrot. So tell me, mister Russo, what will it take for you to sign?”
“There’s nothing that…” I pause.
I sit down. I’m briefly quiet. I miss my friends so goddamn much. I swallow, mouth feeling dry as I tentatively reach for the proffered lifeline. “I… hear Sweden’s lovely this time of year.”
He flashes his teeth at me in a broad smile and chuckles pleasantly. “Hehe, I thought you might say that. But… You do realize it is January?”
Date [standardized human time]: January 12th, 2137
The thought of leaving this wretched planet and its wretched food and its wretched government and its wretched ever-present sun makes me feel like I’m already back in Earth’s lighter gravity.
I ended up paying Chasa back for all the pain and suffering she inflicted on me: The largest gift basket I could find online, filled with fruits, candies, and preserves of both Zurulian and human origin.
When I wake up at the start of the paw, my arch-nemesis has sent me two pictures. The first one is a schedule to keep for the next couple of months. In the second picture she’s put pillows and blankets in the basket and is using it as a bed, a paw raised in goodbye.
If the medi-teddies ever learn to weaponize their cuteness, humanity is in real trouble.
Packing is easy. I don’t have a lot. A band shirt from when I went to see ‘Where Angels Fear’, a few bad sketches of fruit, my dad's chess set, my pad, and a neural scanner.
Date [standardized human time]: January 13th, 2137
The space flight actually lands directly in Sweden, somewhere north of the polar circle at a place called Esrange. I immediately realize that winter’s back on the menu, as the cold makes my left leg and arm ache like hell. It’s the dead of night, too… But I’ve missed night. So has everyone else, as despite the cold people are walking straight out into the snow to just stare up into the starry sky and stare in open awe at the sky, where the stars form a backdrop for the northern lights. I join them.
A poetic whimsy falls over me, making me grin at the cheesiness. It’s like the sky itself is welcoming us back home.
From Esrange we take cars to Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost city. From there it’s a long train ride south. I’ve gotten a sleeper cabin. With the generous stipend from the UN, I have no need to scrimp.
Even so, it takes significantly longer to travel 1400 kilometers across Sweden than it did to travel 16 light-years from Gliese 832. I’ve got almost twenty hours to appreciate the irony.
Date [standardized human time]: January 14th, 2137
I’m met at the train station in Lund by a man holding a sign with my name on it. His car takes me directly to the university. Everything feels very… ordinary, except I’m a bit dazed at having so many humans around me again.
We arrive a little before 8 in the morning. Excited students scurry to and fro, eager and hopeful for the first day of spring term. The driver is named Markus, and very kindly helps me find my way to my meeting. I’m left outside a door, standing around awkwardly.
The man I’m meeting with is Jonas Falck, and he’s the head of the department of computer science. While the UN has ‘encouraged’ the university to take me in despite it being so close to the term start, the decision remains with him.
I really wanted to see the girls first, but the meeting time was set for me. I desperately wish I had thought to shave beforehand. I’ve been using my beard to hide my weak chin, but it probably looks more unprofessional than-
“Hey, are you Martin Russo?”
Ah, I see.
Mister Falck is holding two cups of coffee and offers one of them to me with a smile. He’s got a full beard, a full belly, hair past his shoulders, and a pink hawaiian shirt to go with his khaki shorts and flip-flops. This man is clearly one of the most talented professionals working in the field today.
“So, do you mind if I ask…” He motions to my cane while I take a seat.
“How that happened?”
“Yes.”
“That’s classified. I’m not even joking.”
He nods once, like that was more or less what he expected to hear. He leans back in his chair, which creaks a bit, and takes a slow drink from his coffee while reading on his computer. “So you studied at Columbia University before the Bombing?”
“Yes.”
“And your family lived in New York?”
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry to hear that.” He doesn’t say it unkindly, but he does say it as rote. ‘Oh you’re from one of the places that doesn’t exist anymore? Sorry to hear that.’
I nod awkwardly. “Yes.”
“And you were focusing on studying brain-computer interfacing?”
I feel like a recording. “Yes.”
“It’s very uncommon to add a student this late. The term begins today.”
“Yes.”
“We can’t provide housing for you on such a short notice, for one.”
“I have that handled, sir.”
He scrunches his face up. “Jonas, please. Americans are so formal.”
“Alright, er, Jonas.”
“So, Martin, what I’m asking for is a reason. To take you in right now, I mean, instead of next year.”
I nod. This is thankfully something I had planned for. My hand slips into my pocket, fingering the box holding the scanner electrodes. “Well, Jonas… I think there’s something you should take a look at.”
Handling paperwork and basic orientation takes most of the morning. I manage to get morning-and-evening classes to share my time off with the lambchops. That only works because most people don’t want evening classes. Evenings are for partying if you’re a student, so late classes are mostly for adults with jobs.
I end up standing around nervously by the entrance to the university building, counting down the time. I watch people passing by as calmly as I can, still checking my pad every minute or so for any messages and jerking my head around like a bird at anything that’s even a bit of a shade of gray.
I can tell the alien girls are coming even before I see them, since everyone is glancing curiously their way. I straighten my back and shift my weight from foot to foot. I feel like a dog at an airport, waiting for the return of its owner.
They’re looking around as I see them, and Thiva’s the first to spot me. Her ears perk up and Vilek immediately looks to me as well. As they speed up into a sprint, I’m a bit surprised to see them both wearing clothes. Both girls are wearing custom boots made to fit their digitigrade legs.
They’re both wearing coveralls, Vilek’s in a hospital teal and Thiva’s in a bright red. It’s been explained to me that many at the university have a student culture of wearing colorful coveralls that they decorate with patches, called ‘Ovve’, and that Thiva’s red marks her as a mechanical engineering student. Vileks’s teal, presumably, mark her as studying healthcare. Or specifically therapy, perhaps. I need to look it up.
Seeing as computer science students are apparently expected to wear pink ones, I’m thinking I might sit out this grand and colorful tradition. On the other hand according to the Internet it’s an informal rule to cut a bit from the ‘Ovve’ of anyone you’ve exchanged body fluids with and patch it onto your own. So I suppose I could be convinced.
The girls collide with me, thankfully gently. Their tails are wagging like crazy out of the back of their outfits, and they’re clinging to me. I inhale deeply, take in the distinct and pleasant scent of my cute Venlil friends, and cling to them as well. My fingers stroke through their thick fur, and I hear their happy wordless bleating and whistling.
I close my eyes and enjoy the moment, not giving one whit for the passersby watching the scene.
“Oh, girls, I-” Vilek punches me in the arm unexpectedly. The right one, thankfully.
“Ow!”
Even though her ears signal joy and her tail is wagging, her voice is still stern. “We learned what ‘lambchops’ means!”
Ah.
The student flat isn’t very expansive, but it’s larger than the one we shared on Venlil Prime. Probably because humans are just plain larger.
It’s currently sparsely furnished. There’s a couple of desks, a couch, a table, a beanbag chair, and a bunk bed. I take my shoes off in the hallway, as the girls do. When in Lund.
They help me unpack. There’s not a lot, but they had already set aside a little corner for me. I’ve got the beanbag chair instead of a desk, which I’m perfectly fine with.
I sigh and lean against a wall briefly. “I’m… so glad to be home.”
Thiva turns her head a little, flicking an ear in question. “You missed being on Earth?”
I chuckle, and pinch her ear-tip lightly. I lean over to give Vilek one too, for fairness. It earns me a pair of bleeps from them, and I go on the offensive to rub their heads and scratch their ears and do everything I can to make the lambchops squeal happily. They thankfully oblige. “I missed being with my herd.”
My friends are safe, they’re here with me, and we all have paths forward. I’ve fought and bled for this opportunity. I’m allowed to enjoy it.
I sit down on the couch with a quiet groan of satisfaction, finally getting to put my cane aside. “So, girls… how are you feeling about Earth so far?”
They grumble immediately. “It is so freaking cold!” “Snow! We do not like the snow!”
“It’s only for another couple of… Months.” They’re undressing right in front of me. I am left briefly stunned.
Oh right they don’t normally wear clothes.
Reminding myself of that doesn’t help. The context is what it is. They’re my best friends and my two favorite girls and they’re stripping naked before me.
My brain fails me. “…Okay, so, uhh. Um. Hmmh. Huh.”
Mother of God there’s nothing different! They’re naked. They’re always naked! It hasn’t been a problem on VP, it won’t be a problem here! Man up!
I take a deep and steadying breath and resolutely refuse to think of patches of white and red on a set of pink coveralls, with pink patches on their matching ones.
“I guess we should… buy some food? And some clothes for me to use? And…”
And they turn their heads toward me, staring at me with one eye each. Side by side. Making me feel like I'm being stared down by a single creature. One with forward-facing eyes. And an orange blush.
They take slow steps closer. Thiva speaks first with an amused lilt to her voice. “Or maybe this is a good time to talk. You know, about the house rules.”
Vilek speaks as well, moving her tail sinuously in a teasing motion. “Relationship statuses.”
Thiva comes in with the finisher, practically purring. “Sleeping arrangements.”
Ah.
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: January 10th, 2137
Without the girls, life settles into a boring rut. I talk to them as much as I can on the pad, but they’re busy on Earth, hitting the ground running.
There’s been a lot of ground to cover before they’re caught up to where everyone else will be, particularly for Vilek. She’s often had to pull double-claws of studying, working her fluffy ass off to gain a baseline understanding of psychology in record time. Thiva’s classes on VP by contrast have prepared her well for humanity’s relatively simple technology.
That, and they’ve had to get used to Earth. Earth food, Earth culture, and a planet full of omnivores with forward-facing eyes. I’ve been doing what little I can to help coach and encourage them.
For my own part I’ve been restless. Given that I’m not able to look for a job yet, that physical therapy kicks my ass every other paw, and that I’ve got nothing to do other than look forward to a half-hour of chatting with my friends… I’ve started up on software again. It’s something I can do even while laying prone. Particularly since I have a way to write without using my hands.
What do I do with that, anyway? I can read minds. I can even use the raw data from a full brain scan to extract memories. There’s got to be something useful to do with this. It’s practically the only part of this entire debacle I haven’t bothered telling the UN about.
Honestly after what I’ve been through, I can’t imagine trusting them, or the Venlil government, with this. Bastards would be prosecuting thought-crime by the end of the week.
Jarkim’s opened his business a couple of weeks back. Without an actual office, since he plans to simply operate out of Slavik’s farm. As I understand they tolerate it as long as he also helps out in return for food and board. I hope the arrangement works out for the both of them.
I gave Jarkim some help with his online presence. He wasn’t initially sure about the black and white picture of him in a fedora and a tie, or about the business name “Jarkim Krakotl, Private Eye”. But as soon as humans heard about Venlil Prime’s only Krakotl detective they’ve ended up coming to him with their problems.
He sent me a picture of his first solved case, some runaway kid who got lost and reunited with her mother. He was still wearing the hat. No tie, though.
Today is my paw off from Chasa’s torments, and it coincides with the launch of another exciting new business venture. So I take the time to visit Mosun.
“Hey Martin! Hold on a minute!” I see the Yotul wrangling a bunch of foam mats around the large, empty room. And its wall-length mirror. Fittingly the place look like the midway point between a dance studio and a martial arts dojo, except for the soft and spongy floor. It’s meant to safeguard against falls.
I glance around the room while he huffs and plops the last few ones down. There’s perhaps thirty-five or forty foam mats scattered on the floor. “So are you being optimistic, or did you get a good reception?”
He looks at me, bouncing with excitement. Though his ears signal a bit of nervousness. “Five Yotul have signed up so far! That’s almost half the Yotul in the entire town! And almost twenty humans! Hanya’s bringing a couple of Gojid friends too, and we’ve got a few Venlil coming along with their humans… Oh, and an Iftali, that was a surprise. Honestly I may be a little in over my head here; I’ve never taught crowds before! I’m not even sure how much will translate across species!”
“So you’ll be learning on the job. I have complete faith in you. Are the Exterminators going to give you any trouble?”
He barks a laugh. “Hah! No, Jarkim had a talk with the magister. I got permission from Vaska’s office to teach the classes in the name of cultural preservation, so those motherfuckers can’t touch me!”
I laugh as well. “You might need to censor your language a bit as a teacher.”
“Combat Dancing is about honesty and expression, Martin. If I can’t live it, how am I supposed to teach it?”
Well, he got me there. “Anything I can do to help?”
He glances at me, his voice gets a little uncomfortable. “Um, I don’t know. Can you carry heavy stuff right now?”
I shrug. “Probably not, no.”
“Then I’ll be fine. You’re not interested in taking the class?”
“I think my dancing days are over, for the foreseeable future.” I wryly lift my cane and wave it as a small reminder. It’s wood, and I’m quite fond of it. Chasa found a Venlil craftsman who wanted to be the first to make one for a human, and he made it out of the wood of some kind of tree called Lampan. The color reminds me of mahogany.
His ears droop a bit. “Ah yeah. How permanent is that looking?”
I shrug. “Finger dexterity on the right hand’s likely never going to be the same, but I’ll be able to play video games. Left arm should recover enough for daily use. Leg should get a full range of motion, but I won’t be going jogging. Thankfully I look dignified with a cane.”
He wags his tail teasingly and cocks his head as he regards me. “Do you? …Must be a human thing.”
“Piss off. Mind if I sit in on the class?”
“Of course not!”
Turns out first class of Yotul Combat Dancing is a quick demonstration, and then Mosun talking to the quite large and varied crowd. He talks about the history and cultural significance of Combat Dances to the Yotul, the philosophical underpinnings of the artform, and the mentality to be cultivated in practitioners.
Everyone is listening with rapt attention, and a few of the humans are even taking notes. When he opens the floor for questions, a Venlil asks “Isn’t this an expression of Predator Disease?”
To which Mosun answers “No. Next question?”
Which is honestly as much of a response as that warrants.
I talk with Hanya briefly after the class. She says that she’s been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that human therapy is helping her out. She even talks excitedly about piloting shuttles again, someday soon. I’m glad for her.
Once I get back to the house, there’s a man in a suit waiting for me. He’s tall, bald, and has very dark skin. I don’t recognize him. He extends his hand toward me, and I shake it. He speaks English with an African accent, instead of letting the translator handle it. I’d guess western Africa, but I’m hardly an expert. “Bamidele Adeyemi.”
“Martin Russo. Can I help you?”
He indicates the door. “May I come in?”
“Sure. My Venlil hosts aren’t home right now.”
“Of course.”
Once he’s been let in, and I’ve given him something to drink, I wait patiently for him to explain his presence.
“I am the UN liason to the district magister’s office.”
I keep my tone neutral and politely curious. “What happened to Robert McGinley?”
He keeps his tone neutral too, but friendly. He smiles at me. “It was decided that he should be replaced.”
Oh no. Anyway. “Alright. But… No offense mister Adeyemi, but why are you here?”
He takes out a pad. “I have some documents that the UN and the District Magister would like you to sign.”
I sigh inwardly and make a quite heroic effort to not sigh outwardly. I look at the pad briefly anyway. As I expected, it’s about making myself legally liable should I speak up about what I’ve gone through. “I’m afraid you are wasting your time. McGinley told me to sign papers like this too, and I told him ‘no’.”
He nods, entirely unsurprised. “I understand you signed similar documents over a smaller… altercation with the Exterminators. Why the difference of response, if I may ask?”
“Because the first time he threatened to have me thrown out of the refugee center if I didn’t.”
Bamidele’s eyes widen briefly. “I see. That does explain why you told him to ‘fuck off’.”
“Yes.” I pause briefly. “…You’ve been polite enough that I don’t want to use the same language. But.”
He laughs briefly. “Haha, yes, I understand. Different circumstances, yes? My predecessor tried the stick. I am here to try the carrot. So tell me, mister Russo, what will it take for you to sign?”
“There’s nothing that…” I pause.
I sit down. I’m briefly quiet. I miss my friends so goddamn much. I swallow, mouth feeling dry as I tentatively reach for the proffered lifeline. “I… hear Sweden’s lovely this time of year.”
He flashes his teeth at me in a broad smile and chuckles pleasantly. “Hehe, I thought you might say that. But… You do realize it is January?”
Date [standardized human time]: January 12th, 2137
The thought of leaving this wretched planet and its wretched food and its wretched government and its wretched ever-present sun makes me feel like I’m already back in Earth’s lighter gravity.
I ended up paying Chasa back for all the pain and suffering she inflicted on me: The largest gift basket I could find online, filled with fruits, candies, and preserves of both Zurulian and human origin.
When I wake up at the start of the paw, my arch-nemesis has sent me two pictures. The first one is a schedule to keep for the next couple of months. In the second picture she’s put pillows and blankets in the basket and is using it as a bed, a paw raised in goodbye.
If the medi-teddies ever learn to weaponize their cuteness, humanity is in real trouble.
Packing is easy. I don’t have a lot. A band shirt from when I went to see ‘Where Angels Fear’, a few bad sketches of fruit, my dad's chess set, my pad, and a neural scanner.
Date [standardized human time]: January 13th, 2137
The space flight actually lands directly in Sweden, somewhere north of the polar circle at a place called Esrange. I immediately realize that winter’s back on the menu, as the cold makes my left leg and arm ache like hell. It’s the dead of night, too… But I’ve missed night. So has everyone else, as despite the cold people are walking straight out into the snow to just stare up into the starry sky and stare in open awe at the sky, where the stars form a backdrop for the northern lights. I join them.
A poetic whimsy falls over me, making me grin at the cheesiness. It’s like the sky itself is welcoming us back home.
From Esrange we take cars to Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost city. From there it’s a long train ride south. I’ve gotten a sleeper cabin. With the generous stipend from the UN, I have no need to scrimp.
Even so, it takes significantly longer to travel 1400 kilometers across Sweden than it did to travel 16 light-years from Gliese 832. I’ve got almost twenty hours to appreciate the irony.
Date [standardized human time]: January 14th, 2137
I’m met at the train station in Lund by a man holding a sign with my name on it. His car takes me directly to the university. Everything feels very… ordinary, except I’m a bit dazed at having so many humans around me again.
We arrive a little before 8 in the morning. Excited students scurry to and fro, eager and hopeful for the first day of spring term. The driver is named Markus, and very kindly helps me find my way to my meeting. I’m left outside a door, standing around awkwardly.
The man I’m meeting with is Jonas Falck, and he’s the head of the department of computer science. While the UN has ‘encouraged’ the university to take me in despite it being so close to the term start, the decision remains with him.
I really wanted to see the girls first, but the meeting time was set for me. I desperately wish I had thought to shave beforehand. I’ve been using my beard to hide my weak chin, but it probably looks more unprofessional than-
“Hey, are you Martin Russo?”
Ah, I see.
Mister Falck is holding two cups of coffee and offers one of them to me with a smile. He’s got a full beard, a full belly, hair past his shoulders, and a pink hawaiian shirt to go with his khaki shorts and flip-flops. This man is clearly one of the most talented professionals working in the field today.
“So, do you mind if I ask…” He motions to my cane while I take a seat.
“How that happened?”
“Yes.”
“That’s classified. I’m not even joking.”
He nods once, like that was more or less what he expected to hear. He leans back in his chair, which creaks a bit, and takes a slow drink from his coffee while reading on his computer. “So you studied at Columbia University before the Bombing?”
“Yes.”
“And your family lived in New York?”
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry to hear that.” He doesn’t say it unkindly, but he does say it as rote. ‘Oh you’re from one of the places that doesn’t exist anymore? Sorry to hear that.’
I nod awkwardly. “Yes.”
“And you were focusing on studying brain-computer interfacing?”
I feel like a recording. “Yes.”
“It’s very uncommon to add a student this late. The term begins today.”
“Yes.”
“We can’t provide housing for you on such a short notice, for one.”
“I have that handled, sir.”
He scrunches his face up. “Jonas, please. Americans are so formal.”
“Alright, er, Jonas.”
“So, Martin, what I’m asking for is a reason. To take you in right now, I mean, instead of next year.”
I nod. This is thankfully something I had planned for. My hand slips into my pocket, fingering the box holding the scanner electrodes. “Well, Jonas… I think there’s something you should take a look at.”
Handling paperwork and basic orientation takes most of the morning. I manage to get morning-and-evening classes to share my time off with the lambchops. That only works because most people don’t want evening classes. Evenings are for partying if you’re a student, so late classes are mostly for adults with jobs.
I end up standing around nervously by the entrance to the university building, counting down the time. I watch people passing by as calmly as I can, still checking my pad every minute or so for any messages and jerking my head around like a bird at anything that’s even a bit of a shade of gray.
I can tell the alien girls are coming even before I see them, since everyone is glancing curiously their way. I straighten my back and shift my weight from foot to foot. I feel like a dog at an airport, waiting for the return of its owner.
They’re looking around as I see them, and Thiva’s the first to spot me. Her ears perk up and Vilek immediately looks to me as well. As they speed up into a sprint, I’m a bit surprised to see them both wearing clothes. Both girls are wearing custom boots made to fit their digitigrade legs.
They’re both wearing coveralls, Vilek’s in a hospital teal and Thiva’s in a bright red. It’s been explained to me that many at the university have a student culture of wearing colorful coveralls that they decorate with patches, called ‘Ovve’, and that Thiva’s red marks her as a mechanical engineering student. Vileks’s teal, presumably, mark her as studying healthcare. Or specifically therapy, perhaps. I need to look it up.
Seeing as computer science students are apparently expected to wear pink ones, I’m thinking I might sit out this grand and colorful tradition. On the other hand according to the Internet it’s an informal rule to cut a bit from the ‘Ovve’ of anyone you’ve exchanged body fluids with and patch it onto your own. So I suppose I could be convinced.
The girls collide with me, thankfully gently. Their tails are wagging like crazy out of the back of their outfits, and they’re clinging to me. I inhale deeply, take in the distinct and pleasant scent of my cute Venlil friends, and cling to them as well. My fingers stroke through their thick fur, and I hear their happy wordless bleating and whistling.
I close my eyes and enjoy the moment, not giving one whit for the passersby watching the scene.
“Oh, girls, I-” Vilek punches me in the arm unexpectedly. The right one, thankfully.
“Ow!”
Even though her ears signal joy and her tail is wagging, her voice is still stern. “We learned what ‘lambchops’ means!”
Ah.
The student flat isn’t very expansive, but it’s larger than the one we shared on Venlil Prime. Probably because humans are just plain larger.
It’s currently sparsely furnished. There’s a couple of desks, a couch, a table, a beanbag chair, and a bunk bed. I take my shoes off in the hallway, as the girls do. When in Lund.
They help me unpack. There’s not a lot, but they had already set aside a little corner for me. I’ve got the beanbag chair instead of a desk, which I’m perfectly fine with.
I sigh and lean against a wall briefly. “I’m… so glad to be home.”
Thiva turns her head a little, flicking an ear in question. “You missed being on Earth?”
I chuckle, and pinch her ear-tip lightly. I lean over to give Vilek one too, for fairness. It earns me a pair of bleeps from them, and I go on the offensive to rub their heads and scratch their ears and do everything I can to make the lambchops squeal happily. They thankfully oblige. “I missed being with my herd.”
My friends are safe, they’re here with me, and we all have paths forward. I’ve fought and bled for this opportunity. I’m allowed to enjoy it.
I sit down on the couch with a quiet groan of satisfaction, finally getting to put my cane aside. “So, girls… how are you feeling about Earth so far?”
They grumble immediately. “It is so freaking cold!” “Snow! We do not like the snow!”
“It’s only for another couple of… Months.” They’re undressing right in front of me. I am left briefly stunned.
Oh right they don’t normally wear clothes.
Reminding myself of that doesn’t help. The context is what it is. They’re my best friends and my two favorite girls and they’re stripping naked before me.
My brain fails me. “…Okay, so, uhh. Um. Hmmh. Huh.”
Mother of God there’s nothing different! They’re naked. They’re always naked! It hasn’t been a problem on VP, it won’t be a problem here! Man up!
I take a deep and steadying breath and resolutely refuse to think of patches of white and red on a set of pink coveralls, with pink patches on their matching ones.
“I guess we should… buy some food? And some clothes for me to use? And…”
And they turn their heads toward me, staring at me with one eye each. Side by side. Making me feel like I'm being stared down by a single creature. One with forward-facing eyes. And an orange blush.
They take slow steps closer. Thiva speaks first with an amused lilt to her voice. “Or maybe this is a good time to talk. You know, about the house rules.”
Vilek speaks as well, moving her tail sinuously in a teasing motion. “Relationship statuses.”
Thiva comes in with the finisher, practically purring. “Sleeping arrangements.”
Ah.
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2023.06.10 19:34 sad_bleep What colleges do you think I would be a qualified applicant for?
I already know I'm going to apply to Princeton, Columbia, and Yale, even if it's unrealistic, simply because I'll regret never knowing if I could have gotten into my dream school. That being said, I'm still waffling about what other colleges I want to submit an application to, especially since the fees are so high.
Desired Major: Art, and currently interested in language for a minor
GPA: 3.95, both weighted and unweighted. And no, I didn't take any AP courses, which is by far the weakest point of my application and freaking me out badly. I had specific reasons for this, but still.
Highest SAT: 1580 (haven't taken the ACT yet, or any subject tests)
Ext. Activities: Won an international art competition (lengthy interview, work featured in magazine and NY exhibit), currently working as a concept artist for a highly recognizable company, won top prizes at state fair, founded a non-profit (fairly large number of participants / raised 20K+), Vice President of the National Honor Society, 100+ hours of volunteer work for the TNR feral cat program, and a member of Art/German clubs at school. There's some more stuff, but this is pretty much the gist.
Edit: I'm also working on getting some pieces into the Guggenheim. Nothing's guaranteed at the moment, but that would probably look good if it did happen.
LOR and Essays: So my essay is only a draft right now, but I'm confident I can make it memorable (partially because I kind of have to, if I want any chance of getting into a reach or match). I've always been really close with a lot of my teachers, too, so I'm not worried about the letters of recommendation. The letter from my counselor probably won't be as strong, but I certainly don't think she would write anything unflattering.
Optional Arts Supplement: Will be submitting one, and I'm hoping it'll work in my favor, not against me.
Current In-State Options: UNC of Chapel Hill, Davidson, and Lenior-Rhyne. Also, I have no problem with going out-of-state, but would preferably like to stay near the East Coast (especially somewhere North, since I just moved from the South in September and don't want to go back lol).
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Desired Major: Art, and currently interested in language for a minor
GPA: 3.95, both weighted and unweighted. And no, I didn't take any AP courses, which is by far the weakest point of my application and freaking me out badly. I had specific reasons for this, but still.
Highest SAT: 1580 (haven't taken the ACT yet, or any subject tests)
Ext. Activities: Won an international art competition (lengthy interview, work featured in magazine and NY exhibit), currently working as a concept artist for a highly recognizable company, won top prizes at state fair, founded a non-profit (fairly large number of participants / raised 20K+), Vice President of the National Honor Society, 100+ hours of volunteer work for the TNR feral cat program, and a member of Art/German clubs at school. There's some more stuff, but this is pretty much the gist.
Edit: I'm also working on getting some pieces into the Guggenheim. Nothing's guaranteed at the moment, but that would probably look good if it did happen.
LOR and Essays: So my essay is only a draft right now, but I'm confident I can make it memorable (partially because I kind of have to, if I want any chance of getting into a reach or match). I've always been really close with a lot of my teachers, too, so I'm not worried about the letters of recommendation. The letter from my counselor probably won't be as strong, but I certainly don't think she would write anything unflattering.
Optional Arts Supplement: Will be submitting one, and I'm hoping it'll work in my favor, not against me.
Current In-State Options: UNC of Chapel Hill, Davidson, and Lenior-Rhyne. Also, I have no problem with going out-of-state, but would preferably like to stay near the East Coast (especially somewhere North, since I just moved from the South in September and don't want to go back lol).
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Thank you in advance, and apologies for this being so long by the way.
2023.06.10 19:34 AutoModerator r/dataengineering will be joining the blackout from June 12-14 to protest the proposed API changes which will end 3rd party apps.
See here for the original dataengineering thread on this issue.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface.
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
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A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
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2023.06.10 19:33 xXAdventXx Advent's Amazing Advice: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, A Mini-Campaign fully prepped and ready to go! Part 1 Dragon's Rest
Welcome back to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!
It's finally time for our next Fully Prepped Mini-Campaign/Adventure; Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, A level 1-3 Adventure that's sure to make waves! This is the most recent Starter Set and successor to The Lost Mine of Phandelver released by WoTC. In it, your players will sail to the titular Stormwreck Isle, an island shaped by an age of conflict between Chromatic and Metallic Dragons. They'll be able to befriend kobolds, explore fungal grottos, fight those twisted by Orcus, and perhaps save the very island itself!
Have your players create their own characters or jump right in using the Pre-Gens that are built with backstories integrated into the plot!
If you've used my previous notes you'll know that I take Adventures such as these and do all the difficult and time-consuming book-to-session conversions so you don't have to! I do my best to include Ambiance for every scene, custom battle maps, handouts when needed, spell sheets, encounter sheets, and more!
This may all sound familiar, but seeing as this is a Starter Set, I think it's important to reiterate:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle:
Cheers, Advent
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It's finally time for our next Fully Prepped Mini-Campaign/Adventure; Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, A level 1-3 Adventure that's sure to make waves! This is the most recent Starter Set and successor to The Lost Mine of Phandelver released by WoTC. In it, your players will sail to the titular Stormwreck Isle, an island shaped by an age of conflict between Chromatic and Metallic Dragons. They'll be able to befriend kobolds, explore fungal grottos, fight those twisted by Orcus, and perhaps save the very island itself!
Have your players create their own characters or jump right in using the Pre-Gens that are built with backstories integrated into the plot!
If you've used my previous notes you'll know that I take Adventures such as these and do all the difficult and time-consuming book-to-session conversions so you don't have to! I do my best to include Ambiance for every scene, custom battle maps, handouts when needed, spell sheets, encounter sheets, and more!
This may all sound familiar, but seeing as this is a Starter Set, I think it's important to reiterate:
- Read the Adventure: I know surprising, but It can be extremely confusing when you don't know where everything leads to.
- Consider the needs of your group: As you've heard or are about to hear a million times, every table is different. If you plan on combining this with a campaign, you'll have to make tweaks here and there.
- These notes aren't meant to be the end-all-be-all: Tweak to your heart's content, and don't consider any of what's written to be set in stone. For me having notes like this helps give me the confidence to go off the rails and follow along with what my players want. It helps me understand where things are meant to go and why. Having that understanding allows me to guide the players and create other new and interesting stories. These are all things that will come with experience, though, so don't freak out and enjoy the journey!
- Google Docs Notes for Part 1 Dragon's Rest: DM Notes
- Link to: Intro + Dragon's Rest Playlist
- Link to: The AAA Collection
- A Word document with all my notes including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Special PDF for the encounter. This includes the enemy stat block organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
- Multiple Custom Maps!
- The Rogue’s Investigation bonus should be +3, not zero.
- The Wizard should have a +2 DEX save, not +3.
- The High Elf should have longbow proficiency
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle:
- Part 1 - Dragon's Rest
- Part 2 - Seagrow Cave (Coming Soon)
- Part 3 - Cursed Shipwreck (Coming Soon)
- Part 4 - Clifftop Observatory (Coming Soon)
- The Wild Sheep Chase - Click Here
- Death House - Click Here
- We Be Goblins - Click Here
- The Egg of Estyr - Click Here
- Wolves of Welton - Click Here
- To the End of Time - Click Here
- A Most Potent Brew - Click Here
- A Wild West One-Shot - Click Here
- The Drunken Treasure - Click Here
- A Grimdark Adventure - Click Here
- D&D vs Rick and Morty - Click Here
- The Tavern at Death's Door - Click Here
- Dragons of Stormwreck Isle - Click Here
- Shadow of the Broodmother - Click Here
- L'Arsène's Ludicrous Larceny - Click Here
- The Night Before Wintermas - Click Here
- The Lost Mine of Phandelver - Click Here
Cheers, Advent
2023.06.10 19:33 instant_juju How to move past BM absence?
TLDR - BM was chaos and now isn’t so we should all move on & be happy.
I met my OH when he was a single dad. His twins were 3 and his daughter was 5. He gained custody of the kids when the twins were 2, and SD was 4) He lived on one side of the country, and the BM lived on another side. I remember finding it odd that she lived so far. I remember asking when they see her & he said every other Christmas, every other summer. I remember when she would fly back to drop the kids off how the kids would fall apart because they didn’t want to leave her. I used to think to myself, ‘does seeing this not hurt you? I think seeing their desperation made me want to be a great person to them, and eventually they started to call me mom. Not that I ever asked. I used to have them call me by my first name. After she’d leave I’d look at her social media accounts and see that she was at the gym, collecting expensive sneakers, out partying, out drinking, living like someone in their 20 something’s would. When the kids started preschool I remember reaching out to her and asking if she wanted to buy them anything. She mentioned all the stuff she was going to order them but none of it ever came. She hardly talked to them over the phone or FaceTime. They had an ipad she could call any time, but she never did. It seemed like she was content seeing them once a year for a few weeks. This went on for 5 years. She came to visit to help us watch the kids during one of their breaks & I offered her the guest bedroom & one of our cars until she could get a job and a place of her own, but she said she needed to get back to where she came from. I remember thinking “I just offered you this opportunity to be closer to your kids and actually help raise them, but you have something more important to do?” It never made sense to me but the day before she was supposed to leave she decided to stay. Maybe seeing how close the kids were to me woke something up in her. It was rocky for two years (late 2019-2020) when she officially moved closer. Which is a whole different ordeal (drunk driving, breaking into her BF’s BM house and trashing it, needing to go to AA, losing her job and lying about it). Over the last two years (2021-2023) she’s turned into a “good mom”. She loves to plaster all over social media how present she is, how supportive of her children she is. How important it is to show up for your kids. & it’s almost like she forgets the past & what she was like and we should too. She wants us to pat her on the back for her “work and progress”. The kids are 11 and 13 now. So sure I should be happy she’s more present, less of a load on me, but a big part of me doesn’t trust it, and doesn’t believe it. Am I wrong for that?I’ve been the constant in the kids lives, and I’ve never let them down. I guess that’s a different issue I’m battling. I’m sure they’d still save her from a fire & not me, despite all I’ve done for them & all she hasn’t. There’s so much more to it. I recently blocked her from contacting me & have left all the co-parenting to my DH. I don’t know how to trust the person she is today.
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I met my OH when he was a single dad. His twins were 3 and his daughter was 5. He gained custody of the kids when the twins were 2, and SD was 4) He lived on one side of the country, and the BM lived on another side. I remember finding it odd that she lived so far. I remember asking when they see her & he said every other Christmas, every other summer. I remember when she would fly back to drop the kids off how the kids would fall apart because they didn’t want to leave her. I used to think to myself, ‘does seeing this not hurt you? I think seeing their desperation made me want to be a great person to them, and eventually they started to call me mom. Not that I ever asked. I used to have them call me by my first name. After she’d leave I’d look at her social media accounts and see that she was at the gym, collecting expensive sneakers, out partying, out drinking, living like someone in their 20 something’s would. When the kids started preschool I remember reaching out to her and asking if she wanted to buy them anything. She mentioned all the stuff she was going to order them but none of it ever came. She hardly talked to them over the phone or FaceTime. They had an ipad she could call any time, but she never did. It seemed like she was content seeing them once a year for a few weeks. This went on for 5 years. She came to visit to help us watch the kids during one of their breaks & I offered her the guest bedroom & one of our cars until she could get a job and a place of her own, but she said she needed to get back to where she came from. I remember thinking “I just offered you this opportunity to be closer to your kids and actually help raise them, but you have something more important to do?” It never made sense to me but the day before she was supposed to leave she decided to stay. Maybe seeing how close the kids were to me woke something up in her. It was rocky for two years (late 2019-2020) when she officially moved closer. Which is a whole different ordeal (drunk driving, breaking into her BF’s BM house and trashing it, needing to go to AA, losing her job and lying about it). Over the last two years (2021-2023) she’s turned into a “good mom”. She loves to plaster all over social media how present she is, how supportive of her children she is. How important it is to show up for your kids. & it’s almost like she forgets the past & what she was like and we should too. She wants us to pat her on the back for her “work and progress”. The kids are 11 and 13 now. So sure I should be happy she’s more present, less of a load on me, but a big part of me doesn’t trust it, and doesn’t believe it. Am I wrong for that?I’ve been the constant in the kids lives, and I’ve never let them down. I guess that’s a different issue I’m battling. I’m sure they’d still save her from a fire & not me, despite all I’ve done for them & all she hasn’t. There’s so much more to it. I recently blocked her from contacting me & have left all the co-parenting to my DH. I don’t know how to trust the person she is today.